Takato, in his red hoodie, ran down the streets of Shinjuku, following the compass' lead as to where it wanted him to go. His heart was racing in his chest, thoughts running around about Guilmon. As he turned a corner into an alley, he stopped. A dense fog was at the end of it, a Digital Field. Takato looked at it as he steadied his breathing.

It's really here, he thought. Maybe Guilmon is inside.

He remembered how he first met his digimon, how it was similar to this. Takato had enough sense to grab his old goggles before rushing out his home. He pulled them down over his eyes and started walking toward the fog.

"Takato!"

Chapter 02: Tamers Reunite

Yamaki gritted his teeth as the alarms in the building went off. The sensors on the screen were trying to locate what had infiltrated the firewall.

"Sir, the firewall has been breeched and there's a digital field appearing," Riley said.

"Where?" Yamaki asked.

"In Shinjuku, near the Katou Resturant. It's appearing fast and we can't seem to put the firewall back up."

"How many are coming through?" Yamaki didn't want to ask this, as he wasn't sure if this was the children's digimon or something else.

"Just one. It has a really odd signature though. I haven't seen one like it, almost like it's censoring itself."

Yamaki frowned. It was unusual to not read a signature on any bioemergence before. He grabbed his phone out of his pocket and called the only person close enough to help. "Mr. Wong, I need you to come down here."


Takato stopped when he heard his name. He put his goggles back on his head and looked at girl with long brown hair in a headband running up to him, her pink t-shirt dress flowing behind her.

"Jeri!" he said in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

She took her digivice out of her dress pocket and showed him the compass. "My digivice went off, so I came to see what was going on." She looked at the fog. "What do you think it is?"

Takato looked back at the digital field. "I thought it might be Guilmon…"

"But my digivice hasn't worked ever since Leomon died. I have a bad feeling about this," Jeri said, clutching her digivice.

Just then, they heard more footsteps approaching. They looked back and saw Kazu and Kenta. Kazu was wearing a maroon shirt with jeans and Kenta had a brown shirt with an orange jacket over it with jeans.

"Hey Takato! Hey Jeri! You guys get it too?" Kazu asked, holding out his digivice.

"Yeah…" Takato said. "Did you see anyone else coming?"

"No, just us from our direction," Kenta responded. "Think we should wait for the others and see if they come?"

Takato thought for a moment. If even Jeri got a signal, then everyone else's must be doing the same thing. Then he decided. "Let's wait and see if anyone comes. Might be better to have us all together going in at once."

A few minutes went by when Takato saw a familiar pair come up. "Henry! Suzie!" he exclaimed.

Henry smiled but still looked serious at the fog. Suzie had grown quite a bit and was as tall as Jeri now. She looked a little nervous, but was trying to hide it.

"Anything happen yet?" he asked.

Takato shook his head. "I have a feeling that whatever is in there is waiting for us though."

"Good deduction, gogglehead," a female voice said.

"Rika!" said Henry.

Rika came up from behind Takato with her DArc in hand. "So are we just gonna talk about it, or go in there?"

"Well we don't have any other ideas," Kazu said, shrugging.

"We need to stay close together, though," Henry suggested. "Who knows what is in there."

Takato and the others started walking toward the fog, putting on their sunglasses (and goggles). Takato was secretly hoping it was just one of their partners, but his gut was telling him something else. They all got through the fog and in the center was clear. The tamers looked around cautiously while trying to figure out where this digimon was.

Suddenly, a white dragon looking digimon with a red cape appeared. "Welcome, tamers."

A harsh wind blew and the fog dissipated. They all looked at this digimon nervously. Takato spoke up.

"Who are you?"

"I am Hackmon," the digimon responded. "I have come to make an offer. A gift, if you will, of reuniting with your partners."

"And why should we believe you?" asked Rika.

"I'm not saying you need to, however…" Hackmon stepped aside to reveal a portal. "Your open door is right here. I won't stop you from going."

"And why would you want to help us?" Henry asked.

"Our world is in dire need of heroes again. I have come here on the risk of being deleted to find the tamers. The digital world needs you to help us once more."

Hackmon knew this would pull at the human's hearts. He almost smiled when Takato said, "Ok. We'll go."

"Are you sure, Takato?" Henry asked.

"If the Digital World is in danger, then it's almost our duty, isn't it? Besides, we haven't figured out any other way of getting back and this is probably our best chance."


Yamaki flicked his lighter impatiently. Still no answers…

Mr. Wong entered in the door behind him. "Yamaki, what's going on?"

"There's a wild one that has broken the firewall and is entering our world. We can't get a read on it. Somehow it's blocking our system."

"Impossible! We made sure nothing could get in or out." Mr. Wong put his hand on his forehead. "How?"

"The question isn't exactly 'How?' but 'Why?' Why now after all these years? Did it really take them that long to figure out a way in or were they just waiting and hoping we wouldn't notice?" Yamaki looked at his lighter as he flicked it. "Where is your son, Mr. Wong?"

Mr. Wong gasped. "Oh no. You don't think they…?"

"Only one way to find out. Riley!"

"Yes sir?" she asked.

"Get a camera on the scene of the anomaly. I want to see if the children have been made aware of this."

"Right away sir!" she said. She started pressing buttons on her keyboard. "Got it up now."

A picture of the fog from across the street appeared. Just as they feared, the children were there and so was a digimon. They could also see the portal.

"We have to stop them!" Mr. Wong said. "There's no telling if we could get them back!"

Yamaki looked at him sternly. "I can have one of my operatives drive you there, if you think you can get there in time."

"Let's hope so," he said as he ran off to the doors.


The group of tamers looked nervously at Hackmon and at the portal behind him. They were excited, but also cautious. Takato gripped his DArc tight.

"What do you say guys?" he asked. "Wanna go save the Digital World again?"

Rika spoke up. "Do you think this guy is trustworthy?"

Takato sighed. "Not really, but...we might as well take the chance."

"If we do die, I'd rather die trying to see Gaurdromon again," Kazu said.

Kenta looked at him. "Gee, thanks for being so positive."

"For once...I agree with Kazu," said Rika. "I'd rather die trying."

"I'm ready to see Lopmon and Terriermon again," Suzie spoke in a definite manner. "What about you, Henry?"

Henry nodded. "I'm ready."

Jeri stepped forward. "I'm going too, for Calumon, and to give you guys support. I still want to be part of this team, even without Leomon."

Takato was surprised at Jeri's consideration, but he wasn't going to stop her. "Then it's settled. Hackmon...lead us back into the Digital World."

Hackmon gestured with his head. "This way, then."

Hackmon stepped through first and the others started to follow suit. Suddenly, they heard brakes screeching and turned to see a government vehicle stopped on the road. The door flew open and Mr. Wong stepped out.

"Henry! Suzie! Wait...you can't…!"

"Run for it guys!" Henry yelled, grabbing Suzie's hand.

They all ran into the portal, before Mr. Wong could stop them. He tried to enter the portal as well but it shut right before he got there. He banged the brick wall with his fists.

"No! Not again!" he pleaded, but no one was there to hear him.


He floated in darkness still. Wait, was he floating? Or was he lying still? He wasn't sure. His head was swimming as he went in and out of consciousness. Why was it so hard to wake up...from whatever he was in.

"B...eel…" he tried to say a name, but it was hard to think.

Suddenly a jolt of energy hit him, causing him to suddenly scream in agony. His body felt like he was being ripped apart. He cried out in the darkness.

"BEEL...ZE...MOOONNN!"

He then went into unconsciousness once more.