I don't own Digimon.

Hello welcome to the sequel of "To Be A Leader". I had taken this story down a few years ago and it's been a while since I last look back at it. Over the last few weeks, I've been toying with the idea of rewriting and posting it back up. I've been working on it on my free time from time to time and I think I'm almost one with it. I honestly don't know if I'll even finish it since I'm so busy with life in general but I do have the first 20 chapters done and ready to be posted so why not? If there's enough of a demand then maybe I might just finish it before the end of the year is up.

If you haven't read "To Be A Leader" then it might not make much sense but you can still enjoy it without reading it. To summarize, BlackWarGreymon was made evil and he killed Davis as he tried to protect Kari. And this story takes off right where the last one stopped.

Hope you like it, enjoy!

Once A Leader….

Chapter 1: BlackWarGreymon Lives

Tai stood over Davis's body as Joe prepped it for transportation. They wouldn't leave Davis's body here to rot. He would be given a proper burial on earth so that his family could mourn him. How they were gonna explain it, Tai didn't know but since Davis was no longer the leader, Tai would have to assume the role once more. He guessed the saying was true; once a leader, always a leader.

The others had gone back to the real world to take care of Yolei, Cody, T.K., Ken, and Kari. They had all been hurt during the attack and they would need some rest. Mimi and Sora had promised him that they would look after the girls while Matt and Izzy would look after the boys. He was really worried about the others, mainly just Ken and Kari. Both of them had taken Davis's death harder than anyone else. Ken because he was Davis's DNA partner, they shared a bond with one another and having that bond severed must have done a number on Ken.

But as for Kari, he had always assumed that she was just toying with Davis whenever he saw her and T.K. teasing him but now he wasn't so sure. Perhaps she had always liked them both and she just couldn't make up her mind on who she liked best. He knew how that felt, he had feelings for Sora but he didn't know if she felt the same. He could understand how it felt for Davis to see Kari toy with his emotions. But he was proud of Davis, proud that despite the hardships he faced, that he was still able to save everyone that he loved. He only wished that Davis hadn't had to lose his life in order to do that.

Of course Tai blamed himself, after all he had chosen Davis as the new leader, forcing the responsibility on his young shoulders. But while he viewed it as forced, Davis would have punched him in the face and say that he chose it. Davis, like Tai, was a natural born leader and his actions today proved it. While he didn't look it, Tai was ready to cry for his fallen friend. No, Davis was more than that to him, he had mentored the young leader and had always viewed him like the brother he never had.

"Hey Tai, look!" Tai heard Joe shout.

Looking over at Davis's body, he was surprised to see that he was dissolving into data. Just like when a Digimon was destroyed, Davis was already had gone.

"What do we do?" Joe asked him, wondering what they could do to preserve Davis's body.

"There's nothing we can do…" Tai said. "Davis is gone…perhaps his soul can find the rest he deserves here in the digital world." he walked over to where Davis use to lay. The only things that Davis had left behind were his D-Terminal, Digivice, and his goggles. Tai's old goggles. Sighing, he bent down and picked them up. Surprisingly they hadn't been damaged during the fight.

"Tai? What do we tell the others?" Joe asked after a moment of silence.

"We tell them the truth…" Tai said. He kept staring at the goggles, wondering if he should even wear them once again. They were the last thing that they had of Davis aside from his D-terminal and Digivice. "We tell them that Davis is now a part of the Digital world."

"And his parents?"

"Let me talk to them…" Tai said.

"What are you going to tell them?" Joe asked, wondering what was on his friend's mind.

"What should I tell them? That Davis died fighting a powerful mega level Digimon?" Tai asked with a hollow laugh. "They'd think I was on drugs or something. No, I'm going to have to lie…"

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Joe asked.

"No, but being a leader means that you have to make hard choices. Lying to Davis's parents will be better than telling them that he died in battle." Tai said. "I'll make something up once I go speak to them tonight."

With nothing else to do, Tai and Joe made their way toward the portal where their Digimon partners, Agumon and Gomamon waited for them. This was going to be a long night.

"Hey Tai! Do you hear that?" Agumon shouted as a rumbling sound could be heard in the distance.

Looking up, Tai and Joe wondered that the noise could be. It was quickly growing louder and it no longer sounded like a rumbling sound. It sounded like painful cry and it sounded as if it were falling down to the ground. It wasn't long before Tai noticed a falling black object shooting straight down toward them.

"Tai…?" Joe asked him.

But Tai knew what it was, even without ever having seen him. Without hesitation, he grabbed Joe around the arm and pulled him toward the portal.

"We have to go now!" he shouted.

"What is it?" Joe asked, scared.

"It's BlackWarGreymon! He's alive!" Tai said as he continued to lead Joe to the portal.

He could hear BlackWarGreymon getting closer and closer toward them. Any second now he would crash into the ground and there was no telling what would happen. They had to get out of there now, with Agumon and Gomamon only able to Digivolve into champions, they would be no match.
But before Tai and Joe could reach the portal, BlackWarGreymon crashed a hundred feet from the portal, causing a huge tremor to pass through the land. A large smoke cloud rose and passed over them as Tai through Joe to the ground and covered him with his body. When the smoke finally settled, Tai looked on to see that BlackWarGreymon had yet to rise from the crater he made.

"Joe, go wait for me by the portal. I'm going to check it out." Tai said as he and Agumon walked over to the crater.

"Tai, are you insane? This is no time to be curious! Let's get the heck out of here now!" Joe said, being careful not to raise his voice just in case BlackWarGreymon could hear them.

But Tai didn't listen to Joe despite his desperate pleas. Joe would never understand but Tai had to see him, he had to stare into the eyes of the Digimon that he would destroy. He owed it to Davis to destroy BlackWarGreymon and avenge him. Tai walked into the crater and stood over BlackWarGreymon. The mega level Digimon was badly injured, his armor cracked in several places. He was groaning in pain, somehow having survived his fight with Magnamon. BlackWarGreymon then noticed Tai looking down at him.

"What do you want, human?" he growled as he struggled to sit up.

"You killed one of my closest friends." Tai said, glaring at the control spire Digimon.

"Do I look like I care? He was nothing but a piece of trash that got in my way." BlackWarGreymon said. "Besides, I was trying to kill the girl, not him." But before BlackWarGreymon could sit up, Tai punched him in the face and knocked him back down.

"That girl just happens to be my sister, you prick." Tai said as he clenched his fist. It was a bad idea to punch the armored Digimon as his fingers felt like they were broken. But he wasn't going to let this monster have his way. "Right now, we both know that I can't destroy you. We both know that. But I promise you that I will destroy you. Somehow, someway, I will get Agumon to warp Digivolve into WarGreymon and then we're coming after you."

"Hahahaha, foolish boy! Do you think it matters what Digimon your pathetic pet there turns into? I am the strongest Digimon in the world! No one can defeat me!" BlackWarGreymon said, glaring at Tai.

"Not yet anyway. But mark my words, the last thing you see before you die will be me." Tai said as he turned his back and walked away.

BlackWarGreymon was too injured to fight back now but he could tell that the mega was healing. And if he had made Agumon Digivolve and attack him, he might've just destroyed the whole area out of survival instinct alone. A wounded animal was dangerous after all and Tai would not risk dying just yet. Right now Tai had to get back to the real world and talk to Davis's parents and then tomorrow he'd hold a team meeting at his house. They were gonna need to do what they thought they'd never do. They would have to take back the power of their crests…somehow…

End of chapter.

I will be posting the chapters that I already have done every Friday to give people time to read and review the story. I don't expect much but I would like it if you left a simple comment telling me if you enjoyed it or not.

Well, till next time.

R&R