The Tomboy of Digidestined

Outside Whamon's stomach, the whale Digimon held his breath and soon, all the kids and their Digimon burst out of his blowhole, and landed on top of Whamon in a heap, along with pieces of their now destroyed raft.

"Ugh, that was weird," Taichi groaned, as he rubbed his head, before he helped Sora to her feet.

"I agree," Yamato said with a nod, as he helped Takeru up.

"Should have figured this was an option, since he's a whale," Koushiro said, as he and Jo got up.

"I just hope that we never have to do that again," Agumon said, as the Digimon got up.

"I'm just glad there was a third option to get out of there. Are you ok, Sakuya?" Mimi asked, as she got up and soon froze, as she saw she was on top of Sakuya.

"Shame! Shame!" Impmon yelled with a grin, as he wagged his finger at them.

"Eep!" Mimi yelled as she blushed brightly, before she jumped away from Sakuya as she got up.

Sakuya didn't react to this, but frowned mentally as she didn't want Mimi to not like being around her.

"Are you all OK?" Whamon asked curiously.

"Yea, we're fine Mr Whamon sir!" Sora yelled.

"We lost our raft though," Yamato said.

"Yea, but we still have our food supplies though, thankfully," Sakuya said, as she gestured to the backpacks of food nearby.

"Who are you all? I haven't seen humans before," Whamon said, as he sat in the ocean.

(One explanation later)

Moments later, everyone had explained the situation to him.

"Ah, a new group of Digidestined eh?" Whamon asked them, as he swam with them on his back.

"Yup, and we already beat Devimon back on File Island," Taichi said with a grin.

"And we're hoping to reach server, so that we can deal with the evil Digimon there," Yamato said, as he sat down.

"So we can go home!" Takeru said, as he nodded.

"Devimon? I recall seeing him a while back," Whamon said, getting their attention.

"You did? What was he doing?" Koushiro asked curiously

"Hmmmm. I seem to remember that he was leaving this underground cave. He seemed to be in a rush to leave something there, and make sure he wasn't seen," Whamon explained.

"If I knew that moron, he was probably hiding the tags there," Impmon said with a grin at Sakuya.

"Makes sense to me," Sakuya said as she nodded, as she recalled Gennai saying Devimon had hidden them somewhere.

"Can you please take us there, Mr Whamon?" Takeru asked him.

"Of course I can. But you will have to be in my mouth, since it's an underwater cave," Whamon said.

"Well, at least it won't be your stomach again," Taichi said with a weak grin, trying to be funny.

"Ok, let's head for this underwater cave. And after that, can you take us to server, Mr Whamon?" Sora asked the whale Digimon kindly.

"No problem. I owe you all for getting rid of the Black Gear inside me. This is the least I can do," Whamon said happily as he swam more, than ready to help them.

(Later in a cave)

Inside a massive cave, there was a lot of water where Whamon had surfaced and opened his mouth, as he let out the Digidestined and their Digimon.

"Gah. No offense, but you need a breath mint, big guy," Sakuya groaned, as they all piled out of the whale's mouth.

"Be nice, he's the only ride we have," Sora said, as she frowned at Sakuya,

"It's quite alright. I find her honesty charming actually," Whamon said with a chuckle.

"Ok, we will all head in. We will be back soon Whamon," Taichi said to the group and their ride.

Whamon nodded at this, ready to wait for them, while they investigated the cave.

The group all walked deeper into the cave, and after a few moments, they soon spotted what looked like a big building.

"A convenience store?" Yamato asked, finding this odd.

"What's that Yamato?" Gabumon asked curiously.

"It's basically a shop where you can buy food, drinks and other stuff," Yamato replied.

"Score! Please have some ramen cups!" Sakuya yelled, as she ran towards the convenience store.

"Oi, wait for me!" Impmon yelled, as he ran after her.

"Oh, do you suppose that they'll have some mineral water?" Mimi asked curiously, as the others followed after them.

"We need to focus on finding whatever Devimon hid down here, not on—" Sora was saying, before she was cut off.

"Hey cuz, they have chocolate in here!" Sakuya yelled from inside the store.

"CHOCOLATE!" Sora yelled, as she took off after Sakuya. "Don't eat it, or I'll take away your ramen!"

"If Mom can't do it, what chance do you have?!" Sakuya yelled, as she was heard laughing, before they heard a crash and Sakuya yelling in pain.

"Let's go save Sakuya, before Sora kills her," Taichi said, as he sweatdropped at this.

"Why?" Yamato asked with a smirk.

"Oh, shut up," Mimi said with a frown at this, as they all approached the store.

This made some of them pause in surprise at this.

"Wow, Mimi never says shut up," Takeru said with wide eyes.

"Yeah, she's usually more… ladylike, I guess?" Koushiro said with a shrug.

"My mom gets like that sometimes," Jo said with a shudder.

"Most lady Digimon have mean streaks, if their mates are threatened," Agumon said.

Mimi paused at this and blushed, before she shook her head rapidly to compose herself.

"So, does that mean Palmon and Impmon are into each other?" Patamon asked curiously.

"Me?! With him?! Don't even joke about that!" Palmon yelled, clearly not amused.

"Okay, we won't—Oh God, a giant spider Digimon is trying to eat Impmon!" Taichi yelled out, pointing at the shop.

Palmon instantly whipped out her vines, but surprised everyone as she grabbed Taichi's leg and pulled hard, making him trip.

"Oi! What's your deal?!" Taichi asked with a groan, as he rubbed the back of his head.

"I'm not an idiot, so don't think you can mess with me!" Palmon yelled at Taichi.

"Keep it down. We don't know if there is an enemy Digimon—" Koushiro was saying, before the cave started to shake.

"Everyone inside!" Yamato yelled, pointing at the store.

Everyone ran into the store and took cover, as what looked like a giant mole, with a drill for a nose appeared.

"What is that thing?" Mimi asked Palmon as they all hid behind some shelves, where Sora, Biyomon, Sakuya and Impmon were. Sora's mouth was covered in chocolate, and Sakuya was on the ground, with a lump on her head.

"That's Drimogemon, he's a tunneling Digimon," Tentomon explained, as the Digimon roared and approached the store.

"Looks like he's got a Black Gear making him cranky," Taichi said, as he pointed at the drill Digimon's belly, which had a Black Gear sticking out of his stomach.

"Devimon most likely had him here to guard whatever he left here," Sora said, after swallowing the chocolate in her mouth.

"Well, we need an opening to destroy the Black Gear," Koushiro said as the store shook.

"Gomamon, let's match him drill to drill!" Jo yelled at his partner, as he held up his Digivice.

"You got it Jo!" Gomamon said, as he smiled and nodded as Jo's Digivice glowed.

"Gomamon Digivolve to… Ikkakumon!"

Ikkakumon burst out of the front of the store, and tackled Drimogemon, slamming him into the stone wall.

Drimogemon's drill on his head started to spin, as he tried to ram it at Ikkakumon, but he blocked it with his own horn.

"Let him have it Ikkakumon!" Jo yelled at his partner.

Ikkakumon nodded at this, before he dipped down and lifted Drimogemon onto his head, and threw him over his shoulder and slammed him onto his back.

"He's open! Go for the Black Gear!" Jo yelled out.

"Harpoon Torpedo!" Ikkakumon yelled, as he fired his horn at the Black Gear.

The attack struck its mark, destroying the Black Gear and making Drimogemon groan, as he shook his head a few times.

"Nice job with the wrestling move there, fluffy," Sakuya said as she got up while holding her head, since she was still woozy after Sora's attack.

Ikkakumon nodded at this, before he glowed and shrunk back down to Gomamon as Drimogemon tunneled his way out of the cave.

"What, no thank you? Rude," Mimi said with a frown at this, as she crossed her arms.

"Just be glad this was an easy fight Mimi," Koushiro said, as he shook his head at this.

"Yea. Now let's split up, and try to find what Devimon hid here," Sora said, as she nodded in agreement

"Someone should stick with Sora, so she isn't distracted by chocolate—oi!" Sakuya yelled as she ducked, avoiding a thrown can from Sora.

"Next one won't miss!" Sora yelled, as she glared at Sakuya.

"Hey guys, I found something!" Patamon yelled from the back of the store.

"If it's candy, I swear," Yamato said with a sigh.

"Maybe the creampuff found a distant cousin," Impmon said with a grin.

"This box looks different from everything else," Patamon said, as he flew over while carrying a box on his back.

Takeru took it and opened it, and when he looked inside, he smiled. "It's the tags!" he yelled happily, as he tipped the box over causing the tags to fall out.

"One for each of us," Mimi said, as she took one and looked it over.

"Well, at least now we are all set for searching for the crests," Yamato said, as they all took a tag and put it on.

"Yeah, and we should get back to Whamon, before he starts to worry," Sora said with a nod of agreement, as the rest of them put the tags around their necks.

"You sure you don't want to finish the chocolate that's in this shop?" Impmon asked with a chuckle.

"Yea, I just hope your crush doesn't mind that you have a fat ass," Sakuya said with a snicker, before her and Impmon started to laugh madly.

Sora's eyebrow started to twitch at this, as she started to growl.

The others noticed this, as they moved away from Sakuya and Impmon and headed out of the shop.

"Oh Sakuya, Impmon," Sora said in a sweet voice, that was anything but sweet.

Sakuya and Impmon froze at this, as Sakuya recognized this tone from her mother. Impmon on the other hand, his instincts were screaming to run away.

"Don't kill her Sora, we need her alive," Yamato said, as they all left.

"No promises," Sora growled, as she approached them and grabbed a broom off a shelf.

The others heard yelling and screaming from Sakuya and Impmon, as several blows were heard.

"Oof," Taichi said, as he winced as they all listened to this.

"I hope that Sakuya will be OK," Mimi said as she frowned slightly.

"She should be fine, she's tougher than you think," Jo said, before Sora came out of the shop with Sakuya and Impmon, who were all sporting bruises and lumps on their faces.

"Ok, we're good to go," Sora said with a smile at the others, before she walked past them.

Everyone quickly followed Sora out of the cave.

"My head hurts," Sakuya whined as she walked, while holding her head in pain.

"That's your brain comprehending how stupid you are," Yamato said, as he shook his head.

Mimi frowned at Sakuya, before she grabbed her hand and helped her walk, as they made their way back to Whamon.

Sakuya paused at this, but slightly smiled. "Almost worth it to take this beating, if it means Mimi doesn't hate me," she thought to herself.