Chapter 10: Tempusmon
"The gateway opens
Only once in a lifetime,
Do you go through
And take the chances?
Those that do,
May find the answer
Of the third world
Separated long ago."
Year: May 13, 2308
Location: Rock Pick County, Americanus North Neutral
Koko sighed as she wandered through the human world again, mikemon padding along beside her. Pride had released her to explore for now but she didn't care to use her new wings and preferred mikemon's company.
She had been tracking the path of Wrath's last rampage for an hour now and finally she could see the devastated town. She paused on the fringes, unsure how her new form would be accepted but still curious about Wrath's end.
Finally she picked up mikemon and launched into the air towards the town.
"Looks like we're just in time" Zev muttered, climbing off garurumon and helping Time down "Do your thing Cutie"
Time nodded, setting cutemon down as they padded over to the circle of DigiDestined.
Zev followed her, unsure how the others would accept him, while garurumon laid down to wait.
Strike was the first to speak, his eyes narrowed suspiciously "What do you want wolf-boy?"
"I do have a crest too; do I have to ask before bringing help?"
"Shh..." Time muttered as cutemon wove through the group to examine Ryan.
"She doesn't" Strike muttered, studying the girl for the first time "Crystal, take the others back. I'll finish clean-up."
Crystal watched him a moment then nodded and rounded up the four younger ones before heading back towards their base.
Time watched them go but said nothing as she sat down beside her partner and slipped out her two tokens.
After a few minutes Ryan stirred, wincing as the pain in his shoulder faded. Yaamon nuzzled his arm, nervously watching the cutemon.
Cutemon stepped back as she finished and slipped into her partner's lap. Time smiled faintly and rubbed her head before loading the tokens into her digivice "The angel said to show you something important, said only the DigiDestined could see..."
Koko paused on a building above the group of DigiDestined, starting as she recognized her brother. Before she could decide whether to approach or run though, the little girl in the middle glowed with a brilliant light.
Koko stared; riveted as the legendary Tempusmon took her place. The ruler of time, Tempusmon was as tall as a house and humanoid in form, though she had the ears of a pink rabbit, dressed in a flowing pink dress with the staff of time in one hand and the whip of justice in the other.
"Time has come" Tempusmon's strange, musical voice echoed back to Koko as she inched nervously closer. "Ancient power of the three worlds, open the portal"
Another blinding light flashed, this one a soft blue-green, as Tempusmon's staff tapped the ground then a portal ripped open in the sky above them.
Without warning Tempusmon bent down, picked up the three DigiDestined and their partners, and shot through the portal.
Koko launched into the sky after them, hardly thinking as she dove in a second before it closed, mikemon clinging to her back now.
