CHAPTER TWELVE: THE BEGINNING OF A NEW QUEST

It is the dawn of a new day. As the sun rose gradually over the metropolitan area of West Shinjuku, its radiant light illuminating over the buildings, houses and streets of the city, this signaled the starting of a new day. It was on this same new day that Wolfemon and the rest of the digimon were going to begin their journey to the Foxwood Village in the Digital World.

Everything had been properly prepared for the trip to the village. Not only had the digimon gotten permission from their tamers to travel to the Digital World on their own but also Guilmon had found the portal that would have taken the group directly to the Foxwood Village (or so Guilmon had said).

Now the tamers and the digimon stood in the middle of the West Shinjuku Park. They were waiting for the portal, which was said, by Guilmon, to emerge in that exact location.

"(Sighs) Come on! When is this portal gonna appear already!" shouted an annoyed Impmon.

"Be patient, will ya Impmon," Lopmon said.

"Yeah momentie," Terriermon said, "if Guilmon says that the portal will appear here then it will, right Guilmon?"

Guilmon nodded his head. "Absolutely positively," Guilmon answered.

"Ugh! I can't believe you digimon are actually going through with this," Kazu said shaking his head, "worst yet, I can't believe we even agreed to let you guys do it. I mean, what were we thinking?"

"The exact same thing that our digimon were thinking," Mia answered, "that we needed to find Renamon and they're the only ones that could find her."

"But what about digi-evolving?" Kazu questioned, "you know you guys can't digi-evolve without the help of our digivices."

"True," Guadromon stated, "but Kazu, you're forgetting that three of us digimon don't need the aid of your digivices to digi-evolve to champion or ultimate levels."

"Guadromon is right," Monodramon said, "if we come across any evil digimon in the Digital World, then Impmon, Lopmon and I will just digi-evolve to our ultimate level forms and delete them. It's just as simple as that."

"Is that so?" Kazu said unconvinced.

"Yes Wazu, the digimon will be fwine in the Dwigi-world," Susie said with a smile.

Kazu snorted. "I'm still not convinced," he said stubbornly.

"Not convinced? What more information do you need Kazu?" Henry said.

"Well…while you digimon are in the Digital World, what are the rest of us going to do when an evil digimon biomerges into the city?" Kazu asked, "I mean even if we try our best to defend ourselves, eight teenagers and four little kids aren't enough to stop that evil digimon from destroying West Shinjuku."

"You know, as much as I hate to admit it, Kazu does have a valid point," Rika said, "what are the rest of us going to do when an evil digimon attacks?"

"Not all of us are going to the Digital World," said Marineangemon, "both Calumon and I are staying back in the Real World to protect it from harm of any immerging evil digital monsters."

"Look Marineangemon…don't take this as an offence when I ask you this but are you and Calumon positively sure that you two can handle protecting our city while the others are in the Digital World?" Takato asked.

"Of course we can handle it Takato," Marineangemon answered, "Calumon and I are the right digimon for this job. After all, I'm a mega level digimon."

"And I can digi-evolve to ultimate level," Calumon said proudly.

"You know, an ultimate and mega level digimon defending West Shinjuku city is a good offence for our city," Jeri said.

"Yeah, and like they say, a good offence is a good defense," Takato said.

"Ah come on, gimme a break here guys," Kazu said, "I can't believe you guys have chosen to leave the faith of our city in the hands of two puny-sized digimon."

Marineangemon and Calumon glowered at Kazu; they were both taken aback by his statement.

"Look Kazu I recent that statement you made about Marineangemon," Kenta said angrily, "he may be small but he is very strong."

"And so is Calumon," Jeri chimed in.

"Yeah, right," Kazu said folding his arms.

Wolfemon rolled his eyes. He was sick and tired of hearing Kazu's constant bickering with the other tamers, especially since he was trying to keep his mind off of thinking about Renamon while waiting for the portal to emerge. Wolfemon sighed exasperatedly as he turned to face Kazu.

"Look, no one is arguing with you Kazu," Wolfemon said sternly, "the decision is final. The rest of us digimon are going to the Digital World to find Renamon while Calumon and Marineangemon protect West Shinjuku from any emerging evil digimon. You tamers have already given us permission to do that and the last time I checked Kazu, you agreed to that as well, am I right?"

Wolfemon looked at Kazu, his pitch black eyes narrowing in a stern glare. Kazu winced at the look that Wolfemon gave him and gulped nervously.

"R…Right," Kazu replied squeakily

Wolfemon eyed Kazu once more before giving a small 'Humph' and turning his back to him. As soon as Wolfemon's back was turned, Kazu let out a breath of relief.

Wolfemon walked over to the nearest tree and, leaning his back against it, he heaved a breath and closed his eyes for a few minutes. He leisurely tried to gather his thoughts.

The wait for the appearance of the portal was causing him to become very impatient.

'When is this portal going to immerge?' Wolfemon thought edgily, 'the sooner this portal immerges, the sooner we can leave for the Digital World, get to the Foxwood Village and finally find Renamon.'

Wolfemon's ears then drooped dejectedly as he now looked up into the clear blue sky.

'Oh Renamon, if you only knew how much I truly miss you,' Wolfemon thought heaving a sad sigh, 'how much I am sorry for ever misjudging you and how much I longer to see and kiss your beautiful face.'

Heaving another sigh, Wolfemon slumped down onto the grass under the tree. He rested his head back on the tree and closed his eyes.

Wolfemon tried not to concentrate much about Renamon and to think about something else however a sudden loud yelp from one of the other digimon disturbed his thoughts. Wolfemon opened his eyes and looked up from the tree.

Turns out it was Guilmon who had yelped. The red dinosaur digimon was jumping up and down on top of the nearest slope while pointing at something in the distance.

"What is it Guilmon?" Lopmon shouted to the red dinosaur digimon.

"What do you see?" Gabumon yelled.

"What we've all been waiting for!" Guilmon exclaimed enthusiastically, "it's the portal!"

Everyone else ran up the slope to where Guilmon stood jumping up and down on the grass. They all looked in the direction Guilmon pointed in.

Surely enough, Guilmon was correct. Located in the plains down the slope was a portal. Its blue and purple contents swiveled in a spiral direction, emitting some sparks of energy as it hovered above the grass. The digimon and the tamers looked down at the portal.

"By golly, look everyone. It's the portal," Guadromon exclaimed.

"Well it's about time it appeared," Impmon said climbing onto Guadromon's left shoulder, "now we can finally leave for the Digital World."

"Yeah! What are we waiting for you guys? Our search for Renamon awaits," Terriermon said as he stepped towards the swiveling portal.

"Hold on just a second Terriermon," Lopmon said grabbing Terriermon by his ears, "we have to say goodbye to the others first."

"Oh yeah, right," Terriermon said.

Wolfemon, Terriermon, Lopmon, Guilmon, Impmon, Guadromon, Gabumon and Monodramon all turned and faced Calumon, Marineangemon and the tamers.

They looked each of them directly in the eye.

"Well…I guess this is goodbye," Lopmon spoke.

"Yeah," Takato answered.

Susie suddenly reached forward and pulled Lopmon into a tight embrace.

"Oh Wopmon, I'm gonna miss you," Susie cried into Lopmon's shoulder.

"Don't worry Susie," Lopmon managed to say, "the other digimon and I will only be gone temporarily. We'll be back soon."

"You pwomise?" Susie said through sniffs.

Lopmon winked at Susie and gave her a thumbs up. "I promise," she replied.

That made Susie feel much better and she smiled.

"We hope you guys come back to us safe from your journey," Jeri said.

"Don't worry Jeri, we will," Impmon said with a smirk.

"And I'll make sure of that," Wolfemon said.

Wolfemon and the digimon turned on their heals and started making their ways towards the portal.

"Goodbye Henry!" Terriermon shouted waving to his tamer.

Henry waved back. "See ya Terriermon," Henry shouted, "don't cause too much trouble!"

Terriermon laughed. "Don't worry I'll try," he said.

"Bye bye Impmon!" Ai and Mako shouted to their digimon.

"See ya later squirts," Impmon shouted back to his two tamers.

"Bye Kazu!" Guadromon shouted back to his visor-headed tamer.

"See ya Guadromon. Bring me back a souvenir," Kazu yelled sarcastically.

"Bye Takatomon," Guilmon yelled waving his two hands.

Takato laughed. "Goodbye Guilmon. Kick some butt," he shouted.

"Bye Gabumon," Alex yelled, "come back to me safely, okay?"

Gabumon nodded to Alex and gave him a wave.

The digimon all approached the portal. One by one they began to pass through the portal. First Terriermon (who practically jumped into the portal) then Lopmon and the rest followed after.

The last digimon to enter the portal was Wolfemon. Upon going through the portal, Wolfemon turned and looked back at the tamers and the remaining two digimon, Calumon and Marineangemon.

"Bye Wolfemon!" Mia shouted to her digimon.

Wolfemon smiled at his tamer and waved back to her. Wolfemon then looked at Marineangemon and Calumon.

"Marineangemon! Calumon! I wish you both the best of luck on protecting West Shinjuku City," Wolfemon said, "may you guard it well."

"Thanks Wolfemon," Calumon shouted back gratefully.

"And good luck to you too," Marineangemon added.

Wolfemon waved to Calumon and Marineangemon as well as the other tamers. Wolfemon then turned to portal and was about to go through when he turned back to face the slope.

Wolfemon looked up at Rika. Out of all the tamers, she was the only one of the group who had barely spoken a word. Rika's head was lowered down as she stared absentmindedly at the grass.

"Rika!" Wolfemon yelled.

Rika looked up. "Yeah?" she replied.

"Don't worry," Wolfemon said, "we'll find Renamon and…we'll bring her back to you."

Rika stared at Wolfemon, a bit surprised by his words, however she nodded her head.

"Thanks Wolfemon," Rika said.

Wolfemon gave Rika a small smile. After that, Wolfemon turned on his heel and finally entered the swiveling portal.

As soon as Wolfemon had walked through the portal, it made a loud crackling sound before it finally closed and disappeared out of sight.

Now Calumon, Marineangemon and the tamers all stared at the vacant spot where the portal to the Digital World once hovered over.

'Good luck Wolfemon,' Rika thought silently, 'and please…bring Renamon back to me as you said you would.'

TO BE CONTINUED………

Jadecy (Narrator): The time has come at last. Now that Wolfemon, Terriermon, Lopmon, Guadromon, Impmon, Gabumon, Monodramon and Guilmon have entered the portal, they are only one step closer to reaching the Digital World and beginning their quest for Renamon.

However, will Wolfemon and the other digimon be able to find Renamon in time to stop her from taking the biggest step of her life? You'll just have to wait and find out for yourselves.