I'm really, really sorry this is such a late update. I explained why on my profile. I'll try and update faster from now one, but I'm not going to make any promises. Just know that I have not abandoned any of my stories. Again, I'm really sorry for the super late update.

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.


DigiUnity

Chapter 4: Meetings and Reunions

"Whu whu! Ah, it feels good to be back in the Digital World!"

"Well, I suppose it's a good thing Worm is happy." Takuya mentioned, still covering his ears with a pained look on his face.

"No kidding!" Zoe replied, still covering her own ears.

"Angler didn't do that last year," Kouji commented, obviously trying to close the distance again.

"Lucky you," J.P. muttered, taking his hands away from his head. "Worm did it last year, too."

Koichi was looking out the window. "Hey, look! It's the Village of Flame!"

"Just like last year," Tommy pointed out. "Hopefully we won't get into a fight as quickly as we did."

The twins turned to look at him. "How quickly?" Kouji asked.

Takuya scowled. "Almost immediately." He looked at Kouji. "When did you and Angler show up, anyway?"

The boy looked out the window. "Just as the forest was coming back."

"That was lucky," Zoe said. "Otherwise you wouldn't have found your Spirit."

Kouji nodded just as the train pulled into the station. The doors of the passenger cars opened on their own. "Alright, everyone out! I've got a schedule to keep!"

Takuya led the way, stepping out onto the platform. He looked towards the front of the train as his friends followed him, barely noticing the three kids from the station. "Thanks for the ride, Worm!"

"No problem! See you around!" Worm called as he pulled away.

That was when Takuya focused on the other kids, wondering what they were doing here. The girl and the two boys were watching Worm leave.

Before any of the children could say anything else, however, there was a loud shout that came from the direction of the village, causing everyone to look.

"Henry!" A green and white rabbit that Takuya knew must be a Digimon was using its large ears to fly towards the threesome. The face of the boy wearing an orange vest lit up.

"Terriermon!" The boy, whose name must be Henry, ran forward a few steps until the Digimon wrapped one of its ears around his right shoulder. The Digimon seemed to feel that this was perfectly normal even though Takuya and his friends had never seen one do that regularly before.

Weird...Bokomon and Neemon would cling to our shoulders occasionally, but really only in emergencies. This Digimon looks like he does it all the time.

Another Digimon phased in beside the girl, a yellow two-legged fox. "Rika."

The girl smiled. "Renamon."

"Takato!"

The other boy, the one with the goggles, looked excitedly in the direction the rabbit Digimon had come from. "Guilmon!"

Takuya looked and saw a large red dinosaur Digimon barreling toward the boy.

The warrior turned to look at his friends, confusion clearly written on his face. His friends were not any more enlightened than he was. Kouji was glaring suspiciously at the other group while Koichi was glancing worriedly at his twin. J.P. and Tommy were scratching their heads. Zoe looked confused but thoughtful.

He turned back to see the boy, Takato, picking himself up off the ground. The dinosaur Digimon started back the way he had come, looking back over his shoulder. "Come on, Takato!"

Takato paused in brushing himself off. "What? Guilmon, where are you going?"

"This way!" Takato stared at him.

The rabbit Digimon laughed. "Don't worry, Takato. He's just doing as Zhuqiaomon told him to."

Takato blinked. "Zhuqiaomon told him to do something?"

"The Sovereign told each of us to find them." The fox Digimon turned toward the girl.

"Let me guess," she replied. "You found one of those Spirit things Azulongmon mentioned."

Takuya and his friends jumped, startled, as the fox nodded.

"They both did," the rabbit replied.

"Takato!" the dinosaur called. "Hurry!"

"Hold it!" Takuya jumped again as Kouji stepped forward and interrupted. Everyone turned to look at him. "Why are you looking for the Spirits?"

The fox Digimon was the first to respond. "Can we discuss this later? The sooner we get them, the sooner you can use them."

Takuya blinked. "But how can you get them? That would require our D-Tectors and—"

"D-Tector?" Henry asked, interrupting him. "You mean these things?" He pulled a very familiar purple-and-orchid device out of his pocket.

Zoe gasped. "My D-Tector! But—"

The dinosaur, who must be Guilmon, had come back and was now tugging on Takato's pant leg. "This is all very interesting, Takato, but can we go now?"

"Alright, alright!" Takato replied laughingly. "Lead the way, Guilmon!"

"Let's go with them, Henry." The rabbit said, pointing after Takato as the boy ran off. "We won't come across one for a couple days, at least"

"Wait!" Takuya called. "Why do you have our D-Tectors?"

The girl, who must be Rika, looked up from a deck of cards she had pulled out of a pouch on her belt. He did not know what good they could do, but she was riffling through them with purpose. "The Sovereign told us to grab them, saying that the Celestials had come up with an idea that only we can implement. We don't know why." She turned her attention back to her cards.

"But, Seraphimon didn't say anything like that."

"Then again," J.P. input. "We didn't actually question him when he told us to leave out cell phones; we just did it. We probably should have, but..."

Henry and Rika both looked at him, surprise clearly written on their faces. "Really?" Henry asked. "We question the Sovereign all the time when we're talking to them. Not that we talk to them all that often."

Rika apparently found what she was looking for, as she pulled a card out of her deck and put the rest of them away in the pouch. "We can talk about this later; right now we need to get those Spirits. Let's get to it." She turned toward the fox Digimon that Takuya assumed was Renamon. "Ready, Renamon?"

Renamon blinked. "Always."

"Then let's do it." She grabbed something he could not see and held up the card. "Digi Modify! Digivolution activate!" She appeared to swipe the card through something.

The weirdest thing was that Renamon reacted to it.

"Renamon digivolve to...Kyubimon!"

In a flash of light, Renamon disappeared and was replaced by a much larger yellow fox Digimon with nine tails.

Rika mounted as Takuya said, "Hang on. Which D-Tectors do you have?"

She looked at him. "The two that were on the seat."

Takuya turned to look at the twins, noticing that Zoe, J.P., and Tommy had done the same. Kouji and Koichi glanced at each other.

The new Digimon, Kyubimon, must have guessed who owned the two D-Tectors Rika had because she turned toward them and said, "I can easily carry three, if you'd rather stay with your D-Tectors."

The twins jumped, startled, and turned to look at Takuya. Knowing what they were thinking about, he nodded toward the fox Digimon. "Go ahead. I'm pretty sure they'll be meeting up with their friends afterward and we'll be going with them." He gestured toward Henry and Terriermon.

Koichi glanced at the younger twin again, obviously leaving the decision up to him. Kouji hesitated, looking his goggle headed friend in the eye before finally nodding. He moved forward, his brother following him.

Takuya was not real surprised when Koichi was the one who mounted behind Rika, with Kouji behind him. He knew from hanging out with him for the past year that his best friend had a hard time opening up to anyone he did not know well due to his inability to really express his feelings. Well, that's an understatement! Takuya shook his head as Kyubimon took off, running toward the forest. He has a hard time talking to us, who know him best!

"Well, now that's taken care of, are we going to catch up to Takato and Guilmon now? They may have it already." Terriermon asked, looking at Henry. In turn, he looked at Takuya and his friends, raising his eyebrow.

Glancing at his friends, Takuya saw that they were having the same thought that he was. He turned back toward Henry, nodding and stepping forward.

Henry nodded and looked back at Terriermon. "Lead the way." He held up the arm the Digimon was hanging from, giving him a toss to get him airborne.

"Alright! Let's go!" Terriermon flew off with Henry, Takuya, and his friends running after him.


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