To all readers-I'm reposting this again because I'm ready. I want everyone (especially one reader in particular) to that I don't like being rushed when I'm writing. I like to write at my own pace and have each chapter up to my standards. If you dont like the way I write any of my fanfiction, then you dont have to read it. Its strictly your choice whether or not you read any of my fanfiction at all.
I DONT OWN DIGIMON: DIGITAL MONSTERS! I ONLY OWN THE OC AND THE OC ALONE!
Shoutouts:
The digidestined continued walking through the desert with Tai and Agumon walking ahead of the others. "Okay, I admit a little breeze might be nice but it's still a beautiful day. Don't you think?" Tai asked Agumon.
"Yeah, maybe for a scorpion." said Agumon.
"It's beautiful, isn't it, Joe?" Mimi asked, observing her crest. "And every crest we've found so far has been different."
"Yeah, but we still don't know how to use them." said Joe.
"So we need to learn how use them." said Izzy.
"Or else our digimon could digivolve all messed up, right?" asked Sora.
"I don't want to go through that again." said Keiko, remembering what happened to Agumon.
"Yeah, but none of that really matters until we find all the crests." said Matt.
"Hmm, I think you're probably right about that one, Matt. Maybe the crest's power comes from having all of them." said Izzy.
"Hmm, what are they doing back there?" wondered Tai as he and Agumon stopped walking and noticed that the others haven't caught up with them yet. "Hey, we gotta move on! If we're gonna take some down time, we need to find some shade." Unaware of what was happening behind them, a sand trap was moving towards Tai's feet.
"Oh, thanks Tai. We were right in the middle of a serious Digi conversation about the crests and everything and you made me forget what I was saying!" T.K. tells him. "You be in charge of finding the shade and we'll catch up."
"Didn't mom tell you that it was rude to interrupt someone when they're talking?" Keiko called out to her brother when suddenly the sand trap behind Tai and Agumon opened up, causing them to fall in.
"What happened?" asked T.K.
"Something grabbed him from underneath." said Joe, when suddenly a familiar and ugly face appeared.
"It's Kuwagamon!" yelled Matt, seeing the digimon appear out of the sand. Tai and Agumon are holding onto him as they get thrown in different directions. "Is it the same one? Really?" asked Izzy.
"It's Kuwagamon alright." said Palmon. "There's no mistaking that ugly face but he's sure bigger than he was last time."
Agumon pulls himself out of the dirt and tries to attack Kuwagamon. "Pepper Breath!" shouted Agumon, but his attack doesn't do much damage.
"Aww, we have a big problem. This guy's much stronger then he used to be." Agumon said to the others.
"Oh no! Now digivolve! Agumon, digivolve to Greymon!" Gabumon shouted to him.
"Alright, alright rethinking our training program here." Tai said to himself as he just stood there, with a helpless look on his face, not sure on what he should do. "Oh man, I hope Agumon doesn't freak out."
"What if something's wrong with me? What if I can't become Greymon?" Agumon asked himself
"Agumon, stay away from his choppers!" shouted Tai as he runs towards him and Kuwagamon.
"Agumon, move! Do something!" Gomamon cried out. "Get back!"
"I got you." said Tai as he gets Agumon.
"Nice one." said Agumon as Kuwagamon tried to grab them with his pincers.
"Tai, what are you waiting for?" Sora asked him, seeing that he wasn't moving at all.
"Pixy Bomb, seek and destroy!" shouted a voice behind them and a bat like bomb flies into Kuwagamon, causing him to vanish.
"What just happened to us?" asked Tai, but he sees a little puff ball with wings walk in front of him, humming.
"A powder puff with wings." Mimi saying the first thing that came to her mind.
"Just don't use it on your face." said Sora.
"Where'd Kuwagamon go?" asked Joe.
"Oh man, maybe that's him." said T.K.
"If that's him, then why is he so cute-looking that I want to take him home with us?" asked Keiko.
"Hey!" said Nyaromon, causing Keiko to give her a 'I didn't mean it' look.
"I am no enemy, nope, nope. If anything, you are your own enemies." said the small creature.
"Oh, I've heard of you. You're the famous Piximon, right?" asked Biyomon as Mimi picks him up.
"You are?" Mimi asked, picking up Piximon.
"Piximon is famous in the digital world for his skill in training, but few have ever met him." Biyomon said about Piximon. "His secret home is the training ground for all the great digimon fighters."
"And I've heard all about you too, but so far I'm not impressed." said Piximon, pointing his staff at them. "The eight of you are supposed to be the digidestined, ha! But you better be careful or you'll end up Digi-dinners! Yep, yep. Without my spears and my magic, Kuwagamon would be eating you with a side of Digi-fries!"
"That's gross, thanks a lot." Mimi tells him.
"And that's not all, you digimon there! You're supposed to protect the children but half the time they're the ones protecting you! I want to see some guts! I want to see some courage!" said Piximon.
"This guy reminds me of a gym teacher I once had." said Matt.
"He's right, we don't have any guts." said Palmon.
"Aww, don't we get points for enthusiasm?" asked Gomamon.
"But the news isn't all bad, yep, yep, from now on, you all will be trained by me." said Piximon.
"Should we be honored by his offer or should we be offended by it?" asked Keiko, tilting her head.
"I wouldn't know." said Nyaromon.
"Huh? But why?" asked Sora.
"Let's not go overboard, Piximon." said Tentomon.
"Especially you two guys." said Piximon, pointing at Tai and Agumon, shocking them both. "You heard me! You two were pathetic and need lots of help. I have an extreme training program just for you!"
"Did I hear him right?" asked Tai as Piximon flutters past him.
"Sound kind of extreme." said Agumon.
"Yep! Follow me!" shouted Piximon as he walks off chanting something, leaving the digidestined behind to think about it.
"I have a question: do we trust a ping pong ball with wings?" asked Joe.
"He did save Agumon and me. Why would he do that if he was good?" asked Tai.
"Precisely. He didn't have a black gear anywhere on him." said Izzy. "I checked."
"Good." said Keiko and Nyaromon.
"What do you say, Biyomon? You seem to know a lot about him." said Joe.
"Well, it's an honor to be chosen for training by Piximon." said Biyomon.
"Sounds like a lot of work to me." Mimi complained.
"He's right though." said Sora. "We could use some help."
"How can you say that?" asked Tai as he started his argument. "Just because we've been nearly eaten a hundred times."
"Well, there are worse options, it's not like we have much of a choice." said Matt. "All those in favor, say 'aye'."
"Aye." said everyone in agreement.
"Would you all just hurry up?!" Piximon shouted at them.
"How could he have heard us from that far of a distance?" asked Keiko.
"My guess…super hearing." said Izzy.
"Then his hearing must be really good to hear us." said Nyaromon. As the Digidestined continued to follow Piximon, Mimi had to ask the obvious question.
"Are we there yet?" she asked.
"Just a little further." answered Piximon.
"How much further?" asked Keiko.
"You'll know when we get there." he tells her.
"That's about the seventh time he's said that." said Joe.
"I think he's lost." said Matt.
"So, what do we do? Ask a cactus for directions?" asked Tai, jokingly.
"Ice cream….cold root beer." muttered Sora.
"STOP THAT!" shouted the others, halting her wishful thinking.
"Halt! We have arrived." said Piximon.
"What are you talking about? There isn't anything here." said Sora, seeing nothing around them but open desert.
"Yeah. What I see is nothing but sand, sand and more sand." said Keiko.
"All around us." said Nyaromon.
"Pixie Portal Open!" yelled Piximon as he twirls his staff and opens a hole in front of them, revealing a forest.
"A hole in the desert!" shouted Mimi.
"Am I the only one who think this looks like trouble?" asked Joe.
"It's just you." said Keiko.
"And only you, Joe." said Nyaromon.
"Actually, it's my front door. Come on in, quickly before it closes. Yep yep." said Piximon as he and the others walk in.
"Cool, a jungle inside a desert." said Tai.
"I bet you've got a lot of friends who want to come and play with you." said T.K. in amazement.
"You should have seen it when I first got it." said Piximon. Sora looks out behind her and sees something in the distant of the desert. "Huh! Heads up! Behind us, guys!" she screamed.
"Oh no! Its Etemon and his trailer." said Mimi.
"Oh boy, this is bad." said Joe, with a scared look on his face.
"And right outside the front door too. Oh don't worry about it." said Piximon just as Etemon's trailer goes past them. "He isn't able to see us through the barrier. He sees nothing but desert."
"I give Piximon credit." said Keiko.
"I like it here." said Nyaromon.
Meanwhile in Etemon's trailer. "The stupid screen is still broken. What's taking so long?" Etemon asked a Gazimon.
"We've almost got it fixed, Etemon. No need for a conniption." said Gazimon.
"I'll show conniption, you insolent little worms! Hurry up and get it fixed! I have a show to get on." said Etemon as he jumps up and down in his seat.
At Piximon's home, Piximon led the digidestined to a staircase. "Alright everybody, home we are. My house is just up those steps." said Piximon, as they looked up to see a huge staircase going up to the top of a mountain.
"We have to walk up there?" Joe asked in shock.
"That's a long walk, even for me." said Keiko.
"But I didn't bring my stair climbing sneakers." said Mimi.
"Yeah and I just remembered, I'm afraid of heights." said Tai, trying to get out of climbing the stairs, causing Sora to giggle.
"Surely from a logical standpoint, it doesn't look very safe." said Izzy.
"Is this part of our training?" asked Sora.
"Yep." replied Piximon.
"Hey, now sweat. I'll just fly up there and before you know it, I'll be chillin by the pool while you guys are still…." said Tentomon but was rudely interrupted by Piximon.
"And oh, by the way, did I mention there will be no flying by no one during all my training?" Piximon asked, causing Tentomon to drop to the ground. "Haven't you rookies learned that the easy way out is sometimes a trap? Now let's move out!"
"I guess Piximon never heard of elevators." said Joe as they all started climbing the stairs. After a while, the sun starts setting and the digidestined were tired and worn out from climbing the stairs.
"Don't tell me you're all tired. Don't give up yet!" said Piximon as he flew over them, then points his spear to the building up ahead. "You see, you've almost arrived."
"That's his place?" asked Joe, taking a look at the building.
"That's it and there's plenty of food for all." said Piximon, causing everyone to cheer. The first thing that they see when they entered Piximon's home, is a huge statue of him.
"Why thank you. Is it as handsome as I am?" joked Piximon, causing Keiko to shrug her shoulders.
"You said something about food." said Joe.
"Aww yes, but first you must earn it." Piximon tells him.
"I should have known there was a catch." said Gomamon as Piximon made rags and buckets appear in front of them.
"First of all, I want you to scrub all the floors. All of them." said Piximon, causing them to complain.
"It'll take forever." said Tai.
"But not you, Agumon and Tai." Piximon tells him. "Come now, I have a special chore for you."
"What about us?" asked Keiko, holding Nyaromon.
"Don't worry, your brother will be fine." Piximon assures her.
"Great, we probably have to paint the place." said Tai and follows Piximon with Agumon by his side.
"Well, let's do it." said Sora and they all get to work.
"The last time I scrub a floor was…never." complained Mimi.
"It's a simple task, Mimi. Even you'll catch on." said Izzy.
"Is this really training or is this just Piximon's maid's day off and he doesn't like to vacuum?" asked Matt, suspicious of Piximon's training methods.
"Tokomon, let's have a cleaning race." said T.K. as he, Keiko, Nyaromon and Tokomon start running while cleaning the floors.
"Race you, T.K." said Keiko as she and Nyaromon got a head start.
"You're on." said T.K., chasing her.
"No fair." Tokomon called out as he went after them. While everyone was busy cleaning, Piximon led Tai and Agumon to a mysterious cave. "Alright you two, this is the place. Into the cave." said Piximon. Tai and Agumon nodded to each other before walking into the cave.
"Wow, its pitch black in here." stated Agumon.
"What kind of chore can we do in here when we won't be able to see our hands in front of our faces?" asked Tai but then both he and Agumon start sinking into the sand.
"This is your training. You must find your way back!" shouted Piximon as he leaves the cave. Later that night, everyone was asleep from their long day of their so-called training.
"Delicious food." Gomamon said in his sleep. "Mine all mine." Izzy woke up to the sound of a door opening and turned to see Matt was up. "Something's wrong. Tai and Agumon never came back." Matt tells Izzy, before looking over at Keiko.
"So what do you think happened?" asked Izzy but then his tag begins to glow purple while Matt's glowed blue.
"You see that?" asked Matt, reaching into his shirt and pulls out his tag as Izzy does the same.
"Prodigious." said Izzy, looking at his tag.
"When they glow, it means the crests are nearby." said Matt and both boys went off to find their crests.
"Are you sure this is a good idea, Matt?" asked Izzy. "I mean, maybe we should bring Gabumon and Tentomon."
"Let them sleep. The crests must be inside the barrier so we're safe." said Matt and takes off running. "Come on, Izzy. This way." Unknown to the boys, Piximon was watching them from atop of his statue. Meanwhile, Tai and Agumon awake to find themselves in a boat and floating down a river.
"Hmm? Tai! Tai, wake up!" said Agumon, noticing were they are.
"Hey, wait where are we?" asked Tai, yawning.
"I don't know. We were in a cave but I don't remember any boat, I'm sure." Agumon tells him.
"Hey! Hello!" Tai calls out as he falls into the water.
"Don't you know not to stand up in a boat?" asked Agumon as he grabs a paddle and holds it out to Tai. "Here, grab this."
Just then, Agumon sees a light behind him. "Do you see that light?" he asked.
"Don't look at the light, pull me in." said Tai but then all his rocking caused the boat to knock Agumon into the water.
"Hey, now look what you did." said Tai. "We're both in the water."
"What I did?" Agumon asked accusingly. "You were the one standing up in the boat. I was just trying to…"
"Well, you had paid attention to what you were doing instead of looking at some stupid light in the distance." said Tai and the both of them continued to argue as they sailed down the water, hanging onto the boat.
The next morning, Piximon bangs his spear on a bucket, waking up the remaining digidestined for their training exercise. "Rise and shine! Everybody up! Come on people!" Piximon yelled at them.
"It's too early." said Nyaromon, opening her sleep filled eyes.
"I want five more minutes." mumbled Keiko, rubbing her eyes with the back of her hands.
"Piximon, do you know where Izzy went?" asked Tentomon. "He's not in his bed."
"And I can't find Matt." said Gabumon.
"What? Hey, did you send my brother somewhere?" asked T.K.
"Your brother and his pal went to look for crests about midnight." said Piximon.
"Oh, I don't believe it. Why would Izzy leave me behind?" wondered Tentomon.
"Isn't it strange? First its Tai and Agumon leaving…" said Sora. "Now it's Matt and Izzy. Ever since we met Piximon, people started disappearing."
"Maybe next Joe will end up missing." said Mimi as she, Keiko and Sora start giggling.
"Come on, guys. It's not funny." said Joe. "What if its Piximon whose making everyone disappear?"
"Come on, Joe, chill. We can trust Piximon, can't we?" asked Gomamon. "I mean he wouldn't do anything really cruel, would you?"
"Like not feed us." Joe stated.
"Attention, training will now begin!" shouted Piximon. Meanwhile in the forest, Matt and Izzy were still looking for their crests. "Why do you want to find a crest, Izzy?" asked Matt.
"I guess it's mostly because of Kabuterimon. I would like to see what he would digivolve after that one." Izzy tells him. "Isn't that the reason why you're looking for a crest?"
"No. I want to use the crest to digivolve myself. Not into a digimon, but to make myself stronger and smarter, maybe learn something new about myself. You know, reach my next level." replied Matt. Both boys continued walking until they reach the end of the forest.
"The barrier of this land." said Matt seeing their tags were pointing out into the desert.
"Don't tell me we came all this way for nothing." said Izzy before seeing a glow coming from the well outside. "Wait, look at that glow. We made it! The crests have got to be inside the well, let's go!"
"Yeah but its outside the wall." Matt reminded him.
"I know but we're so close. Hope my hand doesn't melt." said Izzy as he walks up to the invisible barrier, reaching out and makes it through the barrier unharmed. "It's okay Matt, we can go through it."
"Yeah." said Matt.
They then walk outside the barrier and up to the well. Once they climbed inside, holding onto the rope, they see the walls turning different colors. "See anything?" asked Izzy.
"The lights bright down here." said Matt and notices a symbol on the wall. "Hey, we should try holding our tags up towards the wall."
"Good call." said Izzy as he sees a different symbol on the opposite wall. As they held up their tags, the symbols begin to shrink and become their crests.
"Izzy, man this is happening. We both found our crests." said Matt as he looks at his blue colored crest with a weird symbol on it. Izzy's crest was purple and had a strange looking symbol on it as well. Unknown to them, a cable was looking down inside the well. Meanwhile, inside Etemon's trailer.
"Etemon, we have contact in sector G-3 sir." said Gazimon.
"What? Why that's the sector we just past!" shouted Etemon. "Turn us around, turn us around right now, you little whipper snapper! What are you waiting for? Haha, G-3 Tyrannomon's territory. Send him at once! I love a roadie with a good appetite."
Just as Izzy and Matt got out of the well, a huge red dinosaur digimon appears before them. "Tyrannomon…a huge digimon with fire breath strong enough to cook a couple of boys like you." said Piximon. Tyrannomon sends a fireball right at them and breaks the barrier just as they got it.
Meanwhile, the digidestined and their digimon where meditating when Piximon hits Gabumon over the head with his spear, causing him to jump in the air.
"No Gabumon! Making funny faces will not defeat your enemies, you must always…." Piximon trailed off, after sensing something. "My barriers have been broken!"
"Izzy's there, he might be in trouble." said Tentomon.
"And Matt!" shouted Gabumon.
"We've got to help them!" shouted Tentomon. In the forest, Matt and Izzy continued to run from Tyrannomon. "Didn't I see this guy in one of my nightmares?" wondered Izzy.
"I wished you'd be more careful what you dream!" said Matt. Just then, the others arrived to help but the same cable saw spots them as well. "Matt! Izzy!" shouted Tentomon.
"So glad that you're safe." said Gabumon.
"Well, well, well, isn't that nice? Everybody's all together now. You know I can't resist an audience so I guess it's showtime." said Etemon, causing a bunch of cables to rise up into the air, shocking the digidestined. "This is a little song I call, 'Bye-bye Digimon bye-bye'." Etemon then zaps the power of the digidestined's digimon.
"My power's been drained." said Tentomon.
"Ah, it zapped them! Now they can't digivolve!" stated Izzy.
"Nyaromon!" Keiko cried out to her digimon as Tyrannomon launches another fireball at them. Meanwhile, Tai and Agumon are still in the boat, spinning down a strange river.
"It's no use. The more we fight it, the farther we drift." said Tai, unaware of the buildings coming into view. "I remember this bridge." Tai sees that it's a younger version of himself.
"What is it? Whose that?" asked Agumon.
"Me, but I…" Tai said in shock.
"What? That's you?" asked Agumon, looking at the younger Tai who was tearing up.
Meanwhile outside of the cave, Piximon was protecting the others from Tyrannomon's fire breath but struggles to do so. "Tai! Agumon! What are you doing?! Your friends and sister are in trouble! You've got to come back before it's too late! Tai, can you hear me?!" shouted Piximon.
Back with Tai and Agumon. "I'm never gonna (sniffles) learn how to ride my bike." said Young Tai.
"Don't give up. You can't call it quits now just because of one or two mistakes you've made." Tai said to his younger self. "Man, I've made plenty of mistakes and I ought to know. You just have to get up and try again."
"Okay, I'll try." said Young Tai and gets back on the bike.
"We can hold you up. From behind." Agumon tells him as he and Tai push Young Tai, cheering him on as he rides the bike himself.
"Hey, I'm doing it all by myself. I'm riding!" said Young Tai as he rides off into the fog.
"Wait, Agumon, I get it. It's all about overcoming your fear." said Tai. "I was so scared of you digivolving back into SkullGreymon again that I lost it."
"You must be a mind reader. That same fear is what stopped me from digivolving into Greymon." said Agumon as they head back. "But if we really believe in ourselves, it'll be just like riding a bike. Greymon, my friend, I'm coming back to you."
"We're on our way back." said Tai, working with Agumon as they push the boat with the oars.
"Right….together." said Agumon.
"Ah!" said Tai as he and Agumon see the battle that's going on. "They're in trouble."
Meanwhile, Piximon continued to struggle in holding Tyrannomon's fire back. "Can't wait for Tai any longer! He needs this lesson but I've got to attack!" thought Piximon. "Everyone, stand back!"
"Agumon, digivolve!" shouted Tai.
"Agumon digivolve to….Greymon!" bellowed Greymon and knocks Tyrannomon off his feet.
"Hey, he digivolved." said Gabumon as Nyaromon and Tokomon cheered for their friend.
"Nova Blast!" shouted Greymon, firing a huge fireball at Tyrannomon. Tai then walks up behind Sora and Keiko, unnoticed that he was back and unharmed. "You made it!" Sora said happily.
"Never be gone that long again." said Keiko, hugging her brother.
"Greymon's pulling the cables out." said Sora as the cables were pulled from Tyrannomon.
"Get him, Greymon! Go! Go!" cheered Gomamon. Greymon eventually won the battle against Tyrannomon and destroys the black cables as well.
"He did it! Greymon did it!" shouted Tai.
"The black cables are shattering into pieces." said Sora. Everyone cheered for Greymon's victory and Piximon smiles at their accomplishment.
"Well, they cut it close, but they did it. Yep, yep." said Piximon.
Back in his trailer, Etemon was throwing another fit. Later that day, the sun begins to set and the digidestined were about to leave. "Thank you, Piximon. We learned a lot from you." said Matt.
"Yeah, like how to scrub floors and starve half to death." muttered Joe.
"Joe! That's just Joe's stomach talking." said Mimi.
"Far from over your training is. Remember life itself is a training session. Learn all you can." Piximon tells them.
"How are we supposed to do that?" asked Keiko.
"I don't know." said Nyaromon. Later Piximon watches them as they head back into the desert.
"They truly are the digidestined. Yep, yep. No doubt have I for thought they are foolish; I have seen the love in their hearts. With a little luck, they may just succeed and save our digital world." thought Piximon.
