Okay, so you should probably do something about that big fight. At least in the sense that they're damaging the scenery, and if too many of them die, that's fewer potential witnesses to whatever mess Tai and Matt may or may not have made.
But that doesn't mean you have to go charging in without thinking. That's the kind of thing that ends with the building you're in being on fire.
It certainly doesn't help that you currently have no clue why that fight's going on in the first place. "We should do this carefully. We don't know what's happening, and Joe's never actually been in a Digimon fight before."
"There's not that much to it, though, is there?" Mimi asks. "I mean, for humans, you just Digivolve your Digimon and take cover, right?" She's fiddling with her Tag, which you just now realize has a speck of green in it. You should probably ask to see what symbol it is later, it could be useful to know.
"But... I don't even know how to Digivolve my Digimon," Joe points out. "Isn't it a bit soon for that?"
"Tai and Matt had Champions within a day of meeting their partners," You shrug. "...But they had experience dealing with Digivolved Digimon already." Mostly you showing off that you could use Birdramon to fly places and they couldn't, but you don't think that little tidbit matters. "Tai and Kari raised the dinosaur from the incident four years ago, and TK hatched his Digimon at the same time I did."
Joe looks at you, and then at TK. Admittedly, you wouldn't expect a three-year-old to be able to handle the constant balls of energy that are Digimon Rookie level and lower either, but you suppose that's what adults are for. "That... doesn't really tell me how to do it."
"It's not something that's easy to teach," You point out. "Trust me, I've tried."
"You need to figure out where your power comes from," TK adds. "It'd be easier if you had your Crest, though, probably. I mean, I use hope to Digivolve Patamon, and I have the Crest of Hope, so..."
"So you get your power... from optimism. Somehow, I don't think I can do that."
"It's different for everyone, though," Kari tells him. "I have the Crest of Light, my brother has the Crest of Courage, and Sora has the Crest of Love. But you don't have to be any of those things. You just need to be you!"
Joe appears to be considering this new information. You don't know if that will be enough to make Gomamon Digivolve later or not, but if it isn't, you can try and talk things through with him later. You managed for TK, eventually, you could probably do the same for him if you absolutely had to.
That's only the last resort, though. You're sure you'll see Ikkakumon again eventually, barring some sort of major disaster. "While we're on the way, I want everyone to Digivolve their Digimon as far as they know they can. Since not all of us can fly, we've got time until we get there." Because as much as you'd enjoy having a philosophical discussion on your ability to induce Digivolution, you have more urgent things to do at the moment.
Not everyone manages a Digivolution on their first try, of course. It takes Izzy three attempts to remember whatever it was that heralded MegaKabuterimon, and while Joe decides to join the battle if he has to, Ikkakumon doesn't appear until you're very nearly there.
It took you forty-five minutes to walk up to the dust cloud, and it still hasn't settled at all. You think that's the textbook definition of a bad sign, right there.
Mostly that the fight's too large for everyone involved to know the exact details of how it started. Well, okay, you were vaguely aware of it before, but you think you could get sucked into the main fight without really trying, particularly if you're still on the ground when it happens.
Thankfully, you won't have to venture very far in to learn... well, something. There's a brown robot Digimon at the edges, trading blows with what looks like some kind of Golem. "Do any of you think you could get the two of them over here?" You ask. "If they don't know what's going on, we can probably convince them to stop." They look like Champions, MegaKabuterimon's behind you... it'll work out.
"Guardromon and Golemon?" Togemon checks. You nod. "...I think we should have Angemon handle this, given that they're made of metal and solid rock." Okay, fair enough. And you don't want Birdramon to be noticed by anyone, that means other Digimon would be watching the sky. Or start to, once they become aware of the fact that it's raining fireballs.
The actual process of capturing the combatant Digimon actually goes fairly smoothly, at least for Guardromon. For some reason, it has an off switch. Togemon is quick to march into the fight and haul over the robotic Champion. Golemon's a fair bit more difficult.
In this case meaning that it's a fair bit harder to knock out something that doesn't have a power button. And is very much belligerent.
Particularly when it catches sight of the rest of you.
[ ] Try talking it down- and fast.
-[ ] How?
[ ] Birdramon. Fire shield. Now.
[ ] Take cover behind Ikkakumon and MegaKabuterimon- that's what they're there for, right?
[ ] ...Would it stop if it was bowled over by a giant orange bird?
