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XxXXxX
Rinkmon bounced off the ground and crashed into the outer wall on the other side of the house and fell to the ground. HeÆd crashed through several other walls before hitting it, too. And a floor. He was now on the opposite side of the house and a level lower than the boy and his Digimon.
He laid there for a minute, one thought running through his mind.
What the hell?
HeÆd just gotten punched, obviously.
It had hurt, too, but that wasnÆt the point.
There had been someone there to punch him.
If he thought about it logically, only one other person should know his exact location. And while there was always the possibility that someone he wasnÆt aware of had tracked him down and come after him, it was unlikely.
How many people would notice him, care about him, and be able to follow his speed?
It was a pretty short list, even in the Digital World.
In the Human World, it would be single digits at best, and probably just one.
In fact, heÆd be pretty shocked if there was more than just one.
Butà
That hità
HeÆd already been punched by æGuilmonÆ once, if that was the name of that strange Digimon. And it had hurt, but not as much as the one that had just hit him.
He pushed himself to his feet and shook off the dust and powder that had covered him when heÆd hit the wall.
And the size of that fistàit had been the size of his chest.
It wasnÆt GuilmonÆs; he wasnÆt that big.
But Guilmon was the only one it could be, even if he was the only one who knew.
After all, he was a Digimon.
Evolution.
Shit.
It was a possibility, and a likely one at that.
Which was really bad.
Wait, he told himself, stop.
Level alone wasnÆt everything.
Guilmon was stronger than him physically, due to his mass change. Evolution making him bigger didnÆt matter; if he could touch him, he could eventually tear him apart.
Keyword being æif.Æ
Rinkmon was weak, offensively.
He knew that better than anyone.
Generally speaking, it didnÆt matter.
If one of their hits was worth ten of his, it was fine as long as he hit them twenty times, right?
If Guilmon evolved, heÆd be bigger and more powerful, sure, but that didnÆt necessarily mean he would win.
When evolving, you gain new traits and powers, but you lose some as well.
He himself could evolve to the Perfect Level anytime he chose; he was powerful, even for a Rinkmon. He was one of MercurymonÆs most trusted soldiers, after all. He simply chose not to evolve, because doing so held the risk of taking away his great speed.
If Guilmon had evolved, it went without saying that he would be stronger.
But was strength alone a virtue?
What had happened to his speed?
Rinkmon was at the doorway of the boyÆs room a moment later.
No one was there.
He frowned.
It was obvious where they went; there was a hole in the wall leading outside.
Butà
Why?
It made more sense to stay inside; in the limited space of the house, it would be harder for him to move. The same was true of Guilmon, of course, but given the speed difference between them, slowing him down was probably the most important issue for him.
Not to mention that it was the boyÆs house, so he should have the advantage of knowing the territory. Though Rinkmon had already eliminated that advantage; heÆd probably seen every inch of this house.
So if he was still taking him outside, thenà
Rinkmon smiled.
So he was right.
It was possible that they simply didnÆt want to ruin this house, but that was extremely unlikely; the boy had drawn him here in the first place and heÆd already torn the place apart. There really wasnÆt much left to save.
Then the most likely explanation wasà
He was too big to fight in the house. The size of his fist supported that conclusion.
He was bigger than he had been before, as was usual for evolution.
Which meantà
He was probably slower, too.
Perfect.
XxXXxX
Rinkmon bounced off the ground and crashed into the outer wall on the other side of the house and fell to the ground. HeÆd crashed through several other walls before hitting it, too. And a floor. He was now on the opposite side of the house and a level lower than the boy and his Digimon.
He laid there for a minute, one thought running through his mind.
What the hell?
HeÆd just gotten punched, obviously.
It had hurt, too, but that wasnÆt the point.
There had been someone there to punch him.
If he thought about it logically, only one other person should know his exact location. And while there was always the possibility that someone he wasnÆt aware of had tracked him down and come after him, it was unlikely.
How many people would notice him, care about him, and be able to follow his speed?
It was a pretty short list, even in the Digital World.
In the Human World, it would be single digits at best, and probably just one.
In fact, heÆd be pretty shocked if there was more than just one.
Butà
That hità
HeÆd already been punched by æGuilmonÆ once, if that was the name of that strange Digimon. And it had hurt, but not as much as the one that had just hit him.
He pushed himself to his feet and shook off the dust and powder that had covered him when heÆd hit the wall.
And the size of that fistàit had been the size of his chest.
It wasnÆt GuilmonÆs; he wasnÆt that big.
But Guilmon was the only one it could be, even if he was the only one who knew.
After all, he was a Digimon.
Evolution.
Shit.
It was a possibility, and a likely one at that.
Which was really bad.
Wait, he told himself, stop.
Level alone wasnÆt everything.
Guilmon was stronger than him physically, due to his mass change. Evolution making him bigger didnÆt matter; if he could touch him, he could eventually tear him apart.
Keyword being æif.Æ
Rinkmon was weak, offensively.
He knew that better than anyone.
Generally speaking, it didnÆt matter.
If one of their hits was worth ten of his, it was fine as long as he hit them twenty times, right?
If Guilmon evolved, heÆd be bigger and more powerful, sure, but that didnÆt necessarily mean he would win.
When evolving, you gain new traits and powers, but you lose some as well.
He himself could evolve to the Perfect Level anytime he chose; he was powerful, even for a Rinkmon. He was one of MercurymonÆs most trusted soldiers, after all. He simply chose not to evolve, because doing so held the risk of taking away his great speed.
If Guilmon had evolved, it went without saying that he would be stronger.
But was strength alone a virtue?
What had happened to his speed?
Rinkmon was at the doorway of the boyÆs room a moment later.
No one was there.
He frowned.
It was obvious where they went; there was a hole in the wall leading outside.
Butà
Why?
It made more sense to stay inside; in the limited space of the house, it would be harder for him to move. The same was true of Guilmon, of course, but given the speed difference between them, slowing him down was probably the most important issue for him.
Not to mention that it was the boyÆs house, so he should have the advantage of knowing the territory. Though Rinkmon had already eliminated that advantage; heÆd probably seen every inch of this house.
So if he was still taking him outside, thenà
Rinkmon smiled.
So he was right.
It was possible that they simply didnÆt want to ruin this house, but that was extremely unlikely; the boy had drawn him here in the first place and heÆd already torn the place apart. There really wasnÆt much left to save.
Then the most likely explanation wasà
He was too big to fight in the house. The size of his fist supported that conclusion.
He was bigger than he had been before, as was usual for evolution.
Which meantà
He was probably slower, too.
Perfect.
XxXXxX
Only thing I can think of is that he skipped a stage, becoming some kind of AeroVeedramon, that is both a fast and powerful form.
Can't think of any adult forms that head in the direction your making us think that haven't been suggested yet, so why not skip a stage, not like digimon haven't skipped levels of evolution before.
Can't think of any adult forms that head in the direction your making us think that haven't been suggested yet, so why not skip a stage, not like digimon haven't skipped levels of evolution before.
Time for the grand reveal. As I said before, no one got Guilmon's Adult form right. You were all thinking to hard.
Takato never drew Guilmon an Adult form, therefore Guilmon has no Adult form.
Yet, anyway.
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XxXXxX
æGuilmonÆ set Takato down gently on the ground outside the house.
Even as he hurriedly sorted through the cards heÆd grabbed, he spared GuilmonÆs new æformÆ a worried glance.
Maybe it was his fault. HeÆd never gotten around to designing an Adult form. Maybe that was the reasonà
It was like someone had peeled off GuilmonÆs skin; if there was a red framework beneath his skin, that is. He kept all the strange enhancementÆs TakatoÆs cardÆs had granted him and he was bigger now, too, but his shapeà
It was like his body couldnÆt decide on one.
Before TakatoÆs eyes, GuilmonÆs body flowed and lengthened, becoming lobster-like, though Takato thought he could still see draconic featuresùwithout any skin, it was hard to tell, though.
And for a moment, it seemed as if Guilmon would stay that wayùzeroes and ones ran across the surface of GuilmonÆs flesh and it seemed, for a moment, that this was it. That this would be the form Guilmon chose.
And then a shape sound from his Digivice broke the moment.
Takato looked at its screen and it said this:
Improper form selected. Evolution to Ebidramon failed.
GuilmonÆs new form trembled for a moment, as if trying to fight what was to come, but his resistance failed and suddenly he snapped back to the form of Guilmon, though his skin did not return.
ôYouàö
TakatoÆs head snapped around.
Rinkmon stood across the street.
Takato hadnÆt even seen him arrive.
ôYouàö RinkmonÆs smile seemed to falter for a moment but then returned with interest. ôYour constitutional data is failing?ö
Rinkmon suddenly laughed.
ôOh, God, this is rich.ö He said, mirthfully. ôWhen I came out here, I was expecting you to be so big and bulky that you stood no chance against me, butàthis is even better! Your body canÆt even decide what shape itÆs supposed to be in and so you have none!ö
His smile suddenly took a wicked turn.
ôWithout a body to protect youàI donÆt need to tell you how vulnerable you are, do I?ö
TakatoÆs eyes widened, but the battle was already on.
GuilmonÆs arms lengthened, even as his body tried to flow into that of a squidÆs, but Rinkmon lashed out with a fist and it sunk into his flesh.
There was a moment of silence before Guilmon gave a pained cry andùwith another sound from his Digiviceùshrank back into his own form.
Takato watched with panicked eyes as Rinkmon refused to let up.
It should have bounced off, Takato thought, fear now gripping his heart. Every other punch Rinkmon had delivered had just connected and done little.
But not now.
Now, Guilmon was being forced to dodge someone a hundred times faster than him.
àIt was going as one would expect it too.
It made sense, Takato realized a moment later. If what Rinkmon said was true, Guilmon was fighting skinless, and everything his skin should have protected was out in the open.
ôDefense Plug-in C, Activate!ö He cried, sweeping the first defensive card he found even as the two opponents were moved so fast that he could not even see them. A moment later, he found a much better card and slashed that, too. ôBrave Shield, Activate!ö
The battle came to a temporary halt a moment later, as Rinkmon slammed into the shield and bounced off of it.
Both the impact with the shield and the following one with the ground looked painful, Takato noted with satisfaction.
But he was surprised when Guilmon didnÆt press the advantage.
ôGuilmon?ö Takato asked worriedly, looking at him.
It was easy to see what the problem was. Even without his skin there to show the wounds, it was obvious that Guilmon had been badly beaten in the few seconds it had taken him to find the right cards.
GuilmonÆs body tried to grow into the form he recognized as Greymon, but another sound from his Digivice foretold the inevitable.
With a pained groan, æGreymonÆ collapsed back into Guilmon.
ôGuilmon, stop.ö Takato pleaded. ôYouÆre trying to evolve, right? You donÆt have too; you can win without evolving.ö
ôNo,ö Guilmon stated bluntly after a long moment of silence in which he tried to catch his breath. ôI canÆt. I can barely keep up with him and eventually these cards are gonna run out. I have to end this as quickly as possible.ö
ôGuilmon, at this rate, all youÆre going to end is yourself!ö
Guilmonùthe framework that had been Guilmonùpanted for a moment and replied.
ôI have to take that risk. You donÆt feel it, Takato; you canÆt. ThereÆs so much power, just out of reach. If I can just take a hold of it, then I could crush RInkmon and protect everyone. I just need to find my Adult formùany Adult form that worksùand I can win this!ö
But Guilmon, Takato wanted to say, you have no Adult form! I never gave you one!
But he caught his partnerÆs æeyes.Æ He saw something thereùhe wasnÆt sure what, but it convinced him.
He took a step back and nodded.
ôJustàtry to buy me some time, Guilmon.ö He said. ôIÆll find an Adult Form for you.ö
Even if I have to make it myself.
XxXXxX
Takato never drew Guilmon an Adult form, therefore Guilmon has no Adult form.
Yet, anyway.
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XxXXxX
æGuilmonÆ set Takato down gently on the ground outside the house.
Even as he hurriedly sorted through the cards heÆd grabbed, he spared GuilmonÆs new æformÆ a worried glance.
Maybe it was his fault. HeÆd never gotten around to designing an Adult form. Maybe that was the reasonà
It was like someone had peeled off GuilmonÆs skin; if there was a red framework beneath his skin, that is. He kept all the strange enhancementÆs TakatoÆs cardÆs had granted him and he was bigger now, too, but his shapeà
It was like his body couldnÆt decide on one.
Before TakatoÆs eyes, GuilmonÆs body flowed and lengthened, becoming lobster-like, though Takato thought he could still see draconic featuresùwithout any skin, it was hard to tell, though.
And for a moment, it seemed as if Guilmon would stay that wayùzeroes and ones ran across the surface of GuilmonÆs flesh and it seemed, for a moment, that this was it. That this would be the form Guilmon chose.
And then a shape sound from his Digivice broke the moment.
Takato looked at its screen and it said this:
Improper form selected. Evolution to Ebidramon failed.
GuilmonÆs new form trembled for a moment, as if trying to fight what was to come, but his resistance failed and suddenly he snapped back to the form of Guilmon, though his skin did not return.
ôYouàö
TakatoÆs head snapped around.
Rinkmon stood across the street.
Takato hadnÆt even seen him arrive.
ôYouàö RinkmonÆs smile seemed to falter for a moment but then returned with interest. ôYour constitutional data is failing?ö
Rinkmon suddenly laughed.
ôOh, God, this is rich.ö He said, mirthfully. ôWhen I came out here, I was expecting you to be so big and bulky that you stood no chance against me, butàthis is even better! Your body canÆt even decide what shape itÆs supposed to be in and so you have none!ö
His smile suddenly took a wicked turn.
ôWithout a body to protect youàI donÆt need to tell you how vulnerable you are, do I?ö
TakatoÆs eyes widened, but the battle was already on.
GuilmonÆs arms lengthened, even as his body tried to flow into that of a squidÆs, but Rinkmon lashed out with a fist and it sunk into his flesh.
There was a moment of silence before Guilmon gave a pained cry andùwith another sound from his Digiviceùshrank back into his own form.
Takato watched with panicked eyes as Rinkmon refused to let up.
It should have bounced off, Takato thought, fear now gripping his heart. Every other punch Rinkmon had delivered had just connected and done little.
But not now.
Now, Guilmon was being forced to dodge someone a hundred times faster than him.
àIt was going as one would expect it too.
It made sense, Takato realized a moment later. If what Rinkmon said was true, Guilmon was fighting skinless, and everything his skin should have protected was out in the open.
ôDefense Plug-in C, Activate!ö He cried, sweeping the first defensive card he found even as the two opponents were moved so fast that he could not even see them. A moment later, he found a much better card and slashed that, too. ôBrave Shield, Activate!ö
The battle came to a temporary halt a moment later, as Rinkmon slammed into the shield and bounced off of it.
Both the impact with the shield and the following one with the ground looked painful, Takato noted with satisfaction.
But he was surprised when Guilmon didnÆt press the advantage.
ôGuilmon?ö Takato asked worriedly, looking at him.
It was easy to see what the problem was. Even without his skin there to show the wounds, it was obvious that Guilmon had been badly beaten in the few seconds it had taken him to find the right cards.
GuilmonÆs body tried to grow into the form he recognized as Greymon, but another sound from his Digivice foretold the inevitable.
With a pained groan, æGreymonÆ collapsed back into Guilmon.
ôGuilmon, stop.ö Takato pleaded. ôYouÆre trying to evolve, right? You donÆt have too; you can win without evolving.ö
ôNo,ö Guilmon stated bluntly after a long moment of silence in which he tried to catch his breath. ôI canÆt. I can barely keep up with him and eventually these cards are gonna run out. I have to end this as quickly as possible.ö
ôGuilmon, at this rate, all youÆre going to end is yourself!ö
Guilmonùthe framework that had been Guilmonùpanted for a moment and replied.
ôI have to take that risk. You donÆt feel it, Takato; you canÆt. ThereÆs so much power, just out of reach. If I can just take a hold of it, then I could crush RInkmon and protect everyone. I just need to find my Adult formùany Adult form that worksùand I can win this!ö
But Guilmon, Takato wanted to say, you have no Adult form! I never gave you one!
But he caught his partnerÆs æeyes.Æ He saw something thereùhe wasnÆt sure what, but it convinced him.
He took a step back and nodded.
ôJustàtry to buy me some time, Guilmon.ö He said. ôIÆll find an Adult Form for you.ö
Even if I have to make it myself.
XxXXxX
Would you mind defining how evolution works in your story? I was always under the impression that a digimon had its base data, and that+new data determined what it evolved into, with each digimon individually evolving into the same thing due to similar data(Hence guilmon would never normally evolve into Rinkmon due to Rinnkmon haveing a starting Vmon data structure overlayed by a digiegg, and his data would have no idea what Rinkmon would look like, compared to how it seemed to know what Greymon looked like) . But you have written it like Guilmon has the format of every single champion digimon as he tries to evolve into them, which are being rejected on some basis.
Looking at wikimon yes. Maybe I am looking at it too litterally, but I feel that the card-game defined evolutions are just meant to show what logical evolutions could occur given the situation of the card game, not that Guilmon's data knows "Okay, I can turn into Ebidramon Greymon or Growmon", but the tamer would know that "Okay if I use this, it is possible for him to become Greymon, as that is what other Guilmon do"
Not to mention that the card game wouldnt really apply in some ways. Those are Guilmon's evolutions, but Guilmon doesnt exist in that sense yet in 03, as he is uncharted territory.
If it was going along the digimon that were related to cards that had been slashed somehow I would understand (Eg an aquatic speed card earlier or something to give him aquatic data etc)
Not to mention that the card game wouldnt really apply in some ways. Those are Guilmon's evolutions, but Guilmon doesnt exist in that sense yet in 03, as he is uncharted territory.
If it was going along the digimon that were related to cards that had been slashed somehow I would understand (Eg an aquatic speed card earlier or something to give him aquatic data etc)