Crazy: yes i have this chapter in two of my storys and for good reason. it acts as the turn of point for Ryo's spin off and that's handy.

Yamaki: what do you want? i have a very top secret government agency to run.

Crazy: how does it feel to have only appeared once so far?

Yamaki: i don't really care. I only appear in the actual show a little bit.

Crazy:well now yamaki has given me the cold shoulder on with the fic.

Crazy does not own digimon.

Memories of a legend

Ryo lay on the bed listening to the world around him. He heard Monodramon snoring not far away and Knightmon patrolling the corridors. It was a rarity in itself for Ryo to fell the need to rest. He just traveled the digital world with his partner seeking fight after fight but deep down he knew he was just running away from a bigger fight. It at least explained why he never feared battle. 'I've tried fighting, but it always ends the same. I always lose my friends, to him or to my own stupidity. Everyone around me suffers. I thought it was over when I ended up in this world but then those two came along, they changed everything.'

He looked over at his partner glad that he was once again in his rookie form. It also annoyed him because it gave him time to think and he hated it he just wished he could be caught up in combat so that he didn't have to deal with these things. "man." he sighed as his mind turned over how he'd gotten to this point in life. To think that this had started with a yes or no question. He shook his head trying to rid himself of the thoughts. All his attempts to end his battles had utterly failed.

'I guess I've just got to live with it, after all at least I get to have an adventure.' he thought as sleep continued to escape his grasp. Not for the first time he found himself telling himself. 'bare it, just a few more hours.' but it felt much longer ever time due to the stress of the memories that barraged him. It was constant and with it always came the same lack of sleep. Not that it mattered if he slept or not in the digital world. He thought back to the place where it had begun for him. That room in another world, it used to be his room. He wonder what had happened to his old home as he once again failed to find the sleep he sought.

He sat up on the bed and took a look around him. This room was just as it always was, desolate free of decorations. He remembered when he'd first found this place and battled Knightmon for the right to stay and rest. It had been a brutal fight and neither side seemed to be gaining the upper hand. The two ultimates did near endless battle that day. It only came to an end when Cybadramon managed to peel away Knightmon's chest plate revealing his vulnerable core.

Ryo ground his teeth at the memories as he endured the hours of torturous rest. It was relentless like every night he rest. 'why do I rest' he asked himself once again as the pain flowed through him. He looked towards one of the windows and his escape appeared. Daylight suddenly shone through the window and Ryo leapt up to welcome it. It was his escape from the past, but then again it wasn't. At least not this time, this time he felt direction. Direction was something he hadn't felt in a long time.

He looked down at his d-arc. "It is time. Monodramon get up." he spoke to the small dragon like digimon. Upon hearing his partners words Monodramon shot up doing a somersault for effect and landed by his side. "All better Ryo." he spoke in his calm voice that was a stark contrast to how Cybadramon would speak on rare occasions. "good. We have business to attend to." Ryo was grinning the same old grin. A simple lie to the world.

"Ryo where are we going?" asked Monodramon not quite sure if whatever Ryo had planed was a good thing or not. Ryo gave no reply he just started walking. Monodrmon dashed to catch up. "Ryo?" he asked in a slightly irritated voice. Ryo ignored this and continued to just walk. Monodramon was rather used to Ryo just going silent, it happened quite a lot but it still pissed him off. Frowning Monodramon followed Ryo quietly trying to ignore the agitating twitch that was forming on his face.

The two walked in silence as the scenery went by. They just continued to walk, Ryo dreading what he'd find and Monodramon wondering where the heck they were going. 'where the heck are we going? There is nothing in that direction. It's just a digital wasteland beyond this point.' Ryo stopped dead in his tracks. "Monodramon do you remember when we first came to this place?" Monodramon looked around for anything familiar but it all seemed new to him. "no I don't think so."

Ryo released a sad sigh. "well it's very different then when we first came here or even the last time we were here. This place used to be a forest. At the centre was a giant tree that you couldn't see the lower branches. That's just how big it was." Ryo paused to let out a deep sigh. "Do you remember that huge mess we got into about three or four years ago?" at this Monodramon looked up at him strangely in remembrance and sorrow. "This … this is where we met that person for the first time isn't it Ryo." spoke the dragon like digimon. Ryo just nodded and continued to walk in the direction that he'd been going before he'd paused. Monodramon followed loyally as always.

After a few more minutes of tiresome walking Ryo spoke up again as a large temple like structure came into view. "that was built in honour of Egalimon." Ryo chuckled slightly. It wasn't a humours chuckle but rather an ironic one. "you know I always thought that digidesians were supposed to save the world and be noble and all of that stuff. The one thing I never expected was for some one like that person to come along and wage war with the digital world." Ryo came to a stop in front of the ancient styled temple. "Ryo you know just as well as I do that the traitor had plenty of reason to do that." Monodramon's words flowed as did his memories upon returning to this place. "well we fought by his side didn't we?" laughed Ryo dryly empty of any true emotion.

The duo walked forwards into the temple with similar yet totally different thoughts. 'well it's time to find out the whole story.' thought Monodramon as they approached the central room of the temple. On one of the walls rested a stone tablet. 'well I guess it time for me to face my past.' the legendary tamer thought as he began to tell his story to Monodramon.

Flashback

Ryo watched in amazement as the giant dark digital god dropped and crumpled into a heap. He'd thought that this part of his life was over years ago when Millenniummon had been absorbed by his partner. Sadly that didn't work out to well and Ryo felt dizziness overtake him as Cybadramon crashed down beside him. The pair watched as their ultimate enemy disappeared into data shards before they dropped into sleep.

End flashback

"what the hell does that have to do with the traitor?" growled Monodramon in irritation. "Just let me tell the story would ya." replied Ryo before continuing. "as I was saying we'd just beaten him again and we fell unconscious. When we came to we were in a huge forest."

Flashback

Ryo opened his eye's to look around him. It wasn't a big surprise to find that he was no longer at the battle field. Things like this happened all the time to him but what happened next was a much rarer occurrence. Considering that this was the first time it had happened. Just like that. "wham." something or if he wasn't mistaken something's had just fallen out of the sky and landed right on him. Afterwards he just lay there for a while dased trying to descren the conversation that the things that had fallen on him were having.

"You are such an idiot. Just jumping into the way like that. Now look where we are." ranted a female human voice. At this Ryo looked up and saw Two people he'd never forget, the first a girl with fiery red hair in a pineapple shaped ponytail. "Aw come on Rika don't get like that. How was I supposed to know that there'd be another world under the soccer posts." spoke the second person who would be etched into Ryo's memory the boy that was more often than not referred to as the traitor.

Crazy: well hope you liked it. the next chapter will not be back into the main action but it's really reliant.

Egalimon: so when do i show up?

Crazy: not until the end of the main fic sorry. (trust me that'll be interesting.)

Egalimon: that is such a bummer.

Crazy: don't worry you'll be in the spin off.