Chapter 1: You Only Live Twice

GrademonX: Yay! Yet another attempt at a Rukato!

Terriermon: Maybe it won't be as bad as the last one.

Rika: Won't be that hard.

GrademonX: _ Hey! It's not all Rukato this time! I'm putting action it!

Terriermon: What the hell is wrong with you?

GrademonX: Despite the fact that I don't own digimon?

Rika: You murder small children and eat their baby brothers with salad dressing.

GrademonX: I'm trying to cut down on weight…

Terriermon: Remind me to lock you up in a place where no one will ever find you.

GrademonX: Sounds good, roll the fic.

Takato and Renamon wandered down the runaway train, back to back, weaving their way between the seats.

The chocolate-eyed tamer crouched down and checked for any sign of a way to stop the crazed Locomon, he found nothing, but jumped as he heard a loud "crack."

Renamon's motionless body slumped to the ground beside him, a trickle of blood dripping down the yellow patch of fur on the back of her head.

The boy leaped up, but before he could even blink, there was a hand on his throat and he was pressed up against a wall, staring into the face of Rika Nonaka with a bloody wrench in her hand.

Takato gasped for breath and gagged as he was raised off the floor by his friend. "I want to sing Takato." Rika's normally radiant violet eyes were glazed over, as if she were asleep. Her grip tightened as her victim struggled for breath.

"I want to sing." Six razor-sharp tentacles erupted from Rika's back. One of them stroked Takato's cheek, making him shiver. It slowly moved up his face and brushed a strand of hair away from his eye.

"I WANT TO SING!" The tentacle plunged itself into the boy's eye, causing him to grope at his face wildly with his hands, the tentacle struck again, submerging itself in his other eye. Takato screamed in agony as he felt the warm liquid dripping down his face.

"I WANT TO SING!" The six tentacles shoved themselves down Takato's throat, silencing his screaming. He tore at the creature with his hands until they pulled themselves out, decapitating him in the process.

Nineteen-year old Takato Matsuki woke up screaming.

His screaming quickly morphed into laughter as his best friend fell off the bunk above him. Henry Wong picked himself off the ground and glared at the Hazard tamer, currently engaged in a fit of laughter.

"It's not really that funny asshole." The grey-eyed tamer snapped in an attempt to shut him up. Takato wiped a tear out of his eye, "Not from your end!"

Henry sweatdropped, "Was it that dream again?" Takato's laughter died down and he stared out the window at nothing in particular. "Yeah. How long has it been since that day?"

The grey-eyed tamer displayed his usual brilliance with his reply, "Seven years, one hundred twenty four days and…" He glanced at the clock perched above a miraculously sleeping Terriermon, "Fifteen and a half hours."

Takato sighed, "Dude, you scare me sometimes. Point is, you'd think I'd be over it by now, but I remember every detail perfectly." His roommate snorted, "Apart from the whole decapitation thing."

The chocolate-eyed tamer shut him up with an icy glare, "I'm going for a walk." Henry raised an eyebrow, "It's four in the morning, they won't let you off campus." Takato flashed a grin, "Who says they'll know?"

The tamer pulled a hoodie and sweatpants over his undershirt and boxers and slipped on his goggles. He stopped in front of the door and glanced at his dinosaur friend. Guilmon also seemed to have the supernatural ability to sleep through his tamer's late night outbursts.

Takato thought about waking him, but decided against it. It was too much work, and the guy needed his sleep. He said a hasty "good night" to Henry and slipped outside. The hallway was empty and lucky for him; there was no sign of authority anywhere on campus.

The tamer slipped past the "Shinjuku University" sign marking the edge of the school grounds, and he was home free. The tamer's feet took him to the first place that came to his mind. Takato dragged himself to the park he had once called home. Well, at least the place he had once called his hang out…

He slowly marched past the playground and into the graveyard that marked his destination. He walked past a row of stones until he found the one he was looking for.

R.I.P.

Ryo Akiyama

A loyal friend and wonderful son

The Digimon King

"Flashback"

Sakuyamon's power rippled through Justimon's body, threatening to tear him apart. The boy and his digimon struggled to keep it under control. With all their might the pushed the power into the blade that covered their right arm.

Cyberdramon's commanding voice screamed from Justimon's body. "NOW RYO!" The boy's voice replyed from the same location, "You don't have to yell…"

"VOLTAGE BLADE!"

The weapon cut through the Cable Reaper like butter. Gallantmon turned to watch as he ascended the Mother D-Reaper, but his smiled turned to a look of fear as the mass of data pulled itself back together. The holy knight screamed in Takato's voice, "Ryo! Get out of there!"

Justimon leaped, but it was too late. A scythe at the end of the Reaper's arm caught him in the torso. The mega coughed and a familiar crimson liquid splattered the inside of his helmet. There was blood and data leaking from the gaping hole in his chest, he struggled to breathe, but the Reaper stabbed him again and picked his limp body up into the air.

Justimon turned his head, and in the dual voice of Ryo and Cyberdramon, calmly said, "Thanks guys, for everything. He turned back to the reaper and smiled inside his armor, "Hurry up you son of a bitch, I don't have all day." The reaper slashed a claw and Justimon's head fell to the ground.

"End Flashback"

There was no body. It was transformed into data and absorbed by the D-Reaper along with half the population of Shinjuku. That catastrophe directly let to the building of the graveyard, now filled to the brim with memorials to the D-Reaper incident.

Takato placed a flower on Ryo's grave and walked back to the park, solemn faced. His thoughts shifted back to his dream. The Parasimon incident was far less catastrophic than the Reaper. No one was killed, but Rika and Takato were scarred for life, both figuratively, and literally.

The tamer's thoughts of the redhead were cut short by none other than his "Dream Girl". Rika was leaning back on a bench, headphones on. Takato could hear the music from where he was, about ten yards away, Ten Thousand Fists by Disturbed.

She was dressed in her trademark shirt (A complete heart), which she had cut at the bottom so anyone who looked at her from behind could see the enormous bite-mark coating her vertebrae. A scar she had received from a Parasimon seven years ago. She was wearing jeans, also a trademark of hers, and had her D-Power strapped around her waist.

Takato sat down on the bench next to her. She sighed and took off the headphones. Without opening her eyes she murmured a "Hello Goggles." He leaned back on the bench. "Isn't it a little late for you?"

The female tamer opened her eyes, revealing her beautiful violet corneas. "I could ask you the same question." The hazard tamer folded his arms behind his head, "I was thinking."

Rika slowly sat up letting a worried look cross her face before forcing it back to its normal hardness. "About what?" Takato shifted uncomfortably, "Well, when you were possessed by Parasimon…" He slammed his eyes shut and prepared to have the living daylights beaten out of him, but when no punishment came, he continued, "…what was it like?"

The girl's face softened and she lowered her head, trying to hide the fearful look on her face, "It was terrible. I was so… I guess scared would be the word… and then… it made me see my dad." Takato's eyes showed his sympathy for the tortured girl.

"He… We always used to sing together… before he left. And he wanted me to… but I couldn't. And he got mad at me and told me how worthless I was and… and…" She broke into a sob and buried herself in her hands.

Takato put a hand on her shoulder and blushed at the touch, but he willed himself forward. "I'm sorry Rika, I didn't know…" She sat up and dried her eyes, "It's okay… It's fine... Ummm hey Takato?

The chocolate-eyed tamer managed to rip his had away and raised an eyebrow "Yes? (Did she just use my real name?)" "There's something I've been wanting to tell you for a while, but I never really got the chance to… no sorry… that's a lie… I just kept putting it off."

Takato tilted his head to the side, "Are you okay? You're acting kind of weird." Rika looked into his eyes, she was obviously trying to regain her cold composure, but was failing miserably, "Yeah, I'm fine… but… well what I want to say is… I mean I… I…"

"TAKATOMON!" The red dinosaur crashed through the park, tripped, and landed at Takato's feet. "!" Rika broke eye contact with the hazard tamer after realizing just how close their faces were and, fighting a blush, regained her usual scowl.

"What is it boy?" Queried the tamer. Guilmon leapt to his feet, "Digimon! Follow me!" The tamers jumped to their feet and raced after the dino. Rika looked the sky and called out her partner's name. Renamon appeared next to her immediately and stopped short with the rest of the group at the digital field coating the graveyard Takato had just left.

Takato groaned, "How'd we miss that?" Rika had her D-Power out and was trying to get data on the still unknown digimon. Three enormous heads burst from the sphere of fog and Rika's digivice started streaming.

"Cerberumon, the "Watchdog of Hell" that doesn't sound to great. He's a virus type and his attack is emerald blaze, but I'm no getting any info on level." Rika's tone gained an element of frustration after finding herself at this disadvantage, but she turned to her partner, "Renamon, walk all over him."

"With pleasure." The kitsune leaped into the air, gaining the attention of one of the heads.

"DIAMOND STORM!"

Thousands of razor sharp diamonds rained down on the hound, but its jet-black coat seamed to deflect every single one.

"EMERALD BLAZE!"

A radiant green flame erupted from the center head, engulfing Renamon. The kitsune fell to the ground, unconscious and badly burned, but alive.

Rika rushed over to her fallen comrade and Takato turned to his partner, "Our turn."

"DIGIMODIFY! POWER ACTIVATE!"

Guilmon smiled as steam leaked from his mouth, he opened it and molten magma dripped from his lips, singing holes in the ground.

"PYRO SPHERE!"

The ball of superheated energy made a beeline for Cerberumon, but the three-headed monstrosity opened the leftmost mouth, and swallowed the sphere whole. The group barely had time to act surprised when the beast opened of the right mouth and sent the same attack back at Guilmon, sending him flying several yards.

Takato groaned, "Okay, that's just not fair." Rika looked over at him and his unconscious partner, then turned her attention to hers, also out cold. "Crap, we're screwed."

The hellhound advanced on Rika and opened its center mouth, which began leaking deadly emerald flames. Cerberumon lowered his head to Rika, who shut her eyes and waited for the end.

"METAL CANNON!"

A sphere of metal smacked the beast in the flank and it wheeled around only to meet a vicious kick from a small purple raptor with a triangular amber on its forehead. A boy, about the same age as the rest of the other tamers, clothed in a leather jacket and black jeans, stepped out from behind a tree and pulled out a card.

"DIGIMODIFY!" "DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!"

The boy slashed his card and the raptor began the familiar sequence of digivolution

"DORUMON DIGIVOLVE TO… REPTILEDRAMON!"

The purple was replaced with blue and yellow and the creature grew to about five times its normal size. Metal wings sprouted from his back and his originally foxy looking tail coated itself with armor.

"AMBUSH CRUNCH!"

The champion rushed the hellhound with remarkable speed and took a huge bite out of the mutt, taking one head off. The beast wheeled around in pain as the blood spouted out of the stump on its neck. The bleeding eventually stopped and the other two heads whorled around to the tamer's savior.

"EMERALD BLAZE!"

Reptiledramon fell to the ground; smoke erupting from some particularly bad burns on his body. The tamer pulled out a blue card and Takato and Rika's eyes widened.

"DIGIMODIFY! MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION!"

"REPTILEDRAMON DIVIVOLVE TO… GRADEMON!"

The dragon skin was shed for a more humanoid look with golden armor covering his entire body and blue flowing cape flourished from behind his neck. The golden warrior placed a hand on his two rapiers attached to his hips.

"CROSS BLADE"

The mysterious digimon appeared behind the hellhound. The being had simply moved too fast for the human eye to track.

Cerberumon wheeled around to face the warrior and let out a low, menacing growl. The threat was cut short however when the golden knight sheathed his swords and the hound's remaining heads fell to the ground.

GrademonX: So? How do you like it?

Rika: Why is Ryo dead?

GrademonX: Makes it easier to do a Rukato.

Terriermon: Why did you put yourself in the story?

GrademonX: Because I'm a nerd and have no life. Why?

Terriermon: No reason. Oh, and while I'm at it, isn't Grademon from Xros Wars?

GrademonX: "Slams Terriermon against wall." MENTION THAT SHOW ONE MORE TIME AND I WILL RIP YOUR EARS OFF AND FEED THEM TO SUZY!

Terriermon: "Swallows" I'll shut up now.

Rika: "Laughs hysterically."