Disclaimer: I did not make Digimon. I wish I had. But I didn't... story of my life...

Chapter 1

It was night when he awoke. He didn't know where he was. He didn't even know who he was. But there was one thing he did know...

He felt numb.

Ever since he had awoken, he could only feel numbness spreading through his body. He feels as if he doesn't have a heart. As if... as if he doesn't have any purpose.

Oh, he has power, of course. Lot's of them. Enormous. He knew he could destroy this world, wherever that is, if he wanted to.

But he doesn't feel the need to.

No. What he needs is...

...

He doesn't even know what he needs.

But he will find out.

Yes. And he will claim what he needs.

Even if he has to use everything in his power; he will search, find, and claim the thing that he needs the most.

And he will die trying.

Darkness surrounded him. It was pitch black. He couldn't see or hear anything. He wasn't scared but he was feeling anxious.

"Where am I?"

As soon as those words came out of his mouth, he felt a presence suddenly appearing behind him. His big and messy brown hair blew as he immediately turned around. The presence had a shadow, but not a physical body. He could see the shadow because it has lighter color texture than everything around him. A bit greyish.

"Wh, what are you?" He asked carefully. Even though he was the bravest out of his friends, over the past few years he had learned to cool his head and try not to act rashly.

The shadow slowly but surely approach him. He took a step back. "Answer me!" He demanded with a firmer voice. The shadow stopped automatically, as if it was obeying him.

"I..."

He frowned. "It talks?"

"I need..."

"What was that?"

"I need your..."

"My...?"

"Your light..."

Taichi's eyes widened. The shadow starts to approach him again, but with a much faster pace this time. The messy haired boy instinctively took a few steps back, but before he could do anything more, a part of the shadow grabbed his leg causing him to fall onto his back.

"Ouch... damn it, what the hell!" And suddenly, the shadow was on his face.

Taichi gulped. He tried to back away from the shadow while trying to remain calm. He was scared alright, but he wasn't the bearer of the Crest of Courage for nothing.

"What do you want from me?" He asked, voice trembling ever so lightly. But the shadow didn't give him any answer.

Then suddenly Taichi was engulfed by a dark red light that came out of it. He suddenly felt overwhelmed by fatigue before he fell backwards and landed on his back.

The last thing he heard as he was driven to unconsciousness was his name being called by a familiar voice...

"TAICHIIII!"

"Onii-chan! Wake up, or you'll be late for school!" called Yagami Hikari, the younger sibling of the family, while shaking her brother's arm.

"Onii-chan!" She called for the second time before she heard her brother grumbling.

"Ngrh... time's it...?" He asked as he rubbed his eyes with his free hand, trying to get the sleepiness out of them.

"Seven fifteen." Well that woke him up.

"What!? Damn it, Hikari, why'd you wake me up so early!? I thought you said I was going to be late!" He sat up quickly, annoyed.

"But you don't have school today. Or any other day, at least until high school starts." Hikari raised her eyebrow, clearly not happy with her brother's statement. "I knew you would forget what today is! Mou, and I only just reminded you yesterday!" Taichi blinked. What was toda- Ohhhhh...

"Ohhhh..."

"Hmm? Is that a look of realization I see?"

"Uhh-" "Ah! And now a look of guilt! Really, how much of a half-wit can you be, Onii-chan?" She put her hands on her hips while huffing.

"Look, I didn't forget anything, alright?" Taichi leaned back on his hand while the other starts to scratch his hair. "I knew it was the anniversary of BlackWarGreymon's death soon, I just didn't know when it was!"

Then the Yagami siblings went silent.

BlackWarGreymon... He was a Digimon, originally created by Archnimon to destroy both the Chosen Children and the Digital World. But in the end he had protected both. He died a hero.

After a few more seconds passed, Taichi almost fell back when he realized his sister's face was only centimeters away from his. "That's called forgetting, Onii-chan! You forgot the date!" She said before standing up straight. "Now put your clothes on! We need to go to Koushirou-san's house so we can have that picnic in the Digital World." The short haired girl smiled at her last statement before walking out of her brother's room.

"Does it have to be this early, though?" Taichi sighed.

He stood up and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and take a morning shower. He didn't know why, but he was feeling rather tired lately. His mother told him she had seen him a few times this week tossing and turning in his sleep. She said it looked like he was having nightmares, but he couldn't even remember what his dreams were about. The soccer lover gave a thought for a few more seconds before shaking his head and went out of the bathroom. "No use thinking about it anyways. Besides, I have to focus on today."

Right. Today. It was a day to be even more grateful. He had a picnic, no, a reunion to attend to and he was going to finally meet his friends after a long time.

After that whole fiasco with the new Chosen Children VS the revived-and-even-more-ugly Vamdemon was over, Taichi had begun his third year in middle school so he had to focus on his studies more (courtesy of his mother). Because of that, he could only visit his partner, Agumon and the rest of the Digimon in the Digital World at least twice a month. His friends were busy too. Yamato, his best friend was busy with studying and band practice. Sora, his childhood friend was busy with studying, tennis club and tending to her family's flower shop. Koushirou, his old buddy' old pal was busy with studying, computers, studying about the computers and the Digital World, and (not surprising) mentoring Taichi on math. Old reliable Joe was (another unsurprising fact) busy studying in general or for tests while Mimi was in America, but she has her own busy things.

Takeru and Hikari were the only two out of the original Chosen Children to still dutifully visit the Digital World alongside the new Chosen Children meaning Daisuke, Miyako, Iori and Ken.

But now that their exams are over, they can finally rest for a while. Not to mention all of them (aside from Jyou and Koushirou) has been accepted to the same high school. Now they all get to enjoy their holidays. Which was why they decided now it was the right time for a full reunion where all the Chosen Children, original and new, can gather.

Thankfully, there won't be any awkward moments since Yamato and Sora broke up after three months of dating. They liked each other, sure. But they both had busy schedules and decided it's not worth the trouble, so they decided to mutually end their relationship.

Months after that, about three weeks ago before the big exams, Taichi finally gave up on bottling his feelings and worked up his courage to confess to his childhood friend, best friend, ex-teammate, and finally crush, Sora Takenouchi. Yes, he was the Child of Courage and he shouldn't have to work up anything for the occasion, but this is Sora we're talking about. Not to mention she was his best friend's girlfriend (thankfully Yamato had given him his blessings for that).

So he had confessed to her. On the bench at the park near his apartment, after the two of them had shared a nostalgic game of soccer. Sora obviously won because of her skills but Taichi denied (in his head) that he lost because he was too concentrated on her face rather than on the ball. The red hair was surprised but looked pleased nonetheless to be confessed to, especially by Taichi (What do you mean, especially, Sora!?), but she hadn't given him an answer.

She had said, 'I need time, Taichi. Will you wait?' The boy in question almost drowned in disappointment because 'nothing good comes to those who wait!' was his principle. Yet he was given hope when he saw the smile and small blush on his Sora's (no, not his! ...yet) face. So he answered her by saying 'Yeah... yeah, I'll wait.' It's not like he can do anything about it.

They have arrived at Koushirou's house a bit early it seems, seeing as the people who had arrived were only half of what they had expected. There were Taichi, Koushirou, Hikari, Daisuke, Miyako, Iori and Ken gathered in Koushirou's room. The new Chosen Children's Digimon, Demiveemon, Poromon, Upamon, Minomon and Tailmon were on Koushirou's bed, happily munching on snacks given by his mother.

"I thought we're all supposed to be here at eight." grumbled the leader. He was leaning on his best friend's bed while crossing his arms.

"Maa, maa. Maybe they got caught in traffic." The red haired said while setting up his computer. "Why don't you finish the drink my Okaa-san made while you wait, Taichi-san." Taichi grumbled again, but he gulped his drink nonetheless.

"By the way, I just got an e-mail from Yamato-san. He said he was on his way with Takeru-kun and Sora-san, but his tire broke." Koushirou told the group.

"Onee-sama said she was going to be late because her alarm clock was broken and she slept in late." Said Miyako with a cheerful voice, as if she was proud of Mimi.

Iori, the youngest of the group who was on the phone announced, "Jyou-san just called. He pretty much slept in late as well." making Taichi groan.

"Seriously? I thought we agreed to come here early so we can spend more time with our Digimon. Even Ken who lives in Tamachi managed to arrive earlier than me!" Ken only blinked at his name being mentioned.

"Maa, maa. Calm down Onii-chan, how about we play a game while we wait." suggested Hikari. Hearing Hikari's statement made Daisuke, the leader of the new Chosen Children groan. "Man, Hikari-chan, we already played board games for almost an hour now. I'm bored!"

Hikari raised an eyebrow. "Then what do you suggest we do, Daisuke-kun?" She was happy with the more mature Daisuke now. Ever since he stated that he had moved on from his crush on her, the boy seemed a lot more tolerable. The minus side is that he still likes to complain a lot.

At the girl's question, Daisuke grinned and jumped up to stand. "I suggest we go to the Digital World right now!" The room went silent.

Then,

"What?" Daisuke stared back at the group who was staring at him for the last minute. "It's better than to wait here for another hour, which, if we count Jyou-san's usual lateness and Mimi-san's make up session, that will totally happen!"

The boy with the goggle was suddenly grabbed by his purple haired friend. "Hey! Don't insult Onee-sama!" "But it's true!"

"Now, now, guys- no reason to fight!" Taichi reasoned while holding his successor back while Hikari was doing the same to Miyako. "But Daisuke's got a point! Hey, Koushirou, maybe we could go ahead of them. I mean, you could leave your computer on and ask your mother to tell them to catch up with us by using Takeru's D-3."

After a few moments and encouragement from their now full Digimon, the group agreed on Taichi's suggestion.

"I suggested that first, though" complained Daisuke.

And they were off to the Digital World.

When the Chosen Children arrived at the Digital World, what they see is not what they were expecting.

"What the hell...?" Taichi asked to no one in particular.

"What the?" Daisuke continued after his predecessor. "What's going on here? I thought we're going on a picnic in the day time!"

"It's day time, alright. Apparently there's a massive fog that's covering a whole area in the Digital World and we're in it." Said Koushirou after checking his laptop. Taichi frowned as he turned to look around him after glancing at Koushirou for his explanation. The Digital World which was supposed to be bright and full of snow was so dark like it was night time. Is something threatening this world again? Does the Chosen Children need to save it again? But if so, then who is their enemy this time?

"Geez! And we came all this way for a vacation too! What happened while we were gone?" Complained Miyako while flailing the picnic basket in the sky, causing her partner Digimon to panic.

"Calm down, Miyako-san! Oh, no! You'll ruin the food that way!"

"Mou! I wouldn't do that, Poromon! This is the food we especially made for today, so there's no way I would ruin it." The glasses girl huffed.

"Why did she say 'we', Daisuke? Doesn't she mean Hikari-chan?" Demiveemon innocently asked his partner. Daisuke tensed. "Gahhh, Demiveemon you weren't supposed to say that!" The boy with the goggles hissed down at his Digimon before he felt a presence behind him.

"What was that, Daisuke-kun~?" Miyako then grabbed the front of her leader's jacket. "I helped as much as Hikari-chan, you know! Didn't you know I slept late last night because of that? Huh? Huh!?"

"But I didn't say anything! It was Demiveemon! Hikari-chan, heeelpp!" Poromon and Demiveemon sweat dropped at their partners' antics.

Meanwhile, Taichi, Hikari, Ken, Koushirou and their respective Digimon partners were sitting on a circle while staring at Koushirou's laptop. "Weird... If something did happen, Gennai-san should've emailed me." murmured the red hair while putting on his thinking pose.

"Maybe something happened to Gennai-san too?" Ken suggested.

Taichi, being the man of action stood up and said, "This area is supposed to be covered by Agumon and Tentomon, right? We need to find them first. And if there are any other Digimons on the way, we can ask them what's going on."

The others nodded. Daisuke and Miyako stopped their fighting and also nodded. The sooner they found out what's going on, the better.

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Sora, Yamato, Takeru and his Digimon, Patamon were finally on their way to Koushirou's house after the tire to Yamato's car were fixed. They were in a comfortable silence before a sound broke and not too long after, Takeru spoke up. "Guys, it's from Koushirou-san. It's about the Digital World." That immediately got the other three's attention.

"What did he say?" Asked Yamato while continuing to drive carefully.

"He said he and the others went and gone without us because they, meaning Daisuke, couldn't wait for us anymore." Sora and Patamon stifle a giggle while Yamato nodded.

"Understandable. And?"

They boy with the hat frowned as he read the rest of the email his friend had sent. "They don't know what's happening there yet, but a strange phenomenon has been happening. Right now they're trying to find Agumon and the rest to find out what's going on, so we need to get there ASAP."

"A phenomenon? Did he say anything about it?" His brother asked again. He shook his head. "Well, we better hurry up then." Yamato pushed the gas, worry was showing on his face as he wonders of Gabumon's safety.

Sora was also starting to get worried for her Biyomon, but for some reason, she couldn't stop thinking about Taichi. No, it's not about the confession or her answer. It's just she suddenly has a bad feeling and she thinks her childhood friend may be involved in something.

But it's just a feeling... right?

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"FINALLY!" Taichi and the others stopped their tracks to look at Koushirou who was smiling at his laptop.

"What is it, Koushirou? Is it Gennai?" He asked while walking towards the red hair. He received a nod.

"Hai. He emailed me. It seems he had sent it a while ago, but I only received it just now."

Ken spoke up. "Is it because of the signal?" Koushirou gave a nod again. "Possibly, this fog is somehow messing with the signal around this area. Now let's see..." A few minutes went by before the bearer of the Crest of Knowledge gasped, causing everyone around him to tense up.

"What is it, Koushirou-san?" Daisuke impatiently asked.

"Gennai-san said that he, Agumon and Tentomon had found a black object in the underground near this area a while ago."

"So?"

"Agumon accidentally touched it-" "What?" Taichi spoke up when he heard his partner's name. "-and something happened. A black light burst out of the black object, and then it turned into a powerful and dangerous virus Digimon. It's presence is disrupting the balance in the Digital World and it's the thing that is creating this fog."

"So, we must destroy it?" Iori asked, uncertain.

Hikari gasped. "No! We can't!"

"But Hikari-san, that digimon is what is doing this to the Digital World. If this continues, the balance of this world will be disturbed, the sun may not show up again because of the fog, not to mention Gennai-san said that the Digimon is very powerful but also dangerous." Koushirou tried to reason.

"Still, it's a Digimon, right? We're the Chosen Children and we're supposed to protect and save the Digital World and everyone in it. Right, Daisuke?" She turned to the new leader.

Daisuke hesitated. "Well, it may be dangerous, but it doesn't mean that it's bad or anything, right?"

"But what if it's really bad?" Minomon spoke from Ken's arms.

"Onii-chan?" Hikari turned to her brother, grabbing his arm as she silently asks for back up. Taichi gave her a stare and she stared right back at him. The two of them stayed in that position until something flicker in his eyes and suddenly Hikari felt relieved. She knew she could always count on her brother.

The two then turned to their friends. "Like I said, we have to find Agumon and the others first. But now that we know what's going on, should we encounter with that Digimon, we have to fight it. Now, I'm not saying we should destroy it immediately, but we could try to reason with it. Maybe bring him to Gennai so we could work this all out" Taichi explained before turning back to his sister. "but Hikari, if anything goes wrong you have to remember that we're the Chosen and our main priority is to protect the Digital World and the Digimon, and this thing may not be a Digimon. Okay?" 'Also, I'm your brother, and my main priority is to protect you.' is his silent statement.

Hikari looks at her brother in the eyes for a few moments before nodding. "Okay." And she squeezed his arm gently before letting go, promising him that she would understand should the worst happen.

The other Chosen Children and their Digimon continued to watch the Yagami siblings' interaction before Miyako let out a whoop. "Alrighty then! Let's go kick some evil Digimon's butt!"

"But we don't know if it's evil or not yet!" The purple haired girl ignored Daisuke as she continues along her tracks. The others soon joined her.

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He felt numb.

Ever since he woke up he felt numb.

What is he? What is his purpose? What is his reason to being born in this world?

It's so dark. It's so numb.

He felt... Nothing...

What is this nothingness? This numbness... This...

...

...

...

...wait.

What is that?

He felt something.

A light.

There's a light!

He... He suddenly felt something. He doesn't know what it is, but he felt something! And he likes it!

...

...he's going to get it.

That light could be the answer he was looking for. His... His purpose!

It's faraway from he is at right now, but... He can reach it. He knows he can.

And suddenly, he was off the ground.

"Damn! It's been an hour, where are they?" Complained Daisuke while lying on the grass beside Ken, who was in a sitting position with the now digivolved Wormmon in his lap. The other Digimon have also digivolved because they've eaten the food for the picnic.

"Be patient, Daisuke. They should be here any minute now." Said the genius boy after swallowing a bite of sandwich. He was multi-tasking by feeding his Wormmon some cupcakes.

"Maybe the Digimon is disrupting the time balance as well?" Koushirou murmured to himself.

Taichi's successor only gave a huff. "At least we got our picnic. But the food's almost gone though, what about for Yamato-san and the others?" He asked.

"Don't worry. Mimi-sama and Sora-san will bring their share of food. The two of them and Hikari-chan and I agreed to make two baskets because of the majority of males here!" Miyako explained with a grin.

"Is she implying that males eat too much?" Iori whispered to Koushirou.

"I think so." He whispered back.

"Here, Tailmon, eat some more." The Child of Light said to Tailmon as she gives her a grilled cheese sandwich, which the feline Digimon accepted gratefully.

"I want some more too!" Said Veemon, cheerfully leaping out of nowhere. "Hey!" Hikari giggled at the two Digimon's antics before her gaze landed on her brother. Taichi was standing a couple feet from the group, looking at the landscape. She could tell that he was frowning.

"Onii-chan? Are you okay?" Taichi didn't seem to hear her. She decided to approach him, and when she opened her mouth to call out to him again she saw her brother's knees suddenly buckled.

"ONII-CHAN!" She screamed in horror as she instinctively reach forward to catch her brother who was about to collapsed backwards just now. Thankfully she managed to catch him.

"Wha- Hikari?" Hikari lowered Taichi to the ground carefully. It was hard to steady him at first because he has an athletic and well built body.

"Taichi-san! What's wrong? Why did you suddenly collapse like that?" Apparently Hikari's shout had alarmed all the present Chosen Children and their respective Digimon.

"Huh?"

"Taichi-san, are you alright?" Ken politely asked from behind Hikari, but you can hear the tone of worry from his voice. Taichi seemed to be in a daze but Ken's question snapped him out of it. "Shit- just..." He sat up, putting weight on his hand while he put the other hand to rub his face. He noticed something warm landed on his shoulders. They were Daisuke's hands and they were supporting him from behind so he doesn't fall backwards.

"Onii-chan." He heard Hikari's voice trembling. He removed his hand from his face to see his little sister's worried face. She was gripping his arm, afraid that he would fall again, just like Daisuke.

"Hey, I'm fine. I don't know why but I felt really dizzy just now. I'm alright now, though." He gave a quick smile but his sister didn't seem to be assured by that. Neither did the others.

"Maybe we should take you home." Iori suggests. "This fog could be the cause."

"No. We have to find Agumon and the others." Hikari was about to protest, so Taichi quickly came up with another excuse. "Didn't you hear what Koushirou said? He said that Gennai said that Agumon was the one to find the black object and he didn't say anything about what happened to him after that. I've got a feeling that he and the others are in trouble, and I won't rest until I find them or until I know for sure that they're safe!"

"But Onii-chan!"

"Damn it, Hikari-" "Hey guys! What is that?" Daisuke suddenly said from behind Taichi. He was pointing to the sky. Something was flying towards them at high speed. Something... black?

As the flying figure came closer, each of the Chosen Children and Digimon began to recognize it.

Gasps came from the Digimon and Miyako and Hikari.

"No way..." Taichi disbelievingly said.

"But how?" Koushirou spoke in horror and wonder.

"This can't be..." Iori trembled.

"Is it... really him?" Whispered Ken, mostly to himself.

The figure landed a few feet in front of the group.

It's cold eyes, yellow hair, and black armor, all screamed 's what they're afraid of. This thing. This Digimon, they can tell, is not who they had known a long time ago.

"But... But you're dead..." Daisuke exclaimed before raising his voice. "BLACKWARGREYMON!"

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...tbc

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A/N: So... this is my first Digimon fanfic! I apologize for the bad grammar, and if you readers noticed a lot of details from the Digimon series that are wrong, please forgive me, for I have not watch the great series in years! Thank you, and 'til next time! :3