History of a Royal Knight

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Chapter 10

Takato Matsuki sighs for the tenth time since he woke up to find not just Guilmon resting on top of him, but also the purple furred dragon beast known as Dorumon as well. Guilmon's covering his chest area while Dorumon's covering his legs and feet, the purple furred rookie's tail is covering most of Dorumon's head, making it hard for him to pick out the red mark that's on the rookie's head.

But then, it might just be his angle of sight that's keeping him from getting a good look at Dorumon's head since he can barely raise his head up for more then a few inches. In the end, he had stopped trying to roll out from under them, it being kind of impossible since Guilmon's on his right with Dorumon on his left, kind of boxing him in or ever strapping him to the bed with their weight.

I wonder how long he's been able to go back and forth between forms. He muses as he stares up at the ceiling over his bed. His sleeping in the room he had previously used as Gallantmon, which makes the bed huge although the pillows had been replaced with smaller ones for him to use.

A soft smile appears on his face as he recalls the first time he laid eyes on Dorumon, though most of the knights back then most likely recalled it, well, those that have survived at any rate, which are namely Alforce V-dramon and Omnimon. Although to be fair, they really didn't know just what kind of Digimon would come from the egg that Yggdrasil showed them about a few days after Imperialdramon FM had been deleted...

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It had been a long month since they lost Imperialdramon FM and since then, they're now taking orders from Omnimon, since he won by a land slide in the voting polls. Privately, he's glad that nobody submitted his name for the position since he doubts his ability to lead Digimon in battle since he's still trying to define who he is and what he wants out of life if he some how manages to survive this war with the D-Reaper, or as some of the Digimon have called it, Chaos.

"So, what do you think of our new commander?" Alforce V-dramon asks him as the assembled Digimon roar their approval at the plan that Omnimon has laid out for the latest attack on the D-Reaper, giving the local Digimon a chance to flee to one of the new worlds that Yggdrasil was in the process of creating.

"Better him then me." He states in an amused tone and the blue mega chuckles softly. "True, but then, nobody submitted your name, now did they?" Alforce V-dramon muses and he shrugs.

"I don't have the experience and I likely lack the instinct for the job too." He counters and on hearing that, Alforce V-dramon chuckles bit harder then before. "That's not what those under you say." Alforce V-dramon states in a bemuse tone.

"You don't give yourself enough credit, you know." Alforce V-dramon adds after a few seconds. He couldn't help but flush in embarrassment at the praise he's receiving from the blue draconian mega Digimon.

Before he could reply to that, a beeping sound fills the air, and everyone quiets down as they glance towards the forming platform. Within seconds a Digi-Egg appears on top of the platform and after a minute, the platform and egg float to the table by Omnimon. He can't help but wonder with the rest of the Digimon gathered, what's up with that Digi-Egg. It didn't help that within seconds some Digi-Gnomes had appeared and were hovering around the purple striped egg.

"One of our number is gone, but in time, we will have a new member to replace him." Omnimon states, though pauses as if to gather his thoughts. "Yggdrasil has altered a line of code within this Digi-Egg. A line of code that he hopes will allow the Digimon growing within this egg a better chance to survive in battle against our greatest enemy, the D-Reaper."

On hearing that, a buzz seems to erupt from the crowd of Digimon gathered. He himself can't help but frown as he hears the words 'monstrous', 'unnatural', and of course, 'freak.' He felt very uneasy on hearing those names, though he can't really say why though…

"I wonder what Yggdrasil was thinking when he sent the egg here." Alforce V-dramon wonders and he couldn't really add anything, so he kept silent though he felt an odd numbness descend within him.

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He blinks a few times as he dismisses the image of that crowd of Digimon murmuring dark things about an innocent egg. It was an image that had come back to haunt him when he had nightmares. Of the cries of Digimon that were calling him a freak, someone who shouldn't exist to begin with, etc.

As if responding to his need to break out of that line of thought, Dorumon stirred and moves his purple furred head as he yawns in a highly cute manner. The teen smiles as he watches the commander of the Royal Knights rub his eyes to get rid of the grit from his eyes. As the rookie notices his interest and amusement, Dorumon looks slightly sheepish and he chuckles softly to himself, his reddish hazel eyes sparkling in silent laughter.

Then before either of them says a word, a large rumble comes from his partner, Guilmon. "Wakie, wakie, sleepy head, you're stomach is growling." He says as he gently slaps his partner Digimon on the neck.

"Breakfast is ready?" Guilmon asks without opening his eyes. Dorumon replies, "More then likely, hope you like waffles." Guilmon stirs enough to take a peek at Dorumon.

"You smell familiar." Guilmon chirps then the crimson rookie yawns, his head moves off of his chest so he can sit up in the bed. He crosses his legs as Guilmon studies Dorumon with unveiled interest.

"This is Dorumon, the rookie form of Alphamon." The yellow goggle wearing teen says after a few minutes. Dorumon hums in agreement and Guilmon grins before Guilmon asks, "Can we eat now?"

He snorts when Dorumon's stomach rumbles at the same time as Guilmon's. Dorumon's fore-claws go to his furry mid-section while Guilmon just pats his scaled mid-section. "Come on, you two. We can visit as we eat breakfast." He says and then rolls to the left side of the bed, the side that's closest to where they were lying.

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As Rika enters into the smallest dining hall, she blinks as she notices that not only has Takato and Guilmon already eating, but were joined by a strange purple Digimon that's roughly the same size as the crimson rookie known as Guilmon. "Ok, who's that?" She wonders and takes out her D-Ark as Renamon appears behind her.

Dorumon

Level: rookie

Attribute: vaccine

Beast type. Attacks are Metal Cannon and Dash Metal.

The hologram of Dorumon vanishes and she re-clips her Digivice. "I think that might be Alphamon." Renamon muses softly and Rika casually glances at her partner.

"What makes you say that?" She asks before beginning to slowly walk towards the table. "Well, for one thing, both Alphamon and Gallantmon used a great deal of energy in their sparring match yesterday and it's not uncommon for some mega types to have control of their Digital evolution. I believe a few of these Royal Knights have that ability so it wouldn't surprise me if their commander would as well." Renamon explains and Rika shrugs slightly, it's been over four years since they've encountered unpartnered Digimon, let alone interact with them in a way that didn't end with the Bio Emerged Digimon to be deleted.

"Hey, Rika, Renamon. This is Dorumon, the rookie from of Alphamon." Takato says on seeing them approach. The purple coloured rookie looks up from his plate and both Renamon and herself noted the red mark on Dorumon's head, the same one that Alphamon has on his helmet.

The rookie grins at them before returning his gaze to his plate just in time to watch Guilmon's left paw make off with one of the waffles from his plate. "You really don't need to steal from my plate, you know. You just have to hit that button to have your plate refilled." Dorumon states but Guilmon waves that off with a grin.

"We're friends, so it's ok to share." Guilmon states before stealing some fruit slices from Takato's plate as the goggle wearing teen looks on with a bemused expression. She takes the seat next to Takato, a little blush on her cheeks and Renamon settles on the chair next to her.

"So, how does this work?" The red head Tamer inquires and Takato explains it as Guilmon's plate seems to become covered in fog. When the fog cleared, Guilmon's plate was filled once more with all manner of breakfast items.

"It's kind of rare for us to have enough time to enjoy our meals. Usually there's one crises after another, so when we get the chance to sit down and actually taste what our meal, we did something similar to how we teleport from one floor to another." Takato tells them, she gathers that he's also referring to not just Alphamon and himself, but to the rest of the Royal Knights.

"We use to take turns cooking large quantities of food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Yggdrasil provided the cook books and how we get what we need by bartering or they'd donate a portion of their crops to us as payment for a future service like helping them expand their farms or for providing battle training." Takato muses before picking over his plate, allowing Renamon and herself a chance to pick out what they would like for breakfast.

She mimics what Takato has on his plate, waffles with some bacon and hash browns. Though she decides to have her eggs scrambled instead of over easy, she asks for the syrup and Takato passes it to her once Guilmon finishes putting some syrup on top of this odd peanut butter topped apple. She couldn't take her eyes away from Guilmon as the crimson coloured rookie pops the apple into his mouth.

She manages to shake herself out of her musings and covers her waffles in syrup. She passes it to Renamon before she picks up her knife and fork. It wasn't long before Guilmon wants the syrup once more, this time the virus covers slices of oranges on top of a piece of toast that's covered in chocolate syrup with bits of sprinkles on top.

How can he eat that? The red head Tamer wonders as Guilmon pops the toast into his mouth. Her food forgotten for a moment as she watches the crimson rookie demolishes the food on his plate.

"I suggest you try and ignore it, you'll save yourself a headache." Takato muses softly from her side. "But how can he stomach the taste…" She murmurs softly and the goggle wearing Tamer shrugs. "He just does. As long as he eats it, it's fine." Takato replies.

Finally, the red head Tamer looks away from watching Guilmon eat to work on what's on her own plate. Just as she finishes the food that's on her plate, Kazu shows up with Magnamon while his partner Guardromon arrives in the company of Alforce V-dramon.

The two Royal Knights don't seem all that surprise to see Alphamon in his rookie form, though they didn't stay long since the two of them had to head out for a scouting mission, it's likely that they won't be seeing the pair again since they'll be arriving back after they, the Tamers, leave to return to the real world. Takato bid them a hearty farewell while Guilmon waves a hand as they leave, calling out a cheerful, 'bye bye!'

Once Kazu sat down and had been explained how to order breakfast, the visor wearing Tamer began a conversation at the table, though it was more of Kazu talking practically non-stop while they either nodded in agreement or make some kind of sound.

For seconds, she decided to have fruit instead of more waffles with scrambled egg with some bacon and hash browns. As she finishes off the strawberries, Henry with Terriermon arrived into the dinning hall with Dynasmon and Crusadermon showing up a few minutes later, once Henry and Terriermon have settled down and were working on their first plate.

Without saying a word, Dorumon gets up and about within ten feet of the door, the furry rookie becomes cocooned in a ball of light and once the light vanishes, Alphamon stood in the purple rookie's place. She watches as Alphamon leaves in the pair's company, she then turns to glance at Takato while the goggle wearing Tamers was studying Henry. She glances over to Henry and found that Henry was a little too focused on his plate.

As she glances between the two, Kazu voices the question that's on her mind. "Ok, what's going on Henry?"

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"Ok, what's going on Henry?" Kazu says and for the life of him, he couldn't find the words to reply to Kazu's inquiry. It wasn't every day that a group of Digimon ask him to engage in a sparring match, though what's troubling him was the fact that they're asking him to spar with a fellow Tamer and someone who he's still mending their friendship with.

He found he couldn't look at Takato; he didn't want to see what kind of expression the goggle wearing Tamer is wearing. He beats himself up over the fact that he agreed to be Takato's opponent for this final sparring match in the Digital world. He's just glad that Terriermon wasn't trying to cheer him up.

"Leave him alone, Kazu. You'll likely to find out what's going on soon enough, right Henry?" Takato says and he glances briefly at the goggle wearing teen.

He meets Takato's steady gaze and didn't find the hint of betrayal in his friend's reddish hazel eyes. Just looking at Takato calmed his nerves and a slight look of relief settles on his face before he looks away, back to what he has on his plate. His spirits lighten considerably as he begins to dig into the good food that's on his plate.

"See Henry, Momentai." Terriermon states before the smallish rookie makes a beeline to where Dorumon had been sitting to go visit with Guilmon. Henry watches how care free the pair chatted, as if the last four years never happened. A slight smile remains throughout the rest of breakfast as some of the tightness he'd been feeling seems to fade slightly.

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This is not good. It was a thought that's been hovering in the fore front of his mind since Takato and the others that went with him into the Digital world as he staring out at the D-Reaper from the head quarters of Hypno for the last four years. Sure, it's only been about a day since they've left and that they'll be returning sometime today but the little child looking Digimon known as Impmon can't shake the feeling that something big was about to go down and it's driving him crazy not knowing what that is.

"Impmon, are we going to the pool or not?" Calumon asks as the Digimon often times referred to Cream Puff, comes zooming into the room. He waves the emerald eyed Digimon away as he tries to tone out everything but his own thoughts.

They better make it back or I'll figure out how to resurrect them just so I can kill them. He muses to himself before he finds himself falling off the table when Calumon shouts, "IMPMON!" Right into one of his ears, he use one of his fingers to try and clear out his ear as his head rings from Calumon shout.

"Calumon, you know I like you and everything, right?" The purple rookie says slowly at the white in training Digimon who's hovering about a foot off the floor. "Yea, I know." Calumon says, cocking his head cutely to the side as emerald eyes blink innocently at him.

"Good, now…" He trails off as light engulfs his body. "I'll give ya to the count of twenty before I cause your ears to right, got it?" He says as Beelzemon and Calumon cries out, "Jerrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!"

With a smirk on his face, he watches the white Digimon bolt out of the room. A slight grin replaces that smirk and then a frown grows from that expression, he glances out to where the great mass known as the D-Reaper was. With a sigh, he once more becomes Impmon before he heads off to find something to take his mind off of his grim thoughts.

"Just come home to us, we're waiting." He muses and then as he exits out of the room, he muses to himself, "Geeze, when did I grow to be sentimental? Ah well, might as well see what the Cream Puff wants to do at the pool…"

He doesn't doubt that by now, Calumon has most likely forgotten the fact that he wanted to get back at him for yelling in his ears, so he's not too worried about encountering Jeri or his Tamer, Ai and Mako.

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Are you up for this, boy? He wonders from within his crimson coloured sphere within their merged form of Gallantmon. He feels Guilmon's sureness surge through the blackness surrounding him. I'm ready, Takato. Takato Matsuki, partner to Guilmon, one of the first three humans to become Tamers, and finally, a member of Yggdrasil's Royal Knights grins as together with Guilmon, they position their shared body into a common defensive stance as they faced off against one of their most largest opponents yet, Henry and Terriermon in their merged mega form of MegaGargomon.

"We're ready." They say together. "So are we." MegaGargomon says in their dual voice. "Then begin!" Alphamon says and with that, they leap into the air…