I do not own anything. All events are fictional.
V-mon and Armadimon had arrived back on Earth, rematerialized, with Veto's body, a pillar, and some sort of blue orb they had brought from the ship.
"So, you have your friend's body?" Carmen asked.
"Yup, this is it." V-mon said as he brought out Veto's body. "He's sort of in a cryogenic sleep mode, but with these injuries, he's almost dead. That must be why he put himself into sleep mode."
"So what are you going to do?" Meyame asked.
"This technology that I brought from the ship, it could revive him. It's still a prototype, but it could work. But it's limited; there are only two of them. The other one is back in the ship, we didn't have enough space to bring it with us."
"Okay, V-mon, Armadimon, now that you're here, we need to talk." Daisuke said urgently.
"Sure, what is it?" Armadimon asked.
"Earlier, this day, when I went out for a walk at the Empire State Building, this guy, he gave me some papers, said something about the dark side of the Moon; about us being in danger. A few minutes later, he was dead and the building was attacked by a Pteranomon." Daisuke said.
"There have also been a series of death of space scientists. Plus the fact that it was murder makes it's all the more likely that they are connected." Takeru said, analyzing the situation.
"V-mon, did you find anything on the moon that could give us more information about that Millenniumon?" Hikari asked.
"No, but Veto might have." V-mon said as he took the orb within his hands. "Step back, I'm gonna try and bring him back to life."
As everybody stepped back, V-mon slammed the orb into Veto's chest, making it seem as if though his body were having a convulsion before Veto grabbed V-mon by the neck, slammed him into the ground, and pointed his saber which came out from his right bracelet at V-mon's head.
"VETO! VETO, IT'S ME! V-MON!" V-mon screamed as he tried to push Veto off of him.
Once Veto realized he was holding V-mon in his hands, he slowly let go.
"Where am I?" He asked.
"Your home, old nakama." V-mon responded.
"The war…what happened to the war?"
"It was won, but…at the cost of many lives."
"And who are these people?" Veto asked, looking at the Erabareshi Kodomo.
V-mon explained to Veto everything, about the Erabareshi Kodomo, their sleep for thousands of years, and the human world.
"The world sure has changed." Veto said.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but can I ask you a question?" Daisuke said. "Do you know anything about Millenniumon?"
"Millenniumon…the leader of the opposing army. I remember him." Veto said.
"That's all you know about him?" Daisuke asked.
"I knew a lot about him, why?"
"…He's still alive." Y-mon answered.
"What? ! But V-mon, you just told me that we had won the war." Veto said.
"We did. And we thought Millenniumon was dead, but I guess we were wrong." V-mon replied.
"Veto, do you know anything about an organization named Jikanowari?" Ken asked as he realized something.
"Yes. It was an organization formed by Millenniumon composed of his elite warriors." Veto said.
"So that means…" Tailmon started.
"Millenniumon is the leader of Jikanowari. We beat him, we beat them." Patamon said.
"So V-mon, how do you and Veto know each other?" Hikari asked.
"He was best nakamas with Vx and one of the best warriors the Digital World ever knew. He was like an second older brother to me." V-mon said.
"I feel honored that you think that way of me, Your Majesty." Veto said.
"Seriously, Veto, I've already told you a million times not to call me that." V-mon hissed while blushing slightly.
"Majesty?" Iori asked, looking bewilderedly at V-mon.
"He didn't tell you?" Veto said, grinning at V-mon.
"Tell us what." Miyako asked, now really interested.
"Veto, please don't." V-mon begged.
"V-mon here is a prince."
"…What? !" Everyone, with an exception of Hawkmon and Armadimon, said.
"You're a prince? ! Why didn't you tell us?" Daisuke asked.
"Because little V-mon here is actually more shy than he looks." Veto said. "Those two are also members of their royal families." Veto said, pointing at Hawkmon and Armadimon.
"Aw, come on! Is there anything else you didn't tell us?" Takeru said.
"Nope, that's pretty much it." Hawkmon said casually.
"So, how did this whole royal family thing work?" Daisuke asked, wondering how Digimon had royal families.
"Well, in our times, there were some royal families, including the Hawkmon and the Armadimon royal family. But the greatest of them all was the V-mon royal family, of which V-mon here belongs to." Veto said.
"Alright, enough chit-chat." Secretary Runmell interrupted. "I see you've brought another piece of the ship with you."
"This is a pillar." Veto explained.
"What's its use?"
"It defines your laws of that matter can be transported through space and time. A Space Bridge. Teleportation, in other words. It can also materialize or digitalize objects, and will exist within the two planes."
"Why were you with technology like that on the Moon. I mean, I remember that you built this equipment and that you were sent on a mission on a Moon, but why? And what does your technology have anything to do with it." V-mon asked.
"During the mist of the war, we received a tip from intelligence that Millenniumon had several troops on the Moon. They sent me on a scouting mission, being one of their best soldiers and not being able to risk sending an entire army to the Moon and stay in the disadvantage in case it was a distraction. I took the technology in case the information was true, for a fast relocation of our army. But in the middle of the way, my ship was attacked and I crash-landed on the Moon. I suffered massive injuries, and sealed myself in the cryogenic sleep mode along with the Master Pillar. The pillars…what happened to them?" Veto asked desperately.
"Don't worry, we managed to rescue five of them, including the Master Pillar." V-mon assured.
"Only five! I once had hundreds! What happened to them?" Veto said.
"Hundreds of pillars that can transport stuff…Do you have any idea how serious this is? We are talking about transporting enemy armies, missiles, weapons of mass destruction!" Runmell said.
"The technology belongs to us Digimon. I demand its return." Veto said.
"In our world. You can't just bring equipment like that into our atmosphere!"
"I'll overlook your condescending tone if you take heed of the gravity of mine." Veto replied.
"Well, you can't just have them. Paperwork needs to be filled out. You know, a little thing called formality that separates us from the animals." Runmell replied and she left.
"I'm sorry, Veto, but she may be right. It may be better that we leave the pillars to them. At least until we find all the other pillars. Besides, we don't want to create any problems with the government. It wouldn't be could for the relationship of our communities." V-mon said. "You should stay here, old buddy. We'll be back later."
(A while later)
"So, Kuroa, what are you still doing in DC?" Ken asked as they followed Runmell through her office.
"The Prime Minister asked me to stay a bit more. Work business."
The Erabarshi Kodomo entered Runmell's office to discuss what to do next.
"You should probably head back to NY." Runmell said.
"How many times do we have to tell you? We can help, we have valuable information." Daisuke insisted.
"This place isn't an organization for teenagers. Listen, we're grateful for what you did. But you're not soldiers, you're messengers. You've always been messengers." Runmell said.
Daisuke felt something inside him snap, but decided to stay quiet.
"…You're joking, right?" Takeru said, outraged. "First come to us asking for help, and depend on us to save your sorry asses Chernobyl, and now you're telling me that we're only messengers to you guys?"
"It's the way things work. Despite the fact that you're very capable, you're still kids." Runmell said.
"Come on, guys. We're leaving." Daisuke said as he and the others left.
(A while later)
"Dammit!" Takeru said as he kicked the wall of the hotel.
"I know. Can you believe it? After everything we've done, they still call us messengers." Daisuke said.
"Guys, maybe this is for the best. Maybe they can handle this one." Hikari said.
"Maybe. But we shouldn't risk it." Ken said.
"…I say it's time we call in the expert." Daisuke said.
(The next day)
"Gennai!" Daisuke said as he entered Gennai's place.
"Oh, Daisuke-san, what brings you here?" Gennai asked.
"I need your help with something." Daisuke said, making Gennai raise an eyebrow. "I need you to help me find everything you can on Apollo 11, the Moon, Millenniumon, and the Great War. You're an expert hacker, you can do that, right?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Great, then come with me."
For the next few hours, Gennai spent time at the hotel with his laptop, researching and finding out everything he could.
"Guys, I find some information on that Larry Wong you mention. Turns out, he was a former aerospace scientist who worked on a project to the Moon." Gennai said.
"And all the people that have been murdered so far have been NASA or aerospace scientists." Iori said.
"But why would Jikanowari go after a bunch of humans?" Meyame question. "Unless they knew something that could interfere with their plans."
"But how could they possibly obtain information from Jikanowari?" Hikari said.
"Only if Jikanowari informed them of their plan." Ken said in realization.
"But why would they do that?" Miyako asked.
"…The Moon. They needed something about the Moon." Wormmon said.
Everyone turned pale. It was the worst scenario possible.
"Humans are working with Jikanowari." Daisuke said.
There was a brief silence when Gennai had something printed out.
"I also found two former Soviet Union astronauts who were assigned to go to the Moon but never happened due to the disruption of the USSR." Gennai said as he gave Daisuke the papers.
"Washington DC." Daisuke read.
Hikari's cell-phone started to ring.
"Hello? Ryan? What is it? Okay, I'll come over." Hikari said. "Sorry guys, Ryan is asking me to come over. He said he needs to talk with me personally."
"Whoa, wait, you're leaving? Now? Just like that?" Daisuke said as he followed her. He gave the others a look that said "Follow Gennai, I'll talk to her."
"Yup." Hikari said as she got into the elevator, along with Daisuke.
"But you can't leave." Daisuke said as they walked out of the hotel.
"Relax, Daisuke-kun. I'm just going to talk to Ryan. If you need anything, just call." Hikari said as she unlocked a silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
"…Who's car is that?" Daisuke asked.
"Mine."
"You don't have a car."
"Yes, I do. Ryan gave me one yesterday."
"That car's gotta be worth at least $200,000.00." Daisuke said.
"Yeah, well, I'm leaving Tailmon with you. She can help you. I'm just going to be with Ryan, Daisuke-kun. I promise. I'm just a phone call away." Hikari said. And she drove away.
"Something bothering you, Daisuke-san?" Gennai asked.
"No."
"Don't worry. She'll be fine." Gennai assured. "…How does she afford that car?"
"Her nakama gave it to her."
"Rich bastards."
"Daisuke," V-mon said "Ken found the astronauts."
"Great. Ken, you, Meyame, Wormmon, and Y-mon head to D.I.O.T. Miyako, you, Iori, Hawkmon, and Armadimon are coming with V-mon, Gennai, and I." Daisuke said. "Ken, take the keys to the car." Daisuke said as he threw the keys to Ken.
V-mon and Hawkmon then evolved to Lighdramon and Holsmon, on whom Gennai, Iori, and Armadimon climbed on and dashed/flew to DC.
(A while later)
"They're right over there." Gennai said as he looked around the corner and saw the former Soviet astronauts entering a building.
"So, what do we do?" Iori asked.
"We use the international language." Gennai said, discretely showing them a gun.
"Since when do you carry around a gun?" Daisuke asked.
"Since I came to know more about the human world, after the 2002 New Year's Incident. Come on."
The group walked into the building and straight down a hall. Gennai knocked on the door. A man opened the door slightly and he and Gennai started speaking Russian before the man rudely closed the door. Gennai knocked on the door one more time and took out $20.00. The man took it and fully opened the door, welcoming them.
"Over there. Those two with the woman with short black hair that's probably pretending to be a celebrity." Gennai said, pointing.
"Excuse me, do you speak English?" Miyako asked as she approached the men.
"Who wants to know?" The man said.
"The Erabareshi Kodomo."
"What do children pretending to be superheroes doing here?" The other man asked.
"We're not pretending to be heroes." Daisuke said.
"We're here to talk with you about that mission you had about the Moon for the Soviet Union…"
As soon as she said Soviet Union, the woman pulled out a gun and put it on Miyako's face while the barwoman pulled and pointed it at Gennai's head. Two other men pulled their guns at the back of Daisuke's and Iori's head.
"You're with the government, aren't you? You came here to arrest us! Fuck, Hector, I told you this would happen!" The woman said, never taking her eyes off Miyako.
"No! This is bigger than the government…We're not here to arrest you. We just want to ask you some questions." Miyako said.
The woman looked skeptical; she didn't trust Miyako and was certainly not lowering her gun soon. Gennai then made a sudden move, grabbing the shotgun and twisted it in the barwoman's hand, making the barwoman roll, losing grip of the shotgun. Gennai then elbowed her in the face, knocking her out, and pointed the shotgun at a man beside him who was taking out his gun, but froze as soon as Gennai pointed the shotgun in his direction. Gennai then pointed took out his gun and pointed it at the woman who was aiming her gun at Miyako.
"Alright, let's everybody just calm the fuck down." Daisuke said.
"Everybody just drop the weapons slowly. We just came here to talk." V-mon said.
Slowly everybody put their weapons on the ground.
"We just came here to ask some question about the Moon." Iori said.
"Come with us…" Hector said as they went into a room in the very corner.
"When our intelligence learned that there was something made out of electromagnetism on the Moon, we sent a satellite to take pictures of the Moon. We found these strange objects on the dark side of the Moon. At first we thought they were special rocks, but…" Hector said.
"They are not rocks. They are pillars. And they're all outside the ship. There's got to be hundreds of them…That's it. The signal the US received. It was Jikanowari, raiding the ship earlier. Jikanowari was there even before Apollo." V-mon said.
"But that doesn't make sense, why would they leave the Master Pillar and Veto…" Daisuke questioned.
"Wait, Daisuke, V-mon's are the only one's who can use that blue orb that revived Veto." V-mon said.
"…Veto's probably the only one who knows how to use the pillars. So they needed us to revive Veto. Veto is the missing piece." Daisuke said.
They all left the place in a hurry; Daisuke calling Runmell while V-mon and Hawkmon evolved to Lighdramon and Holsmon once more and rushed to D.I.O.T.
"Runmell? It's me, Daisuke!"
"Motomiya, how many times do I have to tell you not to use this number?"
"Listen, it's important! It's a trap! Jikanowari was expecting this! Veto is the key, he always was the key! We played right into their hands!"
"Crap…Get in the car, we're heading to D.I.O.T." Runmell told her assistant.
Meanwhile, Daisuke, Gennai, Iori, Armadimon, and Miyako were riding Lighdramon and Holsmon, who were running/flying as fast as they could to the D.I.O.T. base. On the middle of they way, on a bridge, they heard a strange sound, including screams, and looked back to see a Linkmon, a Lynxmon, and a Sepikmon charging at them, knocking cars out of the way.
"Go ahead, I'll take them from below." Iori said as he and Armadimon jumped from Holsmon into the water.
"Digimental Up!"
"Armadimon Armor Shinka!"
"Uzumaku Seijutsu (Whirling Honesty) Sabmarimon!"
"Oxygen Homing!"
Sabmarimon launched several torpedoes at the enemies, who just dodged.
Linkmon skated faster, approaching Lighdramon, and, just when Ligdramon started running faster to avoid him, Linkmon grabbed Gennai and threw him the middle of the street. Linkmon then made a sudden movement with his arms, sending a sort of wave that, although Lighdramon was able to dodge, cut several poles, blocking the bridge. Lighdramon jumped over just poles and when Lynxmon jumped after Lighdramon, Lighdramon halted, sliding at a decreasing speed, trying to stop, avoiding Lynxmon and now having aim of him. Holsmon then evolved Shurimon and launched a its arms at Lynxmon, wrapping them around him, allowing Shurimon and Miyako to be carried by Lynxmon as Shurimon skated through the streets.
"Attack him, attack him! Attack him, Lighdramon!" Daisuke shouted.
"Lightning Blade!" Lighdramon said, launching a lightning from the blade in its forehead at Lynxmon, painfully stunning him as Shurimon launched him headfirst into a car, killing him, before evolving back to Holsmon.
Linkmon and Sepikmon continued making their way, causing havoc.
"Spinning Cutter!" Linkmon launched blue energy orb. Lighdramon dodged, making it hit the ground, causing multiple explosions.
"Spirit Boomerang!" Sepikmon launched his boomerang, cutting another pole, making yet another pole fall in the middle of the road.
Lighdramon jumped over the pole, making Daisuke start screaming, and evolved to Fladramon, and used "Knuckle Fire", launching flames from his fists at the rubble that came Daisuke's way, before evolving back to Lighdramon.
"AAAH! AAAAAHH! AAAAAAAAHHH!" Daisuke screamed like a little girl before realizing that he had already landed on Lighdramon again, who was, by the way, looking bewildered at Daisuke.
"Seriously? And you're supposed to be a shinobi?" Lighdramon asked.
"Hey, I'm not in control of my own actions, moment of panic." Daisuke said. "All right, let's head to D.I.O.T."
Sabmarimon had evolved to Digmon and was following them through drilling through the surface of the ground. They were just arriving at D.I.O.T. when they saw Ken and Pucchiemon heading towards them.
"Go ahead, Iori and I'll take care of this." Ken said.
Pucchiemon jumped over Linkmon and Sipekmon and used "Love Lazer" right on their backs, crashing them into the ground.
As the Linkmon and Sipekmon stood up in rage and aimed at Pucchiemon, who aimed back, Armadimon arrived from behind and aimed at them just as they threatened to attack each other.
"Got a bit of a Mexican standoff here, huh?" Armadimon.
"Drop the weapons." Pucchiemon said.
"And we'll let you walk out of here alive your dignity." Digmon said.
Slowly, they all lowered their guards…Then Sipekmon launched his boomerang, which hit Pucchiemon on the shoulder.
"Big Crack!" Digmon stabbed Linkmon hard in the chest, then used "Gold Rush" at Sipekmon who dodged.
"Love and Fire!" Pucchiemon launched his arrows at Sipekmon, trapping him against the wall. "Punk…Love Lazer!" Pucchiemon launched a beam at Sipekmon, causing part of the building to explode, destroying him.
They then headed back to the D.I.O.T. base.
"You guys stay here. I'm going to do a little scouting with Tailmon." Lighdramon said as he and Tailmon left the base.
"Listen, you need to keep Veto safe, he's the key." Daisuke told everyone.
"Got it. Ken, take Stingmon and guard Veto." Kuroa said.
"Understood." Ken said as Pucchiemon evolved to Stingmon, since there were no enemies nearby.
"Yes, I am the key. What you must realize, my nakamas, is that we never stood a chance of winning. That's why a deal had to be made…with Millenniumon." Veto said as he turned around and stabbed Stingmon in the back twice with his Ulforce Saber. Time itself seemed to slow down as they saw I shock Stingmon fell to his knees on the ground.
"Veto…what have you done…?" Stingmon asked in pain.
"You are herby discharged from duty." Veto said as he used his "Shining V Force", sending a beam in the form of a V at Stingmon, through his chest, blasting everyone back, and causing Stingmon to devolve to Wormmon.
"Shooting Star!" Pegasmon said as he launched his a cluster of stars from his wings and took shelter behind a containe. Veto then used "Shining V Force" once again, making the containers explode, knocking Pegasmon and Takeru back.
"Takeru! Pegasmon!" Daisuke shouted as he stood up and ran towards them, but was held back by Kuroa.
"Don't, it's dangerous!"
Veto then launched used "Shining V Force" in every direction before being flying inside the base.
"Get all units back into the base, now! Repeat, all units back into the base, now!" Kurou shouted through his earpiece as they ran into base. "Do not engage with Veto, he's highly dangerous."
(Meanwhile)
On the other side of the base, Runmell and her assistant and just arrived.
"Alright, I want every single…"
BOOM
An explosion cam from inside the base. Runmell's bodyguards immediately gave her cover, and soon rushed into the base, only to see Veto destroying the whole place.
"VETO! WHAT'S GOING ON? ! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? !" Runmell yelled.
"I don't take orders from you. I'm a V-mon." Veto said as he turned to her and aimed his chest at her, launching a beam that would've struck her hadn't it been for Kuroa tackling her out of the way.
"Run!" Kuroa said as they ran into a hall.
Veto then continued his way, finally finding what he was looking for, and flew away from the base.
A few minutes later, Lighdramon and Tailmon came back. Lighdramon devolved back to V-mon as he watched the destruction around them.
"What happened?"
"Veto. He betrayed us and killed Wormmon. Ichijouji's outside with him." A soldier said.
Just then, Runmell spotted V-moon.
"Yeah, you take a good look around, V-mon! This is all on you!" She said.
"Hey, no need to be so harsh on…"
Tailmon was stopped when V-mon raised his hand, signaling her to stop.
"No. She's right." V-mon said.
V-mon and Tailmon then ran towards the place where he last saw Wormmon, and saw him still there, barely alive, in Ken's arms, blood dripping from his mouth, with everyon.
"Wormmon! Wormmon, I'm here!" V-mon said as he kneeled beside his friend.
"V-mon…Veto…"
"I know, I know. I just found out. Don't worry, buddy, we're gonna get you out of this." V-mon said as tears started welling up in his eyes.
"Sorry, but I think there's no getting out of this one. Here…" Wormmon said as he placed his hand on V-mon's chest and V-mon felt a surge on energy go through his body. "I gave you my evolution power. You won't be needing me anymore. Just make sure you catch him."
"I promise, Wormmon. I promise." V-mon said as he felt Wormmon's hands go limp and Wormmon started dispersing.
"Wait, we can still revive him!" Hwamon said. "V-mon, that blue orb you used on Veto."
"Yeah, we still have one left in the ship."
"We won't have time. I need a body to use the orb on." V-mon said.
"Then I guess our new invention could help." A soldier said as he approached them. "We created a chamber for situations like this. It's called Dispersion Deceleration Chamber. Wormmon dispersion will slow down."
"How long would you say we have?" Meyame asked.
"At this rate, 3 days."
"We may just make it. Burt first we need to stop Veto." V-mon said.
"You guys go ahead. I'll go after Hikari-chan, we'll meet up with you guys. You, please take Ken and Wormmon to the chamber." Daisuke said as they all split up and the soldier guided Ken, who carried Wormmon, to the chamber.
(A while later)
It was already dark. Veto, Millenniumon, and Thunderbirmon were gathered at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting Pool.
Veto spread four pillars around the Washington Monument.
"Impressive, master. I never knew that you were working with Veto." Thunderbirmon said.
"Few people ever knew about this. He was critical to me." Millenniumon said as he blasted the statue and sat on the seat of the Lincoln Memorial.
"NO! NO, NO, VETO!" Magnamon said as he arrived at the scene. But It was useless, Veto activated the Master Pillar, creating a space bridge
"We are here. The time is now." Millenniumon said as he sent a telepathic message to the Moon.
As Milleniumon said that, hundreds and hundreds of Megadramons, Gigadramons, Monochromons, Vermilimons, Mugendramons, Minotaurmons, MasterTyranomons, Tyranomons, Tuskmons, Unimons, Golemons, and Deltamons started rising from the ground as a another space bridge was formed on the Moon, and they all dashed towards it, leaping into it and materializing in DC just as the rest of the Erabareshi Kodomo arrived, with an exception of Daisuke and Hikari.
Chaos broke out into the capital of the US as the Jikanowari Army attacked anyone within their sight. Explosions in the streets caused vehicles to fly into the air as people ran away, screaming as the Digimon attacked. Some of them were killed while others were injured or managed to escape.
"Erabareshi Kodomo, retreat!" Magnamon screamed as he chased after Veto while evading his beams.
Having no other option, the Erabareshi Kodomo retreated, battling a few Digimon through their way back to the base.
"RAAAARGH!" Magnamon roared as he tackled Veto to the ground.
However, Veto quickly got up and slammed Magnamon against the wall.
"Why, Veto? ! Why? !" Magnamon was silenced when Veto pressed the tip of his blade against his head.
"For our race. There's no other choice."
"Yes, there is. Working together with humans."
"We used to be gods, V-mon, gods. Here, we're just Digimon partners. No matter what I did in the Great War, it didn't insure our race's survival."
"…Of course. Now it all makes sense. During the beginning of the war, we were winning. But then, we started losing. As if the enemy could read our mind, predict our next move. We had a leak. You were the leak." Magnamon said.
"I did what I thought was best. I won't kill you yet, V-mon. You'll see. In time, you'll come to thank me." Veto said as he stood up and left.
"This isn't over yet." Magnamon said as he rose to his knees.
(Meanwhile)
Daisuke ran towards Ryan's mansion. He quickly got in asked the first man he saw if he had seen a girl, about his size, long brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes. The man smirked and, for a moment, Daisuke thought he saw a hint of malice in his eyes, but dismissed it as his mind playing tricks on him.
"She's with Ryan at the end of this."
"Thanks." Daisuke said as he walked faster than normal to what appeared to be a dining room.
At the opposite side of the room, was Ryan, wearing a suit, with Hikari on a dinner table. He was holding her hand.
"I can understand his worry. If I were him, I wouldn't let you out of my sight for a moment." Daisuke heard Ryan said as he kissed her hand, making Hikari blush and giggle a bit.
He could feel the anger building up inside him but decided to calm down. This wasn't the time, nor the place to be jealous.
"You know, it's funny. On my way here, I was thinking "I could really use some advice from Ryan." Can I talk to you for a second?" Daisuke asked Hikari as he approached them.
"Daisuke, hey! Sit down with us. Would you like anything?" Ryan asked.
"…No, I would just like to talk with Hikari-chan in private. Is that okay with you?" Daisuke asked in a tone that hinted he really didn't give a crap about Ryan's opinion.
"…Excuse me." Hikari said as she followed Daisuke, knowing that something serious was going on.
Ryan then stood up and followed them.
"You know, I remember a talk I had with a friend once. It was about difficult decisions." Ryan said.
"Yeah, sounds great. Tell me about it some other time, we'll set up a date." Daisuke said.
"It was back when we were investing funds for NASA. He worked in the Apollo 11 mission."
Daisuke and Hikari stopped and looked at Ryan. He couldn't be implying what they thought he was implying. Daisuke could feel his heart rate increase and walked away as quickly as he could, dragging Hikari along.
"Was that to direct? Or is it just me?" Ryan asked.
"Just you, sir." A woman in her 70's said beside him.
Daisuke and Hikari were approaching Hikari's car when a Hanumon landed from above a tree, knocked the car aside, grabbed Hikari, and knocked Daisuke aside as Ryan and several other peple arrived at the door, watching as if it were a show.
As Daisuke stood up, a Pteranomon came flying down and hit Daisuke in the chest, knocking him against a tree.
"Good job, Mr. Coulson. You really showed him." A man said, patting Ryan on the back as he, and a few of his friends left.
"You weren't the first one to join the noble Digimon cause, you know?" Ryan said as he and some of his from approached Daisuke.
"WHO ARE YOU? !" Daisuke screamed as he stared at Ryan.
"An ally of Jikanowari's. I provided them the information, the resources, everything they needed." Ryan said.
"You helped them kill innocent people…?" Daisuke in horror and disgust. He angrily charged at Ryan and tried to get his hands on him, only to get held back by his bodyguards.
"You think they gave you a choice? Besides, it's not like I personally participated in them." Ryan asked as his bodyguards threw Daisuke back to the ground.
"DAISUKE-KUN!" Hikari screamed as Hanumon held her tighter in his hands, hurting her.
"LET HER GO!" Daisuke screamed as he dashed again at Ryan, only to once again be held by the bodyguards.
"First I want you to do something for me." Ryan said.
Daisuke spat on Ryan's face as a response. Ryan calmly wiped his face and looked at Daisuke.
"Daisuke, if you don't follow my orders, Jikanowari is going to go after Hikari, they're going to go after me, and they're going to go after you, so you're going to do as I say," Ryan said as he slapped Daisuke across the face and grabbed him by the collar "AND YOU'RE GONNA SHOW SOME GODDAMN RESPECT WHEN SOMEONE OFFERS YOU A JOB!"
Daisuke then head butted a guard, kneed the other one in the guts, making them let him go, giving Daisuke the opportunity to punch the two other guards unconscious, and grab one of the guars guns.
"Tch, tch, thc, Daisuke, Daisuke, Daisuke. Do you really believe a gun will work against me?" Ryan said, shaking his head as he started walking towards the goggle-head, who backed up with each step. "You don't even know who I really am, do you? Go on…Shoot me. I dare you."
Daisuke hesitated for a moment for a moment before aiming down at his leg and shooting it.
Instead of falling to the floor on one knee the next second, however, his hand was balled up into a fist at the spot where Daisuke had shot him. Slowly outstretching his arm and opening his hand, Ryan revealed the bullet that laid still in his hand, Daisuke's eyes widening. Ryan let the bullet fall to the floor and pulled out of his pocket a hitai-ate with a symbol of two rocks.
"I'm a shinobi of Iwagakure (Village Hidden in the Rocks)."
"You…You're an Iwagakure shinobi." Daisuke said as he looked at Ryan's arrogant smirk, who threw his hitai-ate back. "So lied about everything? Your parent being murdered; dropping out of school; living in the streets; building a company?"
"Most of it except for two things. I really did build up a company. And my parents were murdered…by your older brother." Ryan said.
Daisuke could have sworn that time around him itself slowed down.
"They were killed during the Daisanji Ninkai Taisen (Third Shinobi World War) by Daime. Ever since that day, I swore I'd take away his family, make him lose everything, and kill him." Ryan said.
Daisuke felt a heat in his chest. He knew this emotion. It was mixed feelings. He hated it. Part of him felt sad for Ryan for having lost his parents during the war, especially since it was his family who had caused it. But another part of him felt angry at Ryan, despite everything, for threatening his family and most of all, his friends, and killing Wormmon, who had nothing to do with what happened.
"So Iwagakure is working together with Jikanowari?"
"No. I left the village legally years ago. Then I found out about Jikanowari and they offered me a place by their side. Said I could be the ruler of the new human race, including the Godai no Kuni (Five Great Countries)." Ryan said.
"You sick bastard. So all this is just so you can be a ruler." Daisuke said.
"Basically, and it would be in Hikari's best interest that you do exactly that." Ryan said.
"DAISUKE-KUN, DON'T DO WHAT HE WANTS!" Hikari screamed, making Hanumon squeeze her harder.
"NO! STOP, STOP!" Daisuke yelled.
"Hanumon, would you please?" Ryan said, making Hanumon stop. "MameTyramon."
A minuscule Digimon that appeared to be a cross between a Mamemon and Tyranomon appeared and leapt into Daisuke's pocket.
"Now listen, you're going to learn of all of D.I.O.T.'s plans, combat tactics, counterattacks, everything. If you so much as try to signal your friends about this situation, Hikari will die." Ryan said. "But if you do as you are told. She'll be safe. I give you my word."
"…I'll kill you. I give you my word." Daisuke said as he was forced to leave.
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