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As tomorrow morning arrived, Taichi and Agumon both woke up earlier than the other digimon. As they were getting dressed, Taichi turned his head toward the tent's entrance. Laying on the ground by the entrance were two grey dufflebags. Both bags didn't look like they had a lot in them, and they didn't really. The items that Agumon and Taichi cared to pack were towels, clothes, and their sleeping bags. However, while the two bags were laying flat on the ground, Taichi's broad sword layed on top of one of the bags signifying Taichi's bag.
As Taichi and Agumon finished putting on their clothes and gear, they examined each other with looks of pride and joy. Taichi was wearing his favorite blue shirt with an orange star in the middle and black pants. He also wore over his normal clothes part of some armor. His shoulders were covered by silverish guards and hands were covered by a pair of gauntlets.
Agumon's body was stronger because of him being a digimon, so Agumon only had to wear a set of metal arm bands on his wrists.

Without any more preparations holding them back, they both left their tent and headed toward the entrance.
As they marched, Taichi clenched in his hand a rolled up piece of paper. Nearer they moved toward the entrance, and before they could take their first step out of the camp, Taichi quickly jumped toward his left, pulling Agumon with him. As Taichi and Agumon rolled on the ground, a sword smashed the ground they were walking on.
"Not bad." a chuckling voice announced.
As Taichi and Agumon looked up, they saw Leomon holding the sword.
"What was that for?' Taichi asked angrily at his teacher.
"I call it my last second graduation exam. Every trainy that leaves here for a job takes it. Every digimon and sprite including Yamato and Gabumon." Leomon told them.
"Yamato?" Taichi asked interested at the mention of the name.
"Like you, he passed flawlessly." Leomon told Taichi.
Before Taichi could ask another question, Leomon beckoned them to the entrance.
With smiles on their faces, Taichi and Agumon left with their bags.

"I wonder how Yamato is doing? It's been almost a week since he left." Taichi kept saying.
"He and Gabumon are probably doing great. They're out their on File Island fighting some big, mean digimon and protecting the Prince Takeru." Agumon answered.
"So we have to protect Princess Hikari?"
"Yeah, she resided in Nume Castle. It's not that far from here. We might even meet Yamato."
"Really?"
"The Princess of Server and Prince of File are good friends."
"I see. I guess protecting them is important than."
As Taichi said his statement, Agumon stopped in his tracks and stared at the back of the walking Taichi. Within seconds of Agumon's stopping, Taichi looked back around his head and soon he too stopped.
"This is propably as big as jobs get, Taichi!" Agumon began to franticly explain.
"Princess Hikari is the symbol of Light and Prince Takeru is the symbol of Hope. They are two of the most important beings in the world."
"Really, I didn't think a sprite could have that much power or importance. Do digimon really think that much of them?"
"Some digimon do think it's mad to guard sprites, but they both are still important."
"All right" Taichi said as he let out a small groan and began walking.
Knowing that Taichi was upset, Agumon started to follow after him.

As they traveled through a forest toward the castle, the light started to fade from the sky from the sky, and Taichi and Agumon decided to stop at the first clearing they came across. When they finally came across one, the sun was gone and stars were appearing. The spot was big enough for the two of them and was covered by plenty of trees to give them shelter from the wind and sight of wandering thieves.
As night fell, Agumon had prepared a fire and they both had finished eating the fruit they found on their travel. With their stomach full, they pulled out their sleeping bags, put out the fire,a nd finally went to sleep.
As Taichi slept, he had a dream of protecting a girl with long, blond hair, wearing a long pink dress from a giant dark bird. As the bird was about to soar toward Taichi, a sudden jerk woke him up. the sun had lit up the sky, and Agumon was standing over Taichi.
"Taichi, it's time to get up.."
Wih a look of distaste, Taichi pulled himself out of his sleeping bag and prepared for their leave.

To the two travelers surprise, in less than a hour since they left their camp site, they arrived at the town and the foot of Nume Castle.
Shocked at how close they were from the camp site, they both stared in awe at the lively village.
"If we just kept on walking for one more hour, we could have slept in a bad." Taichi said staring at the village.
"Well it was getting dark, and with thieves and other bad guys out in the forests we couldn't have..." Agumon began to justify but Taichi stopped him by slamming his fist on top of Agumon's head.
"It was your fault we slept on the ground and had to eat that fruit. If we listned to me, we would have slept in a bed and had a good meal!" Taichi yelled.
"Don't blaim me. One hour is enough time for a thief to attack." Agumon tried to explain.
As the two of them stared at each other in rage, they both let out grunts and turned their heads.
"Stupid sprite! Can't you do anything wrong!"
"Grow a backbone and take a chance!"
As the yelling stopped, both Taichi and Agumon quickly turned around and faced each other with their newly ignited rage.
"Stupid sprite am I!" Taichi yelled.
"Grow a backbone!" Agumon also yelled.
"I bet you thought that loud voice would scare me didn't you!" Taichi told Agumon.
"Like your's could!" Agumon responded.
"That's it get out of my sight!!!" The loud voice from just than bellowed.
The yelling was shortly followed by a loud clang and a sprite holding a long hammer came running out of a door.
The sprite was than followed by a tall body coated in silver armor and holding a giant sword.
"That was the third sword you failed at you stupid sprite! How can you become a blacksmith if you're afraid of getting burned. Grow a backbone!" the armored man bellowed at the much smaller sprite holding the hammer.
"Oh, so he was the one who told me to grow a backbone, not you." Agumon said cheerfully as he swept the sweat off his forehead with his claw.
Taichi however, didn't hear Agumon. Taichi was fully focused at the scene in the village.

The armored man however seemed done with his yelling and turned to re-enter the building that he came out of. With the armored man finally gone, the sprite felled to his knees and started to punch the ground continuously.
"You're going to hurt yourself." Taichi told the sprite.
Hearing Taichi's advise, the sprite stopped and began to stand up on his legs.
When he was fully standing, the sprite was taller than Taichi. He had slightly long, blue hair. His eyes were covered by a pair of dusty glasses. He wore a light grey coat that almost covered his arms and was buttoned up, and a pair of dark grey pants with metal shoes.
The hammer he was holding was the same length as his arm and the head was in the shape of a rectangle. On one of the flat ends of the hammer was a strange bluish grey symbol. The symbol was in the shape of a plus with four triangles that pointed outward in each corner of the plus.

"That guy had no right to yell like that." Taichi told the sprite.
"No, he did. I ruined five swords in the time I've been there and I do a terrible cleaning job." The sprite responded.
"Who's that Taichi?" Agumon asked when he walked closer to the scene.
"Oh right. I forgot to ask your name." Taichi said jokingly to the sprite.
"Well, I don't really give it out like that." The sprite responded.
"Come on have a backbone." Taichi replied jokingly.
"Taichi that's not funny!" Agumon yelled.
"No, you're right. You came to defend me. I should give you my name. And..." but before the sprite could tell them, a fish collided with the back of his head, sending the sprite head first into the ground.
"Jou! hey Jou!" a loud voice started to holler.
As the sprite got back up on his feet, he spit some dirt from his mouth and turned around looking for the source of the cries.
A small white seal digimon was running toward them. The digimon had an orange mohawk and purple makrs on his hands and face. He was carrying a brown bag full of fish on his bag as he jumped toward the sprite and Taichi.
"Jou, I found you." the digimon said as he stopped at the feet of the sprite.
"Gomamon, Im not in the mood for a fish attack." the sprite, Jou, said as he held up the fish that hit him.
"Sorry, but I need your attention. Who are they?" Gomamon asked.
"Huh, oh well. When I got fired by Knightmon, they came to comfort me." Jou said as he rubbed the back of his head with embarrassment.
"I see." Gomamon said oddly happily. He than turned his face toward Taichi and Agumon.
"I want to thank you for being there for Jou after he got chewed out by his former boss."
"Gomamon! I didn't get chewed out!" Jou said embarrassed at his friend's blunt voice.
"you didn't Jou. Cause I'm sure that loud voice was Knightmon, and you're the only one working for him. Now what was it he yelled." Gomamon said playfully.
"Fine you win. I got chewed out again. " Jou said in defeat.
"Good, now that you don't have any thing keeping you here let's go fishing!" Gomamon said happily.
"Can you please be more sensitive to my condition right now!" Jou yelled upset at his friends carefree attitude.
But Gomamon wasn't paying him any attention, and instead turned to face Taichi and Agumon again.
"You two are free to come too." Gomamon invited them.
"Thanks, but we actually have a job to do." Taichi tolded Gomamon.
"Can you tell us the way the Nume Castle?" Agumon finally asked.