As the weekend came to a close, the Digimon Tamers and their friends Kazu, Kenta and Jeri had school to return to, their first day back wasn't too bad, for it was going to start off with a camping trip to the Shinjuku woods.
And wanting to continue to spend time as a team and as friends, as well as give their Digimon a break off of battling wild Digimon and Divas, Guilmon, Renamon and Terriermon were joining in on the trip, the only problem they had was Guilmon.
While Henry had planned to keep Terriermon on his back, pretending him to be his backpack, Renamon would stay in the shadows and keep an eye on her friends, but Guilmon's size and clumsy nature made it a tad harder to think of a way to make sure he could join and not be seen by the teachers.
Hanging out at the lake, Takato, Henry, Rika, their Digimon, as well as Kazu, Kenta and Jeri, all now part of the Tamer's team, were trying to figure out how to make sure Guilmon wouldn't be excluded, that's when Kazu had a plan.
"I have an idea." Kazu said, smiling confidently as he told the others. "How about we sneak Guilmon into the bus? If Takato and Rika can keep Miss. Asaji distracted, the rest of us can sneak guilmon abord."
"That's actually not a bad idea." Rika commented, which made Kazu smile, until Rika then added. "I guess there's a first time for everything."
"It's ok, Kazu. I'm sure you'll have another good idea eventually." Terriermon said, trying to cheer Kazu up after Rika's words knocked him down.
"But for now, we have a field trip to board." Jeri reminded as she picked Calumon up, planning to use him as a pretend stuffed animal to sneak him aboard, while the Tamers and their friends started to head to school.
-Several minutes later-
Arriving at the front of Shinjuku high, Takato and the others could see the buses boarding with students, with Miss. Asaji at the front, checking down the names of her students as they boarded.
"Alright, are you guys ready?" takato asked, causing the others to nod, before Jeri, Kazu and Kenta stood in a line before Guilmon, blocking him out of sight and began to walk forward, while Takato headed over to their teacher.
"Miss. Asaji!" Takato called, getting the teacher's attention, causing her to ask. "What is it, Takato?"
"I need help." Takato replied, taking out a camera as he said. "My camera's broken, think you can fix it for me?"
Handing the camera to his teacher, Takato looked over at his friends, giving a thumbs up, the signal for them to start with Kazu's plan, to which Takato casually walked around, causing Miss. Asaji to follow, leaving her back turned as Jeri, Kazu and Kenta slowly walked up with Guilmon continuing to hide behind them, shoving the Hazard Digimon aboard, before joining him, alongside, Rika, Henry and Terriermon.
Seeing Guilmon successfully aboard, Takato smiled, just before Miss. Asaji let out a small and frustrated sigh.
"Well I cannot figure out what is wrong with it." She said, handing Takato back his camera and asked. "Can't you just have the art club students paint you what you see?"
"No problem. Thanks anyway." Takato replied, quickly getting aboard the bus and taking a seat next to Rika, who smiled and said. "Good to see you made it."
"It was only because I had you guys to help me." Takato replied with a smile, looking behind his seat to see Henry and Jeri, each setting Terriermon and Calumon on their laps, while Guilmon hid beneath the seats.
"Don't worry, boy. As soon as Miss. Asaji falls asleep, you can get out and stretch your legs." Takato assured, seeing his partner stuffed under the seats and could see Guilmon was in some discomfort.
However, looking amongst his friends, Takato then noticed they were one Digimon short.
Facing Rika, Takato asked. "Rika, where's Renamon? Did she change her mind or something?"
Smiling from Takato's question, Rika said in reply. "Let's just say Renamon is riding coach."
"Are you ok up there?" The red haired Tamer then asked after she pulled down the window beside her, where Takato saw Renamon's paw lower, giving an assuring thumbs up, continuing to make Takato smile to know all the members of the Tamers were aboard.
"Alright everyone settle down." Miss. Asaji spoke up, getting the attention of her students and causing the Digimon to remain out of sight.
"I don't want anybody to cause trouble. That includes throwing your garbage, teasing the passing drivers or annoying the bus driver, does everyone understand?" She questioned with a seriousness in her voice.
"Yes, Miss. Asaji!" All the students said simultaneously, before chatting fairly loudly amongst one another, causing the teacher to sigh and say as she took a seat at the front. "Thank goodness for aspirin."
-After an hour-
Managing to keep himself hidden, after Takato saw their teacher had finally drifted off, Guilmon was finally able to stand and actually take a seat, walking past Takato and Rika and getting a seat in front of them, smiling as he looked outside the window, enjoying the sight of the passing cars and the buildings that blurred a little as the bus continued to make its way down the highway.
But looking up at the roof of the bus, Guilmon's expression changed a little.
Noticing Guilmon's change from his joyous attitude, Takato asked. "What's wrong, Guilmon?"
"I was just thinking about Renamon." Guilmon replied, causing Rika to say. "Don't worry about Renamon. She is tough and can handle herself."
"That's not what I meant." Guilmon said back, before telling the Tamers. "Renamon is all alone up there. Do you think she is lonely?"
"I hadn't really thought about it." Rika admitted, knowing Renamon was tough, both physically and mentally, but also knew that Renamon had grown close bonds with their friends, making Rika think on a deeper level, believing they were almost seculding the vixen from the team.
Opening the window again, Rika, after noticing the traffic had cleared and they were on a more open stretch of freeway, stuck her head out the window.
"Renamon?" She called, causing Renamon to look down at her Tamer with a curious expression.
"Rika? Is something wrong?" Renamon asked, wondering why her Tamer had called for her.
"Everything is fine, but we felt a little bad that we made you stay up there most of the trip." Rika replied with some solemness in her tone, before smiling and offering. "That's why we want you to come in and enjoy the rest of the journey with us."
From Rika's offer, Renamon smiled.
"Thank you, Rika." Renamon replied, sneaking aboard the bus with none of the adults being the wiser.
"That is most kind of you." The foxy Digimon then said with a continued smile and more welcomed tone, which caused Rika to inform her partner. "Actually it was Guilmon's idea."
"Then I should thank him." Renamon replied with a small smile, just before walking over to where Guilmon was sitting, which made the red dino Digimon smile at seeing Renamon, before Renamon sat on Guilmon's lap, looked at him with loving eyes and showed her thanks as she claimed Guilmon's lips in a sudden kiss, one that surprised Guilmon at first, still getting used to having Renamon as his girlfriend, but quickly kissed her back, causing several of the female students observing to smile and find it sweet and adorable, while the less mature male students such as Kazu and Kenta found it gross to see others kiss.
But amongst all, Takato and Rika were most pleased at seeing their partners showing their feelings, causing Rika to rest her head on Takato's shoulder, happy she and her partner had two great boyfriends in their lives, while eyeing Henry and Jeri momentarily and hoping it would soon be three couples.
-Sometime later-
Finished and finally coming to a stop, the bus had arrived at the Shinjuku woods, where all the teachers and students set up picnic cloths to rest upon as they divided into groups and began to enjoy their lunches, Takato packing extra bread, biscuits and cookies to share amongst his friends, which all appreciated.
While Takato, Rika, Henry and Rika sat together, Terriermon and Calumon hid in the worn side of a thick tree branch, leaving Guilmon and Renamon hiding atop the tree, keeping all out of sight, but allowed them to continue to converse with their Tamers and dig into the food their partners were willing to share.
"Terriermon, don't eat too fast." Henry said, teasing Terriermon a little as he told his partner. "If you get sick, I'll have to call nurse Suzie."
When Terriermon heard the mention of Henry's sister, images of him dressed up in humiliating outfits came to his head, while Suzie hovered over his prone form, prodding him with a tongue depressor and pretend stethoscope, causing Terriermon to almost choke on his food.
"Terriermon, I was just kidding." Henry apologized, only wanting to make a little joke, not to cause Terriermon to choke.
"What about you, Guilmon?" Takato asked, looking up at his partner and at Renamon. "How are you two doing up there?"
"Pretty good, Takatomon." Guilmon replied with a big smile, looking at the mountains in the distance.
"The view is really pretty." The Hazard Digimon then said, before gazing at Renamon and adding. "But not as pretty as Renamon."
"Oh, Guilmon." Renamon said, blushing, flattered by Guilmon's continued praise, which made her long for Guilmon more and more.
However, the Tamers were all broken from their conversations when all heard a loud screeching, causing Takato and the others to look ahead and saw a massive flock of birds, wondering what had caused the outburst, before getting the answer when Henry noticed his D-Power give off a glow, a warning signal of sorts.
"Guys, we might have a problem. There's a Digimon closeby." Henry informed, concerning Takato and Rika.
"Guilmon, Henry says there..." The brunette began to say, trying to warn his partner, but stopped as Henry intervened.
"Wait a second. From the signal, it appears to be a small Digimon, nothing too serious." Henry said, before looking at the Digimon, seeing them all seemingly enjoying their time relaxing, causing him to then ask. "And you don't want to cut into their vacation, do you?"
Looking alongside Henry, Takato and Rika saw Guilmon, Calumon and Terriermon were running around the tree, playing a game of tag, while Renamon looked down and smiled, deciding to relax and just watch her friends playing.
"I think we can investigate this new Digimon solo." Henry suggested, getting no objections from Takato or Rika.
"I'm in." Takato said in reply with a confident smile.
"Besides, how dangerous can one small Digimon be?" Rika then asked, believing one tiny signal to be nothing.
"We'll check it out after dinner, after the teachers have fallen asleep, but until then, what do you say we just take it easy and relax?" Rika suggested, resting her head on Takato's shoulder, causing the brunette to smile and hold his girlfriend close, enjoying her warm embrace and the friendship around them, oblivious that a Digital Field was appearing in a deeper section of the woods, slowly growing with each second that passed, while the Digimon within glared with hostile eyes.
-Several hours later-
With the tents all set up, the boys sharing tents away from the girls, as per the rules of the teachers, Takato and all the others in his class were sitting before Toshiaki Mori, the homeroom teacher, who was telling all a ghost story.
"The students disappeared just a few years ago. They heard a terrible high pitched squealing from the woods that caused their curiosity to get the better of them and followed it." Mr. Mori said, his ghost story grabbing the attention of all, save Miss. Asaji, who just sighed.
"Believing the tent to be empty, the camp counselors opened it, where they found..." Mr. Mori began to say, stopping when he noticed that beyond the students, Takato's tent was shaking a little, before opening, revealing the shadowed forms of Guilmon, Terriermon, Calumon and Renamon.
And mistaking the Digimon as actual monsters it caused Mr. Mori to let out a loud and fearful scream, one that caused many of the students to scream at the sudden scaring outburst.
"And there's that headache again." Miss. Asaji sighed, knowing that many of the students would now be all worked up from the scare, but quickly took command and said. "Alright kids, time for bed."
Putting out the campfire, all the students headed for their respective tents for the night, while Miss. Asaji and the shaking form of Mr. Mori walked around the campsite, making sure the students were all set for the night, as well as checking for Mr. Mori's supposed monsters.
"I'm telling you, I saw a bunch of monsters in the tent." Mr. Mori stated, clinging behind Miss. Asaji as both approached Takato's tent.
"If I say I believe you, will you finally be quiet?" Miss. Asaji asked with fair annoyance in her tone, not believing a single word Mr. Mori had stammered out since seeing his supposed monsters.
Pulling open the tent, the teachers saw no monsters inside, only Kazu and Kenta, which caused Miss. Asaji to ask. "And what are you two still doing up?"
"We were just talking is all." Kenta replied.
"Well whatever you were discussing can wait until breakfast." Miss. Asaji said back, just before noticing the tent was one student short, causing her to then ask. "Hey, where's Takato?"
"He's asleep." Kazu lied, looking over to Takato's sleeping bag, which had the presence of somebody inside it, but in reality it was stuffed up with pillows that Jeri had given them to allow the Tamers to check on the status of the wild Digimon.
Believing their words, Miss. Asaji then said in reply. "Alright then. You two go to sleep soon."
"But I really saw monsters..." Mr. Mori whined as he was dragged off by the brunette, leaving Kazu and Kenta smirking to see the simple trick had fooled the adults and allowed Takato to successfully sneak off.
-With Takato-
Some distance from the campsite, Takato, Rika, Henry and their Digimon partners were all standing before a cliff, all taking in the amazing sight of Shinjuku in the distance, with all the buildings and streets lit up like a spread out Christmas tree.
"It's so pretty." Terriermon said, happily staring at the city alongside his friends. "Look at all the lights."
"I do agree with you, Terriermon. This is quite a beautiful sight to gaze upon." Renamon said in agreement, smiling as she too continued to gaze upon Shinjuku, while Takato, Henry and Rika stood a small distance from their partners, happy to see them enjoying their vacation.
"This was a great idea." Rika then said, looking at Takato and Henry with a smile on her face.
"Giving Renamon and the others a break from fighting is just what we all needed." The red haired Tamer then added, continuing to remain in a cheerful mood, just before hearing another squealing noise filled the ears of the Tamers.
"It's that Digimon again." Takato said, keeping his voice to a whisper, making sure Guilmon and the others didn't hear them, for he didn't want to have to stop their vacation and engage in another battle.
"What do you say we check it out?" The brunette suggested, looking over and seeing Guilmon, Terriermon, Renamon and Calumon all seemed focused on gazing upon the combined sight of nature and Shinjuku.
"This view is amazing." Calumon said, pointing ahead as he stated. "I can even see my house from here."
"No you can't" Guilmon said back, causing Calumon to ask. "And why not?"
"Because you don't have a house." Guilmon pointed out, which made Calumon giggle.
"True, but all of you are so nice to me and let me stay with you, so it's like I have three houses." Calumon replied, continuing to remain cheerful as he added. "Four if you include Guilmon's place in the park."
"Well let's see if we can find that." Terriermon suggested, unaware that their search allowed Takato, Henry and Rika to quickly sneak off and check on the wild Digimon's signal and analyze whether or not the Digimon was indeed a threat or just another bothersome brat like Impmon.
After managing to evade their partners, Takato, Rika and Henry arrived at where the signal was strongest and began to look around for the new Digimon.
Not seeing anything at first, Takato noticed an unfamiliar form within the trees, which looked like a golden feathered roosted cast in a spherical plate of chest armour, which caused Takato to ask. "Is that it? Do you think its friendly?"
"From past experiences, I betting not." Rika replied, ready to call upon Renamon the second the new Digimon so much as made one single move that looked to be a provocation of attack, but found it just continued to stare ahead, ignoring the Tamers and stared at Shinjuku.
"Man, for a small Digimon, he sure looks menacing, like a freaked up vulture." Takato commented, feeling at ease at the appearance of the rooster-like Digimon, causing the brunette to then ask Rika and Henry. "If we inform Guilmon and the others, there's bound to be a fight, so what do you guys think we should do?"
Thinking about Takato's question carefully, Henry gave his answer. "Let's get out of here."
"Are you sure?" Rika asked, before stating. 'If we act now, I bet Renamon could wipe the floor with that buzzard."
"I am sure. Even with Renamon's speed, there's still a chance that Digimon could have some tricks up its wings that could bring unwanted attention upon us." Henry replied, believing he was thinking rationally and strategically.
"Alright then. If you think that's best, I support you." Takato said, trusting Henry's judgement, before all three Tamers headed back to their Digimon, relieved to see the four continuing to just relax and enjoy the mountain air and the sights around them.
However, Takato then said with some seriousness in his voice. "C'mon guys, time to head back."
"We're leaving already?" Guilmon asked, causing Calumon to follow up and question. "But why?"
"Is it because the whole town has gone to sleep?" Guilmon then asked, looking over, where all saw every corner of Shinjuku was shrouded in darkness, no signs of light whatsoever.
"It's just that it's getting late." Rika replied, hating to lie to Renamon, but wanted her partner not to worry about fighting and just to enjoy her break.
"Not to mention there's always a chance Miss. Asaji saw through our tricks and is now looking for us." Takato added, quickly grabbing Guilmon's arm and running back to camp, alongside Henry, Rika, Terriermon, Renamon and Calumon.
However, while the Tamers arrived back at camp, the Digimon they had observed showed its power as it let out another furious cry and began to glow with energy, syphoning all the power it could from the energy supplied to Shinjuku, not only causing the whole town to experience countless blackouts, but the Digimon began to grow in size and in power, something Hypnos started to investigate.
From their monitors, Riley and Tally found the power had been cut, but with deep pockets and many facilities unknown to the public, Hypnos had backup generators in case of any problems with Shinjuku's power supply.
"What is this?" Riley then asked, noticing the signal of the rooster-like Digimon increasing, causing her to inform her college. "The wild one is growing rapidly somehow."
"Then we better alert Yamaki." Tally suggested, before patching a call to their boss.
"Sir, there's trouble." She informed, causing Yamaki to say from the other end of the line. "I'm on my way."
Rushing down the hallways of Hypnos and to the monitor room, Yamaki looked outside, staring down at the blackened city as he thought. 'All these Digital parasites flooding into our world. What do they want, is it some kind of invasion?'
Still believing all the Digimon were nothing but unwanted programs, Yamaki entered the monitoring room, where he took command and questioned "What's the situation?"
"The wild one is growing out of control." Riley informed, looking upon her monitor to see the size of the wild Digimon had greatly increased.
"But now it's stopped. Interesting." Yamaki said in reply, wondering what had caused its growth, what had stopped the Digimon from gaining power and how they could eradicate it before it began to gather more power.
-The next day-
After a restful sleep, all the students of Takato's class were enjoying the sun and the cool water of the lake, for many of the students were going swimming, as were Guilmon, Terriermon, Renamon and Calumon, however, Takato, Henry and Rika had managed to sneak off with their partners again so the Digimon could be out in the open and play as much as they wished
As Takato, Henry and Rika rested beside the lake, their clothing discarded and all three students in bathing suits, from a top one of the branches, stood Guilmon, Terriermon and Calumon, where Guilmon then asked curiously. "Takatomon, do we have to still be quiet?"
"Nope. Be as loud as you like." Takato replied with a smile, which caused the Digimon to cheer joyfully and jump into the water, splashing their Tamers a little, not that they minded.
"What about you, Renamon?" Rika asked, noticing her partner standing alone. "Aren't you going to jump in?"
"I am. But sometimes it is better to take a moment and prepare instead of just rushing in." Renamon replied. "Allow me to show you all what I mean."
From Renamon's words, all watched as the foxy Digimon leapt from the branch, curling up her body and flipped around two times, before spreading her body and arms out as she dove in the water, causing another splash, as well as an applause from the Tamers.
"Not bad. But sometimes it's just better to just not think about it and to just have fun." Terriermon replied, just before he used his ears to throw water at Renamon, splashing her, which made everyone laugh, all but Renamon, who told Terriermon. "You will pay for that."
A little worried, Terriermon and the others partly expected Renamon to attack, but were caught by surprise as Renamon brought her tail out of the water, bringing with it a mass of water that she used to splash Terriermon back.
And seeing Renamon playing around, alongside Guilmon, Terriermon and Calumon, all splashing each other, the Tamers smiled.
"This is turning out to be a really nice vacation, for us and the Digimon." Henry commented, getting no complaints from Takato, Rika or their Digimon.
"This place is great, Takato." Guilmon then said, keeping up one paw to defend against the other Digimon splashing him, before asking. "Can we come here every year?"
"Takato, can we come here every year?" All heard a familiar voice ask with a mocking tone, causing all to turn and saw Impmon, who was lying on the side of a worn log and then said. "You sound like a broken record."
"So much for a peaceful vacation." Rika commented, before glaring at Impmon and asking him. "Now what do you want?"
"I came here to see just how limited you Tamers would go to keep your Digimon in line. Even on a so-called vacation, you continue to call the shots, it's enough to make me puke." Impmon replied.
"That's not true." Takato said back, defending his role as a Tamer, alongside his friends. "Guilmon and the others can do anything they like, so long as they don't get into trouble."
"And we don't tell them who they can and cannot play with." Rika added.
"Then why didn't you invite me to play?" Impmon asked, trying make the Tamers seem like the bad guys, though it seemed as though Impmon actually felt excluded.
"Then play with us now." Takato offered, knowing Impmon wasn't the nicest Digimon around, but could tell Impmon did want to join in on their fun, maybe even put aside their differences for the time being and be friends.
"I don't want to play with you now. I don't even know where you got the idea from." Impmon replied, crossing his arms and continuing to sound defensive, only to be silenced when Guilmon splashed him, causing all the Digimon to laugh.
"C'mon and hop in the water. You're already wet so come on in." Guilmon then offered, to which Terriermon and Calumon also seemed happy to have Impmon play with them, while Renamon decided to put the past behind them and was even willing to play with the troublemaking Digimon.
"Well... if I guess if I have to." Impmon replied, suddenly jumping into the water and swam after the Digimon, starting a small chasing game, which caused Takato to continue to smile and say. "What a weird little guy."
"If he wanted to play, why didn't he just say so in the first place?" The brunette asked, causing Henry to reply. "I guess some Digimon just can't be honest about their feelings."
As much fun that the Digimon were seemingly having, the moment changed, concern filling the Tamers when the same screeching was heard, before Guilmon, Terriermon, Renamon, Calumon and Impmon were knocked out of the water.
Concerned, Rika asked. "Renamon, what happened?"
"We must all be on alert. There is a Digimon here, and I don't think it wants to play with us." Renamon replied, which caused Rika, Takato and Henry to look over, shocked to see it was the same Digimon from the night before, only it was three times bigger than the last they saw of it.
Withdrawing his D-Power from his pants, Takato then said. "Alright, it's time to find out who this guy is."
And giving it a moment, Takato knew exactly who they were facing.
"Sinduramon. An Ultimate Level Digimon who uses lightning to fend off his attackers." The matsuki read, before warning. "Guilmon, keep your distance from Sinduramon. If you don't, he'll shock you with his Positron Pulse attack."
Wondering what would be the best way to combat the Ultimate, Takato, Rika and Henry turned their heads when all heard a voice say. "The Deva has arrived."
Looking to the source of the voice, the three were left puzzled to see that the one talking was an owl, but looking at its glowing red eyes, they guessed that the owl was being controlled like a puppet, a mouthpiece for Sinduramon to spread his message and focus on combat.
"Hail to the one who drinks from the light of man and expands himself to make him look like a big chicken." The owl called, which left the Tamers in wonder and confusion as to what the owl actually meant by its puzzling praise.
"Typical. A chicken ruins my fun." Impmon said, sounding rather annoyed as he watched Sinduramon take flight and head off.
"You guys can chase after that stuffed turkey all ya want, for me, I'm still on vacation." The troublemaking Digimon then said as he began to run away, causing Calumon to point out. "But you don't even work."
"Unless you count bothering us, then Impmon would have a full time career." Renamon commented.
"C'mon, we have to focus and stop Sinduramon before he grows bigger." Takato said, quickly throwing on his clothing over his swimsuit, alongside Henry and Rika, before the Tamers pursued after the new Deva Digimon.
But as the Tamers began to follow Sinduramon, the words of the owl continued to leave Henry in wonder.
'The Deva who drinks from the light of man expands himself. The Deva!'
And remembering seeing all of Shinjuku in darkness, that was when the answer finally came to him.
"I think I've got it, electricity!" Henry suddenly called, confusing Takato and Rika until he explained. "Sinduramon gets larger by eating electricity."
"Well that explains how he got bigger, but it doesn't answer where Sinduramon could be flying off to." Rika pointed out, continuing to run alongside Renamon and the others.
"There's only one place I can think of, the dam." Henry replied, having more knowledge of the surroundings than his friends.
"And you both know what's at the dam?" He then questioned.
"The hydroelectric power plant." Takato replied, not too sure where Henry was going with his questions until it him him, concerning the brunette, who then said. "Oh no. If it eats all the electricity at the dam, then it will be a big chicken."
"And more trouble than we can handle." Rika added, knowing that even if it was three on one, with one being an Ultimate, filled with the energy of an entire city and a power plant, Sinduramon would be unstoppable.
"I can't believe I just ignored it." Henry said, feeling it was his lack of attention that everyone was now in terrible danger. "Now if it goes on a rampage throughout Tokyo, it will be all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself. It's just as much our fault as it is yours'." Takato retorted, which caused Rika to nod and say. "We're all in this together, Henry. So let's take Sinduramon down before it has the chance to recharge."
Glad that he could always count on his friends, Henry smiled, feeling better, but knew Sinduramon would still prove a challenge, causing him to pick up the pace and head toward the dam.
"There he is!" Terriermon called, pointing toward Sinduramon, who had perched himself on the railing of the dam's wall.
"Then we have to stop him before he can steal all that electricity." Takato stated, continuing to dash forward, while drawing out his D-Power and a Digivolution Card, which caused Henry and Rika to do the same as all prepared to take on the Deva.
"Digi-Modify! Digivolution Activate!" Takato, Henry and Rika called as one, running their Cards through their D-Powers and giving their partners the energy needed to Digivolve.
"Guilmon Digivolve to... Growlmon!"
"Terriermon Digivolve to... Gargomon!"
"Renamon Digivolve to... Kyubimon!"
With all three Digimon in their Champion forms, all were ready to face Sinduramon, starting off strong as they combined their long ranged attacks into one focused shot.
"Pyro Blaster!" Growlmon bellowed, releasing a stream of flame from his maw.
"Gargo Laser!" Gargomon followed up as he brought up his arms and began to shoot off a round from his Vulcan Arms.
"Fox Tail Inferno!" Kyubimon announced, finishing up the combination as she cast her tails in blue flame, tossing the inferno at Sinduramon.
But seeing the attack, Sinduramon showed his power, countering as he gathered a great surge of electricity within the talons set upon the sides of his chest armour.
"Positron Pulse!" Sinduramon then let out with a fearsome cry, releasing the electricity from from his talons, shooting around Growlmon, Gargomon and Kyubimon's attacks and blasting all three Digimon with an intense amount of voltage.
"Gargomon!" Henry called in concern at seeing the Digimon fall, smoke emitting from their damaged forms.
"It's ok, Henry..." Gargomon assured, pushing himself back to his feet, alongside Growlmon and Kyubimon, with the foxy Digimon say. "We can still fight. We just need a way to beat that electrical attack."
"And I think I might have a way." Takato said, hoping his plan would work as he withdrew an equipment Card and readied to combine its power with Growlmon.
"Digi-Modify! Thor's Hammer Activate!" The Matsuki then announced as he slashed the Card through his D-Power, causing a massive hammer to appear in Growlmon's claws, which Sinduramon saw as another threat and quickly attacked.
"Positron Pulse!" The Deva called, once again blasting out his electricity at the three Digimon, but was the only one shocked when his blast suddenly shot away from Gargomon and Kyubimon, instead heading right for Growlmon and his new weapon, which caused Growlmon some pain at the electricity forced into his being, but continued to stand strong.
Confused as to why his attack had failed him, Sinduramon squarked, before questioning. "What happened? Why did my attack only aim for you?"
"Don't you know, metal conducts electricity?" Takato asked, glad to see he had outsmarted the Deva and more so to see Growlmon still had more than enough energy to continue to fight.
"And that's not all. Thor's Hammer is powered by electricity as well." Kyubimon informed, looking to see the hammer sparking wildly, causing her to call to the Hazard Digimon. "Now, Growlmon, give Sinduramon a taste of his own medicine!"
From Kyubimon's call, Growlmon let out a powerful roar as he brought down the hammer, sending a powerful blast of thunder at Sinduramon, shocking him and rendering the Deva in a state of temporary paralysis.
"Alright, now it's our turn." Gargomon said, charging alongside Kyubimon as the duo prepared to combat Sinduramon.
"Dragon Wheel!" Kyubimon announced, leaping to the air, casting her form in blue flames that she then released from her being, throwing the flames forward as a single form taking the appearance of a giant blue dragon, striking Sinduramon and causing him to crash down, giving Gargomon a clear shot with his Bunny Pummel attack, not only damaging Sinduramon, but threw him back in the air once again.
"Now, Growlmon!" Takato called, causing Growlmon to leap up at the Deva, where he slammed the hammer into Sinduramon's back, knocking Sinduramon away from the dam ane into the water, causing the rooster Digimon to screech and scream in agony as he was electrocuted, his own attack and power conducting the water around him and giving him no chance to survive such power.
And after one final cry, Sinduramon was defeated, bursting into particles of red coloured Data and earning another victory for the Digimon Tamers.
-Back at Hypnos-
Around the time the Tamers were combatting the latest Deva Digimon, remaining vigilant to Sinduramon's presence, Riley and Tally were doing all they could to keep track of Sinduramon, before both were taken by surprise as the red symbol, the sign of Sinduramon was suddenly erased.
"The wild one has been exterminated." Riley called, informing Yamaki of the good news, which didn't seem to put him in a good mood, instead it left him questioning. "Yes, but what was powerful enough to destroy it?"
Thinking deeper about it, Yamaki came to one conclusion, flicking his lighter as he thought. 'It must have been those kids. They might be using their Digimon to try and stop he wild ones, but how long will it be until those scraps of unwanted Data turn against us?'
-Returning back to camp-
After the battle against Sinduramon, not wanting the teachers to worry and believing they needed their vacation more than ever, the Tamers started to walk back to the campsite, with Terriermon And Calumon being carried by Henry and Rika, acting as stuff animals, while Guilmon and Renamon kept their distance in the woods, making sure that only their Tamers knew of their presence.
"Well that's another Deva down." Terriermon commented, proud he and his friends had defeated another of their enemies.
"True, but something tells me there are still some Devas left." Henry said in reply, before adding. "And my guess is that they'll continue to get stronger."
"Don't worry about it too much, Henry." Takato said, smiling with confidence as he stated. "Whatever Digimon come out and cause trouble, we'll be ready to take them down."
"Right, boy?" the brunette asked Guilmon, who nodded.
"You can count on us, Takatomon." Guilmon replied, continuing to show an undying trust toward his Tamer, encouraging the others and causing all to smile, knowing they could rely on their leader and the red dino Digimon.
"Guys!" The Tamers then heard someone calling them, causing all to look ahead, where they saw Kazu, Kenta and Jeri walking towards them.
Curious, Kazu then asked them. "Where were guys?"
"You guys so took long that Miss. Asaji began to ask questions. There's only so many times you can say looking for a bathroom before she gets suspicious." Kenta added.
"Momentai." Terriermon said calmly, explaining the situation. "There was just a giant chicken that needed to be stuffed so we could continue to enjoy our vacation."
"Well I don't know about you, Terriermon, but all I want to do is lie down and relax." Henry replied, for the combination of running through the woods and Digimon fighting had taken a lot out of him, sighing as he discarded his clothing, leaving him back in his swimming trunks.
And while the boys and Rika seemed fine with Henry's actions, confusion fell upon him by some staring, before looking forward and seeing Jeri blushing as she stared at his body.
"Oh, sorry!" Henry quickly apologized, sounding quite embarrassed, while his cheeks turned a deep red.
"No, it's ok..." Jeri stammered, blushing back as she said. "Please stay like that... I mean you don't have to... I mean..."
"What I think Jeri is trying to say is we should head back and enjoy the time we have left at camp, only a few more hours before we have to go back to school." Rika interrupted, trying to take the attention off of Jeri, before she too discarded her regular clothing and returned to wearing her swimsuit.
"So last one in the water is a rotten Digitamamon." Kazu called, rushing toward the lake and jumping in, followed by the others, who resumed to enjoy their vacation, unaware that though another Deva was defeated, several more powerful ones remained.