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Chapter 5: The Awakening

Takato was just about to leave when he saw Yamaki packing lots of electronic equipment into his backpack.

"Excuse me for asking, sir, but what are you doing with all that equipment?" Takato asked politely.

"Oh this, I was just going to do some official work. My superiors tell me to keep the wild ones from appearing again at all cost. You saw how destructive those Devas and the D-Reaper were. My superiors never want any digimon to appear again in the real world." Yamaki answered.

"Then why are you bringing so much electronic stuff?" Takato questioned.

"We found that it was impossible to keep the digimon out at our end. So I am going to try to seal it on this end." Yamaki replied. "I plan to raise a firewall at the digital world to prevent any digimon from coming again."

"That means our partners won't be coming with us back to our world ever again?" Takato asked.

"Of course no! The government saw the power of the digital world. It is another world to harvest resources and colonize. The earth is getting crowded; people need to move elsewhere. The government sees the digital world as another frontier, like space was. They would of course allow only a limited amount of ports for passage between the worlds." Yamaki asked.

"You mean other children might get the chance to go to the digital world some day and get partners of their own?" Takato asked excitedly.

"Well, it would depend on the reaction of the government and the people. But most likely, yes. There might be regular communication between the digital world and our world someday." Yamaki said.

"I would look forward to that day." Takato said.

"I would too." Yamaki said.

*~*

The tamers and their digimon went back to the digital world with the blessing of the digi-gods and the presence of Yamaki. They were transported back to the digital world by a cloud. When they arrive back to the digital world, they found that the digimon had calmed down when they saw that the tamers had meant no harm.

The digimon were nice enough to show the way to Lucemon's fortress, but they were too afraid to come with the tamers.

"They're all chickens, afraid of getting hurt, afraid of standing up for what's right!" Rika said.

"You can't blame them, Lucemon did save them from the war." Henry said.

"Well, Lucemon is an evil dictator that should be toppled." Takato agreed.

"Well, we can't go running through the front gate, he's too powerful." Ryo stated.

"The best defence is a good offence." Kazu contested.

"We should be able to find allies." Kenta agreed.

"If the sovereigns are afraid to battle them, then he is strong indeed." Lopmon said.

"Yes, I agree. Lucemon should not be taken lightly." Renamon said.

"Momantai. We had beaten the D-Reaper. We had beaten the Devas. What's one digimon going to do." Terriermon said.

"Lucemon feeds on fear and misinformation. If we can convince the digimon that there's nothing to fear, then Lucemon is nothing." Henry said.

"We also have to find a partner for Jeri." Takato said.

"You don't have to worry about me." Jeri said.

"Let's just walk around and just meet all the digimon, see what they've done. Undermine Lucemon's power." Ryo said.

"Okay." Takato agreed.

*~*

"Those fools think that they can defeat me! They must be crazy! I'm stronger than all of them combined!" Lucemon boasted. "Daemon, go and greet our guests!"

"As you wish!" Daemon's voice replied.

"Ha, Ha, Ha!" Lucemon laughed an evil laugh.

*~*

Daemon silently flew towards the tamers and said, "You've plotted treason against Lucemon. That is a capital offence, what do you say in defence?"

"All that we're going to say is that Lucemon is a power-hungry dictator who wants to take over the digital world. And we're going to stop him no matter what!" Takato replied.

"I will not allow such words be use against my master. Prepare to feel his wrath!"

"Bio-Merge evolution" Takato shouted, but nothing happened. "What's wrong Guilmon?"

"I don't know, Takato" Guilmon replied.

"You can't digivolve. My master had stopped all that! You are helpless." Daemon laughed.

"Well, we can't give up." Takato said.

"Pyro-sphere!" Guilmon shot a great ball of fire at Daemon.

"Mosquito bites." Daemon laughed, not a scratch on his body.

"Terrier Tornado!" "Diamond storm!" "Desolation Claw!" However, nothing seems to be working.

"I didn't come all the way to the digital world to be beaten by an evil digimon!" Takato said. "Help me!"

Suddenly, a great beam of light shot towards the sky. A ball of light streaked across the sky and landed at his feet. Takato instantly knew what to do. The light turned out to be the tool in which would allow Guilmon to digivolve.

"Spirit evolution!" Takato yelled.

Takato and Guilmon fused together, not just in body, but in spirit as well. Great walls of fire covered both of their body; they fused together. Guilmon's body erupted great orange wings and red armour covered all of his body. His head was topped with a white helmet and yellow hair.

"Who're you? I thought my master stopped all evolution." Daemon asked.

"I am AncientGreymon, the digimon of fire. I will defeat you" AncientGreymon replied.

"I don't care who you are. I'll destroy you! Evil Inferno!" Daemon shot black fire at AncientGreymon. The fire didn't hurt AncientGreymon.

"Are you done? Omega Burst!" AncientGreymon shot a huge ball of orange fire at Daemon and vaporized Daemon immediately.

Once the danger passed, AncientGreymon devolved. Takato stood in his place, but Guilmon was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Guilmon?" Terriermon asked Takato.

"He's with me." Takato answered.

"What do you mean?" Terriermon asked.

"We have fused together as one! Guilmon and I are now one unseparatable." Takato replied.

"So are you Takato or are you Guilmon?" Henry asked.

"Neither, I'm both of them at once." Takato answered.

"So what should we call you?" Rika asked.

"Takato or Guilmon or AnicentGreymon would be find." Takato answered.

"Since you are now in the body of Takato, we'll call you Takato for now." Ryo said.

"I'm not just the body of Takato, I'm still the old Takato! I still remembered what we did. I didn't forget. Stop treating me as a different person." Takato said.

"Fine whatever you say." The others replied.

*~*

"What, they can digivolve! Impossible!" Lucemon yelled.

"But sir, witnesses said they did, and of course, Daemon didn't return." His aide Wizardmon said.

"But how?" Lucemon said. "I have blocked evolution, how? It doesn't matter, they'll pay for this! I guarantee you they will!" "Of course they will." Wizardmon said.

What is Lucemon's plan to destroy the tamers! What is the new evolution that Takato tapped into? Find out next time on Digimon Digital Monster!

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