Reunited! A Journey Begins

"Excellent! Now, we need to contact Kari and Willis and tell them to bring Ophanimon and Lucemon with them!" Suzie exclaimed.

"Right! But what about Seraphimon?" Cherubimon asked Suzie.

"He will join us when he's ready." Suzie said.

"I hope so," Cherubimon said to Suzie. "and, I hope Lucemon isn't late like he usually is!"

"Oh now, Cherubimon," Suzie said. "don't be too hard on Lucemon!"

"You are right as usual," Cherubimon said. "thank you, Suzie."

Back in the palace in the Hidden Kingdom the next morning, only Kari and Gatomon were awake and moving.

Kari crept into the castle's throne room with Gatomon by her side.

"You do realize that nobody is supposed to sit on the throne except for the Child of the Eighth Prophecy, right, Kari?" Gatomon asked the curious princess.

"Don't worry so much, Gatomon!" Kari exclaimed.

Kari then tripped on one of the throne's legs, revealing a secret compartment that had a mysterious looking scroll inside.

"What is that?" Gatomon asked Kari.

"Hmmm," the princess said to Gatomon. "I think it's an old scroll of some kind."

"Can you decipher it?" Gatomon asked the princess.

Kari then looked at the writing on the ancient piece of parchment.

"This is part of the Eighth Prophecy! Izzy told me about it!" Kari exclaimed.

"The Eighth Prophecy? Then you can read it, my princess?" Gatomon asked Kari.

The princess examined the symbols on the ancient scroll.

"Sadly no, I cannot," Kari said to Gatomon in a serious whisper. "however, I can take the parchment to someone who can make it out, come on! Let's get Rosa, Cody, Sora, Sam, and Joe."

"I am right behind you, Kari!" Gatomon exclaimed.

While getting a boat from the warf with Rosa, Cody, Sora, Sam, and Joe by their side, Kari and Gatomon had a run in with Tai.

"Prince Tai! What are you and Agumon doing here in the Hidden Kingdom?" Cody asked.

"We are in search of Master Gennai, we hope that he will be able to read this." Tai answered Cody, showing him his parchment scroll.

"What a coincidence, Tai," Kari exclaimed, showing her brother her parchment scroll. "we're headed to Master Gennai's place as well!"

Suddenly, Gatomon got a call from Cherubimon.

"Ophanimon! I need you! Come quickly," Cherubimon said telepathically. "this is not a drill! The Takaishi youth is in danger!"

When the call ended, Gatomon turned to her partner.

"Kari," Gatomon said seriously. "you must warodigivolve me to Ophanimon! I have to meet up with Cherubimon, Seraphimon, and Lucemon! This is urgent according to Cherubimon."

"What's so urgent?" the princess asked her partner.

"I have no time for explanations," Gatomon said to Kari, now growing impatient with her. "please just warpdigivolve me!"

"Okay, okay," the princess said to Gatomon. "just keep your claws on!"

Kari used her Crest of Light on Gatomon.

"Gatomon warpdigivolve to... Ophanimon!" Ophanimon exclaimed.

"Good luck, Ophanimon." Kari said.

"Thank you, Kari," Ophanimon said. "now, all of us had really best be going on our respective quests."

Ophanimon took off to meet up with Seraphimon, Cherubimon, and Lucemon.

"Well then," Tai asked everyone present. "shall we be off?"

"We're off to see Gennai!" Kari exclaimed.

The prince untied the boat from the dock, then, he and Agumon began to paddle.