OK another chapter down heh. We're reaching the halfway point folks! Maybe even a little further than such but still...heh RD belongs to  rainbowdragon

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Casualties


RD's sword clashed with Triceramon's, he felt a surge but not from digivolving, he actually was trying to see if he could at least do something, anything that would constitute an initial attack without being easily countered. Of course he wasn't expecting to win, but he didn't want to lose either.

Triceramon growled a bit, clashing swords with RD in a regular fashion, this went on for some time until Triceramon dropped the dark blade in his hand, he looked up to the air with a snort "Something big's coming our way..."

RD blinked looking up while freezing in place "What?" CRASH! Something dropped in from the sky and nearly landed on him causing him to jump back

Triceramon tried not to laugh, waving away some of the dust as the tavern's northern wall had been busted to pieces, when the dust completely settled, A MirageGaogamon tried pulling itself out of the reckage with a groan "A Mega...this town doesn't have any Mega digimon living here." He Triceramon pointed out calmly.

twirling his staff around, Barba cackled in the sky. "Ooooh Faaaangie, come on back I'm not through tormenting you yet. I want that red and white fur of yours!"

RD cringed, waving the dust away and cringing at the damage done to the tavern. "So much for getting my proper training..."

Fang slowly pulled himself up, staring at RD with a nod "It's not my fault. This guy just popped up out of nowhere. I-" Fang stopped his sentance as he started shrinking down back into a Gaomon, his digivice powering down shortly thereafter "What?! Nonono...This isn't good..." He sweatdropped. Barbamon watched with amusement as Fang had de-digivolved back into his base form. Without any further warning, Barbamon swung forward with his staff, only to be parried with Triceramon's horns, knocking him away and keeping him from the Gaomon.

RD blinked "Ok you only had a temporary mega-form, and how long did that last you WOAH!" RD had to hop out of the way AND put a wall up as triceramon and barbamon came charging in his direction

Fang cringed, taking a deep breath to check himself for wounds "It was either that or leave Leopardmon to fight two demon lords at once. Anyways I don't think Triceramon can beat this guy all by himself we have to help."

Doru grabbed Fang by the shoulder and shook his head "YOU aren't going anywhere. RD, you wanted training well now here's your chance. He's right about Triceramon not being able to tackle this alone."

"I can see that it's a Mega demon lord against an Ultimate! This is a mismatch!" RD charged in throwing up walls of light to constantly block Barbamon when he attacked, then getting an idea he charged his light into his legs and straight up charged, now that he had an opponent he wanted to take out the charge gained a darkness energy field as he crashed into Barbamon

Triceramon growled, stepping back slightly to give RD some room, He watched as RD's walls of light knocked back some of Barbamon's attacks but when he started swinging that staff it simply broke through them. However he hadn't caught sight of RD until the last second when the dark field encased him. He was sent flying with RD into the building directly across from the tavern sending several digimon scrambling for cover "Huh...a creature of light wielding the powers of Darkness? Well then...let's try something a little different then. DEATH LURE!" He waved his staff a bit, though it didn't seem to have any affect on RD whatsoever, and for a time looked like RD would win this battle without any sort of hitch, until Triceramon slashed his claws into RD, eyes glowing bright red.

RD blinked and howled with pain as triceramon slashed him, bits of code coming out "Yowch! Damn mind control!" RD winced, this was bad, he always hated mind control attacks, sure to evil digimon or evil beings in general this made sense, it made it harder to attack the person being controlled while at the same time it meant they didn't have to be put in harms way. It also meant that RD was in the middle of a dilemma, this time he gained another surge, he was being pushed, not to the point of digivolving yet but this was starting to become a worst case scenario and his code was responding to it

BArbamon laughed wickedly, watching as Triceramon edged closer to RD. Then suddenly, a roar reverberated around RD "Get down now!" RD didn't need to be told twice, he immediately got down to the floor, when suddenly a flaming tornado that looked oddly reminescant to Wargreymon's own great tornado attack flew through the air, whirling it's way towards Triceramon. It sent Triceramon tumbling down onto his back, Blade rushed over to RD, his Wargreymon sword in hand* "I thought I spotted trouble..."

RD groaned as he got up "Yeah we have a demon lord here and he has triceramon under mind control, what a pain!"

Blade nodded, gripping his other sword in hand "Barbamon tends to do that...Triceramon is a being of darkness so it's not that hard for him to manipulate the dinosaur digimon." He got into a defensive position, growling "I think we'd best take out Triceramon before we go after the real threat...And I think I have just the way to do it..."

"Well from what I've seen from you you shouldn't have any trouble taking out triceramon" RD tried his best not to let an edge creep into his voice, he knew how ruthless Blade could be "I'll keep Barbamon as busy as I can while you take care of Triceramon"

Blade nodded subtly, he turned his head just enough to look RD in the eyes "Just keep him off me for one minute. Then I'll give you a hand." He quietly spoke out to RD. The Wargreymon blade in his hand started vibrating with a red glow to it as he charged right after Triceramon.

Barbamon looked displeased by the current events but he twirled his staff around as he kept his attention on RD. "So a new fighter joins the ranks. It doesn't matter. I'll take your data and make you into the perfect minion. Maybe even use you to recreate Examon!"

RD smirked but shook his head "Not likely and you wouldn't be able to control me anyways!" He charged at Barbamon but then shifted left while throwing a sword, the sword seemed to have both light and darkness in it, which was a surprise, RD wondered if he did that subconsciously or if he had help from his spirit

Barbamon growled, keeping his eyes focused on RD as the sword swung swiftly past him. He lifted up his staff and charged right at RD with a snicker "Greedy wand!" He called out, only to cringe when what looked to be a cannon ball shot forth, knocking the want off target. It had been Doru, who surprisingly enough had a squirmy bulge in his stomach similar to that of Fang, he struggled to readjust his jaws, leaving Barbamon to sneer "Looks like a former knight can't get over his glory days. Stick to the background, you're useless!" He started rushing toward Doru, if RD didn't get to him in time there's no telling WHAT would happen.

That did it, even though RD didn't care what Doru ate, or even if it had been Fang. Right now he wasn't going to let Barbamon hurt any digimon in his watch. "Coredramon Digivolve TOO!" RD's wings started expanding further, gaining what looked to be a leathery underside while the outer wing was reinforced with tough scales that were interestingly smooth to the touch. Blue fines with red striped spines sprang forth from his upper arms. He now donned a silver helpmet with red markings streaking just above his eyes in a sort of bolt like fasion. Two red horns protruded just above his nostrils, with a larger set of golden, almost fiery horns blazed forth from the back of his new helm. Tail whipping about in what could be described as a cold fury and a large lance like object merging itself to his back. He didn't even wait to charge at Barbamon. He just went straight to it, lance impaling the digimon in his stomach with a growl. "Wingdramon...NOW Exploding sonic lance!"

Barbamon's eyes went wide, feeling the Lance piercing through his stomach, he turned around, coughing a bit of data to stare at him "D-digivolved did you?" He winced, pulling himself off of the spear and grasping at his new wound. A moment later there was a deep throated roar as Triceramon fell over a small cabin, data pouring out of his own stomach

RD wasn't about to give Barbamon the chance to recover, he poured it on, using his lance and wingdramon's own attacks in order to pummel Barbamon mercilessly.

Barbamon winced, the lance digging deeper into him, as data started pouring from him, signifying deletion "Y-you may have defeated me Wingdramon...But I'm taking you with me..." He clenched his teeth, growling as his body started glowing a bright purple, he licked his lips menicingly "Pandamonium lost..." He whispered out, a twisted grin escaping his lips.

this got Blade's attention, despite any possible protest, Blade cut off the spear from RD's person, grabbed both him and Triceramon by their horns and Doru in his mouth as he rushed out of the vicinity, and not a moment too soon as the Tavern, and every building in a three block radius were engulfed in a ball of black, devilish flames. Blade was just barely staying ahead of the flames with each in his paw. Thankfully once he was clear of the blast radius he dropped the trio, his muscles twitching due to the strenuous activity. He looked behind him to see the carnage and got on one knee "All those lives..." He whispered, growling.

RD was outraged "That dirty!!" RD descended into a stream of obsceneties, growls and nonsense words as he stamped throughout where he was "Ugh it's like apocolamon's total annihilation attack!"

Doru frowned, tears streaming down his face "Were...he was still there..."

Blade thrust his fist into the ground, gritting his teeth "If they can't get their way they resort to the most damage they can cause in their last attack..."

RD looked down "Actually...." RD looked up with a pained look on his face "Barbamon is one of the only digimon with an attack like that from what I know. None of the other demon lords have desperation attacks that even come close to that scale!" RD was still outraged "The flames are gone now, i'm going back in and seeing if I can gather up any data that I can possibly save."

Doru wiped away what tears were in his eyes and nodded "I'm going with you."

Blade nodded in agreement "You should put Triceramon in your digivice so he can heal first."

RD nodded as he did so "let's go, if the data is still around we might find enough to save the digimon that got hurt in this area"

Blade nodded, taking a step forward after clipping his swords back to his hips. "If the locals have any data left around they can probably be made back into digieggs. Collect any data you find and we'll bring it to Smithy so he can check them out." Doru followed the two into the ashey remains of the buildings. he could see bits and pieces of data, and surprisingly, there were even digimon still ALIVE under the wreckage, but scarcely few of them

RD shook his head "For being a digimon demon lord of greed he certainly delights in collateral damage" He didn't even notice that he was unconsciously hovering over the ground as he gathered data to the primary village in his digivice, space quickly being taken up.

Doru nodded, sighing, staring at the destruction, so many homes lost, and it sent chills down his spine. "He's greedy. If he can't have what he wants, he makes sure nobody can have it. I think right here you can understand our hesitance to share information so casually. Don't bother looking for Were..." Doru sighed, walking over to the Tavern's charred remains "He was afflicted with a rare virus that prevented him from spilling any sort of data."

Blade listened grimly, Jaws clenching to signify his current moodset, helping a Elecmon out from under a support beam "Meaning there won't be any data to recover from him..." He finished off.

"I didn't know that" RD took a deep breath, as if this moment couldn't get any worse. "In any case I seem to be able to use the darkness and light properly now but only against opponents I know I need to take down"

Doru nodded a few times "It's at least finished. And you completed the training and digivolved to Ultimate.' Doru set a hand on his belly, Fang had stopped squirming, either due to lack of oxygen or in respect to their situation "Once the rest of you reach ultimate I want you to come to the hidden base below the city."

RD nodded slowly, understanding, then blinked "Why did you swallow fang anyways?"

"Two reasons...firstly I didn't want him putting himself in harms way while his digivice is disabled. And two...erm...you heard Were back at the food stand...I eat living and non living food...if it's near my mouth I'll eat it." He blushed bright, rubbing his belly.

RD blinked then burst out laughing. "Sad to say but you remind me of me, I love to eat whether it's living or non-living though I typically ask permission first unless i'm annoyed" RD devolved back to dracomon "Anyways with that done i'm just one step away from slayerdramon but did you hear that threat that barbamon gave? Is that even possible?" RD asked, looking a bit worried. "He said he could force me into Exemon. But doesn't that require two dracomon on opposite sides of the digivolution spectrum?"

Doru let out a belch, rubbing over his belly with a blush "Well...I sometimes ask...but in this world it's pretty much normal." He then stood straight, nodding* "If there's two dracomon in the digital world at a time yes. I believe your comrade Kiya is also of the Dracomon species here. They'd only need to capture you both."

"Exactly, though I saw exemon's form" RD blushed "Just from some research" Stars shone in RD's eyes "He looked so cool, the wings were so huge and he looked so regal! And that lance that's his rocket launcher! Amazing!"

Blade stared at RD, crossing his arms "Slayerdramon is well enough. Besides There's no garuntee either of you would maintain your sense of self after the merging is complete."

RD chuckled a bit nervously, then looked down "I know, though..." RD looked up "Digivolution at least for us doesn't seem to follow the same conventions as it does for others. Like Max once got a hybrid form that didn't follow into any of his digivolutions from what he told me once and from what I saw one time at the tourney"

nodded a few times, snorting "It's a byproduct of you being foreign digimon I suppose. None of you were born as a digimon so I can't say why your evolutions would be so skewed."

Doru shook his head "But Max IS. Besides Max's family line isn't just Guilmon it's Leomon. Which means both evolutions are accessable to him."

Fang kicked around "He became a Weregarurumon too!"

Doru belched, blinking "That...I wasn't informed of. But wasn't it a hybrid of some kind in and of itself?"

RD lifted up a claw, making his point. "Exactly, it seems like our digivolutions are all skewed, with only the smallest grasp or connection between the forms, sometimes there isn't even a connection"

Doru scratched his head at that then sighed "IT won't do any good trying to figure any of this out now. LEt's go back to the hotel. It's not like I have a place to stay now."

Blade gritted his teeth before grumbling "You can stay in my room..." He muttered.

RD shook his head, hesitant on letting Blade house Doru even for just a bit. "We got him into this, it's unfair to dump our responsibilities on you even if you did help, you're in OUR room. Besides I still have a tourney to participate in"

Doru blinked, scratching his cheek "If you don't mind...Still it was partially my fault for not telling any of you sooner."

Blade took a deep breath. "My duty is to protecting the people. But you're right about one thing, There is still a tournament we're participating in. I'll personally make a request to Drill to grant you permission of your Wingdramon form should we be paired up."

"Fair enough but i'd rather do it in my champion form, I'm too much of a rule abider to go like that. In any case, come on Doru, it's time to head to the arena hotels...."

Blade nodded, leaping over buildings to take his own route back to the hotel. Doru sweatdropped, before nodding as he hefted his gut forward "Ugh Alright...You know you can't really judge Blade too much on his attitude...sure he may not be too friendly. But at least we know he's still on our side."

"yeah, honestly though him attacking Jesse still makes him a fair target in my book. I think the term 'loose cannon' is what i'd use for him" RD pointed out, rolling his eyes.

Doru nodded, smirking "So I take it that means you're still going to eat him should you win." He said, patting his belly.

"Probably would've one way or the other. I'm a pig what can I say" RD shrugged at this, laughing at his own comment.

Doru nodded, walking into the Arena which, was surprisingly quiet despite the damage that was clearly there. He slid open the door to their room and noted Max was atop the bed, kneading at a large bulging stomach, Myotismon's bulge clearly seen through it "Well that's two down then." Doru chuckled. 'Guess he beat Myotismon."

RD shook his head "He shouldn't have been able to do it so easily. That's a clone"

Max belched, shaking his head with a groan "Long story...I'll fill you both in after a good nap...One thing I can say..is he was real..." He moaned, belching thickly.

RD blinked as he held up a claw as another stream of obscenities escaped his jaws" That damn barbamon! Thanks to him I didn't even get a meal! I did all that fighting with no food!"

This got a snicker from both Max and Doru, watching RD slump on the chair, Coronamon was sitting at the bedside, smirking. "Hey...least you guys are...safe right?"

(To be continued)