"Oh, boy!" a feminine voice said, "This is it! I found it! I found it!"

The voice came from a strange Digimon. She was a green blob that lived in a large pink seashell. She snickered as she bounced to what appeared to be a dirty treasure chest.

"The bottom of the sea holds so many treasures." Syakomon giggled, "I knew the Net Ocean would have the answers I was looking for!" She bashed the chest open. It shifted in the ocean sand and released a bubble of air.

"Yes! It's here! Finally, the great treasure that is..." Syakomon began. Her slime like antennas perked up. She turned her shell around to see a large, white squid creature swimming straight at her.

"Syakomon! I'm coming for you!" The aquatic Digimon screamed.

"Damn, he found me..." Syakomon cursed, "Hey, Gesomon! Leave me alone, will ya?"

Gesomon grabbed at Syakomon with his tentacles. "You won't leave here alive!"

Suddenly, a large whirlpool appeared under the two Digimon. It sucked the treasure chest inside of it.

"My treasure!" Syakomon swam after it, Gesomon hot on her trail.

...

Will was at his computer desk, fiddling with the D-Wrist's settings. BlackGuilmon and Dracomon were play fighting with each other on the bed.

"I got you now, Dracomon!" Blacky growled playfully.

"No fair!" Dracomon cried, "You're bigger than me!"

"No! You're taller than me!"

"That's because you stand like a bird normally. You're as tall as Will when you stand up straight!"

Will looked back at the two dragon Digimon. They're like kids, he thought, scaly, destructive, huge kids...

The Tamer looked back to the digivice in his hands. "Dracomon needs 250 Data Points to Digivolve to Champion Level. Man, this is a hassle."

BlackGuilmon pinned Dracomon to the mattress. "You'll find a way, Will. You always do."

"Help!" Dracomon squirmed under Blacky's grip. "Uncle! Uncle!" He cried.

There was a knock on the bedroom door. Will's mother poked her head in the room.

"You three are going to waste away in this bedroom. You guys haven't left the house since you brought Dracomon home. It's summer! Get out a little!"

Will nodded. Since the incident with Dr. D four days ago, Will hadn't really felt like going out. Laziness is a hard habit to lose, as Digimon Taming had no time for slackers.

...

Will was walking down the street, a black satchel on his back, and a small, green dragon Digimon in his arms. Just yesterday, after a visit from Platinum and Viximon, Will began to wonder how the Fox Digimon was able to Digivolve back and forth between its different forms. He soon found out he was able to Degenerate his Digimon to their In-Training forms whenever he needed to.

"So where are we headed?" Babydmon, Dracomon's In-Training form, said to the Tamer.

"I'm thinking the beach. It's a good place to go during the summer." Will answered the small dragon.

"How come Babydmon gets to stay outside?" Blacky's voice could be heard from Will's D-Wrist. "I want to be out too!"

Will rolled his eyes. "I can't hold both of you in my arms, and I need one of you out here in case of a Digimon attack." Will heard Blacky whimper inside the watch-like device.

Babydmon wiggled in Will's hands. "Is that the beach?" The small Digimon was referring to the large sandy area far in front of them. The ocean shone a brilliant cerulean color that sparkled in the sunlight.

"Yep, that's it!" Will answered, "Let's go!"

...

Will set a towel onto the sand and spread it out. Dracomon and BlackGuilmon laid down on it and sighed deeply. They had chosen a discreet spot to rest. A large spot under a wooden boardwalk that was often overlooked. Here, Will could let the two Digimon free without anyone noticing.

"Will, can we go into the water?" Blacky asked in his most polite voice.

Will shook his head, "Sorry bud, not now. Wait until some of the people leave." Blacky sighed and flopped onto his belly.

Dracomon's antlers perked. "Will," He said, "I sense Digimon."

"Oh come on! Why now?" Will pouted. He pushed Blacky over. "Come on, we've got Digimon to find."

Dracomon pointed a claw to the ocean. Will squinted his eyes to see a large pink shell. He and Dracomon ran to it. It was half-buried in the sand. They pulled it out without much effort, as it was lighter than he had expected, and carried it back under the boardwalk.

Blacky sniffed the shell. "Hello in there!" He said as he knocked on it, "Any Digimon in there?" There were two holes in the shell that gave it a skull-like appearance. A black skull pattern was painted onto the top of the shell.

Suddenly, two yellow eyes opened from inside the shell. They were visible through the holes in the shell's top. They looked around at the two Digimon and the Tamer and squinted shyly. "Hello." It said.

"Hey, I'm Will." the Tamer announced, "This is Dracomon and BlackGuilmon." The two dragons nodded in greeting.

The shell opened. Inside was a slime-like Digimon with yellow eyes and a curvy mouth. "I'm Syakomon." She said politely.

"What are you doing out here?" Dracomon asked.

"I was in the Digital World looking for a lost treasure, then something happened, and then I found myself here." Syakomon said.

"Treasure? What kind of treasure?" Blacky asked.

"It's a great treasure for Aquan Digimon like me. I'm led to believe that the treasure is somewhere around here. Care to help me find it?"

"I don't know." Will said. Syakomon wasn't telling the whole story. But this was a Digimon in need. He had to help. "Well, I guess we could help, after the civilians leave, of course."

Syakomon giggled, "Thank you! We'll have so much fun!"

...

As the sun began to set, the people at the beach began to disperse. After most of the people around them left, Will bought a shovel from the gift shop and began to dig in the sand. Blacky, Dracomon, and Syakomon began to dig as well.

After about an hour had passed, Will's shovel knocked onto something hard. "Hey, I found something!" He said. Dracomon and Syakomon came to dig out the object, while BlackGuilmon continued to dig his own hole.

Will lunged out of his hole in the sand, a small, heavy treasure chest. Syakomon's eyes lit up when she saw the box. "This is it! The exact box I found in the Digital World!" She bashed the chest open. The box shined with a blue light.

"Behold!" Syakomon said to Will and Dracomon. "The ancient artifact known as the Human Spirit of Water!" She beamed at what appeared to be an idol, which looked blue and squid like, and seemed like it could be used as a hat.

"What does it do?" Will and Dracomon said in unison. Syakomon turned red in annoyance.

"What? You don't know? The Human Spirit of Water holds the divine essence of the Ancient Warrior of Water! Don't you know anything?"

"Hey, guys?" BlackGuilmon called from behind them. They turned and immediately gasped in surprise.

"Is this the treasure?" Blacky had unearthed a huge white squid creature with sharp teeth and long tentacles. It seemed to be unconscious, but was still breathing.

"What is that?" Will cried.

"Gesomon!" Syakomon screamed, "I accidently plundered his life savings! He's been trying to kill me ever since!"

As if he heard his name, Gesomon violently awoke, grabbing at the nearest things, namely Blacky and Will. His tentacles wrapped around them squeezing the air out of their bodies.

"G Shurunen!" Dracomon shot a beam at Gesomon's face, but it was futile, as he too was grabbed by the beast's tentacles.

"Syakomon!" Will cried, "Help!"

"Definitely!" Syakomon winked at him, "With the Spirit of Water, I can do anything!"

Syakomon grabbed the idol from the chest and held it up. It glowed with a bright blue light. "Syakomon, Spirit Evolve to..." Syakomon transformed into the form of a young girl with blue skin and innocent red eyes, and wore what appeared to be a swimsuit. The squid shape on the idol now was on her head in the shape of a swim cap. She winked seductively and waved, "Ranamon!"

Will's eyes widened. That's the power of the Spirit of Water? He thought.

"My new form will take you down, gero!" Ranamon said to the large Digimon.

"So what if you changed your form? You still won't win! Elastic Arms!" Gesomon's smaller tentacles lashed at Ranamon, who gracefully dodged them.

"You'll half to do better than that, gero!" Ranamon taunted, "Rain Stream!" The humanoid Digimon summoned a raincloud over Gesomon, who was then pelted by hard rain. He yelled in agony and slummed down.

"Had enough, gero?" Ranamon stepped closer to the squid Digimon to taunt him more.

"No way. I'm just getting started! Deadly Shade!" Gesomon spewed ink into Ranamon's face. She screamed as she stumbled backwards. "I can't see!"

"Elastic Arms!" Ranamon was smacked by Gesomon's tentacles. She landed headfirst into the sand, and it looked like she was down for the count.

"Ha Ha!" Gesomon chuckled, "Now for all of you!" Gesomon raised Will, Dracomon, and Blacky over his gaping mouth. He was squeezing them too hard for Will to command an attack, and the Digimon were unable to attack otherwise. All seemed lost for the young Tamer and his Digimon...

"Diamond Storm!" Sharpened leaves slashed at Gesomon's skin. He howled in pain and let go of the three. A sleek shadow caught them before they fell into the giant squid's mouth. It then dropped them onto the sand.

"Renamon! Let's take him out!" Platinum called from behind. Will turned to see the young girl and her Digimon, Renamon, gear up for another attack.

"Careful!" Dracomon said weakly, "He's a Champion Level Digimon!"

"Not a problem!" Platinum pressed a button on her D-Wrist. The purple ring sprang up, and she slapped it down. Renamon began to glow red.

"Renamon, Digivolve to..." Renamon transformed into a tall woman with short blond hair with light blue eyes. She wore a red and black dress, and a black cloak. Her arms were huge, with long red sleeves covering her forearms and her large hands. A red and black witch's hat sat on her head, and a broomstick floated behind her, with a black spirit in the shape of a cat sitting on it. She called out in a mature female voice, "Witchmon!"

Will's eyes widened, "She can Digivolve to the Champion Level?"

"Aquary Pressure!" Water gushed from Witchmon's hands at high speeds. Gesomon attempted to block it with its tentacles, but was unable to, and the blast of water shot clear through Gesomon's body. It dissolved into data and was absorbed into Platinum's D-Wrist.

"20 Points collected!" The D-Wrist said.

"She destroyed it," Will stammered, "like it was nothing..."

Platinum extended a hand to help Will up. Witchmon did the same for Dracomon and BlackGuilmon.

"You okay?" Platinum asked.

"Yeah, we're more resilient then we look." Will answered. Platinum giggled.

"We better get home." Witchmon said as she sat on her broom, "We're way too late now."

"Of course," Platinum patted Will's shoulder, "Sorry for stealing your kill. Next time we team up, I'll split my Data Points with you." She smiled and jumped onto Witchmon's broomstick. "See ya!" The two flew off into the clouds, leaving only a trail of green leaves.

"Wow." Blacky said, "That was cool."

"Yeah," Dracomon said, "Mondo cool."

"Let's go home, guys." Will said as he walked up a sandy hill to reach the sidewalk.

"Wait!" Dracomon called, "Where's Ranamon?"

"She must have been deleted. Poor soul." Blacky said. Dracomon seemed mortified.

"Wherever she is, she'll be fine." Will reassured the cyan dragon. "Let's go. There's no need to worry."

Will downloaded the two Digimon into the D-Wrist and made his way home. He made it to the house when he suddenly had the feeling he was being watched. He turned around to find nothing. He disregarded the feeling and headed inside.

If he had looked more closely, he might have noticed the soft red eyes gazing upon him lovingly from the trees.

"Thank you very much, Will. I promise to repay you in some way, gero."