Heart

Heart

By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung

Theoleung@sprint.ca

Disclaimer: All Digimon and their characters (except for those introduced in this fic/series) do NOT belong to me. I do not have permission to use their characters, but it's a FanFic, so, who cares? =) This story line belongs to me and me alone. Please ask for permission if you wish to use it. Thanks. Now let's get onto reading!

"SONIC WING!"

The surge of wind energy blasted the opposing Digimon, failing to penetrate its tough hide. The massive dinosaur roared out in frustration, unable to hit his targets.

"BEAM OF CONVERGENCE!"

Vormon erupted with his attack, splashing the Digimon with the combined elements of fire and ice. The attack proved ineffective.

"Metal Tyramon? Nice name…" Marc commented, holding his Digivice tightly. The dinosaur was similar to his previous form, however, he had two cannons on his shoulder, with metal armour surrounding his legs and his body. He was also equipped with a bionic eye, giving him tremendous accuracy with the cannons.

"RAPID BLAST!"

Metal Tyramon unleashed a fury of blasts at the aerial target. Explosives flared across the sky, Haeromon tried his best to evade the attacks. Nevertheless, with the amount of ammunition expended, one or two shots of the powerful attack were bound to hit.

Haeromon cried out, diving low to avoid more attacks, but was definitely weakened from the prior attack. Metal Tyramon diverted his attention to another target.

Tao held Biyomon in his arms, who was beaten mercilessly by the dinosaur Digimon before the two teens arrived on the scene.

"He's out of our league…we aren't powerful enough to defeat him…" Tao muttered. "I suggest a retreat…"

"TWIN CANNON!"

An additional part slid onto the end of the cannons that Metal Tyramon was equipped with. Light blue energy began to charge at the ends of both cannon, before unleashing the powerful beam at Vormon.

The dragon like Digimon leaped back, but was caught in the explosion, sending him flying backwards before reverting him back to his original form.

"Xemon!" Marc exclaimed, picking up the Digimon in his arms. The blast was powerful, leaving a large crater at the point of impact.

"Tao's right…we can't handle him…we have…to go…" Xemon coughed. Marc pulled the Digimon against his chest protectively.

"Alright…let's go…" Marc sighed, admitting defeat. Tao nodded.

"Haeromon! Come on! We're going!" Tao shouted out. The massive bird flew over Metal Tyramon and dived down. Each Human held a Digimon in one hand, while the other reached out and grabbed one of the talons. Haeromon blasted off, trying to protect his passengers from the attacks Metal Tyramon spewed at them.

"ARGH!" Haeromon cried out, an attack blasting against his back, forcing him to drip a bit before regaining his altitude.

"Haeromon?! You okay?!" Tao cried out over the howling winds.

"I'm fine, don't worry," Haeromon replied, forcing a grin. Tao glanced back at Metal Tyramon, who continued firing at them, but they were out of his firing range.

"Haeromon, land. I want to check out how bad that last hit was," Tao requested, still holding Biyomon tightly in his arm.

"It's nothing," Haeromon repeated, more forcefully this time. Tao bit his lip, silencing himself.

"I sure hope it's nothing…" Tao thought, hoping all three Digimon were alright, especially Haeromon.

* * * * * *

Tigramon blinked groggily, attempting to focus her eyes.

"Hey…how are you feeling?" Shastina asked, ticking the feline behind the ears. Tigramon gave a weak smile, licking Shastina's arm.

"Better since I know you're okay," Tigramon spoke lightly, stretching out. She examined her surroundings. "Where are we?"

"The Real World, Japan, Kamiya Residence," Shastina informed, lifting Tigramon from the bed and holding the feline against her chest. "It seems like there are more Digi-Destined then we think."

"Oh?" Tigramon questioned, curling up against her partner. "Like about how many?"

"I think 19 some…" Shastina answered, trying to recall some of the name mentioned to her. She exited the bedroom, noticing both T.K. and Kari chatting by the kitchen table.

Kari was about 15, with short brown hair and a pink hair clip in her hair. She had light red eyes, and wore yellow shorts and a white T-shirt. A camera was around her neck, giving Shastina the impression that the Japanese girl was a photographer.

"Hey, Shastina, how's Tigramon?" T.K. asked. Kari turned around to face her.

"She's all right," Shastina replied, walking over to the table with the now conscious feline in her arms. She glanced outside on the balcony, noticing Gatomon on the railing, wind blowing against her fur. Tigramon excused herself, leaped down from Shastina's arms, and join Gatomon outside.

"Independent, isn't she?" Kari asked, smiling lightly. Shastina nodded, taking a seat at the table, examining T.K.'s features beforehand.

The boy had short blond hair and blue eyes, probably also the same age as Kari. His white hat was on the table, ruffles and creases in it showing its age. He wore a pair of light brown shorts and light green shirt.

"He can probably teach a few basketball players at home a thing or two…" Shastina thought after examining his height and build.

"Should I try explaining things now…or later?" Shastina asked the other two.

"Later would be better…" Kari responded. A small computer like device lay on the table in front of her, the cover closed and an odd written D on it. "Some of the Digi-Destined are going to come over tonight. I think Izzy would be particularly interested, assuming he has time out of university…"

"Then…maybe you should explain some things to me," Shastina suggested. "Like…um…well, I guess what you did." T.K. and Kari exchanged glances, before T.K began to spill the details on their adventures in the Digital World.

* * * * * *

Tao slowly wrapped bandages around Harriermon's body, placing pressure on the wound he suffered as Haeromon.

"Why didn't you tell me were bleeding?" Tao asked, sad that his friend failed to inform him of the wound.

"Didn't want to worry you…," Harriermon replied softly, lowering his head against the bed. "Besides…it's not that bad…"

"You almost blacked out to lack of blood after the flight…and you used a lot of energy to fly away…" Tao rebutted, strapping the bandages down. "If I knew you were in this condition, I wouldn't have let you fly anymore once we were out of range of Metal Tyramon."

"I told you once before and I'll tell you again…don't worry about it…" he responded, repeating in the same tone as when he was Haeromon. Tao sighed, fighting back the urge to scream at the wounded bird. To side track his mind, he checked the time.

"It's almost midnight…you should get some rest…" Tao suggested to his partner.

"So should you," Harriermon rebutted, getting comfortable on the bed. Tao didn't protest, and crawled into the bed as well.

"Good night…" Harriermon whispered, closing his eyes. Tao remained silent, still worried about the condition the Digimon was in.

* * * * * *

Tai quickly scanned through all the channels on his T.V., waiting for other Digi-Destined to arrive at his house.

"It's all the same…" Tai muttered, referring to all the reports about monster attacks. He idly tossed the remote onto the couch before staring at Joe. He was studying away, probably for a test.

"Don't you ever take a break from that stuff?" Tai asked bitterly, flopping onto the couch beside the blue haired boy. Joe lowered the book from his eyes, staring at Tai strangely before continuing to study.

"At least I have something constructive to do while we wait for the others," Joe answered. Tai rolled his eyes, his gaze ending up at the lone Digi-Destined on the balcony. Yolei waved at Tai before exiting onto the balcony herself.

"Hi, I'm Yolei," she introduced. "You must be Shastina." Shastina glanced up at the other girl, nodding.

"It's nice to meet you Yolei," Shastina responded softly, turning to face the night sky again. Yolei blinked a few times, wondering if Shastina was always this anti-social.

"What's wrong?" Yolei asked in a concerned tone. Shastina again turned to face her, smiling a bit.

"Oh…I just got an e-mail…from a friend…" she replied, her smile fading. "His Digimon got wounded badly on his previous trip to the Digital World."

"Oh?!" Yolei exclaimed surprised. "Where is he? Maybe we can help." Shastina giggled lightly, confusing the other girl even more.

"Not unless you can swim across the ocean and trek through miles of land," Shastina responded, sighing afterwards. Yolei's face turned serious, leaning on the railing beside Shastina.

"He's more then a friend, isn't he?" Yolei asked, shocking Shastina. She tried to respond, but her tongue knotted in her mouth. "You don't have to answer, it's clear." Yolei grinned, and left.

* * * * * *

Tao stared out the window at the back of his English classroom. He wasn't paying any attention to the teacher. The only though on his mind was his friend: Harriermon.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked softly, bringing Tao out of his trance. He blinked once, before noticing Sora was asking him the question.

"…nothing…nothing at all…" Tao replied, about to turn.

"Something happened," Sora replied. "It's written all over your face." Tao remained silent, wondering how well this girl could read his features. "Someone close to you was hurt…and you wish you could be there for him or her right now."

"How…how did you know?" Tao stammered, almost getting the attention of the teacher.

"If…you have a life like mine…you will notice it…" she whispered, stopping the conversation. The boy wondered what Sora meant, but stopped short when he turned to face outside again. There was a sight he never thought possible in the Real World.

"Marc, come on!" he exclaimed, leaping to his feet and dragging his friend out of the class. Confusion spread amongst the class. Sora and Ioji exchanged glances, before turning to look outside.

* * * * * *

"That's a very interesting story…" Izzy mused, stroking his chin. "So…the decision now is if we should accept the merger or not…"

"I don't see why we all just can't go in and stop the problem at it's root," Davis muttered angrily, clenching his fist.

"In case you didn't hear, we don't know the root of the problem," Cody spoke calmly.

The group of Digi-Destined gathered around the living room of the apartment, crammed for space. If anymore Digi-Destined showed up, they would probably have to take this meeting somewhere else. Matt wasn't there, since he had a concert to attend. Ken didn't respond to the e-mail. Everyone assumed he was out, and probably would not be able to make it.

"But what would be the cause of this attack?" Joe asked, his textbook in his lap. "Digi-Portals just don't open for no reason around the world." All eyes turned to Izzy, the technical wizard of the group.

"The only plausible reason I can come up with…is that the merger has already been initiated," Izzy theorized. "One of the affects of the merger is Digimon and Human to 'meet', as this Tiberius mentioned to Shastina. Of course, I for one would like to meet this Tiberius, who seems to know quite a lot from his limited trips to the Digital World."

"But Serangmon said he wouldn't activate the program without our knowledge," Shastina defended, albeit weak.

"And Angels don't break their word," Gatomon added in. She sat with Kari on the couch. Silence was in the air. No one was able to come up with any other logical reason behind the new portal.

A loud rapping on the door alarmed them. Tai quickly ran over and opened the door, Ken bursting in, panting.

"Sorry…I'm late…but you should check out the news!" he exclaimed, rushing over and fumbling with the remote before turning on the television.

"…with another monster attack reported at Toronto, Ontario," the reported concluded, before the scene changed to the battle location, where camera crews were recording the scene.

"Oh my…Tao!" Shastina exclaimed, covering her mouth with her hands silently praying that he was all right.

* * * * * *

"Xemon…Digivolve to…Vormon!"

The dragon like Digimon stepped forward, ready to engage Metal Tyramon in round two. Tao held Harriermon close to his body, not allowing him to fight in his weakened condition. Biyomon, who followed Marc back to the Real World, struggled to break free of Marc's grip.

"Let me help!" she pleaded. She was in a much better condition then Harriermon.

"You won't be able to scratch him!" Marc replied sharply. "He hardly noticed you when you Spiral Twister'ed him!"

"BEAM OF CONVERGENCE!"

"TWIN CANNON!"

Both powers collided, causing a massive explosion at impact. Smoke shot up, blinding the two adversaries.

"Tao…please…" Harriermon asked, coughing. Tao easily held the bird in his arms. He remained silent, not wanting his friend to enter anymore danger, at least, not in the condition he was in.

The black smoke cleared, bringing the battle anew. Metal Tyramon rushed forward, hoping to crush his foe under his feet. Vormon evaded the trampling monster, but still had to contend with the tail.

"Let Biyomon go…" her voice told Marc. Both boys turned around, seeing Sora joining them in the fray.

"Sora?! You should be here!" Marc spoke, surprised to see her out. Nevertheless, he followed the instructions.

"No…it's okay…" she spoke softly. The pink bird Digimon and the human stared at each other for a long time, before Biyomon rushed into combat.

"Biyomon!" both males shouted as the bird took off.

"She'll be all right," Sora replied calmly, taking a small device from her pocket. Neither Marc nor Tao got a good view at the item before it began to glow.

"Biyomon…Digivolve to… Birdramon!"

The firebird blasted past Metal Tyramon and turned around. The dinosaur was caught in between both Digimon, though all three were still wondered if there was enough firepower to defeat this metal hulk.

"BEAM OF CONVERGENCE!"

Metal Tyramon braced for the attack, the spiral beam of fire and ice smashing against his armoured chest. He roared out in anger, shattering the ice that encased part of his body and shaking the off fire.

"METEROR WING!"

The flames smashed down on Metal Tyramon, burning his back. This time, he felt the flames, and was ready to swat that annoying bird out of the sky.

"RAPID BLAST!"

"Let me go!" Harriermon shouted, trying to struggle free from the vice-like grip Tao had him in.

"You're hurt, you can't fight!" Tao protested, trying to clamp the bird down even more. Despite that, the Digimon had renewed energy, breaking free somehow and flying forward.

"Harriermon…Digivolve to…Haeromon!"

The giant, white bird flew forward, despite his wounds, knocking Metal Tyramon down with a Sonic Wing attack while he was distracted by Birdramon.

"Haeromon, come back!" Tao screamed out, rushing forward, holding nothing for his own life. Haeromon quickly glanced back at his partner, before continuing to assault Metal Tyramon with the other two Digimon.

"METEROR WING!" "BEAM OF CONVERGENCE!" "SONIC WING!"

Metal Tyramon absorbed both Vormon's and Birdramon's attacks, waiting for the advancing Haeromon to attack.

With one quick motion, Metal Tyramon slammed his fist into the injured back of Haeromon. He cried out in pain, falling onto the floor. Sora and Marc gasped, Metal Tyramon placing his giant foot onto the bird's back.

"HAEROMON!!" Tao cried out, not wanting to see his friend fall.

* * * * * *

"What?!" Yolei cried out, taking her Digivice. She held it to her hand, energy beginning to build up before a crimson beam shot out of the device, out of the window, and out towards the horizon.

All the Digi-Destined were confused with the event, though Kari had a feeling she knew what happened. The news report continued on…

* * * * * *

Sora's Digivice began to react as well, charging energy before unleashing a beam of crimson energy. Sora yelped in surprise, as the beam circled in the air for no reason. In a few seconds, another beam reached across the sky and merged with Sora's beam. The two gathered energy, a small tile with an image on it appearing in the orb.

"It's the Crest of Love?!" Sora thought, wondering what it meant. The Crest then dashed at Tao and entered his Digivice, entering that symbol into the database. Both Marc and Tao were confused, but Sora knew what it meant.

"It's the Crest of Love!" she shouted to Tao. "Use it to Digivolve Haeromon!" Tao was a bit dazed, but heard Sora. He raised his Digivice towards the Champion level Digimon.

"Haeromon…Digivolve to…"

Crimson flames shot up and surrounded Haeromon. Metal Tyramon took a step back to avoid being burned by the flames. The mass of flames flew into the sky. Slowly, the flames blew out, revealing the new form of Haeromon.

"Soraeromon!"

The new bird was completely red, with a long stretched out tail that sparkled a flame. On his back, were two long, silver cannons that could combat those of Metal Tyramon.

"He's mine!" Soraeromon shouted, rushing headlong against the dinosaur. Vormon and Birdramon withdrew from the battle.

"TWIN CANNON!"

The twin beams of energy screamed towards the new Digimon, but he easily evaded with a barrel roll and lined up his cannons.

"SOARING STORM!"

Pellets of wind energy erupted from both cannons, tearing up the ground in front of Metal Tyramon before hitting him. Metal Tyramon roared in pain, being pushed back under the barrage of bullets. Soraeromon pulled up before he was close enough for the dinosaur to whack him again.

"RAPID BLAST!"

"AERO CANNON!"

Soraeromon began to dive back down towards the dinosaur, charging his cannons. Despite the amount of ammunition being spewed, the bird Digimon easily evaded the frantic attacks.

Twin beams of wind energy in the shape of twisters rushed forward, deflecting the remaining bullets away and smashing into the armour of the dinosaur. The wind drilled into the armour, deleting Metal Tyramon.

Soraeromon landed on the ground and changed back into Harriermon, with bandages and all.

Fin

Completed: 11/30/00