X::::::::X change of scenes -- beginning and ending of flashbacks and dreams (^_^) (-_-) end of chapter
Kaito: Well, I'm back.
Shannon: (tears apart doll) Grr! I want to kick his butt!
Kaito: Wh-what are you doing? Is that Voodoo?
Shannon: No. It's your dog's toy. He wasn't using it so . . .
Kaito: ¬_¬; You're going to have to buy a new one.
Shannon: Eh! Can I repay you by doing the disclaimer?
Kaito: Sure, that'll work.
Shannon: Kaito Lune doesn't own Digimon Frontier but she owns the OCs.
Kaito: Thank you. Don't worry, Hayato has what's coming at him. ;) Let's get this chapter rolling.
Arc 5: The Sky Terminal
Chapter 35: The Yoko Factor
It was late at night when the two figures had left the camp. Everyone was fast asleep when they left with the cover of night. The three moons shined brightly, allowing the two humans to pick their way across the land of the Sky Terminal. When they had arrived there only a few days before, they had been met with what Seth had humorously pointed out looked like what Mount Olympus had looked like in an old cartoon movie he had seen when he was a kid.
"Yeah," agreed Takuya, "after being pelted by a meteor shower."
The ground had been covered by a knee deep mist covering grass, stones, and hidden roots in which almost everyone had managed to trip over at least once and getting lost in the fog before popping up and scaring the ever living crap out of anyone who had heard the person go down and turn back to see if they were all right.
Even now, the mist was there. The moonlight gave it an eerie glow, only adding to Koichi's guilt in someway. To keep his mind off of it, he looked up to the sky at the moons, hoping everything wouldn't backfire but he knew this wouldn't be the case. If he executed the promise he was about to make, he knew everyone would hate him.
Hayato was leading the way through the dark night until they came upon an ancient building that had decayed and fallen apart with time. The roof had fallen in and out of the hole in the roof, pillars peeked out from the interior. Hayato had explained why they were going this way. "You can make your deal with StarBeomon and protect your friends," Hayato said to the boy.
"Where did you meet him?" Koichi asked the Warrior of Earth.
"When I got my Beast Spirit," answered the boy looking back at the Warrior of Darkness. "We fought and he easily defeated me."
Koichi stayed silent. "Why are you in contact with him?" he asked finally.
Hayato shrugged. "I have my reasons," the boy answered with a grin but Koichi remained grim. Hayato's own grin dissolved into a grimace. "What's your problem? We're going to help your friends, isn't that what you wanted? Even after we were attacked by six of them and barely got out alive?"
Koichi stayed quiet. On their second day to the Sky Terminal, they had been attacked by six of the Void Constellations: Stardramon, StarSwanmon, StarAquamon, an Oryxmon with amber fur named StarOryxmon, a duel headed Angemon named StarAngemon, and a humanoid Digimon wearing blue winged horse styled armor named StarPegasusmon. During the battle, they had taken a lot of damage and were forced to flee after Zoe, Tommy, Takehito, and Shannon were almost killed. It had been a close one that had scrapped them up pretty badly and it was a wonder how they had managed to escape alive all in one piece.
The two entered the building. There, a man with an ox's head dressed in a mix of Celtic and Greek styled armor sat on a rock. A club sat by his side. "You finally come, Warrior of Earth," he said in a gruff voice.
Hayato snorted, not too pleased with being here. "I brought him, just like I said, StarBeomon," the boy said.
Koichi stood next to Hayato, eyeing the beast-man. He wasn't so sure of what he was doing now. StarBeomon looked at him with the same distaste. "So, you want to make a deal?" asked the oxen-headed Digimon. The Warrior of Darkness nodded hesitantly.
"Speak up, human," commanded StarBeomon. "I can't stand the quiet."
"Yes," Koichi answered. He paused before continuing. "I want to make a deal. I want you to leave my friends alone . . . and I'll help you get Nazu's Spirits."
StarBeomon's ugly face went into an annoyed frown. "I hate peace but my brethren would look down on me if I killed any of you since you ten play a vital roll in my master's plans." He said the second to last word with disgust.
"What plan?" demanded Koichi. "What do you mean?"
"Like I'm telling you, boy," answered StarBeomon. "Scat now. You have a deal. You're heading towards the City of Angels, right? When my army attacks the city and I fight your girl, you keep your annoying comrades away, got it?"
The boy hesitated again, so Hayato spoke up. "Of course!" he exclaimed before adding, "You still have to keep your end of the bargain up, StarBeomon."
The ox-man grunted and waved them off. Hayato turned to leave but Koichi stayed behind for a moment. "You promise you won't kill her?" he asked.
StarBeomon lifted his eyebrow before breaking into a grin of his own. "No promises," he answered. Koichi was then going to speak up again but StarBeomon left. The two boys left and headed back to camp. Koichi was silent and now felt as if he made a deal with the devil.
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I never thought you, of all people would do that, cackled Duskmon from his perch on a rock as his eyeballs glared down at him. I think you're becoming more like me.
Koichi turned up to the mass of demon armor and eyeballs. "I'm nothing like you," said the boy. "I'm doing this to protect my friends."
By making a deal with the devil, he reminded his host with a sneer.
Koichi glared back up at his evil darker alternate ego. "I won't become you, not again." Duskmon didn't answer but gave the boy a mocking face before disappearing into his territory.
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The gang woke up the next morning. After taking an hour long breakfast filled with glares and excited talk about the City of Angels. "A city full of light all the time?" asked Shannon. "I bet that city puts the Sunshine State to shame."
Seth nodded in agreement.
"A place without night, though? The place doesn't seem entirely complete," Koji said. "Every day need a night."
"Yeah, yeah, don't give us the yin-yang spiel," said Hayato, rolling his eyes. "We don't need all that mumbo jumbo."
Koji gave him an odd look before turning his attention towards his brother. His brother had a glum look on his face. The Warrior of Light walked over to his brother. "What's wrong, Koichi?" he asked his brother.
Koichi looked at him suddenly. The Warrior of Darkness feigned a smile and put up his hands. "Nothing," he answered before changing the subject. "A place with daylight all the time? I wonder how they sleep? Creating an artificial night?" The younger of the two brothers wasn't thrown off by the elder brother.
He raised an eyebrow. "Really, what's wrong?" he asked. "Something's bugging you."
From next to them, Terriermon jumped into the conversation. "Freaky twin telekinesis?" he joked before being swatted in the back of the head by Koji.
"Telepathy, you rabbit," he said, annoyed. He turned back to his brother. "Come on, don't leave me in the dark."
"It's nothing," Koichi answered again. Koji sighed before giving up. Koichi looked down sadly as his brother walked away.
Terriermon got up and rubbed the back of his head. "Ouch," he muttered. The dog Digimon noticed the depressed look in the boy's face. "Hey, cheer up, bud!" Terriermon flew up onto his shoulders and was joined by Lopmon.
"It isn't good to keep things to yourself," advised Lopmon. Unless it's something that you know your friends would hate you for doing and you meant well by it, the boy thought to himself. I shouldn't have made that deal.
Oh well, whispered a voice in his head. Koichi shook his head before joining everyone.
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The eleven Legendary Warriors and the four Digimon finally made it to the City of Angels. They expected to be able to go into the city but not the way they had. When they arrived, Terriermon had made a big racket to gain the guard's attention so they could enter the city. The maneuver worked all right but landed them in two jail cells with their supplies and D-tectors taken away. "Terriermon and his big mouth," the Warrior of Light grumbled.
"Oh, come off it, Koji," said the gogglehead next to him. "It isn't his fault."
Koji glared at Takuya. "Oh, then it's your fault?" he accused. The two began to argue and Takehito tried getting in between them but he was ignored.
"How many times do I have to be captured," sighed Zoe banging her head against the bars of the cell.
"You mean 'we,'" corrected Nazu, sitting against the wall with an irritated look on her face. Terriermon grinned sheepishly.
"This happens often?" asked Seth towards Tommy.
"Well, in a way," the younger boy answered. "This is the fifth time any of us have been kidnapped. Fourth time for me, I think."
Hayato rolled his eyes and kicked the stone wall where JP and Koichi where sitting. Shannon sighed and looked out the bars. "What did we do to deserve this?" she asked. "We're the Legendary Warriors! We shouldn't be treated like this!"
"Well, not everything turns out the way we plan," responded JP.
Suddenly, Takuya and Koji stood up. "Oh yeah?" challenged Takuya. "What makes you think it's my fault?"
"You helped Terriermon grab their attention!" Koji shouted.
"I didn't know that they were going to attack us!"
"Are you an idiot? Didn't you hear what Bokomon said about the residents of the City of Angels? Tempt them and they'll take it the wrong way. You never listen!" Koji began spitting more insults. Takuya had just about heard enough and launched himself onto the bandana boy. Everyone flew to their feet to try to peel the two boys away from each other.
Zoe grabbed Takuya by the arm. "Takuya, Koji, stop it!" she pleaded with the two. Takuya turned back to face her but accidently elbowed her hard in the face. Startled, the girl fell back and everyone went silent. Takuya and Koji rushed over to see her but she shoved them angrily away. Holding her bleeding nose, she walked away from them and sat in the corner. Takuya went over to try to apologize but was stopped by JP.
"What the hell has been going on between you two?" he demanded. "Why are you at each other's throats? You have to stop it! You managed to hurt Zoe when she tried to stop you both."
"It isn't my fault!" shouted Takuya, jabbing a finger at the raven haired boy. "He started it!"
"You were the one who did that to Zoe," Koji retorted back. This was about to start another round but a clang noise as metal hit metal. The eleven stopped what they were doing and looked up at an annoyed guard Mikemon resting a metal rod on her shoulder. She had been apart of the forces that had captured them. A small welt was above her right eye from when Terriermon had head-butted her right in the face when she went to capture Lopmon.
"Do you guys ever shut up?" she demanded. "I've been here for the last hour and you turn thing into a frickin' soap opera! You boys are acting like the children you are. How can you really be the Legendary Warriors? You can't even stop fighting among yourselves!" Mikemon placed the rod on the ground and poked at the blond girl holding her nose. Blood had stained her skirt and hands. "I'll have Calumon bring you a rag so you don't have to get your hands full of blood."
She went back to her post on the wall opposite of them and sat on the wooden bench, muttering to herself. She rung a bell a few times. A few minutes later, a Calumon entered the room, carrying a white cloth in his hands. His wing like ears expanded happily when he noticed Terriermon, Lopmon, Neemon, and Bokomon. Before he could even say anything, Mikemon said a sharp "No." Calumon's ears drooped and he handed the girl the cloth. Zoe took it and thanked him with a warm smile.
Calumon gave her a happy look before wandering away and out of the jail area.
Mikemon sighed. The calico cat Digimon kept an eye on them until a new Digimon entered the room, taking over the guard post. Mikemon left happily. For the rest of the time, everyone remained quiet.
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Mikemon headed towards the room where the ruler of the city, MagnaAngemon was sitting. "Sir," she said. "You wanted to see me?"
MagnaAngemon looked towards the calico cat. "Yes," answered the angel. "The prisoners that were captured today, who are they?"
"A bunch of human kids," Mikemon spat rubbing her injured head, "a Bokomon, a Neemon, a Lopmon, and a Terriermon. That dang rabbit hit me in the head."
MagnaAngemon got up from her chair. "Humans?" he asked. "Did they have strange devices? Like the ones from the legend of the Warriors? Like the rumors about a group of human children that defeated Deamon and Lilithmon?"
Mikemon shrugged. "I don't know but they did have devices," Mikemon said, not exactly caring. "Rumor said that there were only seven humans that did that, not ten. They wanted to enter the city and because of the City of Night's recent activity, we couldn't take any chances."
MagnaAngemon turned towards her guard. "Mikemon, bring me the devices," he instructed. "I want to have a look at them."
Mikemon nodded and ran off to get the devices. MagnaAngemon sighed before looking outside the windows. Even though it was considered nighttime, the light hadn't dimmed in the slightest. The artificial sun that hung high above their heads kept the city in constant daylight, even when dark clouds from higher up in the atmosphere blocked out the sun for the rest of the Sky Terminal or when the moons shown brightly.
Something caught his eye. Peering farther out the window, the leader of the city noticed a black cloud heading towards them and was low to the ground. Taking a double-take, he noticed that the cloud wasn't a cloud but a mass of Digimon. On the ground below them were a large mass of Digimon running towards the city gates. MagnaAngemon had never seen so many Digimon rush towards the city at such a pace unless it was on the battle field. It must be an army from the City of Night, he assumed. The angel jumped to her feet, opened the window, and flew out the window towards the walls.
"Sound the alarm!" he cried to any Digimon that would listen. When the angel Digimon came to the walls, the gates were already under attack.
"Sir MagnaAngemon!" cried a guard rushing towards her. "It's the army from the City of Night!"
MagnaAngemon nodded. "Make sure the ground troops don't get passed the gate!" he ordered before going off and killing any flying Digimon that had landed on the walls or were making their way up.
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Mikemon carried the sack full of the devices that were acquired from their captives. Several GuardiAngemon, Harpymon, Gargoylemon, and other guards were running passed her. "What's going on?" asked the kitten Digimon, stopping one of the Gargoylemon in their tracks.
"The city's under attack," he answered quickly. "The city is to be evacuated immediately, including the prisoners."
Mikemon flicked her tail and leveled her ears. "City of Night," she hissed to herself before dashing off to the dungeon.
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The cat burst through the doors, scarring the daylights out of the Gatomon guard and the internees. "The City of Night!" she called out to the other cat Digimon. The Gatomon guard jumped to her feet and went to unlock the doors.
"What?" asked Shannon.
"T-the City of N-Night?" Bokomon stuttered. "They're here?"
"That's right," answered Mikemon, throwing the bag into the cell. "If you want to get out alive, I'd suggest you use these and run for your lives."
The eleven kids rushed and grabbed their D-tectors and Spirit Evolved. The Gatomon's mouth dropped but Mikemon paid no attention to it. "Come on," she said, running towards the door. The others followed. Kazemon carried Bokomon and Neemon while Terriermon hitched a ride on Agunimon and Lopmon on Ranamon.
When they arrived outside the building, the streets were littered with demon type Digimon and angel Digimon fighting and the occasional In-training or Rookie making a break for it. "This way!" shouted the Gatomon, running down the street and in the direction where the younger Digimon were rushing off to. Beetlemon and Lobomon shot down any airborne Digimon that tried to get near them while Arbormon, Grumblemon, Loewemon, and Agunimon scared off any grounded Digimon that tried to attack them.
"Void Blast!" Astrummon jumped out of the way of an energy beam that was aimed at her, barely being missed. The blast blew a wall in the building right behind where she had been. Astrummon looked up just in time to see an ox-human Digimon dressed in dark armor swing a club at her. She put her arm up to stop it but was knocked sideways, skidding across the stone street.
"Nazu!" cried Ranamon, rushing with most of the others to help her but were all met by a swing of a hammer. Crashing into a pile on top of one another, they looked up to see Loewemon and Grumblemon rush in front of them.
"Look who's high and mighty now, fatso," sniggered Grumblemon. "At the bottom of the pile now."
"What are you doing, Hayato?" shouted Agunimon.
"You're so dead once I get out from under here!" shrieked Ranamon from on top of Kazemon.
"Don't get in StarBeomon's way," the Warrior of Earth said in response. "He wants his Spirits and he doesn't want anyone getting in his way."
"You dirty traitor!" accused Beetlemon.
"Why are you doing this?" asked Kumamon.
Lobomon looked at his brother. "Koichi, don't tell me . . ." he said, hoping it wasn't true. The Warrior of Darkness looked away so he wouldn't have to see the horrorstruck faces of his friends. "KOICHI!" shouted Lobomon. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm sorry," he answered.
Astrummon was getting her butt handed to her. She was on the defensive and that was never her forte. She couldn't land a blow of her own and was forced to back away and duck out of the way of attacks. Whenever the Warrior of the Void tried to jump back enough to be able to Slide Evolve, StarBeomon had rushed in and slammed her with his club. Once such blow had blown her into a wall across the street. When the pile had untangled themselves, they rushed in to join the battle but more enemies came flying in to occupy them.
Lobomon had finished off a Devidramon that had flew at him and went to help his friend but Loewemon jumped in his way and swung his spear so that Lobomon had to put up his twin swords in defense. "What are you doing?" he asked his brother. "Why are you just standing here? Go and help her!"
Loewemon only said, "I can't." He pushed his brother away and the two began exchanging blows.
Mercurymon side glanced at StarBeomon and Astrummon fighting. She was getting knocked around every which way and had no time to fight back. She needs help! As he blocked an attack from his opponent, he looked around. Everyone else had their hands full and he was the closest to the battle. While he looked around, Mercurymon didn't expect to be thrown backwards and skid across the ground. He got up to his feet.
Astrummon was struggling to her feet and could barely hold herself up. StarBeomon walked towards her. "Give me the Spirits," he said. All the girl did was give him a disgusted look before wiping her mouth where blood was now trickling down. Her bones felt weak and it was hard to stand.
"Fine, then," StarBeomon said with a sigh. "I promised the boy of yours that I wouldn't kill you. I guess I couldn't keep that one. Void-!"
"Dark Reflection!" A blast of dark energy much like a Dobermon's Grau Lärm attack, which was reflected from one of the attacking Digimon. The attack side tracked StarBeomon long enough from something metallic to slam into him. He slammed hard into the wall. Mercurymon stood only two feet away from his with his shield poised to defend himself.
StarBeomon gave off a low grunt before swing his club. The attack was stopped dead in its tracks when a small ball of energy had slammed into his hand, making him let go of the club and StarBeomon clutch his hand. The weapon clattered harmlessly against Mercurymon's second mirror. He glared at Astrummon, who had fired the ball of energy from her sitting position and was huffing, warn out from the battle.
"You okay, Nazu?" asked Mercurymon. The girl gave a quick answer of yes before getting to her feet and losing her evolution. Kazemon and Agunimon had finished their battles and went to join Mercurymon and the human girl. Kazemon grabbed Nazu while Agunimon and Mercurymon stood ready.
"Nice timing," commented Agunimon before Slide Evolving. StarBeomon narrowed his eyes at the Hybrid Digimon. Seeing that he was going to be out numbered, StarBeomon ran off after sending a Void Blast at them for a cover. BurningGreymon was about to run after him when shrieks from various Digimon that were still trying to escape caught his attention. The two ran to join the others in escorting the rest of the evacuating Digimon out of the city.
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When they were a good ways out of the city, the sky had turned dark. They took a rest with the other survivors. Stragglers had been coming in just as the humans finished bandaging up their wounds. When that was done, Takuya, Koji, JP, Seth, Shannon, Zoe, Tommy, and Takehito turned towards their two comrades. "What were you doing?" shouted Koji to his brother. "Why were you just letting Nazu get her butt kicked? Why were you not letting me pass? What the hell is going on, Koichi?"
Koichi kept his gaze down. Nazu had finished bandaging her arm and joined the half ring that surrounded the Warriors of Darkness and Earth.
"You were stopping Koji from helping me?" she asked slowly, her eyes narrowed in question. "Why?"
Hayato was the first to answer. "We made a deal with StarBeomon," he said, not bothered by the angered looks. "Didn't you guys get that yet? He wanted the Spirits and we were to keep you out of his way."
Koji and Nazu shot their heads towards Koichi. "What?" the two asked, Koji more loudly than Nazu. His face was painted with a mixture of rage and confusion while Nazu's stayed blank.
"Koichi, you made a deal with him?" asked JP, his voice agitated.
Koichi nodded. Shannon's mouth dropped. "You and Hayato? That doesn't make sense!"
Koji lost it. He ran up to his brother and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and shook the elder brother. "What the hell was going through your mind?! Answer me, Koichi! What were you thinking?!"
Takuya ran up to Koji and tried prying him from away from his brother with the help of Takehito and Shannon. "Dude, calm down!" shouted Seth followed by Takuya saying, "Koji, knock it off!" When Koji was pulled from his brothers, Takuya and Takehito stood between them.
"What are you doing, Kanbara?" demanded the Warrior of Light.
"Take a deep breath," Takuya said calmly. "You're over doing it."
"We don't have to start another fight," added Takehito. "Maybe there's a reason why Koichi did what he did."
Koji gave the gogglehead a cold stare before glaring off at his brother. "Why did you do it?" he demanded.
Koichi looked down. "I . . . I didn't want anyone to be killed," he began but Hayato cut in.
"He didn't want to see his precious friends to be killed trying to protect the girl with the stick up her butt," he explained with distain. "I gave him access to StarBeomon to allow him to take what he wanted and not kill anyone. It's pretty obvious that you guys are way too weak. But now, since StarBeomon didn't get what he wanted and he allowed you guys to interfere, he's going to kill the ten of you, not even caring about what his companions think while trying to get the Spirits. If you guys hadn't butted in the way, we'd be set and have one less weakling on our team."
Nazu flared up on the last sentence but Shannon beat her to him. She knocked him on the head so hard that he fell back. He glared up at the American girl. "What the hell was that for, you crazy witch!" he snapped.
"You're such an inconsiderate jerk! I ought to pummel you right here and now! How dare you sell us out, the both of you!" she shouted.
Takehito walked over to her. "His intentions were good though," he piped up.
His words made Koji snap. "Good? Selling out his friends is good, Takehito?" he asked shortly. "Are you dense or something?"
"Hey, whoa!" Shannon stood in front of him. "You don't have to be so snippy here!"
"Yeah, how about take a chill pill?" suggested Seth. He seemed to be the only one that wasn't angry but he did appear bleak. Tommy next to him was looking around with a grim look on his face, hoping everyone could stop fighting.
"Why are you so casual?" asked JP seriously from next to him. "Aren't you the least bit fazed that two of our own comrades betrayed us?" Seth shrugged and JP shook his head, exasperated and began going off on a rant of his own, saying that he should be so aloof to what was around him. Meanwhile, Koji had began an argument between Shannon.
"Me, being snippy?" asked Koji. "I have every right to be 'snippy'! His intentions, good or not, isn't the matter! My brother betrayed us."
"Yeah, that doesn't mean you can take it out on other people, Koji," said the Flame Warrior backing the girl up. "We have to talk about this calmly. We're all being affected by this."
"Takuya, you just don't understand," the Warrior of Light yelled, his eyes becoming watery from bitter rage. "You just-!"
"Koji," Zoe ran up to the boy and pulled at his arm, a pleading look in her face. "Just calm down. Takuya is right. We can't be so caught up in this. I know it's hard for you but-!"
Koji pulled his arm spun on his heels to face her. "You're always taking his side! Why, Zoe, huh? Why can't you see it my way for once?"
"You're still angry about me rejecting you, aren't you?" Zoe asked.
"Yeah, I am!" he snapped. "It's just hard seeing everyone I know just-!"
"EVERYONE, PLEASE STOP!" screamed Tommy. Everyone stopped their arguments and looked towards the youngest member. Tommy had a serious look on his face, nearly filling with tears. "Why are we fighting like this? Why? We're friends, we're the Legendary Warriors," he said, "but we're acting like a bunch of kids. We shouldn't be fighting like this for any reason. Koichi betrayed us, I know but why did it end up like this? Why?"
No one answered as they looked down in shame. There was silence for a few minutes. Nazu approached Koichi, her face vacant of expression. She stopped on a foot in front of him. "Is that the reason why you did this?" she asked. "To protect us all?"
A glint of hope flew up in Koichi but was extinguished when he saw the betrayal in her eyes. He looked down guiltily. "Yes," he admitted. "I didn't want anyone to die."
"So, you'd rather have me helpless rather than try and fight for myself?" she asked. Her voice was resentful. When he didn't answer, Nazu shouted, "I trusted you, Koichi Kimura! I trusted you!" The girl turned to run off but Koichi tried catching her arm. In return, he received a smack across the face and she ran off.
"Wait, Naz!" shouted Terriermon, flying after her and pulling Lopmon after him.
The last ten humans looked at each other before deciding to go in their own directions. Bokomon and Neemon looked around, unsure of who to follow. Bokomon and Neemon then followed Takuya and the rest of the original five. The small white Digimon pulled out his Book of Knowledge and turned to a page where the ten symbols of the Legendary Warriors stood in a circle around Lucemon. He looked up sadly. Did the Legendary Warriors have a tiff just like they are now? he wondered. If they did, how did they make up and defeat Lucemon and his Royal Knights? How is this tale going to play out now?
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Kaito: Drama! Oh, noes! What's going to happen next if the gang split up?! *ducks from tomatoes*
Lopmon: Oh, man. This isn't good.
Terriermon: No kidding. By the way, Kaito, why do you keep ruining the atmosphere with the Author's Notes?
Kaito: Well . . . ^^;
Neemon: Why is everyone fighting?
Bokomon: (snaps Neemon's waistband) You dolt! You never pay attention, do you? Kaito, I hope you know what you're doing.
Kaito: Don't worry, I do. The title of this chapter was snatched from an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer under the same name. According to Spike's reasoning, Yoko had been accused of breaking the Beatles up. Hayato did start the pile of diminoes to fall but unlike Spike: a) Hayato didn't go in and break them apart on purpose, b) Spike is WAY cooler and c) Hayato doesn't listen to the Beatles. Anyway, hope you enjoy this.