"Garurumon"
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Venturing off from the beach, the group stood up on the cliff that over looked the beach and waited on Tai as he stared out at the ocean.
"Yo, Agumon." Tai called.
"What is it, Tai?" Agumon walked over to him.
"I like it when you're Greymon. No offence, but, why don't you just stay that way?" Tai asked.
"I can't." Agumon said as Tai huffed and crossed his arms as he turned to look out over the beach.
"But even super heroes need a rest." Agumon said stunning Tai as he started to fall forward and Agumon grabbed onto his shorts.
Tai started flailing his arms about making everyone laugh at the silly sight, but were stopped when they heard a creature roaring.
The boulders behind then were shattered by a black and white triceratops that broke through with the hard armour on his head and horn.
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me." Daisuke muttered since she had encountered this breed of digimon on her first day in the Digital World.
"Who's that digimon?" Izzy asked.
"It's a Monochromon, but don't worry about him. He's a laid back digimon." Tentomon assured.
"What are you, nuts? Look at those teeth!" Veemon frowned as Monochromon roared at them.
"Well, I suppose it is wise to take caution. They tend to get quite miffed when they're hungry." Tentomon amended.
"Then he must be starving because he looks really mad." Tai said.
"And I think he wants to eat us!" Mimi cried.
Monochromon's green eyes stared at something behind the group as he roared making everyone turn to see a second Monochromon step out from behind the boulders.
"There's two of them!" Joe exclaimed.
"We're caught between a rock and two sets of teeth." Matt said.
"Run!" Tai yelled as he ran behind the rocks, the group following after him as the two triceratops charged at each other.
Their horns clanged together and then they backed up, looking for weak points as the second Monochormon whipped his tail at the rocks and sent it flying into the first Monochromon's face.
"Something must have set those Monochromon off." Tai looked out from behind the rocks.
"You wanna say 'Duh!' or should I?" Daisuke commented as Sora sighed.
"They're fighting over territory." Tentomon said as one Monochromon bit the other in the tail.
"They can just have it then." Palmon declared as she turned and ran off into the forest.
"Hey, don't leave without me!" Mimi chased after her as the group followed.
"They definitely don't need us hanging around." Tai panted.
As they ran through the forest, TK tripped over his own feet and fell to the ground making Daisuke stop when she heard him yelp.
"TK come on." Matt kneeled beside him.
Daisuke turned back and ran over, holding her hand out to the boy who looked up to see her hand.
"Come on, we need to go." She said.
"Okay. We're coming." TK grabbed her hand and used it to pull himself onto his feet and started running beside the girl when she let go of his hand.
Matt was stunned at what happened, but shook if off and started running behind the duo with Gabumon, Veemon and Patamon behind them, the Monochromon's roaring and growling encouraging them to move faster.
Later on, the sun had started to set, the orange sun turning the sky pink and the leaves in the trees reflected the colors.
"I don't walk this much unless I'm at a mall, and as you can see, we're nowhere near one." Mimi whined as she leaned her head on a tree.
"Mimi, stop whining." Tai said as he walked by her.
"No! My feet hurt." She complained.
"Maybe if you take off your boots and socks you'd feel better Mimi. It's much more practical I think." Agumon stared up at her.
"I'm not walking in dirt in my bare feet." she exclaimed as she turned her head to him.
"I love the feel of dirt under my feet, especially between my toes." Palmon said.
"Gross!" Mimi yelled and Palmon sat on the ground, worn out.
"Ugh, she's such a brat!" Daisuke scoffed in disgust.
The young Mimi reminded her far too much of Yolei when she had first met the lavender haired girl and knew now why the older child of Sincerity was so fond of her.
"She sure complains a lot." TK blinked innocently making the girl give the adorable boy a fond look.
She had a soft spot for younger children, kittens, puppies and chocolate, but she never showed it that much.
Except for when her team had gone to Primary Village and a group of Punimon swarmed them and she just had to hug the babies which made Kari laugh in amusement while the others were stunned.
"It appears we may be losing our light source." Izzy said, looking at the darkening sky.
"What a weird sunset." Sora commented.
"This whole island is weird. And who knows what will come out at night." Izzy said.
"Wait, I detect water. Stay here while I check it out." Tentomon flew off.
"Yes, as usual, I'm right. It's a lake with fresh clean water and a variety of tasty fish. The perfect campsite." The bug spoke with a smile in his tone on he was perched in a tree.
"Maybe I can finally soak my poor, achy feet." Mimi said as she sat down next to TK and their digimon.
"Yay, we get to swim!" Gomamon cheered, but he was held back from going to the lake by Joe grabbing his tail.
"Gomamon, you better wait to make sure it's safe first." Joe warned.
"That's why I think we should start walking and stop all the complaining." Matt said, noticing how worn out his brother was.
"Everybody's hungry, we have to find some food." Tai said.
"That is a good plan. I like that plan a lot." Joe spoke eagerly.
The group all got up and began walking to the campsite that was an area that was surrounded by trees with a lake in the middle of it.
"It should be safe to rest here tonight." Biyomon chirped.
"Yeah, I love camping outside." Sora grinned.
"If I won't walk in dirt, what makes you think I'll sleep in it?" Mimi complained.
"Mimi, do you see a hotel around here?" Tai asked.
"Look!" she gasped.
Everyone turned to look where she was pointing and saw a trolley car light up.
"What's that?" Tai asked.
"It looks like a trolley car." TK said.
"That's odd. The lights just...came on." Izzy said.
"Well, maybe there are some real people in there." Sora said.
"Let's check it out." Tai ran towards it, Agumon following.
"Maybe it can take us back home in air conditioned comfort." Mimi panted as she ran ahead and went into the car.
"Mimi, wait up!" Tai yelled as the girl ran a head and went in with Palmon.
"Bummer, its empty." the goggle head groaned.
"Totally empty." Sora chimed in.
"No trolley car is this clean." Izzy stated as he looked at the floors.
"Oh, goody, these cushions are comfy." Mimi bounced on the seats happily.
"Something's wrong. Remember those weird phone booths we saw on the beach? Something just as freaky could happen here." Tai said.
"Yeah, like it suddenly moving by itself." Joe sat in the driver's seat, Biyomon in front of the windshield looking in at him.
"Possibly, then again, maybe that's our only way of getting home." Tai said.
"So we have nothing to lose by staying here." Sora smiled as she sat down.
"Can we eat now?" Tentomon groaned from his seat next to her.
"That's right, I forgot." Tai said.
Everyone went off to complete a different chore to get ready to eat; Izzy and TK were fishing with poles they made out of sticks and vines.
"Gomamon, stop playing I the water!" Izzy yelled at the seal that was humming as he swam around in the water, close to the lure.
"I can't catch any fish if you keep warning them away." Izzy exclaimed.
"Yum, yum! You can't get too many berries down the hatch." Tentomon sat on a tree branch as he stared at the pink berries growing in the leaves while Joe and Sora walked by holding logs.
Patamon stood on top of Agumon's head as he breathed in deeply and then blasted out a burst of air that hit the bananas high up on a branch.
The bananas fell from the tree and landed on Gabumon's horn making him yelp in pain while Biyomon laughed and Veemon tried to tug the fruit off.
"Oh boy. You better watch that killer breath of yours, Patamon." Biyomon giggled as Patamon flapped over and the bird flew off to grab a fruit from the tree.
"There ya go." Veemon handed the bananas to Gbaumon after he got them off his horn.
"Thank you." Gabumon sighed.
"Those are bad mushrooms. You shouldn't pick them. They'll make you sick." Palmon warned as Mimi reached for the mushrooms growing on a tree that had red spots.
"I'd be a big mess without you, Palmon. You're the best." Mimi praised.
"Oh, stop." Palmon smiled as she puffed up with pride.
"Hey are any of these berries safe to eat?" Daisuke asked Tentomon as he flew down beside her and saw her pointing at a bush with bright blue berries.
"Oh, yes. They're very sweet to eat." he nodded.
"We're all set to cook dinner. Now all we need is the grub." Matt said.
He, Sora and Tai were standing around the fire pit that was made, stones circling around branches and leaves that were found to burn.
"Yeah, but how are we supposed to light the fire?" Sora asked.
"Like this!" Agumon ran over and shot a fireball at the fire pit and the fire roared to life.
"Wow, Agumon, you're the man." Tai smiled as Agumon chuckled bashfully.
"Hey, look-it!" TK called as he and Izzy ran over carrying an armful each of fish.
"We caught a bunch of fish." Izzy said.
"Awesome, Izzy. Let's eat 'em." Tai grabbed one and held it up.
"Thanks, squirt." Matt said as he took a fish and TK chuckled.
Matt the proceeded to skewer the fishes on sticks while everyone else walked off to get ready and Daisuke walked over to the fire, Tentomon buzzing behind her, both carrying armfuls of berries.
"What the heck are you doing?" Daisuke asked as she looked at the goggle head.
"I'm trying to cook the fish. Duh. This is where I wish we had a microwave." Tai muttered as he dangled the fish over the fire making the girl sigh and wonder why she used to idolize him.
"Me too, because you're about to lose your fingers. Why don't you use a stick?" Matt walked over and stuck the sticks in the ground near the fire so that the fish could cook.
"How'd you come up with that, Matt?" Tai asked.
"Because I'm the man." Matt stated.
"Humans are very strange. Are they all like this?" Tentomon asked Daisuke.
"Mostly the boys." She shrugged.
(That night…)
Once the fish was cooked, everyone sat around the fire and started to eat the fruits, vegetables and fish, the humans and digimon exclaiming happily at the food.
"This is surprisingly good." Tentomon mumbled as he and Biyomon munched on a melon.
"Delicious." Izzy said as he ate a fish.
"Matt, Mom only lets me eat fish sticks." TK frowned at the fish he held, unsure if he should eat it.
"I won't tell." Matt said.
"I never eat with my fingers." TK looked up at him.
"TK, it's all right." Matt exclaimed.
"Yeah, you're hangin' with the big boys now." Tai smiled at him.
"Okay." TK said as he bit into the fish.
Throwing a glance over in Daisuke's direction, Tai frowned as he took in her appearance and then walked over to where Sora was gathering water from the lake.
"Hey Sora." He called.
"What?" she looked up at him.
"Matt doesn't treat TK like a brother, more like a bother. Is it just me or have you noticed it too?" he asked.
"Yeah." The orangette said.
"I wonder." Tai mused.
"Matt's still learning to be a big brother." Sora shrugged.
Sighing, Tai looked over to see TK was talking with Daisuke, telling her about his favourite video games which would make her smile and laugh as she also added in her opinions of the games.
Sora noticed where he was looking and she frowned at her when she saw how much the girl resembled another that she knew.
"Daisuke…she looks really familiar, don't you think?" she spoke up.
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking. But, she couldn't be…I mean, it's not possible. I mean, sure, they have the same name and look a lot alike, but it's not like they're the same person." Tai denied.
"Well, I heard that everyone has a lookalike out there somewhere. Maybe this Daisuke is our Daisuke's lookalike." Sora suggested.
"But they have the same name." the goggle head cut in as Joe walked over.
"What are you two talking about?" he asked.
"Daisuke." Tai told him.
"Yeah, she did come out of nowhere. I guess none of us thought too much about it because of the shock of waking up in this place." Joe commented.
Feeling eyes on her, Daisuke looked up and met eyes with Tai, Sora and Joe which made her wave nervously at them.
"Ah, look, Patamon's tired." TK exclaimed softly as his partner curled up to next to him to sleep while Palmon and Gomamon were using Veemon as a pillow while the three dozed off.
"I'm getting really tired myself." Tai yawned as he stretched.
"Wait a minute; I think we should each take turns standing guard." Izzy walked up to Tai.
"All right, who wants to go first?" Joe asked.
"How about if each of us guards for about an hour?" Tai asked.
"Not TK." Matt said standing up.
"Ah, come on, me too, Matt." TK said standing up and held onto his brother's green shirt.
"No, you're too young and you need your rest." Matt told him.
"I'm getting cold. I need a warm blanket to help me sleep." Mimi complained as she stood up.
"Hey, Gabumon. Watch it, Mimi may sneak up on you and steal your fur." Tai said in a creepy way making Gabumon step back, freaked out.
"So if you feel a little tug, it might be her about to cut your tail off!" Tai joked as he held onto Gabumon's fur.
"Stop, Tai, that's not funny." Gabumon said running away as Tai brother laughed.
"Quit it!" Matt snapped pushing Tai back.
"What are you buggin' about?" Tai asked and the digimon woke up as they sensed the tension in the air.
"Gabumon told you to stop, so knock it off!" Matt yelled.
Everyone looked upset as they watched the two males arguing, a certain mahogany haired girl frowning as she watched the two boys.
"Hey, you can't tell me what to do!" Tai yelled back as he and Matt grabbed each other by the shirt collars.
"Hey!" Daisuke yelled angrily and loudly making the boys jump.
"If I have to join in, then heads are gonna roll. Now knock it off!" she glared.
Huffing, the two boys turned away from each other with their arms crossed.
"You'd both make great guards. Who goes first?" Joe asked.
"I will." Tai said turning to him.
"I'm next." Matt stated turning to Joe too making everyone relax.
"How about if Izzy takes over after that and I finish up the night? I propose that the rest of us trek back to the bus and get some shut eye." Joe suggested.
(In the trailer…)
"I can't sleep with all of you here." Mimi whined as she looked at all of the digimon cuddled up together on the floor on some leaves they were using as a makeshift cot.
"Quit complaining. So, it's not perfect. Just be glad we have a place to sleep." Sora spoke to try and make peace.
"That's right, Mimi." Izzy gloated.
"Good night." Joe said.
"Don't let the Monochromon bite." TK joked as he curled up beside Daisuke, Veemon sleeping in her lap.
Slowly, everyone relaxed as they started to fall asleep, the day's events wearing them out.
Matt was far off from the others sitting with his arms crossed and a leg over his other as Gabumon sat at his side and he opened his eyes to look down at him.
"Gabumon, go lie down with my brother." Matt instructed.
"Why Matt?" Gabumon asked.
"Because your fur is making me sweat. Now go." Matt retorted.
"You just want me to go keep TK warm." Gabumon said as he stood up.
"Hey, I didn't say that." Matt stood up.
"You just don't want to admit it." Gabumon walked over to TK.
He laid down over the boy to warm the boy up, TK opening his eyes as he looked down to see Gabumon while Daisuke noticed that the canine/lizard had joined them.
Spotting Matt watching his brother, Daisuke smiled when TK looked over at his big brother and said; "Thanks, Matt."
Gasping in surprise, Matt turned away, a blush coloring his face as he had an embarrassed face which made Daisuke giggle.
She had never seen the older Matt blush like that before and she had to admit, it was cute.
Hearing the giggle, Matt turned back to see that it was Daisuke who made the sound, but she was settling back in her seat to sleep.
Shaking his head, the blonde walked out of the trailer.
(Later on…)
The ground then started to quake making Daisuke's eyes snap open as she shot up, Veemon yelping as he landed on the ground.
"Ouch. What happened?" the dragon asked.
Hissing was then heard making the duo run outside to see a sea dragon that was green with a yellow head and icy blue eyes.
"Great, Seadramon. Now what?" Daisuke groaned.
"Don't know." Veemon shrugged.
Seadramon burst out of the water and started swimming in the other direction, pulling the island along with him.
"We're gonna get eaten for sure." Mimi cried out as she and the others came out.
"Hold tight, we're going for a ride." Agumon said.
"It's like we're on a monster longboard." Tai said.
"He's pulling us along by his tail. I don't even think he realizes we're here." Izzy said.
"Perhaps not. He's a bit dense. As long as he doesn't see us, we should be safe." Tentomon said.
"Don't be too sure." Agumon said.
"You guys jinxed us. Now he knows we're here." Tentomon said as he jumped on a giant red leaf on the ground.
"What? I didn't do anything!" Tai and Agumon yelled.
Tentomon was then flipped over by the red leaf that moved, sending him flying.
"Guess he does know we're here." Izzy cried as the red thing went into the water.
"Ah! The big red thing was his tail." Tai exclaimed.
"It wasn't my fault." Tentomon insisted as he hovered above them.
Seadramon then gave the island a hard whack with his tail, making everyone stumble and trip.
"He's coming back and he's not happy." Tai said as Seadramon went under the water, swimming around to make everyone tense up in fear.
"We're gonna crash into the shore!" Joe yelled when the island started moving at a fast pace.
"This is really gonna mess up my hair." Mimi whined as she held her hat down.
"Would you forget about your stupid hair!" Daisuke said.
The island then stopped moving, hitting the miniature broken towers that were in the lake.
"Great, he left us right in the middle of the lake." Tai groaned.
"I don't suppose we could trick him into taking us back." Izzy suggested.
"Get ready, he's attacking!" Tai cried as the sea snake rose up from the water, giving off a roar like hiss at them.
"Come on you guys. Let's send him back to the fish heap." Agumon said as the digimon stood in front of their humans.
All of the Rookies then fired off their attacks, but they either weren't powerful enough or Seadramon was too far out of reach for them.
"Agumon, digivolve." Tai said.
"I've been trying, but I can't seem to do it this time, Tai." Agumon announced sadly.
"You have too." His partner insisted.
"Maybe my body hasn't recovered from the last fight." Agumon said turning to him.
"But if you can't help us, then how're we supposed to stop Seadramon?" Tai asked.
"TK, over here!" Matt's voice called.
"Oh, Matt!" TK called as he turned and ran off to the water where he saw his brother and Gabumon swimming over.
"Matt, be careful or the monster will get you-AH!" TK yelped as Seadramon hit the island and it made the boy fall into the water.
"TK!" Matt cried as Gomamon dived in.
A few seconds later, he surfaced with the boy on his back.
"Gomamon, go." Joe encouraged.
"Hurry up, Matt." Tai called.
"Get out fast. It's Seadramon, he's back!" Tentomon cried.
"Gomamon, you can do it." Matt said.
"Right." the seal nodded as he swam back to the island.
Matt then turned and started swimming over to where Seadramon is, Daisuke biting her lip as she felt her worry grow for the blonde.
"Hey, over here you over grown water lizard!" he called.
Seadramon went over to catch him, but was stopped by Gabumon sending his Blue Blaster at him.
Annoyed, Seadramon used his tail to toss Gabumon off onto the island.
"I HATE FISH!" he cried as he landed with a thud as Matt was pulled under the water.
"It's all my fault. Matt was only trying to save me. I'll never forgive myself." TK whimpered as Sora and Mimi held him after they pulled him out.
"Oh no." Tai said.
Matt was now in Seadramon's grasp, wrapped up tightly in his tail and crying out to get free.
"This is not good. Seadramon may be a bubble brain, but once he finds his pray, he won't let go." Tentomon warned.
"You're not helping!" Veemon yelled as he smacked the bug over the head.
"Matt, hang on!" TK called with tears in his eyes.
Matt was gritting his teeth in pain as he was squeezed by the sea monster's tail.
"Patamon, please help him. Hit him with a Bubble Boom." TK said to his partner.
"Seadramon's way too big. I just don't have enough power now. Gabumon, you're stronger. How about you?" Patamon asked the sulking canine/lizard.
"You're right. Matt is in trouble and I must help." He said.
"GABUMON!" Matt cried as he was being squeezed tighter by Seadramon.
"Don't give up! I'll find a way to save you if it's the last thing I do." TK called.
"Matt hold on!" Gabumon called.
"I don't understand any of this, but I have to save Matt. What's a little stinky fur compared to a friend like him?" he asked.
Then, Matt's digivice started to beep and glow.
"MATT!" Gabumon cried out.
"Gbaumon!" Matt opened his eyes to look over.
TK, Patamon, Daisuke and Veemon gasped as they jumped back when Gabumon was covered in golden light.
"Gabumon digivolve too…GARURUMON!"
The large wolf was blue and white with darker blue stripes, gold eyes and dark pink claws.
Running over to Seadramon, the wolf pounced, his claws scratching the Champion's tail.
Matt was freed from Seadramon's grip and started swimming to the island, Daisuke running over to the shore and held out her hand for the blonde.
He grabbed her hand and allowed her to pull him up out of the water and onto the island.
"Are you all right, Matt?" TK asked as he ran over.
"Yeah, but where's Gabumon?" Matt asked.
Everyone turned to see Garurumon burst from the water and used his tail to whip Seadramon in the face and then swim away.
"Garurumon's fur is legendary. It's strong as steel. He's like a growling torpedo." Tentomon said.
"That's astonishing. Then he must be invincible." Izzy commented.
"Well, that's what I've heard anyway. We'll soon find out." Tentomon buzzed.
"I hope you're not exaggerating Tentomon with another one of your wild fish tales again." Tai frowned.
"He could be." Agumon said.
"But I heard about it." Tentomon insisted.
Snarling, Seadramon then roared as a blast of frozen air on Garurumon, ice gathering around the wolf.
"That's not good." Veemon said.
"Seadramon's using his lethal Ice Blast!" Tentomon gasped.
Garurumon shook off the ice and then used howling Blaster, the blue flames burning Seadramon's mouth making the sea monster cry out in pain as he fell back into the water.
Everyone then cheered as Seadramon sunk into the water, defeated and Garurumon transformed back into Gabumon who started swimming back to the island.
"Gabumon!" Matt said as the Rookie walked up onto the island and the sun began to rise over the horizon.
"That was a sure way to keep my fur dry." Gabumon commented.
"You digivolved into Garurumon just in time." Matt smiled.
"Aw, Gabumon. Thanks for saving my brother." TK hugged him.
"Anytime little friend." Gabumon said.
"Matt, you were so awesome against that monster." TK looked up at his brother in admiration.
"Ya think so?" Matt blushed.
"You know, you were the man." Gabumon said.
"And you're the wolf man." Matt joked making everyone laugh as they gathered around the two brothers, except for Joe.
"Okay, very funny, but how are we supposed to get back?" Joe asked.
"Just watch!" Gomamon dived into the water.
"Fish power!" he poked his head out of the water as the colorful fish appeared.
The school of fish then gathered under the island and started moving it back over to land, then disappeared as the group walked off of the island and sat in the forest to relax.
"Gabumon, may I use you for a pillow? I promise I won't take your fur." Mimi said.
"Actually, there seems to be a pattern here. This time only Gabumon could digivolve." Izzy pointed out.
"Hey, yeah, Izzy's right. Agumon was the only one who could do it before." Sora said from her place lying on the ground.
Tai hummed as he thought back to the fight with Shellmon and how Agumon had digivolved into Greymon to save him and defeated Shellmon.
"You're right. It's all beginning to make sense! Agumon digivolved when I was in danger." Tai realized.
"That has to be the answer. Our digimon digivolves when we're in trouble." Izzy concluded.
"Wow, that must be it." Sora said as Mimi fell into her side, snoring.
"Hey, watch it." Sora smiled as she set Mimi down on the ground.
"Is it time to go to the mall?" Mimi yawned.
"We've been here one day and I think she's put some muscle on her." Sora noted as Palmon rested on top of Mimi.
"Yeah. Maybe if she puts in some effort, she'll become a hard bodied machine like I am." Agumon said.
"I hope she grows pink wings just like my wings." Biyomon said from the tree.
"You must be kidding." Mimi said sleepily as her hat fell over her eyes.
Joe was then sleeping on the ground as Gomamon used his back as a pillow, Izzy and Sora leaning against each other to sleep.
Tentomon was on the ground with Agumon while Biyomon curled up in a tree.
Veemon was snoring in Daisuke's arms as she stood beside Tai when suddenly the tanned duo heard a harmonica being played.
"What's that?" the girl asked as Tai yawned and stretched.
Following the music, Daisuke found Matt was on the other side of the tree line as he played his harmonica with Patamon, Gabumon and TK leaning up against him as they slept.
"Big bro, you're the best." TK said in his sleep.
Daisuke leaned against a tree as she smiled softly at the sweet scene, Tai leaning over her shoulder as he watched and listened.
To be continued…