Soul-Warrior Past

Spirit Jerebis: Storms of Myths
Episode 14: "Soul-Warrior Past"

Rainbow of Time - Strife for the Mysteries - Enter a world of Faith - ... of Hope - ... of Heroism - Overcome sacrifices - Explore a world of Loyalty - ... of Friendship - ... of Justice - Spirit Jerebis

Previously on Storms of Myths:

Prince online. A.J. has finally gained some rest. Indeed, the day has been full of revelations: With Shadow Owl telling A.J. and White Fox the first part of his and Alpha Lion's tale. Shadow Owl finished up with the Nova Alliance history lesson and both A.J. and the two Anihulmans shared informative information with each other. When A.J. was listening to Shadow Owl, I and my fellow copedam were too busy to listen, acquainting ourselves with the populace of Resolve Town. Hopefully, this episode would shed light onto some of the populace of the town. A.J. met Mamigrol near FCL Star Trail and found out more interesting information about Misterim. A.J. leaves Resolve Town with us and Lunal, heading into the Forest of Mist. We eventually find the charges, with help from Lunal, and no thanks to Alpha Lion, who reveals his previous intentions to A.J. Being the forgiving person he is, A.J. forgave him and he's going to join us, returning back to Resolve Town. A few new characters and species appear for the first time, or are mentioned for the first time, in the previous episode. Are the revelations over for the day, or are there more revelations to be discovered? On with the conclusion...

The walk back to Resolve Town was tiring for both Feranin League and Alpha Lion. Once leaving the Forest of Mist, Lunal returned to his spot on A.J.'s right shoulder, where he stayed until Feranin League reached their biovesto cabin. Alpha Lion separated from them in the town, heading towards his and Shadow Owl's own biovesto shelter. Not wanting to have anymore activities for the day, A.J. went into his bedroom and went to sleep.

Like their sailor, the four copedam and one indidam were exhausted from the walk. Lunal might have perched himself on A.J.'s shoulder before reaching the forest and after departing it, but like the others, he was tired. He not only flew through the forest single-handedly, staying close to A.J. and Feranin League, but also talked with a Skyring couple to give up a few of their eggs, which were charges and Lunal had to explain that to them.

There were other eggs for the Skyring couple. Feranin League slept for the rest of the day and for the whole night...

The next day came quickly enough and A.J. opened his eyes. Almost immediately, he felt White Fox waiting for him. From what A.J. could tell, White Fox had something urgent to tell him, but there was also the sense of patience. A.J. quickly got out of bed and went to the bathroom and freshened himself up. Once done, he went to the diner room and met up with White Fox.

"... What is it?" A.J. asked.

White Fox sighed. "You came back late yesterday, yet you were too tired to speak with me. No matter. I hope you're energized for another go. Remember what you told me about my 'army tag'?"

A.J. nodded. "Yeah. It's back at Misterim's underground home."

"Well, I need you and Feranin League to head back, take it and bring it back to me... You see, Trio of Resolve is leaving the Realm of Charges in a few days and our biovesto peckers are almost ready. When they are, we'll all pack and leave the Realm of Charges, create a portal and head back to our dimension and space. That's why I need my army tag." White Fox explained.

"What about White Hulman? What have you decided about him?" A.J. asked.

"He'll stay here and do what he wants. If he would want to join Feranin League... that returns to him." White Fox replied.

"Very well. Did you have any breakfast?" A.J. asked.

White Fox smiled sheepishly and A.J. sweat-dropped.

"Excuse me. I'll go get some stuff for us." He decided, excusing himself.

While talking with White Fox, A.J. felt four minds probing his own mind, listening on the conversation. The soul-warriors were all having their breakfasts in the kitchen this time. Otazoidmon was having oatmeal and the rest were having donuts. A.J. got himself a cup of apple juice and drunk it. He had two other cups, satisfying his thirst. He got himself a bowl of donuts and another bowl of donuts for White Fox.

"Since the four of you heard, who wants to come?" A.J. asked.

"You chose. But I want to come." Ememon informed.

"Me too." Otazoidmon decided.

"Count me out." Zonemon shook his head.

"Me too." Equalmon agreed.

A.J. sighed. "Very well. While we're gone Zonemon, you'll feed Lunal and Starspark." He decided.

Zonemon shrugged. "Fine with me."

"How are we going to get back?" Otazoidmon asked.

"Not through AJmon." Ememon refused.

A.J. chuckled. "Don't worry Prince; I wasn't thinking of AJmon. We could... no, would use FCL Star Trail and I'll be the first to pilot it."

Ememon sighed. "We're coming with you on FCL Star Trail, right?" He asked.

"You bet ya." A.J. replied.

A.J. left the kitchen with both bowls of donuts and took a seat near White Fox. He gave White Fox his bowl and sat his own bowl down. White Fox took a donut and started eating it.

"Want something to drink with it?" A.J. asked.

White Fox shook his head. "No need. I had something to drink before I came."

A.J. picked up a donut and started eating it. White Fox finished his and licked his lips.

"Umm... That was good. So? What is your decision?" He asked.

A.J. swallowed the food he had in his mouth and nodded his head.

"We're going. Comet and Prince are coming with me, but the rest are staying. We're going to use FCL Star Trail to go there and come back." He explained.

White Fox nodded. "Good idea. For use of your biovesto pecker, and at a right time for a right cause." He agreed.

Both A.J. and White Fox finished their donuts in silence. Once done with his donuts, White Fox excused himself and left Feranin League's biovesto shelter. A.J. finished up his donuts, took both bowls and brought them into the kitchen.

"Yella Prince and Comet, let's go." A.J. decided.

"The earlier the better." Ememon sighed.

'Besides, I have something I need to tell you A.J.' Otazoidmon thought.

A.J. blinked, but shrugged it off. He knew he only heard Otazoidmon's thought. He took the lead and left the biovesto shelter, with Ememon and Otazoidmon not far behind. A.J. opened up the cargo gate and it came down. A.J. and his two soul-warrior copedam walked in and Ememon closed the cargo gate behind him. A.J. walked into the cockpit and both his soul-warrior copedam followed him.

At the front center was a single biovesto seat and biovesto helmets were hanging and tangling from the ceiling of the pecker's cockpit. A.J. went to the front center seat and Ememon took the seat to the right, behind A.J., and Otazoidmon took the seat to the left, behind A.J. The cockpit had one row of seats, both being behind the front center seat. All the seats were organic biovesto. The thin biovesto was in front of A.J., in his eyesight when he sat down.

The rest of the cockpit was of normal organic biovesto. The lights were natural coming from the biovesto. It was the first time A.J. would pilot such a starship, but he knew how. Upon sitting down, the seat the three all sat on pulled them backwards and biovesto came out from the seat and completely covered the three. At first, A.J. and his two soul-warriors were scared, but then the biovesto assured them somehow that the biovesto was necessary.

Using A.J.'s mind, the biovesto compared what it did with seatbelts, to protect the pilot and passengers from any atmosphere hostility. Only the faces showed and the biovesto helmets came down on the three, covering their heads. Instantly, A.J. and his two soul-warriors were connected internally to the biovesto starship. What it felt, they felt; what it saw they saw, etc. A.J. quickly realized to use his mind mentally, or more specifically telepathy, to pilot the starship, through thoughts...

Piloting a biovesto starship, which was living, much less piloting it through telepathy was an extraordinary experience. A.J. was glad that he would be able to keep FCL Star Trail. At first, it was hard for him to pilot it. He might have had ideas on how to pilot it, but he sometimes had his mind space out and explore his imagination. The result was the biovesto losing control, one way or another. It would either go into a crash dive, or would aimlessly spin around the same location.

Since Ememon was a born air codelimin and soul-warrior copedam, when A.J. lost control of FCL Star Trail, Ememon regained control. A.J. eventually learned from close death incidents that he should keep his mind focused. He liked the idea and liked piloting FCL Star Trail, and Ememon was good help. When A.J. checked on Otazoidmon, he wasn't there. A.J. beckoned Ememon to go and check on Otazoidmon.

"You won't crash dive it or anything?" Ememon asked.

A.J. chuckled. "I've learnt my lesson there. I'll keep focused." He promised.

Ememon nodded and the biovesto safety mechanism detached itself from Ememon, freeing him. Ememon left the cockpit and a few short moments returned. A.J. kept silent, allowing Ememon to be the first to speak.

"He seems to be tired." Ememon informed.

He took his seat again and the biovesto reattached itself on him. A.J. quickly opened up his mind towards Otazoidmon and sensed him sleeping in the cargo bay. Knowing that his copedam was safe and unharmed, A.J. quickly resumed piloting his organic biovesto pecker. A.J. started to think of its many other capabilities and he wanted to test out its defense and its weaponry. A.J. quickly dismissed such thoughts, as he knew there would be a time to test such things.

Since after all, he would most likely be able to have FCL Star Trail back in Meric Land, much less Earth in his dimension. A.J. considered Meric Land to be his homeland. It was a positive thing that Otazoidmon was resting, as the trip was boringly long to Myths Mosque. Besides, it was a quicker way for Otazoidmon to avoid thinking or telling what he had to tell A.J., during the trip.

FCL Star Trail passed over Dune Desert and A.J. barely noticed the Oasis of Deepness and the crash-wreck of his previous starship. A.J. was momentarily surprised to see the wreck still existed and he guessed that it would become something like ruins. The wreck was solo in Dune Desert, with nothing around it, except the passing biovesto pecker. During the whole trip towards Myths Mosque, with Misterim's secret residence below it, A.J. kept focused and mostly silent.

Eventually, A.J.'s and Ememon's legs both started getting tired from sitting around for a few hours in their organic seats. The seats were comfortable, but the lack of the ability to stretch them out and move them around was limited, if not completely 'paralyzed' or 'frozen'. Several minutes after their legs started to ache, FCL Star Trail left Dune Desert. Sighing, A.J. started to get bored, knowing there was still a long way to go, as he yawned in boredom.

Sensing his boredom and knowing how long it would take for them to reach Myths Mosque, as FCL Star Trail had an internal map of the Realm of Charges; FCL Star Trail did something wonderful. From the inside, it wasn't noticeable, especially since A.J. was focused in a small amount to where FCL Star Trail was going. The same was with Ememon, and Otazoidmon was sleeping.

A.J. glanced sideways and looked down from inside, down towards the canyons they were passing. He refocused himself on piloting FCL Star Trail and with his boredom growing; he glanced sideways and looked down again from the inside. However, what A.J. saw got his attention fully and his boredom left him. He nudged Ememon mentally, mentally encouraging him to glance down to the ground.

Below them, instead of canyons, was Myths Mosque and the soft greenery around it. FCL Star Trail completely stopped above it, waiting patiently for A.J.'s next command. It was wonderful to A.J., with one moment they were flying through the canyons, and the next they were above Myths Mosque. Recovering from his shock, A.J. remembered about the starship docking bay underground.

He tried to figure of a way to get into the docking bay, but FCL Star Trail was one step ahead of him. From the outside, a semitransparent green beam was released downwards into the underground, coming from the 'belly' of the biovesto pecker. A few moments later and A.J. noticed that the underground bay was opening. Suddenly, FCL Star Trail opened its 'mind', which was more like the central server or something close, up to A.J.

A.J. understood how FCL Star Trail got them there so quickly and how it opened the docking bay. More specifically was how the semitransparent beam opened the docking bay in descriptive details. With the land splitting up to reveal the underground docking bay, FCL Star Trail descended straight down into the docking bay. Once passing the huge camouflaged surface gate, the gate closed and FCL Star Trail touched down in the docking bay.

Finally landing, A.J. detached himself from the biovesto helmet and suit. Ememon followed A.J.'s example and followed A.J. out of the cockpit. Once in the cargo bay, A.J. walked over to Otazoidmon and knelt over his sleeping form. Ememon went straight towards the cargo bay door and opened it up. Otazoidmon was fast asleep, but a few physical and mental nudges towards Otazoidmon eventually woke up the sleepyhead...

Otazoidmon sat up straight and glanced towards the cargo bay door. He noticed that it was open and sensed that Ememon was reluctant from leaving, especially alone. Otazoidmon looked back at A.J., who was also staring outside, passing the cargo bay door.

"We already arrived?" Otazoidmon asked, raising an eyebrow.

A.J. nodded, not taking his stare away from outside. Since Otazoidmon had just woken up, his senses were fully alert. However, A.J.'s senses and Ememon's senses told them both that there was something wrong outside. Instinctively, they knew how to stay on guard and full alert. They felt something dangerous in the underground headquarter. It was a strange feeling, yet A.J. eventually understood that it was the same way his biovesto pecker felt.

The biovesto pecker was either just telling the two how it felt, or actually telling them of the danger. A.J. wasn't sure, but he sensed that Otazoidmon had his senses back completely and he was on full alert also. Outside the docking bay was darkness. A.J. didn't fear the dark, but was weary of what waited outside in the darkness. A.J. knew that the Muslims had a lunar calendar from since that Islamic historic pilgrimage between the two cities.

He knew through that the Muslims somewhat considered the night and darkness to be special to them, if not sacred. Through that, A.J. didn't fear the darkness and since he was also a Muslim, he himself thought of the night and darkness to be special to him. Not taking any chances, A.J. summoned his Emeraldsnow and was the first to carefully leave FCL Star Trail. Otazoidmon followed behind him and Ememon took the rear, slightly shaking in fear.

Outside the cargo bay, FCL Star Trail automatically closed its cargo door and A.J. used his Emeraldsnow to light up the darkness. With such intense light and energy imitated from his Emeraldsnow, the light from Emeraldsnow clearly showed the short path to leave the docking bay, with faint light coming from the only open entrance.

"Prince, have a look around. We'll know if there's something to be afraid of through you. That's your goal here; not to locate White Fox's army tag." A.J. explained.

Ememon moaned, but kept silent and accepted A.J.'s decision. He walked ahead towards the only entrance into the docking pay, with A.J. and Otazoidmon holding their position. Going through the entrance and disappearing from sight, A.J. turned around to Otazoidmon, with Emeraldsnow still lighted up with green ownalis energy.

"You mentioned earlier about something you had to tell me. What's that?" A.J. asked, narrowing his eyes in question.

Otazoidmon sighed and lowered his head. He replied without raising his head.

"My story." He simply replied.

A.J. raised an eyebrow, interested in what Otazoidmon had to say.

"Go on." A.J. whispered, beckoning Otazoidmon to continue.

Otazoidmon took a deep breath and knew how to relate his story.

"I know you'll like this story. But I ask and trust you not to tell anyone about this. When I feel like telling others, I'll tell them since it's my story. Did you ever wonder why I look so human? Well don't wonder anymore, as I have the true story of my past to reveal...

"Mystery was a common word to me from the start, though from the beginning I didn't understand any language... This might come as a shock to you, but believe it or not, my life didn't start out as a Digi-Egg, much less a codelimin. I do remember my past, but not as far as to when I actually started to exist... I was human once, born to a human family. Since I was born to a human family, my life started out like any other humans: as a baby human.

"Because of that, I basically behave like humans and not like common or natural codelimin. From what I remember, I started changing when I started to have the ability of manipulating and creating lightning, still as a baby. I remember one night I was crying and I quickly found out that I was alone, with my parents not around, because no one came to satisfy a need of mine. What was my need? I honestly forgot. It had been so long ago.

"I guess I was lonely because I remember the gentle drops of rain raining down outside. I heard thunder and saw flashes of lightning. I guess it was then on that rainy night that I started to change. I was like in the living room, because I saw a flash of lightning enter the house mysteriously and come towards me. From the lightning, I became something of a freak and mutant. For all I know, I was the only child of my parents.

"I grew up with my parents for a few years. Because of the lightning, not only did I discover I could manipulate and create lightning, but also some sort of new element, a new element I didn't know back then. I know for sure now that the new element is ownalis. One day, several years after that rainy night, I found a precious pure cut green emerald gem... I guess it was destroyed when the starship crashed in Dune Desert, because I left it carelessly behind.

"I was too much in a hurry to check to see if I had everything necessary. That gem is the oldest possession I have had since I was living with my parents... Now, it's gone... On the night of the same day that I found the gem, while I was sleeping, unknown to me until later on, the gem glowed green and I turned into Survivomon directly as the result from the gem. I knew then that the gem had mysterious and powerful abilities.

"Anyway, when I woke up, I found myself in Misterim's quarters, here in the Realm of Charges, where Misterim took care of me like a father would with his infant son. Misterim told me and explained many things to me that first day I was Survivomon. Through an ability the emerald gem had, Misterim was ability to see what had happened, from way back starting from the rainy night. He told me what happened while I was sleeping.

"Needless to say, waking up and finding everything so foreign and feeling so foreign was a total shock to me. Misterim was really extra patient with me until I recovered from the shock. He had told me that while I was sleeping and had already turned into Survivomon, another flash of green lightning flashed outside and I vanished away from my home and dimension.

"When I recovered, I found myself in my caterpillar or infant form of Emeraldmon. The form you know too well... Misterim knew of the gem and my ability in manipulating and creating both lightning and ownalis from the start. When I had recovered from my shock, Misterim taught me everything he knew. That's what was behind the reason of me having concentrated attack when you first met me.

"Misterim trained me in both my lightning based techniques: Emerald Lightning and Emerald Bolt. I went in hiding when your foster sister and her soul-warrior copedam showed up. I went to the Digital World for the first time and settled in the quiet and serene island of Sacred Star Island. I found this cave in the island and met Elite Reptomon. I quickly befriended him.

"One of the things Misterim taught me was Twilasin language and that's how when I became juvenile, decided on the name that I now carry, with knowledge of its meaning... You could say I'm literally a hybrid between human and codelimin. Half-human because I was born that way and half-codelimin because of what I am now and what I'm capable of. I won't be surprised if there are DNA mixtures in me.

"With a certain amount of DNA being human DNA and the rest being codelimin digital DNA. I know for sure though that my digital DNA is more dominant than my human DNA... Like what we humans say, the rest is history." Otazoidmon lectured, finishing his story.

Upon hearing some parts of his past, A.J. felt that he had dejavû, as some of Otazoidmon's past was similar to A.J.'s past. A.J.'s silence surprised Otazoidmon when Otazoidmon finished his story. He expected and even predicated that A.J. would have numerous questions, or at least be shocked and speechless, but not speechless in the way he was now. A.J. looked to be solving some stuff; putting pieces of a puzzle together; putting two and two together.

Noticing Otazoidmon's stare, A.J. spoke out his thoughts.

"Some part of your past sounds too familiar to me." He explained.

"Really? Like what parts?" Otazoidmon asked, interested...

Before A.J. could tell or reply, both sailor and soul-warrior copedam heard a loud yelp coming from the entrance. They both turned around and with the light from Emeraldsnow, came face to face with a tanned; bald young human, who was holding onto Ememon and a codelimin beside the tanned human, which looked like a weird cross between Patamon and Veemon. A.J. and Otazoidmon quickly realized that it was the human and his copedam that frightened FCL Star Trail.

"Nexusmon - Dragon Jerebi Juvenile - This codelimin specie and its evolutionary forms are unique, as Nexusmon wasn't raised or born in some Primary Village. This codelimin could be born to some mature female mammal codelimin, as could some other codelimin, which are all rare, including Nexusmon - His attacks are: Bubble Horn and Nexus Beam."

"Nexusmon?" Otazoidmon asked.

"I never heard of such a codelimin name." A.J. whispered, staring at Nexusmon.

"Much less being born to mature female mammal codelimin and raised by them." Otazoidmon added.

Nexusmon growled. "You just watch it human freak! Don't you dare insult my mother!"

Otazoidmon gasped. "Human freak?!" He bellowed.

He had heard enough comments like that and thought he would never hear such comments again. Confused by Otazoidmon taking his insult so seriously, Nexusmon was surprised and confused.

"... Yeah. I meant you look like a codelimin human." Nexusmon muttered.

Otazoidmon blinked, quickly understanding that Nexusmon's insult had nothing to do with his past. He didn't mean to insult Nexusmon's mother either. Insulting Nexusmon's mother wasn't Otazoidmon's intention, and he didn't even think of it, when he commented about such born codelimin like Nexusmon. A.J. knew that Otazoidmon kept his attention on Nexusmon, as they knew of the titles of Nexusmon's attack, but weren't aware of the strategies Nexusmon used.

Even worse was Nexusmon being partnered with a human. A.J. didn't know whether the human was mean to Nexusmon, or if he was kind to it. If the young male human was kind to Nexusmon, A.J. wondered if the human was either a DigiDestined or a sailor. He noticed that the tanned human was around his own age. A.J. kept his silence, and a showdown of stares and who would blink first occurred between A.J. and Otazoidmon against the tanned human and Nexusmon.

"... This is my territory! Leave at once!" The young human ordered.

A.J. narrowed his eyes. "This isn't your territory. This underground headquarters belonged to a friend of mine. Misterim Arteenlow, maybe you've heard of him."

"That old aged centuries' man? Yeah. I knew him. I had been waiting for him to die. He never was kind or gentle to me and I knew many stuff that happened... well, apparent stuff like Mamigrol and you burying that fool." The human teen scowled.

A.J. glared. "... I'll ask you once, let my soul-warrior go." He informed slowly, posing himself into an offensive position.

The human teen chuckled. "Like that would happen! Misterim might have been powerful enough to keep me at bay. However, you don't have the centuries old experience, nor the skill and training."

A.J. chuckled. "Centuries old... skill... training!" He laughed. "You have no idea who you're facing pretty boy."

"I might not know, but I know I can take you." The human teen replied.

A.J. raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah?" He asked. "Then try to stop this!"

A.J. rushed at top speed towards the human teen, Emeraldsnow ready to slice through him. The human teen just chuckled. Still holding onto Ememon, the human teen just nodded his head towards A.J. and mysteriously A.J. was sent flying backwards. He slammed into the cargo bay door of his biovesto pecker and all three Feranin League disciples understood what made FCL Star Trail so afraid. It simply knew of the human teen's ability.

Taking no chances, Otazoidmon quickly summoned his Aura of Myths, to protect him from any negative surprises from either the human teen or from Nexusmon. A.J. was surprised that a mere human had such ability. He knew the main idea of such ability, as it rivaled the ability of the fictitious Jean Grey and her telekinetic ability, or moving objects around mentally.

However, like Otazoidmon, A.J. didn't take any chance and stood back up onto his feet. Once standing up straight, he summoned his Aura of Myths and wasn't sure if the young teen was still capable of doing such ability with their auras activated. He knew better than to underestimate the human teen now, as he didn't have the ability himself and didn't know how well the young teen mastered it. He regrouped with Otazoidmon, refusing to give up.

The collision into the cargo bay door didn't harm A.J. in anyway, but the fall onto the ground pained him a little, though he could tolerate such minor pains and show no weakness. Now, A.J. realized that the young teen might not be a direct crescentian descendent, yet it taught A.J. to be weary of the young teen and never to underestimate any humans of any personalities or pasts ever again, a lesson well received and learned.

What A.J. knew, was he won't give up and accomplish his goal. He would survive this encounter and return back to Resolve to return White Fox's army tag to him. He made sure that Ememon and Otazoidmon were coming with him, even if they got their energies drained and went down to some lower form of theirs, alive and healthy.

"I think I deserve to know the name of such a worthy... sailor." A.J. requested, deciding that the young teen boy would be Nexusmon's sailor.

The young teen raised his eyebrow. "That's quite noble, coming from the sailor of myths. I promise you on my honor that I'll give you my name, but with the condition of you giving yours first."

A.J. tilted his head to the left slightly and decided to introduce himself as humbly as possible.

"Fair enough. I'm a servant of God, who goes by the name of A.J. Actonal. You can just call my A.J." He greeted.

"Servant of God you say? You must be a Muslim, or a believer in the Islamic religion then. Pleasure to meet you A.J. It's the first time I met someone from my own religion as well. Like you, I'm a servant of God, but you can address me as Cliff Ashton, or considering the circumstances, just Cliff would do." The young teen greeted.

"A servant of God? You? You must be kidding! What servant of God would attack and restrain a fellow intelligent creature?" A.J. questioned, leaving out the fact of Cliff not warning A.J. of his ability.

Cliff's heart fell and he let go of Ememon voluntarily; without hesitance and gently pushed Ememon. Ememon rushed back towards A.J. and took refuge in the center behind A.J. and Otazoidmon, with the center being between A.J. and Otazoidmon. He kept his back to them, but summoned his aura of myths. A.J. understood that Ememon would want to be alone at the moment.

Cliff felt disappointed in himself and ashamed of himself for doing such a thing towards a codelimin. It was a new feeling to Cliff, as it was the first time he felt it, but he recognized it and knew what it was right away. Realizing that it was a sin to fight a fellow brother in the faith A.J. lowered his weapon and deactivated his aura of myths, but kept alert, not wanting to be caught off guard.

Realizing that his fellow brother was feeling ashamed of himself, A.J. knew that the two of them would eventually become close. At the moment, A.J. didn't need to worry of Cliff using his ability against A.J. He beckoned his two soul-warrior copedam to stand down and deactivate their auras. Quietly, Ememon did as he was told without turning around and keeping silent. Otazoidmon groaned in disapproval, but obeyed A.J. nonetheless and deactivated his aura of myths.

From his sudden change of behavior, A.J. figured that Cliff had the right qualities of joining Crescent League. That was left for fate and the future, yet A.J. sensed that Cliff would join Crescent League eventually. How soon or how long? A.J. didn't know. With the danger fading away, A.J. and his two soul-warrior copedam relaxed. Silently, Ememon walked over to FCL Star Trail, opened the cargo bay door and went inside, closing the cargo bay door behind him.

A.J. had Emeraldsnow vanish, as light had suddenly appeared when Cliff had let go of Ememon...

"What now?" Otazoidmon asked.

A.J. shrugged. "I hadn't forgotten about what we came here to do, but... for how long have you been residing here Cliff?"

"A day after I received the news of Misterim's death. Exactly how long? I really don't know." Cliff replied.

"Then you must have seen the army tag!" A.J. exclaimed.

Cliff raised an eyebrow. "Which one?"

A.J. chuckled and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. He considered of whether telling Cliff of White Fox.

"Why did you come here? Why this place in particular to reside?" Otazoidmon asked.

Nexusmon turned to his sailor and Cliff glanced at his sailor and nodded. Nexusmon sighed.

"Since Cliff is a slave of God, he does prayer like every other Muslim. Myths Mosque attracted him for its serenity and harmony, not to mention quietness. I tagged along since I had no other place to go. At first Cliff didn't know about this underground headquarters and Misterim would kick him out of the mosque, so... This is a rather suitable place to live, rather than having it turn into something like a haunted headquarters. Besides Cliff took care of the mosque above." Nexusmon explained.

"Through cleaning the mosque up, I discovered the entry to this headquarter. I knew that Misterim didn't reside the entire time in Myths Mosque, and was quietly astonished and it was a positive surprise to me." Cliff replied.

A.J. took both Nexusmon's and Cliff's words, and from them, A.J. realized a few things. One thing was that Cliff didn't know of Misterim's previous quarters and another was that Misterim did leave his quarters, to repel Cliff most likely.

'That's reasonable. Misterim rarely did leave his quarters when I was around, but the time he spent out was never too long.' Otazoidmon agreed.

A.J. nodded and chuckled silently to himself. It seemed that slowly A.J. was getting more and more information of not only Otazoidmon's past, but also of Misterim's, even though it was just like glances or flashes, considering Misterim's long life. He decided against telling Cliff of White Fox, since Cliff might already find out from White Fox himself, that was if Cliff was fine and agreed to depart Myths Mosque with him and his two soul-warriors.

Nexusmon was welcome to come along, if he liked. Deciding that he would need to mention too much detail, A.J. decided on looking for the army tag himself. With or without his soul-warriors help and definitely not with Cliff's help. A.J. also wondered if Cliff knew about the secret room where he found his imperial suit. How he scolded himself sometimes for leaving his imperial suit in his previous starship.

But quickly took the thought away, considering that he had no other choice. He hoped and wished that he could have another, or could have had at least saved his previous one. Realizing what Nexusmon said more closely, A.J. sweat-dropped and mentally scolded himself for not praying during the whole time that he had been in the Realm of Charges. Reading his mind, Otazoidmon silently giggled to himself, earning himself a glare from A.J.

'Let's not forget that you're Muslim too!' A.J. exclaimed.

'Let's not also forget that you're the human here. As far as I know, Islam doesn't say anything about codelimin worshipping Allah.' Otazoidmon retorted.

A.J. laughed. 'Remember your past! You're half human too! I... also don't know about codelimin worshipping Allah, but for as far as I know, codelimin are specie in themselves and don't have any human DNA in them, where as, you do.'

Otazoidmon groaned. '... I guess you might be right. I know this won't be much, but I know I did mention that my codelimin DNA is dominated over my human DNA.'

A.J. shook his head. 'That doesn't mean anything and won't help you.'

'I knew it!' Otazoidmon moaned.

Cliff and Nexusmon were amused at the silent conversation between A.J. and Otazoidmon, including Ememon, who was eavesdropping again from inside the biovesto pecker. He was listening to A.J. and Otazoidmon mentally, like he did before when Otazoidmon told A.J. of his past. Ememon knew that his skill in telepathy was good, to the degree that he knew when to eavesdrop on mental conversations without grabbing their attention.

Although amused, Cliff and Nexusmon were also confused of the changes of attitude and behavior from A.J. and Otazoidmon, without any idea that Feranin League all had a mental bond together. With the sense of adventure and exploration, A.J. reminded himself of his quest and also reminded himself that he vaguely remembered his way around the underground headquarters, considering other stuff distracting him and for him being gone a considerable amount of time.

Silently A.J. walked away from Otazoidmon and approached Cliff and Nexusmon. Cliff tensed up and prepared himself in self-defense as did Nexusmon, but both instantly relaxed when A.J. passed them and left the docking bay. Reluctantly, Otazoidmon followed his sailor. Cliff was curious about the biovesto pecker, as was Nexusmon, since they haven't seen any such flying plane ever before, but both decided against approaching it.

Since both knew that curiosity sometimes would hurt and this kind of curiosity would hurt for sure. With few other choices, Cliff decided on following A.J. and Otazoidmon, as did Nexusmon...

A.J. sweat-dropped upon entering the second large dimensional history archive room. He recognized it right away and immediately remembered the whole base. He remembered it being called 'Myths Base' and not 'Misterim's Underground Headquarters' or something like that. A.J. realized that he wanted to copy the books and remembered that before he got the pecker starship out, he copied the books information to his univice.

A.J. sighed, deciding on reading what were in the books after the Trio of Resolve departed from the Realm of Charges. He turned around, only to find Otazoidmon; Cliff, and Nexusmon staring at him, standing in front of the entrance. He shook his head and walked out once more, passing Otazoidmon; Cliff, and Nexusmon. Otazoidmon realized the mistake and like A.J., remembered the map by mind.

Confused, Cliff and Nexusmon followed Otazoidmon and A.J. back into the docking bay, or more appropriately and commonly as garage. All four continued south, passing the biovesto pecker and eventually entering the primary room. A.J. nodded, remembering the mental map he had from the first time he entered the base. He walked towards the west and entered his small bedroom, the bedroom that was previously Feranin League's bedroom.

He continued on towards the west and entered Misterim's bedroom. From what A.J. noticed, it was apparent that Cliff and Nexusmon had taken Misterim's bedroom as their own bedroom. At first, A.J. felt angered, but after awhile he didn't care and just shrugged it off. He walked into the next room, where he and Misterim had done their dance rehearsal and where he had found the army tags.

To his delight, not only did he find the army tags, including his own, but he also found his morph device; coin bracelet, and imperial suit. A.J. glanced behind him and saw that Otazoidmon; Cliff, and Nexusmon were full of awe from the room. A.J. snickered, remembering the first time he had entered the room.

'I guess that hover car is lost forever then.' He thought.

A.J. grabbed all three army tags and put his own around his neck. He put his coin bracelet onto his right wrist, with the morph device above it.

'Comet, please grab my imperial suit. I don't want to leave anything behind.' A.J. requested.

Otazoidmon raised an eyebrow. 'How do you know it's yours? Wasn't it destroyed in the starship wreck?'

A.J. sighed. 'I think so, but I can just sense this being it. I don't know. White Fox might have an answer for this.'

"Whatever you say sailor." Otazoidmon sighed.

He walked over to A.J.'s imperial suit and took it. To Otazoidmon's amusement, the suit shrunk in size to fit Otazoidmon's size. Otazoidmon glanced at A.J.

A.J. shrugged. "If it's going to be yours now, it doesn't matter to me. Don't wear it here. Let's go back. Want to come along with us Cliff and Nexusmon?"

Cliff and Nexusmon both blinked and glanced at each other.

"You really mean it?" Nexusmon asked.

A.J. nodded. "I sure do. Besides, where we're heading is to a populace town. Both of you would have your own shelter, with your own DNA and digital DNA samples in it."

Cliff raised an eyebrow. "Does that have anything to do with this 'biovesto' I've been hearing about?"

"It does. White Fox can explain more to you two about biovesto." A.J. replied.

Cliff shrugged. "If it isn't any trouble for you... then I guess we're coming along."

Nexusmon's eyes widened and he turned to Cliff.

"Wow! You mean it?" He asked.

Cliff understood his excitement and grinned.

"I will have to accept fate and what Allah has put in for both of us. If we're to become sailor and soul-warrior, or chosen and copedam then so be it. I prefer sailor and soul-warrior though. Chosen isn't a word I like much." Cliff remarked.

"Yippy!" Nexusmon yelled, excited.

Otazoidmon and A.J. smiled.

'We'll need to come back some time, but in a larger starship and to bring copies of the DNA archive that's here.' A.J. thought.

'We don't have any room for it back in Meric Land.' Otazoidmon reminded.

'We'll make room for it in Emerald Mansion and that's final.' A.J. decided.

'I'm not against it. That's fine with me.' Otazoidmon assured.

At that moment, A.J. felt Ememon eavesdropping on them. He grinned and nudged Otazoidmon mentally. With the mental nudge from A.J., Otazoidmon understood and also felt Ememon eavesdropping. He sweat-dropped and shook his head. Just as both felt him, he was gone, indicating that he left probing their minds.

"Back to FCL Star Trail then. Otazoidmon, you'll set in back with Cliff and Nexusmon. Ememon and I will pilot the biovesto pecker back to Resolve." A.J. informed.

Otazoidmon shrugged. "Fine with me."

"Biovesto Pecker?" Cliff asked, muttering.

In a moment, Cliff put what he knew about biovesto together and the starship he saw before. The result was a good deal of questions answered, but he was now afraid to board the biovesto starship, considering what A.J. had told him before. Cliff refused to mention it, leaving it to A.J. He was sure that A.J. knew about the danger if he and Nexusmon entered it. He hoped that A.J. would be able to deal with it and neutralize the senses of the starship.

Or at least have the starship not consider him and Nexusmon a danger. He shook his head and followed A.J. and Otazoidmon back to the docking bay with Nexusmon following them. A.J. was well aware of it. Otazoidmon had noticed something when he had grabbed his sailor's stuff, but wasn't sure. A.J. noticed Otazoidmon leaving his side. Otazoidmon returned to the small room and noticed the small green emerald gem on a small table.

Otazoidmon smiled brightly. He knew it was the same green emerald gem from his past. Keeping it in his hand, he went back to FCL Star Trail. From the inside, Ememon opened up the cargo bay door and A.J. and Otazoidmon stepped in, after Otazoidmon caught up with his sailor. Using his mind, A.J. assured FCL Star Trail of Cliff and Nexusmon, and through that FCL Star Trail lowered its hostile security.

Cliff and Nexusmon waited a few moments reluctantly and eventually entered the biovesto pecker. Cliff sighed in relief when the pecker didn't hurt them. A.J. walked towards the cockpit, but Cliff stopped him.

"Wait! I think you forgot something." He stated.

A.J. stopped and turned around, his eyes narrowed in confusion.

"I had a goal in coming here and now it's complete. We're going back." He informed.

"What about those... digi-eggs?" Nexusmon asked, hesitantly.

That stopped A.J. in his tracks.

'Surely he can't mean digi-eggs as in codelimin digi-eggs, in which embryo codelimin reside. Could he mean charges? It wouldn't do any harm to find out. Hopefully, it won't delay us much.' He thought.

He turned around. Otazoidmon had already put the imperial suit down securely, hiding his emerald green gem in it. Ememon had already entered the cockpit and was waiting for A.J.

"... Where are they?" A.J. asked.

"We saw them back in the armor room." Cliff replied.

"I'm surprised you didn't see them either." Nexusmon commented.

A.J. slowly nodded. He quickly left the pecker and rushed back to the small armor room. At first glance around the room, no charges were noticeable. However, A.J. believed Cliff and Nexusmon and looked closer around the armor room. To his delight, he eventually noticed a glitter of golden light and eventually found three charges. From what A.J. saw, the charges appeared to be those of miracles. He remembered the crest of miracles on his first gained charge for Otazoidmon.

Like his previous charges, sensing him near, the charges glowed in green and eventually Muchiya sucked the three charges in. A.J. sighed and wondered when he would get a chance to try out all the charges he had. He might get the chance of trying some while he was in the Realm of Charges, while others might be during training or battling. It didn't matter much. A.J. rushed back to FCL Star Trail and Otazoidmon closed the cargo bay door behind him.

"Did you find them?" Cliff asked.

A.J. nodded. "Sure did. There were three of them, correct?"

Nexusmon nodded. "Three was what I and Cliff saw."

Assured, A.J. walked into the cockpit and took the pilot's seat. Like before, the biovesto covered up A.J. and kept him close to the back of the organic seat. The protection biovesto suit came out of the back of the biovesto seat. The mental biovesto helmet landed on A.J.'s head and through it, FCL Star Trail started. FCL Star Trail released a beam, similar to the one it released downwards into the ground, up into the ceiling.

The ceiling opened up and A.J. lifted FCL Star Trail into the air. Once high in the clear blue sky, the ground below sealed up. A.J. landed his biovesto pecker onto the ground and rushed out of FCL Star Trail, without mentioning where he was going. Probing his mind, both Ememon and Otazoidmon knew, but A.J. didn't mind them knowing. He didn't want Cliff or Nexusmon to know.

He walked over to Misterim's grave and knelt down in front of it. He was out of sight from the biovesto pecker. A.J. smiled and put Misterim's army tag on over the gravestone. To his surprise, the necklace holding the army tag expanded and easily slid down the gravestone. Touching the ground, the army tag glowed white momentarily and faded away. Both tags glowed at the same time, before both faded away at the same time.

Satisfied, A.J. went back to Myths Mosque; made ablution, and took a Qur'an from the mosque. He went back FCL Star Trail and closed the cargo bay door behind him.

"What did you do?" Cliff asked, blinking.

A.J. shrugged. He gave the Qur'an to Otazoidmon, and he held it. A.J. walked into the cockpit. He sat down in his seat and the biovesto covered him. The helmet came down and A.J. started up the engine again. The sky was darkening, indicating that night was near. A.J. didn't mind that the quest took almost a whole day. It was off to Resolve Town once again, with some satisfaction and happiness...

COMING UP! EPISODE 15: CREST OF MYTHS

Rainbow of Time - Strife for the Mysteries - Exit a world of Determination - ... of Courage - ... of Truth - ... of Trust - ... of Conscience - ... of Wisdom - Overcome extremely dangerous journeys - ...ambitions - ... fears - Explore a world of Love - ... of Honesty - ... of Virility - ... of Leadership - Spirit Jerebis

Troops of Myths

Spirit Jerebis: Storms of Myths
Episode 10: Troops of Myths

Rainbow of Time - Strife for the Mysteries - Enter a world of Faith - ... of Hope - ... of Heroism - Overcome sacrifices - Explore a world of Loyalty - ... of Friendship - ... of Justice - Spirit Jerebis

Previously on Storms of Myths:

Welcome to Otazoidmon's corner. I'm the host of my own corner. Now a lot of things happened during the past episode and here's the main summary of the previous episode. A.J. and I vanished from inside Under Wormmon and reappeared in some world realm, not to mention freaky. While becoming dizzy, A.J. lost his grip on the mysterious charge of deepness. It turned out that it reappeared back in Realm of Charge, where Ememon was the first to notice it and Zonemon the first to approach it. With his meal -A.J. and I- vanishing from his body, Under Wormmon resurfaced some distance away from Feranin League in Dune Desert. Under Wormmon didn't attack and neither did Feranin League. Equalmon recalled what happened to Ememon, when he was out cold. Feranin League went into offense, with me and A.J. reappearing in Dune Desert. With A.J. back, he was able to activate the mysterious charge of deepness and Zonemon mystery charged into Bubblemon. Bubblemon defeated Under Wormmon with ease and I took Under Wormmon down, but the status I was in, after so much activity in fighting, I decrevolved back in my caterpillar form of Emeraldmon. With Under Wormmon gone, a new charge appeared, being the Charge of Goodness. A.J. activated it and Ememon charged into AJmon. With AJmon now, we can fly around and leave Dune Desert quicker. I wonder what awaits us now. On with the conclusion...

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"Check your univice." Zonemon advised.

"For what?" A.J. asked.

"... You mean the mysterious crest." Deep Techamon nodded.

A.J. raised an eyebrow. "Mysterious crest?" He asked.

"Apparently Hyogamon didn't know about it. I looked at the mysterious charge of deepness closely and there were two crests. I only recognized the crest of myths." Zonemon explained.

A.J. nodded and brought up the hologram of the mysterious charge of deepness. A.J. stared closely at it, with the hologram spinning. AJmon kept quiet, flying, with Lunal to his side, flying along side him. Starspark was resting on AJmon and Emeraldmon watched over him so that he won't fall. He noticed the crest of myths and recognized it, and waited, eventually noticing the second mysterious crest.

"Oh my." He whispered.

"That means there are mysterious crests. If we look at the mysterious charge of atmosphere, we might find its own mysterious crest." Deep Techamon explained.

"So this mysterious crest I see is the mysterious crest of deepness?" A.J. asked.

"Apparently it is." Emeraldmon nodded.

The hologram of the mysterious charge of deepness vanished and was replaced by the mysterious charge of atmosphere. A.J. looked at it closely, as did Zonemon; Emeraldmon, and Deep Techamon. With the hologram spinning, A.J. saw the second mysterious crest, and second crest on the mysterious charge. His eyes narrowed, and the hologram vanished.

"What is left? We have atmosphere and deepness, but there are three. What's the third? What kind of powers do these mysterious crests have?" A.J. asked.

Zonemon; Emeraldmon, and Deep Techamon all helplessly shrugged.

"I'd like to know myself." Emeraldmon replied.

"... I recall what Hyogamon said. The third mysterious charge is the mysterious charge of survival for space." Deep Techamon reminded.

"That leaves one question unanswered." Zonemon muttered.

AJmon flew out of Dune Desert and entered the highlands. Feranin League kept silent, looking down at the green hills and occasional farms.

"There's discipline and harmony in Realm of Charges?" A.J. asked.

"There is obviously. I wonder if there's a nearby town where we can rest." AJmon wondered.

"... It seems that there is." Deep Techamon informed.

A.J. and Feranin League looked into the horizon and saw what appeared like to be strange houses and in the middle of the town was a flag, with the crest of courage in the center of the flag and the background white.

"Land there AJmon. Once we're all down, you'll all return to your juvenile forms." A.J. decided.

"Good. I want to stretch out!" Deep Techamon exclaimed.

AJmon was quick in finding an open meadow on the top of the hill, in front of what appeared to be the town, away from the farms. AJmon landed down into the meadow and everyone dismounted him. Starspark dismounted AJmon by himself. Rather than landing on the ground, Lunal landed on A.J.'s right shoulder. With a double glow of green lights, AJmon shrunk and Deep Techamon grew. Both charges returned to A.J.'s univice.

AJmon returned in Ememon and Deep Techamon returned in Equalmon. Equalmon stamped his right front hoof into the grassy meadow a few times, happy to be able to stretch out again. After a few moments passed, Equalmon stopped his stamping of his hoof and glanced down to his left. He saw Starspark staring back at him. Equalmon chuckled and understood what Starspark wanted. He nodded his head in permission and Starspark leapt onto Equalmon.

Starspark quickly regained his balance and held onto Equalmon...

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With Feranin League together once more, the league stared ahead into the town, but a creature was staring back at them, from inside the town.

"Welcoming committee?" Emeraldmon asked.

The creature turned around and motioned to Feranin League for them to follow him. He started walking away. The soul-warriors all glanced at A.J., A.J. shrugged in return.

"Why not? Let's follow him." He decided.

The creature continued on walking into the town, but he glanced behind him and saw the league following him. He smiled, nodding, and continued on towards a specific structure. The creature continued on walking until he stopped in front of a structure momentarily, waiting for Feranin League to catch up with him. Feranin League all stopped behind the creature.

"Where's the door?" Equalmon asked.

The creature grinned and stopped into the structure, an opening vanished and the creature had entered the structure. Once stepping in, the creature glanced back at Feranin League and waited for them to step in; they all eventually did...

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With Equalmon being the last to enter, the light in the structure had suddenly vanished. Feranin League turned around and the opening had vanished.

"I don't like this." Zonemon whispered, all tense.

The rest of the league, except for A.J., was all alert and tense.

"Would the Mystic Sailor please take his shoes off?" A male voice asked.

A.J. narrowed an eye, but complied. He bent his knees and undid his shoes, taking them off and putting them aside. The inner structure was all of what looked like living organisms, which natively grew and thrived in Meric Land. The living organism was known to every resident in Meric Land as Biovesto. It was the only building material that was used to build shelters, sparing all trees and other building materials.

Biovesto had its own defense from outside hostility and its own internal natural light. The cudilas was lit well. A few holographs were apparent on the wall opposite of the organic door, with two figures in the room: one sitting down in front of the monitors and the other was standing not too far behind from the first. The color of the Biovesto was a double mixture of dark green and black, with sparkles of light green spotted randomly around the organ.

A.J. eventually recognized the biovesto. Under his feet, the biolure felt alive; cushy, and slippery. Feranin League stayed close to each other in the empty room. Another organic door opened up and a new creature appeared, with the organic door closing behind him. The first creature was still there. For a few moments, the second creature stared at Feranin League and eventually smiled to himself.

"My name is White Fox and you all must be Feranin League. No need to introduce yourselves; I already know all of you by name. I was close friends with Misterim..." White Fox paused, in memory of the deceased human.

"... No need to be afraid of me or of White Hulman." White Fox informed, nodding towards the first creature. "You all have my personal word that you won't be harmed here in Resolve Town. Please, follow me."

White Fox and White Hulman walked off of the room, from the same entrance White Fox had entered. They vanished with the biovesto door closing behind them. Feranin League just stood there for a few moments, confused and not sure of whether to take White Fox's assurance of them, as in the town residence, not harming the league.

"So this is Resolve Town." A.J. muttered.

"I don't trust that White Fox, or that White Hulman." Zonemon informed.

"From since we met at the entrance of this town, White Hulman hasn't spoken with us." Equalmon agreed.

"What do you think A.J.?" Ememon asked.

"Both would keep to their words. We'll be safe and secure in this town. Besides, we need the rest with all the fighting and moving around, especially since Misterim died. This structure is made out of Biovesto, which thrives back in Meric Land." A.J. explained.

The soul-warriors glanced around them in the room. There were a few windows in the room, made out of a thin layer of biovesto. With the windows, the room was well lighted, mostly from the light coming through the windows. One could look outside through the windows, but from the outside, nobody could see the inside. The thin layer of biovesto that was the windows, prevented any outside hostility or weather to enter through them.

At night, the light from the organic walls would be the only night. The lights were permanently on, on the walls.

"Really?" Emeraldmon questioned.

A.J. nodded. "I'm sure none of you have ever noticed, but I had been doing some study on biovesto back when I was younger. The Emerald Mansion is completely made out of biovesto for all your knowledge." He informed.

"... What? Emerald Mansion's completely made out of this?" Zonemon asked.

"You better believe it." A.J. replied.

"... White Fox and White Hulman have waited long enough. Maybe they'll be able to tell us about the abilities that the mysterious charges have; the reason 'why' they're mysterious. I for one am going in, with or without the rest of you." A.J. decided, walking towards the organic door.

The soul-warriors glanced at each other and silently decided on following A.J. Silently, they followed A.J. out of the room and into the next...

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The next room was larger than the first. The organic door closed behind the soul-warriors, with them pausing with A.J. to glance around the room. The room appeared to be completely made of biovesto and appeared to be White Fox's Study.

There was a biovesto desk; biovesto seats; biovesto table, and biovesto bookcase with a book and CD place on it. Unlike the room before it, White Fox's Study didn't have any windows, and was completely dependent on the natural light coming from the walls. White Fox was sitting in one of the organic seats, seated near the organic table. White Hulman was standing next to him with his arms behind his back in attention.

White Fox waited for Feranin League to swallow in the site and when he saw them staring at him, he nodded.

"Please White Hulman, take care of Lunal and Starspark. I would like to talk with the others about some stuff. Not to mention a friend of mine might arrive anytime soon." He requested.

White Hulman nodded and walked over to Lunal and Starspark. Starspark sensed he could trust White Hulman, as did Lunal. Ever gently, White Hulman carried Starspark in his hands and motioned Lunal to follow him. The owl nodded and flapped its wings into the air. White Hulman walked away, to what apparently was a second organic door and walked through the entrance, with Lunal flying behind him. All three disappeared with the organic door reappearing.

"Please, take a seat Feranin League." White Fox requested.

"... What about me?" Equalmon asked.

White Fox pointed out at a seat nearby, near the organic table, suitable for quadruples like Equalmon. Equalmon nodded and trotted towards his seat. A.J.; Emeraldmon; Zonemon, and Ememon all took seats around the organic table.

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"You can all rest here in my home for as long as all of you like. You all must be hungry. I'll wait for..." White Fox started.

He stopped upon noticing a codelimin entering the room from the first organic door. White Fox immediately stood up, smiling. A.J. and his soul-warrior copedam turned to see the new arriver. Emeraldmon's eyes widened and when the new codelimin noticed Emeraldmon, his own eyes went wide. A.J. noticed the surprise from the two, and narrowed his eyes is suspicion. White Fox noticed as well and chuckled.

"Feranimon, meet Feranin League. White Hulman is taking care of Lunal and Starspark." White Fox informed.

"... I just returned with my army from our raid against the crolands." Feranimon informed, with his eyes still on Emeraldmon.

Emeraldmon also kept his eyes on Feranimon. Curious with the whole staring, A.J. checked his univice for information on Feranimon.

"Feranimon - Mythical Jerebi Muzon - Passing the mate level, Feranimon is the next form of Otazoidmon, after Siromon. He's a powerful veteran, naturally skilled in numerous abilities, and naturally fluent in English; Twilasin; Arabic; French, and Spanish - His attack are: Stars of Heaven; Charm of a Paladin; Mythical Twinkle."

Upon finding out Feranimon's analysis, A.J. understood the stare between Emeraldmon and Feranimon. Feranimon's eyes turned gentle and he smiled.

"It's nice to meet fellow brothers." He greeted, smiling.

Emeraldmon smiled and nodded.

"Some here brother." He replied.

"... Crolands?" Equalmon inquired.

"Before you start, please, take a seat." White Fox offered.

Feranimon nodded and took a vacant seat around the table.

"Crolands were once a peaceful specie, resembling a Gran Kuwagamon, but with differences. Lately though, a corrupt; evil croland marshaled as many crolands as he encountered, forming a formidable army. The army killed thousands of innocents all over Realm of Charges, setting fires in forests and creating mischief whenever and wherever they could. With all of us born here in Realm of Charges, fellow brothers and sisters of mine came together.

"We gathered here in Resolve Town and I was elected 'general' of the army. I named the army after you A.J.: Actonal Army. With news reaching far in this world, residents pulled up either in Resolve Town, or in its suburbs, under Actonal Army protection. In recent years, we fought fires that the crolands made and regained land that they had conquered, with us now raiding their own land.

"With each skirmish we faced against the crolands, any unit in Actonal Army, whether alone or with help, gained experience and evolved to our highest form. None of us keep count of our kills against the crolands, but it obvious that they're still reproducing somehow. We don't have any intelligence on their current populace number or reproduction rate. It took years, but I eventually evolved into Feranimon, from Siromon." Feranimon explained

"Crolands? As in Crovinze Lands?" A.J. inquired.

"An excellent note there. Yes, you could say that. None of us know where the name came from, but their armor, or rather exo-skeleton, is as strong as crovinze." Feranimon replied...

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A male gnome entered the room from the first organic door. White Fox immediately stood up, alarmed. A.J. and his soul-warrior copedam turned to see the new arriver, with Feranimon noticing the alarmed and scared look from the gnome. Feranimon stood up, immediately knowing the problem. Without any words, Feranimon rushed out of the room and disappeared.

"What is it?" White Fox asked.

"Crolands... tens of thousands of them." The gnome replied.

"They're trying to overwhelm Resolve Town with numbers." White Fox muttered.

"We need to help them!" A.J. declared.

"But without Emeraldmon! He needs to regain his energy from the intense fighting he was in. The rest of you can go. White Hulman would know how to treat you Emeraldmon. I'm coming with the rest of you A.J." White Fox decided.

"Like I can stop you." A.J. remarked, standing up.

Zonemon; Equalmon, and Ememon all stood up from the seats and rushed out with A.J. and White Fox. Left behind, Emeraldmon sighed...

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Once out of his home, White Fox rushed straight towards the noises of battle. Before disappearing from Feranin League's sight, White Fox changed form from a bipedal, to a quadruple. A.J. sighed.

"I guess to survive, this town needs all the help available. Do your stuff soul-warriors!" A.J. yelled, his univice glowing green.

"ZONEMON CREVOLVE!"
"... CENTERMON!"

"EMEMON CREVOLVE!"
"... PRIMON!"

"Dicrenol! Golden Destiny!" A.J. yelled, releasing Equalmon's charge of destiny.

"EQUALMON CHARGE!"
"... DEEP TECHAMON! Mythical Destiny."

Taking to the air, Primon and Deep Techamon flew towards the noises of battle, while A.J. rode on Centermon. With A.J. mounted on him, Centermon galloped towards the noises of battle. Primon reached the battle first, with utter chaos occurring. He was the first to reach it, being a natural flyer. Next came Deep Techamon, flying pass Primon and going into the offense. Following his lead, Primon shook his head and went into the fray.

Centermon was the last to reach the battle and he stopped, allowing A.J. to dismount. A.J. dismounted and with A.J. off of him, Centermon galloped into the fray. A.J. saw a few new codelimin and used his univice to analyze them.

"Jerebimon - Humanoid Jerebi Mate - Jerebimon are skilled veterans and are usually scouts of Actonal Army. They are naturally skilled in all martial arts and melee weapons, and are naturally fluent in English; Twilasin; Hebrew; Japanese; all types of Chinese; Russian; German; Italian and Danish - Their attacks are: Divine Crest; Cliffs of Legend; Emeralds of the Sky."

"Aero Jerebimon - Mythical Jerebi Charge - Using the mysterious charge of atmosphere, chosen Otazoidmon mystery charge into Aero Jerebimon. They are the air force of Actonal Army - Their attacks are: Knight Missile; Flak Fire; Stars of Legend."

"Jerebiwomon - Humanoid Jerebi Mate - Jerebiwomon are skilled meds and are usually the medics of Actonal Army. Only chosen Shetamon become Jerebiwomon. They are naturally fluent in all Native American languages; Greek; ancient Egyptian and all native African languages including aborigines - Their attacks are: Divine Beauty; Cliffs of Passion; Diamonds of the Sky."

With the analyses finished, A.J. rushed into the fray and instantly was attacked by numerous crolands. However, with his skill in Kestir; Seltic, and weaves, A.J. was able to avoid all injures from the crolands. Deciding on going into the offense, A.J. spun around himself, warning all crolands away from him. Once he was safe for the moment, A.J. stopped spinning, instantly recovering from the spin. He summoned Emeraldsnow, and had the ownalis flame emerge with his blade.

Since ownalis is capable of destroying and penetrating crovinze, A.J. easily slashed through every croland that dared to approach him with skill and battle-dominance. With the combined might of Feranin League; Actonal Army, and White Fox, the battle had turned against the crolands, with them gaining heavy loses. Deciding on a silent autonomous withdrawal, the crolands started withdrawing, surprisingly organized.

However, Feranin League and Actonal Army hunted them until only several crolands were left from the start of tens of thousands of crolands, and until they were at a safe distance away from the suburbs of Resolve Town. With the Battle of Resolve over, Feranin League; Actonal Army, and White Fox regrouped back in Resolve Town, with White Fox in his previous bipedal form. A.J. and Feranin League were grouped together, while Feranimon stared at A.J.

"... Thanks for your help. We couldn't have done it without you." Feranimon stated.

A.J. shrugged. "I just am thankful to Allah that we're victorious over them."

"Indeed. Where the crolands lost their numbers greatly, no casualties happened in Actonal Army." Feranimon informed.

"And Feranin League is still in contact." Primon smiled.

"You know A.J., it was obvious that the crolands saw you as the weakest link." One of the Jerebimon stated, riding his green unicorn and holding the Actonal Army Flag.

Feranimon nodded in agreement.

"This is Nick. The general and most experienced Jerebimon amongst the Jerebimon. He's also the flag carrier for the army." He introduced.

"Do you all always ride on those green unicorns into battle?" Deep Techamon asked.

Nick smiled. "We sure do. We're experienced in battling without them, but we prefer to be mounted on them." He explained.

"I came to realize that besides Feranin League and Actonal Army, there aren't any other codelimin. I mean the rest of the populace is fairies; elves; dwarves; gnomes; trolls; goblins, and even some humans." A.J. noted.

"None of them are warriors. Since we codelimin are natural warriors, we became the town's protector." Feranimon explained.

"From what Nick first said, amongst Feranin League, A.J. is the most experienced and probably the most skilled human. He isn't the leader of Feranin League though." Primon informed.

"What?" White Fox asked, silent until then.

Primon smiled. "I'm the leader. A.J. allowed it himself. It was his decision. Besides, A.J. is already feranin of Crescent League."

"That was unexpected on my part." White Fox muttered.

"Some here." Feranimon agreed.

"We'd like to join you and become your personal army, separate from Feranin League though." Nick decided.

Feranimon nodded in agreement.

"What about the crolands?" Centermon asked.

Feranimon shook his head. "They lost such a huge number from this one battle. They've learnt their lesson. Now, those crolands that the evil; corrupt croland marshaled would desert him and other crolands would refuse to join him or support him. Their threat is neutralized and they will return to their peaceful selves." He explained.

"We'll rest and wait for your next orders Feranimon." Nick informed.

With that, Actonal Army went into the town and went into separate directions. Feranimon; Feranin League, and White Fox were left alone.

"Let's head back to my home. Let's see what's up with Emeraldmon. Also, there's a few stuff I'd like to share with you." White Fox decided.

A.J. nodded and the gathered group walked back in silent towards White Fox's home...

---

While White Fox; Feranin League, and Feranimon were out, White Hulman brought some lasagna to Emeraldmon, for him to regain some of his energy. After two slices, Emeraldmon glowed and went transparent, growing. He evolved back into Otazoidmon and had three more plates of lasagna. With his energy back and full, Otazoidmon put his head down onto the organic table and closed his eyes, resting a bit. White Hulman was busy cleaning and washing dishes.

Otazoidmon rested himself only for a few moments. Deciding on looking around the house, after his rest, Otazoidmon went towards the organic door that White Hulman constantly used, and had brought Lunal and Starspark through. The organic door reappeared behind him, with him entering what appeared to be the kitchen. The water was running and White Hulman was washing dishes.

"Where are Lunal and Starspark?" Otazoidmon asked.

White Hulman put down the dish he was washing and turned off the water. He pointed to where they were and Otazoidmon looked in the direction White Hulman pointed at. He saw Starspark cuddled up around himself, sleeping in a cat's bed and Lunal was resting, probably sleeping even, on a wooden perch. Otazoidmon noticed both Starspark's and Lunal's stomachs heaving, and so he knew that they were alive.

Seconds later and Otazoidmon heard White Hulman dealing with the dishes and the water running. Assured of his comrade's and friend's safety, Otazoidmon walked out back into White Fox's Study, and his skin nearly jumped out of his body. White Fox; Feranin League, and Feranimon fell silent with Otazoidmon entering. After Otazoidmon's recovery, White Fox was the first to speak.

"I see White Hulman has dealt you well." He observed.

Otazoidmon blinked, reluctantly nodding. He took a vacant seat with them. Feranimon patted Otazoidmon's back.

"How are you brother?" Feranimon asked.

"You know, it seems there are a lot of Otazoidmon, so just call me Comet or Perch. About your question, I feel like I can take on a herd of Mammothmon." Otazoidmon replied.

"That's good to hear." Feranimon smiled.

"What was it you wanted to share with me?" A.J. asked.

"Well, you saw my quadruple form, right?" White Fox asked.

A.J. nodded.

"That's a stronger, more powerful form of me. I call myself White Warrior in that form. I basically use one attack in battles, with the attack called 'White Return'. Also, I think you'll be interested in some things I have." White Fox explained, standing up.

He walked to his bookcase and opened a closed drawer.

"Some things happened while you were regaining your energy and you'll eventually find out, either by seeing it for yourself or by me telling you." Ememon whispered.

Otazoidmon glanced at Ememon and nodded.

"O.K." He muttered.

White Fox returned, carrying what looked like two charges and went back to the now opened drawer in his bookcase. A.J. restrained himself from taking a closer look and noticing their sailor's restraint; they themselves restrained themselves from taking a closer look at the charges. White Fox returned, with the drawer of his bookcase closed, and with him carrying two more charges. He put them down with the rest of the charges on the organic table.

"Your charges of myths." White Fox informed, smiling.

A.J.'s eyes widened and he let himself take a closer look, with his soul-warrior copedam allowing themselves to look as well. There were four in all, and it was hard to tell which charge went to which soul-warrior copedam. One was a miniature of a dark green closed robe with green leather gloves attached to it, a miniature black tail like a lion was connected to the miniature dark green robe. The crest of myths was outlined in light green on the gloves, on the outside.

Another was in a saddle form, which could easily be guessed who it belonged to, with the crest of myths outline in green on the saddle's knees. The third charge of myths was a black charcoal with black armor in the upper front, the divine crest of myths was on it in dark green. A fourth was a dark green torso armor with three spikes charged and pulsing with ownalis, the spikes were carved upwards then towards the front.

The crest of myths was outlined in green, below the spikes, on the torso armor. A.J. and his four soul-warrior copedam were amazed by the charges. A.J. touched each and everyone of them, with them hastily turning into green fractal code and swirling into A.J.'s univice, storing themselves there, until A.J. activated them.

"I'll tell you, they weren't easy to get." White Fox informed.

"... Thanks for risking your life for them." A.J. thanked.

White Fox shrugged. "No big deal."

"Speaking of charges, I have a few questions to ask about some 'mysterious' charges." A.J. informed...

COMING UP! EPISODE 11: SPACE ASSAULT

Rainbow of Time - Strife for the Mysteries - Exit a world of Determination - ... of Courage - ... of Truth - ... of Trust - ... of Conscience - ... of Wisdom - Overcome extremely dangerous journeys - ...ambitions - ... fears - Explore a world of Love - ... of Honesty - ... of Virility - ... of Leadership - Spirit Jerebis

Flyer of Goodness

Spirit Jerebis: Storms of Myths
Episode 9: Flyer of Goodness

Rainbow of Time - Strife for the Mysteries - Enter a world of Faith - ... of Hope - ... of Heroism - Overcome sacrifices - Explore a world of Loyalty - ... of Friendship - ... of Justice - Spirit Jerebis

Previously on Storms of Myths:

Ememon speaking. Planemon went into battle with the Stukamon and the rest of us fled. It was either fleeing or remaining stranded. Unfortunately, I took a heavy blow before from the Stukamon, since I could fly and go into direct contact with them, because I was unconscious. A.J. took up the responsibility and fled, while carrying me in his arms and Zonemon on his back. I had a very little role in the previous episode, since I was unconscious. No matter. Zonemon saw he was hallucinating, or so he thought. Danger emerged once again, but not from the sky. This time it was from underground. The trouble went by the name 'Under Wormmon'. We still hadn't discovered anything unusual or special about the mysterious charges, but I guess it's just too early. Planemon went in for the attack at Under Wormmon, but the attack was a failure. Before he attacked, A.J. narrowly avoided being swallowed by Under Wormmon and while safe in the crystal clear water of the oasis, he discovered what seems to be the mysterious charge of deepness. Under Wormmon took Planemon down and the episode ended with a cliffhanger, with Otazoidmon unconscious with A.J. and the two being swallowed by Under Wormmon. On with the conclusion...

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The ground below begun to shake, indication that Under Wormmon was heading to the surface. Hastily, Equalmon galloped away and A.J. took hold of Otazoidmon with one hand. A.J. rushed away as fast as he could, dragging Otazoidmon along, but A.J. and Feranin League knew it wasn't fast enough. Under Wormmon burst through the surface, just below A.J., with its mouth opened, and devoured both Otazoidmon and A.J.

A.J. fell into darkness, deeper into Under Wormmon. The light from outside slowly vanished, as Under Wormmon closed its mouth.

'Just how deep is this behemoth?' A.J. thought.

"A.J.?" Otazoidmon asked, weakly.

Both were still falling and it seemed like it would be an endless fall. Otazoidmon opened his eyes, but didn't see anything. He did feel A.J. holding onto him though.

"You're awake." A.J. smiled, though Otazoidmon didn't see it because it was too dark.

The pleasant tone in A.J.'s voice indicated to Otazoidmon that A.J. was smiling.

"What happened? Where are we?" Otazoidmon asked.

"Under Wormmon took you down as Planemon and you couldn't sustain that form, so you devolved back in Otazoidmon. You went unconscious and I tried to bring both of us out of danger, but it wasn't going to happen. Simply put, Under Wormmon devoured us. We're falling now to who knows where." A.J. explained.

"Not good." Otazoidmon moaned.

A.J. sighed. "At least I'm still holding onto the second mysterious charge. It seems that this is deepness for water, from what Hyogamon had told us."

"Well, I can't see a thing! My eyes are open, I know that. So I'll just take your word for it." Otazoidmon decided.

Without any warning, both A.J.'s and Otazoidmon's sight blurred. Even though it was pitch dark and they couldn't see a thing, but they noticed their sight blurring, not knowing what to expect. Dizziness came to both of them and both fainted, with A.J. losing his grip on Otazoidmon and the mystery charge of deepness...

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A.J. weakly opened his eyes and the first thing he noticed, or rather felt, was that he wasn't holding anything. He opened his eyes wide and glanced around at his surrounding. It was pitch black like before, but there was light. Nothing interesting to look at though, just some swirling blackness. A chill went through A.J.'s spine, suddenly realizing where he was... The swirling blackness turned from nothing interesting to frightful fear, as A.J. realized that he was in a black hole.

However, he blinked his eyes in confusion and quickly recovered from his shock and fear.

'Why am I in one place, not pulling pulled or floating around?' A.J. asked.

'You're here too?' A familiar thought-wave reached A.J.

'Otazoidmon!' A.J. gasped.

'I'm glad I'm not alone here. Where are we anyway? All I can see is swirling blackness.' Otazoidmon's thought reached A.J.

'A black hole it seems.' A.J. replied.

'I guess that means we aren't falling anymore in Under Wormmon.' Otazoidmon's thought sighed.

'Where are you?' A.J. asked.

'Best not to ask. We can't see each other and if we're really in a black hole then when either of us verbally yells, there would be no sound.' Otazoidmon's thought reasoned.

'Thanks to Allah for this telepathy.' A.J. smiled.

'Indeed, thanks to the One and Only. This is one of the advantages of telepathy... Any ideas of how to get out?' Otazoidmon's thought asked.

'None... yet. How are you doing?' A.J. asked.

'Could be better. I am regaining my energy, slow, but still regaining it, recovering from Under Wormmon's brutal assault. I remember it all now, to the point of when I blacked out. After that I don't know what happened, but thanks to you, I do now.' Otazoidmon's thought explained.

'There's this one problem.' A.J. informed.

'What?' Otazoidmon's thought asked.

'I lost the mysterious charge of deepness. I felt dizzy and I lost grip of both you and the mysterious charge. How dump of me.' A.J. sighed.

'Don't beat yourself up because you lost it. I'm sure we'll regain it sometime soon. Besides, remember back on our first journey? Now we understand that everything does happen in Allah's will and for every event, there's always a reason and wisdom behind it.' Otazoidmon's thought reminded.

'Of course. Very few people would believe that there is another dimension other than the one we live in, much less over two. Then again, nothing is impossible with Allah and He can do what He wants. If He wants something to happen, it'll happen.' A.J. agreed.

'We need to be patient, but I don't think I need to tell you that. What I need to tell you is that you need to use your creativity and find us a way out of here.' Otazoidmon's thought remarked.

'We're here for a reason, maybe to gain something, but I guess we won't leave it until after we have gained what's here.' A.J. explained.

'... I guess you're right about that. It's just that this swirling blackness is unnerving.' Otazoidmon's thought sighed...

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Equalmon froze in place, with Zonemon; Ememon, and Starspark on his back. Lunal was also frozen in place. All of them were shocked from the sudden disappearance of A.J. and Otazoidmon. Equalmon was under a palm tree with Lunal perched on one of the branches of the tree. Ememon moaned, regaining conscious and immediately putting his paw on his forehead, just above his half beak. Feeling the movement behind him, Zonemon spoke.

"Welcome back Prince." He greeted.

Ememon shook the sleep out of his head, becoming more awake. He realized where he was; who he was with, and who he was on, he also noticed who was missing.

"Allah! I guess I was out for quite some time." He noted.

"It's a long story." Equalmon sighed.

"Just two questions: Where are A.J. and Otazoidmon and what is that over there?" Ememon asked, pointing at an object on the sand.

Equalmon and Zonemon glanced at where he looked at and both narrowed their eyes. Carefully, Ememon dismounted Equalmon and once reaching the sandy ground, his legs failed him and he collapsed onto his knees. He put his paws on his thighs, with his legs bent. He stared at the object from where he was sitting.

"I'll need to rest some more. I still need to regain energy." Ememon sighed deeply.

He rolled onto his back, careful not to harm his wings. The shade of the palm tree they were all under protected them from the sun's heat. Ememon relaxed and closed his eyes.

"None of you answered my questions." He muttered.

Zonemon dismounted Equalmon and approached the object. He knelt down in front of it, staring down at it.

"A.J. and Otazoidmon disappeared. I think this is another mysterious charge, the one that A.J. was holding before he and Otazoidmon were... disappeared. From what I remember of Hyogamon telling us, this must be the mysterious charge of deepness; being the mysterious charge for water." Zonemon explained.

"Nice. What?" Ememon inquired, turning onto his stomach and opening his eyes.

He stared at Zonemon and Zonemon picked up the mysterious charge of deepness. The mysterious charge was in the form of five transparent bubbles, in an X form. The divine crest of myths was on the upper left bubble and the mysterious crest of deepness was on the bottom right bubble. Both were outlined in dark green. Zonemon blinked his eyes in confusion upon seeing the extra crest on the mysterious charge.

"From what you all can recall, did Hyogamon mention anything about mysterious crests?" Zonemon questioned, staring at the mysterious charge in his paw.

Ememon and Equalmon both shook their heads.

"We don't recall him mentioning anything about mysterious crests. No." Equalmon replied.

"It seems that Hyogamon didn't know about them." Zonemon whispered, rubbing his chin with his free paw.

"Who do you think it belongs to?" Ememon asked.

Zonemon glanced back at him.

"Like it would work with A.J. gone?" He asked.

Ememon sweat-dropped."Riiight."

"How did it get here? I mean, A.J. was holding it when he... disappeared, wasn't he?" Equalmon asked.

"He was." Zonemon replied, standing back up on his feet.

Feeling empty, Under Wormmon approached the surface once more. The ground shook, indicating its returning to the surface. Zonemon face-faulted.

"Of all the times!" He complained.

Without any further words, Zonemon quickly withdrew backwards with the rest of Feranin League. Starspark was kept safe on Equalmon. Under Wormmon burst through the sand and turned its head down towards Feranin League. The palm tree they were all under was unharmed, as Under Wormmon surfaced a good distance away. Ememon was back on his feet, with Zonemon in the middle and beside him. Equalmon was to Zonemon's right.

They were all staring in wonder at Under Wormmon. They weren't afraid of the huge codelimin, but were just confused on how to defeat it. They saw that Planemon's attack was to no affect, so they realized that they best not waste their attacks and energy trying to hurt it, much less delete it.

"What now?" Ememon asked, with Under Wormmon apparently staring at them.

"Dinosaurs would be filling enough for Under Wormmon." Equalmon noted.

"Maybe small dinosaurs, but underestimating the huge dinosaurs. Under Wormmon is huge to us, but we don't know how huge the dinosaurs are to us. For all we know, Under Wormmon would probably just grab a leg of a large dinosaur and hold it for some time." Zonemon reasoned.

"Hold on. There are skeletons of the dinosaurs." Ememon reminded.

"Sure there are, but that's exactly what they are: skeletons. We don't know how thick their muscles were or the weight of a dinosaur's organ and stuff like that. Besides, Under Wormmon and dinosaurs are two species in different times, much less different lands and dimensions." Zonemon reminded.

"There are dinosaurs in Meric Land; on other islands, and other continents of all sorts, not including Feranin Continent where we live. What's extinct on Earth is thriving in Meric Land." Equalmon informed.

"How do you know?" Zonemon asked, staring at Equalmon.

Ememon was also staring at Equalmon. Equalmon shrugged.

"I didn't actually see them, but I'm old enough to know such things. When you two get to my age of experience; knowledge, and understanding, you'll both see what I mean and know that I am right about this." Equalmon explained.

"I'll take your word for it." Ememon decided.

"Well, I for one wouldn't believe you, until I see it with my own eyes." Zonemon declared.

"... Please, this is no time to chit-chat. We're not out of danger yet." Ememon reminded.

"Coming from..." Zonemon started.

"Both of you just stop talking! Listen to yourselves... We need to figure out a way to deal with Under Wormmon. It's a wonder it hasn't attacked us yet." Equalmon interrupted timely.

"He probably couldn't, unless it's from underground." Ememon stated.

"He attacked..." Zonemon started, but quickly silenced himself.

He remembered that Ememon was out cold and that he didn't know about Planemon in the first place, much less that Under Wormmon had devoured A.J. and Otazoidmon. Equalmon saw Zonemon's expression and understood the dilemma Zonemon was in.

"Just how do we know that the codelimin there is Under Wormmon?" Ememon asked.

"When any new codelimin appear, A.J.'s univice automatically brings up a miniature hologram and tells the information it has on the codelimin through audio." Equalmon explained.

"I see." Ememon nodded, understanding.

"... I guess we'll bring you up-to-date on what happened while you were out. Shall we Bristle?" Equalmon asked.

Zonemon shrugged. "I guess so. Why not? But just only the important main events; no details. You're better at doing such things."

"I wouldn't have it any other way. Well Prince, this is what happened just after you were knocked out, but only main summary points..." Equalmon started...

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"Dicrenol! Mysterious Atmosphere!" A.J. yelled.

"OTAZOIDMON MYSTERY CHARGE!"
"... PLANEMON! Atmosphere of Goodness."

"Planemon - Mechanical Jerebi Charge - Planemon is the mysterious charge of atmosphere form of Otazoidmon. Planemon is the most feared of all flying codelimin - His attacks are: Grenade Line and Bomb Drop."

While Planemon distracted and dealt with the Stukamon, A.J. put Starspark onto Equalmon. A.J. got up on his feet, carrying Zonemon on his back and Ememon in his arms.

"I used up my energy on trying to attack the Stukamon from the ground." Zonemon explained, with his head on A.J.'s shoulder and his eyes closed.

"Ahead. Is there really an oasis, or is it a mirage?" Zonemon questioned.

Sensing danger from deep below, A.J. leapt forwards, reaching the oasis, just as a codelimin burst through the sand. A.J. went down onto his knees, near the water of the oasis and turned his head around at the huge codelimin.

"Under Wormmon - Mirage Grasl Zomo - Be ware of its attacks; they would kill you without you knowing what hit you - Its attacks are: Tail Spin and Tail Strike."

Planemon soared straight down towards Under Wormmon's mouth. Under Wormmon opened up its mouth. Planemon took the chance.

"Bomb Drop!" He yelled.

Bombs dropped down from under Planemon, into Under Wormmon's mouth. Under Wormmon closed his mouth, just as every bomb entered through it. Planemon sharply went upwards and away. Equalmon backed away and A.J. jumped into the oasis. Moments later and a huge explosion occurred, fire burst over the oasis, with A.J. completely submerged underwater. Planemon kept his balance, with strong air turbulences occurring in the air.

Luckily enough, Equalmon was distant enough from the explosion, but where the explosion didn't touch them, the heat did. The waters of Deepness Oasis were crystal clear and A.J. saw a charge. A charge, which A.J. concluded, was another one of the mysterious charges. He kept his breath held and grabbed the mysterious charge, heading upwards to surface. The fire subdued and the smoke cleared.

With the smoke vanishing, Planemon; Equalmon and A.J. all glanced at Under Wormmon, hoping a quick triumph, which they didn't get. Their eyes went wide as they saw Under Wormmon still there unfazed by the attack and apparently angry. Under Wormmon reached into the sky more and fatefully caught Planemon. Planemon lost control and went into a dead-on collision with the sandy ground of Dune Desert.

"I know, but first, see what I found." A.J. grinned, holding out the mysterious charge of deepness.

The ground below begun to shake, indication that Under Wormmon was heading to the surface. Hastily, Equalmon galloped away and A.J. took hold of Otazoidmon with one hand. A.J. rushed away as fast as he could, dragging Otazoidmon along, but A.J. and Feranin League knew it wasn't fast enough. Under Wormmon burst through the surface, just below A.J., with its mouth opened and devoured both Otazoidmon and A.J.

'A.J.!' Feranin League yelled outside, watching A.J. and Otazoidmon being devoured.

---

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"... And that's basically it." Equalmon finished.

"You are good at such things." Zonemon stated.

"... So do you all think that maybe they're... dead?" Ememon asked, fearful of the answer.

"We don't know." Zonemon replied.

"I for one don't think so. We'd know it for sure if they were dead. There are a lot of possibilities, with one of them being that A.J. and Otazoidmon were teleported out of Under Wormmon." Equalmon informed.

"Talking about us?" A voice asked.

The eyes of the three copedam went wide. They turned around and saw both A.J. in the same uniform he was in, which was a dark green t-shirt and black shorts, before he and Otazoidmon were devoured by Under Wormmon. A.J. was panting and he was on his knees, standing but with his legs bent. Otazoidmon was with him and was tired as A.J. Lunal flapped his wings over to A.J. and rubbed the side of his face with A.J.'s cheek, welcoming him back.

A.J. smiled and giggled from Lunal's welcome.

"... What happened?!" Equalmon exclaimed, being the first to recover.

Lunal stopped what he was doing and seeing that A.J. was exhausted, he went over to Equalmon and perched on his back.

"Long story. Let's get this over with and see if the new charge form can handle Under Wormmon appropriately." A.J. replied, recovering from his panting.

Zonemon nodded and gave the mysterious charge of deepness to A.J. Otazoidmon joined the three copedam in one line, preparing themselves for whoever it would be that would crevolve. Seeing that they were ready, A.J. sighed and his univice glowed green. Remembering what he said before, he repeated himself but with a twist.

"Dicrenol! Mysterious Deepness!" He yelled.

From the four copedam soul-warriors, Zonemon became transparent green and the mysterious charge of deepness turned into green fractal code and headed towards the transparent Zonemon.

"ZONEMON MYSTERY CHARGE!"
"... BUBBLEMON! Bubbles of Deepness."

The marine charged soul-warrior floated in midair and stared ahead at Under Wormmon. With his back air propellers, Bubblemon propelled himself towards Under Wormmon in a sluggish motion.

"Bubblemon - Marine Jerebi Charge - Bubblemon is the mysterious charge of deepness form of Zonemon. Bubblemon is a good transport vehicle for underwater discovery and he can also move and attacks out of the water - His attacks are: Air Bubbles; Bubble Torpedo; Bubble Freeze."

"Bubble Freeze!" Bubblemon's voice yelled, stopping.

Huge transparent green bubbles were blown out from his water tanks, heading at top speed towards Under Wormmon. Colliding with the huge codelimin, the bubbles exploded, but with each explosion, the areas impacted by the bubbles became frozen, until Under Wormmon itself was frozen. Bubblemon blinked, indicating that he was content and happy with himself.

"It's vulnerable to any powerful attack now." Bubblemon's voice informed.

"I'll finish that behemoth off, for revenge of devouring me and A.J. Emerald Lightning!" Otazoidmon yelled, straining his energy.

The emerald lightning bolts passed Bubblemon and collided with the frozen Under Wormmon. The result was due to the high heat, the huge codelimin melted completely and more water came to the surface, indicating that even Under Wormmon's body underground was frozen and melted. Still weak from his battle with the Stukamon and the attack Under Wormmon gave him, Otazoidmon collapsed back onto his knees.

He glowed green completely for a moment and went transparent, immediately catching the rest of Feranin League's attention.

"OTAZOIDMON DECREVOLVE..."
"EMERALDMON."

Due to his weak condition, Otazoidmon couldn't keep his juvenile form and returned in his caterpillar form of Emeraldmon. A.J. smiled and picked up the little infant. With the threat gone, Bubblemon glowed and turned transparent, shrinking. The mysterious charge of deepness left Zonemon and zoomed towards A.J.'s univice. Once close, it turned into green fractal code, and spun around, going into the univice.

Once in, the univice gave two faint glows, indicating that two new objects or items were newly stored in it. A.J. noticed and knew that both glows were for the mysterious charge of atmosphere, going into A.J.'s univice when Planemon returned in Otazoidmon, and the other was for the mysterious charge of deepness. Glancing back at the charged Bubblemon form, it wasn't Bubblemon anymore, but rather Zonemon.

"Another charge?" Ememon asked.

"What?" A.J. asked, turning to his soul-warrior.

Ememon pointed. "Over at the puddle that once was Under Wormmon." He replied.

A.J. and the rest of Feranin League glanced at where he was pointing at and saw something in the middle of the puddle. Zonemon glanced behind him, walking back to the rest of the league.

"The sun would vaporize the puddle in no time." A.J. informed, carrying Emeraldmon.

He walked over to the puddle and didn't step on it. He stared at what was in the middle of the puddle and saw that it surely was a new charge. Letting Emeraldmon down, A.J. reached over for the charge, but his foot tripped and he fell in the puddle. No laughter came out from his fellow league and A.J. was able to grab hold of the new charge. The crest was new for him, but he realized that it was for one of his soul-warrior copedam.

A.J. glanced back at his league and held out the charge.

"Ready yourselves!" He yelled.

Equalmon; Zonemon, and Ememon all readied themselves, forming a line side by side. The new charge itself looked like some kind of missile.

"Dicrenol! Charge Initiate!" A.J. yelled.

Ememon became transparent green and the new charge turned into green fractal code and headed towards the transparent Ememon.

"EMEMON CHARGE!"
".... AJMON! The Flyer of Goodness."

'Goodness? That's the new charge and what the crest was.' A.J. thought.

"AJmon - Composition Jerebi Charge - AJmon is the charge of goodness form of Ememon. His Star Missiles would destroy anything and everything - His attack are: Star Missile; Quintuplet Laser; Star Wing."

"AJmon? Like in A.J.?" Emeraldmon asked.

A.J. chuckled. "I guess so. I didn't know that there were codelimin, much less charged codelimin, which had human names."

Noticing that AJmon was big enough to ride one, Starspark jumped from Equalmon to the nearby AJmon. Zonemon climbed up AJmon and Lunal landed on him.

"What about me?" Equalmon asked.

"Charge into something that is bipedal and ride me." AJmon suggested.

Hearing them, A.J. allowed it, with the right charge for Equalmon, not to mention the only charge for Equalmon they had, and the only form that Equalmon would turn into a bipedal.

"Dicrenol! Golden Destiny!" He yelled.

Equalmon became transparent green and the charge of destiny left the univice, turning into green fractal code and headed towards the transparent Equalmon.

"EQUALMON CHARGE!"
"... DEEP TECHAMON! Mythical Destiny."

The dwarf was back. Being a mythical type, Deep Techamon levitated himself off of the ground and maneuvered over AJmon and landed on him.

"Well, can you imagine that? Any annoying or evil codelimin are better to watch out now." AJmon stated.

"That's right, because there is not one, but two charged codelimin, with one sailor." Deep Techamon added.

"Let's join them. AJmon is the quickest way out of here." A.J. noted, quickly carrying Emeraldmon.

He ran over to AJmon and got onto him, with space to spare. AJmon galloped through the sand and eventually soared into the air after gaining speed and distance. AJmon flew through the air over Dune Desert, carrying his fellow Feranin League on him, heading into the unknown. His fellow soul-warriors and sailor held on tight, with the wind blowing by with the desert below...

COMING UP! EPISODE 10: TROOPS OF MYTHS

Rainbow of Time - Strife for the Mysteries - Exit a world of Determination - ... of Courage - ... of Truth - ... of Trust - ... of Conscience - ... of Wisdom - Overcome extremely dangerous journeys - ...ambitions - ... fears - Explore a world of Love - ... of Honesty - ... of Virility - ... of Leadership - Spirit Jerebis