"The Piximon Cometh"
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After escaping the crazy Kokatorimon and finding the Crest of Sincerity, the Digidestineds and their digimon found themselves once again wandering around in the desert.
Veemon and Daisuke were getting very irritated with being in the desert and suffering through the hot sun beating down on their heads.
"Okay, I admit a little breeze would be nice, but it's still a beautiful day don't you think?" Tai asked trying to bring up everyone's spirits.
"Yeah, maybe for a scorpion." Agumon said.
"Or a cactus." Veemon muttered.
"It's beautiful, isn't it, Joe? And every Crest we've found so far has been different." Mimi said as she looked at her Crest.
"Yeah, but we need to learn how to use them." Joe said thoughtfully.
"Or else our digimon could digivolve all messed up, right?" Sora asked.
Tai and Agumon were walking further ahead of the group while everyone else lagged behind a bit when Matt suddenly stopped.
TK and everyone else turned their attention to the older blonde curiously.
"Yeah, but none of that really matters until we find all the Crests." Matt stated.
"Hmm, I think you're probably right about that one, Matt. Maybe the Crest's power comes from having them all." Izzy said.
"Ya think?" Daisuke asked curiously as she shared a look with Veemon.
"Hey, we gotta move on. If we're gonna take some downtime, we need to find some shade." Tai called out to the group.
"Thanks, Tai. We're right in the middle of a serious digi-conversation about the Crests and everything and then you made me forget about what I was saying. You be in charge of finding the shade, we'll catch up." TK called as he waved at the amused duo of Courage.
Just then, the ground shook and the two were knocked down into the sand making everyone gasp in surprise.
"What happened?" TK asked.
"Something grabbed them from underneath." Joe said.
"It's Kuwagamon!" Matt said as the large red bug rose from the ground.
The large red beetle threw Tai and Agumon across the sand as the Digidestineds watched in worry.
"Ahhh! Is it the same one? Truly?" Izzy asked.
"That's Kuwagamon, all right. There's no mistaking that ugly face. But he sure looks bigger than the last time." Palmon said.
Agumon got back up from the sand and fired off his Pepper Breath, hitting Kuwagamon on the head and he cried out in pain, then growled at him.
"Uh, we have a big problem. This guy is much stronger than he used to be." Agumon said.
"Oh no! Not now. Digivolve. Agumon, digivolve to Greymon!" Gabumon yelled.
Tai and Agumon both hesitated as they remembered the dark evolution that they had gone through before.
They both didn't want to digivolve again in case they accidentally had another dark evolution happen to them which frightened them.
"Agumon, stay away from his choppers!" Tai yelled as he ran over.
Kuwagamon then moved in closer to the dino, ready to snap his pincers on him.
"Move Agumon, move! Do something! Get back!" Gomamon yelled.
Agumon stood there, scared, but Tai pushed him down out of the way.
"I got you." He said.
"Nice one." Agumon thanked.
Kuwagamon snapped his pincers dangerously close to them, making Sora cry out in worry as she watched.
"We need to do something now." Daisuke frowned.
"Pixi Bomb, seek and destroy!" a voice called out.
A weird wave of dust pushed Kuwagamon away from Tai and Agumon, making the rest of the Digidestineds and digimon sigh in relief.
"Wowie!" TK exclaimed.
"Check it out." Matt said.
The group then walked over to where Tai and Agumon were burried in the sand to check on the confused duo.
"Are you two okay?" Matt asked them.
"My goodness." Mimi said.
"That was wicked." Daisuke commented.
"Are you okay?" Sora asked.
"What just happened to us?" Tai asked as he and Agumon crawled out from under the sand.
A small adorable pink creature with fairy wings holding a small pike was humming a tune as he walked by in front of the duo of Courage.
"A powder puff with wings." Mimi pointed out the cheery looking digimon.
"Just don't use it on your face." Sora commented.
"And where's Kuwagamon?" Joe asked.
"Oh, man. Maybe that's him." TK said looking at the small round creature.
"Ha. I am no enemy. Nope, nope. If anything, you are your own enemies." The pink digimon chirped.
Just then, Biyomon jumped in front of the group as she pointed at the mysterious digimon.
"Oh, I've heard of you. You're the famous Piximon, right?" Biyomon asked.
Mimi walked up behind Piximon and picked him up, holding him to her face with a smile.
"You are?" she asked.
"Piximon is famous in the Digital World for his skills and training, but few have ever met him. His secret home is a training ground for all the great fighters." Biyomon said.
"And I've heard all about you, too. But so far I am not impressed." Piximon said with that same smile as he pointed his pike at the Digidestineds.
"Huh!" Sora and some others scoffed as they stood up or reeled back feeling insulted.
Daisuke had even crossed her arms as she scrunched up her nose in annoyance at Piximon.
"You 8 are supposed to be the Digidestinds. Ha! You better be more careful or you'll be digi-dinners. Yep, yep, without my spears and my magic, Kuwagamon would be eating you with a side of digi-fries." He said.
"That's gross. Thanks a lot." Mimi said frowning.
"And that's not all. You digimon there. You're supposed to protect the children, but half the time they're protecting you. I wanna see some guts, I wanna see some courage!" Piximon exclaimed.
"This guy reminds me of a gym teacher I once had." Matt muttered.
"He's right; we just don't have any guts." Palmon said sadly.
"Don't we get points for enthusiasm?" Gomamon asked.
"I think this guy's head is too big." Veemon muttered as he crossed in arms in a huff.
He didn't like the fact that this stranger was undermining him and his friends who had worked hard together to fight the evils of this world.
"But the news isn't all bad, yep, yep. From now on, you're all gonna train with me." Piximon said.
"But why?" Sora asked.
"Let's not go overboard, Piximon." Tentomon buzzed.
"Especially you two guys." Piximon said as he looked over at Tai and Agumon who were surprised at being singled out.
"Wha?!" they asked.
"You heard me. You two need lots of help and I have a special extreme training program just for you." Piximon said as he flew by them.
"Did I hear him right?" Tai asked.
"Sounds kinda extreme." Agumon said.
"Yep. Follow me." Piximon said as he started walking away humming another tune.
The group all huddled up and started talking about if they should go or trust him.
"I don't know about this." Mimi said.
"I have a question; do we trust a ping pong ball with wings?" Joe asked.
"But he did save Agumon and me. Why would he do that if he was no good?" Tai asked.
"Precisely. Why, he didn't have a black gear on him. I checked." Izzy informed.
"This guy's kinda annoying if ya ask me." Daisuke commented.
"What do you say, Biyomon? After all, you know a lot about him." Joe turned to the pink bird.
"Well, it's an honor to be chosen by Piximon." Biyomon said.
"It sounds like a lot of work to me." Mimi complained.
"He's right though. We could use some help." Sora stated.
"How can you say that, just 'cause we've nearly been eaten a hundred times?" Tai asked.
"There are worst options, I mean, do we have a choice? All in favour say 'aye'." Matt said.
"Aye." Everyone agreed since they didn't see any other options.
"Would you all just hurry up?!" Piximon yelled when he noticed the group wasn't following him.
Everyone ran over to where Piximon was waiting on them and they followed after him as he led them through the desert to where his home was located.
"Are we there yet?" Mimi asked.
"Just a little further." Piximon told them.
"That's about the seventh time you've said that." Joe complained.
"I think he's lost." Matt said.
"So what do we do? Ask a cactus for directions?" Tai asked.
"Ice cream…cold root beer…" Sora whined.
"SHUT UP!" everyone yelled while Daisuke whined as she leaned against Matt who gave her an amused look.
"Oh, we have arrived. Yep." Piximon said stopping.
"What are you talking about? There isn't anything here." Sora said as she glanced around at the wide open space of sky and sand.
"Pixi Portal!" Piximon said flying up in the air, spinning his pike around and a portal opened up, showing an invisible forest that was hidden.
"It's a hole in the desert." The child of Sincerity said.
"Am I the only one who thinks this looks like trouble?" Joe asked.
"Actually, it's just my front door. Come on in now, quickly, before it closes. Yep, yep." Piximon chirped.
Izzy and Tai looked at each other and nodded before they then stepped forward into the hidden forest while the others all followed.
The air was a bit cooler and the shade from the trees was a great welcome to the hot bodied humans and digimon.
"Cool, a jungle inside a desert." Tai said.
"I'm just happy to be out of that desert." Daisuke said as she glanced around with a smile.
"I bet you have lots of friends who wanna play with ya." TK said to Piximon.
"You should have seen it when I first got it." Piximon said as he led the group of 16 to his home where he would begin their training.
"Huh? Heads up! Behind us, guys!" Sora yelled.
Confused, everyone looked off to the side where the orange haired girl was staring and were able to see Etemon's trailer being pulled through the desert.
"Oh no, it's Etemon and his trailer." Mimi said in worry.
"Oh boy, this is bad." The child of Reliability stated.
"And right outside the front door he is, too." Piximon said as he hovered beside Daisuke's head making her look at him.
"Oh, don't worry about it. He isn't able to see through the barrier. He sees nothing but desert." He said making everyone sigh in relief.
Satisfied that they were safe from Etemon, the group continued on with their walk until they finally reached a large building that had a long staircase.
"All right everybody, home we are. My house is just up these steps." Piximon informed.
Everyone groaned and whimpered in disbelief that they would have to walk all the way up the steps to get to the house.
"We have to walk up there?" Joe asked pointing at the stone steps that were a part of the mountain that led to the house.
"But I didn't bring my stair climbing sneakers." Mimi complained.
"My feet feel like they're gonna fall off." Daisuke whined.
"Yeah and I just remembered, I'm afraid of heights." Tai spoke up.
"Surely from a logical standpoint it doesn't look very safe." Izzy said.
"Is this a part of our training?" Sora asked.
"Exactly!" Piximon said cheerfully.
Everyone then fell to their knees in despair at the long climb they had ahead of them.
"Hey, no sweat. I'll just fly up there and before you know it, I'll be chillin' by the poll while you guys are still-"Tentomon was cut off.
"Oh, by the way. Did I mention they'll be no flying by anyone during my training?" Piximon asked and Tentomon fell to the ground groaning in misery.
"Haven't you Rookies learned that the easy way is sometimes a trap? Now let's move out." The pink guy said making everyone groan in misery.
"I guess Piximon never heard of elevators." Joe said as everyone started climbing.
It was sunset by the time the group had made it halfway to the top of the staircase and they were exhausted as their legs and feet ached while their stomachs growled for food.
"Don't tell me you're all tired. Don't give up yet. You see, you've almost arrived." Piximon said pointing his pike at the house.
"That's his place?" Joe asked.
"That's it and there's plenty of food for all." The pink guy said making everyone cheer.
That got them to all run over to the house and walked inside the home seeing a large statue of Piximon in the middle of the grand staircase.
"Awesome." Daisuke grinned at the sight of the building.
"Why thank you, isn't it as handsome as I am?" Piximon smirked smugly as he hovered beside the girl's head.
Veemon simply rolled his eyes at the other digimon, seeing he was pretty arrogant in himself.
"You said something about food." The child of Reliability reminded.
"Ah yes, but first you must earn it." Piximon said.
"I should have known there'd be a catch." Gomamon sighed.
Piximon giggled like crazy as he spun his pike around and a bunch of rages and metal buckets appeared filled with soapy water dropping in front of the humans and Rookies.
"I want you all to scrub the floor. All the floors." He said making them all exclaim in protest and annoyance.
"It'll take forever." Tai complained as everyone grabbed the rags and buckets.
"But not you Agumon and Tai. Come now. I have a special chore for you." Piximon said showing them away.
"Great, we probably have to paint the place." The child of Courage grumbled as they walked off, leaving the other 14 behind.
"Well, let's do it." Sora said as everyone chose a spot to start cleaning with their heads hung in despair.
"The last time I scrubbed the floor was…never." Mimi whined.
"It's a simple task, Mimi. Even you'll catch on." Izzy said as they all got to our knees and started.
"Is this really training or just Piximon's maids' day off and he doesn't like to vacuum?" Matt asked.
"This is gonna suck." Daisuke pouted in annoyance.
"Tokomon, let's have a cleaning race." TK said as he got down with the cleaning rag in his hands.
Matt and Daisuke looked over at the boy as they stood beside each other with rags in their hands, watching the cute little blonde.
"Ready, set, go!" TK called.
He and Tokomon then rushed down the hallway, giggling as they started their game which made Matt give a short laugh as he watched fondly.
(That night...)
When everyone finished with their cleaning, they had gone off to sleep without the promised meal from Piximon and it made everyone irritable because the pink puffball had lied.
Daisuke and Veemon were curled up together beside Mimi and Palmon, sleeping soundly when suddenly a familiar voice spoke.
"Awaken now." the voice spoke.
Fluttering her eyes open, Daisuke sat up slowly as her mind still felt hazy from sleep.
"What's goin' on?" Veemon yawned.
"I don't know. Who's waking us up now?" Daisuke asked sleepily as she rubbed at her eyes.
"Follow my voice." the voice said.
Jolting awake, the time traveling duo shared a look as they then jumped to their feet and rushed off outside.
Gomamon heard the sound of footsteps and raised his head tiredly and gave a yawn as he searched for the sound.
"Huh, I could've swore I heard something. Oh, well. Must have been dreaming." he yawned as he settled down beside Joe once again.
Outside of the building and rushing down the mountain, Daisuke and Veemon were bathed in moonlight as they tried to locate the source of the voice.
Making it to the bottom of the steps, the two then rushed off into the forest where they found a source of light.
"Over there!" Daisuke pointed as she rushed over.
"Wait! I don't have long legs!" Veemon panted as he raced to keep up with his human.
Making their way to where the glow was located, the duo came to an adrupt stop when Azulongmon appeared before them.
"Azulongmon!" Daisuke gasped.
"Haven't seen you in a while." Veemon said.
"Forgive the intrusion, but I needed to come see you two." Azulongmon told them.
"Why? Did something go wrong?" Daisuke asked feeling worried.
Shaking his head at this, Azulongmon then lowered one of his paws that was closed in a fist.
"This needed to be returned to you." Azulongmon said.
Blinking at that in confusion, Daisuke then looked down at Veemon who shrugged since he didn't know what the great blue dragon meant either.
Turning back to Azulongmon, the girl stepped up to him and watched as the dragon opened his fist to reveal a gold box.
Gasping in shock, Daisuke leaned in to see if the box was truly what she thought it was when she sensed the pure aura that radiated from it.
"No way! This is...the golden digi egg." she breathed.
Veemon's scarlet eyes grew wide in shock at this as well and felt a bit hopeful that he would be able to become Magnamon again.
"The golden digi egg of Miracles was meant to be yours. Ken's Crest of Kindness may have been hidden away with it, but you were the one who awakened it. The power of Miracles is yours." Azulongmon explained.
With that said, the golden digi egg lifted out of his clawed hand and floated over to Daisuke who stared in awe as she held her hands out for the object that had started the friendship between her and Ken.
The girl and two dragons then watched as the golden digi egg then glowed golden and seemed to shrink right befor etheir eyes.
"Hey, what's happening?" Veemon asked.
When the glow faded down, it revealed the golden digi egg had transformed into a gold Tag that had a snow white Crest inside.
Engraved on the Crest was the mark of Miracles that stood out in gold.
"It's my Crest. The golden digi egg was my Crest this entire time. I have the Crest of Miracles!" Daisuke spun around in celebration as she laughed in joy.
Veemon cheered as he jumped into Daisuke's arms and they both laughed happily together while Azulongmon watched with a fatherly smile.
Once the duo of Miracles finished their celebration, they settled down and turned to face Azulongmon with smiles on their faces.
"Thank you so much, Azulongmon. This means more to me than you'll ever know." Daisuke said as she pulled the Tag on over her head.
"Think nothing of it. The Crest of Miracles belongs to you. But remember, the Miracles Item will only glow when you are in dire need of it." Azulongmon warned.
"In dire need of it? You mean when we face Etemon?" Veemon asked.
"Hey, don't forget, we're gonna be facing Myotismon and the Dark Masters too. After that..." Daisuke trailed off as she grew serious.
A dark look fell on her face as she remembered the vision Azulongmon had shown them of their friends all lying dead in the street.
"Apocalymon. We're gonna need a miracle to beat that freak." Daisuke said.
"We can do it. The golden digi has never let us down. As long as we believe in the power, then nothing bad will happen. We can beat the bad guys and protect our friends too." Veemon grinned confidentlly.
Gasping lightly at that, Daisuke looked down at Veemon and nodded as a smile formed on her lips.
"Right. No one can beat us if we keep believing." she said with a fist raised.
Azulongmon shook his head in amusement as he then started to fade away making the two friends look at him.
"Good luck to both of you." he whispered on the winds.
When the great dragon disappeared, the two friends shared a look as they then smiled at each other and made their way back to Pixiemon's house.
(In the morning...)
Piximon entered the room the group was sleeping in and he picked up one of the pales.
Raising his pike, he banged against it and the sound of metal hitting against metal woke everyone up.
"Huh?" Joe asked as he jolted upwards.
"What is it? What's going on?" Mimi asked.
Everyone got up and rubbed their eyes as they tried to shake off how tired they felt.
"Rise and shine everybody! Everybody up! Come on, people!" Piximon yelled at the drowsy crowd.
"Piximon, do you know where Izzy went? He's not in his bed." Tentomon announced as he flew by the group.
This news woke everyone up as they took notice that not only were Tai and Agumon still missing, but now two others were gone as well.
"And I can't find Matt!" Gabumon said.
"Hey, did you send my brother somewhere?" TK asked with Tokomon sitting on his head.
"Your brother and his pal left to look for Crests at about midnight." Piximon explained making everyone gasp.
So Daisuke wasn't the only one who had a Crest to find last night.
"Oh, I don't believe it. Why would Izzy leave me behind?" Tentomon asked as he hovered in the air.
Sora then gained a sly look as she stepped closer to Joe.
"Isn't it strange? First it's Agumon and Tai leaving. Now it's Matt and Izzy gone. Ever since we met Piximon, before have been disappearing." Sora commented.
Mimi gained the same sly look as her orange haired friend and she leaned in close to the nervous looking Joe to tease him as well.
"Maybe next Joe will turn up missing." she said.
Joe then gulped at this as he tried to fight off the sudden shiver of fear that crawled up his spine.
"Come on you guys. It's not funny. Stop fooling around." Joe said as Mimi giggled and Daisuke smirked in amusement.
"What if it's Piximon making everyone disappear?" Joe asked as his glasses fell down his nose.
"Come on, Joe, chill. We can trust Piximon. Can't we?" Gomamon then stopped teasing his human to look over at Piximon with a questioning look.
"I mean, you wouldn't do anything real cruel would you?" Gomamon asked as Jpe pushed his glasses up.
"Like not feed us?" Joe frowned.
Piximon sighed as he rubbed his forehead in disbelief.
"Attention; training will now begin!" Piximon yelled.
"On an empty stomache? You're nuts." Daisuke frowned.
Just then, the girl gasped in surprise when she felt a sudden pulse inside her chest and it made Sora and Mimi quickly rush to her side.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Sora asked.
"You're not gonna faint again are you?" Mimi asked in worry.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about it." Daisuke gave her friends a reassuring smile.
She had just sensed the Crest of Friendship's power being awakened.
Matt must have found his Crest somewhere and it made her feel happy for the blonde boy.
"If you're sure." Mimi said as she relaxed a bit.
It was then that the child of Sincerity saw the chain around the other girl's neck and gasped in surprise.
"You have a Crest!" Mimi exclaimed.
"What?" Joe gasped as he, TK, Sora and the digimon all crowded around Daisuke.
"Where did you get that?" Tentomon asked.
"It was last night." Daisuke said.
"Yeah, Daisuke's digivice started beeping and it led us to where the Crest was. Isn't that great?" Veemon smiled.
"Oh, so that's what that noise was. I thought I heard something last night." Gomamon grinned.
"Yes, while this is all so fascinating, can we get to the training now?!" Piximon yelled again.
(A few minutes later...)
Gathering the group into a room, Piximon had everyone sit down to meditate.
It was very silent and the atmosphere was peaceful that some of the members of the group were starting to nod off.
"Wake up, Gabumon!" Piximon yelled making the Rookie cry out as he nearly jumped up into the air.
"Making funny faces will not defeat your enemies. You must always-"Piximon was cut off and gasped.
"My barrier has been broken!" he exclaimed making everyone shoot up in worry.
"Izzy's there. He might be in trouble." Tentomon buzzed worriedly.
"And Matt!" Gabumon added.
"We've got to help them." Tentomon said.
The group then rushed off out of the house and ran through the jungle to search for their missing friends to try and find them in case they were in danger.
An explosion was heard as smoke rose into the sky as the group continued running until they spotted Matt pulling Izzy along after him.
"Matt, Izzy! Over here!" Gabumon called making the two boys stop as they turned to see their friends rushing over to them.
"Thank goodness you're safe." Tentomon said in relief.
Just then, black wires rose up from the earth and into the air making everyone cry out in fear.
Etemon had arrived and he was prepared to attack the group.
"This is a little song I call 'Bye-bye Digimon Bye-bye'." Etemon said as he strummed on his guitar.
Gabumon and Tentomon fell to the ground, groaning weakly.
"My power's been drained." Tentomon said.
"He zapped them so now they can't digivolve!" Izzy exclaimed.
A large red dinosaur with blue eyes, purple markings and green spikes along his back was then seen over the tree tops.
He blasted out a stream of flames at the group making everyone cry out in fear as they ruhsed off to avoid being hit by the flames.
Piximon then flew above the humans and their digimon, creating a barrier around them to protect them from the flames.
"Tai, Agumon! What are you doing? Your friends are in trouble! You've got to come back before it's too late. Tai, can you hear me?" Piximon called.
Tyrannomon, the red dinosaur, continued blasting flames at the barrier making Piximon groan as he strained to protect the Digidestineds.
"We can't wait for Tai any longer. He needs this lesson, but I've got to attack. Everyone stand back!" Piximon yelled.
Before Piximon could lower the barrier to fight back, Greymon appeared and knocked Tyrannomon down as he roared, making everyone smile at the sight of the orange dinosaur.
"Hey, he digivolved!" Gabumon smiled.
"Yay! Yay!" Tokomon cheered.
"That's great." Veemon chuckled.
Greymon then used Nova Blast, hitting the wires and destroying them.
Tai then walked up beside Sora and she looked behind her when she sensed someone getting nearer to her and smiled happily.
"You made it!" Sora exclaimed making everyone turn to see the goggle head.
Chuckling lightly, Tai nodded at her with a grin.
"Yeah." Tai said as they then turned their attention back to the two battling dinosaurs.
"Greymon's pulling the cables out." Sora pointed out.
The Champion was pulling the wires and lifting Tyrannomon up as well.
"Get him, Greymon. Go, go!" Gomamon cheered as the cables snapped.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" Palmon cheered.
The cables all snapped off and Greymon fell down with Tyranomon, the ground shaking from it.
"He did it. Greymon did it." Tai said as black bits of something floated up in the air from that area.
"Look at the black cables all shattering into pieces." The orange haired girl said.
Greymon got back up and gave a victorious roar as the humans and Rookies all cheered for him, bouncing around happily.
(Later on...)
Everyone had gathered back at Piximon's house and the sun was setting, painting the sky with its colors.
"Thanks Piximon. We learned a lot from you." Matt said.
"Yeah, like how to scrub floors and starve half to death." Joe said sarcastically.
"Joe!" Mimi scolded.
"That's just Joe's stomach talking." She said to Piximon.
"Far from over your training is. Remember, life itself is a training session. Learn all you can." Piximon advised.
"Right." The duo of Courage nodded.
"See ya around, Yoda." Daisuke waved at Piximon who appeared confused by the name, but shrugged it off.
Tai laughed at the girl's joke as he then started leading the group off while Piximon watched them with a smile.
To be continued...