The Digidestined appeared to be floating, soundlessly in what appeared to be very thick clouds, with no end to them as far as the eye could see

The Digidestined appeared to be floating, soundlessly in what appeared to be very thick clouds, with no end to them as far as the eye could see. Gennai and their Digimon were with them, and Gennai still had his sword grasped in both hands, waiting tensely.

A moment, or an hour, as time could not be counted, later, Gennai clove yet another circle before him with his sword, this time in the very face of a sheer bank of white cloud that rose as far as the eye could see in all directions. The sword clove through easily, and created a large circle in the cloud, through which could be seen a strange distortion of reality.

By some unspoken command, the Digidestined, their Digimon and Gennai were pulled through this circle, and less than a moment later, felt their feet touching solid ground again. They were standing on the edge of a cliff, halfway up an extremely tall and wide mountain, whose peak, capped with snow, appeared to pierce the clouds. But the clouds were not normal, fluffy white clouds, but rather dark and bleak, rent here and there with jagged flashes of lightning. Some ten feet before them was an opening in the side of the mountain, lined with stone, leading into a dark passageway.

"This way is not guarded, and if it is, very lightly so." Gennai said, after he had quickly sheathed his sword. The Digidestined already had at least a dozen questions, but Gennai's mood was already grim and determined, so none of them ventured to ask any of them.

They followed Gennai, quickly and silently, as he moved through the entrance into the mountain, and down the passageway. It was completely dark, and none of them could see what was in front of them, until Gennai pulled from somewhere under his cloak, of all things, a small flashlight. He clicked this on, and a small beam of light cut through the darkness several feet in front of him.

The Digidestined now had a light to guide them, but they still had to travel very slowly, making sure the path in front of them was clear before they took a step. More than once, Tai bumped into Agumon, who was walking more sure-footedly in front of him, and several times felt Sora's hand on his shoulder, steadying herself as she walked close behind him. Suddenly reassured by her touch, Tai slowly took her hand in his, and they proceeded in this way, reducing the number of times they would stumble or trip.

The path plunged steadily downwards, and for ten minutes the only sound the Digidestined could hear was that of Biyomon's and Tentomon's wings flapping, or Patamon flying just behind T.K.

Twice Gennai halted at a fork in the road, and twice he took the road which took them downwards. Then, after some fifteen minutes of walking in this careful way, Gennai stopped suddenly, just as he had emerged into a well-lit corridor, and clicked off his light. He called out a warning to the Digidestined and their Digimon behind him. "Careful. We are nearing a guard post. Be prepared for—"

Suddenly, down the corridor there came a dry huffing sound, as if a steam engine puffing up a hill. From around a corner some ten yards ahead there came four Tankmon in single file. These Champion level Digimon were built like real, green tanks, and had enough firepower to take out many real tanks.

As Gennai stepped back, Agumon, Gabumon, and Patamon, who were in the front, leapt forward. As they did so, light exploded from their Digidestined parter's Digivices.

"Agumon Digivolved to . . . Greymon!"

"Gabumon Digivolved to . . . Garurumon!"

Patamon Digivolved to . . . Angemon!"

The three Champion Digimon filled the passageway. Greymon, a large yellow scaled dinosaur with a strange horned skull-like head covering, and Garurumon, a large blue-furred wolf stood bristling on the ground, while Angemon, a large Angel-type Digimon holding a long gleaming golden rod in one hand, while floating aloft on six wings, flew in the air above them.

The Tankmon, seeing the three Champion Digimon suddenly, did not give alarm, but rather lined up in a row and quickly attacked. "Hyper Cannon!" Four explosions exploded from their large guns, and slammed hard into Greymon and Garurumon, forcing them back with a grunt. Angemon deflected the attacks with his golden rod, and was the first to counter-attack.

"Hand of Fate!" Angemon's right hand brimmed with yellow light, and he shot off a large projectile at the group of Tankmon, causing three of them to be destroyed on the spot, dissolving to miniscule bits.

Nova Blast!"

"Howling Blaster!"

Greymon and Garurumon's attacks slammed into the final Tankmon, causing him to disappear into small fragments as well. The three Digimon held their ground, bristling for a counter attack which did not come. Gennai led the Digidestined quickly down the well-lit corridor. Angemon flew just before them, while Greymon and Garurumon took up the rear, going as quietly as they could.

They continued in this way for at least twenty minutes, meeting no more guards. They passed from one corridor to another, all well-lit, still going downwards. At last, after they were coming in sight of a pair of closed steel doors at the end of a particularly long corridor, Gennai halted.

"We have come at last to the very heart of the mountain," Gennai said, pausing now to allow the Digidestined and their Digimon to catch their breath. "Beyond those doors lies a large chamber, where the portal into the real world has been constructed. We must somehow destroy that portal, if at all possible."

"What about Supreme Darkness?" Tai asked. "Do you know where they are?"

"No, unfortunately," Gennai said heavily. "I should have been able to spot their location long ago, when we first came into the mountain, but they have somehow managed to shield themselves from me. Be prepared for the worst."

At this the Digidestined grew afraid suddenly, both at his words and at a sudden unexplainable fear. They could not see it, yet they all felt it was nearby, watching them with malicious eyes.

"Let us go." Gennai took up the lead again. Angemon floated over head, gripping his long golden rod with both hands. When the group was no more than ten feet from the sheer face of the large steel doors, he summoned the celestial power which was at his command.

"Hand of Fate!"

The doors bent inwards, bursting off their hinges, and the group slowly walked through the doorway, not knowing what to find inside.

Passing under the thick, rounded doorway, the group emerged into a vast, stone-hewn chamber. Torches were supported from large, black iron brackets along the walls. The ceiling rose up to an undeterminable height, and shadows appeared to hang overhead, unbroken by the light of the torches, like massive black clouds. Some one hundred yards before them, against the far wall there was set two massive steel doors, much larger than the one the group had just passed through. The tops were curved, and along the edges, the steel was riveted with large bolts.

As the Digidestined paused some twenty feet within the cavern, they stared at the closed pair of doors across the cavern. Although none of them dared to mention it, they all knew they had seen doors like those before, back when they were on the Digital World for the first time, and Myotismon had crossed to the real world through a portal very similar to the one which lay before them. They had not been able to prevent Myotismon from crossing to the real world, and they hoped that they would be able to prevent that from happening again. They stared at the set of doors for what seemed like an age, before the silence was finally broken by Gennai, who seemed to have stiffened his resolve.

"There is the portal. It must be destroyed!" The words had the intended effect upon the Digidestined and their Digimon, as if they had suddenly been awakened from a deep sleep by a blast of cold water. He turned and glanced at the Digidestined where they stood behind him, and he saw that they looked back at him, full of determination.

"Right then," Tai held out his crest, which was brimming with energy directed from his Digivice. "C'mon, Greymon! Take down that portal!"

"Greymon Digivolved to . . . MetalGreymon!"

Matt too held out his crest, which was spilling over with power. "Let's go, Garurumon!"

"Garurumon Digivovled to . . . WereGarurumon!"

MetalGreymon stood, much taller than his Greymon counterpart, partially rebuilt with robotic pieces so he appeared to be a cyborg. WereGarurumon stood not even up to where MetalGreymon's knees should be, but he was not that far behind him as far as raw power was concerned. WereGarurumon stood upon his hind legs, and as his name denoted, he appeared as a large werewolf.

WereGarurumon took off at a run towards the closed doors of the portal, and MetalGreymon lumbered after him, as if a human compared to a small dog. The ground shook with his tremendous footsteps, and the air was filled with his roar of challenge.

"Let's take down this hunk of tin!" WereGarurumon called to MetalGreymon, and he leapt into the air, some thirty feet from the closed doors, his claws brimming with energy. "Wolf Claw!" Slicing through the air with his claws, long slashes of energy were generated, as if he had sliced through the very fabric of the air itself. These slashes of energy slammed into the double doors like a cannonball.

"Giga Blaster!" MetalGreymon reared back, and two metal compartments in his upper chest opened outwards and two large missiles shot out, streaking straight for the two doors, and detonated upon impact, throwing up clouds of dust.

As WereGarurumon and MetalGreymon stepped back, the dust settled slowly, and they all saw to their great surprise that the doors were still standing. There was not a dent or scratch to be seen, despite all of the energy which had been launched against it.

"What?" MetalGreymon roared in frustration. "Our attacks should have blown those doors to pieces!"

Gennai suddenly grew rigid, and stared up at the mass of black clouds which seemed to hang over the ceiling. He suddenly appeared to have understood something that he had a long time in thinking through. "MetalGreymon! WereGarurumon!" He yelled suddenly, and ran towards them. "Come back! There is—"

But he had not had chance to go more than ten feet when a sudden noise erupted in the cavern like a fire suddenly springing to life. It was harsh and cold, and filled all those who heard it with a sudden terrible fear. It took the Digidestined a few moments to realize what it was they were hearing, when they all suddenly realized someone was laughing, low and long. The sound echoed eerily off the walls of the cavern, creating the appearance that the laughter was coming from several directions at once.

Gennai, however, seemed to know more than the rest of them, for he was staring hard up at the shadowy ceiling. He uttered two words that the Digidestined could barely catch: "Supreme Darkness."

The Digidestined and their Digimon then looked up at the ceiling as well, filled with mixed emotions of horror, anger and surprise.

The laughter abruptly stopped, but the echoes lasted several long moments more, until finally fading away into the gloom. From the very center of the ceiling of shadows there appeared a long stone platform, rapidly lowering itself to the ground. The platform was cloaked in shadows so that whatever was upon it could not be seen, but they all could feel the cold darkness and evil flowing from within the shadows like heat from a furnace.

The platform touched down upon the ground, instantly stopping. The shadows which hovered about it did not dissipate, but a dark shape, darker even than the shadows swirling around it, suddenly began to move forward until it came to a stop just beyond the edge of the shadows.

It was a large stone throne, with a back at least ten feet tall of stone tendrils curling off to the sides. In that great chair sat a large figure, cloaked in swirling black and dark blue robes. It rose, and the Digidestined could see that the figure held in its right, clawed hand a long wooden staff. Upon one end was fixed a large device of wood and a strange glittering metal with strange designs and words carven upon it.

Then the Digidestined also noticed something else which made them start with surprise. The Digimon looked almost human, with its humanoid body and head with a long nose and small cold eyes like bits of smoldering coal and long black hair sweeping down its back.

"Who—what is that thing?" Matt asked in a hushed voice. All the Digidestined looked towards Izzy, who was typing feverishly on his labtop with one hand while holding it aloft with his other hand. "His name is . . . Eldritchmon. He's a Mega level Digimon, possibly beyond. His powers with black magic and hexes are unmatched."

"Brilliant perception." Eldritchmon sneered, his voice low and filled with contempt. He brandished the long staff, and the head of the staff glowed suddenly with a black light the caused the Digidestined to feel as if they were in front of a deep freezer, with the dark cold ebbing at their very souls. The Digimon moaned, crouching down, trying to get as small as possible to hide from the black light with emanating from Eldritchmon's staff.

Gennai stood rigid, staring straight at Eldritchmon, with his teeth gritted, as if the very act of doing so was painful for him.

Eldritchmon noticed Gennai suddenly, and chuckled softly to himself, but the sound came to the ears of the Digidestined and echoed off the walls of the chamber. "So . . . Gennai. You too, have come. This is unlike you, to come out and face those who you would send others to go against blindly."

"You know why I have come, so I need not say it." Gennai muttered through gritted teeth.

"I do indeed, but what about these imps which tag along after your ragged cloaks? They are, I believe, the same ones who defeated all of my plans in the past?" Eldritchmon said softly, his black gaze flicking from one Digidestined to another.

"They are." Gennai said shortly. He was attempting to regain his own composure, but as of yet had not succeeded. "And they will again."

"Ah, Gennai." Eldritchmon smirked even more than before. "You have considered yourself a great authority on all that goes on the Digital World, and so your position has grown too big for your own power and wit. Do you not know who we are? From whence we have come?"

"I do." Gennai said resolutely, ignoring the insults.

"Then why have you come? For it is beyond folly to attempt to hinder us. We have tried many times to seize control of the Digital World, this, sadly, is true. But this shall not be again. For we are Supreme Darkness, and we shall not be stopped by simpering fools such as yourselves."

Tai glanced down at Sora, who was standing next to him, staring with fear and anger at Eldritchmon, and their eyes met. As if she had read his mind, she nodded slightly and smiled. Summoning all of his courage, Tai stepped forward. "So what? You're the only one who's powerful enough to face us? Why are the rest of you hiding in the shadows?"

Eldritchmon considered Tai for a moment, as if he were trying to decide how he should utterly destroy him, and a smirk came across his face. He leaned forward and said, very softly, so Tai could barely hear; "We feed off the very essence of the shadows and darkness, you impertinent little gnome." He righted himself again, and in a much louder voice said: "But if you wish—" His staff blazed forth suddenly with a dark light, causing the Digimon to crawl behind their Digidestined partners, trying to seek a shelter against the black light. Even WereGarurumon and MetalGreymon, who still stood by the closed portal were now cringing slightly from the dark light.

As the light from the head of Eldritchmon's staff slowly dwindled, out of the shadows, one by one, Supreme Darkness stepped to stand next to their leader.

The first to immerge into the light was a rather short Digimon which seemed to be comprised of a rather large clock, with the hands askew. His eyes were partially hidden under a strange sort of cap which sat perched just above the black '12' on the large clock face, and two small arms and legs stuck out from the middle and bottom of the clock. He stood perhaps only four feet tall, but he was brimming with unseen power. The air rippled around him suddenly, as if he was, perhaps, not really in that present time at all.

"That's Kronosmon!" Izzy said, after studying his computer screen, "He's a Mega Digimon, and a controller of time. His time-travelling power can force any Digimon back into Digieggs in the blink of an eye!"

Next to step from the deep shadows was a rather tall robot comprised of glistening steel. He stood on two stubby legs, slightly bent, and his chest and arms, which ended in three large claws, were almost too large. His head was perfectly smooth save for two glittering red eyes in slits.

"This is MadRobotmon!" Izzy informed the group. "He's a walking Mega-level arsenal, and his Ultimate Blaster attack drops Digimon like a sack of potatoes!"

Then from the looming shadows there came a strange whirring and clanking sound, as if metal tapped against stone, and an enormous spider, largely built out of iron and steel, stepped forth from the shadows on eight spindly legs. He stood some twenty feet tall, towering easily even over MadRobotmon. He had two large steel mandibles that clicked slowly, and six glittering eyes that never seemed to close.

"That's SteelSpidermon!" Izzy said with a gasp as he saw the massive spider before him. "He's a Mega level insectoid Digimon with unbreakable metal webs! His Spider Beam blasts all his enemies to bite-sized fragments!" At this SteelSpidermon's mandibles clicked together rapidly, as if he was in anticipation of a meal.

The last Digimon that stepped from the shadows could barely be seen until it had fully immerged into the light. At first it looked like nothing more than an enormous black cloak hovering a few feet off the ground, but as it glided silently to stand beside Kronosmon, the Digidestined suddenly saw two piercing red eyes from beneath the large hood. This sent shivers creeping down their spines to say the least, and to more than one of them it appeared as if this Digimon could peer into their very souls. They caught a glint of cold metal from underneath the cloak, as if a concealed sword lay there.

After Izzy had recovered slightly from this shock, he said in a low voice, "That's Wraithmon. He's a Mega level Digimon who feeds on the lost souls of the underworld! His Phantom Sword attack is enough to make anyone feel like they're—" he stopped abruptly, but too late, for all of the Digidestined knew what he was about to say.

"Now that we have dispensed with the obvious," Eldritchmon sneered, glaring at Izzy and then to the rest of the Digidestined, who were by this time staring sullenly back up at him, "Let us continue with that most interesting conversation we were having before, Gennai." Eldritchmon placed special emphasis on how the word 'Gennai' was said, as if he were not worthy to be called Gennai.

"There is nothing that bears repeating," Gennai said wearily, as if he had had such a conversation many times before. "Nor will there ever be anything fit to speak of which involves you or Supreme Darkness."

There was a sudden glint in Eldritchmon's eye as Gennai said this, and his grasp about the long staff tightened slightly. "I would watch my tongue if I were you, Gennai. It does not bode well to insult those who are infinitely more powerful than yourself."

"If you see any who are more powerful than I, be sure to let me know directly." Gennai said coolly.

Eldritchmon smirked again, but was not about to be affected by such words. "So full of bravado, are we not Gennai?" Eldritchmon said slowly. "It is well known that those who think too highly of themselves are often the first to fall in a battle."

"Then I suggest you should heed your own words and watch yourself, Eldritchmon," Gennai said softly, and his voice had a definite edge to it. "For you would do better to pay attention to your own vision of yourself before instructing others that they have too much bravado."

While this exchange of words was going on, the Digidestined were talking amongst themselves in low voices, and they were not at all sure what was going to happen. "What's going to happen, Tai?" Kari asked, looking up at her older brother. She was carrying Gatomon, rather awkwardly in her arms, and both of them looked up at Tai hopefully.

"I—I don't know, Kari. Whatever happens, we'll deal with it, and I will protect you." He looked straight into his little sister's eyes as he said this, and reached out and squeezed her shoulder slightly. Relief seemed to partially wash over Kari's face, and she smiled slightly.

Izzy, who by this time had closed up his computer and was staring up at the other members of Supreme Darkness who appeared to be standing just behind their leader, as if waiting for something. They said nothing and barely moved at all, save for their eyes, which seemed to flicker now and again towards the Digidestined and their Digimon, in a way that none could mistake for contempt.

"Why don't they say anything? What are they waiting for?" Izzy said, almost to himself, although he knew the answer all to well. They were simply waiting for Eldritchmon to give the word, and they would simply obliterate the Digidestined as well as Gennai. It was very stressful to be sure, to have such powerful creatures staring down at the Digidestined, waiting for just the right moment to strike.

"Tai, what are we going to do?" Matt and Joe asked, almost at the same time, a question which was voiced by Mimi a moment later.

"What else can we do? We have to fight them."

"Again and again with the—"

"What would you do, Matt? We can't escape, and besides, Gennai is with us this time."

Matt made a rude comment before muttering, "Yeah, a lot of good Gennai has done in the past . . . just sit in his house all the time and drink tea while sending us out to do all the dirty work."

"Matt, he's with us this time." Mimi said, almost imploringly. "We can't start fighting now!"

Tai was about to say something to Matt, when he caught a piercing stare from Sora. After glancing at her, he pulled her a few feet aside and said softly enough that none of the other Digidestined could hear: "Sora, I know this is not the time, but—"

"Just because Matt can be a jerk sometimes doesn't mean you have to." Sora said, but her voice was not angry; rather hollow and sorrowful, as if she were on the verge of tears. "Listen Tai, I—" She paused, and looked up at him, trying to convey a thought without words.

Tai smiled, hoping he was not misinterpreted what Sora was about to say, and said, softly and rather quickly: "I care about you too, Sora. Be careful."

It took Sora several moments to respond to this, and Tai at once thought he had said too much and was about to apologize, when Sora smiled back at him, and her eyes sparkled in the slowly growing shadows which began to surround them. She was about to say something in response, but the real meaning was then known to them both, and for the first time in a long while, they both were truly glad.

Eldritchmon's voice suddenly broke through their low nervous talk, and it was thick with wrath. "I tire of this little game of wits, Gennai. You have seemingly run out of them, and there is no further need for talk. We will now destroy you all, and proceed into the other world which we will rule."

The Digidestined's stomachs seemingly turned to ice, and butterflies leapt out of nowhere in a half a moment. They all became tense as their hearts began to beat faster, and they glanced down nervously at their Digimon who looked questioningly back up at them, as if to ask soundlessly if they should Digivolve.

Supreme Darkness turned to look at each other, smirking, and their eyes glowing with dark laughter, showing the first signs of motion since they had first appeared.

"Shall we begin then?" Eldritchmon said with mock politeness, half-bowing with ridicule to Gennai. Gennai ignored Eldritchmon, and turned to look at the Digidestined, who all looked desperately back at him, looking for some sign of hope or leadership. Gennai glanced quickly towards MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon, who stood bristling at the far end of the cavern, ready to attack, and then back to the Digidestined, trying to convey a message to them. They all nodded in response, and turned back to Supreme Darkness, who stood as giant, unstoppable dark titans before them, waiting for the first move.

Tai and Matt glanced at each other, and holding out their Digivices, they yelled, "Go, Agumon!" "You too, Gabumon!"

"Tentomon Digivolved to . . . Kabuterimon!"

"Palmon Digivolved to . . . Togemon!"

"Biymon Digivolved to . . . Birdramon!"

"Gommamon Digivolved to . . . Ikkakumon!"

While Supreme Darkness was watching the Digimon digivolve with unhidden contempt, unbeknownst to them all, WereGarurumon and MetalGreymon were charging towards them from across the chamber.

MetalGreymon stopped short some thirty feet off to the side where Eldritchmon was standing in impatience, and reared back. Two compartments in his robotic chest snapped open. "Giga Blaster!" Two large black missiles shot out of the compartments, straight for Eldritchmon.

WereGarurumon leapt into the air, his claws brimming once more with energy, and he slashed at the air with unmatched fury. "Wolf Claw!"

Both attacks streaked through the air, and slammed fully into Eldritchmon, throwing up an incredible amount of dust and pieces of shattered rock. When the air cleared, Elritchmon stood unfazed, his black cloaks not even ruffled. He turned towards the two Ultimate Digimon, who were attempting to regroup and attack again, as if they were nothing but annoying flies, and lifted his staff slightly into the air, the head of it pointed towards WereGarurumon and MetalGreymon.

"Magical Force!" A bright explosion of energy leapt suddenly from the head of his staff, and slammed into the two Ultimates with the force of a dropped bomb. They were sent sprawling half the length of the cavern, landing in a tumbled heap.

Elritchmon turned back to find five champions and one Ultimate, Angewoman, looking back with anger at him.

"Harpoon Torpedo!" Ikkakumon threw his large white-furred head forward, and from his horn exploded a small torpedo.

"Needle Spray!" Togemon spun around like a top, spraying the air around her with countless sharp needles.

"Electro Shocker!" A large orb of electricity exploded from Kabuterimon, who had taken to the air, along with Birdramon, who banked and opened her vast wings wide. "Meteor Wing!" Several fireballs shot out from Birdramon's wings as they sparkled with red light.

The attacks flew straight towards Eldritchmon, who received the blows without any interest at all. He raised his staff, but did not attack, and gestured towards MadRobotmon, who moved quickly forward, motors whirring from within his large legs.

"Ultimate Blaster!" Two cannons unfolded from somewhere were MadRobotmon's shoulders should be, and quickly targeted the group of champion Digimon. The cannons fired simultaneously two glowing white orbs, which met in midair, formed a much larger yellow orb crackling with energy, which slammed into the midst of the Champion Digimon, tossing them about like ragdolls.

Angemon and Angewoman who had wisely taken to the air after Kabuterimon and Birdramon were sent reeling from the aftershocks of MadRobotmon's attack, now dove downwards, brimming with celestial power.

"Hand Of Fate!" A stream of power shot from Angemon's glowing fist, as a built in long bow on Angewoman's gloved hand suddenly elongated, and she fitted a white arrow, forged from pure white light, to an invisible string. "Celestial Arrow!" She drew back the arrow and let it fly.

The two attacks slammed into MadRobotmon, who took a small step backwards, only because of the fact that their attacks were particularly powerful against evil Digimon. They both attempted to shoot past MadRobotmon in order to circle around and attack again, but a robotic arm shot upwards suddenly, and grabbed Angemon out of the air. MadRobotmon glared at Angemon, raising him up to his eye level.

"Hand of Fate!" Angemon managed to work his right hand loose, and fired a stream of celestial power point blank into MadRobotmon's face, who jerked his large head back in pain. He then laughed, a deep robotic sort of sound, and tuned back to Angemon, squeezing him tighter in his iron grip, his large red eyes glittering. "I almost felt that." His voice was very deep, and had a robotic sound to it, but was not monotone like most mechanical voices are. "Supreme Fusillade!" He threw Angemon into the air suddenly, and before he could fly away, or even begin to fall, thrust out his right arm. A steel compartment which circled his entire arm was pulled back, and several small cannons were extended so they formed a deadly bracelet, and all fired at once.

The barrage of concentrated energy blasts hit Angemon full out and in point blank range, throwing him backwards, falling headfirst to the ground. He glowed suddenly as he was falling, and de-digivolved back to Patamon. T.K. ran to catch Patamon before his still body hit the ground, and he dove, and barely managed to catch his Digimon. He held Patamon close, really worried, staring at him anxiously for any sign of life. Patamon groaned weakly, and shuffled his legs slightly, but made no other movement, and his eyes were closed as if he were asleep.

Matt took his brother under his arm, trying to comfort him, and then turned back to where Supreme Darkness was standing, filled with a sudden rage. It was all right if his own Digimon was hurt, but no one picked on his little brother. He looked across the cavern at where WereGarurumon and MetalGreymon were only now just picking themselves up, and wondered when they would be able to fight again.