Let's try this move. Thought Kari.
"Cat's Eye!" She snarled as her eye glowed pink in a hynotic glow and Clockmon found himself rooted to his spot.
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Each of the digimon were in the digi world cloths of their counter parts. (that Gatomon didn't have a camra, she had the whisle Kari had given her)
"Are you sure playing god like this is a smart idea?" Said the digi-mon TK.
"Unless we want our cover blown then this is the only option we have!" Said Izzy.
"This is too weird." Said a male voice. Izzy nearly fell over. There was a purple hair boy with glasses. He should of known. If Yolei had stayed a she went she became Hawkmon then it figured the reverse would work too. Four out of five wasn't that bad.
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Veemon/Davis felt some strange satisfaction as the bug digi-mon vaporized. He could almost hear Cody now. Saying that he was being a brut and a lower life form for doing that. True he could stayed hidden. But he didn't want to take the chance he would be found out, and from the look those stingers had had, Davis serious didn't want to be the one to take the first hit. He wondered how his partner servived in this world.

"Now I have you! Lightning Claw!!" Kari leaped at the frozen Clockmon. Her claws extended fully out as she sliced deeply into... nothing!!! "Huh?" She had passed right through him! The monster turned and screamed out, "Now you'll get it!! Chrono Breaker!!" He threw his hourglass at Kari, who defiantly stood her ground. The attack passed right through her. 'Now I know why I couldn't catch him! He's only a hologram! Shoulda known.' At that moment, the hologram disappeared, leaving the little cat alone in the middle of the Strange Universe.
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"Come here!!!" Clockmon shouted to the Hawkmon running from him. "I know you are really the Digidestined child named Yolei!! Face me!! Coward!" That one struck a nerve. Yolei screeched tp a halt, "What did you call me!!??" Clockmon sneered at her. "You heard me. If you wish to even attempt to beat me..." the field of wheat evaporated. "Whoa... ahh!" Yolei was hit with the disorientation of being in space. "...you will play by MY rules!"
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"Hey Izzy?" "Oh, hi Tai. What's up? Did Kari get home ok?" Izzy had the biggest smile on his face. 'I pulled it off! And not even her own brother can tell the difference! Good job, me.' "No," replied Tai on the phone, "But Gatomon did. She's curled up on the bed now." "Gyaaa... Ummm. How... did you know?" Tai shot back, "You really think you can fool me, her brother, with a fake Kari!? Well, it fooled my folks, so you're off the hook. For awhile." Tai hung up.
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'That went well.' Tai thought to himself, 'Too bad the only reason I figured out the imposter was really Gatomon was because she tried using the litterbox.' A slight smirk escaped his mouth.

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This is too weird. Thought Kari. How the heck am I soppose to get out of this place? One derection is as good as another. There's got to be some way out of here!
Kari continued flying through the Strange Universe, looking for some way out. "Hey, what's that?" she floated over to it.
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"V Headbutt!!" Davis flew through the air and connected with Clockmon's face. The clock's eyes spun, but the gremlin on top was angry, "Oh, now you'll really pay for that!!" Davis grinned, 'I make a better Veemon than Veemon does!' He looked up at his time-keeping opponent, "In your dreams!!!" Clockmon sneered, "Then its time to wake up! Irritant Ring!!" The most annoying sound (which we've all heard) sounded. "So... loud." Davis held the sides of his head. 'The whole world... changing.... wha..." he opened his eyes and he was in the SU. He cursed and looked around. "Where are you!" "Up here, fool!" Clockmon sat contently on a planet vaguely resembling Saturn. "Come and get me!"
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"Wow! This is great!! Now that I'm human, its even better!" cried out Davis' replacement. He sat on the floor of 'his' room playing his video game. His sister walked by and heard him. 'What's up with Davis? He's acting even weirder than usual.'
He was playing video games like they were the only thing in life, he was insenitive with no manners, seemed like Davis to her. That 'now that I'm human statment' was propaply refering to the game or something stupid like that. She lived with the weirdo this long, she could still servive.
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"Why you . . . I'm going to get you . . ." Davis hissed clentching his fists. He could feel it. His power building. He had felt this feeling before, ever since he had fallen into that pool . . .

Veemon Digivole to:
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"What the trash file?" The digi-mon swore. The champion Digi-mon flew right at the walking clock and with one punch made sure it would always be right twice a day.
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Something startled Veemon so suddenly he drop the controls (ironicly pulling off a killer combo) he had felt, something, what he didn't know.
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Davis' punch hit Clockmon, knocking him back. "Ooof. Argh!" the monster disappeared. Davis did a little victory dance. "I'm startin' to like this!" Just then, he DeDigivolved back into Veemon. "...If only I could stay XVeemon. Where am I, anyways?"
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"Hahahahahahaha! I must commend Vademon on the creation of this odd dimension." The clock part of Clockmon said aloud. "Yeah," replied the gremlin on top, "But what are we gonna do now? We got all the Digidestined kids here. What if they can Digivolve too?" "Hardly possible, my diminuitive little friend. Now lit's go have some... fun. Hmmhahahahahahaha!"
"What do you mean?" Asked the clock have of the digi-mon.

Kari floated on in the distance, something caught her eye. "Hmmm? Clockmon!! He's gonna get it now!! Lightning Claw!" She flew madly at the enemy, striking him hard. He fell down and screamed out in pain. "No fair!" he wimpered.
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"Whaa..." Davis was hit! From out of nowhere, Clockmon came out of space and struck him with an hour-hand sword! "No fair!" called out Veemon. "Arrgh! Let me outta here!! V Headbutt!" He leapt at Clockmon.
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"Arrgh! Let me outta here! Chrono Breaker!" Clockmon flew at Kari and headbutted her hard. She stumbled back.
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"Look at the confusion I can cause! Oh, they are pathetic." the real Clockmon told his partner. They both gazed into a small, fiery portal. Inside, there was a scene- a Gatomon and a Veemon furiously attacking each other.

How was he soppose to beat this guy? Everything Izzy had said that power levels made all the difference. How could Cody put out this guy with making himself like that Veemon?
"Cronos Breaker!" Said the campion digimon launching the hour glass at the Armadilliomon. Cody hide under his shell, the hard armor protecting him completly. This wasn't so bad.
"If that's your best trick your out of luck!" Said Cody curling up into a ball and Sonic the hedghog style sped towards clockmon, (not quite sure how since there was no ground beneth him and therfore no enertsha) and landing solidly the imp's head.
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Izzy finnished looking over his program. He turned pale. What had he done? . . . . Besides skrew up the kids futures for the rest of their lives?
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Clockmon was really mad now! "Irritant Ringing!" the Imp started furiously striking the bells. Cody couldn't stand it. "Too loud! Be QUIET!! Diamond Shell!" he rolled at the enemy, knocking him down. Clockmon's Imp struck the bell again and the world shattered. "Oh no! This... can't be good." he was suddenly floating in the middle of space. "Welcome to my World. I hope you enjoy your stay! Chrono Breaker!"
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"Beak Buzzsaw!" Yolei threw her feather at the Clockmon above her. It struck him and caused him to curl into a ball... and roll? 'Can.. can Clockmon roll!?" In her amazement, she didn't notice until it was too late. The evil wooden timepiece ran her over. "He's... circling back!" Yolei took flight. 'Surely, he can't fly!'
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Cody uncurled and gasped. 'How could that guy fly like that. What kind of an alarm clock is this!?'
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Clockmon layed back looking as the kids attacked each other. All he had to do was sit back and enjoy the show.

"I don't know how you fixed yourself up so fast! But if I was still XV-mon you'd be sorry!" Hissed Veemon.
Kari continued jabbing at her enemy. She had scrathced him a few times, she could tell where the claw marks were on the wood. "Hold still, you ticking can oper!" She finally landed one of her punches directly to his face.
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Davis had been avoiding the barrage of punches for a long time now. 'How much longer can this thing keep it up!?' "Hold still, you ticking can opener!" 'Huh?' Davis thought, 'Why would Clockmon call me a can opener? He's the one made of metal. He must have a screw loose.' "Umph!" the monster hit him squarely in the face. "No... more." Davis collapsed to the floor, laying flat on his back. Then he noticed the imp on Clockmon's head. It was supposed to be the smart one, but Clockmon's body seemed to be the one talking. And the little monster on his head hadn' moved at all. 'Something's goin' on.'
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Kari walked over to her fallen opponent. She put her foot on its chest and demanded, "Now let me out of here, Clockmon! I may be a furry little kittie now, but I can still kick your wind-up-key butt any day of the week!" She slammed him to the floor. Clockmon looked up at her, "Kari?"
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"No!! I couldn't filter their words in time!! They've figured it out! No!!" the little imp cried out. "Do ya think we should strike now? I'm bored." the clock part asked. "Yes. Now is the time. But only the cat and the lizard."
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"It's me, Davis!" the monster said. Kari looked deeply at him, "What kind of trick is this?" "I'm sorry I attacked you! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." on and on as he got to his knees and kissed her foot. 'Maybe he's telling the truth'

Suddenly a mist lifted off him, revealing a Veemon. "Davis! It IS you!" "Hahahahahahahaha! So you saw through my little tricks, did you!?" They both gasped as ringed planet materialized above them. And sitting on it was the REAL Clockmon! "That was an amusing little fight, wasn't it?" "You made me hurt Kari!!" screamed Davis, "And I'll never forgive you! I don't care what Cody says! You're dead! Rrraggh!!" Davis cut loose and tackled him off his planet! "No! You fool!" Davis wasn't listening he furiously kicked, punched, pounded, tail smashed, and utterly beat the pulp out of Clockmon! "Davis, wait!" called Kari. She ran over to try to calm him. She touched his shoulder but the Veemon slashed at her two! "Y... you're out of control!! Stop!" The Veemon part had taken over!! And it was raging at whoever -and whatever- got in his way!

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Cody didn't another Diamond spin at Clockmon aim derectly for the imp, maybe the clock half would be so nasty with it's counter part whisping in it's ear, a nano second before he landed, like a busted TV, reality altired and he saw he rolling straight towards a hawkmon.
"CODY?!" Shouted the Hawkmon in a female voice, it was Yolei. Cody tried to stop in time but only succed in causing them both crash. A mix of armored hide and feathers spend the half minute seprating themselves out.
"What's going on?!" Said Yolei near hestricts.
"I . . . I . . you were this big ugly digimon called clockmon."
"No I wasn't you were!"
Realized dawned on both of them.
"We've been trick . .. ." Said Cody his digi-mon eyes narrowing.
Yolei was steaming. "That sloop was too lazy to fight us himself so he had us attack each other!"
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The veemon ignored the gatomon's words, these digi-mon had attacked them both. The veemon leaped onto the clock and deleved his martial arts attack in the imp part of the digi-mon and as a final insult took the hammer from his limb lands and smashed it down hard on the data digi-mon, knocking him out like a light. The clock half only looked blankly at them. Veemon breathed in and out hard, have exhasted his agression.
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Tai snarled punching the wall. "Grr. I wish I knew where Kari was! I should go into the digi-world and find her myself!"
Gatomon in Kari's body looked up at Tai.
"I feel EXACTLY the same way, but we don't know where to even start looking."
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Veemon looked at the Gatomon he had mistake for Clockmon, she looked scared to death of him. Why was the digi-mon scared of him? they were both Vaccine types. What reason why she have to be afraid of him?
"Are... are you safe? Davis?" the frightened Gatomon asked. 'Safe? Of course. I'm not gonna bite.' He thought and extended his hand out to help her up.

Unknown to them, Clockmon was doing something behind them. The clock hands were spinning madly around his face, the eyes rolling like slot machine reels. The imp woke up and detached from the clock part.
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"Something's happening in the Digiworld. Look!" Izzy pointed to his monitor. There was a pulsing disturbance coming from the screen. "What is it?" TK asked, sitting atop the monitor. "I dunno," replied Izzy, "But since when is it ever 90:00 PM?" The little clock on the bottom right read 90:00 PM.
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Yolei and Cody had just gotten up when they were knocked back down by a strong rumbling. The entire world started to shake violently. "What is that, an earthquake!?" "Try a whole world quake!" shouted Yolei. Suddenly, a shadow blacked out the area around them. 'Up in the sky! What is that?' Cody though. "Arrrgghhh!!" A whole horde of meteors was crashing down at them!!
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'Davis' had just beaten King Boom Boo in record time! He had shatterer the real Davis' best time! "Yeah! You can't stop me!" the fake shouted. He cautiously sat down on his bed. 'Oops. I forgot. I don't have a tail now. I wonder how humans balance themselves without one.' he thought. He had a strange feeling nagging in the back of his head. It felt like... 'Davis? Is he in trouble. Oh, I wish I knew!'
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"My, Cody. You sure are hungry. Have you forgot your manners?" Cody's mom asked. Armadillomon thought for a second, then said, "Umm... yeah. I'm hungry. And the food is great!" And with that he buried his head in the bowl of spaghetti and continued eating it like he were still a Digimon. 'Human food is great!' he noted. In the back of his mind, something was signaling, almost warning him of something. But what?

Cody grapped onto Yolei and did his diamond spin attack forming a protective sheild around them both, (it was tight squezze and Yolei felt herself bushing) the hard shell spinning about madly to avoid the firery flying rocks.
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Ken's eyes narrowed. "That looks familiar somehow . . ."
"How exactly?" Said Izzy looking up the machine.
"I don't know . . . . It's like someone took a spong and smerde the memory so I could make heads or tails of it."
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Gatomon's eyes narrowed. "Something's wrong." She whispered.
"Huh?"
"Kari . . . . it's like I feel her at the back of my mind, but it's hard to put into words exactly, it's like-"
"Like Kari's on the other end of a rope tied to you and she on the edge of a cliff, and you have a NEED to go to her."
"How did you know that?"
"Because . . . I felt the same thing when Ken started collecting slaves, he went after Agumon, just before Davis showed up, and I felt like I HAD to be with Agumon, or he wouldn't be there to help latter."
"You ended up not helping much."
"That's besides the the point, Gatomon, have you ever felt this way before, or any of the other digi-mon?"
"No I haven't. And if the others ever did they never told me."
"So . . . it only works with the human part of the pairing." A thought hit Tai then, he didn't know if it was frighting, a realization, calming, a vision, or a conclusion. "Maybe . . . " He looked at Gatomon who for all the world looked like the twin of his sister, even in her attude, nature, personality and mannerisems,(but isn't that all digimon partners were? He thought of Gomamon and wondered if Joe wasn't as weak as he let on.) if not for her ignorance of humanity she had easily fooled Tai. And Kari . . . after some time the digi-world she could pass for a real life Gatomon easily enough. Dear God. Tai felt ice go down his spin.
"Dinner's ready." Tai heard his mom call.
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No. Thought Armadillomon. He should not embaresse Cody like this . . . it was not . . . honorable.
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"I'll never understand how you can get so freaked up about some stupid game." Commented Davis' sister poking her head though the door.
"Bug off Jun!" Spat Veemon before realizing he was saying it.
"Hump. Mom wanted me to tell you dinner was ready that's all." She said off handedly.
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"Thanks." Said the Gatomon as the Veemon helped her up. "I was afraid you had lost all of you for a second."
"What do you mean?"
"I as afraid you had gone all digi-mon."
"So? Your not afraid of Gatomon are you? And is Gatomon afraid of other veemon? Then why should you be scared of me?"
Oh God he said other Veemon. Thought Kari with dread.
"Davis. What's your name?"
"Uh . . . Davis?" Though something inside him told him to say 'Veemon.'
"Are you a human or a digi-mon?"
Davis looked at himself. "Uh . . . I'm not quite sure how to answer that."
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"Well, whatever the answer is, we have to get out of here fast! It getting worse!" Kari nodded, then replied, "But what are we gonna do about... CLOCKMON!" Badly damaged and eyes still spinning, the clock part stood up using its hour hand sword as a crutch. Both Digimon prepared for battle. The little monster on its head was stnading right next to him. In a small, shriveled voice, it screamed, "I've had enough! I may be beaten... but... I will have you... destroyed!! Clockmon!" The clock turned to his master. In unison, they both called out, "Chrono....... DESTROYER!!!!" The clock blew up and the whole SU started turning strange colors. "..."
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"Whew. Thanks, Cody. That was a close one!" "No problem. Besides, I'm getting good at that." Then, from out of nowhere, they heard a loud voice. "Chrono.... DESTROYER!!"
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"Hmmm... TK! What's happening to you!?" TK was turning rainbow colors and his whole body was covered in static. His mouth was moving, but only the static was heard.
"There has to be a way out of here!" The veemon shouted, the digi-mon grabbed onto to Kari and started running. He knew after this he was going to be too weak to lift a finger, but he didn't have a choice, there HAD to be an exit, otherwise how would clockmon of gotten out?
"Hang on Kari!" He didn't know if he servive this or not, but Kari had to. He wondered what reincarnation for digi-mon was like, and weather he was about to find out.
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The humaniod blue dragon took flight taking Kari with him out flying the discoloration.

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That distortion was TOO familiar to Ken. He HAD seen it before. But when? It was after Sam died. And before he created the dark rings. Did it have something to do with the dark ocean?

"I'LL GET YOU!!" "That voice! That's not possible! It's... Clockmon? But how? He blew himself up!" Kari screamed to Davis. "Go faster! That stuff is catching up!" "I can only fly so fast, Gatomon!" Kari didn't even notice the mistake. She looked back and saw the little gremlen, mallet in hand, leading the discoloration. "I KNOW YOUR ORDEAL! LET THE COLOR TOUCH YOU! IT ONLY ACCELERATES TIME!!" "If that stuff touches us, it'd speed up the Digimon part of us that's trying to take over. He's trying to make us real Digimon!" Davis realized. "Davis!" Kari cried out. No response. "*sigh* You who's flying!" Davis looked down. "I have an idea! If we stop the imp, the discoloration will stop too. I think. Throw me at the little creep as hard as hard as you can!" Confused, but not one to doubt, Davis grabbed Kari by the tail. Spinning around twice, he flung her at the little monster. "Yeoch! Not by the tail!" shouted, flying too fast to open her eyes. "Lighting Claw!" Kari curled into a ball and let the air roll her around. 'My fur, the friction, the speed, it's working!' Now covered in static electricity, she uncurled and extended both claws out. "NO!" Too late! Kari struck him with all the force of an atomic blast. The little creature blasted off, in the other direction, but the colors engulfed the little Gatomon. "Argh... what's happening?" "Kariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii......."

There was nowhere to run or hide as the discoloration completly engulfed Yolei and Cody still protectivly holding the female Hawkmon with his armored body, for all the good it actully did(which was none).

Davis flew in full speed at the Gatomon, feeling confusion enter his mind, his heart speed speed up dramaticly, but in the blink of an eye it all seemed normal, he grapped hold of the Gatomon, ignoring her demands he save himself, the X-V-mon felt his world spinning, he flew pushing his body so hard he felt his heart would burst from his chest. He out flew the discoloration. Everything went white.

Veemon started, so fast he dropped his fork.
"Yo Davis you ok?"
"I'm just fine Jun." He replied, having no idea what he had just felt.

"What was that?!" Said TK getting his senses in line.
"You ok?" Said Ken concerned. The distortion on the screen had just, stopped.
"I'm fine Ken." Said TK making sure his thoughts as a human were in order. And much to his relieve they were.

Calm. The only sound the wind blowing in the grass and leaves. The sun in the blue sky shinning gently on the furtal land below.
And under one of the few trees that dotted the landscape, a Veemon and Gatomon digimon slept peacfully in each others embrace.

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"Ken!!" Izzy screamed. The boy genius fell unconsciously to the floor. "Are you ok!? Answer me!" Ken opened his eyes a little, "I can tell... something is happening. I dunno... what.... ugh." Ken blacked out. "Oh no!"
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The Veemon woke up. A Gatomon was laying directly besides him. "Huh? She looks familiar. But... I don't know who is she? Who am I for that matter!?" he looked at himself. "I'm... a Veemon?" For some reason, that didn't seem right. But his Veemon body felt natural. Like he was born with it. "Or was I hatched?" He couldn't remember his youth. Suddenly, an image flashed in his mind. There were humans running after a a little black and white ball. 'Why does that seem familiar?' He gazed around and saw the Gatomon. And and next to the tree laid an unconscious Armadillomon. And a Hawkmon laying on the grass. It was covered with a white blanket or something. "I... can't remember..." his head hurt from all that thinking. But he just couldn't piece it together. "Aughhh!"

The Gatomon stired from the noise of the Veemon's venting though she did not awake, the digi-mon knew no greater pain than displeasing her. That much he was VERY certain of.
The Veemon touched the blanket coving the Hawkmon out like a light and rubbed it between his uselessly clawed fingers. Where had this come from? He was SO exasted. Had he just digivoled? He felt like it. The blue dragon looked around, had he been here before? He couldn't remember. He was delighted to see he hadn't distrub the Gatomon's rest. Thank goodness.

Where was he? Nowhere. Who was he? Kenji Ichejogi. Once known as the Digimon Kaizer. What was he doing here? He didn't know. Ken opened his eyes. Everything had an extremlt dark shade of grey to it. The sea and sky were mirror of each other, darkness without end with a limit to their depths, without a counter force to hold them in check. He had been here before. Long ago. He had built his first control spire here. More than that. This was where he had gotten his black digi-vice. He was on a long strip of beach. though the waves moved back and forth along the shore, and the land beyound was filled with grayish greenery, this whole place spoke not of death, but of dead, pass tense, this place was already lost, or had it always been this way?
return The voice was an empty as a the soul less sky. return It was the voice that had whispered in Ken's ear so long. The voice that had dictated his action all the time the boy believing it's words to be his own thoughts. Ken took a step back from the black ocean. Only now realizing he could move. come home Ken couldn't decide if the voice came from his own mind, the sea, the sky, everything around him, or all of thea above. Come home. Ken saw a mass in the dark ocean. Buldging against the surface without breaking it. It was gaigantic. It seemed to imcompass the whole of the sea. (was it in fact the sea?) come home Ken had a good mind to run until his legs gave out. Threads of darkness, with the size and movments of snake, sleethered on the sand, towards him. Kaizer.
"No . . ." He whispered. He exspected with terror to find himself in his emperor cloths again, much to his releif he was still in his school uniform. Kaizer. The idea of this thing wanting to kill him never crossed his mind. He knew it wanted a far worse fate for him. It wanted . . . for him to take it back. It be part of the darkness again. To take pleasure in pain. To find amusment in other's hardships. Ken much prefered the embrace of the grave. Part of him dearly wished it, he could be with Sam again. But he knew that would cause his parents grief again. And he had caused enough greif for many . . . many life times. Kaizer.
"I'll never be your tool again!" Ken shouted with all his soul at this formless mass, this undefinable evil. The threads snaked around him but did not touch him. A head emerge from the dark ocean, with too many red eyes, and far too many limbs attached to it's torso. There was nothing insectoid about it. Nothing at all. mine . . . The thread moved about threatingly but did not even brush against the boy. "No . . ." Ken whispered harshly. None left, all alone, Kaizer. . . . There was no one to safe gaurd him against the dark. No one to keep it from claming him again, he was a fool to fight his true nat- "NO!" Ken screamed in defiance. "That YOU speaking! Not me! I've listen to you long enough. I know what you are! And I know how to make you-"

"GO AWAY!" Ken shouted right into Izzy's face, the computer nerd landed on his tosh an inch away from TK. It took a second for Ken to realize where he was.
"Ok, I didn't mean to invade your personal space!" Said Izzy freaked.
Ken got his sense of balence and stood up. "What happened?" The black haired boy asked.
"You blacked out."
"For how long?"
"Couldn't of been more than a minute."
"Feels MUCH longer . . . something is coming Izzy. That weird lady is just the tip of the ice berge. We need to find the others . . . now."

The Hawkmon woke up. "Humh? Dav...is?" 'Who's Davis? Why is that name... familiar?' She looked around. She didn't know who a single one of them was, but she had the feeling they were her friends. 'Maybe if I go back to sleep, it'll all come back to me.' She thought. She realized, hidden in the grass, were a pile of clothes. She was using them as a pillow. That blanket must have been a shirt. 'What would I need clothes for?' she thought.
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"I... I'm ok. I think." Ken get to his feet. Izzy was still a little cautious in appreaching him. "Are you sure you don't want to lie down, Ken?" He nodded his head and laid down on Izzy's bed. 'Poor guy,' Izzy thought, 'After all he's been through, I guess I can't honestly expect him to be in perfect health." Ken shuffled over to Izzy's bed and closed his eyes. The Dark Ocean flashed before him. "Agh!" he opened his eyes wide. 'I guess... no sleep.' he moaned and rolled to his side.

"Ken . . . did you . . . experince anything?"
"What do you mean?"
"Vision, images, anything like that."
He signed. "This will sound crazy."
"I'm a very open minded person."
"Imagine a place where nothingness had a shape, where void was a tangeable object, and wher your sins are something that can touch you." Ken said breathlessly.
Wormon shivered. Ken had just discriped Wormon's mental image of digi-mon partner's soul when he had been the digi-mon Kaizer.
Izzy just sat back in his chair.
Then he muttered a prfanity under his breath.
"Dammit this is my fault! I should of waited until I had completly gone though the program but no, I was too egar to test my new toy!"
Ken did not say anything. It was his experince that painful lessons were often remembered the most. (though you often needed someone to make sure you learned the right lesson)
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The Hawkmon couldn't find an answer including the question of where they had come from to begin with. It wasn't like she needed them for anything. Oh well. She went back to sleep.
The veemon had reach three definate conclusions so far, one, he was exhasted, two he was hungery, and three, the idea of displeasing the gatomon he had been sleeping next to was did not brood well in his mind.

Izzy was on the verge of tears. 'What if I never find a way to turn them back? What if the Digimon have to stay human? What if the human part tries to take over? Can it happen?' He shut his eyes as tight as he could. He didn't want to think about it. He hadn't slept in 24 hours. He had been up all night trying to formulate a plan. There was a beeping noise. He looked at the monitor faster than he ever had. There, on File Island, was a faint signal. "A D3!! We found them!!" he leapt for joy. Ken, who was fending off sleep, rose to his feet. "But... that's only one. Where are the other ones?"

"Good question. I wish I had the answer." Commented Izzy. Ken shoke his head. He couldn't just go on not sleeping. He had honesty thought he had fended off that thing for the time being. Whatever it was. It could all be in his mind. (it wouldn't be the first time, he had halluanated once that the infaint digi-mon in primary village were scolding him because he didn't want to find Wormon to make amends, he wanted to find him to stop feeling guilty, he hoped that part of him was wrong in that statement)
The dark won't take you again Ken. I won't let it! I wasn't able to help you before . . . but I won't let it happen again! Thought Wormon with detirmanation.
That was when Izzy realized what time it was. There were sopposed to be at Tudesday classes in twenty minutes. Ken didn't look like he was going to last five.
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"What do you soppose happened to those brats?" Asked Mummymon blanky. "And what was with the weird clock settings earily today?"
"Who cares! Their out of hair that's what counts. And many Kenji's control spires are still standing so we can proced with our plan. And we don't need to waste control spires to make artfical digimon anymore."
"What plan is that again?" The witch gave the mummy a hard strike.
"The one were we go with plan A and try and merge the digital and phyical worlds into one using the controll spires stupid!"
"But arn't the ALL the destiny stones still standing?"
"SHUT UP! You want to spoil the plot to every digi-mon in ear shot?"
"We're in the middle of the desert."
"The sand dunes have ears!"
"Really? Where? I don't see any-ouch!"
"How we could be made from the same data is beyound me!"
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Was he always this hungery? The veemon digi-mon didn't know. All he knew was that he wasn't anywhere near back to what was normal power level for even a rookie and he was still scarfing down everything in sight. At least he hadn't run into any other digi-mon, he couldn't take out an infaint digi-mon in his state.
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"Hurry up TK your going to be late!" Said Matt shouting into his brother's room.
"Coming." He sibling repiled. It was easy for Pattamon to change into and out his pajamas and into TK's normal cloths, he had seen his partner change in front of him a million times after all.
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"Ok, the co-ordinates are locked in." Izzy told Ken. "I've been gone a long time? People are probably worried. Could you... maybe, turn Wormmon human so I will have a cover too?" he ASKED. Izzy shook his head, "I don't want to risk it. This is big enough mess as it is. The last thing I need is another problem." Ken sighed, "Alright. I guess I do this alone. Digi-Port: open." He was sucked into the computer.
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Ken zapped out of a little tv on the grass. "So, the others are within 30 clicks of here. Come on, Wormmon. Let's save them." "Mm-hmm"
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I still don't get it though. Thought Ken. Why did we pick only one signal? I mean, if only one of them is there, where are the others? Why can't we pick them up too? This smells like a trap!
           
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"We're getting closer." Ken motioned towards Wormmon. "Be alert. We don't want to end up being ambushed or something." His Digimon nodded. "There!" shouted Ken. Laying on his shell along a tree was an Armadillomon playing with the D3. He looked down to see he had almost stepped on a slumbering Gatomon and Veemon. A Hawkmon was also sleeping on a pile of clothes, using the blades of grass as a blanket. "Could this be... them?" The Armadillomon spotted him and dropped the D3, now in a defensive position. "Doesn't he recognize me?" "Diamond Shell!" the armored Digimon blazed toward them. "Wormmon!" "Sticky Net!" the little bug shot out a web of fluid which quickly trapped the Armadillomon. "Grng. Nrr... let me out of here!" "Good job, Wormmon." Ken patted him on the head. 'Wow, he's never petted me before.' Wormmon thought and enjoyed the moment.
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Ken picked up the D3, he couldn't tell whose it was. Not that it matter that much at the moment.
Ken look at the armadilliomon with sympathy. The others were out like lights. But he could tell this was only from exhastion rather than injury.
"Does the name Cody mean anything to you?" Ken asked simply.
The Armadillomon looked confused for a moment and then rememeber he was caught up in a wormon's net. And began trying to force his way out again.
"I think that means no Ken."

If he doesn't remember, then I doubt the others do either." Ken replied. The Armadillomon was getting angrier and angrier. "Diamond Slam Attack" the net tore open and he dropped out. "Wormmon! Stop him!" "Sticky Ne..." "Diamond Shell!" he ran over the little insect, then came to a screeching halt. "Who are you? And what do you want?" "Cody," Ken began, "I know you're in there. It's me: Ken Ichijoiji." A flashback hit Armadillomon. 'He... he was the one trying to control us... the Control Spires' "You!" he curled into a ball and went into overdrive!! Right into Ken!
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"You know, Izzy, maybe I could get used to being a Patamon. Like it even."
"Don't even think that, TK!"
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The boy turned Digi-mon got freaked by that one.
"Sorry."
"Two percent. Two stinking two percent! How could I have been so stupid!"
"Impatent maybe." Said TK trying to consoul him. "But trying to help as soon as possible wasn't stupid."
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"I deserved that." Said Ken flatly getting back up. He felt along for broken ribes and to his releif found none.
"You deserved a lot more than that!"
"Maybe, but that's not why I'm here."
"Why should I believe you after everything you've done!"
"Because I'm not that person anymore! I didn't realize all the miseary I was spreeding and I just want to get on with my life!"
"Excusses from a coward not wanting to accept what he's done."
"I was the devil." Ken said flatly. "Then I tried to control God. And I lost everything that mattered to me."
"Not yet!" The armadillomon went into another Diamond roll. A streak of blue sent him into a tree smashing it.
The Veemon stood in a fighting stance.
"What the . . don't interfer!"
"If he's said he's changed then we should give him the benefit of the doubt."
"No one asked your opinion!"
"Too bad!"
Both digi-mon ran into each other. The Veemon already breathing heavy. He just wasn't back to full strength yet!
Why was this fight so familiar? As if he had done it before? He shock off the thought. Feeding the need to fight instead.

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Only one chapter left. (page five was all discussion)

Flames, comments, suggestions, reactions, corrections, occasional constructive critizem all welcome.

If anyone ever wants to write there own version of what happens after Kari and Davis get caught in that white light and wake up with no human memories, be my guest! I've always felt we really rushed things. Something that's happening with 03 too.