"Under Pressure"

Here is the next chapter. Please enjoy and review!

So there we were stranded in the ocean just staring up at MetalSeadramon as he prepared to kill us once and for all.

To make things worse, Kaitoumon is now in his Rookie form, Nekomon and he's weak from battle.

"You're finished you upstaged Digidestinds. In a word, you're sunk." MetalSeadramon growled.

"Huh, who is that?" he asked as a large dark shadow passed beneath us.

Up surfaced someone we hadn't seen in a while and brought a smile to my face.

"It's Whamon." Tai said.

Whamon then tackled MetalSeadramon and knocked him down into the water.

"Come on everybody." Tai called as we all started swimming into Whamon's mouth.

"I never thought I'd be happy to be fish food, but we'll be safe in here." He said.

"Technically, it's a mammal." Izzy called.

Once we were inside of Whamon's mouth, he closed his mouth and then took off away from the annoying sea serpent.

(Later on…)

After that we were all on top of Whamon's back and enjoying the nice sea breeze as we sailed off, V-Mon and Nekomon at my side while DemiMeramon was in my arms.

"Thanks for saving us, Whamon." Tai said.

"Aw, don't mention it. No, seriously. Don't mention it. I don't really get around." Whamon said.

"Hey, guys. We still have a problem. How are we gonna be able to defeat the Dark Masters?" Matt pointed out.

"I wonder how they took over the Digital World in the first place. Do you remember, Whamon?" Sora asked.

"Of course I remember Whamon. Big fella, snappy dresser. Oh, you mean the Dark Masters. I don't know all the details, but soon after the Digital World began to warp, MetalSeadramon began to take over the ocean." Whamon said.

"Damn!" Tai yelled as he punched the blubber under him.

"Ow." Whamon said.

"Oh, sorry, Whamon." Tai said.

"Tai don't get upset. And don't swear in front of Dai." Kari said as she walked over and sat behind him.

"We'll fix things." She said hugging his arm.

"You're right. We'll do it. We've done it before haven't we?" Tai said with a smile as he hugged Kari back.

"Yeah!" the rest of us cheered.

"That's the attitude. I'll find a safe place for you outside of MetalSeadramon's reach even if I have to swim to the farthest corner of the ocean. By the way, did I mention I charge by the mile?" Whamon said.

Was that a joke or was he serious?

(Later…)

Matt was then playing his harmonica that was similar to the Jailhouse Blues or something like that while Gatomon started singing a song as she got ready to catch some fish.

Whamon had found an island in the middle of the ocean for us to rest on.

"Cats land on their feet

But we still need to eat

It's Gatomon's wish

For some fresh flying fish." Gatomon sang.

Some fish jumped up into the air then.

"Cause I'm a kitty

A dig kitty." She sang.

With a 'mmrow!' she jumped into the air and sliced the fish up into bite sized bits as they landed on a plate she had found.

"Whoa!" the rest of all exclaimed.

"Oh, yeah." She sang as she clasped her hands in a prayer position as Matt finished playing the song and changed to a different one.

"That's great, Gatomon, but the rest of us have to eat too." Palmon pointed out.

"Stand aside and watch how a pro does it." she said as she walked over.

As Tai and Joe used fishing poles, she used her Poison Ivy to catch a huge fish that was bigger than her and it fell right on top of her.

Matt all of a sudden stopped playing as he looked out to the ocean.

"Why'd you stop playing, Matt?" Tai asked.

"Aw, that song is just too depressing. It always gives me the blues." The blonde said and my brother sighed.

"Besides, I just can't stop thinking about the Dark Masters. They're different from any digimon we've ever faced before." Matt said.

"Well, I've analysed the situation and I believe we can defeat them with WarGreymon." Izzy said.

"Huh?!" Tai, Matt and I asked.

That's offensive to UlforceVeedramon and MetalGarurumon!

Izzy sat down as he opened his laptop.

"He's got a Dramon Destroyer." He said.

"Dramon destroyer?" Matt asked.

"Try speaking English." Tai said.

Why is it we're Japanese, but everyone speaks perfect English?

"Well, you see the device on WarGreymon's arms are the key. They are especially effective against Greymon type digimon, hence the phrase 'Dramon Destroyer'. With these devices, we might be able to defeat the Dark Masters." Izzy said.

"Izzy, you're a genius! Dramon Destroyer, huh? Agumon, you're gonna eat those Dramon alive." Tai said eagerly.

We looked back at Agumon and were shock and a little grossed out to see that he was swallowing that huge fish whole.

"That's not what I had in mind." Tai said.

Joe then yelled as something was on his line and dragged him down into the water.

He surfaced with Gomamon.

"Hey guys, we got trouble!" Gomamon sang.

"Oh, what now?" Nekomon groaned

"I caught a whopper." Joe sighed as he showed that Gomamon was caught on his line.

"DIVERMON ARE HEADED THIS WAY!" the seal yelled.

"Not Divermon. Anything but Divermon! By the way, what are Divermon?" Mimi asked.

"Oh, yeah. Those are MetalSeadramon's henchmen. It seems the fish have seen them about 200 miles behind us." Whamon said as we all gasped in confusion.

"What're we gonna do?" TK asked.

"Well, we can't stay here. They'll find us too easily. I'm gonna take a dive. Quick; everyone get inside me! And don't mind the smell, I had fish for lunch." Whamon said as some exclaimed in disgust.

Everyone quickly did as we were told, getting inside of Whamon's mouth as he dove down into the water.

After a short while, Kari was sitting with Gatomon in her lap while DemiMeramon was on my head, V-Mon was leaning against my side and Nekomon was in my lap.

The others were sitting around Izzy as he typed away on his laptop, the white cat looking over.

"What's that noise? I was taking a cat nap and it woke me up." Gatomon said.

"I'll explain later." Izzy said.

"Oh, come on. You think I'm too brainless to understand?" Tai asked with his arms behind his head.

"Yes, but I'll tell you anyway. Check it out." Izzy said.

"What is it?" Sora asked.

"What did you do?" Mimi asked as Kari and our digimon walked over.

How did Nekomon and DemiMeramon become my digimon?

"What a cool screen saver." Sora said as we saw a moving image of the bottom of the ocean on the screen of the laptop.

"It's not a screen saver." Izzy said.

"What is it then?" Mimi asked.

"I connected to Whamon's hard drive and rerouted all his sensory information to my computer." Izzy smiled proudly.

That explains the black cables that were coming from the roof of Whamon's palate.

Is it a palate?

"Rerouted?" Patamon asked.

"In other words, what you're seeing on this screen is exactly what Whamon is looking at right now." Izzy said.

"Cool, like a submarine." Matt said.

"Oh, boy. I've always wanted to go on a submarine." Mimi said as she spun around holding Palmon's hands.

"I think she's been out at the sea for far too long." Joe said as she spun faster.

"Yeah, I hate square dances." Gatomon said as she looked at Kari.

My sister was holding her head and groaning.

Oh no, she isn't gonna have an attack while we're down here is she?

I got over mine, so let's hope she gets over hers too.

"What's wrong, Kari?" Tai asked as he went over to her.

"It's my ears. They're starting to hurt." She smiled painfully at him.

I blame Mimi and Palmon with all the shrieking they're doing.

"Mimi, stop! Be quiet!" Tai said.

The child of Sincerity did as she was told, but dropped Palmon.

"Oh, hey, you know. My ears hurt a little too." She said suddenly.

Weird enough, everyone else's ears started to hurt, me whining as there was this annoying ringing sound in them as they hurt like I got too much water stuck in them.

"Princess?" Nekomon asked.

"Dai, you OK?" V-Mon asked.

"It must be the change in pressure." DemiMeramon said.

"Sorry, I dove a little too fast. I'll fix the pressure now. Hold on." Whamon said as he laughed.

Palmon stood up, but she was stumbling around as she still felt dizzy from the spinning and her sore ears and wound up falling down.

Whamon stopped moving and let out a bit of air from his air-hole in what sounded like a burp and the pain in my ears faded away.

"Ah, that's better." TK sighed.

"I guess that's one way to equalize the gas pressure." Izzy smiled.

"By the way, you're excused." Kari said.

"What's that sound?" Biyomon asked when this ringing noise came.

"It's getting louder." Palmon said.

"Be silent!" Nekomon hissed.

Everyone held their breath as we listened to the strange noise.

"Sounds like Divermon." Tentomon said.

The sound was getting closer as it was like beeping on some sort of radar, but soon enough it passed over us.

"Sounds like they passed us." Gomamon said as he and Joe sighed in relief.

"We're not out of danger yet. We'll have to be quiet a little longer." Whamon said.

The sound then came back louder than ever making us all yell.

"Oh no, they found us!" Tai yelled.

"No, you think?" Nekomon retorted.

"Start moving!" V-Mon cried.

"Watch out!" Izzy yelled.

"The Divermon are attacking. Hang on everyone, I've got an idea." Whamon said.

The ride was rough as I clung to the three digimon crowded around me as everyone shouted in fear.

"You're squeezing me too hard." Patamon complained to TK.

"Matt, you're squeezing me too hard." TK said to his brother.

"Sorry, I guess we're all a little scared." Matt said.

I am not dying now, I plan on dying when I am an old, shriveled up woman!

"I hate this! We're stuck in here and can't fight." Tai growled as he slammed his fist into his palm.

"According to the audio sensors, there are three more behind us." Izzy said.

"What is it, Whamon?" Sora asked as we all gathered around the laptop.

"It's the enemy." Whamon said making us whimper.

"Oh, they're gaining on us." Tentomon whined.

"That's it; I'm tired of running. Come on, Whamon, let's go up to the surface and fight." Tai said.

"Right." Matt agreed.

"Well?" Tai asked as he stood up.

"Let me try one more thing. Hopefully it'll work." Whamon said.

"What do you mean 'hopefully it'll work'?" Palmon asked.

"That's what the captain of the Titanic said." Mimi whined.

"And what if it doesn't work? What's plan B?" she asked as she hugged Palmon to herself.

"I still think we should turn and fight. I hope you know what you're doing, Whamon." Tai said.

Whamon then sped up, then dived down as we saw on the screen of the laptop he went down a cavern.

"Oh, no, they'll catch us!" Joe yelled.

Nekomon was on him and slapped his across the face.

"Pull yourself together." The black cat scolded.

"NO!" Mimi and Palmon yelled as Whamon was stabbed by a harpoon.

Suddenly, there was yelling outside and Izzy smiled.

"Prodigious. They can't take the water pressure. That was Whamon's plan all along." He said as we all cheered.

"Whamon is built to handle pressure. Unlike some of us." Gomamon joked.

"Well, forgive me for not being a whale." Joe said as we laughed.

"Boy, that was close." Tai said.

"I didn't know you had this kind of hidden attack." Gatomon said.

"This is great, but what are we gonna do now?" Kari asked.

"Yeah, we can't stay at the bottom of the ocean forever." Sora said.

"I've got it. Kari, come over here for a moment." Izzy said as he stood up.

Curious, she walked over to him and whispered something in her ear that made her smile in interest and then nod as he was finished.

"Right." She said quietly.

She walked off away from us then turned around with a smile on her face as she clasped her hands and bowed.

"Ta da. Ready?" she asked bringing her whistle to her lips.

Uh oh, I'm getting déjà vu as my hands went over my ears.

"You can do it." Izzy encouraged.

Taking a deep breath, she then blew very hard on her whistle as we all watched curiously.

She stopped after 10 seconds and then we looked over at Izzy to get some answers.

"Yeah, we did it Kari. Thanks for the help." He said as she panted to catch her breath.

"Sure." She said as she walked back over.

"The whistle was like sonar. We used the reverberations of the sound to find a tunnel and there's one up ahead that should lead us to land." Izzy said making us exclaim in wonder.

"Far out." Mimi said.

"Isn't that great, Whamon?" Tai asked.

"What?" the whale asked.

"I said 'Isn't that great?'" Tai repeated.

"I can't hear you. Someone was whistling in my ear, but there's a tunnel up ahead. It's gonna lead us to land." Whamon said as we felt him make a turn.

As we went on, there were these beautiful lights that looked like underwater fireflies that made Kari, Mimi, Sora and I pushed the boys away to get a better look.

"Wow, pretty!" we exclaimed.

"A-ha!" Izzy said.

"A tunnel?" Matt asked.

Mimi and Palmon then cheered.

"We're saved." Palmon said as she stood.

"I've got to get changed." Mimi said standing.

"Huh?" her partner asked.

"Hug!" the pink lover said as she held out her arms.

Everyone was silent at that, but then we must have hit a bump because we were all jerked around.

"Not again." Tai complained.

"How can those fish-heads be back?" Gatomon asked.

"They're not. Be careful everyone, it's MetalSeadramon." Whamon warned as we all whined in fright.

Whamon went up the tunnel, but it was pretty narrow and a very rough ride as we all sat down to try to steady ourselves so we wouldn't get thrown around.

It got better after a while and we were on the surface.

We all climbed on top of Whamon's head and saw the islands that had a bridge connecting them and it looked a bit like a paradise from the clean sea air and fresh breeze.

"Is everyone OK?" Tai asked.

"Where…where are we?" Izzy asked.

"The sun's so bright." Tai said.

"Smell that fresh air." Mimi said.

"I feel I've been under water so long, I might never take a bath again." Matt said making some of us laugh.

"I don't want to be in the water so a while now." DemiMeramon said as he flew around our group.

"No kidding." V-Mon said.

"You mind telling me what's so funny?!" someone yelled making us gasp.

MetalSeadramon burst out of the sea and he did not look happy, but when are the bad guys happy?

"It's MetalSeadramon!" Matt said.

Thank you, we know that.

"How can that be?" Sora asked.

"There's only a matter of time before you came up for air. Now you're going down with the ship!" MetalSeadramon yelled.

"Everyone, hold on." Whamon said.

He then started swimming in a circle and created some sort of whirlpool that caught some of the Divermon in it.

"Now, Tai?" Agumon asked.

"Sure, go for it. While Agumon gets his attention, we'll cross over to the shore for battle." Tai said.

"Aye-aye." Matt said.

"Uh, Gomamon and I will stay here and bring up the rear." Joe said nervously.

"Joe, don't be such a coward." Sora scolded.

"Agumon!" Tai called holding out his digivice that turned orange.

"Here I go." Agumon said.

"AGumon Warp digivolve to…WARGREYMON!"

WatGreymon then shot off and punched MetalSeadramon in the face before he flew off around him.

"What was that, a love tap? I'm made of crome digi-zoid too ya know. Ya can't hurt me that easily." MetalSeadramon said.

TK, Matt and Patamon got on Garurumon's back while Joe was on Ikkakumon and I jumped on XV-Mon as Nekomon and DemiMeramon followed me and we all went off to the island.

Sora, Mimi and Palmon were on Birdramon while Tai, Kari and Izzy were on Kabuterimon.

"Whamon, thanks for everything, but you can leave the rest to us." Tai called.

"What? No tip?" Whamon asked.

"Hurry and get out of here. You're an easy target. You're just too big." Matt called.

"Are you calling me fat? I'm just big boned." Whamon said as he dived down into the water.

The Divermon then attacked, so Ikkakumon used his Harpoon Torpedo to get them, but he and Joe were nearly hit by the harpoons that were thrown at them.

"Ikkakumon, quick, digivolve." Joe said as his digivice turned silver.

"Ikkakumon digivolve to…ZUDOMON!"

Zudomon used his Vulcan's Hammer to scare the DIvermon away while MetalSeadramon kept up the fight with WarGreymon and caught him in his mouth before going under the water.

"WarGreymon!" Tai called in worry.

"We're in trouble. Wargreymon,s at a huge disadvantage in the water." Izzy said.

"Why didn't you say that before?" XV-Mon asked.

"Oh, boy. Is everybody OK?" Joe asked as we all made it to shore.

MetalSeadramon burst back out of the water with a roar.

"WarGreymon!" Kari called.

"I can't watch." Tai said as he closed his eyes tightly.

"I'm tired of playing around with you, WarGreymon. Say good-bye!" MetalSeadramon said.

His fangs were starting to dig into WarGreymon's shoulder, cracks appearing in his armour.

Why did we end off a fire type digimon after a water type in the middle of the ocean again?

To be continued…