Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon Tamers: The Next Level ❯ Episode 13: The Next Biomerge ( Chapter 13 )

Janyuu and the rest of the Monster Makers sat at their table in the lecture hall, staring at what was definitely a communication device. To their surprise, it had managed to contact someone, though they weren't sure whom.

"Janyuu Wong?" the voice on the device said, echoing the older man's introduction. To his surprise, the voice added, "Oh! You're Henry's dad, aren't you?"

Murmurs of surprise passed through the gathered members and Janyuu started. "How do you know my son?" he asked whoever was on the other end.

"He's a friend of mine," the voice said, pausing. "Oh... you don't know who this is, do you? I'm Kenta. Kenta Kitagawa."

"Kenta?" Janyuu repeated. "What's going on? Where are you? Where are Henry and Suzie and everybody else?"

For a few seconds, no response came, and then, "Well, why don't I start at the beginning..."

******

Kazu glanced at his digivice then nodded. "Right!" Bringing his now glowing digivice by his side, he thrust it into the air and cried "Biomerge Activate!"

It seemed as though Kazu was falling through molasses as the process began and his body dissolved into data. Kazu felt like he wanted to scream, but his mouth refused to open. Fortunately, the panic he felt lasted for merely a moment, as he felt a comforting presence surround him that his brain slowly recognized as Guardromon.

"Guardromon, Biomerge to..."

Piece by piece Guardromon's body broke up and reformed. Thick bronze armor was replaced with white flesh and, in some places, fine silver mail. Silver banded his now humanoid legs and arms and golden hawk-heads appeared to protect the knees. The armor was joined by a golden half-shield on one wrist and a thick silver bracer around the other. Winged boots of gold and silver as well as a silver hawk helmet completed the armor, while a sword on his hip provided armament. Twin wings sprouted from his back and a golden falcon perched on the bracer as he and Kazu joined to become...

"Valkyrimon!"

"Whoa!" Henry exclaimed. "Is that their combined Mega form?" As if in response, an analyzer appeared in a corner of Mega Gargomon's sight. "Valkyrimon. He's definitely Mega level, and a Mythical Warrior type Digimon to boot. Says here he uses his agility and the Chrome Digizoid falcon on his wrist to overwhelm his opponents."

"See!" Kazu crowed. "I told you it'd be cool as hell! So this is what it's like to Biomerge," he added quieter. "C'mon, buddy, let's go stop Revenmon from hurting our friends!"

Revenmon seemed unsure about what to do about this latest development, but it recovered quickly. "You may look different, but you're still my enemy! Revenge Claw!" Raising its huge arm, the beastly Mega charged at Valkyrimon.

The falcon on Valkyrimon's wrist flapped its metal wings and screeched loudly. Nodding, Valkyrimon tossed the bird into the air and turned towards the attacking Revenmon. A smile formed on the face below the mask and then...

Rika gasped loudly as Valkyrimon seemed to suddenly disappear, causing Revenmon's attack to hit empty ground. Confused, it looked around, trying to locate its enemy. It looked up just in time to catch the falcon dive into its face, clawing and scratching. Revenmon tried to bat it out of the air with his regular arm, but the bird was far too agile, deftly avoiding each blow.

Meanwhile, Valkyrimon had used his speed to move well out of the way of the attack in the blink of an eye.

"Damn!" Kazu exclaimed, unable to believe the speed at which they had moved. "That's some speed we've got!"

"Aren't we a little far away?" Guardromon asked carefully.

"It's all good," Kazu reassured him. "Just needed a little time to think." He looked over the body that he and Guardromon shared, looking for something to attack with. His eye fell to the sword on his hip and he laughed loudly. "Ah-ha! Sweet!" He pulled the sword from its scabbard and gave it a couple of experimental swings. "Now, back to the battle!"

"Where did he go?" Sakuyamon asked as Revenmon continued to struggle with the falcon. She hadn't been able to track Valkyrimon's movement or see where he had ended up.

"He just... disappeared!" Gallantmon said, confused. A motion in the corner of his eye caught his attention and he turned to see Valkyrimon back in the battlefield, wielding a long sword.

"Revenmon!" the warrior Digimon called. The falcon stopped its attack and wheeled back up into the air, circling in wide arcs. Revenmon turned to face Valkyrimon, scratches crisscrossing his head. "Over here!"

"Rrrraugh!" Bellowing wildly, Revenmon charged madly once again. "Revenge Claw!" This time, Valkyrimon crouched and readied his sword.

"If I remember correctly," Kazu said, "this blade is called... Fenrir's Sword!" As soon as he named the weapon, air swirled around the edge and a whitish-blue aura formed.

Valkyrimon matched Revenmon's charge with one of his own, reversing his grip on the sword. Each one overshot the other, Revenmon's claw slashing and Valkyrimon's blade flashing. Valkyrimon landed in a crouch, blade held out to the side and Revenmon ended with his claws held in front of him. Suddenly, the miasma around Valkyrimon's sword winked out and he straightened up. Turning back to Revenmon and the others, he called out "Now THAT was cool!"

Revenmon turned as well and took a step forward, growling menacingly.

"But," Gallantmon said, "You didn't hit him, did you?"

"You don't watch enough anime!" Valkyrimon yelled back. He smirked as a deep gash became visible across Revenmon's chest, edges spiked with ice crystals. Groaning loudly, Revenmon doubled over, clutching his normal arm to his chest.

"See?" Valkyrimon said. "I nailed... him." The last word was preceded by a loud grunt and followed by Valkyrimon dropping his sword and clutching his chest as well. He had not escaped unscathed after all as he keenly felt three slashes across his stomach.

"Guess I got a little overconfident," Kazu said slowly, one eye closed as he winced from the pain. "Sorry about that, Guardromon."

"I'll live," Guardromon responded. "At least we got him worse than he got us."

"Valkyrimon!" Sakuyamon called out. "Is it bad?"

Valkyrimon straightened back out, a lopsided half-smile on his face. "I'll live, but we better end this as soon as possible." From the sky above, a screeching could be heard, coming from the still circling falcon. Valkyrimon tilted his head as if he were listening and nodded quickly. "I understand. Everyone! I'm going to try to end this with my next attack, but I need him to be held in place for a few seconds!"

"You know, that just might work," Rika said to herself. "Guys, can you provide a momentary distraction?"

Henry thought for a second and came up with a possible plan. "Gallantmon!" Mega Gargomon said. "I'm going to fire another round of missiles at him!"

"Won't he just dodge or detonate them early again?" Gallantmon asked.

"Not if we detonate them first! A shot from your lance should do the trick."

Gallantmon nodded readying his lance. Multiple ports opened up on Mega Gargomon as he readied a third salvo of missiles. Sakuyamon brought her staff to the ready and Valkyrimon crouched.

"Right," Sakuyamon nodded.

"Ready..." Mega Gargomon started.

"Set..." Gallantmon answered.

"Go!" Valkyrimon shouted, leaping into the air and using his wings to stay aloft.

"Mega Barrage!" "Lightning Joust!" "Spirit Strike!"

The missiles arced from Mega Gargomon towards Revenmon, who brought up its claw to block. It didn't get a chance to, however, as Gallantmon's attack went through the missiles, raising a large cloud of dust and fire. Through this Sakuyamon's fox spirits flew, wrapping around Revenmon's arms and legs. The beastly Mega struggled, momentarily unable to break free. This was the opening Valkyrimon was looking for.

Raising his arm, hand outstretched, he called out "Aurvandil's..." The falcon's body flashed brighter gold for a second before shaping its body into a large arrowhead. "Arrow!" Valkyrimon finished, throwing his hand down towards Revenmon. The falcon arrow followed his gesture, leaving an energy wake in the air as it streaked towards its target.

Revenmon howled in pain as the attack found its mark directly in the center of its chest and continued to press on.

"Got him!" Valkyrimon grinned, landing softly on the ground, arm pinned to his chest once again.

"Ryo..." Sakuyamon said softly.

The glowing arrow continued its press, continuing to pierce fully through Revenmon's body. It then reverted to a falcon that returned to perch on Valkyrimon's wrist. "Good job," he said, stroking its metal chest with a finger.

Revenmon's impaled body fell backwards, data leaking out of the hole through its chest.

"No, Ryo!" Rika cried, Sakuyamon running towards the now defeated Mega. As she came closer, Revenmon's body was surrounded by a bright white glow, a glow that shrank and separated into two forms, those of Ryo and Monodramon.

Sakuyamon was surrounded by a similar glow as Rika released the Biomerge and became herself again. Renamon hung back while Rika ran forward to pick up Ryo's unmoving head.

"Please be all right," she said, trying to fight back tears. "C'mon, speak to me."

Rika gasped as Ryo's eyes fluttered open and he replied weakly, "Been a while, hasn't it, sis?"

******

"And so, here we are in the Digital World once again," Kenta said, finishing the retelling of what had happened. Afterwards there was a period of silence while both sides tried to digest the entirety of the past few days. Kenta still couldn't quite believe it, and he had lived it.

"So, everybody is with you?" Janyuu asked. "Let me speak to Henry."

Kenta hesitated before answering, "He's kinda out right now. Him, Rika, Takato and Kazu went to investigate a Digimon."

"All right, let me talk to Suzie."

Kenta looked around and spotted Gotsumon. "Could you go get Suzie? She's in the courtyard." Gotsumon nodded and made his way out of the room. Back to Janyuu, he said, "Umm, do you think you could tell all of our families what's happened to us? I'm sure they're all worried."

"Of course."

"And, uhh, I also have a personal request," Kenta said rather nervously. "There's this girl I've been seeing, could you tell her I'm all right? Her name is Alice McCoy."

"What was that about my granddaughter?" a second voice broke in.

"Oh look!" Kenta said quickly. "Here's Suzie!"

"Wait! You said something about my granddaughter!" the second voice said again.

"Dad?" Suzie asked. "Is that you?"

"Suzie," Janyuu said with a sigh of relief. "It's good to know that you're all right."

"Dad," Suzie smiled. "Sorry I left again without telling you where I was going."

"Well, Henry's with you, so it's not so bad. Just... be home for dinner all right?"

"I will," Suzie nodded, smiling sadly. "And Dad? I know I don't say it much, but... I love you."

"And I love you, sweety."

There was silence for several seconds until...

"I want to know what he said about my granddaughter," the second voice reiterated louder.

Suzie turned to look at Kenta who could only blush and look away. Suzie's smile became warmer and she laughed softly.

******

"Ryo, are you all right?" Kazu said, rushing over to the fallen boy. His Biomerge with Guardromon had ended and he was himself once again. "I didn't hurt you too badly, I hope."

"It'll take more than that to get rid of me," Ryo answered with a weak grin. He levered himself up to a sitting position and shook his head to clear it. "So, how'd you guys get here?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing," Henry told Ryo. "Have you been here all this time?"

"Well," Ryo said. "I left the Real World for here a while ago, I'm just not sure how long ago. The strange thing is that when I wanted to go back, I just couldn't seem to be able to. Urrgh," he grunted, rubbing his eyes. "Last thing I can remember was biomerging, but I guess something went wrong. How long have I been here?"

"At least four years," Rika told him. "A lot has happened since you left. A whole hell of a lot. C'mon, there's a place we can go to talk." She helped Ryo get to his feet and the boy put his arm around her shoulder.

"There's just one thing that puzzles me," Takato said. "That whole 'little sister, big brother' thing. Is there something we don't know?"

Ryo and Rika looked at each other and started to chuckle. "Naw, that's just a little inside joke with us. I keep saying that Rika is like the little sister I never had." Ryo pulled his arm in tighter.

"Yeah," Rika answered, "and Ryo's like the big brother I never wanted." She lightly socked Ryo in the gut and the boy grunted.

"Easy, I'm still a little sore," Ryo protested.

"Don't look now," Renamon broke in, "but I think somebody's watching us."