Izzy, are you done yet?" asked Tai, impatiently.
"Keep your pants on, Tai, I'm trying to program it," Izzy replied, annoyed, as he
kept on typing on his computer.
In the afternoon, after they all had lunch, Izzy suggested that since the digivices
didn't work in the forest, he could program his computer to search for Matt. But
according to him, in order to do it, he would have to get navogation energy from all eight
digivices.
"You've been working on that thing for almost an hour and a half now!" Tai
practically shouted.
"How would you know, Tai?" asked Joe, unblinkingly. "You don't even have a
watch."
"We all don't," added Sora
.
"Well....it seems like an hour and a half!"
"Calm down, Tai. I'm done," Izzy said. "Now see these dots?" He pointed to
these red blinking dots on the screen. "Those are us. I've programed it so that it senses
the Digivices all around Digiworld. And that," he pointed to a lone red dot a couple of
miles away from their location, "is probably Matt."
"Izzy, you're a genius!" exclaimed Tai. "Now, all we have to do is figure out how
to get there, and-"
"Wait, if that's Matt," T.K said suddenly, "then who's that?" T.K. pointed to
another red dot on the screen that was a mile or two from Matt's location.
"There's nine dots on the screen," observed Kari. "How come?"
"Hmm...I don't know," Izzy replied, confused. He typed in some characters onto
the computer, but there were still nine digivices coming up.
"Tai, didn't you say there was a human rider on the Jagonomon yesterday?" asked
Agumon. "Maybe it's another Digidestined."
"That's exactly what I was thinking!" said Tai.
Tentomon shook his head. "No, it couldn't be right. According to the Digimon
legend, eight youths from the planet Earth were going to come one day and save
Digiworld."
"Are you sure it was only eight, though?" Mimi said suddenly. "Maybe the
legend's all wrong and it's twenty or something."
"Twenty? Okay, that's a little overboard, Mimi," Joe said.
"But it could be true!" she protested.
Biyomon said, "The way I was told was that children from a faraway planet were
going to come here when evil took over Digiworld, and save it. No approximate
number."
"You are partly correct, Biyomon, but you're still wrong."
Everybody quickly turned their heads toward the voice.
"It's Gennai!" Sora said, as she saw the floating man in the light.
"Gennai, is there really a ninth Digidestined?" asked Tai, getting to the point.
"Well, yes and no," he replied. He got fourteen blank faces.
"What do you mean by that?" Izzy asked, turning away from his computer.
"The prophesy doesn't say that there were exactly eight Digidestined children.
There could be any number, like ten. But only when the original chosen ones have lost
strength, and the Digiworld is in need of help again."
"See!" said Mimi. "I told you!"
"Mimi, you had said the exact double of ten," replied Izzy.
"The prophesy also said," Gennai continued, "that great disruption would happen
between the youths, and a light of goodness would overcome them, saving their bond, so
they can save the Digital World. I gotta go now. I'm missing lunch because of this."
With that, he dissapeared.
"Great disruption?" T.K repeated. "Maybe he was talking about Matt...."
"And the light of goodness is probably the person who saved you," Kari said,
looking at Tai.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
All heads turned as the large patches of ice surrounded them. MetalGarurumon
shot blue energy from his eyes at the Digidestined, with Matt riding on his back.
"This is getting off the charts of insanity," Tai muttered, as he ran. Then he yelled,
"Everybody, digivolve!"
"You got it!" Agumon shouted. He warp-digivolved to WarGreymon.
The other's digivolved to champion. Then, in a flash of fire, thunder, water,
flowers, and light, they digivolved to Ultimate.
"Think you can defeat me?" yelled Matt. "I'd just like to see you try! Go
MetalGarurumon!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!" he shouted, as a huge strring of ice blasted from his
mouth.
"Wing Blade!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Terra Force!" WarGreymon shot the orange ball of energy toward Matt and
MetalGarurumon, along with the firebird, green cannonball, lightning arrow, and other
sources of power. They all caught both of them with a big blast.
"That shoulda took care of him," Tai said, under his breath. Suddenly, he felt
guilty. They shouldn't have attacked him like that. After all, it was still Matt, their friend.
Coming out of the dust, the others have noticed that there hasn't been any damage
done at all! There was some dark light of energy that surrounded them, causing them to
be unscathed.
"Told ya you couldn't defeat me," Matt said, triumphantly. "Let's go,
MetalGarurumon!"
MetalGarurumon used his Ice Wolf Claw attack again, shooting the beams of
energy from his eyes at the same time. It was too much power! The others de-digivolved
back to their Rookie forms.
"What the....?" gasped Izzy.
"How in the world...?" Sora said, shocked. "Biyomon!" She ran to her.
"I don't think so!" Matt said, jumped off og MetalGarurumon, and punched Sora
in the face. She screamed in pain.
"Matt, how could you?!" Tai screamed at him.
"Yeah, didn't you ever learn that it's rude to hit girls!" screamed Mimi, eyes
brimming with tears.
"Tai...." whispered Agumon, looking up at him. "Sorry. He was just too strong.
He was never this powerful before."
"Salamon!" yelled Kari, as she ran towards her. She looked as if she was
unconscious. Matt picked her up and shoved her to the ground.
"Hey dude, that's my sis you just pushed!" Tai yelled. He ran towards him and
pushed him to the ground. He glared down at him. "What's up with you, Matt? Why are
you acting so insane?"
"I'm not insane, Tai," he said in a low, evil voice. There was an evil light in his
eyes that Tai had not seen before. "I just changed. I'm braver. Stronger. More powerful
than you'll ever be." He shot a fast kick to Tai's stomach, sending him backwards toward
Kari. She put a protective arm around her brother.
"Finish them off, MetalGarurumon!" he shouted.
"Metal Wolf-"
"Oh no, you don't!" yelled a voice.
Everybody looked toward where the voice came from.
In a dust cloud, came out a girl with long, black, wavey hair, that was pulled back
by a white head band. She wore white combat boots, black pants, and a white
long-sleeved shirt with dark purple sleeves. There was a light lavender sweater wrapped
around her waist. Her eyes were dark, and cat-like, and she walked with confidence.
Beside her was a small, horse-like Digimon, that walked on four legs. Like the color of
the girl's sweater, she had light lavander eyes, and was a pale yellow, with a white
coiled-up tail and mane, with purple tiger stripes on her back. The one thing that caught
everybody's eye was the thing that was attached to her sweater.
It was a digivice.
Tai sucked in he breath. "Who are you?"
"So! Gina...." Matt said snidely. "What brought you here to the Digital World?"
"I've come to save your sorry butt from yourself," she shot back. "Your evil,
Matt. I know there's some goodness inside of you, and I'm gonna find it. The Crest of
Friendship will regain it's light." 'Well, I guess I shouldn't take the crests now,' she
thought. 'Why was I even thinking that? I have to fight him on my own...'
She held up her Digivice, planning to use it's light to fight. But then,
MetalGarurumon shot the beams of energy from his eyes right at her!
"Gina!" cried Kokamon, in her accented voice. She quickly digivolved into
Jagonomon.
"Jagonomon, NO!" Gina cried, clutching her stomach. "You can't fight him!"
"Gina, look around you. I have to fight." Jagonomon glared at Matt and
MetalGarurumon.
'People from Odaiba,' Gina suddenly realized. 'There's Sora Takenouchi and Tai
Kamiya. They were in the soccer camp. I see them play sometimes. That's Tai's sister,
Kari.' She glanced around again. 'There's that girl I always see at the mall. What's her
name again? Mimi, that's it. And there's that kid, Izzy. I've heard of him. He's
supposed to be a genius. Joe Kido. I've heard of his dad, the doctor.' She gasped.
"T.K!"
She ran towards the little boy, who was unconsious, his eyes closed. She hugged
him tightly. How dare Matt do this to his own brother! T.K was like the brother Gina
never had. They'd always hang out whenever he came to visit Matt and his dad in Odaiba.
She looked around again. People she knew were spread apart, clutching injured
arms or stomachs. Sora's lip was bleeding from the punch. Tai was on the ground, barely
moving, clutching his stomach, staring at Gina with wonderment. Kari was being held by
Tai. Joe, Izzy, and Mimi were just sprawled around, with fear in their eyes. Mimi was
crying. Gina looked down at T.K. There was a bruise on his arm. The other Digimon
were laying on the grounds in their Rookie forms, and had lost their energy. They
couldn't battle.
Gina stood up, glaring at Matt. "Go, Jagonomon! Show'em what you've got!"
* * *
'This is going to be impossible,' thought Izzy. 'Champion against Mega? There's
no way she can win...'
'We have to help her....'thought Sora. 'But....Biyomon...the others....'She looked at
the other Digimon, all the energy sucked out of them.
'This is it!' Mimi thought, crying. 'When we battled the Dark Masters, I thought
we'd be dead then! I never thought we'd be dead fighting a friend! Palmon....'Tears
watered up her eyes, and blurred the image of her Digi-companion.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Star Bomb Shooter!"
The attacks clashed and exploded.
"Come on, Jagonomon!" shouted Gina.
T.K. looked up at her with dark sapphire eyes. "Gina?"
"Hey there, little buddy," she said, softly. She looked up. "No!" she cried.
Matt was standing tall, and he laughed softly. MetalGarurumon was ontop of an
extremely injured Jagonomon, looking ready to slice her in half!
"You! What's yer name....Gina!" called Tai. "Let her Digivolve to Ultimate!"
"She can't!" Gina wailed. "My crest...I don't have it!"
"Star Bomb Shooter!" shouted Jagonomon, as she blasted the heavy stars toward
the Digimon. It didn't even faze him!
"I'm sorry, Gina!" cried Jagonomon. "I can't defeat him! He's too strong! I'm
helpless in Champion form! I can't do it!"
Gina's eyes widened. "Yes, Jagonomon, you can! Just try!"
"Your Digimon can't defeat my Mega," Matt said in a low, calm voice. "She will
be destroyed.
Jagonomon cried out in pain as MetalGarurumon stepped on her arm.
"Anything's possible!" Gina said desperately, as she hugged T.K. "Jagonomon,
you can do it! Get up and fight him, now!"
"No! I can't...."
"Yes you can!" she yelled. She stood up from the fallen eight-year-old.
Stumbling, she ran towards WereGarurumon, in tears of hope. "Get off of my friend,
now," she said fiecely. "Take me instead! I can't stand it when people don't have
confidence in themselves. So how about it? My life for hers."
"Hmm....interesting," Matt said thoughtfully, and grinned. "You're very brave,
Gina. Didn't know you had it in you."
"No...Gina, please don't..." whispered Jagonomon. "Look, I know I can't do it,
but you don't have to risk your life...." She struggled to get up, but MetalGarurumon had
her pinned down hard.
"I have to. I can't stand it when people don't have self-confidence. I can't leave
you like that. I'll be fine. You need me. The whole Digital World needs me. If the
Digidestined don't get Matt back, they can't use the full power of the crests to defeat the
Dark Masters."
Tai was watching this whole thing. 'She's crazy. Brave, but crazy.' He struggled
to get up, but he collapsed on the ground as MetalGarurumon shot him.
"Stop it!" cried Jagonomon. "Star Bomb Shooter!"
MetalGarurumon blocked her attack, and it backfired on her. Jagonomon was
getting hit by her own attack! Powerful stars swarmed around her, and she cried out in
anguish.
Gina threw herself onto her Digimon, and cried out in the same pain. But she
didn't care. "Gina, what are you doing?!" Jagonomon screamed. "You're gonna get hurt!
Get off!"
"You need me!" she snapped. She winced from the painful stars striking her body.
"I have to help! I'm not gonna sit back and watch everybody suffer! You're my best
friend, and the one thing in life I love is helping others. I'm gonna do it for the
Digidestined, the Digimon. Everybody. And for you."
The sky suddenly brightened and flashed MetalGarurumon with a beam of light,
bringing him down a level to WereGarurumon. The affects from Jagonomon's attack
disintegrated. The children could no longer see Earth, but a sky full of stars. Five big,
bright stars shined and pulled together to form one big, white star. Three white comets
shot toward the left upper side of the star, and made three rings, diagonally crossing from
the upper left to the bottom right. The sky flashed a lavender color, and all they could see
was the strange-looking star in the middle of the pale purple rectangle. Gina's tag glowed
the same color, and in an instant, the crest was in her tag. The Crest of Mercy.
"Keep your pants on, Tai, I'm trying to program it," Izzy replied, annoyed, as he
kept on typing on his computer.
In the afternoon, after they all had lunch, Izzy suggested that since the digivices
didn't work in the forest, he could program his computer to search for Matt. But
according to him, in order to do it, he would have to get navogation energy from all eight
digivices.
"You've been working on that thing for almost an hour and a half now!" Tai
practically shouted.
"How would you know, Tai?" asked Joe, unblinkingly. "You don't even have a
watch."
"We all don't," added Sora
.
"Well....it seems like an hour and a half!"
"Calm down, Tai. I'm done," Izzy said. "Now see these dots?" He pointed to
these red blinking dots on the screen. "Those are us. I've programed it so that it senses
the Digivices all around Digiworld. And that," he pointed to a lone red dot a couple of
miles away from their location, "is probably Matt."
"Izzy, you're a genius!" exclaimed Tai. "Now, all we have to do is figure out how
to get there, and-"
"Wait, if that's Matt," T.K said suddenly, "then who's that?" T.K. pointed to
another red dot on the screen that was a mile or two from Matt's location.
"There's nine dots on the screen," observed Kari. "How come?"
"Hmm...I don't know," Izzy replied, confused. He typed in some characters onto
the computer, but there were still nine digivices coming up.
"Tai, didn't you say there was a human rider on the Jagonomon yesterday?" asked
Agumon. "Maybe it's another Digidestined."
"That's exactly what I was thinking!" said Tai.
Tentomon shook his head. "No, it couldn't be right. According to the Digimon
legend, eight youths from the planet Earth were going to come one day and save
Digiworld."
"Are you sure it was only eight, though?" Mimi said suddenly. "Maybe the
legend's all wrong and it's twenty or something."
"Twenty? Okay, that's a little overboard, Mimi," Joe said.
"But it could be true!" she protested.
Biyomon said, "The way I was told was that children from a faraway planet were
going to come here when evil took over Digiworld, and save it. No approximate
number."
"You are partly correct, Biyomon, but you're still wrong."
Everybody quickly turned their heads toward the voice.
"It's Gennai!" Sora said, as she saw the floating man in the light.
"Gennai, is there really a ninth Digidestined?" asked Tai, getting to the point.
"Well, yes and no," he replied. He got fourteen blank faces.
"What do you mean by that?" Izzy asked, turning away from his computer.
"The prophesy doesn't say that there were exactly eight Digidestined children.
There could be any number, like ten. But only when the original chosen ones have lost
strength, and the Digiworld is in need of help again."
"See!" said Mimi. "I told you!"
"Mimi, you had said the exact double of ten," replied Izzy.
"The prophesy also said," Gennai continued, "that great disruption would happen
between the youths, and a light of goodness would overcome them, saving their bond, so
they can save the Digital World. I gotta go now. I'm missing lunch because of this."
With that, he dissapeared.
"Great disruption?" T.K repeated. "Maybe he was talking about Matt...."
"And the light of goodness is probably the person who saved you," Kari said,
looking at Tai.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
All heads turned as the large patches of ice surrounded them. MetalGarurumon
shot blue energy from his eyes at the Digidestined, with Matt riding on his back.
"This is getting off the charts of insanity," Tai muttered, as he ran. Then he yelled,
"Everybody, digivolve!"
"You got it!" Agumon shouted. He warp-digivolved to WarGreymon.
The other's digivolved to champion. Then, in a flash of fire, thunder, water,
flowers, and light, they digivolved to Ultimate.
"Think you can defeat me?" yelled Matt. "I'd just like to see you try! Go
MetalGarurumon!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!" he shouted, as a huge strring of ice blasted from his
mouth.
"Wing Blade!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Terra Force!" WarGreymon shot the orange ball of energy toward Matt and
MetalGarurumon, along with the firebird, green cannonball, lightning arrow, and other
sources of power. They all caught both of them with a big blast.
"That shoulda took care of him," Tai said, under his breath. Suddenly, he felt
guilty. They shouldn't have attacked him like that. After all, it was still Matt, their friend.
Coming out of the dust, the others have noticed that there hasn't been any damage
done at all! There was some dark light of energy that surrounded them, causing them to
be unscathed.
"Told ya you couldn't defeat me," Matt said, triumphantly. "Let's go,
MetalGarurumon!"
MetalGarurumon used his Ice Wolf Claw attack again, shooting the beams of
energy from his eyes at the same time. It was too much power! The others de-digivolved
back to their Rookie forms.
"What the....?" gasped Izzy.
"How in the world...?" Sora said, shocked. "Biyomon!" She ran to her.
"I don't think so!" Matt said, jumped off og MetalGarurumon, and punched Sora
in the face. She screamed in pain.
"Matt, how could you?!" Tai screamed at him.
"Yeah, didn't you ever learn that it's rude to hit girls!" screamed Mimi, eyes
brimming with tears.
"Tai...." whispered Agumon, looking up at him. "Sorry. He was just too strong.
He was never this powerful before."
"Salamon!" yelled Kari, as she ran towards her. She looked as if she was
unconscious. Matt picked her up and shoved her to the ground.
"Hey dude, that's my sis you just pushed!" Tai yelled. He ran towards him and
pushed him to the ground. He glared down at him. "What's up with you, Matt? Why are
you acting so insane?"
"I'm not insane, Tai," he said in a low, evil voice. There was an evil light in his
eyes that Tai had not seen before. "I just changed. I'm braver. Stronger. More powerful
than you'll ever be." He shot a fast kick to Tai's stomach, sending him backwards toward
Kari. She put a protective arm around her brother.
"Finish them off, MetalGarurumon!" he shouted.
"Metal Wolf-"
"Oh no, you don't!" yelled a voice.
Everybody looked toward where the voice came from.
In a dust cloud, came out a girl with long, black, wavey hair, that was pulled back
by a white head band. She wore white combat boots, black pants, and a white
long-sleeved shirt with dark purple sleeves. There was a light lavender sweater wrapped
around her waist. Her eyes were dark, and cat-like, and she walked with confidence.
Beside her was a small, horse-like Digimon, that walked on four legs. Like the color of
the girl's sweater, she had light lavander eyes, and was a pale yellow, with a white
coiled-up tail and mane, with purple tiger stripes on her back. The one thing that caught
everybody's eye was the thing that was attached to her sweater.
It was a digivice.
Tai sucked in he breath. "Who are you?"
"So! Gina...." Matt said snidely. "What brought you here to the Digital World?"
"I've come to save your sorry butt from yourself," she shot back. "Your evil,
Matt. I know there's some goodness inside of you, and I'm gonna find it. The Crest of
Friendship will regain it's light." 'Well, I guess I shouldn't take the crests now,' she
thought. 'Why was I even thinking that? I have to fight him on my own...'
She held up her Digivice, planning to use it's light to fight. But then,
MetalGarurumon shot the beams of energy from his eyes right at her!
"Gina!" cried Kokamon, in her accented voice. She quickly digivolved into
Jagonomon.
"Jagonomon, NO!" Gina cried, clutching her stomach. "You can't fight him!"
"Gina, look around you. I have to fight." Jagonomon glared at Matt and
MetalGarurumon.
'People from Odaiba,' Gina suddenly realized. 'There's Sora Takenouchi and Tai
Kamiya. They were in the soccer camp. I see them play sometimes. That's Tai's sister,
Kari.' She glanced around again. 'There's that girl I always see at the mall. What's her
name again? Mimi, that's it. And there's that kid, Izzy. I've heard of him. He's
supposed to be a genius. Joe Kido. I've heard of his dad, the doctor.' She gasped.
"T.K!"
She ran towards the little boy, who was unconsious, his eyes closed. She hugged
him tightly. How dare Matt do this to his own brother! T.K was like the brother Gina
never had. They'd always hang out whenever he came to visit Matt and his dad in Odaiba.
She looked around again. People she knew were spread apart, clutching injured
arms or stomachs. Sora's lip was bleeding from the punch. Tai was on the ground, barely
moving, clutching his stomach, staring at Gina with wonderment. Kari was being held by
Tai. Joe, Izzy, and Mimi were just sprawled around, with fear in their eyes. Mimi was
crying. Gina looked down at T.K. There was a bruise on his arm. The other Digimon
were laying on the grounds in their Rookie forms, and had lost their energy. They
couldn't battle.
Gina stood up, glaring at Matt. "Go, Jagonomon! Show'em what you've got!"
* * *
'This is going to be impossible,' thought Izzy. 'Champion against Mega? There's
no way she can win...'
'We have to help her....'thought Sora. 'But....Biyomon...the others....'She looked at
the other Digimon, all the energy sucked out of them.
'This is it!' Mimi thought, crying. 'When we battled the Dark Masters, I thought
we'd be dead then! I never thought we'd be dead fighting a friend! Palmon....'Tears
watered up her eyes, and blurred the image of her Digi-companion.
"Metal Wolf Claw!"
"Star Bomb Shooter!"
The attacks clashed and exploded.
"Come on, Jagonomon!" shouted Gina.
T.K. looked up at her with dark sapphire eyes. "Gina?"
"Hey there, little buddy," she said, softly. She looked up. "No!" she cried.
Matt was standing tall, and he laughed softly. MetalGarurumon was ontop of an
extremely injured Jagonomon, looking ready to slice her in half!
"You! What's yer name....Gina!" called Tai. "Let her Digivolve to Ultimate!"
"She can't!" Gina wailed. "My crest...I don't have it!"
"Star Bomb Shooter!" shouted Jagonomon, as she blasted the heavy stars toward
the Digimon. It didn't even faze him!
"I'm sorry, Gina!" cried Jagonomon. "I can't defeat him! He's too strong! I'm
helpless in Champion form! I can't do it!"
Gina's eyes widened. "Yes, Jagonomon, you can! Just try!"
"Your Digimon can't defeat my Mega," Matt said in a low, calm voice. "She will
be destroyed.
Jagonomon cried out in pain as MetalGarurumon stepped on her arm.
"Anything's possible!" Gina said desperately, as she hugged T.K. "Jagonomon,
you can do it! Get up and fight him, now!"
"No! I can't...."
"Yes you can!" she yelled. She stood up from the fallen eight-year-old.
Stumbling, she ran towards WereGarurumon, in tears of hope. "Get off of my friend,
now," she said fiecely. "Take me instead! I can't stand it when people don't have
confidence in themselves. So how about it? My life for hers."
"Hmm....interesting," Matt said thoughtfully, and grinned. "You're very brave,
Gina. Didn't know you had it in you."
"No...Gina, please don't..." whispered Jagonomon. "Look, I know I can't do it,
but you don't have to risk your life...." She struggled to get up, but MetalGarurumon had
her pinned down hard.
"I have to. I can't stand it when people don't have self-confidence. I can't leave
you like that. I'll be fine. You need me. The whole Digital World needs me. If the
Digidestined don't get Matt back, they can't use the full power of the crests to defeat the
Dark Masters."
Tai was watching this whole thing. 'She's crazy. Brave, but crazy.' He struggled
to get up, but he collapsed on the ground as MetalGarurumon shot him.
"Stop it!" cried Jagonomon. "Star Bomb Shooter!"
MetalGarurumon blocked her attack, and it backfired on her. Jagonomon was
getting hit by her own attack! Powerful stars swarmed around her, and she cried out in
anguish.
Gina threw herself onto her Digimon, and cried out in the same pain. But she
didn't care. "Gina, what are you doing?!" Jagonomon screamed. "You're gonna get hurt!
Get off!"
"You need me!" she snapped. She winced from the painful stars striking her body.
"I have to help! I'm not gonna sit back and watch everybody suffer! You're my best
friend, and the one thing in life I love is helping others. I'm gonna do it for the
Digidestined, the Digimon. Everybody. And for you."
The sky suddenly brightened and flashed MetalGarurumon with a beam of light,
bringing him down a level to WereGarurumon. The affects from Jagonomon's attack
disintegrated. The children could no longer see Earth, but a sky full of stars. Five big,
bright stars shined and pulled together to form one big, white star. Three white comets
shot toward the left upper side of the star, and made three rings, diagonally crossing from
the upper left to the bottom right. The sky flashed a lavender color, and all they could see
was the strange-looking star in the middle of the pale purple rectangle. Gina's tag glowed
the same color, and in an instant, the crest was in her tag. The Crest of Mercy.