Episode 12: Burn Baby Burn!

Gorillamon shakes his head. "Nah, sorry. I already have dinner planned. Thanks for the offer, though." He sips his coffee again and then sighs. "Well, I got to go. See ya." He then leaves.

Some time passed. Everyone was exhausted from the events of that day, so they all decided to go to bed. In the morning, Evander and Agumon approached Regen with determined looks on their faces. Regen smiled in their direction. "Good morning. How did you sleep?" Regen asked. "Like a log. Jijimon's guests beds are incredibly comfortable!" Evander responded. Evander then raised his fist and gave Regen a determined look. "You know, watching you fight Flora last night got me really pumped up. I'd love it if I had a shot at him." Evander said. Augie looked Evander in the eye and scowled. "No, I want to fight Lizomon!" Agumon said. Evander sighed, reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He held the coin out in front of Agumon. "Fine, we'll flip for it." Evander said. "Heads, I fight Lizomon. Tails, you fight him." Evander then flipped the coin. It came up tails. Evander held his head in disappointment. Evander then raised his head, his disappointed expression gone. He held up his fist and said, "Well, Agumon is my Digimon so his fight is technically mine!"

Lizomon grinned. "Ok, if you really think you can take me." Lizomon said. He then jumped in the air, spinning on himself and landing some distance from Agumon, standing in a battle position, his wings pressed against his body, just like facing Flora.

"So come on Agumon. Think you can stand up to me?" Lizomon said with a grin.

Evander got embarrassed but didn't say anything as he went to go make some Flapjacks. "Wait!" Jessica called. Evander stopped in his tracks. He turned around with a confused look on his face "Why?" Evander asked. Jessica looked at him quizzically and held up one palm. "You have to battle." Jessica said. Evander blushed and sweat dropped. He rubbed the back of his head. "Oh." Evander said. Evander had gotten distracted by his rumbling tummy. None of them had had breakfast yet, and he was so focused thinking on what he had to eat that he hadn't noticed that Lizomon had accepted his challenge and was now standing poised, ready for battle.

Evander got his cards Ready. "Let's Go!" Evander called. Agumon got posed. "Agumon! If you lose, no flapjacks for you!" Evan said. Agumon turned to face him with a surprised look. Then he scowled and said "Hey! No fair! You can't deprive me of food!" Agumon fussed, shaking a clenched fist with an anime style popping vein on his head.

Lizomon took the advantage of Agumon being distracted by his partner to make a quick attack.

He suddenly dropped from above Agumon and slammed his feet in Agumon's face before pulling back and getting some distance again.

"First rule on the battlefield : Never get distracted." Lizomon said with a small grin. Agumon was laying on a Pile of Boxes. "uhh...." He mumbled. Evander pumped his fists and grit his teeth. "Agumon, you can do it! Just Focus!" Evander said. Agumon got up and shook his head. He slapped himself in the face with both of his claws to get himself focused, like a boxer psyching himself up. Agumon then shouted "Pepper Breath!" before shooting a small ball of fire out of his mouth towards Lizomon.

Evander was feeling a little sore about what Lizomon did. It was basically a sucker punch. "Someone should've said 'Commence Battle' instead of just Attacking while he's not looking, that's Underhanded." Evander Thought.

OH SORRY! BATTLE NOW!!!!!!!

In answer to Agumon's attack, Lizomon opened his mouth, shouting "Strato Ball!" and spewed out a multi-colored ball of energy which collided on Agumon's Pepper Breath. The result of Agumon's and Lizomon's oral attacks hitting each other caused the two attacks to cancel each other out.

"Well, there's a first time for everything I guess...but you're gonna need to do better kiddo." Lizomon said with another grin on the face.

"Pepper Breath!" Agumon shouted, sending another ball of fire at Lizomon. Lizomon decided to counter the attack differently this time. He swung his claw and sent the fireball right back at them. Agumon jumped off to the side to dodge. Evander dodged too but just barely. Then Evander began sniffing the air. "Hey, do you guys smell something?" Evander said. Evander then looked back and saw that his pants were on fire! Evander then ran around in circles waving at his butt, trying to put the flames out. "Dog Garments!" Evander exclaimed. Agumon gave Evander a weird look while he was running around, attempting to put out his butt fire. "Umm…don't you mean 'dog gonnit?'" He said.

Agumon then turned back towards Lizomon. His face turned red and fire began fuming all around his mouth. "Spit Fire Blast!" He shouted, spewing a large stream of flames at his opponent.

Lizomon's eyes narrowed and he jumped backward, before charging forward.

"Flame Charge!" he shouted as his whole body burst into flames and he charged right into the flaming attack sent by Agumon and was engulfed in it.

He continued pushing in, his own flames partly shielding him from Agumon's flames as he rushed closer and closer to Agumon…

Mario's and Flora's Digimon watch the fight as it progresses.

"Not bad," Guilmon says, suddenly sporting a pair of 3D glasses. "Amazing 3D effects. Could use more special effects than just the 3D, though."

Gatomon blinks. "Where you got those, I'd rather not ask." She sighs and thinks a bit. "Well, I'm going to think a bit more about how to help Flora improve her temper." She sits back down and thinks. The plan of sitting her and Mario together could still work, but if Mario said one wrong word, it would be curtains for him. After a few seconds, she sighs. "Alright, I'm still stumped on Flora's temper case. If a plan like the one we put together earlier is going to work, the person who needs to talk with Flora should be able to not anger her easily and would have to be someone whom Flora wouldn't beat up if her fuse runs out."

"How about me?" Mario's Agumon asks.

Augie the Agumon got hit by Lizomon's Flame Charge. He flew back and did a bit of tumbling before landing on his stomach, grunting in pain. Augie then got back up. His face turned red and fire began fuming all around his mouth. "Spit Fire Blast!" He shouted, spewing a large stream of flames at his opponent.

Lizomon smirked.

"That never changes..." he muttered as he rushed foward to dodge the second Spit Fire Blast.

Then he look at Agumon in the air.

"A mistake in battle can cost you a lot. And I'm going to prove it." Lizomon said as he stopped himself, halting his Flame Charge.

Then he let go of Agumon. As he saw Agumon falling back toward the ground from his jump, Lizomon quickly moved beneath Agumon's way and jumped in the air, bursting in flames once again as he yelled "Flame Charge!" and rushed from beneath at Agumon.

"He got him..." Regan said. as he watched the fight. "Agumon can't fly unlike Lizomon, which can easily move himself to a vulnerable spot for Agumon when he's in the air..."

"Well...I think that there could be two possibilities..." Kari's Gatomon said as she came up to Flora's Gatomon and the other digimon.

"Either me, or Lizomon. Both of us can hold her quite well when it's needed...though it's been rather me with Cat's Eye Hypnotism." Gatomon added. "As for Lizomon...well, you know his ways, though he can control himself very well when he wants."

Evander was thinking about the Cards he had in his Deck Box strapped to his Waist. "OK....So I've got some pretty cool Cards, now how am I going to use them? Maybe Positron Laser." Evander Thought. "What is Evander waiting for, The Battle Fairy?" Agumon thought. Evan got a Card out. "AH HA!" Evander Exclaimed. "Digi Modify! Positron Lazer activate!"

Agumon suddenly found himself holding a huge laser weapon: "Positron Laser!" Agumon shouted as he fired the laser he was holding. The laser appeared to be white and blue energy.

"...Not likely."

Lizomon's eyes quickly narrowed as he moved on the side, barely dodging the laser attack as he spun around, tossed by the shockwaves of the blast.

"Dimwit! That may be a powerful attack, but unless you've forgot,both of us are in the air and I can fly around while you can't!" Lizomon shouted as he righted himself and flew back at Agumon.

"But frankly...a Mega attack...so I'll play dirty too...Strato Ball!" Lizomon shouted as he shot out balls of energy at the still dropping Agumon.

Unless he could fly or had some kind of shield, Agumon had no way to evade Lizomon's incoming attacks…

Evander took out a card that had six white wings on it. He scanned it through his D-Power. "Digi Modify! Hyperwing Activate! HA!" Evander exclaimed. Agumon grew six white wings on his back, and then he flew up into the air with a Laser on his arm. "Positron Laser!" He exclaimed, shooting another beam of white and yellow energy.

"Okay, now he can fly...however, it will probably be limited, like his Positron Laser. Honestly, I wanted a fair match...but now this is getting unfair, to use a Mega attack." Lizomon thought as he dropped down and quickly landed as he kept his gaze on the flying Agumon.

"Perhaps...I may have it..." Lizomon thought again with a little grin.

He took off to the air once more, raising up and fast toward Agumon.

"Let's make him think something else..." he thought once again. "Strato Ball!" he shouted as he spit out more energy balls at Agumon.

Agumon got hit. But then he flew at Lizomon. "Claw Attack!" Agumon Attacked.

Lizomon reacted by swinging his wings in front of him. "Hard Wings!" he shouted as his two wings slammed together, instantly hardening and creating a repulsive shockwave, though the force of the attack also sent Lizomon flying down and backward.

"Strato Ball!"

Lizomon's attack went flying at Agumon from the back and above.

"Next time, make sure you really won before claiming victory.

I would never...ever...go down that easy..." Lizomon said, still flying in the air and having obviously recovered his balance.

"Aww man, I sure have become a jerk since I came to the digital world. I guess I'm just homesick." Evander thought. "Agumon use... Pepper Breath, But FIRST!" Evan started. Evander pulled out a card. "Digi-Modify! Speed Activate! Power Combo!" Evan yelled. "Burning Wing Activate! Eva called. "Try to beat a 3 way Combo!" Agumon bragged. Agumon flew around spouting sparks from the burning wings onto Lizomon. "Pepper Breath!" Agumon attacked. "ALRIGHT! " They cheered.

Evander then started tearing up. "Even if the smoke clears and we don't win. I want my new friends to check out my pancakes." Evander thought. He was getting emotional over pancakes for some reason. But then, they were good pancakes. The whole world needed to know about them, Evander thought. Both worlds needed to know about his awesome pancakes. Ok, well, maybe they weren't THAT good, but still.

"WHERE DID THAT KITCHEN COME FROM?" Gatomon yells in a shocked yet humorous way.

Palmon blinks. "I know that anything can be created in this room, but...this is just a bit overboard."

As the smoke cleared, there were no traces of Lizomon...except a hole in the ground.

Some distance away, an explosion came out of the ground, followed by a grinning Lizomon.

"Heh, the underground's a nice place when you know how to take advantage of it." he said, still grinning.

Then Lizomon stopped grinning. "But frankly, I am growing tired and annoyed of you kiddo. For me a fair fight would have been without those cards. I've been patient now, but playtime's over.

Regan, if you'd like to..." Lizomon said.

Regan sighed. "Very well, I get what you mean...

Digi-Armor Energize!"

"Lizomon, armor digivolve to...Dracomon, the strength of Life!!!"

The armor digimon stepped foward, a low grin on it's face.

"Let's see how you'll stand up now..." Dracomon said.

DIGIVOLUTION

"Agumon Digivolve to...Greymon!"

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"Time for a Greymon Roundup! Yeehaw!" Greymon said in a country accent. "Mega Burst!" Greymon attacked with a 15 inch wide flame!

Dracomon sighed as the flames came at him.

The symbol of the crest of Life on his forehead flared.

"Life shield!" Dracomon shouted before a white globe forcefield surrounded him, blocking Greymon's flames.

"A very simple frontal attack...which was pitiful. You'll have to do better."

Greymon growled in frustration. "Aww man, Everytime I attack it either does no damage or he dodges it. How am I supposed to Win?" Greymon thought.

Greymon then shouted "Nova Blast!" before shooting a large ball of fire out of his mouth at Lizomon. Lizomon jumped in the air, avoiding the massive fireball that exploded at his feet.

"Geez, that's far from being a smart attack from you!" Dracomon said.

He then bursted into red and golden flames.

"Phoenix Charge!" he shouted as he charged at Greymon like a torpedo.

"It's not like frontal assaults are of any good against Lizomon. He's a lot experienced when it comes to fighting..." Regan thought. "At this rate, Greymon will only waste away his strength and then Dracomon will easily be able to win once Greymon will be tired." Gatomon sighs. Evan was hopeless. "Come on, kid, Gatomon thinks, you gotta think out here! You can't always muscle it! Might isn't always right."

"OK, I'll have to tell Greymon my strategy without Regen and Lizomon hearing it."" Evander thought. "Greymon, I know, I'll get greymon to jump up and rattle the ground, then Mega Flame." Evander thought. "Greymon! Jump and Fire Blast!" Evander commanded. Greymon knew what Evander meant by experience. Greymon jumped high into the air and shook the Ground. "Nova Blast!" Dracomon sighed. He didn't even understood why Greymon jumped while he had been in the air. Evander sweat dropped. "Greymon! I didn't mean now! It does no good if Dracomon's not on the ground!" Evander fussed. Greymon looked back at his tamer angrily. "How was I supposed to know that!? You just shouted 'jump and fire blast' and so, that's what I did!" Greymon fussed.

Dracomon sighed. A Digimon and his Tamer fighting in the midst of battle? They had no chance of winning against them. The both of them were amatures and immatures. The Armor Digimon decided to stop his current Pheonix Charge, and shouted "Phoenix Charge!" as he quickly changed to directions to avoid Greymon's attack.

However, the direction he went to dodge...was the ground.

He crashed in the ground, hiding out of view.

"He's going for an underground attack, again..." Regan thought.

The detail also, was that Lizomon was doing all the fight on his own. He didn't seek councils from Regan, or get any help(aside from digivolution).

Greymon dug underground and waited for Dracomon to come so he could Strike. "I'll Get him this Time." Greymon thought

Unortunately, since Greymon had moved a bit, Dracomon burst out of the ground, still covered in flames, and awfully close to Greymon's sides before rocketing up in the air and then spinning on himself before landing.

"All right, that's enough." Dracomon said, then de-digivolved to Lizomon.

"Wow...I thought I'd never see the day when Lizomon would call out of a battle." Regan said with a smirk. Kari giggled at what Regan said.

Lizomon snorted at Regan's comment. "A warrior must know when battles are going useless." he simply said.

BATTLE OVER!!!!!!!

Evander ran over to Lizomon. He didn't look happy that Lizomon had given up. "No, a good warrior keeps fighting even if the odds are slim!" Evander explained. "True, that is one thing, for the warrior that is truly dedicated at heart, especially." Lizomon said with a smirk. "But what do you truly know about what it is to be a true warrior? Nothing. You haven't fought like I did. But I'm telling you, it's better for you to not be like me." Lizomon then said grimly.

Evander looked at Lizomon Spitefully. "Well, I'll Be a Great Digimon Tamer someday. You'll see! Then we'll defeat you!" Evander said with his fist up in the air. He turned his head over to Terriermon. "Terriermon, I want you to Face Kari's Gatomon." Evander said. Evander took his Goggles off. There was sweat in them. He used his shirt to wipe the sweat out of his goggles. Evander walked over to Kari. "So do ya wanna face me?" Evander asked. Greymon De-digivolved back to Agumon.

"Uhm sorry, but I'm far less interested in fighting than Lizomon is." Kari said. "So it'll be no."

"I'm not that interested in fighting as well." Gatomon added.

"Of course, of course, it's always me that they say is the fighting-happy one...and we can't blame them..." Lizomon thought.

"Besides, I'm sure that we will have many other occasions to fight Evander." Regan added more seriously.

OK." Evander simply said as he walked over to the wall. He thought about the difference in strength between him and Regen. Regen was several years older than him, in his late teens. He probably got drafted as a Digidestined around 10 or 11 like most children. He and Lizomon had many years to fight together and train. Evander wondered if he'd ever be as strong as they were. But then Evander slapped himself in the cheeks, thinking he'd smack away the self doubt. He turned around sat down, and then looked over at Regen. Then he looked over at his other Digidestined friends. "I guess Digimon Battles and schoolyard brawls are world's apart." Evander thought as sat there.

Evander then drifted off asleep. "A nap! Good idea! We'll recharge our batteries!" Agumon said as he put one fist in the palm of his other hand. Agumon went and sat down beside his partner who was up against the wall and they both dozed off asleep. Terriermon's eyebrows furrowed. He put his hand up to his mouth and titled his head. "Sleeping? Guys, you just woke up an hour ago. Good grief." Terriermon said. Then again, yesterday, they were run ragged. Maybe they needed the rest. Agumon thought about how far and how fast he could digivolve with a tamer on his side. Normally, it would take an Agumon years of harsh fighting and training to digivolve to the Ultimate level, and VERY few ever got enough battle experience to make it all the way to Mega. Megas were uncommon in the Digital World. Most Digimon were happy to settle at digivolving to the Ultimate (or Perfect) level, since the need for being stronger than that didn't come around often. If you were at the Ultimate (or Perfect) level, you could pretty much hold your own since most other Digimon who would challenge you would be either fellow Ultimates, or be at lower levels. But with a Tamer, it might not take years. Agumon might see himself digivolve to Ultimate or even Mega in a matter of months. The thought of getting so strong so quickly titillated him.

"I'm so glad I met you, Evander." Agumon thought. "Isn't he cute when he's Asleep?" Jessica said where the others could hear. Jessica then realized she spoke out loud. A look embarrassment came across her face. "Uhh...I meant Agumon." Jessica Said. "She meant Evan." Leormon said. "SHUT UP!" Jessica yelled, glaring at Leomon with a look of fury. "Oh snap it's Flora reincarnated!" Leormon joked, running behind Kari. Jessica started chasing Leormon all throughout the house anime style. "Now I know how Flora feels!" Jessica yelled enraged. "Me and my Big Feline mouth." Leormon muttered.

Ladybugmon looked around. "Carefull Now." Ladybugmon said. Ladybugmon looked over at Evander and Agumon sleeping soundly and then over at Jessica and Leormon running around. Ladybugmon looked perturbed. "I SAID CAREFULL!!!! You are going to wake my Daddy!" Ladybugmon shouted angrily. Jessica and Leormon stopped running and Jessica almost lost her balance and fell over onto Leormon. Jessica stared at Ladybugmon quizzically and then began looking around the room. "You have a father? Where?" Jessica asked. Ladybugmon folded his arms and huffed. "Well, technically Evan is my Father cause he created me." Ladybugmon said. Agumon then perked up. It was a short nap. Ladybugmon's shout had jolted both him and Evander awake. "Oh, I thought he was your Aniki." Agumon said with his eyes half closed. "You're awake?" Gabumon asked. "Well just barely." Agumon said.

"Someone mention my name?" says a groggy voice.

All of Mario and Flora's Digimon freeze at the sound of the voice. Slowly, they turn to see Flora, leaning upright and rubbing her eyes as if to get the sand out.

"Oh crud! Flora's awake!" all of the Digimon think at the same time. However, all of them put on nervous-looking smiles so as not to let Flora know that they all feared her.

In the next bed over, Mario stirs and rolls out of the bed, landing hard on the ground. He suddenly bolts up. "AH! PERRITO!"

"BURRITO?!?" Guilmon yells. "WHERE?"

Silence.

Gatomon then slaps Guilmon in the head. "He said perrito. It's Spanish for dog. ...No clue why he said it, though."

Lizomon gazes a weird stare toward Mario. "Honestly boy, you'd need to have a brain check." he then said with a snerking.

Regan sighed at Lizomon's once again idiotic comment. "Geez, talk about a way to say, 'You're an idiot.'"

"That kind of talking is an art Regan. An art." Lizomon said on a more austere tone, talking more like a noble, but with the hint of a mischievous grin on the face.

"...frankly, what's worse Kari? An over confident, crazy dragon, or a short tempered cat-girl?" Gatomon asked her partner.

"I don't know..." Kari said with a slight mocking smile. "Both have showed themselves to be a lot of trouble."

"Don't Forget about Evander's tough guy personality. One of these days, he's going to get hurt." Jessica added. "I heard that!" Evander said.

At Mario's comment, Evander began frantically looking around. "Burrito! Where!? I'm hungry." Evander said. He then got off and began wandering off. "Wow he's perky." Ladybugmon said. "Well, Evan always has been Food happy whe he first get's up. I remember this morning, all he thinks about is food, food, food, food and more food." Jessie said. Evander walked off. "He also has a tendency to be foggy. "Jessie added. "HEY COME BACK BURRITO BOY!" Ladybugmon called. Evander ran over to Ladybugmon but tripped because his legs were stiff. "What the hell is wrong with you I have sensitive hearing when I first get up." Evander said looking mad. "NOW WHERE IS THAT BURRITO!!!!!??!?!!?!?!?!?" Evander yelled to the top of his lungs.

Evander walked over to Mario. "So...where is that Burrito?" Evander asked with a smile on his face. "And don't worry about Lizomon...he's a ninny....Although that does sound like the kind of comment that My sis would say."

Mario grumbles during the exchange of sentences between Regan and Lizomon while Flora looks a little steamed from the conversation between Kari and her Gatomon.

When Evan ran up to Mario, Mario sweatdrops and looks at Lizomon. "Are you sure I'm the one who needs a brain check and not Evan here?"

"I want my Baby Back, baby back, baby back. I want my baby back, baby back, I want my baby back, baby back, baby back. Baby Back Ribs! holiday sauce." Evander sang looking for some food. Jessica rolled her eyes and then dropped her head with a sweat drop running down her face. "I think that they both need one." Jessica said to herself softly.

A vein appears on Mario's head, pulsing heavily for a few seconds before disappearing. "Hey, I can understand if he needs a brain check," Mario says, pointing at Evan, "but just because I sometimes dream of living in Mexico on the beaches of Cancun while reading a small book titled 'How to Speak Spanish', it doesn't mean I need my brain checked."

Silence.

"What? A guy can't dream of a vacation?" Mario says, shrugging.

Evander went over to the kitchen area and made his pancakes. Jessica grabs one out of Evander's Hands. "Hey." Evander said sadly while putting his goggles back on. She ate some but then ran to the Garbage can to spit them out. "EEW, Yucky. Now I know why they're Infamous." Jessica said with a nauseated tone.

"Honestly, the one that really needs a brain check is Evan, not Mario." Lizomon thought.

"Geez, if Lizomon would be a ninny, then Evander would be a massively-wining boy. They really have no idea what Lizomon has been through.

Hell, he has even been through death..." Regan thought.

"Okay, I admit I was a bit mean with the comments I had done, though I know Lizomon barely takes offense to those." Gatomon then said.

"But still now. What are we going to do? We can't just stay and do nothing now." Kari said.

Evander thought about his parents and his 8 year old sister at home. "I hope Mom isn't to worried about me." Evander said under his breath. "Poor Evander, he misses his parents." Agumon thought. Ladybugmon went over to Mario. "Umm....I know you need you bwain chacked so i tink i'm going to go ask Kari." Ladybugmon said as he went over to Kari. "Hey, what's a Parent?" Ladybugmon asked. Evander was annoyed with Ladybugmon with his Questions that he could look up in a dictionary but that he asked everyone else.

Evander raised his arms. "Yikes!" Evander said. "Hey Jijimon, do you have a Bathroom? I Stink." Evander asked. Jessica remembered that the sweating from the bunches of battles were going to make them stink. "I need one just as bad as you do." Jessica argued.

"Why do you need a Bath?" Terriermon asked. "I mean I haven't taken one in days." Terriermon said.

Silence.

Everyone stepped away from Terriermon sideways. "Shoot, I was just joking." Terriermon said. "Well, what's a Bath?" Ladybugmon asked. "Well, I'm more of a shower person myself." Evander said. Agumon then started laughing. "What if… you never take a bath on our journey....then if the enemy smells you, that'll be enough to kill him." Agumon said before laughing some more.

Mario sits down on the bed, a bit bored. "What time is it?" he asks, not being the kind of guy to have a watch.

As he turns to look at Yukio, he blinks in surprise. Yukio was gone!

Evander and Jessica have simultaneously stomped off at the same time to search for him while noone was looking.

"are you sure this is a Good Idea?" Jessica asked. "He's been gone too Long to have had a potty break." Evander said. "OK, let's go." he said. the screen backs away to show GABUMON Wearing a Sattle. "Digivolve." Evan said.

Jessica: no telly my Digimon what to do.

Gabumon: Oi.

Gabumon Digivolve to Garurumon!

Garurumon ran toward the Native Forest.