As soon as I had sent Calmaramon blasting off to who knows where, we immediately started looking for the Toucanmon. Unfortunately we weren't having any luck with the search.
"Get it off! Get it off!" I turned around to see JP with a crab pinching his posterior. Tommy and I ran after him, trying to help him get it off. Eventually everyone gave up and we sat down on the front porch of the beach house. JP sighing sadly.
"Hey don't worry about it, we'll find your D-Tector soon." Zoe tried to cheer him up.
"Huh what were you saying, Z?" He asked, looking up.
"JP,weren't you thinking about your D-Tector." He stuttered for a little bit before replying,
"I was wondering if you were going I be like that."
"Be like what?"
"Like Calmaramon." The boy said nervously.
"Calmaramon? Where?" Takuya shouted, having jumped up from his seated position, before JP continued,
"I was wondering if you would be scary like that. You know when you got your beast spirit." The other boys looked up, deep in though before disturbed looks came over their faces. I then put my hand on my chin.
"Stop that!" Zoe shouted to the other boys before I put my hand up.
"If I may?" I started, stepping in front of blonde, "From what I've noticed about beast spirits, is that they reflect what's inside the heart. Takuya, your beast spirit is Burninggreymon. What he tells me about the inside of your heart is that if anyone comes between you and your friends that you would have enough courage to protect them, that not even a dragon could match. Koji, your beast spirit is KendoGarurumon. Your beast spirit represents that your bonds with your friends are like that of members of a wolf pack. If one goes down you help them. JP, while I have not seen your beast spirit, I know that MetalKabuterimon represents that while you may seem goofy to get over that you don't have many friends, but MetalKabuterimon proves that you indeed had many friends because MetalKabuterimon represents your heart, and your heart grows bigger with each friend you make even if you don't think that bond is there. Grumblemon's beast spirit was Gigasmon, Grumblemon was the smallest of the legendary warriors besides Kumamon. And that size differential made him feel weak, and while he did not realize it, his heart made him stronger and bigger than he thought, even if he was fighting for the wrong side. Gigasmon showed that size and strength physically. Ranamon may have been beautiful on the outside, but on the inside her heart was cold, dark, and ugly. Calmaramon showed her true beauty, that she had none. Now while we don't know what's in Zoe's heart, it is nothing like Calmaramon." I finished the lengthy explanation and looked over to see that my audience, excluding Zoe and Bokomon, had fallen asleep. Bokomon was frantically writing down things in his book while Zoe smiled.
"Jason, you're the best!' She exclaimed and came over to me before I put my arms out.
"No hugs! Please!" I said, earning a giggle from the warrior of wind, "Also, Z, I'm really sorry for the whole betraying you and the others thing."
"No problem, you've shown that you're not like that anymore. I forgive you." YES! 1 down several more to go.
"Thanks, and while Koji's sleeping can I tell you something?" She nodded and I leaned over and whispered something in her ear. Causing a small squeak of excitement to move past her lips.
"You can't tell her!" I informed. Soon the rest of the gang woke up from the nap. Takuya scratched his head before pointing up and shouting, "Look, it's the Toucanmon!"
"Don't let 'em get away!" I shouted, and Takuya and Zoe ran toward the water.
"You guys wait here and keep a close eye on Jason." I winced at Takuya's words and felt the glares of the JP, Koji, and Koichi on me. Our attention was soon diverted by a splash, Takuya had apparently tripped over something. I looked and saw that a seal like digimon had grabbed the warrior of flame's ankle.
"Gomamon?" I asked, but then realized it wasn't Joe's. Multiple ones then poked their heads out of the water, Zoe grabbed one and tortured- I mean hugged it. The two walked back up to the rest of, several of the Gomamon following.
"We wouldn't be very good friends if we let you go out there. The water looks so cuddly and inviting, but really it's very dangerous." The Gomamon that had tripped Takuya told us.
"Um, what do you mean by dangerous exactly?" Takuya asked, does it really matter? Dangerous is dangerous.
"Just look. All that foam by the island is caused by a whole bunch of whirlpools."
"Whirlpools?" Takuya asked.
"Don't worry, we're safe here, but if you get too close, it'll suck you in and never let you out. And even if you could get passed them, you'll get slammed up against the cliffs that surround the only beach you can land on."
"We know all about it because we used to live there." Another Gomamon added.
"So is there some kind of…secret way to get there or something?" Takuya asked and I face palmed, if there we're, don't you think the Gomamon wouldn't be here?
"No, I wish there were." The first Gomamon replied.
"You can't get home?" Zoe asked.
"That's right. Everything used to be so wonderful here. Then one day when we went out to play and get some food, there was a big earthquake! That's when the whirlpools started. We were cut off from our island, and we weren't able to get home since!"
"I'd be willing to bet that the earthquake happened when the destruction of the Digital World began. Oh, it seems that there's no one that Cherubimon's evil touch hasn't hurt." Bokomon exclaimed. Koji was the next to speak,
"So you're saying there's no way to get across?" It was more a statement than a question.
"Maybe we'll be able to find some kind of flying digimon who will take us over to the island!" JP said.
"Hey, good idea." Takuya said.
"Well, of course, that should totally work!" The Gomamon that did most of talking grinned.
"Thanks for your help, you guys! You really saved our necks!" Takuya said.
"I could carry you across as Eaglemon." I suggested.
"Yeah, you would like that, wouldn't you? You would take off and pretend to be taking us to the island, but then you would take us to Cherubimon like the backstabbing traitor you are!" Koji shot back with malice, causing me to cringe. Koji was going to be the hardest to earn forgiveness from. It was then that Zoe convinced everyone to build a raft to sail over to the island. JP started working on the plans, Zoe supervised, and everyone else dragged logs closer to the water.
"Hey Takuya, do you need any help with anything?" I asked.
"No!" I heard him shout and then mumble to himself,"we actually want to live." He probably didn't mean for me to hear that last part, but I did. After hours of hard work for them, they got the raft done.
"That was hard." Neemon commented.
"You didn't do anything." JP reminded.
"Oh, yeah."
"Here we go!" Takuya called as we set sea. We were moving fast and were nearing the island with speed.
"Can we not rock the boat so much?" Tommy whined from a barrel they had place. On the boat,
"I can't believe you built this without even looking at my plans." JP muttered. I stood up and looked out over the sea and held out my arms, ignoring the stares of everyone else,
"I'm king of the world!"
"This is great." Zoe said.
"Yeah, I'll say." Takuya said.
"But what about my plans?" JP groaned.
"JP!" Everyone else yelled and at the same time I was pushed overboard. I gained my composure and looked at the raft to see a smug faced Koji. I climbed back on and looked at the front of the raft. My mouth then went agape as I looked at the huge swirling portals of death that were in our path.
"So much for fun." Zoe murmured.
"The Gomamon sure weren't kidding, huh?" Koji asked.
"Yeah. They said it was bad, not horrible!" JP shouted.
"There must be something at the bottom of the sea that's causing all this." Bokomon stated.
"Well, maybe we can find it and fix it." Takuya suggested. Right after this, a huge wall of water roe up in front of us.
"TIDAL WAVE!" The others screamed and gripped onto the raft, I was thrown underwater by the wave and once I couldn't fell the force of the impact, I swam back toward the surface. I took a deep breath, and saw a familiar legendary warrior. Ranamon.
"Hi there, kiddie pies." She said.
"Oh, man." JP said.
"Now what do we do?" Takuya asked.
"Well, if y'all have any last wishes, now would be the perfect time to make 'em, don't cha think?" Ranamon said. Ooh I got one, stop being evil!
"Don't do it Zoe. Don't you remember? You were no match for her last time." JP said, do they not even remember me?
"For pete's sake, am I the only one here with even a pinch of optimism?" Zoe asked.
"I'm with you!" I said and stood up next to Zoe, who smiled.
"But Zoe…" Takuya started.
"Don't 'but Zoe' me. Just figure out how to stop the whirlpools while I hold her off." Zoe interuppted.
"Hope this works." I placed my hand on my D-Tector and brought it up.
"Execute, Spirit Evolution!"
"Execute, Beast Spirit Evolution!"
"Kazemon!"
"Eaglemon!"
"Lets kick some butt." I said and let out a shriek that reverberated across the ocean.
"My, you're both gluttons for punishment, aren't cha?" Ranamon teased.
"Let's start this fight!" Kazemon said. Kazemon proceeded to attack her, while I circled around behind. I attacked, but the mermaid dodged and I accidentally hit Kazemon. Then Ranamon attacked us both and we plummeted into the water. I could feel the nerdy sapping from me so I de digivolved back to normal and started treading water. There was no sign of Kazemon or Zoe anywhere. She couldn't have fallen in a whirlpool? I looked at the raft and saw JP being restrained be the others,
"ZOE, COME BACK!" JP shouted.
"No!" Koji said pulling him away.
"ZOE!" Takuya yelled.
"It can't be." Bokomon said sadly.
"What a bother." Ranamon said as if she were bored, "And here I thought I'd get a chance to show off my Beast Spirit. It's really not fair. Hey, maybe I can test out my Beast Spirit on y'all." She said.
"This is your fault." Koji said, poking me in the chest. Ranamon looked at us quizzically before getting a grin.
"Aw look, everyone's abandoned you once again. I guess it's you're destiny to be alone." I gritted my teeth at Ranamon's words, she continued, "Unless you were to join us again."
"I would rather die!" Ranamon sighed.
"Well, alright." She was about to attack when Tommy shouted,
"Takuya, look! The whirlpool's going away." It was true, the water was as calm as it was on the othe reside.
"It's what? Now how in the world did that happen?" Ranamon asked. Suddenly something shot out of the water and almost hit Ranamon.
"What is goin' on?!" she exclaimed.
"Oh my! Could it be?" Bokomon said.
"It could!" Takuya exclaimed. I smiled.
"It's Zoe!" JP shouted, Ranamon looking like Zoe was a cockroach that kept coming back from the dead..
"Yes, I'm back and I brought…a little friend." Zoe said.
"Execute: Beast Spirit Evolution!" My smile widened even further at this.
"Zephyrmon!" Zephyrmon resembled Kazemon except that her eyes were uncovered and her lower face was covered. Her wings were more eagle like than fairy like. Some of her hair was shaped like two wings and in place of hands in feet she had metallic claws. All in all, she was the most human of all the beast spirits I had seen so far.
"Who is that?" Takuya askedm awestruck
"That is Zephyrmon. Behold the Legendary Warrior of Wind." Bokomon said.
"Oh my! WHY?! You're pretty! Your Beast Spirit made you pretty!" Ranamon complained, and I wondered if she had realized in her heart that she was not as pretty as Zoe, the mermaid continued,
"Well, of course it's not like you're prettier than me. I mean, that's not even possible. But just because you are prettier than me, doesn't mean anything, you got it! Do you have adoring fans all over the world who worship you? I don't think so." She taunted wagging her finger at her.
"You know something; for a Legendary Warrior of Water, you sure give off a lot of hot air." Zephyrmon said replied, not even fazed by the warrior of water's verbal attack.
"That does it! You're goin' down sugar. Now, how should I defeat you?" Ranamon said to herself, and then used an attack that surrounded Zoe in a dark mist,
"You're in for it now, girlie. That haze'll melt anything. Have your feathers started mottling yet?" When the haze cleared, Zoe was still in one piece and Ranamon was fuming,
"Wait a minute! How come you're not mottling?" My bet was that she created some kind of vacuum seal around herself.
"I think it's time you learned a little respect." Zephyrmon said, and knocked Ranamon down in the water with one attack.
"All right!" Tommy exclaimed.
"I'll say." Koji said.
"She's controlling her Spirit." Takuya added.
"She's amazing, isn't she JP?" Tommy questioned.
"Uh, JP?" the boy said once again.
"Boy howdy!" JP shouted, oh no! If he becomes like my brother and obsesses over Zoe, I'm gonna kill him. When Ranamon came up above water, she slide evolved to Calmaramon, once again scarring us with images that no human should endure.
"Let the party begin." She cackled.
"Zoe, get away!" JP yelled.
"You won't be so pretty when I get through with you, sweetie." Calmaramon taunted, and spit out some acidic ink from her mouth, Zephyrmon dodged and the ink hit a nearby rock, melting the part that got hit.
"That's what'll happen to your friends." Calmaramon laughed, and attacked us with her Acid Ink,
"Ready boys." Right then Koji shouted out, "I'm a girl!" Zoe came over and protected us from the ink of death with her claws, a tiny blotch continued flying and hit a wing, melting those feathers.
"Aw, what's the matter little girl? Did I burn you all up?" Calmaramon continued taunting and then grabbed Zephyrmon with a tentacle.
"I'm just too good."
"It's awful. We can't do anything." Tommy whimpered, I gripped my D-Tector, if there was time to show my true colors now was it.
"Stop it! Let her go you scum queen!" Koji yelled.
"You ugly fish head!" JP added.
"WHAT?! What did you say?!" Calmaramon casket, enraged as she heard the insults.
"You heard him." Koji said and then whispered to everyone else,
"If we call her names and distract her, maybe Zephyrmon can escape."
"OK. Hey, you slimy, dateless wonder!" Takuya shouted, as everyone started spitting insults I dove underwater and spirit evolved. I then jumped up and slashed the tentacle holding Zephyrmon.
"Thanks." She said and I grinned at her, unnoticed due to my armor. She attacked Zephyrmon and I followed in quick succession.
"I'm in the mood for some calamarimon." I joked.
"That's for picking on my friends." Zephyrmon said.
"And go tell your friends there'll be more of that if they mess with us." Takuya added.
"Now you're gonna get it!" She growled, and I didn't think it was possible but Ashe actually got uglier,
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Everyone on the raft yelled.
"That's the scariest thing yet!" Tommy said.
"BE QUIET! You brats are in for a heapin' helping of pain!" Calmaramon and she started her Titanic Tempest attack, but it failed and she went soaring off into the sky.
"Ohhh, I'm gonna enjoy this." Zephyrmon said.
"Ditto." I replied,
"What was that?" JP asked.
"I guess someone can't control her Beast Spirit yet. Now let's get everybody back to that island." Zephyrmon said.
I de digivolved and Zephyrmon caught me, putting me down on the raft.
"They're sure happy." Neemon said, referring to the Gomamon as we landed on the island.
"And it's all thanks to you, Zoe. If you didn't have the courage to stand up to Ranamon none of this would be possible." Bokomon congratulated.
"Thanks." The girl replied.
"My pleasure."
"Hey, Zoe, how were you able to control your Beast Spirit so fast?" Takuya asked.
"Well. Just luck I guess." Zoe answered.
"Not 'cause you're a girl?" Tommy teased.
"Yeah, maybe." She said, "But I won't tell. A girl has to have…secrets." Oy vey, woman!
"You feel as sick as I do right now?" Takuya asked Tommy.
"No, I'm sicker." Tommy replied, as JP looked with stars in his eye.
"Guys…" Zoe said. The Gomamon came over and looked at Takuya.
"We just wanted to thank you all. If it weren't for you, we would never have seen our friends again." The Leader Gomamon said.
"You should be thanking Zoe." Takuya replied,
"Yeah, she's the one who did everything." Koji said, and then the two of them were thrown down by Zoe And pulled into what looked like the hug.
"You guys helped me more than you know." She told the two.
"Cut it out." The other girl said, and after JP and aTommy complaining about the lack of hugs, she went over and did the same to the two, and then to Koichi, and finally came over to me.
"No hugs. They're too cheery." I told her as I backed away and shoved my hands into my pockets.
"Did you guys see the Toucamon?" Koji questioned the seal like digimon..
"They're gone." The Gomamon leader said. Causing Koichi and the others to groan, "They all left for the Autumn leaf Fair." Gomamon1 said.
"The what?" Takuya asked.
"It's a trader's market on the continent north of here." Bokomon answered, his head buried in the book.
"Then let's go?" Takuya said.
"But how?" Zoe questioned.
"Why is nothing ever easy?" JP asked. Then Zoe came up behind me and whispered,
"Sure you don't want a hug?" I gave her the same answer as before. I walked away from the group but still within earshot. I heard Zoe mutter to herself,
"I what's wrong with him." Her D-Tector then answered her,
"He has been hurt beyond belief, and this trip to the digital world hasn't made it any better." The voice, which Tommy had told me earlier belonged to Ophanimon. One of the three great angels. I wish she wouldn't talk about me, I would rather people not get involved in my personal affairs. I stood away as the others then made plans, I sat down and with a stick began to doodle mindlessly. When I finished I looked at what I drew and surprised myself. It was me with Davis, Yolei, Cody, T.K., Kari, the older digidestined, the gang here, and 8 strange kids that I couldn't recognize. Except for one who looked somewhat familiar. Why had I drawn this, was it something that would happen in the future? My touts were interrupted by Zoe informing me off the plan to reach the Autumn leaf fair.
Sorry it took so long. My computer crashed and I had re locate the files, make sure everything was still in it, fill in several missing parts, and rework some of the plot. Also, I managed to work in two movie references in this chapter, if you can guess them you get a virtual candy bar from JP's private stash.