Taking in Zhu Que

There were indeed many birds in the trees above, some more pleasant than others. As Dantelion and Aym wandered, they would soon here several loud snaps as tree branches snapped overhead, and within seconds a Falcomon would come tumbling down directly in front of Dantelion and hit the ground with a smack.

"OW!!" Falcomon said, getting up and dusting off his feathers. "I really gotta be more careful when tree hoping. Some of these branches are rotted." He paused when he took notice of the pair before him and looked puzzled. "A W.A.D.A. agent? Out here? And look. You brought your pet." Falcomon said, giving Aym a dirty look. Clearly, he wasn't fond of Digimon serving humans. "What brings you to my neck of the woods? You get lost?" This Falcomon definitely had an attitude to him, but seemed harmless enough.

Dantelion stopped suddenly as something small and brown fell in front of them. It looked a bit like an owl now that it got up. A rather unique owl. It didn't seem to care for them but Dantelion doubted all of them did. Goodness knows the village chief didn't.

"We were taking in the sites of this lovely place," Dantelion said his eyes drifting out to the trees. He looked back after a moment. "We are far from lost. However more to the point are you alright?" He asked mainly out of politeness. He could tell the bird was just fine from the way it acted.

Pet? Aym raised an eyebrow at this. He wouldn't call himself a pet. Maybe partner but definitely not pet and his partner never treated him like one either. He felt the faint urge to correct him not out of anger but for the aesthetics of it. After all the feeling wasn't there.

The Falcomon looked on his sudden guests, and seemingly behind them. "Oh, don't worry. I'm fine. But not to worry. My friend will take care of me." As if on cue, another Falcomon dropped down from the trees, landing behind Dantelion and Aym. This one landed on its feet and was smiling at the pair.

"Yeah. I'll take care of him. And I can take care of you, too. For a price," he said. Suddenly, he took three shuriken out of his vest and threw them up into the trees above. A tangle of vines was cut loose and dropped down from the branches, blocking the path back to the city and creating a wall that could not be seen through. That precision led one to believe that the trap had been set up in advance for anyone who happened to wander through. "Tell me, Agent. What have you got on you? Any spare units you can part with? We poor Falcomon don't need much. Five thousand should suffice to get us through these difficult times. What do you say, pal? Help the less fortunate out?" The second Falcomon said, in the most innocent sounding voice, but with a look that screamed foul.

The first Falcomon approached as his cohort spoke. "We'd really appreciate it, sir. Those brass knuckles of yours would also fetch a pretty penny. I think you can live with out them, yeah?" He said, spying Dantelion's weapon. 

"Yeah, he can live.....with out them." The second Falcomon said menacingly. He had drawn three more shuriken from his vest and was twiddling them between his feathery fingers. "So what's it gonna be, Agent?"

Dantelion looked between the two one eyebrow raising slightly above the other in scrutiny. With such a well planned attack they must have been doing this for awhile. He wondered why no one has seemed to bother to report it. Then again fault could lie with him since he knows so little about this place. He guessed it wasn't wise to just walk off like he did. He was so use to going anywhere and everywhere he wanted it didn't really sink in that doing so here could cost him his life.

That being said he nodded at Aym. He turned his back to the one with the shurikens. Grabbing the weapon of his belt he held it out to the one that was unarmed. He would set them on the ground if commanded to.

Either way however as the one approached Dantelion would react. Punching him in the beak then rolling off to one side to avoid the shurikens aimed at his back. That was his cue Aym would walk backwards as he swung his gun around to aim at the first falcomon to retaliate. Dantelion would get up and make for his weapon with Aym's covering fire.

BATTLE START!!!
Falcomon x2 - Level 8 vs Dantelion and Aym - Level 10

The Falcomon was taken completely by surprise and took the full force of Dantelion's punch, getting knocked over in the process. As expected, the second Falcomon through his shuriken and missed the diving human, with the shuriken sailing over and becoming embedded in a tree. He was quick enough to dodge Aym's gun swing and flew up into the tree branches.

"Insolent human! Firecracker Smokescreen!" The one in the tree cried, tossing several small bombs at Dantelion and Aym. His fallen companion would not be able to get out in time and would be blown into a nearby tree trunk from the shockwave regardless of what happened to Dantelion and Aym.

Dantelion picked up his weapon and continued on stopping beside Aym. Aym took aim at the bird as it flew up into the trees and released a couple of bombs out at them.

"Break," Dantelion said running to one side and Aym to the other. Dantelion stumbled at the feeling of the ground trembling beneath his feet. He turned around quickly coughing at the smoke his eyes watered and he continued backing up looking for his foe. He had no time to worry about his partner he did not doubt Aym could handle himself.

Aym felt the smoke at his back at he escaped the blast. His strides much too short to take him completely clear of the smoke. He coughed as he was free of it all his tail keeping him balanced the whole way. He didn't have time to call out to his partner. His gaze went straight for his foe or where he had been. he'd be shooting blind but he took hit shot anyway. Hoping beyond all likelyhood his foe would be there. If not at least he'd lure him into sight.

He stepped off the path and hid in a bush. His gaze watching for his would be prey to come into sight. Meanwhile Dantelion circled the smoke looking for the one who was on the ground. The smoke abs cured his view however and his steps were hesitant and careful to try and not reveal himself.

Aym's blind shot missed his target, but just barely, making impact on the branch the Falcomon was perched on. He panicked and stood on one foot in reaction to it, but he didn't fall. Instead, he scanned the ground below him in the direction the shot came from as the smoke cleared. He could not find the Commandramom, but he did see the human scouring the ground for his cohort. Sure enough, Dantelion would come across the fallen Falcomon as he was struggling to get to his feet. He looked up to the trees at his partner who bombed him.

"What the hell, man!? We're supposed to be on the same side!" He yelled.

"No time for that now, turn around!" The tree borne Falcomon called. Ground Falcomon would turn around to see Dantelion creeping up on him and he would scream.

"Where did you come from!? Scratch Smash!" The Falcomon would attempt to claw at Dantelion wherever he could reach. Meanwhile, his associate was so distracted by them that he had totally forgotten about Aym.

"Wind Blade!" He yelled, sending down blades of air in Dantelion's direction, aimed for the torso.

As the smoke cleared Dantelions eyes caught a glimpse of movement. He approached caution taking the lead over down right attacking. He doubted it was Aym however.

The birds called out to one another and he had to act. He rushed forward but then fell back as the bird attacked. It's talons threatening to rend his flesh. He raised up his D.I.G. as a shield while he launched out a punch at the birds body.


He heard a cry above him. He made a move to back away but felt the blades cut into his shoulder and arm. He let out a curse as pain coursed through his body.

Aym watched the smoke clear. His gaze scanned the trees looking for his foe. He spotted it and started to aim his gun. Then it moved jumping into the air to release blades of wind. He heard the cry of his tamer but he took the shot anyway. He was slightly worried about him. However the best thing he could do was narrow the play field by getting rid of one.

Even through the smoke, Aym's shot rang true and found its target. It tore into the perched Falcomon's right ankle and came clean out the other side. The Falcomon grabbed his leg and screamed in pain. Off balance, he then fell out of the tree and crashed to the ground below, roughly an 8 foot drop.

The second Falcomon saw his injured friend fall and ceased his assault on Dantelion, and ran to his friend's side.

"Are you ok! There's blood everywhere!" He said, helping the wounded bird sit up.

"Aaahhhhh........I'll live, but my leg is broken. I'm out of this fight. You gotta take them now," the wounded Falcomon said, wincing from the pain and clutching his ankle.

"You got it partner. And when I'm done with them, I'll kick your ass for blowing me up a minute ago." He said with a chuckle. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed and glared at Aym. "You.....you did this.... Shadow Screen." Instantly, the bodies of both Falcomon began distorting and warping, as though afflicted by a massive glitch. Just as quickly, they were both gone.

If Aym and Dantelion were paying attention during the bizarre scene, they'd notice a small trail of blood moving from the spot the Falcomon were last see to right in front of Aym. If they failed to notice, the uninjured Falcomon would suddenly appear inches from Aym's face and launch a sucker punch Scratch Smash across his face, then turn and throw three more shuriken aimed at Dantelion's chest. Should he be detected, he would be completely open to counter-attack. Either way, both Falcomon would become visible again afterwards, with the injured one in the exact same spot he was, having never moved at all.

Dantelion began walking towards the pair of falcomon. However they disappeared leaving him to look around questioningly. His gaze went to Aym who had stood up from his hiding spot. The bird had been keen to avenge his partner. His gaze scanned the area for traces of it sneaking up on him to no avail.

Aym started right at the spot they had disappeared a long moment before his gaze started searching for his foe. His trained eyes scanning the trees and then the ground. Were those leaves a brighter red.... erratic red that made a line. Aym raised his rifle in surprise as suddenly he realized where it was. The birds claw hit it with a resounding noise and pulled the rifle down with his motion.

Dantelion watched as Aym was attacked. The bird was alone....and it turned towards him. He dove for cover as the blades whistled past him. He scrambled over the bend off to the side of the road. His gaze going to the birds injured friend sitting in the same ditch. He frowned but made no move to approach the already wounded bird. Instead he watched as Aym counter attacked.

The bird was to close to get a shot in. He had to rely on his claws and his guns butt. He raised the butt up trying to hit the bird in the chin before retreating a few steps to try and raise his rifle into a position to fire. His face an oddly calm mask even as his heart beat faster with the adrenaline in his system.

"There a reason why you attack travelers on this road," Dantelion asked the injured Falcomon. He was content to leave it to Aym for now. One wrong move and the falcomon hearing him could be a step to death with those flying knives. He doubted he could dodge all of them forever if at all.

"It wasn't supposed to go like this! You were just supposed to give us your stuff and leave!" The injured Falcomon replied to Dantelion as his cohort took the butt of Aym's rifle under his chin. "We're homeless and need money! No one was supposed to get hurt!" He continued.

Meanwhile, the Falcomon fighting Aym rubbed his chin and saw Aym readying another shot. With no time to counter-attack, he acted quickly. "Shadow Screen!" Once more, the Child seemed to glitch out of existence. If successful, he would make his move around to Aym's left and sneak behind him to slash at Aym's head from the back. Because of the blood on his feet from his friend, the red trail would once again appear. At any point from the moment he began to vanish to the moment he attacked, he would be vulnerable to a counter-attack, should one come.

Dantelion frowned at the mention of being homeless. In some ways he too was homeless. He was wandered several states before ending up here. His home was the open road which sounded like he was from a western but it was true. 

"You should try earning the money rather than stealing it. Who knows how many people you'd steal from before you ended up in jail or dead. You are lucky he has orders never to kill," Dantelion said with a sigh. He turned to the injured falcomon.

"You want me to treat your wound," he asked. He had never treated battle wounds before but he did have experience in emergency bandages. From bar brawls to simply tripping on air. He'd treated many bloody wounds.


Aym's gaze had to focus again as the bird disappeared. He was quicker on the uptake this time however. His gaze going to the forest floor. He watched the trail move around him. he turned at the last second his guns butt aimed for the head. More to knock him out than anything else. After all it seemed his partner was unconcerned with the two of them still fighting.

The attacking Falcomon got cocky in his anger and was not expecting the hit to the head. Taking it full force, he keeled over and laid out on the ground, unmoving. It would appear that Aym's counterstrike worked.

Meanwhile, the injured Falcomon groaned and recoiled as he watched his friend go down. He looked over at Dantelion and just gave him a puzzled look. "How exactly do you plan on fixing me without supplies? You don't look like a nurse to me. And of course we tried to earn money, but nobody in this town wants to hire a couple of kids they deemed too rowdy to keep around. We never lasted anywhere more than a week. So this is what we had to resort to. We may live in a beautiful city, but all beauty has an ugly side. This is it. We're finished now." Falcomon trailed off and looked towards the city, which was still obscured from view by the leafy wall he had dropped himself.



BATTLE END!

Battle Won - 5o exp
Rank Child (x2) - 100 exp each = 200 exp
Level Difference - -2 levels 103 exp
Performance Great! - 40 exp

Experience Gained: 213 exp

HOLIDAY BONUS x2

TOTAL EXPERIENCE GAINED: 426 exp


Looks like those thieving Falcomon dropped their loot!!

Bladerang Weapon Obtained
Shield Gauntlet Weapon Obtained
Shield Weapon Obtained
Razor Claws Chip Obtained
Hyper Wing Chip Obtained