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

Air Strike

Spirit Jerebis: Storms of Myths
Episode 7: Air Strike

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:

A.J. reporting in. I showed a map of Meric Land to some of my soul-warriors and explained some stuff to them. We're currently hunting for my charges. Otazoidmon was at the wheel piloting the starship, when we reached our first destination and first charge, well... not exactly first charge, considering Otazoidmon's miracles charge. It was in Grasl's Pole and the charge was the charge of destiny: Equalmon's. Hyogamon tried to stop us, but normally with our developed skills it won't stand a chance. However, it was best to try out the new charge and Equalmon charged into his destiny form: Deep Techamon. Hyogamon informed us of some three mysterious charges. We're off to locate them. On with the conclusion...

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A.J. opened his eyes and looked around, noticing that he was in a dream of some sort. He was sitting on his butt with his back to the wall. He glanced around at his surroundings and found it strangely familiar, eventually recognizing it as a school building. He knew he was on the second floor out in the corridor. Slowly, his ears caught up on voices coming from the classrooms all around him.

"Ammaar?" A voice asked.

A.J. blinked and turned to the voice, right in front of him. His eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly.

"Helen?" A.J. whispered.

"... What are you doing out here?" Helen asked, whispering.

She was kneeling down in front of him, wearing the school's uniform. A.J. glanced at himself for a moment, and noticed that he was wearing the same uniform as Helen was. He sweat-dropped. He decided on a different approach.

"Heba?" He asked, whispered.

"Helen was fine. You didn't answer my question A.J." Helen replied.

A.J. sighed in relief.

"I was disoriented there for a moment." He explained.

Helen nodded. "Apparently. Same thing with me. One moment I'm back watching over you in Meric Land and the next I'm here in this ridicules uniform." She informed.

"This is one heck of a strange dream." A.J. muttered, still sitting.

Helen took her seat down onto the ground next to him, to his right, with her back to the wall.

"Tell me about it. This is too real." Helen agreed, her eyes narrowing momentarily.

"Shouldn't we be like in class or something?" A.J. asked, whispering.

Helen shrugged. "Beats me and I honestly don't care. Want to talk somewhere else?" She asked.

"That's a good idea." A.J. agreed, getting onto his feet.

A.J. stood over Helen, and took her left hand, which she offered, and helped her onto her feet.

"This building is familiar. It's like I know where to go." Helen whispered.

"Same here." A.J. nodded.

Helen turned to him. "Have any ideas on where to talk privately?" She asked.

A.J. considered it for a moment, thinking it through. A few moments later and A.J. remembered. He pointed up towards the third floor. Helen understood, nodding and went up the stairs to the third floor. A.J. followed closely behind. The third floor was a large full stage floor. There was no soul around, and A.J. and Helen sat in a safe and private spot to talk. Helen was the first to speak.

"How are you feeling?" She asked.

A.J. shrugged. "Fine." He replied.

Helen narrowed an eye. "Do you remember the last thing that happened to you?" She asked.

A.J. shook his head. "What do you mean?" He asked.

Helen nodded. "I thought so." She replied.

"Thought what?" A.J. asked.

Helen paused for a moment and turned her attention to A.J.

"The last thing that happened to you was that you stepped on an Infinitybite back in Meric Land, and you slipped into some sort of a coma. Stan and Mark carried you back to Emerald Mansion, to your cudilas and onto your bed, where you're now sleeping. I; your soul-warriors, and Ranbimon are all there watching over you. You've been out for a few days now." She explained.

"But that's..." A.J. started. "... Allah! Seriously?"

Helen nodded.

"Well, for as far as I know, now I'm in this dream with you. But before this dream I was in this starship, searching for my charges. Believe me or not, but all my soul-warriors are with me. I'm in the Realm of Charges. I can't be hallucinating." A.J. explained.

"Do you remember our last conversation?" Helen asked, her eyes lowered.

A.J. sighed. "I do, too well. I really miss you Helen." He whispered.

Helen smiled and looked A.J. in the eyes.

"I really care for you. Do you know that?" She asked.

A.J. smiled. "I do. I can sense it from you, even when you were telling me those things last time." He replied.

Tears willed up in Helen's eyes and she moved her face away, closing her eyes.

"I miss you Ammaar." She whispered.

"But I'm right there with you." A.J. whispered.

Helen turned her head back to A.J., with tears in her eyes.

"It's not the same with you in coma, even if we're both in the same room." Helen whispered.

"Then hold onto my hand and I'll sense you. In return, I'll reassure you that I'm still with you." A.J. decided.

Helen nodded, slowly, sniffing and smiling.

"I'll do that." She informed.

"A few things before we wake up: 1. Misterim is dead. You can send Grace to the Realm of Charges and check for herself; 2. I and my soul-warriors are just fine; 3. I have a cat and 4..." A.J. paused and inched his face closer to Helen's.

Helen got the hint and did the same. They closed their eyes and when their lips almost met, A.J. vanished. Helen moaned, opening her eyes.

"Of all the wrong times!" She complained, vanishing herself...

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A.J. sleepily opened up his eyes and the first thing he saw was Starspark, staring down at him curiously. A.J.'s eyes widened and he jumped back, momentarily frightened. Starspark meowed and jumped off of the desk, rushing out of the cudilas. Otazoidmon stopped and watched the male cat disappear into another cudilas on the starship. Otazoidmon looked inside the cudilas and saw A.J. recovering from his momentarily shock.

"Are you O.K.?" Otazoidmon asked, stepping into the cudilas.

A.J. was wearing a dark green t-shirt and black shorts. He nodded and got up onto his feet.

"How are we doing?" He asked.

'Damn! So close!' A.J. thought, remembering how close he was in kissing Helen.

Otazoidmon grinned, reading his mind.

"Well, we've reached the..." A disturbing shake stopped Otazoidmon.

A.J. hastily rushed out of the cudilas, towards the cockpit and Otazoidmon followed.

"What was that?" A.J. asked, looking out upon entering the cockpit.

Zonemon was at the wheel.

"Stukamon I think." He replied.

"Why would they attack unless they're protecting something." A.J. muttered.

"Like one of the mystery charges?" Otazoidmon asked.

A.J. nodded. "Exactly."

"The starship won't hold out much longer. We need to gather all we can and jump for it." Zonemon informed.

A.J. heaved. "Fine. Stranded in the desert." He rolled his eyes.

"I'll go gather up the others." Otazoidmon decided, leaving.

"I'll go grab Starspark and my things. Be sure to follow us Zonemon." A.J. stated.

Zonemon nodded. "I will A.J., I will." He assured.

Otazoidmon gathered up the rest of Feranin League, and A.J. grabbed Starspark and his sentinel bag. From the cockpit, Zonemon opened the cargo doors and Lunal was the first out, followed closely by Ememon, since both could fly. A.J. had put Starspark in his bag and closed it. He was next and he hesitated for a moment, but then he went to the edge and leapt out. Otazoidmon and Equalmon followed...

---

Falling downwards towards the sandy ground of the desert, A.J. glanced around him, with his arms out and the air rushing through him. He noticed Zonemon falling down not too far to his left. Lunal and Ememon just flew down to the ground, but they kept pace with A.J. and the others. A.J. and his Feranin League watched as the starship: Paladin of Darkness plunged into the sandy grounds of the desert, exploding. Stukamon rushed to the site of the explosion.

A.J. landed on his feet with a little shock, even though he didn't have any parachute and for any normal human, he would have been squashed. However, like it's already known, A.J. wasn't the average normal human. Ememon and Lunal landed safely without any trouble and the same was for Otazoidmon; Ememon, and Equalmon, though for Equalmon, his legs got a little wobbly.

A.J. took his sentinel bag off and opened it, letting Starspark out. Starspark jumped out of the bag and landed safely onto the sandy ground of the desert.

"We lost everything." Equalmon muttered.

"The important thing is that we find this mysterious charge. Did the starship identify which one it is?" A.J. asked, turning to Zonemon.

Zonemon nodded. "The charge of atmosphere." He replied.

"Did it say for which one of you?" A.J. asked.

Zonemon chuckled. "Sure did. It belongs to Otazoidmon." He replied.

Otazoidmon's eyes widened. "The first mysterious charge and its mine! Yippy!" He cheered.

"It seems we have a lot of walking to do, so let's get on with it. What was the last location of the mysterious charge?" A.J. asked.

"We're in the right direction. Its a few miles to the west; straight ahead." Zonemon replied.

Otazoidmon and Feranin League started to walk towards the west. A.J. made sure that Lunal and Starspark were close behind. He had his sentinel bag around his back again.

"What's so mysterious about them?" Ememon questioned.

"We'll find out once we reach this one." Equalmon replied...

---

The mysterious charge of Atmosphere had a grenade model in the middle. The divine crest of myths was on the left wing in dark green, the mysterious crest of Atmosphere was on the right wing in dark green. The wings were on either side of the grenade, they looked like fighter plane wings, but smaller and in light green. Feranin League all approached closer towards the mysterious charge, with directions through A.J.'s univice, who was carrying Starspark in his arms.

Starspark was panting from the heat and had stopped before. Once noticing that he stopped, A.J. took the initiative and picked him up. A.J. decided to check on the info his univice had on Stukamon.

"Stukamon - Android Grasl Maturity - Stukamon are android planes and are named from the Stuka Dive-Bombers of the Germans in WW2 - His attacks are: Dive Bomber and Torpedo Passage."

"Do you think with the new form Otazoidmon would charge into, through the mysterious charge of atmosphere that he'll be able to handle the Stukamon?" Ememon asked.

"Most likely." Zonemon replied.

"Otazoidmon's form would have to be a flying form, or it won't be an atmosphere charge. The mysterious charge of atmosphere must be one of flying... We're here." A.J. announced.

They had all stopped in front of a sand dune. Stukamon were spotted heading towards them, and Ememon and Zonemon readied themselves. A.J.'s univice glowed on its own, and Ememon and Zonemon turned transparent green. A.J. shook his head.

'It has its own mind now. I don't need to order it.' He thought.

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

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

Primon flew into the air and went to intercept the Stukamon. Centermon galloped towards the Stukamon.

"Imperial Freeze!" Primon yelled.

The Stukamon all avoided his attack and continued zooming in on him, with their noisy engines. Primon's eyes narrowed and the Battle of Atmosphere had only begun. Otazoidmon turned to A.J.

"I want to join them." He requested.

A.J. blinked. "How?" He asked.

"Magna Otamon?" Otazoidmon reminded.

A.J. shook his head. "I need you for the mysterious charge of atmosphere. I'll need to have you ready for it and at your full energy."

Otazoidmon moaned. Starspark had jumped out of A.J.'s lap and started digging into the dune. Equalmon joined him.

"It seems the charge is in the dune." A.J. noted.

"Seems so." Otazoidmon muttered.

"Let's get digging." A.J. clapped his hands.

A.J. and Otazoidmon joined Equalmon and Starspark in digging. Once A.J. had touched the sand of the dune, a strong breeze blew and cleared the dune away, revealing the mysterious charge of atmosphere. Before A.J. touched it, he glanced back at Primon and Centermon. He saw Primon fall from the sky and devolve back in Ememon, while Centermon was back in Zonemon, crawling back to their location.

Otazoidmon was tense and ready for the mysterious charge once A.J. touched it. He grabbed it with one hand and stood onto his feet, holding his arm out, the arm that carried the mysterious charge.

"Ready Otazoidmon?" A.J. asked, glancing at him.

"More than over." Otazoidmon replied.

A.J.'s univice glowed green and Otazoidmon turned transparent green.

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

The mysterious charge of atmosphere turned into green fractal code and headed towards the transparent Otazoidmon.

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

Planemon rushed into the sky, while Zonemon reached A.J.

"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."

"Let the Battle of Atmosphere commence." A.J. whispered, staring at Planemon with the rest of Feranin League...

COMING UP! EPISODE 8: DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN

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

Master in Kestir and Seltic

Spirit Jerebis: Storms of Myths
Episode 5: "Master in Kestir and Seltic"

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:

Otazoidmon here, A.J. went into the reserve room and got some new stuff from there. Misterim taught A.J. some dance steps and in the end, Misterim gave A.J. some advice and A.J. made him a member of Crescent League. Eventually Misterim died and he was buried nearby Myths Mosque, on the surface. We all left the place with the pecker. Where to now? On with the conclusion...

ONE WEEK LATER...

One week had passed since A.J. left with his soul-warriors from Myths Mosque. A.J. had the pecker visible, deep in a canyon valley. The pecker was close to a river that turned into a waterfall a few yards away. A.J. learned of Kestir and Seltic from the pecker's computer. He learned from it that very few crescentians excelled in them. Kestir was a combat style translated into "Owl's Perch"; Seltic was a discipline style translated into "Owl's Glide".

Hadef excelled in both of them from the ship computer's logs and records but Misterim was able to learn them. A.J. taught himself both Kestir and Seltic, he requested that his soul-warriors learned with him and they all did. A.J. picked up Equalmon from Myths Village and headed straight for the canyon region, the best place for hiding; safety, and security. Part of Kestir was to learn and summon on your own aura at will.

Feranin League's auras, all of them, were all colored dark green, glowing. With help from his soul-warriors, he repainted the pecker and named it Paladin of Darkness. During the time, A.J. drew out accurate maps of Midnight Rastiro. When he was called upon for help from Myths Village, he went without hesitation. He learned the ways of survival in the wilderness through his week of training and meditation.

As Misterim told him, A.J. kept to his faith and religion, staying close to Allah. A.J. gained quick experience that excelled pass his soul-warriors that he could easily defeat them even though they knew both Kestir and Seltic. With his skill, A.J. was able to enclose his aura around his Myths Blade, glowing with ownalis energy. He learned to have his aura appear but him himself to cloak away. A.J. took it on himself to get himself up and begin training every morning.

A.J.'s hair got taller, covering the back of his neck...

A.J. was in the starship's bathroom, washing his hair with shampoo. He scrubbed it all around for some time. He rinsed his hair once scrubbing was done. He turned the faucet off, drying off his hair with one of the towels in the small bathroom. He put the towel back in place once done drying his hair and went onto combing it. The last time he took a shampoo was a day before he came to Midnight Rastiro and that was a long time.

It was even longer that he hadn't taken a shower or a bath. His soul-warriors kept their bodies clean and fresh though, commonly taking baths or showers twice a week. A.J. remembered the time he had made the Feranin Crowns and given them one by one to his league after putting on his own. The strip was short than a necklace's stripping so that the head would hold it on top. In the center front was a five-edged star made out of emerald gemstone.

The strip itself was of green crovinze material. A.J. always wore his around his head. Even Lunal and Equalmon had one over their heads. He left the bathroom with his crown swinging onto his head gently. He left Paladin of Darkness, out into the open. His soul-warriors were out in sight, training with each other. Lunal was against Equalmon; Ememon was against Zonemon, and Otazoidmon was training by himself. All of them had their auras brightly glowing as shields on them.

A.J. sighed, putting his hands in his shorts pockets. He was wearing Crescent League's member's coat. A.J. sighed, lowering his head and closing his eyes. Five dark green glowing orbs went spiraling upwards around A.J.'s body. Reaching his forehead, the orbs, one by one, started circling around it until the last one got up. When that happened the orbs flashed into the dark green aura around A.J.'s body, glowing brightly as a shield protecting his body.

It happened all in less than a nanosecond. His soul-warriors looked towards him, as he approached them slowly with his aura glowing. The breeze was blowing gently, rustling the leafs of the few trees that were in the area, making simple low ripples in the river close by them. A.J. and his soul-warriors could feel the breeze but their aura protected their bodies from outside interference. Taking up his pace, A.J. approached Otazoidmon.

Otazoidmon was the next best master after A.J. The two usually sparred with each other occasionally.

'I'm prepared for you Shooting Star.' Otazoidmon grinned.

'Let's do this then. Your move Comet.' A.J. replied.

Through the days of the week, the soul-warriors and their sailor were able to openly telepath with each other. Telepathy was part of Seltic. No matter how loud or noisy it was around you, you'll always hear and use telepath crystal clear without having any trouble. With A.J. approaching him, Otazoidmon used his knowledge and skill in Kestir so far and launched out an all-out pulse of wind towards A.J. that would even affect the aura and slightly affect the body the aura protected.

A.J. stopped his approach and went into a stance of defense, holding his left arm in front of his face diagonally from bottom left to top right. A.J.'s aura was glowing ever so brightly and powerful that the wind pulse didn't budge it and A.J. didn't feel it. A.J. sensed however that Otazoidmon was gaining on A.J.'s level, dangerously becoming close equals in the styles.

'What's wrong Perch?' A.J. asked.

'Little out of fitness Paladin.' Otazoidmon laughed.

They all had nicknames. Otazoidmon's was Comet and Perch; A.J.'s was Shooting Star and Paladin; Lunal's was Glide; Equalmon's was Gallop; Zonemon's was Bristle, and Ememon's was Prince. Paladin raised his left eyebrow in question, Perch shrugged in reply to it.

Paladin grinned, getting into Kestir starting stance, kneeling his knees without touching the ground, his left arm was diagonally up to his chest, close to his right shoulder from bottom left to top right, his right arm was behind his back horizontally. His aura shone ever so bright, flames forming at the end of the aura's outside edge, indicating that he was ready for battle. Otazoidmon followed in suit and did the same, his aura from the outside flamed green flames.

Ememon; Lunal; Equalmon, and Zonemon lined up beside each other, keeping their auras on, excited on the inside but calm on the outside, from the show of power that was about to unfold before their eyes. In Kestir, you are taught to extend your aura's power and energy from within the owner's soul or from within the environment around it, keeping it strong if not increasing it. It gives more strength to the owner, not draining it.

The easy way was taking from around you; the hard way was from your soul with its unlimited energy and eternal life. A.J. and his soul-warriors were well seasoned on extension on their auras' power from within their souls, making them more brute and powerful in battle. Ememon; Lunal; Equalmon, and Zonemon kept their guard up because that was part of Seltic.

It might appear that two might spar at each other but at anytime one of them could strike at anyone from outside the sparring. Kestir teaches one to reach speeds up to twinkle if not passing it. A.J. charged at Otazoidmon in a blur. Though they watched from outside, Ememon; Lunal; Equalmon, and Zonemon kept up with them, part of the teachings of Seltic. Otazoidmon went into a defensive position but A.J. outflanked that move but jumping into the air.

'Think about outflanking. I'm the second best, close to you Shooting Star. Watch this and behold it.' Otazoidmon grinned.

A.J. blinked, coming down at Otazoidmon with his arms folded behind him like an owl's wings. Otazoidmon flipped onto his back with his hands onto the ground, his legs were towards the sky, bent. A.J. came down hard onto Otazoidmon's feet; his shoulders on them with A.J. vertically up in the air, ninety degrees. A.J. tapped onto his soul's energy enough to hold the aura. A.J. knew Otazoidmon's next move by heart.

With a mighty upward push, Otazoidmon pushed A.J. into the air. A.J. unlocked his arms from behind his back, ready to strike. A.J. flipped in midair, able to land on Otazoidmon's feet with A.J.'s own feet. Otazoidmon grinned and threw A.J. backwards into the canyon, going through the canyon by a few inches. A.J. sighed, upside down on his head in a canyon wall. It was awkward watching your surroundings from that position.

A.J. saw Otazoidmon getting onto his feet and turning towards him. With skill and knowledge in Kestir and Seltic, the soul-warriors' attacks were more destructive and affective than ever before. Otazoidmon's Emerald Lightning could shock a mate back to a juvenile if not embryo. In Kestir however, with defense and offense came dodging; blocking, and absorbing. A.J. slid himself off of the canyon wall and used the canyon to ricochet himself towards Otazoidmon in a blur.

"Emerald Lightning!" Otazoidmon yelled.

With the highest in skill; knowledge; training, and experience, A.J. was able to easily absorb the attack into his aura, making it more powerful. Otazoidmon put both of his arms in front of him vertically but A.J., yet again, outflanked Otazoidmon. Twisting his body around in mid-flight, A.J. used his left foot and locked onto Otazoidmon's neck from its back. A.J. landed easily on the ground with his other leg.

With a shove, A.J. forced Otazoidmon's face into the ground, burying it slightly. A.J. knelt down with his feet around Otazoidmon's neck from behind. A.J. had his left leg bent into the ground, his knee touching the ground and supporting his left leg.

'Give up Perch?' A.J. asked.

Otazoidmon sighed, closing his eyes.

'I give up.' He replied.

A.J. smiled, nodding, letting go of Otazoidmon. Otazoidmon got onto his feet as A.J. did the same. The two companions shook each other's hands, A.J. putting his other hand onto both hands.

"Not bad moves you have there. Some of them you do you good and even save your life." A.J. complimented.

"You were more amazing man. You absorbing my attack was more amazing." Otazoidmon modestly grinned.

Ememon; Lunal; Equalmon, and Zonemon all applauded for the two, approaching them. Ememon patted Otazoidmon on the back. They surrounded Otazoidmon, challenging him to choose one of them to take him on in a Kestir Spar. A.J. smiled, content of himself. The flames on A.J.'s and Otazoidmon's auras died down. A.J. put his hands back into his shorts pockets as he walked away, towards the waterfall's edge...

A.J.'s uniform was his Kestir uniform. It was his common suit that he usually wore nowadays, even when he went to sleep. His uniform was this: Coin bracelet and Crescentian necklace; Green sleeveless coat with black sport shorts; Owl athletic shoes; Twinkle Belt with Twinklian sheath; Green Twinklian headband with Paladin crown above it and Twinklian green gloves.

A.J. sat on the edge, letting his legs dangle over the edge and his aura warm his body. A.J. looked up into the sky, watching some birds fly by, high in the sky above the canyon with the drifting sheep clouds. A.J. was in tranquil in himself. He closed his eyes, relaxed his body and put his arms behind his back like folding his wings, going into a peaceful mental meditation. In Kestir, one is taught to not have his aura too bright and in doing so it would blind the enemy or opponent.

A.J.'s dark green aura was still around him but it was dimmer, aware of A.J.'s mental state of Seltic Relaxation and Comfort. When A.J. ever felt troubled; worried; afraid or lonely, he would come out there to where he was now and go into the Seltic Relaxation state, warming and assuring his soul, vanquishing any troubles; worries; fear, and loneliness in his mind. His thoughts turned peacefully to Helen and Crescent League members one by one.

His memories of what happened at the night of Helen's party flashed into his peaceful mind. He was so deep in his state that it was like sleep and being hypnotized, that wasn't what it was like. A.J. deeply breathed through his nose, calming himself even more. As part of Seltic, he controlled his mental thoughts, remembering all the dreams he had about himself and Helen. He kept them for as long as he wanted then switched to the next memory.

Once done with his memory lane, A.J. sighed deeply, opening his eyes. He left Seltic Relaxation state. A.J. looked up into the sky and saw that night was approaching. A.J. stood up, unlocked his arms and walked back to the starship. His aura was still bright around him. Auras helped a person to see in the darkness. If one reaches a certain level or skill of Kestir, he or she would be able to brighten the area that is dark with the auras.

The catch is that no one from outside would see you except those who have knowledge and skill in Kestir. It was more dangerous at night in the canyons than it was during the day...

A.J. entered his starship and saw that all his soul-warriors were there. He saw them despaired. He went to the cockpit and put on the cloak, he went back to his soul-warriors and sat with them. A.J. let his aura die out as his soul-warriors' auras were gone.

"What's wrong?" A.J. asked.

"... We're thinking of the ones back in Lost Andalus and Para Andalus." Otazoidmon replied, sighing.

"I miss Sapmon." Ememon whispered.

"I would do anything to brace Ranbimon again." Zonemon whispered.

A.J. nodded to himself, understanding where this was going.

"Did you three try Seltic Relaxation?" A.J. asked.

"We're not as skilled in it as you Paladin." Ememon replied.

"Not only not skilled, but don't know how to do it in the first place." Zonemon added.

"If nothing goes wrong and if we're still alive, I'll teach you all how to do Seltic Relaxation tomorrow morning. Let's all get a bite to eat and retire." A.J. suggested.

"I guess so." Ememon shrugged.

"Meow." Starspark remarked.

A.J. looked down at him. Starspark's eyes were now open and he knew A.J. and his soul-warriors deeply, to the point of trusting them. A.J. nodded and went to prepare some food for Starspark. When finished, A.J. called out to Starspark, two meows, and Starspark came running to his food. A.J. put the food down in its common spot. He prepared food for himself and the others.

They all ate and left the dishes for the morning. When done, they went to their bunks and slept peacefully until the morning...

Next morning after breakfast, and washing the dishes from the morning and the night before, A.J. and his soul-warriors were outside, sitting on the edge of the waterfall with their legs dangling over the edge.

"Can we do this with our auras off?" Otazoidmon asked.

A.J. nodded. "We can but it's more successful and affective with your aura on."

Five green orbs of ownalis all spiraled upwards around Feranin League and flashed into their protective auras. A.J. was about to start explaining, but he was interrupted.

"Excuse me." A voice requested.

A.J. and his soul-warriors turned towards the voice. A.J. blinked.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Where's Myths Village?" The codelimin asked.

A.J. sighed, standing up. His soul-warriors followed him.

"We'll take you there. What's your name?" A.J. asked.

"Name's Ammaarmon." The codelimin replied.

A.J.; Ammaarmon, and A.J.'s soul-warriors all walked or flew, in Lunal's case, towards Paladin of Darkness that was visible. A.J. closed the entrance of Paladin of Darkness behind him, after everyone was in. A.J. checked Muchiya, his univice, for information about Ammaarmon.

"Ammaarmon - Mammal Jerebi Crystal 0 - Ammaarmon is a rare codelimin with a rare evolution line. He's the peacekeeper and defender of Myths Village - His attack is: Ammaar Punch."

A.J. nodded, sitting down at the cockpit. The others were in the seats in the room behind him. A.J. turned on the cloak and hovered high above the canyon. Paladin of Darkness blasted off towards Myths Village.

"Why are you heading towards Myths Village?" Equalmon asked.

"I'm the new peacekeeper and defender there. I just got the news a few hours ago. I hope we get there before any trouble happens." Ammaarmon sighed.

"I guess they requested a new one after I left." Equalmon shrugged.

"You were the peacekeeper and defender before me?" Ammaarmon asked.

Equalmon nodded. "Sure was and the first one."

"So have you faced any trouble while you were there?" Ammaarmon asked.

Equalmon shook his head. "I haven't."

Ammaarmon sighed. "It seems I'll stay longer than you as the new peacekeeper and defender. That means that I'll most likely face trouble again and again."

"Don't worry about it. During the past week, Myths Village was under attack one way or another and we -Feranin League- headed out and vanquished the threat." Zonemon grinned.

"So I'll have backup then." Ammaarmon smiled.

"Sure will." Zonemon nodded...

In the distance, A.J. saw smoke rising up. He gasped, realizing that it was Myths Village. Paladin of Darkness put up a burst of extra speed.

"Guys, we have a problem. We're almost at Myths Village but it's on fire." A.J. announced.

"Oh no!" Ammaarmon gasped.

"I'll land close outside." A.J. decided.

Paladin of Darkness landed outside the walls of Myths Village. Everyone rushed out. A.J. put on the cloak, remotely.

"Did we receive a call or message of some sort for help?" Equalmon asked.

"No." A.J. replied.

"Big trouble then." Ememon sighed.

They all rushed into the village, through its main entrance and stopped there.

"Get up there Ammaarmon and we'll deal with the trouble." A.J. explained.

Ammaarmon nodded and climbed the watch tower. A.J. and his soul-warriors continued on deeper into Myths Village. Lunal stayed back in Paladin of Darkness to stay with Starspark. Upon reaching the battleground, A.J. and his soul-warriors noticed two extremely strong codelimin. They recognized one as Straymon. A.J. hacked onto Muchiya for information on the other.

"Zeromon - Mammal Grasl Haril - Zeromon is extremely deadly and merciless, a villain in himself - His attack is: Zero Effect."

"O.K. guys, this requires auras and crevolution." A.J. whispered.

"Which one first?" Otazoidmon asked.

"Crevolution." A.J. whispered.

"I'll stay back on the sidelines and watch." Equalmon decided.

"What? You're part of the league!" A.J. complained.

Equalmon shook his head. "I'm too scared to face off against two strong codelimin even with my aura and crevolved form."

A.J. sighed. "Fine! We'll deal with them then."

Three dark green pillars were released into the air as the three soul-warriors went into crescention.

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

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

"OTAZOIDMON CREVOLVE!"
"... COLAMON!"

The crowns were still around the evolved forms. The two sparring codelimin were too busy in their sparring that they didn't notice the multiple crevolution.

"Centermon and I would take on Zeromon. Primon, you and Colamon would take on Straymon." A.J. whispered.

"We're with you." Centermon agreed.

"Kestir auras now." A.J. whispered.

The five green ownalis orbs spiraled upwards around their bodies and flashed into their protective auras. Immediately, they flamed their auras as they took their Kestir spar stances. Straymon and Zeromon stopped sparring and turned their heads towards the powerful energies they sensed and felt. Straymon was surprised to see A.J. that powerful. From that Straymon knew that A.J. could take him down at anytime now.

Centermon and A.J. charged towards Zeromon; Primon, and Colamon rushed at Straymon. Straymon was disgusted to know that A.J. wasn't amongst his opponents. Zeromon admitted that A.J. and his soul-warriors were powerful.

"Zero Effect!" Zeromon yelled, releasing a blast of black energy towards A.J.

A.J. easily rushed through it, reflecting it. Zeromon gasped, taking a step back. He turned around and was about to run if it wasn't for A.J. A.J. jumped into the air and by grabbing Zeromon's head from behind, shoved it deep into the ground. Zeromon moaned in pain.

"Atom Split!" Centermon yelled, unleashing his attack.

The attacks had the auras around them from their masters. The attack blasted into Zeromon and if he wasn't Haril, then he would have probably instantly been deleted. Zeromon screamed in pain. A.J. rushed in circles around Zeromon along with Centermon, galloping around in circles. The two of them were a blur. During that, Zeromon stood back up on his feet. Mysteriously, the two eventually formed an ownalis circular cage around Zeromon.

A.J. and Centermon leaped backwards. The cage collapsed smaller and exploded into a green explosion, making Zeromon scream out in agony and collapse to his stomach once more...

"Element Destroyer!" Straymon yelled.

Colamon easily dodged it.

"Imperial Freeze!" Primon yelled, unleashing his attack.

Straymon leaped into the air, avoiding it. A small crater was made with a cloud dust covering up Straymon.

"Stay alert." Colamon whispered, standing still with Primon.

"Recharge!" Straymon yelled.

Primon pounced to his right and Colamon pounced to his left, avoiding the attack. Straymon charged through the dust cloud at Colamon. With his skill and training in Kestir, Colamon was ready for him. Colamon was able to stop his charge with the palm of his hand, holding back Straymon's charge with ease. His palm was on Straymon's forehead. Straymon growled and snarled, trying to reach his opponent.

Primon sat back and watched from the sidelines, ready to enter when he was called upon. With twinkle speed reflexes Colamon let Straymon go, but at the same moment, he punched Straymon in the snout, sending him flying backwards through the air. Straymon was lucky that his snout wasn't broken. Straymon rolled on the ground for a few moments, quickly getting back onto his legs.

'Incredible. I was lucky to survive that strike. A.J. might be my opponent, but these two are no less a threat than A.J. They both might be maturity, but they easily beat the crap out of me just now.' Straymon thought.

"Listen! I'm here to stop Zeromon and not to fight with Feranin League." Straymon explained.

"I'd advise you to retreat because we won't hesitate in deleting you." Primon warned.

'Withdrawal is the best and wisest option and choice I have.' Straymon thought, sighing.

"This isn't over!" Straymon yelled, withdrawing...

Zeromon panted, watching Straymon withdraw.

'I guess that is the best option for me as well. I'm the more dangerous threat though and it'll be tough to break through. I'll try anyway.' Zeromon thought.

'He's going to try and break through.' A.J. thought.

'Should we stop him?' Centermon asked.

'No, let him pass. We can wait and deal with him later on.' A.J. replied.

'O.K. then.' Centermon nodded.

Zeromon painfully stood onto his feet. He roared, charging towards A.J. and Centermon.

"Zero Effect!" Zeromon yelled.

He continuously attacked that way, passing easily through A.J. and Centermon who both let him pass, avoiding his attacks. Zeromon stopped his attacks, realizing that he was through. He continued on with his withdrawal.

"We'll meet again later on!" Zeromon yelled back.

In no time, Zeromon faded away into the horizon. Primon and Colamon regrouped with A.J. and Centermon. Primon; Colamon, and Centermon all decrevolved back into Ememon; Otazoidmon, and Zonemon. They let the flames on their auras die down, but kept their auras shining brightly on them.

"What now?" Zonemon asked.

"Now to collect our charges and crescention equipment." A.J. replied.

"Back to Paladin of Darkness!" Ememon cheered.

A.J. smiled, walking back to Paladin of Darkness with his soul-warriors. Equalmon joined them...

COMING UP! EPISODE 6: ENTER CHARGES OF MYSTERY

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

Dance Steps

Story by Green Garden

Spirit Jerebis: Storms of Myths
Episode 4: "Dance Steps"

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 here, we reached Misterim's Quarters but it was in wrecks. We learned that the Digital Visi and his goons were the ones to attack it later on. We took base below Myths Mosque, which is called Myths Base, and settled down. Misterim had injures but recovered from them the next day. A.J. prepared a delicious omelet that he calls Actonal Omelet with Misterim's help. What is all this about dancing? On with the conclusion...

"What about me and you?" A.J. asked.

"Starspark can stay with Otazoidmon, who's relieved of it. Ememon, would you kindly wake Lunal up for his serving, before it gets cold? Thanks. I'll teach you how to dance like a master, before I die anyway." Misterim explained.

Ememon left to wake Lunal up.

"I know how to dance." A.J. remarked.

"Do you know how to tap dance? Fast dance? Country Dance?" Misterim asked.

A.J. blinked.

"I rest my case." Misterim smiled.

A.J. sighed, finishing up feeding Starspark and ate up his serving. Ememon took the last two plates and went with Zonemon to do the washing. Suddenly, some thoughts came into A.J.'s head.

"Where's a laptop or computer?" A.J. asked, standing up.

"In the room next to mine." Misterim replied.

A.J. nodded. He left the primary room and entered his bedroom...

He left the bedroom entering Misterim's small bedroom and from there to the only other door that was apparent. A.J. entered the room and saw a laptop there on a desk. The thoughts left his mind as he saw what was in the room. He saw unified battle suits with weapons close by or on them. Misterim came in behind A.J. He smiled.

"Yep, those were the glorious days." Misterim stared at the unified suits and the weapons.

A.J. grabbed one of the swords on the wall and compared his own sword with the one he just took.

"Closely the same." A.J. sighed.

"Check the necklaces." Misterim requested, folding his arms.

A.J. put the other blade back and sheathed his own. He picked a necklace and took it out of its hook. It was two metal tags like the soldiers wear. The difference here was that name and figures were engraved onto the duo tags. The tags were made of emerald and not of metal, it was green emerald; not blue.

"That one you picked belongs to your ancestor: Hadef." Misterim explained.

He approached the wall and held onto another necklace, staring at it.

"This was mine." He smiled.

He went to another, held onto it and stared at it.

"This was White Fox's." He nodded.

"What are the figures in the engraving?" A.J. asked.

"Twilasin Language. The figures resemble words, like Chinese and Japanese. Twilasin has figures that resemble letters too though." Misterim replied.

A.J. stared admiringly at it.

"Each necklace is told to have the ability of sensing other Crescentian people if they're nearby. The offspring of these necklaces can wear them. I don't have any offspring so my necklace is a lone one. I don't know about White Fox. Try on your necklace, let's see what happens." Misterim requested.

A.J. hesitatingly put on his ancestor necklace. The necklace instantly glowed and its name changed with the figures. The name changed to A.J. Actonal. Misterim went over and read the figures.

"Emir of Algeria." Misterim muttered.

A.J. thought of something and decided to try it. He took off the coin necklace of his and put it around his right wrist. The coin necklace became a coin bracelet and held onto the wrist. Misterim smiled, holding something in his hands.

"What's that you're carrying?" A.J. asked.

"Did you take the Crescentian Immunity shot?" Misterim asked.

"I did, but that's irrelevant to what I asked you." A.J. replied.

"It can protect you from bullets; radiation, and tons of other stuff, but that's not the only thing... It also lets you live for thousands of years. When the Day of Judgment is a year or two away, the immunity would become weak and you'd die in a few weeks but then again, the immunity could be wrong." Misterim explained.

"So I took a Life Long shot without knowing it?" A.J. asked.

Misterim nodded. "You bet."

A.J. face-faulted. "Just what I need."

"I'll give this to you after the lesson. Perhaps final lesson." Misterim remarked.

A.J. blinked. "O.K."

Misterim put the thing away. He went over to A.J.

"You know how to hold a girl when you and she dance, right?" Misterim asked.

"This is going to feel kind of awkward." A.J. remarked.

"You're telling me?! I'm the teacher besides; there will be a point where you'll dance on your own to beat." Misterim grinned.

'This is going to take longer than I thought.' A.J. thought...

THREE HOURS LATER...

A.J. and Misterim where in the primary room getting something to drink. The two were sweating from their rehearsal.

"You are one hell of a dancer, I'll give you that." Misterim admitted.

"I got to know much more than I already knew. Thanks a lot for it... coach." A.J. grinned.

"Let me ask you something." Misterim requested.

"What?" A.J. asked.

"At any moment in the dancing, did you feel... attracted to me?" Misterim asked, raising an eyebrow.

A.J. sweat-dropped and spitted the drink out of his mouth. He wiped his mouth and put the drink on the counter.

"You've got to be kidding me. Of course not! I mean I'm not the homosexual type." A.J. replied.

Misterim nodded. "The first answer was good enough."

A.J. laughed. He went over to the sink and opened the faucet. He splashed water onto his face, cooling it down.

"There's been that thing you wanted to explain to me about." A.J. reminded, with the faucet water running.

"Yeah, the morph device. There are only seven of them. Do you know where that water's coming from?" Misterim asked.

"Why?" A.J. asked, turning the faucet off.

"Well, it's just from an underground reserve a few yards away from the base." Misterim replied.

A.J. nodded. Misterim put his cup away.

"Now to give you that morph device." He grinned, walking towards the armory room.

"Morph device?" A.J. asked.

He quickly went after Misterim...

They entered the armory and Misterim showed the morph device, the thing that he was holding before, to A.J.

"That's a morph device?" A.J. asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Believe me it would become handy in the future. There are only seven of them and you're the leader of the seven of course." Misterim smirked.

A.J. took the morph device and put it above his bracelet on his right wrist, buckling it to the wrist. The device was like a normal watch. The screen was in a shape of an owl, lined out one that was in emerald. An emerald gemstone was at the center in a five-edged star form. There were no buttons or anything like it. The bracelet was black and soft. The owl had its wings spread outwards, slightly upwards.

It held onto A.J.'s arm like a way you close a cap connected to your jacket, rough surface with soft hairy surface that holds onto one another.

"One last thing before I go." Misterim requested.

"What?" A.J. asked.

"Make me a member of your league." Misterim requested.

A.J. blinked. "As you wish. Coach Misterim Arteenlow, even without a soul-warrior or digivice, you're full with good virtues. Welcome aboard onto the Islamic Andalus League."

A.J. gave him a united Islamic Andalus League coat. Misterim took it and put it on him.

"I'm kind of weak; several thousands of years would do that to you. Last advice, don't give up on anything you go for, no matter what it is, and keep trying until you succeed. Life is short and this is mortality, not infinity. There is a life after this one that is infinite: work for it and not against it." Misterim advised, leaving the room into his bedroom.

A.J. walked with him into Misterim's bedroom. Misterim went into his bed and tucked himself in. A.J. stared at him from the entrance of his bedroom.

"Go now. The angel is waiting." Misterim whispered, smiling with weak eyes.

'The angel of death? Most likely. I better go.' A.J. thought.

He left the room, closing the door behind him...

A.J. walked into the primary room where everyone else was. He sat down on a couch.

"Where's Misterim?" Otazoidmon asked.

Ememon was feeding Starspark on a chair. Zonemon was sitting in one of the massaging seats and Otazoidmon was with him on the couch. Lunal was on his perch, listening.

"He died." A.J. muttered.

Everyone was instantly quiet for the moment, staring at A.J.

"Death... We'll all experience it, there's no escape from it. We're all to Allah and we'll all return to him." A.J. sighed, standing up.

He went into Misterim's bedroom, passing through his own bedroom. The others followed him. Ememon had Starspark. A.J. stared at the smiled but closed-eyed Misterim. A.J. let a few tears down his face. He took the covers off of Misterim. Misterim had his left arm on his league member's coat.

"What are you doing?" Zonemon asked.

"What does it look like? I'm going to bury him." A.J. replied.

"Do you know how to bury a body?" Ememon asked.

"I sure do. There are a few things according to Islamic religion that I should do first. Now, would some of you help me? I can't carry him alone you know." A.J. explained.

Ememon gave Starspark to Otazoidmon and went to help A.J. Zonemon went to help as well...

AN HOUR LATER...

"We're done." A.J. sighed, with a pale sad face.

He just buried Misterim outside, not far from the mosque but not close either, amongst trees with his soul-warriors helping him. The crovinze on the surface of the grave said his name and year; it also said 'COACH ABOVE ALL COACHES. MAY ALLAH HAVE MERCY ON HIM. TO ALLAH WE ALL ARE AND TO HIM WE'LL RETURN.'

Lunal was perched close by on a branch in a near tree. Zonemon; Ememon, and Otazoidmon all stood beside A.J. Otazoidmon was carrying Starspark.

"He was one heck of a leader." A voice sighed.

A.J. and his group turned towards the voice. It was between the trees, a codelimin. A.J. had Muchiya, his univice, analyze it.

"Runmon - Fire Grasl Haril - He uses his ax to do most of his attacks - His attacks are: Fire Ax; Fire Line; Fire Star; Body Heat; Fire Brick; Giant Fire."

"Come to annoy us at a time of our grief?" A.J. asked.

"Actually no. I just came over to introduce myself." Runmon replied.

"Are you in anyway close to Watermon?" Zonemon asked.

Runmon blinked. "Watermon? You know where he is?! I'm not close as a family but was as a friend. Where is he?"

"Why do you want him?" A.J. asked, staring at Runmon.

"I have some unfinished business with him." Runmon replied.

"He isn't in this world." Ememon added.

"Where then?" Runmon asked.

"In Para Andalus but only deal with him!" A.J. warned.

"I won't hurt or harm your league, don't worry. Off to Para Andalus for me then." Runmon remarked.

He vanished from where he was.

"How could he do that?" Otazoidmon asked.

"I don't have a clue. We'll learn that soon enough." A.J. replied.

"Now where are we going?" Ememon asked.

"Lu." Lunal agreed.

"To live in the forests. I'm still after for my vengeance against Straymon. I have a feeling he's back here." A.J. replied, heading towards the mosque.

"Where are you going then?" Ememon asked.

"To get some stuff. I'll be back in a few moments." A.J. replied.

His soul-warriors waited with Starspark to return but A.J. didn't return. Instead, the ground in front of the mosque opened up and A.J.'s new pecker starship, previously Misterim's, hovered into the air, upwards. The ground closed up once again. A.J. carefully landed the pecker onto the ground. He motioned his soul-warriors over. Ememon; Otazoidmon; Lunal, and Zonemon all rushed towards the pecker. A.J. opened the cargo door and his soul-warriors entered.

They all saw the car and their boards there. A.J. closed the cargo door behind them. Lunal flew towards the passenger area, passing through the living quarters. He perched onto a stick. Ememon; Zonemon, and Otazoidmon followed.

"Ememon, watch out for him." Otazoidmon indicated Starspark.

Ememon nodded, taking Starspark.

"Where are you going?" Zonemon asked.

"To sit down in the cockpit, if possible. If not, I'll be back. Don't wait." Otazoidmon replied.

He went into the cockpit and saw A.J. at the pilot's seat. Otazoidmon took the seat next to A.J.'s. A.J. turned on life support and the microphone.

"Buckle on your seats guys. Lunal hold onto something, we're going to a blasting momentous ride." A.J. explained.

Ememon and Zonemon buckled themselves onto their seats. Ememon gently hold onto Starspark tightly. Lunal grabbed tighter onto his seat. A.J. started the engines and hovered into the air. Once they we clear, A.J. cloaked the starship and blasted through the skies, away from Myths Mosque...

COMING UP! EPISODE 5: MASTER IN KESTIR AND SELTIC

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