The heroes continued to make their way to the Primary Village to stop Ripley and Lewej as well as the computer virus. So far, they’ve been able to keep their new ally Josh and his partner Keramon a safe distance from Tai, who didn’t trust them. Hoping to get some enlightenment, Twilight spoke up.
“So, How much further until we reach the Primary Village?”
“Not to long.” Leomon assured as Applebloom rode on his shoulder. “We just need to pass a couple locations and we’ll arrive.”
“Least we’re out of the desert.” Gamer sighed.
“Indeed. Hopefully, we don’t deal with anymore Digimon like Deltamon.” Rarity breathed while she and Sweetie Belle rode on Ogremon.
“Yeah, but when been to the Digital World, outside of being possessed or made from Control Spires, Digimon we’ve met are pretty nice.” Davis assured.
“Or controlled by Black Gears.” Agumon remembered.
Soon, they all arrived at a small town. They looked around to see a lot of toys around.
“Look at all the toys!” Scootaloo awed.
“So. Many!” Mikey grinned.
“Oh look at that! Look at that!” Pinkie gasped pointing at every toy that passed by them.
Love Shine looked around and saw a couple Digimon around though not any of them were baby leveled. “A couple Digimon here, though none of them are babies.”
“Is this the Primary Village?” Fluttershy asked.
“Nope. This’s Toy Town. Think of it as an amusement park.” T.K. explained.
“Great.” Raph groaned, feeling uncomfortable.
“I think this is relaxing.” Shine Boy smiled as a train drove, carrying a bored Night Shine.
“And above all, FUN!” Pinkie cheered as she grabbed a bouncy ball.
“This is amazing.” Josh whispered.
“I wonder if they have a concession stand around here?” Bebop pondered.
“That be nice.” Shine Girl agreed.
“Hopefully they got doggie treats.” Spike added.
“Or ice cream.” Starlight smiled.
“Or Cotton candy!” Pinkie cheered as she bounced on the ball.
“How about cotton candy flavored treats?” Gomamon suggested.
“Ooo that be even better.” Spike grinned.
“That is biggest teddy bear I have ever seen!” Everyone looked at where Rocksteady pointed. Walking up to them was a giant yellow teddy bear with a bandage on his belly carrying a bunch of balloons.
“Is that a Digimon?” Sunset asked wide eyed.
“It is! It’s our friend Monzaemon!” Mimi smiled.
“Welcome to Toy Town! It is good to see you all again!” Monzaemon smiled at the Digidestined before noticing the Ninjas and Rainbooms. “And a big welcome to your friends. Would you like a balloon?”
Still bouncing, Pinkie accepted one of the balloons Monzaemon offered. “Thank you!”
“That’s mighty kind of you.” Applejack thanked as each of the CMCs accepted a balloon as well.
“It has been a long time since we’ve seen you last.” Sora said.
Monzaemon nodded. “Yes it has. Not since you left File Island. The last thing I remember was Toy Town was being destroyed when The Dark Masters took over and was attacked. Then I remember a bright light and then Machinedramon destroyed me.”
T.K. and Sora looked at each other in concern. Their friend didn’t remember he was WaruMonzaemon enslaving blob Digimon called Numemon and was defeated by them and Kari. But decided not to tell him.
“So, how’d you guys meet?” Casey asked.
Tai explained. “Well, when we did meet, he was controlled by a Black Gear and he used his Hearts attack to capture us and brainwash us to play with his toys.”
“Palmon and I were fortunate enough to escape thanks to these sludge Digimon called Numemon.”
“Well, that sounds inviting. What is this Numemon like?” Shini asked Mimi.
“A little disgusting but they’re really not so bad. Anyway, Palmon learned to digivolve to Togemon and knock that Black Gear, turning him into a lovable bear he really is.”
Bebop whispered to Rocksteady. “Y’know, I’m almost tempted to bring little Flurry Heart here when babysit her again.”
“Da. Baby pony would love Town of Toys.”
“You sure have some great toys around here.” Mikey complimented.
“Thank you. Since we rebuilt, we’ve been expanding.”
Then, near Monzaemon walked up a group of new Digimon. They looked like building blocks built to look like Agumon.
“Meet ToyAgumon. They’re Rookie type Puppet Digimon that resemble Agumon. Despite being cowardly and its blocks fall apart into pieces when it is surprised, they possess righteous hearts that don't condone evil. Also, they absolutely love children and have been helping me around Toy Town.”
“Hello.” Greeted the ToyAgumon to the group. Fluttershy walked up petted one.
“Aren’t you all so adorable.” She cooed.
Other ToyAgumon walked up to greet the group. As Keramon shook hands with one, he did notice Tai grimaced at his direction. He was interrupted by Night Shine who smacked his shoulder.
“Everything okay here?” he glared at the Digidestined leader.
“Yeah.” Tai mumbled before walking away.
Unconvinced, Night Shine glared at his distance before he scoffed away.
Monzaemon then spoke up again. “So, will you all be staying here a while?”
“We’d love to, but I’m afraid we’re on a mission and need to get going.” Leo admitted.
“It’s okay. I understand. Maybe I can help.” Monzaemon offered. “I can use my Hearts Attack to float you all closer to where you’re going.”
“Sounds good to me.” Shine Boy nodded.
“We appreciate it.” Sunset smiled.
Ogremon however blinked. “Uh I don’t know-”
“Also, I’d like to give you all some parting gifts.” Monzaemon presented a couple ToyAgumon walking up with trays of ice cream cones for everyone.
“Wow! Thanks!” Yolei grinned as she accepted her cone.
“These look good.” Shine Girl smiled.
“I’ll go grab Pinkie.” Rainbow turned to see Pinkie right next to her. “What the-? When did you-?”
“He had me at ice cream.” The party girl shrugged as she took a cone.
“Thank you very much, Monzaemon.” Starlight thanked.
“You are all very welcome. Now, are you all ready?”
After checking with everyone, who all mentioned they were ready while Ogremon still looked unsure, Shine Boy and Leo nodded.
“HEARTS ATTACK!” Monzaemon blasted out heart shaped bubbles from his belly. The bubbles each scooped up each of the group and started to float up.
“Hey! This is fun!” Applebloom laughed as she floated up.
“Isn’t it great?” Mimi smiled.
“I haven’t been this happy since the last convention I went to!” Gamer admitted.
“I love it!” April grinned while Donnie blushed seeing her float.
Ogremon tried to avoid the bubble. “I don’t need it! I’m better walking!” he complained. But the bubble caught up to him and scooped him up with the others. “Oh well. At least the food is good on the flight.” He huffed as he ate some of his cone.
“Oh, how I wish I’d brought Ice Cream Kitty with us.” Mikey hummed.
“Or Chompy.” Raph added, equally happy.
Monzaemon waved them goodbye. “Good luck, my friends and good luck!”
“Bye now! And thanks!” Twilight waved back.
“I hope we come back again.” Sweetie Belle smiled.
“Maybe before we go home.” Rarity promised her sister.
“Onward!” Davis grinned as they continued to float on.
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After floating for a while, the group descended down to a small village as the heart bubbles began to pop. Thankfully, they were near the ground so no one dropped dangerously.
“Well, that was fun.” Karai smiled.
“It’s nice to have friends like that.” Shine Boy added.
“Looks like it.” Josh agreed.
Rocksteady looked up to try to catch Ogremon, who was a little high up, only for him to land on Bebop instead.
“Those bubbles always seem to pop on me so quick!” the Digimon huffed.
“Not as bad as the landing.” Groaned Bebop as Starlight and Love Shine came and helped him up.
“That was very nice of Monzaemon for the lift and ice cream.” Applebloom smiled.
Mikey looked around at the village. “Where are we now?”
“This wouldn’t happen to be the Primary Village yo?” Casey asked.
“Not exactly, Casey.” Chirped Biyomon. “This place is actually special, especially to me.” She then called out. “Hello! Anybody home?”
Just then, from the village came tiny creatures that looked like pink radishes who were jumping for joy at the sight of Biyomon and cheered. “Biyomon! You’re here!”
“Hello, everyone!” Biyomon greeted as they embraced her. While the Digidestined greeted them as well, the Ninjas and Rainbooms and the others looked surprised.
“They look like radishes.” Gamer pointed out.
“Better keep them away from Mikey. He might eat them.” Joked Raph.
“I would not!” Mikey protested. “Besides, Radishes are too spicy for me.”
Suddenly, they got knocked over by Fluttershy who ran up to the radishes with wide eyes.
“They’re so cute!” she picked up one up and cuddled with it. “What are these little guys?”
Izzy explained. “They’re Yokomon. They’re the In-Training form of Biyomon. They’re friends of Biyomon and the first friends we made in the Digital World.”
“Okay! Back up!” Everyone looked over to Night Shine. “You’re telling me that Biyomon used to be… one of them?”
After a brief moment of silence, Agumon spoke up. “Uh yeah?”
“Digimon are weird.” Night Shine mumbled as he walked away.
Josh turned to Gamer. “Ain’t he a ray of sunshine.”
“My friend, I can tell you stories.” Gamer deadpanned.
Shine Boy spoke to the Yokomon. “You’ll have to forgive him. He’s always that way with everyone he meets.”
“So how’d you guys met?” Spike asked.
As the Yokomon explained, Keramon was meeting a couple of them who greeted him warmly, unaware that Tai looked at him in a suspicious look. Then, Shine Boy and April stood in front of him, staring at him telling to not go near him. His only response was turning away.
“It was our second day in the Digital World when we came here.” Sora explained.
“Shortly after, Meramon was freaking out drying up our lake and well.” A Yokomon explained.
“Probably a dumb question. But who’s Meramon?” Rainbow raised a brow.
“Would he be that guy on fire over there?”
Everyone looked over to where Love Shine pointed to. There, walking down the side of the hill was a tall figure that literally was on fire. He was walking towards the village.
“Yep. That be him.” Ogremon confirmed.
“Hey Meramon!” T.K. greeted.
“Digidestined! Good to see you again!” Meramon smiled. “You too, Leomon. Ogremon.”
“Good to see you too, old friend.” Leomon grinned.
Keno whispered to Cody. “Is he always on fire?”
“Yeah.” Cody nodded.
“It has been a long time!” Joe added.
“Indeed! After the battle with The Dark Masters, I pretty went back to my regular life. When I heard about the Digimon Emperor, I kept guarding the Yokomon should he try to conquer them.”
“I remember fighting a bunch of Meramon controlled by the Digimon Emperor in a fire pit location.” Davis recalled.
Meramon nodded. “Ah yes! Those guys were my cousins. We usually come together for barbeques. I even heard one of them became a partner to another Digidestined.”
“We met him.” Izzy confirmed. “He and his partner Mina were trying to escort wild Digimon across the border from India to Hong Kong. Kari and I with the help of a trio of brothers helped them get pass the Chinese army peacefully.”
“And helped as well against MaloMyotismon.” Kari added.
“So what happened the day you met?” Karai asked.
Sora chuckled. “Right sorry. You see, like we mentioned earlier, Meramon was going berserk drying up the lake and all.”
“It was because a black gear hit my chest. And trust me it was VERY uncomfortable.” Meramon added, unaware of Mikey raising a marshmallow on a stick to him before Raph pulled him away. Shortly after, Night Shine tried the same with a hot dog before Karai pulled him away.
“That was the day Biyomon first digivolved into Birdramon for the first time. She was able to get rid of the black gear and Meramon was back to normal.”
“It wasn’t long until we got our water back, so everything was fine.” A Yokomon spoke up.
“I can understand completely about having trouble with black gears.” Leomon nodded.
Applejack spoke up. “Well as fun as it was meeting you all, but we need to start heading to the Primary Village if we’re to beat our enemies and stop this virus.”
“Yeah, she’s right.” Davis agreed.
“Okay. I’m just sorry I can’t help you guys.” Meramon sighed.
Fluttershy walked up. “Protecting these Yokomon is really helpful. That is all we can ask for.”
Meramon blushed before quickly shook it off. “O-of course.”
Mimi whispered to Rarity. “I like how she wins friends over like that.”
“That’s Fluttershy for you.” The fashionist chuckled.
“Let’s get going.” Leo spoke up.
“This way, everyone.” Leomon began to lead the group through a forest.
Shine Boy waved to the Yokomon and Meramon. “Bye now! Nice meeting you!”
“Good luck, my friends!” Meramon waved back.
“Good luck!” The Yokomon chirped as they made their leave.
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As they continued their way, Donnie was writing in a notebook as he walked next to April. Izzy and Tentomon weren’t far behind.
“Whatcha working on, Donatello?” The digital bug asked.
“Oh nothing much. Just notes I’ve been taking about Digimon since I’ve worked with Andromon from last time.”
“Interesting.” April smiled.
“Could I see?” Izzy asked. Donnie handed his notebook to him and after looking at a couple pages, he handed it back. “Prodigious! You got some great theories and knowledge in here.”
“Thanks. Hope it can come in handy sometime.” Donnie smiled.
Shortly after, as they continued, everyone began to feel cold as they began to see snow everywhere.
“Is it just me or did it get colder all the sudden?” Rainbow asked, rubbing her arms.
“Good. It’s not just me.” Josh shivered.
Leomon spoke up. “We just need to pass this snowy area to get to the Primary Village.”
“Why couldn’t we all get sweaters with our wardrobes?” Muttered Applebloom.
“Chill, Bloom. The cold never hurt anyone.” Mikey grinned.
Twilight raised a brow. “Hypothermia would beg to differ.”
“Chill he said.” Scootaloo huffed.
“Not to worry. Pinkie and I came prepared.” Rarity spoke up as she pulled out her backpack and pulled out some blankets while Pinkie pulled a giant stack from hers.
“We have enough for everyone!” Pinkie grinned.
“I have something extra to help.” Joe took out his bag and pulled out heat packs. “I should have more than enough heat packs for everyone.”
“Good old Reliable Joe!” Chuckled Tai as they passed everything out.
“Always there when you need him.” Matt added.
“Same with Rarity and Pinkie.” Twilight added.
When Rarity walked up to Shine Boy, he already had his cape over his shoulders. “Got my cape, but thanks anyway.” He politely thanked.
“My pleasure, darling.” Rarity smiled as she gave a blanket to Gamer who accepted.
As Yolei put her blanket on her shoulders, she looked over to Ken who hadn’t got a blanket yet. She thought about sharing hers with him. She began to walk up to him and was about to ask when-
“Here you go, Ken!” Pinkie popped up and handed him a blanket.
“Thanks, Pinkie.” Ken thanked as he draped it over his shoulders and picked up Wormmon to have him be warm too. He then noticed Yolei near him. “You need something, Yolei?”
Yolei quickly shook it off. “Oh no! everything’s fine!” she hurried back a bit with her face bright red. As she looked away pouting, Hawkmon walked up to her.
“Another failed attempt?” he asked coyly.
Yolei shot him a look before sighing in defeat. “Yes.”
Hawkmon mumbled. “Third time this week.”
Meanwhile, Joe continued to hand out hand warmers. He gave a couple to Bebop and Rocksteady.
“Thanks, Joe!” Bebop thanked.
“You’re welcome.” Joe smiled before turning to Rocksteady. “You sure that one is enough for you, Rocksteady?”
“Da. My skin tough plus one be warm enough. Thank you, comrade.”
“My pleasure.” Joe nodded before walking up to Josh and handed him one too. “Here you go, Josh. I have one for you, too.”
“Oh thanks, Joe.” Josh gleamed.
Sunset and Leo smiled at the sight, but looked over to Tai, who thankfully wasn’t paying attention.
Soon, Everyone, minus a few, had a had a blanket and hand warmer. Leomon had his fur so he didn’t need one. Love Shine had his suit. Fugitoid was climate controlled. Night Shine was better off with his jacket. Soon, they were trekking along the snowy trail.
“Too bad we’re not dressed right.” Sweetie Belle shivered. “I would’ve wanted to build a snowman.”
“How about a snow-mon?” Veemon asked.
“I could do that.”
“I’d join in too, but unfortunately we have a mission to do.” Davis reminded.
“Yeah I know. I know.” Sighed Sweetie Belle.
Mikey blinked at something. “Uh don’t look now, Sweetie Belle, but I think your snowman is walking this way.”
Everyone looked over where Mikey was looking and saw a giant snowman walking up to them. He as shaped like a bear with red buttons on him.
“Wow. Ask and you shall receive.” Sweetie grinned.
Tai spoke up. “Everyone, this is Frigimon. He’s another friend of ours.”
“Hi everyone!” Frigimon greeted.
“Nice to meet you.” Shine Boy smiled.
“Good to see you, old friend.” Leomon nodded.
“Good to see you too, Leomon.” Frigimon then turned to Ogremon. “And you too, Ogremon.”
“Hey. How’s it hanging?” Ogremon spoke.
“Whoa. A talking snowman.” Mikey awed.
“How original.” Muttered Night Shine.
“Would it kill you to be nice for once?” Karai scolded him.
“Almost had a heart attack last time I was generous.”
Karai glared at him. “Was that a joke?”
“Partially.” Night Shine walked off.
“So how’d you guys meet this guy?” Raph asked.
Tai spoke up. “I was the first. You see, After Devimon separated us, Agumon and I encountered Frigimon who was also affected by a black gear.”
“Despite not having enough energy, I was able to knock off the black gear with help from Tai.” Agumon added.
“Frigimon said he saw another kid nearby and it led us to Matt and Gabumon.”
Matt took up after Tai. “I was freezing to death. Thankfully, Gabumon kept me warm with his fur. It resulted in him getting a cold.”
“I’d say it was worth it.” Gabumon smiled.
Sunset blinked for a second. “Wait! You actually took off your fur?”
“I did. I don’t usually do but I had to help Matt. Please don’t ask to-” Gabumon was interrupted by Sunset waving her hands.
“Whoa whoa it’s okay! No one’s asking you to take it off!”
As Gabumon sighed in relief, Matt continued. “When Tai found us, we didn’t greet each other well. You see, back in the day, I always questioned Tai’s leadership resulting in us fighting with each other.”
“Sounds familiar.” Twilight looked over Leo and Raph. While Leo nodded, Raph raised a brow.
“What?”
Matt continued. “Well, to be honest, I was worried about T.K., but I still could’ve still handled it better. Our fighting caught the attention of another Digimon.”
“And who would that be?” Starlight asked.
Then, as if answering her question, walking up to them was a big hairy Digimon that looked like a stubby bigfoot.
“Everyone, this is Mojyamon. He’s a good friend of mine.” Frigimon introduced.
“Hey Digidestined! Long time no see!” Mojyamon smiled. “And friends of the Digidestined.”
Fluttershy went wide eyed and ran to hug Mojyamon by the leg. This surprised the hairy Digimon. “Affectionate, isn’t she?”
“You’ll have to forgive her. She’s very passionate about any creature furry.” Applejack explained.
As Fluttershy respectfully released him, Matt continued where he left off. “Anyway, Mojyamon was also possessed by a black gear. Luckily, Frigimon brought herbs to heal Gabumon and, with teamwork, we freed Mojyamon.”
“I was unfortunately unable to help against the Dark Masters. Plus, I was controlled by The Digimon Emperor in capturing Davis and Veemon here.”
Ken walked up Mojyamon. “I’m really sorry about that.”
Mojyamon patted his shoulder. “Thanks, pal. I bet you can teach that Digimon Emperor some manners.”
Everyone blinked realizing he didn’t know Ken was The Digimon Emperor. Clearing his throat, Ken spoke. “Well, he won’t be bothering you anymore. This I promise.”
“Well, that’s a relief!” Mojyamon breathed. “Anyway, what are you guys up to?”
“We’re heading to The Primary Village to stop villains who may be the cause of a virus that’s threatening our worlds.” Leo explained.
“Must be dangerous!” Mojyamon gasped.
“You guys are more than welcome to join us if you like.” Sunset offered.
“I appreciate it, but I can’t. my cousins need to be ready should these enemies come around here.” Frigimon pointed to a hill. There, more Frigimon were building forts like a village.
“And I’m keeping an eye on those guys.” Everyone looked to where Mojyamon was pointing. There, hanging by a lake, were these orange and yellow creatures with fins and flippers.
“What are those?” Josh asked.
“Those are Gizamon. Despite being timid at times, they can be very vicious and territorial.”
“Don’t I know it.” Gomamon mumbled, remembering getting clobbered by them trying to save them from the Digimon Emperor.
“Then we better let them be.” Shine Boy figured.
“Agreed. They would probably appreciate it if we do leave them be.” Fluttershy agreed.
“So, do you protect them, Mojyamon? Or keep them in line?” April asked.
“A bit of both. They’re not so bad as long as they’re not disturbed or disturbing.”
“However, we can escort you all to the other side since you’re all heading to the Primary Village.”
“I don’t see any problem with that.” Leo looked at Shine Boy, Sunset, and Karai, who all nodded in agreement.
“Same.” Karai agreed.
“I’m good with that.” Sunset added.
“Everyone else agreed?” Shine Boy asked the group, who shared their agreement. Night Shine just thumbed up.
“We would really appreciate that.” Leomon smiled.
“Great! I love to get to know new people.” Frigimon gleamed as picked up Sweetie Belle and placed her on his shoulder.
“Thank you.” The CMC smiled.
Applebloom whispered to Scootaloo. “Looks like Sweetie Belle made a new friend.”
“Can’t blame her. He seems to be a nice Digimon.” Scootaloo nodded.
“Alright then! Let’s go!” Mojyamon spoke up and the two led the group through the snowy path.
To Be Continued