Episode 7: Bochamon's Here To Help

"Look out!" Jesse yelled as a spiraling green flame was shot at them. The group scattered a bit as the attack hit the ground harmlessly.

"What is wrong with these Digimon?" Theo asked as he panted. Another green flame was shot at him and Kusamon pushed him out of the way.

"I'm not sure." Kusamon said as he helped his partner back to his feet. The attacker, a semi-mutated Biyomon with soulless blue eyes, shot another attack at Seb and Bochamon. The Biyomon's feathers were dark and course and her claws looked sharper.

"We can't keep doing this." Seb said as he and Bochamon dodged the attack. The Biyomon hissed under her breath and breathed deeply.

"You're right." Finny said as he gripped his Digivice tightly in his hand. "We have no choice. You ready, Tyromon?"

"You bet!" Tyromon said. He faced the Biyomon and she attacked again. As Tyromon flew into the air to dodge it he was surrounded by a bright, red light.

"Tyromon digivolve to . . . DESDRAMON!"

"Wow." a few of the Digidestined said in response to seeing the Digivolution. The last time Tyromon digivolved, no one was around to see it.

"Fire Flare!" Desdramon shot a colorful arc of flames at the Biyomon. She stopped in mid attack and flew out of the way.

"She's quick." Desdramon said as he fired another attack. Biyomon dodged again and attacked back. The flame grazed Desdramon's shoulder. "I don't know if I can catch her."

"We'll hold her down!" Bochamon and Ashimon called out. They were the closest to Biyomon. They both ran at her from opposite directions, but Bochamon tripped at the last second and skidded right into Ashimon. They both landed in a heap as Biyomon, once again, flew away.

"Thanks for the help, guys." Desdramon muttered.

"Try attacking it now while it's distracted!" Finny commanded. Desdramon nodded and fired another attack.

"Fire Flare!" the colorful flames raced at the pink bird Digimon and hit their mark before she had a chance to fly away again. Biyomon was sent flying backwards, her feathers singed from the fire.

"Spiral Twister!" she yelled as another green flame aimed itself at Torimon. Torimon shot her own attack out to cancel it out.

"She doesn't seem to be weakening at all." Mack said as she kept Torimon from falling backwards after the explosion from the two attacks.

"I know what you mean." Torimon grumbled.

"I've got everything under control." Desdramon said. He sucked in his breath in preparation for another attack, but Biyomon paused in mid air and flew in the opposite direction.

"I told you!" Desdramon said proudly as he fired the attack into the air.

"I don't know. It's acting weird." Finny told his Digimon. Desdramon frowned.

"Look at that." Mo said as she pointed at Biyomon. The bird Digimon had landed on the ground right next to a small patch of Fractal Data. As she stood over it, her whole body started to get a faint, black glow around it.

"What's going on?" Sandy asked. She hugged Ashimon for comfort.

"She's absorbing the data." Inagomon said.

"Does that mean she's getting even stronger now?" Becky asked her Digimon. Inagomon didn't need to respond, for at that moment, the black glow got so think around the Biyomon's body that it completely hid her from view. When the glow finally cleared, there was a large, red-orange bird standing in her place. She had razor sharp fangs protruding from her beak and sharp black claws on each foot. Her tail, ears and wing tips all ended in flames.

"It digivolved." Mo said as the giant fire-bird took off from the ground and flew at them. "Birdramon."

"This doesn't look too good." Kitsumon said and Birdramon dove at them from above them.

"You want to digivolve?" Mo asked taking out her Digivice. Kitsumon nodded and a second later she was surrounded by a bright purple light.

"Kitsumon digivolve to . . . MYOBUMON!"

There were few more 'wows' from the group as they gazed at another digivolution. Myobumon smiled and jumped next to Desdramon.

"What makes you think I'll need you're help?" he asked Myobumon.

"METEOR WING!" Birdramon screamed. The fire balls came crashing down into Desdramon's back and knocked him to the ground.

"That." Myobumon finally responded. Desdramon grumbled as he stood back up but didn't say anything back.

"They should attack Birdramon together." Inagomon told Mo and Finny. "Try and knock her out of the sky."

Both Myobumon and Desdramon nodded and prepared their attacks.

"FIRE FLARE!"

"ICICLE SPEARS!"

Both attacks shot out at once and hit Birdramon straight in the chest. She screeched in pain and plummeted to the ground beneath her.

"Got her." Desdramon told Finny.

"Nice shot." Finny complemented. Desdramon grinned, showing all his teeth.

"Is she done fighting?" Theo asked from the sidelines. In his arms he held one of the Digieggs. Becky, who was next to him, was holding the other.

"It doesn't look like it." Lexi said. Birdramon growled deep in her throat as she struggled to stand up again.

"I can't believe she can still fight after that." Mizumon commented. Seconds later, Birdramon was back in the air and firing attacks. As she swooped down towards the two other Champion Digimon, her body suddenly went stiff and she dropped to the ground again. She thrashed around in pain, firing attacks in random directions. Most of the group was forced to duck on the ground to avoid being hit.

"What's wrong with her?" Sandy asked as she gripped her brother tightly. Ashimon was crouched down next her.

"I'm not sure." Jesse told her. Sandy buried her head in his shirt.

"It looks like she's in extreme pain." Seb commented as he stood back up. Bochamon followed him.

"But from what?" Bochamon asked. "No one got the chance to attack her again."

"I know." Seb said. He walked up to the Birdramon, who still hadn't calmed down. Her body looked as if it was wracked with pain and there were beads of sweat all over her feathers.

"What are you doing, Seb!" Bochamon called after her partner.

"She's dangerous, Seb!!" Theo shouted to him. "Stay away!"

Seb chose to ignore his friends' warnings and instead crouched down next to Birdramon. She tried to bat him away as he put his hand on her shoulder blade.

"Wow, look at that!" Bochamon said as Birdramon started to calm down. Her body stopped twitching and her breathing slowed down.

"What did you do to her, Seb?" Finny asked. He and Desdramon had got up and were also coming closer. Seb didn't answer him.

Then, as quickly as it had left, Birdramon's anger returned. She took off with a roar and took off from the ground. Before she left, she grabbed Seb by the waist with her right talon.

"SEB!" Bochamon yelled as Birdramon started to fly away with his partner. Bochamon took of at a run after them.

"BUBBLE BLASTER!" Bochamon yelled as a blast of blue bubbles shot out of his mouth. They hit Birdramon in the cheek but didn't faze her at all. She continued flying towards a ledge that was still some distance away.

"I'm coming, Seb!" Bochamon yelled again. He was out of breath and breathing hard. He fired another attack but this one didn't even come close to hitting Birdramon.

"Bochamon!" Seb called down to his Digimon.

"Hang on, Seb!" Bochamon called again. He started to slow down and tripped over his large feet and tumble to the ground. A small tear leaked out of his eye and rolled down his furry cheek.

"BOCHAMON!" Seb yelled again! As he did, his Digivice started glowing bright yellow. The light confused the enraged Birdramon and she started thrashing in the air. Seb was thrown from her claws and was falling over the ledge as the light from his Digivice surrounded Bochamon.

"Bochamon digivolve to . . . NARMON!"

Seb landed on the now smooth back of his newly digivolved Digimon. Narmon looked like a giant shark with razor sharp dorsal fins lining his back. A metal mask covered his face and a giant horn protruded from the tip of his nose. His four legs each ended in clawed paws and his front feet were covered with thick, white fur. His tail ended it two blades.

"I got you, Seb!" Narmon said. Seb had somehow managed to land on Narmon's back.

"Yeah, but whose got you?" Seb asked. Both he and Narmon looked below them, only to find they were both falling over the ledge. Below them was a huge lake with a shore lined with sharp, black rocks.

"AHHHH!!" they both screamed as they hit the water. By this time, Birdramon had flown away and the rest of the Digidestined and their Digimon were making their way to the ledge.

Narmon's head broke the surface of the water a few seconds after he landed, but Seb's stayed under.

"Seb?" Narmon asked. He panicked as he realized his partner was still under water. He quickly dove under the water. After looking around the murky water for a bit, he finally spotted Seb sinking further and further away. He kicked his powerful hind legs and flicked his tail, propelling himself towards Seb at top speed. He swam under him and then brought him back up to the surface as quick as he could.

Seb coughed as he breathed deeply as sat up, rubbing water out of his eyes.

"Are you okay, Seb?" Narmon asked.

"I've been better." Seb told Narmon. Narmon smiled, glad to see that Seb was alright. Narmon flicked his tail back and forth, slowly swimming them back to the shore.

"You like the water?" Seb asked his Digimon

"You bet!" Narmon said. He splashed his tail on the surface to prove his point. "But I bet you hate it."

"Not really." Seb spoke calmly.

"But you almost drowned just now." Narmon said back.

"I know. But that's not going to make me hate it. I've loved swimming even since I learned how. When I was back home, I swam in our pool practically everyday."

"Wow, I love swimming too! That's why we make such a good match!" Narmon smiled.

"Yep. And I notice you are a lot more graceful in the water." Seb told him. Narmon's cheeks turned a faint shade of pink at the compliment.

"You think?" he asked. Seb nodded in response.

They were just about to the shoreline when some unknown force pulled Narmon and Seb underwater. Narmon fought it with all his might, knocking Seb off his back in the process. Seb was too shocked to do anything and slowly sank deeper and deeper.

"SEB!" Narmon yelled. He turned his head and found a small, white Digimon clinging to his back and digging his claws into his flesh. Narmon jabbed his horned nose at the mysterious Digimon and knocked him off. Afterwards, he swam as fast as he could towards Seb.

"Hold on." Narmon said to himself as Seb continued to sink. I'm almost there."

Just as he finished speaking, Narmon wrapped his powerful arms around Seb and swam as fast as he could towards the surface. Soon another Digimon got in his way and stopped him.

"Stop right there," the Digimon said. "I have orders to take you out."

"Now is not a good time for this." Narmon said, trying to reason with it. The Digimon didn't listen and attacked. Wanting to get Seb to safety, Narmon swam in the opposite direction rather than fight.

"Where ya goin'?" the Digimon yelled after them as he chased behind them. Narmon ignored it and swam even faster. The Digimon was gaining on him and another one had nearly made it right above him. Luckily, he spotted a cave just ahead of them. It wasn't very deep, but there was a hole in the roof. Hoping for the best, Narmon swam to it as fast as he could. Seb, who was hanging limply in his arms, was running out of air fast.

"I'll take care of this one." another Digimon that was swimming above them spoke. Before Narmon could react, it called out its attack. "Rocket Punch!"

"Narmon was hit with a powerful, slamming force right between the shoulders. His vision got foggy as he was propelled forward at a blinding speed. He managed to steer himself to the cave as his side grazed the rocks making up the side of it. He swam upwards and broke the surface before completely passing out.

"Bulls-eye." the Digimon who attacked them spoke. He had followed them up into the cavern and was watching them as they both lay on the ground. Instead of attacking, he hid behind a nearby rock and waited.

"Where am I?" Seb muttered as he drowsily opened his eyes and looked around. It looked like he was in some sort of cave made out of navy blue rocks. The ground he was lying on was damp with water and there was a small pool in front of him. He noticed Bochamon was half submerged in the water with his front paws keeping him from floating away as they limply clung to the rocks in front of him. He was unconscious.

"Bochamon!" Sad called out. He tried to sit up but was overcome by extreme dizziness and was forced back down on his back.

"Seb?" Bochamon stirred. He opened one of his deep purple eyes and looked at his partner. "Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine." Seb said. He sat up again, only this time he went slowly. On his hands and knees, he crawled over to Bochamon and slowly brought him out of the water. "You saved me?"

"I did the best I could." Bochamon said with a small cough. He smiled and stood up on shaky legs.

"You did great," Seb smiled. "Thank you."

Before either of them could say anything else, they were interrupted by a loud splash from the water. The white Digimon that had been chasing them quickly jumped out and darted over to the other Digimon, who was still in hiding.

"Time to get out of here." he spoke. Neither Seb nor Bochamon knew what Digimon he was.

"You want to just leave them?" the Digimon who attacked them spoke back. "Why?"

"I don't know. But the Master has summoned us back. We have to leave them."

By now, both Seb and Bochamon had snuck up to the rock they were hiding behind to listen in on the conversation. After the white Digimon had spoken, he raced back to the water and dove down before they could see his face clearly.

"You'll have to excuse me." the Digimon who had attacked them spoke after the other one had left. He stepped out from behind the rock. He had blue and white fur with long, green gloves covering each forearm.

"What do you want with us?" Seb asked him. The Digimon smiled.

"Nothing at the moment. But I have a feeling I'll be seeing you again. Still," he paused. He walked over to the pool and smiled at them. "But it's not definite. Rocket punch!" he yelled. But instead of aiming the attack at Seb and Bochamon, he aimed it at the ceiling of the cave.

"Not so fast!" Bochamon yelled. He ran at the Digimon as huge boulders started to fall out of place from the ceiling. Bochamon tripped at the last second and slammed into the Digimon, knocking them both into the pool. As the disappeared from view, huge boulders fell into the water, making it impossible to get through.

"BOCHAMON!" Seb yelled.

While all this was going on, the other Digidestined were frantically searching the water's surface for Seb and Bochamon. Tyromon, Torimon and Inagomon had digivolved and were flying around with the group on their back. Mizumon, who was also a good swimmer, was searching below the surface.

"Find anything yet?" Lexi called down to her Digimon. While Mizumon searched the water, Lexi was sitting atop Suzuchimon with Becky and Sandy.

"Nothing yet." Mizumon called back as she came up to the surface. "Oh wait!" she paused. A second later, she dove back down. When she resurfaced, she had Bochamon with her.

"Bochamon!" Finny called out as Desdramon swooped down low. "Where's Seb?"

"We were attacked in a cave." Bochamon spoke as he caught his breath. "Seb is still trapped down there."

"He's trapped?" Mo asked. "Where?"

"We were in a cave." Bochamon pointed in the direction he had come from. "The Digimon who attacked us caused a cave-in and blocked the entrance."

"How are we going to get to him?" Theo asked. None of use can swim down there and live."

"I'll have to go get him. It's my fault." Bochamon said. He prepared himself to go get his partner. "If I had been able to protect him better, he would be safe right now."

Mo was about to tell him that he was not to blame, but Bochamon dove back down before she got the chance to. As he swam out of view, Mo and Finny looked at each other.

"What now?" Mo asked.

"I guess we'll just have to wait for them." Finny replied, watching the water intently.

Below the surface, Seb was trying to dig through the rock that blocked the entrance. The smaller ones he was able to move fine, but the bigger ones he couldn't budge.

"Seb!" a muffled voice called to him. Seb instantly recognized Bochamon's voice. "Are you okay?" Bochamon called to him.

"I'm fine! What about you!" Seb pause from digging and called back to his Digimon.

"Don't worry about me. I'm going to get you out of there!! Bochamon said. Seb went back to digging as he heard Bochamon yell out his attacks. He felt the rocks shake a bit has the attacks ricocheted of them, but it wasn't nearly enough to move any of them.

"It's not going to work." Seb called to Bochamon.

"It has to work!" Bochamon was starting to panic now. What if he couldn't get his partner? He would go down in history as the worst Digimon ever. "I'll keep trying!" Bochamon attacked again. He was getting careless and the attacks bouncing off everywhere and weren't doing them any good.

"Do you think you can digivolve?" Seb asked him. The attacks paused.

"I can't do it when I'm separated from you!" Bochamon slammed into the rocks with his body. Seb could sense the panic in his voice.

"But you're not separated from me." Seb spoke calmly. He had to try and calm Bochamon down. "I'm right here."

"It's just not the same." Bochamon replied in a shaky voice. "I can't do it."

"You can do it." Seb said. "I'm right here. Just because I can't see you doesn't mean I'm not here. I'll always be here for you."

"Oh Seb..." Bochamon said. He stopped attacking the rock and pressed his face against them to hear his partner better. "I wish-"

Bochamon was cut off as a blinding yellow light seeped through the small cracks in the rocks and surrounded him.

"Bochamon digivolve to . . . NARMON!"

Once again the giant shark-like Digimon stood in place of Bochamon.

"I knew you could do it." Seb told him. Narmon smiled.

"Stand back, Seb." he instructed. "AQUA DRILL!"

The drill-like horn on Narmon's nose rotated at a super fast speed. Narmon plowed it right into the wall of rocks and weakened the bottom of them. Seconds later, they collapsed and made a large enough opening for Narmon to get through.

"Seb!" Narmon yelled as his partner finally came into view. Seb ran over and hugged his Digimon around the neck.

"I knew you could do it." Seb said.

"Thank you." Narmon said. He crouched down and motioned for Seb to climb on his back. "We better get back; the others are waiting for us.

"Good idea." Seb said as he climbed on. Narmon dove back into the pool of water and headed for the surface.

"Where are they? Lexi asked. "They should have been back by now." the group was growing worried. Bochamon had been gone for awhile. They hoped nothing bad had happened.

"Here they come!" Mizumon shouted from the water. Everyone looked to where she was pointing as a giant figure was swimming closer and closer to the surface. Soon after, Narmon broke the water's surface with Seb safely on his back.

"You're okay!" Mack called down to him.

"Of course I am," Seb replied back. "Narmon was with me the entire time."

Narmon smiled.