The next day, after everyone had breakfast, Jijimon was leading Lincoln, his friends, and their Digimon, somewhere outside Floatia.
"Are we almost there yet?" moaned Rusty.
"Yes." replied Jijimon. They soon arrived at a part of a field that was charred. "This is the spot where we found you children."
"Why are we here, Lincoln?" asked Zach.
"I was hoping there was something here that would get us home." said Lincoln. "Like maybe an opening between this world and ours."
"Well, I don't see anything like that here." said Clyde. The kids look around a bit and soon realize that Clyde was right.
"It was worth a shot." said Stella.
"Don't worry, children; I'm sure you'll find a way back to your world someday." said Jijimon.
"So, what do we do now?" asked Zach. Lincoln looks around the area and couldn't believe that they were practically in cyberspace right now. He then notices a river and goes to check it out with Agumon following after him. When Lincoln gets to it, he notices a lot of fish swimming around.
"Look at all the fish." said Lincoln. His friends and their Digimon come over to him and check out the river themselves.
"Those fish look mighty tasty." said Liam.
"Maybe we can do some fishing." said Lincoln.
"But we don't have any fishing poles." said Clyde.
"Maybe we can make some from some string and sticks or something?" suggested Stella. They all see a forest nearby and go to check it out to see if they can find some sticks.
As they explore, they come across a green, caterpillarlike Digimon being ganged up on by some Digimon that looked like mushrooms with purple caps, wearing magenta gloves with skull and crossbone designs on them, with matching boots.
"What are those Digimon?" asked Lincoln. Zach takes out his Digivice and points it towards the mushroom Digimon.
"The mushroom ones are called Mushroomon. They're Rookie Level, Vegetation Type, Virus Attribute. Their special attack is called Fungus Cruncher." said Zach. Clyde was pointing his Digivice at the caterpillar Digimon.
"And that caterpillar one is called Wormmon. It's a Rookie Level, Larvae Type, Vaccine and Virus type Digimon. Its special attack is Sticky Net." said Clyde. They all watch as the Mushroomon were kicking the Wormmon.
"This is our turf you oversized bug!" said one of the Mushroomon.
"Yeah, we don't want you around here!" said another Mushroomon.
"Please, I was just passing through." said the Wormmon.
"We don't care." said another Mushroomon as it kicked Wormmon. Clyde looked angrily at the sight.
"Leave that Wormmon alone!" exclaimed Clyde, getting the Mushroomons attention.
"Humans?!" yelled a Mushroomon.
"In our world?!" yelled another Mushroomon.
"Trespassing in our territory?!" yelled a third Mushroomon.
"Let me guess; you were just passing through too?" said another Mushroomon.
"We were just looking for sticks." said Stella.
"Everything in our territory belong to us, including sticks on the ground!" exclaimed another Mushroomon.
"What do you need sticks for anyway?" asked Liam. The Mushroomon look at each other with confused looks on their faces.
"Uuh, we don't know." replied a Mushroomon.
"They're still in our territory, so that make them ours!" said another Mushroomon.
"We don't need too many." said Rusty.
"We said they're ours!" exclaimed a Mushroomon, running towards Clyde. When it got close, Gaomon steps in front of Clyde and punches the Mushroomon, sending it back to the other Mushroomon. Agumon, Kudamon, Lalamon, Elecmon, and Gotsumon went to Gaomon's sides.
"If you want to get to our human friends..." said Agumon.
".. then you'll have to get past us to do it." Elecmon finished.
"Fine, if that's the way you want it." said a Mushroomon. He looks at the other Mushroomon. "Get them!" The Mushroomon charged at Lincoln and his friends Digimon partners who charge at the Mushroomon in response.
"Fungus Cruncher!" said the Mushroomon as they all launch mushroom-shaped bombs from their bodies towards the kids' Digimon.
"Watch out!" said Kudamon as he and the other Digimon dive out of the way to avoid them. The mushroom bombs explode on contact with the ground.
"That was close." said Lincoln.
"Be careful, you guys." said Clyde.
"Double Backhand!" said Gaomon, spinning around towards a couple of Mushroomon and striking them with his hands, knocking them to the ground.
"Pepper Breath!" shouts Agumon as he launches a fireball from his mouth which hits a Mushroomon, setting it on fire.
"HOT! HOT! HOT!" said the Mushroomon as it runs in circles while trying to put the flames out.
Three Mushroomon were running towards Kudamon.
"Shining Piercings!" said Kudamon. A bright light emits from his earring, and it blinds the Mushroomon, making them walk around blindly, bumping into each other. "Holy Shot!" Kudamon fires a beam of light out of his mouth, and it hits all three Mushroomon, knocking them to the ground.
"You show 'em, partner." said Liam.
"Super Thunder Strike!" shouts Elecmon as he jumps into the air and releases jolts of electricity from his tails which hit and electrocute a few Mushroomon.
"Rock Fist!" said Gotsumon. Gotsumon fires rocks out of the top of his head and they hit two more Mushroomon.
"Petite Tackle!" said Lalamon as she flies at a Mushroomon and slams headfirst into its face, knocking it to the ground. After a few more minutes of battle, the Mushroomon gathered together.
"What do we do?" asked a Mushroomon.
"They're too tough!" said another Mushroomon.
"What's wrong? Had enough?" asked Rusty with a smirk.
"No, we don't really feel like fighting right now." said a Mushroomon nervously.
"We'll give you guys a free pass to head through our forest." said another Mushroomon.
"But next time we won't go easy on you!" said another Mushroomon before they all ran away.
"That'll teach them to mess with the Rustman." said Rusty. Clyde then walks over to the Wormmon.
"Are you okay?" Clyde asked Wormmon.
"Yes; thank you." said Wormmon.
"So, what were you doing in this forest?" asked Lincoln. Just then, they hear Jijimon's voice call out.
"Greetings, Wormmon." said Jijimon. Wormmon looks toward Jijimon with a happy look on his face.
"Jijimon!" said Wormmon as he crawls quickly over to Jijimon.
"You know this Wormmon, Jijimon?" asked Lincoln.
"Yes; he used to be an inhabitant of Floatia." said Jijimon,
"Actually, I was heading back there to see how things were." said Wormmon.
"You'll be glad to know that the Goblimon have been dealt with." said Jijimon.
"Really?" replied Wormmon.
"These kids and their Digimon were able to defeat them." said Jijimon "The Goblimon are working in our meat fields right now."
"What if Ogremon comes to the village?" asked Wormmon.
"That won't happen considering that Agumon over there Digivolved into GeoGreymon and destroyed him." said Jijimon, surprising Wormmon.
"He's gone?!" replied Wormmon.
"Yes, so he won't be a problem anymore." said Jijimon. Wormmon looks over at the kids.
"If there's anything I can do to repay for what you've done for Floatia, just name it." said Wormmon. "But I can't really do much except make strong thread."
"Hey, isn't thread sort of like string?" asked Rusty.
"Maybe you can help us make fishing rods?" suggested Liam. "We need some string to do that."
"Yes, I can help with that." said Wormmon excitedly.
"We'll look around this forest for some good enough sticks we can use." said Zach.
"Great." said Wormmon. "I'll meet you all back in Floatia; I don't feel safe in this forest right now."
"I shall accompany you to the village." said Jijimon. With that, he and Wormmon head back to Floatia. Lincoln looks around at his friends and the Digimon.
"Let's get looking, everyone." said Lincoln. "And be careful; we don't know if those Mushroomon are going to hold a grudge over us beating them."
"They'd have to be crazy to want another round with the Rustman." said Rusty as he flexes his arms, making his friends do eyerolls.
"Let's just get started already." said Stella, hoping to end the embarrassment. Everyone then goes off on their own.
Sometime later at a part of the forest, Clyde was picking up a stick and bending it to test its durability, but it breaks. Gaomon does it with another stick, but it also breaks.
"Aren't there any strong sticks in this forest?" asked Gaomon.
"Let's just keep looking." replied Clyde. A few minutes later, Clyde picks up a long stick and tries to bend it; he smiles when he sees it was pretty firm. "Here's a nice stick." Gaomon turned towards Clyde while holding up another stick.
"This one's strong too." said Gaomon. A serious expression appeared on Gaomon's face as he looks past Clyde. Curious, Clyde turns around to see what appeared to be a large tree stump with four arms, two larger than the other two, two legs, and a face lumbering towards them.
"What's that?" asked Clyde. He takes out his Digivice and points it at the Digimon. Its information appeared on the screen. "Woodmon; Champion Level, Vegetation Type, Virus Attribute. Its special attack is Branch Bash."
"What are you doing in my territory?!" asked Woodmon.
"I thought this was the Mushroomons territory." replied Clyde.
"It's my territory also, I'm the one in charge here." said Woodmon.
"This must be the Mushroomons' leader." said Gaomon.
"I don't allow trespassing in my territory!" exclaimed Woodmon, charging at Clyde. Gaomon runs at Woodmon.
"Rolling Upper!" said Gaomon. Gaomon jumps at Woodmon and rolls in midair, ramming into Woodmon's chest, making it stumble back a bit. Growling, Woodmon swings one of its bigger arms at Gaomon, hitting him, knocking him to the ground.
"Are you okay, Gaomon?" asked Clyde with concern.
"I'm fine." replied Gaomon.
"Not for long!" exclaimed Woodmon. "Branch Bash!" He thrusts one of his bigger arms at Gaomon, but he jumps out of the way, making Woodmon stab the ground instead.
"Double Backhand!" said Gaomon. He spins towards Woodmon.
"Woody Smash!" said Woodmon. He swings his two big arms and hit Gaomon, knocking him aside.
"Gaomon!" exclaimed Clyde. Gaomon gets up and runs at Woodmon.
"Gao Rush!" said Gaomon. He quickly runs to Woodmon and hits it with a flurry of punches, making it take several steps back.
"Branch Bash!" exclaimed Woodmon. He thrusts his branch arm at Gaomon, hitting him, and draining some of his energy. Woodmon lets out a sigh. "That was refreshing." Gaomon drops to one knee, breathing heavily.
"Don't give up, Gaomon!" said Clyde. Woodmon turned towards Clyde.
"Be quiet, human!" exclaimed Woodmon.
"Make me!" said Clyde before covering his mouth. "Poor choice of words." Grinning, Woodmon lumbered towards Clyde.
"Who am I to turn down a request like that?" asked Woodmon. Gaomon looked as Woodmon got closer to Clyde. With a look of determination on his face, Gaomon stands back up. Clyde's Digivice suddenly begins glowing, making Woodmon stop in his tracks. "What's going on?" Clyde takes out his Digivice to see a button glowing.
"This is just like what happened with Lincoln's Digivice." said Clyde. "Maybe..." He pushes the glowing button and Gaomon begins to glow, getting Woodmon's attention away from Clyde. Gaomon begins to spin around and glowing brighter.
"Gaomon Digivolve to..." said Gaomon. When the glowing stopped, Gaomon now resembled a quadrupedal blue wolf, he was bigger, he wore red and black gloves with black claws sticking out through them and black belts on his front paws while his back legs were bandaged, and he wore red ribbons on his back. "...Gaogamon!" Amazed, Clyde holds out his Digivice towards the Digivolved Gaomon.
"Gaogamon, Champion Level, Beast Type, Data Attribute." said Clyde. "Special Attack, Dash Double Claw! He looks so cool!"
"He won't when I'm done with him!" said Woodmon. "Branch Bash!" He thrusts one of his bigger branch arms at Gaogamon, but he dodges it with incredible speed. Woodmon tries to strike Gaogamon several times, but he dodges every one of Woodmon's strikes.
"Gaoga Hound!" said Gaogamon, biting onto one of Woodmon's arms.
"Let go!" exclaimed Woodmon. It began swinging the arm that Gaogamon's jaws were clamped onto to try and get him off, but to no avail. After a minute of swinging, Woodmon drops to its free hands and knees, making Gaogamon release his grip and leaps away from it. Woodmon looks at Gaogamon, angrily. "Leaf Slider!" Woodmon makes leaves appear in his smaller arm's hand, and throws them at Gaogamon, but he leaps up, dodging them. The leaves stab into another tree.
"Spiral Blow!" said Gaogamon. He unleashes a vortex of wind from his mouth, and it hits Woodmon, knocking him to the ground. Woodmon gets up and looks at Clyde.
"Let's see how you do when I have a human shield!" yelled Woodmon. Clyde walks backwards while Woodmon lumbers towards him. Gaogamon runs in between Clyde and Woodmon. He runs towards Woodmon faster than the eye can see.
"Dash Double Claw!" exclaimed Gaogamon. He swings his front paws and unleashes an X shaped energy wave that hits Woodmon. It screams out before he breaks apart into little pieces. "Timber." Clyde walks to Gaogamon.
"You were so incredible out there, Gaom...I mean, Gaogamon." said Clyde, excitedly, making Gaogamon smile. "Let's go find the others." With that, Clyde and Gaogamon walk back down the way they came to find their friends. Later, Clyde finds them, who looked surprised when they see Gaogamon.
"Did Gaomon Digivolve?" asked Zach.
"Yep. Meet Gaogamon." said Clyde. He went on to explain everyone about the encounter with Woodmon.
"We're glad you guys are okay." said Lincoln. Gaogamon glows and turns back into Gaomon. "Guess he's low on energy."
"He's still cool." said Clyde. "So did you guys find some good sticks?"
"Sure did." replied Liam as he and the others held up sticks.
"Us too." replied Clyde as he held up the sticks that he and Gaomon found.
"Let's get back to Floatia and get started on making those fishing rods." said Lincoln. The group then started walking down the direction back to Floatia.