Why must we do this every time?…sigh…fine, I don't own Digimon. I am soooo sorry i haven't updated in forever! Laziness, i guess...pleaz forgive me & read!

After stopping off at a meat farm a little north from Jijimon's house & meeting a Tanemon; who couldn't stop looking at Eden; the four were fine with food for the next couple weeks.

"So, where to next?" Caitlyn asked.

"I don't know." Celina said, looking down at the Digimon. "I wonder why they haven't digivolved yet…"

Nicky laughed. "Eden's did. Maybe we just have to fall off a cliff. Right Eden?"

Eden didn't answer. She couldn't stop thinking about the Tanemon. There was something in his eyes that looked so sad.

"Eden? Earth to Eden." Nicky waved his hand in front of her face.

Eden blinked, then looked up at Nicky's concerned face. "Yeah?"

"You left us for a while there…You OK?" he asked, staring at her.

Eden broke eye contact & nodded. "Sure. What were you saying before?"

"Why can't our Digimon digivolve." Caitlyn cleared up.

"Hmmm…I'm not sure." Eden said, thinking. She felt Nicky's intense stare on her back & tried to keep the blood from rushing to her face.

"I can help." a little voice called out.

"Who was that?" Eden asked, a little freaked out.

"Down here." All four kids looked downward at a little Digimon that looked on fire!

"Oh my God! You're on fire!" Caitlyn exclaimed, grabbing some water & pouring it on it.

"Caitlyn, no!" Upamon yelled, but it was too late. The damage was done & standing in front of them was a wet fire Digimon, crying.

"Why'd you wet me!" it cried, sinking to its knees.

"You mean you weren't on fire…?" Caitlyn asked, feeling embarrassed.

"No, that's how he is. This is Demi Meramon." Upamon explained. "The fire doesn't hurt him."

Caitlyn blushed. "Oh…I'm sorry." she apologized

"I guess it's ok…" Demi Meramon sniveled.

"Now what were you saying before?" Celina asked, cautiously.

Demi Meramon began to think, then he jumped up. "I remember! There's a gym to the west. It's called Green Gym & if you train, your Digimon will digivolve."

Caitlyn broke into a smile. "Really? Thank you!" she hugged him, without thinking.

"Why isn't she burning?" Eden asked, confused that Caitlyn wasn't on fire.

"Demi Meramon can control who he burns & doesn't burn." Hawkmon explained.

"Oh…" Eden nodded.

Once they were able to pry Caitlyn's arms from Demi Meramon, they waved goodbye & made their way to the gym.

5 minutes later, they arrived at a big building with the name Green Gym on the top.

"I think we're here." Eden stated the obvious.

"Jeez, what gave it away?" Nicky asked sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

Eden playfully hit them, & they went in.

"Whoa, there are a lot of Digimon here…" Caitlyn said, looking around.

"And they're all big, too." Eden added, feeling extremely small.

Celina smiled. "Our Digimon will be that big, too. Lets go train." She & Leafmon made their way an ab bench.

Nicky shrugged his shoulders. "Come on, DemiVeemon. Let's show these girls how to work out."

"Yeah!" DemiVeemon followed Nicky to a barbell rack.

"Why don't we start out easy?" Caitlyn asked Upamon.

Upamon didn't have any complaints for that. They both headed off to the bikes.

Eden watched all her friends begin to work out, then looked down at Hawkmon & the four Gekomon. "Do you guys want to work out?"

Hawkmon looked around. "I guess it wouldn't hurt…" she sighed, not looking forward to ruffling her feathers (I know, I know!).

Leader Gekomon asked. "Is that what you would like to do, Princess?"

Eden withheld a groan & an eye roll. "Yes, Gekomon. I would like to work out."

The four Gekomon nodded their heads. "Then we will work out."

Eden looked upward. "OK, let's go." The six of them headed off to the rowing machines.

An hour later, Hawkmon & the Gekomon were tired & smelled kind of bad.

"OK, let's stop." Eden announced & the 5, grateful, walked into the fresh air.

The other six joined them soon. Eden looked down at the tired Digimon & frowned. "Why didn't they digivolve?"

Nicky frowned. "Not sure. Maybe they didn't train hard enough."

"I think they have for today. They look tired." Celina stopped him & Caitlyn agreed.

"OK. Well, we might as well begin our trek to find those other Digimon." Nicky said, looking down at DemiVeemon. "Ready, buddy?"

DemiVeemon looked up. "Five more minutes…" he panted out.

Nicky laughed. "Sure, bud."

When all the Digimon were better & after about 4 bottles of water, the group set off to a forest area located south of the gym.

"This is Native Forest…" Hawkmon began to explain, when they heard screaming.

"That's coming from the main square!" Eden shout, eyes huge with worry. "We gotta help them!" She began running to the square with Hawkmon flying after her & the Gekomon yelling after her to wait.

"Eden, wait!" But Nicky's yell was lost to the girl. Groaning, he looked at the other girls & sighed. "Well, let's go make sure she lives."

The three of them run off after Eden.

Eden ran into the square first & froze with fear. Standing in front of her was one of the hugest Digimon she had ever seen.

"Don't make a sound…" Hawkmon warned her, catching up with her.

Of course, the Gekomon came running up. "Princess, wait! You might be hurt!"

Eden & Hawkmon both groaned & winced. Spinning around, she shushed them, but it was a little too late.

The Digimon turned to her, eyes red with fury & opened its mouth. "Mega Flame!" it attacked, a huge flame coming from his mouth.

Eden screamed & jumped to the side. The flame hit the exact spot where she stood.

"That was not fun…" she breathed, scared.

"Eden!" she heard her friends yell.

"Guys, don't ye…" But she wasn't able to finish because the Digimon picked her up in its claws & opened its mouth to attack again…

Whoa, cliffhanger much? Please RR.