Yesh, I am back for now! Sorry about taking so long with this, but my computer broke and even though I had chapter six ready, I had no means of putting it up. -_-() But here it is, along with chapter seven! YAY! So, once again, sorry and enjoy!

Yamato blinked his eyes open. Shit, did his head hurt. Managing to sit up, he groaned as he rubbed his temporal lobe. "Yamato?" He turned to where the voice had come from, and found Sora lying in the bed next to him.

"Sora?"

"It happened to you too, didn't it?" His eyes widened a bit.

"The chill? And then passing out?" She nodded. He growled and clenched his fist, "Something is definitely going on here...and I really don't like it."

"Someone's in danger. That's what that was." Yamato nodded his head in agreement.

"But the question is who?"

******

It took awhile for Hikari to regain her senses. When she finally awoke, she saw the dark-haired child looking down on her in concern. She gasped, and sat up fully. "You...saved me?" A nod was the only response. "Who are you?" The girl looked like she was going to say something, but nothing came from her lips. "What is your name?" A hand reached over and touched her forehead gently.

~I am the child of light.~ Hikari looked at her in suprise.

"You're the child of light?"

~Yes. Despite appearances, I hold the key to the realm of light.~

"Realm of light?"

~You are in the realm of light and darkness, where the two meet. I am keeper of the realm of light. She is the keeper of darkness.~

"She? You mean the other girl?" The child of light nodded.

~I desperately need your help, Hikari...unfortunately, that boy...he drained you of your power.~

"What? Ichijouji-kun...what?"

~Look at your crest.~ Reaching into her pocket, and pulling out the crest of light, she stared in shock. No longer was it shining a bright pink, but rather, it was now a dull brown.

"How can I get my power back?"

~I am not sure. You could try getting one of the other light bearers to aid you.~

"Light bearers?" She thought for a moment. "You mean the other chosen ones?"

~Not all of them. Unfortunately, some of them have been taken. The child of darkness has their hearts.~

"She has their hearts? How can that be?"

~The hearts of the chosen are strong, however easily vulnerable because of how pure they are. She has the power to remove all sense of one's heart with her creation the dark spore.~

"Dark spore...it must be the same kind Ichijouji-kun had...she's the creator of them?" Hikari looked dispondent. What was she going to do?

~You must go back to your realm, and find another light bearer. One of them can recharge your crest. However, you must hold onto it at all costs. The moment you lose your crest, is the moment she can implant a dark spore in you. All it takes is one second...and they are more powerful then ever now that the number of hosts is growing...~

"The number of hosts is growing? Do you mean to tell me more people have dark spores in them?!" A portal slowly opened behind her, and Hikari gasped.

~Quickly now, you can stop him. Before it's too late, stop that boy. I believe in you. I wouldn't have called for you if I didn't. Now please go, and recharge your crest. You are essential to ending this all...~ Hikari was pulled into the gate, and moments later found herself on the floor in her bedroom.

******

"Stay away!" Takeru growled, and pushed Ken away from him. "Ichijouji-kun, I mean it, I'll..."

"You'll what? Hurt me? Are you capable of it, Takeru?" The younger boy found his arms restrained somehow. Suprised, he turned his head to the side.

"Jyou-sempai?!"

"It'll be fine soon, Takeru."

"Don't worry about it. You'll be one of us..." Taichi smirked, and patted the younger boy on the head.

"Taichi-san...you too?"

"Of course. The whole good guy thing is so overrated..." He reached into Takeru's pocket, and pulled out his crest. Takeru's eyes widened. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain running throughout his body as Jyou held him.

"I...won't...give in!!!" He screamed, fighting desperately, but the pain was too much. His eyes slowly closed, and he slumped foward.

"Excellent. We have all the pawns we need to begin." Ken smirked. "It's perfect...the children of light will fall to their knees." Jyou and Taichi nodded in agreement, and the child of darkness appeared. Making her way over to Takeru's limp form, she grinned,

"Perfect." Gracefully stroking the back of his neck, a bar code of markings appeared. Takeru wearily opened his eyes.

"Takeru, daijoubu ka..."

"Hai..." He shook his head a bit, and raised it to look at the others. "I need a moment to pull myself together."

"Don't worry, it took us all a little bit of time."

"I'm ok though. Just anxiously awaiting to hear the children of light scream..." A cynical smile tweeked at the edge of Takeru's lips, and the others laughed in agreement.

"Now that I have the perfect team, let's say we go kill the light bearers, shall we?"

"Sounds like a splendid idea..."

******

Miyako's D-terminal was beeping like crazy. "Ok, ok, I'm coming!" Grumbling, she snatched it up. It took her a couple minutes to read all of the messages she had missed. "HOLY SHIT HOW DID I MISS ALL OF THIS?!"

"It's because you've been so insistent on finding Ken-san." Iori provided. "I tried to tell you, but..."

"ARGH! How am I going to fix this?!" The phone rang, and she rushed to pick it up. "Whoever you are, tell me you have good news."

"Miyako-chan, I need your help." Miyako blinked, and recognizing the voice responded,

"Hikari-chan?! I got a message saying you were missing!"

"I was in another realm. With Ichijouji-kun. But we have to hurry, we need to stop him before he gets to the others!"

"Wh-wh-what? Stop him from what?"

"The dark spore has been reactivated." Miyako gasped, and for a moment, couldn't say anything. Hikari continued, "Apparently, he's attaining new hosts as well." Clenching her fists with resolve, without hesitation she asked,

"What do you need me to do?"

******

Yamato waited until the nurses had finally left the large room. The sheets were drawn separating him and Sora. "Hey, Sora, do you have your clothes with you?"

"Yes, they're in the suitcase under my bed. Mom dropped some off."

"Get changed, now." He heard the rustle of sheets by her, and quickly reached for his own clothes. As soon as he was done changing, the curtain pulled back, and Sora was dressed and ready to go. Yamato looked to make sure the nurses were gone for everyone else, then waved for Sora to follow. They waited a moment, and then walked non-chalantly out of the room. They mock casually talked, until a doctor yelled,

"Hey! Stop those two! They're my patients!" Exchanging looks, he commanded,

"Split up!" and dashed to the right, while she kept running straight. Yamato rounded the corner, and flew down the hall to the end near where the elevator was. He pressed the down button for it to stop on the current floor, and then dashed up the stairs. By the time the staff in pursuit reached the elevator, the doors were shutting, and they all rushed down the stairs to try and catch him. Yamato watched them all run downstairs, then followed after as quietly as he could manage. While the staff was waiting by the elevator, he ran right past them out the front doors to freedom.

Meanwhile, Sora had chosen to duck into a patient's room. It had looked empty, and she closed and locked the door behind her.

"Um, may I help you?" She spun around to see a girl in a wheelchair in the far corner.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, I thought this room was empty! Please let me stay here just for a moment."

"What are you running from?"

"The hospital staff." The girl grinned.

"Try the fire escape. I'll cover for you."

"Thank you so much! I owe you big time." As she began to climb out the window, she stopped, "what's your name?" The brunette, who had chunks of light brown and blonde streaks in her hair replied,

"It's Mara. And keep hold of your um, crest thing. It will save you."

"Excuse me?" The running began to come closer, and Mara scolded,

"Hurry up, and just remember what I said!"

"But how-"

"Just go!" Sora hesitated, but then descended down the fire escape. Landing on the ground, she reached a hand into her pocket and pulled out her crest. "How did she know I grabbed this?" Shaking it off, she hurriedly pushed it back in. As she ran off, she decided she needed to tell Taichi about what she had just heard.

******

Miyako was pacing in her room on the phone. "Mimi-san, come on, come on, pick up!" When there was no answer, she hung up and quickly dialed her cell phone. "Man, I'm gonna get killed for this phone bill…" Still nothing. "Kuso! Where could she be at a time like this?!"

"Miyako-san, please calm down."

"Sorry, Iori, I'm getting frustrated…what if while I'm staying here trying to get a hold of Mimi-san something else happens?"

"Hikari-san asked you to stay here, so you should really…"

"Kuso! My damn computer program still isn't working!!!" Iori blinked, in the second he had begun to speak, Miyako had shot off into her room. She was ferociously 'fixing' her computer by repeatedly kicking it over and over again, "Work, damnit, WORK!"

"Miyako-san, I don't really think that will help..." Iori winced.

"IT-HAS-TO!!!" The computer beeped, and suddenly, a flash appeared on a map on the monitor. Miyako and Ioris' jaws dropped. "IT WORKED!" She quickly dialed Koushiro's number. "Wait until Izumi-sempai hears this, he'll be thrilled I got it to work!" As she waited, her face began to slacken its grin. "Now he's missing too?" Hanging up the phone, she turned to Iori. "Can you stay here and watch the tracker? So when Hikari-chan calls at least someone can give her a heads up?" He nodded,

"I will, but please be careful."

"Don't worry, I will." She grabbed her jacket and dashed out the door. Iori took the cordless and sat it by the computer, then hopped into the desk chair, watching the monitor. The dot seemed to be moving in this direction, but at a rather slow rate. There was another approaching Hikari's direction, and the rest of the dots were stationary there.

"This is interesting…more and more dots are gathering by Hikari-san's…I wonder…" Iori picked up the phone and dialed Hikari's number.

"Moshi-moshi, Hikari desu."

"Hikari-san, who's there with you?"

"Yamato-san and Sora-san, why?"

"Because it says you have digivices in your vicinity."

"Miyako-chan got the program to work?!"

"Just a few moments ago. She went to get Izumi-sempai."

"Alright, we'll be expecting them. Any sign of Ichijouji-kun?"

"There's one dot heading this way and one heading towards you. I don't know which one is which."

"We'll be on the look-out. Call me if anything else comes up."

"I will." After hanging up the phone, Iori watched the screen intently. "Although this is pretty boring…"