Chapter 14: One With Naturemon

Taylor and Sharkmon were in the Digital World. Taylor was in her mermaid form, covered in a black tube top with goggles on top of her head. She sat on a rock in the middle of the ocean near the Folder Continent in the Digital World. She looked like a typical mermaid painting where you see a mermaid sitting on a rock gazing out at the ocean deep in thought. Sharkmon was sitting next to her on that rock. "Yesterday was both fun and scary." Taylor said. "Mmhhmm. We went on a fun adventure and I finally reached my Ultimate form!" Sharkmon said.

Just then, Ladybugmon flew by with a large plate of hot dogs. He sat them down in front of Sharkmon. "Here you go, Sharkmon." Ladybugmon said. Sharkmon looked delighted. "Thank you!" He said. He then gobbled up the entire plate of hot dogs in a single bite. His eyes lit up and he smiled brightly. "Wow! Hot dogs are so amazing!" Sharkmon said. Evander popped up out of the water, wearing an orange tinted pair of goggles. He jumped out so quickly that Taylor got startled. He removed them from his eyes and looked up at Taylor. "My, my. What have I found here? A beautiful mermaid perched on a rock." He said. Taylor frowned a bit. "I wish I could stay on this rock a little while, but I need to go see Kari. She told me to contact her once my Digimon reached his Ultimate form." She said. Evander grinned and waved his hand. "Don't worry about that so much. We're on vacation. Just wait until the other three do the same. You can all go see her at the same time." Evander said. Evander got up on the rock and sat beside his daughter. Today, he was wearing black swim trunks with a flame theme. He wrapped his arm around his daughter and pulled her in closer, grinning all the while. "In the meantime, why not spend some time with your old man. I promised I'd spend more time with you didn't I?" Evander said. Taylor smiled. "Ok." Sharkmon's stomach growled. "Evanderrrrrr….tell Ladybugmon to get me some more hot dogs. I'm hungry." Sharkmon whined. Evander and Taylor both looked at him funny. He just ate a whole plate of hot dogs, and he still wants more?

The Soleman Residence….

Martin and Naturemon both sat at the table in their kitchen looking away from each other and scowling. Mario and Flora, as well as their Digimon, were also at the table eating lunch, making 8 at the table in total. They were all eating chicken salad sandwiches. Mario could feel the tension in the air. It made him uncomfortable. He hated fighting and conflict among friends and family. Who doesn't? He thought he'd try to break the ice between Martin and his Digimon. "So, Naturemon. I heard that Taylor and Sharkmon went on vacation to bond with nature, and I heard that they achieved that on their first day there." Mario said. Naturemon huffed. "Good for them. Too bad I'll never achieve Ultimate." She said.

"That's right, because there's no need to. You're never fighting again." Martin said.

"Yeah, let's just wait for the great catastrophe to come and annihilate us all. That's a great way to protect me." Naturemon said.

"We don't know if the great catastrophe will happen or not! If Taylor and the others can defeat All For One World and stop them from infusing destroyed Digimon data into the Red Stones, then Harmonymon won't be needed." Martin argued.

"Just leave it to the others. Just leave it to the others. Just leave it to the others. You're beginning to sound like a broken record." Naturemon said.

"Well, get over it." Marin replied.

Naturemon stood up and slammed her hands on the table, looking at Martin angrily. "I hate you, Martin Soleman! I'll never forgive you for forcing me to sit back and do nothing while hordes of Gizumon killed hundreds of innocent Digimon! Do you know how much it tore me apart on the inside not being able to help!? First, not being able to heal the Red Marked Digimon I freed, and then not being able to defeat the Gizumon. I could have saved some lives! But you didn't let me!" Naturemon shouted. Martin turned around and looked Naturemon in the eyes. "You hate me? Fine. At least you'll be alive." He said.

Flora stood up and slammed her hands on the table. "Alright, that's enough out of the both of you!" She said. Flora walked over to Naturemon and held her up by the vines. She held Martin up by his red shirt. "You're both digidestined and Digimon partner, you don't have a choice in whether you fight! You two are going to Native Forest in the Digital World on a camping trip to try to bond with the earth." Flora said in an angry tone. "I don't want to!" Naturemon said. "Neither do I." Martin said. After they said this, Flora made a hissing noise that sounded exactly like a cat and then shouted "IT WASN'T A SUGGESTION!!!" Flora yelled, so loudly that she created a gust of wind that blew both of their hair back.

Guilmon, Agumon, Palmon, and Gatomon just ate their sandwiches, staring at the fight and feeling awkward. "These sandwiches are delicious, Flora." Gatomon said. "Indeed. They are very good." Palmon said. Flora looked over to them. Her furious expression didn't change. "THANK YOU! IT MEANS A LOT TO ME FOR YOU TO SAY THAT! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I MADE CHICKEN SALAD AND I WASN'T SURE HOW IT WOULD TURN OUT!" She shouted. She still sounded furious, but she wasn't actually expressing anger. Palmon and Gatomon sweat dropped like a couple of anime characters.

The Digital World, Native Forest….

Martin and Naturemon hiked through Native Forest. Martin carried a very large backpack on his shoulders. Neither of them looked happy. Martin walked in front while Naturemon walked behind. "Keep an eye out for Digimon, Naturemon. Some Digimon can be very territorial and attack if they think we're encroaching." Martin said. Naturemon folded her arms and huffed. "And what if we are attacked? You won't let me fight." Naturemon said. "Obviously, we'll run and hide." Martin replied.

They came to a flat surface near a river. It seemed like a good spot because it was spacious enough for a tent, and it was close to a water source for them to drink from, bathe, etc. Martin set his backpack down and opened the top. "This seems like a good place to camp." He said as he took a pop up tent out. He opened the box and dumped out its contents. Martin stared at the pieces, looking intimidated. "I umm….I…." Naturemon sat down on a rock nearby and crossed her legs. "You DO know how to set up a shelter….right?" She asked condescendingly. Martin looked back and barked "Of course I do! It's just been a while and I'm a little rusty!" Naturemon smiled smugly and leaned forward. "Then do it. Do it, Martin." Martin stood up and clenched his fists. "Ok, I will!"

Some time later, when the tent was "set up", it looked really rickety. One side of the cloth was closed in on one side where one of the sleepers would be. The other side looked ok, but one of the plastic tubes keeping it together was sticking out. Martin looked at the picture of the tent on the box and then looked at the tent as he had put it together. He put both hands on his hips. "There. Finished." He said with a smile on his face and in a proud and satisfied tone of voice. Naturemon was still sitting on the rock in front of the river with her legs crossed. She didn't look impressed. "That looks like crap." She said candidly. Martin looked back at her with an angry expression on his face. He clenched his fists and stomped his foot once. "It does not!" He said. The tent then fell over to Martin's surprise. "Did you even read the directions?" Naturemon asked. Martin didn't answer the question, but made a growl that sounded like a cat about to fight. "If you think you can do better, be my guest!" Martin said.

Some time later, the tent was set up properly, and it looked exactly how it did on the box. Naturemon folded her arms and smiled at Martin smugly. "I did it better." She said. Just then, the sky started to rumble with thunder. Martin and Naturemon looked up and saw that dark storm clouds had formed. A drop of rain fell onto Martin's shoulder. "We'd better get inside the tent." Martin said. They both went inside the tent and sat down. It wasn't long before rain started pouring down on them. The tent was pretty water resistant so the rain just ran off the sides. There were plastic windows on the tent enabling inhabitants to look out. Both Martin and Naturemon still looked angry.

They were both quiet the whole time. Angry silence filled the tent. Martin then frowned. "So….do you….do you really hate me?" Martin asked. Naturemon was silent. "Naturemon, please…." Martin said, pleading for an answer. Naturemon was looking out of one of the tent's plastic windows, watching the rain fall down on the surface of the river outside. "Yes. I do." She said softly. Martin looked down sadly. "That's too bad. Because I love you. More than I've loved anyone in my whole life. That's why it would kill me if anything ever happened to you." He said, sounding like he was choking up a bit. "The Dokugumon poisoning incident, the fight against Copymon, and during the Red Mark Riot. Three times I've nearly lost you. I've been lucky so far, but next time…next time luck might not be on our side." Tears were starting to stream down his cheeks. Naturemon didn't appear moved. She continued to gaze out of the tent's plastic window with her expression not changing even a little.

After about half an hour, the storm stopped. Martin and Naturemon walked outside of the tent. Naturemon looked over to Martin. "I'm hungry. Feed me." She said, sounding angry and making it sound more like a demand than a request. "I have to go find some food first." Martin said. Naturemon looked surprised. She grabbed Martin's shoulder and forced him to turn around. "Are you telling me you didn't bring any!?" Martin took a couple of steps back and held his hands up in front of his torso. "If I'm going to bond with nature, I need to live off the land. Don't blame me. My mom wouldn't let me bring any." Martin said.

Naturemon sighed. "Flora is a smart woman. So, what are we going to do?" She asked. Martin rubbed his nose and smiled. "Leave it to me. Demi-Felinciuses are skilled at hunting!" He said. Just then he caused razor sharp claws to eject from his fingertips and caused catlike fangs to grow from his gums. Martin then took his shoes and socks off and caused sharp claws to grow out of his toe tips as well. He then used his claws to climb up a tree and look around. He sniffed the air. "I smell…..fish!" Demi-Felinciuses had keen hunting abilities. Although Martin harbored doubts about how much he'd be able to make use of his, not having grown up on his heavily forested planet of Felincia like his mom did.

Naturemon put her hand on her hip and rolled her eyes. "Umm…maybe that's because we're right next to a freaking river, you dummy!" She said. Martin looked embarrassed. He was blushing and scowling at the same time. "Sh-shut up! I know that!" The branch snapped and he fell on his butt. "Yowch!" He rubbed his tail bone which, unlike in humans, actually had a tail growing out of it; a cat tail.

Martin got up and then jumped into the river. He looked down and around at the water, hoping to get a glimpse of a fish that would swim nearby. He saw one! He immediately went to grab it, but it slipped out of his hands. "Use a fishing rod or a spear, or even a net, Marty Farty." Naturemon said. Naturemon had just now switched to a less endearing nickname. Martin didn't avert his gaze but kept looking down at the water, grabbing at fish and either missing entirely or getting a grasp on them for a moment before they slipped out of his hand. "Hey!" Naturemon shouted. "I can use my claws. My ancestors hunted fish like this all the time, including my mom! I just need to dig my claws in really deep and grasp firmly." Martin argued. Another fish swam by. Martin went to grab it again. This time, he actually got a hold of it. He held it up high and grinned at Naturemon. "See? I told ya."

Yeah, he caught the fish all right. But when he looked over at Naturemon, he saw that she had caught 9 of them. She was just bringing in the tenth, which was at the end of her spear. "Oooh, good for you, Marty Farty." Naturemon said sarcastically. Martin sweat dropped a large sweat drop like an anime character.

They gathered the fish, Martin gutted them, and it was ready to prepare the fire to cook them. A horrible look of realization came over Martin's face when he realized he didn't have any fire wood to light the fire with! Naturemon rolled her eyes. "Oh brother. You didn't get firewood, did you?" She said. "You didn't think to get it either!" He barked.

So, Naturemon and Martin went off and gathered the firewood. When they came back, they threw the wood into a pile and started a fire. Martin and Naturemon both chowed down on their fish. Naturemon smiled and put her hand up to her cheek. "Oh wow! This is sooo good! Yummy yummy in my tummy!" She rubbed her bare midriff. "I agree. Although it could use some tartar sauce." Martin said after swallowing a bite. Naturemon giggled. "Maybe you can hunt down a wild tarter with your catlike hunting abilities." Naturemon said. Martin chuckled. "I can just picture it now; a large bottle of tartar sauce just roaming around in the wild." He said.

Martin then took on an Australian accent. "And here we see the bottle of tartar sauce in its natural habitat. Ah, look it at. Aint she a beaute. She's nearing the watering hole to feed. Truly a magnificent creature." Naturemon started laughing. For a moment, things seemed like they were back to normal. For a moment, they truly forgot that they were mad at each other.

After dinner, Martin and Naturemon entered their tent to sleep. In the morning, they got up and set out to look for more food. Along the way, Martin had a certain urge down below. He looked back and said, "I've got to go drop one." He said. Naturemon looked confused. She tilted her head and said "Drop what?" Martin held his stomach and replied, "You know, a butt bomb." Naturemon looked even more confused. "Butt bomb? Martin, is that an attack name?" Martin blushed and shook his head. "CRAP!" He shouted. "What's wrong?" Naturemon asked, thinking he was using "crap" as an exclamation. "No, I have to do number 2." He said. "Why not number 3 or number 4?" She asked, not even knowing what these numbers were referring to. Martin got up and ran behind a bush near a tree. "Never mind! I've got to go go go go!" He shouted, flailing his arms like noodles while he ran.

After a moment, Martin had a look of relief on his face. He grabbed some leaves and….you know. After he was done, he pulled his pants up. He turned around and was mortified to see a Sukamon there! Sukamon pointed down at Martin's turd. "Hey! That looks like me!" Sukamon said. Martin screamed in a high pitch voice like a girl. Naturemon quickly ran over to see what was wrong! "Martin, what's the matter!?" She asked. Sukamon picked up Martin's turd and was closely inspecting it. "Yep. This looks like me alright." Sukamon said. A Chuumon came up from behind him. Evidently, he was riding on Sukamon. "You woke me up from my nap!" Chuumon complained. Sukamon held up the turd to Chuumon. "I'm sorry, but look! This guy's butt can create Sukamon like me!" He said. Chuumon's eyes widened with surprise and his jaw dropped. "Waaaaaat!?" Chuumon exclaimed. Martin was looking at Sukamon and Chuumon with a shocked, confused, and worried expression. This was an extremely bizarre sight. "W-w-w-why are you playing with my poop!?" Martin asked. A question mark materialized above Sukamon briefly. "Poop? This isn't poop. Poop is pink, not brown." Sukamon said. He was right, sort of. Digimon poop was indeed pink for some reason.

Naturemon had a look of realization come across her face. She put a fist in her palm with her mouth in sort of an O shape. "Oooooh! That's what you were doing behind this bush? Why didn't you say so? Also, your poop is brown? That's so weird!" Naturemon said. Martin looked back at her and pointed at the Sukamon? "Weird!? What's weird is this guy playing with it!" Martin said. Sukamon looked offended. "Hey? Who ya callin' weird?" He said. "You're weird! Anyone who would play with another person's poop is a weirdo!" He said. Sukamon scowled. "How dare you?" He brought out a pink swirly pile of poop from….somewhere. "Poop Throw!" Sukamon shouted. Martin managed to dodge. He got up and grabbed Naturemon by the hand. "Let's get out of here!"

They ran while being chased by Sukamon and Chuumon, having multiple pink poop piles thrown at them all the way. Fortunately for Martin and Naturemon, Sukamon had the aim of a storm trooper, so all the poops went right by them. Naturemon caused a vine to come up out of her back to bring herself up a tree. Martin climbed up the tree using his claws. Sukamon stopped bouncing along. He looked up at the two of them with a sad expression. "Aww! I'm no good at climbin' trees! Fooey! Fooey on you and your butt that can create Digimon! I'm getting out of here!" Sukamon said. Sukamon then turned around and bounced away. Martin and Naturemon took a sigh of relief. "Looks like we got out of a pretty…crappy…situation." Naturemon said. The two of them then burst out laughing.

Later that day, it was time for dinner again. Martin was once again looking around in the river for fish to grab. One came by, he grabbed it, successfully! Another fish came by, another successful grab! Another fish came by, another successful grab! He tossed each one onto land. "I'm doing it! I'm fishing like a true Demi-Felinicus!" Martin said in a happy tone. Naturemon smiled and giggled. "Looks like you don't need my spear this time, Marty Hearty. So I'll just go take a little nappy in the tent." Naturemon said before turning around. Martin realized. "N-Naturemon. You called me Marty Hearty." He said. Naturemon looked back at him. She had realized it herself. She scowled. "Oh, poopy poop poop! I forgot that I was mad at you! You're not Marty Hearty, you're Marty Farty! I just misspoke!" She said. Martin smiled and chuckled. He was starting to realize that Naturemon probably didn't hate him after all, but was just simply angry with him. That feeling brought a sense of relief over him. He really did think of Naturemon as his little sister. He never thought of his mom's Gatomon or Palmon that way. They were more like aunts than siblings.

Martin looked down and saw another fish swimming his way. He readied his catlike claws. He swooped down and impaled the fish with his claws and then took it out of the water and tossed it onto land. Martin made sure to stab the fish in their vital points so they'd die quickly and not suffer, drowning in air. As Martin tossed another fish onto land, the green leaf-engraved pendant in his digivice began to glow a little, in a green light.

Later that night, Naturemon and Martin chowed down on more fish. Martin smiled. "Mom would be so proud of me. She tried to teach me how to fish like a Felincius when I was little, but I was never any good at it. I'm surprised at how many I successfully caught." Martin said. Naturemon was chowing down on the fish. "Yyyppp, yuuh dud a gub jbb." She said, with a mouthful and giving him a thumbs up.

The next day, Naturemon and Martin again were foraging for food to have for breakfast. They came across some mushrooms. Naturemon was going to pick some and eat them, but Martin slapped her hand and shook his finger. These were poisonous. He directed her over to some mushrooms that were safe. He knew the safe ones from the unsafe ones because his mother had taught him about the different kinds of mushrooms that exist in the Digital World. They ate some mushrooms that Martin picked, and Martin's Crest Of Earth glowed an even brighter green in his pocket. Then, Martin had to poop again, he went behind a bush and let it all out. He let out a sigh of relief. Sukamon was back again, but Naturemon jumped into the bushes and shooed him away with her spear. Martin and Naturemon laughed.

Later that night, Martin was bathing in the river. Naturemon came out of the tent and happened to see him, causing Martin to shield himself and scold Naturemon while blushing. Naturemon went back into the tent. Martin's Crest Of Earth was in his pants pocket, glowing so brightly that it shone through the cloth. Naturemon looked over to the pair of pants, which were situated near Martin's shirt, underwear, shoes, and socks. She smiled.

Two days passed, and Martin and Naturemon were getting along pretty well without civilization. Naturemon and Martin were sitting around the campfire again. This time, they were roasting gigantic mushrooms that Martin had found. Naturemon began shivering. "I'm getting cold." She said. "Move closer to the fire." Martin suggested. "If I get too close I might catch on fire. Much of my body is vegetation. I have a better idea." Naturemon said. Naturemon went back into the tent and came out with a hoodie and pair of blue jeans. Martin's eyebrows went up slightly in realization. He recognized these items of clothing. "This was your disguise when Copymon…" He began. Naturemon nodded. "It was the first gift from yours I've ever received." She said as she put the clothing on. Once the hoodie was on, she zipped it up. Then she sat down on the log and put the jeans on one leg at a time. "These will keep me warm." She said as she gripped one of the hoodie's sleeves with her hand. She was giving off a sort of sad smile.

They were both silent for a moment. Then Naturemon decided to say something. "Martin…I've been thinking. I know you don't want me to fight because you don't want to see me hurt. Since that's the case, I won't fight. I do love you, and that's why….that's why I don't want you to worry about me." Naturemon said.

Martin looked down at the fire, frowning. "No, Naturemon. I was wrong. I've been selfish. I didn't take your feelings into consideration. You wanted to fight the Gizumon because you care about your fellow Digimon. In fact, the reason you got so badly beaten up before is because you kept leaving yourself wide open…trying to heal the Digimon you hurt in the process of freeing them. You have….you have…the most beautiful heart of anyone I've ever met. You're pure…and benevolent…kind." Martin said.

Naturemon started tearing up. "Marty….Hearty…." She then burst out into tears flowing like a busted fire hydrant. She ran over to Martin. "Oooooh! Marty Hearty, that's such a nice thing to say! Waaaaaaah!!!!!!" She dove and hugged him, knocking him off the log he was sitting on. "Naturemon! Naturemon! Get off! Hey!" Martin said, Naturemon was clinging to him gushing tears and vocally crying while they both layed on the ground. "I'M SO SORRY I TOLD YOU I HATED YOU! I DON'T! I LOVE YOU! WAAAAHHH!!!!!!!" Naturemon shouted. "Ok! I forgive you! I love you too! Please get off! I think ants are crawling into my britches!" Martin said in a panicky tone.

Sometime later, Naturemon and Martin went into their tents to sleep for the night. Naturemon never took her hoodie off. She cuddled up next to Martin looking content.

The next day, Martin and Naturemon put the tent away and decided they would go for a hike up Infinity Mountain. They had just put the tent away and were beginning to head out to the exit of the forest in Infinity Mountain's direction when they came face to face with a small group of Sukamon. One of the Sukamon pointed at Martin with an angry look on his face. "There he is! There's the one who called me weird!" He said. "The one who creates Sukamon with his butt?" Asked another. "Yep."

Naturemon got in front of Martin and put her arm in front of him. "Look, we're sorry we called you weird. We don't want any trouble." Naturemon said. The Sukamon in the center scowled and growled. "Well, that's too bad missy. No one insults me like that and gets away with it!" He said.

"Dappun Pheromone!" The Sukamon in the center shouted. Suddenly, a foul odor and mist came out of the Sukamon's body and surrounded the area. As soon as Naturemon and Martin breathed it in, they felt their stomachs start to cramp up and start making weird noises. Naturemon put her hands on her tummy and so did Martin. "What…what's going on?" Naturemon asked. "I…..I HAVE TO DOODIE!!!!" Martin said before turning around and running to a bush with his arms flailing like noodles. Naturemon turned around and ran to that same bush with her arms also flailing like noodles. "SO DO I!!!!" She shouted. They both went behind the bush and left gigantic crappers. They were so in a hurry to do their business that they hadn't realized they were squatting beside each other. When they did, they both blushed and looked away from each other.

The Sukamon group were all laughing. "That's my Dappun Pheromone attack. It affects the bowels. You can't fight if you're too busy pooping." He said. Naturemon and Martin both wiped with leaves as quickly as they could, and Naturemon grabbed some hand sanitizer out of Martin's backpack which they both used before pulling their pants up and running back out of the bushes. They both looked angry. "Nobody gives me a laxative without my permission!" Martin yelled angrily. Naturemon took her hoodie and pants off and handed them to Martin. Then a bunch of vines came out of her back. Naturemon looked REALLY angry. "Vine Vengeance! Vine Vengeance! Vine Vengeance! Vine Vengeance!" Naturemon shouted as she whipped the Sukamon with thorny vines protruding from her lower back over and over. The Sukamon grunted in pain as they were all struck by the vines. "Ow! Ow! Ow!" "Stop it! That hurts!" "Owie kazowie!"

One of the Sukamon decided to retaliate. "Poop Punch!" He shouted, throwing lots of pink piles of poop at Naturemon. Naturemon skillfully dodged each and every pile of poop thrown. "Leaf Can Can!" Naturemon shouted before kicking her leg over and over to make the leaves fall off. When the leaves fell off they turned into razor sharp projectiles that then flew at the Sukamon. Several Sukamon were hit by the razor sharp leaves and cried out in pain. They turned around and started hopping away. "I quit! This Digimon is scary!" one of the Sukamon said. "I hate having my body bruised more than my pride!" said the center Sukamon as it hopped away with the others. They were a bit scuffed up from Naturemon's attacks.

Naturemon put her hand on her hip and smiled proudly. "That'll teach em." Naturemon said. She then frowned. "I ought to find them later and try to heal them." She said, starting to feel a little guilty for hurting them. Martin was blushing in Naturemon's direction. "Well I….I guess the team that poops together….stays together?" He said. Naturemon started laughing. "I can't believe it's actually brown! Brown poop!? I…I just can't!" She said while laughing.

Just then, they heard a voice from up in the trees. "Those who pick on the weak shall not be forgiven!" They looked up to see a womanly figure. She had a black flower with a yellow stamen and a cross shaped scar on her head. Her eyes were black and slanted. She wore a sailor fuku top tied up in a way to bare much of her midriff, and she also wore a black leather skirt, black boots, and black fingerless gloves on both of her hands. She had pink bandages on both of her forearms. Coming down from the black flower on her head was hair, but she had green vines for hair. "Who are you?" Martin asked. "I am the one who protects the weak. In a Digital World that believes in survival of the fittest, I am she who comes to the less fit's aid! I am the flower that blooms in the night! I am the one who causes evil to take flight! I am the flower that brings the warmth of spring in the cold of winter. I am BanchoLillymon!" She responded.

"BANCHOLillymon?" Martin said in confusion. He knew of Lillymon. That was a Digimon his mom's Palmon could digivolve into. But he had never heard of BanchoLillymon. "Never heard of you."

"It doesn't matter if you've heard of me or not. I won't forgive you for picking on those poor Sukamon." BanchoLillymon said. Martin and Naturemon looked surprised. "P-picking on them? They were the ones who attacked us!" Martin said. BanchoLillymon folded her arms. "That's a lie. I saw the whole thing. You left to go drop butt bombs in the bushes….together….which is weird, but…who am I to judge? Anyway, afterwards, you started wailing on them! Everyone knows Sukamon are weak, and you, plant Digimon girl, are clearly much stronger than them." BanchoLillymon said.

"But you've got it all wrong! We dropped butt bombs because-" Naturemon began. BanchoLillymon slung her right arm off to the side and scowled. "Silence! Judgment is about to befall you! Prepare yourself!" She said. BanchoLillymon reached into her cape and brought out what looked like a small spiky green ball. "Absolute Territory!" BanchoLillymon shouted as she tossed that round spiked thing which turned out to be a yoyo that looked like it was made of some vegetation material at Naturemon. Naturemon dodged it. When the spiky yoyo returned to BanchoLillymon, she hurled it at Naturemon again while shouting "Absolute Territory!" Naturemon again dodged the spiky plantlike yoyo. "Stop this! I don't want to fight you!" Naturemon said. "Neither do I!" Martin said. BanchoLillymon twirled the spiky yoyo around while glaring at them. "You should have thought of that before picking on those Sukamon." BanchoLillymon said.

"Absolute Territory!" BanchoLillymon shouted as she hurled the spiked yoyo in Martin's direction. Naturemon reacted quickly, getting in the way and attempting to deflect the yoyo with her spear. Unfortunately, BanchoLillymon's attack was so powerful that it broke Naturemon's spear in half and struck Naturemon right in the abdomen! Naturemon screamed in pain as the spiky yoyo ripped into her. Martin looked horrified. "Naturemon! No!" He shouted. Martin took out his digivice. "You'll pay for that!" He said.

The word "DIGIVOLUTION" scrolled across his digivice in big green latters across a black background.

"Naturemon digivolve to….MotherNaturemon!"

MotherNaturemon stood up and looked behind at Martin. "Does this mean….?" She asked. Martin smiled and nodded. "Go for it. You want to protect those you love, don't you?" He said. MotherNaturemon smiled and nodded. She then took out an arrow from her quiver and put it in her bow. "Nature's Arrow!" MotherNaturemon shouted as she fired an electricity covered arrow at BanchoLillymon. BanchoLillymon just deflected the arrow with her spiky yoyo. "Pathetic! Absolute Territory! Absolute Territory! Absolute Territory!" BanchoLillymon shouted, again swinging and tossing her yoyo around. MotherNaturemon jumped around dodging each yoyo swing. "Nature's Arrow!" MotherNaturemon shouted, firing another arrow. BanchoLillymon just broke the arrow again by striking it with her spiky plantlike yoyo. "If that didn't work the first time, what made you think it would work the second time?" BanchoLillymon asked. MotherNaturemon then reached into her quiver and put several arrows into her bow at once. "Then how about this? Multi Nature Arrows!" MotherNaturemon shouted.

BanchoLillymon just crushed all five arrows with her yoyo. BanchoLillymon then ran over to MotherNaturemon. "Twin Petal!" She shouted as she unleashed a rapid barrage of kicks with both of her feet. MotherNaturemon got struck in the abdomen multiple times and grunted in pain! When BanchoLillymon's feet were back on the ground, MotherNaturemon used "Tree Twirl!" which is an attack that involves her doing a pirouette and striking the enemy multiple times with the tree branches growing out of her lower back. BanchoLillymon got hit multiple times with the tree branches and grunted in pain. BanchoLillymon then jumped back. "How barbaric! I'd expect nothing less from someone who picks on the weak!" BanchoLillymon said. MotherNaturemon growled. "Oh shut up! Tree Twirl!" This time, BanchoLillymon did backflips to dodge each swing of the tree branches.

"Twin Petal!" BanchoLillymon attacked. MotherNaturemon again got struck in the abdomen multiple times by kicks from BanchoLillymon so fast that the naked eye could barely keep up. MotherNaturemon grunted in pain. "If this keeps up, I'll lose the yummy lunch that my Marty Hearty made for me earlier." MotherNaturemon thought to herself. As soon as BanchoLillymon's feet were back on the ground, she attacked again. "Absolute Territory!" MotherNaturemon got hit right in the chest! Her roses were ripped to shreds! MotherNaturemon took a fighting stance. She put more arrows into her quiver. "Multi Nature Arrows!" but BanchoLillymon jumped to the right and dodged all of them.

Martin was clutching his digivice tightly. "MotherNaturemon, don't give up!" Martin cheered. Then, Martin looked down at his digivice and saw that a green light was coming from the back of it. Martin held the digivice up to his face and flipped the digivice over. He saw it! He saw his Crest of Earth glowing! He then turned his attention back to his Digimon. "MotherNaturemon! I believe in you!" Martin shouted.

"Multi Nature Arrows! Multi Nature Arrows! Multi Nature Arrows!" MotherNaturemon shouted as she fired several rounds of electricity covered arrows at her opponent. BanchoLillymon dodged them all either by jumping out of the way or by destroying the arrows with her spiky cactus yoyo. BanchoLillymon shook her head and placed her hand on her hip. "If that's all you've got, you have no chance of beating me." She said. She then attacked with her cactus yoyo again. MotherNaturemon got struck on one leg and then the other, causing the flowers sprouting out of her legs to get completely ripped to shreds! MotherNaturemon shouted in pain! The cactus yoyo was so fast it was difficult to dodge! MotherNaturemon fell to one knee. Dark blue blood covered both of her legs. MotherNaturemon looked up in BanchoLillymon's direction wincing in pain. "Pathetic. I didn't even bring out both of my yoyos." BanchoLillymon said. But then she did bring out a second yoyo! "Bancho….Lillymon…..please! I beg you! Hear us out! We…..weren't picking on the Sukamon!" MotherNaturemon pleaded.

BanchoLillymon gritted her teeth and growled. "Lies! I've had enough of this! I'm going to end this right now!" BanchoLillymon said. BanchoLillymon then began twirling both of her cactus yoyos. "Nightmare Assemble!" BanchoLillymon shouted before firing both cactus yoyos at MotherNaturemon. MotherNaturemon closed her eyes tightly as she waited for the finishing blow. But just at the moment she should feel the pain from the attack, she didn't! MotherNaturemon opened her eyes to a terrible sight! Martin had blocked the attack with his own body! Martin's eyes were as wide as they could be, his mouth open, trying to scream but being in too much shock to do so! "MARTY HEARTY!!!!!" MotherNaturemon screamed. Martin dropped to the ground on his back. MotherNaturemon picked him up and held him in her arms. He was bleeding heavily from the abdomen. "Martin! Why!? Why did you do that!?" MotherNaturemon asked. Martin was in an immense amount of pain and was losing blood rapidly, but he did his best to answer her. "Isn't it obvious? I told you….I really like you." He replied.

MotherNaturemon started tearing up. Was her partner dying right in front of her? Was this really happening? "Marty….you didn't want me to fight because you didn't want me to get hurt. I….I understand your feelings now. I did anyway….but that understanding is more raw now…now…in this very moment." MotherNaturemon said before tears started coming down her cheeks. "And I….understand….YOUR feelings. Your desire to fight to protect….the innocent." Martin said. His voice was very weak and a bit raspy. At that moment, Martin's Crest Of Earth shone brighter than ever! It nearly blinded BanchoLillymon such that she had to shield her eyes with her hand. The light from the crest enveloped MotherNaturemon and the words "DIGIVOLUTION" scrolled across Martin's digivice screen.

"MotherNaturemon digivolve to….Vineyardmon!"

Martin's Digimon now stood in a beautiful floral dress. It was not a dress with flowers printed all over it. It was a dress consisting entirely of flowers! Flowers also bloomed on her leg. The tree branches growing out of her lower back were now covered in vines that sprouted many clusters of grapes. On her head was a flower wreath crown that had two antlers at both ends.

Vineyardmon glared at BanchoLillymon angrily while she held her bleeding and dying tamer. She set him down. "This won't be like last time. I'll heal AND fight! AT THE SAME TIME!" She said. BanchoLillymon send both of her cactus yoyos at Vineyardmon. Vineyardmon caught both yoyos with her bare hands! BanchoLillymon looked surprised that Vineyardmon blocked her attacks. "I-Impossible!" She exclaimed. "Grape Grenades!" Vineyardmon yelled before firing a plethora of grapes off of the clusters hanging from the tree branches growing out of her back. Some of the grapes were being fired into Martin's mouth as well! The grapes that hit BanchoLillymon exploded and did damage! BanchoLillymon screamed as she was bombarded with exploding grapes! The grapes that went into Martin's mouth, however, were swallowed by him, and caused his abdominal wound to close up! Martin pulled his shirt up and wiped the blood away to find the wound completely closed up. "I'm….I'm ok!" Martin exclaimed. Vineyardmon nodded and smiled. "Yes, you are." She said before turning her gaze toward BanchoLillymon. "Grape Grenades!" BanchoLillymon screamed more as she got bombarded by more exploding grapes.

BanchoLillymon had taken quite a bit of damage. "Damn you! I won't lose to someone like you! Someone who picks on the weak! Nightmare Assemble!" Vineyardmon caught the two yoyos. "Bad little girls get their toys taken away." She said before completely yanking the cactus yoyos from BanchoLillymon's grasp and tossing them down to the ground. Vineyardmon then ran full speed at BanchoLillymon. "Antler Attack!" BanchoLillymon grabbed both of the antlers on Vineyardmon's crown to prevent herself from being impaled. But because she was holding off Vineyardmon's antler attack with both of her hands, she was left defenseless! "Grape Grenades!" More grapes shot off of the clusters on the trees growing out of Vineyardmon's back! BanchoLillymon screamed as she took more damage!

BanchoLillymon fell onto her back groaning and coughing. "Damn it! How….could I lose….to a coward?" BanchoLillymon cursed.

Vineyardmon and Martin walked over and stood over BanchoLillymon. "We've been trying to tell you. We weren't picking on the weak. Those Sukamon were attacking us and we were simply defending ourselves." Vinyardmon said. "Yeah! That's right." Martin said. Vineyardmon then picked some grapes off of one of the tree branches growing out of her back and then handed them to Vineyardmon. "Eat these. They'll heal your injuries." Vineyardmon said. Martin looked astonished. "You're healing her!? After she tried to kill us!?" Martin exclaimed. Vineyardmon nodded, looking BanchoLillymon in the eyes. "It was all just a big misunderstanding. BanchoLillymon isn't evil. She fights for a righteous cause. But she took action without having all the facts and made a mistake." Vineyardmon said. Martin folded his arms and looked away, scowling. "Well that mistake almost cost us our lives. Besides, how do you know that if you heal her, she won't just start attacking again?" Martin rebutted.

BanchoLillymon was amazed that Vineyardmon would show compassion to an enemy. But at the same time, she doubted whether this really was mercy. Her grapes could be bombs or medicine depending on what she willed. How did she know Vineyardmon didn't just plan to finish her off by blowing her up from the inside? Vineyardmon could tell that BanchoLillymon was hesitant to take the grapes. "Relax. It's not a trick. I really do want to heal the damage I've inflicted." She said. BanchoLillymon was nervous, but she decided to take a gamble. BanchoLillymon ate the grapes and in just a matter of seconds, her injuries were completely healed. BanchoLillymon looked surprised. "You were telling the truth?" She said. Vineyardmon nodded. BanchoLillymon then looked guilt ridden. She prostrated herself before Vineyardmon and Martin. "I'm so sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please, forgive me!" She said.

"How can I make up for this terrible mistake?" BanchoLillymon asked.

"Don't worry about that. Just make sure not to jump to conclusions next time when you come across a confrontation." Vineyardmon replied.

"Ok, I will." BanchoLillymon said.

Vinyardmon dedigivolved to Naturemon. Naturemon smiled.