Renamon

Renamon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. Renamon's Tamer is Rika, and is a main character in the Digimon Tamers season (as well as the two related movies Battle of Adventurers and Runaway Locomon). Renamon's Digivolution forms are inspired from the Kitsune and other fox spirits of Asian myth. The name "Renamon" is derived from Renard, the French word for Fox.

Appearance
Renamon is tall and powerful for a Rookie level Digimon. She is far more mature than the other Rookie Digimon, considering her experience and her jaded view on life. Renamon's feral features and penetrating icy blue eyes can make her seem quite intimidating, even when she does not mean to give that impression. Renamon can also run at high speeds (at least fast enough to keep up with speeding traffic).

Description
Renamon became Rika's partner after she received her D-Power shortly after a Digimon Cards tournament. Many Digimon appeared to ask Rika to be their tamer, but at the end, Rika's choice was Renamon; "I just want one strong Digimon". Renamon remained as Rika's companion throughout the Tamers season. Renamon does not remember how she came to the real world from the Digiworld; she only remembers her partnership with Rika.

At first, Renamon's view on humans was that they were just aids for Digimon in Digivolution, and her Tamer, Rika, thought that Digimon were just fighting machines. The two had a distant relationship. As time passed, their friendship grew stronger, having understood each other better, and the two saved each other on many occasions. It reached its zenith when it enabled the final Bio-mergance that sparked Sakuyamon's birth.

She gets along with Guilmon and Terriermon well, but she has an interesting love-hate relationship with Impmon, seen mostly in "Impmon's Last Stand", where she seems semi-concerned for his safety. Impmon however, left the group and later became Beelzemon.

 Attacks: 
 * Diamond Storm (Fox Leaf Arrowhead): Renamon summons a cloud of razor-sharp shards which she fires on her foe.
 * Power Paw (Wisteria Punch): Renamon's fists and feet glow in a ghostly blue light which quickly become engulfed in a raging inferno of blue flames. Renamon then leaps into the air, kicking and slicing at her foes.

Biography
Renamon was one of the first Digimon to enter the real world, Henry's partner Terriermon either before or after her. Renamon chose Rika believing she was the strongest tamer, as she initially only wanted to absorb as many of her opponents' data as possible so she could become stronger and digivolve. Rika chose Renamon for similar reasons. Her first appearance in the anime Digimon Tamers was when she battled a Lynxmon that bio emerged into the real world. She destroyed him with Diamond Storm and absorbed his data. Among her other opponents were Goblimon (who digivolved into Fugamon), Vilemon, and Allomon. She also fought Guilmon twice, but her Diamond Storm didn't have much effect, and Henry and Terriermon stopped the fight between them.

Rika was impatient for Renamon to digivolve. Then a Dokugumon attacked her. She beat up Renamon and directed an attack at Rika, but Renamon jumped in front of her. Rika showed compassion for Renamon for the first time and she digivolved into Kyubimon and destroyed Dokugumon with Dragon Wheel. Shortly after Rika returned to her usual ways of viewing Digimon as nothing but data, and eventually decided she didn't need Renamon. Almost immediately after she was captured by IceDevimon, and regretted her decision. Renamon fought against him as Kyubimon, and Guilmon destroyed him. Rika then decided she hated all Digimon and so she and Kyubimon left each other. Renamon fought three Flybeemon and destroyed them. Impmon told her that Digimon didn't need humans. However Renamon was attacked by Harpymon, who nearly killed her when Rika stabbed Harpymon in the back with a stick. Renamon digivolved to Kyubimon and destroyed Harpymon. She didn't absorb her data because she decided she didn't need to anymore and that all she needed was Rika, thus they officially and for the final time recognized each other as partners.

From here, Rika and Renamon fought alongside Takato, Guilmon, Henry, and Terriermon against the evil Digimon bio emerging into the real world. When this threat was ended by the evil Yamaki of Hypnos, it inadvertently caused a Deva, Mihiramon, to appear. Mihiramon nearly killed Kyubimon but Guilmon digivolved to ultimate, WarGrowlmon, and destroyed him. Renamon fought alongside Terriermon, as Kyubimon and Gargomon, against the snake Deva Sandiramon, but it wasn't until Growlmon showed up that they destroyed him. Renamon did not participate in the battle against the Chicken Deva, Sinduramon, but did participate in the battle with Pajiramon, the Sheep Deva, and her partner Vajramon, the Ox Deva who fell in love with Renamon. Terriermon, in his ultimate form of Rapidmon, destroyed Pajiramon and, seemingly, Vajramon, but he returned and took Renamon to the Digital World.

She asked him questions about information she needed, and he asked her to join his master, Zhuqiaomon, but she refused. She fought against him as Kyubimon but couldn't affect him, beyond a few minor shots when she whipped him with her tails and tackled him. Then she digivolved into her ultimate form, Taomon, and destroyed Vajramon with Talisman of Light.

Around this time in the summer, Digimon unrelated to the Devas appeared, working for the evil Mephistomon. Rika and Renamon (as Kyubimon) were teleported to Takato, Growlmon, and Mephistomon along with Henry and Gargomon. They fought Mephistomon in his world under the ocean and Growlmon seemingly defeated him but he digivolved to Gulfmon. Growlmon, Gargomon, and Kyubimon digivolved into their ultimate forms and used Trinity Burst to destroy Gulfmon.

When the Horse Deva, Indramon, appeared, Impmon tried to fight him but Renamon tried to stop him, knowing he could never defeat a Deva. She fought against Indramon alongside the others and WarGrowlmon destroyed him. After Leomon destroyed the Rat Deva, Kumbhiramon, the Pig Deva Vikaralamon arrived. Guilmon, Terriermon, and Renamon fought him in their mega forms of WarGrowlmon, Rapidmon, and Taomon, but the fight was interrupted when Yamaki activated the Juggernaut program in an attempt to destroy all Digimon. This was stopped when the Monkey Deva, Makuramon, destroyed the Hypnos building and shut down Juggernaut, resulting in the end of Hypnos. Together the three ultimate Digimon defeated Vikaralamon, with WarGrowlmon finishing him off. However Makuramon kidnapped Calumon and took him to the Digital World.

So the tamers and their Digimon, along with Kazu and Kenta, and Jeri and Leomon, who were partners after the battle with Vikaralamon, decided to go to the Digital World and rescue Calumon. Rika's grandmother took an instant liking to Renamon when she met her for the first time, viewing her as Rika's guardian angel. Before they left, Yamaki unexpectedly decided to help them in their quest, giving them a com device so they could stay in touch with each other. Not too long after arrival, they were chased by one of the many data streams that teleport anyone they hit to a random area. Rika and Renamon ran back to save Kazu and Kenta, who ran in the wrong direction, and all four were hit by the data stream and teleported to the bottom of a cliff.

Renamon noted how the digital world had changed to a more barren wasteland since the last time she was there. Rika, Renamon, Kazu, and Kenta got back up the cliff by using a kite and returned to the flag to wait for the others. They eventually got tired of waiting and left, but shortly after Takato and the others reached the flag. Guilmon noticed Renamon's scent and followed it, but Rika, Renamon, Kazu, and Kenta were hit by another data stream and sent to an area where Rika unwittingly awakened a Megadramon by adjusting the second hand of a clock. Then Ryo and Cyberdramon fought him off. Rika hated Ryo for beating her in the second last tournament and left Ryo, Kazu, and Kenta with Renamon, although Renamon said Rika should have gone with Ryo, who, sure enough, met up with Takato and the others later and Cyberdramon destroyed the Dragon Deva, Majiramon.

Eventually Rika and Renamon were reunited with Calumon, whom Makuramon had lost to the Diginomes, and shortly after they found Takato and the others. However, Impmon sold his soul to Caturamon, the Dog Deva, and became Beelzemon, a mega level, who was assigned to kill all the tamers and their Digimon. He threatned to shoot Kyubimon, who then digivolved into Taomon to protect them from a storm caused by government agents starting up Juggernaut. Before Yamaki entered and shut down Juggernaut as quickly as possible, Beelzemon left and Caturamon destroyed Taomon's barrier and captured Calumon. Taomon used Talisman Spell to create another shield, but Takato, Henry, and Terriermon were blown into a digital stream.

While the others searched for Takato, Henry, and Terriermon, they fell through the sand into a forest where Andromon was fighting Orochimon. Renamon fought Orochimon alongside Guilmon and Leomon, and in the end Leomon destroyed Orochimon and Andromon, dedigivolved to Guardromon, became Kazu's partner.

When Takato, Henry, Terriermon, Henry's sister Suzie and her partner, Lopmon (formerly Antylamon the Rabbit Deva), were attacked by Beelzemon in the land of the Sovereign, the others heard his voice from a data stream and entered it. Kyubimon fought Beelzemon but he beat her up and was about to kill her when Leomon stopped him and tried to make him realize that Caturamon and Zhuqiaomon were only using him. Beelzemon impaled Leomon with his hand, killing him and absorbing his data, causing Takato to enter a rage that resulted in Guilmon digivolving to a virus Mega form, Megidramon. When Beelzemon, who was at a disadvantage to Megidramon, destroyed Makuramon easily and absorbed his data, Kyubimon and Rapidmon were horrified at how powerful he had become if he could destroy and absorb a Deva so easily, and attacked him, Kyubimon digivolving into Taomon. Beelzemon used Makuramon's attack to absorb the power of their ultimate forms, but they survived due to Henry and Rika using the Alias Card.

After Takato got Megidramon to dedigivolve back into Guilmon and biomerged with him into his true Mega form Gallantmon, Gallantmon defeated Beelzemon, but spared him on Jeri's request. Afterward the tamers and their Digimon, leaving Kazu, Kenta, Guardromon, Suzie, and Jeri behind, entered Zhuqiaomon's castle to defeat him and save both worlds. Zhuqiaomon easily gained the advantage against them before Henry biomerged with Terriermon into MegaGargomon and defeated Zhuqiaomon, although he survived and reappeared. Taomon protected them with a shield and dodged his attacks, which were powerful enough to penetrate it, but couldn't keep it up forever as she began to lose energy. Then Azulongmon appeared and convinced Zhuqiaomon to stop his quest to destroy all humans and instead focus on the real enemy - the D-Reaper, a virus program threatening to destroy all Digimon and the Digital World.

As Rika and Renamon made their way down a pit to rescue Calumon, who was imprisoned there by Caturamon to help Zhuqiaomon digivolve further, Renamon told Rika that everyone was responsible for their own destinies. Eventually they took a leap of fate into the pit full of chaos, but were not deleted; instead they biomerged into Sakuyamon, who fought off the D-Reaper, allowing Ryo and Cyberdramon to get Calumon to safety. However the D-Reaper survived, and so Azulongmon told the tamers to return to Earth while the Sovereign continued the fight alongside the other Digimon all over the Digital World, digivolved into Mega by Calumon, including several Chrysalimon attacking Beelzemon; when they digivolved to three Diaboromon, Beelzemon was left dedigivolved into Impmon. Renamon sensed or heard him, and so she and Rika went back to save him and bring him back to Earth with them.

Takato, Henry, Rika, Kazu, Kenta, Jeri (who, shortly before their travel, disappeared and reappeared with strange eyes), Ryo, Suzie, Guilmon, Terriermon, Renamon, Guardromon, Cyberdramon (dedigivolved to Monodramon), Lopmon, and MarineAngemon (who, during the ride, appeared and became Kenta's partner) all got aboard an ark sent by Yamaki and returned to the real world, however, the D-Reaper followed them there. They fought the D-Reaper and its many agents, which were part of it, but were unable to biomerge due to the humans not being data in the real world, until Alice, possibly the daughter of Dolphin (one of Yamaki's men), and her partner Dobermon, gave them the ability to biomerge in the real world. Gallantmon, MegaGargomon, Sakuyamon, and Justimon - who was Ryo biomerged with Cyberdramon - fought against the D-Reaper many times, and although they destroyed one monstrous agent after another they could never seem to destroy it for good. Beelzemon, Guardromon, and MarineAngemon fought alongside them as well. The Jeri that came back with them was really an agent of the D-Reaper in disguise. Beelzemon was nearly killed by the D-Reaper trying to rescue the real Jeri, who was imprisoned in the D-Reaper's brain, and dedigivolved to Impmon.

Eventually Yamaki came up with a plan to upload Juggernaut into Terriermon and make sure it would only target the D-Reaper while leaving the Digimon unharmed. Gallantmon, MegaGargomon, Sakuyamon, and Justimon fought the D-Reaper, and while Gallantmon fought the D-Reaper's main form, Sakuyamon, MegaGargomon, and Justimon fought a giant fearsome agent known as the "cable reaper" that emerged from the wormhole that Yamaki had intended to use to activate Juggernaut. Sakuyamon transferred her power to Justimon, who split the cable reaper in two, but it came back together and tried to eat them, but was pulled into the digital world by the four Sovereign. Powered up by MegaGargomon, Yamaki was able to activate Juggernaut, reversing the D-Reaper's evolution, regressing it back into a harmless program, and sucking it into oblivion. The tamers and their digimon were taken out of the chaos by MarineAngemon, who arrived with Kazu and Kenta.

Unfortunately the Digimon were affected as well, dedigivolving into their In Training forms. Renamon dedigivolved into Viximon. In order to survive they were forced to return to the Digital World, or else they would disappear like the D-Reaper.

However the portal to the digital world still remained, so the tamers were able to reunite with their Digimon and bring them back to the real world. Six months later a Locomon attacked, except it turned out to be possessed by Parasimon. Renamon fought alongside Guilmon, Terriermon, Lopmon, Cyberdramon, Guardromon, MarineAngemon, and Beelzemon against the Parasimon. When she biomerged with Rika into Sakuyamon, she, Gallantmon, MegaGargomon, Justimon, and the others destroyed all the Parasimon, and then they celebrated Rika's birthday.

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