A/N: Hey everyone. This is my first Digimon fanfic. Since it's not focused on romance, the only couple of my choice I have is PataGato because I can't see either with anyone else. What other couples will be in here is up to you readers however I cannot write the Ken/Yolei couple but all other possible couples are up for suggestions. This will be a Book series of 7-8 books and will be a crossover with all the other seasons.

Prologue: From Between the Fingers

Hands reaching over to grab the edge of his fingertips. The fingers met for the briefest of moments before they were torn away completely. As they were torn away, only one voice could be heard through the darkness.

"PATAMON!"

T.K. Takaishi shot up in bed, panting and wheezing from the nightmare of a memory. He wiped the beads of sweat hanging from his forehead and got up, heading towards the kitchen in order to get a drink of water. He still remembered the day he had lost Patamon to the digital world. This wasn't supposed to happen, they had defeated MaloMyotismon. Digimon and humans were meant to be living harmoniously as one not hating each other. But of course, they shouldn't have expected everything to end up fine. Even now 6 years later, they didn't know who the main culprit had been but it was one human that started this propaganda of digimon being vicious creatures and only tools for the sake of experimentation.

Causing chaos in the digital world and hatred amongst digimon for humans, the organisation was formed. Gennai and the digimon sovereign had decided it best to pull the partner digimon of the chosen back into the digital world. It had been a tearful goodbye and none of them had wanted to let their digimon go. But it had been the hardest for him, he had lost Patamon once. That time, he had gotten his best friend back. But this time would he ever see Patamon again? It had been 5 years since that day where he had tried to desperately hold onto Patamon but been forced to let him go.

He poured some water into a glass and swallowed it down. Izzy had been trying hard to regain contact with their partners as well as freeing the digimon that had been taken hostage by the Anti-Digimon Organisation but they were so useless. All 12 of them had been labelled as criminals for having friendly associations with digimon but he didn't care. Patamon was his best friend and even if it killed him, he'd find a way back to his best friend.

"Patamon!" A familiar female feline voice yelled out in panic and before the orange hamster digimon could do anything he was tackled to the ground out of the way of a long shoot of fire headed in their direction. Gatomon helped Patamon to his feet once they had narrowly dodged the attacked before hugging him.

"Patamon, I'm glad you're safe." The feline digimon whispered and Patamon nuzzled her gently caressing her back with his wings but then he pulled away.

"Where's Veemon and Hawkmon?" Patamon asked urgently, knowing they were with Gatomon last. The feline digimon averted her gaze, guilt shining in her eyes.

"They were taken by the humans." Gatomon told him. "We were all headed back to you and Armadillamon, but the humans attacked. Honestly, I think we're lucky we weren't killed but the humans took away Veemon and Hawkmon."

Patamon's eyes widened and he clenched his paw. He still didn't understand why all this was happening? Where was T.K.? He knew probably a lot of time had passed in the real world but his partner would never forget him. He didn't understand why T.K. hadn't found a way to the digital world. If he could digivolve he could have easily handled these humans with the strange machines. Now two more of their friends had been taken. Agumon and Gabumon had mysteriously dissapeared a week ago and no one knew whether they were dead, alive or made into walking-talking zombies without a mind of their own like various other friends.

"Sir Patamon!" Another voice came and Patamon turned to see Gotsumon headed their way.

"We need to evacuate from here, urgently Sir. The enemy is heading this way." Gotsumon informed them and Patamon frowned.

"Gotsumon, you don't need to address me with Sir I've told you before." Patamon pointed out and Gotsumon shook his head, while Gatomon smiled at her best friend's modesty.

"No, if it weren't for you and the other twelve digimon, our world would not even be able to hold up a resistance. You led us through that resistance so we have utmost respect to you for defending us against those disgusting humans." Gotsumon said, his voice taking on a tone of disgust as he talked about the humans. Now, both Patamon and Gatomon frowned upon hearing the loathing in his voice. Gotsumon and every digimon really hated all humans with a passion for all the pain they caused but their human partners weren't like this.

Their human partners were trying to help them. However, explaining that to anyone seemed useless and even Patamon himself was beginning to think that perhaps T.K. and the others had given up. He didn't want to but it had been so long and nothing was getting solved. He was snapped out of his thoughts as arrows of fire headed their way, hitting many digimon along the way. Once it hit a digimon, the digimon was disintegrate into bits of data every sign of that digimon dissapearing from the world.

"Boom Bubble! Pa!" Patamon cried mustering up all his strength to send the attack.

"Cat's Eye Beam!" Gatomon cried also managing to knock away some of the blasts before running in the other direction. "Patamon, hurry!" As the hamster digimon flew in her direction, she saw another blast speedily heading in his direction.

"Pata-behind you!" The feline digimon managed to splutter out waving her arms. It seemed like everything had then turned slow-motion as the attack came towards Patamon and he turned. At last minute, Gotsumon stepped in front, his rock-like arms spread out in front of him. The attack hit him, an ear-piercing shreik leaving him, as his data disintegrated and an empty spot was now where Gotsumon had just risked his own life to save Patamon's.