"What?" Takato asked. "There are no ships going to Okinawa?"
"Unfortunately, no," the woman in the ticket booth shook her head. "The coast guard warned everyone to stay clear of the waters between Okinawa and the main island, because of a band of Digimon pirates that are roaming these waters."
"That CAN'T be a coincidence!" Harmony said.
"Right," Rika nodded. "It has to be the RPG Maker at work again. Hopefully Kei is on her post..."
"You bet she is," Takato said grimly. "Her former parents are living on Okinawa, remember? She wouldn't want to let anything happen to them, and since she noticed how Millenniummon was heading there, she won't make any mistakes now, you can count on that."
The Hybrid Tamers walked away from the ticket booth and sat down on a few benches that were standing nearby.
"So, we have a problem here," Jeri spoke up. "How are we going to cross the sea if no boats are putting out?"
"I can't fly such long distances, that's for sure," Terriermon said, shaking around his long ears.
"Now what do we do?" Ryo sighed. "Normally, Cyberdramon would have carried me over..."
"You think we can digivolve and fly across?" Rika suggested.
Takato shook his head. "I doubt we can just reach our Ultimate forms like that. And even if we did, what if we digivolve back just when we are over the sea? You wanna risk that?"
"Well, we could always..." Harmony stopped in mid-sentence when she saw something. "Huh?"
"What's the matter?" Guilmon asked.
"I thought I saw something..." Harmony muttered. "Something shiny over there..." She gasped when suddenly, the very same sparkling light appeared. "There! That trash can! Didn't you see how it sparkled just now?"
"Harmony, trash cans don't sparkle," Rika reminded her.
"No, she's right," Terriermon said. "I saw it too." He ran over to the trash can and took a good look at it. Then he opened the lid and looked inside.
"What are you doing, Terriermon?" Harmony asked him in bewilderment. "You can dig around garbage later."
"There isn't any garbage in here," Terriermon shouted. "Just... this!" And he held up a tiny little object that sparkled in the sun.
The others assembled around him. Terriermon showed them his find: It looked like a silver pendant, shaped like a tiny seashell.
"What's this doing here?" Rika wondered. "And how could we see its sparkling when it was inside the trash can?"
"You haven't played many RPGs before, haven't you, Rika?" Ryo smirked. When there's a sparkling light somewhere, it mostly marks a spot where there's a hidden item."
"I'll wager Kei put it there for us to find," Takato grinned. "This just has to be some sort of key item."
"Well, and how do we know what it does, Mr. Know-It-All?" Rika asked him. "I doubt a little seashell pendant is gonna help us cross the sea."
"Only one way to find out," Ryo said as he grabbed the pendant and walked over to the edge of the water.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Rika asked. "That thing could mean everything, how do you know it really helps us across the water?"
"I'm not planning on waiting much longer," Ryo insisted. "Monodramon is waiting for my help, and I'm not waiting for another chance."
"He's right," Takato nodded. "Besides, I doubt Kei would have placed that thing here if it wasn't to help us."
"All right, do what you want, but I don't think it's going to be as easy like..."
Ryo held up the seashell pendant, and it started glowing in a bright light.
"...that?" Rika weakly finished her sentence.
Ryo looked at the water and just threw the pendant inside. In another flash of light, the pendant suddenly transformed. It expanded and changed its shape, until it was as big as a car. Finally, a small boat was floating in front of them, its bow shaped like a seashell itself. It was very sleek and looked like it could go at very fast speeds. On its side, the name 'Mobilus' was engraved.
Ryo smirked back at his friends. "What are you waiting for, guys? All aboard!"
The others didn't need to be told twice, and they all hurried aboard.
"It's a bit cramped, isn't it?" Jeri asked as she sat down on one of the seats in the backside of the small vessel.
"Well, it'S certainly big enough for all of us," Takato grinned. "Wow, this is so cool! Kei really has some nice ideas now and then."
"Well, she seems to have forgotten something," Rika mumbled. "Or can anyone of you drive a boat?"
"Heh, that shouldn't be too difficult," Guilmon said as he stepped to the steering wheel. He tried to move it, but it wouldn't budge. "Hey, what's the big idea? It won't move!"
"Maybe you have to turn it the other way first?" Harmony speculated. "Try it again."
Guilmon grunted as he tried it, but to no avail. "No way, it's completely stuck!"
"That can't be!" Ryo sighed. "I don't believe it! Why would Kei give us a vessel that doesn't work?"
"I have a guess..." Renamon murmured as she took a look at the steering wheel. She then turned to face her sister. "Rika, why don't you give it a try?"
"Me? But... but Renamon, I don't know how to drive a boat."
"Just trust me. I have the feeling you'll do just fine."
Rika sighed. "Fine, fine, I'll do it." She stepped to the steering wheel and grasped it with both hands. To her surprise, she could move it with no problem. "Hey, what's the matter, scale-belly? This works just fine."
"I don't get it..." Guilmon scratched his head. "Why wouldn't it work back when I tried it?"
Renamon smiled. "Rika, didn't you tell me how you were able to steer Yamaki's flying platform, even though you didn't know the first thing about it? My guess is that it's the same thing here. Remember, you're the party leader in this 'game', and therefore I believe you are the only one who can steer vehicles like that."
"That's right!" Takato realized. "In those games, it's normally always the main hero who controls the airship, or whatever vehicle the party gets."
"I don't know if I really like this..." Rika murmured, but when she tried to start the boat's hidden engine, she managed to do it with no problems. Smoothly, she steered the boat away from the harbor and drove across the waters of the ocean.
Renamon put her paw on her sister's shoulder. "I knew you could do it."
"Way to go, Rika!" Takato shouted. "Now we'll be able to get to Okinawa in no time."
"Guess again!" Ryo said as he narrowed his eyes. "If I'm not mistaken, our first obstacle is just coming at us."
He gestured ahead, and they all gasped when they saw the floating steel barrel in the water.
"Rika, turn around, quickly!" Jeri shouted. Rika yanked the steering wheel to the side, and they managed to dodge the barrel. Still, a wave of water splashed against the barrel and swept it sidewards, where it collided with a pile of junk that was floating there.
BOOOOOOMMM! Jeri, Terriermon and Takato stumbled to the floor as the explosion shook their little boat around. The others managed to keep their footing.
"Damn!" Takato shouted. "That thing just blew up!"
"It was some sort of floating mine," Ryo realized. "Those pirates must have put it there. We have to be really careful, I don't think that was the only one."
"And that's not the only problem we have," Harmony yelled and pointed ahead. "Look!"
The others were taken aback when they saw the Ebidramon that had just emerged from the waters in front of them.
"Time to keelhaul those landlubbers!" shouted one of them as they snapped their pincers.
"Get ready!" Renamon shouted. "Here they come!"
They raised their D-Powers.
"Takato Hybrid Digivolution to... BlueCeratomon!"
"Harmony Hybrid Digivolution to... Dachsmon!"
"Jeri Hybrid Digivolution to... Cubmon!"
"Guilmon Hybrid Digivolution to... Ceratomon!"
"Terriermon Digivolve to... Gargomon!"
"Renamon Hybrid Digivolution to... BRAWLMON!"
Rika nearly let go of the steering wheel in surprise when she looked at her sister. "Renamon? What... what happened?"
Standing next to her was a Digimon that looked very human-like... in fact, it looked almost exactly like Renamon's human form! Only was she having paw-like feet and hands, as well as a pair of fox-ears and a bushy fox tail. She was dressed in a pair of torn pants, a pair of fighting gloves, a crimson headband and instead of a shirt, white bandages that were wrapped tightly around her firm breasts. It was enough that Gargomon, who was standing in front of her, nearly developed a nosebleed.
Brawlmon looked down at herself. "This... seems to be my Hybrid form," she murmured. "Just as Guilmon has a Hybrid form... I guess it just makes sense, now that I have a human form as well..."
"Well, then I suggest you get used to it QUICKLY!" Harmony shouted and raised her crossbow-like weapon. "AIR CUTTER!"
The boomerang blade flew through the air and hit the Ebidramon that had just leapt out of the water to attack the boat from the side. It cried out in pain and fell down into the water again.
"You'll pay for that!" an other Ebidramon, this one with an eyepatch over his eye, yelled.
"RISING KITSUNE PUNCH!" Brawlmon yelled as she rose up into the air, her fist surrounded with a blazing aura that looked like a fox's head. The punch connected with the jaw of the attacking Ebidramon and made it fly through the air in a wide arc, until it fell back down into the sea with a big, wet 'sploosh', far away from the 'Mobilus'.
"That'll teach them!" Gargomon cheered. "Nice work! And stay back, you mangy seadogs... GARGO PELLETS!"
"Oh no..." Rika winced. "Guys, hold on tight, I believe things are about to get rough..."
BlueCeratomon turned around his head... and grimaced when he saw the field of floating mines they were approaching.
"Oh sh..."
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