Author's Note

Author's Note:

Capri: Hello peoples! Note: I DIDN'T KILL THE DIGIDESTINED! DO NOT THINK OTHERWISE! If we're all lucky, this chapter will be somewhat longer. A few loose ends to tie up, as well as another definition. One, Biyomon's hair is the same style as Sora's; you know, short and curled outward? I know that's not important, but who gives? Two, the digimons' voices weren't the only things that changed. (And yes, they did change) Their personalities are 'somewhat' different. Like Gatomon's more sarcastic, Gomamon's a bit of a practical jokester, etc. Okay, I'm just blabbing here. On with the fic!

Disclaimer: The obvious. I dun own Digimon, man!

Courage's Fight; Love's Battle

Deimos-fear

Meanwhile, Biyomon and Agumon were getting along much better. They'd ended up in a forest area. However, no matter how well they were getting along, they didn't find a thing either. "See anything?" asked Agumon. "No," replied Biyomon. "We've been looking for quite a while. Why don't we take a rest and see how the others are doing?" "I agree," whined Feelingmon. "I'm tired." Agumon sighed, and sat down by a tree. "Fine, let's rest." "I'll send an email to the others," said Biyomon. She got to work typing.

Guys,

Anyone find anything yet? Where are you? Did you make any progress? Email back, it helps if we know where each other are. Andrew and I are in a forest area. We haven't found anything yet, not even signs of danger. Email back!

Bebe

Biyomon wasn't sure if shadow demons could intercept email, but better safe than sorry. She waited a while, waiting for the others to get the email and send one back. Finally, the D-Terminal (A/N They all have one now.) beeped, signifying that they had gotten an email. It was from Tentomon and Palmon. Shortly after, they got one from Wormmon and Hawkmon.

Bebe & Andrew,

We didn't find anything yet. Unfortunately for Sally and I, we ended up in the desert. As for progress, we'll just be happy to get out of this place. Hope you guys are better than we are!

Trent

Hi!

Nothing yet. The place we ended up in is kind of a rocky, mountainous area. Progress? We managed to get halfway up one of the mountain things. Good luck everyone!

Whey & Hawkin

It took a while, but eventually they got emails from Gabumon and Gomamon, as well as Patamon and Armadillomon. However… "We didn't get anything from Kitty and Vee," frowned Biyomon. "Do you think that they're okay?" "They're probably fine," said Agumon. "Those two can most definitely take care of themselves." Biyomon didn't answer. "What area were they in anyway?" asked Feelingmon. "Dunno," shrugged Embermon. "I hope they're all okay." Biyomon looked at the two chatting digimon. "You guys are just as worried about your friends as we are about ours, aren't you?" "I say we get a move on," announced Agumon. "But it's almost sundown!" exclaimed Feelingmon. "Shouldn't we find a place to sleep or something?" "We have at least an hour left," pointed out Agumon. "We need to look for them." "I agree," said Embermon. "Then let's get going," announced Biyomon.

The four of them searched for a while, not finding anything, dangerous or otherwise. "One whole day of no progress," groaned Embermon. "At this rate we'll never find them." Biyomon leaned against a tree. "Okay, now I'm tired." She sighed. "He's right. We didn't make a single bit of progress." She looked down at the crest of Love. Well, it's a good thing I don't have the crest of Hope. Stupid crests. Biyomon ran a hand distractedly through her hair. Now everything reminds me of her. Heck, even my dumb haircut. I miss you, Sora. Don't worry, I'll find you. Promise. "Aw, c'mon, cheer up," said a voice behind her. "Whatever it is, I'll try to help you with it." "Thanks, Feelingmon. But how did you know?" asked Biyomon. "Easy, I'm an emotion digimon, so I can sense others' emotions too." "Sounds kind of creepy." "Nah, I'm nothing. Thoughtmon can read minds. So what's bothering you?" "I guess I'm just homesick." "Ah, well, don't I help at all?" asked Feelingmon, understanding what her true meaning was. "Yeah, it's always good to have company." "Glad to help."

"I think we should get some sleep now," announced Agumon. "That way we can get an early start tomorrow morning." Biyomon nodded, and yawned loudly. Then she looked thoughtfully at the tree she was resting against. "I get top bunk," she grinned, and climbed up to the lowest branch. She must have been pretty comfortable, because she fell asleep quickly enough, Feelingmon resting beside her. Agumon, on the other hand, took much longer. He leaned against the tree, occasionally glancing up at the sleeping digigirl. Embermon was already snoring softly. She looks so peaceful like that. And she's pretty, too. Like the way her hair spills on her face like that. In the moonlight. At night. Or in the day too. Wait, what am I talking about here? He groaned slightly, remembering a conversation that he and Tai had once had about Sora, before she had gone out with Matt. Oh, great, I sound exactly the way Tai did back then! I can absolutely positively not fall in love with my best friend! One lousy day like this and I'm already messing up bad! Stupid, stupid me! Agumon felt like banging his head against the tree. Instead, he stole another glace at the girl in question. She was shivering slightly. So, Agumon got her a blanket. (A/N By now you can probably get that I am bad at romance!) He tucked it around her gently, all the while talking to himself sternly. This is not going to turn into an intentional version of what happened at the hotel! He then settled himself at the base of the tree, finally falling asleep many minutes later. So no one saw the giggling figure that whooshed past the tree with some powdery substance.

Agumon woke up later feeling like he ached all over. Despite the sunlight, he refused to open his eyes. That is, until something moved and groaned slightly on his chest. "What?" he said sleepily. "What the heck?! How'd I get down here?!" It was then that Agumon realized two things: One, that it was not actually something but someone, and two, that it was probably the reason he hurt so much. "How did you get down here, Bi?" "That's what I just asked!" Meanwhile up in the tree, Feelingmon opened an eye and said. "Bebe, I just had the weirdest dream that you fell out of the tree and…" she looked down at the two of us. "Never mind. But what happened to the other guy?" "What other guy? And why didn't I wake up when I fell? And why didn't he wake up when I fell on him?" "It's cause of the sleeping powder silly!" That caused all of them to turn. They were faced with the weirdest creature any of them had ever seen. It was quite strange looking and grinning from ear to ear. It looked kind of like those ghosts from those Casper movies, only this guy was probably twice as evil as the Ghostly Trio. "Did you like my little joke?" "That was supposed to be funny?!" demanded Agumon, staggering up. "And what kind of digimon are you anyway?" Both Feelingmon's and Embermon's eyes were narrowed. "He's not a digimon," said Embermon tensely. "I just know he's not." "Aw, I don't think you enjoyed it!" "Who and what are you?" demanded Agumon. "And why are you here?" The creature's grin went from mischievous to just plain evil. "Cutting right to the chase, now are we? Very well. I am Deimos, a shadow demon. And I have been sent to destroy you."

The male of the duo turned away from their project long enough to see the sight. "Well, that makes four. Though you may be right about them. The other two still haven't been finished off by Cerberus." "That just makes it all the more interesting," purred the other, never turning from her work. "Maybe, if they survive these, we can try something new. We can put them up against these Digidestined, and see if they are up for the challenge. It aught to be extremely entertaining." The first, Echthroi, smirked. "This is much better than simply destroying them."

Agumon stood up straighter, despite the pain. "You aren't going to destroy anyone," he said, more boldly than he felt. "And who's going to stop me?" Deimos sneered. "You?" (A/N This is getting so cliché.) The shadow demon held up a hand, and Agumon flew back into a tree. Biyomon's eyes widened. He was much too strong for her in this form, and the two digimon were only rookies. She turned furious eyes on her digivice. Work you stupid thing!

Agumon groaned slightly and got up. He hadn't felt this terrible in a while. And while the only worry during a normal battle would be digivolving back into his rookie form, this could mean death. He wasn't giving up that easily, though. Agumon somehow managed (miraculously) to pick himself up again. Don't give up now! Do it for Tai…and Bi. "So I see you're up again. Oh well, all the more fun to kill you." Agumon stood protectively in front of Biyomon. When he spoke, his voice rang out confidently. "Your name may mean fear, but I'm not afraid of you!" (A/N How the heck Agumon knows Greek is anyone's guess. I got the name from a book of Greek myths. It said Deimos was a servant or something of Ares, and that his name meant fear.) As you probably all guessed, the crest of Courage immediately began to glow, as did Embermon.

"Embermon crest digivolve toooo…FIREMON!"

Firemon was the essence of fire itself. He stood on all fours, red, gold, and orange fur swirling like a, well, flame. His golden eyes blazed with their own inner fire. Feelingmon's eyes widened. "Ooooh, that's Firemon. He's a flame digimon. You don't want to mess with his hot temper and 'Fire Blaze' attack!" Agumon stood there, mouth hanging open. He himself had digivolved many times, but making another digimon digivolve was a whole other story. Firemon grinned down at him. "Hop on, Andrew!" Agumon grinned back, and climbed onto the big digimon. "Be careful," said Biyomon softly. Feelingmon looked at both Agumon and Biyomon briefly, sensing a common emotion, other than fear. She wasn't sure if she should smile or frown about the matter. "FIRE BLAZE!" roared Firemon, sending a huge wave of flames at the shadow demon. Deimos did not shout out his attack, merely putting a hand up and sending a jet of something their way. Both Biyomon and Feelingmon looked on in horror as the jet hit the two dead on. "No!" Biyomon wasn't sure what it was that she was feeling, but whatever it was, she wasn't about to let Deimos get the best of them. She ran over to where the two lay. Fortunately, Firemon hadn't dedigivolved. Blinded by tears, she hugged the motionless boy close to her heart. (A/N I. Can't. Write. Romance! Arg!) That covered her crest, so no one knew what was happening until…

"Feelingmon crest digivolve toooo…EMOTIONMON!"

Firemon got up on wobbly legs. "That's Emotionmon. She's an emotion type digimon. She's pretty easygoing, but watch out for her 'Pure Emotion' attack!" Emotionmon had gone from catlike to more of a human looking digimon. Her hair was snowy white, like her skin, making her black eyes stand out all the more. Her dress had the same symbols, each a different color and she had a bow and quiver of arrows slung on her back. "Are you ready to take this guy out, Firemon?" "I thought you'd never ask!" "FIRE SHOT!" Mini flames shot out of Firemon's mouth. "EMOTION: LOVE!" Emotionmon shot one of her red arrows. Their secondary attacks, thought Biyomon. "FIRE BLAZE!" PURE EMOTION!" Emotionmon held up her arms and sent what looked rather like a rainbow at the shadow demon. Deimos stopped these attacks with a growl, but could not take on both digimon at the same time. Moments later he screamed and deleted. A second after that, both digimon dedigivolved. "Wake up, please! Say something, anything at all!" Agumon groaned a little and said groggily, "Did anyone catch the license plate number on that steamroller?" Biyomon laughed and hugged the boy closely. "Ow, you broke my ribs already, do you have to put me through this?" "Hey, I saved you, remember? But thanks for breaking my fall back there," she giggled. "I'm just surprised you didn't kill me!" "Hey, I'm not heavy!" The two laughed and talked. Feelingmon sighed. "What is it, Feelingmon?" "They're both in love, and neither of them know it. I know it's good for Love and Courage to unite, but this…" she sighed. "Yeah, I know." Neither of them spoke what they thought. What if it's supposed to be the real Digidestined who unite? What will happen when they change back? What if Mortisha and Echthroi find out about this? What if?

Well well well," said Mortisha. "It seems they have beaten one of our shadow demons. Love and Courage uniting, huh? It looks like we have to hit them where it hurts, now that we know where that is." "Yes, but is that really it?" asked Echthroi broodingly. Mortisha raised an eyebrow. "You sensed it too?" Echthroi nodded. "There is something not quite…right about them. They're hiding something." Mortisha looked at the scene below. "Soon, very soon, Digidestined, we shall figure out your secret. And when we do…" she smiled, already thinking of horrific ideas. "The fun will truly begin."

Capri: Mwahahahaha! I love ending with those guys! Next chapter, the desert! Eventually, I'll get back to the Digidestined. I'm just not sure when…

Destiny: Well, seeing as you need them for the grand finale, you have to bring them in sooner or later!

Capri: No. Duh. By the way, I know the names of the new digimon suck, but they each represent a jr. version of the power of the crest. That is, they do in their rookie forms, and in their crest forms they have the name of the power itself. For example, the crest of Courage has power over fire, so there is ember and fire. The crest of Love can personify (in a manner of speaking) emotions, so we have feeling and emotion. You get the pic. So until next time, ciao!