The guard team took turns to patrol the area. Kazu and Guardromon strode around like vigilant soldier. Jeri chatted with Calumon near the Sovereigns while Suzie, Mako and their digimon huddled together seemly discussing which cards would be effective in battle. There was no sign of any evil digimon but an uneasy feeling passed through them all. It was like the calm before the storm, only the storm arrived in an unexpected way.
Dark grey clouds swirled in the sky. All of them stood together with three tamers clutching their digimon cards, one holding onto the digivice and another with Calumon. Lightning streaked here and there before a figure slowly descended. A look of surprise and shock flashed across their face as Azulongmon floated above them.
"Azulongmon," barked Zhuqiamon, the first to speak up. "Where have you been?"
The old blue dragon glanced at the tamers to the two sovereigns before replying. " I was...investigating. It would seem our worst fears might come true. The enemy from the past is almost back."
"What do you mean?"asked Takato.
"No, it can't be!" growled Zhuqiamon. "H-he... surely was..."
"I know. But he is back. Rather, it would seem he will come back if we don't do something," said Azulongmon.
"Then you mean to say that our worst fears have arisen yet again," added Ebuwonmon. "Does that mean that...?"
"Yes, it will. We have no choice," added Azulongmon, solemnly.
"What are you talking about? Whose coming back?" called Kazu.
The three holy beasts silently gazed at each other before the blue dragon spoke up. "We didn't think this enemy would come back for he was seemingly defeated a long time ago. But it would seem that is not so. "
"Can you get to the point?" yelled Kazu, impatiently.
"Kazu, stop," said Takato. The teen with the visor shut up instantly.
"The enemy we are talking about is quite related to the prophecy that you all heard. He is the one who transcends time."
"Transcends time? Is something like that even possible?" asked Jeri.
"Even us holy beasts cannot. However, you could say this digimon is special. A long time ago, we thought we put an end to this evil creature with help of the chosen children..."
"Who are the chosen children? Were they tamers like us?" asked Takato.
"They too were human and digimon partners however their powers are a little different from yours. But let us not digress. We confirmed that the digimon had indeed been vanquished before. However, the current uneasiness is no doubt because of him. As I wandered through the digital world, I happened to come across an anomaly area. This place was gloomy and desolate with but a large mountain. I circled around the place and tried to go in, but some force stopped me. Then a dark beam hit me and felt my energy being drained. With the little power I had left, I managed to create a barrier around myself. Just before the last bit of my energy disappeared, I caught sight of the digimon that had caused this. It wasn't just one but 4 of them. Shockingly, they were all devimon but of different attributes."
"What? Devimon?" cried Takato."And with different attributes you say?"
"Yes. But they were normal. In fact, they were huge, almost as much as I or any of the other sovereigns," added Azulongmon.
"That's preposterous! There's no something like that can happen while we are around!" cried the phoenix.
"But it has. And it is unfortunate but Baihumon has been caught. They have enshrined him in some kind of closure which even I am unable to break through. They were about to trap me as well however I managed to escape. Since then I have been hiding to restore my lost energy," ended Azulongmon.
"What could be these Devimons' objective? Surely, it isn't as simple as capturing the 4 holy beasts," said Jeri.
"You're right. It doesn't make sense. Besides, the sovereigns are much stronger than them... unless... unless they have some sort of special device or power. If so, then we need to find out the source," said Takato.
"Here's what I think. It's also quite possible that the Devimons wanna capture the holy beast to help revive this time traveller of a digimon," stated Kazu. The other gaped at him in shock. "What?"
"N-Nothing. Just surprised that you thought that far, Kazu," stated Takato.
"Hey, don't underestimate me! I can be a pretty good detective, ya' know?"
"Ya and I'll be your sidekick, Kazu," chimed in Guardromon. The two shared a smile.
"So... what should we do? Do we protect the sovereign or find the source of the Devimons power? asked Mako.
"We're gonna split into yet another group, won't we? One to find the source and another protect the holy beasts," said Suzie.
"We don't need protection from the likes of you! We can handle ourselves quite well!" growled Zhuqiamon, scaring Suzie. She hid behind Mako who blushed.
"For now, let's wait for Henry and the others. Maybe they might have found something as well," said Takato. "Oh that's right! Who is this digimon, the one who goes beyond time?"
"The digimon is..." started Azulongmon, but he was interrupted by the appearance of three dark glowing digimon.
A/N: Yes, yes. You all more or less know who this 'time traveller' of a digimon is. Let me know what you felt about this chapter.