Disclaimer: see previous chapters

Chapter 11 moonlight waltz

Shinji strolled over to where Rei and Gatomon were watching the waves. "Hey Rei" Shinji waved as he came to stand beside her.

"Ikari" Rei replied coldly

'Ouch what did I do now' Shinji thought as Terriermon replied to Rei's greeting "Ouch! What's got your undies in a bunch?"

"Terriermon!" Shinji scolded the dog bunny

"What? Something has her wound tighter than foxymon's bandages and I wanna know what it is…I mean the kid with the cloak nearly KILLED Renamon and she and Asuka aren't getting snippy about it so my question is just what did you do to deserve the cold shoulder?" Terriermon asked giving Shinji a worried look.

Shinji was about to protest the harshness of Terriermon's argument when Gatomon spoke up "He's right Rei…I know you're mad about the toy town but that doesn't give you the right to shut people out"

Rei looked down at Gatomon locking her eyes with those of her kitty companion and suddenly felt a pain in her chest; this wasn't the same pain she had felt when Shinji had spoken harshly to her in toy town this was different "Gatomon is right I am sorry…Shinji" Rei apologised and as she did the pain left her 'Guilt…that's what the commander called it' she thought as she turned to Shinji awaiting his response.

Shinji breathed out a sigh of relief "ah…yeah…me too, I'm sorry about what happened at toy town…I didn't mean to…to act like my dad it's just…being the leader is getting to me and well…" Shinji trailed off turning red.

Terriermon grinned and was about to start teasing Shinji stealthily about his crush when a swift wind by the name of Renamon picked him up and carried him away, this event was unnoticed by both children as they were too wrapped up in their own world.

"Hey what'd you do that for" Terriermon asked when Renamon finally let go of him

"If you tease him he'll never say it" Renamon replied

"Nah Shinji stronger then you give him credit for, he'd say it eventually…besides its fun to watch him get nervous" Terriermon grinned.

"You do know you can tease him more after he gets this off his chest" Renamon stated slyly.

"oohhh you ARE evil" Terriermon laughed

"Which one of us wanted to tease in the first place?" Renamon replied

"Hmm touché Foxymon" the dog bunny sighed in defeat

"Well we should get something to eat and rest up we have a big task ahead of us tomorrow…and don't call me foxymon" Renamon stated flatly grabbing a fish.

"So" Shiro began as he hopped out of the tree landing with a degree of grace equal to the twenty foot drop, there was a thud but to the boy's credit he didn't fall on his butt and made no indication that it hurt when his feet hit the ground 'apparently Craniummon's attack hurt me too' he thought turning to face the red haired girl "Ten bucks says he totally chickens out" he stated offering her a hand up, Asuka took his hand and pulled herself up and stated into the boy's eyes "You got yourself a bet pal" She grinned

The rest of the night was rather uneventful for the group other then Shiro's Digivice morphing to match the rest of the group's (A/N: he was using season one until now that's why he didn't use cards against Machinedramon) and after the commotion from the event had died down the Digidestined fell asleep peacefully under the stars.

Elsewhere another moonlight meeting was taking place although this one was of a darker nature, pitch black to be exact just like the large portal covering the digital sky "Lilithmon, Daemon go though the portal to the human world and stop the bridge from forming" Lucemon commanded turning to west to see a familiar Digimon "Wisemon, what brings you to this part of the Dark area?" Lucemon asked once his generals were gone to their tasks "The grey lord wishes an audience with you Dark lord Lucemon and there has been a revelation of sorts concerning the second coming" Wisemon replied.

Lucemon stood in thought for a moment "I shall attend to the grey lord's matters at another time, tell me of this revelation oh messenger of the dark" Lucemon asked, not because he couldn't rip the answers from Wisemon but because even demon lord must have respect for transcendent Digimon like the dark sage Wisemon.

"Simple lord Lucemon 'it' shall return and the hazard will be the only thing that can stop 'it'" Wisemon responded.

"Then I must acquire Matsuki's power quickly…tell the grey lord I shall see him tomorrow Wisemon…" Lucemon trailed off motioning for Wisemon to take his leave. 'Damn it…stupid goggle head' Lucemon thought dreading his trip to the grey lord's manor.

Little did the sinister angel know that a dimension away his thoughts were being echoed by a little red haired girl 'Stupid goggle head' Rika thought as she walked toward Guilmon's hut to meet Takato Matsuki her so called goggle head, he was only her goggle head because she was the only one who used that nickname not for any romantic indication mind you, at least this is what Rika Nonaka thought to herself while staring at the present she brought to give to the boy "Hey Rika" Takato hollered as he came up the steps 'speak of the Devimon and he shall appear' she thought turning face him as a digital field appear around them, Rika sighed "Speak not think" she groined as she whipped out Digivice and cards.

Elsewhere another red head had started a Digimon battle of another kind "God damn it, Shinji this deck you gave me sucks!" Asuka exclaimed throwing her hands up in defeat for the eighth time. "Well come on Asuka I didn't make it to play the card game, I made it to be practical given our current situation" Shinji responded with a laugh.

Shiro was about to give his two cents when Kensuke called him and BK over for a test.

"Ok well I don't get this stuff I mean I understand that they can power up Renamon but…I need help" Asuka whispered so that only Shinji could hear. Shinji smiled gently nodding but before he could start explain anything to Asuka a loud thud interrupted them "Next time you ask something like that I'll make you EAT that damn power book" Shiro screamed as he thumped away from Kensuke who was getting up slowly holding his jaw.

Maria spoke up first "what happened?"

Kensuke shrugged "I just asked him if I could load Black Agumon's data on my laptop and he freaked out" Shinji groined at his friend's reply "Kensuke do you know what it means to load data in the digital world?" Shinji asked jamming his fingers against the bridge of his nose. "Ah no…should I?" Kensuke shook his head.

"No I suppose not, well Shiro and BK loaded Machinedramon's data" Shinji stated

"Machinedramon…" Kensuke repeated trailing off until the event clicked in his mind "Oh crap! I have to go talk to him" Kensuke blurted as he tried running after Shiro only to be knocked to the ground when Asuka stuck her arm out and clothes lined him. "I'll go talk to him you stay here spaz" Asuka stated walking off to talk Shiro.

Zetamon laughed from his crystal prison inside the dark area though he could not affect the outside world he could still watch it and what he saw amused him to no end not only had his capture of Omnimon left the royal knights nearly useless in their mission to purify the digital world but the grey lord was playing right into his hands but the event to top everything was the fact that Megidramon had left his seat of power 'little does the great dragon know what it shall cost him' Zetamon thought as he summoned his newest recruit "Omnimon go and crush Gallantmon the dark knight must not gain his power" Omnimon struggled foreword but no matter what he found he could not attack the dark mass before him, finally he heaved a sigh "Yes Master" the fusion knight replied and flew off to crush his former friend.

End of chapter 11…to be continued

Author's note: shorter then what I normally post but I thought I leave the big fights for next chapter

Terriermon: alright today's trivia question is who is the strongest rookie Digimon.

BK: Whoever gets it right gets a minor story token

Lantz: oh and please read and review I will answer every review sent from now on 