Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ South Digimon Diaries ❯ Ice Trouble, Part 2 ( Chapter 15 )

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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. All

rights reserved.

Okay now, on with the story.

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Chapter 15: Ice trouble. (Part 2)

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SIC's home team dressing room:

Julia had finished changing into her hockey uniform except for one thing.

Reaching into a side pocket of her bag, Julia pulled out a white and blue

handkerchief. Rolling up the handkerchief, Julia placed it on her forehead and

tied it behind her head with a knot, just below the ponytail she had tied her

hair in.

There was a knock on the door, and a second later a man in his mid thirties

walked into the changing room. He was the coach of the youth hockey teams of

SIC's.

"Okay girls everyone ready?" he asked to the room.

"Yes!" was the common answer.

"Good," he then walked over to Julia, "Okay, Martinez, you have been working

hard in every practice, and not once did you complain about being on the bench.

You have completely recovered everyone's trust."

Julia nodded. The coach was referring to the time she was late for a game when

she got sucked into the Digital World for the first time. It hadn't been her

fault that she was late, but there wasn't any way she could tell what had

actually happened. So she had to take responsibility for what had happened, and

she did.

She looked all around her; all her teammates were smiling at her, happy that she

was on the team again. Julia smiled back.

"And, to show you that I do recognize when someone is doing a good job, I'm also

going to return this to you." The coach reached into a side pocket of his sports

jacket and pulled out a captain's band. "Here you go, captain."

Julia was surprised. She hadn't expected to be granted the opportunity to be

team captain again. And certainly not this soon. She was thrilled.

Julia grabbed the dark blue band with the big letter C on it, and tied it around

her right leg, just below her knee, as it's usual for a female hockey player.

Just then, one of the game's referees entered the changing room. "I'm sorry to

inform this, but the game will have to be suspended." said the woman dressed in

a set of black shirt and shorts.

"Huh? Suspended? But why?" asked SIC's coach.

"You aren't going to believe this... but it's snowing out there. The club's

facilities aren't designed for a game at the snow, so the game will have to be

suspended and re-scheduled for another day." replied the referee.

"Snowing? How could it be snowing!? Not only is it still summer, but it doesn't

snow in this parts of the country!" commented the coach.

"I know it sounds crazy, but it's true. I'll go tell the visitor team." and with

that the referee closed the door of the changing room and walked away to where

the visitor's changing room was.

The girls all watched each other, not believing what the just heard. It was

impossible! It was simply impossible!

A couple of minutes later, everyone was outside looking at the field, looking at

the darkened sky, as it indeed was snowing. The white snowflakes were starting

to cover the whole filed.

Julia looked around at the seats around the small stadium, until she found her

mother waving down at her, holding Pyocomon with her other arm. It took Julia a

minute to run over to them.

"Julia, can you believe it's snowing?" asked Maria to her daughter.

"Yes, and I have a bad feeling about it. Don't you think so Pyocomon?" asked

Julia seriously as she looked at her Digimon partner.

Pyocomon, sure that there was nobody around that could hear her, answered Julia.

"Yes. It's exactly like that time when that Panjamon took over the Betamon

village." said the baby stage Digimon seriously.

Julia's mother was a little confused, "Julia, Pyocomon, what do you mean?" asked

Maria.

"I think that Ice Devimon has something to do with this." said Julia to

Pyocomon, then looked at her mother, "Mom, where's David?"

"David? He's probably looking around the club. Why?"

"I think he might be in trouble," she grabbed Pyocomon from her mother's arms,

"I have to find him before it's too late."

Julia was about to leave when her mother stopped her. "Julia."

Julia looked up to her mother, "I have to do this mom."

"I know, I'm not going to stop you. Just be careful."

Julia smiled and nodded, "I will." Then she turned around and ran, grabbing her

D-3, she used it to spot David's location.

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SIC's rugby field:

David and Candmon were standing in the middle of the field. Luckily there was

nobody close to where they were. It had been three years since David

"disappeared", but there might still be people here that would recognize him.

David looked around, at the try zones, at the green grass that covered the

field. It all brought back many memories for him, memories of the games he

played here, of the partnership with his teammates that were also his friends...

at how all that had been taken away from him by that Digiport three years ago.

David's thoughts were interrupted by a snowflake that landed right on his nose.

As he looked around he could see that snow was falling all around him, and the

sky was starting to get covered by dark clouds.

"It's... it's snowing." commented Candmon, stating the obvious.

David extended his good arm and watched how a snowflake landed on his opened

palm. "It's impossible... unless..."

Candmon didn't need for David to finish the sentence to know what his human

partner was thinking. This snow could only mean that one of Ice Devimon's

minions had entered the Real World.

David and Candmon looked around them, looking for anything that looked out of

place, but they didn't see anything nor anyone.

Suddenly, a big misty fog started to surround them. And a second later,

apparently out of nowhere, stepped out Sorcerymon.

"Well, well, well. It's an honor to meet you Digi-Destroyer." said the magic

Digimon, smiling evilly under his cape. "I see that Lord Ice Devimon was right,

you are so injured that I almost feel sorry for you." he said mockingly.

David was unimpressed by Sorcerymon's appearance. He stood as straight as he

could considering his injuries, as he reached for his D-3 with his good arm.

Meanwhile, Candmon took of the coat and stood in front of David, never letting

his guard down.

David looked angrily at Sorcerymon, staring at him with enraged eyes. "Stop the

snowing."

Sorcerymon was surprised at David's comment. He was expecting him to become

angry, but he didn't expect such a demand. What's the difference if it was

snowing or not?

"Stop the snowing!" David repeated, angrier this time. Then he added, "The snow

is ruining the grass of this field, and I'm not going to let you do that. So,

stop the snowing... NOW!"

Sorcerymon overcame his surprise, and again looked mockingly at David. "Well,

I'm afraid that I'm rather fond of cold temperatures, so this snow is fine by

me. Besides, I do not control the snowfall. If you want for the snow to stop,

then you'll have to defeat me."

David gripped his D-3 firmly, "Okay then, you asked for it. Candmon!" A dark

purple light came out of David's D-3.

"Candmon evolves!" the same dark light surrounded Candmon. A second later a tall

humanoid made out of fire stood in his place. "Meramon!"

"Fire Punch!" Meramon extended his fist, and tossed a fireball to Sorcerymon.

Sorcerymon smiled and just made a gesture with his staff. A barrier made out of

cold energy appeared in front of him, blocking Meramon's attack. "You're attack

is so weak that it feels like a baby Digimon's." Sorcerymon mocked.

Meramon cursed under his breath. He knew he could have made a better attack, but

he needed more energy for that, and he couldn't get that energy with David

injured the way he was. Plus the icy surroundings gave Sorcerymon an advantage.

"Meramon, don't use your special attacks, use your fists. It's our only chance."

said David to his Digimon partner.

Meramon looked back at David, and nodded. He needed to end this fight as quickly

as possible, he didn't have much time.

Meramon ran towards Sorcerymon and threw a punch at the magic Digimon. But he

only punched trough mist.

Sorcerymon just teleported himself away from Meramon, and re-appeared behind the

fire Digimon.

"Too slow." Sorcerymon said, and he extended his staff towards Meramon. As he

did so, dozens of tiny ice spikes shot out of the staff, and towards Meramon.

Meramon was able to turn around in time to protect himself with his right arm in

a defensive manner. But the icy spikes covered both his arm with ice as he did

so.

"Ha ha ha ha! This is the most battle the Digi-Destroyer can provide? Its

pathetic." said Sorcerymon.

Meramon knew that under normal circumstances, he would have been able to melt

the ice away from his arm. But he didn't have the power to do it, he would have

to continue the fight without the use of his left arm. Although he really didn't

know just HOW he was going to do this. All the odds were against him. Meramon

shook his head, clearing those thoughts away from his head. If there was

something that he head learned from David was to NEVER give up, no matter how

bad the odds seemed. Even if you had a one in a million chance of winning, there

was still a chance.

Suddenly, Meramon had an idea. He knew it was risky, but he knew it was the only

chance they had. And judging by how he could feel David's power ebbing away, he

didn't have time for anything else.

Meramon ran towards Sorcerymon once again, and repeated his attack as he punched

at Sorcerymon with his right arm.

Sorcerymon laughed and just repeated what he did before. He disappeared and

reappeared behind Meramon. "Now I'll freeze your right arm!" he yelled as he

shot a bunch of ice spikes once again.

Meramon smiled, Sorcerymon had done just what he expected him to do. Instead of

covering himself with his remaining arm, Meramon used his frozen left arm to

swat away the ice spikes. Since his arm was already frozen, the spikes didn't

affect him, and they bounced away instead.

Some of the icy spikes bounced back to a surprised Sorcerymon, who had to rise

his magic barrier to protect himself once again.

"Fire Punch!"

Sorcerymon looked up and saw that Meramon had jumped over him, and tossed a huge

fireball downward towards him using his right arm. Sorcerymon tried deactivating

his magic shield in front of him and re-activating him over his head to protect

himself, but he didn't have enough time.

The Fire Punch attack hit Sorcerymon full force, but it didn't stop there. As

soon as he hit the ground, Meramon pivoted around towards Sorcerymon, and

started to punch and kick him again and again, not giving the magic Digimon time

to think or recover to counterattack him.

Meramon laid punch after punch on Sorcerymon, the magic Digimon unable to do

anything but retreating with every attack. He didn't know how to defend himself!

Hand to hand combat wasn't something he was used to! If this kept on, he was

going to be deleted very soon.

Meramon knew this too. He was ready to deliver the final punch to Sorcerymon

when he suddenly felt his power slipping away. "Oh no!" Meramon yelled, as he

de-evolved back to his child form of Candmon.

"No! Not now please! Just a little longer!" David yelled in frustration, holding

his D-3 so tight that it made his knuckles turn white. Why!? Why did it have to

happen now!? He had been so close!

Sorcerymon opened his eyes when he noticed that he wasn't being punched anymore.

He saw Candmon standing in front of him, and smiled evilly.

"Well, it seems like your luck has ran out." said Sorcerymon as he rose his

staff, preparing to deliver an ice magic attack on the child Digimon in front of

him. "I am going to enjoy this."

"Mach Shadow!"

Suddenly, a LOUD sonic boom echoed trough the field, causing Sorcerymon to

scream in pain. He dropped his staff as he covered his ears with both hands.

Candmon took the opportunity to get away from Sorcerymon to somewhere more safe.

"David!"

"Julia?" David turned around and saw Julia running towards him, holding her D-3

in her hand.

A second later, Sabirdramon landed on the field right in front of Sorcerymon.

The giant black bird looked down on the magic Digimon defiantly.

Sorcerymon gasped in surprise when he saw the giant bird in front of him, and

even more surprised when he saw that human girl run over to David and hugging

him. Sorcerymon also noticed that she was holding a D-3! What is this? There was

ANOTHER Digi-Destined in this area aside from David?

Sorcerymon knew he wouldn't be able to win this fight, since he was weakened

from his fight with Meramon. Picking up his staff from the ground, he opened a

portal to the Digital World and jumped inside before anyone could stop him. As

soon as Sorcerymon was gone, the sky cleared up and the sun started to melt away

the snow that had fallen.

"David, are you okay? Did he hurt you?" asked a worried Julia as she stopped

hugging David.

"I... I'm fine Julia... just a little embarrassed." replied David.

"Huh? Why?"

"Because I wasn't able to defeat that Digimon... and you had to save me." was

David's response.

Julia sighed, "David, I told you many times already that..."

David interrupted, "I know, I know. I'm not alone anymore, and that you're here

to help me now." he finished for her.

Julia smiled, "That's right, and don't you ever forget it."

David sighed. He knew that Julia wanted to help him, but he still had to get

used to actually having someone there to help him.

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A few hours later, back in Ice Devimon's castle at the Digital World:

"You failed?" Ice Devimon asked as he finished hearing Sorcerymon's report.

"Yes... I'm sorry my liege." replied Sorcerymon, looking down at the floor.

"You fool! I practically gift wrapped him for you, and you couldn't defeat

him!?" yelled Ice Devimon angrily.

"I'm sorry... but he... he wasn't alone." said a trembling Sorcerymon. The magic

Digimon was scared for what Ice Devimon might do to him for failing.

"Huh? What do you mean he wasn't alone?" asked Ice Devimon, wanting to know more

about this.

"There was another Digi-Destined... a girl." replied Sorcerymon, a little more

calmer but still scared.

"Another Digi-Destined on this area, huh? And a girl at that." said Ice Devimon,

he didn't look angry anymore.

This calmed Sorcerymon even more, "Yes, and for what I saw, she was quite fond

of him, my liege." said Sorcerymon, looking up at Ice Devimon.

Ice Devimon smiled evilly. "You don't say... could you show me this other

Digi-Destined?" he asked.

Sorcerymon nodded and raised a hand, palm up and open. A small sphere of magic

energy started to form a few centimeters over the magic Digimon's palm. An image

began to form inside the sphere, and pretty soon the image of Julia's face could

be clearly seen.

Ice Devimon looked down at the magic image of Julia, and smiled evilly. "Very

well. I think I have come up with a cunning plan that will allow me to get rid

of that annoying Digi-Destroyer once and for all... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

Ice Devimon's laugher echoed trough the icy palace, sending shivers up the spine

of everyone that heard it.

To be continued...

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Author's notes:

Okay, this chapter ended up being a little short. That's because I originally

intended for chapter 14 and 15 to be just one big chapter. But then decided

against it and divided it into two shorter chapters instead, like I already

explained on the Author Notes of Chapter 14.

Okay, now for some explanations:

- It never snows in Buenos Aires:

While it is possible, geographically speaking, it doesn't snow in Buenos Aires.

The reason for that is not the temperature, since in winter it does get cold

enough for there to be snow. The problem is the weather conditions. Buenos Aires

has a very humid weather. This in turn causes that in doesn't snow even when

it's cold enough for it. There are of course other regions in Argentina where it

snows (at the south AND at the north of Buenos Aires, as long as the place has a

dry weather). There is an existing record that there was a day that snowed in

Buenos Aires, so we know that it IS possible for there to snow in Buenos Aires

if the conditions are present. But that happened well over a century ago, and

most people think that it's never going to happen again.

The snow that appeared when Sorcerymon showed up was supernatural of course, and

that is the only reason that it snowed. Not to mention that it's summer at the

time the story takes place.

While some sports can be played in the snow, field hockey isn't one of them. The

reason is because of the new international rules. All courts to be used in

official international matches have to be made of artificial turf (Argentina had

many natural turf courts, but that is changing. Every new court they build in

the country is now of artificial turf, and the ones that already existed are

being changed periodically) Not only that, but the artificial turf has to be

wet. Every time before a game, they make sure the court is plenty wet. Why is

that, I don't know. I just know the rules, I don't know why they make them. This

means that if its snowing, the water is going to turn to ice eventually, and

then it would make playing something virtually impossible.

Oh, one last thing. Covered Stadiums are something VERY uncommon in Argentina,

there isn't a single Football (Soccer) Stadium in Argentina with a roof, nor is

there a Rugby stadium or anything of the sort. The only stadiums that have a

roof over them are the ones that are considered indoor sports (Volleyball,

Basketball, Handball, etc.) and that's not always that way, sine many sport

clubs have roofless courts of sports like Basketball or Handball for example.

(Meaning that a game would get suspended when it rains too.)

Persona.