Spike's Adventure through the Digital World (Dusk Edition)

Spike had been training for a few days and was finally able to skip from his human form straight to Guerilladramon. He decided today would be a good day to test his skill at the Digi-Coliseum with the Bronze Tamer test. He went to the Union Room to go to Twilight and ask her, "Hey sis, I'm thinking of taking the Bronze Tamer test. I can skip Magidramon and jump straight to Guerrilladramon. Do you have any tips?"

Twilight smiled at her little brother and said, "Well, I could give you tips, but that'd be too easy. You have to pass the test on your own. I can tell you a bit about it though. The test consists of three parts, a written test, an obstacle course, and a battle. You have to pass all three parts in order to become a Bronze Tamer, well, technically 2 out of 3 will get you a passing grade, but I expect flying colors from you."

Spike gulped, when it came to exams, Twilight was an all or nothing kind of person, "I'll try my best sis." before heading back to Dark Terminal to go to the Digi-Coliseum. When he arrived, he went up to Leomon and said, "Hey Leomon, I'm here to take the Bronze Rank Exam."

Leomon smiled, "Good luck then, I'll sign you up, then go to the Night Claw waiting room to take the written exam."

Spike handed over the entry fee of 800 bits, and then headed in. When he arrived, Chrysalimon was waiting for him and said, "Welcome to the written test Spike. The test contains 50 questions, and you have one hour to complete it." before laying a stack of papers on a table.

Spike sat down and started on the test. The first questions were easy, but as the test continued, the questions got harder and harder. He thought to himself, "What is the alternate X-Antibody evolution of MegaSeadramon… MetalSeadramon is the normal evolution... GigaSeadramon! That's right!" before writing it down on the paper.

After the timer went off, Chrysalimon told Spike, "Time's up Spike, pencil down." After Spike put his pencil down, Chrysalimon took the papers and put them in a machine. The machine graded his test and when it gave the results, Chrysalimon said, "Good job, you passed with a 95%."

Spike smiled, "So, next up is the obstacle course, is it for me or my Digimon?"

Chrysalimon explained, "It's for both of you. You and one of your Digimon must both clear the obstacle course together in five minutes or less. What Digimon would you like to use?"

Spike thought about what Digimon he should use for the obstacle course. He decided to go with Antylamon and let her out of her Digi-Card, "Antylamon, we're running the Bronze Obstacle Course together. Are you ready?"

Antylamon nodded, "Ready when you are." before following Spike to the obstacle course. There were lots of different obstacles, and she was slightly worried if she could do this in less than five minutes.

Spike and Antylamon stood side by side before the starter's pistol went off and started running. First was swinging sandbags, trying to knock them off a balance beam into water. Antylamon was able to dodge them with ease, but Spike got knocked into the water, before swimming back and doing it a second time.

The second obstacle was having to crawl underneath a fishing net without getting stuck. Spike was able to crawl through, thanks to his small size, but Antylamon's fur got caught in the netting, and she needed Spike's help to get out.

The third and final obstacle was a rock wall. But by the time they were halfway up the wall, a buzzer went off, meaning the five minutes had gone by. Antylamon and Spike jumped down from the rock wall, and Spike sighed, "Damn... I guess we both have room to improve."

Antylamon kissed Spike's cheek, "Don't worry master, we still have the battle left, I'm sure with me, WaruSeadramon, and your Guerrilladramon form, I'm sure we can win.

Spike smiled and kissed Antylamon's cheek back, "Thanks, you're right." before heading back to the waiting room to meet the ref and tell him he was ready.

As he walked into the Battle Arena, Spike saw Lyra Heartstrings, the exam supervisor, who said, "Well, looks like you've made it this far Spike. I have to admit, this is my first day as an exam supervisor, I just recently became a Bronze Tamer, so let's go!"

Spike nodded, "Right! Let's do this!" before turning straight into Guerrilladramon, and sending out Antylamon and WaruSeadramon.

Lyra was shocked to see Spike turn into a Digimon and said, "I thought all that gossip about you was just... well gossip. Seems I was wrong, Shadramon, Magnamon, let's do this!" before sending out her two Armor Digivolved Digimon.

As the fight started, Magnamon sent a burst of light at WaruSeadramon, who countered by shooting lightning from his horn. Antylamon used her Treasure Axes to out speed Shadramon and get behind him before blasting an orb of dark energy at him, KOing him instantly, after his confusion from trying to keep up with Antylamon weakened him.

Spike jumped up in the air and activated his jet pack before yelling, "Ballistic Blowout!"

Magnamon looked up at Spike saying, "He wouldn't dare fire his Ballistic Blowout from that angle, he'll destroy the Coliseum if he does!" As Spike's weapons started to heat up, Magnamon cringed, "No, Spike!" All of a sudden, Spike disappeared, and reappeared right in front of Magnamon, and as his eyes widened, he said, "Oh... crap baskets!" before being hit head on with the point blank Ballistic Blowout, and being knocked out.

Lyra's eyes widened as well from the recoil of Spike's attack, and as she saw her Magnamon turn back into a Veemon, she stuttered before saying "Holy shit! I didn't know your Digimon form was that powerful! Still, you won fair and square. You and I are both Bronze Tamers. Talk to Leomon for your reward and license upgrade."

Spike headed back to Leomon who congratulated him, "Good job Spike, I just finished upgrading your license, and here's your reward, three Battle Chips, Life Aura, Mirror Shield, and Pressure Cannon." before handing Spike three SD card like chips.

Spike smiled, these were rare Battle Chips, so he could get even more skilled with these. "Thanks Leomon, I'll see you around." before heading back to tell Twilight, even though he knew she'd be sour about him failing the obstacle course. "Sis, I did it, I passed!"

Twilight smiled, "Good job Spike, I'm proud of you. Now that you're a Bronze Tamer, you have access to the Chip Shops here in the City and at Dark Area East. Keep up the good work."

Spike nodded before heading back home for the night.