animepup: NOOOOO SCHOOL HAS STARTED!

jc: you're a bit late on that, it's started for like two weeks

animepup: SAME DIFFERENCE

jc: ?

animepup: DON'T JUDGE ME!

jc: *shrugs* already did

animepup: *pouts* well, since we're in high school, it means we get sh*t loads of homework… I think I'll only be able to post a chapter 1-2 times a month…

jc: you're just making excuses, you should just write faster woman

animepup: hmph, well I can't help it if I write slow!

jc: whatever you say

animepup: argh! OH BUT I HAVE GOOD NEWS! THE LINK TO MY DRAWING OF MIZUMON IS ON OUR PROFILE, SO GO CHECK IT OUT!

jc: jesus christ, this one here is the definition of mood swings

animepup: mhmmm… ack hey!

jc: ROLL STORY!

Disclaimer: I do not own digimon or any of its original characters and storyline

REACP:

"Gigasmon. Slide Evolution! Grottomon." Grottomon changed back.

"Hahaha! You're all so pathetic!" He laughed and switched back and forth between Grottomon and Gigasmon.

"What's the meaning of this?!" Agnimon asked, bewildered.

"Another evolution…" Bokomon trailed off.

"Cherubimon-sama told to take this DigiCode." Just as Gigasmon finished talking, he opened his mouth and ATE the DigiCode?!

The entire mountain started shaking and trembling. Bits and pieces of stone were falling everywhere. The tremors caused Chakmon to lose his grip. I screamed as we fell. I could still hear Gigasmon's evil laugh.

I swear this world has something against me. Seriously. First I fell down that hole into the ice cave, then I fell off a 500ft cliff and now I'm falling down a black tunnel and I have noooooooooo idea where it ends, or even IF it ends. And of course, while I'm thinking somewhat logically on the inside, I'm just screaming my head off on the outside. Attractive, I know. But in my defense, all four of us were screaming.

Eventually, I finally saw some light at the end of the tunnel and as we approached it, the light consumed us. Then, when we exited, my body felt weightless for a split second, and then gravity pulled us down again. I expected to land on hard ground, but instead found myself bouncing up again. What in the- *thump*

My train of thought was cut off when I fell into a small gap in the bouncy ball pit. Hold on, bouncy ball pit? Why on earth would we land in that?! I shoved the balls out of my face to reach the surface.

"W-what is this place?!" I heard Takuya exclaim. I snorted, that's what we would ALL like to know.

We struggled to pull ourselves out of the pit, and Tomoki seemed to have to most trouble. I reached over to pull him out and he gave me a huge grin. This kid sure is adorable! Once we were all on solid ground again, we wondered around to explore our surroundings and hopefully get a clue as to where to we are and where the others are.

"Keep your eyes open for Izumi and the others." Takuya ordered. And since when were you the leader, goggles-head?

"Something tells me it ain't gunno be easy in this place." I muttered.

"Huh?" I looked up at the sound of Takuya's voice.

"It's a robot!" Tomoki cheered happily and ran after the red flying robot thing.

"Ah! Tomoki, wait!" We quickly chased after the little boy.

"What is with all the toys here?" I questioned when we caught up to Tomoki to find him…playing with race cars…

"What a child…" Kouji sighed in exasperation.

"Well, I AM a child." Tomoki replied defiantly.

"Now, Tomoki, we really don't have the time to be playing right now" His face fell, "But we can always play later, ok?" I gently patted his head as he let out a sigh and placed the cars back on the ground. As we turned back to the others, I saw Takuya pick up the red robot from before and he pushed a button,

"Oh wow, cool! Super robot punch!" He laughed when the arm of the robot shot out. *sweatdrop*

"Not you too!" Kouji and I exclaimed, perfectly synchronized.

"Eh, ah…hehehe…right…" He laughed again, but this time shamefully.

"Come on! Let's-" I cut him off with a glare. Don't you dare go ordering me around like that!

"-go?" Takuya finished uncertainly and awkwardly.

We walked around a bit more when Takuya spoke up again,

"I wonder what happened to Izumi and Junpei."

"For now, we should just head towards the Forest Terminal." Kouji said.

"I guess we'll probably find them there." I shrugged. Suddenly, the boys in front of me stopped and turned around, I blinked in confusion and turned around as well. There, I saw Tomoki smiling with a giant green balloon and a little toy piggy.

"This is so cute!" Tomoki grinned and pressed the pig's ear causing it to oink.

"Hey you, now isn't the time!" Takuya yelled.

"But…" Tomoki trailed off and let go of the balloon. He dropped his gaze to the ground, looking sad.

"Ah! Don't get upset! Tomoki, I'm sorry…" Takuya tried to apologize, but Tomoki just pouted and glared at him, then hid behind me.

"Don't be spoiled." Kouji said mercilessly. I heard Tomoki sniffle a bit.

"Please don't cry! I can't stand it when others cry!" Takuya frantically waved his arms around in a panic.

"Let's go." Kouji just ignored the situation and turned to leave.

"Hey, you can't do that! You made Tomoki cry! He's only in the third grade you know, you should-" Takuya's lecture was cut off but Kouji,

"Age doesn't matter. In this world, we need to be more careful and be able to take care of ourselves."

"You're so cold." Takuya grunted.

"And you're too ignorant!" Kouji spun around and snapped. As the boys glared at each other, I could feel the tension in the air.

"Will you two stop it!" I stepped forward and gave them each a well deserving whack on the head, earning myself an "ow" and "ouch" and "oof".

"You're bickering like a pair of chipmunks!" I growled. Both of them stumbled back a few steps, holding their heads and staring at me, surprised at my outburst. But before either of them could say anything, a horn blared and a small train stopped beside us. And for some reason, we ended up on the toy train.

"Some train…" Kouji grumbled behind me. Takuya and Tomoki were sitting on the front half so Kouji and I were stuck in the back.

"Some TOY train!" Takuya corrected him.

"Yeah, whatever, just drop it. It's already bad enough that I have to ride this stupid thing." Kouji muttered.

"Kouji's playing with toys~" Tomoki and Takuya sang and laughed, and I giggled along with them. But to my surprise, Takuya spun his head around to stare at me with a shocked expression,

"You can laugh?!"

"Well, I AM human ya know!" I countered, he gulped nervously and quickly turned back to face the other way.

"Ah! It's a bear! A bear is walking by!" Tomoki exclaimed happily, pointing at the bear.

"Alright! Maybe he can tell us something!" Takuya said and leaped off the train, the rest of us followed.

"Excuse me!" Takuya hollered and waved at the bear, causing it to turn around and stare at us. Then, without warning it charged at us, grabbed Takuya and chucked him onto the ground.

"And the point goes to Monzaemon!" It threw its hand (paw?) into the air and whooped. It then picked Takuya back up and dropped into a fighting stance,

"Now, let's do judo!"

"Yeah! Do it, do it!" Tomoki cheered.

"Let's NOT do it!"I grabbed Tomoki's hand and we all ran for our lives, literally.

"Hey, come on! Let's do Judo!" The bear chased after us. In a panic, we hid in a giant ship as the bear ran past us.

"What was that?" Kouji asked.

"That's what I'd like to know…" I said.

"Maybe it's a Digimon, I guess?" Takuya shrugged.

"I really wanted to play with the bear. It seemed like fun." Tomoki pouted.

"Fun?! Are you nuts?!" Takuya exclaimed. All of a sudden, the ship started to move and we all scrambled to grab on the something. I fell to my knees and had the edge of the ship in a death grip.

"Whose idea was it to hide on this crazy thing!" Kouji yelled.

"Well, it's not like we had a choice! You wanna be crushed by the bear instead?!" Takuya replied indignantly.

"I don't care! Just get us off of this thing!" I screamed as the boat swung back and forth.

"Hey, we're floating in the air." Takuya stated while the rest of us feared for our lives.

"Well we ain't anymore!" I snapped as the ship dropped again. After what felt like an eternity, the ship finally, FINALLY stopped moving. I stumbled off the boat after the others and noticed that Tomoki looked a bit…sick.

"Here, I'll carry you!" Takuya stepped forward and crouched down in front of Tomoki.

"Geez, the kid can take care of himself." Kouji said.

"It's fine, I'm offering to carry him." Takuya glared back at Kouji.

"Then, what if we meet an enemy? You won't be able to do anything if you're carrying him."

"Well, I'm extremely confident in my athletic abilities!" Takuya replied indignantly. I swear these two never know when to stop!

"I can walk by myself." Tomoki quietly walked past Takuya.

"Are you sure?" I asked because he still seemed a bit unsteady on his feet.

"I'm fine." He gave me a little smile.

"Alright, then let's take a break over there." Takuya pointed towards a small building that looked like a cake. Suddenly, I felt a strange sensation that we were being watched and I spun around looking for…something or someone.

"What's wrong?" Kouji glanced back.

"I feel like we're being watched." I said. He scanned the area,

"You're probably just being paranoid." Kouji shrugged. I huffed in reply. Well, I guess he might be right.

We entered the little cake house to find ourselves surrounded by sweets.

"Looks so good!" Takuya stared at the food. I swear I saw some drool.

"Wow! It's so great!" Tomoki happily skipped over and grabbed some cotton candy.

"Here, Takuya-niichan!" Tomoki handed one to Takuya, which he immediately started to devour.

"Yuki-neechan too!" Tomoki gave one to me, I pulled off a small clump of the sugar and popped it into my mouth.

"And Kouji-san!" Kouji received one as well.

"We shouldn't be taking it easy yet. We need to think about how we're going to get to the terminal." Kouji said.

"Well, what do you expect me to do? We're floating in the sky on an island." Takuya replied between mouthfuls of cotton candy.

"Just listen to me." I looked up at Kouji, he sounded so serious. And I mean more serious than usual.

"Grottomon is also one of the legendary warriors. So there are others besides us 6. And he is on the enemy's side. We don't know who and where the other legendary warriors are or if they will be our allies or enemies. In this situation, we will have to be extremely cautious."

"In other words, we have to always be alert." I finished his statement.

"Hey, don't talk about this stuff in front of Tomoki!" Takuya said, but was cut off by Kouji.

"It's perfectly fine, there's nothing to worry about. Is that what you want me to say? We've got to face reality. He may be young, but that doesn't mean he needs special attention."

"Why do you have to keep going on about that!" Takuya barked back.

I glanced down at Tomoki to see him looking really sad and depressed. The poor kid…

"I'm sorry…You guys always argue over me…I'm really sorry…" Tomoki apologized quietly.

"Hey, it's alright." I crouched down and hugged him, "No one is blaming you."

"See, this is what I meant by special attention." I whipped around to glare at Kouji.

"Come on, Tomoki, let's get out of here." I huffed and led Tomoki out the little house. The other two immediately caught up to us though.

"Now, to get out of this place." Kouji said as he and Takuya walked past us.

"Well, Tomoki doesn't have to worry about anything!" Takuya glanced back to smile at Tomoki.

"I thought we just went over this."

"What, do you want to start an argument again?"

"I should have just gone alone."

"It's not like we enjoy your cold attitude either!"

"AAAHHHH!"

"Stop bickering and HELP US!"

Takuya and Kouji immediately turned around at the sound of the scream. A giant black bear had me and Tomoki in his grasp. I kicked and squirmed and squeaked when he lost his grip on me and dropped me onto the ground.

"Its Monzaemon!" Takuya exclaimed.

"No…it's not the same as before…" Kouji concluded.

"Who the hell cares? It has Tomoki!" I yelled and reached for my digivice. We began to run in pursuit of the evil black teddy bear.

"Heartbreak Attack!" The digimon stopped suddenly and unleashed a black heart that nailed Takuya. He instantly dropped to his knees and started sniffling.

"Takuya?!" I cried out in alarm.

"I don't know why…But my chest really hurts…It just feels so sad!" He wailed and began crying.

I heard the black teddy bear say something again, but before I could even turn around, I was hit with the same black heart. And suddenly, I felt like everything in the world was hopeless.

"Why does everything have to go so wrong!" I shouted as I burst into tears.

"Not you too! Why are you even crying! We-" Kouji grumbled but was cut off when he too was met with the effects of the Heartbreak Attack.

"What is with this attack…It hurts and I don't feel like doing anything…" Kouji fell to his knees, trembling.

"Takuya-niichan! Yuki-neechan! Kouji-san!" Tomoki's desperate cry for help snapped us back to our senses.

"Damn it!" I cursed under my breath.

"Tomoki! TOMOKI!" Takuya screamed. We hurried in the direction they disappeared in.

"Where could they have gone?" Kouji looked around, searching.

"This all happened because we were fighting." Takuya sighed.

"Correction, this all happened because YOU GUYS were fighting." I retorted.

"This is just like when me and my family went to the amusement park and my little brother got lost…" Takuya trailed off.

"This is why kids are so troublesome." Kouji scoffed. But before Takuya could say reply, I lashed out at Kouji.

"Do you know the feeling of not knowing where your younger sibling is? Not knowing if they're scared or hurt?! Do you realize how devastating it is?!" I roared. In the back of my mind, I was reminded of the time when a group of boys tried to threaten me by hiding my little sister and convincing me that no one was willing to help me and that I was useless. But of course, I wasn't about to tell Kouji and Takuya that.

Kouji blinked at me, and then a melancholy expression passed over his face as he dropped his gaze.

"I am…alone. I don't understand, as I have no siblings."

"Then…why don't you treat Tomoki as a younger brother?" Takuya suggested, "I wonder if he is ok by himself…" he trailed off. Suddenly, Kouji looked really determined and he ran off.

"Hey!" Takuya quickly followed.

"Wait!" I sprinted to catch up. We ran around aimlessly until we saw the red robot from before. It pointed towards the giant pink-purple castle and flew off, so we followed it.

We reached the castle entrance and I saw an orange hat through the window in the top tower.

"Tomoki!" I screamed.

"Let's go!" Kouji rushed forward while Takuya turned around to thank the robot for helping us. We only made it half way across the bridge, when 2 black Lego-like digimon blocked the entrance and folded the bridge up. So, of course, we fell into the waters below.

The water forced my eyes close and went up my nose. And just as I thought I was going to run out of breath, something or someone grabbed me and dragged me to dry land.

The three of us coughed and wheezed, but at least we were all still alive.

"Are you ok?" I looked up to see a panda-like digimon standing in front of us. It must have been the one that saved us.

"You saved us. Why did you do it?" Kouji questioned.

"You're so ungrateful!" I exclaimed.

"Thanks a lot! My name is Takuya." Takuya smiled at the digimon. "And you are?"

"I am Pandamon. This is Toy Town. Everyone in the town used to play with the human children. But lately, the ToyAgumon have formed a strong hatred for the children. Cherubimon has affected them." We glanced at each other at the mention of Cherubimon.

"The ToyAgumon have taken over the town and now want to go to the human world. They want revenge on the children that didn't want to play with them." Pandamon led us through the tunnel. "Climb up these stairs to get inside." He pointed at the flights of stairs.

We opened the door and were greeted with an army.

"ToyAgumon, black. The children on the internet created the black version. Attack is Toy Flame." My digivice explained. Just as it finished talking, the digimon shot a black flame at us. We dropped to the ground to avoid being cooked.

"Guys!" Takuya yelled at us. Kouji and I nodded in understanding.

"Spirit Evolution!"

"Agnimon!"

"Mizumon!"

"Wolfmon!"

The digicode dissipated and we prepared ourselves for another attack.

"Burning Salamander!" Agnimon shot burning balls of fire and blasted a small group of them, but more ToyAgumon replaced them. Gradually, they piled up and formed a giant tank. Now with more power, their attack sent Agnimon 50ft into the air.

"Let me." Wolfmon pulled out his light sword and charged.

"Wasser Strahl!" I aimed a giant jet of water at the tank. The attack hit just as Wolfmon made contact with it as well. Immediately, the tank exploded back into the smaller ToyAgumon.

"I could have done that by myself." Wolfmon said, I just raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

"Are you trying to act cool?" Agnimon scoffed.

"What did you say?!" Wolfmon snapped and glared at him.

"Now is NOT the time to be arguing!" I shouted as the ToyAgumon formed into 3 giant robots that are at least 20 times our height.

I leaped and grunted as I tried dodge every time the robot swung at me or kicked. It barely gave me any time to avoid getting smushed, let alone be able to summon an attack.

"This 3 on 3 thing isn't going to work!" I cried as I ducked under a punch.

"We can't keep this up!" I heard Agnimon yell from somewhere on my right.

"Alright!" Wolfmon dodged a kick and started sprinting towards us. I also ran away from my robot and towards to middle where all three of us could meet. We jumped up and pushed off each other in the opposite direction. Fortunately for us, the robots couldn't move fast enough and ended up falcon punching each other in the face.

I landed softly on the other side of my robot when its digicode appeared.

"This poor soul, let the Holy water purify you!" I took out my digivice, "Digi-code Scan!"

I unDigivolved and we rushed up the stairs leading to the top tower. As we approached the door, I could hear fighting sounds. Oh god, what's happening to Tomoki up there?!

Takuya and Kouji yanked open the door then…stopped. Unable to slow down, I ran straight into them and we tumbled into the room.

"I did it! I won!" I heard Tomoki exclaim. I looked up to see that he wasn't being beat up by the bear, but was in fact… playing video games?!

"Tomoki…what are you doing?" Takuya spoke for all of us.

"Playing!" Tomoki replied with a grin.

"…Playing?" I asked as I stood up and brushed myself off. Tomoki nodded in response.

"When I evolved into WaruMonzaemon, I brought him here. But we ended up playing and having a lot of fun." Monzaemon reached over to pat Tomoki on the head. "This boy is a good child." The three of us let out a sigh of relief.

As we exited the castle, we were greeted by Pandamon and ToyAgumon that were not black anymore.

"The ToyAgumon have returned to normal. And they would like to give you a ride off this town as an apology." Pandamon announced. I smiled at them.

We happily loaded onto the little plane and it took off into the sky. Tomoki whooped and hollered.

"Aren't you scared?" Takuya asked him.

"Well, I don't really mind heights" Tomoki replied.

"I didn't mean that, I meant when you were kidnapped." Takuya explained.

"At first I was scared, but when I learned that they just wanted to play. I wasn't scared anymore!"

"I guess there are some advantages in being a kid." Kouji said.

"See, isn't it great having a little brother?" Takuya smirked at him. Kouji just chuckled.

"Look, there is the forest!" The ToyAgumon pilot gestured to the woods below us. "And as special service, I'll do a barrel-roll!"

And…I screamed as the plane went upside down. But hey, I wasn't the ONLY one screaming, the others were too. After the horrifying flying rollercoaster ride we got, the pilot gave us each a parachute and a dropped us off the plane.

"Hey look! Is that a boat sailing through the grass?!" Tomoki pointed at the small boat-like thing below us.

"Isn't that Izumi and the others?" Takuya said.

"I think so!" I exclaimed.

"OI!"

TBC

animepup: and there you have it folks!

jc: I must say-

animepup: STOP CRITISIZING MY FIGHT SCENES!

jc: geez woman, control your mood swings, please!

animepup: I have mood swings?

jc: *facepalm*

animepup: Well peoples, if you enjoyed this chapter (then i shall do a happy dance), remember there are many more to come!

AnimePup1599 and MangaluverJC out~