"Pepper Breath!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Spiral Twister!"
"Super Shocker!"
As the trees fell at a slow, rhythmic pace, Don shook his head lightly.
"At this rate, it'll take weeks to build a raft!"
"We'll find a way, Donnie." Elisa assured softly, though she couldn't help but agree with him.
She heard heavy footsteps, and turned around.
"Leomon!" She exclaimed.
Don looked up as Leomon stopped beside them.
"I heard you're building a raft to head to Server."
"How'd you know?" The purple-banded turtle asked curiously.
"Oh, you know us monsters. We all love to gossip. I brought along some friends that wanted to help out."
All seven turtles looked up.
"Centarumon!" Don stated.
"Monzaemon!" Gio exclaimed with a smile.
"Look, its Meramon!" Elisa added.
"And the Yokomon!" Biyomon giggled out as said Digimon tackled her.
"Hey, Frigimon!!" Raph stated.
"Elecmon!" Mikey cheered, happy to see the familiar, friendly face.
The process of breaking down trees and actually MAKING the raft sped by much faster, and soon, the raft was sea-worthy, supplies and sail on board.
The raft had to be pushed down a slope in order to reach the water, and the Digimon rode it like one would a surfboard. When it landed safely, staying in place, the seven turtles ran down the slope after them.
"Believe me, that raft is strong enough to get you across the ocean."
The turtles nodded up to Leomon, when the egg in Mikey's arms started to shake.
Everyone stared in surprised confusion as Mikey rubbed it softly, and the top popped off, revealing a little white Digimon with cute black eyes.
"The Digiegg hatched…" Don muttered in awe.
"Poyomon!" The small Digimon chirped, jumping out of the egg to cuddle in Mikey's hands.
"That's Patamon's Fresh form, Poyomon." Tentomon stated.
"Poyomon…"
A smile grew across Mikey's face like the sun rising, and he hugged the Digimon tight.
Raph smiled, grabbing Mikey by the shoulder.
"Come on, Mikey. Get on da raft."
Once everyone was aboard, the sail caught a strong wind, sending them out into the ocean.
They waved goodbye to the Digimon on the shore until they were out of sight, and turned to look ahead of them.
"…I HATE the ocean…"
"Stop complaining, Rach." Gio retorted boredly, staring out at the ocean.
Mikey was preoccupied playing with Poyomon, and Don and Elisa were studying the map Gennai had sent. Rach wasn't far off, but she looked a bit queasy.
Raph seemed off in his own little world, and Leo never took his eyes off the horizon.
The waves started getting rougher, and Gio looked around in worry.
"What's wrong?"
Before Don could even open his mouth to reply, a huge wave towered over them like a building.
"I betta be in a pretty bad nightmare…" Rach muttered, gripping Gomamon tighter.
It rocked the boat, nearly smacking Mikey off, but Rach caught him, still gripping the raft tight.
When it passed, they all looked up, shaking off the saltwater.
"Where did THAT come from?!" Raph questioned gruffly, spitting out saltwater that had found its way into his mouth.
"I don't know…" Don answered, making sure the laptop was dry.
"…Is that an island?" Gio asked curiously, seeing something solid in the water.
"…Since when is an island brown?" Leo asked, looking closer.
"…When it isn't an island…" Elisa answered, hugging Biyomon to her chest as the 'island' revealed itself to be a whale-like Digimon.
"It's Whamon!" Tentomon exclaimed, holding onto Don's shell tight.
Whamon opened his mouth and the raft started speeding towards the open cavern.
"HOLD ON!!!!!"
Don brought Elisa into a hug, holding onto the raft tight, as Rach tightened her grip on the orange-banded turtle in her arms. Gio nearly scrambled for a hold, latching onto Leo, who was gripping the mast with Raph.
They raced into the mouth and down the dark esophagus.
White blobs flew by them, startling them in the dark.
"They're antibodies! They think we're a virus!" Elisa called out, tightening her grip on Biyomon and burying her face into Don's shoulder, making him blush crimson.
Soon, the raft flew into the lit stomach, landing with a smack in the center.
"Okay…This isn't so bad…"
Raph's head snapped up as stomach acid started leaking in.
"…Or not…"
Everyone jumped to their feet, scrambling away from the edges of the raft.
"Look!"
Don followed Tentomon's claw.
"A Black Gear!"
Everyone looked up to see a Black Gear sticking out of the ceiling of the stomach.
"How do we get to it?" Mikey asked.
"Someone can climb on these! Poison Ivy!"
The attack wrapped around the evil device, and Leo stepped forward.
"I'll do it."
He climbed up expertly, and his Digivice glowed once he got close the Black Gear. The light dissipated it, and he was able to flip back onto the raft.
The whole stomach glowed, and the raft flew upwards, coming out through Whamon's blowhole.
The raft shattered on impact, and they were left clinging to debris in order to stay afloat. Whamon swam closer, and they panicked for a moment.
"Sorry about that. Don't know what got into me."
Now back to normal, Whamon offered to take them to Server.
Once on his back, everyone settled down.
"Now we just need to find those tags Devimon hid…" Gio stated, her chin propped up on her knee.
"Did you say Devimon?"
"Yeah." Leo answered.
"…Well, I don't know anything about tags, but Devimon hid something a while back…deep at the bottom of the ocean…"
Excitement rippled through the group.
"Can you take us, Whamon?" Elisa asked softly.
"Sure. You can all ride inside me. But no tickling!"
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Whamon brought them to an underwater cave, and told them to look in the mini-mart further off.
When said store came into view, Drimogemon burst through the ground before them, a Black Gear in his back.
"You don't scare me!" Gomamon challenged.
"Gomamon, Digivolve to…IKKAKUMON!!"
As their horns clashed, the turtles ran into the store, looking around frantically. Drimogemon smashed into the store wall, shattering glass and toppling over shelves.
"Yeah! Go get 'em, Ikkakumon!" Rach cheered, standing up.
Mikey looked around in panic as the smoke cleared.
"POYOMON!!! POYOMON, WHERE ARE YOU!?!"
He found the small Digimon under a shelf, holding onto a wooden box like it was a lifeline.
He lifted up the baby Digimon, taking the box from his grasp and opening it.
"…GUYS!!!! I FOUND THE TAGS!!!!"
The others came running, and looked at the gold trinkets on the white chains they hung from.
They each pulled one on, the tag hanging over their hearts, and headed outside to see Drimogemon was gone and the Digimon were victorious.
"Great! Now that we have what we need, let's head back to Whamon." Mikey exclaimed happily.
After getting back to the surface, they rode on Whamon's back, their tags clinking against their plastrons in the wind.
'This'll be an adventure we'll never forget…'