The

The

DigiDestined

They've fought well, but must fight better . . .

or are they even fighting at all?

DigiGems of the Destined

Jay Barial

Chapter One: Victory

Taylor lifted Bugmon up into the air. "Yeah buddy, I did it!"

"Correction," said Sasha, as pattered her Tripupmon on the head, "they did it!"

"We all did it!" shouted Summer's Monomon, as it hopped onto of the girl's head, and let its tail hang down in front of her face.

Derek lifted up his Pondmon and thought for a moment. "Guys, aren't we forgetting Agumon back in the cave!"

"He can handle that dumb Black WarGreymon!" said Cubmon and Bugmon in unison.

There was a giant explosion coming from the cave.

"How are we suppose to get back in there anyway?" asked Taylor. "It's not that close to the cave, and we can't just magically appear in there, can we?"

Derek smirked. "Pondmon, what was that moved you did to make those three Digimon disappear?"

"Aquatic Teleport?" Pondmon gurgled. "Are you crazy? How accurate do you think I am, I was just born acouple of minutes ago!"

"We don't really have a choice, do we Pondmon?" said Sparkmon.

Pondmon glanced at Derek. "I'll do it if you want me too."

"It's the only way to see how WarGreymon is doing," said Derek.

"Aquatic Teleport!" Pondmon inhaled and shot a giant bubble in front of them. "Everyone in the big bubble."

The group nodded and the six kids and Digimon walked into the bubble. The bubble popped, and the group was mysteriously transported back into the cave.

"Well, that's one way to get around," murmured Derek. He glanced at Pondmon, who had suddenly begun to glow. "Pondmon's Digivolving again!"

Pondmon shrunk back to Pudmon. "I'm sorry Derek, I'm too weak from teleporting you guys. I'm just going back to Pudmon for awhile to rest."

Derek picked up Pudmon. "That's all right." He squinted up ahead, there was an Agumon lying helplessly on the floor. "It's an Agumon!"

"Our Agumon or a bad Agumon?" asked Alley.

"We'll never know if we don't check," said Michael.

The group of six kids and six Digimon all headed towards the Agumon, as they approached the Digimon it slowly shattered away. Then, the ground began to rumble as a giant Digimon covered in the shadows approached them. "Are you all right?"

"WarGreymon!" the Digimon cried happily. "You won! You won!" Bugmon, Cubmon, Tripupmon, Monomon, and Sparkmon all rushed over to WarGreymon, while Pudmon was still in Derek's arms. They all started shouting their concern- and curiosity of Digivolving to their Mega level.

WarGreymon began to de-Digivolve and returned to Agumon.

"Ah man," whined the five Digimon.

"Glad you're glad to see me," said Agumon. "You six defeated IronWeb Sectomon and the others I'm guessing."

"Yup!" said the six kids and the six Digimon. Then they both glared at each other. "Agumon was talking about us six!"

"I was actually talking to both of you," said Agumon. "I see you were able to Digivolve to your Rookie forms, while managing to defeat Digimon in their Champion form."

"We were lucky," murmured Monomon. "If their partners had not arrived, then they would have destroyed us for sure."

"If we ever want to beat them, then we must get our Digimon to Digivolve," said Summer.

"There's a problem," said Agumon.

Michael sighed. "Here comes the unfixable problem."

"Your . . . dark rivals are succeeding another group of people who were fighting against another group, who you are succeeding," explained Agumon. "The dark rivals then were able to neutralize their Digivices, making it so their Digimon couldn't Digivolve further. Up until now, there's been now way for them to Digivolve."

"Up until now?" repeated Cubmon.

* * * *

"Some Digimon gave up their lives to create powerful DigiGems," explained Jason. "These gems have the ability to restore their Digivices, allowing them to fight far and Digivolve to our Digimon's level."

Jason was explaining to the other eight what was going on with the other kids' next move. The Agumon that had trained them for several months had informed him of this move. But if they got the gems, then it'd help them Digivolve.

"And how do we get the gems so our Digimon will Digivolve?" asked the girl who had Hydramon.

"We shall follow them, then ambush them," explained Jason. "All of us!" He glanced towards one of the girls. "But in the meantime . . ."

Chapter Two: Grizzlymon's Attack!

They six kids, their Digimon, and Agumon all headed out of the cave. Agumon directed them towards their next destination: A giant mountain up ahead.

As the thirteen of them were walking along Michael slowly stopped and looked around.

"What is it Mike?" asked Cubmon. He sniffed the air. "I smell a Digimon and human coming this way!"

Taylor and the others all stopped and looked around. "I hear and smell nothing."

Tripupmon stopped and sniffed. "I smell something." She wrinkled her nose. "You people have to lay off bean burritos, yuck!"

Suddenly, there was a giant roar, and Tripupmon frowned. "Never mind, I hear that too!"

Then, a dark brown bear emerged from some giant trees. "Hello my little prey!"

"That's Grizzlymon," said Agumon. "Its Grizzly Claw's so deadly it can cut trees in half, just like that. Its fur is extremely strong, and can absorb various things. This is one of the Dark DigiDestined's Digimon!"

Derek put Pudmon on the ground. "It's time Pudmon!"

Pudmon nodded. "Right!" Pudmon began to glow. "Pudmon Digivolved to . . . Pondmon!"

"Your Digimon can't beat mine!" Suddenly, a human stepped out from behind Grizzlymon. It was a girl that seemed familiar to all of them. "I am Jessie Skyler, and Grizzlymon's my Digimon! You will never reach gems, and you'll never be able to Digivolve further!"

"Web Spray!" shouted Bugmon, shooting a blast of webbing at Grizzlymon.

"Honey Claw!" shouted Cubmon, leaped towards Grizzlymon.

"Puppy Bite!" shouted Tripupmon, as the little dog leaped towards Grizzlymon.

"Tail Smacker!" shouted Monomon, shooting its extra long tail towards Grizzlymon.

"Rushing Waters!" shouted Pondmon, shooting a wave of water at Grizzlymon.

"Static Ball!" shouted Sparkmon, shooting three small static balls at Grizzlymon.

Grizzlymon's fur just absorbed the water and electricity, while Grizzlymon cut through the webbing and hit the other attacks away with his, "Grizzly Claw!"

"They're attacks aren't working," murmured Sasha. "Tripupmon, try something else!"

"Bug Bite!" Bugmon leaped at Grizzlymon, trying to bit it but its Grizzly Claw bashed Bugmon away.

"Fur Bash!" Cubmon leaped at Grizzlymon, attempting to slam into it but Grizzlymon's fur just bounced Cubmon off.

"Puppy Lick!" Tripupmon tried licking Grizzlymon, but it only got a giant ball of fur.

"Banana Slap!" Monomon pulled out a banana and tried hitting Grizzlymon with it, but it was utterly useless.

"Static Burst!" ordered Sparkmon, shooting more electricity at Grizzlymon, but Grizzlymon absorbed the fur again.

"Teleport it away!" shouted Derek to Pondmon.

"Aquatic Teleport!" shouted Pondmon, shooting a giant bubble at Grizzlymon and its master. Before Grizzlymon was teleported away, Grizzlymon cut through the bubble and walked out.

Taylor and Alley both frowned. "Aquatic Teleport failed."

"What should we do now?" wondered Summer.

"Let me handle this!" said Agumon who began glowing.

Chapter Three: Problems

"Agumon warp Digivolved to . . . WarGreymon!" Agumon began glowing and transformed into the giant creature from before. He turned towards us. "I can handle this. Head towards the mountain."

"Now that's now fair," muttered Jessie. "Jason, Karen, your own!"

This time, two other kids walked out, and following them were IronWeb Sectomon and Hydramon appear behind them.

"It's three against one," growled WarGreymon. "The odds are unfair- for you!"

"That's some talk for some old Digimon," growled Hydramon. "Poison Needle Shower!"

"Iron Spider Rockets!" ordered IronWeb Sectomon.

"Grizzly Quake!" growled Grizzlymon.

Hydramon opened its mouth and shot needles at WarGreymon, while IronWeb Sectomon launched rockets and Grizzlymon stomped its foot creating a dreaded earthquake.

The attacks all hit WarGreymon, but the giant Digimon didn't seem to get hurt.

"Terra Force!" WarGreymon created a giant energy bubble of fire and hit the three Digimon. WarGreymon glanced towards the six kids and their Digimon. "Run!"

The twelve all began running passed the giant Digimon and started running towards the mountain.

"Ignore that thing!" shouted Jason. "Get those kids!"

"Iron Ropes!" growled IronWeb Sectomon. Jason's Digimon shot the iron webbing towards the twelve.

"Grizzly Quake!" growled Grizzlymon.

"Hydra Terror!" growled Hydramon.

"Mega Claw!" WarGreymon protected them from the Grizzly Quake and Hydra Terror, while he cut the ropes in half.

* * * *

The twelve of them had managed to reach the foot of the mountain without any other trouble from those Digimon. But the foot of the mountain had no entrance.

"Well, no what?" asked Alley.

Derek held up a finger. "It's simple! As you remember before when we were heading into the secret room in the cave before, we passed through an illusion wall. This is probably the same thing. Observe." Derek darted towards the "entrance" at the foot of the mountain and-

THUD!

"Never mind." Derek fell back backwards. Luckily, Pondmon created a small cushion to soften Derek's fall.

"We need to break through the wall," murmured Alley. She glanced down at the six Digimon. "Isn't this where you guys come in?"

"Honey Claw!" growled Cubmon.

"Tail Smacker!" growled Monomon.

"Rushing Waters!" growled Pondmon.

The two animal Digimon hit the wall, while the watery Digimon used its water to break through the wall.

"Let's go," said Taylor.

Chapter Four: Into the Cave . . .

With Taylor, Simon, Derek, and Pondmon in the lead, they continued walking through the cave. To their surprise, the cave deadened.

Derek smirked. "I'm not following for this again! Break through the wall Pondmon!"

"Rushing Waters!" growled Pondmon, shooting a wave towards the wall. But, the wave just went through the wall.

Summer and Sasha both passed through the wall. "Sorry Derek, wrong again!"

Derek flinched. He began sobbing. "Why do I always have to be wrong?"

Pondmon walked over to Derek. "Whoa, Derek's doing a Rushing Waters attack too!"

After pulling the crushed Derek along, the twelve kids continued walking until they reached the center of the mountain. There, a light shined down onto a small platform, where a stone egg sat. On the egg were the same symbols- along with two others- that were on their real eggs.

"Okay, so where are these DigiGems?" asked Michael.

"Maybe we're in the wrong mountain," suggested Summer.

"Or maybe we're in the wrong place," suggested Derek. "Are we even suppose to be in this weird world?"

"Of course you are!" cried Tripupmon, Monomon, and Cubmon. "If not, we wouldn't be here!"

"And that's a real shame, huh!" Suddenly, a large, dark, horse Digimon followed by two human-like Digimon, a monkey-like Digimon, and Cerberusmon. Behind the Digimon were five humans. They had been following them.

"Lily!" cried Michael, to the girl behind the giant monkey

"Bob!" shouted Alley, to the guy behind Cerberusmon.

"Erik!" cried Summer, to the guy behind the yellow human-like Digimon.

The three younger looking kids glanced at Michael, Alley, and Summer, seeming not to recognize them.

"I believe Lily, Bob, and Erik here don't know who you are," said one of the boys, behind the horse Digimon, "right Dark Ponymon."

"Oceanmon will stand in your way," said another boy. "Its Aquatic Kick will send you flying."

"We don't know how you know us, but Cerberusmon, Baboomon, and Joltmon will get you out of our way," said Lily, Bob, and Erik.

"Looks like your friends have been brainwashed or something," said Taylor. "Your Digimon can't be our Digimon!"

"Actually," said Bugmon, "there's a very good chance they'll kick our Digi-butt if we don't Digivolve!"

"Well try to hold them off," said Taylor. "I'm going to move that egg!"

"Not without me!" Derek chased after Taylor.

While their Digimon tried to attack the enemies' Digimon, the two boys rushed over to the egg. They tried lifting the egg, but it didn't work.

"Why won't it budge?" wondered Taylor.

Derek shrugged.

Suddenly, there was a giant explosion, and their six Digimon lay helplessly on the floor.

The boy who controlled Dark Ponymon smirked. "I, Henry of the Dark DigiDestined, am proud to say that the DigiGems will be our! Do it Dark Ponymon!"

"Horn Rocket!" Dark Ponymon's small horn lit up and launched itself at Taylor and Derek. They both dodged out of the way and the rocket hit the egg. Suddenly, the egg began glowing and shattered into eight crystals.

Chapter Five: Spidmon's Birth

"The DigiGems!" On each gem were the different symbols. Taylor gasped as he saw the same symbol that was on his egg- the symbol of the star. He slowly reached toward sit.

"Excellent," said the other boy. "Henry, you've broken open the eggs. Now our Digimon fully Digivolve." The boy glanced up at his Oceanmon, then glared at Taylor. "Do it Oceanmon!"

"Wrath of the Sea!" Oceanmon turned to liquid and dived at Taylor.

Taylor grasped the crystal and shouted, "Bugmon!"

The small bug Digimon leaped towards Taylor to protect him.

Suddenly, the symbol of the crystal began glowing brightly and as did Taylor's Digivice, then Bugmon began glowing too.

"Bugmon Digivolved to . . ." Bugmon began glowing and transformed a spider-like creature similar to IronWeb Sectomon without the scorpion tail and armor. "Spidmon!"

Spidmon leaped in front of Taylor and Oceanmon hit the spider Digimon, and washed off. Oceanmon reformed back ot his human-like form.

"He Digivolved!" the other humans cried.

The five little Digimon all cheered happily.

"Do it!" growled the five humans controlling the evil Digimon.

"Aquatic Kick!" growled Oceanmon. It leaped at Spidmon.

"Electro Punch!" growled Joltmon. It leaped out at Spidmon, ready to punch.

"Horn Rocket!" growled Dark Ponymon. It launched another rocket towards Spidmon.

"Monkey Bash!" growled Baboomon. It leaped at Baboomon, ready to slam into Spidmon.

"Tri Doggy Treat!" growled Cerberusmon. The dog shot three doggy treats towards Spidmon.

Spidmon gave an evil smirk. "Can't beat me that easily! Web Wall!" Taylor's Digimon sprayed webbing in front of him, creating a wall and the attacks all bounced off the wall. "I think I can beat that! Try beating this! Spider Fang Rockets!" Spidmon's two fangs shot at the five Digimon and created a deadly blast.

Derek turned to Pondmon. "Get them out here."

Pondmon nodded. "Aquatic Teleport!" Pondmon shot ten bubbles and encased the five humans and the five Digimon in then. The bubbles all popped and they were all teleported away.

Spidmon began glowing again and changed back to Simon.

Chapter Six: What Now?

"Simon!" Taylor rushed over to the small head and hugged it. "You saved us! Thank you Simon!"

"Ah, it was nothing," said Simon. "Besides, I kinda liked being Spidmon. And as Spidmon, I could kick that stupid IronWeb Sectomon's butt!"

Michael, Alley, Summer, and Sasha- along with the other Digimon- got up and walked over to Derek, Taylor, and Simon.

"What just happened?" asked Derek.

"These DigiGems," said Taylor. "I grabbed it, then Bugmon leaped to save me and Digivolved."

"Hmmm," said Derek. "If we all get these DigiGems, then maybe we can get our Digimon to Digivolve."

"Yeah!" As the others were beginning to search for their crystals, their Digimon leaped in front of them.

"Let Taylor get your stones for you!" shouted Simon. "Then, put them in a circle on the platform."

"Why Taylor?" asked Sasha.

Simon shrugged. "Agumon told me."

Taylor gathered together the crystals. He put them all in a circle and excluded the extra two crystals.

"The Agumon said to touch them, and whatever you had left behind shall return," said Simon. "I don't know what that means."

The other five kids walked over to their crystals and touched the crystals with the symbols that were on their Digimon's eggs. The crystals all began glowing and slowly transforming into other things. Michael's crystal had turned into a medallion, Sasha's crystal had turned to a bracelet of some sort, Summer's crystal had turned to a watch, Derek's crystal had turned to a pair of glasses, and Alley's crystal turned to a ring.

Taylor frowned. "How come my crystal didn't change?"

"Well I did leave my glasses behind." A large smile came across Derek's face. "Aw, did Taylor not leave anything behind?"

Taylor slammed Derek into the wall. "I left a lot behind. This is what I left behind. It was a gift to my girlfriend, I guess this resents her." Taylor smirked. "At least I can get my Digimon to Digivolve."

Derek put on his glasses and smirked. "All right Pondmon, it'd Digivolving time!"

Pondmon raised a curious eyebrow. "And why aren't I doing anything?"

"Digimon only Digivolve when needed," said Simon. "You ain't doin nuttin!"

Derek frowned. "Well, at least I can see again."

Taylor picked up the other two crystals and slipped them in his pocket. "I guess we'll use it for later." He glanced around. "Let's head back to Agumon."

* * * *

"Spidmon defeated you?" growled Jason. He slammed his fist against the wall of their hideout. "How could one Champion Digimon beat five other Digimon?"

"Luck," suggested Lily. "But you, Karen, and Jessie lost to one Digimon."

"A mega Digimon," growled Jason. "Get your Baboomon out there and see how long it lasts."

"You have IronWeb Sectomon, right?" said Karen, Hydramon's master. She smirked. "He's suppose to be stronger than Spidmon, right? Evil's always stronger then good."

Jason rolled his eyes. "Find, I'll send IronWeb Sectomon and destroy him." Jason glanced down at his smaller Digimon. "Sectomon, its time for an attack." Jason turned to the kid that owned Oceanmon. "All right, get us out of here James."

"You'll need more than IronWeb Sectomon," said Karen. "We ambush them and then steal their DigiGems."

"Excellent," said Jason. He turned to his small human-like Digimon. "Get us out of here."

"Aquatic Teleport!" growled a somewhat familiar voice. They were all teleported out of their hideout.

In Spidmon versus IronWeb Sectomon, the enemies, who are calling themselves the Dark DigiDestined, have managed to defeat Agumon and have captured Mike, Sasha, Summer, Derek, Alley, their Digimon, and their Digivices. Now it's just Taylor against Jason, who will win: Good or Evil? Remember that your reviews will keep this story going, so tell me your opinion.