Broken Idols 4
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For the past four years, the Digidestined have lived peacefully back on Earth
with their digimon partners. Only on rare occassions have the eight Digidestined had to
turn to their digivices and fight once more. However, none of this was to have ever
happened. With the defeat of Apocolypsmon, the Digidestined were to have returned
to Earth without their digital companions. This is but one event that was altered by the
actions of one being, Myotismon. The vampire digimon had long studied the prophecies
of the Digidestined, memorizing every detail to the letter. He had used this knowledge
to try and change destiny's path, but in the end it was destiny that destroyed him.
His actions were among those that caused the process of merging the
Digidestined with their respected partners. Tai and Kari Kamiya, Matt Ishida, and TK
Takeshi, these four achieved forms that were never meant to exist. The new forms
possessed not only traits of each child's basic form, but the physical aspects and powers of
their digimon. At first, this posed a problem for them returning to a normal life, but a
program created by fellow Digidestined, Izzy Izumi, made it so that they appeared human
while in lower power stages.
Even with all the changes though, certain events remained the same. No matter what had
occurred, destiny still allowed certain events to take place. The Dark Master and
Apocolypsmon were destroyed, the Digital World realligned itself chronologically with
Earth, and one boy's future would be changed by his first encounter with a digimon.
"June! Sit down! You're gonna bring those flying bedsheets back this way!" Davis
Motimiya exclaimed. He looked around the convention center at all the other families being
held hostage. Stupid ghosts, they just had to interupt his soccer practice didn't they? Davis
looked up as he heard a rhythmic chanting. A couple of kids and adults were running around
with a boombox over their hea, and chanting something repeatedly. Strangely, the ghosts around
them all began to fall to the ground.
"Bakemon, lose your power! Bakemon, lose your power!"
Bakemon, is that what those things were? Whatever they were, they definately seemed
to be losing their power. Davis stood up, clenching his fists. "Bakemon, lose your power!" he
began to shout. He started to run after the group, but felt his mother grab him by the shoulder.
"Davis, no, stay here where its safe," she told him.
"But mom, this is our chance to get out of here!" Davis argued.
His mother shook her head, "There's more of those things outside. We'll just wind up
getting captured again."
Davis sighed and sat back down. Something inside him said he should be out there
helping, but what could he do?
***
"Takeru Takeshi?" the teacher asked.
"Here!" TK replied. He looked over next to him as the teacher continued calling roll.
"Geez, our teacer looks like Ogremon."
Gatomon snickered, "Watch out, he'll get you with his Grade Average attack if you're not
careful."
"It seems only Ichijouji and Motimiya are absent," the teacher commented.
"I'm here!" Davis exclaimed as he barged into the room out of breath. "The power went off
at my house last night and reset my clock," he explained as he sat down next to Gatomon and TK.
"Mr. Motimiya, I used to try that excuse years ago. Fortunately I'm in a good mood today,
so I'll let it slide," the teacher stated.
Davis chuckled heepishly. He looked over at Gatomon, "Hi, Kari."
Gatomon gave a light smile, "Um, hi, Davis. You know, if you're gonna make up an excuse
you should come up with something better than your power going out."
"Well, see, it really did go out last night," Davis said.
TK smirked, "Should have had a battery back-up."
"I did, and it was a brand new battery too,"Davis replied.
"Mr. Motimiya, do you have something you want to share with the class?" the teacher asked.
"Uh, no, not really," Davis replied nervously.
"Then I suggest you pay attention to the lesson," the teacher said.
Davis sank down in his seat, blushing. First day back at school, and he'd already been
embarrassed in front of Kari.
***
Deep in one of the many forests in the Digital World, a small abandoned TV sat embedded in
the ground. It's screen began to glow, emitting a beam of light and energy out onto the ground. The energy
solidified into a shape resembling a humanoid Agumon with wild brown hair, formal attire, and a pair of goggles.
Tai looked around at the Digiworld. It'd been a long time since he last visited, and things seemed normal, but he
knew there was something going on. Something had opened the port to the Digiworld, and he had to find out what.
He had no idea that he was being watched.
The Digimon Emperor smiled as he watched the screen. "So, we have a new player in the game."
"Company? Oh, I'll go make extra for dinner," Wormmon said happily.
"Shut up and pay attention. Our guest is one of the fusions, and he's all alone. A perfect time to
introduce him to the new order of this world," the Emperor stated with a grin. A screen with various digimon
appeared in front of him. "Now let's see, what sort of welcoming committee should I send?"
Tai looked up as he heard a rustling sound. He turned to see a Monochromon burst through the
trees and charge at him. Tai leaped out of the way, barely avoiding getting run over. "Whoah, big guy!
Where's the big rush to?" The Monochromon roared and charged back at Tai. Tai began to run in the
opposite direction, "Whatever I did, I'm sure it was an accident, but if you insist on being violent, so be
it!" he reached into his pocket and pulled out his digivice. "Just like riding a bike, DIGIVOLVE!"
The Emperor smirked, "Sorry, but here we play by my rules. Rule number one, no digivolving."
"I don't know, Ken. That doesn't really seem like a fair rule," Wormmon stated. He yelped in
pain as a whip smacked him in the forehead.
"I've told you NEVER to call me that! I am the Digimon Emperor, master of this entire world!
Besides, you can't even digivolve yourself. It shouldn't be a problem to you," Ken said coldly.
"I could digivolve if you gave me the chance," Wormmon said softly.
"you're to weak to deserve that chance," Ken said.
Tai blinked and looked down at his digivice. Nothing had happened, he was still in rookie form.
He glanced behind him to see the Monochromon gaining ground. "Ok, I'll just have to try this the
hard way!" He turned and skid to a halt, facing the Monochromon. "Pepper breath!" He opened his mouth
and launched a fireball at the attack digimon. The fireball slammed into the Monochromon with no visible
effect. At the last second, Tai leaped up, and using the Monochromon's head as a spring board, launched
himself over the digimon.
As he sailed over the Monochromon he noticed a large black band around it's waist. Tai landed
safely behind the Monochromon and spun around to look back at it. "Don't recall ever seeing anything like
that before." He looked up to see some sort of black tower in the distance, "and that's definately new."
He turned and ran as the Monochromon began to charge once more. He ducked into a cave and hid in the
shadows as the Monochromon ran past.
"Man, something is definately wrong here," he said to himself. He pulled out his D-Terminal and
began to type. "Can't believe I'm having to call for backup against a champion level."
"I can't believe you're tutoring the teacher in computer class, Izzy," TK said as he closed his locker.
Izzy chuckled, "Yeah, plus it counts toward my grade back t the high school. Not that I'd need it,
but it looks good on college applications." They looked to see Gatomon walk over, Davis tagging along behind
her.
"So, Kari, how about you and me go out and get something to eat sometime?"Davis asked, hopeful.
Gatomon shifted a bit nervously. She was about to reply when a beeping noise interrupted.
Izzy took out his D-Terminal and flipped open the screen. He read the new message and frowned, "Guys,
We've got a problem. Tai needs our help." He looked at Davis, "If you'll excuse us."
"Sorry, Davis, gotta run!" Gatomon said, rather glad for the distraction. She ran after Izzy and TK toward
the computer lab.
"The port to the Digital World's still open," Izzy stated as he read over the information on the screen.
"You two will have to go without me. Tentomon's still at my place, and I want to try and figure out just why the
port opened in the first place."
"Alright then, let's go help Tai!" Gatomon said as she and TK held their digivices up to the screen.
As the screen began to glow, they shifted out of their 'disguises' into their fusion digimon forms, and were then
pulled into the Digital World.
"Something's wrong, my digivice isn't working," TK said.
"Mine doesn't either," Tai stated. "Otherwise, I doubt I'd had to call you guys. I'm wondering if it
has anything to do with that black tower I saw."
"I noticed that too. I wouldn't doubt they're somehow connected," TK said.
The conversation was interupted as a familiar roar was heard. The trio turned to see the Monochromon
as the mouth of the cave, its eyes glowing red. Gatomon looked back to see her tail ring glowing lightly. Was it
reacting to the presence of the dark ring?
"Guys, I've got a feeling that the ring might be acting like Devimon's black gears. Maybe if we destroy it
this guy will chill out," Tai said as he took a defensive stance. He looked over at Gatomon, "Kari, right now you're
the strongest one of us. Think you can try to break the ring?"
"I'll give it a shot," Gatomon replied.
***
"Interesting, Izzy said to himself as he looked over the information on the screen.
"Um, hey, Izzy?" Davis asked as he peered into the computer lab.
Izzy yelled in surprise and nearly felled out of his seat. He looked over at Davis, wide eyed. "Um, yes?"
"I was wondering if you could help me with something. Since, you know, you're good with computers,"
Davis said. He set his backpack down and pulled out a small device from the front pocket. "You happen to have
any idea what this is?"
"Actually, I'm sorta busy at the..." Izzy stopped as he saw the device. It was an oval shaped blue and
white device that had similiar markings to his own digivice. He stared at Davis, "Where did you get that?"
"It, uh, came out of my computer last night," Davis replied nervously. He then unzipped the top of
his backpack. "This also came out with it...."
A small blue and white dragon poked its head out from the backpack, gagging for air. "Davis! Your
gym socks are gonna kill me!"
Izzy stared in disblief. How did Davis get a digimon and digivice, and why did the digivice look so
different? "Davis... that's a digimon.."
"Yeah, he says his name is Demi-Veemon and that I'm his partner or something," Davis replied somewhat
nervously.
Izzy was about to comment when he was interupted by his D-Terminal once more. He picked it up and read
the new message. "The others are still having trouble...." He looked at Davis. "Ok, look, I'll explain everything afterwhile,
but for now you're gonna have to go help Tai and them in the Digiworld."
"The what?" Davis asked, confused.
***
Davis looked around as he reappeared in the Digiworld, now clad in a jacket with flames on it, gloves, and
a pair of shorts. "Hey, Demi-Veemon? Where are you?"
"It'sh Veemon now, Davish," the now rookie digimon stated as he walked over.
Davis chuckled, "Right, keep forgetting that."
"Sh'o you think he bought the sh'tory about how you got your digivishe?" Veemon asked.
"We'll worry about that later. You know the plan right?" Davis asked.
"Yeah! Let'sh get to it!" Veemon exclaimed.
TK and Tai cried out in pain as they both were slammed into a tree base. Their efforts to get Gatomon a clear
shot at the dark ring were not fairing to well.
"Tai, this isn't right. Two rookies and a champion shouldn't have this much difficulty against a Monochromon,"
TK said as he stagged to his feet.
"Whatever's keeping us from digivolving must be keeping our energy levels low as well," Tai replied.
Gatomon rebounded off a tree trunk and landed next to them. "If there were any other digimon around I could have
used my tail ring to get them to help, but the place seems deserted."
"VEE-HEADBUTT!"
Out of nowhere, Veemon slammed head first into the Monochromon's side. The Monochromon stumbled sideways
from the impact.
"Of course, I could be wrong," Gatomon stated.
"HA! Take that, jerk!" Davis exclaimed as he ran out behind Veemon. He looked over at the group, "Hey, Kari, cute
catsuit!"
"DAVIS?!" the trio said in unison.
"How the heck did he get here?" TK asked.
"Worry about that later, now's our chance to get that ring!" Tai shouted.
TK and Tai rushed forward to help Veemon. Gatomon leaped onto the Monochromon's back, landing next to the
dark ring. Her tail ring began to glow brightly.
"Worth a shot!" she said as she used her tail to smack the dark ring. The moment the two rings connected, the
dark ring cracked and pixelated.
The Monochromon's eyes stopped glowing and it looked around in confusion. Shortly after it wandered off, all
eyes turned to Davis and Veemon.
"Wow, that must be an expensive costume, Kari. It looks so lifelike! How were you able to move the tail like that?"
Davis asked. He looked at the others. "And why does that orange dinosaur have Tai's hair and goggles?"
"Um, Davis... I think there needs to be some explanations made, on both yours and our parts..." Gatomon replied.
"Interesting, they were able to break my dark ring," Ken said aloud.
"Oh dear, you're going to get mad again, aren't you?" Wormmon asked.
"On the contrary, this can work to my advantage," Ken stated. He smirked, "They have no idea what they're in
store for." He began to laugh evilly.
"So... those aren't costumes?" Davis asked in shock. "But you guys look human in our world."
"That's Izzy's doing. He created a program that sorta camoflages us in our lower stages," Tai stated.
"I don't mean to interrupt, but if we don't get home soon, our parents might stated getting suspicious," TK said.
Tai nodded, "Right, no point in getting them worried just yet. We'll come back first chance we get though."
Izzy stepped away from the computer as the group reappeared in a flash of light. "So, how'd it go?"
"Not to good, we might not have made it without Davis and Veemon," Tai said, as he, TK, and Gatomon
changed back into their human appearences.
Demi-Veemon climbed up onto Davis' head and posed proudly, "Yeah, we're good!"
"Izzy, we're gonna need to contact the others and schedule a meeting later tonight. Think we can all
meet in the park around three hours from now?" Tai asked.
"With the exception of Mimi," Izzy replied.
Tai nodded," Yeah, no way she could get here all the way from New York. We'll notify her of what's going on though.
Davis, I want you to be there if possible."
"I'll see what I can do. Kari, mind if I walk you home?" Davis asked.
Gatomon blinked in surprise, "Uh, sure, I guess."
TK narrowed his eyes at Davis, "I'll join you two. We pass my place on the way."
***
"So how do you know Tai and Kari, Davis?" TK asked as they walked along the sidewalk.
"He and Tai were on the same soccer team for a few years," Gatomon said.
"Yeah, and Kari was always in the stands cheering us on," Davis said, smiling at Gatomon.
Gatomon blushed lightly, "Yeah, something like that...."
"Well, this is my place," TK said as they came to an apartment complex. "Guess I'll see you two later tonight."
"Yeah, later, JT!" Davis said as he and Gatomon began walking off.
"Hey Davis, come here for a second," TK said.
Davis walked back over to TK, "Yeah?"
TK narrowed his eyes and began to talk so only Davis could hear him, "I see what you're trying to do here. Just
so you know, I'm very protectice of Kari, and I don't like to see her hurt. If you hurt her in anyway, Motimiya, I will personally
make you regret it for the rest of your life. Is that understood?"
Davis nodded nervously, "Um, yeah, sure, dude."
"Good, then just remember that," TK stated. He smiled and then began talking normally, "Then things will be
perfectly fine!"
"So what did TK have to say?" Gatomon asked as she and Davis resumed walking.
"Oh he, uh, just wanted to make sure I knew the way to the parl. Yeah, that's it!" Davis replied nervously.
"Kari, can I ask you something?"
Gatomon chuckled, "You just did."
Davis blinked, "WHat? Oh! Heh, I meant something kinda personal..."
"Depends on what it is," Gatomon replied.
"Well, do you think maybe possibly something you might consider going out with me?" Davis asked.
Gatomon stopped walking, caught by surprise. "What do you mean?"
Davis blushed, "I mean that I like you, I guess. Even though you're a cat and all. Um, not that being a cat
is a bad thing! It's really cute! I mean, not to say you're not cute like this, cause you're just as cute as a cat too. Plus
you've got a great tail and....." He stopped and stared at the ground, trying to hide his reddening face.
Demi-Veemon looked at Davis, confused. "Davis, are you ok?"
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm glad I met you, Kari. If you hadn't fusioned with Gatomon, I might not
have gotten that chance," Davis said meekly.
"I... really need to get home," Gatomon said, blushing. She began to run off, leaving Davis behind.
Davis sighed as she ran off, "Good one, Davis. You just humiliated yourself and embarassed the girl of your
dreams."
Demi-Veemon looked up at Davis, "Maybe you shoulda used a breath mint like on TV?"
"You're not coming to the meeting?" Tai asked as he grabbed his jacket off the coat rack.
Gatomon shook her head, "I'm not really feeling to good, Tai, sorry."
"S'okay, I'll let you know what happens," Tai said.
Gatomon watched Tai head out the door and sighed. She didn't feel that bad actually, but she needed some time
to herself so should could think about a few things. The main thing on her mind was Davis. The situation earlier that
afternoon had made her nervous. Beside TK, no one had ever really seemed that interested in her before. With TK though,
it was different. He was like her, part digimon. Davis didn't seem to be bothered by that, but would that always be true? Would
he always be ok with the fact that she was technically feline?
She walked out onto the balcony and looked out at the stars. He had said he was happy about the fusion, but would
he been happier if it had never happened, and Kari really was still around? After all this time, she still had doubts on who she
really was now, and this wasn't going to help.
***
Davis knocked on the door and smiled as it opened a few moments later. "Hello, Mrs. Ichijouji! I've brought
Ken's homework for today."
"Thank you, Davis. Ken's been in his room all day with a cold. Would you like to come in?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked.
"Thanks!" Davis replied. He walked in and went down the hall to Ken's room. "Hey Ken, you in there?" The door
opened and Davis walked in.
"Well, what is it?" Ken asked as he closed the door and locked it back.
"They don't suspect a thing. The story I gave them seemed to work," Davis replied as he sat down.
"Good," Ken stated.
"Ken, are you sure we have to do this? I mean, they didn't seem to be all that bad," Davis said.
Ken glared at Davis, "I've told you, the fusions are corrupted date. They're not only a threat to the Digiworld, but
the realworld as well."
"But your rings and control spyres seem to have everything under contol so far," Davis said.
"Yes, but as long as the fusions are around, the destruction of both worlds is still possible. Do you really want that?"
Ken asked.
"No, I guess not," Davis replied. He sighed, "Can we at least try to save Kari? There's gotta be someway."
"NO! All of them must be destroyed!" Ken shouted. He got in Davis' face, "None of them can be allowed to remain!"
Davis cringed a little, "Geez, chill out!" He handed Ken a folder, "Here, its the homework you missed. I need to get
going."
Ken locked the door after Davis left and threw the folder into the trash can. "The fool, he still has no clue that
he's just a puppet in my plans. With lock, he'll destroy himself along with those Digidestined. Then I can devote all my
attention to taking over the Digiworld."
***
"So have you heard anything from Gennai?" Matt asked.
"I recieved a message from him earlier. He said he might have an idea on how we can counteract the effects
of those dark spyres," Izzy stated.
"So the spyres are the keeping us from digivolving after all?" Tai asked.
"Yes, they seem to be somehow interfering with the signals from out digivices. I haven't been able to get much
information so far," Izzy said.
"Whoever is behind it must know alot about how the digivolving process works to be able to keep it from
happening," Sora said.
"My biggest worry is those dark rings. Will they effect our digimon as well? What if they slap one on Tai or
the others?" Joe asked.
"Let's hope we don't have to find out," TK said.
Davis sat back, remaining quiet for the most part. For some reason, Sora looked very familiar, but he couldn't
quite figure out where he had seen her. Maybe at one of the soccer games or something. He listened as the meeting went
on. After a while, the group decided it was time to head back to their respective homes and call it a night. Other than finding
out who the other Digidestined were, he hadn't really learned anything new to tell Ken.
"Hmm, and Kari's tail ring was reacting to the dark ring?" Gennai asked.
"Right, she used it to break the dark ring," Izzy replied. He watched as the now younger Gennai paced for a
few moments on his laptop screen.
"Then my plan could work. It'd require Kari's cooperation, and a sacrifice on everyone's behalf though. If you
can get the others together and come to the Digiworld, I'll let everyone know what I found out on the spyres, and who
made them," Gennai said.
"Prodigious," Izzy said. "Oh, do you happen to know about how or why Davis got to be a Digidestined?"
Gennai blinked, "Davis?"
"Yeah, has a Veemon as a partner," Izzy stated. Gennai stared at him for a few moments, as if in shock. "There
something wrong?"
"No, no, just haven't heard that name in a long time. See if you can bring him with you when you all come,"
Gennai said.
***
Davis couldn't help but feel he was being stared at as Gennai came up to him. The man seemed to have a
somewhat dssaproving look in his eyes, as if he knew something the others didn't.
"So you're Ryou's replacement? Don't look a whole lot different from him, actually," Gennai stated.
"Ryou?" Davis asked. He looked down at Veemon, "Who's Ryou?"
Veemon frowned, "The name sound'sh familiar, but I can't really remember why..."
Gennai looked down at the dragon digimon, "Not to surprising. You wund up being reformatted after what
happened."
"There were more Digidestined?" Matt asked.
"A world wide network, actually. They're sort of the B-teams," Gennai replied. "You're the only ones who've been
to the Digiworld though. The others were to protect the other nations of Earth when Myotismon was around."
"So what happened to Ryou?" Mimi asked.
"Perhaps he couldn't be a Digidestined anymore for some reason, "Tentomon guessed.
"Ryou was killed a year after you all defeated the Dark Masters and Apocalypsmon," Gennai said.
"KILLED?!" Gomamon exclaimed.
"That's horrible!" Biyomon said.
"There had been some trouble brewing in Myotismon's old castle," Gennai began. "He and another Digidestined
went in to investigate, but something went wrong. There was an explosion somehow, leveling a good portion of the castle,
and both of them were seemingly killed. Ryou's body was found in the rubble, but there was never any trace of the
other child."
"What could've happened to him?" Palmon asked.
"I believe he might've survived and become the Digimon Emporor," Gennai stated.
"Digimon Emporor?" Matt asked.
"Yes, he's the one behind the spyres and dark rings. It's my belief that he's trying to gain control of the
Digiworld by enslaving all its inhabitants," Gennai said.
"Then we've got to stop him, but how can we when our digimon can't even reach champion stage?" Sora
asked.
"I've got a way to solve that, actually," Gennai replied. he walked over to a box and opened it, revealing eight
egg-like objects.
"Are those digieggs?" Gatomon asked.
"Yes, but right now theyre just empty shells. You see, these digieggs will allow your digimon to digivolve
despite the presence of the spyres. However, it will come at a price. For them to work, they need a source of energy.
The power of your individual crests are the only thing capable of proving the needed energy. If you do this though,
your digimon will not be able to make it beyond champion form," Gennai said.
"Right now, that's better than nothing," Tai said.
"Why not some of us use them, and the others retain their crests?" Joe suggested.
Gennai shook his head, "It's either everyone or no one. Unless all them are energized at once, none of them
will work."
"Guys, I say we do it. I mean, all of us at champion form are still strong enough to take down an ultimate,"
Biyomon said.
"Yeah, and its the only way we're going to be able to fight back," Gomamon said,
"Plus, there's still Davis. Once he finds his crest and tag, Veemon would be able to go to ultimate!"
Palmon said.
Davis chuckled nervously and looked down at the floor.
"There is one other thing. To counteract the spyres' power, I'll have to use your tail ring, Kari," Gennai said.
"But without my tail ring, I'll only be strong as a rookie. I'll lose most of my powers." Gatomon said.
"I know, and I'm sorry, but its the only way. The power of light is the only thing able to defeat darkness,"
Gennai explained.
Gatomon remained slent, and then removed her tail ring. "This better work."
Davis put a hand on on Gatomon's shoulder, "Hey, don't worry about it. Just think of it as trading up
for better equipment."
Gatomon blushed lightly, "Um, yeah, I guess.."
"Then its settled, we're going for it," Tai stated.
***
"So what'sh the plan, Davish?" Veemon asked once they were alone outside.
"Simple, grab the digieggs and destroy them," Davis stated.
"All of them?" Veemon asked.
Davis remain silent, clenching his fists. "No, I mean yes, I mean... AUGH! Why does it have to be like this?!"
Veemon looked at him, confused, "What do you mean?"
"I don't want to hurt Kari. I care to much to intentionally hurt her, Veemon," Davis said.
"But what about what Ken said? Remember, she'sh one of the bad guy'sh," Veemon said.
"I don't know if thats right or not. Look at them, Veemon. They haven't done anything even remotely evil.
Heck, that Gennai guy thinks KEN is the bad guy. I just got this strange feeling about the whole situation," Davis said.
"Yeah, me too. I keep feeling like we're doing the wrong thing here," Veemon said. He looked back to see
Gatomon walking toward them. "Woop'sh, here come'sh Kari. Act natural!"
Davis didn't seem to hear his partner, or at least didn't acknowledge that he had.
"Davis, can I talk to you about something?" Gatomon asked a bit nervously.
Davis instantly slipped back into his happy go-lucky tone and looked at her. "Huh? Oh, yeah, sure!" he said as he
sat down.
Gatomon sat down next to him, "Davis.." She paused, trying to think of the right words. "What would you think
if I told you that I wasn't really Kari? What if I said Kari didn't make it through the fusion?"
Davis blinked, "What are you trying to say?"
Gatomon sighed, "I'm trying to say that I don't even know who I am."
"Of course you know who you are, you're Kari," Davis said. "From what you guys told me, the fusions merged you
with your digimon, right? I'm not a genius, but I can figure out what exactly that means. It means two minds sorta became
one, like when you put food coloring in water." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I like you for you, Kari. I
don't care if you're part digimon or two people merged into one. I like you for your personality. Your thoughts, emotions,
habits, that's what I see when I look at you. Not just your outward appearence."
The couple remained silent for a bit, the words sinking in. The silence was broken as Tentomon flew out to them.
"Hey! Gennai's got the digieggs charged and ready!" the bug digimon exclaimed. He then flew back inside.
Gennai took out two of the digieggs, now with the crests of hope and light on them, and handed them to TK
and Gatomon. "I believe you two should be the first to try them."
"How do we activate them?" TK asked.
"Just say, 'Digiarmor energize,' to activate them. I suggest we step outside though, you'll need some room to test them,"
Gennai said. He set the other digieggs out as the group when outside, and then followed.
"Ok, ready, Kari?" TK asked.
"Let's give it a shot," Gatomon replied.
They held their digi-eggs above their heads and simultaneously shouted, "DIGIARMOR, ENERGIZE!"
Instantly, they were enveloped in blinding light. "Armor digivolve to...."
The others squinted fromthe light and watched as TK and Gatomon transformed into a winged horse and a
sphynx respectively.
"Pegasusmon! Flying hope!"
"Nefertimon! The angel of light!"
"Well?" Gennai asked.
Pegasusmon tested his wings, lifting off the ground a few feet. "Seems ok so far."
As the others talked, Davis and Veemon made their way back inside unnoticed. Davis picked up a digiegg with
the crest of courage on it. "I don't want to do this, but we have to, Veemon..."
"I guessh thi'sh ish what they mean by being a hero ishn't eashy," Veemon said.
"Hey! What are you two doing?"
Davis and Veemon turned to see Matt behind them, looking very ticked off. "Doing what we have to so our worlds
won't be destroyed!" Davis said.
"Looks more like you're working for the Digimon Emporor. Hand over the Digiegg, now," Matt said sternly.
"I can't do that," Davis said.
Matt snarled, revealing his fangs. He then rushed forward to grab Davis, who dodged out of the way. Davis and
Veemon made a run for the door. "Steal and run, huh? Coward," Matt said.
Davis stopped, clenching his fists. He should have kept going, but he couldn't do it for some reason. He turned
to look back at Matt. "I'm not running." Just as he finished, the Digiegg of Courage began to glow red.
Veemon blinked, "Whoah, I feel kinda weird..."
Davis looked at Veemon and then the digiegg. He held the digiegg aove his head, "DIGIARMOR ENERGIZE!"
Matt shielded his eyes as the room was filled with a blinding light, "What the heck?!"
"VEEMON! ARMOR DIGIVOLVE TO....." Veemon shouted. He was engulfed in flames of energy and transformed. The
flames where then absorbed into his new form. "FLAMEDRAMON! The fire of courage!"
Pegasusmon and Nefertimon glowed and reverted back to normal. For a brief moment, their digivices glowed, and then
changed into a form similiar to Davis' digivice, except Gatomon's was pink, while TK's was green.
"Good, the digivices upgraded themselves automatically," Gennai said. Just as he finished, an explosion erupted from
his home. "The digieggs!"
The group rushed back to Gennai's place just in time to see Matt get thrown through a wall to the outside. Flamedramon
leaped out, with Davis behind him. Flamedramon took an attack posture in front of Matt.
"Rare or charbroiled?" the fire dragon asked sarcastically.
"Blue Blaster!" Matt shouted as he launched a blue flame.
Flamedramon easily deflected the flame with his gauntlets, "Charbroiled it is." He launched himself at Matt like a missle,
his entire body erupting into flames, "MAXIMUM FIRE!"
Matt cried out in pain as he was knocked backwards through the air, his fur coat on fire. He slammed to the ground and
instantly began trying to put out the flames.
"DAVIS! What are you doing?!" Tai exclaimed.
Davis didn't look to proud about what was happening, "I'm sorry, Tai, but I can't let Earth or the Digiworld be
destroyed."
"Destroyed? What are you talking about?!" Tai asked.
Davis looked up, "Flamedramon, let's go." As the dragon digimon picked him up, he looked toward Gatomon. "Kari,
I meant what I said back there, but if didn't do this, people would've died. I'm sorry," he said as Flamedramon lept off into the
distance.
Gennai rushed inside as the others went to help Matt. He came back out a few seconds later, shaking his head.
"He destroyed the Digieggs."
"But why?" Joe asked.
"'Cause he's working for that Emporor guy!" Matt said angrily as he staggered back to his feet. His was bleeding in
a few places, and his fur coat was pretty much destroyed by the fire.
"No, he's confused. He doesn't realize what he's actually doing," Gatomon said softly.
"No way, he knew what he was doing!" Matt said.
"You could tell it in his eyes. He didn't want to do this!" Gatomon argued.
"Then maybe that Emporor guy did something to him somehow," Biyomon said.
"It is a possibility," Gennai said.
"So what do we do now?" Gomamon asked.
Tai looked out toward were Davis and Flamedramon vanished. "I don't know, I just don't know..."
To be continued
(Insert disclaimer and thanks here)
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For the past four years, the Digidestined have lived peacefully back on Earth
with their digimon partners. Only on rare occassions have the eight Digidestined had to
turn to their digivices and fight once more. However, none of this was to have ever
happened. With the defeat of Apocolypsmon, the Digidestined were to have returned
to Earth without their digital companions. This is but one event that was altered by the
actions of one being, Myotismon. The vampire digimon had long studied the prophecies
of the Digidestined, memorizing every detail to the letter. He had used this knowledge
to try and change destiny's path, but in the end it was destiny that destroyed him.
His actions were among those that caused the process of merging the
Digidestined with their respected partners. Tai and Kari Kamiya, Matt Ishida, and TK
Takeshi, these four achieved forms that were never meant to exist. The new forms
possessed not only traits of each child's basic form, but the physical aspects and powers of
their digimon. At first, this posed a problem for them returning to a normal life, but a
program created by fellow Digidestined, Izzy Izumi, made it so that they appeared human
while in lower power stages.
Even with all the changes though, certain events remained the same. No matter what had
occurred, destiny still allowed certain events to take place. The Dark Master and
Apocolypsmon were destroyed, the Digital World realligned itself chronologically with
Earth, and one boy's future would be changed by his first encounter with a digimon.
"June! Sit down! You're gonna bring those flying bedsheets back this way!" Davis
Motimiya exclaimed. He looked around the convention center at all the other families being
held hostage. Stupid ghosts, they just had to interupt his soccer practice didn't they? Davis
looked up as he heard a rhythmic chanting. A couple of kids and adults were running around
with a boombox over their hea, and chanting something repeatedly. Strangely, the ghosts around
them all began to fall to the ground.
"Bakemon, lose your power! Bakemon, lose your power!"
Bakemon, is that what those things were? Whatever they were, they definately seemed
to be losing their power. Davis stood up, clenching his fists. "Bakemon, lose your power!" he
began to shout. He started to run after the group, but felt his mother grab him by the shoulder.
"Davis, no, stay here where its safe," she told him.
"But mom, this is our chance to get out of here!" Davis argued.
His mother shook her head, "There's more of those things outside. We'll just wind up
getting captured again."
Davis sighed and sat back down. Something inside him said he should be out there
helping, but what could he do?
***
"Takeru Takeshi?" the teacher asked.
"Here!" TK replied. He looked over next to him as the teacher continued calling roll.
"Geez, our teacer looks like Ogremon."
Gatomon snickered, "Watch out, he'll get you with his Grade Average attack if you're not
careful."
"It seems only Ichijouji and Motimiya are absent," the teacher commented.
"I'm here!" Davis exclaimed as he barged into the room out of breath. "The power went off
at my house last night and reset my clock," he explained as he sat down next to Gatomon and TK.
"Mr. Motimiya, I used to try that excuse years ago. Fortunately I'm in a good mood today,
so I'll let it slide," the teacher stated.
Davis chuckled heepishly. He looked over at Gatomon, "Hi, Kari."
Gatomon gave a light smile, "Um, hi, Davis. You know, if you're gonna make up an excuse
you should come up with something better than your power going out."
"Well, see, it really did go out last night," Davis said.
TK smirked, "Should have had a battery back-up."
"I did, and it was a brand new battery too,"Davis replied.
"Mr. Motimiya, do you have something you want to share with the class?" the teacher asked.
"Uh, no, not really," Davis replied nervously.
"Then I suggest you pay attention to the lesson," the teacher said.
Davis sank down in his seat, blushing. First day back at school, and he'd already been
embarrassed in front of Kari.
***
Deep in one of the many forests in the Digital World, a small abandoned TV sat embedded in
the ground. It's screen began to glow, emitting a beam of light and energy out onto the ground. The energy
solidified into a shape resembling a humanoid Agumon with wild brown hair, formal attire, and a pair of goggles.
Tai looked around at the Digiworld. It'd been a long time since he last visited, and things seemed normal, but he
knew there was something going on. Something had opened the port to the Digiworld, and he had to find out what.
He had no idea that he was being watched.
The Digimon Emperor smiled as he watched the screen. "So, we have a new player in the game."
"Company? Oh, I'll go make extra for dinner," Wormmon said happily.
"Shut up and pay attention. Our guest is one of the fusions, and he's all alone. A perfect time to
introduce him to the new order of this world," the Emperor stated with a grin. A screen with various digimon
appeared in front of him. "Now let's see, what sort of welcoming committee should I send?"
Tai looked up as he heard a rustling sound. He turned to see a Monochromon burst through the
trees and charge at him. Tai leaped out of the way, barely avoiding getting run over. "Whoah, big guy!
Where's the big rush to?" The Monochromon roared and charged back at Tai. Tai began to run in the
opposite direction, "Whatever I did, I'm sure it was an accident, but if you insist on being violent, so be
it!" he reached into his pocket and pulled out his digivice. "Just like riding a bike, DIGIVOLVE!"
The Emperor smirked, "Sorry, but here we play by my rules. Rule number one, no digivolving."
"I don't know, Ken. That doesn't really seem like a fair rule," Wormmon stated. He yelped in
pain as a whip smacked him in the forehead.
"I've told you NEVER to call me that! I am the Digimon Emperor, master of this entire world!
Besides, you can't even digivolve yourself. It shouldn't be a problem to you," Ken said coldly.
"I could digivolve if you gave me the chance," Wormmon said softly.
"you're to weak to deserve that chance," Ken said.
Tai blinked and looked down at his digivice. Nothing had happened, he was still in rookie form.
He glanced behind him to see the Monochromon gaining ground. "Ok, I'll just have to try this the
hard way!" He turned and skid to a halt, facing the Monochromon. "Pepper breath!" He opened his mouth
and launched a fireball at the attack digimon. The fireball slammed into the Monochromon with no visible
effect. At the last second, Tai leaped up, and using the Monochromon's head as a spring board, launched
himself over the digimon.
As he sailed over the Monochromon he noticed a large black band around it's waist. Tai landed
safely behind the Monochromon and spun around to look back at it. "Don't recall ever seeing anything like
that before." He looked up to see some sort of black tower in the distance, "and that's definately new."
He turned and ran as the Monochromon began to charge once more. He ducked into a cave and hid in the
shadows as the Monochromon ran past.
"Man, something is definately wrong here," he said to himself. He pulled out his D-Terminal and
began to type. "Can't believe I'm having to call for backup against a champion level."
"I can't believe you're tutoring the teacher in computer class, Izzy," TK said as he closed his locker.
Izzy chuckled, "Yeah, plus it counts toward my grade back t the high school. Not that I'd need it,
but it looks good on college applications." They looked to see Gatomon walk over, Davis tagging along behind
her.
"So, Kari, how about you and me go out and get something to eat sometime?"Davis asked, hopeful.
Gatomon shifted a bit nervously. She was about to reply when a beeping noise interrupted.
Izzy took out his D-Terminal and flipped open the screen. He read the new message and frowned, "Guys,
We've got a problem. Tai needs our help." He looked at Davis, "If you'll excuse us."
"Sorry, Davis, gotta run!" Gatomon said, rather glad for the distraction. She ran after Izzy and TK toward
the computer lab.
"The port to the Digital World's still open," Izzy stated as he read over the information on the screen.
"You two will have to go without me. Tentomon's still at my place, and I want to try and figure out just why the
port opened in the first place."
"Alright then, let's go help Tai!" Gatomon said as she and TK held their digivices up to the screen.
As the screen began to glow, they shifted out of their 'disguises' into their fusion digimon forms, and were then
pulled into the Digital World.
"Something's wrong, my digivice isn't working," TK said.
"Mine doesn't either," Tai stated. "Otherwise, I doubt I'd had to call you guys. I'm wondering if it
has anything to do with that black tower I saw."
"I noticed that too. I wouldn't doubt they're somehow connected," TK said.
The conversation was interupted as a familiar roar was heard. The trio turned to see the Monochromon
as the mouth of the cave, its eyes glowing red. Gatomon looked back to see her tail ring glowing lightly. Was it
reacting to the presence of the dark ring?
"Guys, I've got a feeling that the ring might be acting like Devimon's black gears. Maybe if we destroy it
this guy will chill out," Tai said as he took a defensive stance. He looked over at Gatomon, "Kari, right now you're
the strongest one of us. Think you can try to break the ring?"
"I'll give it a shot," Gatomon replied.
***
"Interesting, Izzy said to himself as he looked over the information on the screen.
"Um, hey, Izzy?" Davis asked as he peered into the computer lab.
Izzy yelled in surprise and nearly felled out of his seat. He looked over at Davis, wide eyed. "Um, yes?"
"I was wondering if you could help me with something. Since, you know, you're good with computers,"
Davis said. He set his backpack down and pulled out a small device from the front pocket. "You happen to have
any idea what this is?"
"Actually, I'm sorta busy at the..." Izzy stopped as he saw the device. It was an oval shaped blue and
white device that had similiar markings to his own digivice. He stared at Davis, "Where did you get that?"
"It, uh, came out of my computer last night," Davis replied nervously. He then unzipped the top of
his backpack. "This also came out with it...."
A small blue and white dragon poked its head out from the backpack, gagging for air. "Davis! Your
gym socks are gonna kill me!"
Izzy stared in disblief. How did Davis get a digimon and digivice, and why did the digivice look so
different? "Davis... that's a digimon.."
"Yeah, he says his name is Demi-Veemon and that I'm his partner or something," Davis replied somewhat
nervously.
Izzy was about to comment when he was interupted by his D-Terminal once more. He picked it up and read
the new message. "The others are still having trouble...." He looked at Davis. "Ok, look, I'll explain everything afterwhile,
but for now you're gonna have to go help Tai and them in the Digiworld."
"The what?" Davis asked, confused.
***
Davis looked around as he reappeared in the Digiworld, now clad in a jacket with flames on it, gloves, and
a pair of shorts. "Hey, Demi-Veemon? Where are you?"
"It'sh Veemon now, Davish," the now rookie digimon stated as he walked over.
Davis chuckled, "Right, keep forgetting that."
"Sh'o you think he bought the sh'tory about how you got your digivishe?" Veemon asked.
"We'll worry about that later. You know the plan right?" Davis asked.
"Yeah! Let'sh get to it!" Veemon exclaimed.
TK and Tai cried out in pain as they both were slammed into a tree base. Their efforts to get Gatomon a clear
shot at the dark ring were not fairing to well.
"Tai, this isn't right. Two rookies and a champion shouldn't have this much difficulty against a Monochromon,"
TK said as he stagged to his feet.
"Whatever's keeping us from digivolving must be keeping our energy levels low as well," Tai replied.
Gatomon rebounded off a tree trunk and landed next to them. "If there were any other digimon around I could have
used my tail ring to get them to help, but the place seems deserted."
"VEE-HEADBUTT!"
Out of nowhere, Veemon slammed head first into the Monochromon's side. The Monochromon stumbled sideways
from the impact.
"Of course, I could be wrong," Gatomon stated.
"HA! Take that, jerk!" Davis exclaimed as he ran out behind Veemon. He looked over at the group, "Hey, Kari, cute
catsuit!"
"DAVIS?!" the trio said in unison.
"How the heck did he get here?" TK asked.
"Worry about that later, now's our chance to get that ring!" Tai shouted.
TK and Tai rushed forward to help Veemon. Gatomon leaped onto the Monochromon's back, landing next to the
dark ring. Her tail ring began to glow brightly.
"Worth a shot!" she said as she used her tail to smack the dark ring. The moment the two rings connected, the
dark ring cracked and pixelated.
The Monochromon's eyes stopped glowing and it looked around in confusion. Shortly after it wandered off, all
eyes turned to Davis and Veemon.
"Wow, that must be an expensive costume, Kari. It looks so lifelike! How were you able to move the tail like that?"
Davis asked. He looked at the others. "And why does that orange dinosaur have Tai's hair and goggles?"
"Um, Davis... I think there needs to be some explanations made, on both yours and our parts..." Gatomon replied.
"Interesting, they were able to break my dark ring," Ken said aloud.
"Oh dear, you're going to get mad again, aren't you?" Wormmon asked.
"On the contrary, this can work to my advantage," Ken stated. He smirked, "They have no idea what they're in
store for." He began to laugh evilly.
"So... those aren't costumes?" Davis asked in shock. "But you guys look human in our world."
"That's Izzy's doing. He created a program that sorta camoflages us in our lower stages," Tai stated.
"I don't mean to interrupt, but if we don't get home soon, our parents might stated getting suspicious," TK said.
Tai nodded, "Right, no point in getting them worried just yet. We'll come back first chance we get though."
Izzy stepped away from the computer as the group reappeared in a flash of light. "So, how'd it go?"
"Not to good, we might not have made it without Davis and Veemon," Tai said, as he, TK, and Gatomon
changed back into their human appearences.
Demi-Veemon climbed up onto Davis' head and posed proudly, "Yeah, we're good!"
"Izzy, we're gonna need to contact the others and schedule a meeting later tonight. Think we can all
meet in the park around three hours from now?" Tai asked.
"With the exception of Mimi," Izzy replied.
Tai nodded," Yeah, no way she could get here all the way from New York. We'll notify her of what's going on though.
Davis, I want you to be there if possible."
"I'll see what I can do. Kari, mind if I walk you home?" Davis asked.
Gatomon blinked in surprise, "Uh, sure, I guess."
TK narrowed his eyes at Davis, "I'll join you two. We pass my place on the way."
***
"So how do you know Tai and Kari, Davis?" TK asked as they walked along the sidewalk.
"He and Tai were on the same soccer team for a few years," Gatomon said.
"Yeah, and Kari was always in the stands cheering us on," Davis said, smiling at Gatomon.
Gatomon blushed lightly, "Yeah, something like that...."
"Well, this is my place," TK said as they came to an apartment complex. "Guess I'll see you two later tonight."
"Yeah, later, JT!" Davis said as he and Gatomon began walking off.
"Hey Davis, come here for a second," TK said.
Davis walked back over to TK, "Yeah?"
TK narrowed his eyes and began to talk so only Davis could hear him, "I see what you're trying to do here. Just
so you know, I'm very protectice of Kari, and I don't like to see her hurt. If you hurt her in anyway, Motimiya, I will personally
make you regret it for the rest of your life. Is that understood?"
Davis nodded nervously, "Um, yeah, sure, dude."
"Good, then just remember that," TK stated. He smiled and then began talking normally, "Then things will be
perfectly fine!"
"So what did TK have to say?" Gatomon asked as she and Davis resumed walking.
"Oh he, uh, just wanted to make sure I knew the way to the parl. Yeah, that's it!" Davis replied nervously.
"Kari, can I ask you something?"
Gatomon chuckled, "You just did."
Davis blinked, "WHat? Oh! Heh, I meant something kinda personal..."
"Depends on what it is," Gatomon replied.
"Well, do you think maybe possibly something you might consider going out with me?" Davis asked.
Gatomon stopped walking, caught by surprise. "What do you mean?"
Davis blushed, "I mean that I like you, I guess. Even though you're a cat and all. Um, not that being a cat
is a bad thing! It's really cute! I mean, not to say you're not cute like this, cause you're just as cute as a cat too. Plus
you've got a great tail and....." He stopped and stared at the ground, trying to hide his reddening face.
Demi-Veemon looked at Davis, confused. "Davis, are you ok?"
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm glad I met you, Kari. If you hadn't fusioned with Gatomon, I might not
have gotten that chance," Davis said meekly.
"I... really need to get home," Gatomon said, blushing. She began to run off, leaving Davis behind.
Davis sighed as she ran off, "Good one, Davis. You just humiliated yourself and embarassed the girl of your
dreams."
Demi-Veemon looked up at Davis, "Maybe you shoulda used a breath mint like on TV?"
"You're not coming to the meeting?" Tai asked as he grabbed his jacket off the coat rack.
Gatomon shook her head, "I'm not really feeling to good, Tai, sorry."
"S'okay, I'll let you know what happens," Tai said.
Gatomon watched Tai head out the door and sighed. She didn't feel that bad actually, but she needed some time
to herself so should could think about a few things. The main thing on her mind was Davis. The situation earlier that
afternoon had made her nervous. Beside TK, no one had ever really seemed that interested in her before. With TK though,
it was different. He was like her, part digimon. Davis didn't seem to be bothered by that, but would that always be true? Would
he always be ok with the fact that she was technically feline?
She walked out onto the balcony and looked out at the stars. He had said he was happy about the fusion, but would
he been happier if it had never happened, and Kari really was still around? After all this time, she still had doubts on who she
really was now, and this wasn't going to help.
***
Davis knocked on the door and smiled as it opened a few moments later. "Hello, Mrs. Ichijouji! I've brought
Ken's homework for today."
"Thank you, Davis. Ken's been in his room all day with a cold. Would you like to come in?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked.
"Thanks!" Davis replied. He walked in and went down the hall to Ken's room. "Hey Ken, you in there?" The door
opened and Davis walked in.
"Well, what is it?" Ken asked as he closed the door and locked it back.
"They don't suspect a thing. The story I gave them seemed to work," Davis replied as he sat down.
"Good," Ken stated.
"Ken, are you sure we have to do this? I mean, they didn't seem to be all that bad," Davis said.
Ken glared at Davis, "I've told you, the fusions are corrupted date. They're not only a threat to the Digiworld, but
the realworld as well."
"But your rings and control spyres seem to have everything under contol so far," Davis said.
"Yes, but as long as the fusions are around, the destruction of both worlds is still possible. Do you really want that?"
Ken asked.
"No, I guess not," Davis replied. He sighed, "Can we at least try to save Kari? There's gotta be someway."
"NO! All of them must be destroyed!" Ken shouted. He got in Davis' face, "None of them can be allowed to remain!"
Davis cringed a little, "Geez, chill out!" He handed Ken a folder, "Here, its the homework you missed. I need to get
going."
Ken locked the door after Davis left and threw the folder into the trash can. "The fool, he still has no clue that
he's just a puppet in my plans. With lock, he'll destroy himself along with those Digidestined. Then I can devote all my
attention to taking over the Digiworld."
***
"So have you heard anything from Gennai?" Matt asked.
"I recieved a message from him earlier. He said he might have an idea on how we can counteract the effects
of those dark spyres," Izzy stated.
"So the spyres are the keeping us from digivolving after all?" Tai asked.
"Yes, they seem to be somehow interfering with the signals from out digivices. I haven't been able to get much
information so far," Izzy said.
"Whoever is behind it must know alot about how the digivolving process works to be able to keep it from
happening," Sora said.
"My biggest worry is those dark rings. Will they effect our digimon as well? What if they slap one on Tai or
the others?" Joe asked.
"Let's hope we don't have to find out," TK said.
Davis sat back, remaining quiet for the most part. For some reason, Sora looked very familiar, but he couldn't
quite figure out where he had seen her. Maybe at one of the soccer games or something. He listened as the meeting went
on. After a while, the group decided it was time to head back to their respective homes and call it a night. Other than finding
out who the other Digidestined were, he hadn't really learned anything new to tell Ken.
"Hmm, and Kari's tail ring was reacting to the dark ring?" Gennai asked.
"Right, she used it to break the dark ring," Izzy replied. He watched as the now younger Gennai paced for a
few moments on his laptop screen.
"Then my plan could work. It'd require Kari's cooperation, and a sacrifice on everyone's behalf though. If you
can get the others together and come to the Digiworld, I'll let everyone know what I found out on the spyres, and who
made them," Gennai said.
"Prodigious," Izzy said. "Oh, do you happen to know about how or why Davis got to be a Digidestined?"
Gennai blinked, "Davis?"
"Yeah, has a Veemon as a partner," Izzy stated. Gennai stared at him for a few moments, as if in shock. "There
something wrong?"
"No, no, just haven't heard that name in a long time. See if you can bring him with you when you all come,"
Gennai said.
***
Davis couldn't help but feel he was being stared at as Gennai came up to him. The man seemed to have a
somewhat dssaproving look in his eyes, as if he knew something the others didn't.
"So you're Ryou's replacement? Don't look a whole lot different from him, actually," Gennai stated.
"Ryou?" Davis asked. He looked down at Veemon, "Who's Ryou?"
Veemon frowned, "The name sound'sh familiar, but I can't really remember why..."
Gennai looked down at the dragon digimon, "Not to surprising. You wund up being reformatted after what
happened."
"There were more Digidestined?" Matt asked.
"A world wide network, actually. They're sort of the B-teams," Gennai replied. "You're the only ones who've been
to the Digiworld though. The others were to protect the other nations of Earth when Myotismon was around."
"So what happened to Ryou?" Mimi asked.
"Perhaps he couldn't be a Digidestined anymore for some reason, "Tentomon guessed.
"Ryou was killed a year after you all defeated the Dark Masters and Apocalypsmon," Gennai said.
"KILLED?!" Gomamon exclaimed.
"That's horrible!" Biyomon said.
"There had been some trouble brewing in Myotismon's old castle," Gennai began. "He and another Digidestined
went in to investigate, but something went wrong. There was an explosion somehow, leveling a good portion of the castle,
and both of them were seemingly killed. Ryou's body was found in the rubble, but there was never any trace of the
other child."
"What could've happened to him?" Palmon asked.
"I believe he might've survived and become the Digimon Emporor," Gennai stated.
"Digimon Emporor?" Matt asked.
"Yes, he's the one behind the spyres and dark rings. It's my belief that he's trying to gain control of the
Digiworld by enslaving all its inhabitants," Gennai said.
"Then we've got to stop him, but how can we when our digimon can't even reach champion stage?" Sora
asked.
"I've got a way to solve that, actually," Gennai replied. he walked over to a box and opened it, revealing eight
egg-like objects.
"Are those digieggs?" Gatomon asked.
"Yes, but right now theyre just empty shells. You see, these digieggs will allow your digimon to digivolve
despite the presence of the spyres. However, it will come at a price. For them to work, they need a source of energy.
The power of your individual crests are the only thing capable of proving the needed energy. If you do this though,
your digimon will not be able to make it beyond champion form," Gennai said.
"Right now, that's better than nothing," Tai said.
"Why not some of us use them, and the others retain their crests?" Joe suggested.
Gennai shook his head, "It's either everyone or no one. Unless all them are energized at once, none of them
will work."
"Guys, I say we do it. I mean, all of us at champion form are still strong enough to take down an ultimate,"
Biyomon said.
"Yeah, and its the only way we're going to be able to fight back," Gomamon said,
"Plus, there's still Davis. Once he finds his crest and tag, Veemon would be able to go to ultimate!"
Palmon said.
Davis chuckled nervously and looked down at the floor.
"There is one other thing. To counteract the spyres' power, I'll have to use your tail ring, Kari," Gennai said.
"But without my tail ring, I'll only be strong as a rookie. I'll lose most of my powers." Gatomon said.
"I know, and I'm sorry, but its the only way. The power of light is the only thing able to defeat darkness,"
Gennai explained.
Gatomon remained slent, and then removed her tail ring. "This better work."
Davis put a hand on on Gatomon's shoulder, "Hey, don't worry about it. Just think of it as trading up
for better equipment."
Gatomon blushed lightly, "Um, yeah, I guess.."
"Then its settled, we're going for it," Tai stated.
***
"So what'sh the plan, Davish?" Veemon asked once they were alone outside.
"Simple, grab the digieggs and destroy them," Davis stated.
"All of them?" Veemon asked.
Davis remain silent, clenching his fists. "No, I mean yes, I mean... AUGH! Why does it have to be like this?!"
Veemon looked at him, confused, "What do you mean?"
"I don't want to hurt Kari. I care to much to intentionally hurt her, Veemon," Davis said.
"But what about what Ken said? Remember, she'sh one of the bad guy'sh," Veemon said.
"I don't know if thats right or not. Look at them, Veemon. They haven't done anything even remotely evil.
Heck, that Gennai guy thinks KEN is the bad guy. I just got this strange feeling about the whole situation," Davis said.
"Yeah, me too. I keep feeling like we're doing the wrong thing here," Veemon said. He looked back to see
Gatomon walking toward them. "Woop'sh, here come'sh Kari. Act natural!"
Davis didn't seem to hear his partner, or at least didn't acknowledge that he had.
"Davis, can I talk to you about something?" Gatomon asked a bit nervously.
Davis instantly slipped back into his happy go-lucky tone and looked at her. "Huh? Oh, yeah, sure!" he said as he
sat down.
Gatomon sat down next to him, "Davis.." She paused, trying to think of the right words. "What would you think
if I told you that I wasn't really Kari? What if I said Kari didn't make it through the fusion?"
Davis blinked, "What are you trying to say?"
Gatomon sighed, "I'm trying to say that I don't even know who I am."
"Of course you know who you are, you're Kari," Davis said. "From what you guys told me, the fusions merged you
with your digimon, right? I'm not a genius, but I can figure out what exactly that means. It means two minds sorta became
one, like when you put food coloring in water." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I like you for you, Kari. I
don't care if you're part digimon or two people merged into one. I like you for your personality. Your thoughts, emotions,
habits, that's what I see when I look at you. Not just your outward appearence."
The couple remained silent for a bit, the words sinking in. The silence was broken as Tentomon flew out to them.
"Hey! Gennai's got the digieggs charged and ready!" the bug digimon exclaimed. He then flew back inside.
Gennai took out two of the digieggs, now with the crests of hope and light on them, and handed them to TK
and Gatomon. "I believe you two should be the first to try them."
"How do we activate them?" TK asked.
"Just say, 'Digiarmor energize,' to activate them. I suggest we step outside though, you'll need some room to test them,"
Gennai said. He set the other digieggs out as the group when outside, and then followed.
"Ok, ready, Kari?" TK asked.
"Let's give it a shot," Gatomon replied.
They held their digi-eggs above their heads and simultaneously shouted, "DIGIARMOR, ENERGIZE!"
Instantly, they were enveloped in blinding light. "Armor digivolve to...."
The others squinted fromthe light and watched as TK and Gatomon transformed into a winged horse and a
sphynx respectively.
"Pegasusmon! Flying hope!"
"Nefertimon! The angel of light!"
"Well?" Gennai asked.
Pegasusmon tested his wings, lifting off the ground a few feet. "Seems ok so far."
As the others talked, Davis and Veemon made their way back inside unnoticed. Davis picked up a digiegg with
the crest of courage on it. "I don't want to do this, but we have to, Veemon..."
"I guessh thi'sh ish what they mean by being a hero ishn't eashy," Veemon said.
"Hey! What are you two doing?"
Davis and Veemon turned to see Matt behind them, looking very ticked off. "Doing what we have to so our worlds
won't be destroyed!" Davis said.
"Looks more like you're working for the Digimon Emporor. Hand over the Digiegg, now," Matt said sternly.
"I can't do that," Davis said.
Matt snarled, revealing his fangs. He then rushed forward to grab Davis, who dodged out of the way. Davis and
Veemon made a run for the door. "Steal and run, huh? Coward," Matt said.
Davis stopped, clenching his fists. He should have kept going, but he couldn't do it for some reason. He turned
to look back at Matt. "I'm not running." Just as he finished, the Digiegg of Courage began to glow red.
Veemon blinked, "Whoah, I feel kinda weird..."
Davis looked at Veemon and then the digiegg. He held the digiegg aove his head, "DIGIARMOR ENERGIZE!"
Matt shielded his eyes as the room was filled with a blinding light, "What the heck?!"
"VEEMON! ARMOR DIGIVOLVE TO....." Veemon shouted. He was engulfed in flames of energy and transformed. The
flames where then absorbed into his new form. "FLAMEDRAMON! The fire of courage!"
Pegasusmon and Nefertimon glowed and reverted back to normal. For a brief moment, their digivices glowed, and then
changed into a form similiar to Davis' digivice, except Gatomon's was pink, while TK's was green.
"Good, the digivices upgraded themselves automatically," Gennai said. Just as he finished, an explosion erupted from
his home. "The digieggs!"
The group rushed back to Gennai's place just in time to see Matt get thrown through a wall to the outside. Flamedramon
leaped out, with Davis behind him. Flamedramon took an attack posture in front of Matt.
"Rare or charbroiled?" the fire dragon asked sarcastically.
"Blue Blaster!" Matt shouted as he launched a blue flame.
Flamedramon easily deflected the flame with his gauntlets, "Charbroiled it is." He launched himself at Matt like a missle,
his entire body erupting into flames, "MAXIMUM FIRE!"
Matt cried out in pain as he was knocked backwards through the air, his fur coat on fire. He slammed to the ground and
instantly began trying to put out the flames.
"DAVIS! What are you doing?!" Tai exclaimed.
Davis didn't look to proud about what was happening, "I'm sorry, Tai, but I can't let Earth or the Digiworld be
destroyed."
"Destroyed? What are you talking about?!" Tai asked.
Davis looked up, "Flamedramon, let's go." As the dragon digimon picked him up, he looked toward Gatomon. "Kari,
I meant what I said back there, but if didn't do this, people would've died. I'm sorry," he said as Flamedramon lept off into the
distance.
Gennai rushed inside as the others went to help Matt. He came back out a few seconds later, shaking his head.
"He destroyed the Digieggs."
"But why?" Joe asked.
"'Cause he's working for that Emporor guy!" Matt said angrily as he staggered back to his feet. His was bleeding in
a few places, and his fur coat was pretty much destroyed by the fire.
"No, he's confused. He doesn't realize what he's actually doing," Gatomon said softly.
"No way, he knew what he was doing!" Matt said.
"You could tell it in his eyes. He didn't want to do this!" Gatomon argued.
"Then maybe that Emporor guy did something to him somehow," Biyomon said.
"It is a possibility," Gennai said.
"So what do we do now?" Gomamon asked.
Tai looked out toward were Davis and Flamedramon vanished. "I don't know, I just don't know..."
To be continued
