"Have you really searched the whole district?" MarineAngemon asked.
"Well, I asked Cyberdramon to search every single corner..." Ryo spoke up.
"I looked everywhere!" the cyborg dragon grumbled. "I used all my senses to find him... especially my sharp eyes and accurate smell! I couldn't find him anywhere!"
"That's great..." Kazu groaned. "Now how are we going to find another clue?"
"Hold it, comrades!" Guardromon suddenly said. "My sensors are picking up a huge amount of digital energy around that corner."
"There's nothing there, tin can!" Cyberdramon growled. "I told you, I already checked! There's nothing but garbage in that alley. Can't you smell it?"
Kenta wrinkled his nose. "Oh, I can smell it, alright... how disgusting!"
"Believe me, my friends, I know there is someone hidden in there..." Guardromon said and walked around the corner.
"Oh, do we have to follow him?" Kazu whined. "That stench is worse than my Dad's aftershave..."
"You'll survive," Ryo said as he and his partner followed the robot Digimon. "Now come on, you two!"
"Why are we doing this again?" Kenta asked his buddy.
"Because your partner made us do it," Kazu reminded him.
"Stop that and take a look at this!" MarineAngemon grumbled in annoyance. He gestured ahead at a huge amount of garbage that was piled up behind an old, abandoned warehouse. "Is that what you mean, Guardromon?"
"Positive!" Guardromon nodded. "Underneath all of his junk, some Digimon must have hidden. That's the reason why Cyberdramon couldn't find it."
"And the horrible stench hindered him from finding it with his nose," Ryo nodded, understanding. "So... any volunteers to get rid of this stuff?"
"Allow me!" Guardromon said and started to yank several old tires, rusty buckets and dirty rags from the pile of garbage.
"At times like this, I'm envious because unlike Guardromon, I have a sense of smell..." Kazu murmured.
Finally, the front site of the garbage pile came sliding downwards... and revealed a huge, fat and slimy frog Digimon crouching in front of them, his shoulders and backside still covered with smelly trash.
"A ShogunGekomon!" Ryo realized. "Fits the description I've heard..."
The amphibian colossus grimaced. "How did you find me?"
Kenta held his nose. "We could smell you..."
"Actually, it was because of my digital scanners," Guardromon pointed out. "Dear sir, are you per chance the father of a certain, young Betamon?"
ShogunGekomon suddenly looked frightened. "How... how did you know... No, please... I have nothing to do with what happened to him! I'm not to blame..."
"Now, calm down there!" Ryo said. "Just tell us, is your son the very same Betamon that has been missing for weeks?"
"Y-yes..." the giant frog murmured and gulped. "I am his father..."
"From his reaction, I'd say he already knows what happened to him..." Kazu said while raising an eyebrow.
"That's right..." ShogunGekomon sighed. "And, to be honest, it IS my fault what happened to him, in a sense..."
"Why?" MarineAngemon asked. "What happened?"
The giant frog sighed. "For all his life, we have been living on the streets. May it be because I'm a lazy slob, or a social failure... but I never managed to get us out of this drag. Betamon was raised under my constant frustration with society, and after his mother... my wife... died, I taught him that only the strong survive. I taught him that you can just take what you want, as long as you are stronger than the others... I suppose that was a mistake, I know that now... he developed into the neighborhood bully, and he always ambushed kids of his own age, stealing their money and food from them. And, to my shame I must admit: I was proud of him!"
"So he spent his day stealing food from other kids and stuffed himself with everything he found? Im wondering he doesn't look like his father yet..." Kenta murmured, looking at ShogunGekomon's enormous belly.
"But think about it, that must be the reason why he turned out to be the Lord of Gluttony."
"You are right," ShogunGekomon nodded. "A few weeks ago, a Digimon I have never encountered before came here and said he wanted to take my son with him... He said his name was Youkomon."
"Barbamon's Champion form!" MarineAngemon frowned. "Of course..."
"He... he offered my son a life that was better than this. He said he didn't have to live on the streets all the time, that with his help, he would become one of the most powerful beings alive... the Demon Lords.
Well, after hearing that, I was getting angry. After all, Betamon was still my boy and nobody else should have him. Besides, I might not be the nicest guy in town, but there is a big difference between a criminal and a Demon Lord."
"But in the end, Betamon went with him, I suppose," Ryo said. "Did Youkomon - or Barbamon - force you to let him go?"
ShogunGekomon shook his head sadly. "No... my boy went with him voluntarily. He never acted like that before... he told me he wanted more than this, and that I was nothing but a lazy slob! I wanted to hold him back, but... that was when I felt something weird... and very, very spooky..." The amphibian shuddered, so that all of his body fat was wobbling.
Kenta and Kazu grimaced. "Disgusting..."
ShogunGekomon ignored them. "It... it was almost as if... all of his gluttony was giving him power, spurred on by Youkomon's influence."
"Makes sense," MarineAngemon spoke up. "Gluttony is a form of Greed."
"And suddenly... my son was getting much more powerful. He only slapped me once, with his tiny tail... but that blow was powerful enough to throw me across the street. I was so shocked, it took me some time to recover from that blow. And when I got up again... they were gone! Youkomon had taken my boy with him..."
He hid his flabby face in his broad flippers. He was a picture of misery and shame. "Was it... was it all my fault? Did he digivolve to Leviamon because of how I raised him? I told myself I could have prevented that. And when I saw how he and the other Demon Lords appeared on TV..." He gestured over to an electronics store at the other side of the street, where there were multiple TV screens on display. "When I saw how he rampaged through the city... I couldn't stand the shame anymore... so I hid underneath that pile of garbage. I was so afraid... I always told myself that everyone would hold me responsible for this!"
"But how did you recognize your son?" Kazu wondered.
ShogunGekomon frowned at him. "Even if I didn't know the legend of the Seven Demon Lords, I would have recognized him. His body might have changed into this... this huge monster, but I instantly recognized his eyes, even if they were on TV. And his voice might have become much deeper, but I would always recognize my son!"
"I see... so that's how Barbamon got Leviamon to work for him..." Ryo murmured as he tapped his chin. "Barbamon was first, then he recruited Leviamon and Daemon... and together, they tried to free Belphemon."
"And don't forget they are after Impmon and Ai as well," MarineAngemon said with worry. "Oh my, I really don't know what I'm going to tell Mrs. Futsuki after all this..."
"The truth," Cyberdramon grumbled. "That's always better than some half-truth she learns from the media."
"But ShogunGekomon, sir..." Guardromon spoke up. "Isn't there anything about your son you could tell us? Something that would help to deal with him? I'm not saying we are going to delete him... we just want to bring him back to his senses, and make sure that he won't be a threat anymore."
"Well, Betamon has always been pretty full of himself..." ShogunGekomon sighed. "And he never turns down the chance to stuff his belly... I'm telling you, that boy has a belly like a bottomless pit. As soon as he sees something edible, it's vanished in his belly..."
"YEOW!" Giganotomon screamed as Leviamon chomped down on his tail. "That HURTS! Let go!"
"Hmmmmm..." the Lord of Gluttony chuckled as he gnawed on the dinosaur's tail. "This is yummy... I always liked my steaks raw!"
"Clamped to my friend's tail won't save you from my attacks!" MegaGargomon proclaimed as he fired his two huge missiles. "GARGO MISSILE!"
The huge crocodile grinned, waited while the rockets were coming closer... and then he whacked them with his tail, hurling them across the valley. They exploded when they collided with another mountain peak, making it collapse.
MegaGargomon gulped. "Oops..."
"Doesn't matter..." BioStegomon muttered. "Happens to me all the time, that's the reason why Alice prefers me as a human... but I still wasn't able to ask her out for a date... I'm just too ashamed to admit it too her..."
"Stop speaking such nonsense and help us already!" Giganotomon yelled. "Damn, that really, really HURTS... AAAAAAAAAH!"
"Tasty..." Leviamon sighed as he nibbled on the tip of Giganotomon's tail, after he had ripped it off. "But it could use some salt."
"If you are so hungry..." MegaGargomon grumbled. "Why don't you take the WHOLE DINOSAUR?"
"Wha...?" Giganotomon stuttered when suddenly, his friend reached for his paws. "Hey, what are you doing?"
"Trust me!" his friend said with a grin. "I have a plan!"
"That's what worries me the most," Giganotomon grumbled.
He yelped in surprise when all of a sudden, MegaGargomon started spinning him around through the air.
"Whaaaaaahh! MegaGargomon, what's the big idea?"
"MEGA TWISTER!" MegaGargomon shouted and threw the massive dinosaur Digimon through the air as a living projectile.
Leviamon's brain tried to tell him: Incoming enemy! Dodge the attack!
But his rumbling tummy, together with the juicy pice of dinosaur meat he was holding, was telling him something different: FOOD!
"TIME FOR SUPPER!" he drooled and opened his maw as wide as he could.
The ground was shaking when Giganotomon hit the mark. Leviamon's eyes widened in surprise when he felt the massive, multiple-tons-weighing Digimon forcing his jaws apart. And it hurt like hell.
"MMMMMFFFFFFF!" he tried to yell through the massive amount of Giganotomon rump steak that was clenched between his jaws. "MMMMMMMFFFFFFHHHH!!!"
"OW!" Giganotomon yelped. "Ow, that hurts! Terriermon, if I ever get my hands on you, I'll..."
"Prepare yourself, Demon Lord!" BioSpinomon suddenly shouted, as he managed to pull his mind back to the battle. And he inhaled deeply...
"NO!" Giganotomon screamed. "Wait until I'm unstuck again..."
"MMMMMMFFFFFFF!"
"BLUE PROMINENCE!" The searing, blue fire whooshed out of the colossal Hybrid's muzzle and scorched all of Leviamon, who couldn't dodge as he was wedged in-between the mountain side and several tons of Giganotomon.
"OOWWWWW!" Giganotomon howled. "THAT'S HOT!"
But then he felt the pressure of Leviamon's powerful jaws on his bottom side decrease. Surprised, he turned around and saw a charred, fizzling Betamon lying in the middle of a huge crater.
"Mommy..." Betamon squeaked.
Giganotomon sighed in relief. Then he took a look at his singed behind and whimpered.
MegaGargomon chuckled. "What's wrong, Takato, don't you like your rump steak well done?"
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