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

The Power of Love

Spirit Jerebis: Storms of Myths
Episode 13: "The Power of Love"

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:

Bristle here. Two of White Fox's close friends appeared, being both Shadow Owl and Alpha Lion. Both were on an assignment to return with White Fox to... Anihuleph... I think. Anyway, we found out of our charges and went back to our shelter with A.J. staying behind to know the Anihulman tale. We thought he won't find out, but he did know from the start. We came to know of the tale through probing A.J.'s mind and listening with him, all four of us. When he returned, I went with him to claim our charges of courage. Shadow Owl accompanied us and Alpha Lion went on his own to claim the charges of friendship for us. After a bath and rest for A.J., what's next? A new day awaits, full of revelations and adventure. On with the conclusion...

The next morning arrived, and the first thing that woke A.J. up was the sweet chirp-chirp of birds outside. He stretched in his bed and yawned. He got out of bed and went to the bathroom. He freshened himself up and went into the kitchen to see Ememon there, preparing some breakfast for Feranin League. A.J. retrieved his clothes and went back to his bedroom. His suit was ready for him, being washed; dried, and ironed. He took off his robe and put on his former suit on.

It was the green t-shirt and black shorts. He put the bathrobe back into the bathroom. Upon entering the diner room, A.J. noticed his four soul-warrior copedam all up and eating. A.J. froze momentarily and left his biovesto cabin. He went into his pecker -which he had yet to name- and fetched Lunal and Starspark. Upon somebody grabbing them, the two woke up and A.J. brought them back to the biovesto cabin. A.J. quickly got himself a few hotdog sandwiches.

He also got some hotdogs for Starspark and Lunal. Lunal might have been an herbivore, but he ate the hotdog pretty fast. Starspark was really hungry and was the quickest in eating his share of hotdogs. A.J. was still on his second sandwich, when Starspark was sitting and staring up at A.J., with his eyes pleading, being silent and patient. A.J. grinned and shook his head. Starspark stood up.

"Mew." He meowed.

A.J. chuckled. "I'm sorry, but that's all you'll get for now Starspark."

Starspark blinked. "Meow." He moaned.

"Alhamdullah." A.J. whispered, done with his breakfast.

With him done with his breakfast, he headed off towards the bathroom and washed his face; hands, and brushed his teeth. He went back to his bedroom, which also turned out to be his study in the biovesto cabin of his. He didn't know where his soul-warriors had headed off to, and didn't mind probing their minds to find out; he had bigger fish to fry. He sat down at his biovesto desk in his biovesto sofa seat. He brought up the hologram of the pecker outside.

It was spinning around and an organic keyboard appeared on the biovesto desk. The buttons were black in color and the letters or forms on the buttons were dark green in color. A.J. recalled what White Fox told him, about not naming his new starship 'Paladin of Darkness'. Thinking of Lunal, A.J. came up with a name and with silver outline, with capital letters, A.J. quickly wrote down the name of his new starship: 'The Lone Owl'.

A.J. was about the put the name on his biovesto starship, but then a new more interesting name came into his mind. He changed the name 'The Lone Owl' to 'FCL Star Trail'. He took the hologram, which was the name he wrote and put it on the starship. It stuck to the biovesto starship. Next came the flag. A.J. opened a new program, similar to paint and painted his flag, deciding that the flag would be the flag for Meric Land.

Again, he moved the painted flag onto the biovesto pecker, on the right wing to be precise, on the upper part of the wing. He closed the program he used to design the flag. The name was on the side of the biovesto pecker, to the right. While busy with working on his new biovesto pecker, 'FCL Star Trail', A.J. had remembered what Misterim told him about White Fox.

"Actually I'm still quite young. My body; mind, and soul are still young. I and one of my friends took a shot that made us live against sickness for thousand of years. Your ancestor refused to take it. Our friend's name is White Fox. If you ever meet up with him, tell him who you are and say hi to him for me."

That was way back when he and Stan first entered the Realm of Charges, and were on a mission to rescue the DigiDestined from Myotismon's Castle. It was some time after Ken had returned and the first attempt at rescuing the DigiDestined was a slight success, but basically a failure.

A.J. had added the Crescent's League crest to FCL Star Trail along with Feranin League's crest. He also added the outline of his crest of myths to the front of FCL Star Trail, on the top of the nose. One thing was for sure, A.J. did meet up with White Fox and White Fox already knew who he was. How ironic fate was sometimes. A.J. smiled to himself, thinking about that.

Done with his decoration and declaration of FCL Star Trail being his, A.J. typed a few things and the hologram of the biovesto pecker vanished. Instead, his four charges of courage came up, and A.J. typed a few more things. The holograms of his four copedam showed up beside their charge of courage and an arrow flashed from the charge towards the copedam. The copedam changed form from the juvenile form, to the courage form.

A.J. nodded, typed on his organic keyboard and the holograms vanished. He sighed, sitting back in his seat. He let his mind space out into his realm. Remembering some stuff Misterim had said, A.J. snapped back to reality, realizing that what White Fox told him, had conflicted with what Misterim had told him.

'Meadowis... That's what Misterim said was the name of White Fox's homeworld, yet not only White Fox, but also his two close friends: Shadow Owl and Alpha Lion, have said that their homeworld was named 'Anihuleph'. I need to talk with White Fox about this.' A.J. thought, getting out of his biovesto seat...

A.J. entered White Fox's Study and noticed Shadow Owl being there. White Hulman was also there, sitting down with White Fox and Shadow Owl around the biovesto table. He got up and A.J. understood. He shook his head.

"Thanks, but I don't want anything. I already had breakfast and food at my... home. Stay with us." A.J. requested.

White Hulman stopped, glanced at A.J., blinked and glanced at White Fox. White Fox shrugged.

"Fine with me. You can continue on with your rest." He nodded.

White Hulman sighed and sat back down on his seat. A.J. walked into the study, and his foot rubbed against a biovesto bag, making it crackle. A.J. stopped and glanced down at the bag, noticing some stuff in it. He blinked and turned to White Fox, pointing at the bag.

"What's this?" He asked.

White Fox grinned. "It's a biovesto bag. Go on ahead and see what's in it. It's yours; it wasn't mine to begin with. You can keep the bag too; I have many of them."

White Fox refrained himself from telling A.J. what the contents of the biovesto bag was on purpose, and who returned it on purpose. He wanted to see how it would turn out, between A.J. and Alpha Lion. A.J. knelt down and opened the bag. He gasped, noticing the four charges. Speechless for a few moments, he stood up and took a vacant seat around the round biovesto table.

"... Do you know where my copedam are?" He asked.

A.J. wisely decided not to ask who returned them. He recognized the four charges, as being his four charges of friendship. He figured that he would find out who returned it sooner or later.

"Zonemon came in a while back and told us you were in your bedroom doing some work on your pecker. He and the other three copedam are out, acquainting themselves with the locals." Shadow Owl explained.

A.J. nodded, "I named it: FCL Star Trail and it's done. Do you two want to see it?" He asked.

Shadow Owl stood up; ready to check out A.J.'s biovesto starship: FCL Star Trail. White Fox held up his hand, refusing.

"Not now. First there are some things we want to share with you and I'm sure you have questions." White Fox stated.

"That I do. How did you know?" A.J. asked.

"Well, you would come in here with questions and not just to visit, right?" White Fox asked.

A.J. shrugged. "I guess so."

"We'll start. You can tell him the most recent news." White Fox decided, nodding towards Shadow Owl.

Shadow Owl sighed and turned to A.J.

"First thing is first. White Fox; Alpha Lion, and I decided on giving ourselves titles, since we're the only three Anihulmans here in the Realm of Charges." Shadow Owl started.

"But..." A.J. paused. "Don't you three already have the names?" He asked, pointing at the two Anihulmans.

Shadow Owl chuckled. "A team's name; not our birth names legend. We won't change those... Well, it's already spread around town when Alpha Lion left, and we decided on it when Alpha Lion was also here... White Hulman here knows about it, but since he isn't one of us, he's not a member of the team... As of recently we're now known as Trio of Resolve."

A.J. raised an eyebrow. "Trio of Resolve? Is this a joke? I mean, yeah, there are three of you. But Trio of Resolve? Surely I could come up with something better."

"Enlighten us then and give the three of us a team name." White Fox requested, putting his arms on the biovesto table and inching closer to A.J.

A.J. blinked. "... Trio of Resolve would do just fine for the meantime." He muttered.

White Fox slapped his furred open palm on the biovesto table gently.

"There you go... Sorry." He apologized.

"For what?" A.J. asked.

White Fox giggled. "Not to you! But for hurting the biovesto, if I hurt it that is. I made sure that my slap was gentle." He explained.

"O.K. So should I start asking?" A.J. asked.

"Not yet." Shadow Owl replied, shaking his head.

"First of all, we'll tell you... well, Shadow Owl here would tell us about the assignment. I want to hear it myself and hadn't gotten the time to hear it until now. After that, you'll get yourself another history lesson... Don't fret; it'll be short." White Fox assured.

A.J. leant back into his biovesto seat and folded his arms.

"Fire away." He allowed.

White Fox waved his arm towards Shadow Owl, indicating for Shadow Owl to start his and Alpha Lion's tale, before they had arrived or reached the Realm of Charges. Shadow Owl nodded.

"Very well. It's a good thing Alpha Lion isn't here, or he'll pay attention to all the small details and would want to correct me. Listen up. Here's the tale of me and Alpha Lion's assignment...

... Flashback...

Shadow Owl was walking down a dark corridor in urgency. He knew the path too well, so the light wasn't a problem and it was always dark from the start. Shadow Owl ventured to the lower bunkers only in daylight, but now on the surface it was nighttime. Shadow Owl was sure of why he was summoned. He wasn't sure if anyone else was summoned with him and if the one who summoned him was there or not.

It had been more than a week since White Fox's last transmission and since he had vanished. Shadow Owl was getting awfully worried that Tunnel Alliance had probably captured him and killed him. But if Tunnel Alliance had captured White Fox, won't they tell Nova Alliance of their hostage? Probably not. Tunnel Alliance never told Nova Alliance about their hostages; it just was like them.

The two guarding Anihulmans saw Shadow Owl pacing towards them. They glanced at each other, and let Shadow Owl pass. Since Shadow Owl was nocturnal, he didn't mind the absence of light in the corridor, since he could see his own way with his sharpened eyesight. The black crovinze door opened by itself and Shadow Owl passed the two guarding Pressure Skunks. Once stepping in, the black crovinze door closed behind Shadow Owl.

The new room he was in was lighted and he could see everyone clearly. Other than him, there were two other occupants in the room, both standing up. It was obvious to Shadow Owl that he was the last to arrive.

"Listen up you two. I summoned you two on an urgent matter. From now, do you two think you two can handle it?" Yellow Deer asked.

Alpha Lion folded his arms. "What's the assignment first?" He inquired.

Yellow Deer sighed and Shadow Owl noticed worry and concern on the attractive leader's face. For a moment, Shadow Owl noticed what White Fox was attracted to.

White Fox snorted. "That's Yellow Deer for you. Get to know her the way I do, and such 'looks' you'd get used to."

Yellow Deer first glanced at Shadow Owl then at Alpha Lion.

"The assignment is White Fox." She informed.

Alpha Lion raised an eyebrow.

"Do our allies in Nova Alliance know of this?" Shadow Owl asked.

Yellow Deer shook her head. "They don't and they don't need to. If they did, they'd refuse to help for one thing and for another... it's our cause. We haven't heard from White Fox for a week now. On his last transmission, White Fox sounded calm and collected, but I know better."

White Fox grunted. "Yellow Deer always knows such things. I can't fool her!"

"Why us?" Alpha Lion asked.

"Because I know the two of you to be close friends with White Fox." Yellow Deer replied.

White Fox shrugged. "I couldn't keep any secrets from her in the first place."

"White Fox, please. I thought Alpha Lion would interrupt me, but now it's you? Do you want to hear the rest of the tale or not?" Shadow Owl asked.

"... Proceed."

"Thank you."

"What if we refuse?" Alpha Lion asked.

"... That's not an option. I'm sure both of you want to find White Fox also." Yellow Deer replied.

"What are the consequences of refusing this assignment?" Shadow Owl repeated, rephrasing the question.

"... Simply put, I'll kick the two of you out of Nova Alliance. You'll get to keep your starships, but all privileges as Nova Alliance Nights would be stripped from you." Yellow Deer replied.

White Fox laughed and Shadow Owl glared at him. White Fox blinked, noticing Shadow Owl's glare and stopped laughing.

Shadow Owl sighed, "I've been worried for him for a week. I for one am going."

"... Count me in." Alpha Lion agreed.

Yellow Deer smiled. "Good. Now, spy on Tunnel Alliance and scout their space. Try to find something that would indicate any giveaways to the whereabouts of White Fox. Your starships are now being stripped of the Nova Alliance crest and flag, being replaced by the crest and flag of Anihuleph. When you find him, return with him. Also, if it would be possible and won't be a burden, pass down to him the message: I love him and miss him."

Both Alpha Lion and Shadow Owl nodded in unison. Shadow Owl understood that the Nova Alliance crest and flag were being stripped from Shadow Glide as to show Tunnel Alliance that neither Shadow Glide or Dusk Predator were working for Nova Alliance, but for Anihuleph.

'Piece of cake.' Shadow Owl thought, leaving the room with Alpha Lion...

... End Flashback...

"That's it?" White Fox asked.

Shadow Owl sighed. "For one thing, you interrupted me three times and for another, I'll leave the rest of the tale for some other time. In the meanwhile, don't we have other stuff to tell A.J., and for A.J. to ask?"

White Fox sighed. He wanted to hear more about the tale and secretly to know more about Yellow Deer.

"I guess by telling that 'first part' of the tale, you're indirectly telling me what Yellow Deer passed on to you and Alpha Lion." He concluded.

Shadow Owl nodded. "That's affirmative. I told Alpha Lion that I would be the one to tell you in the first place."

"... I would guess the rest of the tale wasn't a 'piece of cake' as you put it." A.J. reasoned.

Shadow Owl sweat-dropped. "... Well, yes. It wasn't as easy as I or Alpha Lion thought. We encountered more trouble and danger than we expected. Besides the rest of the tale is for some other time." He shrugged.

"Don't you forget about it." A.J. advised.

"Please! Alpha Lion is the one who forgets about things... That's one of the reasons why I told him that I would pass Yellow Deer's message to White Fox. There are two more parts in the tale. The whole tale is a trilogy of three parts." Shadow Owl explained.

"Three parts? Very well... Where did we reach in our history last time?" White Fox asked.

"Doesn't matter. I'll tell legend what remains." Shadow Owl decided.

White Fox shrugged. "Very well. Proceed. I'll just sit back and listen. You are a good storyteller." He grinned.

Shadow Owl grunted. "Yeah right! Anyway...

"Anihulmans got to meet the other four species: Planetene; Cometous; Neutronese, and Solartan, because we Anihulmans achieved something. Again, Alpha Lion wasn't born at that time, but both of us: I and White Fox, were. The first specie we met was Cometous and Cometous told Planetene about us. So naturally the first two we met were friendly towards us. It's no wonder we formed an alliance together.

"I'll tell you this: Anihulmans are far more advanced than your world legend, that's for sure. Where in your dimension, Earth had succeeded in entering space, it still isn't able to travel through it. We were able to travel through space and even change habitats and atmospheres of planets. With such technology in our hands... err... or paws if you may... We made our known planets in our known solar systems inhabitable.

"That included: Awaken; Starton; Flastin; Flaret; Prismton; Unicornia; Tranflex, and Rankdust. Little lived on Twinkle Ghost: one of Rankdust's moons. Through Twinkle Ghost we made contact with Cometous, with it being the closest to our solar system. I'll have to say, the solid rock planets: Awaken; Starton, and Flastin, weren't hard to be made habitable.

"Flaret; Prismton; Unicornia, and Tranflex were harder, even though they had land surfaces. That's all."

"Nice." A.J. whispered.

"Now, what questions do you have for us?" White Fox asked.

"I see that Feranin League and Actonal Army would stay longer in the Realm of Charges, more than the Trio of Resolve... We'll all need to train the populace of Resolve in combat and battle, with other things -like strategy- before any of us goes." A.J. explained.

Shadow Owl blinked. "... You know? That's a good idea."

"I'm with it. I'm sure though that's not what you wanted to ask." White Fox remarked, raising an eyebrow.

A.J. sighed. "Yeah. It's about your homeworld. You see, when Misterim was alive, he told me that your homeworld's name was Meadowis. Yet you three, including Alpha Lion, have mentioned your homeworld as being called Anihuleph. What should I go with?"

Just as A.J., Shadow Owl was confused and both glanced at White Fox for an answer. White Fox smiled.

"What else did good old Misterim say about me? If he mentioned 'Meadowis' as being my homeworld, I know he did mention me. Did he have you pass on a message to me?" White Fox asked.

A.J. sweat-dropped. "Actually, he did. You're right, Misterim did mention you. He also did tell me something to pass it on to you. For one thing, your... army tag, I suppose, is back at his underground home. As for his message: he sends his greetings."

White Fox moaned. "... Never mind. Meadowis is the secret name for Anihuleph. Misterim knows of Anihuleph as Anihuleph and he was the one to come up with 'Meadowis'... Come to think of it, I've thought about this before on random occasions, but we could use that secret name as a name for our homeworld when we're in Tunnel Alliance space. Anyway, I liked the idea and when I talked about Anihuleph, I'd address it as 'Meadowis' with him."

"We can address it from now like that. I'll tell Alpha Lion about it." Shadow Owl nodded.

Noticing that they were engaged in their own conversation, White Hulman decided to leave them to their own talk. Both White Fox and A.J. noticed White Hulman's departure.

"By the way White Fox, are you planning on taking White Hulman with you when you return to Meadowis? This is, when Trio of Resolve returns?" A.J. inquired.

White Fox was silent for a moment. He had never considered that and A.J. had asked a good question. White Fox himself wouldn't have considered it or thought of it until the time came when he would return to Anihuleph. But back then, he thought that it was a strong fact and possibility that he would never return, so why bother with such thinking? Now with Shadow Owl and Alpha Lion with him, the possibility of him returning was stronger than the opposite.

A.J. waited for White Fox to collect his thoughts and to answer. He knew that White Fox hadn't thought of it deeply for a long time, if not at all. Secretly, his spirit and heart wanted White Hulman to join Feranin League and as soon as possible. Eventually White Fox sighed.

"... I'll have to think about that." White Fox replied.

"How long have you been here?" A.J. asked.

"I have a question: What's White Hulman's story?" Shadow Owl asked.

"I've been here for two decades. I've met White Hulman just five years ago. Back then, he was alone and still so young. I took him in and raised him up since then. He's like around thirteen now, in the term of Earth years. As for his story, that's all I know of it. He hasn't talked since I first met him. We got used to each other and he voluntarily became my 'butler'. I have a few ideas on how to handle him when the time would come for us to return to Meadowis." White Fox explained.

"... This has been on my mind for awhile, but do you know of Straymon?" A.J. asked.

White Fox grunted. "Too well... He tried harassing Resolve Town before, but I always repelled him as White Warrior. He wasn't a match for me. Any other questions?"

"Yes... Do you two know about... um... I don't know if I should say this but... about... Shadow Stalkers?" A.J. asked.

White Fox's and Shadow Owl's eyes widened in unison.

"Why?" White Fox asked, whispering.

"Have you seen any?" Shadow Owl added, also whispering.

A.J. sweat-dropped. "No... I just... I don't know where that came from." He sighed.

White Fox narrowed an eye. "It is said that the legend holds the memories and skills of his late ancestor: Hadef Actonal. Is this correct?" He asked.

A.J. nodded.

"Hadef must have encountered some Shadow Stalkers then and that's probably how you know about them. Considering the legend: you won't need any special eyewear to see them." White Fox explained.

"Misterim also mentioned about Superbsin. Any info on them?" A.J. asked.

Instantly, both White Fox and Shadow Owl paled and shivered in unison. A.J. raised an eyebrow, interested to know more. It was not everyday you saw two Anihulmans react simultaneously in unison.

"... Uh... Misterim told you about them?" White Fox asked, shivering.

A.J. nodded. "He did. He also told me about K-Pax."

Shadow Owl heaved. "K-Pax is a friendly planet to Nova Alliance, but isn't part of the alliance."

"But isn't Meadowis in... umm... I forgot its name." A.J. moaned.

White Fox chuckled. "No need. Meadowis is in the same galaxy as Earth. In fact, didn't you pay notice to what Shadow Owl told you? It's just in another dimension, not another galaxy. You probably got mixed up there."

"Superbsin... You two know stuff about them, don't you?" A.J. inquired.

"Just hope you won't ever encounter such specie and hope that in your dimension, Earth won't encounter it either. Even Tunnel Alliance stays away from Superbsin. Superbsin has both alliances on their knees, or it could bring both our alliances to their knees if they wished it." Shadow Owl explained.

"Yeah. Misterim said something about them being extremely strong." A.J. nodded.

"This is an uneasy and tense topic for both Nova Alliance and Tunnel Alliance. I advise you not to bring it up in our presence, or in the presence of any of the five species from both alliances." White Fox advised.

"... I can see that." A.J. muttered.

"May we come and see your biovesto pecker now?" Shadow Owl asked, standing up.

"Sure." A.J. replied, standing up as well. "And it's named FCL Star Trail. You mentioned Dusk Predator and Shadow Glide in your tale. What are those two?"

"I sure miss that starship... Shadow Glide was my Anihulman Ripple Class Pecker, while Dusk Predator was Alpha Lion's Anihulman Ripple Class Pecker. Don't ask about what happened to them, or where they are, because that's in part three of my tale." Shadow Owl replied.

White Fox stood up. "Now weren't we going to see A.J.'s FCL Star Trail or not?" He asked.

"Of course." A.J. nodded.

He took the lead in leaving White Fox's home.

"White Hulman! I'm just going to step out for a few moments!" White Fox informed, taking the rear.

He didn't wait for an answer and just followed A.J. and Shadow Owl out...

The duo of Resolve and 'legend' exited White Fox's home and headed towards A.J.'s shelter. White Fox knew where it was, as did Shadow Owl, since A.J.'s biovesto shelter was near FCL Star Trail. A.J. took the lead and his mind was occupied, while White Fox and Shadow Owl took the rear, all three of them silent. Noticing something in the distance, Shadow Owl stopped suddenly and gasped. Noticing his fellow creature stopping, White Fox stopped as well.

He glanced back at Shadow Owl and noticed Shadow Owl pale, staring at something. White Fox glanced at where Shadow Owl was staring at, and noticing what Shadow Owl saw, paled himself.

"A.J.?" White Fox asked.

A.J. blinked and noticed that nobody was following him. He glanced back and saw both White Fox and Shadow Owl stopped; paled, and staring at something. A.J. rolled his eyes.

"I thought you two wanted to see FCL Star Trail." He stated.

"A.J.!" A booming voice greeted.

A.J. winced at the high tone of voice he heard and sweat-dropped. He turned his head behind him and saw a huge white dragon form close by his biovesto pecker. Looking closer, A.J. saw the dragon's eyes and noticed that the eyes were friendly and gentle; not hostile or threatening at all. Relieved, A.J. sighed and continued on walking towards FCL Star Trail.

"What are you doing?" White Fox asked, whispering.

"Where do you think you're going?" Shadow Owl asked, also whispering.

Both were frozen in fear, considering both were Anihulman and both saw years of war and death. A.J. ignored them and continued on towards FCL Star Trail. He stopped in front of the white dragon. On closer glances, A.J. noticed some difference with the white dragon, differences that didn't make it a dragon, but some other kind of creature. The white creature lowered its body and had its huge face stare at A.J. Its eyes blinked in wonder.

"Aimer?" A.J. asked in inquiry.

The creature's lips turned into a smile. "Aimer Actonal. I know you're A.J. Actonal of Crescent League. I'm glad I finally met you."

"Did you know I was here in the Realm of Charges before?" A.J. asked.

The creature nodded. "I did, but I knew you were too busy so I didn't approach you. Besides, that crescentian hated me." It muttered.

A.J. narrowed an eye. "Misterim knew about you? He never told me such a creature as you existed. Besides... he's dead now. He died in his sleep several weeks ago." He informed.

The creature glanced up at A.J. "My father? Dead?" He asked.

A.J.'s eyes widened. "Father?" He asked.

Noticing that A.J. and the huge creature were having a peaceful conversation, White Fox and Shadow Owl approached the two, cautiously, because they didn't trust the huge creature yet.

The creature sighed. "Yes... He was the one who created me, with complicated DNA stuff... I don't even understand such things." He sobbed.

White Fox chuckled. "So you're the experiment good old Misterim was working on!" He realized.

The creature snorted at White Fox. "That 'good old' dad told me about you foxy! He was more like a mean old dad. Pardon me, my name is Mamigrol." He introduced himself.

A.J. glanced at the two Anihulmans.

"Shame on you two. Mamigrol is friendly and gentle. Don't you see that in his eyes?" A.J. asked.

White Fox blinked and glanced at Mamigrol's eyes. Indeed, he did notice the friendliness and gentleness in Mamigrol's eyes. He ignored Mamigrol's comment about him. Shadow Owl was more interested in listening, rather than speaking.

"Are there any others of your kind?" A.J. asked, turning back to Mamigrol.

Mamigrol shook his head. "That's a negative. Misterim told me that I'm what he called 'a prototype', though I don't know what that means."

This time, A.J.; White Fox, and Shadow Owl sweat-dropped in unison.

'Was Misterim as bad and mean as Mamigrol claims?' A.J. thought.

'So good old Misterim had a mean side in him... I always knew that.' White Fox thought, grinning.

Distracting himself from the huge creature in front of him, Shadow Owl glanced at FCL Star Trail and paced around it, careful in not touching it. He had already learnt his lesson and didn't want to go through or experience what happened to him the first time. He was really impressed. He noticed the edge of the flag of Meric Land and the name at the side of the biovesto pecker.

"I must say, this is good work you did here legend." Shadow Owl complimented, returning back to A.J. and White Fox.

The distraction did Shadow Owl well, as he indeed forgot about Mamigrol. He was rudely reminded of Mamigrol the moment he went in front of it again. A.J. glanced at Shadow Owl and understood how he felt.

"You haven't see half of it. There's more designs on FCL Star Trail than the ones you were capable of seeing." A.J. stated.

Shadow Owl nodded. "I'm sure of that."

"I'll check FCL Star Trail later on. In the meantime, shouldn't you and your copedam go searching for the rest of your charges?" White Fox asked.

A.J. sweat-dropped. "I forgot about that." He muttered.

"Mamigrol, you're welcome to stay in Resolve Town. Welcome to Resolve Town." White Fox smiled. "As for me and Shadow Owl, let's go and look for Alpha... I mean, start training the town's populace."

White Fox stopped himself, upon realizing that Alpha Lion had went on another wild treasure hunt for the charges. A few moments later, and both Anihulmans saw A.J. leaving White Fox's home.

"Why did he go in?" Shadow Owl asked.

"Probably to gain his four charges of friendship." White Fox replied, whispering...

After claiming his four charges of friendship from White Fox's home, A.J. decided to leave the biovesto bag where it was. He left White Fox's home and went into the town, in search for his four copedam.

"Paladin!" A familiar voice yelled.

A.J. turned to the voice and saw Equalmon galloping towards him. Mounted on Equalmon was Zonemon and nearby, Ememon was flapping his wings close to the ground, while Otazoidmon flew through the air smoothly, above Ememon; Equalmon, and Zonemon. All four either landed or stopped in front of A.J.

"How was your morning?" Zonemon asked pleasantly, dismounting Equalmon.

"Full of revelations." A.J. replied.

"Where to now?" Otazoidmon asked.

"To the Forest of Mist. We're to find our charges of loves." A.J. decided.

Equalmon sweat-dropped. "Oh no. We've talked to some of the populace and got to know several of them. We'll tell you all about it later on. The important thing is that Alpha Lion was seen heading in that direction. Well... Not Alpha Lion, but the populace did give the descriptions that sounded like Alpha Lion."

A.J. raised his eyebrow. 'Could it be Alpha Lion was the one who returned my charges of friendship? Now he wants to return my charges of love? Why? It doesn't make any sense.'

"Resolve to Shooting Star, do you copy?" Zonemon asked, waving a paw in front of A.J.'s face.

A.J. blinked, snapping out of it.

"Sorry. I spaced off there for a moment... Any other useful information?" He asked.

"Just to be aware of some birds called Skyrings. If sighted, it would be best to leave them alone. That's what we heard." Ememon informed.

"Lu!" A hoot yelled.

A.J. smiled, noticing Lunal flying towards him. In silence, Lunal landed on A.J.'s right shoulder, his usual spot. A.J. turned around.

"Now, in which direction does the Forest of Mist reside?" A.J. asked.

"We came in from the west, which is where Dune Desert resides. To the east resides Croland territory and we found out to the south of Resolve Highlands is the Forest of Mist." Equalmon replied.

"So that's the direction we'll take." A.J. decided, walking towards the south.

The rest of Feranin League followed A.J. They all departed Resolve Town in silence, heading to the south...

"Don't you want any of us to crevolve or charge?" Zonemon asked.

A.J. shook his head. "I'd prefer not. I want all of you to reserve your energies for later."

"It'll be faster if one of us evolved somehow." Equalmon remarked.

A.J. rolled his eyes. "I know! No evolving for now and that's my final decision!"

"I thought I was the leader here." Ememon complained.

"But I'm the sailor here." A.J. retorted.

Ememon moaned. "So that means you can easily overrule me?" He asked.

A.J. grinned. "That's right. Speaking of which, a few new members might join Feranin League. It isn't official yet and I didn't ask them or tell anyone yet, except you guys. You'll all know soon enough, maybe after we get the charges of love."

"The more the merrier." Otazoidmon whispered.

"Since this is going to take time, did anybody mind in bringing food or water at least?" Equalmon asked.

Otazoidmon grinned. "Hasn't anyone noticed the bag around my shoulder?" He asked.

Feranin League glanced at Otazoidmon and they all saw a black-green bag around Otazoidmon's shoulder.

"That's good to know." Zonemon whispered.

"... Um... What happened to your sentinel bag A.J.?" Equalmon asked.

A.J. blinked. "Now you noticed?"

Equalmon shrugged. "Yeah. I guess we were too busy to notice any details like that."

"It's safe in my room in our biovesto home." A.J. informed.

"That's good to hear." Equalmon sighed...

Fortunately, the walk to the Forest of Mist didn't take long. There was no need for Otazoidmon's bag of food. Feranin League stopped momentarily at the entrance to the forest. Lunal flapped his wings and flew off of A.J.'s shoulder. He flew into a tree and vanished from sight. A.J. knew Lunal would stay close to the league. After swallowing the scene in, Feranin League entered the forest and unlike its name, there was no mist.

There would be mist at night most likely. It was beautiful in the forest, with Feranin League walking through it. The sun did reach them, but the thick canopy above them, protected them from the heat and light. It was cool and slightly dim on the ground, but Feranin League didn't mind. A.J. wondered where Alpha Lion would be and if Feranin League would meet up with him. Probably Alpha Lion was lost. After all, the forest wasn't his habitat.

The only sound in the forest, other than Feranin League walking through it, was the sweet sound of chirping birds. The chirping was unlike anything A.J. heard or knew of. He had heard it earlier in the morning, when he woke up, but didn't know about the bird that imitated the sound.

"Did the residents say anything about any details on Skyrings?" A.J. asked.

"Just that they have silver beaks. Skyrings are the only birds here in the Forest of Mist, from what one gnome told me. I guess we're hearing them." Equalmon replied.

"Why are they called Skyrings? More importantly, why should we be aware of them?" A.J. asked.

Zonemon shrugged. "The populace of Resolve Town was silent about that. All they said was that Skyrings was the birds' official name, but it's also more known as, and is more common, as Sky Birds."

"Sky Birds." A.J. whispered.

They had been walking in the forest for nearly an hour and still no sign of the charges of love. Feranin League were starting to become desperate, wanting to change directions and head back to Resolve Town, and to what was now home for them. A.J. wasn't giving up yet, nor heading back, until he found the charges. However, he did see how tired and exhausted Feranin League was. He stopped by a tree and sat down under the shade.

It didn't matter where you sat down, you would always be under the shade.

"15 minutes rest and then we continue on. We aren't heading back to Resolve Town until we find our charges of love." A.J. informed.

The league sighed and all of them collapsed near A.J. Otazoidmon took off his shoulder bag and took out some food. Immediately, Equalmon; Ememon, and Zonemon joined Otazoidmon in eating. A.J. was hungry, but he wasn't going to eat until he got his charges of love. Otazoidmon offered some food to him and A.J. refused it. A.J. knew Lunal was nearby and he knew that Lunal knew of their resting. Most likely, Lunal was resting in the same tree A.J. and the league was under.

After about 10 minutes of rest, the soul-warrior copedam had their full of the food and there was still some left. Otazoidmon packed it up and joined A.J. under the shade of the tree. Chirping was still heard, but after a few minutes, a different type of chirping, what sounded more like upset or angry chirping, was heard. A.J. immediately got onto his feet upon hearing it. He beckoned for his soul-warrior copedam to stay and continue their given rest.

A.J. walked over to the tree where the voices were clear, leaving his soul-warrior copedam behind. He looked up and the tree seemed to be really old, with a tall trunk and no branches, until several feet high up in the air. That high, A.J. could barely see a branch with a nice, but weird, looking nest. He saw Lunal fly towards it and two Skyrings attacking something. A.J. could barely make out what the two flying Skyrings were attacking.

He was sure that it was those two Skyrings that were making the entire fuss. A few moments later and A.J. saw something falling to the ground. He also heard Lunal's voice talking with the two enraged Skyrings. A.J. watched the thing fall to the ground, but it landed gracefully and unharmed on its four legs. Standing back up on its two feet, the figure glanced back upwards. He was just on the opposite side of A.J.

"... Alpha Lion?" A.J. asked, recognizing the figure.

It was the only reasonable conclusion. The figure turned towards the voice, hearing its name and indeed, it was Alpha Lion. Noticing A.J. stare at him, with eyes telling Alpha Lion to explain everything, Alpha Lion sweat-dropped and sighed. He quickly gave up the idea of going back up again. Besides, he noticed A.J.'s indidam up there talking with heat up there with the two parented Skyrings.

Knowing A.J. would eventually get his charges of love, thanks to Lunal and no thanks to him, Alpha Lion walked over to A.J.

"I can explain." Alpha Lion stated, stopping in front of A.J.

A.J. raised an eyebrow. "I'd love to hear this." He remarked, folding his arms.

Before Alpha Lion could start explaining, they both heard something falling down. A.J. and Alpha Lion glanced up and saw what appeared to be a charge falling down. Without worry, A.J.'s univice glowed and sucked in the falling charge. Three more charges followed and every time A.J.'s univice sucked them in. A few moments later and both saw Lunal fly away from the tree, heading back towards where his soul-warrior copedam were resting.

"Well... I'm waiting." A.J. reminded.

"Uh yes. You see, I felt bad about my suggestion yesterday in taking your pecker and wanted to make it up for you legend. I asked for White Fox's help and he did help me with a biovesto bag. While you and Shadow Owl went to get your charges of courage, I went to get your charges of friendship and they weren't easy to retrieve. I figured the charges of friendship won't be enough and came out for your charges of love... I'm sorry about all that." Alpha Lion explained, sighing.

A.J. grinned. "Good. Completely honest and I believe you. Don't worry about your suggestion about FCL Star Trail, the name of my biolure pecker, you're forgiven. As for the charges of friendship... Thanks for retrieving them for me. Want to rest with us and head back to Resolve Town with us?" He asked, nodding.

Alpha Lion smiled. "Thanks for the offer. I'd love to join you and your league back to Resolve Town legend."

COMING UP! EPISODE 14: SOUL-WARRIOR PAST

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

Anihulman Tale

Spirit Jerebis: Storms of Myths
Episode 12: Anihulman Tale

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:

Shooting Star here, in my cudilas in Emerald Mansion. The previous episodes have been interesting. Finally, I have gained all three mysterious charges Hyogamon spoke of and reunited them. Not only that, but we found a civilized town in the Realm of Charges, and by helping with the defense of the town, gained a valuable ally and army. It seems we'll take up shelter now in Resolve Town, to ponder our next move and to discover new information. I like the idea of a new starship, much less a biovesto one. I have the right idea for the flag and for the name. I wonder what new revelations lay ahead. On with the conclusion...

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Unsurprisingly, the two young biovesto plants rapidly matured. One formed into a cabin-like shelter, while the other formed into a biovesto starship, before A.J.'s return with his soul-warrior copedam. The frame of the biovesto starship was amazing and with familiar forms from the outside. It had the nose of the beak of a woodpecker with two side wings, pointed ahead. The wings had the ownalis engines.

Inside was a small cargo bay with a few organic couches, a few beds close to the ceiling of the biovesto starship and a small room for toilet purposes. There were a few biovesto windows looking outwards. The light crept in through the back gate of the cargo bay. Even though organic, the gate was slid downwards reaching the grounds. Below the biovesto starship was three organic biovesto wheels, one each on each wing and the third below the beak of the biovesto starship.

There was another organic door which was closed. Behind it was the cockpit where the pilot piloted the biovesto starship. Nobody decided to enter the biovesto starship until Feranin League returned. However, Starspark and Lunal trudged into the biovesto starship and weren't harmed. Feranimon; Actonal Army; White Fox, and White Hulman didn't take any risks in trying to enter the biovesto starship.

Starspark climbed onto one of the couches and went straight to sleep, curled up. White Fox recognized the biovesto starship from before. The form was familiar from his past, with the form being an S-13, officially known as a Pecker Starship. There were two classes or types of Pecker Starships. One was Tsunami Class and the other was Ripple Class, with this Pecker being a Ripple Class.

"Well, if it isn't a Ripple Class Pecker. I haven't seen such an elegant starship in so long." A voice stated.

White Fox blinked and his eyes widened. He was alone, standing near the new pecker. The voice was familiar to him, but he hadn't heard it in so long. Besides, the source of the familiar voice could help him with his story. White Fox turned around and saw two figures: one was an owl on two legs with black feathers and the other was a lion with green fur on two legs. He gasped, with both figures approaching him.

"Shadow Owl... Alpha Lion." He whispered, smiling.

"We haven't seen you for so long White Fox." Shadow Owl greeted, reaching White Fox with Alpha Lion.

"... What are you guys doing here?" White Fox asked.

Alpha Lion shrugged. "Me and Shadow Owl took a personal assignment to search for you since you're valuable to Nova Alliance. I declare, I wouldn't have expected to come here and be stranded here with Shadow Owl." He sighed.

"... How's Yellow Deer?" White Fox asked.

Shadow Owl chuckled. "She's doing great and she misses you deeply. She said that if we came back without you, she'd kick us out of Nova Alliance."

White Fox blinked. "... No... Yellow Deer won't do that."

Alpha Lion blinked. "Hello! Yes she would! It seems you forgot her power; authority, and influence in the alliance." He reminded.

White Fox sweat-dropped. "... Of course. Well, you two found me anyway." He sighed.

"You and White Hulman are coming back with us." Shadow Owl remarked.

"What? How?" White Fox asked.

Alpha Lion pointed at the biovesto starship. "Why, through this pecker of course."

"Excuse me?" A voice asked.

The three Anihulmans turned around to be greeted by the panting Feranin League. A.J. was glaring at Alpha Lion. Alpha Lion gulped. White Fox eyed the mysterious charge in A.J.'s hand.

"You gained the last mysterious charge. Excellent." He stated.

A.J.'s eyes narrowed. "Just who are these two geeks?" He asked.

Alpha Lion growled. "We were wondering the same about you!"

Equalmon grinned. "Besides, you can try entering that pecker. We won't stop you."

A.J. jerked his head towards Equalmon and Equalmon glanced at him. Equalmon glanced at A.J. in a way reminding A.J. of who the starship would accept. He smiled and turned to the three Anihulmans. He shrugged.

"If you two want to take White Fox back, be my guest." He nodded, grinning.

Shadow Owl took his word and flew over towards the open cargo gate of the biovesto ship. The moment his talons touched the biovesto, Shadow Owl was blasted back into the air, away from the biovesto starship, landing behind Feranin League. Shadow Owl was a little disoriented from the sudden blast and slight electrocution. A.J. had his univice suck his mysterious charge back in it. Three flashes of dark green light showed from the univice.

Alpha Lion gasped and White Fox sighed.

"Alpha Lion; Shadow Owl: this is A.J. Actonal. He's one of the few remaining humans these days with crescentian blood and ancestry. Those with him are his soul-warrior copedam and this starship is a biovesto starship, with A.J.'s blood sample and his soul-warrior copedam data samples. We can't go into it. Considering the pecker, we're hostile creatures to it." White Fox explained.

Shadow Owl groaned, sitting up.

"Now you tell us." He moaned.

Alpha Lion's eyes went wide. "As in the legend back home?" He asked.

White Fox nodded. "Feranin League, these two are Shadow Owl and Alpha Lion; fellow Anihulman and two of my closest and best friends. I haven't seen these guys since I left Anihuleph." He introduced.

Otazoidmon and Ememon turned around and stared at Shadow Owl curiously. Equalmon and Zonemon kept alert on Alpha Lion. Shadow Owl got back onto his feet.

"Does he know our tale?" Shadow Owl asked.

White Fox sighed. "After he has had a look in his pecker and home; I was planning for him on coming to my residence and telling him our tale then. You two must be exhausted from the long journey."

"It wasn't as long as you think." Alpha Lion stated.

Feranin League went into the pecker and they were safe; the biovesto starship didn't harm them. A.J. and his four soul-warrior copedam took a quick look around the biovesto starship, then around their biovesto cabin. While in the pecker, Feranin League noticed both Lunal and Starspark sleeping in it...

---

Starspark and Lunal were left in A.J.'s biovesto pecker. A.J.; Otazoidmon; Zonemon; Equalmon, and Ememon were all back in White Fox's biovesto residence, with Shadow Owl and Alpha Lion. White Hulman had taken Shadow Owl's and Alpha Lion's blood samples, to inject them into an embryo biovesto plant. Once done, White Hulman left White Fox's home, to select a location for Shadow Owl's and Alpha Lion's new home and shelter, since it seemed they'd be staying for awhile.

"Before we start on the tale, let's check on the forms you're soul-warrior copedam would have with the numerous charges. Shall we?" White Fox asked.

"I don't mind." A.J. replied.

Shadow Owl and Alpha Lion kept silent. White Fox nodded and suddenly a hologram appeared a few inches above the circular biolure table. A hologram of the codelimin appeared, with the information below it. For the charged copedam, there was the copedam and the charge, being smaller than the copedam, beside it, with the information below them. The hologram changed through blurring into the next hologram.

No matter the side you looked from, it would be the same; readable, and understandable. The information passed at a pace where A.J. and White Fox could read it at a steady pace. Shadow Owl and Alpha Lion weren't interested, where as A.J.'s four soul-warrior copedam preferred to change into the forms. A.J.'s four soul-warrior copedam didn't want to spoil their surprise or excitement in changing into one of the charge forms.

A.J. and White Fox read the information in their minds.

Ememon

1. Binemon - Agent of Myths - Emerald Victory and Imperial Star.
2. Manumon - Maneuverable Courage - Pit Laser and Emerald Fuel.
3. Shaftmon - Dweller of Darkness - Demon Burial and Infra Swarm.
4. Foumon - Fountain of Reliance - Fountain Swirl and Fountain Blast.
5. Blessmon - Blessing of Love - Bless Prison and Love Triangle.
6. Crovomon - Friendly Crovinze - Crovinze Shooter and Crovinze Missile.
7. Lunarmon - Eclipse of Knowledge - Eclipse Blackout and Eclipse Collapse.
8. Star Primon - The Prince of Light - Nile Curse and Emerald Pyramid.
9. Hexadramon - Hexagonal Miracle - Hexagon Torpedo and Hexagon Collapse.
10. Tranquilimon - Tranquility of Sincerity - Root Tranquility and Tulip Beam.
11. Heavenmon - The Aura of Hope - Emerald Shades and Heaven Bless.
12. Pro Ememon - Emerald of Destiny - Emerald Strike and Royal Barrage.
13. War Primon - The Prince of Kindness - Imperial Cannon and Royal Shells.
14. AJmon - The Flyer of Goodness - Star Missiles.

"I have the charges of myths; reliability, and goodness for Ememon." A.J. confirmed.

"Where did you get reliability?" White Fox asked.

A.J. shrugged. "Way back... On my first journey with Stan. Our Peace Journey. Remember Prince?" He asked.

Ememon nodded. "No need to remind me twice."

Equalmon

1. Saddlemon - The Mystic Horse - Saddle Slash; Dagger Missile; Saddle-Up.
2. Pyro Equalmon - The Horse of Courage - Pyro Horse; Pyro Rain; Heat Wave.
3. Sparkmon - Sparking Friendship - Spark Dickens; Spark Lightning; Spark Inferno.
4. Choppermon - The Copter of Love - Magna Rider; Heli Blades; Razor Missiles.
5. Saurusmon - The Star of Reliability - Saurus Torpedo; Shining Thunder; Marine Call.
6. Browsermon - Browsing Sincerity - Leaf Strike; Shrub Spin; Plastid Blaster.
7. Digitmon - Digital Knowledge - Missile Drill; Rescue Digit; Digit Twister.
8. Cosmomon - The Comet of Hope - Horse Comet; Pegasus Missile; Emerald Band with Astromon.
9. Splitmon - Splitting Light - Particle Web; Horse Beam; Regret Fire.
10. Magna Equalmon - The Horse of Miracles - Equus Explosion; Equus Beams; Horse Nuke.
11. Ridermon - The Rider of Justice - Justice Gallop; Razor Cuffs; Wheel Strike.
12. Trotmon - Speeding Conscience - Ride Doom; Lightning Gallop; Speedo Graze.
13. Galemon - The Gale of Kindness - Super Lightning; Super Speed; Act Charge.
14. Domintomon - The Horse of Victory - Sub Freeze; Sub Crystal; Sub Hurricane.
15. Yami Equalmon - The Horse of Darkness - Freeze Shadow; Pyro Shadow; Ownalis Shadow.
16. Deep Techamon - Mythical Destiny - Solar Cloud; Dwarf Flash; Deepest Thought.

"Myths and... Destiny for Equalmon. Those two charges I have for him." A.J. confirmed.

"Equalmon sure does have quite strong charge forms." White Fox noted.

"You know, he is the oldest soul-warrior copedam of Feranin League and the oldest copedam in Crescent League." A.J. grinned.

Equalmon snorted.

Otazoidmon

1. Ash Otamon - The Star of Myths - Ash Crumble; Star Storm; Kendo Star.
2. Blazemon - Blazing Courage - Blazing Catastrophe; Blaze Flames; Blaze Pour.
3. Blademon - Blades of Friendship - Blade Cloud; Electric Blade; Thunder Blade.
4. Cyber Otamon - The Cyborg of Love - Cyber Stars; Electric Stars; Lightning Star.
5. Tidal Otamon - The Fish of Reliability - Ownalis Star; Ownalis Torpedo; Electric Ownalis.
6. Planamon - Sincere Plant - Spore Tornado; Branch Hurricane; Cosmic Plant.
7. Blinkmon - Blinking Knowledge - Blink Code; Digital Blink; Spiral Blink.
8. Mamigrolmon - Hope Reflection - Reflection Buster; Time Flash; Particle Blast.
9. Beammon - Beaming Light - Beam Flash; Beam Shower; Beam Sphere.
10. Magna Otamon - Hero of Miracles - Star Collision; Star Pulse; Star Beat.
11. Ranger Otamon - Ranging Justice - Ionic Collapse; Justice Laser; Patriot Missile.
12. Kendo Otamon - Conscience Kendo - Kendo Flash and Kendo Flare.
13. Mentormon - The Trainer of Kindness - Swift Dagger; Katana Strike; Blade Combo.
14. Otadramon - The Best Victory - Dragon Flare; Dragon Sphere; Dragon Inferno.
15. Yami Otamon - Fader of Darkness - Black Crumble; Dark Storm; Cosmic Virus.
16. Detourmon - The Trickster of Destiny - Trick Grin; Hole Trap; Fate Change.
17. Planemon - Atmosphere of Goodness - Grenade Line and Bomb Drop.
18. Shuttlemon - The Invader of Space - Earthling Missile and Shuttle Impulse.
19. Quadrapamon - N/A - N/A.
20. Guard Siromon - Guarding Loyalty - N/A.
21. Destimon - Calm Destination - N/A.
22. Briskmon - The Brisk of Goodness - N/A.
23. Lushimon - Peaceful Night of Mulige - N/A.
24. Boraqmon - Soaring Tranquility - Peaceful Gale; Mystic Spheres; Ancient Pegasus.
25. Bio Otamon - Young Owls; Star Pour; Star Wave.

"Shuttlemon." A.J. whispered.

"Comet has the most charges. Strange." White Fox muttered.

"What are these 'Justice'; 'Conscience' and 'Victory' charges? This is the second time. What's Bio Otamon?" A.J. questioned.

'That's some research for me to do." White Fox sighed.

"Comet has myths; miracles; atmosphere and survival. The most so far." A.J. stated.

'The others are interesting, including Briskmon: Otazoidmon's charge of Goodness form. I guess if I ever get those charges for Comet, we'd have to find out his attacks after he evolves to them.' A.J. thought, sensing Otazoidmon reading his mind.

A.J. remained quiet about it though, and let Otazoidmon read his mind.

"Let's check with Zonemon." White Fox decided.

Zonemon

1. Ownalismon - The Mystic Cat - Ownalis Blade; Ownalis Slash; Ownalis Combo.
2. Mythalismon - The Cat of Courage - Vortex Strike; Mythical Blaster; Courage Explosion.
3. Knuckle Gatomon - The Cat of Friendship - Sonar Shooter; Sonar Blaster; Sonar Twist.
4. Sonar Zonemon - Mystic Love - Sonar Sphere; Nuke Sphere; Sonar Missile.
5. Marine Starmon - The Reliable Cat Guardian - Sonar Torpedo; Marine Combo; Ocean Freeze.
6. Trans Junglemon - Transparent Variety - Jungle Burst; Vine Missile; Twig Blast.
7. Code Zonemon - The Knowledgeable Cat - Mystic Code; Code Missile; Code Drill.
8. Astromon - The Cat of Hope - Asteroid Strike; Asteroid Shower; Sonar Moon; Emerald Band with Cosmomon.
9. Myth Cybermon - Cosmic Light - Mythical Cybers; Cyber Charge; Ion Blast.
10. Magna Zonemon - The Cat of Miracles - Sonar Explosion; Sonar Beams; Sonar Plot Missiles.
11. Naliph Justimon - The Ranger of Justice - Justice Combo; Naliph Strike; Justice Choice.
12. Cyber Mythicmon - Mythical Cyber - Cyber Limbo; Cyber Beam; Cyber Avenge.
13. Act Zonemon - Pixie Kindness - Stunt Act; Double Jump; Ownalis Inferno.
14. Forever Zonemon - The Dragon of Victory - Ultra Freeze; Ultra Crystal; Ultra Hurricane.
15. Fade Zonemon - The Cat of Darkness - Shadow Zone; Arena Ring; Inferno Arena.
16. Deep Fatemon - The Cat of Destiny - Supernova; Big Bang; Shadow Howl.
17. Bubblemon - Bubbles of Deepness - Air Bubbles; Bubble Torpedo; Bubble Freeze.
18. Saratogamon - Tranquil Liner - N/A.
19. Bio Zonemon - Zoom Strike; Collapse Inferno; Ring Blast.

"There it is again." A.J. sighed.

'Bristle also has a charge of tranquility form...' A.J. thought.

"Yeah. Comet prevailed. How many of Zonemon's charges do you have?" White Fox asked.

"Myths; reliability, and deepness." A.J. replied.

"We're going to our cabin. We'll be waiting for you there." Ememon decided, standing up.

"Finally." Zonemon sighed.

"Don't you want to hear our tale?" Shadow Owl asked.

"Shooting Star can tell it to us when he comes back." Otazoidmon stated, stretching out.

With that, Ememon took the lead as he left White Fox's home, followed by Equalmon; Zonemon, and Otazoidmon. Shadow Owl; Alpha Lion; White Fox, and A.J. were the ones left in the room...

---

"Now to our tale." Alpha Lion sighed.

White Fox nodded. "I know you'll like this. Who wants to start?"

"Why don't you start first?" Shadow Owl asked.

White Fox shrugged. "Very well then. Here we go." He started.

"From where we come from, there are five species: us Anihulmans; Neutronese; Planetene; Cometous and Solartan. As you've seen with the three of us: White Fox; Alpha Lion, and Shadow Owl, Anihulmans are hybrid kind of specie; half animals-half humans. About five thousand years ago, there are tales that say that humans were able to combine with their animals, while some just bred." White Fox started.

Shadow Owl held up his hand, indicating for White Fox to stop, which White Fox did.

"I'll continue on." Shadow Owl decided.

"That's somewhat half true. Like a male fox breeding with a female human, or a female fox breeding with a male human etc. However, I; White Fox, and Alpha Lion, along with most of our kind, are one unique specie in ourselves. Anyway, the four others White Fox mentioned are all aliens: Neutronese; Planetene; Cometous, and Solartan. Planetene and Cometous liked and adored us Anihulmans.

"Because of that the three species formed an alliance, which the three species all calling it or titling it: Nova Alliance. Our flag is quite a site. Black is the background, considering the space we lived in with two green outlined crescents close to hugging the Nova Alliance crest. Neutronese and Solartan were both offered alliance with the rest of us, but they stubbornly refused. I and White Fox lived at that time.

"I don't think Alpha Lion remembers this. At first, both Neutronese and Solartan stayed isolated from each other and from Nova Alliance. Both specie were naturally greedy and they tried to individually fight Nova Alliance alone, with every attempt repelled by the alliance. One of the Nova Alliance's starships is the pecker which you have out there. Of course, the pecker we have isn't biovesto or organic." Shadow Owl finished.

Alpha Lion sighed. "The last part for me. How typical. Here it goes. Please White Fox and Shadow Owl, don't try to correct me. I can do this."

"Neutronese lived in tribes and its strongest tribe was named Neutron Tribe. The others tribes of Neutronese allowed Neutron Tribe to lead the rest of them. Like Neutronese, Solartan also lived in tribes and its strongest tribe was named Black Worms. Unlike the other tribes of Neutronese allowing Neutron Tribe to lead them, Black Worms of Solartan led the rest of the tribes against their wills and lived in Black Holes.

"Solartan is alien specie; not a tan from the solar sun. Nova Alliance didn't have any rogues or rebels that I know of. The three species of Nova Alliance are free to go into each other's space territories. No trouble is in space of none of the three species because all three make sure that their space territory are safe. After Solartan, along with Neutronese, saw their own weakness, they sought alliance with each other.

"The new alliance consisted of Neutronese and Solartan, with Neutron Tribe in control and Black Worms being in second-in-command. The two species announced the new alliance, naming it 'Tunnel Alliance'. From then on, in neutral space, was chaos, with Tunnel Alliance attacking Nova Alliance starships and Nova Alliance attacking Tunnel Alliance starships. Neutral space was between the galaxies.

"Since Tunnel Alliance was able to attack Nova Alliance starships, it was apparent that Tunnel Alliance had their own starships, different from Nova Alliance starships of course. Even though the five specie were now in alliance one way or another, each specie still had its own crest or flag to tell them from each other. At first Nova Alliance didn't have heavy combat starships, allowing Tunnel Alliance to become the first to have such starships.

"To neutralize the Tunnel Alliance having heavy combat starships, with them also attacking conveys that was protected or belonged to Nova Alliance, Nova Alliance started building its own heavy combat starships. Of course, each specie had its own designs of starships, depending on what resources the alliances had. We Anihulmans had our own starships, with one of them being the pecker, both Tsunami and Ripple classes.

"Planetene and Cometous had their own designs and starships for themselves also. What made the starships of Nova Alliance familiar? It was the crest marked on every starships we Anihulmans; Planetene, and Cometous all had... That's all I can think of." Alpha Lion shrugged, finishing his history lecture.

"What about this Yellow Deer? Also the assignment?" A.J. asked.

White Fox smiled. "Yellow Deer is literally my sweetheart and mate. It's a mutual thing between the two of us."

"The assignment is another history lesson and how, we, Anihulmans met the other four species are history lessons in themselves." Shadow Owl stated.

"... I guess I'll need to search for the rest of my charges now. After all, this is the Realm of Charges. I'm heading back to my biovesto cabin first." A.J. decided, standing up.

"I'll accompany you and wait outside." Shadow Owl decided.

A.J. shrugged. "You're welcome to come along."

"Before you go: How did you know about the assignment and Yellow Deer?" Alpha Lion asked.

"I overheard the three of you, as did my soul-warrior copedam. We didn't announce ourselves until I spoke, but we basically showed up with you two approaching White Fox." A.J. explained.

"We'll tell you of the assignment and our discovery of the other four species some other time." Shadow Owl decided, standing up.

A.J. and Shadow Owl left White Fox's home, leaving Alpha Lion and White Fox behind.

"Which charge do you think he'll go after first?" Alpha Lion asked.

"His charges of courage." White Fox replied.

"Which charges are next?" Alpha Lion asked.

"His charges of friendship. Why?" White Fox asked.

Alpha Lion raised an eyebrow. White Fox's eyes widened. He shook his head.

"Don't tell me you're planning to go after them?" He questioned.

Alpha Lion grinned. "Why not? I'd like to help the legend out. Besides, my offer of taking his ripple class pecker was rude and I want to make it up with A.J. Where are the charges of friendship?" He asked.

"You can't carry all four charges by yourself." White Fox declared.

Alpha Lion shrugged. "Then help me out here White Fox. Give me a bag or something." He requested.

White Fox sighed, defeated...

---

A.J. walked into his biovesto cabin, while Shadow Owl decided to wait outside for him patiently. A.J. found his soul-warrior copedam in the diner room. His soul-warrior copedam all seemed to be content and full, with empty dishes in front of them all. A.J. kept silent, noticing that his soul-warrior copedam left their guards down. A burp escaped from Zonemon, who quickly covered his mouth.

"Excuse me." He muttered.

The three other soul-warrior copedam laughed. A.J. groaned; being hungry himself. It didn't matter, he'd have his full of food and rest when he returned with his charges of courage.

"Well, well. You four decided to eat without me then, right?" A.J. asked, announcing himself.

The four soul-warrior copedam jumped, startled by A.J.'s sudden announcement. All four sweat-dropped upon seeing A.J.: with his arms folded and tapping his right foot on the biovesto floor. Zonemon smiled sheepishly.

"... Hey Paladin. How was the history lesson?" He asked.

A.J. rolled his eyes. "You all know the story. I know because I sensed the four of you probing my mind! You four listened with me!" He hissed.

Zonemon gulped. "Well..." He started.

"There's no excuse to what we did." Equalmon interrupted.

"We're sorry." Ememon apologized.

A.J. grinned and stopped tapping his foot. He unfolded his arms and smiled.

"We're off to get our charges of courage and only Zonemon is coming with me. Since all four of you were probing my mind since before the moment I entered this shelter of ours, you all know of Shadow Owl waiting outside. I want this place to be clean when I come back." He remarked.

Ememon; Equalmon, and Otazoidmon all groaned. Zonemon got up from his seat and walked over to A.J.

"Where are we going for the charges of courage?" Zonemon asked.

"Croland territory. You remember that area were there was only lava flows and a lone pillar in the midst of it?" A.J. asked.

Zonemon moaned. "Too well! We're going there again?" He asked.

A.J. nodded. "The most perfect spot for fire charges." He informed.

Otazoidmon sighed. "I won't want to be in your boots now Zonemon."

A.J. narrowed his eyes. "Remember you three; this biovesto shelter clean!" He reminded.

"Or what?" Equalmon dared to ask.

A.J. shook his head. "Believe me, you won't want to know. It's that harsh."

"We'll have it clean by the time you return Shooting Star." Ememon sighed.

A.J. nodded. "Good. Let's go Zonemon."

With that, A.J. and Zonemon left, leaving Ememon; Equalmon, and Otazoidmon behind to clean up after themselves.

"From now, I'm out of this cleaning. I'm not in shape to clean up." Equalmon reminded.

Ememon and Otazoidmon glared at Equalmon...

---

Outside, A.J.'s univice glowed green. Zonemon went transparent.

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

"Archive Twinkler!" A.J. yelled.

A.J.'s mystic suit covered his body up, but A.J. kept his face uncovered.

"Where to?" Shadow Owl asked.

"To Croland territory. Just follow us." A.J. explained.

He floated off of the ground and with Centermon on the ground, both took the lead towards the dark land of the Crolands. Shadow Owl took the rear, following A.J. and Centermon. A.J. was flying with his jet activated and Centermon was galloping on the ground, with Shadow Owl flapping his wings in midair behind A.J. Soaring low through the highlands, just in an altitude high enough to avoid crashing into the hills, A.J. realized something.

Behind him Shadow Owl was flapping his wings, doing good in keeping up with A.J. Below, Centermon first seemed far then close and so on. A.J. had his jet going at a steady pace, so that Shadow Owl and Centermon -especially Centermon- could keep up with him.

'What did White Fox mean? He knew Misterim for a long time, yet Misterim said...' A.J. paused, trying to recall what Misterim told him.

'... No matter. Thinking back that far... a lot of the stuff I wore then has vanished, perhaps since I woke up for the last time in that starship.' He thought.

Sensing the heat of the nearby lava flows, A.J. returned back to reality. He stopped in midair, recognizing himself being in croland territory and landed down on the cracked dry arid ground. Ash flew through the air for a moment from A.J.'s landing. He glanced behind him and Shadow Owl landed behind him. In the distance, an ash cloud was approaching, indicating that Centermon was close. A.J. turned his head around, staring down into the lava.

"Are we here?" Shadow Owl asked.

Feeling some action from his univice below his suit, A.J. nodded, assured of the charges of courage being close.

"From what I can sense, they're all in the lava flow down." A.J. informed.

Behind them, Centermon stopped and sweat-dropped, hearing A.J.'s comment. He moaned, approaching Shadow Owl and A.J.

"Don't tell me we're going down there?" He asked.

A.J. shook his head and Centermon sighed in relief.

"I'm going down there." A.J. corrected.

Centermon's eyes widened. Shadow Owl kept neutral, unfazed by A.J.'s decision. Activating his jet pack, A.J. blasted into the atmosphere, over the lava flow. Almost immediately, by hovering over in midair high above the lava flow, four pillars of fire erupted from the lava flows and went straight up towards A.J. Inches away, the flames disappeared and under the mystic suit, A.J.'s Univice of Myths beckoned the four charges and they were sucked in.

His main job complete, A.J. went back to Centermon and Shadow Owl. He sighed.

"Four charges of courage I have now." He informed.

Shadow Owl nodded. "That's a first step in proving yourself to me and Alpha Lion, or to me at least." He grinned.

A.J. blinked. "What? You don't believe that I'm... uh... What would you call it?" He asked.

Shadow Owl chuckled. "See? You still need to prove yourself A.J."

"Please tell me we're heading back to our shelter now." Centermon requested.

A.J. nodded. "Back to Resolve Town it is. Besides, I need to have some sleep; food, and bath." He stated.

Taking to the air once more, A.J. activated his jet pack and blasted off, with Shadow Owl flapping his wings behind. Below them, Centermon kept track of them on the ground. Once again, A.J. kept his jet pack at a steady pace, for Centermon to keep up with them, and for him not to have to make an effort to keep up...

---

The three companions returned to Resolve Town safely. Upon landing, Shadow Owl walked off.

"I'm off to White Fox's. I want to find out if my and Alpha Lion's shelter is done. Until later... um... legend." Shadow Owl smiled, waving.

He disappeared in the distance and A.J. sighed in relief.

'I have a feeling I'm going to sigh a lot these days.' He thought.

He had Twinkler go back into his univice and his normal outfit appeared, with it being the same since before Paladin of Darkness crashed: a green t-shirt and black shorts. Centermon went transparent green and shrunk back in Zonemon.

"Let's see how they're doing." A.J. suggested.

Zonemon nodded. He realized then by A.J. taking him, he indirectly escaped the cleaning up. He blinked for a moment, before following A.J. into the biovesto cabin...

---

A.J. found the place clean. He found Otazoidmon and Ememon sleeping in their beds, with Ememon sleeping in a way that wouldn't injure his wings or tail. Equalmon was there and he opened his eyes sleepily. He saw A.J. and Zonemon. Zonemon immediately went to his own bed and dozed off to sleep. Equalmon smiled weakly and A.J. noticed it, through probing Equalmon's mind for a few moments.

When all four were dozed off to sleep, A.J. went to the bathroom. He took a bath for a few hours; cleaning, and refreshing himself. After that, he put on a dark green robe and had his clothes washed in the kitchen. Only wearing his robe, A.J. went to his room and dozed off to sleep in his bed...

---

Alpha Lion returned to White Fox's home. Shadow Owl and White Fox were there waiting for him. Alpha Lion was sweating and he was panting.

"Trouble?" Shadow Owl asked...

Alpha Lion nodded and put down the biovesto bag White Fox gave to him. White Fox raised his eyebrow.

"I see you still got all four charges of friendship." He noted.

Alpha Lion nodded. "I sure did, and it wasn't as easy as I thought. Though I decided I won't come back until I gained them. I'll leave them here until A.J. shows up, that's if it's O.K. with you White Fox."

White Fox shrugged. "Fine with me."

Shadow Owl stood up. "Come with me. Now that you're back, let's go see our shelter."

"It's done?" Alpha Lion asked.

Shadow Owl nodded. "Yep and White Hulman showed me where he planted it."

Alpha Lion sighed. "Settling down so quickly... I'm not complaining, because I need the rest and recovery myself, before I go out for another run at A.J.'s charges."

White Fox immediately stood up. "What?" He bellowed.

Shadow Owl sweat-dropped. Alpha Lion chuckled.

"Surely you don't think that A.J. would accept my apology with just gaining one type of charges for him, now would you?" Alpha Lion asked.

White Fox sweat-dropped. "Whatever." He muttered, sitting back down in his organic seat.

Alpha Lion and Shadow Owl walked out of the house, leaving White Fox alone with his thoughts. Silently, White Hulman walked into White Fox's Study and White Fox sensed him, with his eyes closed. He kept silent and White Hulman knew that White Fox knew of his presence in the room...

COMING UP! EPISODE 13: THE POWER OF LOVE

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