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AN: Here begins Book 2 based off of Adventure 2!
Ages are as follows:
Kari, T.K, Davis, Ken, Yolei: 11
Cody: 10
Izzy: 15
Joe: 17
Kagome, Matt, Sora, Tai, Mimi: 16
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-The Ninth Child-
xX-A New Adventure Begins-Xx
-Digital World-
"Run!" a Gazimon shouted. "It's the Digimon Emperor!"
A boy that looked about ten, maybe eleven, possibly a little older stood atop a large boulder, cracking his whip, causing hundreds of black rings to erupt from behind him and chase the Digimon.
The~Ninth~Child
This boy had messy, spiky blue hair and pale skin, his eyes were covered up with gold sunglasses with violet lens.
He wore a blue and white jumpsuit with black accents, a pair of metal gauntlets around his wrists leading up to black gloves, a pair of metal anklets leading down to black boots. He had two large gold shoulder pads from which a long blue cape edged in gold that split into two like a pair of insect wings spread around him to a few inches above the ground.
The~Ninth~Child
The Digimon Emperor only laughed as the Digimon in the area fled from the dark rings floating after them.
Some weren't very luck and were clipped by the rings around some part of their body, their eyes glowing an angry red soon after.
Gatomon ran away from a ring that was after her as fast as she could, but there was only so much she could do. The moment the ring after her was about to snap itself around her neck, her tailring glowed golden as it batted the ring away.
"That was close," the feline Digimon sighed, only to freeze when she heard a sound behind her. Gatomon turned around and found Unimon there, poised to attack.
-Earth; Hamasaki Academy-
(AN: I didn't know how this is arranged in the anime, but in my story I'm having the High School and Middle Schools in one academy with the two levels in different parts of the building. Oh and Middle Schoolers won't have a strict dress code until their first official year of High School.)
Kagome stared out the window, waiting for class to begin and sighed as she watched the underclassmen play around or talk outside.
The~Ninth~Child
Her uniform consisted of a dark-brown and black plaid skirt with a white button down underneath a cream-hued blazer. A red bow was neatly tied around her neck with a pair of black knee-high socks and dark-brown ankle boots.
Her thing-length hair was tied in a loose braid over her shoulder secured with a simple black tie reaching down to her waist. In her ears were a pair of small gold hoops.
The~Ninth~Child
It had been four years since that summer in the Digital World and quite a bit had changed with the DigiDestined.
Tai was now in High School with Sora, Mimi, Joe, Izzy, and Kagome, though he still loved playing soccer. Matt actually had formed a band with a few other friends and they were slowly rising in fame. Sora had grown to let go of soccer and had become a very becoming tennis player. Mimi and her parents had moved to New York due to their paranoia over the entire Digital World adventure. Joe was still studying hard to become a doctor, though his brother wasn't any longer. Izzy was now in High School with the rest of them and was still as much of a genius as ever.
And Kagome?
Well, for one, Kagome never really stuck around with one particular activity, which tended to drive her brother mad, preferring to switch around trying out whatever had caught her interest. She still kept in touch with her old friends, but it seemed that she and Mimi had grown much closer after the caramel-haired girl moved.
'I wonder what that dream meant,' Kagome thought, 'I haven't had another vision since we left the Digital World that summer four years ago. Something must have happened; I just hope our Digimon friends are all right…'
She thought back to image of a spiky-haired boy in front of a large black spike with two other human figures on either side of him. 'Who is he? And what was that spike?'
"Hey, Kagome," a voice greeted the raven-haired girl as they took the seat beside her.
"Hm?" Kagome turned only for her eyes to brighten when she saw it was Matt who'd taken the seat next to her. "Matt? You're in my class?"
"Yeah," The blonde laughed lightly, "Didn't expect it, but I won't look the other way for having a friend with me in my class this year."
The~Ninth~Child
Matt had grown quite a bit as well, now standing a full head taller than her. His hair had grown out to just below his earlobes and he'd lost his baby fat as well. Though his eyes were the same cerulean she'd remembered from four years ago.
He wore a pair of dark-brown pants, a white button down underneath a cream blazer with a red tied around his neck. On his feet were a pair of black shoes and around his wrist was a simple wristwatch.
The~Ninth~Child
"You okay?" Matt asked his raven-haired friend. "You look a little distracted."
"It's nothing," Kagome shook her head, "Just a strange dream, that's all."
"About what?" Matt leaned in a bit. "It wouldn't happen to have been about the Digital World, would it?"
After coming home, Kagome had confessed to her friends and her siblings that she'd been seeing visions of things that actually came true. However, she only saw glimpses of things, nothing totally specific that could give her a chance to change what was to happen.
"I don't know, actually," Kagome's brow furrowed, "I can't really tell where it is. All I can see is a boy with spiky hair standing in front of a huge black spike with two other people. They all look human, but something seemed…off about the other two with the boy…"
"Weird…" Matt whispered. He opened his mouth to speak, but closed it when the school bell rang and the teacher stepped inside.
The class took out their notebooks, textbooks, and writing utensils as their teacher began his lesson.
-Hamasaki Academy; After School-
Kagome was packing up to leave as Matt had left before her to get to band practice and she'd stayed behind a bit to review a few things over with the teacher. Suddenly she stopped when a beeping came from her bag. Recognizing the sound, the girl opened her bag and took out a small silver device that resembled a DS gaming system, but wasn't quite that.
Kagome pressed a button and checked the message she'd gotten, only for her eyes to widen with each word she read. Quickly typing a reply before stuffing the device into her bag, Kagome ran as fast as she could to the only computer lab still open at this time in the school.
"Kagome!" the raven-haired girl turned and smiled in relief. "Izzy!"
The~Ninth~Child
Aside from his growth spurt, nothing much had changed about Izzy beside his shorter haircut which was definitely a change from the wild do he'd sported four years ago.
He was wearing the same uniform Matt was wearing, though his tie wasn't around his neck, but hanging out slightly from his bag.
The~Ninth~Child
"Did you get—" The aurburn-haired genius began.
"Yeah," Kagome nodded worriedly. "We need to go; now!"
The two nodded and ran as fast as they could to the same computer lab Kagome was headed for first. Eventually, they met up with Kari, T.K and two other students that looked about their age.
Kari had certainly grown taller in the last four years and her hair had grown out some, though she still preferred to keep it short and clipped slightly to the side with a red barrette.
She wore a pair of yellow high-waist shorts with a brown belt, a pink and white sleeveless turtleneck, a pair of pink fingerless gloves that stretched up to a few inches below her shoulders, a pair of knee-high white socks, and pink sneakers. A silver camera was hanging around her neck by a neon-green cord.
The~Ninth~Child
T.K had grown as much as Kari and actually exceeded her height by an inch and a half. He hadn't changed much in terms of features with the exception of his losing the childish baby fat a little.
He wore a pair of green shorts, a yellow and teal long-sleeved shirt, a pair of navy socks with green sneakers, and a white bucket hat sat on his head.
The~Ninth~Child
Another boy had short, spiky maroon hair, lightly-tanned skin, and dark-brown eyes.
He wore a pair of dark-brown shorts, a navy and white striped long-sleeve shirt with a cerulean vest over it, a pair of white knee-high socks with white sneakers. A pair of goggle rested on his head, much like the way Tai had his.
The~Ninth~Child
And the girl was about the same height as the maroon-haired boy. She had lavender hair down to mid-back held back with a blue bandana, a pair of amber eyes rested behind a pair of large circular-framed glasses, and she had a peachy complexion.
She wore a magenta long-sleeved dress that stopped a few inches above her knees with blue knee-length tights underneath, a pink short-sleeved cardigan over the dress, and a pair of violet ankle socks with orange shoes.
"Izzy! Kagome!" T.K grinned. "What's up?"
Kagome flashed a quick smile at younger blonde and her sister as Izzy spoke with the lavender-haired girl. "Yolei, I need to use the computer lab right now if you're not busy."
"I You mean the Former Computer Club President is looking for me?" Yolei gushed. "I'm honoured!"
"Tai sent us an urgent e-mail!" Kari said worriedly.
"We know," Kagome nodded, "Izzy and I just received it as well. I sent him a reply saying that I'd get whoever I could to go with me as soon as possible."
They all walked into the computer lab and Izzy took over the terminal Yolei had been using previously. "That's a lot better than what happened with me," Izzy told the raven-haired girl. "I forgot to recharge my D-Terminal after playing Trigonometry Trivia on the internet last night."
"Um, not to be rude or anything," Yoeli interrupted. "But who are you?" She directed this at Kagome.
"My name is Kagome Kamiya," the raven-haired girl smiled, "I'm Kari's older sister."
"But I thought Tai was Kari's brother," the maroon-haired boy scratched his head.
"He is," Kagome nodded, "and I'm her sister, that's all there is to it."
"Hey, what's the Digital World?" Yolei asked, remembering the words of the e-mail she'd given to Kari. "Is it a new amusement park or something?"
Kari, Kagome, T.K, and Izzy looked at each other and sweat-dropped. "Not exactly…" Kagome said weakly.
"Hm…I heard about it from Tai once," the maroon-haired boy spoke, "something about it having a lot of Digimon there or something."
"You know tai?" T.K asked.
"Tai helps coach Davis' soccer team when he's not playing for his own," Kari answered.
"Yolei!" came a somewhat hoarse voice from the doorway.
They turned to see a young boy possibly a year younger than Kari and T.K standing in the hall outside the computer lab.
The~Ninth~Child
This young boy had short brown hair, pale skin, and dark-brown eyes.
He wore a pair of khaki pants, a lavender turtle neck, and orange sneakers.
The~Ninth~Child
"Weren't you coming to fix my computer?" the boy asked the lavender-haired girl.
"Oh right," Yolei said slowly. "Sorry, I'm coming, Cody!" And with that said, the girl in magenta walked out the door with the younger boy at her side.
"Prodigious!" Izzy exclaimed as he typed one last code in. "We're going back to the Digital World!"
"Then I'm going, too!" Davis said stubbornly.
"That's impossible!" T.K shook his head and held out his digivice as did the rest of his friends. "Not just anyone can go; you need a digivice to even activate the gate!"
'He seems familiar…' Kagome thought as she watched Davis argue with T.K and izzy about why he should be able to go to the Digital World. T was then that she remembered a small snippet of a conversation Kagome and Kari had a while back.
-Flashback-
"There's this kid in my class that kind of reminds of Tai," Kari said, playing with Meeko while Kagome read a book on her bed.
"Oh?" Kagome put her book down at looked at her little sister. "You sound like you don't like him very much."
"I guess he's not really that bad," Kari said slowly, "But he's got this huge crush on me that so obvious anyone can see it! He can get really annoying when I try to talk to any of my guy friends since he's always getting jealous over the smallest things…"
-End Flashback-
'So he's the boy that's been crushing on her…' Kagome smirked. 'I wonder how Tai would take it…'
Suddenly, the computer screen flashed as three bolts of light, one red, one yellow, and one blue popped out of the computer screen. The group in the computer lab gasped at the sight and watched as the red and yellow bolts headed out of the lab while the blue shot into Davis' hands.
"What's this?" Davis asked when the blue glow died down to reveal an small device resembling a walkie-talkie with a white body and blue accents.
"A digivice?" Kari gasped. "But it's a definitely a different model than the one we have."
"We'd better get going while the Digital Gate is open," Kagome reminded them.
"Hey, can I get Donkey Madness on this?" Davis asked, referring to the device in his hand.
"It's not a game and that's certainly not a toy!" Izzy snapped. "If the Digital World sends you a digivice, then it's for a reason that you should take seriously."
"I'm not waiting any longer," Kari stepped up to the computer and held her digivice in front of the screen, "I'm going to help my brother!" The screen glowed as Kari was sucked into the computer.
"I'm with you!" T.K nodded, doing the same with the same results.
"Don't forget about me," Kagome smirked as she, too, held up her digivice and getting taken into the computer.
"Your turn," Izzy said slyly, "Unless you're scared."
Davis growled. "I'm there!" And just like that Davis was taken through the portal as well.
-Digital World-
"Woah…My first time being downloaded," Davis shrugged. It was then that he noticed his new wardrobe. "And with a wicked wardrobe, too!"
The~Ninth~Child
As of now, Davis sported a navy jacket with flames along the bottom and fur along the collar, a cream-hued shirt, a pair of olive shorts, and a pair of navy socks with orange high-tops. He wore a pair of yellow gloves and his goggles were still in place, having made it through the journey.
The~Ninth~Child
"And it looks like you're not the only one," T.K commented, looking at Kagome. "Nice outfit, Kagome!"
"Hm?" The raven-haired girl looked at the young blonde from where she was observing their surroundings. "My out—What am I wearing?!"
The~Ninth~Child
Kagome now wore a navy denim skirt that went down the ends of her thighs, a blue-green sleeveless turtleneck under a white short-sleeved crop jacket, and a pair of black ankle-high combat boots. She wore a pair of white fingerless gloves, and a brown belt with a pouch attached was slung around her hips.
Her hair was secured up in a high ponytail with a navy hair tie and her earrings were still in place.
The~Ninth~Child
"You don't look bad Kagome," Kari assured her sister.
"She's right, you look real pretty," T.K agreed.
"'Pretty' isn't a good enough word," Davis gaped. "She's hot!"
"I wouldn't let Tai hear that if I were you," Kari warned when her older sister flushed lightly.
"He'll nail you over one if you talk about his sister like that," T.K added.
Kari, T.K, and Kagome took out their digivices and started searching for a signal. "It's over this way," Kari called, leading them in the direction of her brother.
"This place doesn't seem so scary," Davis commented, "The way Tai described it, you'd be looking at monsters around every corner!" It was then that he spotted a vending machine.
Kari, Kagome, and T.K exchanged amused glances.
"Should we tell him?" T.K asked.
"Not a chance," Kari shook her head. "I wanna see his face…"
"What's a vending machine doing out here in the forest?" the maroon-haired boy muttered. "Actually, I am a little thirsty…"
Suddenly, instead of the cool drink he was expecting the come out of the machine, a whole horde of Numemon filtered out of the machine, leaving Davis on the ground with a hilariously freaked out expression.
Kagome, Kari, and T.K just burst out laughing at the sight.
"Very funny!" Davis glared at the amused trio. He got up and they began walking back on the trail they'd been on before. "So those were Digimon?"
"Yup," Kari answered. "There a lot more of them that are cuter than those Numemon, though."
"And a lot of scarier ones, too!" T.K added cheerfully.
"So…do they all come out of vending machines?" Davis asked.
"Not exactly," Kagome sweat-dropped.
"The digivice says that Tai's really close by," Kari spoke up.
It wasn't even a minute before they'd heard a familiar voice. "T.K!"
Patamon flew out and into the young blonde's arms, much to Davis' shock. "Patamon!" T.K said happily. "Am I glad to see you!"
"Kari!" Gatomon leapt into her partner's arms, snuggling into the girl.
"Gatomon," Kari smiled as she clutched the feline Digimon to her.
"Kudamon!" Kagome said happily as the fox-like Digimon swirled around the raven-haired girl for a moment before settling on her shoulders like before. "Oh, I'm so glad to see you!"
"And I you," Kudamon nuzzled his partner's cheek contently.
"You made it!" Tai ran out with Agumon right behind him.
The~Ninth~Child
Tai's hair was as big as ever, though he grew out of his lanky boyish form into that of a fit sixteen-year-old. Besides gaining some height, nothing more had changed.
The~Ninth~Child
"Tai!" Davis exclaimed. "I told those guys you'd be all right!"
"Davis?" Tai looked dumbfounded at the younger boy's appearance. "What are you doing here?"
"Gatomon," Kari said seriously, "What happened to your tail ring?"
"We can't talk here," Agumon spoke up. "Let's go back to the cave and then we'll explain everything that's happened."
And with that said, the small group of humans and Digimon made their way to the cave Tai, Agumon, Patamon, Gatomon, and Kudamon had been hiding out in before they went out to look for Kagome and the others.
The feline Digimon's ear drooped a bit as she told her story. "I was attacked by Unimon, who was under the control of a Dark Ring. I managed to escape, but I had to leave my ring behind since it was caught under Unimon's hoof."
"Dark Ring?" T.K asked with narrowed eyes.
"One day, a bossy human appeared and started making Digimon his slaves," Gatomon explained, "He calls himself the 'Digimon Emperor!' I heard we're all going to have to punch a time clock, too!"
"Digimon Emperor?" Kagome whispered. "He wouldn't happen to have spiky hair, would he?"
"He does," Patamon confirmed. "Why?"
"Because I saw him," Kagome looked at her brother. "I saw him in another vision, I didn't know who or what it was so I just thought it was just a strange dream. But if I'm getting visions again, then it really means that the Digital World is in danger."
"There are more humans here?" T.K's eyes widened. "Well, there goes the neighborhood…"
"He has a strange new Dark Digivice that prevents us from Digivolving," Kudamon answered.
T.K whirled around to face Davis. "Show them yours!"
Davis was confused at first but then realized that they must be talking about the device that popped out of the computer. "Does it look like this?"
"That's it!" Gatomon fell into a battle stance, paws and claws at the ready. "You work with the Digimon Emperor!"
"Hold it," Davis waved his hands back and forth, "I don't work for anybody! I don't even think I can legally work yet! I just got this when it popped out of the computer!"
Unseen by everyone but Kagome, Tai's eyes narrowed. 'So that's what came out of the Digi-Egg when I touched it. Three new digivices! But why does Davis have one? What's his purpose in the Digital World? And more importantly, who's got the other two?'
"The Dark Digivice drains our power, making us as weak as newborn kittens," Gatomon told them.
"Is that why you couldn't Digivolve?" Tai asked Agumon.
The orange dinosaur nodded. "Yeah! If I could Digivolve, then he wouldn't stand a chance!"
"The Digimon Emperor used his Dark Rings to take control of the Digimon to turn them into his salves," Kudamon added.
"But what would he need slaves for?" Kagome asked.
"To take over the Digital World?" Tai suggested slowly.
"No think about it," Kagome shook her head. "In history, slaves were used as servants to do a master's bidding. If this Digimon Emperor wanted to just take over the Digital World, he'd probably still use the collars, but not to control he Digimon as he is. He'd use the collars to keep them in line when they rebelled, but he isn't He's taking full control of the Digimon's mind and power. There must be a reason why."
"Kagome has a point," Kari pointed out. "Slaves are and were used to do work, not take over a foreign place. So what's he planning on using the Digimon for?"
"Guards?" Davis offered.
"Maybe a few of the stronger Digimon," T.K conceded, "But what about the younger or weaker Digimon that aren't up to a certain level? What would he be doing with them?"
The group fell silent as they tried to come up with some explanation.
"Digimon Emperor my foot!" Kari burst out. "I'll slap a Dark Ring on him!"
Kagome's head snapped up. "Kudamon, get me a very hard rock, something that won't easily break under pressure or momentum," she ordered quietly.
Kudamon looked questioningly at his partner, but nodded nevertheless and set out to find what was asked of him.
The group looked at the raven-haired girl curiously, but Kagome only waited for Kudamon to come back to her. She didn't have to wait long because it was then that Kudamon zipped back around her neck and handed her the pebble he'd found.
Quicker than anyone was able to tell, Kagome spun around and chucked the stone towards a floating black ring situated above them.
"A Dark Ring!" Gatomon gasped when she saw the rock Kagome threw at said object pierce through, destroying it. "How did you do that?"
"I just had a feeling it would work," Kagome winked.
"I've been meaning to ask," Tai remembered," Just what are you wearing?"
"That what I said when I saw myself," Kagome said dryly. "But I don't know. One minute I'm in my uniform, the next, I'm in the Digital World looking like this."
"Hey, Tai," Agumon nudged his partner when the brown-haired teen was about to say something else in return, "Why don't you show them the thing we found?"
"Yeah," Tai nodded. "Come on, there's something you guys need to see." He led the group deeper into the cave to where a small flame-designed egg with a blade-like horn sticking out of it and the Crest of Courage etched onto it.
"Looks like a deflated beach ball," T.K tilted his head. "No wonder! It's got a spike through it!" He went over to it and tried to lift the egg.
"Yeah except it's heavier than my mom's meatloaf," Tai commented.
"It won't budge!" T.K grunted.
"Step aside, this is a woman's job," Kari walked up to the egg and tried pulling on it as well, but to no avail. The egg just wouldn't allow itself to be dislodged. "It really is stuck!"
"I guess it's your turn next, Kagome," Kari told her older sister, who only raised an eyebrow.
"I don't even have the Crest of Courage and you expect me to pull that up?" Kagome asked.
"It wouldn't hurt to try," T.K added.
"All right," Kagome sighed. She stepped towards the egg and went to grab it, but the moment her fingers touched the surface, an image of Davis and an unknown blue Digimon flashed through her mind.
Kagome got back up and looked at Davis. 'It looks like it's him that'll pull the egg out…but why? Tai posses the Crest of Courage, so why is Davis the one to pull out the egg? And get a Digimon from it in the process?'
"Is something wrong?" Tai asked his sister.
"No," Kagome shook her head as she walked away from the egg.
"Then why didn't you try pulling it out?" T.K asked.
"Because it's not supposed to be me who pulls it out," Kagome told them. She looked at Davis. "It's him. This egg belongs to him despite the Crest originally belonging to Tai."
Davis looked at the older girl for a moment before glancing at the egg. He took a deep breath and stepped towards the object and placed his hands on it, wrapping them around tightly. With a grunt, Davis tugged on the egg and after what seemed to be at least two minutes, the egg popped off the ground with Davis landing on the dirt due to the force he exerted on the egg.
"Hey, I did it!" Davis held up the egg excitedly.
"What could this mean?" Kari asked.
"I don't know," Tai answered when suddenly a stream of orange sparks shot out of the hole the egg left behind.
The group watched in awe as a form appeared within the sparks before jumping out at Davis. It was a small blue and white Digimon with a yellow 'v' marking on his head and ruby eyes.
"Hi, I'm Veemon, but you can just call me Veemon!" Veemon grinned as he bounced aroud a baffled Davis.
"My name's Davis," the maroon-haired boy said slowly.
"Hey I know that Digimon!" Agumon exclaimed. "That's Veemon. Supposedly he's a fun-loving, adventure-seeking little Digimon that brings you good luck. But I thought he was just a legend!"
"Nope!" Veemon shook his head. "I'm real alright! And I've been waiting for you for a long time, Davis!"
"You sure you don't have the wrong guy?" Davis asked. "'Cause I don't think I'm the one you're looking for."
"Nope, you're definitely him!" Veemon nodded. "Because you were the only one to move the Digi-Egg of Courage!"
'That's right,' Tai thought. 'I couldn't move the egg even though I have the Crest of Courage, but Davis could…'
Suddenly a violent tremor rocked the cave. "What's that? An earthquake?" Davis asked.
"No, look up there!" T.K gasped.
"It's a monster!" Davis cried out when what looked like a black and white triceratops bust through the roof of the cave, falling in.
"No, it's a Digimon!" Kari shouted.
"Monochromon!" T.K breathed out. "His shell is harder than diamonds! His attack, Volcanic Strike, sends out millions of fireballs!"
"Pepper Breath!"
"Boom Bubble!"
"Glorious Whirlwind!"
"Let's go!" Kagome shouted. "We need to get out here while we can! Monochromon's not himself, remember?!"
The group nodded just as the attack bounced off Monochromon's black shell, making him angry enough to spew out a couple fireballs at them. "Volcanic Strike!"
The group ran as quickly as they could out of the cave and down the slop a few metres before it, though Davis was noticeably lagging behind.
"Davis!" Tai shouted up to boy. "Come on!"
"Volcanic Strike!" Monochromon released yet another fireball, and while it didn't hit Davis, or even Kari when it dashed by her, the girl in pink had twisted her ankle when she tried dodging the attack.
"Tai!" Kagome called to her brother as she stayed by her sister.
"What's up?" Tai asked when he made his way to his siblings.
"I can't move my ankle," Kari whimpered slightly.
"Okay, here, we have to move quickly," Tai offered his back and Kagome helped ease Kari onto him. "Now, let's go!"
It was then that the group heard Davis shout as he held up the Digi-Egg of Courage. "Digi-Armour Energize!"
"Digi-Armour—" Tai began.
"Energize?" T.K raised an eyebrow.
But they had no time to think on that as they watched Veemon Digivolve by combining with the Digi-Egg of Courage. "Veemon Armour Digivolve to: Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!"
"What's that?" Davis blinked at the sight of the completely new Digimon. "Is that Veemon?"
"I am Flamedramon," said Digimon told them, "As Veemon, I used the Digi-Egg of Courage to Armour Digivolve. My 'Fire Rocket' attack will charbroil the enemy like a well-done steak!"
"Definitely didn't see that one coming," Kagome whistled.
Monochromon charged at Flamedramon, but the newly evolved Digimon stopped him and flipped the larger Digimon over as though it were nothing.
"Volcanic Strike!" Monochromon shot out several fireballs at Flamedramon, but the Digimon just clawed through them all.
Unfortunately, when he tried to attack Monochromon head on, the Digimon flipped him off with his snout high into the air.
The group of humans and Digimon on the ground just watched in awe as Flamedramon stopped in mid-air as his body was suddenly engulfed by flames. "Fire Rocket!" He hurled himself at Monochromon with a steep dive.
"Barbeque that Dark Ring, Flamedramon!" Gatomon shouted.
The only indication at Flamedramon had even heard Gatomon was the slight flicker of his eyes and the abrupt change in course when his target was turned to the Dark Ring. He hit the object hard, though it looked like a mere tap.
Suddenly, the ring began to crack once before more cracks sprouted form that once fissure, eventually causing the ring to dissipate into nothingness.
Everyone watched as an orange glow overcame Flaemdramon as he turned back to Veemon, the orange light zapping into Davis' Digivice and then bouncing into his pocket, where he pulled out a new D-Terminal. He opened it up and found the shape of an egg on the screen.
Kagome walked over to the now exhausted and dazed Monochromon. "There, there, you don't have to fight anymore," Kagome soothed. She began to hum lightly, seeing the Digimon relax. Eventually Monochromon nuzzled Kagome before getting up and leaving.
"Goodbye, Monochromon!" T.K shouted.
"Stay safe!" Kari added.
"I can't believe something so small could make a Digimon change so much," T.K frowned, referring to the Dark Rings.
Kagome frowned in the direction Monochromon left in, thinking about what had happened that day and what they learned.
'It looks like whoever this Digimon Emperor is, Monochromon won't have been the only Digimon he captured and put under his control,' Kagome's eyes narrowed. 'I still stand by what I said earlier. There has to be a reason why he's using the Digimon like this. It almost feels like he's treating this as a game and those that don't follow his rules will get hurt or destroyed.'
"Hey, the sun's going down!" Patamon pointed out. "Thank goodness!"
"Is there something significant about the sunset?" T.K asked.
"No one knows why, but the Digimon Emperor never comes out at night," Kudamon answered.
"Speaking of," Agumon spoke up, "Shouldn't you be getting home?"
"Yeah," Tai nodded, "But the question is how?" He turned to Davis. "Be careful, never say for too long."
The group began walking to the area where they'd phased into the Digital World when they heard voices talking.
"Hey, Izzy, Cody's back so can we go to the Digital World now?" Yolei asked.
"I don't know," Izzy replied. "The gate might close; it's just not safe."
The group looked at the source of the voices and found it to be a tiny TV monitor showing the image of Izzy, Yolei and Cody at the school computer lab.
"Hey, what does it mean when the light on that thing goes on?" Yolei asked.
"What thing?" Izzy asked, munching on a brownie.
"The thing on the computer!" Yoeli pointed to the screen. "I just saw the li—AAAAH!"
"Yo, it's Davis," the Maroon-haired boy knelt before the small device, "Let me in!"
It was then that a bright blue light shined out of the TV screen and onto the humans of the group, pulling them in.
"That's not something you see every day," Agumon commented, baffled.
-Hamasaki Academy; Computer Lab-
Tai, his siblings, Davis, and T.K burst out of the computer, crashing down onto Izzy with a shout.
"Hey get off me, you're squishing my brownie!" Izzy all but yelled out.
"Where are we?" Tai asked.
"I think we're back at the computer lab at school," T.K answered.
"Where'd you come from when you came out of the computer?" Cody asked.
"Where?" Davis parroted. "The Digital World, of course! The coolest place ever!"
"Enough!" Yolei shouted. "Let's go back!"
"I think we've had enough excitement for one day," Cody said rationally, trying to placate the lavender-haired girl.
"But don't you want to go to the Digital World, Cody?" Yolei asked.
"Yeah, seeing those monsters would be cool," Cody nodded. "But it's Macaroni and cheese at my place tonight and I don't want to miss it."
"It's Chicken Teriyaki at our place," Tai nodded, Kari still latched onto his back.
"Stuffed green peppers with salad," Izzy said.
"TV dinners and a microwave," T.K sighed.
Yolei twitched. "No fair!" She burst into tears. "I want to go to the Digital World!"
"Don't worry, Yolei," T.K told her, "You'll get a chance."
"When?!" Yolei all but shouted.
"Kagome," Tai whispered low enough for no one else to hear.
"Hm?" Kagome hummed her reply.
"I want you to message everyone you can and tell them that we need to meet up tonight," the brown-haired teen told his sister.
Kagome glanced at her brother and gave a nod before taking out her D-Terminal, shooting off e-mails one by one to their friends.
-That Night; Park-
Eight of the nine original DigiDestined sat or stood in different areas of the playground in solemn silence.
"There he is!" T.K grinned, standing up.
"Hey, guys, sorry I'm late," Matt said, walking onto the scene, guitar case strapped to his back.
"Hey Matt," Sora smiled, jumping down from a piece of play equipment. "It's been a while since we've seen each other like this."
The~Ninth~Child
Sora hadn't changed too much other than gaining a few more inches and losing some baby fat. Her hair had gorwn out a bit and her bangs were now brushed to the side.
The~Ninth~Child
"So what's all this about?" Joe asked. "Not that I'm not glad to see you guys; I just need to know why Kagome's e-mail sounded so urgent." He looked at the raven-haired girl, who only flushed lightly.
The~Ninth~Child
Joe's hair had grown out to his shoulders and the shape of his glasses certainly changed to give him a more mature and sophisticated look. But other than that, he didn't seem to have changed much, unless you count the added inches to his height and the subtle sign that he was working out.
The~Ninth~Child
Tai, Kari, Kagome, and T.K took turns explaining what had happened today when they went to the Digital World. The reactions of their friends were exactly as they knew it would be. Shock, horror, and worry.
"Digi-Armour Energize, huh?" Matt muttered.
"It's apparently a new form of Digivolving," Kagome explained. "We've never seen it before! Somehow the Digimon digivolves using an egg, kind of how our Digimon Digivolved using the power of our crests."
"And Davis' Digimon was able to do it," Tai added, "But Agumon and the others couldn't Digivolve at all!"
"Davis of the soccer club?" Sora blinked. "He went to the Digital World?"
T.K nodded. "That's right, and two other kids from my apartment complex, Cody and Yolei, also got new digivices!"
"Well if they have new Digivices," Joe said, "Then it just means that they're the new DigiDestined."
"My thoughts exactly," Izzy nodded.
"One question," Sora spoke up. "If this Digimon Emperor is really hunting Digimon and making them his slaves, will Biyomon and the others be okay?"
"Mimi e-mailed me about the same thing," Kagome replied. "I'll hope and pray they will be and they are, but that can only do so much…"
"Then I say we go and do things our way," Matt told them.
"I've already tried," Izzy shook his head. "When I went back to check the computer, the gate was closed."
"Then that means…we can't go back?" Sora whispered.
"I'm going back first thing tomorrow morning to see if I can get the gate to open back up," Izzy informed them.
"Then I'm going with you!" Tai told the auburn-haired genius.
"So am I!" Sora nodded.
"Don't forget the three of us," Kagome gestured to T.K, Kari, and herself.
Joe shook his head. "I can't; I have an oral test on Laryngitis tomorrow."
Matt nodded. "And my band and I have to practice since our big concert's coming up."
"Don't worry," Kagome told him, "Everything'll be fine; you'll see."
"Just make sure you tell me what happens," Matt said.
Ciao,
TsukiyoTenshi