Title: Innocence Lost
Author: Dana
Rating: PG
Warnings: None that won't give away the story.
Summary: All they knew about the new prophecy was that it was to be an innocent. If they had known, would they have stopped it?
Time frame: AU of the end of Digimon 01 and 02. Takes place before they go back to the real world. But this fic mostly takes place in 02.
Author's note: This is my first Digimon fic. Started one called Another Destined and then lost the file. When you think of the evil Digimon in this fic think Jaguar from the Mutant Animals (Turtle comics)
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon sadly.

The Prophecy

"Hey guys. I got an email from Gennai. Another prophecy." Izzy said catching the Digidestineds attention. They were saying goodbye to their Digimon. They'd be going home today.

"Where's Matt?" TK asked looking around for his brother.

"I think he went off with Gabumon somewhere." Tai said. The Digidestined were used to Matt wandering off. "Read it Izzy. He can hear about it later."

"It's kind of strange. It says that in the last battle an innocent will be hurt. Their Digimon will jump in front of them and Digivolve into the highest level saving them all."

"An innocent? Does it say who?" Gomamon asked trying to get a better look.

"No. It just says an innocent will be hurt and their Digimon will digivolve to its highest level." Izzy repeated closing his laptop.

"Last battle? We already beat Piedmon." TK said with a confused look on his face. They were going home today weren't they?

"You haven't beat me yet!" A voice called from the trees. A large cat Digimon landed in front of them.

"Who's that Tentomon?" Izzy asked his Digimon. They'd never seen one like this before.

"That's Jagmon. He has very sharp claws and teeth. And a powerful blast." Tentomon answered.

All of the Digimon digivolved to their championship levels and quickly started battling Jagmon.

Matt and Gabumon came running into the battle when they heard the yelling. The Digimon seemed to be struggling. Jagmon was slashing them with his claws and blasting them. "Gabumon digivolve quick!"

The battle continued. Jagmon had the advantage. A blast was thrown in Matt's direction causing him to fall back hard. He hadn't seen it until it was too late. "Matt!" Garurumon yelled after seeing what had happened.

Matt tried to stand up but fell down. Pain shot through his left ankle. He clutched it and tried to move backwards away from the battle. The other Digidestined weren't close enough to help him.

"Matt!" Garurumon yelled again seeing Jagmon getting ready to fire again. Matt wouldn't' be able to move away fast enough. He ran in front of him and growled at the large cat Digimon. Something whispered to him telling him what he had to do. "Garurumon morph digivolve to Angedigimon!" The area was flooded with a bright light. When the light ended another angel was standing there. He looked a lot like Angemon but he had blue hair instead of blond. He shot an arrow at Jagmon before turning his attention back to Matt.

Matt felt weak all of a sudden. The world seemed to be spinning in front of him. Maybe if I just closed his eyes for awhile. He thought before his head hit the ground. Darkness enveloped him.

Angedigimon picked him up and moved him out of the way. Wondering what was the matter. Kabuterimon and Greymon both digivolved to their ultimate levels. They made short work of Jagmon.

Angedigimon digivolved back down to Gabumon. He turned around to see how Matt was but stopped. He heard TK yelling "Matt! Please wake up!" Gabumon turned around to see the Digidestined standing there with their heads hung low. Matt lay there unmoving where he had placed him. Nothing looked different but TK's crying scared him.

He ran over. "Matt!" He said desperately shaking him. But Matt remained very still. TK hugged his brother's Digimon crying the whole time.

Joe leaned down to check Matt. "He's not breathing!" He said. "Tai help me do CPR."

They tried to revive Matt but they weren't successful.

Gennai appeared in front of Matt in his true form. "I'm sorry." He said to the Digidestined looking at all of their tear stained faces.

"Why Gennai?" Tai asked. "Why did he die?"

"It was supposed to happen. It took so much energy out of Matt for Garurumon to digivolve to Angedigimon. I have to take him." He said picking up Matt without an explanation and they both disappeared. Gabumon disappeared with them.

TK was still crying. Sora wrapped an arm around him. "Why did Gennai take him Sora?" He asked between sobs. Matt's dead kept ringing through his mind. His brother, his protector, the boy he looked up to, was gone.

"I don't know TK." She looked over at Tai who was wiping away his own tears.

The leader was struggling to hold in his emotions. He and Matt may have fought all the time but he considered Matt his best friend. He never would have guessed that Matt was the innocent one but it made sense. Matt hadn't been there when they read the prophecy. He didn't know what was going to happen.

Agumon was hugging him.

What in the world were they going to tell his parents? Tai wondered.

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Next chapter takes place four years later. Trust me there was more then meets the eye this chapter. Is this better? I appreciate Diane's review. I always seem to have that problem.