At Last. [Double Digimental Hunt.] [Takahiro/Shichiro]

"N-no range indicator," Takahiro answers, somewhat distracted. He appreciated Shichiro's company of course, but right now he was focused on finding these things so Petermon could become stronger. They hadn't outright lost before, but they'd come very close. And he wasn't willing to lose his friend any time soon. "W-we'll be fine on foot, Shichan,"

Only a minute or two later, they arrive at the entrance to a large cavern, illuminated by some...hideous blue crystals. "...I-inside," Sure. Why not. Of course the precious power-up object is inside a terrifying cave with unnaturally luminescent crystalline structures. Where else would it be?

Petermon speaks, a rarity! "Of course it is. I suggest I proceed ahead of you, since there is certainly some sort of hazard awaiting us," Is he just being sensible, or is he really so jaded after only being alive for a few weeks? Two months, maybe. Crazy.

Takahiro gives his partner a nod, and the Fairy Digimon hovers in, keeping his eyes open. Takahiro follows a few feet behind, eyes on his Digivice. At least they're not in the dark...

Probably not alone, either. Were those footsteps?

Takahiro continues to walk, eventually emerging into a colossal chamber, the size of a football pitch. Most of the light in here seems to be coming from a huge crystal on the ceiling, near the middle, but there are still others dotted around the edge of the room. Takahiro continues to follow his Digivice's arrow. As he passes each crystal, it momentarily turns green, but returns to blue as he continues on. It doesn't seem to react to Shichiro at all!

The young DATS agent comes to stop at a wall, eyeing a symbol etched into the wall. "I d-don't recognize it. It isn't written in D-Digicode," Petermon quirks a brow. "What? I l-learned to read D-Digicode. Shut up," Petermon rolls his eyes.



The tunnel they arrived through suddenly...collapses. Several tons of rubble collapses around the entrance, sealing the pair in, as a low chuckle fill the chamber, coming from all around. Even with the light that's being cast, the chamber is so large that there's no guarantee they'd be able to see anyone in here anyway...

There's a moment of total silence, before a knife comes whistling through the air, passing so close to Takahiro's face that he's left with a long white scratch near his ear. The knife disappears before it hits the cavern wall, and the shadows on the floor begin to move. Around forty feet away, they begin to rise out of the floor, coalescing into a single being.


"It certainly took you long enough to get here,"

Takahiro immediately raises his Digivice to scan the Digimon, "Sh-ShadowPetermon. Uh. That's all it's saying," Well. Damn. He's not sure how to react here. Takahiro relied on data to come up with his strategies, but with nothing available, his brain was...stalling. The Digimon could've killed him if it wanted to, with that throw. Hell, even Petermon hadn't been fast enough to catch the knife. And speaking of the Champion level Fairy-type Digimon, he...did not look happy, eyes narrowed at the newcomer. "What is it you want?"

"To win, of course. To free you from being shackled to that...pathetic human. The best way to do that is to eliminate you," And yet he didn't kill him when he had the chance. Could he be...showboating? Yeah. It certainly seemed like it.

"If you want to harm Takahiro, you're going to have to go through me first," Petermon draws his own blade, readying himself for an inevitable fight. Unfortunately, ShadowPetermon strikes first, "As you wish. Nightmare Fantasia," A sound like rending metal tears through the area, freezing any Digimon who hear it in place! He seems to have very similar powers to Petermon. Which...makes him quite dangerous.

"Nightmare Masquerade,"

ShadowPetermon seems to flicker, almost, and then disappears entirely. Within a few short seconds, Gawain has been struck multiple times by the Champion Digimon's blade. He returns to his original spot after the attack, readying himself to go after Petermon next. Unfortunately, his green counterpart is frozen in place by Nightmare Fantasia as well.

Takahiro takes a deep breath, trying to force down the part of him that's panicking as he takes a step back. Petermon and Gawain won't be able to hold out long, but maybe there's something he can do to help. He examines their surroundings again, and is led back to that bizarre marking on the wall. Hopefully Shichiro knows better than to come investigate. Someone needs to keep their eyes on the Digimon, after all.

ShadowPetermon calls out the name of an attack again, striking both Petermon and Gladimon dozens of times in the blink of an eye. He is...incredibly fast, more than Petermon, even. And that's saying something. Jeez. The two must be cut to ribbons by now.

Takahiro closes his eyes as he studies the symbol on the wall. Why was he led here? It had to be for a reason. Unfortunately, ShadowPetermon was going to make solving that particular riddle difficult. Once he was through disabling the other two, chances were that he'd come after Shichiro and Takahiro himself...

Not knowing what else to do, he reaches out and touches the symbol, which begins to glow with a cool green light, causing the teen to jerk his hand back. Wait. Why was he afraid? This is why he'd come here, right? Probably. Leap of faith time. He presses his hand flat against the rock.

A slab of rock peels away from the wall and shrinks down, hovering in mid-air and revealing...a hidden chamber behind it. Three items within it start to glow, and lift off, orbiting Takahiro. A pair of bizarre egg-like items, and something that looks vaguely like a necklace. The necklace drops over his head, as the shrunken down piece of rock suddenly becomes metallic in nature, and slides inside. The two eggs continue to orbit Takahiro, who is vaguely aware that there are other items inside the hollow. No time for that now, though.


"...Petermon!"

He sees his partner hit the floor and rushes over, sliding on his knees as he sees ShadowPetermon approaching again. There's a moment of overwhelming fear, followed by one of serenity, and then determination, "G-Get away!" His fist lights up with his green Digisoul, as one of the eggs begins to shine with the same light.


"Petermon Armor Digivolve to..." Ooh! New things are happening. Petermon drifts back to his feet as a white egg-shaped cocoon of energy surrounds him. A red star-like symbol burns on the cocoon as Petermon's body grows to seven, eight, almost nine feet in height. He hunches over as his hair grows into a mane, and his muscles expand grotesquely. Bones jut out of his shoulders, and a long tail develops just as the egg shatters, "MaaaadLeomon," Looks like he has the spotlight right now.

"Fist of the Undead King!" MadLeomon raises an arm and fires a violet energy construct of a roaring lion's head directly at ShadowPetermon. It barely clips him, sadly, but his eyes narrow as he realizes that the game is changing somewhat. "You aren't the only one who can evolve. Tinkermon, to me,"

A small portal opens directly above ShadowPetermon as he raises a hand. From the other side, girlish laughter can be heard, before a small red bipedal Digimon is kicked through, right into ShadowPetermon's hand, "DigiXros," ...What. The little red dragon-man seems to be sucked inside of the Dark Fairy Digimon. Spikes grow on the back of his head, as his fingers fuse together into three larger, clawed ones, and a large microphone-like staff appears in his hand from seemingly nowhere.

"Nightmare Damashii," ShadowPetermon's whisper seems to carry, and is followed by an out-of-tune screeching guitar, which shatters rocks all around MadLeomon and sends the Lion sprawling backwards. He manages to get to his feet, but it's a struggle. He's clearly quite strong, but not on...whatever this thing is...ShadowPetermon x2, ShoutowPetermon, whoever. Not on its level.

There's a moment of silence as the dust clears, and then Takahiro becomes the center of attention. The Digisoul glowing around his hand expands, and surrounds his entire body in a glowing green aura of light. When he speaks, his usual nervous, stammering tone is gone, replaced by a much steadier voice, "Petermon," His partner reverts to his standard form, and nods at his human partner, as the new pendant around his neck begins to shine brightly, "Let's end this," He takes a deep breath, pulling his Digivice IC back out, and placing a hand atop it as the words 'Perfect Evolution' appear on the screen, "Digisoul, Full Charge!"

Petermon becomes sealed inside another energy cocoon. His body stretches a little, up to around seven feet as his clothing changes somewhat radically. His sword disappears from his hand, replaced by a large scythe-like weapon inside. "Petermon Digivolve to..." There's a maniacal laughing coming from inside the cocoon in the seconds before it shatters, "Jokermon," What...a truly blood-chilling grin.


Unfortunately, Takahiro's minor speech impediment returns as he checks the Digivice's data on Jokermon, his Digisoul glow dying away as he does so, "J-Jokermon, Ultimate-Level Virus Attribute Digimon. His corrupt data allows him to perform ph-physical feats that would cripple other Digimon," Not exactly helpful.

He steps forwards with that smile locked in place. ShadowPetermon seems...uncertain of what to make of this development. "Lunatic Slash! AAAAHAHAHAHAAA!" The scythe blade lights up with violet light as Jokermon's body bends in an improbable way, almost doubling over backwards before he springs back up. He swings his scythe with such force that he spins around two or three times like an out-of-control helicopter. He laughs the whole time.

The hit sends ShadowPetermon flying, crashing into one of the light-bearing crystals and shattering it. Jokermon...just...continues to laugh.