Switching Lives

By: Kamika Farinas

Yes!! That's right. . . I wanted to catch up on this story and EVENTUALLY end it!!! I think it's safe to say that with this chapter. . .There's only 1 or 2 chapters left till the ending!!! Aren't you proud of me? I'm actually going to END a story!!! Hehehe. . Now go on. . And read! Don't forget to review!! That's ALWAYS a necessity!

Switched: BACK IN THEIR OWN BODIES!!! FINALLY!!!

Disclaimer: Oh that's it. . .  I'm too lazy!!! EVERYONE knows I don't own the two anime OTHERWISE. . . I wouldn't be writing this, now would I?

Last thing that happened. . .

        Hikari grits her teeth as the bubble continues floating down and forward. "How will we know when we have arrived?" she asks.

        An attack whizzes by the bubble, thankfully missing it by a few inches. Sakura looks forward to see a couple of digimon lined up for attack.

        "When digimon start attacking you. . ." Taichi replies with a low voice.

Chapter 10

Enemy Resurrected

        Hikari groans, "We can't send the digimon after them! If we do. . . It'll break the bubble!" She yells in fear.

        Sakura smiles, "Don't worry about it!" She pulls out her first card, "Shield Card! Surround us!" She yells as she calls out the Shield and recalling Watery.

        "How will you attack?" Taichi questions curiously.

        Sakura pulls out another card. "I pulled out the Shield for a reason. . ." She shows them her next card.

        Hikari gasps. "Are you sure that's wise?"

        "It's our best choice. . ." Sakura says cautiously. "Thunder card!" She winces as she watches the thunder flow through the water, causing any water digimon become electrified. They fall deeper into the ocean, obviously having a lot taken out of them by the attack.

        Sakura sighs. "I wish I didn't have to do that. . ." She calls out the Watery again and they continue deeper into the ocean, now knowing that they were at least closer than before. 'We're coming. . . We'll save you!' She thinks.

        Silence flows through as they finally spot their destination, an underwater laboratory. She blinks as they spot an entrance, seemingly harmless.   

        "This is it. . ." She whispers to herself, knowing that there wasn't going to be any return after this. The bubble enters, the doors closing behind them. Sakura bites her lip cautiously, watching the water draining around them, leaving the area empty except for air. She calls back the Watery knowing it wasn't necessary.

        "It feels. . . like they were expecting us. . ." Hikari whispers.

        Taichi nods, "I think. . .That they are."

        The six walk through the door, which automatically opens with any presence.

        Suddenly, they were met with the faces of Guardromon, Tankmon, Boltmon, and several Gigadramon.

        Hikari's eyes focus as she turns to Gatomon. "Ready?" Gatomon nods in agreement. "Let's do it!"

        "Digivolve!" Hikari yells as she holds up her digivice, about to say her words. "Digi-a. . ." 

        Suddenly a bright light surrounds the whole room, appearing from Hikari's digivice. To both their surprise, Gatomon digivolves to ultimate stage. "Gatomon digivolve to. . . Angewomon!"

        Hikari and Angewomon look at each other in surprise.

        "Y-You digivolved to ultimate!" Hikari exclaims. She smiles and turns to the digimon around them. "They won't stand a chance! Go Ange-"

        "No wait! Save her energy. . ." Sakura says, cutting her off.

        Hikari turns to Sakura in confusion. "Demo. . ."

        Sakura winks at her, pulling out the Erase Card. "I'll handle this one!" She grins. "Erase Card! Erase the enemy digimon that surround us!!" In a quick breeze, the digimon around them disappear into thin air.

        Taichi looks around, slightly in surprise. "Couldn't you have done that to the other digimon?"

        Sakura scratches her head from behind. "Oh yeah. . ." She says in realization.

        Touya, Hikari, Angewomon, Agumon, and Patamon face fault at her words.

        "You're mine!" A voice echoes down the corridor. Sakura and Hikari look in that direction, wondering who said it before a trap door appears beneath them. They hover in the air for a few seconds, looking at each other and then fall straight down the hole. As soon as they enter, the hole closes up, not allowing the others to follow after.

        Taichi screams, "HIKARI!!!!!!!!!!!"

        Angewomon's eyes narrow in anger as she starts to attack the door that was keeping the two groups separate. Taichi does the same as he starts banging on the trap door.

        Patamon turns from Angewomon to Taichi back to Angewomon then back to Taichi. "Stop it!! Both of you!" He screams out, getting their attention. "Now, you both know that Hikari would want us to go FIND them not attract more attention to ourselves!"

        Taichi sighs, knowing that the small digimon was right. "Okay. . . Let's go find Dragomon. He's the only one who'll know what's going on."

With Sakura and Hikari. . .

        The two weak females rush through the hidden tunnel, sliding down as quickly as possible. With a rough landing, the two sprawl over the room's floor. If THAT wasn't enough, two Gigadramons come into the room and grab them. Without being able to struggle, they were strapped into shackles against the wall.

        Hikari groans as her head stops spinning. Finally the room comes into view much clearer. The room had only one door and that was all the way to her far right. She was strapped against the wall with Sakura right to the left of her. To their sides, there were two other empty shackles. "Sakura??" She asks, hoping that she was okay.

        Sakura looks up, pain escalating through her body. "Hikari?? Where are we??" She mumbles, barely enough for Hikari to hear her.

        Hikari shakes her head, "No idea. . ." She looks up at the ceiling to find. . . That there WASN'T a ceiling. "Sakura!" She exclaims as she tries her best to show her what she had just spotted.

        Sakura blinks at her. "Hikari?" She follows her view and gasps. The "ceiling" was made of water, solid water. (Somewhat like ice, you could say) "Wh-Where are we?" Sakura exclaims in shock. The water was made in the shape as a dome. Sakura could spot SUN shining in the water, not too far away.

        "There's sun?? But. . . Aren't we still in the Dark Ocean?"

        "Ahhh. . . My dear females, haven't you figure it out yet??"

        Sakura and Hikari both turn towards the voice, only to see an injured Dragomon standing before them.

        Sakura glares at him, "If that was true, then we wouldn't be asking question, now would we?"

        Dragomon chuckles, "That's very true. . . Well. . If I may explain."

        Hikari glares along with Sakura. "Why should we let you??"

        "Well, unless you'd like to stay here and not understand what's going on, then I'll be more than glad to leave." Dragomon turns and starts to leave.

        Sakura turns to Hikari in a hurry and they both nod in agreement. "Wait!" They yell at the same time.

        Dragomon smirks slightly and turns around, "Yes?"

        Sakura sighs, "Okay. . . Can we hear the story??" She asks.

        Dragomon smirks again. "Well then. . . Let us first wait for our last two visitors to visit in, and THEN I'll explain where we are. . ."

With Takeru and Syaoran. . .

        Syaoran holds Demidevimon tightly in his hand, the sword still hovering over his "chin".

        "Wait!" Demidevimon yells out suddenly as they come to a stop, next to a seemingly empty wall.

        Syaoran stops and blinks, looking around. "Why'd we stop?"

        "Ahhh. . . Quite easy." Demidevimon said with a smirk on his face.

        Takeru turns to look at Demidevimon with distrust in his eyes. "Let's keep moving, I don't trust him one bit."

        The puff ball shakes his head, "I must say. I'm insulted with what you think of me. I haven't done ANYTHING bad yet, if you hadn't noticed."

        Syaoran rolls his eyes. "It's the "yet" part that would scare anyone. And I agree with Takashi. We should get moving."

        Demi sighs. "Okay okay. . ." He says, JUST as he leans against the wall, activating a trap door below them. With shock, Syaoran releases his tight grip on Demidevimon, causing him to fly off safely. The two males fall to the same area where Hikari and Sakura were currently being held. With a faint voice, Demi yells out to them, "SUCKERS!!!!" He flies away chuckling at how smart he was.

        Takeru and Syaoran sprawl on the ground as they land hard. Hikari gasps as Sakura yells out. "Shaoran-kun!"

        Dragomon quickly signals his helpers to shackle the two males and they do so.

        Syaoran shakes his head as the ringing finally leaves. Looking up, he sees Sakura staring straight at him, a room's length apart. "Sa. . . Sakura-chan??" He mutters softly but enough for her to hear.

        With tears cascading down her face, she nods. "Shaoran-kun. . ."

        He struggles to get off of the shackles until he notices Dragomon standing near them, chuckling softly. "What do you want with us?!" Syaoran exclaims with anger.

        Takeru had too regained his consciousness. "What's going on?! I know you spoke of some prophecy but I refuse to help you!"

        Dragomon chuckles at their naïveness. "You boys are fools. You will have NO choice but to agree with our terms. Now I think that I have a story to start."

        Hikari looks up, staring straight at Takeru. He smiles at her and mouths quietly. 'I promise that I will get you out safely."

        With tears brimming in her eyes, she nods, not knowing how to respond to such a comment.

        Syaoran glares at Dragomon. "Just tell us already and stop stalling." He smiles back at Syaoran.

        "I'd be more than HAPPY to start the story. As two of our five heroes have said before, I indeed plan on bringing back one of your most horrific enemies, namely Takeru's." He turns to Takeru. "I'm sure he'll be OVER joyed to see that you're one of the people that have resurrected him, especially since you were the one who defeated him."

        Takeru starts to shudder in fear. "D. . . Don't bring him back. Especially not him." He thinks in horror as he recalls that first battle. That first battle where he saw his digimon "die" in front of his eyes.

        Hikari starts to cry even more. "Why are you doing this?!"

        Dragomon rolls his eyes. "Dear girl. Why would ANYONE want to resurrect an important enemy? To get revenge." Dragomon's eyes start to glow red as his voice increases. "I have forever been watching you irritating digidestined! All your horrible wins against every digimon thrown at you. . ." He laughs as he reaches this point. "But as said once. Karma comes around and you get a piece of your own medicine."

        Syaoran turns to Dragomon with an annoyed face. "Do you REALLY expect to win? It's also said that good always triumphs over evil."

        Dragomon laughs. "With a fool proof plan, there is NO way you can win!"

        Sakura looks up from her spot, "You still haven't explained something. . ." She says, finally finding her voice. "Why are we here? Weren't we in the dark ocean?"

        Dragomon turns to the emerald eyed female with an amused face. "Yes, I was getting to that. You recall entering the Dark Ocean and then suddenly being here, where Devimon used to dwell. It is quite obvious. Devimon's lair was the nearest to a portal residing near the Dark Ocean. It is rather easy to miss and some digimon travel between the both worlds without knowing. Unfortunately, some digimon have gotten stuck in the Dark Ocean, not knowing where to go to return. I being one of them, finally found my way and heard a voice from Devimon, promising me that I would live peacefully. That is until the day you arrogant children defeated him! Every digimon was scared and it was each man for himself! I regret killing half the digimon that I did. . . And THAT is my revenge. I WILL avenge their death by resurrecting a digimon that you fear and watching him destroy you. . . PIECE BY PIECE!" Dragomon ends with a huge grin on his face.

        Takeru glares at him. "You won't succeed!"

        "Ahh. . . Dear boy. . . I have ALREADY succeeded. You irritating children just don't understand the meaning of defeat, do you?"

        Hikari thinks of something. "But. . . You allowed my brother to come through. . . What do you need him for??"

        Dragomon chuckles, "I'm extremely happy you asked that. It's a simple explanation but. . . Wouldn't you rather see it happen yourself?"

        Hikari scrunches her face in confusion. 'What could he want with Taichi??' She thinks to herself.

        "Well, you won't have to wait long. . . Here he comes. . ." Dragomon says JUST when the door to the room bursts open, revealing a panting Taichi, Angewomon, and Patamon.

        "Let them go, Dragomon!" Taichi yells.

        Dragomon sighs. "The predictability of you pathetic humans. . . It's a wonder how you defeated many of the most powerful digimon to roam the world. . . Well, not this digimon." With a stomp against the ground, Taichi feels himself rooted to the floor.

        "Huh?" He looks down and sees shackles attaching him to the floor. "What's going on here?!" He turns around to look at Angewomon and Patamon and finds them already fighting against some digimon. "What do you want with me??" He glares at Dragomon.

        "You will see. . ."

        Hikari's eyes fill with tears once again. "Taichi!! No. . . Let him go Dragomon!! I'll cooperate. . Just let him go!"

        Dragomon grins, "Ohh. . I see that one female will cooperate. . . How about the rest of you??"

        Takeru turns to Hikari and closes his eyes as he decides. "I'm helping. . . Just don't harm him."

        Sakura looks down as she thinks of what she would do if it was her own brother, "I'll cooperate too. . . I would never want my brother to be hurt. . .No matter how annoying they are. . ."

        Syaoran glares at Dragomon, "You may have us helping you, but this was NOT out of our true will. . ."

        Dragomon chuckles. "I'm glad I got you all to cooperate. . But don't worry, sweet Hikari, your brother won't be harmed. . . Much. . ." With another stomp, Taichi was dragged forward.

        "Wahah. . Hey!!" He says, his body shaking by the sudden move.

        "Wah. . No! Taichi!!" Hikari exclaims in surprise. "You promised!"

        Dragomon shakes a finger from side to side. "On the contrary, I said nothing about him being hurt relating to you cooperating with me. You just assumed that they were connected. But really, Hikari, you're in good company. Now. . . All you of you agreed to cooperate and you can't go back on your word."

        Takeru glares at Dragomon. "That was a LOUSY trick!! Besides. . . How are WE supposed to know how our powers work when we just discovered we had them?"

        "Ahh. . . But you HAVEN'T just discovered them. . . You two digidestined have known about it since you were eight, the days in which you first activated your crests. . . And you humans from another world, you have known about it since you first received your magical powers. . . THOSE are your powers. . ."

        Taichi growls at Dragomon, struggling as he tried to take the shackles off. Dragomon shakes his head, "I guess I'll have to get you shackled up more. . ." Stomping his foot, more shackles appear that grab onto Taichi's hands.

        "What do you want with me?!" Taichi yells angrily.

        "It's quite easy. But what's the fun in telling you??" Dragomon grins. "Let's begin. . ." Taichi stops in the middle of the circle. Closing his eyes, Dragomon starts to glow a dark blue. "Starting from the beginning, I call upon the powers of Chosen Four. With Hope! I hope for the future to come with his appearance!"

        With a clenched fist, Takeru closes his eyes, starting to glow a light gold. Hikari looks on with tears in her eyes. "Takeru. . ."

        "With Truth! For the truth that evil will prevail over good!!"

        Syaoran looks down, not wanting to face Sakura. He closes his eyes as Takeru did and starts to glow a dark green. Sakura couldn't stand to see him like this. "Shaoran!"

        "With Light! The was downfall for evil now to aid in your resurrection!"

        Hikari shakes her head. "I'm so sorry, nii-san. . ." She mumbles beneath her breath. Her body starts to glow a pink as before. Taichi stares at her. "Hikari, no. . ."

        "With Heart! The true aid in this as my heart beats, knowing the beginning is soon to be here!"

        Sakura clenches her fist tightly, her body shaking. Closing her eyes, her body glows a pink too. Taichi shakes his head. "No! What are you doing?!" He yells at Dragomon. He looks at the door to see Patamon, Agumon, and Gatomon on the floor, beaten. "Is there no more hope??" He mutters.

        Dragomon's eyes open suddenly. "Come to life again!! With the combination of these four powers, RETURN TO LIFE DEVIMON!!!"

        Taichi's eyes fire up. "No. . . There will ALWAYS be hope when good exists! You'll never win Dragomon!"

        Dragomon chuckles as he lifts up his hands. "AND RESIDE IN THE BODY I OFFER YOU!!! The leader of the Digidestined!!"

        Taichi's eyes snap open, "What?!"

        Suddenly the four bodies around him start to glow even more and their energy pulsated up to the sky. The energy combines together at the top and pulsate down to Taichi, him in the middle of the energy combination.

        Taichi couldn't take the pain and screams. "ALWAYS REMEMBER!!!! GOOD OVER EVIL!!!" Were his last words as he quiets down. As the energy dimmed away, Taichi was revealed slightly looking dead. Nothing seemed to be affected physically but just looking at him, something seemed off.

        Dragomon grins as he watches everyone's auras disappear and themselves being drained of energy completely. "Ahh. . . It's done. . . Welcome, master."

        Taichi's eyes snap open and instead of the normal soft brown eyes, they were dark red. "It's great to be back. And now, the world will tremble. . ." He chuckles as he breaks out the shackles easily. "For Devimon is back!"

To Be Continued. . .

Yay yay yay!!!!!! ^_^ A LONG CHAPTER FOR ONCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I so hope you guys like it. . Took me a while, I know. . Which I'm REALLY sorry for. . . But I hope I made it all up by writing up this REALLY long and REALLY er. . . Interesting chapter. . . ^_^ Yup. . . Next chapter should be the LAST and FINAL battle. . . Review!!!!! Maybe I might come out with it sooner, huh?