"Departure to a New Continent"
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Devimon had just been defeated and now the humand and their digimon were all staring at the strange old man who's image was being projected to them.
The man was bald except for the tiny white ponytail he had on the very top of his head and he had a moustach while he was dressed in a long navy blue coat that had a coral color with coral lining.
His coat was being held closed by brown bels that crisscrossed around his torso and his coat had a few gold buttons decorating it.
Lastly, he had on coral gloves and matching coral shoes with silver soles.
"So, you children are the Digidestinds? Huh. You must be strong to have defeated Devimon." The old man said.
"Who are you?" Tai asked.
"Are you a friend of Devimon's?" Matt asked.
"Fear not, for I am a friend to all and yet I am a friend to none." The man said confusing the group of humans and digimon.
"I can't believe it. There are actually other humans besides us in this world." Sora said.
"I am human and yet I am not human." The man answered.
"This guy makes no sense." Daisuke muttered as she started to feel annoyed.
Why didn't anyone ever tell her that the old man was senile?
Perhaps that was why he had de-aged into a younger version of himself when Azulongmon sent the guardian to meet with the new Digidestineds.
"This is confusing." Mimi complained.
"Now, my name is Gennai. I couldn't send you this transmission during your battle with Devimon, but now the lines are clear and only ten cents a minute." Gennai said.
"But who are you and just where are you?" Izzy asked.
"I'm speaking to you far away from File Island across the ocean on the Continent of Server." Gennai informed.
"Talk about a long distance call. How long have you been here?" Sora asked.
"Since before the beginning and until after the end." Gennai said confusing the group and also annoying some of them.
"Are you the one who got us stuck here in the Digital World?" Mimi asked the man and everyone had perked up eagerly.
"It was not I." Gennai said.
"Well, if it wasn't you, then who did it?" Daisuke demanded.
When she spoke, the old man turned his gaze onto her and recognition lit up his face when he spotted the Veemon standing beside her.
This confused Daisuke and Veemon as they wondered if the guardian would know them even through time and space.
Or was he simply fascinated with the little blue dragon whose kind had disappeared since the beginning of the Digital World?
It was hard to tell what this man was thinking about, he was so confusing and strange.
"It was…I don't know." Gennai answered.
Everyone groaned in disapointment and the time traveling duo were wondering if he truely didn't know or if he was lying through his teeth.
"But Mr. Gennai, sir, do you know what we need to do so we can all get back home again?" TK asked as he cuddled Angemon's digi egg close to his chest.
"No, I don't." Gennai said as Tai crossed his arms as he eyed the man in annoyance.
"Boy, you're a regular fountain of information, aren't you?" Tai snipped.
"I'm sorry I can't help you, but you can be of help to me." Gennai said.
"How?" everyone asked.
"Please come to Server and defeat our enemies. As the Digidestinds, I have faith in all of you." Gennai said confidently.
"But that's crazy when we don't know your exact location." Izzy said.
"Good point, I forgot you're from out of town. Let me create a map for you on your computer." Gennai said as Izzy looked at his lap top that was on his back in its holder.
"What if your enemies are humongizoide? You think we can beat anything tougher than Devimon?" Joe asked.
"Not presently, but if your digimon can digivolve once more, you might be able to do it." Gennai said.
"So we can digivolve even more?" Agumon asked.
"But you'll need something special to do it." Gennai told them.
His image then faded away and was replaced by a gold pendant that had a small rectangular shaped slide that was made out of orange gemstones.
Daisuke was staring at the Crest in awe since the only one she had ever seen was the Crest of Kindness that she had found after the battle with Kimeramon.
She recognized the symbol on the orange gemstone and knew that it was the Crest of Courage and she felt a bit depressed knowing that she no longer had the digi eggs of Courage and Friendship with her anymore.
"If you have the tags and Crests, your digimon will be able to digivolve even further." Gennai said.
"Please tell us where we can find these tags and Crests." Gabumon requested as the Crest slid into place inside the Tag.
"And the tags were secretly sealed away somewhere by Devimon. Oh no! Devimon…you must…come to…AHHH!" Gennai said as he began to fuzz out like on a TV screen.
"What's going on?" Matt asked as everyone started talking at once, unsure of what was happening.
"Come…quickly! I'll be waiting! ...Server…" Gennai's transmission then ended.
"He's gone!" Tai exclaimed.
"What was that?" Mimi asked.
"Weird." Daisuke commented as she then looked down at Veemon.
He was a bit worried that his human wasn't going to get a Crest and he wouldn't be able to reach the Ultimate level.
Without Wormon and Ken, how were the duo going to manage the next evolution?
Izzy soon pulled out his lap top and started typing away, looking for the map that Gennai said he had e-mailed him.
"Gennai's transmission ended rather abruptly." Tentomon commented.
"Well, at least he was able to send the map through before he got cut off." Izzy said when he found the map and had it pulled up on screen.
"I hope he's all right. What's our next move going to be?" Sora asked.
"Huh. I've got a fool proof plan. First we'll eat something and then I'm open for suggestions." Tai suggested with a smile as he pumped his fists.
Hearing her stomach rumble in hunger, Daisuke blushed as everyone looked at her in surprise.
"I guess my tummy likes that plan." the girl gave a nervous chuckle.
Matt, who was standing beside her, scoffed in amusement while Veemon was snickering.
(That night...)
The group had then worked together to gather berries and catch the fish that were in the ocean before they then set up camp by the water.
Everyone cooked the fish and served it with berries to add a bit more flavour, filling their empty stomaches and the digimon were all happy after they ate their fill.
"That was delicious." Agumon exclaimed happily.
"I was so hungry." Biyomon giggled.
Veemon yawned contently as he lied in his human's lap, using it as a pillow as he felt close to going to sleep.
"Now that my stomach's full, I'm ready for lunch." Tentomon said.
TK was kneeling by the water as he looked over his digi egg, gently rubbing it and Matt then took notice of his brother and walked over to him.
"TK?" Matt asked as he walked over to his brother as he sat at the lake's shore.
"I was just wishing that my digi egg would hurry up and hatch already so it could grow up." TK told the older blonde.
"Don't sweat it little bro, when your digimon hatches, it'll be the coolest one yet." Matt said with a smile.
"Eggsactly." TK said as he stood up with a smile of his own.
"Okay everyone, now that we've stuffed our faces, what are gonna do next?" Tai asked as the fire was put out and the group sat down near the lake shore.
"You know what's next. We have to go to Server to save Gennai from his enemies." Sora reminded.
"Well, according to my calculations of longitude and latitude, Server is quite some distance from here." Izzy informed.
"I can't even swim across the bath tub, let alone an ocean, I'll never make it." Mimi complained.
"Why do we have to go anyway? What I mean is, Devimon's gone from the island, the black gears have disappeared too. We've been once around the island, so we basically know where everything is. We wouldn't have to worry about food or water." Joe said.
"What are you saying?" Sora asked.
"Why should we believe what this weirdo Gennai guy says? What I mean is, how do we even know that this place Server really exists?" Joe asked making everyone think over his words.
"What are you thinking? If we hand around here, guys, we'll never get back home." Tai protested as he shot to his feet.
He then looked around the group as everyone appeared to be depressed, but he found Daisuke and Veemon sharing a a determined look.
It made the brunette feel at ease to know that some of his friends were eager to continue on, but he was also confused as to why these two had so much confidence.
They sometimes acted like they knew things that the others didn't and it was very confusing, especially when they simply watched everyone as if they were curious to see how everyone would act.
It was like they were observing everyone and he wondered why.
"I don't know guys. Devimon almost got us. Maybe we shouldn't go. At least we know what we're up against here." Sora said.
"Then there would be no point in just staying here where we're sitting ducks." Matt added.
"And even if we wanted to go, what mode of transportation could we utilize?" Izzy asked as he closed his lap top.
"We don't even know what the fashions are like on Server." Mimi spoke up.
"Maybe we should stay here a while longer and think this through." Matt said.
"What's the matter with you, man?" Tai asked.
"Let's go." TK said making everyone look at him in surprise.
"Huh?" the older kids asked.
"TK?" Matt asked in surprise.
"We don't know what kind of danger will be waiting for us, but let's see. I'm sure Angemon would say the same thing if he were still around. So I'm…going." TK said confidently.
"I'm going too. Sitting around here waiting for a miracle to happen isn't my thing." Daisuke grinned as she stood up.
"I'm up for it." Veemon said as he hopped up onto his partner's back and clung to her shoulders.
"We'll go too! If we have the tags and Crests, we'll be able to digivolve again, right? Once we transform into our new shapes, we'll be able to protect you for sure." Agumon said eagerly.
"You da mon!" Tai smiled at him.
"Sora, so what do ya say?' Biyomon asked as she took her human's hands and looked at her expectantly.
"Our chances for success are extremely high." Tentomon said as he tapped Izzy's lap top.
"Come on, Mimi, I'll bet you'll see the prettiest flowers all over Server." Palmon told her partner.
"Don't worry about me, I'll swim to Server. Come on, let's do it." Gabumon said to Matt.
"Let's go." Matt said as Sora stood up with a smile.
"Count me in." she said.
"Okay, I'll go, I'm convinced." Joe said as he adjusted his glasses.
"Well I'm not staying here by myself. Count me in too." Mimi said as she gripped her hat in excitement.
"All right, it's unanimous." Izzy said as he stood too.
"That's great, it's decided. We're going to Server." Tai said making everyone cheer.
Everyone then went to sleep, eager to wake up early to get a start on their journey.
But just as Daisuke was about to fall asleep, her digivice started to beep and the girl quickly grabbed it before anyone else was woken up by the noise.
"Man, why's it beeping?" she whispered as she stared at the screen.
On the screen she found a white dot flashing and she narrowed her eyes in confusion, unsure of what the light could mean.
"What is this? Well, it's pointing over in that direction. Should I follow it?" she asked herself quietly.
Hearing groaning, the girl froze and she almost screamed in surprise and looked down to see Matt had been the one to make the sound as he turned onto his side in his sleep.
Deciding to follow the signal, the girl stood up and rushed off in the direction the dot was beeping in, hoping no one woke up and that Veemon would forgive her for leaving without him.
Making her way into the forest, she found that the signal was leading her back to the place where Devimon had been defeated.
"Huh? Why am I here?" the girl asked as she glanced around.
"Oh, good. You came." a familiar voice said.
Turning, the girl found the transmission had reappeared and old man Gennai was smiling down at her.
"Gennai! Wait, you brought me here? Why though?" Daisuke asked him.
"Well, I had been informed that a Digidestined from the future would be arriving to help the current group here. I didn't believe it at first, but when I saw your Veemon, I knew it was true. Who would have thought time travel was possible!" Gennai chuckled.
"Tell me about it." Daisuke sighed.
"So, why did you bring me here?" she asked.
"Well, since we were only expecting seven children to appear on File Island, I'm afraid only seven Tags have been hidden away for the Digidestineds to find." Gennai explained.
"O-Oh, then I guess I won't be getting a Crest then." Daisuke said with a disapointed smile.
She didn't even attempt to hide the way she was feeling from the tone of her voice.
Gennai chuckled at that as he wagged a finger at the girl.
"Now, now! Don't get all upset. You have friends in high places after all. I'm sure you do have a Crest out there. You just have to find it, only without the help of a Tag." Gennai told her.
Her head then lifted at that as her eyes grew wide with disbelief and hope.
Could she really have a Crest out there waiting for her?
Would she really be able to make Veemon digivolve into his Ultimate form without the aid of Wormon and Ken?
"I-I have a Crest? Are you serious? You better not be joking, old man!" Daisuke said as her usual fire shone through.
"I'm being serious. I don't know what your Crest is or even where it could be. That's your job to figure out. Oh, looks like that's all the time I have for this call. Good luck with your destiny, Miss Motomiya!" Gennai said as he waved to the girl as his image faded out.
Once he was gone, Daisuke stared down at her digivice and felt her lips pulled up into a smile as she felt excitement fill her core.
"My very own Crest, huh? I can't wait." she said.
(The next morning...)
When the sun shone down on the group, they woke up and decided to build a boat out of the trees around them to sail off to Server.
"Timber!" Tai yelled as Agumon blasted one tree down with his Pepper Breath.
Gabumon then used his Blue Blaster to knock down another tree making Palmon, Tentomon, Veemon and Biyomon cry out as they ran away before the tree landed on them.
"At our current rate, it'll take us forever to build a raft." Izzy sighed.
"Don,t worry about it, Izzy, it's not we're in some kind of hurry." Sora said with her hands on her hips.
Hearing footsteps thumping on the ground, the orange haired girl turned around and cried out in surprise when she found Leomon walking over.
"Leomon!" Izzy gasped at the sight of the Champion.
"Oh, hey, I wondered what happened to you." Daisuke said when the lion walked over to stand beside the humans.
She had thought Leomon had left after Devimon had been defeated since the lion hadn't come back after he was blasted into the forest.
"So, I heard you were all going to Server." Leomon commented making Daisuke, Sora and Izzy look at him in surprise.
How had he known about that?
"How did you know?" Sora asked.
"Oh, you know us monsters, we all love to gossip. I thought I'd see if you wanted some help with anything." Leomon said making the three humans smile and chuckle lightly.
"You mean you'll really help us?" Sora asked.
"I've got some friends who'll want to help as well." Leomon said as he looked behind him.
A group of digimon who each member of the Digidestineds had met during their seperation then walked out of the trees and made their way over.
"Electmon!" Izzy exclaimed.
"Mojyamon and Centarumon too." Tai said as he ran over.
"Yeah, hi, what's up?" Electmon asked.
"Monzaemon!" Mimi giggled as the bear came over.
"Hey, look, it's Frigimon!" TK said as the bear shaped snowman digimon came over too.
"Meramon and the Yokomon too!" Daisuke smiled.
The Yokomon jumped on Biyomon and the pink bird happily hugged her friends when suddenly the baby digimon from Primary Village arrived and all pounced on Daisuke making her cry out in surprise.
"Okay, I missed you guys too!" the girl laughed as Punimon and Botamon cuddled up to her chest while the rest of the babies rubbed up against her sides.
Leomon then used his Fist of the Beast King to knock down a line-up of trees much to the amazement of the humans and the Rookies.
"Wow, Leomon!" Agumon exclaimed.
After the trees were knocked down, Meramon used his flames to burn off the branches and then he handed the logs over to Centarumon who sent a blast of energy to cut the wood in half.
The rest of the digimon and humans then found strong vines that they used to tie the logs together to create the boat and even made a sail.
Crates filled with food were then placed on the boat, given to the Digidestineds by their digimon friends of File Island.
The Rookies then hopped onto the boat as Centarumon pushed it down the hill towards the water to test it out.
Cheering in excitement at the ride, the Rookies laughed when the boat landed on the sirface of the water and the Digidestineds rushed down the hill.
"Hey, it really worked!" Matt laughed.
"All right." Tai smiled at the accomplishment.
"It's hydro dynamically designed." Izzy confirmed.
"That's great, whatever that means." Daisuke said.
"I think I'm getting sea sick already." Joe sighed.
"Get a grip, Joe. It'll have to do." Tai told him.
Leomon then walked over to the group while the rest of the digimon followed behind him.
"Believe me, that raft is strong enough to get you across the ocean." Leomon assured the humans.
"Thanks, Leomon, we never could have done it without your help." Tai said as everyone smiled up at the Champion.
TK then exclaimed in surprise when the digi egg he held started to shake and everyone turned their attention to the boy.
"What is it?" Matt asked.
A crack then appeared on the egg and soon enough it got bigger making TK smile excitedly as the top of the shell fell off as a white jellyfish digimon popped his head out.
"Digi egg, you hatched!" TK cheered as everyone smiled.
Jumping out of his shell, the baby smiled up at his human.
"Poyo, Poyomon." he cooed.
"How cute!" Mimi gushed.
"That's great." Sora smiled.
"Yay! Yay! He did it! Yay!" TK cheered as he spun around and then hugged the plush digimon to his cheek as the two reunited friends laughed.
"Poyomon is a jellyfish type digimon of few words. But if his friends are in trouble, he is ready for action." Tentomon informed.
The humans then boarded their boat and set sail as they smiled at the their File Island friends as they stood on the shore to wish them luck.
"This is goodbye." Leomon said.
"And good luck!" Elecmon called.
"Thanks!" Tai yelled.
"Goodbye." Sora said.
Soon enough, the boat had sailed off further into the vast blue ocean and everyone had soon grown bored of all the water that surrounded them.
"I can't see anything." Tai reported as he held his telescope up to his eye.
"I wonder how much longer this trip will take." Joe mused.
"Chill out, Joe. We just left." Tai turned to him.
"Yeah, and I want to get off now." Daisuke muttered as she sat on the raft with a pout.
"The salt air's killing my sinuses and we've only got enough food for two weeks." Joe said.
"If we run out of food, we'll catch some fish." Tai said as he continued searching for land.
"Well, the one good thing is, this is beautiful weather for sailing." Sora smiled as the boat hit a wave and the salty water splashed up at the group.
"Oh, I don't feel so good." Mimi moaned as she held her hands over her mouth.
"I didn't calculate these waves being so rough." Izzy grimaced.
"Hey, hey, Poyomon." TK smiled as he bounced Poyomon in his hands.
Poyomon then jumped out of his hands and landed on the boat, but the waves hit another bump and the jellyfish almost went overboard if TK hadn't dove down onto his stomach and grabbed him.
"Whoa! Oh, Poyomon, be careful." TK said.
"Look, tidal wave!" Tai yelled as a mountain of water appeared in front of them.
It crashed down, making the boat skid back on the smaller waves as the group yelled.
"That had to be twelve feet tall." Matt said.
"Eighteen point three to be exact." Izzy corrected.
"Was that another boat that caused that wave?" Joe asked.
"There's no boat that can do that." Tai glanced around.
"If it wasn't a boat, then what was it?" Daisuke asked hoping that a Seadramon or Shellmon didn't attack them.
Suddenly, a large brown object emerged from the water making everyone turn to it.
"An island." Tai gasped.
"An island? Since when does an island have fins?" Sora asked as the creature dove down into the water, the waves rocking the boat.
"Heads up!" Tai yelled as the creature's tail lifted out of the water and hit the surface making the waves more violent that they made the boat soar through the air a few feet.
Before they crashed down on the water, they saw the whale digimon poke his head out, lying on his back before he dove back under.
"Whamon is a giant digimon who lives in the deep oceans of the Digital World. Its Jet Arrows are unbelievable." Tentomon explained.
"It was massive." Gabumon frowned.
"A Whamon can sometimes be fierce, but I've never seen one act this aggressive." Tentomon said.
"Well, he must be pretty cranky then." Veemon commented.
Whamon rose out of the water again, opening his mouth and the water started pouring into his mouth, the boat riding the waves in the same direction.
Everyone screamed and clung to the boat or supplies as they entered Whamon's mouth and started sliding down his throat and the whale closed his mouth as he dove back under the ocean.
"I hope we don't give him a sore throat." Sora said.
"Technically, it's not the throat, it's the esophagus. It leads to the stomach." Izzy called.
"He thinks we're fast food." Joe yelled as they slid down quickly.
"I usually like fast food, but that doesn't mean I wanna become it!" Daisuke shouted.
"So he really did eat us!" Mimi cried.
"Sooner or later this has to lead to an exit." Sora said.
"It does, but you don't wanna go there." Izzy commented.
"This is damaging my hair all the way to the roots!" Mimi yelled.
"Use my roots." Palmon offered.
"You're a plant!" Mimi whined.
Suddenly, some type of saliva fell from the top of the esophagus making everyone cry out.
"What is that gross gooey junk?" Tai asked as the junk continued to rain down around the group.
"Maybe they're antibodies. They're attacking us because they think we're germs or something." Izzy yelled.
An entrance was seen ahead and the boat fell down through the hole like a waterfall and the group landed in the stomach.
"Finally, we've stopped. Is everyone okay?" Sora asked as she let go of Tai.
Palmon had been clinging onto Mimi while the girl had a tight grip on one of the crates and Daisuke was holding TK to her while Matt had a firm hold on the girl's shoulders to make sure she didn't fall off.
"Where are we?" Joe asked as everyone stood up.
"Anatomically speaking, this should be the stomach." Izzy said.
"The stomach? Isn't that where food goes when it's chewed up?" TK asked as he held Poyomon who glanced around curiously.
"Yeah." Matt said.
"Hey, check that out." Daisuke pointed out the flashing red lights that circled around Whamon's stomach.
"Gastric juice." Izzy gasped as liquid began to leak down from the lights.
"What?" Mimi asked the redhead.
"It's the acid in the stomach that dissolves the food." Izzy explained.
As the acid reached the wood, it started to burn making everyone flinch back from the edges.
"We're melting!" TK said.
"Don't let it get on you!" Tai called.
"We better get out of here before we give him a major ulcer." Joe said.
"Tai, look up there!" Sora pointed upwards.
Everyone then looked at the top of the stomach and saw that there was a black gear lodged into the rough.
"It's a black gear." Tai announced.
"That's why Whamon was acting so aggressive." Agumon concluded.
"Joe, do something to help." Gomamon called.
"Why me?" Joe asked.
"Someone can climb on these." Palmon said as she used her Poison Ivy to tie around the gear.
"Right, I'll do it." Tai said.
The brunette then climbed across the vines and made his way up to the black gear as everyone watched in anticipation.
Tai's digivice started beeping and glowed and that made the gear dissolve into tiny bits.
"Okay, I destroyed it." Tai said as he fell back down onto the raft.
Just then, the water around them began to glow white and the boat lifted into the air and was blasted out of Whamon's blowhole.
The boat was destroyed from the pressure and the group landed in the water, clinging to the leftovers from the boat that floated in the ocean.
"Sora, are you okay?" Biyomon asked.
"Yeah." Sora said as she clung to the same log as the bird.
"Somehow we got outta there." Agumon said as he clung to the log with Tai.
"Yeah." Tai breathed.
"Poyomon, talk to me." TK said as he sat on the log with Poyomon on his shoulder while Matt and Gabumon clung to the log.
Daisuke then popped out of the water beside them, coughing as she did so and Matt swam over to the girl.
"You okay?" he asked as he wrapped an arm around the girl.
"I'm fine. Where's Veemon?" she asked as she was pulled over to the log.
"I'm over here!" Veemon called as he waved at the girl from where he was sitting.
Then, the object he was sitting on moved making him freeze as it rose and revealed that the dragon was sitting on top of Whamon.
"Go away! Not again!" Mimi whined.
"Sorry about that. I must have had a tummy ach or something." Whamon apologized.
Hearing that voice, Veemon sighed in relief as he recognized it was the voice of the Whamon who had helped the new Digidestineds escape the underwater oil platform from MegaSeadramon.
"That's okay. We all know it wasn't your fault." Biyomon said.
"That's right. It was the black gear inside you." Sora smiled.
"Those black gears are rude. I bet that's the last one." Tai grinned.
"I bet you're wrong." Joe called as he and Gomamon floated by on a log.
"Thanks, kids. I owe you one." Whamon said.
"Don't mention it, Whamon. It was our pleasure. By the way, do you know how far it is to Server?" Tai asked.
"Yes, it would take me five days. Uh, make that three and a half without traffic." Whamon informed.
"Great, our raft's broken." TK whined.
"Are you going to Server?" Whamon asked.
"Yeah, we were trying to." Agumon said.
"I'll take you there myself. It's not every day your lunch saves your life." Whamon chuckled lightly.
"Whoo hoo!" Daisuke cheered.
"Yay, all right!' Mimi cheered as she threw her arms up, but then slipped into the water.
"There." Palmon pulled her back up onto the log.
The group then stood on top of Whamon's head as he swam through the waters, everyone smiling as the fresh salty air blew their hair back and dried them off.
"This is great." Sora smiled.
"Now this is the way to travel." Daisuke grinned as her hair blew around her.
"This sure is a whole lot faster and smoother than that raft." Izzy said.
"Which means I won't get seasick." Mimi said happily.
"Now if we only knew where we could find those Tags and those Crests that Devimon hid somewhere." Tai said.
"Did you say Devimon?" Whamon asked.
"Yeah, do ya know him?" Tai asked.
"Well, I don't know anything about Tags or Crests, but a while ago, Devimon hid something deep at the bottom of the ocean." Whamon revealed.
"Can you tell us where?" the goggle head asked.
"It's on the way to Server. You can all ride inside me and I'll take ya there, but no tickling." Whamon joked.
Climbing inside Whamon's mouth, the group ignored the smell of seaweed and fish as their new friend dived deeper down in the water.
After a short while, Whamon then came to a stop and opened his mouth to reveal he had entered an underwater cavern.
"I am so out of shape. I have to rest here for a while. I've gotta drop a couple of thousand pounds." Whamon sighed.
"Thanks, Whamon." Tai said.
Looking down the cave, the group walked down the dank dark cavern and were surprised to find a Deji Mart with the lights on.
"What's that?" Joe asked.
"A convenience store." Tai said.
As they went to get closer, a creature drilled out of the ground making them stop and stare in shock at the large purple and white mole with a drill for a nose.
"Oh, come on!" Daisuke groaned in disbelief.
"What is it?" Matt asked.
"Drimogemon lives deep inside the earth digging tunnels. He uses his Iron Drill Spin and Crushing Bone to wipe out his enemies." Tentomon explained.
"Ah, a black gear!" Sora gasped when she spotted the gear lodged into the mole's head.
"I knew that couldn't have been the last black gear." Joe complained.
"It is Lord Devimon's will that no one shall pass." Drimogemon roared.
"Tai, leave this to us digimon. You try to find the Tags." Agumon said.
"Got it." Tai nodded.
Drimogemon's drill started to spin as he stalked over to the group.
"You think that drill scares us, think again!" Gomamon said.
"Gomamon digivolve too…IKKAKUMON!"
Ikkakumon roared as he and Drimogemon charged each other, horns locking together as they tried to push the other back.
"Now's our chance." Tai said as the Digidestiends quickly ran pass the two Champions and went into the store just as Ikkakumon threw Drimogemon into the windows.
"Ikkakumon, you've got him now! Get him!" Joe called.
Ikkakumon used Harpoon Torpedo on Drimogemon, everyone braced themselves from the impact.
"I think it's time I joined the battle." Tentomon flew over.
"Tentomon digivolve too…KABUTERIMON!"
Drimogemon threw his Crusher Bone at Kabuteirmon, but he dodged it and flew at the mole.
"Kabuterimon, air for the black gear!" Agumon called.
Circling around, Kabuterimon aimed his Electro Shocker at the gear and it was destroyed.
"Poyomon! Where are ya? Poyomon!" TK called as he searched through the dust floating in the air.
Walking around the shelves that were knocked over, TK found Poyomon hiding behind one of them.
"Oh, Poyomon. Come on, you can't stay in this store." TK said as he picked the jellyfish up and saw a box attached to him.
"What's in the box?" TK asked.
"Please forgive me for attacking you." Drimogemon smiled as he jumped into his hole.
"Pardon me; do you know where the Tags are?" Gabumon asked.
"The Tags should be in the convenience store next to the jerky." Drimogemon said as he went down in his hole and dug away.
TK handed the box over to Matt and he opened it up to reveal the Tags and everyone stared.
"The Tags." Matt said.
"Just like the ones Gennai showed us during his transmission." Izzy said.
"How pretty!" Mimi smiled.
Everyone picked out a Tag and pulled them over their heads, smiling proudly at the sight of them.
Just then, Mimi noticed that Daisuke hadn't taken a Tag and was confused by it.
"Hey, Daisuke, how come you're not wearing one?" the pink loving girl asked.
"Ah, well, um..." the girl trailed off.
Leave it to Mimi to notice when someone was missing an accessory.
"There's supposed to be a Tag for each of us." Izzy said.
"Hey, there's no more!" Matt exclaimed making everyone turn in shock as they saw the box was empty.
Everyone had gotten a Tag except for Daisuke; that wasn't fair in the least!
"That's impossible!" Tai breathed in shock.
"Guys, come on. Don't worry about it." Daisuke said as she tried to calm everyone.
"There has to be another Tag around here somewhere. Maybe it fell out." TK suggested.
"Or there just aren't enough Tags for the Crests. Or maybe my Crest was hidden away with its Tag." Daisuke said.
"Daisuke, aren't you upset? You don't have a Tag. How are you supposed to find your Crest now?" Sora asked.
"I don't know. Maybe my digivice will do that for me. Let's just drop it, okay? Come on, this cave is making me feel claustraphobic." Daisuke gave a small smile as she then rushed off.
Veemon frowned sadly as he chased after his human while the digimon all watched him go feeling disheartened for their friend.
He was the last of his kind and he wouldn't be able to digivolve any further now.
That must be depressing.
"Poor Veemon." Biyomon sighed.
"And poor Daisuke." Sora said with a sad look.
"Come on, guys. Let's go." Matt said as he and TK followed after the girl who hadn't received a Tag.
"Guys, let's not make a big deal about this. I think being upset for Daisuke will just make her feel worse." Tai spoke up.
"Okay, if you say so, Tai." Sora nodded.
"I just don't understand. Gennai said we would all get a Crest. Could it possible that Daisuke's was lost or stolen?" Izzy mused.
"It could be possible." Tentomon said.
Meanwhile, Daisuke and Veemon were halfway back to Whamon who was taking a short nap as he waited for the group to return.
"I don't get it, Daisuke. How come you're not as upset as I thought you'd be?" Veemon asked her.
"Because I know we'll find my Crest." she smiled down at him.
"Huh? But you don't even have a Tag. And we're not from this time either." Veemon said looking confused.
"I know I have one because Gennai told me Azulongmon said I have one." Daisuke held up a finger as she winked at her dragon.
Hearing the familiar name of the digimon god, Veemon beamed in excitement as he realized that he truely would get to digivolve again.
"That's great!" Veemon laughed as he started bouncing around the girl making her laugh along with him.
Later on, the Digidestineds and digimon were standing on Whamon's back as he sailed through the ocean that was tinted orange and pink from the setting sun.
The Tags were shining from the light of the sun as the group enjoyed the beautiful sight before them and the other seven decided to not say or do anything to upset their friend who hadn't gotten a Tag.
"Remember what Gennai told us, you guys. The Crests are scattered throughout the continent of Server." Matt reminded.
"And if we get both the Tags and the Crests," Gabumon began.
"We'll all be able to digivolve once again." Agumon finished.
"Then we'll just have to go out there and find the Crests." Tai smiled as he held up a fist.
And they would find out where Daisuke's Crest was as well so she didn't feel left out and possibly even solve the mystery of the mahogany haired girl and her legendary digimon.
To be continued...