Betamon giggled when he heard Ai's pleading voice coming out of the sack he was carrying... with an astounding strength for such a little guy.
"That's right, keep crying," he snickered. "Lure Impmon after us with your desperate voice."
The green amphibian kept on hopping and scurrying through the backyards and alleys of the neighborhood, every now and then stopping to turn around his head, as if he was listening to something. He then nodded to himself in satisfaction and continued on his way.
Finally, he reached the outskirts of the park and crawled over the green grass, dragging the sack after him.
And then, Impmon's form came dropping out of the trees in front of him. "Okay, buddy! Put that sack down right now!"
Betamon chuckled. "Yes, I thought you would catch up to us here. Oh, whatever shall I do now?"
"I always thought something was fishy about you," Impmon grumbled. "And I don't mean your breath."
"Well, aren't you the clever one? And what do you intend to do now?"
Impmon held out his hand and made a few flames appear on his fingertips. "I'm gonna beat you up until you let Ai go!"
"Uh-uh..." Betamon wagged his claw like an index finger. "Don't do that... you don't want to hit our poor, little Cupimon, do you?"
"Impmon?" Ai's muffled voice came out of the sack. "Get me out of here! I'm scared!"
"Damn you..." the purple-skinned Rookie grumbled. "Just you wait... When I lay my hands on you..."
"No threats, please," Betamon said. "Remember, your little Ai is at stake here. Now, can you listen to me for a while?"
"What do you want?" Impmon snarled. "If it's me you want, leave Ai out of this. She's still a child!"
"I couldn't care less if she was still a baby," Betamon coldly stated. "Besides, this isn't just about you... it's about you, me, little Ai here, and the other four ones."
"What are you babbling about?" Impmon snapped. "What four ones?"
"Why, Impmon," the small amphibian snickered. "I'm surprised you couldn't tell... don't you know who we are? Who YOU are?"
"I'm the Digimon partner of my Tamers," Impmon replied. "And that's all I need to know. Now put down Ai and scram!"
"I can't do that. She is one of us as well." Betamon's eyes glinted mysteriously. "Impmon, don't you realize the powers you possess? Using those powers, we can do anything!"
"I already am powerful," Impmon said. "With my Tamers help, I can even reach the Mega Level. So you better not push me, or else..."
Betamon laughed. "Very funny. So, tell me: When you turn into Beelzemon, didn't you ever feel a trace of... fulfillment? You like being powerful, do you? I bet you even want to stay in that form forever."
"Shut up!" Impmon yelled. "You talk as if you know me!"
"I know more about you than you would think," Betamon shrugged. "For instance, what about that time when you... killed other Digimon just because of your power?"
Impmon grimaced. "That... that was long ago. I'm different now. I would never harm a Digimon just because for the fun of it - neither would I harm a human, for that matter."
"Oh, really?" Betamon asked. "I rather think that deep inside you, there's still an unsatisfiable hunger... and a deep envy for those who can digivolve without having a partner."
"SHUT UP! You're SO dead, pal!"
"I don't think so. That is, if you really care for little Ai." Betamon patted the side of the sack with a grin. "See? There it is again, that rage... that anger... that envy."
"I'm not envious!"
"Oh no? You wouldn't like to be able to do THAT in your Rookie form? ICE BLAST!"
Impmon jumped back in surprise, when suddenly, Betamon fired a stream of ice-cold water at the place where he had been standing.
"Hey!" he shouted. "That's not a typical Betamon attack, is it?"
"So you noticed?" Betamon smirked. "How about this one... THUNDER JAVELIN!" This time, an electrical stream was fired from the amphibian Digimon's mohawk.
Impmon evaded the attack just in time. "Hey, what the...? That's not a Betamon's attack either. That's from MegaSeadramon..."
"Clever little guy," Betamon smirked. "Do you see now? We have the power! Not only can we choose which form of our evolution line we would like to take, but at the same time, we can use all of our digivolved form's attacks, no matter which Level we have."
"Am I supposed to be impressed?" Impmon mocked. "So, I guess your true form isn't that of a simple Betamon either, eh? Why would you use Seadramon's and MegaSeadramon's attacks if you could easily digivolve to your Mega Level?"
"Stealth, my dear friend," Betamon explained. "Most Mega Digimon have such a massive body... we wouldn't want to attract any unwanted attraction, right?"
"I still fail to see what's so alluring about your offer," Impmon scoffed. "Now, if you would put down Ai right now... we have a score to settle."
To his surprise, Betamon obeyed. "Very well..." he sighed. "If you want it this way... maybe a proper beating will show you just who you're dealing with."
"Bring it on!" Impmon snarled, raising his fists.
He really hoped Betamon didn't see through his bluff. While he could reach the Mega Level with his Tamers' help, he couldn't do so if Ai and Mako weren't both present... and as he had believed that Betamon was a mere Rookie, he had told Mako to stay in hiding. Well, so much for that...
Hopefully he would be able to beat Betamon before the green guy decided to evolve... if he really was able to do that.
Betamon simply glared at him... then he smirked.
"CAUDA!" And he slammed his apparently tiny tail down on the ground... with a force so powerful that his attack created a massive fissure in the earth, which continued to crack open until it reached Impmon. The small imp Digimon barely managed to jump up in time. He gulped. How was the little guy able to do that? Besides, he had never heard of that attack before...
And then, all of a sudden, massive blasts of water erupted from the depths of the chasm, hitting Impmon with full force and propelling him even further up into the air.
When he came slamming down on the ground next to the fissure (which was already closing again), he tried getting up on his feet with a groan.
"See?" Betamon smirked. "So much power, even in my Rookie form. Now imagine how powerful I'm going to be as soon as I reach my Mega Level..."
"Just you wait..." Impmon mumbled as he staggered back to his feet. "I'm not giving up that easily."
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