I begin saving fish Elecmon has gotten me. I feel like I may need it if I have to save Gravimon. Each day gets even more repetitive. And each day, I see Coronamon and Whispered even less. I know deep down, it may be Whispered, but I feel guilty just blaming it on that and not myself. I sigh as I help Elecmon feed the other baby digimon

"What's up, Derin?" He asks me as he looks at me and frowns.

"Nothing, why?"

"You just seem down."
"Everyone has those days."

"You can say that again." Elecmon says and smiles as we continue to work. All the little Punimon, Botamon, and some Pabumon beg for food which I give them. As they hop around me and sing songs and chant cheerful sounds, I smile and feel a bit better. Sometimes, the little things really do count. Elecmon walks up to me.

"Derin, go get Coronamon and Whispered please. I don't want them missing lunch again."

"Got it" I smile and run down the hill to the forest where the two usually play hide and seek. As I enter the forest, I look around at the fruitful bushes and trees, trying to find anything they may indicate that the two are near. I hear a soft giggle and peek behind a huge tree.

I see Whispered, all huddled in a bush smiling and giggling. I don't want to disturb him or ruin his mood. I hear a yelp and look over again. Coronamon is on top of Whispered.

"Gotcha!" Coronamon says.

"Good job Coro." Whispered smiles and stands up. I decided to finally show myself with a long sigh.

"Hey guys…" I say as I walk in front of them. Whispered gets in front of Coronamon and protects him from me. "I don't want to fight or anything-"

"What do you want?!" Whispered yells.

"Whispered." Coronamon says calmly and in a deeper voice. Whispered snarls and looks back. He stops and looks back at me with resentment in his eyes.

"I just wanted to tell you guys that lunch is ready and Elecmon doesn't want you to miss it." Coronamon steps in front of Whispered and bows a bit.

"Thanks Derin! And I apologize for Whispered." Coronamon nudges Whispered who growls softly.

"Whatever" Whispered mutters.

As we walk back to the village, we hear the ground shake.

"What's going on?" I stutter as I rock back and forth, I become unbalanced and fall. I see Coronamon does as well.

"It may be an earthquake!" Coronamon exclaims.

"No! It's a Golemon!"" Whispered say as he helps lift up Coronamon.

This creature was huge. Its body was a tan color and it had huge hands that were made for destruction. It made gray bandages around its thick arms, hands, and legs. Its head was squarish and had a black cloth over it with a brown belt holding it there. It looks truly horrifying and nothing like the other digimon I have seen.

"Go ahead of us and get to safety Coro, I want a quick minute with the human." Coronamon tilts his head to the side.

"Okay, Whispered." Coronamon heads off. Whispered turns to me. His fuzzy black body and the blue puff of chest hair face me for once.

"Listen human, buddy, or Derin. I may not like you but I can just sense that there is a digimon attacking us. And if it is, I feel like you may be able to help. I know it seems crazy I am telling you this but maybe we should just…work together." As Whispered says this, his body glows a bright yellow. "What the heck?" A beam of light appears from my pocket.

"The fusion loader!" I say and take it out of my pocket.

"Okay, Derin." Whispered goes closer to me. "Say Whispered digivolve."

"Whispered! Digivolve!" I yell as the light combines.

"Whispered, digivolve to! Firamon Whispered!" As the light fades, I see the digimon Whispered now is. He resembles a huge black lion with a dark blue mane. He has large wings and sharp white claws. His tail was like a torch now and waved around. He was way bigger and he walked over on his four legs. I was about a third of his size. "I am now Firamon Whispered! The winged lion beast digimon! Just call me Whispered though." He said as he flew off.

"Wait for me!" I ran after him and saw him in the sky. The Golemon looked right at him and roared as he swung his huge hands at Whispered.

"Flame Dive!" Whispered yelled. His body engulfed into blue flames as he soared higher into the sky then right into the Golemon. A loud bang happened and I shielded my eyes. As I uncover them, I see that Golemon is gone and Whispered flies safely back towards the ground.

"Whispered!" I run down the hill and I see Coronamon standing in front of Whispered.

"Are you alright?" Coronamon asks. As I finally get down to the bottom and meet the two, Whispered frowns at me then he collapses onto the ground. His body glows white as he returns to his smaller state. Coronamon kneels beside him and hugs him.

"What happened to him?!" I gasp.

"He is very tired from using the move Flame Dive. It used all his new energy he got when he digivolved."

"He won't stay as Firamon forever?"

"Digimon can return to their rookie states when they are beaten, too tired, or whenever they want to. He got very tired. Firamon is our champion level."

"You both can digivolve?" I ask.

"Yes, though who knows if I will." He smiles softly and then frowns again as tears fall down his face.

"Coronamon…" I moved in with him and got on my knees to hold him and Whispered. "He'll be alright."

"You promise?" Coronamon says and then gasps. He looks at me. "Store him in your fusion loader so he can heal!" He yells. "Please!"

"Okay?" I pull out my fusion and just like that when I point it at Whispered, he goes into the fusion loader. "How does the primary village look?"

"It got a bit smashed up, but it will be fine." Coronamon holds onto me and cries. "Please…I don't know how to thank you. I hope he will be okay…" I embrace him in a tight hug and hold him for a couple of minutes as he cries. I rub his head and feel his soft fur under my hand.

"Shhhh…everything will be okay…" I hold his hand as we walk back to the primary village. We huddle together and soon fall into peaceful sleep.