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AN: All right, as you might have noticed, I changed the way the school uniforms look, so therefore the ribbon colour, and everything else overall would obviously be different. Oh and I think I'd forgotten to mention this as well, all the former DigiDestined go the same school as the new DigiDestined. I mentioned that the Academy was separated into two one section for the Middle School and the other for the High School.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
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-The Ninth Child-
xX-The Digi-Team Complete-Xx
-Hamasaki Academy-
Kagome sat down at her desk, careful not to bump her arm against anything. Although she'd cleaned and bandaged the wound she'd received, courtesy of the Digimon Emperor, it still hadn't healed and wouldn't for another day or so, so long as she kept up with icing it down and re-banding the injury.
'I'm just lucky no one noticed,' Kagome sighed, 'Though if I hadn't gotten Kari's promise, I'm sure she would've told Tai at least and I'm not about to worry him when he's got enough on his plate as it is, what with school and sports.'
But there was one thing that was bothering her. She'd had another vision the night before and it was much more vivid and disturbing than all the others she'd seen. It seemed that the Digimon Emperor was even crueler than she thought. Not only was he enslaving Digimon with his Dark Rings, but he was making them fight each other to the point where one or both would end up being destroyed and neither would know what would happen until it was too late.
Kagome's fist clenched. 'Why does he find such joy in others' pain and torment?'
"Hey," Matt greeted as he sat down beside the raven-haired girl.
"Morning," Kagome said with a small smile.
"So what happened yesterday?" Matt asked, getting straight to the point.
"Well, Yolei and Cody found their Digi-Eggs and partners," Kagome reported. "Let's see, Davis and Veemon were kidnapped by the Digimon Emperor in an attempt to destroy them so that they wouldn't get in his way. Oh, and Biyomon and Tentomon are all right."
"Don't forget that three more Digimon were freed from the Digimon Emperor's control," Kudamon added, his head popping out of Kagome's left sleeve, as her right arm was off limits due to her injury. "And we learned that eh Digimon Emperor, for some reason, doesn't come out at night as much as he does in the day."
"Kudamon?" Matt blinked. "What are you doing in Kagome's jacket?"
"Keeping an eye on her," Kudamon said as though it were obvious. "After the stunt she pulled, I'm not letting her out of my sight. And besides, wearing a scarf now would make her stand out like a sore thumb, so this was the next best option."
"Stunt?" Matt raised an eyebrow.
"It's nothing to worry about," Kagome shook her head, trying to dissuade the blonde. "Really!" 'Kudamon! That's it, no more white chocolate for you!'
"Then why don't I find myself believing you?" Cerulean eyes narrowed. He remembered when he was walking in after Kagome that she seemed to be favoring her right arm a bit, making sure not to bump into anything or let anything touch it.
With a determined gaze, Matt took Kagome's right hand and lifted up the sleeves of her blazer and shirt just enough to catch sight of the bandage wrapped around her arm. And though he couldn't lift anymore of her sleeve up, he could definitely see that the bandage extended at least to her elbow.
"What happened?" Matt asked angrily, leaving no room for escape.
Kagome sighed and gave a light glare to her Digimon partner. "It looks like our dear Digimon Emperor carried a bullwhip with him. He was going to use it on Gatomon and I wasn't about to let that happen so—"
"You stepped in," Matt finished. He shook his head. "I know you care, Kagome, but sometimes I think you care too much and disregard yourself! Does Tai know about this?"
The raven-haired girl shook her head. "Only you, Sora, Izzy, Kari, and T.K know outside of the new DigiDestined. The Digimon know as well, since they were there, but other than that, no."
Kagome saw the furious look on Matt's face and spoke. "Look, it's not that big of a deal; I'll just need to take it easy for another day or two until the bruises and cuts are gone."
"I don't want you going back to the Digital World on your own," Matt told her. "Especially with that maniac on the loose."
"I won't be," Kagome assured him. "Kari, T.K, and the others will be there, too remember? Matt, there wasn't much you or anyone else could've done. You know that I would've gone to help anyone no matter what. It's who I am." 'It's sweet that he's worried, but he's taking it a little too hard…'
Matt still didn't look convinced, but nodded nevertheless.
"I'll do my best to stay out of trouble," Kagome told him, "But I can't promise anything since anytime we're in the Digital World, we're always in trouble and you know that. And please don't tell Tai about this…"
Although he still didn't look happy, Matt lowered her sleeves once more and nodded in assent.
The~Ninth~Child
-Hamasaki Academy; After School-
"Something's going to happen today," Kagome muttered under her breath as she walked down to the computer lab to meet up with Kari and the rest of the new DigiDestined.
"Do you know what?" Kudamon asked.
"No, but it feels like something good…" Kagome answered. It was then that she saw Cody walking towards her from the opposite direction. "Cody? What are doing here? Shouldn't you have been down to Computer Lab already?"
"I was just finishing up my lunch," the young boy replied. "What about you?"
"I needed to pick up a few things," was all Kagome said.
The~Ninth~Child
-Hamasaki Academy; Computer Lab-
When Kagome and Cody entered the Computer Lab, they found the rest of the group watching a news report on the rumored prodigy, Ken Ichijouji.
"I heard this kid is so smart," Cody spoke, up, startling the rest of the group, "that he gave homework to his teachers once."
"Cody! Kagome!" Yolei exclaimed. "When did you get here?!"
"Just now," the young boy answered,
"Do you think he knows how to defeat the Digimon Emperor?" T.K asked.
"I know way more about the Digital World than that stupid kid!" Yolei harrumphed.
'I'm sensing a little jealousy here…' Kagome sweat-dropped.
"If you say so, but you can't deny he's a genius," Davis pointed out.
"Kari?" Gatomon stepped up. "We're ready to go back now."
"All present and accounted for!" T.K nodded.
"Then let's go!" Yolei all but shouted.
And with that said, the group held their Digivices to the computer screen where the Digital Gate was open for them. In no time, the bluish light engulfed them, pulling them into the computer and through to the Digital World.
-Digital World-
"You guys are back to normal," Cody blinked at the sight of the formerly In-Training Digimon that were now back to their Rookie forms.
"Yep," Armadillomon nodded. "We change back when we come back to the Digital World."
Suddenly the new DigiDestined's digivices began beeping as glowing dots appeared on the screens.
"What the—What's going on?" Davis asked.
"It looks like another Digi-Egg," Cody answered. "And it's not too far from here."
"But who are they for?" Davis asked. "We already got ours."
"We'll never know unless we go," Kari pointed out.
"Anything for you, Kari!" the maroon-haired boy said determinedly.
Kagome and the others only sweat-dropped.
"Let's get going," Kagome sighed, walking in the direction she felt the strange aura from.
"Hey, wait for me!" Davis called out to them.
The~Ninth~Child
The group had been waling for a few minutes now, and the beeping only became louder and more frequent.
"It looks like we're close," Davis said. He looked down at the screen of his Digivice. "It's just up ahead. And there's something else?"
"Something else?" Yolei asked. "Where is it?"
"It's close," the maroon-haired boy said. "I can't really tell."
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" The Digimon Emperor roared at them, appearing before the group.
"You again!" Davis charged at the spiky-haired boy, only to fall through the image.
"It's an illusion!" T.K observed. "He's not really there?"
"What are you doing sneaking around into the Digital World?!" The Digimon Emperor asked. "What do you think this is: the movie theater?!"
"What's he talking about?" Cody asked, Kagome just placed a hand on his shoulder to shush him.
"We both know that ordinary children aren't allowed in the Digital World," The Digimon Emperor said, "Only the DigiDestined are!"
"We are the DigiDestined, you doofus!" Davis retorted.
"That's physically impossible!" The spiky-haired boy denied.
"And why can't we be?" Kari asked.
"It's simple," the Digimon Emperor replied, "Based on the laws of physics, I've determined that only perfect human beings can be the DigiDestined. And of course, I am the only perfect being."
"And who says that you are perfect?" Kagome stepped up before the group. "Who says that anyone can be perfect? There is no such thing; everyone is destined to make mistakes and from those we learn to better ourselves as adults. No one is or can be perfect; whatever you believe to be perfect isn't perfect at all! You are flawed! We have just as much right as any other person to be here! If there is one person that shouldn't be allowed here, it's you!"
"Is this normal for your sister?" Cody whispered to Kari.
"Only when she's annoyed," the light-brown-haired girl replied. "But when she gets angry, that's when you have to watch out…" She looked at the expression on her sister's face and winced. "He must've made her really angry…Then again, I'm pretty ticked, too. The Digital isn't just for him and technically Kagome's right; every word she's saying is absolutely correct."
Meanwhile, Yolei was gawking with stars in her eyes as the older girl told off the Digimon Emperor. "She's so cool…"
T.K just sweat-dropped as he chuckled nervously.
The Digimon Emperor growled. "Listen to me, you insolent girl, the Digital World belongs to me! As intruders, you are hereby banished from the premises!"
"You don't own the Digital World and you never will," Kagome said coldly, making the group shiver at her tone. "The Digital World always had and always will belong to the Digimon. You are trespassing by taking control of them! You're just a spoiled little child that doesn't know what's wrong from right!"
"Remind me never to get on her bad side," Davis muttered while the rest of the group nodded.
The image of the Digimon Emperor said nothing as it fizzled out.
It was then that a violent tremor rocked the earth. The group looked up to find the Digimon Emperor himself riding in on the scene on the shoulder of a Tyrannomon with a Dark Ring around his neck.
"I've warned you once," the spiky-haired boy, "Now I won't be so lenient. Tyrannomon!"
"He's one of the most powerful Digimon. His blaze blast attack incinerates him enemies," the Digimon Emperor told them, chuckling darkly.
"Blaze Blast!" The giant red dinosaur shot a stream of fire at the children and Digimon, but missed when they ran.
"Are you ready, Davis?" Veemon asked.
"You got it!" the maroon-haired boy nodded. "Digi-Armour Energize!"
"Veemon Armour-Digivolve to: Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!"
"See," the Digimon Emperor said haughtily, "This is why I'm a genius and you're not. You keep coming at me with the same attacks, and yet I unveil something new each time."
"I've had enough of your babbling!" Davis growled. "Let's just get down to it!"
"As you wish," the spiky-haired boy smirked.
Tyrannomon charged at Flamedramon and thrust his claws at him, sending the Armour Digimon flying. But Flamedramon recovered quickly and leapt back into the air after bouncing off a tree.
"Flame Fist!" Flamedramon shot a few fireballs at the red dinosaur Digimon, but the attack was cancelled out by its tail.
"He blocked it!" Davis clenched his fist as the Digimon Emperor chuckled.
"Now, Yolei?" hawkmon asked.
Yolei nodded. "Digi-Armour Energize!"
"Hawkmon Armour-Digivolve to: Halsemon, the Wings of Love!"
"Eagle Eye!" Halsemon shot two red beams of light from his eyes at the Tyrannomon as he flew, Yolei on his back.
"Do you really think you can just beat me with an addition?" The Digimon Emperor growled. "Let's see how you like multiplication!" He whistled and cracked his whip once, smirking all the while.
Immediately, the group found themselves surrounded by at least four more Tyrannomon with the addition of the one that had already been there.
"Impossible!" Davis exclaimed. 'How could he call so many Digimon in so little time?'
Kagome's fists clenched. 'I can't believe he has so many Digimon under his control!'
"As I always say," the Digimon Emperor chuckled, "The more the merrier!"
"They're five of them now!" Yolei said worriedly.
"Ready when you are, Cody!" the yellow Digimon nodded.
"Digi-Armour Energize!" Cody shouted.
"Armadillomon Armour-Digivolve to: Digmon, the Drill of Knowledge!"
"Why not let us Digivolve so we can fight?" Gatomon glared at the self-proclaimed Digimon Emperor.
"Yeah!" Patatmon agreed. "What're you so afraid of?"
"I think you only want this world because you nothing else left for you, right?" Kudamon goaded, a little out of character. Kagome blinked and looked at her Digimon, not knowing when he'd detached himself from her. "Then Kagome was right, you are just a spoiled brat!"
'Does he have a death wish?' Kari thought anxiously.
'Me and my big mouth…' Kagome shook her head.
"As long as I have this Dark Digivice, you'll never be able to Digivolve," the Digimon Emperor said in response, ignoring the fox-like Digimon's comment, though his fist clenched. "And since you three are just about useless, I might as well destroy you first!"
"Leave them alone!" T.K shouted.
At once the Tyrannomon began attacking the trio of Rookie Digimon, one after another.
"Weren't cats always supposed to land on their feet?" Patamon commented, when they were knocked back into a tree, trying to lighten the mood a bit despite the situation at hand.
"Oh shut up," Gatomon glared at the winged Digimon.
"I don't think this is the time!" Kudamon pointed out. "RUN!"
The trio fled as fast as they could, but they weren't able to outrun the much larger Digimon after them. And just when they thought they wouldn't be able to survive this encounter, a cloud of dust erupted before them.
"Hello, boys!" Digmon greeted when the cloud cleared away. "Looks like you have some cavities that need fillin'!"
It was then that Kagome felt a pulse, like something was calling. She looked in a direction west of where they were all situated. 'Could it be the Digi-Egg?'
"We'e outnumbered!" Yoeli exclaimed. "There's no way we can beat them all like this!"
"We need to find the other Digi-Eggs!" Cody told them. "It just might be the only way!"
"But we don't even know who they belong to!" Davis pointed out.
"Then we just need to go and search for them!" Kagome spoke. "T.K, Kari; the two of you follow me. Davis, Cody, Yoeli; hold off this nutcase for as long as you can, but if you have to retreat, then do it! Don't just keep on fighting, do you understand?"
"Yeah," Davis answered. "But how are you going to find the Digi-Egg? The signal only appears on our Digivices!"
"Just trust me," Kagome replied, smiling gently, "I know what I'm doing." She turned to her sister and the young blonde. "Come on!" She turned to the Digimon. "Gatomon, Patamon, Kudamon, let's go!"
"Right!" the group said as they were off.
The~Ninth~Child
"Quick, into the thicket!" Kagome ordered.
The two preteens and their Digimon joined the older girl into a heavily forested area, where not even the sky was visible.
"Are you sure this is safe?" T.K asked. "Maybe we should've stayed on the path!"
Kagome shook her head as they kept running. "That wouldn't have worked. The brat would have seen us from atop Tyrannomon and tried to attack if he spotted us. This way we'll be able to go away undetected for the most part."
"How close are we Kagome?" Kari asked.
"Very," the raven-haired girl answered, feeling he pulse running through her body grow stronger and more frequent.
It was when they were nearly at the edge of the forest did Kagome come to a stop. "What's wrong?" Patamon asked.
"The Digi-Eggs are in there," Kagome pointed to a cave that was a few metres beyond the border of the forest situated at the bottom of a large cliff.
"How are going to get in without being seen?" Gatomon asked, taking a peek through some bushes to see explosions and clouds of dirt flying, indicating that the battle was still in progress.
"We'll need to run," Kagome told them, "As fast we can because as far as I can see, there isn't another way in."
"We'd better dross our fingers, then," Kari said, doing just that.
"On the count of three," Kagome nodded.
"One…"
"…Two…"
…Three! Go!"
And with that the trio and their Digimon ran off across the clearing. Unfortunately, as suspected, they didn't get away undetected. Almost as soon as they took their first steps out of the dense flora, the Tyrannomon began running at them.
"You can run, but you can't hide!" the Digimon Emperor cackled as his Tyrannomon ran faster after the trio.
Fortunately for them, though, they'd reached the safety of the cave they'd been heading for before the giant, red dinosaur Digimon could catch them.
The Digimon Emperor gritted his teeth as his prey slipped away somewhere he wouldn't be able to get them with his Digimon. "Let's go back, there's nothing over here but a couple of sniveling cowards!"
"That was close," Gatomon panted.
"You can say that again," Kudamon nodded, from his place atop Kagome's shoulder once more.
"They're right over there," Kagome pointed up a small staircase. "The Digi-Eggs, are just up that staircase."
"Why is it always stairs?" T.K asked.
"Actually, Davis's Digi-Egg wasn't up a flight of stairs," Kari pointed out. "Only Cody and Yolei's were."
"Still…" T.K trailed off. "But who are these new eggs for? We can't just sit around and wait for some new kids to get them!"
"But there aren't any," Kagome reminded him. "Only three Digivices came out of the computer and only three children received them."
Kudamon floated off of his partner's shoulders and flew over to the three Digi-Eggs situated on a stone platform. "Correct me if I'm wrong," he blinked, "But aren't these your Crests?"
The human trio walked over to the three Digi-Eggs to inspect them.
The~Ninth~Child
One Digi-Egg was gold with a small tuft of blonde hair on the top with two tiny wings like Patamon's sticking up out of it. Etched on the front was the Crest of Hope.
Another Digi-Egg was looked like silver wings draped around a miniature figure with two small feet poking out of the bottom and a small glimpse of a head from the top. Painted on the front was the Crest of Light.
The final Digi-Egg was white with what seemed like a white cloak over it and a pointed hat attached to the top. On the front was a large light-blue snowflake with the Crest of Compassion engraved in it.
(AN: Once again, the pictures of Kagome are up on my DeviantArt page! Check 'em out if you want a visual to go with the description!)
The~Ninth~Child
"You're right," Kagome looked at the eggs curiously as they walked closer to the platform. 'What this why I felt like I was being called here? To find the egg with my Crest?'
Suddenly, the trio stopped when they saw three different coloured bright glows, one coming from each of their Digivices.
"What's going on with our Digivices?" T.K asked as they all took them out to see.
Immediately before their eyes, the old Digivices they had morphed slowly into the model Davis, Yoeli and Cody had, and like the new trio, this trio also had different coloured accents. T.K's had greens accents, Kari's were pink, but Kagome's was pure white.
"These are the same Digivices the new kids have," T.K commented.
"But why?" Kagome asked quietly, looking down at the new device.
"It's light," they heard Kari say and looked over to see that she'd lifted the Digi-Egg with her crest with no problem.
Kagome and T.K immediately went to pick their own eggs up and found it surprising that they weren't difficult to lift, either. "Wow," the young blonde blinked, "I'm stronger than I thought."
It was then that, like with the other Digi-Eggs, three geysers of sparks and light shot out from where the eggs had once sat. The two Rookie and one Champion suddenly found themselves being filled with energy.
"Patamon Armour-Digivolve to: Pegasusmon, the Soaring Hope!"
Pegasusmon, was literally a large horse with Patamon's colouring (copper and a white underbelly) with large gold wings, a pale-blonde mane and thin tail, gold armour around its upper torso and legs from the knee down, a gold mask around its head with a miniature version of Patamon's wings sticking up out of the mask.
The~Ninth~Child
"Gatomon Armour-Digivolve to: Nefertimon, the Angel of Light!"
Nefertimon had a large white-furred mature feline body with a longer version of Gatomon's tail. She had silver and gold armour covering her upper torso area and just above her enlarged versions of Gatomon's stripe-claw gloves, her head resembled a more feminine version of the Egyptian Sphinx, and two large white wings sprouted from her back.
The~Ninth~Child
"Kudamon Armour-Digivolve to: Sorcermon, the Mage of Compassion!"
Sorcermon had a tall and subtly muscled figure with pale skin and bright amber eyes. He wore a tight white high-collared top with long flowing sleeves that just went past his wrists and silver zipper patterns straying across the fabric; the sleeves were clasped to his wrists with a pair of silver-blue metal bands about three-inches in width that led out into a pair of purple gloves. He wore a pair of purple breeches tucked into a pair of silvery-blue armoured boots with a one-inch heel, a couple leather and studded belts were slung over his waist, some even just strewn over to touch the ground or shorter than that.
Clasped around his neck with large silver rose broach was a white cloak that wrapped a few times around his neck to the point where his mouth wasn't visible with tattered ends that floated straight to the ground; it had lavender etchings on the back while the inside was violet with white etchings. He had long blonde hair falling down to his knees pulled back in a loose braid and atop his head was a large white pointed hat with a black band just above the rim. Hanging from one pointed ear was a single gold earring while hanging from the other were two silver bands and one piercing at the top. And sprouting from the back of his pants was a long fox tail the same shade as his hair. In his hands was a long black staff topped with an icy-blue snowflake with the Crest of Compassion engraved within it.
(AN: Sorcermon probably wasn't the foreseen choice for an Armour Digimon, especially for Kudamon, but I had to go the Digimon Wiki and go through who knows how many pages and then backtrack through other pages before I found a few candidates, but ultimately, Sorcermon was the choice I had to go with. I know that this really isn't how Sorcermon looks, but I just wanted to give him a new look for the sake for this story. That doesn't mean that I didn't like the original way he was designed! I have a sketch of his design lying around somewhere, though I just need to find it…but when I do, it'll be up on my DeviantArt, so keep an eye out!)
"They Armour Digivolved!" T.K said excitedly as the three humans went up to their partner Digimon.
"You're beautiful, Nefertimon," Kari said, petting the sphinx-like Digimon. "But the best part is that now that you can fly, we don't have to walk anymore!"
"Well, don't get too excited, these wings aren't broken in yet," Nefterimon joked in a voice a silght octave deeper than Angewomon's.
"T.K!" Pegasusmon said happily.
"All right!" the young blonde hugged his partner. "My own Armour Digimon!"
Kagome blinked up at her Digimon that now stood a head taller than her. "Well, of all the things for you to turn into, I didn't except it to almost human," she commented. "Then again, I never expected to get a new Digivice or a Digi-Egg, either. You don't look bad, actually; you look pretty cute. And if I were any other girl I would've started fawning over you by now, but we know better, don't we?"
Sorcermon chuckled. "Thank you, Milady. I'm just glad I can protect you know like I was meant to."
"It looks like our adventure was never really over, was it?" Kagome whispered, watching her sister and the young blonde fawn over their Digimon.
"Never," Srocermon whispered back, pulling up the collar of his colak to show Kagome something that nearly brought her to tears. There tied around his neck in a simple knot was a scarf that resembled the same bow Kagome had left with Kudamon all those years ago.
Kagome gasped as another vision flashed through her mind. She watched as the Digimon Emperor backed Davis, Cody and Yolei to the edge of a cliff, their Digimon completely tuckered out from fighting and back to their Rookie forms. But as quickly as the image came, it left just as fast.
The raven-haired girl noticed that the sun was nearing the time till sunset in the vision and checked the time on her Digivice to see that they didn't have much time.
"What's wrong, Kagome?" Kari asked, noticing her sister's expression.
"It was another vision, wasn't it?" Sorcermon asked.
Kagome nodded. "Davis, Yolei, and Cody aren't going to last much longer," she reported. "We have to get there as fast as we can!"
The~Ninth~Child
"There they are!" Kagome shouted from Sorcremon's arms as they flew through the air, T.K on Pegasusmon, and Kari on Nefertimon. She pointed at the cluster of Tyrannomon backing three small figures towards the edge.
"Davis!" T.K shouted, getting the small group's attention as well as that of the Digimon Emperor.
"Are they who I think they are?" Cody blinked in surprise.
"Kagome! Kari! T.K!" Yolei shouted with relief.
Veemon, Hawkmon, and Armadillomon watched in awe as the three new Armor Digimon landed, letting their partners off.
"That's Pegasusmon," Armadillomon told them, "He's one wild horse! When he attacks with his Star Shower, his enemy'll be blasted into outer space!"
"That's Nefertimon!" Veemon reported. "She's a flying, fighting machine with nine lives. And she's quite a shot with those Rosetta Stones of hers!"
"And that would be Sorcermon," Hawkmon informed. "He is a Digimon that specializes in magic. His Crystal Barrage can take down any opponent before they can say 'blizzard'!"
"Don't think Armour Digivolving will save you," the Digimon Emperor said as he leapt off the Tyrannomon with a grunt. "It's only a matter of time before I come up with a way to overcome that as well!"
"Blaze Blast!" All the Tyrannomon shot at the three Armour Digimon with their fiery attacks, but missed when they flew up into the air to avoid the hit.
Nefertimon's silver and gold braces glowed as did the front two armoured braces on Pegasusmon's legs. "Golden Noose!" The two winged Digimon crisscrossed over each other to create a long golden thread to trap the Tyrannomon.
The snowflake atop Srocermon's staff glowed a bright blue. "Ice Illusion!" He spun the staff a few times and let his magic merge with the Golden Noose, solidifying and tightening it to the point where not a single Tyrannomon had room to even wiggle.
"Queen's Paw!"
"Wild Mane!"
"Crystal Barrage!"
The three attacks converged upon the Tyrannomon with a loud 'bang'. The Tyrannomon fell to the ground, the binding around them now broken; once they'd hit the ground, their Dark Rings shattered, leaving the giant Digimon now conscious and free from the control of the Digimon Emperor.
Almost immediately, the three Armour Digimon reverted back to their Rookie forms, or in Gatomon's case, her Champion form. Kagome and Kari, though, ran up to check up on the now dazed Tyrannomon.
"Their Dark Rings disappeared!" Yolei said surprisedly.
"I just can't believe Kudamon, Gatomon, and Patamon were able to Armour Digivolve," Cody said with wide eyes.
"But we got three new teammates out of it, didn't we?" Davis winked. "Okay so they're not really new, but they're new to this team!"
The~Ninth~Child
"I'm going to take a picture of this for my Digital Scrapbook," Kari said, taking out her camera to snap a photo of the Tyrannomon walking off into the sunset.
"How much longer do you think we'll have to do this before that Digimon Emperor's gone for good?" Yolei asked.
"As long as it takes," Kagome answered. "I know you don't like fighting much, but remember that every time you do, you're saving another life."
"I just want to take that guy and sock him in the face!" Davis growled.
-Hamasaki Academy; Computer Lab-
"These pictures turned out great, but the Tyrannomon look like they have red-eye…" Kari said as she browsed through the photos she'd taken.
"Then we'll just have to edit them out," Kagome told her sister, watching her click through the images. "I'll show you how when we get home; there's a picture-editing software on Papa's computer. He let's me use it whenever I have a project or something." It was then that one picture in particular caught her eye. "When did you take that?"
"While we were flying over to Davis and the others," Kari giggled at the bland look her sister threw at her. "I couldn't resist!"
The photo in question was of Kagome being held bridal-style in Sorcermon's arms as they flew through the air, the tint of the sky in the background making the scene look a little more dramatic. But despite that, Kagome grudgingly admitted that it was a good photo, bypassing her momentary embarrassment.
"I can't wait to get my hands on that Digimon Emperor…" Davis snickered darkly as he plotted all the nasty things he would do the person that caused them so much trouble.
"You'll defeat the Emperor, won't you, T.K?" Kari turned to her blonde friend.
The group and Digimon stifled their laughs when Davis balked at the girl he liked.
"I don't know, Kari, but we'll have to give it our best shot," T.K said. "The problem is that we've never faced an enemy like him before! How do we defeat someone that's human?"
"T.K brings up an interesting point we should all consider," Cody spoke up.
"OH yeah?" Davis scoffed. "And what's that?"
"This is quite the little army we've put together so far," the young boy explained. "We've found our Digimon and they can all Armour-Digivolve. Even Patamon, Gatomon, and Kudamon have found a way to bypass the Emperor's Dark Digivice. But even with all our power combined, we still don't have the power to defeat the Digimon Emperor in the Digital World, and yet we still keep forgetting the fact that he's human."
"We know that," T.K nodded, "But I still don't get your point…"
"We just need to fight differently when it comes to him," Kari clarified.
"And how do you suppose we do that?" Yolei asked.
"If we can find out who his human identity is," Cody suggested, "then we can try and take him down from this side, where his powers aren't all that strong."
"And how do we do that?" Davis asked. "Knock on every door asking who the Digimon Emperor is? Hello Happy House!"
"You're a little young to be worrying about those things, Cody," Yolei told the younger boy gently.
"Yeah," Davis nodded. "Just leave this to the older kids!"
"I wouldn't disregard Cody's words so much, if I were you," Kagome warned them. "It was brave of him to speak up and he brings up a good strong point. And besides, sometimes the wisest of words come from the most unexpected of places." She turned to Yolei. "You say that he's too young to be worried about matters like this, right?"
The lavender-haired girl nodded, not understanding what the girl was getting at.
"He is already involved just by being one of the DigiDestined," Kagome pointed out. "It's only natural that he worry about the same things as we are."
"But—" Yolei trid breaking in, but was cut off when Kagome held her hand up for silence.
"When I first when to the Digital World, T.K and Kari were the youngest of us all," the raven-haired girl explained. "They were never sheltered from the dangers we ran into and were involved through it all because it was our destiny and there was no other option. Cody's age shouldn't be factor of whether or not he should worry about or if he should be involved with something. He is one of the DigiDestined and as such, you'll need to learn and take his opinions seriously. Do you understand?"
The lavender-haired girl nodded, albeit reluctantly.
Here she turned to Davis. "This goes for you as well," Kagome said. "Don't disregard Cody's suggestions or words. Think them over and you'll understand how they'll make sense. Here age isn't a factor of whether or not he should do something. As I said, he is one of the DigiDestined and that should be reason enough for you to listen."
"Cody is right when he says that we should looks for the human identity of that brat," she ignored the snickers coming at her title for the Digimon Emepror. "He has more power in the Digital World then he does here. He doesn't looks much older than you all so he probably has a family, hence the reason why he isn't in the Digital World at night; he needs to be home so his family won't get suspicious of what he's doing or what's going on. For now, all we can do is observe and use those observations to narrow down the identity of the Digimon Emperor."
-Kamiya Residence; That Night-
"So anything interesting happen today?" Tai asked his sisters as they walked back to their room after dinner.
Kari and Kagaome looked at each other before pulling out their new Digivices to show Tai, who gawked at the changed devices.
"What the—But—How?" Tai sputtered.
Kagome shrugged. "We wouldn't know," she told him, "all we did was find our Digi-Eggs and then the next thing we know our Digivices changed and our Digimon Digivolved."
"Oh and T.K has one, too," Kari added.
"Things just got a little more interesting, haven't they?" Tai chuckled, shaking his head. He looked at his sisters seriously. "I won't be there this time to help or protect you. I know you can hold your own, but I still want you guys to look after each other and stay safe, okay?"
"Okay," the girls chorused. They understood that no matter how old they got, their older brother would always be just that, their older brother and constantly worried about them, at that.
"And make sure you look after them," Tai ordered Gatomon and Kudamon.
"You know we will," Gatomon told him as Kudamon nodded.
"We will protect them with our lives," the fox-like Digimon vowed.
Tai nodded with a smile and turned back to his sisters. "So how do Gatomon, Patatmon, and Kudamon look when they Armour-Digivolve?"
Kari took her camera and began flipping through the pictures until she came across the ones she wanted. "Here's Nerfertimon, Gatomon's Armour-Digivolved form; and Pegasusmon, Patamon's Armour-Digivolved form. And next over there is Sorcermon, Kudamon's Armour-Digivolved form."
"Cool," Tai commented. "It looks like you have a new adventure ahead of you…"
Aguro a tutti un Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!
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