Spartans!! What is your profession?! [AJ] [Job]

Avery rode a top Patch as he moved silently and swiftly through the dense foliage of the Eastern Timberlands forest. His black metal body was slick and she had to hold on to the two metal cannons protruding from the armor ultimates back. 

She laid low, ebony locks flying behind her like a cape in the wind. At first, going this fast had been pretty scary, but she was quickly getting used to it and was actually beginning to enjoy it. 

AJ felt his body lengthen and contract, but Patch was actually starting to slow down. She straightened up and blinked when the Jagerloweemon had come to a stop.
"Hey what's wrong, Patch?"

"I smell Dorumon."

A smile lilted on the young tamer's face. "Oh Dorumon and Tatsuya must be near here. Wanna go find them?"

Her question was affirmed by a growl. Although this might sound threatening, it was how he communicated in this form. They trekked their way through the woods until they came to a sign that read "Spartan Training Grounds." "So they're here, huh? I guess they're doing a bit of training."

She hopped off and held out her D3. A dark light shot out and engulfed Patch, who shrank back down to his Mikemon size. 

Stepping inside, they were greeted by rows and rows of tents then the familiar faces of Tatsuya and his partner, who was now sporting his Rookie form, Dorumon. "Hey guys!" she called as she dashed forward to the older teen whom she looked at as an older sibling. "What are you guys doing here?" 

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-Ow, that greeting was very bad! I hope you'd be happier to see me, Ave! -

AJ closed her eyes and pushed at him as he ruffled her hair. When she managed to get his hand away from her, she smoothed her ebony locks back into place and blinked at his greeting, then laughed. "Hey, you know what I mean. It's just surprising I guess, but we do bump into each other."

As the older teen explained why they were there, it clicked into place. They had just previously been at the Village of Beginnings with Elson and another Digimon who spoke with a funny dialect called Vetina. 

When Tats explained about the job, it made sense. AJ had done a few jobs around the Digital World and had gotten paid in some way or another. It had also been a way of making a few friends.

"Of course I know Ayaka. I've been with Mana a few times. But I mean, I guess I can understand." The Italian tamer shrugged. "She's nice," she said. AJ never really had a bad thing to say about anyone, unless they were hurting one of their friends.

Patch just glanced at Dorumon sideways, with a wicked grin. "She's a stuck up wilted flower. Maybe she needs to get her roots wet." 

AJ blinked, a blush creeping over her face. "Patch!" she yelled, but was interrupted as the ground thundered around them as a GeoGreymon, which AJ found out by pulling out her D3 and pointing it at them, approached and demanded to know what they were doing there. 

-We're just here for the job. Don't you need help with the Digimon around here? Well, we're your men...-

AJ tilted her head. "Uhm, we?" 

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Avery smiled. The Kazan was correct. She was very familiar with how it felt for friendships to fade away, but as of lately, she had been able to maintain them. Really, it was all thanks to becoming a tamer. She was about to say something the GeoGreymon thundered his way up to them. 

Patch snickered into one of his clawed gloves when Dorumon made the comment about the matches. "Oh yeah, then we would really have to douse her," he said, despite another look being shot at him by AJ. 

When the champion asked her if she wanted "some of this" she blinked rapidly then brought her hands up and shook her head, raven locks flying. "No, no. I'm sorry. I'm was using it to read about you. Please accept my apology" she murmured apologetically before bowing. 

Her eyes widened as Tatsuya stepped in front of her, taking control of the situation. A small smile was brought to her lips when he threatened the Greymon if he hurt her. "Thanks Tats," she whispered.

-Oh, the girl is coming too! If she doesn't help our purpose, I won't let her leave that easily, not after her threaten with that Digivice -

"I wasn't threatening you..." she muttered and sighed, before glancing over at Patch. He nodded and proceeded to bound over to her on all fours. 

She just stuck her tongue back out at Tatsuya in response to his and followed after the champion-level dinosaur. 

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Patch grinned in response to Dorumon. It would be entertaining to say the least to see a little bit of conflict. He had no interest in hurting the fairy plant, but it didn't mean a "friendly spar" wasn't out of the question. But he didn't say anything else  as they followed the GeoGreymon into what seemed the main building. 

Alright, then, listen up, humans! My name is GeoGreymon, and I'm the Staff Sergeant responsible of training the new generation for battles to come! Normally everything would go smoothly, though this year's promotion is the only one that has given me trouble within the last ten Digitama cycles! I have been trying to teach them the art of fighting, how to think strategically, and most of all, discipline, to no avail.

So they were here to train some Digimon. By the looks of it, they had been all at the Rookie level. AJ swallwed nervously. They had reached their Ultimate level and even had acquisition of their two Digimental, but that didn't necessarily mean they were qualified to teach others to fight. It seemed just to come naturally to Patch and AJ just rooted for him on the sidelines.

-Digimon are the best to teach other Digimon, so I guess I just have to get Ayaka's teachings out of their heads. I'm sure the most important thing she told them was how to water your garden... Tell me, GeoGreymon, when do we begin? I'm eager to start - Dorumon said.

"Yeah, I'm gonna teach these Digimon to be mean, lean Digital Monster machines!" Patch quipped.

The fifteen-year-old tamer just smiled and shook her head at how lame her partner was. "So, you really wanna do this too, Patch?" 

The Mikemon nodded, clenching his gloved hands in determination. There was an obvious spark in his amber eyes. AJ sighed and shrugged. "Okay then. But maybe you should digivolve." 

Holding out her D3, and casting a glance over at the champion level dragon to make sure he didn't go berserk, and a light shot out, enveloping her partner. "MIkemon shinka! Leomon!" The six-foot tall lion man now replaced the smaller cat-like Rookie from earlier, his blue eyes still holding the same determined spark, but a much more serious expression.

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-I feel sorry for the poor Digimon. I mean, our partners are very rough, aren't they? I'm surprised Patch didn't get that softness of yours, Ave! -

Avery took note that Dorumon remained in his Rookie form, but didn't question it further. She glanced over at the older teenager and stuck her tongue out at the boy. "Yeah welll, I'm surprised Dorumon didn't take after your lame jokes. His jokes are probably funny." She laughed and looked at the tall lion-man. "He's a lot more serious in this form. So I thought, if we're gonna actually do this, he needed to be able to be assertive."

The recruits came out of their tents. They ranged from in-training to rookie. It was almost like having little kids at boot camp, but then again, they were Digimon and it was kind of part of them. 

Her gray-blue orbs shifted and followed Dorumon as he made his way through the tents and stopped at a few Digimon and began yelling.

She blinked and glanced at the Kazan worriedly. "I knew Dorumon was pretty vicious, but where did this come from?"

Her eyes traveled to her own partner, wondering how he was going to take this new status he had been given. The lion man made his way to his own group and stared down at them with piercing blue orbs. 

He opened his mouth, baring rows of sharp fangs., "Alright soldiers! I want to see you moving! if I see one of you stop for one second, you'll be running double time!" 

The in-trainings and Rookies stuttered and fumbled before splitting and running around in a somewhat single file line. AJ just smiled, shakily, laughing a bit. 

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She just laughed at Tatsuya when he made fun her of sense of humor and laughed even harder when Dorumon shouted "shots fired" at them. He then went into a quick explanation as to why Dorumon had taken the sudden personality change. It did make sense. 

"Yeah, I left Patch alone one day with the TV and next thing I know he's trying order some kind of machine that cuts vegetables into noodles." 

Patch had came up to a group and growled. One of them cowered, but the other one, a Palmon, stood straight up, greenish-blue eyes shining with pride. Patch smirked and saluted them. "Alright soldiers, if you wanna hit champion, you better get out there and run!"

AJ found her arm being tugged gently and she glanced down to see Tatsuya pulling her along. She laughed and darted after the older teen, but he was definitely much faster and more athletic than her. She jogged along, trying to keep pace and trying to keep her breathing even as well. 

Patch moved to the rear of the group, a little closer to AJ. He began yelling out some random chant, that really, the Italian tamer, had no idea what he was saying at all, but voices of various tones were calling out the same chant and it seemed to be increasing morale. 

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As they ran, AJ even joined in on the strange chant. It was odd, because the tune was almost familiar to her ears, but she couldn't quite place where she heard it. 

When Tatsuya turned around to check on her, and said,  -Keep it up, soldier! - AJ attempted to swat at him, but stumbled slightly, before righting herself, so she settled for her sticking her tongue out at the older boy. It seemed to be her reaction to most of his teasing.

When the jog was finally over, she bent over, breathing slightly. It seemed to not have affected Tatsuya at all, or either of their partners, but she was definitely out of shape, even with her slim body. 

Next, Dorumon had the recruits picking partners, really mismatched partners from the look of it, but it seemed they were going to spar now. 

Glancing up at the Kazan, she whispered, "Should we have our partners spar as well? Maybe set an example?" If Tatsuya said yes, then she could have Patch de-digivolve of course, but it would be interesting to see them spar after they had both come so far from that first fight in the alleyway. 

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