Me: I don't own Digimon in any way, shape, or form. Neither do I own the tiny part of "Points of Authority" from Linkin Park that I plan to use in this chapter-the full version of it, I'll use later.

Tai: Where the heck have you been?! Do you know how long you've delayed in posting this chapter? You're lucky Sora doesn't have Birdramon fly over your house and torch it!

Me: (laughs weakly) I know-very lucky.







Digimon: The Final Battle

Chapter IV-The Enemy Within







"Well, that wasn't so...hard." -Davis Motomiya

"Easy as pie!" -Tai Kamiya

"Oh, boy. We should make it a rule that Tai and Davis aren't allowed to be together in the same room." -Kari Kamiya









After recovering from that grueling battle against SkullSatanmon-and finding their AWOL leader once again, the DigiDestined reconvened back at Izzy's house for a quick meeting.

"Obviously, someone is sending us these Digimon from an unknown area to throw our guard off so that way, we won't be expecting it."

"We kinda guessed that, Izzy. The question is, who's doing it?" Tai asked, his hand clutching Sora's on instinct.

"Maybe it's someone whose butt we haven't kicked?" Davis suggested.

"And who could that be? We've already beaten every known evil throughout the entire Digital World-the Digimon Emperor-sorry, Ken-Arukenimon, Oikawa, Black WarGreymon, and MaloMyotismon!" Yolei insisted.

"What about Daemon?" Tai spoke up, his eyes narrowing as he remembered the first time they'd all set eyes on that truly evil and demonic Digimon.

"Oh. Well, we didn't actually beat him, just sent him to the Dark Ocean-"

"What?! Then he's the evil who's sent us those Digimon in the first place!" Matt interjected.

"Calm down, Matt. We'll be able to handle him easy." Mimi replied.

"Nevertheless, we should be on our guard. This guy was tough to take down, even with a Mega Digimon and two Ultimate Digimon on our side." Davis warned, his own eyes narrowing while remembering Daemon's cryptic warning: "I will be back!"

The others gasped in surprise.

"Was it just me, or did Davis actually say we should be on our guard?!" Cody sputtered out.

"It wasn't just you, 'cause I heard it too!" Yolei responded.

"Hey-I'm allowed to be cautious when a Digimon who's power level is boosted up to fit the standards of a Mega tries to kick my butt back in the DigiWorld, okay?" Davis ranted impatiently.

"Okay! This thing Daemon's planning has us all on edge, so we should all get home and get some sleep." Sora said, ending the fight before it was supposed to begin.

"Agreed."







"What do you think Daemon's planning, Yolei?" Davis asked while he walked her home alone-even though she could've easily walked with Cody or T.K. since she did live in the same apartment complex as them.

"I don't know, and personally, I hope he stays away from our world."

"I know how you feel. We've all enjoyed having this time off, not having to battle Digimon in that way anymore...not having to kill anymore living beings." Davis gently placed his gloved hand around Yolei's, feeling her tense up, then relax. He was amazed-if this was Kari, he'd be acting crazy, but it was Yolei-the girl who he'd saved from falling off a bridge in the Digital World, the girl who tried to help him get Cody and Ken to be friends...the girl who seemed to have stolen his heart from Kari's grasp without even blinking!

"I can still see it happening, Davis-LadyDevimon flying forward, trying to kill me...then Sylphymon deletes her without even thinking twice about what could happen."

Davis grimaced in shock as Yolei started crying softly and pulled him into a hug. After freeing his arms from Yolei's grip, he cautiously hugged her back.

"It's gonna be okay, Yolei. We'll only kill Daemon when there's no other choice in the matter, I promise."







Chorus: You like to think you're never wrong...(You live what you learn)

You have to act like you're someone...(You live what you learn)

You want someone to hurt like you...(You live what you learn)

You want to share what you've been through! (You live what you learn...)

The song continued on as Tai drove Sora home as fast as traffic would allow it, Kari, Gatomon, Agumon and Biyomon sleeping in the back seat.

"Is there a reason why you've suddenly decided to take up rock music?" Sora spoke up after hearing the lyrics played for a while.

"Just something that took my mind off other things that I didn't want to think about." Tai replied briefly.

"Like me?"

"Uh...yeah, but it doesn't matter now. What does matter is that we're finally together, right?"

Sora grinned under her reddening cheeks. How was it that after all they'd been through, Tai had never strayed too far from her, and had always loved her from afar?

"Mm-hmm. I love you, Tai."

"I love you too, Sora."

"Hey-could you two keep your eyes on the road and off each other? I'm happy for you, but I'd like to live to get back home, okay?" Kari replied sleepily from the back of the car. Tai and Sora smirked in response while listening to the rest of the music the entire way.

Chorus: You like to think you're never wrong...(Forfeit the game; you live what you learn)

You have to act like you're someone...(Forfeit the game; you live what you learn)

You want someone to hurt like you...(Forfeit the game; you live what you learn)

You want to share what you've been through! (You live what you learn...learn...learn...learn...)

(Final acoustics; song fades out)







"So...they've figured that it was me who sent those Digimon after them. No matter. Until I gain enough dark power to exit this realm, I'll send a little gift to the DigiDestined, but who should I make my guinea pig?"

Opening a tiny gateway between the Dark Ocean and the Real World, Daemon's gaze fell onto Matt, who was driving T.K. and Mimi back home as quick as possible.

"Excellent."







Matt groaned as he slumped over in pain. Something had just happened to his heart, but it wasn't a heart attack-it was like something was possessing him!

"Matt? Are you okay?" Mimi asked, a worried expression on her face.

His eyes flashing red before fading back to their normal ice-blue, Matt replied, "Nothing's wrong, Mimi. I'm fine."

What will the DigiDestined do when Matt's feelings of darkness are revealed during the light of day? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!