A Virus Isn't Always Vicious

A/N: I am sorry I am making Davis and Tai such jerks in my fanfic. But as I said in my the first chapter, this is an alternate universe, so what I say, goes!

Kari ran deep into the jungle. She finally collasped on the ground, unable to go any further. Gasping for breath, she started to cry.
"That kid can run far." Veedramon huffed. "And fast."
"We've gotta find her. Gatomon insisted. She climbed on Veedramon's head. "Oh dear...we're gonna have a tough time finding her..."

Imperialdramon zoomed through the air. The odds were, he'd reach Kari first, but the odds also were Veedramon would SEE her first. Davis was worried. What had he done to upset Kari? Virus types were evil Digimon, right? They had to be destroyed, right? They don't deserve to live, right? Right.
Well, that was what went on in Davis's head.
"What's wrong, little girl?" A voice asked.
"W-who are you?" Kari asked nervously. "What do you want?"
"Nothing." A shadow wispered. "You don't have anything I want, but you have something I NEED."

"I see her!" Armadillomon shouted. "Over there, and what the...TSUKAIMON!?!"
"Hello, my friends." Tsukaimon smirked. "Are you looking for poor little Kari? She's mine, now."
"Why you-" Gatomon growled. "Lightning Claw!" She lunged for the Tsukaimon, but of course, now that Gazimon left Virus Country, Tsukaimon was the strongest Rookie in the area now. He nimbly moved away and used his attack, Friendly Fire.
Gatomon, Gabumon, and Armadillomon had no idea what the attack did, but Veedramon did.
"No! Don't-" Too late. Gatomon was prepared for another Lightning Claw attack. She aimed for Tsukaimon, but she ended up whirling around and hitting Gabumon. "Careful! Tsukaimon's Friendly Fire makes enemys attack themselves, or teammates!"
"Now ya tell us." Armadillomon grumbled.

"Imperialdramon, look!" Ken pointed to Veedramon in the distance. "I think they found Kari."

Tai ran to the battle field. He saw Tsukaimon. "Where's my sister, you Patamon ripoff!"
Tsukaimon turned to face Tai. "Do you mean Kari? Well, you and your friend, TK was it? And his Tsuakimon ripoff partner friend can buzz off. This is personal." He turned to his three opponents. "I wanna fight this with Veedramon, you know, one on one. Her and me."
"Fine!" Veedramon stepped up to Tsukaimon. "Is there any way I can get Kari back, a deal?"
"I want the Digivolution Stone." Tsuakimon demanded. "Give me it, and you can have her back."
"You're sure." Veedramon eyed the Rookie carefull. "This isn't some lie, is it? You lie a lot."
"I'm SURE." Tsukaimon insisted.
Veedramon spit the rainbow colored stone from her mouth on the ground, right in front of Tsukaimon's feet. "It's yours. Give back Kari."
Tsukaimon held the stone. "Ah, I said you could have her back. You just have to COME GET HER! Sucker!" he flew off.

"This is YOUR fault!" Tai and Davis shouted in unison.
"MY fault???" Veedramon protested. "How the heck is it my fault?"
"If you never existed, we wouldn't be in this mess!" Tai yelled.
"I don't CARE about what happens to you." Davis snapped. "I'm the leader of this pack, and I order you to be killed, NOW!"
"Davis, now, let's not take it that far-" Ken started.
"Oh, and now you're on the 'Save the Evil Digimon' side now, Ken?"
"It's not that-"
"What do you mean 'It's not that'?" Davis argued. "I say we have Imperialdramon kill this kidnapper."
"And now I'm a kidnapper?" Veedramon mumbled as Imperialdramon landed to face her again. "Ha. At least." Veedramon took a hit. "When I." Veedramon got knocked into a wall. "Lose. I don't take it out on my." Imperialdramon slammed her into the ground. She didn't get up. "Friends. That's your problem, Davis. You don't control your anger. You let it out on everyone. And you never think about what to do about it."
"Veedramon! Cody screamed. "Don't lose! PLEASE don't lose. I just can't stand the thought of being deprived of a friend like you."
"A friend like me..." Veedramon's eyes reflected the setting sun. "Veedramon, Digivolve to...AreoVeedramon!"
AreoVeedramon opened her jaws. "I am AreoVeedramon. I do not take being called a kidnapper very kindly. My V-Wing Blade will teach you fools a lesson."
"It's still Mega versus Ultamate." Davis yelled. "You should have no problem with this, Imperialdramon!"
"FOOL! Whom are you kidding?" AreoVeedramon roared. "I may not have been able to fly as Veedramon, that was a disadvantage. But now, things seem more even, do they not?" AreoVeedramon rammed her body into the Mega Digimon, knocking him to the ground.
AreoVeedramon ferociously tore at Imperialdramon with her claws and ripped his metal coat with her teeth.
"V-Wing Blade!" AreoVeedramon dealt he final blow to force Imperialdramon to dedigivolve to Veemon and Wormon. AreoVeedramon let out one last victory roar before Dedigivolving to Gazimon again.

The three Rookies were exausted and hurt. The injuries stayed. None of them were fit for traveling through the dangerous Virus country.
"Gazimon!" Cody ran to hold his friend close to him. "It's okay now. I'm here. Don't forget how much we mean to you and how much you mean to us."

An hour passed by.
"Who's going to keep watch?" Asked Sora.
"I will." Gazimon volenteered.
"Oh no you don't." Cody rejected. "You didn't sleep a wink last night. And you're injured and tired. You need to rest."
"I guess..." Gazimon curled into a fuzzy ball and went to sleep.
"Cody, I suggest you sleep as well." Armadillomon said. "You didn't sleep either. You're not old enough to be staying up late."
"Fine." Cody went to sleep as well.

"Let's have a change of subject." Izzy quickly said. "So, what does Tsukaimon want with the Digivolution Stone...and Kari?"
"Kari was just bait." TK said. "The Digivolution Stone seems to let a Digimon Digivole at will. I mean, Digimon that aren't a partner of a Digidestened."
"You don't suppose..." Mimi thought. "Nah, can't be true."
"What is it, Mimi?" Palmon asked.
"Oh, nothing. I just thought, what if a Digidestened could have more than one Digimon partner, and can take in any Digimon for his or her partner, and they just become a team. But, nah, it can't be true. You can only have one Digimon for this stuff, right?"
"Woah, Mimi!" Tai said, shocked. "That was-"
"A very ingeinous theroy." Izzy finished. "Suppose you can recruit Digimon for a companion? So they can use your Digivice or D3 to have the same attributes as your original Digimon?"
"He means, what if you can have another Digimon, one who joined you as a friend, do the same things as the Digimon you were given in the first place." Tentomon translated.
"E-mail from Kari!" Yolei alerted. "It says...'Help! Tsukaimon's headquarters is in the northern parts of Virus Country. This is all I can type for now. Some of Tsukaimon's gang members are coming. -Kari'."
"I say we go save her." Joe declaired. "I'm scared, and there's probably a bunch of things that I'm allergic to, probably Tsukaimon himself, but let's go."
"In the morning." Matt said. "It's too late and too dark to travel. Besides." He pointed a finger at Gazimon and Cody. "I suppose we don't want to leave these two behind."
So everyone agreed to look for Kari tomorrow. After everyone fell asleep, Matt quietly got up and took a look at Cody.
"You're growing up." He softly wispered. "Stay true to your intentions. I don't want you to go through what I did." He shuddered at the memory of him fighting against Tai. "Good night, Iori."