Kari giggled as she chased her Digimon, Gatomon, around on a long beach. The bright sun shone, reflecting light off the bluish-green water and the white, sparking sand, causing illusions of diamonds and sapphires. Gatomon ran into the dense, verdant forest, with Kari behind her, calling her name.

"Gatomon! Gatomon where'd you go?" Kari yelled, looking around for a flash of white in the thick green of the forest.

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The group woke up and sat in the same positions they had been in the night before. Meteoramon decided that it was time to meet the other Digidestioned, so she flew down, startling everyone in the group except Sora and Tai.

Oh. Hi Meteoramon!" Sora replied, looking at the large bird that had landed behind her and Tai.

"Hello Sora, Tai. I was just wondering if you would introduce me to your friends, and could you tell me what crests each of them have." She replied, motioning with her wing.

"Of course we will!" Tai said. He motioned towards Izzy beside him. "This is Izzy, he has the crest of Knowledge. This little guy is T.K.; his crest is the crest of Hope. The guy beside him has the crest of Friendship, his name is Matt. Joe here has the crest of Reliability and Mimi has the crest of Sincerity. You already know that Sora and I have the crests of Love and Courage." Tai finished.

"Glad to meet you Meteoramon. By the way, why did you want to know the names of our crests?" Matt said.

As Meteoramon told the story of the crests, Sora, who had already heard the story before, said she was going to go stand guard at the entrance. She walked out of the dimness of the cave into the beautiful sunshine. She sat against the outer wall of the cave, humming quietly to herself. Then she heard a voice, she recognized it as Gatomon's voice, calling for Tai's little sister Kari. Sora then saw the small, white, catlike Digimon run out of a bush. A few seconds later, Kari ran out of another bush nearby.

"Sora?!" Kari exclaimed, running up to Sora, Gatomon right behind.

"Kari! I'm glad to see you again!" Sora replied, giving the little girl a light hug. "How'd you get here? I thought you stayed in the real world." She said, her concerned eyes looking at Kari before her.

"I did, but one day I was sucked into a spinning vortex thing, and now I'm here with Gatomon!" Kari replied. "Where are the others?"

"They're in there." Sora answered, pointing to the cave. "Lets go see you brother Tai!!"

"Hey Tai!" Sora yelled. Tai looked over at her, as did everyone else. "Guess who I found!" Sora said, trying not to laugh.

"Who?" Tai replied, looking confused. He stood up just as his little sister ran up to him from behind Sora. "Kari! But how??" He replied, hugging his sister.

"Aren't you glad to see me Tai?" Kari giggled, picking up Gatomon.

"Of course I am!!" Tai answered.

Sora smiled and walked back to where she had been before Kari showed up. She wondered what it was like to have a younger or older brother or sister; she had never had one. 'It must be great.' She thought to herself as she began to sing quietly to herself.

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Myteramon hovered above the cave and stealthily landed on a tree branch, observing the Digidestioned. He saw the little girl enter the cave, bringing them all together. 'All eight of the children are together now.' He said to himself. 'I must inform Durasythedamon that Meteoramon has told them about the uniting of the crests.' He quickly jumped down from the branch to the ground and ran at the speed of light to a small clearing. Jumping into flight, he slowly flew up to the cloud-covered domain of Durasythedamon high in the sky.

Once inside, he quickly ran to his master's throne room. He stepped in softly. "Durasythedamon. I have news to tell you about the Digidestioned that you may be interested to hear." Myteramon said cautiously, yet confidently.

"Proceed."

"All eight of the Digidestioned are together, just as you brilliantly planned, but… they know about the power of the crests when they are united. Meteoramon told them, since she is the one who will digivolve when the crests of Courage and Love work together. I have also found out the names of the three other Digimon who will digivolve. They are Articamon, Thundramon, and Viperumon." He replied, going slowly to make sure he got the details right.

Durasythedamon's cold eyes flared. He stood up, the sharp blade-like spikes on his arms tensed. "WHAT!!" He roared, shaking the whole room. His tail twitched angrily. "No matter." He said, calming down. 'We will just have to make sure their crests don't unite and that Meteoramon doesn't digivolve. Go ahead with the original plan as before. Make sure he strikes the bearers of the crests of Courage and Love. Got it Myteramon?" He cocked his tail and spread out his wings, showing the claws and spikes on each.

Myteramon stepped back, bowed, and quietly exited the room, heading towards Corchirmon's underground tunnel. Corchirmon was a massive Digimon with digger-like front claws. He wasn't very fast on land, the underground was his highway. The armadillo-like armor that he sported reflected almost any attack. This only weak spot on him was his belly, which wasn't covered in the protective armor. Being slow on land, the easiest way for him to move around was to curl up into a ball and roll along the ground, knocking whatever was in his path flat. Myteramon went to him and gave him Durasythedamon's requests and the okay to activate the plan.

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Everyone talked and joked inside of the cave, glad to be back together again. Suddenly the ground began to shake, causing everyone to run outside, where trees were being uprooted and falling to the ground. Just as suddenly as the shaking began, it stopped. Tai ran over to Sora, who had been outside on guard duty the whole time. "Sora. What happened? Are you okay?" He asked, helping her up from the ground.

Before she had a chance to respond, an immense, brown Digimon pushed through the ground with two other Digimon beside him. One that looked like a mutant desert lizard and the other a crocodile made out of stones and rocks.

"Who are they Izzy?" Matt asked.

"Hold on a second." Izzy replied, fiddling with his computer. "Okay. The large one is called Corchirmon, and the other two are Lanzimon and Kartichimon."

"So, you're the 8 Digidestioned." Corchirmon said in a mocking tone. "Prepare to meet your destiny - defeat! Attack them, Lanzimon and Kartichimon!"

"Time to digivolve guys!" Agumon yelled. "Agumon digivolve to……………Greymon!!"

"Biyomon digivolve to……………Birdramon!!"

"Gabumon digivolve to……………Garurumon!!"

"Tentomon digivolve to……………Kabuterimon!!"

"Palmon digivolve to……………Togemon!!"

"Gomamon digivolve to……………Ikkakumon!!"

"Nova Blast!"

"Meteor Wing!"

"Howling Blaster!"

"Electro Shocker!"

"Needle Spray!"

"Harpoon Torpedo!"

"Boom Bubble……Pah!"

"Lightning Claw!"

These attacks did little to harm the three Digimon, especially Corchirmon, whose armor reflected the attacks back at the Digimon.

"Birdramon! We've got to go get Corchirmon! Everyone else get Lanzimon and Kartichimon!" Sora yelled, gathering up her courage as she ran towards the large ground dwelling Digimon.

Tai could feel Sora's courage, which gave him courage too. "Sora, wait, me and Greymon are coming with you!" He yelled, running right behind her. "The rest of you keep rock head and lizard breath busy!"

"The bearers of the crests of Courage and Love dare to face me?" He said tauntingly, laughing as he pointed his curved claw towards Tai and Sora. "Watch as I eliminate your worthless Digimon! Mountain Strike!!"

He swung his claws and slammed them into the ground, causing the ground to shake, knocking Greymon off his feet. Huge chunks of rock and dirt flew into the air from the ground, hitting Birdramon, slamming her into the ground on top of Greymon. The two Digimon lay there moaning while Corchirmon laughed evilly.

"Birdramon!!" Sora yelled, running up to the exhausted Digimon.

Tai saw the remnants of Corchirmon's attack falling down, high above Sora. "Sora!!!" He cried, as he ran towards her, pushing both him and Sora out of dangers way. Sora looked back and saw the chunks of rocks right where she had been before.

She looked over at Tai beside her, his arm still around her. His face was painted with worry. "Sora! Are you alright?" Tai asked, his voice flooding with true concern.

"You saved me Tai! Thank you!" Sora replied, giving him a quick hug. During the hug, both Tai and Sora's crest began to glow in unison.

"Tai, I can digivolve!!" Greymon yelled, standing up.

"And so can I!!" Meteoramon exclaimed, flying over the group.

"Greymon digivolve to……………Metalgreymon!!'

"Birdramon digivolve to……………Garudamon!!"

"Meteoramon digivolve to……………Tirvadumon!!"

Tirvadumon stood up beside Garudamon, looking almost just like her. Tirvadumon's upper half of her body was of a tiger, not of a bird like Garudamon.

"Nooo!" Corchirmon screamed. "Even if the crests glow in unison and Meteoramon has digivolved, I must destroy the bearers of the crests of Courage and Love! Sand Slash!!" He yelled, slashing his claws through the air, creating a huge sand tornado that was heading straight for Sora and Tai.

"NO! Fire Ring!" Tirvadumon shouted, creating a huge ring of fire around Sora and Tai, protecting them from Corchirmon.

The confused Corchirmon kept swinging his claws through the air. Tirvadumon, Garudamon, and Metalgreymon surrounded him. "Garudamon, lift him into the air so we can attack his vulnerable spot!" Tirvadumon instructed.

Garudamon lifted the large, armadillo-like Digimon into the air. "Giga Blaster!" Metalgreymon yelled, hitting Corchirmon's soft belly. Garudamon dropped him towards the ground, and he was destroyed.

By this time the group had taken care of the other two Digimon. Metalgreymon returned to Koromon, and Garudamon returned to Yokomon. Tirvadumon's Fire Ring disappeared, and she became Meteoramon again.

"Sora, Tai, are you alright?" Matt asked as he ran up to them, the rest of the group hot on his heels.

"Yeah, we're fine Matt." Sora replied. Tai stepped up beside her.

"And our crests glow in unison!" Tai said, looking over at Sora, who was holding Yokomon in her arms.

"Yes, thank you." Meteoramon commented. "Now I can digivolve whenever I need to. You have destroyed the evil here, but you still have many battles to fight before all of the evil is destroyed in the Digiworld. You must go to the island of Diskaram. I will take you there, but I must return here." She looked around at the group of tired Digimon and children. "But you can rest here for a while first." Cheers broke out from the group.

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A few days later after everyone was rested up, Tentomon and Gomamon digivolved to travel across the ocean. Joe, Mimi, and Kari rode on Ikkakumon; Izzy, Matt, and T.K. rode on Kabuterimon; and Sora and Tai rode on the back of their Digimon friend, Meteoramon. Ikkakumon swam, while the other two flew across the ocean, finally arriving at the island of Diskaram. The island was large, with a massive lake in the center of it, covering half of the entire island. This island was home to many aquatic Digimon.

"Goodbye Meteoramon!" They all called as she flew back to her home.

"Goodbye, and thank you!" She said as her form faded over the horizon.

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Myteramon flew into Durasythedamon's chamber with upsetting news. He hovered slowly and carefully in front of the red and black dragon Digimon in front of him. "Master Durasythedamon, Corchirmon and his helpers have been defeated. Meteoramon digivolved because the two crests glowed in unison. The kids are now on the island of Diskaram." He spread his blade-like arms out. The light from the fire glistened on them. "If you want, I'll go attack them."

"No. I will save you for more extreme causes. For now we will have to keep the other crests from uniting. We must get to the Digimon that will digivolve with the crests before they do. The Digidestioned will be destroyed!!" His words were thick and strong, and he laughed an evil laugh as he planned their destruction.

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End of part 1. Next part: The New Found Friend chapters 1-3