Pokemonhantā! Isshō ni ichido no tabi!

(Pokemon Hunters! The Journey Of A Lifetime!)

By: Aubrie1234


"So, where did you come into this world, Floramon?" Drew asked.

"The evil digimon told me about a secret portal and where to find it, saying it was open most of the time and that I could return whenever I wished."

"Where is it?"

"In a cave quite a ways from here." she said, "Follow me, I'll show you." The group followed her, though Allomon stayed out, just in case.

"Do you think the portal might still be open, or will that digimon have tricked you?" Solidad asked.

"If he did, then I don't know of any other way to get to the Digital World except with May's and Drew's digivices."

"That's right." May nodded, "Salamon told me before that we can use these to create portals to and from DigiQuartz just by holding it out in front of us and saying 'Time Shift'."

"But, if that evil digimon was telling the truth, we need to make sure that the portal can't be used again, in case someone else discovers it." Harley reasoned.

"Good point." Allomon nodded. They continued to follow Floramon in silence, May and Drew gripping their digivices in anticipation.


Both Floramon and Allomon suddenly stopped, completely still. The group had been walking for nearly half and hour when the digimon did this.

"Another digimon is nearby!" Salamon hissed.

"Is it bad?" Drew asked.

"Can't tell." Floramon said, "Allomon?" The Champion sniffed the air.

"A Renamon." he said, "And it seems to be coming from the same direction we're going in."

"What's a Renamon?" Harley asked.

"A large, human-sized bipedal fox." Salamon said, "Renamon are highly intelligent, calm, and are blunt in what they say. Their attitudes are formed depending on how they were raised when they were In-Training digimon, and are so fast, they are sometimes compared to being ninjas."

"They also have the Yin-Yang symbols on themselves and their higher digivolutions." Allomon added, "That means that they can either be good or bad, since they have only two digivolution lines."

"You mean digimon can digivolve into more than one form?" Solidad asked.

"That's right." Floramon nodded, "For example, I can digivolve into either Ninjamon or Kiwimon, my possible Champion forms. With Renamon, it can digivolve into practically the same form, except each form is either good or bad. The bad forms are sometimes call dark digivolutions, as they digivolve with dark emotions, such as anger or hate." The humans nodded in understanding.

"We might as well check it out and see why the Renamon is there in the first place." May said, "It'd be better than just waiting around." The group nodded and continued on, though at a more cautious pace. Soon enough, the cave came into sight and, in front of it, was Renamon. The digimon was standing with its arms crossed, looking around. To them, it looked like it was guarding the place. Suddenly, it looked in their direction with a knowing look.

"Come out of there, now." it said softly, with a woman's voice, "I could smell you a mile away." Seeing as they now had no reason to hide, the group stepped out into the open. Renamon's eyes narrowed.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"We should be asking you the same question." Drew said.

"I am here to guard the portal inside." she said, "You however, should leave. I do not want to hurt humans unless I have no choice."

"If you were asked to guard this place by a digimon, then that digimon may have tricked you, because I was certainly tricked by one." Floramon said, "That same digimon could be planning something evil. Do you still trust it?"

"I do not trust anything or anyone, especially humans." Renamon slipped into a fighting stance, "And since you digimon are working with humans, I do not trust you, either." Allomon and Floramon stood in front of the humans, as did Salamon when she forced her way out.

"Diamond Storm!" Sharpened leaves shot towards them and Allomon took the full brunt of the attack, grunting painfully.

"She's strong." he said, "This may be a tough fight."

"Kohenkyo!" A soft light covered Renamon and she transformed into a copy of Solidad. Allomon and Salamon, among others, were surprised and hesitated to hurt her, even though it truly wasn't Solidad. Renamon took this chance to attack again. Her hands and feet lit up with a ghostly blue flame and she leapt at Allomon.

"Power Paw!" She punched and kicked at the Champion, bringing him down. Quickly, May returned Allomon to the Loader and prepared to digivolve Salamon. However, going back to her normal form, Renamon made a speedy kick and knocked the device out of May's hand.

"Petty Punch!" Salamon tried to punch Renamon, but the digimon disappeared before her and appeared behind her.

"Power Paw!" Once again, Renamon punched with flaming paws and quickly brought down Salamon. Quickly grabbing her Loader once again, May returned Salamon, leaving only Floramon to fight.

"Let's bring out our pokemon." Harley whispered to Solidad. The woman nodded and they reached for their pokeballs, only to find them missing. May's and Drew's were missing as well.

"Looking for these?" Renamon pointed into the cave, where their pokeball belts were. Floramon growled angrily.

"Why do so many things to make sure you have the advantage?" she asked, "It's a bit overkill, isn't it?" Renamon shrugged.

"Maybe, but I am here to guard this cave, and I will do it any way that I can. Diamond Storm!"

"Stamen Rope!" So quickly it was only a blur, Floramon whipped at the leaves, stopping them from going any farther. This made Renamon raise an eyebrow and Floramon smile.

"You aren't the only one who can be like a ninja." she said, "Rain of Pollen!" Renamon disappeared, dodging the attack.

"Power Paw!" In the corner of her eye, Floramon could barely see the blue glow, but knew what was about to happen.

"Stamen Rope!" Her stamen wrapped around Renamon's flaming paw and, using the fox's momentum against her, threw her forward. Renamon landed safely on two feet and smiled.

"Until now, I have never seen a digimon that could match up with me." she said, "But now I can see that you can do that. So, why do you work with humans?"

"I work with them because they helped me understand that I was fooled. If I hadn't been shown the truth, I would have killed my new partner! And now, since we're partners, I'll do anything for Drew. Understand that!" Drew was amazed at the sincerity Floramon put into her words and came to her defense.

"Floramon is my partner and, though we didn't hit off on the right foot, we're still friends and we'll stay together and protect each other." he said. Suddenly, the digivice began to beep and Floramon started to glow.

"Floramon digivolve to..." A small, ninja-like creature took her place, "Ninjamon!"

"Digivolving with the help of a human...I don't think I've seen anything like it." Renamon smiled once again, "Show me what you can do."

"Happy to oblige." Ninjamon said, "Iga-ryū Iaijutsu!" In a flash, Ninjamon had pulled out her sword and faced Renamon, who had lit up her fists and feet with Power Paw. All of Ninjamon's slashes were blocked by Renamon's Power Paw, until Ninjamon switched weapons.

"Ninja Knife Throwing!" Using her free hand, Ninjamon threw a giant shuriken from her back at Renamon, up close. It dealt a lot of damage to Renamon, but the digimon was not about to concede defeat.

"Diamond Storm!" Ninjamon spun the shuriken in her hand, blocking the leaves. She then switched weapons again.

"Iga-ryū Iaijutsu!" Renamon was slashed at and landed on her back.

"I surrender." she said, struggling to sit up, "Humans truly can give you a surprise every now and then. I am also sorry for judging you so quickly." Ninjamon dedigivolved into Floramon in a flash of light and helped Renamon to sit up.

"It's fine. But, can you tell us about who asked you to guard the cave?" Renamon shook her head.

"Unfortunately, no. He didn't stick around for long and I didn't have enough time to judge if he was good or bad. Also, my experiences with humans got in the way of my judgement." Drew sat beside her.

"Well, now you know not all humans are bad." he said, "So, would you like to come with us and help defend DigiQuartz and this world?" Renamon gave him a long stare before closing her eyes.

"Yes." she nodded, opening her eyes again, "Thank you for not deciding to end me. Too many digimon have done that without thinking of the consequences."

"And, these Loaders can also heal digimon pretty quickly." Salamon said from May's Loader.

"May I?" Drew asked. Renamon nodded.

"Load, Renamon." Renamon went into the Loader.

"It was interesting how you transformed into me, though." Solidad commented.

"Well, that's what my attack, Kohenkyo, does. It allows me to take on the form of anyone I wish, and I could see that, since you were apart of the group, that the others may hesitate in fighting you."

"Good strategy." Harley said, coming back from the cave with the pokeball belts, "Becoming Solidad and taking away our pokemon! Remind me never to get on your bad side again!" Renamon chuckled.

"Somehow, I find that funny, coming from you." Drew and May glanced at each other.

"Please no." they groaned in unison, where Solidad shook her head at them and Harley gave them a confused look.

"And now that the way is clear, let's check out the portal." Floramon said. Drew stood and, now that everyone had their pokeball belts back, along with all their pokeballs, they followed the digimon as she led them into the cave.


Renamon: I am guessing, of course, but am I Drew's second partner?

Me: Ding ding ding! Give the fox a cookie!

Harley: Here are some, Renamon! *holds out plate of cookies*

Renamon: I'll take that as a yes. And thank you, Harley. *munches on cookie*

Drew: Renamon, Harley is evil, period. So, DON'T GO GETTING BUDDY-BUDDY WITH HIM!

May: Easy, Drew! I don't like it either, but who says she'll listen to you?

Renamon: *munching on more of Harley's cookies*

Other digimon: *sweatdrop*

Salamon: Oh brother...

Allomon: Good grief...

Floramon: Allomon, why don't you try doing another word to get our minds off this?

Allomon: Alright, which one?

Floramon: This time, how about a place? Waterloo.

Allomon: Waterloo was a town near Napoleon's last battle, for which the battle was named after.

Salamon: And?

Floramon: I think he did good enough.

Allomon: Thank you again, Floramon. *blush*

Salamon: *facepalm* Am I the only sane one here?

Me: Seems like it. Anyway, can you guess who may get their digimon next! Read and review, readers!

Harley: If you respond, you get a freshly-baked cookie!

May & Drew: HARLEY!