A SHADOW OF THE PAST

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DISCLAIMER:I do not own digimon. Oh how I wish I did. Then I would... um anyways! The only thing I own is my characters. (I.E. the digimon I invented!) Enjoy!

Recap!-- TK and Kari were attacked by Shadowmon's henchmen (and women!) and something bad happened to their brothers...

Chapter 6-

"Ohmigosh! Tai! Matt! What happened to them?" asked Sora. There had been a quick flash of light and both brothers had collapsed. The group had been advised to stay at Gennai's house until morning.
"Are they alright?" asked Mimi who's attention was brought to the pair on the floor when she heard a loud thud. Instantly she was at Matt's side, as was Sora.
"Yes they'll be fine but I'm afraid that TK and Kari aren't so lucky. You all know that they have a special bond with their brothers, right? Well their fainting spell just means that their siblings are in danger or were in danger." He responded summoning two large digimon who carried Tai and Matt into a small bedroom.
"Let them rest. I have a feeling that TK and Kari will survive for the time being. Tomorrow you will head to Shadowmon's castle called hell's hall. That is where I believe she is holding TK and Kari. For now you can sleep in the rooms next to their room." He said gesturing to the now darkened room he had put Tai and Matt.
'Tomorrow you kids will have the fight of your lives.' He thought solemnly.

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^ Hours later- Shadowmon's castle (again)^

By now Shadowmon was getting very impatient. She had spent the last few hours using every digimon she had to break down TK's barrier.
"ARGH!!! Can't you fools break down a simple thing like this barrier??" She screamed, as her last resort was unable to shatter the beam of light. "If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself." She mumbled before releasing one of her most powerful attacks, Darkness Wave. With the barrier broken and the last of his energy being drained, TK finally collapsed. Shadowmon decided not to overtake them just then because she wanted much more of a challenge than some puny tired weak 8 year old. She decided to let them rest till morning. She had till then to plan her attacks on the other children.

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^9:00 in the morning!! ^

The children had woken up early especially to get ready for the big day and all the plans they had to do. Only one person had yet to wake up. But when Sora walked into the room, her 12-year-old personality shone through.
"Oh, Sora!! Why do we have to wake up so early? It's only 9:00 a.m. it's too early for me." The girl complained. She was starting to sound like the girl from 6 years ago.
"Oh, Meems. Remember we have to save Kari and TK. Matt's little brother." That got her awake.
"Don't you forget that it's Tai's little sister were dealing with, too." She retorted finally getting up.
"You know I heard once where jet-leg was blamed for the death of two teens, last year. I only arrived in Tokyo yesterday. Gimme a break!" she whined. But Sora had already left.
'Fine I'm up.'

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^Later that day...^

After having a hearty breakfast they headed out to Hell's Hall. Gennai had given them a map and an estimate of the time it would take to get there. 7 hours. He had also told them that most likely they would meet the digimon along the way. Most likely they would be in the order that the kids digimon had digivolved in. (you understand? I.E. digivolved from Agumon-Greymon-Metalgreymon they would battle Shellmon then Etemon then Myotismon. Now do you understand? Although they wont meet all the digimon they'll skip a few digivolutions, it would take longer that way!)
Now the group were arguing on which digimon they would see first.
"No, it'll be Shellmon." Tai argued. But Matt wouldn't agree with him.
"I think it'll be a Meramon." He disagreed.
"But wasn't Meramon being controlled by the black gears created by Devimon? So my theory is that if Devimon isn't here then neither is his black gears. We can sort of narrow the list down a bit. That means that Joe, Sora, Mimi, me, and Ken will return to our normal bodies on the first try!" Izzy exclaimed, happy that he had solved the first few questions he had about this 'adventure'.
"So who do you think it is Izzy?" asked Sora, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Oh. I think I agree with Tai. It's quite logical because him and Agumon were the first pair to digivolve to champion." He stated another theory that was about to be tested.
"Well, your theory seems to be correct." Replied a hoarse voice from behind the group. They turned around with surprised looks on their faces. But Tai and Agumon were ready for him.
"I guess we're the first to digivolve." He exclaimed holding up his digivice. He quickly recalled the time when it had all been up to him to save the group from Shellmon.
"Agumon digivolve to...GREYMON!"
"Yeah!" he shouted. Before Shellmon got a shot in he was blasted through an opening in the sky created by Greymon's Nova Blast.
"No! Not again!" he cried out before disappearing.
Greta job Greymon." Tai cheered when they were sure they had won. They were all happy but Matt brought them back to reality.
"Yeah, but we've got lots more coming. Lets just keep going." He said with a slight note of sadness in his voice.

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They had been walking at a steady pace but were still nowhere near Hell's Hall. It almost seemed like they would never reach the castle in time to reach TK and Kari before Shadowmon harmed them.
The past digimon were forgotten because they had still yet to find another one and they seemed to have been walking for a few hours.
No one was talking and an eerie silence had taken over the group. Finally after tapping on his laptop for quite a long time, Izzy broke the silence.
"Well, since Hell's Hall is still about 6 hours from here. And it's already getting late I suggest that someone should keep lookout for a rest stop." He stated. The group agreed and started looking for the flattest spaces to sleep.

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^Hell's Hall^

Shadowmon was extremely angry when the first of many digimon had failed to harm the group of digimon heading her way. She reasoned that he was a weak digimon and any digimon could have defeated him. She was walking down a corridor and decided to 'visit' her hostages to see if they would finally agree.
When she saw that they were still unconscious she motioned for a guard to wake them.
"Wakey, wakey." She said in an over-done sappy voice. I have a question for you two so WAKE UP!!" she shouted at the pair.
This instantly woke them from whatever sweet dreams they were having and brought back reality to crash down on them.
"So, do you still refuse to join me? It's the offer of a li-"
But Kari interrupted her.
"No thank you. We'll never be taken over by darkness." She stated matter-of-factly. But by the time Kari had said the word "No" Shadowmon had signaled for another digimon to attack them. This one was very familiar though. His name was Darkpixiemon. (Imagine Pixiemon only all black)
"Darkpixiemon don't destroy them just weaken them. I have some 'business' to take care of. I'll be back in an hour or so. Enjoy!" she shouted as she turned around and walked out leaving TK and Kari to face Darkpixiemon's wrath, their screams echoing throughout the castle.

Will TK and Kari be ok? Who else will the others meet along the way? Will TK or Kari die from the torture? When will I get up the next chapter? Only I know the answers!! Please review! Oh, and I want you to guess which digimon they will meet next. Till chapter 7!
Buh bai.