(Writers Note: I have always meant Thania to talk like this, and remember reread my character notes)

Takajin place his hand on the annulment stone, it was the very stone his digichip had been attached to. Seeing it again reminded him off all the trouble he had caused by taking the digichip from it, he now wished he had left and was tempted to put it back and turning the barrier that protected Digitopia back on. It was never his intention to become a hero, but putting it back wouldn't solve everything, since everyone know where Digitopia was, and eventually would be able to break the barrier regardless. A similar barrier had protected Tabula Rasa, and Mikuni had managed to break it, and the field that had been killing its people.

Standing behind Takajin was Mikuni, Thania, and Wilhelm, they were in conversation about something, and it was inaudible to Takajin, a minute later Rao entered the room and joined the conversation with the others. "What are you guys talking about?" Takajin asked as he walked towards them.

"We are talking about this whole tournament, and the possible peace treaty between my kingdom and yours and if that is only a ruse to get the Kurokami brigade a foothold in Digitopia" Mikuni answered as she considered the possibilities.

"Are we doing of the investigating, sleuthing and finding of the clues" Thania interrupting Mikuni thoughts, by speaking almost directly in her ear, which made her flinch visibly. A look of annoyance crossed Mikuni's expression for a second and not long enough for anyone to notice.

"I can't be seen in public during the day because no one knows that I am here, I will have to investigate during the night as the Blackavar, and you two see what you can find out on your own if my father is up to something" Mikuni said without even replying to Thania.

"He seemed rather sincere, when we were in his camp, I believe her really wants peace, and he was hoping that you were with me" Takajin said hoping he hadn't been played a fool then.

"Yes he seems of the sincerity, I believe him also" Thania said while placing her right hand on Mikuni, and was oblivious to the expression that was aimed in her direction because of it.

"He might be sincere, the Kurokami Brigade could be using him to trick us without him knowing. We need to find out what they are up to before it happens, we also need to come up with a backup plan if things go wrong" Mikuni said turning her attention to the annulment stone, she placed her hand on it like Takajin had moments ago. "We cannot let them get their hands on it as the fate of the world depends on it!"

"I failed as a leader before, but I won't fail again by being fooled again. Sorami ditched us at the tower I put that blame on myself" Takajin said not noticing Mikuni was making her way towards him.

"I am the leader as I am the champion of justice, you can't your way out of a paper bag" Mikuni said turning Takajin around to face her.

"I thought I was the leader since I wear goggles, that's what the legends say?" Takajin said looking rather confused "the great Soichiro Kamiya wore goggles and he was the leader of the legendary digidestined?"

"Your whole family partake in the goggles, does that mean they are all of the leadership?" Thania asked, but was only thinking out loud.

"The chip of Courage is the symbol of Leadership, which is what Soichiro had according to legends" Mikuni said pulling out her chip without realizing in and almost shoving it in Takajin's face. "I could probably kick your pasty prince butt all over Digitopia" she got into a fighting stance with Vasantmon appearing behind her.

Takajin got into a fighting stance himself, he wasn't going to put up with this, he had only been reunited with Mikuni for barely a day, and she was already being antagonistic towards him and Thania. "Whatever bring it on" he was going to charge at her, when Thania stepped in between them.

"We are not in the time to take up of the arms against each other, The Brigade of Kurokami need to be stopped at all of costs" Thania said gesturing at both of them and then making the halt gesture.

"I am just telling him the truth, He just can't handle. Are you going to be his protect taking the place of Juniko, I wish she was here she would be a better than Takajin a prince sheltered his entire life, and he has the nerve to refer to himself as leader" Mikuni said brushing one of her bangs out her face.

Takajin turned his back on Mikuni, and walked away from. She was right he thought to himself, he wasn't fit to lead anyone.

"Yes run away that would be a better help than you actually trying to do something" Mikuni said as she watched Takajin.

"You really didn't have to being of the harshness" Thania said before running after Takajin to catch up with him hoping she could repair the damage done by Mikuni.

Digimon Sync Episode 38 "Kingdom Heart Pt. 2: "Tales of Digitopia"

The Tournament area was being cleaned and polished, and given some heavy maintenance, this even was important to both kingdoms, and could mark a peaceful union between the two without a single drop of blood even being spilled, Captain Maeda oversaw the refit of the hoists that both champions would be using to carry them to the ring area in the center of the area, who each kingdom's champion was, hasn't been decided and wouldn't be until the night of the match. The hoist was a platform that was pulled up by a rope and pulley, there was no machinery involved since the ring was older than anyone still alive in Digitopia.

The head Maintenance worker, a pale woman named Kea Nor, She stood beside Maeda reading a status report on a notepad, Engineers have never been known to be social, or live lives outside of maintaining, so her pale skin was of the norm for a person like her. "Are you paying attention, as this is important?"

"Yes I hear you" Maeda said turning to face Kea Nor, he didn't like these genius types, and their stuck up nature to them. So they study ancient technology, and were specialists in it.

"There are two elevators, one on opposite sides of the combat area, for both champions to take up to it. I think it was meant to prevent combatants from killing each other before they got there. Which would show that there were darker times for Digitopia in the past" Kea said nonchalantly like bringing harmless facts. Which was normal for someone of her profession because they lived sheltered lives. "We have polished and greased the pulley, so anyone can walk up and hoist the combatants up to the arena." She walked by Maeda gesturing for him to follow, and she walked up what looked like a hinge, she reached her left hand to it, and pulled a lever from it and began to twist it. The ground creaked and a platform arose from the ground, and made its way to the battle arena above.

Maeda watched in amazement, as it made its way upwards, even as a royal guardsmen, he was always impressed by some ancient technology, and soon it would be ready for the tournament.

"We need to test it, do you mind getting on it" Kea said lowering the elevator back down, and Maeda walked onto it, and she began to crank it to it was raising to the battle area again, soon as it reach the top it came to a complete halt, Yamato Maeda could see every single seat in the arena all the way to the royal box where both royal families would attend this event.

-Elsewhere in Digitopia-

"Mikuni was right I am a failure" Takajin said to himself, he held his goggles, cradling it between both his hands and squeezing it "I shouldn't even be a digidestined!"

"She is of the trained warrior, but you have potential still you just have to give yourself the chance" Thania voice said as she stood behind Takajin "if you were meant to be of the leadership you will somehow prove it?" she jumped over and landed directly in front of him, she had flipped in midair and was now facing him. "I believe it in you, and I have since I first met you"

"Thanks but what if I don't believe in myself, I haven't even digivolved my partner to mega yet, I have a feeling everyone else has" Takajin said downcast, as he soul searched for the confidence he was sourly lacking.

"I haven't reached of the mega either, even if I manage that before you, the last one to digivolve to mega is usually of the most powerful, that's how it worked I heard with the legendary digidestined" Thania said placing her left hand on

"You didn't know better I shouldn't have so harsh on you, just chalk it up to me and my big mouth" Mikuni said appearing from around a corner, after she made sure no one else was there to see her. "You say your leader again and I'll mop the floor with you. Now let's get back to protecting the Annulment stone"

Takajin was going to call her on that not exactly being an apology of any kind, when an enormous figure appeared from the shadows, it was Shiru "I am going to kill you all digidestined, you have made a mockery of me for the last time, but first where is the Blackavar so I can kill him first I know you know who he is, he rescued in the kingdom of Suzubuya. Tell me now?" he shouted spittle spraying from his mouth from the pure hatred he had for the Blackavar.

"Like we would tell you, you big ape" Mikuni said getting into a battle stance.

"Yeah you of the big ape, we will speak of nothing of this Black colored avar" Thania shouted and then stuck out her tongue at Shiru "Have of the raspberry you of the ape kind!"

Before they could do anything, Shiru collapsed face first to the pave, and belched loudly, his breath smelled of heavy liquor, he had been drunk, and now had just passed out from being so. Thania walked over to sleeping drunk Shiru and started poking him with her left foot.

Should we tie of the gag him" Thania asked as she still poked him "He is so of the peacefulness?"

"Nah I think he is no longer a threat to us, we should leave him here. I think looking at him he was thrown out of the Kurokami Brigade" Mikuni answered looking down at Shiru's massive drunken frame.

"I'll show you a disgrace to the Kurokami brigade" Shiru mumbled before throwing up on the ground.

Thania looked down with sympathy in her expression "You guys head back to the stone, I'll take him somewhere to do of the sleep it off" she said trying to pick up Shiru, as Takajin and Mikuni hesitated before they helped her. They deposited him in an abandoned house, made a bed for him and left him there.

-Suzubuya Encampment-

The King of Suzubuya was once again passing in his tent, so much which you would think he would cause the erosion of the ground he was walking on. This was hard thing. It was his first peace negotiations with actual intentions of peaceful resolution, which was nerve racking, and tomorrow he was going to meet with the king of Digitopia. He wished he had more time to prepare for this, but it needed to be done. He picked up the gift he was going to present King Zephirim, and examined it making sure it looked as good as he hoped and it gave a good first impression.

Vervian a captain in Suzubuya royal guard, and a trusted adviser to the kid, walked into the king Suzubuya's tent, he was visibly agitated "I know you are tired of war, but that is what we do, this is going against everything Suzubuya stands for, we are warrior and conquers not peacekeepers and diplomats. You might have gotten Kizuguchi to sign off on this but I still highly protest" he said looking confusedly at his king.

"Your protest is noted, but I have decided that Digitopia is worth making an ally out of, and besides how long was our war with Dark Haven my memory fails me, now it's a graveyard mostly, and I don't want Digitopia to be turned into one too, we need to change the way we do things and war has stopped being the answer" King Suzubuya stood as he spoke, giving a resolute expression towards Vervian.

Captain Vervian bowed, and tried to look like he was perturbed about this outcome "I am sorry I bothered you, I'll go along with this even if I don't agree with it" he said before leaving.

King Suzubuya walked to the entrance of his tent, and walked out, he stopped to just look in the direction of Digitopia, he just had a feeling that his daughter was somewhere within its walls, did she know he was out there and why wouldn't she come out to see him.

-Digitopia-

After depositing Shiru, they made their way back to the stone, taking the same back alleys they took to the abandoned house, but Mikuni made sure that they weren't being followed by anyone by having Vasantmon do a roof top vigil, The stone was still and Wilhelm was pacing in front of it. He stopped pacing when they arrived.

"Shiru was very near this place, when you bumped into him, which is not a very welcomed notion?" Wilhelm said hoping to be reassured, as he was a merchant and never had been in a situation that involved the fate of the world at stake.

"He was really drunk or something I don't think he knew he was that close to what he had been looking for" Takajin said assuring Wilhelm that Shiru was nothing to worry about. "Did you send a message to the guardians, that they could send someone to retrieve the stone?"

"I have and they are sending someone and they will be here by the end of the day tomorrow, I think will be safe in their hands, more than it is staying here as a digidestined you can't remain here forever. You are needed out there, to stop the machinations of the Kurokami Brigade, Wilhelm said, before and continuing his line of thought. "Their modus operandi will cause the end of everything, they will resurrect Lilithmon and she will destroy everything once she gets her hands on all these stones"

"What are these stones anyway, you say they will bring forth the end of the world?" Takajin asked, he knew these stones were important but why were they, why would Lilithmon need them.

"The Annulment stones are a failsafe created by the three great one to any of them from destroying what the other great ones created, they need to line them up in front of a special door, and then walk through it themselves, it has been said that Lilithmon is one of them, she is in fact was remnant of Chaotus" Wilhelm answered, there was a little venom in his tone when he said Chaotus.

Thania looked like she was going to say something but stopped, from her expression had been going to protest.

"She was a remnant of Chaotus, didn't the great ones create the planet to begin why would she want to destroy it then and why does she still want to destroy it?" Takajin asked looking confused.

"Yes Chaotus might have been a part of creating the world, but then decided even after being told not to try to create life, because of the chaotic nature of Chaotus the life that was created started to destroy the planet, Lilithia, and Lumina defeated the chaotic life form, and then imprisoned Chaotus. This is Chaotus trying to take revenge on the siblings the imprisonment" Wilhelm said with an intense expression on his face.

"So we how do we defeat if they bring her back, since you are saying Lilithmon is the remnant of a great old one, one of the higher beings" Mikuni asked looking in the direction of the infinite citadel, in her mind she was picturing the tower, which was miles away and seeing herself fighting Lilithmon on top of it.

"Hopefully it will never come to that, since she is very powerful but with the right training each of you could make your own legend by defeating her once and for all, the ones nearest to being ready are Sorami, Tajiri and Mikuni. Since they have been trained from an early age to be fighters, but that doesn't mean the rest of you don't have the heart needed to be a digidestined, you have plenty of that" Wilhelm said giving a smile of confidence in all of them. "I was once a soldier myself and know that Love, courage, and even curiosity can win a battle, you have to love be able to fight to save the ones you care about the most, Courage is to know when to fight, and curiosity lets you learn how to defeat an enemy"

Mikuni pointed in Wilhelm's direction and traced her finger and now was pointing at Takajin "Thanks for the speech I have decided I will train Takajin, so he can be a great fighter like myself, he will learn how to fight even if it kills him" She walked up and shoved Takajin back, with him falling on his behind. "I'll make a man out of you!"

Takajin was going to protest but decided he was better not doing so "Yes Sensei Mikuni" he said forcing himself to do so, this was going to take a lot of patience to deal with. But he know that he needed the training so he could prove he was worthy of fighting Lilithmon. He followed Mikuni as she left, he wanted this training over with. It would be a short training session though because night fall was starting by the looks of the sun setting in the distance.

-Opening Ceremonies, Digitopia Coliseum-

The Coliseum was wonder to behold, it was one of the oldest building in Digitopia, only structure older was the royal palace, and all the maintenance made it look good as new, from its polished marble buttresses carved with of the royal families, at the very top of them were the symbols of the digidestined. The arena platform that was in the middle of it all was adorned with jade posts, and mark with symbols that have lost their meaning with time, the thing looked so alien but yet it was so majestic.

Fireworks launched into the sky and exploded splashing the sky with various colors, people cheered as they went off. When it was over drums sounded, followed by horns and various other instruments, a marching band entered the arena, dressed in the royal blues emblazoned with the crest of the royal family. In the middle of the band was the King Zephirim, and Queen Mizumi, and Prince Takajin, they were waving to the audience, all smiles except for Takajin who just waved, the weight on his shoulders prevent from doing so. Once they were through, and Subaru's had taken their sits in the royal box.

A man adorned with silver, and a pole with the flag bearing the symbol of Suzubuya royal family ran in the Coliseum, he waved the flag with extreme discipline, like it was his life he carried in his hands, and it probably was. He stopped planting the flag into the ground, and he pressed a something on it so a stand sprouted from it bottom so it could stand on its own. The sun crested behind in the early morning sky. More men entered they were carrying torches, they tossed them into the air and began to juggle them, they spread into a formation which made the juggling flames spell out Suzubuya. King Suzubuya with his son Prince Akira, unlike the Digitopia royal family they had stern expressions it looked like they were attending a funeral instead of a celebration of impending unification. King Suzubuya waved to the audience like he just realized that they were there and he forgot his manners. They took their seats in the royal box, with Takajin and Akira sitting beside each other, and the kings taking a seats in the center with Queen Mizumi on the left side of Zephirim. The Royal guard of both kingdoms joined them, Led by Kizuguchi Ida for Suzubuya, and Yamato Maeda for Digitopia.

Finally entering the royal box was Thania, she walked in and sat on the floor, and looked in between, a guard gestured towards a empty chair, and she shook her head no "I prefer of the view like this" she said staying where she was. She ignored the expression on everyone else face, it was very unusual for anyone to sit on the floor in the royal box.

"That's a very odd girl, actually more unique" King Suzubuya said taking a measure of Thania, he was kind of intrigued by her.

Mikuni dressed in the Blackavar outfit, watched from the rafters above. She didn't know if anything was going down, but she was ready for anything, she hoped her father was sincere with his intention of union. She never wanted the past that took her mother from her to ever repeat itself. She looked down at her father it was nice to see him again it had been awhile since she had left the kingdom of Suzubuya she would stop him if she had to Digitopia would not fall like DarkHaven. Veeboy was in the audience scouting them seeing if anyone that looked suspicious was within the crowd, he would help her weed out anyone that didn't belong. But she still had to admire the showmanship of both kingdoms, hers and Digitopia, it brought back memories of the festivals she use to compete in as child, even though that mark darker times in her life being beat down by the brother that was below her in the royal box. "The Tournament has begun, and let's see what will come of it" she said to herself before fading into the shadows like she had never been there to begin with.

-To be Continued-

Will the tournament go without a hitch, and will the union between two kingdoms happen, to answer this questions and more please tune into the next Digimon digital monsters.