Author's Note: I am so sorry for the very long wait on this chapter. I am in college, my courses are hard and the first part of this year my mother was sick and she still is. I don't know how to make it up you.
Also, to help inspire me a bit more I am allowing everyone who reads one of my stories to ask my OC's questions. The answers to such questions will be on my Facebook (Amaya Akabara) or deviantart (AmayaFox) accounts.
Thank you for reading and reviewing! I hope you enjoy the chapter.
'What the hell am I doing?' Amaya inquired herself as she sat on a branch of the one tree that was not a palm tree.
They had followed the Toucanmon's footprints until they had suddenly stopped and Takuya, being the self-appointed leader of the group thought that they should go back to the beach house and search around it thoroughly. They had all split up to search around the beach house with Takuya searching through some grass that was taller than him while Amaya decided to climb the tree she is currently sitting in.
"Toucanmon! Come out; come out, where ever you are! Come out already, pretty please!" Takuya shouted rather loudly which caused Amaya to roll her eyes due to him actually thinking that please would make them magically appear.
While Takuya was yelling Kouji decided to climb up the same tree Amaya was sitting in and stood on a branch slightly above her head while holding onto the branch above his own head.
"Ah, who are we kidding? We couldn't find them even if they came up and bit us on the nose." Takuya complained loudly as Kouji scanned the beach for any sign of the colorful bird brain digimon.
Takuya's complaint came only a moment before J.P. could be heard shrieking as he ran across the beach as if under an attack. Amaya watched with slight curiosity as Tommy chased after the older boy who continued to shriek while running around. Zoe was searching around the beach house, but stopped a moment when she took the lid off of a barrel of water to admire herself before she went back to searching. Neemon, lacking a properly working brain checked for the Toucanmon inside of Bokomon's pink waist band which got him yelled at by the smarter (but still not all that smart) digimon.
"You do realize we are just wasting our time, right?" Amaya inquired while looking up at Kouji who glanced down at her for a second before he went back to looking around.
Amaya's question went unanswered which caused her to roll her eyes before she shifted to where her back was against the tree trunk and she was straddling the branch. She pulled her sketch book and a pencil from her bag before she pulled her left leg up so that she could rest her sketch pad on her thigh and draw. She flipped the sketch book to her unfinished picture of Lobomon and set to working on finishing it while the others wasted their time searching for the Toucanmon. Amaya got lost in her own little world as she continued sketching Lobomon until he was brought to life in dark blue and white. She was putting the final touch on his scarf when she was brought back to reality by her name being snappily yelled.
"Amaya, would you come on!?" Kouji called up to her from the ground having jumped down from the branch he had been standing on.
Amaya gave Kouji a slight nod as she packed her pencil and sketch book back into her bag before she let said bag fall to the ground below. Amaya's descent from the tree was far from graceful as she had slid off of the branch she was on, but as her feet hit the ground her right ankle decided it didn't want to support her. She had braced herself for impact with the ground, but instead found herself blinded by yellow.
"You gonna catch me every time I try to fall?" Amaya inquired as she pushed herself away from Kouji.
"You need someone around to catch you." Kouji replied before he walked away from her without glancing back at her.
"I guess that's a yes." Amaya whispered to herself as she picked up her bag and followed Kouji back to the beach house.
Everyone had gathered back up at the beach house with most of them beyond exhausted. Tommy and Takuya were on the same bench, but where Tommy was sitting up Takuya was sprawled out beside the younger boy. Zoe was standing between the bench and the beach house steps where J.P. was seated. Kouji was standing in the door way of the beach house with his back against the frame watching Amaya who was sitting at the table inside drawing in a sketch book. Amaya's focus was on the pink sketch of Kazemon that she was currently in the middle of.
"It's no use, we'll never find them!" Takuya complained loudly which caused Amaya to look up from her sketch book as Kouji turned his attention to the brunette as well.
"J.P. how's your….um….you know?" Tommy inquired in genuine concern, but it made Amaya smirk cruelly.
"I don't wanna talk about it." J.P. replied a bit snappily due to his pride and embarrassment.
"Let's just take a break for a while." Takuya stated as Neemon, who had somehow gotten up onto the bench beside Takuya looked down at him with closed eyes.
Amaya rolled her eyes at his statement having already stated that they had been wasting time by looking for the digimon. She packed her sketch book and pink pencil back into her bag with a sigh as she stood up from the table to stretch out a bit. J.P. let out a breathy and audible sigh which quickly caught Zoe's attention as Amaya started towards the beach house door way.
"Hey, don't worry about it, I'll bet you find your d-tector real soon." Zoe encouraged J.P. which only earned her a look of confusion.
"Huh, what were you saying, Z?" J.P. inquired genuinely confused as to what she had said to him not a minute ago.
"J.P. weren't you thinking about your d-tector?" Zoe inquired, confused as to what he could have been thinking about as Amaya leaned against the opposite side of the door frame of the beach house.
"Oh…uh…well…I was wondering if you and Amaya would be like that." J.P. told her a little embarrassed as to what he had been thinking about.
"Huh? Be like what?" Zoe inquired in confusion as she glanced up at Amaya who had her head tilted to the side staring at J.P.
"Like Calmaramon." J.P. stated in disgust and distaste.
"Calmaramon, Where?" Takuya shouted in panic as he sat bolt upright on the bench he had been lying on.
"I was just wondering if you would be scary like that, you know, like when you get your beast spirit and all that." J.P. added to his earlier statement which caused Tommy, Takuya, Kouji and Bokomon to try and imagine the two girls as scary monsters.
"Knock it off!" Amaya snapped at Kouji who had a rather weird look on his face and was staring at her.
"Stop that! I can't believe you guys would think something like that, we're nothing like here!" Zoe snapped at the boys while crossing her arms.
"Of course." Neemon stated in a rather disbelieving way.
"Hey, say that like you mean it!" Zoe snapped at him before she snapped the poor digimon's pants.
"He's not saying you're evil or anything, just that beast spirits are hard to control." Takuya told her trying to calm her down before he glanced over at Amaya who hadn't weighed her opinion in this conversation.
"Yes, remember what happened to Takuya." Bokomon reminded them while also pointing out how out of control Takuya had been.
"I'll always be a cool and beautiful digimon that I know. Am I right Amaya?" Zoe stated confidently before she turned to Amaya knowing the raven haired girl would back her up.
"Whatever you say Zoe." Amaya answered dully, not fully agreeing with what she said not after what had happened to three of the boys when they got their beast spirits.
"But how?" Tommy asked her innocently with his curiosity bubbling.
"Cause I'm a girl and girls know how to handle power when they need to." Zoe told them beaming with over confidence which caused J.P., Tommy and Neemon to panic and scream.
"Scary!" Neemon screamed as Amaya shook her head.
"You don't agree with her?" Kouji inquired which caused Amaya to look him dead in the eye.
"Knock it off! Having power does not make you scary!" Zoe hissed at the three as Amaya broke the eye contact she had with Kouji.
"It's so easy for someone to be over powered by something especially if that something is what gives that someone the power to begin with." Amaya informed him quietly as she found their shoes more interesting than their surroundings.
"Geez, are you sure?" Takuya inquired having looked from Amaya to the blonde before he decided to look up at the sky only to see four familiar figures.
"Hey! It's the Toucanmon!" Takuya shouted in disbelief as he sprang up off of the bench and took off after the digimon.
"Where're they going?" Tommy inquired louder then he needed to as he ran out after Takuya who had stopped a good ways from the beach house.
"Look their landing over there." Tommy pointed to an island that was parallel to the island they were on.
"Right." Takuya half growled as he took off running for the water. "Don't let them get away! We can swim over!" Takuya commanded, but the only one who followed his lead was Zoe.
"I'll race ya there." Zoe teased as she ran beside Takuya and kept pace with him.
"Tommy, you guys wait here!" Takuya shouted back over his shoulder before he made a big splash as he fell face first into the water.
"Takuya?" Zoe called out in worry as she stopped running and spun around to see if the warrior of fire was alright.
Takuya shot up into a sitting position while trying to catch his breath as the rest of the gang ran to the water's edge. Takuya looked down into the water at his ankle where a white seal like digimon with large black claws, an orange Mohawk and purple markings had his front feet clamped around Takuya's ankle. This digimon also had a small white tail and two back feet with the purest green eyes Amaya had ever seen.
"What the heck is that?" Takuya inquired with confusion and a hint of fear to his voice.
"That's Gomamon." The little digimon informed him with a giggle and a bright smile.
"Well, whoever you are let go of my foot, ok." Takuya snapped at the digimon as he jerked his foot away from it and almost kicked it in the process.
"Sorry, but we had to stop you guys." the Gomamon told Takuya genuinely as more Gomamon popped up around them saying hi to them as they did.
"Yeah hi, what are these things?" Takuya inquired in slight annoyance at all the hi's going on.
"They're digimon." Amaya told him sarcastically which got her a glare from the amber eyed brunette.
"Gomamon are cute and curious, but if you get them mad they won't hesitate to attack, but then again what does around here?" Bokomon read from his book before throwing his own sarcastic question into the mix.
"We've got targets on our backs that clearly read 'I'm a human, come attack me!'" Amaya responded to Bokomon's question snarkily which got her another glare, but this one was from said digimon.
"How cute!" Zoe squealed as she picked up one of the Gomamon closest to her, scaring the poor little guy to death as she gave it a tight hug.
"Yeah, girls are tough." J.P. stated mockingly which got him hit in the back of the head by the raven haired girl beside him.
"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 first of the Gomamon told the group as most of them had come up onto the shore along with Zoe and Takuya.
"Um, what do you mean by dangerous exactly?" Takuya asked the Gomamon in slight confusion.
"Just look, all that foam by the island is caused by a whole bunch of whirlpools." The Gomamon informed Takuya as all of the Gomamon turned and looked towards the other island.
"Whirlpools?" Takuya inquired stupidly as Amaya studied the look on the Gomamon's faces.
"Don't worry. We're safe here, but if you get too close they'll suck you in and never spit you out and even if you could get past them you'd get slammed against the cliffs that surround the only beach you could land on. We know all about it cause we use to live there." the Gomamon informed Takuya as a look of sadness as well as longing came over the faces of the Gomamon.
"So, is there some kind of secret way to get there or something?" Takuya inquired with the only thing going through his head being that he needed his d-tector back.
'If there were a secret way back, I bet we'd of never met them.' Amaya replied in her head while watching the digimon in front of them.
"No, I wish there were." the Gomamon told Takuya sounding dejected and upset at that small fact.
"You can't get home?" Zoe inquired with concern and sadness of the fact.
"That's right, everything use to be so wonderful here then one day when we went out to play and get some food there was a big earthquake and that's when the whirlpools started. We were cut off from our island and we haven't been able to get home since." the Gomamon informed them making Zoe feel awful while the other Gomamon all seemed to be brought down in their spirits.
"I'd be willing to bet that the earthquake happened when the destruction of the digital world began. Ah, it seems there's no one Cherubimon's evil hasn't hurt." Bokomon stated in distaste.
"So, you're saying there's no way to get across, huh?" Kouji stated bluntly rather pissed that they couldn't catch the Toucanmon without crossing the water.
"Maybe, we'll be able to find some kind of flying digimon who will take us over to the island." J.P. suggested having thought of the only other option they had of getting to the other island.
"Hey! Good idea!" Takuya agreed with the older boy a bit louder than he needed to.
"Well of course, that should totally work." the Gomamon told Takuya in a positive manner to cover the sadness and longing he was feeling.
"Thanks for your help guys you really saved our necks." Takuya thanked the Gomamon as he started to walk away from them.
The rest of the group followed Takuya's lead except for Amaya who couldn't shake the fact that she knew exactly how they felt. She caught Zoe's eye as the blonde started after the boys, but stopped beside Amaya and looked back at the Gomamon. All of the Gomamon were staring at the other island with that same longing look on their faces and the girls knew it was because they wanted to go home, but couldn't. Zoe shared a look with Amaya before she walked a few steps back over to the Gomamon with Amaya watching her and the digimon.
"Why don't cha'll come with us? I mean, don't you want to go back home?" Zoe asked the Gomamon which caught the boys' attention and also made them turn back to the digimon.
"Oh, don't worry about us. We'll be just fine. If we swim close up to the whirlpools we can catch a really good look of our friends on the other side." the Gomamon told Zoe with a mock happiness that set her off.
"Come on! Are you trying to tell me that you're not even a little sad watching all your friends from afar not even being able to talk to them? Well I don't buy it. Everyone gets sad without their friends." Zoe told them boldly as she walked through them and stopped at the water's edge where she turned around to face Amaya.
"Yeah, we just try to ignore that cause otherwise we get all depressed." the Gomamon told Zoe as his fake happiness shifted away to how he really felt about it.
"Listen guys, I think I have a quick and simple solution to your problem. You're all gonna come with us." Zoe told the Gomamon boldly to which she got a firm nod from Amaya as the boys gave her crazy looks.
"All though I appreciate the sympathy, don't you think it might be a tad dangerous?" Bokomon inquired in a way that made it sound more like his opinion.
"Come on guys, we have to try." Zoe pleaded with them while walking over to them.
"We can't even help ourselves! I mean we don't even have our d-tector's anymore. What good are we?" Kouji snapped at Zoe as Amaya spun her d-tector in her hand.
"You've fought without it before, what's the difference now? Besides Zoe and I still have our d-tector's and spirits to protect you with." Amaya replied nonchalant to Kouji's excuse with her back still turned to the others.
"That's a great excuse." Zoe added. "If you wanna give up, but I'm not going to. Sure it's tough, but I believe that we can do whatever we put our minds to." Zoe continued as she walked back to stand beside Amaya before she squatted down to try and be at the Gomamon's height. "Come on you guys, let's get you back to your friends, ok?"
"After that speech, I don't think we could say no to you even if we wanted to." The Gomamon told Zoe in astonishment that they both wanted to help them.
"I hope it works." Zoe told herself a bit doubtful of herself.
"We'll make it work." Amaya informed her calmly as she set her hand on the blonde's shoulder which made her smile.
"They're right. We can help each other out. We'll make it together." Takuya told them confidently as he walked up beside Zoe while Kouji walked up beside Amaya.
"Even without our d-tector's I guess there's plenty we can do as a team." Kouji stated with his hands in his pockets which made Amaya roll her eyes at him.
"You mean it, really?" Zoe asked them as looked from Takuya to Kouji to J.P. and Tommy.
"I can't swim well and I'm afraid of water, but count me in." Tommy beamed which made Amaya smile slightly at him.
"Hey finding a flying digimon is too much work anyways." J.P. chipped in with a lame excuse just to join in on helping Zoe.
"It's decided then finally." Bokomon stated relieved that the arguing between the group had ceased.
"Guys." Zoe stated thankful and a bit tearful though none fell from her eyes.
"Don't start crying cause you know Tommy'll just start crying." Takuya told her in a lame attempt to keep her from tearing up.
"Yeah, and I will if he doesn't." J.P. informed her which made Amaya roll her eyes.
"Awesome then let's get to work everybody!" Zoe shouted making the Gomamon cheer from excitement and gratitude.
They each set to work on building a raft with even the Gomamon pitching in to help. J.P. and Neemon were the only ones not helping out with J.P. drawing in the sand and Neemon being nowhere to be seen. Takuya and Tommy were down by the shore tying trees, which Kouji with a little help from Amaya had chopped down, together. Zoe and Bokomon were busy gathering some supplies and Amaya and Kouji were working on chopping down another tree. Amaya and Kouji had worked silently with Kouji chopping away at the trees trunk with a knife that could have easily been mistake for a cross between a machete and a butcher's knife while Amaya held onto a rope that was slung across the top part of the tree.
"Heave away." Kouji called out to which Amaya started to pull on the rope while walking backwards.
"Hit it again!" Amaya called back to him seeing as the tree wasn't even making a cracking sound and she had it pulled almost all the way to the ground.
Kouji did as she asked and when he did the tree trunk not only finished breaking, but it landed not even a foot from Amaya's feet.
"Amaya!" Kouji called out due to the trees leaves hiding her from his view.
"A little closer and I'd of been under it." Amaya informed him as she stepped back into his line of sight. "How many more do you think we'll need?" Amaya inquired as she gathered up the rope she had been using while the Gomamon came over to them.
"Two or three more." Kouji answered to which she nodded as the Gomamon got started dragging the tree away. "What made you side with Zoe on this?" Kouji questioned as Amaya walked up to him.
"I know what it's like to be separated from your family and only being able to see them from afar." Amaya responded simply as if it were obvious and a normal everyday thing.
Kouji had to do a double take because he didn't think he had heard Amaya correctly due to how calm she was about that statement. He didn't question her any farther as they both set back to work on chopping down the remaining trees that they needed. They both stayed silent except when Kouji had to tell Amaya to pull on the rope and she'd only reply if he needed to hit it again. Once the final tree they needed was cut down and the Gomamon were dragging it to shore they both took a short break while waiting for Takuya and Tommy to finish tying the raft together securely along with Bokomon and Zoe's help.
"That was hard!" Neemon exclaimed only to receive looks of annoyance from everyone else as they set out for the other island.
"You didn't do anything!" J.P. told him as he spared a glance at Amaya and Kouji who were back to back on the opposite side of the raft.
"Oh yeah." Neemon remembered which made Amaya roll her eyes at him.
"Here we go!" Takuya exclaimed as the sail Zoe had made was filled with the sea's breeze pushing the small rat towards the other island.
The Gomamon swam right beside the raft and the others, excluding Amaya and Kouji complimented the raft and the raft. Kouji was rowing even with the continuous sea breeze and Amaya's back was against his as she starred at the island they were leaving behind. J.P. sulked the whole time because no one had regarded his ship plans which were ridiculous and it would have taken them years to build on their own.
"The Gomamon sure weren't kidding huh?" Kouji stated which made Amaya turn and look over his shoulder.
The sight before them wasn't exactly pleasant because all they could see were gigantic whirlpools and the foam that they gave off. The whirlpools were worse than any of them had imagined and Amaya was just hoping they didn't get sucked into one of them.
"They said it was bad not horrible!" J.P. exclaimed to which Amaya rolled her eyes, but she had to agree with him.
"There must be something at the bottom of the sea that's causing all of this." Bokomon stated thoughtfully as if it were his job to tell them what he thought.
"Well maybe we can find it and fix is!" Takuya exclaimed confidently before everyone's attention was diverted to a more pressing issue.
"Tidal wave!" everyone exclaimed in shock as it crashed down on the raft.
The raft survived and everyone had somehow managed to hang on to something and in Amaya's case that something just happen to of been Kouji. As if the tidal wave wasn't bad enough two water spirals sprung up out of the water next to the raft which caused both Zoe and Amaya to glare at them as Amaya released Kouji.
"Hi there kiddie pies." Ranamon greeted cheerfully while waving at them from a water spiral that sprung up in the middle, but also behind the first two.
"Oh man." J.P. stated as his panic started to rise at the sight of the water warrior.
"Great now what do we do?" Takuya inquired as Amaya gripped her d-tector tightly in her hand.
"Well if y'all have any last wishes now would be the perfect time to make them. Don't cha think?" Ranamon informed them which only made the girls glare that much more fiercely at her.
"Don't do it you two you were no match for her last time." J.P. told both girls having the feeling they were about to engage in a fight with the water warrior.
"Oh for Pete's sake are we the only ones here with a pinch of optimism!?" Zoe exclaimed with glance over at Amaya who, if looks could kill, would have killed the water warrior in that moment.
"But Zoe….." Takuya started to protest, but she interrupted him.
"Don't but Zoe me just figure out how to stop the whirlpools while we hold her off." Zoe snapped at him before she whispered "I hope this works" to herself a little less confident.
Both girls wasted no time in spirit evolving and while Kazemon took to the air Kitsunamon sprang from the raft, causing it to dip from force and landed on a nearby rock that stuck up out of the ground. Kitsunamon summoned her lunar fans to her hands and waited patiently for any opening Ranamon may give her or Kazemon.
"My you're quite the little glutton for punishment, aren't cha?" Ranamon asked Kazemon snobbishly from her perch.
"Let's kick start this fight!" Kazemon shouted as she tried to use kick Ranamon.
Ranamon used her control over the water to move the other two water spirals into Kazemon's way which resulted in her kicking them rapidly in a short amount of time. Kazemon opted to try a different approach and tried to use her hurricane wave attack, but again Ranamon blocked it with her water spirals. When the two spirals moved back to their original positions Ranamon was lying cockily on top for the one she had been standing on. Kitsunamon glared at the water warrior while cursing her lack of flight for she felt useless to Kazemon.
"Honey I could do this all day." Ranamon taunted Kazemon. "But I'll take pity on you and destroy you now." Ranamon told Kazemon as a dark cloud formed above the warrior of wind. "Draining rain!" Ranamon snapped her fingers and Kazemon was hit with a flood of water and thrown into the closest whirlpool.
"Kazemon!" "Zoe No!" "ZOE!" everyone's shouts mixed together as they called out after their fallen friend.
"What a bother and here I thought I'd get a chance to test out my beast spirit. It's really not fair." Ranamon complained while not acknowledging Kitsunamon's presence.
"You're toast lady!" Takuya snapped at her as his anger could not only be heard, but seen.
"Thanks, but I've already had my breakfast. Hey, maybe I could test my beast spirit on y'all." Ranamon stated cheerfully to which Kitsunamon flung her fan at the warrior.
"Huh? Takuya look the whirlpools going away!" Tommy shouted as the whirlpools did indeed disappear.
"It's what!?" Ranamon shouted in disbelief as she also ducked under Kitsunamon's fan. "Now how in the world did that happen? Huh?" Ranamon asked in pure confusion as a water spiral shot up at her and almost hit her. "What is going on!?" Ranamon shouted in a whiny voice at the water that was out of her control.
"Oh my, could it be?" Bokomon questioned as the water disbursed leaving Zoe floating in midair with her d-tector held close to her chest.
"It could." Takuya confirmed as if her needed to in excitement.
"It's Zoe!" J.P. exclaimed happy to see the girl he had a crush on was alright.
"Yes, I'm back and I brought a little friend!" Zoe shouted while holding her d-tector out for all to see.
She was wrapped fractal code and when it disappeared a rather beautiful digimon was left in its wake. She had a human like body with the claws of a bird on her hand and feet and purple pinkish body armor that covered her chest ran down her side and all the way down to connect with the armor that covered most of her legs. Her arms were almost completely covered in armor except for the small shoe of skin between her should armor and arm armor. She had two dark and light brown feathered wings on her back and a blackish scarf around her neck. Hair was blue and her ears were also blue and resembled two feathered wings. She hovered silently in front of Ranamon with her ears twitching ever so slightly.
"Who is that?" Takuya asked in astonishment at Zoe's beast spirit.
"That is Zephyrmon; behold the legendary warrior of wind!" Bokomon exclaimed in excitement at the sight of Zephyrmon.
"Oh my whyyyyy!? You're pretty, your beast spirit made you pretty!" Ranamon exclaimed while pointing at Zephyrmon. "Hmm, 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!" Ranamon spouted in a jealous rage at Zephyrmon who never even flinched.
"You know something for a legendary warrior of water you sure give off alotta hot air." Zephyrmon told the water warrior calmly as her ears twitched slightly.
"That does it." Ranamon sneered and you could literally see steam rising from her.
'She's too full of herself.' Kitsunamon noted as she watched the water warrior who was turning out to be more of a diva than a warrior.
"Y'all are going down suga! Now how should I defeat you? Hmm, ah dark vapor!" Ranamon called out while doing a weird little dance which made a dark fog surround Zephyrmon. "You're in for it now girlie that haze'll melt anything. Have your feathers started molting yet?" Ranamon inquired before letting out a sharp gasp. "Wait a minute how come you're not molting!?"
"I think it's time you learned a little respect. Plasma pods!" Zephyrmon attacked with a red ball surrounding each of her hands and feet.
Ranamon forced the water spiral she was on to gain some height and that's what Zephyrmon went through. The water spiral collapsed under Ranamon and the water warrior was sent plummeting into the ocean. Zephyrmon directed a gleeful glance at Kitsunamon who nodded at her not seeing where she was needed.
"Alright!" Tommy shouted in glee.
"I'll say." Kouji agreed with him.
"And she's controlling her spirit!" Takuya exclaimed pointing out the fact that Zoe wasn't going berserk on them.
"She's amazing! Isn't she J.P.?" Tommy complimented before directing his question at the oldest boy.
"Boy howdy." J.P. stated in pure adoration which would have gotten him punched had Kitsunamon been on the raft.
Ranamon popped out of the water with a glare set on Zephyrmon who was waiting for her to make the next move.
"Right that's it no more pussy footing around!" Ranamon spat before she slide evolved to Calmaramon. "Let the party begin." Calmaramon laughed trying to intimidate Zephyrmon.
"Zoe, get away!" J.P. shouted doubtful that she could stand up against Calmaramon.
"You won't be so pretty when I get through with you sweet heart." Calmaramon told Zephyrmon as she started to swell up. "Acid ink!"
Calmaramon spit a black ink substance at Zephyrmon who easily dodged it and landed beside Kitsunamon on the rock she had been on the whole fight. Zephyrmon had barely gotten both of her feet set on the rock when Calmaramon spit the black ink at her again. She grabbed Kitsunamon's hand and flew them both out of the way as the ink ate through the rock they had been on like it was candy.
"That's what'll happen to your friends." Calmaramon told them as she turned towards the raft and the boys. "Ready boys?"
Calmaramon spit the ink at the boys who were completely defenseless against the attack. Zephyrmon dropped Kitsunamon in such a way that she landed on the raft while Zephyrmon slapped the ink away. A few drops of the ink landed on Zephyrmon's feathers and ate through them like butter which made Calmaramon laugh at her.
"Aw what's the matter little girl? Did I burn y'all up?" Calmaramon inquired laughing before she spat more ink out at Zephyrmon.
Zephyrmon slapped it away and Calmaramon did it again, but when Zephyrmon slapped it away she caught her in her tentacle.
"I'm just too good!" Calmaramon laughed as Kitsunamon hissed and summoned her scythe to her hands.
"That witch." Takuya snarled in a burning rage.
"It's awful, we can't do anything." Tommy shouted on the verge of tears.
"Stop it! Let her go you scum queen!" Kouji snapped, but without his d-tector he could do nothing.
"Yeah, ya ugly fish head!" J.P. insulted which hit a nerve in the warrior's pride.
"What!? What did you say!?" Calmaramon snapped and Kitsunamon finally saw her opening she just needed it to last a little longer.
"You heard him!" Kouji snapped at her before he turned to Takuya. "If we call her names and distract her maybe Zephyrmon can escape."
"Ok, hey you slimy dateless wonder!" Takuya shouted his insult after nervously answering Kouji.
"You big coward!" Tommy shouted which was a big blow to the water warrior's pride.
"Can it! You are so dead!" Calmaramon growled as she turned her full attention to the boys.
That gave Kitsunamon the opening she needed as she sprang from the raft causing it to dip as she went for the tentacle holding Zephyrmon. Her scythe met the water warrior's tentacle and caused her to release Zephyrmon, but in a backlash it also caused Calmaramon to full on hit Kitsunamon. Kitsunamon was sent flying backwards in which she slide across the top of the water in a downward motion. It took her a moment to regain her barring's and she swam as fast as she could to the surface.
"Kitsunamon, are you alright!?" Kouji called out as she broke the surface.
She started to call out that she was perfect, but as soon as she inhaled she found herself being dragged back under the water. She looked down at what had her ankle and found a black frog fish like digimon with a motor on his back and a flipper on one of his feet. He was dragging her farther away from the surface and from air that she would desperately need if he kept going. She lashed out with her other foot, but the water slowed her movements and the digimon was able to dodge her easily.
Calmaramon and Zephyrmon's fight had ended the moment Kitsunamon was dragged under the water with the water warrior losing control of her titanic tempest attack which caused her to spin away in an eradicate way. Zephyrmon was trying to locate Kitsunamon, but no matter where she looked she couldn't find the guardian anywhere. Kitsunamon was trying to remain calm as she struggled as best she could against the digimon who now had back up. She had one of these digimon hanging onto each of her wrists and her ankles and they were all going in the same direction. She thrashed as best she could trying to get one to just let go when she spotted a rather vibrant yellow looking fish.
That fish turned out to be her salvation as it was joined by a whole bunch of other vibrantly colored fish and the Gomamon. The digimon that were dragging her were pried off and with a quick start Kitsunamon kicked her way back to the surface of the water. She broke the surface of the water gasping for air as Zephyrmon flew down to hover a few inches above the water.
"Are you alright?" Zephyrmon inquired to which she received a hiss.
"Hell no." Kitsunamon hissed before she dove back under the water much to Zephyrmon's surprise.
The Gomamon were having their own problems getting away from the frog fish digimon, but they managed to get to Kitsunamon's side. She summoned her fans already knowing they'd be slow in the water, but she flung them anyway. In the instance that her fans left her hands she powered up one of her lunar stars and sent six of them one right after the other. Each of her stars hit its mark and each of the digimon's fractal code could be seen. She purified each of them before she broke the surface of the water again this time with the Gomamon popping up around her.
"Kitsunamon!" Kouji called out to her as Zephyrmon still hovered where she had been.
"Wanna explain?" Zephyrmon inquired as one of the Gomamon swam up into her arms and started pulling her towards the shore.
"Not really." Kitsunamon informed the wind warrior as the two of them headed for shore as more of the Gomamon pushed the raft the rest of the way to shore.
Zephyrmon changed back as soon as her feet touch the beach's sand as Kitsunamon crawled her way onto the beach looking very much like a drowned puppy. She had barely pushed herself to her feet when all she saw was Tommy flying towards her. As his arms wrapped around her neck she lost her footing and they both went tumbling backwards into the water.
"You scared us!" Tommy cried as he actually started to cry into her shoulder.
"Nya! Hey I'm not hurt! Takuya! Do something!" Kitsunamon snapped at the brunettes with horror clearly written across her face.
"I guess we know what can make the guardian freak out." Takuya snickered as the Gomamon rejoiced over the fact that they were all finally back together again.
"Come on Tommy, you're freaking her out." Takuya told the younger boy calmly while trying to coax the boy off.
Once Takuya managed to pry Tommy away from Kitsunamon she changed back to a very begrudging looking Amaya. She looked rather flustered and embarrassed, but even Takuya could see that there was something beneath that; he just wasn't sure what it was. Amaya felt guilty and rather ashamed that she hadn't been able to stop Tommy from crying own her own and over the fact that she had no idea what to do.
"They're sure happy." Neemon stated while pointing at the rejoicing Gomamon.
"And it's all thanks to you Zoe. If you didn't have the courage to stand up to Ranamon none of this would have been possible." Bokomon told the blonde who blushed lightly at the statement.
"Thanks, but it wasn't only me. Amaya helped me out too." Zoe corrected the digimon as she glanced over at Amaya.
"I really didn't do anything except get myself slapped around." Amaya grumbled while pushing her wet clingy hair away from her face.
"Hey Zoe, how were you able to control your beast spirit so fast?" Takuya inquired seeing as Zoe had no problems at all with her spirit.
Well, just luck I guess." Zoe shrugged.
"Not cause you're a girl?" Tommy inquired a bit mockingly of how Zoe had been at the beach house.
"Yeah maybe, but I won't tell a girl has to have secrets." Zoe teased while blowing a kiss in their direction.
"You feel as sick as I do right now?" Takuya asked Tommy with a very disgusted face.
"No I'm sicker." The younger boy replied and Amaya rolled her eyes at them.
"Guys." Zoe partially whined.
"Me too." Neemon agreed stupidly.
"Knock it off!" she snapped at the digimon who hide behind Amaya legs in fear.
"We just wanted to thank you all. If it weren't for you we would of never seen our friends again." the Gomamon thanked them as they came up to where they were.
"You should be thanking Zoe." Takuya corrected them.
"Yeah, she's the one who did everything." Kouji informed them as Amaya crossed her arms.
"Awe, you guys helped me more than you know." Zoe gushed while hugging both boys which made them blush crimson.
"Cut it out." Kouji told her uncomfortably before his eyes met Amaya's and he went a darker red.
'Oh I'm enjoying this.' Amaya thought to herself noticing how red Kouji's face was and how it was getting darker.
"Hey we helped too, what about us!?" J.P. and Tommy protested wanting a hug from Zoe as well.
"Ok." Zoe agreed and hugged the two in the same fashion as she had Takuya and Kouji.
"Hey, did you guys see the Toucanmon?" Kouji asked the Gomamon once he got his blush to go away.
"They're gone." The Gomamon told them which caught everyone's attention. "They all left for the autumn leaf fair."
"The what?" Takuya inquired not knowing what the autumn leaf fair was.
"It's a trader's market on the continent north of here." Bokomon read from his book.
"Then let's go!" Takuya shouted confidently.
"But how?" Zoe inquired as Amaya walked back over to their raft.
"Why is nothing ever easy?" J.P. inquired paying no attention to anything around him.
"If it's on another continent then we'll need to travel by water, and this is our only transportation." Amaya informed them as she leaned against the rafts mast.
"She's right, you'll have to cross a good bit of ocean to get there." the Gomamon informed them to which Tommy ran over to Amaya.
"You're really smart Amaya." Tommy complimented her which caused her face to instantly turn red in both embarrassment and discomfort.
"Can we just go? We're burning day light you know!?" Amaya snapped as she picked Tommy up and placed him inside the barrel on the raft.
They all filed back onto the raft and with a helping hand from the Gomamon they were on their way north to the autumn leaf fair all of them hoping that they got their before the Toucanmon left.