Episode 19 - Battle For File Island

Chibi-Koushiro walks up. "The characters are properties of Toei
Animation Inc., Saban Entertainment and others. They are used without
consent. Archive is only borrowing them for an indefinite amount of time.

"Strict Japanese spelling for all names when possible. If an English
name for a digimon or his attack is used and you know what the name
is supposed to be in Japanese-- please tell Archive so it can be corrected."

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"Panjamon led a small group of Perfection level digimon into the
Village of Beginings. While Monzaemon fought Waru Monzaemon, the
Chosen and their digimon battled against a new Vamdemon and Phantomon,
the uninjured adult digimon from Unimon's troops tried to fight
Panjamon and were all killed. In the end, only the Chosen and their
digimon were able to defeat Panjamon and return him to being Leomon,"
Kuro explained in an angry tone.

"Now the one behind the killing on innocence has appeared, the dark
lord Devimon evolved, Skull Satamon!"

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The night sky seemed to darken as giant form with black wings attached
to red and black skeleton holding an evil looking staff. He gloated
haughtily, "I WAS Devimon, but I have evolved! You can't stand against
the perfected might of Skull Satamon!"

"DIE!" Kuro screamed as he shot up into the air.

"Don't!" Hikari cried out, unwittingly sending out energy to him.

"Piyomon evolve!" There was no pillar of light, rather the black
Piyomon shimmered in a glowing light and grew to the size of Birdramon.
However, his feather remained the same jet black color. "Sabirdramon! Mach Shadow!"

Skull Satamon saw the bird begin his super-sonic speed attack quickly
stretched out his hand and backed off a little. Sabirdramon was
moving too fast to change direction, he flew straight into the bony
clawed fingers. The giant skeleton's arm was yanked hard as the
black bird gutted himself on the claws.

The Chosen and their digimon could only stare as Sabirdramon deleted after only one attack.

Skull Satamon peered down at his enemy. "Now, I'll give you two
options. One, you all follow me to Railroad Field where you entered
this village and fight, or two, I'll just kill you all here and now."

"You don't want to damage the Village of Beginings any more than we do," Koushiro surmised.

"Correct. If I ruin this place, I don't get my army. However, none
of the innocent digimon that are being killed will be reborn either," Skull Satamon said haughtily.

"We've got no choice. We agree," Daisuke called out.

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The Chosen and the Chosen digimon, including Gomamon who was now
with Hikari, went to Railroad Field as Skull Satamon instructed.

"How nice of you to walk into your deaths," Skull Satamon said with
disdain. "This was too easy." He reared back with his staff and threw it into the ground.

The Chosen and the digimon were caught in what felt like an Earthquake
as the ground began to buckle and collapse. All the children fell
into a large underground cavern filled with untold number of Black
Gears. While some of the digimon were able to avoid falling by flying,
they had to fly down to catch their partners and the other Chosen.
However, the pillars of Black Gears in the underground cave served to separate everyone.

Skull Satamon swooped down and grabbed his staff which remained
at the starting point of the large hole. After he flew inside, the
ground resealed itself. "Let the game begin."

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Stingmon saw that XV-mon already had caught Daisuke, but noticed
Hikari and Gomamon weren't as fortunate. He streaked down and grabbed
them several meters above the ground, but skidded as his feet touched
the ground while trying to keep from crashing.

"Whoa. Wild ride," Gomamon commented a little dizzily.

Stingmon looked around and only could see walls of Black Gears around him. "Where are we?"

"Inside File Island, I guess," Hikari replied uncertainly. "Thanks for the save."

"No problem," Stingmon replied.

"Any idea where Daisuke is?" Gomamon asked.

"I think he's this way," Stingmon answered, and began to walk in
that direction still holding Hikari and Gomamon.

They turned a corner in the underground maze and Stingmon had to
back off as XV-mon took a swipe at him.

"Oops! Sorry, thought you were Skull Satamon," XV-mon said sheepishly. "He followed us in."

"You all right, Hikari?" Daisuke called out.

"I'm fine, Daisuke-kun," Hikari replied. "You?"

"Nothing I can't handle," Daisuke answered. "Any idea where the others are?"

They all shook their heads.

Daisuke shrugged. "Guess there isn't anything more we can do but search for them."

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Greymon bounced off the ground as he landed from the fall. He shambled
back to his feet and shook his head. "That hurt."

"I'd certainly think so!" Miyako shot. "I'm surprised you're not dead."

"You say that like it's a bad thing he lived," Taichi clipped, now riding Holsmon with her.

"That's not what I meant!" Miyako retorted.

"Now isn't the time," Holsmon intoned. "We've got to find the others."

"How are we supposed to do that?" Miyako huffed. "It's so dark down
here, I can barely see your shining helmet, let alone anything else.

Greymon sniffed the air. "This way." He pointed.

"Why that way?" Taichi asked.

"I smell Palmon's pollen," Greymon replied.

Miyako shrugged. "Good enough. Let's go."

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Yamato clutched desperately to Garurumon's back as the wolf digimon
hopped down, bouncing between pillars before finally landing safely on the cavern's floor.

"Thanks, buddy," Yamato said while breathing hard.

"Anytime," Garurumon replied.

Yamato looked around, unable to see anyone. "Which direction should we go?"

Garurumon sniffed the air, and listened intently to see if he could
hear anything. "Hmmm... Palmon's pollen and Mimi's perfume is coming
from the right. However I smell Sora and Birdramon to the left."

Yamato paused for a second. "Let's go see if Sora's all right first. Then go back for Mimi."

"If you say so. But I think Mimi would be in worse trouble," Garurumon commented.

Sora's scream echoed through the cavern.

"Then again..." Garurumon trailed off as he started to run in Sora's direction.

"Sora!" Yamato cried out seeing the girl face down in the sandy
ground with sever small craters near her.

Birdramon wearily stood up, with one of her wings ripped open by a claw. "Sora?"

Yamato hopped off Garurumon but Sora was already moving to sit up
before he reached her. "Are you all right?" he questioned.

"Yeah," Sora replied, her voicing shaking a little. "Skull Satamon just attacked us."

"Is he toying with us?" Yamato questioned, knowing Skull Satamon
could've easily killed both Sora and Birdramon.

"I don't think so," Birdramon replied. "Satamon mentioned something
about 'not the smallest, nor the angel' before flying off."

Yamato shivered as if someone stepped on his grave. "He's after
Takeru!" He turned toward Garurumon. "Where's Takeru?"

Garurumon sniffed around and listened intently. He then sagged.
"I don't know. I can't smell or hear either him or Patamon."

Yamato clenched his fist. "We've got to find him!"

"Let's go back and get Mimi," Garurumon suggested. "She might've
noticed which direction he went."

"Fine!" Yamato jumped on Garurumon's back. "Let's go!"

Sora just stared as the two left her and Birdramon behind.

Birdramon devolved to Piyomon, before carefully walking over to
Sora. "Guess we should try to follow them."

Sora nodded. "How's your wing?"

"It's seen better days," Piyomon replied simply.

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"Any ideals?" Takeru asked while being carried by Angemon.

"Sorry." Angemon frowned. "If it weren't for all these black gears
I could at least sense where Skull Satamon was."

"What about the others?" Takeru questioned.

Angemon shook his head. "I can detect absolute good or absolute
evil, your friends aren't exactly 'absolute.' Skull Satamon is a
different matter, but we're surrounded by evil here."

"That's swell," Takeru sighed. "Are we just going to wander around
aimlessly then? Aren't you suppose to stay in one place when you're lost?"

"We're all lost down here," Angemon replied. "If we all stayed in
one place, we'd never be able to find each other."

Takeru shrugged. "I guess you have a point."

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"Mimi?" Greymon called out looking around.

"We're up here!" Mimi cried out hanging with Palmon from one of the pillars.

"We'll get you in a moment," Holsmon replied, landing so Miyako and Taichi could get off him.

"Hurry up!" Mimi yelled.

"I don't know how much longer I can hold on," Palmon added, urgency in her voice.

"I'm coming," Holsmon told them, taking flight again.

Suddenly the area illuminated with light, however they wish it hadn't.
Skull Satamon hovered toward them holding his glowing staff. He
glanced at each of them. "Bah. None of you are the smallest either.
Nail Bone!" He whirled the staff sending out a spray of explosive energy spikes.

Mimi and Palmon cried out as one spike exploded near them, causing
them to fall. Holsmon streaked toward them and Palmon immediately
wrapped her vines around his body, while he grabbed Mimi by the
back of her skirt and panties.

Mimi's eyes went wide as her panties wedgied itself between her
pussy lips, giving her a spike of pleasure and pain mixed. She was
quite thankful that Holsmon set her down on the ground quickly so
she could pull her panties out of her slit.

Fortunately for Mimi, Taichi's attention had been on Skull Satamon.
He now pointed off into the darkness and ordered, "We've got to go after Satamon!"

"How?" Miyako questioned. "We barely know which direction he went.
He could be a hundred feet away, waiting to ambush us."

Taichi growled and punched a pillar. "You heard him. He's after
the smallest. That has to be Hikari."

"Wrong!" Yamato yelled as he came into view riding Garurumon. "He's
after the one with the angel, and that's Takeru."

"Either way, we still have to find them," Mimi pointed out. "Anyone
have an idea which direction they might be?"

Garurumon sniffed the air. "All I smell is Sora coming towards us."

"What about Skull Satamon?" Taichi questioned. "He was just here."

"His scent is all around us," Garurumon replied.

"Any ideals how we should look for them?" Miyako questioned.

Taichi though for a moment. "Greymon, lob a few fireballs into the air, away from us."

Greymon shrugged, aimed away from everyone, including Sora, and
hawked a fireball into a high arc. It worked to cast enough light
let them see deeper into the cavern. However, it served to fill
them with more dread as the falling fireball made numerous eerie
shadows that were soon engulfed in absolute darkness again.

Sora was thankful for the light, since she would've walked right
pass their group and not know it as she wouldn't have seen them
thanks to the oppressive darkness.

"Now what?" Greymon asked.

"Just keep firing ahead of us while we walk," Taichi replied. "Even
if we can't see them, they'll probably see your fireball."

"So would Skull Satamon," Mimi pointed out nervously.

"He already found us once," Taichi retorted.

"Try twice," Piyomon corrected, nursing her injured wing.

"Okay, twice. He can find us again. We need to find the others quickly," Taichi pointed out.

"Especially since anyone of them might be the smallest that Skull
Satamon is looking for," Sora added.

"Let's just find Takeru, now," Yamato said impatiently.

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"Do you see that light?" Kabuterimon asked.

"Yes," Koushiro replied. "Do you think it's the others?"

"Either them or Skull Satamon," Kabuterimon answered.

Koushiro frowned. "We might as well find out."

Kabuterimon nodded before carefully flying toward the light.

The surround gloom of darkness gave way to a horrifying sight.

Skull Satamon laughed. "You might not have the angel, but you certainly seem small enough."

"What's this about the smallest?" Koushiro questioned in fear.

"It was prophesied that I would die by the smallest Chosen. I will
make sure that never comes to pass," Skull Satamon replied. He then
pointed his staff and called out, "Nail Bone!"

Kabuterimon tried to dodge, but caught a couple energy spikes in
his back. He screamed in pain before crashing to the ground.

Koushiro tumbled across the ground, his lame leg throbbing in pain
again along with soon to form bruises. He blearily looked up only
to see Skull Satamon point his evil staff directly at him.

"Scratch one Chosen. Nail Bone!" Skull Satamon fired his attack.

Koushiro couldn't possible dodge. He could only curl up into a ball,
praying that the attack would somehow miss him.

A cry of pain echoed throughout the cavern and a heavy weight crashed
on top of Koushiro. At first he thought it was his own injured body
refusing to move, but when he opened his eyes he found that Taichi's
limp body was covering him. Koushiro could only stare at the burns
on Taichi's back and lower right leg, unsure if Yagami was even breathing.

The screams of "Taichi!" echoed through the air while Skull Satamon
merely laughed haughtily and wasted no words as he prepared to attack again.

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Author's Notes:

This probably ended worse since I just saw episode 34 of Tamers
before writing half of this chapter. An episode that surpasses the
Zero-One battle against Vamdemon in Odaiba for darkness level.

"OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE!"
shouts the entire chibi-Chosen as they prance around File Island.

Chibi-Daisuke tries to sneak a skirt peak of what's under chibi-Mimi's
school dress. A tail whips out from her skirt, wraps around his
neck, and draws him in. Chibi-Mimi makes a strange face and chibi-Daisuke
is suddenly thrown out of her skirt by the tail. He looks like he
had been beaten into a bloody pulp.

The remaining chibi-Chosen continue the mantra until they start
climbing up Infinity Mountain. Chibi-Hikari falls off and her skirt
lifts up showing a picture of a broken heart on her white panties.

"Now for a little extra," chibi-Hikari moans.

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"Welcome back to 'Whose Line is it Anyway' - Digimon style," Referee
announced. "To recap our guests, we have Bobby from Lord Archive's Diaries series."

Bobby waved, a blond America boy of fourteen who was dressed in
torn jeans and a new T-shirt with 'Shameless Plug: Read Red Digivice Diaries' written on it.

"Hirokazu, or 'Kazu' to you North American viewer, to represent
the Digimon Tamers," Referee continued. "Also we have Armadimon
for Adventures Zero-Two, and...." Referee glanced to make sure who
was in the forth seat. He then coughed. "Along with Gomamon representing Zero-One.

"Now for the second part of theater styles," Referee stated. "This
will be for Armadimon and Gomamon. They'll come up and act out a
scene using various film or television genres. As we don't have
a live audience, I'll have to come up with them as we go. The scene
will be acting IS: two geeks talking about the same girl who they both secretly like."

Gomamon and Armadimon moved forward and gazed deeply into the audience.

"You know, she's a really sweat girl," Gomamon said fondly.

"Certainly is, and pretty cute too. Think she's seeing anyone?" Armadimon asked.

"Don't know." Gomamon glanced over. "But I doubt she'd be interested in you."

Armadimon shot him a look. "She's out of your league."

BUZZ

"Sport's movie," Referee announced.

Armadimon continued, "You have as much chance of getting her as you do beating me in bowling!"

"Bah, you wouldn't have a chance against me!" Gomamon retorted.

"You want to bet?" Armadimon challenged.

"Hell, yes. Winner gets to ask her out," Gomamon called out.

Armadimon's eyes widened. "You mean I'd have to TALK with her."

Gomamon flinched. "Right, we would have to talk with her..."

BUZZ

"Soap opera," Referee called out.

"Did you hear how about her last boyfriend?" Gomamon questioned.

Armadimon shook his head. "No. I haven't."

"He died," Gomamon stated firmly.

"How?" Armadimon asked.

"He was murdered," Gomamon informed him.

"Really?" Armadimon asked.

"Yeah. How else do you explain someone drowning in her bedroom?" Gomamon returned.

Tentomon jumped down in front of Gomamon. "I will have my revenge!"

Gomamon screamed like a little girl. "Her boyfriend?! But I killed you!"

BUZZ

Referee was staring at Tentomon. "Okay. Let's go with B-movies now!"

"You did kill. I come back from dead to have revenge!" Tentomon said poorly.

Gomamon seemed to scamper around quickly but didn't go anywhere,
while Tentomon followed slowly and was catching up.

"Kill!" Tentomon called out.

Gomamon attempted to move in slow motion as he slapped Tentomon
in the face, who then teetered backward and fell to the ground.

BUZZ

"Finish with Hospital Drama," Referee intoned.

Gomamon and Armadimon moved to either side of Tentomon.

"Scalpel," Gomamon asked for.

Armadimon pretended to hand him one. "Did you know this guy is dating Nurse Joy?"

"He is?" Gomamon question, his flipper with the scalpel 'accidentally' slipping over Tentomon.

Tentomon cried out in pain.

"Doctor, you must be more careful," Armadimon reminded. Then looked
away. "Still, you can imagine my surprise when I found the two of them making love."

Gomamon seemed to pale as his flipper slipped again.

Tentomon seized up before falling limp.

"Oh, dear, Doctor! You just killed the patient!" Armadimon cried
out in horror. "Just because you loved Nurse Joy is no reason to kill him!"

Hirokazu and Bobby walked down and picked up Gomamon.

"You're under arrest for the murder of Tentomon," Hirokazu informed him.

"I didn't mean to do it! It's just malpractice!" Gomamon cried out as he was carried away.

Armadimon then laughed evilly. "Now that those two are out of my
way, Nurse Joy will be all mine!"

BUZZ

"Don't know if that's Hospital Drama or a Hospital Soap Opera."
Referee shrugged. "What does it matter anyway? This isn't Medabots
and I'm not getting paid to care. Stay tuned for the next installment
of Who's Line is it Anyway - Digimon style after the next chapter of Neo Digimon - Digital War!"