Digievolution, and the Like
or
Dobermon's Quite Nasty

Herr Mullen sat back. "Well," he said, "That was fun."
          "Yes," agreed Jyou, "It's good to look back on old adventures."
          "Can I watch another?"
          "No, Herr Mullen! You should be writing. Come on, let's go up to your office."
          "Oh, very well..." Herr Mullen hoisted himself out of Jyou's desk chair, much to the chair's relief. He wobbled his way out of the room, as Jyou bookmarked Forlorn Hope and RagniM's YouTude accounts on his browser. He shut down his laptop, and followed Herr Mullen into the hall, up the spiraling stairs and into Mullen's study. Mullen had already seated himself at the desk.
          "How did you know Bakemon would loose his power?"
          "It just seemed right. Like a hunch, you know? It was a leader kind of thing to do." Herr Mullen looked over his glasses at Jyou, then shrugged, and lent over his type writer.
          "This fiction is the property of Herr Mullen," he announced as the keys clacked into place, "Digimon is property of Toei and Fox Kids, apparently. Insert intro sequence here."

Water, everywhere. Rushing past. Then, only on two sides. Tumbling. Waterfalls. Disjointed words came to Daniel as he roused.
          "Hey, get up! Wake up!"
          "Not another school day... not another..." Daniel open his eyes. A  grey metallic blob with red eyes and lightning bolt... eyebrows? Anyway, it had a tail, which bleeped and gave a yellow glow with each "beep". It looked at Daniel.
          "Are you awake, now?"
          "...What?" The blob suddenly brightened.
          "I'm so happy!" it said, "You're here! I've been waiting!" Daniel crawled up onto his feet.
          "What are you? Why were you waiting for me?"
          "I'm Metalkoromon! Please to meet you, Daniel!"
          "You know my name!?"
          "Of course! We're partners?"
          "Partners? What do you mean?" The blob... Metalkoromon... dulled again. It didn't bounce about so much as it had been.
          "I don't know, exactly. But it's important, I know!" Daniel looked around.
          "Where am? This isn't Lion's Yard."
          "You're not in Lion's Yard anymore. This is the Digital World!"
          "World!? I'm in space!? Is this a theme park, what!?"
          Metalkoromon shrugged, so far as an animate lump of metal can shrug. "I don't know."
         "Dan!" Daniel turned around. Michel stepped out of the bushes. "Hey, Dan! You've got one, too?"
         "One what?" Michel gestured to Metalkoromon, then to the floating fireball with blue eyes and stitches over what appeared to be a mouth.
         "A Digimon."
         "Digimon?"
         "That's right!" said the fireball, "We're Digimon! That means Digital Monster!"
        "That makes no sense," muttered Daniel. "Demimeramon," said Michel.
        "This is Dan. Dan, meet Demimeramon!"

Jessica watched the flying metal creature circle around her. It was going too fast. "Stop right there!" she shouted, and kicked the creature into a tree, cracking off large pieces of bark.
        "Ow," said Missimon. "That hurt."
        "I'm sorry," said Jessica, but you were going too fast. Here, let me hold you." Jessica had a commanding voice, a tone so full of authority that Missimon found himself hopping into her arms involuntarily. "Now, first things first. What has happened to my clothes?" Jessica's jeans and t-shirt had been replaced by a white shirt, black trousers, and an equally black helmet. She looked like she was in school uniform with a military twist. "Not that I'm complaining. I rather like this helmet. Well? Answer?"
        "I have no idea," said Missimon,  "Don't hurt me!"
        "I'm not going to hurt you, silly!" She looked down. "Then, what's this device clipped to my pocket?"
        "That's a Digivice!" squeaked Missimon.

Muawiya looked at the snake before him. He'd asked where he was, what the snake was, the answer to which was Kyokyomon, and what had happened to his clothes. He was now dressed in full Arabian desert wear. Afghan, if we're exact. He rather liked it. a Digivice was pinned where the cloth over his head met the rest of the costume. Next question. "Where are my friends?" Kyokyomon pointed a flipper toward a bush.
        "I can feel voices over there."

"It's not "Dan". It's Lister. Daniel Lister. What's your name?"
        "Michel Edwards," said Michel, "But you can call Mike, if you want."
        "Thanks, Edwards." Daniel unpinned the Digivice from his belt and put it into his pocket. "Metalkoromon? Do you know where any other humans are?"
        Demimeramon piped up; "I heard some voices from over there."

Jessica steightened up, "Missimon," she whispered, "Something's in the bushes...."
        "...I don't know why you're calling me Edwards..."
        "Oh! It's Michel! Mike! I'm over here!" Michel and Daniel stepped out of the bushes.
        "Hey, Jess. Nice clothes! Where'd you get them?"
        "I don't know, they just changed. Why haven't yours and Daniel's?"
        "Lister. Call me Lister."
        "Then call me Kingsby, Lister." snapped Jessica. Daniel shut up.
        "No clue."
        "Hey, guys!" Muawiya stepped out the bush, Kyokyomon next to him.
        "What's with the teatowel?" asked Michel.
        "Don't insult it, it's traditional. This is Kyokyomon. Apparently, he's my partner."
        "This is Missimon,"
        "Metalkoromon."
        "Meet Demimeramon!"
        A fireball, a blob, a missile and a snake stood before the group. "Pleased to meet you."
        "Do any of you know where everyone else is?" asked Muawiya.
        Stephanie, clasping a little flower creature to her chest, followed by Chris, who had what appeared to be an unhappy owl who'd lost its beak but found a huge pair of eyebrows from somewhere on his shoulder, and Sarah, who had a ball of yellow slime in her arms, ran from the bushes.
        "Monster," gasped Chris. "Run!"
        A dark, snarling dog leaped from the bushes, growling deeply, it's red eyes narrowed, and it ponced onto Chris, who was bowled over; it's collar scratched his face; Chris tried to roll over, a claw slashed across his nose; blood spattered the ground, Chris pulled back his fist and threw a wild punch into the side of dog's head: "Fwa feather!" shouted the owl Digimon, and launched a selection of sharp feathers into the creature's side.
        "Dobermon; a hunter who stalks his prey with black light!" squeaked Metalkoromon.
        "Metal straw!" choked Kyokyomon, as he extended himself. Muawiya watched with a disgusted horror as it extended and contracted, firing a grotesque metal bolt at the dog's head. Dobermon's head flung itself to to the side with a sickening crack as the bolt impacted. It turned its attention away from Chris, who breathed heavily as tears stung in his cut, and focused on Kyokyomon, with a snarl. It leaped off Chris and bounded at Kyokyomon, jaws snapping. The owl-creature threw itself against Dobermon, which turned and slammed it against a tree with a its front paws.
        "Puwamon!" shouted Chris. The device clipped to the England shorts he'd aquired beeped and flashed. Light glowed from under Puwamon. Dobermon, slightly shocked, backed off and growled, as Puwamon spiraled, eerily lit by his under-glow. "Puwamon; Digivolve to!"
        "Pinamon!" The Digimon changed into an expressionless pair of eyes peering beside short beidge feathers which led to longer, flowing brown and red ones extending toward the end of its strangely spherical body. "Piripiri Spark!" it announced, as it laughed a short amount of static from its tail feathers. Dobermon reacted badly, whimpering and shaking its head. It cast a look at the group. Kyokyomon hit it around the face with another Metal Straw, another crack from its neck sounded making Stephanie squeak and cover her face with her hands the little flower on her shoulder tried to comfort her. Dobermon, holding its head at an odd angle, limped into the bushes.
        "Chris!" said Muawiya, "Are you alright?"
        "I'm fine," said Chris, climbing up, blood dripping down onto the England shirt he seemed to be wearing. "It's just a cut, I'm fine..."
        Jessica stepped up to him. "Let me look." she ordered.
        "Jess..."
        "No buts!" she barked as she grabbed his head and held it in front of her. "We ought to bandage it; it'll leave a scar."
        Pinomon hopped over. "Are you alright?" he asked, displaying no sign of his concern in his voice, but dashing around Chris trying to get a look. "You're alright, aren't you?"
        "I'm... fine?" he looked at Pinomon. "What are you?" he asked. "You've changed..."
        "I'm Pinomon."
        "What's a Pinomon?"
        "I am called Pinomon, but I am a Digimon. Can we go to a stream? Your wound will need cleaning!"
        "I thought you were called Puwamon!"
        "I was, but now I'm not. Can we hurry? You might get infected!"
        Muawiya looked at Kyokyomon. "...What was that Metal straw thing?"
        "He was attacking us; I attack him back, that's all."
        "I can appreciate that," he said, "But... what was it? That whole extending thing?" He hesitated. "It looked revolting."


Author's notes.

It took a while, but I'm making that the second episode. It's shorter, but I've not had a lot of time. Now I know why the first episodes of Digimon sucked; it's hard to explain everything without boring your viewers half to death. The titles are jokes; they always name Digimon episodes twice. See The Digiport ( http://www.thedigiport.com/dex-masterlist.shtml) for pictures of the Digimon. I think you'll appreciate why my descriptions are so bad. I'm not used to fights, either, so tips would be appreciated. Kyokyomon, when using Metal Straw, extends to up to nine times its length; that is gruesome. That's why Muawiya reacts so badly to it. It's not natural at all; especially when a giant bit of metal bursts out of your mouth. Next time, I'll introduce the other Digimon by name. I'm dragging one or two of the evolutions out as I don't plan to give everybody ultimates. Besides, the only one there in real peril was Chris; if I went with an "all at once!" thing it would be, now only boring but also a repeat of the first Digimon episode. And, yes, the "You're not in Lion's Yard anymore" line is a joke; they make repeated Wizard of Oz gags throughout Digimon. Especially Piedmon, which I think is silly. He should quote Wilde and Shakespeare, and his name should be pronounced "Pei-aed-mon", as in "pied" the French for "foot". But that's just me being silly. Jessica is a forceful one, isn't she? I've met too many elderly ladies like her; she's actually acting far too old for an English teenage girl. I'll see you all next time, or, rather, you'll read me next time and I won't notice. Catch you later.