Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Legacy ❯ Guardians: Chapter 3 ( Chapter 5 )

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"Where is this..Devidramon?" Rika asked.

"He..he hasn't crossed over yet? He sent us forward to prepare for him."

Rika nodded,"When is he planning on arriving?"

"I...I can't.."

"Listen," Rika said,"Either you die when he gets here, or you die now! Talk to me, and I won't hurt you."

The Bakemon considered this,"He's going to appear tomorrow night, eight o'clock."

"Thank you," Rika said, jumping off of her digimon,"Now, Kyuubimon, send this guy to meet his maker."

The Bakemon's eyes opened wide,"But you promised you wouldn't hurt me!"

As Kyuubimon prepared to fire her Fox Tail Inferno, Rika chuckled, "I lied!"

The goggle wearing Tamer ducked to avoid being hit by one of the threads, but Guillmon was caught into he giant web that formed over the section of the park. "Guillmon!" he screamed.

"Don't worry, Takato," the red dinosaur said as he struggled to break free of the spider's wbe,"I'm alright and I'm going to win!" His bravado was obliviously fake, as his wings vanished.

"Guillmon!" Takato shouted.

Dogukumon was laughing viciously, but suddenly she stopped. The web lines dissolved and Guillmon fell freely to the ground. Takato spun around and saw that Dogukumon was gone and in her place stood Kyuubimon with Rika riding her. Takato was horrified, "You....you killed Dogukumon!"

Terriermon's long ears transformed into Patamon's bat wing ears. He started flapping them at an incredible rate. He flew after Vilemon, aiming for another attack,"Bunny Blast!"

Vilemon dodge out of the way again, and slammed his fist into Terriermon's face, crashing him into the ground. "Ha!" he laughed, as the dog digimon slowly got back onto his feet,"I could stay and play with you all day, but I've got bigger fish to fry. Later!" He flew out of the Digital Field, which vanished after he was out of range.

Henry gasped slightly at the small creature bounding around Guillmon's small hideout. "This is..a digimon?"

"Yup!" Calamon laughed, dancing up and down,"Who are you?

Artemis started laughing. "I can't wait to see the look on Orion's face when I capture the Master Digidestined!"

Tai chuckled slightly,"You honesty think you'll be able to defeat us? A woman with a pair of knives? Ha!"

Artemis growled and grabbed her daggers. "Let's go!"

Guillmon's eyes suddenly shot open. "Guillmon digivolve to...Growlmon!"

As the new champion digimon stood proudly in front of the dragon invader, everyone watching had their mouths wide open, everyone except for Calamon. "Yeah Guillmon!"

Devidramon nodded,"Yes.. yes..I will." He slowly got to his feet, but something caught the corner of his eye;a stream of fire that tore through his chest, blasting him into his basic data.

Takato and his digimon spun around and saw Rika staring at him, with Renamon loading Devidramon's data. "What did you do that for?!" he screamed.

"He was a digimon!" Rika reminded him, "Digimon destroy other digimon to load their data."

"They're more then just data!" Takato shouted,"They're alive, and you k..kill them."

Rika smirked,"Getting soft on me, Goggle head?"

"How can you destroy digimon so...easily?" Takato shouted, "That Devidramon was just like Renamon!"

"He was nothing like me!" Kyuubimon snarled,"He was invading this city, I am trying to protect it."

Tai ignored her and lightly rubbed his chin,"And another executive of an electronic company died. That's two." He shivered slightly,"According to Ice Devimon, only three more, but what happens then?" He sighed,"I don't think I want to know."

December 10, 2015

The Book of Guardians:

Chapter 3

Henry blocked the soccer ball with the side of his foot seconds before it crossed the goal line. He quickly picked the white and black ball and glanced around at the people on his team. Since this was only a small, after school game, there were only four people: Kazu was standing in front of the goal box, Takato was the forward, and Kenta was standing between them. Henry knew he was not going to be able to kick very far, he flung it at Kazu, who passed it to Kenta, who then passed it to Takato. With their leader in possession of the ball, the other two boys ran up to protect him as they ran up to the other team's goal.

Takato easily kept the ball in front of him as he ran up the school's soccer field. He heard people cheering for him. He glanced to the sideline and saw Jeri and Miki clapping for them. He grinned and started running even faster.

Kazu, Kenta and Takato had now reached the players on the other team. Takato passed the ball to Kenta as he ran past the red headed boy on the other team. Kenta passed the ball back to him, and he passed it to Kazu. The visor-wearing boy managed to make it past the two other teammates, but that still left the goalie. He was not going to be able to score before the goalie reached him, so his passed it to Takato. The light brown haired boy moved in position to score, but he felt something grab his left. He tripped on the ball and fell face first into a pile of mud.

He heard the four boys on the other team start roaring with laughter. Takato raised his head to the sidelines. Miki was laughing so hard she was clutching her stomach. He did not really care about Miki, that was how she always acted. He saw the look of concern on Jeri's face. "Takato!" she shouted,"Are you okay?" He was about to get up, when his foot slid along the ground, and he found himself back in the mud. Kenta and Kazu helped him to his feet, but the other team was still laughing..

Takato turned around and saw the red headed kid was roaring with laughter. He pulled his foot. It was his fault that he was no covered in mud. Takato felt his anger swarm up inside of him. He broke out of Kenta and Kazu's grip and launched at the red head boy, throwing him to the ground. He raised his fist, ready to crush the other boy's nose, but by that time Henry had run up from the other side of the field. He was able to grab Takato's fist, stopping the punch.

"Takato!" Henry shouted, pulling him away from the red-headed boy,"Takato! Easy..it's just a game! Calm down!"

Takato took a few deep breaths, then glared at the red-headed boy. He looked at Henry, then over his shoulder at Jeri. She had a horrified look on her face. Takato turned away, then ran off of the field.

Miss Isage watched the incident from the window of Tai's classroom. She turned to look at the teacher, who was watching a few windows down. "Did you see that?"

Tai nodded, sadly. "Yes," he sighed,"I've been watching for a while now. Takato has a problem controlling his anger. I don't know what to do for him, when I see him like that it...it reminds me of myself."

Miss Isage walked over and placed her hands around Tai's shoulder,"What do you mean?"

"I was like him, angry all the time, until..." he shook his head,"It's in the past."

Riley and Taily smelt the familiar aroma of cigarette's enter Hypnos's control room. "Good evening sir," Taily said, "How are you tonight?"

Yamaki breathed out a stream of smoke. "The board of directors are not happy with our progress. And now I've got Hakkado breathing down my neck."

"What do they want, sir?"

"They want a captured digimon," Yamaki sighed,"We'll have to try and deliver."

The red alert started blasting. "We've got a Wild One!" Riley said, her fingers dancing across her keyboard,"I've got its location."

"Ms. Taily," Yamaki said,"Who's closest?"

"Orion sir."

"Send the location. Tell him not to terminate. We need this one alive."

"Yes sir!"

The Digital Hunter jumped from building to building as he charged deep into the city. Taily's last message seemed to indicate that the Wild One was circulating the city, almost like he was searching for someone.

Orion glanced at the small tracking device on his right arm. The Wild One was only a few blocks ahead of him, but what was that second dot? He was answered when a large figure stomped down the road below him. Orion gasped,"T..That was a dinosaur! No, that was a Digimon." He lightly rubbed the bottom part of his metal helmet. "That was the digimon that fought that Devidramon last night, the one with that Goggle Tamer. He's probably going after the Wild One." He grinned,"This could get interesting."

Tai silently stared up at the two massive towers in front of him. He had always suspected that these towers had something to do with the all the digital activity that had been occurring the past few years, now he was certain. Artemis was his only lead to the mysterious Hypnos organization and he had tracked her back to this building. What really shocked him, was that this was the place where his class took their class trip. That beam that hit Takato, did it do something to him? The doctors said that Takato was in perfect health, but still, that beam had to have done something. He was going to find out.

"Excuse me, but you are the Master Digidestined, right?"

Tai spun to the right. A teenaged boy wearing a red mask was standing there, with a dog/bunny creature at his feet. "You are the Master Digidestined, aren't you?" the boy asked again,"You have two digimon standing there. I figure that they're yours, which means the rumors are true, the Master Digidestined of Tokyo has two partners."

Gatomon and Agumon glanced up at their human partner. Tai mentioned to the dog/rabbit creature,"A Terriermon, huh? I've seen you on the news You were there that night the first executive died."

The boy nodded,"And you fought the Digimon Queen." He mentioned to the massive building across the street. "I take it you're attempting to break into there?"

Tai crossed his arms,"What if I am?"

"I'd like to join you. There's something strange going on with those towers, I'd like to know what."

Tai considered for a few minutes, then nodded."Alright, but you'd better be able to hold you own."

"Fair enough."

"What should I call you?" Tai asked, thankful that his own mask was covering his face. He had learned his lesson from his battle with Artemis.

"Whatever you want!" Terriermon laughed, jumping onto the boy's shoulder,"Let's go!"

Orion hid in the shadows of the rooftops as he watched the Goggle Tamer jump off of the red dinosaur-which his suit's computer registered as Growlmon. He turned his attention to the digimon that had appeared in front of them. He did not need his computer to tell him who this digimon was, he remembered him, Musyamon.

Takato's D-Arc finished telling him the same. "Musyamon, huh?" Takato asked, "Okay, Musyamon, why are you here?"

The demon pulled his sword from its holder and held it so Takato and Growlmon could see. "My business is my own! Now, move out of the way, before you are hurt."

"I'm not going to let you go on a killing spree!" Growlmon glared.

Musyamon slid his sword back into it's place. "I am not going on a killing spree," he laughed,"I am searching for only prey: The Master Digidestined!"

Takato gasped,"What?"

Orion raised his eyebrow. "The Master Digidestined?"

Musyamon grinned,"Now, if you excuse me!" He charged at Takato and Growlmon, then jumped onto Growlmon's head, then disappeared.

"He's gone!" Growlmon shouted.

"We've got to go after him!" Takato jumped back onto Growlmon,"We've got to go after him. Hurry!"

Orion watched the Tamer and his partner charge after Musyamon. "The Master Digidestined, huh?" he asked himself,"Musyamon seems to know where he is. That would make a much better prize for Yamaki." Orion laughed as he ran after Musyamon,"Tonight, Master Digidestined, you are my prey!"

Tai, Henry and their digimon quietly moved through the air vents, trying not to cause any undo attention to themselves. They had no idea whether there was any motion sensors or even video camera in the vents. Tai breathed out a breath he did not realize he was holding. He peeked through the grating. There was too many people walking through that hallway, they would have to find another exit.

"Hey," Henry whispered,"Do you know where you're going?"

"No!" Tai hissed back,"I'm just trying to find a exit grate to an empty hallway." He paused in front of one of the grates,"Here we go." He slammed the grate with his foot, knocking it free. "Come on."

The group jumped down to the floor. Tai glanced around,"Now, do we chose left or right?"

Takato slowly paced across the roof top. "How long is he going to stay there?"

Guillmon glanced across the street to the roof where Musyamon was standing. The demon digimon was staring at one of the apartments in the building adjacent to the one he was standing on. "It looks like he wants something in that house."

"Apartment," Takato corrected, moving towards the ledge,"And you're right. That must be where the Master Digidestined lives." Takato could not help but smile,"Wow, the Master Digidestined! Do you think he's home?"

"No lights are on," Guillmon pointed out.

"You're right, and its early in the evening, so he's probably not asleep," Takato said, knelling down,"Come on, Musyamon! Make a move already!" He smiled slightly, reciting a poem that he had heard Mr. Kamiya tell the class,"Enter my parlor..."

"...said the spider to the fly!"

Takato and Guillmon spun around and saw a figure dressed in a full suit of armor. "W..who are you?" Takato asked.

"I am Orion, a Digital Hunter of Hypnos, and you are going to tell me the identity of the Master Digidestined."

Takato struggled to find his voice. "W..what? Why are you looking for him?"

Orion just stared at him. "Who is the Master Digidestined?"

Takato shook his head,"I...I don't know. We're all trying to find out who he is, too!"

Orion was silent as he continued to stare at him. Takato stared back at him. The goggle-headed Tamer was trying to decide how strong Orion could possibly be; should he run, or fight? Takato figured that Orion was probably just a regular human, which meant that his suit had to give him power. If his digimon partner could just destroy the circuitry or something, he could defeat the most powerful Digital Hunter in the city! The Digimon Queen would be so jealous!

Orion glared at Takato. "Well, maybe you don't know who the Master Digidestined is, but that is not going to stop me from finding him tonight! Musyamon seems to know, I think I'll ask him!" The Digital Hunter was about to jump off the ledge, when Guillmon jumped in front of him.

The Hunter glared down at the small dinosaur. "What are you doing?"

"We can't let you find the Master Digidestined!" Takato shouted..

"Move out of the way, now!"

"I'm not moving!" Guillmon growled.

Orion started laughing. "You honestly think that you can stop me? Ha ha ha ha!"

"We're not laughing!" Takato shouted,"You've got to got through us first!"

Orion laughed even harder. He uncrossed his arms and held them wide open. "Come and get me!"

Guillmon leapt forward and slammed his head into Orion's stomach, trying to throw the Digital Hunter onto his back. Unfortunately, all the dinosaur succeeded in doing was giving himself a very painful bump on the noggin.

"Guillmon!" Takato shouted,"Are you okay?"

"Sure, Takato-mon," the red dinosaur said, stumbling around,"I..I'm alright."

Orion chuckled,"Let someone who has been doing this for a lot longer give you a piece of advice, when your opponent has a suit of armor, don't head-butt them!"

Guillmon launched on top of Orion, throwing him off balance enough to toss him to the ground. The Digital Hunter slammed his fist into the dinosaur's stomach. He then grabbed Guilmon's stomach and threw him into the roof. He jumped into the air, then slammed his elbow into Guilmon's stomach.

"Guilmon! No!" Takato shouted. He instinctively ran over to his fallen friend's side, but Orion backhanded him into a small antenna. The goggle headed Tamer slowly got to his feet, but the Digital Hunter quickly jumped over and lifted him into the air by the back of his shirt.

"This is a dangerous game you're playing, boy," Orion whispered into Takato's ear. He glanced across the street and saw that Musyamon was leaving. He chuckled slightly,"I guess the Master Digidestined isn't here. Give up this game now, or next time we met, I will not allow you to leave." Orion flung Takato to the ground, then ran after Musyamon.

Guilmon sat up and shook his head. "Wow, that Orion guy really knows how to..Takato!" He ran over to his fallen Tamer,"Takato!"

"G..Guillmon," Takato moaned, slowly climbing onto Guilmon's back.

"Don't worry, Takato-mon," Guilmon said,"I'll take you home."

"N..no," Takato said, struggling to stay conscious,"I...I won't make it."

"Where should I go?"

"I..I'll give you directions. H..hurry, Guilmon."

Tai pulled the collar of his trench coat around his face to hide his mask. He glanced over his shoulder,"How are you guys doing?"

"How do you think I'm doing?" Terriermon mumbled from underneath Henry's jacket. The black haired Tamer hissed at him to be quiet. Agumon just shrugged from his jacket and Gatomon groaned something from inside of Tai's jacket.

Tai suddenly grabbed the others and jumped inside of a janitor's closet. "What is it?" Henry asked. Tai silence the young Tamer, then opened the door a crack. He watched as a group of adults walked past the closet and turned a corner.

"I think it's a tour or something," Tai whispered back,"Maybe we can learn something. Come on."

The group quickly ran out of the closet and blended into the back of the small group. Considering on the clothes they were wearing, the group appeared to be very wealthy. They were probably shareholders or stock owners here to see what they were paying for. Luckily Tai and his group were far enough behind the group that the tour guide could not see them.

The group walked through the hallways until they passed through two glass doors that lead them into a large laboratory. The walls were pure white, connected to large computer consoles. Black wires ran across the floor, connected to the consoles and something under a white cloth in the center of the room.

"I think we hit the mother load, sir!" Henry whispered.

"I know," Tai whispered, grinning under his mask,"This has got to be the headquarters of Hypnos! It's got to be!"

"Great!" came Gatomon's muffled voice,"Can we leave now?"

"Not just yet," Tai said,"I want to see what's under that sheet."

The chattering in the crowd stopped as a blond man with dark sunglasses walked into the lab and in front of the white sheet. "Ladies and Gentlemen, honored share holders, I hope that what you have seen so far has proven to you that we are putting your funding to good use."

"We are more concerned with results, Mr. Yamaki," a man wearing a military uniform said.

"I assure you, General, what I'm about to show you will guarantee a successful captured," Yamaki smiled. He nodded to a young woman in a lab coat, who removed the sheet,"I present to you, Yuggoth!"

Takato winced slightly as he felt the sting from the iodine on his open wounds. "Oh, that hurt!"

"Well, you can fix yourself up next time!"

Takato looked up at Jeri, who had crossed her arms, the iodine and cotton swaps still in her hands. He turned away from her gaze and caught an eyeful of the boy band posters that were on the walls of her room. "All right, I'm sorry," he said,"This was the first time I got my butt handed to me! Sorry."

Jeri just shrugged, it was not the apology she was looking for, but it would have to do. She placed the medicine down, then started wrapping Takato's cuts and bruises with bandages. "You're just lucky my parents aren't home," she said,"They would have had a fit."

"I wasn't going to make it home," Takato said, staring at the floor.

"I know," Jeri said, tying the bandages together,"I fixed you up, didn't I?"

"Yeah, thanks," Takato smiled slightly, admiring the job that Jeri did.

Jeri turned to the look at the form in the corner of her room. "Um, what about your...your..uh..Digimon?"

Takato laughed slightly,"Don't worry, Guillmon won't hurt you. You can ask him yourself."

The girl just nodded and walked over to the dinosaur.. "Um..a..are you o...okay?"

Guillmon nodded. "Yeah, Digimon heal fast. I'm fine."

Jeri just nodded. She heard Takato get up from her bed. "What are you doing?"

"Thank you, Jeri, but I have to go back out..."

"No!" Jeri shouted, wrapping her arms around Takato's shoulders,"You can't!"

"I have to!" Takato said,"Orion and Musyamon both are after the Master Digidestined. I have to stop them."

"But you don't even know who the Master Digidestined is!"

"That doesn't matter!" Takato shouted,"Look, from what Henry and the Digimon Queen told me, the Master Digidestined is one of the original Digidestined, which makes him probably a thousand times stronger than I am, but he doesn't know that Musyamon and Orion are after him. Just maybe I can save him, and then get some answers."

Jeri stared at him with a worried glanced for a few seconds, then broke into a smile. "What?" Takato asked.

Jeri's smile grew,"Just wait there for a second." She walked over to her desk and pulled something out."Here, so you don't get recognized."

"A mask?" he asked.

Jeri nodded. "Yup, I made it myself. Put it on."

Takato pulled the fabric over his head, staring at Jeri threw the eyeholes. "I love it! Thanks!"

Jeri hugged him,"Be careful, okay?"

Takato grinned at her. "I will, thanks. Come on, Guillmon!" The dinosaur ran over to join his partner. They both jumped out the window and disappeared.

Calamon hummed to himself as he floated through the dark air vents that Tai and Henry had moved through only seconds before. The small digimon spied one of the many grates. "Hmm, what's all those people doing there?"

He floated over and stared into the laboratory. His gaze shifted down the the figures at the very back of the crowd. "Hey, isn't that Henry? And that guy that was fighting that mean girl! What are they doing here?"

Yuggoth was definitely a robotic creation, cast in human form. It was covered in metal skin, with long sharp claws where it hands would be, and its red eyes seemed to stare into the hearts of everyone in the crowd. Yamaki was pleased by the gasps of the crowd. "Yuggoth, Hypnos Systems Model Y-101. Yuggoth has titanium armor and claws. It has the capability to jump one hundred feet, withstand 500 pounds per square inch, but most importantly, Yuggoth's sensors are capable of detecting digital energy emitted from every digimon, and every digital human."

"Uh oh," Terrerimon mutter from underneath his Tamer's shirt.

"I think it would be a good idea to leave, sir," Henry whispered.

Tai started to back to the door,"I was just thinking the same thing. Let's go."

Yamaki nodded to the woman in the lab coat. "And now, we will create our own digital signal and switch Yuggoth on for a demonstration."

Tai, Henry, and their digimon could not turn away as they watched Yuggoth's red eyes glow brighter. The robot started twisting its head from side to side, then focused on the digital group huddled near the door. It suddenly started running towards them. Yamaki shouted,"Turn it off!"

"It's not responding, sir," the woman in the lab coat said.

Tai threw off his trench coat, which caused Gatomon to drop to the floor. "We're busted kid! Let's see what you can do."

Henry nodded, and removed his jacket, freeing Terriermon. "Are you sure this is obsoletely necessary, sir?"

"They're not going to let us leave now," Agumon pointed out.

The crowd of people started screaming as they ran from the room. Yamaki could not believe it. "Two digimon partners! You're the Master Digidestined! Yuggoth, finish them!"

The robotic creature nodded at Yamaki, before the Hypnos commander ran out of the room then charged towards the digital being. Tai looked at his digimon. "Agumon, if you digivolved, you'd crush us. Gatomon, it's up to you again." He held out the pink digivice,"Go!"

"Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"

From his hiding place inside of the air vents, Calamon cheered as the angel shot across the room, her arm against Yuggoth's chin, slamming him into the other wall. Yuggoth brought it's arm up and slapped Angewomon's arm away. It pounded it's other fist into the angel's face, throwing her back. It jumped up landed on Angewomon's stomach. She yelped out of pain, then head-butted it off.

Henry twirled to his digimon partner. "Give her a hand!"

"How?" the dog asked,"If you haven't noticed, she's an ultimate, what am I going to do?"

Henry took out his modify cards,"Just go."

"Alright," Terriermon ran into battle.

Henry flipped through his cards,"Ah, here we go. Digi-modify! Wargreymon's Grey Shield Activate!"

The massive shield appeared in Terriermon's hands. He turned around and grinned at Henry. "Now I get it!" He turned back around and used the shield to push Yuggoth off of Angewomon. He moved the soiled and pointed his mouth at the robot. "Bunny Blast!" Terriermon's energy balls bounced easily off of Yuggoth's metal armor. The robot swiped at Terriermon with his claws, but Henry's digimon used the shield to stop the attack. By that time, Angewomon had recovered enough to grab Yuggoth by the arm and swing it into the corner of the room. The machine man recovered and tackled both digimon to the ground.

"We're really in trouble, aren't we?" Henry glanced at Tai.

The Master Digidestined glanced down at Agumon. "I still have my trump card, but I don't want to play that until I absolutely need to."

Henry just nodded, then turned back to the battle. Angewomon was on the ground with Yuggoth standing over her. Terriermon executed his Terrier Tornado, but it had no effect against the metal skin of the robot. The small dog tried to head-butt Yuggoth, but it backhanded him into the floor.

"Terriermon!" Henry shouted.

Watching the battle from the air vent, Calamon gasped. "Oh no! Terriermon!" The small triangle on his head started glow.

Back inside the laboratory, a bright light blasted from Henry's belt. "My D-Arc!" he gasped,"What's going on?"

Tai gasped as well. "Your digimon's digivolving."

"Terriermon digivolve to...Gargomon!"

Henry's mouth was open wide. "T..that's Terriermon?! I..I don't believe it!"

Gargomon pointed his gun barrels at Yuggoth. "Step away from the lady! Now!" Yuggoth's did not move. "This is your last chance!" Still nothing. "Fine, Gargo Pellets!" Gargomon started firing a barrage of bullets at the robot, which bounced harmlessly off of its metal skin. The Champion just shrugged, then slammed into Yuggoth's face, throwing him off of Angewomon.

"Thanks," she panted.

"No problem," he said, pointing his guns at Yuggoth,"I'm ready to try again."

"No!" Angewomon shouted,"We can pierce his armor like that, we need to try something else..great, here it comes."

Yugoth slammed his fist into Angewomon's face, then backhanded Gargomon as he ran up behind him. Angewomon jumped up to execute a roundhouse, but Yuggoth blocked it with his arm. The angel woman once again left herself off balance and vulnerable. The robot slammed his fist into Angewomon's stomach, sending her flying across the room. She quickly grabbed her scarf and pulled it tight. She ricochet off the wall and slashed the tight fabric across Yuggoth's neck before landing on the other side of the room.

"Gargomon!" she shouted,"There's an opening!"

"Gotcha!" Gargomon shouted. He charged forward and threw the robot to the ground. He planted his feet on its chest and quickly pointed both of his gun barrels at the slash that Angewomon created along Yuggoth's neck. "Gargo Pellets!"

The stream of bullets ripped into Yuggoth's neck, tearing the circuitry apart. The red glow of Yuggoth's eyes faded. Gargomon started dancing as he shrunk back to Terrerimon. "All right! I am the best! No crummy robot is going to beat me! Ha!"

Sirens started blasting through the building. "We've got to get out of here!" Tai shouted,"Come on kid, run to the window! Hurry!"

Henry grabbed Terriermon and followed Tai, Agumon, and Angewomon to the window. The angel woman blasted through the window. Tai grabbed Henry and dove out after her.

"What are you doing?" Henry screamed as they fell towards the ground.

"Watch!" Tai laughed, holding out the pink digivice again,"Angewomon!" The angel shrunk back to Gatomon, then a white light shot of the digivice and into Gatomon. "Gatomon..armor digivolve to Nefterimon!" Tai, Agumon, Henry, and Terriermon landed on her back.

"I always have everything under control!" Tai laughed.

Orion stopped his trek through the park. He had been following his query through the wooded area, but the trail was suddenly gone, like he had disappeared from the face of the Earth. His sensors had just registered: someone's scent was in the air....behined him!

He twirled around just in time to see Musyamon drop to the ground from high in the trees. "You have been pursuing me since the Master Digidestined's lair."

Orion smiled slightly under his mask,"I am also searching for the Master Digidestined, fellow hunter.."

"I hunt alone!" Musyamon shouted,"And the Master Digidestined is my prey tonight!"

Orion opened his fists,"So, if that is the way you want it."

The two fighters were about to leap into battle, but at that instant Takato and Growlmon appeared. The Digimon was silent as he charged between the two fighters. "Guys!" Takato shouted,"You were about to start the party without me? Growlmon, show them how upset we are."

The other three were not amused at Takato's attempts at humor, even the goggle wearing Tamer was embarrassed at himself. The group silently decided to ignore the Tamer's sarcasm and jump straight into battle. Growlmon backhanded Orion into the ground. He turned to Musyamon,"I won't stand long against Orion, but I know you're the same level as me."

Musyamon took out his sword and let it reflect the moonlight. "I'm not so easy to defeat." He slashed his sword across the dinosaur's wrist, causing him to yelp in pain. "See what I mean?"

Growlmon was about to tackle Musyamon, when Takato shouted to him. "Growlmon, duck!"

The dinosaur quickly ducked to avoid Orion's jab, which went straight over Growlmon's head, and into Musyamon. The Digital Hunter could not stop his momentum in time and both he and Musyamon were thrown to the ground. Growlmon shot his blade from his elbow. He was about to execute a pile driver with his blade, but Orion rolled out of the way, leaving Musyamon vulnerable. The demon was able to slightly move out of the way, Growlmon's blade shooting between Musyamon's arm and the rest of his body. The demon was not injured by the blade, but Growlmon's pile driver did cause his enough pain to pass out. The dinosaur jumped back on his feet and glared at Orion.

The Digital Hunter laughed as he stared at the large dinosaur and his Tamer. He had a hunting knife in his right hand, glistening in the moonlight. "I can kill you easily, you know that, yet, you are still willing to fight me?"

"We're not going to let you find the Master Digidestined!" Takato shouted,"And we'll fight you to the very end."

There was a long silence before Orion chuckled. "Of course you would, that's the way you heroes are....a way I might have been, a way I could have been." He slid the hunting knife back into its holder,"The hunt has ended. Good battle, Tamer." He launched himself into the trees.

"Should I go after him?" Growlmon asked.

"No," Takato shook his head,"I believe him, plus, we've got Musya...he's gone too, great."

"What should we do, Takato?" Growlmon asked.

"Musyamon looked pretty injured to me," Takato sighed,"I don't think he'll be bothering us tonight."

Musyamon ran through the park, breathing heavily. "That..that damn kid and his stupid dinosaur! I'm going to kill them...right after I find the Master Digidestined! All of them...they're going to die!"

"I think you're going to have to much more to worry about."

Musyamon glanced up and saw a red-headed girl riding atop a large fox. "I am the Digimon Queen, this is Renamon." She grinned, "Now, let's see how strong you are."

Early the next morning, Takato and Guilmon were walking through a path in the park. The Tamer like to spend time with his digimon friend every morning, it made their relationship seem more like friendship then a master/pet relationship. Takato was trying to think of a way to hide Guilmon in his house, but he was still working the kinks out of that one.

"That was some night last night, huh?" Takato asked with a slight smile.

"Yeah, but maybe we should lay low for a little while," Guilmon said,"I don't want to carry your unconscious body across the city again."

Takato chuckled. "I'll leave the fighting to you from now on." He sighed,"Plus, I......"

"You what?" Guilmon asked, glancing up at his partner. Takato was frozen, staring straight forward. The dinosaur turned to look in the same direction and saw a man staring at the pair with his mouth wide open.

"Mr. Kamiya!" Takato shouted,"I...I..." He suddenly grabbed Guilmon's arm and ran into thick trees of the park.

"Takato?" Tai asked.