CHAPTER 10

"TEAM"

Belzeemon knew that something was wrong the moment he arrived, the battle seem real enough, but the strength was fake he could see that as clear as day. The energy signature from the strange digimon was way to strong, it surpassed a mega and even if ryo was as good as he claimed to be he couldn't possibly hold his own against that kind of power. Rushing towards the battle grounds he unleashed his double barrel attack and the unknown digimon banished into the sky, that was, odd he had expected more of a fight, glancing at justimon he can see the wear and tear of the digimon and knows that this is all been a set up.

Every hit every contact point was made in none lethal areas, that didn't make sense, a digimon, any kind of digimon would always go for the kill, would always want to absorb another is data. Only digimon who follow orders didn't want the data, looking at the sky he wondered who the digimon was and what it had told the tamer on the ground.

"He got away"

The words from justimon sound genuine but there is something else, he can smell it, feel it. There is more to this battle.

"I can follow him"

The words are meant as both a warning and a test, the battle had looked off and his instincts were telling him that there was more to what he had seen so with that he held the justimon's stare. He can see the battle raging inside of justimon, can see the human and digimon discussing there next words and for impmon that is all the confirmation he needed.

As for ryo and cyberdramon, they know that if they give something away then they risks revealing too much. That concern however is also shared by belzeemon, he knows that ryo is a smart human and even though his digimon is as savage as a wild animal he know ryo akiyama will most definitely be suspicious if he begins to ask questions. He is no fool he knows to keep quiet and wait.

"Who ever that digimon was he was pretty powerful"

Both of them de-biomerged and ryo smirked, as the now small size digimon stands before him.

"Yeah, you ok right?"

Ryo nods and impmon smiles, he knows that he has to play along or ryo would become suspicious, ryo nods and shakes his head, even tough the battle was fake it had still taken a lot out of him.

"A bit tired and weak"

Truth be told the kid or now teen did look like crap, fake crap that impmon would never again trust. The whole battle had him on edge and yet now seeing him in his de-biomerged state he was sure that the whole thing was faked. So now the question was, what to do next.

"There is some one coming"

The three turned towards the cliff near them and saw gargomon along side Henry, impmon smiled and waved at him. ryo nodded things were going to become a lot more interesting in the coming days, he had gotten a clue as to were his target was, and with the back up he was going to get he was sure that this time things were going to be different.

"Guess we got here to late"

"Ah man and here I was all rearing to go!"

Henry glance at gargomon and smiled, the little guy had been all exited about re living the old days but it seem that they had missed there chance thanks to ryo. Cyberdramon growled and henry turned towards ryo who was still sitting on the ground trying to catch his breath, the legendary tamer smiled and nodded, he pointed at impmon and smiled.

"No problem impmon here managed to drive him off"

Ryo smiled in the direction of the small imp who just smirked, he turned towards ryo and nodded.

"Yeah it seem you had tired him out"

Ryo felt something in the voice of the imp but dismissed it as his imagination. There was no way the imp could suspect something, he had been careful and had even gotten hurt to make the fight as real as possible, shaking his head he turns his attention to Henry they continue to talk about what just happened. Impmon cursed himself; he knows that he had sounded a wee bit too suspicious.

"Yeah well we have a bigger problem, that guys I just fought was a digimon messenger and he was sent here to find guimon"

That has gotten every one is attention, it seem that this adventure had gotten just a bit we more complicated.

"What does that mean?"

Terriermon looked at the others with concern, the digimon messengers yeah he knew something big was going to happened he just didn't know how big it was.

"The messengers of the digimon gods, they are mega level digimon but unlike any thing we ever seen, well we have seen some thing close to them"

Impmon smirked and looked at terriermon who smiled, cyberdramon on the other hand just growled.

"What do you mean?"

Both henry and ryo looked at them with confused looks.

"Well we all know that gallantmon is a mega but his other form, well lets just say that crimson mode is well beyond that level"

Henry frowned, this couldn't be good, he had seen his friend in battle and if that meant that some other digimon had that kind of power then that would mean trouble for them. Gallantmon was strong super strong but when he reached that other level, he was far more powerful than any other digimon they had ever faced.

"Your telling me that…there are others with that kind of power?"

Henry frowned when he saw the others nod in agreement.

"Four actually"

Cyberdramon is slow growl made them frown, that was something they were triying to keep to themselves. Cyberdramon looked towards the sky and growled a bit more.

"That one we fought was one of them"

"No they are all supposed to be angelic or something"

Cyberdramon turned towards the imp and growled on his face, impmon stood his ground and puffed his chest at the big bad digimon.

"That one was the beast one imp"

"Yeah, there are two angels one beast and human human looking"

Terriermon got in the middle and separated them, if he were any other digimon he would guess that the two were some what facing each other for a whole other reason.

"So we need to find her before these messengers of the digimon gods do?"

Henry frowned, the messengers of the digimon gods, this was the first time he had heard about them and in all honesty he was worried, if these so call messengers were any thing like the devas they had faced before they were in for one hell of a battle.

"Yeah, but besides that we don't know how many other digimon are actually looking for her"

Ryo glanced at Henry and smiled, the more pressure they had to find rika the faster they would get to her.

"So brains you know why they are after guimon and rika"

"Best guess is they want the hazard gone, and if that is case then rika is in big trouble"

The digimon queen was not happy, they had gotten galiant under control but so far, it was only a matter of time before he would blow and do something stupid. She knew that he had been quiet for as long as he had been because he was trying to figure why he could not attack them. Which was not a good thing, it could only cause havoc on his psyche if he knew that the emotions of two individuals was affecting him.

"So how much control do you have over me?"

The digimon beside her glared at her and she smirked, she needed to put as much confidence as much as she could.

"I don't know what you're talking about"

The digimon frowned and glared at her but there was nothing that would face rika not when she knew that he could not harm them, that how ever didn't mean that wouldn't upset galiant.

"Something inside of me is compelling me to stay by your side and protect you from any and all harm"

"Just rika?"

Renamon glanced at the man/digimon beside her and she saw him look away, umhh she had seen a blush there for a minute. That was good.

"Shut up"

The emberrasment in his voice was and added bonus.

"Oh your hurt my feelings"

Rika had to smile at the way her digimon was teasing the all mighty galiant, after all it was not every day that renamon acted playful, despite that she was glad that guimon is half was reacting to renamon is teases, she was worried that there changed had fused there emotions as well as there intellect. It seem that that was not the case.

"I"

Galiant was about to reply but turned towards rika and the girl smiled, she would help him out but only because she didn't want to think about how takato is side might react to this.

"Both of you be quiet, we need to go see Zhuqiaomon"

"Rika?"

"He is the only one I know with the power we might need"

"A digimon god"

That snicker had made rika and renamon flinched, something was wrong, galiant was neither impressed nor surprised. That could only mean that he knew of zhuqiamon and was not impressed.

"You have a problem with that?"

"His power is no match for mine"

"You honestly believe that?"

"I know so"

Rika glanced at renamon who seem to be thinking over galiant is words. There might be nothing or little truth in what he was saying but they were not after the power of the digimon god, no, they were behind his skills. If any one could help them, it was one of them.

High on top of them an angel flew and stared at them, his gaze even tough covered by a solid steel helmet watched them with out missing a thing, he could read them and see there true selves. The plight of the girl and her digimon was touching, the angel knew all too well how love could affect every decision one makes, hikari and takeru; the hope and light of all of the digital world resonated much stronger when they were as one, he smiled and his mind wonders to his own love. Angewoman would not like this, he knew as much he knew that this would hurt her deeply yet he had no other choice, her death and that of the digidestined was hanging over his head.

"Thinking of your mission or your love"

Turning towards the beast digimon he can see the smirk and frowns, there was always something unsettling about the beast digimon.

"What do you want kerubimon"

"Just checking that you stay focused, I would hate to attack those children of yours"

"Then you wish for a quick death"

Even though the angel is eyes are hidden, kerubimon felt the glare trough the steel helmet and frowned, the angel was too much of a wild card he had told azulongmon as much. He took a deep breath and stood beside the angel there gaze focused on the three beings they were sent to destroy.

"Before my quick death tell me angel"

Angemon glanced away from him and turned to watch the sky.

"What is it?"

"What does it feel to be touched by darkness?"

The digimon is laughter filled the area and angemon clenched his staff a bit harder, darkness, was this all about that. Had it reached this realm as well? If that was the case then why hadn't it made its move? Why was it still hiding, had it taken over azulongmon. No, he had sense no such thing from him; then again, his senses had been dampened by the chaos that habited this realm, the chaos.

"Think about it angel, think long and hard"

With that said the beast digimon vanished and angemon looked at the sky a bit harder, there was truth in the beast digimon is words and that angered him and made him realized something.

"I was a fool"

The angel soared towards the sky, he needed to consult with his partner and his love, angewomon, hikari and takeru they were the ones whom would clear his mind all he needed was to reach them. They would show him the way they would make him see with clear eyes, with senses not fooled by the chaos, yet as he rushed away he had a smile on his face, it seem the darkness had meet its match and it was all thanks to a boy whom is imagination ran wild.

On the ground, rika looked at renamon and saw her staring at the sky.

"Is something wrong?"

"We were being watched by some one"

"Another attack?"

"No he was different some how"

With renamon on high alert Rika wondered, who could be watching them, another digimon trying to get to them or some of there friends. She didn't know and by now she was too tired of guessing she told renamon to be on her guard and ready for any thing, she was not going to be surprised again. She just hoped that galiant would also take her advice into consideration and listen to her. Turning towards rika she signaled her to follow her closer to have a more private conversation.

"Something wrong rika?"

"Galiant is acting too much like an individual now"

"No more duality"

"I'm worried that you were right"

The more the union remained then the more the dual personalities were beginning to be lost, neither of them wanted that but his strength was needed, the digimon that would come after them were going to be strong, way to strong for just her and renamon.

"So what do we do?"

"Nothing much except wait and see what happens"

Renamon could see the tired expression on her tamer and frowned, they had been pushing themselves to hard and hadn't even taken a rest, galiant and herself were fine but that was because they digimon and had a higher endurance than most humans. Come to think of it, she wasn't feeling that well, her mating cycle was going to reach its peek in a matter of days, if she wasn't able to mate then her body would go into shock and she would lose all reason.

"I think we should rest, you look dead in your feet"

"I'm fine, the faster we reach Zhuqiaomon the better our odds are"

"Rika…I"

"She is right"

Galiant looked at her and them stopped moving then suddenly he took a sit right here on the spot, rika exchange a glance with renamon trying to find something to tell her that she had planed this with galiant but all she saw was confusion on her digimon is face. So she had not planed this, and it seem that galiant was not moving, his eyes just looked at hers as if daring her to contradict him she smiled and shock her head. Sitting like that and with that look, she couldn't help but think about the goggle head and his stubborn streak, seeing how pointless an argument was going to be she sat herself down and frowned.

"Fine you guys win, but we need a fire"

"Good"

With out another world galiant stood up and walked away to find some wood to start a fire, rika glance at renamon who raised an eyebrow, she was as confused as rika.

"You're not following him?"

Renamon shock her head, she couldn't, or else she would be tempted to do something she had wanted to do since her mating cycle had began. Turning away from rika, she could feel the stare and confusion from her tamer.

"Some one might attack"

Rika seem to accept that but she was also a bit surprised that renamon didn't do her usual fading act; she hadn't been doing much of her usual things and that worried rika. She had noticed the subtle changes in renamon and she didn't like them, it usually meant that something was wrong with her, what it was how ever was going to be hard to figure out especially since renamon was such a private digimon.

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