How y'all doing today? Back with another exciting chapter of the story here! I hope you're ready here, because it's going to be a real doozy. I just hope that it goes well for all of you and hope to get many LONG REVIEWS for this chapter. Let's get on with it, shall we?

*I still don't own RWBY or Digimon!*

*Speech Key*

"Execute - SPIRIT EVOLUTION!" = Talking

'It's back to the egg for you, pal!' = Thinking

"Fractal Code - Digitize!" = Yelling

"His name is Kuwagamon. He's an insectoid Digimon. Vicious and ruthless, with teeth like knives and scissor hands that can chop through anything." = Digimon Data/ Author's Notes/ Flashbacks

The Birth of Greymon - Lobomon Shines Forth!

Everyone screamed, some louder than others, as they fell to the waters below. This is double trouble for Neptune and Zoe. Neptune, from what Sun says, is indeed a strong swimmer. However, his crippling fear of water makes it where he'll freeze up completely if he comes in contact with anything other than drinking or bathing water. And with Zoe's still injured leg, she can't keep herself afloat as well as she could if she wasn't hurt.

"Sora!" Biyomon cried.

"Izzy!" Tentomon cried after her.

"TK!" Patamon followed up.

The three flying Digimon grabbed a hold of their respective human partners and tried to pull them up, but they weren't strong enough and continued to plummet. Palmon grabbed on to Mimi, and attempted to use her vine fingers like grappling hooks in a ledge in the cliff. Unfortunately, that part of the cliff was unstable and broke off.

That's when Jaune, A.K.A. Agunimon, got an idea that just might work.

"GUYS! GRAB ONTO ME!" he shouted.

With some effort, Yang, Zoe, Sun, Neptune, and Ren managed to grab ahold of their Spirit Evolved leader. He began to gather fire within his hands and took aim at the water below.

"Now, if my plan works, I should be able to generate enough lift with this attack to at least hover us to dry land. Hold on, tight!"

Gathering fire within his hands, Agunimon took aim at the water and thrust his arms forward with a mighty roar.

"PYRO TORNADO!"

A pillar of swirling fire shot forth and struck the water with enough force to stop the descending group and make them hover in place as well as sending up a huge cloud of steam that got the whole group.

"WHOO! That really opens your pores!" exclaimed Sun.

Knowing that they probably won't have long to remain above water, Agunimon angled his arms so that they were moving towards the shore. And luckily for them, the other kids had their own method of transportation.

Joe and Gomamon were the first to fall into the water. And it seemed to be a good thing this time, since Gomamon seemed to have a way to help us out of this mess.

"Fish Net!" Gomamon shouted as he surfaced.

Suddenly, a whole school of brightly colored fish started to swim closer, and closer together forming a raft of some sort. And a good thing, too. All of the children landed on the fish raft, sustaining no injuries whatsoever. They were, however, in shock over the fact that they all ended up being saved by a floating fish market.

'Blake would be drooling up a storm at the sight of all that fish.' Agunimon idly thought to himself.

"Whoa. This is some ride." Tai commented.

"Hey, look out!" Matt warned.

Everyone looked to see what Matt was warning them about just in time for the chunk of rock that used to be the cliff to fall into the water and create a large wave. They might need a bigger boat.

"GO!" he yelled.

The fish raft began to swim faster than before as the sea creatures prevented the younger group of children from being hit by the falling debris caused by whatever it is that attacked after Kuwagamon's defeat. But the huge wave that followed is a different story. Everyone held onto the raft as tightly as they could as the waters raged and sent them forward at an alarming rate.

They didn't have to worry about the rushing water for very long, though. Know why? Because they just washed up on dry land. Everyone groaned from exhaustion, although Matt was the first of the kids to recover from this whole ordeal.

"I knew we'd be okay. I wasn't worried." he said calmly.

Not long after that, Agunimon and the others landed next to the group with Zoe being held bridal style once more by the Digimon, even when he was enveloped in a cocoon of data and turned back into Jaune.

"Is everyone okay?" he asked.

Mimi groaned as she began wringing the water out of her hair, inwardly cursing herself for not thinking to bring a hairdryer with her to summer camp.

"Define okay." she quipped. "Because if by 'okay' you mean soaking wet and having frizzy hair, then I'm perfectly okay."

"Well, you don't have to be so sarcastic about it." Jaune said as he rolled his eyes.

Honestly, he's used to this kind of behavior due to growing up around seven sisters. Most of whom are older than him.

"What was that, a floating fish market?" Joe asked.

"Lucky for us, those fish were having a school reunion." Gomamon said.

Joe raised an eyebrow, and fixed his glasses. He clearly did not understand the seal/walrus pup Digimon's joke while Yang just snickered at Gomamon's little pun, so Gomamon decided to explain things to the blue haired boy.

"I'm kidding. Those fish are good friends of mine, and I just asked them for a lift."

"And all this time I thought I was allergic to seafood. Thank you…" Joe was about to say until a thought crossed his mind. "Uh, I guess it's not Bukamon?"

"Gomamon now." replied the walrus pup.

"Gomamon. Hm."

"And I guess you're not Tokomon, are you?" TK asked his Digimon partner.

"Mm hm, now I'm Patamon." Patamon replied.

"It's all because we Digivolved." Agumon explained. "Just like how Jaune managed to Spirit Evolve."

"I don't think that word is in my dictionary." Tai said. "And neither is the term 'Spirit Evolve' either."

"I'll explain that part later. It's a long story, and I'll need to take my time." Jaune said.

Izzy put a hand on his chin as he thought about this. Obviously, the boy was very bright, as he figured this out faster than even the smartest of Beacon's instructors would have been able to. And trust me, Doctor Oobleck earned his degree.

"So Digivolving is what happens when they advance to the next level and become more powerful than before." Izzy theorized.

And Tentomon confirmed that theory.

"Right, all of us Digivolved. I went from Motimon to Tentomon."

"I Digivolved from Yokomon to Biyomon." Biyomon said.

"First I was Tsunomon, then Gabumon." Gabumon explained.

"And I changed from Tanemon to Palmon." Palmon added.

"You guys know me as Jaune Arc. But when I Spirit Evolve, just call me Agunimon." said the blonde knight.

"And me, I was Koromon. Now I'm Agumon."

Everyone was amazed by this. They had no idea that creatures like these actually existed, and yet here they are. But the hunter kids were less surprised than the others, since they were used to dealing with things that would normally be dubbed as unnatural.

"When you Digivolved, you certainly got way bigger. Does this mean you're something different now, or are you still Digimon?" Tai asked.

"Digimon. But I needed your help, Tai." Agumon replied.

"Me? For what?" Tai asked.

"You see, Digivolving is a very difficult process. In order for it to be successful, I had to share your energy." Agumon explained.

"So I guess you guys don't run on batteries, huh?" Sora asked Biyomon.

Biyomon giggled at that question. She may not know what a lot of things these kids are talking about are, but she knows what a battery is, and she knows that Digimon don't run on them. Well, machine Digimon might, but that's a whole other theory.

"Sure don't." Biyomon replied.

"But how do you access my energy?" Izzy asked Tentomon.

"Even we don't know everything." was Tentomon's reply.

"Thanks for my magical powers!" Palmon said to Mimi while spinning a bit.

"This whole thing makes my head spinny." Mimi complained.

Even Ren was rubbing his temples at all of this new information being shoved into his brain all at once, and he had to agree with young Mimi. This whole thing was making him dizzier than Nora when she tried to use him as a pair of nunchaku just for the heck of it. Everything was spinning and he had to spend a few days in the infirmary so his Aura could heal the broken bones without anyone disturbing him.

Needless to say, it took Jaune, Pyrrha, and all of Team RWBY just to hold her back from trying to bust him out of the infirmary because she wanted pancakes only mere hours after he'd been admitted in. Good thing Glynda had those tranquilizer darts on hand in case of an emergency. And a few hundred links of industrial strength chains.

Trust me, even without her Semblance, Nora is in fact that strong.

"So I made you change. That is so cool!" exclaimed TK.

"Yep. Sure is." Patamon said in agreement.

"My mom warned me about strangers." Joe said.

"I'm not a stranger, Joe! I'm your friend for life!" exclaimed Gomamon.

But Joe either chose to ignore him, or he was just feeling too anxious to respond. Doesn't mean anyone had to like it, though. It was taking all of Yang's self control to not go ballistic on the boy for hurting Gomamon's feeling. But her glare was easily felt by the blue haired boy.

"Joe…"

The boy looked at Yang and swore he saw her eyes flash between lilac and angry red for a second as she gave him a glare worse than the one his mother gave him when he was four and got caught sneaking cookies out of the cookie jar.

...It was scary.

"Once we're at a place where we can regroup, you and I are gonna have a talk about your behavior towards Gomamon."

It wasn't a request, and Joe could easily tell this. He just nodded in response, knowing that he couldn't avoid something like this forever. And even if he could, eventually, it would catch up with him and bite him in the butt. So he decided to for his own health and wellness to just do as the angry blonde woman says.

"Okay, come on, what're we going to do?" Matt asked rather impatiently.

"If there was a payphone nearby, we could call the police, or a firefighter, or my mother." Joe suggested.

Just about all of the older kids looked at Joe like he just said something incredibly stupid. Oh wait. He just did. Silly me.

"Okay in that order, no, they'd be no help, and how would your mother be of any help here?" Zoe asked.

"She's right. Besides, we don't even know where we are." Tai added.

"We know where we started. Up there, on that mountain." Sora stated.

"I say we forget about going back, and explore around here." Matt suggested.

And quite frankly, all of the young adults in the group agree with him. It would be pointless to go back, since that mountain must've been Kuwagamon's territory. And if they went back, they'd just be attacked again. But Joe seemed adamant about not doing anything else.

"I'm not exploring anywhere! I say we stay right where we are!" Joe objected.

"And do what? Wait for another ravenous Digimon like Kuwagamon to find and attack us again?" Sun asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, let's wait for another giant bug to come get us." Matt said, siding with me on this argument. "We need to find a road leading someplace to get away from here."

"Matt's right, but without a compass, we don't even know which way is North." Izzy added.

"Wait, I do!" Tentomon exclaimed.

"Well, which way is it?" Izzy asked.

"It's the opposite of south." Tentomon said, making Izzy sweat drop.

Yang just snickered in response to Tentomon's joke. Clearly she's enjoying herself with this obvious jokester of a Digimon. Inwardly, all those who knew her groaned at this obvious headache that was about to form.

'Dear Monty above, it's another Yang but without the puns!'

"I shouldn't wear these pants, they ride up when I do a lot of walking." Joe said to himself.

"Before getting these new duds, I probably would have agreed with you." Neptune commented.

Not that anyone who was not from Remnant paid attention to that. Seriously, what are Remnant's clothing designers using to make the clothes? Sandpaper, rubber, splinters, and staples? Maybe thumb tacks, broken glass, and razor blades?

"You know, if we get back to where we were, we might find some clues as to why we're here in this place." Sora said.

"Wait, are there more giant monsters like that giant beetle?" Mimi asked fearfully.

"Yes indeedy." Palmon replied.

"Ick!" Mimi yelped.

"Those monsters don't scare me." Matt bragged.

His bragging however gave Jaune an idea for a little prank. Looking at Zoe, his eyes conveyed the simple yet effective plan he cooked up and she too gained a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"Hey, isn't that another Kuwagamon coming right at us?" Jaune asked nonchalantly.

"WHAT!? WHERE!? HIDE ME!" screamed Matt as he jumped onto Yang's back.

This drew a round of laughter from everyone as it took Matt a second to calm down and realize he'd been had. He slowly got down from his perch, silently vowing to get his revenge for that little prank his fellow blonde had pulled on him. Maybe find an active beehive somewhere and coat him in honey so that he gets stung to all hell and back…

Nah, maybe he shouldn't. Chances are he'd get stung in the process, and Matt hate's bees with a passion. He's not allergic to their stings, but he still hates those things.

Maybe he'll instead get even by using the classic whoopee cushion.

"Are there humans?" Tai asked Agumon once he'd stopped laughing.

"Humans? Others like you?" Agumon asked.

Tai nodded, hoping for the best.

"You're the first ever. There's never been anything but digimon." Agumon said. "And Jaune is the first ever human I've ever heard about to have the power to Spirit Evolve."

"Okay, so you're all digimon. But what about all these monsters, are they all digimon too?" Tai wondered.

"Obviously." Yang quipped.

"It's creepy. And dangerous." Sora said before asking "And what happens when it gets dark?"

That line of thinking caused the hunters and huntress to get a little worried with all of these unknown variables suddenly rising up. Sora has a point. It's possible that nighttime predators might come out when they least expect it. And if the Grimm somehow find their way to this world, who knows what could happen!?

"Who says it ever gets dark?" Matt asked in return.

"That phenomenon would be completely unnatural." Izzy said.

"Izzy, we've been transported to an entirely different world, Yang can punch a giant bug so hard that it's forced back from the impact, and we are also surrounded by Digital Monsters. Not to mention Ren and the others have weapons that are also guns, and I can transform into a Digimon myself. I'd hardly call any of this natural." Jaune told him.

"He kinda has a point there. How can any of this be labeled as natural?" Joe asked.

Izzy didn't have an immediate answer for that, but he admitted that they were right. He simply couldn't find a scientific reason to label any of this as 'natural'. So he settled for giving Jaune a squinty eyed glare.

"You win this time…!" he hissed.

Jaune just smirked at the kid. His reaction reminds him so much of whenever he'd win in arguments against any of his sisters. Even against his own mother, who even his dad is winless against.

"Well, we're not gonna find out anything by sitting around here." Tai said as he started walking away from the group.

"Where do you think you're going?" Matt asked.

"Up on that cliff. That's where I saw the ocean." Tai replied as he turned around to look at Matt.

"The ocean?" Matt asked in return.

"Yep. There might be a boat or something." Tai said.

"Let's water ski home." Matt joked.

"Funny." Sora said dryly.

"At a time like this, I think we'd be far better off just to find a cave and hide. We keep our eyes open, and when a camp counselor comes-" Joe started to say, only for Gomamon to cut him off.

"Hey Joe, everyone's leaving us!"

Joe opened his eyes and saw that Gomamon was right. Everyone was already walking down the side path of the river in order to follow the current and find a way to the ocean. All the while leaving them behind!

"Wait for me!" he hollered.

Everyone began walking downstream with Gomamon swimming in the river alongside them. Zoe was now slowly walking along leaning against Jaune for support as she could feel that her leg was just about fully healed, so she was mostly trying to get the feeling back into the once injured limb again. They really didn't want to walk in silence, so some of the kids decided to converse with each other and their Digimon.

"These trees are beautiful!" Sora said in awe.

"Yeah, they're really different; I just thought they were subtropical." Izzy replied.

"Whatever they are, they're aggravating my hay fever." Joe said with a stuffy nose.

"Hey, Joe, is there anything you don't complain about?" Matt asked rhetorically, making Gabumon chuckle.

"Not funny, Matt." Ren stated simply.

Of course, Matt and Gabumon just ignored him on that matter. Not that Ren minded much. He was used to such behavior due to dealing with Nora for so long.

"Digital Monsters, who came up with that name anyway?" Izzy asked.

"Just call us digimon, we like that." Tentomon said.

"I only asked because your composition isn't at all machine like." Izzy said.

"Oh really?" Tentomon drawled.

He then discharged electricity from his wings, making Izzy jump back to avoid getting shocked by his own partner. Dealing with computers and all the wiring that comes with them, he's been shocked a few times before, and it's not a pleasant experience.

"Hey, watch it!" he exclaimed.

"So Patamon, can you really fly?" TK asked.

"Of course." Patamon replied.

He then jumped in the air in an attempt to fly, but he wasn't really going anywhere. In fact, if anything, he was going in reverse. Or is that simply the others getting farther away from him?

"Wow that's cool, but you're going the wrong way." TK said.

"I'm faster than that, watch!" Biyomon bragged.

She then started to fly as well, but was going as fast as Patamon, and in the same direction. You guessed it - she's stuck in reverse. Or are they both just moving forward far too slowly? I can never tell.

"Wouldn't it be faster to walk?" Sora asked.

"Palmon, I've been meaning to ask, who does your hair?" Mimi asked.

"It's natural; I wake up in the morning like this." Palmon replied.

Yang pouted and looked at her own hair. It's no secret among the people of Beacon and those who know her that Yang takes great pride in her hair and is fiercely protective of it. (Although, only her family knows that she likes it when someone touches her head so long as they're not trying to hurt her or mess with her hair.) The fact that Palmon wakes up every day with her hair looking perfect just made her so envious of the plant Digimon.

'Lucky…' she thought bitterly.

"Wow, maybe you can let me work with it." Mimi said.

Palmon blushed before she asked "Do you think you put too much emphasis on appearance?"

"Well, honestly, I never really thought about it." Mimi replied.

"Honestly, I kinda like my hair the way it is." Palmon said.

"Once I get back, this is gonna be one great story." Tai commented.

"Yep!" Agumon said.

"But not a single soul will ever believe me." Tai said.

Jaune simply nodded in silent agreement. He doubts anyone back in Remnant would ever believe him if he told them about his adventures here in Digi-World. But hopefully, doing this would allow him to clear up Yang's name and keep Ironwood and his little wind-up toys off her tail.

Although after seeing for himself how stubborn and boar-headed the man can be, it probably won't. Not unless a high ranking member of the Vale or Atlas councils gets involved, at least.

"That Kuwagamon back there, he was huge." Izzy observed.

"And he's not the only one." Tentomon said.

That got Jaune very worried. Upon entering this new world, he knew that there might be many new enemies they would have to face off against, but more creatures like Kuwagamon?! That's just asking for someone to get killed off! And he can't stay as Agunimon forever! This is one of those times where he wishes that he didn't have such a basic weapon like Crocea Mors. He was broken from his musings when Gabumon sniffed the air.

"Ah, nothing like the ocean." Gabumon said with a content sigh.

Upon smelling the air themselves, everyone began to walk faster as they caught the easily recognizable smell of sea water. And boy did it spark their more playful sides.

"Everyone in the water!" laughed Gomamon.

"Hey let's build a giant sand castle." TK suggested.

"Oh, I forgot my bathing suit!" Mimi whined.

"Who brought the suntan lotion?" Yang asked in a joking manner.

"Hey, Neptune! Maybe we can finally get you to go swimming, for once!" Sun joked.

Not that his blue haired partner could tell.

"No water! PLEASE! NO WATER!" panicked Neptune as he instinctively clung to Zoe.

The blonde girl was in no way amused by these antics. Especially since he was making it harder for her to walk than it already is for her.

"You have exactly two seconds to let go before I rip your limbs off, and start beating you to death with them!" she threatened.

Neptune was quick to listen and let go while taking about five steps away from the girl. Ren merely smirked at how she handled Neptune's cowardice towards water. He was starting to like this girl already. And yet, he can't help but make a comment.

"I don't understand. Your name is Neptune."

"Wait a minute. Listen." Matt ordered.

Everyone quieted down for a moment, and heard the sound of a ringing phone. Several phones, to be accurate.

"What's that?" Matt asked.

"A phone." Tai said.

"Either that or we're all hearing things." Sora said.

Everyone kept walking towards the beach, and lo and behold, there were several payphones lined up along the shore. While this solved one problem, Ren got an uneasy feeling about those phone booths. The same kind of uneasy feeling he got when this whole debacle started. Especially since he gets a similar feeling in his gut whenever Nora's about to do something stupid.

"I told you all we needed was a phone! We're saved!" Joe said in joy.

Everyone else quickened their place to a run as they tried to get there in time to answer, while Jaune and Zoe lagged behind so that the other blonde girl wouldn't strain her leg anymore than she already is. Tai and Agumon made it there first, but when they did, the ringing stopped. Rather abruptly, if I do say so myself.

"Why'd it stop ringing, Tai?" Agumon asked.

"Wrong number?" Tai wondered.

"Well, that's bizarre." Sora added in disappointment.

"My theory is aliens. They've set these phone booths up as a trap." Izzy said.

Ren merely narrowed his eyes at the payphones, knowing for sure that something was off about this whole thing. The same way he knew something was off back then. Back when he still had parents. Before that… beast attacked his village, and killed all but himself and Nora.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." he thought aloud to himself.

Good thing none of the kids or Digimon were paying attention to what he said. But Jaune and his teammates looked at their pink eyed friend with a hint of worry. This is exactly what he said at the Vytal Tournament before they got zapped into Digi-World.

"If we find a place that delivers, let's order pizza." Matt joked.

"Whatever you get, no anchovies for me." Mimi said, not realizing that Matt was joking.

"The question is, what're these doing here at the beach?" Sora asked.

"So people can call their parents for a ride home!" Joe exclaimed.

"Parents? What exactly is a 'parents'?" Gomamon asked.

That stunned all those present. How can these guys NOT KNOW what parents are? That just seemed completely unnatural to them! Are these Digimon orphans, or something like that? If so, then that would explain some things.

"That's it, I'm outta here." Joe said with a straight face.

"Does anybody have any loose change?" Tai asked.

"Why?" Izzy asked back.

"Izzy, for a kid with an I.Q. that's possibly bigger than Mount Everest, you sure are asking a lot of silly questions today." Zoe said with a teasing smirk. "What are phone booths used for?"

"Oh." Izzy said with a small blush.

Well, now he's just embarrassed that he didn't think of that sooner. Zoe is right. He really IS asking a lot of silly questions today.

"You can use my phone card. The aliens can bill me." Izzy said to Tai.

He handed his phone card to Tai, allowing the messy haired boy to activate the communication device. He just hopes that whoever designed these phones made it so that they take Japanese Yen.

"Maybe there's a quarter in one of the slots." TK thought aloud.

"I'm calling daddy." Mimi said.

"I'm hooking up to the internet." Izzy said.

"I'm calling collect." Matt said.

"Dibs on booth four." Sora said.

As the four of them spoke, they each walked to a phone booth to try and do what it was they said they were gonna do.

"Hey guys, wait for me, come on!" Joe exclaimed.

"Oh no you don't!" Yang exclaimed, grabbing Joe by the back of his shirt. "Now that we have some time, you and I are having a little talk!"

Hearing the emphasis on the word talk made Joe gulp and pathetically reach out to everyone.

"Help me…!" he squeaked.

'I almost pity the poor kid. Almost, considering what he said about Gomamon.' Jaune thought to himself.

Tai was the first one who's phone call was answered, followed by Mimi's phone, Matt and TK's phone, and Sora's phone. But the replies were not exactly what anyone thought they'd be.

"Hello? Hey mom, it's me." Tai said.

"At the tone the time will be exactly 45 miles per hour, and 90 seconds." The phone informed.

"Either something's wrong, or mom's flipped." Tai said.

"Tomorrow's forecast calls for clear skies with occasional ice cream." Mimi's phone said.

"What do you wear for that?" Mimi asked.

"This number only exists in your imagination. Please hang up, and don't call back." Matt and TK's phone said.

"What planet did I dial?" Matt asked.

"I'm telling you, it's a twisted alien joke." Izzy said.

"Why don't you try that one over there?" Tentomon suggested as he buzzed near the kids..

"I don't think it's any better." Biyomon said.

"No telephones are working in your service area. Hang up, and have a nice day." Sora's phone said.

Sora huffed angrily in response and slammed her phone down on the receiver.

"Any luck?" Tai asked.

"No." Sora said angrily.

"Weird." Tai said. "I got a strange feeling about this."

'Hey, I just said that earlier!' Ren thought to himself. 'And, thinking about it, we may have just jinxed ourselves.'

...Later that Afternoon...

"Maybe this one will?" Joe said.

"To leave a message, press 1 now. To leave a fingerprint, press 2 now. $15 dollars for the next 3 minutes." Joe's phone said.

"Okay, next one." Joe said with determination.

"Very curious, does Joe always behave like this?" Izzy asked.

"Every single day." Tai answered.

He and the rest of the group are sitting on the sandy shores of the beach, taking a rest after all the excitement earlier. And a good thing, too. None of these children are trained hunters or huntresses, so they don't have the endurance and stamina of most of the older kids. Even Zoe seems to be a simple civilian, albeit one that has more stamina than the rest of the children. Possibly from doing sports.

"No matter what number or how many times he dials, those phones aren't gonna work." Matt said.

"Well I'm going to keep searching for a boat or something." Tai said as he began to walk off.

"Hey, wait. We might not be able to call out, but someone else might be able to call in to us." Matt said.

Tai and Sun gave Matt a look that said 'You're kidding, right?'. To them, it sounds more like Matt's just making up excuses at this point.

"It's a waste of time doing nothing but sitting here." Tai said.

"Tai's right. We can't just sit around and do nothing, or we'll never get anything done." Sun added.

But Matt wasn't budging.

"I'm going to stay here for a little while to see if anyone calls. Besides everyone could use a little rest." Matt said.

Tai looked at the rest of the group, and saw that Matt is right. Everyone looks like they could use a little rest after all the walking they've been doing, not to mention being chased by a giant, predatory insect-like Digimon such as Kuwagamon. Jaune and his entourage may be training to become huntsmen and a huntress, but even they have limits. Although, they're nowhere near the point where they would need to rest.

"And I'm getting pretty hungry too. That, and Jaune said he'd explain to us what Spirit Evolution is." Izzy said.

Jaune looked at the ground and sighed. Somehow, he knew this would happen sooner or later. He just wished that it was later.

"Okay kids, someone bring Joe over and I will tell you everything. But I'm afraid this story does not have a happy ending." Jaune told them.

Sora managed to drag Joe away from the phone booth he was using, mainly through the methods of dragging him by the ear, and Jaune began to tell them his story. A story that will also prove a few things to Izzy about Multiverse Theory being true instead of being a great big load of baloney like he always thought it was.

Jaune told them of how he and his friends don't come from Earth, but instead from a world called Remnant. He told them of how Aura is an energy source generated from their souls, and can be unlocked by people who already have access to their Aura. He explained to them the Human/Faunus War, at which point Sun unwrapped his tail from around his waist (thus making Izzy slap himself in the forehead as he realized that Sun is the physical incarnation of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. Although, no one knows why Neptune, who is named after the King of the Sea, hates water so much. When they asked, he pledged to remain silent.), and how the Faunus as a whole suffer serious racial discrimination due to being part animal.

Then Neptune took over and explained how the people of their world are trained at a young age to fight against man eating creatures known as Grimm, and informed them about the many Huntsmen academies, such as Signal and Beacon, that took care of that training. And how almost every weapon in their world is also a gun. Even nunchucks.

Sun and Ren alternated on explaining how one's Aura can create a physical manifestation of an individual's soul in the form of a Semblance. And how each Semblance is unique to every one human or Faunus. They used Ren's emotional camouflage Semblance as an example.

But then came the really heavy part of their tale. The Vytal Festival…

Yang explained how someone called Mercury Black had attacked her with the intent to kill during a break in the tournament, and she shot at his legs to incapacitate him in an act of self-defense. But a man named General Ironwood and his troops tried to arrest her for assaulting an auraless individual. Jaune and the rest of her team (meaning Sun, Neptune, and Ren) were the only ones to stand up for her, willing to fight off everyone if it meant preventing Yang from being thrown behind bars.

"...And then there was this huge, blinding light that transported us here. But this light turned out to be a Digimon known as Ophanimon, who gave us a mission to find and retrieve the Spirit Digimon, and save this world from a terrible evil. You kids pretty much know the rest…" Yang said as she finished the story.

The blonde girl closed her eyes before she got up and walked away, not wanting to hear their words of anger and hate. Ever since she was pretty much abandoned by everyone she held dear, friends and family alike, Yang has started to believe anyone who heard what happened would turn on her as well. And so she ran off, ignoring the others calls as they tried to get her to stay.

"What was that about?" asked Matt.

"It's because of what happened before we got here. At the Vytal Festival." Ren said. "Because none of her friends, besides us, or her family believed her pleas of innocence, she seems to have it in her head that if she told anyone what happened that they'll just abandon her too. The fact that her own mother abandoned her only a day after birth doesn't help."

"You all stay here and recuperate. I'll go and talk to Yang and try to get her to come back." Jaune said.

The blonde got up and ran after his fellow blonde. Although, with the headstart she got, he probably won't catch up any time soon. The silence that fell upon the beach was deafening. Nobody really knew what to say at this point, and they don't know how they can possibly confront Yang about her problem. But one thing they all silently agreed on is that she needs friends who will really be there for her in times of need. And they plan on being those friends.

"So, you're from another dimension?" Izzy asked in an attempt to break the silence.

"Yeah. Crazy, huh?" Sun asked in return.

"And hard to believe." Sora said.

"Oh, you think so? Then explain to me how Yang was able to punch Kuwagamon so hard that he stumbled back without having to be a Digimon." Neptune retorted.

Sora looked as though she was trying to come up with a good explanation, but couldn't think of anything. She ended up lowering her head in defeat.

"Touché." was Sora's reply.

"You know, I'm beginning to wonder something." Joe said, getting everyone's attention. "What if it wasn't really this Mercury fellow who attacked Yang in the first place, but someone else?"

"What do you mean, Joe?" Ren asked.

"Well, you guys said that in your world the hunters and huntresses have these abilities called a Semblance, right?" Joe asked, getting a nod in return. "I theorize that there was someone working with Mercury at the Vytal Festival. Someone with a Semblance pertaining to mental illusions. They would have used their semblance to make Yang see that it was Mercury who was attacking her while in reality, it would've been whoever was casting the illusion. They knew Yang would retaliate, thus giving the general a reason to arrest her and getting her out of the picture for a much bigger plan."

That threw everyone for a loop. Now that they thought about it, it makes perfect sense! It would also explain why Yang kept saying she saw Mercury attacking her first when nobody else saw that! Someone made her see that!

"Let's dwell on that later. For now, we need to gather any rations we might have." Ren said. "Does anyone have any food at all?"

"All I have is that gadget that fell out of the sky at camp." Sora said as she took out her little device that looks kind of like one of those old Tamagotchis that they used to sell.

This prompted the others in Sora's age group to pull out theirs, as well as Ren, Zoe, Sun and Neptune to pull out their D-Tectors.

"I forgot all about those weird gizmos." Tai said.

"If anybody's got a pink one, I'll trade." Mimi said.

"What are they anyway?" TK asked.

"We wouldn't have them if they weren't important." Matt said.

"If I could take mine apart," Izzy began to say.

But he was interrupted as his stomach growled.

"Um, that is after I get something to eat. I'm really famished." he said with an embarrassed blush.

"Well the only thing I've got is my emergency supplies." Sora said as she took out said supplies. "It's got a first aid kit, some bandages, and some medicine, but that's about all I got."

"I have my trusty laptop computer, and a digital camera. Oh, and I've got a small cellphone too." Izzy said as he brought out several pieces of tech. "Of course, not one of them has worked since we got here."

Tai looked at all the technological stuff that Izzy had brought with him incredulously. It's no wonder Izzy was spending all his time at camp thus far in the cabins. The boy was a literal walking computer terminal.

"I can't believe you dragged all that computer stuff to summer camp." Tai said surprised.

"And what do you have?" Izzy asked accusingly.

"Uh, let's see. There's my mini telescope." Tai said, taking his telescope out of his back pocket.

"Sorry, but I don't have anything to eat either." Matt said.

"Hey look at what I got! Check it out." TK said.

He opened his bag to reveal a bunch of junk food, like chips, candy bars, etc. Typical for a small child. But to the group of kids and young adults who hadn't had the chance to pack any sort of food before this whole debacle started, it looked like a feast.

"Wow, look at all those goodies! Why don't you be a good little boy and share those with your sweet Mimi?" Mimi said.

"Aw, you don't have to be so nice Mimi. I'm happy to share. You're the best. Isn't she cute?" TK said, turning to his big brother.

"Forget it." Matt said.

But while they were going through all the stuff they brought, the hunger pangs were beginning to take effect on those who have faster metabolisms like Tai and Izzy.

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." Tai complained.

"I'd settle for a small cow." Izzy said.

"Hey Mimi, what've you got in that big bag? Some hair brushes and makeup?" Sora asked.

"Well let's take a look." Mimi said.

She began to empty her bag and surprised everyone with all of the stuff that's actually quite practical and useful in survival situations. Things that they themselves should have thought to bring with them, even though they were just going to summer camp.

"Here's a compass, cooking fuel, flashlight, one of those knives with all the things, and some other stuff."

Everyone of us was slack jawed. Perhaps even a little bit buggy eyed.

"What… who… why?!" Neptune stuttered.

"Why didn't you tell us you had a compass back when we needed one?" Matt asked.

"I thought it might be kind of fun to see how far we could get without one." Mimi said with an innocent yet ditzy smile. "Besides, it's broken."

"That does explain why she didn't mention that she had one in the first place." Sun said quietly to his fellow Junior Detective.

Neptune just nodded in agreement with his Monkey Faunus best friend, who was now letting the curious young T.K. play with his tail. This is actually instinct for Sun, as young Monkey and Ape Fauni often interact with each other and establish social bonds by playing with each other's animal features. Whether it be a tail, or even ape ears. Even the hand-like feet of monkeys and other apes.

To Sun, T.K. is just a youngling in the troop looking to form a bond of friendship.

"Well, so much for finding our way out of here." Tai said.

"Although, we could use the cooking fuel to make a signal fire." Matt suggested.

"That's true. Or I guess we could barbeque some telephones." Sora added.

"Hey, where'd Joe run off to?" Zoe asked.

Everyone looked over to see Joe standing in a phone booth, once again attempting to make a phone call.

"Oh boy, check out the genius. See, he's trying to call the telephone repair man because the telephone won't work. Problem is..." Tai started to say, when he noticed the large bag with a red cross on it that Joe is holding. "Look! Joe's got the emergency food!"

"No way!" Izzy exclaimed.

"Joe, hey Joe, look, you've got all the food!" Tai said.

"Hey don't you know it's rude to interrupt someone when they're on the telephone?" Joe asked as he turned to look at the rest of the group.

"But that bag..." Izzy said.

"This? I just brought it to give to Mimi. Today was her day to carry the bag." Joe said.

"Think he likes ya." Palmon said.

"No way." Mimi denied.

Joe ran back over to the group holding the bag in his arms. Sure, the heavy lifting is good for helping him build upper body strength, but he's getting really tired of lugging the thing everywhere he goes.

"Mimi, you've got to stop thinking of yourself and do something to help someone else for once. Take a little responsibility." Joe said.

"That bag's too heavy for me!" Mimi whined.

Ren was about to scold Mimi for her selfish and irresponsible behavior, an instinct he developed from dealing with Nora, when Tai intervened.

"Guys, guys, listen! The most important thing now is we got some food to eat. So let's sit down and have some lunch." Tai said.

Sora made a noise that sounds like she agrees.

The children and young adults, with the exceptions of Jaune and Yang, were all now sitting in a circle, ready to divide the food evenly amongst themselves and their Digimon. Except for Gomamon - who was floating peacefully in the ocean, looking ready for a nap.

"Okay let's figure this out." Joe said as he began to do the math. "There's thirteen people times three days, times three meals comes to-"

"One hundred and seventeen meals." Izzy said.

"Right, so split it evenly between us we have enough-"

"Enough food for three days." Izzy said.

"Right. Oh, uh, exactly, I guess you knew that." Joe said, feeling inferior at his lack of speed when doing mental math.

"But guys, when you add in the Digimon we only have enough for 2 hours." Sora pointed out.

"Oh that's right." Joe said.

But it seems as though the Digimon are already doing something about this, caring more for their human partners rather than themselves.

"Not a problem at all. We Digimon hunt and forage for ourselves." Gabumon explained.

"No need to include us in your calculations." Tentomon said.

"You sure Biyomon?" Sora asked.

"Absolutely. We can do alright for ourselves." Biyomon replied.

"Okay, now that that's taken care of, let's divide the food amongst the eight people here." Joe said.

However, it would seem as though some members of this little ragtag group of heroes and heroines don't have enough patience to wait for everyone else.

"This is great; I could eat a dozen of these!" Tai said, while he and Agumon were chowing down.

"Just what do you think you're doing?" Joe asked with a slight glare.

"I'm glad we never hear you complaining." Tai sarcastically quipped.

Joe growled in response, not used to anywhere near this level of chaos in his life. He likes it more when things are simple and orderly instead of chaotic and hectic. Although, I guess those words pretty much mean the same thing.

"You people make me crazy!" Joe exclaimed.

"You really need to learn how to relax, Joe. All this stress is going to give you an ulcer at the rate you're going." Zoe quipped.

Suddenly, Gomamon heard a growling noise and got on guard. The other Digimon seemed to have heard it as well. Biyomon stood up and glared at the ocean, sensing something powerful coming their way.

"Now what's the matter?" Sora asked.

"Trouble." was Biyomon's reply.

As soon as Biyomon said that, a huge spout of water burst out of the sand. It smashed through all of the phone booths, sending them up into the air. Everyone ran away when the water got too close. And a good thing too, because the phone booths came crashing down over where they once were once gravity did its thing!

Suddenly, a giant hermit crab shell with spikes on it began tunneling out from under the sand.

"Shellmon!" Tentomon exclaimed.

"What's a Shellmon!?" Izzy asked.

"Something that gets mad for no reason!" Tentomon replied.

Shellmon looks like a pink dinosaur from the waist up, but the rest of him is inside his spiral shell. He also has funny looking tentacle like hair.

"Attacked by two Digital Monsters on the same day! And doesn't Shellmon know I'm allergic to shellfish?" Joe asked in irritation.

Everyone started to panic as Shellmon started using his front arms to drag himself towards them. But then Ren, Sun, and Neptune's huntsman training kicked in and they got in front of the group with their weapons drawn. They're not letting anyone die as long as they're around.

"EVERYBODY UP HERE!" Joe called as he climbed up a hill.

Unfortunately, he was stopped by Shellmon when he got sprayed by a stream of pressurized water. He screamed as he fell to the ground. Lucky for him, though, the soft sand broke his fall.

"JOE!" Gomamon cried, only to get attacked as well.

"DIGIMON ATTACK!" Agumon shouted as he led the other digimon into battle.

They all charged in as they got ready to attack Shellmon and drive him away. They're going to protect their human partners and friends one way or another. Even if it costs them their lives. Let's just hope it doesn't come to that.

"Agumon, you show him!" Tai cheered.

"Pepper Breath!" Agumon intoned as he shot a ball of Fire at Shellmon.

The little fireball hit its mark and did some damage, though not enough to really do anything significant to the Champion level Digimon.

But the same can't be said for the other Digimon in regards to their attacks.

"Blue Blaster!" intoned Gabumon.

But when he tried to use his attack, all that came out of his mouth were a few blue sparks that quickly fizzled out. Gabumon groaned at his own inability to fight.

The results were the same with the rest of the Digimon. Patamon's Boom Bubble was unable to stay condensed, Biyomon's Spiral Twister fizzled out, Tentomon could only summon a few sparks when he tried to use his Super Shocker, and Palmon's Poison Ivy wouldn't grow. She and her fellow Digimon were easily swatted away by Shellmon's massive hands.

"What's happened to them?" Izzy asked.

"They look like they've lost their powers." Matt commented.

Agumon got closer to Shellmon and attacked once again. This time his attack did much more damage than before.

"Go get him, Agumon!" Tai cheered.

"Why is it only Agumon?" Izzy asked as he and the others went to their Digimons' sides.

"We're just too hungry!" Tentomon moaned.

"Gabumon." Matt said as he supported the horned Digimon.

"I don't have any strength…!" Gabumon groaned.

"That's it; Agumon was the only one to have eaten." Sora said. "And I bet, since Jaune can Spirit Evolve, he and Agumon are the only ones who can fight right now!"

"Now I see." Izzy said.

"Then the other Digimon don't have the strength to fight." Matt added.

"Agumon! It looks like it's just you and me! We have to hold Shellmon off long enough for Jaune to get back and help!" exclaimed Tai.

"Then give me a diversion." Agumon instructed.

"Hey Shellmon, ugly, over here!" Tai said as he ran past Shellmon.

"No don't!" Sora pleaded.

Agumon launched a Pepper Breath attack at Shellmon and hit him in the eye. And while Shellmon was dealing with his smaller foe, this gave Tai just enough time to find a weapon among the wreckage of what was once a cluster of phone booths.

"This should work!" Tai said.

Tai picked up a metal pole from the broken phone booths, and began to use it as a makeshift weapon. Although it wasn't too effective due to Shellmon's thick hide.

"How do you like that?" Tai grunted as he jabbed Shellmon's exposed flesh.

But the lad dropped his weapon as Shellmon used his hair to grab Tai and lift him into the air! And this, unfortunately, caused Agumon to briefly stop fighting and drop his guard.

"Hold on!" Agumon said.

Shellmon turned his attention to the little dinosaur and trapped him underneath his large, suction cuppy fingers. Tai groaned and watched helplessly as Shellmon fired his attack at the rest of his friends and their Digimon. The only ones still standing are Ren, Sun, and Neptune.

"WATCH OUT! He's going to get everyone, and there's nothing I can do." Tai cried out.

He screamed in pain as Shellmon used his tentacles to crush him in an iron grip. One that's certainly causing his bones to creak under the pressure.

"TAI, NO!" Agumon shouted.

I thought for sure that I was going to die as I felt my ribs strain under the pressure of Shellmon's grip, even with my armor on, when suddenly both of our devices began to glow.

"DIGIVOLVE!" Agumon shouted.

Agumon began to glow as he was enveloped in a cocoon of light, making Tai stare in awe despite the situation. This is so similar to what happened with Kuwagamon.

"What's going on?" Tai asked.

"AGUMON DIGIVOLVE TO… GREYMON!"

Greymon looks like a Ceratosaurus, has orange skin with blue stripes, sharp claws and teeth, and a brown helmet similar to that of a Triceratops. And he's also much bigger than Agumon, standing at a terrifying two stories high.

The sudden increase in height of the new digimon knocked Shellmon onto his back, sending both Tai flying. Luckily, he landed softly on the sand. Well, as softly as one could land after literally being thrown. As he got back up to watch the fight, Greymon chuckled at Shellmon.

"Whoa he did it again… Now he's Greymon." Tai said.

"Guys!"

Tai was too focused on the battle to notice, but everyone else saw Jaune and Yang running towards the group. They may have missed a majority of the fight, but they're certainly just in time to help if they can.

"Jaune! You and Yang made it just in time! We were trying to divide up the food we have when we were suddenly attacked by Shellmon!" explained Sora as she cradled an injured Biyomon.

"I can see that. But we may have a solution." Jaune said as he pulled out a ball of light. "Ren, use this!"

As the blonde threw the ball of light, Ren, on instinct, extended his D-Tector and absorbed the light within it. A symbol appeared on the screen before the outline of a humanoid wolf suit of armor appeared on the screen. Like how Jaune did when becoming Agunimon, a barcode appeared around Ren's free hand. He pressed his D-Tector to the code as sparks began to fly.

"Execute…" Ren swiped the code as he was enveloped in the same cocoon that held Jaune before. "...SPIRIT EVOLUTION!"

Ren's body became a shadow as panels of data overlayed his own. Armor that looks much like a wolf appeared in these panels before they closed in and the cocoon exploded. When the smoke cleared, it revealed a totally new figure.

"Lobomon!"

Lobomon is a humanoid Digimon wearing silver and lavender armor in the form of a wolf, and a slightly tattered lavender scarf. On each on his hips are a pair of sword hilts that look similar to Lightsabers from the Star Wars franchise, and he has a blaster barrel on his left forearm. Much like Ren, he has a very serious demeanor.

Once the transformation was complete, both Digimon were ready to fight. Greymon and Lobomon versus Shellmon! I can tell you right now that this is going to be a serious clash of the titans.

Shellmon charged at Greymon, but Greymon easily caught him by grabbing him by the head before he started pushing him back. In retaliation, Shellmon fired water from his head, but Greymon dodged and shot streams of flames that was too much for it. Soon enough, Shellmon ran out of water to shoot, allowing Lobomon to get close enough to slash him a couple of times using his Light Kendo attack. Greymon charged at his opponent and threw Shellmon into the air using his horns.

This left Shellmon open for one final attack.

"Digi Nova Blast!" Greymon intoned, firing a huge ball of fire at Shellmon.

And it's not just Greymon. Lobomon gathered light energy into the weapon on his wrist and took aim at Shellmon, ready to end this fight.

"Howling Laser!" he intoned, firing a large ball of light that combined with Greymon's Nova Blast.

The two attacks hit Shellmon with enough force to launch him back into the ocean, beating him into submission. The duo of Digimon soon changed back, with Agumon De-Digivolving and Lobomon turning back into Ren, essentially returning the two to their normal states. Or, at least as normal as they could be.

"Agumon!" Tai cried out as he ran to his partner. "Are you alright? You poor little guy, Agumon!"

"Tai? Tai! Do you have anything to eat?" Agumon asked.

Tai just gave a slight laugh and smiled at his partner, glad that the Digivolution into Greymon didn't totally alter his personality. Something tells him that this is going to be a normal occurrence. Hopefully, it doesn't happen to often. Jaune helped Ren back to his feet, getting a look from his friend that obviously asked one thing.

Where did he get the Human Spirit of Light?

Jaune in turn gave him a look that told him he'll explain later. Ren just nodded. He can wait.

A little while later, everyone was taking some time to dry off and recover from Shellmon's attack. Good thing he primarily attacks with water and the kids didn't take the full brunt of the attack.

"Hello? Come on, I know you're there!" Joe said, still trying to call someone for help.

Only problem is the phones are totalled. How's he gonna call anyone?

"Operator? OPERATOR!" Joe shouted.

"There's really no reason to stay here now." Tai said.

"Who wants to break the bad news to Joe?" Matt asked.

"Alright you talked me into it." Ren said as he walked up to Joe. "Come on, Joe. We might as well leave before Shellmon decides to come back again."

Joe paled considerably at the thought, and rushed back to the others with Gomamon not far behind. And while this was going on, the rest of the Digimon were having themselves a little snack to replenish the energy they lost in the previous battle with Kuwagamon. Digivolving and fighting soon after can really take a lot out of someone.

"If you want any more, just say so." Sora said.

"Shellmon wasn't destroyed, he was just temporarily removed. We should pack up and leave before he decides to come back for round 2." Izzy said.

"Good idea." Matt said in agreement.

"In that case we should go back to the forest, because if anyone is looking for us that's the place they'll go." Joe said.

"Joe, weren't you listening earlier? We're the first humans here. Who's going to look for us?" Sun asked.

I think we're all beginning to wonder if this kid ever listened to anything or anyone outside of school.

"Besides Joe, we fell off a cliff and floated down a river to get here. Getting back there is a big job." Sora said.

"And we could run into another Kuwagamon." Mimi added.

"Now listen, logically speaking, if there are telephones here there must be people to use them." Izzy said. "So I think it makes good sense to find those people."

"That makes sense?" Joe asked.

"It certainly does." Sora replied.

"Then let's all get going!" Tai exclaimed.

"Anywhere you wanna go, I'll go Tai, you pick the direction." Agumon said.

"Then let's get out of this place!" Tai exclaimed.

"And let the monsters beware!" Matt added.

"Well, my plan is to avoid all monsters. Yep, that's my plan." Joe said.

"Yeah, good luck with that." Yang laughed.

"Okay, here we go!" Tai said.

"DIGIMON!" the kids cheered.

"Stupid Shellmon! No stop kids! Lost Spirits of Flame and Light!" Grumbled the gnome-like Digimon.

And now that we get a good look at him, we can see exactly what he looks like. Grumblemon's design is derived from the mythological Gnome, a diminutive but humanoid chthonic entity defined by Paracelsus as an earth elemental. It also has the bulbous nose of the mythological Troll, another chthonic entity in Scandinavian folklore. It wields the "Grotte Hammer" and can summon more than one of them.

"Me kill those humans! Take spirits! Make them suffer!" Grumblemon vowed.

"Oh, how wonderful. The Beast-Of-Dirt-For-Brains has another incompetent plan." a female voice said with heavy sarcasm before adding "You couldn't outwit a nitwit."

"Uh, who there? That you, Menageriemon?" Grumblemon asked as he looked around shocked and confused.

From out of the shadows behind a pillar walked a beautiful female Digimon. She had skin as pale as porcelain, amber yellow eyes, and her long ankle length hair looked to be made out of flowing volcanic glass. She wears a chinese cheongsam dress with a pair of black biker shorts underneath, but her feet appear to be more beast-like in appearance, looking like a cross between those of a human and those of a cat. On both her hands and feet are claws made of sharp glass crystals, and she has a glass bow with a quiver of volcanic glass arrows slung across her back. On her head are a pair of white cat ears.

"Do you really know any other Warriors of Glass anywhere?" she asked rhetorically.

Not that Grumblemon could tell.

"Now listen up, Rockhead, stop sneaking around our backs trying to impress Lord Cherubimon and Mistress Salem!" she ordered with a scowl.

"You back off! What me do no business of you!" exclaimed Grumblemon in defiance.

"Thou art mistaken." said a sophisticated british voice.

Grumblemon and Menageriemon looked back to see a new warrior entering the lair. It was a tall figure with no face other than a pair of red lips that showed he was talking. These lips were on what appears to be a mirror. He also has green colored armor with a mirror where his stomach would be. He also appeared to be holding two shields that are also, in fact, mirrors.

"Mercurymon, Warrior of Steel!" gasped Grumblemon.

"Thy thoughtless acts reflect badly upon us all." Mercurymon said in annoyance. "Thou should study an opponent first, not boresly rush into battle."

"Got that right!" said another new voice with an australian accent.

The others looked to see another one of the warriors arriving from out of the shadows. This one seemed closer in height to Mercurymon, and resembled a wooden 'doll' of sorts. His body was light brown with darker brown accents, and beady yellow eyes. He appears to have a closed jaw-like mouth full of sharp teeth, and also appears to have gears attached to each one of his limbs.

"Arbormon, Warrior of Wood!" gasped Grumblemon, identifying the new arrival.

"Yo, y'want I should ruff 'im up for ya?" Arbormon asked.

"Enough! Our circle is complete!" snapped Mercurymon.

"But Duskmon, Warrior of Darkness, and Electromon, Warrior of Lightning…" started Grumblemon only to be cut off by Menageriemon.

"Oh, don't worry about them. Lord Cherubimon has yet to find one worthy of wielding the spirits of Lightning, and Duskmon would never join us." Menageriemon said with a cynical smile.

"Forsooth, Duskmon has no heart for battle, and does little but stare at the moons. We shall rule this world, whilst her only domain will be the world she sees when she closes her eyes!"

All of them enjoyed a good laugh until Grumblemon said something that caused them all to get annoyed again, with Mercurymon facepalming.

"Uh… Me no get."

"Ugh, I'm surrounded by buffoons." groaned Mercurymon.

*To Be Continued…*

For those of you who are fans of the show, allow me to give you a little information in regards to my latest OC creation. Menageriemon, the Legendary Warrior of Glass. More specifically, volcanic glass.

Menageriemon was named in conjunction with what people often call glass menageries, shelves that are filled with glass sculptures. The most common of which are animals like horses, cats, and bears. She wields the Obsidian Bow, which fires arrows made of pure volcanic glass with a thin obsidian outer layer that allows them to be both strong, malleable, and have far more piercing power. Her personality is like that of a woman obsessed with her looks, believing that looking beautiful is more important than anything else, and often resorts to using sarcasm around her allies. Mostly Grumblemon.

And she's especially cruel towards those who don't approach her with either flowers, beautifully sculpted crafts, beauty products, or white chocolate.

So, yeah. Ren has found the Human Spirit of Light and defeated Shellmon with help from Agunimon and Greymon. But now, we come to the questions. Ahem!

Where do you want Zoe to find her Human Spirit, and why?

Do you guys want any of the other characters in this story to play a musical instrument like Matt and his harmonica? And if so, who should and what instrument should they play?

And finally, who do you want to be chosen by Cherubimon to use the Spirits of Lightning? (These are Beetlemon and MetalKabuterimon's polar opposites much like how Kabuterimon and Kuwagamon are polar opposites with one specializing in offense and the other one specializing in defense.)

I also posted a poll for my newest story, Ben 10: Jedi or Sith. Here is it…

Poll Question: In my story Ben 10: Jedi or Sith, which of these two NetNavis do you want me to model Ben after?

Bass

Mega-Man

Please be sure to cast your votes on the poll so I can get the second chapter of the story up and running. Every vote counts, so please be sure to cast one. And on a related note: VOTES CAST THROUGH REVIEWS DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE TOTAL VOTES FOR THIS POLL!

Thanks for reading and I'll see you all next time! Buh-Bye now!