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Takato frowned, unsure of this change in events.
He understood his partnerÆs actions, of course. Maybe even agreed with themùconsuming that many Guardromon would heal Growmon completely and that would just be the beginning.
It wasnÆt even that he didnÆt believe his partner could win.
Butà
As the Tamer, it was his job to think things through. While Growmon could think for himself in battle and quickly react to sudden developments long before he had a chance to give orders or slash cards, it was his job to make the long term plans and preparations that would hopefully result in victory. Lucemon had said that quite often and heÆd taken it to heart.
As such, while Growmon charged in fearlessly, it was TakatoÆs responsibility to think about this calmly and logically.
Was there something he was missing? Was there some hidden flaw in this plan? Some downside he wasnÆt seeing?
If there was, it was his job to figure out what they wereùpreferably, before it screwed them over.
Would Andromon catch up to fast? Was this a trap? Were they being lured towards the Guardromon?
And more importantlyàif this was about to blow up in their faces, what exactly was he going to do about it?
Takato grit his teeth.
He still had only one card of useùhe really had been woefully unprepared for this day. HeÆd known from the beginning that they would eventually have to fight an opponent they couldnÆt just effortlessly crush, butà
Why had he been taken so off guard, then?
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The Guardromon were in sight. If he moved any further, he would be noticed in moments.
ButàGrowmon didnÆt hesitate for even a moment.
He fell upon the first one even as the others saw him for the first time. In that brief moment of hesitation that followed suddenly seeing a giant red dinosaur, GrowmonÆs jaws closed around his first victim.
To the GuardromonÆs credit, they reacted with the quick efficiency of machines. The moment they saw his hurting one of their own, their surprise seemed to vanish. In eerie unison, a dozen pairs of arms were raised in his direction as the Guardromon closest to his position prepared to attack. Butù
In this case, their numbers got in their way. The offensive power of this many Guardromon was more than enough to kill Growmon, but in their current formation, they could not attack a target all at onceùif they tried, their attacks would likely hit their fellows.
Meanwhile, Growmon could probably fire in random directions with his eyes closed and still hit something.
He easily avoided the twenty-something attacks that were launched his way by leaping into the air even as he crushed his captive in his monstrously powerful jaws.
Almost literally swallowing the destroyed GuardromonÆs data, he reopened his mouth to reveal a frightening red light gathering at the back of his throat.
ôExhaust Flame!ö
The pillar of dragon fire struck a particularly closely packed section of Guardromon before he swept it in a wide arc, destroying everything in its path. The ending point of the arc was the place he was about to landùfocusing the blast there for a long moment, he cleared it completely of Guardromon, as well as tossed up a great deal of smoke and debris.
Landing, his entire body was completely hidden within the smoke and fire. Pausing for just a moment to initiate the process of loading data, fire gathered between his jaws again.
In that instant, his Tamer transmitted everything needed to know, just as Growmon had known he would. Despite his eyes being clouded and the smoke rendering his sensitive nose useless, Takato transmitted the location of every Guardromon in the area.
Despite being blinded, Growmon continued his ruthless attack, hitting opponents both near and far with impossible, deadly accuracy, loading a continuous stream of data all the while.
When Andromon finally got here, Growmon would see that he was met with nothing but scattered clouds of data and a ruined battlefield.
And then Andromon would die.
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Takato frowned, unsure of this change in events.
He understood his partnerÆs actions, of course. Maybe even agreed with themùconsuming that many Guardromon would heal Growmon completely and that would just be the beginning.
It wasnÆt even that he didnÆt believe his partner could win.
Butà
As the Tamer, it was his job to think things through. While Growmon could think for himself in battle and quickly react to sudden developments long before he had a chance to give orders or slash cards, it was his job to make the long term plans and preparations that would hopefully result in victory. Lucemon had said that quite often and heÆd taken it to heart.
As such, while Growmon charged in fearlessly, it was TakatoÆs responsibility to think about this calmly and logically.
Was there something he was missing? Was there some hidden flaw in this plan? Some downside he wasnÆt seeing?
If there was, it was his job to figure out what they wereùpreferably, before it screwed them over.
Would Andromon catch up to fast? Was this a trap? Were they being lured towards the Guardromon?
And more importantlyàif this was about to blow up in their faces, what exactly was he going to do about it?
Takato grit his teeth.
He still had only one card of useùhe really had been woefully unprepared for this day. HeÆd known from the beginning that they would eventually have to fight an opponent they couldnÆt just effortlessly crush, butà
Why had he been taken so off guard, then?
XxXXxX
The Guardromon were in sight. If he moved any further, he would be noticed in moments.
ButàGrowmon didnÆt hesitate for even a moment.
He fell upon the first one even as the others saw him for the first time. In that brief moment of hesitation that followed suddenly seeing a giant red dinosaur, GrowmonÆs jaws closed around his first victim.
To the GuardromonÆs credit, they reacted with the quick efficiency of machines. The moment they saw his hurting one of their own, their surprise seemed to vanish. In eerie unison, a dozen pairs of arms were raised in his direction as the Guardromon closest to his position prepared to attack. Butù
In this case, their numbers got in their way. The offensive power of this many Guardromon was more than enough to kill Growmon, but in their current formation, they could not attack a target all at onceùif they tried, their attacks would likely hit their fellows.
Meanwhile, Growmon could probably fire in random directions with his eyes closed and still hit something.
He easily avoided the twenty-something attacks that were launched his way by leaping into the air even as he crushed his captive in his monstrously powerful jaws.
Almost literally swallowing the destroyed GuardromonÆs data, he reopened his mouth to reveal a frightening red light gathering at the back of his throat.
ôExhaust Flame!ö
The pillar of dragon fire struck a particularly closely packed section of Guardromon before he swept it in a wide arc, destroying everything in its path. The ending point of the arc was the place he was about to landùfocusing the blast there for a long moment, he cleared it completely of Guardromon, as well as tossed up a great deal of smoke and debris.
Landing, his entire body was completely hidden within the smoke and fire. Pausing for just a moment to initiate the process of loading data, fire gathered between his jaws again.
In that instant, his Tamer transmitted everything needed to know, just as Growmon had known he would. Despite his eyes being clouded and the smoke rendering his sensitive nose useless, Takato transmitted the location of every Guardromon in the area.
Despite being blinded, Growmon continued his ruthless attack, hitting opponents both near and far with impossible, deadly accuracy, loading a continuous stream of data all the while.
When Andromon finally got here, Growmon would see that he was met with nothing but scattered clouds of data and a ruined battlefield.
And then Andromon would die.
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