Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to take this long to update. I just suddenly got obsessed with Naruto fanfiction. I have a huge list of Naruto fics on my favorites list now, some I haven't even gotten around to reading yet. So yeah, here's chapter 3 of The Powers of Light, ENJOY!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Digimon. If I did I'd be writing scripts not fanfiction.

The Powers of Light

By: Rika24

Chapter 3: Defend the Gate

It was another afternoon with the usual meeting in the computer lab, all the new digidestined standing around the same computer. Kari sighed. Same old thing day after day she thought as she covered her mouth with her hand as she yawned. She then wiped the tears that had formed afterwards.

Gatomon cast a worried glance at her partner. She hasn't slept since she had that dream again. She sighed. Come on Kari, if you don't say something soon, I'm going to have to. Whether you like it or not.

"Well let's getting going guys!" Davis said enthusiastically as he held up his blue D-3 to the computer screen. "Digiport open!" He shouted as the computer began to glow and covered everyone there in a white light before sucking them all into the Digital World.

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"Where exactly could he be?" Takuya asked as he led his team though the dark forest that Kouji had dreamed about. They had been walking nonstop for hours trying to locate the Warrior of Darkness.

Zoe scanned the area fearfully; I don't really understand why we're in such a hurry to find him. Zoe swallowed hard and bit her lip. Her mind wandered back to their first encounter with Duskmon.

FLASHBACK

Duskmon had just killed Arbormon with one slash of his crimson blade. The five hybrids stood stunned by what they had just witnessed. It had taken all they had to weaken the evil hybrid while it took just seconds for this mysterious digimon to take him down.

Takuya as BurningGreymon moved in to attack, but he was tossed to the side so easily. When the rest of them tried to fight him he over powered them easily.

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"I know it's important to find Duskmon so we can keep an eye on him, but was it really necessary to split us all up?" Zoe asked Takuya.

Takuya had the main team split up. Takuya's team had Zoe and Tommy, while Kouji and J.P. were the other.

"It was necessary Zoe," Takuya sighed, even he wasn't positive this was a good idea. He wasn't too keen on fighting Duskmon again either after he had nearly killed them all. "This way Kouji and J.P. can focus on finding the gate while we focus on Duskmon. That way if we find Duskmon we can give the others a heads up just in case they find the gate."

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"Aww, I still don't understand why Taky put Zoe on his team and stuck me with you." J.P. whined. "At least he could have put me on his team instead of Tommy."

"Will you stop whining J.P., Takuya has his reasons." Kouji said in an irritated voice. He was getting tired of J.P.'s obsession with the blond girl on their team.

"Yeah, name one."

Kouji sighed. "He wanted to balance us out. Since Takuya and I are the strongest, he put him and I in charge. He put Zoe and Tommy with him since they're the weakest of our team. He put you with me since he knows you can hold your own better than them."

J.P. narrowed his eyes at the back of Kouji's head. "Well that doesn't make sense! Since Zoe and Tommy are the weakest, they should be looking for the gate. They won't possibly be able to handle Duskmon in a fight if all five of us couldn't do anything to him!"

Kouji sighed again. He knew J.P. had a point. I hope you keep a close eye on those two Takuya. If anything happens to them I won't let you get away with it. Kouji thought to himself, not bothering to answer J.P.

A strange humming sound entered the forest. Kouji and J.P. both gave each other looks that said 'what the heck is that?' Kouji was the first to run towards the sound. As the two ran they caught sight of a strange mass of swirling energy. The energy looked like a whirlpool, except it was sideways and floating in front of them.

Kouji instantly whipped out his D-Tector. "Takuya, we found the gate." Kouji and J.P. waited anxiously for a reply from their goggle-headed leader but didn't get one. Kouji lifted the D-Tector to his mouth again like a walkie-talkie. "Takuya, you ok?" J.P. gave Kouji a worried look. The same thing was going through both of their minds. Maybe they ran into Duskmon, they were looking for him after all.

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(a few minutes before Kouji and J.P. found the gate)

Takuya was looking over his shoulder every few minutes. He was alert and in tune with his surroundings, something the hotheaded leader was not known for. His nervousness quickly got the attention of the blonde. She didn't say anything at first but now Takuya's actions were beginning to scare her. When Takuya quickly came to a stop, Zoe and Tommy stopped in their tracks.

"What's the matter Takuya?" Zoe asked in a trembling voice, Takuya was really scaring her now. Tommy too was getting nervous; this wasn't like Takuya at all.

"Duskmon's here," Takuya whispered as he focused on an area nearby. Zoe and Tommy followed Takuya's gaze. Suddenly a red beam of light shot towards them. Takuya tackled Zoe and Tommy to the ground, barely dodging the attack.

"Takuya, we found the gate." Takuya's eyes widened as he grabbed his D-Tector and tried to muffle Kouji's voice so Duskmon couldn't hear him. However, it was too late.

"Takuya, are you ok?" Kouji's voice asked again, obviously concerned that Takuya didn't answer. He wanted to but now was not the time for talk.

Duskmon immediately began to leave.

Oh no you don't Takuya thought as he held his D-Tector up. He turned to Zoe and Tommy "It's time to fight!" Takuya shouted. Zoe and Tommy nodded their heads and copied his actions. Masses of bluish white data swirled around the three digidestined's hands.

"Execute! Beast spirit evolution!" the three shouted in unison. Lights instantly surrounded them.

"BurningGreymon!" Takuya shouted as he turned into a large, dragon-like digimon.

"Zephyrmon!" Zoe shouted as she turned into a harpy-like digimon.

"Korikakumon!" Tommy shouted as he turned into a walrus-like digimon.

Together the three beast hybrids charged the Warrior of Darkness. Duskmon easily dodged their attacks.

"Come on guys! We have to keep him from the gate!" Takuya shouted as he flew in front of Duskmon to cut him off. "Pyro Barrage!" Duskmon easily deflected the shots of fire.

"Deadly Gaze!" Duskmon shouted. BurningGreymon didn't move in time, he got hit directly in the chest. BurningGreymon was thrown by the impact and as he flew back he changed back into Takuya.

"Takuya!" Zephyrmon cried as she managed to catch Takuya before he hit the large tree. Korikakumon charged Duskmon until Zephyrmon stopped him.

"Tommy don't! If Takuya couldn't stop him, we obviously can't." she said as she changed back to Zoe, still holding the unconscious Takuya against her.

"But Zoe..." Tommy started.

Zoe lifted her purple and pink D-Tector. "The best thing to do now is warn Kouji and J.P." she said as she pushed one of the buttons. "Kouji can you hear me?"

"ZOE!" Kouji shouted into the D-Tector. He'd been worried about them since they hadn't answered him earlier. "What happened, are you three ok?"

"Tommy and I are fine..." she paused as she looked down at Takuya's badly beaten body. How can one attack do so much damage? She wondered to herself. She was broken out of her thoughts by Kouji.

"What about Takuya?"

"He got a direct hit from Duskmon." Zoe's voice began to sound shaky as she continued. "He's hurt pretty bad," Zoe said in a whispered voice.

"Don't worry about Takuya, he's to stubborn to die from one hit," Kouji said to comfort her. "Where's Duskmon now?"

"I dunno, but he's heading for you. He heard you say you found the gate."

"Alright, J.P. And I will hold Duskmon off as best we can." With that the D-Tector went silent.

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Kouji sighed as he lowered his D-Tector. "Looks like it's up to us now." he said as he turned to J.P.

"At least Zoe's ok," J.P. Said. When Kouji glared at him he added, "and Tommy and Takuya too of course!" J.P. Laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head. Geez, when did he become the caring one? J.P. Thought.

Then out of nowhere Duskmon appeared. Kouji quickly jumped out of the way and charged his digicode through his D-Tector. "Execute! Spirit Evolution!" he shouted as he was covered in a bright light. When the light faded a humanoid wolf stood in his place.

J.P. quickly did the same. "Execute! Beast Spirit Evolution!" he disappeared in a blast of light and reappeared as a giant metal beetle. "MetalKabuterimon"

Duskmon didn't look at all happy to see them standing in his way. Not wanting to waste time fighting them, he quickly emitted a black fog that Lobomon and MetalKabuterimon couldn't see through. When the fog lifted, Duskmon was nowhere to be seen.

So what did you think? Sorry again for the really late update. Before anyone claims that Kouji is out of character, remember how he'd always come to their rescue whenever one of them was in danger? Plus this was after Kouji nearly killed himself trying to protect Takuya from Duskmon. Please review. (and please don't comment on my lateness)