The Darkness Within

            Ok so um . . .  Hi minna!  Welcome 2 my very first digimon fic!  Well the 1st part of my 1st fic anyways! ^_^  Ok so no much happens in this one, it mainly serves to set the scene and introduce the baddie.  It's set during the reign of the Digimon Emperor/Kaizer.  Well that's all there is to say so enjoy!

Dicslaimer: *sighs* I do not own digimon, I'm not making any money off this fic, blah, blah, blah…

The Darkness Within

Chapter 1

          "Cody you're late!"  accused Daisuke Motimiya as the smallest of the digidestined walked into the computer lab.  Both old and new digidestined children were present, except for Mimi Tachikawa who was currently living in America. 

          "Sorry everyone," Cody apologised politely.

          "I'll be monitoring you from here," announced Koushiro Izumi as the others prepared to depart  "Good luck!"

          "Alright then!"  Davis yelled, eager to leave. "Digiport open!"  Everyone in the room held up their respective digivices towards the computer screen and braced themselves as a blinding white light rushed towards them to transport them to the Digital World.

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          "Davis!  Get off me!" yelled Hikari Kamiya.  When the boy simply looked at her with love struck eyes she sighed in annoyance and proceeded to shove him off. 

          "Owww!  Hey that hurt!" Davis whined from the ground.  Kari giggled lightly as she dusted off her pink top, her ruby eyes sparkled with laughter as the goggles that her brother had given to him slipped down his face. 

Taichi Kamiya surveyed his surroundings the instant that he appeared in the Digital World, old reflexes still lingered, making him want to protect the team of Digidestined who stood, or sat, before him.  Not that he wasn't sure they could take care of themselves; well at least he knew the older kids could.

Yamato Ishida stood by the edge of the forest openly amused at the state Davis was in.  Tai had noticed that there was a slight tension between the two of them; he supposed it was because Davis was so much like Tai was when he was younger.  When Tai and Matt had first gotten to acquainted in the Digital World an immediate rivalry began.  Neither of them could say what started it, or what had been the end of it, all that they knew was that they were now fast friends.  Matt was the Keeper of Friendship; although he could often appear cold he truly cared for each of his friends.  Matt ran a hand through his blond hair, leant back against a tree and turned his crystalline blue eyes towards the sky, probably wondering where Gabumon was.  Gabumon was a small dog like digimon and was the only being who could manage to get Matt to totally open up.

Sora Takenouchi was helping Jyou Kido to his feet.  Sora was, in brief, a tomboy; or at least she used to be.  She had given up soccer for tennis and traded her casual jeans for smarter clothes.  Sora pushed a stray strand of her gingery brown hair behind her ear after pulling Joe up.  Sora was Keeper of Love and it was easy to see why.  She cared deeply about everyone and tried to look after them as much as she could; this meant that the younger children often saw her as a mother figure.  Sora's deep ruby eyes flickered around the clearing quickly on the off chance that her digimon had turned up to greet her.  Her digimon as a pink birdlike creature whose name was Biyomon and the two of them were very close.

Jyou Kido had matured greatly from the neurotic boy he had been when they first visited the Digi-World.  He now attended Medical School and hoped to become a doctor, which was no surprise to the Digidestined; whenever any of them had been hurt, it was always Joe who tended to them.  He adjusted his glasses, which hid his dark eyes, while thanking Sora with a smile.  He quickly grabbed his satchel from the ground, bushing the dirt from it.   Joe was the Keeper of Reliability and, in Tai's opinion, this was perfect for his blue haired friend.  He had no doubt that hidden inside the bag were medical supplies and anything else that may be needed during the trip.  Although for the most part Joe tended to shy away from violence, if he were put in the right situation he had a reckless streak that could put even Tai to shame.  When asked about it Joe had just laughed and blamed it on Gomamon's influence.  Gomamon was a white seal like digimon who had a bad sense of humour and as always into mischief.

Tai's chocolate brown eyes wandered back to his little sister who was now taking to Takeru Takiashi.  Tk was Matt's little brother, of whom Matt was extremely protective.  Tk's blond hair and blue eyes, which were so strikingly similar to Matt's marked them as being siblings.  Although the two of them were similar physically they had very different personalities.  Matt was cold and had trouble trusting people whereas Tk was open and warm.  Tai heard Tk laugh as Davis try to insult him out of jealousy.  An obvious love triangle was developing between Tk, Kari and Davis; Tai smirked to himself, knowing just which one of them Kari actually liked.

Although Tk and Kari were actually closer in age and had new D3 terminals, Tai still regarded them as part of the original group of Digidestined.  Tk had been with their group since the beginning; Tai could vividly remember how everyone used to try and look after the youngest member of their team.  Tk was the Keeper of Hope and true to this he had always kept the hope that they would win their battles alive within them.  His digimon was Patamon, a flying digimon whom Tk had likened to a pig in the past.  Tk had been given the digi-egg of Hope and now Patamon could armour digivolve. 

Kari had joined the Digidestined during their battle with Myotismon, when it was discovered that she was the eighth child.  Kari was the Keeper of Light and it had become obvious to her brother that she had some type of special power, which allowed her to access the powers of Light; although he had yet to discover exactly what they were.  Kari's digimon also had a unique ability; she was the only one of the digimon who was able to stay permanently in her Champion form.  Gatomon was a cat like digimon who had once been Myotismon's servant.  Kari too, had received a digi-egg and now Gatomon could armour digivolve.

The new Chosen children were Daisuke Motimiya, Miyako Inoue and Iori Hida.  Davis was had been given the digi-eggs of Courage and Friendship.  The goggles, which were now settled in his unruly nest of brown hair, had once belonged to Tai and were a symbol that Davis was now the leader of the Digidestined.  Davis was gradually becoming used to being the leader although Tai still had his doubts about the boy.  It wasn't that Tai didn't like him, just that Davis didn't seem to take the threat of the Digimon Emperor very seriously and it could lead him and the others into trouble.  His Digimental was called Veemon; a hyperactive little creature that longed for adventure.

Yolie carried the Digi-eggs of Love and Sincerity.  Tai knew for sure the reason why she had the digi-egg of Love: Yolie had the tendency to fall head over heels in love with the first boy she laid her eyes on.  The digi-egg of Sincerity also suited her personality; everything that Yolie said was sincere, of course that also meant that everything she said was extremely blunt and had a distinct lack of tact.  Yolie's Digimental was called Hawkmon, a brown and white birdlike Digimon, which seemed to be the voice of reason within the duo.

Cody had the Digi-eggs of Knowledge and Reliability.  He was the youngest, smallest and quietest of the group.  While he possessed neither Izzy's burning desire for information, nor Joe's anxiety to be ready for anything, he always seemed able to view any situation logically and rationally and come through with a good idea.  His Digimental was Armadillomon, a Digimon who looked distinctly like, an armadillo…who would have guessed?

The three of them seemed to care a great deal for their new digital companions but didn't share the deep bond that developed between the older kids and their Digimon. 

Tai looked up at the Dark Spire they had travelled to the Digital World to destroy with a frown on his face.  He couldn't understand why anyone would want to enslave the Digimon. 

"Alright you guys!  Lets get to it!" yelled Davis enthusiastically, his voice snapped Tai out of his reverie.  Tai couldn't help but sigh in annoyance at not being able to help out.  The Dark Spires prevented any digivolutions taking place, with the exception of Armour Digivolving.  He noticed the obvious frustration on Matt's face and knew that his friend felt the same way. 

"Digi-Armour Energise!" five voices yelled in unison as they used their Digi-eggs to make their respective Digimon Armour Digivolve (Woah!  That's confusing!  Too many Digi's!).

"Veemon Armour Digivolve to . . .Flamedramon; the fire of Courage!"

"Hawkmon Armour Digivolve to . . .Holesmon; the wings of Love!"

"Armadillomon Armour Digivolve to . . .Digmon; the drill of power!"

"Patamon Armour Digivolve to  . . . Pegasusmon; flying Hope!"

"Gatomon Armour Digivolve to . . .Nefertimon; the angel of Light!"

"Wow!  Quite impressive little ones!  It's going to be very interesting to pulverise you into oblivion!" sneered a feminine voice from the opposite end of the clearing.

"Who's there?" Davis demanded; straining his eyes to make out the shadowy figure.  A seductive laugh met his bold words as a humanoid Digimon stepped out of the darkness.

"Allow me to introduce myself," she purred. "My name is Telepamon, my Psi-wave attack will leave you in the dust!"  Sora stepped over to Tai's side and whispered to him quietly.

"Look at her arm.  She's being controlled by a Dark Spiral!"

Telepamon's long hair was made up of red and purple strands and seemed to float behind her with a life of its own.  She wore a cat suit made out of green velvet, which clung to every feminine curve she possessed; the colour of the fabric brought out her burning emerald eyes.  Her arms were bare revealing pure white skin, the only decoration she wore was the dark spiral curled around her left arm.  Tai suddenly wished that Izzy had joined them for this adventure, his digimon analyser would defiantly have come in handy.

"Get her!" Davis yelled.  The digimon responded instantly to his command and attacked as one.

"Fire Rocket!"

"Tempest Wing!"

"Gold Rush!"

"Star Shower!"

"Rosetta Stone!"

The attacks rushed towards Telepamon, who simply smirked nastily.  Tai felt a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach as the evil digimon made no move to dodge or launch a neutralising attack.  /This is gonna be bad. She's got something up her sleeve.  This is gonna be very bad!/

In the instant before the attacks would have reached their target Telepamon raised her hand and murmured a command.

"Reflect,"* immediately a green light surrounded her: the attacks hit the shield and bounced back to hit the digimon who had fired them.  The digimon cried out in pain before returning to their rookie forms, with the exception of Gatomon.  "Pathetic!" Telepamon remarked scornfully, an evil smirk decorated her face.  "Now it's my turn!"  Her eyes flickered across the children in front of her and settled on Davis.  Tai's chocolate eyes widened as he saw her plan and found himself moving toward his young protégé before Telepamon had even uttered the name of the attack.

"Psi-wave!"

Davis' eyes widened as a stream of black energy streamed from Telepamon's hands.  His muscles froze and the world seemed to shift into slow motion as the attack drew closer and closer.  He heard a female voice scream his name, but it sounded so distant that he couldn't tell who it was.  A split second before the wave would have hit him he felt someone shove into him and roughly push him to the ground. 

Taichi pushed Davis from the path of the attack.  Before his body could push him any further Tai was caught in the grasp of Telepamon's Psi-wave.  Every nerve in his body screamed in agony as the darkness was absorbed into him.  He wanted to cry out, but couldn't as all of his muscles contracted; they spasmed out of control.  His eyes glazed over, losing their inner warmth and vitality; his mouth opened in a silent scream of pain.  Tai's vision became blurry and finally faded into darkness.  With the black abyss came the promise of release from pain and Tai threw himself into it willingly, letting go of  his grip on consciousness.

To be continued . . .

Ok so for everyone who liked that story (assuming anyone did like the story!) and wants to leave a review (Pleeeeeeease review!) write down which couples you want to see appear in this fic.  I already have an idea for the main coupling but I can be pursuaded if enough ppl want a certain pair.