ACT III: VENI, VIDI, VICI: Zachary vs Naoko

[Zachary Scryer]

Bass...?

The tournament was not something neither he or Panthermon wanted to do. But they were there now, and they had to do it. In the interest to remove the mark from them-- and stop Panthermon's raging nightmares that had taken a toll on him, they were motivated to participate. Winnings aside, Zachary wished to act in the interest of his partner, and that was what he had to do. 

But he didn't expect this... a fight against another tamer. 

They were randomly generated into an old abandoned highway. from his point of view, the highway was in the middle of an old city, a single paved road of concrete and as-fault stood before them, and their opponent before them.

Panthermon had already digivolved into Mytholomon, becoming the larger fiery-winged panther. Zachary would of rather gone and turned him into Bagheeramon, but because of the difference of power, it was probably best to start off strong. Mytholomon was just as fast as Bagheeramon was. For now, Zachary clenched his digivice, his cards secure in his pocket. His one advantage he felt he could have here was the ability to modify his partner with the cards, giving them a strategic edge against their enemy.

Now he just had to see who his enemy was in the distance.

Once he did, the battle would officially begin.

"You ready for this, Mytholomon?"   Zachary asked, turning to his partner.

A soft growl escaped the winged beast. "I'm actually going to enjoy myself with this. I am sure we can win this if we give it our all. " he said.

Zachary smirked to him and nodded. There was nothing they couldn't do together.

(OOC: signature contains my digimon champion form, and attacks-- and digivice will show my card info. Refer to there if you need details on it. Will provide attacks and attributes relevant when battle begins) 

[Bass...?]

The resoundant whirr of a machine echoed through the abandoned highway as a pair of footsteps were also heard. "Ah, you must be our fellow tournament-goer. Well met. I am Agis, the defender of this lass, and I believe...I am sadly outmatched. I do hope I can provide a suitable challenge for you, however. A denizen of the Metal Empire mustn't give up, wouldn't you agree?"

The mechanical voice whirred and chattered as it was revealed to belong to a Solarmon. Seems like much wouldn't really be needed, would it? "Quite a fierce one, you look to be, panther of a violet sheen. I don't think I've ever met one of your kind...Who are you?" The machine buzzed in a bright, warm curiosity. A feline digimon with wings wasn't unheard of in this world, but one such as this he had indeed never had the opportunity of coming across, especially in a tournament.

Was a pity that this would also be likely over quick, and not within his favor. Though his partner had reason to believe otherwise. "...Hey. Uh. Sorry if I'm late, we tried arriving on the clock. I'm Naoko, nice to meet you."

Agis meanwhile awaited any responses the two had to give before he faced his likely demise. The fire Digimon felt some reassurance knowing Naoko was there to lend whatever support she could...If she could.

[Zachary Scryer]

Finally appearing in the battlefield, was their opponents. While Panthermon merely glared forward unrattled or unintimidated, Zachary felt a bit conflicted. It was a girl, a tad shorter than he was, and who was very polite. Zachary knew the nature of this battle was brutal and fierce-- but he didn't want to cause unnecessary harm to his opponents if they were like him and Panthermon. A tamer and his digimon who fought for the same reasons. A gulp fell to Zachary's throat as he regained his nerves. 

Lucky for them, the two were friendly as they spoke to them. 

Zachary looked at his digivice, and he saw the golden Solarmon before him. Solarmon is a fire attribute, vaccine type, machine digimon of rookie level. In terms of a battle, he was right. This wouldn't be much of a challenge. 

As Agis as he was called spoke to them, Panthermon cast a gaze at him. "I am Mytholomon...and I do hope you will be somewhat challenging," the panther said with a bit of an ominous growl. For him this fight was nessisary, not one of choice. Still his 'enthusiasm' was clear.

Zachary of course, sighed as he made sure his partner wouldn't do anything rash. "Panthermon-- I mean, Mytholomon, remember. This is a contest, not survival. We are gonna battle them, but don't destroy him, or download his data, okay?" Zachary said. "You don't have to intimidate them.

"["font color="000000"]Of course, I won't. [/font]" the large cat replied with a purr sound.

Zachary turned his attention to the tamer across the way, and nodded to her. She seemed genuinely nice, so a fierce battle as so they had experienced up to now, would of been inappropriate. As a challenge from one tamer to another, Zachary intended to exercise caution and respect to his opponent. "Nice to meet you Naoko. I'm Zachary," he said, nodding to her. "I wish we had the time for more pleasantries but it looks like we both have to fight. So let's do our best and fight for good sport, okay?"

With Zachary's wish for a respectable fight-- the timer began to count down from 10. As the clock would hit zero, the battle would begin.

"Here we go..." Zachary said, gripping his D-Power, watching the large numbers flash in the air before them.

3...2... 1...

FIGHT!!

Mytholomon was quick to make the first move. His ability to move fast with his panther-like speed and flaming wings made him naturally swift! Mytholomon let loose a panther-like roar as it flew into the air with a bound and began to move through the space above the battlefield, closing in for Solarmon.

Mytholomon choose to start the fight with a direct attack as he gathered energy in his maw, a mighty ruby glow forming there. "RUBY ROAR!!" he roared, firing a beam of crimson energy at Solarmon. While powerful, the blast would also lower the enemy's main defense.

While powerful and intending to do damage, the attack would never be as all consuming as against a wild digimon. Honoring both Zachary and the opposing Tamer, Mytholomon aimed to disable, not kill. If he could keep his enemy down, that was enough for him.

Bass...?

[Bass...?]

"I'm unable to promise that, sadly, Mytholomon. Tis a pity." Agis replied. He felt...no. He knew this wasn't going to last long. So, he got ready for the end. Well, not the end. He doubt he'd die. These people seemed respectable. In some way...He didn't want to fight them, in the back of his mind.

Naoko nodded, and as the countdown commenced, she got ready...Once the timer hit zero and the battle started, Agis had recoiled when Mytholomon had made the first move...A roar? He felt weaker. Much weaker. Oh no.

"...Hm, Debilitation. Effective way to begin, my friend. Solar Flare!" Despite his weakened joints, the machine was able to muster the power to create a -blinding- flash of light. Naoko averted her eyes. Zachary should too.

Mytholomon would be disoriented if this works. Which it just might, or it might not. What does he do? The Solarmon meanwhile then prepared to take on whatever the panther could throw at him, in this weakened state of his.

Anticipation.

He felt this before, hadn't he?

"...Zachary, I hope my partner didn't blind you." Naoko said, opening her eyes and looking to Zachary.

[Zachary Scryer]

Panthermon's roar seemed to hit the target, dealing damage and reducing the defense of his foe. He was still advancing to the machine digimon, and was going to strike further-- till the Solarmon created an attack of his own and its eyes flashed. Crying out Solar Flare, the blast of light flashed outward, easily hitting Mytholomon since he was so close. Zachary turned away at the flash, seeing the light go off  and covered his eyes with his arm. 

As the flash ended, sadly, Mytholomon was disoriented by the flash of light. He could see, but his vision was blurred and too illuminated to see. The panther snarled in a jungle cat manner, his movements halted and balance wobbling. It was a direct hit, but the only thing to be affected was his vision! 

"Mytholomon! You okay?"  Zachary shouted back to his friend.

Panthermon re firmed his footing but still couldn't see. His eyes were squinted, trying to recover. "Zachary... I can't see...!" the cat replied, trying to keep his eyes focused on the blurred shape of his opponent. However, he could also see the tamer behind it, the two blurry together. He could recklessly attack, but attacking the tamer was the last thing he wanted to do.

Zachary's focus on his partner was broken when the tamer, Naoko, spoke to him. She showed concern for Zachary, asking if he was not blinded. Zachary smiled a bit, glad he could still see. "No. I can still see, thank you. " Zachary said, steeling his resolve. "And its probably the only reason we are still in this fight."

This was more than just a fight. It was a test of what a Tamer and his Digimon were truly capable of. They were a team, not a slave and master relationship. If Panthermon couldn't see, then Zachary would be his eyes. "Mytholomon, take flight! " he shouted.

Still blurry with his vision, Mytholomon heard his partner as clear as a bell. Good thing for him, one of a cat's primary traits was acute hearing. Without even a reply, Mytholomon jumped into the air and flapped his flaming wings. The cat quickly took flight and now was circling in the air around the battlefield over the highway.

Both Zachary and Mytholomon were patient as they knew with Mytholomon blinded, they needed a proper opening. However, things were still good for them. As long as Zachary could guide his digimon, they had a chance!

Bass...?

[Bass...?]

"Good grief...That's nice to know. Think we should move away from our partners?" Naoko inquired, feeling like it was about to get a tad...hectic. She'd have felt terrible if that attack had actually blinded him. But, Mytholomon was also blinded! Good for Agis. His next move however, wasn't.

Flight. The act of lifting off into the sky. Agis watched Mytholomon soar into the sky, possibly still disoriented from his attack and not wanting to inflict damage upon Naoko...

Naoko herself had half a mind to direct Agis, but she felt the Solarmon had enough mastery of his own subroutines/programs to be able to coordinate himself effectively. Which, mind you, he seemed like he could do rather well. Capitalizing on his foe's disorientation (and possibly prolonging this,) Agis would place his geared hands together, as an orange ray began to form....The area around him began to grow in terms of temperature. He had nothing to say about Mytholomon's flight, meanwhile. He'd seen enough. An agile, flight capable predator with the power to lower defense. He certainly had other tricks up his sleeve, did he not?

The tamer herself, knowing what attack this was, stepped away. There was some recoil in this move, and being in the path of a really hot gear-like creature was not exactly fun. She was also sweating. Oh boy.

"Soul Shocker!" Agis shouted as he fired the ray of light, now being able to be classified as...The heat of the sun towards Mytholomon. If he were to take this? He'd either have a glorious tan (unlikely, since he was a panther,) or he'd be burned. Not to a rather effective degree but enough to possibly disorient further. 

[Zachary Scryer]

Battle Music!:



The disorientation had worn off as Mytholomon hovered in the air, cruising along. Though his vision was slowly coming back, things were still blurry. He had doubts about flying about like this, but Mytholmon was not afraid. He trusted his partner. He trusted Zachary. He could feel a strange heat coming towards him.

On the ground, Zachary clutched his digivice, keeping an eye on Solarmon, along with Mytholomon in the air. Depending on the attack that would occur, it be up to Zachary to tell him how to respond.

"Soul Shocker!!" It was then that Solarmon acted, creating a brilliant, searing beam of light fired right at Mytholomon, cruising in the air. The sound of the attack alone, Solarmon shouting it out, was all the direction Mytholomon needed, his head snapping in the direction of the sound.

"DEFEND!!" Zachary commanded, a simple word and one that was all Mytholomon needed.

"NETHER GUARD!!" Mytholomon roared! From around him, a circle of digi-code runes appeared, glowing with life in the very air around Mytholomon's feet as he spread out his wings. As the beam came, it was about to hit when... BANG! The beam impacted a nearly invisible force. The barrier of Mytholomon's shield actually withstood the attack. Because it covered things in a dome like shape, it successfully deflected the attack with a jolt.

Now Mytholmon knew the exact direction of the attack. Mytholomon cast a snarl in his enemy's direction. He knew the direction and angle as he flew now. ALready his eye sight could make out the blurry shape, but now he had a chance.

With Mytholomon's senses, speed and defense powers, he was formidable.

"Keep sharp, Mytholomon. Just hang in there. YOur target is at 1-o-clock!" Zachary shouted.

Mytholomon flew lower now and began to make his sweeping move, coming closer and closer to Solarmon in an advancing approach.

(Used Nether Guard to block Soul Shocker. Will be able to completely see next turn.)

[Bass...?]

Agis registered this clearly. His opponent was able to guard...Well. He had to keep up the assault somehow. He was at an even worse disadvantage because he just wasted his strongest attack...Sol Ring. That was an option he could easily use multiple times. Wait...He was coming in for a sweep? He COULD HAVE SAVED SOUL SHOCKER FOR THIS.

The whirring emanating from Agis grew louder as he reached his hand up to cause a ring of light to appear. "Sol Ring!" He shouted, maneuvering to the side and hurling the ring at Mytholomon once he came close enough for an attack like this to be considered viable. His hopes that this would last long were starting to fade...

Fade quickly. Like a dying fire.

Naoko meanwhile questioned why he'd be coming in for a sweep. She also noted that Agis would be ready to use his previous two attacks in a small bit...She had to hope he was able to survive long enough.

[Zachary Scryer]

Mytholomon's flight skimmed the floor as his sight became better and better, able to perceive Solarmon far clearer now. He charged in for the sweep. It was then however, Solarmon used the advance in his own advantage. A sudden barrage of cogs and gears came flying out, attempting to strike and slice Mytholomon with the incoming assault.

"ASCEND NOW!" Zachary shouted, directing him one last time.

With a mighty flap of his wings, Mytholomon flew upward and flew right above the range-- one wheel of course nicked just the light bracer of his paw, but it was hardly a significant wound. Fast and agile, Mytholomon could remain a step ahead of most enemies. Now he was flying higher,and his sight was greatly restored! "Nice trick, but time we show you one of our own," Mytholomon growled, now able to see his foe clearly and attack without fear of hitting too wide.

Smirking, Zachary took out one of his modify cards. He was paying close attention to Solarmon as well and the nature of his attacks. Though a machine, he was also a digimon using high intensity heat attributed attacks. Solar Flare, Soul Shocker, seemed very fiery in nature. And involving fire, Zachary knew just what to do.

Crossing his arms, he brought a card in his left hand and the digivice in his right. With a smooth crossing motion, he slashed the card through the card reader of the digivice, reading the data. A bright light flashed as the card was slashed through, the digivice screen lighting up with power. "Digimodify!!" Zachary shouted, and pulled the card apart, revealing the digimon card-- Shellmon. "Shellmon's Hydro Blaster, Upload!"

Mytholomon, now directly above Solarmon, felt the surge of data rush through his body. It was a feeling he was well familiar with. Feeling the change in his data, Mytholomon opened his maw. "HYDRO BLASTER!!" he roared, and from his maw, a torrent of water came shooting out!

Like a waterfall, the raging water of the attack came pouring out and right down on top towards Solarmon. If nothing else, it was gonna make him, very rusty after a while

(OOC: Dodged by flying above. Minor damage done to Mytholomon.
Used Digimodify-- 1/7 cards used per thread. Used Shellmon's Hydro Blaster)

[Bass...?]

...Water. His one weakness. Agis could only watch and try to get out of the way as he was doused in the waters of a mollusk. And you know how he's a fire-based digimon?

Yeah, that was painful. He wasn't dead yet, but he was in a lot of pain, as the water caused his circuits to spark and his whirring to be silenced. The Solarmon fell onto his back, with a clatter of his hands. "...Got me there. Good...shot...Tch...I should...probably try ending this...But I need to fight to the end...Forgive me..."

Solarmon FORCED himself to rise.

Naoko looked on in growing horror. Was she about to witness a death? Nope? Maybe? Probably. "..." Solarmon wordlessly conjured another Sol Ring, and threw it at Mytholomon.

[Zachary Scryer]

The water attack was super effective. Had Mytholomon had shown full power in the water attack-- Solarmon probably WOULD OF been destroyed, but he wasn't. Mytholomon, despite his love of battle, had excellent control of his own strength. FLying forward, the giant panther lunged towards Solarmon for the final attack. From above he flew downward, his claws extended. 

As Solarmon weakly threw another Sol Rings, trying to hit Mytholomon as he flew. However, Mytholomon flew forward despite it. He felt the sting of the rings on his body, both armored and armored parts but he pressed himself forward. A panther like growl escaped him as he lunged down-- and WHAM!! He impacted with the ground and Solarmon below. 

Zachary watched from afar as Mytholomon did that on his own and couldn't see through a small cloud of dust and smoke. Running forward, Zachary looked to see what happened. 

Mytholomon had pinned Solarmon, now resting a claw on the giant gear-shaped digimon. Despite water attacks and everything, Mytholomon now had his 'prey' on his back with his own weight keeping the mechanical digimon down. Like a predator, Mytholomon glared at Solarmon with a domineering gaze. "Grrrr..." Mytholomon growled, in a bit of a scary tone. "Game Over. If you are wise, you will stay down and admit defeat." Mytholomon said, his other paw raised up, as if to swipe if the enemy didn't concede.

"MYTHOLOMON! Stop!" Zachary shouted, concerned his partner was going too far. "We agreed to not destroy him!"

Mytholomon didn't move, his eyes still on Solarmon-- but he answered swiftly. "Relax. If I truly wanted to delete him, he would of been long ago. I am just making it clear who the winner is." the cat replied, still having the digimon pinned.

Zachary slowed his step and sighed. Mytholomon had a bad habit to sometimes have a somewhat playful nature, often scaring others as a result. Still it was clear that Mytholomon would go no further than to be a successible inch away from an attack and go no further. The winner it seemed was very clear in terms of an honorable battle.

Zachary slowly turned his gaze up to the female tamer. She was a bit rattled, and was super concerned that her digimon would of been destroyed. Such is the risk of any battle. Zachary hated that kind of fear, and experienced it himself when fighting wild dangerous digimon that emerged in New York. Even with the agreement, it probably was scary for the new tamer.

"Hey, are you okay? I'm really sorry about Mytholomon's... enthusiasm. " Zachary said as he approached her. "He really is a honorable digimon. And when we agree to merely battle and enemy and not destory them, we honor that promise. "

Even as Mytholomon had the enemy pinned, it was clearly a decisive victory. He would gladly get off Solarmon, once the digimon conceded, or the tamer as well. But he kept in check, afraid that if he showed as much kindness as Zachary, the enemy might attack again when showing the clear mercy they agreed to.

"Your digimon was awesome, and you are not a bad tamer. It was a good fight," Zachary said. He then raised a hand to Naoko, attempting to shake her hand as a sign of good sportsmanship.

[Bass...?]

Condition: Could be better. Could be worse. Agis stared up at the large cat as he pounced. A very deliberate stare. A piercing stare.

"...You have...already won, have you not?" So why do you decide to pounce? "Why do you feel the necessity to do that?"

Agis groaned. He felt tired. He wanted rest. Far as the machine was concerned, this match was over. For the realization that Mytholomon's tamer wouldn't let the cat kill him had hit his circuits right as Zachary told Mytholomon that enough was enough. "...Go speak to your tamer. I'll be fine." Agis told Mytholomon.

He had a point, he did seem like he wanted to speak to the cat...At least. What a strange creature. One who needs to assert dominance in battle?

Such acts are liable to get one killed, in his opinion.

Curious indeed. Naoko seemed a lot more at ease when she saw that Mytholomon -didn't- kill her partner. "Glad to see he...didn't delete my partner." She said, Agis floating slowly back to her. Naoko shook the hand when it was offered. "Thank you. I thought it was going to go far worse than it did, and...I'm happy it turned out otherwise."

[Zachary Scryer]

Panthermon looked at Solarmon his gaze still fierce. "My partner is a kind hearted soul. If you let your guard down too soon, any enemy would finish you the moment you show mercy..." Mytholomon's voice had an unusual weight behind him. It was as if that meant more to him than it did to anyone else. Perhaps it was part of the memory he lost... but that aside, he didn't recognize it himself. "I could of turned my back assuming a win, and you hit me in the back. So pardon me for being clear on my part." With that, Panthermon finally lifted his paw off of Solarmon and hopped off him.

The tension of the battle finally began to settle as Zachary saw Mytholomon get off the robot digimon. Solarmon and his tamer was hardly bad people, so last thing Zachary wanted to do was battle to the death. Smiling at Mytholomon, Zachary turned back to Naoko. "Mytholomon is... a bit intense. We both are working on things. But he is dependable and strong. He helped me out alot, just like I would imagine your digimon helps you. He is just a warrior by nature I suppose," he explained, for both Naoko's sake and Solarmon's.

As she shook hands with him, Zachary smiled. "I don't believe it is necessary to delete a tamer's digimon unless absolutely necessary. Despite this twisted competition, if you have no honor, you have nothing to fight for. " He explained and lowered his hand. "When this whole mess is over, let's meet up. I always love making friends with other tamers and I think its important we stick together. You know, keep in touch," Zachary said as he reached into his pocket and took out his smart phone, opening to the contacts. "Think we can trade email to keep in touch. I am working on making a network of tamers like us. I hope we can meet again, and even help one another."

Seeing that things mellowed down and the battle over, Mytholomon sat himself down on the ground beside Zachary, letting out a panther-like yawn. The two were an odd team. While Zachary was the kind one, Mytholomon was the creature of strength, to give Zachary the judgement that his kindness was without. Though honorable Zachary and Mytholomon were together... one day that kindness might get him killed.

For now, however, Zachary was very happy to have made a friend, despite trumping another in combat.

[Dr. Bees]

fight complete!