Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Ressurection War ❯ DARK Seed: Warrior of the Sky ( Chapter 8 )

Davis here. Last time, a strange girl named Tatum appeared in front of Tk and told him not to let his past rule his future. The thing is, she knows him, but he has no idea who she is! Meanwhile, Ryo told Kari to head to a place where a Destiny Stone was hidden to find something called a Holy Weapon. That weird group, Dark SEED attacked us! We were trying to protect the stone when their leader, a kid named Hiroshi appeared and merged with his partner, Megaseadramon, using his own Holy Weapon! If Dark SEED destroys all of the Destiny Stones, then the Digital World is in serious trouble!

That time when I had a dream seems so far away………
I feel like crying more than anyone knows………
Too clumsy to convey my feelings………
I try to pretend to be strong………

But if I'm all alone in this world………
And love disappears instead of tears………
I won't hang my head, I'll fly away………
Tomorrow I'll be closer to that dream I held………

The journey is long and sometimes painful………
People are just so small………
My weakness suddenly makes me unable to see………
Even the meaning of my being here………

But if I clear my heart………
Someday I'll surely find a love I want to fill it with………
I won't give up, I'll fly away………
Tomorrow I'll get stronger for someone's sake………

But if I'm all alone in this world………
And love disappears instead of tears………
I won't hang my head, I'll fly away………
Tomorrow I'll be closer to that dream I held………

"Tomorrow I'll be…" Sora's Theme

Dark SEED: Warrior of the Sky

Tk placed a hand over his forehead to protect his eyes from the sun as he gazed across the mountain peak. His field of vision incorporated the remaining mountains in the hilly range, as well as the clouds floating along the digital sky. He glanced over to his partner. "Well, I don't see anything, do you, Patamon?"

The small, orange digimon used his large, bat shaped ears to hover over to his partner and land on his shoulder. He pointed one of his hoofed paws towards a trail that vanished into the mountain. "We should try down there."

"Sounds like a plan," Tk smiled as he traveled down the path to a small stone building, similar to a small, one room church, a large black tower resting on top. The teenage boy turned to Patamon. "Well, there's the Control Spire, but do you know what that building is?"

The winged digimon shook his head. "No, I don't have any idea."

Tk frowned as he stared at the massive tower. "You'd think I'd remember placing a Control Spire here."

"We placed a lot of Towers," Patamon said, then flinched. "I'm sorry."

Tk shook his head. "It's all right. This was our mistake, and we'd better fix it." He reached for his digivice. "Ready to destroy another one?"

Patamon nodded and waited for the familiar rush of white energy he came to know as digivolution, but, it never came. When he turned to give a questioning look to his partner, he found that Tk was staring at the small building underneath of the Control Spire. "Tk?"

"Something inside of that building…Its'…It's calling to me…"

"What?" he gasped, "What are you talking about?"

Tk walked towards the small church, almost in a trance. He opened the door and disappeared inside. Patamon shot after his partner and entered into a small room, with a lone alter resting in the center, a large, yellow egg resting on top. The teenager walked over and lightly lifted the egg.

"Tk, what is that?" Patamon asked.

The teenager stared at the strange symbol that was etched into the front of the egg. "Sincerity," he said, "I bet this is a Digimetal, just like the ones that the Digidestined have."

Patamon's face broke into a smile. "Really? I can armor digivolve?"

Tk nodded. "Yeah, I guess you can. Come on, let's test this thing out." They both ran outside of the building and stared up at the black tower resting on top. Tk held his digivice and the new Digitmetal in both of his hands. "Now, what did they say? Oh yeah, I remember. Digi-armor energize!"

Patamon felt a new rush of energy, similar to the feeling of digivolving, but somewhat less intense. "Patamon armor digivolve to Ponchomon! The Warrior of Sincerity!"

Tk stared in awe at the new form of his digimon partner. Poncomon was a large cactus digimon, wearing an equally large sombrero and an orange poncho. "Wow, is that you, Patamon?"

The digimon nodded. "Si, it is I, Ponchomon, an armor digimon! With my earth-based attacks, I can destroy any Control Spire!"

Tk grinned as he pointed at the black tower resting on top of the stone building. "Why don't you start with that one?"

"No problemo!" he replied, jumping onto the top of the stone room. He pulled his left arm back, then slammed his fist into the black tower. "Tequila Knuckle!" A large crack appeared in the side of the tower. He slammed his other fist into the crack, causing it to spread even farther.

He took a deep breath. "Third time's the charm!" He executed his attack again, slamming his fists even harder into the already weakened material of the Control Spire. The crack spread across the other three sides of the tower, causing it to fall to the ground in a mighty crash.

Tk nodded. "Great, only about a thousand more." His smile faded as he walked over to the edge of the mountain and gazed down at the pasture below him, littered with hundreds of Control Spires. He shook his head. "How could I have done this? How did I allow myself to do this?" He sighed again, "I don't even remember how those Control Spires work, what kind of a monster was I?"

"I thought I told you not to live in the past."

Tk twirled around and saw a familiar braided haired girl standing in the shadows of the setting sun. Behind her was a winged serpent that only served to make Tk feel another pang in his heart. "An Airdramon, is that your partner?"

Tatum nodded. "Yes."

"I'm sorry, I enslaved so many of them."

Tatum smiled again. "You still don't listen to anything I have to say, do you? Do not live in the past."

Tk shook his head. "It's not that easy."

She only frowned as she reached into her robe and removed a long object wrapped in cloth. "Here, this is for you."

Tk took the object and slowly unwrapped it to reveal an elegant sword. "What is this?"

"One of the five Holy Weapons of the Digital World," she answered.

Tk stared in awe at the weapon in his hands. "Why are you giving it to me?"

She smiled. "Because it's yours. You found it and gave it to me for safe keeping."

"I did?" he asked, lightly shaking his head, "I'm sorry. I really wish I could remember you."

Tatum smiled slightly. "I'm sure you will."

Tk stared at the sword in his hands. "I must have really trusted you to give you something like this."

Tatum nodded and pulled out a pendant that was hanging around her neck. "I was given this Crest of Reliability because of that trust."

"Reliability?" Ponchomon asked.

"Isn't that Joe's Crest?" Tk asked.

"When the original Digidestined died, some of their Crests went to different owners. The Crest of Courage is held by Kari, you have the Crest of Friendship; Ryo Akiyama holds the Crest of Knowledge; and I have the Crest of Reliability."

"What about Love?" Tk asked.

Tatum frowned. "That was one of the Crests taken by the dark powers and corrupted, along with Deception and.." She hesitated before saying, "Abandonment."

Tk just nodded. "So, Love is now Hate?"

"Yes, unfortunately." She smiled slightly, "They do say that there is only a thin line between them, but there are two more crests that you must know about."

"What?"

"The Crest of Miracles, that is held by Davis Motomiya, and the powerful Crest of Spirit that is held by Hiroshi, the leader of Dark SEED."

Tk frowned, "Dark SEED?"

"They are systematically destroying the Destiny Stones that help keep the Digital World in balance. You can't let that happen. Join the other Digidestined in their fight."

He hesitated. "I..I don't know.."

"You must," she said, "You can't handle it by yourself." She turned around and jumped onto Airdramon's back. The dragon gave a small roar, then flew into the sky. "Remember!" Tatum shouted, "Don't let your past rule your future!"

Ponchomon turned to Tk. "Well, what shall we do?"

Tk frowned as he stared at the sword in his hands. "I don't know."

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Hiroshi lightly tapped the arm rest of his throne as he stared at the group of digimon kneeling before him. The only other human in the room was standing loyally at his side; the only one he would even allow to stand in such a prestigious place, the faithful Yuehon. Her partner digimon, Candlemon, stood at her feet. His own partner, Penmon, was seated in his own small throne to the right of the Dark SEED leader's own.

Penmon, Yuehon, and Candlemon were not the problem; they were extremely loyally members of Dark SEED. They would not fail him, no, it was the four digimon kneeling before him. He glanced at each of the dark digimon, calling them out by name: "Skull Satanmon, Ladydevimon, Diaboromon, and Daemon. The infamous High Generals of Dark SEED, tell me, how goes the search for the Destiny Stones?"

Skull Satanmon spoke first. "The search continues, Master. We are shifting through many old legends to find their locations. We expect to locate the next one very soon."

"Excellent," Hiroshi grinned, "Now, for the matter of the Digidestined."

"No problem at all," Skull Satanmon grinned, "Why don't you just leave it to me?"

"Oh really?" Ladydevimon chuckled.

Skull Satanmon glared at her. "Really. Any one who'd be afraid of a couple of kids is a coward."

"A coward?" the devil woman snapped, "Have you forgotten that each one of their digimon partners has the ability to reach the Adult level? Not to mention that their leader's digimon can digivolve to the Ultimate level! How would you feel facing a Fully Digivolved angel?"

Skull Satanmon crossed his arms. "I am not afraid of any digimon!"

"Don't be a fool, Skull Satanmon!" Diaboromon yelled, "The threat those brats present are very real."

"I have to agree with Diaboromon," Daemon added, "Those digimon do present a threat, but I don't believe that they are something to be overly cautious about. Surely, I can handle them."

"Don't be so cocky," Skull Satanmon smirked, "All you do is blast and destroy. It's no fun killing your opponents so easily."

"I suppose you think you're the one to do it, huh?" Ladydevimon shouted.

"All of you, silence!" Yuehon ordered. The four generals instantly quieted and the Chinese girl turned to Hiroshi and bowed.

"Thank you," the Dark SEED leader nodded, "Dr. Yazuna has experimented on both Hikari Kamiya and Takeru Takashi, but there is still so much we don't know about their powers. Continue searching for the Destiny Stones, Yuehon, send a powerful digimon to Earth. I want to test those Digidestined's powers."

She bowed. "As you command, my lord."

Hiroshi nodded. "That is all."

Yuehon waved her hand. "You are dismissed." The four generals nodded and exited the throne room, leaving the two Chosen Children and their partners alone. The Chinese girl turned towards the Dark SEED leader. "Lord Hiroshi, which digimon should I send?"

"How about Marine Devimon? He's been getting restless lately."

She bowed. "As you wish, my lord." She and Candlemon exited the room.

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Yolei sat in her room, staring at a picture of Kari. She had taken the photograph during the brown-haired girl's last birthday. The two girls had gone to one of the amusement parks, a water park. The purple-haired girl could remember it well. Yolei insisted on wearing a cow-print bikini in order to capture the attention of the boys that were there. Yet, she could not remember any of the boys that she was sure were checking her out. All she could remember was the pink swimsuit that Kari was wearing. Was that because, even before she knew she was Sora and that Kari was Tai, part of her was attracted to the brown-haired girl?

She shook her head fiercely. "No!" she thought, "I'm not attracted to Kari on an intimate level! I'm a girl, but….Kari was Tai, and Sora was in love with him. So, does that mean I'm in love with Kari?"

She thought about the day that Kari and Yolei became friends, it was the first day of high school. The purple-haired girl was nervous about changing in the locker room; she was sure that one of the large senior girls was going to shove her into the toilet. Then she met Kari. She was amazed how easily the brown-haired girl stood up against the bullies. Since that day, the two girls had been the best of friends, but, was it only because of that connection? Was their entire friendship based on that relationship they both felt?
She sighed as she placed the photograph back onto her dresser. She laid down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. She closed her eyes and her mind took her into her previous life.

Sora watched with a feeling of supreme joy as she watched Tai run into Datamon's laboratory. From her place strapped to the metal table she watched with horror as the Digidestined leader ran over to the clone that the evil cyborg digimon had created.

"Sora!" Tai shouted, "Sora, are you okay?"

The lifeless clone continued to stare at him with emotionless, colorless eyes, "Sora, speak to me!"

"That's not Sora!" Biyomon shouted.

Tai twirled to the left and saw the red-headed girl strapped to the metal table, with the pink bird held in place on the wall with thick metal clams. "Huh?"

"That's just a copy!" the bird finished.

"Here, Tai," Sora said.

"And now that the copy is finish," Datamon chuckled, as a small robotic hand moved towards the clone with the tag and crest in its hands, "I will give her the magic crest and she will become the new Sora and do whatever I require of her."

"That's what you think you pile of bolts!" Tai shouted, grabbing the digivice and crest from the robotic hand.

"No, what are you doing? I cannot allow a mere boy to soil my plans for vengeance."

Tai charged towards the table where Sora was lying, but gasped in horror as the table and the floor below her vanished. She screamed as she fell into the darkness, but Tai slid across the floor, grabbing her arm before she could fall any farther.

Datamon chuckled as he walked over. "That is the center of Datamon's dark power network. Whatever falls in there is lost for all eternity." His hands grew longer and he squeezed on both Tai and Sora's hands. "And now, since I have no more use for the orginal."

"Tai!" Sora shouted, "Let me go, save yourself!"

"No!" he shouted, "I'll never let you go Sora, never!"

Yolei shot open her eyes. She could remember that day so clearly while other parts of Sora's life were a blur, but that moment was so clear. It had to be the most important moment of Sora's shot life, but would it become the worst part for Yolei Inoe?

On the other side of the city, Kari was experiencing similar difficulties as she stared at her own photograph of her water park birthday. She could clearly remember times when she felt a strange connection to Yolei, but she always thought it was just the fact that they were best friends. Could it have been more?

"And that's not my only problem," she thought. She sighed as she placed the photograph down and stared at her reflection in her mirror. She could clearly see that she was a girl, there was no question at all, yet, where were all of these male feelings and desires coming from? That was an obvious question, from her past life. The feelings and emotions she had experienced as Taichi Kamiya were overpowering her feminine qualities. Male and female feelings were clashing for control of her psyche. While she had never been attracted to girls before, she was beginning to notice feelings that were undeniable. Ironically, having these homosexual feelings flowing through her had augmented her own, heterosexual feelings. She had found herself staring at attractive male teenagers one second, then their girlfriends the next. She was so confused; was she the female Kari or the male Tai?

Nyaromon yawned as she looked up from where she had been sleeping near Kari's pillow. She stared at her partner until the brown haired girl turned around to face her bed and stared into the eyes of her partner. "What?"

"Have you been seeing Tai in the mirror again?" she asked.

Kari sighed. "You mean my real reflection?" She sat down and started to rub Nyaromon's head. "What am I gonna do? I'm so confused about everything! I don't even know who I am anymore!"

Nyaromon rubbed her head against Kari's thigh. "You're you, isn't that enough?"

The brown-haired girl continued to rub her head. "I know I'm me, but which me am I?"

"You're right," Nyaromon said,"It is confusing."

Kari smiled slightly and rose to her feet. She walked over to her closet and pushed a few dresses and skirts out of the way to reach a series of cubbies built into the wall. She made certain that her mother was not going to walk into her room before reaching into one of the cubbies and pulling out the artifact that she had acquired yesterday, the powerful Holy Weapon.

"What are you doing with the Holy Lance?" Nyaromon asked.

"Ryo told us we could use it to read the mega level. All we have to do is figure out how to use it."

"Hiroshi knew how to use it," Nyaromon pointed out.

Kari frowned. "Yeah, I know."

"Sorry, didn't mean to make you upset."

The brown haired girl shook her head. "No, it's okay. If Hiroshi can use his weapon so skillfully, then we're gonna have to figure out how to use mine."

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Jun sighed in annoyance as she knocked on her brother's door for the hundredth time. "Da-vis!" she shouted. And for the last ninety-nine times, she did not receive an answer. She would have given up except that the beeping noise was keeping her from sleeping. She kicked the door open and jumped inside, only to find that her brother was snoring loudly in his bed. "Davis!" she screamed, kicking him in the shoulder. He jumped awake.

"What? What?" he gasped, then stared at his sister. "Ahh!" he screamed. Jun had her hair wrapped in a green towel and her face was covered in a green substance.

She frowned and shook her head. "What now?"

"Sorry," he panted, "For a second, I thought I was looking at a space alien."

She huffed and crossed her arms. "For your information, this keeps my beautiful face angelic and heavenly."

This time, Davis sighed. "What do you want?"

Jun pointed to his desk. "Your stupid pager thingy is ringing! Although I can't image you'd be able to find anything in that mess." She walked out of the room and slammed the door behind her.

Davis frowned as he found his D-terminal underneath of his school clothes and opened the metal covering to reveal his Inbox. An urgent instant message from Gennai was blinking on the screen. "Davis, Dark Seed is moving towards the Destiny Stone of Fire! I need you to lead a team to defend it!"

"Why me?" he responded, "What about Kari?"

"Trust me, you need to be there! Go now, before it's too late! Enter the Digital Gate, and you'll be transported there! Hurry!"

Davis sighed as he closed the lid and called out to his sleeping partner. "Veemon, get up! We've got to go to work."

The two partners entered through the Digital Gate and arrived in an area that was a circle of erupting volcanoes. Fault lines ripped along the ground as geysers of fire exploding from the ground. The sky was covered by billows of thick smoke that caused Davis and Veemon to fall to their knees and choke as they breathed in the air.

"Veemon," Davis hacked, "Where are we?"

"I think it's one of the Volcanic regions!" the blue digimon responded.

"It's okay," a familiar voice said, "Take a few breaths and you'll be okay."

The two did as they were told and found that they were able to breathe much better. Davis saw a human hand reach out to him and took a hold of his own outstretched hand to pull him to his feet. He gave a smile to the other person. "Thanks Derek."

"No problem mate," he smiled in return.

Davis looked around the area once again. "So, where's the Destiny Stone?"

"Over here," the Australian digidestined said, "Follow me."

Davis and Veemon ran after Derek and Crabmon as they ran through the volcanoes and exploding tremors until they reached a larger volcano with a large floating stone hovering above the mouth. "That's gotta be the Destiny Stone," Veemon commented.

"Here's the others," Derek mentioned to the base of the volcano. Catherine, Floramon, Ken, Veemon, Cody and Armadillomon were standing guard.

"Where's Kari?" Ken asked.

"And Yolei?" Cody added.

Davis shrugged. "I asked Gennai, but he didn't tell me anything. I guess we're on our own. No problem, I can handle this."

The others all rolled their eyes. "What?" he asked, "Hey, Ryo told me I was the heir to Taichi Kamiya! That's why I'm wearing his goggles."

"Then zose belong to Kari," Catherine said.

Davis considered this for a few minutes, then shook his head. "You know, you're right. What did Ryo mean when…?"

"Hey," Cody shouted, "Look! I think Dark SEED's coming!"

The other digidestined shot their eyes to where their younger member was pointing. A large force of Numemons were traveling along the ground while a group of Bakemon came flying in from the sky. "All right," Davis said, grabbing his digivice, "Digivolve!"

"Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"

"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"

"Floramon digivolve to Kiwimon!"

"Crabmon digivolve to Coelemon!"

Cody grabbed his D-terminal. "Digi-armor energize!"

"Armadillomon armor digivolve to Submarimon! The Reliable Guardian of the Sea!"

Exveemon lead the other digimon into battle by smashing his way through a group of Nuememons. Stingmon followed closely behind him and used his glowing saber to slice the Bakemon's in half. Kiwimon kept her feet firmly planted on the ground and shot her bird shaped daggers into the Nuememons, throwing them into place for an assault by Coelemon and Submarimon. The five digimon working together soon decimated the invading army to only a few surviving members who were too scared and frightened to continue fighting.

"Ha!" Davis laughed, "We sure showed them!"

Cody gasped. "Um, Davis, I think maybe we've got a bigger problem."

"What?" he asked, still grinning.

Cody pointed to the sky. "Him."

Davis twirled his head to the night sky and his smile faded. A large dark creature was hovering in the air and landed on the ground. This dark digimon stared at the Digidestined, but smiled when he saw the goggle wearer. "You! I remember you!"

Davis gulped. "Hey, Exveemon, isn't that…?"

"Yeah, that's Diaboromon, the guy that we buried when that church collapsed on him," Exveemon paled.

"That's correct, Motomiya, isn't it?" he chuckled, "What luck, I can destroy the Destiny Stone of Fire and kill you at the same time."

All of the digimon leapt in font of their partners. "You're not going to get passed us!" Exveemon shouted,

Diaboromon chuckled. "I beg to differ. Web Wrecker!"

Each one of the digimon were hit so hard and at such close proximity that each one except for Exveemon were thrown back to their rookie forms. The blue dragon rose back to his feet and clenched his fists. "Wanna try that again?"

Diaboromon chuckled as he held up his hands, which were covered by two spiked gauntlets. "Maybe I should rip you apart with these."

"Let's see ya try!" Exveemon shouted, running towards him with his fists outstretched. He began to pound Diaboromon with his blue knuckles, but the evil digimon simply shrugged each one off. When Exveemon had driven himself to exhaustion, Diaboromon slammed him in the face, causing him to fly onto his back.

"Exveemon!" Davis shouted, "I know you can do it! Don't give up!"

Diaboromon chuckled as one of his arms suddenly stretched like an elastic band. Exveemon quickly dodged out of the way, but he was not the mega's target. The dark digimon stretched his hand over to where the Digidestined were standing and wrapped his gauntlet hand around Cody. The digimon tried to free him, but the youngest digimon was soon at the mercy of Diaboromon.

"Cody!" Armadillomon shouted.

"Don't any of you move!" Diaboromon warned, "Or this one gets it, understand?"

"Don't worry about me," Cody struggled to say under the pressure of Diaboromon's grip, "Exveemon, stop him."

The blue dinosaur remained in place. "What do I do?"

"You couldn't stop me anyway," Diaboromon grinned, "Now, I don't want any distractions while I destroy that Destiny Stone, so everyone just stay out of my way!"

"You've got to protect that stone," Cody said, "It's a thousand times more important than me! You've got to protect the Destiny Stone!"

The night sky was suddenly illuminated as Cody's digivice actived and showered the volcanic area with the light of digivolution. "Armadillomon!"

"Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!"

The new ground digimon charged forward and head butted Diaboromon, throwing him off balance and allowing Cody to escape his grip. The youngest digidestined quickly ran over to where the others were standing. After he made certain that he was not injured, he turned to where his new partner was standing. "Armadillomon?"

"That's right Cody, I am Ankylomon, a Champion digimon. And I'm going to stand by Exveemon's side as he fights Diaboromon."

The evil digimon smirked as he stared at both of the newly digivolved Champions. "Do you honestly believe you can stand up against me? Ha ha ha! You're both in for a surprise! Cable Crusher!"

His arms once again shot forward like two elastic bands with his spiked metal gauntlets on his hands. His right hand smashed into Exveemon, while his left hand headed for Ankylomon. The large dinosaur jumped into the air and executed a back flip, bringing his spiked tail down onto his arm.

"Tail Hammer!"

Diaboromon compensated by swinging his right arm, with Exveemon still in his grasp, into Ankylomon. Both digimon were thrown into the next nearest volcano. The evil mega did not waste any time and leapt to the top of the volcano containing the Destiny Stone of Fire. With simple ease he fired blasts of energy from his chest. "Web Wrecker!"

"The Destiny Stone!" Cody shouted.

The magic stone of fire was shattered, sending small bits showering over the volcanic area. Diaboromon snatched the large boulder that was in the center. He grinned as he stared at the digidestined stared up at him. "You are nothing, you can't fight against Dark SEED!" He chuckled, "Farewell."

"No!" Davis shouted as the evil mega vanished in the sky.

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While Davis and company were battling Diaboromon in the Digital World, a new threat was ready to appear on Earth. An ocean liner was making its way to the harbor of the city, that is, until a large white tentacle flew up out of the water and wrapped itself around the large sea vessel. The captain quickly ordered everyone to the escape vessels. The passengers had all escaped seconds before the boat was torn apart. The passengers watched in horror as a massive black creature emerged from the depths. "What the heck is that thing?" the captain shouted.

Back in her room, Yolei sighed in anger and slammed her fist down onto her desk. "What's wrong?" Hawkmon asked.

"I hate math!" she growled, "I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! I don't understand why we have to learn this! It's so stupid!"

"But Yolei," Hawkmon argued, "It's one of the essential skills for life. Even digimon are taught simple math."

"I bet your teacher wasn't as bad as Mrs. Kawaza," Yolei sighed. She leaned back in her seat and looked out her window. When she did, she stared as a large black creature thundered by. "Uh, Hawkmon, what was that?"

Inside of the Kamiya apartment, Kari was playing with her computer. Nyaromon was sitting on the desk, adding her own advice as her partner controlled the figure on the screen, making it run through the dark forest, attacking the monsters and ogres that were leaping out at it.

"No!" Nyaromon shouted, "To the right, to the right! No..no, go to the left! Attack him, no, jump, jump, attack…"

Kari gave an exasperated yell as her computer warrior was destroyed. A large GAME OVER appeared on the screen. She gave her partner an icy glare and the cat digimon slunk back. "Sorry."

She was about to start a new game, when her mother knocked on her door. "Kari?"

The brown-haired girl quickly closed the game window and maximized the window containing her word processor, which had her school report open. "Yes, Mom?"

"The phone is for you. Keep it short."

"Yes, Mom," she said. She ran over to the telephone. "Hello?"

"Kari! It's Yolei, why are you home?"

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"A giant digimon is attacking the city!"

"What?" she gasped.

"Yeah, just follow the trail of destruction and the screaming people! I'll meet you there."

A few minuets later Kari and Nyaromon were running down the street, pushing through the sea of people running in the other direction. No one seemed to notice the brown haired girl or the strange bouncing ball running behind her, but Kari was well aware of the destruction the people were fleeing from, as well as the cause of that destruction. Both Kari and her partner could clearly see the massive beast that was staring down at them. "Nyaromon, who's that?"

The invader spoke answered before Nyaromon could speak. "I am Marine Devimon, I come from Dark SEED."

Kari frowned. "Them again?"

"Prepare to be destroyed!" Marine Devimon growled.

Nyaromon bounced forward as Kari's digivice began to glow. "Nyaromon digivolve to Salamon!" She continued to the charge towards the dark digimon, "Salamon digivolve to Gatomon!"

Marine Devimon swung his white tentacle in an attempt to flatten the white feline, but she gracefully leapt out of the way. The water demon's tentacle smashed into the ground, shattering the sidewalk. Gatomon landed on the white tendril and climbed up to reach Marine Devimon's face. She gave a swipe with her claw and succeeded in creating a giant claw mark on his face. The devil gave his shoulders a fierce shake, which caused Gatomon to lose her balance. Kari called out her partner's name as she fell to the ground. The white feline was saved when a familiar brown feathered bird caught her and gently brought her to the ground.

"Halsemon?" Kari asked. She turned around and saw Yolei running towards her. She felt a strange feeling in her heart, a deep longing for the purple-haired girl, but she fiercely shook that feeling from her body. "Yolei?"

The taller girl nodded. "Right. Halsemon, are you ready to cream this guy?"

"You got it!" the armored digimon replied. "Gatomon, are you ready to attack this guy together?"

The feline grinned. "Yeah, let's do it."

Halsemon flew up to Marine Devimon's face and fired two red beams from his eyes directly at the demon's face. "Eagle Eye!" The head of the aquatic digimon was thrown back slightly, allowing Gatomon to began to pound his face repeatedly. The devil digimon slammed his head into Gatomon, throwing her, once again, towards the ground. Halsemon tried to fly after her, but Marine Devimon executed his Acid Ink attack, covering Halsemon in a black slime.

"Halsemon!" Yolei shouted. Her partner crashed into the ground and was covered in a bright light, shrinking back to his Hawkmon form.

"Oh no!"

Yolei turned to Kari when she heard her friend call out. Gatomon was attempting to climb up Marine Devimon's leg to reach the devil's face, but the aquatic demon repeatedly through her down. "I've got to evolve her to Angewomon, it's the only way."

Yolei sighed. "I wish I could help her. This is just like our past lives, Tai was always rescuing me, always saving me, from Datamon to Mammathmon to Whamon. I just wish I could help!"

Her digivice suddenly became to glow brightly. Kari turned to her, too distracted to concentrate on making her crest glow. "Yolei?"

The purple-haired girl nodded. "Yeah. Hawkmon…!"

Hawkmon flew towards Marine Devimon. "Hawkmon digivolve to Aquillamon!"

Kari and Gatomon both gasped at the new Champion digimon that was flying towards Marine Devimon like a missile. Both of his horns glowed as she sped directly towards the demon's chest. "Grand Horn!"

Marine Devimon was directly in his chest, throwing him off balance. As he stumbled backwards, he swung his hand out and grabbed a hold of the large bird. He was able to regain his balance and smash Aquillamon into the ground.

Kari remembered her previous mission and grabbed hold of her digivice. Suddenly, their demonic opponent's head went flying backwards as a beam of white light crashed into his face. The two humans and their digimon twirled around and gasped as they stared at a hovering man with large white wings. "Is that an angel?" Yolei asked.

"He's Angemon," a familiar voice responded, "He's my Champion partner."

The two humans and their digimon moved their attention to the sidewalk to see a familiar blond haired boy. "Tk?" Yolei gasped.

"But how do you have an angel partner?" Kari gasped, "What about Devimon?"

"Now's not the time," he said, running over to them, "We've got to stop Marine Devimon! I can help!"

"Why should we trust you?" Gatomon growled.

"Yeah?" Aquillamon replied.

"No, it's okay," Kari said, "I believe him."

"Kari?" Yolei asked, "Are you sure?"

She nodded. "Yeah. Trust me."

The purple-haired girl nodded. "All right."

The blond haired boy turned away from the two girls and pointed to Marine Devimon. "All right, Angemon, attack!"

The angel man pulled his glowing fist back and then shot it forward, firing another white beam. "Hand of Fate!" Marine Devimon was too slow to successfully block the attack, and he was hit again. He stumbled backwards and his left fist crashed into one of the evacuated apartment buildings. A large I-beam was jarred lose and fell to the ground, heading straight for Kari.

"Look out!" Tk shouted, pushing her out of the way. The I-beam smashed into the ground and fell harmlessly onto the street. By saving Kari, Tk had inadvertently landed on top of her. He did not seemed affected by this, however, as he looked into her eyes. "Are you okay?"

She nodded. "Y..yeah, I'm fine. Thank you."

Tk jumped back up and helped her onto her feet. "Okay, Angemon!" he shouted, "Just be a little more careful this time! Kari, Yolei, if all three of us attack at the same time, we should be able to beat him!"

"Aquillamon?" Yolei shouted.

"I'm ready, Yolei," the large bird nodded.

Gatomon looked over her shoulder, waiting for her partner's approval. "Kari?" The brown-haired girl did not respond, she was staring at Tk with a lost look in her eyes. "Kari?!"

She snapped back to attention. "Yeah, go for it, Gatomon."

The white feline nodded and jumped onto Aquillamon's back as the large bird followed Angemon to begin their assault on Marine Devimon. As the their digimon combined their attacks to battle the colossal demon, Kari could only stare at Tk.

"He saved me! He could have just stood by, but he saved me! He puts on a strong face, but I can tell how much he's hurting inside. He feels so guilty for what he did as the Digimon Emperor, but he doesn't know why he did it. He's so determine to make up for his past though and…Oh no! Am I getting a crush on Tk? But..he's the reborn Matt! I can't have feelings for him, can I?"

She was brought back to reality when she heard Yolei and Tk cheered for their partners. She turned around and watched as their three digimon executed a perfect three sided attack. Aquillamon attacked first by slammed the aquatic demon in the chest with his Grand Horn, and then Gatomon increased the devil's injury by swiping at his wound with her Lightning Paw attack. Finally, Angemon executed his Hand of Fate attack, smashing a beam of white light through his chest. He screamed in pain before his data exploded apart. The three Champion digimon lowered to the ground, regressing to their Rookie forms.

Yolei cheered for her partner and Kari grinned as she lightly scratched Salamon's head. "Great job." She turned to look at Tk, but found that he and Patamon were already leaving. "Wait!"

He turned around. "Yes?"

She placed a piece of paper in his hands. "I think we should talk about your past, and our forgotten memories. Why don't you call me sometime and we can discuss it?"

Tk nodded. "Sure." He turned and disappeared in the night. The brown-haired girl turned around and walked over to where Yolei and Hawkmon were waiting. Neither girl said anything for a few minutes before they both blurted out.

"Kari…"

"Yolei…"

They stopped and Yolei mentioned to her. "Go..go ahead. You first."

Kari nodded. "We really need to talk, about everything that's going on…about us."

Yolei shook her head. "I…Yeah, we need to. "

Loud sirens started to blast through the city. "We'd better go," Yolei said, "We'll talk later.

Kari nodded as she watched the purple-haired girl run off. "Yeah."

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"Marine Devimon failed?" Hiroshi asked.

Yuehon nodded. "Yes, Lord Hiroshi, but we did discover that Takashi's digimon has the ability to digivolve to the Champion level, and it is an angel digimon as well."

Hiroshi nodded. "Yes, I see. Both Kamiya and Takashi have angel digimon, but they aren't acting as a team yet?"

"No sir."

The Dark SEED leader nodded. "I see. Prepare for the next Destiny Stone. Only a few more, and then ultimate power will be mine!"

To be continued…..