Haruko was at the apartment, reading a book she had checked out from the library.

Mordred walked in the door with a huff-making Haruko look at him worriedly.

"What's wrong?"

"This day..." he rolled his eyes and faced her "I had three drinks spilt on me, I fell and liked to have cracked my head open, and guess who had to break up a fight and got punch in the stomach..." He plopped down on the couch beside her, his arms on the back of couch "Ugh... Today's not my day..."

Haruko flinched back, looking to the side nervously "Yeeeaaahhh..." Crap...i can't tell him about Kidd now... Maybe early tomorrow? Kidd said he would give me two days.

Haruko was taken from her thoughts as Mordred rests his arm on her shoulder and brought her in close.

"At least I had you to look forward to." he smiled. He then leaned over and kissed her cheek, a smile peeking his lips.

Guilt washed over her instantly. While he was having the worst day ever, she was having her best with someone else. She had to force a smile with a weak laugh.

Mordred then extracted his arm and patted his knees "Welp!" He started "What sh-"

The ground shook, making Mordred stand up quickly. Instantly his digivise went off and Bitemon ran in to the room with a growl.

Mordred took his digivise and a small picture of an abnormal creature appeared on the screen "Ghoulmon is attacking!" He drew his attention to Hatuko "Haruko, stay here." he then ran towards the door "Lets go Bitemon!"

"But Mordr-"

"I'll be back..." he smiled "I promise..."

He then shut the door quickly behind him and Bitemon.

"...Okay..."

Haruko sat on the couch, fiddling her hands nervously. What if he did not return? What if he was injured? What if Kidd showed up? Or Vanessa? What if one of them were to get hurt? Or even worse than that...

A chill ran through her spine, she could not stand not knowing what was happening. It was a similar helplessness of that when Kidd had left for his work.

Her hands began to shake as sweat beaded down "Why do we have to fight...?"

Her brother held up his fist that was drenched in another man's blood

"Why is it always the people I care about...?"

"Yui, Akane, we find you guilty second degree murder"

She hastily stood up "...I have to go see...even if it's from afar... I won't let them fight while I'm here as a bystander..." She quickly ran to the door and slammed it behind her.

It did not take long to find the battle-only a few blocks away from the house. Haruko watched as Bitemon spit towards the one-eyed grey thing that was referred to as Ghoulmon.

She hid from behind a building. No sign of Vanessa or Kidd.

"Go Bitemon!" she heard from across the battle field-a voice that had to belong to Mordred.

Ghoulmon eye began to glow an eerie purple and a ray was fired towards Bitemon.

Bitemon froze, as if a deer in the headlights.

In a red flash he was saved-the purple beam shooting at where Bitemon once stood.

Bitemon blinked curiously for a minute before looking up to see a familiar red bandit rolling his eyes "How many times am I going to save your pet, Dino-brat!

Mordred kept his mouth shut, knowing full well that if Kidd did not show up Bitemon was as good as dead data.

Kidd eyed the surrounding as the Digimon turned towards them. It was then he spotted Haruko peeking her head out from the edge of the building. He huffed and shook his head, "Dammit, Girlie..."

Mordred cocked a brow at his comment and looked around, but his eyes grew when he spotted Haruko. "Haruko?!"

"Focus, Brat!" Spat Kidd as him and Bitemon dodged a laser beam from the ghoul. He rolled his eyes "This is the exact reason why I'm not tamed!" He growled and charged the Digimon with his claws showing.

Haruko watched worriedly, cowering behind the building when an attack was struck. After what had to be half of an hour, silence was heard. Haruko poked her head out from the building shyly. Did they win?

She looked over at saw Kidd in a grudge match between Ghoulmon-they had clasped hands and were pushing against one another. It was not until Ghoulmon's eye began to glow that Kidd lifted his foot and kicked the Digimon in its large eye. The grey Digimon stepped back, its hands free from Kidd, and tried to tend to its now injured eye.

Kidd grew distance between the two, Haruko a block behind him. He looked over his shoulder at her and smirked before facing the Digimon once more and pulling out one of his guns.

The monster's eyes watered and red in pain as it faced Kidd. Slowly the eye began to glow the eerie purple once more. When Kidd was just about to jump out of the way, he realized...Haruko was directly behind him.

"Damn it..." He put away his gun and crossed his arms over his chest in a 'X' formation to brace himself for the attack.

Haruko flinched back. What was he doing? Move you idiot!

The Digimon fired its attack, hitting Kidd dead center in his chest.

The red bandit yelled in pain and fell to his knees, steam coming from him. He crumbled to the ground, moaning in pain

"Kidd!" Haruko blindly ran over to him, watching in terror of his data fizzing in and out. She lifted his head and cradled it in her arms "Kidd! Come on! Say something!"

Just when Ghoulmon was about to attack again, another red creature sprang into action.

"How dare you three start the fun without me!" Pouted a red hooded girl, placing both fist on her hips as she walked from behind Haruko and Kidd.

Haruko looked up at her, tears leaking from her eyes "V-Vanessa...?"

She looked over at her and back to the Digimon, Fangmon chewing on Ghoulmon's head, "You don't worry about Fangmon...he's tougher than this halfwit mega, even if he's just a champion!" She waved her hand demandingly "Slaughter him Fangmon!" She barked.

Fangmon growled in return and threw the mega level into the air and bat it to the ground.

Haruko watched momentarily before directing her attention back towards Kidd. "Kidd...do you hear me...?" She mumbled quietly.

"Eh..." he slowly opened his eyes "Ha...Swee'hear...?"

She smiled, tears still running down her pale cheek. "Yes! Yes it's me!"

He was panting, his entire body burning. He slowly began to shut his eyes once more, his data dissolving.

"Come on Kidd! Keep talking!" She pleaded "What's my name? Come on Kidd, what's my name?!"

He grunted once more "H...Har...Haruko..."

She smiled, "Right, right! That's my name.. Now what are we?" She pleaded him to answer once more, the dissolving slowly stopping.

"L...Lovers..."

"That's right..." She spoke more softly. She then rested her forehead on top of his "Kidd, I love you... So you can't leave yet... I won't let you..." she gripped him tighter as tears slowly spilled more and more "I don't care if you never say it to me, but I love you so you can't leave!"

"Heh..." he smiled, slowly opening his eyes "Who said anythin' 'bout leavin'?" He leaned up and placed a weak but warm kiss on her lips.

She slowly kissed back, pulling away after a moment and nuzzled against his forehead, repeating the words "I love you".

"Heh..."

She snapped out of her daze when she realized the fight was over, and both Tamers were watching-Mordred with a horrified expression with a intimidating smile.

"I-I guess...I never really had a chance?"

"Mordred..." Haruko slowly stood up, placing Kidd back on the ground.

Slowly a black and green aura surrounded Mordred "I-I'm just trying to digest all this..." He said weakly, swaying and stumbling a bit. "I just though...you actually cared about me.."

Haruko walked over towards him, reaching a hand out "Mordred, I do ca-"

"Don't touch me!" He slapped her hand away, taking another step back.

The Digital-Hazard symbol on Bitemon began to glow as his pupils shrunk in an attacking manner.

"I thought I really mattered here... but I was really just in the way... There's no point in me even existing..." His face distorted in an angry frown as he then yelled at the top of his lungs.

At the same time, Bitemon did the same, Glowing in the same black and green as Mordred.

Everyone watched in terror as the once innocent, playful dinosaur was now a enormous dragon beast. His body was snake like with metal arms on his arms. His scales were now pitch black. Black flamed wings sprouted from his back as the digital hazard symbol burns blue on his chest.

The terror dragon roared as he smashed the building near buy, everyone frozen in shock and fear to do anything.