Zypher: Well, I decided to start working on the next chapter to Digital Life since I'm having a burst of ideas for this story. So as always, please enjoy the chapter.

Note for Red Dragon: Yes, I know they would need the crests (for Gabumon and Agumon) to digivolve into the mega forms but since I'm following the plot of the game, they won't need them since the game doesn't included them.

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Digital Life

Chapter 4

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After a day of training in the park, everyone parted ways and headed back home. Yugi was about to leave after telling his friends goodbye but Yami rested a hand on his shoulder. Yugi turned back to him. "Yes, is there something wrong?" he asked. "No, there's nothing wrong. Just wanted to ask if you wouldn't mind us spending the night at your place. I don't trust that girl and she might try to come after you when you're resting." Yami suggested, Yugi nodding to the request.

"Yeah, that may be a good idea. Let's head back to the game shop and I'll ask my grandfather if it's alright." They nodded as they all left for the game shop.

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Back in another country not far from Japan, the man watched as his Phascomon digivolved into Pokyupamon. "Wonderful. Soon, it won't be long before you digivolve into Belphemon and we will have control over all the digimon." The man whispered and the puppet digimon nodded. "Don't worry, Siegfried. I will become the strongest digimon, stronger than any other." Pokyupamon whispered. "Well, enough of this chatter, get back to training. I'm going to check on my brother and see what he's up to." Siegfried commanded before leaving, letting Pokyupamon continue with his intensive training.

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It was late at night as Yugi, Yami and Aqua sat in Yugi's room, talking about the upcoming Battle Arena. Strabimon, Monodramon and Gabumon sat on the bed, watching them. "Are you sure you don't want to enter Gabumon in the Battle Arena? He did so well in that battle with Biyomon without all the training that girl did with her." Yami commented. "I'm still thinking about it. I really don't want to enter him into battles at this stage, but I'll think about it though." Yugi replied. "Yugi, if you do enter, I know you will win." Aqua spoke and he nodded with a soft smile.

They talked for a while longer before they went to bed. Outside, Anzu stood, sneering up to Yugi's bedroom window. "I will make him pay for everything he did. Humiliating me in front of Yami and Aqua was the biggest offense." Biyomon stood beside her, her wounds from the previous battle healed now and was ready to try again to appease her tamer. "Go, Biyomon, and make sure that Gabumon is deleted." she commanded and Biyomon nodded as she flew up towards the window.

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Back inside, Strabimon's ears twitched at the faintest sound of Biyomon's wings beating against the air. Red eyes shot open and looked toward the window to see Biyomon there, ready to make an attack. He growled and with quickness that Biyomon couldn't counter, he opened the window and slashed at her with Licht Nagel. Biyomon fell towards the ground and Anzu glared up at him before picking her up once more and leaving before Strabimon goes to wake someone for the disturbance she caused and got her caught. He snorted softly before heading back inside and stayed by the window just in case she tried to come back to try again.

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The next day, his grandfather walked into the room and woke them up. "Good morning, everyone. Breakfast is ready downstairs and once you're finished, do you mind helping me with feeding the digimon?" Sugoroku asked. "Sure. Are you going to help too, Yami?" Yugi asked as he looked to the older boy. He nodded. "Yes to both. Aqua and I will help before we leave to head back to Seto's. Do you wish to come with us when we leave?" he asked and Yugi nodded. Sugoroku smiled. "Well, then that's settled. Come on down for breakfast while I get the food for the digimon." Sugoroku commented as he left the room.

Yugi, Yami and Aqua got up and stretched a bit before heading downstairs with their digimon to eat breakfast.

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"Hey, Seto. Time to wake up now." A voice called and he shifted in his bed before getting up. He turned to the source of the voice and saw that Ryuudamon digivolved into GinRyuumon. "Ryuudamon, when did you digivolve?" he asked, slightly in awe to see his new digimon. "Sometime last night. I was bound to digivolve soon after you picked me up from the shop." GinRyuumon replied. Seto nodded as he got up. "Well, that's good. Maybe we can prepare you for the Battle Arena with stronger training methods. That gives me an idea of what I can do, and you can help me out." Seto said. GinRyuumon nodded and once Seto was dressed for the day, he and GinRyuumon left to head downstairs, looking for a large, empty room where they can set up a training area.

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In Jou and Kaiser's home, there was a bright flash as Gizamon and Crabmon digivolved. The bright light woke them and Jou rubbed his eyes, grumbling. "What is this? Shine the light in mah eyes day?" he grumbled. He looked around and once the light dimmed down, he looked over to the two digimon. "Hey, Kaiser, wake up. Crabmon and Gizamon digivolved." Jou called, getting up and walked over to his bed. He shook him and Kaiser looked around before sitting up. "What did you say?" he asked. "I said that Gizamon an' Crabmon just digivolved into Devidramon and Seadramon." That got Kaiser wide awake and he looked to them. "Wow. This is cool." Kaiser said as he got up and walked over to Seadramon. "Yeah, I'm real cool with the attacks I have." Seadramon preened. "So, what are we going to do today?" Devidramon asked. "Dunno really. Guess we can head back to the park an' see if the others are gonna meet up there." Jou answered as he pat Devidramon's head lightly. "But first, why don't we get some breakfast." They gave a nod to that nodded as they headed downstairs.

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Ryou woke up to the smell of breakfast being made and yawned, looking over to where Syakomon slept and didn't see him anywhere. He guessed he was downstairs with Diamond and Renamon and headed down as well. He was in for a surprise though when he saw that Syakomon was Gesomon. "When did you digivolve?" Ryou asked. "It was early in the morning. Since I was starting to digivolve, I didn't want to wake you so I came down and stayed here, waiting for Diamond to come and fix breakfast." Gesomon explained. "Yeah and when I got down here, he almost scared me out of my skin but it took me a second to realize it was only him." she added as she got some plates and handed them to Gesomon. Once he got them, he got to work setting the table with ease. Ryou laughed softly when she heard what happen. "My, Diamond, you make it sound like he was a rogue digimon that came into the house." Ryou said as he sat down at the table. "Hey, you can't blame me. Tell me what your reaction would be when you turn on the lights and a giant squid is sitting in your kitchen and no clue where it came from this early." she said in a huff but was still smiling.

"Ok, you do have a point there." Ryou responded as Renamon fixed his plate and he started to eat. Renamon made two more plates for herself and Diamond and sat another plate, filled with shrimp, on the table for Gesomon. He thanked her and started to eat. She and Diamond started to eat as well, discussing plans of what they were going to do today.

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Bakura woke up to the sound of things moving and growled as he tried to block out the sound with his pillow. "Who could possibly be this noisy so early in the morning?" Bakura grumbled as he finally lifted his head from under the pillow. He heard the door open and looked up to see Marik there. "What do you want?" he questioned. "Nothing much, just wanted to tell you that Seto and GinRyuumon are making a training area outside. That's what all the noise is since I had a feeling you would start complaining about it." Marik answered. "You hit the nail right on the head." he murmured and yawned before lying back down again. "Wake me up when it's done. Retamon and DemiDevimon both deserve some stronger training methods."

"Actually it's getting close to being finished. Just came in here to ask if you want to either head to the park with me and Crimson and see if Yugi's friends are around to invite them over here to train or just go ahead to the training area with Seto, Ruby and Toben?" Bakura thought about it. "I guess I'll come with you and Crimson. Now buzz off so I can get ready." Marik laughed before leaving the room, closing the door behind him DemiDevimon flew over, being woken up by Seto and Ruby's work, and perched on his shoulder. Bakura rubbed his head lightly before getting out of bed. "Come on, DemiDevimon. We better get ready before Marik comes back." he mumbled and the digimon nodded.

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Once it was getting close to noon, Yami, Yugi and Aqua left the game shop and started heading for Seto's mansion. "So, what are we going to do when we get there, Yami?" Yugi asked. "Aqua and I will likely train our digimon with the others so we can be prepared for the Battle Arena. You can join us if you like, Yugi." Yami replied, Monodramon nodding from beside him. "I'll think about. Yes, Gabumon was great in that short battle with Anzu but I'm still wary about getting into battle with stronger digimon."

"It's ok if you don't want to battle, Yugi. It would benefit your digimon's lifespan but if you want to do it your own way, that's ok with us." Aqua said and Yugi smiled up to him. "Thanks, Aqua."

"It's nothing, Yugi." They soon reached the mansion and Yugi looked towards it in awe.

"Wow, Seto lives there?"

"Yeah, he's a CEO of his own company back in America and he actually said he was planning to open one up here after learning more about the digimon and gathered a share of the stock for it to improve on it." Yami explained as they walked through the gates and towards the mansion. Bakura, Crimson and Marik started to walk out and saw them. Marik waved to them before running down the stairs and towards them. "Hey, Yami. Are you guys just getting here?" he asked. Yami nodded. "Yeah. Where are you three going?" he asked. "We're going to the park to see if the others are there and going to invite them over to the new training area Seto and Ruby just built in the back. They along with Toben are already back there." Marik explained. "Alright. See you later then." Aqua spoke as they left with their digimon.

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Malik finally woke up due to a gentle nudging against his shoulder and looked over Guilmon. "Ah, what time is it?" he asked himself as he turned over to the clock on his nightstand. "Sheesh, it's already close to noon. We better get going before the others get to the park. I have a feeling they might be there now though." he murmured as he got out of bed and looked back to Guilmon. "Guilmon, I want you to go see if Topaz and Agumon are awake. If they are, make sure they are ready so we can get going once I'm ready." Malik said and he nodded as he left out the room. Outside, Topaz was with Greymon. "Now, what are we going to do with you? You're too big to even fit in the house." Topaz mumbled. "Maybe we can ask someone if they have a big enough room for me to fit in. I'm going for Seto as a suggestion." Greymon proclaimed and Topaz agreed. "Yeah, I thought of that too. Well, once Malik is awake, we'll head to the park and see if one of his friends are there and we'll head to Seto's." Topaz said and Greymon nodded. Guilmon came outside and seeing they were up, he stayed with them until Malik came out.

When he did, he was in shock to see Greymon but soon agreed that they should be getting to the park now and started making their way there.

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Once they got there, the greeted everyone before Marik told them about the new training area Seto made and soon, they were all off for the mansion. Unnoticed, they didn't see Anzu following behind them, a large shadow flying about her as she walked.

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Back at Seto's, everyone was training while Yugi sat out and watched them. During their training, Retamon digivolved into Youkomon, which awed them with his dark coat before they continued training. When the others arrived, they moved on with battling one another's digimon. Aqua sat out of this one and went to sit beside Yugi. "Yugi, are you sure you don't want to train with the others?" Aqua asked. The boy nodded. "I'm sure. I can tell I won't do well against any of them." Yugi murmured. Strabimon walked over and placed a claw on his shoulder, shaking his head lightly. "See, Strabimon thinks you're not bad at battling and I think the same too. Come on, just one battle. I'll go against you so you won't worry so much." he said and Yugi finally agreed. They got up and started to battle with each other, Aqua giving tips to Yugi while they did so. Soon enough, Floramon digivolved into Deramon and decided to take a break there. Ryou and Diamond went inside to get some snacks with Ruby's assistance while the others started a conversation.

"So Yugi, now that you finally starting to battle, are you going to enter in the Battle Arena?"

"Perhaps. I'm still thinking about it."

"I think you should, Yugi. Soon enough, you'll be getting Garurumon and I'll bet he'll be strong with all the training you're giving him right now."

"You really think so?"

"I'm sure of it. Actually, we're all sure of it." Yugi smiled and nodded. "I guess you're right. I'll make sure to train Gabumon so he will be strong enough to beat anybody in the Battle Arena." Yugi said. "That's the spirit, Yugi! I bet you'll get strong enough to beat Yami or Aqua in time." Yugi laughed but soon swept away by a dark shadow. "Ahhh! Help me!" Yugi cried. "What the...?" Yami growled as he looked up. He saw that Yugi was being carried away by an unfamiliar digimon and took out his D3. He scanned it and saw it was Birdramon and growled, knowing only one person who could possibly have her as of now. "That girl is really getting on my nerves." he hissed before looking to Monodramon. "Monodramon, do you think you can fly up to her and take her down." Monodramon nodded and went to do so but Birdramon dodged every attack he launched. Devidramon finally got tired of this and went up to tackle Birdramon down, grabbing Yugi before he could fall with her. He landed and placed Yugi down and Yami ran over to him. "Are you alright?" he asked. Yugi nodded slowly. "I'm fine but I think I might be in trouble." Yugi whispered as they saw Anzu appearing from behind the corner.

"I see you met my new and improved digimon~ Now I'm ready to defeat you and get rid of your digimon once and for all!" Anzu spat.

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Zypher: Need to speed this up so I hoped you like the chapter and will review.

Translation:

Licht Nagel - Light Claw