Zypher: Hello everyone and I welcome you to the next chapter of Digital Life. I thank you all for your reviews so I hope you will enjoy this chapter.

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Digital Life

Chapter 5

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Yami stood up, helping Yugi up as well and looked to her. "You will not be doing no such thing. I'll take care of you and your digimon." Yami hissed as he was about to send Monodramon to deal with Birdramon but Yugi place a hand on his arm. "Wait, Yami, I don't want Monodramon to get hurt. I'll battle against her since she's coming after me." Yugi said. Yami looked to him worriedly. "Are you sure, Yugi? You're risking a lot with this choice." Yami whispered. "I know but she won't stop until she gets her way and if it's a battle she wants with Gabumon then she'll have one." Yugi said as Gabumon came over to his side. "Are you ready for this, Gabumon?" Gabumon nodded as he growled at Birdramon. Anzu laughed. "You really think your pathetic rookie will beat my champion level Birdramon? I like to see that happen." she jeered and Yugi's eyes narrowed. "At least I believe that Gabumon has a chance." Yugi said. "Well, let's just see. Birdramon, use your Meteor Wing and defeat that pathetic digimon." Anzu said and Birdramon flew up into the air, preparing for the attack. "Gabumon, aim you Blue Blaster at her wings." Yugi said and Gabumon did just that. Birdramon cried out, losing concentration with her attack. "What?!" Anzu screeched. "Now Gabumon, use your Drill Horn and knock her out of the air!" Gabumon took a running start before jumping up and tackled Birdramon down into the ground.

"No...NO! Birdramon, don't lose to that pathetic thing! Use your Phoenix Rise attack!" Anzu shouted and Birdramon nodded as she disappeared quickly. Gabumon looked around and so did Yugi but it was too late as Birdramon reappeared again, rising in flames. The flames hit Gabumon and he fell back. "No, Gabumon. Are you alright?" Yugi called and he nodded as he got up once more. "Alright then, use your Blue Cyclone!" Yugi said and Gabumon nodded as he starts to spin around, shooting out blue flames until it became a cyclone. He headed towards Birdramon but she dodged and used her Meteor Wing on him, throwing him back. 'Great, now she's chose to do better to impress.' he thought as Gabumon struggled to get up. Anzu cheered for her Birdramon. "Now, Birdramon, finish him off!" she called and Birdramon got ready to use another Meteor Wing. "No, Gabumon! Please! Get up before she launches her attack!" Yugi called to him. "No...Monodramon, get ready to intercept." Yami commanded. "No, Yami, I believe in him." Yugi whispered. Yami was silent before nodding, telling Monodramon to stay back for now. "Be careful, Yugi." he whispered. "You can do it, Gabumon!" Diamond called. The rest of his friends along with Yami's cheered for them both.

With their encouragement, his D3 started to glow and so did Gabumon. "Huh! What going on?!" Anzu shouted as she watched Gabumon. "He's digivolving. Why? Because we believe in him and Yugi." Yugi watched in awe as Gabumon digivolved into Garurumon. He howled and glared at Birdramon. "So what? Your pathetic digimon digivolved. He still can't be a challenge to Birdramon." Anzu muttered as she sent Birdramon to attack once more. Yugi took his D3 and looked up Garurumon's info. "Ok, Garurumon, use your Howling Blaster!" Yugi called and Garurumon did so, shooting out a stream of blue fire that was stronger than his previous Blue Blaster. Birdramon fell to the ground and then Garurumon slammed into her, throwing her back farther. "Now, I suggest the both of you leave. You done enough here and unless you want to lose Birdramon then be my guest and stay." Garurumon growled.

Anzu growled before looking to Birdramon. "Come on, Birdramon. Let's get going." Anzu said and she nodded as she let Anzu climb onto her back. "I will be back, Yugi, and when I am, you and Garurumon will be taken care of!" Anzu said as Birdramon flew off. Once she was gone, everyone went over to Yugi and congratulated him on his victory. "I can't believe you won! I was starting to worry for a minute, Yugi!" Jou cheered. "Well, it was thanks to you all in believing in me that caused Gabumon to digivolve. With your friendship, I think I may just be able to have a chance in the Battle Arena." Yugi said. "So, does that mean you have finally overcome your fear of the chances that you may lose Garurumon?" Aqua asked and he nodded. "I'm sure that even with minimal training, Garurumon will still be able to defeat most of the digimon he goes against and even he does lose, I'm sure that his determination will keep him alive." he spoke as Garurumon walked over to him and nuzzled him. "Of course, Yugi. I will do my best to stay alive and never leave you unless it's my time and I know that it won't be soon." Garurumon murmured. Yugi nodded and patted his muzzle. "Well, since it's still early, do you guys still want to train before we go out to eat somewhere?" Marik asked. They nodded and went back to their training, doing a few test battles before heading out to eat.

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Back at the shop, Sugoroku was feeding Leormon when he looked over to one of the pens that housed one of the champion level digimon they had to sell. Of course, because of his appearance and his name meaning 'Blood Wolf' in French, not many came to grab him because of the bad luck rumors hovering around his appearance. "Sangloupmon is there something wrong?" he asked as he walked over to the pen that housed the large demon beast digimon. "I wish to leave out of here for once. I wish for freedom. Can you at least let some of us digimon out for a while?" Sangloupmon asked as he looked to him.

"Well, I don't know. The game is still not up to par, so I don't know the risks of letting digimon that don't have a tamer out just yet. But if you and some of the other digimon wish to leave out, you can as long as you don't plan to cause trouble." Sugoroku answered. "But of course. I may be a dark type of digimon but I would not cause trouble here. Fangmon, for example, is another matter." Sangloupmon said, eliciting a growl from said digimon. "So what, I'm a fox. That doesn't mean pin me as a digimon of mischief always!" Fangmon hissed. "Ok, ok. Don't start arguing. For now on, I'll let out a select few digimon from their pens to walk around the city if you don't cause mischief or battle with other people's digimon. Is that fine with you?" he asked, looking to them all. They nodded and Sugoroku walked over to open the pen doors for Sangloupmon, Fangmon, Dorumon and Leormon. "I'll give you all til noon to explore the city and then you need to come back." he explained as he held the doors open for them and they nodded as they left out before separating ways.

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As they got done with their training, they headed out to a fast food restaurant to eat lunch. They went into Burger World and took their seats. A waitress took their order and they sat there, talking with one another and what they were planning to do once the Battle Arena is built. Soon, their food came and they started to eat. Topaz looked up from his salad and over to Seto. "Oh yeah, before I forget. Seto, would you mind if I can have a room in your mansion? As you can see, Greymon is huge and he won't be able to fit in my room, much less in the house." Topaz inquired. "But of course. A room is always there for any of our friends. There s enough for all of you to stay if you like." Seto replied. "I guess I won't mind staying there for a night. Just need to tell my grandfather so." Yugi hummed. "Me either. Need to leave the house more often anyway. You too, Ryou." she said, nudging him. The boy let out a short yelp and glared at her playfully. Gesomon laughed softly. "You know she's right, Ryou. The only time you leave the house is when you want to go to the park." Gesomon teased. "Shush you." Ryou mumbled, looking to him. The large digimon only laughed again. Once they were all done, Seto paid the bill and they left once more, heading back to the mansion. Halfway there though, Yugi spotted Fangmon walking towards them. "Hey, Fangmon! Over here!" Yugi called and the black and red fox digimon looked over to him before running over. "Hey, Yugi." Fangmon greeted.

"What are you doing out here?"

"Your grandfather let us spend some time out of the game shop now as long as we don't cause any problems in the city." he explained and he nodded. "Ok. Well, we're heading over to Seto's and spending the night there. Do you mind telling my grandfather that for me?" Yugi asked and Fangmon nodded. "Sure, I'll tell him when I get back. So, I'll see you tomorrow." Yugi nodded and Fangmon ran off once more. "Is that a friend?" Aqua asked as they continued their way. "Yeah, I took care of him when he was his rookie form before I thought about taking care of my own." Yugi answered as they reached the mansion. They all headed inside and some were led to their room while other headed for the training area to train a bit more. "Come on, Guilmon. You can do it!" Guilmon nodded and used another Pyro Sphere attack on the target. They continued to train, unaware of whom was watching. Marik watched him quietly before walking over to him. "Hey, Malik?" he called, and he turned to look at him. "Yeah, Marik?" he questioned.

"I was wondering, would you like to do a quick practice battle?" Marik asked. "Sure." Malik answered as Guilmon moved to stand beside him. ToyAgumon went to stand before Marik. "Ready?" Malik nodded as Guilmon stepped forward. "Alright, let's start this match then." Marik said as ToyAgumon charged into battle. ToyAgumon started the battle with a Toy Flame attack which Guilmon was able to dodge quickly. "Great job, Guilmon, now use another Pyro Sphere!" Malik called and Guilmon did so, hitting ToyAgumon. "That was a lucky shot Malik but it won't happen again. ToyAgumon, charge in and use another Toy Flame on Guilmon!" ToyAgumon nodded and charged towards Guilmon, stopping halfway and launched another Toy Flame attack. It hit and Guilmon fell back from the unknowingly powerful attack. "Come on, Guilmon. You can still get up!" Guilmon growled softly, getting back up. "Great! Now, go and use your Rock Breaker attack." he called as Guilmon charged for ToyAgumon, claws blazing. ToyAgumon charged in as well, readying his own Marion Punch. The battle raged on, each countering the other's attack until they were both tuckered out but was still willing to battle. "I think that will be enough for now, Malik. Do you want to battle again later?" Marik offered as he called ToyAgumon back. "Sure, this is a good training workout and who knows, maybe both our digimon will digivolve after a while."

Marik nodded with a grin. "Well, its best I go and show which room you're staying in before relaxing in my own. Come on." After that was said they both, with their digimon, headed back inside the mansion.

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Back at the other's home, Pokyupamon was training long into the evening, wanting to impress his tamer. 'Soon, I'll become Belphemon and that's what my tamer wants. Whatever he wants, I will do everything I can to appease him. Even if it means destroying other digimon.' Pokyupamon thought, looking over to his tamer who was watching and observing his strength. "You'll be prepared soon enough, Pokyupamon. Train a lot harder and you'll become Belphemon in no time then we'll deal with what we planned soon enough." His tamer whispered as he nodded as he went to attack more of the targets that were set out for him.

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Zypher: Well, that's all for this chapter. Hoped you enjoyed and will review.