Hey everyone. I've been a little faster in getting this chapter finished and posted! I know it's been over a month but lately it was like two months or more between updates XD Hopefully I'll keep this up….
Kitsunelover300: Aww thank you very much :) Wizardmon is back for real, not just as a ghost, and there may be another one of your favourite Digimon making an appearance later on ;-)
Keyblade King 12: They sort of are similar to the destiny stones power wise if you know what I mean. More will be explained about them soon, and you're sort of close with Fernanda's crest :)
Sweet Cari: Thanks! Wizardmon's not a ghost anymore, he's back for real ^^
Aldamonburst: I always liked Wizardmon so I had to bring him back.
asdsf: Yeah, but not all of the emeralds though.
Sync The Dragon Tempest: Thanks! ^^ here's a slightly faster update than usual XD
DevilDragon8: Thanks :)
Angel-chan Desu: Nope, no ghost. Wizardmon's back for good this time ^^
warrior-of-water: They're not really connected to the crests affected, more will be revealed soon. And don't worry, I love reading your comments :)
WhiteWolfPrincess95: I liked Wizardmon too, that's why I had to bring him back hehe.
owwebernd: Yeah Wizardmon is back for real. More about the Spirit Stones will be revealed soon and the secrets on how to unlock all their powers although it's already been hinted how hehe. And sorry about your username, it's the auto thing on word when I'm writing the replies that replaces the o with a capital ^^;
09Stewie'shenchwoman09: Don't worry, he's back for good :) Imagine the look on his face when he sees Wizardmon is back hehe. Right now, I've only got Dawn and Stacey's Digimon digivolving to mega although that might change XD
Digimon 2.5 "Digimon Adventure 03"
Episode 31: "The Return of Seadramon X"
.:Fuji TV Station, Odaiba, Tokyo:.
"Wizardmon…." Gatomon's eyes were wide with disbelief as she stared at her friend who she had long thought to be gone forever… "Is…. Is it really you?" she murmured, her mouth hardly moving.
Wizardmon slowly lifted his head up and he smiled warmly as his eyes fell upon his best friend. "Gatomon…" he said tenderly. "It's been a long time."
Margaret gasped quietly to herself. So this was Wizardmon? Her mother had told her the story of how an old friend sacrificed himself to save the life of both her and Gatomon and she had always wondered what he had been like.
Gatomon began to gradually walk towards him once she heard the sound of his voice. As she got closer, she raised her right paw up. She hesitated a little at first, remembering what happened the last time she went to touch his hand.
"There is no need to be afraid my friend." Wizardmon replied softly as he extended his arm outwards, offering his hand.
Gatomon reached forward and gently touched his gloved hand with her paw. As their hands grasped each other, she relaxed and smiled widely. "Wizardmon." She sighed in relief.
Wizardmon also smiled as he tightened his grip on her paw.
At that moment, there was a loud gasp from behind them. Everyone turned around to see Kari stood in the doorway of the Hachitama with her mouth wide open in shock.
"W-Wizardmon…?" she whispered.
.:Hida Apartment, Tamachi, Tokyo:.
"Another mysterious attack has occurred in Tokyo Bay near Yokohama. A cargo ship was attacked after leaving the harbour shortly after one o'clock this afternoon. The attack came from beneath and capsized the ship. None of the crew were injured. It's the seventh attack to happen in Tokyo Bay within two weeks."
Fernanda suddenly looked up from her homework that she was doing at the dining table and looked over at the news broadcast. "Turn that up Armadillomon."
After getting no response from her Digimon partner, she peered over the sofa to see he had fallen asleep on the rug in front of the television with the remote next to him.
Fernanda smiled a little and stood up from the table. She walked over and knelt down in front of the television before grabbing the remote and turning the volume up.
The rise in the volume caused Armadillomon to stir and slowly open his eyes, yawning loudly.
"Two witnesses have spotted a lock-ness monster type creature in the bay and tabloid reports claim these attacks are linked with the monster attacks happening in the Odaiba area. The damage sustained to the ships suggests such an attack but the police have yet to confirm this."
Fernanda gasped as pictures of the damaged ships appeared on the screen. One had a gaping hole right through it.
"Do you think its Seadramon X?" Armadillomon spoke up, now fully awake.
His human partner nodded. "It has to be…. What else could do that sort of damage?"
Armadillomon looked up at her. "What're we gonna do?"
Fernanda gulped. What if her father had seen these news reports? He had been called into work today and wouldn't be home until later. Maybe he hadn't seen them... "I don't know…." She murmured.
Suddenly, the sound of the front door opening broke her from her thoughts. Fernanda quickly switched the television off and looked behind her to see her mother walk past the living room doorway.
"Hi Fern." Akina smiled to her daughter as she removed her jacket and stopped by the doorway in the hall.
"H-hi Mom." Fernanda stuttered a little as she rose to her feet.
Akina disappeared for a second as she hung up her jacket before she walked into the living room still dressed in her nurse's uniform. She noticed the dining table was covered in school books. "Looks like you've been working hard all afternoon. You want a snack?"
Fernanda bit her lip a little nervously. "Uhhh no thanks Mom. I think I'm gonna take a walk. My brain's a little drained so I feel like getting some fresh air."
"Be back in time for supper." Her mother called as she disappeared into the kitchen.
"I will, Mom!" Fernanda replied as she quickly put on her boots and grabbed her green jacket in the hall.
"So what's the plan?" Armadillomon asked, under the cover of his disguise as they left the house and headed down the street.
Fernanda took out her D-Terminal from her pocket. "I'm not entirely sure yet… but I'm going to need some help." She said quietly as she began to type out a message.
.:Kamiya Apartment, Odaiba, Tokyo:.
"So how long has it actually been? I can certainly see how much some of you have changed." Wizardmon commented as he glanced around at Kari, Tai and Sora.
Everyone was back at Tai and Sora's apartment. Wizardmon was sat at the dining table with Kari and MJ sat opposite. Sora was sat next to him whilst Gatomon was sat on top of the table and Biyomon and the two Agumons were stood either side. Dawn was sat on the counter of the breakfast bar with Tai stood beside her leaning against it with his hands in his pocket.
"Twenty five years." Biyomon replied from beside her human partner.
Wizardmon lowered his head, sighing. "It seems like only yesterday Myotismon was terrorising the city." He said, grimacing a little at the thought.
"What's the last thing you remember?" MJ wondered.
The wizard Digimon paused for a moment as he closed his eyes. He tried to remember something from the last twenty five years. But it had all happened so fast it didn't even feel like a day had past. "It's all sort of happened in a second for me." He finally said, opening his eyes once more. "The last thing I remember was the last time we met in the TV Station on August 1st twenty five years ago."
Kari smiled as she grasped the hot mug of coffee she had in her hands. "Well, it's glad to have you back Wizardmon."
"Yeah, we've missed you so much." Gatomon added.
"How did you manage to come back to life?" Dawn asked as she swung her legs back and forth over the edge of the counter.
"I was hoping you would answer that question for me." Wizardmon replied as he looked over at the Kamiya girl. "All I remember seeing is a bright pink light before I found myself standing before you all."
Everyone turned to look at Margaret who was sat alone on the sofa with her legs up pressed against her chest. She seemed to be off in her own little world staring at the blank television screen in front of her.
"Margaret, what happened?" Kari asked, softly.
Margaret slowly turned to face the ten sets of eyes that were all looking at her. "It all happened so fast. One second I was standing on the roof of the TV Station with Biyomon and then suddenly the emerald began glowing and transformed into Wizardmon."
"Wait." Dawn said jumping down from the breakfast bar. "Are you saying all these years Wizardmon is really the Emerald of Light?"
"That can't be true." MJ spoke up. "From what you told me, Leomon told you that Gennai started creating the emeralds shortly after our parents defeated MaloMyotismon. Wizardmon was already a ghost long before the emeralds were created."
"I have no idea what the Emerald of Light is but if it has something to do with my revival then I am truly grateful for it." Wizardmon said, bowing politely.
Tai stood up straight, removing his hands from his pockets. "You're not the only one Wizardmon. I want to know what these 'Emeralds' are too. I think you kids have some explaining to do."
Dawn and Margaret both glanced at each other from across the living room. Perhaps now was the best time for them to tell their parents exactly what Leomon told them.
.:Izzy's Laboratory, Minato, Tokyo:.
"Are you sure Jonathon can help?" Armadillomon asked as he looked up at Fernanda. They were both waiting patiently outside the entrance to Izzy's lab. It was now nightfall and the moon was blocked by clouds, which made it even darker.
His human partner nodded. "Yes. I can't do this alone Armadillomon."
"What do you mean alone? I'm here."
Fernanda giggled. "I didn't mean it like that Armadillomon. I mean Jonathon can use his father's computer system to track down Seadramon X's signal. Without that we will never be able to find him."
At that moment, Jonathon appeared from around the corner accompanied by Tentomon who was wearing a dark jacket. Jonathon himself was wearing a black coat and grey scarf and had his laptop carry case on his back.
Fernanda smiled. "Thanks for coming Jonathon. Sorry I had to drag you all the way out here." She said politely.
"Don't mention it." Jonathon replied as he took out his father's security card and swiped it through the card reader, unlocking the front door. "What I don't understand is that if Seadramon X was still here all this time, why wasn't my father's DDS alerted to his presence?" he opened the door and stepped inside, following by Tentomon, Fernanda and then Armadillomon.
"Doesn't the DDS only cover Tokyo? If Seadramon X swam out of that zone then he would go undetected." Armadillomon commented as they walked down the dark hallway.
"It covers the great Tokyo area, which consists most of the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Tokyo itself." Jonathon began to explain. They reached the entrance to the door and he swiped the security card unlocking the door. "I suppose it is possible that Seadramon X swam out of Tokyo Bay completely… but wasn't the recent attack near Yokohama? My father should have been alerted to his signal at that point if not before."
As Jonathon and Tentomon walked into the laboratory; Fernanda paused by the doorway and peered in. "Umm… are you sure we won't get caught?" she asked timidly. "I'd hate for you to get into trouble over something I've done."
Jonathon walked around his father's desk so he was stood in front of the main computer. "Don't worry. The lab has been closed for the weekend. My mother finally persuaded my father to take a weekend off after working non stop for the past three weeks, and Mr Takenouchi and Mr Kido are never here at the weekends."
Fernanda slowly walked in, gazing around at the masses of equipment that filled the room.
"Are you sure no one else will catch us?" Armadillomon said as he followed his human partner. "We are on government grounds."
Jonathon shook his head. He switched on his father's computer before walking over and turning on the Digimon Detection System's screen. "The government don't interfere with my father's work. As long as he keeps the Digimon attacks reasonably quiet then that's all that matters to them."
"I just hope he's not too far away." Fernanda mumbled as she took a seat at Haruhiko's desk.
Once the computer systems were fully loaded, Jonathon walked back to the desk and sat down in his father's chair. "Okay…" he murmured to himself as he began to type fast on the keyboard. "I'm going to log into the main data stream of the system to track down Seadramon X's signal, which will hopefully cover a wider range than the great Tokyo area where I'm guessing the Digimon has swum out to, otherwise his signal would already be on the DDS screen. I can change the co-ordinates and cover as many miles as I want and it should only take a few moments to pick any Digimon data that is out there…" He explained as he kept his eyes glued on the screen.
"Why is it the DDS only covers the Tokyo area when it proves right now Digimon can stray away from here?" Armadillomon wondered.
"It was just an unfortunate accident that Seadramon X managed to escape out of Tokyo." Jonathon replied as he continued to type. "But Tokyo is the weakest point in the Digital World's barrier where Digimon are more likely to slip through, even more so since the barrier was damaged and Digital Splits started appearing. Digimon don't usually have the chance to make it out of the Tokyo area as my father is alerted straight away and deal with things promptly."
At that point, there was a bleeping sound as a small black dot appeared on the screen in the middle of Tokyo Bay, opposite the Hinode Pier.
"Huh? That's strange…" the Izumi boy muttered.
"What's wrong?" Tentomon asked, hovering beside his human partner.
"Well… I've tracked down what I assume is Seadramon X's signal and it's near Hinode Pier on the Shinagawa side of the bay, which is in the range of the DDS…. Why isn't it appearing on the main screen? Its switched on." he sighed agitated as he sat back in his father's chair.
"You sure it's been switched on all this time?" Armadillomon suggested.
"Yes. My father always leaves the DDS switched on. If he's away from the lab a message is sent straight from the DDS and to his digivice, alerting him…. I just don't understand how Seadramon X has managed to bypass the system and go undetected all this time… if he's managed it then who knows how many other Digimon are out there…."
"Enough analysing Jonathon. Let's just get out there and deal with Seadramon X before he attacks another ship." Tentomon piped up.
Jonathon sat up straight. "Yes Tentomon, you're right." He took his laptop out of his carry case and opened the lid, switching it on. "I'll download the signal to my laptop so we can keep track of his movement once we leave here."
"But Jonathon…" Fernanda spoke up. "If Seadramon X is in the middle of Tokyo Bay how are we going to get to him?"
"Especially if he swims further out away from land." Armadillomon added.
"Don't worry." Jonathon replied with a smile. "I've already thought of that little problem."
.:Ichijouji Apartment, Tamachi, Tokyo:.
"You want me to do what?" James demanded in a hushed tone as he held the cordless phone to his ear. He quickly glanced through the gap in the living room door to see if his parents and sister were still watching television.
"Please James. We just need to borrow your father's boat to track down Seadramon X. It'll only be for a couple of hours." Jonathon replied on the other end.
James wandered into the middle of the darkened hallway. "Seadramon X? Is that who's been causing all these boat attacks lately?"
"Yes. Fernanda fought Seadramon X once before but he managed to escape into Tokyo Bay and now that he's back she wants to make amends for her mistake."
James sighed. Out of all of the DigiDestined he felt the closest to Fernanda. Partially because they were the only ones to attend Tamachi Middle School and the others all lived in the Odaiba area. "Alright…" he finally spoke quietly. "The boat is docked at pier two just to the left of Rainbow Bridge. I'll meet you there."
"Thanks James. Oh, and please don't mention this to anyone. Fernanda doesn't want her father finding out and I don't think mine would be too pleased with me sneaking into his lab after dark."
"Sure. No problem." James replied before he hung up the phone. He placed it back in the holder before peering back into the living room. His mother and father were both sat on the sofa whilst Katie was laying on her stomach gazing up at the television.
James crept away from the doorway and down the hall towards the front door where the coat pegs were. He quietly rummaged through the pocket of his father's casual dark grey coat and pulled out a set of keys.
He then quickly slipped on his brown boots and grabbed his black jacket. Wormmon was asleep in his bedroom. He shouldn't need him though as this sounded like it was Fernanda's battle.
.:Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo:.
Fernanda sighed and bit her lip nervously as she stared down at the water crashing gently against the side of the small pier, finding it a little hard to keep still. Armadillomon was stood to her right and Jonathon was to her left. He was concentrating hard on his laptop screen as he kept a watchful eye on Seadramon X's signal.
Tentomon was hovering just behind him, also watching the screen. He then glanced to his left. "Oh here he is."
Everyone looked to see James jogging down the pier towards them. "Hey, sorry I'm late guys."
Fernanda smiled a little. "That's okay James. Thanks for helping, I owe you one."
James pulled the set of keys from his pocket. "Don't mention it." He said considerately. "My parents and sister are watching television and think I'm studying in my bedroom right now. So as long as this doesn't take all night they shouldn't notice I'm gone."
"Where's Wormmon?" Armadillomon asked.
"He's asleep in my room. I didn't see the need to bring him with me as this sounds like a personal battle for you and Fernanda." The Ichijouji boy responded.
Fernanda sighed, glancing down at the ground. "I just want to get this over with quickly. I've been feeling so guilty about this since he got away. I've never lied to my parents before and it's been eating me up inside ever since."
Jonathon stepped closer to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up. "Don't worry. We'll track him down and make sure he's gone for good this time."
James walked over to the edge of the pier where his father's wooden white motor boat was moored. He pulled on the rope, pulling the boat closer to the pier before motioning for the others to climb in.
Jonathon was the first to climb aboard and he took a seat at the front and rested his laptop on his knees. Fernanda climbed on next and sat directly behind him whilst Armadillomon leapt inside, causing the boat to sway a little. Jonathon quickly clutched his laptop, shooting the rookie Digimon a quick glare.
"I didn't know you could drive a boat James." Tentomon commented as he landed in the boat beside his human partner.
James untied the rope and threw it inside the boat before climbing on board behind Fernanda and Armadillomon. "Yeah. My father and I go fishing every first Saturday of every month. He taught me how to drive it when I was nine." He started the small motor engine by pulling on the cord. After a few starts, the motor started. "Although Wormmon wasn't too happy when I accidently caught him on the fishing line and ended up throwing him into the water one time." He added with a laugh, which caused Fernanda to smile. He then steered the boat away from the pier and turned it around so it was facing Rainbow Bridge.
"Okay…" Jonathon began as he zoomed in a little on the map. "He's currently swimming away from Hinode Pier and in this direction. If we hurry we can catch him before he reaches the bridge."
James twisted the handle towards his body making the boat go a little faster. He drove the boat underneath Rainbow Bridge, passing by a water bus that was heading in the opposite direction. Once they had passed under the bridge, they moved out into the more open space of the bay where only a few other water buses could be seen in the distance.
Jonathon gulped a little as Seadramon X's signal grew closer and closer to their own on his laptop screen. "You better make Armadillomon digivolve Fernanda. He's almost on top of us." He commanded.
Fernanda nodded and unclipped her D-Power from her belt. "Digital Ring, release."
Armadillomon jumped up onto the edge of the boat and grabbed the digital ring before diving into the water with a big splash…
"ARMADILLOMON DIGIVOLVE TO… ARCHELOMON!"
Archelomon swam deep down into the depths of the bay. The only light was the city lights reflecting off of the water above but as Archelomon looked around everywhere was dark. He looked to his left and then to his right. "Hmm… this is going to be harder than I thought…"
Just then, a sound from above made him jump a little. He swam up a little and looked up to see it was only a water bus passing above him. The champion Digimon sighed and continued his search. He swam even further down when something swam past, knocking him off balance.
Archelomon regained his composer and spun round to see a dark snake like silhouette swimming away from him. But the silhouette paused for a second and turned to look directly at him. Archelomon squinted as best as he could. There was something just a little different about him. "Uh oh." He quickly swam up to where the motor boat was and reappeared on the surface. "Uhh… we've got a bit of a problem guys."
"What is it?" Fernanda asked.
Suddenly, before the champion Digimon could reply, something burst out from under the bay, spraying the DigiDestined with water and causing the boat to rock rather roughly from side to side.
Fernanda opened her eyes and looked up, gasping loudly. "W-who's that? That isn't Seadramon X."
The Digimon snorted, water spraying from his nostrils before slowing turning his head to look at the DigiDestined.
"Whoever it is, it seems to have spotted us." James gulped.
Jonathon was already typing fast on his laptop, quickly glancing up for a second. "It's MegaSeadramon X. He's the ultimate form of Seadramon X…. wait a second, that's impossible. How did he manage to digivolve?" he wondered. "Could this be the same Seadramon X or a completely different one?"
James gritted his teeth a little. "This just makes things a whole lot tougher."
Archelomon jumped forward disappearing underneath the water for a second before leaping out up towards MegaSeadramon X. "Fin Cutter!" He prepared to swipe his right blade like flipper first… but the snake like Digimon beat him to it.
"King Javelin!" MegaSeadramon X fired a powerful lightning strike from the large blade on his head.
It struck Archelomon head on and he was thrown back into the water with a large splash that sprayed the children with even more water. The sudden waves in the water caused the boat to rock to and forth.
"Archelomon!" Fernanda gasped, leaning over the edge of the boat.
"Do you want me to digivolve to JewelBeemon?" Tentomon asked as he hovered in the air.
"No." Jonathon replied instantly. "At least not right now. We have to try and keep this battle underwater as much as we can before anyone such as the media is involved, which unfortunately rules you out of this one Tentomon."
"Besides this is Fernanda's battle." James interrupted. "She wanted to defeat Seadramon X herself to make amends for what she did. She's got her crest so she'll have to make Archelomon digivolve to ultimate."
Fernanda glanced down at her brown D-Watch on her left wrist. She tilted it a little at an angle and her crest symbol was illuminated in the moonlight as she stared at it. She had found out the name of her crest two days ago. Deep down she was a little disheartened by it and she hadn't even told Armadillomon what it was.
Archelomon swam up to MegaSeadramon X. "Hey you, you slithery slimy serpent! Remember me?" he shouted before he lunged down under the water tempting the snake monster to follow him.
MegaSeadramon X snorted angrily before he dived down in pursuit of the champion Digimon.
"Hey, they're on the move." Jonathon said as the MegaSeadramon X's signal began to move on the screen. "That way!" he commanded pointing back towards Rainbow Bridge.
James twisted the handle and turned to the boat around before applying full speed. They sped back underneath Rainbow Bridge and towards the small battery islands.
Underneath the water, Archelomon dodged to the left and then quickly glided to the right as MegaSeadramon fired energy spheres from his mouth. Each attack missed him and hurtled through the water and disappeared in the darkness beyond leaving a trail of bubbles.
Archelomon swiftly spun round. "Let's finish off what we started, eh?" he said before opening his mouth and firing a powerful beam of energy.
The attack exploded as it struck MegaSeadramon X in the face and he was thrown back from the force. He snarled and regained his balance quickly. "You won't find it as easy as before. I'm much stronger now…. King Javelin!"
Before he released his attack, Archelomon swam up, his tail swishing vigorously as he ascended towards the surface. MegaSeadramon X aimed his King Javelin attack upwards and fired it, but it just barely missed Archelomon by an inch.
The attack zipped past the champion Digimon, causing the water to sway unevenly, before it burst out through the surface and struck the side of a water bus that was slowly sailing past.
The three children in the motor boat gasped as the water bus was thrown from side to side due to the force and once the smoke from the blast disappeared, they saw there was a large hole in the side.
"Oh no…" Fernanda murmured.
"This is bad." Jonathon moaned. He could hear the passengers on the water bus screaming and panicking as the boat slowly began to sink.
Tentomon turned to his human partner. "Digivolve me now, Jonathon." He commanded.
Jonathon nodded and quickly released his Digital Ring and placed it inside his crest in his D-Watch.
"TENTOMON DOUBLE DIGIVOLVE TO… JEWELBEEMON!"
JewelBeemon flew across the Tokyo bay and positioned himself at the back of the boat. He took in a deep breath before he used all his strength to push the boat slowly towards the nearest pier, which was a few hundred yards away.
A few passengers had appeared at the back of the boat and watched in amazement. One began to take photos with his digital camera.
JewelBeemon grunted and huffed and puffed. He could feel the boat slowly sinking deeper and as well as trying to push the boat he was also trying to hold it up from sinking any further.
Suddenly, MegaSeadramon X burst out from the water right in front of the water bus, causing more people to scream. He roared thunderously and it echoed across the bay.
Archelomon soon resurfaced and leapt out of the water and head butted the ultimate Digimon causing them both to crash back into the water with an almighty splash.
"Fernanda you better make Archelomon digivolve quick." James said.
"I….. I can't." the Hida girl mumbled.
Underneath, MegaSeadramon X wrapped his tail around Archelomon's body and began to squeeze tightly….
"You have to try!" James exclaimed to Fernanda.
"James, it's not that simple." Jonathon interrupted.
Archelomon grunted as he struggled to free himself. He managed to move his right fin a little and the blade sliced through the snake's skin. Seadramon X flinched and was forced to loosen his grip, allowing Archelomon to swim away to safety…..
Fernanda closed her eyes and listened as the two boys began to disagree. It cast her mind back to the day on Rainbow Bridge when her father told her to fight Seadramon X but her mother protested.
"Fernanda please. You have to do this, what's stopping you?"
"Cody, honey you can't make her fight if she doesn't want to."
"We have no choice."
Fernanda opened her eyes her parents' voice disappearing and Jonathon and James' becoming louder again. "Stop it!" she suddenly shouted, causing the two boys to stop and face her. She was breathing a little heavy as she slowly turned to face them. "When I say I can't…. I mean I can't. I don't deserve the Crest of Integrity."
Jonathon blinked surprising and James gawped a little. "What?"
Archelomon swam forward at full speed. "Fin Cutter!" As he zipped past MegaSeadramon X, he swiped his right blade in a flash and sliced off the tip of his tail. MegaSeadramon X howled in agony and spun round to face Archelomon, who had now stopped and also turned to face him….
Fernanda lowered her head a little shamefully. "How can I have the Crest of Integrity? I'm not honest, reliable and trustworthy. I failed all three of those things when I let Seadramon X escape."
Jonathon and James both glanced at each other quickly before the Izumi boy spoke. "You're letting one little mistake set you back?"
Fernanda looked up at him. "One little mistake? It was a huge mistake. Firstly I let Seadramon X get away then I lied to my father about it and haven't done anything about it since. All those ship attacks have happened because of me. It's my fault."
"But Fernanda…" James began. "Integrity isn't just being honest, reliable and trustworthy. It's also doing the right thing, and making the right choices in life."
"Huh?"
"James is right." Jonathon added. "You can't judge yourself on this one mistake you've made. Gennai gave you the Crest of Integrity for a reason. He must have seen those traits in you and it would be extremely difficult to stay true to those traits all the time. I mean, look at Dawn for example. Her crest is Courage but I bet there will be some situations where she'll feel scared and helpless."
"But she'll never admit that to you." James said, with a small smirk.
The side of Fernanda's mouth curled up a little as she felt herself smile.
Both MegaSeadramon X and Archelomon opened their mouths and fired a stream of energy, one light blue the other pure white. The two attacks collided with each other causing a mass explosion in the water…..
Fernanda frowned, sighing. "I just feel like I've let everyone down, especially my father…. He relied on me to take care of Seadramon X and I failed. But even worse, I lied to him. I never lie. I should have been honest with him and then this whole mess would have been dealt with and those ship attacks would never have happened." She paused for a moment. "Once this is all over, I must tell him the truth…."
Just then, a small light appeared glowing at the bottom of the boat. Everyone looked down to see Fernanda's digivice was glowing softly. She unclipped it from her belt and brought it up near her face. In the screen was a new Digital Ring, twinkling. Fernanda gasped quietly under her breath and mumbled 'Digital Ring, Release'. The ring emerged through the screen and floated in front of her. She slowly took hold of it and placed it inside her crest….
In the water, the two Digimon both held off their attacks and Archelomon began to glow brightly…
"ARCHELOMON DIGIVOLVE TO… ZUDOMON!"
On the surface, the water began to bubble rapidly, sending waves right across the bay. The light from underneath faded and Armadillomon's new ultimate form was revealed as Zudomon emerged to the surface. But this Zudomon was only half the size of the original Zudomon.
MegaSeadramon X also resurfaced, noticing the new ultimate Digimon in the middle of the bay. He growled and immediately attacked. "King Javelin!" He pointed his head down and fired the lightning bolt attack from his blade.
Zudomon scowled and raised his hammer up to his face in defence. The attack ricocheted straight off the chrome digizoid weapon as if it was made of rubber and crashed in to the bay, spraying water everywhere.
By this point, small crowds of people were starting to gather on the beach, piers and over Rainbow Bridge. Everyone who was aboard the damaged water bus was now safely on the pier and were stood watching.
Zudomon lowered his hammer and locked eyes with the X antibody Digimon. "I hope you're not going to run away from me like the coward you were the first time."
MegaSeadramon X's eyes narrowed and he hissed furiously. "I'm no coward."
Zudomon chuckled. "Well, either way, I'm not letting you leave. You're not getting away from me this time. You've caused enough damage." Quick as a flash, he flung his hammer like a boomerang.
It spun through the air and struck MegaSeadramon X at the top of his neck, knocking the wind from him.
MegaSeadramon X's eyes widened from the blow as he slowly began to fall backwards….
JewelBeemon flew up into the air away from the pier just as the water bus completely disappeared underneath the water. He soared across the bay, moving behind MegaSeadramon X. As he did, the tip of his spear began to glow a dark red. "Spike Buster!" he thrust his spear forward and a beam of red energy shot out from the tip and struck the snake Digimon in the back of the head.
MegaSeadramon X began to sway from side to side as he wailed and moaned in agony. He finally lost his balance and slowly fell backwards, causing a large ripple of waves as he hit the water.
Zudomon jumped up high out of the water, holding his hammer above his head. "Vulcan's Hammer!" he brought his hammer down quickly, slamming it into MegaSeadramon X's floating body.
As it made contact, electric sparks shot out and the X Digimon's screech echoed across the bay before his body slowly sank down and exploded into a shower of data….
Jonathon and James both cheered as Fernanda smiled proudly at her Digimon partner.
.:Takaishi Apartment, Odaiba, Tokyo:.
Wizardmon was stood outside on the balcony of the new Takaishi apartment looking out at the bright lights and the TV Station and Aqua City in the distance. He sighed and closed his eyes, distant memories replying in his mind. He slowly re-opened them, only to jump a little as Gatomon had appeared beside him, perched on the railing.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." She said softly.
Wizardmon smiled a little. "It's okay. I was just thinking about the past…." He paused as he continued to gaze out over the city lights. "It's still very much how I remember it." He commented.
Gatomon also smiled a little and joined him in looking at Odaiba. "Nothing much has changed here in twenty five years… although it did take them a long time to rebuild Odaiba after the battle with Myotismon."
Wizardmon seemed to flinch at the mention of his name. He remained silent as he tilted his head upwards a little and stared up at the star filled night sky. He stayed like that for a moment or two before he spoke. "I must return to the Digital World."
Gatomon was taken back and looked up at her friend, a little stunned. "W-what?"
"Don't take it personally Gatomon. It's not that I don't want to stay here it's just I have so many unanswered questioned about my revival that only Leomon can answer. He seems to know the most about these 'Digital Emeralds' from what the children told us."
"B-but the Digital World is dangerous right now. You'll be safer here. We can keep you safe."
Wizardmon looked down at her and smiled warmly. "I'll be fine. Don't forget I travelled the Digital World alone for many years before I met you."
"That was different." Gatomon protested. "Things have changed now. If something were to happen to you I don't think I could go through with that again. You've been given a second chance at life Wizardmon." She hesitated for a moment before adding; "Will you return when you find the answers you need?"
"Most likely." Wizardmon replied. "Please try to understand Gatomon. I need these questions answered and the only Digimon I can get them from is Leomon. I must return."
Gatomon sighed as she lowered her gaze. "Just promise me you'll come back safe."
"I promise Gatomon."
.:Hida Apartment, Tamachi, Tokyo:.
Fernanda slowly opened the door to the apartment, holding Upamon under her left arm. As she closed the door behind her, she glanced down to see her father's shoes on the floor and his coat hung up on the rack. She sighed and placed Upamon on the floor.
He softly bounced towards the stairs, pausing by the living room door that was slightly open a jar. The lights were on and the television could be heard. He looked through the gap before looking back at his human partner. "Good luck." He said before bouncing up the stairs.
Fernanda sighed as she removed her jacket and hung it up. She leisurely removed her brown boots before placing them beside her father's shoes. Taking a deep breath she quietly walked across the hallway and gradually opened the living room door, stepping inside.
Cody was stood in the middle of the living room, with one hand in his trouser pocket and the other holding the television remote. He was blocking the view of the television but Fernanda could hear the news report playing.
"No one knows where these monsters came from. Witnesses claimed to have spotted at least three in the bay. Now police have yet to confirm if these are the monsters that have been attacking ships in the past two weeks but it certainly is looking that way. The only thing the police have confirmed is that a water bus was severely damaged in the attack but fortunately there were no fatalities and everyone escaped unharmed."
Fernanda wandered further into the room and walked around the sofa. She peered around her father to see the report was from a reporter that was live at Tokyo Bay. She cleared her throat. "Ummm…. Dad?" she spoke up rather quietly.
Cody suddenly turned the television off and placed the remote down on the coffee table. He turned to face his twelve year old daughter. "Is that the Seadramon X that appeared on Rainbow Bridge two weeks ago?"
Fernanda slowly nodded, lifting up her head to look at him. "Dad I'm sorry I lied to you. I didn't mean to and I should have told you the truth straight away. I tried to set things right tonight … I know it's too late after those attacks on other ships lately… but I couldn't let him get away for a second time. I've just been feeling so guilty I knew I had to do something." She rambled on.
Cody sighed loudly. He walked towards her. "I'm not mad Fernanda. Just a little disappointed in you."
Fernanda lowered her head sadly. "That's worse than mad." She murmured. "I'm sorry I let you down."
Cody placed a hand on her shoulder. "You haven't let me down Fernanda. I just don't understand why you didn't tell me he had escaped and we could have dealt with him before it got out of hand."
"I'm sorry. I guess I didn't want to feel like I let you down after you were so determined for me to fight him. You seemed so proud of me afterwards. I immediately knew I had made the wrong decision as soon as I lied to you…. I… I was just scared to tell you the truth."
Cody's expression changed and he frowned a little. "You know, I suppose it is partially my fault. I guess I did put too much pressure on you that day at Rainbow Bridge and I'm sorry. It was your first battle and you were scared and I pushed you into it."
"But I still shouldn't have lied to you Dad." Fernanda protested.
"Well, it's happened now and it's in the past." Cody said before he smiled a little. "But the main thing is you've realised your mistake and made it right, even if it did take a couple of weeks." He wrapped his arm around his daughter's shoulder as they both headed towards the kitchen. But Cody paused for a second, turning to look at her. "He is gone for good this time, right?" he added a little humorously.
Fernanda smiled, giggling a little. "Yeah."
.:Thunder Mountain, File Island, Digital World:.
"You what?" The Undead King's voice thundered throughout the courtyard at the back of his base.
Even though he was twice the size of the Undead King, Okuwamon X was cowering in the corner. "Please sir; I tried my best to bring the emerald to you but-"
"I don't want to hear your excuses Okuwamon X!" The Undead King spat, extremely livid. "You knew your orders! You were not to return here unless you had the Digital Emerald in your possession!"
Okuwamon X stood up straight and lowered his head shamefully. "I know I have failed you sir. But there is someth-"
"You also knew the consequences if you were to fail this mission as well!" The Undead King interrupted once more. "Give me one good reason why I should spare you?" he demanded.
"S-Sir…. Please there is something important you need to know." Okuwamon X pleaded, taking a step forward.
The Undead King sighed impatiently and in a flash, he clicked his fingers quickly forming a blood red coloured flame of energy before shooting it directly at the X antibody Digimon.
Okuwamon X didn't even have time to scream as the blast obliterated him in less than a second, and in a blink, he was gone….
The Undead King grunted and spun round, pushing his cape out of the way as he did before storming across the courtyard towards the doors to his base. "Useless fool." He muttered under his breath. "The DigiDestined can enjoy that emerald a little longer. As soon as I'm strong enough I'll take that emerald from them myself." He strode through the doors and with a flick of his right wrist, the metal doors slammed shut behind him…..
To be continued…