The Digidestined were tired. Barely any of them got a good night's sleep and the ones that did still had bags under their eyes. TK knew that the rooms were small, and he did warn the others about it, but he didn't expect them to be that small.

Sitting in one of the dining room booths, the Digidestined were trying their best not to face plant onto their breakfast.

"That was the most uncomfortable sleep I've ever had," Chloe groaned as she dragged her hands down her face.

"Try sleeping in the bath. I couldn't get comfortable no matter what I did," TK stretched his arms and cracked his neck. TK chose to sleep in the bathtub because the bed and the pull-out couch were crowded, and he didn't want to sleep on the floor. So he thought sleeping in the bathtub would be a good idea.

Though he's regretting his decision now.

"I'm so tired, I don't think I can eat," Ryo looked at the Digimon who were scarfing down every morsel of food on their plate. "How can you guys eat after a night like that?"

Monodramon lifted its head from its plate.

"I don't know why you guys are complaining? We all slept well."

Terriermon swallowed its food.

"Maybe it's a human thing," the Digimon laughed at Terriermon's joke while the kids groaned.

"I'm too tired to deal with your jokes, Terriermon," Willis lightly slapped his face to wake himself up.

"What's the plan now? We still need to find a way to get the crests," Ken said. The kids groaned, they're back to square one and they didn't even think of any ideas on their way to Candlelight City.

"Yeah, but we don't even know where they are," Willis looked at his Digivice and saw the same six dots on the screen and became frustrated. "The old man said that the program would help us find them, but he never explained how. Does it beep? Glow? And how far of a reach does this thing have? For all, we know we walked past one of the crests!"

"Not possible!" TK spoke up. "When my friends and I first looked for the crests, we had these things called tags. They let us know if we were close to our crests, and they were able to pick them up by hundreds of feet, even if the crest was underground. So I'm assuming that the program will work like the tags, but with a better range."

"And let's say that you're right. We still don't know if the crests are scattered across the Digital World or close together," Ken started biting his thumbnail. "If they are scattered across the Digital World then how are we going to get to them? Because we don't know how far apart the Islands are? And we can't ask Angemon to fly us, only for him to run out of energy in the middle of the ocean."

Ken's right. How were they going to travel around the Digital World? It's not like planes exist in the Digital World and they can't ask Patamon to carry them the whole time. Swimming is out of the equation, it's suicide. So what options do they have left?

"Ahem," the Digidestined looked up to see a blue fish-like creature peeking into their booth. "I couldn't help but overhear your conversation and I think I might know a way to help you guys out."

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Chloe asked. TK couldn't help but think that he's seen this Digimon before. The blue skin, spikey teeth, and webbed hands were familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"I'm Divermon, I spend most of my time in the water, but I like to come onto land every once and a while. Nice to meet ya," Divermon introduced themself and the Digidestened did the same, though Divermon eyed TK suspiciously. "You seem familiar. Did we grow up in the same neighborhood or something?"

"Probably not," TK said with a light chuckle. "But didn't you say that you might know a way to help us?"

Divermon brightened up.

"Oh yeah! Meet me at the docks in 10 minutes. I might have something to help you guys out," Divermon said before leaving.

Digidestined looked at each other, questioning whether or not to listen to the Digimon.

"So, should we trust him?" Ryo asked.

"I don't know, but what other options do we have?" Willis scratched his head.

"Yeah, we don't have any choice but to trust him, though…" Chloe turned her attention to TK. "It seemed like you two knew each other. Did he help you at all during your first journey?"

"I don't know? But you're right, we have no choice but to trust him," TK said.

"But what if he's planning a surprise attack for when we arrive at the docks?" Ken raised a good question. Could Divermon be planning a surprise attack?

"Listen if it is a surprise attack, we'll deal with it when it happens. But right now, all we can do is trust that Divermon will help us out," TK said and they all nodded in agreement.

All they have to do is hope.


After finding a way to choke down their food, the Digidestined were making their way to the docks. They noticed a few stores, restaurants, and a library on their way there. It was a nice day, still cloudy and windy, but no rain.

Just like the day before, TK was leading the group with Catherine taking the rear, which worried TK. He noticed that she's been keeping to herself the past two days, only talking to Chloe and Floramon.

"Have you noticed how quiet Catherine has been?" TK slowed down so he was walking next to Ken.

"Now that you mentioned it, I haven't heard her talk since we spent the night at Gennai's. I wonder what that's all about?" Ken scratched his chin.

"Do you think she's angry?" Wormmon asked and TK felt dreadful. Though he wasn't there to witness it, he remembers seeing Catherine passed out on the couch and Chloe telling him what happened. He didn't think she would react like that, Joe handled it well so he assumed Catherine would've been fine.

TK hid his face in his hands.

"I hope that's not the case! I've messed with her before, but she never stopped talking to me because of it," TK pulled his hands away from his face.

"You should've warned her, TK," Patamon told TK and he nodded in response.

"I know. But how should I make it up to her?" TK asked.

"You should apologize to her," Ken suggested.

"You're right. The first chance I get I'll apologize to her," TK said after thinking it over.

"Hey, if you need any help, me and Wormmon are willing to lend a hand," TK smiled at his offer.

"Thanks, man," they bumped fists before TK made his way back to the front of the group.

A little while later the scent of the ocean and the sound of waves crashing against the ground filled their senses. They quickly spotted the docks and the ships it harbored.

TK turned to the group.

"Be prepared for anything. We don't know if this is a trap," the group nodded as they stepped foot onto the dock. They quickly spotted the Divermon from earlier, waving to them.

"Hey! Over here!" The group slowly made their way to the Digimon, keeping their eyes peeled for any surprises. "So glad you could make it."

"Yeah, well we didn't have any choice in the matter…" Willis quietly said to himself.

"So, what's the thing that you think will help us?" TK asked.

"Oh, that's right! But first…" Divermon quickly brought two fingers to his mouth and made a loud whistle. Soon after, two Divermon hoped out of the water with harpoons in their hands.

"Whoa!"

The Digidestined grouped together as the Digimon stood in front of their partners, ready to defend them.

"I knew it was a trap!" Ken exclaimed as he moved in closer with the other Digidestined.

"Patamon!" Patamon nodded at its partner and flew ahead of the group. TK was halfway through extending his arm when he noticed the Divermon dropped their harpoons and had their hands up.

"What's happening!?" the Divermon on the left said panicky.

"I don't know!?" The Divermon in the middle was shaking and sweating bullets.

"Please don't hurt us!" the Divermon on the right begged.

"Hurt you? You were gonna hurt us!" Ryo, along with everyone else, was shocked by what they were seeing. One second they were being jumped, then all of a sudden the would-be attackers were begging for their lives.

"Why would we do that?" The Divermon in the middle started to calm down but kept its guard up.

"Yeah! We only came up because we thought we had customers. Not attackers!" the Divermon on the left said with extra venom.

"Customers? Then this place is…" the Digidestined began to ease up as the Divermon started to do some strange poses.

"That's right! You're standing on the docks of the Divermon Chandlery!" The Digidestined sweat dropped from what they were watching. While glad they weren't in any danger, they felt uncomfortable watching the Divermon.

"What's a chandlery?" Penguinmon asked.

"It's a store that sells supplies and equipment for boats and ships. But I don't think they sell actual ships?" Willis answered. The Divermon seemed irritated by the blond boy's answer.

"Yeah? Well, we do!" the middle Divermon grunted.

"First they threaten us, then they criticize our business! These people don't have class!" The Left Divermon crossed its arms and turned away from the group.

"You're the ones with harpoons!" Lopmon shouted though the Divermon pretended to not hear the rabbit Digimon, which frustrated the creature even more. Willis petted its ears to calm it down.

"Calm down Lopmon. These guys don't seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed," Terriermon nodded along to what his partner was saying.

While their conversation was happening behind him the cogs in TK's head were turning in his head. He thought that the Divermon from the diner looked familiar, but meeting the other two Divermon, he knew that he'd seen them before.

"What are you thinking TK?" Patamon whispered in his ear.

"Do they seem familiar?" Patamon looked at the Divermon. Patamon didn't understand what TK said at first, but the longer he looked at them the more they seemed familiar to the flying Digimon.

"Yeah, but I don't remember where?"

"Maybe it'll come back to us later," TK said. He soon noticed the Divermon calmed down and started to walk back to the land.

"Anyway, why don't you follow us back to our shop so we can talk business," the Divermon led the group to a building close to the docks. It had a large window facing towards the ocean and a large sign with the three Divermon's smiling faces.

They entered the building and the Divermon took off and did their own thing. One went behind the counter, one started to stock some shelves, and the final one started to sweep the floors. The Digidestined separated as well, Chloe and Catherine browsed through the aisles, Ken and Willis were reading through some catalogs, and TK and Ryo, mostly Ryo, was conversing with the Divermon behind the counter.

"So, at the inn's diner, you said that you might have a way to help us. Is it in the form of some kind of ship?" Ryo asked. He placed his arm on the counter and stared directly into the eyes of the Divermon behind it.

"That depends, what kind of ship are you in the market for?" Divermon asked, not deterred by the boy.

"Something big that me and my friends here can reside in, but can also get us around the Digital World fast," Ryo answered.

"Then might I suggest one of our brigantines," the Divermon brought out a book full of pictures of the ships they have in stock. He opened it to a page that has pictures of long giant ships with two masts. "A shallow-draft boat with great maneuverability and speed. Has enough room to hold up to 200 of us Divermon."

Ryo and Monodramon whistled as they looked over the pictures, TK and Patamon were intrigued by them as well. The ships had some great designs, beautiful colors, there was a lot of space on the ships, and the two masts could make for fast travel. There was just one problem…

"Did we forget to mention that the ship also has to be cheap?" Monodramon spoke up. Reading the prices underneath the pictures, they were way out of their price range. Divermon didn't mind as he flipped back towards the front of the book.

"Then a sloop is just what you're looking for. It might not be as fast as the brigantines but it can still get you there," Divermon said. The Digidestined looked at the pictures on the page. The ships weren't as big as the brigantines, they only had one mass, but it was big enough to hold them and their partners. Though, there was one problem…

"This is out of our price range as well," Patamon said. The sloops were cheaper than the brigantines, they were still too expensive for them to afford.

Divermon closed the book and put it away. "Then what is?"

TK took out the remainder of the money they had leftover from the inn and placed it on the counter. Divermon looked at the money, then at the Digidestined before going into the back of the store, returning shortly with a box in its arms. Divermon slammed the box on the counter and revealed an inflatable one-person boat was inside.

"Is this some kind of joke?" Ryo asked. Divermon chuckled in response.

"This? No…" he stopped laughing and had a serious expression on his face. "The joke is that you think you can afford a ship with 15 Digi-Dollars! Let alone one of ours!"

"Hey, that's all we have!" TK argued, but that just made Divermon angrier.

"I don't care! We are a serious business and it's expensive to hold and care for all these boats!" Divermon slammed his fists on the counter. "We have to spend a lot of money to not only hold these boats but to keep our shop as well! Repairs aren't cheap either, we have to replace any torn sails, cut rope, or a broken floorboard every once and a while, and that costs a lot!"

Divermon sighed, calming himself down a bit. "Sorry. It's just been difficult for us these past couple of months. Business was slow and ever since these storms have started, no one ever comes to our shop anymore."

TK felt bad. He wanted to purchase the inflatable boat to help out the Divermon, but couldn't because he knew that he and his friends were gonna need the money to help themselves. He turned to leave, but Ryo grabbed his shoulder, preventing him from leaving.

"What are you doing?" TK asked. Ryo responded by moving closer to his ear.

"Hold on. I think I can haggle them for a discount," Ryo whispered. TK gave him a confused look.

"Why would they do that? They're not going to sell us a ship for 15 Digi-Dollars!" TK said, but Ryo just shook his head.

"I know that. But if I can get them to lower the price on one of their ships, we can work to get the money," Ryo said. "There's 13 of us and if we all get jobs then we can get the ship in no time!"

TK just rolled his eyes, throwing his hands in the air. He didn't like the plan, even if Ryo could get them a discount, the ship would still cost a lot and it would take a lot of time to build up a large amount of cash to pay for it. But since they didn't have any better ideas, TK allowed Ryo to go through with his plan.

"This is a nice shop you have here. Good location too," Ryo said, trying to butter up the Divermon.

"Thanks, we built it ourselves after our last job," Divermon said.

"Oh, really? And what was that?" Ryo asked, but the Divermon looked away in shame.

"I'd rather not say. It's something we're not proud of," Divermon admitted. The other two Divermon nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, we don't like to talk about it," the sweeping Divermon said.

"It wasn't our fault, we were forced to do it!" the stocking Divermon exclaimed.

"What were you forced to do?" Floramon asked.

The Divermon behind the counter sighed. "Years ago, an evil Digimon called MetalSeadramon came out of nowhere saying 'I am the Master of the Sea! All those who oppose me will be terminated!' We didn't believe him at first, but then he started destroying Digimon. Those who were smart and fast enough to get away were lucky. But those of us who were too slow were either destroyed or became his slaves."

"That's horrible!" Chloe exclaimed.

"Yeah, but one day we got lucky!" the stocking Divermon said. "He sent us to destroy a bunch of kids, like you guys. They got away with the help of a Whamon, and when we saw the opportunity to run we jumped at it! Those children destroyed MetalSeadramon shortly after."

"That's where we know you from!" TK exclaimed. The Digidestined gave TK confusing looks, but the Divermon looked shocked. "I was one of those kids!"

"He's right!" The Divermon surrounded the boy and Patamon. They poked him to see if he was real and one of the Divermon pinched themselves to see if they were dreaming.

"What are you doing here? Where are the others?" they asked.

"I'm here because the Digital World is in danger! And as to why my friends aren't here is the reason why the Digital World is in danger!" The Divermon started to panic a little but TK quickly calmed them down. "But don't worry, me and my friends here are going to save the world!"

"That's great! Is there any way that we can help?" one of the Divermon asked.

"Yeah, we'll do anything to make sure a Digimon like MetalSeadramon doesn't take over the Digital World!" another Divermon added.

Patamon grinned.

"Well, you see, we need a way to get around the Digital World to find our friends' crests," Patamon said and the Divermon jumped to action.

"Alright, we get what you're saying. Though we can't give you one of our ships for free, we could give you a discount on our cheapest ship," a Divermon went behind the counter. "We'll even throw in this inflatable boat and a few supplies for the 15 Digi-Dollars. Heck, we'll even throw in a few free hammocks."

"That's great!" Willis cheered. "But what's your cheapest ship?"

"Look out the window," the Divermon closest to the window directed the Digidestined. They looked out the window and saw a two-mast ship. "It's our last caravel, even though it's small, it's a highly-maneuverable ship. It can get you around the Digital World well."

Ken whistled.

"How much is it?"

"Originally it would've cost 64,000 Digi-Dollars. But with the discount, we'll sell it for 32,000 Digi-Dollars," the Divermon behind the counter told them. Some wanted to groan, but they knew this was the best offer they were going to get.

"Alright, you have a deal. But could you hold onto the supplies until we buy the ship?" TK asked.

The Divermon nodded. "We can do that. Just make sure to save the Digital World."


Standing in front of the Chandlery, the Digidestined's spirits were high. They're finally taking a step forward to saving the Digital World. Now all they need to do is find a way to make money.

"So… Now what?" Chloe asked. "We finally have a way to get around the Digital World. Now we just need to make money."

"How do we do that?" Ken asked. Everyone scratched the back of their heads or looked away, they didn't know the answer to his question.

"I saw a few help wanted signs on the way here," Penguinmon spoke up.

"I also heard of there being a pawn shop somewhere in the city," Monodramon added.

"Ok, so let's split up and meet up by the inn at the end of the day," TK said, the group nodded in agreement. "So, how should we split up?"

"I think the best way is to split up into three groups of two. That way we can make up more ground," Willis answered.

"Then who wants to pair up with who then?" TK asked. Chloe rushed up to Willis and latched onto his arm.

"Willis! You and me! How 'bout it?" Chloe asked. Willis was extremely uncomfortable, while Catherine had a look of betrayal written on her face.

"Uh, sure?" Willis said a little hesitantly.

"Great! We'll see you guys at the inn later!" Chloe cried out as she led Willis away from the group. Terriermon, Lopmon, and Penguinmon chased after them.

"Hey! Wait for us!" Lopmon shouted.

The remaining Digidestined were confused as to what they just witnessed but chose to ignore it.

"Uh, Ryo… Wanna partner up?" Ken asked.

"Sure," Ryo shrugged. Ken, Ryo, Wormmon, and Monodramon walked in the same direction that Chloe and Willis went, leaving TK and Catherine alone with their Digimon.

"I guess it's the two of us then," TK said with an awkward chuckle. He received a hum in response as the four started to walk towards the city.