Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Legacy ❯ Warriors: Chapter 1 ( Chapter 10 )

I have been updating pretty quickly, so you might want to make sure you've read the previous chapter first. Thanks.

Previously....

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.

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.

"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 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!"

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."

"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!"

"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."

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.

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.

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."

"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!"

December 19, 2015

Warriors:

Chapter 1

The Tamers spent the night at the Kamiya's apartment. After their experience battling Vikalramon, they were all exhausted. Tai promised to vouch for all of their stories, and would take full responsibility for any problems that would likely occur.

The Master Digidestined of Tokyo walked out of his room and peeked into Kasumi's room. Jeri, Kasumi, Rika, Snow Agumon and Renamon were sleeping peacefully inside. He could not help smile slightly as he noticed how happy Rika looked when she was sleeping.

He continued down the hall and passed the guest room where the boys were sleeping. Well, almost all of the boys. He slowly walked into the living room and found the missing male Tamer sitting in one of the armchairs. "Takato?"

He twirled around. "Oh, Mr. Kamiya, you scared me."

Tai sat across from him in the couch. "Couldn't sleep?"

He shook his head,"No. So much has happened, I...I don't what's going on with me. I should have died, why am I still here?"

Tai sighed. "I wish I had some answers to give you, but I don't. All I can suggest is to focus on the people that matter the most to you." He smiled slightly,"Like Jeri."

The teenage boy gasped at him, his face turning red. "W..w..what are you talking about..?"

"Come on," he said,"I've seen how you look at her, you're head over heels for her, aren't you?"

Takato was about to protest, but just nodded. "Yeah."

Tai chuckled. "I realize I'm probably the last person to be preaching about relationships, but you should tell her before she moves on."

Takato looked at him with a curious glance. "What do you mean?"

Tai was silent for a few minutes, like he was debating to tell him, when he sighed. "I first entered the Digital World with the other Digidestined about twenty years ago. During my travels, I found myself falling in love with a girl named Sora Takenouchi. During the time we were fighting Malomyotismon, Sora and I were moving closer and closer together. We never wanted to confront our feelings, but they kept growing stronger. One night we...went too far, if you get what I'm saying."

Takato just nodded. "I'm pretty sure."

"Anyway, we rushed in too quickly, our relationship quickly became a physical one. During a Christmas concert, she told me that she was in love with another Digidestined, Yamato Ishida. When Matt went to school in America, Sora went with her. When I said goodbye to her, I had no idea she was already a month pregnant."

"I get it!" Takato said,"That's why Kasumi lives in America, she lives with her mother."

Tai nodded. "And step-father."

"Oh, you mean, Sora and..Matt married?"

He nodded slowly. "Yeah, don't make the same mistake that I did. If you really love Jeri, tell her, before it's too late."

Takato nodded, then yawned. Tai chuckled. "I think it's time you got to sleep. We still have school tomorrow."

The Tamer frowned. "I guess that's the problem with having your digimon teacher be your real teacher."

"Yeah," Tai chuckled,"Now get to bed."

The next morning, Yamaki stood atop the Hypnos building roof, surveying the damaged section of West Shinjuku. "That Hawaiian Pig roast sure caused a lot of damage."

Hakkado stood beside him and nodded. "Yes, to think that one being could have done all of that. But what about the Master Digidestined?"

"What about him?"

"You had him, why did you let him escape?"

Yamaki growled. "Why did I let him escape? He left on his own! Besides, I am no longer interested in capturing them. They are here to save this world, not destroy it."

"But..."

He turned to him. "It appears to me that you have some sort of past history with the digimon."

"I..no more then you."

Yamaki frowned, then turned away from him. "We've got to discover what exactly is going on on around here. Who is this Dark Master Digidestined, is he working with this..this Sovereign? Or do we have two forces working against us? There is also this fifth death that I'm worried about. What is going to happen then?"

Hakkado sighed. "I don't think we want to know."

"Rika!" Rumiko shrieked, wrapping her arms around her daughter. She felt her knees give out, and she fell to the ground. "Rika," she sobbed,"I was so worried about you."

Rika was stunned into silence. "M..Mom, I..really, I'm okay, I...I just couldn't get back home after the army sealed out the city..."

Rumiko pulled Rika away from her and the teenager saw that her mother's face was red with tears. "I was so worried, don't you ever, ever not call me again! Okay?"

Rika nodded, surprised that her eyes were moist too. "I..I won't."

She nodded, then stood up, drying her eyes. "Well, I think you'd better get ready for school."

Rika nodded. "Yeah, sure." She watched her mother walk into her room. "I'm sorry, Mom," she said softly.

"Takato!" Mrs. Matsuki shouted, squeezing her son tightly,"Where were you?"

"I was at Mr. Kamiya's apartment.."

"What? What were you doing there?"

Takato broke out of her mother's embrace and recited the alibi the group created. "When that giant pig attacked, I knew I couldn't get home, and Mr. Kamiya's apartment was right there, so I figured it would be a good idea. I..I just feel asleep before I could call you."

Mrs. Matsuki nodded, apparently buying that story. "Alright." She dragged him into the bakery kitchen and trusted him into one of the chairs. "I made breakfast for you. Eat up, and you still have enough time to make it to school."

Takato sighed. "If I knew I was going to have to go, I would've stayed dead."

"What?" his mother snapped.

"Nothing!"

Henry ran out of his room and he pulled on a pair of clean clothes. "Henry!" his mother called from the kitchen,"Are you hungry?"

The teenager's stomach growled at the thought of food. He dove into the kitchen and sat in his chair. His mother placed a plate of food in front of him. "My, you certainly are hungry, aren't you?"

He just bowed. "Thank you." He started to eat, when he noticed that his father was sitting across from him, reading the paper. He waited until his mother was out of the room before he spoke. "Dad, I have a question I want to ask you."

His father folded the paper and stared him straight in the eyes. "And I have a question for you too."

"Oh, really? Well, um, why don't you go first?"

His father nodded. "Okay, well, it's more of a request, actually."

"What is it?"

"May I see Terriermon?"

Henry almost choked on his eggs. "Can you what?"

"I would like to see Terriermon."

"How...how do you know about Terriermon?"

His father sighed,"I'm sure by now you've realized that there is a government agency after you and the other Tamers."

Henry just nodded.

"I was there last night, inside of Hypnos. I watched you battle Vikalramon."

"You were there?!"

"Shh, keep it down. I don't want your mother to know just yet. I was helping them because Alice is the granddaughter of one of my fellow Monster Makers, or was, until he passed away. So, yes, I know all about you being a Tamer."

"Oh, wow Dad, I...I don't know what to say."

His father smiled slightly. "How about you tell me what your question was?"

"Uh, oh right. Um, well, since you know about everything, I'll be totally truthful. Last night, Alice read from her grandfather's journal. He mentioned something in the Digital World that we think the Dark Master Digidestined is after, something called, D-Reaper.."

"D-Reaper?" he gasped,"Wow, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time."

"What is it?"

"It's a computer program that we created in order to keep artificial life from evolving too fast. When our project was scrapped, D-Reaper was deleted."

Henry sighed. "But when the Digimon returned, D-Reaper must have been resurrected along with them. Dad, how powerful is it?"

"It shouldn't be powerful at all. It was designed to delete artificial life, but it wouldn't have stood a chance against the power your digimon have."

"Really? Hmm, something's not right here. If D-Reaper isn't that strong, why was it sealed away. More importantly, why is the Dark Master Digidestined after it?"

Takato had forgotten that his class's Christmas Party was today, so after he sat through the half-a-day of lectures, his mood changed once the party began. He was surprised to find that Mr. Kamiya had brought a wide variety of snacks and placed them on the back table, along with fruit punch and soda. On this day, they were allowed to mingle with the other class, so Henry came over and joined Takato, Jeri, and Kazu.

"Say, where's Kenta?" he asked, sipping his soda.

"He went to meet his father," Kazu said.

"His father?"

"Yeah, some big computer company owner or something. He's bringing in more food."

"More food?" Jeri asked,"How much can we possibly eat?"

Kazu grinned at her,"I hear he's bringing in a giant chocolate mouse cake."

Jeri's ears opened, as well as her eyes,"Chocolate?"

Kazu chuckled. "Then again, you are getting kind of chubby." He poked her lightly.

She flinched and batted his hand away. "Kazu!" she shrieked.

Takato suddenly slammed his fist into the desk. "Kazu, leave her alone!" he screamed. The talking instantly stopped and everyone stared at him. There was silence for a couple of minutes, then everyone slowly began talking again. His friends stared at him.

Takato suddenly looked pale. "K..Kazu, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell like that."

Henry stared at him. "You know, you've been flying off the handle a lot lately. Are you okay?"

"I...I've just had a lot on my mind lately."

"I'm sure dying didn't help, huh?" Jeri asked.

Takato smiled at her. "Yeah."

Kazu mentioned to the back corner of the classroom. Takato and Henry turned around and saw Mr. Kamiya talking to Miss Isage. "Would you look at those two?" Kazu said, disgusted.

"Stop it!" Jeri said,"I think it's cute."

"You would."

The brunette stood up. "I'm going to the restroom. I'll be back."

A few seconds after she left, another boy walked inside. "Who's that?" Takato asked.

"That's Marro Lambert," Henry sighed,"He transferred in a few days ago. He's in my class, what is he doing here?"

Kazu shrugged slightly. "Looks like he just wants some food.""

Takato noticed the tone in his friend's voice,"Is there a problem with him?"

Henry just shook his head,"Something about him..."

Kazu interrupted him by mentioning to the door. "Kenta's here."

Kenta and his father walked in, holding a large pastry box. Tai walked over to talk to him. He bowed. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Like wise, Mr. Kamiya, where can I put this cake?"

Tai cleared a stop for him on the table. "Right here is good. Thanks for bringing this in."

"No problem!" Kenta grinned,"My Dad's the best."

Tai mentioned to one of the open desks. "Why don't you join us?" He turned slightly to look at where Miss Isage was leaning against one of the heating grates. He felt the other man's hand on his shoulder.

"I understand, thank you."

Tai walked back over to talk to Miss Isage and Kenta and his father were about to sit down, when Lambert walked over to them. "Kenta, is this your father?" he asked.

Kenta nodded,"Yeah, but.."

Lambert suddenly grabbed the knife off of the table, the one that was going to be used to cut the cake. He jabbed it into Kenta's side, then pushed him to the ground. Before anyone could react, he slashed the knife across the neck of Kenta's father. A glowing stream of blue light flowed up from the injured man and into Lambert's hand. Tai and the Tamers were wide eyed as they realized there was a D-Arc in the murder's hand. After he had what he came for, he quickly charged out of the room.

Reality returned to the room shortly afterwards. The girl started screaming, and Tai and Henry ran over to the two fallen people. "Grab some towels, quick!"

Henry grabbed a bunch of paper towels from the table and piled them underneath Kenta's wound. Tai pulled off his dress shirt and wrapped it around the neck of Kenta's father. He was hopeful for Kenta, but feared it was too late for his father.

He pointed to Henry. "Don't leave here until the ambulance comes, got it?"

"Y..yeah, but.."

He ran over to Miss Isage, who was struggling to remain in control. "Call for an ambulance."

"W..w..where are you going?"

Tai's face was filled with anger. "After him." He charged out the door, and Miss Isage turned to the hysterical class.

"Does anyone have a cell phone?" She was abruptly answered when all of the children reached into their pockets and pulled the small devices out. She frown slightly, then grabbed the nearest one.

Kazu ran over to help Henry. As the two boys desperately tried to stop the bleeding, the black haired boy noticed someone was missing. "Where's Takato?"

Tai charged up the stairs of the school until he was on the top floors. He knew that Lambert went this way, there were droplets of blood on the ground that created a perfect trail. No doubt splashed on him when he attacked Kenta and his father.

The Master Digidestined reached a wall near the bathrooms. Unfortunately, the blood trail moved up the wall and out the open window. Tai glanced out the opening and gasped. If Lambert had jumped, there was no way he would have made it. He was confused, until he remembered that Lambert had a D-Arc. He must have been one of the Dark Tamers. If he had his digimon meet him outside the window, then there was no doubt he escaped. He sighed, knowing that Lambert had escaped.

He heard the noise of a door opening. He shot around, his fists ready, stopped when he saw Jeri walking out of the girl's bathroom. "Mr. Kamiya!" she jumped.

"Jeri," he sighed,"Did you.."

Before he could finish, the far wall suddenly exploded apart. "Jeri, get down!" he shouted, shielding her with his body. The debris and projectiles flung towards them, but luckily, they escaped with only minor injuries. When Tai looked through the massive hole in the wall, there was an army helicopter hovering outside the building. A second later, a squad of soldiers jumped into the school. Tai was about to jump to his feet, when he realized that the squad was pointing each of their guns at him and Jeri.

"Do not make us use force," the commanding officer said.

Tai nodded slowly. "What about her?" he asked, mentioning to Jeri.

"She comes, then we'll decided what to do with her. On the helicopter, now!"

"Don't worry, Jeri," Tai whispered,"Just stay close to me."

The brunette nodded. "Y..yes sir."

Outside, Takato and Growlmon were racing down the sidewalk, searching for the murderer. "Well?" the goggle-headed Tamer asked.

Growlmon sniffed the air. "He went this way, all right."

Takato growled."He's gonna pay for this! He's going to pay!"

Growlmon lead Takato through a maze of buildings and alleys until he reached the destroyed section of Shinjuku. There they found the Dark Tamer, standing in the center of Vikalramon's destruction. There was a massive creature behind him. "So, you want to fight, huh? Do you have a problem with what I did?"

Takato jumped off of Growlmon and glared at Lambert. He was so filled with rage, that he was having trouble speaking. "You...you...murderer!" He screamed in extreme anger,"I'll never forgive you, never!"

Lambert crossed his arms, then mentioned to the creature behind him. "Marine Devimon here is ready, how about you?"

Takato was clenching his D-Arc so tightly, the construction of metal and circuitry threatened to smash. Wargrowlmon suddenly appeared behind him. "Fight them, Wargrowlmon, fight them!"

Takato's rage was starting to overwhelm him. "Digivolve!" he screamed,"Wargrowlmon, digivolve all the way to Mega!"

The bright winter sky turned black with storm clouds. Lightning began to crash around them. A group of bolts slammed into Wargrowlmon, and a whirlwind formed around him. It grew in intensity until it exploded, revealing a massive dragon, saliva dripping from his massive teeth.

Takato seemed unaware of his digimon's new appearance. He just kept screaming at Lambert. "Fight them! Fight them!"

The dragon shot forward and threw Marine Devimon to the ground. The evil squid attempted to wrap his tentacle around the dragon, but Takato's mega digimon batted it away with ease.

Henry gasped. "What happened?"

Miss Isage nodded. "Yes, the army blew a hole in the school!"

"Where?"

"Right above us. And I..." she lowered her voice,"I don't know why I'm telling you this, but for some reason, I think you should know."

Henry nodded."Go on."

The older woman looked frazzled, like she was about to break down at any second. "I think they took Mr. Kamiya and Jeri."

Henry just nodded. He turned and watched as the paramedics wheeled Kenta and his father out into the ambulance. "The Army took Mr. Kamiya and Jeri, why would they...?" He gasped,"Of course!"

Miss Isage looked at him strangely. "What?"

He bowed to her. "Thank you. I've got to go." He ran out of the class room before she could call him back. He ran outside to where Kazu had gotten their two partners. "Kazu!"

"Are you ready yet? If we don't hurry, we're going to lose Lambert's trail."

"We can't worry about that now."

"What? Your kidding, right?"

"Listen," he panted,"I just heard from Miss Isage, that rumble we felt before?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, apparently the army blasted a hole in the wall."

"What? Why?"

"I think they took Mr. Kamiya and Jeri, which means it might be Hypnos."

Kazu gritted his teeth. "That's just like them to hit us while we're down. So, we try to get them out?"

Henry nodded. "That's the plan."

"I'm with you." Kazu turned to his partner,"What about you?"

Guardromon nodded. "If that is your desire, then I will follow."

"Hey Henry!" Terriermon called,"How come you never asked me that?"

"Because you don't have a choice, let's go."

As the group ran down the sidewalk, Kazu called out to Henry. "Hey, maybe we should stop by and pick up Mr. Kamiya's digimon. And Kasumi can give us a hand too."

"Wow," Henry smiled,"I'm impressed Kenta."

"Funny," he mumbled,"Real funny."

Takato screamed with rage as his new mega slammed his fist into Marine Devimon's face. The evil squid stumbled backwards, but the giant dragon grabbed his arm and threw him onto the ground. He placed his hands together and slammed Marine Devimon's back.

"Get up!" Lambert shouted,"Get up!"

His digimon growled "I'm trying."

The Dark Tamer stared at the screaming Takato. "What is wrong with him?" His gaze suddenly shot to Takato's growling mega. The dragon was about to crush the aqua digimon, but his eyes were suddenly hit by a powerful white beam. He roared in pain and stumbled backwards.

Lambert shot his gaze to the sky and saw a devil creature with an older teenager riding him. "What are you doing here, Mark?"

Lambert growled. "What does it look like, Barker?" he snapped.

Barker reached inside his jacket and pulled out a few small silver balls. "Come!" he shouted,"The Master awaits!" He flung the balls into the ground which exploded in a massive cloud of smoke. When it cleared, The Dark Tamers were gone.

"No!" Takato screamed,"No! I want revenge!"

His mega digimon began to thrash around in the street, destroying what buildings remained after Vikalaramon's rampage."I want revenge!"

Kyuubimon charged down the sidewalk while Rika, Impmon and the twins clung tightly to her digimon's back. "I'm not getting Guillmon's scent," the fox said.

"I know he's around here!" Rika shouted,"We've got to find him!"

"Are you sure?" Ai asked.

"He's here," she sighed,"Strange as it sounds, there has always been some sort of connection between us. He's here, and he's in some sort of trouble."

"Well, we'll find 'im," Impmon said,"And help, if we can."

Rika grinned to herself. "That's right, Goggle-head, I'm not going to let you die. I'm still looking forward to our rematch."

Kyuubimon suddenly stopped.. "What is it?" the Digimon Queen asked.

"I've found him," she gasped.

The group found the goggle wearing Tamer in the center of the destroyed West Shinjuku, screaming at the top of his lungs. "What's wrong with him?" Marko asked.

Rika was in awe. "I don't know."

Ai suddenly gave a small yelp as she saw a massive red dragon creature thrashing about beside Takato. "What's that?"

Rika took out her D-Arc and pointed it at the dragon. It hummed for a second, then an image of the dragon appeared on the screen. "Meggidramon, mega...mega level?" she gasped.

Impmon jumped off of Kyuubimon and pointed at the Meggidramon. "That thing's Guillmon's mega form?"

Kyuubimon shook her head,"No, this can't be right."

Meggidramon shot his head to the sky and began to roar at the top of his lungs. The remaining buildings around him began to crack and shattered. "We've got to stop him!" Rika gasped,"He's going to destroy the whole city if this keeps up!" She turned to the twins. "I want you to try and calm Takato down. Kyuubimon and I will see what we can do about Meggidramon."

The young boy and girl nodded, then ran over to the screaming teenager. "Takato!" Ai shouted,"Takato."

He kept screaming in anger,"Where is he? Where is Lambert!"

Marko tried to grab his flailing arms. "Takato, it's us! Don't you know who we are?"

Takato kept screaming. "Ai, what's wrong with him?" Marko gasped.

"We've got to calm him down," she responded.

"But how?"

Rika jumped off of Kyuubimon as the fox digimon charged into Meggidramon. "Guillmon, I don't want to hurt you.." She was not even able to finish as the dragon flicked her with his tail. She went soaring through a pile of debris.

"Kyuubimon!" Rika gasped. She sighed with relief as her partner crawled out of the rubble.

"Okay," she panted,"Let's try that again."

"Be careful!" Rika shouted.

Kyuubimon started to charge again. "Dragon's Wheel!"

Meggidramon shot a massive roar from his throat. Kyuubimon's energy attack twisted around and slammed into the fox digimon. She was thrown into a brick wall, which collapsed on top of her. Rika was dismayed to see Renamon crawl out. "Perfect."

Meggidramon glared down at the two girls. "I think we're in trouble," Rika gulped.

The dragon leaned forward, show casing its rows of massive teeth. He was about to attack, but he was suddenly thrown back by a massive bolt of force. Rika and her partner shot to the sky and saw Orion and Cyberdramon flying towards them. Cyberdramon began to attack Meggidramon with a flurrying array of kicks and punches. Orion landed next to Rika. "Are you okay?"

She ignored him and shouted to Cyberdramon. "Don't kill him! that's Guillmon!"

"Guillmon?" Orion gasped,"What happened to him?"

"That's his mega form! If we can get him back to his Rookie, then he might be okay."

The Digital Hunter nodded. "All right." He shot back into the sky to join Cyberdramon."We've got to hit him hard, enough to shock him back to his Rookie form, but not enough to kill him, understand?"

Cyberdramon growled. "I understand, but I don't have to like it."

"Don't start! Now, let's go."

The two of them began their assault. Orion grabbed his metal sword, while Cyberdramon started to fire blasts of white energy at the dragon. The Digital Hunter swung around behind Meggidramon and slashed across his neck with his sword. The massive dragon growled in pain, then fell onto his back. He was covered with bright light, then shrunk back into Guillmon.

Almost instantly, Takato stopped his screaming and ranting. He blinked a few times, then started panting. He stared at the two children in front of him. "Ai, Marko? What are you two doing here?"

"Don't ya' remember what happened?" Impmon asked.

Takato suddenly gasped. "What...what did I do?"

"It looks like you have a few anger issues," Orion said, walking over to him.

"Guilllmon!" Takato shouted, running over to him,"Guillmon, are you okay?"

The dinosaur slowly sat up. "What happened? My head hurts."

"Oh, Guillmon, I'm so sorry."

The dinosaur shook his head,"What..what did I do?"

"Listen guys," Orion said,"I understand that something traumatic just happened, but if you don't come with me right now, the Master Digidestined and Jeri Kanto are going to be killed!"

Yamaki charged down the hall and into the room that housed the Hypnos core program. Hakkado was there, staring up at the massive mass of machinery. "Hakkado!" he screamed,"What is the meaning of this?"

He turned around slowly and grinned at him."The meaning of what?"

Yamaki formed a fist with his metal hand. "Abducting Kamiya!"

Hakkado chuckled. "He is still a threat to the safety of the city."

"I told you he was not to be sought after! Where is he?"

Hakkado chuckled, and moved aside. Tai and Jeri's hands were tied together and they were bound to a large metal support beam. Yamaki sighed slightly. "Don't worry, Master Kamiya. I'll have you out." He took a step forward, but stopped when he saw that Hakkado had a long sword pressed up against Jeri's neck.

"One move, and she's dead."

Yamaki stopped in his tracks. Jeri was almost in tears, but Tai was not able to comfort her, as he was staring at Hakkado. "That sword...it looks...just like mine."

Hakkado grinned. "So?"

"My sword was given to me by Azulongmon. The only way you could have one is...it's you isn't it? The Dark Master Digidestined."

Hakkado bowed slightly. "At your service."

The door opened and Lambert and Barker walked in. "Master Hakkado," Barker bowed,"The Gate is almost prepared."

The Dark Master Digidestined grinned. "Excellent."

The suddenly opened again, and a girl wearing a blue jumper ran inside. "Dad, I..." Barker and Lambert quickly grabbed her.

"Miki?" Yamaki, Jeri and Tai gasped.

Hakkado growled. "Bring Yamaki's daughter over here."

"Your daughter?" Tai gasped,"You have a daughter?"

The Hypnos Commander stared at him. "I can ask you the same shocked question."

"Shut up!" Hakkado shouted. He turned to Barker,"Get the Gate ready as soon as possible."

"Gate?" Yamaki asked,"A Digital Gate? You're..going into the Digital World?"

"That's right, and when I return, this world is doomed!"

When Henry and Kazu arrived at Tai's apartment, they were surprised to find Calamon there. They were wary to bring the small digimon along, but Henry remembered what Takato had said about Calamon, to protect him. So, despite his own reservations about it, he brought Calamon and Alice with them. They were very good and did not complain about running quickly to reach the Hypnos building.

Alice ran a hand through her blond hair as she stared up at the building in front of her. "So, this is Hypnos, huh?"

Calamon hovered over to her arms. "It sure looks big, doesn't it."

Kasumi gasped. "We've got to break into there?"

Henry nodded. "Yes."

"You've got ta' be kiddin' me!" she shouted,"That place is swarmin' with soldiers!"

Kazu stared at her,"Mr. Kamiya and Jeri are both inside of there. We've got to get them back."

She grumbled,"All right."

Agumon and Gatomon ran ahead of them."Let's go!"

The others were about to follow them, when they heard people shouting to them from behind. They spun around and saw Rika, Takato, Ai and Marko riding atop Kyuubimon, while Cyberdramon carried Guillmon and Impmon. Orion was flying beside his digimon partner.

"Where have you guys been?" Kazu asked.

Takato fidgeted slightly. "Well, I..it's all my fault."

"What is?" Alice asked.

Orion stepped in front of them. "We really don't have time right now. Kamiya and Miss Kanto are trapped inside. We've got to get in there."

"How?" Takato asked.

"Through the front door."

Yamaki stood firmly in place as he eyed the blade which Hakkado had pressed against Jeri's neck. He turned his gaze over to where his daughter, Miki, had been tied up with Tai and Jeri. He glanced at the Master Digidestined, waiting for any kind of signal to start an attack, but he found none.

Barker and Lambert were busy working at one of the computer terminals inside of the core room. The older Dark Tamer turned to face the Dark Master Digidestined. "Sir, we are ready."

Hakkado grinned. "Excellent, open the gate to my destiny!"

Barker pressed a button on the keyboard, and a glowing circle slowly appeared in the center of the machinery. Everyone was staring at it in awe. "That's a gate?" Tai gasped,"But, why?"

Hakkado smiled at him. "As you already know, only a D-3 can open a Digital Gate, and seeing as how I am not in possession of any, it was necessary to force a Gate open." He pressed the sword firmly against Jeri's neck,"And if you don't come quickly, I am going to kill her."

Jeri was in tears. "P..Please Mr. Kamiya..."

"Don't!" Tai shouted,"No, I'll come, just..don't hurt her."

Hakkado chuckled. "So, you do have a weakness."

"Sir," Lambert bowed, "We'd better hurry, the other Tamers are on their way."

Before anyone could say anything, the door was blown open as Takato and the other Tamers jumped inside. The force of the explosion caused Hakkado to stumble backwards and he moved his sword away from Jeri's neck. Yamaki did not wait another second. He tackled the Dark Master Digidestined to the ground.

While Henry and Kazu kept Lambert and Barker busy, Takato ran over to untie everyone. When she was free, Jeri wrapped her arms around the goggle wearing Tamer. "Takato! You came for me!"

He grinned. "Of course I did." He was about to say more, when Yamaki was suddenly flung above his head. Everyone saw Hakkado charge towards them with his sword glowing. Before anyone could stop him, he once again grabbed Jeri.

"Don't anyone move!" he shouted. Everyone was still as he slowly walked over to the glowing Digital Gate. "If you don't want her to die, Kamiya, I suggest you come with me." He turned to his two Dark Tamers. "Do it."

Barker pressed another button, and the glowing gate shot a beam of light that encompassed everyone except for Yamaki, who was too far away. He knew that the others were about to be pulled in, so he quickly grabbed a device from his pocket and flung it at the nearest Tamer. "Matsuki!" he shouted,"That's a Com device. Use it to keep in touch!" The Hypnos commander wanted a response, but he received none as the two Master Digidestineds, the Tamers, the digimon, Jeri and Alice were pulled through.

"Good luck," he sighed.

As the group was pulled through the glowing atmosphere of the Digital Gate, Takato managed to swim up to the twirling Hakkado and Jeri. He kicked the Dark Master Digidestined and freed Jeri. As he did, the glowing world started to flicker and crackle with energy.

"The Gate is falling!" Barker shouted,"It wasn't powerful enough."

"Stay close to me!" Hakkado ordered. His two Tamers swam over to him. The Dark side would remain together, but Tai's group was far too large.

As the Gate started to fall apart around them, the Master Digidestined shouted to his group. "Try to stay with each other!" he screamed.

Alice took a deep breath, and screamed. "Head to the Land of the Sovereigns! That's where the D-Reaper is sealed! The Dark Tamers will go there!"

"Do it!" Tai shouted. The glowing Digital Gate fell apart, and the Light Tamers were flung over the Digital World.

to be continued....