As the children walked through the forest, Koko looked down at her crest with a smile, "I can't believe I found my Crest so soon, I thought I would be last if anything" she said to herself. Lalamon smiled up at her human partner, "I'm glad you're not hurt anymore Koko" she said. The red-haired girl nodded, "me too, having cracked or broken ribs, whichever one it was, was not fun!" she replied. Meanwhile, Izumi's Patamon flew circles around the group. "You've gotten much better at that" Gummymon commented. The ice-blue and white Digimon nodded, "uh-huh! I've been practicing!" she replied cheerfully, flying up and perching on Izumi's head behind her yellow visor. Shiro panted, "I, I need to stop!" she protested, sitting down and pulling off her shoes to rub her feet.

"Good idea actually, let's have lunch everyone!" Izumi decided. And so they had lunch the same way that had been doing recently. The Digimon went foraging and hunting for food for the group and the children worked on setting up a campfire for in case anything that had to be cooked was found. As the white-haired girl was rubbing her aching feet, Kirin walked up to where she was sitting, "are you alright Shiro?" the blond boy asked. The girl looked up and nodded, "oh, yeah, I-I'm fine- just not used to walking so much, you know? Heh, heh" she muttered, smiling sheepishly. The Uchiwa frowned, before Nyaromon began jumping up and down excitedly beside him, "the food is here! Come on Kirin!" she exclaimed, bouncing towards the fire. "Hey, wait Nyaromon! We have to wait for our turn!" the boy cried, running after his partner.

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Soon enough the group was eating. The small cat-like In-training Digimon had been feeling energy well up inside of her for a few days now, but it had never been as strong as it had been now, hence why she was so energetic all the time. All she needed was one more push and- Nyaromon took a bite of the mushrooms they had all made sure was safe, before she began to glow. Kirin's Digivice also began to glow and beep, "Nyaromon Digivolve tooooo….. Salamon!" the now Rookie Holy Beast type Digimon exclaimed as the light faded and she was revealed to now be in her Rookie stage. Kirin stood up and adjusted his glasses in awe, "Nyaro- I-I mean Salamon! You Digivolved!" he exclaimed, picking up the dog-like Digimon in happiness.

Salamon giggled, "it was all thanks to you Kirin, thank you for being my Partner" she replied happily. "As excited as I am about your Digivolution Salamon, maybe we should finish eating before something happens to wreck our lunch" Izumi said bluntly. The Uchiwa blushed and sat back down, "sorry" he apologised. Patamon walked over to the other Holy Beast type Digimon, "no need to apologise, but maybe we could talk some time?" she said first to Kirin and then to the dog-like Digimon. Salamon smiled and gave a nod, before everyone went back to eating. However, just as the group were finished eating, something fell down from the sky, causing everyone to shriek and run away, in fear of being attacked by another Digimon, after the Drimojimon incident.

However, upon hearing a groan of pain, Kirin stopped and turned towards the dark lump that had fallen, before running back towards them, with Salamon following. When the young boy reached the unknown Digimon, he could hear it groaning more and the boy noticed how it was curled into a tight ball in pain. Falling to his knees, Kirin tried to talk to it, "hey, are you okay?" he asked softly, "can you hear me, or speak?" the boy asked slowly. The Digimon moved slightly, revealing pained light blue eyes, before wincing and closing them again. "He's a Wizardmon" Salamon said in slight shock. Turing to the others, the dog-like Digimon began to explain, "Wizardmon is a very special type of Digimon that is supposed to have come here from another Digital World, but because they are from a different world, they like to keep to themselves. Hardly anyone has ever seen one" she explained. Izumi nodded in understanding, having seen the show before.

Suddenly, the wizard Digimon woke up and moved, before crying out in agony. All the children gasped in shock, not expecting the badly hurt Digimon to have the strength to move around that much. Kirin quickly leaned over and placed his hands on Wizardmon's shoulders, "you have to stay still! If you try to move, you'll only hurt yourself more!" he exclaimed, Salamon attempting to help him. Izumi turned to the others, "alright, we need to heal Wizardmons wound and keep an eye out for what hurt him so badly- Mark, can you and Falcomon keep watch?" she asked. "I don't see why you need to ask, of course we will, right Mark?" the bird Digimon asked his Partner, who nodded in resolution.

The blue-haired girl turned to Shiro, "go see if you can find any water" she ordered. For once the Albino didn't argue and left quickly for Cutemon on her back. Izumi then turned to face Koko and Lalamon, "Lalamon, can you find me any long thick branches? His arm seems to be broken, and his leg is hurt too- we need to splint it before he hurts himself more" she said. The plant Digimon nodded and ran off. Koko was next, "keep an eye on him along with Kirin and Salamon, okay Koko?" the younger girl nodded. Last, Izumi went over to where she'd had Mark stand guard, "do you have any blanket left? I need something for bandages" she asked the boy. The Aboriginal nodded and handed her the torn up blanket so she could make more bandages for their injured guest. The young girl nodded at her friend, "thank you Mark" she replied, walking back over to Wizardmon, Koko, Kirin and Salamon.

Eventually, all of the Wizard Digimon's wounds were bandaged and he was sleeping soundly. It was a good thing Digimon heal so fast.

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That night, Wizardmon slowly opened his eyes, lifting his arm up carefully. Yep, no pain. He was fully, or at least suitably healed now. Noticing the warmth around him, the wizard Digimon looked around. He was covered by a soft blanket and resting next to a fire. Looking to the other side, where he could feel warmth very close to his head, Wizardmon found a Salamon curled up and sleeping next to him. Relaxing, the Champion Level Digimon decided that he wasn't in any immediate danger, so he turned his attention to his other senses when he picked up on the sound of soft talking nearby. He heard a girl talking: "so, he's going to be okay then?" she asked. Another girl answered, "yes, thankfully, being a Digimon means that his rate of healing is sped up- he should be fine by tomorrow" she replied.

"That's good, I'm glad- Salamon's taken quite a liking to him, if anything happened, I don't want to know what kind of reaction she would have" a boy added. "What do you think happened to him though? Digimon don't normally fall from the sky for no reason you know, and he was hurt after all too" another female voice asked. It was silent for a moment, before another boy spoke up, "I don't know Patamon, but maybe we can find out when he wakes up" he replied. "Oh no you don't! you're not going to hound that poor Digimon with questions until I decide that he's properly recovered" the second girl demanded. "Woah their Izumi! No need to get worked up, of course we were going to let Wizardmon heal properly first!" a third girl tried to calm the first one, apparently named "Izumi". Huh, what a strange name.

It was then that he felt exhaustion claim him once again, and the world faded from his senses.

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The next morning when Wizardmon woke up again, he found someone leaning over him. "Oh, good morning! I'm glad to see you're awake!" the blue-haired creature replied kindly with a smile. "*Yaaaaawwn* he's awake! Really?!" a female voice cried very close to him. Suddenly a small creature that looked vaugly familiar was within his range of vision, "are you okay? You crash-landed through the trees yesterday when we were having lunch" she explained. "I did? I guess that explains why I'm in so much pain" Wizardmon replied. "By the way, can I ask, what are you?" he asked. Salamon frowned, "I'm a Salamon, and you're a Wizardmon, right?" she asked. Wizardmon tilted his head to the side, the name sounded familiar, but- "is that what I am? I'm sorry, I'm just having a hard time remembering anything" he replied, scratching his head under his wizards hat.

The blue-haired girls eyes widened, "you can't remember anything?" she asked in worry. "Hmm" Wizardmon looked down in thought, trying to remember something- anything from before waking up this morning, before he shook his head, "no, I'm afraid I can't" he replied. The girl suddenly turned around and called behind her, "guys, I think we need help over here!" Suddenly ten other creatures came over to where they were. One of then, with yellow hair came up to them, "what is it Salamon?" he (at least he thought the creature was a he) asked. Salamon pointed a paw at the other Digimon, "Wizardmon says he can't remember anything!" she exclaimed. "What!? You mean you have amnesia or something!?" One red-haired creature cried. The wizard Digimon rubbed the back of his head, "uh, yeah, I think so, maybe?" he replied in confusion.

The blond-haired boy who'd spoken to Salamon before then spoke up, "guys, if Wizardmon really can't remember anything, I don't think it would be a good idea to just send him off into the Digital World on his own, he could get deleted, and who's to say being deleted while having amnesia won't just make it worse when he comes back!" the boy said with a worried look on his face. "Well, we can't stay here forever Kirin, what do you think we should do?" The blue haired girl asked. The boy, who's name was apparently Kirin picked Salamon up into his arms, "I say we bring him with us!" he proclaimed. Before anyone could say anything, a bright lavender light glowed at the blond boys feet. "What is that!" Wizardmon demanded, shocked at the sudden light. However, both Kirin and Salamon just looked in wonder as the light shrank and floated up into the air in front of the boy.

Kirin took hold of the glowing object the light grew, accompanied by the beeping of his Digivice, "Salamon, Digivolve too…. Gatomon!" the cat-like Champion exclaimed. Everyone stared in awe at their first Champion level Digimon. Gatomon smiled, a look shared by her human Partner, "we'll take Wizardmon with us and help him until he gets his memory back- and if any bad Digimon attack us, they'll just get a taste of my claws!" she said confidently, brandishing her gloves, which sported three wicked sharp claws on the ends of them. Izumi nodded, still slightly in shock, before turning back to face Wizardmon, "well you heard them, looks like you're going to be coming with us from now on Wizardmon" she stated. The human-like Digimon bowed his head, "thank you all for your kindness" he replied.

To Be Continued