Here's the fourth chapter to this story. It's going slow but I'm hoping to put more chapters up soon. Ok, here's something I'm going to tell you so you won't ask questions. Everyone knows that Beelzemon has two forms: his regular form and his Blast Mode form. When I refer to Beelzemon, if I say in the beginning he's in Blast Mode, then he will be for the remainder of the story. If I don't then he's in his regular form (red eyes, no wings). Now that that's cleared up, please read and review...

Chapter 4: Hints From a Hidden Past

It had been a few days since the battle with SkullSatamon, but now they knew that there could be more of them coming at any time. They decided to hurry and find the others before any more of them did appear. Noticing that it would be dark soon, they found an open space in the forest and made camp there. Kazu and Kenta collected some firewood while Rika went to get some water for her canteen. As soon as Kazu and Kenta got back, Rika set up the wood in place so that it wouldn't spread through the forest and cause a forest fire. When Rika was done, Impmon snapped his finger to produce a flame hovering only an inch from his fingertip. Once the fire was burning, they sat near it and relaxed. Of course, Kazu soon got bored and decided to play the card game.

"Hey Kenta, want to accept my challenge?"

"I don't think so! You always beat me so why don't you ask someone else?" Kenta replied.

Kazu looked around and noticed Mako sitting not too far away. He didn't really want to play against a kid, but it was better than nothing.

"Hey Mako! Come over here and play the card game with me!" he shouted over.

Mako shrugged and walked over to where Kazu was setting up. He took out his own cards and started setting them up like Kazu had his. Impmon watched this and saw that the fire was pretty low and he knew they weren't going to bed anytime soon. He got up and said he was going to get more firewood. He then walked toward the dark woods as Renamon watched him leave. Rika looked over at the boys playing and decided to see how it was going. Renamon then sneaked away to follow Impmon to make sure he didn't get into any trouble.

Impmon was picking up the newly chopped wood when he sensed a digimon nearby. He recognized it, but wasn't quite sure. He walked over to where it was coming from and then heard a voice.

"Well now. You seemed comfortable over there with the humans but of course you would be. That's why you left in the first place, wasn't it?"

Recognizing the voice, Impmon turned around and saw LadyDevimon standing there with an evil smirk on her face. Impmon stared at her and then started to growl at her.

"What's wrong Impmon? I thought that you would be glad to see me," she continued.

Impmon looked at her and said nastily, "Yeah and I would also be glad to see you leave too. Why are you here? Not that I should ask…"

Renamon searched for him but didn't see him anywhere. Then she heard voices and recognized one as Impmon's. She scampered up a tree and quietly approached by jumping silently from tree branch to tree branch. She finally found them and decided to listen in to their conversation.

"I'm here to make you pay for what you did to us. And to me," she added slyly.

Impmon scoffed and said, "I'm glad I left. I didn't want to cause the pain and chaos you were making. As for you, well, all I must say is this. You may think I betrayed you, LadyDevimon, but it was you who betrayed me!"

They stood silent for a while and then LadyDevimon spoke.

"I don't have time to chat all night. I want to fight you, one on one. I don't want any interference from those humans and that data type. Meet me here. It's far away from the place your camping and they won't hear us. Agreed?"

Impmon thought about this and finally said, "Alright. I agree. I'll sneak out when they are all fast asleep."

"Good. If you don't come tonight, Impmon, I'll make sure you regret it."

"Don't worry. I'll come."

LadyDevimon smiled wickedly and then disappeared from view. Impmon gathered up the firewood and started to head on back. Renamon watched him leave and then left herself. She went as fast as she could to beat the imp back to camp. When she finally got there, she saw Rika watching the intense card battle. She went over and sat down. A few minutes later, Impmon returned with the firewood. He fed the fire and then sat down by Mako. Mako was 20 points from winning and Kazu was 10. Kazu finally finished his turn and Mako picked up his card. He looked at his hand and knew that this game was in the bag. Impmon looked at what digimon he was attacking with and wasn't surprised to see his card in attack mode. Mako placed down a power-up card and then set down a digivolution card.

"Digi-modify. Warp digivolution activate. You're history, buddy," Mako said proudly.

Kazu gaped at him and said angrily, "I want to challenge you again!"

Kenta looked at him and said, "Kazu, that's the fifth time he's beaten you and with the same digimon card. Let's call it a night, ok?"

Kazu was about to protest but decided not to.

"Ok. I'm tired anyway."

They started to pack up their cards. Rika looked at Mako with amazement.

"Hey Mako? How come you never entered the tournament? You would be pretty good if you did and who knows? You just might make it to the semi-finals," Rika said.

Mako looked at her and said, "I never thought I was good enough to go into something like that. Besides, I just started learning how to play a few months ago."

Rika shook her head and then set out her sleeping bag. The others did so also and soon the fire was put out and everyone was sound asleep. Well, almost everyone. Impmon opened his eyes and listened for any movement. He quietly got up and looked around. It looked like everyone was asleep. He snuck away and walked into the woods once again. A few minutes after he had gone, Renamon looked around and then silently followed Impmon through the trees. Impmon finally got to the place where he encountered LadyDevimon earlier that day. He looked around, ready for an attack. Then he heard footsteps and turned around.

"I'm glad you decided to show up, Impmon," LadyDevimon said.

Impmon smirked and said, "I wouldn't miss a challenge that was sent to me."

"Enough talk. Let's fight. Evil Wing!"

Energy of darkness was blasted from her hand. Impmon was caught off guard and was hit by the attack head on. He was knocked over but soon jumped to his feet. He smirked.

"That wasn't very nice of you, catching me off guard like that. But of course you never play nice, do you?" Impmon said, trying to catch his breath.

LadyDevimon smiled and said, "Of course not."

"Then in that case, I'll just play along."

Impmon started to glow brightly and digivolved to Beelzemon.

As this was going on, Renamon was watching silently from the treetops nearby. After he digivolved, Beelzemon pulled out his guns and said, "Double Impact!" LadyDevimon dodged the bullets and attacked. "Darkness Wave!" Beelzemon dodged the attack and then attacked her back immediately. "Double Impact!" This time LadyDevimon couldn't dodge it and was hit with the bullets. She got up and smiled at the mega. Suddenly, she disappeared from view. Beelzemon looked around and then suddenly was hit from behind by her darkness wave. After she attacked him, she sensed a presence. She smiled evilly and once again disappeared from view. Beelzemon got up, only to realize she had disappeared again. He waited for another attack to hit him from behind.

Renamon watched this in the treetops and decided to go get Rika so they could help Beelzemon. She turned around and was about to leave, when suddenly a pair of hands grabbed her from behind.

"Going somewhere, sweetie?" LadyDevimon asked with an evil tone.

Meanwhile, Beelzemon was looking around and finally got fed up with this.

"Come out here and fight you coward!" he shouted in the darkness.

He heard a laugh behind him and turned around. There she was. She had her hands on her hips and said, "Looking for me?"

Beelzemon growled and said, "Enough. It's time to finish this."

He ran at her, hands extended. "Darkness…"

LadyDevimon stood there and smiled. She then stepped to the side and revealed Renamon on the ground in chains. Beelzemon halted, stopping the attack. He looked at Renamon and then looked angrily at LadyDevimon.

"Let her go! This battle is between you and me and I won't let her get involved."

LadyDevimon looked at him curiously and said, "She was watching us from the trees earlier today and during our battle. She was about to go get her tamer and ruin everything. But I stopped her. Does she even know why you're here or why we are trying to destroy you?"

"She doesn't need to know. No one does. This is my problem and you're after me. Not them. No reason for them to get involved in something they know nothing about," Beelzemon said.

"What? She doesn't know that you betrayed us or that you used to be the most murderous digimon that ever lived?" LadyDevimon asked slyly. She smiled, knowing that it would get things even more interesting.

Beelzemon growled and said, "They don't need to know my past."

"But your past is who you are. Or who you used to be. Besides, the master would love to see you again so he can make you suffer."

"I'm not worried about your master right now."

"My master? I think you're mistaken. Don't you mean our master?"

"I don't serve him anymore so he means nothing to me."

Renamon listened to this and couldn't believe it. He had actually served under someone and it sounded like something far worse than what the sovereign did. LadyDevimon looked at Renamon and knew that some damage was done. But she was getting bored so she decided to finish this data type off. She extended her claws and held them at Renamon's neck. Renamon shuddered as she felt her nails press against her neck. Beelzemon knew what LadyDevimon was going to do and he had to get Renamon out of there.

"Leave her alone LadyDevimon! Don't you dare harm her!" he shouted.

"Looks like someone has been hiding their feelings," she said.

"I'm not hiding any feelings."

LadyDevimon looked at him and knew he was lying. She smiled, knowing that she could easily take Beelzemon to her master without resistance. She had his female friend and he probably wouldn't want anything horrible happen to her.

"I'll tell you what. I'll let her go if you come with me to the master. It would mean sooo much to him. Or I could just get rid of your 'friend'."

She pushed her nails deeper into Renamon's neck, making her gasp with pain. Beelzemon knew that he was defeated. He slumped his shoulders and lowered his head.

"Alright. I'll come with you. Just…just don't hurt her."

He walked over beside LadyDevimon. She then took her hand from Renamon's neck and undid the chains. As soon as this was done, Beelzemon quickly pushed Renamon out of harm's way.

"Darkness Claw!" he screamed.

LadyDevimon didn't see it coming and she screamed with terror as her data disintegrated into the air. Beelzemon didn't even try to load up the data. Instead he looked over at Renamon.

"She's a bit shaken but she seems ok," he thought.

Renamon stared at him and then got up. Beelzemon started walking back toward camp. As they walked quietly through the forest, mixed emotions ran through his body. He was relieved that she was all right, but angry that she had followed him. Finally, Renamon spoke up.

"Beelzemon?"

Beelzemon stopped walking and looked at her. He stared at her for some time before she started speaking again.

"I just wanted to say thank you. For saving my life."

Beelzemon glared at her and said, "Yeah, well. Your life should have never been in danger in the first place. You shouldn't have followed me."

"I wanted to. I wanted to make sure that you came out of there ok. I wasn't going to stay away, wondering if you were still alive or not."

"You should've stayed away. Do you realize what danger you were in? LadyDevimon could've easily hurt you or even kill you."

Renamon started to get angry with him. Here she was thanking him and he was scolding her like she was an ignorant five-year-old child who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"I realize what danger I was in, Beelzemon. I also realized that you were fighting her alone and I wanted to try to help," she said hotly.

"Well next time, don't. I don't need anyone helping me or getting him or herself into danger because of me. Don't get involved in this Renamon. You don't understand what's even going on."

"I would if you would tell me and maybe the others can help."

"No! Out of the question. This isn't something for the 'saviors' to handle. Just let me take care of it and forget about it. Completely!"

With that said, he turned and headed back. Renamon knew he wouldn't talk to her anymore about it and she was boiling mad. She understood him not wanting anyone helping him, but she didn't like it when someone was keeping something from her. As they neared camp, Beelzemon de-digivolved to his rookie form, Impmon. He then lay down beside Mako and fell asleep. Renamon sat against a tree, fuming with anger. Soon she fell asleep as well. But she couldn't get the conversation and LadyDevimon's words out of her head.