The Future Queen: Here is the next chapter of Digimon: The Challenge of Love!

Henry: Yep. And she does not own Digimon, yada, yada, yada…

The Future Queen: (whisper) So much for the quiet room…

Henry: What did you say?

The Future Queen: Nothing! (Smile nervously) This chapter is to YamiGirl. Enjoy!





The Challenge of Love

Title: Determined Minds

By: The Future Queen



"What? … Where am I?" asked Takato. He was standing in pure darkness, no light, nothing… Then, Takato heard the sounds of waves and saw what he been dreaming about lately. The Dark Ocean. Takato felt so alone and cold. Tears start falling down his pale cheek…

"My, my! Did I just see the Prince cry?" said a dark feminine voice.

Takato quickly wiped his tears away, and turn to the source of the voice, he couldn't see anything, "Who are you? And what do you mean by the Prince?"

Silence answered him.

"Come out!" Takato shouted bravely.

"If you say so!" said the voice as a figure flies towards Takato. As the figure came to view, Takato let out a loud gasp.

"But…how?"

To the Tamers

Everyone just stood there, not believing and not sure what just happened. Rika was still sobbing, her shirt was wet. Henry was the one who broke the silence.

"That did not just happen!" said Henry, trying to sound positive.

"Save it Henry!" said Terriermon while sitting on top of Henry's head.

"Terriermon!"

"Takato was just taken by the Dark Ocean!" said Kari.

"You are kidding right?" exclaimed Ryo.

"No," said Kari shaking her head, "Every time the Dark Ocean took someone, I can feel it."

"That's one of Kari's special power." Said Gatomon.

"Poor Takato…" said Guilmon, his 'ears' flopped down.

They just stood there, when Henry realized something.

"Guilmon, before BlackBeelzemon attacked us, who did you sense?" asked Henry.

"Um…" Guilmon thought for a minute and finally remembers, "Oh it was BlackWargreymon!"

"What!" came was the reply.

BlackWargreymon

"How could that dinosaur sense me when I'm miles away?" questioned BlackWargreymon, "Unless… unless…"

The Tamers

"Rika…" said Renamon, trying to help her tamer who is still sobbing quietly.

"What are we going to do now? Our 'crybaby' is gone, now what do we do?" said Terriermon.

"Terriermon! How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling people names!" said Henry, clearly annoyed.

"But Rika always calls Takato 'Goggle head'!" argued Terriermon.

"Yeah, but that's different!" said Henry.

Rika finally stopped crying, she wiped away the last tear and stood up.

"Renamon! Let's go!" Rika commanded. Then she turned away and began walking with Renamon by her heels.

"Rika where are you going?" Ryo shouted after her.

"To find Takato!"

"But you can't do it alone!" said Kari.

"I could and I will!" came the firm and determined answer. Then, with a bright glow the crest of Love and Sincerity appeared in front of Rika and start combining. Rika just stood there, unsure of what had just happened. The two crests combined into a strange looking crest, it had a broken heart with a whole heart in the middle.

The crest flows towards Rika and combined with her D-Ark. Rika now hold a D- Ark with the same blue circled screen in the middle, the symbol of the unknown crest on the top of the ark, and the whole thing is baby blue.

The others watched in amazement, it looks like Rika had just found her true power. After the lights faded away, Kari somehow recognized the crest.

"I know that crest!" said Kari suddenly making everyone jump a little. Rika turned around and demanded, "Well what is it?"

"It's the crest of Determination!"

"The crest of Determination! But how is it belong to Rika?" asked Ryo.

"It must have activated when Rika is determined to find and rescue Takato!" absorbed Henry, "But what does it do?"

"Why don't we find out?" said Renamon getting ready.

Rika smirked and hold out her new D-Ark, "That's what I'm good at!" Rika closed her eyes and felt a sudden power rising inside of her, she reopened her eyes and shouted, "Oh power of my heart, guide me now! Reveal your power with my determined mind!"

Renamon felt the power, she glowed in light blue. Suddenly and amazingly, she moved beside Henry without the blink of an eye.

"How did you get here so fast?" exclaimed Henry.

"That must have been the power of the crest!" said Ryo, "Henry has the crest of Fate, which has the power of healing. Rika has the crest of Determination, which has the power of speed!"

"Hey Ryo, since when did you become Einstein!" said Rika with a smirk on her face, and Renamon was beside Rika again.

Everyone laughed and start their journey to find Takato…

BlackWargreymon

"That girl has the Crest of Determination…" said BlackWargreymon as he followed the Tamers, "Maybe I should help and get help from them…"

Then he felt it, "Oh no, they can't do that to him…"

Where Takato is

"No it can't be!" said Takato with a loud gasp.

"But I am!" said the dark feminine voice, "How would you like a to see what your friends are doing now!"

"What!" said Takato, still shock, "um… okay…"

So the dark figure held out a ball, a crystal ball, which showed Takato what Rika is doing right now… (It's not true)

"No…" said Takato before he started to sob softly. He saw what he most feared, Rika was kissing Ryo.

"See, your little friend betrayed you! You should join me, and together we will destroy them!" said the dark feminine voice.

Takato was still sobbing, he couldn't believe what he had just saw. He couldn't believe Rika would do that to him, but he couldn't join the dark force. He wanted Rika to be happy even if it's not with him…

"NO!" Takato said firmly, tears are still flowing down his cheek, "I wont' destroy them! Never can and never will!" with that he start running away from the mysterious figure.

The figure did not go angry, it smirked, "Yes my little Prince, run as fast as you can! You can run, but you can't hide!" and she started laughing…



TO BE CONTINUED…



The Future Queen: How was it?

Henry: To be honest, it was good.

The Future Queen: Thanks! I'm holding a contest, it's not big, it's just for you to guess who is the mysterious figure that was talking to Takato. I think I've dropped enough hints. Next chapter is dedicated to you if you guessed it right or close! So review!

Henry: Who is it?

The Future Queen: You think I'll tell you? NEVER! But it'll be revealed next chapter…

Both: See who it is on the next Digimon: The Challenge of Love!