Um, yeah, it has been how long? Like, a month or two? Sorry fro the wait, but I have been very busy with school and planning how I will graduate high school early, take an acting class, and then to off to college for 2 years before moving to NYC, so I have been trying to be good about stuff… but sadly, I found out about this amazing new show, Legend of the Seeker, and it has sucked me in and I can't get out… But I will now make it up to you guys, so here is the next chapter! Oh, and the last chapter as chapter 11, but I accidently labeled it as chapter 10 at the beginning.

Chapter 12

Recruiting

"We're almost there," BurningGreymon said to Daisuke, who was holding onto one of the beast digimons large wings.

"Yeah, I see it," he replied, looking at the towering furnaces of the Flame Terminal.

Within a half hour they landed just outside the forest that surrounded the village and were being greeted by crowds of small digimon, ranging from in training to rookie level.

"You came back!" they all chanted together.

"Have you come to battle Lucemon and save us once again?" a Poromon asked them.

"Yes, but we need all the help that we can get," Takuya said.

"We'll help you!" the Biyomon called out through the commotion, followed by the calls of all other rookie level Digimon.

"Will there be chocolate involved?" some Pagumon asked.

"Come with us," a Poromon said. "Someone has been searching for you, high and low, near and far, and will be very pleased to see you!"

The digi-destined followed them to a small house about a half-mile out of town, where they knocked on the door and were greeted by a great surprise.

Instead of a strange new Digimon, it was simply an old friend, Bokomon, followed by Neemon.

"Takuya!" Bokomon shrieked, his voice squeaking. "How good to see you my boy! I have been searching for you everywhere, and was beginning to think that Lucemon had found you all and killed you!"

"It's great to see you too," Takuya said, kneeling down so that the small Digimon could wrap his little arms around the humans' neck.

"Who're you?" Neemon asked, stepping beside Bokomon and starring at Daisuke as if he had never seen a human before.

"This is Daisuke," Takuya said. "Bokomon, he's on of the Digi-destined that you told us about. The ones who defeated to original Kaiser."

"So my theory worked?" the small Digimon squealed with delight.

A few minutes later, they were all sitting on the grass talking, the humans sharing story of their adventures and how they defeated the Kaiser and found Ellie, while Bokomon and Neemon listened intently.

"What happened to you after we left, anyway?" Takuya finally asked the Digimon.

"Oh, nothing good," Bokomon replied. "Shortly after you left, the Kaiser came in the flesh. He had seen a flash come from the area and came himself to investigate it. Well, since the land had become so barren, there was nowhere for us to run to, and we also got caught and enslaved. I saw Kelly when the Kaiser had you give her up, and I also saw Kouji, though I wasn't exactly a friend to either of them at the time. Are they alright? Neemon and I left as soon as the fortress began to shake. When we got out, the Royal Knights helped us get rid of those cursed dark rings, and we ran."

"They're fine," Daisuke said. "They were a little beat, but they're fine now."

Bokomon sighed, "I'm glad. I just can't believe that the Royal Knights really came to our aid at the Kaisers fortress."

"They helped us a second time, actually," Takuya said. "After we defeated the Kaiser, we were on our way to find Ellie when Lucemon and Cupidmon attacked us. We were as good as dead, but those guys showed up just in time."

"So peace really did come to the Digital World," the small Digimon said with a smile. "And what of the other warriors? Have they been reborn to the side of good?"

Takuya nodded, "They also showed up in time to save us. We were in a battle against MetalPhantomon and all seemed to be lost. Kouji was hurt defending Mindy—go figure—and we were all trying to just defeat MetalPhantomon and his Gokuwamon, but we were failing miserably. But then Mercurymon, Ranamon, Arbormon and Grumblemon all came a spooked the remaining spiders away!"

"Ah, and they are waiting for you to return, I take it?"

Takuya was silent for a minute, "They are at Seraphimons castle right now, that's where Kouichi, Junpei and Ellie are headed right now."

"Well Neemon," Bokomon said, standing up from his spot on the ground. "There is a war going on here. Are you in or out?"

"I'm in, the rabbit like Digimon replied. "Will I get new pants, though?"

"Come on people, there's a war on our hands!" Junpei called through the halls of the castle.

"We are simple servants in this castle," a Palmon said, stopping her mopping to look at the children and the group of Digimon that stood behind them. "We can't fight."

"Step aside," Ellie said, pushing the boy away and standing in his place. "Listen up!" her shout caught the attention of most of the people hustling and bustling through the palace. "There is a war going down, and we need an army, so either you come and fight with us, or you stay here and cower like cats in a thunder storm, but either way, Lucemon and his minions will stop at nothing to destroy this world. We need all the help we can get! Either you die a hero fighting for the peace of this world, or you die a coward, but either way, there will be fighting."

Seraphimon now came down the stairs of the palace, followed by Ophanimon and Cherubimon.

"Children, you have returned," Ophanimon said, scanning the three who stood before her. She stopped at Ellie, "You must be Ellie, Kellys' sister."

Ellie nodded, "I take it you are Ophanimon?"

"So you've heard of me?"

"Yes, Kelly told stories of the Digital World back at home."

"And I bet that you thought they were all made of stories, or simply even a bad dream?" Seraphimon chuckled.

"Well, yeah," Ellie said. "I mean, the only person who believed her was Mindy, but she claimed to be there too."

'Well, we can talk later," Cherubimon said. "You three must have come for a reason. And what of the others?"

"The others are fine," Kouichi said. "We came to find people willing to fight the war against Lucemon. We have a week to prepare, so we all split up into groups and are now recruiting people to fight for us."

"We will do what we can for you," Seraphimon said.

"Thank you," Ellie said. "We will all be meeting here in four days, so be expecting our arrival."

The Celestial Digimon nodded and wished the children good luck.

"Let's get moving," Ellie said.

"The Trailmon are here?" Ken asked.

Kelly nodded as they entered the cave where the Trailmon resided. "I haven't been here myself, but Kouji and Kouichi told me about it. Back before the Royal Knights were on our side, before I even knew about the Digital World, the Knights were attacking the Village of Beginning, and they had to get the Digi-eggs out before it was destroyed along with all of the other Digimon. The Trailmon were afraid to come out of hiding, for fear that Lucemon would send the Royal Knights to destroy them. Izumi came here to reason with them that they were being cowards, and that the baby Digimon needed their help, and that got them to come out.

"Luckily, Kouji told me exactly how to get here incase I ever needed shelter in the Digital World, or if I needed a Trailmon for something."

Ken nodded, but froze when a voice rang out of the darkness.

"Who is there?" a voice asked in a thick German accent.

"Angler?" Kelly asked, walking farther into the cave with Ken following close behind her.

A light turned on and illuminated the faces of all of the Trailmon packed in the cave.

"What do you want?" Fraken asked.

"Lucemon is raging war against us," Kelly said. "We need all the help that we can get."

"Sorry, but we can't," Buffalo said. "We weren't made for fighting."

"Can't you do something?" Kelly asked. "You helped last time there was a war. If I remember correctly, you helped save the Village of Beginning the last time that Lucemon tried to destroy this world."

"Yeah, but that didn't involve fighting," Mole said.

"Then help bring the Digimon who can't—or won't—fight somewhere safe," Ken said. "This is your world too, and if you're not going to help defend it, then why should any of us? You think anyone asked to be caught up in the middle of a war?"

The Trailmon starred at the former emperor in shock.

"You Trailmon should be ashamed of yourselves!" he shouted. "If you're going to just sit in your cave like a bunch of cowards, then fine! Be my guest! But if we fail, and you are the last Digimon left, just remember that you could have done something to stop that cruel fate from happening."

Kelly looked at the boy that stood in front of her. She hadn't known him long, but in the time she did know him, he had never sounded so angry at any living thing unless it was threatening his friends. She or any of the others weren't being threatened, so what was it that set him off for him to lash out like that?

He turned to her and mumbled, "Let's go. We've wasted our time here."

They started to walk out of the cave, but stopped when they heard a "wait!" from behind them.

"We can help get the unable or unwilling Digimon somewhere safe. And we can help with whatever you need," Worm said. "None of us are willing to live in a Digital World with no one but us, Lucemon, and his servants."

The two smiled at each other, and within minutes they were riding out of the cave on Angler.

"Swanmon?" Izumi called as she and Miyako walked through the Village of Beginning.

To the warriors' relief, the village looked the same as it did before the Royal Knights had scanned it, and it still glittered with life.

"Izumi, is that you?" the bird-like Digimon asked, coming out of the large tree in the middle of the village that kept all of the new born Digimon.

"Yeah, it's me," Izumi said.

"Oh, thank goodness you're here!"

"What do you mean?" Miyako asked.

"I have heard rumors that Lucemon is going to start a war against everyone, and that the Digi-Destined were going around recruiting people to fight beside them."

"The rumors you heard are true, but that still doesn't explain why you would want us to come here," Izumi said.

"I would like nothing more than to join your army and fight beside the children who saved all of the baby Digimon not so long ago. Please, allow me to fight along side you."

"But Swanmon, what about the baby Digimon?" Izumi asked.

"We can send Kelly and Ken an email and have them send a Trailmon to get the babies, if they were able to recruit them," Miyako said, pulling out her D-Terminal.

"Yeah, tell them that we'll wait here until the Trailmon comes, and then we can continue on," Izumi said.

"I will stay here until the Trailmon arrives," Swanmon said. "That way, I will be able to load the eggs and babies into the Trailmon and go with them to unload them where they will be safe. I will meet up with you later."

Izumi and Miyako nodded.

"Kelly just replied," Miyako said.

"What did she say?" Izumi asked, looking over Miyakos' shoulder.

"Miyako,
Ken and I were able to convince the Trailmon to join.
Well, it was mostly Ken, but we will send one right away.

~Kelly

A Trailmon will be here soon, so meet us all at Seraphimons' castle as soon as you can."

"Best of luck children," Swanmon said. "I promise to find you at Seraphimons' castle as soon as I can."

"Where are all of the Gotsumon?" Hikari asked as the pair stopped outside of a large rock.

"In here," Kouji said, knocking on the rock as if expecting it to open. Which it did.

"There are so many of them," the Child of Light said as she glanced at all of the Gotsumon running around the small room.

"Kouji!" one of them said, rushing over to the two. "Getting into more trouble, aren't ya?"

Kouji laughed, "A lot more since the last time you saw me."

"You need to tell us about what happened the last time you came here!" the Gotsumon said.

"Later, but right now me and my friend need some help," the Warrior of Light replied.

"Listen up!" the rock Digimon yelled. "Kouji is here, and he needs our help!"

The running around stopped and all eyes fell on the children.

"Lucemon is starting a war against the Digital World, and we need your help to stop him," Kouji said. "We have a week to prepare, but that is all that we know. We don't know what his numbers are, or when exactly he plans to attack, but we all need to fight for this world."

"We don't fight!" one of the Gotsumon from the crowd yelled.

"We don't need to!"

"We wouldn't be able to win, anyway. Lucemon is way to strong."

Pretty soon, the whole crowd burst into arguments, mostly about whether or not they should fight, or whether Kouji and his new friend was both crazy.

"Didn't you hear him?" Hikari shouted over the crowd, causing the arguing and bickering to stop. "There is a war, and Lucemon will not leave survivers! Either you fight for us, or you fight for him! There is no other option unless you want to die, hiding in this rock of yours."

A small Gotsumon stepped forward and tugged on Koujis' jacket, getting his attention.

"There was a Gotsumon taken from us," the digimon said. "He was taken by the Kaiser and we haven't heard from him since. When he was taken, he said to us, "Don't worry; Kouji will come, and he'll save me." But we haven't seen him since. You were supposed to save him from the Kaiser. If I know that you could save him, then I will fight for you."

Kouji smiled, "That was the same Gotsumon who helped me defeat Grumblemon and get my beast spirit, and also the same Gotsumon who help we fight Crusadermon. The Kaiser also captured me, but with the help of my sister, I rescued him. He is waiting for me back at Seraphimons' castle, waiting to fight by the side of the Digi-Destined once again. If you want proof that it is possible to beat Lucemon, than think about how we have defeated him before. I don't know how he came back, but I know that this time, he won't be back for more. But we need your help. He has armies of Digimon being trained in ways that none of you could imagine. They are being trained for this war, and they will be fighting to kill. We can't defeat Lucemon without your help."

"You were the ones who defeated the Kaiser, right?" another Gotsumon asked.

The children and Gatomon nodded.

"Then I'll fight with you. You were strong enough to defeat the Kaiser, so we have a chance to win, right?"

"I'll fight too!" one of the Gotsumon yelled.

"Me too!" another yelled.

"Count me in!"

"Head for Seraphimons' castle," Hikari said. "We will be meeting there in a few days with more Digimon."

Takeru and Mindy scaled the mountain carefully, being sure not to lose their footing on the cliffs.

They had been at it for what seemed like hours before they finally reached the part of the mountain where the KaratsukiNumamon resided.

"Is anyone here?" Takeru asked, peering into the house.

"Who are you?" an old voice asked.

"My name is Mindy, and this is Takeru," the girl replied, motioning to the boy. "We're Digi-Destined."

"Digi-Destined?" several voices asked in excitement.

"Yeah, I'm a Legendary Warrior," Mindy replied.

Hundreds of KaratsukiNumamon hustled out of a room in the back and other houses, some coming from high on the top of the mountain.

"Welcome friends," an old slug-like monster said. He turned to Mindy, "You are a Warrior?"

She nodded, "Warrior of Time."

"Tell me friends, where are the other Legendary Warriors?"

"They are looking fro Digimon to help us fight in the battle coming," Takeru said. "Lucemon is trying to take over the world, and we need help to stop him."

"And are all of the Digimon helping in this war?"

"We are trying to find people to help, but for the young, or the ones who are to afraid to fight, we need a place to take them," Mindy said.

The Digimons' eyes bulged, "Send them here! They will be safe up in the mountains, and if anything happens, we will protect them."

"It's worth a shot, but are you sure your power will be able to stop the armies of Lucemon if he sends them?" Takeru asked.

The KaratsukiNumamon nodded, "we have our own army here, and if those traitors value their smell, they will stay far away from here."

Takeru and Mindy couldn't help but laugh at the remark.

Mindy pulled out her D-Terminal, looking at the screen. "Kelly and Ken were able to convince the Trailmon to join," she said. "Once the Trailmon get the baby Digimon, we'll have them bring them up here."

She typed in the email and sent it.

"Thank you for your help," the girl said, and Takeru nodded.

"You have to leave so soon?" the Digimona asked.

"We have a lot more ground to cover," Takeru said.

"Stay and eat! Then you will be on your way!"

Mindy's stomach growled loudly, "Sounds like a plan to me," she said, and Takeru laughed in agreement.

"Tucanmon!" Tomoki called as the two walked through the snow. "TUCANMON!"

"Who are the Tucanmon?" Iori asked.

"Oh, they were some Digimon who stole our D-Tectors for Ranamon. But leter, they joined up with us to help take down the Royal Knights."

"So they're friends?"

"Yeah, and I know that they would be very willing to help if we asked them."

The two continued to call until they came to the Autumn Leaf Fair.

The boys wandered through the fair, finding every they could and recruiting them to their army. They even found a Galantmon, who was happy to help, as usual.

"Tomoki?" a high pitched voice asked.

Tomoki smiled in delight and ran forward, grabbing the four Tucanmon in his arms.

"I'm so happy I found you!" the boy said.

"We haven't seen you in so long," one of them said.

"Allow us to treat you and your friend!" another said.

"It would be our gift to you!" the fourth said.

"Sorry guys, but right now we have something more important to do than eat," Tomoki said. "Lucemon is raging war against the Digital World, and we need help to stop him."

"We'll gladly help you!"

"Of course we will!"

"Great," Iori said. "Head over to Seraphimons' castle, and we'll be there in a while. There should be tons of other Digimon there by now, and we'll be recruiting more."

The Tucanmon nodded.

"We'll tell people on our way," one of them said.

"Thanks," Tomoki said, waving to the Tucanmon before running off intot he crowd to find more people to battle against Lucemon.

To be continued…

Well, what'd ya think? It was kind of boring, but it had to go somewhere. I am close to the end, so I will be updating sooner now, and I might do another sequel without any crossover seasons, cause I don't like the other 2. Let me know what you think, and reviews make me update sooner