I'm back and as you may have noticed, all my stories have been updated to 2 chapters. I also have three new ones rolling around in my head but I'll only do one right now. As with all my other work, if you see something in it you like, feel free to use it. More details at the end.

Chapter 1 – New World, New Enemies

They landed roughly, all their digimon back in rookie form. They could all sense a difference in the air. This digital quadrant was more natural and peaceful than their own. Pulling himself to his feet, Takato looked around. They were in the middle of a desert but for some reason there were power lines going across the sky. Helping Rika and Suzie to their feet, he tried to think what to do now.

"We should probably follow those pylons" he said after a minute and the others nodded save Rika who seemed troubled.

"In which direction?" she asked and that made them worry slightly. Squinting at the horizon slightly Takato pulled out his Darkvice and a screen appeared on it showing what Guilmon could see. In one direction there was a mountain and in the other, there was a forest.

"We should probably head to the mountain" Takato said pointing off into the distance "We need to get a presence established here as quickly as possible, whilst the sovereigns are sealed, I wouldn't be surprised if there are still those loyal to them here and the mountain has less places where there could be a settlement than the forest"

Seeing the logic in it, the others quickly agreed and they began their journey.

A few hours later, they were nearing the base of the mountain and all were thirsty. Whilst you didn't need to drink in the digital world, their bodies still wanted the nourishment due to years of conditioning back on Earth. Takato was scheming slightly in his head whilst Rika and Suzie were a couple of paces behind talking about the deletion of Beelzemon and the subsequent parting of the ways. Suzie was surprised about the deletion but didn't have much of a problem with it as she understood that what he had done was bad. Nor had she been particularly shocked by Henry's actions. He had always been a pacifist and an idealist at heart. The digimon weren't thinking about anything particular, they were wondering what sort of challenges they would face and admiring the absence of the sense of oppression that there had been back in their home. Takato suddenly stopped as a scanner appeared from his Darkvice showing a red dot heading towards them. A few seconds later, Rika and Suzie's mimicked it. "Guess mine's got a longer range" Takato said as they got ready for battle.

A few minutes later a Meramon appeared over the horizon moving towards them quickly. He pulled to a stop a little ways ahead of the Tamers group and stared at them for a minute.

"Who are you" he demanded "What do you want here"

"We're new here" Takato said hurriedly "We're just trying to find any sign of digimon civilization" Meramon's eyes darkened

"If you're the so-called Digimon Emperor that's been plaguing the world for the last few weeks, you're wasting your time. I'm the only digimon for a dozen leagues around here" he snarled

"Digimon Emperor?" Takato asked. He didn't bring up the fact that Meramon had obviously been lying, he would be told the truth if he proved he wasn't their enemy "That's a stupid name. We've never heard of him"

Hearing no falsehood in his words the Meramon dropped out of his guarded stance and looked them all over for the 1st time. As his eyes passed over BlackGuilmon's hazard mark, he felt something tingling at the back of his mind, like a long forgotten dream. Shaking the thoughts from his head he turned back to Takato and nodded slightly. "The Digimon Emperor is a human who appeared a few weeks back. He enslaves digimon using dark rings. He hasn't crossed the sea yet but it's only a matter of time. It is believed that he's a rogue digidestined which means we might need help. Human help. Human Digidestined Help." He said stressing the word digidestined as he looked Takato straight in the eye.

Takato raised an eyebrow. Dark Rings. For some reason that sounded familiar to him as if he'd heard of the before. The voices from his Darkvice were whispering louder than ever and suddenly he knew. He knew what the Dark Rings were though he didn't know how he knew.

"May we go to your home for a while?" Takato asked "If we're going to be of any use, we need to rest for a while" Meramon slowly nodded and gestured for them to follow him.

About an hour later, all 7 of them were by a small village, it had a small wooden wall that looked as if it was still under construction and there couldn't have been more than 80 digimon in it overall. Around 50 of them were Yokomon and the other 30 were Candlemon. "This is Mt. Mihirashi and used to be a small unguarded Yokomon village. With the Digimon Emperor over the Sea, I said I'd take in some of my people as well" Meramon said. Takato nodded looking around the village with a critical eye.

"Is it only you defending them" asked Rika suddenly and startled Meramon nodded causing her to scowl. "We can't always be here, and you on your own won't hold any large force off for long. They need to know how to survive and fight themselves". At this Meramon sagged slightly

"How are they going to learn that?" Meramon asked in despair "I was a Meramon when I was created, I don't know any attacks of Candlemon or Yokomon"

Takato smirked slightly; Rika had set this up perfectly. "We can stay for a month or two" he said "That should be long enough to get them to at least rookie level which should be fine for a while.

Meramon's eyes widened. Training from humans, he'd never considered it before. No digimon had. A digidestined, typically only worked on making their partner stronger, they helped others out when they were in danger but never ensured that they could defend themselves from trouble if it came for them. He smiled and said 3 words that would change the future of the entire digital world "Go for it"

Timeskip – 4 months

Takato was riding on the back of BlackWarGrowlmon on their way back to Mt Mihirashi. 1 and a half months ago, Takato and his partner had left the village which then had completed wooden walls. Behind them, Rika and Suzie had stayed behind in order to keep training them. He had ventured out across the desert in response to a tip from Meramon about some place called the primary village. It had paid off big time. a lone Elecmon had been all that guarded the place and he had been glad to help once protection from the D.E. (Digimon Emperor) was offered. Because of the help he had received, a brand new Kiimon was tucked asleep in front of him whilst a reborn Punimon had been left at primary village to help Elecmon when it digivolved into a different Elecmon and maybe eventually Leomon again. He had also received a promise to send a message whenever a digiegg hatched so he could protect it which had the addition of adding to his army at the same time. As he approached the mountain and the village (now a small town) he was halted at the gates by a trio of Starmon which had evolved from the Candlemon. There were 2 gates into the town. One at the end of the trail leading to the forest, he'd have to turn that into a road at some point, make it easier to travel over; each one was guarded by Starmon. 8 more of the Candlemon had turned into Wizardmon whilst another 14 had turned into Meramon. Meramon himself had digivolved into BlueMeramon whilst the final 2 Candlemon had digivolved straight to an ultimate level MachGaogamon which had been a surprise.

As for the Yokomon, all 50 of them had turned into Biyomon and 49 of them had digivolved further. 23 were Birdramon, 8 were Aquilamon, 15 were Kokatorimon and the last 3 were Karatenmon. The only Biyomon left was a deep red who was frustrated by his lack of Digivolution. It was from a Yokomon who had held his Darkvice so the reason was known to him though he told no-one. Takato had big plans for that little digimon. He was confident that he could hold back almost any force with Rika's strategic ability and his charismatic leadership and if not, he always had Megidramon to fall back on… if he could work out how to get back to him again. That said, the digimon in this quadrant were a lot weaker than those he was used to fighting so it should be fine. Whatever way you looked at it, it wouldn't be long until he was ready to march and then his conquest began

Meanwhile

On the other side of the Sea, another goggle-headed teenager just finished pulling a digimental from its resting place releasing an ancient digimon from its slumber. His name was Davis Motomiya and he had no idea of the forces he would have to face.

Well that's another chapter done. Don't expect another soon, I've got other things I've gotta do but I will come back to this as soon as possible. In the meantime I have 3 new stories in my head. All wheel of time ones please tell me which one you are more interested in

A Hasty Bargain

Kari al' Thor was dying. 5 year old Rand understood this but couldn't do anything about it. That is, until a voice speaks in his head "I can save her. All you need do is pledge yourself to me and she will live". How will the world change due to one boys desire to save his mother

Chosen by Shadow

Niall Tedronai was born the elder of two twins. Living a reclusive life, Niall has seen everyone he cared about consumed by the shadow but he himself cannot die. Who does he truly serve and why does Ishamael seek him.

Gift of Light

When Lews Therin Telamon sealed up the bore he was rewarded by the creator by having a blessing placed upon his soul. The blessing chases off the Shadow in all its forms. Now the Dragon has been reborn but the Blessing remains. With the Dark One blind to him and the taint unable to touch him, how will Rand Al' Thor's life change.