The next day everyone got up either excited or worried, and you could probably tell who was feeling what emotion. After having baths in one of the many bathrooms in the palace, the humans noticed fresh clothes already placed for them. They all got dressed quickly and headed downstairs towards the Dining Room to find their hosts already their waiting for them. "Good morning everyone, I hope you slept well?" Ophanimon asked. Koji nodded, "we did Lady Ophanimon, thank you for your hospitality and kindness" he replied gratefully. Seraphimon nodded, "we have some old friends who would also like to view your adventures children, if that's alright with you?" he asked. Everyone was confused, "who?" Zoe asked. Cherubimon smiled and gestured behind them where a door was opening, "take a look" he replied.

The group of humans turned around, and soon all the children were smiling at seeing the three familiar Digimon entering the room. "Sorcermon!" Takuya cried with a grin. "Oryxmon!" Koji exclaimed, seeing the goat-like Digimon. "Nefertimon!" Zoe called with delight. The group of children went over to the three Digimon who had helped them before and they all greeted each other warmly. "It's good to see you all again, thank you for everything you did for us in the past" The cat-like Digimon said, bowing her head. Koji crossed his arms, "well it's not like we had much of a choice what-with Lucemon trying to take-over/destroy whichever one you want to use, our own world! Besides, as Legendary Warriors this world is our home too" he said. Oryxmon nodded, "that is true, but even still, none of us will ever be able to thank you enough for all of your hard work and sacrifices" the goat-like Digimon replied.

The adults were by now all very confused, "um, I don't mean to interrupt, but who are they?" Indra Shibayama asked. Tommy turned towards their families, "these Digimon all helped us during our adventures, unfortunately they all got destroyed at one point or another, but now they've come back!" he exclaimed cheerfully. The adults were still confused so the one who looked the most humanoid came up, "I am Sorcermon, loyal servant and friend of my Lord Seraphimon" he introduced himself with a formal bow. The cat-like Digimon spoke up next, "greetings, my name is Nefertimon, I am a servant of my Lady Ophanimon" she stated, kneeling down to bow as well. Then the goat-like Digimon stepped forward, "hello families of the Legendary Warriors, I am Oryxmon, loyal to all that is right. Now that my Lord Cherubimon has been purified, I am also loyal to him once more" he explained, bowing the front of his body as well.

After the adults and Koichi all introduced themselves, the three Digimon settled around the room. The two beats-types lay down on the floor while Sorcermon took a seat next to Tommy, who was more than happy to share. Soon the third episode started.

"While Takuya was trying to figure out how to Spirit Evolve again, he released this code that actually repaired part of the Digital World. JP, unimpressed by the whole experience, snuck away with Tommy to try and find a way home, but his brilliant plan to bribe the Pagumon with chocolate backfired in a big way. Koji saved them with some amazing moves but Raremon was too much for him. Takuya finally managed to Spirit Evolve to Agunimon to fight the sewer Digimon, but couldn't finish the job. Thank goodness for Koji, he Spirit Evolved to Lobomon and Deodorized that creep!"

Digimon! Look to the past, as we head for the future to reclaim the Digital World! With faith in ourselves, and trust in each other, we live by the lessons we've learned! As we work towards one solution! Through a Spirit evolution! I am the one, huh! I am the one! Digimon! Forever united as one! Digimon! Together the battles are won! Digimon! Through us let your spirit evolve! If we're all for one world, there's a world for us all! If we're all for one world there's a world, for us all! Digimon!

The title for the third episode was then shown: Kumamon baby, light my fire!

"Yes! It is me! Now you'll see Yutaka, you'll see just how much stronger I got while I was here!" Tommy exclaimed.

Koji stood, looking up at a group of Poyomon floating by. "The wind in the Digital World smells pretty sweet" he muttered to himself.

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Meanwhile everyone else stood in the Trailmon Station, with another of the train Digimon waiting. "If you really wanna go home, all you have to do is hop on here!" Neemon explained. JP looked at the Trailmon, "it's that easy?" he asked. "Neemon! A word please, what exactly are you trying to do, honestly if you had a brain-" Bokomon ranted, dragging the yellow Digimon away by his pants. "I'm taking that bad boy home! Huh? How 'bout it guys?" the large boy asked.

Sorcermon looked at the children, "would you really have left us then?" he asked. They all looked down, "look Sorcermon, back then we really had no idea what to do or really what was going on. We were just a bunch of kids and only two of us had Spirits. The only other person who did had left already and we were worried about getting hurt. It took a while before we were all as comfortable being in this world as we are now, and aside from that, we hadn't gotten as much experience or as much confidence in ourselves as later on. So you can see how the thought of being able to go home in the beginning would have been more tempting than staying in a world where so far almost everything had tried to kill us and most of us couldn't even defend ourselves" Takuya explained sadly, ashamed of ever thinking about leaving this world to be destroyed.

The Demon Man Digimon nodded in understanding, "that is true, please don't feel guilty for your thoughts of home. If it were me, I'd have wanted to come home as well" he replied. The adults were slightly worried, knowing how much danger their children had been in, many of them wondered if they should have come home back then. Especially Tommy's parents. Yumi Himi turned to her son, "baby, why didn't you come home back then?" she asked softly. Tommy turned to look at the woman, noticing the small tears that hid at the corner of her eyes. Seeing this made the boy bite his lip in order to keep from tearing up too. He still remembered that horrible nightmare Bakemon had given him, where his Mama had left him, no matter how much he'd cried and begged for her to stay. He'd felt so lonely and scared back then.

All he'd wanted in that moment was for his Mama to come back and hold him in her arms, make him feel safe and warm, like everything would be alright. He'd really wanted to go home, to go back to her, and he could have- but if he had- "I stayed because I didn't want to be afraid anymore," he began. Everyone was watching the small boy, but he ignored their stares, "I always used to be so scared before. I used to cry and call for you for the slightest thing. I had no strength or courage of my own, and always had to have others do everything for me" Tommy explained, clenching his hands around the fabric of his pants. "I wanted to change. To become stronger and braver. So that when I came home, you and Papa would be proud of me and not worry so much." The small boy looked up at his Mama, unable to keep the tears from falling, "so that I could say that I was happy being me and I knew that I'd grown into a better person" Tommy sniffed and wiped his eyes.

"I'm sorry for making you worry about me through all of these episodes, but I promise I got better. I became stronger, and it's all thanks to my friends and the experiences I had here" the young boy breathed out shakily, trying to push away the emotions he felt trying to overwhelm him. Before he could move to wipe his eyes again he felt two warm arms wrap around him. Looking up, Tommy found his mother holding him close to her, "I am proud of you Tommy. I'm so very proud of the person you've become- and while I am still worried about how much danger you were in when you were here before, I can see just how much stronger you became as well" Yumi replied, beaming at her youngest son. Tommy smiled as his father leaned over as well, "I'm proud of you too kiddo, you've matured a lot and I'm glad for it" he replied, ruffling his youngest sons hair. The younger Himi boy smiled, before turning towards his brother, "yutaka?" he asked carefully.

His older brother turned to look down at him. The young man scoffed, "I'll believe it when I see it kid" he replied, looking away. Tommy sighed. He supposed it was more than he could ask for from his older brother.

"Uh, you don't really wanna stay here do ya?" JP asked, seeing the look on Tommy's face. He looked down, rethinking his own decisions. But he eventually decided that the slim possibility that he might get his own Spirit wasn't worth the trouble, "argh! Fine! You dweebs enjoy your little Digital freakshow!" he exclaimed, jumping down onto the tracks and beginning to walk across, "come on Tommy, let's blow this stupid pop stand!" he called. Zoe looked down at the young boy, "aren't you going with him?" she asked curiously. "I've decided- I wanna stay here with you" Tommy replied softly. Takuya and Zoe turned to look at him, "I thought you wanted to go home?" the girl asked. "Not anymore" the small boy replied. But Takuya placed his hand on the Himi's shoulder and pushed him gently, "go with JP, it's dangerous here Tommy, besides, the Third Grade is a formative year!" he exclaimed, trying to make him leave.

"No!" Tommy replied, pulling his shoulder away gently, but Takuya placed both hands on the boy's shoulders and pushed him harder, "go home! Hurry up now!" he demanded. The young boy looked from Takuya and Zoe towards JP who'd by now climbed onto the other platform and was looking back at them. Tommy jumped down onto the tracks and walked towards the other platform, where the large boy was holding his hand out to help him up. "Take care of him JP" Takuya said, before turning towards Zoe, "how 'bout you, huh?" he asked curiously. The girl bent forwards slightly, "I have a name!" she replied in slight annoyance. "Okay, Zoe, are ya leaving?" Takuya asked with his hands on his hips. "Why? Would you miss me?" the blond asked, smiling while standing straight. Takuya lent towards the girl, pointing towards her, "I won't be responsible for your safety you know" the boy said. Zoe crossed her arms and turned away, "good one Romeo, I'll be fine!" she replied, annoyed.

The Warrior of Flame turned away with his hands on his hips, "this outta be fun" he muttered to himself. The Trailmon honked, shooting out steam from it's chimney. As he pulled away, he whistled, before coughing in the mist surrounding the Station. Neemon waved, "arrivederci!" he called.

Aroura Orimoto frowned, "since when did Neemon know Italian?" she asked in confusion. Pretty much everyone shrugged.

"Nice pronunciation" both Zoe and Bokomon deadpanned at the same time. "Thank you!" the yellow Digimon replied cheerfully. As the Train Digimon fully disappeared, the two humans turned to leave with twin sighs. Only to hear the sound of feet coming towards them from behind. Upon turning around, the group saw JP and Tommy walking towards them. Takuya frowned, "hey, what are you doing here?" he asked in confusion. Both boys looked sheepish, and they both rubbed the backs of their heads, "to be honest, I have absolutely no idea" JP replied, "me neither" Tommy agreed. Zoe placed a hand on her hip, "well I'm not gonna be responsible for your safety, you're on your own!" she exclaimed.

Bokomon and Neemon turned to look at each other and smiled, "wait a minute, are you mocking me? You are aren't you?" Takuya asked, "man, you try to be nice to a girl-" the boy was cut off as the scene changed. The group were now walking along the Trailmon tracks away from Flame Terminal. Bokomon, who was walking behind Takuya with Neemon, ran up to the boy, "uh, I hope you're planning on helping us Mr Takuya!" he stated, pointing up at him. The brown-haired boy looked down at the small Digimon from the corner of his eye. "You carry with you the Spirit of Agunimon, one of the Ten Legendary Warriors," he then crossed his arms over his chest, "you can defeat, the Digimon, turned evil by, Cherubimon-" he said in broken sentences. Bokomon then started jumping up and down, "only you have the power to save us! You must help us repair the parts of the Digital World that have been destroyed!" he exclaimed frantically.

"I think he needs to calm down" Kaito said, watching the hyperactive behaviour. Takuya stifled a laugh. His father turned back to look at him, "what?" he asked.

"I think you need to calm down buddy" Takuya said. "My name's Bokomon, and I'm not your buddy! I don't think you understand the severity of the situation here!" the small Digimon exclaimed.

A few people and Digimon chuckled.

JP and Zoe turned back to them and frowned at Bokomon, "sorry, didn't mean to yell, but we need the Data from the Fractal Code! It's the only way to repair the Digital World!" he exclaimed. Bokomon knelt on the ground in front of the boy, hands held together and begging the boy, "please! Help us get the Fractal Code back! Save our world before it's too late! Will you?" He pleaded. Takuya stared forwards silently for a moment, causing Bokomon to turn towards the yellow Digimon, "Neemon don't just stand there like a cheap TV antenna! I need your help! Say something!" he demanded of his companion. Neemon complied, "some thing".

Shinya burst out laughing, before trying to hide it with a cough, "s-sorry, that's just- pphhh!" he tried before he burst out laughing again. Eventually a few other people chuckled at the antics of the two Digimon.

"Are you really that dense or do you just do that to annoy me?!" Bokomon exclaimed. The white Digimon snapped the yellow ones waist-band, causing him to cry out. Suddenly everyone's D-Tector's began to make that buzzing noise, "attention! Go to the Forest Terminal, immediately" Ophanimon's voice said. "What's a Forest Terminal?" Takuya asked. "what is a Forest Terminal?" everyone else wondered "how am I supposed to find it?" the goggle-wearing boy asked. The screen of his D-Tector went blank again, "hey! Hey answer me!" Takuya demanded, pressing random buttons again.

"There you go pressing random buttons again- tell me genius, what would you have done if you'd broken it?" Zoe asked. Takuya shrugged, "it works on my TV at home" he replied. Eventually they turned their attention back to the screen again.

Bokomon pulled out his book and flipped through it, before finding the right page, "the Forest Terminal is a Station located deep within the realm of the Forest Kingdom" he read, before looking up, "we just follow the tracks, they'll take us right to it" he said. "How far do we have to follow them?" Neemon asked. "Well let's see, it says, it says-" Bokomon began to grow frustrated, "all the way!" he exclaimed. Almost everyone sweat-dropped at that. Takuya turned back to look along the way they'd been going so far, "you're full of useless information, aren't you?" he asked.

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The group began their long treck, following the Trailmon Tracks, while Tommy amused himself by balancing on them and humming. Neemon stopped to look back at Flame Terminal. Bokomon looked at him, "Neemon, is there something wrong?" he asked. The screen showed Flame Terminal in the near distance, "I guess I'm a little home-sick" he replied. "Then just go back, big baby!" Bokomon exclaimed. "Should I stay, should I go, should I stay, should I go-" Neemon repeated, before the white Digimon grabbed him by his red pants, "come on you wishy-washy pain in the pants, if you get too whiny, I'll just mail you back!" he exclaimed, dragging him along. Takuya looked at JP as he walked beside the older boy, "what made you change your mind about going home?" he asked.

JP glanced at the goggle-head, "hm? Well I really didn't have much going on back their anyway, and I thought it might be kind of fun to hang out with you guys and get to know ya a little better" he replied. "Ha! Get to know Zoe, you mean?" Takuya clarified, grinning. "Hey, that is not what I meant!" the older boy exclaimed, blushing. The younger boy pointed at him, "then why ya all red buddy?" he asked. "It's hot out, I'm sunburned! What grade're you in anyways?" JP asked. "Sixth, is that a problem?" Takuya asked. JP pointed to himself, "well I'm in Seventh Grade!" he exclaimed. Takuya sighed and folded his hands behind his head, "like I'm supposed to care" he replied bored. The older boy huffed and stomped ahead, "Like I care if you care!" he replied. "I should have bolted from this Digi-dump when I had the chance" JP muttered to himself.

Zoe turned to the small boy beside her, "Tommy, why didn't you go home?" she asked. Tommy walked a few more steps of the track before jumping off and turning to the girl, "I decided I wanna be like Takuya" he replied. The blond girl blinked, "what?" she asked. "To become a Digimon so I won't be scared all the time" the young boy explained. Zoe smiled softly, before looking up slightly, "what about your Mum and Dad waiting at home, I bet they're worried" she replied. Tommy gasped, before looking down, "I miss my parents, but when I come back I won't be afraid anymore, so they'll forgive me for being gone" he replied.

Tommy looked up at his parents and frowned, "I'm really sorry for making you worry so much Mama, Papa" he began, before his mother lifted his chin so that their eyes could meet, "it's okay Tommy, you were right. We are so very proud of how strong and brave you've become- I don't think I'd have wanted it any other way if I could have chosen things myself" she explained. The boy smiled gratefully.

Tommy then ran ahead. 'For such a little kid, he sure has big problems' Zoe thought, watching him go. Later that night the group got to a chasm where the Trailmon tracks were broken. They looked down at the track, "well, this is a fine mess" Bokomon exclaimed, walking forwards as much as he could. "So what now?" Zoe asked Takuya. JP pointed down at something, "check it out guys, that trail leads to the bottom!" he exclaimed. Looking down the group saw that there was indeed a rock trail zigzagging all the way to the bottom of the chasm. At the bottom was a river and a group of lights, "looks like a village down there, maybe they can help us" Takuya observed. Everyone ran down the path excitedly. "Humans! Human children, why I outta!" a voice said. Strange silhouettes appeared on the rock walls, "what are they doing here?" "I tell ya, nothing good, we better enlighten the boss!" a second voice exclaimed.

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"Oh, what is it now? Some more evil Digimon trying to kill you?" Satomi asked in exasperated worry. No one replied so the recording continued playing.

The kids crossed over a river and looked around. "That's weird, I could have sworn the lights were coming from right here" JP said in confusion as Zoe looked around, "looked like that to me" she replied. Suddenly Tommy noticed something and tugged on the older boys arm, "Takuya?" he asked in slight worry. The goggle-wearing boy turned to look over at the boy and noticed what he had seen too. A huge rock carving on the wall of what looked like a boy with multiple angel wings.

"What is that?" Yukiko Minamoto asked at the same time the Takuya on-screen asked it too.

"Kinda pretty" Zoe replied. "Pretty? 'Pretty' she says, ugh. These are the marks of the Ten Legendary Warriors!" Bokomon exclaimed. All the kids gasped, "the Ten Legendary Warriors!" they exclaimed in unison. "I've never heard of them" Neemon replied. The white Digimon turned to look at him, "are you serious! The legend of the Ten Warriors is the first thing we learned in Digital World history!" he exclaimed. "I must have been sick that day, but they sure are pretty!" the yellow Digimon replied. Bokomon groaned in exasperation. "In ancient times there were terrible wars between humanoid Digimon and Beast Digimon for control of the Digital World. One day an angel Digimon called Lucemon appeared. He taught them how to resolve their differences and live in peace, and the fighting stopped.

Lucemon was a wise, kind ruler, but the peace in the Digital World was short lived. Lucemon, obsessed with his power began to torment the peace-loving Digimon, until they could take no more. It was then that ten brave warriors rose up against him, and after a fierce battle they defeated Lucemon, restoring the peace. The legend says that one day the spirits of these ancient warriors will rise again in times of trouble" Bokomon finished. "Read it to me again" Neemon asked. The white Digimon turned to his companion as he put his book away, "no". "I know that symbol" Tommy said, pointing at one of the carvings. "It's the same one we saw when Takuya Spirit Evolved into Agunimon" Zoe replied, thinking back to the Warrior of Flame. The symbol was shown to be on his belt. "And that one next to it was the one on Koji's shoulder when he turned into Lobomon" Tommy replied, pointing towards the symbol of the Warrior of Light.

This time the wolf-like Digimon was shown with the symbol glowing on his shoulder.

"And the one next to it is the Warrior of Darkness Symbol" Koichi muttered wistfully, only loud enough for Koji to hear. The boy glanced over at his twin in worry. He was dreading the part when Duskmon would appear in these 'episodes'. God only knows how much Koichi had suffered because of that whole experience, but having their parents find out about it was a whole new type of fear and worry. Koichi himself was scared of what would happen when he'd appear. And much more so of when his family would find out that Duskmon was him. What if they ended up hating him for what he'd done? Koichi knew he'd done horrible things, and that he was still making up for it. But that didn't mean that he felt any less guilty. And knowing that his family would find out about his past- about what he'd done- it made him feel like he couldn't breathe.

Koji noticed this and moved closer to his twin. He gripped the other boys hand tightly. Thankfully this was enough to snap Koichi out of his panic attack. He glanced over at his Light, who was frowning at him in worry, "Koichi," he muttered. The Dark twin forced a smile, "thanks brother, I'm fine now, really" he replied, before trying to pull away. Koji just held tighter, and pulled his brother closer to him. The Kimura sighed and shook off his reservations. Soon he was sitting close to his twin brother, feeling all the tension bleed out of him. Cherubimon noticed this and relaxed himself. He had also gotten worried about how people would feel when they learned just how evil he had been when he'd gotten corrupted, and the lengths to which he had gone, namely what he had done to Koichi. But he knew that he was doing everything he could to make up for it all.

He knew that he probably didn't deserve the forgiveness of the twins families, but even if they hated him, he would continue making up for everything he'd caused, because the only opinions that mattered to him were those of Seraphimon, Ophanimon and his own. His friends had already forgiven him, even though he still felt guilty. He was working hard to make it up to the Digimon of their world, but many of them still hated him, even with the knowledge that the one who had corrupted him had been Lucemon all along. He knew that and accepted it. Cherubimon wouldn't delude himself into thinking that he could be forgiven so easily. But he was trying to redeem himself, just as Koichi was. Oryxmon frowned at Koichi, noticing the look on his face, even if he did seem relaxed sitting by his brother's side. He quietly stood from his spot on the floor and went over to him. "Child" he said softly, but still loud enough to be heard by the boy he was talking to.

Koichi looked up at the goat Digimon, "yes?" he replied, just as softly. "Something is bothering you," Oryxmon said, "I know because you have the same look on your face and in your eyes that my Lord Cherubimon often has when he is thinking about his past deeds committed when he was corrupted" he explained. The Dark twin winced at just how accurate the goat Digimon was in his guess. The boy looked down, before he clenched his fists, "I'm okay for now Oryxmon, thank you for worrying about me though" Koichi replied, forcing a smile. All three of his parents noticed this and frowned at each other. What was the goat Digimon talking about? Soon their attention was back on what they were watching.

"I wonder if I'll be next?" Zoe wondered, "Oh I hope my Digimon's cute!" she exclaimed excitedly. "I'm gonna be like the biggest, scariest Digimon ever!" Tommy exclaimed.

Those who already knew chuckled quietly at the ironic statement, while the boy pouted at his friends and the other Digimon, "traitors" he muttered. Takuya shook his head with a grin, "no, no, we didn't mean it like that Tommy, it's just that, well- you aren't so 'big and scary' most of the time" he replied before falling into giggles again. Tommy crossed his arms and looked away, while the adults and brothers looked confused. Sorcermon placed a hand on the boys shoulder, closing his eyes in a smile, "please don't be upset Tommy- it really doesn't matter how big you are. How brave and strong you proved to be spoke for itself" he explained. The wieldier of the Spirits of Ice smiled at the mage Digimon, "thanks Sorcermon!" he replied happily.

Suddenly multiple red lights illuminated the corners of the screen, "not likely Shorty, there's no way we'll all get to be Digimon!" JP replied, causing the small boy's shoulders to sag in disappointment. As JP took out a notebook and pen and began copying down the markings on the wall, the area behind the children was shown, revealing multiple Digimon that looked like wax candle sticks in holders with flames burning on top of their heads. Takuya noticed the Digimon and turned around, "we've got, company" he said causing everyone else to turn as well. The group soon found themselves surrounded on all sides by the Digimon.

Yuriko Minamoto frowned in worry, "why is it always you?" she asked the kids, who shrugged.

The apparent Elder along with two other Digimon come forward, "why have you humans come to our village, you are not welcome here?" he asked from across the river. The four humans along with Bokomon and Neemon stepped forward slightly, "we're on our way to the Forest Terminal, sorry if we disturbed you, we're just passing through" Takuya tried to explain and defuse the situation. "You're melting my heart" the Elder Digimon replied. "Oooh, that's a no no" all the others stated. "You mean to steal the ancient artefact from us don't you? Well you won't get away with it!" "Right the humans must be punished!" the Candlemon on the right said, "hey boss, do ya want us to wax 'em for ya?" the one on the left asked.

"Wait!" Bokomon exclaimed, moving in front of the children, "stop, let me explain! Those humans have come, to help us save the Digital World, not steal some artefact!" the white Digimon explained. Takuya looked down at him, "but we didn't know that at first" he pointed out. Bokomon turned back to him, "you're not helping" he replied, before turning back to the candlemon and placing his hands on his hips, "this may be hard to believe, but somehow this boy was infused with the Spirit of one of the Ten Legendary Warriors, Agunimon!" Bokomon explained. The Candlemon Elder looked disbelieving, "did you say Agunimon, impossible!" he exclaimed. "That's a hot one," "what if it really is him?", "he's pullin' our wicks!" the gathered Digimon exclaimed angrily.

Kaito looked confused, "why is it so hard to believe that my son was this Spirit Warrior thing?" he asked, looking down at Takuya. The boy shrugged, "well imagine someone came up to you and said they were some famous person reborn, you'd think they were crazy, right?" the leader of the Legendary Warriors replied. Mr Kanbara frowned, "I suppose, and I guess none of them had seen what we are, so they wouldn't know" he replied. "Um, guys? Can we keep watching this? We still have a lot of things to cover" Zoe asked. Nefertimon nodded, "that is true, your children had a lot of adventures in this world, it will take much time to watch them all" she added. Many of the families now looked slightly worried, "how much time?" Akira asked, "I only ask because I may have to leave to go back home for my job" he said. Many of the other parents and families began talking, but Seraphimon raised a hand, "fear not humans, time works differently between the Human and Digital World. When your children first came here, they spent weeks in this world, but returned to your own world only a few hours after they'd left" he explained.

This calmed the adults and relaxed the children, at least they wouldn't be getting dragged around as their families tried to get back home. "Now, if everyone's questions have been answered?" Ophanimon asked. Everyone nodded and the images began playing again.

The children looked around at all the disbelieving Digimon. The Elder smiled with narrowed eyes, "now isn't this interesting" he said, before turning around to talk with the two Candlemon flanking him. When they turned back around all three smiled, "please forgive our rude behaver my dear young friends!" the Elder Digimon said, floating over the river towards them, "we are the Candlemon Tribe, it is our sacred duty to protect the Ancient Artifact," he explained. "So, which of you inherited the Spirit of the Legendary Warrior?" he asked. Bokomon pointed to the goggle-wearing boy, "it was this one, Takuya" he replied. The Candlemon Elder leaned forwards slightly, "well, you certainly have a brave face young man," he said as he turned to look over each child, "on behalf of the Candlemon Tribe, I bid you all welcome! Please, be our guest!" he exclaimed.

Yutaka frowned, "well, they certainly aren't acting suspicious" he said sarcastically, "and seriously? A quote from Beauty and the Beast? How did they even know that line?" he asked incredulously. Cherubimon smiled, "the Digital World is made up of data from all different kinds of things. Perhaps Data from that movie influenced the Candlemon, and so they picked up some lines from it" the Celestial Digimon explained. The older boy turned back to the screen, "I suppose it could happen" he muttered to himself.

Takuya watched the Elder hop past them, "something doesn't seem quite right" he muttered. "Come along now! Don't dawdle!" the Digimon called back.

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They found several Candlemon dancing around a fire and huge candle with the marks of the 10 Legendary Warrior's carved on it. Each Digimon held two leaves in hand. "Looks like a giant Birthday Party" Takuya said. "It's for you my friends, a welcoming ceremony, enjoy!" the Elder Candlemon exclaimed. The Digimon continued to dance as their Elder beckoned the children closer, "come closer, feel the warmth of the flame" he said.

"Okay, seriously? How did none of you notice that something was off here?" Indra Shibayama asked in worry. The children all shifted uncomfortably. True, it had only ended up being a test, but it could have just as easily been a trap set for them by Cherubimon. Koji scoffed, "well at least I was never that naive" he replied, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms. Both Satomi and Yuriko frowned at him, "Koji, that's no way to talk about your friends" his Step-mother scolded him. Koji flushed pink and looked down, "sorry Mom, I didn't mean to upset you, but it's just how we treat each other, it wasn't meant to be an actual insult" the black-haired boy replied. Both his mothers sighed in unison, before blinking and looking over at each other. They smiled. Both Koji and Koichi smiled as well, noticing the positive interaction between the two women.

As the Children walked closer, the Candlemon suddenly threw the leaves into the flames, which erupted green smoke. The Digimon began to wave the smoke towards the group. Bokomon and Neemon stood surrounded by it, the white Digimon holding one of the leaves in hand. He scoffed, "urgh, look at this, it's Sleeping Clover!" Bokomon exclaimed. "It's nappy time anyway" Neemon replied as both Digimon slumped to the ground unconscious.

The adults were rigid in their seats watching this. "I hate it when I'm right" Indra moaned. The children wanted to comfort their parents, let them know that they had been fine and that the Candlemon were never actually going to hurt them, but it felt wrong somehow to ruin the suspense. So they just either held their parents hands or let themselves be smothered by hugs.

The Candlemon continued to waft the 'Sleeping Clover' smoke upwards to reach the taller humans. Tommy, JP and Zoe were all on the ground now, "I can't keep my eyes open" the half Italian girl muttered, "yeah" JP replied. "right" Tommy agreed, before slumping to the ground followed by the other two.

By this point the Himi parents were practically choking their youngest son again. Tommy slapped his fathers arm repeatedly to get them to loosen their hold, "Papa, can't- breathe!" he choked. When his parents noticed this, they immediately let go, causing Tommy to gasp for air, "maybe, I should just *gasp* go over there" he muttered, thinking of moving over to sit with Takuya instead so he wasn't nearly suffocated again.

Takuya was the only one still awake, mainly by force of will, but he still looked extremely drowsy, "so you've claimed the Spirit of Agunimon, have you?" the Candlemon Elder exclaimed, "bah! We'll soon shed some light on this!"

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"Let's turn up the heat on these Artefact pilfers! Get them Candlemon!" the older Digimon cried. Takuya shook Tommy, trying to wake him, "hey, we can't stay here, come on!" he cried, before looking up and seeing the nearby river. Several Candlemon leapt up and spat small balls of flame from their mouths, "Lava Loogie!" they cried. Half dragging the other with him, Takuya leapt into the water, "dive in!" he cried as they did. The attacks hit the ground where they'd just been standing.

Yumi Himi shrieked "what are you doing! Tommy can't swim!" she cried, nearly hysterical.

Tommy flailed in the water, 'I don't know how to swim!' he thought in a panic before loosing his breath. Thankfully Takuya could and he grabbed the small boy, pulling him to the surface.

The young boys parents sighed in relief, but his mother glared slightly at Takuya, "what were you thinking! You could have gotten my baby killed!" she cried. The goggle-wearing boy looked down, "sorry Ma'am, I swear I didn't mean to put Tommy in trouble" he replied remorsefully. Tommy smiled, "he's right Mama, if Takuya hadn't done that we might have gotten hurt even more" the younger boy said. Tommy's father nodded in understanding, but his mother was still frowning, "I understand that you didn't know Tommy couldn't swim and you were trying to get everyone out of danger, but I trust that next time, you wouldn't try something like that Takuya?" Ophanimon asked. The Warrior of Fire shook his head emphatically, "of course not, I see Tommy as a second little brother- no offense Shinya," he began. The youngest of the Kanbara siblings shook his head, "none taken," he said, "I'm glad to have another kid my age to play with" the 10-year-old brown-haired boy replied with a grin, high-fiving the other boy.

"I would never purposely put him in danger, though I admit that the first time we came to this world, I wasn't completely thinking about everyone's safety" Takuya replied, shame-faced. Yumi and Ren Himi frowned, but Cherubimon coughed, "if we could, might we be able to continue with the episode and have conversations during the next break?" he asked. The involved parties looked at each other before turning back to the screen. "Sorry Tommy" Takuya whispered to the youngest of their group. "It's no problem, especially with what happened later" the Ice Warrior replied.

"That was a great idea!" Takuya said sarcastically as JP and then Zoe surfaced as well, "I'll never complain about my alarm clock again!" the blond girl cried. "Yeah, nice way to wake up, did we really have to jump into the river!?" JP exclaimed indignantly. "Takuya said we had to dive in or we were gonna burn up" Tommy replied. "Oh yeah?" the older boy asked. "Oh, did I disturb your beauty sleep?" Takuya exclaimed. "We'll be safe as long as we stay here, I'll bet fire Digimon like Candlemon can't get near the water" Zoe said. "Gues again human!" one of two Candlemon exclaimed as they hopped close to the river, before shooting more attacks at them. "Go under!" Takuya exclaimed as everyone screamed. They dove just in time to avoid both the small fireballs and the Digimon themselves as they hovered overhead. Everyone swam down-river, with Takuya helping Tommy as he swam with his goggles over his eyes.

"Find them! Don't let them get away!" another of the Digimon called as they hopped along the river bank. The four children were hidden behind a large rock, watching the lights of the Candle Digimon's flames move around, "where'd they go?!" one of them called, "I don't know, they just disappeared" another replied. "Well they gotta come up sometime, and when they do, we're gonna get em!" a third added. Takuya turned to the others, "I'll distract them, then on my signal, you guys make a break for it!" the goggle-wearing boy ordered. "Some plan" Zoe said, unimpressed, while JP spoke up "hang on a minute Mr President, I don't remember electing you leader of this stupid club, right?" he asked, turning to Zoe. "Yeah, that's right, we're all in this together, so any decisions we make, we make as a team, okay?" the girl asked.

Tommy, who had been holding onto a rock turned to the others, "I really wanna help, but I'm too slow, you guys should just go on without me" the little boy said.

"Tommy no!" Yumi cried, while Ren held her hand. Yukata however, looked over at his baby brother in surprise. He had expected the boy to start crying by now and begging to be gotten out of there, but he actually wanted to help, and also suggested he be left behind after recognising that he was a burden on the other kids? The older boy felt his lips quirk up just the tiniest bit, it seemed Tommy really had grown up while he was here, even if this was only the start.

Takuya looked down at the younger boy sternly, "that's not an option, if I Spirit Evolve to Agunimon, I can snuff out the Candlemon" he said. "Right Spirit boy, better read your Digimon instruction manual before you try something dumb like that again" JP mocked, remembering how the last time he had tried to Spirit Evolve it hadn't worked the first time, then only lasted for a few minutes the second. "He's right, you shouldn't try to fight alone, you're not very good at it yet" Zoe replied, before getting cut off by JP, "here they come! Duck!" the older boy exclaimed. Everyone did so, hiding under the water again while the Candlemon hopped past, laughing. When the two Digimon were gone, the children re-emerged from under the water. "Thanks for the vote of confidence" Takuya said, pulling his goggles down over his eyes, "just get Tommy out of her, okay" he ordered, before diving under the water again.

Yumi sighed in relief and smiled over at the oldest Kanbara boy.

"Okay, let's move" JP ordered as the three remaining children turned and began climbing the rock behind them. JP had just managed to reach the top when they were spotted, or so they thought "I see one of them, get him!" the Candlemon exclaimed, causing them to turn to see what was going on. Takuya ran from two of the Digimon, D-Tector in hand. "Lava Loogie!" the two Candlemon cried, both shooting attack at the boy. Takuya turned back in worry, before looking down at the device in his hand, "come on, help me out here!" he exclaimed, pressing the buttons, but aside from making that screeching sound the screen stayed stubbornly blank. As the Digimon shot more attacks at the boy, he lost his grip on his Digivice. "Oh no!" Takuya exclaimed, "my D-Tector!" he cried as it slid a fair distance away. "Takuya!" JP called, as he, Tommy and Zoe watched from the top of the cliff.

As the Candlemon got closer, Takuya gained a determined look before leaping forwards and grabbing his Digivice. The Candlemon Elder who was watching with Bokomon and Neemon slumped, still asleep beside him gasped, "what?" he asked. Takuya stood and raised his D-Tector in the air, "Spirit Evolution time!" he cried, as the screen glowed brightly. Takuya then Spirit Evolved into Agunimon to the cheers of his friends.

Shinya cheered as well, "go Takuya! Kick those Digimon's butts!" the 10-year-old exclaimed excitedly.

The Candlemon Elder moved forwards, "well I'll be dipped! The brat really is Agunimon!" he exclaimed. Agunimon slammed his hands together and his arms were wreathed in flames, "I summon the Pyro Tornado!" he exclaimed, before shooting fireballs at the Candlemon that tried to attack him. The attack knocked them back slightly, but the two Digimon seemed unharmed, laughing. They shot more fireballs at Agunimon, but the Legendary Warrior blocked them. The Candlemon were revealed to be unharmed, still laughing. "Wha-?" Takuya asked, confused. The other three were still watching the battle, "what's wrong?" Tommy asked. "Fire attacks don't work on Candlemon, he should know that!" Zoe exclaimed.

Takuya scoffed, "right, because I'd of course been to the Digital World before that first time and fought Candlemon before" he replied sarcastically, making Zoe blush in embarrassment. "I just ment- I mean- w-well, why would fire attacks work on a Digimon with a flame on top of their head" she replied, flustered. Kaito Kanbara nodded, it made sense after all, how would his son have known?

"Yeah, that wasn't too bright," JP said, "come on, I better get us out of this hole, before we get waxed!" he said, turning to run but slipping on the ice that now was shown to be a few centimetres away from the rock they had just been standing on. He groaned, rubbing his back, "I hate ice-skating" he muttered as Zoe and Tommy moved forwards carefully, "be careful Tommy" the girl said. "I-I-I-I'm trying" the young boy replied, shivering a bit.

Sorcermon smiled, "is this where-" he began, turning to the young boy, cutting off as Tommy smiled and nodded, "mhm!" he said cheerfully. His family looked confused, but the other Legendary Warriors smiled, before turning back to the screen.

JP pushed himself up a bit, "wow, I didn't see that before!" he exclaimed in awe, as a huge ice covered cave was shown, "we should be safe from those hot heads in there" Zoe said. Meanwhile the two Candlemon started breathing flames at the struggling Agunimon. He may have been the Warrior of flame, but he had only just started.

"Takuya!" his parents exclaimed together, before Isuzu reached out and pulled her oldest into a hug. The goggle-wearing boy blushed, "mom! Not in front of my friends, I'm fine, okay!" he exclaimed in embarrassment.

Tommy looked down at his D-Tector, beginning to push the buttons desperately, "please give me a Spirit, I wanna help!" he exclaimed, but his device only made those squealing sounds again.

Yumi held Tommy close to her, "no baby! It's too dangerous, please stay there where it's safe!" she cried. Tommy scowled, but let his mother hug him, since he knew that she was too scared to do anything else at the moment.

"Give it up kid, the Spirits of the Legendary Warriors would never give there power to a pipsqueak like you!" JP said.

"JP!" Zoe exclaimed in disbelief. Then Seraphimon spoke up, "the Legendary Warrior Spirits are the ones who choose their wielders. You were all chosen when you arrived in this world on the Trailmon Worm. Tommy Himi would not have been allowed to stay had he not been a host for one of the Spirits" he said. Tommy smiled, he had known that already, but it felt nice to receive confirmation. The older boy rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "again, sorry about that buddy, I know that I was a jerk to you a lot in the beginning" he apologised. The young boy smiled, "yeah you were, but then you became one of my best friends, so it's fine JP" he replied. JP smiled back, grateful, "thanks Tommy, I mean it" he said.

"Looks like it's really up to me" JP said, but his D-Tector only made beeping and squealing sounds as well. "Aw man, I wish this came with a manual!" he sighed in annoyance. "Paraffin Paralyzer!" one of the Candlemon cried as he spun and shot out multiple globs of hot wax at Agunimon, "gah, that hurts!" he exclaimed as he cried out in pain as the hot wax burned him through his armour. Tommy gasped, "ah! Agunimon, hang on!" he exclaimed, as he remembered everything that Takuya had done for him since they'd gotten to this world. As the wax hardened on his body, Agunimon was unable to move, "I can't, I can't move anything!" he said, still struggling against the hardening wax.

Tommy suddenly slid down the hill, "h-hang on Takuya I'm coming!" the boy exclaimed.

His mother was now whimpering, "Tommy!" she cried. Her husband had to hold her in his arms to keep her from falling to the floor. Tommy felt awful for worrying his parents, but then he remembered what had happened next.

"Tommy no!" Zoe cried, "stop kid!" JP exclaimed. The small boy splashed into the river and began using his hat to scoop and throw water towards the Candlemon, "lights out, ya meanies!" Tommy cried. The Digimon cried out and hopped back to avoid the water. Tommy continued his actions with determination, "I won't be just, a little kid in the way, ever again!" he exclaimed. Suddenly a huge light blue light burst through the icy ground behind Zoe and JP, causing the two of them to turn around with twin gasps, "mama mia!" the half Italian exclaimed. From the light a small Spirit rose, before floating over to Tommy, who stopped throwing water when it stopped in front of him. Suddenly the whole river was frozen, including the parts of the boys shoes that had been submerged in the water, but he didn't seem to notice as he placed his soaking hat back on his head.

Around the Spirit formed the translucent figure of a white bear in armour. The small boy gaped at it, "it's a Spirit!" he exclaimed in awe. Pulling his D-Tector out of his pocket, Tommy pointed it at the bear, a light shooting out and hitting it. "Spirit, come to me!" he ordered, as it was drawn into his Digivice. "It is time" Ophanimon said, as the symbol for 'ice' appeared on the D-Tector screen. The image of the Spirit formed on Tommy's Digivice screen. Smiling, Tommy held out his hand, palm facing towards him, as a ring of light encircled it. The boy clashed the ring with his D-Tector, "Execute!" he called, a big happy smile on his face, pulling his hand away "Spirit Evolution!" he cried, the Fractal Code swirling around him as he clothes vanished and the large figure of the Spirit appeared above and behind him. As the pieces of armour encased his small form, Tommy was replaced with a small snow bear wearing a green head guard, a green vest with the Warrior's symbol for 'ice' on his stomach, over the green vest, along with arm guards and green and orange boots.

He skied onto the ground, before seemingly dissolving into a pile of snow with eyes. However the snow froze over into ice crystals, the Legendary Warrior shattering the ice as he leapt up happily, giving a victory sign and flashing a huge grin, "Kumamon!" he cried.

Yutaka snorted, "that's your Digimon Spirit? Looks just as useless as you squirt" he muttered. On hearing this Takuya stood up, ready and willing to defend his friend against his older brother, but Tommy raised a hand to stop him, before turning back to the young man, "you're right, Kumamon may not be as powerful as the other Warrier's, but power isn't everything Yutaka- I know I certainly wasn't as powerful as the others even after I got my Human Spirit. But when I worked alongside my friends, then, even as Kumamon, I was able to take down powerful enemies. It doesn't matter how big I was as my Human Spirit, what matters is having the will to fight and protect others no matter what" the boy replied, shocking his family. When had Tommy gotten so- wise? Cherubimon nodded, "well said young Tommy. You are wise beyond your years and much stronger than many Digimon" he said with a smile. Said boy turned and smiled up at the Celestial Digimon, before everyone turned their attention back to the screen.

Zoe gasped, "that's amazing!" she exclaimed. "That's impossible!" JP countered.

Ren Himi stared at the boy, "and why is it so impossible for my son to have gotten a Spirit too, young man?" he asked with a slight glare. JP turned red and felt even guiltier for how he had treated his youngest friend in the beginning of their adventures, "it's not, sorry sir" the older boy replied. Satisfied, the father turned back to the screen to watch more of the "show". JP sunk in his seat, 'why did I have to be such a jerk back then! No wonder I never had any real friends until I met Takuya and the others!' he thought guiltily.

Agunimon gaped, 'it's Tommy' he thought. "Yay!" Neemon cheered. "What in the blazes!" The Elder Candlemon asked in confusion. Bokomon looked through his book, before looking back up at the little boy turned Digimon, "ah! It is! It's Kumamon, the Legendary Warrior of Ice!" he confirmed. Kumamon stepped purposefully and easily over the frozen river, not showing a sign of slipping as he had before as Tommy, "time to teach you bullies a lesson!" he exclaimed. Suddenly the ice bear Digimon was in the air and to drew in a huge breath, "Crystal Freeze!" he exclaimed as he blew out a strong icy wind that froze the Candlemon it had come into contact with. Another Candlemon moved closer to him, "hey there Teddy Bear, you want a playmate?" he asked, before spinning into a huge tornado of fire that turned into Fractal Code, indicating that the Digimon was Digivolving.

"This doesn't look good" Isuzu muttered, worried for her son and the Warrior of Ice. Her husband placed his hand on her shoulder comfortingly.

When the Data dissipated, a Digimon that looked remarkably like Sorcermon replaced the Candlemon, floating in the air. The only differences were the darker colour scheme for the clothes, the sun topped staff and brown-red hair that peeked out from under his hat. The Digimon landed on the ground, Bokomon's voice could be heard, "Wizardmon. This mysterious champion level Digimon can make you disappear! With his Electro Squall and Magical Game attacks" he explained. Kumamon took a deep breath and used his "Crystal freeze" attack again. But Wizardmon dodged the attack and struck out with a harsh kick to the Warrior's chest, "take off teddy!" he called, knocking the Ice Digimon down, where he bounced across the ground before coming to rest on his stomach. He glared up at the Champion level. "Kumamon!" Agunimon called, worried about the young boy.

Tommy's mother whimpered, "please be careful baby" she pleaded. "I'm okay Mama, Wizardmon was a tough opponent, but we beat him together" her son replied. Takuya nodded with a grin, "heck yeah we did! You were awesome by the way for it being your first time as Kumamon" the older boy exclaimed. Tommy smiled slightly. Oryxmon nodded, "I'm sure you did a good job, considering the circumstances Tommy" the goat-like Digimon added. The Warrior of Ice grinned and rubbed the back of his head, "thanks you guys" he replied.

Wizardmon laughed, "looks like the great Agunimon has a little problem with waxy build-up!" he mocked. "How 'bout a little Magical Game, ta ta!" the Wizard Digimon said, before vanishing before their eyes, and Agunimon finally managed to break free of the wax. Kumamon pushed himself up slightly, "that was weird" he said. Agunimon looked around frantically for his Champion level opponent, as, invisible, Wizardmon laughed again. "Up here!" he called as the barely seen silhouette of the wizard Digimon could be seen leaping into air. "I know, let's play catch!" Wizardmon called, shooting a bolt of lightning at the Warrior of Flame. Agunimon dodged the attacks, as his opponent landed on the ground, becoming visible again. He raised his staff, "not bad, Legendary Warrior, but I've got plenty up my sleeve!" Wizardmon exclaimed, creating copies of himself.

"Oh, please be careful you two!" Takuya's mother cried, worried around the two boys.

"Too bad, you're going to loose! No matter which Wizardmon you choose!" he said.

Sorcermon face-palmed, "urgh, I can't believe that we belong to the same Digimon family!" he muttered in embarrassment. Thankfully for him, he spoke quietly enough that no one heard him over the episode.

Zoe gasped, "which is the real Wizardmon?" JP asked. "They all look the same to me!" Zoe said in fear for the two boys. "Agunimon, don't you see! All these Wizardmon are me! We all look real because we are, just try to run, you won't get far!" Wizardmon called.

The white-mage Digimon felt like banging his head against the wall in complete and utter humiliation. Why oh why did this idiot have to destroy the reputation of all of the Digimon from Witchelny! Seraphimon noticed his friend's discomfort, but knew that he would just have to jet through it by watching the episodes.

"This is just a game, only one is real and I'm gonna find it!" Agunimon exclaimed with conviction. "Every warrior must fall, your time is up, Electro Sqaull!" Wizardmon exclaimed, all of the copies shooting electricity at him from their staffs. Thankfully Aguinimon managed to dodge the attacks by jumping into the air. Back on the ground Kumamon was kneeling in the only shadow on the ground.
"Agunimon! Look down here! Only one of them has a shadow!" the small bear Legendary Warrior called. "Thanks!" the flame Warrior replied, "game's over!" the Digimon cried, kneeing the original Wizardmon hard enough to cause his Fractal Code to appear. "I never did believe in magic" Agunimon muttered. "Here's a trick for ya!" he called, as he began to purify Wizardmon's Fractal Code. "Fractal Code Digitize!" he called, as Wizardmon reverted back into Candlemon.

Zoe and JP began to cheer from the top of the cliff. Agunimon reached down and helped Kumamon to his feet, "ah! Thanks Agunimon!" the small Warrior said gratefully. "No, thank you, you're one brave little bear!" the Flame Warrior replied. Kumamon smiled and laughed.

Takuya and Tommy's parents breathed a sigh of relief, "while I do agree that I'm proud of how brave you were as well, I still want you to b a bit more careful next time Tommy, okay?" his mother asked. "And the same goes for you too Takuya- I understand that you're this powerful Warrior Digimon, but you don't have to do everything by yourself, especially when it ends up getting you hurt, okay?" Isuzu asked. Her oldest son smiled, "don't worry, I grew up a lot on these adventures and I promise that I learned my lesson about being careful about who I fight" the goggle-wearing boy replied. After that, the group agreed to finish the episode before having lunch.

"Well, I guess this proves that they really are the Legendary Warriors after all!" a Candlemon exclaimed. The Candlemon Elder stepped up, "yes, I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself" he said, as both Digimon released their hold on the Warriors Spirits and returned to being human again.

"What!? That's the reason they attacked innocent children! Seriously! Are they crazy!? Someone could have been seriously hurt! Why couldn't they just ask Takuya to Spirit Evolve or whatever it's called if they wanted proof! Instead of nearly killing our children! cosa diavolo c'è che non va in loro?!" Aroura Orimoto ranted in Japanese and Italian. Many other parents and children sweat-dropped at the sight.

"You have indeed proven yourselves worthy of carrying the Spirits of the Legendary Warriors my young human friends! Takuya," the boy gave a thumbs up, "and little Tommy! You two have truly honered the great names of Agunimon and Kumamon, I salute you both!" The Candlemon Elder exclaimed, while Tommy smiled and rubbed the back of his neck.

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The children and Bokomon and Neemon stood before the Candlemon Elder and two other Candlemon, "I'm afraid I owe you all an apology." He placed his hand on his head, "the truth is we thought you might possess the Spirits of the Legendary Warriors, but we still had to make sure, I'm sorry we didn't trust you" the old Digimon explained. "So then all of this has been a test?" Tommy asked incredulously. "That pretty much Stinks, you're lucky I don't pinch your lights out for that!" Takuya exclaimed, angry and indignant. The Elder laughed, "I'm so sorry, you have every right to be angry" he replied. Takuya pressed a button on his D-Tector, "Fractal Code, rendered" a voice said from it, as the Fractal Code that he had scanned as Agunimon emerged from the device and flowed into the air. Everyone gasped, "Wizardmon had the Code!" Bokomon exclaimed as the bridge with the Trailmon tracks reformed.

Everyone looked up at the new bridge, "Wizardmon held within him the Fractal Code for the bridge, which protected our village from evil Digimon." The Elder explained, before he turned to look at the human children, "young Takuya, for many years no one has crossed this canyon, but you have my official permission, to use this bridge. Follow the tracks and they will lead you to the Forest Terminal, but it is a perilous journey" the Elder Candlemon explained. JP looked up at the tracks, "uh, maybe we should think about this guy's, there's still time to go home" he said nervously. Zoe giggled, "your just jealous because Tommy found his inner Digimon and you haven't yet" she teased. JP turned to look at the girl, "why would I even care about that, shorty can have it. It's just that bein' here is like working" the older boy replied. Takuya laughed, "we all know how you feel about that!" he teased, making everyone laugh. "Very funny" JP replied as a Trailmon crossed the bridge. Koji was shown to be riding on it alone.

"I was wondering when we would see you again" his Step-mother said with a smile. "I was wondering where you were as well" Koichi added. Koji shifted awkwardly, "I just wasn't up for being around other people much at that point" the long-haired twin muttered.

"Hey, somebody else just beat us across the bridge!" Takuya exclaimed, 'I wonder if he's going to the Forrest Terminal too?' he thought as the Train Digimon disappeared from sight.

"That could have been a serious meltdown. Hopefully the dream team's on the right track now. We'll see, on the next Digimon, Digital Monsters!"

As the ending credits played, the families of the Warriors fell into discussion about what they had seen in the episode and what they thought of their children's adventures so far. "Well, I'm not sure I want to let Tommy keep spending time with these older children! He's been in danger multiple times already and only a day had passed for them at that point!" Tommy's mother exclaimed, upset. "But it was Tommy who helped Takuya defeat that Wizardmon Digimon in the end! And besides, don't you remember what he said at the beginning of that episode?" her husband countered. "He was doing all of that for us! To become stronger so that we wouldn't have to worry! I know you're worried about him dear, but he's become stronger for his experiences in this world.

Let's have some faith in our son, okay dear?" Ren replied to his distraught wife. Yumi looked conflicted. On the one hand, she wanted to grab her youngest and run back to those 'Trailmon' things and demand that they be taken home. But on the other hand, her baby oy had changed and grown so much because of his time here, and another part of her wanted to stay and watch how he grew. Looking around at all the expectant children, and Tommy's determined face, she sighed and sat back down, "okay, I'll, I'll stay. I'll try to watch these videos. But if something too dangerous happens to Tommy in them, I'll at least be leaving the room" she muttered.

Cherubimon nodded and spoke in his deep rumbling voice, "we understand completely ma'am, rest assured that none of us will try to stop you if you feel that you need a break" he replied. Seraphimon nodded as well, "now, onto the next".

To Be Continued