One morning, Kazakimon looked out across the ocean and saw a mass of
gray clouds in the distance. Lightning flashed from the clouds
into the ocean, and after a pause, she heard the thunder.
"What are you looking at?" asked Seiryumon, coming up behind her.
"It's a storm," said Kazakimon. The lightning flashed again,
and the thunder cracked, after a shorter pause. "It's coming
closer."
"If it comes here," Seiryumon said suddenly, "Elecmon and the others
down at the village will be in danger. We have to protect them!"
They went and found the other two Perfect-levels and Seiryumon told
them, "There's a storm coming here. Will you help us protect the
Digimon down in the village?"
"Yes," said Genbumon.
"Of course," said Byakomon. "I know something we can do.
There's a little cave about a third of the way up the mountain. I
could make it big enough for everyone."
"I'll help with that," said Genbumon.
"And I could collect branches to cover the entrance," said Seiryumon.
"Me too," said Kazakimon, "and afterwards, I'll go and get everyone
from the village."
"All right," said Seiryumon. "Let's go!"
Byakomon raced up the side of the mountain to the little cave.
"White Lightning Blast!" His special attack widened the cave, but
left it full of rubble. He and Genbumon began pushing it out of
the cave.
Seiryumon and Kazakimon flew around the island, collecting tree
branches. The wind blew harder against them. When they
finally got to the cave, everyone sat down and began weaving the
branches into a thick mat. After a while, clouds darkened the
sky. "I have to go now," said Kazakimon. "Are we finished
yet?"
"Almost," said Byakomon.
"Don't worry," said Genbumon. "We'll have this done by the
time you get back."
Kazakimon flew down to the village as quickly as she could and
called, "Elecmon!"
The small red Digimon ran up to her. "Who are you?" he asked.
"I'm Kazakimon, but I used to be Torimon."
"Oh! Nice to see you again."
"You, too. Listen, my friends and I have made a storm shelter
for you and all the babies. I need your help to round them all up
and get them to the shelter."
"Thank you! Let's do it!" The two of them shepherded all
the baby Digimon to the gates of the village. "We're going away
for a while," Elecmon explained to them, "so we can get out of the
rain."
"Will we ever come back?" asked a little pink Pururumon.
"Yes, we will," said Elecmon.
Kazakimon led the way up to the cave with dozens of babies bouncing
along behind her. After a long and hard hike, they reached their
destination. Kazakimon's friends were holding the branch cover up
over the entrance.
"Kazakimon!" cried Seiryumon. "You did it!"
"You did it too!" she answered. "Thank you!"
"Everyone inside!" Elecmon instructed the babies.
They scrambled into the cave. Kazakimon, who was already
inside, watched them enter - and then saw one of them tossed away on
the wind, and heard its terrified cry, as well as Elecmon's:
"Leafmon! No!"
"I'll save him!" said Kazakimon.
"You can't fly in this storm!" said Seiryumon.
"I'm going to try!" Kazakimon flew out of the cave.
The sky was now completely covered with clouds, and the wind was
furious. Kazakimon spotted Leafmon blowing helplessly
around. Struggling against the wind, she reached him and caught
him carefully in one powerful taloned foot just as rain started to
fall. She returned to the cave and the other Guardians covered
the entrance.
Thunder broke over the island, and rain hammered on the
branches. Kazakimon set Leafmon down and rested, worn out from
the ordeal.
"Thank you for saving Leafmon," said Elecmon, who was now comforting
the terrified baby Digimon.
"You're welcome," said Kazakimon. "I'm so glad we're all safe
and dry in here."
They waited out the long hours of the storm together. When the
sounds of rain and wind outside the cave had died down, they knew that
it was all over.
"Finally!" said Byakomon. "Let's get out of here!"
The Guardians pushed the branches away from the entrance and stepped
out of the cave, walking over broken plants and rocks left over from
the excavation that had taken place earlier. They had gone only a
few feet when the sun burst through the clouds and shone on them.
The time had come for their final evolution.
At last, they returned to their Ultimate-level forms: Qinglongmon,
Zhuqiaomon, Xuanwumon, and Baihumon. The babies and Elecmon
watched them in awe.
"We did it!" said Zhuqiaomon.
"I guess we earned our Ultimate forms back by saving all the
babies," said Qinglongmon.
"Now we can travel to the other parts of the Digital World to watch
over them," said Baihumon.
"You're going?" said Elecmon. "Why?"
"After we first left the village," Qinglongmon explained, "we went
up to the top of this mountain and found a message for us. It
said that we are the guardians of this whole world, and when we get to
the Ultimate level, we have to go away and watch over our own
domains. It's our destiny."
"We don't want you to leave!" said Leafmon. "You're our
heroes!"
"Wait a minute," said Xuanwumon. "This is where new Digimon come
from. There won't be any where we're going unless we take them
there."
"That's true," said Qinglongmon. Then he asked Elecmon, "Will
you decide which of the babies are ready to leave here? We'll be
going in a few days."
"All right," said Elecmon, a little sadly.
*******
Several days later, rafts had been constructed for Baihumon and
Xuanwumon, who couldn't fly. Some of the older babies had been
selected to go with the Guardians - Koromon, Tanemon, Bukamon, Tokomon,
Nyaromon, Upamon, Gigimon, Viximon, Gummymon, Kokomon, Kapurimon,
Yaamon, and many more.
Everyone gathered on the beach to see them off. Some of the
babies boarded the rafts, and others mounted Zhuqiaomon and Qinglongmon.
"Goodbye," said Elecmon. "I hope to see you again someday."
"Goodbye, Elecmon," said Qinglongmon. "I will come back."
Elecmon waved and the remaining babies squeaked their goodbyes as
the four Guardians sailed and flew away, each in a different direction.
Disclaimer: Digimon and all related characters, places, etc. belong to
Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation, Bandai, and Disney. No money is
being made off this; I write because it's fun. :-)
