Hello readers, I thought you would want to know that there have been some slight changes to the information page at the front of this story as well as chapter 8. It was souly to make some minor adjustments to the descriptions of Amaya's digimon. This is mostly to make it more descriptive to help you be able to visualize it more , but there were also some minor changes done as well. Anyways, thanks for reading and have fun.
When they reached the village they were greeted by a huge swarm of Yokomon who all seemed so happy to see them. The children all stared in shock at all the pretty much identical pink radish-looking digimon.
"From so far away everything looked so big," said Tai, walking between the houses.
"But they're so cute and tiny," Mimi pointed out.
"Ok," said Biyomon to the Yokomon "question. Who here knows where we can get a drink?"
"And just what do giant digimon drink?" asked on Yokomon
"Me?" asked Sora, pointing to herself "I'm no digimon."
"My friend Sora's what's called a human being," Biyomon explained "yes we know they look funny. In spite of this they are all actually very nice." Amaya started giggling again, partly because of Biyomon's comment on humans looking funny, but also because she said that all humans were very nice. Amaya wished that were true.
"What's a human being?" asked several Yokomon at once.
"If you are not digimon what are you doing here in digiworld?" asked another.
"This is great," said Joe morosely "There's no way we're all gonna fit into this place."
"Relax Joe," Tai advised him "At least the natives here are friendly."
"Oh my," said Mimi "I would just love to take one home and put it on my bed with all my other stuffed animals!" Amaya thought that if the Yokomon, or any of the other digimon for that matter, knew what she was talking about that they would be rather freaked out. Matt huffed and turned away.
"There she goes again," he said "Do you think Mimi hears the same things we hear? I'm not sure anymore."
"Yeah," Amaya agreed from his right "she's an interesting girl, that's for sure."
"Maybe she's an alien spy," Izzy suggested.
"T.K. is tired and hungry," Patamon pointed out.
"He's not the only one," said Joe tiredly, slumping forward slightly.
"Biyomon," asked one of the Yokomon "just when did you digivolve?"
"When I met Sora," Biyomon replied "We share a special bond which is magical."
"You don't talk like us anymore," another Yokomon pointed out "Is that how all Biyomon talk?"
"No," said Biyomon "It's how the big ones talk. I suppose I just picked it up from Sora. She is a wonderful and kind human being and I've already learned a lot from her."
Sora, who had made her way over to sit against a small hut in a position that Biyomon couldn't easily see her, smiled slightly as she listened to her partner describe her to the Yokomon.
"We still don't understand how you digivolved," a Yokomon said "What is it about being around human beings that makes it happen?"
"Sora needed me," said Biyomon with conviction "I had to protect her. When she was in danger a power came over me..." Biyomon continued on attempting to explain to the Yokomon.
"She had to protect me?" Sora muttered quietly "Wait a sec, now I get it. That's why she's always following me around." She looked up to the sky, thoughtfully.
"We're lucky kids," Sora laughed
"Sora," Biyomon called, poking her "We're invited to have dinner with the Yokos, they said they'd be willing to share their food with all of us."
"Oh wow," said Sora happily.
"Yay!" The other children cheered happily.
"Let's see hands if you want lemonade," called Joe
"I wonder what Yokomon eat," said T.K. which, Amaya had to admit, was a good point.
"I'll take a cheese burger, fries, and a shake," said Tai
"Water!" T.K. called out happily, running behind Izzy "Water!"
"Water?!" Izzy asked, turning around.
"Look everybody," said T.K., running up to a fountain "a fresh water fountain!"
"Oh, the water here is piped in from a spring at Mihirashi mountain," said a Yokomon "It's the best water in the world."
"Forget the world," said Tentomon, peering into the fountain "Mt. Mihirashi water is the best in all the galaxy!"
"Where's Mt. Mihirashi?" asked T.K.
"Over there!" said all the Yoko, turning towards the nearby mountain.
"Hey, that's a live volcano," T.K. pointed out.
"Yes," said a Yoki "But the heat boils away all the germs." The other kids looked at Amaya for guidance. She smiled and nodded, mildly amused at how readily they turned to her for survival guidance, especially since she was the second youngest in the group.
"It should be just as effective as if I boiled it over the fire," she said, voice colored with amusement "drink up." As all the kids gathered around the fountain the ground began to rumble and the water stopped flowing from the fountain.
"If I'm not mistaken" Izzy began calmly before his voice rose in intensity "that noise usually proceeds an eruption!" A huge pillar of fire shot up from the fountain, causing the children and Yokomon to jump away to keep from being burned.
"That's cool," said T.K. "but I still didn't get a drink."
"What is happening?" asked Tai from where he had fallen while trying to get away from the flames.
"The water evaporated," said a Yokomon.
"I think it did a little more than that," Amaya pointed out.
"That's ok," said a Yokomon "because the lake is always full of water."
"I'll check it out," said Tai, jumping to his feet.
"Let's all go," Matt suggested. Together they ran towards where the lake was. Upon reaching the edge they stopped and stared in horror.
"The water's all gone!" said Izzy
"Oh no!" cried Tai. The lake was completely dry. If Amaya hadn't known better she would think that there hadn't been water there for months, if not years.
"Goodness," said Mimi "where did it go?"
"Somebody pulled the plug," said T.K.
"Alright, let's not panic," said Tai, attempting to calm them down. They went back over to where the Yokomon were standing by the well and told them what they had found. After a while of discussion they decided to try and see if there was any water in the well at all. Amaya thought this was rather strange considering there had been a pillar of fire shooting from it earlier, but she kept quiet. Tai tied a bucket to a rope and lowered it down into the well. When it reached the end of the rope they could hear a sound that was similar to a small explosion or crash.
"Dry as a bone," said Matt.
"I won't give up," Tai insisted hurriedly pulling the bucket back up, only to find the burnt end of a rope instead "huh?" Another pillar of fire shot out causing Tai to jump back and do a strange dance of sorts.
"Look," Mimi laughed "Tai's doing a little dance for us. Is that supposed to stop the fire or bring down the rain?"
"Hey," Matt called suddenly "do you remember that flying gear we saw earlier?"
"It crashed, right into a hillside," said Izzy
"Great," said Sora sarcastically "of all the hillsides out there the gear crashes into Mihirashi Mountain."
"That's the place where the water comes from," Joe pointed out.
"That's right," a Yokomon agreed "the water comes from a lake on the top of Mt. Mihirashi. So a gear crashing into the mountain could affect our water supply."
"Mh," Izzy argeed
"We don't dare go up there," said a Yokomon "the mountain is guarded by a fiery digimon called Meramon. He's hideously dangerous." Tai stepped forward and pulled out his telescope, turning to use it to look up at the mountain.
"I want a closer look at that mountain," said Tai "You say this character Meramon is a fiery digimon? What does he look like? Never mind! There he is! He's coming! He's coming our way!" The other kids turned to look towards the mountain; sure enough they could see the blazing path that was being created by Meramon's path.