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DD: *Looks at reviews* ONLY 5?? What do you guys think I am?! Oh wait, don't answer that ~_~ Anyway, I've had enough of these pathetic little dwindles that you call 'reviews'. This time, I demand that there be AT LEAST 10 reviews before the next chapter goes up, so there -_-
A/N: Before I begin with this chapter, I know I should of said this last chapter, but I forgot. There's this phrase that came into my head as I was typing the last chapter; 'Darkness is the absence of Light'. Remember that if you please.
Split Personalities
"What's going on Gatomon?" Kari asked, turning to face the her partner, only to find that she wasn't there. "Gatomon?" She looked around the beach, panicking. "Where'd you go?" A dark figure appeared infront of her. It wasn't very tall, and it had a human-like appearance with yellow eyes. It was one of the creatures that first took her to the Dark Ocean in the first place.
"You've come back to us, Kari..." it said. It's voice was cold and expressionless.
"What do you want? We destroyed you four years ago!" Kari pointed out to the creature. (A/N: I'm thinking of writing a fic that ties up the whole Dark Ocean scenario. I haven't started it yet, 'cause it's still in planning!)
"Ah, that's what you thought..." it replied to this statement. All the other creatures appeared behind him. "As you can see, all digimon are reconfigured." Kari's eyes widened.
"Does that mean that..." she looked up in mid-sentence and saw what she was most dreading...Dragomon; the Dark Undersea Master.
"Not you again!" Kari said to herself, she wanted all this to disappear, as if it was all just a nightmare, but it wasn't.
"Kari..." it rasped. "Once again the darkness has come for you. Do not fight it, for no matter what you do, it will win."
"No it won't!" Kari yelled defiantly. "I won't let it!"
"You don't have to let it." Kari stared at the creature when it said this. "You already have..."
"Huh?" Kari was trying to figure out what Dragomon had meant, but before she could she was sent into a sleep-like trance. Her head fell limp on her shoulders, and her eyes shut lightly.
"Now, child, you will become one with Darkness..." Dragomon rasped quietly. Kari slowly opened her eyes seconds later...
* * *
Meanwhile, Gabby was still trying to wake TK.
"Hey, com'on, this isn't funny anymore, please, WAKE UP!!" she yelled, shaking him roughly. She finally decided to hold her hand to his head. "Wow, he's burning up!" she said, surprised. 'And I'm not even sure if it's a fever, it's not really too cold or too hot in here! Wait a minute, I bet Psymon's behind this!' She looked around the room, seeing if he was already there, but there was nothing. "PSYMON!!" Gabby cried out, her echo being heard all around her. "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Psymon appeared in the room seconds later.
"Yes?" he asked innocently.
"What have you done to TK?" Gabby asked angrily.
"For once, this wasn't my doing." Psymon replied honestly.
"What do you mean?" Gabby asked curiously.
"I mean, in the grand scheme of things, would you expect me to do something like this to your friend, compared to what I've already done?" Psymon asked, looking down at TK. Gabby looked at the blond seconds afterwards.
"What's wrong with him then?" the brunette asked worriedly.
"Hope is fighting against Despair." Psymon said simply. "I know that Despair almost took him over again, and right now, Hope and Despair are fighting for supremacy."
"Wait a minute! Why are you telling me this? I thought you hate us!"
"As much as I hate all you idiotic digidestined, I want to be the one who finishes you off, not a case of 'good versus evil' in someone's mind."
"So, you mean that TK's not going to wake up until it's over?"
"Yes, that is the case, but, I can speed things up for you." Psymon said coolly.
"How?"
"As much as I hate to say it, this time I'm helping you, but don't think this is a sign of weakening, I'll finish you off later." He walked over to TK and held out his hand over him. His hand glowed slightly, and seconds later, TK's body began to glow a soft light too. Roughly 15 seconds after that, the light died down. "There, give him a few minutes and he'll be fine." With that, Psymon disappeared. Gabby looked back down at TK, who was lying there, lifeless. 'Great, I bet Psymon made him evil again instead of helping him!' she thought, realising who she had just trusted. 'Oh well, if he did then I'll just have to help him out again!'
* * *
Kari opened her eyes slowly. She looked up at Dragomon, her eyes lifeless and cold.
"Welcome back child." it greeted happily.
"Good to be back." Kari said, smirking. "What would you like me to do?"
"There's a little errand I would like you to run for me, I think you know what I'm talking about."
"Yeah, but aren't I missing something?" Kari asked, admiring her new Crest of Darkness.
"It's already taken care of, Kari." Dragomon replied simply. Two more dark creatures arrived into the Dark Ocean, each one holding each arm of Gatomon's.
"How many times do I have to tell you! Let me go!" she cried at the two creatures. They promptly dropped her onto the ground, where she landed on the ground perfectly. "Thankyou." she said snobbily to the creatures. She looked up from where she landed and saw Kari looking at her. "Kari, you're alright!" she cried as she ran up to her. "You just disappeared and I couldn't find you anywhere, then those two creeps turned up and took me here!" She stopped and noticed the cold look in her eyes. "Kari?" Kari's D- 3 and Crest began to glow with a dark energy. Gatomon suddenly also to glow with that same energy. 10 seconds later, it stopped, and in Gatomon's place was her dark equivalent, BlackGatomon.
"Is that alright?" Dragomon asked Kari. She looked up at the huge digimon, then looked back down at BlackGatomon.
"Yes, this is perfect."
* * *
TK slowly opened his eyes. Everything was a blur to him. 'Where am I? What's going on?' he asked himself weakly. When everything came into focus, he saw Gabby by him.
"Welcome back TK." she said happily. "I thought you'd gone for a minute there." TK sat up and looked around himself.
"What do you mean, 'gone'?" he asked curiously.
"I didn't mean 'gone', gone, I meant- oh, forget it, 'kay?"
"Yeah, sure." he looked around the room again. "What happened anyway?"
"Well, that's kinda hard to explain...y'see, after you fainted, I asked Psymon what he'd done to you, but the thing is, he wasn't behind it. He said it was something to do with Hope versus Despair."
"What did he mean by that?" TK asked suddenly.
"I'm not sure! He said something about them fighting for supremacy!" TK started to feel scared.
"So, that means that my dark side could take over at any time?" he asked worriedly.
"Well, that's the rest of the story. When Psymon told me what was going on, he also said that he would help out. He used his psychic power on you and said that you would be alright in a few minutes, and now you're fine!"
"Oh, right." TK paused for a minute. "Gabby?"
"Yeah?"
"If Psymon was the one who supposedly 'helped' me, then in that case, he could of done anything to me!"
"I know, but when you think about it, I didn't really have a choice, did I?" TK looked at the girl.
"I guess so..." he said weakly. "But, if he did do something to me, then, what would he have done?"
"Good question."
* * *
"We've been walking for ages, can't we take a break?" Yolei asked irritably.
"Not until we find some trace of Gabby OR TK!" Alysha shot back harshly.
"Well, how about we split into groups then? At least then we can rest when we feel like it!" Alysha thought for a moment.
"Well, I guess we would be able to cover more ground by splitting up. And we could keep in contact by using the D-Terminals."
"So who's with who?" Ken asked.
"Well, we'll have to split up into one group of two and one group of three, 'cause there's only five of us!" Davis noted.
"Make that six!" The digidestined turned around and saw Kari standing there.
"Kari, it's about time you showed up, we've been looking all over for you before we came to the Digital World!" Ken said, relieved to see his friend.
"Well, you've found me, or more like, I've found you." she said coldly.
"Kari, you don't normally sound like that!" Davis pointed out. "What's up?"
"Nothing's wrong..." Kari said innocently. BlackGatomon appeared from behind her. "in fact, I've never felt better!" The digidestined gasped when they saw BlackGatomon.
"Wow! What happened to Gatomon?" Davis asked, stunned.
"That's not Gatomon Davis, that's her dark form, BlackGatomon." Ken said to the goggle-head. "We fought her three years ago when Psymon created dark copies of our Digimon!"
"Oh yeah, I remember you!" Davis said, realising that he had already met that digimon. "So what have you done to Gatomon?" he asked aggressively.
"Isn't it obvious?" Kari asked simply. "She IS Gatomon!"
"No way!" Davis said, astonished at the fact that Kari wasn't bothered by this. He looked up and saw her Crest of Darkness. "Hey, isn't that an Anti-Crest?"
"Gee, you're quick aren't you Sherlock!" Kari said sarcastically. "Well figure this out! BlackGatomon, ATTACK!!" she cried as she commanded BlackGatomon into battle. Dark energy surrounded the feline digimon.
"BlackGatomon digivolve to...Ladydevimon!"
"Wow! Ladydevimon?" Yolei gasped when she saw the evil digimon.
"Well, who wants to take me on first?" Ladydevimon taunted the other digimon.
"Me!" Veemon yelled out. "Davis, you ready?"
"Yeah!"
"Veemon digivolve to...Exveemon!"
"V-Laser!" Exveemon attack Ladydevimon as soon as he had digivolved. She dodged the attack easily.
"Is that the best you can do?" Ladydevimon taunted Exveemon again. Time after time he tried to hit her with his most powerful attacks, but everytime she dodged out of the way with ease.
"Exveemon, if you want to win then first you gotta hit her!" Davis cried out the large blue digimon.
"If we want to win then first we have to DNA digivolve!" Ken corrected. "You ready, Wormmon?"
"Yeah!"
"Wormmon digivolve to...Stingmon!"
"Spiking Strike!"
"V-Laser!"
They tried to hit Ladydevimon together, but still, she dodged the attacks as if they were travelling at 5 miles per hour. Everything seemed to stand still. Exveemon and Stingmon stopped attacking, and Ladydevimon stopped moving. She had a malicious smirk on her face, and she was laughing to herself.
"What's up with you?" Exveemon asked her. She stopped laughing and looked down at Kari.
"Very soon..." she said mysteriously.
"Huh? What's she talking about?" Stingmon wondered. Suddenly, the two of them began to glow, and soon afterwards, dedigivolved.
"What happened?" Davis asked, confused. Kari stepped forward as Ladydevimon flew to her side.
"You really are stupid, aren't you?" she mocked. "'It's just like the old saying goes; 'Darkness is the absence of Light'. Good digimon can only digivolve by using the power of Light, but evil digimon thrive on Darkness. So, y'see, I have the advantage here."
"So how are we supposed to fight her?" Ken asked Davis. "If we can't digivolve for long, and she can dark digivolve for as long as she wants to, then we don't stand much of a chance!"
"I know!" Davis answered back. 'How are we supposed to defeat her, she's our best friend!' he thought. 'Sure, we fought Ladydevimon originally, but I never really figured that it was Gatomon there really!' Kari walked forward towards Davis. When she stopped she lifted his head up by holding his chin lightly between her thumb and finger.
"Well, it's been nice seeing you again, Davis." she said quietly. Suddenly, she hit him in the face with her other fist. He fell backwards to the ground, and held his cheek. Kari waved at him like a little girl. "See ya." She walked off to Ladydevimon. The digimon held on to Kari and flew off out of sight. Ken walked up to Davis and held out his hand to him.
"You OK?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Davis replied, taking his hand and getting up.
"I think everything's beginning to repeat itself." Yolei commented.
"I'll say." Alysha commented. She looked into the sky where Kari and Ladydevimon disappeared. 'This isn't good,' she thought worriedly. 'our group is getting smaller, now we're only down to five! How are we going to find Gabby and TK and get Kari back?' The digidestined were silent after the events.
* * *
TK and Gabby were sat silently, waiting for some kind of sign that proved Psymon had done something to TK, not knowing what it would be.
"Gabby, are you even sure that Psymon did something to me?" TK asked curiously. "I mean, what if he didn't? We could be here for ages waiting for something that will never happen!"
"Oh, right." Gabby replied, looking down at the ground for a second. When she looked up a few seconds later, she saw TK begin to flicker slightly (A/N: Kind of like Kari before she went to the Dark Ocean)! "TK, what's happening to you?" she asked worriedly, looking at him. TK looked at his hands, and saw that they were flickering too!
"Wha-?" Suddenly, it felt like TK was being ripped in two. He was being ripped into two completely different people. It was agony for TK, he held his eyes closed tightly, wishing that all the pain would go away, and after roughly ten seconds, it did. TK fell to the floor from his sitting position, gasping for breath. Gabby just sat there and stared. 'What happened?' TK thought weakly. His body still ached, but he slowly opened his eyes and painfully got up. He looked at Gabby, and saw that she was staring at something to his right. 'What's up with Gabby?' he thought curiously. He looked to his right, and saw something that made him want yell in surprise.
Himself.
He looked exactly like TK, except for his clothes, his malicious smirk and lifeless eyes. His clothes were the same as TK's, except that they were different shades of grey.
"Who are you?!" TK asked suddenly. The other TK stared at him, and scowled.
"I am your Despair, of course." he said aggressively.
"But...how did you - and me -" The dark TK smirked.
"I'm afraid not even I know that." he explained. "And before you patronise me by calling me your name, let me tell you that from now on, I am Takeru, not your stupid nickname, 'TK'."
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with my name!" TK answered back angrily, standing up. "At least I'm not a copy who is shadowed by everyone else!"
"HOW DARE YOU!!" Takeru yelled, also standing up. They stood there, face to face, Gabby staring at both of them, a look of utter confusion in her face. Suddenly, Takeru lunged at TK, knocking him to the ground. TK countered by kicking him in the stomach and throwing him off him. Gabby stood up and ran up to them.
"TK, stop it!" she cried. "You're better than that!" TK was lying on the ground, recovering from that tackle. He stood up and walked over to Gabby.
"I'm sorry Gabby." he apologised. "I didn't have a choice! He attacked me first!"
"It's OK, TK, I know you wouldn't do anything like that without a reason." While they were talking, Takeru had got up and was walking towards TK. Gabby saw him. "TK, LOOK OUT!!" she screamed. Takeru flung himself at TK, and once again knocked him to the ground, following with a punch in the stomach. Takeru stayed where he was, pinning TK to the ground, continuously punching him in the face, stomach and arms. 'That's it, I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!' Gabby thought angrily. She ran over to them and grabbed Takeru's arm as he was about to hit TK again. He turned around to see her standing there for a brief second, then she hit him in the face so powerfully that it sent him flying to the floor, knocking him out instantly. She looked at him lying on the floor for a brief moment, then walked over and knelt beside TK, who was also lying on the ground, barely conscious, gasping for breath, parts of his face smeared in blood. "TK, are you alright?" she asked worriedly. TK partially opened his eyes and smiled.
"I'm OK." he replied, his voice shaking slightly. Gabby helped him up, and he looked at Takeru.
"Is he OK?" TK asked, looking at his evil double.
"He will be, he just needs to cool off." Gabby replied, grinning.
"So, what happened with him anyway?" TK wondered. "Stuff like that doesn't happen everyday!"
"I know, I think I know who's behind this." Gabby said confidently. TK caught on to what she was thinking.
"You wanna call him? You're the loudest one here!"
"Thankyou, I'll take that as a compliment." she cleared her throat, and got ready to yell. "PSSSYYYMMOOONNN!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. TK covered his ears, for fear that he would lose his hearing. A few seconds later, the psychic digimon appeared.
"Yes?" he asked lazily. "Please make this quick, I'm a very busy evil genius."
"What did you do to me?" TK asked angrily. He looked over at Takeru. "And what's HE all about?!"
"The answer is simple." Psymon answered matter-of-factly. "When you were unconscious, I helped you out by making it so that your side of Despair would separate from you, you'll never become him again."
"But why did I have to go through all that pain back then?!" TK shot back. "I felt like I was being ripped in two!"
"That could not be avoided." Psymon replied calmly. "If I didn't make you split into two forms, then eventually Despair would have permanently taken over, and I know you wouldn't like that." He walked away slightly, then stopped. "In a way, you owe me big time!" He then teleported away. TK stood there for a few seconds, then turned to face Takeru.
"I owe him for not making me evil, but do I really owe him for HIM?!" he asked, looking at Takeru in complete disgust. "Gabby?"
"Yeah?"
"Was I ever that bad when I was evil?"
"Well, you've been better!"
"Thanks a lot!" TK replied sarcastically.
So, what did you think? That bit about TK and Takeru was kind of based on the UK Sonic The Comic, when Sonic gets split into Sonic and Super Sonic. Razormon might know what I mean! And remember kiddies, at least 10 reviews, not 9, that's too low, nor will 8, as that is also too low. 11 is perfectly acceptable, as is 12. Err, sorry, I was thinking about the Holy Hand Grenade scene on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. @.@ I better take my medication, hehe! Oh well, until next time, see ya! ^_~
DD: *Looks at reviews* ONLY 5?? What do you guys think I am?! Oh wait, don't answer that ~_~ Anyway, I've had enough of these pathetic little dwindles that you call 'reviews'. This time, I demand that there be AT LEAST 10 reviews before the next chapter goes up, so there -_-
A/N: Before I begin with this chapter, I know I should of said this last chapter, but I forgot. There's this phrase that came into my head as I was typing the last chapter; 'Darkness is the absence of Light'. Remember that if you please.
Split Personalities
"What's going on Gatomon?" Kari asked, turning to face the her partner, only to find that she wasn't there. "Gatomon?" She looked around the beach, panicking. "Where'd you go?" A dark figure appeared infront of her. It wasn't very tall, and it had a human-like appearance with yellow eyes. It was one of the creatures that first took her to the Dark Ocean in the first place.
"You've come back to us, Kari..." it said. It's voice was cold and expressionless.
"What do you want? We destroyed you four years ago!" Kari pointed out to the creature. (A/N: I'm thinking of writing a fic that ties up the whole Dark Ocean scenario. I haven't started it yet, 'cause it's still in planning!)
"Ah, that's what you thought..." it replied to this statement. All the other creatures appeared behind him. "As you can see, all digimon are reconfigured." Kari's eyes widened.
"Does that mean that..." she looked up in mid-sentence and saw what she was most dreading...Dragomon; the Dark Undersea Master.
"Not you again!" Kari said to herself, she wanted all this to disappear, as if it was all just a nightmare, but it wasn't.
"Kari..." it rasped. "Once again the darkness has come for you. Do not fight it, for no matter what you do, it will win."
"No it won't!" Kari yelled defiantly. "I won't let it!"
"You don't have to let it." Kari stared at the creature when it said this. "You already have..."
"Huh?" Kari was trying to figure out what Dragomon had meant, but before she could she was sent into a sleep-like trance. Her head fell limp on her shoulders, and her eyes shut lightly.
"Now, child, you will become one with Darkness..." Dragomon rasped quietly. Kari slowly opened her eyes seconds later...
* * *
Meanwhile, Gabby was still trying to wake TK.
"Hey, com'on, this isn't funny anymore, please, WAKE UP!!" she yelled, shaking him roughly. She finally decided to hold her hand to his head. "Wow, he's burning up!" she said, surprised. 'And I'm not even sure if it's a fever, it's not really too cold or too hot in here! Wait a minute, I bet Psymon's behind this!' She looked around the room, seeing if he was already there, but there was nothing. "PSYMON!!" Gabby cried out, her echo being heard all around her. "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Psymon appeared in the room seconds later.
"Yes?" he asked innocently.
"What have you done to TK?" Gabby asked angrily.
"For once, this wasn't my doing." Psymon replied honestly.
"What do you mean?" Gabby asked curiously.
"I mean, in the grand scheme of things, would you expect me to do something like this to your friend, compared to what I've already done?" Psymon asked, looking down at TK. Gabby looked at the blond seconds afterwards.
"What's wrong with him then?" the brunette asked worriedly.
"Hope is fighting against Despair." Psymon said simply. "I know that Despair almost took him over again, and right now, Hope and Despair are fighting for supremacy."
"Wait a minute! Why are you telling me this? I thought you hate us!"
"As much as I hate all you idiotic digidestined, I want to be the one who finishes you off, not a case of 'good versus evil' in someone's mind."
"So, you mean that TK's not going to wake up until it's over?"
"Yes, that is the case, but, I can speed things up for you." Psymon said coolly.
"How?"
"As much as I hate to say it, this time I'm helping you, but don't think this is a sign of weakening, I'll finish you off later." He walked over to TK and held out his hand over him. His hand glowed slightly, and seconds later, TK's body began to glow a soft light too. Roughly 15 seconds after that, the light died down. "There, give him a few minutes and he'll be fine." With that, Psymon disappeared. Gabby looked back down at TK, who was lying there, lifeless. 'Great, I bet Psymon made him evil again instead of helping him!' she thought, realising who she had just trusted. 'Oh well, if he did then I'll just have to help him out again!'
* * *
Kari opened her eyes slowly. She looked up at Dragomon, her eyes lifeless and cold.
"Welcome back child." it greeted happily.
"Good to be back." Kari said, smirking. "What would you like me to do?"
"There's a little errand I would like you to run for me, I think you know what I'm talking about."
"Yeah, but aren't I missing something?" Kari asked, admiring her new Crest of Darkness.
"It's already taken care of, Kari." Dragomon replied simply. Two more dark creatures arrived into the Dark Ocean, each one holding each arm of Gatomon's.
"How many times do I have to tell you! Let me go!" she cried at the two creatures. They promptly dropped her onto the ground, where she landed on the ground perfectly. "Thankyou." she said snobbily to the creatures. She looked up from where she landed and saw Kari looking at her. "Kari, you're alright!" she cried as she ran up to her. "You just disappeared and I couldn't find you anywhere, then those two creeps turned up and took me here!" She stopped and noticed the cold look in her eyes. "Kari?" Kari's D- 3 and Crest began to glow with a dark energy. Gatomon suddenly also to glow with that same energy. 10 seconds later, it stopped, and in Gatomon's place was her dark equivalent, BlackGatomon.
"Is that alright?" Dragomon asked Kari. She looked up at the huge digimon, then looked back down at BlackGatomon.
"Yes, this is perfect."
* * *
TK slowly opened his eyes. Everything was a blur to him. 'Where am I? What's going on?' he asked himself weakly. When everything came into focus, he saw Gabby by him.
"Welcome back TK." she said happily. "I thought you'd gone for a minute there." TK sat up and looked around himself.
"What do you mean, 'gone'?" he asked curiously.
"I didn't mean 'gone', gone, I meant- oh, forget it, 'kay?"
"Yeah, sure." he looked around the room again. "What happened anyway?"
"Well, that's kinda hard to explain...y'see, after you fainted, I asked Psymon what he'd done to you, but the thing is, he wasn't behind it. He said it was something to do with Hope versus Despair."
"What did he mean by that?" TK asked suddenly.
"I'm not sure! He said something about them fighting for supremacy!" TK started to feel scared.
"So, that means that my dark side could take over at any time?" he asked worriedly.
"Well, that's the rest of the story. When Psymon told me what was going on, he also said that he would help out. He used his psychic power on you and said that you would be alright in a few minutes, and now you're fine!"
"Oh, right." TK paused for a minute. "Gabby?"
"Yeah?"
"If Psymon was the one who supposedly 'helped' me, then in that case, he could of done anything to me!"
"I know, but when you think about it, I didn't really have a choice, did I?" TK looked at the girl.
"I guess so..." he said weakly. "But, if he did do something to me, then, what would he have done?"
"Good question."
* * *
"We've been walking for ages, can't we take a break?" Yolei asked irritably.
"Not until we find some trace of Gabby OR TK!" Alysha shot back harshly.
"Well, how about we split into groups then? At least then we can rest when we feel like it!" Alysha thought for a moment.
"Well, I guess we would be able to cover more ground by splitting up. And we could keep in contact by using the D-Terminals."
"So who's with who?" Ken asked.
"Well, we'll have to split up into one group of two and one group of three, 'cause there's only five of us!" Davis noted.
"Make that six!" The digidestined turned around and saw Kari standing there.
"Kari, it's about time you showed up, we've been looking all over for you before we came to the Digital World!" Ken said, relieved to see his friend.
"Well, you've found me, or more like, I've found you." she said coldly.
"Kari, you don't normally sound like that!" Davis pointed out. "What's up?"
"Nothing's wrong..." Kari said innocently. BlackGatomon appeared from behind her. "in fact, I've never felt better!" The digidestined gasped when they saw BlackGatomon.
"Wow! What happened to Gatomon?" Davis asked, stunned.
"That's not Gatomon Davis, that's her dark form, BlackGatomon." Ken said to the goggle-head. "We fought her three years ago when Psymon created dark copies of our Digimon!"
"Oh yeah, I remember you!" Davis said, realising that he had already met that digimon. "So what have you done to Gatomon?" he asked aggressively.
"Isn't it obvious?" Kari asked simply. "She IS Gatomon!"
"No way!" Davis said, astonished at the fact that Kari wasn't bothered by this. He looked up and saw her Crest of Darkness. "Hey, isn't that an Anti-Crest?"
"Gee, you're quick aren't you Sherlock!" Kari said sarcastically. "Well figure this out! BlackGatomon, ATTACK!!" she cried as she commanded BlackGatomon into battle. Dark energy surrounded the feline digimon.
"BlackGatomon digivolve to...Ladydevimon!"
"Wow! Ladydevimon?" Yolei gasped when she saw the evil digimon.
"Well, who wants to take me on first?" Ladydevimon taunted the other digimon.
"Me!" Veemon yelled out. "Davis, you ready?"
"Yeah!"
"Veemon digivolve to...Exveemon!"
"V-Laser!" Exveemon attack Ladydevimon as soon as he had digivolved. She dodged the attack easily.
"Is that the best you can do?" Ladydevimon taunted Exveemon again. Time after time he tried to hit her with his most powerful attacks, but everytime she dodged out of the way with ease.
"Exveemon, if you want to win then first you gotta hit her!" Davis cried out the large blue digimon.
"If we want to win then first we have to DNA digivolve!" Ken corrected. "You ready, Wormmon?"
"Yeah!"
"Wormmon digivolve to...Stingmon!"
"Spiking Strike!"
"V-Laser!"
They tried to hit Ladydevimon together, but still, she dodged the attacks as if they were travelling at 5 miles per hour. Everything seemed to stand still. Exveemon and Stingmon stopped attacking, and Ladydevimon stopped moving. She had a malicious smirk on her face, and she was laughing to herself.
"What's up with you?" Exveemon asked her. She stopped laughing and looked down at Kari.
"Very soon..." she said mysteriously.
"Huh? What's she talking about?" Stingmon wondered. Suddenly, the two of them began to glow, and soon afterwards, dedigivolved.
"What happened?" Davis asked, confused. Kari stepped forward as Ladydevimon flew to her side.
"You really are stupid, aren't you?" she mocked. "'It's just like the old saying goes; 'Darkness is the absence of Light'. Good digimon can only digivolve by using the power of Light, but evil digimon thrive on Darkness. So, y'see, I have the advantage here."
"So how are we supposed to fight her?" Ken asked Davis. "If we can't digivolve for long, and she can dark digivolve for as long as she wants to, then we don't stand much of a chance!"
"I know!" Davis answered back. 'How are we supposed to defeat her, she's our best friend!' he thought. 'Sure, we fought Ladydevimon originally, but I never really figured that it was Gatomon there really!' Kari walked forward towards Davis. When she stopped she lifted his head up by holding his chin lightly between her thumb and finger.
"Well, it's been nice seeing you again, Davis." she said quietly. Suddenly, she hit him in the face with her other fist. He fell backwards to the ground, and held his cheek. Kari waved at him like a little girl. "See ya." She walked off to Ladydevimon. The digimon held on to Kari and flew off out of sight. Ken walked up to Davis and held out his hand to him.
"You OK?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Davis replied, taking his hand and getting up.
"I think everything's beginning to repeat itself." Yolei commented.
"I'll say." Alysha commented. She looked into the sky where Kari and Ladydevimon disappeared. 'This isn't good,' she thought worriedly. 'our group is getting smaller, now we're only down to five! How are we going to find Gabby and TK and get Kari back?' The digidestined were silent after the events.
* * *
TK and Gabby were sat silently, waiting for some kind of sign that proved Psymon had done something to TK, not knowing what it would be.
"Gabby, are you even sure that Psymon did something to me?" TK asked curiously. "I mean, what if he didn't? We could be here for ages waiting for something that will never happen!"
"Oh, right." Gabby replied, looking down at the ground for a second. When she looked up a few seconds later, she saw TK begin to flicker slightly (A/N: Kind of like Kari before she went to the Dark Ocean)! "TK, what's happening to you?" she asked worriedly, looking at him. TK looked at his hands, and saw that they were flickering too!
"Wha-?" Suddenly, it felt like TK was being ripped in two. He was being ripped into two completely different people. It was agony for TK, he held his eyes closed tightly, wishing that all the pain would go away, and after roughly ten seconds, it did. TK fell to the floor from his sitting position, gasping for breath. Gabby just sat there and stared. 'What happened?' TK thought weakly. His body still ached, but he slowly opened his eyes and painfully got up. He looked at Gabby, and saw that she was staring at something to his right. 'What's up with Gabby?' he thought curiously. He looked to his right, and saw something that made him want yell in surprise.
Himself.
He looked exactly like TK, except for his clothes, his malicious smirk and lifeless eyes. His clothes were the same as TK's, except that they were different shades of grey.
"Who are you?!" TK asked suddenly. The other TK stared at him, and scowled.
"I am your Despair, of course." he said aggressively.
"But...how did you - and me -" The dark TK smirked.
"I'm afraid not even I know that." he explained. "And before you patronise me by calling me your name, let me tell you that from now on, I am Takeru, not your stupid nickname, 'TK'."
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with my name!" TK answered back angrily, standing up. "At least I'm not a copy who is shadowed by everyone else!"
"HOW DARE YOU!!" Takeru yelled, also standing up. They stood there, face to face, Gabby staring at both of them, a look of utter confusion in her face. Suddenly, Takeru lunged at TK, knocking him to the ground. TK countered by kicking him in the stomach and throwing him off him. Gabby stood up and ran up to them.
"TK, stop it!" she cried. "You're better than that!" TK was lying on the ground, recovering from that tackle. He stood up and walked over to Gabby.
"I'm sorry Gabby." he apologised. "I didn't have a choice! He attacked me first!"
"It's OK, TK, I know you wouldn't do anything like that without a reason." While they were talking, Takeru had got up and was walking towards TK. Gabby saw him. "TK, LOOK OUT!!" she screamed. Takeru flung himself at TK, and once again knocked him to the ground, following with a punch in the stomach. Takeru stayed where he was, pinning TK to the ground, continuously punching him in the face, stomach and arms. 'That's it, I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!' Gabby thought angrily. She ran over to them and grabbed Takeru's arm as he was about to hit TK again. He turned around to see her standing there for a brief second, then she hit him in the face so powerfully that it sent him flying to the floor, knocking him out instantly. She looked at him lying on the floor for a brief moment, then walked over and knelt beside TK, who was also lying on the ground, barely conscious, gasping for breath, parts of his face smeared in blood. "TK, are you alright?" she asked worriedly. TK partially opened his eyes and smiled.
"I'm OK." he replied, his voice shaking slightly. Gabby helped him up, and he looked at Takeru.
"Is he OK?" TK asked, looking at his evil double.
"He will be, he just needs to cool off." Gabby replied, grinning.
"So, what happened with him anyway?" TK wondered. "Stuff like that doesn't happen everyday!"
"I know, I think I know who's behind this." Gabby said confidently. TK caught on to what she was thinking.
"You wanna call him? You're the loudest one here!"
"Thankyou, I'll take that as a compliment." she cleared her throat, and got ready to yell. "PSSSYYYMMOOONNN!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. TK covered his ears, for fear that he would lose his hearing. A few seconds later, the psychic digimon appeared.
"Yes?" he asked lazily. "Please make this quick, I'm a very busy evil genius."
"What did you do to me?" TK asked angrily. He looked over at Takeru. "And what's HE all about?!"
"The answer is simple." Psymon answered matter-of-factly. "When you were unconscious, I helped you out by making it so that your side of Despair would separate from you, you'll never become him again."
"But why did I have to go through all that pain back then?!" TK shot back. "I felt like I was being ripped in two!"
"That could not be avoided." Psymon replied calmly. "If I didn't make you split into two forms, then eventually Despair would have permanently taken over, and I know you wouldn't like that." He walked away slightly, then stopped. "In a way, you owe me big time!" He then teleported away. TK stood there for a few seconds, then turned to face Takeru.
"I owe him for not making me evil, but do I really owe him for HIM?!" he asked, looking at Takeru in complete disgust. "Gabby?"
"Yeah?"
"Was I ever that bad when I was evil?"
"Well, you've been better!"
"Thanks a lot!" TK replied sarcastically.
So, what did you think? That bit about TK and Takeru was kind of based on the UK Sonic The Comic, when Sonic gets split into Sonic and Super Sonic. Razormon might know what I mean! And remember kiddies, at least 10 reviews, not 9, that's too low, nor will 8, as that is also too low. 11 is perfectly acceptable, as is 12. Err, sorry, I was thinking about the Holy Hand Grenade scene on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. @.@ I better take my medication, hehe! Oh well, until next time, see ya! ^_~