(A/N):
Hey ho guys :)
It's Sunday…
Well at least it's better than Wednesday, right? ^^
I really wanted to update yesterday since it was St. Nicholas' Day…
You know, as a present… I guess I messed up *sigh*
Anyway, enjoy the chapter :)
(And even though I'm a day too late I still wish you a good St. Nicholas' Day!)

Disclaimer: *whistling innocently*

The following minutes passed in silence.
Well, mostly silence.
The Warriors were mostly silent, probably because most of them were tired, and Yami and Zoe didn't seem like they wanted to wake them.
First Zoe had talked with Tenshi quietly - too quietly for Tai to understand – but she had stopped after a minute or so when she had realized that the girl wasn't really listening.

The Chosen weren't talking with each other either.
TK would ask Kari and Ken from time to time if they were really okay for they still looked pale, but the two just nodded as an answer.
Besides TK, Gatomon and Wormmon looked worried too and talk to their human partners to cheer them up.
The others weren't talking at all, maybe they didn't know about what, or they all were just tired too; it was pretty late after all.

For Tai, the silence was somehow unpleasant. It felt as if all of them were afraid to say something because the atmosphere was way too tense.
To be honest that was the reason why Tai didn't say anything; he wanted to talk with the others about their situation, but in the moment they had other problems.

Finally after five awkward and silent minutes Gennai cleared his throat, startling Tai a little bit.
"Do you think we can continue?"
It seemed as if everybody had to remind themselves what Gennai meant, too hung up in their thoughts, but after some confused glances Kari and Ken nodded much to Tai's discomfort. They were still looking pale!

"Good, then we'll start. Yami, Tenshi ."
The sudden addressing of their friends seemed to rip the Warriors out of their trance.
Takuya yawned and stretched, looking around confused.
"Hey what's up?", he asked when he saw Tenshi and Yami leaving the room.
"Seems as if they're gonna fight each other", Junpei answered, yawning too.

Tai frowned at them; were they really that tired?
Bokomon nodded at Takuya. "This is the last fight for today."
"Ah, thank god, I just want to go to sleep!" Tomoki said as he yawned too.
Tai shifted his glance concerned to the two digimon in the gym.
Weren't they worried since this was Tenshi's first fight?

"You may start."

Different from before, Yami moved the second when Gennai told them to start.
In an instant the small black balls flew around him and again, with a move of his arm, the energy stormed at Tenshi.
The girl instead looked pretty confused and didn't move.
When she saw the attack of her opponent, the confusion was shoved away by shock and she rose her arms in a defensive manner in front of her.
To Tai's shock she didn't do something, like launching an attack, to defend herself.

Only a few centimeters in front of Tenshi the balls seemed to hit some sort of a barrier since a few of them dissolved into black dust, but the last ones broke the barrier and the angel digimon was sent flying a few steps back.

However, Yami didn't give her a second to breathe but send new flying bullets at her.
Tenshi flew in the air in order to avoid the attack.
To Tai's surprise seemed the girl to know how to deal with the whole flying thing since she dodged the following attacks gracefully.
Attacking her opponents seemed to be a problem; in the whole fight she hadn't launched an attack herself.

Only after two minutes it was clear that Tenshi was in a disadvantage and would surely loose the fight.
When she was hit by one of Yami's attacks again and was send flying against the wall, Yolei spoke up.

"You have to stop this! Don't you see that she is hurting?"
The Warriors didn't answer in the beginning, but they looked troubled too.
Finally Koji answered, a frown gracing his features.
"Stopping in a fight is no option. Our enemies won't let us take a break either."
Tai gaped incredulous at him; he couldn't be serious, could he?
"Are you insane?" Mimi asked equally incredulous, "This is not a fight against the demon lords, and you said yourself that she didn't evolve before, so it is mean to let her fight like all of you did."

"Nope, Koji is actually right this time", Takuya answered grimacing, "It's not that we expect her to win this fight, but she needs to know how to attack at least. Of course it's mean, after all we all had so much time to get used to digivolving, but it doesn't change the fact that we need our powers to fight against the demon lords."
"It's to her own safety", Tomoki added and nodded.

Tai frowned at them.
These guys were really strict.
In the gym, Tenshi seemed to have realized that she wouldn't win like this too.
After she had dodged a new wave of the black balls the bandages around her arms unwrapped themselves and they stormed at Yami in an attempt to attack him.
The digimon seemed surprised at first but after only a moment the black lance formed in his right hand again.
With a step forward he moved the lance so the bandages wrapped around it and pulled back.

Tenshi who had the ends of the bandages still wrapped around her wrist was pulled forward, and she collided with a cry with the floor in front of Yami.
Tai stared shocked and amazed at Tenshi as she jumped up in an instant and rose in the air again to dodge a shockwave of dark energy.
Out of the corner of his eye he could see Gennai frowning at a number on his monitor.

"I still can't believe you won't stop the fight", Yolei whispered, probably shocked by the force with which Tenshi had collided with the floor.
"It looks like she doesn't know how she should attack", Bokomon answered frowning and scratching his chin.
"Ne ne, Bokomon, she should use something like the Warrior of Hope did." Neemon said as he observed Bokomon scratching his chin.
"Bakamon!", Bokomon yelled at the yellow digimon and pulled at his pants, "She is the Warrior of Hope! Can't you say something productive one ti-".
Bokomon stopped abruptly and let go of Neemon's pants, making him wince and fall on the ground.
"No, wait! You're right Neemon!"

"I am?"

"He is?", Takuya asked surprised.
"Mhm,", Bokomon nodded vigorously, then he turned to Gennai, "What kind of weapon used the Warrior of Hope?"
"A bow, why do you ask?" Gennai answered confused.
Instead of answering Bokomon jumped at him and spoke in the microphone.
"Tenshi, your former self used a bow to fight, maybe this'll help you!"

The audience stared confused at Bokomon until Izzy made a sound of understanding.
"You mean because all of the Warriors used something similar like they used the first time they came to the Digiworld?"
Bokomon nodded at him, "You got it kid."
"Kid?!"

Tai chuckle lightly at Izzy's expression but shifted his attention back to the fight.
First Tenshi looked confused when she dodged more balls of energy and a shockwave, but the confusion was soon shoved away by concentration.
She used a pause in Yami's attacks – if Yami made a pause on purpose or if he just needed a short break wasn't clear to Tai – and after a few moments a light glow surrounded her hand.

The glow grew until it took the shape of a long staff, and finally it formed a golden bow.
Tenshi's face lightened up in an instant and she looked determined at Yami who had launched a new attack.
Quickly she aimed at the dark ball and a white arrow formed itself in the bow.
When it hit the ball they both vanished in a mix of dark and yellow dust.

Growing a little bit more confident she aimed directly at Yami and two arrows formed in the bow this time.
Yami dodged one of the arrows and used his lance to block the other, sending a shockwave in response which Tenshi dodged.

"See, she can do it!" Zoe cheered and stuck her tongue out at Yolei.
The girl glared in response but Zoe didn't notice since she had already looked back at the fight.
"They're still way to strict." Matt spoke up quietly next to Tai.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that they weren't concerned about her; they just wanted that she learned how to fight".
Tai frowned lightly at him.
"I think they were concerned, but they thought it was the best if she learned to fight, just like Tomoki said."
Matt frowned unhappily at his friend but didn't say anything more.

In the gym, both digimon seemed to get tired.
Yami's attacks were already weaker and didn't seem so unerring anymore, and Tenshi was out of breath.
Finally when Tenshi shot a few arrows at Yami again, the Warrior of Darkness managed to dodge all of them and the last arrow flew directly at his head.
But before it was able to hit him, the arrow dissolved in yellow dust which flew into Yami's head, much to his and Tai's surprise.

When Tai looked back at Tenshi he saw the reason for the sudden derogation of the attack.
Instead of the angel digimon Sukai sat on the ground breathing hard.
Apparently she had been too exhausted to hold her digimon form.
As soon as Yami saw that the fight was over, he dedigivolved too and fell on the ground.

The Warriors didn't waste a second and run into the gym.
"How do you guys feel?" Zoe asked as she kneeled down next to Sukai.
Koichi took the hand Koji offered him, got up and walked over to them.
"I'm just exhausted", he admitted and stretched.
"What about you Sukai?"
The girl nodded and smiled, mumbling a 'same here'.

Tai and the other Chosen followed but kept their distance since they didn't wanted to interrupt them.
And because they still weren't sure how they should handle them and if they should trust them, Tai reminded himself.
Finally Gennai interrupted the conversation of the Warriors.
"It is already late, I suggest you go an eat something and then you can go to your quarters to sleep."
Takuya got up and shook his head.
"No eating, just sleeping."
The other Warriors nodded confirmatively.

Gennai seemed to be surprised at first but smiled.
"Okay. Tomorrow I'll tell you what I discovered. Please wait a moment; I'll call for somebody to lead you to your quarters."
"Ah wait Gennai!" Takuya called after him, "You still have our medallions."
He scratched his head sheepishly.
"Even though they're not useful anymore, we still want to keep them. After all, Agunimon on the others gave them to us."

Gennai nodded, not surprised at all.
He handed them at Takuya. Tai stared concentrated at them, hoping to see how they looked.
Why weren't they useful anymore? Lala had said they needed them earlier, right?
Maybe he should ask since he could see that Izzy was itching to know it too.
But would the Warriors want to answer them?
A yawn ripped Tai out of his thoughts and when he realized that it was his own he decided to ask tomorrow.
Only if the Warriors were willing to answer of course.

(A/N):
I've got something important to say for a change *yaay*
But first:
TsukiyoTenshi:
First, thanks for the review even though you are so busy ^^
To your question to 'Shadow Lance' and 'Shadow Meteor': I didn't forget that Lowemon was able to shoot a ball of dark energy out of his torso, it's just that I didn't associated it with Yami's 'new' attack. I really imagined small balls flying around, not only storming at the opponent, and since 'Shadow Meteor' was only shot at the enemy I choose to make it a new attack. Moreover, maybe you read in this chapter that Yami's able to shoot shockwaves too, and this is different from 'Shadow Meteor'. I wanted to put these small balls and the shockwaves in one category (attack) so I made Bokomon say that it is different from 'Shadow Meteor'.
I don't know if you understand what I mean right now and I guess I didn't use the right words in the last chapter ^^ Sorry for the confusion.
To your theories about the spirits: Of course I won't answer since I'd spoiler than *thihi* but I love it when you guys write assumptions :)
Thanks for that ^^

And now to the important news,
I won't update next week because I am the whole weekend in a hostel with my orchestra and besides that I doubt I'll have time to write I don't have internet either.

Anyway, have a nice week :)
Liked it? Hate it? Want to hit me with a chair?
Let me know :)

Wait today is the Second Advent, isn't it?
Happy Second Advent then ^^ and third too since I won't be able to tell you next week!