Neo Digimon:
Digital War
Episode 8 - Munitions Are Dusted
Digimon belongs to Toei Animation Co., Fox Kids, Saban Entertainment, Bandai,
and so on... and is used without consent. I'm only borrowing them I'll return
them as soon as they release uncut episodes with original Japanese language and
subtitles.
Daisuke: What?! They'll never do that!
Archive: It's not my fault they won't cater to their market.
WARNING, PLEASE READ: This series is rated R for a reason. Violence, language,
and eventually sex will play a part of this.
I'm using strict Japanese spelling for all names when possible. If I used an
English name for a digimon or his attack and you know what the name is supposed
to be in Japanese-- please tell me so I can correct it.
Also, Nimoy has admitted in an interview that he has intentionally dumbed down
Daisuke, believing him to be a Taichi clone. All the stupid comments he makes
are Nimoy's stupidity, not 'Davis's.' So, Daisuke will appear a lot smarter in
this than the dub since he'll rarely say something truly stupid.
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"I have serious reservations about the leadership of our group." Takeru sighed.
"After finding out that Taichi royally screwed up in the past, they put my
friend, Daisuke, as the leader. He then got us hopelessly lost. Okay, it's not
like it was really his fault, but after running from a horde of evil digimon on
an alien planet and no clue as to where to go-- you'll want to blame somebody
for it, and he is the leader.
"Things sort of improved when we found a small piece of civilization. A diner in
the middle of nowhere. We got some food and medicine for Gomamon, who had gotten
poisoned. We then had a problem with the bill, considering they only took
American money. They took Koushiro's computer as payment and punted us out of
the diner."
Takeru smirked. "Miyako got pissed about all of it. She let loose a rant about
getting Koushiro's computer back and somehow that activated the Digimental of
Junshin. With that we knew the portal should be in the nearest non-natural
structure, which was the diner. We fought with Digitamamon and blinded him in
one eye, but we made it through and found our way back to File Island."
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In the temple maze on File Island, three voices drifted from a room.
"Are you sure we should still leave Koushiro, Tentomon and Gomamon behind?"
Yamato questioned.
"Gomamon is useless without his partner." Taichi folded his arms. "As for
Koushiro, his leg is a liability. How much use was any of them on the last
mission? Besides we need Koushiro to finish translating the writing on those
walls."
"Taichi-sempai may be a bit crude about it, but he does have a point," Daisuke
said. "It'll be easier for us to move without them. Removing them from the group
doesn't weaken us all that much either."
Yamato folded his arms. "But we also run the risk of not having Tentomon learn
how to evolve because of this."
"That's a risk we're going to have to take. We need those translations done,"
Daisuke argued.
"Who says we need them done now?" Yamato affirmed.
"We're at war." Daisuke pointed out. "Ending it quickly to lessen the casualties
is very important. One less day of fighting may mean thousands of lives saved."
"But if we don't bring Tentomon and Gomamon along, we're shorting ourselves
potential firepower." Yamato scowled.
"What firepower?" Taichi questioned. "Neither of them can evolve. Sure, Tentomon
might be able to, but he's a liability until then."
"Don't worry about it." Koushiro hobbled into the room. "I'll stay behind. I'd
rather work on translating these hieroglyphics than fight any day."
"And if you don't want me around, then I won't go either." Gomamon raised his
nose as he stood near the door. "I won't go somewhere I'm not wanted." He then
glared at them. "And next time, choose to argue in a room that doesn't carry
sound to the rest of our rooms."
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The Chosen gathered what gear they could as they prepared for their next
mission. Unimon's troops were there, doing what they could to help.
Mimi sat down. "I'm not going."
Palmon sighed.
Daisuke stared at Mimi in shock. "What do you mean you're not going?"
Mimi sat on the floor in the temple maze. "I will NOT go with you murders. There
was no need to kill all those Bakemon. And it certainly wasn't right for you and
V-mon to blind that poor digimon."
"But he was trying to kill us!" V-mon said defensively.
Koushiro raised an eyebrow. "That 'poor' digimon also made me relive the moment
a Yakuza took a baseball bat to my leg. I certainly don't see anything wrong
with maiming him."
Miyako shook her head. "Fladramon might have been a bit excessive, but I don't
see how else we could've beaten him. He blocked the way to the portal."
"We could've tried talking to him. But did you try? NO! You tried to fight him
instead." Mimi glared. "We could've gotten home without any trouble if you guys
were more reasonable."
"Mimi-chan, that guy wasn't reasonable at all. We tried to talk to him, HE
kicked us out. Remember?" Sora pleaded.
"You all needed to be nicer to him. That's all. It's not like he was even one of
those evil lords. He's just making a living and we blinded him because we
couldn't pay his bill. We were the ones being evil, not him." Mimi turned her
head away from the group. "And we shouldn't go around killing the servants of
those lords either. They're only following commands."
Daisuke's mouth hung open. "But, Mimi-chan...."
The black Piyomon, 'Kuro,' from Unimon's troops stepped forward. "I think it
would be better if you go to without her to get that Digimental of Seijitsu.
There's something she should see."
"Piyomon, are you sure about that?" the pink Piyomon asked.
Kuro nodded. "She doesn't understand what war is, so I will show it to her."
"You're not going to take me somewhere to force me to kill something, are you?"
Mimi questioned.
Kuro shook his head. "While that is an idea, it's not what I had in mind. There
should be nothing to fight where I'll take you. If there is, we had best run--
not fight."
"Will Mimi-chan be safe?" Sora questioned.
"I'll go with her," Unimon stated. "Along with Palmon, she should be safe
enough."
"I guess she should go with you guys then." Miyako waved. "Good luck."
"Ah, sure." Mimi replied uncertainly. When did she agree to this?
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"I don't like this. We're supposed to be some army force and we're short a third
of our crew," Takeru complained, as he walked with most of the Chosen and
digimon along the coast of an ocean.
"There's not much to do about it." Miyako sighed. "Koushiro-sempai has work to
do, and Mimi-san has things she needs to work out."
"I know, but maybe we should wait until we have our forces at full strength,"
Takeru commented.
Hikari shook her finger. "That's what our missions are for, to gain strength. To
fight Devimon, is to face an army-- so we must be an army as well."
"How much farther is the digimental?" Taichi asked.
"Not much farther, niichan," Hikari replied.
"Hey, look a oil-rig!" Daisuke pointed out in the distance. "I bet that's where
it is."
"If the portals are supposed to be in the nearest non-natural structure to a
digimental, then why didn't we just port into the oil-rig?" Miyako wondered.
Hikari shrugged. "Maybe it's not set up right to have a portal. After all, the
portal rooms have all been made out of stone and that place is all metal."
"I guess." Miyako scratched her head. "Now let's see who gets this one."
Daisuke grinned. "I bet it's mine."
"Fat chance of that." Takeru laughed. "Trustworthy and honest you aren't."
"Hey, you can trust me." Daisuke frowned. "When have I ever let someone down?"
The ground began to shake.
"What was that?" Taichi asked.
"An Earthquake?" Daisuke questioned.
"It's just a ground-quake... I hope," Piyomon said.
An enormous golden head on top of an impossibly long serpentine body rose from
the ocean water. "What do we have here? Chosen or a small snack, not sure
which."
"Holy shit!" Daisuke stepped back. "Who the hell is that?"
The gigantic serpent chuckled. "I'm Metal Seadramon, and I shall destroy all of
you now. Then I won't have to bother with you later."
"M-m-me-me-metal Seadramon?!" Piyomon, Agumon and Gabumon called out in shock.
"Um, so he's Metal Seadramon. What's the big deal?" Daisuke questioned.
"He's one of the Dark Masters! He's an Ultimate digimon. We've have NO way to
beat him now!" Piyomon yelled. "We've got to escape now!"
"But what about the digimental?" Daisuke pointed toward the oil-rig. "Would that
give us the power we need?"
"Not likely," Gabumon commented.
"A digimental? Let's just remove that from consideration. Ultimate Stream!" A
beam of pure destructive power shot out of Metal Seadramon's nose.
The energy beam lanced through the oil-rig. A second later it exploded into a
gigantic fireball, shaking the ground, flinging debris into the air, and
covering the area in smoke.
Metal Seadramon coughed as the cloud rolled over him, obscuring his sight. A
moment later it cleared. He blinked several times. "Where did they go?! Ultimate
Stream!" He fired at the nearby trees.
"So, what now fearless leader?" Taichi mocked. "Thanks to you, he destroyed a
digimental and now he's blowing up landscape."
"About all we can do. We retreat." Daisuke looked through the trees and could
still see the massive digimon. "We don't have the power to take on that. I don't
know if we'll ever have that power."
Piyomon nodded. "We'll certainly need more than being adult level to beat him,
but we will have to get that power somehow-- or all will be lost."
"We better get going before he finds us," Gabumon pointed out.
"Yeah, let's go," Yamato agreed.
Metal Seadramon observed the damage and growled. "They've escaped. No matter.
They're too weak and will die soon enough."
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"What is this place?" Mimi questioned as she looked over barren land.
"This used to be a Pyocomon village," Kuro said simply. "There used to be over a
hundred of stage two baby digimon here. But Devimon's troops came and attacked.
The ones that lived evolved to fight back, everyone else died."
"There were only four survivors," Unimon stated. "Him, Sora's Piyomon, and two
others that were put under Devimon's control through the Black Gears."
"Why did you bring me here?" Mimi asked not wanting to see this devastation.
"Because, despite all this damage, Devimon wasn't apart of that battle. It was
only his minions. Sure, some of them were under his control through the Black
Gears-- but others, like Ogremon and the Bakemon, did this of their own
freewill. They chose to fight for Devimon and kill defenseless digimon. They
don't have the excuse to say they were controlled, they volunteered for it!"
Kuro ranted.
"But they only followed their master's order," Mimi reasoned.
"From Ogremon, I can accept that. He didn't seem to like it much," Unimon
recalled. "The Bakemon, however, enjoyed themselves."
"You were there?" Mimi wondered.
Unimon nodded. "Yes, but my forces were too small to help. We tried, but only
served in strengthening Devimon more. While we tried to save the Pyocomon,
Devimon had the time he needed to corrupt Leomon."
"Such a sad story," a growling voice commented. "Brings a tear to my eye and joy
to my heart."
The group whirled around.
"Leomon?" Unimon questioned, but the digimon before him looked wrong.
The digimon stood well over three meters tall with gray fur, but otherwise
looked like the humanoid lion that was once the leader to all the good digimon
on the island.
"Wrong. I used to be Leomon, now I'm Panjamon." He drew out his sword. "It's
time I put your rebellion to an end."
"Y-you've evolved?" Unimon questioned in fear.
Panjamon smirked. "Yes."
"Retreat," Unimon backed away. "Mimi-san, Palmon-- get on my back."
"Think I'll let you get away that easily? Ice Beast Fist!" Panjamon punched the
air sending a streak of super-frozen air that crashed next to Unimon's hooves.
"We're out of here." Palmon grabbed Mimi and used her vine-fingers to pull both
of them to Unimon's back.
"Magical fire!" Spirally energy crashed harmlessly off Panjamon's shoulder.
"Pathetic bird," Panjamon snarled. "Fire is useless against me. Ice Beast Fist!"
Kuro cried out in pain and fell to the ground.
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon stretched out her vines and grabbed Kuro.
Unimon flew away as fast as his wings could carry them.
"That's Leomon? Your leader?" Mimi questioned while trying to do what she could
to make Kuro warmer.
"He was," Unimon replied. "But he is no longer our leader. Even if Devimon dies,
it might not free Leomon anymore. He is now an evil viral digimon, and might
have to be destroyed."
"Wasn't he your friend?" Mimi asked, shocked.
"He was my best friend. But if he stands in our way to victory and keeping any
more innocent digimon from suffering, he must die," Unimon said firmly. "I hope
there is a way to bring him back, but it looks hopeless now."
"You can't give up hope! I'm sure you can find a way that won't kill him. You
just have to try," Mimi pleaded.
"If I'm given a choice, I will try to save him-- even at the cost of my life. I
will not risk my men, you Chosen, or any innocent. I will kill him to protect
others. I hate it, but it is what this damned war forces me to do." Unimon
sighed. "I hope that you and the others can bring an end to this fighting soon.
I never wanted to be in this position. I was happy to live on the side of
Infinity Mountain, but until Devimon is destroyed-- I can not live a free life
for he would enslave or destroy me. I have less choice in this fighting than you
do."
"I understand." Tears leaked from Mimi's face. "I don't like fighting, but I'll
help."
Palmon sighed. Mimi hadn't said anything about actually fighting or killing. She
would probably still be restricted in the coming battles.
Unimon gazed toward Infinity Mountain. "There is one thing I don't understand.
How can an adult digimon like Devimon not only be able to control a higher level
digimon, but make a digimon evolve to that higher level."
Mimi and Palmon shrugged cluelessly.
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"Yes, how indeed?" questioned a red skeletal figure with bat wings coming out of
his back that sat on the throne on top of Infinity Mountain. "How could I, as
Devimon, possibly do that?" He laughed haughtily.
"Now show me the way to your base and the weakness within. I shall not fail to
destroy you this time."
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Author's notes:
Panjamon is a perfection level digimon and can evolve from Leomon. Considering
he looks almost exactly like Leomon, the evolution is likely to be the normal
one. However, the Digimon Battle Card with Panjamon is for a vaccine type with
white fur. Saber Leomon is the ultimate form, which Leomon 'warped' to during
the original series.
Omake! Omake! Omake! Omake! Omake! Omake! Omake! Omake! Omake!
Chibi-Taichi tossed aside an empty cardboard bucket that used to have popcorn in
it. "Kamiya vs. Kamiya round 3." He sighed. "Hopefully the fighting will start
now."
"I doubt it," chibi-Sora chirped. "There are some spoilers for the Rurouni
Kenshin manga series in this plus some fictional additions to it as well."
~~~~~
A large field that bordered on one side by a river and a grove of trees on the
other. It stretched for a few kilometers in either direction. A large group of
people took to either sitting across the river and hopefully out of harms way.
"Looks like we're in time to see Kenshin fight."
"Certainly does look like that. But what is Ken-san fighting? It looks like a
lizard."
Kaoru, hearing those voices, blinked and looked over. "Megumi? Sa...no...suke?"
She blinked again. The woman was definitely Megumi, but the man next to her kind
of looked like Sanosuke, but he had red hair and he wore western styled clothes.
"Hey, Sano, what's with the dye job?" Yahiko questioned. "Trying to lay low from
the cops still?"
"I'm not this 'Sano' guy, I'm Sagara Himura," the red haired man said proudly.
"A pathetic attempt at hiding, Aho. Anyone searching for your whereabouts could
easily discern you've shacked up with the fox-lady."
'Himura' whirled around and raised his fists. "Saitoh," he cursed.
Saitoh, dressed as a finely groomed policeman, crossed his arms. "Don't worry.
If I wanted to arrest you, I would've done it when you returned to Japan four
years ago."
Kaoru's hair stood on end. "You've been living WITH Megumi for the past four
years?!"
"He's only stayed with me for the past couple years," Megumi stated. "Though we
did start sharing a room until a few months ago. I understand you couldn't wait
for the wedding night either."
"More like lack of waiting forced it." Yahiko grinned before getting smacked on
the back of the head.
Kaoru's face was crimson. "Don't talk about stuff like that!"
Saitoh chuckled. "Aho, if you're going to hide out until the statute of
limitations is up in a couple years, then I suggest you chose a better name."
"Oh? And what would an ass hole like you suggest?" 'Himura' growled.
"Borrow a name from a dead friend, one without a criminal record," Saitoh
answered tersely.
'Himura' scowled. "Problem. My friends were either drug-addicts, gamblers, and
such."
"Oh, Sano, you wound us!" a guy called out. "And where's the two yen ya owe me!"
'Himura' sweat-dropped.
Saitoh gazed up slightly. "Right. Guess I should name you. Which of the
Shin-Sen-Gumi could you use? Takato was enough of a runt to work...."
"Okita is free!" a woman chirped.
"Do you really want to soil that name?" Saitoh questioned.
Kenshin had been trying to get prepared for the match. He wasn't quite sure how
to fight the lizard-like creature. He would have enough time to say hello to his
friends afterwards. But the last comment came as a surprise.
Kenshin slowly looked over and saw the woman who offered the name. The sakabato
sword slipped lifelessly from his fingers. "O-O-O-O-Okita?!" He pointed at the
woman with a shaky hand.
"Now, now Kenshin-san. My name is Tokio, not Okita." She smiled fiercely.
"Right." That wasn't a question.
"Whoa, wait. Are you telling me SHE is Okita, a captain of the Shin-Sen-Gumi?!"
'Himura' questioned in shock.
The woman scowled. "I'm Tokio, mother of these two fine boys."
"Tell me they're BOTH adopted," Kenshin pleaded.
"You know one of them is. The other is why Okita was a little sick at the end of
the war," Saitoh smirked before his head jerked forward as if slapped.
"Secrets are supposed to be kept," Tokio stated angrily.
"What happened?" Tsubume, a young girl in a French Maid outfit, asked.
Yahiko blinked. "She slapped him."
"She didn't move," Tsubume replied.
"Yes she did. She hopped over, slapped him, and then hopped back." Yahiko
scratched the back of his head. "No wonder she gave Kenshin a run for his money
in Kyoto."
Kenshin began to cry. "He-he bred. Another generation of Saitoh."
Saitoh scowled. "The same could be said of your brat." His head rocked forward
again.
"That's not a nice thing to say," Tokio scowled.
"I thought Kenshin had it bad with Kaoru. At least he lets her hit him," Yahiko
observed.
"It would only be worse if Hiko had a kid," Kenshin continued to sob in horror,
but stopped as he was knocked to the ground.
"That is hardly the way to talk about me, Baka Deshi." A towering man of two
meters in height stood over Kenshin.
Kenshin turned white and bolted up from the ground. "H-Hiko?!"
Hiko crossed his arms. "And I'll have you know I do have a daughter, but I
wisely kept her away from you."
Kenshin looked over at the confused Tai Kamiya and Agumon. "Kill me now. Please.
I can't take much more of this."
Tai scratched the back of his head. "I just want to defeat you, not kill you."
"Don't you dare die, Kenshin, or I'LL kill you!" Kaoru screamed.
~~~~~
"That's it?!" chibi-Taichi yelled. "One freakin' line! That's not freakin'
right."
"Tell that to the freakin' writer." Chibi-Sora patted chibi-Taichi on the back.
"The next part will be the fight."
"Pwomise?" chibi-Taichi cooed.
Chibi-Sora rolled her eyes. "Sure, whatever. Until then, be seeing you!" She
waved.
Chibi-Archive walked up wearing massive armor and a cape that trailed behind him
for a kilometer. "Kenshin spoilers: Kenshin and Kaoru have a son, Kenji.
Sanosuke left Japan at the end of the Kenshin main series after having a bad run
in with the law. Megumi moved away to start her own medical practice at the same
time. According to the manga series Burai-- Saitoh, the star of the series,
first met Tokio as she tried to spy on the Shin-Sen-Gumi by infiltrating them as
a man named Takamoto. I've only seen the first five volumes of the Burai, so I
have no clue what happened to Tokio before Saitoh met Kenshin. Okita is not in
those volumes of Burai either."
Chibi-Archive coughed. "The remaining comments of Saitoh having a kid, Hiko
having a daughter, Sano staying with Megumi, as so on... are largely my creative
additions."
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