When you are scared, instincts often tell you to scurry away from danger. However what do you do when danger scurries towards you. Can you run in time to avoid the threat or do you accept your fate? Digimon Ghost Game! The Scurrying Sand!

It was yet another beautiful fall day.The leaves were turning shades of crisp brown and orabge. The air became colder yet not freezing. Small animal were scurrying about to collect last minute food before the bitterfrost of winter came. Though there was a place were ones can envelope themselves in the relaxing warm of sand. 

Not to far from the city, only a short train ride away was a small sand bath ran by an elderly couple and their young grandson. It was a small business and few would never susoect it to be there. However it is said that after resting in the sands of that place, one truly feels at peace. Though nowadays the sand bath has been struggling to keep customers. Customers complaint that the house is haunted and there is some kind of beast that scurries underneath the sand. Out of desperation, the grandson sends Team Lirurun a case.

Ruli had just finished school and was on her way home with Angoramon walking alongside her. Her body was sore from all the stressful class assignments. Not to mention digimon incidents such as the Sin Code Arcs. Everyone was getting tired and a break was very much needed. Hiro was tired both mentally and physically from trying to process what Gulusmon words meant after he saved them from Oboromon. Kiyoshiro looked exchausted from all his responsibilities of a dorm leader, his projects, and trying to preventing Jellymon from causing another disaster. Even Mei looked like she could use a break. The whole Sin Code Arcs really hit her hard, considering she had lost Shiramon. Only to have got her back by facing Malicemon head on.  Their digimon also looked fatigued from all that's been happening too.

They needed a place to relax. Luckily, it came in the form of a case. A trip to a sand bath!  Sure it was a case but they would handle quickly then feel the bliss of a relaxing sand bath.  She sent a group text to her friends with the plan set in mind.

After the group agreed on it, they took the train to the sand bath location. They all stood outside a  blue wooden bath house that looked a bit worn down over the years but still yet a sense of the welcoming aura. Each had packed spare clothes and looked forward to this.

"Hiro is sand bath nice?" Gammamon asked, looking at the house curiously

"Yeah, it like being in a nice warm blanket" Hiro smiled and gives the best explaination that Gammamon could understand.

"It's like a warm bath but with sand instead of water" Angoramon helped explain. He had a few of the Sun Novelist books with him.

"Oooh is that Sun Novelist's latest book, " The Snow Trial of the Heart"? " Shiramon asked, intrigued by the cover.

"Yes! Ruli got it for me. It is about two sisters who were once inseparable by the ties of sacred spiritual connection. Though out of jealous that her sister who feel in love with a prince, the sister that governs the Crystal snow lands kidnaps him. She casts a spell on his mind and heart to only show love to the Crystal Snow lands. Though the spell will also cause him to feel only hatred for the Snowflake Princess. It is said that only by passing three trials will break the spell of the prince. However each trial went passed, takes something away from the Snowflake Princess" He smiled at her. "The way she is willing to not only save her love but also the sacrifices she makes is truly want makes her love for the prince more special in my eyes"

Shiramon wished she could be the Snowflake Princess of his eyes.

"You can read it after the case" Ruli reminds him

"Oh right" Angoramon followed the others inside with Shiramon being the last to enter.

The grandson who contacted them was greeting them at the door. He looked to be thirteen years old those his height could mistake him for being older. He was african-american American with short black hair. His eyes were green. He wore the bath house uniform which was a long blue robe with the symbol of moving sand on it.  aon his feet were sandals made from bamboo.

"Hello there, welcome to "The Blissful Sand Bath". My name is Daichi Nishikawa. I hope you all are provided an excellent stay here" Daichi smiled as he offered to take their bags.

"Thank you. I'm Ruli Tsukiyono. These are my friends." She began to introduce each one.  "Hiro  Amanokawa"
Hiro waved in response.

"Kiyoshiro Higashimitarai"

"Thank you for having us here" Kiyo bowed politely

"Finally here is Mei Hoshi" Ruli pointed at Mei

"Thank you for the honor of having us here" Mei bowed as well.

"I should be thanking you all for coming here. You see, something strange has been happening in the bath house. When ever a customer tries to relax in the sand is when "IT" comes out....."

"I-IT?" Kiyo face immediately went pale as fear was written all over his face.

"At first we thought a wild animal got in like a snake, so we call animal control. They did a fine tooth search and didn't find anything. Grandfather called a local exorcist but they were scared off. We are losing customers left to right.....please... help" Daichi begged, he looked really desperate to save his grandparents business.

That only meant it was a digimon. Possibly multiple digimon.

"Don't worry, we have security holograms that can help" Ruli used their cover for their digimon.

"Security Holograms?" Daichi asked. Little was known of the holograms around the area.

The digimon then revealed themselves with joyful smiles. Angoramon waved to Daichi. Shiramon also waved but she seemed to sort of scary Daichi, so she remained by Mei side. Jellymon floated above Kiyo, smiling mischievous. Gammamon was in Hiro arms, smiling to Daichi.

"So these are holograms....Wow.... They look so real...Can they really deal with our problem here?" Daichi seemed astonished. Ready to reach out to see if Gammamon was truly a hologram.

Gammamon giggled as Daichi poked him.

"He feels so real though. Are you sure that they are holograms?" He asked while poking a few more times.

"We are the most advanced and latest model of security holograms made. We are so advanced that we can be touched as if we are living beings" Jellymon boasted

"We can handle any situation" Shiramon reassured.

Though Daichi still seemed scared of her for some reason. The others noticed too.

After they were all settled into their rooms, the group went to explore the sand bath. Gammamon immediately jumped in the sand and began to play around in it. Ruli and Mei investigate the right side of the bath. While Hiro and Kiyo investigated the left side. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Nothing seemed to be broken or tampered with. All that was before their eyes was sand. A few shovels as well as a few cloth towels that guests used over their forehead to relax more.

"Is there a certain time that the thing scurrying in the sand bath comes out?" Hiro asked

"It comes in the afternoon. Precisely at twelve in the afternoon. You see our sand is warm up to the maximum heat at twelve everyday. The sand always seems to to move around. To be honestly, lately we gotten more then one. Yesterday, our guest claim to see about five creatures that were scurrying under our sand" Daichi remembered how scared the customers.
How many ran away terrified.....How many left their belongings behind . A few left their vaubles and refused to comeback for them. They wouldn't take them by mail. Daichi got more worried for the business.

"Well since we can wait" Mei checked her phone for the time. It was eleven thirty in the morning. They just had to wait.

"We're going to bathe in the sand that "IT" crawls in...." Kiyo face went pale again. He looked ready to go into Integer Overflow.

Jellymon pulled on his arms with her tenactles. "Don't you dare Integer overflow, Darling!" She yelled

She looked ready to shock him. Though she refrained from doing it infront of Daichi.

"Senpai, please. Daichi really seems to needs our help"  Hiro insisted

"Isn't a dorm leader join to aid their dear fellow students with problems that need their leadership?" Mei reminds

Mei words seem to leave Kiyo little to no choice in helping. She knew how dearly he cared about his title and his friends.

Now if only he could grow a spine.

Shiramon decided to sit this one out. She wanted to help her friends. Especially since they had no idea what digimon they were dealing with. Though she clearly was scarying Daichi bad. Maybe she could do surveillance from the treetops. Her visor could sense digital signatures. So she could alert the others if needed.  She be emergency back up.

While they were waiting, Daichi approached Mei and Ruli. "Mei, may I ask you a question?"

"What is it, Daichi?" Mei was currently helping Ruli pick a spot to bathe in the sand.

"Why is your hologram such a scary one? Why is your.....a wolf?" He asked, nervously rubbing his arm.

"Does she scare you because she is a wolf?" Ruli asked. "You seemed scared of her since she revealed herself. Can we ask why?"

Daichi sighed and began to tell his reason.

"You see, my father was born in America. Though My grandfather adopted him and brought him back here to live in Japan. He met my mother here and I was born. A few years ago, my parents passed away due to an illness. So I lived here with my grandparents now. When I was nine, grandma sent me get some firewood out of the shed for the stove. Though it was late and I forgot the lamp. I went in the shed but.....there was a wolf in there. It tried to lunge at me. I was so terrified that I screamed and ran home. Ever since I had serious lupophobia. Even a picture scares me" Daichi story got him sympathetic looks from the girls.

"That must have been awful....." Ruli really felt bad for Daichi.

Shiramon wasn't scary though. Sure she is a skilled assassin who is the Wrath Sin Code. Though she was really a nice and sweet digimon deep down.

"Shiramon may seem to be scary. Though let me tell you. If anyone is in danger, Shiramon will be the first to help. Even if it means putting herself in danger" She looked up in the trees before smiling. "Even though she should rely a bit more on others!" She shouted for Shiramon to hear that part specially.

Daichi was just about to say something before the sound of moving could be heard of in the sand.

"We got company!" Mei informed the boys as they all regrouped.

Just as Daichi said before, there were five creatures moving in the sand.

"Bibi Thunder" Kiyo spoke through screams

Jellymon eye rolled annoyingly but commenced with the attack.

It hit directly. Though it seem to have no effect  at all. They moved again just moments after the attack hit.

Like electricity does anything against a ground type. Classic type disadvantage.

"Breaking Claw!" Hiro called out the attack.

Gammamon obeyed. He attacked the head of the scurrying sands.

The attack sent a figure flying into the air.  Letting them see one of the culprits.
Sunrizamon.

"Another hologram?!" Daichi asked, startled

"Sunarizamon!" Angoramon recognized the digimon straight away.  "The warm sand here at the bath house must remind them of the deserts in the digital world"

"That explains one but the other four are smaller" Mei points out to the four smaller ones that were now racing towards them.

The others emerged from the sand to only be revealed as Sandmon.

"Sandmon. Four of them! They are digimon completely made out of sand" Jellymon  seemed to recognize the digimon too.

"Why are you all here?" Hiro asked them

" LEAVE! ALL WHO COME HERE MUST LEAVE!! OUR HOME!! OUR HOME!!!" Sunarizamon seemed outraged. It must think they were trying to get rid of them.

Well not entirely wrong.

"This isn't a desert though! You can't stay here!" Angoramon tried to reason.

"Please let us find you a new homw" Hiro offered.

The four little Sandmon seem to want to accept the offer, highly interested. However their leader Sunarizamon refused.

"NO!! THIS IS OUR HOME! WE WILL NOT LOSE IT AGAIN! ME AND MY BROTHERS SHALL NOT LOSE OUR HOME AGAIN!!" Sunarizamon attacked Gammamon. "Sand Blast!"

Gammamon managed to dodge. However the attack went straight towards  Daichi direction.

"Daichi move!" Kiyo called out to him.

Daichi remained frozen in fear. His legs would not obey him. He would be death. He would have to greet death with closed eyes....

Though no pain came. No sand cover his body. He slowly opened  his eyes and gasped.

Shiramon had took the attack for him.
"Shiramon....." His words were shaking from either fear or shock.

"You okay?" Shiramon asked before she winced from the pain of her arm. The attack was harder than normal sand.

Daichi could only nod. Why had she done that for him? Then he recalled Mei words.

Shiramon may seem to be scary. Though let me tell you. If anyone is in danger, Shiramon will be the first to help. Even if it means putting herself in danger"

Daichi was still scared of wolves but Shiramon was a hologram....right?

"You okay?" Mei rushed to Shiramon side. Examining her injury.

"Just a scratch" Shiramon shrugged it off. "Let's make them listen"

Mei nodded. Then an attack echoed in her mind. "Sync Clones.

A series of data clustered formed and made four clones of Shiramon. Each clone rushed at Sunarizamon.

"Grit Nail!!" Sunarizamon attacked and managed to take out two of the clones.

The other two managed to throw him into the air. "Now guys!!" The clones spoke in unison before disappearing into data clusters.

In the air is where Gamamon, Angoramon, and Jellymon were waiting above to strike.

"Horn Attack!"

"Petit Tornado!"

"Bibi Thunder!"

All three attack at once. Knocking Sunarizamon out cold. They had defeat him.

Like with Gargoylemon, A dark data mist escape his body. The Sandmon went to him to see if he was okay.

"Ugh...what happened" Sunarizamon rubbed his head, he couldn't remember what he had done. It seems that the mist effected his actions and behavior.
"You were scaring off the customers. You said something about not losing your home" Hiro answered.

"Yes...you see in the digital world, we were chased out of our home by Skullscorpiomon. Then when we came here and found this place. My baby brothers really like it here. The sand is really warm. It's the best place for us. After all there aren't many deserts here....." Sunarizamon lowered his head in sadness.

Sunarizamon wasn't exactly wrong. There wasn't many places that could be considered a desert. This place was the closest they probably get.

"Why not work here?" Daichi offered. "If you help out, you can stay here"

"Even after we caused you so much trouble?" Sunarizamon asked, surprised.

"Yeah. I can see you love this place as much as I do. Besides not all things that seem scary are mean. Shiramon taught me that. Plus grandpa says those who stay here are family. So you all are now family" Daichi smiled.

Sandmon cheered as Sunarizamon smiled "Thank you!"

Shiramon was touched by Daichi words as well. Maybe he still feared wolves. Though maybe he be friends with her one day.

While the team relaxed, Mei had secretly took a sample of the mist. Something was going on here and she was determined to find out what.

#Inkobter