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To Sea or Not to Sea That is the Question

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The party had finally cooled off as the Gotsumon started to file off to sleep. The children were also getting ready to sleep. The boys went into the boys' hut and the girls into the girls' hut.

"I thought we'd be done by now," whispered Stephen quietly to Kevin. "I mean it was just Boogeymon and home..."

"I know…" said Kevin quietly. He sat on the edge of his futon, "but we don't have much choice; do we? If we don't then we're going to be stuck here…"

"Is it so bad?" asked Brendan quietly. "I mean, it's interesting it's like opening a new chapter in a science book…a world made of data think of all the…"

"Just stop already," growled Jason quietly. He looked up at Brendan. "I just want to get home…my dad is probably wondering where I had gotten to and is searching for me…he must have thought I ran away…"

"We can't just leave the people of this world…" said Mark quietly. He looked at his egg. "The hopes of all those people are hung on us…"

"We didn't ask them to…" replied Jason curtly.

"No, but they're still hung on us," said Stephen. He looked down at Ryuudamon. "It's our duty, so to speak, to help them."

"Stephen is right," said Kevin. He caught Jason's look and frowned, "I know you feel bad, I miss my parents too! It's just that if we don't do this, we may never get back, and who's to say this warlord guy won't come for us?"

"Fine…" Jason laid down. Otamamon hopped up next to him and curled up at his feet.

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"So are you guys ready?" asked Michelle as she laid in bed. "I mean for our big adventure?"

"I'm still worried," said Amy. She held Penguinmon closely. "I mean that Gennai guy said this warlord was more powerful than we were…" She fingered the tag in her hand softly. "I mean even if we get these things to work..."

"Don't worry," Janet said with a yawn. "We can kick his butt, if we stick together."

"I'm just scared that we'll get hurt," said Amy quietly. "I'm really, really scared, we almost didn't get Boogeymon…"

"Don't worry," Michelle smiled, "We have good on our side and nothing can stop you when you have truth, justice and the Digital World's way on our side…well we can't lose!"

The other two girls nodded slightly. Amy still had a worried look on her face. She gave Penguinmon a hug and laid back and closed her eyes.

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The morning cut slowly through the forest. The light snuck into the windows of the huts. The sound of bustling was outside.

Kevin walked out of the hut. Wizardmon, Mud Frigimon and Gatomon were talking. The three digimon looked up.

"Gatomon has returned with some unpleasant news," said Wizardmon. He held up a black feather, "It seems Nohemon was destroyed…he was not working alone…"

"Something very powerful destroyed him," said Gatomon. The cat's ears drooped. "He must have been working with that warlord Gennai mentioned…"

"Then we have no time to lose," said Wizardmon. He looked up the other children were gathering behind Kevin. "Today you must embark on your trip to the Continent of Server! Any further delay would only give this warlord more time to prepare for you."

"Well, we would go, but you know…" started Jason. The others looked at him. "We have this little transportation problem…"

"That's notta problem," said Mud Frigimon, "I sent word to my friend, she's a bird digimon named Biyomon; she should be back soon…"

"Get freshened up," said Wizardmon. He looked at the children.

The children all looked at each other. "That's it?"

"That is all for now," said Wizardmon. He drew his cloak together, "We have to see if we can get Biyomon to get your transportation situated."

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"I can't believe he is bossing us around," said Stephen as he bathed. "I mean where does he get the right?"

"He is Wizardmon," said the small black lizard next to him. "He is most likely going to turn out to be the leader of the island as soon as things are situated."

"So?" said Stephen. He narrowed his eyes.

"Oh well, if he gets us off this island then I guess we don't have to worry," said Kevin quietly. "I mean we won't have to see him again."

"Kevin's right, just think, he'll be an ocean away," said Brendan quietly.

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Wizardmon sat at one of the tables. The children had returned from their bathes. He looked over each of them. Biyomon was on his side. She was a pink bird about child sized.

"Biyomon brings good news," said Wizardmon. The children looked up. "Whamon has arrived in the Nursery Bay, and he is willing to take you to Server."

"Whamon?" the children looked up. Amy had little tears in her eyes. "Poor Growlmon…"

"Yes, Growlmon was Whamon's protégé of sorts," said the wizard quietly. He blinked and looked up, "but that is not important at the moment. I suggest you go to Nursery Bay as soon as possible." Wizardmon pulled out a rolled up map. It unfurled. "Nursery Bay is on the east side of the island. It's not a very long trip."

"We can ride Shima Unimon…" started Kevin.

"No, you should not," said Gatomon. The cat hopped up on the table, "You will want to save all your energy for land fall, there is no telling how prepared this warlord will be…"

"I will lead you, if you stay on the path we should get their by early evening…" said the bird.

"The Gotsumon have already gathered proper supplies for you," said Wizardmon. He indicated a large pack.

"Then let's go!" cheered Kevin, unconvincingly. The others gave him a look. Kevin rubbed the back of his head, "well, I mean we might as well…"

The others gave a nodding grumble and gathered the supplies. They turned and gave a short good bye to the digimon of the village and then followed Biyomon out of the small digital town.

The day went by slowly. Biyomon wasn't exactly the fasting thing on wings and the trip was relatively dull. The trail went through some of the dullest parts of the island. A forest, plains, mini-deserts, all of it was the same in all directions. They passed no village. They saw no huts. Finally as the sun started its decent behind the dusty layer of the sky and began emitting slender red beams of light, they came into a large village made up of large block toys and rattles and thousands of bassinets.

"Elecmon!" shouted the bird digimon as she glided into the village. "The children are here!"

A large, red rodent hopped up and quickly put his finger over his lips. "Shh, the babies have just gone to sleep…" the children looked up.

"Babies?" asked Amy.

"Yep," said Elecmon. "This is Primary Village, the place where all the digi-eggs come to be hatched!"

"You laid all these eggs?" asked Kevin quietly as he looked at all the bassinets.

"Oh no…that is Lord Anubismon's doing, usually," said Elecmon with a smile. He blinked, "Well he doesn't lay them…but really sort of makes them…" He looked at the children. "He looks over a digimon's life and sees whether or not a digimon lived a life worthy of being turned back into a digi-egg, if a digimon hasn't then the digimon's information is turned into something like mountains or trees…which if things work out will eventually be turned into a digi-egg again once the mountain or tree has been decomposed into its constituent data…."

"It's like some large samsara cycle," gasped Brendan.

"Sam who?" asked Stephen as he gave an odd look at the boy with the corduroy pants.

"Samsara, is the process of being re-incarnated," explained Brendan, "if you lived a good life you get reincarnated as something better, or you stay the same, if you lived a bad life then you get reincarnated as something lower, like rocks or wind or trees or something…"

"That sounds about right," said Elecmon. He looked at the children, "but you don't want to hear about that…Whamon is in the bay…come along…" The large red rodent turned.

The children followed Elecmon. They came to the beach. The ocean was rolling slowing into the shore. A large blue whale was lounging off shore. Elecmon showed the children the boat they'd be taking to the whale. The children climbed in, but as Mark passed Elecmon stopped him.

"A digi-egg…" Elecmon looked at the object held against Mark's chest.

"It's Lucemon's…he used all his strength to beat Phelesmon…" said Mark quietly.

Elecmon laid a paw softly on the egg. He rubbed gently. The egg glowed a bit. A crack cut across the egg's surface and it popped open. A little marshmallow like mass was in the egg. It had a marshmallow like horn and it looked up at Mark with big eyes.

"Putto! Putto!" The creature leapt up and slobbered on Mark's face.

"What..?" Mark pulled the creature from his cheek.

"This is Puttomon, he is the very youngest form of Lucemon…" explained Elecmon. He patted the baby gently. "He'll turn into Cupimon soon enough, if you take good care of him you'll soon have Lucemon back with you…"

Mark looked at the baby with a little suspicion then smiled and climbed into the boat with the others. The group pushed off and floated out to the large whale.

"Well, it's about time you got here," called the whale. "We Whamon may have to charge by the hour instead of the mile!"

"What?" the kids stammered as they looked at the large whale.

"Just kidding," chuckled the whale. He opened his mouth, "Come on in!"

"You're kidding right?" asked the children.

"Don't worry, you'll only get a case of fish clothes," chuckled the whale. "It's faster if we go under the surface, we don't have to worry about storms and such."

The children looked at each other. Kevin clenched his fists and looked at the others, "Come on! It can't be so bad!" He leapt off the boat and into Whamon's mouth. The other children looked at each other and one by one followed suit.

"I better get afree dry cleaning for this!" ranted Amy as she walked into the cavernous mouth of the whale.

"Safe travels!" shouted Biyomon as she flew over.

"Of course!" chuckled Whamon as he slid under the water's surface.

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AN: Yay, things are finally going forward, forward again! I've been busy and yes I have been writing for the prequel…and sometimes I find myself thinking wee this is fun and forget about this one…it's up to you to keep me on the steady! Read and Review! I know it's hard, these last few chapters are short, and they aren't action filled, well the next one will be more normal as we reveal the next guy up for bids….