West Shinjuku Park, Tokyo

10:45 P.M.

"Takato!" yells Henry, waving as he catches up and runs alongside his friend.

"Henry, what's going on?" asks Takato, not slowing down, despite that he is useless without Guilmon.

"I've got no clue, but this digimon is strong, REAL strong," he replies, as the two run into a large open area, a large patio where the city holds some special events every so often.

"So..where is he?" asks Terriermon from atop Henry's head. A few moments later, Rika runs up from another path on the other side.

"I'm here, where's Guilmon?" she asks. Takato just stares silently at his feet.

"He's..sick. He won't be able to fight," replies Henry. Not wanting to press the issue, Rika just nods. Takato hears footsteps approaching from behind them and turns to look, it is Renamon and another digimon he'd never seen before, wearing a trenchcoat.

"Huh? Is that a Flamedramon?!" says Takato, his jaw dropping. Henry and Rika are equally surprised, but for totally different reasons.

"Renamon! What are you doing with Ubihara's partner?!" asks Rika, feeling a bit betrayed at the sight of her partner with Shinji's.

"Rika, um.." she replies, at a loss for words. Henry gives Rika a confused look, while Takato doesn't stop staring.

"Uh..maybe I should introduce myself," says the digimon, "My name is Kouji, I am a Dark Flamedramon. I am partners with Shinji Ubihara."

"Ah, I see," replies Henry, "Rika must not be on best terms with your partner. Anyway, my name is Henry Wong." Henry elbows Takato to get him to stop zoning out.

"Ow! Oh yeah, I'm Takato Matsuda," he says. Suddenly, all of their D-Arcs begin to go crazy again.

"Behind us!" yells Takato as all three of the Tamers spin around to see..

"Impmon?!" says Terriermon. Impmon just smirks at them from where he is standing on the far end of the patio, in front of some large trees, and forms a fireball at the tip of his finger.

"No! Behind him!" says Rika, as one of the trees begins to shake violently. Kouji and Renamon leap in front of them, ready to fight whatever this enemy is. The digimon leaps from the tree and lands in front Impmon, glaring at the others with glowing red eyes, ready to pounce upon one of them. Takato's eyes go wide and his face turns pale.

"G-Guilmon..!" he says, dropping his D-Arc and looking as if he is about to pass out. Guilmon just smirks and raises his tattered white wings to make himself look more menacing.

"What happened to him?!" yells Henry, looking back and forth between Guilmon and his D-Arc to make sure what he's seeing is real. Guilmon lets out a light laugh.

"The one you know as Guilmon is no longer in control. Now I am!" he says, his voice deep and chilling..yet familiar. Henry's eyes go wide. Takato actually presents a look of shock greater than previously thought possible. Rika can only speak a single word.

"..IceDevimon!!" she whispers, not able to get her voice any higher.

"Looks like you were right," says Kouji, getting into a martial-arts style fighting position.

"I hate it when that happens," replies Renamon, just as Guilmon/IceDevimon leaps toward them. Kouji and Renamon both jump over the possessed digimon as it swipes at them.

"FIRE BLAST!" yells Kouji, forming a fireball in each hand and tossing them at Guilmon, who easily flies into the air to dodge it. Kouji keeps tossing more fireballs, and Guilmon skillfully dodges each one, getting closer to him with each miss. As Guilmon gets closer, Renamon jumps into the air and kicks at him while he dives at Kouji. The kick connects with the side of his head and Guilmon flies into the patio, tearing up the stone as he slides to a stop.

"Impmon!" he yells, and suddenly Impmon rams to the ground from behind.

"This'll teach ya! BADA BOOM!" says Impmon, jumping off of Kouji and throwing a bunch of fireballs at him. Kouji simply knocks them away with his hand.

"If you want to fight me, you'll have to become MUCH stronger!" says Kouji, getting up and kicking Impmon in the gut, sending him flying into a tree. Kouji turns just in time to see the possessed Guilmon fly into Renamon and drag her into the air.

"Renamon!" yells Rika, snapping out her shock. Henry and Terriermon blink, then shake there heads.

"Terriermon, we have to help them!" says Henry, grabbing a card from his card case.

"Right!" replies Terriermon, jumping from his head and running onto the battlefield. Henry quickly slashes the card through the D-Arc.

"Digi-Modify! Hyperwing Activate!" he yells as two glowing wings form on Terriermon's back. Terriermon quickly lifts of into the air and rams Guilmon, freeing the struggling Renamon. On the ground, Kouji puts his hands in front of him and gathers the energy inside for an attack.

"MAGNA FLARE!" yells Kouji as a beam of golden energy blasts toward Guilmon, who dodges at the last possible moment, then looks toward the tamers.

"PYRO SPHERE!" yells Guilmon, firing his own attack at them.

"Scatter!" yells Rika as she and Henry dive out of the way, pulling Takato with them. As the explosion rocks behind them, Takato regains his senses and quickly stands.

"IceDevimon!" he yells, "Get out of Guilmon! You want to fight someone? Fight ME!"

"Perfect," thinks IceDevimon, his demonic grin spreading over Guilmon's face as Takato separates from the other tamers and runs to a short distance away from them. Guilmon dives down towards Takato at high speed, pulling his right arm back to deliver a fatal blow as Takato stands his ground with a determined expression..

"TAKATO!" screams Rika.



Without any warning, another boy comes out of nowhere and knocks Takato out of the way, causing Guilmon to stab his hand deep into the stone patio.

"Huh? Where did you come from?!" asks Takato, stunned as the boy rolls of him and jumps to his feet.

"I'm Shinji Ubihara," he replies as the possessed Guilmon pulls his hand out of the ground, "Get out of here!"

"No! I'm getting that monster out of my friend, NOW!" yells Takato, sprinting off the ground with surprising speed and punching Guilmon.

"DIE!" screams Guilmon, stabbing at Takato, but stopping an inch from his face.

"Huh?" says Takato, confused as Guilmon's eyes stop glowing red and he grabs his head in pain.

"Takato.." says Guilmon in his normal voice, "Run! He's trying to make me kill you! Get away.." The glow resumes and IceDevimon once again takes over. Before the digimon can do anything, Terriermon and Renamon both ram him and send him flying across the patio.

"This is taking too long," says Guilmon/IceDevimon, slowly standing up with an annoyed look on his face. He slowly rises into the air and stares at the tamers and their digimon below.

"What's he doing?" says Henry.

"HYPERSPEED!" yells the digimon, suddenly disappearing from the sky and reappearing in behind Rika. He grabs her, then disappears again in the sky, with both her and Impmon in his arms.

"RIKA!!" screams Renamon.

"Let me go, you freak!" yells Rika, struggling to free herself, despite how high she is.

"The time has come, my dear, for you to be my tamer," says Guilmon/IceDevimon, savoring the look of horror on her face as they fly away.

"RIKA!!" screams Renamon, chasing after them from the ground with Kouji close behind.

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"Reily, where is it?" asks Yamaki as leaves his car at the parking lot and runs into the park.

"Its on the move, I think its head for an abandoned building on the edge of the park. It'll take ten minutes on foot," she replies over the phone.

"Kuso," he thinks, running a little faster. He won't let IceDevimon get away again.

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And that's Chapter 5, I hope you enjoyed it. I'll have Chapter 6 up soon.