Clinging to the bedpost, as it fell from the sky, Sakura screamed herself horse. The speed that the spell launched her was too fast for the girl to stay calm, and her partner Kotemon stuck close. Him on the other hand kept an eye out, as they were fast approaching an island. However, it was closer to the edge of an island. Where he noticed the direction of the bed, the blood in his veins ran cold.

The were heading off a cliff, right into what seemed like an endless cemetery of jagged rocks.

"I don't wanna travel anymore! I want to go home!" The young girl shouted, tears stinging in her eyes. She clung like her life depended on it, only for her partner to be a lot more alert.

He noticed the oncoming cliff, and the tree on top of said cliff. He gulped at the messy possible end if they didn't jump off fast.

"Sakura, we will need to jump!" The Digimon urged his partner with panic in his voice.

"I don't wanna!" She rebelled against him like a child.

"If we do not, we WILL die!" This caught her attention, and the kendo lizard took a deep breath, and gave an instruction. "We'll jump on three! One…" He started, but there was a fast reply with his partner.

"THREE!" She shouted as she jumped, landing on a top branch of the tree, with her clothes and bag. Kotemon jumped after her, landing himself in the tree.

The Digimon looked sympathetically at his hysterical partner crying herself as she now clung to the tree.

"I want to go back home, hug my Mama and Daddy, and throw myself in some novels!" The girl was freaking out, and for the first time truly lost her cool, despite her constant bickering with the green haired member of the band of misfits.

"Sakura, I understand your legitimate grievances, however can we put this off until we have climbed down from here?" This caught her attention as he climbed up a branch in order to reach her to help her get down.


In another part of the island, a loud crash of wood was heard. A young 8-year-old girl clung to one of the talons of a certain pink bird.

"That was close. The speed was right, but no breaks." The young Sana commented, as Biyomon struggled with the extra weight.

"Gotta land… too heavy…" The bird whined, as he glided down to the ground. Once they reached about 5 feet from the ground, they both collapsed to the ground. "I'm gonna die!" The bird exaggerated.

"Oww…" The girl rubbed her sore backside, and after being presentable, she stretched and looked at the splinters of wood that was formerly a bed. "The speed was right, but it should have had some breaks."

"There's a reason why beds shouldn't fly." The pink Digimon finished.

Looking around at the dark jungle, Sana and her partner looked around. "Where are we?" The girl asked.

"We pulled an emergency landing on an island. I think I saw a castle that way." Biyomon pointed in one direction.

"All right! Let's go!" The overexcited tomboy jumped and the two charged forward.


In a dark graveyard, a certain BlackGatomon looked around, rather annoyed. He grumbled a little about a certain trio. "Oh yes, BlackGatomon, we need components for a spell. BlackGatomon, we need a minion to do our biding. BlackGatomon, we need a pedicure. BlackGatomon, we need a jacuzzi. BlackGatomon, we need a full spa salon built by next Tuesday. Sometimes it seems like I'm the only doing all the work and those three ugly witches reap all the glory." He stopped at some point and sighed. Turning to a shadow, he spoke up. "Listen. You better be paying attention to your orders, buddy."

A shadow appeared from the darkness. "Si, Capitàn! I am your humble sirviente."

"Good. Two children landed on this island. I want you to take care of them." The cat Digimon commanded.

"Take care of them? Dos ninos?"

"Yes. I don't care how it's done. Hanged, drawn, impaled, rotisseried, dropped down a cliff, or watching failed Friday the Thirteenth movies, so long as you whack them properly, y'hear? And that includes their partners. A Biyomon and a Kotemon."

"Si, Senor. We will make enchiladas out of them, jefe!"

This got a bit of a disgusted look out of the cat, but he shrugged.

"So long as it's done!" The cat dismissed the mystery Digimon, and turned his back on his servant, as he moved to observe the plan in motion.


"I'm sorry, Kotemon. That was a disgraceful showing I gave you." Sakura was kneeling in the ground, regaining her composure.

"That was nothing to apologize for, Sakura. I am pretty sure if the roles were reversed and I was thrown into your strange world, I would panic and lose my composure!" Kotemon reassured his partner. Now that the immediate danger was passed, they were able to calm their nerves.

After a few minutes of deep breath and emotional meditation, Kotemon then brought up another point that needed to be addressed. "Sakura, we now have another problem to confront: Food. It would be wise to figure out how to find food. I'm sure there are resources on this island we can gather, but we need to start soon."

Both got up and walked into the forest in front of them. The young girl then spoke up.

"This does remind me of something that happened when I was little. A little younger the Kaito, Sana and Itachi. Me and my Daddy got lost in a forest just like this one."

"Were you frightened?" The Digimon probed for more information.

"Of course. I wandered out, and got lost, and I panicked and screamed for help. My Daddy found me, but he forgot how he got to me. He has a terrible sense of direction." Sakura sighed with a fond smile at the memory. "He gave me this tough act, and gave me a piggy back ride, and night was going to fall. He acted like a tough anime hero that was very silly and funny, even if he was scared himself." This story caught the lizard's attention, as he paid attention, curious to the climax of the story. "He was so caught up in wanting to find us that he completely forgot about his cell phone, and Mama searched for us using the GPS app on his cell phone. She scolded us so much after that, then we spent the rest of the evening wrapped in a blanket together, drinking hot chocolate together. Mama may not do that very often, and is very professional, but Daddy never showed how scared he was."

"That is a beautiful memory, Sakura. It sounds like your Daddy and Mama love you very much. And Daddy is a very honourable man, worthy of respect." The little samurai nodded. "The one question I have would be: what is a GPS?"

The girl sweat dropped as she was now a lot calmer than her outburst. The gentle moment was then interrupted by a rustle in a nearby bush. Instinctively, Kotemon put himself between the would be attacker and his best friend.

"Sakura! Stay behind me!"

With a moment that seemed to last forever, Kotemon focused on his future target. As the silence got heavy, the presumed foe leapt out from the bush, and the Digimon leapt himself ready to launch his attack.

"Thunder…. Wha?" In mid attack, he stopped and crashed into a couple of people that almost trampled him.

"Oww! Watch it! We're running here!" A familiar bird Digimon nearly cursed.

"Biyomon? Sana? Is that you?" Sakura looked rather surprised.

"yeah… oww… Kotemon, why'd you attack us?" Sana had crashed into the two others with her excitement.

"A thousand pardons, but I thought the two of you were going to strike Sakura. Oww… Biyomon, can you please get off of me? You have put on some weight, I think!" The martial arts practicing lizard complained.

"Hey! Are you calling me Elecmon!" Biyomon shouted back.

After a minute of untangling, the three dusted themselves off. Sakura was relieved to find another of the chosen.

"I'm glad you're all right Sana."

"Yeah. I know." The tomboy looked around in a nervous way. "I was worried too. But I'm not scared. Those evil witches aren't that scary." The young 9-year-old put on a brave face.

Sakura helped Sana to her feet, and Biyomon stretched his wings, which left Kotemon giving the bird a dirty look, Sakura brought forth an important question.

"Where were the two of you headed in such a rush?"

"I saw a castle in the distance, as we pulled our emergency landings. I figured they'd have food there. What I'd do for a cooked turkey!" The bird daydreamed.

"Uh, Biyomon-" Sakura started, but Kotemon stopped her.

"You do not need to worry about it. Biyomon does as Biyomon does." He stated in a bit of a tired tone.

As the four travelled towards the destination that the bird Digimon pointed out, the Digimon took the lead, and the two children followed. There was some silence as they walked, and Sakura decided to break the silence.

"Sana, are you all right? After all, we were tossed across a rather large body of water by powerful enemies."

Sana replied, in a simple, straightforward manner. "Yeah, I'm okay. I'm alive, and we've got bullies to smash into the pavement." The aggressive manner of speech, stated in a matter-of-factly way left the older girl a little taken off guard. "Why do you ask? Were you scared?"

"Admittedly, I was frightened. But most of all, I'm worried." Sakura looked up, trying to find the sky through the sea of leaves up above. "I'm worried about Kaito and Itachi, first of all. Kaito's so eager to please us, being lost and alone would be frightening for him, and Itachi's so frail and sick, that he might just fall over, without warning anyone." She started to talk about her concerns. Sana cut in with her opinion.

"They've got Dorumon and Keramon. Dorumon's going to make sure Kaito is okay, and Keramon's extremely protective of Itachi. So, nothing to worry about." The younger one stated confidently.

"Then there's Michiru and Kira. Kira's so melodramatic, and self-centered, he's likely to sell off one of the others to survi-" Sakura was cut off by the other human.

"Didn't he freak out and try to protect that village of Motimon? He looked just kinda-sorta maybe cool for a second." Sana added, to remind the older girl of previous events. This threw Sakura off guard.

'But Kira always puts his own ego first. But he… He did react angrily to save the helpless Motimons. He said he hates bullies, but he acts like a complete bully to Itachi. The little guy is so thoughtful and curious… And a little cute.' Sakura sighed, at the confusing inner monologue.

"What's up? You muted yourself for a sec." The girl asked in an obnoxious statement.

"Kira's so complicated. I don't know what to think." Sakura admitted. Sagging her shoulders. "I'm also worried that he wouldn't make it because he's high maintenance and doesn't seem to know how to survive. And Dracomon is sometimes just as self-serving."

"I would pay to see him running to us crying and begging for help." The tomboy snickered.

"And then there's Michiru. He gets so caught up in his games, I just wonder about him. I don't want him to be attacked while he's playing his games. He needs to wizen up and face his problems in real life, like a proper Japanese gentleman." The girl exclaimed. This last one got Sana to retort rather loudly.

"Mind your own business Sakura. Like you're any better."

"What? I'm only trying to help everyone stick together!" The older girl was baffled by this defensive tone.

"You're so bossy! And you don't let any of us do anything fun! Sure, Itachi needs coddling, and Kaito wants it, but I don't want it! I'm big and tough and could take care of myself!"

"This world isn't about fun! We have to-" Sakura was cut off by another voice.

"ENOUGH!" Both girls turned to look at the source of the voice. Kotemon looked rather annoyed.

"We need to move forward, quietly. Night is falling, and your arguing is going to attract all forms of enemies! We are almost at the castle, and the last thing we need is to do battle while in a weakened state!"

"But-" Sakura protested, but she was cut off.

"No buts! Let us move forward! Sakura is right that we need to work together, but Sana does bring a point that life is only experienced once! Worrying will only get us sick. Focus on the here and the now, and later, once we are properly rested and fed, can we put together a plan to help the others. We need to move forward, now!"

Sana stomped forward as Biyomon took her side. "Now Sana. Imagine someone you hate dressed as a clown. That always helps you out…"

After sighing and stepping forward, she turned to Kotemon. "I'm sorry for my behaviour. It's unbecoming."

"I am not proud over losing my temper myself, Sakura. We are all worried, cranky and hungry. According to Biyomon, we are nearing the location in about ten to twenty minutes."

The four young adventurers continued towards the castle, until they heard lightning in the distance. Biyomon jumped and hugged Sana, and the bird nervously backed off.

After pushing away a group of leaves, the four soon saw a dilapidated gate. As they observed their surroundings, they noticed a Victorian chateau, with gothic inscriptions and statues at the top of the massive towers. The gate was rusted, but still had the gothic air about it. The flower pots were overgrown and ugly and surrounding the castle on one side was a small barn, and on the other side, a dark, and creepy graveyard that has fallen out of repair.

"What a weird feeling this place has. Seems a bit like an eccentric themed hotel." Biyomon stared in amazement.

Sakura shrugged, and pulled the large rope that soon rang.

Before they could reply, they heard a sound in the wind. It grew loud and piercing within a minute, only for a white rag-type creature to appear. It had a huge witch hat, and a large mouth. "oooooh! Buenos dias, senores and senoritas to the ancient palace of LaParca. I am Soulmon, the steward of the palace. Pleased to meat you. Booo hahaha…"

The digimon jumped back a little. Kotemon was ready to swing. Biyomon hid behind the other Digimon.

Sakura sighed, almost a little disappointed. "That's a little… Underwhelming." She muttered to herself.

"¿Qué?" The ghost asked quizzically, wondering what was on this girl's mind. This was certainly an irrational reaction.

"I can give the atmosphere a 6. Sure, you're going with the classical chateau in the woods, with the lightning in the background… But the cemetery's a little much. As far as intros to a much more horror themed castle, but you need some more colour in the presentation."

This was an odd reaction indeed. Soulmon went to rebuttal, but Sakura just continued, with an excited look in her eyes.

"Horror may be a genre, but many just put the slasher or gore label on it, for simple marketing. It sells lots, but it doesn't pull the best. If you're going gothic, a lot more lace and crimson works well, but don't forget the crème, and rose colours. Dark blues can work as well, but an angel theme does add a certain flair to it. Contradictory, I know. But going with the symbolism of fallen tricksters in mythology is the bread and butter of horror." The girl looked like she had stars in her eyes.

'What in Apemon's name is going on with this human girl? She seemed frightened of her own shadow, and when something creepy really comes forth, she gets excited over it? And I thought Kira and Dracomon were eccentric.' Kotemon thought, as he gave her a shocked look.

"Un momento! I want to write these all down! Good ideas… Crimson, Rose and lace… symbolist elements… una Buena Idea…"

What disturbed the peace was a scream from right behind them. Everyone turned to look, to find Sana shaking and pointing at Soulmon.

"T-t-that's a ghost!" The girl shouted, visibly disturbed. She froze a minute before, but then reacted.

"Doesn't seem like a very good ghost. I'd give him a 4 out of 10. Now Daddy can describe a freaky and creepy poltergeist." Sakura seemed to take a clinical view of this.

"Come and join us… You are to be dinner… I mean invited to dinner, senoritas!"

Following the ghoul into the yard, passed the cemetery and the stable, and into the castle, after a long creak of the door, (that which got another -2 approval rating from Sakura as far as overused clichés went) they stepped inside to find the quiet and still castle, with its statues and chandeliers. It was huge inside, but it gave a much graver impression that it was empty.

Once they reached the other end of the hall, the turned a left, and followed the Digimon.

"I forgot to ask, but who is this?" Sakura remembered to ask.

Biyomon/Digimon Analyser: "That's Soulmon. He's known to use magic and hexes to curse his enemies! A lot of idiots mistake this guy for the weaker Bakemon. Just make sure you don't get hit by his Necro Magic!"

"He s-s-sounds like bad news! We don't mean to cut and run, but…" Sana tried to argue, but Biyomon asked a following question.

"Sana, you've been acting weird. Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, w-w-why would anything be wrong?" She asked stiff as a board.

"You aren't scared, are you?" The pink Digimon asked with a grin on his face.

"Scared? Scared of what? I ain't scareda nuttin!" the little girl tried to give a tough girl act.

Arriving at a door, Soulmon turned around and looked at the group. He sized them up, almost grinning.

"Here, Muchachas. Just give me a momento." Soulmon turned to a wall, as the girls and the Digimon stopped.

"What is it?" Kotemon asked, curiously. He stepped closer to his partner.

"Hopefully it's something we can eat. I'm starving!" Biyomon replied, his stomach rumbling.

"Ho, ho ho! Not something to eat, but a few friends! Go! Mis amigos! Atacarles!" Soulmon pulled a lever, and over 15 Soulmon appeared to swarm the helpless digidestined.

The ghosts charged, as the girls and their partners turned back to back. Sana let out a loud scream, as Kotemon got in a fighting position.

"Kotemon digivolve to…. Ugh…" He tried to digivolve, but to no avail. The bird then gave a rough glare, as one ghost tried to grab him.

"Biyomon digivolve to… Oh man… I'm hungry." Biyomon had no luck either. Sana clung to the older girl, closing her eyes.

"Ghosts! Why ghosts!" Sakura tried to bat the enemies aside. But she was caught in a bit of a daze.

"This… looks familiar…" Sakura remembered a scream, and invaders from somewhere, but it was muddled by the onslaught of ghosts.


Opening his eyes, Kotemon noticed he was in a stone cell. Getting up, he turned and looked at his surroundings. He noticed his fellow Digimon, Biyomon laying down on the ground. Running over to the pink bird, he shook him to wake him up.

"Elecmon, feed me! So hungry!" Biyomon moaned out in melodramatic nature. Kotemon sighed as his stomach growled as well.

"That does need to be a priority. All right. First thing to do is to get out of the cell… Let me... huh?" Kotemon reached to his back to find his shine missing. He sighed. "That was instinctual. Of course, they would remove it."

Biyomon sat up, as his beak sniffed something. "I smell… food! Gimmegimmegimme!" The childish one of the duo was a literal blur as he slammed against the bars.

"That is dignified." Kotemon muttered sarcastically, following his ally to the door of the cell.

The two saw a trolley wheel down to the guard, both the guard and the other were Soulmon.

"Aqui your meal, hermano. Provecho!" The new Soulmon revealed a beautiful 5 course meal for the guard.

"Gracias! Provecho!" The guard was reading to dig in. Kotemon was nearly crying as this was much more torturous than actual torture. Seeing this beautiful food go to waste.

He was disrupted by Biyomon who nudged him, followed by motioning towards the chair next to the cell. Kotemon looked at where the bird pointed and saw a golden opportunity.

"Follow my lead, Kotemon. I can manage a small blast, but only to destroy one side of the chair to throw your sword closer. Grab it, and then we put on a show." Turning to the chair, she whispered a small attack. "Spiral Twister."

A small green fireball spun around, landing on the chair's right legs to throw the training sword towards the cell. With all his proper discipline and speed, he managed to catch the shine before it caused a clatter.

The small armoured lizard tripped over the bird, and it made a small clatter. The sword did not make the sound, but the armour and the pink Digimon did rail across the bars lightly. This did catch the guards' attention, looking quizzically at the two.

Kotemon quickly shoved his sword behind him.

"Que pasa, prisoners? Youze better not try anything, hombres." One Soulmon gave a tough talk.

"Ooo! Oooo! This's torture! To smell such good food, but not being able to see it!"

Biyomon gave an obvious act to distract the ghost and put his plan into motion. He was moving around, pretending to be blind. Kotemon caught on and helped with the act.

"What is that delicious aroma? It is too bad I lost my spectacles in our fight against the Witchmon sisters, over the ocean! Oh, what tragedy!"

This response got a grin from the ghosts. One approached stopping about a meter away from the bars. "Can you see el final meal you will ever see?"

"No! I can't! I'm absolutely myopic!" Biyomon cried out. To continue this charade, he turned to Kotemon. "Come on, Soulmon! Please!"

"But we're over here!" The other Soulmon got closer to Kotemon.

"Excuse me, but Myopia is a very severe and common disease. Please just approach directly in front of the bars and show us how you will eat it. That would be the worst thing you can do to us before death." Kotemon added to the lie. He wasn't accustomed to this tactic, however he recognized that trickery and guile had its place in battle.

"Okay, but just for a minuto!" The two approached directly in front of the cells, the two rookie Digimon took what they had on hand, and nearest to them, and whacked their captors with all their remaining force. The two ghosts fell hard and were out like lights.

"Good plan, Biyomon. Now they are close enough to grab the keys, and they left us a good meal for the two of us and our partners." Turning to Biyomon, he saw that the bird tossed what he had grabbed to knock out his Soulmon.

"I'm going to need to wash my hands before eating." The bird looked heartbroken. Looking over, Kotemon looked at the weapon his friend used, and he looked a little disgusted.

"You used the portable potty as a weapon? That is humiliating for the guard. At least they were pleasant enough to leave a moist towel for you." Kotemon pointed out as he took the keys and unlocked the cage. "Yet a more valid question is this; why such a huge meal for one guard?"

"Who cares! More for us!" The two creatures dug into their meal, as they felt the energy stir within them.


The situation was grave. The two girls were captured, separated from their Digimon, haven't eaten since the day before, and they were tied up on an altar. And worse of all, the creatures that captured them were ghosts. It just had to be ghosts. It looked like an abandoned church.

Sana was freaking out. Bugs she could handle. Heights? No problem. But ghosts?

"Come on! That's no fair!" The girl shouted at her captor. "You can't be capturing two helpless girls for your weird ghost cult!"

"Well, it's a living, nina." One of the Soulmon replied. Sakura was trying to fight against her ropes but they were too well tied.

"You won't get away with this!" Sakura shouted bravely, she then turned to Sana. "Don't worry. We'll get away from this. As far as ghost stories goes, this one's a 3 out of 10."

The Soulmon were shocked and horrified by this rating. "Solamente una tres? We really need help on this…"

The spirits got together and started to mumble between each other.

"We are going to show them how scary we will be, hermanos! Let's make enchiladas out of them!"

The Digimon all got excited over this remark.

"Seriously?" Sana panicked as she saw the crazed look in the ghosts' eyes.

"I don't think they'd actually do that. I'm sure they're speaking figuratively. Else they would sink to a 0 rated indie slasher flick that would fail in any country's film-market!"

"Get the tortillas!" the chief Soulmon shouted.

"Si, jefe!" Another started to leave the room. The girls got disgusted and judgemental looks on their eyes towards their captors.

The ghost stopped in mid float. "Huh? Que eres?"

"Why didjya stop?" Another asked.

"Do you hear that sound?"

"What sound? We soundproofed the walls. That's a basic in horror castles, to muffle the screams." Another Soulmon, next to the girls commented.

They all fell silent, and indeed there was a racket. The Soulmons tried to look outside, and in the hallway. They put their ears to the walls, the roof and the floor.

"Hmm?" One of the specters with his ear to the floor responded. "There is something underneath us!"

"What is it?" Another of the spooks inquired.

"Callate! I'm trying to make out the sound…"

After a minute of silence and concentration.

"Aha! Ya sé! I hear someone screaming 'Blast Lazer'!" He shouted happily and proud of himself, even for a minute. Realization then dawned on him, as he just uttered "Uh oh…"

The floor under the room collapsed as Aquilamon's blast rings destroyed the floor as he rose up like a phoenix rising from its ashes.

"TOO HOT! TOO SPICY! I'M DYING!" The large bird shouted. From next to him, Kotemon followed.

"I didn't find it too spicy. It had a bit of a kick to it, but it was a little average if you ask me… Oh! Sakura! Sana!" The small rookie Digimon hopped over to the girls. "Pardon me, just don't move. HAH!" Slashing with his shine, the ropes were hacked to pieces. "I do recommend we leave the area. Aquilamon is throwing a fit, and we need to find a better place for battle."

As if on cue, a set of blast rings destroyed a wall, and there was an opening to the outside.

"Thanks, Aquilamon!" Sana shouted. "Take down those ghosties!"

The three moved outside, as the bird followed, along with the ghosts.

"If I wager to guess from the situation, the evil ghosts were planning to sacrifice the two of you to the Witchmon sisters, correct?" Kotemon asked, with a serious look.

"No, I think they wanted to make enchiladas out of us." Sakura answered, half believing the words that came out of her mouth.

"Wha? That's insane! And disgusting." He gave a disgusted look to the targets. The ghosts were busy teaming up on Aquilamon, who was shouting for water, or a fire department, "Then it is time for me to join into the fray!"

The digivice on Sakura's belt of her skirt began to shine.

"Kotemon digivolve to… Musyamon!" The Samurai Digimon rose up, and charged, with his attack to strike at one Soulmon. "Shogun Sword!"

A beam appeared from the sword and struck one of the ghosts and he flew back. The swordsman jumped into the fray, striking at another. Aquilamon in turned flew around as fast as he could, blasting at some of his foes, and charging with his grand horn by taking advantage of the large area. The two humans took cover behind some rubble, as Sana cheered aggressively against the enemies.

"Take down those evil ghosts! Tear them to shred! Ghosts should stay dead!"

Sakura on the other hand just looked at the scene. She looked like she was trying to remember something. This all looks very familiar. Like I've seen Soulmon before…"

"Huh? What are ya talkin' about?" Sana stopped and turned to the older girl.

She was concentrating hard. "It's like trying to remember something that's on the tip of your tongue."

The battle raged, as the two Digimon caught the Soulmon in a corner.

"That's it, hombre! Youze been askin for it!" one Soulmon shouted at the Samurai and the bird.

"Oh yeah? Well youze goin' down!" Aquilamon responded, imitating their voice.

"Please, do not proceed with such an uncouth dialect, Aquilamon. I implore you." Musyamon requested with a shiver up his spine.

"Well, try this on for size! Necro Magic!" The Soulmon started to gather together, as they slowly vanished into each other, and fused into the leader of the ghost type Digimon. He started enlarging, and getting to a huge size, even bigger than Aquilamon. "I'll make enchiladas out of all of youze now, ninos! Prepare a morir!"

The ghost unleashed bats to attack all around the two Digimon.

"rgg! Too many! Blast Ring!" Aquilamon was being attacked, as he took flight trying to outspeed the magical flying rodents, he was getting swarmed however.

Musyamon concentrated on striking down a couple of them. "They are only a diversion. We need to focus on the main enemy!" Trying to ignore the small fry, he charged, and as he jumped to slash, crying out his attack, he was suddenly stopped by an unexpected hand that pushed him back.

"Shogun swo-oof!"

"Necro Magic! Mwahahaha!"

The bats flew in to the girls and started to harass the girls, who swatted them away.

"Ghosts, then bats! Ugh! This is just nasty!" Sana cried out.

Her complaint though, was heard by the uptight older girl. She just remembered something.

"Ghosts and bats? I remember… someone… someone evil…" Sakura then looked shocked. "I remember now! Oww! Watch it, you stupid flying rats!" She recalled something important, as a bat grabbed at her hair. Sana responded by tossing a rock at the bat which hit the rodent dead on, as it let go and fell to the ground, turning to dust.

"Is it important?" Sana cried out annoyed. "You can go on memory lane later!"

"Yes! It's not Soulmon I've seen, but something called a Bakemon! It was last year! People were taken and imprisoned by something scary, but I remember a girl leading an escape attempt." Sakura looked much more confident.

"What did she do? Pick the locks and go through an air vent?" Sana asked as she was fighting off bats.

"No, she said something that weakened those ghosts… She recorded something on a stereo and played it on repeat over and over again. It was broken, but… It said… oww! Do you mind? Stupid bats!" Sakura swatted one away.

"What did they say? I'm ready to try anything!"

"I think it said 'Bakemon lose your power' over and over again." Sakura answered.

"But these aren't Bakemon!" Sana shouted irritably.

"I know that! But it was all about mind over matter-wait, if it worked on Bakemon…" Sakura murmured, her voice trailing off as her thoughts raced faster than she ever thought humanly possible before then.

Meanwhile at the battle, the bird launched another attack at the ghost but the rings but then the ghost with the hate cried out an attack, and a large portal-like hole appeared as a shield.

"Energy Drain! Gracias for the power, pajaro! Here! Have it back! Necro Magic!" Soulmon returned an attack at Aquilamon which hit him dead on, launching him towards the ground. On the other side, Musyamon sent another attack.

"Shogun Blade!" An energy blade flew forward, as some bats gathered together to form a bit of a wall between the two Digimon, and the attack hit the bats, making both them and the attack vanish.

"Es all you can do, débiles? Time for the final strike! Adios! Necro huh?" A hand appeared with one of Soulmon's arms, but he stopped as he heard something, that made some of his strength fade.

"Soulmon lose your power, Soulmon lose your power." Sakura put her hands together, and closed her eyes, as she chanted. The bats around her, just dropped like flies, as did around Sana.

"Wow! It really works! Then let's try it! Soulmon lose your power, Soulmon lose your power." Sana imitated the other girl, as the bird got up from his landing position.

"Now this is better! Let's do it Musyamon! For my devastated tongue!" Aquilamon took flight, gliding into position, right of the enemy.

Soulmon was shrinking away, as he tried to summon up some magic. "Necro… Magic?" His power didn't go very far, as it hit the swordsman Digimon, but it didn't affect him.

From the left, Musyamon charged his blade. "Prepare for desert, foul creature! No one makes an enchilada out of Sakura! Shogun Sword!" Jumping up towards his foe, his sword glowed brightly. Soulmon was panicking, as he felt helpless between the chanting, and the sword in his face.

"Necro Magic!" he tried to gather up what little power he had left, and as he created something that could give him a defense, he was hit from behind.

"Grand Horn!" Aquilamon struck from behind the Spanish speaking Digimon, causing major pain, leaving Soulmon vulnerable to the powerful slash Musyamon prepared, leaving dust out of the ghost Digimon.

The two de-digivolved into their rookie forms and turned to their partners.

"It worked! Take that!" Sana punched the air, confidently.

"Kotemon! Are you all right?" Sakura replied, running with the other girl.

"Yes, indeed. Are the two of you unhurt?" Kotemon replied in his formal fashion.

"We're okay. Just hungry and tired." The horror buff replied.

"My mouth is on fire, Sana! These evil ghosts made us eat fire!" Biyomon cried, hugging his partner.

"It was not that bad, Biyomon. In fact, we saved some for the two of you, and some for later, when we would plot our escape!" Kotemon answered enthusiastically.

"This also proves one thing! I ain't scared of no ghosts!" Sana declared to everyone. This gave the others a good sweatdrop.


Several hours have passed, as beds and food were left in the castle, and with no more ghosts to haunt the halls, the girls and their friends were able to recover some of their lost strength for their journey ahead. Once ready, the four gathered on one side of the island, their supplies filled, as they confidently looked at the distance.

"Biyomon digivolve to… Aquilamon! Everyone aboard!"

The girls and Kotemon hopped onto the large bird, heading in the direction they came from.

"Are you sure this is the right way?" Sakura asked.

"Of course! The constellations indicated that we came from this direction." Aquilamon stated, even if it was daybreak.

"But the constellations are messed up! They don't make sense!" Sakura argued.

"This coming from the girl who thought the other side of the island was where we needed to go and making us go around the same rock five times!" The bird teased.

This caused the uptight young child to pout and grumble. "I can so find my way back to the others."

"Sounds like this is going to be one helluva trip." Sana complained.

"Indeed child. I do hope they settle down." Kotemon answered in agreement.

"Also, we need to make sure we make regular stops. Understood Aquilamon?" Sakura started to nag.

"What am I, a bus service! I'll make a stop when I feel like it!" The bird replied annoyed.

Kotemon just sighed. "This will be a long trip."


Biyomon: At first, I wanted a Biyomon for Sana. Initially he was to be a female. And there wasn't going to be much of a character or character arc. Over time, we decided to make Biyomon a male, when we changed digivolutions for him, and he over time became a brat who wouldn't know limits. As the writing went on, he became kinder and loyal, and more of a friend and partner-in-crime to Sana. He went from "Generic Digimon partner" to the quirky bird we wrote here. He may not be a complex character, but he is certainly fun to write with his antics. We decided to make him the opposite type of child than Sora's Biyomon; Her's was a clingy needy child that wanted her attention all the time. Sana's a trickster. I thought "A Biyomon who got mixed at birth with a Terriermon" and here came this character. In the end, I decided to keep simplicity for simplicity's sake. And it worked well.