(A/N):
Look at the time~
And at the length of the chapter!
I did a good job this time, didn't I?
Ahem, anyway…
I hope you enjoy this chapter :D

Oh and somebody is beta reading my chapters now! YAAAAY!
They are currently editing the old ones so this one isn't edited yet but I still wanted to mention it :)
A huge thanks to Isame Kuroda!

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Koichi ran through the streets in a hurry, checking every two minutes if Sukai was still behind him.
He wanted to arrive at home as soon as possible; somehow he had the feeling that something was wrong.
Luckily his home wasn't that far way from Tommy's which meant that they should arrive soon.
And really, after five more minutes of sprinting through the already dark streets they arrived in front of the house.
Koichi and Sukai stopped and took a few deep breaths. Finally Koichi took out his key and opened the door in haste.

"Mum?"
Only silence answered his call and he frowned worried. Were they too late?
"MUM?!" Koichi tried again, louder this time.
Again no answer.
"Maybe she is out of the house?" Sukai suggested.
Koichi considered the option but shook his head after some thinking.
"No, the lights are on. We should check it out!"

He really hoped they weren't too late, but somehow he didn't even think that something had happened. It was way too tidy for a fight or kidnapping.
"MUM?" Koichi called again as he walked into the next room.
Still nothing.
"Look." Sukai said softly and pointed at the TV.
Even though it was muted the TV showed the current news, which meant the street where Koji lived and the struggling policemen.
His mum knew where Koji lived… she couldn't have went there, could she?

They stood in front of the TV for a while, watching the news.
After a minute or so a huge flame illuminated the street, and Raito and Kasai appeared in front of the camera.
Koichi took that as a cue to continue searching for his mother.
"I'll try calling her", he announced.
Sukai nodded and continued to watch the news, apparently amazed by the digimon.

The phone kept beeping annoyingly and two minutes later Koichi gave up. He really became worried now. Where could she have gone? With the TV and lights turned on at that.
"What should we do now?", Sukai asked.
Koichi sighed. "I don't know. It won't help if we search for her; we don't have enough clues where she could be, but just sitting around isn't very tempting too."
They stood there in silence for a while and stared at the TV.
What should they do?

The camera was on the reporter at the moment, and in the background you could see some flames which illuminate the dark street nicely.
Finally Koichi sighed and turned the TV off.
"I guess there is not much we can do. Let's go back to Tommy. I'll leave a note for my mum to call me immediately."
Sukai looked confused at him. "But you are worried about her, aren't you?"
Koichi chuckled and smiled at the girl. "Of course. But I also know that we can't wait here, doing nothing. And I am worried about our friends too. Maybe Tommy can te-"

He stopped his talking when he heard the front door open.
Koichi furrowed his brow in confusion. Was this his mum? Wait… had he locked the door when they had come in? He hadn't. Maybe this was a thief?
He signalized Sukai to follow him quietly and tiptoed to the doorframe.
The girl seemed confused but didn't question his actions and hid behind him at the door.

Suddenly a figure walked into their field of vision and Koichi let out a sigh.
"Mum!" he called and walked into the room.
The woman shrieked loudly and turned around.
"Koichi! Don't scare me like that! What are you doing here?"
He frowned unhappily at her, ignoring the question.
"Where were you? I was worried! You left the TV and the lights on."

She frowned back, apparently confused by his worry.
"I was at our neighbors' house. I saw the news and was confused what happened, so I went over to ask them if they knew something. They don't."
Only then she saw Sukai behind Koichi, still standing in the doorframe.
"I am sorry, I didn't see you there? Who are you?"
"That's Sukai, a friend from school", Koichi answered in Sukai's stead and lead his mother to the small sofa.

"I am sure she could've answered herself. Nice to meet you Sukai."
Sukai bowed her head lightly but didn't say anything else. She followed Koichi to the sofa instead.
"Mum, I have to tell you something really important. I want you to listen closely."
Koichi stared seriously at his mother and she stared confused back.
"Okay?"
The boy took a deep breath.
"You have to leave immediately."

Mrs. Kimura looked at her son as if he had lost his mind.
Koichi knew how stupid this sounded but he hadn't known how to start differently.
"Koichi… are you okay? Do you have a fever?" she tried to check her son's temperature but Koichi took her hand in his.
"I am not sick mum. I am completely serious and it is important that you understand what I say."
Mrs. Kimura's expression became worried.
"Okay… I am listening, but I really don't understand why I have to leave."

Koichi nodded slowly.
"Okay, I'll start differently. You always wondered how I met Koji, right? I told you that grandma told me before she died and so I went to his place and told him everything. That's not the whole truth."
Koichi scratched his head awkwardly.
"This will sound strange to you but it's the truth. Seven years ago I went out to follow Koji. At this time I already knew about him but hadn't had the courage to tell him everything. Still, I wanted to see what kind of life he lived so I followed him around. Actually, I wanted to confront him on that day. He went to the Shibuya train station and took the elevator. I tried to follow him so I took the stairs. I fell down and lost consciousness."

Mrs. Kimura nodded. "I remember that, you had to stay in the hospital and the doctors said that it was a miracle that you wake up at all."
Koichi sighed. "Yes. Yes it was. However, that's not important right now. You know… you always said that there were many other worlds beside ours when I was younger. On that day I met one of these world."

Koichi's mother furrowed her brow. "Koichi, I said that because you asked where all the tales happened. I don't think I was actually serious. Of course it's not proven that there aren't any other dimensions but you surely can't trav-"
"I know, I know Mum. Please hear me out. There is at least one other world beside our world. It's the Digiworld. Its inhabitants are called digimon and they all are different from each other. Some of them resemble humans and others animals. Anyway, I – and Takuya, Zoe, JP, Tommy and Koji as I learned later – ended up in this world seven years ago."

"I won't tell you everything that happened. To sum it up, I met Koji and the others and we had to fight against a digimon which tried to take control over the Digiworld. We managed to defeat it in the end and were sent back into our world. However, Lucemon – the evil digimon we defeated – was able to come back and is threatening our world at the moment. We suspect that he is after us and our family. That's why you have to leave this town."

Mrs. Kimura looked at him weirdly.
"Koichi, you were unconsciousness. It is most likely that you were having weird dreams."
"No no. It was real. I know that it was real. The others remember it too after all."
His mother looked troubled at him. "Koichi…."
Koichi sighed, seeing that his mother wasn't believing him.
"It isn't important actually. The only important thing is that you leave this town. It isn't even important where you go. You just have to leave."

Now it was his mother's turn to sigh.
"Koichi I want to believe you, and even though I can't, I trust you and know that it has to be important. But I can't just leave. I have to go to work and I wouldn't know where to go."
"I know", Koichi answered slowly, "But you have to go. Just take a vacation for a week or so."
This town would be hell in a few weeks anyway, Koichi thought. Lucemon already was in the human world after all.

"I still don't know where we should stay Koichi."
The boy frowned. "Doesn't grandpa live in this small village? What was its name…." he trailed off, trying to remember the name but it was gone.
His mother nodded, "Yes but you know he does not want to have visitors since grandma died. Besides, his house is far too small for three persons."
Koichi looked at her surprised. "Mum, I'm not coming with you. I have to stay here and help the others!"

At that Mrs. Kimura looked shocked and shook her head.
"I thought you said that it'd be dangerous? You'll be coming with me if I leave."
"Mum! I can't. Just try to understand. We have to fight against the evil digimon!"
"You are just a child Koichi! You can't fight against these digimons!"
"Bu-"

Koichi was interrupted by a loud melody. He wondered briefly from where it came but remembered that it was his ringtone.
He glanced at his mother when answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Koichi! Thank god!"
"Tommy?" Koichi asked surprised. Why was he calling him?

"Yes yes, it's Tommy. Listen, where are you?"
"I'm at home right now", he answered hesitantly, wondering why the other boy was so excited.
"Okay. Is anything happening? Like, you know, digimon?"
Koichi frowned at his phone.
"No, why do you ask. Everything's okay."
"I'm asking because there aren't any digimon here too."
Koichi's confusion only became stronger. Was it bad that there weren't any digimon?
"Tommy, what is wr-"

"We believe it's a trap!"
"A trap? What is a trap?"
"This whole situation. The attacking digimon! Listen, Kari just called me. They are with Takuya and Koji right now."
"What? Why? I thought Takuya told them to stay away!"
What were they doing? Did something happen?

Before Koichi could utter his thoughts Tommy continued talking.
"I don't know either but Kari told me that Zoe is in danger."
"Zoe?!"
His mother and Sukai looked surprised at Koichi but he ignored them.
"Apparently Crusadermon appeared and told them that Dynasmon is after Zoe. We think that they tried to split us up."
Koichi nodded, finally understanding the situation. "Okay alright. What should we do?"
"Could you go to Zoe's house? She and JP can't win against Dynasmon alone. Please hurry. I'll go too when I'm finished here!"
"Okay, see you. Good luck."

Koichi hung up and turned to Sukai in a hurry.
She looked at him quizzically but before she could ask Koichi started to talk.
"We don't have the time. We have to go to Zoe."
He then turned to his mother with a pleading look.
"Please mum. Just call grandpa and stay with him for a while. Trust me and Koji okay?"
Before she could answer Koichi grabbed Sukai's hand and stormed out of the house.

Tommy paced through the living room, Neemon sitting on his head and Bokomon on the sofa.
His parents and brother nearly had had a fit when the two digimon had entered but after some explaining and unbelievingly 'You didn't make these things up?!' everything was settled.
His parents where currently calling his grandparents if they could stay for a while. They didn't mention the digimon of course but said that they just wanted to visit them again.

Tommy felt a little bit bad for using them like this but they didn't have a choice.
He briefly wondered if his parents expected him to come with them but dismissed the thought. They would have to hear things later then.

"Stop pacing like this Tommy."
Tommy turned surprised around.
"Yutaka. Why aren't you packing?"
The older boy shot Bokomon a wary look but sat down next to him nevertheless.
"I could ask you the same thing."
So his parents thought he would come with them, Tommy thought unhappy. But his brother looked as if he knew that he would stay.

"I'm staying." Tommy said and placed Neemon on the ground.
The digimon looked confused but was satisfied with sitting in front of the armchair.
Yutaka made a shocked face but after a second he smiled.
"Yeah, I was expecting that. Mum and Dad not, though."
Tommy nodded and let himself fall next to his brother.

"When are you planning to tell them?" Yutaka asked and started poking Bokomon.
Tommy thought about the question for a while but couldn't find a good answer.
"I don't know", he answered finally, "Actually I hope that I'll be already gone when you leave."
Yutaka frowned disapprovingly at him.
"You are a coward."
At that Tommy laughed awkwardly. "Yeah I know."

With a sigh Yutaka got up.
"I have to pack."
He looked at Neemon and Bokomon and then at Tommy.
"You know, I never really liked your friends. They seemed like good persons but it was unsettling that they were so much older than you. Well, now I know what was so weird about them."
Tommy wanted to protest but Yutaka beat him.
"You have grown up little brother."

Tommy stared at his older brother surprised and shocked. Then he frowned.
"Why are you being so nice today?"
Yutaka laughed and started to climb the stairs.
"What are you saying? I'm always nice! I wish you luck in your fight."
Tommy looked after his brother, deep in thoughts, but Bokomon made him turn his attention away from the now empty staircase.
"He seems to be a good boy."
Tommy laughed and shook his head, remembering the fights they had had.
"You don't know him. He is never like this", he trailed off. "But yeah, I guess he is a good brother."
Bokomon nodded and much too Tommy's surprise Neemon decided to climb on his lap. The boy started to pet the digimon's head lightly.
"Ne ne Tommy, who was that?"
Bokomon groaned in annoyance and glared at his friend.
"Do you never listen Bakamon?"
Neemon pouted and ignored Bokomon but shook his head after a while.

"Tommy!"
Before Bokomon could yell at Neemon again, Mrs. Himi came out of the kitchen.
"They said we can come right now. They were really happy that we wanted to visit."
She looked around and frowned.
"Haven't you packed yet? Hurry up we want to leave soon."
Tommy looked at her for a few moments, mentally preparing himself for the following argument.

"I am not coming with you, mum."
She looked at him confused.
"What do you mean? You were the one who said that we had to leave!"
"Yes you have to leave, but I'll stay. I have to help my friends after all."
"WHAT?! As if I'll leave you here alone! You saw what the monsters did in this street! That's dangerous. You are far too young to stay here and fight against them!"

This time Tommy sighed loudly. Of course he knew what digimon could do. He had fought them before after all.
"Mum. I am strong enough to fight against them, I already did before. Besides, my friends need me and I can't abandon them like that!"
His mother glared at him angrily. "You are coming with us young man! We are still your parents and I say that you can't fight against these monsters!"
"But I ca-"
"You can nothing!" She walked over to him and pushed Neemon out of his lap. "Don't you dare say that you can digivolve! I don't even want to imagine that you look like a monster!"

Tommy looked blankly at her.
"You think digimon are monsters?"
"Of course!", she exclaimed.
The Warrior of Ice grimaced when he remembered what they had found out with Gennai.
He took a deep breath and stood up. "Sadly I am one of these 'monsters'. I am not human mum!"
Mrs. Himi looked at him confused but shook her head finally. "Tommy, stop now. You know that I'm just worried about you. Don't say things like this. I am sorry if I insulted your friends", she gestured at Neemon and Bokomon, "But you don't have to say things like that to protect them. And now", she ruffled his hair gently and smiled, "go and pack your things. We are leaving in half of an hour."

She walked out of the room, leaving a devastated boy and two insulted digimon behind.
"Your mother is pretty rude", Neemon commented and tugged at his feet.
Tommy sighed and let himself fall back on the couch.
"She is just worried. Don't worry I am sure she didn't mean it like that."
Neemon hummed and Bokomon nodded slowly.
"What are you planning to do now?" Bokomon asked after a while.
Again, Tommy sighed. He got the feeling that he had sighed way too often today.
"I dunno. I'll think of something."

They sat in silence for maybe ten minutes but then a loud ringing ripped them out of their thoughts.
Tommy looked around, startled, and tried to find the source.
After a few seconds he realized that it was his phone.
He answered quickly. "Hello? Tommy here."

"TOMMY! This is Kari!"
"Kari?", Tommy asked surprised. He barely understood her since it was so noisy in the background.
"YES. Yes Kari!"
"Why are you calling?" Tommy asked and glanced at the clock, "And why is it so noisy?"
A loud clash and a shriek sounded through the phone and Tommy grew worried.
"Kari?"

"Tommy? I'm sorry I didn't understand what you said. Listen, it's important!"
Another loud clash and a call forced Tommy to hold the cell phone away from his ear.
"Kari? Are you still there? What is wrong?"
"We are with Takuya and Koji right now! Don't ask, it's a long story! Anyway, do you know where Zoe lives?"
Tommy sat up, worried and anxious. "Yes I know where Zoe lives. What is wrong Kari? Why are you with Takuya and Koji? Did something happen?" He looked at the muted TV only to see that the attacking digimon weren't shown anymore.

"What? Never mind! Please go to Zoe. Takuya said that she is in danger!"
"Takuya?" Tommy asked surprised, "Can I talk to him?"
"No, he is unconscious right now."
"Unconscious?!" Tommy yelled and sprang up. "What do you mean?! What about Koji?!"
"Listen", Kari's voice sounded hurried, " I don't think we have the time! Takuya and Koji are both unconscious. A weird digimon did something to them. Takuya woke up a few moments before, puked, muttered something about 'Zoe', 'danger' and 'Dynasmon' and lost consciousness again. Please just hurry up!"
"Dynasmon?! Is the other digimon pink by any chance?"

"What? Yes, is this importa- TK WATCH OUT!"
Another loud bang and clashing sound ripped through the speaker box.
"Kari? KARI! Are you still there?"
"I'm sorry I have to hang up!"
And with that the line went dead.
Tommy stared shocked at his phone and started pacing through the room again.

"Dynasmon. Dynasmon and Crusadermon. Why are they here? What are they doing here? Why are they after Zoe?"
"What happened, Tommy", Bokomon asked and got up himself.
Tommy stared at the digimon for a minute and went through the possibilities in his head.
What did this mean?
"Dynasmon and Crusadermon appeared. Dynasmon is after Zoe and Crusadermon is fighting against some of the Chosen. Koji and Takuya are both unconscious."

Bokomon and Neemon stared shocked at him. "D-dynasmon?! Crsuadermon?!"
Tommy nodded, still pondering what this could mean.
"Anyway, we have to get to Zoe!", Bokomon exclaimed and started to walk to the door.
"Wait", Tommy called him back, "We have to think first."

"Why aren't any digimon appearing here? Why are they only after Zoe, Takuya and Koji?"
Bokomon stared at Tommy for a moment but couldn't find an answer.
"Maybe it's a trap", Neemon said happily, still playing with his feet.
"What?" Tommy asked.
"A trap!", Neemon answered, "You are too strong for them when you're together."

Tommy stared at Neemon for a long time and snipped his finger.
"That's it! They made it look as if they're attacking our families because they wanted that we split up to warn them! Then they just followed one pair of us, knowing that they'll probably win if we're not together!"
"Don't you think that's a little bit far-fetched?" Bokomon said and frowned.
"Nonono! This explains why there aren't any digimon here! You're a genius Neemon!"
"I am?"

Tommy continued to pace through the room.
"I'll call Koichi. His house is closer to Zoe's. I can ask him if there are digimon at his house too."
The boy pulled out his phone and dialed the number quickly.

It beeped for a second but then Koichi answered.

"Hello?"
"Koichi! Thank god!" Tommy sighed, glad that the boy had picked up.
"Tommy?"

"Yes yes, it's Tommy. Listen, where are you?"
"I'm at home right now",
"Okay. Is anything happening? Like, you know, digimon?"
"No, why do you ask. Everything's okay."
"I'm asking because there aren't any digimon here too."
Okay, maybe he was a little bit too nervous and excited. He could practically feel Koichi's confusion.
"Tommy, what is wr-"

"We believe it's a trap!"
"A trap? What is a trap?"
"This whole situation. The attacking digimon! Listen, Kari just called me. They are with Takuya and Koji right now."
"What? Why? I thought Takuya told them to stay away!"

Tommy hesitated at this point. He didn't want to worry Koichi; the Chosen would surely be able to handle it. So he decided to keep the details.
"I don't know either but Kari told me that Zoe is in danger."
"Zoe?!"
"Apparently Crusadermon appeared and told them that Dynasmon is after Zoe. We think that they tried to split us up."
"Okay alright. What should we do?"
Tommy sighed relieved. Thank god that Koichi was so smart.
"Could you go to Zoe's house? She and JP can't win against Dynasmon alone. Please hurry. I'll go too when I'm finished here!"
"Okay, see you. Good luck."

Koichi hang up and Tommy didn't waste any time. He stuffed his cell phone into his pocket and ran into the kitchen to grab a pen and a paper sheet.
'Sorry, something happened. I'm sorry but I really can't come with you. I hope you understand and please leave nevertheless.
Feel hugged!
Tommy.'

The boy looked at his work and placed the paper on the table in front of the couch.
He then ran to the door and took his jacket.
Behind him Bokomon examined the paper and frowned.
"Are you sure this okay?" he asked as he followed Tommy.
"No, but this is the only way. Mum will never let me go if I tell her what happened. I just hope they understand!"
Bokomon nodded and pulled Neemon out of the door.

Tommy looked back once more and sighed.
He really hoped that they would leave nevertheless.
'I'm counting on you Yutaka!'

(A/N):
Mhm, so that's all.
I'm kind of proud because I wrote the whole chapter today and it still is so long!
One more thing, I kept forgetting to mention it in the other AuthersNotes: I actually have no idea where the Warriors or Chosen live, or how huge their houses are. I am just making things up ^^
I hope this isn't bothering you… If it is, please tell me where they really live and in what kind of houses :D

at lala: Yeah, I noticed that too ^^ I am currently redrawing them anyway and I am planning to fix things like that :)

at digifan379: It's okay. I don't even know if it hurt me or if I understood it the right way anymore for it happened so long ago ^^ Thanks for telling me anyway :)

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