After escaping Rachel and Bumblemon, Tyrone and the others met up with Sean and Mistiomon and they agreed to help them out. None of them really wanted to fight Rachel and Bumblemon without a reason. Deciding to take them on one by one, Rachel had a little ambush set for Tyrone and Dragmon. Julie and Ninmon arrived to help, but when Julie was in trouble, Ninmon digivolved to Kunoichmon, but Julie doesn't seem so happy about it.
Digimon
Look to the past, as we head for the future
To reclaim the digital world
With faith in ourselves
And trusting each other
We live by the lessons we learned
As we work towards one solution
Through digivolution
I am the one, I am the one
Digimon
Forever united as one
Digimon
Together the battles are won
Digimon
Through us let your spirit evolve
If we're all for one world, there's one for us all
If we're all for one world, there's one for us all
Digimon
"I can't believe it! Ninmon actually digivolved!" Tyrone said. "I can't believe I saw it with my own eyes."
"Why did she digivolve?" Rachel said. Everyone was impressed that Ninmon actually digivolved, but Julie was the only one who wasn't amazed by it. "At least we found a real challenge. Bumblemon, attack."
"Right!" Bumblemon said and went on the attack.
"Is she really trying to take on a champion?!" Tyrone said as he couldn't believe she would do that. Bumblemon held out his stinger, but Kunoichmon used her katana and blocked the attack. Kunoichmon jumped and gave him a powerful kick that had him slam against the wall.
"I think it's time you learned a little respect." Kunoichmon said as she formed energy kunai between her fingers.
"Ninja Daggers!" She tossed the kunai, but Bumblemon moved out of the way and avoided them. Julie couldn't watch this anymore as she grabbed Kunoichmon by the arm.
"Stop it! Stop fighting! I don't want any of this!" Julie said. "Just provide us some cover and let's get out of here."
"If you say so." Kunoichmon said and formed a series of hand signs.
"Misdirect Smokescreen!" Kunoichmon caused a series of smoke explosions to go off and purple smoke to cover the area. Rachel tried to find her way through it, but as the smoke cleared away, she they were gone.
"Escaped again." Bumblemon said. "I must say that I surely wasn't expecting Ninmon to digivolve to the champion level."
"Neither did I." Rachel said. 'I don't get it. If her partner won't let her fight, how could she digivolve?' Rachel doesn't seem to understand digimon as well as she thinks.
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The Park
"I think we're safe." Julie said. Julie and the others managed to make it out of there and took cover in the park. "Kunoichmon, are you able to change back on your own?"
"I think so. Let me try." Kunoichmon said. Kunoichmon tried to relax and think about dedigivolving. It appeared to have work as she glowed and changed back into Ninmon.
"That was so cool!" Tyrone said as he was still freaking. "I can't believe we actually saw a digimon digivolve right before our eyes! It was so cool!"
"Yeah. I haven't really reached the champion level myself." Dragmon said. "How did you do it, Ninmon? How were you able to digivolve?"
"I don't know." Ninmon said. "All I could think about was helping out Ninmon and it just happened. Not that it matters. Julie won't allow it again."
"Won't allow it?" Tyrone questioned and looked to Julie. "How come you won't allow it?"
"It's nothing." Julie said as she grabbed Ninmon. "I'll see you later, Tyrone. Be careful with that girl next time." Julie walked away with Ninmon, but Tyrone could feel that something wasn't right and he's starting to get worried about her.
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The Garage
When all the fighting was over, no one really became aware of anything. Almost nobody. The mysterious Yukon found out about what happened there and he had his men investigate the area.
"Digital pests." Yukon said. Yukon heard his phone go off and knew it was Lesly.
"Sir, I did what you said. I hacked into the security network of that building and deleted the footage of the entities." Lesly said.
"Good work, but it seems like they're gone." Yukon said.
"Yes, but there's something else you need to know." Lesly said. "I saved the footage on our drive and I found something you might think is interesting. There were actually children there and one of them appeared to have save one of those kids."
"Really?" Yukon said as he did find that interesting.
….
Julie's House
The sun was starting to go down and the day was coming to an end. Julie stared out the window and was still shook by what happened back in the garage and Ninmon was blaming herself.
"Julie, I'm sorry I digivolved again." Ninmon said.
"I know. It wasn't your fault." Julie said. "Let's just hope it won't happen again."
"Julie, dinner!" Her mother called.
"Coming." Julie said. Julie was on her way down, but she heard a knock at the front door. When she went to see it, she saw it was Tyrone. "Tyrone?!"
"Hey." Tyrone said.
"What are you doing here? How did you know where I lived?" Julie asked.
"I asked around." Tyrone said.
"Julie, who is at the door?" Her mother said and showed herself. Her mother was blonde with her hair tied back and wore a purple sweater with white pants. "Oh! Hello. Who is this?"
"This is Tyrone. He's the new kid at my school." Julie said.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Julie's mother. I'm June Semachi. Would you like to come in? We're just about to have dinner. Would you like to join us?"
"That's nice, but I really only came to talk to Julie." Tyrone said.
"Come on in." Julie said and Tyrone stepped in.
"Food!" Tyrone nearly fell over as he saw a little girl with blonde hair wearing a blue skirt and pink shirt came sliding by.
"Sarah! You almost ran into my friend!" Julie said.
"Sorry. I'm hungry!" Sarah said as she went on in and the two of them went to sit on the couch.
"That was my little sister. Sorry about her. She's only six." Julie said.
"It's fine. They both seem nice." Tyrone said. "What about your dad? Where is he?"
"Actually…my parents got divorced a few years ago." Julie said. "We hardly get to see him anymore." Tyrone felt like an idiot for having her say that and he could see it bothered her a little. "Anyway, what's up? What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to check on you." Tyrone said. "You seemed pretty upset about that whole digivolving thing. I just wanted to make sure you're okay."
"That's sweet, but I'm doing fine. Really." Julie said. "I was shocked about the whole thing, but I've calmed down."
"Time to eat!" Ninmon called out as she slid down the railing and went for the kitchen. Tyrone was surprised by that and thought Ninmon would have stayed hidden.
"Wait. Do your mother and Sarah know about Ninmon?" Tyrone said.
"Yeah, but only because they were with me when I first met Ninmon." Julie said.
"Anyway, back to earlier, I wanted to ask you about Ninmon digivolving. Why didn't you want Ninmon to digivolve?" Tyrone said. "Didn't you want Ninmon to get stronger?"
"Well…." Julie said as the whole thing still bothered her. "It actually goes back to when I met Ninmon as well. Believe it or not, I'm a bit of a digimon fanatic like yourself." That was a surprise to Tyrone as well. "It was all just weeks ago."
…
Flashback
"Here you go, Julie. It's that digimon game you wanted." June said as she handed the game over to Julie. "Your grades have been great lately. So you deserve it."
"Thanks, Mom. Cool. It even comes with some cards. I'm going to try it out." Julie said as she ran up to her room and turned on the computer. She turned on the game and she was already liking it. "Wow! This looks awesome. Now, who should I select as a partner?"
'There were a lot of options for me, but I soon found Ninmon in there.' Julie narrated.
"Ninmon?" Julie said. "I don't know much about this digimon, but let's go for it." She selected Ninmon and started playing the game.
'At the time, I thought it was just a game and I was doing pretty well.' Julie narrated. 'I kept winning battle after battle, but it soon came the time when I lost a battle on the game." Julie kept playing, but she saw Ninmon was defeated on the screen when she lost. "When I did, I felt something strange. I looked at Ninmon on the screen and saw Ninmon looked really hurt." When Julie saw Ninmon like that, she felt something strange and felt guilty.
"Julie, how's the game?" June asked as she came in.
"I want to play too!" Sarah said as she went in, but Julie didn't pay much attention to them.
"Julie, what's wrong?" June asked.
"I don't know." Julie said. "I just lost a battle, but something feels weird. It's like I can actually feel Ninmon hurt and it's my fault. It all seems so real."
"Julie, it's just a game. If you don't like it, maybe I can return it." June said.
"It's not that." Julie said. "I don't know what it is. It's just that I feel like I forced Ninmon to fight and that's wrong. It's almost as if it's real. It's almost as if Ninmon is alive." Julie's compassion and refusal to fight for entertainment opened the pathway. A light shined above Julie and it became her digivice with the screen glowing and Ninmon emerged in her arms and was actually hurt. Julie was right and they couldn't believe it.
End of Flashback
…
"Ninmon appeared in my arms and was actually hurt and it was all my fault." Julie said. "I promised myself I would never let that happen again. If Ninmon were to digivolve, I'm worried things are only going to get worse."
"I get it now." Tyrone said. "You're just afraid. You don't want to see Ninmon get hurt."
"Exactly. That's why I try to avoid fighting. I just don't know if I can handle it." Julie said. Tyrone can see that Julie's scared now, but Julie will have to learn to handle that fear.
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The Next Day
Yukon was in his lab and was looking over the footage that he got. He saw digimon and how Tyrone and the others were there with them.
"What were those kids doing there?" Yukon said.
"Sir!" Lesly said. "We got another one that's on its way. This one seems stronger than the usual ones." Yukon saw this as an opportunity to see things for himself.
…
Tyrone
Tyrone met up with Sean and Louie. He told them what Julie told him yesterday and they all felt really bad for her.
"So she's afraid of Ninmon getting hurt because of her. I suppose that makes sense." Sean said.
"She's a good person. Of course she would feel that way. She's also lucky like you having a digimon." Louie said.
"There was something I wanted to ask, but I didn't because she was already upset." Tyrone said. "What did she mean by avoiding fighting? How can she do that when there aren't others to fight? Are there others out there that want to fight like that Rachel?"
"Well…." Sean was about to explain until they all heard a beeping sound form both of their digivices. Suddenly, they saw pillar of energy shoot into the sky. What's more is that the digimon sensed something. "You'll find your answer there." Sean ran off with the others following. Julie was just walking through and minding her own business until she got the same alert.
"Not again." Julie said.
….
A Construction Site
The boys made their way over to a construction site where they saw that light. Mistiomon and Dragmon sensed what happened and they hurried over themselves.
"Misitomon, any sign of the digimon?" Sean said.
"Not yet." Mistiomon said.
"I don't see him either, but I can sense him. He's around here somewhere." Dragmon said.
"Yeah. This looks just like how I met Dragmon. Are you saying there's another digimon here?" Tyrone said.
"Yeah. You didn't think digimon show up here just for their partners, did you?" Sean said.
"Guys!" All of them looked and saw Julie and Ninmon here. "Are you guys okay? I got the alert myself." Julie said.
"We just got here, but where is it?" Sean said. They all could hear the noise of something, but they couldn't see it.
"Up there!" Louie said as he pointed up. All of them looked up and saw a yellow beast with a bone on its back.
Digimon Analyzer: I know this digimon. That's Apemon. He's a champion digimon. Watch out for that bone he carries or he'll break your bones.
Apemon jumped right down. He pulled out his bone and tried to smack it down on them, but they all moved out of the way. Mistiomon jumped at Apemon and kicked him back. Julie and the boys moved to higher ground to try and stay safe while the digimon tried to hold him off.
"Get him, Mistiomon!" Sean said.
"Ninmon and Dragmon, help me out. I might not be able to do this alone." Mistiomon said.
"No, Ninmon. Don't fight!" Julie said.
"What?!" Ninmon said.
"Julie, we have to this time." Sean said. Mistiomon and Dragmon went at it, but Apemon was fast and strong.
"Hold on. I thought you were against fighting. You didn't fight Rachel and Bumblemon." Louie said.
"This is different." Sean said.
"How?" Tyrone said.
"Digimon have been appearing in our world." Sean said. "Most aren't like ours. They don't find their partners right away and they usually end up going wild and out of control like Apemon is now. If something isn't done, someone could get hurt. So don't think of it as fighting for fighting's sake. Think of it as fighting to protect people."
"If you say so. Dragmon!" Tyrone called and Dragmon understood.
"Dragon Ember!" Dragmon tried shooting at him, but Apemon kept jumping around and avoided it. Apemon came at Dragmon and smacked him with his bone. Mistiomon jumped at Apemon and hit him in the head, but Apemon smacked him away.
"Julie, I've got to do something." Ninmon said, but Julie was still hesitant to let her fight.
"Julie, Ninmon is the only one that can digivolve. You've got to do something." Louie said.
"I can't." Julie said, but she suddenly got an idea. "Wait. This might work and Ninmon won't really fight." Julie pulled out a card and her digivice.
"Of course! Her digivice allows her to use special cards and modify Ninmon's abilities to make her stronger." Tyrone said.
"They make those?" Louie said.
"Digi-Modify!" Julie said as she slashed her card through her digivice. "Frigimon Sub-Zero Ice Punch, Activate!" Ninmon gained white boxing glove-like fists.
"Oh yeah! Put em up! Put em up!" Ninmon said. She shot a blast of cold air and it hit with Apemon getting frozen. "Now's your chance guys!"
"Dragmon, aim for the center!" Mistiomon said.
"Right!" Dragmon said.
"Mystery Force!"
"Dragon Ember!" Both of them combined their attacks and blasted the frozen Apemon and Apemon was obliterated into data and was now gone. Tyrone and Louie were amazed by what they have seen. It was their first battle and they couldn't believe what they have witnessed.
"That was unbelievable!" Tyrone said as they all left the area. "So other digimon appear here our world and some could go crazy like Apemon?"
"Yeah. Usually, rookies are the ones that show, but sometimes champions can come as well." Sean said.
"What happened to Apemon? Is Apemon gone?" Louie said.
"Not exactly. I think Apemon is fine and just went back to the digital world." Sean said. Julie was a little quiet about what happened.
"Julie, are you okay?" Ninmon asked.
"Yeah. I'll be fine." Julie said.
"Julie, you didn't have to show up if you're against fighting." Tyrone said.
"I know, but I was afraid of what could have happened." Julie said. "Don't worry about me, guys. I'll be okay. Apemon was just in a long line more to come. I just hope things will be better next time." While they were talking, the mysterious Yukon was watching them and he found this intriguing.
To Be Continued…
Did Apemon really go back home and is Julie ever really going to be okay with the fact that Ninmon will have to fight eventually? You'll just have to get answers by watching Digimon Digital Monsters.
