Chapter 6

John continued to visit the Digital World, even after the attack by the Tyranomon. One day, John, Agumon, and Gabumon were once again walking through the forest. "That tree looks familiar. Are you guys sure you know where we are?" asked John.
"Of course we do!" answered Agumon.
"Ya!" Gabumon chimed in. "Why wouldn't we?"
John gave them a skeptical look. "Then where are we?"
Agumon and Gabumon gave each other a surprised look. "Where we are?" said Agumon biting one of his claws. "Well...um.." He shot a look at Gabumon.
"Well don't look at me. I thought you knew"
"WHAT!?!?!? You mean we've been walking around in circles for hours?!?!" cried John.
"I guess so," answered Agumon weakly.
"We're sorry," said Gabumon.
Before John could say another word, a cry came from behind him. "What was that?!?" John slowly turned towards the direction of the noise. "Did you guys here that?" asked John.
Again, a cry range out. Agumon and Gabumon both tensed up and turned towards the noise. "Ya" answered Agumon and Gabumon.
The group slowly made their way towards the noise. "Do you think it an evil digimon?" asked John.
"I'm not sure," answered Agumon.
As they drew closer, they could hear voices.
"Stop it!! Please stop it!!"
"Shut up you weakling!!"
"Ya! Shut up!"
As they drew closer, they could see three digimon in a small clearing. One of them looked like a blob with eyes and arms. The other two looked like oversized rabbits. The rabbits were kicking the blob, which was on the ground.
"Those are Gazimon. They're real troublemakers," whispered Gabumon.
"And the small one is Motimon. He's a little digimon that has a great heart," said Agumon.
"How dare they?!? How can they do that to him?" said John. The Gazimon stopped, and turned towards the bush that John, Agumon, and Gabumon were hiding behind. Agumon put his claw over John's mouth.
"Shhhhhhhhhhh," whispered Gabumon. "They have excellent hearing. You'll get us caught."
"We can't let them get away with it!!" said John, louder then before. The Gazimon stopped again.
"Did you hear something?" said one.
"What are you talking about? Of course not!!" said the other. They both turned back towards the Motimon.
"You almost got us caught!" said Agumon.
"You have to be quiet!!!!!!!" yelled Gabumon. Gabumon suddenly turned pale. "Oops...." The three turned towards each other, giving each other a worried look.
"Looks like we have some company," said one of the Gazimon, looking down on the group of friends.

"Hi guys," said John, weakly. "How are you doing?"
"Nice day we're having, hu?" said Agumon.
"Get out of there!!!" yelled one of the Gazimon. The three friends slowly walked out from their hiding place.
"I'm really sorry, John," said Gabumon, " I didn't mean to get us caught."
"Its OK Gabumon, we'll find a way out of this," whispered John.
"What were you doing spying on us?" asked one of the Gazimon.
"We came to stop you from hurting him," answered John.
"What, you mean him," asked the other Gazimon, pointing towards the fallen Motimon, "What do you care?"
"You shouldn't pick on digimon weaker than yourselves!!" yelled Agumon.
"Ya! That's not fair!!" seconded Gabumon.
"What?!?" cried one of the Gazimon. Then a sly look came to his face. "Well, maybe you're right."
"Of course we are!" said Agumon. John gave a sigh of relief.
"Maybe we should pick on you guys instead," said the Gazimon.
A worried look came to John's face. "What??"
"Why don't we pick on you guys?" repeated the Gazimon.
The two Gazimon began to circle around the group of friends.
Agumon stepped towards one of the Gazimon. "Maybe you haven't noticed, but the odds are against you," said Agumon, as he turned his claw towards Gabumon and John.
Gabumon moved beside Agumon, and John moved behind the two of them.
"Maybe your right," said one of the Gazimon.
"Looks like we should even the odds," said the other. He brought two of his claws to his lips and gave out a whistle.
"What was that for?" asked John.
"Just calling a few friends," answered one of the Gazimon. An evil smile came to his face.

Suddenly, ten Gazimon jumped out of the bushes, all around John, Agumon, and Gabumon. The group of friends quickly looked around, seeing that they were trapped. The Gazimon began to circle around them. "Well, doesn't this make things more interesting?" said John.
"Yes it does," said one of the Gazimon. "Let's begin, shall we?"
"Let's," said John. Agumon and Gabumon took a step forward, posed for attack. The Gazimon suddenly stopped circling them.
"ATTACK!!" cried one of the Gazimon. The Gazimon jumped towards Agumon and Gabumon, claws extended.
"Are you guys ready?" asked John, calmly. He put his hand into his pocket.
"Yep," answered Agumon. John took his digivice from of his pocket.
"Of course," answered Gabumon.
"Then lets do it!" cried John. His digivice began to glow.
"Agumon..."
"Gabumon..."
"Digivolved to... Greymon!! Garurumon!!"

The Gazimon were caught of guard. A group of them tried to attack Greymon, but to no avail. With one swipe of his claw, they were thrown back into the forest. With one swipe of his tail, Garurumon threw another group of Gazimon into the forest. John ran to the fallen Motimon. "Are you OK?" he asked.
"I've been better. Thank you," answered the small creature, in a meek, little voice. As the creature rose to his feet, he stumbled.
"I got ya!" cried John. John's arm shot out and grabbed Motimon's arm. John's digivice began to glow. "You got to be careful," said John.
"Guess you're right," said Motimon, chuckling to himself. Suddenly, he stopped. John watched as Motimon's eyes shifted to something behind him.
"Look out!!" Motimon cried.
John quickly turned around just in time to see on of the Gazimon dive at him. He quickly dove to one side, with Motimon in his arms. The Gazimon landed in the dirt, face first.
"That was close," said John.
"Ya," seconded Motimon.
"Shut up you little pipsqueak!!" cried Gazimon. "I should have finished you when I had the chance!!"
Gazimon again dove for John, claws ready to strike.
"Look out!" cried Motimon, as he jumped out of John's arms towards Gazimon. He head butted Gazimon square in the chest. Gazimon, caught of guard, was flung back into a tree, as Motimon fell to the ground. Gazimon quickly jumped to feet. With an angry growl, he attacked Motimon. Motimon gave out a cry of pain as he was thrown back. He tried to get up, but he fell back to the ground. Gazimon turned towards Motiomon. "Fool", said Gazimon, "you thought you could stop me!". Gazimon walked over to the fallen Digimon and pick him up by his neck. "No one can save you now!!" he cried.

"No!!" cried John, running towards Gazimon. Gazimon quickly turned towards John. Before Gazimon could move, John slammed into him. He was thrown back, and landed hard in the dirt. John turned towards Motimon.
"You saved me," said Motimon.
"Don't mention it," said John with a smile.
Suddenly, they heard an angry cry. They both turned back towards Gazimon.
"You'll pay for that!" Gazimon slowly rose to his feet, staring at John, eyes burning with rage.
"Motimon, get out of here!" cried John. "I'll hold him off!"
"No," cried Motimon.
"Hu?" John was shocked.
Motimon jumped in front of John, arms raised. "I'll protect you!!"
'Motimon.." Suddenly, John's digivice began to glow. A strange light began to radiate from Motimon.
"Motimon digivolved to....Tentomon!!!"

Where Motimon once stood, there was an odd looking, ladybug-like creature. "Motimon..." was all that John could utter. The creature turned towards John.
"Don't worry. I'll protect you."
Suddenly, Gazimon cried out, "I don't care for your parlor tricks!" Gazimon dove for the insect, ready to attack. The bug turned towards Gazimon, and opened its shell, showing its wings. Its wings started to buzz, and it began to hover high above the ground. Gazimon missed the bug entirely, stumbling over himself. As he regained his footing, he turned back towards the bug. The bug slowly turned towards Gazimon, locking eyes with it. From the bugs back came a crackling sound and a bright light. "Super Shocker!!" Bolts of electricity shot from the creature's back and hit Gazimon head on. Gazimon gave a cry of pain as he was thrown back. He landed hard on the ground. As he tried to get up, he had a look of fear in his eyes.
"You don't scare me!!" he cried.
"Well, what about us?" came a booming voice.
John turned around to see Greymon and Garurumon standing behind them. The other Gazimon were running deep into the woods. When Gazimon saw this, he turned back towards the bug.
"You'll pay for this!!" he cried. Then, in a split second, he disappeared into the forest.

"That was too close," exclaimed John, as he turned towards Greymon and Garurumon, who were reverting back to Agumon and Gabumon. "Are you guys OK?" he asked.
"Nothing a couple of cookies wouldn't fix," said Gabumon.
"Ya!! Cookies!!" exclaimed Agumon.
John gave a slight chuckle. Suddenly, he remembered the strange new digimon. He turned around and saw that it had landed right in front of him. "Oh, and who are you?" he asked.
"My name is Tentomon," he said. "I was that Motimon that you helped. Somehow you helped me digivolve."
"So, that's why my digivice glowed," John said to himself. He thought back to the time he first met Koromon and Tsunomon. It had glowed then, too.
"Thank you, Tentomon. I owe you my life," said John.
"Don't mention it. You would have done the same for me," said Tentomon. "You're very nice," he said, " at least for a human."
John laughed. "Thanks!"
Tentomon laughed too, but suddenly stopped. He seemed unhappy. "Well, I better get going," he said, turning towards the forest. He turned back towards John. "Thank you very much." He began to hover towards the forest wall. John saw the sadness in his eyes, and wished there was something he could do. Then, he had a great idea.
"Where do you think your going?" cried John.
"Hu?" Tentomon turned back towards John. "I'm going home," He answered sadly.
"Then why are you going that way? You're coming home with us."
"You want me to come with you?" asked Tentomon.
"Of course. You're one of us now," said Gabumon.
Tentomon's eye lit up. He flew towards John, and gave him a big hug. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"
"Hey!" cried John, pulling Tentomon of his face. "Its no problem." He turned towards Agumon and Gabumon, then to his new friend. "Let's go home." The group turned towards the sunset, and set out for home.

Agumon jumped out from behind a bush. "It's this way!" he said, as he pointed left.
Gabumon jumped out after him. "No it's not. It's this way!" He pointed in the opposite direction.
Tentomon flew out from behind them. "You're both wrong! It's this way!" he said, pointing forward.
John stumbled out of one of the bushes. "Don't tell me we're lost AGAIN," he moaned.
"Are you saying that I'm wrong?" asked Agumon.
"Well, ya," answered Gabumon.
"You're both wrong!" said Tentomon.
"O ya?!?" asked Agumon and Gabumon, as they took a step towards Tentomon.
"YA!" said Tentomon, giving them a dirty look.
"Guys, stop arguing!" said John, trying to get between them.
Suddenly, there was a noise behind them. They group stopped their argument.
"Did you hear that?" asked John.
The group slowly turned towards the noise. They saw a dark figure hiding behind a tree.
"Is it an evil digimon?" asked John.
"Come out!! We're not afraid of you!" cried Agumon, as he moved behind Gabumon, and pushed him forward. "Right, Gabumon?"
Gabumon turned towards Agumon, and then back to the dark figure. "Yaaa, right."
The figure picked up its head and, slowly began to move towards the group.
"Why did you have to say that?" said Tentomon as hid behind John.
"I thought it sounded tough" said Agumon.
As the figure moved closer, the group moved father and father back. As the figure drew towards the clearing, John grew tense. "Guys, get ready!"

As the figure walked into the clearing, John was finally able to see it clearly. It was a teenage boy, around his age. He looked plain, almost artificial. An Agumon and Gabumon walked out after him. John noticed that they were unlike him and his digimon. The boy had no expression on his face, or any real facial features for that matter. And his digimon were completely black. They seemed to be shrouded in some sort of darkness, covered in the Shadows.
"Hey! Who are you?" asked John, meekly.
The boy gave no response. He turned towards John, then towards Agumon and the others. An evil grin came to his face.
"Something wrong here, John," warned Agumon.
"Ya. I can feel it, too," said Gabumon.
"There's something wrong with that boy, John. Stay away from him," said Tentomon.
"Are you OK?" asked John, ignoring Tentomon.
"Better than you could imagine," the boy answered.
"Well," said John, walking towards the stranger with an out stretched hand, "let me introduce myself. I'm John."
"I know how you are," said the boy. He turned towards his Agumon and made a motion with his hand. The Agumon nodded, and jumped in front of John. "Pepper Breath!!" A fireball flew from the Agumon's mouth, landing a few inches away from John's feet.
"Hey!" cried John, jumping back. "That almost hit me!!"
The boy's Gabumon walked up beside the Agumon, and the boy walked up behind the both of them. "Next time he won't miss!" he cried. John looked at the boy again. This time, he had a look of pure evil on his face.
"Hu? Wh.wh..why did you attack me?" cried John.
"That's simple. I'm here to destroy you, Digiprotector!" cried the boy.

Who is this boy, and why does he want to destroy John? Check back here for the final chapter!!