(Digimon is not owned by me. It is owned by the wonderful people of Bandai and Fox Kids. I just
write this cause I love the show ^_^)

This story takes place during when the digidestined are fighting the Dark Masters. Matt, Joe and
Mimi have already split up from the others. For the people that don't know the ages of the
digidestined here they are:
Taichi "Tai" Kamiya- 11 years old
Yamato "Matt" Ishida- 11 years old
Sora Takenouchi- 11 years old
Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi- 10 years old
Lauren Izumi- 10 years old *NEW CHARACTER*
Mimi Tachikawa- 10 years old
Joe Kido- 12 years old
Takeru "T.K." Takaishi- 8 years old
Hikari "Kari" Kamiya- 8 years old

The Discovery of the Ninth Digidestined
by Kasey Sanada

Chapter Two

"It all began four years ago," Izzy said as he began his painful story.....

Four years ago...
Izzy woke up to a loud noise coming from outside. He leaned over the bed he shared with
his twin sister and shook her gently, "Lauren, wake up."
Lauren slowly opened her eyes and looked at her brother, "Izzy, what's wrong?" she asked
sleeply.
"I just heard a loud noise outside," he whispered. Another loud boom was heard, this time
shaking the apartment the two lived in with their parents. With this Lauren was wide awake.
"What was that?" Lauren asked shakly.
Izzy shook his head. "I don't know. Let's check it out." He grabbed his sister's hand and
they went out the sliding door in their bedroom. What they saw was amazing. There were two monsters
fighting each other in a white light.
Lauren looked on in awe, "Izzy, what are those?"
Izzy didn't answer. He couldn't take his eyes off those monsters. One looked like a T-Rex,
and the other looked like a giant bird. It was simply amazing to see. Just then the white light
flared even more brightly then before. Izzy covered his eyes, trying to block the bright light.
It soon faded and the young boy looked over to see if his sister was alright. She wasn't there.
"Lauren?" Izzy looked around fanticily.
"Izzy!" Izzy looked up to see Lauren floating up towards the bright light. She streched
her arm out towards her brother, "Izzy! Help me!"
"No!" Izzy tried to grab Lauren's hand but missed it by inches. He watched helplessly
with tears running down his face as Lauren disapeared through the white light. "Lauren come back!"
"Izzy!!" Lauren cried out before disapearing completly.

"And that what happened." Izzy fought back the tears that wanted to break out. "All I
knew when we first came here was that she was somewhere in the digiworld. That's why I wanted to
figure out all those hieroglyphs. I thought they might help me find her somehow." His tears
started to slowly trickle down his face.
"Oh Izzy," Sora said, wrapping her arms around the young boy. "You should have told us
sooner. We could have help you." Izzy did nothing but weep into Sora's shoulder. T.K., Kari, and
their digimon looked at each other helplessly.
Tai looked at his crying friend, pain stabbing at his heart. He hated to see Izzy like
this. He needed to help him somehow. Just then he got an idea. Tai knelt down next to Izzy and
Sora, "Hey, I just got this great idea."
"What that Tai?" Sora asked, worriedly. A lot of Tai's ideas always got them into trouble.
"Let's go look for her." Everyone looked at him. "What?"
Sora smiled. "Tai, this just might be your best idea yet!"
Patamon started jumping up and down. "Let's do it!"
Izzy looked at Tai with a small smile on his face. "You would really do this for me?"
Tai grinned. "Of course Izzy. You're one of my best friends. I'd do anything for you."
A huge smile grew on Izzy's face as he got up and wrapped his arms around the taller
boy's waist, "Thank you Tai," he whispered, "You don't know what this means to me."
A tint of rose appeared on the older boy's face, "No prob. You know I would do anything
for you, buddy."
T.K. and Kari looked at each other knowingly. "They would make a cute couple wouldn't
they T.K.?" whispered Kari to her best friend.
T.K. grinned, nodding. "Now if they would just stop hiding their feeling towards each
other," he whispered back.
The digimon looked at each other and shrugged. They'll never understand their human's
feelings.

"If your friend doesn't doesn't stop doubting his friends, or himself, he'll be stuck in
the cave of self-doubt forever."
Gabumon's eyes widened. "We have to do something to help him!"
Lauren looked at Matt, "Yes, we do. But how?" They were quiet for a moment before Lauren
spoke again. "I think what he needs to know is how much you and his friends care about him. Why
don't you try it?"
Gabumon looked at the girl and nodded. "Matt, look at me please!"
Matt slowly raised his head. Lauren noticed that his eyes were a soul-less black. 'This
isn't good,' she thought.
"Gabumon, leave me alone," Matt whispered, putting his head back in his lap, "Nobody needs
me anymore. Why would they, I seem to only care about myself."
Lauren grabbed Matt's face with her hands and made him look at her. "That's where you're
wrong! If you only cared about yourself, why did you go looking for your brother when Devimon
spilt you guys up?"
The black started to slowly disapear from Matt's eyes, "How do you know that?" he
whispered.
Lauren's eyes widened when she realized her mistake, 'Darn! I shouldn't have told him
that!' "That's not important. What's important is that your friends need your help and you're not
there to help them. So stop feeling sorry for yourself and help them!"
"You're right," Matt said, the blackness in his eyes leaving him, "My friends need me. I
have to stop thinking about myself!" Suddenly a green glow surrounded him.
Lauren backed away, not believing what she was seeing. 'Could it be...' Her question was
answered when she saw a pattern coming through Matt's shirt. The Crest of Friendship. As it
glowed, the cave of self-doubt disapeared.
Matt stood up and looked at Gabumon, "Gabumon, I'm sorry for ever doubting your friendship.
Can you ever forgive me."
Gabumon smiled at his friend, "There is nothing to forgive, Matt. You were just having a
bad day."
"Thank you, Gabumon." Matt then turned to Lauren, "Who are you and how did you get in the
digital world?"
"I'm known as the Peace Keeper of the Digital World. I protect the good Digimon and
defeat the bad."
Matt was still confused. "But how did you get here?"
Lauren blinked, then turned around. "I'm not sure. I don't remember much before here. All
I do remember is my brother."
Matt looked the the young girl, his eyes widening when he realized who she reminded him
of. "Holy cow! You look like Izzy!"
Lauren blushed slightly. She lowered her head, "So you know my brother, huh?"
Matt raised an eyebrow. "Wow. Izzy has a sister, and a pretty one at that."
Lauren turned a bright pink. She turned away from Matt and looked at Gabumon, "Do you
think you can digivolve into Metalgarurumon?"
Gabumon nodded, "Yes, I think so."
"Good, because we have to get back to the others, and fast. The Digiworld doesn't have
much time left."

Tai and the others walked aimlessly through the forest, due to the fact that they didn't
know where they were. "It's this way, I know it."
Sora sighed. "That's what you said 10 minutes ago, Tai!"
"Well, then, why don't you lead us Sora!" Tai snapped at his friend.
"I'd probably do a better job leading then you!"
"Will you two shut up!" Izzy yelled, shocking everyone. Izzy never lost his temper!
"We're not going to get anywhere with everyone fighting, so can you two please just stop!" He
angerly walked away.
Sora turned to Tai. "You better go see if he's alright, Tai."
Tai nodded. "Alright." He turned and started to follow Izzy. When he finally found Izzy,
he found him sitting in front of a stream, throwing rocks into it. "Izzy, listen I'm sorry...."
Izzy shook his head. "No, I should apoligize. I didn't mean to snap at you or Sora. I'm
just worried about Lauren. I wonder if she's alright."
Tai sat next to Izzy and patted him on the back. "Don't worry Izzy. She been her in the
Digiworld for this long. I'm sure she's alright." He smiled at his best friend.
Izzy blushed softly and turned his head away. "Thanks, Tai." Just then they heard T.K.
yell happily.
"Matt, you're back!! And who's this girl with you?"
Tai and Izzy looked at each other. They quickly got up and ran back to the others.
"Guys, I want you to meet someone," Matt said, smiling at Lauren. "This is...."
"Lauren!"
Lauren turned towards the voice and nearly started crying when she saw him. "Izzy!!!" She
quickly ran over to him and nearly knocked him over hugging him. "It's you! It's really you!" she
cried.
Izzy wrapped his arms around his twin. "Lauren, I thought I'd never see you again. I'm
sorry I couldn't save you."
Lauren backed away slightly and looked her brother in the eyes. "Izzy, don't blame
yourself over what happened. What happened was meant to happen. Just like it was your destiny to
be the Digidestined of Knowledge, it was my destiny to be brought to the Digiworld. Please don't
beat yourself over about it."
Izzy smiled, happy that his sister wasn't upset with him. "How have you been? Tell me
everything that has happened since that day."

(I know, I know! I'm leaving you at a cliffhanger. But I'm had a couple of people asking me to
put this chapter out. I'll try to have Chapter Three out as soon as I can! Email me at
kasey_sanada@hotmail.com and tell me what you think of it! Ja na!)