Night Owls Part 2 [Maia]

    Why didn't Maia expect an almost-fall-to-her-doom scenario after leaving a portal? She really should have. Instead, there was another small shriek, as she tried to catch herself, and pull Marshal away from the cliff. Of course, she was also smaller than Marshal, so the sentiment was completely useless! It was really a good thing that Aldamon was there to save the day.

    Finally regaining some of her composure, the tamer took a deep breath before loudly asking, "what is wrong with my life?" Agh! This was so stressful! Sure, she had dealt with stressful things before! Such as crazy eggs being mailed to her house, weird puffmonsters getting stuck to her ceiling fan, an Ultimate level Digimon trying to take out Kuu, and at least a dozen missing socks. But, this? This was just getting to be too much! "How old are tamers before they retire?" Judging from this night, alone, she was going to need to do that soon!

    "You don't want the number," Kuu chirped through the weapon in his mouth. What did he know about retirement?! He wasn't even a year old!

    With Aldamon explaining to Marshal where they were, the blonde looked around. "We've been to the Dark Area before. Not... Not here, but it wasn't fun." Then again, what Digital-related events did Maia ever find fun?

    Before Kuu could answer Marshal's next question, the enemy decided to let it's presence be known. This, of course, didn't stop the pink monster from trying to be helpful, by inputting a cheerful, "nope!"

    "As long as he stays..." Well, shoot. Maia didn't even have a chance to finish agreeing with Marshal, before Chaosdramon came back into view. Shooting a glare to the boy for speaking far too quickly, she uttered, "I'm starting to feel like you're the bad luck; not me." Maybe, just all tamers were bad luck. It was hard to say.

    Kuu looked to the BlackDynasmon, and shrugged. "Squash it good, Aldamon!" Unfortunately, that still meant that there was another high level Digimon that needed some strong attention. The pink beast looked at the Chaosdramon slowly, then to the side in a nonchalant fashion. It was almost as if he wasn't thinking about the fact that this left him with the angry laser-shooting mega. And, then it dawned on him. "Crud. You mean you don't wan them bo--" It seemed that Chaosdramon wasn't the type to wait, as it slammed one of it's arms into the smaller beast and sent him flying.

    Catching himself, the Kyukimon skidded across the ground, trying to avoid the edge of the cliff. "Oh! Okay! I think I got this!" 'Got' what? Kuu still wasn't entirely sure what was going on! Regardless, he charged the monster, trying to use his scythes to place cuts on the Mega level enemy. It really didn't seem to be doing a whole lot of good.

    In the meantime, Maia was trying to find a safe place near Marshal to wait out this ridiculously unpleasant fight. At least they didn't have to worry about anyone civilians getting hurt, right?

    Kuu was trying! On the bright side, he didn't seem to be getting too horribly beaten up! But, that could just be the fact that he couldn't feel pain. Would he be hurting, otherwise? Probably.

    "I know," the tamer admitted, slowly. "But," did Maia really have much of an excuse? "Last time someone evolved to mega," excluding Coronamon, of course, "they sent their tamer to the hospital. And almost hurt a lot of innocents." Why did bad things always happen when Maia was around? Though, in fairness, she hadn't really been present for the digivolution, itself. Mentioning the part about the berserk mega actually killing an innocent would be left quiet, also. It wasn't relevant, especially when she knew this argument was going to end in her giving up, anyway.

    But, the tamer was a negative enough person that... well. What if Kuu just naturally would turn into something dangerous? He was kind of crazy all the time. Could the power just go to his head? He already became a virus-type, somehow. But, again, she had to remind herself that this was going to be a losing conversation, either way.

    Grip tightened on her digivice, as amber eyes slowly shifted to Marshal. If something went wrong, he'd be left to clean it up. There weren't other tamers around, like there had been with Shi. What a problem. Okay, Keep positive thoughts. Nothing bad happens if you don't think it will, right?

    That's an awful way of looking at things. Screw it. With a deep breath, Maia shifted the digivice to face her partner. In an instant, the item lit up, along with Kyukimon.

    "Kyukimon, digivolve to..." Pink fur rippled and dissipated, while armor dropped on the altering body. "Sakuyamon!"

    And, now there was just an awkward pause between Maia and her Digimon. While she was incredibly relieved at the lack of dark digivolution, there was a new 'problem' with this form. "Kuu looks awfully, uh, feminine, doesn't he?"

    Either way, a now-delighted Sakuyamon found it far easier to hold their ground against Chaosdramon.

    Rubbing the back of her neck, Maia let out a deep breath. Okay. The digivolution wasn't a bust. Aldamon didn't have three angry digimon, rather than the two. This was good. She could do this.

    Maybe. After all, they were still awfully close to the edge of a cliff. And, being incredibly mortal, in a world where the monsters really were not, didn't seem like the best bet for either tamer's safety.

    While Chaosdramon moved to attack Sakuyamon with it's clawed and bladed hands, the Mega proceeded to bounce back a few steps, triggering her Izuna, to avoid too close of combat. "Aldamon! Doing okay?" Well, it was clear that Kuu was feeling a lot better about himself! If he had time to check on his friend, it was obvious the digimon had returned to his normal self.

    Meanwhile, Maia was busy watching herself and Marshal, while trying to go through her D-Arc cards. Nothing really felt suiting, though! What a problem! "I wish there was something in my deck that kept us safe," she grumbled, lowly, while trying to keep her balance. Maybe, she would have to pick a more offensive card? Or, just let Kuu and Aldamon do their thing. The tamer hated feeling so useless, though!

    "Thanks!" Kuu chirped, happily. Sure, they were dealing with tough opponents, but hey, he was tough, too! And that's all that really mattered! And, while Chaosdramon was trying to cause damage to the Sakuyamon, it didn't really seem to phase him nearly as much as one would think! After all, there wasn't much risk in this fight, as far as Kuu was concerned.

    Maia and Marshal seemed safe, and Aldamon was confident in his ability to handle his own opponent. That meant that the Mega could focus on his own target, and only that!

    Jumping into the air, the Digimon swung his leg down onto Chaosdramon, trying to place some sort of lasting damage. "Thunder Kick!"

    Chaosdramon took the kick surprisingly well, even going as far as to reach out with it's hook-like hand, grabbing Sakuyamon and flinging him onto the ground. While the enemy seemed intent on pinning Kuu to the dirt, the ground began to alter from Marshal's card swipe.

    Oh! This worked for Kuu, too! Perfect!

    Despite being in a more vulnerable state, this might be exactly what he needed. "Kitsune's Scepter," the God Digimon announced, as his staff lit up in flames, brighter than usual from the boost of the other tamer's card. And, raising the item over his head, he swung it to crack down on Chaosdramon.

    With the advantage of the fire boost, Sakuyamon managed to skirt away from Chaosdramon's grasp, as it visibly cringed away from him.

    Meanwhile, Maia was trying to figure out what had triggered all of this happening, anyway. Eyes shifted to Marshal. "Do you think these Digimon are always this aggressive?" Considering they were in the Dark Area, it wouldn't be surprising. But, at the same time, it didn't feel overly common to just find mindlessly angry, high-level monsters!