Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Legacy ❯ Warriors: Chapter 2 ( Chapter 11 )

Previously....

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."

"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?"

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.

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!"

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.

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!"

"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.

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.

December 20, 2015

Warriors:

Chapter 2:

As the sun slowly cast its rays over the rocky ground, it traveled over mountains, hills, small plants and a group of figures lying face first in the desert sand. When the bright heat of the sun flowed over them, the eldest figure slowly raised his head. "Oh man," he moaned, kneeling up,"What happened?"

He lightly rubbed the back of his neck, then glanced at the other lying figures. He jumped up and ran over to the two youngest ones. "Ai! Marko! Are you okay?"

The two young children slowly lifted their heads. "M..Master Kamiya," Ai said, standing up,"What happened?"

"I think we hit the ground," Marko moaned,"Man, my back hurts...Hey, Impmon!"

Tai stared at where the digimon were lying on the ground. "Agumon! Gatomon!"

The three digimon started to stand up. "We're all right," Agumon said.

Tai smiled as he knelt beside his two partners. Ai stumbled beside him and pulled on his shirt. "Master, what about him?"

Tai turned to where she was pointing. Orion and Cyberdramon were standing, but what was shocking Ai was the fact that Orion's metal mask was off. Tai gasped. "Ryo?"

The Digital Hunter stared at them. "Well, I guess you know now, huh?"

Tai stared back at him. "Is there something you want to tell us?"

Ryo sighed. "Well, I.."

"Why are you a Digital Hunter?" Tai shouted.

Ryo chuckled slightly. "Well, I, um, I..." He sighed,"I guess I joined Hypnos as a way to fight the digimon that were crossing into Earth."

Tai crossed his arms. "You fought us a couple of times."

"Well, how was I supposed to know that you were the Master Digidestined? Maybe if you had done your job when you were suppose to, there wouldn't have been a job for me, would there?"

Tai stared at him, trying to think of something to say, but was only able to cross his arms. "So, tell me how you got all of your impressive strength?"

He tapped his metal suit. "All of my power comes from here. Enhanced strength, speed, stamina, power, it's all in my suit."

"When did you get it? After you saved me from Millenniumon, or after you sold your soul?"

Ryo frowned. "Fine, I really don't care what you think of me, but maybe we can put aside our feelings and try to stop Hakkado from freeing D-Reaper?"

Tai sighed, then nodded. "Alright, fine."

Takato, Guilmon, Henry, Terriermon and Jeri found themselves floating in the middle of a large crystal blue lake. After they swam over to the shore, they investigated the area, which was appeared to be an underground cavern. The only exit was a dark tunnel that seemed to stretch forever.

"What do we do now?" Jeri asked, sitting down on a rock.

Henry sighed. "We've got to get to the Land of the Sovereigns."

"We've got to get out of here first!" Terriermon danced.

"But where are the others?" Guillmon asked,"Are we lost?"

Jeri smiled slightly, and scratched the dinosaur's head. "We'll get out, don't worry."

Takato peered into the dark tunnel. "We'll have to go through here."

"But we don't have a light," Jeri protested.

Takato sighed and reached into his pocket. He felt the square device that Yamaki gave him. "Hey, I forgot about this."

"What is that?" Henry asked.

"General Yamaki gave me this com device."

Jeri shrugged. "Why don't you give it a try?"

Takato shrugged. "Why not?" He activated it and sent a message to Yamaki. "I told him we made it."

"Now what do we do?" Jeri asked.

Henry sighed again. "We've got to figure a way to get out of here."

Takato pointed to the tunnel. "We have a way out."

"But we don't have a light."

"What about Guilmon's fire breath?" Terriermon suggested.

"What?" the dinosaur gasped.

Henry rubbed his chin. "We'll need something to lit it on. Hmm, that's a good idea."

Kazu sighed as he glanced around the forest. "Well, this settles it, we're lost." He turned to glance over his shoulder where Alice, Miki, Kasumi and Snow Agumon were seated around a campfire. "Although, the scenery isn't that bad." He smiled,"I'm the only boy with a group of girls."

"Kazu," Guardromon said, walking over, with Calamon hovering behind him, "We have the fire started."

Kazu sighed. "Almost the only boy. Oh well, I'm sure the other guys are going to be jealous when they hear about this."

He chuckled, then walked over to the campsite. He sat down next to them. "Hey, girls, I just want you to know, that you don't have anything to fear while I'm here."

Miki snorted. "Come on, as I recall, you were screaming the most as the Digital Gate broke apart and we fell to the ground."

"Hey!"

Snow Agumon chuckled. "As I remember, I was the one that had to catch you from slamming into the rocks."

"All right, all right!" he snapped. He leaned back against one of the logs that were surrounding the campsite. "You're not worth impressing anyway," he muttered.

The group was quiet for a few minutes before they heard a loud snap from inside of the forest. They spun around everyone gave a small yelp, Kazu's the loudest. There was a giant horseman standing in front of them. He stared down at them. "Tamers, I presume?"

"Y..yeah!" Kazu shouted,"So what if we are?"

The horse chuckled. "I am Indramon, one of the holy Devas. I have been sent by the Sovereign to deliver the Catalyst back to him. Surrender peacefully, and you will not be harmed."

"Catalyst?" Alice gasped. She thought of the stack of papers that was in her bag."My grandfather mentioned a Catalyst."

"Ya' got to be kiddin'!" Kasumi shouted,"We're not going with ya'!"

Indramon chuckled. "So be it." He held up his massive hoof, "Sacred Army of the Sovereign attack!" Almost instantly, a swarm of flying digimon appeared in the sky.

"Time to go," Kazu said. The group spun around and charged out of the forest.

Before the elevator doors were even fully opened, Yamaki jumped into the conference room, which was filled with the family members of the missing Tamers and Digidestined. He placed his laptop down, then bowed at the parents. "Thank you all for coming."

Mr. Matsuki stood up. "Can you tell us what is going on here?"

Yamaki held up his hand. "I will explain everything, please."

"Honey, sit down," Mrs. Matsuki grabbed her husband and yanked him into the seat.

Yamaki waited, then continued. "First I want to inform you that the attack on the school and the apprehension of your children was not a government sanctioned operation. It was caused by a rouge agent, and we are just as anxious to find him and return your children to you."

He looked down at the table, where there were opened files in front of the parents. "Since you have read the files in front of you, I am not going to explain anything new to you. From what limited information we do have, Hakkado went into the Digital World to search for a powerful weapon. Your children were pulled inside the Digital World with him. "

"How do we get them out?" Rumiko asked.

"Master Kamiya has a D-3, which is the only device capable of opening a gate to the Digital World. However, we have not been able to contact him."

Nami shivered slightly. "Oh, Tai.."

"However," Yamaki continued,"We have had contact with the children."

The parents all perked up. "Really?" Mr. Kanto asked.

Yamaki nodded. He turned the laptop around where the message from Takato was on the screen. "He's okay!" Mrs. Matsuki cried into her husband's shoulder,"He's okay..."

"What about Henry?" Mrs. Wong asked.

"And Rika?"

Yamaki moved the laptop over to Rumiko. "Type what you want."

Back in the Digital World, Takato's COM device started to beep. He took it out and examined it. "We have mail." The others quickly looked over his shoulder as he opened the message from Yamaki. "Good. Glad to hear it."

"What's that other one?" Guillmon asked.

Takato opened it. "Oh, it's from Ms. Makino. She wants to talk to Rika." He looked at the others. "What should I do?"

"She'll get upset if she knows Rika isn't here," Jeri said.

Takato took a deep breath, then started writing. "This is Rika. Goggle Head finally gave me the stupid pen so I could write. I'm fine!" He sent the message.

Back on Earth, Rumiko and Rika's grandmother gave sighs of relief. "Rika's there!" Rumiko sighed.

She moved the laptop over to Kazu's parents.

Back in the Digital World, Takato started writing again. "This is Kazu, of course I'm okay! I am the man after all!"

After Takato wrote messages for the twins, Jeri and Henry gave messages to their parents. No one told them that they were trapped in an underground cavern with the only way out a dark tunnel. To make sure the conversation did not accidentally move that way, they said they had to keep moving, so they said good-bye and that they would try to get home soon.

On Earth, Yamaki closed his laptop. "I'll monitor in case they send more messages. And we'll try to get them back as soon as we can."

Dr. Wong stood up. "Yamaki, why are you helping us?"

He smiled slightly at him. "I know that we did not see eye-to-eye the last time we were together. I would like to burry the past, besides, I have witnessed the good those children are trying to do. I want to help any way I can, if you'll let me."

Dr. Wong smiled. "Thank you."

Yamaki placed a hand on his shoulder and the two walked out of the room. His demeanor changed. "I did not tell the others this, but we believe that Hakkado is seeking to unleash the D-Reaper."

Dr. Wong gasped. "That's why Henry wanted to know about it."

Yamaki nodded. "I would like your help. Please, tell me everything you know."

The murderer of Kenta's father slowly followed the mountain's path until he reached a large building shaped very similarly to a church. In fact, it could have been classified as one, for this was holy ground. Lambert and Marine Devimon should not have even been there, it was a place for the divine, but beings of darkness such as they, go where they wish.

As the Dark Tamer and his partner approached the building, its large wooden doors swung open, and a massive rabbit creature walked out. It held up its hand, and spoke in a feminine voice. "Stop, you are not permitted to proceed any further. This is sacred ground of the Sovereigns. Turn back now."

Lambert grinned as he crossed his arms. "Who, may I ask, are you?"

"I am Antiramon of the Devas, the sacred warriors of the Sovereigns. I will not permit you to enter this holy place."

Lambert chuckled,"I am searching for the journal of Rob McCoy, known to you as Dolphin."

Antiramon did not flinch. "I have not heard of it."

Lambert shook his head. "Look, I know that the book is in there, you know that I know, and I know that you know that I know. So please, let's stop with that kind of talk."

Antiramon nodded slightly. "As you wish. I have been commanded by the Sovereign to guard that journal. I will not allow you to pass."

"Ha!" the Dark Tamer laughed,"You may think yourself powerful because you serve the four Holy Beasts, but I serve a deity more powerful then all of your Sovereigns put together. The Dark God of the Digital World."

Antiramon raised her eyebrow. "The Dark God?"

The Dark Tamer stepped aside and mentioned to his massive partner. "Marine Devimon will take it from here."

Before the Deva could even bow, Marine Devimon shot his tentacle into Antiramon. Luckily, she was fast enough to dodge to the right, and the squid's projectile slammed into a large rock that was in front of the church. Lambert's digimon began to pull his tentacle back, when Antiramon grabbed hold and was pulled back with it. She pointed her long feet at Marine Devimon's face, but the evil squid shot the other tentacle and knocked her to the ground.

The Deva jumped back onto her feet, then propelled even father into the sky. She twisted around in the air and landed forcefully on Marine Devimon's head. It was her intent to smash him into the ground, but he grabbed her and threw her into the wall of the church. She fell to the ground.

"Now do you see the power we have?" Lambert chuckled. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his deck of modify cards. "Digi-modify! Strength Activate!"

Marine Devimon laughed as he felt a surge of power flow over him. He jumped forward and used his tentacle to grab Antiramon by her neck. She struggled to escape, but the squid's grip tightened. He began to mercilessly pound the rabbit with his massive fists. With every attack, Antiramon felt her strength slip away. Her face soon became bruised and bloodied as Marine Devimon laughed with glee.

"How can this be?" Antiramon thought,"I am a Deva, a sacred warrior, how can he be more stronger than I? His Dark God must truly be powerful."

After continuing his assault for a full five minutes of torture, the squid finally released her and she fell to the ground. She tried to get back to her feet, but she could not support her own weight.

Lambert walked to the entrance of the church and turned to his partner. "Do not let her escape. I am going inside."

"As you wish," Marine Devimon chuckled.

The Dark Tamer walked through the massive doors and entered a long hallway, filled with artifacts and antiquities belonging to the four Sovereigns. At the end of the hall was a giant alter. As he examined it, he found that there was a triangle shaped hole near the top, as if something had once been held there. He turned to the right and found what he was looking for: resting atop a stone pillar was Dolphin's journal. "Yes!" he grinned, "Master Hakkado's gonna like this!"

Takato's group had solved their problem of illuminating the dark tunnel by Takato removing his shirt, of course, this meant he had to wrap his jacket even tighter, but once they wrapped the shirt around the end of a long stick shaped rock and Guilmon ignited the fabric, they had created a torch. With this, they were easily able to push back to darkness of the tunnel, and follow it, strangely enough, to a well-illuminated library.

"Where are we?" Takato asked, glancing around at the shelves of books along the wall.

"It's a library, no...it's a college classroom," Henry gasped,"But what is it doing here?"

While the two boys were examining the room, Jeri started to walk past the desks down the stairs until she reached the teacher's desk. She noticed that something was on the desk itself, sort of like a lump of laundry. When she reached closer, she suddenly realized what it was.

"Takato!" she shrieked, running up the stairs and jumping behind him.

"What?" he asked,"What's wrong?"

She was panting as she pointed to the desk,"There's a...a body on the desk!"

Takato and Henry spun around and saw where she was pointing. They nodded to each other, then slowly approached the lying body. Surprisingly, it slowly sat up!

Jeri gave a small yelp, as the man chuckled slightly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. I was just resting."

"Who are you?" Henry asked.

"My name is Mizuno, and..." His eyes wandered to Guilmon and Terriermon. "Are those..digimon?"

"Yes," Takato said,"That's Guilmon, and I'm his partner, Takato."

"I'm Henry, and this is Terriermon."

"I'm Jeri."

Mizuno nodded, but kept his gaze on Guilmon and Terriermon. "Wow, I've been here in this world for such a long time, but every time I see digimon, it still fills me with wonder. I should explain, you see, I was one of a group that created digimon. We called ourselves Monster Makers."

"Monster Makers?" Henry gasped,"Do you know my father, Jonyu Wong?"

"Tao!" Mizuno gasped,"I remember. You're his son?"

Henry nodded. "Yes."

"Wow, how is he?"

"He's probably worried sick about me right now. You see, we came to this world with the Master Digidestined of Tokyo."

He stared at them with a questioning gaze on his face,"You came from Tokyo?"

"That's right, why?"

He studied Takato and Guilmon. "Yes..yes, it is you. I wasn't sure."

Takato and Guilmon glanced at each other. "What about us?"

Mizuno nodded. "You see, at the beginning, digimon were nothing more than a project in creating artificial intelligence. We created the digimon from anything we could think of, legends, mythology, dreams," he chuckled slightly,"Even dinosaurs. But our funding dried up and the project was canceled. I still kept working on it, however, and created a program that would allow the digimon to keep evolving. They did so at a fantastic rate." He frowned,"Some digimon grew too powerful and began corrupted. When that happened, the good digimon called humans back to this world, the Digidestined. When these digimon saw that the evil was evolving, they created new digimon/human partners, called Tamers, but while a Digidestined's partner was chosen for him or her, digimon choose their own Tamers."

Henry glanced at Terriermon,"So that's why you came out of the computer game, for me?"

The small dog/bunny creature nodded. "Yup, because you needed me."

"But what about Guilmon?" Takato asked,"I drew him."

Mizuno nodded. "Yes, and he came to life when the E-Car hit you. I remember, because I was watching, not there, of course, I was still here, but you get the idea. The two of you have a connection deeper then any of the other Tamers. Guilmon is actually a part of you."

Takato and Guilmon glanced at each other again. "Wow," the dinosaur said.

The goggle-wearing Tamer nodded. "Okay, but can you answer me a question?"

"I'll try."

"After I received my D-Arc, I dreamt about Rika and Renamon in battle."

"Ah, Rika Nonaka, the self-proclaimed Digimon Queen. Yes, I know of her. " He sighed,"Well, the reason is quite simple, just as you and Guilmon are connected, so are you and Rika."

"What?" he asked.

Mizuno nodded. "Yes, tell me, how many times has she been in battle, and you've felt it? How many times has she been injured and you've felt injured too?"

Takato hesitated for a second, then rubbed his ankle. "Well, Rika twisted her ankle, and I..." his voice dropped to a whisper,"..my ankle's been hurting lately."

Mizuno nodded."Yes, you see."

"But...how? Why are we connected?"

Mizuno shrugged. "I'm sorry, but I really don't know. I can guess and say that you somehow....intercepted Rika's energy and used it to create a D-Arc."

"So, you're saying that I came from Rika?"

"Or she came from you. It's never easy to tell with these things."

"I've got to sit down," Takato said, rubbing his forehead.

"We're trying to reach the land of the Sovereigns," Henry said,"Do you know the way?"

Mizuno smiled. "Well, as it so happens, the Digimon Sovereigns live only one level above this one." He mentioned to a door on the right wall,"You can take that hall to reach them."

"Hey, thanks a lot!" Terriermon cheered.

Mizuno yawned. "Thank you. But, I'm starting to feel sleep again. If you'll excuse me," He lay back on the desk and was soon asleep.

Henry smiled slightly, then turned to his friends. "Come on, Master Kamiya is going to be waiting for us there."

Jeri lifted Takato up,"Let's go."

"Yeah, I'm coming."

Kazu tackled Alice to the ground as a blast of fire shot over their heads and into a tree, blasting it into splinters. The blond girl stared up at Kazu. "Th..thank you."

He helped her to her feet. "Come on, we've got to keep moving."

The two teenagers ran over to where Kasumi and the others were waiting. "Great way to make a move, Kazu," Miki snorted.

He started to blush. "What are you talking about?"

Before Miki could respond, Calamon hovered over. "I saw what you did to her back on Earth."

Kazu and Alice looked at each other with confusion "What are you talking about?" Alice asked.

Calamon smiled. "You put your mouth over her's."

Kasumi and Miki stared at each other, then back at Kazu and Alice. "Are you two...?"

"It was an accident!" Alice protested.

"How was that an accident?" Kasumi asked.

Another fireball suddenly flew over their heads and destroyed another tree. "We should talk about this later!" Kazu shouted.

The group started running again until they had successfully exited the forest. They came to a fork in the path. One way lead down to what appeared to be the shore line, and the other way lead to a very large mountain. "Which way?" Kazu asked.

Alice stepped forward and stared at the mountain. "There, that's the Land of the Sovereigns."

"Wait a second," Kazu protested, "Half the Sovereign's army is on our butts, and you want me to go where they live?!"

"Dad told everyone to meet up there," Kasumi said.

"All right!" Kazu shouted, "Let's do it!" He started running up the path towards the mountain. "Come on!" he shouted, "Hurry up before I change my mind!"

Miki sighed as the ground started running after him. She turned to face Alice, "And this is the guys you're in love with?"

"I told you it was an accident!"

Makuramon and Chatsuramon were kneeling in front of the Sovereign Zhuqioamon. "What is your progress on searching for the missing Catalyst?" the phoenix asked.

The dog spoke first. "Our information indicates that the Tamers have arrived in this world."

"So," the Sovereign said, "The Master Digidestined has returned."

"Yes, my lord," Chatsuramon said,"We believe that they have brought the Catalyst with them."

Makuramon cleared his throat. "I have sent Indramon to search for them."

Chatsuramon chuckled. "Just don't foul up again."

The monkey growled at him. "Don't forget, I found the journal!"

"But you failed to take all the copies that Alice McCoy had!" the dog growled,"You've failed too many times, banana-breath!"

"You're one to talk. You've done nothing but send the other Devas to their death! And besides, at least I don't smell every time it rains!"

"Enough!" Zhuqioamon shouted,"You two will work together to return the Catalyst to me!"

The two Devas bowed. "Yes, sir," they both said.

Rika glanced up from the campfire as Renamon appeared. "I've search all over the area, but I cannot find anyone else. We are alone."

The Digimon Queen sighed. "Well, we can only hope that the others landed together." She stood up and dusted off the back of her jeans. "Well, Master Kamiya told us to meet up at the Land of the Sovereigns, I guess we'd better head there."

The Tamer and her partner began to walk through the thick fog. Well, Renamon walked, but Rika hobbled on her un-injured ankle. "Renamon?" Rika asked.

"Yes?"

"Do you know the way to the Land of the Sovereigns?"

"No Rika."

"Oh."

The two walked in silence until the fog became less thick and they were aware that they were walking through a maze of Stonehenge-shaped rocks. Renamon suddenly ran up closer to Rika. "Someone's here! Up!"

The Digimon Queen turned her head to the sky.. On one of the shorter rocks sat the Dark Master Digidestined Hakkado. "Greetings."

Rika quickly grabbed her D-Arc. Hakkado held up his hands. "No, no, I am not here to fight you."

The teenager glared at him. "Then what are you here for?"

"I have come to offer you that which you seek the most."

Rika turned to glanced at her partner. "Do you know what he's talking about?"

Hakkado growled slightly. "You desire power, do you not?"

Rika smirked as she crossed her arms. "And what if I do?"

Hakkado smiled. "I can give you that power."

Rika dropped her arms. "You can?"

Renamon stepped forward. "Rika, be careful." The teenager ignored her and stared at the Dark Master Digidestined.

"Well?"

Hakkado smiled slightly. "You've seen my Tamers, Barker and Lambert. You've seen the power they posses, but you...I can do much with your hidden powers."

"My...hidden powers?"

"Yes, you mean Kamiya never told you? You were born on a very special day, perhaps the most important day in the history of the Digital World. The day Malomyotismon was destroyed. On that day, the gates between both worlds were open wide, allowing digital energy to flow freely to Earth. You were born when the Digital World was visible in the night sky. In a way, you were born from the Digital World, like Renamon. You two were literally made for each other. As such, you have a power hidden deep inside you. I can bring it out."

Rika stared at the ground, her open palms closing slightly. She looked to stare Hakkado straight in the eyes. "I know that there is always a price."

He chuckled. "Yes, I cannot give you this strength for free, you must perform a service to me."

"What?"

"Kill Kamiya and his Tamers!"

Rika gasped. "M..Master Kamiya? I...I..." She stared at the ground again. "What do I do?"

Renamon placed her paw on the Digimon Queen's shoulder. "Whatever you decide Rika, I will be behind you."

Rika was silent for a long time, before taking a deep breath. She stared back at the Dark Master Digidestined. "I don't like it, in fact, I hate it! But if you can make me powerful enough to defeat Master Kamiya, then I'll do it!"

Hakkado held out his Dark Digivice. "Then relinquish your soul!"

The ground beneath Rika and Renamon caved out and the two found themselves falling into a sea of darkness. An image appeared behind them, one of a massive digimon, with a black torso and a large diamond shaped bottom that had claws sprouting from all side. Above them, Hakkado laughed with delight.

Across the Digital World, Guilmon suddenly noticed that Takato was stumbling as he walked up the tunnel to the Land of the Sovereigns. "Takato, are you all right?"

"Y..yeah," he said, placing his hand on his forehead. He had to lean back against the wall,"I..I just feel weird all of a sudden."

"What's wrong?" Jeri asked, placing her hand on his shoulder.

"It's..it's Rika," he gasped, "Something's happened to Rika."

"Rika?" Henry asked,"Is she dead?"

The goggle-wearing Tamer shook his head. "No, no it's nothing like that. It feels...I know this is going to sound weird, but it feels like she's not all there."

"Like she split in half?" Terriermon bounced up and down.

"Like something's missing, like...everything that makes her..her isn't there."

"You mean her soul?" Jeri asked.

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean! It's like her soul is gone."

"I'm sure she's fine...." Henry started, but Takato cut him off.

"No, something's wrong with her, something's very, very wrong."

Deep in the wastelands of the Digital World, the ground began to quake and tear apart. A figure shot up through the cracks, with a glowing yellow aura surrounding it. It appeared to be a human female, wearing yellow and black armor. She had long flowing white hair and carried a staff. When she spoke, it was in not one voice but two.

"This is incredible!" she laughed,"I've never felt power such as this! I am invincible!" She started flying across the land, "No longer am I Rika or Renamon! Look upon your new queen Digital World, I am Sakuyamon!"

to be continued...

Next: Sakuyamon reaches the others and sparks are going to fly! And when Megidramon reappears, will the Digital World be destroyed? Or can Takato control his rage? Find out next!

By the way, I need to know Makuramon's attack in the English dub. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

Well, school's going to be starting up again in a few weeks, and I want to get to a certain point in this story before I get bogged down again. So, I've been doing nothing but writing in all of my free time. I've discovered that if I don't do anything except for writing, I can get a chapter out pretty quickly.

I know all you Rika fans probably hate me, but please keep reading, and don't stop reviewing. I'm one of those author's that really, really like reviews.