A Heart of Ferocious Power

by Shadow the God

Three years have passed since the battle with MaloMyotismon. Both worlds has finally found a period of stability. The DigiDestined will soon find themselves in battle once more when an ancient evil returns with an army of old enemies. Will the DigiDestined be able to awaken their hidden potential and transcend their digimon to new levels before its too late?

10. Chapter 10: The Princess's Struggle

The Princess's Struggle

Welcome back to another chapter of this story. Man, it feels like its been forever since I've been on this. Sorry for the longest hiatus of this story. I'm so sorry that I've been absent for this long. I originally thought about not coming back, but after thinking it over I decided that the stories I'm making will have big developments in the future.

Just please bear with me as we get through these stories. Life has been getting more rougher, especially since I've started my senior year. Its fills my heart to say that Chapter 10 is finally finished.

Sometimes I end up forgetting that I'm writing this story but don't worry, I'm still here. Also I made some changes to Chapter 9, so be sure to check that out. Your gonna need to if you wanna understand this chapter. I know some of you will get mad but trust me, this is better.

This chapter and the ones that follow will be special. Instead of all the previous ones that had multiple P.O.V, each one will specifically focus on one member of the DigiDestined, except for a few which might feature a few perspectives.

Each chapter will also give you a clue on the mystery of my OC: Dark Gennai. Anyways enough babbling, this chapter will have all the fills so keep your eyes glued.

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12.12.2005

FRI

Mimi:

Sleep really is the best medicine for a human being. Thanks to my annual eight hour beauty sleep, the stress of what happened yesterday seemed to diminish a little, although the pain is still there. Ken's attack on all of us really left the group in shambles. The two that I'm worried about the most is Davis and Yolei. They were the ones most affected by the Digimon Emperor's return. I guess I can understand their emotions. If it was someone I cared about, I'd probably be depressed just like them. Seeing as how my lovable partner woke me up ten minutes ago to keep me from oversleeping, I thought this would be the best time ever to cleanse my body with a nice soak. Now that I'm in the tub, I can't help but drift off into my thoughts.

I never knew going back into one's memories could be so fun. Its like your very own personal roller coaster through time itself. Thinking back on my memories, I always end up beaming with joy when all my friends come to mind. To think that a freakish incident at a summer camp six years ago turned seven kids, excluding Kari, into the best of friends. We all barely knew each other, but being in the Digital World caused us to put our lives into each other's hands. I didn't think I would have a greater bunch of friends, but that all changed when Davis and the others joined. Everyone's also changed over the past years.

Tai went from an immature person who took the lead to a worthy leader we can all count on. Matt was - is still the lone wolf of the group, but at least he's more social and less of a jerk. Granted he can still be a jerk at times, but good thing he simmered down a little. When I first met Sora, I thought she was just a tomboy of a girl who acted like the group's mom. I'd never realize she was the person who would become my best friend, somebody who I could share my personal feelings with. Joe can still be a pain in the butt sometime, but at least he's a valued friend I can rely on. T.K and the others haven't really changed over the years, except for them becoming a little more mature.

The person that I think that had the most change was Izzy. He always used to be so antisocial and would just submerge himself into his computer. He didn't really like to talk about his feelings. He reminded me of Matt a little. His development was probably the biggest one out of everybody's. I don't know why, but every time I start thinking about him, my heart starts beating rapidly and it feels like my whole sense of self is gone. Can I really be in love with Izzy?! I mean sure he's cute, but he's still and always will be a total nerd.

"That's so crazy! There's no way I could ever like Izzy", I mutter out loud. Somewhere deep inside my heart though, I feel like that's the complete opposite. Seeing as how there's nothing left to think about, the most reasonable option would be to continue my soak. After that refreshing little bath, I start digging in my draw for some undergarments and pajamas. When I turn to my partner, I see her giving me this really creepy smile.

"Um Palmon, what's with the eerie smile? Your creeping me out a little", I exclaim hesitantly.

"Oh nothing, it's just that your really cute when your blushing over Izzy. Your can be so adorable sometimes Mimi", Palmon teases as she smiles brightly. Suddenly, I feel my face growing hotter and my palms start getting sweaty. "Uh Mimi, your blushing again!"

"Let's just go to the living room! Everybody should already be there", I exclaim highly flustered. Sliding on my slippers, my nose soon catches the scent of something delicious. Apparently Palmon also caught the scent, because when I look at her she's drooling up a fountain. Letting my nose guide me, all sense of direction soon stop for me as I realize I've landed in the living room. Everybody must've caught the scent also, because everybody except Izzy is there. You know, I never really thought about this, but I kinda enjoy this whole living arrangement. It really helps to see how everyone's reacting to living with each other.

When I scan over the room, everybody's just so comfortable with each other. All the girls have their pajamas on while most of the boys either have shorts, jeans or sweatpants on with a T-shirt. Its true that whenever people look at us, they see a group of best friends always hanging out, but I don't feel that way at all. Through each of our own experiences, we've developed into our own skins and with all the situations in the DigiWorld, we went from a bunch of rag-tag kids to a tight family who would risk their lives for one another. When I look over at Gennai's Japanese-style table, I see a whole spread of beautiful, delicious food. Everything from Makizushi, Miso Soup, Tempura and etc.

"It be best if you come get the food now. A hot meal is always the best one", Gennai states as he heads out the kitchen.

"Whoa Gennai, did you make all this?", Matt asks dumbfounded. I have to agree with Matt, this food looks like a god from the heavens made it.

"Well, when your a digital being who's lived long enough, you pick up a few tricks. Now come, sit down and eat", Gennai says chuckling. Of course the first ones that would be stuffing they're faces are Tai and Davis. I shouldn't expect it from them. They're practically identical in personality. Turning to Sora, she smiles before graciously offering me her hand.

"Wait! Shouldn't we wait for Izzy? He hasn't turned up for breakfast", Cody halts us. Now that I think about it, I didn't see him in the living room with us. He must be asleep or in the library.

"Oh don't worry about him Cody. After Mimi walked him to his room, he ended up staying awake until four in the morning. He just needs to rest for a while. To be honest, he's been overexerting himself ever since Tai was kidnapped", Tentomon exclaims a little worried.

"Your may be right Tentomon! He has been working harder than usual ever since the incident. I actually feel a little bad since its my fault", Tai says scratching the back of his head.

"I wish there was someway to help him feel better. After all, Izzy's one of us!", Joe says confidently. Soon, we're all laughing at Joe's outburst. I don't know why, but I can't help but just laugh every time the heroic side of Joe comes out. He's the last one I would expect to have that. Suddenly, an amazing idea pops up into my head.

"Guys, I have the perfect idea! Why don't we throw Izzy a surprise birthday party, since his birthday is Tuesday!", I say joyfully.

"Mimi...that's a brilliant idea! You only turn sixteen once!", Sora smiles as she picks up a piece of Tempura. Soon, everybody is on board with the idea and we begin talking about the plan. The night before Izzy's birthday, we're all gonna set up the party while Tentomon stalls Izzy until he goes to sleep. We're all gonna wake up early and surprise Izzy with the party. Oooh this is gonna be so fun! I can't wait!

"Something smells good! You guys couldn't even bother to wake me up for some breakfast!", a familiar voice whines. When we all turn around, Izzy's standing there with his eyes half-closed as he rubs them. I can't help but grin a little since I'm imagining the look of surprise on Izzy's face when we show him the party. Its also noticeable that he's been up half the nights, since he has bags under his eyes.

"Glad you could join us for breakfast Izzy. You were lucky enough to wake up before the rest of the digimon, including Armadillomon, had a chance to eat all the food", Gennai exclaims. This cause a whine to escape from the lips of the carnivorous Armadillomon.

"Here Izzy! I saved you a seat next to me", I pat the pillow next to me. He just smiles gently before sitting down and grabbing some tempura.. After we all stuffed our faces silly, we're just lying around the living room, trying to digest that amazing food. Even the digimon are so stuffed that they can barely move, especially Agumon and Armadillomon. Suddenly, something in my mind scream at me to look at Yolei. When I turn to look at the lavender-haired girl, she's sitting by herself n the couch with her head held low. Now that I really think about it, she was quiet throughout breakfast the whole time. I guess she's still torn up about Ken...can't say I really blame her.

Trying our best to comfort her, all us girls and our partners decide to take her to Kari's room. "Okay, in here we're totally safe and protected. Now what's on your mind Yolei?!", Sora asks a little worried. As soon as that question escapes her lips, Yolei starts shifting nervously on the bed.

"Yolei, you can tell us anything! We're friends aren't we?", I ask already knowing the answer to my own question.

"Yeah, of course we're friends! I don't know, I guess I'm just scared! Everything's been happening so fast and we only been here for five days. For the past days, Tai was kidnapped and tortured beyond reasoning, while Ken was attacked and turned into his evil persona! I just can't do this anymore, I don't want to lose anymore of my friends!", the teen begins crying as I pull her into a hug.

"Don't cry Yolei! We'll pull through this. We always manage to find a way to win don't we?", Hawkmon soothes his partner by nudging his head on her leg.

"Hawkmon has a point Yolei! When it comes to us, we're as tough and as sharp as my kitty nails", Gatomon stretches her point by whipping out her razor-sharp claws.

"No matter what happens Yolei, we're always gonna be a family. That means telling our problems to each other", I reassure her. She then wipes the rest of her tears away and her cheerful smile returns once more. Soon, a knock on the door interrupts our conversation.

"Guys, you might wanna come back into the living room! Izzy said he's found something and its really important", Davis exclaims to us in a serious matter. He then quickly leaves without saying another word. Seeing as how we're all curious, we all hurry into the main room. When we finally enter, we're just as surprised as the rest when we see Izzy's computer showing us a giant holographic image of some sort of land.

"Um Izzy, what exactly are we looking at?", T.K asks confused. For some reason, that place looks very familiar to me.

"I'm not exactly sure myself. I was trying to see if I could recover that mysterious email about the missing kids, but suddenly my computer started surging with energy and then out of nowhere, this holograph popped up", Izzy states as he begins analyzing the situation.

"Well, do you think you can figure out what this is? If it showed up, then that means it must pertain to what's going on around here!", Matt says coming up with an conclusion.

"For some reason, I'm getting the feeling that we've been there before", Tai explains as he swing his arm around Matt's shoulder.

"AHA! I finally figured out we're that place is! That's File island, I can tell because of that mountain range", I point out. Soon, the room is filled with exasperated gasps.

"She's right! That's Infinity Mountain, but why is it showing the island out of all places?", Joe questions.

"It seems that there's something on the island. It's faint, but I managed to locate a signal coming from the island. I'm guessing that's what my laptop wanted to show us", the genius exclaims as he points to the dot.

"Now the main question is: What's our next move?", Davis mutters out loud to himself.

"I think its pretty obvious on what we have to do. Go to the island and and retrieve whatever's there. If its a trap, we break through it!", Matt states in a serious manner. We all nod with approval and we're certain on what we have to do.

"Alright everyone, we leave in fifteen minutes!", Tai exclaims with a grin. We all scatter into our rooms, each one of us fishing through our closets for something decent to wear. After getting prepared and taking our devices, we hurry up outside to the front of the lake. After getting the seal of approval, a radiant light envelops the area. In a flash, Biyomon and Tentomon change into their champion forms and soon we're off into the sky, to where our first adventure truly began.

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Its weird, I always used to be afraid of heights. Now, I can't get enough of flying. The wind blowing through my hair, the breeze stinging my face as we cross above the sea. I forgot how big the Net Ocean is. We left Server about twenty minutes ago, yet we're still over the ocean. Or at least what I think is the ocean. All around us is just black. Gennai was right when he said that everywhere except for the Continent of Server was taken over by the Overlords. Izzy told us that we should get there in about ten more minutes, but I'm not so sure anymore. I can't really blame him, since we don't have Imperialdramon right now. I could really use the land right now though, since Kabuterimon's wings keep on smacking wind into my hair. Finally, we make it to the beach part of the island and I'm able to relax and stretch my legs a little.

"Woah, this really brings back memories! Look, its the phone booths that Shellmon destroyed!", I exclaim with joy as I point to the shore. Soon, all of originals run to the spot where one of our own digivolved to champion to the first time.

"Even File Island is taken over", Sora exclaims glumly.

"Agumon, I'm sure you remember this place!", Tai says joyfully as he pets his partner's head.

"How can I ever forget! This the place we're I laid a can of butt-whooping on that shell-head Shellmon as Greymon! Those were the days", Agumon rejoices as he thinks of the past. This causes a laugh to come out of all of us.

"So Izzy, what's our next plan of action?", Cody asks.

"Well on the trip here, I transferred the signal from the laptop to all your digivices. From here we'll split us into four teams and search the quadrants until we find what we're looking for", Izzy states as he pulls out his digivice.

"That's great and all, but are you sure splitting up is the best idea? I mean we're on the Overlords kill list and lets not forgot that Ken is trying to kill us too!", T.K states worried. Seeing the look on Yolei face change after hearing Ken's name, Kari immediately nudges the blonde in the ribs.

"Don't worry, its gonna be three people on each team. Well two because of Ken...unfortunate accident. Tai, T.K and Joe will check the western part of the island. Sora, Davis and Yolei have the Northern part where the frozen lands are. Since we're missing somebody, Matt and Cody will stay here and check this part. Finally, Mimi, Kari and I will check the southern part. There's something I want to check out!", Izzy shows us the coordinates on his laptop.

For some reason, some part of me is really happy that I'm on the same team as Izzy. As soon as Tai and Sora hear their names, they immediately stiff and start blushing. This can't help but put a smile on my face. "Why do we have to check the frozen area!? Also, I think I should be with Kari in case danger comes around", Davis states smugly.

"I'm pretty sure he put you guys there because of Biyomon and Veemon's ability to make fire. Also, you don't have to worry about me, since I'm sure Izzy can protect us", Kari grins as she flips Davis's goggles down. After getting organized, we all move out to our designated spots. The walk and everything is fine, but I wish Izzy would tell us what he's looking for. Suddenly, while Izzy is busy tracking the signal, Kari grabs my arm and pulls me to the side.

"Kari, what's the big idea?! We should be with Izzy tracking the device", I question the younger teen.

"Mimi, what's the deal? We all know you like Izzy, you know it yourself! Why don't you just tell Izzy how you really feel? Its pretty obvious that he like you as well. I'm sure he won't reject you", the brunette states. Suddenly, I feel myself blushing extremely, but before I can say anything, Izzy calls over to us.

"Hey, what are you guys doing? We're finally here!", the red-head points to a strange building behind him. At closer view, I finally recognize the building, or should I say temple behind him.

"What is this place? Looks like something out of a Mayan temple", Gatomon jokes as she jumps into Kari's arms.

"I know this place! It's the Temple of the Digvices. It really has been forever since we been here", Tentomon exclaims. He does have a point though. The walls of the temple are covered in even more vines and cracks than before. A piece of the temple is actually missing too.

"Izzy, why did you bring us here? I thought we were searching for the signal!", I say as I put my hands on my hips.

"I wanted to check out the temple. I wasn't really able to make out the digi-codes all those years ago, since a certain somebody decided to get lost in the maze of the temple", Izzy smiles as he starts teasing me.

"Oh I remember that! That was when Centaurumon was being controlled by the black gear and attacked us!", Palmon states as she smiles over the vivid memories.

"Well then, shall we head inside and get started on these codes", Izzy grins as he begins walking inside. Of course he would be the only one that would be excited about that. Suddenly, a wind blows through the area, but this is different. Instead of it being a normal breeze, it feels more like an ominous one. Like something bad is about to happen.

"Um Izzy, I have a bad feeling all of a sudden. Maybe we should look somewhere else!", I try to warn him. When he turns around though, he has a look of pure horror.

"LOOK OUT YOU GUYS!", Izzy yells as he pushes us to the floor. Out of nowhere, a stream of energy flies past Izzy's head as it disappears into the forest, creating a powerful explosion on impact. When we're able to get our balance back, a horrified look crosses our face as a long, metallic serpent floats in the air.

"You DigiDestined really are fools! Did you really think you would be able to escape our radar?!", MetalSeadramon mocks us as he begins chuckling. Without even hesitating, we pull out our digivices and prepare for battle.

"Do you really think you can stop me by yourself!? I'll have fun proving how wrong you are!", the metallic digimon gloats.

"We'll see about that!", Izzy states as he devices starts glowing.

"Tentomon digivolve to...KABUTERIMON"

"Palmon digivolve to...TOGEMON"

The battle soon starts, with the three champions trying their best to hold off the powerful mega digimon to no avail. "Kari, send the others our coordinates! We won't be able to hold out much longer. Our only move is to digivolve to ultimate and wait for the others", Izzy states as he grabs onto his crest. After sending the location, Kari and I do the same. We concentrate really hard, but for some reason nothing's happening.

"What's going on?! Why aren't they able to digivolve?", I ask worried. Soon, the yells of the digimon start coursing through our ears, causing us to feel a mixture of anger and fear. As Izzy starts muttering to himself about what went wrong, I push him into the bushes to keep a flying piece of debris from decapitating him.

"Look Izzy, we could really use some smartness right now! We'll figure out why they couldn't digivolve later! Right now, we need you to come up with a plan!", I stare directly into his eyes. Right now, it doesn't matter to me that I'm lying on top of him, or that our faces are inches away from each other. What matters to me right now, is that me and all of my friends make it out of here alive. He then grabs my hands, as he pulls both of us up.

"Your right Mimi! Don't worry, just leave everything to me", Izzy reassures me slightly.

"Guys, everybody's on there way right now! We just need to hold out a little more!", Kari shouts out to us and the digimon. When I turn to see them, they're back in their rookie forms, all except for Gatomon. I want to run over and cradle Palmon in my arms, but with MetalSeadramon right there, I can't do anything. Suddenly, Izzy's hand slips away from mine's, he drops his bag and soon walks to the battlefield alone.

"Izzy?", I say in a low whisper.

"Finally! Its been so long since I had a chance to stretch my legs!", Izzy states as he starts giving off a bone-chilling laughter at the sky.

"Izzy, are you okay?", I ask a little scared. The way he was laughing, it wasn't a normal Izzy laugh. It was like something was possessing him.

"Never better! To think that after all thses years, he still cares about worthless trash. I could kill everyone right here, right now. For some reason though, his will is not allowing me!", the change in Izzy's voice is apparent. Its like a snake filled it with venom. When he turns around, his appearance shocks us as well. His irises are a dark shade of purple and the white in his eyes are bloodshot. His upper fangs grow and sharpen to resemble a vampire's. (A/N: Sounds familiar?).

"Just cause your appearance changed a little, that doesn't mean you can hope to match up to me!", the metal digimon snarls as he fires his signature attack at Izzy. As the beam reaches closer to him, I can't help but cry out for him to move out the way. To all our astonishment though, he simply holds his hands up and in an instant, he deflects the beam up towards the sky. What the hell?!

"WHAT! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!", MetalSeadramon's voice starts quivering with confusion. I'm on his side. What the hell is going on here? When I turn to Kari, she has the exact same expression as me. All I can do is stare at our friend in shock. In a quick motion, the red-head teleport from his spot on the ground and lands a right hook directly into the mega's metallic cheek. Okay, not only are we completely shocked at what just transpired, we're also shocked at the fact that Izzy is floating in mid air.

"Argh! Your gonna regret that DigiDestined!", MetalSeadramon's anger starts getting the best of him as he starts spiraling around Izzy in a circular motion. Izzy just cruelly starts smiling as he notices his own handy work: A big dent implanted on MetalSeadramon's left cheek. Seeing as how those two are fighting in the air, I immediately come up with a plan. Tapping Kari on the shoulder, I motion for her to look at the digimon. Taking the hint, we immediately run to the front of the temple and grab our unconscious partners. Accomplishing our mission, we quickly take cover behind some bushes and trees and watch from the sidelines.

"The only thing I regret is fighting a weak opponent! Come on, give me a real challenge!", Izzy's grin turns into a sadistic smile. Suddenly, he powers up and is coated in a malicious aura, while lightning begins forming around him. In a flash, he releases the energy, sending MetalSeadramon back as he flies into a crater.

"RIVER OF POWER", MetalSeadramon weakly fires his blast. Izzy just continues to smile as he moves out of the way at supersonic speed. Its like he's just toying with him. He then grabs the mega digimon by the tail as he starts spinning him through the air. Please, please stop Izzy! This isn't you! I start tearing a little and end up gripping onto Kari's arm for support.

"It seems you've gotten weaker over these years MetalSeadramon. To think that three millenniums ago, you and the rest of your group were feared across the world? Enough with the theatrics though, how about we put this unsightly show to rest? Once I'm done with you, the others and I will bathe the Digital and human world in blood", Izzy taunts threateningly as he flings him into the trees. Others? What does he mean by others? Is he talking about us?!

"It'll be kinda hard to do that! Seeing as how you'll be dead by today's end!", MetalSeadramon mocks as he begins charging up his nose. Seeing his enemy preparing his final attack, Izzy begins firing up his own. Suddenly, my feet move on their own and I start running towards him.

"IZZY! PLEASE...STOP THIS!", I shout to the top of my lungs. Before I even get a chance to reach him, he stops me in my tracks by aiming his attack directly towards my face. Fear suddenly rises in my chest as his killing intent begins processing through my very being.

"You might want to keep your distance. Even though he's not allowing it, I can still find away to kill you. You must really mean the world to him though, seeing as how you always find a way to screw things up!", Izzy states coldly. When he says those words, my heart shatters into a thousand pieces. Its like my world has completely turned upside down.

"Izzy...do you really feel that way about me?", tears start welling up in my eyes. I can't believe this, my voice is crackling and everything. Even worse his eyes are looking right at me, like their wondering if they should destroy me right now. I'm doing the same though, although I don't see the dark eyes I'm accustomed to. All I'm able to see now is the cold, purple aura of evil.

"Of course I d-", his response is interrupted by something. He grabs his head in agony as he lets go of his energy and fires his attack towards the open sky. He starts screaming in pain as he drops to one knee and puts his head down. Looking over at Kari, she starts approaching us but I signal her to stay in place.

"Mimi...run!", Izzy says through ragged breaths. When he raises his head to look at me, his appearance shocks me once more. His left side shows his warm, normal look, while his right is that of his demonic look.

"Izzy, what's happening to you!?", I ask worried and scared. For his part, he just starts staring at the ground as sweat begins running from his forehead to the ground.

"You have...to run! I...can't control myself...right now! Please just...RUN!", Izzy screams as steam begins coming from his body.

"RIVER OF POWER", MetalSeadramon yells as he fires his beam towards us. In a split second, Izzy pushes me back as the attack rushes towards us. A giant explosion is formed from the brunt of the attack and before I know it, we're all sent back for what seems like miles. The ground around us begins crumbling and a giant dust cloud is soon created around the surrounding area.

"KARI! IZZY! ARE YOU GUYS OKAY!?", I shout as I start coughing. Its like in an instant, I inhaled a huge amount of dust. This isn't the time to worry about myself though. I have to make sure everybody else is okay. This damn dust though! I can't see anything because of this thick cloud. Suddenly, something grabs my arm and starts helping me to my feet. When I'm finally able to see who pulled me up, I immediately pull them into a tight embrace.

"Kari! I'm so glad your alright!", my hug on the younger girl become tighter.

"It's good to see that your also alright Mimi, especially since you was at the center of that attack!", Kari smiles as she pulls herself out the hug.

"Yeah, if it wasn't for Izzy...I don't even want to think about what would happen", I say half-heartedly. Before I'm able to say anything else, my mind retells the events that has just transpired. "Izzy! Kari, where's Izzy?!", I ask suddenly.

Horror appears on her face and soon, we're screaming his name through the dust cloud for an answer, but we receive none. It's only when the smoke fully clears that we realize what truly happened. Holding out his arms in a defensive stance and bleeding profusely...is Izzy. The front of his shirt and jacket is completely shredded, leaving his bare chest exposed. Blood and dirt is stained deep in his clothes and hair. Deep cuts align across his body, and he looks like he's on the verge of collapsing. Kari and I are left speechless as he begins rocking back and forth and starts struggling to breathe.

"Izzy...are you?", Kari asks a little choked up. When I turn to look at her, tears have already started flowing from eyes and I can't help but feel the salty liquids emerging from my own either.

"I...was able...to take control...at...the last second! Are...you guys alright? Your...not hurt...are you...Mimi?", Izzy asks me as he coughs up blood. There's something different about him. When he turns the right side of his head to face us a little, his appearance matches his left side. Some part of me is glad that he's back to his former self, but the other part is worried to death for him.

"Why Izzy? Why would you save me?", I ask completely shocked. Just seeing him battered and bruised like that is enough for me to drop to my knees in shock.

"I don't...exactly...know the...reason myself. I guess...it's...because I-", before he can even finish his sentence he starts rocking back and forth again. Suddenly, he falls flat down on his back, his eyes glazed over. Its like everything just seemed to happen in slow motion.

"IIIZZZZZZYYY!", Kari and I shout as we run towards him.

"One down, eleven to go!", MetalSeadramon states as he floats back up into the air. Rage starts swelling in my heart, but my concern for Izzy soon overpowers it. Using some medical knowledge I learned in health class, I quickly start searching for his pulse, but I feel nothing. He has no pulse! At this rate he'll die! I'll have o perform CPR on him. Quickly do some light chest compression and helping him breathe a little, I then restart my search for another pulse. Damn it! Still nothing!

"How is he Mimi?!", Kari asks me hysterically. I completely understand her emotions. The only reason why I'm wiping my tears away right now is because I'm trying to stay strong for Kari. Seeing no other option, all I can do is shake my head in disappointment and sadness. As soon as she sees that motion, she also drops to her knees and starts crying uncontrollably. Feeling my mask breaking apart, all I can do is cry with her as my tears lands on Izzy's face.

"I better finish you three off before reinforcements arrive! I'll admit, he put up quite a fight!", MetalSeadramon exclaims as he once more starts powering up his signature attack. I better finish this fast! I took way more damage than I thought! If the other brats come, I'll be at a disadvantage. To think though, that kid was able to do this to me. I now understand why they would want this power!

"IZZY!", I shout his name out in vain to the sky. Unbeknownst to me, I would soon realize on that day of my own powerlessness...and the hidden feelings that resided deep in my heart.

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Ugh, my head feels like somebody cracked my head open with an axe! Not to mention my body feels like its been hit by a out of control bus. It's weird though, I had the strangest dream...actually more like a nightmare. We were fighting MetalSeadramon and I must've hit my head on something hard. Right now, everything's a complete blank. Opening my eyes slightly, I try to adjust my pupils to the light above. Wait, where am I?! Laying up ever so slightly, I realize I'm laying on a soft, plush couch. We must be back at Gennai's house. Where is everybody though? More importantly though, where's Palmon?

Fighting through the dizziness that suddenly rushed to my head as I stand up, I make my way towards the others. I better check the library first. If they not in the living room, they should be there. Placing my hand on the motion scanner, the library door slides opens, giving me the solution to my search. Huddled all around the table, with sad expressions on their faces are my friends. The only people who I don't see are Gennai, Izzy and Joe. "Hey guys! Why so down in the dumps?", I ask from the doorway.

"Mimi, your finally awake! We're so glad your alright!", Kari exclaims joyfully as she runs over to me and gives me a giant hug. What's with her?

"Of course I'm alright. Why wouldn't I be?", I ask scanning around the room. For some reason, their all giving me this look like I have eight heads on my shoulder.

"Mimi, you really don't remember what happened?", my best friend asks me concerned.

"What's are you talking about Sora?! All I remember is", the events that's occurred suddenly starts flooding back like an ocean. Its like somebody pushed the rewind button on my brain. "Where's Izzy and Palmon!? Are they alright!? Please tell me they're alright!", my outburst shocks everybody. The person to respond to it is Tai, who puts his hands on my shoulders and grips them gently.

"Mimi, its no easy way to say this but...you've been unconscious for three hours. We were able to get there at the last moment, but we were too late. When we got there, your head was against his but when we tried to pull you guys apart, you wouldn't budge", Tai exclaims sadly. What the hell? I don't remember any of this!

"As for your second question, Gennai and Joe are trying to heal his wounds right now. When we got back, they immediately took him to the medical room! As for Palmon and Tentomon, they were hurt but they were able to fix them up. Kari put them in your room so they could rest for a while", Matt sighs as he finishes his sentence. The look on his face is clearly readable. He's upset, really upset. This is one of the only incidents where Matt shows his expression.

"All we can do now is wait. Please, just stay calm Mimi!", Yolei comforts me by putting a a hand on my shoulder.

Calm? How can I stay calm when I feel like all of this is my fault? If I didn't jump in between those two, then Izzy wouldn't have had to sacrifice himself to rescue me. He would have been able to beat MetalSeadramon easily. I'm the reason why he's like this right now. Izzy, I'm sorry! I'm the one who caused all this! Its all my fault! Grabbing my head in disbelief, tears start flowing from my eyes onto the floor...and I can't stop them. Soon Sora is also right by my side comforting me, but nothing can possibly hope to make any of this better.

Not being able to stay in this room anymore, I take their hands off of me and start pushing past everybody. My legs just start moving on their own. I can't be around everybody right now. I just need to be alone! "Wait Mimi! Its dangerous to run off by yourself!", Joe says as he attempts to reach out to me.

"I'll go after her", Sora exclaims as she runs after me. When my feet finally stop moving and I'm able to catch my breath, I realize I'm suddenly in the forest next to Gennai's house. When I look behind me, I can still see the lake that covers the digital human's house, but when I see in front of me, I'm able to see a beautiful, fresh garden. The sight is truly amazing! Its as if the fireflies are lighting up the place with a majestic, luminescent glow. There's a whole bunch of beautiful flowers: Marigolds, Sunflowers, Petunias, Lavenders and Roses. Finding a nice set of rocks to lean on, I do just that and start staring off at the sky.

After what seems like an eternity of gazing upwards and feeling my mental walls crumbling around me, I curl my knees up to my face and silently begin crying to herself. "Looks like I've finally found you! I thought it was gonna take me another fifteen minutes", a familiar voice states in front of me. Hearing the bushes rustling, I'n not really surprised when Sora's head pops out of the trees.

"Well you found me", I say half-jokingly as I start wiping my tears away. "Where's Biyomon? I thought for sure she would be with you", I finish wiping the rest of my how distressed I am, my best friend takes a seat next to me on the opposite rocks and also start staring up at the sky.

"I left her with the others. Figured it was the best option right now. More importantly though...your worried about Izzy aren't you?", the silence is interrupted by her question. I silently nod, for some reason I'm not able to look her in the eye. "You don't have to worry about him Mimi! Izzy's not one to go down so easy", Sora states. I know she's trying to comfort me and all, but I just can't seem to shake this feeling of dread.

"There's something I need to tell you! If Kari haven't told you guys already, then I will!", I exclaim. After filling her in on the whole situation concerning File Island, her expression shows one of pure shock. That makes two of us!

"I can't believe Izzy did all that! That doesn't sound like him at all. You said you couldn't digivolve Palmon past the champion level? That's strange!", Sora explains as she grasp onto her Crest. Grasping onto mine lightly, I can't help but feel like the dark energy that was radiating off of Izzy somehow came from the Crest.

"It was horrible Sora! Its like he was a completely different person. He was ruthlessly tormenting MetalSeadramon, as if he lived for it. If I didn't step in when I did, he might've done the same thing to Kari and me!", the horrors start filling my head again.

"At least you was able to top him when you did. That's good right?", Sora asks cautiously as she puts a hand on my shoulder.

"NO! Your not listening! I wasn't the one to stop him. When he had me cornered, it was like he was fighting himself...like he was desperately trying to take back his body from whatever possessed him. All I really did was get in the way", my voice starts to rise as I shrug her arm off.

"Mimi, what are you talking about? It sounds like you saved him from himself", she says concerned. Tears start flowing out of my eyes once more as I turn to face her fully.

"I'm the whole reason why Izzy's in that medical room! If he didn't save me from that attack, then he would've been able to stop that damn digimon once and for all! I'm the one to blame for all this. If Izzy was to die right now, it would all be because of me! He was right when he said I mess up everything", I finally finish my outburst. It felt somewhat good to let all this bad emotions out. Looking to see Sora's reaction, I realize her hair is blocking me from seeing her eyes.

"Mimi!", suddenly she does the unthinkable. In an instant, my hand is now soothing my bruised, red cheek. Before I even realized what happened,my best friend smacked me with some force. My cheek feels like its on fire right now. Looking deep into her crimson eyes, all I see is a mixture of anger and sadness.

"Sora, what th-"

"I don't want to hear anything else Mimi! I won't sit here and listen to you talk badly about yourself!", she states as tears start forming in her eyes as well.

"Sora", I'm completely out of words right now. Just seeing her crying is enough for my tears to start leaking out as well. What are you trying to tell me Sora?

"You don't understand Mimi! You never did! Its not your fault for what happened to Izzy? He did what he did for you out of pure love and compassion!", she grips my shoulder as she speaks. "Why can't you just realize that you both have feelings for each other!"

Do we really though? There are so any questions racing through my mind right now. Do I really have feelings for him? Does he feel the same about me? Ugh it feels like my mind is gonna explode. Grabbing my head in frustration, I just can't shake this feeling. I just wanna run away! Just run away to a place where nothing can follow me. I'm so confused! Before I'm able to plunge into an eternal abyss of depression, a comforting hand intertwines with mine.

"You've never been afraid to stand out Mimi. You always were able to state whatever was on your mind. To be honest, I've always admired you for that. So tell me, what's stopping you now?", my mind races open. Suddenly, those last four words causes me to remember. Remember everything that makes me the holder of the Crest of Sincerity. Soon, those final words he said to me pops up. I don't exactly know the reason myself. I guess it's because I.

---

Yesterday

"OH MY GOD SORA! You and Tai actually kissed!?", Mimi squealed with a mixture of happiness and shock. After finishing breakfast, the truth of what happened between the two friends were brought to the light.

"Unfortunately! Don't get me wrong it was amazing! In those minutes, I felt as if our body's- no, our souls were connected. If we didn't come to our senses, then I don't know what would've happened", Sora sighs as she recollects the events of last night. Mimi eyes sparkle up for what seemed like the fiftieth time this morning alone.

"So you guys didn't go a step further? I'd say that's an improvement - well sorta I guess", Mimi exclaims as she waves off the scenario. Sora for her part, just looks confused out of her mind.

"Ugh Mimi, I'm so stressed out and confused right now! I want him so bad, but something told me not to! It was as if my subconsciousness was screaming out to me and I listened", the anger was heard in her voice. Between that anger though, was a mixture of relief and sadness. The two teens locked eyes and for that split second, Mimi felt as if she was staring at her reflection in the mirror.

"I'd say wait for the right moment! You shouldn't rush it. You guys aren't even going out yet. I say you both should build a real, genuine relationship. Then when you guys are ready, you should go for it! Don't make the same mistake I did", she states the last part in a whisper. She then smiles brightly, with her action soon becoming contagious. A small smile creeps its way upon my lips.

"Your right Mimi! What would I do without you?", the two girls embrace in a warm hug.

End of Flashback

---

"Sora, I need to ask you a question and be honest! How I feel depends on how honest you answer this", the roughness in my voice is enough to shock her. Seeing the determination in my eyes, she has no choice but to nod silently. Taking a deep breath, my mind becomes clear. "How do you feel about Tai! Your true feelings, and don't give me an half-baked answer! Please, I need to know", I state firmly. This may seem pointless to you and maybe it is! I just need a guidance right now. Some sort of light so I can see past the darkness.

"It's complicated right now Mimi! Some part of me is yearning for his heart. Another part of me wants to just stay his best friend. I can't really blame that side of me, since Tai and I have practically known each other forever. I mean, we won our very first championship together. He even gave me the trophy just cause he thought I did more work than him!", Sora exclaims bashfully as she grabs her shirt. This must be really hard on her. To tangle with her inner emotions for the boy she may or may not like just for my sake. I know this may be selfish, but I need this! Seeing her in so much distress, I lightly put a hand on her's so she can get the sense that she's not alone. "We've always been really close to each other, all the way up until the Christmas incident three years ago!", her tone turns to one anger. Anger that's more directed to herself than to anybody in particular.

"Do you feel that way because you asked Matt out?", I question slightly. She just shakes her head in a manner similar to a nod.

"Don't get me wrong, Matt was a good boyfriend. It was just never enough time to spend with him since his band was growing exponentially popular! Even when we did spend time together, for a brief period, I genuinely did enjoy all the time we spent together. Something inside me changed though. It was as if the spark we had in that relationship died out. For some reason, close to the break up the only one that would be on my mind is Tai", her eyes wander up to the sky. They seem to be searching for the answer there.

"I mean he did get hotter over the two years that I've seen him. Hell, that scar makes him kinda even more sexy don't you think?", I playfully nudge her in the rib with my finger. For her part, she just smiles before she turns her attention back upwards. When I follow her gaze, I realize something I completely forgotten: the DigiWorld is really beautiful at night. The stars are shining brightly and twinkling at us, as if its inviting us to a gorgeous home in the sky.

"Tai's been one of the few people I could rely on throughout my life. I'd forgotten that when I was with Matt. Then when we kissed that night, it all came flooding back. He even told me that he might still have some lingering feelings for me, even with all that's happened. All the memories we ever had together. All the fun we spent when we was little kids. Taking a trip back to our secret and magical spot really filled my heart with joy and confusion! To answer your question though Mimi, I don't know if I'm in love with him deeply, but I can't wait to see what the future holds for the both of us! Sometimes the answer be right there, plain and simple. You just have to open your eyes!", my auburn-haired best friend states as she blushes and turns to me with a grin plastered on her face.

You just have to open your eyes. Those words keep on repeating throughout my brain. This causes me to look back on all the interactions between Izzy and I. How I always feel when I'm around him. How glad and ecstatic I get and the way my heart speeds up every time I'm around him. Even though we used to be at each other's throats when we was younger. Even when he was in his own world with his computer, while I was busy worrying about myself. Izzy Izumi huh? Maybe I am just crazy! A smile grows on my face as I finally come to a decision. A decision I somewhat knew I was gonna come to. A teardrop escapes my closed eye, but its different this time. Its not one of sadness or confusion. Its one of utter happiness and joy.

"Thank you so much Sora! It was really good for me to hear you say that", I sniffle slightly. She smile happily as we pull each other into another heart-felt hug.

"It seems you finally came to your own decision. I'm really glad Mimi! Shall we head back now?", Sora asks as she gets up and offers me a hand. Matching her warm smile, I accept her hand and lock arms with her as we head back to the underwater house. Wait for me Izzy! I'm on my way. As we make our way towards the house with new and high spirits, we fail to realize that unknowingly though, somebody was monitoring us throughout the whole conversation through the trees.

"Interesting! Enjoy your time together DigiDestined. Cause before you know it, your lives will take an abrupt end! You can count on it", our former friend exclaims sadistically as he scatters into data.

"Mimi, can I ask you something? Its something personal though, so you don't have to tell me if your not ready", Sora asks suddenly as the lake becomes visible.

"Sure, ask me anything!", I exclaims as I fish around for digivice in my jacket pocket.

"What did you mean when you said don't make the same mistake I did?", the wind picks up as soon as she asks that. The look on my face turns into one of shock and fear. Its a good thing my back is facing towards her and my hair is covering my face. Should I tell her now? I can't, not here! She's my best friend though. I hate keeping secrets from her. She deserve the truth!

Taking a very deep breath, I make up my mind. "I'll tell you when its the right time. I promise!", I look her straight in the eye. That's enough of an answer for her. Its like she saw the twinkle in my eye. Pulling out my digivice and aiming it towards the lake, the device shine for a brief second before the water splits open to reveal the stairs that leads to our base. Opening the door, immediately all eyes wander onto us. From the way things look, it seems like nothing changed from before I left. The only thing that's different about it is the sullen look everybody's face and the tense atmosphere.

"You guys are alright! After you ran off, we feared the worse!", Biyomon exclaims as she flies into her partner's arms.

"What's going on? Why does everybody look so down?", Sora asks Cody in a whisper. The younger Digidestined sighs before he leans off the wall and takes a deep breath.

"While you guys were gone, Joe and Gennai were finally able to finish Izzy's injuries", the tone in his voice is one of distress. As soon as those words escape from his mouth, I run over to him in an instant and grip his shoulders.

"HOW IS HE?! CAN WE SEE HIM?!", I ask screaming fiercely. Before he can even get a word out, Kari grabs grabs my hands in utter reassurance.

"They wanted to wait for you guys to come back", thee younger brunette says as she let's go of my trembling hands.

"Ah, your all here! We've been waiting", Gennai exclaims outta nowhere. When we turn our heads, we see Joe and Gennai in front of the medical room. Immediately, we all scurry towards the two, accidentally cornering them into the wall. In a second, millions of questions are thrown at the pair, until Joe signals for all of us to shut up.

"Now before you go inside, there's something you have to know. This is really important!", his voice is demanding and filled with determination. Tai nods for the rest of us and gives the signal for him to continue. Gazing my eyes on the both of them, I'm honestly shocked. This is the first time that I have ever seen them like this. They're so...engrossed in the situation. It then comes to me that in all the confusion, I didn't take a peek at Joe's appearance. His hair is all messy, while his shirt is left unbuttoned, revealing his snow-white T-shirt underneath. The most interesting thing that catches my attention though is the skin around Joe's eyes. They're red bruised, as if he was crying a lot. "We were able to repair some of the damages done to Izzy. He still has some cuts along his body, but overtime it should heal up", the doctor in-training states reassuringly.

This causes all of to breathe a sigh of relief, but something in the back of my mind is telling me that this isn't the end of what he has to say. "That's not all of it! There's more to the story correct? You were just sugarcoating it to brace for the bad news weren't you!?", a small but powerful voice cuts through the relief like a butter knife. When we all turn around, we all see Cody with this weird look on his face. For some reason, that look reminds me so much of Izzy when he's researching something.

"ENOUGH WITH ALL THIS! We don't need to be babied! We can take the news! Just tell us if Izzy's alright or not!", Davis shouts from his position on the next to Sora. His voice is somewhat raw and twisted. I can't help but feel the same way as him. This is our friend we're talking about! We can't be treated like little kids! We need the honest truth. Looking at Joe, he doesn't seem fazed by the outburst. In fact, when I look more closer, his shoulder's are shaking. His eyes are invisible due to the light refracting off his glasses. I'm so stupid! This isn't just hard on me, it's hard on everybody. I can't even begin to imagine what they had to go through to fix his body.

"How do I put this?", Joe questions himself before he bites his lip. Taking a minute to re-adjust his glasses, he looks at us with this fierce but sad look in his eyes. The look that shows us that this is a serious moment. "I'm afraid that due to the injuries he received, Izzy is in a...coma", the air grows tensely cold. None of us was expecting this. We just thought that they was gonna say that he's gonna be unconscious for a while. This isn't something that happens to us! This shouldn't happen to us!

"How the hell did this happen!? You was suppose to help him!", T.K roars as he begins marching over towards the two. Matt places a hand in front of his little brother, giving him a warning to not do anything reckless. Seeing this as too much to handle, Kari runs into Davis's arms. The younger leader embraces her with open arms, stroking her back lightly as he returns his attention away from the situation. I didn't realize that sweet, little T.K had a dark side to him. Guess you never really know a person till your in a crisis!

"How's that even possible? I thought comas had something to do with the brain. From what we heard, Izzy was just badly damaged?", Cody states as he ponders about the situation.

"That's true for the most part. A person slips into a coma when the brain doesn't get enough oxygen flowing through it. In Izzy's case though, its different", Joe exclaims as he re-adjust his glasses for the second time.

"What's so different about this? You said it yourself, he must've been far to injured that's all!", Yolei's voice starts to rise. We can all tell she's getting worked up. I feel the same, especially since they're not getting to the point, they're just trying to make us go through it like a puzzle.

"I was able to review some of the data from his Crest. It seems as if his Crest has somehow become corrupted. I found traces of dark energy lingering from it and ran some test", Gennai's face turns into one of seriousness.

"What do you mean his Crest have become corrupted? How can something the Sovereigns created become corrupt?!", Matt questions as he grabs onto his crest. The digital human just shakes his head in confusion.

"I don't mean to interrupt, but can we save this for another time! Right now I think I speak for everybody when I say we want to see how Izzy's doing", Kari exclaims firm but at the same time quiet. Its kinda funny actually, she was there with me, but I didn't hear from her not once this whole time. Taking a glance between each other, the makeshift doctors silently nod while taking a deep breath. It doesn't even take more than ten seconds to reach the medical room.

"Brace yourselves, he's not mangle or nothing, but he's not exactly in perfect condition", Gennai states as he grips the doorknob tightly. Opening the room fully, all our eyes instantly land on our fallen friend. I start to feel something hot and wet drip down my face and in a second I realize that I'm crying. When I turn to look around, I see the others either crying or struggling to control themselves.

The sight that makes us act like this is Izzy: His forehead, midsection and the upper left part of his torso is wrapped up in bandages. He still has some small scratches on his face though. Seeing this makes everyone in the room heart ache. Before I even realize it, I'm already beside his bed with his hand in mine. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry Izzy! I never meant to put you in danger! If it wasn't for me distracting you, you could've been able to kill MetalSeadramon! You wouldn't have ended up like this!", the crack in my voice is evident. Soon though, I can't hold it all back and immediately tears starts running my face.

As for everybody else, all they can do is the same thing. Looking down at him, I'm shocked to see that some of my tears have landed on his face. before I'm able to wipe them off, I feel a pair of hands grip itself firmly onto each of my shoulders. Looking over slightly, I come face to face with a pair of tear stained maroon colored eyes belonging to my best friend. Even though she was crying, the light in her eyes are is as bright as the sun. She gives me a reassuring smile as I start wiping my eyes. Soon enough though, my thoughts drift to the person to who did this. Instantly a scowl appears on my face when I hear him laughing. Izzy, if its the last thing I do, I'll beat him! I'll beat him for you! No, I'll do better than that, I'll kill him!

"You know, he actually looks kinda peaceful. If I didn't know better, I would think that he just sleeping", Davis exclaims sheepishly. I understand that Davis is trying to lighten the mood, but right now, its not enough. After a long moment of tense, uncomfortable silence, the one to break it is Joe.

"I think its about time we head to bed you guys. We've all been through hell today and right now, sleep is the best option for us. Besides, we have a lot of information we still need to sort out", Joe states as he pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Looking around at everybody's faces, I can see some of what he said makes sense. Aside from the puffiness in their eyes, there are also light bags under them. After a brief yawn, I start to feel the fatigue hit me as well. After saying their goodnight's, the whole room is cleared, the only ones left are Kari and I.

Standing next to me, I notice her take an empty chair and offer it to me. Graciously accepting it, I take a seat and for some reason, I intertwine my hand with Izzy's and begin stroking it lightly. "Not tired are you?", Kari exclaims as she looks at the both of us.

"I am, but that doesn't matter right now. I feel somewhat responsible, so I think its only fair that I stay with him for a while", I put my head down slightly. I know I had that talk with Sora, but its just something inside me that can't shake this feeling. I'm still unsure of myself. I can't stop feeling this way for some reason.

"You had nothing to do with what happened Mimi. You was only trying to protect the boy you care about. If I was in your shoes, who knows. I have might of had done the same. Don't go beating yourself up okay!", the brown-haired girl states genuinely. She gives me a quick hug before leaving the room. Turning over to look at the comatose boy, a small smile suddenly finds its way upon my face. Noticing some of his bangs are in the way, I quickly go to remove them while admiring his angelic features.

Feeling my eyelids begin to droop from the exhaustion wave that just hit me, I silently lay my head down and close my eyes, all while holding his hand. After feeling a sensation, I quickly get up and take a look at the boy in front of me. For a second, I could've sworn that I just felt Izzy squeeze my hand lightly. Calm down Mimi, your just imagining it! You had a long day, your just tired is all. That thought sticks with me till I fall asleep, but for some reason, I feel like he really did do it.

---

12.13.2005

SAT

Opening my eyes slightly, the rays of sun coming from the window shines its deadly light right into my retinas. Must be morning already. Since I'm not in my room, I take it that I'm still in the medical room. Taking a nice, little stretch, I realize that a soft, warm fabric is draped over my body. Taking a closer inspection, It doesn't take me long to figure out that somebody put a fluffy pink blanket over me during the night. Looking to the left of me, it comes to my attention that Tentomon is staring motionless at his partner. Taping him slightly on his head, it scares me to death when he screeches and ends up falling off the bed.

"Tentomon, what the hell!? You scared the crap out of me!", I exclaim a little angry. The little bug on his part, just floats back up before raching out and grabbing the blanket from around me.

"I'm deeply sorry Mimi! I was just into a different zone for a second. Did you enjoy your sleep?", the bug digimon asks me.

"It was alright, could've been better I guess. I am quite hungry though", my stomach growls to prove a point. When I divert my eyes in front of me, I see the comatose figure of Izzy in the bed. An aura of peacefulness pours from him, like a deep sleep.

"I know what you want to say, but you don't have to. Don't forget this was Izzy's choice! He chose to save you, chose to end up this way. No matter what you think, just remember: We all have a path of choice we must walk", Tentomon's reassuring words affect me in way I didn't even know. We all have a path of choice we must walk. Stroking his hand slightly, my attitude suddenly lightens up. Looking over my back, a smiling Cody leans in the doorway.

"Morning you two, I just came to see if you was awake Mimi. Breakfast is ready if your feeling up to it", the teen states as he starts walking back towards the living room. Standing up, I then walk towards the door and gesture Tentomon to follow me. Heading into my room first and getting my organize, I then decide its time to meet everyone else. As we enter the room, my slightly injured partner immediately jumps into my arms and gives me a warm hug.

"Palmon I was so worried about you! Are you okay?", tears of happiness begins to escape both of our eyes.

"I'm fine Mimi, in fact I feel wonderful! See, my flower is perky and in great condition", Palmon states happily as she spins elegantly. I can't help but let out a small giggle. Maybe I'm rubbing off on her a little too much.

"Tis thy princess finally awaketh from thy royal slumber", Tai says sarcastically as he walks up to me and takes a bow. I then playfully punch him in the arm and after a quick silence, we start bursting out into laughter. For some reason, it feels so good to laugh. It really helps lighten the load of what happened the last few days. Looking around the living room, I notice that everyone's spirits are lightened a little compared to yesterday. I guess Joe was right when he said we needed some sleep.

"Ah Mimi, it pleases me that your awake. I take it you slept...well I suppose", Gennai exclaims with a happy-go smile. I just nod silently as I watch everyone get seated on the tatami floor and circle around the table filled with food. Taking a seat in between Matt and Kari, we all watch as the digimon viciously attack their bowls that have been filled with food. Turning our attention to our own table our arousing delectables, we immediately dig in, well all the boys do at least.

After feasting on the big breakfast, we all immediately begin to feel the effects of it. "Man, I'm stuffed! To think we ate all of it too. I don't think I can move for weeks", Davis groans as he loosens his belt buckle for a second. After taking half an hour of digesting, we all begin talking to our partners as the library door slide opens.

"Sorry for the interruption. I'm sure your all tired but I need to see you all quickly. I found something that I think you might wanna see", Gennai explains before heading back in. With our curiosity peaking, we instantly get up and all head into the room. The moment we get in, the whole room is engulfed in a multitude of colorful lights. Looking in the center, we all see Gennai holding all the Crests in both of his hands. The only one that's missing is...mine. As quick as the lights glow brighter, they suddenly dim down before darkness covers the symbols.

"Was you able to figure out the problem Gennai?", Matt asks as he stares at his now blackened Crest. Wait huh?! What exactly is going on here?

"Hold up now! Why does Gennai have all of your Crest and why are they all dark?!", I immediately blurt out the question that's been on my mind.

"Sorry Mimi, but while you was sleep, we needed answers. Remember when Gennai said Izzy's Crest was corrupted, Tai wanted to know what the problem. Gennai suggested that we all give him our Crest and he would find out the problem. Speaking about it, what have you found", Sora explains with a grim look as biyomon begins nudging her head on her leg.

"Well it seems that my theory was correct. It seems that all of your Crests have traces of darkness hidden within them. I assume this is from the time where the Digimon Emperor struck you all with that weird energy beam", Gennai begins to explain as he returns the instruments of power to their rightful owners.

"So Ken - or should I say the Digimon Emperor is the cause of all this! Figures, wherever that guy goes, trouble just always seems to follow!", Davis exclaims out loud by accident. Soon enough, a hand comes flying in contact with the back of Davis's head. When we all turn around, we see the perpetrator is none other than: Tai.

"What the hell man!? That really hurts!", the young goggle head cries out in pain as he rubs the back of his head.

"That's what you get for opening your big mouth without thinking of the consequences!", the bushy haired boy seethes back. We all sweat drop as we just stare at him. To think our bigmouth leader would lecture someone else just like him on being a...well bigmouth. This causes some of us to snicker a little. Starting to get a little frustrated, Gennai clears his throat before giving us a glance.

"Back to what I was saying, the energy must've reacted negatively to the light of the Crest. With it being shrouded in darkness, I'm afraid you won't be able to attain a transformation higher than champion", Gennai explains grimly.

This causes everyone to freeze over in shock and fear. Our greatest asset, the thing we that got us out of trouble so many times, has been taken from us. Without our Crests, we don't stand a chance against the Overlords. Glancing towards the digimon, their facial expression are wracked with grief. I can't help but feel bad for them. To be told that they can never reach their true potential no matter what they do. It must be really devastating for them.

"Gennai, there has to be a way for us to get our Crests back to the way they was! Please, I'd do anything to see MagnaAngemon soar through the air again", T.K states as he holds Patamon in his hands.

"Before we discuss that topic, I'm afraid there's another problem involving the Crests. While I detected traces of darkness in Izzy's Crest, there was something more sinister lurking beneath that darkness", the tone in Gennai's voice grows deeper. Seeing our confused expressions, Gennai takes a deep breath before continuing. "Mimi, I didn't want you to relive this but I need you to if we have any luck of finding out what's wrong with your abilities. So here goes, I want you to tell me exactly what happened in yesterday's battle."

"Wait a minute, Kari already told us what happened! Why would we want her to go through that moment!", Davis's grin turns into a deep scowl.

"Use you head instead of your feelings Davis! None of us want to go through what we saw that day, especially Mimi and Kari. This is the only way to find out what happened during the last few minutes before Izzy was put in a coma", Cody lecture reminds me of Izzy. Maybe because he's so alike to him, especially since he holds his Digi-egg.

"Spoken like a true leader", Tai exclaims happily as he ruffles some of the younger genius's hair. Turning around, I see all eyes on me. Feeling as if I can't let them down, I start trying to remember the last few minutes before the beam hits. Seeing only darkness, I can't help but start sweating as I try to desperately remember. Soon as I'm on the verge of tears, I feel a pair of soft hands latch on top of mine. When I look next to me, I see my best friend with a comforting smile and her maroon eyes giving me the sign, "It's alright, just do your best". This somehow motivates me and soon enough the darkness in my mind lifts.

"Just like Kari told you, Izzy was on a rampage against MetalSeadramon. The only thing is, I don't think that was Izzy at all", I say worryingly. Seeing their confused faces, I take it as a sign that I should continue. "The reason why I say that is because he was like a different person. The way he was acting, the way he was talking, it wasn't the Izzy that I knew. Before the beam hit, while he was protecting me, he seemed to be fighting something within himself. It was like...he had a split personality."

"Interesting! Was there anything else involved?", the digital human asks somewhat hesitantly. Putting my hand on my chin to remember, a somewhat key piece of information pops up.

"He said something about the Overlords being feared across the world 3,000 yrs ago or something like that", I say confused. At the mention of that, Gennai instantly freezes up. We all look at him, and the digital human remains frozen. What's worse is that his face is frozen in fear.

"GENNAI! HEY GENNAI!", Matt screams as he snaps his fingers in his face. After a while, Gennai returns to his former self, shaking his head lightly.

"Gennai what happened?! You scared us for a second", Yolei exclaims a little scared.

"Sorry you guys! It's nothing really. I just thought back to a bad memory", Gennai says as he waves us off. Before we're able to question him, the floor starts shaking and the fishes began swimming away from the house.

"What the hell!? I have a bad feeling about this!", Tai states as he begins running towards the front of the house.

"Tai wait up!", Kari and Sora exclaims as they begin running after him. Soon though, we're all chasing as our hot-tempered, impulsive leader.

The digimon must've had a pretty good idea of the situation, since by the time we reach the front of the house, we see the door open with the stairs revealed and the animals running up them. When we finally get up to the open field, we see the digimon shrouded around Tai and MetalSeadramon in the air. Taking a closer look at him, his injuries from his last battle with Izzy are still there. The left side of his face has a medium-sized dent and there are various cracks around the armor on his body.

"Today's the day you die DigDestined! I'm going to erase every last traces of you trash", MetalSeadramon snarls.

"You must've not learned your lesson from the last time Izzy sent your ass packing", Matt declares bravely. We all just look at him crazy. Why do we always end up provoking the bad guy. More importantly, its only 3 people that always do this: Tai, Matt and Davis. Looking up at the metal digimon, his expression turns into one one of rage. Just seeing his face and remembering what he did to Izzy makes me boil up with rage.

"Palmon, are you sure your ready for this? I don't want you getting hurt again", I say a little worried.

"Don't worry Mimi! I'll be on guard this time I promise", Palmon states with boosted confidence in her voice. I can't help but smile a little. I really do have the best partner there is. Seeing her resolve, I give her a hug before she runs to her friends side.

"Enough talking! Let's send this overgrown fish back to his seabed", Gatomon says as all of them starts running towards the mega. One by one, we all pull out our digivices as our partners are enveloped in a dazzling light.

"Agumon digivolve to...GREYMON"

"Gabumon digivolve to...GARURUMON"

"Biyomon digivolve to...BIRDRAMON"

"Palmon digivolve to...TOGEMON"

"Gomamon digivolve to...IKKAKUMON"

"Patamon digivolve to...ANGEMON"

"Digi-armor energize!", Davis, Yolei and Cody shout.

"Veemon armor digivolve to...FLAMEDRAMON, THE FIRE OF COURAGE"

"Hawkmon armor digivolve to...SHURIMON, THE SAMURAI OF SINCERITY"

"Armadillomon armor digivolve to...DIGMON, THE DRILL OF KNOWLEDGE"

The ten digimon all glance at each other as they rush towards the mega floating up in the air. Most of us already know what's going through their heads. They're up against a mega digimon. Not one of them are even in their ultimate forms. I don't even think we stand a chance against MetalSeadramon. Looking towards the battle, our worse fears are easily coming true. Our digimon are being completely dominated by the metal menace. Gatomon is getting the life squeezed out of her while thee metal monster and Angemon are in beam struggle. After a while the angel digimon is overwhelmed and is sent crashing to the ground. T.K attempts to run over to his partner but is stopped by his big brother.

I honestly understand how the blonde is feeling right now. To see your closest friend battered and bruised and not being able to do a thing to help them. He then goes on to start finishing the rest of them. The only two who are even to really give him a challenge is Garurumon and Greymon, but even them are not able to stand up against them. "RIVER OF POWER BARRAGE", MetalSeadramon cries out as multiple beams fly out from his nose. We all watch in horror as each one hits the digimon. When I look over towards Togemon, I see her on the floor getting destroyed by the beams. Sensing that I can't help myself, I instantly rush towards my partner, not caring about the consequences. Sora tries to hold me back, but I wrestle my way out of the hold and continue to run towards her. Looking over my shoulder, I see the metal digimon preparing what looks like a dangerous blast.

Tripping over a rock, I end up tumbling a few feet away from my partner. The beam starts hurdling towards my friends, but in a split second Greymon's orange body shields them from the blast. Falling in front of them, the soldier turns back into his regular form as his partner picks up his unconscious body. When I look at the floating digimon, my eyes and his instantly match up. The daggers in his eyes are fierce, but I'm not about to back down. This is the person who hurt someone close to me, someone I care too much about.

"Look who it is! Are you ready for you and that overgrown tumbleweed to die a miserable and horrible death", my anger finally reaches its peak.

"Your nothing but a coward you metal freak! Your only angry because of your countless defeat at our hands! Your mad cause Izzy made you look like a idiot in yesterday's battle! If you think I'm scare of you, think again! If you wanna kill Togemon, then you'll have to kill me too! Take your best shot!", I exclaim defiantly. Seeing the awestruck look on MetalSeadramon and my friends faces, I can't help but feel a little proud of myself.

Even in the face of death, I'm not scared one bit. Its like something in the back of my head is telling me that everything is gonna somehow be alright. As MetalSeadramon builds up his energy and releases his signature beam, I can't help but close my eyes. Time seems to slow down for me at that point. Not the sounds of my friends screaming, not the winds blowing, not even the world in natural tune can reach me now. In an instant, everything goes dark for me.

When I finally opens my eyes, all I see is darkness around me. I somewhat start panicking as I begin looking around, but I suddenly remember one key thing: I've been through this before when I was dreaming. Sensing that I'm in no real danger right now, I just begin walking around, waiting for some form of indication that I'm still among the world of the living. Its kinda strange really, but I haven't called out once since I woke up here. After walking for what seemed like an eternity, I suddenly realize that I am at an impasse. Ugh when is this stupid thing gonna let me go already. Its not like I have death waiting for me the moment this is over.

Taking a really deep breath, I go to turn around, but when I do a shining light almost causes me to go blind. Seeing as how the light is brightening even with my eyelids closed, I shield my eyes as much as I can before I'm able to sense that the light is dying down. Opening my eyes slightly, I'm able to make a out a silhouette of a bodily figure. Finally see as how the light is gone, I rub my eyes as the blurriness disappears and the figure becomes visible to me now. My mind is absolutely blown as...Izzy is standing face to face with me. Mixed emotions are running through me as tears form in my eyes. Seeing him smile is the last straw as I suddenly break down and get on my knees and start to cry uncontrollably.

He calmly just gets on one knee as he puts one firm hand on my shoulder and one hand my mine and silently helps me up to my feet. As I try to talk to him, I find out I can't. The words aren't coming out, not a single one. Seeing my despair, he scoops my face up in his palm so we're looking at each other right in the eye. He puts our foreheads together before pushing me away slightly and and doing the most weirdest thing he can do. In a moment of silence, he put one finger on my forehead and the other on my chest. We both close our eyes and when I wake up, I come to the realization that I'm back in the real world. Putting my hand on my head slightly, I notice that Togemon and I are on what seems to be meters away from a medium-sized hole.

"How did we get here?", I ask as I began to look down towards the seemingly bottomless hole.

"You don't...remember Mimi? The beam was...about to...hit you but...it was...deflected...out of...nowhere", my partner exclaims severely weakened.. I graze her boxing glove lightly as I think back to what she says. The beam was deflected magically huh. The only thing I could think of was a certain red-head was involved. Izzy, so you was looking out for me.

"I don't know how you survived, but I promise you won't get a second miracle like that!", MetalSeadraon looms menacingly as he powers up his nose. Before he's able to shoot it though, the rest of the digimon fire their smaller attacks which moves the mega off balance.

"Mimi, are you alright?!", Tai and the others rush over to my side. They all try to check if anything is wrong with me and I give them the indication that I'm fine.

"Mimi, how did you manage to survive that? It should've been a point-blank attack", Joe states as he adjust his glasses. Before I'm able to give him a response, we're all alerted to the shrieks our are friends. They're all lying on the ground shaking a little.

"We'll worry about that later! For now we have to find someway to push him back!", Davis exclaims as he gets into a fighting stance. Seeing his determination, all the others join him and soon, we're all protecting Togemon. I can't help but think back to that encounter between me and Izzy. After taking a moment ponder it, I come to the realization of what I need to do.

"Let's go Togemon! We're gonna stop him here and now!", I say filled with confidence. Everybody looks at me weird as a smile grows on my face. My digivice then starts vibrating and glowing brightly. Before I react, it starting changing to green, while green streams of light begins cracking through the darkness surrounding my Crest. Togemon starts glowing the same color before her form changes.

"Togemon digivolve to...LILLYMON"

While the light is fading away, we're all flabbergasted to see the ultimate form of Palmon floating through the air. "I don't believe it! Togemon was able to break through the block and reach her ultimate form once more!", Yolei exclaims with the same expression as us all. Even I'm surprised at the fact just occurred, and I'm the one who did it. I can't help but feel all their eyes on me, but I don't care. All I really care about is destroying the enemy in front of us.

"SHOW HIM WHAT U CAN DO LILLYMON!", I shout my partner some encouragement. Lillymon for her part just nods before flying towards the metal monster. In a moment of quickness, she suddenly appears at the back of his head before giving it a swift kick. MetalSeadramon crashes his chin on the floor before giving the pixie digimon a glare. Raising his head up, he starts firing beams randomly as he attempts to hit my partner.

Zipping around the air, she manages to avoid the attacks with ease. A stray beam almost hits her, but it grazes at the last second. In the confusion though, MetalSeadramon manages to wrap his body around her before starting to squeeze tightly. Lillymon lets out an audible scream which feels like daggers are piercing through me. As the others let out their gasps, I hold my head high. I know she can get out of this, she's never let me down before and I know she's not about to start now.

"Come on Lillymon! I know your stronger than this! Don't let him beat you!", I hold on to my Crest as tight as I can. As a teardrop escapes my eye and lands on my Crest, it starts shining the brightest green I've ever seen. It envelops the whole battlefield and Lillymon starts glowing the same color from within the confines of MetalSeadramon.

"Lillymon mega digivolve to...ROSEMON"

We're all shocked when we see the spot that Lillymon was in is empty, even MetalSeadramon is surprised. Sensing that something is awaiting for us high in the sky attention turned up into the sky and the surprise is extraordinary. In the sky above us is a digimon that we have never seen before. "Is that...Palmon?", Tai asks obviously shocked.

"It is indeed! That everyone is Palmon's mega form Rosemon", Gennai exclaims out of nowhere. We all turn around to see him smiling as he looks up towards the sky. Mega form? This is insane, this is completely insane! I feel so good right now. I have to say, all of Palmon's forms are beautiful, but this has to be the best one yet.

Rosemon's form takes that of a slender, young woman. She has long blonde hair that reaches all the way down to her middle back, a red body suit with black heels and leggings that goes all the way up to her upper thighs. A green scarf made of leaves covers her neck, while a long black cape flap off her back with the blowing wind. On the tip of her hair is a rose bow tie, and a jewel with a symbol engraved on it connects the scarf together. Finally the upper part of her head and eyes are covered with a giant rose, and yellow thorn-like whips run throughout her body while stopping at her hands.

"Woah! She looks so amazing!", Kari takes the words out of all of our mouths. To me, she carries an elegant but fierce pressure with her.

"MetalSeadramon, your reign of terror is over! Its time you payed for your transgressions against the Digital World", Rosemon's voice echoes throughout the forest. When we all look towards her opponent, we see his face is contorted in angry and...fear. Is he afraid of Rosemon? Just how strong can she really be?

"Impossible! Impossible! Why is there another mega here? The only two should've been Courage and Friendship!", MetalSeadramon roars as he starts charging his attack. After a moment of wondering who would throw the first punch, The signature blue beam of MetalSeadramon starts flying towards Rosemon. As the beam starts rushing towards Rosemon, my partner lets off a small smile before she counters with her own attack.

"Forbidden Temptation",Rosemon crosses her arms in a X-shape and releases a red rose petal beam. The attacks collide with one another, creating a massive controlled explosion. We all cover our heads as the battle rages on between the two superior digimon. Wow! She's really amazing! After a while of watching, it becomes quite obvious that the battle is in Rosemon's favor, considering that she's able to land several hits on the mega's metallic body, all the while MetalSeadramon isn't able to land none. We all start cheering for her to win, but that doesn't escape the vicious digimon's eye.

Turning his head to the left, he gives us a sinister laugh before firing at us. We're all shocked and scared when we see the attack going straight for us, but the unthinkable happens next. In the blink of an eye, the beam makes contact with a figure, but just not any figure. We all watch in horror as my partner falls onto the floor with steam coming off her back.

"ROSEMON! PLEASE GET UP!", I beg as the flower digimon starts panting heavily.

"You bastard! That was a low blow!", Tai exclaims with a dangerous face. MetalSeadramon for his part smirks before floating back up in the air. Looking at Rosemon, we see her wobbling on her legs as she starts to sweat drop.

"This may be her final attack. In terms of power, Rosemon has MetalSeadramon completely outmatched, but he has endurance on his side. He's been in mega from longer than Palmon has, so unless she can find a way to land her next attack, I'm afraid you have no chance of winning", the tone in Gennai's voice is one of seriousness. Hearing that has to be one of the most heartbreaking thing you can ever hear. Even more depressing than the time I was $4 short on those new pair of fluffy slippers I wanted. I doubt there's anything to do at this point. The digimon are to battered to transform and we can't possible hope to do a thing.

As all hope seems lost though, all the younger digimon jump into action as they attempt to help they friend. We all cry out to them, but when we look into their eyes, they're filled with determination and anger. The determination of helping one of their one. The anger of being pushed around by ghosts of the past. I can't help but feel the same as them and I'm sure everyone feels the same. As the digimon starts firing off their attacks on the MetalSeadramon's body, the mega can't help but laugh.

"Is this suppose to faze me? All your doing is delaying your inevitable deaths! Just give up and let me kill you!", the metal fish states menacingly. With a swipe of his tail, all the rookie digimons are sent flying back. The wind pressure causes some of us to stagger back and fall back on our butts. Just all hope seems lost, a loud but beautiful voice pierces through the trees.

"Forbidden Temptation"

Out of nowhere, Rosemon's signature comes flying out of the sky and drills straight into MetalSeadramon. The level of the blast must be intense, since the mega's body suddenly disappears in the attack. When the smoke has finished clearing, each one of our faces are contorted in confusion. MetalSeadramon's body has completely disappeared. Has he finally been defeated? Can we rest easy now? We all start cheering at the downfall of one of the Overlords. Looking up, we all smile brightly as Rosemon shares the same expression. Sensing that her time is up, the mega digimon's body starts glwoing before her forms gets smaller. Tanemon, the rookie version of Palmon emerges from the sky. Running up to her, I gingerly catch her in my arms.

"Told you I would be on guard!", Tanemon jokes slightly as she starts snuggling up to me. I can't help but start laughing at my partner.

"There was no doubt in my mind that you could do it", I state proudly as I give her the biggest hug of her life. Soon, we're joined by all of the DigiDestined and they immediately start hugging us.

"That was amazing Mimi! You and Tanemon sure make a good combo", Patamon exclaims happily.

"Yeah, that was awesome Mimi! How'd you do it!", Joe asks the million dollar question. To be honest, even I'm not sure how I did it. All I know it had to do something with Izzy. When I look down at my Crest, I notice something I didn't see before. The others must've saw it too, because we're all shocked when the Crest of Knowledge shows up in my hand.

"Mimi...how did you get that?", Tai asks surprised and confused.

"I...I don't know! I have no idea how I got this or where it came from", I start panicking. Before we're able to get to the bottom of this, Gennai puts a warm hand on my shoulder.

"Let's figure this out back in the house. I'm afraid its no longer safe out in the open", the digital human acknowledges. He then opens the passageway to house before disappearing. Seeing as how he has a point, we all start following him into the house, except for one.

"What's wrong Yolei?", Sora and Cody asks the lavender-haired teen. When they look to where she's looking, they notice that its a cliff through the trees.

"Oh its nothing! I just had the strange feeling that we was being watched. Oh well, must've been my imagination", Yolei chucks a little before catching up with the group. Little do we know, she was right the whole time. Someone was watching us, someone who she hoped to rescue one day from the darkness.

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Dark Gennai:

This day is turning out to be full of surprises. Not only was one of my subordinate's defeated pitifully, but one of the DigiDestined has managed to unlock a piece of their crest. Though this is beneficial in my case, if they were to unlock more of the mysterious artifacts, things could be...problematic. Though that's not the reason why I'm upset. My powers have been draining rapidly, I'm barely able to maintain my astral form anymore. If I've any hope of breaking this crystal sarcophagus, the power of the crests are necessary. That means I must rely more on Daemon to keep the help in check while I'm decommissioned. Currently, my limit has gone down from three astral uses to two. I used up the last of my powers today rescuing MetalSeadramon from the DigiDestined.

Creating a portal between the Dark Ocean and the Digital World is stressful enough, especially since this prison is keeping me from accessing my true potential. Honestly, I'm not even sure myself if I'm doing the right thing. Each and everyone of these scum could betray me at anytime, the most suspicious one being Daemon. Even though I've been in this world longer than him, he has more power than me. Especially since the brat of Sincerity managed to awaken her crest. Before I'm able to ponder more on my decisions, the Overlords teleport to the throne room. They all stand in attention as Daemon strolls through the hallway to my side.

"You may already know this, but I failed! No one told me that those brats were able to get stronger!", MetalSeadramon seethes as he comes to the front of the room. I can hear a low growl emit from my partner's mouth. Its always one failure after another!

"Were those kids really that much of an issue? Such a shame really, this being from the one who ruled over DigiWorld's oceans at one point in time!", Myotismon snickers lightly. MetalSeadramon turns around and starts charging up his beam at the vampire digimon but decides to back down at the last second.

"You have my permission to kill the DigiDestined now! As long as they have their crests on them, they're a danger to the reality we're bringing in. I don't care about they're bodies, but their powers instead! If you're able to kill one of the bastards, haul their corpse back here and we'll be able to extract the crests from them. Take them as prisoners of war if you have to! This will not be another Taichi!", I state with force.

My frustration soon gets the better of me as I release my energy and the castle begins shaking. The shaking soon stops, and everyone just stares at my seal. I hate this! I swear on my life those DigiDestined will pay! Especially the one most responsible for my suffering. I'm coming for you Gennai!

"By the way master, there's something I've been meaning to ask you? While I was attacking the DigiDestined, a certain figure caught my eye!", MetalSeadramon exclaims randomly. After a moment of silence, he takes it as a sign to continue. "The figure that I saw was in fact the DigiDestined mentor: Gennai. That raises the true question: Who the hell are you?"

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Author Notes:

Again, I am extremely sorry for the long wait. Life is very complicated right now, but I'm still writing. I know I made it seem like that Mimi is some sort of crybaby, but come one she's grieving for the one she love. Also from now on I will stop doing previews, so I apologize in advance. You'll just have to wait for the upcoming chapters.

So everyone, a good chapter or what? This was also a sad chapter to write, since Izzy's my second favorite character after Tai in the original group. Keep watch, stay updated and leave a review ;-)

P.S. I might also start a story for My Hero Academia. Put in the review section if you want me to do it after this story or while I'm also doing this story.