Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Dragon Morphs: A Digimorphs Tale ❯ Strange Situations ( Chapter 2 )

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(Note: Assume the following section is translated from Japanese.)

Ow! Great going! Sekata told himself. Finally get a hold of the situation, learn to fly, then promptly knock out one of the local inhabitants!

Thankfully, the metal helmet/mask on his Cyberdramon head had protected him from the worst of the shock. But that was more than he could say for the blue, humanoid dragon lying unconscious on the forest floor.

Not to mention all the branches their falling bodies had snapped and smashed.

The dragon had crashed headlong into him, but she looked like she'd be all right.

Wait a minute, how'd I know she was a she in the first place? Sekata shook his head. As if things weren't strange enough already. This Digimon body must have some male instincts.

He still had his D-Ark strapped to his right wrist, which looked much smaller now than when he'd been human.

Hmmm...I wonder if this works like it does on TV?

Sekata brought the Digivice up and pointed it at the Digimon, which he'd already recognized as XV-mon.

"XV-mon." He read the text that had appeared on the screen along with an image. "Champion Level. Dragon Digimon. Special attacks: X-Laser and Strong Crunch."

She's so...beautiful. I think I like her already! Sekata stared dreamily, I wonder if I can ask her out? After all, we're both dragon Digimon. Or get her phone number? Oh yeah, I don't think Digimon carry cell phones.

"Uughhh..." The XV-mon moaned. She was waking up.

Sekata knelt over her as she opened eyes.

"XV-mon? Are you all right?" He asked.

For a moment, she stared back at him. Then, she started screaming.

"Aa! Sorry! Sorry!" Sekata started, realizing that she must've gotten the wrong idea of what he'd been doing, "I was..."

Then, pain exploded into his brain as she kneed him in well...THAT place. He could only stare in utter shock and roll over holding his groin area as she sprang to her feet and fled.

"Idiot..." He cursed softly, barely able to keep himself from spilling out anything more vulgar.

However, as she ran, Sekata noticed something strapped to her left wrist. It was a D-Ark, just like his own, except in was completely light blue in color.

Could it...be?

"Wait please!" He yelled, holding up a hand. He had intended to ask her about the Digivice when something far more demanding of his attention caught his eye. "Look out! Danger!"

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Zoe screamed as the Cherrymon lashed out with its vines and wrapped them around her neck and limbs, binding her tightly.

Argh! Can't...can't breathe!

"Erase Claw!" A blue burst of energy suddenly hit the tree-like Digimon.

It cried out in pain and dropped her. She was immediately dragged out of harm's way before the deadly vines could reach her again.

Zoe looked up to see that her rescuer was the Cyberdramon whom she'd practically 'kicked in the nuts' just a moment earlier.

" Daijoubu ka?" He asked, holding her in his arms and running.

Zoe nodded, assuming he was asking if she was all right.

"Do you happen to speak English?" She asked.

Cyberdramon was taken aback, but he finally cleared his throat and answered.

"Erm...Yes, I do."

"Thanks for saving me." Zoe said, embarrassed. "And...sorry about that 'incident' just now."

"Can we talk about this later? We're in trouble right now!" He yelled as Cherrymon unleashed his Cherry Bomber, firing explosive fruits around like grenades.

"Argh!"

"Yargh!"

Both were thrown to the ground and rolled behind a fallen log for cover.

"What are we supposed to do?!" Zoe asked desperately.

"We fight." Cyberdramon growled. "But I've got something that just might help."

He then lifted up a Digivice that was strapped to his right wrist.

"You've...you've got one of those too!" Zoe gasped.

"I know." He muttered. With his free left hand, he pulled a Digimon card out of his 'belt', or more appropriately, the section along his waist. "Card Slash! Wargreymon, Brave Shield!"

In a flash of light, the golden shield embedded with the Crest of Courage materialized in his hands.

"Wow..." Zoe gasped.

"Excellent! It worked." Cyberdramon grinned. "Here hold it."

The armored dragon shoved it into her hands.

"But, what am I supposed to do with it?"

"Here's the plan XV-mon, you distract him and use the shield to protect yourself. I'll get behind him and attack from the rear. OK?"

Zoe felt a little odd being addressed as 'XV-mon', but she nodded. Cyberdramon gave her a thumbs-up and dashed off to one side, dropping a couple of cards in the process. Zoe didn't even have time to tell him about the dropped cards before he disappeared.

Oh well, She thought, grabbing the cards, got to keep my end of the bargain.

"Hey you! The big moldy tree! I'm over here!" Zoe jumped out and waved.

Growling, Cherrymon fired its Cherry Bombs again.

"Yikes!" Zoe exclaimed, ducking behind the shield.

"Erase Claw!" Multiple bursts of Cyberdramon's attack hit Cherrymon from behind.

The tree was injured and angered, but not defeated yet. Turning its attention towards the new attacker, Cherrymon let loose with all its vines, ensnaring Cyberdramon before he could fire again.

"Help m...mrrrgghhh!" He yelled before Cherrymon wrapped a vine around his jaws.

"Cyberdramon!" Zoe dropped the shield and reached for her Digivice. She was hoping that somehow, she'd know how to use her own attacks. "I'll never beat Cherrymon on my own, but with some help..."

Grasping her Digivice tightly in her left hand, she picked out one of the cards. Even through the words were in Japanese, Zoe had seen the card before and knew what it did.

"Card Slash! Power Charger!"

Zoe felt a fiery strength building up within her. Now, she just had to get her attack right. She spread her hand, revealing the 'X' mark on her muscular chest.

"X-laser!"

Cherrymon was caught off guard by the power of the attack from the Champion level Digimon, in the process letting go of Cyberdramon. The dragon (or dragon-morph) didn't waste anytime in leaping away, using a tree as a springboard and bouncing straight back towards his opponent, claws outstretched.

"Cyber Nail!"

The attack hit home, Cyberdramon's claws piercing right through Cherrymon's body. The tree Digimon let out a dying scream before exploding in a bright flash of light and data bits.

The force of the explosion also sent Cyberdramon flying right into her, knocking Zoe down and landing on top of her. Their faces collided, snout to snout.

For one awkward moment, both stared at each other.

"Erm..."

"Sorry!"

Cyberdramon jumped off and collapsed on the ground beside her.

There was silence for a few more minutes.

"I always wondered what crispy fried cherries tasted like." Zoe finally giggled.

Cyberdramon broke into a grin. Then a laugh.

In the end, both of them burst out laughing with relief.

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Meanwhile, in another forest several miles away, Steve and Janet were still arguing about whose fault it was that had sent Zoe running off.

"My fault?" Janet growled, kneeling down to stare the Flamedramon in the eye, "You're the one who started it!"

"You're the one who made it worse, so don't complain!"

"Grrrrr..."

"Grrrrrr..."

"OK, cut it out, Let's try and act rational here." Janet said, waving her claws up.

"Do we even look rational at all?!" Steve yelled, tapping his chest.

"I meant that in a...OH never mind! Come on, we've got to look for Zoe." Janet turned and started walking, "I hope she's all right. After all, who knows what mean and nasty things and running around here?"

"Well, you're certainly one of them." Steve muttered.

"Ggrrrrrr....."

"Erm...nothing!" Steve peeped. (With an anime sweat drop.)

"I'm gonna keep 'eating you whole' as one of my options." Janet growled as she resumed her pace.

Steve leapt onto the Growlmon's head.

"Hey!"

"Come on Jan, don't be a spoilsport! Not like I weigh that much, right?" Steve laughed, taking a cross-legged seating position on a flat portion of her head.

"Aw, whatever." Janet muttered, not in a mood to argue.

The pair continued on in silence for a while.

"Do you know where we're going?" Steve finally asked.

"No."

"That's great. Cause I don't know either."

"Oh, what a startling revelation!" Janet scowled sarcastically.

"You know," Steve continued, lifting up the Digivice strapped to his left forearm, "I wonder if these things work like in the show? You know, time and map functions and such."

"Hmmm..." Janet thought, looking at hers, which was strapped to one of her left fingers, "They just might, but it'll be rather difficult for me to use mine. Considering it's size is like those mini cell phones to a human."

"Isn't that good?"

"No, cause I can't push the buttons properly with these kind of claws." She said, showing off one of her three-fingered claws for emphasis.

"Mine are no better." Steve muttered, looking down at his hands. "But let's see, if I can just bend these..."

Steve managed to bend his three-fingered claw to a position where he could grasp the Digivice firmly.

"Got it. Maybe I can do this after all. Now..."

He aimed the Digivice at himself and pushed a button. An image of Flamedramon flicked onto the screen, together with some text.

"Flamedramon." He read, "Armored level. Dragon Digimon. Special attacks: Fire Rocket, Knuckle Fire. Hey, this is cool!"

He aimed it down at Janet and the screen changed.

"Growlmon. Champion level. Dinosaur Digimon. Special attacks: Exhaust Flame, Plasma Blade. Has a small brain and extremely limited mental capacity..."

Janet immediately lifted a claw and smacked him like an insect on her head.

"Jerk! The last part wasn't in the bio!"

"Ow! Can't you take a joke?! What do you want to do? Give me permanent brain damage?!"

"Short of biting you head off, yeah."

"This thing has a map feature too." Steve continued, rubbing his head. "And...Uh-oh!"

"What?"

"We seemed to be surrounded by a whole swarm of red dots!"

"And what do those mean?"

"Other Digimon. Most likely hostile." Steve read the legend.

"I think I can hear them already!" Janet cried, "The chittering? Sort of like birds?"

"Yeah, look!" Steve stood up, pointing. Practically every bush was rustling.

"We're in trouble." Janet cringed.

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It had been love at first sight.

Sekata finally conceded to the voices in his head and admitted that it was true. Out of the blue, she'd come flying into his path.

Now, they'd just fought a battle together and had come out victorious. The stage had been set perfectly. He just had to move the first piece and everything would be running smoothly.

And you'll have the perfect mate. WHAT?! The thought had just popped into his head. Troubled, Sekata quickly shook it away. What's wrong with me? I'm human! Stop thinking like some sort of a wild animal!

"Excuse me, but about that Digivice around your wrist..." XV-mon's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, much to his relief. "Could I assume you're not REALLY a Digimon?"

That confirmed it! He was no longer alone in this world! Sekata wanted to jump for joy, but managed to suppress it to just getting back onto his feet.

"You're...human too, right?" He asked.

"Normally anyway." She nodded, "Name's Zoe."

"Sekata." He spoke, offering his claw and helping her to her feet. "It can be pretty dangerous out here. I've got a cave nearby that we can take shelter in. How bout we go there and we can share some information?"

He held his breath. Would she trust him enough to follow him?

"Yeah, that'll be great." Zoe smiled. She looked and the floor hesitantly before continuing. "And thanks for saving my life."

"You did the same for me." Sekata put a hand on her shoulder, "So, I guess we're even."

"Not really. I suppose I still own you for my, erm, surprise attack." She giggled.

"Don't remind me." Sekata replied with a sigh.

Zoe laughed.

Wow...she's cute too! Sekata was seeing mini-hearts and cupids all around his field of vision. He did feel a little like he was taking advantage of their current predicament. Still, this was the first time in his life that he'd done anything successfully with a member of the opposite sex.

Situation or not, I really like her now! But...I can't just tell her that outright! I'll have to take it slowly...

He's so cool. Zoe thought, But what am I feeling now? That I...I'm so comfortable around him? Come on, you just met him ten minutes ago and you're hoping he'll ask you out? No, I'm sure it's just cause we're both in the same situation and we need each other. Is it?

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The bushes rustled and out stepped a swarm of Kiwimon.

"Those pint-sized chickens are considered trouble?" Steve whispered into Jan's ear.

"Well, there are a lot of them." She replied softly.

"So what are we supposed to do?" Steve asked. "We can try and run, or we can wait and see if they're friendly."

"We? I'll be the one doing all the running!"

The first line of Kiwimon had already stepped up to them.

"Pummel Peck!" Like a squad of soldiers, they fired off their attacks straight at Steve and Jan.

"Argh!"

"Look out!"

Janet covered her face as several of the projectiles slammed into her tough hide. She got a running start and leapt clean over the line of Digimon in their path.

"Exhaust Flame!" she roared.

BOOM! Part of the squad scattered as the explosion rocked the area.

"That...that was an accident!" Janet said, surprised at the destruction she'd just caused.

"Cool!" Steve grinned. "I've gotta try attacking too!"

With a roar, he jumped into the sky.

"Fire Rocket!" Covering his body with searing flames, he tilted his angle and dove horn-first into another group, sending the small birds flying off in all directions.

"OH YEAH! Knuckle Fire!" Steve threw off three fireballs from his right claw, blowing up a couple of the nearest Kiwimon.

"Great, now we've made them mad." Janet muttered, throwing off another breath attack to help Steve.

"Hey, I just realized I still got these here." Steve was reaching beneath the 'vest' covering his chest and pulling out a Digimon card, carefully grasped between two of his oddly positioned talons/fingers.

"What, you want to challenge them to a card game!?"

"No. But remember this?" Steve used his arm to shift the position of the Digivice, then swung it by the strap and caught it in the 'palm' of his left claw. "Card Slash! Heavy Metal!"

In a flash of light, a weapon reassembling a wrist mounted rocket launcher appeared on his right arm, in place of the card.

"Watch this!" He laughed, aiming the weapon at his opponents.

"Steve, can you handle the recoil of that thing?!" Janet asked.

"What recoil? I just need to pull the trig...yyyaaarrgghhh!"

The weapon fired off a powerful laser, but also sent Steve flying back into a tree, losing the weapon in the process.

The next instant, a bunch of Kiwimon was upon him, leaping onto and attacking their fallen opponent.

"Ow! OW! Get off me dumb birds!" he yelled, waving his arms about wildly. "Jan! Some help here!"

"Always leaving me to clean up your mess." Jan sighed. "Just like in the Chemistry lab."

"Jan! Help! Please!" Steve yelled desperately.

"Oh, all right." She stared straight at him. "Exhaust..."

"What the?! NNNOOO! DON'T!!!!!!!!!"

"...Flame!"

However, the shot didn't hit Steve, but instead the ground beside him. With another deafening explosion, Steve was sent flying off into the distance.

"Later birdies!" Janet waved as she begun running.

Looks like Growlmon can run pretty fast if they want too. Jan thought as the Kiwimon swarm was soon left far behind.

She'd been tracking the flying speck in the distance and followed it all the way until it finally begun to descend.

"OK, he should be landing right about..." Jan scratched her head and pointed with her other claw.

Still screaming, Steve hit the ground, creating a large crater in the forest floor.

"...there!" She laughed, snapping her fingers.

"JAN!!!" Steve yelled, more angry than injured, as he jumped about. "I asked you to HELP me. NOT SEND ME BLASTING OFF TEAM ROCKET-STYLE!!!!!!!!!!!! AND YOU ACTUALLY SHOT ME!!!!! I'D SWEAR YOU WERE TRYING TO HIT ME ON PROPOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"I was." Janet calmly replied. "I just missed. Anyway, you're alive right?"

"Yeah. BUT YOU NEARLY KILLED ME!!!"

"I didn't anyway. So now, I..." Jan was swaying about.

"What's wrong?" Steve asked, "Are you hurt?"

"No, exhausted." Jan's eyes were flickering open and close. "Barely...stand. Need to...lie down."

Her knees buckled over and she begun to fall. Steve suddenly realized he was right in the Growlmon's path.

"Wait! No! Don't fall this..."

BAM!

The Flamedramon had his chest pressed against the ground, with only his head and neck free of being stuck under the Growlmon's stomach area.

"Jan! Get off me!" Steve yelled, futilely struggling, wiggling his head and neck about. "I can't move!"

"That goes for both of us." Janet mumbled, eyes already closed. "Night...ZZZZzzzzzz...."

"Jan? Jan?! JJJJJAAAANNN!!!!!!!!" Steve screamed in outrage. "YOU B***H! I hate you!"

"Yeah, yeah. Heard it all before." Janet muttered, "Hate you too Steve. Night...ZZZZZzzzzz..."

Why me? Steve moaned.