Author's Note: Ok, this chapter is kind of boring, but don't worry, Chapter Seven will be great. As you all should know, all books have filler chapters. This is just one of those. However, the beginning and the end are ok. But like I said, this chapter isn't winning any awards anytime soon. If I feel like it, I may go back and work on it some more, but I doubt it.

Warning: This chapter contains gore and mild language. Readers are warned.

P.S.: I only have one real review people excluding the message I left. Please, review the story. I got over 200 hits and 100 visitors in the first week yet only one review. COME ON! Just saying.

Chapter Six: The Forming of a Team

Several hours before morning

Dragomon flew against a wall covered in his own blue-green blood as well as Turuiemon's red blood. He fell to the ground, his trident missing. Standing in front of the very injured Digimon, was an even more so injured Digimon, Turuiemon. Her left eye was black and swollen, her face was horribly bruised and bleeding. Her clothes were torn in spots and her arms were covered in many gashes and bruises. Her entire body was a mess of cuts, bruises, and blood, some of which was dried from them fighting for so long. She looked to her side and spat out a mouthful of blood. In her hand was the enemy Digimon's trident. Dragomon held onto his necklace of prayer beads and began to mouth words. Turuiemon laughed sadistically.

"Praying to your demon gods won't help you now." She said, fingering the trident in her hand. She had had enough. "I'm going to make sure I delete you with your own damn weapon." He backed up against the wall as Turuiemon drew closer. Once she was right in front of him, she raised the trident high. Dragomon shook his head in utter horror.

"Have mercy. Please, I beg you." She lowered it slightly, as if she was considering it, but then shook her head.

"No…not for you." She then thrust the trident straight into the Digimon's chest, more blood seeping from the horrible wound. Dragomon screamed a blood-curdling scream as he felt the tips of his own weapon go through him and hit the wall behind him. Turuiemon then grabbed it with both hands and pushed in harder, slightly twisting it as she did. "Feel the pain you have caused many to feel." He screamed louder, but then he fell silent, his eyes lazily looking at Turuiemon and blood trickling out of his mouth. She then squeezed the trident tight and looked right into his eyes. "Shatter." She said quietly. At that moment, dark mist began to cover her arms, and traveled up the trident and covered the enemy Digimon. The Digimon then screamed again as his body began to crack. Turuiemon then twisted the trident once more, and the Digimon shattered into a cloud of data. With that, Turuiemon dropped the trident to the ground and fell to her knees. The trident turned to data as well.

She sat on her knees panting as blood fell from her deep wounds. Her vision was getting fuzzy and her body was getting weak. She then fell over and lay on the wet and filthy floor. He breathing began to become shallow and blood pooled around her head. Her eyes slowly closed as she mouthed a final word. "Alexis."

James walked down the street as Tsumemon sat in his backpack, his eye slightly sticking out of its open top. James then stopped as he stopped just beside the school parking lot entrance as he saw Alexis leaning on a fence with a sad look on her face. James looked behind himself at the little Digimon in his backpack. "Be cool, ok?" The Digimon nodded and then crawled deep into James' backpack.

"Ok." James walked up to Alexis, and she looked over at him.

"Hey." He said to her happily. She just looked at him once, and then back at the road. "Um…shouldn't you be inside?" She just continued to gaze at the road.

"I guess." James blushed slightly; he could tell she didn't want to talk to him. She then looked over at him from the corner of her eye and he blushed more. "Hey, I'm sorry about yesterday. You know…about knocking you out." James sighed.

"Yeah…ok, I understand. I was kind of panicking yesterday." She nodded.

"Thank you." He looked at her oddly when she said that. She didn't seem like the kind of person that would thank him for accepting her apology. She then walked a little closer to him and looked him in the eyes. "Hey, you haven't seen Turuiemon have you?" He shook his head.

"Uh, no. Doesn't she stay with you?" Alexis looked away. She didn't want to tell him she used her to spy on him.

"Yeah…usually. It's just that when I woke up she wasn't there." At that moment they both jumped to the sound of a boy shouting.

"Hey guys!" They looked over to see Allen running towards them waving at them. He then ran up and tripped slightly as he came to an abrupt halt right beside Alexis. He then stood up and smiled. "Hi guys!" The other two just looked at him oddly. He then looked at Alexis. "Hey Alexis." She blushed slightly and looked away.

"Hi Allen." He was still smiling.

"What, no hug?"

"Not n…" He then wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, she was blushing a deep red. He then let go. She looked at him with evil eyes and frowned. "How many times have I told you I won't hug you in front of people."

"Aw, this guys a friend now." He then looked at James. "Right James?" He looked at both of them a moment, and forced a smile.

"Uh…sure. Why not?" He then looked at Alexis; she was obviously embarrassed tremendously. He then remembered the Digimon in his bag. "Oh, yeah." He took it off, set it on the ground, and reached in. He then pulled out the new Digimon. The two looked at him immediately. "He digivolved while I was sleeping." The Digimon began to wiggle his legs.

"Hello!" It said happily. Alexis immediately walked closer to it and looked at it in amazement.

"It…it digivolved?" She said confused. "I didn't think that was possible without cards." James was looking at her with a confused look. She then stood up again and pulled her Digivice off her belt. She held it up to the Digimon and a holographic screen appeared over the device. James looked at it in amusement. He then noticed Alexis shake her head and chuckle slightly. "Just as I thought." They both looked at her slightly confused.

"What?" Said James. She then held the device up so James could see it. The hologram showed a picture of a normal Tsumemon with its name below it as well as some stats, but most of them had question marks.

"That Digimon is Tsumemon, the precursor to Diaboromon. I was right." She then put her device away and looked at the Digimon. It almost looked like it was smiling.

"Yup." It said. "I'm Tsumemon, wanna be my friend?" It said happily. Allen patted the Digimon on the head.

"Sure thing buddy. I'm Allen, and this here is…" Alexis then punched him on the shoulder. "What the heck?"

"That Digimon is evil. Don't trust it." That made the Digimon get a sad look, its little antennae drooped.

"You don't like me?" She then noticed tears well up in its eyes.

"What?" She said confused. The small Digimon then began to cry, no loud enough for others to hear if they would walk by though. James then held Tsumemon close to him and frowned at Alexis. "Uh…" She said still confused.

"Way to go." Said James. Allen then looked at Alexis with a disappointed look.

"Why would you go and make a young Digimon cry like that." He then began to pat the Digimon on the head. Alexis had a sad face as she looked at the crying Digimon.

"Uh…" She said softly. "I'm…I'm sorry." She said to the Digimon, making sure not to make eye contact. The Digimon sniffled and looked at her.

"You are?" It said sadly. She then reached out her arms as if she wanted to hold it. James handed it to her and she held it close as well. It looked up at her with its large eye and began to make the purring noise. For a brief moment, she smiled. She could feel warmth coming from this Digimon that made her feel happy, just like James had felt come from the egg on the train. She couldn't explain why, but it just did. She didn't know why, but she now knew this Digimon wasn't evil, at least not yet. She then looked at James and handed the Digimon back, however she wasn't smiling anymore, but she wasn't frowning either. Now she had a look of determination.

"After school, follow me and Allen, got it?" James nodded. "Good. Now, let's get to class." The others then began to walk away. James then looked down at his Digimon.

"Uh, but what about Tsumemon?" They both stopped and turned around. Allen smiled.

"Don't worry, just give it to Turuiemon and everything will be fine." This made Alexis frown.

"Um." She said nervously. "She never came back from her…" She then looked up at James. "from the park." She looked at Allen. He understood what 'the park' meant. He then looked at James.

"Well then. Um…" He scratched his chin and thought of what to do. "Um…" At that moment, he noticed the park on the other side of the road. In the park was a large playground. He smiled to himself as he saw it. "I got an idea." The two looked at him. "This is what we do, we leave him in the park right there and tell him not to leave all day. Then at lunch we can put some food in our pockets and give it to him when we find him again." James and Alexis look skeptical. James then looked at Tsumemon.

"Would you be willing to stay in the park all day?" Tsumemon nodded.

"As long as you come back." He said softly. James then looked at Allen.

"Ok."

Several hours later

Turuiemon woke up deep in the dark tunnel. Her eyes tried to focus until finally she remembered where she was. She slowly leaned upward until she was sitting with her legs in front of her. She felt her face and winced in pain. She could feel her swollen cheeks and dried blood in her fur. She then looked at her hand. It was cut up and was scabbed over. She slowly stood up, and moaned in pain as she did. She looked around, she was totally alone.

"I won…against an ultimate…I won." She then drug her feet down the tunnel. "Alexis."

After School

James walked out of the building with his backpack on and looked around. He could see Allen and Alexis leaning on the fence waiting for him. He walked over to them and Allen smiled, Alexis however just looked at him with a serious look. "Hey guys." Said James.

"What's up pal?" Said Allen happily. Alexis walked up beside James and looked him in the eye.

"Now, let's get your Digimon and head out." James then got a look of shock on his face.

"Oh yeah." He said. He then pulled a cell phone out of his pocket.

"What are you doing?" Said Alexis slightly confused as James pressed several buttons.

"Calling my parents. They need to know if I go out." He then held the phone up to his ear. "Hello, Mom? Yeah, I'm gonna be going to a friend's house, is that alright?" Alexis sighed.

"Seriously?" She said to herself a little disappointed. Allen just gave a slightly mean look to her.

"Not everyone lets their kids go out and do whatever you know." He said to her. She just rolled her eyes. They noticed James nod a couple of times accompanied by an 'mhmm' sond, and then hung up after the always embarrassing 'I love you' ending. He then looked at them all.

"She said it was fine as long as I get back before eight." The two others nodded.

"Alright then." Said Alexis. "Let's get your Digimon." The group then walked over to the park on the other side of the road and began to look around. Nobody was there at the moment, so nobody thought it was weird that they were examining the place. None of them could see the Digimon. Alexis then looked at James. "Call him." She said seriously. He nodded.

"Tsumemon." He yelled out. Nothing happened. "Tsumemon." He called again. Still nothing. Alexis then pulled out her Digivice.

"Get your Digivice." She said. He nodded and pulled it out of his pocket. "Watch what I do." She then pushed several buttons. James watched and mimicked her movements. Finally, on both digivices, a holographic screen popped up that looked like a compass. On James' Digivice, in the center of the screen was a number that indicated the number of feet he was from the Digimon. However, on Alexis', the compass just kept spinning and the number was a question mark with the words 'Out of Range' below it. She frowned and put hers away. James however followed the compass until he made it to a long tube made of concrete with graffiti painted on it. Sure enough, when he looked inside, right in the center of the tube was Tsumemon fast asleep. James smiled.

"Tsumemon, time to wake up." He said. The Digimon slowly opened its eye, and then looked at James. It hopped, and then ran towards him. James held out his arms and he jumped in them. James winced as the claws lightly scratched him. He then stood up and carried him back to the others. "Found him." The Digimon had an expression as if it was smiling. Allen smiled and patted the Digimon's head. Then they heard a growling sound. They all looked around expecting a dog or something, but then they heard it again and realized it was Tsumemon. They looked down at him.

"I'm hungry." He said shyly, the area below his eye slightly turning pink. James then set him down, reached in his pocket, and pulled out half a sandwich in a plastic bag and a box of raisins.

"Here you go. That's all I could sneak out of the school." The Digimon eyeballed the sandwich and tore open the bag with its claw. It then sat on top of the bag and they all heard a munching nose. Upon seeing this, Allen leaned over towards James and whispered in his ear.

"Uh, James, if his mouth is underneath him, how does he go to the bathroom?" James got a confused look.

"Umm…I don't know." Overhearing the conversation, Alexis did a face palm and sighed.

"Idiot." She whispered to herself. Moments later, the small Digimon crawled off the now empty wrapper. A burp noise could be heard coming from it.

"Excuse me." It said quietly. It then tore open the box of raisins, but upon eating one spit it out. "Eww…" It said. Allen laughed.

"Don't worry kid, I don't like them either." Alexis then got all three of their attention by snapping her fingers. They turned to look at her. She was frowning slightly, but she always did.

"Ok, let's go. I still need to figure out where Turuiemon went." Allen got wide eyed.

"Oh! Right." He then looked at James and smiled. "Time to go to my place buddy." James then picked up his Digimon as well as the box of raisins (shoving them in his pocket).

"Ok, let's go." Allen smiled.

"Now we're talking."

"Mom, I'm home." Yelled Allen as he walked into his house. He then took off his backpack and tossed it aside. "I brought company." He said in addition. Alexis closed the door behind them as the small group walked into Allen's living room. Allen's mom leaned her head out of the kitchen with a smile.

"Oh, you did. How lovely, should I get more plates?" She said happily. Allen turned around to the other two.

"Care for dinner?" He said to the two. Alexis just frowned, but then shrugged. James then nodded. Allen then turned around and smiled at his mother. "Sure thing mom." His mother then noticed Alexis and smiled wider.

"Oh, you brought your girlfriend again. How sweet." This made Alexis' eyes get wide and she blushed a bright red instead of her usual almost white paleness. James looked at her as she looked away. He then looked at Allen.

"You…and her…?" Allen then looked at his mother with an embarrassed look.

"How many times do I have to tell you, she doesn't exactly like everyone knowing that." His mother then got a shocked look as she noticed James.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." She then looked at the small Digimon in his arms. "Oh my…is he one too?" She said looking at Allen with a puzzled look. He smiled again.

"Yup, 100% tamer." James got a look of shock.

"She knows about Digimon?" Allen turned to him and nodded.

"Yup, I told her about mine the day I got him." He then turned back to his mother. "Well, we are going to be outback, call us when dinner is done."

"Ok, have fun." She then returned to the kitchen. Allen then lead them to a glass sliding door on the one side of the living room and opened it. Outside was a fenced in area with a sandbox, a swing, a picnic table with four chairs, and a swimming pool in the ground. He smiled as he closed the door behind them.

Once outside, Allen led them to the table and sat down. James sat down as well after setting Tsumemon on the table and his backpack on the ground beside him, but Alexis remained standing, but she did lay her backpack down as well. Alexis looked at James. "Well…" She said, but before she could get her sentence in, James spoke.

"So you two are dating?" Alexis' eyes got wide and she turned red again. She then punched him hard on the shoulder. Tsumemon giggled at this. After throwing a quick glare at his partner, James looked at Alexis. "What the heck?" He said madly. He then gulped as he realized she was very mad.

"Yes James, I am his girlfriend. Leave it at that. Okay?" James nodded slowly.

"Ok." He said softly in fear of her hitting him again, or worse. Allen sighed.

"Why are you so embarrassed about us being together?" Alexis then got a slightly sad look as she looked down at him.

"What? I'm not…" She then looked away, crossing her arms.

"Do you know how that makes me feel, you always hiding the fact we are together." Alexis didn't look at him, but James could see she was sad.

"Can…can we talk about this later." She said quietly. Allen sighed, and then nodded.

"Of course. James doesn't need to be around for that conversation." James blushed, he felt as if he was there at the wrong time. Allen then smiled wide again and looked at James. "Ok, let's get to business shall we." James then looked around a moment slightly confused.

"Wait, don't you have a Digimon?" Allen nodded.

"Yup. Knowing him, he is probably already out here." James looked around again.

"Uh, where?" Allen then put two fingers in his mouth and whistled. James then noticed a head pop out of the sandbox. The head of a Black Agumon. It then jumped out and ran over to the group.

"Hi there!" He said energetically. James looked at it with wide eyes.

"It's..it's..it's a…" The Digimon held out a hand (claw?).

"Black Agumon. Pleasure to meet you." James then took the Digimon's clawed hand and shook it. The Digimon then looked at Tsumemon. "He there little guy, are you this guys partner." Tsumemon nodded. "Aww…isn't that cute." Alexis slammed her hand on the table and everyone looked at her.

"Enough." She yelled. They all gulped. She then released her breath. "I'm sorry." She said softly. She then stood up again. "We are here to tell James what we promised to tell him. So, let's do that, not make more small talk." She then cast her bright blue eyes at James. "Kid, get your Digivice, you are going to need it." He nodded and pulled it out of his pocket. "James, today we are going to explain to you the questions you asked us yesterday. We are going to tell you who that man was, and what your roll is from here on out." James nodded. "From now on, anything that involves a Digimon between us, we will tell each other. Got it?" James nodded.

"But why is that?" Alexis giggled softly, the sound almost made James feel warm inside. She then smiled softly, a rare sight.

"Because James." She then sat down beside Allen and wrapped her arms around him. "We are a team."