Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ South Digimon Diaries ❯ Battle test, part 1 ( Chapter 7 )

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South Digimon Diaries

The story of the Digi-Destined from Argentina.

By Persona

Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to TOEI and Akiyoshi Hongo, and used without

consent.

The Diaries Universe belongs to Lord Archive, and is used with consent.

Okay now, on with the story.

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Chapter seven: Battle Test, part 1

"I'm home!" Julia yelled as she entered her house, it ws late March so

school had just stated about a week ago. Julia had rushed home as soon as

class started.

She still remembered her first school day, and how awkward she had felt.

Some of her close friends at school had recognized her from being the girl

on TV during the Digimon attack at Nine of July Avenue last Christmas, and

kept giving her strange stares.

The TV cameras hadn't been able to get a really good look at her, or the

other Digi-Destined there, which was good, but still since they really knew

Julia, they had been able to recognize her. Luckily for Julia, nobody had

said anything about it. But she noticed that some of her friends weren't

talking to her either, and that made her feel bad.

The situation hadn't changed that much, but at least there were less and

less kids giving her strange stares at school with each passing day.

Mrs. Martinez looked up from where she was ironing while watching her

favorite soap opera on TV. "Hi, Julia."

Julia then noticed Pyocomon sitting on the table near the TV.

"Pyocomon, where you and Mom talking just now?" asked Julia.

"Well, I get lonely while you're at school," answered the pink Digimon.

"Besides, she seems to like the same shows I like." added Mrs. Martinez.

Then both Pyocomon and her giggled.

Julia couldn't help but smile, during the four months since she had become a

Digi-Destined her mother had become more and more open minded about Digimon.

The almost daily talks that they had had during this time must have helped a

lot on that.

Mrs. Martinez now saw Digimon more as sentient creatures, sure they looked

like strange animals and all that, but they were sentient nonetheless. This

was not the first time where she came back from school and found Pyocomon

and her mother in the same room. It was, however, the first time that she

had found the two of them watching TV together like if they were friends.

Julia guessed that, in a way, they were.

Some times the three of them would eat lunch together and talk.

Mrs. Martinez had been really happy when she had heard how things between

her daughter and that David person had worked out for the best. She was a

little worried about that still, and she still hadn't met David since he

never came out of the Digital World. But she also trusted her daughter's

judgement, knowing that Julia would do the right thing.

She also noticed that Julia had somehow matured a lot during this four

months. But if you think about it, having the amount of responsibilty that

Julia had now would have that effect on people, no matter how young they

were. This actually made her sad, feeling that Julia might be loosing her

childhood. There was nothing she could do about it but being there for Julia

no matter what.

As Julia watched how Pyocomon and her mother watched TV, she sighed

inwardly. If only her father would be as open minded as her mother.

Julia and Mr. Martinez had only talked about her being a Digi-Destined once,

and it had been while her mother was present. They had not talked about

neither David nor the fact that Pyocomon slept in Julia's room on purpose,

which was good because then Julia's father would have been really angry.

After that, Mr. Martinez never talked about it, nor he allowed Julia to

mention it to him. He wouldn't even let his wife talk about it.

Why did he has to be that way? Asked Julia to herself. Does he think that if

he just ignores it would go away? That if he doesn't acknowledge it then it

doesn't really happen?

During the day Pyocomon was able to walk in the house. But at night, when

Mr. Martinez came back from work, the baby Digimon had to stay inside

Julia's room, out of Mr. Martinez sight, and Julia also had to hide her D-3

while her father was at home.

Julia had talked with her mother about this a few times. Mrs. Martinez had

said that she would try and talk with her husband, but that Julia shouldn't

get her hopes up about it.

Julia went to her room, changed out of her school uniform into more

comfortable clothes, then went back to where her mother and Pyocomon were

watching TV.

"Pyocomon, could you come to my room please?"

Pycomon looked at Julia, then she remembered that today she and Julia were

going to the Digital World to visit David and Candmon! How could she have

forgotten that!

Jumping off the table, the small pink Digimon walked over to Julia. Then

Digi-Destined and Digimon partner walked towards Julia's room.

Mrs. Martinez watched how Julia and Pyocomon walked away towards Julia's

room. She knew where they were going. They were going to the Digital World

or whatever that place was called. They went there about once or twice every

week.

Mrs. Martinez had already talked with Julia about that a couple of times.

She was happy that Julia had made up with that other kid with a Digimon,

David, but she was still upset that David didn't come out of the Digital

World, except for some therapy sessions that he had with her brother.

Actually, she was more upset that she hadn't met him yet.

She had tried to talk with her brother about David, but since David was

seeing him for therapy, it was against the rules to talk about David's

problems or anything else for that matter.

Still, her brother told her that even if David had some troubles in the

past, he was a nice boy and he would never hurt Julia in any way. Somehow

that was enough for Julia's mother.

Still, she hoped that she could meet David sometime.

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The Digital World.

David was in his log house, along with Candmon, waiting for Julia to show up

for their "date".

As he waited, he couldn't help but think on how much his life and his way of

seeing life had changed since he met Julia for the first time.

After thinking about it for a while, he had agreed to what Julia said about

seeing Julia's uncle for therapy.

It was a very hard thing for David, since that meant that he had to go to

the real world. But since he used a Digiportal to transport himself to the

computer that Julia's uncle had in his office, and then back in to the

Digital World, so all he really saw in the real world was the office.

Of course that it had startled Julia's uncle the first few times. By the

fourt time it just surprised him a little, and by the sixth time he was used

to it. David has been seeing him once a week.

During his first session, he hadn't talked much. David was still very

reluctant about talking with people, except for Julia. After that Julia's

unlce must have talked to Julia about it, since Julia talked with him about

being more open up during the sessions with her uncle. David had promised

Julia that he would try. So far he though he was doing fine.

He really didn't know if he was making any progress, but he was starting to

feel better about himself since he met Julia and even more after he started

therapy, so he was more than happy to continue that way.

And, it seemed that after that whole Christmas thing, evil Digimon activity

in the Digital World was almost nonexistant, so David didn't have much

"work" as a Digi-Destined. There were still some attacks here and there, but

always from some not so powerful Digimon so David and Candmon didn't have

any problems dealing with them. David kept his promise about not killing

them of course.

That reminded him of the last date he had with Julia.

Actually David felt bad about them since all they ever did was walk around

the Digital World looking at the sights. He wished that he didn't have this

fear about going to the real world, but he just couldn't do it. He should

talk about that with Julia's uncle next session.

Still, Julia kept calling what they did as dating, so he guessed he should

too.

Their last date hadn't gone as well as he had planned, so he was going to

make it up to her with this one.

David sighed. The most that he and Julia did together was kissing and some

caressing but never more than that, but it was always him the one that

stopped before things got more physical.

Julia had made it very clear that she wanted to take their relationship to

the "next level", but she also understood how he felt about it and had told

him that she would wait for him to be ready for it.

Problem was, he didn't know if that was really how she felt, or it was from

what their Digimon did when they went out for "walks". He knew what their

Digimon did together, but he didn't know if Julia knew.

David knew that the partner of a Digimon felt some feedback of what happens

to his or her partner and vice versa, and that included sexual intercourse.

He had found out about that about two and a half years ago, when Candmon had

been with one of his many lovers.

Over the years, he had gotten used to the feeling. It's not like he had a

choice, after all Candmon was a very active Digimon when it came to THAT.

It had gotten a little harder to control his urges after Julia came into his

life, but after a few months he managed to keep his cool.

Julia did not have that advantage, and he was sure that by now she must be

very frustrated in that aspect. Or she masturbated on an almost daily basis.

David shook his head, the mental picture of a naked Julia pleasuring herself

was something that he did not need at that moment.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door. David and Candmon walked over and

opened it. There stood a smiling Julia, Piyomon by her side.

"Hello David. Ready to go on our date?" asked Julia.

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A while later in another part of the Digital World.

Julia had her arms wrapped around David's arm while she rested her head on

his shoulder while they walked. David was blushing furiously at this, but

kept on walking like if nothing happened.

Behind them their Digimon followed them.

It was always like this, Candmon and Piyomon followed David and Julia to the

spot where their date took place so they could be close enough in case they

needed help. Once they reached their destination the Digimon left their

partners alone to have a "date" of their own.

"So, where are you taking me this time?" asked Julia.

"There's a nice village of Betamon to the north east of here. It is a very

nice place and is right next to a large lake." replied David.

At hearing this, Julia was a little worried. She rose her head to look at

David. "A village? David are you sure about this?"

David winced inwardly at Julia's question. He knew why she had asked it. She

remembered the last date they had last week. David had taken Julia to a town

populated by a big variety of Digimon. Unfortunately, David's "fame" was

well known in said town.

Even if none of the Digimon from that town had never seen David in person,

they had heard many stories and rumors about the Digi-Destroyer, the

nickname that some Digimon had given David.

David HATED that name, but it's not like he didn't deserve it.

Not only that but there were stories and rumors about him passed around this

region of the Digital World. Most of them weren't really true, and others

were overly exaggerated. But then again, what rumor isn't like that?

David remembered just some of the rumors that he had heard about him going

around the Digital World.

One said that he had killed over a thousand Digimon. That one was

ridiculous! He had to admit that he had lost count on how many Digimon he

had killed over the course of the three years that he had been a

Digi-Destined, but he was sure that there couldn't be more than a hundred.

Another rumor said that he had once destroyed an entire village of Digimon

because the Digimon he was after was hidden in it but he didn't know where.

That one was more or less true. What it didn't say is that the village had

been empty at the time, its inhabitants killed by the evil Digimon he was

after.

Another one said that the Digimon Kaiser hadn't tried to take over the

section of the Digital World of South America was because he was scared of

him, the Digi-Destroyer.

That one was kind of funny.

And the list went on and on.

Some of the rumors were really scary for David, like the one that said that

he had ordered Meramon to actually rip off the arms of an evil Digimon

before killing it. It was scary because he didn't know if they were true or

not.

The two weeks after David's first kill, the Dark Tyranomon that attacked the

Motimon village, David's memory was in a partial blank. He remembered only

bits and pieces of that time. During those two weeks he was in the very

verge of complete insanity. He wasn't sure how many Digimon he had killed

during that time, but he was sure that it had been a lot of them, and that

he had killed many of them just for looking at him the wrong way.

It was short after that that they had named him as the Digi-Destroyer.

He hated that name. It reminded him of what he had been, of how many lives

he had taken.

David took a deep sigh and finally answered Julia's question. "Julia, I've

been to this village before. I saved them from an evil Digimon a couple of

years ago. So I guess that they won't have any problem about us going on a

date there."

Julia smiled and nodded. She still remembered how the Digimon of that other

town had treated David when they saw him. She had noticed how hurt David was

from that, even if he tried to hide it behind his mask of hardness. The last

this she wanted if for him to feel pain.

Julia was surprised when she suddenly sneezed, and then started to shiver.

Did it get cold all of a sudden?

She stopped to put on the jacket she had brought with her just in case.

"Julia? Is something wrong?" asked David.

"No, I just felt some cold all of a sudden." replied Julia.

David looked around, it was weird. It was a warm clear day but the sky was

starting to get cloudy. And he hadn't noticed before, but it WAS starting to

get colder as they got closer to the village.

He had lived in the Digital World for three years and it had toughen him up,

making him more resilient to sudden changes in the whether and temperature,

that's why he hadn't noticed that it had actually gotten colder until Julia

pointed it out.

He had a bad feeling about this. The village they were going was right next

to a lake, and it was warm most of the time. This cold was not natural.

As they got closer, David could see the village and realized that here was

definitely something wrong about it.

The houses had some white thing covering them. He realized that it was snow!

That was impossible! And unless his eyes were playing tricks on him, he

could swear that the lake next to the village was completely frozen!

"Oh no..." David started to run towards the village. Seeing his partner

begin to run made Candmon follow him soon after.

"David! David wait up! What's going on!?" Julia asked, but David soon got

out of ear shot. She didn't know what was wrong, but she was going to find

out. Julia started to run, following David towards the village.

"Julia! Wait!" Piyomon started flying after Julia.

David reached the village, and confirmed what he saw earlier. All the houses

were covered with thick snow, and the lake was completely frozen. Something

was going on, and he was sure that it wasn't something good.

"What happened here?" asked Candmon as he looked in awe at all the snow

covered houses, and then at the frozen lake.

"Hello! Is anyone here!? Can anybody hear me!?" yelled David to the air.

It was almost a minute before David got an answer.

Slowly, very slowly, as if they were afraid to come out, the Betamon that

inhabited the village started to peek out the windows of their houses.

One of the Betamon recognized David as the same human boy that had rescued

their village a few years back. "It's David!"

Hearing that, the other Betamon in the village recognized David as well.

They all smiled, and rushed out of their houses and towards David and

Candmon.

"David, are we ever happy to see YOU." said the Betamon which David knew to

be the village elder. The other Betamon nodded at the remark.

David was about to ask about all the snow and the frozen lake when Julia's

voice interrupted him before he could speak.

"David!" Julia slowed down as she approached David, her breathing a little

hard from running. Piyomon close behind, the bird Digimon landed next to her

partner.

Julia looked around at the snow covered houses, then noticed the frozen lake

and the clody sky. Then she looked at all the Betamon that had gathered in

front of David. "David? What's going on?"

David turned to look back at the Betamon. "I was about to ask that myself."

The elder Betamon nodded. "It all started three days ago..."

//////////// Flashback, three days ago. \\\\\\\\\\\\

It was a warm, sunny day. Not a cloud in the clear blue sky of the Digital

World.

The Betamon of the village were walking around the village, minding their

own business. Some were in their houses, while others were at the lake next

to the village.

But then, the sky started to get cloudy. Clouds and more clouds gathered

just over the village, until they blocked the sunrays. As if that weren't

enough, it started to get cold, very cold.

A young Betamon ran over the to where the village elder was. "Elder! What is

going on?" asked the Betamon, he was shivering from the coldness.

"I don't know. This has never happened before... huh? What the..." the elder

Betamon looked over at the lake as he heard screams of terror.

He watched in horrified shock as the Betamon which were swimming in the lake

all started to get out as fast as they could while the water of the lake was

starting to freeze over at an incredible fast rate. Just when the last

Betamon made it out of the water, the whole lake was completely frozen over

into a big chunk of ice.

"Hey, look!" One of the Betamon pointed at a figure as it walked on the

surface of the frozen lake. Just then, it started to snow.

All the Betamon watched in dread as the figure walked over to the village.

It was a huge and muscular humanoid looking lion, its fur completely white.

A Panjamon.

Panjamon looked around at the village as the houses were being slowly

covered with snow. Then he spotted at the Betamon, all of them shivering

from the cold and fear. Panjamon smiled as he laughed an evil laugh, hands

on his hips, head thrown back.

//////////// End of flashback. \\\\\\\\\\\\

"... he makes us work every day for him. Whoever opposes him dies. One of us

tried to escape to get help, but he was frozen and then killed." finished

the elder Betamon.

"That's awful." said Julia.

"Not only that. It seems that every day he increases his hold on this area.

At first only this village was covered by clouds, now the surroundings are

cloudy too." added the elder Betamon.

David clenshed his fists in anger, "Don't worry, I'm here now and that

Panjamon won't have it so easy."

"We're here." corrected Julia.

David turned around and looked at Julia with a worried expression. "Julia?

You're not thinking about staying here right?"

"Of course I'm staying here. I want to help you save this village." Julia

answered.

David tok Julia by the arm and waked away from the Digimon, inculding both

their partners.

"David? Where are we going?" asked Julia as she was dragged away by David.

"We have to talk. Now." answered David, then turned to look at Piyomon and

Candmon. "Alone."

Once they were out of ear shot, David let go of Julia's arm and placed his

hands on Julia's shoulders. "Look Julia, I don't know what this Digimon is

capable of doing, but just being able to simulate a frozen zone in this

place is impressive enough."

"But I want to help you." replied Julia.

"I know, but I don't want you to get hurt. Please, just go home and let me

handle this." said David.

Julia was a little angry at this, "David Albornoz! Get it trough that thick

skull of yours. I'm not going home, not now. I'm a Digi-Destined too, and I

want to help you! I can take care of myself you know?"

David sighed, "It's not that I don't think that you can take care of

yourself. I'm just worried about you. I care about you Julia, I love you."

Julia smiled, "And I love you too. Is because of that love that I wont let

you fight alone. Not anymore."

"There's no way for me to change your mind about this?" asked David.

Julia shook her head no.

David sighed and finally said, "Okay fine, just follow my lead and be very

careful."

Julia smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Piyomon and Candmon watched how David dragged Julia away from ear shot.

"What is he doing?" asked Piyomon, a little worried.

"Don't worry, you know that David would never hurt Julia. He must be trying

to convince him to go back to the real world and leave the fighting to him

and me." answered Candmon.

"Well, I don't think he's going to succeed at that. Julia is a very

determined person" replied Piyomon.

"You mean she's stubborn." said Candmon with a smirk.

Piyomon giggled for a second, "Yeah, I guess you could say that."

Just then two 'teenage' Betamon walked over to Candmon.

"So, Candmon, is she this month's girl?" said one of the Betamon, nudging

Candmon's shoulder.

"Good catch, she's hot." said the other Betamon.

Candmon grimaced and turned his head to look at Piyomon, who was looking at

him questioningly. "Candmon?"

Candmon, in a quick burst of anger, bonked the two Betamon on the head.

"Shut up you idiots!"

The two Betamon fell down as Candmon walked over to Piyomon.

"Ouch! What's with him? He never cared what anyone said before." said one of

the Betamon, lying on the floor and rubbing his head.

"Candmon? What did they mean with 'this month's girl'?" asked Piyomon as

Candmon walked over closer to her.

"Piyomon, don't listen to them. They're just idiots." Candmon replied.

Piyomon frowned, "Don't try to dodge my question. What did they mean with

'this month's girl'?"

"Can we talk about this later?" said Candmon.

Piyomon was about to reply, when a snowflake fell right on her beak. Soon

another snowflake fell, then another, and then another.

The Betamon started to shake with fear, "It's... it's HIM!"

The Betamon ran into their houses.

Candmon and Piyomon both turned to look at the Betamon. "What do you mean?"

"Panjamon is coming! It always starts to snow when he comes!" said the elder

Betamon before he too took cover in his own house.

Candmon and Piyomon turned to look at David and Julia, who were watching to

snow fall in awe.

"David! Julia! He's coming! Panjamon is coming!" yelled Candmon.

Heavy steps could be heard on the snow. And they were getting closer.

To be continued...

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Author's notes:

There is a reason for how Julia's parents are taking her being a

Digi-Destined. But the reason has nothing to do with the story. It has more

to do with Argentinean history of the 70s and 80s. If I get enough feedback

about this, then I might write about this in the next chapter's fun facts

section.

The next Chapter will have the immediate continuation of this one, with the

Digi-Destined kids fighting against this new enemy.

Persona Ohnlyne

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And now for a little extra... PERSONA'S FUN FACTS ABOUT ARGENTINA!

Pepe Sema was born in Argentina, went to Detroit to study, and then moved

back to Argentina.

His name was written in traffic history when he invented the Traffic Light

while he was fishing.

That is the reason why Traffic Light in Spanish is translated as "Semaforo".