Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Legacy ❯ Alice ( Chapter 9 )

The dog Deva, Chatsuramon, appeared on the morning news again. "Attention citizens of Tokyo, by now you know who I am. Nevertheless, I am Chatsuramon, a messenger from the Sovereign of the Digital World. Hand over Alice McCoy now! Do not hide her, she is not worth the destruction of this city. You have disregarded by warning for far too long! A group of my fellow Devas are descending towards the city as we speak! If you do not hand Alice McCoy over before eight o'clock this evening, you will have a much more powerful threat to deal with. This is your last chance, hand over Alice McCoy and hand over the Catalyst now!"

This message was seen on all of the televisions in the city, including the small portable one being held by a human monkey while he rode atop a thirty foot flying dragon. "That fool!" the monkey growled,"He would announce our presence to the entire world to find a helpless little girl! He would destroy the city along with the girl!" The monkey stood up,"I, Makuramon, will find Alice McCoy and will deliver her to the Sovereign! Come Migiramon."

The dragon launched off of the building's roof and too to the sky.

"Yes," Tai said,"I am the Master Digidestined of Tokyo. Who are you?"

The girl bowed. "I am Ai, this is my brother Marko, and this is our digimon partner, Impmon."

The small digimon waved his hand. "Pleased ta meet'cha!"

Henry held up another card, but when he turned it, the card changed completely blue. "The blue card!" he gasped. He quickly slid it through his D-Arc. "Digi-modify! Matrix Digivolution Activate!"

Takato suddenly saw a beam of red light fire into the sky. When he turned to investigate, he saw Calamon lying on the ground. "What the?"

MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION

"Gargomon matrix digivole to Rapidmon!"

Henry gasped. "R..rapidmon?"

The new digimon zoomed in front of Vajramon "Hello, here I am!" He slammed his foot into the bull, then shot in front of Panjamon. He threw her into the fallen Vajramon.

"You two are real losers!" he laughed.

The two Devas climbed to their feet. "I'll kill you!" Panjamon shouted.

"Not a chance!" Rapidmon laughed. He flew into the air and quickly formed a triangle with his body. "Tri-beam!"

A beam of light in the shape of a triangle shot from his body and vaporized the two digimon.

"Ah, the Master Digidestined," the phoenix said,"I am surprised to see you here. I believe we had an agreement...."

Tai crossed his arms. "My agreement is with Azulongmon, not you! Besides which, I know you are the Guardian of the North, but I don't believe I've had the pleasure."

"I am Zhuqioamon," the phoenix said,"And I am the protector of the Digital World! I am here to locate the Catalyst and Alice McCoy, where are they?"

"I don't know," Tai said, flatly,"Why are you after her?"

"If you must know, she possess a journal of a traveler that accidentally fell into our world..."

"Journal?" Alice thought, peering at the digimon from her hiding place beneath the bleachers.

"What about this Catalyst?"

"That is a closely guarded secret of the Digital World," the phoenix said,"Where is Alice McCoy?"

"I told you, I don't know."

"Then die! Phoenix Fire!" Zhuqioamon spit a stream of fire balls from his beak. Each one shot towards the Master Digidestined of Tokyo.

"Master Kamiya!" Rika shouted.

"Daddy!" Kasumi screamed.

"Mr. Kamiya! Look out!" Takato shouted. He ran up behind his teacher and pushed him out of the way. Unfortunately, he instead was hit with the blasts of fire and thrown onto the ground.

Back on the ground, Tai examined Takato. He was severely burned across all of his body, and he was not moving. "Takato! Takato!" he screamed.

The other Tamers were at his side. "Dad," Kasumi asked, her voice quivering,"Is he...?"

Tai nodded."Y..yeah."

"Takato-mon!" Guillmon howled,"Takato-mon!"

"He's..he's gone?" Orion asked, in awe,"I..I don't believe it."

"He's gone," Rika said with disbelief,"He..he can't be."

Tai took a few deep breaths, holding back his tears. He was about to reach down and lift up Takato's body, when Orion stepped in front of him. "I'll take him. Hypnos can arrange everything." Before Tai could protest the Digital Hunter grabbed Takato's body and flew off.

Inside of the Hypnos building, Yamaki and Hakkado watched as Takato's body was scanned through a machine resembling a MRI. The Hypnos commander examined the information that appeared on the computer screen. He frowned. "Didn't find what you were looking for?" Hakkado asked.

Yamaki pointed to a line of information that had appeared on the screen. "Just as I thought, his body is exhibiting strong signs of digital energy."

"So?"

Yamaki crossed his arms,"Digimon are able to be reborn. I thought that there might have been a chance we could resuscitate him, but it's no use, he's gone." He glanced at his watch,"I'll arrange for a funeral survive tomorrow. It's the least I can do."

"You'd better be careful," Hakkado grinned slightly,"You're starting to become soft."

"Very funny."

The two men left and shut the door behind them. If they had kept it open, they would have heard the computer beep. More then that, they would have seen Takato's fingers twitch slightly.

"Really? Tell me, what for?"

"Good behavior," Orion grinned,"I'm going to offer you a deal. Things are quickly getting out of hand, and I need my digimon partner. If you agree to do things my way from now on, I'll never imprison you again. But if you disobey me even once..."

"Yes, I understand," the digimon said, then chuckled. "Sure, why not? I think I can deal with taking orders if it means freedom!"

Orion nodded. "Good. Please to be working with you again, Cyberdramon."

December 18, 2015

Alice

Yamaki braced his desk as the entire Hypnos building shook. "These earthquakes are getting worse, Yamaki!" Hakkado commented, as he braced against the wall.

"I know," the Hypnos commander said, solemly. He straightened his tie,"But we have more important things to worry about."

"Like what? That Tamer's death?"

Yamaki stared at him,"I did some checking on him. He is named Takato Matsuki." He opened his desk and handed Hakkado a manila folder. The other man opened it and saw pictures of each of the other Tamers. "The girl, who calls herself the Digimon Queen, is really Rika Nonaka, the other boy is Henry Wong."

"Wong? You mean, the son of the Monster Maker that's waiting downstairs?"

Yamaki nodded. "Yes, I am going to inform him after we are done with him. As I was saying, we do not have any positive identity on the boy with the Guardromon, nor of the girl with the Snow Agumon. But the one we really want to know is the Master Digidestined, but we've never seen him without his mask."

Hakkado nodded. "You've done well. But maybe, we should..."

There was another tremor, one so severe that the items on Yamaki's shelf fell to the ground. Hakkado wipe his brow. "That was a bad one. Heh." The lights suddenly went off. "What happened?"

Yamaki grabbed his cell phone and dialed a number. "Riley? Yes....I see, how long.. I understand, I'll be up shortly."

"Well?"

"That last tremor knocked out our power. Because of the damage it will take some time to activate the backup power. I'm heading up to the control room."

"I'll join you."

The apartment was abandoned, it had not been used for years, yet, the owner could not bear to part with it. It was the place where a very special person once lived, someone that the owner could never bear to forget, for without the apartment as a reminder, she was fearful that she would forget.

The door to the apartment was flung open and a teenage girl stepped inside. Even though it was dark, her fingers automatically moved to the light switch on the wall. The electric lamps sparked to life, illuminating the well finished apartment. Even the expensive silverware and jewelry remained. The teenage girl stepped inside and took a deep breath, closing her eyes slightly. Alice McCoy had finally returned home.

The first thing she did after closing the door was to move over to the refrigerator. She found that there was still half a can of beer inside. After quickly gulping it down, she fell onto the couch. "I'm finally home," she smiled,"Finally."

Her mind suddenly wandered back to the events of earlier this evening. Her smile quickly faded when she thought of that Tamer with the goggles, he would never be returning home again. She knew that he was younger then her, but it could not have been by that much. He probably had a group of friends that he always hung out with, maybe he even had a girlfriend. She thought of his parents, they might never recover from losing their son. She had lost all of her family, and while it was too late to save him, maybe she could help save all the others that might get in the way of the forces that wanted her.

"Not me," she said to herself,"That journal." She sat up and glanced around the small apartment,"Now, where would Grandpa had hidden it?"

Alice ran into her grandfather's office and started to search through his desk drawers. Aside from papers and notebooks, there was not anything that could be called a journal. She moved into her grandfather's bedroom and tore the place apart, still no journal.

She searched the entire apartment from her bedroom to even the bathroom, but she could not find any trace of a journal. She plopped down on the couch and ran a hand through her hair. "Maybe there is no journal. Yeah, I know Grandpa use to talk about visiting another world, but..." She trailed off as her head hit the back of the couch. "It there's no journal, then why are they after me?"

She rolled her head slightly, then spied the picture of her grandfather and her which was hanging over the mantle piece. It use to hang in her grandfather's room, but he left it do her after his death, with the message to cherish it forever. Could it be..?

She ran over to the picture and lifted it off the wall. She ran her fingers around the edge of the back and unattached the back cover. When she pulled the back cardboard out, her heart skipped a beat. Hidden between the painting itself and the back cover was a rectangular book. She quickly started flipping through it. She found the journal.

She was so excited she charged out the door and down the hall. She had what everyone wanted, now all she had to do was get it to the Master Digidestined. He would know what to do.

She ran out of the building, totally unaware that she was being watched by Makuramon and Migiramon.

The Hypnos building certainly had its share of strange and unusual visitors since the Digital Hunting Organization was founded. However, tonight it had its first deceased body. Takato's body had been taken there after Zhuqioamon's attack. Yamaki had determined that he was not alive. He was wrong.

Takato's body suddenly sat straight up, panting heavily. He glanced around quickly. "W..where am I? Wait..who..who am I? I.. I don't know who I am!" He almost broke into a panic, but was too groggy and woozy to really care. All he knew was that he had to get out of that cold metal room. He spied his clothes lying on a chair to the side. He quickly got dressed, then stumbled out of the room. There was not anyone in the halls, and the lights were all out. He easily slid out through a side door.

The other Tamers were still seated inside of the Kamiya's living room. All except for Ai, Marko and Impmon. They were just little children, and their parents would be worried if they were not back home. Each one of the remaining teenagers had never dealt with death before, and as far as they knew, Takato was dead, killed by Zhuqioamon.

"We really didn't get that long to know him, ya' know," Henry shrugged slightly,"I wish I could have."

"Well, we knew him since preschool," Kenta said, mentioning to Kazu, himself and Jeri,"We knew him for a long t-time."

Jeri started sobbing louder,"Oh Takato, why did you have to die? Everyone who knows me always dies."

"Jeri," Kasumi gasped,"T..that's not true."

"Yes it is. My mother died, and now Takato." She started crying again, and Kazu made a move to place his hand around her shoulder, but she stood up and ran into the bathroom.

"Darn," he muttered to himself.

The group suddenly heard a loud beeping noise. Rika frowned, then reached into her pocket,"That's my cell phone." She limped on her injured ankle over to look out the balcony window. "Hello? Yes Mom, I...no...listen Mom I am...No! You listen, I am with my friends, and I'll get home when I get home!" She turned the phone off and shoved it back into her pocket. It started to beep again, so she switched it off. She plopped back on the couch.

"I think I'd better call my parents too," Henry said,"Can I use your phone?"

Kasumi nodded."It's in the kitchen."

Henry left the others and dialed his number. "Hello? Mom? Yeah, it's Henry. Yes, I'm okay. I'm just with a...study group. Yeah, we're kinda on a roll with our project and I was wondering...? Yeah? Great, thanks, you're the best?.....What? No, I don't know where Dad is, he hasn't called yet? Wow, that's weird. Well, he's probably fine. Yeah, I'll see you later. Bye."

He started to walk into the living room, when a giant shockwave blasted through the apartment. He quickly ran back into the living room. "What was that?" he shouted.

"Earthquake?" Kazu asked.

Jeri came back out of the bathroom. "What happened?"

"That was an earthquake," Rika said, jumping up,"What about the digimon? I mean, I know Renamon's not scared of a little tremor but...you know..."

Henry looked at his watch,"Well, I guess we could go see how they're doing. Come on."

Tai and his two partners stood in front of the Hypnos building. "Are you sure this is the place where they brought Takato's body?" Gatomon asked.

Tai nodded. "Orion works for Hypnos, we know this is where it's located."

"Why are all the lights off?" Agumon asked.

Tai rubbed his chin. "Maybe they've lost power because of the earthquakes." He grinned,"I think this is a perfect opportunity."

His two partners nodded. "How should we get inside?"

"Let's just walk through the front door." He and his two partners nodded at each other, then ran inside.

After another tremor blasted through the city, Takato slowly rose to his feet from the alley he was hiding in. "These earthquake blasts are getting stronger." He rubbed his head slightly as he leaned back against the outside of the building. "How come I can remember that and not where I live? Or what my name is?"

He took a deep breath and was about to leave the alley, when he saw a group of teenagers run down the sidewalk. There was one girl in the front, a girl wearing a green jumper and light brown hair, whom he seemed to recognize. He did not know her name, but somewhere her face seemed to move his heart. She had to know who he was!

He jumped out of the alley but she and the rest of the teenagers were gone. The group of teenagers mentioned something about the park, and that's where he was going. He had to, he might find the answer he needed.

Upstairs, Riley, Taily, Yamaki, and Hakkado were resting in the control room, operating on such limited power, that all the commanding crew was able to do was monitor bio-merges. "I can't take this much longer," Yamaki frowned.

"What is the problem, sir?" Taily asked.

"We are totally defenseless against this invasion," he growled,"These digimon scum can attack us, and we won't be able to defend ourselves!"

Riley called to him. "Sir, we've got a problem."

"What?"

"The Master Digidestined is downstairs, demanding an audience."

"What?"

The Hypnos building was still without power when Tai and his digimon partners charged down the hall of the Digital Hunter building. "What happened here?" Agumon asked.

"It looks like they lost power," Gatomon said,"But why?"

Tai ignored the questions as he lead the two digimon through the halls. "Yamaki," he shouted,"Yamaki! Where are you hiding?! Give Takato's body back right now! Yamaki!"

The Master Digidestined and his two partners rounded a corner and came face to face with the Hypnos commander. Yamaki was glaring at him, his arms tightly crossed. "The Master Digidestined, I presume?"

"That's right," Tai said,"We met once before."

Yamaki nodded. "Yes, that night you and Henry Wong broke into the laboratory and battled Yuggoth."

Tai's eyes opened wide. "You know his name?"

Yamaki grinned. "I know all about you. Taichi Kamiya, the Master Digidestined of Tokyo. Your true partner Agumon, and your sister's partner Gatomon, which you assimilated after Hikari's death in 2000. You were once the leader of the Digidestineds before they disbanded. According to legend, you are suppose to have awaited the arrival of the Tamers and trained them. For reasons I am not aware of, you did not. And now it seems you are attempting to make up for lost time."

Tai grinned slightly at him,"And I did some checking on you as well. Mitsuto Yamaki, a major in computer technology, you rose to the rank of General in the army, but volunteered to be the head of the Hypnos project. Many said you washed away a bright future after you lost your parents to a digimon attack. You had to pull a lot of strings to get this job, which you still use as a method of revenge against digimon. And apparently you hate the Digidestined, and their quote/un quote 'children,' for defeating Malomyotismon and stealing your chance for revenge."

Yamaki chuckled. "Very good. Tell me, how did you find all that information?"

Tai chuckled,"Your discharge from the army was in all the papers."

"So was your sister's death."

Tai growled. "Now you've gone too far."

Yamaki just stared at him,"What do you want?"

"Takato's body. Give it back now!" He pointed his finger at the Hypnos commander,"This is grave robbing!"

"He is currently being used in the further study of the digital frontier."

Tai took a deep breath, then steped forward,"Gatomon, Agumon, stay back, I will handle this."

Yamaki chuckled. "Just to warn you, I have become much more then..normal." He smashed his hand into the wall, which easily shattered under his new cybernetic strength.

Tai reached inside of his long trench coat and pulled out a long metal tube. The sides swung up to the top to form what appeared to Yamaki to be a sword hilt. His hypothesis was proven to be correct when a long metal blade shot out, forming a perfect sword. Once he did, a glowing aura formed around him. Tai grinned. "I've become more then..normal..as well."

The Hypnos commander bowed slightly. "I'll take your word for it."

The two fighters stared at each other for a few minutes before Agumon coughed slightly. Yamaki leapt forward and swung his metal elbow down to crack Tai's shoulder, but the Master Digidestined blocked with his sword. The two metal objects clanged with a massive sound.

The Master Digidestined thrusted forward and tore the left side of Yamaki's suit, which revealed his new metal torso. Tai gasped slightly, which gave the Hypnos commander the chance to attack Tai's shoulder with his metal arm. The Master Digidestined was thrown into the wall but stumbled back to his feet. He held the sword back up in front of his face.

"I'm impressed," Yamaki said,"With my cybernetic implants, my strength is above even that of Orion. I admit I was holding back, but that attack should of at least shattered your shoulder blade."

Tai just nodded slightly."I'll tell you about it when your lying on the ground with my sword through your power pack."

The two fighters took a few breaths, then attacked.

"Henry!" Terrerimon called as the Tamers walked into Guillmon's small home, "You're back."

"Are you guys okay?" Kasumi asked as Snow Agumon hugged her.

"What was that shaking?" the white dinosaur asked,"It felt like the entire planet was shaking."

"It was, they're called earthquakes."

Rika turned to her partner. "Renamon, are you okay?"

"Of course, what about you?"

"I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"

Guillmon started to whimper in the corner. Jeri walked over and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Are you okay?"

"Everyone has their partner except for me. Takato-mon's gone."

Jeri started to cry again. "I know, I'm sorry."

There was another tremor, that sent the group stumbling to the ground. When the Tamers jumped back on their feet, Henry gasped. Terriermon's ears were standing straight up. "Terriermon, don't tell me, a digimon?"

"Yes," Renamon said, glancing at the sky,"A very large one."

"Where?" Rika asked.

"I am analyzing the point of emergence," Guardromon said.

"We don't have the time," Renamon said,"I'll lead you there."

Kazu pushed Rika's wheelchair, while the others ran. They quickly followed the fox out of the building, leaving Guillmon all alone. "Takato..."

The group ran out of the park and into the city itself. Renamon lead them down the sidewalk and through the alleys until finally stopping near the city's center. The digimon all stared to the night sky. "Where is it?" Henry asked.

"Just wait," the fox said,"He's coming."

The group stared up at the sky, and suddenly a thick smoke began to appear in front of them. A massive amount of smoke, larger and taller then most buildings. When the smoke cleared, a massive pig stood in its place.

The Tamers were gasping, trying to find their voices as they stared at the gigantic creature in front of them. Henry finally was able to hold his D-Arc up to the digimon. "Vikalaramon, Deva beast digimon."

The pig Deva twisted around and started to march down the first street. As Vikalaramon was wider then the entire length of the street, and so tore through the sides of the outer edges of the buildings. The traffic lights did not stand a chance and were easily destroyed. "Oh no!" Kazu gasped.

"Guys!" Jeri shouted,"You've got to stop him!"

Henry stared at the back of the massive digimon. "We're going to." He reached into his card deck and pulled out his Digivolution card "Terriermon."

"Do it!"

Rika grabbed her card as well. "Are you ready Renamon?"

"Of course."

Kasumi turned to her partner. "Snow Agumon?"

The white digimon nodded. "Let's go!"

"Digi-modify! Digivolution Activate!"

"Terriermon digivolve to Gargomon!"

"Renamon digivolve to Kyuubimon!"

"Snow Agumon digivolve to Veedramon!"

Henry started to run after Vikalaramon. "Let's go!"

Tai's sword slammed into Yamaki's metal shoulder. The blond warrior spun his leg around and knocked into Tai's shoulder. The Master Digidestined was once again thrown into the wall, but he used his own leg to kick the Hypnos commander in the stomach. He swung his sword around, crashing into Yamaki's metal arm. The two warriors were dead-locked, until Tai kicked Yamaki with both of his feet this time. The Hypmos commander had no choice as he stumbled backwards.

Tai stepped out of the wall and began to swing his sword around with practiced ease before pointing the tip straight at Yamaki's face. "Your move."

The Hypnos commander panted for a few seconds, then attacked. He charged at Kamiya, swinging his right fist at the Master Digidestined's head. Tai blocked with his sword, but Yamaki grabbed him by the other arm and swung him around and around. He finally let go, slamming Tai into the floor. The Master Digidestined dropped his sword and his aura vanished.

"Ah," Yamaki said, rubbing his chin,"That sword is the source of your power, huh?"

Tai was slowly getting to feet when Gatomon and Agumon jumped in front of him. "Leave him alone!" Agumon shouted.

"You'll have to get through us!" Gatomon shouted.

Yamaki stared at the two digimon and was amazed that they where easily ready to die for the Master Digidestined. He was debating whether to even complete his hunt, when the darkened hallway suddenly became as bright as day.

"Power's back!" he gasped,"Finally."

"Commander Yamaki!" Riley's voice sounded over the loudspeaker,"Sensors are back on-line. We're registering a massive surge of digital information. A bio-merge larger then anything that ever has appeared before. Sir, the Tamers are there also."

"The Tamers?" Tai asked, slowly getting to his feet.

"I'm on my way," Yamaki said into his communicator. He turned to Tai,"Takato Matsuki's body is three floors down in the morgue. You may take it and leave as you will. Or you can come with me and view the battle." He turned around and started walking towards the elevator.

Tai grabbed his sword and it changed it back to is compacted form. He turned to his two partners. "You go and get Takato's body. I'm going with him." Before the two digimon could protest, Tai jumped into the elevator seconds before the door closed.

Gargomon cocked his gun arms and pointed it straight at Vikalaramon. "Gargo Pellets!" He began firing at a rate faster then he ever had before. Unfortunately, it did not do any good, his bullets simply bounced off of Vikalramon's thick hide. The pig did not even give the dog a passing glance as he continued his path of destruction through the city. He tore through one building, and smashed through another. Gargomon continued to fire, but it was as useless as before.

"Gargomon!" Henry shouted from the sideline.

"I'm out," he sighed.

Rika chuckled from where her wheelchair was sitting. "Don't worry, Kyuubimon can take him."

Henry just glared at her, then back to the battlefield. Kyuubimon was charging straight at Vikalaramon. "What is she doing?" Kazu asked.

Rika smirked at him."Just wait."

"You two are nuts," he mumbled.

Kyuubimon opened her tails and shot balls of fire at the pig. "Fox Tail Inferno!" Her fireballs were enough to cause Gatomon cause to worry, but they had no effect on the massive pig.

"Damn it!" she swore,"Time for plan B." She began to charge again, but jumped into the air and started to spin around,"Dragon's Wheel!" A stream of fire slammed into the pig's snout, but it did not even slow him down. Vikalaramon used the same snout to knock Kyuubimon into a building.

Henry sighed as Kasumi and Kazu's digimon tried their luck next, but nothing could even hurt Vikalaramon. They were doomed unless...

He turned to the Digimon Queen. "Rika, quick, do you have the blue card?"

"Do I have the what?!" she gasped.

"The blue card! The card we used to advance our digimon to the ultimate level?"

She started to flip through her deck,"No, it's not here!"

"I don't have mine either," he said,"It just disappeared!"

Vikalaramon demolished another building as Kenta and Jeri watched from the sidelines. "If Takato were here, he'd know what to do," Jeri sighed.

Calamon looked up at her from where the brunette was holding him."Don't be sad, Jeri," he said,"They'll think of something."

"Yeah," Kenta said,"Besides, you've got me here."

There was a loud crashing sound as Vikalramon rammed through another group of buildings.

Takato walked through the park, glancing around. Coming to the park had created a mass of problem in his head. His mind was a jumbling mess of thoughts and memories. He did not know where he was going, but his mind and body were pulling him somewhere.

He passed by a group of destroyed trees and his mind flashed an image of a red dinosaur battling a yellow fox. He turned his head around and spied a path leading deeper into the park. He seemed to be drawn to that dirt road. He did not know why, but he soon found himself climbing up the hill until he reached a small concrete building.

"Why...why does that place seem so familiar to me?" He grinned slightly, realizing what this could possibly mean. He ran inside, then screamed. There was a giant red dinosaur staring at him.

"Takato?" the dinosaur gasped,"T..Takato?" He started running towards him.

"S..stay back!" Takato shouted, backing up to the wall,"Stay back!"

The dinosaur started sniffing him. "Takato, it is you!" he shouted with joy. He was about to wrap his arms around him, but Takato slipped out of the way. The dinosaur looked at him funny. "Takato? What's wrong with you."

"S..stay back!" he said,"I...I didn't know that you lived here, please...don't eat me."

"Don't you know who I am?"

"S..should I?"

The dinosaur's smile faded. "You...you don't know me?"

Takato moved his hands away from his face and stared hard at the dinosaur's face. He did recognize him, something deep inside of him did. His name was right on the tip of his tongue. He tried hard to remember. He dug deeper and deeper. He finally opened his mouth. "G..G...Guillmon! You're name is Guillmon!"

"Yes, you do remember!" Guillmon shouted, jumping up and down. He suddenly stopped and stared at him,"Takato, the others probably need us."

"The others?" he asked.

Guillmon grabbed his arm and lead him out the door,"I'll explain on the way."

Tai slowly limped into the Hypnos control room and gasped. "I..I don't believe this."

Yamaki grinned when he saw the look on the Master Digidestined's face. "You like it, huh?"

Tai watched as Riley and Taily moved around in their elevated chairs. "We're getting visual now," Taily called.

Tai and Yamaki watched as the dome ceiling changed to an image of down town Tokyo, which was currently being demolished by Vikalaramon. "This is happening now?" Tai gasped.

"Yes, Master Kamiya," Riley sighed, "Unfortunately."

"What's the damage report?" Yamaki asked.

"Extensive property damage, estimated in the millions," Taily said, before quickly adding,"And rising quickly."

"That's a residential area!" Tai said to Yamaki.

The Hypnos commander nodded. "Yes, Taily, began evacuation procedure for Shinjuku. You'd better evacuate the surrounding boroughs as well."

"Yes sir."

Tai took a few deep breaths, then stumbled backwards. "Are you okay?" Yamaki asked.

"Y..yeah," he said,"Just..I'm feeling a little tired, that's all."

He grabbed the chair he used while sitting in the control room and rolled it over to him. "Here."

Tai nodded. "Thanks."

"Evacuation in process, sir," Taily said.

Mrs. Matsuki was pacing the floor. "Where is he?"

Her husband looked up from where he was reading the newspaper,"I'm sure he's fine. Takato's very responsible."

"I know he is," Mrs Matsuki said, staring out the window,"But...."

"He's not a baby anymore."

"He's my baby!"

There was knock on the door. "Takato!" his mother shouted, running to the door. She flung it open, but her smile quickly faded when she saw two soldiers standing on the other side.

"Mrs. Matsuki?" one of the soldiers asked.

Her husband joined her a second later. "Is there a problem officer?" he asked.

"We are evacuating this city block due to a digimon attack.."

"Digimon?" Mrs. Matsuki gasped,"You mean, like that thing twenty years ago?"

"Myotismon, ma'am," the soldier clarrified,"For safety reasons, we are evacuating this city block."

"But, my son hasn't come back home yet!" she protested.

"Ma'am, we're going to have to ask you to leave."

"But my son...!"

"We will be posted around the city block. Anyone we see will be evacuated. Your son will be safe, he won't be in the mosnter's path."

"But..!"

Mr. Matsuki grabbed his wife's shoulders. "Honey, we have to leave. come on. Takato will be fine."

She sighed, defeated. "I hope so."

"Leave?" Mrs. Wong gasped, as she held her five-year-old daughter close to her,"But, we can't!"

"Ma'am, Shinjuku is straight in the monster's path, you have to leave," the soldier said.

"My husband and son are still out there!" she shouted.

"When we find them, we'll bring them to a safe location, please."

Mrs. Wong sighed. "Come on, Suzie, grab your things."

"Where are we going, Mommy?" the small girl asked.

"We're going to go on a small trip, okay? Get some clothes and whatever toys you want to bring, okay?"

The small girl knew something was wrong, but decided not to argue. She ran into her room. Mrs. Wong turned to the soldiers. "We'll be a ready in a few minutes."

He bowed slightly.

"Rumiko!" the elderly woman called as she ran through the house,"Rumiko, are you ready yet?"

The supermodel emerged from her room a second later with a large bag of clothes. "Let's go, Mom."

The two woman ran over to the front door, where a group of soldiers were waiting. "We're ready," Rumiko said.

The commanding soldier bowed and lead the two women to a large bus. They piled on and sat in a seat in front of the Matsukis and across from Mrs. Wong and Suzie. The young girl turned at glanced at Rumiko, then back at her mother.

"You have a very pretty daughter," Rumiko said.

Mrs. Wong smiled,"Thank you."

The supermodel. "I wish I knew where my daughter was."

Mrs. Wong chuckled slightly,"My son and husband are both out there."

Mrs. Matsuki sighed slightly. "My son's out there, and I have no idea where."

"I'm sure you're children will be fine," Rumiko's mother said,"The soldiers are everywhere, they'll find them and keep them safe."

"I hope so," Mrs. Matsuki replied.

"Guardian Barrage!" Guardromon shouted, firing his missiles at the pig deva. Surprisingly, Vikalaramon turned around and glared at the group of digimon and Tamers. "I think you may have pissed him off," Veedramon whispered.

Vikalaramon growled. "You have been irritating me since I first arrived here! I mean, every attack has felt like a bug bite, but after so long it starts to become unbearable! You will be destroyed!"

He began to charge towards the group of digimon. "I think this is it!" Gargomon shouted, holding up his gun arms.

All of the digimon braced for impact, Vikalarmon's eyes were suddenly hit by two large balls of fire. The pig's eyes instantly turned red and he quickly swung from side to side to remove the pain. As he did, he smashed into two more buildings, totally demolishing them.

The group spun around and gasped at the large red dinosaur that was standing before them. "Growlmon?" Kasumi gasped,"Then that means!" Her eyes wandered to the goggle headed boy that was walking out from behind him.

"Takato!" everyone shouted.

"Takato!" Jeri exclaimed. She flung Calamon into Kenta's arms and ran over to him. She hugged him tightly,"Takato, I thought you were gone for good."

He smiled slightly at her,"I almost was."

Kenta and Calamon ran over to join her. "Takato!" Calamon grinned,"You're back!"

"Hey Goggle Head!" Rika shouted,"I'm glad you're alive and all, but the pig is back!"

Takato broke out of Jeri's embrace and ran over to join the others. "None of our digimon's attacks aren't having any effect," Henry said.

"They need to get stronger," Takato said.

"We don't have any blue cards!" Rika shouted.

"No, you're wrong, we've had them this entire time."

"What are you talking about?"

Takato reached into his pocket and pulled out a digi-modify card. "These are the blue cards."

Henry stared at him,"Takato, if you've got a plan..."

"The blue cards appeared when we needed them the most. We make them appear, they come from deep within us! If we believe, then it will come true!"

Henry and Rika glanced at each. "Well, it's worth a try." They each grabbed a card and, holding it between their fore fingers, held it close to their faces.

"I believe," Henry said,"I want to protect those that I care about."

Rika thought of her mother. "She really does care about me."

Takato closed his eyes tightly."I want to save the entire city!"

Each of their cards suddenly turned a bright blue. "We did it!" Henry gasped.

"Of course we did," Takato snapped,"We have the power within ourselves!" To the others, it looked like he was facing Vikalaramon, but he was secretly looking at Calamon's head. The triangle shaped mark on the small digimon's head was glowing slightly., "Now, let's roast this pig!"

"Digi-modify! Matrix Digivolution activate!"

"Growlmon matrix digivolve to Wargrowlmon!"

"Kyuubimon digivolve to Taomon!"

"Gargomon digivolve to Rapidmon!"

Takato grinned as he stared at the pig deva. "Now, let's finish this!"

Wargrowlmon leapt forward and grabbed hold of Vikalaramon's horns, which stopped the evil pig in his tracks. Taomon leapt to one side of the pig and Rapidmon leapt to the other. The fox quickly used her paintbrush to draw a Japanese character in the sky, while Rapidmon fired two missiles from his hands.

"Tailismon of Light!"

"Rapid Fire!"

Taomon's symbol shot into Vikalamon on one side and Rapidmon's missile impacted on the other side. Wargrowlmon finished the three sided attack but slamming his foot into the Deva's chin. All three digimon attacked together with their fists on the pig's nose. They jumped back.

"Had enough?" Rapidmon asked.

"Hardly!" Vikalaramon squealed.

On the sidelines, Kasumi, Kazu, their digimon, Jeri, Kenta and Calamon were watching the battle intently. "Who do you think's gonna win?" Kenta asked.

"They will!" the other shouted at the same time.

"I'm all for group spirit and everything, but did you notice how big that thing is?"

"It doesn't matter!" Jeri said,"Takato will win!"

Kenta was going to reply, when he heard a scream from behind. He turned around and saw a blond haired girl running towards them. Behind her was a human-sized monkey riding atop a thirty foot dragon. He judged that by the way the girl was screaming, the monkey and the dragon were chasing her.

"Guys!" he shouted,"You've got to see this."

The others turned around. "Wow!" Kazu gasped.

"Who's that?" Kasumi asked, pointing to the girl. She then pointed to the monkey and the dragon. "And who's that?" She held up her D-Arc,"Makuramon, and Migiramon, both Exalted Beast Digimon, they're Devas!"

The blond haired girl stopped in front of the group and started panting. She stared at Kasumi and Kazu. "You two are Tamers, right?"

Kasumi placed her arms around her shoulder. "That's right. Who are you? Why are they after you?"

"I am...I am Alice McCoy."

"Alice McCoy!" Kazu gasped,"We finally found her."

The girl was not able to reply as the Makuramon and Migiamon floated above them. "You lead us on quite a little chase" Makuramon chuckled,"But now I have you. Hand over that journal, and I will spare your life."

Kazu jumped forward. "If you want her, you'll have to go through us."

A voice shouted from above them. "I hope that includes me!"

"Orion!" Kasumi gasped,"But, who's that with you?"

"It's Cyberdramon," Veedramon said.

"He's my partner."

"But why would a digital hunter have a digimon partner?"

"That's a story for another time," he said, landing next to the humans. He turned to Kazu and Kenta,"I'm ready to help."

Kazu was about to protest, but Kasumi cut him off. "We're happy to have you."

Makuramon laughed. "All right. If that's the way you want it, Migiramon and I will be more then happy to oblige you!" He leapt off of the dragon and zoomed for Alice, but Cyberdramon used his fist and sent him flying into a building. Migiramon went to slash one of his claws, but Guardromon fired his missiles, causing him to flinch backwards.

While Kasumi and Kazu watched their digimon in battle, Alice was left in the capable hands of Jeri, Kenta and Calamon. "Don't worry," Jeri smiled, dressing the wound on Alice's left arm,"They'll get rid of those monsters."

"Yeah," Kenta said,"I mean, if I was with them, I could probably win this fight, but I'm sure they'll be fine without me."

"You're worse then Kazu," Calamon said, waddling over to Alice.

"Hey!"

There was a loud crash from behind them. They spun around and saw that Vikalaramon's snout was crushing Wargrowlmon into the pavement, while Taomon and Rapidmon were pounding at the pig's hide. They turned back to the other battle, Migiramon slashed across Guardromon's metal body, while Veedramon attempted to slam her horn into the dragon's underside. She was not successful. Makuramon was throwing silver balls as Orion and Cyberdramon. So far, they were able to dodge them, but their luck could not hold out forever.

"Mr. Kamiya," Jeri thought,"Where are you?"

Dr. Wong ran inside of the Hypnos control room with Agumon, and Gatomon. "I had to show them the way," he explained and the two digimon ran over to Tai.

"What are you two doing here?" he asked,"What about Takato's body."

"It's not there," Agumon explained.

"What do you mean it's not there?" Yamaki twirled around,"Someone stole it? But how?"

"Maybe it walked away on its' own?"

"Gatomon!" Tai snapped.

"I'm serious!" the small cat shouted. She pointed up to the ceiling, where images of the battle going on outside were playing. "Look, that's Wargrowlmon!"

Tai gapsed,"And Takato's down there with them!"

Before anyone could say anything else, Hakkado charged into the room. "General Yamaki!" he shouted, pointing at Agumon and Gatomon,"What's the meaning of this?"

"It's okay," he said,"They're with the Master Digidestined."

Hakkado suddenly realized that Tai was in the room. He stared at him, a hundred different emotions trying for control of his face. "You're the Master Digidestined?"

He nodded."And you are?"

"He's a major player in the Hypnos command council," Yamaki explained,"and this is Dr. Wong, one of the original Monster Makers."

Tai gasped. "You..you're the ones that created Digimon!"

He smiled slightly,"You make me sound like some sort of god."

"Enough of this!" Hakkado shouted,"Have you seen Shinjuku? It looks like a war zone."

Yamaki glanced up at the image on the dome ceiling. Vikalaramon was fighting Wargrowlmon, Taomon and Rapidmon, while only a few feet away, Makuramon and Migiramon were battling against Veedramon, Guardromon, Orion and Cyberdramon. "That's precisely what this is, a war zone."

Dr. Wong watched with awe as the power the decedents of his creations could command. His eyes wander to the Tamers that were standing on the sidelines, specifically a black haired one in a red vest. "Henry!"

Tai gasped. "Wong? Of course, he must be Henry's father!"

"This is a dangerous game your son is playing," Yamaki said,"And I'm afraid that I cannot allow it any longer. Taily!"

"Yes sir."

"Prepare to engage Juggernaut."

"Sir!"

"Juggernaut?" Tai asked.

"Juggernaunt's real?" Wong gasped,"I mean, you completed it?"

Yamaki nodded. "Yes, I advanced upon the prototype you created."

"But..you can't use Juggernaunt!" he protested,"What about the digimon?"

"Excuse me!" Tai shouted,"What is Juggernaunt?"

"It is a device that the Monster Makers created in the event that digimon became so powerful that they found a means to enter this world," Yamaki said.

"What will it do."

"Basically, it will send the digimon back to the Digital World."

"If it doesn't kill them!" Wong shouted. "What about those Tamers, huh? They're protecting this city! I won't let you do it!" He ran at Yamaki, but the Hypnos commander flung him into the ground. Tai ran over and lifted him back on his feet.

Yamaki tightened his fist "Activate Juggernaunt now!"

Tai whispered to Wong. "Can that thing really kill all the digimon in the city?"

"It's a very good possibility."

"Gatomon, Agumon, we're leaving!" The Master Digidestined and his two partners ran out the door,"We've got to warn the others."

Outside, the two large towers of the Hypnos building began to hum with life. A spark of electricity shot between the two, and a red disc appeared above them. The disc started to grow in diameter until it was a wide as the building itself. The Juggernaunt system had been activated, and heaven have mercy on all digimon within the city.

The fighters on the battlefield notice that the night sky had turned to a dark red. "What's going on here?" Rapidmon asked,"It looks like the sky is on fire."

"It was just night a minute ago," Taomon said,"Maybe some sort of cosmic event? Like a planetary alignment?"

"I don't remember reading anything about that," Henry said.

Across the street, Makuramon and the others halted their fight as well. "This certainly is a strange world," the monkey replied,"Wonderous as well."

Orion tapped his helmet. "Oh no!" he gasped,"They've activated Juggernaunt!"

"What's Juggernaunt?" Kazu asked.

"A device that will likely delete all the digimon here!"

Suddenly, all the digimon began to scream out in pain. Everyone one of them fell to the ground, all except for Makuramon and Migiramon. These two glanced at themselves, then the monkey grinned. "Well, Migiramon, luckily for us we took preparations for an event like this."

"What did you do?"Kasumi asked, kneeling next to Veedramon.

"We infected ourselves with a defense system. We cannot be deleted by a device such as that." He walked over to where Alice was sitting on the ground with the journal tightly held between her two arms. She swallowed hard.

"I'm not g-g-gonna g-give you t-this," she stuttered, slowly standing up.

"Ha!" he laughed. With simple ease he swiped it from her hands.

"Hey!" Kazu shouted. He leapt towards him, but Makuramon skidded backwards. Orion charged with his sword, but Makuramon jumped into the air and back on Migiramon's back.

"As pitiful as it sounds, you humans did create us. It seems so embarrassing that we were created by such a weak and disgusting race."

His message was beamed all across Tokyo, even inside of the Hypnos control room. "..and we are now ready to crush you humans once and for all..."

Yamaki growled. "Shut him off!" he ordered.

"We're trying sir!" Riley replied.

Back on the battle field, Makuramon produced a silver ball in his hand. "I have the journal, now all Zhuqioamon needs is the Catalyst! We will take our leave of you now, but Vikalramon, stay and finish the job." Migiramon shot nearer to the Hypnos building, and Makuramon flung his silver ball between the two towers. There was a spark of lightning, and Juggernaunt shorted out.

Back on the ground, Vikalramon stood back up. "I'm back, human filth!" he cheered.

"But so are we!" Wargrowlmon said. He turned to Taomon and Rapidmon,"We've got to finish this, now! If we all work together, we can beat him!"

"How?" Rapidmon asked.

"All our attacks just bounce off, we need to hit him inside!"

"We're stronger now," Taomon said,"Maybe my Thousand Spells can slice him open."

"Go for it," Wargrowlmon nodded.

They broke their huddle apart, and Taomon floated into the air. She held her long robed arms at Vikalramon, and they each shot out five hundred Japanese symbols. "Thousand Spells!" Most of the symbols were ineffective, but a few were able to tear through the pig's thick skin. "Wargrowlmon!"

"I'm on it!" the dinosaur shouted. He shot to the cut in the Deva's hide and used his strength to pull it apart. "Now Rapidmon!"

Henry's digimon pointed his gun arms into the cut that Wargrowlmon was holding open,"Rapid Fire!"

The two missiles tore through the sensitive organs inside, and Takato's digimon pulled the skin closed again. He shot over to where Takato, Rika and Henry were standing. "Let's get out of here!" He quickly picked them up and brought them to the sky. Taomon landed next to the other group of Tamers and Digimon and erected a magical shield around them. Everyone watched as Vikalaramon suddenly exploded from the inside out. His data was scattered across the city before disappearing.

"We did it!" Takato shouted,"Yes!"

Once the explosion died down, the group heard loud sirens heading towards them. "Time to leave!" Rika said.

The digimon and Tamers vanished long before the first police car arrived.

They arrived at Guillmon's hide out and were surprised to find Tai and his two partners were waiting there for them. "Daddy!" Kasumi shouted, hugging him,"You're okay! I was so worried about you!"

He smiled slightly. "I was worried about you too." He glanced over to where Takato was standing. "I'm glad to see that you're okay. We thought we lost you."

Takato shrugged slightly. "For a little while, I think you did."

"How did you come back?" he asked.

"I...I'm not sure, I...I just remember fighting Zhuqioamon, then..waking up in the Hypnos building."

"Well, we'll discuss that later." He faced the Tamers. "I'm very proud of all of you. You did very well against a powerful opponent." He smiled,"I'm very proud of all out you."

The room was silent for a few minutes before Kasumi mentioned to the blond girl in the back. "Dad, this is Alice McCoy."

"So, you're Alice McCoy," he grinned,"You lead me on quite a chase around the city."

She smiled slightly,"If I knew that there was a good person searching for me, I would have tried to find you as well."

"Now, maybe you can shed some light on to what is going on around here?"

Kazu frowned. "Mr. Kamiya, um, the journal was taken."

"What?"

Alice smiled. "Don't worry. They took the journal, but I made a backup."

"Back up?"

She nodded. "It hidden back at my apartment, come on."

She lead them across the city and into her apartment. They sat in the living room as Alice emerged from her room with a thick stack of papers. "You copied the entire journal?" Henry gasped.

Alice shrugged slightly. "I thought it might be a good idea."

"Do you have any idea why they were after the journal?" Tai asked.

Alice nodded. "I think so. This journal was written by my grandfather. He called himself 'Dolphin' of the Monster Makers. He apparently found his way into the Digital World at some point, where he claimed he traveled all the way to the highest plane, the Land of the Digimon Sovereigns. There he encountered something that something that..well, I'll read that part to you."

She started to scan the papers in front of her until she found the section she was searching for."Here we go...'One day during my travels, I encountered a shrine hidden deep within the mountains. I learned from the natives that there was a powerful destroyer trapped inside, sealed by three doors each with its own lock. I was surprised to find that there was another human here. When I asked, he told me he was the Master Digidestined of Tokyo."

She stopped reading and everyone stared at Tai. He held his hands up and shook his head. "Not me, he must be talking about the other one."

Alice continued reading. "'I soon learned that this Master Digidestined was searching for the keys to unlock this door. He told me that the first lock required electrical energies from five humans, while the second door may unlock with a device that the Sovereigns call, 'Catalyst.' I have yet to determine the necessary key to unlock the final door."

She looked up. "I think he did, and wrote it down later, which is why they wanted the journal." The others nodded and she continued,"However, I had yet to determine what powerful being was sealed behind those three doors. When I did discover who it was, I was truly horrified. This powerful world destroyer, was a program that I and my fellow Monster Makers created to ensure that artificial intelligence, that these digimon, would not exceed their programmed parameters. If the tales are true, then our program somehow gained sentience, worse, became evil. If that is the case, long may it rest behind those three doors. However, I fear that if this Digidestined Lord is searching for the means to free it, the Digital World, and Earth, will tremble at its power. We called it ADR, but you will know it as D-Reaper."

Alice stopped reading, and the room was silent. "D-Reaper," Jeri said, shivering,"The name alone is enough to scare me."

"Don't worry," Takato said,"We'll stop it."

Tai nodded. "Alice, see if you can find what the key for the third lock is, or any mention where the D-Reaper is sealed. We've got to find out who this Dark Master Digidestined is, before it's too late."

Alice nodded. "Wait, you previously refereed to yourselves as defenders of the city, correct?"

Rika nodded."So?"

"I think you might need a new title. As it was written in ancient times, only a sage or priest could anoint warriors." She smiled slightly,"Seeing as how I have the journal, as well as all of my grandfather's equipment, I guess that role falls to me. So, you are Guardians no longer, you are now, Warriors!"

to be continued...

Author's note: I've gotten a few questions and requests that I should comment on.

First, I've gotten quite a few requests for Taiora and othe Digidestineds. I'm sorry, but there aren't any plans to bring other Digidestineds into this story. As for Taiora, who do you think Kasumi's mother is?

These are probably the only Tamers that are going to appear. Kenta might become one, I haven't really decided yet. If you hadn't guessed by his lack of page time, I really don't like him one way or the other. As for Jeri, I really want her to be the 'damsel in distress' and it just wouldn't be the same if she had a Digimon, even for a little while. I'm not criticizing the writers for Season 03. All the Season 1 and 2 people are going to think I betrayed them, but season 3 is my favorite season. It dealt with a lot of more serious issues, like when all three went through a period when they were worried about their digimon digivoling, plus there was all the character development with Rika. And it had that plot twist near the end with the D-Reaper being the true enemy, and you've probably all guessed that I'm a big fan of that.

Anyway, yes, Jeri and the D-Reaper will be connected, but their exact connection and the circumstances that lead to that connection will be different. All I'll say is it involves being the pawn of the one that betrays them.

Now, Tai's title. In my "Mystic Digital War' the Kamiyas and Ishida were royalty to all of the characters: Lord Kamiya, Lord Ishida, Lady Sora, Lady Rumiko, Princess Kasumi, Princess Rika. However, in this story, Takato, Jeri, Kazu and Kenta refer to him as 'Mr. Kamiya' because that's how they've always known him. In the series, Henry was in the other class, his teacher was that Mr. Maurry, or who ever he was, so he knows Tai as Mr. Kamiya too. Rika refers to him as Master Kamiya, because he's probably the only one she truly does respect.

Now, I've been racking my mind trying to figure out why I had Takato die and be resurrected. I originally wrote the outline for this story two years ago, so I wasn't entirely sure. It wasn't the same death and rebirth that Matt went through in "Mystic Digital War." For those of you that remember that story, he was always really selfish. Everything he did was to get back at Tai, he overthrew Sora as Digidestined leader just to get back at him. However, after the Deva leader almost killed him his character changed after he realized who he was truly fighting for. But Takato's character didn't change, so why did I do it?

Well, I think of narrowed it down to two reasons, The first is, it might have something to do with the anger problems he's going to experience, and the second has something to do with the chapter titles and their change from 'Guardians' to 'Warriors' I don't want to offend anyone, so if you want to guess, that's fine.

Things are going to get interesting, I hope you keep reading.