Digimon Universe part 1

"Chronomon is Born,"

There is always another side to a story, another way for things to play out, and another view…

However, these different stories are not meant to meet and are to remain separate. It is what's right and proper.

There are always forces that exist that muck up the works of this usually well oiled machine. Sometimes, beings become too powerful, or creatures become things they were truly not meant to become. It happens on numerous occasions, more times than anyone even realizes. Some things are just too beyond anyone to know, but this time. The force is too great, too dangerous, and completely out of control.

"CONTAIN IT!" ordered a voice of a boy as he raised a strange device in his hands in the air. It let out a brilliant show of lights as it forced something back, he could tell it was somewhat working due to the creature's growls. "Can't hold this back…much longer…"

"Don't worry Caichi, I will assist," came a voice above the boy. "GAIA FORCE!" the creature lashed out with a brilliant white light that fought against the beast and pushing it back further.

"Good, that's working keep it up!" the boy ordered as the creature persisted with his attacks pushing back the strange formless beast. "Now, close the gate!"

"Roger!" came another boy's reply considerable much younger then the first. He raised his device similar in nature to the other boy's just as a golden gate sealed back the power. Both boys breathed a sigh of relief. "HolyAngemon, how did your end go?" the blonde child asked into his device. A ball of light came out it in response and exploded into a show of light to reveal an angel dressed in all white, with a white blade on his right arm, and a black helmet.

"It shall hold…for now…" came his reply in short breaths.

"Good job, Hakeru," Caichi said as he gave the small boy his congrats in the form of a hair ruffling. Hakeru smiled up at Caichi happy to be of service.

"Thanks…I never thought that you and I would have to go on a mission together,"

"Don't count yourself short kiddo, the others are great, but it's the eight of us that keeps the multiverse in line. Just like any other TK in the universe, if something happened to you, I doubt we'd get that far along,"

Hakeru smiled up at the brunette, "Thanks Caichi!"

"Still…" Caichi turned around to stare back at the golden gate that Hakeru had sealed. "All these energy spikes are starting to happen more frequent ever since the Prime Universe and the Noir Universe came in contact with one another. This keeps up, it might actually start affecting other worlds,"

Hakeru looked at the black metallic floor in shame. "This is all my fault…"

"What?" WarGreymon stated in surprise having been focusing on making sure the gate was sealed along with HolyAngemon. His armor is a shining white as well as his skin, and on his back the crest of courage shines orange.

"Yeah, how is this at all your fault?"

"Caichi, this gate is my responsibility, and I let outsiders tamper with it,"

"You did what you thought was right and allowed them to solve the problem and without compromising our existence,"

"But-,"

"Caichi, Hakeru," came a voice from Caichi's Digivice. Caichi held it up for a holo-screen of another boy to pop out, this boy having red hair, black eyes, and along with a white button up shirt was the only thing seen.

"Knoshiro, what's up?" Caichi answered casually. Knoshiro sighed while shaking his head.

"I need you both back here now," he responded.

"Why?"

"JUST GET HERE!" Knoshiro hollered annoyed. Caichi was surprised with the tone but relented with a nod. He turned to Hakeru who held up his digivice to create a portal of light. Hakeru and HolyAngemon walked in first and then Caichi and WarGreymon soon followed. When they stepped out they found themselves in a large computer room with a giant pineapple emblem below their feet. Both boys' dress attire consisted with black and white. On Hakeru the boy has on a white hoody, with black shorts, and black and white trainers. With Caichi he has on a white shirt, white sport gloves, with black shorts, and black shoes. They looked to a boy sitting in front of the large computer screen who has on a white short sleeved button up shirt, white gloves on his hands, black pants, and black and white sneakers. He looked older then Hakeru, but younger then Caichi. "Caichi, how did things go?"

"Not too bad I guess, lucky Hakeru was there though," the boy responded casually. Knoshiro nods as he only gave Hakeru a brief glance. "What's up?" Caichi asked.

"Well for you two," Knoshiro gestured to Caichi and WarGreymon. "Lora and Garudamon could use some back up facing off against a couple of rogue mutants,"

"What, mutants?" Caichi questioned with his arms folded. "She's more than qualified to handle a pack of mutants!"

"Well she called for backup, and I already told her your own your way. You know she'll get super ticked if you don't show now," Knoshrio said casually while looking at his computer with lack of emotion. However, it was easy to see a little smirk work it's way at the end of his lips.

"Come on! Garudamon made it to mega level like everybody else!" Caichi said throwing his hands up while at the same time opening up another portal of light.

"Well I for one don't enjoy going mega, it's exhausting and I can't fit anywhere…" groaned MegaKabuterimon from his spot on the floor where he is currently resting. His shell is totally white while his underbelly and arms are black, along with his horn.

"Just gotta get used to it," WarGreymon stated as he followed Caichi into the portal. When they left Hakeru sighed as if feeling like his usefulness was all used up. He wondered what Likari was up to right now. Probably doing something cool like restoring one of the realities of a few worlds or something like that. HolyAngemon merely smirked at his partner as the angel went over to go converse with MegaKabuterimon about something. Hakeru glanced over at Knoshiro who seemed busy on his super jumbo computer thing. Sensing no conversation would go anywhere with him he went over to a chair on the other side of the gigantic room with the crest of Hope marked on the back. The emblem is colored yellow as it looks like the sun in shining down a ray of light below. He hopped into the tall chair with a sigh and then laid his head down on the table.

Noting the silence Knoshiro's eyes left the jumbo computer screen to look at the spiky blonde haired boy at the giant round conference table that has twelve seats. Knoshiro hadn't said anything to the boy previously for fear of not knowing how to ask such a task of him. He is one of the youngest, but unfortunately one of the most powerful as well. He needed Hakeru to perform a very important task, but feared the consequences if things went bad. More so for Hakeru then himself. Finally, he took a breath and stood up from his seat to walk over to Hakeru. Famatto was going to murder him if he found out, or more like when he finds out. Knoshiro gently nudged the younger boy which made Hakeru slowly open his eyes to look up expecting Famatto, but instead saw Knoshiro who looked greatly nerved. Hakeru sat up to look at the boy who still was a bit taller than him despite the high chair.

"What's wrong?" Hakeru asked the redhead. Knoshrio scratched the back of his head in thought struggling to come up with words.

"Listen…uh…HK…" Knoshrio began fumbling with his words. Hakeru noted this when he used his nickname.

"Yeah," Hakeru responded still a little in shock that Knoshrio was speaking with him so directly. It wasn't like they didn't like each other, but over so many years of fighting and such the two never really made a connection. Upon numerous observations of other worlds, Hakeru could say that was how it was for every TK and Izzy in the entire multiverse. It was like a rule of some kind. Knoshiro would give out orders, and on the extremely rare times he received solo missions he would receive his orders from him. But that would be all it was, information, no banter, no conversation, no comments, or anything of the such.

"Well…first I wanna say sorry for ignoring you when you came in with Caichi," Knoshiro stated firstly. He didn't want Hakeru getting the impression he didn't like him, but he didn't want to say anything to the boy until he was sure on what words he would choose. "Secondly…I need your help,"

"You do?" Hakeru questioned immediately interested. Noting his interest was caught Knoshiro felt better about continuing on. He was a little thankful for his childish curiosity.

"Yeah, you see, those energy spikes that have been going on in your sector, do you know what that means?"

"I think it has something to do with the pathways between the dimensions, right?"

Knoshiro smirked as he nods glad that Hakeru understood that much, "That's right, and that's why anytime the spikes get out of control you and one of the others had to go calm it down, since you control the gate way to that realm. You understand everyone has an important job to do, correct?" Hakeru nods understanding, which actually surprised Knoshiro thinking the child never thought on such things. "Well every time any MagnaAngemon connected to the Crest of Hope uses Gate of Destiny they wind up in that void. Unless they had power like ours, they'd be stuck there and eventually they'd fall apart not being able to adjust to the intense energy that flows there. You understand that right?" Hakeru nods again but clearly with a look of wanting Knoshiro to get to the point. "Well, that mass of energy that was recently sealed there is becoming an issue, and starting to develop into a mutant, and a serious one…"

"I thought something was wrong…it was causing two dimensions to almost collide with one another,"

"Really?" Knoshiro gasped surprised he hadn't known of this. Hakeru then rubbed his arm with regret.

"I…kinda…" Hakeru was now at a lost for words this time as he tried to explain. Luckily, HolyAngemon and MegaKabuterimon weren't far and were listening in on the down low.

"Hakeru and I decided not to intervene until it was absolutely necessary. We couldn't risk too much exposure to the sphere. An odd thing occurred that the orb started to actually sicken us both to such an extent I fell to my rookie form…like we were dying…"

"Dying!" Knoshiro gasped in shock not believing his ears as he then turned to Hakeru with worry edged on his face. He had noticed the boy was oddly more tired and slightly sluggish lately.

"I'm fine now," Hakeru said quickly to relieve the other boy of his worry.

"How do you know that, I'd better contact Ryou to check and see," Knoshrio began as he turned to walk away, but Hakeru grasped the older boy's arm with two of his before he could walk off.

"Really, Knoshiro I'm fine. The illness passed, my strength is coming back, but the Chrono Core is still a problem…"

"Chrono Core?"

Hakeru nods, "That's what it's called. A sphere filled with super concentrated energy, from various evils and purities. It was greatly imbalanced so the prime TK and Noir TK both used their dark attributes to balance and restore the worlds that way…but in doing so only gave it more power. I fixed the boundaries as soon as I could before you guys could notice too much happening. I wanted to fix things before it got out of hand, but Caichi wound up helping out anyway…"

"That's why no one was alerted…" Knoshrio muttered. "That was very dangerous, try not to take so many chances,"

"Alright…" Hakeru said with an eye roll that didn't assure him at all.

"Now what was it you needed us to do?" HolyAngemon cut in.

"Yes, that's right!" Knoshiro exclaimed snapping back to attention. "I need you, if you can, to try and see if you can somehow harness this Chrono Core. It's power is growing and starting to have odd effects on other worlds. I'm sorry that I have to send you solo, but everyone is currently working on something, and MegaKabuterimon had to go mega to push back a particularly strong surge. If you want I can at least see if Kriori or Famatto could-,"

"No, I'm sure HolyAngemon and I can handle it!" Hakeru exclaimed with excitement as he hops out his chair. He hasn't been on a solo mission in ages, and was dying to just have some time with him and his partner. HolyAngemon however seemed unsure.

"I'm not that tired," MegaKabuterimon added in sharing a similar standing as HolyAngemon.

"Yes, you are, you can't go into the belly of the beast at half strength," HolyAngemon said.

"Still the most powerful Chosen MegaKabuterimon though," he protested.

"But that doesn't make us unbeatable,"

"Right, so leave it to us," Hakeru stated.

"I just need you to see if you can contain it or harness it. If it's too much come back, don't overdo it," Knoshrio said strictly pointing out his white gloved index finger for emphasis.

"We won't, promise," Hakeru said raising his digivice and opening a portal of light. Knoshiro had such an awful feeling as he watched the boy stepped through the portal with the angel at his side.

"Knoshiro I'm really not that tired, we should go back them up,"

"But-,"

"Really, I needed to go mega to push back a surge. That only counts as a fraction. I know HolyAngemon is one bad Seraphimon, but he's gonna need some help,"

"Knoshiro nods, "We'll go after him, but we gotta make sure everyone knows what were up to before we go,"

Hakeru stepped up to a giant golden gate with the emblem of the Crest of Hope on it That gate was circular and took up the entire corridor top to bottom, and left to right. It looked so official and super important. Which it was considering this was the very hub to the very center of the universe. "Well, here we are, my sector,"

"That power is really fierce, lashing out at the door like that," HolyAngemon muttered hearing the rapid bangs and growls. "What kind of monster is this?"

"A fierce one, best to go in hot and ready," Hakeru said raising his Digivice. HolyAngemon nods in understanding.

"HOLYANGEMON DIGIOLVE TO…SERAPHIMON!" the new digivolved angel has ten shining white wings, with white armor and black trim on the edges, a golden cross on his helmet, with the emblem of the crest of Hope on his chest on a plaque, and the most noticed feature was the blazing white aura that flowed around his body. When the angel drew his blade it was as black as night. "Ready?"

"Ready," Hakeru said raising his digivice. The gate slowly opened from the middle a bit, but the rush of power released almost knocked the pair off their feet. "This is intense!" he said bring his arm up to block some of the wind out his face.

"We should head back, this is too great!" Seraphimon advised copying his partner's actions.

"I promised that if we couldn't than we couldn't, but I wanna at least know if we can or not so let's at least try!" Hakeru said stepping forward as he fought through the powerful wind. Seraphimon knew this was a poor choice, but he felt that his partner would not be satisfied until otherwise. He had no choice as he hoisted the boy onto his left shoulder and pressed on into the belly of the beast.

Knoshiro and MegaKabuterimon arrive out a giant portal of light to compensate for the Digimon's size. Knoshiro notices that the gate to Hakeru's sector is creaked open possibly only wide enough for them to slip through. Knoshiro pulled out his handheld computer complete with the pineapple insignia on the back and yellow in color with a touch screen. He looked at it closely then turned his attention to the gate.

"It seems like the energy settled down a bit…" Knoshiro began.

"We should hurry," MegaKabuterimon said as quickly rushed forward toward the gate with his passenger riding on his head. MegaKabuterimon griped the gate with all his appendages then used all his might to push the gate open a little more so he could fit through. Once opened wide enough they could see inside to the empty white void. Inside they saw the Chrono Core had settled considerably, but what they also saw shook them to their own cores. They saw two figures floating in the abyss, both small in stature. One looked like a Patamon with two shades of white, and the other was a boy. Knoshiro and MegaKabuterimon instantly were alarmed as the giant beetle Digimon rushed in to retrieve both Digidestined and Digimon. MegaKabuterimon placed Patamon in one hand and sat Hakeru on his head so Knoshiro could secure him.

"Interesting creatures you all are…" a voice came from seemingly everywhere. The ones who gain power through knowledge almost stopped breathing. The voice itself was scary enough, but the fact the voice sounded EXACTLY like Hakeru's was even scarier. They turned to the core which was the only thing there.

"D-Did…that thing just talk?" MegaKabuterimon stuttered.

"Yes it did, but there's no need for such an uncomfortable air. I relish the fact that you have so much knowledge in that mind of yours, I wish to gain knowledge of my own,"

Knoshiro ignored the speaking Chrono Core for a moment to check Hakeru. He was alive, but the pulse was faint. The boy's clothes were tattered, and torn. He has bleeding cuts on his forehead and side, and he looked paler then his hoody. Knoshiro glared at the core. He felt such anger at not only the core but himself. In trying to inform everyone on what was going on, he had taken longer than expected to go actually back him up. So much of himself told him not to task the child with the heavy task, but in some way the child was successful. However, this begged the question of why the Core now had a consciousness compared to the beastly yelling and why the voice sounded like Hakeru. MegaKabuterimon wanted so badly to fight, but feared the safety of his injured friends and the safety of his partner and himself. MegaKabuterimon eased back ever so slightly as he backed away and toward the exit. The core let out a childish laughter.

"Come on Knoshiro, you don't wanna play?" the core teased as a slight glow overcame the orb. Acting on impulse, MegaKabuterimon raised his horn to shoot out a powerful Horn Buster attack. The attack slammed into the orb, and thus created a good dust cloud that provided much needed cover for escape. When the dust cleared the giant beetle was gone and the gate was closed. "Whatever, doesn't matter to me. There are tons of other Digidestined I can play with…"