Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Mystic Digital War ❯ Chapter 14: Power Play ( Chapter 14 )

A young woman with curly blond hair held a microphone close to her mouth as she spoke,"Zis is Catherine DeGual reporting live. For zose of you juzt joing us, ze city of Modem waz under attack from a group of so called Dark Digidestineds, while zome of ze Digidestined and Digital Warriors went to fight Apocalymon in another zity, ze rest stayed behind to try and save ze city. During ze battle, Oikawa was captured by ze Dark Masters, only to find out zat zey had kidnapped ze missing children. While ze other Dark Digidestined, Digidestined and Digital Warriors fought each other, Oikawa came face-to-face wiz ze true Dark Masters, an elderly man named Lucifer, partner of Piedmon, and two children, Mora, partner of Puppetmon, and Bizzard partner of Machinedramon. Lucifer zaid zat Oikawa had zome strange particles in hiz blood that gave him power, zo Lucifer transfered zat into ze unconsious children.

Kari returned to zaver her little brother, but juzt az zhe was about to make her move, Rika appeared.

Chapter 14: Power Play

Kari pressed herself as flat as she could against the roof of the truck, trying not to be seen. Rika didn't seem too interested in the area around the truck, only what was inside, as she was staring straight at the driver, Puppetmon, with his ten-year-old partner, Christina Mora. "What is she doing here?" Kari thought, laying as flat as she could,"Who is she, what does she want?"

Rika had her arms crossed and her face twisted in a scowl. "Quit cowering inside that piece of metal, and get out here!"

"Listen to her," her Digimon said, appearing behind her,"If you don't, I will destroy that truck!"

"Now, now, there is no need for that," Lucifer said, stepping out from a small door in the side of the trailer, with Piedmon behind him,"Here we are, we are now here.":

"Where is the other one?" Rika asked,"The one called Bizzard?"

The white-haired ten-year-old stomped out of the door and stood beside Lucifer.

"Where is Machinedramon?" Renamon asked.

"There is no way he could have fit inside such a small space, don't you think so?" Piedmon asked, pointing to the trailer of the truck.

"Hmm, I guess you're right," Renamon said,

"Enough with the talk," Rika snarled,"Hand over Ukyo Oikawa and the children."

"What?" Kari thought,"Why does she want them?"

"Why do you want them?" Bizzard asked.

"My reasons are my own," Rika said, glaring at him,"hand over Oikawa, hand over the children!"

"Yes," Lucifer said, walking closer,"Of course, Miss...?"

"Nonaka," Rika said, smiling slightly," Rika Nonaka."

"Yes, of course Miss Nonaka," Lucifer said, bowing slightly," First, let me say that you have tremendous power, I can feel it. Your Digimon can reach the Mega level, can't she? You must be an incredible Digidestined for her to be able to reach that level."

Rika smirked. "Flattery will get you nowhere." Her smile faded,"Hand over Oikawa and the children, now! I will not ask you again."

"Of course," Lucifer said,"I will be right back." He started walking towards the small side door in the truck trailer. "I don't know who this girl thinks she is," he snarled when he entered the truck,"but she is not going to get Oikawa, not until the process is complete."

He looked to the ground and saw Oikawa still curled up, moaning in pain as dark lightning shot from his helmets and into the children's helmets. "There is no telling how powerful that girl's Digimon really is, and I do not want a battle as long as the transfer is in process."

"What should we do then?" Bizzard asked.

"I don't think that Renamon would let us escape so easily," Piedmon said,"Even if we tried to escape we will have to fight her."

"Then we must stall until the transfer process is complete," Lucifer said.

"How?" Piedmon asked,"That girl doesn't seem so eager to talk about her problems."

"Ferdenel, you stay here and monitor the process. He mentioned to the small door that lead to the driver's cab of the truck,"Tell Christina and Puppetmon to remain here. Piedmon and I will handle this."

Bizzard nodded. "Good luck."

Lucifer took a deep breath, then walked back outside. "Well?" Rika asked,"Where are they?"

"I apologize," Lucifer said, bowing,"but I cannot give you Oikawa."

Rika's eyes narrowed. "You've got one more chance."

"Let me explain," Lucifer said, placing his hands together,"You see, Oikawa is currently being used as a part of a transfer process, and if we disturb him, the children might die."

"Do you think I care?" Rika asked,"Either the children die now, or after I get a hold of them. Give them to me!"

"I can't do that," Lucifer said,"I need the transfer process to be complete!"

"This is your last chance," Rika said,"Give me Oikawa and the children."

"No."

Rika sighed, then nodded at her Digimon. "Renamon, you know what to do."

"As you wish, Rika," she said, slowly walking forward.

"What do you think you're doing?" Piedmon asked, reaching for his swords.

"I am going to destroy the truck," she said simply,"And kill all those inside."

"No!" Kari shouted, jumping off the truck.

"Gatomon armor digivolve to Lynxmon! The Fires of Courage!"

Lynxmon landed hard on the ground, her flames leaping across her body. Kari jumped off the roof of the truck and landed next to her Digimon partner. "Kari Kamiya?" Lucifer asked,"Is that you?"

"Who are you?" she asked, before noticing Piedmon standing behind Lucifer, "P-Piedmon? So, what I heard was true, you really are alive!"

"That is correct," he grined,"And this is my Digidestined partner, Lucifer."

Kari stared at the old man, then at Rika. "I'm more concerned in who you are!"

Rika smiled, and uncrossed her arms. "Well, well, well, Kari Kamiya, I must say, I've waited a long time to meet you."

Kari studied Rika for a couple seconds before giving a reply. "Who are you?"

"I am Rika Nonaka," she said.

"But who are you? I know that you've attacked Matt, but why? Why are you here, doing this now?"

"I attacked General Ishida for reasons of my own," Rika snapped,"And I am here now to destroy this truck to make sure that those children do not infect others are they are destined to do!"

"My little brother is inside that truck," Kari said,"And I'm not going to let you hurt him! Lynxmon, attack!"

Renamon took a step back, then charged forward. "Renamon digivolve to Kyuubimon!"

T.K. slowly shook his head from side to side as he stared at the burning city. "Apocalymon was here, alright. This is definitely his handiwork."

"How can he keep doing this?" June asked, horrified as she stared down at the destruction from Aquillamon's back. "Why does he keep doing this?"

"He wants the Zhuqioamon Stones," T.K. said,"Or rather, the last Zhuqiaomon Stone."

"Do you think he's found it yet?" Noriko asked, riding up on Kuwagamon.

"I don't know," T.K. said,"I guess there won't be a way of knowing until we find him....if we find him."

"Of course we will," Izzy said, flying over on Megakabuterimon,"We have to. We can't let him escape any longer."

"I wish we could get some kind of definite clue to his location, instead grasping straws," Noriko sighed.

Suddenly, a loud scream blasted from the city below them. Everyone looked at each other. "Let's go!" T.K. said, as Aquillamon flew off.

"I wish I had a million bucks!" Noriko shouted to the sky as Kuwagamon followed Megakabuterimon and Aquillamon.

Devimon growled in pleasure as he beginning to chase a small Yokomon. The In-training Digimon was running as fast as she could, but Devimonmon soon was right behind her. She turned around and watched in horror as the virus Digimon lifted his claw and slashed down.

Devimon watched with extreme pleasure as the Yokomon was about to destroyed. Suddenly, a figure grabbed the Yokomon and brought her out of harm's way, seconds before she would have be killed. Devimon looked around, then to the sky. No one was there. He then turned his gaze to the ground. He saw Ninjamon standing a few feet from Devimon with Yokomon in his arms.

"Go Ninjamon!" June shouted from her position on the sideline. Ninjamon placed the Yokomon down, and she ran off.

Devimon's face growled in displeasure. "I am going to cut this weed!"

"Not so fast!" Patamon yelled, flying towards them,"Patamon armor digivolve to Stegomon!"

The armor pointed his tail at Devimon and fired his sharp spikes. They shot forward and ripped through Devimon's fist. "Ahh!" he shouted, holding up his damaged arm.

"Give it up, Apocalymon," T.K. said, standing beside June,,"Stop this destruction!"

Devimon raised his arm. "Fell the Touch of Evil!" His fist stretched from his hand and slammed Ninjamon and Stegomon into an adjacent building. The two Digimon groaned and fell to the ground.

"Hah!" Devimon laughed, as Devimon's claw retracted,"Is that the best you've got?"

"Mask! T.K.!"

"I see that it isn't," Devimon said, watching the Digital Warriors with their Digimon run into view.

"Mask," Izzy said,"I thought we agreed that we wouldn't engage in battle unless the whole team was here. Devimon is too strong."

"You have no idea,"he grinned,"Let's get this started."

Paildramon hissed as a sharp pain shot through his abdomen. LadyDevimon chuckled to herself as she pulled her fist out of his stomach. "I'm sorry," she laughed, "Did that hurt?"

He growled at her then slowly floated away from her. She laughed, and was about to grab him with her long claw, when Shakkoumon appeared behind her and slammed into her head with his fists. She twirled around and shoved her claw into his chin. He was in extreme pain, but was able to push her into a building roof. He took a deep breath, then went after Paildramon.

Shakkoumon opened the symbol on his armor, then fired a barrage of spinning circles at the dragon Digimon. Paildramon spun around in the air to avoid being hit.

"Hey!" Ken shouted, as his Digimon flew up and began to attack Shakkoumon,"I thought we were trying to stop the Dark Digidestined?!"

"I told you at the beginning," Cody shouted back,"I am going to stop both you and the Dark Digidestined."

"Hey!" the red headed seven-year-old shouted from her own building roof,"I have a name! I know your names!"

"No one was talking to you, Azuna!" Cody snapped.

She crossed her arms, then stared at the battle. "Get them, Lady Devimon! Rip them apart!"

"Jeez!" Davis thought,"I never thought a little girl could be so...cold, so...evil? No, I don't think she's totally evil, just...misguided. Still, it sends a shiver up my spine. I don't think Kari could ever be like that, jeez! I'm doing it again! I'm thinking about her again, Kari. Why does she keep entering my mind? Well, that's easy, it's because I care for her, and I love her. I have since the day she was born, when I couldn't sit still in the waiting room, waiting for her to be born...arg! That's not my memory, that's Tai's! I thought that having the memories of a Digidestined Warrior would be cool and exciting, and it was, until I met his younger sister. Now I can't tell if I love Kari because of me, or because of Tai. Ahh, I wish I could just figure it out!"

Davis looked up just in time to see Paildramon duck to avoid a punch from Shakkoumon, then was slashed from behind by LadyDevimon. "She's killing me," he muttered as he floated towards the roof,"I'm not very good at this." Ken had his hands out to Paildramon, trying to find something to say, but words weren't coming to his mouth.

Up in the air, Lady Devimon and Shakkoumon began to battle. Azuna smiled as her Digimon slashed upward and rip her claw into his chin. Shakkoumon floated backwards, moaning in pain. "Did that hurt?" Ladydevimon asked, laughing.

"Not as bad as this will!" Shakkoumon shouted, firing a beam of light from his eyes, throwing her into a nearby building.

She growled, then shot forward, ready to rip Shakkoumon apart, when Paildramon shouted out,"Hey guys! Heads up!" Both Digimon turned their heads and saw Paildramon floating in the air, with his two gun barrels pointed at them."Desperado Blaster!" Both barrels shot a barrage of bullets towards the battlefield, the left gun slamming into Ladydevimon, with the right one blasting Shakkoumon.

"Ha!" Davis laughed,"Take that you two!"

"I don't think that you'll be able to laugh for very much longer," Azuna said, her crest starting to glow,"My Crest of Wisdom is activated by my inner strength, my determination! You are not going to win!"

Ladydevimon recovered from Paildramon's attack, then shot forward, ripping her claw across Paildramon's face. She felt Shakkoumon sneak up behind her, and duck just in time to avoid being slammed in the back of her head. Unfortunately, Shakkoumon's fist pounded into Paildramon's face. Cody's Digimon reached with his other hand and grabbed Paildramon at the top of the head and flung him into the fleeing Ladydevimon, sending them both onto a roof.

Joe clung to Zudomon's shell as Megaseadramon rammed into him, seconds later Marine Devimon's tentacle slammed into Zudomon's face, knocking him back. The massive shelled Digimon took a deep breath, the pounded Megaseadramon in the side of the face with his hammer, sending him soaring away, then grabbed Marine Devimon's tentacle and flung it aside.

"Come on," Michael said, as his Digimon straighten himself out,"We've got to finish this battle quickly, Kari isn't going to be able to hold off the Dark Masters for long.She's going to need our help."

Megaseadramon nodded. "I'm doing the best that I can."

"I know, I know," Michael said, lightly patting his head,"but we've got to fight."

"We will," his Digimon said, lurching back,"And we will!" He shot forward and blasted his electrical attack into Marine Devimon, but was pounded in the side by Zudomon's hammer.

Megaseadramon glared at Zudomon, then flew to attack him, but felt something hit him in the side. When he turned to look, he saw Marine Devimon grinning at him, his tentacle starting to move back towards him. The hovering water serpent hesitated for a second, debating who to attack first. He decided that Zudomon was only trying to fight him, while, if given the chance, Marine Devimon would kill everyone in Modem City. He pulled his head back, then fired his attack. "Thunder Javelin!"

Marine Devimon quickly wrapped his other tentacle around Zudomon and pulled him front of Megaseadramon's attack, electrocuting him. "D'oh!" Michael said, slamming his head,"Well, that went well."

"Too well," Marine Devimon muttered, as he flung the limp Zudomon to the side,"Now that he's out of the way, let's get this over with, hmm?"

"Who said I'm out?" Zudomon suddenly said, jumping to his feet. "Vulcan's Hammer!" he shouted, crashing his hammer into the ground, firing two red arrows that slammed into Megaseadramon and Marine Devimon.

"Hold on guys," Michael thought,"We're doing the best we can. Please hold on."

"Kyuubimon digivolve to Taomon!"

The Ultimate Digimon swung her paintbrush around and slammed Lynxmon in the side of the head, bringing her to the ground. The fire Digimon jumped back into the air and charged forward, catching Rika's Digimon off guard. She threw her to the ground, her claws digging into Taiomon's shoulders."Why are you doing this?" Lynxmon asked.

"Doing what?" she asked, struggling to get back on her feet.

"Why are you so intent on destroying the truck?" Lynxmon asked,"There are innocent children inside."

"I am well aware of that!" Taomon shouted, pushing Lynxmon off of her and getting back on her feet,"and believe me, it gives me no pleasure knowing that, but if those children escape, then the world will be doomed."

"What is your Digimon talking about?" Kari asked, staring at Rika."

The red-headed girl turned her head and stared straight at Kari, her arms still crossed, "That is our affair!"

"Your affair....Your affair?!" Kari shouted,"You're about to kill my little brother, not to mention a dozen other children, and its your affair?"

Rika smirked. "I don't recall asking you, or your little brother to come to Modem. I could have handle everything by myself! I don't need the help of any of the Digital Warriors!"

"Why?" Kari asked,"What did we do to you?"

"It's too long a story," Rika said, softer,"Regardless, I'm here now, and I am going to defeat you. I'll beat one Kamiya while I still have the chance!"

"Why do you hate us so much?" she asked.

"For all you've done to my family," she said,"You deserve it!"

"Nonaka?" Kari asked,"I've never even heard it before today."

Rika smirked at her. "You're suppose to be really bright, you figure it out."

Kari hesitated for a second, then realized she wasn't going to give her a straight answer, so she turned her attention back towards the battle. Taomon was running circles around Lynxmon. Kari's Digimon spotted Taomon and jumped forward, her flaming claws ready to strike, when Taomon suddenly vanished.

Lynxmon landed, and started to look around. "Where is she?" Lynxmon muttered, swinging her head from side to side. "Where is she hid-ahh!" She was suddenly pounded from behind by Taomon's foot. The fire Digimon stumbled forward for a second, then spun around. She shot forward, but Taomon disappeared again. Lynxmon figured that she was going to appear behind her again, so she quickly spun around, but she was too slow. Taomon's foot still connected with her, sending her into the ground.

A few feet behind the battle field, seated inside the driver's seat of the Dark Master's truck, Mora had her face pressed against the windshield, watching the battle. "Lynxmon isn't doing so well."

"No," Puppetmon said, resting on the steeringweel,"she's not, but, who should we be cheering for?"

"Hmm, you have a point," Mora said, leaning back against the seat.

"It doesn't matter who wins," Piedmon said, leaning inside the cab,"just be ready to drive as soon as the transfer process is complete. We can't risk moving the truck now that it has stopped, it might damage the process. As long as it was in motion it was fine, moving it suddenly could damage the children, and we need their energy."

Puppetmon nodded. "As soon as you give the word, I'll gas it!"

Piedmon nodded, then looked to the battle. "I just hope they don't move over this way."

Lynxmon jumped for Taomon again, and again she moved around behind her before Lynxmon could blink. "It's no use!" Kari shouted,"Lynxmon, she's too fast for you! You need to change forms!"

"Right," Lynxmon said, glowing for a second, then shrinking back to Gatomon. "Now you're in for it! Gatomon digivolve to Angewomon!"

Rika slightly raised her eyebrow as Angewomon hovered into the air. "What can she do that's so special?" she muttered.

Taomon wasn't going to wait to find out. She grabbed her paintbrush and charged forward, using it as a sword to attack Angewomon on the side. Angewomon, however, grabbed her scarf and pulled it as tight as she could, using it to block the paintbrush. She brought her foot up and kicked Taomon in the stomach, then the two Digimon jumped apart.

"You're strong," Taomon said.

Angewomon smirked,"Thank you, but we're not here to discuss me, are we?"

"No," Taomon said,"We're not." She raised her paintbrush, then slashed it forward, "Talisman of Light!"

Angewomon saw the incoming attack, then placed both of her hands together. "Heaven's Charm!"

Both of the energy attacks slammed into each other in the center of the battlefield, illuminating the city block in a burst of light. When the light faded, both combatants remained completely unharmed.

"This battle has gone on long enough," Rika thought,"The longer we fight, the greater the chance becomes that we will have the kill the children. We've got to end this now." Rika looked up and shouted,"Taomon! We can't keep this battle going on forever! Reveal your full power!"

"As you wish," Taomon said, jumping in front of Rika. Her body shifted and turned back into Renamon. Rika held up her Digivice, and her body seemed to glow, while Renamon stood firmly on her two feet. "Renamon bio-merge to Sakuyamon!"

A glowing image of Rika exited her body and merged with Renamon, shifting her into what looked like a woman wearing yellow and black armor. Kari and the Dark Masters were gasping. "How..how did you do that?" Lucifer asked Rika"You're standing right there, but, I saw you merge with your Digimon. How..how did you accomplish that?"

Rika smiled. "We use to have to complete merge with our Digimon to reach the Mega level, but a friend of mine was able to modify our Digivices so that an energy clone of ourselves would do. Plus..." She opened her trench coat to reveal a light blue globe pendant that was hanging around her neck, resting against her white t-shirt.

"What is that?" Kari asked.

"This is a physical manifestation of the Digital World called an Essence. This is the Essence of Luna. Each Essence is connected to a Crest, this one, however, was made from the destroyed remains of the Essence of Ice. The rest of us use Essences also."

"What do you mean 'we'?" Kari asked.

"Enough questions, get then, Sakuyamon!"

Devimon's arms were crossed as he stared at the Digidestined and Digital Warriors. He looked at Izzy on Megakabuterimon, Yolei on Aquillamon, Mina and Meramon, Noriko on Kuwagamon, T.K. and Stegomon, and June and Ninjamon. He tried to stop himself, but he couldn't help it, he started laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Yolei snapped,"Don't you know who you dealing with?"

"Yes," Devimon chuckled,"And that's what's so funny."

"Stop laughing!" T.K. shouted,"You think it's funny that you killed all these innocent people? Huh? Is that what's so humorous to you?"

Devimon turned to him. "Ah, it seems I've struck a chord with you, young Takashi."

T.K. clenched his fist. "We're going to stop you here and now, Apocalymon."

"Don't bet on it!" Devimon shouted, firing his fist forward and pounding Stegomon in the face, knocking him to the side.

"Let's get him guys!" Izzy cried, as Megakabuterimon fired his attack. Devimon saw the Horn Buster, and jumped into the air, dodging the attack. Ninjamon was ready with her sword, slamming it down on Devimon's head. Unfortunately, the evil Digimon reached up and grabbed her, throwing her aside. Kuwagamon opened his pincers and managed to trap Devimon's arm in them.

Noriko turned to Mina,"Okay, it's your turn!"

Mina nodded and turned to her Meramon. "You know what to do." Her Meramon started firing a barrage of fireballs at Devimon. The evil Digimon, however, flung Kuwagamon around, making him his sheild as Meramon's fireballs blasted into Kuwagamon's back.

"He's creaming us with our own attacks," Noriko muttered as her Digimon fell to the ground.

Aquillamon stepped into battle, firing his Blast Rings at Devimon, who simply moved out of the way, the Blast Rings destroying an abandoned building. "Darn it!" Yolei shouted,"He's too fast! We can't even touch him!"

Megakabuterimon shot towards Devimon while his back was turned, intending to slam him into the ground. Devimon, however, turned around just in time. He grabbed Megakabuterimon by his horn and pounded him into a building.

Aquillamon and Ninjamon decided to team up. Ninjamon jumped onto Aquillamon's back and the two of them soared upward. The giant bird dive bombed Anteiramon. Ninjamon threw his spinning stars and Aquillamon opened his mouth wide. "Blast Rings!" Devimon saw the two attacks coming and used Megakabuterimon as a shield.

"Megakabuterimon!" Izzy called out as his Digimon fell to the ground.

"We're sorry," Aquillamon said, landing.

Megakabuterimon lay at Anteiramon's feet. He looked around,"Who's next?"

Meramon jumped in front of him. "I am! Fire Ball!" Devimon quickly brought his arm in front of his body and deflected the twin attacks..

Aquillamon then decided to give it another try, by ramming into Devimon. "Grand Horn!"The evil Digimon held out his hands and grabbed Aquillamon's horn, stopping his momentum. Aquillamon flapped his wings, trying to move forward, but Devimon was holding him down. "This is too easy," he laughed.

Megakabuterimon suddenly jumped up, pointing his horn directly at Devimon's face, his eye looked at the horn for half a second. "Horn Buster!" Devimon was thrown forward, destroying what buildings were left.

"Great job!" T.K. shouted. He turned to his Digimon,"Okay, Stegomon, we need someone with a little more power and mobility."

Stegomon nodded. "Right, I gotcha." He glowed for a second, then shrunk back into Patamon, his Armor of Friendship shooting back into T.K.'s D-terminal. "Patamon digivolve to Angemon!"

Devimon screamed as he shot out of the pile of debris, the right side of his face turned completely red. "How...dare....you?!" he screamed,"How dare you?! I am Apocalymon! I am the Holy Destroyer! No one can do that to me! You are all going to pay!"

He shot back towards the battlefield, his claws extended. He was about to rip Megakabuterimon's face apart, when Angemon appeared before him, slamming him with his staff. He raised his fist and pounded Devimon's face, throwing him into another building. "An angel type, huh?" Devimon said, rubbing his jaw,"I was no aware that the Digidestined had Digimon of such incredible power. Truly, the angel types are one of the strongest types of Digimon, possibly the only type that are stronger are the Holy Warrior types." Devimon grinned,"But, Angemon, you are not as strong as you think you are."

Angemon didn't say anything. He pulled his fist and shot it forward,"Hand of Fate!"

Devimon laughed, and shot his fist forward as well. "Hand of Fate!"

"What the-?" Angemon shouted, too shocked to move out of the way of Devimon's attack. The beam of light pounded into Angemon's face, sending him into a destroyed building.

"He...he just used Angemon's attack!" T.K. cried, "How did he do that?"

"That's not all I can do!" Devimon laughed. He raised his fingers and pointed it at Megakabuterimon, "Horn Buster!" Izzy watched as his Digimon was hit by his own attack, regressing him to Tentomon.

Devimon turned to Meramon. "Fire Ball!" He then shot into Ninjamon with a barrage of shooting stars, then his hands turned into two large claws and sliced Kuwagamon. Mina, June, and Noriko watched in horror as their Digimon turned back to Rookies.

"We're getting creamed with our own attacks!" Izzy cried.

"How is he using our attacks?" Tentomon buzzed, hovering over to Izzy.

"Your attacks?" Devimon smirked,"Let me ask you this. Am I using your attacks, or are you using mine?!"

"What?" Kunemon asked,"what's that suppose to mean?"

"You smart, you figure it out!" Devimon started looking around. "Well, where I once saw an Angemon, a Meramon, a Megakabuterimon, a Kuwagamon, and a Ninjamon, I now see a Patamon, an Agumon, a Tentomon, a Kunemon and a Alruamon." He looked at Yolei and grinned,"Aquillamon is the only one left."

"He's right." Yolei thought, sadly,"What are we going to do? Apocalymon even beat Angemon! Angemon! We've got to fight him, we can't let him get away. He'll kill more innocent people. I can't let him do it, I can't! I can feel the screams of the dead, all those fallen people, gone. I can feel their spirits leaving, I can feel their pain!"

Suddenly a bright light burst from Yolei's chest. Looking down, she saw a square shaped pendant emerge from underneath her shirt. "That's a crest!" Izzy shouted,"You've got a crest! Just like T.K. and mine."

"Which crest is it?" T.K. asked, amazed.

"The Crest of Empathy," Yolei said, smiling slightly, jumping off of her Digimon.

"Yolei," Aquillamon said,"Your Empathy is giving me strength, I can digivolve! Aquillamon digivolve to Sylphimon!"

Devimon smirked. "So you digivolved to Ultimate, big deal! You still can't beat me!"

"That's what you think," Sylphimon said, charging towards Devimon. The evil Digimon held up his hands, ready to block Yolei's Digimon, but, suddenly he vanished.

"What?" Devimon asked, starting to turn around,"Where did he..Ahh!" He suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. Spinning totally around he saw Sylphimon hovering in the air. Devimon shot to attack him, but Sylphimon vanished once again, only to appear slamming his foot into Devimon's back.

"Yes!" Yolei cheered, throwing her hands into the air,"You're too fast for him, Sylphimon! Get him!"

Sylphimon slammed his fist into Devimon's face, then, before the evil Digimon could retaliate, the Ultimate Digimon flew around behind him and cracked his leg across his neck. Then shot around in front and slammed him in the stomach, before twisting in the air and pounded him in the face. Sylphimon took a deep breath, then shot away from Devimon.

The evil Digimon glared at Sylphimon, hovering in the air, waiting for him to attack. "That Digimon is far too fast for me in my Champion form. I need to at least Digivolve to Ultimate, but I can't unless I find the Zhuqiaomon stones. Perhaps a hasty retreat is in order...but how....?" He looked at a building that was still standing, then grinned. He raised his fist, and fired an energy blast at the base of the building, causing it to slightly fall over. He grinned at Sylphimon. "Bye!" he shouted, flying off.

"No you don't!" Sylphimon shouted, flying after him. Yolei tried to warn him, but it was too later. The falling building crashed down on Sylphimon trapping him underneath.

"He got away," T.K. said, sadly,"We'll never find him now." He looked at the horizon, Devimon's laughter sounded through the twilight sky.

Matt finished typing a few more lines before resting his hands on the keyboard. "There," he said,"that's finally done."

"What's that?" Gabumon asked, walking up to his human partner's desk in the Digidestined's File Island Base.

"Oh, hi, Gabumon," Matt said, leaning back in his chair,"just writing my speech for my weekly address."

Gabumon nodded. "Have you found any research on this?" Matt asked, holding up a small, light blue ball.

"Actually, yes," Gabumon said, holding up a few pieces of paper,"Aparently, it's called the Essence of Ice."

"Essence of Ice," Matt said, looking at it,"What is it?"

"According to what was in the Digital World's library, an Essence is a physical manifestation of the Digital World. It gives the wearer the power to Digivolve."

"Really?" Matt asked, raising his eyebrow,"So, it is like a Crest?"

"I guess," Gabumon shrugged,"But, it's ancient. There are twelve more Essences, and they haven't been seen in over five thousand years!"

"Wow..." Matt muttered, his jaw wide open,"I..I don't believe it."

Gabumon nodded. "So, why do you have it?"

Matt was about to say something, when the door to his office flew open and Sora and Biyomon charged in. "Matt," she said, throwing a folder onto his desk with an angry look on her face,"We need to talk."

"S-sure," Matt said,"What's up, Sora?"

"I was just looking through our treasury, and I found that about five years ago we funneled a lot of money into something called "The Omega Project." I don't recall authorizing that, and you are the only other one that could have funded this project. What is it?"

"Um, I'm just as surprised as you are," Matt said.

"They aren't that group of scientists that I specifically told you to ignore, are they?" she asked, her eyes flashing with anger.

"Um, no," Matt stuttered.

"And who is Rumiko?" Sora asked, resting her hands on the desk.

"What?" Matt asked.

"Apparently she's some eighteen-year-old super model, that you've been giving money too!" she shouted,"Who is she? Why are you giving her money?"

"I...I.." Matt stuttered, trying to find the words to say. He was relived when his office door flung open a second time, and Derek ran in, leading a large group of Digidestined.

"What's going on here?" Sora demanded.

Derek looked at Matt and nodded. Matt smiled, then nodded back. He stood up in his desk and walked over to Sora. "Sora Taknouchi, " he said,"I am now taking command of the Digidestined. Your leadership has been brought into question by a large number of Digidestined, and we have decided that you are not as committed to the Digital World's safety as you should be. Taichi Kamiya and the Digital Warriors are criminals, and should not be ignored because of a bigger threat. You are no longer in command."

Derek cleared his throat, and spoke,"We have rounded up your loyal followers, which number less then ten, and have placed them in confinement."

Sora was gasping, trying to understand what had happened. She then turned to Matt. "You planned this, didn't you?!" she shouted as Derek handcuffed her,"We are finished, understand! Our relationship is over!"

Matt lower his gaze to the ground. "Odd," he said,"We've been a couple for seven years, yet, I..I don't feel at all remorseful." His thoughts quickly began to churn. "Could it be that...that I only wanted to date Sora, only wanted her as my girlfriend, because Tai loved her? Am I that shallow? What has Tai done to me? I must destroy him, then...then I will be free!"

He looked up to see Sora and Biyomon being lead away. Derek turned to Matt and smiled slightly. "Your secretary called us as soon as Sora charged into your office. She figured that there was going to be trouble. So, I know we were going to wait a little longer for the coup, but..."

Matt nodded. "It's okay, good job. Now, put all power and resources into the Digivice locator. Find Tai Kamiya!"

"This isn't going very well," Davis said, watching Megaseadramon being attacked by Zudomon's hammer,"We're not going to be able to help Kari if both Michael and us are stuck here!"

"You're right," Ken said, watching Paildramon's battle,"Those are the Dark Masters she's fighting, I don't think even with our help we'll be able to beat them."

Davis clenched his fist as he watched his Digimon dodge a punch for Shakkoumon, only to be slashed from behind by Ladydevimon's claw, ripping his skin away. Paildramon turned around, only to be attacked by Shakkoumon's Justice Beam, sending him falling into the open arms of Ladydevimon. She grabbed his shoulders and dug her claws deep into his flesh, grinning with pleasure. "Does that hurt?" she asked,"I bet all your friends are going to be jealous when they see these nail bites in your back, huh?"

"S..sorry," Paildramon hissed in pain,"I...I don't think there's much to get jealous of..."

Ladydevimon growled. "How dare you!" she said, digging even deeper. Shakkoumon fired his Hajina Bombs at both of them. Ladydevimon heard them coming, and she spun around, Shakkoumon's attack nailing Paildramon alone, causing the dragon Digimon to shout out in pain.

"There's no way he's going to win," Ken said, "We've lost."

"No!" Davis said,"We can win! I won't accept defeat! We will win!" Suddenly, he noticed a light streaming from beneath his shirt.

"We'll need a miracle," Ken muttered, then noticed Davis's shirt.

"Then that what we'll need," Davis said, looking to the sky.

Paildramon's body suddenly started to glow. "What the heck-?" he asked, as Ladydevimon was suddenly shot away from him in a burst of gold light.

"What are you doing?" she screamed.

"I don't know," Paildramon said, looking at his fists,"But, suddenly I feel a whole lot stronger!" He extended his blades from his wrists, then shot forward. He swung one blade across Ladydevimon's stomach, then used his other blade to slice Shakkoumon's chest. As the two Ultimate Digimon were trying to recover from the burst of pain, Paildramon attack with his Desperado Blaster, hitting both Digimon square in the face, sending them towards their human partners. Ladydevimon glowed for a second, then turned into a black cat, who landed gracefully in Azuna's arms. Shakkoumon shrunk into Armadillomon, and crashed into the building roof inches away from Cody's feet. Paildramon, however, landed behind Ken and Davis.

"Hey guys," he said,"How did I do that?"

"I..I think it might have been me," Davis said, pulling a gold pendant from under his shirt,"With this!"

"A crest?" Ken asked,"You have a crest?"

"Yeah," Davis said,"The Crest of Miracles."

"Well, it's certainly a miracle that I managed to win that fight," Paildramon said, taking a deep breath,"Hey, maybe we should go help Megaseadramon."

"Right," Davis said, jumping onto Paildramon's shoulder, and pulling Ken to the other side,"Let's go."

"Hold on," Ken said, looking down at Cody and Azuna. Both humans were trying to treat the injuries that their Digimon sustained while falling. Azuna was cradling her Digimon in her arms, while Cody was ripping parts of his shirt off to wrap around Armadillomon's legs. Ken hesitated for a second, then reached into his pocket and pulled out two small packets. He threw one to Azuna, and the other to Cody.

"Give those to your Digimon," he ordered,"There a special vaccine program that I created. It is like aspirin, except for Digimon. It should help the pain."

Azuna nodded. "Here, Black Gatomon, take it."

"Armadillomon," Cody said,"here, this should help."

"Ken," Davis said, looking at him,"You're really kind."

Suddenly, Ken's shirt started glowing. His face was completely surprised as he pulled a crest from under his shirt. "The Crest of...Kindess?" he asked, turning to Davis, who smiled.

"I think it suits you," he grinned.

Ken returned the smile. "Let's go." Paildramon nodded and flew towards the river front, where Michael, Joe, and the Dark Digidestined Lambert were fighting.

"Michael!" Davis shouted,"We're here to help you!"

Michael looked up from Megaseadramon's back and smiled. "Great, we could use it" His smiled faded,"Wait, I have a better idea!" He reached inside his pocket and pulled out an object, which he threw at the two Digidestined. Davis caught it.

His face was in shock. "Is this..the Crest of Courage?"

"Yes," Michael said, as Megaseadramon was dodging attacks from Marine Devimon and Zudomon,"When Kari and Izzy went to check out Apocalymon, she gave it to Izzy, and he gave it to me when he returned to the city. She'll need it now to stand a chance against the Dark Masters. Give her the crest, hurry. Megaseadramon and I will get there as soon as I can. I'm counting on you."

"Don't worry, man," Davis said,"We'll do it."

"Right," Ken nodded,"Let's go Paildramon. Find Kari and Gatomon."

"I'm on it," Paildramon said, flying forward,"I think they went this way..."

"Good," Michael said, as his Digimon dodged another jab from Marine Devimon's tentacle,"Kari should be fine now, she's got the Crest now...her crest... Let's try to end this so we can give her a hand."

Megaseadramon nodded, then hovered higher in the air, as Zudomon's hammer flung underneath him. "I've got an idea," Michael's Digimon said, stopping his movements.

"What are you doing?" Michael asked,"We're a sitting duck!"

"Just wait," Megaseadramon said, turning so the tip of his tail was facing Marine Devimon. He smiled when he felt the water demon's tentacles grab his tail. He took a deep breath, the flew forward, twisting around so he flew back towards Marine Devimon.

"What's this guy doing?" Lambert asked from his Digimon's shoulder.

Megaseadramon flew as close as he could to Marine Devimon's face, then shot up and over his head and around his body, twisting into the tentacles. Megaseadramon felt the tentacle's grip loosen, and Michael turned around. Marine Devimon was now wrapped up in his own tentacles, binding his arms close to his body. He tried to step forward, but only succeeded in falling into the water. "Yeah," Michael said, "Great job." He turned and saw Joe on Zudomon,"Now we've just got to get rid of him."

"Wait!" Joe shouted,"I..I give up. We won't fight you."

"Really?" Michael asked.

Joe nodded.

"Cool!" Michael said,"Get to Kari."

"Yeah!" Megaseadramon shouted, flying after Paildramon.

Joe watched until they were out of sight. "Do you think that was a good idea?" Zudomon asked.

"I hope so," he sighed. He looked towards the water and saw that Marine Devimon had disappeared. "I think the Dark Digidestined have had enough. Let's get Cody, then get back to Daruna's base."

Angewomon crashed into a building wall, Sakuyamon grinning at her. Kari held her breath as her Digimon flew back into the air. She flew as high as she could, then dive bombed Sakuyamon, her fists crashing into the human part of Sakuyamon's face. Rika's Digimon stumbled backwards, but was able to block Angewomon's next attack with her staff. She flung Angewomon aside, and back into another building.

"Don't give up, Angewomon!" Kari cried,"You can't let her win!"

"I won't, Kari," her Digimon said, flying back towards Sakuyamon. She pulled her fist back and shot it towards Sakuyamon's face, but the fox digimon blocked it with the top of her staff. Before the angel digimon could react, Sakuyamon placed the bottom end of the staff behind Angewomon's left leg and pulled forward. Kari's Digimon flipped over, her stomach towards the sky and her back to the ground. Sakuyamon jumped up slightly and brought her elbow into Angewomon's stomach. She landed into the ground with a loud bang. Sakuyamon brought her foot back, then sent it forward, kicking Angewomon, hard. The angel Digimon skidded across the ground where she crashed into a pile of garbage cans.

"This is really bad!" Kari thought,"Angewomon isn't going to be able to hold out much longer. Oh, I wish that I had my Crest of Light...no...no, I am the Digidestined of Courage now, I have the powers of Courage. I wish I had the Crest of Courage. Yeah, I wish I had the Crest of Courage!"

"KARI!"

"Huh?" she said, swirling her head around,"Davis? Ken?"

Davis smiled as he and Ken rode over on Paildramon. The Master of Courage reached his hand back, then shot it forward, throwing something towards the Kamiya sister. "Kari, here, catch!"

Kari jumped up and caught the object. "It's the Crest of Courage!" She smiled and turned to where her Digimon was climbing out of the garbage piles. "Angewomon! I have the Crest of Courage!"

"Right," Angewomon said, nodding,"I understand." She started glowing, then changed back to her Rookie form, Salamon.

"What's going on?" Rika demanded,"Are we fighting or not?"

"Yes," Kari said, dropping the crest around her neck,"We are. I always used the Crest of Courage before to simply activated the Crest of Light, but, I am no longer the Digidestined of Light. I wonder what will happen if I just use the Crest of Courage! I was always afraid to use it before, but, I'm not afraid now!" The crest started glowing brightly. "Yes!" she said, "Salamon...!"

"Salamon digivolve to..." She digivolved quickly to Gatomon, then to Angewomon, before shooting into the air. Her clothes melted away for a second before a sheet of metal appeared over her body. It melted and formed over her body, covering her waist and legs, and her breasts, leaving her stomach bare. Her wings became metallic and shot out in 90 degree angels. A weapon appeared before her, looking like two javelins put together at the handles. She grabbed the middle and held it close to her. "...Orphanimon!"

Kari's new Mega Digimon floated towards Sakuyamon. All the on-lookers were gasping, amazed at the warrior angel in front of them. "Wow," Kari said, looking at the Crest of Courage. "Yes, I understand." She smiled slightly. "If I had to picture a 'War' Angewomon, she'd look like that."

Sakuyamon, however, was not impressed. She held up her staff and charged forward. Orphanimon blocked with her javelins. Both Digimon tried to use her own weapon to overpower the other. Sakuyamon became tired of this and swung her leg around into Orphanimon's feet, making her fall to the ground. Sakuyamon brought her elbow into Orphanimon's stomach. Kari's Digimon quickly shot up into the air, hovering over Sakuyamon. Orphanimon raised her weapon into the air, then pointed it down, firing a white light into her opponent, crating a blast of light and smoke. Orphanimon hover in the air, waiting for the smoke to clear. When it did, she saw Sakuyamon standing in a small crater, her armor brushed and cracked in various places.

"Quite fooling around!" Rika ordered.

"Yes, Rika," Sakuyamon said. She raised her staff and quickly fired a lightning blast into the air. Orphanimon easily moved out of the way, but moved right into Sakuyamon's second energy blast.

"Oh no!" Kari shouted as Orphanimon crashed into the ground. Sakuyamon walked over and placed her staff into Orphanimon's stomach. She grinned and brought her heeled boot up and into the lower part of Orphanimon's face, the place where her helmet didn't cover.

Paildramon had landed next to Kari, leaving the Dark Masters alone in the corner. "Even as a Mega," Puppetmon said,"Kari's Digimon is still losing."

"She's newly Digivovled," Piedmon said,"She's has the power, but not the skill to use it."

Bizzard jumped out of the side door of the truck. He ran up to Lucifer and whispered something in his ear. Lucifer nodded. "The process is complete," he whispered to the others,"Puppetmon, leave the truck. Help us get the children out of the trailer, and we'll put them back in their homes, where they'll remain until we come for them later."

Puppetmon and Mora nodded. "Right."

As the Dark Master slowly and silently began to remove the children, the battle between Orphanimon and Sakuyamon continued. Orphanimon overpowered Sakuyamon's foot and jumped onto her feet. She brought her javelin weapon down, but Sakuymon blocked it with her staff. The fox Digimon pushed the javelins away and slammed her staff into Orphanimon's face. Sakuyamon jumped over Orphanimon to attack her from behind, but Orphanimon grabbed Sakuyamon's long hair and began twirling her around.

"Hey!" Rika shouted to Kari,"That's not fair!"

"Slamming her heels into Orphanimon's face wasn't fair either!" Kari shouted back.

Orphanimon swung Sakuyamon around three times, before Rika's Digimon slammed the end of her staff into the ground. She was then able to swing around and slam her foot into the side of Orphanimon's face. The two fighters then jumped to both sides of the battlefield and stared at each other.

The Dark Masters noticed the pause in the battle. "I don't think we're going to get away with this," Mora whispered, peeking out of the back door of the truck trailer,"I think they've stopped fighting."

"We've only got the Kamiya brat and Oikawa left," Lucifer said,"We'll make it, We'll..." He trailed off as he stare into the night sky, and saw a serpent creature flying towards the battlefield. "Isn't that...?"

"Kari! Davis, Ken!" Michael shouted as Megaseadramon landed. Sakuyamon and Orphanimon turned their heads to look at the blond haired Digidestined. Rika, dropped her arms and stared at him.

"Michael!" Kari said, breathing a sigh of relif,"Thank goodness you're here! Look out behind you!"

Michael spun around and saw Lucifer walking towards him with Piedmon. He was smiling. "Peter," he said,"I thought I would never see you again."

"P-Peter?" Michael asked,"What are you talking about?"

"That's the human partner of Piedmon!" Kari said,"Be carefull."

Lucifer's smile faded. "Ah, my Nerieds told me that you weren't aware of your true identity."

"What?" Michael asked, his heart starting to beat faster,"You know who I really am?"

"Yes," Lucifer said, nodding,"You are Peter Nerez, and your Digimon is really Metalseadramon, you are the fourth Dark Master."

All the color faded from Michael's face."W-what?"

"Michael?" Kari asked, walking towards him, only to have Piedmon step around from behind Lucifer.

"You stay where you are," he said, reaching for his swords.

Kari turned her head towards her Digimon. "Orphanimon! Finish that fight quickly, we may need your help over here!"

Orphanimon nodded, and was about to charge Sakuyamon, when she noticed two streams of light appearing on the roofs of two of the buildings that made the perimeter of the battlefield. "What the-?"

Sakuyamon looked confused, then spun and started gasping. "Rika," she said,"They're here."

"What?" Rika asked, turning to see the lights. "Great!"

The two streams of light faded to reveal four figures, two on one roof, and two on the other. One was a dark-haired boy with a dog creature at his feet, the other boy had a robotic creature behind him. "What are you doing, Rika?" the first boy asked.

"You're going to screw everything up!" the second boy shouted,"Its like I said from the beginning, you are nuts!"

"What's going on?" Davis whispered.

"I have no idea!" Ken whispered back.

Rika clenched her fist. "I am handling this my way!" she shouted.

"Your way is going to screw everything up, you idiot!"

"How dare you talk to me that way!" Rika shouted back,"Don't forget who am I?"

"Oh," the second boy said, pretending to be sorry,"I didn't mean it, Your Highness!"

"Princess," the first boy said,"You know what this is going to do! Please, don't do it."'

"I will prevent what's going to happen, my way!"

"Then we'll have to stop you," the first boy said, he reached for his Digivice. Rika saw that the second boy was doing the same.

"Fine!" Rika sneered,"Let's go, Sakuyamon." Her Digimon nodded and walked towards her human partner, regressing to her Rookie form. A stream of light similar to the lights behind the two boys appeared in front of her.

Rika stared up at the two boys," But mark my words, one day you will bow before your Princess!" She gave Kari one last look before walking into the stream of light, seconds before it vanished.

The two boys looked at each other, then disappeared into their own light streams.

"What just happened?" Orphanimon asked, looking at Kari.

"I think we just won," Kari said,"Wait, Taisuke!" She turned to run towards the truck, only to see it suddenly drive off. "No!"

Above them, the Dark Masters were floating in the air. Lucifer laughed from where he was holding onto Piedmon. "My work is done, Oikawa and your little brother were the only child left in that truck. Fare well." He was laughing as the Dark Master vanished in the night sky.

"Taisuke!" Kari shouted, running after the truck,"Orphanimon, stop it!"

Her Digimon was about to fly after the truck, when it suddenly exploded a mile away from them. Kari felt her heart slip into her stomach. "No...no....Taisuke!"

"Oh no," Davis said, walking towards Kari, tears starting to form in his eyes,"No, he was so young...."

"Look!" Ken shouted,"There's someone there!"

Kari and Davis looked up at the flames and smoke and saw a large figure walking out of the fire."Figures that he'd survive," Davis said,"It's not fair that Oikaw lives, and..wait! He's carrying something in his arms."

Kari looked up and saw Oikawa and Daitiramon quickly walking out of the flames, with two figures flung over his shoulders. He ran over to Kari and laid both figures down in front of her. "Taisuke!" Kari shouted, kneeling down. She looked up at Oikawas' face. "You...you saved him, why?"

Oikawa stood up. "He is just a young boy, he doesn't deserve any of this." He grabbed Daitiramon and started to walk away.

"Hey, wait!" Ken shouted,"What happened in that truck?"

"Let him go," Kari ordered, lightly running her hands over her sleeping brother's face, "All I care about is that my little brother is okay."

"How is he?" Izzy asked, looking at Taisuke, who was sleeping on the couch in the alley the Digital Warriors were calling their base.

"I'm not a doctor," Kari said,"But, I think he'll be fine. He's just sleeping."

"That's good," Izzy said, then mentioned to the figure that was seated on a rotted armchair,"How is Michael?"

Kari sighed. "He hasn't talked to anyway scine....Izzy, what if he really is a Dark Master? What...should we do?"

"I...I don't know," Izzy, looking at the ground. He looked back up and saw Davis walking towards them."Well, this was a long day, and I'm going to get some sleep."

"Okay," Kari said,"Good night."

Izzy walked past Davis, smiled slightly, then walked over to one of the couches. Davis returned the smiled, then walked towards Kari. "Hey."

"Hey," she said, staring at the night sky.

"How are you doing?" Davis asked,"How is Taisuke?"

"He's just sleeping," Kari said, looking down at the ground.

Davis nodded. It was now or never. He took a deep breath, then spoke. "Listen, I..I was really worried about you, when you were off by yourself..."

She paused for a second, then turned to look at him. "Were you really?"

Davis nodded. "Yeah, really." He saw that Kari was waiting for him to say something else, so he cleared his throat. "When I found Tai's Digivice, and received all of his memories, I thought that it would be cool, you know, I had his memories, his Digimon and Digivice, I could take on Arukennimon and Oikawa, I could beat them." He sighed. "It wasn't cool though. I never knew how hard it would actually be, living like a nomad, constantly fighting. Plus, the way Tai's memories surfaced in me, half the time I wasn't sure who I really was. Sometimes I wasn't sure whether his memories were making me feel certain ways towards certain thing, or it was truly me. Es..espically when it came....to....you...."

"W..what?" Kari asked, her eyes staring at Davis's eyes.

"I...I feel things towards you, for you, ever scince we met at Arukennimon's weapons factory, but, I wasn't sure whether it was because of Tai's feelings for you, or my own. Tonight...tonight..I'm sure..that...the l-love I feel towards you, is not from Tai's feelings, but my own. I love you Kari."

He paused, waiting for Kari's reply. The young woman could only stare at Davis, her mouth opening and closing a few times, but no sound came to them. "D-Davis," she finally said, "I...I don't know what to say. I....."

"You don't have to say anything," Davis said, sadly,"Just..Just..."

"Master of Courage, Daisuke, Davis," Kari said, smiling slightly,"You have so many names, but..but I don't care what you call yourself, because I...I guess I care for you too...I guess I...I love you..."

She looked away from Davis's gaze towards the ground. "I mean, I guess, I started to li-love you at the factory also, but, I think I suppressed it, because I...No, that's doesn't matter now." She looked up at Davis, smiling,"I am here now, with you, that's all that matters. And I do love you."

She reached up with her hands and pulled Davis's head to hers, their lips locked together. He pulled away and wrapped his arms around her body, then noticed the other Digital Warriors sleeping in the alley. "Let's go somewhere quiet," he whispered.

Kari grinned. "I'm right behind you..."

Tai was sleeping peacefully for once, thanks to the sleeping pills Anna had bought for him. He was not experiencing any terrifying nightmares, or painful memories. He was in a sound, dreamful sleep, but, that did not last. He was unexpectedly thrown out of his bed on onto the floor. "What happened?" he asked, jumping onto his feet.

"Tai!" Agumon shouted, running into the room.

"Agumon, what's going on?" Tai demanded.

"We're under attack!" Agumon shouted, leading Tai down the hall,"Anna and Unimon are trying to protect us, but they're not going to last long."

"Who?" Tai asked, running to the door of the safe house,"Who is attacking us?" Agumon flung open the door and Tai looked outside just in time to see Anna and Unimon thrown into a large tree that was in front of the house.Tai turned his gaze away from his fallen friend to the attacker, who was standing a few feet in front of him, his arms crossed, his blond hair blowing in the breeze, and a sinister smile on his face. Tai's eyes narrowed as he glared at his enemy.

"Matt...."

Matt has found Tai, and he doesn't want to talk about past memories. Those two Digidestined have dissolved any such friendship that might have once existed between them, and they're ready to let their fists do the talking! Matt vs. Tai! Plus, choose your guesses for Rika's identity in this reality, because her past is going to be revealed. All this next!