With Moltres awakened, and Red Eyes escaping, the team's only clue on what their enemies are planning next is another of the legendary birds, Articuno. Hoping to learn more of the Pokemon, they return to Rand's house to consult their friends for information.

"Welcome everyone." Matayoshi said as Ben and the others returned.

"…What's wrong, guys?" Rand asked. "You look glum."

Palmon looked down. "Well…the good news is we protected Moltres…But that's really only because they didn't try to pinch it. They just woke it up and called it a day."

"What? Why?" Kyoko asked.

"It's just like with Raikou and the others." Ben added. "They don't want to catch the legendary Pokemon."

"And yet they enslave other Pokemon all the same." Takumi growled.

"It can't be helped." Matayoshi sighed. "Pokemon can do things normal people can't. As far as the Pinchers care, they think of them as nothing more than weapons or tool-

"LIVING BEINGS AREN'T WEAPONS!"

Everyone was shocked at Takumi and Ami's simultaneous display of rage. Both of them looked the most furious they have ever been. "Uh…Takumi? Ami?" Nokia trembled. "You two feeling okay?"

Once Takumi and Ami saw their friends surprised, confused and even a little afraid, their expressions softened. "…Sorry…" Takumi muttered.

"…Maybe you two should take a walk." Kyoko said. "Try to clear your heads a bit."

"Okay…" Ami nodded before she and her brother left.

"What was that about?" Summer asked.

Arata shrugged. "You got me. I've never seen them so angry."

Palmon looked at Terriermon. "I think it's about that case."

"Yeah…"

"Case? What case?" Matayoshi asked.

"You don't remember because of the world transforming. But you and Kyoko sent Takumi and Ami to investigate a series of incidents in the city where things were getting slashed. After doing a search they found out that it was done by a laser of some sort and then used the Connect Jump to trace it."

"Wait, Connect Jump into what?" Yuuko asked.

"The laser being fired at them."

"What?! Must they always be so reckless?!"

"Good grief those two…" Arata groaned. "One of these days, that brash attitude is going to get them into a bigger mess then they can escape from!"

"Yes, I suppose I'll have to keep a closer eye on those two." Kyoko said.

Terriermon squinted at her. "That's…not really the issue."

"What do you mean?"

"He means the reckless Connect Jump was YOUR idea." Palmon replied. "Even though you thought there was a chance the Connect Jump would fail, and they'd end up with holes in their heads!"

"Not that you told them that until AFTER the case was closed!" Teriermon added.

Everyone in the room glared or squinted at Kyoko, who cleared her throat. "Yes, well…Part of being a good detective involves taking a few risks."

Matayoshi laughed. "Ha! I guess you're not the only one who needs to keep an eye on their juniors!"

Terriermon rolled his eyes. "Sure. Well, anyway, after the Connect Jump they found a lone Tankmon. He said he was an optical weapon Digimon that broke out of a military in another country. A means of attacking the real world from cyberspace."

"I see…" Yuugo said. "Something like that would be hard to intercept."

"Right. But Tankmon hatted that he was only useful for that. So, he ran away."

"But if that's the case why was he attacking the city?" Leanne asked.

"He didn't mean any harm." Palmon assured. "He was just practicing his techniques to see if he can find a way to put them to use aside from hurting people. He didn't even know his lasers were hitting the real world. After that was cleared up, things looked like they were going to end peacefully, but…"

"What?" Fei asked.

"Takumi and Ami got a call. And Tankmon heard them being referred to as detectives and then attacked them. We had no choice but to fight back and…delete him."

"The last thing Tankmon said was "I wish I'd never been created" That really hurt Takumi and Ami…" Terriermon looked down. "I think to this day they view that event as their biggest failure."

Everyone had saddened looks on their faces. "That's horrible…" Nokia sighed.

"That's probably why they want to stop the Pinchers so bad." Gabumon said. "They don't want anyone ending up like Tankmon…"

"Well…Then it's up to us to make sure that doesn't happen." Ben said. "We'll stop Red Eyes."

"Right. But we still don't know what he's really after." Summer sighed.

"And that's not the only issue." Fei added. "Now we've got this Arcadiamon runnin' lose."

"Arcadiamon?" Rand asked.

"Agumon and Gabumon said it was a Digimon that could wipe out the entire Digital world!" Nokia said. "We ran into it while looking for Red Eyes! We barley managed to chase it off!"

"Great. Like we don't have enough problems."

"Well there are two things we know." Ben said. "One is that the reason they needed that Emblem from the Monument Entei was guarding is because it was needed to reach Moltres. Another is that one of the Pinchers were talking when we were chasing Red Eyes in the sky, and it looks like their next target is Articuno."

"Articuno?"

"What's that?" Agumon asked.

"Remember what we said about Moltres being one of three legendary birds?" Rand replied. "Well Atricuno is another."

"Interesting…" Kyoko said. "I did a little research and it turns out there is another legendary trio spoken of in this region. Raikou. Entei. Suicune. And if there are three legendary birds that require Emblems to be reached…"

"You think there might be another Emblem?" Rand asked. "A third one the Pinchers haven't gotten their hands on yet?"

"If they already are after the birds, I think they might already have them all."

Matayoshi nodded. "Makes sense. Rather then looking for something they may or may not have already beaten us to, let's assume they have it for now and focus on getting to Articuno. Rand, do you know it's location?"

"I've never seen Articuno personally, but I have heard that it is in a deep sleep somewhere in this Oblivia region. But I don't know where it could be."

Leanne smiled. "There may be a hint about Articuno's location somewhere in this room. And it's very close to us?"

Everyone started looking around. Rand stared in front of him. "What do the flowers on the table have to do with Articuno?"

Leanne sighed in exasperation. "Oh, for godness' sake. I'm not talking about the flowers. We're all walking on it right now."

Everyone looked down. "What, the rug?" Fei asked.

"That's right. Rand bought it for me right after we moved to Oblivia."

"That's right. I bought it at the Aqua Resort on Sophian Island. But what's the rug's connection to Articuno?"

"You bought it, but you've forgotten already? Why don't you move the table and have a look at the rug?"

"Okay. Let's do that. Ben, Arata, help me out."

"Okay." Ben and Arata grabbed one end of the table.

"One, two, three!" The three of them moved the table off the rug and to the side.

Once the full rug was in view, Summer gave it a surprised glance. "This design is…Articuno!" Sure enough, a bird was designed on the rug.

"It's trapped inside the rug?!" Agumon asked.

Gabumon perked up. "Ben, Summer, get your Stylers out! Quick!"

FanBeemon rolled her eyes. "Are we sure these two are a Royal Knight?"

"Oh, that's right." Rand said. "The Articuno design on this rug has been passed down from generation to generation on Sophia Island. I just remember the weaver talking about that."

Leanne smiled. "Right? So, Sophia Island must have some connection to Articuno."

"I bet the weaver could tell us more." Yuuko added.

Kyoko nodded. "Then that's our next move. Rand, where in Sophia Island did you buy this rug?"

"Aqua Resort. You'll need to fly there to find the weaver."

"The Aqua Resort is on Sophian Island. It's a very beautiful resort town." Leanne said.

"Oh! Sound nice!" Nokia chimed. "Beats going to another volcano!"

"Hey, stay focused." Arata grumbled. "We'll be there on a mission not a vacation."

"Party pooper."

"What do you say kids?" Matayoshi asked. "You up to it?"

"Leave it to us!" Summer replied. "Oh, but…My Styler's broken. And…My Staraptor is exhausted." She looked at her partner who passed out after coming in.

Ben looked down in shame. "I'm sorry. Both those problems are my fault."

"H-hey, it's fine. Don't worry about it."

"She's right." Rand replied. "Nema can fix her Styler. Staraptor can rest here. But now that I think about it, one Staraptor can't carry all of you. Even if you were to try to capture another Staraptor, for some reason I haven't seen any around recently."

"Well the good news is, Takumi and Ami can now Digivolve Terriermon and Palmon to Rapidmon and Lillymon." Arata said. "And those two can fly."

"I think I can only carry one of you as Lillymon." Palmon said.

Terriermon raised his ear like a hand. "I can carry two. Maybe three if I have to."

"My Digimon can carry me as Waspmon." Fei said.

"And maybe someone else with her." FanBeemon added.

Rand nodded. "Well first let's wait for Takumi and Ami to get back. Then we-

"Rand!" Burkhart ran inside without any warning.

"Burkhart. What's the matter?"

"We got trouble! I saw some Pinchers coming out of the storehouse on Hinder Cape! They were keeping carful watch, though, so I just saw from a distance."

"In that abandoned storehouse? That sounds suspicious."

"But that's not all! After most of them left I saw those twins…Takumi and Ami I think their names were! They went to pick a fight with one of them on their own!"

Everyone in the room went wide eyed. "SAY WHAT?!" Terriermon asked. "Without us?! They'll be sitting ducks!"

Rand turned to Ben. "Ben! We're going over there now!"

"Right!"

"I'm going to!" Tarriemron said.

"Me too!" Palmon added.

Arata stepped forward. "Same here."

Rand nodded. "Alright. The rest of you wait here. Hinder Cape's storehouse is right before the Big Booker Bridge. Let's hurry!"

Burkhart straightened up. "Just leave the Wireless Tower to me!"

Ben, Rand, and Arata ran down the path as fast as they could. It wasn't long before the structure they were looking for came into view. "This is the storehouse that Burkhart was talking about." Rand said.

"I've seen it many times now." Ben said. "But I never really thought about what could be inside."

"That's strange. The door is open."

"Never mind that." Arata said. "Where are Ami and Takumi?"

Suddenly Takumi was flung right out of the storehouse, landing painfully on his side.

Terriermon jumped. "T-Takumi?!"

Ami then came flying out, landing next to her brother. Both had bruises all over them.

Palmon shrieked. "Ami!"

Then a Ledian flew out the door. A Pincher walked up from behind it. "Wow, real brave of you kids to come face me alone. "Stupid, but brave."

"Hey!" Ben and Rand confronted the Pincher. Arata, Terriermon, Palmon and Keramon ran straight to Takumi and Ami.

The Pincher shuddered. "What? Pokemon Rangers! And two of them, at that!"

"You've got some nerve beating on my pals like that." Ben growled punching into an open palm.

Arata shook Ami. "Hey, are you alright?!"

Terriemron rubbed Takumi's head. "Say something, pal!"

Takumi slowly opened his eyes. "Guys…? What are you…?"

Rand glared at the Pincher. "Do you mind telling us what you've been doing here?"

The Pincher backed up a bit. "Well, um, errr, actually, how should I put this, basically…What am I to do…?"

"Get away from him." Ben and Rand looked behind them to see Arata rise to his feet with a cold glare. "That creep's sorry butt is mine."

Keramon laughed. "Oh, ho, ho, ho! You're in for it now sucker!"

The Pincher smirked. "Oh, just another kid? The Rangers are one thing, but if you want to fight, bring it on!"

Arata chuckled. "Kid? I suppose I am just a kid in the end. But I don't care what you say about me…what ticks me off…" He then let out a sharp glare. "Is that you hurt my friends in front of my face! I hope you got health insurance pal, because I don't plan on showing mercy!" Suddenly his eyes glowed blue. As did his Digivice which displayed a word.

DIGIVOLUTION

"Arata? What's going on?" Rand asked.

Ben looked at him. "This is just like when Takumi and Ami…"

Arata held up his Digivice. A blue light shot out of it before it came down on Keramon. "Keramon Warp Digivolve to…" A blue shell formed around it. After a couple of seconds, the image of Kurusarimon could be seen through the shell before it disappeared, and the shell grew. A couple seconds later Arata's Digimon was now a spider with a red and white body and red horn with a line of yellow spikes on his back. "Infermon!"

"Whoa! What the heck happened to Arata's Digimon?!" Rand asked. "It didn't evolve into that last time! Is this what Nema was talking about with that data she found?"

"No…" Terriemon gaped. "That's the evolved form of Keramon's champion level! He's become an Ultimate level Digimon!"

Ben scanned Arata's Digimon. "Infermon. Ultimate Level Free Type. It can penetrate any network regardless of the strength of its security."

"Stay back." Arata ordered. "We're taking him down."

The Pincher trembled. "W-what is that thing?! I thought it was weird that it could talk but…Ledian! Get rid of it! Comet Punch!"

The Pincher's Pokemon threw a punch at Arata's Digimon, but he withdrew his limbs and head into his body and the attack was blocked. He them shoved his head at the bug type, knocking it back.

"Spider Shooter!" Infernmon opened his mouth and a canon came out. Four blasts of energy at Ledian. It dodged the first two but the third and fourth hit it so hard it flew straight into the storehouse wall and fell unconscious.

"Pardon me!" the pincher was about to run away, but Arata caught him by his collar.

"And where do you think you're going?"

"Um…anywhere but here?"

"On the contrary. You're gonna be here for a while longer."

"Arata?!" Rand gave him an uneasy look. "What are you-

"This is for Takumi and Ami." The young man punched the Pincher in the face and shoved him over to Infernmon. The Digimon rammed itself into the Pincher, knocking him out.

"Just how powerful are Digimon really?" Rand said. "I can see now why one can be a threat to an entire world…"

Ben was kneeling in front of Takumi and Ami. "Hey, are you two alright?"

Takumi winced a bit. "Yeah. Just a few bruises."

"Now see what happens when you two run off on your own?" Arata asked.

Ami looked away. "…Sorry."

Ben sighed. "Look. It's like you told me Takumi. You don't have to do any of this alone. I know you don't like it when other people, Pokemon, or Digimon become victims, but that doesn't mean it's your fault."

"Ben's right." Rand nodded. "I can't forgive what they're doing either. That's why we should work together to stop them."

Arata put his hands in his pockets. "Naturally I'm in too. Can't have you two running off to save the day on your own, now can I?"

"…Yeah." Takumi smiled slightly. "Thanks guys."

"So, what were the Pinchers doing here?" Rand asked.

"I think they were stuffing Pokemon inside some kind of cage in there. Ami and I were going to Connect Jump into the lock but…"

"You two are in no condition for that now." Arata said. "I'll do it."

"Okay. Be carful. There could be a Digimon inside."

Arata walked into the storehouse. Inside he saw a large steel cage. He held his hand towards the locking mechanism. "Connect Jump!" he became pixels and flew inside the device. There he found himself on a grid face to face with an Ogremon. "Yup, Takumi called it. Infernmon!"

"Destruction Cannon!" Arata's Digimon fired a purple blast at the Ogremon, whipping it out in one shot. Its data flew into Arata's Digivice.

"Okay. Now then…" he opened a screen and did a bit of tinkering. "There we go. That takes care of the lock." He came back out and opened the door to the cage. "Now let's see what's so important." A horde of Staraptor flew out. "Well, I'll be."

Rand came inside with Ben behind him. "Arata? What's going on?"

"Here's why you haven't seed seeing any Staraptor lately. Those goons must have been trying to stop you Rangers from flying everywhere and screwing with their plans."

One by one they flew free as Rand, Ben and Arata walked outside. Takumi and Ami were sitting against a tree with their Digimon. "Were those Staraptor?" Ami asked.

"Yup." Ben nodded. "Now we can get their help anywhere we see them in Oblivia! That should help us get to Sophian Island!"

"Sophian Island?" Takumi asked.

Terriemron spoke up next. "Red Eyes is going after Articuno next. Another legendary bird."

"Oh yeah. One of his thugs said something about that."

"Right. Rand has a rug that looks like Articuno that he got on Sophian Island. So, we're going to go there next and see if the weaver knows anything."

"Let's go back to my house first." Rand said. "Then we'll tell you everything."

"Okay…" Ami attempted to stand up, but suffered from her injuries.

"Don't hurt yourselves more then you already have today." Arata walked over to Ami and put one arm behind her back and the other under her legs.

"A-Arata? What are you-EEEEK!" Ami yelped as he scooped her up in his arms and her face became as red as her hair.

Arata turned back to the Rangers. "You two mind grabbing Takumi?"

"Yeah, sure." Ben replied as Arata went on ahead. Ben and Rand each grabbed an arm and lifted Takumi just off the ground.

Rand grinned at the Sleuth. "Something tells me you'll want to be keeping an eye on Arata."

Takumi laughed. "I'm cool with it as long as he doesn't make my sister cry. Then I'll beat the snot out of him again."

"Again?"

"Long story."

Takumi and Ami were resting on the sofas. "Say, Nokia?" Agumon whispered. "Why was Ami's face red when Arata carried her in? Is she sick?"

The girl smirked. "Oh yes. Very sick. But don't worry, it's a good kind of sick."

"There are good kinds?"

"Yup! A very adorable kind at that!"

"Well the good news is all the Staraptor were released safely!" Summer gleamed. "Plus, thanks to the rest, my Staraptor's feeling a lot better, too!"

"That was fast." Arata shrugged.

"Come on, Staraptor." The Pokemon flew to Summer's side.

"Once Takumi and Ami are healed up, we'll go to Aqua Resort." Ben said. "In the mean time given what happened with those Staraptor we should probably do a thorough patrol."

"Good idea." Rand nodded.

"I think I'll go with you." Yuuko said. "I was one of the last to join your group, so I haven't seen much of the region."

"If Yuuko's going, then so am I." Fei added.

Ben and Summer smiled. "Okay." Ben nodded. "We'll be back as soon as we're done."

"Cocona Village." Fei smiled faintly as she looked around. "It's been a while since I was last here."

"This is where you landed after the accident, Fei?" Yuuko asked.

"Sure is."

"Rangers!" A young boy ran up to them. "Bidoof is in trouble!"

"A Bidoof?" Summer asked.

"Croagunk is chasing it in front of Rasp Cavern!"

"What? Why?" Ben asked.

"I don't know, but I feel sorry for it. Please help it!"

"We're going, aren't we?" Fei asked.

"Yeah!" Ben smiled as he and Summer posed. "Quest on!"

Takumi and Ami were alone in the living room. Kyoko and Leanne were in the study, Nema, Arata and Yuugo were in the younger girl's lab and everyone else was doing their own patrol except for Nokia who was doing her own thing. Ami was still lying on the couch trying to rest. She was sore all over.

"Hey, Ami?"

The girl opened here eyes and saw Agumon's face. "ACK!"

On the other couch, Takumi opened his eyes and looked over to where his sister was. Agumon was leaning over the armrest her head was on. "Yeesh, I thought the Pinchers were attacking. Don't scare me like that."

"Tell that to him!" Ami replied.

"Sorry." Agumon replied. "I just wanted to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"How long have you had this "crush" thing?"

Ami looked at him in surprise. "Huh?"

"Nokia told me you had something called a "crush" on Arata, but I don't fully understand it."

"Wait, WHAT?!"

"Agumooooooon!" Nokia hurried over to them with Gabumon at her side. "It's not polite to talk about that kind of thing to a lovestruck girl!"

"It isn't? Sorry." Agumon got down from the side of the couch he was holding onto and walked over to her. Palmon, Terriermon and Takumi were all laughing.

"Nokia, why are you saying I have a crush on Arata?!" Ami asked with her face turning red again.

"Probably because you do have a crush on Arata." Her brother replied.

"I-I do not!"

"Then why were you so flustered when he carried you in here?"

"I just-I wasn't expecting it, alright?!" Ami glared. "Not very often a guy just picks me up like that! Frankly I'm amazed Arata is strong enough to do that…"

"Oooooh! So, you like how strong he is!" Nokia teased.

"That's not what I meant!"

Takumi chuckled as he glanced at Nokia. "Uh, Nokia? What happened to talking about this not being polite? Don't get me wrong, I'm having fun teasing her too, I'm just asking." He added earning another glare from Ami.

"I'm a girl too so it's okay for me!" Nokia replied with a cheeky grin. "Now you keep quiet and leave the teasing to me!"

"Hey, I'm her brother, so it's practically mandatory!"

"Hmmm…Well okay. I don't have any siblings, so I'll take your world for it."

Gabumon tilted his head to the side. "This is really confusing…Crushing has so many complex rules, even when you're not the one with the crush."

"I don't HAVE one!" Ami protested.

"Oh, don't bother hide it!" Nokia snickered. "I know an obvious cute couple when I see one!"

Ami leaned her head back so she could look at Nokia and raise an eyebrow at her. "Said the girl who objected to Ryota and Sakura being a couple."

"How'd you know about that?"

"After the breakup we found Ryota mopping in the café while working before we left to the Digital World." Takumi replied. "Poor guy took it hard. Why did you say that to Sakura anyway?"

"Well, it's not really a good idea to just get into a relationship when you're not familiar with how romances work."

"But Sakura and Ryota have know each other for a long time." Ami replied. "Plus, you saw what the guy did to save her from Jimiken."

Nokia sighed. "I know, that was brave of Ryota, I'll give him that. Still I can't help but think Sakura should think about it and go through her options before she decides, ya know?"

"Well, too late for that now." Takumi said putting his hands behind his head as he laid down.

Nokia looked back at him. "Huh? What do you mean?"

"Didn't you hear? They've been a couple for the last month or so now. Since we changed the world and the previous hook up and breakup never happened, they seem closer than ever before, so I don't think anything you say will change things at this point."

"Really? Sakura hasn't told me anything."

"She's probably just shy about it." Ami replied. "But she and Ryota are really happy now."

"Well, if that's the case then I guess it's okay." Nokia said. "If Sakura's genially happy with Ryota, then I won't object."

"Good." Takumi nodded before turning back to Ami. "But back to the original topic."

Ami turned her head to him. "Huh?"

Her brother grinned. "Nice try, I know you were just trying to distract us from you and Arata."

"Oh, yeah!" Nokia smirked at Ami. "Tried to trick me, did you? Just for that I herby declare the teasing to continue until Ben and the others get back!"

Ami's face went red again as she looked at Palmon who was laughing on the couch. "Partner, I need you to do me a huge favor."

"Yeah?"

"Digivolve right now and knock those jerks unconscious! If you need to give them a concussion, fine!"

Ben, Summer, Yuuko and Fei hurried through the forest. It wasn't long before they heard the cries of a distressed Pokemon.

"Over there!" Summer pointed at the entrance to Rasp Cavern where a Bidoof was being cornered by a Croagunk.

"Stop!" Ben launched his Styler at it. As Pichu played soothing music, he drew loops around it until it calmed down. It then walked away without making a fuss.

"That's done." Fei said. "That beaver over there still looks freaked out. Might want to catch it too."

"Wait." Summer walked over to the Bidoof and crouched down. "It's okay little guy."

"Summer, be careful." Yuuko warned. "It looks so frightened I think it could attack if you get close."

"Just watch." Ben smiled. "She's done this a million times."

Summer petted the Pokemon's head. Bidoof smiled and rolled over. The Ranger laughed as she gave it a belly rub.

"She befriended it just like that?" Yuuko asked.

Ben nodded. "I don't know how she does it. Pokemon just seem naturally happy with her."

Fei chuckled. "A regular animal person, huh?"

The boy from before ran over to them. "Oh, hey there." Ben waved. "Bidoof is safe."

"Thank you for helping Bidoof!"

"Not a problem. Still, why was that Croagunk chasing him like that?"

"I know why." Summer said.

The Pokemon looked at the people staring at it. "Bidoof?"

"Sorry, little guy." Summer reached and gently pulled something off of its fur. A small fruit. She handed it to the boy. "This berry was caught on its tail. Croagunk was drawn to the smell."

The Bidoof walked over to the boy. "Huh? What is it Bidoof? Are you sniffing me?"

"Bidoof!"

The Pokemon started following the boy in circles. Ben, Summer and Fei laughed. "Hahaha! Now it's my turn to get chased by Bidoof! Thank you, Rangers!" the boy waved as he ran off.

"Quest clear!" Ben and Summer high fived and performed their poses.

"Wait…" Fei looked around. "Where's Yuuko?"

"Over here." Yuuko and Guilmon walked up to them. Each had an arm full of fruit. "Did something happen?"

"Sorry, we smelled the fruit over there and got distracted." Guilmon said stuffing his face.

Ben and Summer shrugged at each other. "Just make sure you don't end up getting chased." Ben smirked. "So, Summer, shall we…" Ben turned behind him and saw Summer looking the other way. "Summer?"

Summer was staring at a rock. "A Guardian Sign!"

"What? I don't see it. I guess that means it's for you."

Summer recorded it into her Styler. "I bet it's for that Bidoof. Maybe it'll come in handy."

"Maybe. Well for now, let's head back." The others nodded.

"Are you two sure you'll be alright?" Yuuko asked back at Rand's place.

Takumi nodded. "Yeah. I'm all healed up."

"Me too." Ami added.

"Wow. That was fast." Summer replied. "I guess half cyber bodies patch up quicker."

"Alright. Then we're ready to go to Aqua Resort." Yuugo said.

"I caught a Staraptor while out on patrol." Ben said. "With Summer's Partner we have two. Plus Terriermon, Palmon and FanBeemon can carry people once they Digivolve. If we're still stretched for wing mates, you guys can Connect Jump into our Stylers like at Daybreak Ruins."

"Not that again…" Fei groaned.

Rand nodded. "The incident with the Staraptor has convinced me to increase my patrols. I'd like to ask the rest of you to protect Articuno."

"I'll go grab Date and help you with that." Matayoshi nodded.

Nema smiled. "I'll do my best too!"

"So where is Sophian Island?" Yuugo asked.

"Far to the north of Renbow Island." Kyoko replied. "Leanne tells me it's the largest island in all of Oblivia."

"Okay." Ben looked at his team. "Everyone ready?"

Takumi nodded. "This time we will stop Red Eyes. Once and for all."

So next up is Sophian Island where a lot goes down. After that we'll be seeing the end of arc #1. See ya next week.