//------------------------------// // A Tricky Opponent to Fight // Story: Digimon Codex // by Banshee531 //------------------------------// Today was the day. Flash and Veemon had spent days learning everything they could about the Digital World. They had met many different Digimon, tested themselves in many different combat situations. And now, it was time for their first Rookie Level battle. "You ready Veemon?" He told his partner, as the pair of them strode towards the stadium in question. "You know it!" Veemon cheered, "let's show Codex how much we've improved since our last battle." Micro Chips, Sandalwood and their Digimon smirked at the pair, happy they were so enthusiastic. "Alright Flash," Micro told him. "We've been preparing for this moment. You've learnt a ton and know not to underestimate your opponents." Flash nodded, as Sandal spoke up. "Be ready for anything. There's no telling who you'll be facing or what kind of Digimon they'll have. You gotta be flexible." "Flexible," Flash nodded, "got it. Thanks. I'll be sure to remember that." He turned towards the Stadium, he and Veemon wondering what they might end up facing in there. The pair rushed towards the stadium, whilst Micro and Sandalwood headed to the cafe to watch the match. Veemon, being a Digimon, was able to run faster than Flash and managed to get to the stadium before him. And as he approached the doors, they suddenly slid open as another Digimon stepped out. "Look out!" The Digimon saw him and froze in place, the pair slamming into each other and falling to the ground. "Ow!" Veemon held his head, whilst the other Digimon sat on the ground holding his own. "Veemon!" Flash cried, as someone inside the stadium rushed out. "Kokuwamon!" Flash saw the other Digimon was a cross between a bug and a taser. "You okay?" The one who asked was a blue skinned girl with yellow hair. She helped the Digimon to his feet, then glared at the Digimon on the ground. "Watch where you're running!" "Sorry," Flash reached her, "guess Veemon is just a little too excited." "Yeah," Veemon picked himself up, "really sorry." The girl glared at them, as a gray skinned teen stepped out of the stadium with a smile on his face. "Well, well, well," he smirked. "If it isn't Codex's newest hot shot player." Flash looked confused, "do I know you?" "No, but everyone's talking about you. The guy who managed to get a rare Digimon to partner with him before he was even an In-Training Rank, who found a Digimental and managed to earn enough Digidollars to hack your way into several powerful Digimon." Flash frowned, "I'd hardly say I hacked my way into all that. There was a glitch that sent me to that place and I almost got destroyed because I didn't have any Digimon to protect me from attacking Digimon." "Yeah," Veemon nodded, "and Flash earned his Digimental. He was able to pick it up and that meant he was worthy of it. Don't go badmouthing him, just because your jealous." "Jealous? Of this newb. Hardly," he pushed his glasses up. "You obviously don't know who I am?" "Some guy who accidently sat on a long stick?" Flash quipped, the teen glaring at him. "I'm Jet Set, one of the best competitors in the Rookie Stadium. I'm undefeated." Flash looked around, not seeing a partner Digimon anywhere. If he was really undefeated, then he must have been really good if he could do that without one. "And this is my confidant. Lightning Dust." The girl crossed her arms, as the Kokuwamon hid behind her leg. "Hi," Flash told them, "and sorry again for running into you. But if we're done here, can I go? I'm having my first Rookie Stadium battle." "Hmm," Jet chuckled, "as if you stand a chance. You might have been able to defeat another newb. But against a seasoned opponent, you won't stand a chance." The pair walked off, "have fun getting crushed. It's just too bad I won't get to do the crushing myself." The pair laughed as they walked off, Kokuwamon following behind them. Flash and Veemon watched them go and frowned, "we'll show them. We're not gonna be easily beaten just because we're new." "Yeah," Veemon nodded, "let's do this." Flash smiled and headed into the stadium, going up to the counter and asking for a battle. The robot nodded and once Flash was locked into the system, he had to wait for someone to become his opponent. As he did, the doors opened and someone else stepped inside. It was a blue skinned girl with white and blue hair, wearing a blue hoodie and purple dress. Beside her was a strange white and blue rabbit-like Digimon, with yellow markings and medal around its neck with the moon on the front and pink ribbons. The pair stepped up to the counter and as the girl got checked in, the Digimon looked around before spotting Veemon. The Dragon Digimon smiled at her and waved, the rabbit waving back as Flash's Digivice beeped. "Time for our match," Flash told him before the pair walked off together. They headed down the hallway until they found their battle room. The pair stepped inside and found they were the first ones there, Flash wondering who it was he would be facing. He got his answer, when the opposite door opened and somebody stepped in. That somebody was the blue skinned girl, the rabbit Digimon walking in beside her. She stared at him for a moment and didn't look impressed. "So, you are Trixie's final opponent?" Flash wondered what she meant by that. "Shame, Trixie was expecting something more." "Now now Trixie," the Digimon beside her smiled. "I'm sure he's strong." She turned to them and spotted Veemon. "Oh, that's the Digimon we watched the other day?" Trixie turned to him and realised she was right. "Oh, yeah. Trixie remembers you're battle against the Gotsumon. I'll admit, your Flamedramon form was pretty impressive. But it's gonna take a lot more then that to defeat the Great and Powerful TRIXIEEEE!" Flash wasn't sure if this girl was sane or not. Either way, he had to be careful. There was no telling how strong she really was. "Flash Sentry!" the overhead voice stated, "Trixie Lulamoon!" The girl looked up with a smile, "you are both here to compete in a Codex Battle. Flash Sentry, this is your first time battling in the Rookie Stadium. Trixie Lulamoon, a victory here will allow you to rank up to the Champion Level. Are both players ready to compete?" "Yes," they nodded. Then place your Digivices into the battle podiums and select your decks." They did so and started looking through their options, all the while Flash thought about what she had said before. 'She thinks I'm gonna be her last opponent because she's gonna win,' he frowned at this. 'Well I'm not going down so easily. She'll regret underestimating me.' He locked in his deck as Trixie did the same, the voice speaking up again. Trixie Lulamoon. You have been randomly select to choose the battlefield you would like to use." Trixie smiled and chose one. "Cascading Valley has been selected. When both players are ready, hit the start button." The teens turned to one another and hit the button, "LET'S GET DIGITAL!" In a flash of light, they and their Digimon were fused together. When the light faded, only Veemon and Lunamon were in the room. Said room quickly filled with light, blinding them both as the field formed around them. Micro, Sandalwood and their Digimon watched the battle begin, the four in the foyer staring at a TV as the field materialised. Said field was a giant crater the size of a football stadium. It was roughly fifteen meters deep, with sheer walls that had many edges sticking out of it. Multiple rivers ran into this crater, creating a bunch of waterfalls that flowed into it and fueled a pool in the centre that took up half the bottom. In a flash of light, Veemon and Lunamon appeared within it as their stats appeared. Veemon: 4-100% Lunamon: 4-100% Name: Lunamon Level: Rookie Type: Data Attribute: Water Species: Mammal Family: Deep Savers, Nightmare Soldier, Nature Spirit "A water Digimon," Micro frowned. "Flash'll have a tough time against it if he chose to use Flamedramon or BurningGreymon. And the field is perfect for a Digimon like Lunamon." "So you're saying he's at a disadvantage?" Tentomon asked. "It's looking like it," Micro nodded. "Don't worry," Sandal told him. "Flash ain't the same rookie I beat before. You helped him learn a bunch more about this game. He'll be fine." Micro hoped he was right. Flash looked around, trying to get a good grasp on the location he was in. He then looked down and saw that he was standing on a small rock in the middle of the battlefield, whilst Lunamon was on another. "Great." He almost lost his balance, the rock being rather wet and slippery. "Why would you pick a battlefield with such little footing?" Lunamon smiled before leaping off the rock and onto the water, Flash and Veemon being shocked to see her not sink. "A special ability Lunamon has allows her to move on water!" He shot forward, the water beneath her feet splashing as she got in close. "That means on this field, Trixie is queen!" She leapt forward and slashed at Veemon. "Luna Claw!" They sliced at Veemon, making him cry out as he was knocked back off the rock. Veemon: 4-85% Lunamon: 4-100% Veemon fell into the water and sank below it, finding that the pool was only about three meters deep. He fell to the bottom and glared up at the top, Lunamon looking down at him before her entire body was submerged as well. She floated in the water, smiling at him as she looked him over before using her ears to propel herself towards him. Veemon quickly started swimming and avoided a punch, floating towards a nearby rock and using it as a springboard to propel himself back towards her. Before Lunamon could fight back, Veemon thrust a punch into her gut. Veemon: 4-85% Lunamon: 4-95% Lunamon flinched as she was thrown backwards, whilst Veemon started swimming towards the edge of the pool. The rabbit Digimon quickly recovered and shot upwards, reaching the surface and leaping out of it before Veemon could reach the shore. "Take this!" She held up her ears as water appeared between then, swirling into an orbular form. "Tear Shot!" The water shot towards Veemon, the blue dragon pulling himself out of the water as it slammed into his back. "Gyah!" He was blown forward, as Lunamon landed on the water and smiled. Veemon: 4-75% Lunamon: 4-95% Veemon moaned, Flash and his partner trying to come up with a plan. "Let's try this!" Veemon built up power and spat it into his hand. "Vee-Shot!" He threw the energy orb at Lunamon, but the rabbit leapt off the water as it struck the pool and exploded. "Rats!" "Too slow!" Lunamon landed, "you'll need to do better then that if you wanna beat the Great and Powerful TRIXIEEE!" Inside Veemon's head, the pair were trying to think. "It's no good," Veemon told him. "As long as the field's mostly water, she has the advantage. She can go anywhere she wants without worry and we're stuck on the limited ground." "Yeah," Flash nodded, "but there's gotta be a way to turn the tables on her." He looked around at all the water, as Lunamon landed again whilst water began to swirl around her four ears. "Lop-Ear Ripple!" She spun around and in doing so, the ears swirled and caused the water to fly off. That water morphed into a bunch of bubbles, which shot towards Veemon. "Look out!" The dragon Digimon told his partner, Flash making them try to run. But the bubbles were faster and a bunch of them exploded against him. Veemon: 4-65% Lunamon: 4-95% "Oh," Flash's friends moaned as they looked away, "that had to hurt." "Flash is in trouble," Micro stated. "If he doesn't figure out how to turn the tables on Lunamon, he's gonna be playing defensive this whole match and he can't win that way." At the same time, three other girls were watching the match. One was a white skinned girl with purple hair, wearing a blue dress and purple mini skirt. The other was a pink skinned girl with flurry pink hair, wearing white shirt with balloons on and a pink skirt. Finally, there was a yellow skinned girl with pink hair that was wearing a long blue summer dress. Around them, three Digimon could be seen besides them. One was a small white dog-like Digimon, with a golden collar around its neck. The second was a long eared Digimon, who was mostly white with green around its neck, on its hands and feet and along it ears that were as long as it was. The last one was a blue reptile Digimon standing on two feet, whose head was that of an alligator with bright purple eyes. On its chest was a yellow V-shape and it had red spikes running down its back to its tail. "Oh dear," the white skinned girl sighed. "He's in quite the pickle." "I hope he doesn't get too badly beaten," the yellow skinned girl frowned. "People might start making fun of him." The long eared Digimon rolled his eyes. "Would you relax," he told her. "I doubt this guy's gonna give up this easily. The match has just started. He'll figure out a way to make things fair." The pink girl nodded. "And if he does get made fun of, I'll go help him feel better." They kept their focus on the fight, as Veemon dodged another Tear Shot. He was running around the edge of the pool and fired another Vee-Shot, but Lunamon easily dodged it. "Come on," Flash growled as he slid to a stop. "There's gotta be a way to stop her." "Not unless we can make it so she can't stand on the water anymore," Veemon groaned. But those worlds made Flash think and an idea formed in his head. One that made his eyes go wide before a smile appeared on his lips. "Veemon, you are a genius." Before Veemon could ask what he was talking about, Flash held up his arm. "Battle Gear...BOOST!" A bright light exploded off of his arm, that light taking shape before fading to reveal the lightning bolt-shaped blade on it. "Volt-Edge!" Lunamon frowned, "you think using Battle Gear will save you? I don't think so. Trixie still has the field advantage." "You wanna bet," Veemon smirked before thrusting the blade into the water. This caused the electrical energy that surged through the blade to flow into the water, electrifying it. "What?" She cried, only to suddenly be zapped by the lightning. "AAAAARRRRRHHHHH!" Veemon: 4-65% Lunamon: 4-45% All those watching were shocked by the sudden turn around, as the electrical energy began to dissipate. Veemon lifted his blade out of the water and waited for the charge to build, whilst Lunamon stood upon the water smoking. "Ready to give up?" The rabbit lifted her head and glared at him, "never!" She ran forward, heading straight towards the dragon as his weapon charged back up. And when he thrust the blade into the water, Lunamon leapt into the air to avoid getting zapped. "Luna Claw!" She slashed at him, Veemon blocking with his blade and pushing her back. But she quickly landed and jumped back before swinging her ears around. Veemon was suddenly slapped in the face by them, knocking him staggering backwards. Veemon: 4-60% Lunamon: 4-45% As he staggered back, a pair of lights appeared behind them. When they looked around, they each saw a Digivolution Coin had appeared. They glanced forward and smirked before charging towards them, all the while preparing their own attacks. "Vee/Tear Shot!" They fired the attacks back towards one another, the energy and water orbs slamming into each other and exploding as they managed to grab onto the Digivolution Coins. The energy flowed into them and charged their gauges up, both smirking as they did so. "DIGIVOLVE!" Everyone watched as the pair were both consumed by a bright light and began to transform. "Lunamon, Digivolve to..." The light faded off of her to reveal a pink, purple and yellow humanoid rabbit Digimon, about six feet tall, with purple clothing that had several ribbons around it that acted like flexible blades. It also had leather gloves and straps around its feet, along with a metal mask on its head and the moon medal around its neck. "Lekismon!" The rabbit stood tall as she looked over at her opponent, expecting to see Flamedramon facing off against her. But that's not what he became. "Veemon, Digivolve to..." He grew giant and when the light faded, he was a much bigger than Lekismon. "VEEDRAMON!" He roared, whilst the Volt-Edge remained on his arm. "Huh," Sandal smirked, "thought he was gonna go for Flamedramon." "I think he realised Lunamon was a water attribute," Micro stated. "A fire Digimon would have put him at a serious disadvantage. But now he's facing another problem." He brought up Lekismon's stats. Name: Lekismon Level: Champion Type: Data Attribute: Water Species: Beast-Man Family: Deep Savers, Nightmare Soldier, Nature Spirit The stats came up and Micro was amazed by the high speed stat. "Veedramon might be strong, but all that power's gonna be useless if he can't hit her." Lekismon shot forward, moving at a blinding speed as she zoomed towards Veedramon. Veedramon tried to slash at her with his Battle Gear, but she was able to leap out of the way and started zipping around the place. She landed on the rocks, ground and crater walls before jumping off it at high speed. It was like she was a bouncy ball. And eventually, she managed to slam her foot into Veedramon's back and knocked him forwards. Veedramon: 4-55% Lekismon: 4-45% She then leapt into the air and brought her foot up. "Moon Night Kick!" She shot straight down and tried to perform an axe kick to his head, but Veedramon blocked with his blade. He then unleashed a pulse of lightning from that flew into Lekismon, making her flinch as she kicked off of it. Veedramon: 4-55% Lekismon: 4-25% "V-Nova Blast!" Veedramon then fired a blast of blue energy out of his mouth, the arrow shooting towards Lekismon as she fell towards the ground. But Lekismon wasn't going to be beaten so easy and reached behind her, pulling an arrow made of ice out from her back. As she did, one of the purple whips on her back moved in front of her. She grabbed the end and used it to knot the arrow, pulling it back. "Tear Arrow!" She fired it into the blue fireball, the weapon flying through it and melting slightly. When it shot out the other end, it was smaller but still slammed into Veedramon's chest. "Augh!" Veedramon: 4-40% Lekismon: 4-25% The arrow had also done something else. It had cut the V-Nova Blast in half, causing it to fly passed Lekismon and hit the ground and lake instead. As they exploded, Lekismon landed before kicking off the ground again. "Raaaah!" She reached him in the blink of an eye and started dealing rapid jabs and kicks into his body, making him roar as he was still reeling from the ice arrow. The blows weren't that strong, but added together it was still a lot of damage. Veedramon: 4-5% Lekismon: 4-25% Veedramon had had enough and spun around, slamming his tail into Lekismon. Veedramon: 4-5% Lekismon: 4-20% This knocked her flying into the water and as sank below it, Veedramon charged forward and thrust his blade into it. "Take this!" He unleashed the electrical blast into the water, the entire pool being filled with the surge of power. As such, the energy flowed into Lekismon before she could recover and her eyes went wide. "AUGH!" She screamed, as her entire body was zapped. The energy surged through her and it felt like she was being ripped apart from the inside out. Veedramon: 4-5% Lekismon: 4-0% The energy died down and Lekismon's body still sparked, but Lunamon and Trixie fought through the pain. "No way is Trixie letting a newbie beat her!" Lekismon started swimming up towards the surface and pulled herself up onto the water, as Veedramon waited for the Volt-Edge to charge back up. "You're mine!" She shot forward and moved as fast as she could, Veedramon thrusting his weapon into the water again. She quickly leapt up, but Veedramon smirked. "Now I've got you!" He swung the blade upwards and the lightning exploded off of it, flying towards Lekismon in a powerful crescent. She braced herself and the lightning struck, creating an explosion that completely covered her. Veedramon: 4-5% Lekismon: 3-75% Veedramon smirked, but then Lekismon flew out of the smoke. "Huh?" Before he knew it, she slammed her foot into his head. "Augh!" Veedramon: 4-0% Lekismon: 3-75% Veedramon staggered back as his security broke, up against the wall of the crater as Lekismon landed and feel to one knee. She panted, still reeling from the electrical blasts. "I can't let him hit me again. I've gotta slow him down." Veedramon shook his head, moaning in pain as he looked down at Lekismon. "You look tired. Feel free to quit and take a nap." Lekismon heard this and smiled. "A nap's a great idea." She crossed her arms, "but Trixie won't be the one taking it." The moon symbols on the backs of her gloves glowed, "Moon Night Bomb!" She swung her arms around and the light exploded off of them, morphing into a bunch of bubbles that flew towards Veedramon. The dinosaur saw them coming and quickly swung his Volt-Edge around, trying to pop them all. But there were too many and some hit him in the face. And as they popped, something happened. "What?" Veedramon suddenly found himself being overwhelmed by the urge to sleep. "What...happened?" "Oh no," Micro frowned. "That move causes the target to become drowsy." "There's no way Flash can fight if he's tired," Tentomon gulped as Veedramon began to stagger around. "Wake up!" They watched as Lekismon suddenly shot forwards, moving at incredible speed before leaping forward. "Look out!" She spun around and dealt several powerful kicks to Veedramon, causing him to stagger backwards in pain. Veedramon: 3-75% Lekismon: 3-75% "Ha," Jet laughed as he saw this, "serves the loser right. He should learn not to play with the big kids if he can't handle it." Lightning nodded, the pair laughing as they watched Veedramon staggered into the water, which went up to his knees, as Lekismon landed and drew another icicle. "Tear Arrow!" She fired and it shot towards Veedramon, slamming into his shoulder and making him roar in pain. Veedramon: 3-50% Lekismon: 3-75% Despite the pain he was feeling, Veedramon was still drowsy. Lekismon rushed forward and he attempted to tear at her with his claws, but she leapt over him and did several flips before landing on the water behind him. She then leapt towards his back and dealt several more hits to his back. Veedramon: 3-30% Lekismon: 3-75% But Veedramon quickly spun around as she was recoiling and swung the Volt-Edge into her, the blade charged with lightning and unleashed a blast of energy right into her. "AUGH!" Veedramon: 3-30% Lekismon: 3-25% As she was thrown backwards, Veedramon staggered out of the water and tried to fight against the sleep that was overtaking him. He had been lucky with his sleep focused hits but if he didn't find a way to wake up, Lekismon was gonna get the advantage over him. "Come on," he told himself. "Wake up." He then noticed one of the waterfalls straight ahead of him and staggered towards it, as Lekismon pulled herself out of the water. She looked over at Veedramon and saw he was heading towards the waterfall. "Oh no you don't!" She ran across the water and as she did, Veedramon placed his Battle Gear into the water. "Not this time!" She leapt onto a rock and started jumping from one to another, whilst Veedramon finally reached the waterfall. "Raaaah!" He cried as he thrust his face into the cold water, the freezing sensation causing him to wake up with a start. "There we go!" He smirked, feeling fully refreshed. But as he woke up, he heard Lekismon cry out. "Tear Arrow!" He spun around and as he did, the arrow flew towards him. He tried to slash it away with his blade, but the arrow was two fast and slammed into his chest. "Augh!" He staggered through the waterfall, getting drenched as he did. Veedramon: 3-5% Lekismon: 3-25% Lekismon smirked as she leapt away from the water and onto the ground in front of the waterfall. But as she prepared to attack again, Veedramon's voice roared. "V-Nova Blast!" Suddenly, a bunch of fireballs exploded out of the water and slammed into Lekismon, making her cry out as she was blasted away. Veedramon: 3-5% Lekismon: 3-10% Veedramon charged through the waterfall with his Battle Gear raised. But Lekismon managed to roll back to her feet and shoot forward at high speed. They attacked, Lekismon leaping at him and slamming her foot into his chest. But as she bounced off his chest, Veedramon swung his electrified blade at her. "AUGH!" She cried as she was zapped, both Digimon's health bars dropping to zero. Veedramon: 3-0% Lekismon: 3-0% Both staggered back and regained their footing, staring up at each other as they did. Then, Lekismon saw something that made her smirk. "Raaah!" She cheered forward, jumping from side to side so fast it looked like there were multiples of her. "What?" Veedramon looked around, unable to tell which one was the real one. "V-Nova Blast!" He launched an energy ball at them all, but Lekismon was able to leap over the fireball before it hit the ground. The explosion behind her propelled the Digimon forwards and allowed her to reach Veedramon's head. "Excuse me!" She slammed her feet into his head and leapt off him, making him cry out. Veedramon: 2-95% Lekismon: 2-100% "RAAAAH!" Veedramon quickly spun around and swung his weapon, hitting Lekismon it the back with a blade of lightning. Veedramon: 2-95% Lekismon: 2-60% "AUGH!" She cried, being pushed into the waterfall and disappearing. Veedramon waited, but she didn't appear again. "Where is she?" He began to walk through the waterfall, being ready for a surprise attack. But it didn't come. And when he reached the other side, he saw what Lekismon had been doing. "Thanks for the lift," Lekismon grabbed a Digivolution Coin. "Now the Great and Powerful Trixie is ready to take it to the next level." Veedramon's eyes went wide, as she thrust her fist into the air. "Lekismon," she was surrounded by light, "Digivolve to..." She grew and as the light exploded off of her, it revealed a taller version of Lekismon. She was now sporting black armor and was carrying a double bladed scythe, with a crescent moon for the blade, along with a shield that had a moon-shape on it. "Crescemon!" "Not good," Sandal gulped as Micro brought up Crescemon's stats. Name: Crescemon Level: Ultimate Type: Data Attribute: Water Species: Demon-Man Family: Deep Savers, Nightmare Soldier, Nature Spirit "Her speed hasn't improved much, but the added strength and defence power is gonna make this a tough fight for Flash." Sure enough, Crescemon exploded forward with incredible speed. She swung her scythe around, Veedramon attempting to block with his Battle Gear. But as soon as the weapons collided, a loud clanging sound filled the air. And this was followed by a cracking sound. "What?" Mangoramon cried, as they saw the Volt-Edge begin to break apart. "What's happening?" "My Battle Gear!" Veedramon cried, seeing his weapon fall apart whilst the rest of it exploded off his arm. "How?" Crescemon laughed, "looks like my weapon is better than yours. And now that I don't have to worry about getting zapped." She leapt into the air and over to the lake, landing on the water as she positioned her two weapons together. "Ice Archery!" She fired a blast of ice from her scythe, which shot towards Veedramon at high speed. "Uh oh!" Veedramon braced himself, the arrow slamming into him and exploding with greater force then last time. "AHHHH!" Veedramon: 2-45% Crescemon: 2-60% He staggered back, Crescemon laughing as she prepared another shot. But Veedramon didn't stay still and began running around the outskirts of the lake. "You can run, but you can't hide." "She's right," Flash frowned as he checked his Digivolution Gauge. "I need to find a coin or she'll destroy me before I can get to Ultimate." Speaking of coins, he spotted one that appeared behind one of the waterfalls. It was an SP coin. "Perfect." Veedramon's claws began to glow, "Cutting Shoot!" Her swung them around and as he did, blades of wind flew off of them and towards Crescemon. Crescemon frowned and raised her shield, the air blades slamming into it and dispelling. Some of the wind kept going, hitting her on the shoulder that wasn't shielded. Veedramon: 2-45% Crescemon: 2-55% "Nice try," she told him. "But it'll take more then that to defeat me." As she said that, Veedramon ran through the waterfall and crushed the coin in his hand. As his SP refilled, Crescemon leapt into the air and as she did whilst forming the bowgun from her two weapons. "Dark Archery!" The scythe was surrounded by dark energy, which suddenly exploded off the weapon and shot towards Veedramon whilst forming an arrow. Veedramon saw this and knew he had only one way to beat it. "V-Nova Blast!" He fired the energy blast, which struck the energy arrow and exploded in midair. Veedramon was pushed backwards by the force of the explosion, whilst Crescemon landed on a rock in the lake. Veedramon panted, knowing he was in trouble. But just as he was about to give up, he noticed a Digivolution Coin suddenly appear. The only problem was, it was atop a rock in the lake. Crescemon also saw it and smirked, "that one's mine!" She rushed forward, ready to take the coin. But Veedramon wouldn't let her have it so easily. "If I miss, I'm gonna be in serious trouble." He built up as much power as he could and contained it all within his mouth. And as Crescemon drew closer to the coin, it let it rip. "V-Breath Arrow...MAX!" A super powered energy blast exploded out of his mouth, which flew towards Crescemon with incredible speed. The Ultimate saw it coming and raised her shield, the attack exploding against it but still being strong enough to blast her backwards. "AUGH!" She cried, unable to believe a Champion's attack could be so strong. "What the heck is this thing?" She had never heard of Veedramon before and it was proving to be quite powerful. Veedramon: 2-45% Crescemon: 2-15% As she landed on the water, Veedramon waded in and managed to reach the rock with the coin. "Gotcha!" He cheered, crushing the coin in his hands. But as the power flowed into him, Crescemon leapt into the air. "Take this!" She screamed, as a moon suddenly appeared behind her. "Lunatic Dance!" She shot forward like she was flying and before Veedramon could react, she reached him and started spinning. Her blade and shield slashed against him multiple times, making him roar in agony as he was sent staggering backwards. Veedramon: 2-0% Crescemon: 2-15% He fell backwards into the water, as Crescemon landed on a rock. "You can't beat the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She told him. "Just give it up already!" But Veedramon didn't give up. He pushed himself up and glared at her. "Never. I don't quit. Even if my opponent is more powerful. I always fight until I can't fight no more. And eventually, I'm gonna be the best player this game has ever seen. Just watch!" Crescemon wanted to laugh, but she could see from the look in his eye that he was serious. "Now, let me show you my power!" He suddenly exploded with light. "Veedramon, Digivolve to..." He grew huge, so big that the water in the lake was pushed out of it. Then, a pair of wings exploded off his back as the light faded to reveal him. "AEROVEEDRAMON!" Crescemon stepped backwards in amazement, then found a wave of water flying towards her due to the sudden expansion of the Digimon inside the lake. "WOW!" She cried as she was washed away, whilst Veedramon spread his wings and leapt into the air. The powerful gust this created caused the water to become even more violent, Crescemon having trouble keeping herself from being swept under the water. "YEAH!" AeroVeedramon roared, loving the feel of being an Ultimate. And as he flew up, he focused back on Crescemon before building up his power. "Time to show you what this Ultimate can do." The energy flew off of him and formed a sphere in front of him. "Dragon Impulse!" He beat his wings and the energy sphere exploded into a shockwave, which took the shape of a serpentine dragon that head straight for the crater. Crescemon had finally escaped from the water and as she did, the dragonic laser flew towards her. "You've gotta be kidding me!" She raised her shield to defend herself and as she did, the attack slammed into the crater and exploded with tremendous force. "AAAAARRRRRHHHHH!" AeroVeedramon: 1-100% Crescemon: 2-0% "YEAH!" Micro, Sandal and their Digimon cheered. "Way to go, Flash!" Micro then told him. "She's had the advantage so far because she had home field advantage." Tentomon nodded. "But now that he can fly, he doesn't have to worry about being outmatched." They all smirked as they watched AeroVeedramon stare down into the crater, waiting to see what state Crescemon was in after being blasted by such an attack. However, something happened that took them by complete surprise. Suddenly, from out of the smoke, something shot towards AeroVeedramon at high speed. The dragon's eyes went wide as he saw it was Crescemon, moving towards him like a rocket. "Wow!" He swung the blades on his arms to block her scythe, the pair glaring at each other as Crescemon's back ribbons suddenly came to life and started whipping around and hitting his arm. "Ahhh!" AeroVeedramon: 1-95% Crescemon: 1-100% He pushed back and Crescemon was thrown away from him, but didn't fall towards the ground. "What the heck. Since when can you fly?" Crescemon just smirked before moving her legs, making AeroVeedramon look down and see they were different. Instead of her rabbit-themed boots, she was now wearing a pair of metal tubes that had propellers on the bottoms. These propellers were unleashing a burst of wind, which was keeping her afloat. "Air Soles Battle Gear," she explained. "Perfect for a Deep Saver like myself. They let me move fast in water and through the air." "So you can fly?" He asked, Crescemon simply smirking before she short forward. She swung her weapon at him, but he blocked with his arm blades before slashing at her with his claws. She then used her shield the block this and the pair pushed away from one another, as Crescemon aimed her weapons at him. "Ice Archery!" She fired a barrage of arrows towards him, but AeroVeedramon refused to let them hit him. "Wind Guardian!" He beat his wings and a powerful gust of wind formed in front of him, creating a wall that felt practically solid enough to shatter the ice. The wind then hit Crescemon and pushed her backwards, as the giant Digimon flew towards her. Comparing their sizes was like comparing a cat to an elephant, so as AeroVeedramon slashed at her she could only use her shield to block a single claw. So when the other claws hit her, she flinched and pushed herself away. AeroVeedramon: 1-95% Crescemon: 1-90% Crescemon quickly flew up and then shot straight down, spinning like a top and she attacked his head several times with her scythe. AeroVeedramon: 1-85% Crescemon: 1-90% AeroVeedramon quickly reacted and swung his horn around, striking her with it in the side and knocking her away. AeroVeedramon: 1-85% Crescemon: 1-80% "Now try this!" AeroVeedramon's arm blades glowed, "Twister Sabre!" He swung the blade around and unleashed a blade of energy, which shot towards Crescemon as she struggled to gain control of herself. As such, she barely had enough time to put up the shield before the blade reached her. It slammed into her, the shield not able to stop her in time. "AUGH!" AeroVeedramon: 1-85% Crescemon: 1-40% She was thrown backwards and as AeroVeedramon shot after her, she managed to regain control and stop herself. Her Air Soles then pushed to their max and propelled her forward, AeroVeedramon slashing at her as they got close. But she was able to avoid the claws and shot towards his chest. "Lunatic Dance!" She spun around and started slashing at him, morphing into a small tornado that ground against him and made him flinch. AeroVeedramon: 1-45% Crescemon: 1-40% She then stopped and as AeroVeedramon recovered from the attack, she readied her weapon and used the last of her SP. "Dark Archery!" The energy arrow formed before exploding off of her weapons, hitting AeroVeedramon at point blank and exploding whilst she propelled herself away. AeroVeedramon: 1-5% Crescemon: 1-40% AeroVeedramon groaned as he let the energy flow off of him, whilst Crescemon readied her weapon. At this rate, he would only be able to survive one more hit before Crescemon beat him. "Gotta make this attack count!" "Time to end this!" Crescemon shot forward with her blade at the ready, her shield raised in preparation of whatever her opponent threw at her. As she did, AeroVeedramon dug deep. "No holding back," he told himself. "I've gotta put this all on this attack!" With that, his horn began to glow. And as Crescemon tried to slash at him, he shot straight up to avoid her. He got several meters high before he divided down towards Crescemon. "V-Wing Blade!" As he did, the energy around his horn flew off and formed a V-shape around his body. Crescemon glared at him and her Battle Gear pushed her towards her opponent, her shield held up as the two collided. The impact was immense, making Crescemon cry out as the energy flew into her and burned her body. She screamed as her Battle Gear struggled to keep her from being pushed backwards, whilst her HP lowered. Eventually, the Battle Gear couldn't take it any more and exploded. "AUGH!" She cried, her jets dying and allowing the remaining force to push her downwards. As it did, she threw her scythe towards AeroVeedramon. The Ultimate was so focused on his attack, he didn't have time to see the attack coming and avoid it. As such, the scythe slammed into him and he roared as his last security broke. But at the same time, the damage from his attack destroyed Crescemone's security again. AeroVeedramon: 1-0% Crescemon: 1-0% AeroVeedramon moaned as he grabbed her scythe and threw it away, whilst watching Crescemon fall. "It's over," he told her. Trixie knew he was right. She looked down at the crater and saw the Dragon Impulse had completely vaporize most of the water. The rivers were filling the lake back up, but not quick enough. "Trixie," Lunamon told her, "there's no way we're surviving this." Trixie could hardly believe it. "The Great and Powerful Trixie...defeated by a NEWB!" With that, she smashed into the shallow water with enough force to destroy her digital body. AeroVeedramon saw the light, as the voice spoke up around him. "Battle Over! Winner, Flash Sentry." The battlefield was then consumed by light, transforming back into the domed room as AeroVeedramon suddenly split back into Flash and Veemon. The pair cheered and high fived, then turned towards Trixie as she and Lunamon picked one another up. "Hey," he told, "that was a pretty good battle." Trixie looked at him with a frown. "Seriously, I learned a lot from that match." He held out a hand, "good game." Trixie stared at the hand for a moment, then took it. "Good game." The pair turned to leave, both heading out of the stadium the same way. As they did, they and their Digimon began to discuss the battle. "So it's not just Digimon's anatomy that I need to take into account when picking a terrain," Flash hummed. "If it hadn't been for that water walking ability, you probably would have been in worse shape than me in that battlefield." "Well Lunamon is a Water Digimon," Trixie stated. "Though she's more comfortable in snowy environments. But still, Trixie can't believe she lost to a newbie. She's never gonna be able to live this down." They exited the stadium and as they did, Micro and Sandalwood rushed over to them. "Flash!" Micro cheered, "you won!" The pair high fived, as they noticed Trixie was there with him. "Oh, you did great as well. Really didn't make it easy for him." "Of course I didn't!" She stated, "The Great and Powerful TRIXIEEE, never makes anything easy for her opponents." She turned to Flash. "Just watch. Trixie will defeat her next opponent and make it into the Champion Rank. There she will grow even stronger and by the time you eventually make it there, she'll be so powerful you won't stand a chance." Flash smirked, "looking forward to it." The pair fist bumped and Trixie walked off, Lunamon walking around with her. Flash smirked, having thoroughly enjoyed the match. But Trixie was right, "I can't let this win go to my head. It was close and if Trixie's Battle Gear hadn't blown I might not have won." They nodded, but Flash was still proud about how he had handled himself. He managed to adapt to the terrain, stay flexible to keep from being overwhelmed by the unexpected and he was about to keep himself calm during the fight. All in all, a good battle that he had learned a lot from. As they made their way to the foyer, they were watched by Jet and Lightning Dust. "That guy won't be laughing for long," Jet stated. "The only reason he won was because of that Digimon he had." Jet smiled, "I'll just have to take him for myself."