Hey, everyone! This is a crossover fic of Digimon 01 and 02 and Digimon Tamers (although the Tamers aren't in the first chapter...sorry!).

To those of you who have read my other digimon crossover fic, Dark Waves (just so you don't think you're having deja vu or something): As you all know, I wrote eight chapters of my other crossover fic (Dark Waves), but I decided to rework it entirely (although some scenes in later chapters may be similar from that story). The dark ocean most likely won't be a big focus of the story, the connection between the Tamers and the Digidestined is different now, the crests will play a huge role in the story (including the addition of some new crests), and there will be a clear-cut antagonist/villain (I hadn't really come up with one in my Dark Waves story...it was more like the dark ocean in that one) that is hinted at in this chapter, but not actually introduced until later on in the story. The reason why I decided to redo it was because I had started that fic back in high school (although I didn't post it until recently) and I felt I could do a bit better (although I still don't know if I'm entirely pleased yet...), especially researching up on a few things on some of the digimon games (which some of this is going to be loosely based on) and getting some really interesting ideas from it, and I no longer wanted to write just the dialogue but would rather do prose. There were other reasons, but those were the two main ones, I suppose. Oh, and you happen to like that fic better than this one, I may still go back to writing that one, so no need to worry yet!

Anyways, back to everyone else! I'd like to first note that the Digidestined/Tamer's digimon will be discussed but not really in this story because there are already twenty characters in this story with just the Tamers and Digidestined alone; if I had their digimon play a prominent role, there'd be forty main characters in the story, which is just way too much, in my opinion. Also, I'll be referring to the characters by their full names when I first introduce them, but will be mainly sticking to the names in the American version of their names just because I'm used of them. However, I'll be referring to Joe and Mimi's crests as their Japanese counterparts, Joe's crest being "Faith" and Mimi's being "Purity" just because I happen to like those better (although I like "sincerity"...but "reliability" really has nothing on "faith," in my opinion). Lastly, this takes place after the second Tamers movie (which I never actually saw), meaning that Takato and the others have already found their digimon and a way back into the digital world (which is kind of implied at the end of the series, anyway). Anyways, have fun reading! Oh, and try guessing who's speaking in the prologue (because it's fun! LOL!)! Well, R&R!

Prologue: A Dream of a Memory

"There's a point where my memories just stop. I don't know why, but beyond a certain point, I've completely forgotten everything - who I was and how I came to be who I am now. What I'm told has always been - my home, my family, my life in this world - I can't remember always being, and the more I try to prove to myself that it has always been, the more I think that it has never really been at all; that there's some other world that I've forgotten and some other life that I used to live before I started living this one.

"But I shouldn't say I've forgotten everything completely; there's this dream I keep having. It's a dream of a memory - a memory that's been stuck in the back of my head for as long as I can remember. It didn't bother me at first; I thought it was just my imagination. But now the pieces are starting to become clearer - there are faces now focusing in my mind and I'm starting to hear the voices that belong to them, but I still can't remember who it is that I'm really seeing; they're just faces and voices of people I should know, but who are now strangers to me for some reason. There are no names, no histories, no personalities, well, except for what I make up from the few fuzzy images I seem to remember and the few muddled words I sometimes hear, and no link to me - other than the dream itself, that is. But they're people I used to know, I think, but who didn't know me, and there's one who I think was a friend of mine; and they're all in a different place, a place that's similar to this one, but still different somehow - a different world that I think I used to call home.

"And there's this man - this monster - that I keep trying to forget, but there's still a piece of him inside of me that won't go away no matter how much I want it to or how hard I try; there's always those two familiar eyes glaring at me every time I close my own eyes, and a voice that I'm afraid of, although I don't exactly understand why I'm so afraid of it, always warning me of the same thing: 'You cannot kill what has already fused it's self with Time…'"

Chapter 1: Graduation

"Tai! Tai, wake up! We're going to be late!"

Tai Kamiya groaned at the sound of his mother's voice calling to him, and turned on his side, placing his pillow over his ear.

"Tai!"

Tai let out another annoyed groan before calling out again, "All right! All right! I'm getting up…" With a third groan he sat up in bed, scowl on his face. "I don't see why I have to go…" he grumbled to himself as he placed his feet on the floor, although still sitting in bed. "Going to school on a Sunday…and on the first Sunday of summer vacation, at that!" He sighed, staring down at his feet, reluctant to actually stand up. "And I'm so tired!" he exclaimed with a yawn, closed his eyes, and fell back onto his pillow.

It was only a moment later that his bedroom door opened, his sister's voice saying, "Hey, Tai, how do I -" Kari Kamiya, dressed in her graduation robe, stopped, however, upon noticing her brother still in bed. She sighed, placing her hands on her hips, and said, "I should have know you were still in bed."

"Huh?" Tai muttered upon hearing Kari's voice and opened his eyes to see Kari standing in his doorway. "Oh, hey, Kari…"

"Aren't you going to get up? The ceremony is going to start soon and mom and dad said we're leaving in fifteen minutes," Kari informed her brother.

Tai groaned yet again. "We are?" Kari nodded. "Why does the stupid ceremony have to be so early?"

"Ten o'clock isn't that early, Tai."

"Yes, it is…" Tai grumbled, closing his eyes again.

Kari let out a sigh, but then smiled and asked, "So, how do I look?"

Forcing his eyes open, Tai replied, "Fine, I guess." Kari frowned by her brother's lack of enthusiasm, but said nothing in response as Tai continued on complaining, "I don't see why I have to go…it's not that big of a deal, you know."

"Sure, it is!" Kari exclaimed with a grin. "Today I'm graduating junior high! And next fall I'll be starting high school. And I've got all the pictures developed that I took at Ken's graduation last week so I can show everyone today, and -"

"That's not what I mean; what I mean is, is that it's not like you really accomplished anything," Tai explained. "I mean, you're good at everything, Kari; of course you were going to graduate. You probably didn't even have to try. But then take someone stupid, like-like Davis. The kid can barely figure out his left from his right and he's graduating today. Now THAT'S accomplishment."

Kari scrunched her eyebrows and frowned in dismay, but before she could say anything, Mrs. Kamiya came pleasantly walking by. Upon noticing her son still lazily laying in bed, she grew cross, scowl forming on her face, and marched in. With a frustrated sigh, she shouted, "Tai, get up!"

Hearing the very angry voice of his mother only a few feet away from him, Tai immediately shot up in bed with a cringe. "Morning, mom…"

Mrs. Kamiya just narrowed her eyes and said, "We're leaving in fifteen minutes, Tai. You BETTER be ready on time." Tai gave his mother a nervous half smile. She then turned her glare from him, but as soon as her eyes set on Kari, her anger melted away. "Oh, Kari! You look wonderful!" she exclaimed, giving her daughter a hug. "I'm so proud of you!"

Tai rolled his eyes as his mother gushed over the ever modest Kari and he finally got out of bed. He then muttered to himself, "Well, at least Matt will be there…"

Matt Ishida frowned as he stood in the junior high hallway, filled with many parents, students, and teachers busily making their way to the auditorrium, waiting for his father, who was a few yards behind trying to do his tie. "Come on, dad," he called out to him as his patience began to wear.

"I'm trying!" Mr. Ishida called back growing frustrated with his tie. Finally, he stopped in his tracks and slammed his foot on the floor. "Damn it! Why can't I figure this stupid thing out?"

Matt sighed. "I've only shown you a million times, dad."

"I know…" Mr. Ishida reluctantly admitted. "Are you sure I have to wear the stupid thing, anyway?"

"Yes, dad," Matt answered flatly before offering, "You just want me to do it?"

"Fine…" Mr. Ishida accepted with some difficulty. "I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually, though…" Matt just shook his head while he walked back to his father and then started doing his tie for him. Mr. Ishida then began, "So…do you think your mother's here yet?"

"Probably," Matt answered nonchalantly, "Considering the graduates are supposed to be here early."

"Oh, right…" Mr. Ishida trailed off. Worriedly, he asked, "We're not late, are we?"

Matt just smiled and replied, "No, dad."

"That's good. Because you know how upset your mother would get…"

"I'm done," Matt said as he finished and took a step back from his father.

"Huh?" Mr. Ishida asked, and, once realizing what Matt had been talking about, said, "Oh, thanks." He then took a deep breath. "Okay, today's the big day. I can handle this."

Matt couldn't help but laugh. "What are you so nervous about, anyway, dad?"

"Nervous? Do I look nervous?"

"A little."

"Well, I'm not… I mean, I am…a little," Mr. Ishida struggled to answer. Then, he finally sighed and said, "It's just that, you don't understand what it's like being a father. TK's now graduating junior high and soon he's going to graduate high school and college and then you're going to be getting married and having kids-"

"Kids, dad?" Matt questioned with a chuckle. "I'm not even out of high school yet."

"I KNOW that," Mr. Ishida answered. "What I'm trying to say is that you kids are growing up way too fast for me."

"It's not that fast, dad. You're worrying too much."

"I know…do you think your mother will think I look nervous?"

"DAD," Matt exclaimed in exasperation.

"Hey, Matt!" a familiar voice called out and Matt turned to see Tai waving to him from down the hall, Kari beside him.

"Hey, Tai," Matt called back as Tai ran up to him, Kari following behind. "You two just get here?"

"Yeah," Tai answered when he reached him. "My parents are getting seats now and I thought I'd walk Kari to where the graduates are waiting."

"But shouldn't Kari have been here awhile ago?" Matt asked.

Tai grinned nervously as Kari smiled weakly and said, "Tai kind of had a hard time getting up this morning…" She then put on a warm smile when she noticed Mr. Ishida and said, "Oh, hello, Mr. Ishida."

"Hello, Kari," Mr. Ishida said with a smile. "Congratulations."

Kari modestly replied, "Thanks!"

"Hey, look! Kari's here!" Yolei Inoue's voice now came down the hall and Kari turned to see Yolei standing with TK Takaishi, dressed in the same graduation robe as Kari was, Cody Hida, and Ken Ichijouji.

"Hi, guys!" Kari called out to them with a grin and a wave.

"Dad! Matt!" TK exclaimed upon seeing his father and brother and quickly hurried over.

"Hey, TK; congratulations!" Matt congratulated his brother with a grin. "Great job. You should be very proud."

"Thanks, Matt," TK said, giving his brother a hug.

"Couldn't you be a little bit more appreciative of me, like that, Tai?" Kari whispered to her brother, gesturing to Matt and TK.

"Yeah, yeah, congratulations," Tai muttered half-heartedly and Kari just sighed.

Meanwhile, TK had turned to his father. "Hi, dad."

Mr. Ishida, a bit nervous, cleared his throat and said, "Good job, son," as he patted him on the shoulder.

TK gave an awkward half-smile. "Thanks, dad…I guess." Mr. Ishida frowned, but TK was already grinning as he turned to Kari and took her by the hand, saying, "Come on, Kari! Everybody's been waiting to see you!"

As TK pulled Kari down the hall towards Yolei and the others, Kari called out, "I'll see you later, Tai! Bye! And nice seeing you Mr. Ishida!"

When the two were already down the hall, Mr. Ishida asked, still frowning, "That was bad, right?"

Matt frowned and nodded. "Kind of…but you'll do better after the ceremony."

"And I practiced what I was going to say on Kari, too…" Mr. Ishida mumbled, still frowning. "Well, I'm going to go find a seat…probably next to your mother because I know TK would like that…I'll see you in a little while, all right?" Matt nodded and Mr. Ishida then left Tai and Matt to themselves.

"Three words and he couldn't get it right, huh?" Tai asked with a frown.

"Well, at least he tries…sort of…" Then, changing the subject, Matt inquired, "So, what did Izzy said?"

Tai smiled now. "He said he'll have Kari and the others' digimon here by after the ceremony; it's going to be a great graduation present, don't you think?" Matt nodded, grinning as well. "And Kari thinks I don't appreciate her!"

"And there's Ken in front of the school," Kari said as she flipped through her photos of Ken's graduation for Ken, TK, Yolei, and Cody to see. "And there's Ken with Yolei and Cody. And there's -"

"We can see, you know, Kari," Yolei pointed out and Kari frowned.

"Oh, right. Sorry."

"Anyway, I'm so excited that you've only finally graduated!" Yolei exclaimed. "It's been so lonely in high school all by myself this last year. But next year, all you guys will be there."

"Except me," Cody added with some disappointment.

"Don't worry, Cody; we'll come and visit you!" Yolei assured her friend. Then, looking back at Kari's photos, she said, "Oh, that's a nice one of you and TK, Kari."

"Thanks, Yolei," Kari said, blushing slightly as she looked down at the photo of her and TK with his arm around her. Then, she flipped to the next one. "Oh, here's one of Ken with his parents."

"Isn't that sweet!" Yolei exclaimed.

"Do you want to have it, Ken?" She handed it to Ken.

"Sure, Kari; thanks," he replied with a warm smile.

"Don't mention it," Kari assured him and then looked down at the next photo. "Here's one of Ken and Davis." A puzzled look then fell onto Kari's face as she looked around. "Hey, where is Davis, anyway?"

"Oh, I think he went off to talk to some friends with soccer…" TK answered.

"You want me to get him?" Yolei asked.

Kari nodded as she held up her camera. "Yeah; I want to get some pictures of him and us before the ceremony." Yolei nodded and then was off down the hall.

"And if I'm good enough, I'll get to play on the varsity team!" Davis Motomiya, dressed in his graduation robe, was saying, grin wide and eyes wider with excitement as he stood with a half a dozen of his teammates and fellow graduates. "And, more importantly, with Tai Kamiya! I can't wait!"

"Yeah, but it's nearly impossible for a freshman to get on the varsity soccer team," one of Davis's fellow graduates noted with a frown and the others nodded, equally depressed by this realization.

All but Davis, that is. "Come on, guys! Don't give up before you've even tried! There's still a chance!"

"A really small chance," another retorted and Davis frowned.

However, he then crossed his arms and stubbornly argued, "Well, I'm not going to give up that easily."

"That's because you've always been a glutton for punishment, Davis," the first insisted.

Now Davis grew perplexed and inquired, "What's a glutton?"

The boys all broke into laughter as Davis frowned, cheeks turning pink.

"See what I mean?" the first began through his laughter. "Davis really is a glutton for punishment!" The boys all laughed harder, nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, it would definitely take a miracle for you to get on varsity, Davis; I mean, it's still a wonder how you even graduated junior high!" a third exclaimed. Davis's teammates laughed even harder and Davis's face now became a bright shade of red.

"Well, see you after the ceremony, Davis!" one now said as the group started ambulating off down the hall towards the other graduates, leaving an embarrassed, confused, and annoyed Davis alone in the hall.

"Bye!" a second said before the group became part of the bigger crowd.

Davis scowled slightly as he stood there, "It's not that big of a wonder," he grumbled to himself as he kicked at the floor. Then he stubbornly added, "And I'm NOT a glutton, whatever THAT is…" He frowned with a sigh, however and leaned against the wall. He then looked up toward the ceiling. "And it wouldn't take a miracle to get on Tai's team, would it…?"

"Huh?" Davis stood up straight as he suddenly heard the sound of whispering coming to his ear, although too quiet for Davis to fully make out. He narrowed his eyes and listened carefully as the whispers grew louder.

"Miracle, miracle, miracle," the strange voices whispered about him-at least, that's what it sounded like they were whispering to Davis, as if echoing his own words and bouncing them off the hallway walls.

Davis scrunched up his eyebrows and frowned in puzzlement. "Miracle?" he asked out loud to himself. Then, he turned his head toward where the voices were coming from, the dark, empty end of the corridor, and called out warily, "Hello? Is someone there?"

"Miracles, miracles, miracles," the voices hissed, adding an "s" now, as Davis began to walk toward the voices, wherever they were coming from, almost entranced by them.

"Is he the one?"

"Is he-"

"The crest-"

"He'd kill him first."

"He'll kill him before-"

"Miracles, miracles, miracles…"

And the voices kept whispering around Davis, growing louder and fiercer, each cutting the other off in their frenzy, as Davis walked further down the hall into the darkness. Davis narrowed his eyes in his perplexity now, and asked again, this time with a small tremor in his throat "Hello?" He then went to turn the corridor, the whispers still screaming in his ear.

Davis let out a gasp as he suddenly felt a hand drop onto his shoulder. He immediately spun around and, to his relief, saw Yolei standing their looking very confused. "Jeez, Yolei! You scared me half to death!"

"Sorry, Davis," Yolei apologized. She then curiously inquired, "Just what were you doing, anyway?"

"Well, there were these voices and-" Davis stopped himself, however, and paused to listen. Frowning in his confusion, he said, "Hey, they're gone now."

"Voices, Davis?" Yolei asked, shaking her head with a snicker. "You sure are strange."

"I'm not strange!" Davis defended himself. "And there were voices!"

"Whatever you say," Yolei replied with a smirk, obviously not believing him in the slightest.

"But-"

"Come on, Davis," Yolei interrupted, taking Davis by the wrist. "The ceremony's going to start soon and Kari wants to get some pictures of you."

"But-" Davis tried to protest once more, but Yolei was already pulling him down the hall, back towards the others and away from the darkness.

Yawning loudly and stretching out his arms, Tai sat in the audience, his mother on his left and Matt on his right, as the junior high principal made his graduation speech at the podium, Kari, TK, Davis, and the other graduates sitting behind him. "This is so boring!" he whispered loudly and then added, "And it's so hot!" Matt sighed, placing his hand to his forehead, looking very embarrassed, and Mrs. Kamiya looked ready to strangle her son for making such a scene.

"You could at least try and enjoy yourself, Tai," Matt muttered.

"I'm trying…" Tai weakly argued before slouching in his seat. "But it's not my fault it's so boring. Can't they just give out the diplomas and be done with it already?"

"Tai, be quiet!" Mrs. Kamiya scolded in a fierce whisper. "And, for God's sake, would it kill you to sit up?"

"No, mom," Tai mumbled and reluctantly sat up.

"Look at your sister; doesn't she look wonderful?" Mrs. Kamiya asked softly.

"Yeah, mom," Tai answered indifferently.

"I remember when you were up there," his mother continued, growing misty eyed. "Oh, you kids grow up so fast." Then, after Tai let out another loud yawn. Mrs. Kamiya narrowed her eyes and added bitterly, "If only you'd start acting like it."

"Funny, funny, mom," Tai sarcastically remarked.

"Still, you were so handsome sitting up there in your blue graduation robe, just like Kari is now," Mrs. Kamiya continued.

"Oh, I remember that," Mr. Kamiya now chimed in, leaning over his wife so that both she and Tai could hear. "Didn't Tai fall asleep during the proceedings, honey?"

Mrs. Kamiya frowned bitterly at the memory. "Unfortunately, I remember that quite vividly."

Mr. Kamiya then leaned farther over his wife and whispered to Tai, "Don't worry, Tai; I always found these things really boring, myself."

"Honey!" Mrs. Kamiya scolded in a loud whisper and then grew red as she noticed people turning around and staring at her in her family. Tai began to snicker and his father leaned back into his seat.

It was then that Izzy Izumi, pale and distraught, entered the auditorium, laptop tucked under his arm. Quietly, he closed the door and quickly made his way to where Tai and Matt sat. Sliding into the row behind them and taking a seat, he tapped Tai on the shoulder and whispered, "Hey, Tai."

Both Tai and Matt turned around in surprise. "Hey, Izzy; what are you doing here now?" Matt asked.

"Yeah; I thought we were supposed to meet outside the school after the ceremony was over," Tai added, but Izzy shook his head.

"I couldn't wait to tell you," Izzy said, swallowing hard.

Matt now frowned, noticing the panic in Izzy's eyes, and asked worriedly, "Izzy, what's wrong?"

"It's the digital world; I thought it was just my laptop. Or maybe just Japan, but then I called Mimi-"

"Mimi?" Tai asked, growing anxious.

Izzy nodded. "Our world is totally cut off from the digital world."

"What?" Matt questioned.

"Totally cut off?" Tai repeated, just as surprised.

"Shh!" a few annoyed whispers came from the crowd.

Tai lowered his voice. "Totally cut off, Izzy? What do you mean totally cut off?"

"I mean that we can't get in contact with it at all," Izzy explained, but then shook his head. "No, it's as if the digital world never existed at all!"

Tai gasped. "Never existed?"

"But that would mean that Gabumon and the others would have never…" Matt trailed off in his own worry.

"That's not possible, is it, Izzy?" Tai asked. "It can't be."

"I don't know; all I know is that the gates aren't closed-they're gone completely. And any data that had anything to do with the digital world is gone from my laptop and the internet. It's like someone erased all traces of the digital world, past and present."

"And future, too, then," Matt added in fear, and Izzy nodded in solemn agreement.

Tai, however, narrowed his eyes with fierce determination in his eyes. "Come on; we have to get the others," he ordered and went to get up. However, his mother quickly took hold of his arm.

"Just where do you think you're going?" Mrs. Kamiya questioned with suspicious eyes. "The ceremony isn't over yet."

"I have to go; there's an emergency, mom!" Tai exclaimed in a loud whisper.

"Emergency?" Mrs. Kamiya asked with some worry, and still much suspicion. "What's wrong?"

"I can't explain it to you now, but-"

"Tai, you're making a scene," Matt cut him off in a whisper now, noticing the other people staring at them. "Besides, we can't get TK, Kari, or Davis until after the ceremony's over, anyway."

Tai sighed reluctantly and slumped back into his seat. He then turned back to Izzy. "Izzy, get Joe and Sora and bring them here. And call Mimi back and tell her to find anyway to get back to Japan, all right? The others are all here; me and Matt will get them together and tell them what's going on-well, as much as we know about it, anyway. We'll meet outside the school, like we had planned."

Izzy nodded. "All right." He then got up and left, ready to follow out Tai's orders.

"Never existed…" Matt wondered aloud with lost, melancholy eyes and Tai frowned as he looked at the doubt that already seemed to be in his friend.

And Mrs. Kamiya, fear now trembling in her panicked whispers, "What's wrong, Tai? Tell me what's wrong, Tai."

Yet Tai didn't know the answer.