The Struggle: Chapter 9

A/N: It's getting to the end of the saga here, folks. I'm definantly not going to continue into the next season, but I might cover some bases that weren't covered in the story, like the Internet battle, and what Ken did in the last chapter that changed his mind. This is the last part: Oikawa and Malomyotismon.

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Disclaimer: Digimon is mine! All Mine! *Sees lawyers running with lawsuits in hand towards her* I was joking! It ain't mine.

Ken: WHERE ARE THEY?!

heath 999: Who?

Ken: THE, THE, PEOPLE IF YOU CALL THEM THAT, WHO WROTE THE PLOT FOR DIGIMON!

heath 999: I don't know.

Ken: I'M GOING TO HUNT THEM DOWN AND KILL THEM! HOW DARE DO THEY DO THAT TO ME!

heath 999: He's taking it well.

Wormmon: We should stop him, before he carries out on his threat.

heath 999: Nah, he'll be fine. Please read and review.

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Meghan's Apartment: A few days later

~Meghan's POV~

I look out the window of my room.

I haven't made any attempt of contacting the digidestined ever since that fateful day.

I want to get away from everyone for a while.

I look at the clock, great; I can go to the digital world without bumping into the other digidestined, since they're still in school.

"Tigermon," I say to wake up my sleeping partner on my bed.

"Yes Meghan?"

"Lets go to the digital world, you need to get your energy back anyway."

I pick him up, and yell the words as I hold my digivice to the computer: "Digiport open!"

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Server Island: Formerly Meghan's Campsite: An hour later

I sit at the edge of the lake, Tigermon lying nervously next to me.

"Do you think it's kind of dangerous to be here all alone, since we don't know where Blackwargreymon and Arukenimon are?" Tigermon asks.

I barely hear the question; I just stare at the lake, hoping to get some answers by just thinking about what happened over and over again.

"You know, they weren't the only ones to screw up."

I whirl around at the new voice, preparing for a battle if the circumstances dictate.

Ken.

"What are you doing out of school early?" I ask, surprised to see him standing there.

"Parent-teacher conference, I was working on the computer when all of a sudden the digiport showed up with your signal, so I came to look for you."

I sigh as he sits down next to me; Wormmon curled up in his lap. "You're probably wondering why I left so abruptly that day, and why I haven't contacted anyone ever since."

"No, I already understand, I probably would've done the same thing."

"Guess the new digidestined are mad at me now, huh?"

"They want answers, they aren't mad at you."

"To think, everything that had happened to me could've been prevented if they just kept a better eye on me."

"Yeah, and everything that happened to me could've been prevented if I didn't dip my digivice in the dark ocean. Things happen in certain ways, the only thing that you can do is ride it out and hope at the end that everything will be okay."

"I will never forgive them."

"Someone once told me that actions speak louder than words, and that the only thing to repair any damage is to show that you're sorry by changing your actions. Didn't they save you countless times after that?"

". Yes"

"Then I say that they have earned the right to be forgiven. Come on, the others have been worried about you ever since Blackwargreymon has called a temporary truce."

"He has?"

"Yes, in the battle that you so conveniently walked out on."

I flush, embarrassed: "Sorry."

"Don't worry about it, let's go."

Slowly, Ken and I walk to the nearest digiport.

And back to the rest of the team.

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Real World: Hours Later

I look at the young generation of digidestined in front of me.

"What happened?" Are the first words out of Davis's mouth.

I look down, "I owe you an explanation, Kari, T.K., the rest of the older digidestined, and Ken already know it, and understand, but I never told anyone else except my parents. I will explain it to you now."

Slowly, painstakingly, I tell my story from beginning to end, not leaving one detail out, as the horrified digidestined listened on.

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Izzy's Apartment: A week later

I watch as Imperialdramon flies away, becoming a speck in the sky before I can even blink.

I'm worried.

Digimon are now appearing in the real world, and digiports are opening all over the world.

The others left to stop the threats around the world; I decided to stay to keep an eye on Japan.

As long as Arukenimon keeps quiet for the day, everything will be fine.

I'm sure.

'At least the others have forgiven me' I think as I wander the streets on patrol for any trouble, Tigermon in "stuffed toy mode" in my arms.

Also, the fact that Tigermon can digivolve to Ultimate again will make sure that everything is okay.

Little did I know how wrong I am.

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Same place: Same time

~General POV~

Two pairs of eyes watched from an alleyway.

"Darn! That brat just had to stay behind to keep an eye on Japan." One of them says, sounding like a human, but not totally one.

"What are we going to do, sweetums? We can't kidnap all the children and follow our plans with her running around, maybe finding out what we're doing." The other one replies, sounding the same way.

The first one who had spoken didn't say anything; she just reaches for her cellular phone.

"Boss? It's me, one of the brats decided to stay behind to patrol Japan. .Which one? That Meghan brat. . Oh, okay."

She clicks shut the telephone, looking at her counterpart: "Change of plans."

"What are they?"

"They are."

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Odaiba Park: An hour later

~Meghan's POV~

I walk slowly through the park, with Tigermon sleeping in my arms, watching the kids play on the playground.

Then stop dead in my tracks when I see Mummymon on a swing next to a little boy.

Uh-oh

I slip quickly behind a tree, trying to keep out of sight so Mummymon doesn't see me.

I gently try to shake Tigermon awake, "Tigermon, wake up! I need you to digivolve so we can scare Mummymon away."

"Really, digidestined, I thought that you had more sense than that."

I whirl around seeing Arukenimon standing behind me in a cluster of trees that only at the angle that I'm at you can see her inside.

And she's in digimon form.

I gulp, knowing that I'm screwed because Tigermon can't digivolve without causing panic.

And on top of that, having all these kids around when they battle.

Oh, yeah, definantly screwed.

"Come with me, and nobody will be hurt," she says mockingly, "including your precious little digimon."

There's one thing to be said about me.

When I'm mad, I don't think straight.

When I'm angry, I do things I do things that I regret.

When I'm po'ed (pissed off) I do both.

Right now I'm in the latter.

I gently set down Tigermon, and rush towards Arukenimon, "Foolish girl! You'll never learn! Spider thread!" Are the last words I hear before everything goes black.

TBC.

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A/N: Yes, my character gets on the list for the person who gets kidnapped a lot in Digimon fanfic history, in fanfics written by one author. The next chapter is going to have something called a bombshell, if you thought the last ones were big, this will probably blow you out of the water.