"On our journey to find the remaining Digital Keepers, we came to a crossroad. The team then split into two; one went off to the mountains while the team I'm currently in traveled to the shores. We ran into Shadowmon on the way, and one of them ran off with Davis. Things looked bad for him, until Davis got this crazy idea of how to get away. By some miracle, it worked and he helped us defeat the remaining Shadowmon. In the end, Davis received just a fragment of his new Crest. Kinda makes you wonder what can possibly happen next, doesn't it?"

-Cody

DIGIMON: THE DIGITAL KEEPERS SAGA

Book Six: "Seven Deadly Sin …Digimon"

"POLA-A-A-ARIMO-O-O-O-ON! …POLA-A-A-ARIMO-O-O-O-O-O-ON!"

High above the earth, on the edge of a cliff, stood the proud Digi-Destined leader, Tai Kamiya. He understood that Polarimon, Keeper Of The Digital Sky, would possibly found somewhere near high ground. So once he got far enough on this particular mountain, he had the crazy idea of calling for her. "COME OUT COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE! WE PROMISE WE WON'T BITE! .......HEY! ........ECHO! ......HA-HA-HA-HA!"

He listened to his echoing voice, and giggled. Then he turned around and finally saw that Sora was right behind him. He jumped and yelled "Gah!" in shock as she declared, "You are such a child." Quickly, he backed himself up; "I-I was just tryin' to call the Digi-Keeper." She sighed, shook her head, and walked back towards the rest of the team, who were ready to go further up the mountain.

TK took a seat away from the others, letting the rocks collected in his shoe pour out. By his side was the little guinea pig-like Rookie named Patamon. The young man turned his head to his digimon partner and finally noticed the frown on his face. "What's wrong, Patamon?" he asked. Patamon replied, "Nothing..." "Come on, you can tell me," smiled TK. Patamon then sighed, "It's just that we haven't seen you guys in a long time, and we never got a chance to be happy about seeing each other again. That's all..." TK nodded, "I know. I feel like we got drafted for a war or something. Get the crew, get to the battlefield, do your part, no questions asked." He then patted the little digimon's head and promised, "Don't worry; as soon as we can, we'll get to celebrate our reunion." "I'd like that," Patamon smiled.

Yolei sat on one boulder, and Hawkmon perched on another. They both gazed at the road ahead, blank-faced and a little worn from their walking. Yolei then turned to the small bird and sighed. Hawkmon sighed back. Yolei scratched her head. Hawkmon scratched his head. Yolei murmured, "Hmm..." Hawkmon murmured, "Hmm..." Then Yolei's face lit up; "That was the best bonding moment I ever had." Hawkmon smiled to her, "Couldn't have said it better."

"Come on, you guys!" Tai announced out of the clear blue; "We should be able to reach Polarimon at the top of this mountain. Let's go!" Nobody else was willing to argue (although they wished they could) and started back on their journey.

Meanwhile, on the very top of that mountain stood all seven Sin Digimon. They were only eight feet (approximately) above the heroes that were searching for Polarimon. Pridemon sneered, then turned around to the millions of Shadowmon that were floating nearby. All were suspended in the air, a few feet away from the mountaintop, waiting for the boss's word.

Pridemon stretched out her wiry arms and announced, "Shadowmon! Thank you so much for waiting patiently. Now comes your moment of glory. In about ten minutes, the Digi-Destined will reach this mountaintop and hope to make contact with a Digital Keeper. Your mission is to block out the sky in the form of an un-penetratable cloud. Canyoudo it!?" "YE-E-ESSS!" they all shouted in unison, which made Greedmon rub one of his ears. "Good," Pridemon calmly replied; "Now GO!"

They took to the sky like rockets. Those pitch-black mutants all joined together as one, soaring higher and higher into the atmosphere. The Sin Digimon looked on, watching the Shadowmon reach the levels of regular clouds. Then in one brief moment they stopped moving, and suddenly digitized themselves. While normally a deleted digimon would disappear, these Shadowmon were still alive; and so, their molecules all gathered together and formed a cloud. An un-natural cloud, just as Pridemon had planned.

The Sin Digimon gazed in wonder at this jet-black cloud, and smiled with satisfaction. Envymon then turned to her leader and frowned, "Now what're we gonna do, Pridemon? If they can't call forth Polarimon, we can't get to her either!"

Pridemon shook her head, "I'm not concerned about Polarimon just yet. I'm actually more worried about the others finding Oceanamon." Greedmon crawled forward and suggested, "I call dibs on the beaches! My army consists of the evil digimon of the waters anyway." "Fine," Pridemon replied; "take the beaches. I don't care either way. Just keep an eye on those children." "Right," Greedmon nodded, and then mysteriously disappeared.

Suddenly, Lustmon stepped forward and grinned, "I want to go with him." Pridemon's head quickly turned to her as she raised an eyebrow; "...Why?" Lustmon childishly giggled, "Well... I want to introduce myself to the Digi-Destined." Pridemon cocked her head slightly; "...You're not going after The Kind One, are you? I know you got a thing for him!" Lustmon batted her eyes, attempting to look innocent; "I just wanna say 'Hi,' that's all." "Fine," growled the leader; "Just don't get carried away." "Thanks!" cheered the most youthful of them all, and then she suddenly disappeared.

Pridemon then looked to the remaining Sin Digimon and smiled, "The rest of us will keep Tai and his team company." They all nodded in agreement.

In the middle of Coral Town, Penguinmon has paused from his personal mission to rest on the corner of a street. Beside him was an Elecmon- a Rookie who had a lizard-like face and body, rabbit-like ears, purple tiger stripes all over his red body, and a peacock-like tail. This particular Elecmon had sunglasses on.

Sipping water from a cup, Penguinmon said calmly, "...So ever since Oceanamon gave me the Crest of Humility, I've been searching far and wide for my human partner. I'm not sure if she's even in this world yet, but she's bound to pop up sooner or later." "That's interesting," nodded the Elecmon. Penguinmon continued, "It's not easy; that's why I've been asking people if they've seen her, or any humans for that matter." "I see," Elecmon nodded once again.

Penguinmon made a brief pause, then took a deep breath and asked, "Have you by any chance seen her?" Elecmon then pulled out his stick- the kind blind people use- and smiled, "I'd be lucky if I've seen anything, my friend." Penguinmon gasped in surprise and apologized, "Sorry! My mistake..." Elecmon adjusted his shades and sighed, "No problem."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"…Now are we there yet?"

"Not exactly."

"…How 'bout now?"

"Nope."

"…Are we there now?"

"Getting there."

"…Are we-"

"NO!"

"Just a little further," TK said, trying hard not to sound as tired as he was. They all treaded up that hill dragging their arms and hunched over like a certain hunchback from Notre Dame. Even the digimon were weakening from the long, leg-cramping climb. "I can't even see anything through this fog," Sora complained. Biyomon, fluttering beside her, replied in all honesty, "I'm just following you, Sora. Don't blame me if we get lost."

Tai joked, "If she falls, you know she went the wrong way." Sora replied harshly, "Just like you, Tai, to always joke around. Even in tough situations." "I get it from Matt," he lied. "I'm getting a headache," complained Mimi as she was trailing behind.

Before they knew it, the fog was lifting, and the road before them was getting clearer. It made Patamon cheer, "Hey, look! I think I can see the top from here." "I see it too!" TK rejoiced. He, Kari, Gatomon and Patamon suddenly found the strength to start running towards their destination. They passed by everybody else, who still looked like they were ready to pass out. "Come on, Kari!" laughed Gatomon as she ran on all fours. "Polarimon, here we come!" panted Kari herself.

Patamon panted, "I can't wait to see all the stars, all the clouds..." When they finally got there, Gatomon's bright blue eyes looked up at the sky and she suddenly frowned, ".....all the infinite darkness...." The whole team raced up there, and the moment they saw the sky they stopped dead in their tracks. All of their heads tilted and stayed that way, as if they were stuck in that position. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. The blackest sky they've ever seen.

Tai muttered, ".....what.....is...this.....?" Agumon frowned, "This is what we were headed for... Isn't it?" "Not a void of darkness!" TK disagreed. Yolei looked to her wrist watch and raised an eyebrow; "It's only 4:35. Unless this is some kind if daylight savings time for the digital world..." "It's not evening yet," Hawkmon shook his head.

Tai's face angered as he gazed at the starless black space above; "....This is not right.... This is supposed to be the right place to find Polarimon. And I know for a fact she doesn't Keep the Darkness." "That's somebody else," reminded Kari; "Somebody evil..." Gatomon readied her claws and pulled back her ears furiously; "Why doesn't he just show himself and get it over with?" Tai gave a nod, "If he is behind this, then we'll set it right. Hit it, Agumon!" "Right," nodded his partner.

------------ Vision: Digivolution- Champion ------------

"AGUMON, DIGIVOLVE TO……………………………. GREYMON!"

"BIYOMON, DIGIVOLVE TO……………………….. BIRDRAMON!"

"PALMON, DIGIVOLVE TO………………………… TOGEMON!"

"HAWKMON, DIGIVOLVE TO…………………….. AQUILAMON!"

"PATAMON, DIGIVOLVE TO……………………….. ANGEMON!"

------------ End Vision ------------

The giant orange dinosaur with the brown, horned helmet unleashed, "NOVA BLAST!" The fireball from his mouth went up like a rocket, and smacked into the darkness above. But nothing happened. Everybody else tried their most powerful attacks:

"METEOR WING!"

"NEEDLE SPRAY!"

"BLAST RINGS!"

"LIGHTNING PAW!"

"HAND OF FATE!"

Nothing could penetrate the black cloud that covered the sky like a blanket; they gasped in realization. To their surprise, a familiar-looking face emerged from the cloud. Looking down on them it smiled evilly, "You're gonna have to do better than that!" "It's Shadowmon!" Tai realized.

The face laughed hysterically, then faded back into the cloud. "Oh man," TK blinked; "There must be hundreds of them up there... Thousands, maybe." Kari replied, "We can't let them stay up there; we'll never get to Polarimon if we do." "Right," Tai agreed; "Time for phase two in our operation."

------------ Vision: Digivolution- Ultimate ------------

"GREYMON, DIGIVOLVE TO………………………….. METAL GREYMON!"

"TOGEMON, DIGIVOLVE TO………………………….. LILYMON!"

------------ End Vision ------------

Getting his second wind, Metal Greymon paused at first but then unleashed, "GIGA-BLASTER!" Following the leader, Lilymon unleashed, "FLOWER CANNON!" The two attacks headed straight for the Shadowmon cloud. Unfortunately, it had the same effect that the Champion attacks had: absolutely none. Everybody gasped in horror, while the "cloud" started laughing in a chorus of many different voices.

Sora looked to the leader of the group and suggested, "All together, maybe?" "Sure!" Tai nodded; "It's worth a try... Okay! All digimon, combine your powers as one!" And so it was done:

"HAND OF FATE!"

"LIGHTNING PAW!"

"GIGA BLASTER!"

"FLOWER CANNON!"

"METEOR WING!"

"BLAST RINGS!"

Wouldn't you know it? It didn't work, and the Shadowmon laughed even harder. Tai balled both of his fists and growled, "This is ...unbelievable! Try again, MetalGreymon!" The Ultimate obeyed; he took to the sky on his metallic purple wings and commenced, "MEGA CLAW!" He tried to slash the cloud in hopes to create a hole in it. However, the cloud took no effect, and MetalGreymon flew backwards, roaring in pain as he clutched onto his cyborg claw.

"MetalGreymon!" gasped Tai. The huge cyborg reptile shook his head, then turned to his earth-bound partner and assured him, "I'm okay... Just a little stunned." "Let me try again," Lilymon requested as she gathered up all her inner strength. "Be careful," Mimi warned her.

Lilymon zoomed around in the sky like a pesky insect, as if ready to torment the great black cloud. She was preparing a secondary attack, with which she started flying twice as fast in a hypnotizing syncopation. Once she moved fast enough she summoned, "TEMPTATION!" While she was still spinning in air at great speed, she started glowing warm pink, and gave off golden pixie dust on top of it.

One by one, a few Shadowmon popped out of their cloud form, and started staring at her. Their eyes beamed as if they were under a spell. In fact, they were under a spell; Liliymon had stunned them with hypnosis. When a few Shadowmon froze long enough, Lilymon came at them with full force, slamming her foot in their faces karate-style. "OW!" each one yelped, and fell out of the cloud formation. Only four of them were successfully injured.

"HOLY ROD!" yelled Angemon, pulling out that very weapon. He whacked the four fallen Shadowmon with it, pushing them far away at great velocity. But before the heroes could cheer about it, they came back with "BLACK SAW!"

The Shadowmon just missed hitting the humans, but they fell to the ground hard. The Shadowmon then advanced on the Champions, who took the hits pretty hard. "GIGA BLASTER!" roared MetalGreymon; his mechanic torpedoes emerged from his chest, but only one hit the target. The hit Shadowmon was vanquished, but that left three more. Tai's head rose to the sky as he muttered tiredly, "...How much more of this can we take?"

"I'm serious here! I'm looking for a Digi-Destined," Penguinmon admitted, crossing his flippers. All the while, a Geckomon and Otamamon were busting out laughing at him. Penguinmon whined, "Why don't you believe me?" Geckomon, a small lizard with a horn wrapped around his body, snickered, "...I'm sorry... I'm sorry; we're..... We're not laughing at you!" "You're not?" The little penguin asked. Otamamon, who somewhat resembled a tadpole with small clawed legs, giggled, "I just told him a really funny joke. You wanna hear it?" "No," Penguinmon shook his head; "I wanna find my Digi-Destined partner!"

He then pulled out a photo from his tiny sack and showed it to them as he added, "She looks like this. Have you seen her?" Geckomon and Otamamon took a good look at that photo.... and busted out laughing even harder than before! In dismay, Penguinmon sighed and put the photo away, then started to make his exit. "Wait!" Geckomon pleaded, "Come back! We wanna see that again!" Otamamon added hysterically, "That's even better than the joke I said!"

Poor Penguinmon waddled across a street in the middle of Coral Town, just missing Matt and his company as they crossed his path. Izzy was gazing at the map on his laptop as they were walking and said, "According to this map, Coral Town is one of the main hangouts for aquatic-type digimon. Perhaps the reason why there are particular kinds of digimon here is-"

"LOOKOUT!" Matt called out to him, pulling him backwards. Izzy just missed getting hit by a speeding wagon, pulled by a Unimon. Izzy finally realized that he was walking into a busy street and sweat-dropped; "Oh! ...Geez, sorry Matt." Matt hissed, "Watch where you're going next time."

Davis stretched his weary arms and yawned, "I'm tired of walking. Can we stop for a bite to eat, or at least rest up?" "Yeah," agreed Veemon as he held his empty tummy; "Lunch is soundin' good right about now." "Or ever," added Armadillomon, who was ready to collapse at Cody's feet.

"Lunch sounds good to me too," Ken admitted, finally. Matt rolled his eyes, "Alright, fine. Where do we go?" Joe pointed to a restaurant across the street and suggested, "That place looks nice." Gommamon licked his lips, "Seafood. My favorite!"

Lunch was served in no time, and the heroes conveniently seated themselves by a window that overlooked the distant beach and ocean. As they started to chow down, the waiter- yet another Digitamamon- told them, "Here you go. That'll be fifty digi-dollars." "FIFTY!?" yelled the outraged Joe. Digitamamon huffed, "What'd you expect us to be cheap?" "We don't have fifty digi-dollars," buzzed Tentomon; his human partner added, "We don't have any digi-dollars."

Cody tried to compromise; "I have twenty yen; does that count?" "Yen?" Digitamamon frowned; "What's a yen?" "Japanese currency," Cody explained. The half-egg digimon looked away in a cocky manner; "Sorry kid, but we don't even accept American Express. It's either digi-dollars, or-" Joe bowed his head in sorrow and replied, "Let me guess... we do the dishes?" The waiter nodded, "You've been here before, I see." Joe and Matt moaned in agony; yes, they had been there before, and it was not a pleasant experience.

Out of nowhere, the streets outside trumpeted with the sounds of screams. "What the..." Matt gasped curiously. Gabumon's ears picked up the sound and he gasped, "It sounds like we're under attack!" Digitamamon ran, yelling, "Everybody hit the deck! Secure the dishes! Hold the rice! Move it! MOVE IT!"

The Digi-Destined and their digimon ran outside, avoiding as many panicked digimon as they could. A few feet ahead of them is where they saw two strange figures in the sky. One of them was a black beast, long and thin like a dragon, and had many rows of arms. The other figure was that of a woman, and as soon as she saw Ken, she smiled sinisterly. The humans gasped in awe, and the digimon gulped nervously. Not only because of these new creatures, but because they were surrounded by a dozen Shadowmon.

"SHADOW HAMMER!" summoned the remaining Shadowmon. He whipped out the giant black mallet and whacked Lilymon in the side. Taking the hit a little too hard, she de-digivolved back to Tanemon. Mimi caught her just in time, gasping, "Oh no! Tanemon... Are you alright?" All the seedling could do was wince in pain. The last Shadowmon also hit MetalGreymon in the gut, and he de-digivolved to Koromon. Angemon caught him before he could hit the ground, but at this point things looked bad.

The other heroic digimon that remained were Hawkmon, Biyomon, and Gatomon. And that black cloud was still cast over the sky. Sora sighed, "We spent the whole afternoon fighting only four Shadowmon, and who knows how many more we have to beat?" "We can't keep this up, Tai!" Yolei frowned in despair; "Maybe we should get out of here." "No!" Tai yelled stubbornly; "The only way we can get Polarimon is if we clear out all these bad guys." "But Tai," Kari argued sadly, "our digimon can't keep this up any longer. Angemon and Gatomon are the only Champions we have left." Gatomon frowned, "I wish I could digivolve to Angewomon; then we might have a chance."

Tai growled at the remaining Shadowmon, who started to float back up to the cloud. He called to the beast, "You won't get away with this!" "I just DID!" called back the black monster, now returning to his place in the cloud. Tai turned his head to the earth in despair; not wanting to give up but having no other choice. Mimi looked around and wondered, "...Anybody got any bright ideas? Besides running like crazy out of here?" Tai then looked back up, still angered but finally accepting defeat; "…Yeah. …Let's go."

"Leaving so soon?" a female omniscient voice hummed out of nowhere. The heroes gasped and turned their heads in all directions as the voice said, "Before you go, I would like to introduce myself." TK gulped nervously; "...I.... I hope that's Polarimon." "Oh please," the voice replied in a cocky manner; "She wishes she were me." As she said this, Pridemon made herself known to her opponents, floating in the air. Tai looked up at her and asked, "And just who exactly are you?" With her arms crossed and eyes gleaming, she replied, "I am Pridemon, the first of seven Sin Digimon." "Sin Digimon?" asked the heroes in unison.

"Yes," Greedmon grinned; "Sin Digimon. I am Greedmon, and to my left is Lustmon." "Hi," she waved. Matt asked cautiously, "What exactly do Sin Digimon do?" Greedmon explained, "We're the ones bossing the Shadowmon around, so whenever you get mad at them, you might as well get mad at us." Lustmon added, "The Shadowmon aren't the only ones under our control."

Pridemon smiled, "It's true. All over the digital world, different virus attributed digimon are taking our side. Our army grows stronger every day, until it's strong enough to conquer this world." Tai yelled, "Oh yeah? Then if you're so tough, why don't you fight us now?" The dark woman snickered, "I would, but then I'd just be wasting my time."

"What do you want, then?" Davis demanded to know. Greedmon replied, "We're looking for The Digi-Keepers, just like you. The only difference is, once we find them we're gonna relocate them to the Dark Realm. That's our primary objective."

"This changes everything," TK muttered; "It's kinda like what Matt said." "What'd he say?" Kari asked; TK answered, "It seemed like all of this was happening on purpose... and it is!" Pridemon explained, "Oceanamon moved all her digimon to the beaches, thinking they'll be safe. But as we speak, my associate- Greedmon- is taking over those lands. Plus, Envymon is moving into Gaiamon's territory, and I'm taking over this one. Before you know it, no one will be safe from us! Not even the Digi-Keepers!"

"We'll never let you have 'em," Davis warned Greedmon. The dark dragon-like beast giggled, "I'd just love to see you try..." He then looked down to Ken, and suddenly his grin turned from evil to somewhat friendly-like. "Hey!" he cheered; "Aren't you Ken Ichijouji, the so-called Kind One?" "I am the Kind One," Ken replied angrily. Greedmon crossed his many arms and said sternly, "Yes, I know who you are. Or rather, who you were. I remember when you were taken in by the Darkness and became The Digimon Kaiser. Tell me, boy; what ever happened to that charming young man who tried to conquer this world?" Ken looked away and growled, "He's dead..." Greedmon, honestly disappointed, frowned, "That's a shame." Suddenly, Wormmon called out, "You leave him alone, you big bully!"

Greedmon's attention had suddenly turned to the little green caterpillar standing near Ken's feet. The one with the bright blue puppy dog eyes, and pale green coloring, and pink clawed legs, a dark blue mandible, and a reddish marking on his forehead. He had long green antennae, two pink stingers on his tail... But those big blue eyes… those were new.

He gasped in shock, "...you...." Wormmon blinked twice, "Y-eah?" Greedmon's eyes glared in confusion; "How... How is it possible? I thought you were destroyed... permanently..." Wormmon's face angered, "It takes more than a few pushes and shoves to delete me, mister." Then the dragon-like creature with deep green eyes backed away and smirked in realization, "Aaah, I see. Reformatted, are you? Well... That changes things." The little green digimon cocked his head in curiosity; "What are you talking about? Do I know you? ...Personally?" The Sin Digimon turned his head away in a cocky manner; "...Wormmon, is it? That your new name? Heh... You can call yourself whatever you want." He then bowed his head closer to him and softly sneered, "I know who you really are."

"Back off!" barked the human close by with balled fists. He turned to Ken and hissed, "I wasn't talking to you, boy!" Ken then demanded to know, "Whatdya got against Wormmon? He didn't do anything to you!" The shadowy beast crossed his many arms and replied just as harshly, "Let me get this straight. You're telling me that this creature that you call 'Wormmon' is your digimon partner?" "Yeah, that's right," Ken nodded.

Greedmon paused for a minute, then before they all knew it, he cracked a smile. Then he started to giggle. Then he chuckled slightly louder. Then he busted a gut as he laughed out loud. The whole time, Wormmon, Ken and the whole heroic Chosen stared at him, all confused. Then the Sin Digimon turned to Lustmon and shouted, "You hear that!? Of all digimon chosen to protect the Bearer of Kindness, he gets the most defective of them all!" Suddenly all of the evil creatures around them blasted with laugher.

Ken looked up to them all and shouted, "STOP IT!" Greedmon chuckled, "But it's funny!" Feeling incredibly insecure, little Wormmon crawled behind his human partner so that no one could see him. Greedmon's laughter finally calmed down as he smiled sinisterly, "...Ah... Thanks, 'Worm-mon;' I needed that. But right now we have to get back to business."

Tai and his company glared at Pridemon with newfound anger as she said, "Well, it was nice meeting you all, but I really must be going. You might as well do the same, because those Shadowmon in the sky aren't moving!" TK looked to Tai and asked softly, "How're we gonna find Polarimon? Where are we gonna go?"

Tai paused briefly, but then decided, "We might as well travel to the beaches, where the others are searching for Oceanamon. At this rate, our chances of finding her are much better than finding Polarimon." "Yes," Pridemon nodded, "go find Oceanamon. And say 'Hi' to Greedmon while you're down there. I'm sure he'd love to meet all of you!" With that, she broke into hideous laughter, and disappeared. All the heroes could do is look on in dismay.

"Shadowmon!" Greedmon roared to his company. The twelve Shadowmon looked to him, and he commanded, "Keep these little insects busy while I set camp at the beach." The two Sin Digimon then disappeared, and the Shadowmon turned to their enemies. "You heard the man," said one Shadowmon to its brethren, and they all flew to the earth-bound heroes.

------------ Vision: Digivolution- Champion ------------

"GOMMAMON, DIGIVOLVE TO……………………….. IKKAKUMON!"

------------ End Vision ------------

"HARPOON TORPEDO!" summoned the giant white walrus known as Ikkakumon. The Shadowmon scattered, but Joe warned his Champion, "Be careful; there's twelve of them!" Tentomon replied, "Don't worry, Ikkakumon; we're on our-" Unfortunately, the little beetle was cut off by a Shadowmon, whose huge claw grabbed hold of him completely. "TENTOMON!" Izzy cried out in horror.

------------ Vision: Digivolution- Champion ------------

"WORMMON, DIGIVOLVE TO………………………. STINGMON!"

"GABUMON, DIGIVOLVE TO………………………… GARURUMON!"

"ARMADILLOMON, DIGIVOLVE TO……………… ANKYLOMON!"

"VEEMON, DIGIVOLVE TO…………………….. VEEMON! ….Veemon?"

------------ End Vision ------------

Veemon rubbed his tummy and groaned, "Oh no... I'm still not strong enough. The Shadowmon all grinned to each other, and in unison they summoned "SHADOW HAMMER!" One by one, the digimon heroes fell like swatted flies. In fact, the Champions made a dog pile of each other, while Tentomon was flicked by the Shadowmon that held him, and he crashed right onto Veemon. The two of them fell unconscious.

The only Champion left standing was Ikkakumon, who was overwhelmed by the Shadowmon. One of those beasts grinned, "You like the water, do ya?" "Don't do it!" warned Joe, showing the fear in his eyes. A Shadowmon took its Shadow Hammer, and readied it like a golf club towards Ikkakumon. The Shadowmon smiled viciously, "Hope it ain't too cold for ya!" With that, it swung the Shadow Hammer and sent Ikkakumon flying in the air, roaring all the way.

"IKKAKUMO-O-O-N!" Joe howled, running to the top of the hill. He stopped at the top and could only see the distant ocean. Ikkakumon was nowhere in sight. The Shadowmon high-fived each other, then disappeared in a chorus of evil laughter.

"No..." Joe muttered sorrowfully, dropping his shoulders weakly. The others ran to him; Davis panted, "....Where is he?" "Sent away," Izzy frowned; "...To the ocean, perhaps." Matt crossed his arms; "Well that's stupid! Gommamon is a water-type digimon; sending him to the ocean was a big mistake." Joe replied softly, "...Maybe.....Unless...." "Let's not stay here any longer," suggested the small Cody; "Let's get to the ocean before he gets hurt!" They all nodded in agreement, and hit the road once again.

TO BE CONTINUED