as tai and davis were still recovering from their 'little arguement', takato helped, kuroi and izzy planning for the war with the demons.

izzy was currently speaking with henry, takato, matt and ken. henry was discharged from the sickbay, but still had to ride around in a wheelchair, because walking could strain his back too much for now.

"as far as we know, the digital world has been divided in three."

izzy spoke loud and clear.

"the first is called the bog. it's under control of the demon lords. the bog is divided into seven factions, each with their own respective lands. this land consists of the entire east sector, plus spiral mountain and file island. for as far as recon goes, it's a mess. it's a wasteland, filled with viruses, who costantly battle and feast on each other. any digimon we sent in so far, got killed within ten minutes."

henry grimaced.

"the second is known as tengoku. the digimon sovereighns put up their most powerful barriers, to protect that land. it's a haven for digimon who escaped the bog. unfortunately, the barrier takes up so much energy, that the sovereighns can't fight for themselves."

"the third part is called the wastelands. it's a completely neutral sector under the supervision of neptunemon, dragomon and minervamon."

ken grimaced at the name dragomon. the hermit digimon had the weird obsession for making kari his 'queen' and stopping at absolutely nothing to get her.

kuroi spun around in his own chair, and looked as if he had something on his mind.

takato saw this and nudged his cap-wearing comrade.

"ah! yes. well, at least god hasn't left us completely, because there is something going on in the world. AND for a change of pace, it actually benefits us for once."

with that, izzy lifted one eyebrow. "and that whould be?"

"all over the world. people have been getting in contact with digimon. i don't know why, but the numbers of new tamers are multiplying like rabbits in heat out there."

everyone was pleasantly suprised by this news. takato asked if kuroi could locate them.

"i'll try to locate as much as possible, but it'll take awhile. probably two- three weeks at the very least."

with that izzy dismissed the meeting, and henry rolled over to takato.

"hey takato."

henry's face was dead-serious.

"please help me get stronger."

the next three weeks went by in a blur. takato was training henry all day, and when they finally exited the battle simulator, both of them were covered in scratches. tai and davis were also discharged from the hospital, and started training with rika and ryo to increase their time limit in biomerge form. appearently the four knuckleheads were quite talented, because in two weeks time, their limit went from 30 seconds to 45 minutes. (even though they would fall unconcious from overexhaustion every time they reverted). willis had to returned to colorado because digimon had started attacking there too. cody, matt and ken went along to assist him in battle.

"dai-chan? tai-nii? can i speak with you two for a second?" kari purpously adressed the two by the nicknames closest to them, in order to keep them calm.

tai was the first to react."yeah? what's up sis?"

"i want to talk to you two about when you started fighting... what were you two THINKING?! you could have killed everyone around you! you could have killed each other!"

both of them could see a great sadness in her eyes.

"kari, i did it, because you're still my little sister! i care about you! i know out of personal experience that davis is reckless. you'll just end up hurt.. or worse-"

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT!" by now, kari's eyes were full of unshed tears. she was shaking, and tried to stay strong towards her older brother.

"tai. i love you, and you know that full well. but i also love davis! he made me realise feelings, i haven't felt in a looong time! i know he's a reckless moronic, doofy, foolish knucklehead, but i really love him. besides, you're exactly the same... i'm twenty-two. i can't always stay that eight year old brat, who collapses with a fever when she gets too stressed."

tai held kari in a tight hug, and buried his face in her hair.

"i know sis... but i almost lost you three times. i just don't want to see you get hurt again."

finally davis took action. he stepped forward, and placed his hand on tai's shoulder. looked at him with a stern look and petted kari's head.

"tai... i promise on my own grave, that i won't allow ANYONE to hurt kari. you know me. i'd rather die than see her get hurt. please... just give me- no... US a chance."

tai let go of kari, and lowered his gaze. he sighed deeply.

"i guess... i kinda overreacted. kari, if this is what makes you happy... then who am i to deny you that happyness... (huff) fine. BUT NO SEX!"

kari beamed at him.

"thanks big bro... but you're kinda late on the sex thing... we already did it a few times."

tai shot davis a death-glare. davis just grinned nervously.

"well, the good news is, that we don't have to keep it a secret anymore, so... kari wanna grab a bite? my treat. you wanna come too tai?"

"nah... you two enjoy yourselves, as long as hell hasn't broken loose."

the two love-birds walked out of the warehouse, and mimi came in.

"that was the best thing you could have done in this situation. "

tai held her in a tight hug, and whispered sweet nothings in her ear. they parted, and engaged in a very long, passionate kiss. "tai. i believe that matt won't be in his room for a while. sooo... we can't disturb him now."

he looked at his wife with a lustful expression on his face, and huskily asked why they were standing in the warehouse for. he then proceeded to carry her bridal style to their room, unknowing that in a shadow across the room, another person was looking at them with sad eyes full of unshed tears. the voice that came from the person was hoarse, and cracked.

"...idiot..."