The sun was setting and the digidestined children had finally reached the
bottom of the waterfall. Eric looked around at his newfound friends. Chloe
and Kaii were tired from lugging Amanda's cart all day and the digimon were
exhausted from fighting.
"Hey Kaii." Eric asked. "Why don't we stop here for the night, everybody seems really tired."
"I agree." noted Chloe. "I could really use some shut eye."
"And a big meal!" Ribbitomon added energetically.
"All right, all right." Kaii told the bunch. "We'll stop here for the night, there seems to be a little cavern behind the waterfall so we'll stay there."
Everybody nodded and walked to the waterfall. Tigrimon used her flaming arrow attack to light a fire while the other digimon caught some fish. They all ate the fish happily. Although this wasn't exactly gourmet cooking, nobody had eaten since that morning, so it was good enough. After eating, the group decided to go to sleep so they could get an early start in the morning. Kaii thought that they'd be at Sukoza city by dinnertime tomorrow.
"So are we taking shifts?" Solarimon asked. "I don't think we should all be asleep at the same time, especially since those three digimon are after us."
"Minotaurumon." Lupemon said with a growl.
"Wizardmon" Chloe added, her voice was just as cold.
"And Dark Angemon." Solarimon stated.
With that there was a long silence, nobody wanted to admit what they were all thinking. They knew that those three digimon nearly destroyed them when they first met and even thought they had gotten stronger, the children still might not be strong enough. Tigrimon was the first to speak and broke the silence.
"I'll take the first shift." Tigrimon told everybody.
"I'll go next." Kaii offered.
"Then me." Lupemon added.
"I'll do it next!" Eric added enthusiastically.
"Sorry, but you're a little too little." Chloe told him. "You get some sleep, I'll go after."
"And we'll finish up the night." Solarimon and Ribbitomon said together.
With that everybody found a comfortable spot and began to fall asleep while Tigrimon sat by the fire and looked through the waterfall into the night sky. The others closed their eyes and fell asleep. Eric woke up in the middle of the night. He looked around and saw everybody but Lupemon sleeping. He rubbed his eyes and wondered where his digimon was. He then walked outside the cave and saw Lupemon sitting on the grass staring up at the sky.
"Lupemon, what are you looking at?"
"The stars." Lupemon told Eric. "I've never really seen them before."
"Yeah," Eric replied. "All those New York lights don't let you see the stars."
Eric sat down next to his digimon and stared up at the stars. Eric had never seen anything like it and sat there in awe for a few minutes. He then turned to Lupemon.
"Lupemon, do you think I'm too little?"
"Of course not." Lupemon told him. "What would make you think something like that?""
"Well, Chloe and Kaii are so much bigger than me. I just don't think I can be any use to them. I feel like I'm just getting in the way."
"You're a lot younger than they are Eric, you don't have to be as strong as them."
"But I don't know how I can help them." Eric said quietly. "If I can't keep up with Chloe and Kaii, what good am I? The others are so much stronger than me and that's how they got their digimon to get bigger and stronger."
"You mean digivolve?" Lupemon asked.
"Yeah, that." Eric replied. "Tigrimon digivolved when Chloe ran in front of Snimon's attack and Ribbitomon digivolved when Kaii jumped in the river to save Amanda. I don't think I can be that strong. or that brave. I don't know how to be useful to the group."
"Eric." Lupemon said sternly. "Don't think like that. Yes, you may not be as big as Chloe or Kaii, but that doesn't matter. You'll find your true strengths. You just need to wait."
"I don't understand." Eric said quietly.
"You will." Lupemon told him.
With that the pair grew silent and stared back at the stars. Eric wasn't sure if what he was just told was really true. No matter how hard he thought about what his strengths could be, he couldn't figure out what they were.
"Look Eric!" Lupemon said with delight. "That star is moving."
"It's a shooting star." Eric told him. "If you make a wish on it, it might just come true."
"Really!" Lupemon said excitingly. "I wish for the biggest chocolate bar in the world!"
"Lupemon." Eric laughed. "It won't come true if you say it out load."
"Hmm." Lupemon said. "Then could you wish for it quietly for me?"
Eric laughed and hugged his digimon. "You really should've talked before we came here. I didn't even know you liked chocolate."
Lupemon turned to face Eric and laughed. "I'm surprised you never figured it out. where do you think all your Halloween candy went."
With that Lupemon walked back behind the waterfall.
"You coming Eric?" Lupemon asked him. "My shift is almost over."
"Coming"
'Heh. that's where my candy went, I always thought Amanda ate it.' Eric thought to himself as he went behind the waterfall.
CRASH!
Minotaurumon slammed his fist into the ground.
"These digi-brats are becoming more and more of a nuisance to me. They've destroyed Snimon and Harpymon. If I'm going to destroy those digi-destined, I'll have to do it now. before they get any stronger."
"Musyamon!" "Cyclonemon!"
Two digimon entered the room. The first was armor clad in the style of a Samurai. This digimon also had a large blade. The second was much larger and looked almost mutated. It was yellow with steel covering one of its shoulders and its tail. There was also a brown horned helmet that seemed to be stitched onto him. One of Cyclonemon's arms was also much larger than his other and contained two red claws, instead of three brown claws (which were on his other three limbs).
"I need you two to destroy the digi-destined."
Musyamon nodded to Minotaurumon and then disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Cyclonemon simply roared and burst through the nearest wall.
By the time Eric woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. He looked around the small cave hidden behind the waterfall and sees nobody else. The boy then walked outside and sees the rest of the group getting ready to leave.
"Hey guys." Eric said to the group. "How come you didn't wake me up, I could've helped."
"Well, Lupemon told us how you stayed up last night, we just thought you would want more sleep." Ribbitomon told him.
"And we haven't been up for that long anyway." Kaii said to Eric.
"We've only had time to add this roof to Amanda's cart." Added Solarimon.
"Why does Sis's cart need a roof?" Eric asked.
"Kaii says we're going to cross the desert today. It's the fastest way to Sukoza City." Tigrimon told him.
"Can I help and pull the cart?" Eric asked Chloe
"Why don't you just walk along side it, make sure nothing gets in the way of the wheels?" Chloe told him.
Eric was obviously not thrilled by this idea, but went along with it anyway. As the group moved through the woods, only one thought was going through Eric's head.
'I'm too little.' He kept saying to himself. 'That's why they didn't wake me up, that's why I can't pull the cart. I'm too little to be of any use.'
This walk made Eric quite depressed. He became so depressed that the hours seemed to fly by and Eric didn't even notice when Kaii told him they had reached the desert. Eric looked up at the sky and the sun was almost setting. They had been walking for about 4 hours. Eric looked around at his surroundings. The group had reached a very peculiar spot. The dense forest abruptly ended and a sandy desert began. Eric looked across the desert and he could see a mountain in the distance.
"Is that the mountain?" Eric asked Kaii.
"I sure hope so." Kaii told Eric. "If not then we're going in the wrong direction."
"WHAT?!" Chloe blurted out. "WE MIGHT BE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!"
"Well. it's not like we have a compass." Kaii said defensively.
"Kaii, is there a possibility that we're going in the wrong direction?" Asked Solarimon.
"Probably not, but who knows. anything could happen."
Right after Kaii said those words, the sand on the edge of the desert erupted. A large yellow digimon roared and arose from the sand.
"Hyper Heat!"
A red energy beam shot out of the digimon's eye and hit the ground right in front of the digi-destined.
"Everybody convert your digivices!" Chloe yelled to Kaii and Eric.
The three switched their digivices into battle mode. Kaii's digivice targeted the digimon.
"Cyclonemon. This champion digimon is extraordinarily strong and its hyper heat attack is one hot tomale."
Kaii and Ribbitomon turned to each other and nodded.
"Let's go buddy." Kaii said quietly as Ribbitomon started to glow.
Ribbitomon digivolve to. KAPPAMON!
Kappamon charged towards Cyclonemon and detached his back fin.
"Fin Bla"
Cyclonemon swung his enormous arm and hit Kappamon right across the face before Kappamon could finish his attack. Kappamon flew about twenty feet before hitting the sand.
"KAPPAMON!" Kaii cried out as he ran to his fallen digimon.
"I'm all right" Kappamon re-assured Kaii.
Kappamon then charged Cyclonemon again. Cyclonemon swung his fist again but Kappamon ducked, only to be hit by Cyclonemon's other fist. Kappamon was knocked onto his back and seemed to be having trouble getting up.
"They need our help." Chloe said as she turned to Tigrimon.
"Right." Tigrimon said as she began to glow.
Tigrimon digivolve to. SIBERIMON!
Cyclonemon raised his fists in the air and was preparing to swing them down onto Kappamon.
"Fire Javelin!"
Siberimon's attack knocked Cyclonemon over and Kappamon managed to get back up.
"Thanks Chloe." Kaii said. "Now let's get him!"
"I'm right there with you." Chloe said with confidence.
"Let's go!" Siberimon and Kappamon said together as they charged towards the fallen Cyclonemon.
"Me too!" Solarimon added as she flew not far behind.
"Fire Javelin!" "Fin Blade!" "Razor Wind!"
Cyclonemon used the sand as a cushion to absorb the three digimons' attacks.
"Hyper Heat!"
A red energy beam shot out of Cyclonemon's eye and hit Siberimon, causing her to fly backwards towards the forest.
'How can I possibly help.' Eric thought to himself. 'This digimon is too strong for Kaii and Chloe's digimon, what can I do? I'm too little to help them, I'm too little to help anybody.'
Tears formed around Eric's eyes as he gave into his depression. He now truly thought that he was of no use to the group. Eric turned around and began to run into the forest.
"Eric!" Lupemon cried out as he followed the digidestined.
Eric heard his digimon calling out for him, and he began to slow down. He didn't want to turn around. He didn't want to see the desert. He didn't want to see the battle that he couldn't help in.
"Shogun Sword!"
"ERIC!" Lupemon cried out. "LOOK OUT!"
Lupemon then tackled Eric to the ground just as a large sword passed over his head. The sword that would've split Eric in two flew past and got stuck in a tree.
"What was that?!" Eric cried out.
Eric looked around and he saw what looked like a person in a Samurai outfit. His digivice selected the person and began to speak.
"Musyamon. This ancient digimon is a skilled swordsman and is known throughout the digital world as a fierce assassin."
'Musyamon' Eric thought to himself. 'how can I possibly beat him.'
"Tail Quake!"
Lupemon's attack rippled along the ground towards Musyamon, who simply jumped into the nearest tree.
"Eric! Get out of here, get the others!" Lupemon sternly told the boy.
Eric didn't waste any time and began to run back towards the desert.
"Hyper Heat!"
Cyclonemon's red energy beam shot towards Kappamon. Siberimon unleashed her Fire Javelin attack and destroyed Cyclonemon's attack.
"What can we do?" Kappamon asked Kaii and Chloe. "We aren't strong enough to beat him!"
"I don't know!" Kaii cried out. "We just need to protect Amanda and Eric."
"Where's Eric?" Solarimon asked
"I don't know, he was here just a minute ago." Chloe told them.
"Hyper Heat!"
Cyclonemon let loose yet another attack on the digidestined.
"Everybody down!" Kaii ordered.
Everybody dove down to the ground as the energy blast soared over the group and ignited a nearby tree.
Eric continued to run towards the desert to get help from the others when he came to a revelation. Eric realized that right now, Lupemon was fighting with Musyamon even though Musyamon was much bigger than Lupemon. His digimon was not worried about if he was strong enough to beat Musyamon, he was only worried about protecting Eric. With that, Eric turned around and ran back to where Lupemon and Musyamon were. Eric got back and saw Lupemon continuing to battle against the much larger foe.
"Shogun Sword!"
Musyamon swung his sword towards the little wolf digimon. Lupemon just managed to avoid the blade as it hit the ground, but that was the least of his worries. When Musyamon's sword connected with the ground, a shockwave erupted from the ground, causing Lupemon to fly off the ground and slam against a tree.
"Lupemon!" Eric cried out as he ran towards Lupemon.
"Lupemon!" Eric told his digimon. "I finally understand what you tried to tell me last night. I don't have to be big to be useful. To be truly strong I just have to fight along side with the ones I care about. Just like how Chloe and Kaii did. I can't run away and tell myself I'm too little. I am strong enough to help my friends. and to help you. Now let's fight!"
Lupemon nodded in agreement and began to glow.
Digivolution Activate
Lupemon grew much larger than before and his fur became a darker green. He rose onto his hind legs, but was still hunched over, like a werewolf. His fists became clad in steel and his hind claws grew.
Lupemon digivolve to. ALPHAMON!
Eric's digivice targeted his digimon partner's new form.
"Alphamon. This lone wolf digimon is rarely seen and prefers to dwell in deep forests. Alphamon uses his Fiery Gaze to paralyze his opponents and then strikes with his Iron Claw attack."
"Shogun Sword!"
Musyamon launched his sword towards Alphamon, but the massive wolf digimon simply swung his metal fist and knocked the sword away. He then charged at the Samurai.
"Iron Claw!"
Musyamon burst into a million tiny fragments.
"You did it!" Eric cried out in joy.
"No time for that." Alphamon said with a growl. "They need out help."
Eric and Alphamon ran out of the forest and back into the desert. There they saw the others still struggling with Cyclonemon.
"Kaii! I'm here and Lupemon digivolved!" Eric cried out.
"Great!" Solarimon exclaimed. "We could really use the help."
Alphamon joined up with Kappamon and Siberimon and they all charged Cyclonemon together.
"Hyper Heat!" "Fire Javelin!"
Siberimon's attack negated Cyclonemon's hyper heat.
"Fiery Gaze!"
Alphamon looked right into Cyclonemon's eyes and Cyclonemon couldn't look away.
"NOW!" Alphamon roared.
"Fin Blade!"
Kappamon's fin blade attack cit through Cyclonemon and caused him to explode into tiny fragments.
"We did it!" Eric cried out "We all did it together!"
The digimon all de-digivolved and began to celebrate. The happy mood was soon broken though.
"HEY!" Kaii yelled out. "Who's that over by Amanda!"
Everybody looked to the cart to see a boy about Kaii's height feeding Amanda something. There was also a flying black digimon with him. Once the boy realized he was spotted, he and the digimon ran into the forest. Everybody ran towards Amanda to see what the mystery person had done to her.
"Oh my." Chloe said in disbelief.
"She's." Ribbitomon said
"SHE'S WAKING UP!" Solarimon said joyfully.
"Hey Kaii." Eric asked. "Why don't we stop here for the night, everybody seems really tired."
"I agree." noted Chloe. "I could really use some shut eye."
"And a big meal!" Ribbitomon added energetically.
"All right, all right." Kaii told the bunch. "We'll stop here for the night, there seems to be a little cavern behind the waterfall so we'll stay there."
Everybody nodded and walked to the waterfall. Tigrimon used her flaming arrow attack to light a fire while the other digimon caught some fish. They all ate the fish happily. Although this wasn't exactly gourmet cooking, nobody had eaten since that morning, so it was good enough. After eating, the group decided to go to sleep so they could get an early start in the morning. Kaii thought that they'd be at Sukoza city by dinnertime tomorrow.
"So are we taking shifts?" Solarimon asked. "I don't think we should all be asleep at the same time, especially since those three digimon are after us."
"Minotaurumon." Lupemon said with a growl.
"Wizardmon" Chloe added, her voice was just as cold.
"And Dark Angemon." Solarimon stated.
With that there was a long silence, nobody wanted to admit what they were all thinking. They knew that those three digimon nearly destroyed them when they first met and even thought they had gotten stronger, the children still might not be strong enough. Tigrimon was the first to speak and broke the silence.
"I'll take the first shift." Tigrimon told everybody.
"I'll go next." Kaii offered.
"Then me." Lupemon added.
"I'll do it next!" Eric added enthusiastically.
"Sorry, but you're a little too little." Chloe told him. "You get some sleep, I'll go after."
"And we'll finish up the night." Solarimon and Ribbitomon said together.
With that everybody found a comfortable spot and began to fall asleep while Tigrimon sat by the fire and looked through the waterfall into the night sky. The others closed their eyes and fell asleep. Eric woke up in the middle of the night. He looked around and saw everybody but Lupemon sleeping. He rubbed his eyes and wondered where his digimon was. He then walked outside the cave and saw Lupemon sitting on the grass staring up at the sky.
"Lupemon, what are you looking at?"
"The stars." Lupemon told Eric. "I've never really seen them before."
"Yeah," Eric replied. "All those New York lights don't let you see the stars."
Eric sat down next to his digimon and stared up at the stars. Eric had never seen anything like it and sat there in awe for a few minutes. He then turned to Lupemon.
"Lupemon, do you think I'm too little?"
"Of course not." Lupemon told him. "What would make you think something like that?""
"Well, Chloe and Kaii are so much bigger than me. I just don't think I can be any use to them. I feel like I'm just getting in the way."
"You're a lot younger than they are Eric, you don't have to be as strong as them."
"But I don't know how I can help them." Eric said quietly. "If I can't keep up with Chloe and Kaii, what good am I? The others are so much stronger than me and that's how they got their digimon to get bigger and stronger."
"You mean digivolve?" Lupemon asked.
"Yeah, that." Eric replied. "Tigrimon digivolved when Chloe ran in front of Snimon's attack and Ribbitomon digivolved when Kaii jumped in the river to save Amanda. I don't think I can be that strong. or that brave. I don't know how to be useful to the group."
"Eric." Lupemon said sternly. "Don't think like that. Yes, you may not be as big as Chloe or Kaii, but that doesn't matter. You'll find your true strengths. You just need to wait."
"I don't understand." Eric said quietly.
"You will." Lupemon told him.
With that the pair grew silent and stared back at the stars. Eric wasn't sure if what he was just told was really true. No matter how hard he thought about what his strengths could be, he couldn't figure out what they were.
"Look Eric!" Lupemon said with delight. "That star is moving."
"It's a shooting star." Eric told him. "If you make a wish on it, it might just come true."
"Really!" Lupemon said excitingly. "I wish for the biggest chocolate bar in the world!"
"Lupemon." Eric laughed. "It won't come true if you say it out load."
"Hmm." Lupemon said. "Then could you wish for it quietly for me?"
Eric laughed and hugged his digimon. "You really should've talked before we came here. I didn't even know you liked chocolate."
Lupemon turned to face Eric and laughed. "I'm surprised you never figured it out. where do you think all your Halloween candy went."
With that Lupemon walked back behind the waterfall.
"You coming Eric?" Lupemon asked him. "My shift is almost over."
"Coming"
'Heh. that's where my candy went, I always thought Amanda ate it.' Eric thought to himself as he went behind the waterfall.
CRASH!
Minotaurumon slammed his fist into the ground.
"These digi-brats are becoming more and more of a nuisance to me. They've destroyed Snimon and Harpymon. If I'm going to destroy those digi-destined, I'll have to do it now. before they get any stronger."
"Musyamon!" "Cyclonemon!"
Two digimon entered the room. The first was armor clad in the style of a Samurai. This digimon also had a large blade. The second was much larger and looked almost mutated. It was yellow with steel covering one of its shoulders and its tail. There was also a brown horned helmet that seemed to be stitched onto him. One of Cyclonemon's arms was also much larger than his other and contained two red claws, instead of three brown claws (which were on his other three limbs).
"I need you two to destroy the digi-destined."
Musyamon nodded to Minotaurumon and then disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Cyclonemon simply roared and burst through the nearest wall.
By the time Eric woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. He looked around the small cave hidden behind the waterfall and sees nobody else. The boy then walked outside and sees the rest of the group getting ready to leave.
"Hey guys." Eric said to the group. "How come you didn't wake me up, I could've helped."
"Well, Lupemon told us how you stayed up last night, we just thought you would want more sleep." Ribbitomon told him.
"And we haven't been up for that long anyway." Kaii said to Eric.
"We've only had time to add this roof to Amanda's cart." Added Solarimon.
"Why does Sis's cart need a roof?" Eric asked.
"Kaii says we're going to cross the desert today. It's the fastest way to Sukoza City." Tigrimon told him.
"Can I help and pull the cart?" Eric asked Chloe
"Why don't you just walk along side it, make sure nothing gets in the way of the wheels?" Chloe told him.
Eric was obviously not thrilled by this idea, but went along with it anyway. As the group moved through the woods, only one thought was going through Eric's head.
'I'm too little.' He kept saying to himself. 'That's why they didn't wake me up, that's why I can't pull the cart. I'm too little to be of any use.'
This walk made Eric quite depressed. He became so depressed that the hours seemed to fly by and Eric didn't even notice when Kaii told him they had reached the desert. Eric looked up at the sky and the sun was almost setting. They had been walking for about 4 hours. Eric looked around at his surroundings. The group had reached a very peculiar spot. The dense forest abruptly ended and a sandy desert began. Eric looked across the desert and he could see a mountain in the distance.
"Is that the mountain?" Eric asked Kaii.
"I sure hope so." Kaii told Eric. "If not then we're going in the wrong direction."
"WHAT?!" Chloe blurted out. "WE MIGHT BE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!"
"Well. it's not like we have a compass." Kaii said defensively.
"Kaii, is there a possibility that we're going in the wrong direction?" Asked Solarimon.
"Probably not, but who knows. anything could happen."
Right after Kaii said those words, the sand on the edge of the desert erupted. A large yellow digimon roared and arose from the sand.
"Hyper Heat!"
A red energy beam shot out of the digimon's eye and hit the ground right in front of the digi-destined.
"Everybody convert your digivices!" Chloe yelled to Kaii and Eric.
The three switched their digivices into battle mode. Kaii's digivice targeted the digimon.
"Cyclonemon. This champion digimon is extraordinarily strong and its hyper heat attack is one hot tomale."
Kaii and Ribbitomon turned to each other and nodded.
"Let's go buddy." Kaii said quietly as Ribbitomon started to glow.
Ribbitomon digivolve to. KAPPAMON!
Kappamon charged towards Cyclonemon and detached his back fin.
"Fin Bla"
Cyclonemon swung his enormous arm and hit Kappamon right across the face before Kappamon could finish his attack. Kappamon flew about twenty feet before hitting the sand.
"KAPPAMON!" Kaii cried out as he ran to his fallen digimon.
"I'm all right" Kappamon re-assured Kaii.
Kappamon then charged Cyclonemon again. Cyclonemon swung his fist again but Kappamon ducked, only to be hit by Cyclonemon's other fist. Kappamon was knocked onto his back and seemed to be having trouble getting up.
"They need our help." Chloe said as she turned to Tigrimon.
"Right." Tigrimon said as she began to glow.
Tigrimon digivolve to. SIBERIMON!
Cyclonemon raised his fists in the air and was preparing to swing them down onto Kappamon.
"Fire Javelin!"
Siberimon's attack knocked Cyclonemon over and Kappamon managed to get back up.
"Thanks Chloe." Kaii said. "Now let's get him!"
"I'm right there with you." Chloe said with confidence.
"Let's go!" Siberimon and Kappamon said together as they charged towards the fallen Cyclonemon.
"Me too!" Solarimon added as she flew not far behind.
"Fire Javelin!" "Fin Blade!" "Razor Wind!"
Cyclonemon used the sand as a cushion to absorb the three digimons' attacks.
"Hyper Heat!"
A red energy beam shot out of Cyclonemon's eye and hit Siberimon, causing her to fly backwards towards the forest.
'How can I possibly help.' Eric thought to himself. 'This digimon is too strong for Kaii and Chloe's digimon, what can I do? I'm too little to help them, I'm too little to help anybody.'
Tears formed around Eric's eyes as he gave into his depression. He now truly thought that he was of no use to the group. Eric turned around and began to run into the forest.
"Eric!" Lupemon cried out as he followed the digidestined.
Eric heard his digimon calling out for him, and he began to slow down. He didn't want to turn around. He didn't want to see the desert. He didn't want to see the battle that he couldn't help in.
"Shogun Sword!"
"ERIC!" Lupemon cried out. "LOOK OUT!"
Lupemon then tackled Eric to the ground just as a large sword passed over his head. The sword that would've split Eric in two flew past and got stuck in a tree.
"What was that?!" Eric cried out.
Eric looked around and he saw what looked like a person in a Samurai outfit. His digivice selected the person and began to speak.
"Musyamon. This ancient digimon is a skilled swordsman and is known throughout the digital world as a fierce assassin."
'Musyamon' Eric thought to himself. 'how can I possibly beat him.'
"Tail Quake!"
Lupemon's attack rippled along the ground towards Musyamon, who simply jumped into the nearest tree.
"Eric! Get out of here, get the others!" Lupemon sternly told the boy.
Eric didn't waste any time and began to run back towards the desert.
"Hyper Heat!"
Cyclonemon's red energy beam shot towards Kappamon. Siberimon unleashed her Fire Javelin attack and destroyed Cyclonemon's attack.
"What can we do?" Kappamon asked Kaii and Chloe. "We aren't strong enough to beat him!"
"I don't know!" Kaii cried out. "We just need to protect Amanda and Eric."
"Where's Eric?" Solarimon asked
"I don't know, he was here just a minute ago." Chloe told them.
"Hyper Heat!"
Cyclonemon let loose yet another attack on the digidestined.
"Everybody down!" Kaii ordered.
Everybody dove down to the ground as the energy blast soared over the group and ignited a nearby tree.
Eric continued to run towards the desert to get help from the others when he came to a revelation. Eric realized that right now, Lupemon was fighting with Musyamon even though Musyamon was much bigger than Lupemon. His digimon was not worried about if he was strong enough to beat Musyamon, he was only worried about protecting Eric. With that, Eric turned around and ran back to where Lupemon and Musyamon were. Eric got back and saw Lupemon continuing to battle against the much larger foe.
"Shogun Sword!"
Musyamon swung his sword towards the little wolf digimon. Lupemon just managed to avoid the blade as it hit the ground, but that was the least of his worries. When Musyamon's sword connected with the ground, a shockwave erupted from the ground, causing Lupemon to fly off the ground and slam against a tree.
"Lupemon!" Eric cried out as he ran towards Lupemon.
"Lupemon!" Eric told his digimon. "I finally understand what you tried to tell me last night. I don't have to be big to be useful. To be truly strong I just have to fight along side with the ones I care about. Just like how Chloe and Kaii did. I can't run away and tell myself I'm too little. I am strong enough to help my friends. and to help you. Now let's fight!"
Lupemon nodded in agreement and began to glow.
Digivolution Activate
Lupemon grew much larger than before and his fur became a darker green. He rose onto his hind legs, but was still hunched over, like a werewolf. His fists became clad in steel and his hind claws grew.
Lupemon digivolve to. ALPHAMON!
Eric's digivice targeted his digimon partner's new form.
"Alphamon. This lone wolf digimon is rarely seen and prefers to dwell in deep forests. Alphamon uses his Fiery Gaze to paralyze his opponents and then strikes with his Iron Claw attack."
"Shogun Sword!"
Musyamon launched his sword towards Alphamon, but the massive wolf digimon simply swung his metal fist and knocked the sword away. He then charged at the Samurai.
"Iron Claw!"
Musyamon burst into a million tiny fragments.
"You did it!" Eric cried out in joy.
"No time for that." Alphamon said with a growl. "They need out help."
Eric and Alphamon ran out of the forest and back into the desert. There they saw the others still struggling with Cyclonemon.
"Kaii! I'm here and Lupemon digivolved!" Eric cried out.
"Great!" Solarimon exclaimed. "We could really use the help."
Alphamon joined up with Kappamon and Siberimon and they all charged Cyclonemon together.
"Hyper Heat!" "Fire Javelin!"
Siberimon's attack negated Cyclonemon's hyper heat.
"Fiery Gaze!"
Alphamon looked right into Cyclonemon's eyes and Cyclonemon couldn't look away.
"NOW!" Alphamon roared.
"Fin Blade!"
Kappamon's fin blade attack cit through Cyclonemon and caused him to explode into tiny fragments.
"We did it!" Eric cried out "We all did it together!"
The digimon all de-digivolved and began to celebrate. The happy mood was soon broken though.
"HEY!" Kaii yelled out. "Who's that over by Amanda!"
Everybody looked to the cart to see a boy about Kaii's height feeding Amanda something. There was also a flying black digimon with him. Once the boy realized he was spotted, he and the digimon ran into the forest. Everybody ran towards Amanda to see what the mystery person had done to her.
"Oh my." Chloe said in disbelief.
"She's." Ribbitomon said
"SHE'S WAKING UP!" Solarimon said joyfully.