Is this goodbye?

"And that's all I have to tell you about your future self," Ruki's mom finished.

"Wai….wai…wait," she stammered. "Takato's supposed to be my husband?!?!?!?!?!"

"Yes. It's your destiny to be with him."

"He doesn't like me. He already has Juri Katou as his girlfriend instead of me."

"You just said Juri Katou is Takato's current girlfriend, right?"

"Yeah."

"I figured the dark forces would try to strike back in this time."

"Juri is part of the dark forces?"

"She's working with the dark forces to make sure you and Takato are separated."

In the real world, Lee has his own problem. "I have to babysit Shiuchon while my sister, brother, and parents are out, but today, we have to save Ruki. I can't leave Shiuchon in the house, nor can I take her with me. I could leave the job to Terriermon, but I know I'm gonna need him and Kurumon. What should I do?" he asked himself. He then thought of Shiuchon's friend: Chaun-En Lee. He decided to drop her off there now. "Shiuchon, I'm going to take you to Chaun-En Lee's house today. Don't bring my Terriermon Doll with you, or My Kurumon Doll, otherwise, I'll never take you out to ice cream again."

Shuichon entered his room. "AW, Why?"

"I need them for a project."

"What kind of project?" Shiuchon liked to do this to make sure he's telling the truth.

"You know Takato, the one who visited our house a few weeks ago? Well, I need to do a project with him, and I'll need to bring my dolls."

"Boys don't play with dolls, you know."

"Well, if you're a boy who is an extreme Digimon fan, they'll have Kurumon plushies and Terriermon dolls."

She just shrugged. "Ok, China boy."

He gets annoyed when anyone calls him China boy. "Look, just because I'm the only one who inherited dad's Chinese things doesn't mean you have to call me China Boy around here, Usagi wannabe."

"Don't call me Usagi Wannabe, China Boy!"

"I won't call you Usagi Wannabe if you stop calling me China Boy."

"Fine."

"Fine! Now hurry up and get dressed so I can drop you off. DON'T BRING KURUMON AND TERRIERMON WITH YOU!"

"Man!"

She got dressed and ran across the street to Chaun-En Lee's house without Lee's guidance.

At least it's a Saturday where no one is driving in the streets Lee thought. He glanced at his watch. "Oh no! I'm LATE! Terriermon, Kurumon, get on my back! We have to get to the school to save Ruki!"

Lee ran so fast, he could've gotten the shortest time in history if he was taking the physical fitness test. When he reached the school, he was so tired, he, would've sworn he could've collapsed.

He got to the school, and the rest were standing up, tapping their toes. "Dude, what the heck took you so long?" Takato and Davis asked him.

"Simple," He replied. "Babysitting problem."

"Let's just forget about it and go to the Digital World!" yelled Yolei impatiently (typical her).

They went into the computer lab, but while they were walking there, Davis, Yolei, and Cody were complaining. "Why are these THINGS following me?" They asked Kari and TK.

They turned around to see Gatomon and Patamon.

"Gatomon!" Kari yelled in joy as Gatomon jumped in her arms.

"Patamon!" TK and Patamon were happy to be reunited again.

The thing following Yolei introduced himself to her. "I'm Hawkmon, you partner Digimon."

Yolei was surprised, but calm. "Like Kari and TK's?"

"Precisely!"

The Digimon following Cody said, "I'm Armadillomon, YOUR partner Digimon."

"And I'm Veemon, your partner Digimon, Davis," introduced the thing following Davis.

"And I have Terriermon," Lee said.

"Does Ruki have a partner Digimon?" Takato asked Lee.

"Yeah. It's Renamon."

"How come I don't have one?"

Gatomon heard them Gatomon was surprised. "What do you mean? Your Digimon should be here." She looked around the whole group. "Guys! Gillmon's missing!"

"He probably must still be lost in the Digital World," Patamon said.

"Then let's go, Patamon," TK told Patamon.

They rushed to the computer lab, when Lee got an email on his D-Terminal. Lee read the email. "Guys, which port are we coming out of?"

"The one where there's a temple," Kari replied.

"Ruki's Digimon, Renamon, told us she's in the temple."

They opened the Digiport. They were finally in the Digital World.

"This place is so beautiful," Takato said.

Kurumon just said, "Well, just thank your future wife for making this part- her favorite part of the Digital World- so beautiful."

"My future wife? Who's that?"

"No time to explain. You….I mean we have to save Ruki."

"Look there's the temple you were talking about, Lee!" Yolei pointed out.

Davis took out the telescope Tai gave him a few weeks ago. He looked around the front side of it, the saw Renamon. "Look, there's Renamon!" He pointed to her.

They ran to the temple as fast as they could. "Oh, guys, I'm glad you're here!" Renamon said with relief. "Ruki just teleported somewhere by holding this crystal."

Takato saw a symbol behind it. He couldn't quite figure out what the symbol stood for, then he knew what it was. The shape of his, Ruki's, and Lee's D-arcs! I wonder what happens when I put the D-arc in front of it…… Takato put his D-arc in front of the symbol, and soon, everyone, including the Digimon were sucked in. Including another Digimon……They all landed one on top of another (Painful!). Takato was on the top of the mound. He stepped down without hurting anybody. He looked around. This must be the place where Ruki is stuck in. He thought to himself.

"Takato!!!!!" A Digimon yelled. He jumped on his head and said, "I'm so happy I'm with you now!"

"Who are you, my partner Digimon?" He tried carrying him off his head. Too heavy.

"Yeah, you can put it that way. I'm Gillmon."

Takato stood up when he heard a sharp scream. It came from the other side.

"Gillmon, Let's go! Someone's in danger!" Gillmon fell head-first off of Takato's head as Takato ran towards the noise.

He and Gillmon ran to the other side, with the others behind him. When he reached the place where he heard the scream. He saw a cobra slither away, and he saw a cute girl in a white dress. "ruki," He whispered. He knew he was too late. He ran to her. Takato picked her up. She had blood dripping from her stomach, where the cobra probably bit her. He started to cry. Tears landed on Ruki as he cried. "She's…..gone…..I…..never……chance……love…….too late………::sniff::." He picked her up, and went over to the others.

"Oh, Takato, I'm so sorry……." Kurumon said sadly.

"I never……::sniff::. Had the chance to tell her that I…..::sniff::. Loved her since I first saw her……::sniff::. Now it's too late to tell her that now that she's dead, thanks to a stupid cobra. .::sniff::."

Kurumon's eyes suddenly brighten up. "You said cobra, right?"

"Yeah. A cobra killed her."

"Then you still have a chan…." He was interrupted by someone.

"Kurumon, how many times have I told you in the future not to spoil it. I shall do the talking myself. .::gasp::. Prince……..Takato? Oh, my! Kurumon, I think we DO have a chance of saving my daughter!"

"Ruki's your daughter?" everyone asked her.

"Yes, my only daughter, and Prince Takato is the only one who could save her. The cobra that bit her was Cobramon. His attack- Spirit Bite- steals the spirit of its victim. He has to bring her spirit back in Ruki's body in exactly 24 hours from now. Otherwise, Ruki will be gone forever."

"Why?" Lee asked. "How come Takato is the only person who could save her?"

"Prince Takato was a fine warrior in the Digital World. He loves Ruki so much, he couldn't stand to think about what would happen if she ever died. He also has some type of an unknown power that can protect only her from harm. I have his armor and sword in his room. It's the only room besides Ruki's that isn't infected with crystals. She took the armor, and dressed him up with it. She told him about the dark forces while she suited him up.

She then gave him the sword before he asked Ruki's mom, "How am I supposed to know where this Icedevimon lives?"

"It's the only building without any crystal stuff surrounding it."

"Icedevimon, you'll regret ." He went out to get her.

"Will he survive?" Kari asked Ruki's mom.

"The rest of you follow him. He might need backup for the challenges ahead of him before the battle with IceDevimon. Ask Kari and TK on how to make your Digimon digivolve. It's essential to the battle."