Quest for the Crests
Kari had woken up eventually. She seemed extremely upset, and, as Mary pointed out, she had a very good reason for it. She had left as soon as possible and the group had decided to get off the mountain immediately.
Violet was a little weaker, as Moonlight had used up all her energy, but she was still full of beans. She and Mary always seemed to be chatting at the back of the group.
Eventually, they found themselves back at the beach where Tidalmon had attacked. Thankfully, there was no Tidalmon. They all sat down, and began their usual beach activities. Or as usual as they could get in the Digiworld.
Steve hugged his knees, watching Snowmon plunge into the waves. He wished he could join his Digimon, but there wasn't anywhere for him to get changed into the pair of swimming trunks he always carried (don't even ASK).
Mike looked at Firepentmon, who sighed. He curled up and fell into a doze. He knew he couldn't keep up with Mike when he started running. Mike grinned and set off across the beach at a brisk jogging pace.
Both Violet and Mary plonked themselves down on the sand. Mary pulled out her pad and started drawing, and Violet started typing on her computer. Pearlmon asked, "What are you doing?"
"Well," Violet began, then glanced at Mary. Her friend nodded. The girl continued, "At home, my best friend, Lizzie, Mary and I have our own Digimon website. We also have different names that we call each other. Lizzie is called Digital Empress, but we just call her Empress, or, when I'm typing, she's DE. Mary is called Night Slayer, because of her fascination with all things Buffy, and I'm called Lady Moon.
"Mary is in charge of pictures, I type different stories, plus I'm webmistress, which means I'm in charge of the website, and Lizzie comes up with all the weird ideas that give the website its reputation. At the moment, Mary and I are working on some stuff for the site." Both Digimon looked confused, so she tried again, with Mary helping.
John switched on his computer, and then he frowned. There was a weird flashing light in the top right-hand corner of the screen. He tried clicking on it, and an e-mail popped up:
`Dear John,
The two of us have never met, but I do know you, and you know me. I am your grandfather, Izzy Izumi. ` John jerked backwards at that, but then he carried on reading it. `
`Gennai asked me to warn you before he contacted you, as he wanted all of you to see it. By the way, congratulations on defeating Witchmon.
Your Grandfather,
Izzy`
John shook his head, then looked back at the screen. The e-mail was still there. He gestured to Violet and Mary, who came over to see why he was acting so mad. They exchanged glances when they'd read it. Mary gestured to her dress, "There's no way I'll catch up with Mike in this. I'll try to stop Steve's daydream."
Violet sighed, then started to run in the direction Mike had gone in. Mary crouched by Steve. He didn't react. She rolled her eyes, then shook his shoulder gently. No reaction.
Carefully, she put her mouth very close to his ear, then shouted as loud as she could, "STEVE! JOHN WANTS YOU!"
He jumped as though he'd been electrocuted. He spun round and yelled, "MARY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"
Mary just winked and walked back towards John. Steve sighed, and then he jumped again when a voice in his ear sang, "Steve and Mary, up a tree, K-I- S-S-I-N-G!"
"MIKE!" The blonde spun round and almost punched the laughing boy in the face, but he ducked. Then he (Mike) charged at his (Steve's) stomach. Therefore, they soon ended up rolling wheel fashion towards John.
The tangle of arms and legs that was the two boys was about to ask what was going on when the screen of John's computer suddenly started glowing. The young boy jerked backwards as the light shone onto a space in front of him. A swirling figure began to form in the light. Soon, the light faded and the digidestined could see what it was.
It was a robed man, with a brown beard, moustache and hair. His robe was white, with gold lining. He smiled at the digidestined, "Hi."
V whispered, ~ "Feeling a sense of déjà vu?" ~
Violet felt a shiver go down her spine. V was right. He did seem familiar. Then the man solved her problem, "You've heard of me. My name is Gennai."
They all stared. Well, apart from Violet. She gave a snort of laughter. Then they all stared at her instead. She managed to stutter out, "H.he's like Obi-wan K.kenobi! F.first he's old, t.then he's young with a.a sort of p.pigtail, and n.now he's got a b.beard, just like Episode T.two!"
Mary started to smile, then a laugh burst out of her as well. Violet's laughter could get very infectious. Soon, all the digidestined were laughing at the idea. Only Gennai remained serious, but Mike could see he was smiling and was trying extremely hard to stop himself from laughing.
The laughter went on for about five more minutes, until they were all out of breath and had to stop. Then Gennai spoke, "I'm afraid you won't be in such a good mood soon, digidestined."
That got their attention straight away. John asked, "Why not?"
"Because you need to go travelling across the sea. There's a place called Trojan that desperately need some digidestined help."
John interrupted, "`Trojan`? No wonder it needs help. It's bound to be full of viruses!"
Steve glanced at John, "Why in particular?"
John took a deep breath, and everyone groaned. They all knew the beginnings of one of John's lectures. The boy didn't notice. His voice took a strangely robotic tone, as he began, "Trojan is the name of a computer virus. It's illegal to use it, but it exists. You can send to another computer and..."
"OK, OK, hold it right there, John. My ears can't take much more!" Violet interrupted. John stopped and Gennai continued with what he'd been saying.
"Actually, there's more to it than defeating the evil Digimon. You also need to find your crests."
"Has anyone else noticed how like Season 1 this is getting?" asked Steve. Gennai frowned.
"Will you stop interrupting, please? I'm trying to talk. Anyway, as you know what the crests work, I'll go on to the next thing. I asked Whamon to give you a lift and he said OK. Also, he's dropping you off at an island where you'll find your tags."
At those words, they all turned and looked out to see. In the distance, they could see the huge whale Digimon swimming towards them. He came as close to the beach as he could without beaching himself and the digidestined climbed on. Gennai waved, then disappeared in a flash of light.
Whamon shot off. His speed caught everyone off guard and Mary screamed, "WHAMON! SLOW DOWN!"
Luckily, he managed to hear her over the rushing water and he slowed down. Everyone let out the breath they'd been holding.
About an hour later, they were all in a half-doze, when suddenly Whamon stopped. Steve was closest to consciousness and managed to say, "Are we there, Whamon?"
"Yep. The island with no name," his `ride` replied. Steve rolled over and pinched Mike extremely hard on his arm. The dark-haired boy sprang to wakefulness and tried to murder the blonde, but he (Steve) pointed at the island Whamon was floating next to. Mike understood, and (reluctantly) started shaking Violet, who woke up grumpily. When she saw the island, she whispered something in Mary's ear and her friend awoke.
Steve woke John by yelling, near his ear, "JOHN! YOUR COMPUTER'S FALLEN IN THE SEA!"
In a flash, the younger boy was up, leaning over Whamon's side, trying to see his computer. Then he remembered that it was in his rucksack. He turned round to see Steve laughing, whilst everyone else was getting off. He stomped to the side and slid off, grabbing Steve's ankle on the way, so that he (John) landed on his feet, whilst he (Steve) landed on his `behind`.
The two girls (and remaining boy) firmly positioned their hands over their mouths to stop themselves from laughing. Then there were two loud roars behind them, and all the digidestined turned to look.
One of the roars belonged to a spitting image of a leopard. It growled, and the children noticed it had black eyes. The other roar belonged to a dragon Digimon, with icy blue scales, claws and wings. There were dots of glistening white all over it. It also had black eyes.
John opened his computer and started typing. An image of the leopard one popped up. John read, "That's Leopardmon. She's a deadly hunter, with a Leopard Claw attack that can take you out in a swipe."
"Well, what's the other one then?" Mary asked. John did some typing and Leopardmon's picture was replaced by one of the blue and white dragon.
The boy read, "His name's Icedramon. He's an ice dragon which can freeze you in a second with his Dragon Ice."
Both Mike and Violet tensed, ready for battle. So did Leopardmon and Icedramon. They stood in the same position for a second, and then light started to shoot from the children's digivices and enveloped them.
"Mike digimorph to Tigermon!"
"Violet digimorph to Moondramon!"
Leopardmon and Tigermon leapt at each other, and the two dragon Digimon soared into the air. Mary glanced at the remaining digidestined and saw that Steve looked worried. She leant close to him, "What's wrong?"
He looked at her, " Well, if our tags are on this island, Mike and Violet don't have time to fight." Then he shaded his eyes and looked up at Moondramon's silhouette, "Besides, I don't think Moondramon will be as powerful in the daytime."
However, that didn't stop the Digimon. Tigermon slashed at Leopardmon, but his opponent swerved, then flung out a paw at the tiger Digimon. Moondramon tried her Crescent Moon, but Steve was right. It wasn't as powerful. Icedramon opened his mouth and shot ice at the moon dragon.
Steve couldn't stand it. He wasn't going to see his friends killed. His hand touched a button on his digivice, without him realising what he was doing. Suddenly, it started to glow, and so did Snowmon.
"Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!"
The ice Digimon stood next to his human partner, who had no idea what happened. Then he grinned and climbed on. Icemon's back was smoother than he'd thought, so he threw his arms round his Digimon's neck to stop himself from falling off.
Moondramon looked down at the ice Digimon. Then she smiled, and seemed to talk to Icemon, as Steve's Digimon nodded. Icemon shot an Ice Jewel at Icedramon. It wasn't powerful enough to hurt him, but it got him mad.
He swooped down towards Steve and his `steed`. Icemon turned round and ran towards the water. He whispered to Steve, "Hold your breath. We're going under."
The boy took a deep breath, shut his eyes and bent down. Icemon plunged into the sea and Icedramon hovered just above them, waiting for them to surface. Whilst her enemy was distracted, Moondramon flew up behind him, and used a move she hadn't used before.
"Full Moon!" The moon on her forehead glowed and shot out a white light at the ice dragon. As soon as it hit him, the penultimate black ball came out and disintegrated.
Meanwhile, the two big cat Digimon grappled with claws and teeth, slashing and biting at anything they could reach. Tigermon had managed to cut a line from Leopardmon's left ear to his shoulder, but the leopard Digimon had slashed across Tigermon's back and across his scar.
They were a mass of fur and claws and teeth and blood. The digidestined knew they should help, but the battle was hypnotic. Then Leopardmon got a lucky cut across Tigermon's belly, and sent her adversary sprawling.
Moondramon and Icemon both went back to their former selves without anyone noticing. Violet raised an eyebrow at the fighters, then Pearlmon pointed out to her, "Mike's not acting like a person who's turned into a Digimon, is he?"
The girl replied, "Well, I guess there's a bit of the real Digimon in us, so when we digimorph it surfaces. Thing is, it only takes control if its feelings are either stronger than ours or if it has the same emotions as we do. Then, I suppose we become a true Digimon, rather than half-Digimon, half-human."
"How do you know?" Her Digimon asked, surprised that Violet knew what was happening.
"It just came to me. Also, I felt something like it when I was fighting Witchmon. I wanted to turn her back, and Moondramon wanted to turn her back."
Steve crouched next to her, "So you think Tigermon and Mike were feeling angry?" She nodded. He continued, "Well, what do we do?"
At that, the girl shrugged, "I don't know."
Steve sighed. Then he jumped when Firepentmon nudged him. He'd forgotten about the Digimon, and the cool reptile skin was not what he was expecting to feel on a hot beach. He looked down at the fire snake, "What?"
The Digimon replied, "If I know Mike, he doesn't get this angry about fighting Digimon, at least, when it isn't their fault. I think Tigermon's anger was a lot stronger than Mike's, which is why he's fighting like a tiger, and not like a boy."
Mary joined in, "Well, we have to help. If we don't, Mike could get killed."
Violet rolled her eyes, "Thank you for that optimistic piece of news. We'll ponder that for a while."
Steve sighed, "We have to find a way to get Mike back in control."
"Yes! Superb idea! We'll just walk up to him and say `please let Mike have control. ` And while we're doing that, we can avoid either of them ripping us apart!" Violet said sarcastically.
At this point, V intervened, ~ 'You could just try to trigger one of Mike's stronger emotions.' ~
Violet replied, 'Yeah, let's stick Steve in front of him! That way, he'll attack Steve and not Leopardmon. Brilliant!'
However, it was a good idea, and she relayed it to the group. Soon, they were all sitting down trying to think of a way to trigger his memories. Well, all except for Firepentmon and Violet. They couldn't stop watching the battle.
Suddenly, an idea flickered between the two of them. They exchanged glances, and each saw their expression in the other's face. They nodded, and slipped away.
Firepentmon went first, hurling himself down between the two cats. The two Digimon stopped and stared, and a flicker of recognition went across Tigermon's face. Then both of them snarled. Who was this Digimon, to so boldly interrupt their fight for their honour (which was what it was)?
Then Violet flung herself down, next to Firepentmon. Again the two fighters stopped, but this time Tigermon didn't start snarling again. He stared at the crouching girl. What was so familiar about her?
Then a tidal wave of thought crashed into his mind, and he took a step backwards. What was he doing? Why was he fighting? There had to be a way that didn't end in blood. And how could he even THINK of hurting his Digimon?
Leopardmon couldn't understand what was happening. She was fighting Tigermon, who was a worthy opponent, but a Digimon and a human had appeared, and her enemy wasn't moving. She snarled impatiently and aimed at the girl, "Leopard Claw!"
Tigermon leapt in the way, "Tiger Swipe!"
The two paws met, and sent their owners flying back. Leopardmon was up first, growling like a steam engine. Violet stood up, frowning at the Digimon. Then a large red bird with a plume of flame on its head swooped down, "Phoenix Fire!"
The fire shot out at the unsuspecting Leopardmon. She was about to leap, and the blast sent her rolling forwards. Then the very last black ball burst out and disappeared.
Tigermon glowed and shrank. Soon, an exhausted looking Mike lay on his back. Phoenixomon went back to Mythicmon and flew onto John's outstretched fist. The boy proceeded to stroke his Digimon's wings.
Mary had disappeared at some point between Firepentmon and Violet's landing between the two cats and Phoenixomon's entrance. Suddenly she appeared again, running away from a cave in the small hill that was in the centre of the island.
She yelled, "You guys, I found the tags! They're in that cave!" She gestured over her shoulder. The group stared at her, and then Steve stood up and walked towards the cave.
Violet smacked Mike twice to wake him up. He groaned, then he sat up, holding his head. He took in Steve walking towards the cave, with John behind him, and pulled himself to his feet.
Minutes later, they were all standing around an open box. The box itself had beautiful patterns carved into it, with a picture of an arrow and a sword crossed on the front. Behind them was a picture of one of their digivices. But the only thing the digidestined were interested in was the contents of the box. Five silver necklaces with a glass hexagon on the front lay in a pile.
Steve reached out and picked the middle one up. It flashed and he dropped it in surprise. It had given him an electric shock. Mike picked up the one under the top one. It lay in his hand innocently. On the back was a carving of a sword.
John picked up the bottom one. It had a picture of a key on the back. Violet cautiously picked up the one Steve had dropped. It didn't flash, and she carefully turned it over. On the back was a candle. Mary picked up the one that had been on top of John's. On the back was an engraving of a jewel.
Steve picked up the only one that was left. It was the one that had been on top. On the back were three arrows that joined at the start, then split up. One pointed forwards, one to the right and the other to the left. He raised an eyebrow, then turned to the group, "Well, we've got our tags, now let's go to Trojan and get our crests!"
WHAT NEW ENEMIES AWAIT THEM IN TROJAN? AND WILL THEY ALL FIND THEIR CRESTS? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's Note: Why is it the most basic ones are always the long ones? This one's storyline was simple: They meet Gennai, they ride Whamon to island, they find crests. That was it. This `Short to Long` thing HAS TO STOP!!!!
Oh, and a little note to readers: PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!! The only reviews I ever get are for the first chapter, and there's LOADS more than that! So please! Review!!!!!
P.S. MistyEyes, if you've read this far, you'll be pleased to know I'm considering changing it soon. Just next time don't get so moody with me! Hey, anyone else want me to update it to Series 05? TELL ME!!!!
Kari had woken up eventually. She seemed extremely upset, and, as Mary pointed out, she had a very good reason for it. She had left as soon as possible and the group had decided to get off the mountain immediately.
Violet was a little weaker, as Moonlight had used up all her energy, but she was still full of beans. She and Mary always seemed to be chatting at the back of the group.
Eventually, they found themselves back at the beach where Tidalmon had attacked. Thankfully, there was no Tidalmon. They all sat down, and began their usual beach activities. Or as usual as they could get in the Digiworld.
Steve hugged his knees, watching Snowmon plunge into the waves. He wished he could join his Digimon, but there wasn't anywhere for him to get changed into the pair of swimming trunks he always carried (don't even ASK).
Mike looked at Firepentmon, who sighed. He curled up and fell into a doze. He knew he couldn't keep up with Mike when he started running. Mike grinned and set off across the beach at a brisk jogging pace.
Both Violet and Mary plonked themselves down on the sand. Mary pulled out her pad and started drawing, and Violet started typing on her computer. Pearlmon asked, "What are you doing?"
"Well," Violet began, then glanced at Mary. Her friend nodded. The girl continued, "At home, my best friend, Lizzie, Mary and I have our own Digimon website. We also have different names that we call each other. Lizzie is called Digital Empress, but we just call her Empress, or, when I'm typing, she's DE. Mary is called Night Slayer, because of her fascination with all things Buffy, and I'm called Lady Moon.
"Mary is in charge of pictures, I type different stories, plus I'm webmistress, which means I'm in charge of the website, and Lizzie comes up with all the weird ideas that give the website its reputation. At the moment, Mary and I are working on some stuff for the site." Both Digimon looked confused, so she tried again, with Mary helping.
John switched on his computer, and then he frowned. There was a weird flashing light in the top right-hand corner of the screen. He tried clicking on it, and an e-mail popped up:
`Dear John,
The two of us have never met, but I do know you, and you know me. I am your grandfather, Izzy Izumi. ` John jerked backwards at that, but then he carried on reading it. `
`Gennai asked me to warn you before he contacted you, as he wanted all of you to see it. By the way, congratulations on defeating Witchmon.
Your Grandfather,
Izzy`
John shook his head, then looked back at the screen. The e-mail was still there. He gestured to Violet and Mary, who came over to see why he was acting so mad. They exchanged glances when they'd read it. Mary gestured to her dress, "There's no way I'll catch up with Mike in this. I'll try to stop Steve's daydream."
Violet sighed, then started to run in the direction Mike had gone in. Mary crouched by Steve. He didn't react. She rolled her eyes, then shook his shoulder gently. No reaction.
Carefully, she put her mouth very close to his ear, then shouted as loud as she could, "STEVE! JOHN WANTS YOU!"
He jumped as though he'd been electrocuted. He spun round and yelled, "MARY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"
Mary just winked and walked back towards John. Steve sighed, and then he jumped again when a voice in his ear sang, "Steve and Mary, up a tree, K-I- S-S-I-N-G!"
"MIKE!" The blonde spun round and almost punched the laughing boy in the face, but he ducked. Then he (Mike) charged at his (Steve's) stomach. Therefore, they soon ended up rolling wheel fashion towards John.
The tangle of arms and legs that was the two boys was about to ask what was going on when the screen of John's computer suddenly started glowing. The young boy jerked backwards as the light shone onto a space in front of him. A swirling figure began to form in the light. Soon, the light faded and the digidestined could see what it was.
It was a robed man, with a brown beard, moustache and hair. His robe was white, with gold lining. He smiled at the digidestined, "Hi."
V whispered, ~ "Feeling a sense of déjà vu?" ~
Violet felt a shiver go down her spine. V was right. He did seem familiar. Then the man solved her problem, "You've heard of me. My name is Gennai."
They all stared. Well, apart from Violet. She gave a snort of laughter. Then they all stared at her instead. She managed to stutter out, "H.he's like Obi-wan K.kenobi! F.first he's old, t.then he's young with a.a sort of p.pigtail, and n.now he's got a b.beard, just like Episode T.two!"
Mary started to smile, then a laugh burst out of her as well. Violet's laughter could get very infectious. Soon, all the digidestined were laughing at the idea. Only Gennai remained serious, but Mike could see he was smiling and was trying extremely hard to stop himself from laughing.
The laughter went on for about five more minutes, until they were all out of breath and had to stop. Then Gennai spoke, "I'm afraid you won't be in such a good mood soon, digidestined."
That got their attention straight away. John asked, "Why not?"
"Because you need to go travelling across the sea. There's a place called Trojan that desperately need some digidestined help."
John interrupted, "`Trojan`? No wonder it needs help. It's bound to be full of viruses!"
Steve glanced at John, "Why in particular?"
John took a deep breath, and everyone groaned. They all knew the beginnings of one of John's lectures. The boy didn't notice. His voice took a strangely robotic tone, as he began, "Trojan is the name of a computer virus. It's illegal to use it, but it exists. You can send to another computer and..."
"OK, OK, hold it right there, John. My ears can't take much more!" Violet interrupted. John stopped and Gennai continued with what he'd been saying.
"Actually, there's more to it than defeating the evil Digimon. You also need to find your crests."
"Has anyone else noticed how like Season 1 this is getting?" asked Steve. Gennai frowned.
"Will you stop interrupting, please? I'm trying to talk. Anyway, as you know what the crests work, I'll go on to the next thing. I asked Whamon to give you a lift and he said OK. Also, he's dropping you off at an island where you'll find your tags."
At those words, they all turned and looked out to see. In the distance, they could see the huge whale Digimon swimming towards them. He came as close to the beach as he could without beaching himself and the digidestined climbed on. Gennai waved, then disappeared in a flash of light.
Whamon shot off. His speed caught everyone off guard and Mary screamed, "WHAMON! SLOW DOWN!"
Luckily, he managed to hear her over the rushing water and he slowed down. Everyone let out the breath they'd been holding.
About an hour later, they were all in a half-doze, when suddenly Whamon stopped. Steve was closest to consciousness and managed to say, "Are we there, Whamon?"
"Yep. The island with no name," his `ride` replied. Steve rolled over and pinched Mike extremely hard on his arm. The dark-haired boy sprang to wakefulness and tried to murder the blonde, but he (Steve) pointed at the island Whamon was floating next to. Mike understood, and (reluctantly) started shaking Violet, who woke up grumpily. When she saw the island, she whispered something in Mary's ear and her friend awoke.
Steve woke John by yelling, near his ear, "JOHN! YOUR COMPUTER'S FALLEN IN THE SEA!"
In a flash, the younger boy was up, leaning over Whamon's side, trying to see his computer. Then he remembered that it was in his rucksack. He turned round to see Steve laughing, whilst everyone else was getting off. He stomped to the side and slid off, grabbing Steve's ankle on the way, so that he (John) landed on his feet, whilst he (Steve) landed on his `behind`.
The two girls (and remaining boy) firmly positioned their hands over their mouths to stop themselves from laughing. Then there were two loud roars behind them, and all the digidestined turned to look.
One of the roars belonged to a spitting image of a leopard. It growled, and the children noticed it had black eyes. The other roar belonged to a dragon Digimon, with icy blue scales, claws and wings. There were dots of glistening white all over it. It also had black eyes.
John opened his computer and started typing. An image of the leopard one popped up. John read, "That's Leopardmon. She's a deadly hunter, with a Leopard Claw attack that can take you out in a swipe."
"Well, what's the other one then?" Mary asked. John did some typing and Leopardmon's picture was replaced by one of the blue and white dragon.
The boy read, "His name's Icedramon. He's an ice dragon which can freeze you in a second with his Dragon Ice."
Both Mike and Violet tensed, ready for battle. So did Leopardmon and Icedramon. They stood in the same position for a second, and then light started to shoot from the children's digivices and enveloped them.
"Mike digimorph to Tigermon!"
"Violet digimorph to Moondramon!"
Leopardmon and Tigermon leapt at each other, and the two dragon Digimon soared into the air. Mary glanced at the remaining digidestined and saw that Steve looked worried. She leant close to him, "What's wrong?"
He looked at her, " Well, if our tags are on this island, Mike and Violet don't have time to fight." Then he shaded his eyes and looked up at Moondramon's silhouette, "Besides, I don't think Moondramon will be as powerful in the daytime."
However, that didn't stop the Digimon. Tigermon slashed at Leopardmon, but his opponent swerved, then flung out a paw at the tiger Digimon. Moondramon tried her Crescent Moon, but Steve was right. It wasn't as powerful. Icedramon opened his mouth and shot ice at the moon dragon.
Steve couldn't stand it. He wasn't going to see his friends killed. His hand touched a button on his digivice, without him realising what he was doing. Suddenly, it started to glow, and so did Snowmon.
"Snowmon digivolve to Icemon!"
The ice Digimon stood next to his human partner, who had no idea what happened. Then he grinned and climbed on. Icemon's back was smoother than he'd thought, so he threw his arms round his Digimon's neck to stop himself from falling off.
Moondramon looked down at the ice Digimon. Then she smiled, and seemed to talk to Icemon, as Steve's Digimon nodded. Icemon shot an Ice Jewel at Icedramon. It wasn't powerful enough to hurt him, but it got him mad.
He swooped down towards Steve and his `steed`. Icemon turned round and ran towards the water. He whispered to Steve, "Hold your breath. We're going under."
The boy took a deep breath, shut his eyes and bent down. Icemon plunged into the sea and Icedramon hovered just above them, waiting for them to surface. Whilst her enemy was distracted, Moondramon flew up behind him, and used a move she hadn't used before.
"Full Moon!" The moon on her forehead glowed and shot out a white light at the ice dragon. As soon as it hit him, the penultimate black ball came out and disintegrated.
Meanwhile, the two big cat Digimon grappled with claws and teeth, slashing and biting at anything they could reach. Tigermon had managed to cut a line from Leopardmon's left ear to his shoulder, but the leopard Digimon had slashed across Tigermon's back and across his scar.
They were a mass of fur and claws and teeth and blood. The digidestined knew they should help, but the battle was hypnotic. Then Leopardmon got a lucky cut across Tigermon's belly, and sent her adversary sprawling.
Moondramon and Icemon both went back to their former selves without anyone noticing. Violet raised an eyebrow at the fighters, then Pearlmon pointed out to her, "Mike's not acting like a person who's turned into a Digimon, is he?"
The girl replied, "Well, I guess there's a bit of the real Digimon in us, so when we digimorph it surfaces. Thing is, it only takes control if its feelings are either stronger than ours or if it has the same emotions as we do. Then, I suppose we become a true Digimon, rather than half-Digimon, half-human."
"How do you know?" Her Digimon asked, surprised that Violet knew what was happening.
"It just came to me. Also, I felt something like it when I was fighting Witchmon. I wanted to turn her back, and Moondramon wanted to turn her back."
Steve crouched next to her, "So you think Tigermon and Mike were feeling angry?" She nodded. He continued, "Well, what do we do?"
At that, the girl shrugged, "I don't know."
Steve sighed. Then he jumped when Firepentmon nudged him. He'd forgotten about the Digimon, and the cool reptile skin was not what he was expecting to feel on a hot beach. He looked down at the fire snake, "What?"
The Digimon replied, "If I know Mike, he doesn't get this angry about fighting Digimon, at least, when it isn't their fault. I think Tigermon's anger was a lot stronger than Mike's, which is why he's fighting like a tiger, and not like a boy."
Mary joined in, "Well, we have to help. If we don't, Mike could get killed."
Violet rolled her eyes, "Thank you for that optimistic piece of news. We'll ponder that for a while."
Steve sighed, "We have to find a way to get Mike back in control."
"Yes! Superb idea! We'll just walk up to him and say `please let Mike have control. ` And while we're doing that, we can avoid either of them ripping us apart!" Violet said sarcastically.
At this point, V intervened, ~ 'You could just try to trigger one of Mike's stronger emotions.' ~
Violet replied, 'Yeah, let's stick Steve in front of him! That way, he'll attack Steve and not Leopardmon. Brilliant!'
However, it was a good idea, and she relayed it to the group. Soon, they were all sitting down trying to think of a way to trigger his memories. Well, all except for Firepentmon and Violet. They couldn't stop watching the battle.
Suddenly, an idea flickered between the two of them. They exchanged glances, and each saw their expression in the other's face. They nodded, and slipped away.
Firepentmon went first, hurling himself down between the two cats. The two Digimon stopped and stared, and a flicker of recognition went across Tigermon's face. Then both of them snarled. Who was this Digimon, to so boldly interrupt their fight for their honour (which was what it was)?
Then Violet flung herself down, next to Firepentmon. Again the two fighters stopped, but this time Tigermon didn't start snarling again. He stared at the crouching girl. What was so familiar about her?
Then a tidal wave of thought crashed into his mind, and he took a step backwards. What was he doing? Why was he fighting? There had to be a way that didn't end in blood. And how could he even THINK of hurting his Digimon?
Leopardmon couldn't understand what was happening. She was fighting Tigermon, who was a worthy opponent, but a Digimon and a human had appeared, and her enemy wasn't moving. She snarled impatiently and aimed at the girl, "Leopard Claw!"
Tigermon leapt in the way, "Tiger Swipe!"
The two paws met, and sent their owners flying back. Leopardmon was up first, growling like a steam engine. Violet stood up, frowning at the Digimon. Then a large red bird with a plume of flame on its head swooped down, "Phoenix Fire!"
The fire shot out at the unsuspecting Leopardmon. She was about to leap, and the blast sent her rolling forwards. Then the very last black ball burst out and disappeared.
Tigermon glowed and shrank. Soon, an exhausted looking Mike lay on his back. Phoenixomon went back to Mythicmon and flew onto John's outstretched fist. The boy proceeded to stroke his Digimon's wings.
Mary had disappeared at some point between Firepentmon and Violet's landing between the two cats and Phoenixomon's entrance. Suddenly she appeared again, running away from a cave in the small hill that was in the centre of the island.
She yelled, "You guys, I found the tags! They're in that cave!" She gestured over her shoulder. The group stared at her, and then Steve stood up and walked towards the cave.
Violet smacked Mike twice to wake him up. He groaned, then he sat up, holding his head. He took in Steve walking towards the cave, with John behind him, and pulled himself to his feet.
Minutes later, they were all standing around an open box. The box itself had beautiful patterns carved into it, with a picture of an arrow and a sword crossed on the front. Behind them was a picture of one of their digivices. But the only thing the digidestined were interested in was the contents of the box. Five silver necklaces with a glass hexagon on the front lay in a pile.
Steve reached out and picked the middle one up. It flashed and he dropped it in surprise. It had given him an electric shock. Mike picked up the one under the top one. It lay in his hand innocently. On the back was a carving of a sword.
John picked up the bottom one. It had a picture of a key on the back. Violet cautiously picked up the one Steve had dropped. It didn't flash, and she carefully turned it over. On the back was a candle. Mary picked up the one that had been on top of John's. On the back was an engraving of a jewel.
Steve picked up the only one that was left. It was the one that had been on top. On the back were three arrows that joined at the start, then split up. One pointed forwards, one to the right and the other to the left. He raised an eyebrow, then turned to the group, "Well, we've got our tags, now let's go to Trojan and get our crests!"
WHAT NEW ENEMIES AWAIT THEM IN TROJAN? AND WILL THEY ALL FIND THEIR CRESTS? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS!
Author's Note: Why is it the most basic ones are always the long ones? This one's storyline was simple: They meet Gennai, they ride Whamon to island, they find crests. That was it. This `Short to Long` thing HAS TO STOP!!!!
Oh, and a little note to readers: PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!! The only reviews I ever get are for the first chapter, and there's LOADS more than that! So please! Review!!!!!
P.S. MistyEyes, if you've read this far, you'll be pleased to know I'm considering changing it soon. Just next time don't get so moody with me! Hey, anyone else want me to update it to Series 05? TELL ME!!!!