chapter two: paw // elena //

paw.

It would seem that he didn't actually have to wait long, for before he was bored enough to sit down or try to eat a little of the digitized gumdrops a woman digitized on the opposite side of the hillside. She had a pretty face, a curvy body, and long pink hair that draped down over it all. Her outfit was sort of strange, not quite Japanese schoolgirl but somewhere along that muddled line. Bunny noted that she actually was pretty easy to look at, and would have been a gem back in Compton, not that a chick as dainty-looking and beauty would have been around back there. She made it a little hard not to stare, but Bunny being Bunny and having the priorities of himself he just looked at her face and waited for her to do something or another that indicated she wasn't so daft as to not know where she was. She yelled out "Hello!", which was enough acknowledgment for him to carry on under the assumption this was his correct opponent. "Toshyforyou", as she was known as by username, didn't exactly look like the type of girl to be all too shy. Whatever. Bunny drew his hand from his pocket, giving a single wave to the girl that now ran towards him with Digimon at her side.

Viximon and Kyaromon idly stared at the enemy Digimon, as if predicting which one would be their opponent and what in-training they would degenerate into. Both Luna and Astra maintained a look of calmness, even as the tamer drew near. She stopped about fifteen feet away from Bunny, introducing herself as Elena and then looking down at the ground and blushing. Why was she this nervous? Two of the Digimon Elena had brought with her said they would be his opponents then requested to be de-digivolved back into their In-training form for the battle. This gave the woman some sort of boost of confidence or something, for she complied in a hurry. "Hello beautiful," Bunny spoke in greeting to the girl as he reached for the digivice at his side. With one hand still in his pocket, he held the digivice in front of him and looked down at it. Information flooded the Digivice on the two opponents he was facing, Calumon and Wanyamon. Given how much Luna had bragged about being powerful and how ferocious Astra was in battle as a Rookie, this probably wouldn't be the most difficult battle he had ever undergone.

"Salutations, Calumon and Wanyamon. I am Luna and this is Astra. We shall be your opponents, I wish you luck." Luna reared back a little bit, knowing that this battle would begin any moment and some sort of attack would probably be projected at her. In the scenario of 2v2, it was unlikely that a Digimon would be teamed up on or a single Digimon be neglected. It was far more likely that they would pair up into fights of 1v1 and then aid once their respective opponent was subdued. Bunny knew this from the streets, and just assumed it would work the same way here. "Don't be so nervous, girl," Bunny spoke with some suavity, unsure what exactly to say though as he was about to fight her and put all his effort into defeating her. Nonetheless, he didn't want to beat this shaking and blushing woman all too much. Luna and Astra probably wouldn't hold back, though.

Bunny pocketed the digivice as a hologram blue lettering appeared above the combatants that read, in all caps, START. "A'ight guys..." he spoke below his breath. Sol tugged on his pant-leg, trying to get his attention for something or another. He looked down at the Digimon, finding only that it wished to be held. Bunny shook his head, looking back to the battle to see if Elena would make the first move as he designated for her to do. Wanyamon, the strange blue-like Digimon, made the first move by saying that it was going to fight Viximon. It would appear that they were indeed pairing off as Bunny and Luna had both expected. This meant, of course, Astra would get the pleasure of fighting that little Calumon that looked perfectly harmless. This would probably be a little easier than he actually wanted it to be, but to be honest Astra didn't mind a lack of challenge at all. He was here to defeat and then move on, that was all. In his mind, he would just need to defeat the Digimon so he could move on to assisting Luna who would probably need help with the more adept foe.

"If you say so," Luna spoke in a low tone, watching as the Wanyamon hopped over to her and attempted to initiate combat. She wasn't sure exactly what to expect from the thing, as it was quite the opposite of threatening but so were more in-training Digimon. The blue furball managed to grow its tail a massive amount, the thin tail dragging across the green grass towards her. It was ten feet away, which was a surprising amount for a tail attack like that from a small furball to come. Still, Viximon would not let herself fall victim to the strike as she was here to show off her strength, not be defeated by weak little ranged attacks. Viximon sprang forward a stride, her body re-texturing and being reconfigured until she was made of stone instead of fur. The tail slapped into the stone, causing it to tip over but doing nothing else substantial. Bunny, observing this first contact, was amused to say the least by the technique used by Wanyamon and the efficient counter by his Viximon.

The stone suddenly was reconstructed, gaining a tinge of yellow and a more fox-esque shape. Astra looked over at where the Viximon had turned itself to stone defensively, knowing the specifics of this attack and understanding what Luna was attempting to do with this. Astra also noted that she would need to hurry up if to not waste her opportunity, but as he was mute did not urge her on in any way. Now, standing in place of where the stone had taken the full impact of the tail, was Viximon, unharmed and in perfect condition to move into a strike. Sol, gazing over the Digimon, was in awe that she could so gracefully move into an impressive defense and then back into her mobile and offensive self without much downtime at all. "W-wow..." the Lopmon spoke to herself, hugging close to Bunny's leg as she was not looking forward to witnessing either of her friends getting hurt and having to stand by and do nothing about it. Bunny stifled a chuckle, trying not to get too confident from the small little success.

"Don't expect to enjoy my company, Wanyamon."

Luna charged forth, her small stubs carrying her much faster and with much more agility than her chubby appearance might have suggested. In this way she managed to close the gap of 10 feet very quickly, and at the same time gaining substantial momentum for her counter attack to the tail-bearing furball. As she neared the Digimon, she tilted herself a little bit and attempted to throw her body into the Wanyamon, hoping to tackle it. Given the speed and angle at which she would strike, if the move was a success she would be able to tackle Wanyamon near or into one of the gumdrops that blanketed the hillside they fought on. She was, however, unsure as to what success knocking the in-training into a gumdrop would have. Perhaps, if it went well, it would be immobilized by the giant sugary candy.

Meanwhile, Astra turned to face the opponent in which it would be battling for the duration of the fight more than likely. Bunny hadn't given it orders to go lightly or anything, even if he did seem concerned about Elena. "Astra." Bunny spoke demandingly, as if calling the Digimon into action. Astra wasted no time in bridging the gap between it and the Calumon. First, the Kyaromon took two long strides before throwing its body forward into a roll. After a single rotation forward, the Digimon's extremely rubberized tail slammed into the ground, knocking loose some of the grass and propelling the Digimon into the air. With this move the Kyaromon was now flying overhead, and once it reached its peak it began its descent down upon the Calumon.

With another vertical rotation, the Kyaromon was now aiming its extremely rubberized tail to land on. However, with the angle it was going it looked as if the tail would be slamming into the Calumon and forcing it downward. Seeing as how this attack was capable of knocking even Rookies down, the potential of this attack while also using gravity was massive. However, Bunny would not be surprised if the Calumon managed to dodge or stood up from the attack anyway. In-trainings weren't exactly the best at battling, anyway. Still, with the battle underway Bunny began experiencing the thrill of his first real Digimon battle. It was sort of strange to just sit back and watch, but it was invigorating nonetheless. And beautiful. It was definitely beautiful.

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bunny the human ~ stands back, looks up data on your digimon on his digivice, attempts to converse a little bit with elena.
sol the lopmon ~ is hugging bunny's leg.
luna the viximon ~ turns self to stone in order to block the power tail attack. then, she charges forward and attempts to tackle wanyamon into a giant gumdrop.
astra the kyaromon ~ uses rubberized tail to launch self into air. descending upon the calumon, he attempts to bring his rubberized tail down to slam into the calumon.

paw.

Bunny wasn't exactly sure what to expect in terms of success, but as of right now the outlook on the battle was looking particularly... beautiful. In the first few seconds of the battle the attacking effort of the opposition had been deterred to nothing, and the Calumon did not even contribute to such an effort to attack and instead sat back and basked in its own ugliness. The best part of all this was that he, as a tamer, didn't have to contribute much at all to the combat and instead had the responsibility of sitting back and being protected by his Digimon. Well, he also had to carry around the Digivice but it was a lot less significant than he thought it would be when he first received it. Speaking of which, as he looked down the gum-dropped valley he noticed that Elena, standing a mere 15 feet away from him where their dialogue would easily be heard by one another, was being lectured by the Burgermon at her side. Perhaps that Burgermon was the true tamer here after all and Elena was merely an objective to protect. People like that existed in Compton, but not for long. They never lasted long at all.

Elena gave her Burgermon the Digivice. Bunny felt like he had just reviewed in his mind that tamers were only important because they held the digivice and sort of gave direction to the battle, but hey, maybe she read his mind and then went out of her way to throw away all of her usefulness. Soon enough the Burgermon was giving Elena an earful of some sort, all of which Bunny could hear but most of it he couldn't decipher the importance of. Taking a few steps forward along with Sol, he spoke, "What the-..." He squinted at the Burgermon and its busywork on the Digivice. What was it doing? The battle wasn't near as important as what the Digimon was saying, which seemed to be a sort of analysis of the battle at hand and his Digimon. For something so stupid looking it wasn't actually stupid at all, it knew what it was talking about. If only what it was talking about actually mattered, because to Bunny at least it really didn't seem to be important at all. Elena was listening though. Elena even seemed to grasp what it was saying and view what it was saying as important, even trying to apply it to the situation at hand. Brains over brawn. Wasn't quite his motto or whatever, but he guessed that it applied to his usual tactics... all of which didn't really matter here since his Digimon governed themselves.

As far as the battle, which Bunny didn't actually pay much attention to at that very moment, the Viximon had managed to keep a clean charge on the enemy Wanyamon. As Luna had wanted to happen, the Wanyamon had been thrown off balance by the tackling attack and was actually launched at an angle that resulted in it hitting the gumdrop. Luckily, the force exerted into the tackle and the low weight of the blue cat-dog was enough to puncture the gumdrop enough to get the Digimon stuck within it. Luna had landed on her belly from the tackle, and now placed her stubs underneath her to pick herself up off the ground. Luna had managed to tilt herself enough that the side of her body had dealt the blow, but that didn't mean that she didn't receive some recoil damage from such a strong full body tackle. Viximon had left ruffles in her beautiful fur where the impact had been, and her body ached at this location. Still, she would not slow down due to this nor would she give the enemy Digimon a break. For now, though, she saw no reason to attempt to deal more damage to the Wanyamon. It was immobilized, giving them a moment to focus on Calumon or perhaps move on to Calumon entirely if the Digimon turned out to be permanently subdued.

Astra the Kyaromon's assault wasn't as fruitful as the Viximon's, which was almost expected given the wild nature of the assault. Unfortunately, since this battle was restricted entirely to In-Training Digimon the variation in attacks would be relatively minuscule and the range of battle would almost never deviate from short range combat. Astra was unable to redirect himself once the descent as underway, and the Calumon had received urging from the Burgermon and Elena to move over. Astra, with air whipping past his ears and his body falling very quickly, did not hear these calls and did not expect a dodge from the Calumon thus braced for impact on an enemy. However, as the Digimon landed its tail would sink into the grass, pressing down hard against the dirt and creating an indent where grass used to be. The impact created a pressure wave that in term launched air in all directions, causing the grass to sway chaotically for a moment. The Kyaromon, due to how rubberized the tail was, actually was projected into the air after the initial impact. Doing a single turn in the air, it landed on its stomach with a cute little grunt. Astra clearly wanted to complain as was visible on his face, but since he was mute he didn't and instead just stood up and shook himself free of some of the grass that stuck to his underside. Where was that Calumon?

Bunny was chuckling a little to himself. "Your Digimon seems to make an a'ight tamer, Elena. Might wanna step up your game 'fore he replaces ya." Sol giggled as well, her little head bobbing as she contained the laughter to herself. She held her paws over her mouth, attempting not to make any noise as to not upset anybody. "Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful." She spoke low, looking up to Bunny. Bunny was more distracted by the battle now, though, a renewed interest in it now that the strange Digimon at Elena's side was quiet. The white thing with the Triforce on top of its head could apparently fly and used that ability to dodge Astra's attack. Annoying. This might have been a little difficult after all. He had faith in the beauty of his Digimon, though. The Calumon flew over to the gumdrop, which meant that it probably would make an effort to free the other Digimon or at least protect it from further attacks. Luna stood there, looking up at the white Digimon with a serious glare in her eyes. "I advise taking your situation seriously. The grave moments grow near."

It was laughing at its teammate. Luna did not appreciate such foolishness, but perhaps, if this would make its success easier than so be it. They went into a sort of dialogue, which eventually died out into whispers as they were clearly discussing some kind of plan together. Luna scoffed. "Wanyamon. I was under the impression we would be facing one another -- alone." The Wanyamon was torn from the grip of the gumdrop, sending globs of the sugary gumdrop into the grass. Astra, whom had recovered from his rather rough landing, had trotted up to Viximon and acknowledged her with a glance that communicated that they both had the same idea in mind. Luna spoke to her mute comrade, "Very well, Astra. They have forced it upon themselves." Astra nodded and readied itself into a bit of a battle stance, which was mimicked by the Viximon shortly afterward. Together they watched as the Calumon did not let go of the Wanyamon and instead carried it into the air with it. They did not go very high, probably due to the fact that the Calumon wasn't exactly the strongest thing ever nor the most aerodynamic. What were they going to do from up there, anyway?

Blue flame formed at the maw of the Wanyamon. Bunny watched it, his hands deep within his pockets and his head tilted up to watch the Digimon. They were forming some sort of aerial cannon or something, which he didn't expect at all. Apparently in-trainings were supposed to focus on short range combat and only be capable of one or two moves. Why was this one at all different? The Digivice did not give him information on these sort of abilities, in fact Wanyamon seemed like a pretty ordinary in-training in terms of strength and abilities. This was unique, though. Perhaps there was more to Elena and her team than he had expected at first glance. "Fireballs?" Bunny questioned out loud. It didn't take long for the orbs to be prepared and rain down on his Digimon team. The first two were aimed at the Viximon. Bunny didn't expect any success there, for Luna was far quicker and intelligent than most In-Trainings. Such an attack, even if it was from above, shouldn't have been that difficult to negate or block or something. Unfortunately, they were moving too fast for her to prepare to switch into stone -- and even that might not have been too effective against this sort of attack.

Viximon did not move quick enough to dodge the first attack. Bunny flinched as the blue flame collided with her body, completely engulfing her for half a second with something that was almost an explosion on impact. It made Bunny's heart drop to see the Digimon covered in various shades of blue, not wavering and licking high into the air. A short moment after the first fireball's impact, it was revealed that the Viximon had actually stood tall in resistance to the attack. Her fur looked mangled and her stubs were shaking underneath her. Dying embers of blue ate away at the grass at her feet and the grass directly underneath her had been clean incinerated. Sol gasped at Bunny's side, muttering in disbelief, "No..." Luna staggered to the left a little bit, attempting to get her balance after receiving the blunt of the flame. She didn't seem all too hurt, after all.

However let's not forget that one more blue fireball was aimed at her. After staggering a little bit, she stopped and looked up. Her eyes reflected the deep blue of the spiraling flame. Bunny clenched the Digivice in his pocket, looking down to spare himself from the sight. He had seen people get shot and get beaten senseless, but to see that cute little furball get blown away by flames was a lot different. He held onto the thought that Luna was Luna and thus she would be okay, as she had the strongest will he had ever seen, programmed or not. From the blue flame's impact spot the Viximon skidded backwards across the grass. Her stubs held her up, but the flames had left her entire body in pain. She barely held her ocean blue eyes open, and, being Luna, she looked over to see Kyaromon looking over to her expectantly. Blue flame neared Astra. She may have been the tactician of the group, but she had to prioritize a little bit.

Luna's near-charred body was forced into action as she sprang over to the right. The Kyaromon looked upwards, seeing the descending flame falling upon it but knowing that it did not have enough time to evade. Viximon, having jumped over in front of Astra, took the blunt of the fireball. Bunny still hadn't looked up at this time, but the Lopmon had kept her eye on the battle and, as she saw this, felt tears well up in her eyes. She was a little more emotional than she actually wanted to come off as, mimicking Bunny and all. Luna was slammed by the flame, this time caught in mid air and being thrown harshly to the ground by the fireball. Her attempt to protect Astra, however, had been successful as the embers did not catch onto the Kyaromon and instead lingered upon her fur as she uncontrollably rolled backwards in the grass until she was stopped by bumping into a sugar-coated gumdrop.

Bunny gasped. "Damn..." Luna did not look as though she would be getting up anytime soon. Even Astra had pretty much halted at this point, and he was usually vicious and considerate only of his personal combat progression. "Luna!" He called out, running over to the Digimon that lay motionless. She had not degenerated into her Fresh form, which meant she was still capable of keeping herself in the in-training state but that didn't mean she was alright. Bunny stopped as he reached the yellow fox, getting down on one knee and reaching to stroke the Digimon's ears. "Luna, are you alright?" He shook the Digimon a little bit, to see if it would get up or at least respond to him. Bunny turned her over a bit, to see if he could look into her eyes. As he did this Luna's eyes flicked open, giving him a glimpse at her pretty blue eyes. Sol had ran alongside Bunny, and was now standing there next to the Viximon as well. "L-..Luna. Stay beautiful, Luna."

Astra was apparently done looking back at the carnage that the Wanyamon inflicted and instead was now more concerned about finishing this fight. It hadn't done any damage to the Calumon beforehand, but now that it was in the air it felt that a properly placed blow might be able to compensate for its prior failure. Twirling its tail around behind it, it finally slammed it into the grass and launched itself into the air. Bunny heard this while looking down at Luna, looking up to see that Astra had shot into the air with his rubberized tail. Bunny looked down at the Viximon, whom suddenly sprung forward out of his grasp and stood up shakily. Turning to look back at Bunny she spoke, "Don't worry about me, Bunny."--"A'ight... Get 'em." Bunny stood up, reaching over his shoulder to grasp the white hood that he had previously put down. Pulling it back over his head, he took a step back and observed the battle as if that little misstep hadn't happened and Viximon's heroics were without sacrifice.

Viximon turned around and jumped forward, looking up to see hat Astra was attempting to do. Kyaromon was, using his skill with the rubberized tail, shooting himself in the air several feet above the elevation that the Calumon was flying. Turning himself in mid-air similarly to how he had last time, he now began another quick descent down upon the flying duo. If he managed to strike with his tail this time, he would easily be able to knock them out of the air and deal massive damage both with the force of gravity and from the force of impact from his tail on the Calumon. This was risky as was his last attack, but the payout of success might be massive.

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bunny the human ~ takes a few steps forward to comment on what is going on between elena and her burgermon. then, he decides to pay a little more attention to the fight at hand. after commenting out loud and inwardly about the wanyamon's strange ability to produce blue flame, he is taken by surprise as his viximon is launched backwards by the fireballs. he runs up to viximon's side, stroking her ears and trying to get a response from her. once she stands up and springs forward, he also stands up and puts his white hood back up. he then watches to see the battle unfold.

sol the lopmon ~ makes a few comments here and there while still at bunny's side. runs up to the viximon with bunny when he does that.

luna the viximon ~ is impressed with the success of her initial tackle attack. is taken back by the fact that the wanyamon is getting supported by the calumon and has brief dialogue there. astra comes up to her side and she speaks a little to the kyaromon. afterward, she watches as the calumon takes flight and prepares herself to dodge whatever it is they are intending. when blue flame rains down upon her, she is hit by both. then, she jumps in front of the fireball aimed at her companion. laying there motionless in the grass, she is comforted by bunny and then springs back into action.

astra the kyaromon ~ recovers from missing the initial strike on the calumon. goes over to assist the viximon, finding that the calumon and wanyamon are now taking flight. after being protected from a blue fireball by luna, he decides to take the offense into his own hands. using the rubberized tail, astra launches himself into the air, doing a complete flip before attempting to fall down upon the calumon/wanyamon flying duo with a hard strike from the rubberized tail.