Me: Okay, people-this story's winding up, believe it or not! I don't own Digimon, nor do I own, "3 Primary Colors" the theme for the Tamers, found on www.animelyrics.com, as well as Megchan's site.

Rika: (grabs me by throat and chokes) Listen well, 'cause I'm only gonna say this once-you'd better bring Renamon and the others back in this chapter, alive and unharmed, or I'm gonna put you through the worst thing you can imagine-twice in a row!

Me: Already had plans...to do that...to the next installment of this story!

Rika: You'd better... (releases neck; I fall to my knees, gasping for air)

Me: Before I forget, the song will be separated into personal thoughts for each of the 3 Tamers who are singing it-hopefully, you'll understand what I mean.







Digimon Tamers: Tamers V.S. Dracula

Chapter XX-The 3 Colors of the Rainbow







"Take your best shot!" -Gallantmon: Crimson Mode, "Such Sweet Sorrow"









The Tamers were locked in what could've been considered the biggest battle of the century, if Dracula hadn't been playing them like fiddles the entire time! Even with OmegaGallantmon and SaberGargomon's help, the team still didn't have the firepower needed to beat that creepy vampire! Finally, after playing around with the Tamers for a while, Dracula fired some energy balls that forced the Digimon to deDigivolve! Then, he cast some sort of spell that separated the Digimon from their Tamers, Calumon excluded! Can the team pull themselves together and find their partners? Let's hope so!







Calumon's ears drooped as he looked out at the sea of despair that had once been the Tamers. They'd gotten past their tears-even Susie!-and were now brooding. Ryo definitely knew what brooding was like, since Cyberdramon had done it a lot back in the Digital World when he would command him not to fight.

"Come on, you guys! Dracula's gonna suck the whole city dry and make everyone vampires if you don't get off the ground and find the others!" Calumon insisted worriedly while frantically hopping up and down. He hadn't gotten much of a response from anybody.

"Aww...I know you guys are sad that Guilmon and the others are gone, but they aren't deleted! We know that for sure, otherwise, those glowing things would be all staticky like Jeri's was when Leomon was killed a looooooooooong time ago."

At that statement, Takato looked up from his position on the ground, then to his D-Power. Calumon was right! Static didn't fill up the screen at all. The Tamer felt tears come to his eyes, but they weren't tears of sadness, not this time.







Dracula grinned as he appeared in the Digital Plane, betwixt the Digital World and the Real World, where Guilmon, Renamon, Terriermon, Leomon, Guardromon, MarineAngemon, Cyberdramon, Lopmon and Impmon were forcibly trapped at!

"Hey, buddy-I'll give ya to the count of 3 to let us outta here! 1...3! LET US GO!!" Terriermon demanded angrily while beating against the shield that imprisoned the Digimon inside the Digital Plane and prevented them from going up or down.

"One would wonder what happened to '2,' but since you are Terriermon, I won't have to ask." Renamon responded.

"Yeah-let us go right now, or you'll be real sorry when Takato and the others get here!" Guilmon added, preparing to fire his main attack.

"Pyro-"

"Guilmon, stop!" Renamon barely stopped the Rookie Digimon from firing his attack. "If you'd done that, it would have bounced off the shield and given any one of us a hotfoot!"

"I'd suggest you listen to your friend, since neither of you will be around long enough to see me destroy your 'Tamers' in the first place!"

Before any of them could ram the shield keeping them there, the vampire laughed as he sent bolts of electricity flying from his fingers while chanting loudly in Latin. Guilmon groaned in pain and covered his ears as best he could.

"Takato...where are you?"







Takato: Why do we have to fight? I don't want to hurt anyone...!

If it's not a game, I want to quit...what do you think?







Takato wiped his tears away as he remembered how he'd first found Guilmon after tracking him throughout most of Shinjuku and the first thing his partner had done-other than bowl him over in somewhat of a hug-was roast a rat with his PyroSphere attack! Their partnership had taken a turn for the worst-that's what Takato had thought back then-when Guilmon had been forced to battle Renamon, twice, matter-of-fact! Once, near the park, and yet again while inside a car lot. Both times, it had been Henry and Terriermon who'd stopped it. Back then, Takato hadn't even wanted to fight, but he couldn't just back out, no matter how much he'd wanted to. A part of him, when Guilmon Digivolved into Growlmon, had enjoyed watching his partner get stronger after absorbing Devidramon's data. So, in a sense, Guilmon completed him since he had created him from scratch.

"Calumon, you're right! We've spent too much time wallowing in our self-pity when we could've been trying to find Guilmon and the others! Rika, come on-snap out of it!"

As Calumon joyously hopped into Rika's arms, the Tamer forced herself out of the recent events and told herself to remember what had happened before, when, despite how she'd felt about Digimon back then, she'd formed a bond with Renamon...







Rika: I don't have time to search for a reason!

I don't want anyone to steal it from me, do I?

I don't want to run away without fighting!

Takato/Rika: What do you think?







The first time she'd ever seen Renamon-other than in the card game-was while she had just returned from another tournament in which she had, once again, been the victor. A D-Power had appeared in place of her Digimon reader and numerous Digimon had demanded that she tame them. She had just wanted one Digimon, one who could be strong! That said, Renamon had appeared, and their partnership had started. True, taking down some hordes of Digimon night after night was exhilirating, but a challenge was what Rika had wanted. Enter Takato Matsuki! Even though she figured the battle wouldn't last too long, something had drawn her to this novice Tamer and his partner. To this day, she still didn't know why she'd wanted to battle Takato, other than to absorb Guilmon's data. It was a good thing Henry and Terriermon had stepped in when they did-both times! Otherwise, the Devas probably would've taken over the Real World, and then would've been promptly taken out by the infamous D-Reaper! Still, their friendship had grown, even when Rika had to release some periodic bouts of emotion. Not even the Digimon Queen can be truly heartless, Rika admitted to herself once, and as she opened her eyes and looked down at Calumon, then up at Takato's smiling face, happier feelings bubbled up inside her. In one quick move, Rika placed Calumon on Takato's shoulder and hugged the now confused boy as tight as she could, pleased that Renamon hadn't absorbed Guilmon's data that long ago!

"Thank you, Takato! Now, let's get the others out of the walls of despair and go find Renamon and the others!"

Before Rika could add anything else, Takato pulled her into a passionate kiss, having been denyed that moment of pleasure earlier when Dracula had forced them to deDigivolve. A minute after, Rika reluctantly pulled him away, both of them blushing heavily and breathing in gasps of air.

"The question is, who should we help first?" Takato asked calmly while breathing in and out.

"Who else? Our own resident Brainiac!"







Henry: I don't understand now, but I know someday the day will come when I do...







"Hey, Einstein-you still over here moping?" Rika cracked cynically as she and Takato approached the blue-haired Tamer, Calumon dancing around Takato and Rika's feet for seemingly no apparent reason.

Of course, just like the others were doing, Henry seemed to be lost in his own thoughts.

"Hmm..." Takato stroked his chin for a few moments while he remembered what Calumon had just said to snap him out of his own depression. "That's it!"

"Henry-if Terriermon was truly gone, wouldn't your Digivice have static across the screen right now? So, if he's not gone, then get off your butt, Momentai already, and help us get the others back before we find our partners!"

Rika playfully whacked Takato on the back of his head as he helped Henry to his feet.

"What was that for?"

"For using the word 'butt' in front of Calumon."

"But-he's a-I mean, uh-ohhhh!" Takato groaned while Rika and Calumon both laughed.

As for Henry, he'd heard Takato's words of encouragement and forced himself to remember how he and Terriermon had started off to begin with-the Digimon game his dad had brought home for him! He hadn't wanted a Digimon who had too much firepower, but one with stamina, speed and grace. Lo and behold, Terriermon was the perfect choice for a partner! "He's small and smart, just like me!" was his brief explanation when choosing to be his Tamer. While battling against a Gorillamon, Terriermon had been beaten to near deletion when Henry saw what had happened when a Digimon lost a battle, so when he appeared in the Real World, Henry promised himself that he wouldn't use him for fighting ever again. Terriermon's response? "Momentai..." Like with Takato and Rika, their partnership hadn't started that good, but it was good nonetheless! Henry realized that Terriermon had a tendency to stick his nose in where it didn't belong, such as when Takato was looking for Guilmon at the school.

"You must not be a very good Tamer if you can't keep track of even one Digimon."

"Terriermon, I'm going to have to teach you the meaning of the word 'tact.'"

Even after they'd stopped Takato and Rika's battle, Terriermon still hadn't got it!

"Didn't you feel silly rolling around in the dirt like that?"

"Hmm?"

Still, it was Terriermon's wit and Henry's optimism that bonded them together, just as Rika and Renamon's determination to be the best bonded them and as Takato and Guilmon's own personal desires to have friends had bonded them. Smiling broadly, Henry reached over to Takato and Rika and grabbed their hands with his own.

"Thanks, you guys! Let's snap the others out of their depression before we can save Terriermon and the others!"

A second later, their Digivices glowed brightly-Takato's red; Rika's blue; Henry's green-as the three of them smiled in success. Calumon was cheering happily around the three original Tamers.









Chorus (All 3): Primary colors!

We're still primary colors, afraid of mixing with each other

Primary colors-everything is up to our future selves!

When we join hands, we'll be infinitely expanding colors...







As the Digimon were being wracked with tremendous pain, Guilmon, Renamon and Terriermon found the strength within to fight back.

"It's Henry...he knows we're safe! Bunny Blast!!"

"Rika...she hasn't given up. Diamond Storm!!"

"Takato...I'm waiting for you! PyroSphere!!"

Dracula had spent so much time injuring the Digimon that he completely forgot about the shield, so the three combined attacks had hit their mark, forcing the vampire back and causing him to drop his arms.

"So...the Tamers have found it within themselves to continue on, have they? Well, not when I'm through with them!"







Henry: I can't say whether it's right or not, but we're fighting to stay alive, right?

Those are the rules of life...what do you think?







"Susie, I know you're hurting very badly inside because of what just happened to Lopmon, right?"

Holding back her tears, the youngest member of the Wong family nodded while her big brother continued.

"Lopmon's not really gone. Takato just told me about this, and it took a while for it to sink in. Look at your Digivice-it still looks the same as it did when Lopmon was here, right?"

After examining it-and not seeing any static across the screen-Susie simply nodded.

"Mm-hmm."

"Then that must mean Lopmon's still alive somewhere-we just have to find her, Terriemon and the others."

"Yay! Thank you, Henwy! Let's save Lopmon, Tewwiermon and the west wight now!" Susie happily hugged Henry around his legs and the Tamer had to respond in kind.

"We can't, Susie-not yet, anyway. We still have to get the others-"

"We have to get them happy again, wight?"

For a young girl who'd seen a noble warrior die, Susie was more grown up than she appeared.

"Right. Can you go talk to Ai and Mako while I help Takato?"

"Mm-hmm!"









Rika: I believe in no one but myself!

Ever since I was little, I've been this way

I don't want to take off my sunglasses-this is me!







"Hey, Mr. Perfect! You still in a funk just 'cause Cyberdramon's gone?"

Looking up to glare at Rika, for a change, Ryo didn't respond, his eyes as cold as Rika's once were, maybe even colder.

"Get a grip. If I'd wanted to start something with you, I would've done it by now. Earlier, Gogglehead made a good observation-which shocked me, 'cause he never makes good observations-"

"Hey!"

"-well, not that many good observations. Take a look at your Digivice."

Narrowing his eyes, Ryo pulled his Digivice out-it looked the same, basically. He told Rika this same thing.

"I don't see anything!"

"Exactly-and if Cyberdramon was gone, your Digivice would have nothing on it but static. Therefore, he's gotta be around somewhere-if he's not in the Real World, then he's in the Digital World. So get off your butt and help us find out where our partners are at!"

Ryo had to grin as he got up and stretched before hugging Rika.

"This is why you and I are known as the Digimon Queen and the Digimon King-we're unbeatable and unseparable!"

"I've already got a Digimon King, and he's certainly not you!" Rika grumbled while pushing Ryo away. The Legendary Tamer smirked a second later.

"Good to have you back, Rika."







Takato: I'm not strong, but I'm sure that's okay for now...







"Hey, Kazu, Kenta...Jeri." Takato smiled weakly as he waved at his friends, Calumon instantly hovering in and plopping himself into Jeri's arms. Of course, they didn't respond. (Takato's note: Kinda like a trend, huh? We're all just lumps of unfeeling clay, sitting around and feeling sorry for ourselves-ahh! Rika's Note: Not now, Gogglehead! And who said I was feeling sorry for myself? I missed Renamon, but I wasn't gonna sit there and do nothing! A/N: The both of you-hush! I'm still typing! Takato & Rika's note: Sorry.)

"Come on, you guys! This isn't the end of the world-it very well may be if we don't find our partners and free them from wherever they're at." Takato laughed lightly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Look-you're all sad and depressed 'cause you couldn't do a thing to save your partners, right? They're still alive, and you would know it most of all, Jeri! If they weren't, static would be racing across the screens on all of our Digivices right now. Just remember all the good times we've had with our Digimon, and all the good times that are to come. Sure, Kazu doesn't have a Mega Digimon, but that doesn't mean he and Guardromon can't fight! Sure, Kenta has a Mega Digimon who's low on attack power, but that doesn't mean he isn't handy to have around! And, sure, Jeri has doubts about herself-I have doubts about myself, and I'm the quote unquote 'leader,' okay? Anyway, Leomon knows you're strong enough to be his partner, Jeri. If you weren't, then how could he have come back after being beaten by Beelzemon? How could he and you have achieved the Mega level and created SaberLeomon-then, with Henry, created SaberGargomon? Just remember the good times, not the bad, and-ahh!"

As Henry and Rika ran up to him, Takato cried out as Jeri threw her arms around his neck!

"Thanks, Takato!"

"Sure...don't mention it...could I get a chance to breathe now?"

A second later, Takato collapsed onto the ground, Rika helping him back up.

"Ruff! Jeri's sorry she did that to you, Takato and she'll try to be more gentle next time!"

"So, why are we just sitting around feeling like a bunch of losers?" Kazu asked, that same grin back on his face.

"Speak for yourself!" Rika retorted irritably.

"Digimon Tamers-let's find our partners!" Takato demanded as the team started forward, smiles on their faces.







Chorus: (All 3) Primary colors!

Our feelings are still primary colors, afraid of believing in each other

Primary colors-everything is up to our future selves!

When we overlap each other, we'll be brilliantly expanding colors...







As the team of 10 started forward-11 if you add Calumon-Dracula suddenly appeared, the clouds that had broken up in earlier in the morning suddenly recombined, starting up another rainstorm and blocking the sun!

"What are you doing here?" Rika growled angrily.

"So, it is true! You all have reconnected with yourselves, physically and spiritually. Since your partners aren't with you, you will be 'easy as pie!' Gargo Lasers!!"

Grunting, Takato leaped forward, Rika by his side, as they each pulled out a Modify card in the hopes that they would still work even without their Digimon present.

"Digimodify!" Takato and Rika chorused.

"Sword of Courage, activate!"

"Daggers of Love, activate!"

Instantly, their weapons-and Takato's scabbard-appeared, the bullets being deflected by Rika's daggers.

"Very interesting, those weapons are."

"This is all we need-a vampire who can mimic Yoda!" Rika cracked while firing bolts of red and blue electricity from the tips of her daggers.

"Any other anecdotes you'd like to give?" Takato yelled out while firing a beam of red and blue light from the hilt of his sword.

The vampire roared in pain as the attacks connected! When the smoke cleared, Dracula actually looked hurt.

"Hey, everyone-look! He came apart!" Calumon noted excitedly.

"Apparently, he isn't invincible!" Ryo grumbled as he pulled out a Modify card and swiped it.

"Digimodify! Whip of Friendship, activate!"

Holding onto his Digivice, Ryo used his whip to lock Dracula in place and to make sure he didn't try anything, sent some bolts of electricity as well!

"Please! Do you truly think this 'momentary setback' will stop me? I THINK NOT! BLADE OF THE JUST!!"

The Tamers and Calumon cried out as they were blasted to the ground, slightly injured, but otherwise, okay. Takato, Rika and Ryo's wounds healed, but as for the major ones, it would take time.

Henry gripped his Digivice tightly as Susie started crying and as Jeri held onto Calumon, tears of indignation rolling down his cheeks.

"Takato, Rika and I were the first to truly become Tamers, even if Ryo was the Legendary Tamer! I can't let them, or Terriermon, be taken away from me! Not again! Please give me the ability to save my friends!!!!" At that second, Henry's Digivice shrieked and glowed as a Modify card appeared in his hand.

"Wow! I could use this to improve my martial arts skills, if I wanted to."

Meanwhile, Terriermon felt it-the same thing that Guilmon, Renamon and Cyberdramon had felt the first time their partners had locked onto their special cards.

"Guys, Takato and Rika aren't the only original Tamers who have new Modify cards!"







All: No one knows, but surely, that's okay for now...







"Digimodify! Staff of Reliability, activate!"

The Tamers, Calumon and Dracula watched as Henry's Digivice and the Modify card seemed to bond together, creating a staff that, from all accounts, looked like a normal staff, but from the top, tiny tendrils of green energy sparked from it. Amazed, Ryo raised up his Digivice and scanned it.

"The Staff of Reliability: a Hybrid-type weapon! It works the same way as the previously mentioned weapons, can release a hook that's connected by a chain and can shoot out bolts of green electric energy. Pretty impressive hardware!"

"Thanks!" Henry took to the skies and waited for Takato and Rika to do the same. "Are you guys ready?"

"Mm-hmm!"

The three Tamers combined their weapons and red, blue and green bolts of electricity soared into the sky before activating what seemed to be a portal!

"Ryo, can you handle Dracula without us?" Takato yelled out as Ryo used his whip to keep Dracula from moving.

"Go on ahead and find Cyberdramon and the rest! I've got it covered!"

"So he says." Rika noted as the three Tamers headed inside the portal seconds later.







Chorus (All 3) Primary colors!

We're still primary colors, afraid of mixing with each other

Primary colors-everything is up to our future selves!

When we join hands, we'll be infinitely expanding colors...

We are the three primary colors...! (song continues on; fades out)







As Takato, Rika and Henry appeared at the Digital Plane, they saw a tremendous sight that caused their hearts to fill with undescribable joy!

"Guilmon!" Takato smiled excitedly as he enveloped Guilmon in a tight hug.

"Takatomon! I told Terriermon you would be the first one in. You owe me some Guilmon bread!"

Takato slapped himself on the forehead with a groan. "Guilmon...we live at a bakery! Terriermon doesn't owe you a thing."

"He owes me for a piece of Guilmon bread he took a while ago."

"Aw, nuts! I was hoping you didn't see that." the rabbit-like Digimon mumbled.

Henry was too busy being happy and hugging Terriermon too much to be mad at him.

"Are you okay, Terriermon? He didn't hurt you, did he?"

"Of course not, Henry! Momentai, it's not like I'm one of Susie's dolls, right, Lopmon?"

His counterpart nodded before floating over to Henry and Terriermon. (A/N: Remember-they still are in the Digital Plane.)

"Is Susie okay, Henry?"

"Yeah, Lopmon-she is, and she's worried about you."

Rika knew that the only times she'd ever shown emotion was when something tragic had happened-whether it was with Takato, or with Renamon. In this case, she hugged her partner as hard as she could, not letting go until Takato touched her shoulder.

"I thought I'd lost you again, Renamon!"

"It's okay, Rika-I'm still here."

Before Takato could speak, Impmon spelled it out. "Hey! This happy reunion is great and all, but can we get outta here before we all get gray hair?"

No one argued with him on that as the three Tamers recombined their weapons and the entire team reentered the portal.

"A stick?! You got a stick for a weapon? And I thought you'd gotten something cooler, like a machine gun, or an Automatic."

"Terriermon, no more watching 'Cops' late at night!"







Dracula roared as he finally broke free of Ryo's whip, the aforementioned weapon changing back into a Modify card.

"Stay behind me, you guys." Ryo warned.

A second after that, Takato, Rika, Henry and the Digimon entered in before the portal closed on them! The other Tamers had a happy reunion with their partners before Dracula stopped it.

"SILENCE! Now, I can see you all are very pleased to have your little friends back, but I'm afraid work must intrude. Which one of you will challenge me to a final combat?" Before any of them could respond, the vampire answered for them. "All of you? So be it, then!"

"No fair! I was just gonna say we could call it a draw and go home."

"Terriermon!"

"One question." Rika asked calmly while Calumon peeked inside Rika's backpack and pulled out a tiny tape recorder. (A/N: Don't ask me how that got in there; I have no idea.)

"Ohhh..." Amazed by it, the In-Training Digimon accidentally pressed the 'record' button a moment later.

"Why'd you set Impmon up to destroy my mother's agency?"

"For 3 simple reasons: One, he was a patsy. Two, who would believe that a vampire, such as myself, would exist? Three, I wanted you out of my way."

Takato sheathed his weapon at the same time as he and Guilmon stepped forward. "Framing us for your misdeed was an unforgiveable wrong! You wanna battle someone, 'Dracula?' Then, as my fiancé would say-'bring it on!'"

As Calumon then, surprisingly enough, pressed the 'stop' button, Rika and Henry yelled out, "Takato, wait!"

"Let's take him together!" Rika advised.

"With the three of us together, Dracula wouldn't stand a chance." Henry noted. "Plus, I don't think these guys are strong enough to handle all of us Biomerging into OmegaGallantmon or SaberGargomon."

Takato grinned as he, Rika and Henry grabbed their Digivices and held them up to the sky.

Biomerge Digivolution!

"Biomerge, activate!" Takato, Rika and Henry chorused as the three of them transformed into data and merged with their respective partners.

"Guilmon Biomerge to...GALLANTMON!!!"

"Renamon Biomerge to...SAKUYAMON!!!"

"Terriermon Biomerge to...MEGAGARGOMON!!!"

"Okay, Dracula-it's just you and us!" Gallantmon rumbled as the three Mega Digimon stood tall, ready to defend their home and undoubtedly, the world, from the vampire's reign.

"The final battle begins...and so does your ultimate defeat!"

As the other Tamers watched, Gallantmon, Sakuyamon and MegaGargomon raced forward to engage Dracula, the Prince of Darkness, one last time in battle!

All right! Too bad the Digimon didn't have enough power to Biomerge into OmegaGallantmon or SaberGargomon, huh? This battle will be one for the history books! Find out what happens next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!