Chapter 1: To the Digital World! Herissmon's Awakening!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
A boy and a girl were walking toward their friend’s home.
The boy has silver hair, and black eyes, and he wears a casual red t-shirt with a few silver areas, while the girl has light brown hair tied into pigtails, brown eyes, and wears a light pink jacket, and light blue pants.
The two made it to their friend’s home, where the boy rang the doorbell. They waited a few minutes, before the door opened, revealing a man in his thirties.
“Hey there Aaron,” The boy said.
“I’m assuming you’re here to pick up Tekka?” Aaron asked.
The boy and girl nodded.
“Then come on in,” The man said.
A few minutes later, the boy and girl sat at the table, with Tekka still not showing up.
“Man, what’s taking Tekka so long?” The boy wondered, “Surely getting ready for school shouldn’t take so much time.”
The girl spoke up, “Jake, today’s August 1st, and fifteen days from now would be the anniversary of his parent’s–”
She immediately covered her mouth, worried if Tekka was listening.
Jake sighed.
“You don’t have to hide it Vivian, It’s been three years since it happened,” Jake said.
They then heard footsteps, they turned to see a boy their age, who had black hair and eyes, a black short-sleeved jacket, and gray pants. One notable thing about him is that he wears a pair of goggles on his head.
“Hey guys,” Tekka said.
Jake and Vivian didn’t know what to say, since they were just talking about his parents.
“You don’t have to worry about me, I’ve accepted what happened to my parents,” Tekka said.
Hearing him say that while keeping his composure, made Jake and Vivian more worried.
“Now shouldn't we be getting to school?” Tekka asked.
Afterward, the three kids left for school, with Aaron seeing them off. As he shut the door, he began to think.
‘It’s clear that he’s still scared about what happened to his parents, I hope things get better for him,’ He thought,
Tekka, Jake, and Vivian’s school
As his teacher was lecturing the class, Tekka stared out the window. Jake and Vivian looked at him and could tell what he was feeling. Later, Tekka was exiting the school, when Jake and Vivian caught up to him.
“Hey Tekka, mind if we come to your house?” Jake asked.
“Sure,” Tekka replied.
Tekka’s house
The three of them entered the house to see Aaron was not home. Tekka found Aaron's note on the table, saying that he had gone shopping. Afterward, the three kids enter Tekka’s room, and as soon as the door shuts, Tekka speaks up.
“I know why you two came here, it’s about me staring out the window like an anime protagonist, Honestly I don’t blame you, you two were there when we heard the news,” Tekka said.
“Tekka, we know you are still scared about what happened, we just wanted you to feel better,” Vivian said.
"No really it’s fine,” Tekka insisted, his tone sounding anxious.
“Your tone says otherwise,” Vivian pointed out.
Tekka’s expression began to turn gloomy.
Then the doorbell was heard, getting the three kid’s attention.
“I’ll get it!” Tekka exclaimed.
As he left the room, Jake and Vivian expressed some regret.
“I think we shouldn’t have done this,” Jake said.
Vivian laments.
Tekka opened the door to see no one there, he looked down to see a box, he picked it up and saw that there was no address tag on it. He brought the box into his room, where Jake and Vivian were also confused.
“It doesn’t say where it comes from?” Jake asked.
“Nope, That’s why we’re opening it,” Tekka said.
Tekka grabbed a box cutter from his desk and began to cut the box open.
"Um, I don’t think it’s a good idea to open it, we don't even know what's in it," Vivian said.
“No way to tell until we open it,” Tekka responded.
“That doesn’t make it reassuring!” Vivian cried out.
Tekka didn’t listen and opened the box to find three USBs inside each with a different color: white, silver, and brown. The one notable thing is that the USBs had his, Jake's, and Vivian’s names on them. He took the USBs out and showed them to Jake and Vivian, with them taking the ones with their names on them.
“What are these things?” Jake wondered.
“They seem to be phone USBs,” Vivian said.
“They have those?” Jake said.
“Of course they do,” Vivian said.
"Hey, don't blame me for not knowing anything!" Jake defended.
"Yeaaah, maybe that's why you forgot to study before a test," Vivian mocked.
"Big talk coming from the girl who brought a stuffed animal to school,"
"That's a completely different topic!"
As the two argued, Tekka checked the USB and got a curious idea to plug it into his phone. But before he did, Jake and Vivian noticed and stopped him.
"Tekka don't! You don't know what that could do!" Vivian said.
"For all we know, it could be a bomb!" Jake called out.
Tekka and Vivian stared at him, with expressions that said, “Really?”
“What?” Jake said.
“How about the three of us plug these into our phones, and see what happens?” Tekka suggested.
“No, I still don’t think it’s a good idea,” Vivian said.
Tekka didn’t pay attention and he plugged the USB into his phone.
Jake and Vivian panicked and feared what was going to happen.
At first, nothing happened… until Tekka’s phone began to glow. The three kids covered their eyes as Tekka’s phone began to change. The light subsided and the three kids regained their sight. As they wondered what the light was, they noticed something different about Tekka’s phone. It had a bulkier appearance, and it was mostly colored white.
“What happened to your phone?” Jake wondered.
Tekka inspected his phone, “I don’t know…” He responded
Vivian picked up the USB that had her name “Maybe it has something to do with these things,”
Curious, Jake and Vivian plugged the USBs into their phones, which caused them to glow and change into the same look as Tekka’s, though the difference is that Jake’s has a silver coloring, while Vivian has brown.
“Weird, is this some sort of new technology?” Jake wondered.
“Obviously not, something like this should’ve been public news,” Vivian points out.
Tekka continues to inspect his “phone” as several thoughts flow into his mind.
What was this thing?
Suddenly the “phones” emitted a bright light, causing the three kids to cover their eyes. Then the room they were in began to change into some sort of wormhole. Before they could question this, they began to fall toward the seemingly endless void.
Unknown location
“Tekka… Tekka…”
Hearing his name called out, caused Tekka to open his eyes and he saw the clear blue sky, surrounded by trees. He got up and looked around, he seemed to be in a forest.
“Thank goodness you’re awake!”
The sudden voice got his attention, he turned his head to the left and saw something strange.
It was a hedgehog… or something that resembles a hedgehog? It was also standing on two legs and had light blue eyes, white fur, large red claws, and a small tail. It also had a zigzag-shaped mouth and yellow marks on its belly and under the eyes. Finally, it had a gray spiky on its back, around its neck, under the ears, and on the top of its head.
“Wh-what are you?” Tekka asked.
“I’m Herissmon!” The hedgehog-like creature responded.
Tekka was taken aback by the creature’s name, but his thought was interrupted when he heard a beeping noise from his pocket, he reached into it and pulled out his “phone”, which displayed a picture of Herissmon with his name alongside other info.
Name: Herissmon
Level: Rookie
Type: Mammal
Attribute: Date, Free
Field: Nature Spirits
Attacks: Lightning Quills, Needle-point Dive
Bio:
A Digimon brimming with curiosity, but is also highly cautious, and when afraid it will curl up into a ball until there is no sign of danger. However, he gets very attracted to those he warms up to and shows them his favorite treasure that he keeps stashed in his fur.
‘Is this info on Herissmon? And what is this “Digimon”?’ Tekka thought.
“Are you ok? You seem to be confused,” Herissmon said.
Tekka quickly regained his composure.
“I’m fine,” He responded before looking around. “What is this place?”
“This place? We’re in the Digital world,” Herissmon answered.
“Digital… world?” Tekka asked.
“Yeah, it’s where I live,” Herissmon said.
Scratching his head, Tekka took this moment to think.
“Hey! Tekka!”
Tekka and Herissmon turned to the source of the voice, which was from a familiar silver-haired boy emerging from the bushes.
He smiled upon seeing Tekka. “There you are! Man, am I glad to see you!”
Tekka stood up, “Me too,”
“I assume this is your friend?”
Tekka turned his attention to another creature that came out of the bushes, it was a dragon-like creature with white armored skin, dark blue claws, gold eyes, and horns, wearing a red cloak with a hood that had goggles embedded in it. Tekka heard another beeping sound from his “phone”, he looked at it and saw info on the dragon-like creature.
Name:Hackmon
Level: Rookie
Type: Small Dragon
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire, Virus Busters
Attacks: Fif Slash, Teen Ram, Baby Flame
Bio:
A small dragon Digimon that has an unfettered and restraint-hating, adventurous-loving way of life. Due to its training, it can hold its own against opponents even if they’re an Ultimate level.
“Oh yeah, Tekka, this is Hackmon, my somewhat companion,” Jake said.
“Greetings friend of Jake!” Hackmon said.
“I can see that…” Tekka said.
“Guys? Are you here?”
Tekka and Jake turned to see Vivian emerging from the trees.
While the two were happy to see their friend, they also noticed she was carrying something in her arms, It was a bipedal rabbit with brown fur that was stripped with pink on its collarbone, paws, and the tips of its ears, It had three horns on its head, but the one thing that stands out about it was it’s long frayed ears.
Once again Tekka’s “phone” beeped and showed a picture of the rabbit-like creature.
Name:Lopmon
Level: Rookie
Type: Beast
Attribute: Data
Field: Nature Spirits
Attacks: Blazing Ice, Tiny Twister
Bio:
Although it’s classified as a Beast-species Digimon from her body structure, she has the personality of a lonely crybaby, but when battling, she shows that she is more powerful than she appears.
“Is your phone doing the Pokedex-like thing too?” Jake asked.
Tekka nodded.
Vivian shows Lopmon to her friends, “Guys, meet Lopmon, my own personal something-or-other,”
“H-hello…” Lopmon shyly said.
“OK, can somebody explain to us what the heck is going on? Where are we? Why are we here?” Jake said.
"Herissmon mentioned this to me before, he said we're in the Digital world," Tekka said.
Jake and Vivian tilted their heads, "Digital world?"
"It's where we live," Herissmon said.
"Does that mean we're on another planet or something?" Vivian wondered.
"Close, since the Digital world is located within a parallel dimension, from Earth," Hackmon said.
The three kids stood in confusion as they couldn’t process what they had just told.
Jake puts up a nervous smile. “Can you give us a moment?”
The three kids stepped back until they were a few feet away from Herissmon, Hackmon, and Lopmon, before huddling together.
Jake speaks up first. “Ok, let’s just recap for a bit… We went to Tekka’s house after school, then we got a package with USBs that had our names on them, we plugged them into our phones transforming them, and now we’re in a supposedly alternate universe!” he said, with a face that was close to laughing.
“Ok that aside, what do you two suggest we should do?” Vivian asked.
Tekka points to Herissmon, Hackmon, and Lopmon. “Maybe we should ask those three,”
“No, for all we know they could be using us,” Jake rejected.
“Hey, you really think that about Lopmon? Look at her! She wouldn’t even hurt a fly!” Vivian protested.
“Tch, do you two even know about the one thing in Isekai? The world we’re stuck in is dangerous, where death is a high possibility and is around every corner!” Jake warned.
“I assure you that we’re not gonna let anything happen to you three!” Herissmon interjected.
Jake jumped back in surprise. “Did I not tell you to give us a moment?!”
“Um, we can hear every word from you,” Hackmon points out.
Tekka and Vivian glanced at Jake.
"This is why I said you need to keep your loud personality in check," Vivian said.
Jake cringed.
Tekka sighed before turning to Herissmon, Hackmon, and Lopmon, "Can you guys at least tell us about what you are?"
“We’re Digimon, Digital monsters!” Herissmon answered.
“Digital? So you guys are computer programs?” Vivian asked.
“Somewhat… at least from what I was told,” Hackmon said.
Tekka then pulls out his “phone”.
“Do you guys know what happened to our phones?” Tekka asked.
“Your phones have been turned into Digivices, think of it like a more advanced version of your phones,” Hackmon explained.
Tekka looks at his Digivice and begins to check its features.
Suddenly, a small earthquake could be felt.
"What was that?" Jake wondered.
"Hackmon, can you feel that?" Herissmon asked.
"Yeah, and it's nearby," Hackmon said.
"Uwaah! I'm scared!" Lopmon cried.
Vivian walked over to Lopmon and embraced her in her arms.
"It's ok little Lopmon, I'm here for you!" Vivian reassured as she rubbed her cheek against Lopmon
Lopmon giggled at this.
"Ok listen up there's no time to explain, but we need to move!" Hackmon said.
“Why?” Jake asked.
"A dangerous Digimon is coming! And you wouldn't want to stay for that to arrive!" Hackmon warned.
At first, the three kids were unsure, but seeing they had no other choice, they nodded in agreement.
Following that, the three followed Herissmon and Hackmon, as they stated to know their way through the forest.
As they were walking Tekka continued to check the Digivice’s features. First, there was the camera, which still had all the photos Tekka had taken previously. The phone call still has all of Tekka's contacts, but he only uses Jake, Vivian, and Aaron. Then there was the map, and when he opened it, it showed a view of the surrounding area, which he didn’t recognize.
‘So I guess this confirms that we are in another world’
Eventually, Herissmon and Hackmon stopped in their tracks, prompting the three kids to stop as well.
"Why did you stop?" Tekka wondered.
"It's here and close by," Hackmon said.
The trio wondered what he meant when they felt a loud growling noise, which scents shivers down their spines.
Vivian's entire body was trembling as she held Lopmon tighter.
"Wh-wh-wh-what was that???" Vivian stuttered.
“Is it the dangerous Digimon you mentioned earlier?” Jake wondered.
Herissmon and Hackmon nodded, before walking into the distance, with the three kids following.
The hedgehog and the dragon snuck up behind a rock and peeked over it, Tekka, Jake, and Vivian did the same, what they saw horrified them.
They saw a Tyrannosaurus rex-like Digimon with blue eyes, three fingers on each hand, three toes on each foot, and a pair of large teeth. It has red skin around its body, white skin on its belly, and black stripes on its head, tail, and legs, it has white claws on its fingers and toes, and green plates on its back. But one notable thing is that it was shrouded in a dark aura.
Tyrannosaurus rex-like Digimon stood in front of another dinosaur Digimon that was wounded, and bleeding out, it was quadrupled and covered in gray armor, and on its nose was a massive horn that was seemingly broken off. It doesn't take a genius to guess what happened to it. But what nearly caused the human kids to scream was when the wounded Digimon disintegrated, which made the kids hide behind the rock not making a sound. They were sweating fast and breathing heavily.
Tekka heard a beeping noise from his Digivice, he checked it and saw info on the Digimon he saw.
Name:Tyranomon
Level: Champion
Type: Dinosaur
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire, Nature Spirits, Nightmare Soldiers, Dragon’s Roar
Attacks: Fire Breath, Slash Nail
Bio:
A Digimon that resembles an ancient dinosaur that existed in the prehistoric world. Due to its intelligence and docile personality, it is extremely easy to tame, for this reason, one could say it is a representative figure of the most basic Digimon.
Tekka took a deep breath, before turning his head to the others
“Okay guys, all we have to do is stay quiet and sneak past Tyrannomon,” He said
The others nodded.
Tekka took the lead and took a peak to see Tyrannomon, only to see nothing there.
“Wait… Tyrannomon’s gone!”
This prompted the others to come out of hiding to see as well.
“That’s weird, he was there a moment ago,” Herissmon said, scratching his head.
Hackmon speaks up, “Wherever he is, we should take this opportunity to–”
He was interrupted when a small growl could be heard, causing everyone to freeze. The six of them turned around to see Tyrannomon looking down on them. Not knowing what to do, the kids stayed completely still, the Digimon companions, on the other hand, had a different idea.
Herissmon gave Lopmon, who was still wrapped in Vivian’s arms, a gesture, she then wiggled herself into a proper position before taking a deep breath for what she was about to do next.
“Blazing Ice!!”
Lopmon spews out cold air at Tyrannomon, causing it to stumble back.
“Needle Point Dive!!”
Herissmon rolls up into a ball and charges forward, knocking Tyrannomon back.
“Fifth Rush!!”
Hackmon followed in by rapidly slashing Tyrannomon with his claws. Causing it to fall on its back.
Tekka, Jake, and Vivian looked in shock that such small creatures could knock out a big dinosaur like that.
“Don’t just stand there! Run!” Hackmon shouted.
Not wasting a single moment the six of them immediately ran for it. With Tyrannomon chasing after.
The six ran for their laughs rapidly panting as they used up all of their strength to keep running, eventually, they came across a ditch, which they jumped in.
They all stayed silent as they waited for Tyrannomon to go away.
Tyrannomon walked by, looking around for its prey, the sound of its growl echoing throughout the area, accompanied by its stomps shaking the ground. Tyrannomon looked around a few more times before walking away.
The six of them took a deep breath.
“That was close…” Jake breathes out.
“I thought we were gonna die…” Vivian pants.
Tekka looked at his two friends and saw how agitated and filled with anxiety they were, despite this he spoke up.
“Listen up, I know the two are scared to get up, but staying around here doing nothing isn’t going to help us,” He explained.
Jake and Vivian looked at their friend in awe, before confidently standing up.
“Nice to see you still have your encouraging side!” Jake said.
“Encouraging side?” Tekka wondered.
“And of course, you’re not even aware of it,” Vivian said
Tekka was about to question it, but instead checked the map, “Anyhow, according to the map, we’re close to exiting the forest, so we need to get moving!”
The others nodded as they all began to move.
After running, they made it to an open area surrounded by trees.
“We’re almost there! Keep running!” Tekka shouted.
But just as the group was about to make it through the other side, a stream of flames went over them and hit the trees, setting them on fire. The flames quickly spread around, essentially making the open spot a ring of fire. The group halted, before turning around to see Tyrannomon, its intimidating pose, while shrouded in a dark aura, added with the burning trees behind it made it look like a being straight from hell.
“Tch looks like we’re going to fight after all,” Hackmon said.
“Looks like it!” Herissmon said.
Despite feeling scared, Lopmon quickly shook her head, before assuming a fighting stance, “If it means I have to protect Vivian, then I must do what I can to help,”
The kids were about to stop them, but upon realizing the situation, they had no choice but to accept it.
The three rookies stood in anticipation, as Tyrannomon bellowed, signaling them to charge towards Tyrannomon.
Herissmon jumps into the air, curling up into a ball before spinning.
“Lightning Quills!!”
Blue quills were fired at Tyrannomon, who raised its arm to protect itself from the attack.
Lopmon spins around and generates a tiny tornado. “Tiny Twister!!”
The tornado hits Tryannomon, making it lose its balance.
“Fifth Rush!!”
Hackmon once again got in close to Tyrannomon and rapidly slashed him. Despite his efforts, Tyrannomon easily knocked Hackmon back. Hackmon crashed into the ground but quickly got back up to join his allies.
“Nothing’s working on him!” Lopmon panicked.
“But we can’t back down now! Not with our partner’s lives on the line!” Herissmon declared.
Tyrannomon opened its mouth, revealing the flames inside. It roared, sending the fire toward the three Rookies.
Not able to react, the three Rookies brace for impact, as the blast sends them flying. Tekka, Jake, and Vivian immediately rushed to the Rookie’s aid.
Hackmon got up on his feet, before noticing Jake approaching him.
"Are you ok?" Jake asked.
The dragon gives Jake a reassuring look. "It's fine, I've trained to prepare for moments like this,"
Lopmon was flown through the air before Vivian caught her.
“I got you!!” She shouted.
The bunny embraced the brunette.
Tekka looked around for Herissmon until he saw him getting back on his feet.
Tekka was delighted to see Herissmon ok, but his expression immediately changed into horror, when he saw Tyrannomon coming in from behind.
Feeling huge adrenaline rushing through his body, Tekka rushed towards Herissmon. “HERISSMON, WATCH OUT!!!”
Herissmon turned around and saw Tyrannomon swinging his claw toward him.
Herissmon felt a pair of hands wrapped around him, he turned his head to see it was Tekka.
Tekka jumped back and Tyrannomon’s claw barely scratched his cheek.
Tyrannomon attempted to attack Tekka and Herissmon again but was stopped by Hackmon.
Tekka ran until he was mostly away from Tyrannomon, and then he let Herissmon go.
Tekka pants, before noticing Herissmon, giving him a shocked look.
“Is something wrong?” Tekka asked.
“Tekka… your ch-cheek…” Herissmon stuttered.
Tekka placed his hand on his cheek and what he saw shocked him…
It was blood…
When he saw it, that was when everything felt natural, everything up to this point was real… they could die…
He began to hyperventilate as these thoughts flowed into his head.
“Am I going to die here?... just like my…” He muttered.
Herissmon panicked but quickly calmed himself.
“Pull yourself together!” Herissmon declared.
Tekka’s expression turned into shock.
“You’re not going to die, because I’ll be there to protect you!” Herissmon declared. “You’ve got so much more to live for!”
Tekka looked in shock, his body was still trembling, but he knew he couldn't let his fear overwhelm him.
He stood up. “You’re right…”
He turned to see Tyrannomon, who was still clashing with Hackmon.
“No matter how dangerous the odds are, as long as we keep moving forward, we can overcome anything,” He said.
“Let’s go, Herissmon!!”
Herissmon smiled at Tekka’s determination.
Then Tekka’s Digivice began to shine, at the same time, Herissmon could feel huge amounts of energy pouring into his body and began to glow, which Tekka noticed.
“Herissmon? What’s wrong with you?” He wondered.
“I could feel your energy flowing within me!” Herissmon responded.
The hedgehog began to shine bright, getting the attention of everyone present.
Tekka watched in awe as within the bright light, he could see Herissmon’s silhouette changing.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
Herissmon was now taller and more humanoid, his yellow hair had grown longer until it reached his midsection, his hands, and ankles were wrapped in bandages, and his fingers were now long and red.
“Did Herissmon just transform?” Jake questioned, with his mouth, gaped
“Unbelievable…” Vivian muttered.
“I can’t believe this… he’s Digivolved to Champion level!” Hackmon said.
Tekka’s eyes widen as he stares at the hedgehog. “Herissmon?”
The hedgehog smirks. “I’m Filmon now!”
“Filmon…?”
Tekka heard his Digivice making a beeping noise as it showed data for the newly Digivolved Filmon
Name: Filmon
Level: Champion
Type: Beast Man
Attribute: Data
Field: Nature Spirits
Attacks: Lightning Stinger, Crimson Slash.
Bio:
A Beast Man Digimon with many large spikes sprouting out of its body, it has red claws that can pierce through anything and yellow quills that inject energy into whatever it stabs. It has a carefree personality, the kind that likes to collect soft material to sleep in its nest and find its favorite food.
Filmon set his sights on Tyrannomon, standing confidently, ready to attack at any moment.
Tyrannomon bellowed, before spewing out flames toward the hedgehog.
Filmon smirked as he dashed past the attack and got close to the T-rex
“Crimson Slash!!”
Filmon swung his red claws and slashed Tyrannomon rapidly, leaving cuts on its body.
“Woah! He’s doing damage to him!” Jake exclaimed.
“That’s to be expected,” Hackmon said.
Tyrannomon stumbled back due to its injuries, but it still gathered strength to spew out flames at Filmon. Filmon jumped back to avoid the attack but was suddenly met with Tyrannomon coming from behind. Tyrannomon swung its claws at Filmon, who was quick to react and block it. Filmon gritted his teeth as he gathered his strength and pushed Tyrannomon back, before proceeding to slash him rapidly again.
Despite the pain, Tyrannomon still attempted to strike Filmon. Filmon avoided the claw, before turning around.
“Lightning Stinger!!”
His quills shot up and skewed Tyrannomon.
Tyrannomon roared in pain as its body glitched and disintegrated, similar to the dinosaur Digimon earlier.
At that moment it began to rain, putting out the flames. This allowed Filmon to breathe, as he was enveloped in a white light and reverted to Herissmon.
Jake and Vivian watched in shock, as they were still trying to process what they just witnessed. Tekka on the other hand walked over to the hedgehog.
“Are you alright?” He asked.
Herissmon reassured himself before responding. “Yeah,”
Later, the six of them made their way out of the forest.
Jake looked back at the forest in the distance before turning to the others.
“So are we not going to talk about what happened before?” Jake points out.
“I think we should talk about… all of this later,” Vivian comforted Lopmon, who was asleep in her arms. “Some of us need a breather,”
“I’m aware you three still have a lot of questions, but I assure you that we’ll explain later,” Hackmon assured.
As Tekka walked, he began to think of everything that happened to this point, in a short period felt like the end of the world…
Herissmon noticed Tekka’s behavior. “Tekka, is something wrong?”
“It’s just that since Tyrannonmon was so dangerous, I couldn't help but think of all the other possible dangerous Digimon in this world,” A smile developed on his face. “But that doesn't scare me enough to give up!”
Herissmon smiled at the black-haired boy.
Little do Tekka and his friends know, that their adventure would change their lives forever.
To be continued in...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, The trio and their partners visit a town, where Jake and Hackmon learned stuff about each other, but trouble comes when two two ogre Digimon come to town, what happens? Wait until Chapter 2: Faith in My Strength comes out!
Notes:
This is my first fanfic, Feel free to give input.
For those wondering who the Digimon Tyrannomon killed, it was Monochromon.
Chapter 2: Faith in my strength, BaoHackmon fights back!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
A pair of two Champion Orge Digimon were walking toward the nearby town, One of them was a tall muscular woman who wore a gold mask and an outfit that… only covered her chest and hip, and was also worn on her lower legs and arms, she wore a cape and gold demon skulls on her hands and knees, she also wields an iron spiked club.
Next to her was a large silver-colored Ogre with a multitude of horns; he had long blue hair growing from the back of his head, and he had a giant gourd strapped to his back, but one notable thing was that there was what appeared to be a cockpit in his abdomen.
“Sis, how much longer do we need to walk?” The silver ogre groaned.
“We're getting close so quit complaining!” The golden ogre rebukes.
With the group.
After a while of walking, the group made it to a town, and when they entered it was pretty lively with many Digimons enjoying their lives. Being in a town full of creatures is unusual for the three humans.
“It feels weird to be in a place like this,” Vivian said.
“Well, we’re going to be in a lot of places like this from now on,” Hackmon said.
Herissmon felt that his stomach had grumbled. “Speaking of which, can we get some food?”
“Great idea, I say we split up to gather food!” Jake suggested.
“Um, I don’t think that’s such a good idea,” Vivian disagreed.
“Well, there doesn’t seem to be any dangerous Digimon around here,” Tekka said.
Herissmon raises his hands. “I agree!”
“See? They agreed so we’ll meet up at the center of town, so see ya!” Jake ran off, without stopping to hear his friends.
Hackmon sighed. “Don’t worry, I'll keep an eye on him!” He sighed before following Jake.
“Should we be worried for them?” Lopmon wondered.
“It’s ok, Hackmon is strong enough to fend off enemies on his own,” Herissmon said.
“I still don’t agree that we should split up though,” Vivian said.
"Well the four of us could still stick together as we go around," Tekka suggested.
"I guess we could do that," Vivian agreed. "Speaking of which, do you have any money?"
Tekka pulled out his Digivice and showed a number of his digital currencies, which was nine Bitcoin.
Vivian looked in jealousy. "Just how much is Aaron willing to fill you up?"
"I never bothered to check," Tekka said.
With Jake
As Jake walks around the town, he is amazed by the sight of everything.
Hackmon catches a silver-haired boy. “Hey, don’t get too far ahead!”
“I know, I’m just experiencing what an Isekai protagonist does when he first arrives in another world,” Jake optimistically said.
Hackmon gave Jake a questioning look. "Does that include aimlessly going around a place you just arrived at?"
“Hey I still remember to get some food,” Jake defended.
As the two walked around, they came past an alleyway where they heard a voice.
“Leave me alone!”
This has been followed by a comment.
“Quit crying!”
Hearing that prompted Jake and Hackmon to investigate.
When they arrived at the scene, they saw a crema blonde puppy Digimon named Salamon, who was lying on the ground injured, and the perpetrator was three grey canine Digimon with long ears, a long tail, and thick black claws, named Gazimon.
The sight angered Jake. “HEY, YOU! BACK OFF FROM THE PUPPY!!”
The three Gazimons looked over to the silver-haired boy.
“What do you want punk?” One of the Gazimon asked.
Jake points at the Gazimon. “Stay away from the puppy or else!”
“Or else what?” A Gazimon asked.
Hackmon assumes a fighting stance. “You’re going to have to face me!”
The three Gazimon smirked.
“Jake, I suggest you stand back,” Hackmon suggested.
Jake nodded before stepping back.
Hackmon sets his gaze on Gazimon.
The Gazimon trio dashed toward the dragon, who did not move from where he stood.
“Electric Stun Blast!” Two of the Gazimon let out streams of electricity.
Hackmon’s eyes squint, his legs tighten right before he is hit, and he disappears in a blur.
The two Gazimons stumble back as they wonder where Hackmon goes. Hackmon then appeared between them, and before they could do anything, Hackmon struck both of them with his claws, knocking them unconscious. Hackmon looked around for the third Gazimon, who snuck from behind.
Gazimon pounces like a tiger, ready to strike Hackmon. Hackmon turned his head around and his tail spun around like a drill, before being thrust toward Gazimon’s belly. Gazimon coughed before Hackmon spews out fire at his face.
“GAAH! MY FACE!!”
Hackmon also proceeds to strike Gazimon with his claw, knocking him unconscious.
Jake looked in amazement.
Hackmon sighs, before walking to the injured Salamon. "It's ok, we’re here to help you,"
Salamon stopped trembling, and a smile grew on her face.
Hackmon turned to Jake. “Jake, pick her up,”
Jake nodded and walked over to Salamon and picked her up. "We need to get her to a hospital or something like that,"
"I believe we passed by one earlier, so let's go!" Hackmon said.
Jake nodded.
After a bit of backtracking, the two made it to the hospital and brought Salamon there, where she thankfully recovered; afterward, Jake decided it was time to meet back up with Tekka and Vivian, forgetting about getting food. However, Jake remembers this when he and Hackmon met back up with Tekka and Vivian, and were asked about where the food he was supposed to buy was, thankfully Tekka and Vivian had brought food in the form of burgers and French fries; eventually, the three kids and the three Digimon sat down to eat.
As he was eating, a thought popped into Tekka’s mind; he turned to Herissmon, Hackmon, and Lopmon. “Hey you three, maybe now’s a good time for you to explain to us what’s going on,”
The three Rookies stopped eating for a bit and huddled together, they discussed with each other for a bit, before turning to the three kids.
“I’m afraid we’re going to have to wait on explaining your reason here until all seven of us are gathered,” Hackmon said.
“Seven?” Vivian mumbled.
“Seven as in seven kids with Digimon partners of their own,” Herissmon added.
“Wait, so there are other kids in this world?” Jake said.
“Correct, though we don’t know who they are,” Hackmon said.
The three humans sighed in disappointment.
Then another thought popped into Tekka’s mind.
“Hey Herissmon, you would mind explaining why you turned into a grown-up version of yourself and turned back?” The goggle head asked.
“Oh, that? It’s because I Digivolved,” The hedgehog responded.
“Digivolve? Like evolved? Like how a Pokemon does it?” Tekka asked.
“I have no idea what that last part is, but to answer your first part, yes! I Digivolve!” Herissmon said.
“Think of Digivolving as our way of aging, we start as babies, before growing up into full-grown adults,” Hackmon explained.
“So every Digimon is capable of it?” Vivian asked as the three Digimon nodded.
“But why did Herissmon Digivolve before?” Tekka wondered.
“That’s because of you Tekka, I could feel your determination flowing within me and it allowed me to Digivolve!” Herissmon explained.
Tekka, Jake, and Vivian stared at him with blank expressions. Before Jake laughs.
“Now that’s some anime nonsense if I have ever seen one, right Tekka?”
He noticed Tekka was staring at his hand.
Tekka speaks. “He’s right though when he became Filmon, he felt like the embodiment of my determination,”
Jake and Vivian stared at him dumbfounded.
Suddenly, the six of them felt a small earthquake they then turned to see many of the Digimon citizens running in panic.
“What’s going on?” Vivian wondered.
One of the citizens stopped and spoke up.
“The Gold and Silver Ogre Brothers are here!”
As the citizens ran the group decided to investigate.
The group made it to the source of the commotion, which was the gold and silver ogre siblings.
Tekka pulled out his Digivice and it showed info about the two Digimon
Name: Kinkakumon
Level: Champion
Type: Oni
Attribute: Virus
Attacks: Oni Explosive Funeral, Lightning Oni Kick
Bio:
A rampaging girl fears as one of the “Gold and Silver Oni Brothers” alongside its little brother Ginkakumon. It’s a romantic Digimon that violently attacks another Digimon it’s interested in.
Name: Ginkakumon
Level: Champion
Type: Oni
Attribute: Virus
Attacks: Oni Fire Bullet, Silver Horn Rush
Bio:
A taciturn giant feared as one of “The Gold and Silver Oni brothers” alongside its big sister Kinkakumon. The “Beni Hisago” it carries on its back is said to be connected to a different dimension and Digimon hurled here gets converted to alcohol for Kinkakumon to drink.
Jake looked confused when he read Kinkakumon’s info. “Why are they called the “Gold and Silver brothers” if one of them is female?”
“Now’s not the time to think about that!” Vivian said. “We need to give those guys a piece of our minds!”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea, what if what their description said is true, that the big silver one turns others into alcohol?” Jake questioned.
“You seriously believe that? It’s just an exaggeration,” Vivian said.
Tekka, Vivian, Herissmon, and Lopmon walked over to the ogre siblings.
Kinkakumon looked down on them. “What do you brats want?”
“You’re disturbing the town, I advise you to leave!” Vivian said.
“Eh? What gives you the right to tell us to do something?” Kinkakumon scoffed.
“If you’re not leaving, then we have no choice,” Tekka pulled out his Digivice, ready to Digivolve Herissmon.
Kinkakumon was not intimidated
“Lame!” She turned to her brother. “Suck them up!”
Ginkakumon pulls out his gourd and points it at the two humans and their Digimon companions.
They stared in confusion until the gourd absorbed the wind, at it began to pull them in, just as they realized what was happening they were sucked into the gourd completely.
Jake and Hackmon were now shocked at what they just witnessed.
Jake was panicking as if the bio were true, his friend would have been alcohol, but he still needed to confirm it.
“Hey! What did you do to my friends!?” He screamed, getting the ogre siblings’ attention.
“Why I sucked them in this gourd so that they would turn into booze for Big sis to drink, though it does take a few hours for those sucked in to materialize into alcohol,” Ginkakumon said.
Jake felt like his heart was shot, as his friends were on the brink of death. His body trembled, as he did not know what to do.
However, Hackmon walked over to Kinkakumon.
“Hey, you!”
Kinkakumon turned to him.
Hackmon shot a glance at her. “Release our friends, you mess with them, you mess with me!”
Kinkakumon was insulted by this.
Jake was now panicking and frantically moving their arms around.
Kinkakumon marched toward Hackmon and looked down upon him.
She glared at Hackmon for a bit before letting out a smirk.
She stood up. “I like your spirit kid, how about a proposal: In 10 minutes, we fight on the outskirts of town if you win, we’ll let your friends go, if you lose… you two will join them, deal?”
The dragon was hesitant for a bit, before nodding. “Deal,”
The female ogre smiled as she and her brother went to the outskirts.
As Hackmon watched the two leave, he was grabbed by Jake.
“DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU JUST DID!? NOW WE’RE GOING TO BE TURNED INTO ALCOHOL BECAUSE OF YOU!!!” The silver-haired boy screamed.
“Jake came down,” Hackmon said.
“How can I calm down!?”
Hackmon was getting annoyed by this. “Yelling and complaining isn't going to help us with anything!” Hackmon snapped.
“You’re right,” Jake said, calming down. “Still it was quite bold of you to stand up to Kinkakumon,”
“I was doing what I could to help, that's what my master taught me,” Hackmon said.
Jake raised his eyebrow. “Master?”
Hackmon nodded. “Yes my master, Gankoomon he’s someone I owe my life to because he saved me,”
“Saved?”
“You see, many years ago I was living in my home village and had nothing to stand out, it was normal until the demon arrived…”
“Demon?!” Jake exclaimed.
The dragon Digimon nodded.
“Yes, he burned down my entire village to ash, not even hesitating to burn a newborn Digimon, throughout the event I saw everyone I knew burned to death, but I couldn’t do anything about it, I continued to run until I tripped, the demon found me, he was about to kill me, but Gankoomon saved me and drove the demon away afterward I asked to be his student, which he accepted,”
Jake didn’t know what to say.
“Hackmon… I didn’t know…”
“It’s ok, I didn’t expect you to take it lightly,” Hackmon said. "Anyway, I should be getting ready for the fight,"
Hackmon walked off, and Jake followed.
With Jake and Hackmon
“Fifth Rush!!”
Hackmon swings his claws at a rock, shattering it.
As Jake watched Hackmon, thoughts roamed around his head.
Hackmon noticed this. “Do you have something to say?”
“It’s just the way you approach a situation courageously despite the odds that reminds me of myself,” Jake confessed.
This got Hackmon’s interest.
“Whenever I see someone getting picked on, I had to step in, since nobody was willing to do it, but the downside was that I got beaten up… a lot, which led me to become the laughing stock at my school. “But one time it did lead me to meet someone,”
A few years ago
Jake lay down, beaten up, bleeding out a bit and he was laughed at by the bullies.
“What a loser!!”
“He thinks he’s a match for us? Pathetic!”
“That’s what he gets!”
“Hey! Leave him alone!” A voice called out.
The three bullies turned to see a young Tekka.
“Who are you supposed to be?” The leader bully said.
“Just an average kid wondering why some bully and his lapdogs are beating some kid out of the blue,” Tekka said.
“Well, we’re just putting him in his place!” Tekka scoffs.
“And what gives you the right to do that?” Tekka asked.
“Well, that is because… I can!”
“Heh, sounds like a coward to me,” Tekka mocked.
“What did you say!?” The bully growled.
“You heard me, you’re just a coward who uses his appearance to get what he wants!” Tekka said.
The bully tightened his fist and attempted to punch Tekka but halted when he saw his glare.
The glare sends shivers down his spine, so much so that he runs away in fear of his lackeys following.
Once they were gone, Tekka walked over to the injured Jake.
“You ok?” Tekka asked.
Jake stood up. “Yeah, how did you scare those guys away?”
"Simple, by acting casual," Tekka explained. "My dad once showed me a video that says that bullies only go after people who act weak so if you don't act weak they won't bully anyone,"
Jake laughed. “Name’s Jake Warren,”
“Tekka Herisson,”
“So that’s how you met Tekka?” Hackmon said.
Jake nodded.
Hackmon smiled. “You know? While I was training under Gankoomon, he told me one important thing…”
“And that would be?” Jake wondered.
“Even against all odds, we need to have faith in our strength,”
Jake looked inspired.
The dragon Digimon began to walk. “Anyway, it’s time for me to fight,”
Outskirts of town
Kinkakumon and Ginkakumon sat down quietly for a while, patiently waiting.
Kinkakumon opened her eyes to see Jake and Hackmon.
She smiled. “Nice to see you’ve come, most Digimon we’ve met would usually chicken out,”
“I’m the type who keeps his promises,” Hackmon said.
Kinkakumon stood up and draw out her club. “Shall we?”
Hackmon nodded and gestured to his friends, who stepped back.
The dragon and the ogre stare each other down.
Smirking, Kinkakumon lunges forward.
“Oni Explosive Funeral!!” She swung her club down towards Hackmon, who avoided it by jumping back.
Kinkakumon quickly raised her club back and swung it again.
Hackmon avoids the club again and goes through Kinkakumon’s legs.
“Fifth Rush!!”
Hackmon struck Kinkakumon on the back.
Kinkakumon grunted but quickly regained her composure.
“Lightning Oni Kick!!!”
She kicked Hackmon, sending him flying several feet. Hackmon fixed his position and perfectly landed on the ground. Kinkakumon raised her club and was about to swing it down, but Hackmon interrupted by spewing fire at her face. As Kinkakumon cried in pain, Hackmon rotated his tail around and thrust it toward her belly, which was followed by Hackmon striking her with his claws. Kinkakumon was sent back a couple of feet, but she was able to regain her position and raise her club.
“Oni Explosive Funeral!!!” She strikes the ground and causes a mini-earthquake.
Hackmon jumped to avoid it, but when he was in the air, Kinkakumon jumped in and hit him with her club. As Hackmon crashed to the ground, Kinkakumon attempted to hit him again, But Hackmon was able to recover and swung his claws. The two clashed and sent wind throughout the area. Though struggling, Hackmon pushed through and knocked Kinkakumon’s club out of her hands. Kinkakumon saw her club flying and landing a couple of feet behind her, once she turned back to Hackmon, she was struck by his claw and was sent crashing to her club.
Jake watched in amazement at Hackmon’s performance.
‘I knew Hackmon was strong, but I didn’t think he’d be this strong, I wouldn’t be surprised if he could take on Tyrannomon by himself,’ Jake thought.
Back to the fight, Kinkakumon gets back up, she smirks and laughs.
“I’ve got to say kid, through all my travels I never met someone with such conviction as you! Which is why you’re getting a special treatment” Kinkakumon turned to her brother. “Ginkakumon, it’s time we do “that”,”
Ginkakumon appeared behind her sister. “Yes, Sis!”
‘I don’t like the looks of this!’ Jake thought.
The cockpit in Ginkakumon opened up and Kinkakumon jumped in, once the cockpit closed up, Ginkakumon's body began to tremble, before he let out a roar as golden aura burst out of his body.
Now the mere presence of Ginkakumon sends chills down everyone’s spines, except for Hackmon.
“Hey! You’re cheating! You’re not supposed to give each other a power-up in the middle of a fair fight!” Jake called out.
Ginkakumon turned to the silver-haired boy. “Fair? Let me tell you something kid! You are not in some BS fantasy fictional world where nothing matters; you are living in reality! Filled with nothing but hardship and cruelty, once you grow up you will understand!”
Hearing that caused Jake to look down and remember all the time, people made fun of him.
Ginkakumon turned his focus towards Hackmon. "Now then, shall we continue?"
Hackmon readied himself as Ginkakumon charged toward him. Ginkakumon raised his foot and sent it at high speed. Hackmon jumps back when the foot touches the ground, completely shattering it. As Hackmon avoided the rubbles of rock, he saw Gankoomon fire a fireball at him. Thankfully, he bounced off a piece of rock. But when he thought he was safe, he was suddenly struck by lightning, keeping him in midair, which caused Ginkakumon to punch him. Hackmon was sent crashing many feet away; once the smoke cleared, it showed Hackmon still standing. Ginkakumon smirked in amusement as he fired a combination of fire and lightning. Hackmon could not do anything, as he was hit by a barrage of fire and lightning.
Jake watched in worry.
Ginkakumon stopped his barrage and saw a worn-out Hackmon who was still standing, this sight was almost horrifying to his friends.
“What’s the matter? Nearly done for?” Ginkakumon scoffs.
Hackmon pants before responding. “No… It’s just that I won’t back down because that’s who I am!”
Jake felt inspired by Hackmon's willingness to never back down from a fight because he acted the same way. As if his mind were taken over by someone else, he shouted.
“DON’T GIVE UP HACKMON! YOU CAN WIN!!”
The sudden shout surprised the ogre siblings, while Hackmon smiled at his friend’s support.
Ginkakumon laughs a bit. “Heh, you’ve got a nice friend, but it isn’t enough for you,” He began to approach the dragon.
Jake pulled out his Digivce and held it tightly.
‘Hackmon, don’t lose!’
As he thought of that, his Digivice shined; at the same time, Hackmon was enveloped in a bright glow, which prompted Ginkakumon to halt his movement.
“Wh-what is this!?” The silver ogre exclaimed.
Hackmon smirked as he felt that his strength had grown bigger and his appearance changed.
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
Hackmon was now a larger version of himself; his claws were now blades, he had razor-sharp teeth, and his tail had a blade at the end.
Jake watched in amazement as he heard his Digivice make a beeping noise, he looked at his Digivice to see info on BaoHackmon.
Name: BaoHackmon
Level: Champion
Type: Dinosaur
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire, Virus Busters
Attacks: Fifth Cross, Dragless Spiker, Blazing Flame, Teen Blade
Bio:
After bouts of harsh training, his spirit, techniques, and physical strength increased significantly, and he will continue to train as he aspires to become a Royal Knight.
Ginkakumon, and Kinkakuamon who were watching from the cockpit, began to feel excited.
“Now we’re talking!!” Ginkakumon fired out a barrage of fire and lightning.
In a swift movement, BaoHackmon avoids flames and lightning while pinpointing Ginkakumon’s head.
“Blazing Flame!!” BaoHackmon spits out a fire that hits Ginkakumon in the face.
As Ginkakumon grows in pain, BaoHackmon takes this as an opportunity to get close.
“Dragless Spiker!!” BaoHackmon kicked Ginkakumon in the chest, knocking him back.
Ginkakumon began to stagger before he regained his position and in a desperate move, he fired out another round of flames and lightning. Once again, BaoHackmon effortlessly avoided the attacks and got close one more time.
“Fifth Cross!!!”
BaoHackmon slashed down in an X shape, brutally harming Ginkakumon, causing him to fall to the ground, leaving BaoHackmon the winner of the fight.
Jake cheered for his partner's victory, but it was cut short when Ginkakumon got back up and Kinkakumon exited the cockpit.
BaoHackmon immediately resumed his fighting stance and was surprised when the ogre sibling kneeled down.
“We yield,” The Ogre siblings said.
Jake approaches them. “Good, now Would you let our friends go?”
Ginkakumon nodded as he pulled out his gourd, which began to exert air, and Tekka, Vivian, Herissmon, and Lopmon came out of it, the four of them being unconscious.
“You were without a doubt the best warrior we’ve ever faced, and I also have no doubt you are destined for greatness!” Kinkakumon said. “And if you’ll excuse us, we’ll be taking our leave,”
As the ogre siblings left, Tekka, Vivian, Herissmon, and Lopmon regained consciousness.
“Arrgh! What happened?” Vivian wondered.
“It’s a long story,” Jake said.
After explaining what happened, the group decided to have another meal, especially Hackmon, who was hungry because of the Digivolution, After eating, the group stayed behind a bit more to buy more food alongside bags to bring them in Afterward they left town to continue their journey throughout the Digital World.
To be continued in...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, the trio and their partners came across a town that was enslaved and they also got captured, seperated from Tekka and Jake, Vivian and Lopmon had to escape in their own, find out how they do in Chapter 3: To Fight or Not to Fight
Notes:
Sorry for the long wait, a lot of thought had to be put to make these chapters, expect this to happen with more chapters moving forward.
Chapter 3: From Shyness to Strength, Turuiemon's fury!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
After walking, the group decided to take a break and reflected on what to do.
"So does anyone know what we're going to do now?" Vivian wondered.
"Well we should find those other kids, so our partners can tell us why we are here, but we don't know where they are," Jake said.
Tekka then pulled out his Digivice, displayed the map, and then pressed something that made the Digivice project a 3D hologram of the map.
Jake was amazed by this. “Wow! That’s a cool feature!”
The gogglehead shows the map to his friends. “I figured out to do this while we were eating, but check this out,”
Tekka points to the map, where in one area, there were three colored marks, one white, one silver, and one brown.
Tekka points to the mark. "These three dots represent us, but take a look around the map,"
Jake and Vivian looked around the holographic map and saw that there were other different colored marks: yellow, green, light blue and the last one was purple.
“Are those the other kids with Digimon with them?” Jake wondered.
“Yeah, and we’re going to find them,” Tekka declared.
“But that would mean we’d have to put ourselves in danger,” Vivian mumbled, embracing Lopmon tighter, and her body was trembling.
The two boys stared at the brunette.
“You ok Vivian?” Jake wondered.
Vivian lifted her head, “I’m sorry, I just had the moment of me almost being turned into alcohol embedded into my mind… I could’ve died that day…”
Her body began to tremble even more.
Tekka and Jake gave their friend a sympathetic look. The two boys place their hands on the brunette’s shoulders, calming her down.
“Vivian, when Hackmon fought against the ogre siblings, I was fearing that he wouldn't win in time before you and Tekka turned to booze,”
"And when Herissmon fought Tyrannomon, I felt lucky it rained after the fight was over because I thought we'd burned to death,"
The two boys then embraced the brunette.
Tekka spoke. "It's ok if you're afraid, that's what we're all feeling right now,"
"As long as we've got each other, we can overcome anything!" Jake concluded.
Tears swelled in Vivian's eyes as she embraced the two boys.
The three Rookie Digimon smiled at the scene unfolding.
“You three are really close!” Herissmon said.
The three kids separated.
“Well we've known each other since we were little,” Vivian said.
"Speaking of which, how did you three first meet?" Herissmon wondered.
Vivian taps her fingers nervously. "Well, it started when my family moved to the city..."
A few years ago
A young Vivian was sitting in the living room, which was filled with boxes as her family had just moved. Vivian's father approached his daughter.
"Vivian, why aren’t you outside in the sun?"
“Don’t want to, we’ve just moved here,” Vivian said.
"Well you're not going to make friends just by standing here all day," Her father turned to the side. "Dylan! Come over here!"
A boy who looked like a male version of Vivian arrived in the living room.
“Yeah, Dad?” Dylan asked.
“Take your sister out to the park nearby and hopefully make her some friends,”
Dylan gave his dad a thumbs up. “You got it!”
“No! I don’t want to go!” Vivian whined, but her brother did not listen, he grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the house.
At the park, Vivian and Dylan walked past several kids playing.
Dylan points to a group of kids playing at the jungle gym. “Look Vivy, they look like good people to befriend!”
Dylan turned to his sister, who looked gloomy.
“I miss all my old friends, why did we have to move?”
Dylan gave his sister a reassuring look.
“Vivy, I know it’s hard for you to accept moving, but you have to accept it eventually,”
Vivian did not say anything back to her brother, but a baseball landed near her.
“Hey, kid! Mind passing that ball back?”
Vivian looked to see two boys around her age, one had black hair while the other had silver hair.
Vivian was unsure of what to do, Dylan then patted her on the back.
“What are you waiting for? Throw it!” Dylan encourages his sister.
Hearing the encouragement, Vivian picked up the ball, though a bit hesitant, she closed her eyes and threw it at the two boys. The black-haired boy caught the ball in his hands.
"Wow, you're good! Why don't you play with us?" The silver-haired boy suggested.
Vivian didn't know what to say. Dylan patted her on the back.
"Go ahead,"
Vivian nervously walked towards the two boys.
“Say, what’s your name?” The silver-haired boy asked.
“Vivian Leveret,” Vivian replied.
“Jake Warren,”
“Tekka Herisson,”
Tekka and Jake spent the next few minutes teaching Vivian the basics of baseball, which Vivian quickly understood, due to this she was set to be the one to throw the ball, she threw it and Jake managed to hit it away, it was Tekka's turn and he hit the ball away as much as Jake's. When it was Vivian's turn, she was a bit skeptical, but after some encouragement from Dylan, she gave it a try. She readied herself and attempted to hit the ball but missed it. For the next hour and a half, Vivian concentrated on trying to hit the ball, but to no avail.
Eventually, the sun was setting and Vivian was on her knees and sweating up a storm. Dylan, Tekka, and Jake looked concerned for the brunette.
Dylan speaks up. "Maybe we should stop for–"
"NO! I'm not going until I at least get one hit!" Vivian shouted.
Dylan and Jake were unsure what to do, but Tekka spoke up.
“Word of advice: Take a deep breath and keep your eye on the ball!”
Vivian mustered the strength to stand up and raise the bat; she took a deep breath and concentrated on the ball in Tekka's hand. Tekka threw the ball and as it flew toward Vivian, she tightened her grip on the bat and focused only on the ball. Once the ball got close, Vivian swung the bat with all her might and hit the ball away. As the ball was flying, Vivian dropped to her knees and caught her breath.
"I did it…." She thought as the three boys approached her.
“Gotta say, you’ve got skills,” Jake said.
“Yeah, I did!” Vivian yelled out before collapsing.
Dylan places his sister’s arm over his head. “Alright, I’ve got you! Time to get home”
“Hey, we feel kinda responsible for Vivian being like this, so can we help?” Tekka asked.
“Sure, our house is only a block away,” Dylan said.
Tekka and Jake accompanied the twins back to their home.
End of Flashback
“Sometime after that we happen to find out we go to the same school and since then we’ve been inseparable,” Vivian explained.
“Heh, must’ve been great to be friends,” Lopmon said.
“Anyway, we should start making progress on meeting up with those other kids,” Tekka said.
“Where should we start?” Jake wondered.
Tekka projects the map and points at the yellow mark. “This is the closest one, let’s go to that one,”
With that, the group got up and began to move. Hours passed and the group was still walking, none of them spoke up as they didn’t know what to say at a time like this. Lopmon, who was currently in Vivian’s arms, noticed that the brunette had a down expression as if something was in her mind.
‘Weird, didn’t Tekka and Jake reassure her? Is there something else on her mind?’
Lopmon was about to speak up but didn’t as she believed she would sour the mood.
After a while of walking, the group came across a village and decided to head there, but when they got close they saw some villagers being forced to work by a group of green goblin-like Digimon with a red mohawks and wears a brown sleeveless jackets along with a brown loincloth, it also holds a wooden club with screws on it. Jake pulled out the analyzer on the Goblin-like Digimon.
Name: Goblimon
Level: Rookie
Type: Ogre
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers, Nature Spirits
Attacks: Goblin Strike, Goblin Rush, Goblin Bomb
Bio:
A mischief-loving Digimon that is always in groups while hanging in the shadows.
"I don’t like the looks of them," Herissmon said.
Hackmon readied himself. "Yeah,"
Vivian had a worried look on her face. “You’re not thinking of fighting them, aren’t you?”
“Well we can’t stay around and do nothing,” Tekka said.
Jake smirked. “I second that,”
Vivian sighed. ‘There’s no talking with these guys,’
Without saying a word, Hackmon rushes in and takes out the group of Goblimon in a matter of seconds. The Digimon were shocked by Hackmon’s sudden appearance.
Hackmon gave a thumbs up. “Don’t worry… We’re here to help!”
Shortly afterward, the others arrived, the Digimon were unsure of what to say.
“Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you guys, would you tell us what happened?” Tekka asked
The Digimon was still unsure of what to say.
Suddenly a deep voice could be heard.
“What is going on here?”
Everyone turned to a Digimon resembling a green ogre white long white hair, pointy ears with earrings, two horns on his head, and spikes jutting from his shoulders. He wears a black loincloth with a belt, a bracer on his right arm, red bandages on his left arm and right leg, and a black bandage on his left leg. It also carries a large, spiked femur bone.
Vivian pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Ogremon
Level: Champion
Type: Ogre
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers, Nature Spirits
Attacks: Pummel Whack, Bone Mace
Bio:
Referred to as the “Digimon Hunter” due to seeking to fight bold Digimon with as much combat power as itself.
“I'm guessing you're the boss of these Goblimons,” Tekka said.
"And may I ask who you are?" Ogremon asked.
“We’re just a group of kids who happen to be passing by to witness this,” Jake said.
“Don’t say it like that in front of him you idiot!” Vivian shouted.
Ogremon’s eyes squint. “I see…”
The way he said that made the three kids and their partners tense up.
In an instant, Ogremon pulled out a canister that spews out gas at the group.
Jake coughs. “Gak! What is this stuff?!”
“This is gas!” Hackmon coughs out as his body begins to feel weaker.
It wasn’t long until everyone began to pass out, with Vivian being the last.
Ogremom turned to his Goblimon minions, who were getting up.
"Get up, take these punks in!"
The Goblimon nervously nodded and walked to the unconscious kids.
Vivian's eyes opened a bit and she saw the Goblimon approaching her as she passed out.
Unknown Location
“Vivian… Vivian…”
Vivian opened her eyes to see Lopmon looking at her.
“Ugh… What happened?” She moaned.
She looked around to see herself in a cage.
“Why are we in a cage?” She wondered.
“That’s because you got captured like the rest of us,”
Vivian and Lopmon turned to a group of Digimon in the same cage with them, the one that spoke up was a green bipedal monkey wearing a leopard-print smock and brown gloves and had a giant slingshot.
“Name’s Monmon,” The monkey introduced itself.
“I’m Lopmon!” Lopmon introduces herself.
“And I’m Vivian,” Vivian said as she continued to look around. “Where are we?”
“Our hometown, or at least what used to be our hometown, before Ogremon took over,” Mommon said.
The brunette was confused. “Why would he do that?”
Monmon nodded. “Some time ago he just appeared out of nowhere and acted as if he owned the place. We told him to leave but he rejected and had his small group of Goblimon minions take over the place. He said he will take over the down because he can,” Monmon said. “And you guys happened to come by,”
Hearing that made Vivian remember something.
“Wait… did” She looked around the cage to see that Tekka, Jake, Herissmon, and Hackmon weren't in the cage. “Where are Tekka and Jake?”
“Those other guys? They were placed in the reserves, which are on the other side of town,” Monmon answered.
“Reserves?” Vivian didn’t like where Monmon was going.
“Yeah, they're meant to be backup if our manpower isn’t enough,” Monmon finished.
Vivian was worried, so she reached into her pocket, only to find out that her Digivice wasn't there.
‘I should’ve known they took it, I hope Tekka and Jake are ok!’
With the boys
“HEY! LET US OUT OF HERE! OR ELSE YOU’LL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES!!”
The other prisoners in cages nearby were groaning in annoyance.
“Has he always been this loud?” Herissmon asked
“Unfortunately yes,” Tekka facepalmed, before turning to Jake. “Yelling is not going to help us get out of here,”
“Well I had to do something,” He turned to Hackmon, who seemed to be analyzing the cage bars. “Hey, Hackmon! Can’t you just break this cage down?”
The dragon turned to his partner. “I would, but there is a problem,”
Jake raised an eyebrow. “Which is?”
Hackmon slashed the bars and it didn’t leave a scratch. “This cage is made out of Chrome Digizoid,”
“Chrome Digizoid?” The two human boys asked.
“It’s a rare type of hard metal found in the Digital world, it can only be broken by either a strong attack or by using Chrome Digizoid,”
Jake looked confused. “English please?”
He means he can’t break it,” Tekka answered.
“So we’re stuck here,” Herissmon said.
“Don't look so down, we'll somehow get out of this,” Tekka said.
"Saying "somehow" isn't making me feel better," Jake said.
"Well you were the one that made Ogremon agitated," Herissmon said.
Back with Vivian
Vivian and Lopmon looked around and got a better look at the village; it was barren and empty for the most part. They then turned to see a Goblimon walking over to their cage door and opening it.
“Get up, it’s time for you to work!” The Goblimon ordered.
Monmon and the other imprisoned Digimon walked out in silence, Vivian and Lopmon were at first hesitant to move but knew they had no other choice, so they followed the other imprisoned Digimon. As they walked they saw many other enslaved Digimon being forced to work. Vivian and Lopmon felt terrible for them and wanted to help, but they knew they were not powerful enough. They continued to walk until they stopped.
“Alright, now get to work!” The Goblimon ordered.
The enslaved Digimon reluctantly did as they were told.
"Um, what are we supposed to do?" Vivian wondered.
"Expand the area," Mommon answered.
Mommon gave Vivian and Lopmon a pair of shovels. Without asking more questions, the pair did their work. As they did their work, Vivian watched the other enslaved Digimon working and saw a small bear-like Digimon called Bearmon collapse from exhaustion. As this happened three Goblimon approached the weakened Bearmon.
"Oi, get up!"
Bearmon struggled to get up, but couldn't. This angered the Goblimons and one of them hit Bearmon with his club, and he cried in pain. This sight angered Vivian as she approached the Goblimon and smacked him with her shovel. Everyone present was shocked at what she did.
Goblimon glared at the brunette. “How dare you!!”
“Can’t you see that he's tired?! Aren’t you ashamed of how you're treating him?” Vivian called out.
The Goblimons were taken aback by this but immediately shrugged it off.
The Goblimon raised his club. “You know you’re getting in trouble for hitting me!”
“Try me!” Vivian said in a cold tone.
The Goblimons froze at Vivian's glare.
Just as things could not look any worse, a deep voice can be heard.
"What's going on here?"
Everyone turned to see Ogremon. The Goblimons panicked upon seeing him.
“Sir! This daughter of a bastard just hit me with a shovel!”
Ogremon stared at the brunette, before turning to the Goblimon.
“And you let this girl intimidate you?” He growled.
“Yes, but she seems so different from the other slaves that–”
He was interrupted when Ogremon hit him with a dark energy blast, much to the shock of everyone.
"Hopefully you learn to man up!" Ogremon said.
Vivian looked at Ogremon in distraught.
She glared at Ogremon. “How could you do that? Have you got no shame?”
“I was just setting an example,” Ogremon said.
"That doesn't give you the right to attack him!" Vivian rebukes.
Ogremon felt offended and he marched toward Vivian. Lopmon and the other enslaved Digimon watched in worry for the brunette’s sake. Vivian didn’t back off, she just stood where she was and tightened her grip on her shovel. Ogremon got close and looked down at the brunette. Vivian gave Ogremon a serious look while standing her ground. Ogremon looked down on Vivian a bit more, before he suddenly faltered and smacked Vivian away, also breaking her shovel.
“Vivian!” Lopmon cried out as she ran to the brunette.
Ogremon turns his attention to the enslaved Digimon.
“All of you get back to work and make it snappy!”
The enslaved Digimon panicked and did as they were told.
As Ogremon walks away, Lopmon, Monmon, and some of the other Digimon check on Vivian.
“Are you ok, Vivian!?” Lopmon cried.
Vivian groaned as she got up. “I’m fine,”
Bearmon came close to the brunette. “What were you thinking? You could’ve died!”
Vivian stood up. “Look, I was doing what I could to help and that's what matters,”
Nobody had the feeling to talk back to Vivian.
"We should get back to work," Vivian looked at Ogremon and noted how he acted before.
With Ogremon
Ogremon walked over to the center of town, where there was a throne made of wood.
Ogremon sat down on the throne and began to think back.
Back then the village was a normal and peaceful place, or it would be if it weren't for the group of Goblimon running around causing trouble. Each day, the Goblimon would do things like stealing food, vandalizing, and many more.
But there was one Goblimon that was always behind and had to be saved by the others, ashamed he tirelessly trained to make up for being weak, until one day he trained so much that it Digivolved into Ogremon, he felt like he could accomplish anything, which leads him taking over the village.
He remained in the top spot for a while until today when he was intimidated by a little girl.
"I'm going to kill that girl the next time she does something!"
The prisoners returned to their cages, and each one was given a single plate of food, The prisoners with Vivian and Lopmon gave the food to them.
“Why are you giving it to us?” The brunette asked.
“It’s what we do when some new people come in,” Monmon explained.
Lopmon began to eat, while Vivian on the other hand didn't. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a paperclip, she looked over the cage door and saw the lock.
She walked over to the door and began to pick on the lock, which got everyone's attention.
"What are you doing?" Monmon asked.
“What does it look like? I’m busting us out of here,” Vivian replied.
“What?! Do you have a death wish or something?” Monmon questioned.
“He’s right Vivian, we should probably wait for Herissmon and Hackmon to save us,” Lopmon suggested.
Vivian sighs as she turns to Lopmon. “Look, Tekka, Jake, and Dylan have always been there for me, whenever I’m feeling alone, when I needed help, when I had nothing to do, and many more. But I can't rely on them forever, and if I going to be by Tekka and Jake’s side as we go through this world, I need to be strong enough to stand on my own,”
Lopmon and the others were inspired by Vivian’s speech.
Lopmon began to walk forward. “Ok, I’ll stand by your side!”
Vivian smiled, before crouching down and rubbed Lopmon’s head. “Good girl,”
“But how will you two deal with the Goblimon?” Monmon asked.
“That’s where you guys come in to fight,”
Monmon and the other prisoners tensed up.
“Are you insane?! You want to get us killed?!” Monmon questioned.
“Calm down, let me explain…” Vivian waved her hands. “Did you notice that the Goblimon froze when I glared at them?”
“Hmm, now that I think of it you're right,” Bearmon mentioned.
"Not to mention, how Ogremon acted," Vivian brings up. "If Tekka told me anything is that bullies may seem tough, but they act cowardly on the inside,"
Monmon and the other imprisoned Digimon began to feel confident.
Seeing this, Vivian went back to the door and continued picking the lock, until she unlocked it.
She proceeded to open the door. “Alright, let’s go!”
As they left the cage they slowly began to unlock the rest of the nearby cages, until a group of Goblimon arrived and spotted what they were doing.
“Hey! Stop right there!”
Vivian, Lopmon, and the enslaved Digimon tensed up as the Goblimon charged toward them.
The enslaved Digimon panicked at first before Lopmon jumped in.
"Tiny Twister!!"
Lopmon sends a tornado at the Goblimon, sending them back.
“Don’t just stand there! Remember what I said!”
The enslaved Digimon regained confidence as they rushed at the Goblimon and attacked them. It didn't take long for the Goblimon to get outnumbered and tied up.
"Alright speak up! Where did you put the Digivices?" Vivian asked.
“The what?” One of the Goblimons asked.
“The things you took from me, Tekka, and Jake!” Vivian replied.
“Those things? They're in our boss’s chest, but good luck trying to deal with him,” The Goblimon answered.
“Why are you answering her?”
“What else am I supposed to do? We're outnumbered!”
Vivian noticed a pair of keys hanging on one of the Goblimon’s loincloths, so she picked it up. “Are these the keys to the other cages?”
The Goblimon nodded.
Vivian then turned to the enslaved Digimon. “We’ll deal with Ogremon, you guys know what to do with these guys,”
“But what will you do against Ogremon?” Monmon asked.
Vivian gives the enslaved Digimon a reassuring look and a thumbs up. "We’ll be fine!”
As Vivian and Lopmon left, the enslaved Digimon were left to wonder what would happen.
Vivian and Lopmon made it to the center of town, only to find no one at the throne, and they saw a chest right next to it.
Seeing this as an opportunity, Vivian and Lopmon went to the chest.
As Vivian continued to pick on the lock, Lopmon looked around for Ogremon.
‘Weird, why isn’t Ogremon here?’
She then sensed an attack of dark energy coming. She immediately tackled Vivian out of the way as the attack created an explosion. The two got up to see Ogremon menacingly approaching them.
“I’d known to take your stuff from my chest,” Ogremon said.
Lopmon was frightened at first, before reassuring herself and assumed a fighting stance.
She turned to Vivian. “Vivian, I’ll keep him busy, you continue to unlock that chest,”
Vivian was unsure but knew that there was no other choice, so she continued to pick on the lock. Lopmon marched to Ogremon, who was looking down on her.
“You believe a shrimp like you would be able to stand up to me?” Ogremon mocked.
Lopmon gulped before launching an attack.
"Blazing Ice!!"
Ogremon simply used his hand to block the attack, but it distracted him from seeing Lopmon getting close. Lopmon spun around and rapidly smacked Ogremon with her ears, but Ogremon shrugged it off and grabbed her.
“You’re going to have to do better than that to take me down,”
Ogremon proceeds to toss Lopmon into a house. Ogremon was about to walk to Vivian, but Lopmon jumped out of all the rubble.
“Tiny Twister!!” Lopmon sends a tornado at Ogremon and it pushes him back.
Ogremon began to feel frustrated with Lopmon.
Back with Vivian, she continued to pick on the lock until it finally unlocked, She then opened the chest, and found the Digivices pocketed them in.
“Ok Lopmon I’ve got the Digivices so let’s–” When she turned around, her eyes widened.
Lopmon was badly injured and was in Ogremon’s grip. Ogremon tossed the rabbit away. Seeing this enraged Vivian and she picked up a wooden plank and hit Ogremon with it, but it did nothing. Ogremon turned around and glared at the brunette before smacking her back. Lopmon groaned as she raised her head and she saw the whole thing unfold.
“Vivian…” She said weakly.
Despite the pain, Vivian got up.
“You should've just stayed in your cage as you should be,” Ogremon said.
Vivian pants. “You don’t scare me,”
Ogremon’s eyes twitched, and he charged up dark energy in his fist.
“Die!!!”
Lopmon’s eyes widened, and she used her remaining strength to get up and rush toward Vivian, who was still aching in pain. Lopmon jumped in front of Vivian right before Ogremon launched his attack. Vivian watched in horror as Lopmon was sent flying.
"LOPMON!!!"
A rush of dread filled Vivian as she ran to Lopmon.
"Lopmon… Lopmon…" She cried.
Ogremon was shocked at what Lopmon had just done. "Why would she do something as stupid as that?"
Hearing that ticked Vivian off.
“Don’t you dare talk about Lopmon like that!” Vivian yelled. “I don’t see you doing stuff like that!”
Ogremon was taken aback by this.
Vivian then heard Lopmon groan.
"Lopmon, are you ok?"
Lopmon lets out a small smile and nods.
"Can you still fight?" Vivian asked
"I don’t know if I can… Ogremon’s too strong," Lopmon said.
"Heh, then you must surpass your limits right now if you want to stand up on your own," Vivian said.
Hearing this reignited Lopmon’s determination as she stood up and was ready to fight.
“I’ll protect you no matter what!”
“That’s the spirit!” Vivian cheered.
Then Vivian’s Digivice shined and Lopmon felt enormous amounts of energy flow into her as he began to change.
“What?! What is this?!” Ogremon growled.
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
Lopmon is now a tall purple rabbit, She retains her three horns on her head and her long ears, She wears a yellow sleeveless jumpsuit, a blue bandanna around her neck, a black belt on her waist, and black martial arts shoes on her feet, and she wears red gloves that have long iron claws on them.
Vivian pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Turuiemon
Level: Champion
Type: Beast Man
Attribute: Data
Family: Nature Spirits
Attacks: Gauntlet Claw, Ninja Fist
Bio:
A martial artist Digimon who was discovered in the hinterlands of a Chinese mountain province, she pursues the virus that exploits emails to do evil as their eternal enemy and wander the world.
Ogremon looked in shock.
“How? How did you do that?”
“Simple, it’s because I was determined to protect Vivian,” Turuiemon replied.
Ogremon glared at the rabbit in jealousy, before charging towards her.
Turuiemon used her iron claws to block Ogremon’s bone before pushing him back.
“Vivian go! Get Tekka and Jake!”
This time Vivian nodded before running off.
As she did that, Turuiemon turned her focus back to Ogremon and continued to parry his attacks. Ogremon was beginning to get frustrated and began to attack like a feral animal. Unfortunately, this allowed Turuiemon to easily dodge and parry Ogremon's attacks, and it also gave her an opening to punch Ogremon in the gut, before kicking towards a house. But it wasn’t long before Ogremon burst out of the rubble
“Why won’t you go down!?” Ogremon yelled.
‘He sure is stubborn,’ Turuiemon thought.
Back with the boys
"Arrgh! I'm so bored!" Jake groaned.
"Complaining isn't going to get us out of here," Hackmon said.
"Don't bother, Jake's never been the most patient person I know," Tekka said.
"Now I'm beginning to question how you and Vivian were able to stand him for years," Herissmon said.
Then the four of them heard a familiar voice
“Tekka! Jake!”
The four of them turned to see their brunette friend.
“Vivian? Man, am we glad to see you,” Jake said.
“I could say the same to you guys,” Vivian said
“Where have you been anyway?” Tekka wondered.
“Me and Lopmon were put on the other side of the village, meant to do all the work, while you guys are in the reserves,” The brunette responded.
“That explains why they haven't done anything with us,” Jake said.
“Where is Lopmon by the way?” Herissmon wondered.
“She Digivolved earlier and is currently fighting Ogremon, which is why I’m here to bust you guys out,” Vivian proceeds to use the key she got earlier to unlock the cage.
“Woo! Free at last!” Jake cheered.
“At least, I won’t have to hear Jake screaming every five minutes,” Hackmon said.
“I second that,” Tekka said.
“So you do get annoyed with Jake?” Herissmon asked.
“Stuff like being annoyed with each other is common between friends,” Tekka said.
“Hey!” Jake called out.
Vivian butts in between her friends. “Hey guys we don’t have much time until–”
“Hey! The prisoners are escaping!!”
The group turned to see a bunch of Goblimon coming towards them.
“You guys distract them, while I unlock the other cages,” Vivian ordered.
Her two friends nodded as they rushed to battle with their partners, while Vivian began unlocking the rest of the cages.
Herissmon Digivolved to Filmon while Hackmon didn’t Digivolve due to already having great combat, the two easily took out the Goblimon.
Back with Vivian she manages to unlock all the other cages and motivates the imprisoned Digimon to fight back, which she succeeds at.
‘With that out of the way, I need to get back to Turuiemon,’
Back with Turuiemon
Turuiemon strikes Ogremon, sending him back several feet. Ogremon groaned as he tried to withstand the pain. Turuiemon couldn't help but wonder why Ogremon was acting so desperately.
“Why are you acting like this?” She asked.
“Because it's in my right!”
Turuiemon raised an eyebrow. "Really? You enslaved an entire village because it's in your right? That's just pathetic,"
"Shut up! You have no right to say that! I've trained for so long to reach this stage, and you just achieve it in a matter of seconds!" Ogremon rebuke.
"Even if that's true, that doesn't give you the right to boss people around!" Turuiemon retorted.
"SHUT UP!!" Ogremon roared.
Ogremon charges Turuiemon and unleashes a flurry of attacks, which Turuiemon easily avoids. Turuiemon unloaded her metal claw and slashed Ogremon, leaving a cut on his chest. Ogremon stumbled back but was still willing to fight. Turuiemon sighs upon seeing this.
"I'm done,"
Ogremon was baffled. "What?! What do you mean by "You're done"?"
Turuiemon turned her head away. "You're getting weaker by the second, For your sake, we should stop fighting, I need to get back to Vivian,"
Ogremon was offended by this and glared at the rabbit. Ogremon attempted to move, but couldn’t due to his pain. Seeing this, Turuiemon turned to walk away.
“Turuiemon!”
The rabbit turned to see Vivian at a distance, she smiled upon seeing her, and she began to walk toward her.
Ogremon saw Vivian and recalled what Turuiemon said earlier. He gives a sinister smirk as he gathers dark energy in his fist.
Vivian notices what Ogremon is doing. “Turuiemon, heads up!”
Turuiemon turned to Ogremon and readied herself. Ogremon fires his attack but goes past her. She was confused as she turned to the direction of the attack…
…Which was heading for Vivian!
Vivian covered her eyes as she braced for impact, she was engulfed in an explosion.
But nothing happened to her…
She opened her eyes to see a damaged Turuiemon barely standing and gasped.
Ogremon laughed. “And you decided to value this girl over yourself,”
Turuiemon glared at Ogremon. “I gave you a choice,”
In a blur, Turuiemon appeared above Ogremon, who didn't react as Turuiemon stomped him to the ground. Turuiemon then grabbed Ogremon by the throat. Still conscious, Ogremon launches another blast of dark energy point-blank, but Turuiemon shrugs off the pain and punches Ogremon in the gut. Turuiemon then proceeds to unleash a flurry of punches, before proceeding to slash Ogremon with her metal claws.
Vivian was beginning to feel worried for her partner’s sanity.
Ogremon was sent crashing into a house and was covered in debris. Turuiemon was about to continue her assault, but then Vivian stepped in front of her.
“Turuiemon stop! Can’t you see he’s already down?!”
Turuiemon was about to argue when she and Vivian heard Ogremon emerging from the debris. Ogremon limped over and Turuiemon readied herself to fight. But then Ogremon was engulfed in a white light and when the light dissolved it left behind a Goblimon.
Seeing this made Turuiemon remember something she heard earlier.
"Shut up! You have no right to say that! I've trained for so long to reach this stage, and you just achieve it in a matter of seconds!"
“I… can still fight!” Goblimon said.
Turuiemon was unsure of what to say when Vivian approached Goblimon.
She let out a deep breath. “Look… I don’t know what you’ve gone through, but let me tell you that no matter how strong you are, there will always be someone better, and that does not give you the right to enslave others you deem as inferior,”
Vivian then turned around to walk away.
“You’re just going to leave him like this?” Turuiemon asked.
“It’s best for him to be alone to think about his actions,” Vivian replied.
As the two leave, Goblimon slowly begins to think about what Vivian said to him.
Later the villagers were freed and the group of Goblimon was taken out, the villagers thought of kicking them out of the village, but Vivian defended them, saying that they were forced by their leader, the villagers agreed, but they kept the Goblimon under watch. Later, the village held a party to celebrate being free.
Monmon approached the three humans and their partners. "Here's some more food for you!"
"You don't need to give us this much food," Vivian said.
"I just need to give appreciation to the ones who saved our village!" Monmon said.
"On that topic, I'm surprised how you managed to inspire these guys to fight back," Jake said.
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" Vivian asked.
"Of course! I always give compliments!"
"Riiight," Tekka said.
As the two boys began to argue, Vivian looked at Lopmon, who was sleeping as she was stuffed.
She still couldn't believe what happened earlier, that an adorable little rabbit could turn into a brutal fighting machine, but considering how Herissmon and Hackmon fight, Lopmon shouldn't be any different.
'I guess it's in their nature since they are monsters,'
She then noticed Monmon staring somewhere, she turned to the direction he was looking and saw Goblimon sitting in an alleyway alone.
'That Goblimon must be the one that Digivolved to Ogremon,'
She stood up and walked toward Goblimon, much to the other's confusion.
Goblimon noticed the brunette approaching him.
"What do you want?" Goblimon said.
Vivian places food next to the goblin. "I'm just giving you some food,"
"Why are you being nice to me? I've tried to kill you…"
Vivian gave Goblimon a stern look. "That is something I'll never forgive you for!"
This scares Goblimon before Vivian's expression turns to normal.
"But… I'll be willing to look past that since you're reconsidering your actions," Vivian said before she walked back to her friends.
Goblimon looked at the food Vivian gave her and began to eat it.
To be continued in...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, the group found the next kid, who was shy girl and her action partner, the girl didin't want to trust us at first, but then we were attack by a samurai Digimon, find out what happens in Chapter 4: A Spark of Trust, Kyubimon's Flames
Notes:
Vivian's flashback was inspired by Runo's from Bakugan episode 32
And for a little heads up, the next four chapters will introduce the rest of the DigiDestined, so stay tuned for that!
Chapter Text
It was nighttime in the forest, there was only the sound of clanking that came from a Digimon resembling an ancient samurai. The samurai walked through the forest, until a light hit his eye, briefly blocking his vision. The samurai looks at the source to see that the light has reflected off something that looks like a canister. The samurai approaches the canister, it suddenly lets out black smoke right in his face.
The samurai coughed, before feeling intense pain, he groaned as he felt like something within him was taking over his body, unfortunately, he didn’t have the strength to withstand the pain and he let out an agonizing scream as he was enveloped in a dark aura, which can be heard from miles away.
Elsewhere, a fox-like Digimon was sleeping on a branch, until she was awoken by screams of agony.
‘Something dangerous is here,’
In the morning
"According to the map, the kid should be in there," Tekka pointed to a forest.
"We're not seriously going in there are we?" Jake asked.
"How else are we gonna find that kid?" Vivian spoke up.
"Still going around a forest could have a high chance of danger!" Jake said.
Vivian smirked. "Heh, that's rich coming from the guy who was inspired by a broccoli-haired teen who acts like a nerd,"
A tick mark appeared on Jake's head. "That's pretty high, coming from the girl whose role model is a tsundere princess!"
A tick mark also appeared on Vivian's head as she grinned. "At least she doesn't break her bones nearly every time she fights,"
"Hey, there's a difference between punching things hard and shooting out water, especially if said water is magic,"
"I mean magic can be a dangerous thing if not used correctly,"
Tekka butts in between his friends. "This isn't the time you two, we need to get going!"
Jake and Vivian groaned. "Fine!"
The three Rookie Digimon watched in curiosity.
"Do they always argue like that?" Herissmon wondered.
"As much as we breathe air," Tekka responded.
'Now I know to prepare myself if this happens to me,' Hackmon thought.
As the six walked through the forest, they came across a pond, where they saw a girl around their age, who had short blonde hair and wore a buttoned shirt covered by a white coat, alongside gray pants.
“Is that another human?” Vivian wondered.
Tekka took a closer look. “I think it is!”
“Then let’s go to her then!” Jake began to walk over to the girl.
Tekka reaches his hand out. “Wait, maybe we shouldn’t approach her so suddenly!”
Jake didn’t listen. “Hey there!”
The girl shrieked and jumped in shock.
Jake waved his hand. "Didn't mean to scare ya there!"
The girl gave Jake a dirty look, which made him confused.
‘Why is she giving me that look?’ Jake thought as Tekka, Vivian, and the partner Digimon made themselves present.
The girl was startled upon seeing them.
Vivian smacks Jake on the back of his head, hearing him cry out ‘ow!’
“Have you ever thought of not sneaking up on someone like that? Especially if it’s a girl,”
“Well, I was just excited to see another human besides us,” Jake defended.
Tekka sighed as he walked closer to the girl.
“Sorry for my friend, he tends to get overly excited,” Tekka said.
The girl didn’t say a word.
“I don’t think she has a good impression on us,” Herissmon said.
Vivian glared at Jake. “Way to go, Jake,”
Jake groaned. “Why do you always have to blame me?”
Hackmon then sensed something quick coming. “Heads up!”
A Digimon leaped over the group, and they looked up to see what appeared to be a humanoid fox.
“Diamond Storm!!!”
The fox fired out shaped leaves at the group.
Somehow Tekka, Jake, and Vivian were quick enough to avoid it, Herissmom countered the leaves by firing his quills, Hackmon knocked the leaves away, and Lopmon blew them away with a twister.
The fox landed next to the girl and the group got a better look at it. The fox was covered in yellow fur, save for the tip of her tail, ears underbelly, hands, and feet, she wore purple sleeves on her forearms with yin-yang symbols on the back of her hands.
Tekka pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Renamon
Level: Rookie
Type: Beast Man
Attribute: Data
Field: Nature Spirits, Virus Busters, Nightmare Soldiers.
Attacks: Diamond Storm, Power Paw.
Bio: As it is always calm, cool, and collected, Renamon practices enough so it won't lose its composure in any situation.
"Are you hurt, Daisy?" Renamon asked.
“I’m fine, just disturbed,” The girl named Daisy said.
Daisy glanced at the group. “Identify yourselves!”
Jake rubbed the back of his head. “Um… We’re humans?”
Daisy wasn’t buying it. “Prove it!”
“How do you expect us to prove that?” Vivian wondered.
Daisy thought for a moment, before pointing to Tekka. "You there, with the goggles,"
Tekka points to himself. "Me?"
"What was the date when Igneel and the other dragons disappeared?"
"July 7th, year 777," Tekka answered.
"How do you even know that?" Jake asked.
Tekka turned to the silver-haired boy. "Because I watched Fairy Tail,"
“Hmm, who’s your favorite character?” Daisy continued to ask.
“Gajeel,”
“Favorite opening?”
“Masayume Chasing,”
“Favorite ending?”
“Pierce,”
Daisy stroked her chin and thought for a bit. “Ok, I guess you guys are humans,”
“Um of course we are, why are you questioning us in the first place?” Vivian wondered.
“Hello, I am in an alternate dimension, and did you guys not know the one thing about isekai stories, danger is in every corner and you’ll die when you least expect it,” Daisy explained.
"Fair point," Tekka said. "On a related note, how did you end up here?"
Daisy was unsure if she should tell them, Renamon noticed this and turned to the group.
“Would you give me and Daisy a moment?”
The others nodded and Renamon brought Daisy to the other side of the pond.
“Are you still unable to trust others?” Renamon asked.
“I already told you what happened the last time I trusted a group of quote un quote “friends”,” Daisy said.
“But every person is different, and given their situation is the same as yours, that’s all the more reason to trust them,” Renamon argued.
Daisy thought about it a bit more before sighing. “I guess I have no other choice,”
Renamon smiled.
The two walked back to the others.
“Have you made up your mind?” Tekka asked.
Daisy nodded. “And to answer your question before…”
She pulled out her yellow Digivice.
“It all started when I was at school, I was about to head to the library, but needed to pick up a few things from my locker, but when I opened it I found a box, I later opened it at the library and saw a yellow USB,”
Tekka, Jake, and Vivian tensed up.
"That’s exactly what happened to us!" Jake said.
Daisy was surprised by this. “Did you guys plug your USBs into your phone?”
The three kids nodded.
“I see, back to my story, I plugged the USB into my phone and it transformed it and brought me into this world, and as to be expected, I wasn’t in the right state of mind…”
Flashback
Daisy opened her eyes and found herself on a grassy plain.
“Are you finally awake?”
Daisy jumped in surprise as she turned to see Renamon, which startled her, and she took a few steps back.
“Calm down, I’m a friend,” Renamon assures.
"What are you?" Daisy wondered.
"I am Renamon, a Digimon,"
Daisy had so many questions in her head.
"Where are we?!"
"If you calm down I will explain,"
Daisy took a deep breath as she calmed down.
"Ok… can you explain now?"
Renamon explains what she is and what the Digital world is, Daisy is astounded at what she is hearing.
“That… was a lot to take in…” Daisy said. “But why am I here?”
“About that… I’ll hold off explaining that after we gather with the others,”
Daisy gave Renamon a suspicious look.
“If you're not going to tell me, I’ll be leaving!”
As Daisy turns to leave Renamon reaches her hand to her.
“Wait! You don’t even know where to go!” Renamon said.
Daisy still walked away. “Well, if you are keeping secrets from me, then I can’t trust you,”
"Is gaining your trust that hard?" Renamon asked.
Daisy stopped walking and turned her head. “The last time I trusted people, they used me as a pawn and threw me aside like I was nothing,”
Daisy continued to walk away, and Renamon followed.
Renamon tries to convince the blonde, but Daisy just ignores her pleas. After a while, she was getting annoyed, but she kept her composure. Eventually, it began to rain, so the two of them sat down in a cave, but Daisy forbade Renamon from sitting near her, so Daisy sat on one side of the cave while Renamon sat on the other.
Hours passed and Renamon fell asleep, much to Daisy's relief, but she immediately heard the sound of lightning, which annoyed her. She decided to go deeper into the cave to get away from the sound of lightning. After a bit of walking, she sat down and breathed, but she then heard footsteps.
She signed. “Renamon, I told you to stay away from me,”
She then heard a growling sound, which caused her to tense up.
‘That doesn’t sound like Renamon!’
She turned in the direction of the noise and saw a sight of nine glowing green eyes, which nearly made her scream. Anxiety began to swell up in her body, and sweat was dripping down fast, despite this, she activated the flashlight on her Digivice and was greeted with the sight of a giant spider Digimon named Dokugumon. Her pupils shrink in fear and before she screams, Dokugumon shoots out a web at her.
Daisy opened her eyes and looked around, She noticed everything was upside down, and she then realized she was wrapped in webs while hanging from the ceiling. She then heard the sound of growling, she turned to see Dokugumon crawling towards her. She couldn’t do anything as Dokugumon came closer and opened its mouth revealing its drooling mouth. Daisy thought it was the end for her, then she heard a familiar voice.
"Diamond Storm!!"
Dokugumon was bombarded by sharp leaves, and some of it freed Daisy, but she fell. As Daisy screamed she was caught by Renamon.
“Are you ok Daisy?” The fox asked.
The blonde nodded.
Renamon headed for the cave's entrance and placed Daisy down.
“Now stay here,” She said before running back to Dokugumon.
Renamon ignites her hands in blue flames before proceeding to strike Dokugumon. Dokugumon retaliates by shooting out purple needles. Renamon blocks the needles, despite the pain, she shrugs it off and launches another round of sharp leaves. Back with Daisy, she couldn’t stop but think.
'Why is Renamon risking her life just to save me?!'
She then heard footsteps coming from the cave, she turned to see a battered-up Renamon, which made her gasp.
“I’ve… taken out Dokugumon… we should get going,” Renamon said.
Daisy couldn't stop herself from crying and embracing Renamon.
“Idiot! Why did you go back to fight?! We could’ve just immediately left!!” She cried.
“I had to protect you,” Renamon said.
Daisy was about to argue but didn’t as she remembered that Renamon fought Dokugumon because she wandered deep into the cave. As she continued to cry, Renamon returned the embrace.
End of flashback
"Following that, I kept my guard up when facing other Digimon, and we spent the last two days traveling around learning about the world, but that’s when we noticed something weird…" Daisy pulled out her Digivice and showed some pictures.
The pictures feature Renamon fighting many Digimon, ranging from, an allosaurus, and a harpy, but one notable thing was that they were shrouded in a dark aura, this got the attention of Tekka, Jake, Vivian, and their partners.
“Doesn't that look the same as with Tyrannomon?” Vivian wondered.
“You guys know about this?” Daisy asked.
“When we first arrived here, we encountered a Tyrannomon that’s shrouded in a dark aura just like the Digimon in your photos,” Tekka explained.
Daisy turned to the partner Digimon. “I knew this had to be connected somehow, and I’m guessing this weird dark aura thing is related to why we are here,”
The partner Digimon did not respond, but it was easy to tell from their expressions that Daisy was right.
Daisy sighed at them not responding.
“Well then, since this isn’t getting us anywhere how about we start going for the next kid,” Tekka said, activating the map.
He looked at the map and saw that the green dot was the closest to them. Telling this to the others the group stood up and began to walk. As they walked, Daisy was still a bit behind, this was noticed by Renamon.
“Still can’t fully trust them?”
“I’m not thinking about that, I’m just wondering if I have any value being with these guys,” Daisy whispered. “Back then, my so-called “friends” only used me for my knowledge,”
Saying that made Daisy remember all the comments people made to her.
“Hey look, it’s the nerd!”
“Doesn't she have anything other to do other than study?”
“She should just get a life!”
She continued to remember until she heard a voice calling out to her.
“Hey! What’s the holdup?”
She turned to head up and saw Tekka, Jake, Vivian, and their partners looking back at her.
“We don’t have all day to wait!” Herissmon called out.
“Don’t keep us waiting!” Lopmon said.
Renamon turned to her partner. “Well?”
Daisy lets out a sigh before walking.
As the group made their way through the forest, they began to notice something off about the forest, some of the trees were either damaged or chopped off.
“I have a bad feeling about this,” Hackmon said.
“Same,” Renamon said.
They continued to walk with their guard up until they came across a shocking sight.
There were a bunch of Digimon lying on the ground, and all of them looked lifeless.
“Wh-wh-what happened h-here?” Vivian stuttered.
Hackmon inspects one of the Digimon. “They were attacked,”
Hearing that sends shivers down Jake’s spine. “By who?”
“Not sure, but it seems that whoever did this is nearby, we need to keep our guard up even more,” Hackmon said.
Hearing that made Daisy worry.
Renamon patted her partner on the back. “Don’t worry I’ll make sure you are safe,”
Then the group felt a presence getting closer, prompting everyone to ready themselves. They looked at the trees and saw a figure emerging: a Digimon resembling an ancient samurai covered in a dark aura. The group was intimidated by the samurai, but Tekka was able to pull out the analyzer.
Name: Musyamon
Level: Champion
Type: Demon Man
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Shogun Sword, Ninja Blade
Bio: Due to the countless battles it partakes in, its armor is worn out, but it is also proof of this Digimon's terrifying combat ability, The demon sword it wields is engraved with a curse that lets it steal the lifeforce of those it slays.
“Is that the one who attacked the guys from before?” Jake wondered.
“Positive, given blood I sense when I look at his sword,” Hackmon said.
Tekka, Jake, and Vivian looked at each other and nodded before activating their Digivices
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
Upon seeing her allies Digivolved, Renamon also readied herself to fight.
While Tekka, Jake, and Vivian looked at their partners in confidence, Daisy watched in worry.
Musyamon unsheathed his sword and it was engulfed in flames. Musyamon swings his sword, sending a huge gust of wind toward the group. The partner Digimon quickly grabbed their human partners and jumped to avoid the attack.
Upon placing Daisy back on the ground, Renamon rushed toward Musyamon.
"Renamon, wait! Don't attack recklessly!" BaoHackmon called out.
Renamon didn't listen to BaoHackmon and launched a wave of sharp leaves. Musyamon parried the leaves and swung his sword toward Renamon. Renamon swiftly dodges the sword and gets in close.
“Power Paw!!”
Renamon’s hands and feet were ignited in flames, and she began to strike Musyamon. Musyamon stumbled back a few feet, but he was still able to swing his sword. Renamon avoided the sword by jumping up. As Musyamon struggled to pull his sword off the ground, Renamon launched another wave of sharp leaves which directly hit Musyamon. Renamon landed on the ground, She thought Musyamon was done for, but Musyamon jumped out of the smoke and dived down.
Right before he strikes Renamon, Turuiemon jumps in and blocks the sword with her iron claws.
“Now!” She called out.
Filmon and BaoHackmon came in from opposite sides and slashed Musyamon with their claws. Musyamon dropped to his knees which allowed the partner Digimon to back off. Musyamon pants before standing up and pointing his sword up. The flames surrounding the sword take the form of a ghost-like dragon.
“Is that a dragon!?” Jake exclaimed.
Musyamon swings his sword down, sending a wave of smoke throughout the area. The partner Digimon covers their eyes as the smoke covers them, they keep their guard up knowing Musyamon can strike at any point. Renamon looked around for Musyamon but didn’t notice him coming from behind. The moment Renamon noticed, it was too late as Musyamon slashed her, which got the attention of the other partner Digimon. Renamon dropped to the ground as the smoke cleared, allowing the human partners to see the sight.
The humans gasped in shock, with Daisy being the most shocked.
“RENAMON!!!” She cried.
Without hesitation, she ran toward the fox, despite hearing the calls from Tekka, Jake, and Vivian to stop. Musyamon saw the blonde coming and was about to swing his sword toward her, but was interrupted by an angry Filmon, BaoHackmon, and Turuiemon.
As the three Champions pushed Musyamon away, Daisy went to Renamon to check her condition.
"Renamon, are you ok?!"
Renamon coughs before giving Daisy a sincere smile.
"I'm… fine…"
Daisy was getting worried for Renamon’s safety.
Back with Filmon, BaoHackmon, and Turuiemon were all attacking Musyamon at once, not giving him a moment to breathe. Musyamon parried all their attacks before using an opening to blow them all back. As the three Champions stood their ground, Musyamon saw an opening to attack the defenseless Daisy and Renamon. He sends a shock wave toward them.
Daisy notices the attack coming toward them, but can’t do anything to avoid it. She covered their eyes and braced for impact, but nothing happened. She looked in front of them to see Filmon, BaoHackmon, and Turuiemon in front of them, looking tattered.
Tekka, Jake, and Vivian went to their partners in worry.
“Are you guys ok?” Jake asked.
The three Champions nodded.
“At least Daisy and Renamon are fine,” Turuiemon said.
“W-why did you risk yourselves to defend me?” Daisy wondered.
“Because you're our friend,” Filmon said.
"And we always looked out for each other's backs," Tekka finished.
Daisy was surprised at this and began to think back on what Renamon had said earlier.
“But every person is different, and given their situation is the same as yours, that’s all the more reason to trust them,”
‘I guess I could trust these guys, just not fully, still, if they’re going to risk their lives to protect me, then I’ll do the same!’
At that moment both Daisy’s Digivice and Renamon glowed a yellow light. Renamon felt a large amount of energy flowing into her body, letting her stand back up and she began to change.
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
Renamon changed into a nine-tailed fox with a white mane and mystical blue flames flaring around its paws and tail tips. Daisy was amazed by Renamon’s Digivolution, Her Digivice let out a beep and she looked to see the analyzer.
Name: Kyubimon
Level: Champion
Type: Bewitching Beast
Attribute: Data
Field: Nightmare Soldiers, Nature Spirits, Wind Guardians
Attacks: Dragon Wheel, Fox Tail Inferno
Bio: In ancient times, it was feared as a bewitching beast that brought destruction and ruin, it specialized in magical techniques to make up for its low attack power.
Musyamon was taken aback by Renamon’s Digivolution but still lets out a growl.
Kyubimon turned to the others. “Let me handle this,”
The others nodded and moved away for Kyubimon to walk through.
Musyamon let out a scream and charged forward.
Kyubimon assures a stance as the tips of her tails are engulfed in flames.
“Fox Tail Inferno!!”
Kyubimon fired fireballs at Musyamon, who attempted to parry them but couldn't deflect all of them. Musyamon stumbles back before letting out a shockwave at Kyubimon, who avoids it by jumping in the air. The others covered their eyes from the dust spreading, but when they opened their eyes, they saw Kyubimon was nowhere to be seen.
“Hey look up there!” Turuiemon pointed to the air as the others looked up to see Kyubimon standing in the air.
“Wait, how can she do that?!” Jake asked, flabbergasted.
“That’s… so cool!” Daisy said.
Musyamon sees Kyubimon in the air and leaps toward her. Kyubimon easily avoided Musyamon and fired fireballs at him, which he couldn't block. Musyamon crashed to the ground and despite its injuries, still stood back up glaring at the nine-tailed fox. The flames on his sword once again take the form of a dragon, he then swings his sword at Kyubimon. Kyubimon didn’t move, the flames on her tails grew bigger and she spun around.
“Dragon Wheel!!”
The flames take the shape of a dragon.
“Ok, what’s with these two and flaming dragons?” Vivian wondered.
“Who cares? This looks cool!” Jake shouted.
Kyubimon’s flames overtook Musyamon and engulfed him in an explosion, obliterating him. Seeing her victory, Kyubimon lands on the ground and reverts back to Renamon, she is then approached by Daisy.
“Is something up?” She asked.
“Your injuries are gone,” Daisy points out.
Renamon looks at her body, “Must be because I Digivolved,”
Daisy was happy to see that Renamon was okay, she looked over to Tekka, Jake, and Vivian, who were checking on their partner Digimon.
“I take it you decided to trust them?” Renamon asked.
“Not fully, but to the extent to which I would return the favors they’ve done for me,” Daisy replied.
Renamon smiled.
Later the group continued to make their way through the forest.
As they walked a light hit Daisy’s eyes.
“Ugh!”
The group stopped walking.
“Is something the matter?” Renamon asked.
“No, some light just got reflected in my eyes,” Daisy said.
Hackmon looked around and something caught his eye, he walked away before coming back with a canister.
“I believe the light bounce off this,” Hackmon said.
Daisy picked up the canister and inspected it.
“This design, it seems like this was made to spew out gas,”
She then places the canister in her bag.
“Why are you bringing that with you?” Jake asked.
“I believe it might be important, judging from the materials and the design,” Daisy replied.
Afterward, the group continued their travel to find the next kid.
To be continued in...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, the group comes across a village where they found the next kid, who appears to lead the village, thoguth she said if they helped here the the village's insect problem, find wha happens in Chapter 5: A Budding Friendship! Sunflowmon Shines
Notes:
For those wondering about Kyubimon standing in the air, her reference book mentions that she can sprint across the sky, which reminded me of Kirara from Inuyasha, in fact, both Kyubimon and Kirara have flames on their feet and the tip of their tails.
Also, when I looked into Musyamon's Wikimon page, it translated his "Kirisute Gomen" attack to "Apologies in Advance", which almost made me chuckle.
Chapter Text
A group of Digimon that resemble roaches, flew around the area, making their way to a village. Unbeknownst to them, they were being watched by a flower bud Digimon with a green body with stretchy arms and legs, a pink head with a yellow leaf on top of it, and a pair of eyes and a mouth that resembled three black dots.
The flower bud Digimon flies away to a girl planning something. The girl with long orange hair that reached to her elbows, wearing a yellow T-shirt, long black pants, and brown shoes, She also wore a green scarf around her neck. The girl noticed the flower bud Digimon approaching her.
“Lalamon, any intel?” The girl asked.
“The Roachmon are coming in close,” Lalamon mentioned.
Hearing this motivated the orange-haired girl.
“Come on, we need to get this trap done,”
“Hey, are we getting closer to the next kid?” Jake asked.
“If you're going to say that every time, we’re going to meet another kid, you might as well just shut up!” Vivian said.
“Hey! I'm not going to walk for hours for nothing!” Jake refuted.
“Is he always this impatient?” Daisy whispered.
“Yeah,” Vivian whispered back.
“If you think that’s bad, just wait for him to scream,” Hackmon said.
Renamon groaned. “If he does that, I’ll dedicate the rest of my life to forgetting him,”
Jake angrily turned to the two Rookies. “I heard that!”
Tekka facepalmed, before turning to Jake. “To answer your question, we shouldn’t be too far from the next kid, according to the map,”
"Finally!" Jake said.
As the group continued to walk, they noticed a village in the distance. As they got close, Hackmon and Renamon stopped walking.
“Is something up?” Daisy asked.
“I sense a few Digimon nearby,” Hackmon said.
Hearing this prompted the others to stop.
“Should we proceed with caution?” Lopmon asked.
Vivian nods. “Yeah,”
Vivian began to move but felt something snag her foot before she questioned it, vines sprouted out from the ground, shocking everyone.
Hackmon and Renamon swiftly avoided the vines, but for the others, they were entangled together.
“Oh way to go, Vivian,” Jake sarcastically said.
“How was I supposed to know of a trap that was literally beneath us?” Vivian asked.
“You aren’t, that’s why it’s a trap!” Jake shouted.
Everyone groaned at the two’s bickering. Then they all heard a couple of laughs.
“We got them this time!”
“For sure!”
Stepping into the group’s sight were Lalamon and an orange-haired girl.
‘A human?’ The group thought.
The orange-haired girl smugly points at the group. “I see you’ve fallen into our trap, you hideous insects!”
The girl’s expression quickly changes to shock when she realizes who was in the trap.
“They don’t look like Insect Digimon,” Lalamon said.
“Do we look like Insects to you?” Herissmon said.
Vivian stared at the orange-haired girl. “Hey kid, how about you do us a favor… and GET US OUT OF THIS!!!”
One round of unwrapping later
“We’re sorry!” The orange-haired girl and Lalamon bowed in shame.
“We were trying to prevent the insect Digimon from coming to the village,” The orange-haired girl said.
“So we set up traps all over the village, but you guys, unfortunately, got caught in it and–”
“Ok calm down! How about you guys introduce yourself,” Tekka said.
“Oh right! My name is Gracie Chrisanna, and this is Lalamon,”
“Nice to meet you!”
Daisy pulled out the analyzer on Lalamon.
Name: Lalamon
Level: Rookie
Type: Plant
Attribute: Data
Field: Jungle Troopers, Wind Guardians, Nature Spirits.
Attack: Seed Blast, Seed Bazooka, Lala Spiral, Lullaby.
Bio: A plant Digimon which has the appearance of a flower bud. She spins the leaf on her head to fly unsteadily, despite her expressionlessness, she is charming.
“I’m honestly surprised to see more humans here,” Gracie said.
“Didn’t your partner tell you about there being more humans?” Daisy asked.
“I did, we were just preoccupied with what we were doing,” Lalamon said.
“Does this involve the insect Digimon you mentioned?” Herissmon said.
Before Gracie and Lalamon could answer, the sound of fluttering wings could be heard.
Gracie tensed up. “Did you hear that?”
“Hear what?” Vivian asked.
"Wings fluttering, lots of them," Lalamon said.
Gracie turned to the side. “There!”
The others look to the side to see a group of Digimon that resemble roaches, they are also covered in a dark aura.
“Gah! What the heck are those things!?” Jake exclaimed.
“Those are some big roaches,” Daisy said.
“Never mind that, look how they’re covered in dark auras,” Hackmon points out.
“Hey I know this is sudden, but can you help us deal with the Roachmons?” Gracie asked.
“As long as we get to kill those things, yeah!” Jake said.
“I am always willing to lend a hand,” Hackmon said.
“Thanks you guys, now let’s go!”
The Roachmon flew through the area, and at a distance the group watched them.
“So do you guys have an idea on how to deal with them?” Gracie asked.
“We do,” Tekka turned to the others. “You guys know what to do,”
Tekka, Jake, Vivian, and Daisy pulled out their Digivices and activated them.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
Gracie, and Lalamon were in shock to see the four Champions before them.
“H-how did you guys do that?” Gracie asked.
“We’ll explain after we deal with these roaches,” Tekka said.
“Yeah, let’s kill them all!” Jake shouted.
Daisy turned to Vivian. “Doesn’t he seem too excited for something like this?” She whispered.
“He’s afraid of roaches, and he always lets me and Tekka kill them for him,” Vivian whispered back.
One of the Roachmon noticed the group and signaled to its allies and they all flew towards the group.
“Guys, they’re coming!” Daisy signals.
Tekka turned to his partner Digimon. “Guys, you know what to do,”
The four Champions looked at each other and nodded before charging to battle.
Lalamon also attempted to join but was stopped by Gracie.
“Why are you stopping me?” Lalamon asked.
“I don’t think you can keep up with them, You should sit this one out,” Gracie said.
Lalamon groaned in disappointment but knew Gracie was right.
"I know how you feel, but you can't deny the facts," Gracie said.
“Crimson Slash!!”
“Fifth Cross!!”
“Gauntlet Claw!!”
“Fox Tail Inferno!!!”
Within a few minutes, the Roachmons were taken out one by one until they were no more.
Gracie, and Lalamon watch in shock at how the four Champions easily take out the Roachmon.
Turuiemon wipes the sweat off her head. “That was easy!”
“Don’t get your hopes up, there’s going to be more coming,” Lalamon said.
Gracie points to the distance. “I suggest we head over to Spring Village, We should be safe there for a while,”
The others nodded and Gracie led them to the village. Upon entering the village, the group looked around the village, It was filled with houses that looked like trees, and the residents were plant-like Digimon. When they entered, a voice called out to Gracie
“Gracie!”
The group turned to two plant Digimon with similar bodies, one had a pink/yellow flower on her head and foliage-like hands, and the other one had a petal-style helmet and flower-like hands.
Vivian pulled out the analyzer on the two Digimon.
Name: Palmon
Level: Rookie
Type: Plant
Attribute: Data, Vaccine
Field: Jungle Troopers, Wind Guardians, Nature Spirits
Attack: Poison Ivy, Plant Shock, Thorn Throw, Sleep Spore
Bio: A vegetation Digimon with a tropical flower on her head, When she’s happy she lets out a sweet aroma, but when she’s angered or senses danger, she releases a foul stance that drives other Digimon away.
Name: Floramon
Level: Rookie
Type: Plant
Attribute: Data
Field: Jungle Troopers, Wind Guardians
Attack: Pollen Shower, Poison Ivy, Sweet Scent
Bio: Her whole face has the appearance of a flower, and the petal-styled shell usually protects her head like a helmet. It sees Palmon as a rival and has a very prideful personality.
“Hello, Palmon, Floramon, did anything happen?”
“Nope! Everything was A OK,” Palmon said.
Gracie lends out a thumbs up. “Good, and can you two get us a seat at the restaurant, I need to talk with our guest,”
The two plants nodded and walked off.
Gracie and Lalamon lead the group to a restaurant, They all sit at a table, and the waitress, which is a group of Floramon, gives them bowls filled with juice. Gracie and Lalamon took the bowls and drank the juice.
“Go on, try them!” Gracie encouraged.
The others picked up their bowls and drank their juice.
Jake smiled. “Mmm, this is good!”
Daisy continued to drink her bowl. “How was this made anyway?” She stopped to ask.
“We’ll show you!”
The group of Floramon pulled out a fruit, and then their heads opened up, which made the humans look in shock.
The Floramon placed the fruits in their heads and waited for a moment, then they went to the group’s plates and the juice poured out of their heads and into the bowls, which made Jake, Vivian, and Daisy look in disgust.
“Please enjoy it!” One of the Floramon said.
“Um, maybe I’ve had enough!” Jake said while looking away.
“That means there’s more for me!” Tekka said as he brought the bowls to him.
“Are you ignoring the fact that they came out of their heads?” Vivian asked.
“So? We’ve got something good to drink from it,” Hackmon said.
“I second that,” Renamon said.
Herissmon raised his voice. “Me too!”
Lopmon raised her hands. “Me three!”
‘Now I’m starting to question these guys,’ Jake, Vivian, and Daisy thought.
Tekka finished his last bowl before turning to Gracie. “To start things up, we like to know how you ended up here,”
Gracie reaches into her pocket. “Well, it has something to do with this,” She pulled out a green Digivice.
The group tensed up upon seeing it.
Gracie began to speak. “It all started when I was coming back from the convenience store…”
Flashback
As Gracie walked out of the convenience store, she saw a box addressed to her.
Confused, she picked the box up and sat at the side of the convenience store.
‘Who sent this package to me?’ She wondered.
She opened the box to see a green USB with her name on it. Curious, she plugged the USB into her phone. The phone glowed and changed into a green Digivice. Gracie was amazed by what happened. But then her Digivice shined a bright light and Gracie found herself falling through an endless void.
Gracie groaned as she opened her eyes and got up, She looked around to find herself in a field of sunflowers.
"What is this place?" She wondered.
She looked around and stopped when she saw Lalamon behind her.
“Hi!”
Gracie was taken aback.
“I know I look weird, but I assure you that–”
Lalamon was interrupted when Gracie took hold of her.
“What are you?” Gracie proceeds to squish Lalamon, stretch her, and rub her.
Lalamon angrily pushed her arms away. “Knock it off! And to answer your question, my name is Lalamon and I'm a Digimon, a digital monster,”
Gracie stroked her chin as she processed the information. "Where are we anyway?"
“To be honest I’m not sure, I was told by my queen that I would be partnered with a human, and I was brought here,”
Gracie raised her eyebrow. “Your queen?”
“It’ll take time to explain, luckily I see a villain in the distance, so let’s head there,”
By the time the two made it to the village, Gracie was awed at the village.
“Wow, this place looks like something out of an RPG game,”
Lalamon smirks. “Wait till you see my home,”
Gracie turned to the flower bud. “What about your home?”
“You see, I live in a kingdom in the forest, led by Rosemon, the Queen of Flowers,” Lalamon explained.
“Must’ve been great for you there,”
“It was,” Lalamon nodded.
The two then heard a bell ringing, along with a villager shouting.
"They're coming!"
The other villagers panicked and went into hiding.
"What's going on?" Gracie wondered.
A villager stops by them.
"The insects are coming!" The villager said before running off.
Curious, Gracie and Lalamon step out of the village to see a group of insect Digimon covered in a dark aura flying toward the village. Worried, Gracie and Lalamon immediately followed the others, but heard a cry of pain. They turned around to see a Palmon on the ground, with Floramon trying to help her up.
“Come on, they’re coming!” Palmon begged.
“I don’t think I can make it!” Floramon lamented.
At that moment, a couple of Digimon resembling a red Ichneumon wasp called Flybeemon began to come close to the two plants. Seeing the two plants in trouble, prompted Lalamon to charge into action.
"Lalamon what are you doing?" Gracie called out.
"I'm not going to stand here and see some fellow plant Digimon get killed!" Lalamon replied, getting close to the Flybeemon.
“Seed Blast!!” Lalamon shoots nuts at the Flybeemon, briefly stunning them.
“Lala Spiral!!” She then sends herself crashing into one of the Flybeemons before proceeding to kick away the others.
However, the number of Flybeemon began to increase. Seeing this, Gracie panicked as she didn’t want her new friend to die, She frantically looked around and saw a shovel. Lalamon fights off the Flybeemon, but one sneaks up from behind her before it can attack her, Gracie steps in and smacks it away with a shovel. This got Lalamon’s attention.
Gracie looked at the flower bud. “I’m not letting my friend die in front of me!”
Lalamon smiled before she continued to fight back.
Palmon and Floramon are amazed that two strangers they don't know are risking their lives to protect them.
Gracie turned to the two plants. "Can you two stand?"
"Why? Why are you two protecting us?" Floramon asked.
"Because that's what we can do!" Gracie replied. "You two should go hide, we'll deal with these guys,"
Gracie and Lalamon fend off the Flybeemon, but they weren’t backing down.
‘I don’t think we can hold on for any longer!’
Then out of nowhere, a bunch of vines swooped in and smacked the Flybeemon away, This was followed by pollen raining down and making them fall asleep. Gracie and Lalamon turned to the source, which was Palmon and Floramon.
"I thought I told you guys to hide!" Gracie said.
"We couldn't stand behind and let people die for us," Palmon said.
“Plus, we’re not the only ones,” Floramon said, pointing behind her and Palmon.
It was the inhabitants of the village.
“All of us happen to find your determination to fight back inspiring, so we’d figure to pay you back,” Floramon said.
Gracie and Lalamon did not argue back as they let the inhabitants join them in fending off the Flybeemon.
They all took a moment to catch their breath.
Gracie turned to the inhabitants. “Thanks for the assist,”
“I don’t know if we would last against those guys,” Lalamon said.
“No problem, we’d tend to treat our guests with respect around here,” Floramon said.
Gracie turned to the direction the Flybeemon flew. “What’s happening here anyway?”
“Those insect Digimon have been constantly attacking this village,” Palmon explained.
“And the thing is before, they'd attack once in a while, but recently they’ve been attacking more frequently,” Floramon finished.
“And you guys didn't fight back?” Lalamon asked.
“How could we? They’re too scary!”
Gracie strokes her chin as she thinks. “I’ll tell you what, how about I lead this place, so you guys to fight back,”
The inhabitants thought about what she said for a moment, before nodding in agreement.
“Alright, let’s get started!”
End of flashback.
“Since then for the past two days, I have led this place to fight against the insect Digimon,” Gracie finished.
“So you were also given a USB,” Tekka said.
Jake scratched her head. “This is getting confusing, Why do all of us just get these things out of nowhere?”
Daisy turned to the partner Digimon. “I’m guessing you guys know,”
The partner Digimon didn’t respond.
The blonde sighed. “That’s what I expect,”
“Were those insect Digimon covered in dark aura?” Vivian asked.
“They were,” Gracie replied.
Palmon steps in. “I would want to bring up that they attack more frequently since they showed up like that,”
“I’m guessing you can’t leave this place, because of the insect Digimon,” Tekka said.
Gracie sadly nodded. “They just keep coming, Me and Lalamon can’t just leave these people to die,”
Tekka then got an idea and stood up, getting everyone’s attention.
“I’ve got a solution to this,” Tekka said. “They’ve been attacking this place, how about we attack them back!”
Jake grinned. “Best idea I’ve heard all day!”
“Of course, you’d agree with him,” Vivian facepalmed.
“Thanks for lending us your help,” Gracie said.
“But do we even know where they live?” Herissmon asked.
“Don't worry, the insect Digimon's nest is around two miles away from here,” Lalamon said.
“Now let's get ready for the attack,”
Following this, the group began to discuss their plan of attack.
First, an army consisting of Woodmons, Mushroomons, and Pomumon would attack the nest and draw out the insect Digimon, while the main group, consisting of the humans and their partner Digimon, would attack the nest and destroy it from the inside. Following the planning, the group sets out.
The nest
The army of Woodmons, Mushroomons, and Pomumons marched towards the nest, Once they got close, the insect Digimon noticed them and attacked. During this battle, the humans and their partners approached the nest from behind.
“I hope those guys will be ok,” Herissmon said.
“That’s why we need to destroy the nest quickly,” Hackmon said.
“Hey Gracie, I mean to ask, why did you bring Palmon and Floramon along?” Vivian wondered.
“Well, these two have been our biggest supporters since we first arrived here, they even looked up to us,” Gracie said.
“You’re acting a bit too carefree, considering the fact we’re going into an insect’s nest,” Jake points out.
Hearing that made Gracie stop walking, which prompted the others to stop.
“Gracie? Is something wrong?” Vivian asked.
Gracie didn't respond for a moment, before turning with a smile on her face.
“It’s ok, I was thinking about the possibilities of what’s going to happen,”
As Gracie continued to walk, the others looked at her in worry.
“Did you notice?” Jake whispered to Tekka.
“Yeah,” Tekka said.
Lalamon looked concerned for her oranged hair friend.
The group made their way to the nest.
Tekka turned to Jake, Vivian, and Daisy. “Alright guys, you know what to do,”
They nodded as the four of them activated their Digivices, and their partners Digivolved to their Champion forms again.
“Hey, how did you guys Digivolve in the first place?” Gracie asked.
Well, I was able to Digivolve because I feel Tekka’s determination,” Filmon said.
“I could because of Jake’s faith in me,” BaoHackmon said.
“Vivian’s care and encouragement motivated me to move forward,” Turuiemon said.
“Daisy wanting to help others, made me Digivolve,” Kyubimon said.
Gracie stroked her chin. “I see,”
‘I wonder what I have to do to make Lalamon Digivolve,’
Tekka then speaks up. “Remember, we only need to destroy the place from the inside,”
The group made their way inside the nest, where they carefully walked slowly, They walked past a section where there were a bunch of sleeping insect Digimon, ranging from stag beetles, moths, praying mantis, and dragonflies. The group did their best to keep quiet, only for Palmon to step on a branch, sanping it, and causing the insect Digimon to wake up.
Palmon laughs nervously. “Oops,”
The insect Digimon flew toward the group.
“Dragon Wheel!!” Kyubimon sends out a flaming dragon which takes out a portion of the insect Digimon.
“Don’t stop! We need to lose them!” Tekka ordered.
The group made a run for it, if one were to describe the situation, it would be hell. After running for who knows how long, the group managed to get out of the insect army’s sight and got a moment to catch their breath.
Jake breathes heavily. “Now I remember why I was afraid of bugs so much I had you two deal with them for me,”
“I’m not even going to call you out for taking this long to realize that,” Vivian said.
As BaoHackmon looks around and notices someone missing.
“Wait… Where are Gracie, Lalamon, Palmon, and Floramon?” He points out.
The others looked around for them, but they weren't around.
“They must’ve gone in a different direction while we were running,” Kyubimon theorized.
“Should we try and find them?” Turuiemon asked.
Tekka thinks for a moment.
“Alright, we’ll split into two teams. Me and Vivian will go and find Gracie and the others, while Jake and Daisy tear this place down,”
The others nodded as they split up.
With Gracie
Gracie, Lalamon, Palmon, and Floramon took time to catch their breath.
“I think we lost them,” Gracie said.
“But we got separated from the others,” Lalamon said.
“Does that mean we’re done for?” Floramon said.
“Hey don’t look so down yet, We just need to find our way through this place without being spotted,” Gracie said.
“Yeah, and as long as we all work together, anything’s possible,” Lalamon said.
Hearing this, made Palmon and Flormaon regain a bit of their confidence.
“Now we should get moving before those insects find us,” Gracie suggested.
As Gracie led the three plants, they were unknowingly being watched by a green humanoid insect Digimon
With Jake and Daisy
Jake, Daisy, and their partners made it to a huge section of the nest where there was a lot of room for Digimon to sleep in.
“I’m guessing this is the main place,” Jake said.
BaoHackmon looked around and something caught his eye, prompting him to move.
The others were confused until he came back with something in his mouth, which he placed on the floor.
“Take a look at this,”
Jake, Daisy, and Kyubimon looked down to see a canister.
As Jake wondered what the canister was. Something popped into Daisy’s mind, she pulled out the canister from her bag and compared it to the one on the floor.
“It's the same canister I have here,” Daisy points out.
Everyone was confused.
“That… seems a bit coincidental,” Jake said.
“Whatever it is, we still need to continue with our task,” Kyubimon reminded.
Daisy stared at the canisters and looked up to see a hole in the roof. ‘What if…’
Back with Gracie
Lalamon couldn't help but feel like she was being watched…
She, Gracie, Palmon, and Floramon have been walking through the nest, avoiding any insect Digimon they see, but she couldn't shake off this feeling of someone watching them, waiting to make a move.
Gracie noticed her partner's behavior. "Is something wrong?"
Lalamon moved into Gracie's ear and whispered. "I think we're being watched,"
“What makes you say that?” Gracie whispered back.
“I can feel it,” Lalamon responded.
Then out of nowhere, a figure popped out from the shadows, ready to impale Gracie with a spike on its arm.
Lalamon saw this coming and pushed Gracie out of the way. This action surprised Palmon and Floramon.
As the figure stopped on the ground, the four of them got a good look at it. It was an insectoid Digimon with a humanoid body structure, covered in a green and gray exoskeleton, it had pincers on its feet, spikes on its forearms, claw-like fingers on its hands, two insect wings, and two long antennae.
Gracie pulled out her analyzer.
Name: Stingmon
Level: Champion
Type: Insect
Attribute: Free, Virus, Data
Field: Jungle Troopers, Nature Spirits, Nightmare Soldiers, Wind Guardians.
Attack: Spiking Strike, Wicked Antenna, Moon Shooter.
Bio: An unusual Insect Digimon with a humanoid body, it possesses nimble movement, which allows it to excel it’s assassin skills, it specializes in killing its opponent in a single blow.
Seeing Stingmon made Gracie tremble back in fear, but Lalamon, Palmon, and Floramon on the other hand, were ready to fight.
“You have a lot of nerve trying to attack us, Poison Ivy!” Palmon sends her vines toward Stingmon, who catches it with his hand.
Stingmon proceeds to pull Palmon towards him and slams her to the ground.
“Palmon! Pollen Rain!!” Floramon sends out pollen toward Stingmon.
Stingmon simply flew past the pollen and uppercut Floramon to the ceiling.
Stingmon sets his sights on Gracie and Lalamon.
The glare made Gracie begin to panic.
"Floramon! You’ll pay for that!!" Lalamon attempted to attack Stingmon but was held back by Gracie.
“Don’t! You won’t stand a chance against him!” Gracie begged.
"Can't be any worse than what's going to happen if I don't do anything!" Lalamon said.
As the two were talking, Stingmon charged towards them. Lalamon noticed him coming and launched an attack.
"Seed Blast!!" Lalamon shoots out nuts at Stingmon’s face, briefly blinding him.
This opening allowed Lalamon to charge in and punch Stingmon in the face, making him stumble back. Stingmon staggering, also allowed Gracie to pick up Palmon and Floramon.
“Come on! While he’s distracted!” She shouted to Lalamon.
Lalamon didn’t want to run but had no choice as they needed to guarantee Palmon and Floramon’s safety. The two run through the corridor until they reach an open area of the nest where they're as an exit.
The moment Gracie and Lalamon saw the exit, they immediately ran toward it.
However, they were not paying attention to Stingmon, who was coming in from behind. Lalamon noticed Stingmon coming and heading straight for Gracie, Without hesitation, she jumped in front of her and took the blow. Gracie turned around and was shocked by the sight.
Despite the pain, Lalamon spun the leaf on her head fast and tackled Stingmon in the face with all her might. Stingmon fell to the ground briefly unconscious.
Seeing Stingmon down, Gracie placed Palmon and Floramon down and grabbed Lalamon.
“Are you okay?” She asked.
Lalamon lends out a weak smile.
Tears began to come out of Gracie’s eyes. “Don't try to do that again!”
However, this moment was short-lived as Stingmon got back on his feet. Gracie didn't know what to do, She then noticed Palmon and Floramon had got up, and looked ready to fight.
“We’ll buy you time,” Palmon said.
“Consider this our way of saying thank you,” Floramon said as the two plants rushed towards Stingmon.
“No! You can’t!” Gracie cried, but they didn’t listen.
She couldn't stop herself from letting more tears out.
“You’re wondering why they are so enthusiastic,” Lalamon said. "It's because they were inspired by you,"
Gracie turned to Lalamon. "What do you mean?"
"Ever since you came to the village, you have led them with an optimistic view, that accompanied by your never-give-up attitude, made you inspiring," Lalamon said. “And honestly, I liked that about you,”
Gracie's mouth widened when Lalamon said that, but her attention was then directed by the screams of Palmon and Floramon.
She and Lalamon turned to see Palmon and Floramon on the ground beaten and Stingmon flew toward them.
Gracie was scared at first, but she took a deep breath.
“Lalamon let’s kick his butt!” Gracie shouted.
“Yeah!” Lalamon responded.
Gracie’s Digivice then emits a green light and Lalamon could feel energy flowing through her.
[LALAMON DIGIVOLVE TO SUNFLOWMON]
Lalamon became a green bipedal creature with a slim body, stubby legs, long arms with three fingers, and a pointy tail with spikes on it, Her most notable trait is her sunflower head, accompanied by leaf-shaped wings.
Gracie looked in awe as she looked at the analyzer.
Name: Sunflowmon
Level: Champion
Type: Plant
Attribute: Data
Field: Jungle Troopers
Attacks: Sunshine Beam, Sunshine Explosion, Sunshine Bazooka, Cactus Tail
Bio: If she bathes in sunlight, she’ll become energetic and her offensive power rises, On the days of good weather, she will flap her wings to fly around.
Stingmon didn’t fly toward Sunflowmon.
“Sunshine Beam!!”
Sunflowmon fired out a beam of light that blew Stingmon toward the wall.
As Sunflowmon flew to Stingmon, Gracie ran over to check on Palmon and Floramon.
“Are you two ok?” Gracie asked.
Despite the pain, the two plants got up and gave Gracie a thumbs up. They then turned to Sunflowmon.
“Is that Lalamon?” Floramon asked.
Gracie nodded.
Sunflowmon flew to the spot Stingmon was blasted into, readying herself. Then huge needles came through the dust. Sunflowmon raised her hands to defend herself, though she still felt the pain. Stingmon then came out of the smoke and flew toward Sunflowmon, with his spike ready. Sunflowmon was quick enough to catch Stingmon’s arm, Stingmon attempted to skewer Sunflowmon with his other arm, but she avoided it by moving her head to the side. Sunflowmon sends seeds at Stingmon’s face which explodes on impact. As Stingmon staggered, this gave Sunflowmon an opening to attack.
“Cactus Tail!” Sunflowmon swung her tail and smacked it on Stingmon, this was followed by her firing another beam of light.
As Stingmon fell, he snapped back to reality and quickly flew to Sunflowmon and skewered her in the chest, which she wasn’t able to react to.
Gracie’s eyes winded. “Sunflowmon!”
Sunflowmon coughed as she registered the pain, Stingmon attempted to skewer Sunflowmon with his other arm, but she caught it this time. As Sunflowmon struggled to hold Stingmon’s left arm, Stingmon pushed the spike on his right arm deeper into Sunflowmon’s wound. It seemed like it was going to be the end for Sunflowmon…
But then she lets out a smirk.
“Sunshine Beam!!!” She fired the beam at close range.
It was too much for Stingmon to handle as he began to break apart, leaving behind nothing.
Sunflowmon descended to the ground, where Gracie, Palmon, and Floramon approached her.
“So, how was I?” Sunflowmon said.
Graice gave a thumbs up. “Awesome!”
“Now I want to Digivolve,” Palmon said.
“Same here,” Floramon said.
“Gracie!”
The four of them turned to see Tekka, Filmon, Vivian, and Turuiemon running towards them.
Gracie waved her hand. “Hey guys!”
Tekka, Filmon, Vivian, and Turuiemon took notice of Sunflowmon.
“So you’ve Digivolve Lalamon,” Tekka said.
“That’s right, I’ve now bloomed into a new version of myself!” Sunflowmon said.
At that moment, the area around them began to shake and crumble.
“Looks like BaoHackmon and Kyubimon have done their part,” Filmon said.
Gracie points to the exit. “We should get out of here!”
The others nodded and they made their way out of the exit
The group made it out in time before the nest collapsed.
“Phew, that was close!” Gracie said, wiping the sweat off her head.
As they all catch their breath, they notice, Jake, BaoHackmon, Daisy, and Kyubimon.
“Hey guys!” Jake called out.
“Good to see you guys are ok,” Vivian said.
“Yep, wrecking that whole place was really fun for me to witness!” Jake said.
‘Now I’m even wondering why I am partnered with him of all people,’
“And what of the insects?” Floramon asked.
“We saw them flying away,” Kyubimon said.
Daisy then speaks up. “Also, we’ve found this,” She pulled out the two canisters.
“Wait, you found another one of those?” Vivian asked.
Daisy nodded.
“Um, I’m a bit behind, What are you guys talking about?” Gracie wondered.
Daisy raised the canister on her left hand up. “We found this thing earlier this morning, I brought it with me, since it’s an interesting piece of tech…”
Daisy then raised the canister on her right hand. “Then we found this thing in the large section of the nest. What’s interesting is that they are both the same design and they both seem to be made to spew out gas,”
Tekka stayed silent until something popped into his head. “You don’t mean that those canisters and the Digimon in dark aura are related?”
Daisy nodded.
“That makes sense, As I said earlier they weren't like that until recently,” Palmon said.
Many thoughts roamed around everyone's heads.
Gracie looks at everyone’s behavior and then speaks. “Hey, how about we stop thinking too much and celebrate our victory!”
The others agreed to this.
Later the group returns to the village, where they celebrate their victory, this is also where they spend the night.
Later the sun rose and it was time for the group to leave.
“WAAAH! DON’T LEAVE GRACIE!!!” Palmon and Floramon cried out.
“I know it’s not going to be the same without me and Lalamon, but it has to be this way,” Gracie said.
“Besides, we’re probably going to meet again someday,” Lalamon said
Palmon and Floramon wiped the tears from their faces.
“When we meet again, we’ll be even stronger!” Palmon said.
Gracie smiled and gave a thumbs-up.
Following that, Gracie and Lalamon waved their goodbyes to the village and set out with the others.
To be continued in...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, while looking for the sixth child, the group were attack by Dokugumon and its children, with Jake, Vivian, Gracie and their partners getting captured, Tekka and Daisy happen to come across the sixth kid and he's rather... "cheery" Digimon, so they have to work together to save their friends, find out how that happens in Chapter 6: An Unlikely Ally, Keramon's Cackling Debut!
Notes:
Not gonna lie, this chapter had my brain burning, from how the chapters going to go, to who the Digimon of the chapter should be, etc. But I was able to think of it in the end, this thinking period also led me to write some setups for Gracie and Lalamon's development
You may notice I referenced two episodes from the anime, the first one referencing the beginning of Mimi's debut in Adventure 2020, and the Floramon scene from the Frontiers episode where Zoe got her Wind Spirit. That was intentional, and I'll continue to make easter eggs/references to the anime and other series I watched.
Chapter 6: An Unlikely Ally, Keramon's Cackling Debut!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
A Grizzlymon covered in a dark aura was dropped to the ground.
The Digimon floated over Grizzlymon, it resembled a blue cocoon, but with a red horn on its head, six tentacles with spikes at the end coming out of its back, and huge spikes around its center.
Grizzlymon growled as it charged forward, only to abruptly halt in place. He was lifted by tentacles wrapped around it and the spikes punctured it. Grizzlymon began to break apart, it’s data was then pulled toward the cocoon Digimon, absorbing it.
The cocoon Digimon was then enveloped in a blue light and took the form of a Digimon with a round head with green eyes, a large mouth, long antennae, and a frill around his neck, his arms are long and thin with eye symbols on the hands, his torso consists of dangling strips of flesh.
The Rookie Digimon Danced in joy as he absorbed the data. He then turned around to the figure behind him.
“Hey, Lucas! I’ve got another one!”
The figure, now revealed to be a boy with dark blue hair covering part of his face, and he wore glasses, he wore a gray button shirt over a white t-shirt, black pants, and gray shoes.
“Oh ok… Good for you,” He stared at his Digivice, much to his partner's dismay.
"Why can't you just pay attention to those around you for once?"
Daisy stared at the two canisters in her hand.
“Is she still looking at those things?” Jake questioned.
“Can’t you blame her? We’re all thinking about if the canisters were related to the dark aura Digimon,” Hackmon said.
“Still, don’t you think she’s being a bit too focused on them?” Gracie joined in.
“In fact, it makes her look like a nerd,” Jake said.
Something inside Daisy snapped and she shot a glare at Jake.
“I HEARD THAT!!” She bellowed, making Jake stumble back in fear.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you guys to never call her the N-E-R-D word, it triggers bad memories,” Renamon nonchalantly said, before turning to Daisy. “Still, you should probably take a break for a while, we’re about to continue moving,”
Daisy sighs. “Ok, I guess I’ll stop,”
The group continued to walk until they reached a forest filled with pine trees.
“Is the next kid around here?” Gracie asked.
Tekka nodded and showed the map, which displayed a gray dot in the area.
As the group went deep into the forest they were exposed to the serenity, patches of lush, green grass adorned with wildflowers.
The group continued walking for a while until they decided to take another break. While they were sitting around, Gracie couldn’t shake this weird feeling.
“Guys, I have a feeling we’re being watched,” Gracie said.
“Normally I would deny when someone says that but considering the last two times we were in a forest, we ran into a T-Rex and a samurai,”
“Well, we should all be strong enough to take on Digimon like Tyrannomon and Musyamon,” Hackmon said.
Jake rubbed the back of his head. “I guess you’re right,”
At that moment Hackmon and Renamon sensed something coming.
“Heads up!” Hackmon called out.
Something huge crashed near the group sending dust in all directions, prompting everyone to cover their eyes, once they could see again, they saw the source of the crash was a giant spider Digimon covered in a dark aura, a Digimon Daisy and Renamon were familiar with.
Daisy stumbles back in fear. “Dokugumon,”
Despite being filled with fear she still checks her analyzer on Dokugumon.
Name: Dokugumon
Level: Champion
Type: Insect
Attribute: Virus
Field: Jungle Troopers, Nature Spirits, Nightmare Soldiers
Bio: While it used to have a docile personality typical of insect-type Digimon, at some point it was drawn into a powerful electromagnetic storm and became a computer virus.
"That's the Digimon you encountered when you first arrived here isn't it?" Hackmon said.
Renamon nods. "Yes, and it appears he's back with a vengeance!"
"And on top of that, he's glowing in a dark aura," Tekka points out.
"Well, our partners outnumbered him five to one, this shouldn't take long!" Gracie said.
“Well at least we know things won’t get worse,” Jake said.
As he said that, Hackmon and Renamon sensed something coming… a lot of them.
“Guys get ready!” Renamon shouted.
At that moment a swarm of small Dokugumon emerged from the trees.
"Tch, Kodokugumon, Dokugumon’s offspring!” Hackmon said.
Everyone glared at Jake.
“Never… say that again,” Vivian growled.
Panicking at the sight of Kodokugumon, Daisy immediately activated her Digivice, and Renamon was engulfed in a yellow light.
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
“Dragon Wheel!!” Kyubimon sends out a flaming dragon toward the Kodokugumon, taking out a portion of them. That prompted the other Kodokugumon to shoot out web strings.
With so many webs being fired at once, the kids and their partners struggled to avoid being hit.
Tekka had a few close calls until one web attached to his feet, the Kodokugumon that shot it, began to pull Tekka towards itself.
"Not on my watch!! Lighting Quills!!" Herissmon fired his quills at the Kodokugumon, killing it.
Tekka got up. "Thanks for the save!"
Herissmon gave his partner a thumbs up before he turned to the other Kodokugumon approaching.
"Quick! Digivolve me!"
Tekka nodded as he activated his Digivice.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
"Crimson Slash!!" Filmon slashed through the Kodokugumon, he stood close to Tekka to defend him.
Jake and Vivian had trouble trying to avoid the webs and were unfortunately caught in webs. Hackmon and Lopmon attempted to save their human partners, only for two Kodokugumon to ensnare them with their webs from behind.
Hackmon gritted his teeth. 'Dang it, I let my guard down!'
Gracie and Lalamon ran around attempting to avoid the Kodokugumon, unfortunately, she stepped on a pile of webs on the ground. Lalamon saw this and attempted to pull her out of it, only for the Kodokugumon to bind them with their webs.
The Kodokugumon began to drag the six of them away. Tekka and Filmon saw this happening and attempted to save them, only for the Kodokugumon to stop them in their tracks.
Seeing how they were outnumbered Daisy hopped on Kyubimon’s back and she ran up into the air, she immediately flew toward Tekka and Filmon.
Daisy reached her hand out. "Grab on!"
Tekka also reached his hand out and grabbed Daisy's hand, climbing up onto Kyubimon, with Filmon joining. As Kyubimon roamed through the air, the Kodokugumon attempted to her down using their webs, but Kyubimon swiftly avoided them.
Tekka then looked over to see the Kodokugumon bringing Jake, Vivian, Gracie, and their partners to Dokugumon, who looked at him and Daisy, before walking away and bringing the six of them with it, seeing this made Tekka panic.
Daisy struggled to hang on to Kyubimon. “Kyubimon, we need to retreat!”
Tekka turned to Daisy in shock. “What?! We need to save the others!”
“I know, but we’re outnumbered! Besides it doesn't seem like they would kill them right away,” Daisy argued.
Tekka was about to argue back, but looking at their situation, he knew he had no choice but to agree.
“Fine,” He said.
Kyubimon flew away, avoiding the webs being shot at her.
Jake, Vivian, Gracie, and their partners were brought over to a giant spider web, which was attached to a cliff.
"Grr… ALRIGHT YOU INSECTOID MONSTERS, YOU BETTER LET US GO NOW OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES!!" Jake yelled.
None of the Kodokugumon responded.
“HEY I’M TALKING TO ALL OF YOU, DON’T JUST–”
Jake was silenced when a Kodokugumon shot a web at his mouth, which made him even more pissed and he began to yell, but only a muffled noise came out.
Vivian sighs. “I know it’s probably wrong to say this but… thank you for shutting him up!”
“Yeesh, does he always scream?” Lalamon asked.
“Not all the time, but when he does it gets irritating,” Vivian said. “He’s essentially got Loud Anime main character syndrome,”
Jake heard this and glared at the brunette.
Vivian glared at Jake back. “I know you’re going to bring up me loving Asta, I’m going to counter by saying that Asta is a total chad compared to you,”
Jake was annoyed by that comment.
“Hey I don’t think this is the best time to talk about this, we’re probably about to get eaten!” Gracie points out.
"I don't think that's the case," Hackmon said.
"What makes you say that?" Vivian wondered.
Hackmon gestures his head toward the Kodokugumon army crawling away and hiding in the trees.
"It's clear they plan to use us as bait to ambush the others," Hackmon said.
Hearing that caused the others to get worried.
“I’m scared!” Lopmon cried.
“I hope Tekka and Daisy can get us out of this,” Gracie said.
With Tekka and Daisy
After managing to get away from the Kodokugumon, the four of them took this moment to catch their breath.
“I wasn’t sure we’d be able to get away,” Daisy said.
“Me too, but they’ve captured the others!” Herissmon said.
“I’m sure you have a plan on how to save them right?” Tekka asked.
“Let me think,” Daisy stroked her chin.
“You know we don’t have time to sit here all day,” Herissmon said.
“I know! Just give me a moment to think,” Daisy said.
As Daisy continued to think, Tekka checked the map and something caught his eye.
“Hey guys, look at this!” He showed the map to the others.
Daisy sighs. “What could you possibly–”
She paused when she noticed something on the map, a gray dot near them.
“That’s the next kid isn’t it?” She asked.
Tekka nodded.
Then the sound of bushes rustling can be heard, prompting the four of them to prepare themselves.
At first, they thought it was the Kodokugumon, but to their surprise, it wasn't. It was a boy with dark blue hair
The boy took notice of Tekka, Daisy, and their partners, and let out a surprised look.
Nobody said a word at the moment until Tekka broke the silence.
“Hey there,”
The dark blue-haired boy nervously waved his hand.
Tekka took notice of his behavior and continued to speak.
"Are you somebody who was transported into this world like us?" He asked.
The question got the boy’s attention, which Tekka noticed.
Daisy then speaks up. “What’s your name? Mine is Daisy Siyala, and this is Renamon,”
Seeing what she was planning, Tekka joined in. “I’m Tekka Herisson, and this is Herissmon,”
The boy stayed silent for a bit before he finally spoke up.
“My name’s Lucas, Lucas Conner,”
Herissmon walked closer to Lucas. “What’s with your silent persona?”
Lucas was taken aback by the hedgehog, but he still responded.
“I’m just… not good at talking with others…”
Tekka then took notice of his gray Digivice.
“Is that you’re Digivice?”
Lucas nodded.
“Then where’s your partner?” Daisy asked.
Lucas looked at his Digivice and thought for a bit.
“Ok, but you need to prepare yourselves,” He said.
Tekka, Herissmon, Daisy, and Renamon were confused as Lucas pointed his Digivice forward.
“Keramon, Rearise!”
His Digivce emits a gray light and his partner materializes in front of him. Tekka, Herissmon, Daisy, and Renamon watched in shock.
“Everyone, meet Keramon,” Lucas introduced his partner.
Daisy pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Keramon
Level: Rookie
Type: Unidentified
Attribute: Unknown
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Bug Blaster, Dark Crusher, Crazy Turn
Bio: Due to his extremely cheerful personality, he thinks of his destructive actions as part of his play.
Keramon stared at Tekka and Daisy.
Daisy was creeped out by this. “Why is he like that?”
“He’s…” Lucas wasn’t sure what to say. “...complex…”
Keramon turns to Lucas. “Lucas, look! More humans!”
Lucas sighs. “Yes, I already see that,”
Keramon grabs his partner's hands. “This is the perfect opportunity for you to open yourself up!”
Lucas groaned. “Kera, how many times do I have to tell you, I’m not into talking with others,”
“Aw don’t be like that! This could be a chance for you to grow out of your emo phase!” Keramon encouraged.
Tekka, Herissmon, Daisy, and Renamon looked at the two dumbfounded.
Daisy leans her head toward Tekka. “Hey, do these two really seem like they could lend us a hand?” She whispered.
Tekka whispered back. “It’s still worth a shot,”
Tekka turned his attention to Lucas and Keramon.
"Hey, excuse me,"
Lucas and Keramon turned to Tekka.
"A few minutes ago, our friends were kidnapped by Kodokugumon, we figured that you would lend us a hand in saving them," Tekka said.
Lucas wasn't sure what to say. Keramon on the other hand gave out an answer for him.
"We'll gladly accept!" Keramon said.
Lucas tensed up as he frustratingly grabbed Keramon's hand.
"Give us a moment," He said before dragging Keramon a few feet away.
“What are you thinking Kera?” Lucas murmured.
“Like I said, this would be a chance for you to grow out of your emo phase,” Keramon said.
Lucas groaned. “And like I said before, I’m not good at talking with others!”
“That’s mostly on you since you shut yourself off from everyone around you. You even shut off your own parents and best friend!” Keramon retorted.
“Do not bring them up!” Lucas rebuked.
“Look, I know people like you believe they can go out into the world and do anything, I understand that, but not everything can be done alone,” Keramon said. “Even I can’t protect you for long,”
Lucas had a mixed expression. On one hand, he didn’t want to join with people he didn't even know, but on the other hand, he didn’t know what dangers the Digital world has, and it’s possible he may encounter a Digimon that even Keramon couldn’t defeat.
He thinks for a bit, before letting out a sigh.
“Fine, we’ll join them,”
Keramon could tell from his tone that he doesn’t fully commit to the idea, but he doesn’t say anything.
The two of them walk back to Tekka, Herissmon, Daisy, and Renamon.
“Ok, we’ll help you with your problem,” Lucas said.
Tekka, Herissmon, Daisy, and Renamon could tell from his behavior and how he acted that he doesn't want to do this, ao they didn't point it out.
“Thanks for your assistance,” Tekka said.
As the six of them walked through the forest, Lucas walked ahead of the others and did not say a word. Tekka and Daisy couldn’t help wondering why he was behaving like that, so they turned to Keramon.
“Hey, do you know why Lucas acts the way he is?” Daisy asked.
"It's a bit of a long story, we'll explain it after we save your friends," Keramon said. "But if there's one thing, I'll mention, is that he doesn't pay attention to me, outside of the fact that I’m a Digimon, even when I brutally killed many vicious Digimon, he paid no attention,"
Hearing that last part made Tekka, Herissmon, Daisy, and Renamon halt in place.
Keramon noticed this. “What?”
Daisy nervously saved her hands. “Nothing, you should probably stay by Lucas’ side,”
Keramon looked at Lucas and nodded, before heading to him.
Renamon adopts a fighting stance. "Permission to attack?"
“Hold up,” Daisy leans her head toward Tekka. “Are you sure he could be trusted?”
“I’m getting killer vibes from him,” Herissmon said.
Tekka thought about it for a bit.
“If he were to kill us he would have done so already. Still, we should keep our guard up around him,” Tekka said.
The group continued to make their way through the forest until it was sunset, they noticed something in the distance, it was a bunch of webs, attached to a cliff, it didn't take a genius to know what it was.
The six of them made their way to the cliff where they hid behind the trees and looked around the area. They see a huge nest, and spot three humans and three Rookie Digimon, wrapped in webs.
“They’re they are!” Herissmon whispered.
“But where are the Kodokugumon?” Keramon wondered.
“They're probably hiding and waiting to ambush us,” Daisy said.
“Then should we just attack, knowing they would ambush us?” Keramon asked.
“Bad idea, considering there are so many Kodokugumon,” Tekka said.
Lucas then got an idea.
“Then let's kill Dokugumon,”
The others turned their attention to him.
“Hear me out, the Kodokugumon are Dokugumon’s offspring, and they follow the others. If we kill Dokugumon the children wouldn't know what to do, allowing us to save the others,” Lucas explained.
Keramon stroked his chin. “I see, we kill the mother so that the children will have no idea what to do, so we can kill them as extra bonuses,”
Tekka, Herissmon, Daisy, and Renamon looked at Keramon in shock.
“Don’t mind Kera, he tends to talk like that, just don’t take what he says out of context,” Lucas said. “On a related note, I do have another idea on how we’re going to win…”
Lucas explained what his plan was to the others, and they seemed to agree with it.
As they prepared themselves, something popped into Daisy’s mind.
“That reminds me, why do you call him Keramon, Kera?” Daisy points out.
“It's just a nickname I came up with,” Lucas said. “Anyway, we should prepare ourselves,” He pulled out his Digivice, prompting Tekka and Daisy to do the same.
The three of them activated their Digivices and their partners Digivolved.
Herissmon and Renamon assume their Champion forms, while Keramon assumes his own.
[KERAMON DIGIVOLVE TO CHRYSALIMON]
Tekka pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Chrysalimon
Level: Champion
Type: Unknown
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Data Crusher, Misconnecting, Unconnect Buster
Bio: To become stronger, Keramon entered a chrysalis-like state and began conserving his energy. Though unable to move, he’s protected by his tough shell and attacks with tentacles coming out from his back.
Tekka, Daisy, and Lucas hopped on their respective partners and they charged in.
Their captured friends took notice of them.
“Is that Tekka and Daisy?” Lalamon points out.
“I think it is!” Vivian said. “But who's that third guy?”
“I think they’ve found the next kid and his partner,” Lopmon said.
“Then they should be able to stand a chance against these hideous spiders right?” Vivian said.
“I wouldn't count on it, remember they’re using us as bait!” Hackmon recalled.
As he said that, Dokugumon jumped out of nowhere and landed in front of the three Champions, it let out a roar and Kodokugumon arrived. The three Champions readied themselves to fight.
"Dragon Wheel!!" Kyubimon sends out a flame dragon that blows the Kodokugumon away.
"Unconnect Blaster!" Chrysalimon fired dark energy from his tentacles at Kodokugumon.
“Crimson Slash!!” Filmon dashed past the Kodokugumon and slashed them.
“We need to get close to Dokugumon!” Daisy shouted.
Chrysalimon fends off the Kodokugumon. “I would have gotten her by now if it weren’t for these babies in the way!!”
The three Champions continued to fend off the Kodokugumon until they were a considerably smaller amount than before.
Filmon pants. “I think we’ve taken out a good amount,”
The three Champions noticed Dokugumon crawling towards them.
“About time she’s going to fight,” Chrysalimon said.
Dokugumon fires poison smoke from its mouth, which the three Champions avoided.
Kyubimon soars to the air, before launching her attack. "Foxtail Inferno!!"
She shoots fireballs, only for Dokugumon to dodge them. Filmon and Chrysalimon simultaneously attacked Dokugumon, but she once again avoided it.
“Tch! If only we could land a hit on her,” Filmon said.
Tekka turned to Lucas and Daisy. “Give us cover!”
Lucas and Daisy nodded, before giving gestures to their partners. Kyubimon gathered the fireballs from the tips of her tails into a huge fireball, which she sent toward Dokugumon.
Dokugumon quickly moved out of the way as the fireball crashed near her and blue flames surrounded her.
As Dokugunon tries to find a way out, she notices Chrysalimon above her. Chrysalimon sends out his tentacles in rapid succession, Dokugumon does her best to avoid the tentacles, but the blue flames surrounding her make it hard to move around, leading her to get scratched by the tentacles.
Filmon smirks as he lunges toward Dokugumon, with his claw ready to strike. But he was snagged by a string of webs at the last minute.
Tekka and Filmon turned to a Kodokugumon who pulled them back as other Kodokugumon sprayed webs at them, alongside Lucas, Chrysalimon, Daisy, and Kyubimon, bringing them all down.
As the blue flames withered out, Dokugumon crawled toward the captured humans and Digimon, with her sights on Daisy and Kyubimon.
Their captured friends looked in worry.
As Dokugumon got close, she felt something tapping her, she turned around and got a spike impaling her in the face, and she screamed in pain.
Lucas smirks. “Got ya! Chrys, you know what to do,”
Chrysalimon sends his other tentacles to impale different parts of Dokugumon's body before lifting her into the air.
Flashback
“You want us to get captured on purpose?” Herissmon questioned.
“Yes, we go in, fight them, and purposely get ourselves caught in their webs so we can catch Dokugumon off guard,” Lucas explained.
“And then we kill her in front of her children!!” Keramon said.
“Hmm, I think that might work,” Tekka said.
“I guess so, I’m still traumatized from what happened to me when I encountered Dokugumon,” Daisy said.
End of Flashback
“Data Crusher!!”
Electricity began through the tentacles and into Dokugumon, she screamed in agony as she broke apart. Chrysalimon proceeds to pull the data particles into himself, this gets Tekka, and Daisy’s attention.
The Kodokugumon looked in shock, seeing their mother killed and they immediately ran for it.
“You better run!” Chrysalimon shouted.
The webs slowly began to wither, freeing anyone ensnared by it.
“And that is how you kill a spider in front of its children,” Chrysalimon said proudly.
“You really need to tone down your violent attitude,” Lucas sighed.
Daisy approached the two. “Hey, what does Chrysalimon do with the data from Dokugumon?”
“That? He absorbs Dokugumon’s data, he’s done it so much when we first arrived here that Digivolve because of it,” Lucas explained.
“Hey guys!”
The three humans and their partners turned to see their friends coming towards them.
Tekka immediately went and embraced his childhood friends.
“Ok Tekka, you don't need to be that overemotional,” Jake said.
"I'm just glad you two are ok," Tekka said.
Gracie points to Lucas. "By the way, who's that?"
Before anyone could answer they suddenly felt the web they were standing on feel weaker.
Daisy realized something. “Guys, since the web that wrapped around us withered out when Dokugumon died, shouldn’t that mean…”
Before she could finish the web broke, and everyone began to fall.
Each of the kids' partner Digimon quickly sprung into action to save their partners. Filmon and Hackmon used the trees to launch themselves to catch Tekka and Jake, Lopmon grabbed Vivian, and her ears managed to make the glide down, Lalamon also grabbed Gracie and spun her leaf propeller so fast, that she was able to safely put Gracie on the ground, Kyubimon flew down and catches Daisy, and Chrysalimon grabbed Lucas with one of his tentacles.
Following this, the group sat down and Tekka and Daisy explained to the others what happened.
“Hey Lucas, How did you get here?” Tekka asked. “Did you get a USB that you plug into your phone and it brought you here?”
“Yeah,” Lucas responded.
Jake sighed. “That’s to be expected,”
“Hey Lucas, why don’t you tell them about how you discovered me?” Keramon asked.
Lucas gave it some thought.
Gracie speaks up. “He doesn't seem to want to talk about it, besides he probably met Keramon upon arriving here,”
“No, that’s not how I met him,” Lucas said.
That got everyone’s attention.
“Then how do you meet him?” Hackmon asked.
Lucas stayed silent for a moment before speaking.
“It all started around a month ago…” He began
Flashback
In a dark messy room, Lucas was sitting on his desk doing nothing but eating chips and staring into his computer screen as if he had nothing else to do.
He clicked anything that was on his screen until his screen suddenly showed a blurry picture, and then it slowly became clear, revealing an egg.
Lucas looked in confusion, then the egg cracked open revealing an eye, which startled him a bit.
Then he received an email, he clicked it, and it showed a word.
"hello!"
Lucas was taken aback by this. But it didn't stop him from writing a response.
"Who are you?"
“my name is kuramon, what’s yours?”
Lucas was hesitant to respond, but he did anyway…
“Lucas Conner,”
“hello lucas conner,”
“What are you?”
“i’m a digimon,”
“Digimon? Like a Pokemon?”
"that’s what i am,"
Various thoughts were flowing through Lucas' head, is this some sort of virtual pet? No, those things don’t pop into your computer out of nowhere. Then he noticed another message from Kuramon
“i’m hungry,”
"Well, what do you eat?"
"data, like from this computer"
Lucas thought about it for a moment, if Kuramon eats data from his computer or anyway on the internet, it could lead to massive damage to the net. He continued to think for a bit more until he got an idea and he sent an email to Kuramon.
“How about you eat data from the trash,”
“trash?”
“It’s a place where data was thrown away,”
“hmm, i think i’ll go there,”
At that moment Kuramon disappeared from the screen. Lucas took this moment to think about who Kuramon was, so he decided to do some studying.
Over the next few days, Lucas spent a lot of time in his room, studying Kuramon, during this, he learned that Kuramon was born due to a collection of a bunch of computer viruses combined, which increased his interest even more.
A few days later, as Lucas left school, he immediately went home and into his room to check on Kuramon, but when he turned on his computer, he noticed something different about Kuramon… He now had giant finger-like things with claws on them
Lucas started in confusion but was caught off guard by what happened next.
“Hey, Lucas!”
Lucas nearly falls back in his seat.
“What’s wrong?”
“Y-you can t-talk?” Lucas stuttered.
“I can, since I Digivolve recently, I’m also known as Tsumemon from now,”
“Digivolve? Like, evolve?” Lucas wondered,
“Think of it as the aging process for Digimon,” Tsumemon said.
Lucas took this moment to drink some water and breath.
“So let me get this straight, you can evolve into a next form?”
Tsumemon nods.
Lucas thinks for a moment as his interest has grown more.
Following this, Lucas began to put focus on studying Tsumemon, eventually Tsumemon Digivolve again, becoming Keramon, which caused Lucas’ interest to skyrocket. However, his focus has grown so much that he spends a whole day in his room studying him.
Some time passed, and Lucas was silently lying on his bed staring at the blank ceiling.
“Hey, Lucas?” Keramon broke the silence.
“Yeah?”
“It's about you spending entire days studying me,”
“What about it?”
“I think you need to stop,”
Lucas got up and started at his computer.
“Why would I? I’ve just made a groundbreaking discovery in the form of you, I’ll be famous if I reveal you to the world!” Lucas said. “And I might change it as well!”
Keramon looked at the blue-haired boy in worry.
“At what cost?”
Lucas looked at Keramon in confusion.
“Even if you did become famous and change the world, what would you do? Relish in your fame alone? For the rest of your life?”
“What do you know about that?” Lucas asked. “You're just some sentient digital being I found in the computer, how could you possibly fathom stuff like this?”
Keramon was somewhat offended by that comment.
“If that’s how you see me…”
Suddenly, Lucas’ computer screen began to shine, shocking Lucas. Then hands come out of the screen, and Keramon’s body fully emerges from the screen.
“Do you think I’m an actual living being now?” Keramon asked.
Lucas was so shocked beyond words that he couldn't respond.
“I see you have no answer, I guess I’ll be heading back,”
Keramon turned around and went inside the computer.
Lucas’ mind was now cooking up a storm. On one hand, he just witnessed a digital being literally come to life, he knew how many groundbreaking discoveries he could introduce to the world. But on the other hand, he thought about what Keramon said, would he want to keep all the attention to himself? Since he’s technically, using someone else to gain that fame?
Following this, Keramon did not speak up to Lucas, and Lucas did not say anything to him every time he turned on the computer.
Days pass, and Lucas is sitting in his room looking at his phone, when suddenly, Keramon comes out of the computer, holding what appears to be a box.
"Hey Lucas," Keramon said.
Lucas nervously waved his hand, before noticing the box Keramon was holding.
“Where did you get that box?” He asked.
“Its an email for you,” Keramon answered.
“For me?” Lucas wondered as he took the box and opened it, revealing a grey USB.
Lucas picked up the USB and analyzed it.
“I think you should plug it into your phone,” Keramon said.
Lucas felt a bit skeptical. “Eh, I guess I’ll do it”
Lucas pulled out his phone and plugged the USB into it. The phone glowed and turned into a grey-colored Digivice.
Lucas looked at the Digivice in fascination. Then the Digivice shined and he and Keramon found themselves falling through a wormhole.
Lucas opened his eyes to see Keramon.
“Are you okay?” Keramon asked.
Lucas groaned as he got up, he looked around to see that he and Keramon were at a beach.
“Where are we?” Lucas wondered.
“I believe we’re in the Digital World,” Keramon said. “Where all Digimon came from,”
As he said that Lucas’s curiosity had reached its peak as he stared out into the ocean, hearing the crashing waves, and seeing the vast endless sky.
End of Flashback
“Following that, we traveled around, came face-to-face against many seemingly rampaging Digimon, who were also covered in a dark aura like Dokugumon, and now we ran into you guys,” Lucas finished.
The others were surprised at Lucas’ story.
“So Keramon’s essential a living virus?” Daisy said.
Lucas nodded.
“So does he qualify as an actual Digimon?” Daisy asked. “The Digivice analyzer listed him as a Unknown,”
“I mean yeah, I essentially got all the requirements,” Keramon said.
“Plus, new Digimon tends to get discovered as time goes on, so its not a stretch to say that Keramon is one of them,” Hackmon said.
Silence enveloped the group until Tekka broke the silence.
“Now that we have Lucas, there’s only one more kid to find,” Tekka said.
“That’s great,” Jake said. “But now, I need some sleep,”
Later the group turned in for the night, everyone except Keramon, who crawled over to the still-awakeen Lucas.
“Hey,”
Lucas didn’t respond.
“You left out some important part in your story,” Keramon points out. “Mainly, Chase and your parents,”
Lucas turned to the side. “I wasn’t in the mood to talk about them,”
“By “not in the mood”, you mean you don’t want the other to think you’re a jerk,” Keramon corrected.
Lucas cringed.
Keramon placed his hand on Lucas and gave him a reassuring look. “It’s ok, take your time, I’m sure they would understand if you do,”
“I hope your right…” Lucas whispered.
Unbeknownst to the two, Tekka and Daisy were awake and listening to their conversation, sparking their interest in Lucas’ background.
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, the group found the seventh kid and his unborn partner Digimon, the boy had a different story about how he was brought to the Digital World, as the boy bonds with he's newly born partner, they had to face a Digimon that had been hunting them, find out what happens in Chapter 7: The Final Child, the Boy and the mysterious Imp!
Notes:
I'm sure some of you are curious that I made Keramon a partner Digimon, I loved Keramon because of his design, and when it comes to personality he's the one I want to write about the most.
When it comes to the chapter's title, I struggle to come up with a name, I only named it "Crash" because of the Teen Titans episode where Cyborg gets a virus downloaded into his system.
Update as of 20/12/2024: I've finally got a proper title for this chapter!Anyway, the next chapter will introduce the last DigiDestined, and he and his partner are going to be my favorite characters to write, (For obvious reasons if you see the character tags).
Chapter 7: The Final Child, the Boy and the mysterious Imp!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
A young boy was running for his life, all he could hear was the sound of thunderstorms and raindrops pouring on him and throughout the area. He was nearly out of breath, but he didn’t stop running, because he knew it was the end for him if he did.
The boy continued to run until he came across a cliff over a river, he looked around to see there was no way to cross out the other side. His anxiety began to increase, even more when he heard the sound of footsteps and claws scratching. He turned around to see a red/white slender wolf-like Digimon marching toward him.
“Looks like the end of the line for you,” The wolf Digimon said.
Ben panicked, he desperately tried to find a way out, but all he saw was the river below. He hesitated about doing it, but seeing the wolf Digimon coming closer, he knew he had no choice, especially when he saw the wolf Digimon raise his hand, revealing his sharp claws.
The boy closed his eyes, jumped off the cliff, and fell into the river.
The wolf looked in disappointment as his prey was gone.
Ben sticks his head out of the river, he is afloat thanks to something he curls inside his shirt. Ben breathed heavily, but he wasn't able to rest as he was swept away by the river, he couldn't see anything due to the rains and the rapid rate he was going. He withstood this whole process until he finally slowed down and managed to swim to land.
He leans toward a tree that covers him from the rain, he finally has a moment to rest, and he uncurles up his shirt to reveal a purple egg. He wrapped his arms around the egg, as he slowly closed his eyes and dozed off.
The sun rises over the mountains, showing the beautiful landscape. It also prompts a group of six human kids and Digimon to wake up, Each of them taking their time to get up.
It had been a few days since they'd arrived at the mountains since according to the map, the last kid was around this place.
“So? How are we going to find the kid?” Jake asked.
“We need to wait for Tekka if we're going to discuss that,” Vivian said.
Jake looked around for the gogglehead. “Where is he anyway?”
“He’s gone to the riverside to wash his face, Herissmon’s with him so we don’t need to worry,” Renamon said.
“I hope they don’t run into any dangerous Digimon,” Gracie said.
With Tekka
Tekka and Herissmon were crouching near the riverside, using the water to wash their faces. After splashing their faces a couple of times, they stood up and turned to walk away, but Herissmon stopped walking, which Tekka noticed.
“Is something wrong?” He asked.
“I sense something nearby,” Herissmon said as he ran to the opposite side of the riverside, and Tekka followed.
Herissmon continued to walk past the riverside until he came across a tree.
“There!” He points out.
Tekka caught up with the hedgehog, turned his head toward the three, and saw something.
It was a boy sleeping near a tree. The boy has light brown hair, seemingly around 8 years of age, and wears a sleeveless t-shirt, green shorts, and a red bucket hat on his head. He also appears to be holding something that looks like a giant purple egg.
Tekka approached the boy and noticed that his face was red, he placed his hand on his forehead and felt warmness.
“He has a fever!” Tekka said.
Tekka grabbed the egg and gave it to Herissmon, while he carried the boy on his back.
The two went back to the others, where they explained how they found him, Tekka placed the boy on a mat, where he then put a cold patch on his forehead.
“Good thing we’ve brought these medical supplies a while back,” Jake said. "You said you found him near a tree,"
Tekka nodded. “I also think he’s the last kid,”
“Guys look!” Gracie pulled a dark purple Digivice. “This is he’s Digivice!”
“Then where’s his partner?” Vivian wondered.
"He's actually over there," Hackmon points to the purple egg.
“I forgot to ask, what is that thing?” Daisy asked.
“That’s a DigiEgg,” Hackmon answered.
“Digi…egg?” Lucas wondered.
“It’s where all Digimon came from, like me!” Keramon said.
“Wait… All Digimon come from eggs?” Daisy asked.
“Keramon also came from an egg,” Lucas said
“That… just seems weird,” Daisy said.
“Why is that?” Renamon asked.
“It’s just that… while I understand a dragon coming from an egg, and Keramon Is probably a special case, but if I recall correctly… a hedgehog, bunny, fox, and especially a plant, don’t come from eggs,” Daisy said.
“Don’t think about it too much, it’ll completely rot your brain,” Keramon said.
“I just have so many questions,” Daisy said.
“Still though, I can’t help but wonder. Why was he given a DigiEgg, while we were all given our partners right off the bat?” Lucas wondered.
“I suppose you guys know something about this?” Tekka asked.
“No, we weren’t told who each other was, we’re just told that there's another Digimon with a human partner,” Herissmon said.
“So do we just wait for him to wake up?” Vivian asked.
“Yes, and then we’ll tell you all why you’re brought here,” Hackmon said.
The kids waited around for a few hours, right as it was getting boring, they all heard the sound of groaning, and they all turned their attention to the young boy who was getting up.
Tekka approached the young boy. “Are you ok?”.
The boy screamed in shock as he noticed everyone around him.
Tekka waved his hands. “It’s ok, we’re not here to hurt you,” He gave the boy a water bottle.
The boy took the bottle and drank it, and as he finished, he noticed something missing.
“Wh-where’s my egg?” The boy panicked.
“Calm down, I have it right here,” Herissmon gave the DigiEgg to the boy.
The boy calmed down as he embraced the DigiEgg.
“What’s your name?” Tekka asked.
“Eh, I’m Ben, Ben William,” Ben said.
“Well, I’m Tekka Herisson,” Tekka said.
“And I’m Herissmon,” Herissmon said.
“Y-your names are similar,” Ben points out.
“Yeah I noticed, it's probably one of the reasons we got along,” Tekka said as he turned to the others. “Come on introduce yourselves to him,”
The others took turns introducing themselves to Ben.
“So, since we are all here, this means we can finally know why we are here,” Jake said, turning to the partner Digimon.
The partner Digimon looked at each other before nodding.
“Ok, we’ll tell you,” Hackmon said.
The kids sat side by side to listen.
“I’m sure you’ve noticed the Digimon shrouded in a dark aura,” Hackmon began. "There's a reason for that…"
Daisy pulled out the two canisters from her bag. "Does it involve these?"
Hackmon nodded.
"You see, the Digital world, is currently in chaos, a year ago random Digimon went berserk out of nowhere, and it was theorized that the cause was a virus, evident by how infect seemed to come from areas with black smoke that came out of nowhere,"
Daisy looked at the canisters. “It's as if someone made it happen. Using these,”
Hackmon nods again before continuing. “Because of this, we've been assigned by the higher-ups of the Digital world assigned us to take care of it,”
"And where do we factor in?" Jake asked.
“All of you serve as our source of power, which doesn’t need much explanation,” Hackmon answered.
“A knight said the same thing about me,” Ben said.
Everyone turned to the 8-year-old.
“What do you mean?” Herissmon asked.
“Come to think of it, I forgot to ask, how did you end up here?” Gracie asked.
Ben wasn't sure what to say.
"Let me guess: You were living your life normally until you got a package with a USB, which you plugged into your phone and ended up here," Jake said.
"No, I don't even own a phone," Ben said.
"Wait what?" Jake said, confused. “Then how did you end up here?”
"It's sort of a long story," Ben said.
"If you don't want to tell us, it's ok," Vivian said.
“No, I’ll tell…” Ben insisted.
Flashback
Ben was walking out of school when he heard someone screaming, he checked to see what it was, and he was shocked to see a girl his age getting beaten up by bullies. Seeing this infuriated him and he approached the scene.
“HEY!!”
The bullies turned their attention to Ben.
“Oh? Has the hero arrived to save the damsel in distress?” The main bully said.
“Step away from her Rick, or else!” Ben growled.
“Or else what?” Rick mocked.
Ben glared at Rick.
Rick scoffs. “Is that it? I expect nothing less than you because let’s face it: Without your older sister around, you’re just pathetic,” He then proceeds to push Ben back.
That action made something inside Ben snapped as he rushed toward Rick and punched him in his gut. Rick coughs in pain, as his two henchmen retaliate by attacking Ben, which leads to a fight between the four boys as the girl watches in shock.
The fight went on until it got the attention of an adult nearby.
“Hey, what’s going on here?!”
The four boys stopped fighting and immediately turned their attention to the adult, who turned out to be their school's principal Howard, who is also Rick’s dad.
Rick quickly acted. “It was him dad, he attacked us for no reason!”
Ben looked flabbergasted. “What?! You were attacking this girl and making fun of me!”
The principal stared at Ben. “William, You are to come to my office at once,”
Ben gritted his teeth in frustration as Rick and his two henchmen laughed at him.
Later, Ben's parents were called in and told about what Ben did, even when Ben tried to tell Howard what Rick did, he ignored him, and later Ben and his parents drove home.
“What is up with that principal? Always defending his son and ignoring the victims,” Mr. William said.
“We can’t do anything about it dear,” Mrs. William said.
Ben sat in the back, looking all gloomy, when Mrs. William noticed she was about to speak to him, but knew she would upset Ben even more.
Eventually, they got home and Ben immediately went to his room and lay on his bed.
He was so frustrated with how Rick kept getting away with everything because Principal Howard showed his bias toward him, or maybe he's just very ignorant because every time someone justifyingly calls Rick out for his actions, Howard ignores them and he’s the primary victim a lot of the time.
Ben then heard someone knocking on the door, which he ignored.
“Ben? I need to talk,” The person behind the door said.
Ben ignored the voice.
The door opened to reveal a girl around high school age with light brown hair similar to Ben’s but long and tied into a ponytail, she wears a coat with a blue tank top underneath, and she wears grey pants.
This was Ben's older sister, Shelly
“Ben, I've heard about what happened,”
Ben did not respond to his sister.
"Ben–"
Ben got up. "Don't, just don't give me another ramble about how I should butt into other people's business. He was hitting a girl! Was I supposed to let him get away with that?"
Shelly sat next to her brother. “I know you think of yourself as some sort of hero of justice, but you need to think about your actions more if not, you’ll be no different than Rick,”
“Tch, not like you would understand,” Ben got off the bed. “I’m going for a walk,”
Ben left the room, Shelly wanted to follow but knew that he wouldn't like it.
Later Ben was sitting on a swing not saying a word.
'I hate my life if only I could just leave it,'
Later Ben was walking back home, but stopped when he noticed something in front of him.
It appears to be some sort of portal. Ben took a closer look at it, and then it grew larger and surrounded itself over Ben, the next thing he knew, he was in a white void.
Ben panicked as he didn’t know what to do.
“Ben William,”
Ben tensed up and turned around, he covered his eyes from the light, but he was still able to see a silhouette knight.
"Wh-what are you?" Ben asked.
“I am one of the defenders of the Digital world,” The knight said.
“Digital world?”
“Yes, my home and it’s currently in chaos, and I can’t keep track of everything happening,” The Knight said. “So we’ve chosen seven children to save it,”
“Why pick me though?” Ben wondered.
The knight uncurls his hand and a purple DigiEgg appears.
'An egg?' Ben thought.
"This is the DigiEgg of a being that went through a similar experience like you, I am sure when the two of you come to understand each other it will surely lead to peace being restored," The knight explained.
Ben reaches out and grabs the DigiEgg, but the moment he touches it some flashes into his mind.
The first image shows an Imp-like Digimon laughing at other Digimon…
The second image shows the imp-like Digimon lying on the ground, injured, unable to move…
The last image shows the imp-like Digimon getting shrouded in darkness and a demonic humanoid Digimon takes his place.
Ben stumbled back.
“Is something wrong?” The knight asked.
“What were those images?” Ben asked.
“Those were visions of this Digimon’s past life. Once you come to understand him, it’ll be your greatest strength” The knight said. “And have this as well,”
The knight pulled out a purple Digivice, which Ben grabbed.
“So what happens now?” Ben asked.
“You will find the other humans with partner Digimon like you, I wish you luck,” The knight said.
The area began to glow, prompting Ben to cover his eyes.
As Ben opens his eyes, he sees that he is in a grassy field.
'So this is the Digital World,' He thought.
He looked at the DigiEgg and thoughts of the visions he had roamed his mind.
End of Flashback
“Afterwards I wander around for a while before I happen to come across a vicious wolf Digimon, which led me to jump into the river and I met you guys,” Ben finished.
The others could not believe what they just heard. Though, Ben purposely left out, him seeing the images he saw when he touched the DigiEgg
“I know you all are, feel bad for me, but that’s just how my life is. Part of the reason I accepted the knight's offer was because I wanted to experience a new lifestyle,” Ben said.
Silence envelops the group until Herissmon breaks it.
“So… what do we do now? We’ve got the whole group, so what do we do now?” Herissmon asked.
“Well, there is a city I’ve been to, we could head there to think of what to do next,” Hackmon said. “But we’re going to wait for Ben’s partner to hatch,”
“Because the sooner we get another active member, the better we’ll perform,” Renamon said.
“So we have to wait? Arrgh! I hate waiting!” Gracie groaned.
“Then you better get used to it!” Keramon said.
A few minutes passed, and Ben wrapped his body all over his DigiEgg, but there was no sign of it hatching. An hour passed and nothing had happened, Gracie was feeling really bored, so she decided to start a conversation.
“So… since we are all gathered here, how about we take this moment to socialize?” Gracie said as the others turned their attention to her. “How about we talk about our favorite anime and manga?”
That seems to get the other's attention.
Ben raised his hand. “Um, I don’t watch anime,”
“That’s fine,” Gracie looked around the other kids. “Let’s start with you Tekka,”
Tekka was taken aback but quickly regained his composure.
“Well, I have two technically… which are Naruto, Gurren Lagann and I guess Sonic X counts. I say “technically” because I mainly watched Naruto through the video games on YouTube, and I watched Sonic X and Gurren Lagann because I was a big fan of Sonic and robot fights,” Tekka said.
“Ok, who’s next?” Gracie asked.
Jake raised his hand. “Me, My Hero Academia was my jam. I’m a big superhero fan, so seeing an anime of it, got me invested,”
“My turn, I wasn’t a big anime fan or watching stuff in general, I was more into reading. Tekka and Jake gave me a ton of options, and out of all of them I chose Black Clover, and let's just say that's one of the best manga I've read,” Vivian explained.
"So much so that she started to tie her hair into pigtails just to match her role model," Jake said.
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" Vivian asked.
"Come on, I always give compliments," Jake said.
The brunette glared at Jake.
Tekka signs. "I would also like to bring up that because MHA and BC have similar premises, these two tend to get into arguments over which series is better,"
"And I guess you got annoyed by them?" Herissmon asked.
Tekka nods. "Yeah, and back then they would often turn to me for my opinions, which didn't go well, mainly with Jake,"
"Weird, I thought MHA fans, mainly argue about the shipping," Keramon said.
"Don't bring that up…" Lucas said.
"Anyway, we should move on," Gracie looked over to Daisy. "Daisy, your next,"
Daisy felt nervous, as she didn't know what to say.
"Your favorite is Fairy Tail right?" Tekka said.
"Uh, yeah…" Daisy replied.
"Why don't you tell us your history with it?" Gracie asked.
"Well, it's the first anime I've watched, and some of my… friends… made fun of me for watching it," Daisy said.
"Don't let their opinions get to you," Renamon said.
"I know…" Daisy said.
"Alright my turn, I've been a sucker for ghost stories, so it's no surprise I have a deep fascination for Bleach, lets just say it got me to think a lot…" Gracie said.
Gracie stayed silent for a bit before shaking her head and turning to Lucas.
"Anyway, it's your turn, Lucas!"
Before Lucas says anything, Keramon raises his hand.
"Oh oh, can I describe our history with our favorite anime?" Keramon asked.
"Sure," Lucas said.
Keramon clears his throat.
"Around the time I was little, I thought that I should spend some bonding time with Lucas, so I scrolled over the internet to look for an anime to watch, and I found the perfect one for me," Keramon raised his hands. "It's about high school kids trying to kill their teacher!"
The others stared at him in silence.
"He means Assassination Classroom," Lucas corrected.
"Oh right, that one!"
“I watched that one too!”
“It’s a total fun time!”
Ben was starting to feel a bit left out, he felt like he did not belong here, not helped by the fact that these other kids were a few years older than him. But he knew if there was one person he could turn to, it was his partner Digimon once he was born, then he felt his DigiEgg wiggling.
Ben began to panic as he didn’t know what to do, he panicked and got the other’s attention and they also noticed the DigiEgg shaking, and they began to panic too, just before the panic got further, a crack appeared around the DigiEgg, which silenced everyone. The DigiEgg cracked apart, revealing a small purple Digimon with black eyes and stubby ears.
Nobody said a word, so Ben decided to speak up.
"Hey, little guy…"
The small purple Digimon turned to Ben, who slowly moved his hand toward him, the purple Digimon then sprayed stuff onto Ben’s face.
“Gah! Is this paint?!” Ben screamed.
The purple Digimon began to laugh in amusement.
Gracie came close to the small Digimon.
"Hey, that's not very nice! You should be ashamed of yourself!" Gracie chastises.
The purple Digimon turned to Gracie before spewing paint on her face too
Gracie screamed. "Ahh! You son of a–"
She was quickly held back by Tekka and Daisy.
"Language!" Daisy shouted.
"He's not worth it!" Tekka said.
“Man, are you seriously going to attack a baby? Not that I’m complaining, I’m all for it!” Keramon said.
Lucas smacked Keramon in the back of his head.
“Ok… how are we supposed to take care of this thing?” Jake asked.
“Kiimon,” Tekka shows Kiimon’s name on the analyzer. “His name is Kiimon,”
“How are we going to take care of Kiimon?” Jake corrects himself.
“Simple, we just have to be nice to him,” Vivian said.
"She's right, if we were to treat him well, he could be a powerful ally for us," Hackmon said.
Jake sighed. "I guess,"
Then the sound of grumbling could be heard, everyone turned to the source, which was Kiimon.
Ben, who finished wiping the paint off his face, realized something.
“He must be hungry,” Ben said. “Does anyone have any food?”
Tekka pulled out a bag of chips. “I’ve got these,”
“But isn’t it unhealthy for a baby to eat those?” Daisy asked.
“Well, this isn’t a human baby, so I say it is,” Tekka said, before opening the bag and placing it near Kiimon.
Kiimon sniffed the chips before crawling toward the bag and eating the chips at a quick pace.
“Woah, he must be really hungry,” Ben said.
“For a little guy, he must have a big appetite,” Daisy said.
“Well, we do eat like that every time we De-Digivolve,” Herissmon reminded.
As he said that, Kiimon suddenly stopped eating, and was enveloped in a purple light, signaling its Digivolution.
Kiimon was a lot bigger and had green eyes and a dark face, it’s ears.
Tekka checks his Digivice analyzer. “Now his name is Yaamon,”
Yaamon turns to the group and smirks, he then spews a black substance at the group, except for Hackmon and Renamon, who dodge it.
“Is this ink!?” Daisy groaned.
Arrgh! You got it on our clothes!!” Vivian growled.
“Yaamon!” Ben criticized.
Yaamon lets out a smug look.
"These are our only clothes," Jake whined.
"Well, we could just go to the river and have them washed," Tekka said.
Gracie reaches into her bag and pulls out a towel. "It’s a good thing I've brought extra towels from Spring Village,"
Tekka turned to Hackmon and Renamon. “I sure you two can look after Ben and Yaamon,”
Hackmon and Renamon nodded as the others went away to the river.
Seeing that he is mostly alone, Ben sat down next to Yaamon.
“So, nice weather we’re having,” He said.
“If you think you could talk me to be on your side, forget about it,” Yaamon said.
Ben looked surprised by this. “So you can talk,”
“I can since I Digivolved,” Yaamon said.
The two stayed silent for a bit until Ben picked up a bag of chips Yaamon had eaten before and placed it next to him.
"Here, in case you're still hungry," He said.
Yaamon looked at Ben before he continued to eat his chips.
'I guess it'll take time for us to get along,'
"Hey Ben I've got a question," Hackmon approached the boy.
"What is it?" Ben asked.
"What does the knight you met look like?" Hackmon wondered.
Ben stroked his chin. “I think I needed something to draw it on…”
Renamon reaches into Daisy’s bag and pulls out a notebook and some pencils.
“Use this, surely Daisy won’t mind,” Renamon said.
Ben took the notebook and began drawing in it.
After drawing for a bit he showed it to Hackmon and Renamon. "Here, it’s not the best, but at least you can make something out of it,"
Ben’s drawing of the knight was a bit off, but to Hackmon it was something he recognized.
‘This Digimon… could it be?’
“And even though he was silhouetted, I was still able to see that there are some red parts on his armor,” Ben mentioned.
Hearing that confirmed Hackmon's thoughts.
“Ok, I’ve seen enough,” Hackmon said before walking away.
Ben sat next to Yaamon, who finished the bag of chips.
As he looked at him, a thought popped into his mind.
"Hey Yaamon, have you been bullied?"
Yaamon perked up.
"Why do you ask that?" Yaamon asked.
“You acted anti-social, the only reason I could think of why you’re like that is because of bullying and I say that because I know how it feels,” Ben said. “For some reason, Rick and his goons chose me to be their prime target, even though I have nothing against them, and the worst part is that they always get away with it!”
Tears began to swell up in Ben’s eyes.
“At one point, I considered ending my life…”
Yaamon, Hackmon, and Renamon’s eyes widen in shock. For Hackmon and Renaon, hearing that bullies made Ben’s life miserable is one thing, but the fact that it nearly drove Ben to end his life is a whole other thing.
Yaamon looked at Ben with sympathy, he then looked at another bag of chips before scooching over to it and dragging it next to Ben.
“Here, think of it as me saying thank you for the chips you gave me,” Yaamon said.
Ben smiled as he began to eat the chips.
As he ate, Yaamon spoke up.
“Ben,”
Ben turned his attention over to Yaamon.
“I am sorry for what you have to go through, and what happens here in the Digital World is too much for someone like you. That's why I will do whatever I can to protect you,”
Ben smiled.
"Thanks, Yaamon!"
Yaamon smiled back before he was enveloped in a purple light, he Digivolved once again, and this time he was an imp-like Digimon the same size as Ben, his entire body was purple except for his face, which had green eyes and a yellow smiley face on his stomach and white claws on his feet, finally he wears red gloves and a neckerchief.
Ben’s Digivice beeped, which prompted him to look at the analyzer.
Name: Impmon
Level: Rookie
Type: Small Devil
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Bada Boom, Bada Chill, Infernal Funnel.
Bio: It loves to prank and see the embarrassed appearance of others. Although he loves mischief and malice, on the inside, he is lonely.
Impmon looked at his body. “Heh, now this is better,”
Impmon noticed Ben staring at him.
“Um, is something up?” He asked.
Ben tensed up and shook his head. “It’s nothing,”
Ben recognized Impmon from the images he saw when he touched his DigiEgg. He could not help but think… Does he have a past life? He wanted to ask, but he was too nervous. Hackmon and Renamon saw the whole scene but didn’t speak up.
Later, the others came back all washed up, they discussed their plans and decided to continue traveling tomorrow morning, as the sun was about to set.
As soon as night covered the sky, the group turned in for the knight, except for Ben, he couldn't sleep because of the images of Impmon flashing into his mind, particularly the third one.
Who is Impmon? Was the question in his mind.
Eventually, all the thinking stressed him out, so he drank some water, and then he suddenly heard the sound of grass rustling. He looked around to find the source, but couldn’t find it and decided to sleep.
Unbeknownst to him, a pair of glowing yellow eyes lurk behind some trees, followed by a sharp grin.
The next morning, the group woke up and began to move.
As they are walking, Ben gets close to Impmon.
“So… you feeling ok?” He asked.
“Yeah, why are you asking?” Impmon asked.
“Just starting a conversation,” Ben said.
As the group continued to walk, something ominous was approaching them from the side, but they didn’t notice.
Hackmon stops in place and looks to the side, there isn’t anything there, but he does see footmarks on the ground, and they keep appearing on their way to Ben and Impmon, without hesitation, he rushes forward, with everyone questioning this.
“Fifth Slash!!”
Hackmon swung his claws and they hit something, a scream of pain was heard getting everyone’s attention.
The thing that Hackmon hit slowly became visible, it was a red/white slender wolf-like Digimon.
Everyone was shocked at the wolf’s appearance, especially Ben.
The wolf grunted. “I'm surprised, you’d managed to see me coming,”
“Your footsteps gave it away,” Hackmon said.
The wolf laughs before turning his eyes over to Ben.
“Hello kid, we’ve got some unfinished business to attend to,”
Ben was feeling nothing but absolute fear, so much that he could barely move.
They grinned at his terrified look, but when he took a step, the other kids and their partner Digimon, stood in his way.
“Don’t think for a second, we’re letting you get near Ben!” Lalamon declared.
“Yeah!” Everyone else shouted.
Tekka pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Fangmon
Type: Demon Beast
Attribute: Data
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attack: Blast Coffin
Bio: A Demon Beast that lives in the deep heart of the forest, once it sets its sights on a prey, they will never escape, sometimes it would go so far as to disguise itself as someone dear to the prey to get closer.
“Well then, come at me!” Fangmon said.
The kids pulled out their Digivices and activated them.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
[LALAMON DIGIVOLVE TO SUNFLOWMON]
[KERAMON DIGIVOLVE TO CHRYSALIMON]
Impmon watched in amazement at all the other Rookies Digivolving.
The Champion Digimon rushed toward Fangmon, who let out a confident grin, as he suddenly disappeared, prompting the Champions to stop.
"Where did he go?" Kyubimon wondered.
The Champions looked around for Fangmon when suddenly each of them was slashed. Following that, Fangmon suddenly appeared in the air.
“Blast Coffin!!!”
An energy sphere exploded around the Champions, blowing them away.
The humans were shocked at what just happened.
“Tch! How are we supposed to fight someone who can hide his presence?” Lucas wondered.
Fangmon landed on the ground scoffing. "Is that the best you can do?"
Fangmon looked over to Ben, looking like he was ready to pounce.
Ben could feel his heart beating fast until he could not take it anymore…
So he ran.
Everyone called out to him, but he ignored all of them. Worried for his partner, Impmon ran after him.
Fangmon grunted, but before he could give chase, he found himself wrapped in tentacles.
“You ain’t going anywhere!” Chrysalimon said as the other Champions recovered.
Tekka looked at the direction Ben and Impmon went, before turning to the others. “You guys deal with Fangmon, while Me and Filmon go after Ben and Impmon!”
The others nodded as Tekka and Filmon went in Ben and Impmon’s direction.
Fangmon gritted his teeth in frustration as he struggled to free himself from Chrysalimon’s tentacles.
Impmon ran past many trees looking for Ben, after what seemed like forever, where in actuality a few minutes, he found Ben, who was leaning toward a tree, hyperventilating.
Impmon approached the boy, who jumped in shock upon noticing him.
"Calm down, it's just me," Impmon said.
Recognizing Impmon, Ben slowly began to calm down as he embraces him, Impmon is taken aback by this but doesn't do anything, so Ben can calm down. Tekka and Filmon arrived, but when they saw Ben embracing Impmon, they stayed quiet.
After a few seconds, Ben separated himself from Impmon.
“I’m such a coward aren’t I?” Ben asked.
“You’re not, it’s just how young children like you would react in a moment like this,” Tekka said.
Ben sat down, feeling depressed. “Back at home, people made fun of me for always relying on my sister, and when that knight Digimon chose me, I accepted because I thought this was my chance to prove myself. I guess I should’ve been careful about what I wished for,”
Impmon gave his partner a sympathetic look and sat down next to him, not saying a word.
The four of them then heard the sound of grass rustling coming from behind. Thinking it was Fangmon, they immediately turned around, readying themselves to fight, but what they saw was someone else…
It was a woman in her twenties, with long black hair.
Ben, Impmon, and Filmon were wondering who the woman was, but Tekka was a different story, He's eyes widened upon seeing the woman.
“M-mom?” he muttered out.
Ben, Impmon, and Filmon gasped.
“Yes Tekka my son, it’s me,” Tekka’s “mom” said.
Tekka was speechless. However, Ben, Impmon, and Filmon were suspicious about his “mom”.
Tekka’s “mom” lets out her hand. “Now my son, come to me!”
Tekka was about to step forward but stopped when he was reminded of something.
“No… you can’t be here! You’re not real!” Tekka cried out.
Tekka’s “mom” reaches her arms out. “Oh, I’m very real! Now come here, my sweet child!”
Tekka stood still completely in place.
Ben realized what was going on and grabbed Tekka’s arm.
“Tekka we need to run, it’s Fangmon’s trap!” Ben said. "He did this when I first ran into him, he disguised himself as Shelly, but I saw right through it,"
Fangmon’s expression turned to disappointment, he then opened her mouth revealing a white light.
Filmon realized what was coming, he immediately pushed Tekka and Ben out of the way as he was blasted by the energy sphere. Tekka, Ben, and Impmon watched in shock as Filmon landed on the ground, was enveloped in a white light, and reverted to Herissmon.
“Tch, I missed,” Fangmon said.
Knowing they needed a distraction, Impmon made hand gestures, causing a flaming circle to surround Fangmon. Once he noticed the flames a pillar of fire erupted out, engulfing him in flames.
“Now’s our chance, we need to skedaddle!” Impmon shouted.
Tekka and Ben nodded as they made a run for it.
As they ran, Fangmon turned back to his original form to quell the flames.
“I'll admit, you got me there, but you won't be lucky!” Fangmon chased after them.
Tekka, Ben, and Impmon continued to run through the forest, past the many trees, with Fangmon on their tail, until they came across a ravine, where they stopped to catch their breath.
Tekka took this moment to place Herissmon on the ground to check on him. He sighs in relief upon seeing that he’s fine, he then remembers about Fangmon turning into his mom. He looks at Fangmon's data on the analyzer and sees that it mentions that Fangmon can disguise himself as someone his prey are close to.
"Hey Ben, did Fangmon do the same transforming trick as he did earlier?" Tekka wondered.
Ben nodded. "He did, which led him to chase me and you know the rest,"
Tekka continues to think about Fangmon taking the form of his mom until Ben asks him a question.
“Hey, Tekka, am I useless?” He asked.
Tekka looked at Ben in confusion.
“Like I told you before, I only accepted the knight's request, because I wanted the chance to prove myself after everyone at home made fun of me,”
Tekka stood up and sat next to Ben.
"Ben, don't let what those other kids say get to you because, above all else, they're just jerks," Tekka said.
"Yeah, I know that!" Ben said.
Tekka sighed. "You know, back when I was little, I was never very social, and people took notice of my behavior, and I would sometimes hear people spreading rumors about me, but I ignored them and moved on with my life,"
Ben’s mood started to lift, but before he said anything, the sounds of footsteps could be heard, prompting him, Tekka, and Impmon to turn around and see Fangmon emerging from the trees.
“Looks like it's the end of the line,” Fangmon said.
But before Fangmon could do anything, blue fireballs halted his track, he turned around to see the other kids and their partner Digimon.
“You just don’t know when to quit,” Fangmon growled.
“Don’t think we’ll give up that easily!” BaoHackmon said.
Fangmon grinned. “Oh really?”
In a swift movement, Fangmon swung his tail, sending dust towards the group, and in quick succession, appeared next to Ben and pinned him down, the moment Tekka and Impmon noticed, they were smacked away by his tail.
Once the dust cleared, everyone got a clear look at Fangmon pinning Ben down.
"Don't move!" He raised his claw over Ben's terrified face. "Or I'll poke a hole in this brat's face!"
The kids and their partner Digimon, grunted in frustration.
Impmon was the most frustrated and he immediately charged in, despite everyone calling out to him to stop.
“Let him go!” He shouted.
"Impmon… Don't…" Ben muttered out.
Fangmon lets out a smug grin.
"What are you going to do about it?" Fangmon mocked
Without thinking, Impmon rushed toward Fangmon, only to get smacked away by his hand.
"Is that all?" Fangmon asked.
Impmon groaned in pain as he got up and pointed up his finger, conjuring up a fireball.
“Bada Boom!!” He threw the fireball at Fangmon, which did nothing.
Impmon then opens up his hand conjuring up an ice ball.
“Bada Chill!!”
He sent out a blizzard toward Fangmon, but he wasn’t fazed one bit. Fangmon lets out a fake yawn as he smacks Impmon with his tail. But Impmon didn’t stop attacking. He threw fireballs, and ice shards at Fangmon, but it did nothing, and Fangmon continued to attack Impmon.
The others watched in frustration as they couldn't do anything to help since Fangmon had Ben in his hands.
Impmon on the other hand was heavily injured with blood coming out of his body.
“Had enough?” Fangmon asked.
Impmon pants. “No…” He said weakly.
Impmon opens his hands and summons fire on one hand and ice on the other, he then combines both of them into a ball. He let out a determined scream as he threw the ball with all his might right into Fangmon's face… only for him to slightly flinch.
"All that for a slight scratch," Fangmon mocked as he fired an energy sphere at Impmon.
Ben and everyone looked in shock as Impmon's body fell to the group and if one were to take a look at him, he almost looked lifeless.
Fangmon laughs at Impmon. "So all that determination is wasted on pathetic trash like you!"
At this point, the other partner Digimon was this close to attacking, but Fangmon moved his finger close to Ben’s left eye.
“Good!” He said before firing a sphere at the group.
The Champion Digimon quickly covered their human partners as the sphere blasted them away.
Fangmon continued to laugh in amusement.
Ben began to have flashbacks to his bully Rick, how he and his lapdogs would beat him down, laugh at him, gloat about their apparent power, and get away with it. And the reason why this is happening to the others is because of him being held hostage. His mind was filled with frustration, as he felt useless. His attention switches when Fangmon stops laughing, he looks over to what Fangmon sees, it is Impmon standing, seemingly ignoring his injuries, which the others also noticed.
Fangmon scoffed. “Really? Just why do you struggle so much for this one kid?”
Impmon pants before shooting a glared at the wolf.
“Because he’s my friend…”
Hearing that made Fangmon laugh in amusement, Ben on the other hand felt moved by it.
Without thinking, he screams at Impmon.
“IMPMON, DON’T LET THIS GOOD-FOR-NOTHING WOLF BOSS YOU AROUND, GIVE HIM A LESSON HE WON’T FORGET!!!!!!”
Fangmon was annoyed at Ben, on the other hand, Impmon smirked.
Then out of nowhere, Ben’s Digivice began to glow black and Impmon was shrouded in darkness, much to the surprise of everyone.
While the other kids and their partners were watching in shock, they noticed that something was different about the way Impmon was Digivolving, but they didn’t have time to think about it much as Impmon began to change.
[IMPMON DIGIVOLVE TO ORPHEUSMON]
Impmon was now an average humanoid, with platinum blond hair, he wore a black bodysuit, he wore a purple cloak, he wore a magician hat, and held a staff.
Tekka pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Orpheusmon
Level: Champion
Type: Demon
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Night Flames, Night Blizzard
Bio: A Digimon related to Wizardmon, who instead studies dark magic, the reason he does is believed to be his starvation for power.
Orpheusmon glared at Fangmon. "Get your hands off Ben, or else!"
Fangmon was taken aback by Orpheusmon, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Or else what?" He asked.
The dark wizard pointed his staff at the wolf, dark electricity began to cackle, and then lightning was fired from the staff, blasting Fangmon back.
Once Fangmon's hand was off of him, Ben quickly got up and approached his partner.
"Are you ok?" Orpheusmon asked.
Ben nodded in return.
The two then turned to notice Fangmon getting back up.
The other partner Digimon was about to join in, but Orpheusmon signaled them to stop.
“Let me handle this myself,” He said as the other Champion backed off.
Fangmon shot a glare at the dark wizard.
“You’re gonna regret hitting me with lightning!” He snarled.
Orpheusmon smirks, which infuriates Fangmon, but he quickly calms down, before disappearing.
Ben stood close to his partner, looking fearful.
Orpheusmon on the other hand was looking confident, he raised his staff to the air.
“Night Blizzard!!”
Suddenly the area was covered in a snowstorm, much to the surprise of everyone.
Gracie and Sunflowmon were shivering from the cold.
“Where the heck did this snow come from?!” Gracie shouted.
“Did Orpheusmon do this?” Jake said while rubbing his body.
“There’s no other reason to not believe that!” Kyubimon said.
Fangmon was also shocked by the snowstorm but didn’t let it distract him from getting his prey.
But before he did anything, he felt snow piling on him, giving him away, which was what Orpheusmon was planning.
“Gotcha!” Orpheusmon fires out black flames toward Fangmon, causing him to reveal himself.
Fangmon screamed in pain as he attempted to put the flames out.
Orpheusmon chuckles, “Only a coward, who constantly hides himself during a fight!”
Fangmon heard him and felt insulted.
“Blast Coffin!!”
Fangmon fired an energy sphere at Orpheusmon.
Ben held tight to Orpheusmon, who smirked as he made a hand gesture.
Then a yellow circle appeared in front of him and Ben, which halted the energy sphere in midair.
"What?!!?" Fangmon shouted in shock.
“Right back at ya!” The dark wizard made another hand gesture, which sent Fangmon’s attack right back to him. The attack was so fast, Fangmon couldn't dodge.
Fangmon was sent backward to the edge of the cliff. Seeing that he now has a perfect opportunity to end the fight, he unleashes streams of lightning towards Fangmon. Fangmon braced for impact, but nothing happened.
“Ha! You missed!”
Orpheusmon smirks. “Did I?” He strikes his staff to the ground, causing the floor beneath Fangmon to begin to shake.
Fangmon realized that the lightning before was to weaken the cliff he was standing on, and it was about to fall to the ravine.
Before he could jump off the platform, Orpheusmon blasted him off the ravine, and he fell all the way down.
As Fangmon got up, he saw the chuck of the cliff falling toward him, and his body was too injured to move. The cliff crashes at the bottom, causing a minor earthquake for everyone above.
Once the earthquake subsided, Ben and Orpheusmon looked over the bottom of the ravine to see the spot where Fangmon was crushed.
Ben felt shocked, he just witnessed somebody's death, granted he was threatening to claw him, but still…
Orpheusmon gave his human partner a concerning look. “Are you ok?”
“Is this… what's going to happen in this world moving forward?” Ben asked.
“Sadly it is,” Orpheusmon said. “Do you still regret accepting the Ga– I mean the knight’s offer?”
“Somewhat, but I can’t change my decision now,” Ben gave his partner a confident grin. “With you and the others around, I’m sure we can make it,”
Orpheusmon smiled as he reverted to Impmon.
The other kids and their Digimon approached the two and asked a lot of questions.
“Are you guys ok?”
“Do you have any injuries?”
“What was with how you Digivolved?”
Hackmon is annoyed at all the questioning and yells.
“Quiet down everyone! Ask one question at a time!!!”
The others were silenced.
“Now one of you asks your question,” Hackmon said.
Tekka speaks up. “Firstly, what is with the way you Digivolved? It looked different from when Herissmon and the others did,”
Daisy stroked her chin. “Our partners glowed in a bright light, whereas you were engulfed in darkness,”
“Darkness? Isn’t that bad?” Jake questioned.
Impmon looked at Jake baffled. “What? Who taught you that? Light and Darkness are two sides of the same coin, to say one is more evil than the other is merely a subjective thing,” Impmon explained.
“That’s true,” Lucas points to Keramon. “Take a look at him, he’s a Virus Digimon, but I raised him to become good,”
Keramon nods.
“So, since Fangmon’s taken care of, should we continue on our way?” Gracie asked.
“I say we rest first,” Tekka looked over to Herissmon, who was sleeping. “Some of us could use it,”
The others nodded.
The group spent the next few hours taking a rest until they got up and continued their travels.
As they walked Ben stared at Impmon, as many things related to him flowed into his mind, the images he saw when he touched his DigiEgg, the way he received him was different, and the way he Digivolved compared to the others was different, all these things led to Ben asking one question…
Who was Impmon?
‘Hopefully, I’ll get my answers!’ Ben thought.
While Ben was thinking, Impmon could tell from his behavior, that he had many questions about him, but he kept quiet about it, fearing what could happen.
‘I hope my past would never be revealed,’ Impmon thought.
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, The group comes across a Village of Begnning, a place where Digimon are born and reborn, there they spend their time discussing about themselves, but things aren't that peaceful as a group of Digimon threatened the village, but the kids weren't going to let that happen! Find out what happens next in Chapter 8: Fight Back! Village of Beginnings Under Siege
Notes:
Finally, all seven Digidestined members have been introduced, and there's more going on with Ben and Impmon compared to the others. (Though I supposed, some of you can guess)
And Ben's clothes are based on Elio's Ultra Sun/Moon design.
About Orpheusmon, I was going to simply have Wizardmon to be Impmon's Champion form, then I thought it would be fitting for Impmon to have a dark wizard Champion, I based Orpheusmon more on FlameWizardmon because of the body shape, for the name, I simply look up several names meaning dark magic and chose Orpheus, mainly from knowing him through Persona 3.
And the anime the kids mentioned were all anime that I've seen.
Chapter 8: Fight Back! Village of Beginnings Under Siege
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
For the past two days, the group has been walking. Hackmon says it would take days to reach the city, so they take their time to get there.
Surprisingly, they didn’t encounter the berserk Digimon but kept their guards up in case they were attacked.
As they walked, Ben still had thoughts regarding Impmon, mainly with the images about him, when he touched his DigiEgg.
His brain theorized many things about the images, but the main one he believes the most is that Impmon has a past life.
He wanted to ask any other Digimon about it but was too nervous to ask about something like this.
The group continued to walk until they reached an empty grass field, which gave off a calm, peaceful, and soothing vibe.
They noticed something in the distance, curious, they headed towards it, and the thing they saw became clear…
Jake needed clarification. “What… in the world is this place?”
Everything around the group looks like something babies would play literally. All the buildings look like building blocks for babies or in more accurate terms Lego sets for 2-5-year-olds.
In fact, the entire area is composed of baby toys, some of which are ginormous, giving away playful vibes.
“This place looks like a set design for toy commercials,” Vivian said.
“Given how they exaggerated the products a lot of the time, and even set gender stereotypes, I say it's accurate,” Keramon said.
Gracie noticed something and pointed to it. "Guys look over there!"
Everyone looked to where Gracie was pointing and saw what appeared to be a bunch of DigiEggs.
Curious, the group got a closer look and what they saw was right, it was a bunch of DigiEggs all in different colors, with varying patterns in each one and they were all in cradles, though there were also DigiEggs seemingly growing out of trees.
"Why are all of these just left here?" Daisy asked.
“And why are they growing out of trees?” Vivian asked.
Seeing all the DigiEggs made Hackmon realize where they were.
"I get it! We’re in a Village of Beginning," Hackmon.
“The village of what?” Jake asked.
“Essentially, it is an area where Digimon are born and reborn,” Hackmon answered.
Hearing that got everyone’s attention, particularly Ben.
Hackmon began to explain. “You see, a Digimon has something called a Digicore, which is essentially a Digimon’s soul, when a Digimon dies, the Digicore compresses the data around it, resulting in a DigiEgg appearing in places like this,”
“Does a place like this exist all around the Digital world?” Daisy asked.
Hackmon nods. “Precisely!”
“Does that mean some of the Digimon we killed can be reborn?” Gracie wondered.
“That’s how it works,” Renamon said.
Hearing all this, Ben remembered the images he saw and pieced together some connections.
“Hey… what happened to a Digimon who had a previous life?” Ben asked.
“Well, they lose their memories when reborn,” Hackmon answered.
“Hmm, good to know,” Ben said.
Tekka noticed Ben’s behavior, ever since Impmon hatched he had been quiet, almost as if he was in deep thought about him.
While this happened, Keramon looked around the area and noticed something in the distance.
"Hey, what’s that over there?" He said as everyone looked at what he was looking at.
It was a giant humanoid rabbit Digimon whose whole body was covered in yellow fur, his face, fingernails, and feet were brown, his belly was pink, the tips of his ears were green and he wore a pelt on his arms.
"I think that's one of the locals, we should talk to him," Tekka suggested.
The others nodded as they approached the rabbit Digimon, who jumped in surprise upon seeing them.
“Wh-who are you people?” The yellow rabbit Digimon asked.
The seven kids nervously waved their hands.
"We're just travelers," Tekka said.
The yellow rabbit calmed down. “I thought you were invaders,”
The group could tell from his tone that he was concerned about the berserk Digimon.
“I’m Angoramon by the way,” The yellow rabbit Digimon introduced himself.
Vivian checked the analyzer.
Name: Angoramon
Level: Rookie
Type: Beast
Attribute: Vaccine
Field: Nature Spirits
Attacks: Double Lariat, Petit Tornado, Hop Dump
Bio: A beast Digimon characterized by his long ears and fur that covers his whole body. He hates fighting, has a calm personality, and avoids battle by detecting the enemies approaching with his long ears.
“Do you live here?” Hackmon asked.
Angoramon nodded. “Me and my friends have been guarding this place for as long as I can remember. If you want, I could give you a tour around this place,”
“Oh definitely! I need to know how this whole thing works!” Daisy said.
The others agree with it.
Tekka, however, had a slightly different idea and went over to Ben.
“You guys go on ahead first, I need to talk with Ben alone,” Tekka said, placing his hand on Ben’s shoulder.
Ben tensed up, while the others were confused.
“What did you need to talk to him about?” Vivian asked.
“Since he’s our youngest member, he needs someone to be a big brother figure for him,” Tekka said.
Ben tried to speak up. “I don’t need–”
Tekka covered Ben’s mouth with his hand. “Anyway, we need to go!”
As Tekka dragged Ben away, Herissmon followed.
“Hey Tekka, wait for me!”
The others looked curious as they left but quickly forgot about it and followed Angoramon.
With Tekka and Ben
Tekka brought Ben behind a giant block, where there was no one, he then let Ben go.
Ben breathes heavily. “What was that for?!”
Tekka folds his arms, with Herissmon copying him.
“What is with you lately?” He asked.
“Huh?” Ben said.
“Ever since Impmon hatched, you’ve been looking like you're in deep thought, and the glances you gave to Impmon, already tell me what you’re thinking,” Tekka said.
“And the fact that you looked very curious when asking about the Digimon life cycle doesn’t help,” Herissmon said.
Ben was getting nervous. ‘Was I that obvious?’ He thought to himself.
“So?” Tekka said.
“It's… it's not your business!” Ben murmured.
Tekka signed. "Ben, the only way we're going to get out of here is by working together,"
Ben knew there was no way out, he had no choice but to confess.
He lets out a sigh. "Alright, I'll tell you…"
Ben explained to Tekka and Herissmon about the images he saw when he touched Impmon’s DigiEgg, how he theorized that Impmon has a past life, and how the Digimon life cycle proves it.
"Wow… now I’m interested in Impmon’s background," Herissmon said.
“Why didn't you tell us this part when you told your story?” Tekka wondered.
"I wasn't sure whether the images were true until I saw Impmon’s anti-social behavior after he hatched, which I knew since I behaved the same when I was bullied," Ben said. “I also believe it could bring us closer,”
“I see your point, but maybe you should build up your bond with Impmon before learning his secret,” Tekka suggested. “When I first met Jake and Vivian, we got to know each other for a while before we shared our secrets,”
“Hmm, I guess you’re right,” Ben said.
“And since we’re done, we should head back,” Tekka said.
“Wait! Can you keep this a secret from the others? I don’t want to risk ruining my chance to bond with Impmon,” Ben said.
Tekka thought about it for a bit. He was never the type to lie to others, especially regarding interesting information, but he knew that if he told everyone besides Impmon, he would catch on.
"Alright," He said.
As the three of them walked away, Herissmon stopped when he heard the sound of wings flapping, he then turned around and faced the trees and there was nothing there.
Tekka notices his partner’s behavior. “Is something wrong?”
Herissmon gave Tekka a reassuring smile. “Nothing, maybe I’m just hearing stuff wrong,”
Unbeknownst to the three of them, something was hiding in a tree, it was a living orb with a red crest with a white and red eye in the center, and it had two bat-like wings with red spots on them.
The bat looks over Tekka, Ben, and Herissmon before flying away.
The bat Digimon flew to a deep area within the woods, before stopping in front of a Digimon.
The Digimon was a blue bipedal dinosaur with red eyes, two tails, and blue skin for most of his body with some parts being white, but the most apparent thing was the two different seemingly sentient heads he had in place of his arms, one was a skeleton head, while the other has its top part covered in metal armor
The bat Digimon lets out a sound wave, which the three-headed Digimon seemingly understands.
The three-headed Digimon turned around to face his comrades, which included a humanoid gnome with a big nose and light brown skin, another humanoid Digimon, this time with a white mask, light blue skin, red hair, and holding two wooden swords, A black humanoid dragon Digimon, with four red eyes on each side, tattered wings, and red claws, who is also covered in dark aura.
“Is everything ready?” He asked.
The gnome Digimon nodded.
The three-headed Digimon turned to the masked Digimon. “Is Kenkimon ready?”
The masked Digimon nodded.
The three-headed Digimon smiled confidently. “We will attack soon!” He announced.
Back with the others
Angoramon brought the group to the inside of one of the many trees where newborn Digimon was taken care of, it was filled with many baby Digimon in cradles, and they were being taken care of by Angoramon’s friends.
“Woah, that’s a lot of babies,” Lucas said.
“This is only one of the spots where they’re taken care of,” Angoramon said.
“Must’ve been tiring looking after them,” Gracie said.
“Sometimes it was, but we still pushed through,” Angoramon said.
The kids and their partner Digimon couldn’t help but admire Angoramon and his friend's determination.
At that moment, Tekka, Herissmon, and Ben arrived.
“Hey, We’re back!” Tekka said.
Vivian turned to her friend. “You're done giving him that “big brother figure” advice?”
"Yep," Tekka replied, followed by Ben nodding.
Following this, Angoramon brought the group to another part of the village, this time an area where there are noticeably grown-up baby Digimon, taught by Angoramon’s friends.
“This is where we train In-Training Digimon,” Angoramon said.
“In-Training?” Daisy said.
“Think of it as the equivalent of a human toddler,” Hackmon said.
Vivian looked at all the baby Digimon and couldn't help but find all of them adorable.
“My parents told me that this is how me and Dylan were like when we were born,” Vivian said.
“So your mother laid two eggs, and took care of you like this? Good to know,” Keramon said.
Everyone stared at Keramon, looking dumbfounded.
“What?” Keramon said.
“You looked up many things on the internet, and you didn’t look up where human babies come from?” Lucas said.
“That never crossed my mind,” Keramon said.
Lucas facepalmed, before letting out a sigh. “Anyway, what you said before is not where babies come from,”
“Then where do human babies come from?” Keramon asked.
Daisy sighed. “Look, a baby is made when a man and a woman…”
5 minutes of explanation later
“And nine months later a baby is born,” Daisy finished.
This time everyone (except for Lucas and all the Digimon present) was staring at Daisy dumbfounded.
“What, I looked it up,” She said.
“Hmm, well that’s interesting,” Keramon said.
“I have… a lot of questions,” Gracie said.
“I remember how I believe babies come from Philadelphia,” Jake said.
Everyone was mostly silent until Angoramon spoke up.
“We should continue with the tour,” Angoramon said.
The human kids immediately nodded.
After looking at all the baby Digimon, Angoramon continues to show the group around the village, until they come across what appears to be a parking lot, filled with what seems to be gigantic mechanical dogs.
“Um, what’s with those dogs?” Vivian wondered.
“Those are the Komondomon batch,” Angoramon said.
“Komondomon? Those are Digimon?” Lucas wondered.
Angoramon nodded.
Curious, Lucas pulled out his Digivice analyzer.
Name: Komondomon
Level: Champion
Type: Beast
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: Howling Wiper, Full-speed run
Bio: A vehicle Digimon that loves moving around carrying Digimon on his back, taking them wherever they go, due to his carefree personality, he doesn’t mind wherever it sets foot, putting the safety of the passengers on board first.
“We have them on standby in case something were to happen here, so each day, we take a moment to clean them in case of such an event,” Angoramon said.
“Can I pet one of them?” Gracie asked.
Angoramon nodded. “Sure,”
Gracie approached one of the Komondomons, who immediately wanted to be petted.
Gracie pets Komondomon, who lets out a purr, making Gracie let out an ‘aw’ sound.
"So he’s a living vehicle?" Lucas said.
“Feel free to check if you don’t believe it,” Angoramon said.
The humans walked to Komondomon's side, to which the fur divides open revealing a door, they entered the door, and they got a good look at the interior.
The interior consists of a table with a wrap around the bench, accompanied by windows, near the right door, there was a fridge, and on the left, there was a staircase that led to the outside, which was also Komondomon's back.
“It feels bizarre to be inside someone,” Jake said.
"Well, the analyzer says that Komondomon is a machine," Lucas points out.
Checking Komondomon gave Tekka an idea, he stuck out the window to talk to Angoramon.
"Hey Angoramon, is it ok to bring Komondomon with us during our travels?" He asked.
Angoramon nodded. "Sure! We'd be happy to lend others a hand,"
Later, Angoramon led the group back to the spot they started at.
"So, where are you planning to go?" Angoramon asked.
“We were on the way to Net City. Komondomon should be able to take us there in a couple of days,” Hackmon explained. “We’re thinking of going next morning,”
“I see. What will you do for the rest of the day?” Angoramon asked.
“We’ll probably spend time helping you and your friends, it's the least we could do,” Tekka said.
The others nodded in agreement, as they went their separate ways.
Ben knew this was his chance to bond with Impmon, but when he looked around he couldn’t find Impmon anywhere.
He looked around and saw Impmon sleeping on the branch of a tree.
Ben tried to think of a way to bond with Impmon, but he didn’t know where to start.
He then noticed a DigiEgg next to him hatching, revealing a small slime Digimon.
Ben lets out an ‘aw’ upon seeing the baby Digimon, he looks at the analyzer and sees that the baby Digimon’s name is Poyomon.
He picked Poyomon up and showed him to Impmon.
"Hey, Impmon look! Isn't he cute?"
"Yeah, I guess…" Impmon said, not bothering to turn his head.
“Come on, at least open up a little!” Ben said.
Impmon sighed. “Alright…” He hopped off the tree and landed in front of Ben.
Ben lent Poyomon over to Impmon, who raised her high.
“What am I supposed to get out of this?” He asked.
“Nothing, we’re just spending some bonding time,” Ben said.
Impmon thought about it. Normally he would not care for these sorts of things, but since this could lead to his bond with Ben growing, he gains more power.
“Ok, what do we do next?” Impmon asked.
Ben grinned as he pulled out some snacks and began feeding Poyomon before giving them to Impmon.
Impmon was a bit skeptical, but he went along and fed Poyomon.
“Am I doing it right?” He asked.
Ben gave the imp a thumbs up, which filled him with confidence.
Impmon continued to feed Poyomon until Poyomon halted still and was enveloped in a white light, Digivolving into a bigger white quadruple form with four stubby legs, two black beady eyes, two ribbon-like eyebrows, and two fangs protruding his upper lip.
Ben checked his Digivice analyzer and saw that Poyomon was now Tokomon.
Ben took his turn to feed Tokomon, but he jumped back in shock upon Tokomon opening his mouth, revealing his sharp teeth. Impmon on the other hand was nonchalant and gave Tokomon more food.
Ben didn’t bother questioning him. ‘At least we’re spending some bonding time,’
With Tekka
Tekka and Herissmon sat down, watching all the residents do their job looking after the DigiEggs.
Tekka pulled out a chocolate bar and ate it.
Herissmon noticed this. “Hey, can I have some of that?”
Tekka didn’t know what to do since this was his only chocolate bar, then he got the idea to break the chocolate in half giving one to Herissmon while having one to himself.
As he ate Tekka looked at Angoramon’s friends acting like parents to the baby Digimon. Seeing this causes him to think about his parents when he did, and his behavior turns sad, especially when he recalls Fangmon turning into his mom.
Herissmon noticed his partner’s behavior. “Is something wrong?”
Tekka’s expression quickly changes to a smile. “It’s nothing,”
The fake smile didn’t fool Herissmon. “Are you sure?” He assures.
“I’m sure…” Tekka turned his head away.
Herissmon lets out a ‘tch’ knowing he can’t get through to Tekka, so he stays silent.
With Jake
Jake and Hackmon were walking around, seeing all the Digimon taking care of the DigiEggs.
Jake was still thinking about how all these Digimon spend much of their time looking after the baby Digimon.
As he continued walking, he saw a small lion Digimon pulling a cart filled with DigiEggs.
The lion Digimon looked exhausted as if he’s been working for days without rest.
Seeing the lion Digimon reminded Jake of someone he knew. He then walked toward the lion Digimon
“Here let me help you,” Jake suggested.
Hackmon joined in. “Let me help too,”
The Lion Digimon nodded in relief.
Jake and Hackmon began to pull the cart alongside the lion Digimon, which helped as the cart moved a lot quicker.
After a while of pulling, they reached the spot where the lion Digimon needed to be, after waving goodbye to the lion Digimon, Hackmon turned to his partner.
“Why did you decide to help him?” Hackmon asked.
Jake rubbed the back of his head. “Can’t someone be a helper?”
“True, but there has to be another reason, right?”
Knowing Hackmon is onto him, Jake sighs. “Follow me…”
Jake brought Hackmon over to a secluded area where no one was.
“Is it that important that we have to hide from everyone else?” Hackmon questioned.
After checking in case people were watching, Jake turned back to Hackmon.
“Yeah, the only people I’ve told this with were Tekka and Vivian,” Jake responded.
This got Hackmon more intrigued.
Jake took a deep breath.
“Back home, My family is what you might say… poor, don’t get it wrong we still have a house, a standard house, but still a house. Because of our state, my dad had to extend his job range, which led to him working overseas, my mom had to work extra hard, even though she didn’t have to, and at one point, she collapsed from exhaustion,”
Hackmon tensed up but didn’t say anything and continued to listen.
“Thankfully, she made a short recovery, but I felt so bad about her that I started to help around the house more, but over time, I began to feel responsible for her overworking,” Jake said.
Hackmon began to feel sympathy toward Jake.
Jake’s mood stays sorrowful, but it changes back to normal.
“But after meeting Tekka and Vivian, they took the chance to help me and Mom, even though I never asked,” Jake said.
Hackmon lets out a heh. “It’s good to have friends isn’t it?”
Jake nodded
With Vivian and Gracie
The two girls and their partner Digimon looked over all the baby Digimon, with Gracie, in particular, looking over three baby Digimon acting like siblings.
Gracie chuckles, which gets Vivian’s attention.
“Is something up?” Vivian wondered.
“I was just reminded of my brothers,” Gracie replied.
“You have a brother too?” Vivian asked.
“Two, their names were Roger and Cory, my older and younger brother,” Gracie said. “I assume you have a brother as well,”
Vivian nodded. “His name’s Dylan, let me show you a picture…” She pulled out her Digivice.
If there was one thing she was grateful for, it was when her phone transformed into her Digivice, she still had all the pictures she had previously taken.
She showed a picture of her and Dylan to Gracie, Lopmon, and Lalamon.
“You two look alike!” Lopmon said.
“That’s just what twins are!” Vivian said.
“Now let me show you, my siblings,” Gracie pulled out her Digivice, pulled up a picture of herself and her siblings, and showed it off.
The moment Vivian, Lopmon, and Lalamon looked at the picture, they looked pretty confused.
In the picture, Gracie is between her brothers and they have black hair, compared to Gracie’s orange hair.
“Are you sure this is the right picture?” Vivian asked.
“Yeah,” Gracie replied.
“You and your brothers look so different,” Lalamon points out.
“I get that a lot,” Gracie said. “Besides being siblings means related by blood, not by looks,”
“Do you have a good relationship with your brothers?” Vivian asked.
“I sometimes bicker and fight a lot, especially with Cory, but for the most part we’re on good terms,” Gracie said.
“That’s good…” Vivian’s expression turns dark.
Lopmon noticed this. “Vivian? Are you ok?”
Gracie and Lalamon also noticed Vivian’s expression.
“I’m fine, don’t worry much about me,” Vivian walked away.
Gracie, Lalamon, and Lopmon looked in confusion.
With Daisy and Lucas
Daisy was studying the newborn baby Digimon, she took notes on how they behaved, being fed with different food, etc.
After Daisy finished taking her notes she noticed Lucas was sitting near a tree, looking at his Digivice.
Daisy recalled how she and Tekka overheard what Keramon said about Lucas purposely leaving out mentioning his parents and best friend when talking about his story.
She hadn’t spoken up about this as she feared this would lead Lucas to lose his trust in everyone, which is something she doesn't want.
So she decided to wait until the right moment, when would that be? She doesn’t know, but she has a feeling that Lucas himself will eventually open up.
She let out a sigh as Renamon approached her. “Are you thinking about Lucas?”
She tensed up. “Yeaah…” She nervously said.
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell,” Renamon reassured.
Daisy sighs. “Thanks,”
“Well, the one you should bat an eye to is him,”
Daisy looked at the direction Renamon was pointing and saw Keramon playing with some baby Digimon.
“What? Can’t someone like me play with kids?” Keramon said.
“If I recall, you were excited to kill the Kodokugumon,” Renamon points out.
“They were children raised to become killers, these children are being raised in a healthy environment, there’s a difference,” Keramon defended himself.
“What about those Digimon you said you brutally killed just to get Lucas’ attention?” Daisy brings up.
“Firstly, I was acting in self-defense, second, those were either Digimon enveloped in the dark aura or already vicious Digimon, and I had to protect Lucas as well,” Keramon said.
Renamon sighs before turning to Daisy. “How about we leave him be,” She suggested.
“Agree,” Daisy said.
As the two left, Keramon looked back to Lucas, wishing he would open up to the others.
Back with Ben and Impmon
As Ben and Impmon continued to play with Tokomon, Impmon sensed something off about the air in the area, like something terrible was about to happen.
Then he felt something coming, which made him tense up.
Ben noticed his partner’s anxious look. “Hey Impmon is something–”
Impmon tackled Ben and Tokomon to the ground as a laser beam went past them hitting a batch of DigiEggs, destroying all of them.
The explosion was so big that it could be heard throughout the entire village.
Ben and Impmon watched in shock at what just happened, while Tokomon cuddled up near Ben.
“Darn it, I missed!”
Ben and Impmon turned around to see a blue three-headed Digimon in the distance.
Despite being terrified at the Digimon’s appearance, he still pulled out the analyzer
Name: Deltamon
Level: Champion
Type: Composite
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Triplex Force, Skull Fang
Bio: Deltamon specialized in tripartite attacks that capitalized his three heads, to where it could easily take out three Digimom at once.
Angered, Impmon stood up and glared at the three-headed Digimon.
“Ben, Digivolve me right now!” He demanded.
Ben jumped in shock.
“If we don’t do anything! He’ll kill everyone else in this place!!” He shouted.
Ben thought about what Impmon said as Deltamon closely approached them while smirking.
He lets out a grunt before standing up.
He speaks up. “Impmon… make him pay!” He activated his Digivice.
“Gladly,” Impmon replied as he began to glow.
[IMPMON DIGIVOLVE TO ORPHEUSMON]
The dark wizard jabs his staff to the ground, ready to face the three-headed dragon.
Deltamon grinned.
“Dark Lightning!!!” Orpheusmon fired out a stream of purple lighting, which struck Deltamon in the chest, pushing him back.
Orpheusmon stopped and saw that Deltamon had only been pushed back several feet, smoke coming off of his chest from the lightning.
Deltamon laughs in amusement. “Seems like I’ve found a worthy opponent,”
Orpheusmon grunted in frustration, while Ben held Tokomon close to him, this was going to be a tough fight.
With Tekka and Herissmon
Tekka and Herissmon looked at the explosion in the distance.
“Tekka!!”
Tekka and Herissmon turned to see Jake and Hackmon.
“Did you see that?” Jake asked.
Tekka nodded. “Yeah, that’s also where Ben and Impmon were, we should head there now,”
At that moment, Angoramon approached the four.
“What happened?” He asked.
“We’re under attack, don’t worry we’ll take care of it, you focus on evacuating the baby Digimon,” Hackmon said.
But right at that moment, the various buildings were destroyed, seemingly by something.
Everyone turned around in shock.
“Wh-what just happened…?” Jake questioned.
Angoramon then noticed a Digimon in the distance.
“There!”
Tekka, Herissmon, Jake, and Hackmon looked at where Angoramon was pointing and saw a masked Digimon.
“He seems tough, we shouldn’t take him too lightly!” Hackmon said.
Tekka and Jake gave each other a nod and activated their Digivices
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
Right before the four of them left, they were approached by Angoramon.
“Let me join!!” Angoramon said.
“It’s too dangerous, just leave it to us,” Tekka reassured.
“This place is my responsibility too!” Angoramon said.
“No offense, but you’ll slow us down,” Jake said.
“Then how about this?” Angoramon began to glow, much to the boy’s shock.
“He’s… Digivolving…” Filmon said.
The glow died down, revealing Angoramon’s new form, he was now more humanoid and seemed fit for martial arts.
“He looks like a Lopunny,” Tekka said.
Jake looked at his analyzer.
Name: SymbareAngoramon
Level: Champion
Type: Beast Man
Attribute: Vaccine
Field: Nature Spirits
Attacks: Breakin’ Stream, Landlizer, Jive
Bio: Although he loses his defenses, he makes up for it with his more nimble speed, he strives for beauty so in battle he dodges attacks as if he is dancing.
“Can I join now?” SymbareAngoramon asked.
Tekka, Jake, and their partners looked at each other and nodded.
“Sure!”
The five of them confront Yasyamon and take notice that it is shrouded in a dark aura.
Tekka immediately pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Yasyamon
Level: Armor
Type: Demon Man
Attribute: Vaccine
Field: Nature Spirits
Attacks: Double strike
Bio: He exhibits power like a fierce god and although his offensive power is tremendous, he has a devoted righteous side that respects helping the weak. He is also capable of mastering any supernatural abilities.
“I knew we’d run into some berserkers sooner or later,” Jake said.
“I’ve heard of those things all the time, I never thought I’d run into one,” SymbareAngoramon said.
Yasyamon stared at the five, before swinging his sword, sending a shock wave.
Filmon and BaoHackmon jumped out of the way, before letting their partners off and attacking Yasyamon from both sides.
Yasyamon blocked the two Champions’ attacks but noticed SymbareAngoramon preparing his attack.
“Breakin’ Stream!!” The humanoid rabbit unleashed a tornado from his hands.
Filmon and BaoHackmon moved out of the way As Yasyamon was blown back. By the tornado
“Nice shot!” Filmon complimented.
“Don’t lose focus!” SymbareAngoramon exclaimed.
Filmon quickly regained his focus on Yasyamon, who recovered.
Yasyamon grunted before his two swords glowed and he smashed them together, becoming a larger and longer sword.
“Heads up!” BaoHackmon exclaimed.
Yasyamon swings his blade, sending a shockwave.
Filmon, BaoHackmon, and SymbareAngoramon quickly jumped out of the way. But Yasyamon didn’t stop swinging his sword, sending more shockwaves.
Filmon, BaoHackmon, and SymbareAngoramon attempted to get in close, but the rapid pace of the shockwaves prevented them.
“Hey! Try attacking from different sides again!!” Tekka shouted.
The three Champions nodded before splitting up.
Yasyamon still sends shockwaves at them less frequently due to his targets being at different spots.
The three Champions take this as an opportunity to attack, but as they get close, Yasyamon unmerges his sword and spins around, kicking up a tornado, which the Champions get caught in.
Filmon, BaoHackmon, and SymbareAngoramon were swirling around the tornado, but they could still get a view of Yasyamon.
BaoHackmon turned to SymbareAngoramon. “Use your attack to propel me and Filmon toward him!”
SymbareAngoramon nodded as the three managed to get into position despite being blown in circles.
“Breakin’ Stream!!” His attack propels Filmon and BaoHackmon onto Yasyamon.
“Crimson Slash!!!”
“Fifth Cross!!!”
The two slashed Yasyamon, causing the tornado to dissipate. SymbareAngoramon uses this opportunity to follow up.
“Landlizer!!” SymbareAngoramon spins around and slashes Yasyamon.
Yasyamon yells in pain as it breaks apart leaving nothing behind.
Tekka and Jake looked at the data particles flying away, knowing he would be reborn.
SymbareAngoramon turned to Filmon and BaoHackmon. “Are you two ok?”
Filmon pants before nodding. “What about you?”
“I’m fine,” SymbareAngoramon said.
BaoHackmon walked toward the rabbit. “Good, you should probably go back and help with the evacuation, we’ll handle the rest from here,”
SymbareAngoramon wanted to argue back but knew that the village’s safety came first.
Tekka and Jake approached the three Champions.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine, you focus on your task, while we focus on ours,” Tekka said.
SymbareAngoramon sighed. “Ok, good luck!”
As SymbareAngoramon left, Tekka and Jake gave their partners a nod before heading off.
Back with Vivian and Gracie
“Did you hear that?” Lalamon asked.
At that moment, a Rookie Digimon came into the room.
“We’re under attack! Get all the baby Digimon to the Komondomon!!”
The other Digimon immediately took action to bring the baby Digimon away.
On the other hand, Vivian, Lopmon, Gracie, and Lalamon gave each other a nod as they knew what to do.
But before they did anything, an earthquake happened, and the room they were in began to crumble apart, pieces of the room began falling towards the baby Digimon.
Vivian and Gracie quickly activated their Digivices.
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
[LALAMON DIGIVOLVE TO SUNFLOWMONMON]
Turuiemon leaped up and smashed the debris and Sunflowmon blasted them with a sunbeam, while their human partners helped the Rookie Digimon bring the baby Digimon out of the room.
Once they got all the babies out, they took a moment to catch their breath.
“What happened back there?” Sunflowmon wondered.
“Simple, it's trouble,” Gracie said.
Then out of nowhere, another earthquake can be felt.
“Ok, something has to be causing this, earthquakes don’t just happen one after the other,” Gracie said. “Someone must be causing it,”
“We should investigate,” Sunflowmon followed.
“But how?” Vivian wondered.
“Simple, earthquakes are stronger the closer you get to the epicenter, all we have to do is follow the feel the direction of the vibration,” Gracie explained.
Right at that point, they feel another earthquake, prompting them to move. As they walked, they could feel the earthquake getting stronger, they continued to follow the vibrations until they found the cause of the earthquake.
Gracie pulled out the analyzer
Name: Grumblemon
Level: Champion
Type: Oni
Attribute: Variable
Field: Metal Empire, Nature Spirits
Attacks: Seismic Sledge, Jack in the box
Bio: He prefers to act alone since he hates being ordered around, however, he has artisan pride, once he recognizes one’s true merit, he will obediently abide by them and immerse himself in his work, but he is prideful about his work so high that he takes an opponent lightly.
Grumblemon noticed the girls.
“Well well well, looks like I’ve found some company!” Grumblemon said.
“I assume you’re the one causing the earthquakes,” Gracie said.
“That I did, I need to do my part in clearing this section,” Grumblemon said.
“What? What’s your reason for doing this?” Vivian asked.
“We were hired to clear this place to make room for a factory…” Grumblemon closed his mouth. “Oops, said too much,”
“What kind of factory?” Gracie asked.
“I ain’t telling you anything!” Grumblemon said.
Turuiemon rolled out her iron claws. “Then we’ll make you talk!”
Before the two Champions charged forward, Grumblemon panicky waved his hands. “Hold on! Four against one? That’s not fair!”
“Um, we don’t fight,” Vivian points out.
“Doesn't matter, I’m making things even!” Grumblemon made a gesture, as three golem Digimons burst out of the ground, they were made of yellow rock, with their limbs and joints held together by white strings. They wore a metal mask, red eyes, and a brown belt covering their faces' upper half.
Vivian looked at her analyzer.
Name: Golemon
Level: Champion
Type: Mineral, Rock
Attribute: Virus
Field: Metal Empire, Nature Spirits
Attacks: Rock punch, Sulfur Plume
Bio: 90% of its body is composed of rock data, it survives by fasting its arms and legs, and it is an emotionless Digimon that would not take action without being ordered.
“Now this is fair!” Grumblemon announced before pointing at his foes. “Attack!”
The Golemons charged toward the girls.
Vivian and Gracie hang on to their partners tightly as they avoid the Golemon.
Turuiemon strikes a Golemon in the chest, making it stumble back. Turueimon gritted her teeth, unloaded her iron claw, and hit Golemon with all her might, then something unexpected happened…
Golemon falls apart!
Vivian and Gracie watched in shock but screamed when they saw the dismembered head open his eye.
On the other hand, Sunflowmon fired a beam of sunlight at one of the Golemon, but he avoided it.
Golemon grabbed a chunk from the ground and threw it at Sunflowmon, which she avoided, but Golemon didn’t stop and was joined by another Golemon.
Sunflowmon grunted as she shot out seeds at the projectiles, covering the view in smoke, she used this opportunity to swing her tail, firing her thorns, hitting both golems, causing them to fall apart.
Grumblemon groaned. “Seriously guys? You had ONE JOB!!”
“Looks like your “reinforcements” weren’t that much help!” Sunflowmon mocked
Grumblemon grunted. “Tch! If you're gonna do something, you’ve gotta do it yourself!” He summoned a hammer into his hand.
Turuiemon and Sunflowmon readied themselves.
“Seismic Sledge!!” Grumblemon slams his hammer to the ground sending an earthquake toward the two Champions.
Sunflowmon ascended upwards with Turuiemon hanging on.
But Sunflowmon noticed that Grumblemon was gone. As she and Turuiemon wonder where he is, Grumblemon jumps out of the ground, catching the two off guard, and hits them with his hammer.
“Turuiemon!”
“Sunflowmon!”
Turuiemon and Sunflowmon crashed to the ground.
Grumblemon laughs as he lands on the ground. “Two birds with one stone!”
Sunflowmon grunts. “Sunshine Beam!!”
Grumblemon avoided it by diving back to the ground.
Just as Turuiemon and Sunflowmon wondered where he would pop up, Grumblemon burst out of the ground again and smacked them both.
Turuiemon quickly regained her stance and leaped toward Grumblemon, but he quickly dived into the ground.
“How are they going to hit him if he keeps digging?!” Vivian questioned.
Gracie then remembered something from before.
“Guys! Feel the vibration!” She shouted.
Turuiemon and Sunflowmon nodded as they stood still, focusing on the ground.
As they predicted the ground beneath them began to shake, they quickly jumped out of the way as Grumblemon burst out.
Turuiemon took this opening to strike Grumblemon with her claws, before jumping away to allow Sunflowmon to fire a beam of sunlight point-blank.
The beam didn’t kill Grumblemon, but it did heavily injure him.
Grumblemon pants as he stares his opponents down.
He rushed in without thinking without saying a word, but this led him to be wide open to Turuiemon’s blows and Sunflowmon’s thorns.
Grumblemon didn’t last much longer as he dropped to his knees, nearly out of breath.
“Are you ready to give up?” Sunflowmon said.
Grumblemon growled. “Never!”
Using all his strength, Grumblemon charged toward the two Champions, only for Sunflowmon to fire another beam of sunlight.
With that Grumblemon fell to the ground and broke apart.
Turuiemon, Sunflowmon, and their human partners looked in sorrow.
“He had to spend his last moment doing something pointless,” Gracie said.
Right at that moment, the four of them noticed, the three Golemon literally pulling themselves back together.
Sunflowmon readied herself. "I guess we should teach these guys another lesson!"
Just as she was about to fight, Gracie halted her.
"Hold on..." She said
Sunflowmon wondered why Gracie stopped her, she looked at the Golemon again and saw that they were acting clueless.
"I think they don't know what to do since Grumblemon died," Vivian said.
“Maybe we can convince them to help us,” Turuiemon said.
The two human girls nodded before approaching the Golemon and asked if they wanted to help, which they agreed to.
With Daisy and Lucas
“Did you see that?” Lucas said.
“I have a bad feeling about this,” Daisy said.
“Whatever it is, we need to move!” Renamon said.
But before they did anything they felt a sudden earthquake.
“Now what’s going on?” Daisy wondered.
“I think we need to answer that with him!” Keramon said.
Lucas, Daisy, and Renamon turned around to see a giant machine Digimon that resembled a combination of various construction site vehicles, like an excavator, a forklift, a crane, etc.
Lucas pulled out the analyzer
Name: Kenkimon
Level: Armor
Type: Machine
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: Crazy Crane, Hyper Bulldozer
Bio: A heavy machinery Digimon able to complete any work. It runs on electricity and charges using the plug on its tail.
Daisy was flabbergasted at Kenkimon. “Is that an actual living Digimon?”
“You’d be surprised what kind of Digimon there are,” Renamon said.
Kenkimon began to tear down the buildings and monuments and everything in sight.
“Whatever he is, he’s going to demolish this place like some sorta real estate speculator,” Keramon said.
“No speculating is happening on my watch!” Lucas readied his Digivice and looked at Daisy. “Ready?”
Daisy nodded as the two of them activated their Digivices
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
[KERAMON DIGIVOLVE TO CHRYSALIMON]
“So how are we supposed to deal with something as large as him?” Daisy wondered.
“You know what they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall!” Chrysalimon said.
“Heh, for once I agree with you,” Kyubimon said before ascending.
“Dragon Wheel!!”
The flaming dragon hits Kenkimon, causing it to scream in pain. The giant construction machinery turned to the nine-tailed fox.
‘Tch, guess he’s a tougher egg than I thought,’ Kyubimon thought, descending back to ground level.
Kenkimon raised its excavator arm and swung it toward the four of them. Lucas and Daisy quickly hopped on their partners and avoided the attack.
Kenkimon wouldn’t let them escape, so it used its forklift to pick up a giant block and flipped it toward Lucas, Daisy, and their partners.
Lucas noticed the block coming straight at them.
“Chrys!”
Chrysalimon turned around, pointed his tentacles at the block, and fired dark energy at it, blowing it up.
They then took advantage of the smoke to get away from Kenkimon.
Kenkimon looked around for its target, who was hiding behind one of the buildings.
“Ok, how are we supposed to deal with that thing?” Daisy wondered.
Chrysalimon looked over to Kenkimon and saw it wrecking everything.
“Man, he seems like the type of mon that would screw himself over, and that’s just sad,” Chrysalimon said.
Daisy tensed up and turned to Chrysalimon. “What did you just say?”
Chrysalimon rubs his head. “Um? That’s just sad?”
“No, before that!” Daisy clarifies.
“He seems like the type of mon that would screw himself over?” Chrysalimon said.
“Yes, that! We can use him to our advantage!” Daisy exclaimed.
“What do you mean?” Lucas wondered.
“Kenkimon consists of construction vehicles, we can use those against him,” Daisy explained.
Lucas was intrigued. “Hmm, I’m listening…”
Daisy smirked. “Great, here’s the plan…”
Back with Kenkimon, he demolished everything in search of his targets.
“Hey! Wrecking crew!”
Kenkimon turned his head around to see Daisy and Kyubimon.
“You can demolish a village but can’t demolish four people? That’s pathetic!” Daisy mocked.
Hearing that ticked Kenkimon off and he charged towards the two.
Unbeknownst to Kenkimon, Lucas, and Chrysalimon snuck up from behind, Chrysalimon grabbed the hook from the crane and began pulling it, he then wrapped the rope around Kenkimon.
Kenkimon noticed Chrysalimon and attempted to hit him with his excavator arm, but couldn’t.
But his focus was changed when he saw Lucas right next to his face.
“What’s the matter? Hard time getting a bug? How lame!” Lucas mocked.
That pissed Kenkimon off even more and it attempted to hit Lucas, but Chrysalimon swiped him away.
Frustrated, Kenkimon tried to go after them, but something was jamming his wheels, it was the hook from the crane.
“Looks like somebody wasn’t paying attention to being tied up!” Chrysalimon said as Daisy and Kyubimon approached them.
“How about we bring him down,” Daisy said
Chrysalimon wrapped his tentacles around Kenkimon and began to pull. Kenkimon began to tumble down, he tried to use this as an opportunity to hit Chrysalimon but didn’t notice Kyubimon coming in from behind. Kyubimon headbutted Kenkimon’s back, making him fall flat on his face.
Chrysalimon chuckles. “That oughta hold him,”
Kenkimon was more frustrated than ever and noticed he was next to a giant block, so he used his forklift arm to pick it up.
Oh no you don’t!” Kyubimon shouted as he headbutted Kenkimon’s arm, making him throw the block upwards, the block then fell on top of Kenkimon, crushing him.
“I guess that’s why parents only let kids black with toys for their age,” Chrysalimon said.
Lucas looked over to Daisy and Kyubimon approached him and Chrysalimon. “Should we do anything else?”
“No, he’s immobilized for the moment, we should go and help the others,” Daisy said as the four flew off.
Back with Ben
Orpheusmon dropped to one knee, catching his breath, he had repeatedly used all his attacks on Deltamon, but he was still standing.
“Tired already? I expected better from you,” Deltamon mocked.
Orpheusmon groaned in frustration.
Ben was watching Orpheusmon’s fight from a distance, holding Tokomon tight. He was worried about Orpheusmon, but he had to put his faith in him to win.
“Looks like it’s the end for you!” Deltamon opened his three heads and energy swirled up in them.
“Triplex Force!!” He fired a beam at the dark wizard.
“Orpheusmon!!!” Ben called out.
But as if the universe responded to his cry, someone swooped in and saved Orpheusmon.
“Sorry, we’re late,”
Opheusmon recognized that voice as Filmon, he also noticed BaoHackmon.
“I don’t blame you,” Orpheusmon responded.
Ben was also surprised to see Filmon and BaoHackmon, that would also mean…
He looked around and saw Tekka and Jake approaching him.
“Are you alright? Hopefully, we aren’t too late,” Tekka said.
Ben gave his two allies a reassuring look and nodded.
All three of Deltamon’s heads smirked upon seeing Filmon and BaoHackmon.
Tekka and Jake looked at Deltamon, and couldn’t help but feel unnerving about him.
Tekka quickly shrugs off the feeling. “I guess we have to take out that bootleg Hydranoid,”
Jake looked over to Orpheusmon. “I don’t suppose you both have any ideas about how to deal with him,
“Unfortunately not much, he took all of my attacks and he’s still standing,” Orpheusmon responded. “But I do have one more trick…”
Filmon and BaoHackmon pay closer attention.
“I have a spell that could possibly kill him,” Orpheusmon said. “But I need some time to prepare it and it will take away my remaining strength, so we only have one shot,”
Filmon and BaoHackmon nod at each other before turning to Orpheusmon.
“We’ll buy you time,” The humanoid Hedgehog said.
“Thanks,” Orpheusmon said.
Filmon and BaoHackmon nodded as they charged toward Deltamon.
“Triplex Force!!” He fired beams at the two Champions, which they avoided, leaving him open to attack.
“Crimson Slash!!!”
“Fifth Cross!!!”
The two Champions slashed Deltamon’s chest, and he grunted in pain.
Deltamon attempted to bite Filmon and BaoHackmon with the heads on his hands, but they avoided and landed another blow on him.
But this time, Deltamon was able to use a skull head and bite BaoHackmon’s leg.
BaoHackmon grunted in pain, but he fought through the pain and used his tail blade to slash Deltamon’s shoulder.
Deltamon groans as his grip on BaoHackmon loosens allowing him to be free.
“Dragless Spiker!!” He proceeds to kick Deltamon in the chest with his leg blade.
Deltamon coughs.
Filmon uses this opening to slash Deltamon rapidly.
As if he were acting on instinct, Deltamon smacks Filmon away with his right arm.
Once he realizes Filmon is down, Deltamon takes this chance to attack but is distracted when he is hit in the back of the head by fire from BaoHackmon.
Deltamon growled as he turned his head to face BaoHackmon, but he was caught off guard when he was impaled.
He looked back to see Filmon’s hair impaled him.
Filmon smirks.
Deltamon could feel his body slowly tearing itself apart, and he was not going to die like this.
“If I’m going to die… THEN I’LL TAKE YOU ALL WITH ME!!!”
His three heads open their mouths and fire lasers everywhere, not caring if he actually hits his target.
Filmon and BaoHackmon hurried out of there and joined back up with Orpheusmon who was still concentrating on his spell.
On the other hand, Tekka, Jake, and Ben ducked down.
Deltamon’s lasers destroyed most of the area, including the building and the DigiEggs.
Seeing the DigiEggs destroyed filled Ben with dread.
He turned to Orpheusmon. “Is your spell ready yet?”
Orpheusmon looks back. “Yes, I just need all of you to stand back!”
His five companions nodded and stood far away from him.
Once they were far enough, Orpheusmon took a deep breath, before raising his hand.
‘In the name of Gluttony, I summon the crimson flames of the Dark Area!!’
A dark portal opened above the dark wizard, the others were wide-eyed, but what happened next was even more shocking.
Flames came out of the portal, but the way it happened was as if the flames were sentient.
Deltamon stops firing his lasers and notices the flames appearing.
Though his body was staggering, he still sent his hand down, and the flames went towards Deltamon.
Deltamon tried to escape, but the flames caught up and he was engulfed in it.
Deltamon screams in pain as he burns in the flames, leaving nothing behind.
As that happened, Orpheusmon made a hand gesture and closed the gates, he dropped to his knees and breathed heavily.
“It’s done…”
Tekka, Jake, Ben, Filmon, and BaoHackmon were still shocked at what had happened.
BaoHackmon approach. “Orpheusmon… what was that?”
“It was a spell to summon the flames of the underworld to burn my targets, not only did I have to prepare the spell, but I also had to make sure the flames didn’t spread. That is why using the spell once can take a lot out of me,” Orpheusmon explained.
Ben stood up and looked at all the damage caused by the fight, he was close to breaking down but didn't when Tekka placed his hand on his shoulder and gave a reassuring look.
Following Deltamon’s defeat, the three boys and their partners regroup with the others at the Komondomon parking lot, where all the residents and the baby Digimon are. As they helped the residents load in the baby Digimon, they could not take their minds off the fact that the village was in a wreck.
“Hey Hackmon, what happens if one of these villages gets destroyed?” Jake inquired.
“From what I’m told, the villages are set up in safe areas by the Digital world’s systems, when they get destroyed, their function will stop,” Hackmon explained.
Jake began to feel even more bad for the residents.
Eventually, all the baby Digimon were loaded into the Komondomon, with Ben and Impmon bidding farewell to Tokomon, afterwards Angoramon lent the group a Komondomon as promised.
“Are you sure you’re going to be ok?” Tekka asked.
“Yes, I happen to know another village a couple of miles away,” Angoramon said. “The only problem is the risk of overpopulation,”
“I hope things go well for you,” Hackmon said.
“Thank you, and I wish you all a safe journey,” Angoramon said.
With that, Angoramon and his friends set off, with the group going on their own path with Komondomon.
As Komondomon was on the move, the group was chilling inside his body.
Everyone except Ben, which Impmon noticed.
“Hey, does everyone know where Ben is?” He asked.
“I saw him go up the stairs onto the back,” Renamon said.
Impmon knew why Ben wanted to be alone, so he went up the stairs to the back, where Ben was leaning near the edge, curled up.
Ben noticed Impmon at the door but ignored him.
Impmon closed the door and approached the young boy.
“Ben, I know you are sad about what happened at the village,” Impmon said.
Ben spoke up. “I knew since what happened with Fangmon, things are going to get worse, but seeing all of it happen before my eyes is just… ”
“Terrifying?” Impmon adds.
Ben nods.
Impmon sighed before he pulled out a purple cloth.
“What is that?” Ben asked.
“I picked this up during our tour,” Impmon replied.
Impmon didn’t say a word and instead wrapped the cloth around Ben’s neck.
Ben realized that he was wearing a neckerchief, just like Impmon, the difference being his was purple.
“Heh, now we’re a match!” Impmon said.
Ben smiled. “I like it!”
“Listen, Ben, when we work together with the others I’m sure nothing will stand in our way!” Impmon proclaimed.
Ben grinned. “Yeah!”
The two fist-bumped, giving each other a grin of acknowledgment.
Unbeknownst to the two of them, Tekka and Herissmon were watching through the slightly open door.
Tekka smiled at their development before heading back down.
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, on their way to Net City, the group was attacked by an army of military Digimon, and in the chaos, the group was separated, not help that the kids found themselves with the wrong partners, how will they survive this? Find out in Chapter 9: Lost and Scattered, The partner mix up
Notes:
Sorry this chapter took a lotl longer to come out, while I was writing this chapter, I thought of which Digimon I should use in here and in the next few chapter, thankfully I've decided on which on to use.
Regarding the Villlage of beginning, I mainly took inspiration from Adventure's village while also adding some from Frontiers'
About the spell Orpheusmon casted, that was inspired by Beelzemon X's reference book page, where is said he manage to control El Evangelio, sentient flames of the Dark Area that would normally eradicate any Digimon, sadly, including this doesn't mean I'm going to use Beelzemon X
One final note, I've decided to have a preview section, similar to that of an anime, at the end of each chapter
Chapter 9: Lost and Scattered, The partner mix up
Notes:
Hey thanks for the 400 hits, honestly I thought it wouldn't reach that high before I finished this chapter.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Unknown Location
In what appears to be a surveillance room, a small machine Digimon was looking at footage of the kids and their partner Digimon’s actions through the Digital world, especially the recent incident at the village of beginning.
“These humans and their Digimon companions could be troublesome, thankfully, I can just send some of our armies to deal with mere children like them!” The Digimon pressed a button.
In another room, the doors opened up, and the light shone over what appeared to be dinosaur Digimon in military attire, in the back of the room which was still dark was a silhouette of a dragon looking out at the exit.
Back in the surveillance room, the machine, Digimon, pressed a button, the screen then showed a gorilla Digimon with white fur, and black skin, has several belts on his left thigh, but the most notable thing was his right arm was mechanized with a cannon in place of his hand.
“Gorillamon, how’s the virus?”
“It’s going well, we should be able to distribute them to Net City by dawn,”
The Machine Digimon smirked. “Good…”
“By the way, have you heard about those human kids?” Gorillamon asked.
The machine Digimon’s smirk wavered. “Yeah, but don’t worry about it, I’ve sent the D-Brigade after them!”
With the kids
On the way to Net City, the group was chilling inside Komondomon, who was currently moving. According to the map, reaching the city would take a few days. Inside Komondomon, the group discussed what they were going to do once they got to Net City, Hackmon said that they were going to discuss how to find the cause of the berserk Digimon, to which the others agreed.
As Komondomon was moving, the kids and their partner Digimon were doing their own things to kill time.
Hackmon couldn’t sleep in peace due to everyone around him, mainly the human kids.
He mentally sighs. ‘I’ll never understand humans,’
Impmon was looking out the windows at the environment passing by, his mind was currently empty as he stared out into the endless terrain
Ben, who was also looking out the window, noticed Impmon doing the same thing. “So you like doing this as well,”
Impmon nodded. “It takes my mind off everything…” He said in a somber tone.
Ben noticed his tone but didn’t say anything about him.
But then everyone felt Komondomon suddenly halt in place.
Everyone was confused as to why Komondomon stopped.
Tekka speaks up. “Hey Komondomon, is something wrong?”
Komondomon suddenly jumped to the side, avoiding a missile, but the explosion still pushed the vehicle dog. This sudden move made everyone inside launch upwards and land on the ground hard.
The group groaned as they got up and regained their position,
“What just happened?” Impmon wondered.
“I think we just avoid an explosion,” Keramon believed.
“Does that mean we’re under attack?” Gracie asked.
Lopmon curled up. “Waah! I’m scared!!” Vivian picked her up and embraced her.
“If that’s the case, we should prepare ourselves!” Hackmon said.
Tekka looked out the window, but couldn’t get a clear view since dust was covering the area, but he did see some Digimon within the dust, even if he couldn’t make out what they looked like.
Tekka turned to the others. “We need to go out to the back,”
The others nodded.
As the group got onto Komondomon’s back and looked around, the dust still obscured their sight, but they could hear what appeared to be tanks moving around.
Hackmon readies himself. “Just as I thought, we're under attack,”
“I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the ones who sent the capitalist to the Village of Beginning,” Lucas adds.
“On a related note, based on the sound, I wouldn’t be surprised if living tanks are attacking us,” Daisy said.
A Digimon emerged from the dust as if the universe responded to her calls, allowing the group to get a clear view of them. The three Digimon seem to be a hybrid between a monster and a tank.
“Heh, guess I was close about them being tanks,” Daisy pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Tankmon
Level: Champion
Type: Cyborg
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: Hyper Cannon, Hell Drive, Sub Vulcan, Metal Shot.
Bio: Tankmon holds the alias of “Mercenary Digimon”, since it assists both Vaccine and Virus Digimon if it becomes profitable to do so, whenever this Digimon goes, the fighting never ceases.
The Tankmon pointed the cannons on their noses at Komondomon, who quickly avoided them, with the group hanging on.
“We gotta take those tanks out,” Jake turned to Hackmon, gesturing to the Tankmon, the dragon nodded before jumping off Komondomon.
Herissmon stood on the edge. “I’ll join too!”
Tekka and Jake nodded before activating their Digivices too.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
The two Champions split up to face Tankmon.
Tankmon fired his machine gun arms at the two Champions.
BaoHackmon shoots fire that collides with the missiles, causing an explosion.
Filmon and BaoHackmon used the dust as an opening.
“Dragless Spiker!!” BaoHackmon kicked Tankmon in the chest, this was followed by him Filmon slashing him simultaneously.
Tankmon groaned in pain before falling over and breaking apart.
As this happened, the group, except for Ben and Impmon, got off Komondomon to check on the dying Tankmon.
“I don’t know about you guys, but something seems off about this,” Tekka points out. “Like, why would only one of these attack us?”
“I thought that too, especially considering the Digimon that sent those capitalist quartets to the village,” Lucas said.
Everyone began to think about it.
Unbeknownst to them, at the distance, a Digimon fires out grenades at them.
As the grenades got close, the partner Digimon sensed them coming.
“GET DOWN!!”
Each partner Digimon grabbed their human partners, and either covered them or moved them out of the way as an explosion occurred.
As the explosion dissipated, everyone got up, they then noticed Komondomon in front of them, looking like it took a hit, it didn’t take long for them to figure out what happened.
Tekka and Gracie went over to Komondomon to check on him
“Are you ok, Komondomon? Are you hurt anywhere?” Gracie asked.
Komondomon lets out an assuring bark to let Gracie know his ok.
Gracie sighs in relief.
Tekka looked in the direction of where the explosion happened and saw something in the distance.
“Heads up guys, I think I found our attacker,” Tekka points out as the others readied themselves.
The smoke cleared revealing a dragon Digimon wearing military clothing, holding a shield and a grenade launcher.
Hack recognized the dragon Digimon.
“Is that a dragon with military gear?” Gracie said in disbelief.
“Somehow that doesn't even look weird,” Lucas said, pulling out the analyzer.
Name: Hi-Commandramon
Level: Champion
Type: Cyborg
Attribute: Virus
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: DCD Grande, Destroy Charge
Bio: A heavy infantry from the mechanized D-Brigade. It is said that those not chosen in Selection-D. This special selection test screens through 100 Commandramon, Digivolve into Hi-Commandramon, its main role is to be the “shield” and defend the assault troops of Commandramon with his protective shield.
“Tch, guess that vehicle is more intelligent than I thought,” Hi-Commandramon scoffs.
Hearing that pissed the group off, especially Gracie.
“You take that back!” She yelled.
Hi-Commandramon scoffs. “Try and make me, oh wait! You can’t!”
“Oh yeah? You and what army?” Jake said.
At that moment, several smaller dinosaur Digimon with military attire, holding guns appear at Hi-Commandramon’s side.
Jake looked in disbelief as the others glared at him.
“You had to ask…” Tekka groaned.
“FIRE!!” Hi-Commandramon yelled.
The Commandramon shot their guns at the group, but Komondomon quickly reacted by jumping in front of the group.
“Komondomon!” Gracie shouted, worried for the motor dog.
“Quick! Get in!” Tekka yells as everyone gets inside and Komondomon runs off.
“You kids won’t be able to run forever!” Hi-Commandramon yelled.
Inside Komondomon, the group took this moment to catch their breath.
“What was with those guys?” Gracie said.
Hackmon speaks up. “They’re the D-Brigade, a mysterious organization specialized in covert operation and assassination,”
“I’m willing to bet the Digimon that sent the capitalist to the village,” Keramon said.
Ben pants. “That’s not what’s important… Does anyone know how to deal with an army of dragons with guns?”
Everyone took this moment to brainstorm an idea. An idea popped into Hackmon’s head, but before he could say it, another explosion could be felt.
Gracie looked out the window and saw a squad of Tankmon with Commadramons riding on them.
“Guys, military mons at twelve o’clock!” She said,
“Great, now what are we supposed to do?” Ben panicked.
Keramon looked out the window and saw a forest.
“Maybe we can lose them in the forest over there!!” He suggested.
“I don’t see any other solution,” Tekka looks up. “You hear that Komondomon?”
Komondomon nodded, before making his way to the forest, with the D-Brigade following him.
A Commandramon pulled out a walkie-talkie. “Boss, they’re heading into the woods, what should we do?”
“Shoot them down, if it doesn't work shoot the trees down! Our boss wants them dead!” Hi-Commandramon ordered.
Commandramon nodded before gesturing to his allies, and the Tankmon began to fire missiles.
Komondomon made his way through the forest, avoiding the explosions until he reached the center of the forest, where it seemed safe.
As Komondomon stops there, the group exits him.
“We should be safe from them for a while,” Hackmon said.
Ben, who was on Komondomon’s back with Impmon, spoke up. “I don’t want to repeat it, but how will we take out that military army?”
“I’ve got one!” Hackmon said as everyone turned to him. “We should take out Hi-Commandramon, and if the rest don’t submit immediately, we’ll just take them out,”
Everyone nodded, but before they could plan things out, they felt another explosion, followed by a missile hitting a tree, causing it to fall near them.
“Crap! We need to move now!” Tekka yelled out.
Before the group could go back inside Komondomon, more missiles came raining down on the trees, one fell between the group and Komondomon, with several more also falling.
‘Crap! This isn't good!’ Tekka thought.
He turned back to the others. “Everyone fall back!”
However, the others didn’t have time to understand what he meant and instead ran in different directions.
Obviously, Tekka panicked as this wasn’t what he meant, but he didn’t speak due to the chaos and turned to Komondomon.
“Komondomon, you need to hide, we’ll find you eventually!” He then looked over to Ben and Impmon. “You two stay here, so we can track you,”
“Wha–”
“Komondomon go now!” Tekka yelled.
Komondomon nodded and dashed away, with Ben and Impmon barely hanging on.
‘Be safe!’ Tekka thought before he and Herissmon made a run for it.
Back with Ben and Impmon, they were barely hanging on, they didn’t try to reach the door, because they didn’t want to risk falling off.
‘Why do I have to be the one left alone?!’ He thought.
Komondomon continued to sprint, came across a bump, and jumped up, unfortunately, this caused Impmon to fall off his back, much to Ben’s shock and dismay.
“Impmon! IMPMON!!” He cried out.
Komondomon didn’t hear Ben’s cry, due to him moving quickly and all the explosions happening.
Outside the forest, the Tankmon continued to fire at the forest, Then one of the Commandramon noticed Hi-Commandramon approaching them on a floating platform.
“Status report,” Hi-Commandramon said.
“We’ve been firing at the forest for the past 15 minutes,” Commandramon explained.
“Call it off” Hi-Commandramon ordered as Commandramon gestured to his allies to stop firing.
“Spread our forces to search the forest, they are likely alive, and if you spot them, kill them at once!” Hi-Commandramon ordered.
“Yes sir!” His army clamored before they went inside the forest.
Back in the forest, Komondomon stopped to rest after the explosions stopped, but Ben called out and said Impmon had fallen off, so he roamed the forest to find him, but to no avail.
Ben started to lament, but he heard someone’s voice.
“Vivian!!”
He looked toward the direction of the voice and saw a distraught Lopmon.
“Hey Lopmon!”
The brown rabbit turned to the 8-year-old boy and immediately approached him.
“Did you see Vivian around?” She asked.
Ben shook his head. “Sorry no, but have you seen Impmon around?”
“No…” Lopmon muttered, thinking about Vivian.
Ben looked at Lopmon with sympathy. He then heard his Digivice ringing, he pulled it out and saw Tekka and the others calling him to a video chat, which he answered.
“Guys? Can you hear me?” Tekka said.
“I hear ya,” Jake said.
“Me too,” Vivian followed.
When Lopmon heard Vivian’s voice, she snatched Ben’s Digivice.
“Vivian, please tell me you're ok!!” She cried.
“Calm down Lopmon, I’m fine,” Vivian said.
Lopmon almost cried.
“Hey, can you give me my Digivice back?” Ben interjects.
Lopmon gave Ben’s Digivice back. Following this, the rest of the group announced themselves
“Don’t forget me!” Gracie said.
“And me,” That was Daisy.
“I’m also here” And that was Lucas.
“I’m here too,” Ben said.
“Good, now I need to ask something, is Herissmon with any of you guys?” Tekka asked.
“I’m here!” Herissmon said, appearing on Lucas’ call.
Tekka sighs in relief. “I guess all of you are with someone else's partner too? I’m with Hackmon,”
Jake speaks up. “Hackmon’s with you? I’m stuck with the flower bud!”
Jake then felt Lalamon smacking his head.
“Her name’s Lalamon! Remember it right!” Gracie exclaimed. “I’m with Renamon if any of you are curious,”
“Renamon, I’m glad you're ok!” Daisy said.
“It’ll take more than that to take me down,” Renamon said. “Say, who are you with?”
Daisy hesitated. “Well…”
“She’s got me!!” Keramon said.
Daisy groaned. “You heard him,”
“As you heard earlier, Herissmon’s with me,” Lucas said.
“Well, I have Impmon with me,” Vivian said.
Hearing Impmon’s safety made Ben sigh in relief. “I’m with Lopmon and Komondomon,”
Then a thought popped into Ben’s mind, making him worry.
“Wait guys, should not being with our partners a huge problem, since the enemy is hunting us at this very moment!” Ben points out.
“That’s what I was going to talk about, I’ve sent directions to all your Digivices, we’ll meet up there, but we have to be quick before those D-Brigade guys catch up,” Tekka explained.
The others doubted the idea but nodded since there was no other way.
“I hope we all make it out of here safely,” Tekka said as he ended the call.
As the call ended, each kid looked at the Digimon they were stuck with.
‘This isn’t going to go well,’ They all thought.
With Tekka and Hackmon
“Hey Tekka, can you tell me what you think about Jake?” Hackmon asked.
“Why do you ask?” Tekka wondered.
“I wanted to know more about him,” Hackmon answered.
Tekka stroked his chin. “If there’s one term that would describe Jake, it would be someone trying to be the protagonist,”
Hackmon recalled how Jake said he would stand up against bullies, which didn’t go well, but it also led to him meeting Tekka.
“When I first met him, he was kind of a coward, but after seeing me scare his bullies away, he was inspired by me to try to put on a brave act, and things went wrong,” Tekka explained.
“And he got in trouble?” Hackmon said.
“Definitely, though, it wasn’t entirely his fault since he tends to get easily influenced by others and he tends to be a little hotheaded,” Tekka said. “Me and Vivian had to keep him in check. Despite all that he still had good intentions,”
Hackmon stroked his chin as he processed what he heard. “Ok, I think I get what I need,”
Tekka smiled.
They continued to walk until Hackmon sensed someone coming.
“Stay here!” He said before rushing forward.
Tekka was confused, but he guessed why he ran and followed him.
Elsewhere, three Commandramons were walking through the forest, looking for their targets, and out of nowhere, Hackmon jumped out of the bushes, before they could react, they were slashed by the small dragon, and were knocked out.
As Hackmon looked over his unconscious enemies, Tekka showed up and upon seeing the scene, he chuckled.
“What’s so funny?” Hackmon said.
Tekka speaks. “What you just did reminds me of Jake,”
Hackmon recognized what he did to what Tekka said about Jake being hot-headed.
“I guess me and Jake aren’t so different,” He said.
With Jake and Lalamon
Jake and Lalamon did not say a word to each other as they walked, mainly because Lalamon was still mad at Jake.
Jake decides to speak up. “You can’t still be mad at me right?”
Lalamon lets out a huff.
Jake sighs. “Look, sorry about what I said earlier,”
Lalamon turned to Jake. “At least, you’re honest, unlike most mons I know,”
“What do you mean?” Jake wondered.
“You see, my home was looked over by the Queen of Flowers, a beautiful rose Digimon, she was so elegant, that when I declared that I wanted to be like her, everyone made fun of me, saying I would never reach her level, that’s why when I was offered to be partnered with Gracie, I knew this was my chance to prove them wrong!!” Lalamon explained.
“Did you tell Gracie about this?” Jake asked.
“Uh, no… because I don’t want her to know I was selfish,” Lalamon admitted.
“I don’t blame ya, I’m sure we all have our own selfish reasons for what we do, but unless we are honest, others probably won’t hate you,” Jake explained.
Lalamon began to feel reassured.
The two of them heard footsteps, they quickly hid as they saw a group of Commandramon.
“Great, what do we do?” Jake whispered.
An idea popped into Lalamon’s head.
“I’ve got an idea, but you need to cover your ears,” Lalamon said.
Jake did as he was told and wondered what Lalamon was planning.
Lalamon floats high and begins singing a lullaby. The Commandramon halted in place upon hearing the lullaby, but they slowly felt drowsy before falling asleep.
Jake was surprised by this. “What did you do?”
“Something I learned back home,” Lalamon responded. “Anyway, we should get out of here quickly,”
Jake nodded.
With Daisy and Keramon
As Daisy walked, she did not say a word or turn to Keramon, trying to ignore him.
“Hey, You’ve been silent the whole time, what gives?” Keramon asked.
Daisy grunted as she continued to ignore Keramon.
“Don’t you know it’s rude to ignore other people when they are talking right next to you at this very moment!” Keramon exclaimed.
Daisy still ignored him.
Keramon sighed. “The way you’re acting is exactly like Lucas, a loner obsessed with their curiosity, instead of connecting with others,”
As he said that, something inside Daisy snapped, and she yanked Keramon close to her face.
“Don’t you compare me with Lucas, our situations are completely different!” Daisy snapped.
“Well, it’s the same to me in one aspect!” Keramon talked back. “The fact that you both seem to get anti-social after a falling out with your BFF and–” He immediately shuts his mouth and hopes Daisy didn’t listen to the last part.
Daisy was about to refute but didn’t as she let Keramon go.
She knew something must’ve happened with Lucas and this CHase person, but what Keramon mentioned brought all her thoughts together. “What did you just say?”
Keramon mentally smacked himself in the face. ‘Crap!’
He began to sweat nervously before wrapping his arms around his head. “I… I don’t know what you’re talking about…”
Daisy saw through his behavior. “What was that about Lucas falling out with his BFF?”
Keramon groaned in frustration. “Look, I promised Lucas that I wouldn’t tell anyone about that, and he said that he would tell you all when the time is right,”
Daisy began to realize that maybe she and Lucas weren’t too different as Keramon said.
“Can you also not tell Lucas I mentioned his BFF?” Keramon asked.
“Don't worry, your secrets are safe with me!” Daisy assures. “Anyway, we should get going,”
With Gracie and Renamon
Renamon hopped up to the top of a tree, to oversee the area around here, but unfortunately, she couldn’t see the others. She jumped back down to Gracie’s side.
“Any luck?” Gracie asked.
Renamon shook her head.
Gracie sighed. “I guess we should keep moving to find everyone else,”
As the two walked, the moment was silent.
“So… Nice weather we’re having right?” Gracie tried to break the silence.
Renamon didn’t respond.
Gracie chuckles nervously.
“Hey Renamon, can you tell me about your hobbies?” Gracie asked.
“I don’t have any hobbies,” Renamon replied.
“Oh, can you at least tell me what your life was before you met Daisy?” Gracie asked.
Renamon didn’t respond.
Gracie groaned before she asked again. “Come on! I’m sure it’s not embarrassing!”
“No, it’s worse,” Renamon coldly replied.
“Huh?” Her tone took Gracie aback.
Renamon turned to the orange-haired girl.
“I will tell you in due time,” Renamon said.
“Why?” Gracie wondered.
“Because, I don’t want to break all your trust, especially Daisy,” Renemon replied before she walked again.
Gracie was curious about Renamon’s past, but she was pulled out of her thoughts when Renamon tackled her to the ground.
Before she could speak up, she heard gunshots, and she knew where it came from, she peeked forward to see a squad of Commandramon.
“Stay here!” Renamon ordered.
Renamon jumped in the air swiftly avoiding the bullets as she landed and rushed toward the Commandramon squad.
“Diamond Storm!!” She sends out sharpened leaves at the squad.
Some of the Commandramon took the leaves while others avoided it. Renamon took this opportunity to come in close and ignite her hands and feet in blue flames.
“Power Paw!!”
She jabs two Commandramons at once, then proceeds to dodge bullets from the other Commandramon, before sending more sharpened leaves at them, and rushing at them.
Unbeknownst to her, one of the Commandramons she took out, regained consciousness, and saw Renamon taking out his comrades, he mustered up his strength to pick up his gun and pointed it at Renamon.
Gracie, who was hiding, saw this.
“Renamon behind you!!” She screamed.
Renamon stopped and turned to Gracie, thinking what she was talking about, and then she heard the sound of a rifle firing, but she wasn’t able to dodge the bullet and it hit her in the leg.
“Renamon!” Gracie yelled.
Renamon grunted through the pain, as she sent a bunch of sharp leaves at the Commandramon that shot him, before sending more at the remaining Commandramon, taking them out for good.
Renamon dropped to one knee, breathing heavily.
Gracie approached the fox. “Are you ok?”
Renamon groaned. “I’m fine, we need to keep moving,” She attempted to walk, but her injured leg caused her pain.
“You’re bleeding, let me cover it,” Gracie said, reaching into her bag.
“I’m fine!” Renamon said.
“No! You need aid,” She pulled out a bandage and wrapped it around Renamon’s injury, she then placed Renamon’s arm over her shoulder and lifted her.
“You didn’t need to do this,” Renamon said.
“Look, I may not be your partner, but I can at least show support for my friend,” Gracie said.
Renamon didn’t say anything back.
With Lucas and Herissmon
Lucas paid attention to the map as he walked.
“Hey, so how long do we need to move until we meet up with Tekka and the others again?” Herissmon asked.
“At least a few hours,” Lucas replied.
Hearing that made the hedgehog worry.
“We need to get moving now!” He immediately sprinted.
“Do you actually know where to go?” Lucas points out.
The hedgehog halts before rubbing his head and chuckles in embarrassment.
“Sorry about that!” He said.
Lucas lets out a sigh. “Don’t worry about it too much, as long as we can stay out of danger, we’ll make it back to them in time,”
The two walked.
As he walked, something popped into Lucas’ head.
“Hey Herissmon, why are you so determined to protect Tekka anyway? Not that I’m complaining,” Lucas wondered.
Herissmon rubs his head. “Well, not sure how to say it… but I’ve felt like I need to protect Tekka since I was born,”
Lucas tilted his head in confusion.
“Ever since I hatched from my DigiEgg, the first thing that popped into my mind was “protect Tekka”, I even knew what he looked like before I met him,” Herissmon explained.
Lucas immediately began his brainstorming phase, he thought of the possibility of someone programming a motivation into a Digimon since they are made of data.
Thinking all that made another thing pop into his head.
“Did anything happen after you hatched?” Lucas asked.
Herissmon rubbed the back of his head. “All I know is that I was in the forest, I waited for years until I finally met Tekka,”
Hearing all this, made Lucas think deeply about Digital world higher-ups that assigned them to save the Digital world.
‘Tch, this whole thing is a rabbit hole itself!’
Herissmon noticed Lucas’ frustrated expression.
“Is something wrong?” He asked.
Lucas sighs. “Nothing, we should keep going,”
With Ben and Lopmon
As Komondomon moved through the area, Lopmon bawled her eyes out, worried about the others, especially Vivian.
Feeling bad for her, Ben sat next to her. She may not be her partner, but he could at least talk to her.
“I know you're worried about Vivian, but don’t worry that much, I’m sure we’ll find her,” Ben reassures.
“But how could you be so sure?” Lopmon asked.
Ben couldn’t think of the right words to say. “My sister once told me that I have to believe in what we do,”
Hearing this somewhat reassured Lopmon.
Ben decides to speak up about Lopmon’s behavior. “What is with you?”
“Huh?” Lopmon looked confused.
“Have more confidence! Whenever you’re Turuiemon, you don’t hesitate to kick butt, yet when you revert to Lopmon, you act like you can’t hurt a fly!” Ben points out. “Tell me, was all that because you were motivated to protect Vivian?” Ben asked.
Lopmon nervously nodded. “Yeah… Vivian was very nice to me, so I wanted to repay her kindness by protecting her… I hope it's not self-centered of me!”
Lopmon whimpered but was met with Ben rubbing her head.
“I don’t blame ya, remember how I said, I accepted the knight's offer because I wanted to escape my life back home? What happened so far made me realize how selfish I was when I made that choice, but I can’t change it, so I have to accept it,” Ben said.
“Besides, we’re all in this together, so maybe some support for us as well,” He finished.
Lopmon felt reassured and nodded.
“We’ll find Vivian soon enough, so cheer up,” Ben said
Lopmon smiled.
With Vivian and Impmon
As Vivian and Impmon walked, the two didn’t say a word to each other, mainly Impmon, who was acting like he was purposely ignoring Vivian.
The brunette noticed his behavior.
“Can you at least speak up?” She asked.
“And why would I do that?” Impmon asked back.
“I mean, aren’t we on the same side? Or are you not talking to me because I’m not Ben?”
Impmon lets out a ‘tch’, before turning his head away, which proves Vivian’s point.
“So it is that!”
Impmon turned back to the brunette. “It’s none of your business!”
“It is my business, we’re all in this together, and the least we could do is get on each other’s good sides!” Vivian argued.
Impmon grunted in frustration.
“So why do you only want to talk to Ben, other than the fact that you two are partners?” The brunette asked.
“Because he’s the first person I met, when I was born, that’s it. I have no more answers other than that,”
Vivian wanted to ask more but knew that Impmon wouldn’t want to talk further, so she stayed silent.
Impmon was secretly glad that Vivian stopped asking questions, mainly because he didn’t want Vivian to know about his past.
Outside the forest, Hi-Commandramon was standing on his floating platform, waiting for news regarding the group, he then got a holographic call, he answered and it revealed his boss.
“How’s the progress?” The machine Digimon asked.
“We’ve been attempting to hunt them down through his forest to no avail,” Commandramon said.
“Tch, I want them gone now, they could be a threat to the future,” The machine Digimon ordered.
“Understood,” Hi-Commandramon ended the call, and called one of his troops.
“I’ll be joining in, to deal with those kids myself,” Hi-Commandramon said.
Komondomon arrived at the rendezvous point first, which is near a riverside.
Ben and Lopmon looked around and saw that no one else had arrived yet, they both began to feel worried, but they kept their hopes up.
Then Komondomon sniffed up something coming and barked at Ben and Lopmon.
Ben and Lopmon didn’t know what he meant, but they heard an explosion, they turned around to see three Tankmons emerging from the trees with Commandramons riding on them.
‘Oh no!’
He turned to Komondomon. “Komondomon go!” He whispered.
As Komondomon moved, they were noticed by one of Commandramon, he signals his comrades to follow them.
Elsewhere, Gracie and Renamon were reaching the rendezvous point, but they heard explosions.
“I have a bad feeling about this,” Renamon said.
Gracie felt it as well, but she quickly regained her composure.
“We need to go!” She exclaimed as the two made their way to the rendezvous point.
Back with Komondomon, he was moving left and right avoiding missiles fired by the Tankmons.
Ben and Lopmon hanging on for dear life.
Lopmon looked over and saw the Tankmon gaining on, she panicked but remembered Ben’s words from before
“Besides, we’re all in this together, so maybe some support for us as well,”
Lopmon took a deep breath.
“Blazing Ice!!”
She spits cool air and it makes its way into one of the Tankmon’s faces.
Tanks screamed and began to sway from side to side.
“Hey! Pay attention when moving!” One of the Commandramons riding him said.
“I’m trying!!” Tankmon yelled as he crashed into another Tankmon, making him accidentally fire a missile right at the third Tankmon.
Ben looked at the chaos the pursuers were going through.
He turned over to Lopmon. “Did you intend for that to happen?”
Lopmon shook her head. “No, I just gave in to my instincts,”
Komondomon took this chance to dash faster until the pursuers were out of sight, he took this moment to breathe, and Ben and Lopmon also followed.
“Ben?”
The browned-haired boy opened his eyes to see a familiar orange-haired girl and a yellow fox Digimon.
“Gracie? Renamon?”
Gracie sighs in relief. “Thank goodness you’re ok,”
Ben noticed Renamon’s wrapped-up leg. “What happened to Renamon?”
“She was shot in the leg, thankfully I had some bandages,” Gracie said. “By the way, what happened to you?”
“We were chased by those D-Brigade guys, and we only escaped because Lopmon spat out cold air, causing one of the Tankmon to spiral out of control and take his friends with it,” Ben explained.
“Well that’s just dumb luck,” Gracie said.
Komondomon sniffed someone's scent and perked up.
Gracie noticed this. “Is something up?”
“I think he smelled someone nearby,” Ben said.
“Well let’s go find them!” Gracie exclaimed.
Gracie and Renamon entered Komondomon and he began to move.
Hi-Commandramon stared down at his troops, who were a mess, Commandramon was treating their injuries, and the remaining ones tried to get the Tankmons up straight.
“...You see if Tankmon hadn’t got ice on his face, we would have caught him, he just got–”
“SILENCE!” Hi-Commandramon furiously stomps his foot to the ground, startling his troops.
“YOU ALL HAD ONE JOB! AND YOU FAIL BECAUSE OF THE TINIEST INCONVENIENCE!!!!” He roared.
The Commandramon shivered in fear.
Hi-Commandramon lowered his breath. “Because of your incompetence, I will hunt them down myself, we weren’t trained to fail incompetently,”
As Hi-Commandramon walked away, his troops looked down in shame.
Daisy and Keramon made their way to the rendezvous point, they previously heard the explosion which initially motivated them to move faster, but then they heard the sound of footsteps, which was Komondomon.
Ben and Gracie waved their hands.
Daisy smiled in relief.
As she and Keramon got inside Komondomon, she first noticed Renamon’s leg, making her blood cold.
“What happened?!” She exclaimed.
“A Commandramon shot me, I tried to continue walking as usual, but Gracie insisted on wrapping the bandage around my leg,” Renamon said.
“Hey, I was trying to show support!” Gracie points out.
“She’s right, at least thank others for showing compassion, I’m not the only human here you know,” Daisy added.
Renamon sighs. “Fine…”
Then suddenly her eyes shot open as she sensed something coming.
“What is it?” Daisy wondered.
“Someone’s coming,” Renamon said.
As she said that they suddenly felt Komondomon sprinting, followed by the sound of explosions.
As Komondomon stopped the six people inside got to his back and saw Hi-Commandramon staring them down.
“Great, I’d doubt he’d stop anytime soon,” Keramon said.
Renamon steps forward. “I’ll be going,”
Daisy grabbed her partner’s arm. “No, your leg’s injured,”
“It’s ok when I Digivolve, my injury will be gone,” Renamon explained.
“Is that how it works?” Gracie wondered.
Daisy pulled out her Digivice. “I guess we’ll just have to see,” She activated her Digivice and Renamon began to glow.
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
Once she finished Digivolving, her injury disappeared.
“Whoa, it did disappear,” Ben said.
“I have so many questions about this,” Daisy said.
“Save it for later,” Kyubimon said as she soared up towards Hi-Commandramon.
Hi-Commandramon saw the nine-tailed fox coming and pointed his gun at her and shot out bullets.
Kyubimon swiftly avoided the bullets, before readying her fireballs.
“Fox Tail Inferno!!!”
She shot out fireballs at Hi-Commandramon, who blocked them with his shield.
Kyubimon let out a growl, as she dashed toward Hi-Commandramon, attempting to headbutt him
Hi-Commandramon countered by ramming Kyubimon with his shield.
Despite Kyubimon putting all her effort, she was still pushed back, Hi-Commandramon took this opening to fire grenades at her.
Kyubimon was engulfed in explosions and was sent backward.
“Kyubimon!!” Daisy screamed out.
Kyubimon pants as she stood back up and glared at Hi-Commandramon.
As Gracie watched this, her grip tightened in frustration.
‘If only Lalamon were here!’ They both thought.
Ben on the other hand panicked, not saying a word.
Tekka and Hackmon rushed toward the rendezvous point and coincidently ran into Jake and Lalamon.
“Hey!” The two boys greet each other.
“I assume you heard the explosions at the rendezvous,” Lalamon said.
Hackmon nods as he turns to Jake. “Jake, Digivolve me,”
Jake pulled out his Digivice. “You got it!” He activated it and Hackmon Digivolve to BaoHackmon again, Jake and Tekka hopped on while Lalamon hung onto Tekka, as BaoHackmon dashed towards the rendezvous.
Herissmon rushed towards the Rendezvous point as fast as he could, leaving Lucas behind.
“Hey! Can you at least slow down!” Lucas yelled, making Herissmon stop.
“Sorry!” Herissmon exclaimed.
Lucas catches his breath. “Man… I felt like I was attempting to outrun Sonic…”
“Lucas?”
The dark blue-haired boy turned to see his brunette companion and a purple imp.
“Glad to see you two are ok!” Herissmon said.
“Me too!” Vivian said.
“Hey I don’t mean to be a mood killer, but Ben and the others are in danger, so we need to move now!” Impmon said. Impmon exclaimed.
“Right! This way!” Herissmon runs off.
Lucas groaned. “Here we go again,” He said as he, Vivian, and Impmon followed him.
Kyubimon endured more explosions despite clearly being on the brink of defeat.
Hi-Commandramon grinned as he prepared to shoot bullets, but BaoHackmon came out of nowhere before he did.
“Dragless Spiker!!!” BaoHackmon kicks Hi-Commandramon in the waist.
Hi-Commandramon screams in pain as he drops to his knees.
BaoHackmon jumped back and joined Kyubimon’s side.
“Took you long enough!” Kyubimon said.
“Sorry about that,” BaoHackmon said as Tekka and Jake got off him.
Daisy, Gracie, Ben, Keramon, and Lopmon felt delighted. Gracie in particular, since she can join in.
She pulls out her Digivice. “Lalamon!”
“Yeah!” She shouted as she began to glow.
[LALAMON DIGIVOLVE TO SUNFLOWMON]
Sunflowmon grinned as she joined her two Champion companions’ side
Hi-Commandramon stood back up and angrily glared at the three Champions.
“So what’s the plan?” Sunflowmon asked.
“He uses that shield to block any attack, so hit him at his blind spot,” Kyubimon said.
“Leave the diversion to me!” BaoHackmon said before he sprinted towards Hi-Commandramon.
“Fifth Cross!!!”
BaoHackmon’s claws glowed and he swung it at Hi-Commandramon, who blocked it with his shield, but he was still pushed back several feet.
Hi-Commandramon grunted, but before he counterattacked, Kyubimon and Sunflowmon went around him.
“Fox Tail Inferno!!”
“Sunshine Explosion!!” Sunflowmon fired out explosive seeds.
Both attacks hit Hi-Commandramon, causing him to grunt in pain.
Hi-Commandramon grits his teeth as he points his gun upward, firing out canisters that let out smoke that covers him and his targets.
BaoHackmon and Kyubimon quickly jumped out of the smoke, while Sunflowmon on the other hand, flew out of it.
Hi-Commandramon smirks and points his gun at Sunflowmon and fires bullets.
These bullets were so quick that Sunflowmon didn’t see them coming and they hit her.
The other’s eyes widened, especially Gracie’s.
Sunflowmon’s eyes widen in shock and she coughs.
Hi-Commandramon proceeds to fire grenades at Sunflowmon.
Sunflowmon was blown back to the edge of the river, unconscious and her body burned up.
Seeing her partner in this state, Gracie hopped off Komondomon and rushed to her.
Daisy, Ben, Keramon, and Lopmon yelled at her to stop, but she didn’t. Tekka and Jake notice Gracie running, and they immediately go after her.
Gracie approached her partner.
Gracie shook her partner. “Sunflowmon! Sunflowmon!”
Sunflowmon groaned as she opened her eyes and gave the orangette an assuring smile. “I’m fine Gracie,”
Tears began to swell up in Gracie’s eyes.
Seeing their friend down, infuriated BaoHackmon and Kyubimon, and they attacked Hi-Commandramon.
As Gracie tears up about Sunflowmon’s condition, Tekka and Jake approach her.
“Gracie, come on! It isn’t safe!” He exclaimed.
“I know! I’m just worried about Sunflowmon!” Gracie cried.
Unbeknownst to everyone, Vivian, Lucas, Herissmon, and Impmon arrived, where the first thing they noticed was BaoHackmon and Kyubimon fighting Hi-Commandramon, they also noticed Tekka and Gracie near a burned-up Sunflowmon, so they immediately went to them, and they didn’t go unnoticed by Hi-Commandramon.
“Guys!” Vivian called out.
“Tekka!!” Herissmon exclaimed.
Tekka, Jake, Daisy, Gracie, and Ben turn to see their friends.
Ben, Lopmon, and Keramon are delighted to see Impmon and Lucas respectively, so much so that they immediately hopped off Komondomon and rushed toward them.
“Guys wait!” Daisy protests, but they don’t listen.
Lopmon latched onto Vivian’s head, making her stop, while crying tears of joy.
Vivian smiled.
Keramon embraced Lucas, much to his annoyance.
“I know you miss me, but this isn’t the time!” Lucas said as Keramon released his embrace.
Impmon turned to the approaching Ben.
“Impmon, I’m glad to see you!” Ben said
Impmon smirked. “Me too,”
The reunion didn’t last long as Hi-Commandramon pointed his gun at the group and fired a grenade at them.
BaoHackmon’s eyes widened. “RUN!!”
His shout alerted the others and they took different actions, Gracie latched onto Sunflowmon, Keramon grabbed Lucas by the arms, while Herissmon and Impmon stood in front of their human partners.
The grenade exploded causing a crack that surrounded Tekka, Gracie, Lucas, Ben, and their partners and since they were on the edge, the platform fell to the river.
Jake, Vivian, Daisy, and their partners watch in shock as their friends fall down the river and are swept by the current, while Hi-Commandramon smirks.
BaoHackmon and Kyubimon grunted in frustration, but they focused on fighting Hi-Commandramon.
As Jake and Vivian looked at the river in disbelief, Lopmon had thoughts of despair swirling around her head.
Then something inside the rabbit snapped as she jumped off Vivian’s shoulder and dashed toward Hi-Commandramon, Vivian saw this and activated her Digivice.
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
BaoHackmon was pushed back by Hi-Commandramon’s shield.
‘Tch, if only I could get rid of that shield!’
His thoughts were interrupted when Turuiemon rushed past her.
Turuiemon throws a punch at Hi-Commandramon, who blocks it with his shield, but Turuiemon doesn’t stop there and she unleashes a flurry of punches, which actually pushes Hi-Commandramon a bit.
Hi-Commandramon attempted to push Turuiemon back with his shield, but Turuiemon leaped over it, once she was above Hi-Commandramon’s head, she unleashed another flurry of punches, and since the military dragon wore a helmet, It’s safe to say, the punches hurt a lot more and it even stunned him.
BaoHackmon took this opportunity to get close and slashed Hi-Commandramon’s arm, knocking his shield away.
“Kyubimon, attack!” He called out.
Kyubimon nods.
“Fox Tail Inferno!!” Kyubimon shoots fireballs.
Turuiemon, who was still hitting Hi-Commandramon, noticed the fireballs coming and jumped off.
As Hi-Commandramon regained consciousness, he was immediately bombarded by fireballs.
Hi-Commandramon attempted to fire his gun, but BaoHackmon jumped and sliced his gun with his tail blade.
As the military dragon looked in shock””, which left him open for BaoHackmon and Turuiemon to strike him.
The two jumped back to let Kyubimon unleash her final attack.
“Dragon Wheel!!”
Hi-Commandramon’s injuries prevent him from moving, leaving him to stare in fear as the flaming dragon consumes him.
As the smoke clears, Hi-Commandramon is no more and the three Champions catch their breath, but their victory doesn't feel earned.
The three Champions as well as Komondomon go to the cliff the other falls off.
Daisy got off Komondomon and approached Jake and Vivian, who were in anguish.
She wanted to speak up, but she didn't because she thought it would ruin the mood, but he got another idea. She pulled out her Digivice and opened up the map. She saw four icons located far from where she, Jake, and Vivian were, which made her delighted.
“Jake, Vivian, Look! I think Tekka and the others are ok!” Daisy said.
Jake, Vivian, and their partner Digimon looked at the map, and they were reassured.
Then Jake’s Digivice buzzed, he looked at it and saw that Tekka was calling him, which reignited their hope even more.
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, after being swept away from the others, Tekka, Gracie, Lucas, Ben and the partners attempted to make their way back, on the way they came across a factory where robot Digimon were enslaved by a gorilla Digimon, so they decided to free them, but unberknowst to them, an assassin from the D-Brigade is also there to hunt them down. Next time in Digimon Chronicles, Chapter 10: Operation: Robo Rebellion
Notes:
Again, sorry for the long wait, I ran into the problem of finding the right Digimon to use.
Anyway, since the last chapter I use to foreshadow some of the Kid's future developments, I have this chapter to hint some of the partner Digimon's backgrounds, what could they be? You'll just have to wait and find out. (But I know a majority of you know what Impmon's past is,)
As for the regenerating through Digivolving thing, that's something I came up with, since Digimon are digital beings they can survive injuries that would be fatal to a human, in Kizuna, Omnimon had his arm and leg chopped off, yet he can still move just fine
Chapter 10: Operation: Robo Rebellion
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
The machine Digimon watched in shock as he saw Hi-Commandramon fall to three mere humans and their partner Digimon and right after they were separated from the rest.
He rolled his eyes back before he decided to check the map to see where the other humans and their partners had ended up, and upon looking at the map, he realized something.
‘They are heading right towards Gorillamon’s factory!’
He grunted in frustration, before remembering something.
He pressed a button on his keyboard as his screen switched to a video call, which showed Gorillamon.
“Is there anything else you need?” Gorillamon asked.
“It appears that the D-Brigade had failed to eliminate the humans and their partners,” The machine Digimon said. “However, it did lead to half of them being separated and according to the map, they will arrive near the vicinity of your factory,”
Gorillamon was surprised by this information, but it didn’t worry him.
“So you want me to have Sealsdramon take care of them?” Gorillamon said.
The machine Digimon nodded.
“I will gladly deal with them,” Gorillamon said before exiting the call.
The machine Digimon smirked. ‘There is no way they could escape this,’
Gorillamon’s factory
In Gorillamon’s command room, he turned off his screen and turned around to Sealsdramon behind him. Due to the dark room, most of his body was covered by the dark, the only clear thing was its glowing red eyes, and the lights from the computers reflecting off his knife.
“I’m sure you hear who your targets are?” Gorillamon asked.
Sealsdramon nods, before turning away to the door.
Gorillamon nodded before turning back to the screen and turning it on, showing what seemed to be robots working on something.
With the group
Tekka, Gracie, Lucas, Ben, and their partners continued to get swept by the river current, all of them attempted to keep themselves afloat, Gracie in particular as she clung onto her unconscious partner for dear life.
Lucas managed to grab ahold of his Digivice and raised it. Keramon was flailing his arms around, so much that he didn’t stop when he felt energy flowing within him.
[KERAMON DIGIVOLVE TO CHRYSALIMON]
Once he Digivolved, he still flailed his arms, before noticing that he’s Digivolved.
He immediately floated out of the water and grabbed the others using his tentacles, before floating to the surface and placing them down.
The group catches their breath.
Tekka was the first to stand up. “Is everyone ok?”
The others nodded.
Ben coughs. “I can’t even swim that well,”
Gracie looked over at Sunflowmon, who reverted to Lalamon, she grabbed Lalamon in her arms and held her tightly.
Lucas looks around the area and sees that they are in what appears to be a desert, but it lacks any sign of plants a desert usually has, so it looks more like a wasteland that was run into the ground.
“It seems that we’ve been swept away pretty far, you think the others back there are ok?” He wondered.
“I’m sure of it,” Tekka said.
“How can you be sure about that? You don’t even know what is happening to them!” Impmon points out.
“Hey don’t say that Impmon,” Ben said.
“I’m just speaking the obvious,” Impmon said.
Tekka didn’t say anything back, instead, he pulled out his Digivice, looked into his contacts, and pressed ‘Jake’.
His Digivice rang for a bit before it was answered.
“Tekka?! Are you there?!?”
Tekka and the others smiled upon hearing his voice.
Tekka speaks up. “Don’t worry, we’re all fine, did something happen on your end?”
“Well we managed to defeat Hi-Commandramon, we were worried about whether or not you guys were ok, then you called and we were relieved,” Jake said.
“That’s good to hear,” Tekka said.
“Unfortunately, Daisy looked at the map and saw that you guys are far away from us,” Jake said.
“Yeah we figured that out,” Tekka said.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be making our way to you guys right now, so stay safe,” Jake said.
“We will,” Tekka said as he ended the call.
Lucas looked at the map. “Alright, we have to walk for a few hours to meet up back with the others,”
“We have to walk?” Ben groaned.
“At least it’s better than standing around doing nothing, we might get attacked,” Tekka said.
“Especially if it is the mon that sends those capitalists to the Village of Beginning,” Keramon added.
The eight of them walked in the opposite direction of the river since they believed it was the safest way to make it back to the others.
As they walked, Lalamon woke up, which Gracie noticed.
“Are you ok?” The orangnette asked.
Lalamon nods. “Yeah… what happened?”
“After you knocked out we fell into the river and were separated from the others, and now we’re making our way back to them,” Gracie explained.
Lalamon attempted to move but groaned in pain.
“Don’t move that much, just rest for now,” Gracie says.
Lucas turned over to Gracie.
“Hey Gracie, if you want I could teach you how to store your partner into your Digivice,” Lucas said.
“I appreciate the suggestion but no, I want to take care of my partner myself, ” Gracie said.
“Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’ve been meaning to ask, how did you make Keramon come out of your Digivice?” Tekka said.
Lucas pulls out his Digivice. “First, you point your Digivice at your partner and say Reload!”
As he said that Keramon was sucked into his Digivice, Lucas then showed the others the screen, which now had Keramon on it.
“Hey, guys!” Keramon greets.
“And to let him out, you say Rearise!!”
Lucas’ Digivices emit light and Keramon materializes out of it.
“Realize?” Tekka asked.
“No, Rearise, R-E-A-R-I-S-E,” Lucas corrected.
“What does that even mean?” Ben wondered.
“No idea,” Lucas said. “That’s what the instructions said when I found this feature,”
Tekka looked at his Digivice and wondered about where it came from, to begin with.
An hour passed, and the eight of them were still walking, but none of them complained about it as this was the only way to join back up with the others.
As Gracie followed her friends, her foot bumped into something, she looked down and saw something sticking out of the sand, it looked like a metal helmet.
She lets Lalamon go (Who regained enough strength to float again) and checks the metal.
The others took notice of her.
“Hey, what are you doing?” Tekka asked.
Gracie points to the metal hand. “I’m just wondering what this is,”
Tekka, Lucas, Ben, Herissmon, and Keramon took a closer look at the hand, with Impmon not caring.
“What do you think it is?” Herissmon wondered.
“Let’s find out!” Keramon said as he began digging, not even bothering to care when the sand got on the others, who moved away.
“At least, warn us if you're doing that!” Lalamon protested.
As Keramon continued to dig, more of what was buried became clearer.
“Done!!!” Keramon yelled.
As the sand flowing in the wind settles down, allowing the others to get a clear view of what was buried.
It appeared to be a big robot, clad in bronze metal armor with rocket jets mounted on its back, and it looked notably damaged and worn out as if it was previously in battle before being abandoned.
“Is that a Digimon?” Ben wondered, pulling out his Digivice.
Name: Guardromon
Level: Champion
Type: Machine
Attribute: Virus, Data, Vaccine
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: Destruction Grenade, Power Laser
Bio: A Digimon that protects anything it was ordered to, even if the position changes, it doesn’t pose a problem as long as it defends against intruders.
Ben stared at Guardromon. “How can this robot be a Digimon?” He wondered.
“Well, me and Daisy previously fought a Digimon that was a hodgepodge of different construction machines, so this isn’t out of the question,” Lucas says.
Gracie kneeled to take a closer look at Guadromon's head.
‘What happened to him?’ Gracie thought as she rubbed the head, clearing the sand off it.
But when she did that, Guardromon’s eyes lit up, startling her and making her scream in shock, which got the other’s attention. They stood in anticipation as Guardromon emerged from the sand he was buried in.
Guardromon stood on his legs and observed his surroundings, as he did that, the group didn’t move an inch.
Tekka leaned over to Gracie. “What did you do?” He whispered.
“All I did was wipe the dust off his head,” Gracie whispered.
Guardromon looked around until his sight landed on the group.
The four humans grabbed their Digivices, while their partners ready themselves to fight.
Guadromon stared at Gracie and began to march toward her, the partner Digimon was about to jump in to fight, but Gracie gestured to them not to.
Guardromon stopped in front of Gracie, before pointing to her.
“You… help… me…” He said.
Gracie looked confused but was snapped back to reality when Guardromon picked her up and placed her on his head.
“We will… go… to home…” He said before walking away.
As Guardromon walks away, the others look in confusion.
“Should we still prepare ourselves to attack him?” Keramon said to Lucas.
“No, he doesn’t seem that hostile,” Lucas said.
Gracie, who wanted answers, looked down to Guardromon.
“Hey Guardromon, can you tell me why you were in the sand?” She asked.
Guardromon did not respond as it continued walking.
“Hey! I’m talking to you!”
Guardromon still didn’t respond, which made Gracie feel frustrated.
“Gracie, calm down, I don’t think you can get through him,” Lalamon said.
Gracie clenches her hand in frustration.
Impmon watched the whole scene eagerly. “What’s the point of even asking it questions to begin with?”
“She’s just curious, you can’t blame her for that,” Keramon said.
Ben speaks up. “So… are we going to follow him?”
Tekka looked at Guardromon as his curiosity also grew. “I say we do!”
Impmon was puzzled. “What? Wouldn’t that be a waste of time?”
“Maybe, but I can’t help but also wonder what is with Guardromon,” Tekka said. “Besides, the others are making their way to us, so this shouldn’t be a waste of time,”
“I’m curious too because robot Digimon like Guardromon aren’t found buried in the sand as if they were thrown away,” Keramon said.
“I’m interested to see how robot Digimon live their lives,” Lucas said.
“Well, I’m following Tekka, wherever he goes,” Herissmon said.
“Hey, Gracie! Lalamon! We’re going to follow them!” Tekka calls out.
Impmon looked in disbelief, as Tekka, Lucas, and their partners followed after Guardromon, he looked to the side and saw that Ben was also going to follow.
“You’re agreeing with them?” Impmon said.
Ben scratches his cheek. “I’m not the one to decide things on my own at a moment like this,” He admitted.
Impmon sighs. “Been there,” The two also followed their friends.
The group followed behind Guardromon for miles and while it was somewhat tiring before, at least they knew where they were going as they would meet back up with the others, but now they were taking a detour.
As they walked, they began to notice something off about the environment, there were dead plants everywhere, which indicates to the group that something must’ve happened here, and it may be connected to Guardromon.
After an hour of walking, they began to notice something in the distance, which motivated them to keep moving.
Eventually, they walked up a large dune, and when they got to the top of it, they got a view of a factory. They also saw a bunch of Guardromons alongside other machine Digimon being forced to work against their will.
The group was horrified at the sight, and out of all of them, Gracie and Lalamon were the ones who were shocked the most.
“That explains what happened to this place,” Lucas said.
Gracie hopped off Guardromon, still looking in disbelief.
She turned to Guardromon. “This… is where you lived?”
Guardromon nodded.
“We… will free… the others…”
Guardromon staggered a bit, but he ignored it and began walking toward the factory, which prompted her to grab him by the arm.
“Guardromon wait! You can’t possibly do anything in this state!” Gracie exclaimed, pulling Guardromon’s arm with all her might.
“Must… free… the others…” He said. “Must… free…”
Guardromon suddenly collapsed on the spot, much to the shock of everyone.
The group immediately took action and gathered around Guardromon and checked his body, wondering what to do. Gracie got the idea to reach into her bag, pull out bandages, and wrap them around the cracked parts of his body.
Lucas stared in confusion. “Um, you know that using bandages on a robot wouldn’t work right?”
“I know, but I had to do something to help!” Gracie said.
Tekka then speaks up. “We should sit him up straight,” The others nodded in return.
The eight of them worked together to pull Guardromon up and make him sit properly, it wasn’t easy as he was heavy, but they did it, without needing one of the Digimon to Digivolve.
Gracie continued to wrap bandages around the cracked parts of Guardromon’s armor, as she did, her mind thought about all the implications that happened to Guardromon at the factory
Tekka grits her teeth in anger and frustration. “We need to help them,”
“I agree!” Gracie said.
Ben raised an eyebrow. “Just like that? Unlike the Digimon at the village, we barely know these mons,” He points out.
“I know that, but we don’t need a big reason to help those in need,” Tekka said.
“He’s right, and I don’t particularly approve of slavery and abuse,” Impmon said.
“But how are we going to get to that place?” Lalamon points out.
Lucas noticed Keramon was not next to him as everyone got into their thinking phase. He wondered where Keramon was until he heard his voice calling out to him.
He and the others turned to their side and saw Keramon right next to a giant metal crate.
“I figured we could use this to sneak in,” Keramon said.
“Wow, that’s actually a good idea,” Lucas said.
“But we need someone to bring that in without suspicion,” Impmon points to the entrance gate which was guarded by two Digimon wearing black rubber suits that obscures most of their bodies, and they wear gas masks with tubes that connect to the pack on their backs.
Tekka pulled out his Digivice analyser.
Name: Troopmon
Level: Champion
Type: Undead
Attribute: Data, Free
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Death March
Bio: Artificial Digimon manufactured by stuffing stolen energy from other Digimon within a special rubber body. As it is a machine Digimon, it can perform the commands it was given.
As Tekka thinks of a solution, Guardromon reawakens, which gives him an idea.
“We’ll have Guardromon bring us inside,” Tekka suggested.
“You can’t! He’s too tired!” Gracie protested.
“I know how bad his condition is, but he’s our only shot to get inside,” Tekka argued.
Gracie grits her teeth since she knows there is no other way.
“Ok,”
Tekka could feel the sadness in Gracie's voice but didn't say anything to hurt Gracie’s feelings further.
Tekka turned to Guardromon and pointed to the crate. “Guardromon, we’re going to sneak into the factory by using that crate, and we need you to bring it in”
Guardromon nodded and he walked toward it, grabbed the ropes attached to it, and began to pull.
Keramon found a button that opened the crate. “Get in!”
The group helped each other into the crate, before closing themselves in, it didn’t take long to notice that the space inside was somewhat small for eight, thankfully, Lucas reminded everyone that they could store their partner Digimon in their Digivices.
“So when do we attack?” Herissmon wondered.
“Well, factories like these have storages where they put crates like this, so that’s maybe a good place to start,” Keramon suggested.
The others nodded at the idea.
At the gate, the two Troopmon were standing at their post, they then saw Guardroom approaching them while pulling a crate.
The Troopmon moved aside, allowing Guardromon to enter.
As Guardromon walked through the factory, Tekka, Lucas, Gracie, and Ben took a peek outside through the small windows of the crate, they got a closer look at all the enslaved machine Digimon, who all looked rusty and seemed like they were worked to death for years, seeing the sight, boosted the group’s motivation to free them.
Guardromon continued to walk until it dropped the crate off in front of a giant metal door, the door opened up and showed four robotic Digimon resembling stag beetles, who worked together to lift the crate and bring it inside.
As Guardromon pushes the crate to the robot stag beetles, he glances into the box and waves to the group inside, wishing them luck.
Gracie peaks out and takes one last look at Guardromon before the door closes fully.
Lalamon looked at her partner with sympathy in her eyes, while Tekka placed his arm on her shoulder.
“We’ll free them all soon, I’m sure of it!” Tekka reassured.
Gracie took a deep breath before showing a determined face.
The robot stag beetle Digimon entered a storage room, where they dropped the crate before leaving the room.
Tekka glances at the robotic Digimon, before turning to the others. “Coast is clear!”
“Ok, but how do we get out of this box?” Ben wondered.
Herissmon popped out of the Digivice. “Leave it to me, Just need some room,”
The four kids nodded as they pressed their backs against the crate’s walls, and Tekka activated his Digivice.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
“Crimson Slash!!”
Filmon slashed the crate’s wall, leaving a cut, which he tore open, allowing himself and the others to step out.
The kids used this moment to stretch their bodies for a bit as Impmon, Keramon, and Lalamon exited their Digivices.
“So…” Impmon clenched his fist. “Where did we begin?”
Tekka stroked his chin. “I'd never seen that many infiltration movies, but I guess the first thing we should do is cut off the power,”
“But how are we going to do that?” Lalamon wondered.
“Well if I could link up to the systems, I could pinpoint where the generator is,” Keramon brings up.
Lucas looked around and saw the door that was a code panel. “There!”
The eight of them walked over to the door.
Keramon inspected the panel before he went inside it.
“I know you told us he could do this, but it’s still very weird to see,” Ben said.
“I definitely don’t want him to pop out of my screen whenever I use my computer,” Gracie said.
The others waited for a few minutes before Keramon came out of the panel.
“Alright, I’ve checked their entire servers and found where the generator for this place is,” Keramon said.
“Good,” Lucas points his Digivice at his partner. “Reload!” Keramon was sucked into his Digivice.
“One map to the generator coming up!” Keramon said.
As Lucas waited, Tekka spoke up.
“Hey, if Keramon’s a computer virus, why couldn’t he hack this whole place?” He wondered.
“Because he needs time to hack into stuff, even more so if there’s a powerful firewall in the way,” Lucas explained.
Tekka nodded as he understood his ally.
Lucas felt his Digivice buzzing, he looked at the map and it showed the way to the generator, he then showed it to the others.
Something popped into Ben’s head. “Hey, how are we going to get there, without getting caught?” He wondered.
Impmon looked around the room and saw a vent in the corner.
“We’ll go through there!” Impmon points out.
“Do we have to?” Ben said.
“It’s the only way,” Tekka said.
Factory Command Center
Gorillamon sat in his chair, looking around the various screens shown via security cameras, he had been cautious since he was told that the humans and their partner Digimon were near the factory.
As he watched all the screens, one got his attention. It was the camera that showed the entrance gate, he saw a Guardromon wrapped in bandages, pulling a metal crate.
This made him suspicious, as he knew no materials were being shipped in today and the Guardromon that brought the crate looked like one of those abandoned machines Digimon.
He continued to watch Guardromon bring the crate to the storage room, at first nothing seemed off about him, until he took a peek inside the crate, which prompted Gorillamon to zoom in on the footage to get a closer look.
And he saw it…
A human girl was visible through the hole.
The moment he saw Gracie, he gritted his teeth in frustration, and he stood up and turned to the elevator, huffing and puffing as he left the room.
Back with the others
The four humans and their partner Digimon crawled through the vent. For the humans, it was uncomfortable to move in a somewhat small spot, but for the sake of freeing Guardromon and the machine Digimon, they had to endure it.
As they crawled through the vent, they occasionally got a view of machine Digimon being forced to work, which further motivated them, but it also made them curious: What were they working on?
They decide to find this out after liberating the machine Digimon.
Eventually, they stopped by the room they were looking for, the generator room.
Keramon busts the vent panel open but doesn’t let it fall to the ground, he and Lalamon exit the vent first to help the others get down safely.
The eight of them looked at their surroundings and saw giant wires all over the room, all of them leading to the center, which was some sort of containment system and they were shocked by what was inside.
There were a bunch of Digimon that had spherical bodies with two arms and legs, blue skin, reddish-brown eyes, white gloves with studded knuckles, red steel-toed shoes, and a lightning bolt on their foreheads.
Lucas pulled out his Digivice analyzer.
Name: Thundermon
Level: Champion
Type: Mutant
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: Thunder Ball, Thunder Volt, Thunder Bomber
Bio: His tiny body has the property of a magnet, and is always clad in electricity and discharging lightning.
Inside the containment system, the Thundermons continuously shoot out spheres of electricity, and the ones that don't would have their electricity forcibly absorbed by the machine.
“Those poor things!” Gracie closed her mouth in disbelief.
“How could they do this to them?” Ben cried.
“That’s the harsh truth, there are those who do stuff like this and enjoy it,” Impmon said.
Tekka tightens his fist in anger, before taking a deep breath.
He turned to Lucas and Keramon. “Is there a way to free them?”
Lucas and Keramon went over to the control panel, which Keramon entered through the screen.
Lucas looked through all the controls. “There doesn't seem to be an off switch,” He said with a hint of frustration.
After a few seconds, Keramon’s face appears on the screen. “The only way to shut this off entirely is by freeing the Thundermons,”
Tekka lets out a tch. “Then that’s what we’re going to do!” He turned to the others.
“Are you guys ready?” He asked.
The others nodded as they activated their Digivices.
[IMPMON DIGIVOLVE TO ORPHEUSMON]
[LALAMON DIGIVOLVE TO SUNFLOWMON]
[KERAMON DIGIVOLVE TO CHRYSALIMON]
The four Champions stood side by side in front of the containment system.
“So how do we take this thing down?” Filmon asked.
Orpheusmon stood forward. “Leave it to me,” He waves his staff around and the tip is engulfed in flames.
“Dark Flare!!”
He fires out the flames at the glass, melting a hole in it, freeing the Thundermons, but this causes the alarms to blare, the room is engulfed in a flashing red light.
With Guardromon
After leaving the crate in the storage room, Guardromon was walking to help his friends, but he halted in place when he heard someone call out his name.
“Hey! Guardromon No. 2038!”
Guardromon turned around to see Gorillamon glaring at him.
He didn’t say a word as it would get him in trouble.
Gorillamon marched toward Guardromon, who didn’t move.
“If I recall, you and other Guardromon were sent away for reconnaissance, and you never came back, but here you are, wrapped in bandages for some reason,” He points out.
Guardromon stayed silent.
Gorillamon pulled out a disk-shaped projector that showed footage of Guardromon bringing in the crate.
“I was also confused by the crate you brought in, as I wasn’t told that I would receive new materials today, then I noticed this…”
Gorillamon speeds up the footage and pauses at the point where Guardromon leaves the box at the storage, he zooms in and the screen shows Guardromon waving to the crate and Gracie can be seen through the window.
This causes Guadromon’s eyes to twitch.
“Previously I was informed that there would be humans nearby, is it a coincidence that they were near where you were reactivated?” Gorillamon said.
Guardromon still stayed silent.
Gorillamon groaned before he pointed his arm cannon at Guardromon and blasted him.
Guardromon dropped to the ground, seemingly dead.
“This is why I advocated for removing your free will,” Gorillamon said.
Then Gorillamon heard alarms blaring.
“What’s going on?” He demanded.
“Somebody cut off the generator!!” A robot stag beetle Digimon answered.
Gorillamon quickly figured out who was responsible and immediately pulled out a communicator.
“Sealsdramon, you know what to do,” He said.
Elsewhere, Sealsdramon was sitting in a dark room, watching footage of his comrade Hi-Commandramon fighting the Digimon partner to humans, his focus was on Sunflowmon, the first one to go down.
He then heard alarms ringing, followed by him hearing Gorillamon through his communicator, prompting him to sheat up his knife and walk out the door.
Back with the others
Once there was a hole in the containment glass, the Thundermons floated out of it and came face-to-face with the group.
“Are you guys ok?” Tekka asked.
“Barely, thanks for the save though,” The lead Thundermon said.
“How long have you guys been in that thing?” Lucas wondered.
“I don’t know, we’ve been in there for as long as we can remember,” Thundermon said with a dreadful tone.
The tone made the group frustrated even more.
Tekka then speaks up. “Don’t worry, we’ll be liberating this place soon enough,”
At that moment, the doors opened, revealing a group of robot Digimon, that looked similar to Guardromon but it was grey, the arms were lanky, and there appeared to be a cockpit on the top.
Tekka noticed them and pulled out the analyzer.
Name: Mechanorimon
Level: Champion
Type: Machine
Attribute: Virus
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: Gyro Break, Twin Beam, Power Laser
Bio: A unique Digimon that is unable to move on its own and incapable of action without a pilot.
The four humans and their partners turned to face their enemies, and both sides stared each other down, ready to attack at any moment.
Three Mechanorimon attacked first by firing laser beams from their torso.
Orpheusmon quickly reacted by making a gesture, causing a yellow circle to manifest, and caught the beams in midair. The dark wizard makes another gesture and sends the beams back.
The beams hit the Mechanorimon, their bodies began to short circuit, and their bodies began staggering and moving in glitchy ways before they collapsed when that happened, the cockpit opened up revealing Troopmon inside.
The rest of the Mechanorimon attack, and the four Champion Digimon jump into battle, with the Thundermons assisting by firing electrical spheres from the distance.
The four humans did their best to stay near their partners, who protected them from the Mechanorimon.
Due to the combined efforts of the four Champions and the Thundermons, they managed to fend off the Mechanorimon, which wasn’t hard as the partner Digimon focused on removing the Troopmon from the cockpits.
Eventually, the number of Mechanorimon lessened, forcing the remainder to retreat, but the group didn’t follow them and made their way outside.
Making it out to the open, the group made themselves known to all the machines Digimon present.
Gracie, currently riding on the top of Sunflowmon, stood up. “All of you listen!! You are free!! You don’t have to work anymore!!”
The machine Digimon looked at each other, conflicted, until one Guardromon attacked a Troopmon oppressor, motivating the others to do the same.
Gracie smiled, but she noticed someone amongst all the chaos, and it made her blood run cold.
It was the Guadromon that she and the others found, she knew because he had the bandages she wrapped around.
Sunflowmon also noticed him and she flew to Guardromon, Gracie hopped off her partner to check on Guardromon.
Gracie began to hyperventilate, she desperately looked all over Guardromon, wishing for dear life, for him to still be alive.
The others caught up and were also shocked by the sight.
Gracie held Guardromon’s hand as tears swelled up in her eyes.
Orpheusmon touched the burned spot on Guardromon and analyzed it.
“Seems that an energy blast hit him,” Orpheusmon turned to the tall tower in the distance. “It’s coming from that tower over there,”
“That appears to be the control tower, whoever’s in charge of this place is likely there,” Chrysalimon said.
Upon hearing that, Gracie’s expression became stern, without speaking a word, she hopped onto Sunflowmon’s back.
“Sunflowmon go!” Gracie ordered.
Sunflowmon nodded as she flew toward the tower.
“Gracie, wait! Don’t just rush there!” Tekka called out, but Graice didn’t respond. “Tch, we gotta follow them!”
“You guys go ahead first,” Lucas said. “I came up with a way to get rid of that tower,”
“Can’t you just tell us right now?” Ben wondered.
“We don’t have time, we need to get Gracie to stop,” Tekka said.
Ben nodded back as he, Tekka, and their partners followed Gracie and Sunflowmon.
As they left, Chrysalimon looked over to Lucas. “Shall we do our task?”
Lucas nodded in return.
Unbeknownst to everyone, the seemingly dead Guadromon moved and his eyes flashed.
Gracie and Sunflowmon flew closer to the control tower, ignoring the others crying out their names.
As Ben followed his friends, he tripped over and dropped to the ground, Orpheusmon noticed and stopped to help him get up, but as that happened a drone flew close by and emitted a force field, encasing Tekka, Filmon, Gracie, and Sunflowmon inside, much to everyone's shock.
Ben and Orpheusmon stood in front of the barrier, wondering what to do.
Orpheusmon slowly touches the force field and feels an electrical static.
“I don’t think we can pass it,” Orpheusmon said.
“Greetings, human,” A voice was heard through a speaker.
Everyone looked up and saw the voice coming from the control tower.
“So nice of you to show up!” Gorillamon said.
“Tch, cut the crap! And what’s with this force field?” Gracie demanded.
“Simple, it’s where you’re to die,” Gorillamon gloated.
Tekka, Filmon, Gracie, and Sunflowmon tensed up and noticed a Digimon appearing via teleportation in front of them.
“This Digimon would like some payback for what you did to his allies”
Gracie pulled out the analyzer on the Digimon.
Name: Sealsdramon
Level: Champion
Type: Cyborg
Attribute: Virus
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: Death Strike, Scouter Scan.
Bio: Said to be the one Commandramon out of 100 to pass “Selection-D” and Digivolve into Sealsdramon. It can move short distances at speeds impossible to perceive with normal eyes and without equipping things like camouflage features or a rifle.
“Isn’t that like one of those D-Brigade guys that hunted us down?” Ben wondered.
“Seems like it, and he seems more deadly than the others,” Orpheusmon said.
Sealsdramon didn’t move from his spot. Fillmon and Sunflowmon stood in anticipation.
Sealsdramon targets Filmon unsheathes his knife and throws it quickly at the hedgehog, Filmon barely dodges it, and the knife goes past Tekka and Gracie and hits the edge of the force field.
Everyone’s reaction was delayed by a few seconds since the knife moved so fast and once they fully realized they didn’t know what to say.
Sealsdramon didn’t give them a chance to react as he pulled out another knife and rushed towards the two Champions.
Filmon’s sharp senses let him know Sealsdramon is coming, prompting him to charge toward the assassin and catch his hand, holding the knife.
However, he is caught off guard when Sealsdramon drops the knife and catches it with his other hand.
Sealsdramon thrusts his knife toward Filmon, who jumps back to avoid it.
Sealsdramon followed this up by suddenly pulling more knives out of nowhere and throwing them at Filmon.
“Cactus Tail!!”
The knives were knocked away in midair by thorns.
Sunflowmon joined Filmon’s side.
“Thanks for the save,” Filmon complimented.
“Don’t mention it,” Sunflowmon replied.
Sealsdramon pulled out another set of knives and threw them at the two Champions, who avoided them.
Ben watched in anxiety since he and Orpheusmon were forced to watch, due to being outside the force field.
“Orpheusmon! Couldn't you use that flame spell to destroy this force field?” Ben wondered.
“Even if I managed to conjure the spell in time and use it against this, the flames would likely burn everyone inside,” Orpheusmon said.
Ben clenched his fist in frustration.
‘Am I completely useless?’ He thought.
He was immediately brought out of his thoughts when he and Orpheusmon heard footsteps, they turned around and saw Guardromon, and it was the one they met, as they could tell from the bandages.
‘Guardromon?’ Ben thought in confusion.
Back in the fight, Sealsdramon continued to throw knives at his targets in quick succession.
Filmon and Sunflowmon did their best to avoid the knife, which was rapidly approaching.
Filmon saw an opening to rush at Sealsdramon, but he saw him coming and threw a set of knives at him, Filmon parried the knives as he got closer.
However, he suddenly felt a cut on his leg, he realized that a knife had hit his leg!
“Filmon!!” Tekka called out.
He dropped to one knee, panting, unable to move from the spot.
Before Sealsdramon could throw another knife at the hedgehog, he was hit by a barrage of seeds that exploded upon contact, causing smoke to cover him.
Sunflowmon landed in front of Filmon. “You ok?”
Filmon grunted in pain. “Barely,”
“Stay there for a moment, I’ll handle Sealsdramon,” She ascended upwards.
Unbeknownst to her, in the smoke, Sealsdramon used his left eye to target Sunflowmon’s wings.
He threw two knives and they both hit Sunflowmon’s wings.
Sunflowmon shrieks in pain, as her body begins to stagger and descend to the ground.
Gracie’s blood went cold, so much that she couldn’t cry out her partner's name.
Sealsdramon didn’t stop and he threw a knife at Sunflowmon, hitting her vital points.
Sunflowmon winces in immense pain, but she fights through it, not wanting to go down easily.
Sealsdramon used his left eye to pinpoint another vital point in Sunflowmon’s body, and he threw a knife.
Sunflowmon couldn’t move from where she was standing.
“Grr, Sunflowmon move!” Filmon grunted.
Gracie couldn’t stay silent anymore, she presumably lost Guardromon, and Sunflowmon was moments away from suffering the same fate.
“SUNFLOWMON!!!” She cried out.
Right before the knife hit Sunflowmon, someone jumped in and knocked the knife away, and much to everyone’s shock, it was Guardromon, particularly the one they found, but he was covered in scorch marks.
Flashback
‘Guardromon?’ Ben thought in confusion.
Ben and Orpheusmon didn't know what to say, Guardromon on the other hand, walked past them and stood in front of the force field.
Without hesitation, Guardromon touched the force field, seemingly not even bothered by the electrocution.
Ben and Orpheusmon were shocked by this action.
“What are you doing?! Stop it!!” Ben exclaimed.
“I must help… Gracie…” The bronze robot muttered.
Guardromon continued to push through the force field, ignoring his body burning up from the electricity, he then ignited his jetpack and it gave him enough strength to go through the force field, but at the cost of his body being heavily burned up.
Guardromon didn’t stop there and boosted his way toward Sunflowmon.
End of Flashback
Guardromon pointed his fist at Sealsdramon, then panels on his wrist opened up, and missiles loaded out, the missiles were then launched toward Sealsdramon.
Sealsdramon intercepted the missiles by throwing knives at them, resulting in an explosion that covered the space between them in smoke.
Sealsdramon used this opportunity to run around and strike his target from the side, But Guardromon used his sensors to detect Sealsdramon through the smoke, and he fired lasers from his eyes.
Sealsdramon’s left eye notified him and halted in place before the lasers hit him, and proceeded to avoid more lasers firing at him swiftly.
The assassin saw an opening to throw a knife at Guardromon’s knee, causing him to drop to the ground.
Guardromon didn’t let his injury stop him and fired a laser in the direction where the knife was thrown, and it directly hit the assassin.
Guardromon stood up, despite his injured leg.
“Guardromon stop,” Sunflowmon begged.
“I need to protect Gracie…” Guardromon said.
Guardromon ignited his rockets and ascended upwards, but was unfortunately met with Sealsdramon leaping toward him with a knife in hand.
Sealsdramon stabbed Guardromon in the side, causing him to winch in pain, but Guardromon surprised Sealsdramon by grabbing his hand.
Guardromon loaded up a missile and fired it point-blank.
The explosion briefly knocked Sealsdramon out, Guardromon used this as an opportunity to slam the assassin to the ground.
For a moment, Sealsdramon was seemingly knocked out, and Guardromon pulled Sealsdramon up with his right arm.
But Sealsdramon pulls out a knife and stabs Guardromon in the middle of the arm.
Sealsdramon proceeded to use his strength to slice the arm off.
Everyone was startled by the sight.
“Guardromon!” Gracie cried.
Sealsdramon kicked Guardromon down, readying to finish him off.
Before he did, he was met with Filmon tackling him head-on.
“Get away from him!!” The hedgehog shouted, before proceeding to slash the assassin.
Due to fatigue, Sealsdramon couldn't dodge most of the slashes, Filmon jumped away to allow Sunflowmon to shoot explosive seeds at him, which he couldn't avoid.
At this point, Sealsdramon doesn’t resort to sneak attacks and lunges toward the two Champions.
Filmon hopped back to avoid the slashes, but when he stepped his injured leg on the ground, it reopened his wound, briefly causing him to stagger.
Sealsdramon took this opportunity to attack the hedgehog, but Sunflowmon swept in and pulled Filmon away so that she could face the assassin.
Sealsdramon began to swing his knife at Sunflowmon, who did her best to avoid it, but she wasn’t as agile as Filmon, mainly due to her wings being damaged, this allowed Sealsdramon to stab her in the chest.
“SUNFLOWMON!!!!” Gracie cried out.
But instead of winches in pain, Sunflowmon grins and grabs.
“Sunshine Bazooka!!!”
Sunflowmon shoots out a seed and hits Sealsdramon in the chest, cracking it.
From that one seed, Sealsdramon felt the impact through his body, as if he was hit by thousands of boulders at the same time.
Sunflowmon lets go of Sealsdramon’s arms allowing him to stumble back, his body staggering.
Just as Sealsdramon regained his composure, Filmon jumped in.
“Crimson Slash!”
Filmon slashes Sealsdramon’s cracked chest, breaking it open.
Sunflowmon took this chance to force another seed into his chest.
This time, the impact of the seed was much bigger, due to Sealsdramon’s skin being exposed.
Sealsdramon's eyes went cold as he fell to the ground and his body began to break apart.
At the same time, the force field turned off, further indicating that the group had won.
Ben and Orpheusmon went over to their friends.
“Are you guys ok?” He asked.
Tekka gave a thumbs-up
Filmon nods. “Aside from my leg, yes,”
The two Champion Digimon reverted to Rookie level and took their moment to catch their breath.
Ben looked down to the ground, and clenched his fist, feeling ashamed he couldn’t help in the fight, and all because he tripped on his leg.
Gracie on the other hand ran to Guardromon, she grabbed his hand, tears swelling up in her eyes, while the others looked in sorrow.
Gorillamon watched in disappointment at Sealsdramon falling to the enemy. He knew it wouldn't be long before he would suffer the same fate, and the factory would be shut down.
He attempted to call his colleague, but he was met with a message.
“ Your caller is not responding, please leave a message after the beep, ”
Gorillamon gritted his teeth. ‘I need to leave,’
Unbeknownst to him, the elevator opened up.
In confusion, Gorillamon turned around and was met by a tentacle piercing him in the shoulder.
Gorillamon’s eyes widened in shock as more tentacles wrapped around his limbs and the tips of them pierced his body, he was then lifted in the air.
Gorillamon grunted in frustration as he got a good look at the source of the tentacle.
“Hello there!” Chrysalimon said.
“Now’s not the time for quoting movies,” Lucas said.
Gorillamon grits his teeth. “How did you get in here without the alarms setting off?”
“The alarms? Those are nothing compared to a virus like me,” Chrysalimon answered.
As if Gorillamon was already mad, now his anger has skyrocketed.
Now desperate, he pointed his arm cannon at Chrysalimon, ignoring the pain from the tentacles, and fired an energy blast.
Lucas quickly jumped out of the way, while Chrysalimon took the blast, covering a portion of the room in smoke.
“Chrys!” Lucas called out.
Gorillamon grinned as he thought he succeeded but when the smoke cleared, he was shocked to see that Chrysalimon was barely fazed from the blast.
“Nice try,” Chrysalmon retorted.
Lucas walked up to Gorillamon. “Now then, tell us who you are working for,”
Gorillamon growled. “Never!”
Lucas kept his stern expression, he then noticed something on a table, next to Gorillamon’s chair.
It was a glass canister, and it looked like the one that Daisy had, it was filled with some sort of swirly black/purple substance inside of it.
“Can you explain what that is?” He asked the gorilla.
Gorillamon didn’t answer.
Lucas' expression became smug. “Does it have something to do with all the Digimon shrouded in dark aura?”
Gorillamon tensed up.
“I knew it,” Lucas said. “I’m going to ask again: Who are you working for?”
Gorillamon was feeling desperate, he looked down at the canister and noticed his foot was close to it, which gave an idea.
He raised his foot and smashed it toward the canister, cracking it.
Lucas and Chrysalimon were surprised and confused by this action.
The smoke poured out and reached up to Gorillamon’s face, he then inhaled the smoke in.
Gorillamon felt his entire body bumping as if something would burst out, and then purple veins became visible.
Gorillamon winches in pain before he screams in agony as a dark aura bursts from within his body.
Lucas and Chrysalimon covered their sight from the wind kicking up.
Once the wind settles down, they look at Gorillamon again, who is shrouded in a dark aura, just like the Digimon they fought before.
‘Guess that answers my second question’ Lucas thought.
Gorillamon snarled and shook like a caged beast.
“I’m afraid he won’t be useful to us,” Chrysalimon said.
Lucas sighed. “It’s not a problem, we’re in the control room, we’ll just find the info here,”
“So should I kill him?” Chrysalimon asked.
Lucas nods.
Chrysalimon channels electricity through his tentacles, and it makes its way into Gorillamon’s body, he screams in pain as his body breaks apart into particles, leaving behind nothing.
Lucas and Chrysalimon stayed silent as they turned around to the controls.
Lucas adjusted his glasses. “Now let’s see what secrets you’re holding,”
Back outside, Gracie cried over Guardromon, and everyone else lamented.
Eventually, they could hear their Digivices ringing.
Tekka pulled up his Digivice, and pressed ‘answer’.
“Hey guys, Chrys has taken care of the overlooker, and I’ve found some important info in the control tower, you should come up here now,” Lucas said.
“Ok, but you might need to consider Gracie’s feelings,” Tekka said.
Lucas checked the surveillance and saw Guardromon’s state, it made him feel sorrowful, Chrysalimon also saw this, but something popped into his head.
“Hey Lucas, I know how to fix him!” Chrysalimon said.
Lucas turned to his partner. “How?”
Chrysalimon grabbed Lucas’ Digivice. “While I was searching for the generator, I found an empty room, which seems abandoned, and since this is a factory run by robots, there’s only one possibility…” He gave his Digivice back to Lucas.
Lucas looked at the map and the location Chrysalimon said, before calling Tekka up again.
“Hey Tekka, Chrys found a place that could help Guardromon, it should be on your map,”
Tekka checks the map which has directions to a spot in the factory.
“Chrys also called up some help from the free robot Digimon to bring Guardromon,” Lucas said.
“Ok,” Tekka hung up and turned to Gracie.
“Lucas called, He’s likely found a room that could help Guadromon,”
Gracie’s mind was filled with hope
Shortly after, a group of Guardromon along with the stag beetle Digimon named Kokuwamon arrived to pick up the broken Guadromon.
Gracie was still worried.
“You could go with them if you want to,” Tekka suggested. “You can still listen through video chat on your Digivice,”
Gracie nods as she and Lalamon follow the robot Digimon.
As they left, Tekka, Herissmon, Ben, and Impmon went to the tower.
With Gracie
Gracie and Lalamon followed the robot Digimon until they reached a room that appeared to be a repair room, and it looked like it had never been used in years. The implication of this sight horrified Gracie and Lalamon.
Gracie shook her head, focusing on Guardromon.
The robot Digimon began to fix Guardromon, replacing his broken parts. Kokuwamon pulled out a cable, plugged it into Guardromon, and turned on the electricity.
After a bit, Guardromon’s eyes open up, which prompts Gracie to run up and embrace him.
“Guardromon! I’m glad you're ok!!” The orange-haired girl cried.
Guardromon raised his hand and touched Gracie’s cheek.
“Did you… free our home?” Guardromon asked.
Gracie nods.
“Thank you…”
Guardromon lay down and let the other robot Digimon fix him.
Wanting to give Guardromon some space, Gracie and Lalamon decided to leave the room.
As they walked through the hallway, Gracie received a video call from Tekka, which she accepted.
With the others
Tekka, Herissmon, Ben, and Impmon exited the elevator, meeting up with Lucas and Chrysalimon.
“So you let Gracie go after Guardromon,” Lucas said.
“I was just considering her feelings,” Tekka said, pulling out his Digivice and setting up a video call. “What did you find out?”
Lucas gestures to Chrysalimon and he gives him the canister. “This,”
Tekka, Gracie, Ben, and their partners gasped as their eyes widened.
“I know what you’re thinking, but check this out!” Lucas turned to the computer and typed on it, activating a screen, and showing the canister with the black/purple substance.
“This canister lets out smoke that, if inhaled, will amplify a Digimon’s rage, destroying anything in their sight, making them easy to control,” Lucas explained. “Thought according to the data, most recent victims are shown to be slightly smarter,”
“So it was the cause of a virus,” Herissmon said.
“Do you know why this virus was made, to begin with?” Tekka asked.
“Sadly, Chrys couldn’t find any info on it,” Lucas replied. “Either it was deleted beforehand, or wasn’t there, to begin with,”
“But what we do know is that there are many factories around the Digital World producing this virus,” Chrysalimon continued.
The others tensed up.
“All over the Digital world? How are we supposed to stop this threat?” Ben said in concern.
The question began to weigh on the other’s mind.
Lucas and Chrysalimon didn't know what to say to improve everyone's moods.
Everyone snapped back to reality when they heard the sound of ringing, Chrysalimon looked over to the screen and saw that someone was calling them, and he notified the others.
Lucas looks at the screen and sees someone named ‘Datamon’.
“I think that was for Gorillamon,” Chrysalimon points out.
“Should we answer it?” Gracie asked.
“But what are we supposed to say? He‘s obviously working for our enemy,” Impmon said.
“How about we just ignore it,” Tekka suggested. “That’s what I do whenever a weird number tries to call me,”
Everyone waited until the screen stopped ringing before it started ringing again, they waited it out again, but it continued ringing after it stopped, much to their annoyance.
“Ok, this is going nowhere,” Impmon said.
“Well, what else are we supposed to do? Answer them?” Herissmon asked.
“No, we need to think about this more clearly,” Tekka suggested.
“I say we do this,” Chrysalimon pressed ‘answer’.
Lucas cringed in shock and everyone followed.
“You idiot! Why did you do that?!” Lucas exclaimed.
“Just wanted to get this off our backs,” Chrysalimon said.
Lucas facepalms in frustration, but he doesn’t talk further as the screen shows a machine Digimon.
“Finally! Sorry I responded a little late, I was busy–”
The machine Digimon noticed that Gorillamon wasn’t on his screen, and instead, there were three humans and Digimon, (Gracie and Lalamon were on video call).
He stayed silent for a bit…
“WHO THE HECK ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?!”
“Heh, we’re your worst nightmare!!” Chrysalimon said.
“Chrys… shut up…” Lucas muttered.
“Who’s this micro midget?” Impmon said.
The machine Digimon heard him. “I heard that! For your information, my name is Datamon, now tell me where Gorillamon is!?” He demanded.
“Gone, reduced to atoms,” Chrysalimon retorted.
Lucas walked up to Chrysalimon and grabbed some of his tentacles. “Enough with the quoting!!” He growled.
Tekka decides to speak up.
“Sorry, the one you were calling is dead,” Tekka said.
Datamon's eyes widened in shock but then recognized the humans.
“Wait? You're those kids who thwarted Deltamon’s group!!” Datamon exclaimed.
The group tensed up.
“So you were the jerk who sent those monsters to the village!!” Ben shouted.
Datamon grits his teeth, “You kids are more troublesome than I thought, mark my words, you will regret standing in my way,”
The screen turns off, leaving the group in silence.
“Well that could’ve gone worse,” Chrysalimon said.
A tick mark popped onto Lucas’s head and he shoved Chrysalimon.
“Next time think before you act idiot!!” Lucas snarled.
“That definitely gave us some gray hairs,” Gracie said.
“Now I can’t help but think of what’s gonna happen to us next,” Ben said.
Herissmon noticed the surveillance camera showing the entrance and saw something coming.
“Guys look!” Herissmon points out, prompting Chrysalimon to change the screen to show the footage of the front, showing Komondomon approaching the entrance gate.
“Komondomon!” Ben exclaimed.
“That means the others are here!” Gracie exclaimed.
“We should go to them now!” Herissmon said.
“Are we ignoring the problem with the factory?” Impmon points out.
“No, we’re just going to tell this to the others,” Tekka said.
At first, Komondomon hesitated to go near the factory, but he mustered up the courage and went through the gate.
Jake, Vivian, Daisy, and their partners looked around the factory, which is filled with robot Digimon disposing of Troopmons.
“It looked like a revolution happened here,” Daisy said.
“I think it has something to do with Tekka and the others,” Hackmon said.
“Heeey!!!” A voice called out.
The three humans and their partners turned to see their friends, much to their relief and happiness.
The two groups take this moment to catch up on what happened, afterwards, they are ready to leave, but not before Gracie says one last goodbye to someone.
“Guardromon, we sadly have to leave now, I hope you have a safe life starting from now!” Gracie said.
“I understand, I wish you luck on your journey,” Guardromon said.
Gracie smiled as she walked to Komondomon, waving goodbye to Guardromon.
As Komondomon runs through the land, the group inside discusses what they learned about the virus and how factories all over the Digital world produce it.
Jake, Vivian, Daisy, and their partners were shocked and doubt began to settle in their minds.
“We felt the same thing, but for now we need a moment to breathe,” Tekka looks at the map. “We’re getting close to Net City,”
Hackmon regains his laid-back personality. ‘It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Net City, last time I went there with my Master, I can’t wait to see it again,’
He was brought out of his thoughts, when Komondomon stopped abruptly, which confused everyone.
“Hey Komondomon, why’d you stop?” Tekka asked.
Komondomon lets out a concerning bark.
“I think he is telling us to get to look outside,” Hackmon said.
Everyone went up the balcony and what they saw shocked them to the core, especially Hackmon.
It was a city, but metal walls surrounded it, and the city inside looked like an outside force took it over.
“No… that’s Net City…” Hackmon said in disbelief.
As he said that everyone felt dreadful.
Tekka stared at the city, unsure of what to think, and bit his lip.
‘If this was not even the worst this world has to offer, then we’ll have to go face it with all our might!’
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, the kids are divided on how to liberate Net City, their biggest challenge to this point, which left them to split up into two groups, with Ben and Impmon feeling a bit left out, unbeknownst to them, the mysterious demon Digimon sets his sights on Ben and Impmon. Next time on Digimon Chronicles, Chapter 11: United We Stand, Rise of the DigiDestined Part 1
Notes:
What a cliffhanger I left, hopefully, this won't be the last one you see in this story
Of course, this Chapter was inspired by Episode 12 of Adventure 2020 (Guardromon No. 2038 was from the episode) and Episode 13 of Ghost game, which funnily enough, that episode opened with Sealsdramon killing a Gorillamon.
Finally, Rearise was a reference to Digimon Rearise, it's just meant to be a reference as I don't feel like giving it a lot of lore
Chapter 11: United We Stand, Rise of the DigiDestined Part 1
Notes:
Ok, sometime after I posted the last chapter, I forgot to add an important scene near the end, so I suggest you go back to the scene in the tower.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
In a dark wasteland filled with withered trees and plants, there was no sign of any life except one Digimon. It was a humanoid Digimon with black armor and long blonde hair, he had two skulls on his hands and eyes on his shoulders, knees, feet, and one prominently on his chest.
The Digimon walks through the wasteland, he doesn’t know what he is walking, all he knows is emptiness, it’s what he has felt ever since he was born.
He continued to walk until he saw something… something unusual.
It was a flourished tree illuminated by a sunbeam, which was more lively than all the withered ones in the area.
He doesn’t know how to describe it, something about the tree made him feel… something inside of him.
He walked towards the tree, his curiosity increasing with each step he took.
Once he stood in front of the tree, he was mesmerized by the sight, it made him feel something he never felt before. But he also noticed something else, it was a small pink rabbit Digimon, wearing a pink scarf around her neck and headphones.
The young Digimon looked weak and injured, as if she was resting after a long walk through these wastelands, something he could understand.
Not wanting to leave the tree and the Digimon behind, the dark Digimon sat down beside the rabbit Digimon and leaned toward the tree.
As he rested on the tree, he could hear the pink rabbit groaning as she began to move. She opened her eyes and saw the dark Digimon, whose appearance scared her. She tried to run away but her injuries kicked in and she fell to the ground.
Looking at the pink rabbit, the dark Digimon grabbed the pink rabbit and made her sit properly, an action that surprised her.
“Why did you help me?” The rabbit Digimon wondered.
The dark Digimon responds. “You were not sitting properly,”
The pink rabbit noticed parts of the dark Digimon’s armor were damaged.
“Did something happen to you?” She asked.
“I was in a fight, lots of fights, around here it’s either eat or be eaten…” The dark Digimon explained.
Feeling bad for the dark Digimon, the pink rabbit Digimon stood up and walked closer before pointing her arms at the dark wizard’s body, her arms began to glow and the dark Digimon’s torso was encased in a green sphere.
The dark Digimon could feel his injuries healing, and once again made him feel something other than emptiness.
The pink rabbit’s ears perk up. “I forgot to ask, what’s your name?”
“Duskmon,” The dark wizard responded.
The pink rabbit smiled. “I’m Cutemon!” She said before continuing to heal Duskmon.
Duskmon wonders why Cutemon was going through the effort to heal him, she doesn't even know him, and he is a Digimon from the Nightmare Soldiers.
“Why are you helping me?” Duskmon wonders.
“I can’t just leave someone to die, that’s what my parents taught me,” Cutemon said.
Duskmon got curious. “Where are your parents?”
Cutemon freezes, her arms are trembling, and she stops healing Duskmon.
Duskmon wonders why Cutemon went silent but notices tears in her eyes.
Cutemon finally speaks up. “Me and my parents were out on a trip around the Digital world, but recently we were attacked… and my parents… my parents…”
Cutemon completely breaks down crying.
Duskmon didn’t know what to do, but something inside him urged him to pull Cutemon closer to him and gently embrace her. Cutemon slowly calmed down, as she remembered her parent’s embrace.
Then out of nowhere, the two of them heard screeching coming from the air.
They looked up to see a silhouette of a dark demonic dragon in front of the moon, its glowing red eyes glaring down at them.
Duskmon’s expression turned dark. “Devidramon…”
Cutemon curls up in fear. Duskmon notices this, and it suddenly ignites a feeling of hatred toward the demonic dragon.
He picks Cutemon up, and places her to the side, before standing up to face the demon dragon.
“You’re… scaring Cutemon… go away!” He snarled.
Devidramon growled, not intimidated by the dark wizard.
Duskmon glares at Devidramon as two swords emerge from the skull of his hands. Cutemon watches in worry, clinging to the tree as hard as she can.
Duskmon and Devidramon locked eyes before Devidramon flew towards the dark wizard, its red claws ready to tear him to shreds.
Duskmon didn’t flinch and he used his blades to parry Devidramon's claws, while simultaneously using swift movement to dodge. This continues until Duskmon sees an opening and stabs Devidramon in the chest.
Devidramon freezes in shock, his body staggering, he growls viciously as what appears to be dark storm clouds gather in his mouth, but he is suddenly stabbed from below the chin by Duskmon’s other blade.
Duskmon proceeds to rapidly slash Devidramon, he screams in pain as blood is splattered everywhere.
Cutemon watches the entire scene in shock and horror, she didn't think Duskmon would be so violent…
Devidramon lay down on the ground, blood coming out of his wounds, and his body breaking apart.
Duskmon retracts his blade as he turns around and sees Cutemon quivering in fear, which makes him realize his mistake. He closed his eyes and lowered his head in shame, believing Cutemon would run away in fear, but he felt something grabbing onto his leg, it was Cutemon…
“Why? Why aren’t you afraid?” He asks in confusion.
“Because you’re not a bad person, you killed that evil dragon to protect me,” Cutemon explains.
“So you’re not afraid of me? A dark Digimon?”
Cutemon looks up and shakes her head. “You may be a dark Digimon, but you're not a bad Digimon,”
Duskmon tensed up in shock. All his life, he believed everyone saw the Nightmare Soldiers as nothing but evil Digimon, but this one Digimon was the exception.
From this forward on, Duskmon would look after Cutemon.
Duskmon’s eyes open and he finds himself inside his room, the lights are turned off, with the only light source coming from the balcony door.
He looked over to see Cutemon, who was sleeping. He then stood up, took a deep breath, and walked out the door.
Stepping outside, he briefly covered his eyes from the light from the sun and once he moved his hand away, he was greeted by a high view of the entirety of Net City. Despite the clash between the clear bright blue sky and the gloomy enslaved city, the view is still stunning to anyone who sees it.
But not to him, not because he finds it uninteresting, but because he doesn’t know how to process this, and he has been unable to do so since he was born.
He was brought back to reality when he heard a beeping noise coming from the room, prompting him to return inside.
As he entered the room, his eyes clung to a communicator on the table, he also noticed Cutemon waking up because of the beeping.
“Aren’t you going to answer that?” Cutemon asks.
Duskmon doesn’t reply, so Cutemon presses the button on the communicator instead, which projects a holographic screen showing Datamon.
“Finally I got through! Why did you take a bit to respond?” Datamon wonders.
“Forgive him! He never bothers to accept these calls, so I did it,” Cutemon said.
Datamon facepalmed and rolled his eyes. “Anyway, I needed to warn you about the group of human children and their Digimon, who have been a threat lately,”
Duskmon’s eyes squinted. “Humans?”
Datamon nods as he begins presenting footage of the kids and their partner Digimon. “For the past two weeks, they’ve been going around the Digital World, and have been interfering with our plans, from stopping Deltamon and his group from tearing down a Village of Beginning, taking out the D-Brigade, which admittedly was my fault, and took down one of our factories…”
Duskmon shows a lack of interest while looking at the footage, but two people catch his eye and his curiosity heightens.
“And now they are currently on their way to Net City, so I’m asking you to deal with them, 'cause I know you would never fall against them,” Datamon concludes.
“Could you show me that footage of that young boy and the imp?” Duskmon requested.
Datamon’s eyes perk up. “Ok,”
The screens show footage of Ben and Impmon, particularly Ben channeling darkness through his Digivice and Impmon being shrouded in darkness as he Digivolves.
Duskmon leans forward for a bit before pulling back. “Alright, I’ll deal with them,”
Datamon smirks. “I’m looking forward to seeing the results,” He said as the holographic projection turned off.
Cutemon turns over to Duskmon. “Why did you accept their request? You’ve never done it before?”
Duskmon’s eyes look down to Cutemon. “Two people have piqued my interest,” he responds.
He walks to a giant computer that appears to control the entire city. He stood in front of it as a camera-like device popped out and scanned him, once it recognized Duskmon, the computer turned on.
“Call in the air squad, I’ve found a target,”
The group sat down around the table, as looking at the sight of the enslaved city was too much for kids like them to handle. Each partner Digimon did their best to comfort their human partners.
Herissmon leaned over to Tekka, which prompted him to pull him closer, Hackmon stood next to Jake, Lopmon latched onto Vivian’s arm, Renamon rubbed Daisy’s back, Lalamon hovered around Gracie, Keramon embraced Lucas from behind, and Impmon shared the snacks he was eating with Ben.
“So… what do we do now?” Ben asked.
The whole room was silent, as no one was sure what to answer, except one…
Tekka stood up. “Simple, we’re going to go in and liberate the city!!” He declared.
Everyone stared at him in disbelief.
"I know this is our toughest challenge yet, but we can't give up despite that," He says.
Everyone else had mixed reactions to his statement, then Jake stood up.
“Tekka’s right, I remember someone I looked up to told me once: No matter how tough the enemy is, we always have to kick their butts!!”
Vivian cringed when Jake said that.
“But how do you suppose we get in the city?” Daisy points out.
“We could sneak in the same way as we did in the factory,” Herissmon suggested.
“The problem is, Net City seems more advanced than the factory, and given our unfortunate call-in with that Datamon guy, it wouldn’t be surprising if he ratted us out,” Lucas brings up.
“Oh right, that makes sense…” Herissmon said in agreement.
“Well we have to come up with something eventually,” Tekka said.
The group proceeds to argue different ideas on how to infiltrate the city, Tekka, Jake, and Gracie suggest charging in headfirst, while Lucas, Vivian, and Daisy advocate that they should sneak in to destroy it from the inside.
Ben, however, is the only one not participating in the discussion, in fact he feels like he’s out of place to discuss stuff like this. Wanting to escape the conversation, Ben stood up and went to the stairs leading to the balcony.
Ben stepped out of the door to the balcony, he was exposed to the bright sun and the breezing air, letting all the stress in his body go away.
Walking to the edge, he rested his chin on his hand, contemplating everything that happened until now
The very first thing that happened to him was that a wolf attacked him. He was attacked by militaristic dragons and swept down a river. He had to free a group of enslaved robot Digimon from a Gorilla and was forced to watch his friends fight against a cyborg assassin. Now they're doing it again but on a much bigger scale.
He couldn't help but think of all the other possible dangers that could show up after this.
Before he thought further he stopped to take a deep breath, not wanting to build the stress he relieved back up.
He then heard the door open, he turned around to see Impmon coming out of the balcony door.
“Listening to people talking isn't my thing, is it the same for you?” Impmon asks.
“Yeah, I’m not used to group discussions like this,” Ben admits.
Impmon could tell by Ben’s tone that wasn’t the only reason.
“Let me guess, you’re thinking back about accepting the knight’s choice right?” Impmon guessed.
Ben startled back in shock, which gave Impmon his answer.
He grinned. “Looks like I was right!”
Ben rubbed the back of his head and sighed in embarrassment. “You got me,” He admits.
“Don’t sweat it, we all try to hide our secrets from others,” Impmon said as he walked over to stand beside his partner.
The two of them stared out to the horizon, not a word was said between them.
Wanting to break the silence, Ben turned to the purple imp.
“So… You don’t like group discussions too, right?” He asks.
Impmon scoffs. “Yeah, I guess you don’t like it too?”
Ben nods. “Whenever I’m put in a group at school, I always just follow what I’m told to do, and whenever we need to discuss what we need to do, I just don’t say a thing, ‘cause I always felt like I don’t matter to everyone else. This is probably why I became the target for Rick and his goons,” He ends melancholic.
Impmon looks at him with sympathy. He was about to say something to Ben but stopped before he did, seemingly wanting to keep something a secret.
Impmon stares back onto the horizon, but he notices something in the air, it appears to be three silhouettes flying, and it doesn’t take long for Ben to notice it too.
“Is it just me, or is something flying towards us?” Ben said.
Impmon tenses up, believing something dangerous is coming.
As the two of them looked in the air, the silhouette came closer and closer, and they noticed several things coming off one of them, and descended toward them leaving behind cloud trails, seeing those made them realize what they were.
Ben turns his head to Komondomon. “Komondomon move!!!!”
Komondomon perked up and quickly sprinted as fast as he could. Ben and Impmon hang on for dear life.
Back inside, while the kids were still discussing plans, Hackmon’s ears perked up, Renamon’s eyes shot open, and Herissmon tensed up, which Tekka noticed.
“Is something wrong?” He wondered.
Herissmon, Hackmon, and Renamon looked out the window, which got everyone’s attention.
Herissmon turns his head around. “Hang on to something!”
Acting on instinct, Tekka, Daisy, Hackmon, and Renamon grabbed onto the table, while Jake, Vivian, Lucas, Gracie, Lopmon, Lalamon, and Keramon didn’t.
Then they felt Komondomon suddenly sprinting, which caused those who weren't holding onto something to fall back and smack into the wall, while the others held on as hard as they could.
As the missiles catch up, Komondomon dodges each missile one by one, as they get close to him, letting them explode when they touch the ground.
After the last missile explodes, Komondomon makes a hard stop, which causes Ben and Impmon to slide from one side of the balcony to the other.
“Ow!!” Ben muttered, rubbing his back.
Impmon groans as he stands up and looks around for the airborne Digimon.
“We’re in the clear for now,” Impmon turns to Ben. “We need to ready ourselves to fight back,”
Ben also stands up and thinks of what to do, the most logical thing to do is go to the others.
But he was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard someone yelling.
“HELP!!!”
Ben turned to the direction of the voice, which was from a few miles away, he placed his hands on the edge trying to look out to find the source of the voice. Impmon could tell what Ben was thinking.
“You’re thinking of helping him aren’t you?” Impmon asked.
Ben tightens his grip. “I can’t just leave them be!”
Impmon sighs. “Let’s make this quick,”
“Huh?” Ben utters.
“I said let’s make it quick, plus you’ll be safe as long as you stay near me,” Impmon repeats.
Ben felt reassured. The two of them nod as they hop off Komondomon and head in the direction of the voice.
“Hopefully the others won’t be mad that I left for a bit without asking,” Ben thought.
Ben and Impmon walk through the empty dry fields looking for the Digimon crying out for help, while also keeping a high alert in case of the airborne Digimon.
“Hey! Is anyone out there?!!” Ben shouted.
“Over here!!”
Ben squints his eyes to get a clearer look and sees a seemingly injured and bruised Digimon stuck between the crack of the ground, prompting him and Impmon to approach him. Once they got close, they got a clear view of the Digimon, whose appearance made Ben feel somewhat disgusted.
That’s because the Digimon resembles the poop emoji, but is colored white and has robotic-looking limbs, not to mention there seems to be a small yellow rodent sitting on a chair that is attached to the Digimon’s back.
Ben shook his head and regained his focus.
“Are you ok?” He asks.
The Digimon lets out a weak smile. “Barely,”
Ben leads his hand out. “What’s your name?”
“Damemon,” He points to the rodent on his back. “This little fella is my friend Tyutyumon,”
“Hi,” Tyutyumon said.
“How did you end up here?” Impmon asked.
Damemon tensed up, but Tyutyumon gave out an answer. “Well… we manage to escape from the city and just as we thought we were free, we got caught in the crossfire from those missiles,”
Ben gave the two a sympathetic look, while Impmon showed some signs of suspicion.
Ben walks over to stand next to Damemon and grabs hold of him
“One, two, THREE!!” He pulls with all his might and successfully pulls Damemon out of the crack, he felt a bit uncomfortable holding him, but at least he got him out of the crack. However unbeknownst to him, Tyutyumon lets out a malicious smirk.
Ben places Damemon down and crouches down to his level. “Can you walk properly?”
Damemon nods.
Ben stood up. “Good, we need to get back to Komondomon fast,”
Damemon points to the sky. “Look!”
Ben and Impmon looked in the direction he was pointing and their eyes widened. As they look away, Tyutyumon leans over to Damemon.
“It’s time…” He whispered.
Damemon chuckles as his body slowly opens up, while simultaneously growing bigger.
Ben and Impmon see the three airborne Digimon from earlier.
Impmon clenches his fist. “We need to get back to the others,”
Ben gulped before he nodded, he then got the idea to contact the other using his Digivice, but he heard a voice behind him.
“That won’t be necessary,” A deep voice said.
Ben and Impmon tensed up and felt shivers descending their spines when they heard the voice.
Ben then noticed a shadow casting over him and Impmon, but as he noticed that, an arm wrapped around his neck caused him to shriek and drop his Digivice, but he was silenced by a blade.
Hearing Ben’s shriek prompted Impmon to turn around and what he saw almost made his heart stop.
In Damemon’s place was a tall Ninja Digimon and judging from the six white curve pieces on his back, he seemed to come from inside Damemon’s shell, his true form in a way. Most importantly, he has Ben in his arms.
Impmon grits his teeth. “Damemon, you bastard!”
“That’s Tuwarmon to you!” Tyutyumon corrected.
Impmon assumes a fighting stance.
“Uh, uh, uh, I wouldn't fight if I were you,” Tyutyumon gestures to Tuwarmon, prompting him to hover a sickle close to Ben’s neck.
Impmon’s body trembled in frustration as there was nothing she could do, but he still had the courage to say something.
“What do you want from us?”
“We’ve been ordered to take you two in, though the reason was classified,” Tyutyumon answered.
Ben could not handle all the anxiety any longer, so he let it all out.
“HELP!!!!”
Back inside Komondomon, everyone was recovering from being slammed into the wall.
“I thought we were gonna die,” Vivian said.
“I think we already did, my soul’s barely tethered to my body,” Lalamon muttered.
Jake groans. “Why the heck did Komondomon sprint without warning? Were we under attack?”
Herissmon hops onto the table. “Yes, we saw a missile through the window,”
“So I guess they must’ve been on high alert, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s because of that Datamon guy,” Lucas said.
“If that’s the case, why couldn't they just send them earlier?” Daisy points out.
As the group was in thought, Tekka noticed someone was missing.
“Hey, where are Ben and Impmon?” Tekka wonders, getting everyone’s attention, who also notices the two are not in the room.
Their minds point to one place where they could be: the balcony, so they immediately went there.
But neither of them was there…
This causes the group to panic, as their youngest member, who was also the one who had it the hardest when first brought into the Digital world, was missing.
Hackmon then heard a faint echo of the word “Help!” that made his ears perk up.
“I hear Ben!” Hackmon exclaimed as the others turned their heads to him.
“Where?!” Tekka demanded to know.
Hackmon points to the direction he hears the voice from.
Tekka turns to Komondomon. “Come on, Komondomon!”
But before Komondomon moved, the sound of jet engines could be heard.
“Looks like we’ve got company,” Hackmon said.
Everyone looked up to the air, where they saw five Digimon descending toward them. Three of them bear a resemblance to a Pteranodon.
Daisy pulls out her Digivice analyzer.
Name: Pteranomon
Level: Armor
Type: Pterosaur
Attribute: Data, Free
Field: Metal Empire, Nature Spirits, Wind Guardians
Attacks: Beak Pierce, Hell’s Bomb, Missile Storm
Bio: Among aerial Digimon, it can fly at the highest altitude, with its excellent eyesight, it can pinpoint bombs to the enemy without revealing itself.
Tekka grits his teeth in frustration, but to his relief, the others stand in front of him.
“We’ll take care of them, you go get Ben!” Jake said.
Tekka nods and turns to Herissmon. “Let’s go!”
Tekka and Herissmon hopped off Komondomon, with Tekka activating his Digivice, enveloping Herissmon in a white light, Digivolving into Filmon, using his Digivice map they sprint toward Ben and Impmon’s location.
As they left, the other kids activated their Digivices, and the partners were also enveloped with different colored lights, Digivolving into their Champion forms.
Ben pants after yelling so hard, while everyone present is shocked at him yelling out of nowhere.
Tyutyumon rubbed his ears in frustration. “Arrgh! I guess people are right about children being absolute loudmouths,” He gestures to Tuwarmon, who karate chops Ben’s neck.
Ben’s vision slowly gets blurry, his body going numb.
Impmon’s eyes widened, and a massive wave of fury boiled inside his body. “Let him go!!” He demanded.
Tyutyumon waves his fingers. “Uh, uh uh, our orders are to bring you in,”
Impmon was so close to lashing out but managed to keep his composure.
“Anyway, we should head back, Duskmon is waiting for you two,” Tyutyumon said, clapping his hands, signaling Tuwarmon to walk away, carrying the unconscious Ben in his arms.
As Impmon follows Tuwarmon, he notices Ben’s Digivice on the ground, which gives him an idea.
While Tyutyumon and Tuwarmon weren't looking, Impmon fiddled with the Digivice, typing some sort of message.
Once he finished, he buried the Digivice under the dirt before continuing to follow Tuwarmon, pretending to look frustrated and distraught.
“I hope they get the message,”
The lead Pteranomon fired missiles at them, prompting Kyubimon and Sunflowmon to leap forward.
“Fox Tail Inferno!!!”
“Sunshine Gun!!!”
The fireballs and the seeds collide with the missiles, resulting in smoke obscuring both side’s view.
The lead Pteranomon gestures to his two companions, who descend towards the group, which prompted the partner Digimon to stay near Komondomon to defend him and more importantly their human partners
The Pteranomon fired a volley of missiles at Komondomon but it was intercepted by Kyubimon and Sunflowmon shooting out fireballs and seeds that caused some of the missiles to explode upon impact.
Seeing six missiles coming toward him gave Chrysalimon an idea, so he stretched out his tentacles.
Lucas picked up on what he was thinking. “Please tell me you know what you’re doing,” He said.
Chrysalimon looks at the dark blue-haired boy. “I am, watch!” He said confidently, before sending his tentacles at the missiles.
His tentacles wrapped around the missiles, each one he grabbed, it felt like someone was yanking his tentacles away and once he caught all the missiles he was dragged into the air.
Everyone watches as the chrysalis Digimon zooms through the air in disbelief but to their surprise, Chrysalimon manages to turn the missiles in the direction he wanted, though he still has a bit of trouble with holding onto the missiles as he turns them.
“Wow, he’s such a dork,” Jake said.
Lucas sighs. “We’ll he’s my dork,”
Seeing that Chrysalimon was out of the picture, The other Champion Digimon begrudgingly stood back toward the mechanical pteranodons.
Sunflowmon attacked first. “Sunshine Beam!!!”
But what Sunflowmon did not expect was that the lead Pteranomon fired a laser out of his mouth.
The two beams clashed, seemingly even, Sunflowmon putting her all into her attack, however, the two other Pteranomon fired beams as well which combined with the lead’s, creating a stronger beam, overpowering Sunflowmon, who dodged at the last second.
The Pteranomon proceeds to fire more beams, prompting the partner Digimon to scatter.
BaoHackmon and Turuiemon ran side by side, and the Pteranomon noticed them and fired missiles.
BaoHackmon and Turuiemon gave each other a look and nodded.
The two jumped up and used the missiles as platforms to jump off from, which prompted the Pteranomon to fire more missiles, which was a bad idea as it just gave their targets more ground to jump off.
As they got close, the lead Pteranomon quickly ascended, but the other two didn’t.
“Fif Cross!!”
“Ninja Claw!!”
One Pteranomon was slashed while the other was pierced through the chest, leading them to break apart as they fell to the ground.
Knowing that it's outnumbered, the lead Pteranomon attempted to make a getaway, only for it to get halted when it was forced to dodge Kyubimon’s fireballs.
Before it could retaliate, Sunflowmon flew up to its level and fired another beam of sunlight, to which Pteranomon countered with his own laser beam.
What followed was a beam struggle, with both of them seemingly being even. But then the sound of missiles could be heard, but it wasn’t from the Pteranomon.
“INCOMING!!!” Chrysalimon yelled, heading straight toward Pteranodon, he aligned the missiles to Pteranomon and let go of them.
Pteranomon was so focused on firing its beams so much that it couldn’t move out of the way, what followed was an explosion, deleting it.
Sunflowmon stopped her attack and took this moment to catch her breath, as she did Chrysalimon floated in front of her.
Sunflowmon glances at the chrysalis. “If you hadn’t been playing with those missiles, we probably would’ve dealt with those three faster,”
“But at least, they are dead now,” Chrysalimon said.
Sunflowmon chuckles. “Let’s get back to the others,”
Tekka and Filmon run through the empathy fields, following the map’s directions to Ben’s location.
As he hangs onto Filmon, Tekka begins to hyperventilate, worried that something might happen to Ben, and all because he was too focused on how to infiltrate Net City, he peeks over to his map and sees that he is getting close.
“Please let Ben be safe!”
He then felt Filmon stopping in place, he got off Filmon and looked around for Ben and Impmon, only to find nothing…
He looks at the map again and sees that he has reached his destination, which just got him confused…
Where are Ben and Impmon?
He holds out his hands in front of his mouth. “BEN!! IMPMON!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!”
His yell echoes throughout the wasteland, but there is no answer…
Distraught, he begins to think of all the possibly worse things that could have happened to Ben and Impmon.
Filmon on the other hand tries to sniff out Ben and Impmon’s traces, and his eyes perk up.
He follows his scent until he sees something sticking out from the ground, once he digs it out his eyes widen.
“Tekka! Look at this!!”
Tekka snapped out of his thoughts and turned over to Filmon, and once he saw Ben’s Digivice made him feel both relieved and worried.
Filmon gave the purple Digivice to Tekka, and he first saw a message when he turned it on.
“WE’VE BEEN CAPTURED, BUT IT SEEMS THEY WANTED ME AND BEN ALIVE,”
Tekka sighed in relief, but he couldn’t help but question why the enemy would want Ben and Impmon.
Filmon gave Tekka a sympathetic look. “I know this isn’t much to alleviate you, but at least it’ll give you enough hope to continue,”
Tekka turns over to Filmon. “Thanks, Filmon, let’s get back to the others,”
Ben is lying on a bed, unconscious, until a ray of sunlight shines over his eye, causing him to grunt as he hovers his arm over his eyes.
“You’re awake,”
Ben turns his head to his right and sees Impmon, sitting on a bed on the opposite side of their room.
He groaned as he leaned up and looked around the room he and Impmon were in. They seem to be in a grey prison cell, both of them sitting on beds on opposite sides of the room, finally, there is only one window barricaded by bars, and the door which was locked, one final detail is that there is a camera in the top left corner.
As he sat straight, he checked his pocket and realized his Digivice was gone, he thought back to everything that had happened that led him and Impmon to this point, from them finding Damemon, who turned out to be a bad guy, and he couldn't remember anything after he screams for help, but that gave him a realization.
He and Impmon are in the enemy’s hands, which could be a huge problem for his friends. What if the enemy used him and Impmon as hostages to force them to surrender?
What makes this even worse is that it was HIS fault why they were captured, all because he wanted to help a Digimon.
Impmon notices his partner’s behavior. ‘Should I tell him I left the others a message?’ Impmon shook his head. ‘No! I don’t want to upset him even more,’
They were both snapped back into reality when he heard the sound of a door opening, which prompted him and Impmon to get up.
Impmon assumes a defensive stance in front of Ben, while the young boy tries his best to put up a brave face.
The door opens revealing nothing but pitch black at first, before nine red lights pierce through them, before revealing Duskmon’s full body.
Ben’s body staggers upon seeing Duskmon, but he takes a huge breath to ease his fear.
Duskmon stands in front of the cell door, staring at the two, who glared at him to show that they are not intimidated, but he could tell that Ben is.
As beads of sweat drip down his face, Impmon speaks out. “So you're the big shot of this place aren’t you?”
Duskmon nods. “Yes…”
Impmon’s eyes widened, he wasn’t expecting such an earnest reply like that, but he quickly regained his composure.
“What do you want from us?!” He inquires
Duskmon didn’t answer. Ben and Impmon think of all the possible things Duskmon could do with them right now, but what he did next surprised them.
He opened the cell door without hesitation.
He turned around to the door. “Take your time, I’ll be waiting for you,” He says before stepping through the door.
Ben and Impmon stared in disbelief.
“Wh-what should we do?” Ben wonders.
Impmon grabbed Ben’s arm. “We need to go,”
Ben clenched his fist, but he knew he had no other choice.
“Let’s go,” He reluctantly said.
As Tekka and Herissmon returned to the others, they explained the message they found Ben’s Digivice in it. Everyone’s hearts sank and they all panicked, but Tekka quickly calmed them down.
“Look, we’re all equally at fault for not looking after Ben, but worrying so much isn’t going to help,” Tekka said. “Which is why we're going in to save him!”
“But we don’t have a plan yet, especially on how to get in,” Vivian points out as Hackmon jumps onto the table.
“I think I know a way inside without getting caught,” Hackmon brings up.
“You do? What is it?” Jake questions.
“In the city's outskirts, there is an entrance to the sewer system,” Hackmon explains. “We’ll go through there,”
Some of the kids felt somewhat disgusted by the idea of them going into a sewer, but if they had to do it to save Ben and Impmon, then so be it.
“We still need a plan though,” Lucas says.
Daisy raises her hand. “I suggest we split up when we go inside,”
Everyone turned their heads to the blonde, making her somewhat nervous.
Daisy gulped. “We don’t know what the enemy wants to do with Ben and Impmon, so we could lower our chances of all of us being caught if we split up into two groups, and at the same time find Ben and Impmon’s location more quicker,”
Everyone seems impressed by her plan
“Well, I don’t see any other way to do it, we’ll go with your plan,” Tekka said
Hearing that made Daisy happy that someone accepted her idea.
"So what does each group do when we get inside?" Jake wonders
"Isn't it obvious? Have about one group focuses on freeing all the enslaved Digimon, while the other tries to shut this place down," Gracie explains.
"Like we did in the factory?" Lalamon said.
Gracie smirks. "Exactly! We'll kill two birds with one stone!"
The others were on board with this idea, so the two groups were arranged, Tekka, Jake, and Daisy would free the Digimon, while Lucas, Vivian, and Gracie would shut the city down and maybe even learn some secrets.
Following the discussion, Hackmon gave Komondomon the directions for the entrance, and the mobile dog followed his directions until he reached his destination.
The group stepped out to see the entrance, which was blocked by rusted iron bars surrounded by dirty concrete divided by water in the middle.
Jake stood in front of the door, which was locked.
He turns around and gestures to the lock. “So does anyone know how to deal with this lock?”
Without saying a word, Hackmon leaps up and breaks the lock with a slash from his claw.
Jake looked in surprise. “Never mind,”
As everyone walks to the door, Komondomon lets out a sad bark.
Gracie strokes the mobile dog's chin.
“I know this will take a while, but please wait here,” Gracie reassures.
Tekka joins in. “I guarantee you, once we return, we’ll give all the food we could find!”
Hearing that made Komondomon relieved.
Giving him one last look, Tekka, Herissmon, Gracie, and Lalamon followed their friend into the sewers.
The inside of the sewer was dark, only accompanied by the sound of water dripping from the ceiling and the wastewater flowing around.
Thankfully, Hackmon was leading the way and the Digivice has a flashlight like regular phones do.
Jake’s eyes look at Hackmon. “Hey Hackmon, how do you know your way around these sewers?”
“It was part of my training,” Hackmon replies. “I had to rely on my senses to find the exit,”
Renamon's eyes widen as the group continued to walk and her ears perked up. She quickly sticks her hand out and makes Daisy stop.
“Is something wrong?” Daisy wonders.
Renamon assumes a fighting stance. “I sense the presence of many Digimon in this tunnel,”
That got everyone worrying quickly, but Hackmon only smiled, as if he knew what was coming.
His eyes shot open as three objects came flying at him, but he quickly swung his claw, knocking the objects away, and resulting in a metallic clang echoing throughout the tunnels.
The others turn to Hackmon as the objects he knocks over are revealed to be ninja shurikens.
Hackmon chuckles. “You have to do better than that Falcomon,”
Everyone was confused, but then they heard footsteps coming from the dark. The footsteps grew louder until a Digimon emerged from it. The Digimon resembles an owl with a small toothless beak, red eye markings, dark brown body feathers and purple chest feathers with shuriken markings resembling a ninja’s vest.
The owl Digimon chuckled back. “I didn’t expect less from the student of Gankoomon,”
Jake walks to stand next to Hackmon. “Do you know this guy?”
“Well, I knew his mentor,” Hackmon answers.
Falcomon turns around. “I’m sure he would like to meet you again,” He said before walking away.
Hackmon gestures to the others. “We should follow him,” He said as he walked after Falcomon, with the others following.
As they walked through the tunnels, it became brighter, almost as if someones been living here for a while, eventually they reached an open area filled with a lot of Digimon.
“Welcome to the resistance!” Falcomon announced.
“I’m guessing it’s for liberating the city?” Tekka guesses.
Falcomon nods.
Hackmon grinned excitedly before he made his way through all the Digimon, with the others following.
As they walked, the kids could feel all the Digimon staring at them, which was understandable since they were humans in a world full of monsters.
Jake leaned down to Hackmon. “Hey, who's the Digimon you know around here?”
“You’ll see soon enough,” Hackmon responded.
Eventually, they reached the center of the room, where there was a group of Digimon gathering around a table, with the most notable one being a tall humanoid muscular lion, with a yellow mane, and yellow fur on his legs and the tip of his tail, he wears black pants with a sword hanging on.
Vivian was astounded by the lion Digimon, he pulled out his analyzer.
Name: Leomon
Level: Champion
Type: Beast Man
Attribute: Vaccine
Field: Nature Spirits, Virus Busters
Attacks: Fist of the Beast King, Beast Sword, Hundred Beast Fist
Bio: Known as the King of Beast and the Noble Hero, it possesses a strong will and a heart of justice, it is also known for being a rival to Ogremon.
“Ogremon…” Vivian mutters.
Falcomon approached the lion man. “Leomon!”
Leomon turns his head over to Falcomon and notices Hackmon.
Hackmon grinned. “Good to see you again Leomon!”
Leomon smiles. “Never thought we’d meet again like this, Hackmon,”
Hackmon turns his back to Leomon. “This is Leomon, a well-known hero of the Digital World,”
Leomon notices the silver-haired boy standing next to the mini Dragon and the other humans with Digimon next to them.
“I assume you are the humans paired with Digimon, Gankoomon told me about?” Leomon inquires.
The group nodded.
Following this, the kids explained their situation regarding Ben and Impmon’s kidnapping and how they plan to save him.
“I see, but you are aware of the dangers of this place right?” Leomon asked.
“Yes, so that’s why we need to join in, it’s our fault why they were captured to begin with, and it’s our responsibility to save him!” Tekka declares.
Leomon looks at the group and sighs. “Alright, you can join,”
The group grinned in relief.
Following this, Leomon stood on a platform, looking down on everyone in the room.
“Gather around everyone! We will enact our liberation today!” He proclaims
All the Digimon in the room raised their fists and cheered, with the kids and their partner Digimon joining too.
Tekka clenches his feet. ‘Don’t worry Ben, we will come for you soon!’
Ben and Impmon walked through a hallway until they reached what appeared to be a dining room with a long table, where they saw Duskmom sitting, but what they also saw was Cutemon next to him.
They were confused as to why an adorable-looking Digimon was standing next to a creepy-looking one, and it didn’t seem to be a slave either.
“Nice of you to join us, please take a seat,” Duskmon said.
Impmon obliges, but Ben clenches his fist and gulps.
‘Hopefully we can get out of this…’
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, With Leomon's help the group makes their plans to liberate Net City, they face challenges on the way and even learn secrets about the threat to the Digital World, meanwhile, Ben and Impmon learns more about Duskmon and find out that despite his dark and scary aura, he's somewhat empathetic, find out what happens next time on Chapter 12: United We Stand, Rise of the DigiDestined Part 2
Notes:
Admittedly, writing a two-parter is a bit hard, mainly because sometimes I feel like it can all be told in one chapter instead. When I wrote this, it felt like I was padding time and I did cut some corners, plus I felt pressured by how long this was taking, so that is why the ending felt abrupt, I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up editing this chapter when I revisit it. Hopefully, I could deliver with Part 2.
When I was thinking of how to write Duskmon in this chapter, I took some notes from Ulquiorra from Bleach, though with some differences.
Edit as of 7/14/2024: Sometime after I posted this chapter an idea came to mind regarding Leomon based on his Adventure 2020 portrayal, I figured it would make writing part 2 even better, and it even fixes the abrupted ending this chapter had originally
Chapter 12: United We Stand, Rise of the DigiDestined Part 2
Notes:
It's worth nothing, you need to check the ending fo the last chapter, since I've updated it, it will make this opening make more sense
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The group stood in the middle of a crowd of Digimon gathered around Leomon.
“I’m sure, most of you have heard about what happened to Net City, but for our new allies, I’ll have to explain this one more time…” Leomon said as he pressed the ‘on’ button on the projector that projects footage of Net City, which looks prosperous compared to now.
“Despite the virus outbreak, the city’s walls could block off any rampaging Digimon from coming inside… however, a year ago, this arrived…” He ended in a dreadful tone.
The footage of Net City pans out to show something approaching it from above, something ominous…
The screen then shows a giant flying alien-looking aircraft carrier, descending to the city. The kids and their partner Digimon gasped in shock, they were speechless.
The footage continues as the aircraft carrier hovers over the city, then the bottom of the ship opens up and many Digimon and strange pillars come raining down.
Down below, the citizens looked up in terror as the pillars touched the ground, which caused the floor to turn mechanical, this was followed by Troopmons landing on the ground, subduing any citizen they could find.
As if the kid’s thoughts on the situation were already bad enough, seeing this made it 100 times worse.
Leomon gave them a sympathetic look. “As you can see here, the carrier appeared and mechanized the city, and any citizens they found were enslaved,” He explained.
The screen flickers to show the enslaved citizens being forced to move crates around, mine resources, and tear down buildings even by the ones who constructed them.
Seeing all this infuriates the group even more. Leomon presses a button on the projector, which flickers to show a detailed map of Net City. The first thing noticeable is that there are five crossed spots at different points across the city.
“If my history with recognizing tropes tells me anything…” Jake points to the marked spots. “We’re going to take these spots down right?”
Leomon nods, and pints to one spot. “Close, but it’s just this one spot I need your help with since we’re short on monpower,”
Lucas thinks back from prior experience. “And are these control towers?” He inquires.
“Correct, according to our informants, upon seizing the city, the oppressors redirect the city’s power into these spire towers,” Leomon explains.
Hearing that caused Daisy to realize something. “What? If they did that, what happens to the locations that needed it?” She demanded to know.
Leomon adopted a sorrowful look, which was enough of an answer for the blonde.
Daisy’s pupils shrink as her body begins trembling a bit, thankfully she calms down when Renamon rubs her back.
“The worst part is that according to our intel, the computer is heavily blocked by firewalls and passwords” Leomon replies.
Keramon giggles mischievously. “That won’t be a problem for me, just give me a few minutes and all the electricity will go back to where it belongs,”
Hearing that boosted Leomon’s confidence.
Lucas raised his hand. “Question, do these towers hold important data about this place, and the ones behind this?” He inquired.
Leomon nods. “That’s what our intel also said,”
“Mwahahahaha! More juicy info for me!!” Keramon cheers.
Seeing everything was in place, Leomon stood on a pedestal, getting everyone’s attention.
“Here is the plan: The assault team will blow up the front gate and distract the Troopmon, while the stealth teams will infiltrate the towers to shut down the power, afterwards my group will focus on taking down Duskmon,” He explains.
“I’m guessing he’s the head honcho of this place,” Tekka said.
Leomon nods. “He was assigned to this city a few years ago, though he rarely leaves the tower, and never bothers to check the progress of the city,”
“Tch, so he’s that type of villain huh,” Jake said.
“I’m guessing you want us two to split into two groups, one would deal with the tower, while the other assist you?” Tekka guesses.
Leomon nodded.
Afterward, Leomon organizes the three teams and puts two of the kids and their partner Digimon in them, Vivian and Gracie are on the assault team, Daisy and Lucas are on the stealth team, and finally, Tekka and Jake are on the strike team.
“Let me go through the plan one more time: first, the assault team would distract the enemy by attacking the front gate, while stealth teams would focus on infiltrating and shutting down the five spire towers, hopefully giving the city its power back, finally after all that my group will take down Duskmon, securing our victory!!” Leomon proclaimed.
Leomon’s allies clamored and raised their fists to the air, and the kids and their partner Digimon followed along.
Following this, each team took their own path to their positions before the kids left with their assigned groups.
Tekka mentally admits to himself that he wasn’t too keen on the group splitting up, but it was the only way to save Ben and Impmon and liberate the entire city.
“I wish you guys good luck,” Daisy said.
Gracie ties her hair into a ponytail. “Same to you,” She said.
Jake grins and gives out a thumbs up.
The three pairs left with their assigned groups.
Normally kids at Ben’s age would do anything, play football, video games, watch TV, etc.
But talking to a dark creepy-looking Digimon with eyes on different joints of his body? Granted, it was against his will, but he might as well be the only 8 year old to do this.
As he sat down at the table, his fingers fidgeted, his feet rapidly tapping the floor, sweat dripping down his face, he didn't know what would happen now, but he did know that Duskmon seemingly had no intention of killing him, and Impmon.
Speaking of Impmon he was sitting next to him while glaring at Duskmon. But if one looks closer, one can tell that Impmon was also afraid.
They both stood quietly, waiting for what Duskmon had to say and then the door opened, revealing Cutemon with a cart full of food.
Seeing her reminded them of another question: Why is a Digimon like Cutemon with Duskmon? And given her behavior, she seems to have known Duskmon for a long time.
They were brought out of their thoughts when Cutemon pushed the cart and parked it next to Ben and Impmon.
“What is this?” Impmon inquires.
“Food, I must treat my guests nicely,” Duskmon replies. “Please help yourself,”
Even though Ben and Impmon were reluctant, they knew it was the only way to get Duskmon on their good side. They picked up some food and ate it. Surprisingly, the food tasted good, but that didn’t distract them from their current situation.
Duskmon begins to speak. “Now, I’m sure you’re wondering why I’ve invited you here,”
Impmon cringes. ‘Yeah right, You kidnapped us!’
He then smacks his hands onto the table. “Just cut to the chase! Why did you bring us here!?”
“Impmon, don’t aggravate him!” Ben whispered.
Duskmon wasn’t fazed. “Before I elaborate further, let me recall how I came to be…” He said.
Even though Ben and Impmon felt threatened by Duskmon, they were somewhat interested in hearing Duskmon’s story.
“Ever since I was born, all I could feel was nothing, I never knew why I was born like this, so I wandered around the Digital World hoping to find a purpose, but all that led was many Digimon shunning me just for being a Nightmare Soldiers Digimon, it happened so much that I believe so too, that was until I met Cutemon,”
Impmon nearly froze when hearing the whole story, but he kept his composure.
Duskmon continued. “For years, I lived alongside Cutemon, sleeping on the tree we first met on, until one day we got a visitor…”
Duskmon and Cutemon lean onto the tree, sleeping peacefully, ever since Duskmon found Cutemon, they’ve been living near the tree since Duskmon believes it would be too risky to try and get Cutemon out of the wastelands.
One day when they were resting at the tree, something unusual happened. The wind feels more intense and only blows from one direction, the wind causes Duskmon and Cutemon to wake up.
They noticed the wind’s direction and saw something in the air.
It was a giant silhouetted carrier ship, the only light emitting from it came from the thrusters.
Cutemon whimpered in fear and hid behind Duskmon’s leg, prompting him to take a defensive stance, as if he was ready to take on the world.
Then blue light materialized in front of them, and as the light dispersed, it revealed a tall silhouette of a grim-looking Digimon, his red eyes piercing through the dark. The one clear thing was that on his right arm, there was a giant sickle that reflected the moonlight.
Duskmon gestures to Cutemon, who quickly hides behind the tree. Duskmon then glares at the Digimon.
“State your business!” He inquires.
The grim Digimon raised its left hand. “Hold it, I am not here to fight,”
Duskmon didn’t believe him as he pulled out his blades.
The grim Digimon could tell that nothing he said would convince Duskmon, so he decided to use action!
Duskmon rushes toward the grim Digimon, before leaping upwards, his blades glow in searing red as he swings them toward his enemy.
The grim Digimon parried the blade with his sickle, looking unfazed. His expression only infuriates Duskmon, prompting him to jump back.
He took a stance as red energy began gathering around the eyeballs around his body.
“Death Gaze!!” He shoots red beams out of his eyes.
The grim Digimon still wasn’t fazed as he quickly blocked the beam with his sickle arm, which also caused the beam to reflect off. Duskmon lets out a desperate scream as he pours more power into his beams, but to no avail as his foe was barely pushed back an inch.
The grim Digimon redirected the refracted beam towards Duskmon, knocking him back, particularly hitting his waist.
Cutemon began to worry for Duskmon’s sake.
Duskmon coughs, feeling his waist burning up. He tried to muster up his strength to get back up, but couldn’t because of his wavering body.
“You’re at your limit, surrender now so that we can talk peacefully,” The grim Digimon said.
Duskmon lets out a piercing glare at the grim Digimon while charging up energy on one of his blades, then in a quick motion, he strikes the ground with his blade, causing dust to cover him from the grim Digimon’s sight.
Duskmon ran around using the dust as cover.
The grim Digimon looked around for the dark Digimon, seemingly unaware of Duskmon popping up behind him.
Duskmon leaped up, his right blade charged up and ready to strike, he swung at the grim Digimon at full force, it looked like he got it…
Or at least he thought… because the grim Digimon blocked it with his sickle.
As Duskmon’s eyes widen, the grim Digimon uses his strength to send Duskmon flying back, he then points his left hand at Duskmon and fires out like a grappling hook, which latches into Duskmon’s legs. The grim Digimon proceeded to swing Duskmon around several times, Duskmon tried to slash the grim Digimon’s hand but couldn't focus because of the pressure of the speed he was experiencing, and then the grim Digimon slammed Duskmon into the ground.
Duskmon felt his body going numb, despite this, he still tried to get back up, but to no avail.
Cutemon couldn’t stay back and watch anymore, so she immediately went over and began to emit light from her hands, once she hovered her hands over Duskmon’s wounds, they began to heal.
But then she heard the grim Digimon’s footsteps getting louder, prompting her to try and heal Duskmon faster!
Despite his injuries still healing, Duskmon leans upwards and glares at the grim Digimon.
“Now if you would stay down and listen to me, I assure you won’t get harmed any further,” The grim Digimon said.
Duskmon snarls at the grim Digimon.
Cutemon trembles. “Duskmon, please…”
Hearing Cutemon’s voice prompted Duskmon to calm down.
The grim Digimon clears his throat. “Now that you’ve calmed yourself down, let’s get down to business,”
“He offered me a position to look over Net City, the main reason I accepted the offer was so that I could finally take Cutemon out of the wasteland where I first met her, which brings us to now…” Duskmon finishes.
Ben and Impmon were startled by hearing the story, mainly from the grim Digimon that brought Duskmon to the city.
Impmon then speaks up. “You haven't answered my question, why have you brought us here?”
Duskmon reached out to a projector and pressed the ‘ON’ button. The projector shows various footage of Tekka, Jake, Vivian, Daisy, Gracie, and Lucas gathering light to Digivolve their partners before switching to Ben who on the contrary, brings out darkness.
“You two are unique compared to the others, you use the power of darkness,” Duskmon recounted. “That’s a rare ability not often associated with light,”
Ben doesn’t seem to like where this is going. But he was still curious about what Duskmon had to say.
“After all these years, I thought I was the only one like this, now I’ve found another,” Duskmon said. “All I’ve wanted is for someone to understand me…”
Impmon fiercely stood up. “You’re telling me that you sent an air force that nearly killed us, forced us against our will, just because you wanted a friend? That’s bullcrap!! Isn’t Cutemon enough for you?!” He yelled.
Cutemon was startled by Impmon’s tone, and Duskmon was offended by Impmon’s comment.
Ben came close to his partner. “Impmon calm don’t aggravate him!”
“Shut up! And do you seriously think he’s someone who would listen to reason?!” Impmon retorts. “He’s trying to–”
“SILENCE!!!”
Duskmon’s voice echoed throughout the room, silencing everyone, and prompting Ben and Impmon to sit back down.
Duskmon sighs, before setting his sight on Ben. “I would like to study the source of your dark power, and to do that, I would need Ben to stand next to me,”
Ben tensed up, afraid of what Duskmon might do.
“Don’t worry it won’t hurt,” Duskmon assures.
Ben still wasn’t convinced, and then he felt Impmon placing his arm on his shoulder.
“Ben, do what he says,” Impmon said.
Ben was surprised at his partner’s behavior, just a minute ago he was furious at Duskmon, and now he was terrified by him.
Knowing he has to do what he says, Ben walks over to Duskmon, each step he takes, his breathing grows heavier, his anxiety builds up, and it looks like he could break at any moment.
Once he stopped before Duskmon, he felt agitated at what he could do. Duskmon raised his and moved it towards Ben, who tightened his grip as sweat began dripping down his face.
Then his anxiety reached its peak when Duskmon touched his chest.
At first Ben thought he was ok… boy was he wrong…
Suddenly, several memories flashed into his mind… and not the good ones…
Ben sees a vision of Rick and his cronies beating him while he is down, laughing at his misery, before leaving him behind, laying on the ground.
What he saw next were other memories of not only Rick and his cronies harassing him, but also all the times his dad refused to listen to any quote un quote “accusation” towards his son. The final nail in the coffin was that some other students at school also enjoyed making fun of him for no reason, just like Rick.
Ben stumbles back tripping onto the ground, hyperventilating.
Impmon immediately gets up and stands by his partner’s side.
“You ok?” He whispered.
Ben’s breath slowed down as he nodded at the imp.
Impmon turned his head to glare at Duskmon, who looked intrigued.
“Interesting…” Duskmon says.
“What did you just do?!” Impmon demanded.
“I simply took a glimpse into his memories to find the source of his darkness,” Duskmon responded before setting his eyes on Impmon. “Now it’s your turn…”
Impmon knew there was no backing down from this, so he stood tall and readied himself.
But before Duskmon could reach his hand out, an explosion was heard, startling everyone in the room.
They looked out the window and saw that the front gate was in flames.
Right at that moment, Duskmon’s communicator beeps, prompting Cutemon to press the accept button, and then the device projects a screen, which shows a Troopmon.
“Duskmon! There’s a bunch of rebels attacking!!”
Duskmon lets out a frustrated grunt.
“Cutemon, escort these two back to their cell,” He ordered.
The pink rabbit nodded and she did as she approached Ben and Impmon and began escorting them.
Once they left the room, Duskmon went to his computer, which scams him before activating.
“All units be on alert, kill anyone that seems like a rebel!!” He ordered.
Back with Ben, Impmon, and Cutemon, the bucket couldn’t help but wonder about the rebels.
“Could Tekka and the others be part of the rebels?”
Guilt begins to form inside Ben’s body, he recalls that the reason he and Impmon are captives is because of him and now the others are going to risk their lives to save him and Impmon.
Impmon glances over at his partner, but doesn’t say a word.
The three of them reach their cell, where Cutemon opens the door.
“You will remain here until Duskmon says otherwise,” Cutemon said,
Ben reluctantly walked forward, but Impmon stopped him.
He then points his index finger to something in front of him. “What’s that over there?”
Cutemon looked at the direction he was pointing and saw nothing, but then she suddenly felt something strike her in the neck, which was Impmon’s arm.
Ben’s jaw dropped, as Cutemon’s body fell to the ground.
Impmon smirks. “That takes care of that!”
Ben looks at his partner in disbelief as he begins panicking.
“Impmon… W-why did you do that?!” Ben stammered.
“Don’t worry about it too much, she’ll only be out for a few minutes,” Impmon reassures, before pointing to a door. “Now we should focus on getting our butts outta here!”
Ben was worried that Duskmon would come after them, but seeing as he didn't have his Digivice, this was the only thing he could do, so he followed the imp.
Vivian, Gracie, and their partners stood in the middle of a crowd, at any moment the attack would begin.
Falcomon looks over to Gracie. “So can you tell me how you felt when you liberated that factory again?” He asked.
“It was somewhat nerve-racking, I even immediately went straight to the ruler when I found out he injured a Guardromon I befriended, which just led to Sunflowmon and Filmon nearly dying, and Guardromon had to step in to help, and got injured even more…” She said in a melancholic tone.
Vivian and Lalamon patted her back, looking at her sympathetically, while Falcomon felt guilty for asking.
“Wow, way to make a girl cry,”
Falcomon cringed at the said that, who was a small purple dragon Digimon with bat-like wings.
“This is Monodramon, who was with me when Leomon first found us,” Falcomon explains. “As you can see, he’s quite egotistical!” He said with a smirk.
“Hey! I’m standing right here!” Monodramon uttered.
“What? I didn’t say anything about you,” Falcomon lied.
Monodramon lets out a ‘tch’ as he turns away.
“Aside from the fact that you're egotistical,” Falcomon said quickly.
Something inside Monodramon snapped and he immediately tackled Falcomon, leading to a fight between the two, which caused everyone to look at them awkwardly.
Gracie sighs as she steps in between the two.
“Alright, cut it out you two!” Gracie intervened. “There are many times to fight but not now!!” She said while separating the two Rookies.
Falcomon and Monodramon turned away from each other. “Fine!”
Gracie wasn’t finished. “And apologize!”
Falcomon and Monodramon sigh in frustration as they face each other.
“Sorry…” They both said.
“Good!” Gracie said.
Lalamon giggled. “I guess this is what they call big sister instinct huh?”
Gracie pumps her chest with pride. “Yea! That’s right”
Everyone around them looked at the whole scene awkwardly.
Vivian struggles to hold back her laughter, as she is reminded of the fun times she spent with her brother…
That was until it happened…
Vivian shook her head, she did not want to remember that day.
At that moment, a small round Digimon named Ninjamon speaks up.
“Everyone ready yourselves, we’ll start the assault any moment now!!” He shouted.
The members of the assault team began to prepare themselves.
Something popped into Vivian’s mind, so she turned to Falcomon. “I’ve been wondering, how are we going to take down the front gate?”
“We let the Pteranomon squad handle it,” Falcomon replied.
“P-Pteranomon?” Gracie muttered.
“Oh don’t worry! These Pteranomon are on our side, unlike the ones under Reapermon’s control,” Falcomon assures.
Monodramon points into the sky. “Look! There they are now!”
The two girls and their partner Digimon looked up to see a quintet of Pteranomon emerging from the clouds.
The Pteranomon descended towards the gate, once they got close, they unleashed their missiles at it.
Everyone on the assault team braced for impact, as the missiles hit the gate, the explosion engulfing most of the gate and sending huge gusts of wind, which they felt. Once the wind subsided, the assault team prepared themselves.
They waited a few more minutes until they saw something coming through the gate. Once it got closer it became clear that it wasn’t just something…
It was an army of Troopmon, with some that rode Mechanorimon.
Ninjamon’s eyes squint and draws his sword out. “Everyone! CHARGE!!”
The assault team cries out as they run towards the gate.
Vivian and Gracie nod at each other before they activate their Digivices.
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
[LALAMON DIGIVOLVE TO SUNFLOWMON]
The two girls hopped onto their partners as they rode into battle.
The two armies got closer and closer, until they clashed, resulting in a massive battle between the two, at first it seemed to be even, but slowly shifted over to the assault team’s favor.
Gracie hung on for dear life as Sunflowmon flew around the battlefield, shooting down various enemies.
‘Never thought I would ever be in an army clash like this!!!’ She mentally screamed.
In contrast to Sunflowmon, Turuiemon stayed in one spot, taking out any Troopmon that came her way, with the help of Falcomon and Monodramon.
At the gate and by extension the entire city was in shambles, every Troopmon was pulled from their posts to go into the battle in the front, no matter how important they were, and amid all of them, two particular Digimon were interested.
Back at the battlefield, it was going to the assault team’s favor.
Turuiemon continued to fight off Troopmon, whose numbers don't seem to ever end. Thankfully she saw a ditch and uses this as an opportunity to hop in to catch her breath, Vivian also lets go to catch her breath.
Once she calms down, Vivian peeks out of the ditch and sees the battle continuing, with seemingly no sign of stopping.
No word could describe how Vivian feels, she’s never been in a battle like this before, and she only agreed because she wanted to help save Ben.
‘Maybe I should’ve asked to be on another team,’ She thought to herself.
Seeing her partner in deep thought, prompted Turuiemon to pat her head, which calmed her down. However, this tender moment didn’t last long…
“Well, well, well… Look what we have here!”
Turuiemon stood up and entered a defensive stance in front of Vivian, looking face-to-face with her enemies, who was Tuwarmon and Tyutyumon.
“I was disinterested by the lack of anyone worth our time, but then we found you!” Tyutyumon said. “I guess Digimon partnered with humans stand out!”
“It certainly was the same with that young human we captured,” Tuwarmon said as he then suddenly felt Tyutyumon slapping the back of his head.
“Who gave you permission to speak?” Tyutyumon said.
Vivian tensed up at what Tuwarmon said. “Young human? Are you talking about Ben?”
“Is that the name of the boy? Not that I care or anything!” Tyutyumon smugly said.
Hearing that angered Vivian and Turuiemon. Vivian clenched his fist and shook with fury, but quickly took a deep breath.
“Turuiemon… kick, they’re, butts!!” Vivian snarled.
“Oh, what are you two gonna do?” Tyutyumon mocks.
Turuiemon dash towards the two, the dust blowing away, due to her speed.
“Ah! Defend!” Tyutyumon shouted as Tuwarmon pulled out his sickles and used them to block Turuiemon’s kick, however, he did not expect Turuiemon to use her momentum to push Tuwarmon back and use the opening to deck him in the chest.
Turuiemon unloaded her iron claws and thrust them toward the ninja, Tuwarmon quickly used his sickles to block them.
The two proceed to trade blows, though Turuiemon has the advantage, due to being more acrobatic, allowing her to find openings to strike. Tyutyumon was getting annoyed at Turuiemon jumping around, but then he got an idea.
He ordered Tuwarmon to take up a more defensive stance, which motivated Turuiemon to hit harder, which is what Tyutyumon wanted.
Turuiemon leaped towards Tuwarmon, winding her arm back, ready to strike with all her might, but she did not expect Tuwarmon to shoot out spiderwebs, it wrapped around Turuiemon, holding her in place.
Tyutyumon chuckles, ordering Tuwarmon to attack. But just as Tuwarmon dashes toward Turuiemon, thorns rained down from the sky and frees Turuiemon from the webs.
Everyone looks up to see Sunflowmon descending.
“Hopefully you’ve got room for one more to join!” Gracie said.
Tyutyumon grunted in frustration but then got an idea when he saw Vivian hiding behind a rock. He smirked as he gave Tuwarmon another order. Tuwarmon then shoots out fumes covering himself from everyone’s sight.
Turuiemon and Sunflowmon enter defensive stances ready for attack whenever Tuwarmon appears, but then they hear Vivian screaming, getting Turuiemon’s attention, at that moment the smoke clears revealing Vivian being held in Tuwarmon’s arm.
“Take any step closer, or she gets it,” Tyutyumon utters, as Tuwarmon hovers his sickle over Vivian’s face.
Turuiemon grunts with frustration, her entire body seething with rage.
At first, both groups were at a standstill for a few seconds, but then Gracie grinned for some reason, which TyuTyumon noticed.
“Why are you acting so confident?” He questioned.
Gracie chuckles. “Nothing…” She said,
Tyutyumon wasn’t convinced, but he was brought out of his thoughts when a shuriken hit his chair, making him scream in shock. Tuwarmon turned around in confusion, but at that moment he was struck in the arm, and the perpetrator was revealed to be Monodramon.
Monodramon grabbed onto Vivian and gave Gracie and Sunflowmon a thumbs up, Sunflowmin grinned and shot a seed at Tyutyumon, knocking him off his chair. As he was sent flying through the air, Falcomon popped in and pinned him to the ground, finally, Monodramon pulled Vivian out of Tuwarmon’s grip.
Gracie giggled. ‘All according to my plan,’
A few minutes earlier, while Sunflowmon soared in the air, she and Gracie noticed Turuiemon fighting Tuwarmon, so she descended, meeting up with Falcomon and Monodramon.
“Gracie, Vivian, and Turuiemon are under attack!” Falcomon said.
“We know,” Sunflowmon replied.
“Well let’s go help them!” Monodramon exclaimed.
“Wait, we shouldn't be hasty,” Falcomon said.
“Well, do you guys have any other ideas?” Monodramon asked.
At that moment an idea popped into Gracie’s head. “I’ve got it!” She gestures for Sunflowmon, Falcomon, and Monodramon to come in close and she explains her idea to them
“We knew you'd try to hold either me or Vivian hostage, especially when desperate, so we’d come up with this plan,” Gracie explains.
“Good,” Turuiemon said, but she sounds somewhat sinister.
Gracie was confused by her tone. “What do you mean by–”
Turuiemon sprinted, kicking up the dust, covering her and Sunflowmon’s sight. She got close to Falcomon and shoved him out of the way, letting her look down on Tyutyumon.
Tyutyumon was about to make a run for it, but he was paralyzed by Turuiemon’s glare, and he began sweating up a storm.
“Um… no hard feelings?” He nervously jokes.
He was then met with Turuiemon’s fist smashing his face deep to the ground, which was followed by more and more punches.
Everyone, especially Vivian, was horrified by this. Falcomon and Monodramon attempted to stop her, only for her to shove them away, and continue beating Tyutyumon down.
Seeing this, gave Vivian flashbacks to when something similar happened when she fought Ogremon, this prompts Vivian to stand up and decide to take action.
“Turuiemon stop! That’s enough!” She grabs hold of her left arm, trying to pull her away.
“No!” Turuiemon retorts, continuing to punch Tyutyumon. “Not until he pays!!”
Hearing that made something inside Vivian snap.
“I said… THAT’S ENOUGH!!!!!!!” She yelled at the top of her lungs, if it were not for the army battle, it would’ve echoed through the entire battlefield.
Everyone was stunned by her scream, particularly Turuiemon, who stopped punching Tyutyumon. She turned to look at Vivian and was met with a face that was a mix of angry and sad.
Without saying a word, Vivian hugged Turuiemon, tears continuing to drip down her face. Realizing her mistake, she returned the embrace.
Seeing that they had won the fight, the others decided to sit down to rest, given they seemed to be winning, they decided to make this moment last.
Lucas’s Digivice beeped, signifying that it was time for him and Daisy to do their job, so they exited their hiding spot.
The four of them stood behind a metal crate and in front of them was a giant spire tower, it was surrounded by a gate, which appeared to be electrified, and the only entrance was guarded by two Troopmons who checked anyone who passed.
“How are we supposed to get in?” Daisy wondered.
Renamon’s ears pick up the sound of metal footsteps, and she turns her head in the direction of the sound.
She tapped her partner’s shoulder. “Daisy, look!”
Daisy, Lucas, and Keramon turn in her direction and see a Mechanorimon.
Seeing the Mechanorimon reminded Lucas of the one from Guardromon’s factory home, giving him an idea.
“I think I know a way, we can get in!” Lucas said.
He leaned in close to Daisy's ear and explained his plan.
Daisy was intrigued. “Ok, let’s try that out,”
Renamon looks out for any onlookers, but there aren’t any.
Mechanorimon was walking past the crates but stopped when his pilot heard metal pipes falling.
The Troopmon driving Mechanorimon looked in the direction of the sound and decided to investigate.
He orders Mechanorimon to walk over to the spot where the sound came from. All he sees is a pile of metal pipes and no one around it.
Troopmon looked around for the culprit, but unbeknownst to him, Renamon and Keramon jumped out from behind.
Back at the gate that leads to the tower, the two Troopmon standing in front of the gate kept watch, for anyone coming, but then something caught their eyes.
It was a Mechanorimon, but for some reason, it was staggering as it walked as if it was the pilot's first time operating it, this was not the time to think about it as Mechanorimon was coming closer, so they moved aside and let him pass.
But they did not know that Lucas and Daisy were inside the Mechanorimon, sharing the cockpit, which was rather small for them…
Troopmon lay on the ground, looking as if it was beaten up and burned by an energy blast.
As Renamon and Keramon look over his body, Lucas and Daisy check Mechanorimon’s cockpit.
“This seems too small for more than one person to sit in,” Daisy says.
“Don’t worry, I’ve got a solution,” Lucas reassures, pulling out his Digivice and pointing it at Keramon.
“Reload!”
Keramon glowed as he was sucked into the Digivice.
“Now you do it,” Lucas said.
Daisy nods as she follows Lucas’ action and Renamon is sucked into her Digivice.
Renamon looked at her surroundings, she was in an azure-colored room in the form of a cube, and there were binary codes on the walls.
“This is surprisingly livable,” Renamon said.
Daisy was amazed
“Hey, even with just the two of us, the cockpit would still be too small for us,” Daisy points out.
Lucas scoffs. “I’m sure it’s not that small…”
Lucas struggled to properly operate the controls, partially because of sitting in close intimacy with a girl.
“I can tell you’re starting to believe I was right,” Daisy said.
“No… it’s not like I’m… embarrassed being around you… or anything,” Lucas stammered.
“Oooh… I think Lucas is starting to develop tsundere energy,” Keramon said from inside Lucas’ Digivice.
Lucas cringes. “Shut up! Can we discuss this later? We’ve got bigger things to think about!”
Lucas regains his focus on controlling Mechanorimon, he and Daisy take notice of their surroundings outside Mechanorimon.
They were in a room with screens everywhere, Troopmon operating on computers.
Lucas recalls how Leomon said that the room that the main control room was located at the top of the building, he looked around for a way up, and an elevator caught his eye.
He made Mechanorimon walk towards it, but not without him being unable to walk properly, which is starting to make some Troopmons bat an eye on him.
“Do you want me to take over?” Daisy worryingly asked.
“No, I’ve got this!” Lucas insisted.
Right as he says that he accidentally makes Mechanorimon trip and falls onto the ground, causing almost all the Troopmons in the room to look at him.
Lucas groans in frustration.
“Now would you let me take the wheel?” Daisy asked once again.
Lucas sighs in defeat. “Fine…” He lets go of the controls, allowing the blonde to take hold.
Keramon grinned. “See, is it that hard to ask?”
A tick mark popped on Lucas’ head. “Shut up!” He muttered.
Despite her cramped spot, Daisy could adjust herself at the controls, she started by making Mechanorimon stand back up and walk towards the elevator.
What was noticeable was that Daisy was able to make Mechanorimon walk more properly though still a little stiff but better compared to when Lucas was in control, something he noticed.
“How do you know how to operate a robot?” He inquires.
“I happen to study machinery, it helps that I also study the cockpits of various planes,” Daisy explained.
Daisy made Mechanorimon walk into the elevator, without standing out.
Once the door closed, Daisy looked over the button panel and looked around for the highest floor, once she saw it she controlled Mechanorimon’s arms to press the button.
“ACCESS DENIED” A voice came out of the panel.
Daisy was dumbfounded. “What?”
“Don’t worry, I’ve got this!” Keramon speaks up.
Daisy opens up the cockpit, and Keramon exits the Digivice, approaches the button panel, and touches it, after a few seconds, the elevator begins to move.
“In a few minutes, we’ll make it to the top!” Keramon said.
In a dark room, only lit by the many computer screens, a cyborg Digimon was looking at the screens, he then noticed one of the screens telling him that someone in the elevator was coming.
The cyborg Digimon stood up, his red eyes flashing.
The elevator opened up and Mechanorimon walked out of it, Daisy and Lucas looked around to see that no one was around, they looked at the monitor and saw that there was only one person other than them in the room.
Seeing this as an opportunity, Daisy and Lucas exited Mechanorimon and took this moment to stretch their legs, while Renamon and Keramon came out of their Digivices.
“I told you the cockpit was too small for two,” Daisy said.
Lucas sighed in frustration. “Look, can we just forget about that for a moment and focus on our task at hand?”
“Are you trying to hide the fact that you were screaming a ton from the inside from sitting so close to a girl?”
“Sh-shut up!!” Lucas quietly muttered.
Renamon facepalm at what she was seeing. ‘I’m surrounded by idiots…’
“Let’s just go already…” Daisy says.
The four of them sneak around the dark-lit room until they make it to a room, with a giant computer at the end, as well as a long table, they also take notice of the second level.
‘This seems like a place for meetings… So why is there not a single soul here?’ Lucas ponders.
He looked around and something caught his eye…
It was the chair in front of the computer, which was turning a bit, facing to the side.
‘What would a chair be facing in that direction, unless…’
“Well, the computer’s right there, so let’s wait by them until the other members infiltrate their towers,” Keramon said.
As he moves forward, Lucas halts him by grabbing his hand.
He turns around in confusion. “Lucas? Is something wr–”
Lucas hovers his finger over his lips. “Shh! Someone’s here, and I know it!”
Hearing that, Daisy and Renamon went on a defensive stance.
Renamon scanned the room, but still couldn’t see anything suspicious until she heard the faint sound of a metal clang from the side.
She leans in close to Daisy’s ear.
“Stay here with Lucas,” She whispered.
Daisy’s eyes widened. “Wha–”
Renamon leaped forward and followed the source of the sound.
“Renamon, wait!” Daisy tries to follow, but Lucas hovers his arm in front of her.
She was about to talk, but Lucas’ reassuring look shot down her attempt before she made it.
She clenches her hands and teeth.
‘Renamon, please be safe…’
Renamon finds herself in a dark empty room, where there is only a pile of metal pipes.
She scanned the room, looking for whoever knocked the pipes down. Unbeknownst to her, a silhouette appeared from behind, and its red eyes pierced through the dark.
Lucas, Keramon, and Daisy wondered why Renamon was taking so long, only to get their answer when Renamon came crashing onto the table.
Daisy gasped. “RENAMON!!”
She pushed Lucas’s arm away and approached Renamon, as she checked Renamon’s body, Lucas and Keramon took a defensive stance in front of them.
Metal footsteps could be heard from the direction Renamon came flying out, the figure stepped out of the dark, revealing itself to be a humanoid mechanical Digimon, most of his body is covered in chrome armor, except for his right leg, and he wears a skull-like helmet on his head.
Lucas quickly looks at his Digivice analyzer.
Name: Andromon
Level: Ultimate
Type: Cyborg
Attribute: Vaccine, Data
Field: Metal Empire, Virus Busters
Attacks: Gatling Missile, Spiral Sword,
Bio: Being developed as a prototype for Cyborg Digimon, it does not possess will or emotion and will be faithful to his programmed behavior.
Andromon targeted the four, and then his chest plate opened up and shot out missiles, which opened up to reveal machine guns inside, which began firing. Keramon and Renamon grabbed their partners and jumped out of the way of the bullets.
Despite her slight pain, Renamon enters a fighting stance. “Daisy!”
Her blonde partner nodded as she activated her Digivice, which was fooled by Renamon glowing.
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
“Fox Tail Inferno!!” Kyubimon shoots out fireballs at the cyborg, which he is unfazed by.
Andromon raised his right arm and his hand began rotating so fast it started glowing, he then swung it, sending an energy blade at the fox.
Daisy leaped out of the way and stood next to Lucas and Keramon, while Kyubimon, who flew up to avoid the blade, prompted Andromon to follow up by firing more missiles.
“Dragon Wheel!!”
A flaming dragon emerged from the tips of Kyubimon’s tails and hits Andromon surrounding him in fire, Lucas, Daisy, and Keramon took cover from the flames, by hiding near a corner. As Lucas caught his breath, he heard his Digivice buzzing from a text, he looked at his Digivice and saw that it was from one of the other groups of the stealth team, and it said…
“In a few minutes, we need to shut down all the towers at the same time,”
Lucas grunts as he peeks over to Andromon. ‘Tch! If only we could deal with him quickly!’
Keramon analyzed Andromon and he got an idea.
“Lucas! Digivolve me! I’ve got an idea!”
Lucas wonders what his plan could be, but quickly shrugs it off and activates his Digivice.
[KERAMON DIGIVOLVE TO CHRYSALIMON]
“Alright, now I just need a distraction,” The chrysalis Digimon said.
Daisy looks over to Kyubimon.
“Kyubimon! Do anything you can to distract Andromon!” She yelled.
Kyubimon nods as she proceeds to circle Andromon, shooting fireballs at him. Andromon frantically shoots missiles while simultaneously sending energy blades. Kyubimon saw an opening and used it to dive down towards him from behind. However Andromon detected her coming, so once she got close, he quickly turned around and grabbed her by the neck. Kyubimon grunted as she struggled to squirm her way out of Andromon's metal grip.
Andromon raised his right hand and it began rotating, but before he struck Kyubimon with it, he felt something jabbing his head, as well as different parts of his body. He turned around to see Chrysalimon and saw that his tentacles latched onto his body. He tosses Kyubimon away and uses Chrysalimon’s tentacles to pull him closer.
As Chrysalimon was being pulled closer, Andromon readied to swing his right arm down, but out of nowhere, his body let out beeping noises then his red eyes slowly shut down and he dropped to his knees. After a few seconds, he stood back up again, this time without red eyes Chrysalimon retracted his tentacles as Lucas and Daisy walked to his side.
“Did you do something to his programming?” Lucas wondered.
“Yeah, I rebooted him, nobody likes that,” Chrysalimon said.
Andromon looked around in curiosity.
“Hey, I don’t mean to interrupt, but we need to return the power to the city,” Daisy reminded.
Lucas tensed up and walked to the big computer, but he froze at the controls because he didn't know how to operate it. But then Chrysalimon came up next to him and used his tentacles to fiddle around the control panel. A video chat opened up, revealing the groups from the other towers. Another screen showed a room with a generator.
Lucas and Daisy were shocked at how easily Chrysalimon used the computer.
“Alright we’re all here, on my command we’ll hit the button to give the city its power back!!” A lion Digimon named Liollmon said.
Chrysalimon looks over to Lucas and points to a big red button.
Understanding his gesture, Lucas hovers his hand over the button.
“On my command… NOW!”
On command, Lucas hits the red button simultaneously alongside a member from the other groups.
The screen then shows the generators slowly shutting down, and another screen shows the various parts of the city, lighting up.
The members celebrate their victory.
Chrysalimon leans close to Lucas, pointing at the computer. “Shall I?”
“Go ahead,” Lucas responded.
“Yay!!” Chrysalimon exclaimed as he went inside the computer.
Leomon smirked as everything seemed to be going according to his plan, he turned to Tekka, Herissmon, Jake, and Hackmon.
“It’s time,”
The five of them nodded and began to make their move.
Due to the explosion of the front gate and the towers, the Troopmon from all corners of the city split up to stop the assault team at the gate or try to start up the spire towers again, there were even Troopmon that was looking over the enslave citizens left their post without leaving anyone to watch them over, which led members of Leomon’s allies to evacuate them.
As Tekka, Jake, Herissmon, Hackmon, and Leomon make their way through the city, they notice all these events happen.
Jake grinned. “Looks like the plan’s working!”
“It is, but don’t let it get to your head, we’ve still haven't taken Duskmon down yet!” Leomon reminds.
Hackmon looked around as memories began to flow into his mind and became gloomy.
He recalls when he visited this place with his master, eating the many kinds of food, visiting all the popular attractions, etc. Now all those locations are either gone or have been replaced.
Herissmon noticed his friend’s behavior and quickly pieced together why he acted like that.
He walks up to his side. “Are you ok?”
Hackmon sighs. “Almost…” He said melancholically.
The white hedgehog gave him a sympathetic look, he didn’t know what to say as he feared it would make his mood worse, but then Hackmon’s gloomy behavior switches back into an optimistic one.
“But… my master always says that we should keep our heads up, and never give in to doubt!” Hackmon asserted.
Herissmon grins at his friend's optimism.
Duskmon looks at his monitor with rage, as everything he has been keeping watch over for the past year is beginning to fall apart.
He wasn’t going to let it happen, he was about to order up more soldiers but he noticed one of the monitors that showed Ben and Impmon’s cell, and the cell was empty, which got him confused since he told Cutemon to put them back ten minutes ago. He stood up and made his way to the cell, and when he made it his eyes widened, upon seeing the unconscious Cutemon on the ground with Ben and Impmon nowhere to be seen.
He kneels to Cutemon, and touches her, which makes the pink rabbit wake up.
“Duskmon…” She muttered.
“Where are Ben and Impmon?” He asked.
Cutemon groaned. “I was taking Ben and Impmon, to the cell and Impmon told me to turn around, and that was when I felt something hit my neck,”
Hearing the last part, made Duskmon’s eyes widen, and his seething bubbling rage slowly replaced his shocked look. He picked up Cutemon and placed her on one of the beds. He gave her one last look before he made his way out.
With Ben and Impmon in his mind, his anger began to bubble up even more.
‘I WILL find you two!’
Ben and Impmon made their way down a fire escape, which may not seem to be the safest way to get down a building, but it sure is less risky, because they won’t run into Duskmon, and there didn’t seem to be security cameras around them.
“Alright, we should be reaching the first floor soon enough!” Impmon said as he noticed Ben’s bleak expression.
Seeing that they are safe at the moment, Impmon decided to speak up.
“Are you ok?” Impmon inquires.
Ben tensed up. “Wh-what?”
“Are you acting down because we got captured?” Impmon asked.
Ben winced, turning his face away, which gave Impmon his answer.
“Look, I don’t blame you for us getting captured, doubting yourself over it isn’t going to make anything better! The sooner you use it as a way to improve, the better!” Impmon said.
Ben was at a loss for words.
Seeing that he had gotten through Ben, Impmon grinned before he continued walking down. “We should keep going,”
Making it to Duskmon’s tower, which Tekka and Jake expected to be a much more dark and menacing-looking tower, instead, it looked way more high-tech compared to the other buildings, then again, Leomon did say he didn’t leave the tower.
“So this is where Duskmon is,” Tekka said.
“Our intel says Duskmon stays in his tower alone, though some say there was someone supposedly working for him,” Leomon explained.
“Well whoever that is, will be free once we take Duskmon down!!” Hackmon proclaimed.
Elsewhere in the city, amid all the chaos two Troopmon stay behind a giant metal crate, preparing their supplies.
“Man, things aren’t looking so good here,” One of them said.
The other Troopmon looked at the crate which was labeled “Prisoner No. 03–11–23”
“Do you think we should release this guy?” The other Troopmon suggested.
“And risk all of us dying? Heck no!!”
“Well, desperate times call for desperate measures,”
Troopmon entered a code into the crate, which then opened up.
The other Troopmon facepalmed. “If we get caught for this, I’ll kill you…”
The five of them approached the tower but stopped when they heard a terrifying roar.
Hearing that roar made Tekka and Jake freeze as memories from when they first entered the Digital World, particularly the first Digimon they’ve ever faced, Tyrannomon.
“What was that?” Jake wondered.
Hackmon looked around and noticed some big black thing in the distance. “There!”
The others looked in his direction and saw a giant Digimon that resembled a Tyrannomon, but instead of red skin, it was black and had red stripes over his body, it seemed to have multiple brown belts wrapped around its wrist, and he had a much more intimidating look, with the addition of it being shrouded in a dark aura.
The black dinosaur was tearing down buildings by slashing them and shooting fire at them.
“Is that Tyrannomon?” Jake utters.
“DarkTyrannomon,” Leomon corrected. “To think it would show up now of all times…”
Leomon and Herissmon assume fighting stances, ready to jump in.
Hackmon halted them. “No, let me handle him myself!”
“Are you sure?” Leomon wonders.
“It’s ok, I know Hackmon, he’s got this!!” Herissmon assures.
“Besides, we still need to take Duskmon down!” Tekka added.
Hackmon grinned at the compliment as Tekka, Herissmon, and Leomon entered the tower.
Jake gulped and assumed a fighting stance, though it was easy to see his body shaking slightly.
Despite this, he still pulls out his Digivice analyzer.
Name: DarkTyrannomon
Level: Champion
Type: Dinosaur
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Fire Blast, Iron Tail, Dark Claw
Bio: A dinosaur Digimon whose body was corroded by a vicious computer virus, becoming a more frenzied Digimon not helping that his offensive power has grown as well, and he identifies anything he sees as an enemy.
Jake raised his eyebrow. ‘Fire Blast and Iron Tail? Aren’t those Pokemon attacks? No! I must focus!’
Jake raises his Digivice, while Hackmon leaps forward.
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
BaoHackmon rushed toward the black T-rex and leaped, His eyes targeting his arm.
“Blazing Flame!!” He spits out a fireball that hits the arm.
DarkTyrannomon winces as his eyes lock onto BaoHackmon, he lets out a growl as he charges toward him. The black T-rex opens his mouth, revealing flames swirling inside his maw. With a roar he fires out flames, swinging his head around frantically destroying many of the buildings.
Seeing all the destruction, BaoHackmon quickly returned to Jake, who hopped onto his back.
BaoHackmon avoids all the flying rubble and heads his way until he reaches an empty alleyway, which seems safe. Jake hopped off his partner so he could catch his breath.
“Man, it feels like I’m running away from Godzilla,” Jake pants.
The two of them heard the sound of wooden planks falling over. They turned around and saw something go around the corner. They looked into the corner and saw a group of Digimon huddled together, trembling in fear.
Jake raised his hand. “Um, hello…”
The frightened Digimon flinches in shock, but quickly calms down when they see Jake and BaoHackmon.
“Are any of you ok?” BaoHackmon asked.
One of the Digimon, whose body is covered in cardboard boxes named Bakomon, stands up.
“We’re fine, we’re just hiding from that DarkTyrannomon,” He explains.
Seeing the group trembling and whimpering, motivated BaoHackmon.
“Don’t worry, we’ll help you,” He assures.
The terrified Digimon stopped trembling.
BaoHackmon turns to Jake. “Jake, you take these people to a safe place, while I face DarkTyrannomon,”
Jake felt unsure. “I don’t know if I can do it…”
Right at that moment, they felt the ground shaking again, they looked out the alleyway and saw DarkTyrannomon between the walls, heading towards them.
“Tch! Jake, take them far away now!” He shouted as he dashed towards the black T-Rex.
“Wait!” Jake reaches his hand out, but he is already gone.
Turning to the young Digimon, he clenches his fist. Part of him says he won’t be able to get them all to safety, but the other part knows he has no other choice.
He musters up his courage. “Come on, we’re getting out of here,” He reluctantly said.
The group of Digimon nodded.
They felt the ground shaking again, which prompted them to make a move.
BaoHackmon noticed Jake leading the young Digimon to safety, which made him smile, but he quickly shifted back to being serious.
DarkTyrannomon carved his hand into the ground, swung it upwards, and sent rubble and debris at the dragon Digimon.
BaoHackmon squinted his eyes, unfazed by the threat. He runs directly toward the falling debris, leaps up and swiftly uses the debris as jumping platforms to get close.
“Fif Cross!!” He slashed DarkTyrannomon in the chest, causing him to roar in pain.
BaoHackmon leaped back avoiding the black T-Rex’s flailing arms, but he didn’t expect him to charge up another fire breath,
He unleashes his breath around the area, burning down buildings, and setting everything on fire.
BaoHackmon noticed the flames were heading in the direction of Jake.
‘Jake!’
He quickly rushed in close to DarkTyrannomon and leaped upwards towards DarkTyrannomon’s jaw.
“Dragless Spiker!!!” He kicks the jaw, which causes DarkTyrannomon to raise his head, in turn redirecting his breath upwards.
He sighed in relief, but he immediately sensed the black T-Rex’s arm swinging towards him, and he was in the middle of the air. Seeing that he couldn’t dodge it, he braced for impact.
The arm hits him and he is sent flying at extreme velocity, passing several buildings, until he crashes through one and hits the ground, creating a small crater.
Back with Jake, he led all the little Digimon to safety but faced a roadblock when everything caught on fire. Going past all the flames and the falling debris was an endeavor. Thankfully, they managed to exit the flaming area in peace.
Jake takes this moment to catch his breath. ‘Thankfully we’ve made it out safely,’
However, his moment of relief was shot out the window when he heard Bakomon speak.
“Wait, where’s Wanyamon?” He spoke out.
“Wanyamon?” Jake questioned.
“A little blue Digimon with a tail,” Bakomon said.
Seeing a Digimon like that was nowhere to be seen, and there was only one place where he could be.
‘Crap…’ Jake realized where he could be. He turned around at the burning area behind him.
Jake really didn’t want to do this, but he had no other choice.
Taking a deep breath, he rushes back in, despite hearing Bakomon and the other Digimon calling out to him, he doesn’t stop, he runs with all his might, passing through all the burning rubble he needs to find Wanyamon.
“HEY! WANYAMON, ARE YOU THERE!!!??” He yelled.
He got no response, so he continued to run around to look for him. Despite the increasing flames, he still didn't stop, then he heard the sound of crying, he followed the voice until he found the little Wanyamon, whose tail was stuck underneath the rubble.
Wanyamon looks at the silver-haired boy with puppy dog eyes, which motivates him. Jake walked close to the rubble and began pulling it with all his might, but it wouldn’t budge, it didn't help that the flames around him were making it difficult to breathe.
Despite these conditions, Jake didn’t stop, he clenched his hands and teeth and continued to pull harder.
Back with BaoHackmon, he crawled out of the crater, out of breath from the hit he took. As he took this moment to catch his breath, he looked up to see the towering figure of DarkTyrannomon in the distance.
He stood up on his legs again, locking eyes on the black T-Rex, he took a deep breath and clenched his hands before he sprinted.
DarkTyrannomon noticed BaoHackmon coming, growling with fury. He shoots out flames into the air, causing fireballs to rain down, and then scooped up rubble, in his hands and threw them at BaoHackmon.
Once again, he wasn’t unfazed, he moved left and right to avoid the fireballs and rubble, once he got close, he saw a giant piece of rubble falling onto him, instead of avoiding it, he leaped directly at it, and uses the blunts of his bladed tail to knock it back at DarkTyrannomon.
As the black T-Rex flinches, BaoHackmon uses the opening to get close and deal the final blow.
“Teen Blade!!!” His tail glows red and he swings it downwards through DarkTyrannomon’s torso.
DarkTyrannomon roared as he dropped to the ground and began to break apart.
BaoHackmon catches his breath for a moment, but he suddenly feels a strange feeling, he turns to the direction Jake went. Something inside him was saying that Jake was in danger, so he sprinted as fast as he could.
Back with the young Digimon, it has been a few minutes since Jake went to look for Wanyamon, and it seems like he isn’t returning.
Bakomon lowered his hand and began to lament, blaming himself for not doing anything to stop Jake from going to find Wanyamon.
“Hey look over there!!”
Bakomon raised his head and saw a silhouette emerging from the fire, once it got closer, it was revealed to be BaoHackmon, carrying Jake using teeth to tug his shirt, and Jake was carrying Wanyamon. While Bakomon was relieved to see Jake, he was also concerned, seeing that his clothes were burned up.
BaoHackmon lands on the ground and lets go of Jake, who takes this moment to breathe in the air.
“Thanks for the save back there,” Jake uttered.
“Normally, I would be against you doing stuff like that. But the fact that it was all for saving one Digimon, that’s admirable,” BaoHackmon said. “You're actually couragable than I thought,”
Jake nervously chuckled. “Was that a compliment?”
“Have fun figuring it out,” BaoHackmon jokes. “Anyway, we need to find shelter,”
Ben and Impmon peek through the crack of a door and see that no one is around, not questioning it, they go through the door, making their way through the hallway.
Exiting the hallway, they’ve made it to the first floor of the building, which is a big open area that the public will be able to visit.
Noticing the exit, Ben and Impmon made a run for it but halted when they heard a voice.
“Who’s there!?”
The two immediately hid behind some cover, however, they could hear footsteps getting louder meaning someone was coming to them.
Impmon wasn’t going to let their hard work go to waste, so he opened his hands, concentrated hard, and conjured a sphere of fire and ice.
Without hesitation, he jumped out of his hiding spot and threw his sphere at who he thought was the enemy.
Tekka and Herissmon scream in shock as they quickly jump out of the way of the sphere, while Leomon stands where he is and slices it with his sword.
Impmon’s eyes widen when he sees Tekka and Herissmon.
“Y-y-you guys!?” He stuttered, which prompted Ben to pop up from his hiding spot.
“Tekka?!” Ben exclaimed.
“Ben? Impmon?” Tekka gasped.
“These are your friends?” Leomon inquires.
Herissmon nods in response.
Tekka approached the younger boy. “Are you ok? Did anything happen?”
Ben waves his hand. “I’m fine. Nothing happened… Ok I got captured, but nothing happened during it,” He assures.
Tekka sighs in relief. “By the way, I believe this is yours,”
Tekka pulls Ben’s Digivice out of his pocket, which Ben happily takes back.
“Impmon left us a message on this when we found it,” Tekka said.
Impmon winces, while Ben raises an eyebrow.
‘He left a message? Why didn’t he tell me? Did he not want to worry?’ Ben thought.
Impmon then speaks up. “Anyway, we need to get out of here, before Duskmon finds us!”
“That won’t be necessary…”
The voice made everyone freeze, they looked up to see Duskmon at the top of a staircase, glaring down at them.
Ben felt like he could pass out at any moment out of fear, while Impmon clenched his fists and was ready to fight at any moment.
Duskmon slowly descends the stairs.
Each step he took caused Ben’s anxiety to increase, and he began hyperventilating, his legs shaking even faster, he could pass out at any moment…
But then he felt Tekka placing his hand on his shoulder, which calmed him a bit. He turns to see Tekka giving him a reassuring look, before pulling out his Digivice.
Understanding his expression, Ben took a deep breath, before firmly grasping his Digivice.
The two boys stare Duskmon down and activate their Digivices.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
[IMPMON DIGIVOLVE TO ORPHEUSMON]
The three Champions stood face-to-face with Duskmon.
The dark Digimon wasn’t intimidated by the three, so in response, he fired a beam at them.
Filmon, Orpheusmon, and Leomon split up to avoid the beam, while Tekka and Ben hid behind some cover.
Standing his ground, Leomon clenched his right fist and an orange aura began, gathering up around it.
“Fist of the Beast King!!”
He swung his fist forward, sending the aura towards Duskmon, taking the shape of a lion’s head.
Duskmon took a defensive stance and took the attack to the face, which pushed him back a couple of steps and also left a small crater on the stairs.
He swipes the dust away, only to be greeted with the sight of Filmon.
“Crimson Slash!!”
Duskmon quickly pulled out his blades, parried the claws, and pushed Filmon back, before he unleashed a flurry of slashes.
Filmon tensed up and quickly avoided the blades, but he immediately found them coming faster than he anticipated, leading to him tripping and falling down the stairs.
Duskmon was about to lunge at him before he heard the sound of flames.
“Dark Blaze!!” Orpheusmon sends out a stream of black flames at Duskmon.
However, Duskmon wasn’t fazed, and he spun clockwise fast, sending out wind that blew the flames away.
The wind blew over the entire room, slowly obscuring everyone’s vision.
Duskmon stopped spinning and targeted Leomon.
He lunges toward the lion-man, his blade glowing searing red.
“Eroberung!!”
He did a cross-slash through Leomon’s torso, causing blood to pour out and send him flying.
“Leomon!!” Filmon called out.
Orpheusmon grunted as he conjured up dark lightning, and fired it toward Duskmon.
Duskmon crosses his blade to block the lightning, the blades glow red and he slices through the lightning, he follows by firing a beam out of his chest,
Orpheusmon barely summoned a small barrier in time, but he was still pushed back.
Seeing both Leomon and Orpheusmon knocked away, made Filmom more determined to take Duskmon down and immediately rushed towards him.
Filmon unleashes a flurry of slashes, which Duskmon parries with his blades.
His blade glowed again as he swung them towards the hedgehog with lethal intent.
Filmon swiftly avoids the blades and sees an opening to attack, he swings his head around.
“Lightning Stinger!!”
His quills sharpened and pierced through Duskmon’s armor.
Filmon grins, thinking he’s won, but that quickly disappears when he notices Duskmon glaring at him.
Then the eyes around Duskmon’s body locked onto him, and they all began glowing.
Filmon retracted his quills and tried to escape, but it was too late as Duskmon fired his beams at Filmon point blank, sending him flying and crashing into the wall, causing debris to fall on him.
“FILMON!!!” Tekka cried out as he ran toward his partner without hesitation, Ben called out to him, but he didn’t stop, which prompted him to follow.
Duskmon walks to the knocked-out Filmon, but Tekka steps in between them, with Ben standing behind him.
“Stop!” Tekka ordered.
Duskmon wasn’t intimidated by the boy, though he was intrigued by his dedication to Filmon.
“Tell me, why are you so determined to protect this hedgehog?” He asked.
The question took Tekka aback, he didn’t know what to see at a time like this, his sweat began dripping down fast, and he quickly calmed himself by taking a deep breath.
“Filmon’s my friend, and I know he will always protect me!”
Unbeknownst to Tekka, Filmon began to move again. In his mind, a voice played in his head.
“Promise me, you’ll protect Tekka with your life!”
The hedgehog’s eyes shot open, flickering in a red glow.
Then wind blew in all directions, getting everyone’s attention.
Tekka and Ben recoiled in surprise as they turned around.
“Filmon?” Tekka mutters.
He sees Filmon standing up, but this time he has red electricity crackling around his body.
Filmon clenches his fist as he glares at Duskmon, who is shocked by his sudden burst of power.
“Tekka, you might wanna move away,” He said.
Tekka did as he was told and moved aside.
Filmon glances over to Duskmon and readies to dash.
Duskmon quickly regains his focus and assumes a defensive position.
Filmon lets out a confident look as he sprints, but he moves so quickly it looks like he moves within the blink of an eye, he tackles Duskmon and proceeds to crash through several walls until they reach outside the building.
Everyone blinked for a moment, turning to see the several holes in the wall, before processing what just happened.
“Did… Filmon do that?” Tekka said in disbelief.
“Look, we should focus on helping him at the moment,” Leomon brings up
The others nodded as they went through the holes in the walls to follow Filmon
Cutemon was still sleeping on the bed, but the small earthquake slowly woke her up, and then her eyes shot open.
“Duskmon!” She got off the bed and made her way to Duskmon.
The smoke began to clear, and Filmon gathered the strength to stand up again, he noticed his body was still crackling with red electricity. He then looked around and noticed he was a few miles from Duskmon’s tower.
“Woah, did I really go that fast?” He ponders.
He then suddenly felt a sharp pain throughout his body and he staggered a bit, dropping to one knee.
As he fights the pain, he notices Duskmon getting up, which prompts him to stand up, when he does, he can feel his newfound power slowly fade away.
‘Tch, whatever this power is, I can’t maintain this for much longer! I need to finish this now!’
Without a second thought, he sprinted towards Duskmon, winding his arm and clenching his fist.
Duskmon staggered while rubbing his eyes, but just as he moved his arm away, he saw Filmon right before him.
Filmon delivered a hook and uppercut Duskmon onto the wall of a building.
Filmon leaped towards the dark Digimon without stopping there, readying another punch.
However, when he got close, the eyes around Duskmon’s armor locked onto him.
“Death Gaze!!” Seven beams shot out and combined into one large beam.
Filmon quickly entered a defensive stance, and took the beam point blank, sending him flying several feet.
Duskmon pulls himself out of the walls and jumps to the ground.
Filmon moaned, fighting through the pain as he stood back up, face to face with Duskmon.
“You are certainly the most unusual Digimon I’ve ever met, but that could only take you so far,” Duskmon said.
Duskmon proceeds to fire beams at Filmon, who grits his teeth before avoiding it.
Duskmon didn’t stop firing there, he proceeded to spread his beams out and fire in all directions.
Filmon swiftly avoids the beams as he gets closer to Duskmon, also readying his fist. Once he got close he delivered another punch at Duskmon.
Filmon pants, staring into the ground, turns his head up, and his eyes widen.
He sees that Duskmon has blocked his punch with his hand, and he doesn’t seem fazed by it.
“Did all that power from before disappear? Disappointing…”
His blade began to glow a searing red.
Filmon tried to jump out of the way, but it was too late, Duskmon slashed the hedgehog’s torso, causing blood to come out. Duskmon followed this up by kicking him back.
“I believe this is where it ends for you…” Duskmon declared.
Filmon groaned as he struggled to get up, but there wasn't enough time! He could hear Duskmon getting closer!
Duskmon raised his blade, ready to strike, but he heard two cries.
“Dark Lightning!!”
“Fist of the Beast King!!”
Duskmon blasted back several feet.
Orpheusmon Leomonstood stood before Filmon, while Tekka and Ben helped the fallen hedgehog stand back up.
“You ok?” Tekka wonders.
Despite him panting fast, he gave Tekka an assuring look. “Almost,”
As he said that, Filmon felt his body staggering, his red energy flickering on and off.
“That power of yours is fading, and you are bleeding badly, you should stay put and let me and Leomon finish the fight,” Leomon suggested.
“No, I’ve got to take him down!” Filmon rebukes
“But you’ll die if you fight like this!” Ben said.
“Wait, I’ve got an idea, and it could take Duskmon down!” Orpheusmon said.
Tekka, Filmon, and Ben listen closely.
Orpheusmon gestures and summons a yellow circle. “I can keep you on hold in this, and I’ll infuse my lightning, which will hopefully be enough to take Duskmon down,”
“Are you sure this would work?” Ben wonders.
“It’s a gamble, but we’ve got nothing else to do,” Tekka said.
“But how are you supposed to infuse your lightning without hurting me?” Filmon wondered.
An idea popped into Tekka's head. “How about you roll up into a ball like you did when you were Herissmon,” He suggested.
“Hm, guess we’ll just have to go with that,” Filmon said.
“Now all we need is a distraction,” Orpheusmon said.
“I’ll buy you some time,” Leomon said.
And speaking of the devil, Duskmon got back up on his feet, Not wasting any opportunity, Leomon rushed toward the dark Digimon, engaging in a sword fight,
As they fight, Filmon stands in front of Orpheusmon’s magic circle, which lifts him off the ground, he then rolls up into a ball and begins spinning as his red lightning surges higher.
Orpheusmon raised his staff and dark electricity began sparkling up, he then redirected them to Filmon, his electricity mixed with Filmon’s lightning, creating a red/purple ball.
The dark wizard began to aim at Duskmon.
Duskmon noticed that Filmon and Orpheusmon were planning something, he was going to stop them, if not for Leomon interfering with him.
Desperate, Duskmon spins quickly, kicking up a small tornado, which caught Leomon off guard, and was sucked into the tornado. Duskmon took this opportunity to dash towards Filmon and Orpheusmon. However, he did not notice that Leomon, despite being inside a tornado, managed to charge up another energy and send it toward Duskmon, knocking him down.
Leomon threw another blast, this time using the recoil, to push himself out of the tornado and onto Duskmon. He readies his blade, as he gets closer to Duskmon, but before his blade makes contact, Duskmon vanishes and appears right in front of Filmon and Orpheusmon.
Leomon grits his teeth. ‘Darn it!’
Duskmon swings his blade and it seems like he will win… or so he thought…
Orpheusmon smirked. ‘Gotcha!’
He made a gesture that created a barrier surrounding him, Ben, and Tekka before making another gesture that undid his yellow circle. A sonic boom surged around the area as Filmon was fired directly at Duskmon, point blank.
Duskmon felt like a small meteor struck him in the chest as his armor began to crack. Filmon proceeded to zig-zagged all over the area like lightning streaks before redirecting into the air, and Duskmon couldn't do anything to stop him.
Orpheusmon turned to Leomon. “Leomon, you might want to go inside this barrier,”
Leomon was about to question why, but he could tell something was about to happen, so he went inside the barrier. Once Filmon got high into the air, he uncurled himself and used Duskmon as a platform to jump higher.
The hedgehog stares down Duskmon as he curls up again, preparing to charge one more attack.
Duskmon regains consciousness and directs his pupils at Filmon.
“Death… Gaze…” He mutters.
Once again, seven beams shot out and combined into one large beam, just as Filmon launched himself at Duskmon, leading to the attacks clashing.
Despite Duskmon putting in all he has Filmon powers through the beam, pouring all his strength into his attack, as he cleaves through the beam and hits Duskmon.
Filmon crashes Duskmon into the ground, the impact resulting in an EMP-like shockwave, sent throughout the city, briefly shutting down every electronic device for a few seconds.
The citizens wonder where the shockwave came from, though Jake, Vivian, Daisy, Gracie, Lucas, and their partners can tell where the epicenter is.
Once the smoke clears, Orpheusmon undid his barrier.
Ben coughs. “Is it over?”
“Let’s not get our keep-out hopes up,” Leomon said.
Tekka looked around and saw Filmon struggling to stand up, while Duskmon’s body was a few steps away.
Filmon pants as looks over Duskmon’s body, as he believes he’s won.
Then Duskmon’s eyes shot open and his body moved.
Filmon clenches his teeth, since his body is already tired out, while Tekka, Ben, and Leomon’s eyes widen.
“He can still move after all that?!” Tekka was flabbergasted.
“But it seems he can’t even get up,” Leomon draws out his sword. “Which gave us a chance,”
Leomon was about to rush towards Duskmon but Orpheusmon stopped him.
“Wait,” He said.
Leomon was confused as to why he stopped him, but then a voice could be heard.
“Duskmon!”
Everyone turned to see an exhausted Cutemon running towards them.
“Cutemon…” Duskmon utters in a low tone.
The pink rabbit approaches the worn-down Duskmon, emits a green sphere from her hands, and hovers it near Duskmon’s injuries.
“Don’t… just leave me… behind…” Duskmon mutters.
“No! Please just stop fighting!!” Tears came out of her eyes.
Duskmon begins lamenting over himself.
Tekka, Filmon, and Leomon were surprised to see a young innocent Digimon care for a Digimon like Duskmon.
“I knew she’d come,” Orpheusmon said.
“You knew?” Tekka asked.
“I did, which was why I might’ve measured my attack to make sure he doesn’t die,” Orpheusmon admits.
“WHAT?!!?”
“For what reason did you do that?” Leomon questioned. “He captured you two!”
“I may not have forgiven him for sending the Air Force after us and forcing us against our will. But I can’t help but feel empathy for what he’s been through…” Orpheusmon said somberly.
Tekka, Filmon, and Leomon were surprised at his tone.
Ben also speaks up. “I would like to add that, if he wanted us dead, he would’ve killed us while we were captive. We should at least give him a chance,”
Tekka was surprised at how empathetic Ben and especially Orpheusmon were, he felt proud of them for how mature they’d gotten.
Leomon sighs. “Alright, I’ll discuss Duskmon’s situation with the authorities of this city, you four wait for the others,”
The seven kids and their partner Digimon stood on top of a stage behind Leomon who was giving a speech to a huge crowd of Net City’s citizens.
“Never in my life, would I ever be hailed as a hero for liberating a city!” Jake admits.
“You mean, we are hailed as heroes?” Tekka corrected.
Jake nervously turned his head away. “Yeah… that's what I meant…”
Vivian lets out an ominous grin.
Hackmon sighs at his partner. “At least he’s somewhat humble,”
“He’s got a point though, we’re just kids, yet we just liberated a city,” Daisy admits.
“Don’t forget, according to the data we dug up, there is a central base somewhere in the Digital world,” Lucas says.
Gracie pounds her fists together. “And when we find it, we will kick their butts!!” She proclaimed.
“Yeah!!” The others screamed.
Herissmon smiled, but he noticed Tekka acting indifferently; he had been acting this way.
“Is there something on your mind?” Herissmon wonders.
Tekka shook his head. “It’s nothing,”
“Honestly I expected a bit more reaction coming from someone who is essentially our leader,” Hackmon said.
“This is just who I am, I just want to help people, and for them to know I exist,” Tekka said.
Jake and Vivian gave their friend a rather sad look but quickly shifted their attention to Leomon’s speech.
“...I am proud to introduce…” Leomon halted and covered the microphone with his hand, turning to the kids and their partners.
“I forgot to ask, do you guys have a name?” He wonders.
The group glanced at each other in confusion.
“Do we need one?” Lucas questioned.
“It’s important for Net City and the entire Digital World to know,” Leomon said.
The group began thinking up names
An idea popped into Ben’s head. “I’ve got it!”
Everyone turns to him.
“You can call us… the Digital Seven!!” He proclaimed.
Unsurprisingly, he was met with groans and protests from the others.
“Ugh, No!”
“That’s terrible…”
“The Digital Seven? Seriously?”
“Well, do you guys have any better ideas?” Ben suggests.
“How about the Super Ultra Mega Monster Squad!” Gracie proclaimed.
“Too long!” Everyone rejected.
“Maybe we could take a note from Ben’s book and throw the word ‘Digi’ in it,” Keramon suggests.
Jake got an idea. “I’ve got one, the Digimon Battle Brawlers!”
“Are you just asking for a lawsuit or something?” Vivian questioned.
“Would someone file a lawsuit on something that came out almost a decade ago?” Jake defended.
Vivian couldn’t think of anything to say back.
“How about the destined children!” Lalamon suggested.
“That sounds too simple,” Gracie said.
Hearing Lalamon’s suggestion gave Tekka an idea.
“The DigiDestined…”
The others turn to him.
“That’s our name from now on,” He finished.
“Digidestined? That just sounds childish,” Jake admits.
Leomon chimes in. “Hey, we can’t keep the crowd waiting, is Digidestined your name or not?”
“Yes, we’re the DigiDestined!” Tekka said with pride.
Leomon turns back to the crowd. “I would like to introduce to you… The Digidestined!!”
The crowd went wild acclaiming the group.
The kids, except for Tekka, felt a bit overwhelmed by all the praise they were getting.
In the crowd, there was a particular Digimon named Publimon intrigued by the Digidestined, and began writing an article.
Datamon could not believe what he was reading an article with the headline that said “NET CITY HAS BEEN FREED! THE DIGIDESTINED HAILED AS HEROES!”
No words could describe how shocked and enraged he was, those same kids had once again interfered with their business and nothing seemed to stop them.
Datamon seethed with rage, but he was brought back to reality when one of the screens in the room turned on.
“Datamon!” A growly voice said.
Datamon was startled at the voice.
He quickly regained his composure. “General Reapermon!”
“I request you to come to the command center, now!” The voice orders.
Datamon panicked as he knew why he was being called. He stood up from his chair and stepped out of his room, onto a green pad; once he stepped on it, he was warped away.
Datamon materializes in a command center, and all the computers show the DigiDestined’s actions in the Village of Beginnings, their fight against the D-Brigade, their taking out of Gorillamon, and now the liberation of Net City.
In front of him, was a throne, surrounded by screens showing the DigiDestined and their partner Digimon, and the one sitting on the throne, was a tall Digimon, looking at the screens with seething frustration, if one looked closely, they could see his finger scraping into the armrest.
Datamon took a deep breath.
“General Reapermon,” He says.
Reapermon paused the footage, turning his head around, his red eyes piercing through the dark room.
“You know why I called you here…” His metallic voice echoed throughout the room.
Though shivering at his voice, Datamon managed to speak up.
“It’s regarding the DigiDestined,” He said.
“Correct,” Reapermon growled. “How is the progress on Project Rainfall?”
“The planning is roughly 70% finished, it’ll take less than two months before completion,” Datamon said.
Reapermon turned back to the screen, pulling up a list of names, he scrolled down until he stopped on “MetalPhantomon” and pressed it, which caused a video chat to appear on the large screen in front of him.
“Are you in need of my assistance General Reapermon?” A garbled voice said.
“Yes, I need you to take a visit to Net City. To get rid of a couple of little nuisances…” Reapermon ordered.
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, the DigiDestined spent they're time in Net City, planning on what to do next, until they were visited by MetalPhantomon, who might be too much for them, will they make it out alive? Find out in Chapter 13: A Grim Encounter, MetalPhantomon’s attack!
Notes:
Ok, apologies that this chapter took WAY longer than usual, I hope this is worth the wait.
Man, a lot happens in this chapter, including the introduction of Reapermon, who'll be a major antagonist in this portion of the story.
Anyway, the next chapter will focus on the aftermath of the battle, before the DigiDestined sets out again
And for those wondering what 03–11–23 means, it stands for November 3rd, 2023, the release date for Godzilla Minus One, which was also the same as the very first Godzilla movie in 1954
Chapter 13: A Grim Encounter, MetalPhantomon’s attack!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Tekka splashed water on his face and wiped it away before looking at his reflection in the mirror. All he saw was how stressed it looked. He shrugged it off as he looked at his Digivice to see what time it was, but he also saw that the date was August 14.
He quickly shrugs it off, stepping out the door, and is welcomed by his hedgehog companion.
“Are you feeling better now?” He asks.
Tekka whimpered. “Y-yeah…” He replied.
However, Herissmon sees through his facade but doesn’t speak up.
Ever since the ceremony, he’s noticed that Tekka looks as if he is tired from working overnight. He asks if he is okay, and Tekka insists that he is fine. Of course, anyone could see that it wasn’t the case, though nobody questioned him further, likely because they didn’t want to bother him.
At first, he thought Tekka was just feeling stressed from the battle, but his expression did not change the next day. Once again, he didn’t ask why he acted like this, even if he was curious.
‘What’s gotten into you Tekka?’ He ponders.
Jake steps out of a sewing store, wearing his newly fixed clothes.
“So, how’s your clothes?” Hackmon inquires.
“It was like it was never burned!” Jake said. “Have you ever used this place before?” He wondered.
“No, I prefer my cloak like this, I still have it washed occasionally,” Hackmon replied. “By the way, she’s here to see you,”
He nodded to the right, where Vivian and Lopmon were. She had a worried face, and Jake knew why.
Ever since they regroup after the battle, the others are shocked that he risked his life to save a Wanyamon while surrounded by fire, and wouldn't have survived had BaoHackmon not shown up.
Vivian picks Lopmon up and places her next to Hackmon.
“Can you two leave us alone for a bit?” She asked.
While she was confused, Hackmon dragged her away, despite her cries.
Once they were out of sight, Jake and Vivian turned their attention to each other.
Jake lets out a sigh. “You’re still upset at me risking my life?”
“Yeah, mainly because you’re starting to act like Tekka,” Vivian said.
“I guess that’s the effect of being friends with him for years,” Jake said.
The two of them try not to laugh.
Jake's expression turned serious after a few seconds of holding his laughter.
“Did you check the date?” He asked.
Vivian nods. “You think Tekka’s going to be ok?”
“Of course, he is. As long as he keeps a straight face and we stand by his side, he’ll be fine, it's been this way for the past three years!” Jake assured her.
“But given that we’re in another dimension, and our focus is on finding those evil Digimon that spread the virus around, is it going to work again?” Vivian brings up.
Jake rubbed the back of his head. “Yeah, I figured it would be in the way,”
Vivian sighs. “Let’s meet back up with Lopmon and Hackmon,”
Unbeknownst to the two, Hackmon and Lopmon were hiding in the corner of an alleyway nearby, listening to the entire conversation. The two were pondering the reasons for what kind of terrible thing had happened on the 16th that Tekka didn’t want to remember. However since Jake and Vivian were coming, they decided to think about it another day.
The four walked through the shopping district, checking various stores from fashion, food, electronics, health, home, etc. Eventually, they heard a voice.
“Hey!”
The four of them turn in the direction of the voice and see Bakomon and Wanyamon approaching them, Jake and Hackmon grin when they see them.
Jake crouched down to Wanyamon’s level. “Are you feeling better?”
Wanyamon nodded and smiled joyfully.
“After he recovered, he wanted to thank you in person!” Bakomon said.
Wanyamon climbed up to Jake’s shoulder and began nuzzling his cheek, which Jake found ticklish.
Jake briefly frowned as he then lifted the little Digimon off his shoulder.
“Come on, don’t give all the credit to me, Hackmon was the one who saved us,” Jake said.
Wanyamon grinned. “When I grow up, I wanna be just like you!”
“I think you’re better off looking up to Hackmon,” Jake assured.
Vivian’s eye catches Jake’s quick frown and dismissive behavior.
Eventually, the four parted ways with Bakomon and Wanyamon, afterward they decided to take a bite, so they ordered some food and sat down on a bench, Jake and Vivian on one, and Hackmon and Lopmon, on another.
Jake unwrapped his burger, and before he took a bite…
“You did it again,”
Jake freezes, his eyes turning to Vivian.
“You tried to downplay your accomplishments again,” Vivian said.
Jake didn’t say a word, but one could notice his fingers twitching.
“It’s the truth,” He utters. “And I’m never good enough to do anything remarkable,”
Vivian grunts in frustration. “Don’t you ever think of that! Why are you always like this?”
Hackmon and Lopmon glanced over to their partners.
Jake turns his head to the brunette. “Because everyone says I’m just a worthless side character,”
“And you're just going to let what they say affect you this much?” Vivian questions.
“Because there’s truth to it,” Jake stood up. “Now, if you excuse me, I’m going to eat somewhere else,”
Jake walked away, with Hackmon following him. Vivian watched him walk away, and she started to feel melancholic, seeing Lopmon cuddling up next to her, lightened her mood.
Jake takes a bite out of his burger, trying to eat away his thoughts. As he does this Hackmon stares at him in concern.
He recalls how Jake told him he lives alone with his mother and how guilty he felt since he blamed himself for her overworking. Add to this the fact that he was picked on before meeting Tekka, and he begins to piece together why he acts like this. Of course, he will bring this up at another time.
Gracie was shown shopping with Lalamon. The two of them had been tasked with buying snacks for when they hit the road again, so they decided to buy all the food they could find, even if it was a lot more than they could carry. Thankfully, they came across Falcomon and Monodramon, who showed Tuwarmon around the city. They gladly lend a hand.
After buying everything on the list, they gave it to some delivery guys. The orangnette wiped the sweat off her face, turning to Falcomon and Monodramon. “Thanks for helping us!”
The two Rookies let out thumbs up.
“Anything for a friend!” Falcomon said.
Lalamon floats around Tuwarmon. “So how is it looking after this guy?”
Since the battle, Tuwarmon has been put into custody while Tyutyumon has been imprisoned since it was made clear that he was the reason behind their actions. To ensure Tuwarmon goes on the right path, Leomon assigns Falcomon and Monodramon to look after and nurture him.
“It wasn't that hard, since he’s extremely obedient,” Falcomon said.
Gracie looked at the time. “We’ve got plenty of time before we set off, is there anything notable to do in this section of the city?”
“There is a movie theater nearby,” Monodramon brings up.
Gracie clapped her hands. “Then let’s go!”
The five of them made their way to the theater.
As Gracie waited for the drinks and popcorn, she looked around at all the posters showing the movies. All of them were movies from back home, which is weird, even if the Digimon are more intelligent than regular creatures.
She was brought out of her thoughts when her popcorn and drinks were placed next to her. “Alright, what movies should we watch?” Gracie asked.
Lalamon, Falcomon, and Monodramon point to what appears to be a romance movie.
Gracie winces upon seeing the movie, but quickly regains her composure and forces out an excited smile.
“Ok! Let’s go watch!”
However, her body language didn’t go unnoticed by Lalamon.
Following this, the five of them sat down to watch the movie. The movie was about a girl who was the most beautiful in her school, which led to her popularity but also developed an ego.
The girl sets her sights on gaining the affection of the most handsome boy in her school. Her flirting attempts work, but not fully, as the boy chooses another girl over her.
As Lalamon had her eyes glued to the screen, she could hear Gracie sobbing. She tried to ignore it, but after almost an hour, she decided to turn to her side, and what she saw.
She was crying, which wouldn’t be unusual for people, but how she cries feels so… personal, and she needed to know why.
Once the credits rolled, Lalamon was about to talk to Gracie, but she immediately ran out of the room, much to her and everyone else's confusion.
Lalamon, Falcomon, Monodramon, and Tuwarmon stood in the lobby for a while, until they heard Gracie’s voice.
“Hey guys sorry for the wait!” Her voice cracked when she said that.
The four of them turn to the orangette waving at them, and that’s when they see her eyes are red and they have bags and snot dripping out of her nose, this broken-down face was accompanied by a forced smile.
Lalamon flew in close to her. “Why did you run out of the room?” She asked.
Gracie lets out a forced laugh. “I just got that emotionally invested in the movie,”
Lalamon could tell part of it was true, but she could feel that wasn’t entirely true. She didn’t continue to question her, fearing it would cause her to break down emotionally.
Gracie felt her Digivice buzzing, pulled it out, and saw a message from Tekka. She turned to Falcomon, Monodramon, and Tuwarmon. “We need to join back up with the others,”
The three nodded as Gracie and Lalamon walked out of the theater. Lalamon glanced at the orangette, thinking about her behavior.
Ben and Impmon stood in front of an abandoned old warehouse in the industrial part of Net City.
Leomon grabbed the door. “This was the only place we could hide Duskmon, had it not been for Cutemon keeping him in check, we wouldn’t have agreed to leave him alone,”
He pushed the door aside, allowing a view into the empty, barren interior, only illuminated by the light shining down through the windows. In the center of the room, Duskmon sat down with Cutemon beside him.
Ben and Impmon stepped through the door as Leomon closed it. They stood in front of Duskmon and Cutemon.
Ben decided to speak first. “So how’s your injuries?”
“Healed, it only took me a few hours,” Cutemon answered.
Leomon speaks next. “As per our agreement, you will tell us everything you know about the one that assigned you to this city,”
“From what I could remember, he only told me his name and occupation,” Duskmon admits.
Ben, Impmon, and Leomon squint their eyes as they lean closer.
“His name… was Reapermon,”
“Reapermon?” Ben asked.
Leomon tensed up upon hearing the name. Ben and Impmon glanced at the humanoid lion.
“Do you know who that is?” Ben asked.
Leomon hesitates to speak.
“I’ll speak of it when all of Digidestined are gathered,” Leomon turns to Duskmon. “And what is his occupation?”
“All he said is that he was working to take complete control over the entire continent,” Duskmon explained.
“Why would he want to do that?” Ben asked.
“He didn’t tell me why?” Duskmon informed.
Impmon clicks his tongue. “If I were to guess, it’s because he’s an egomaniacal jerk!”
“Did he tell you where his base of operations is?” Leomon asked next.
Duskmon shook his head.
Leomon sighs. “I guess that’s all the info we have to go with,”
A question then popped up in Ben’s mind. “So what’s going to happen to you?”
Duskmon’s eyes shifted into a more confident look.
“I will wander around the Digital world, to find others like me,” Duskmon declared. “And I won’t be alone,”
Cutemon walked in close to the dark knight and embraced him.
“This was the main reason, he was relieved from his actions,” Leomon said. “Anyway, we need to go to the front gate,”
Ben and Leomon made their way to the door, Impmon was about to follow but was stopped by Duskmon.
“Impmon, there’s a favor I need to ask,” Duskmon said.
Impmon stopped to listen.
“Since I wasn’t able to look into your memories before, I would want to do so now before I leave,” Duskmon said.
Impmon was hesitant, but seeing Ben and Leomon at the door, he decided to take this opportunity.
“Ok, just make it quick,” He whispered.
Duskmon nods and touches Impmon’s chest, when he does so, his eyes shoot open, as flashes of Impmon’s memories pop into his mind, overwhelming him.
In an inverse of events, Duskmon drops to his knees, hyperventilating, while Impmon stands unfazed.
Duskmon lifted his head. “Does Ben know?”
Impmon shrugs his head. “It’s better if he and everyone else don’t know,”
“You realize you can’t hide from your past forever,” Duskmon said.
Impmon clenched his fist, struggling to come up with a response.
“Hey, what’s the holdup!”
The two turned to Ben, who was standing at the door. Seeing this as an excuse, Impmon walked to him, and Duskmon gave him a sympathetic look.
At Net City’s front gate, Duskmon stared out into the distance.
“Are you sure this is what you want?” Ben asked.
Duskmon locked eyes with Ben. “I’m sure of it, besides I’m not doing this alone,”
As he said that, Cutemon hopped on his shoulder.
“There has to be another way,” Ben suggests.
Leomon gave Ben a sympathetic look. “I know what you feel, but you need to take what others want into consideration,”
Ben had no rebuttal for that.
Duskmon gave one last nod at Ben, Impmon, and Leomon before he set off with Cutemon waving goodbye.
As he sees Duskmon fade into the distance, Impmon thinks back on Duskmon’s words, before shrugging it off.
Unbeknownst to him, Ben briefly glanced at him. He knew something was up with him and Duskmon, and it definitely had to do with Impmon’s past, which just made him more curious.
Leomon turns to the door. “We should meet up with the other DigiDestined,”
The two nodded, following behind. Ben glances at Impmon, wondering about his past, but he also remembers what Tekka said to him back at the Village of Beginning: that he should build up his bond with Impmon before learning of his past.
Lucas and Daisy sat in front of a computer, going through all the data they found in the computer from the spire tower, Keramon wanted to help with the decoding, but he was told to sit out of it and leave it to the intelligent girl and the computer expert.
“You know, I didn’t expect you’d be good at computers!” Daisy expressed her surprise.
Keramon popped in between the two. “Well didn’t spend all that time alone, being lazy,”
Lucas frustratingly shoves Keramon away.
Daisy giggled at their dynamic, though she still remembered the night, Lucas first joined the team, where she and Tekka overheard Keramon saying he left out part of his story regarding his best friend and parents, not to mention that time she was alone with Keramon, he blurted out he had a falling out with his BFF, she kept quiet about it since she wanted to earn his trust, even after all they’ve been through so far.
She turns to the computer and browses through many files until she sees one called ‘Home Bases’. She clicks the file and is presented with a map of an entire continent.
On the map, several dots marked cities, including Net City. What caught her interest was the location marked ‘Base of operations’; this caught Lucas’ attention, too.
The two gave nods to each other before looking into it, they observed all the juicy information they could find, until they received a call from their friends, prompting them and their partners to get up and move to the rendezvous point.
The DigiDestined meet in front of the tower Duskmon used as his quarters. Upon entering the building, they are greeted by Andromon, who brings them into a meeting room where Leomon is.
They gathered around the table, waiting for Lucas and Daisy to present the information they’d found. Daisy placed her Digivice on the table, tapped it, and projected a holographic image of a carrier ship.
The other let out some ‘woahs’.
“I didn’t know the Digivice could do that,” Jake said.
Daisy glances at Lucas and gestures to him.
Lucas raised an eyebrow. “Why should I explain?”
“I’m not used to presenting anything unrelated to my studies,” The blonde replied.
“Wha..” Lucas groans. “Fine!” He reluctantly stood up.
“Based on the data we’ve found from the spire tower, these carriers go around mechanizing locations around the continent, we weren’t able to find the reason why, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out, he’s mainly expanding his forces around the continent, on a related note…”
He fiddles with his Digivice changing the hologram to show a continent map with several marked areas.
“These marks are areas they’ve taken over and mechanized just like Net City, and it doesn't take a genius to know why they're doing this…”
“It’s to create more of the virus,” Leomon said.
“Were there any of the viruses being produced,” Gracie asked.
Leomon nods. “My squad has found a storage room hidden in the sewage system,”
Jake cringed. “Talk about a hiding spot,”
Tekka speaks up next. “By the way, you guys said there was a central base somewhere in the Digital World,”
Lucas nods as he points to the center of the map. “After reluctantly allowing Keramon to finally go through the data we’ve found out there is a hidden central base somewhere in the Digital world, we’ve managed to pin down the location from the data,”
Jake shrugs. “So all we have to do is go to the base and kick all their butts, sound easy,”
“I don’t think it’s wise to underestimate our enemies,” Hackmon advises.
“He’s right,” Leomon said. “When my team wandered around the Digital World to find the base, but we could never find it, even if our sources said that it was somewhere in this continent,”
Everyone, except for Lucas, Daisy, and their partners, were confused.
Lucas speaks up. “We’ve noticed that too, and the only thing we got from triangulate all the data is that there is a location on the continent, we can’t even track it through the data for the carrier ships,”
Tekka speaks up. “Well, that’s all we need to find them right?”
Lucas and Daisy nodded.
“According to the map, it’ll take a few weeks for us to get to that place,” Lucas said.
Jake turns to Leomon. “Are you going to help us?”
Leomon sadly shrugs his head. “I would, but my team need to focus on rebuilding and fixing Net City,”
Tekka gave Leomon a reassuring smile and a thumbs up. “Don’t worry about us too much,”
Leomon smirked. “I don’t need to,”
Later at Net City’s front gates, the DigiDestined stood in front of Komondomon ready to depart, Leomon, Falcomon, and Monodramon were also there to see them off.
“I wish I can join you guys, but we’re still far behind,” Monodramon said.
“That’s the most modest thing you’ve ever said,” Falcomon said with a hint of snark.
Monodramon grits his teeth.
Gracie giggled at the two glaring at each other. ‘This two would fit perfectly with Roger and Cory,’
Leomon speaks up. “I wish you luck on your journey DigiDestined, hopefully when we finish things here, our paths will cross again!”
The DigiDestined waved goodbye as Komondomon ran off to the distance.
However, miles away from the city, a cloaked Digimon watches Komondomon running off, he chuckles as he ascends to the clouds.
While Komondomon was cruising through the land, The DigiDestined were doing different things to pass the time, unbeknownst to everyone, The cloaked Digimon was following them.
Seeing as this was the time to strike, the cloaked Digimon swings his weapon, sending energy blades at the mechanical dog
Komondomon’s ears perked up, and halted, which the DigiDestined felt from the inside.
“Hey Komondomon, why did you st–”
Then everyone felt the room shaking up, signifying that they’re going to experience a bumpy ride
Outside Komondomon avoided the energy blades raining down from the sky, but one managed to hit him and it was enough to immobilize him.
As he grunted in pain, the DigiDestined came out to check on him.
Out of everyone, Gracie was the one concerned the most,checking on his wound. “Who in the world is attacking us?”
Hackmon’s ears perked as he looked up. “Everyone, look up!”
Everyone looked up to see a cloaked Digimon levitating in the air. His red eyes pierced through the dark, accompanied by the cackling lightning, making him brighter.
At that moment, rain began to fall on everyone's terrified faces, further amplified by the Digimon flapping away his cloak. This revealed not only him as some sort of robotic skeleton but also that his arms were composed of electricity connecting his hand and shoulder, and a red core was exposed on his ribcage.
Despite being terrified, Tekka checks his Digivice analyzer.
Name: MetalPhantomon
Level: Ultimate
Type: Cyborg
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire, Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Soul Predator, Grave Scream, Necro Surge
Bio: Originally a Phantomon, his body was fully mechanized. His body operates using an energy supply from another dimension’s Digital World.
MetalPhantomon locks eyes with the DigiDestined, like a predator about to hunt its prey.
“I assume you are the DigiDestined,” His robotic voice sends shivers down everyone’s spines.
Tekka swallows his fears. “And what if we are?”
MetalPhantomon pulls out his weapon, revealing it as an energy-bladed scythe.
“Then I will gladly take all your lives!” MetalPhantomon’s eyes shine brighter.
Tekka bravely raises his Digivice. “Everyone get ready!”
The others were hesitant at first, but knowing it was the only way out, they all raised their Digivices, though some were reluctant.
On Tekka’s command, their Digivices shined along with their respective partners.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
[LALAMON DIGIVOLVE TO SUNFLOWMON]
[KERAMON DIGIVOLVE TO CHRYSALIMON]
[IMPMON DIGIVOLVE TO ORPHEUSMON]
The seven Champion Digimon stared at their opponent, who wasn’t fazed.
“Heh, you’re a colorful bunch,” He mocked.
Orpheusmon scoffs. “How’s this for colorful?” He points his staff at the robotic skeleton. “Dark Lightning!!”
MetalPhantomon shrugs as he raises his hand and easily blocks the lightning, much to everyone's shock.
“Is that all? My turn!” He opened his hand and concentrated. Then dark energy ominously poured out of his scythe and gathered in his hand, resulting in a ball of crackling energy. If one were to look closer, it looked like spirits were inside of it.
“Necro Surge!!!” He fires the energy at the DigiDestined, the attack crackling in all directions prompting everyone to jump away to avoid it.
MetalPhantomon laughs devilishly, as he readies his scythe.
“Soul Predator!!” He swings his scythe, sending a barrage of energy blades toward the DigiDestined.
Seeing the blades raining down on them, the Champion Digimon grabbed their human partners and scattered in all directions to avoid the blade.
Filmon clings onto Tekka for dear life as he tries to find shelter, but then he is slightly grazed and an energy blade, immobilizing him, can cause him to trip and drop Tekka from his arms.
The blacked haired boy quickly got up. “Filmon!” He stands close to see the humanoid hedgehog’s wound.
“You ok?”
Filmon grunted. “Barely… Can’t move!”
As this was happening Kyubimon and Sunflowmon soar through the air going around to MetalPhantomon’s side.
“Dragon Wheel!!”
“Sunshine Beam!!”
MetalPhantomon noticed the attacks and spun his scythe fast, blowing the attacks.
“Soul Predator!!” He swings his scythe, sending blades at the two Champions. The blades strike them, causing them to let out painful screams as they both fall to the ground reverting to their Rookie forms. Their human partners approach them for their safety.
As his eyes were still on them, BaoHackmon and Turuiemon jumped to him from behind to strike, but the robotic grim reaper quickly turned around, parried their attack with his scythe, and pushed them back. He then sent energy blades at them, which they swiftly avoided in midair.
The two Champion Digimon landed on the floor, before charging to attack again, however, MetalPhantomon chuckles, indicating they’ve fallen for a trap.
“Eerie Wail!!” He lets out a shriek.
BaoHackmon and Turuiemon brace for impact, but suddenly feel paralyzed by some outside force.
‘Can’t move!’ BaoHackmon thought, piecing two and two together. ‘Is this his attack?’
MetalPhantomon grins as he swings his scythe, sending a huge gust of wind alongside rubble and energy blades toward the two.
BaoHackmon and Turuiemon were blown off the ground, pelted with rocks, and slashed by the blades, damaging them so much that they reverted to Rookie. Jake and Vivian quickly scooped them out and went back to Komondomon
Before MetalPhantomon could find his next target, he felt something tighten around his spine, he looked around to see tentacles wrapped around it, and the source of them was from Chrysalimon.
“Get a load of this!” Energy surged through Chrysalimon’s tentacles and made it to MetalPhantomon, but it did nothing.
Chrysalimon eyes widen, while MetalPhantomon scoffs as he grabs hold of his tentacles and proceeds to yank the chrysalis Digimon into the air, before slamming him to the ground.
Before he could do anything, he suddenly felt warm even though it was raining. On a related note, the raindrops were evaporating around their area. He turned around to the source, seeing Orpheusmon standing on the tip of a tree, with a portal behind him. Inside the portal was a location full of flames.
As MetalPhantomon was distracted by the flames, Chrysalimon quickly got up and floated next to Lucas.
MetalPhantomon’s eyes widened, recognizing. ‘It can’t be! That’s the–’
He was cut off when Orpheusmon sent the flames towards him, forcing him to take on a defensive position, having no time to dodge.
The flames briefly took a humanoid form before wrapping around MetalPhantomon, trapping him in a flaming ball.
Orpheusmon crouched down and breathed heavily. It was a good thing MetalPhantomon was distracted by the others; it gave him time to prepare his spell.
For a moment it seems as if they’ve won…
But then the flaming ball a stream of dark energy suddenly burst from the inside, heading towards Orpheusmon. As he noticed the attack, it was too late.
The attack blasted the dark wizard off the tree and fell to the ground, reverting to Impmon.
Ben immediately went to his partner’s side. Everyone looked up, shocked to see that MetalPhantomon was still alive, although his cloak was singed and his skeleton body had burn marks.
Lucas knew they werem't going to win, he tried to think of a way to escape, and he noticed they were near the edge of a gorge.
He clench his fist, before turning to Chrysalimon. "Chrys, I've got an idea,"
MetalPhantomon glared at the fallen Impmon “I have no idea how you have access to a spell that summons El Evangelio, but you'll need more than a fraction of that to kill me!”
He then set his sights on Tekka and Filmon.
Tekka looked around and saw that everyone was down, and MetalPhantomon was now targeting him. Dread began pouring into his mind. He was all going to die…
Die… Die… Die…
He was going to die… two days before that day… the day they died…
Tekka began to hyperventilate at the thought of dying.
Seeing his partner’s condition. Filmon took a deep breath as he mustered his strength to stand back up, despite his pain from the cut.
MetalPhantomon grins. “So you still have some fight left in you,”
Tekka grabbed Filmon’s arm. “Don’t! You’ll die!”
Filmon gave the gogglehead a reassuring smile. “It’s fine just leave it to me,”
Filmon loosened Tekka’s grip before turning to face MetalPhantomon.
Filmon clenches his fist and attempts to channel the power he unleashed during his fight with Duskmon, but his efforts are unsuccessful. He even tried to remember the line he heard that caused the powers to appear, but it still didn’t come.
Knowing it’s pointless, Filmon assumes a fighting stance and faces MetalPhantomon, who smirks and readies his scythe
Tekka hyperventilates even more at the thought of Filmon dying.
‘No, no, no, NO! Don’t die Filmon!’ He claws his fingers through the dirt as his heart beats faster and faster.
‘I don’t wanna lose you too! DON’T DIE!’
Filmon suddenly felt a pulse in his body, as if something was about to burst out of it. He also felt like his mind was splitting apart.
He dropped to his knees, groaning in pain, and purple electricity began crackling around his body, attracting everyone’s attention. Filmon’s eyes shot open, now glowing pure red. He got on all fours and let out a growl.
Everyone was shocked at Filmon’s change in behavior, Tekka in particular.
Filmon smirks as he charges towards MetalPhantomon.
The robotic grim reaper scoffs before sending energy blades toward the humanoid hedgehog.
Filmon didn't bother to dodge, the blades hit him and he was still chagrin, though his body was noticeably stumbling.
He leaped into the air, pulling his fist back for a punch.
MetalPhantomon wasn’t amused and shrieked, paralyzing Filmon in midair. He readies his scythe to swing at him, but what happens next caught him by surprise
Filmon, despite being paralyzed, manages to muster his strength to spin in midair and swiftly dodges the scythe. He then runs up the scythe to get close.
He swings his fist as it strikes MetalPhantomon in the face, sending him back a couple of feet. It seems that he had done some damage, but that was thrown out the window when MetalPhantomon’s eyes glared at him.
MetalPhantomon swings his scythe upwards, slashing Filmon’s chest, causing blood to spew out.
Tekka’s pupils shrink as he sees Filmon fall to the ground. Without hesitation, he ran to the fallen hedgehog, who was reverted back to Herissmon, and embraced him. But unbeknownst to him, he was pulled away by tentacles.
MetalPhantomon strokes his chin, which is dented a bit, but he shrugs it off, turning to Tekka and Herissmon, only to see they’re gone. The other DigiDestined are nowhere to be seen. Still, he did see Komondomon and Chrysalimon putting something inside him before going in with Lucas, and he put two and two together.
As he figured that out, Komondomon made a run for it, heading for the edge of the gorge.
Not wanting to let them get away, MetalPhantomon lets out a shriek, which paralyzed Komondomon, despite that he was still able to move, albeit staggering.
MetalPhantomon chases after the mechanical dog sending energy blades at him, but he avoids them and successfully jumps down straight to the gorge diving into the stream.
MetalPhantomon didn’t stop, as he sent energy blades at the water, however there was no reaction
Instead of following the river, MetalPhantomon looks at his scythe, now imbued with the purple electricity he got from slashing Filmon.
Feeling intrigued by the energy, he knows he can’t let it go to waste. He raises his hand, which has a wrist communicator strapped to it, and presses a button that causes the communicator to project a screen showing Reapermon.
“Did you manage to kill the Digidestined?” Reapermon questioned.
MetalPhantomon shook his head, “No, but I’ve got something that might interest you,”
He shows his scythe to Reapermon as just as he thought, he was intrigued.
“Interesting, put your hunt on hold and return to the base,” He ordered.
MetalPhantomon nods as he trunks around, but not before looking at the river Komondomon and by extension the DigiDestined jumped into.
“I will get all of you one day,” He said before flying away.
While Komondomon was swimming through the water, the DigiDestined tended to their injured partners. Nobody said a word; they were still scarred from their encounter with MetalPhantomon, who had to be their scariest opponent yet, further proven since they barely escaped with their lives.
Tekka held the unconscious Herissmon in his arms as he remembered that date. The fact that he almost died two days before the same day as them was unfathomable. His mind was filled with so many thoughts that he fell asleep.
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, it's August 16th, and Tekka was acting more silent and melancholic, around the same time, MetalPhantomon sends an infected Digimon after the DigiDestined and Tekka was unable to Digivolve Herissmon for some reason, what could've happened in August 16th? Find out in Chapter 14: Light in the Dark, Stefilmon Unleashed
Notes:
Ok, I don't mean to end this chapter in a downer mood, especially since this is likely the last chapter for the year, but I need to use ways to keep the readers invested.
In my original plans for the story, MetalPhantomon was going to be used in a later chapter as a monster of the week, I'll explain more when we get there, with the Digimon I wanted to use DarkKnightmon, but since MetalPhantomon is a robot grim reaper, it makes too much sense for him to work under Reapermon, in fact Adventure 2020 had a MetalPhantomon Digivolving to Reapermon
Chapter 14: Light in the Dark, Stefilmon Unleashed!
Notes:
You might notice I've tweaked the chapter titles into something more anime-esque, I've decided on this upon realizing the old titles are kinda lame and too simple so I did it this way instead, plus
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
In a dark room, there was only light emitting from several screens, showing footage of the DigiDestined, particularly those of Tekka and Herissmon.
There was a figure resembling a human watching all these screens, he looked at the date to see it was August 16th and he felt a pit where his chest should be, he then turned over to a picture containing, an old man with two people being his son and daughter-in-law, the two holding their baby.
He clicks his tongue in frustration before turning his focus back to the screen.
There was nothing but silence in the room…
It had only been a few hours since their run-in with MetalPhantomon, everyone had been quiet for a while. Nobody could blame them since they’d barely escaped with their lives.
For the first time, they understood the true meaning of fear of the world beyond their limited knowledge.
Seeing everyone’s dreadful moods, Herissmon decided to step up and speak. “Hey, I know you’re all uneasy from before, but that shouldn’t mean you should let it keep you down!”
Everyone looked at him, and nobody said a word.
Seeing that it was not working, Herissmon turned to Tekka. “You believe so, too, right Tekka?”
Like everyone else, the black-haired boy stood silent. Feeling unmotivated, Herissmon lowered his head and curled up next to him.
The other Digimon was about to speak up, but they decided their partner’s mental state was a priority, so they did what they could to comfort them.
MetalPhantomon flew through the air until he reached a barren, rocky landscape. He began looking around and was shown to be holding a canister.
He recalls what happened when he returned to the base.
Datamon stands in front of a metal cube with a built-in microscope on top.
The curious machine Digimon looked into the microscope. “Interesting. Whatever this Digimon is, its data is immense; it’s like I could create life.”
He then looks over to the screen, showing Herissmon’s bio-readings. He smirked as he thought of the infinite things he could do with this data.
Elsewhere, MetalPhantomon was standing in a room where he was sprayed from all directions, washing away his burn marks. Afterward, he left the room and put on his repaired cloak.
He then hovered over a circular panel, and in a flash, he was warped away.
As MetalPhantomon materialized, he found himself before Reapermon, sitting on his throne.
He bowed down in respect. “Is there a reason you called me?"
Reapermon pressed a button on his armrest, and the ceiling opened up. A pipe dropped in front of him, revealing a set of canisters.
He pulls them out and hands them to MetalPhantomon.
“We’ve recently overclocked the virus. The infected behave more intelligently than before in tandem with their ferociousness, bringing out more innate strength as long as they’re still alive,” Reapermon explained.
MetalPhantomon accepts the canisters, bowing in respect once more before he leaves.
Just then Reapermon heard a call from his monitor, he pressed a button and the screen showed Datamon.
“General Reapermon, I’ve come up with an idea on what to do with this data MetalPhantomon got,”
Reapermon leans in close to listen.
MetalPhantomon clenches the canisters as he looks around, and then something catches his eye.
A few miles away from him was a blue bipedal reptilian Digimon, resembling a Ceratosaurus. He had blue scales and black stripes covering his body, three clawed fingers and feet, and claws protruding from his heels. He also had a dark brown, rhinoceros beetle-like skull on his head.
‘A Greymon, perfect!’
He descends to the ground, close to Greymon, who raises his head and notices him.
Greymon glared at the robotic grim reaper and readied himself to attack. MetalPhantomon pulls out a canister and tosses it at Greymon.
The blue dinosaur swung his tail in an attempt to knock the canister back, but this turned out to be a mistake. Gas spewed out when his tail made contact with the canister, quickly covering him.
Greymon attempted to swipe the gas away, but his efforts were futile. He unintentionally inhaled the gas, which caused his body to halt abruptly.
The blue dinosaur grunted in pain, feeling like his body was being torn apart. Veins began popping around his body, and his eyes rolled back and glowed red. The gas subsided, revealing Greymon in a much more aggressive stance.
Greymon turned his head to the distance before heading in that direction.
MetalPhantomon smirks. “It works,” he pulls out more canisters before flying off.
It has been two days since the DigiDestined’s encounter with MetalPhantomon, and Komondomon has been advised to take caution when traveling around. Thankfully, there haven’t been any run-ins with MetalPhantomon or infected Digimons, but that doesn’t mean he should take things too lightly.
Regarding the DigiDestined, their spirits have been lifting. However, traces of their encounter with MetalPhantomon still linger in their minds, but that doesn’t stop them from getting ready in the mornings.
As they went through their morning routine, they noticed Tekka was still asleep but shaking a bit as if he was having a nightmare. Jake and Vivian took measures to comfort him, while the others assumed he was the most traumatized from their previous encounter—everyone except Hackmon and, to some extent, Lopmon.
Since overhearing Jake and Vivian’s conversation back at Net City, they’ve wondered what happened on August 16th, especially what caused Tekka to be this distressed while sleeping.
However, they didn’t speak up because they didn’t want to break Jake and Vivian’s trust.
Everyone continued with their morning, but Tekka was still shaking in his sleep. In his mind, he was dreaming about a day he could never forget…
A 9-year-old Tekka was sitting near the window, looking bored as he stared out to the street.
Behind him, Jake and Vivian were playing a game Smash Bros. on the Switch, also looking bored.
“Your parents sure are taking a while,” Jake said.
“Jake, you know they’re busy with their jobs,” Vivian says.
“I know, but usually they’d be home around this time,” Jake turns to Tekka. “You were even told they will be home for your birthday right?”
While he was still staring out of the window, he still nodded. Then something caught his eye.
There was a black car parked in front of the house, and men in suits came out of it, which he recognized were the same ones he saw his parents talking with from time to time.
Curious, he exited the door, with Jake and Vivian following.
The trio peeks into the living room, where Jake’s mom, Vivian’s parents, and twin brother Dylan talk to the men in suits. They couldn’t make sense of what they were saying…
One of the men noticed the three peeking through the door.
He points to Tekka. “You, you’re the son of Victor and Sophie Herisson, right?”
The question took Tekka aback, but he still walked to the man.
“Yeah, are my parents going to be here?” he asked.
The man looked at him, expressionless. “We regret to inform you that your parents are—”
Tekka’s eyes shot open as he yelled in shock and began hyperventilating. His awakening shocked everyone in the room, who looked at him worriedly.
Herissmon was the first to approach him. “Are you ok?”
Tekka’s rapid breathing slowed down, his hand clenching his head. “Yeah… I just have a lot on my mind… I just need to get some fresh air”
He stood up and made his way out the door. However, his movement was noticeably stiff and staggered, and he almost looked like his body could fall apart at any moment.
The others couldn't help but think about him as he entered and exited Komondomon.
Herissmon couldn’t stop worrying about his partner. “Tekka…”
Daisy strokes her chin. “Even if he’s lingering from MetalPhantomon’s attack, he shouldn’t be this sorrowful. I could be wrong since people experience things differently,”
She then turns over to Jake and Vivian. “Do you two know what’s wrong with him?”
Jake and Vivian tensed up.
“I’ve noticed you two, have been comforting him a lot since this morning,” Daisy points out. “Do you two know why he’s like this,”
The others turn their eyes to the two, particularly Hackmon and Lopmon.
Jake and Vivian exchange looks.
Jake stares at the ground, not raising his eyes to the others, while Vivian musters the courage to speak.
“I'm sorry, but we’ve agreed never to talk about it. Tekka probably wouldn’t want us to,” she said.
The others were surprised at this response, despite being curious, they didn’t ask any more questions.
Outside, Tekka was staring out to the horizon as the sun rose. Normally, people would marvel at this sight, but Tekka doesn't. As the sun rose, memories began popping in his mind…
First, there was a memory where he showed his parents a drawing of the three of them…
After that, he remembered spending a lively dinner with Victor and Sophie, the three laughing together…
Finally, he remembered Victor and Sophie leaving for their jobs on the morning of his birthday, with him waving them goodbye…
Tekka’s body trembled, barely able to stand up. He clenched his fist and teeth and struggled to fight back his tears, but he couldn’t.
“Tekka?”
Tekka tensed up and quickly rubbed his eyes as he turned around to see Herissmon.
He closed his eyes and put up a forced grin. “It’s ok Herissmon, I’m fine…” His voice was devoid of joy.
Herissmon saw through his facade, but he didn’t speak up about it.
“If there’s anything wrong, you can tell me about it.” He turns around and walks away, but Tekka stops him.
“Actually, can you stay next to me, I’d appreciate it,”
Even though he was worried about Tekka’s mental state, he still smiled at his offer and accepted.
After standing outside in each other’s company, the two returned inside Komondomon. As they stepped in, they saw everyone’s dreadful and melancholic mood, and they noticed each partner Digimon comforting their human partners.
Hackmon, Renamon, and Keramon sat right next to Jake and Lucas. Lopmon perched on Vivian’s lap, while Lalamon perched on Gracie’s shoulder, though Impmon seemed to be conjuring small bits of fire, ice, and lightning in his hands.
Knowing he has to step up to his job as the group's supposed leader, Tekka gestures to everyone and they gather around the table.
It was silent, nobody spoke, then Gracie mustered enough courage to speak first.
“So… what do we do now?” She inquires.
Tekka stood up. “You all might not agree with me, but we need to continue to the enemy base,”
As he expected, the other kids had mixed expressions, and each of their partner Digimon comforted them.
He rubbed his head and shifted into an assuring stance. “I know that we’ve barely survived MetalPhantomon, but that doesn’t mean we should give up now…”
His friends still weren’t convinced by his words…
Seeing that nothing he said is working, he decides to go back outside to clear his head again, Herissmon following him.
He steps onto the balcony, leaning on the edge as he stares out in the distance, as thoughts bloom in his mind.
Every threat they’ve faced so far, he was able to lead his companion to victory, but now dread had infected their minds, and now he questioned himself what would a leader do at a moment like this?
Herissmon sees his partner’s turmoil and stands by his side. Tekka smiles at the hedgehog’s assurance.
However, their moment of silence was interrupted when they heard an explosion in the distance. They stared out to see that something was happening not too far from where they were.
“What’s going on over there?” Herissmon wondered.
“Whatever it is, we’re going to investigate,” Tekka said.
“What about the others?” Herissmon inquires.
Tekka thinks for a moment, before deciding his answer. “We’ll go by ourselves,”
Herissmon gave his partner an incredulous look.
“I know it’s not the wisest idea, but since everyone else is unwilling to fight,” He grips his Digivice. “It’s what I have to do as a leader!”
Tekka tells Komondomon to stay still as he jumps off, with Herissmon reluctantly following him.
Greymon stood victorious, stomping on an unconscious Tyrannomon, who disintegrated into particles.
Unbeknownst to him, Tekka and Herissmon were hiding behind a rock. Tekka checked his analyzer.
Name: Greymon (Blue)
Level: Champion
Type: Dinosaur
Attribute: Virus
Field: Dragon’s Roar, Nature Spirits
Attacks: Nova Blast, Great Horn Attack, Tail Whip
Bio: A Virus attributed Greymon. While he has been called a “Feral Greymon” due to his violent disposition, he is not a lone wolf, as he possesses enough intelligence to work together with his allies as a team.
He tries to get a closer look but accidentally knocks down some rocks, which alerts Greymon to their location.
Knowing they couldn’t hide, Tekka and Herissmon popped out of their hiding spot.
Tekka grips his Digivice. “You ready?”
Herissmon nods. “Always,”
He glances at his Digivice before he extends his hand out, pointing it to Herissmon. “Herissmon, Digivolve!!”
But nothing happened…
“Um, Tekka? Any time now,” Herissmon ensures.
Tekka fiddled with his Digivice. “I know, it’s just… something’s wrong with my Digivice!”
Greymon doesn’t look amused. He roars and lunges toward the two, prompting them to run.
Tekka frustratly smacks his Digivice. ‘Grr, what’s wrong with this thing?!’
Herissmon halts to shoot his quills at Greymon’s eyes, briefly blinding his sights, and allowing him and Tekka to hop into a ditch.
Tekka grunts in frustration, banging his Digivice. “Why isn’t this thing working!?!”
“Could you at least call the others so they could help?” Herissmon inquires.
“No, We still have to do this ourselves,” Tekka insisted.
Herissmon couldn’t believe he said that even after he couldn’t Digivolve him.
At that moment, they felt Greymon’s footsteps coming, prompting them to run out of the ditch, Greymon noticed them and shot out a fireball at them.
Tekka and Herissmon jump away to avoid the fireball, but the explosion still pushes them back.
Tekka stumbles through the ground, kicking up dust, but he quickly gets back up. However, he notices his Digivice is missing from his hand. He looks around for a while before he spots it… just a few feet away from Greymon.
He knew he couldn’t just run it and pick it up. Thankfully, he saw Herissmon standing between him and his Digivice. He gestured to the hedgehog to grab his Digivice while he distracts Greymon.
Herissmon nodded at his gesture, but he was shocked to see Tekka distract Greymon by calling his name and letting him chase him. Herissmon didn't let his worries distract him, so he rushed and picked up the Digivice before he ran after Tekka. He fiddled with the Digivice for a bit before running after Tekka.
Tekka ran for his life, but Greymon was not slowing down, gaining on him, but he tripped, allowing the blue dinosaur to catch up, his instincts kick in as he closed his eyes and brace for impact.
Greymon extends his hand out and attempts to grab Tekka, but then…
“Teen Blade!!!”
BaoHackmon leaps in and slashes Greymon, making him drop to his knees.
Tekka’s eyes open, and then Turuiemon lands near him, holding Herissmon in her arms, she picks up Tekka, before leaping away, and BaoHackmon follows.
Greymon growls as his fury slowly increases when he thinks of the DigiDestined.
After Greymon was out of their sight, BaoHackmon and Turuiemon stopped and were approached by a worried Jake and Vivian, as well as the others.
“You ok?” He asks Tekka.
“How did you know I was out there?” Tekka wondered.
“Herissmon sent us a message,” Jake replied.
Tekka glances at Herissmon.
“Hey, I did that since I couldn’t Digivolve,” The hedgehog points out.
Tekka rubs his head. “I don’t blame you,”
Vivian sighs with a mix of frustration and concern. “Seriously, what were you thinking? Going out to fight alone like that?”
Everyone looks at Tekka and Herissmon inquisitively.
“Look, since you guys were still shaken from our run-in with MetalPhantomon, I had to step in as the leader,” Tekka said.
“I get what you're saying but still, what kind of leader goes out alone without asking his allies?” Jake questions.
“Look, I would’ve been able to take care of Greymon…” He points to his Digivice. “But this thing won’t work for some reason!”
Hearing that made Hackmon perk up. “Something’s wrong with you Digivice?”
Tekka nodded.
Hackmon speaks. “It’s because your heart is wavering,”
Tekka raised his eyebrow. “What do you mean?”
“Your power to Digivolve is based on the resolve you’ve in your heart. However, it can be easily tainted if the user isn't in the right mental state or if his own inner demons hold him back,” Hackmon explains.
Jake and Vivian tensed up, knowing exactly what inner demons kept Tekka from Digivolving Herissmon.
Of course, since Daisy was the smart one, she asked Tekka a question. “Tekka… is what happened today related to your inner turmoil?”
Tekka gulped, looking down. “No… I just happen to feel down,”
Everyone could tell he was hiding something.
“Bullcrap!”
Everyone turns to Impmon.
“It’s blatantly obvious you’re hiding something, so drop the act!” Impmon demanded.
Tekka clicked his tongue. “It’s nothing…”
Impmon grits his teeth and is about to give Tekka a piece of his mind, but Ben halts him.
“Impmon has a point though,” Hackmon said. “It’s likely whatever trauma you've had on this day is likely–”
“I said it’s nothing!!” He yelled, cutting Hackmon off.
Silence shrouded everyone, they stared at Tekka in shock, taken aback by his outburst, especially Jake and Vivian, Tekka had normally been the introverted boy, rarely raising his voice. Once Tekka realizes the stares, he backpedals.
“Sorry, didn’t mean to yell… But my point still stands that nothing, and I mean nothing happened on this day!” He insisted
At first, nobody spoke up…
But then Jake silently walks up close to Tekka… and then punches him in the face, knocking him down.
Everyone gasped at this action.
Tekka winces as he rubs his cheek, questioning why Jake just punched him.
“Stop it…”
He raised his head to see Jake breathing rapidly in frustration. Jake then grabs Tekka’s shirt and pulls him close.
“Three years… this is how you’ve acted for three years! Despite me and Vivian's efforts to comfort you, you still distance yourself and keep all your feelings inside yourself! What do you think friends are for?!” He snapped.
Tekka was speechless at Jake’s rant.
Vivian then steps in between her two childhood friends, separating the two.
“Jake, stop! You know Tekka doesn’t like talking about this day,” Vivian begged.
“Ok, I’ll tell…”
Jake and Vivian froze in surprise as they turned to their friend.
“But can we talk about it inside Komondomon?” He suggested as the others nodded.
As per his suggestion, they returned to Komondomon, where they gathered around the table.
Everyone was anticipating what Tekka was about to say, while Jake and Vivian were questioning if Tekka would reveal what happened.
Tekka begins to speak. “This day, August 16th, is my birthday…”
As he said that, everyone (Except Jake and Vivian, who were anticipating) muttered, wondering why someone would be this depressed on their own birthday, but then they got their answer…
“... It is also the day my parents died…” His voice cracked
Gasps echoes throughout the room, but they continue listening.
“When I was a kid, my parents were often away for their jobs, thankfully I met Jake and Vivian, and we’ve been hanging out together ever since we’ve met…”
For a moment he hesitated, Jake and Vivian knew why he did.
“...then… three years ago for my birthday, I told my parents to come, and they agreed to finish what they’re doing and come home… I’ve waited… and waited… until some men in suits arrived at my house… to tell me that my parents had died in a car crash…”
That got the others thinking in disbelief while also feeling immense sympathy for Tekka.
A question then popped into Gracie’s mind. “Wait, after your parents died, who took you in?”
“After the funeral, I was approached by a close associate of my parents, his name was Aaron, and he was the one who took me in, thankfully my mom’s parents happened to live nearby, and they accepted Aaron would look after me,”
The group then broke into mutters, talking about what they just heard.
Tekka stares at his Digivice. “I guess in a way the reason I wanted to help others, is because I wanted to make myself known, and make sure nobody goes through the same pain I did,”
Herissmon could not take this anymore, he embraced Tekka, who warmly embraced him back, the other was at a loss for words.
Feeling the stress off his chest, Tekka attempted to try and Digivolve Herissmon again, he concentrated hard… but nothing still happened, much to his shock and confusion.
At that moment, a roar could be heard, everyone looked out the window and saw a familiar blue dinosaur.
Jake readies his Digivice. “Guess he’s back for round 2,”
“Let’s get him!” Hackmon declared.
“Wait, what about Tekka and Herissmon?” Ben inquires.
Tekka clenches his Digivice, before swallowing his pride. “We’ll stay here, I can’t do anything without Herissmon Digivolving,”
Everyone gave the two a sympathetic look, before heading out.
The Blue Ceratosaurus scowled at the DigiDestined as he marched toward them. With each step he took, they could feel the ground shake.
Even though Tekka’s not with them, the DigiDestined still emits light from their Digivices.
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
[LOPMON DIGIVOLVE TO TURUIEMON]
[RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TO KYUBIMON]
[LALAMON DIGIVOLVE TO SUNFLOWMON]
[KERAMON DIGIVOLVE TO CHRYSALIMON]
[IMPMON DIGIVOLVE TO ORPHEUSMON]
The kids hid in a ditch as their partner Digimon stood as a united group.
The six Champions and Greymon stared each other down for a moment, neither of them making a move, their human partners watching in anticipation.
Then a rock on the ditch's edge fell and Greymon roared.
Greymon spews flames at the six Champions. Orpheusmon quickly took a stance in front of his comrades.
“Infernal Blaze!!” He unleashed a huge wave of fire.
The two flaming attacks clashed, causing an explosion. Everyone was forced to cover their eyes, and a thick cloud of smoke covered the area.
Greymon didn’t let the smoke stop him. He used his senses to pick up his targets before changing straight in. As he got close, he sensed his targets scattering, prompting him to halt.
Greymon took a defensive position, looking around for his targets. Then he heard the sound of whooshing behind him.
He turns around and shoots a fireball in the sound’s direction, but it hits nothing.
Hearing another woosh behind him and spewing out another fireball, and yet again, it hit nothing.
Now, he was confused. The silhouettes of his targets popped in and out of the smoke, and then he sensed BaoHackmon and Turuiemon coming from above. He swung his head upwards, thrusting his horns at them.
BaoHackmon’s claws and Turuiemon’s gauntlet clashed with his horns, both sides seemingly at a standstill.
Greymon’s eyes remain locked on the two; however, he notices two things before him.
It was Kyubimon and Sunflowmon readying their attacks.
“Dragon Wheel!!”
“Sunshine Beam!!”
As they fired their attacks, BaoHackmon and Turuiemon used his head as a jumping platform, stunning Greymon, and leaving him open to Kyubimon and Sunflowmon’s attacks.
Despite the damage, he still blindly rushes toward them, but he suddenly feels something wrapping around his torso and arms.
He turned around to see Chrysalimon, who was responsible for immobilizing him.
Chrysalimon lets out electricity and electrocutes the blue Ceratosaurus, but despite that, he moves his tail to grab Chrysalimon’s tentacles and pulls him close.
But since his focus was on Chrysalimon, he did not see BaoHackmon coming, he swooped in and slashed him with his tail blade, with enough precision to avoid hitting Chrysalimon’s Tentacles.
Greymon succumbs to his injuries and falls to his knees. Chrysalimon unravels his tentacles, his eye shifting to Orpheusmon.
“Now!” He shouted.
The dark wizard performed hand gestures. “Glacial Requiem!!!”
A small blizzard surrounds Greymon, and he is encased in ice in seconds.
Orpheusmon took a deep breath as the job was finished. His allies gathered around the ice.
Their human partners stood up from hiding, believing they’d won.
However, unbeknownst to everyone, Greymon’s seething rage accumulates within the ice as his body glows. The ice encasing him shakes and cracks open, revealing a piercing dark blue light.
Greymon’s eyes shot open as he roared, bursting out of the ice and glowing in a radiant yet eerie light, prompting everyone to cover their eyes.
“What’s going on!?” Ben exclaimed.
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this!!” Jake yelled.
Greymon roared as mechanical parts burst out of his chest, forming a chest plate. His left arm was enveloped in light as it transformed into a robotic arm. The same light enveloped his head, and he gained a steel helmet. Finally, he earned six tattered wings.
With a final roar, the light dissipated, and his new form was complete for everyone to see.
Once everyone looked at Greymon’s new form, chills were sent down everyone's spines.
Jake gulped as he looked into his Digivice analyzer.
Name: MetalGreymon (Virus)
Level: Ultimate
Type: Cyborg
Attribute: Virus
Field: Metal Empire
Attacks: Giga Destroyer, Giga Storm, Metal Slash, Trident Arm
Bio: After many battles, Greymon survives by mechanizing half of his body. His power is also said to be as strong as a nuclear warhead.
Jake tensed up at the nuclear warhead line, clenching his Digivice, but he knew he couldn't let his fear overtake him.
He gulped before giving his companions an assuring look.
MetalGreymon growls, his fingers twitching, his wings spreading out. He gazes at the six Champion Digimon surrounding him.
Orpheusmon knew he couldn’t waste time, so he raised his staff and conjured lightning.
“Aetherstorm Surge!!” He swings his staff down, sending a bolt of dark lightning towards MetalGreymon.
At first, it seems the mechanical Ceratosaurus was succumbing to the lightning, only for him to flex the lightning away, his body unfazed.
Orpheusmon grits his teeth in frustration.
BaoHackmon followed up by rushing toward MetalGreymon, his tail glowing searing red.
He got in close and slashed the dino’s chest, though he didn’t scratch it. He did not expect the chest plate to open and dark blue light would gather around it before it fired in the form of a beam.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t dodge as he was consumed by the beam at point blank rage, the beam being so bright that everyone had to cover their eyes as the wind kicked up.
The beam subsided, and the dust settled, revealing a battered BaoHackmon lying on the ground, cracks around his scorched body.
Everyone’s eyes widened, with Jake almost jumping him to his aid, but part of him halted in place. Thankfully the other partner Digimon had his back.
Turuiemon rushes in and picks up BaoHackmon, carrying him away, while Chrysalimon, Kyubimon, and Sunflowmon hover close from behind. Chrysalimon sends his tentacles at the mechanical dinosaur, aiming for the non-cybernetic sections of his skin, however when the tips make contact, it’s like poking a stuffed pillow.
MetalGreymon locks onto the chrysalis Digimon aiming his right arm at him, which he fires like a grappling hook.
Chrysalimon shifts to the side to dodge, but MetalGreymon swings the arm in his direction, wrapping around him.
Before he could do anything, Kyubimon unleashed her ‘Dragon Wheel’ while Sunflowmon fired her ‘Sunshine Beam’, the two attacks hitting him. At first, it seemed to work, as Chrysalimon felt the arm loosen, only for it to tighten again. He was yanked to the side, hitting Kyubimon and Sunflowmon.
MetalGreymon emerges from the smoke, swinging his arm down and slamming the three Champions to the ground, knocking them out.
MetalGreymon locks his eyes on the remaining one standing: Orpheusmon.
The dark wizard grunts in frustration. He pressed his hand to the ground, causing a magic circle to materialize beneath him. ‘I haven’t perfected this spell, but screw it, I’ve got no other choice!’
A similar magical circle materialized beneath MetalGreymon’s feet and another appeared above him.
“Shadow Arcana!!” He struck his staff to the ground, causing the magic circle above and beneath MetalGreymon to glow.
MetalGreymon was struck down by a lightning bolt from the circle above him, and hit by a wave of Icicle shards, before getting engulfed in flames.
Orpheusmon turns to the others. “Go now! While he’s distracted!”
They nodded as they began making their way to Komondomon. The dark wizard also followed. However, he sensed something coming, he quickly leaped out of the way dodging a beam from MetalGreymon, who also burst out of his ‘Shadow Arcana’ attack, spread out his wings, and ascended upwards.
Everyone was shocked to see that he could fly. He then opened his chest plate, but instead of firing beams, he shot missiles at the DigiDestined.
Orpheusmon quickly sprung into action and jumped in and conjured up a yellow circle that stopped two missiles, but not without his feeling the weight of holding up an attack.
“Orpheusmon!” Ben cries out, he attempts to approach him but is blown back by the wind pressure
Orpheusmon used all his strength to push the missiles back. His body strained and weakened by the second, and his feet dug through the ground as he was pushed back. Unfortunately, it was too much, as the missiles shattered through his defenses and consumed him in an explosion. The wind also blew everyone back.
The explosion subsided, revealing a small crater with a burned Impmon in the epicenter. A nearby Ben looks in shock at his fallen partner and he rushes over to pick him up, he turns to the others, but he sees all of them knocked out from the explosion, making him freeze in place.
Back in Komondomon, Tekka grunts in frustration. His friends are out there, risking their lives, while he is stuck inside because he can’t Digivolve Herissmon.
‘If only today weren’t August 16!’ He thought as he slammed his hand on the table in pure frustration.
Herissmon couldn't sit still anymore, so he got close and embraced him. Tekka’s anger and frustration were replaced by shock and relief when he did that. Herissmon raised his head to face him, showing the tears pouring down his eyes.
“I-I’m sorry!... I’m sorry for what happened to your parents, I know I don’t know enough to say this, but you need to remember… Me, Jake, Vivian, and everyone else are there for you! You’re friends! And we are there for you as much as you are there for us!”
Tekka’s eyes widen as a memory pops into his head.
“Mom, I told you I’m fine!” Tekka insisted.
“If saying “I’m fine” is all you need then we won’t need doctors and hospitals!” Sophie said, pulling out some antiseptic.
Tekka winces in pain as his mom sprays the antiseptic on the injury on his arm before she wraps around it.
“Seriously, didn’t Jake and Vivian offer you when you fell?”
Tekka pouted, trying to keep a tough face. “They did, despite my insistence that I’m ok,”
“But you aren’t,” Sophie refuted.
Tekka had no rebuttal to that.
Sophie sighs. “Tekka, you need to remember that Jake and Vivian are there for you, and if you ever need a shoulder to cry on whenever me or your father aren’t around, turn to them,”
Tekka shrugs it off, prompting his mother to narrow her eyes.
“I want you to promise me to never bottle up your feelings and talk it out with others especially Jake and Vivian when me and your father are unavailable!”
“Ok…! Fine!” Tekka reluctantly agreed.
Tekka almost cried, in a burst of emotion he embraced Herissmon.
“Herissmon… thank you… for being there for me until this point…” He whispered.
Herissmon was surprised by the action, but happily returned the favor.
A tear dropped down Tekka’s cheek onto his Digivice, emitting a white light. They separated when they noticed the light, looked at each other, and nodded.
Outside the remaining five Champion Digimon stood by their human partner’s side as they caught their breaths as MetalGreymon glared at them. They were all standing in exasperation, they’d thrown everything they had, and MetalGreymon shrugged it off like nothing.
At first, everything seems hopeless until…
“You guys look like you could use some help,”
They turned around and saw Tekka, with Filmon by his side, which made them gasp.
“Tekka, you’re ok now?” Jake inquires.
Tekka nods and smirks. “I’m here to help,”
“Um, not to ruin the mood, but MetalGreymon basically said ‘no’ to all our attacks, how are you adding to anything here?” Gracie points out.
Tekka raised his Digivice into the air, which was still shining. “This,”
Filmon began to glow, feeling more of Tekka’s strength flowing into his body than ever before, as he began to Digivolving
[FILMON DIGIVOLVE TO STEFILMON]
Standing in Filmon’s place was a taller, buff version of himself. He wore black pants held by a belt and cowboy boots. He also had red spikes all over his body and spike brass knuckles.
Everyone’s jaws dropped to the ground, upon seeing.
“No way…” Jake mutters.
“He Digivolved further…” Daisy utters out.
Even the usually composed BaoHackmon was speechless. ‘He Digivolved into an Ultimate level’
Tekka smiles, looking into the analyzer.
Name: Stefilmon
Level: Ultimate
Type: Beast Man
Attribute: Data
Field: Nature Spirits
Attacks: Vermillion Vortex, Giga Crimson Dive
Bio: Among Filmon very few tampered their quills to the extreme can Digivolve to Ultimate, the fur covering his entire body is said to rival Red Digizoid in terms of hardness acting both as a shield and a weapon
Stefilmon lets out a confident smirk as his eyes lock onto MetalGreymon, then in a burst of speed, he rushes towards the cyborg dinosaur.
MetalGreymon fires his grappling hook arm at the humanoid hedgehog
Stefilmon leaped up to avoid the arm which hit the ground and embedded itself into it. He landed on the arm and began running up on it as he got close.
MetalGreymon attempts to stop him and spews fire from his mouth. But Stefilmon uses the arm as a springboard to launch himself into the air.
The cyborg dinosaur retracts his arm before opening his chest plate, firing missiles at the still-airborne Stefilmon.
Stefilmon rolled midair, avoided the missile, and used his momentum to deliver a downward kick, which smashed MetalGreymon’s head into the ground, cracking it.
MetalGreymon growls as he gets up and swings his metal arm, which Stefilmon blocks with his brass knuckles, MetalGreymon’s superior strength gives him the advantage as he pushes Stefilmon back, his feet digging to the ground.
Stefilmon was about to be overwhelmed by strain. He then looked back at Tekka and the others, and he was reminded of one thing: to protect Tekka and his friends.
As he thought that a surge of power emerged as red lightning surrounded him, he shoved MetalGreymon back and struck him in the torso, making him stagger.
“Vermillion Vortex!!” The red drill-shaped spears on his body protruded and skewered MetalGreymon, even penetrating the metal parts of his body.
The others gasp in shock at the sight, some of them even close their eyes.
MetalGreymon lets out another growl, as he leaps back, and pulls the spears out, before ascending into the air.
Stefilmon wasn’t going to let him get away and charged up power in his legs and leaped towards the cyborg dinosaur, but he didn’t stop there, unleashing his next attack…
“Giga Crimson Dive!!!” Red lightning surrounds his body as he spins around, resembling a drill.
MetalGreymon targets Stefilmon and fires a beam from his chest plate. However, Stefilmon drills through it, and he gets closer and closer until he hits him in the chest.
With one final push, he drills through MetalGreymon, coming out through the other side, MetalGreymon roars in pain as he breaks apart.
The others were shaken before cheers replaced their shock as they realized they’d won.
Stefilmon lands on the group dramatically, before walking back to his friend, reverting to Herissmon.
“Tekka!” He leaped towards the gogglehead, and embraced him, which he did back.
“Great job out there Herissmon!” He praised.
Herissmon grins.
Jake and Vivian approached their friend.
“So, how did you Digivolve him like that?” Jake question.
BaoHackmon reverts to Hackmon and steps in. “It’s called Ultimate Level,”
The human partners turn to him. “Ultimate level?” They said,
“To keep things brief, there are six stages for a Digimon’s lifespan, Fresh, which is after they hatched, In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, and Mega,” Hackmon explains.
Daisy strokes her chin. “So are MetalPhantomon and MetalGreymon Ultimates?”
Hackmon nods. “You can see it in the analyzer,” Prompting the kids to do as he said.
“Heh, that Andromon we’ve run into in Net City was an Ultimate level, thank goodness Kera easily hacked into him,” Lucas said.
“But how did someone like Tekka achieve it?” Herissmon inquires.
“From what my master told me, whenever one was to face their inner demons, it would grant them strength,” Hackmon explained.
Tekka smirked, knowing what he was talking about, but he knew he needed to do one thing, so he turned to Jake and Vivian.
“Jake, Vivian,” He said with a serious tone, which got everyone’s attention.
Jake and Vivian were wondering what their childhood friend would want to say.
“I just wanted to say thanks, you guys have been my friends ever since third grade, and have my back whenever I’m alone, even when… my parents passed…” He said with a low voice.
Everyone could hear the melancholy in his voice, but then they noticed tears coming, his body trembling.
In an overbust of emotion, he embraced Jake and Vivian.
“What I’m trying to say is…” He raised his head, revealing his teary face. “Thank you… for being there for me…”
Jake and Vivian said nothing; they just embraced Tekka as he bawled his feelings out. The others smiled at this heartwarming scene.
Eventually, Tekka wipes the tears from his face, he then has something else to say.
“Alright, I’ve got one question to ask everyone,” Tekka gulped. “Are you all going to join me in taking out the enemy base?”
For a second, there was silence, as if everyone was still hesitant, but then…
“Are you kidding? Of course, we would!” Jake said, Hackmon walking up to his side and grinning.
“You can also count me in!” Vivian reaffirmed, with Lopmkn perching on her shoulder.
“I hope my help is appreciated,” Daisy said, Renamon placed her hand on her shoulder.
“Ditto!” Gracie raised her fist in the air, Lalamon mimicking her movement.
“Not that we have much other choice,” Lucas brings up.
“I second that!” Keramon said.
Ben lets out a thumbs up. “I’ll do my best!”
Impmon chuckles. ‘Glad to see everyone’s got their mojo back,’
Tekka grins. “Thanks, everyone!”
At that moment, Komondomon approached the DigiDestined, looking as optimistic as ever. Everyone nods at each other as they go inside Komondomon.
As Komondomon travels around the land, inside, the DigiDestined do things to pass the time, such as discussing anime they like or eating their snacks together.
Tekka smiles as he enjoys his company. He stares out the window, recalling all the times he’s spent with his parents, they may be gone… but at least he has Herissmon, Jake, Vivian, and everyone else on his side, all the way to the end…
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, The DigiDestined comes across a town to stay the night in, though it wasn't without suspicion from Jake and Tekka, turns out their hunch was right, as the town was an trap created by Devimon, who captured everyone except Jake and Hackmon, Jake has to step up to save his friends, find out more in Chapter 15: Jake’s resolve, Birth of SaviorHackmon
Notes:
First chapter of the year is done! I hope I've handled this subject with respect, I've placed hints in the past few chapters that something must've happened with Tekka's parents, hopefully, I've delivered.
Anyway, I've struggled to decide on who should be the "Monster of the Week", between MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon, I initially wanted to use the latter due to Stefilmon's reference book, but I change my mind, since MetalGreymon would be a much bigger threat
Chapter 15: Jake’s resolve, Birth of SaviorHackmon!
Notes:
Look, apologies this was the longest time it took for me to post a chapter, at least know I'm human at the end of the day and stuff happens in my personal life
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The Moon shines in the sky, illuminating the landscape, showcasing a calm and soothing sight. However, one figure stood atop a mountain, his sole presence disrupted the area's tone.
He was a humanoid Digimon resembling a devil, with black clothing, fingers elongated into claws, devil’s horns, tattered wings, and skulls on his shoulders and knees; he had a red mark on his chest. He wears a belt on his lower torso, left leg, right upper arm, and left forearm, he wears a skin-tight balaclava that only reveals his mouth and eyes.
For every night, he stood on his spot, watching over everything from above, however, tonight he wasn’t alone.
Right on cue, he turned around to see MetalPhantomon behind him.
MetalPhantomon bowed in respect. “Devimon…”
The Devil chuckles before bowing in return. “To whom do I owe the pleasure?”
MetalPhantomon raises his body and pulls out a device that projects an image of the DigiDestined. “I assume you know these people?”
Devimon chuckles. “How could I not?”
“Then you know why I’m here,” The mechanical grim reaper said, raising his hand, and a crate teleported on top of it.
“This is filled with overclocked versions of the virus, making them stronger and more violent as well as increasing their intelligence,” He explains.
Devimon shrugs and raises his hand, which cackles in dark energy. “As if I needed anything like that,”
MetalPhantomon turns around. “Have it your way then,”
As MetalPhantomon flew away, Devimon shrugged off, looking into the distance, setting his sights on the DigiDestined.
Around the same time, Komondomon rested elsewhere, and the DigiDestined were asleep.
Everyone… except Jake…
It’s been a few days since MetalGreymon was defeated, but despite that, it’s still on his mind, not that he nearly killed them, but that Tekka came in to save the day.
It’s been like this a long time back when they first met, Tekka had always been the one to step up calm and composed, but whenever he tried to do it, he always ended up looking like a fool, much to the amusement of everyone, especially those who took pleasure in embarrassing him.
He could literally still hear their voices in his head.
“What a tryhard!”
“Who does he seriously think he is, the protagonist? What a joke!”
“He’s just pathetic!”
“If he were to stand up, he would just humiliate himself more!”
At that moment, Jake got up in frustration, his hand pressing his, and he breathed rapidly. He rubbed his eyes before standing up, his throat feeling dry.
As he walks over to pick up a water bottle, he looks at all his sleeping friends but notices someone is missing. It doesn't take him long to realize that it is Hackmon.
His question of where he is is answered when he hears rocks breaking, prompting him to look out the window. There, he saw his draconic partner slashing his claws against a boulder.
As he slashed the boulder, memories began flowing into his mind.
Hackmon ran for his life. Everything around him—houses, plants, even the citizens—was in flames. All of this happened in a matter of minutes, the moment everyone saw a cloaked Digimon in the air.
Eventually, he tripped and rolled around the floor before bumping into a wall. He tried to muster the strength to get up, but to no avail.
As he looked up, all he saw was a clear picture of the cloak Digimon before he fainted...
Hackmon layed on the ground until water dripping from above fell into his eye, waking him. As his eyes fluttered open, he noticed he was inside a cave. He got up and began to walk outside the cave, knowing the sight would be horrifying. He still gathered the courage to look out, and he saw his blood go cold.
His village, his home, was gone… all the houses were burned down, all the green grass and plants were gone, all reduced to piles of ash…
All of this was because of him… the demon that attacked, even though he was cloaked, he could feel that he took pleasure in burning everything to the ground.
He began to hyperventilate, then he heard a voice.
“So you're awake…”
He turned around to see his savior, Gankoomon, a muscular, humanoid Digimon, who wore a jacket over his shoulders like a bancho.
Normally, he would be excited to see a Royal Knight, but he can’t, because of just what happened.
“Was I… is there anyone…” Hackmon questioned.
Gankoomon sadly shook his head.
Hackmon stares into the ground in disbelief.
Gankoomon gave the little dragon a sympathetic look as he stood up.
“Don’t worry, I’ll bring you to a safe home, hopefully far from the demon’s clutches,” Gankoomon said.
When Hackmon heard that, he immediately kneeled. “No! You're Gankoomon of the Royal Knights, aren’t you?”
Gankoomon looked at the little dragon before nodding.
Hackmon claws his fingers to the ground, and his head also touches it. “Please take me in as your student!”
Gankoomon was surprised at his suggestion, his mind quickly processing his words.
“I’ve admired the Royal Knights for years and wanted to be like you. I know it sounds selfish of me to ask you this, but please consider my offer!!” Hackmon begged.
At first, Gankoomon didn’t answer. He then turned around, seemingly rejecting his offer, but then…
“Follow me, if you want to prove yourself,” Gankoomon said.
Hackmon’s eyes widened in shock. He couldn’t believe what he heard, and his shocked face turned excited.
“Thank you so much!” He said as he followed Gankoomon.
As Hackmon stops to catch his breath, Jake's water bottle is placed beside him.
The little dragon chuckles. “I guess I woke you up?”
Jake shook his head. “No, just woke up on my own,”
The two broke into laughter.
Jake’s laugh faded. “So, do you do this often?”
Hackmon nods. “Haven't gotten time to lately, after Herissmon Digivolved to Ultimate, it motivates me to hone my skills further,”
Hearing that prompted Jake to ask a question. “Hey, what’s it like training under Gankoomon?”
Hackmon paused for a bit before answering. “It was tough. Training to become a Royal Knight wasn’t easy,”
Jake raised an eyebrow. “Royal Knight?”
“A group Master is a part of, their duty is to protect the Digital World from threats,” Hackmon explained. “I’ve always wanted to join them,”
“And you couldn’t believe it when you met Gankoomon?” Jake inquires.
Hackmon nods. “I will never forget the day I met him and asked him to train me, the reason he accepted me is because he saw potential in me,”
Jake chuckles. “You know, you remind me of the time someone took me in as a student.” His face turns slightly somber.
Hackmon notices his face. “Did something bad happen between you and this person?”
Jake sighs. “You could say it like that, it all happens when…”
“GYAAH! I OVERSLEPT AGAIN!”
Wasting no time, he panicked Jake, brushed his teeth, changed out of his pajamas, packed all his books and made it downstairs, where he saw his mom, who looked rather frail.
She took a sip of her coffee, before shooting a look at Jake. “You overslept again,”
Jake sat down, setting up a bowl of cereal as fast as he could. “I already know that!”
His mom sighed as he munched through the cereal, giving him a concerned look. ‘What am I going to do with this kid,’
Once he finished the cereal, he made his way to the door. “Bye mom, see you after school!”
His mother waved her hand. “Have fun!”
But before he steps out the door, he pauses, giving his mother a concerned look.
“Are you sure you'll be fine by yourself?” He asked in genuine concern.
His mother gave her son a reassuring look. “I’ll be fine, don’t worry too much,”
Giving his mother one last look, he ran.
Jake began running like his life depended on it, school was about to start at any minute.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t looking properly while running. He took a hard turn and bumped into a guy, knocking him over.
Jake landed on his bottom. “Sorry about that, I was in a–” He froze at what he saw.
It was a delinquent, wincing in pain, as his two cronies helped him get up. The delinquent glared at Jake. “You’ve got a lot of nerve, tackling me outta nowhere.”
Jake panics. ‘This is the last thing I expect to happen right before school.’
The delinquent marches toward Jake, who can feel his sweat dripping out, his heart beating faster, and his limbs shaking, he thought he was going to die until...
“Hey, punk! Stay away from the kid!”
Everyone turned around to see a girl. He had shoulder-length hair that was a mix of black and red, swept down to the right and reached down to her neck. She wore a black sailor suit with red ribbons, though weirdly, she wore pants even though she wore a skirt. She also had pink gloves and pink shoes.
Jake was stunned when she saw the girl, something about her felt astonishing.
The delinquent scoffs. “Who are you supposed to be?”
“Just a passenger who happens to come across some punks ganging up and a kid,” The girl replied. “Didn’t your mommy ever teach you never to do that?”
The delinquent was offended by her comment, as he began marching towards the girl.
He looked down at the girl and aggressively jabbed his finger at her forehead. “I don’t know who you are but you better know your place, you puny little girl,” His voice was booming with arrogance.
The girl glared at the delinquent and grabbed his wrist, her grin turning sinister. “How’s this for puny?” She twisted his arm until she heard it crack, making him scream in pain. Jake and the cronies’ eyes widen.
“How’s this for little?” She pulled the delinquent close and proceeded to headbutt him on the nose so hard that it also cracked and blood began sprouting out. The delinquent screams even louder, trying to cover his bleeding nose.
The girl wasn’t finished, she clenched his fists tight and pulled them back. “And how’s this… for a girl!?” She punched the delinquent’s stomach with all her might. The delinquent coughs as he is sent flying a few feet and lands in front of Jake, who is still astonished by the girl’s action.
The delinquent cries in pain as his cronies look at the girl in fear. Who smugly blows on her fist, like blowing the smoke off a gun.
“Do your friends want a piece of me too?” She asked.
The delinquent and his cronies flinched in fear, and they made a run for it.
Jake stared at the girl in astonishment. This girl is exactly his type, one that can kick butt, and despite her punkish exterior, she seems empathetic and compassionate, though her rather violent way of fighting was a bit jarring.
The girl sighs. “Just as I expected,” She turned to face Jake. “You ok there?”
Jake snapped back to reality and stood up straight.
“I'm ok!” He exclaimed.
The girl lets out a low chuckle. “Anyway, see you around!”
She turns to walk away, Jake sees an opportunity, but he struggles to think of words to say.
“Um– I’m impressed by your fighting skills!! He randomly utters out.
He mentally facepalmed, he knew those words would never make him look cool.
But to his surprise, the girl gave him a sincere response.
“Why thank you!” She said.
Jake tensed up, somehow managing to form a sentence. “My name’s Jake Warren!”
The delinquent-looking girl grins. “Miriam Valentina, but you can call me Mira,”
Somehow, Jake found the courage to say another sentence. “Um, can you please take me under your wing?”
Mira seemed surprised by the offer.
Jake closed his eyes, his fist tightening as he waited in anticipation for her answer.
“Very well,” Mira said. “Mind lending me your phone number?”
Jake yelped in surprise as he nodded.
The two exchange phone numbers before they went their separate ways, though in Jake’s case, it’s more like he ran for his life because he was late for school, the silver lining being he did meet Mira, and he looked forward to what he has to learn.
“Since then, Mira trained me to be tough, more assertive, and dominant, which led us to get into even more trouble at school,” Jake explains.
“Why did she take you in?” Hackmon wondered.
“She said I reminded her of her late friend Bryce,” Jake said in an quiet tone. “But shortly after a while, things didn’t go well between me and Mira…”
Seeing how unsure he is, Hackmon speaks up. “If you can’t speak up, that’s ok,”
Jake sighs. “You’re right, let’s get back inside Komondomon,”
Hackmon nodded.
When they got back into Komondomon, most of the others had woken up. Once everyone woke up, they reinitiated their previous plan to get to the central base, following that they gave Komondomon the signal and he began his move.
Komondomon traverses through the lands, seemingly without difficulty or any trouble, however unbeknownst to him was being watched by a living orb with a red crest with a white and red eye in the center, and it had two bat-like wings with red spots on them.
The bat-like Digimon sends out an echo, which Devimon, who was away in the distance, smirks upon hearing it. ‘Good job SoundBirdmon,’
Devimon made gestures, then mist began to spread around him and began stretching out beyond.
As Komondomon walks he notices mist covering everything around him, prompting him to halt, and it didn’t take long for someone inside him to notice as well.
In response Lucas and Daisy, alongside their partners head up to Komondomon’s back.
“That’s odd, the weather report said nothing about mist in this area,” Daisy said.
Renamon looks around her surroundings. “This reeks of danger,” She enters her fighting stance.
Keramon stretches his body out. “I’ve been ready to kill time for a while now,”
Lucas yanks him to his side. “Hey, we don’t know whether this whole thing is a trap,”
“Lucas has a point, we should be cautions,”
Right at that moment a path slowly became clearer, which they noticed.
“Ok, that is way too convenient!” Lucas points out.
“Surely we shouldn’t go somewhere that’s obviously a trap!” Renamon said.
Daisy dials up Tekka’s number. “Well, it’s better than just sitting here,” Once Tekka was on the line, she explained the situation.
Tekka relayed the info onto the others, after a small debate, they agreed to go to the open path.
As Komondomon went through the path, the mist slowly went away, eventually he reached a town, which looked rather abandoned, the buildings didn’t look that old, but it noticeably looked worn down.
Komondomon hesitates to go in, so the DigiDestined steps out to see for themselves.
Daisy looks at the map, and sees it align with where they are. “This place appears on the map, maybe it’s just abandoned?”
As everyone thinks of their next move, Herissmon sniffs something good, something edible. “Hey guys, follow me! I smell food!”
Herissmon runs off, followed by some of the other partner Digimon who were also hungry for food, which prompted the others to follow.
They ran around the town, and could already feel the void of emptiness, from the buildings and the fact there are no residents around, which just creeped everyone out. Eventually Herissmon stopped in front of a stand, inside it was an array of food that all looked as if they were cooked recently.
Herissmon and some of the other partner Digimon look at the food with amazement and eagerness, the others? Suspicion.
Hackmon and Renamon scout around the stand in search of traps, but there aren’t any, though that still didn’t remove their suspicions.
However the moment was interrupted by the sound of stomach grumbling, which came from Vivian, Ben, and Gracie, leading them to chuckle nervously.
“Well since nothing seems like a trap, we can at least eat the food,” Gracie said.
The others nodded as they took seats around the stand and began picking food to eat, though Tekka and Jake didn’t sit down.
“You guys aren’t going to eat?” Vivian asks.
Jake turns his head away. “I’m… not hungry…”
Tekka on the other hand, notice Jake’s tone. “Same here, we’ll go around town in case if there is anything off,”
Tekka and Jake walk away, with Herissmon and Hackmon following them, while everyone else were feasting on the food.
The four of them made it to what appears to be the center of town, indicated by the empty fountain.
Seeing they are alone, Tekka gestures to Herissmon prompting him to back off, bringing Hackmon with him, which he agreed to, because he knew what’s going to happen.
“So, is something up?” Tekka asked.
Jake tensed up in shock. “What gave me away?”
“You’ve been looking down for the past few days, ever since Herissmon took down MetalGreymon,” Tekka said.
Jake rolls his eyes. ‘Of course he’d picked it up,’
Jake took a deep breath. “I’m just mad… at myself,”
Tekka, as well as Herissmon and Hackmon.
Jake begans. “I feel like I’m not strong enough, I keep getting faced with dangerous opponents, from Kingakumon and Ginkakumon, Deltamon, the D-Brigade, DarkTyrannomon, and most likely more to come, Hackmon was able to face them without a hint of fear, I don’t… so tell me…”
He paused for a bit before speaking again.
“Do I feel worthy, standing next to you?” He asks.
Tekka strokes his chin. “Honestly, that depends on yourself, if I were to describe you, it’ll be someone who is trying way too hard to be the protagonist!”
Jake cringed as Tekka continued to talk.
“Do you recall when me and Vivian confronted you about your mentorship under Mira?” He asked.
Jake groans. “Yes, I would never forget that day,”
Tekka gave his friend an assuring look. “Me and Vivian, don’t hold it against you,”
Jake clench onto his arm. “But I still shrug you too off like nothing, all because of my own selfishness…”
Tekka and Vivian stood in front of the school gate, waiting for Jake, ever since Jake met Mira, he’s been spending more time with her, it doesn’t help he never tells them what he’d do with her.
“I’m telling you, that Miriam girl is a bad influence!” Vivian said
Tekka sighs. “I understand you are concerned, but let’s not overthink this,”
Just then at the moment someone approached them.
“Sup dudes!”
Tekka and Vivian stopped talking and turned their attention to Jake, who looked completely different, firstly his hair was brushed backwards, he wore sunglasses and what appeared to be a biker outfit.
Vivian couldn’t think of words of what she was seeing, even Tekka who is often silent and introverted was at a loss for words, but it didn’t take long for him to conjure words.
“What in the world are you wearing?” He questioned.
“That would be his more assertive style,” Another voice answered for him.
Walking up to Jake’s side was Mira, who looks as if she just invented something groundbreaking.
The moment she saw the delinquent, Vivian glared right into her.
“What did you do to him?” She asks sternly.
Mira waved her hand. “Relax Pigtails, I just modified him a bit,”
Vivian was flabbergasted. “A bit? Jake looks like a different person!”
“Well, change can be really drastic at times,” Mira replied, putting on her own sunglasses. “Anyway we should get going inside,”
Jake and Mira walk inside, with Tekka and Vivian following in worry.
Jake and Mira walk through the hallway, looking like they own the place, everyone looks at them with raised eyebrows, much to the embarrassment of Vivian.
For the most part, aside from all the staring, Jake and Mira didn’t do anything to make himself stand out, that was until lunchtime.
It was crowded as usual for a cafeteria, then Jake was walking toward the table with his friends, but then out of nowhere, he was splashed by a cup’s worth of juice , much to his friend's surprise and some of the kids in the cafeteria laughed.
“There goes another addition to the “Jake’s humiliation saga”!”
Jake shifts his gaze to the one who threw the cup.
Tekka groans as he steps up for his friend. “Seriously? You’re still on this Ray? It’s not even funny anymore!”
Vivian stands up next. “You hid a skeleton in his locker, then there was the time you tricked him into going to a classroom just as the jumpscares scene of a horror movie popped up, and you're so called the piece de resistance: dropping water balloons on him when he is speaking on a stage!”
Ray scoffs. “As long as Jake is around you can never have too many jokes!”
He laughs, followed by his cronies, Jake glares at Ray, while Vivian pulls out a towel and passes it to Jake, however Jake turns it away.
Mira smirks as she knows what’s going to happen.
Jake walks up to Ray, staring into him with a stern look.
Ray notices him and scoffs. “What are you going to do? Cry to your friends like always?”
Tekka and Vivian cringed under that comment, however Jake remained unfazed.
Jake exhales. “I’ve got a better idea…”
Ray was confused, but then Jake swiftly kicked him in the gut, much to everyone’s shock.
As Ray stumbles back wincing in pain, everyone hears Mira laugh, prompting everyone to turn their heads to her.
Mira noticed all the staring. “What? You laugh at Jake being in pain, yet not at Ray? I didn’t expect much from a school full of double standard imbeciles!”
Vivian facepalmed as everyone felt offended by the comment.
Mira just sipped her drink looking like she didn’t care for anything, once she finished her drink she stood up and walked to Jake’s side cracking her fist.
“Now then let me handle the rest,” Mira said.
Mira proceeds to take blows to Ray, from jabs to kicks and more, even when Ray dropped to the ground she still wasn't done with him as they began kicking him while he’s down.
At that point, Jake steps in to make her stop, but she is persistent, prompting Tekka and Vivian to step in as well.
Eventually a teacher, Mrs. Skyler entered the cafeteria. “What is going on here?”
All the students froze when Mrs. Skyler showed up, her eyes landed on Jake and Mira, as well as Tekka and Vivian, all four of them standing near Ray's unconscious body.
She points to the four. “Detention,”
Vivian groaned, while Jake and Mira shrugged.
Following that fiasco, Jake and Mira parted to go to different classes, as Jake took stuff from his locker, he was confronted by Vivian and Tekka.
“Jake… We need to talk…” Vivian said sternly.
“Why? Don’t you like my new self?” Jake scoffs.
“Well, your “New Self” got all of us in detention!” Vivian points out. “And Mira’s also been a bad influence on you!”
“Ok, I’ll admit Mira kicking Ray while he’s down was too much” Jake admits. “But it was Ray’s fault for trying to make a fool out of me,”
Before things escalate further, Tekka steps in between the two. “Alright Vivian, let me handle this,”
He turns to his silver haired friend. “Is this what you wanted Jake? Be honest!”
Jake scoffs. “Like I said, I don’t feel like the old butt-monkey anymore,”
“So you rather become an even bigger jerk than your own bullies to feel worthy, you only care about yourself, it’s disappointing,” Tekka said.
Tekka begins to walk away, Vivian follows, but stops to look at Jake one more time.
“Remember when we made a vow to have each other’s backs? Seems you like spending time with Mira over us,” Vivian said sharply.
Her words cut through Jake’s tough exterior like a knife.
As his two best friends walk away, he reaches his hand out to them, trying to speak, but he hesitates then he notices the time, so he decides to head to class.
Eventually, the final school bell rang and everyone began to head home. Jake picked stuff from his locker, but his mind was still thinking about Tekka and Vivian.
“Something on your mind?”
He turns to this side and sees Mira.
“I-It’s nothing…” He uttered.
Mira shrugs his shoulders. “Anyway, let’s meet up at the usual training place,”
As she begins to walk away, Jake speaks up.
“Mira, I don’t feel like this is working for me,” He said.
Mira halts, turning her head back. “And why is that?”
Jake sighs in frustration. “Tekka and Vivian weren't impressed by who I become,”
Mira snickers. “You seriously still cling onto those two?”
Jake felt slightly offended by her words. “Those two have been my friends since third grade,”
“Then you have to grow up, punks like us are better off without guys like them, what kind of friends wouldn’t accept that one of their own changed?” Mira said. “Pretty sure your mother would have wanted this as well,”
Something inside Jake snapped. “You are wrong!”
Mira froze as she realized what she just said, during their time training Jake also told her about his mother. Now for the first time in her life, she panics.
“S-s-sorry, my thoughts must’ve slipped through my t-t-tongue, how about instead of training we go for a bite!” She shudders as she lends her hand
She expects Jake to accept it, but instead he slaps it away.
“You only care for yourself,” Jake uttered with hints of venom.
He took off his jacket and dropped it to the ground, he brushed his hair properly as he walked away.
Mira panicked more as she spoke out. “Jake, wait!”
“What? Got more wisdom to give me?” Jake scoffs.
Mira panics as she tries to think of something, anything to say!
“Look, I took you in because I wanted to make myself feel better since Bryce passed away and–”
She shut her mouth the moment she realized what she said, but it was too late. Jake heard it, he was shocked, and that shock turned to anger.
“So that’s what this is all about? I’m just a stand in for Bryce?” Jake said dumbfoundedly. “And here I thought I finally found a girl that understands me… disappointing,”
Mira reaches her hand out once more. “Jake I didn’t mean to–”
She was cutted off when in a moment of rage, Jake punched her in the face.
Mira stumbles to the ground, she moans as she feels her cheek and looks up to see Jake staring down on her.
Without saying a word, Jake walked away, Mira was about to get up and stop him, but she can’t gather the strength to.
Later, Jake made his way home, he went straight to his room and onto his bed. As he laid there he thought of all the training he did with Mira and how he regrets it.
He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a knock on his door.
“Jake?” It was his mother Ariana.
Hearing her voice made him wince in his bed.
“I’m coming in,”
The door opens and Ariana enters, she sees her son sulking in his bed.
She sat on the bed, looking at her son with a sympathetic look.
“Did something happen?” She asked.
Jake didn’t respond.
“Jake, tell me…” She said in a reassuring tone.
Jake slowly gets up and leans toward her mom, placing his head on her lap.
Jake began to speak. “It’s Mira…”
He explains what happened to him and Mira earlier. Ariana held her son with empathy.
Jake groans. “Mom, tell me, why does it take for me to feel like I’m worthy? I’ve try so many things yet I still felt I made no progress,”
Ariana stood silent for a few seconds. “I do not know the answer myself, but I do know this…”
Jake listened closely.
"We don’t get our answers by desperately working hard on our goals, we need to ask ourselves if we are ready,” She said.
Her words resonated with Jake as all his doubts faded away as he got up.
Seeing she had done her job she turns to the door.
“Ok, you two can come in now!” She said.
Jake looks confused, but then was shocked to see Tekka and Vivian camping through the door.
“I invited them here to make sure you reconcile,” Ariana said.
Jake smiles as he thanks his mom as he walks out with Tekka and Vivian.
“I still find it unbelievable you two still forgave me,” Jake said.
“You may be a tryhard, but you're our tryhard!” Tekka replied.
The two boys laugh in amusement, while their partner Digimon looks in appreciation.
However this moment of peace didn’t last long as the moment the sun set, Herissmon and Hackmon felt the vibe of the whole area change.
“You two, heads up!” Hackmon calls out.
Tekka and Jake stopped laughing as they noticed something off with the town around them.
The surrounding vicinity morphs into reality. The homes, previously housed, now lie abandoned. The town center, ravaged in ruins.
Back at the stand where everyone else was. They also notice the changes around them, as they also wonder what’s going on, a dark figure hovers above them.
Tekka, Herissmon, Jake, and Hackmon them looked around as the town around them, all the houses were either crumbled or destroyed as if a tornado hit the place.
Bit by bit, dread begins to build up.
“Wh-wh-what happened to the town?” Jake stutters.
Hackmon walked up to one of the houses and took a deeper look. “It’s all a fake, an illusion,”
Tekka turns his head in confusion. “Illusion? I literally touched some of these buildings,”
“At it’s peak, it can be tangible enough to feel real,” Hackmon said.
“They can do that?” Jake question. “This world gets weirder by the second,”
Tekka clicks his tongue as he pulls out his Digivice and tries to dial up Vivian. “Vivian! Get everyone outta the stand and meet up with me and Jake!”
His call beeped but Vivian did not pick up her call. Leaving him to wonder if something happened to them.
Then at that exact moment, the four of them felt an immense amount of pressure, as if something so horrible and terrifying just popped in right behind them.
With an exhale they turned around and saw the dark towering figure of Devimon. Herissmon and Hackmon entered their battle stance. Jake was shocked at the sight of Devimon, while Tekka was brave enough to peek into the analyzer
Name: Devimon
Level: Champion
Type: Fallen Angel
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Death Claw, Demon’s Ray, Leather Ray
Bio: Originally an angel Digimon, after falling into the Dark Area, it became a fallen angel. It’s personality is cunning and fiendish, but possess outstanding intellect.
Jake quivers in fear at the sight of Devimon, that was the devil like… an ACTUAL devil in front of him.
Tekka notices his quivering and steps in front of him, while shooting a look at the demon.
Devimon chuckles at the sight of Jake in fear, he raises his hand and makes a gesture.
“Tell me… are these the ones you were looking for?”
A large dark orb appeared beside him, and inside the orb were the other DigiDestined.
Tekka, Herissmon, Jake, and Hackmon’s eyes widen in shock.
Tekka clenched his fist and he raised his Digivice, prompting Herissmon to step up in front of him, his Digivice glowed, and the hedgehog changed.
[HERISSMON DIGIVOLVE TO FILMON]
Filmon clenches his fist as red lightning surrounds his body and immediately leaps forward towards the demon, pulling his fist back and throwing it at him.
Devimon smirks smugly as he simply flies to the side, avoiding the punch. Filmon didn’t stop there as he swung his leg at him, Devimon quickly blocked the attack, he was pushed slightly back, still keeping the smug look.
Devimon fired a blast of dark energy point blank, Filmon defended himself, but the attack pushed him back and crashed into a house.
“Filmon!” Tekka cried out.
The hedgehog burst out of the rubble, his eyes locked into Devimon, before leaping towards him.
Devimon, still unfazed, flaps his wings kicking up dark wind towards Filmon. The wind threw Filmon off his midair control, allowing Devimon to get in close and grab the hedgehog by the throat.
Tekka calls out his partner’s name, while Hackmon grits his teeth. “Jake, Digivolve me too!” He said
But when turns to Jake, he sees that his body was heavily shaking in fear, and he didn’t respond to his words.
Left with no choice, Hackmon dashes towards Devimon and attempts to strike him from behind, only for Devimon to backhand him.
Devimon turns his focus back onto Filmon, who was still struggling to break free from his iron grip.
“Let’s see how you like this!”
Dark energy cackles around his hand, followed by Filmon being electrocuted, and he lets out an excruciating scream.
“FILMON!” Tekka cried out.
Filmon’s scream also snapped Jake back to his senses.
Devimon smirks confidently as he lets Filmon go, he falls to the ground. Tekka immediately ran to his friend, checking to see if he’s ok. He saw that his body was slightly bruised and fried, so for the most part he seemed ok.
Then his eyes shot open, and they looked feral. Tekka steps back in surprise as Filmon stands up and begins acting like a wild animal, before stopping to stare at Tekka, drool coming out of his mouth.
Filmon lunges like a predator towards its prey and Tekka’s reflexes kick in and he jumps out of the way.
Tekka stumbles on his feet , before looking back at the hedgehog. “Filmon, what’s wrong with you,”
Filmon growled as he was about to lunge again, only for Hackmon to jump in, striking from the side.
“He’s been brainwashed!” Hackmon points out.
Tekka’s eyes widened in shock.
Filmon stood back up and set his sights on Hackmon, lunging towards him.
Seeing the two fight made Tekka hyperventilate, the very thought of seeing his friend, a kind hedgehog turned into some mindless beast was devastating.
Without thinking he rushes towards Filmon and embraces him. Jake and Hackon were shocked at the action.
“Filmon stop! This isn’t you!” He said as he held him tighter.
Filmon suddenly calmed down as if he reacted to Tekka’s words and feelings. Seeing this Devimon took action and made a gesture.
Tekka and Filmon began floating and Tekka felt like he’s being pulled, he quickly noticed he and Filmon were being pulled towards the orb. Thinking quickly he lets out a whistle, before he gives Jake a supportive look.
“Jake, I’ll leave the rest to you!”
Jake and Hackmon watch in shock as Tekka and Filmon are absorbed into the orb.
Devimon chuckles as he turns his sight on Jake.
Jake’s fear kicks back in and to make things worse, within a blink of an eye, Devimon appeared right in front of him, which made him tumble to the ground.
Hackmon was shocked at the demon’s quick movement.
Devimon leans in close, really scaring Jake. “Well, well, well, look what we have here? A nervous wreck? Someone whose utter incompetence drags everyone down with him?”
Jake was so close to running for his life.
“I happen to hear about your conversation, you said that you feel like you don't matter and honestly I agree, given how you did NOTHING to help your friend!”
His words cut through Jake like a knife.
“You also believe things are better without you,” He leans back and raises his hand. “I’ll be glad to grant that wish!”
But at that moment Komondomon hops in, distracting Devimon, before the dog knocks him towards a house, which gives Hackmon an opening to rush in and uses his mouth to bite Jake’s jacket and tosses him onto Komondomon’s back.
He ordered Komondomon to retreat, which he obliged.
Devimon rises from the rubbles and sees Komondomon run off.
He snickers. “Go on a run, You’ll be coming back sooner or later!” He spreads out his wings as he flies toward the peak of the mountain taking the captive DigiDestined with him.
Elsewhere Komondomon hid on the outskirts of town, awaiting orders.
Jake leaned on the edge of Komondomon’s back, hyperventilating, his mind still trying to process what had happened before, the actual devil stood in front of him, captured all his friends, and was so close to killing him.
Hackmon, his partner’s spiralling state, knows he has to comfort him, and walks up to his side.
“Jake, it’s going to be okay. We’ll save the others and defeat Devimon,” He reassures, leaning into his partner.
It was silent momentarily, as Hackmon took his time staying at Jake’s side. However, the silence was broken by the sound of a chuckle.
Hackmon’s eyes widen, and he sees the source of the chuckle, which was from Jake.
Jake’s chuckles grow, before he breaks into laughter… a weirdly forced and creepy laughter.
Jake stood up and started walking around in circles rather stiffly as he continued to laugh, which began to creep Hackmon out.
Eventually, Jake’s laughter died down, but his behavior didn’t.
“Everyone else was captured, yet I’m the only one remaining, the pathetic fool, who can’t do anything by himself!” Jake hysterically cried.
Hackmon’s worries grew more. “Jake, calm down, everything’s going to be ok,”
However, Jake’s reaction was not what he expected. His eyes rolled onto him, giving him an incredulous look, which startled the little dragon.
“Okay?! ACTUAL SATAN captures our friends!!” Jake screamed in exasperation
Hackmon gave his partner a sympathetic look. “I understand your concerns, but…”
“Understand!? You're the one who doesn’t understand!!” Jake interrupted. “And I’m the only one left!!! ME! The pathetic lame Jake who can barely do anything!”
Hackmon was taken aback by his tone, recalling the only time he felt this was when they fought Kinkakumon and Ginkakumon, but this was worse.
Jake continued his rant. “Back home, every time I wanted to do something, I always ended up being the butt of everyone's kick for the sake of a joke! Tekka and Vivian have always shown up on their own, not helped by Mira never seeing me for my own worth. What does that make me? Nothing!”
Jake stops to catch his breath, Hackmon takes this moment to speak up.
“Jake, I—”
“No!” Jake cuts him off. “I don’t expect someone lucky enough to be chosen by a famous hero!”
Hearing that something in Hackmon snapped. On instinct, he whips his tail and smacks Jake across the cheek.
This action shocked Jake, as he looked at Hackman's agitated face, causing him to realize his mistake.
“Ah… I’m sorry… that was impulsive of me…” Jake apologised.
Hackmon regains his composure. “Forgive me as well, I should not lose my composure like that,”
The two took a moment in silence.
Hackmon breaks the silence. “Just to correct on your claim, Gankoomon may have picked me for my potential, he also chose me for another reason,”
The bancho Digimon leads the little dragon to a boulder, slightly larger than Gankoomon.
“If you want to prove yourself worthy,” Gankoomon gestures to the boulder. “Slice this boulder!”
Hackmon tensed up at the offer but didn’t let it stop him. He assumed a fighting stance, in his head he pictures the boulder as the cloaked Digimon that burned his home before leaping toward the boulder.
“Fif Slash!!” He unleashed a flurry of slashes at the boulder.
Gankoomon kept a keen eye on the little dragon, focusing on how vicious Hackmon’s attacks were.
Hackmon stopped and took a moment to catch his breath, he didn’t break the boulder, he just left scratch marks. He was about to unleash another flurry, but Gankoomon stopped him.
“That’s enough,” He said.
“But I haven't sliced the boulder,” Hackmon said.
“Because your attacks lack strength, due to it being filled with anger,” Gankoomon said.
Hackmon tensed up.
“Tell me, are you seeking revenge on the one who burned your village?” Gankoomon inquires.
“What if I am?” Hackmon said, his tone confirms Gankoomon's suspicion.
“That is your problem, you’re focusing solely on revenge,” Gankoomon said.
“Then what else was I supposed to do? Let the perpetrator get away? That is not justice!” Hackmon retorts.
Gankoomon remains stern. “Then tell me this: What would you do after slaying that demon?”
Hackmon was about to answer, but he paused. He couldn’t think of what to say because he was right.
“I… I just wanted to be a Royal Knight, just like you,” Hackmon uttered.
Gankoomon sighs, his face shifting into a more concerned look. “Hackmon, most of us don’t waste our entire lives on a single goal, we spend our lives making a living, particularly with those to us, that demon is one of the most dangerous in the Digital world,”
Hearing all that prompted Hackmon to ask a question. “Why did you agree to take me in?”
“Because I would feel ashamed if I were to leave a poor soul alone in the world without guidance,” Gankoomon said.
Hackmon's jaw dropped at the sincerity in his words.
“How will I know I’m good enough to be a Royal Knight?” Hackmon asked.
“Then ask yourself, are you good enough?” Gankoomon asked.
Hackmon pauses and thinks for a moment. “I don’t think I am… as of now,”
Gankoomon extends his hand to the little dragon. “So? Are you still going to continue training?”
Hackmon smirks and accepts Gankoomon’s hand. “I will, Master!”
Jake was unable to say a word, because he was reminded of his mother’s words…
‘We don’t get our answers by desperately working hard on our goals, we need to ask ourselves if we are ready,’
Hackmon gives his partner an assuring look. “So Jake, tell me… do you think you're worthy of standing up on your own?” He questions.
Jake thought of his question for a bit, he thinks back to all the times he had to rely on Tekka, Vivian, and Mira, all the students who humiliated him, and most importantly: His mother’s words.
Jake sighs. “I don’t have an answer for that at the moment… but I do know that we’ve got to save our friends!”
Hackmon chuckles. “I guess we are a lot alike, then I first thought,”
Jake shared his sentiments before confidently standing up. “So, don’t we have some friends to rescue?”
Hackmon nods.
Devimon stood in front of the dark orb, holding the other DigiDestined inside.
“Ok, we’re officially done for!” Ben utters in disbelief.
“I said don’t give up on Jake, he’ll come,” Tekka assured.
Impmon scoffs. “No offense, but did you see what Devimon just did? He scared the crap out of him, how is someone like that supposed to save us?”
Vivian felt offended by his comment. “You take that back, you imp!”
Herissmon steps in between them. “Come on guys, let’s not kill each other while we’re in here,”
At that moment, Devimon clenches his fist, shrinking the orb and increasing the gravity inside once again. Everyone screams in pain over the pressure.
Devimon stops, and everyone catches their breaths.
“Such annoyances,”
As Herissmon catches his breath, he turns his head over to Tekka, who is also catching his breath, he still had that confident look, showing his trust in Jake.
Devimon looks at the moon. Time’s running out, it seems he won’t show up.
But at that moment, Komondomon jumped into view, landing in front of Devimon.
This was followed by Jake and Hackmon hopping off, walking over to Devimon.
The devil scoffs. “I see you decided to show up after all,”
Jake grinned. “That’s right, and we’re here to get our friends back!”
The others, particularly Tekka, looked at him in awe and surprise.
Devimon remains unfazed by his declaration, and he then raises his hand.
“If you’re going to act so confident…” He snaps his fingers. “Do it after you die!”
At that moment, two Devidramon showed up, roaring at Jake and Hackmon.
Jake and Hackmon exchanged a look as Jake activated his Digivice, and Hackmon glowed.
[HACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO BAOHACKMON]
BaoHackmon enters his battle stance, glaring the two Devidramon down, who are also glaring back at him. The wind blows by them, and both sides could lunge at any moment.
The Devidramon charged towards BaoHackmon, both firing electric storms from their mouths.
BaoHackmon rushes straight towards the attack, sliding under it to dodge.
The Devidramon stopped their attack and switched to lunging at the dragon, with their claws ready.
BaoHackmon halted in place, swinging his tail, and parried both Devidramon’s attacks, his eyes weren’t afraid.
He then pushed the two Devidramons back, before quickly spitting out fire in their faces, directly into their eyes. As the two demonic dragons screamed in pain, BaoHackmon took this opening to attack.
“Fif Cross!!”He slashed the two demonic dragons with his claws. The two Devidramon disintegrate into data particles.
Devimon scoffs at his servant's failures, he then spreads his wings out, locking eyes with BaoHackmon.
BaoHackmon swings his tail blade into the ground, kicking up dust, covering him from Devimon’s sight. The devil Digimon flaps his wings to blow the dust away, only to reveal nothing, BaoHackmon was gone.
Devimon looks around for the dragon, but aside from Jake and his imprisoned DigiDestined, he could not see him anywhere. He then hears the sound of a rock tipping over, prompting him to gather dark energy in his hand, and fires it at the dragon, but it hits nothing.
Then BaoHackmon appeared from behind, and slashed Devimon’s back with his tail blade.
His friends cheer at the first strike.
Devimon grits his teeth, he flaps his wings, sending dark wind towards BaoHackmon, blowing him back and forcing him to dig his finger into the ground, also sticking his tail into it, this allowed Devimon to fire dark energy at him directly.
BaoHackmon tanks the attacks, barely clinging onto the ground.
Seeing his resilience, Devimon switches to close combat as he rushes close, his sharp fingers ready to strike, unbeknownst to him, BaoHackmon chuckles.
The dragon swings his tail, kicking up dust, and debris right into his face, briefly blinding him, he then swings his tail blade, slashing the devil’s chest.
Devimon staggered and stepped back, hand gripping over his wound, scowling at BaoHackmon, before his gritted teeth turn into a smirk.
“You are a lot more capable than I thought, I assume you’d be held back by that human,” He said.
Jake cringed while BaoHackmon remains still.
“But… will it take you so far?” The devil stands straight, spreading his arms and wings out, followed by his body glowing, shocking everyone.
Jake’s body began to shake. ‘Don’t tell me…!’
Devimon’s grin grew sharper. “Let’s see how you handle this?”
The devils were basked in a dark light, which prompted everyone to cover their eyes.
Devimon laughs as his body begins to change in a rather vicious and excruciating way.
The light subsided and as everyone lowered their arms and opened their eyes, they were greeted by a horrifying sight.
In Devimon’s place there was a similar looking figure whose body is sickly pale gray, contrasting with its dark leather pants and boots with spikes, his arms are wrapped in reddish brown bandages, ending in large, blade-like claws tipped in gold. There were six orbs embedded in his chest in a symmetrical pattern, his wings are now red and tattered, his face is covered by a golden mask and his horns are also gold, but he now has six eyes.
His mere appearance sent shivers down everyone’s spines, even more when he levitated it looked like he was hung on a rope.
Tekka pulls out his Digivice and checks the analyzer.
Name: NeoDevimon
Level: Ultimate
Type: Fallen Angel
Attribute: Virus
Field: Nightmare Soldiers
Attacks: Guilty Claw, Deep Sorrow, Stun Claw
Bio: A Digimon that was artificially strengthened and completely controlled, even as far as its own will, his mask suppresses his own power and to control it’s will.
“H-h-h-how is he going t-to f-f–fight against that?” Gracie stutters.
“We’ll just have to wish those two luck,” Herissmon said.
NeoDevimon descends to the ground, he hunches his body forwards as he walks forwards to Jake and BaoHackmon, while his golden claws are scraping the ground.
Jake’s body shakes even more as he begins to hyperventilate, once again his mind was flooded with memories of all the times his bullies picked on him, the feeling of humiliation, the toll on his self worth, all for it.
But before the memories could pollude his mind further, Jake smacks his own face, much to the surprise of everyone.
Jake inhales deeply and exhales, clenching his Digivice tightly, as a glimmer of red light emits from it.
Jake hovers his Digivice, near his face. “BaoHackmon, kick. His. Butt!” His Digivice shines radiantly, correlating with BaoHackmon glowing.
BaoHackmon was surprised as the sudden feeling of power, but he recall what his master said once: Instead of fighting it, let it in
[BAOHACKMON DIGIVOLVE TO SAVIORHACKMON]
BaoHackmon was now bipedal, his foreamrea and heavily armored, long red blades extend from his wrist, his legs were blades, like his prior form he has a tail blade large pauldrons with a single spike were on his shoulder, in his chest was a crystal pale in blue light and of course he still has his red cape.
Everyone was astonished at SaviorHackmon, standing in battle stance. Jake pulls out the Digivice analyzer.
Name: SaviorHackmon
Level: Ultimate
Type: Dragon Man
Attribute: Data
Field: Metal Empire, Virus Busters
Attacks: Trident Saber, Meteor Flame, Resist Raid
Bio: After meeting many Digimon and living through countless battles. The crystal on his chest is a crystallization of proof it refine his power with no lack of effort.
NeoDevimon was shocked at SaviorHackmon’s Digivolution, but he shrugs it off and immediately lunges at the armored dragon, claws ready to slash.
SaviorHackmon spreads his arms out preparing his blades and parries the devil’s attack.
NeoDevimon continues swinging his claw ferociously, this allows SaviorHackmon duck down his swipes and he swings his tail blade and lands a cut on his waist.
The devil grunted hard as he flew steps back and gathered electricity in his hands and fired it.
SaviorHackmon chuckles as he opens his mouth, inside it is fire. “Meteor Flame!!”
Flames spew out like bullets in a machine gun and collide with the lightning, resulting in an explosion and smoke covering the area.
SaviorHackmon ascended out of the smoke, keeping his eye out for NeoDevimon, only for the devil to appear from behind, ready to strike from behind. But as he extended his hand out, SaviorHackmon disappeared in a blur, then reappeared behind him and struck his blade at his shoulder.
NeoDevimon grunted as he flapped his wings, kicking up a storm surrounding them. SaviorHackmon could feel the intense wind almost messing with his senses, but he was able to see NeoDevimon attempt to backhand him, and he uses his tail to block it and uses him to spring back a couple feet.
He shoots out flames only for them to get quickly blown away from the increasing wind. NeoDevimon lunges towards the armored dragon, prompting him to parry to claws again.
As the two clashed the wind reached ground level, while the captured DigiDestined were unaffected due to being inside their sphere prison, Jake had to cling onto a rock.
SaviorHackmon notices Jake from above. ‘I need to finish this fast!’
He turns to NeoDevimon, readies his blades and charges towards him, once he gets in close and swings his blades, slashing NeoDevimon’s chest. NeoDevimon’s eyes rolled, at first it seemed like the dragon had won.
However he was caught off guard when NeoDevimon’s hands extended and grabbed him by the neck, and his eyes locked onto him.
The devil pants hard as he digs his claws into his skin, causing blood to pour out and he begins channeling dark energy from his hands, sending it to SaviorHackmon, like he did to Herissmon earlier.
SaviorHackmon seemingly felt dark thoughts polluted his mind as NeoDevimon screeched as his eyes almost look as if they were to pop out as he digs his finger more into the dragon’s skins.
But then… in a reversal, NeoDevimon felt something stabbing him, he looked down to see SaviorHackmon’s tail blade struck into his stomach.
This caused him to lose focus allowing SaviorHackmon to break free from his grip, he then gathers energy in his three blades.
“Trident Saber!!” His blades cleaved through the devil’s body, cutting it into pieces.
NeoDevimon’s eyes widen his shock as his nearly lifeless body pummeled down the mountains
SaviorHackmon took this moment to catch his breath, feeling the devil’s slowly dissipating wind blowing at him, his cape flapping to it. He then remembered someone.
Back on ground level, Jake could barely keep his grip on the rock, and he let go and the wind picked him up but before he was swept away, SaviorHackmon came into his aid.
Once he recognizes SaviorHackmon, he smirks. “Guess you live up to your name,”
SaviorHackmon chuckles in return.
At the same time the sphere keeping their friends dissipated, of course they fell to the ground, some managed to land on their feet, some didn't.
Vivian began stretching her body. “Ugh! Remind me to never let my guard down,”
SaviorHackmon lands near them and reverts back to Hackmon, allowing Jake to hop off and walk to them.
“You guys ok?” He asks.
“Aside from feeling crushed? Mostly,” Gracie replied.
Tekka walks up to his silver haired friend. “I knew you had the courage to save us,” He tapped his shoulder lightly. “Great job!”
Jake chuckles as Vivian approaches him.
“Gotta say, I’m also impressed, you’d never go anywhere without us helping you,” She said.
Jake looked at her with raised eyebrow. “Was that a compliment?”
Vivian snickers. “Yeah, what else is it supposed to be?”
Jake smirks. “I don’t expect much from your behavior, given you’re a massive Noelle fan,”
Vivian tensed up as a small tick mark popped up on her head. “Oh, you’re getting it now!”
The brunette grabs Jake in a headlock and begins playfully rubbing his hair, and Jake attempts to break out, the sight makes everyone laugh.
Hackmon looks at Jake proudly, he looks up into the air, thinking of a certain master. ‘Master, it appears me and Jake fit well then I thought,’
Later the DigiDestined returned to the town, or at least it was a town, it already looked abandoned when the illusion was lifted, but now in broad daylight, it just makes the town look even worse.
Thankfully they weren't going to stay here for long as they called in Komondomon, who was relieved to see all of them ok. As they were about to set out, they noticed Ben and Impmon were missing. As they looked around, they saw Ben and Impmon running towards them.
“Guys, you need to see this!”
Ben led them to the same stand where they ate, and pointed to a trap down that leads to a bunker, which led to a storage room filled with real food.
"Good to know, what I just ate was actually real," Keramon comments.
“Wow, you think Devimon had these for his servants?” Gracie wonders.
“That would make sense, aside from luring us into a trap, he did look after those under him with a hint of care,” Daisy said.
“I almost felt bad for him now… not,” Jake scoffs.
“That’s understandable, Devimon may be evil, but at the end of it all, he has a hint of what you humans call humanity,” Hackmon said.
“Does that also mean he also came from a Village of Beginning?” Jake asks.
Hackmon nods in response.
After loading up the food inside Komondomon, they set out to continue their journey.
NeoDevimon’s eyes shot open and his body spring awake as he pants, he noticed that his sliced body was reattached together again, he looked around to find himself in a dark room, only lit up by the light above him.
“To think we’d seen you in such a pathetic state,” A feminine voice said.
NeoDevimon scowls as he looks over his shoulder to see three other demon Digimon, one was a female version of his prior form Devimon, with a skin-tight leather outfit, tattered wings and a mask covering her face, her right arm was large with red claws, she’s also wrapped in a long chain. She was LadyDevimon
Another was like him but more of a skeleton, his redbone-like rib cage armor over his black skeletal torso and a horned skull-like face, black tattered bat-like wings, he has armor on his hands and feet, finally he wields a a staff with a large yellow orb on top. He was SkullSatamon
Lastly, the third one was a giant aquatic demon Digimon, his skin is sleek, deep, navy blue, jagged with pale markings and scars. He wears a tattered, ghostly white cloak that mimics the appearance of torn fins or kelp drifting in dark waters. His face is marked with glowing red eyes, a menacing grin full of razor-sharp teeth. Two massive tentacle-like appendages extend from his back ending in large claws pods. He was MarineDevimon.
NeoDevimon groans upon the sight of the three, before he turns to walk away.
LadyDevimon snickers. “What’s wrong? Didn't you like seeing your old friends?”
SkullSatamon laughed. “You’re kidding right?”
“Of course I am! It’s called sarcasm!” LadyDevimon scoffed.
The three demon Digimon laughed, which got under NeoDevimon’s skin.
“Shut…up…” He mumbled, which silenced the other demons.
“Huh? Didja say something?” LadyDevimon mocks.
NeoDevimon turns around, glaring at the three demons. “SHUT UP!!!”
His guttural yell echo through the room, shutting the three demons up.
NeoDevimon turns around to walk away leaving the demons in silence.
LadyDevimon scoffs. “Show-off thinks he’s so much better than us!”
NeoDevimon frustration walked through a dark hallway, only for his body fatigued to consume him, and struggle to walk, he leaned toward the wall, he did not stop walking as two things were on his mind: Jake and Hackmon.
His grip on the wall tightened as his fingers clawed through it, the only thing he had on his mind… was revenge…
To be continued...
Next time on Digimon Chronicles, Vivian was reminded of traumatic memories of her brother, which made her the target of Phantomon who kidnaps her, and traps her in a nightmare, leaving the others to save her, on the ohter hand Lopmon is shown to be more thne she seems, find out more in Chapter 16: The price of envy, Antylamon stands up!
Notes:
Man, this chapter went through a lot of rewrites, due to me switching Devimon with a different Digimon, Myotismon, before changing my mind and switching back, questioning whether to include stuff like the Mira flashback and things that would set up later chapters of development, and plot points (Also if you remember LadyDevimon, Skullsatamon, and MarineDevimon, you know)
Also looking back, I had used Soundbirdmon back in Chapter 8, but I never actually namedropped him, don't feel fixing that cause let's be honest, he's just a spying device, sure it can control Digimon, but I already have the virus doing that
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