Hey guys just a heads up, now that I re-watch the Xros Wars series finale before Hunters properly, I realize that Taiki said "our heated summer ended", which means the final battle takes place at the END of summer vacation, which in Japan is the end of August. Plus, I've already watched the first of Digimon Adventure Tri so now there's a date placed in the timeline below. But there's a chance it'll change in the future when the rest comes out. As for how the new series fit into this story's trilogy, well that'll be explained when we focus on the Destines later on.

Timeline between each season goes for this fan fiction

Season 1 (The beginning of their adventures) (1999)

Our War Game, Tag Tamers & D-1 Tamers – 1 year after Season 1 (2000)

Season 2 – 2 years after Our War Game (2002)

Tamers – 1 year after Season 2, starts 2 months after Diaboromon's revenge (which takes place at the same year) (2003)

Frontier – 1 year after Tamers, 2 months after Runaway Locomon (which takes place at the same year) (March 2004)

Data Squad – Starts 2 months after Frontier starts and end (May 2004)

Adventures Tri – Early June2005 (may edit in the future)

Xros Wars – 1 year after Frontier and Data Squad year (End of August 2005)

Hunters – 1 year after Xros Wars (May 2006)

Digimon Union – 2 months after Quartzmon incident, same year as when Hunters started (Late July 2006)

Total years from Season 1 to Digimon Union = 7 years

"..talking.."

'..thinking..'

/ (scene change)

(^_^)(-_-) (chapter end)

I do not own Digimon.

Digimon Union

After returning to the Digital World, Takuya found out that he and the other Warriors are the only ones in the location he's in, which is at a beach. Five of them had been kidnapped and separated into different locations, with a powerful seaquake putting them in danger. Tanya and Rainmon head towards where one Warrior is placed the farthest out of all of them and finds Zoe. They manage to make it out just as the cave crumbles, but that's when they encounter MetalSeadramon. With Rainmon being squeeze to death by the Dark Master, and both Zoe and Tanya about to lose their temporary ability to breathe underwater, what's going to happen to them now?

Chapter 29: Beauty is the Beast

Rainmon is still struggling to get out of MetalSeadramon's grip, but the mega only squeeze her tighter.

"AAAAGH!"

"Stop it!" begs Tanya, "Leave her alone!"

But that's a bad move for her since every time Tanya talks, it'll only make the effect wears off a lot sooner.

"I would save your breathe if I were you," said MetalSeadramon, "for it might be the last breathe you'll ever take."

Tanya just glares at MetalSeadramon, wishing there's something she could do to get out of this mess. Zoe on the other hand is worried about Tanya since she knows that Tanya would lose what's left of the effect the strange bubble the earliest with not just her struggling, but also feeling a dull version of the pain Rainmon must be feeling due to their bond.

/

Meanwhile, Bayumon is watching everything that's happening helplessly inside Zoe's D-Tector, wishing there's something she could do to help.

"I… I have to do something, but what?" Bayumon said sadly, "I can't breathe underwater so I'm clearly at a disadvantage."

But then a sudden sting in her chest flows over her, making the Wind Digimon Warrior gasp upon realizing where it might had come from.

"No," Bayumon breathes, before a determination look forms on her face, "I maybe in a disadvantage, but at least I tried something!"

/

Back at the scene, Rainmon stops struggling out of MetaSeadramon's grip and starts to hang limply in the grasp. Zoe had to watch in horror before looking back at Tanya, who stop struggling as well and still cough once in a while in noticeable agonizing pain.

Suddenly, Zoe's D-Tector flash, blinding everyone around and making the Divermon's lose their grip on Zoe and Tanya briefly. Zoe took that as her chance to kick the Divermon holding her off of her before doing the same with the one holding a barely conscious Tanya. As soon as Zoe holds Tanya, a beam of light shots out of it, revealing Bayumon who shot a strong gust of wind, that turn into a water bullet, right at MetalSeadramon. The attack make the Mega lose his grip on Rainmon, giving the Water Digimon Warrior a chance to swim to safety.

"You're crazy you know that!" said Rainmon, "There's no way you can last long underwater remember?!"

All Bayumon could do was glare in argument at Rainmon since she's trying her best to hold her breath.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Both Digimon Warriors gasp upon hearing that scream and notice Zoe, who's keeping a firm grip on Tanya, getting hit with some of the Divermon's attacks. Both Rainmon and Bayumon quickly knock the Divermons out before noticing even Zoe's having a hard time breathing, indicating the effect's wearing off about now!

"We got to get them to the surface quickly!" Rainmon said as she and Bayumon grab a hold of Tanya and Zoe before swimming as fast as they can towards the surface.

"I don't think so,"

River of Power

The blast aims directly at the girls, with Bayumon being the only one noticing the attack. She pushes Zoe towards Tanya and Rainmon, knocking the three of them away from the attack, only to get hit instead!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"BAYUMON!"

The Wind Digimon Warrior's knocked unconscious from the attack and slowly falls to the seabed below.

"NO!" Rainmon's trying to swim towards the fallen Warrior, only to gasp upon sensing something she dreaded happening, "Not now please…"

The entire seabed starts to shake violently, causing some of the nearby rocks and cliffs to crumble all around. The Divermons are scared of what's going on, with one of them commanding, "Let's get out of here!"

But the Divermons didn't manage to go far before MetalSeadramon knocks them with his tail right at where the rocks are falling!

"Y-You just sacrifice your own followers…?" Tanya gasps, still fighting to stay conscious in Zoe and Rainmon's hold.

"Why sure," MetalSeadramon said like it's a normal thing, "They were of no more use to me anyway."

The Mega turn to look at the mess the powerful seaquake's causing before swiftly grabbing a hold of Bayumon's limp body with his tail saying, "With you four out of the way and the extra data from the Divermons, it'll be a lot easier for me to finish the Warrior of Flame," He them throws Bayumon right towards a cracking rock pillar nearby and take his leave.

"AAAAAAGH!" screams Zoe, causing some air bubbles to escape her mouth as her hold on Tanya's loosen completely.

"ZOE!"

Rainmon grabs a hold of Zoe before noticing the pillar Bayumon crashed to crumbles and the rocks falling right towards the Digimon Wind Warrior, while sensing Tanya slowly giving up on staying conscious. Rainmon mentally starts to panic before a large shadow falls over her. Looking up, she gasps upon seeing a giant Digimon right above her that's heading their way before swallowing them up in its mouth.

/

"Tanya, can you hear me?"

"Come on Tanya, wake up."

'Koichi…?' Tanya thought, 'But he was captured, wasn't he? What happened? Last I remember was being surrounded by MetalSeadramon and Divermons with Zoe and Rainmon and then…' Tanya mentally gasps in realization 'The seaquake!'

She tried to open her eyes, but her head felt a bit dizzy with even trying to move anything. When her eyes are opened, she could make out a few blurry figures before her. After blinking a few times, Tanya's vision clears up enough for her to see Rainmon, Koichi and Shadimon looking worried.

"Guys…" was all she manages to mumble out, but it's enough to get all three of them to calm down a bit.

"Thank goodness," Koichi sighs before looking behind him saying, "Guys, she's awake."

As Koichi helps Tanya sit up properly, Yutaka, Tommy, Koji and their partners head close to them.

"What a relief to know you're alright," Tommy said.

"What happened?" Tanya asked, holding her head slightly, "Last I remember was falling unconscious from lack of oxygen."

"We were saved by KingWhamon," said Rainmon, making Tanya look at her partner in confusion.

"That's right, you're the only one left of us that haven't met him," realized Yutaka, "KingWhamon is a friend Tommy and the others had made before, and we're actually inside of him right now."

"What?!" Tanya couldn't help gasp, "So we're inside of a Digimon?!"

"Yeah but don't worry," reassures Cybermon, "we're in a safe part inside of him so there's no way we would get exposed to some stomach acid while we're here."

"That's good to hear at least," Tanya sighs before realizing something, "Zoe! Where is she?"

"She's still unconscious," Koji said looking at the side that is where the others are, "Not only did she faint for the same reason as you, but the pain she felt from Bayumon was too much to handle."

Sure enough, Zoe's still unconscious with her injuries she had earlier are disappearing, so that's a good thing for Tanya. But what got the human Water Warrior's immediate attention is a badly injured DemiBayumon located next to Zoe.

"Are they…?" she tried to ask.

"Both of them are going to be fine, though they won't be able to fight for a while," Rainmon reassures before explaining, "After you and Zoe are safely in KingWhamon, I quickly rushed to where Bayumon was, only to find her slowly disappearing. I knew the only way to save her is to get her inside a D-Tector, and I made it just in time to prevent Bayumon from turning back into a Digi-Egg."

"But since you and Zoe were out, we had to store Bayumon inside Tommy's since he's the closest at the time before we're sure she would be safe when we release her," finishes Polarmon.

A groan is heard, and everyone notice Zoe starting to wake up. Tanya didn't say anything and slowly got up, with Rainmon's help, and sit next to the duo of Wind, making eye contact with Zoe. Both of them just look at one another before smiling as Tanya slowly rub DemiBayumon's head mumbling, "Thank you…"

But that's when the place starts to shake, throwing everyone off balance.

"What was that?!" asks/whines Shinya.

"KingWhamon?!" asks JP.

"Hold on to something, QUICK!" instructs KingWhamon, confusing everyone even more.

But they never got a chance to act before everything starts to topple sideways here and there. The boys quickly grab hold of something while Tanya and Rainmon keeps a firm grip on the pole next to them along with Zoe and DemiBayumon. It took a while, but the sudden movements stop.

"Do you think it's over, whatever it was?" asks Richard.

"Only one way to find out," said Takuya before looking up asking, "Can we move on top of you?"

The guys are the first to move onto the island on KingWhamon's back, and they gasp upon seeing MetalSeadramon before them.

"How did he know we are here?!" asks Takuya.

"I've had my Divermons watch closely of your whereabouts, so that way I can finish all of you off at the same time as my main target," said MetalSeadramon, "I even make sure that they do not engage in battle since I would prefer myself to have that luxury instead."

"I knew the escape plan seems to have gone too smoothly," said Strabimon.

"But now that you are two Warriors down," said MetalSeadramon, readying an attack, "there is no way you can stop me!"

River of Power

The blast hits right at where the 8 Warriors are standing, creating a thick cloud of smoke upon contact. The Mega looks through the clouds, trying to find any trace of the Warriors but finds nothing.

It was then a sudden movement from behind him caught MetalSeadramon's attention.

Thunder Fists

MetalSeadramon moves aside to dodge the attack, which stops and reveals Beetlemon in its place.

Ebony Blast

Leaf Cyclone

Both attacks came from up a nearby cliff where stood JagerLowemon and Petaldramon, hitting directly at MetalSeadramon who didn't react fast enough after the last attack.

"Nice shot Richard," compliments Beetlemon.

"Thanks, I was a bit worried that I would lose control of myself there," admits Petaldramon.

"That's because your partner already tamed the Beast for you back then," explains JagerLowemon.

River of Power

The three Warriors quickly jump out of the way, but Petaldramon manage to get hit slightly, causing the Wood Beast to tumble down the cliff slightly. Luckily, Petaldramon used his tail as a root to prevent him from falling down further than he has. Unfortunately, that makes him an easier target for MetalSeadramon. But before said Mega could attack,

Quagmire Twister

Gigasmon appears out of the forest nearby, spinning rapidly his body at MetalSeadramon. But MetalSeadramon knocks him away with his tail before the Earth Beast could finish.

"Is that the best you got?" asked MetalSeadramon in mockery.

"No, this is!"

Avalanche Axes

Korikakumon throws his axes right towards MetalSeadramon, but the Mega manage to dodge it easily.

"Ha, you missed," mocked MetalSeadramon.

Korikakumon just smirk, catching the Mega off guard before the serpent Digimon turns around and notice Sakkakumon floating right behind him with both Aldamon and BeoWolfmon on him, with the axes being absorbed by the Steel Beast. MetalSeadramon didn't have time to react as the axes are reflected stronger towards him, hitting right at the mark. Both Aldamon and BeoWolfmon take this as their chance and launch a double attack.

Atomic Inferno

Cleansing Light

Both attacks combine and create fire missiles that hit MetalSeadramon, knocking the Mega hard into the water. All eight boy Warriors are waiting near where MetalSeadramon fell, waiting anxiously for what's going to happen next.

Meanwhile the girls are waiting at the corner during the whole ordeal, Zoe because she couldn't fight and Tanya because she was late to the fight, helping Zoe to make it there at the first place.

"They did it!" cheers Tanya.

But that's when a portal opens up, letting out a strange dark energy that's heading right towards where MetalSeadramon fell. The portal then closes and the energy completely enters the water.

That's when a blinding light shots out of the water, catching the Warriors completely off guard. Its right at that moment a shadowy figure of MetalSeadramon shots out of the water, just as the fins turns into more claw-shape and the horn on his head grow longer. When the light dies down, there stood MetalSeadramon with the changes seen on his shadow along with his armor now dark grey instead of the usual gold.

'That armor,' thought Aldamon before he gasps, 'It can't be!'

River of Power

A darker version of the move is launched directly at Sakkakumon, causing the Steel Beast to quickly move out of the way in reflex, with BeoWolfmon on board holding on tight. Unfortunately, Aldamon is too in his thought that he didn't have time to react and ended up getting hit!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The other Warriors quickly realize what's going on and Sakkakumon turns around and tries to absorb what's left of the attack. This gives Beetlemon a chance to catch Aldamon before he could fall into the water where MetalSeadramon has the bigger advantage.

"I'll be fine," reassures Aldamon, winching a bit.

Beetlemon said, "We'd better get you on the island-"

"AGH!"

"Sakkakumon, what's wrong?" asks BeoWolfmon, seeing the Steel Beast struggling to absorb the attack.

"Why didn't you reflect the attack like you could do?" asks Beetlemon.

"I can't reflect this move at all!" admits Sakkakumon, "There's something different about it that makes it impossible to send back."

Upon hearing this, something clicks in Aldamon and he shouts out, "GET OUT OF THERE NOW!"

But the warning came a bit too late since the move manage to push Sakkakumon back towards where the remaining four Warriors are located! Thinking fast, Sakkakumon knows what he needs to do to avoid literally splatting the others.

Slide Evolution

Mercurymon

Thanks to his now much smaller body, the Steel Warrior manages to prevent his crash by grabbing onto the nearest thing, which happens to be Petaldramon's tail.

"I got you," said Petaldramon, pulling Mercurymon to safety.

BeoWolfmon, who manage to jump away to safety on time, looks at MetalSeadramon and said, "What's with this guy? I thought he was already tough enough as he was!"

"There's a very powerful negative energy coming out of him that wasn't present before," informs JagerLowemon, "It must have something to do with that strange energy earlier."

"Exactly," said MetalSeadramon, his eyes now glowing red, "the one responsible for bringing us back lend me some of his energy to finish my task."

"Who is this master of his?" Beetlemon asks to no one in particular as he helps Aldamon to the ground.

"I think I know," Aldamon said, getting the other Warrior's attention.

"I'm not surprise," said MetalSeadramon, launching another attack that collapses the cliff where five of them are located, causing them to tumble down to the ground with the other three quickly rushing to their side, "After all, he is someone you are familiar with along with your other companions."

"I knew it," growls Aldamon.

"Takuya, what he talking about?" asks Gigasmon.

"I would like to know too," agrees Korikakumon, "This is the second time we heard about this true master, and it seems like you know who this is."

"Later," said Aldamon, gently moving away from Beetlemon's grip, "right now we have to stop him."

Solar Wind Destroyer

Aldamon launch a giant fireball towards MetalSeadramon, but to everyone's shock the attack extinguish before it could even get close!

"What?!" gasps Aldamon.

MetalSeadramon let out a laugh before explaining, "With this new power flowing through me, any attack that's the opposite will be destroyed before it could get close, which in this case is Fire."

"Well then it's a good thing we have more than just Fire attacks," said Petaldramon.

Leaf Cyclone

But despite that the attack hits the mark, MetalSeadramon seems unfazed by it and knocks the move away like it's nothing!

"It's not just the opposite, but also any moves I made contact just before the transformation," said MetalSeadramon.

"Then how about a move you weren't hit with?" asks Beetlemon, just as he's surrounded by a cocoon of data.

Slide Evolution

MetalKabuterimon

Electron Canon

The attack head towards MetalSeadramon, but it didn't do a thing either!

"Oh did I forget to mention that it's the TYPE similar to the moves which I'm immune to?" asks MetalSeadramon in a mockery tone.

"That's just great," groans MetalKabuterimon, clearly disappointed by the new info.

"None of you going to make a move?" asks MetalSeadramon, "Then I will!"

River of Chaos

The same attack which knocks Sakkakumon away earlier was launched, hitting all of the boys before any of them could defend or get away! The blast was so bad that it destroys the cliff, causing a landslide to crash on them so quickly that none of them have a chance to dodge.

"Guys no!" gasps Tanya, just as she notice MetalSeadramon moving closer to the rubble.

The Mega swats the rubble away with his tail, revealing the 8 Warriors converted back, covered in bruises with their Digimon partners just as injured in their In-Training forms.

"Are you guys alright?" DemiBayumon asks in concern.

"Somehow, yeah," groans Shinya before noticing an unconscious Takuya right in front of him with said Warrior's body surrounded by a ring of data and couldn't help extend his hand to touch it, "What the-?"

"Don't touch it!"

That snaps Shinya away from the ring and pulls back his hand, looking at Tommy who was the one that shouts out just now.

"I see I managed to knock his fractal code out of him like I intended," smirks MetalSeadramon, getting close to absorb the data!

But the Mega suddenly stops when a small spark of flame hits him right at his face. Looking at the source, there standing before Takuya is a shaking Embermon.

"I won't let you kill my partner!" cries Embermon, struggling to hide his own pain.

"Ha!" mocks MetalSeadramon, "What can a measly In-Training do against me?"

"He won't, but I will," said Zoe as she gently pushes herself away from Tanya to stand before the boys, she and DemiBayumon glaring directly at the Mega.

"So, you manage to survive," said MetalSeadramon, "No matter, I can still finish what I started before completing my task."

"We'll see about that," Zoe said, noticing Takuya's fractal code's disappearing before she absorbs DemiBayumon into her D-Tector.

Execute, Beast Spirit Evolution!

Zephyrmon

Hurricane Gale

The Wind Beast spreads her wings and zooms directly towards MetalSeadramon with one of her claws drawn out. She slices the tail with all of her might, causing the Mega to flinch.

"Wait, I thought all of our moves are useless against him now that he's immune to all of our types," points out Tanya.

"No, not all of them," said Koichi, looking directly at Tanya, "MetalSeadramon's not immune to Wind and Water since he wasn't exposed to them just before changing."

After Koji finish his explanation, Tanya gasps silently before looking down at her D-Tector in thought, with Rainmon noticing this and looks at her partner sadly. That's when an explosion could be heard from the fight. Zephyrmon flies down slightly and nods at Koji and JP, who quickly but carefully carry Takuya away just as the fractal code surrounding the Flame Warrior disappears.

Zephyrmon sees this and sighs before suddenly dodging another one of MetalSeadramon's attacks and strikes back.

"Not bad," said MetalSeadramon, "but not good enough."

River of Chaos

Zephyrmon manage to dodge, but her speed is slower than usual due to her still recovering injuries. Unfortunately MetalSeadramon sees this and attacks again, hitting directly at her right wing.

"ZOE!" cries Tanya, subconsciously clutching her D-Tector tighter as Zephyrmon's getting a beat down.

That's when Tanya felt someone else holding her D-Tector and sees Rainmon looking at her with determination and concern. Tanya looks deep in her partner's eyes as the same determination fills inside of her.

"Don't worry," said Rainmon with a knowing smile, "We're way better than how I was before."

That got Tanya smiling, just as a blue flash of light shot out of the Water Warrior's D-Tector and grabbing everyone's attention. Both Tanya and Rainmon lift the D-Tector and notice something on the screen that slightly change as the light grows brighter. Tanya smiles at what she sees, just as Rainmon's absorbed into the device and the Human now has a lot more confidence in what she has to do next.

Execute, Beast Spirit Evolution!

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Tanya?!" gasps Koichi, noticing his childhood friend's body's surrounded by the glow of the D-Tector.

Zephyrmon dodges another attack from MetalSeadramon and notice Tanya.

"What's going on?" Zoe asks from within Zephyrmon.

"Zoe, we need to grab her and drop her into the water!" said Bayumon's voice.

"What?!" gasps Zoe.

"JUST DO IT!" Bayumon shouts out.

Zephyrmon swiftly takes a nosedive and swoop Tanya up before dropping her into the water as the Digimon-half instructed. As soon as Tanya's in the water, a cocoon of data surrounds her body and it starts to get bigger until it reaches the same size as Zephyrmon for some reason.

Calmaramon

The newly evolved Water Beast jumps out of the water and everyone is surprise by how she looks like, especially for those that had seen her before since they remember the pervious Calmaramon was a squid version of Ursula.

But this new Calmaramon is beautiful!

Though the top half of her body is still the same as before, except for not having a heavy usage of makeup on her face and instead only wears eye mascara, the biggest change is her bottom half that gives her the more elegant look. It's still a squid body, except the design is now taking form of a mermaid's. There are tentacles coming from around Calmaramon's waist, but there are only four of them instead of eight. (AN)

"Is that…?" gasps Neonmon.

"Calmaramon's true form?" finishes Koji.

"Ha!" laughs MetalSeadramon, "You should have stayed with your bigger form. Now that you're smaller than before, you're nothing but a small bug waiting to be squashed!"

River of Chaos

Calmaramon swiftly dives into the water and dodge the move, surprising MetalSeadramon with her speed.

"Have you forgotten something with that big fat ego of yours?" asks Calmaramon as she resurfaces behind the Mega, "Sometimes the smallest things can bring a big surprise!"

Hydro Blast

Calmaramon lifts her hands forward; sending a strong blast of water directly towards MetalSeadramon and knocking said Mega back a bit from the shock.

"Wow," gasps Tommy, "she's in the same level as MetalSeadramon."

"Of course!" realizes Logamon, "Calmaramon's the Warrior of Water, so she gets a big boost just being in her element!"

Upon hearing this, Zoe inside Zephyrmon thinks, 'So this is why Bayumon told me to place Tanya in the water before she turns into Calmaramon.'

"Very clever for you to figure that out," said MetalSeadramon, "but that's not going to change anything! I will still finish all of you all!"

"We'll see about that!" argues Calmaramon as she dives back into the water to avoid getting hit with MetalSeadramon's tail.

MetalSeadramon dives after her, chasing Calmaramon through the many debris leftovers from the recent seaquakes. But due to his larger size, MetalSeadramon's having a hard time catching up to Calmaramon, who purposely pass through the debris through the smaller paths and easily sneak a few attacks while hiding from the Mega's view.

River of Chaos

The blast launch destroys the many obstacles in the way, clearing a path for MetalSeadramon to go through. Once the path's cleared, MetalSeadramon notice Calmaramon's gone!

Acid Ink

Calmaramon unleash a strong blast of ink from her hands this time instead of her mouth like her previous form. The attack made contact, getting MetalSeadramon's attention upwards to where the Warrior's located.

MetalSeadramon immediately chase after Calmaramon, who swim as fast as she can to the surface. The two Water Digimons swim so fast that when they resurface, both of them are in the air!

"Now Zephyrmon!" said Calmaramon.

Plasma Pods

The attack made contact, breaking a small amount of MetalSeadramon's armor. But the small break also reveals the Mega's weak spot underneath!

"Let's finish this off!" suggests Zephyrmon, with Calmaramon nodding in agreement.

Hurricane Gale

Hydro Blast

The two blasts of energy combine to become one, hitting MetalSeadramon directly at the weak spot with a lot more damage than the ones he got before! The force of the attacks causes the fractal code to appear around MetalSeadramon's body.

"Is that-?" Calmaramon ask to no one in particular before suddenly knowing what needs to be done.

Slide Evolution!

Ranamon

"You've been a very bad snake," said Ranamon, holding her D-Tector in her hand, "Let this device purify your soul like a river over stone. Fractal Code! Digitize!"

The Mega disappears as his code's scanned before a Digi-Egg appears and flies off. As soon as all of the code's stored into the blue D-Tector, Ranamon converts into an exhausted Tanya and Lausemon, whom Zephyrmon quickly catch before landing on KingWhamon's back. Koichi carefully help Tanya to stand before the Wind Beast turns back into Zoe with DemiBayumon in her arms.

"Hey, you're alright?" Koichi asks, helping Tanya to balance herself properly.

"Y-Yeah, just give me a sec," reassures Tanya,

"Good job girls," a voice said, turning the girls' attention to the source, which is Takuya being supported by both JP and Richard.

"Takuya," gasps Zoe, "you feeling alright?"

"I'm fine, just very sore," admits Takuya, "but man do you girls kick MetalSeadramon hard."

"Actually Tanya and Lausemon deserves most of the credit," said DemiBayumon, looking at where the two Water Warriors are located, "After all, they did manage to gain their confidence back."

Suddenly a light shot out of Tanya's D-Tector, blinding everyone's vision. When the light dies down, everyone hears a glass shattering noise before a beeping noise follows coming from all ten D-Tectors. They take out their respective Digivices and notice the screen shows 10 purple dots that are their own signals, with 7 gold ones coming from deep within the forest next to the beach they first arrived in the Digital World.

"Hey, looks like we can track the others now," said JP.

"If I remember correctly, isn't the gold signal's the Xros Loader's?" asks Tommy.

"It is," confirms Takuya.

"KingWhamon, can you take us back to the beach?" asks Koji.

"Of course," said the whale Digimon, "but I suggest all of you get some rest during the travel since it might take a while."

As KingWhamon starts to move, all ten Warriors decide to follow the whale Digimon's suggestion and recover their energy. After getting her injuries checked, Tanya is leaning against a tree, watching the wide ocean before her in awe with Lausemon in her arms. Picking up her D-Tector, a genuine smile forms on her face upon remembering the confidence boost she'd gotten as the new Calmaramon.

"Tanya?"

Said girl looks at her partner that calls out to her, who's staring at the human with a smile of her own, "We did good, didn't we?"

Mirroring her partner's smile, Tanya replies, "Yes, we have."

Koichi and Necromon are both hiding nearby, smiling upon seeing the confident look the two Water Warriors have on their faces.

But completely unaware of the others, Takuya and Embermon are having a conversation about what they notice of MetalSeadramon's new form.

"No doubt it's got to be him," Takuya said with a glare.

"Should we tell the others?" asks Embermon, which Takuya shook his head no.

"We'll tell them when we're with Taichi and the others," said Takuya, "I think it's best to tell them when all of us are together. We're going to meet up with Taiki and Tagiru first, but hopefully it won't take long to find the rest."

Embermon nods in agreement, both Flame Warriors hoping to find the other Heroes before it's too late.

(^_^)(-_-)

With MetalSeadramon out of the way and the least confident of the new Warriors getting the boost needed, it's time for them to find the others that are out there.

Whew is this chapter long, and sorry that the battle scene's not great. But what are Takuya and his partner hiding from the other Warriors? And what kind of situation the team they're going to reunite first is in? Find out next time.

(AN) Calmaramon's new design can be seen here (remove the spaces) - mcn51fj. deviantart art/ Digimon- Frontier- Calmaramon- 368920124

Until then, see ya!