(A/N):
Yo mina, how are ya doing ^^
I'm punctual this week *yaaaay jumps of joy*
I guess there's nothing important today… so just
enjoy the chapter :)

Uh no... there is something: I'm sorry that the chapters are so short in the moment. Soon I'll have my christmas break and thus more time :)

Disclaimer: Sorry, I forgot.

„You may start now"
Again, Gennai's voice sounded through the gym and Tai expected Arashi and Yami to storm at each other, just like all the others had done.
To his wonder, the digimon continued to stand still in place, not moving an inch.
It looked as if they were seizing each other up.

Finally Arashi started to laugh lightly and flapped her wings seemingly lazy.
"You know Yami, maybe I spent a lot of time with Takuya, but I spent time with you too, so I know what you expect to happen. You do prefer tactics after all."
Yami smiled back but he still seemed serious and tense.
"I don't know what you're talking about; I just know that it is always smarter to wait for the enemy to do the first move."
"Oh, did Koji teach you this?"

"W-what are they doing?" Cody asked confused, "shouldn't they be fighting?"
"I'm not sure, but I think they're not sure what to do."
Tai looked confused at Bokomon who had answered since the rest of the warriors didn't even seem to notice what was happening.
"What do you mean? The others did know it, why don't they?"
"I don't think they really did." Bokomon started and scratched his head, "They just did what felt natural."

The audience stared at him confused.
"I still don't understand. Why aren't Arashi and Yami doing 'what feels natural' then?" Sora asked.
"They both prefer knowing what they're doing. The Koichi and Zoe – no, the Lowemon and the Kazemon – I know are thinking before they do something. Koichi prefers tactics, just like Zoe said, and Zoe prefers knowing why she does something. So it's only natural that they don't want to storm at each other, not knowing if there could be a better tactic. These bodies are new to them after all. Actually," the digimon pointed at Koji who was leaning against the wall next to Takuya, eyes half closed, "Koji does prefer having a plan too, but since his partner was Takuya he had no time to think of one and just went with the flow."

"In other words", Izzy said and frowned, "It's just their bad luck that they both won't attack suddenly."
"They're waiting for the other to do something because they hope that they'll know then what they should do", Ken said thoughtfully.
Bokomon nodded.
"Hey, I think something's about to happen!" Tai said and pointed at the two digimon when he examined a change in Yami's stance.

"Mhm, I guess Yami's trying to use the surprise because he noticed that somebody needs to start."
Tai glanced surprised at Bokomon; why did this digimon know so much about them. Apparently he hadn't seen them for thousands of years now. They did certainly change, but Bokomon still seemed pretty sure about what he said.
And he was right too, Tai realized a second later.
Just as Bokomon had predicted Yami raised his hand suddenly and a black ball flew in a amazing speed at Arashi.

The girl just saved herself in time by flying up in the air.
"Whoa, Yami that's pretty cheap!", she yelled as she dodged more small flying balls.
"Somebody had to start", Yami answered.
Tai stared amazed at them; how did they manage to get from zero to hundred in only a second.
Small balls out of darkness were flying around Yami, storming at Arashi with a move of his hand.

"Amazing! He looks like a magician!" Yolei shouted and gaped at the Warrior of Darkness.
Tai had to admit, it looked a little bit like it since the darkness seemed to follow each of Yami's commands.
Suddenly he remembered something.
"Kari! Ken! Are you okay?!"

Apparently all of them had forgotten about their problem for they all turned around concerned.
To Tai's relief his sister and the boy smiled at them, they looked a little bit pale though.
"We're okay. It's not as hard as we expected."
Tai heaved a sigh of relief; this meant the worst obstacle wasn't as bad as he had thought.
"Geez, Yami give me a break!"

Arashi's yell let Tai's attention snap back to the fight.
The balls had Arashi surrounded by now, but the girl didn't seem concerned but annoyed.
Again, with a move of Yami's hand the balls stormed at Arashi.
The Warrior of Wind swung her arm to the side and a strong wind started to circle around her, reflecting the balls out of darkness successfully.
The wind grew to a small storm, howling lightly.

"Take this!"
Arashi raised her hands and something which looked like mini-tornados erupted from the storm around her, storming at Yami.
"Lion's Lance!"
Tai gaped at Yami as he saw that a black Lance appeared in the digimon's hand.
Yami swirled the lance in front of him, defending himself from the small tornados.

"They both used skills familiar to the ones they had as Kazemon and Lowemon!", Bokomon suddenly gasped.
"What do you mean?", Gennai asked, tying like a maniac in his computer.
"Kazemon would often use an attack named 'Hurricane Wave'. The small tornados just like the ones that erupted from her fingertips when she used it. And Lowemon did fight with a lance too. This time he seems to use it for defense, though."
"They did?" Neemon asked and scratched his head.
"Of course Bakamon! You were there too!"

Bokomon let Neemon's red pants snap, making Neemon whimper lightly.
"Ne ne Bokomon, I'm Neemon not Bakamon!"
Tai sweatdropped; apparently Neemon wasn't the smartest.
"I don't remember Lowemon using balls out of energy, though", Bokomon continued talking to Gennai, ignoring Neemon's last comment.

Tai decided to ignore Bokomon in favor of observing the fight.
In the cover of the strong winds Arashi had managed to get near to Yami and stroke out with her foot, ready to let it fall on Yami's head.
However, the Warrior of Darkness dodged quickly and lashed out with his lance.
He managed to scratch the leg of Arashi, but nothing more since she reacted just as fast as he did.

Apparently close combat didn't seem to please Yami, Tai observed since Yami backed away a few meters, keeping Arashi from following him with newly released balls and waves of dark energy.
A quiet whimper made Tai turn around concerned.
"Kari?" he asked his little sister who was now sitting next to Ken on the ground.
"Are you okay?"
The Chosen of Light nodded weakly, petting Gatomon's fur lightly in an attempt to calm the digimon down.
"Ken, you look pale!" Wormmon said concerned and climbed in his friends lap.

"I guess we better stop this fight now", Gennai said, a concerned expression on his face.
"Apparently the symptoms are getting worse if you're around the darkness longer."
"No!" Kari and Ken shouted simultaneously.
"Huh?"
"We need to learn to cope with it! It does not help; sooner or later we'll have to overcome this!"

"But Kari!" TK kneeled down in front of her, "You're obviously not feeling good! Ken too. I still think it'd be better if we don't work with them at all, so let's just stop for now."
"No TK, we have to work with them. The Digiworld is in danger, we don't have the time to be picky!"
"Kari…"
Tai stared worried down at his sister. Of course, she was right; they hadn't the time to argue. But he didn't want her to suffer because of it.
Ken too. They all were friends; it wasn't fair that only Kari and Ken were suffering!

"I understand."
Tai snapped his gaze at Gennai. Was he planning to continue the fight?
"We'll do a break for now. Yami will fight against Tenshi later, but for now I'll stop the fight so you can recover a little bit. I'll give you a short break after this."
Ken nodded, apparently being content with this suggestion.

"Okay", Gennai sighed before he spoke in his device.
"Yami, Arashi stop please. Yami please stay in your digimon form."
"Huh? Already?" Arashi asked surprised but dedigivolved nevertheless.
"We're having some issues, please come in again."

Zoe and Yami looked at each other confused but shrugged and walked into the room.
When they saw Ken and Kari sitting in the floor they gasped.
"What's wrong with them?" Zoe asked concerned, but she didn't come closer.
"They're feeling not good because of the darkness", Gennai said matter-of-factly and Yami averted his eyes seemingly guilty.
"They want you to continue, though. They say they'll have to cope with it so they want you to continue to fight. I just want to give them a break."

Zoe and Yami nodded slowly, but then Zoe frowned.
"Wait, why didn't I need to stay in my digimon form then?"
"Yami's going to fight against Tenshi since she'll need a partner too."
The two digimons nodded again and looked at Tenshi.

The Warrior of Hope smiled timidly at them and Tai could see that she was nervous.
Hadn't they said that she had never fight before?

(A/N):
Okay, I've got nothing important to say…
Uhm… so just have a good night or good day, depending when you're reading this :)

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