Author's Notes: Yay!! YTV is starting up new episodes again!! By the way, there is an evil version of Guilmon's mega form. I'm aware that in mega form, he is a holy knight Digimon. I was actually referring to another Digimon: Chaos Dukemon, the dark knight Digimon...who we know nearly nothing about. Since I don't know too much about him, I'll probably stick with his ultimate form for a bit before upgrading to mega. As for why Terriermon says 'momentai', don't ask me.

Disclaimers: Digimon belongs to Fox, Saban and whoever else owns it. Don't sue!!!

Beyond The Other Side - V 1.7

"Let's go, Growlmon!! No pain, no gain!!" Growlmon struggled to breathe as he kept jogging beside Takato. Renamon and Rika had emotionless expressions while Terriermon was laughing at how funny Growlmon looked when he was tired. "Are you absolutely sure this will work?"

Takato kept jogging, regardless of how much his body ached. "You said it yourself, Henry. pant The only way to get Growlmon pant back to normal is to make him run out pant of energy. Then he'll have to become Guilmon again. pant And I have to wear myself out as well. pant The tamer's energy is also a pant key part of him retaining his champion form." The ground rumbled as Growlmon collapsed. Takato decided not to continue this meaningless exercise and fell down as well.

Calumon waddled up to them. "The two of you are tired but Growlmon is still here. I wish I can help you go back to normal. I know I helped Guilmon digivolve in the first place. I think." Rika kept her gaze on Calumon. 'That little pipsqueak may be the key to helping Renamon get to the next level. I'll have to watch him carefully.'

"You should have waited before starting this workout. At least until we found a place a little less out in the open. I don't know if this forest can completely hide Growlmon, with his size and red skin," stated Henry. A small bush nearby started shaking up a bit. Renamon slowly crept up to do a sneak attack on whoever popped out. Something came out and was about to talk when Renamon tossed a punch. Flamedramon blocked it in time and tossed Renamon over his shoulder. She recovered in the air and landed on her feet Henry raised his arms. "That's enough!! Stop this senseless fighting, you two! There's been enough battle for today!!!"

Flamedramon snorted. "Tell her that." Rika's eyes narrowed at Henry. "Don't tell Renamon what to do!! She's mine!!" Takato and Growlmon got up, both haven shook off some fatigue. 'They probably have us surrounded and sent Flamedramon to make it easier for them to flush us out.' Takato reached into his pocket and started to draw out the Modify cards.

"Davis!! Why didn't you wait for us?" The tamers blinked at Yolei's irritated tone. "Well...I only sent Flamedramon in to take a look. Besides, I never got a chance to see if he can take down that fox...." Soon Davis walked in with a few bumps on his head, thanks to Yolei. Takato was about to order Growlmon to create a smokescreen when the other Digidestined kids came into the area with their Digimon still in their rookie forms (except Gatomon of course).

The tamers remained on their toes. Kari was the first to break the silence. "Calm down. We only want to talk. Isn't that right, Davis?" She put a little extra hint in her voice to drive the message into the boy's skull. He gave a sweatdrop. "Right...talk..." Kari continued. "You all seem reasonable. I'm sure you don't want to have any useless conflicts and fights with us as we don't want them with you."

Henry and Takato relaxed a bit. "Well...just as long as you don't ask us about too many things." TK's gaze fell onto Rika. "What about her?" The two male tamers looked at Rika, expecting some sort of rebellious retort. "Rika?" But all she said was, "I will comply." Henry and Takato had to put a finger into their ears to make sure they weren't hearing things. "W-w-what?"

"The Digidestined currently have no Digimon above champion level. They are not worth my time so I will not fight them." A small snarl came to Flamedramon's lips but he forced himself to cool down. Davis smiled nervously. "Okay, whatever. Now that we got that out of the way, we should introduce ourselves. I'm Dav-" "Davis, they already know who we are," stated Cody.

"Oh yeah!! Them coming from the future and all..." "WHAT?!?!?" All three tamers and Digimon yelled in unison. "Izzy figured it out after he met you. We know that you come from the future. We won't ask too many questions so don't worry," said Yolei with a grin. Takato shot a nervous glance at Henry. "Yeah...thanks...I guess." Henry mouthed the words 'play along'.

'That has got the be the most idiotic theory I've ever heard!!' "We-" Rika was cut off by Henry. "-are grateful that you intend to keep your questions to yourself." He slid over to her carefully to whisper something. "Don't tell them anything about where we really come from. Now with this time travel theory in the air, we have to be extra careful." Rika remained silent.

"Looks like we'll have to finish up another time." Renamon stared coolly at Flamedramon. "Agreed. Remind me in the near future that I still owe you a fight." She walked by him, her tail nearly brushing his nostrils. "You can count on it." 'Definitely the foxy type.' He transformed back into Veemon.

"This is very interesting. Normally, our Digimon just go back when they run out of energy. Even when Growlmon's wiped out, he still holds his champion form. We'll do what we can to get him back to rookie level. That way, it'll be easier to transport him through the digital gate into our world." TK and the other Digidestined had started to tackle the little problem with Growlmon. They didn't get very far because an explosion rocked the area and disabled most of the Digimon. Only Growlmon was in any relative shape to fight. Of course, Rika was still trying to get Renamon to battle.

Terriermon groaned. "Where did that come from?" Henry's eyes found the assailant hovering in the air. TK narrowed his eyes. "That Digimon looks kind of familiar. I think that I saw him during the battle against Machinedramon some time ago. He was coming over to blast the area where me, Sora and Kari were hiding. I led them to safety while Angemon watched for Tai and Izzy." "You saved Kari's life, TJ?!?!" An annoyed look crossed over Kari's face. "For your information, Davis, we have other problems to worry about!! And his name's TK!!"

Takato whipped out his Digivice and scanned the Digimon in the air. "Megadramon...he and Gigadramon were Machinedramon's official demolition squad!!" He looked above again. 'Megadramon is an expert at aerial combat so Hyperwings may not be enough...of course!!' Takato drew a Modify card. "Digi Modify!!! Dragon Wings Activate!!" {Original Japanese: Aero Wings. I called it Dragon Wings because Dragon Digimon get the power of 'fighting' plus the basic stuff which can be used for any Digimon: an attack increase of 100 points and 'sky'}

Growlmon took off into the air. Megadramon fired a missile but Growlmon dodged. Renamon had to pull Rika out of the way and shield her from the explosion. Henry remained lost in his thoughts while a fierce aerial battle ensued overhead. 'How can this be happening? All Digimon that served the Dark Masters did not come back to live a normal life in the digital world. They were punished along with the Dark Masters by living in cyber oblivion for eternity. Unless...' He turned to Cody. "Did you see any control spires around this area?"

"We saw a few right over there before we came in-" Cody didn't have time to finish his sentence. Henry had already run off to see the area. There was nothing. Cody and Armadillomon caught up to him and gasped. "Impossible!!! There were three control spires right there!! I saw them!!!!" "Maybe you're stressed out, Cody. Seeing things not there," said Armadillomon. Henry ran back to Takato. "It's a control spire Digimon!!"

Simultaneous gasps of surprise escaped the lips of the other Digidestined and their respective Digimon. Takato narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure?" "Positive!! Things are going wacko!! Our arrival must have caused this new chain of events!!" Growlmon had tackled Megadramon to the ground. Sweat rolled off Takato's face. "Finish him off, Growlmon!!"

"Okey dokey, Takatomon!!" Growlmon activated the plasma blades on his arms and went in for the kill. "Dragon Slash!!!" Megadramon instantly disappeared and all that was left was some data. Henry started to yell out his warning. "Don't absorb Megadramon's data!! We don't know what effect control spire Digimon data can do to our Digimon!!"

It was too late. Growlmon had already initiated the download sequence. As soon as he was done, he started having trouble breathing. His skin started to change from red to black. "What's happening?!?" Henry gritted his teeth. "The control spire Digimon data must be corrupting Growlmon's digital pattern!! Not only will he change in colour, his power should increase...but it's reasonable to assume that his attitude will take a turn for the worse!!!!" He took a look around to see that the Digimon were still recovering from Megadramon's attack. "And our Digimon are in no shape to battle..." Growlmon clutched his head and screamed as the dark digital pattern started to establish itself in his body.


Ah, the ancient art of cliffhangers. I would have liked to type more but I have to save some room for the next three installments closing the first configuration. I would suggest that Chaos Dukemon may not come until the second configuration or something so please don't kill me!!! If you want more, you know what to do!!