"We were just about to reach the mountaintop, where we hoped to find Polarimon. But the bad guys beat us to it, and formed a cloud so that our chances of summoning the Digi-Keeper of the Sky would be hopeless. Just when things couldn't get any worse, we ran into a Sin Digimon named Pridemon. Meanwhile, Matt's team had to put up with Greedmon and Lustmon. In the end, poor Gommamon was knocked into the ocean. Now that we know who are main enemies are, we're more determined than ever to find the Digi-Keepers... I just hope Pridemon doesn't find them first!"

-Sora

DIGIMON: THE DIGITAL KEEPERS SAGA

Book Seven: "Gommamon's Undersea Adventure"

Deep in the blue-green sea, schools of trout zipped by. The sunlight beaming through the water from above hit them, and when it did they gave off a flash, almost like lightning. Bubbles danced in a ballet as they lifted to the surface. The seaweed gently swayed with the currents of the ocean. It was a beautiful and serene place for anyone- human and digimon alike- to be. But one particular digimon- a small seal-like one with white fur and purple stripes- was lying unconscious at the very bottom.

Already, Davis was unbuttoning his yellow Hawaiian-style shirt with blue floral designs, saying excitedly, "Aw man, I'm so glad we made it to the beach! If I had to stay in that hot sun any longer, I'd start to melt." As he tore the shirt off, leaving the white undershirt on, Veemon smiled to him; "Oh great thinking, Davish! Now you'll be able to melt in the water and get washed away." As Davis started to take off his undershirt, he shot an evil look at his digimon friend, who took no offense at all.

Joe looked longingly at the deep blue sea before him and sighed, "...He's out there somewhere, I just know it. He may be in danger too." Nearby, Matt was taking off his shoes and he replied, "Relax, Joe. This place is swarming with water-type digimon, and most of them are our allies. Besides, Garurumon is a great swimmer; he'll help us find Gommamon." Ken was carefully removing his deep red shirt, revealing his black undershirt.

Wormmon watched him with a sad look in his big blue eyes. Ken finally noticed, and asked, "What's wrong?" Wormmon looked down to the sand and frowned, "You're going in the water?" Ken nodded, "Yeah, I wanna help find Gommamon. Are you coming?" Wormmon bowed his head sadly, "I can't swim." Ken gasped, "...Oh... I'm sorry." "It's okay," lied the caterpillar; "I'll just digivolve to Stingmon and fly around in the sky... It might not do much good, but-"

"Are you still freaked by what Greedmon said?" Ken interrupted solemnly. Wormmon cringed slightly, and Ken took this as a sign of "Yes;" he replied, "Look, it's okay; don't listen to him." Wormmon hummed insecurely, eyeing the sand again. "See ya, guys!" announced Davis as he and Veemon charged into the water. Ken called out angrily, "HEY! Wait for US!"

Matt took off his black shirt and shoes, so all he had were his dark blue jeans. Ken followed him to the water, with his dark tan pants and black undershirt. Garurumon dipped one of his huge claws in the water, but then jumped in shock, shaking his paw; "AHH! It's cold! It's cold! It's really cold!" After glancing at the shocked humans behind him, he giggled, "Heh-heh. Just kidding."

"Surf's up!" cheered Matt, as he, Ken and Garurumon charged into the water. Once they got deep enough, Matt climbed onto Garurumon's back, and signaled to Joe, "Come on, Joe! I know you wanna come out here." Joe gulped, "I... I still can't swim." "You wanna save Gommamon?" coaxed Matt, and made Joe run to him yelling, "Gah! I'm coming!"

Izzy, Cody and the rest of the digimon team stayed behind, on the sand. Cody looked to Izzy and said, "I guess we're the lookouts." "I guess," Izzy nodded.

Gommamon's weary eyes fluttered. He'd been unconscious for quite some time now, but he finally awoke. He rolled onto his little tummy and rubbed his head with his purple-clawed flipper. That's when he saw tiny bubbles. He gasped in surprised, looked around, and realized that he was underwater this whole time!

"Ugh..." he moaned, still feeling dizzy. His mind started racing; "Boy oh boy... I'm usually thankful to be in the water, but right now I wanna find dry land... Where the heck am I? ....Where's Joe?...."

"GO-MMA-MOO-O-ON! ...GO-O-OMMAMO-O-O-O-ON! WHERE ARE YOO-OO-OO-OOU?"

"He can't HEAR you, Joe!" yelled Davis, who was swimming beside Garurumon; "Why don'tcha try calling him underwater?" The tall young man that was sitting on the back of the giant wolf digimon sweat-dropped; "This wasn't such a good idea. I can't swim, and yet here I am in the middle of the ocean, miles away from the shore! Garurumon, do you know where you're going?" "No idea," confessed the giant wolf.

Tugging at his tail was Veemon; he said, "Come on, Garurumon, faster! I wanna water ski." "Some help you are," Joe snapped at the little dragon. Veemon frowned, "Hey, I was just thinking; since we're out here we can have some fun." Matt, who was swimming nearby, replied sternly, "We're looking for Gommamon; we're not supposed to be having fun." Just then, Veemon pointed to the far left and told them, "Ken's having fun!" "What!?" gasped Joe and Matt.

Sure enough, they spotted Ken in the distance, playing water volley ball with a few Gizamon. "KEN!" shouted Matt furiously, making The Kind One drop the beach ball. He whipped his head back to Matt in surprise; "Huh? W-what?" "Just what do you think you're DOING?" cried out the group leader; "Get your lazy tail back over here and help us find Gommamon!" Adding to Ken's sudden humiliation were the giggling Gizamon; one pointed to him and accused, "Ooooo, you're buste-e-e-e-e-ed!" "Shut up!" splashed the human, and he started to quickly swim back to the search party.

Gommamon has been swimming for over two hours now, and he knew that the sun was beginning to set. The water was getting slightly darker, and the sunlight that beamed through the water was getting fainter as well. The little seal sighed to himself; "...I've looked everywhere. I already went to five beaches, and none of them led to Coral Town. No sign of humans, either... My flippers are getting tired."

He slowly made his way to a small rock covered in seaweed and rested on top of it. His lime green eyes, round as a puppy dog's, looked like they were ready to cry in sorrow. On top of his sadness, he was also worn out, and now that he was nested in seaweed he was all the more ready to fall asleep.

But just as he laid his head down, his ears picked up a noise. "Huh?" he gasped, looking up alarmed. He whipped his head back and forth, but the area still looked barren. There weren't even little fishes or crustaceans hanging around. Thinking it was just his imagination, Gommamon yawned and tried to fall asleep again.

Then he heard a louder noise- as if a big fish was swimming nearby. Taken by surprise, Gommamon jumped up and turned his whole body around to see what it was. After looking behind him and still seeing nothing, he sighed and looked ahead. Then out of nowhere, there she was; looking right at him! "GAH!" he exclaimed, his flippers swimming in reverse rapidly. Then he stopped to pant, staring bug-eyed at this creature. A mermaid.

Her human form, from her head all the way down to her waist, resembled the classic mermaid look. What looked like a dress that was cut from her bust went down to her hips and formed into her very long, dark blue tail. The tail almost looked like it had no end, thanks to its length; but sure enough Gommamon saw the massive, light blue fins at its end. There were other fins too, ones that were smaller and ran down the tail from its top and bottom. The mermaid's face was most intriguing of all- long brown hair that flowed with the ocean current, an innocent, child-like smile, and two big blue eyes- as dark as the sea. Eyes that mirrored Gaiamon's green ones.

Gommamon was mesmerized, and said softly, "...I've never seen a digimon like you before..." The mermaid just smiled. Gommamon smiled back, blushing slightly; "I-I'm Gommamon. I'm... kinda lost." The mermaid gave a nod, as the seal continued, "I'm looking for the beach that leads to Coral Town- my friends are there. There's this human named Joe, a-and he's my partner, you see, and..."

Without uttering a word, the mermaid turned her lengthy body around and started swimming away. "W-w-wait," Gommamon gasped; "Where are..." He didn't need to finish his question, for the young mermaid turned to him pleasantly, and with her human arm she signaled him to come with her. "...ah..." Gommamon muttered, and followed her.

Armadillomon and Wormmon were building a sand castle, as Izzy and Tentomon played lookouts at a nearby tower. Cody was coming their way with food, when suddenly a small digimon skidded his way, almost tripping him over. "Woah!" gasped the young boy, trying to hold himself steady. Then he looked down, at the small purple penguin that fell at his feet.

Cody stepped back and gazed at it, blinking, "...What... Who are you?" The little aquatic bird sat up and shook his head, and as soon as his eyes fell on the humans', he jumped up and cheered, "A human! Oh my gosh, I don't believe it! I found a human!" Cody, taken by surprise, nodded, "Ye-yeah, I am a human. M-my name's Cody." The little bird was so excited he started swaying back and forth, as if he was about to break into a victory dance.

Then he replied, "I'm Penguinmon! I've been looking all over this place for a Digi-Destined." "A Digi-Destined?" the boy gasped; then he pointed to himself and admitted, "Well.. I am." The little purple penguin nodded excitedly, "Yes, yes I see! You hold on your wrist the Crest of Justice!" Cody looked to the thick bracelet on his arm and sighed, "Oh yeah... I almost forgot I had my own crest. I'm used to having the digi-mentals."

The penguin flapped his flipper-like wings and smiled, "Would you by any chance have run into another like yourself? Another Digi-Destined?" Cody nodded, "Yes; there's twelve of us." The penguin shook his head, "No... There are thirteen."

"..THIRTEEN?" Cody's voice was picked up by his friends- particularly his own digimon. Armadillomon gasped, "Cody?" and ran off from his sand castle. Izzy and Tentomon took their binoculars and focused on Cody and the strange new digimon they've never before seen.

Armadillomon ran up to Cody and panted, "Cody, what's wrong?" Cody pointed to Penguinmon, and not believing what he was saying he answered, "This little digimon says that there's one more Digi-Destined that we don't know of yet." "Huh?" blinked the confused armadillo; he turned to the penguin and asked, "Is that true?"

Penguinmon scratched his head and frowned, "Wow, I thought you all knew each other by now. There are thirteen of you Digi-Destined that I know of." Armadillomon smiled, "You must mean one of the International Digi-Destined." The penguin shook his head, "No. The original thirteen are all from the land you call Japan." Cody blinked twice; "...I don't believe it! Another Digi-Destined?"

By now, the other land-bound heroes joined the group. Izzy and Tentomon looked to each other, exchanging confused expressions. Izzy shrugged, "There always seems to be a new Digi-Destined whenever we come back here. In our first adventures, Kari was the latest recruit." "Yes," interrupted Penguinmon; "In the beginning, one of Polarimon's Chosen was missing." Cody added, "Then it was me, Davis, Yolei and Ken." Penguinmon replied, "Yes, Ken was Gaiamon's missing Chosen, since he was turned evil." Izzy looked to the little penguin and gasped, "Are you saying that each of the Digi-Keepers has a missing Chosen One?" Penguinmon smiled, "Yeah, and this time it's one of Oceanamon's Chosen. Observe!"

With that, he held out his small dark sack, reached in, and pulled out a bracelet that copied Cody's. The jeweled crest was a dark purple, and the symbol itself- a diamond- was sky blue. Penguinmon held it out for all eyes to see and said, "This is the Crest of Humility." All eyes blinked and all voices gasped in "Oos" and "Aahs."

Wormmon asked, "Okay then, who's the Digi-Destined?" Penguinmon looked back into his sack while replying, "Well, since she's one of Oceanamon's, I figured I would find her here." "It's a girl?" Cody smiled. Penguinmon's eyes focused into the sack as he answered, "Yes... I'm trying to find her picture... I had it in here..." His flipper-like wing reached in as far as it could, but nothing came out. He broke into a sweat as he gasped, "Where is it? ...Oh my gosh, where is it?"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Izzy said, waving his hands; "Calm down-" But the penguin refused, and he started hyperventilating, "I... I musta dropped it somewhere! Or maybe somebody else stole it. Oh, man! ...I... I gotta find it, or I won't-" Cody patted his back; "Relax, we'll find her. Do you remember her name?" Penguinmon paused, thinking deeply; ".....It started with 'J'.... Jan? .....Jamie? No.... Oooh, I forget..." He started to get misty-eyed and sniffled.

Suddenly a wave came in, carrying Davis and Veemon. They ran to the shore as soon as they spotted their friends, and once they got there Davis panted, "Hey, you guys, we're back! ...Wha- what's going on?" Penguinmon sniffled again as Cody explained, "Davis... This digimon here is one of us, apparently. There's a thirteenth Digi-Destined." Davis jumped back and gasped, "WHAT!?" Veemon, just as surprised, gasped, "...Wait, isn't thirteen an unlucky number?"

Penguinmon finally cleared his throat and stopped crying. He took a deep breath, retrieved the Crest of Humility from Izzy, and said, "I'm sorry... I've wasted your time. You guys go on, do what you were doing before." "Hold up," Davis insisted; "Tell us who you are, and who your human partner is." The little penguin looked to him and frowned, "I'm Penguinmon, but I don't know who my human partner is. All I know is she's a girl, she's one of Oceanamon's Chosen, and I have a picture of her. But I gotta go find it; it's the only way we can point her out."

Davis blinked, "...Uh... Are you sure? We can help." Penguinmon shook his head, "No... This is my responsibility. I must see this thing through... alone." He then started waddling away, back to the city with his head bowed to the ground. He said sadly, "I'm really sorry about barging in on your missions." "Where are you going?" Veemon asked; Penguinmon replied without looking back, "There's a city not too far from here called Metal-Tropolis. I'll try to find my human partner there. Goodbye..." They all paused to look to each other, wondering which among them would stop or follow him. But they all stayed put and watch him sadly waddle away.

There was very little sunlight left, making it harder to see underwater. But Gommamon had a lot of trust in his new, quiet friend. He was being led by a mermaid with a long blue tail, toward what he hoped was the beach of Coral Town. Along the way, he started making a one-sided conversation with the strange new creature:

"...So then I say to the Shellmon, 'I dare you to go up to her and ask her out!' but he said, 'I dunno; I don't think I'm her type.' And feeling silly as usual, I asked, 'Oh, does she like machine types instead?'" The mermaid looked to him with a silent smirk, and he shrugged, "He didn't think that was funny."

The journey went on, as did Gommamon's story: "But I felt sorry for him, 'cause it's not every day a Shellmon gets a soft spot for somebody. So I tried to coach him by saying, 'Look buddy, everybody gets a one-time chance in life, and this is yours! Sure, it's okay to be nervous, but you gotta come out of your shell sooner or later! giggles Get it? Shell? ...He's a Shellmon....... He didn't think that was funny either."

Suddenly, the mermaid stopped swimming, and looked very alarmed. "What's wrong?" Gommamon wondered in concern; "Are we almost there? ...Do you see something? What is it?" The mermaid's face drew fear, and she started to turn around quickly. The little seal frowned, "Wait, where're you going? Isn't Coral Town that way?" Still not talking, the mermaid made a sudden getaway as fast as she could. All the while, Gommamon beckoned, "Wait! Come back! ......Mermaid?......" Poor thing didn't see the Shadowmon behind him, and it was too late for him to avoid getting swiped by the monster's claws.

Gommamon was swatted like a fly, and hit the ocean floor hard. He shook his aching head, and looked up in surprise, "...oh no..." Not only was there one Shadowmon, but three of them! Gommamon knew he was too weak to digivolved, so he desperately summoned his Rookie attack: "MARCHING FISHES!" His fish-torpedo attack just tickled his enemies. One of them advanced on him, when suddenly-

"ICE ARROW!" somebody shouted. Suddenly, the Shadowmon was overcome by a huge icicle. It knocked it right into the stone wall, and was deleted. Gommamon blinked in surprise, and turned around nervously. Sure enough, there before him was a giant blue-green serpent, with a golden-armored face and big blue cat eyes. "Seadramon!" gasped the little seal.

------------ Digimon Card: SEADRAMON ------------

Level: Champion

Attribute: Data

Type: Aquatic Beast Digimon

"Not just any Seadramon; I'm Michael's Seadramon! I've camped out here ever since I found out Oceanamon was in town. Anybody who messes with me OR her will face my 'Ice Arrow!'"

-Seadramon

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The other two Shadowmon gasped at the giant serpent, as he advanced on them. They darted his charge with their Black Saw routine, and with such they tried to slice him. But their enemy was incredibly agile in the water, and avoided them with ease.

He whacked the two of them with his great tail, sending them flying through the water. From there, they looked to each other, and decided to swim away.

"Wow!" Gommamon cheered; "Long time no see, old buddy! I hardly recognized ya." "Well," smiled the giant sea monster, "it's kind of hard to tell me from any others like me anyway. So... Is Michael here?" Gomammon frowned and shook his head; "Sorry... I heard Mimi say that he wanted to come, but he's needed back home in America." Seadramon frowned, "Aww... He's missing all the action!"

Gommamon giggled in doubt; "Actually there's not much around here except for Sin Digimon and Shadowmon." Seadramon disagreed, "Actually, I have to show you something. You're gonna love this!" The great beast turned its snake-like body around. Gommamon curiously followed.

Seadramon led Gommamon to a large coral reef, flooded with shells, seaweed and anomies. There were various tropical fish- even an eel. The highlights of the sea flowers and coral made the bubbles that spouted from below sparkle with rainbow prisms.

Gommamon observed it and sighed, "This is pretty and all, but..." Seadramon directed his head to a small cavern, well hidden within the pink and yellow anomies; "Look in here," he said calmly. Gommamon did as he was told; he swam over to the small cave, peered in... and gasped in shock. Inside were three familiar-looking gold medal chains... with three even more familiar-looking jewels. Gommamon's eyes lit up; "....It's.... The new Crests of Friendship, Knowledge and Reliability!"

Indeed; one chain held a navy blue medallion with the brighter blue symbol of Friendship in its center. The middle chain held a bright silver medallion with the black symbol of Reliability in its center. And to the far right was the third gold chain with a bright orange medallion with the purple symbol of Knowledge in the center.

Gommamon was overwhelmed with joy, as he cheered and hugged his reptilian friend; "YOU DID IT! YOU FOUND THEM! THIS IS SO AWESOME, MAN! I LOVE YOU!!" Seadramon laughed, "...Okay, calm down... So you're absolutely sure these are the Crests?" Gommamon nodded, "I'm absolutely sure about everything I just said! ......Except that part about 'I love you.'"

Seadramon would have responded, but his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of roaring beasts. Both he and Gommamon looked behind them, and coming straight for them like two black torpedoes was the pair of Shadowmon. In the middle of their attack, they merged together and morphed into a creature similar-looking to Seadramon, but bigger, and red.

------------ Digimon Card: WARU SEADRAMON ------------

Level: Ultimate

Attribute: Virus

Type: Aquatic Dragon

"Uh-oh, they just became Waru Seadramon. He's basically the evil version of Mega Seadramon; my Ultimate form. When he picks a target, he won't quit until it's destroyed!"

-Seadramon

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"DARKSTROM!" roared the mutant creature, spraying an inky black torrent of power from his jaws. It just missed Gommamon, but it hit Seadramon pretty hard; he crashed into a cluster of coral. "Oh no!" gasped Gommamon, who was then hit from behind. He crashed into the sandy ocean floor, and saw that there were five other Shadowmon that came from behind them. Three of them commenced their Black Saw attack, and this time they hit Seadramon on target, one by one.

"Leave him alone!" roared the little white seal, and he charged after the Shadowmon. But Waru Seadramon wrapped his great red tail around the Rookie. Gommamon tried to push himself out of the grip, but it was too much pressure for him to take. He started coughing and wheezing for air.

Seadramon unleashed, "ICE ARROW!" and shot three of them at the Shadowmon. Then the sea beast charged at the Virus Ultimate version of himself at full force. They butted heads and whipped tails. One bit the other, and vice versa. Finally, Waru Seadramon was too busy fighting his Champion likeness, and released Gommamon.

Gommamon, out of breath, started falling down towards the coral reef. He landed right on top of the reef where the crests were hidden. His left claw just barely touched one of the hidden jewels, and suddenly he saw a silver glow. He looked down, and saw that the Crest of Reliability was reacting to his presence. Carefully he picked it up, his eyes gazing in wonderment. "I... feel the power!" he muttered. Then a great flash of energy just burst right through the water-

The last ray of sunlight disappeared, but the darkness couldn't hide the explosion of water. Everybody that was present on the beach saw it- a giant tidal wave that shot up like a volcano eruption. Joe's eyes bulged, "...w...what's that?" From the tidal wave emerged a giant, multi-spiked object. It had a dark sea green shade to it, and the evening sky made it even darker. What made it even harder to see what it was, was the fact that it was far off from the shore. Whatever it was, it was big. And growing.

But just then, Joe's eyes took a good look at it. The image mirrored in his glasses. He knew it was a giant tortoise shell... and who it belonged to: ".....Zudomon...."

He was right. Zudomon's body completely emerged from the tidal wave in all his glory. He was a giant; a cross between a humanoid walrus, and a tortoise. He had a horn on his forehead that bent like a harpoon. And proudly held in his hand was a big silver hammer.

None of the humans could believe their eyes, as they witnessed the great water beast dive right for a Waru Seadramon that shot out of the sea like a cannon. Zudomon rode the huge tidal wave gracefully, proving how dominant he was in the water. As he sped toward the shore, Waru Seadramon followed him, fast as a torrent. "DARKSTROM!" he roared, unleashing his dark energy at Zudomon. But the Ultimate version of Gommamon had a shell that wasn't so much as scratched by Waru Seadramon's attack.

Following this struggle were Seadramon and the Shadowmon. The Shadowmon came at him with their Shadow Hammers, but he responded with his Ice Arrows.

It wouldn't be long until Zudomon finally made it to shore. His left claw stayed balled until he was close enough to those on shore whom he had been separated from until now. Once they were in sight, he opened his claw and tossed three golden chains out to them. Matt, Izzy and Joe caught them, and realized that they held in their hands their re-vamped crests and tags. Matt then shot a sly smile to Izzy, and he did the same. They had been waiting for this.

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

(Just as Gaiamon's Chosen do it; Oceanamon's Chosen hold up their crests with a black silhouette of their hands. Then, where the crest power merges into data, the vision of Oceanamon as a blue spirit blows a kiss. Her form then digitizes into the new data stream. From there, the original vision takes over)

"GARURUMON, DIGIVOLVE TO..............................WERE GARURUMON!"

"KABUTERIMON, DIGIVOLVE TO..........................MEGA KABUTERIMON!"

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

"Oh no," muttered Waru Seadramon. Mega Kabuterimon- a towering red beetle with six arms and a horn on his face that only a fool would dare reckon with- took to the sky and headed right for the enemy. His six arms grabbed the red sea monster and had him in a death grip.

Meanwhile, Were Garurumon and Zudomon charged for the Shadowmon. He wasn't as big as his Champion form, but Were Garurumon proved to be more powerful. With the agility of a human, he jumped from Zudomon's shell and from there he was airborne- if only for a few seconds. There, he had a clear shot of the group of Shadowmon and unleashed, "WOLF CLAW!" His killer scratch attack was all it took, and the Shadowmon were wiped out.

Zudomon came to Mega Kabuterimon and informed him about the Waru Seadramon, "He's two Shadowmon in one; let's hit 'im with both our powers." "Right," agreed the giant beetle, releasing his opponent. The Waru Seadramon was having difficulty recooperating from the grip he was just in. That's when Zudomon took up his hammer and yelled, "VULCAN'S HAMMER!" while Mega Kabuterimon shot lightning from his horn attack, "HORN BUSTER!" Both electric attacks were more than enough to make the mutant Ultimate vaporize.

A few minutes later, the humans and their digimon- those who were Ultimates were now In Trainings- rested on the beach, reflecting on what had happened. Matt and the other Oceanamon-Chosen were proudly wearing their new tags and crests around their necks. Gommamon's In-Training from was called Pukamon, and he was a gray, almost reptilian version of the furry white seal. But Joe was glad to have him back either way.

Seadramon sat himself right where the tide was rolling in; he was ready to head back into the water. Joe looked to him and said, "So Pukamon tells me he might have seen Oceanamon?" Seadramon nodded, "Yes. I've seen a mermaid in the ocean too, and that's who led me to your crests." Pukamon, who was not as subdued to gravity as the others were, replied, "I thought it was her! But whenever I tried to talk to her she didn't say a word." Izzy then guessed, "Perhaps she was keeping quiet so that the Shadowmon couldn't hear her. I mean, with those big ears of theirs, I'm sure they can pick up sound from miles away."

Seadramon then said, "I should go back to the ocean. If she's still out there, I'll keep all those Shadowmon at bay." "You can't do it all alone," Matt argued, but the blue-green sea serpent answered, "I won't be alone. I got buddies out there who are still looking for her. And who knows? Maybe you guys will run into her on land one of these days." Seadramon then whirled his body around and headed back into the sea, while everyone on land waved and said goodbye.

Matt then stretched his arms and said, "So... There's another order of business we have to discuss: Penguinmon." "Yeah," Izzy gave a nod; "He said he was going to Metal-Tropolis, whatever that is." Matt suggested, "We'll go there as soon as we can. But before we do, we gotta get in contact with Tai and the others. I have the strangest feeling that they need our help."

The full moon gave light to the ocean, illuminating the rolling waves and turning tides. "...What makes you say that?" Davis asked. Matt replied solemnly, "...Because I haven't heard from them since we left them..."

TO BE CONTINUED