Hey, everyone, I'm back! It's been awhile, but here I am. This is my new fic, my second attempt at writing. I want feedback, people! Constructive criticism is accepted, but flames are not. Lastly, I'd like to dedicate this to DarkDremora4, for getting me back on my feet!

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.

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"OOF!"

The red dinosaur rubbed his head and looked around. He looked around at the barren desert that was the first plain of the digital world. It looked even more barren then the last time he was here, due to all the damage the d-reaper had caused while he, his tamer and all his other friends were in the real world battling the d-reaper. They had won in the end, but it cost the red Digimon separation from his tamer. He let out a quiet whimper.

"Guilmon get your fat tail off of me! I can hardly breathe under here!" Came a muffled voice from underneath him. Guilmon clumsily rolled to the side letting the little digital bunny-like creature named Terriermon out from under him.

"Oops, sorry Terriermon." Guilmon said.

"Yeah, yeah. It's a good thing we're in the digital world and don't need to eat. You might drop a few pounds!" Terriermon retorted. Guilmon's bat-like ears drooped and he looked down ashamed.

"I said I was sorry." He muttered. Terriermon sighed.

"Yeah, I'm sorry too Guilmon. It's only been a few minutes and I'm already getting myself into trouble without Henry keeping me out of it." Terriermon said, his own ears drooping.

"Hey, you two dolts aren't the only ones who just lost their tamers you know!" Said an impish creature, rightly named Impmon. "I really only just got back with Ai and Mako. Now I'm a whole world away from them again, thanks to your tamer's father!"

Terriermon puffed up ready to make a comeback, but a small white Digimon intervened. "Hey! We don't need to fight… let's all just be glad that we're alright! Ha ha!" Calumon giggled.

"Since when did the cream puff become a poet?" Impmon asked.

"I don't know but he's right though. Hey, that rhyming thing is contagious! Is everybody here?" Guilmon asked.

"Here!" Answered Lopmon, who looked like a chocolate-covered Terriermon.

"Here! Whoa!" Said Monodramon, tripping over a rock and landing roughly on his head.

"Ha! You're not so scary when you're not Cyberdramon!" Terriermon taunted.

"Maybe a little dented with some bolts loose but I'm accounted for and well!" Guardromon said in his usual chipper tone.

"Pipi!" MarineAngemon piped up. Guilmon looked over everyone to check that they were all there, but he noticed someone missing from the road call. Then he saw the tall, yellow fox standing nearby looking out to the horizon. He slowly approached her.

"Renamon? You okay?" He asked her. Renamon stood there silently, unmoving other then her tail slightly swaying in the breeze. "Renamon?" Guilmon asked again.

"I've been separated from my tamer and friend, and I'm probably never going to be reunited with her again. Of course I'm not okay." Renamon said calmly. Guilmon put on a determined face.

"We'll see our tamers again! I know we will!" He said.

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because Takato promised, and I trust Takato. And I know the day he comes back for me, everyone else will too!"

Renamon turned her head to look at Guilmon, intrigued. "Well, if you believe it that much, I have no choice but to believe it too." She sighed. "Thank you Guilmon."

"Of course, you're my friend." Guilmon chuckled. They both stared at each other saying nothing until the heard a distraction off to the side.

"Pipipi pi pipipipipi pipipi pii!" Said a frantic MarineAngemon. Terriermon leaped in front of MarineAngemon with a panicked look on his face.

"What's that? Calumon fell into the well!? Oh no, we have to save him!" Terriermon joked. Everybody sweat dropped. Terriermon fell to the ground and burst out laughing. "I just couldn't resist! It was just too easy! Too easy!"

"Pi! Pipipi! Pipipipipipipipipiiiii!" MarineAngemon fumed. He floated down to the laughing bunny and turned his head towards the direction of his distress. At this moment everybody noticed the mass of dark and stormy clouds quickly approaching them.

Terriermon stopped laughing.

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"Don't talk to me, dad." Said an angry blued haired kid named Henry while storming off. His dad watched him leave, tears streaming from his eyes.

"Hey, Henry!" Came the voice of Takato Matsuki. He made to go after his friend, but a hand on his shoulder stopped him.

"Let him go, gogglehead. He obviously needs to be alone right now." Rika Nonaka reasoned. Takato turned to her.

"But it's really not his dad's fault. He did what he thought was best." Takato said, his eyes still puffy from tears.

"Well, whatever. Just give him some time. We all need some… We pretty much just had a part of us ripped away." Rika whispered, her eyes slightly shimmering in a wet coat of threatening tears.

"Wow, the Digimon ice queen showing some emotion? I haven't seen that since I used all your energy to slice a part of the d-reaper in half!" Said a surprisingly cheerful Ryo. Rika whirled on him.

"What's your problem? I really don't feel like dealing with your arrogance right now!" Rika fumed, then stalked off.

"Hey! I was just trying to cheer you up… girls are complicated." Ryo sighed.

"She just… needs a little time." Takato shook his head. He and Ryo started to walk off together. Off to the side, Kazu and Kenta were still staring at where their Digimon disappeared.

"So, does this mean we have to go back to the card game?" Kenta asked.

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"Thanks for the near heart attack, Azulongmon!" Terriermon yelled at the sovereign that came out of the black storm cloud.

"The attack of the chaos has ceased! Thanks to you, I'm guessing. Where are your human tamers?" Azulongmon asked.

"They're sadly still back in the real world, your huge powerful snakey-ness!" Guardromon answered.

"Pity. It would have been great to see Zhuqiaomon eat his words in front of them." Azulongmon chuckled.

"Azulongmon, what is going to happen to the digital world?" Renamon asked, noting the destruction all around them.

"It will slowly repair itself. As long as humans keep feeding data onto the World Wide Web, we will survive. Today is a day for celebration! Come my friends, we shall honour you all as heroes and protectors of all the worlds!" Azulongmon exclaimed.

As a cloud formed around them, they didn't notice the burning red eyes coming from deep within a crack in the land…

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Well, what do you think? There's more to come so keep your eyes peeled for the next chapter. Also, I have 2 things to say. 1. Let's just assume Terriermon saw an episode of Lassie in the real world. I also don't own that. 2. I like Ryo, just not for Rika.

That's all! Review if you want!