#mizumon

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Matching wavy lines for this riverside-themed outfit, pairing a trippy kimono depicting dragonflies over rippling water, and an obi showing young maple leaves in a stream (the matching obidome is prefect finishing touch!).

[stuckinthewrongworld]

Yall... I'm being indecisive again.. help me decide

[tanuki-kimono]

Bright azami (thistle) kimono paired with a matching magenta ground obi with kamome (seagulls) flying over an uzumaki (whirlpool, symbolizing here the sea)

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The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector - Episode 17: Legend of the Lost Digidestined  (17/17) [incomplete]

The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector

Episode 17: Legend of the Lost Digidestined 

From  the Stories from the Southern Sector section of The Lost Digidestined page of  Blonde Ambition

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The Lost Digidestined

Episode 17: Legend of the Lost Digidestined

Sforzie sat in front of the television, playing video games. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon...

"Hey! That's my pop-tart!"

"Nuh-uh, I found it first!"

"They're all my pop-tarts!!"

"Will you two be quiet, you're ruining my concentration!" Sforzie paused the game and watched Mizumon and Tokomon wrestle over the pop-tart. Kishoumon had devolved once coming to the real world. As Tokomon, she had healed quickly. It had been almost two weeks since Kishoumon had been freed, but Shadsie and Sforzie still weren't sure when they were going to go back to face Melanomon.

"How hard can it be to run around and kill bad guys?" Tokomon squeaked, hopping up onto the arm of Sforzie's chair.

"Harder than you think," Sforzie said. Tokomon looked over the side of the chair at Mizumon.

"Aerial attack!" the little pink Digimon squeaked, jumping off the chair and onto Mizumon.

"Aaah! Hey! Get off!"

"Arizona is hot."

"It's not that bad."

"It is when you're wearing a fur coat!" Toramon sighed. Shadsie laughed. "Doesn't it ever cool off here?"

"Not during the day..." Shadsie fanned the little orange Digimon with her drawing pad. "Maybe I could find a pool to throw you in."

"I'm not that hot!" Toramon squeaked, wiggling her little black tail. "Just keep fanning me."

"I could put you in the fridge, but I'd have a hard time explaining to my mom why I'm putting stuffed animals in household appliances again." Shadsie smirked. "Or why I'm still playing with weird looking stuffed animals."

"I'm not weird looking!" Toramon squeaked indignantly. "Now shut up and fan!"

"Yes, your highness," Shadsie chuckled. "You sure are demanding."

"After I repeatedly save your butt, it's the least you can do," Toramon said.

Shadsie continued to fan Toramon with the drawing pad. The Digimon looked up curiously when Shadsie stopped and picked up her D-terminal.

"Why'd you stop?"

"Email beep," Shadsie said, opening the screen.

"What does Sforzie want?" Toramon yawned.

"It isn't from Sforzie." Toramon looked up in surprise.

"Then who's it from? Another Digidestined?" Her little black ears perked.

"I'm not sure... it's from someone named 'Gennai'," Shadsie said.

"What's he want?"

"The email says: 'Ladies, please return to the Digital World. I need to discuss some matters of importance with you. Sorry about the delay. Please return soon, Gennai.'"

"Maybe it's a trap from Melanomon," Toramon said.

"Does he have email?"

Toramon squinted her blue eyes thoughtfully. "No... not that I know of. He'd be sending us email viruses by now if he did."

"Very funny. What do you think we should do?"

"See if Sforzie got the email too," Toramon suggested.

"Quit bitin' my ears!"

"Quit biting my tail!"

Sforzie sighed as the Digimon continued to squabble over whatever food they could find in her room. She paused her game again as she heard her D-terminal beep.

"Email!" Tokomon squeaked. Both Digimon hopped up into the chair.

"What's Shadsie saying?"

"It's not from Shadsie, it's from someone named Gennai," Sforzie said. She read them the email.

"Strange..."

There was another beep. "Now an email from Shadsie. She wants to know if we got an email from Gennai too."

"Ask her what she thinks it means," Mizumon said. Tokomon nodded in agreement. Sforzie sent the message, recieving a reply a few minutes later.

"She isn't sure, but she and Toramon think that we all should go and investigate," Sforzie said.

"Are we gonna reply to that guy's email and let him know we're coming?" Mizumon wondered.

"There's no return address," Sforzie noted.

"Very strange," Tokomon squeaked.

"When is anything involving the Digiworld normal?"

"Good point." Tokomon and Mizumon hopped down from the chair. "Let's get going!"

"Aaah, the Southern Sector," Shadsie said, looking around the beach. "Two weeks and it looks... the same."

"I think it's colder," Sforzie said.

Kishoumon squinted up at the humans. "Ya'll are just being dramatic."

Sforzie smiled at the southernly accented comment. "Perhaps."

"Well, we're here. How are we supposed to find this 'Gennai' person?"

"You could try turning around," a voice behind them said. The ladies turned quickly. A man stood behind them. He was tall with dark features, and wearing a long brown robe and sandals.

"You're Gennai?" Shadsie said uncertainly. The man smiled and nodded.

"I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting for so long," he said. Noting Kishoumon he smiled again. "Ah, good to see you've joined the group, Kishoumon."

"Huh?" the little pink Digimon stood behind Sforzie's feet and looked at Gennai suspicously.

"So...who are you, and what's all this about waiting and important matters?" Shadsie wondered.

"Yeah, and how are you here if you don't have a Digimon?" Tigramon asked.

"Or a D-3?" Driamon added.

"I don't need them, that's why," Gennai said simply.

"Well, who are you?" Shadsie asked again.

"Who I am isn't important. Who you two are is."

"I'm Shadsie, and this is Sforzie."

"Yeah," Sforzie nodded.

"Oh, I know who you all are. What I meant was..." Gennai looked around in distraction. "Why don't we go someplace that isn't quite so out in the open? I'm not exactly fond of the wildlife in this sector."

"You mean Melanomon," Driamon said sourly.

"Among other things." He looked around again. "Follow me."

Unsure what else to do, they followed Gennai into the woods. There they found a small cabin. It was relatively plain, and the only furnishings on the inside were a table with five chairs.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting you to be with them, Kishoumon," Gennai said as he noted the lack of an extra chair.

"That's okay, I'll just sit on the table!" Kishoumon laughed as she hopped up onto the tabletop.

"Wonderful manners," Gennai said. The others sat down.

"So why did you bring us here?"

Gennai studied the group thoughtfully for a moment. "There are many children around the world like you. They live in the real world, but have Digimon partners. Many of them are also able to travel to the Digital world. And many of them, like you, were chosen at random, based on various personality attributes."

"Digidestined," Shadsie said.

"Yes, the 'Chosen Children', as it were," Gennai said. "But..." He tilted his head and chuckled. "You two are not exactly children anymore. You're practically adults."

"Funny, that's what my parents keep saying," Shadsie said wryly.

"But if we're not children, why were we called?" Sforzie wondered.

"That's part of my reason for needing to talk to you," Gennai said. "You see, your group was supposed to have been called to the Digital World ten years ago, when you would've been 11 and 9. You would've been children then."

"I remember you saying you sent me an email a long time ago, when we first met, Driamon," Sforzie said as she pulled out her D-terminal. Driamon nodded in agreement.

"That reminds me, I've had some information uploaded into your terminals," Gennai said. Shadsie pulled hers out as well. He pointed to their D-terminals. "Go ahead, take a look."

Upon opening them, they were surprised to find eight names listed on a subscreen. Two were easily recognized, but the other six were a mystery.

"Each group of Digidestined consists of eight children. Your group had four girls and four boys."

"Nice and even," Shadsie said drily. Gennai smiled.

"Yes. Shadsie was to be the leader of the girl's side of the group. The leader of the male side was a boy named Patrick..." Gennai sighed and shook his head.

"What happened to him?"

"Well, Patrick was the reason for your not being called on time."

"What do you mean?" Sforzie and Shadsie exchanged a curious glance. Shadsie shrugged.

"Your group was going to be called when the evil arrived in this sector. However... Patrick died about three months before you were to be called."

"He.. died?"

Gennai nodded. "After that, Melanomon appeared. But without the full group we couldn't call you."

"But why did we get called now? And what happened to the others in our group?"

"So many questions," Gennai smiled thinly. "Well, the youngest of your group was moved to the next group. A young lad named Joe. He lives in Japan."

"Three of the others chose not to come, when you were all called recently," Gennai continued. "Their digivices were destroyed, but their Digimon are still in the Digiworld, scattered and waiting." He looked at Kishoumon. "Kishoumon is one of the lost Digidestined Digimon."

"I am?" Kishoumon perked up at this. "But my partner chose not to come."

"That's right," Gennai said. "The last of your group is a young lady from England, but she's missing."

"Missing?"

"Mm-hmm. She responded to the call, but disappeared after entering the Digiworld. Her Digimon is missing too."

"Did Melanomon get them?"

"I don't think so. I don't think the answer for their being missing is quite that easy..." Gennai shook his head after a moment.

"We'll have to find them," Sforzie said.

"In time. The reason your group was called now was to deal with the evil surrounding Melanomon," Gennai said.

"We figured out that much," Shadsie sighed.

"Yes, I'm sure you have. It will not be easy to defeat him with just the two of you, but... nothing is impossible."

"Just kinda ranks up in the 'not highly likely' category?" Tigramon suggested.

"Something like that. If you two have faith in your Digimon partners, then you should be able to find a way to defeat Melanomon," Gennai said. "You have powerful crests. You should believe in them."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"The crests of Creation and Sustenance," Gennai said. "Two important factors in life. There are six others in your group. Love, Courage, Friendship, Reliability, Knowledge, and Sincerity." He nodded at Kishoumon. "Kishoumon's partner had the crest of Sincerity."

"But what about ours? Why are they so powerful?" Shadsie asked.

"Inside you burns an endless urge to create," Gennai said. "In your artistic creativity. Inside Sforzie dwells a powerful urge to live."

"To be sustained," Sforzie said. Gennai nodded.

"Life must be created and it must be sustained," he said. "Without those two powers, the other six crests are useless."

"So how are we supposed to use that to defeat Melanomon?" Driamon wondered.

"You will find a way," Gennai said simply. There was a beep from under his robe, and his lifted his wrist. "Ah, time for my yoga class. I'm afraid I'll have to be leaving you all now."

"But--"

"Good luck, ladies..."

There was a flash, and they found themselves back on the beach.

"Huh--wha?"

"What do you think that all was?" Sforzie wondered.

"That was weird, is what it was!" Tigramon said.

"Do you think we can believe him?" Shadsie said.

"Do we have much of a choice? Besides, it all sounded pretty believeable to me," Driamon said.

Kishoumon looked at the others thoughtfully. "So I'm one of you guys..." she said softly.

"Maybe that's why Melanomon wanted to keep a hold on you," Tigramon suggested. "He knew you were one of the good guys!"

"Do you really think he knows?" Kishoumon wondered, her tail twitching.

"Well... all I can say is 'maybe'," Tigramon said.

"But if you're one of the lost Digidestined Digimon, why didn't you remember that you were?" Driamon wondered. "Me and Tigramon both knew that we were waiting for someone..."

Kishoumon sat in the sand. She looked out across the ocean at the dark shadowy smear of Sunstone Island. "I managed to avoid Melanomon for a long time, up until just a few months ago. I left Egg Village, and came to the mainland when I was still a Tokomon. I remember, when I was leaving... I was looking for someone. But after a few years I guess I just gave up. After I stopped looking, I just eventually forgot who I was looking for, or why." She looked down at the sand. "Maybe I already knew she wasn't coming."

"That might be it. It was a long time to wait, after all," Tigramon said.

"I guess I'm just not as strong as you two," Kishoumon sighed.

"Don't say that, Kishoumon," Driamon said. "You just haven't had the right opportunities to Digivolve yet."

"But I can't digivolve, not without my partner," Kishoumon said.

"You don't know that for sure."

"And besides, you did digivolve without your partner," Driamon said. "You had to Digivolve from Tokomon to Kishoumon on your own. And you did it again today when we came back to the Digiworld."

Kishoumon considered this. "Maybe... but what if I can't digivolve any further?"

"We won't hold it against you, Kishoumon," Sforzie said. Shadsie nodded in agreement.

"Well... okay. I'm sorry that I won't be much help against Melanomon, but I'll do my best."

Sforzie smiled. "That's all we can do."

Shadsie looked at Sunstone Island. "We will have to go back eventually, won't we..."

"Soon, I think," Sforzie said. "We can't put it off forever."

"Do you guys think you'll be able to handle Melanomon?" Shadsie looked at their Digimon.

"Of course!" Driamon nodded.

"Yeah, he won't know what hit him!"

"I'll... I'll bite his foot if I have to!" Kishoumon said resolutely.

"Yeah!" The Digimon clamoured eagerly. "We're gonna kick some butt!"

Sforzie crossed her arms as she looked at the distant island. "Then we'll go back..."

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What dangers await the Lost Digidestined as they return to Sunstone Island? Find out in episode 18!

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The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector - Episode 16: Melanomon Appears (16/17) [incomplete]

The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector

Episode 16: Melanomon Appears

From  the Stories from the Southern Sector section of The Lost Digidestined page of  Blonde Ambition

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The Lost Digidestined

Episode 16: Melanomon Appears

"Digi-armor, energize!"

"Tigramon, armor-digivolve to... SabreTigramon, the Fires of Creation!"

"Driamon, armor-digivolve to... AquaAngewomon, the Angel of Sustenance!"

The two blue-clad Digimon looked down at Kishoumon, who looked at SabreTigramon in alarm.

"Wait a minute, I thought you said you weren't going to hurt me!"

"I'm just here to make sure you don't change your mind," SabreTigramon said, her tail swishing.

"And I'm going to do the healing," AquaAngewomon said.

"All right..." Kishoumon said relunctantly. "You had better hurry, Melanomon will kill us all if he finds out about this."

"He's gonna find out sooner or later," SabreTigramon pointed out. Kishoumon nodded, looking up at AquaAngewomon.

"Do your thing," she said softly. AquaAngewomon smiled, looking at the humans, who nodded.

AquaAngewomon brought her hands together, and her wings began to glow. She held back the attack longer then usual.

"Hopefully this will only take one hit," she said, her voice a bit strained. Kishoumon closed her eyes.

After another moment, AquaAngewomon nodded sharply.

"Wave of Renewal!"

The blast of blue energy struck Kishoumon hard in the forehead. If she hadn't already been flat on the ground, she would've been knocked back into the bushes where she'd been hiding.

After a moment, the light faded.

"Did...did it work?" AquaAngewomon wondered, wiping a bit of sweat from her jaw.

SabreTigramon knelt next to Kishoumon.

"The paint is gone," she said softly. SabreTigramon gently touched a claw to Kishoumon's forehead. "Kishoumon?"

"Unh...." the little Digimon stirred at the touch. "Wha... I?" She opened her eyes, looking up at them. The red had faded, leaving behind a minty green color.

"It worked!" Shadsie smiled.

"I...I'm sorry," Kishoumon whispered.

"There's no need to be sorry, Kishoumon," Sforzie said. She walked over and picked up the pink Digimon. "Are you with us now?"

"I..." Kishoumon's eyes watered. "I'm sorry. I still have to help Melanomon."

Sforzie and Shadsie exchanged a glance.

"How do you plan on helping him?" Shadsie wondered.

"I don't know," Kishoumon whispered.

"Kishoumon, can we trust you?" AquaAngewomon asked. Kishoumon's ears twitched.

"Yes. I don't mean to help him continue his bad ways. I have to help him... I can't really explain it." She looked up at Sforzie. "My head's a bit fuzzy. I'm sorry."

"You can quit apologizing," Sforzie said. "It's okay. We trust you, Kishoumon."

"Good," she smiled weakly, her tail drooping.

"Why don't we take you back to the Egg Village?" Shadsie suggested. "I'm sure the Demiveemon would be glad to help you get better."

"Sounds like a good idea to me," Sforzie nodded.

They went back through the woods, but after awhile SabreTigramon sighed in annoyance.

"These woods are terrible, can't we just cut back through the beach?"

"Yeah, the woods are only fun when you're being carried," AquaAngewomon said.

"The beach shouldn't been too far from here," Shadsie said. "We could cut back and go along the normal path."

They adjusted their path, but after a few minutes the Digimon stopped.

"Get down!" SabreTigramon cried out in alarm, turning back toward Shadsie and pulling at her arm.

"Now!" AquaAngewomon turned as well.

The humans ducked just in time to avoid being struck by a large blast of red and black energy.

"Wha-what was that?!" Shadsie said in alarm.

"That was Melanomon," Kishoumon said. "His attack... Dark Lightning Fire."

"Melanomon?" Sforzie swallowed, looking up as a shadow passed over the group. The ground shook slightly.

"He's here," Kishoumon whispered, pressing her face into Sforzie's arm. "He's come for me..."

"Well, we won't let him--" Sforzie's reply was cut off as AquaAngewomon tugged her into movement.

"Dark Lightning Fire!"

The trees vaporized in front of them, and the massive form of Melanomon was revealed. He snarled.

"So, if it isn't the Digidestined," Melanomon said. "We finally meet."

"And we'd been trying so hard to avoid you," SabreTigramon said sourly. Melanomon growled, a swift flick of his tail knocking SabreTigramon off her feet. AquaAngewomon helped her up.

"He didn't seem that big before," AquaAngewomon whispered.

"Fools," Melanomon said sharply. "You four have been a thorn in my side for long enough. It's time I finally do what none of my lackeys seemed capable of." He raised a gloved paw, black energy swirling at its center.

"Melanomon...stop..." Kishoumon said weakly. He paused, the energy fading from his paw.

"Kishoumon, you fool!" Melanomon growled. "I can't believe you were so easily decieved by these troublemakers."

"You're the troublemaker, Melanomon," Kishoumon tilted her head and glared at him.

"You're just a brainless henchmon," Melanomon snapped. "Nevertheless... you were very good at your job." His paw shot forward with surprising speed, striking Sforzie in the face and knocking her down. He caught Kishoumon by the neck and lifted her up.

"Sforzie!" AquaAngewomon rushed to her friend's side. The human groaned indirectly as she got back to her feet, her hand pressed against her face.

"Now..." Melanomon lifted Kishoumon level with his face. She squirmed.

"Let me go!"

"Oh, putting up a fight, just like the first time I caught you," Melanomon smirked, his teeth showing. Kishoumon continued to struggle in his grasp, her green eyes watering with tears.

"Put me down, Melanomon!" Kishoumon lashed out ineffectively with her claws.

"Melanomon, let her go, now!" AquaAngewomon turned back to face the evil Digimon. He stared down at her, sneering. Easily fifteen feet taller than her, the mega Digimon was apparently not impressed by the armored one.

"Well, at least you were effective in getting them to let their guard down," Melanomon said to Kishoumon. She let out a cry, tears staining the fur on her cheeks. One of her claws connected with the tip of his snout, and his head jerked back in surprise.

"You little pink pest!" He touched the small scratch with his free paw.

"You don't listen when you're told to put a lady down!" SabreTigramon shouted. She jumped up and tackled him in the midsection. Melanomon snarled, dropping Kishoumon as he swatted SabreTigramon away. She struck a tree and lost hold of her armor.

"Ungh," Tigramon darted back over to Shadsie. Sforzie picked up Kishoumon, ignoring the bloody nose she'd recieved from Melanomon.

"Let's get out of here," Shadsie said, picking up Tigramon.

Melanomon growled. "Dark Lightning Fire!" The attack barely missed them.

"Now would be a good time!"

The group fled. Melanomon was not far behind.

"Get ready to change forms when we get to the beach!" Sforzie shouted to AquaAngewomon, who was several paces ahead of the humans.

"What?!"

"We're leaving!" Shadsie shouted. AquaAngewomon nodded her understanding.

The wind on the beach was howling as they arrived. The trees behind them trembled as Melanomon made idle chase.

Sforzie recalled AquaAngewomon's armor as she stood where the waves were breaking.

"Digi-armor, energize!"

"Driamon, armor-digivolve to... Serphamon! The waters of Creation!"

Kishoumon looked at Serphamon in amazement as Sforzie and Shadsie hopped onto the Digimon's back.

"You have more than one form?" Kishoumon said. Serphamon looked back over her shoulder and nodded.

"Let's go, Serphamon!" Sforzie said.

"Hold on tight!"

The sand exploded behind them as Serphamon shoved off into the waves. Fortunately for them, Serphamon was fast. The beach quickly faded, along with the form of Melanomon.

"Why isn't he following us?" Shadsie wondered.

"You really want him to?" Sforzie said. Shadsie shook her head.

"Where are we going?" Serphamon called.

"Back to the mainland for now," Sforzie sighed, touching her nose with a grimace. "We need to regroup and figure out how we're gonna stop him." Shadsie nodded in agreement.

"We're never gonna beat him if we keep running away, but..." Shadsie sighed.

"I wish I could help," Kishoumon whispered.

"Don't worry, you just take care of yourself for now," Sforzie said.

Shadsie looked back at Sunstone Island and frowned. "It's getting darker..."

Sforzie was looking in the opposite direction, at the quickly advancing shoreline. She laughed softly.

"Wow, you make Karamon look like a dinghy, Serphamon," she said.

Serphamon snorted, "Who you callin' a dinghy?"

"Whatever floats your boat, Serphamon."

"I'm not a boat, I'm a liferaft," Serphamon tilted her head. Sforzie and Shadsie laughed.

Serphamon landed on the beach, not far from where Sforzie had originally found her Digi-egg.

"Hey, this place looks familiar," Sforzie smiled.

"Looks like a good place for a nap," Driamon said, covering herself in sand.

"Yeah... there should be a tv-gate nearby," Shadsie said, looking at the screen of her D-terminal.

"Is Kishoumon going to the real world with us?" Driamon wondered, watching Sforzie as she inspected the little Digimon.

"I guess she can," Sforzie said.

"I've never been to the real world before," Kishoumon said uncertainly.

"Don't worry, it's not much worse than being here!" Tigramon laughed. Kishoumon smiled and nodded.

"Okay, at least Melanomon's not there!"

Driamon wiggled her tail in the sand. "That's the spirit!"

"We'll have to wait a while for you to get better before we try anything else with Melanomon," Sforzie said to Kishoumon. The little Digimon nodded.

"I want to help, if I can."

"I know. We'll find a way..."

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Will the Lost Digidestined ever be able to defeat Melanomon? Find out as the story continues in episode 17!

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The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector - Episode 15: Behind the Paint (15/17) [incomplete]

The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector

Episode 15: Behind the Paint

From  the Stories from the Southern Sector section of The Lost Digidestined page of  Blonde Ambition

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The Lost Digidestined

Episode 15: Behind the Paint

Kishoumon ran through the forest undergrowth, limping hard on her front legs.

"Melanomon is not going to be happy about this," Kishoumon panted. "Those cursed Digidestined--"

Kishoumon came to a sudden stop as she ran into a large white foot. "Gah!" She got a far-too-up-close view of the blue claws before rolling away and to her feet.

"M-Melanomon!" Kishoumon bowed respectly, barely able to push herself back up. "What brings you out here?"

"Looking for little half-wits," Melanomon sneered. He bent down and scooped the little pink Digimon up in his clawed gloves. "And it seems like I found one."

"I-I-I'm sorry, Melanomon, really!" Kishoumon stammered, looking up at the mottled grey face.

"Silence!" he snapped, and Kishoumon slunk down between his paws. "What good are you? I sent you to do a very simple task, one that I thought at least you could do since Devidramon couldn't, and you failed!"

"They're a lot bigger than me, sir," Kishoumon said softly. "If I could Digivolve, I--"

"You will do no such thing," Melanomon growled loudly. Kishoumon's ear-wings drooped further against her head.

"Forgive my trangression, sir," she whispered.

"It will only be forgiven once you've destroyed those Digidestined," Melanomon said.

"Since I'm already on your bad side today, sir, may I ask why you don't just destroy them yourself?"

Melanomon's snout curled into a sneering smirk. "That would be too easy. Besides, I have to give you half-wits something to do."

"Yes, sir," Kishoumon said weakly.

"Now--" Melanomon stopped, lifting a paw and nearly dropping Kishoumon. The red claws rested on Kishoumon's forehead, and she twitched nervously. "It seems there's been some damage done to you, my little pink pet."

"The Digidestined's Digimon use healing attacks," Kishoumon murmured.

"Yes... they freed Chapmon," Melanomon sneered. "And they tried to free you now, it seems. No wonder you're so skittish today! They've nearly removed half of your black paint."

"I'm sorry, I tried to stop them," Kishoumon trembled as Melanomon ran a claw across her forehead.

"You need to try harder," Melanomon said. She stopped trembling as a black line oozed up where his claw had been. The black paint reclaimed its slave.

"Yes, sir," Kishoumon nodded. "I will destroy the Digidestined, or be destroyed myself."

"Good," Melanomon smirked, dropping her to the ground. "I'm returning to base. You may return once you've completed your mission. Don't mess up again!"

"I won't fail you, sir!" Kishoumon bowed again.

"Go."

Melanomon watched with a smirk as the pink Digimon stumbled off into the forest.

"Fools..."

"I hate this forest more every time we go through it," Tigramon said loudly.

"Will you keep it down? How are we supposed to find Kishoumon if she knows where we are?" Shadsie looked at the orange Digimon on her shoulder.

"Well, maybe she'll find us," Tigramon said lightly.

"A surprise attack before you can digivolve, that sounds like a great idea," Shadsie said.

"Where do you think Kishoumon went?" Driamon wondered from Sforzie's arms.

"The island isn't too big, but then neither is Kishoumon," Sforzie said. "She could be hiding almost anywhere."

"Do you think she went back to Melanomon's hideout?" Tigramon wondered. Driamon shook her head.

"Naw, I don't think Melanomon would be too happy if she returned without destroying us."

"That would just add to the list of Digimon we've made him be unhappy at," Tigramon snickered.

They were passing through a small clearing when Driamon motioned for them to stop.

"Look down there," she said, pointing a paw at the ground. A few large footprints were visible, imprinted in the mucky ground.

"Big footprints," Sforzie said. "Who do you think they belong to?"

"Melanomon, I'd bet," Tigramon said. "They're about the right size."

"What was he doing way out here?" Sforzie wondered. "I thought he didn't go to this part of the island."

"Melanomon can go wherever he wants," Driamon said. "Maybe he was looking for Kishoumon too?"

"Maybe," Shadsie said with some uncertainty.

"We'll just have to keep an eye out for him too, I guess," Sforzie sighed. They continued on for several minutes. This time is was Tigramon who motioned for the stop.

"What is it?" Shadsie said softly. Tigramon jumped down from Shadsie's shoulder.

"Kishoumon's hiding in those bushes over there," Tigramon whispered.

"How can you tell?"

"I just can," Tigramon padded slowly in the direction she had indicated.

"Be careful," Driamon warned.

"I am..."

Tigramon pushed aside a bit of foliage, revealing a hidden form within. The pink body was covered in blood and dirt, but the sprawl of black paint across the forehead was unmistakenable. Kishoumon glared at Tigramon with angry eyes.

"Leave me be," Kishoumon growled.

"What's with you?" Tigramon backed up a few steps. Kishoumon's whiskers twitched, but she didn't move.

"I said leave me be!" she snapped angrily. "Or do you want me to destroy you right now?"

"You don't look like you're in the condition to destroy anything," Sforzie said.

"Shows what you know," Kishoumon growled.

"Melanomon was looking for you, wasn't he?" Shadsie said pointedly.

"He found me," Kishoumon snapped.

"And?"

"And none of your business!!" Kishoumon shouted. "You're just lucky I don't feel like finishing you off right now."

"You're the one who looks like you need to be finished off!" Tigramon snapped. "Why won't you let us help you?"

"I am a servant of Melanomon," the pink Digimon growled. "I must do what he commands."

"You wouldn't have to if we got rid of that black paint," Driamon said.

"You will leave me and my paint alone, unless you want to be painted as well!"

"Touchy," Tigramon retreated back to Shadsie's feet. "And stubborn."

"How did you wind up like this, Kishoumon?" Shadsie wondered. "You don't look like the evil type."

Kishoumon's expression turned thoughtful, but she remained silent.

"If we don't help you, you might die, Kishoumon," Shadsie said.

"I would rather die faithful to my master, then betray him!" Kishoumon snapped weakly. She looked down at her paws.

"Why are you so bent on being faithful to Melanomon?" Tigramon wondered.

"Because that is all I can be," Kishoumon said evenly.

"Even though he clearly doesn't care whether you live or die," Driamon snorted. "We can free you from Melanomon's control, Kishoumon."

"I do not want to be freed from him!" Kishoumon drawled angrily. She pushed herself up onto her front paws, but they quickly gave way and she fell back down.

"Well, what if we free you without your permission?" Sforzie suggested.

"If you do that, you'll be no better than Melanomon," the pink Digimon grumbled.

"She has a point," Sforzie said quietly. Shadsie pulled out her D-3.

"Well, we can't let her get away again," Shadsie said. "I won't continue to let Melanomon control innocent Digimon, whether they like it or not."

"Yeah, it's for your own good, Kishoumon," Tigramon said. Kishoumon looked up suddenly.

"Wait."

"What?" They looked at her. Kishoumon struggled to her feet, giving them a warning glance.

"I...you..." She stopped, apparently trying to gather her thoughts. "You... you won't hurt me when you heal me?"

"No, we just want to get the black paint off of you," Shadsie said.

"I..." Kishoumon looked at her paws again. "I want to help Melanomon."

"Help him?" Sforzie said doubtfully.

"Yes," Kishoumon nodded sharply. "I... I can't really explain it." She looked at them with distrust evident in her red eyes. "But I will not betray him."

"I'm not sure we following your line of reasoning," Sforzie said.

"But if it means you're willing to be healed, then it'll have to do," Shadsie looked at Sforzie, who nodded in agreement.

Sforzie pulled out her D-3 and set Driamon on the ground in front of her. Kishoumon took a few halting steps forward, before collapsing on the ground.

"And... and you have to help me," Kishoumon said weakly. "If you're fool enough to heal my soul...you have to heal my body as well."

"Don't worry, we'll take care of you, Kishoumon," Shadsie said.

"That's what Melanomon said," Kishuomon murmured softly.

"What?"

"Nothing," Kishoumon shook her head. "Now... can we get this over with?"

"Yeah!" Driamon and Tigramon moved in front of their partners.

"Right," Shadsie nodded, holding out her D-3.

"Digi-armor, energize!"

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What will happen once Kishoumon is freed? Find out in episode 16!

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The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector - Episode 14: Is the Enemy Pink? (14/17) [incomplete]

The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector

Episode 14: Is the Enemy Pink?

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The Lost Digidestined

Episode 14: Is the Enemy Pink?

"Yes," the Kishoumon hissed. "And now I'm here to do my job!"

"Your job?" FlameAngewomon called doubtfully as she and AquaAngewomon moved in front of Shadsie and Sforzie. "And what might that be?"

"To destroy you fools!" Kishoumon growled.

"Kishoumon is only a rookie level Digimon, how can she hurt us?" AquaAngewomon asked FlameAngewomon.

"You're right," FlameAngewomon curled a hand into a fist. "But if she's looking for a fight, we're more than prepared to give her one!"

AquaAngewomon nodded, looking back at the small pink Digimon.

"Don't think that just because I'm cute I'm going to go easy on you," Kishoumon said with another growl.

"That black paint really makes Digimon nasty," Shadsie said softly.

"I think that was the general idea behind it," Sforzie agreed. Kishoumon jumped a few feet toward the group. The long narrow wings behind her ears twitched.

"Kishoumon is under the control of the black paint," AquaAngewomon said. "We have to heal her."

"Right," FlameAngewomon nodded. "Then we'll be able to deal with her properly."

"Your bantering really is just cute, but I'm afraid I've been ordered to destroy all of you," Kishoumon padded closer, her tail twitching eagerly.

FlameAngewomon looked down at the pink Digimon. She brought her hands together, the vents on the gloves flashing brightly.

"Flames of Restoration!" a blast of firey energy shot from the vents at Kishoumon, who swiftly dodged the attack.

"Wave of Renewal!"

Kishoumon dodged the second attack as well.

"She's fast!" AquaAngewomon said in alarm.

"Must be the paint..."

"Pink blaster!!" Kishoumon shot a large blast of pink energy at FlameAngewomon, who narrowly managed to avoid being hit.

"Be careful!" Shadsie shouted.

"We are!" FlameAngewomon shouted back as Kishoumon attacked again.

"Quick claws!" Kishoumon leapt at AquaAngewomon, managing to score a hit across the other Digimon's shoulders. AquaAngewomon cried out in surprise, knocking Kishoumon down to the ground. Kishoumon rolled back onto her feet and leapt forward again, slashing at FlameAngewomon's legs.

"Ow!" FlameAngewomon stepped back. Her wings glowed with golden light. "Burning Sky!"

The flaming attack connected with Kishoumon, knocking her hard into the dirt. Kishoumon grunted as she pushed herself back up.

"Pink Blaster!" This time the attack connected squarely with FlameAngewomon's midsection, knocking her down. The angel Digimon rolled onto her side as the other moved to attack.

"Celestial.... Tsunami!" The watery arrow sliced past Kishuomon's tail, doing little damage. FlameAngewomon got to her feet. Kishoumon bounced forward again, leaving long gashes on AquaAngewomon's left arm.

"That black paint is making her awfully strong for a rookie," AquaAngewomon said, holding her arm.

"So I noticed," FlameAngewomon was gritting her teeth in pain. "We need to attack her together."

AquaAngewomon nodded in agreement.

"Ooh, did I hurt you two?" Kishoumon crooned sarcastically. "I'm so sorry... I'll have to try harder."

"Let's get her!" AquaAngewomon shouted. Both Digimon put their hands together. The vents on FlameAngewomon's gloves began to glow, as did AquaAngewomon's wings.

"Flames of Restoration!"

"Wave of Renewal!"

Both attacks hit the pink Digimon head on, knocking her into a tree.

"Got her!" Shadsie whispered.

After a moment, Kishoumon got to her feet. She growled softly, and the group was dismayed to see that the black paint remained firmly attached to Kishoumon's forehead.

"It didn't work?" FlameAngewomon said in surprise.

"Do you think your pathetic attacks will work against me?" Kishoumon laughed, leaning slightly. She was badly hurt, despite the fact that the angel Digimon had been unable to heal her. "You...you fools..."

"Why don't you just give up?" AquaAngewomon snapped at Kishoumon.

Kishoumon laughed shortly. "I cannot give up. I must do my job."

"And what is your job?"

"To make sure you pesky Digidestined don't mess up Melanomon's plans," Kishoumon snarled.

"His plans?"

"Don't bother asking me what they are, because I don't know them." Kishoumon backed up a few steps. "But I will warn you... if I don't destroy you, Melanomon will."

"Idle threats," FlameAngewomon snorted.

"They are far from idle!" Kishoumon's southern accent curled around the words angrily. She fell on her front legs, but recovered quickly. A few tiny white feathers dislodged from Kishoumon's wings, flutting down like snow. Kishoumon stepped on the feathers, crushing them under her paw. "You will be like those feathers! I will destroy you..."

"You won't be destroying anyone," FlameAngewomon said. Her wings glowed. "We'll make sure of that!"

"Ha! You don't scare me... just because you're taller..." the words came weakly as Kishoumon continued to creep backwards.

"Burning Sky!"

Kishoumon's tail feathers were singed as she dodged the attack.

"Don't think you've won!" Kishoumon growled as she turn and darted into the forest.

"Wait, Kishoumon! We want to heal you!" Sforzie called. Shadsie sighed and shook her head.

"She may be beyond healing," Shadsie frowned. Sforzie shook her head.

"No, we healed Chapmon, we can heal her too."

"What should we do?" AquaAngewomon wondered.

"Nothing for now," FlameAngewomon sighed and flashed red to blue. AquaAngewomon devolved as well.

"I don't see why we couldn't beat her," Driamon said, looking at the marks that remained on her forelegs. "She was only a rookie!"

"It must've been the paint," Tigramon said. "Maybe Melanomon gave her a stronger version of the paint.

"Or maybe it just has a better hold on her than it did on Chapmon," Shadsie said.

"I don't know, Chapmon was pretty nasty," Sforzie looked down at the Digimon. Driamon looked up.

"So what are we going to do now?"

"I'm not sure," Sforzie looked at Shadsie. "I think we should go and look for Kishoumon."

"And what to we do once we've found her?" Shadsie wondered.

"Heal her, of course!"

"What if we can't heal her?" Shadsie crossed her arms.

"Then... then we might have to destroy her," Sforzie frowned.

Tigramon padded over to where Kishoumon had stood, looking at the crushed feathers.

"We have to do something," Tigramon said. Driamon nodded in agreement.

"Well, maybe we should wait a little while," Shadsie suggested. "After all, you two took quite a beating. You should rest."

"I guess so," Driamon said softly. "We can look for her tomorrow."

"Right," Tigramon nodded in agreement. "Tomorrow we'll find Kishoumon and heal her. And then we'll find Melanomon and put a stop to him once and for all!"

"Yeah, we might become angels, but we're no pushovers!"

"Losing makes you guys fiesty," Sforzie laughed as she picked up Driamon.

"We didn't lose, it was a draw," Tigramon said pointedly.

"Yeah, we'll get her next time..."

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Will Tigramon and Driamon be able to beat Kishoumon the second time aroud? Find out in episode 15!

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The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector - Episode 13: Trading Places (13/17) [incomplete]

The Lost Digidestined: Stories from the Southern Sector

Episode 13: Trading Places

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The Lost Digidestined

Episode 13: Trading Places

"You know, I was thinking," Sforzie typed into the email screen on her D-terminal. "What if we used each other's Digi-eggs on our Digimon?"

The reply came a few minutes later. "You mean like trade? Would that work?"

Sforzie sent a reply. "It might. How do we know that a Digi-egg is specific to a single person?"

"It does have our crests on it. But, I guess it couldn't hurt to try...."

The next afternoon Sforzie and Shadsie met in the Digiworld. The Demiveemon were nowhere to be found in the Egg Village, but Shadsie eventually found a note on the fridge stating that they had went to find more firewood.

"So, how do you purpose we trade these eggs?" Shadsie wondered. "They're stuck in our D-terminals, aren't they?"

"Well, aren't they technically just data?" Sforzie opened the screen on her D-terminal. "There must be some way to copy the egg."

"How about the 'Copy' button?" Tigramon suggested, looking over Shadsie's hand at the screen of her terminal.

"It's not like the paint program, Tigramon!" Shadsie laughed. Sforzie hit a few buttons on her D-terminal and smiled.

"Maybe it is that easy," she said. Sforzie showed Shadsie her screen. "Look, just go under that menu... what's that little button shaped like a copy machine for?"

Shadsie laughed again. "They would make it that easy."

"Should we try it?"

Shadsie shrugged. "Might as well. I think there's a port on the back where we can connect the terminals."

So they combined forces, and a few minutes later got the same result on both screens.

"Cannot store duplicate egg," Shadsie read. "What's that mean?"

"I think that means we'll have to trade or lose the copies."

Shadsie nodded. "Right."

So they executed the trade command via the D-terminals' email program. After a minute, there was a beep.

"Did it work?" Sforzie wondered. Shadsie switched her terminal back to the egg display screen.

Two eggs glowed there, one red and one blue. She nodded. "It worked!"

"Cool!" Tigramon peered at the new egg. Sforzie checked her screen and found two eggs there, although reversed in order.

"Should we try them out?" Shadsie asked.

"Yeah! I wanna see what we turn into with different eggs!" Driamon nodded vigorously.

"Well, if the trade worked, than the eggs should work too," Sforzie said. Shadsie nodded.

"We'll go back to where we went last week."

Back at the beach, Driamon and Tigramon hopped about excitedly.

"I hope I turn into something cool!" Tigramon said.

"Me too!"

"All right, calm down you two," Shadsie laughed.

"Let's get started," Sforzie said. Shadsie nodded and pulled out her D-3. She hit a key on the D-terminal.

"Digi-armor, energize!"

Sforzie copied the motions, pointing her D-3 at Driamon. "Digi-armor, energize!"

Tigramon was bathed in blue light, which quickly turned a bright red. "Tigramon, armor Digivolve to..."

Driamon was covered in red light, which also switched back to a blue color. "Driamon, armor Digivolve to..."

Tigramon grew taller and took a form similar to AquaAngewomon, only in flaming shades of red and gold. Golden wings sprouted from her back. "FlameAngewomon! The angel of Sustenance!"

Driamon took a form similar to her own Champion form, although larger and covered in armor. "Serphamon, the waters of Creation!"

The light faded, and the new Digimon looked at themselves.

"Hey, cool, I turned into an angel like you do!" FlameAngewomon said, inspecting her gloves.

"Hey, I thought I turned into the Angel of Sustenance!" Serphamon cried in alarm.

"I guess we both do," FlameAngewomon said.

"You look like a mecha-Karamon," Sforzie smiled at Serphamon.

"Yes, that's true," Serphamon tilted her head back to look at her tail. "I even appear to have jet packs..."

"Hey, who has the wings now?" FlameAngewomon laughed.

"Must be something specific to that Digi-egg," Shadsie said.

Serphamon swished her tail. "Unfortunately, I suffer from the same problem as Karamon."

"What's that?"

"Poor land mobility," the armored Digimon said wryly. "Can I switch to AquaAngewomon?"

"Sure," Sforzie held up her D-3 and recalled the armor. She switched eggs on the D-terminal screen. "Digi-armor, energize!"

"Driamon, armor Digi-volve to... AquaAngewomon!"

The angel Digimon peered at each other curiously.

"I'm taller," FlameAngewomon said after a moment. AquaAngewomon sighed.

"I just can't win."

"Oh, I'm sure you can," Sforzie laughed. "You're taller as Serphamon."

AquaAngewomon smirked. "That's true. SabreTigramon's a shortie."

"Hey!"

"You two are just looking for a fight," Shadsie sighed.

"Well, if you were decked out in fancy armor like this, you'd be looking for a fight too," FlameAngewomon said.

"You're just a hothead," AquaAngewomon said.

"At least my brain isn't waterlogged," FlameAngewomon returned with a smirk.

"You can tell this isn't the Digi-egg of Creativity," Shadsie sighed.

"Why's that?"

"Their insults suck."

Sforzie laughed. "The old insults must be sustained!"

The Digi-angels sighed.

"Now they think we're stupid," AquaAngewomon said.

"I didn't start it," FlameAngewomon crossed her arms.

"Will you two stop quibbling already?" Sforzie rubbed her forehead.

"All right..." AquaAngewomon toed the ground with a boot.

A soft chuckle came from up the beach. The group froze, looking around.

"Oh look, two little angel Digimon just waiting for me to pluck their wings!" A heavily accented voice called from behind them. The group turned, finding a small pink Digimon standing at the edge of the woods. It was a cute creature, except for the ugly smear of black paint that had worked its way between the Digimon's green eyes.

"What's that?!" Shadsie stepped back alarm.

"It must be one of Melanomon's henchmon," Sforzie said.

"It's a Kishoumon," FlameAngewomon said.

"Yes," the Kishoumon hissed. "And now I'm here to do my job!"

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What trouble does this new Digimon have in store for our heroines? Find out in episode 14!

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