Treetop Village! A village that is in the territory that is ruled by Lightopia. The village itself is actually made up of a giant oak tree(about 204 feet tall) that every digimon that lives there lives in it. This is also the place where Lala and the others were taken to. While everyone else was asleep, Lala was the first one to wake up and overhear three digimon talking: Lillymon, Cherrymon, and Tinkermon.
"Why did you have to go and report them like that Cherrymon?" Tinkermon asked Cherrymon with an angry look.
"I had to Tinkermon; it's the law of Lightopia to report any suspicious people or foreign digimon. Besides, I mentioned that they were innocent digimon that were attacked by a member of the Astamon family. At the very least, these strange digimon and humans will be treated with kindness once one of the saints come over to investigate them, if they aren't affiliated with the Astamon Family, Seven Great Demon Lords, or The rouge Deva." Cherrymon explained.
"They aren't with any of those factions Cherrymon. If anything, they are like the humans that came to this place a long time ago. For now, unless they do prove hostile, we treat them like any other guest that comes to our village, with hospitality." said Lillymon
"Very Well! I'll introduce myself to them and explain what is going on." Cherrymon volunteered.
"No! I'm the one who brought them here, so they're my responsibility; you go and rest Cherrymon. Tinkermon, cover my class for a bit until I get back." Lillymon told them.
(Tinkermon and Cherrymon left. Lala, realizing that Lillymon was coming, she pretended to fall back asleep. She then pretended to wake up again; everyone else started to wake up too)
"What happened; where are we?" Lala said, even though she is faking just getting up.
"You're in Treetop Village. My name is Lillymon; it's nice to meet you all." Lillymon introduced herself
"How did we get here?" William asked as he and the others were waking up.
"Me and the Jagamon brought you here. We saw you being attacked by Etemon, so I orchestrated a distraction with my Flower Cannon while the Jagamon took you all underground in order to get you all away from him." Lillymon explained.
"Thank you!" said Adam
"We were overwhelmed by Etemon; who knew that Ultimate level digimon were that strong." Said Salamon.
"Well it all depends on if they hone their skills long enough and train long enough that the power that an ultimate has will determine if they are strong or not. For instance, I'm an ultimate but I doubt that I could go up against Etemon; not mention that I'm a pacifist in nature. If you like, the Jagamon can show all around the village while I'm teaching my class." said Lillymon.
"That would be great." Said Lala.
After getting up from their beds, the Jagamon began to take them around Treetop Village. While they were walking, Calvin heard someone crying nearby. He decided to go see who it was and why he/she is crying; Gomamon followed him once he realized Calvin is leaving the group.
Elsewhere in a grassy area of the Digital World, Kaori is all by herself. After Kotemon decided to leave her, she decided to leave Max and Dorumon and find a way back home. Before she left them, Max told her that there is a place that is rumored to be an entrance back into the human world; he got that information while he was working under Wisemon. While she was walking, she didn't realize that someone was following her; that someone is Makuramon, one of the Deva that went rogue.
In Etemon's trailer, he had his servants work double time in finding out where the humans and their digimon went. While he was looking on a monitor, his manager Hawkmon came up to him.
"I have the tour schedule that you requested. You'll be performing in Wild West Town, Crystal City, and Flydale." Hawkmon told Etemon.
"What about Shine-Bright City?" Etemon asked.
"I'm afraid that the entertainment hall has been booked by the Shoutmon Brothers." said Hawkmon.
"What!? Curse those Shoutmon Brothers, always stealing my performances. But doesn't matter right now, I want you to postpone each of those gigs." said Etemon with anger
"What; Why!?" Hawkmon asked.
"My duties to Father Astamon come first, you know that Hawkmon. I have to hunt those humans and their digimon down for him in order for Father Astamon to get his weapon from that human. Has any of our Monitamon found them yet." said Etemon.
"No, but I will tell them to triple their efforts." said Hawkmon.
In another part of Treetop Village, Tinkermon was trying to keep the 20 digimon( 4 Biyomon, 2 Floramon, Gotsumon, 5 Palamon, BlackAgumon, 2 Monmon, Wormmon, Lopmon, Patamon, Armadillomon, and Tentomon), that are Lillymon's students under control. However, they weren't listening to her. Just then Lillymon came in and they all stopped what they were doing. She told them that they were going to learn about math today. However, she noticed one empty seat. She asked Palamon where her sister is; Palamon said "the ugliest of us Palamon sisters isn't going to show her ugly face today".
Lala and the others were being shown around the village. While they were being shown around the village, Lala began to talk to one of the Jagamon.
"So you guys have been living here for a long time now?" Lala asked them.
"That's correct." One of the Jagamon.
"Thanks for saving us, again" said Patricia thanking them again.
"Don't thank us; thank Lillymon. If anything, she is the one who came up with the idea of saving you all. Cherrymon may be the leader of this village, but Lillymon is the heart of it; I don't know what we would do without her." said another Jagamon
"Can I ask you guys something? Have humans, other than us, ever visited this place?" Lala asked them
"We don't know; you're the first humans we've ever seen in our lives." said the third Jagamon
"If anyone knows about humans it's Cherrymon; he's the oldest living digimon around here." Said the first Jagamon
"Hey guys, has anyone see Calvin?" said Allison
"Gomamon is gone too." said Falcomon
"We better go look for them; who knows what those two might do by themselves." said William
"Hold on, you might get lost if you all wander around the village by yourselves" the second Jagamon told them
"They're right and…...wait where is Talia and Gabumon?" Said Adam
"Now they're lost too." Said Veemon
Elsewhere, Calvin and Gomamon were walking around to find the source of the crying.
"How did you know someone was crying Calvin?" Gomamon asked Calvin.
"Call it intuition. There!(he opens a storage locker) Hey there, are you ok?" said Calvin.
"Who are you?" said the digimon.
"My name is Calvin and this is Gomamon. Why are you crying?" said Calvin.
"Because I'm the ugliest Palamon; my real name is Tanemon." Tanemon introduced herself to them
What!? Who told you that? said Gomamon
"My sister did; she's been calling me that ever since I…...:"said Tanemon
"Well you don't look ugly to us. I don't know what's going on entirely, but how about I help cheer you up a bit." Said Calvin
"How!?" Tanemon asked him
"Is there a lake or river around here; and is there some wood that I can use?" Calvin asked him.
"Well there's a river nearby that we can go to and I'm sure there is some wood we can use, why?" Said Tanemon
"You'll see." Said Calvin
Elsewhere, Talia and Gabumon were looking at the map of the digital world via Talia's digivice. While they were looking at it, the noticed that one of the dots is on the move. She figured that one of them is Max and the other one is Kaori. Since she couldn't figure out which one is Max, she decided to head to the closest one possible. Gabumon asked her if they really have to do this. She told him that they have to do this.
In Steelville, Max and Dorumon were heading to a building called the Barbamon Loan Agency. They learned from one of the Guardromon that they have to set an appointment with the loan agency if they were going to have a chance at meeting Barbamon. While they were sitting down to set up an appointment.
"Do you think we should have stopped Kaori and Kotemon from leaving?" Dorumon asked him.
"Let them go, we don't need them. I thought bringing them on was a good idea in order to have a second bargaining chip with "special power that you have" but I guess I was wrong. Kaori and Kotemon have their own issues to work out and it's not our problem." said Max
"Hey Max, how come you don't want to work with Lala and the others?" Dorumon asked again.
"I don't trust that Lala lady. William, Veemon, Kaori, Kotemon, and everyone else who got chosen by her are simply puppets in my eyes and Lala is pulling their strings; if not her then someone else. I won't ever get involved in a cause that isn't real or manipulated by someone else. I honestly don't want to go into full detail with you about right now." Max explained to him
"Ok! Just know that I stand with you no matter what." Dorumon told him
While they were sitting down, they didn't realize that they were being watched by Caturamon, one of the rouge Deva.
Back in Treetop village, Calvin, Gomamon, and Tanemon were at the river that Tanemon told them about; Calvin and Gomamon were carrying some stray wood that they found.
"So why are we here?" Tanemon asked.
"To swim and possibly surf. That always cheers me up when I feel blue so I figured we could try that to cheer you up; unless there is something that you have in particular that you like." Said Calvin
"We can always come up with something else." Gomamon suggested.
"Actually, I like swimming, but I don't know what surfing is." Tanemon told them
"Really!? Then let me show you." Calvin told Tanemon
(Calvin, with the help of Gomamon, create a surfboard for himself and a small one for Tanemon)
"This is a surfboard. Normally it is made out of better material, but a while ago most of them were made out of wood. Let me get in the water and I'll show you the basics." Calvin explained.
"How does he know how to surf exactly?" Tanemon asked Gomamon.
"Calvin is a surfing instructor back in the human world. He has a lot of students who love his lessons very much; he's even a pro surfer." Gomamon explained.
"How long have you two known each other?" Tanemon asked Gomamon.
"For about a month now, almost two I think. We're partners in saving the future from the evil Lord D." said Gomamon.
"Who's Lord D?" Tanemon asked.
"We don't know; but our friend Lala knows, sort of." said Gomamon
"So are there more humans that are partnered with digimon?" Tanemon asked him.
"Including Calvin, only eight humans have partner digimon." said Gomamon
"So no other humans have partner digimon?" Tanemon asked him.
"I guess not. However William, one of the other humans who has a partner digimon like, has a mother who somehow has a partner digimon for some reason. We're going to meet him in a place called Sleeping Forest." said Gomamon.
"Sleeping Forest! You can't go there; that place has become a hazard zone." said Tanemon
"What do you mean by that…..ahhhhhh." Calvin asked before he got pulled down by something
"Calvin! Something must have grabbed him. Does anyone live in this river?" said Gomamon
"No, but…..oh no. I just remembered that a digimon named Tylomon passes by sometimes looking for a fight, but he only shows up at night time." Said Tanemon
"Doesn't matter; I gotta go rescue Calvin. I just hope I can do it since Calvin doesn't have his digivice so I can't digivolve". said Gomamon diving into the river
Gomamon jumps in the river in order to save Calvin; the river is 7 feet deep. Gomamon hurried as fast as he could to save Calvin, who is caught in Tylomon's tail. He used his attack Marching fishes, which summons a group of colorful fishes, and attacks the tail of Tylomon. This frees Calvin, but it alerts Tylomon to Gomamon's presence. Tylomon charges in to attack them both, but some screaming out Electric Shock, which is a stream of electricity, hit Tylomon on the head and knocked him out. The digimon and Gomamon worked together and helped Calvin out of the water. Calvin managed to regain consciousness after a few minutes.
"What happened?" Calvin asked Gomamon
"You were caught by Tylomon's tail. Luckily me and Betamon over here saved you." said Gomamon
"Thanks! By the way, where's Tanemon?" Calvin asked GOmamon
"I am Tanemon; but now I'm Betamon Hi Calvin!" said Betamon
"Wow, so you can digivolve. So that's your rookie form." said Calvin
"Yeah, this is my ugliest Palamon form." said Betamon
"Why are you calling yourself ugly? This is who you are." said Gomamon.
"It's not what my older sister wants me to be." said Betamon
"What are talking about?" Calvin asked her.
Tanemon explains what she is talking about. She is one of the four Tanemon sisters at the time when they arrived at Treetop Village. Their last home was destroyed in a battle between the Olympos Xii and Lightopia armies over territory. They managed to escape their last village and arrived at Treetop Village. When they arrived, their oldest sister digivolved into Palmon. Her other sisters would digivolve into Palmon too. She was the last one to digivolve too, but she digivloved into Betamon instead of a Palmon. The reason behind this is her interest was the waters of the Digital World, not the plant life of the Digital World like her sisters; Betamon was also around the water areas and trained there the most. This prompted her oldest sister to start calling her the ugliest Palamon, not only because she is a sister of three other Palmon, but the fact that she didn't digivolve into a Palmon herself.
"So your sisters call you that just because you didn't digivolve into a Palmon like them." said Calvin.
"Not my two other sisters to be honest, just my older sister; they just sit there and watch her make fun of me or play along with her teasing whenever she wants them too. She wanted us to be the four Palmon sisters and I ruined that for her." Betamon explained
"Exactly! You had to digivolve into a Betamon instead of a Palamon like you were supposed to." said Palmon
"What are you doing here sister? said Betamon
"Ms. Lillymon wanted us to look for you and bring you back as punishment; she's looking too, but I knew you wouldn't be in the village at all. Why couldn't you simply come to class and be the ugliest Palamon like you're supposed to be, but as Tanemon. Or if you don't want to be ugly anymore, digivolve into a Palmon like us." said Palmon
"Hey, stop calling her that. Who are you to tell Betamon she has to be a certain way? Betamon can be who she wants to be. If she likes the water then she should be able to like it and as her sister you should support her and love her no matter what; the same goes for you two as well." Said Calvin yelling at Palmon
"Shut up you stupid human! This isn't your fight; this is between sisters. (to Betamon) Now turn back into Tanemon so you can become beautiful like us." Palmon ordered Betamon
Back in the village, Lala and the others are looking all over the place to find Calvin, Gomamon, Talia, and Gabumon. After looking all over the village, they all began to meet up back at the room they were all staying in.
"Found them yet?" Lala asked Patricia and Lunamon
"Nope!" Patricia and Lunamon said at the same time.
"If they aren't here then they must of left the village, but where could they have gone." William said as he and Veemon arrived
"I hope they didn't leave like Kaori and Kotemon." Said Patricia
"If they did, there's nothing we can do about it; you know that Kaori is a loner at times." Said Allison as she and Falcomon arrived
"But Kotemon isn't. He maybe the silent type digimon, but I had a feeling that he wanted to be friends with all of us." Falcomon pointed out
"Lala, how is it that someone like Kotemon got partnered with Kaori anyway? While I did try to make friends with her during our camping trip, she barely even showed her friendly side or tried to be friends with us. Why did she even become a chosen one anyway?" Allison wondered.
"The digivice might have picked her for her strong Digital Connection." Said Lala.
"Digital Connection? What's that?" Adam asked as he and Salamon arrived
"Regular science in this time can't explain it and the stuff I know about it might be too confusing right now, so I'll give you the short version. Humans have something special within them that allows them to connect with any digimon Champion level and below. It doesn't have to be the first digimon that you see, rather a digimon that you somehow have a strong connection with or a destiny of sorts. It's hard to explain all of it to you right now, so whenever we get in touch with Datamon again he can fully explain it." Lala explained to them
"If that's how it works, then what makes us so different? I mean if every human has a strong Digital Connection, then shouldn't every human get a digivice and make a connection with the digimon. If anything, all of humanity could be Lord D." Allison asked Lala
"Think about it what you just said Allison. If it were that easy, then Lala and the people from the future would probably have defeated Lord D by now. I bet there's a catch to this whole thing." William pointed out.
"There is. While humans can connect with digimon, not all of them can. In this era right now, there are only few people within the entire population that could possibly connect with a digimon; I would say only 1% of the entire population of earth can possibly connect with a digimon and establish a Digital Connection. Also take into account that only humans ages 5-17 can establish this connection; the chance to establish a connection stops at the age of 18. It will only remain permanent if you have already established a connection before you turn 18" said Lala.
"So me, Calvin, and possibly Max(since he looks the age) cut it pretty close when it comes to establishing a connection; we only had about 2 years or less left, depending on when Calvin and Max turn 18." said William
"I only had 8 years left to establish my connection." said Patricia
"Me and Adam only had 4 more years; Kaori only had 6 more years. She at least told us her age on the camping trip." said Allison
"But what makes us so different from everyone else in the world?" Patricia asked again.
"To be honest, I'm not entirely sure." said Lala
"Excuse me humans, but I think I know where your friends might be." Said Lillymon
(Back at the river)
"Turn back into Tanemon now; that's an order from your sister." Palmon ordered Betamon
"But I don't want to. I like being Betamon." Said Betamon
"Don't make me use Poison Ivy choke hold on you again."Palmon threatened Betamon
"If you so much as touch her then I'll attack you first." Said Gomamon preparing to fight
"Shut up you. Like I told that human over there, this is not your fight now leave. (to Betamon) And since you won't turn back into Tanemon then I'll have to force. Poison Ivy!" Palmon shouted out
(Before the Poison Ivy could hit Betamon, Calvin got in the way of it and started to get choked by the vines coming from Palmon.)
"Calvin! Ok that's it I'm taking you down" Gomamon said preparing to attack Palmon.
"Don't do that Gomamon; we can't stoop to her level." Said Calvin.
"Stop Palmon! Ok, I'll turn back to Tanemon, just don't hurt him." said Betamon
"Don't do it Betamon. You have every right to be who you want to be, not what everyone expects you to be. This is coming from someone, who has a parent who doesn't want me to be who I want to be. You should be who the digimon that you want to be, and that digimon that you want to be is the one that I'm looking at." said Calvin
Just then, Calvin's crest started to glow. Before any more harm could be done to him, Lillymon and everyone else came over and stopped Palmon from choking Calvin. However, Calvin fainted from the exhaustion from being strangled.
Outside the village, Talia and Garurumon left in order to complete her mission assigned to her by Ford. While she didn't want to leave everyone like that, she knew that she had to follow the orders given to her by Ford if she is going to protect her family.
Back in the infirmary of Treetop Village, Calvin is starting to wake up. Both Gomamon and Betamon were on Calvin asleep. Lillymon then came in with some flowers and a meal for Calvin.
"Glad to see that you're awake." said Lillymon
"How long have I been out?" Calvin asked her.
"Only a couple of hours. You're friends are staying in the guest area of our village. Thank you for being so kind to Betamon and I'm sorry that one of my students attacked you. I should have done more to protect Betamon from her sister. I've been trying to stop Palmon from hurting her sister by talking to her and punishing her in any way I could think of, but nothing was effective. When you stood up to her like that, based on how Gomamon and Betamon described it to me, I think you really showed her up; I think it has something to do with you being human." said Lillymon
"Ok! So what happened to Palmon and her sisters?" Calvin asked.
"Betamon's other two older sister will have to clean up the classroom for an entire month. As for their oldest sister, Cherrymon is going to deal with her in the morning; she's in one of our detainment cells. It's such a shame that she's going to be punished in that way, but there is nothing I can do about it." Said Lillymon
(In the detainment cell)
"Curse you Betamon, Gomamon, and that stupid human. Thanks to them I'll be turned into one of the saints for my crimes. If only there was a way I could get out of here, so I could destroy them and this place." said Palmon
"What if I could offer you that right now?" said a horse like digimon.
"You're one of the Deva, Indramon; I've heard about you from the newspapers. What do you want from me?" Palmon asked Indramon
"I want to help you of course. How would you like to get back at those who put you in here?" said Indramon
"I want that so badly; if only I were stronger." Said Palmon
"I can make you stronger; I have the power to do so. All you have to do is sign this contract and I'll give you the power you need to take revenge on those who hurt you." said Indramon
"From the looks of this contract, I'll get the power I need as long as I become one of your soldiers. I guess that's a fair trade; I'm in." said Palmon
"Excellent! In order to get the power I promised, the first thing you need to do, with the help of a fraction of the power that I will give you in order to do this, is destroy Cherrymon" said Indramon
Well what did you think of this chapter? I was going to wait a few more chapters regarding the Digital Connection, but I decided to at least put that information out there; there is still more to it. Also, like all the others that have certain crest, I do look up the actual definitions for each of them and I try to fit them accordingly; the example in this one, Calvin getting in the way of Palmon's attack and/or him being nice to Tanemon/Betamon about being herself. Also, I think you can all predict what is going to happen next. Here are the question I have for this chapter that will be very helpful for future chapters.
Which team of Digidestined/Chosen Children stood out to you the most in the anime?
Did you think the selection process for the Digidestined/Chosen Children for Adventure and Adventure 02 is a fair process?
Why do you think our Chosen Children/Digidestined were selected out of everyone else in the world?