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Digimon Adventure 02
A New Threat
It's hard to believe how much has changed since that year we went to the Digital World. Tai and Yuuki are married and have a little girl. Matt and Sora are also married and are expecting their first child. Kari and I are getting married in two months while Taiyou went to study over seas and everyone else simply scattered about.
We thought that when we sealed Millenniummon that it was over. However what we didn't know was that the worst was yet to come. –TK
Chapter Eleven
"Kari get them out of here." Ryo said as he and the other tamers along with the four top Data Squad agents, who had join them right as Daemon attacked, held the psychotic Digimon back. "Take Rika and Nika to a safe place" We'll hold Daemon off and meet you later!"
"Alright." Kari said
"Come on mom, and I'll explain later." Lloyd said jumping down with Nika on his back. "Is there somewhere we can go?"
"Well there is that place." Kouji said evolving into his Digimon form. "Kari, you remember the house where Bokomon was?"
"Of course. Angewomon?"
"Right." She said picking Kari up.
"That's the best place to take them." Kouji said.
"Where is it?" Lloyd asked as a winged horse Digimon appeared beside him.
"Just follow us." Zoe said Digivolving to Kazemon.
"Is it safe?" Lloyd asked as he and Kousei flew behind Kazemon over a village full of flames.
"It's very safe." said a voice from below.
"Who is that?" Zoe asked
"No way." Kousei said smiling. "Rhayne." He added as they landed and the girl came out.
"I didn't thing me and Kitai were the only ones that were here." she said looking at Kousei, Lloyd, Tomika, Reitou, Kiya and Nika on Lloyd's back.
"Only ones." Kari asked confused as Angewomon landed.
"See the eight of us are the next generation of Digidestined." Rhayne said who confused the others as to how she was one of them since there wasn't a Digimon anywhere near her. "My name is Rhayne Kanbara." she added surprising Zoe and Takuya, causing Zoe to fall over uncharacteristically from shock.
"That means…you're…"
"Yep I'm your daughter and I carry the wind spirit." Rhayne said, surprising Zoe farther "I took after my mother."
"You…you…you're…really…my daughter…then." Zoe said still shocked.
"Yeah." Rhayne said smiling.
"She used the dark powers, didn't she?" asked another voice from deep in the shadows.
"Shinsetsu?" Reitou asked hopefully.
"Yeah Reitou, looks like they sent us all here." he said "Nika used the dark powers, didn't she?" he asked again confusing Kari.
"Dark power?" she asked
"She didn't tell you?" Shinsetsu ask as Lloyd laid Nika down on the bed.
"Uh no, she said losing Kanoi is what pulled her into the Dark Ocean, but that's all she told me."
"That's not all that happened." Shinsetsu sighed. "Nika spent years in the Dark Ocean though in the real world it was only one day. The years she spent there caused her to gain dark powers and that's what release Daemon. But it wasn't just the loss of Kanoi that set her off."
"What do you mean?" Kari asked
"She learned that the true reason she…"
"Shinsetsu!" Lloyd snapped forcefully. "Enough."
"Sorry." he said leaving Kari to look at them both more confused than ever.
"It's nothing mom." Lloyd said. "I'm staying with Nika, you guys head to the Harmonious Ones and find out what's going on."
"Kari…" TK trailed off. "Can I talk to you?"
"Sure TK. What's up?" Kari asked, following him a little way away from everyone.
"Why don't you stay here with them?" asked TK "I have a feeling whatever happened it was to you."
"Yeah, I think you're right and Lloyd and Nika don't want me to know." Kari said
"Talk to them." TK said. "I'm sure that when everyone's gone they'll tell you."
"Maybe. I'll definitely talk to them though." she said
"Alright." TK said as he led them back to the others. "You guys ready?" he asked as Kari walked back to the room where Nika was resting.
"We're ready." Rika and Taiyou said.
"I'm ready as well." Zoe and Reitou said together.
"We're ready too." Tai said as Yuuki and the others agreed. Then Tai noticed that Kari wasn't there, so he walked to where he had a feeling she would be. "Hey Kari?" Tai asked as he walked into the room.
"Yeah" she asked
"You okay?" Tai asked placing his hand on her shoulder
"Yeah I'm just going to stay with them."
"I figured." He said as he thought back to what Reitou told him about why Nika had the powers that she did.
"Alright see you guys when you guys get back."
"Yeah." Tai said slowly. "Just stay safe."
"I will. You guys too."
"We will." Tai said as he walked out to the others. "You guys ready?" and they left as Nika woke.
"How are you feeling?" Kari asked walking over to her.
"Uh…drained." Nika said slowly trying to sit up.
"Nika, Lloyd, please tell me what really happened in your time."
"Well…"
"We never knew you in our time." Lloyd said bluntly and Nika sighed.
"Something happened to me after you were born, didn't it?"
"Yeah." said Nika quietly. "We were just kids and were playing in the park with you and uncle Tai when suddenly you disappeared."
"I disappeared? Well that's strange."
"We never knew you or where you went to." Lloyd said. "Nika had her ability that linked her to you, but I didn't have anything. Then we found out the truth when Kanoi was killed."
"The truth?" Kari asked
"Yeah it was Daemon that made you disappeared." Shinsetsu told her. "I know because I was in the Dark Ocean as well. When I felt unloved because of my sister who was the oldest and got all the attention."
"But wait how did Daemon make me disappear?"
"He opened a gateway to another world." Shinsetsu said shocking the twins and Kari.
"So, it's possible to get my back, isn't it?"
"If we can find that portal or destroy Daemon for good." he told her.
"Then let's destroy him."
"It's not that easy." said a voice from the doorway. One that Nika knew well, but couldn't believe that he wasn't actually there."
"K-Kanoi? I-Is it really…?"
"Yeah, I don't know how or what's going on, but the last thing I remember is the fight with the Vilemon." he told her.
"KANOI!" Nika shouted running to him.
"I don't believe it." Lloyd said smiling, but Kari was confused
"Wait you told me he was killed." Kari asked confused
"Wait what?" Kanoi asked shocked. "What do you mean you thought I was dead?"
"Kanoi you've been missing for seven months." Nika said from his arms.
"Seven months?" Kanoi asked even more shocked. "But I don't-"
"You said the last thing you remember was a Vilemon. When was that?" Kari asked
"Nika and I were fighting some Vilemon that had come through to the real world, but that was seven months ago." Kanoi said. "the last thing I felt was getting hit in the back and then I was here."
"Nika, I think before you all were sent here, you were shown an illusion." Kari said
"Daemon must have sent him to another plane like he did with mom." Nika said "But I don't understand why he did it to begin with. Do you mom?"
"It has something to do with our shared crest." Kari told her. "That is the only thing that makes sense. Kanoi do you have a crest?"
"No but my father is Kouji and he's the Warrior of Light."
"That might have something to do with it. Did you inherit your father's warrior spirit?" Kari asked and Kanoi nodded.
"So maybe that's why he attacked like that." Lloyd said. "Because you two have the powers of Light."
"Mom do you really think what I saw was an illusion?" Nika asked a little sceptical.
"I think it's possible, and it's also possible that Kanoi might have developed slight amnesia."
"Well it would make sense." Kanoi said. "I did get my father's spirit warrior, while Kiya got the water spirit."
"I think that's why he was targeting you both. Like Lloyd said you both are holders of Light." Kari said
"But why is he targeting us?" Kanoi asked as they heard a call down the hall.
"It sounds like the others are back." Lloyd said getting up. "Kanoi you guys stay here and I'll let the others know."
"Wait why…?"
"Kanoi to the others you have been dead, Lloyd will let them know before you go." Nika said as Lloyd walked out of the room and right into Reitou, who was coming to check on Nika.
"Sorry Reitou, I was in a hurry. Can you get the others? I mean just the ones from our time."
"Yeah, I can get them, but did something happen?"
"You could say that." Lloyd said. "Bring them to Nika's room, alright?"
"Alright." Reitou said and she left to get her friends while Lloyd walked back to the room and sat down, then he sighed.
"Kanoi I would try not to do what you did to us, to them."
"Which was what?"
"Scare us silly." Nika said smiling as Reitou walked in with the others stopping dead when they saw Kanoi sitting with Nika.
"Kanoi?" Reitou asked
"Kanoi? Is that really you?" Kiya asked shocked to see her brother.
'Yeah it's a long story." Kanoi told them. "But from what we have figured out is while Nika and I were distracted by the Vilemon, he attacked from behind."
"So how…" Tomika asked as everyone got in the room.
"All we know is that what I saw was actually an illusion." Nika told them from Kanoi's arms.
"Then next thing we know is that I'm here and I found Nika here by remembering what Dad always told us about the house here."
"So how is it we all thought…" Rhayne started.
"Daemon sent him to another plane…just like he did with mom." Nika said. "But he managed to escape and found his way here somehow."
"However, I couldn't remember anything after the Vilemon." Kanoi said and Tomika, who could sense when people were lying, smiled.
"Guys he's telling the truth." she said and Kari nodded.
"He's not lying at all and Daemon does have the ability of illusions." Kari said
"So, what now?" asked Kousei. "I mean Daemon is going to know Kanoi is here sooner or later."
"Reitou, go get dad and the others. Take them to the top room and we'll go from there, alright?" asked Nika
"Okay." Reitou said and she left to get Tai and the others.
"The others are still going to wonder what's going one." Kanoi said "And we don't know everything."
"It doesn't matter." Nika said "We'll tell them what we know and we also need to find out what the Harmonious Ones said." she added looking at Kari, who nodded.
"Nika's right, let's just go meet up with everyone." Kari said and they went up to the room where everyone was waiting. "What did you guys learn from the Harmonious Ones?"
"Not much than we already knew, except for one thing." Ryo said as they got to the room. "All they knew was that Daemon is after something that he could only get here."
"That's not very helpful." Kari said
"No, it's not and the bad thing is they don't know what it is he's after either." Ryo said.
"So how do we figure it out?" Tamrie asked
"Well it must be something to do with my crest." Kari said. "Think about it, he attacked at my wedding and attacked my daughter, who also carries the Crest of Light and her fiancé, who inherited the Warrior of Light's spirit. It has something to do with the light."
"The Light?" Autumn asked
"To get rid of it I think." Kari said
"I wonder if it means that he knew the legend." Tagiru said confusing the others.
"Legend?" Taiyou asked
"Yeah, before we faced him there was a legend about the Warriors of Light." Taiki said. "We couldn't read the whole text, but there was a line about the Light bearers bringing the downfall of the darkness."
"Interesting. I wonder how we do that." Kari said
"I don't know, but I have a feeling that Daemon does." Tagiru said
"That must be why…" Kanoi said quietly, but Nika heard and knew what he was talking about. He was talking about her and the powers that everyone thought she got in the Dark Ocean, but in truth, she was born with them.
"It has to be…"
"Care to fill us in?" Kari asked, using a tone that a mother used to let her child know that they're in trouble if they didn't answer.
"Think about it mom, Daemon gets rid of…one of the light bearers." Nika said looking at Kari and she knew what Nika was going to say. "But he doesn't think that there may be more than the two, that's when he learns about me and Kanoi."
"So, he splits you two up and makes Nika think that you two died so that she would be surrounded in Darkness." Tomika said
"Exactly." Nika said thankful that no one besides Kanoi knew about her true darkness. "Because of the two warring inside, I can't do anything. I think his goal in coming here is to get rid of the original Light bearers, mom and Kouji. So that Kanoi and I won't be born."
"Which is again, why he attacked me at my wedding." Kari said. "I'd had a bad feeling all day about it."
"Exactly mother, but now we have three" Nika said, knowing that Kari would understand.
"I think you mean four." Kari said that Nika knew Kari had already sensed the darkness in her and why Nika had lost control the way she did.
"Mom, I can't." Nika said shaking her head. "Not with the Darkness."
"Nika Darkness isn't a bad thing unless you make it that way." Kouichi told her repeating the same exact words that Patamon had told him once before. "Believe me light and Darkness co-exist with one another, they can't exist without one another."
"I also think that you may find that you can control both types." Kouji said, as Kari who had already sensed it nodded.
"Do you really think so mom?" Nika asked
"I do, in face I know you could. Just believe in yourself."
"I can't control the Darkness though." Nika said as Taiyou walked up to her.
"You can though. Don't fear it, fear is how you lose control. Trust me I was afraid the first time I came here and learned that I held the Darkness crest. However, I eventually learned that I had to accept it and not be afraid. After that I learned how to control the Darkness." Taiyou told her.
"Wait you're the one with the Dark Crest?" Nika asked shocked.
"I am." Taiyou said. "Why?"
"I didn't know anyone else who had the Darkness, besides Shinsetsu there."
"My mother was the one who taught me, Nika." Shinsetsu said before he realized what he said.
"I have a son?" Taiyou asked shocked. "I'm not even dating anyone or anything right now. So how is that possible?"
"Uh…never mind." Shinsetsu said looking at Ken then back to back to Taiyou. "I'm going outside for a bit." he added walking out the door.
"What was that about?" Taiyou asked
"Why did he look at Ken and then Taiyou again?" Kari asked, "That was weird."
"Mom…" Nika said causing Kari to look at her, and though she only looked at Nika, Kari realized the truth.
"Oh." Kari whispered to herself, her eyes showing her realization. She nodded at Nika. "I don't know that it matters right now. What really matters is defeating Daemon for good."
"Okay so how do we do that?" TK asked
"Well I know he's not expecting the four of us, because he thinks my powers are useless." Nika said
"And he doesn't know about me." Kanoi said. "So, I think we have a slight advantage over him, right father?"
"Yeah, Kari?" Kouji asked looking at the other light keeper.
"Yeah and I think Taiyou, Kouichi and Shinsetsu may be able to trap him in the Darkness because they are Warriors of Darkness."
"We can't just trap him." Lloyd said. "He has to be destroyed."
"Oh, I think that the four Light Warriors can handle it." Takuya said. "Now getting to him may be another story."
"Exactly the three dark warriors will trap him and the four of us will then destroy him." Kari said.
"How do we find him though?" Taiyou asked.
"I think Ryo and I can handle that." Ken said smiling. "Show them Ryo."
"You guys remember the spore that was in Ken a few weeks ago?" Ryo asked as Rika caught onto what Ryo was planning.
"Yeah, so you think that will help us find him?" Rika asked
"More than think. Because of the fact that I have the same powers as Millenniumon, I can activate the power in the spore, the way that Daemon had planned on doing. However, this time Ken can back track it with his own ability." Ryo said shocking the others. Just then Shinsetsu walked back in and Taiyou could tell that he was upset with himself.
"Shinsetsu, come here a moment, please." Taiyou asked.
"Yeah?" he asked following her away from the others.
"You shouldn't be so upset with yourself. How could you know that I and whoever your father is, haven't started dating yet? Don't blame yourself, that anger at yourself could cause you to lose control of the Darkness and we don't want that to happen. Especially since we're going to need you." she said smiling at him.
"It's not that. I told myself that I wouldn't say anything to let you know who I was or that I was your son." Shinsetsu said looking back at Ken. Taiyou followed his gaze and an understanding lit her eyes. She then blushed like crazy because she had already started to crush on Ken. "It doesn't matter anyway."
"Why didn't you want me to know? Why were you afraid of my finding out?"
"I didn't want to change anything." Shinsetsu said. "Though there are somethings I wish I could change." he added quietly looking down.
"Like what?"
"My s-" he started then stopped. "Never mind. I don't want to talk about it." he said then he walked away from Taiyou leaving her shocked.
"Anyway, let's get Daemon and defeat him for good." Taiyou said as she returned to the group.
"Uh…Shin, you okay?" Kanoi asked. Shinsetsu nodded his head, but Nika and Kari both knew that he wasn't.
"Hey, talk to me or mom later, okay?" Nika asked as they walked to the lower floor.
"Yeah." he said but Nika could tell he was really upset as could Kari.
"Hey, you guys go on ahead. I'll be there in a moment." Kari said then she looked at Shinsetsu. "Hey Shinsetsu, come here." she added holding her arms out to hug him.
"Thanks Kari." he said as he walked back into her and broke down.
"No problem. Do you want to talk or just have a moment?"
"No, I'll be alright." Shinsetsu said. "Besides we don't have time for this even if I do."
"Well alright. Let's go defeat Daemon once and for all."
"Y-Yeah." he said and followed the others at a far distance. Kari then walked up to Nika and tapped her on the shoulder. From the look in Nika's eyes when she turned to her mother, Kari wasn't going to like the answer, but she asked anyway.
"Why does he treat Taiyou and Ken like he doesn't know them?"
"Because he doesn't." Nika said "Not really, Shinsetsu lost Ken and Taiyou when he was ten, right after he learned to control the Darkness, it's how his sister got killed too."
"Oh."
"That's why he's been keeping them at a distance." Nika said. "Because he knows that even if we change the past here, Taiyou, Ken and Zukato still die in a car wreck and there isn't anything that he can do about it. So, he has to go back to where they aren't"
"They get into a car accident? Is it a drunk driver or just some idiot?"
"I don't know." Nika said. "I just know what dad told me."
"What did he tell you? Or was it just that they were in an accident?"
"Just that they were in an accident and that we were going to take him in."
"Ah, I wish there was something more we could do." Kari said. "Like a way to prevent the accident or something."
"When Rika found out she was furious as you can imagine."
"She has a temper and it's scary." Kari said nodding
"Well there was something that the investigation did bring in that was strange." Tomika said walking over to them.
"What?"
"It was a remnant of a red cloth that was torn on the bushes where their car crashed." Tomika said "A cloth that only one Digimon wore."
"Daemon." Kari said.
"Yeah and Shinsetsu thinks it's his fault because he controls the Darkness like Taiyou." Tomika said.
"Oh god, it's not his fault at all. I wonder if we defeat Daemon here, in my time, will the accident still happen?" Kari asked, "I'm starting to think Daemon found a way to tamper with the breaks."
"No, I think it was more to do with the electric in the car." Tomika said looking at her cousin. "I don't know that if we get rid of him here it the accident will still happen, but I'm not letting my cousin down." she added and walked to him placing her arm around him.
"Sounds like her mother doesn't she" Nika asked Kari.
"That she does."
"Anyway, let's stop Daemon once and for all." Nika said as she and Kari followed Tomika and Shinsetsu down the hall not knowing that they were being watched at that very moment.
"That's it gather together and try to stop me. I won't fail this time." He said and disappeared into the shadows.