Chapter 1

A young girl with long, light brown hair all the way down her back, and blue eyes was sitting under a tree. She had her hair up in a ponytail, and was wearing a white tank top and jean shorts. She had closed her eyes, thinking, when she felt something wet drop lightly on her nose. She opened her eyes to see snow silently falling from the sky. But it's summer! Why's it snowing? She thought, getting up, and seeing some of her camp friends running towards her. "Sora, what's going on? Tai steal a snow-making machine?" She said, giggling at the joke. "I don't know, but a blizzard's rolling in. We need to get inside, Yumi." Yumi nodded, and turned to Izzy, asking, "Did you check the weather? Did it say it was going to snow?"

"No, it didn't. It was supposed to be hot today." Yumi thought about it as everyone hurried inside. When the blizzard passed by a few minutes later, everything was covered in snow. Yumi put on a thick jacket, and went outside with her seven friends. She shook some snow off her shoe when she noticed that everyone was looking at the sky. She looked up, and saw what looked like ribbons of color weaving themselves in the sky. She gasped, and walked towards the others.

"It looks like the Aurora. But that's not possible…" "It's not. I don't know what it is." Izzy admitted, and looked towards the sky again. She saw a strange light open up in the sky, and she asked, "What's that?" Before anyone could guess, eight strange lights that looked like small, red-hot comets came racing towards them. She gasped, and said, "Watch out!!" Then, she covered her face with her arms as one landed with exploding force in front of her. The same happened to the others, and they couldn't see or breath until the snow and dust cleared. Yumi threw her head back, shaking off the snow, and asked, breathing deeply, "Is everybody alright?" Everyone nodded, and Sora asked, "What was that?"

Izzy went towards a small hole in the ground in front of him, and suggested, "Meteors?" When strange devices floated out of the holes, in strange bubbles, and one appeared for each of them. Yumi grabbed hers when it was at her chest, and she looked at it suspiciously, asking, "What is it?" Before Izzy could answer, what looked like a tsunami appeared, and they were pulled through a strange portal. Yumi was knocked out from the fall, and woke up with a strange puppy on her chest, wagging her tail happily.

Yumi lifted the puppy, and sat up. She noticed a black, choker-like collar made from a shiny black material, with a silver plate on it, with a strange symbol engraved on it. Yumi asked, not expecting an answer, "Who are you? And where are we?" Suddenly, the puppy said, "I'm Iinomon, and we're in the Digital World." Yumi looked at Iinomon with wide, shocked eyes, and stuttered, "D-Did you j-just talk?" Iinomon nodded, saying, "Why wouldn't I?" Yumi didn't have an answer, and said, "So…Iinomon, was it? Do you know where my friends are?" Before Iinomon could answer, Yumi heard Tai cry out in fear. She got up, and Iinomon trotted after her as she found the source of the cry.

She saw Tai with… "Koromon! Do you have to scare everyone?" Iinomon said in a slightly scolding tone, and Koromon said, chuckling nervously, "Oops. I didn't mean to." Tai stared in awe at Iinomon, and Yumi said, "Oh, yeah. Tai, I'd like you to meet Iinomon." Iinomon nodded respectfully at Tai, and started playing roughly with Koromon. Yumi smiled, and asked, "Where's everybody else?" Before Tai could say anything, Izzy appeared, with another little creature. "Motimon! Took you long enough!" and Iinomon jumped on him, knocking him over. Izzy was speechless, and Yumi said, "Iinomon. Same thing as those two." She said, pointing to Motimon and Koromon.

Tai said, "I'm gonna have a look around." And climbed a tree, mini-telescope in hand. She didn't worry about him, since he was a great climber, and saw Koromon follow him. Iinomon suddenly stopped playing, and her ears cocked. Yumi noticed, and she asked, "Iinomon…what's wrong?" Iinomon yelled up the tree, "Tai!! Koromon!! Get down!! Kuwagamon's coming!!" "Kuwagamon?" Yumi questioned, when she saw Iinomon jump up the tree, and bite down on the back of Tai's shirt, pulling him back fast enough to avoid Kuwagamon's razor-sharp jaws. She released him as Kuwagamon missed, and landed on a branch below him, and said, "Tai!! Climb down!!"

Before he could move, Kuwagamon turned around. Koromon jumped at him, and blew little bubbles at him, making him veer off course and hit Koromon out of the way. Tai fell out of the tree, and Izzy ran to help him. Iinomon jumped down to the ground, and said, "Motimon, find the nearest hiding tree." Motimon nodded, and started looking. Koromon landed, hard, on the ground, and Tai ran to him. Yumi turned to Iinomon, saying, "You're pretty loyal." "That's what this symbol represents." Yumi didn't get a chance to take a closer look before Motimon returned, and led them, at a run, to a tree. They fazed through, and everyone sat down, covering their heads.

Yumi shielded Iinomon on her lap, and they stayed like that until Kuwagamon's cries died away.
"You guys can come out now." Yumi stood up, holding Iinomon in her arms, and saw Sora when she went outside. "Sora!" Suddenly, Yumi noticed the little pink creature next to Sora. "I want to introduce you guys to Yokomon, my own personal something-or-other." Yumi smiled, and said, "Just like ours." She turned to Koromon and Motimon, when another creature appeared. "Hi, Tokomon." Iinomon said, smiling. Tokomon nodded, and said, "Hey, T.K. Over here!" T.K. and Matt came through the bushes, and T.K. hugged Tokomon, and Yumi asked, "So who's that? Under your arm."

Matt looked down at the small creature under his arm, and said, "Well…" "I'm Tsunomon. Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you, too." Suddenly, they heard Joe screaming and turn around to see him running towards them, and he stopped, panting. Suddenly, another creature appeared on his shoulder, and Joe screamed. Everyone was looking at him like he was crazy, and he said, "What! Can't you see this thing hanging off me? And those things, over there!! What are they?" Iinomon said, smiling, "Hey, Bukamon. You little troublemaker." Bukamon blushed, saying, "Oh, it's nothing." He flew to the others, and they said in unison, "We're Digimon, Digital Monsters!"

Everyone else was trying to make sense of it, and Yumi tried the word. "Digimon…" She said, "Well, I guess you're not a puppy!" Iinomon nodded, smiling. Sora asked, "Wait, where's Mimi?" "Maybe she's out for a nature hike, or picking flowers…" Izzy said, until they all heard Mimi scream.
"Maybe she's not picking flowers." Yumi said, and everyone ran, following the screams. They soon saw Mimi, with another Digimon, and Iinomon asked, "Tanemon, what's wrong?" Suddenly, they started running again, and Kuwagamon appeared. Everyone started running, and they stopped for a moment, and Tai said, "We can't keep running! We need to fight!" "Are you crazy? If we fight, we'll be killed!!" Yumi protested, and pulled him by his arm, and everyone continued to run.

Suddenly, Iinomon stopped, turning around, and Yumi stopped, asking, "Iinomon, what're you…?" "I'm going to hold him off for as long as I can. Just keep running." "I won't leave you alone to fight! What'll happen if you lose, and I'm not here to help you?" Before Iinomon could say anything, Kuwagamon appeared, and she said, "Puppy Wail!!" and a blast of sound waves, concentrated into a sphere, hit Kuwagamon in the head and made him stop. Iinomon said, turning her head to face Yumi, "Run!!" Suddenly, Kuwagamon swatted Iinomon aside, smacking her into a tree, and Yumi said, "Iinomon!!" She ran over, and picked up the small Digimon.

She started running after the others, and saw they were caught on a cliff, with no way to get away. Kuwagamon flew over them, making everyone jump down, and, as Tai stood up, Kuwagamon tried to come back and get him, but Koromon attacked him, veering him off course. The other Digimon, including Iinomon, attacked him, but he knocked them away, and landed in the trees. Yumi ran to Iinomon's side, as everyone else did, and said, "Iinomon, you're way too brave." "No, I'm just loyal." Iinomon said, smiling. "I couldn't let them fight without me." Kuwagamon appeared again, and everyone, carrying their Digimon, ran to the very edge. Koromon said, "Tai, we need to fight. That's the only thing we can do. Stand and fight!"

Everyone began arguing with their Digimon, and Yumi said, "Iinomon, you can't be serious!" "I am." "But, you don't stand a chance!!" "I won't let someone hurt my friends without going through me first!" and she jumped out of Yumi's arms, and joined in the charge with the others. Everyone called out to their Digimon, and Yumi called, "Iinomon!!" Suddenly, strange beams of light came out of the sky, one landing on each Digimon, and the little devices the kids had shined with an almost blinding light.

The Digimon Digivolved; Koromon became Agumon, Yokomon became Biyomon, Tsunomon became Gabumon, Tokomon became Patamon, Tanemon became Palmon, Bukamon became Gomamon, Motimon became Tentomon, and Iinomon became Miharumon. Miharumon looked like a gold husky dog, with light blue eyes, and her pupils were in the shape of the symbol she used to wear as Iinomon.

All of the Digimon attacked separately, Miharumon using Howling Inferno, where a beam of fire shot from her mouth. After that, they attacked at the same time, and Kuwagamon, in flames, fell into the forest. Everyone was shocked, and their Digimon ran to them, and they ran to their Digimon, just as happy. Yumi hugged Miharumon around the neck, saying, "I feel as if you knew this was going to happen." "Maybe…" Miharumon smiled slyly, and said, "Just kidding." Yumi smiled, and hugged her tighter. Suddenly, Kuwagamon reappeared, and Miharumon snarled savagely, bristling. Kuwagamon used his jaws to break the rock they were standing on off the edge, and they started to fall.

Miharumon was in a spot with no one in front of her, and said, "Yumi, grab onto me." Yumi wrapped her arms around Miharumon's neck, and Miharumon used Howling Inferno, aiming it at the water. The steam that rose made everyone fall slower, but they hit the water eventually. Gomamon used Marching Fishes, and everyone landed on a huge raft of fish. Miharumon let out the breath she'd been holding, and said, "At least we won't drown." Then, huge rocks began to fall and made huge waves. The raft was shaken badly, and everyone was gripping it with all of their might. They eventually made it to shore, and everyone was exhausted.

Miharumon shook herself dry, and said, "Great! Now I'm gonna smell like wet dog!" "What's new about that?" Gomamon said, acting innocent, but he jumped into Joe's arms when Miharumon snapped, "That's not funny!!" Joe asked, "I don't know why you guys are scared of her." "She's always been the strongest of us." Gomamon explained.

Tai said, "Okay, we should start looking around. I saw the ocean before. Maybe we'll find a boat there or something." Everyone agreed, and they started walking along a river, with Gomamon swimming alongside them. Miharumon asked, "Why are we trying to find a boat? If there is one, what food will you bring?" Yumi thought for a moment, and said, truthfully, "I don't know. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it." She said, smiling. Miharumon sniffed the air, and said, "I smell saltwater. We're close." Everyone wanted to get there already, and they soon arrived.

As they were walking along the beach, Miharumon said, "I hate sand. It always gets everywhere." "Stop complaining! You're almost as bad as Joe!" That stopped Miharumon's complaints, and they kept walking on, silently. Suddenly, something came into view, and Yumi asked, "What's that?" Everyone squinted their eyes to see it clearly, and everyone started running. When they got closer, it turned out that what they had seen from a distance were telephone booths. Everyone got one, but the operator would always say something strange or idiotic, so everyone but Joe gave up. Miharumon slept on top of a booth, hating the sand, and everyone was resting.

Yumi had taken her jacket and spread it on the sand, sitting on it comfortably. Then, she said, "Since we're all hungry, who's got something to eat?" Sora had a first aid kit, Izzy had his laptop, camera, and cell phone, Tai had his mini telescope, T.K had a whole backpack full of junk food, and Mimi had cooking fuel and other survival necessities.
Yumi asked, "If you've had a compass, why didn't you show us sooner?" "I thought it'd be fun to see how far we could get without one." Yumi sighed, saying, "Well, I don't think we've got a lot to eat then." They all looked at Joe, and Tai suddenly noticed something. "Joe! You've got all the food!!"

Eventually, Joe brought the bag over, and they started splitting it among the eight people there. When they added in the Digimon, the food wouldn't last long, and Gabumon said, "It's no problem. We can hunt and forage for ourselves." "No need to add us into your calculations." Tentomon added, and everyone didn't seem sure about it. "Are you guys sure?" Sora asked, and Biyomon said, "It's okay. We'll be fine." Joe was about to start splitting up the food, when Yumi noticed Tai and Agumon already eating. She laughed softly to herself, covering her mouth, and Joe noticed.

He turned around, and asked, "What do you think you're doing?" "Eating, what does it look like?" "You people drive me crazy!!!" Suddenly, Miharumon's ears pricked, and she jumped off the booth, and started eating with Agumon. Joe seemed to get even madder, but he didn't do anything. As she was eating, Miharumon's ears cocked towards the booths, and, eventually, she lifted her head and looked at the booths, snarling. "Miharumon, what is it?" Suddenly, a stream of water erupted from the ground, blasting the booths away. When the booth's smashed against the ground, a strange shell drilled through the sand, and showed a huge Digimon.

"Shellmon." Miharumon said, snarling and bristling. All the Digimon tried to attack, but they didn't have enough strength. Agumon used Pepper Breath, and it had some effect. Miharumon ran forward, and used Howling Inferno, which seemed more effective than Agumon's attack.

Shellmon blasted at the other Digimon and the kids, smashing them against the rock face. "Yumi!!" Miharumon yelled, and then jumped on Shellmon's face, snarling, and used Howling Inferno. Yumi stood up, and yelled, "Miharumon! Be careful!!" Shellmon shook Miharumon off, and, as she was flying away, she used Howling Inferno again. She saw Agumon about to attack, and she yelled, "Don't!! Save your energy!!!" Before Agumon could protest, Miharumon got her footing back, and raced at Shellmon. He blasted water at her, and she used Howling Inferno. It was a stalemate for a few moments, until it seemed Miharumon was weakening, and the stream of water hit her, crushing her against the rock face.

Yumi raced to her, yelling, "Miharumon!!" The water dwindled away, and Miharumon slipped down the rock, and Yumi caught her. Miharumon said, weakly, "I didn't eat enough. This is up to Agumon now." Yumi put Miharumon on her back, and brought her to the others. She laid her on her wet jacket, and asked, "Do you think she'll be okay?" "She'll be fine." Sora said, trying to help. Tai raced out to help Agumon, and Yumi yelled, "Tai! Are you crazy? You don't stand a chance!!!" He ignored her, and Shellmon followed him with his eyes, and Agumon blasted him with his Pepper Breath.

Tai picked up a metal stick, from one of the smashed phone booths, and started hitting Shellmon's shell. Shellmon grabbed him with a strange yellow hair, and put one foot on Agumon. Miharumon was struggling to rise, and Yumi said, "Miharumon! You need to rest!" "I can't let him hurt my friends! I told you that before!" Yumi wrapped her arms around Miharumon's neck, and said, "And I can't let him hurt you anymore!" She held her back, when a bright light erupted from Agumon and he Digivolved to Greymon. He knocked Shellmon off balance, making him release Tai. Tai fell to the sand, and Shellmon blasted at Greymon with a stream of water.

Greymon blasted fire at it, overpowering Shellmon, and lifted him, throwing him into the air. He used Nova Blast, and Shellmon went flying away into the water. Greymon Dedigivolved to Agumon, and collapsed. Tai ran over, and, eventually, all the Digimon were eating their fill.

Everyone agreed that they should get away from the water, in case Shellmon came back, so they started walking through the forest. After a while, everyone got tired, and Izzy said, "It's getting dark. We should make camp." Miharumon said, "Tentomon, fly up and look around." Tentomon nodded, and flew over the trees. "There's a lake with clean water and plenty of fish." Miharumon asked, "How far?" "We could get there in time." Tentomon answered, coming back down. Miharumon nodded, and said, "At least we have somewhere to sleep." Yumi smiled, and, after a while, they made it.

Mimi was complaining that there was no place to sleep, and Yumi ignored her, looking over the lake, when she noticed, on a circle of land connected to the shore by a strip of land, was a trolley car. She said, "You gotta be kidding me…" Everyone followed her gaze, and said, "Whoa! A trolley car!" Everyone raced towards it, and went inside, hoping people would be inside.

When they didn't find anybody, they decided to sleep there. Everyone went to find some food, and Yumi found a huge banana tree, with bananas, in groups, at the top. Miharumon jumped up high, landing in the branches, and ripped off the bunches with her mouth, and dropped them down to Yumi. They carried them to the others, and found them cooking some fish, and had some fruits there as well. Everyone ate plenty, and they decided that Tai would stand guard first. Everyone else went into the trolley car, and went to sleep. Miharumon slept on the floor alongside Yumi, and, after a while, she noticed Matt leave the car.

She sat up, wondering where he was going. She got up, and Miharumon followed silently. She went outside to see him on the shore, playing his harmonica, with Gabumon. She went over, and said, "You play great." She smiled, and he said, blushing slightly, "Thanks." Miharumon went towards Gabumon and went to sleep, curling up on the floor. Yumi sat down next to Matt, saying, "Don't let me interrupt." He continued playing, and she listened, leaning her head back against a tree, her eyes closed. Suddenly, she heard cries from the trolley, and opened her eyes to see a huge sea dragon-like Digimon dragging the small circle of land around the lake.

"Seadramon!" Miharumon said, and snarled.
Yumi stood as the circle of land was stranded in the middle of the lake. Matt jumped into the water, followed by a reluctant Gabumon. Yumi jumped in after him, with Miharumon beside her. She saw Seadramon look angrily at the others, and said, "Miharumon! We need to speed up!" Miharumon went faster than Yumi, and they reached the land when T.K accidentally fell in with Gomamon. Gomamon took him back up, and Matt tried to distract Seadramon, with Gabumon right behind him. Yumi got on the land, and said, "Miharumon, go help Gabumon!" Miharumon nodded, and jumped into the water as well.

Gabumon used Blue Blaster, and was smacked away, onto the island. Miharumon, snarling, jumped on Seadramon's tail, for a firm footing, and used her Howling Inferno, smacking Seadramon in the face. Seadramon whipped her off, and she landed on the island. Yumi ran to her, saying, "Miharumon!" She knelt by Miharumon's side, when she heard Matt cry out in pain. She turned to see Matt caught by Seadramon's tail, and Gabumon stepped forward, and glowed with a bright light, and Digivolved into Garurumon. Garurumon freed Matt, who fell onto the island, and Garurumon swam through the water, and was struck by Seadramon's Ice Blast.

The ice that formed was shattered as Garurumon used his Howling Blaster. It defeated Seadramon, and he Dedigivolved back into Gabumon.
Miharumon barked happily, and, eventually, everyone was back on the shore. It was morning, but everyone went to sleep. Yumi sat neat Matt as he played his harmonica, with T.K., Patamon, and Gabumon leaning on him, sleeping. Yumi smiled as she drifted into sleep to the music, with Miharumon's head on her lap.

They had been walking through a forest, with strange, tilted road signs covering the trees, and Miharumon was getting testy. "When are we gonna get out of this stupid forest?!" She growled, and Yumi said, trying to calm her partner, "To pass the time, let's try to guess what each sign means." No one objected, and they started guessing the meanings. After a while, that got boring, and Miharumon looked around for something interesting to do, and saw a strange black gear smack into a mountainside. Everyone was tired when Yumi declared, "That's it! We're lost!" "No we're not! We just don't know where we are!" Tai countered.

"That's the same thing as being lost!" Yumi shot back. Miharumon barked sharply, and the two stopped fighting. "We're all just tired. Let's just keep walking, and try to stay out of fights." Miharumon stated calmly, and everyone agreed. They soon exited the forest and saw a huge desert before them, with telephone poles scattered everywhere. They decided to follow the poles to a city or town that was using them, but Miharumon was reluctant to walk across the blazing hot sand.
As they walked, everyone complained about the heat, especially Miharumon and Gabumon, who had thick fur coats.

After walking for a while longer, Tai used his mini-telescope and saw a small village ahead, with plenty of water. Everyone started running, and they soon reached a small Yokomon village. After talking for a while, they were invited for dinner, and they readily accepted. They went to a clear water fountain, but, before they could get a drink, a beam of fire shot up from the fountain, evaporating the water. Miharumon went to check the lake, which was just as dry. Suddenly, her ears cocked towards the mountain, and she snarled, looking at it. "What is it, Miharumon?" Yumi asked, tense. "Meramon." Tai used his mini-telescope and saw Meramon coming down the mountain.

Miharumon listened intently for a few moments before saying, "He's in…pain. He's gone mad with pain." She turned to the other Digimon, saying, "We need to get the Yokomon out of here. You guys go down to that boat with the kids. Me and Biyomon will stay up here to help the Yokomon." The Digimon nodded, and everyone went into the dry lake to herd the Yokomon. Miharumon and Biyomon stayed near the edge, showing the Yokomon where to go, when Miharumon noticed a small Yokomon, scared to death, by a house. The other Yokomon were already in the lake, so she went up to the young Digimon.

"It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. Here, get on my back." When the Yokomon had a secure grip, Miharumon turned around to see Meramon knock Biyomon off the edge. She snarled, and said, "Hold on tight!" The Yokomon did as she used Howling Inferno, making Meramon flinch and grow. She ran to the edge, and said, "Run down to the others!" The Yokomon nodded as she jumped off, and Miharumon shot a Howling Inferno at Meramon's hand as he attempted to throw a fireball at the young Digimon. He withdrew his hand, growing slightly, and Yumi, running towards her, said, "Miharumon! It's not working! You can't fight him!" "I have to try!" Miharumon retorted stubbornly before jumping at Meramon, sinking her fangs into his arm.

She used a Howling Inferno, but he grew, and flung her over the edge. She hit the wall a few times, hard, as she fell, but Yumi caught her at the bottom, jumping to make it in time. Yumi said, "I said you couldn't do it! Why don't you listen to me?" "He hurt my friend, and he was going to hurt you… I couldn't just run away and let him." Miharumon smiled, "I'm too loyal for that." Yumi smiled back, and brought Miharumon over to the other Digimon. Yumi turned around to see Meramon knock Biyomon aside and jump down, to crush them. Yumi instinctively covered Miharumon and Patamon, who was by Miharumon's side, and looked up slightly to see Biyomon glow brightly, and Digivolve to Birdramon.

She caught Meramon before he fell too far, and threw him back on top. She flew around him, and he threw a fireball at her, and she turned around, and used Meteor Wing, defeating him, and causing a strange black gear to come out and disintegrate. Everyone got out of the boat, and Meramon apologized before going back up to the mountain. Birdramon had Dedigivolved back to Biyomon, and the Yokomon went to get dinner. It looked like strange rice, but, after looking at it for a while, Yumi ate it. Miharumon ate plenty, and was sleeping peacefully by her feet.