A/N: So, here it is. The eleventh chapter, I'm sorry for the wait, but Christmas and New-year really drained me.
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The large group were struggling to fit into the cave, so Davis offered to take some of the Digimon outside, needless to say, the cold-blooded pair Veemon and Agumon were displeased.
"It'sh freezing out here!" Veemon whined, rubbing his hand-paws together.
"Don't worry, I'm going to solve the problem." Davis responded as he walked off the path, occasionally stooping to collect twigs he saw.
"H-hurry up, I think I'm turning blue..." Agumon stated whilst hugging himself.
"What'sh wrong with blue?" Veemon asked indignantly.
"Nothing, but it doesn't suit me." Agumon answered seriously.
Veemon smiled at the joke.
Meanwhile, Davis had collected an arm full of twigs, just as the other Digimon exited the cave.
"What are you doing?" Gatomon asked Davis as he began arranging them into a neat pile, a few feet from Veemon and Agumon.
"Starting a camp fire." Davis stated, eyes not leaving his work.
"Why?" Patamon asked, eyes on Davis' hands, just in case.
"Veemon and Agumon are reptilians; they have to be kept warmer than we do." Davis answered, plunging his hand into his pant pocket and pulling out a small roll of black fabric and a lighter.
"Be careful, you know what they say about playing with fire." Biyomon warned, she did know fire after all.
"It's only dangerous if you don't treat it with respect due, just like any other tool." Davis responded.
Meanwhile, in the cave
"HEAVE!" Tai bellowed as he and Matt pulled on the egg with ferocious strength, straining their muscles. Sadly, Tai didn't have a very good grip, so they ended up firmly on Matt's backside, Tai in his lap.
Click!
Kari used the camera around her neck to take a picture of the pair.
"Kari! Delete that picture right now!" Tai shouted, struggling to lift himself.
"I think you're doing your own room now Tai." Kari teased, letting go of her camera.
"No I'm not, you are, because if you don't delete the picture right now then I might let slip page 97 in your diary..." Tai threatened.
"I don't keep a diary." Kari answered, a blatant lie. She had a journal on her laptop.
"Well your password for the one on your laptop is ********." Tai finished with a smirk. (A/N: She deserves secrecy!)
Silence reigned in the cavern for several minutes.
"Damn you." Kari growled at her brother before she deleted her picture.
For five minutes the assembled DigiDestined all tried, but they all failed.
"Phew, I'm beat." Yolei complained.
TK didn't respond immediately, but took his time, as if thinking.
"We're going about this all wrong." He said finally.
"What?" Tai and Yolei asked at the same time.
"He's right, we're DigiDestined, we can't just yank the egg out, we're not the ones destined for the egg." Joe stated, knowing what the younger male was getting at.
"So what? I've got the Crest of Courage, why can't I lift it?" Tai demanded, irritated by the mysterious streak that was being formed by the egg.
"Let's let Davis have a try." Sora offered before Tai threw a tantrum at the unfairness of the egg.
"Egg-cellent idea Sora!" Matt said those words just to tease Tai, a smirk forming on his face.
"Shddup, nips!" Tai snapped, wiping the smirk off of Matt's face.
"Girls, please!" Mimi shouted, causing Izzy to snigger.
"Mimi's right, let's just get the little wierdo and get him grab the egg." Yolei answered, causing the others to fall silent for a few seconds.
TK spoke up first.
"Yolei, Davis is special needs, I don't think you should say that."
"Oops." Yolei answered, flushing red.
Outside the cave, with Davis.
Veemon and Agumon were still very cold, which was why Veemon buried his head in Davis' chest, Davis hugged Veemon without complaining.
Agumon tried warming himself near the fire, but the wind had turned bitter and now chilled everyone except Gomamon, his blubbery layer kept him warm.
Davis looked at the freezing Agumon and decided, that given how no one was going to help him, he would keep him warm.
"Agumon," Davis said, attracting the Dino-Digimon's attention. "I'll give you a hug as well if you want."
"Y-yes please." Agumon shivered before slowly moving closer to Davis, who in turn moved as close as he could to Agumon whilst holding onto Veemon.
Just before the Digimon clamped on to his leg, Davis sat down cross-legged, and shifted the blue Digimon around to let the yellow one in to his embrace.
"Thank you." Agumon's muffled voice came out as he nuzzled closer to Davis.
Instead of responding, Davis posed a simple question.
"Anyone else?" The young aspie smiled at the others.
In exactly two minutes Davis was on his back and covered in Digimon. Agumon and Veemon were at his hip, resting their heads on him, Patamon was lying atop his left shoulder, Biyomon had hugged him from the left side, Davis used the corresponding arm to warm the bird-like Digimon. Gatomon rested on his belly, curled up tightly in a small, fluffy ball. Gomamon was a few feet away, dozing.
Tentomon still had Palmon in his arms, though they were resting together on his right. Gabumon had laid claim to Davis' right shoulder, resting his head on the joint. All-in-all, Davis was quite comfortable, but he had to keep straining his neck to see the still burning fire. The warmth it gave off was focused mainly on Davis' legs, but it kept everyone warm enough.
The group stayed like that for five minutes, quite contented. However, their peaceful silence was interrupted by the sound of footsteps coming from the cave.
Before anyone had time to move, the others saw the pile of Digimon which had collected around Davis.
Tai managed to hold in his laughter for a second, but quickly burst out in hearty chuckles as his will power was overwhelmed by the sheer incredulity of the sight.
"Aww." Kari cooed at the sight of a dozing Gatomon.
The group struggled to get up, especially Davis, stuck as he was underneath all the others.
As soon as the group had risen to their feet, Tai informed Davis of what had transpired inside the cave. Davis agreed to the plan and followed Tai into the cave. They reached the end, where the egg sat in the dirt.
"Alright Davis, just try and pick up the egg." TK told him, to an outsider he would seem slightly patronizing, but there was no time to really care.
Davis bent down, placing his hands delicately just below the equator of the distorted orb. He tugged slightly on the egg, to no effect. Davis pulled a little harder, just enough so that when it did come loose Davis landed firmly on his buttocks.
"Oof!" Davis grunted as he collided with the floor, the egg still in his hands.
The centre of the cave gave off a beam of crimson light which transfixed the DigiDestined for the duration of the pulse. The light gave the illusion that the universe was bleeding; a grim humour gripped those who saw.
"W-what was that?" Yolei whimpered after several seconds, her normally loud voice replaced with a squeak.
"I think it was a release of light energy as it was converted from heat energy, the bottom of the egg was pretty warm." Davis answered, his voice was no different from normal, a bit quieter than everyone else's usually was and he was a little unsure.
"No, the usual laws of energy conservation don't apply in the Digital World." Izzy murmured.
Before the two got any further into their science talk the world seemed to shake.
"Aww! What now!?" Tai shouted. The answer was an almighty roar of fury.
The group rushed outside to find a Monochromon smashing it's claws against the hill which contained the cave. The Digimon had a large black collar about it's throat.
The Champion-level Digimon must have heard them, as it turned to face them. The DigiDestined immediately scattered, the Monochromon decided that it would chase Kari and Gatomon, who were only just able to out pace it as it charged them down.
"Gatomon, quickly! You need to Digivolve!" Kari yelled over the thunderous gallop of the corrupted Monochromon.
"Okay!" Gatomon answered as Kari's Digivice lit up. "Gatomon Digivolve to… Gatomon!?" Gatomon yelped as she looked down at her - still cat like – self. Sadly, Gatomon had stopped to Digivolve, so Monochromon had caught up to her.
"V-Headbutt!" Veemon shouted as he collided with the larger Digimon, the resultant forces making Monochromon veer off course. "Davis, ushe the egg, yell 'Digi-Armour, activate!'" Veemon called to his partner, never taking his eyes off of the quickly recovering Monochromon.
"Okay, Digi-Armour, Activate!" Davis yelled, holding the egg out on the palm of his left hand.
The egg split out into several glowing pieces, the part with spike shot to Veemon's face while other, thicker pieces of shell wrapped around his fists. Veemon began the shine with a vibrant intensity, just before he began to grow.
"Veemon Armour-Digivolve to…" The Rookie-level called out.
When the process was finished, the new Digimon proclaimed loudly, with a voice of fire.
"Flamdramon, the Fire of Courage!" The giant Digimon leveled his eye on himself. "Oh, I am having a nerdgashm." He muttered with a cocky smirk.
A/N: I feel that I should tell you about my plans for this story, I will not be keeping to the storyline of 02 exactly, as I thought it lacking in some areas, it will contain a few of the better thought out episodes, but I will mainly be dealing in fan-made episodes. If you have any episodes, please send them in and I will accredit them to you as well as do my best to write them well. I cannot promise that yours will be used, but if not then I will tell you why. Also, after finishing this I intend to write a prequel of 01 based on Davis' viewpoint. It may or may not happen depending upon whether people like the idea.
Well, that's all I wrote for now, so I hope you enjoyed, also, I am out of the country for the next month, so don't expect any updates until February. Please review in the meantime. Thank you for reading.