//------------------------------// // Digi Spirit Quest PT 1 // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls Going Digital // by WarriorofFaith18 //------------------------------// It was morning as Davis, Yolei, Cody, T.K., and Ken stood ready for their Spirit Quest. They stood before the Ninjas, Allies, Rainbooms, Team Shine, Night Shine, the older Digidestined, Leomon, Ogremon, Starlight, CMCs, Bebop, Rocksteady, and their Digimon partners who all came to see them off. After a brief silence, Davis finally spoke. “Well, I guess this is it.” “You all will do just fine.” Sunset coaxed. “Just be careful out there.” Leo warned. “And make it back safe.” Izzy added. “Remember, we’re all counting on you.” Leomon stated. “You may be the young ones, but remember, you strong inside.” Rocksteady advised. “And always keep a cool head.” Bebop posed. “And we will all be with you in spirit.” Twilight assured them. “All of us.” Tai added. Yolei then noticed someone was missing. “Hey, has anyone seen Kari?” “Haven’t seen her this morning.” Sora pondered. “Maybe she’s getting a head start on her quest.” Davis suggested. “We’ll go look for her.” Shine Boy promised. “In the meantime, you all focus on your quests.” April suggested. Karai walked up with six headbands with the Hamato symbol on them. “These are headbands symbolizing the Hamato clan. And we want you all to wear them.” Wowed, they each took a headband and put it on. Davis wore his under his goggles, T.K. wore his over his hat, Cody and Ken both wore theirs normally, and Yolei wore hers like a scarf. “Thanks, Karai.” She thanked. The five then huddled each other. “Good luck to you all.” Cody wished his friends. “Remember, guys! They’re all counting on us!” Davis motivated. “Even though we’re separated from each other, we’re together in spirit!” T.K. smiled. “May we all be successful.” Ken hoped. “Let’s show them that Digidestined can be a part of the Hamato clan!” Yolei declared. After they broke, and hugged their Digimon partners goodbye, Davis, Cody, and T.K. began to walk separate ways through the morning fog while Yolei held Ken’s hand and stuttered. “Ken…. I… I wanna…. Good luck, Ken.” Confused at first, Ken nodded. “Uh, thanks. You too.” Then, finally releasing each other’s hand, the two also went separate ways. “There they go.” Rainbow sighed. “Yeah.” Veemon whimpered. “I miss them already.” Pouted Hawkmon. “Yeah.” Added Armadillomon. “Good luck, Ken.” Whispered Wormmon. Fluttershy hugged them. “Don’t worry. I’m sure they’ll be back.” Leo then spoke up. “Okay, I’ll go with Shine Boy, Luke, April, Karai, and Sunset will go look for Kari. Raph, you’re in charge of Tai and the others’ training while we’re gone.” “No problem, Leo.” Raph grinned. “And it’s our turn for guard duty, Scoots!” Rainbow patted her shoulder. “You can count on me, Rainbow.” Scootaloo smiled. “Just don’t use it as an excuse to nap.” Applejack joked while Rainbow glared. Shine Boy turned to Patamon and Gatomon. “You two are welcome to join us.” “Sure thing!” Patamon flew up. “We need to find Kari and soon!” Gatomon agreed, secretly worried for her friend. As the groups went their separate ways, Applebloom spoke to her sister, “Hey, Applejack?” “Yeah, Sugarcube?” “Do you think we might have our own Spirit Quest?” “Maybe someday, Bloom. Maybe someday.” Applejack smiled as she rustled her sister’s hair playfully. --------- Cody had made his way to a canyon. As he walked around, he had realized he was in the same canyon where BlackWarGreymon destroyed a Destiny Stone. “This place sure brings back memories.” He told himself as he looked at the rubble where the Destiny Stone used to be. He was about to walk some more when he heard a noise. He stood still ready to draw his swords. “It’s quiet. Too quiet.” He gulped when quietly a Gem Knight tried to sneak up on him. SLASH! Cody drew his sword, beheading the knight as its head fell to the ground, causing its whole body to go up in smoke. Cody then saw more Gem Knights facing him. “Gem Knights!” he gasped. “Did Ripley and Lewej find me?” He drew his other kodachi as Gem Knights marched towards him. He slashed at them as they too went up in smoke. He then kicked a couple more as more of them marched up. After a struggle fending himself, Cody saw all Gem Knights defeated as they all went up in smoke. “Something doesn’t feel right.” He panted. “Gem Knights just break apart, not puff up in smoke! And Ripley, Lewej, or Gladitron would’ve shown up by now! I don’t like this.” Suddenly, something exploded through the canyon wall, causing Cody to tumble away. As he regained his composure, he heard giant footsteps. What he saw was a familiar big shadow that caused him to gasp as he heard a familiar growl. “Then you’re really going to hate this!” The dust cleared up, revealing the shadow to be- “BlackWarGreymon!” Cody gasped. “But you were destroyed!” “I will not rest until I fight my worthy opponent!” BlackWarGreymon declared. “All this time, I thought a Digimon would give the fight I crave. Perhaps I was wrong, and these humans called ninjas could give me the challenge I want.” BlackWarGreymon roared as he charged towards the boy. Cody was able to deflect his claws with his swords, but he was still no match for his old enemy. “Look! I don’t want to fight you!” Cody pleaded before dodging his foot. The boy then ran from the Mega Digimon and hid behind a stone as BlackWarGreymon shouted. “COWARD! Come back here! Your Digimon partner showed more courage! You WILL fight me! I WILL have my battle! FIGHT ME!” As BlackWarGreymon stomped around searching, Cody was panicking behind the rock. “I can’t do this! Not without Armadillomon! Not without my friends!” Then his panic turned to realization as he remembered what Leo and Splinter told him. “Who are all counting on me! Okay, remember what Leo said. I have to observe all the facts. There’s got to be a way to beat him!” he then peaked out from the rock and noticed something shining from BlackWarGreymon’s neck. “What is that? Right now, it’s my best option!” “WHERE ARE YOU?” BlackWarGreymon bellowed again. “Here I am!” BlackWarGreymon turned to see Cody walking towards him. “You want your fight? Then come and get me!” “At last! Now feel my wrath!” BlackWarGreymon roared as he charged at Cody again. Cody again blocked his claws a couple times. When BlackWargreymon missed him and stabbed the ground, Cody ran up his arm only to be smacked off. Unfazed, Cody then jumped off the wall. As he flew towards BlackWarGreymon’s head, his Kodachi blades began to glow yellow and transformed into a new shape that made it resemble Ankylomon. Cody shouted as he stabbed the spot on BlackWarGreymon’s neck, which looked like a Kraang mind control device. BlackWarGreymon cried in pain as he fell to his knees while Cody tumbled off him. Panting, Cody grabbed his swords again preparing to fight more if necessary. But when he saw BlackWarGreymon sitting there breathing as his eyes look less threatening now. The Digimon looked at Cody sounding calm now. “Well done, Cody. You have succeeded in your Spirit Quest. As you face your greatest challenge, remember my strength is my gift to you all. Good luck, my worthy opponent.” He chuckled as he began to sparkle and disappear. Cody smiled as he patted BlackWarGreymon’s head before he completely disappeared. “Thank you, old friend.” He whispered. He then held his blades up seeing their new shape before they reverted to normal. He then sheathed them and began to walk back. --------- Davis had walked for what seemed like hours. As the fog cleared, he found himself in a wasteland. As he walked around, he was yawning from boredom. “Man! It’s so boring without Veemon to talk to.” He sighed. “If I just knew what I’m supposed to look for on this Spirit Quest.” He continued on his way, unaware some shadows appeared behind him. Davis continued further before he felt like he was followed. He slowly turned around to find himself surrounded by Gem Knights. “Figures.” Davis griped as he pulled out his tribaton. “Well, I was bound to face you jerks sooner or later.” The Gem Knights marched to attack. Davis used his weapon to smack some away while he kicked a couple away. Every Gem Knight he knocked down instantly puffed into smoke. After minutes of fighting, Davis looked around to see there were no more to fight. “Well, that was easy.” Davis smiled. “Wonder if that was the Spirit Quest? Or is it taking down Ripley and Lewej?” Before he could act, Davis was forced off his feet and dragged by his leg. He looked up to see a white bandage tied to his leg. He was able to free himself when he heard a familiar male voice. “Oh, that is the least of your problems!” Davis looked and to his shock saw a tall skinny mummy wearing ammo belts on his shoulders with pharaoh rods sticking out and a purple headband carrying a rifle in his hand. “Mummymon?! But I saw you get destroyed by MaloMyotismon!” he gasped. “Well, I’m back now!” Mummymon smirked. “And defeating you will be an added bonus!” Davis ran to face Mummymon only for the Digimon to block his tribaton and kick him without even trying. “Is that all you got?” he taunted before kneeing Davis in the stomach and punching him away, causing him to lose his tribaton. As he grabbed Davis by the ankle, he boasted. “You may have been formidable with your half-witted friends, but without them, you’re just a pushover!” He then threw the Digidestined at the foot of a cliff nearby. Groaning, Davis got back up panting. “Dang! What now? He’s just two steps ahead of me! He’s picking me apart!” “Oh, don’t tell me you’ve thrown the towel!” Davis heard Mummymon walking up and crept behind some rocks nearby. “Ollie ollie oxy free!” Davis peaked out to see Mummymon walking the other way looking for him. Unfortunately, his tribaton was even further away. “I gotta get to my tribaton before Mummymon tosses me around again. Okay, I gotta work smarter, not harder, right? Think. Think.” Davis thought real hard trying to remember any weakness his old foe had. Then he heard him gleamed to himself. “If I’m back, maybe my precious Arukennimon is too! If I catch that boy, she will really notice me now!” Hearing that gave Davis the idea he needed as he pulled out one of the smoke bombs Donnie made earlier. He then rushed over near Mummymon still hiding and throwing out his voice beginning to tease the Digimon. “So if I surrender myself, you’ll really think Arukennimon will fall head over heels for you?” Mummymon chuckled. “Of course.” “As I recall, no matter what you did, Arukennimon thought of you as nothing but a whiny lackey!” Mummymon took a back. “I’m bound to impress her eventually!” “Please! You’d capture all of us and she’d still find you annoying!” Hearing Davis’ scoff was starting to anger Mummymon. “What would you know? You’re just a twerp!” “Face it, Bandage Brain! She’ll never love you EVER!” “SHUT UP!” Mummymon shouted as he fired from his gun that shot blue electricity at the rocks. After destroying everything in sight, he couldn’t find Davis in the rubble. “Where are you?” “Nice shot!” Before Mummymon could turn around, Davis dropped down and knocked him down with a spin kick. “But what were you aiming at?” Davis hurried over and grabbed his tribaton just before Mummymon got back up. “Let’s end this!” “SNAKE BANDAGE!” Mummymon threw bandages that tried to wrap on Davis, who ran past them. As he screamed and twirled his tribaton, his weapon began to glow blue and now became blue with tiny wings on each end of all three batons that resembled ExVeemon’s wings. He then jumped up right in from of Mummymon. “BOOYAKASHA!” Davis then whacked Mummymon with his tribaton, resulting in a vibration impulse that sent Mummymon flying to a slope wall. He then screamed as he was buried under giant rocks. After a bit of waiting, Davis could not see any sign of the Digimon. “He put up a good fight, but…. I won!” Davis flexed his arms before cringing from pain. He then noticed his transformed ninja weapon. “I wonder if this is that new powers Splinter told us about?” Then his tribaton reverted back to normal. Shrugging, Davis started to walk back. “I should thank Applebloom for showing me the split kick.” ----------- T.K. had walked for what seemed to be hours before he was in a deep dark cave. Despite being empty, he did not have a good feeling about the caverns. “I don’t know how I got here, but I’m beginning to regret it!” he told himself. “I’m getting a bad feeling about this.” As he continued forward, then saw shadows on the wall moving. “Weird.” He muttered. “Hope no one’s making shadow puppets to try and scare me.” Suddenly, merging from the shadows were Gem Knights as they quickly surround the Digidestined boy. “Okay! I really was expecting somebody doing shadow puppets!” T.K. jumped as he pulled out his Bo staff, ready to fight. Without hesitation, the Gem Knights charged at T.K., who was able to fight on his own. He was able to block their scepters using his staff and punch or kick them away. As they fell, the Gem Knights blew up in smoke. “You know, this would’ve been avoided if you guys would’ve just talked things out.” T.K. grinned as the last of them puffed up in smoke. He then looked around noticing something about the cave. “You know, something about this place seems familiar.” His thoughts were interrupted a familiar and alarm laugh. “The only thing you’ll remember about these caverns is that here is where you will die!” T.K. turned around to see a familiar villain merging from the darkness. “Devimon?!” “What’s the matter? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” Devimon smirked. “Why can you never stay dead?” T.K. could feel his blood boil. “Foolish boy! You can never fully conquer the darkness! Or are you afraid without Patamon to save you this time?” T.K. charged at Devimon, who dodged his attack. “Did I strike a nerve?” he taunted. When T.K. tried to whack him with his staff, Devimon blocked it before smacking the Digidestined aside. “You call that an attack?” He grinned as he snapped T.K.’s bo in two and tossed them aside. T.K. then hollered as he ran up and tried punching Devimon, who playfully dodged each one before blocking one. “I’ve noticed you have quite the temper!” he laughed before he smacked him again. “Without your Digimon partner, you are weak! I’m rather disappointed! You will never help your friends, especially your friend with the Gatomon!” As he heard while trying to get up, T.K. flashed as he remembered Kari knowing she was counting on him. “He’s right! Everyone’s counting on me! Kari! Matt! Patamon! Leo! Sunset! April! Everyone!” he whimpered. He then got up closing his eyes. “I can’t let him get to me. Gotta let it flow by me. Like a river!” As he stood still, Devimon walked up to him readying his hand. “And now you DIE!” But right when he was about to strike, T.K. flipped over him and jumped off his shoulder. “Maybe you’re not disappointing after all.” T.K. grabbed his broken bo staff and faced Devimon. “I may be weak on my own, Devimon, but as long as I remember who I’m fighting for, I will NEVER GIVE UP!” he slammed the halves together when suddenly they started to glow bright green. It stopped glowing a bit, revealing the staff was whole again, before glowing again. When it stopped, it was now golden like Angemon’s and had mini angel wings on both ends. Devimon roared as he tried to attack, but T.K. used his staff to block him. “And as long as I’m willing to fight, everyone will have the one light you will never extinguish, Devimon! HOPE!” T.K. Then deflected Devimon’s hand, then swung his staff slashing Devimon at the chest a couple times by the angel wings. “NO! NOOOOOOO!” Devimon hollered as his body sparked with light. T.K. turned away as Devimon fell over imploding as the cave imploded with him. T.K. noticed he was outside again. He smiled as he saw the clear sky and then looked at his staff, which reverted back to a simple bo staff. “That felt good.” He smiled. “Well, now I better head back.” He started hurrying back. I’m coming, Kari, he thought. -------- Back at the Primary Village, everyone was busy prepping themselves. Mikey was sparring with Leomon in his Digi Armor while Love Shine and Shine Girl trained with Applejack, Casey, and Ogremon. Everyone else helped Raph train the older Digidestined to find the right weapon for them. Donnie was showing Tai how to fight with a katana using wooden swords. After a little clashing, Donnie still got him in his openings. “You’re improving.” He pointed out. “But you still need to focus your attacks.” “Right.” Tai panted. Raph was showing Matt moves while he borrowed his sais. Despite sometimes needing practice, The Digidestined showed promise. “That’s a good first try. Just remember, you gotta be quick on the sai so don’t hesitate.” He instructed. “Okay.” Matt nodded. Over to Sora, Rarity was helping her practice with her sickles. “How am I doing, Rarity?” she asked. “You’re doing just fine, Sora. Just keep working on your elegent.” Rarity advised. Twilight was helping Izzy as he tried her kamayari spear. As he twirled it, Izzy was astounded. “This is prodigious! I never picture myself wielding a weapon.” “I felt that way too when we traveled in space. But since then, I never looked back.” Twilight recalled. Meanwhile, Joe was practicing some target practice with Fluttershy’s blowgun as the shy girl coaxed. “Just relax. Focus on the targets. And blow.” Joe fired a couple darts at a couple makeshift target, some personalized by Night Shine before he left. They weren’t bulls eyes, but they were close. “Good first try.” Fluttershy smiled. “I’m glad that my studies as a doctor helps me stomach this. In the old days, I’d pass out at the sight of blood. I also amazed at how many ninja weapons there are.” Joe noticed. Over to Shini, she was helping Mimi with her weapons. Unlike the others, Mimi was struggling to find the right weapon. She was trying out a Chiriki Mace when the chain got caught in a tree and she struggled to get it out. “That’s the third weapon. I can’t use the butterfly blades, The Kurisami Fundo, now this thing!” she huffed. “Maybe I’m not cut out to use a weapon.” Shini patted her shoulder. “Don’t feel down about it, Mimi. It takes a bit of practice before finding the weapon that feels right. Trust me, we’ve all been there before.” “Thanks, Shini.” Mimi smiled. “Now, let’s try another weapon.” A little bit aways, Keno was helping Josh using Mikey’s spare nunchucks. “Left shoulder. Right shoulder. Good good. Now try it again a little faster now.” “Okay.” Panted Josh as he did as he was instructed. Not far, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were with Spike, Veemon, Keramon, and the other Digimon watching. “So, you say you saw Veemon glow recently, Sweetie Belle?” Applebloom asked. “At first I thought it was Armadillomon, but then it was Veemon.” “No. you may have been on to something. I saw it too.” Hawkmon agreed. “Yeah, and call it intuition, but I have a feeling that Cody succeeded in his Spirit Quest.” Armadillomon added. “I think Davis was too!” Veemon added. Applebloom pondered. “Maybe since they’re their partners, they can sense it.” “Kinda like in those video games when you unlock an achievement.” Sweetie added. “Exactly.” “Wonder if I can do that with Twilight?” Spike wondered out loud. “Well, I’m still worried about Ken.” Wormmon sighed as he lied down. “Yeah and I think Yolei is working on hers.” Hawkmon nodded. “We just have to trust that they will.” The group saw Gamer walked up. “Just like I have trust Bro and his group will find Kari.” “I wonder where she went.” Keramon asked curiously. “Yeah. So, you ready to spar, Gamer?” Applebloom smiled. “Yep. Once Scootaloo comes back, we’ll get started.” “Bebop and Rocksteady are going to relieve her and Rainbow from guard duty.” Sweetie Belle recalled. “Sounds good.” Gamer looked to the direction Shine Boy and the others went. Be careful out there, guys. He thought to himself. To be continued