Night of Destiny: Part 3: Darkness Revealed
Willis opened his eyes when he heard his watch beep, loudly. He reluctantly sat up and rubbed the back of his head. He looked around at the surroundings of black space, and glowing yellow roads. He sighed slightly,"Still the same."
He smiled slightly as he pushed the sleeping figure next to him. "Terriermon, it's time to wake up."
His Digimon partner mumbled something as he sat up. He yawned. "Willis, I'm hungry."
Willis reached over to where his backpack was lying. He opened it up and pulled out a small container. He threw it at Terriermon, who popped it open and began to munch on what was inside. "How much longer do we need to go?"
Willis turned his head to the giant castle floating at the center of the roads of light. "We've made a lot of headway, but it still seems so far away."
"You still have much to go."
"Oh," Willis said, looking to the black sky, "It's you again."
"Listen to me. You must make it to the castle."
"Why?" Willis asked,"What's there? What aren't you telling me?" However, there was only silence.
"Hi," Kari said,"You're new here, aren't you?"
Heather's eyes were open wide as she looked at her glass cell, then at all the other prisoners. "W-What is this?"
"We do not know," Rumi sadly said from her own cell.
"We were all taken against our will," a young man with a Demi Mearamon said, from a cell across the brick hall.
"We don't even know why we're being held here," a young boy with a Pabumon said, to the right of Rumi.
"What?" Heather asked,"We don't even know?"
"No," Kari said, shaking her head sadly,"But I wish that I did."
"Perhaps I can help you with that question!"
The others gasped slightly as the figure entered the narrow hallway where they were being held. The figure arrogantly marched down, past all the other cells, until stopping on Kari's glass cylinder cell. "Why are you doing this?" Kari asked,"Why?"
Suddenly, a glowing circle appeared in the center of the room. Kari stared as Barker and his Skull Satanmon emerged, with a young man, and a dragon Digimon in their arms. They walked over to the cylinder next to Heather, and threw both of them inside.
"Ah," the figure in front of Kari's cell said,"Another captive."
"How are you able to do that?" Heather asked.
"Do what?" the figure responded.
"Teleport them like that?"
"Well," the figure smiled,"I have inherited that specific trait..."
"Where are we?" the young man with the Yurimon asked.
"This is the center of Digital Limbo," the figure responded,"And where all of you will always remain. When I first attempted to use my teleporting abilities, I veered off course and was thrown into this place. It has taken me years to build this castle, and to discover the Limbo's special powers, all the while my parents are the rest of the Digidestined were completely unaware of my true purpose!"
"But why do you need us?" Rumi asked.'
The figure chuckled,"All in good time. Hahahahaha!" The figure than looked at a watch on its wrist.
"If you will excuse me," it said, bowing,"I must be going. Good day." The figure turned around and walked back out of the hall.
"You're late, Hyouriki," Yolei said, sternly as her daughter walked into the cafeteria, "Where were you?"
"Sorry, mom," she said, meekly,"I had some things to do..."
"Like what?" she asked.
"Uh..homework?" Hyouriki smiled slightly as she began to eat her dinner. Yolei just nodded, and started to eat her own dinner.
"Where's dad?" Sam asked, playing with his chopsticks.
"He's still on stake out with Matt," Yolei said, with a disgusted tone that let everyone know how much she didn't like the idea of using Digidestined as bait.
"Still?" Sam asked.
"Yes, still," his mother sighed,"Let's try to forget about this and finish our dinner, okay?"
On the other side of the cafeteria, a young woman with a Salamon trailing behind her sat down at a table with two young men. "Got enough food there, Keiko?" one of the guys asked.
She gave him the evil eye. "What?" she asked, looking at her plate with a measly portion of food.
"I was only kidding."
"You're not very funny Hiroshi," she sighed, starting to eat her dinner. "So, when do you guys have stake-out duty?"
"I've got to go tonight," Hiroshi said, sighing,"with Mrs. Ichijoji. What about you, Takeshi?"
"I've got it tonight too," he said, with a slight smile,"And I've got Mrs. Ichijoji too!"
"Well," Hiroshi smiled,"Maybe it won't be so bad with one of my best friends with me." He sighed,"I know it's going to be tough enough dealing with Mrs. Ichijoji. She hates this idea to use the psychic Digidestined as bait to find Daemon and the Hunters."
"Great!" Takeshi frown,"That's all we're going to hear tonight! Perfect!"
"Well," Keiko said, leaning back in her seat, a slight smile crossing her face,"I've got stake-out tomorrow night, with Mr. Motomiya!"
"Oh, you're lucky!" they both shouted.
Akira had his hands buried deep in his pockets as he and his Agumon walked alongside Dan and his Veemon. "....and this is the food bar, for a quick snack," Dan added quickly, stopping in front of a door to a small room. Akira peeked inside and saw three vending machines, a couple pots of coffee, a cappuccino machine and a few tables.
"And that completes the tour," Dan said with a smile.
Akira nodded slowly. "So, where does Leyu live?"
Dan sighed slightly. "I'm telling you, buddy, she'll just break your heart. Leyu Ishida is the most spoiled, arrogant girl I've ever known."
"But she's the most beautiful girl that I've ever seen," Akira muttered.
"Isn't she like the only human girl you've ever seen?" Dan's Veemon asked.
Akira glared at him. "No, I've been on Earth a few times, mostly when my father had a new girlfriend."
"Oh," Dan said,"I thought that you had lived in the Digital World for the past fifteen years."
"Mostly," Akira's Agumon said, shrugging.
"So," Akira said,"Tell me about Leyu's brother."
Dan frowned. "Shiro is even worse than his sister is. He's a very sure of himself and really doesn't like other people telling him what to do."
Akira nodded. "A real lone wolf, huh?"
Dan nodded slightly."Yup."
The two started walking in silence down the hall, before they saw two other figures walking towards them. "Oh," Akira said,"You're...Erika, right?"
The redheaded girl nodded, a smile on her face. " You're Akira, right?"
He nodded.
"I still can't get over it!" Erika thought,"He is so hot!"
"So, Dr. Izumi is your father?" Akira asked.
"Yeah," Erika said, a little timidly, as her Tentomon hovered next to her,"It's just him and me.."
"Really?" Akira asked, interested,"What..er...where is your mother?"
"She's watching down on me right down," Erika said, sighing lightly,"She died when I was ten.."
Akria nodded. "I never even knew my mother."
"What happened?" Erika asked, compassionately.
"She was killed, by an evil Digimon when I was two days old," he said, looking at the ground,"or so my Dad tells me."
The two of them looked at each other for a couple of seconds in an uncomfortable silence before Dan cleared his throat.
"So, um..."Erika said.
"Yeah," Akira said, looking over Erika's shoulder, when he saw someone walking across the four-way break in the hallway. "Hey!" he cried,"There she is!" He ran past Erika, throwing her off-balance. He turned sharply to the left, with his Agumon running after him.
"What was that about?" Erika shouted, as her Tentomon helped her regain her balance.
"He must have seen Leyu," Dan muttered, crossing his arms.
"Leyu?" Erika asked, shocked,"w-why would he want to see Leyu?"
"He's got a crush on her," Dan's Veemon said.
"He what?" Erika asked.
"Hey, hey!" Akira shouted, running after Matt and Sora's daughter,"Leyu, wait up!"
She ignored him and continued walking.
"Leyu! Leyu Ishida!"
The blond continued to walk away from him, even though her Digimon turned around to look at him for a second, then turned her head back.
"I don't think that she wants to talk to us," Agumon said, following after his human partner.
Akira ignored him and continued to call after the sixteen-year-old girl in front of him,"Leyu! Leyu!"
Finally she stopped. She let out a long sigh and turned around. "What do you want?" she snapped.
"Hey," Akira said, holding up his hands,"What's with the bad attitude?"
"Why were you following me?" she asked.
"Well, um...ah..." Akira studdered, starting to blush,"I..I.."
"What?" Leyu asked,"You what?"
Akira took a deep breath and got control of his stuttering. "I just wanted to say hi."
"Oh, well, hello," Leyu said, snippy.
Akira didn't pick up on Leyu's attitude, he was too lost in her bright blue eyes. "You know what," he said,"You have beautiful eyes."
"Yes," she smirked," I know that."
"Would you like to g-go out some-time?"
"You?" she asked, surprised, then thought it over,"Well, you're not much, but...maybe..."
"Leyu!"
She turned around, while Akira looked past her and saw someone that he clearly remembered, Leyu's brother, Shiro.
The Ishida son stopped next to his sister. "Leyu, Mom was looking for you. She wants you to...." he looked at Akira. "Oh, it's you!" he said with a sneer,"What are you doing here?"
"I was just talking to Leyu," he said, defensively, as the Ishida daughter snuck away and ran to their family's quarters.
Shiro growled at him. "Let me tell you something!" he said, holding his finger in front of Akira's nose,"Our father is a famous musician, and our mother is a fashion consultant. We have more money than you will ever see in your lifetime! There is no way you would ever have a chance with her!"
Akira stared at Shiro with an angry glare on his face. "It doesn't matter how much wealth you have, I could still kick your ass!"
Shiro and Akira stared at each other, while their Digimon were seconds away from tearing each other apart. The two guys were inches from each other's nose, each waiting for the other to make a starting move, when Joe's son walked into the hallway.
"Hey, hey!" Keero shouted, running between them,"Break it up guys, break it up!"
Shiro stared at Akira for a second longer, before turning around. "Come on, Gabumon," he said, calling his Digimon as he walked down the hall.
After the two of them were gone, Keero turned to Akira. "I don't know how that started, but I'm sure it was his fault. " He sighed, and then turned. "Hi," he said, holding out his hand,"I'm Keero Kido, you must be Akira Kamiya."
Akira returned his handshake. "Yeah, nice to meet you."
"So," Keero said,"Have you had the tour yet..."
"....and most importantly, remember to follow this meal with a well earned desert," the woman said with a smile as she stared into the t.v. camera,"This is Mimi Tachikawa, good meals, and good night."
"And cut!" the director shouted as the alarm rang,"That's a rap!"
Mimi blew out a long sigh. "Thank God!" she said, whipping her forehead, as she started to walk away from the stage,"How many hours?"
"You've been taping for ten hours," the director said, handing Mimi a water bottle,"but we're ahead of our schedule. You can take the next week off."
"Great," Mimi said, taking a deep breath.
"So what are you going to do with your time off, Ms. Tachikawa?" a technician asked,"Are you going to go to the beach?"
"No," she said,"I'm going to spend some time with my son."
"That's great," he said, walking away with a bundle of wires.
Mimi smiled slightly as Palmon joined her near the entrance to the hall. "That's was a great taping," Palmon said, walking with her Digidestined partner,"One of your better shows."
Mimi sighed slightly,"It was just a simple recipe, not really that great."
"You were great," Palmon clarified.
Mimi smiled as she opened the door to her dressing room. "Thanks. Say, were you able to talk to Scott?"
"No," Palmon said, sighing slightly as she followed Mimi into her dressing room,"There's some emergence or something going on that Davis has all of them protecting Psychic Digidestined."
"Really?" Mimi asked, reaching for the light switch,"That sounds weird."
A sinister voice suddenly laughed,"You have no idea!"
Mimi and Palmon jumped. Mimi slammed her fist into the switch, bringing light into the dark room. When she did, she screamed. "P...P...P..."
The sinister figure leaning against her vanity table laughed. "I believe the word your looking for is, 'Piedmon'!"
"You can't be Piedmon!" Palmon shouted, jumping in front of Mimi,"You're dead!"
"The reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated," Piedmon laughed as he stepped forward.
"What do you want?" Mimi asked, finally finding her voice.
Piedmon sneered. "You!".
Akira munched down on his cheeseburger, a giant smile on his face. "In the name of Azulongmon, I have never had anything that tastes this good!"
"You said it!" his Agumon added his agreement as he ate his own cheeseburger.
"Boys and their high-greasy foods, how can you eat that stuff?"
Akira shot his head up to see Hyouriki and her Penguinmon standing in the doorway of the cafeteria's door. Akira swallowed,"Hey, what's up?"
"Oh, not much," Ken's daughter said, sitting down across from Tai's son. She smiled slightly as Akira placed the greasy hamburger down and dried his hands on the napkin.
"Would you like something to eat?" he asked.
"Well, for some one who supposedly trained in the wilderness of the Digital World for all of his life, you certainly have excellent manners."
"Actually," Akira's Agumon said,"We haven't totally been living in the Digital World."
Hyouriki raised her eyebrow. "Really?" she asked.
"Yeah," Akira said, smiling slightly,"Every now and then we would spend a couple of weeks on earth, mostly when my father had another girlfriend, and he's had a lot of them."
Hyouriki smiled slightly. "It's funny..."
"What?" Arika asked.
"Well, with all the stories that my parents told me about Mr.Kamiya, I never pictured him as a Casanova."
"He never really kept one longer than a couple of months," Akira's Agumon said.
"Anyway," Akira continued,"Every now and then a Digidestined woman would be in the Digital World for whatever reason, then my father would meet her, talk to her, then one thing would lead to another, then we would be living on Earth for a couple of weeks, before something would happen and they would break up.
He sighed slightly. "There was one, Catherine DeGual, my father knew her from before, but.....she almost became my step-mother. " He nodded to himself,"Even though she's in France, and I'm here in Japan, and I haven't seen her in a long time.....she is the one that I will always see as my step-mother."
Hyouriki smiled. "That's real sweet, Akira."
He blushed slightly. "Of course, I've never had a girlfriend.."
Hyouriki reached over and patted his hand,"I'm sure you will."
Akira just nodded. There was a silence for a long moment. Hyouriki leaned back in her chair and looked to the ceiling. "Akira, tell me something. Do you...are you ever afraid...of yourself?"
"What?" Akira asked.
Hyouriki took a deep breath, then showed Akira her Digivice. "I don't think I've ever seen a Digivice that is totally black before," Tai's son said.
"I know," Ken's daughter sighed slightly,"My father's Digivice is black, but not totally, it still has some light colors to it."
"So what?" Akira asked, shrugging his shoulders,"You're worried about a color?"
"Look on the back," she said.
Akira flipped it over and his eyes opened wide. "What is that?" Agumon asked, peeking his head on the table,"Are those little light bulbs?"
"Yes," Penguinmon said sadly,"and they light up whenever I Digivolve to Ultimate."
"Really?" Akira asked.
"Yeah," Hyouriki said,"And...and I'm afraid of what will happen to me when they all light up."
Akira placed the Digivce down and listened to her closely.
"You see, whenever I use my Digivice to Digivolve my Digimon to her Ultimate level, another jewel lights up, but...but that's not all. There's...." she sighed,"There's something i...inside of m.me."
"What?" Akira asked, confused.
Hyouriki lightly touched her chest,"I...I can feel it, inside of me. S..something, something powerful, and...and it frightens me."
Akira sighed, then touched his chest. "I can feel something too. A kind of....something inside of me, and I have no idea what it is...but....I do know that..that's it getting stronger."
Hyouriki smiled compassionately. "I guess we have a lot in common, huh?"
Akira half smiled. "I'm glad I met you."
"Me too," Hyouriki nodded.
Tai's face betrayed no emotion as he and Ken walked through the halls of the Digidestined headquarters final basement. He glanced at the rows of doors as the passed them. "Where is she?" Tai asked.
"Here," Ken said, stopping in front of one of the large metal doors. He pressed a red button that was resting alongside the door. A second later the two humans and their Digimon stepped back as the door swung towards them. Tai remained calm as he entered.
In the center of the small bare room was Arukennimon, muzzled and strapped into a chair by metal bonds on the arms. She stirred slightly and looked at Tai, Ken and their Digimon. "What do you want?" she asked.
"I'll ask this only once," Tai said,"I saw Oikawa escape through a portal. I know that he doesn't have that power! Who are you working for?"
Arukennimon just smirked. Tai was about to try again with more force when Joe appeared in the doorway. "Guys," he said,"Davis wants you in the War room, in an hour."
"What for?" Tai asked.
"Something big has happened," Joe said,"Davis will explain more."
Tai eyed Arukennimon, then turned back to Joe. "Fine, we're not making any progress here. Are you coming Ken?"
"No," Ken said,"I'm going to try some more."
"Whatever," Tai said, sighing, to his Agumon,"Let's go."
After they left, Ken turned back to Arukennimon,"So," he said, crossing his arms,"Who are you working for?"
"I'm not telling you anything, Digimon Emperor!" She said with a smirk.
Ken just nodded to himself. "If that's the way you want to play, fine." He walked over to a small panel of buttons on the wall and pressed a green one, which unlocked Arukennimon's bonds. Wormmon jumped in front of Ken, who's Digivice was glowing. "Let's go!" Wormmon shouted.
Tai followed Joe into the war room of the entire Digidestined forces. Every Digidestined group in the world could be communicated with in a matter of seconds. Here, the main group of Digidestined could plan their protection of Earth and the Digital World from the evils that would destroy both.
Tai saw that some of the other adult team members were all seated around the circular table in the center. The rest were standing in front of the walls, which were covered with monitors and keyboards.
Tai saw that all of the chairs had been taken, so he walked over and stood next to Sam, Serena, Izzy and Noriko, all of who were watching a television screen that was broadcasting an American news program. Tai said hi to the two, then watched with him. As the rest of the Digidestined members were chatting quietly to themselves, Tai and Izzy watched as a male reporter stood outside a television studio, which was wrapped tightly around with police tape and officers.
"What happened?" Tai asked.
"I don't know," Izzy said,"Some television star is missing and...oh, here's Davis."
The Digidestined Regent and his Veemon walked over to the head of the table. He waited until he had everyone attention before speaking. "Mimi has been kidnapped."
"What?" Michael asked,"Mimi?"
"Yes," Davis said, nodding,"A technician that was walking by her dressing room, when heard her scream. He ran inside to check on her, when he saw, as he described it, 'a clown with a sinister laugh and a pair of swords on his back.."
"Piedmon!" Sora said,"It's got to be!"
"Afterwards," Davis continued,"he grabbed Mimi and Palmon before they disappeared into a glowing circle."
Matt sighed."I guess we can add Piedmon to our list of enemies that are taking psychic Dig-, wait a second, Mimi's not a psychic, what do they want with her?"
"I don't know," Davis said,"We've got to find out why they wanted Mimi, and quick, or any Digidestined could be next."
The room grew silent. "What I want to know," Sora asked, breaking the silence,"is how so many of our old enemies are reappearing."
"And what their plans are," Yolei said.
"Guys," Tai said,"I think we have to face the possibility that the Child of Darkness is involved in this."
Everyone was quiet for a second, before Yolei said,"That's was just a myth that Azulongmon told us, a way for him to confront his imaginary fear."
"No," Tai said,"It's real. I wouldn't have left for fifteen years if it wasn't!"
"How are you so sure that that's what's happening?" T.K. asked.
"Azulongmon told me right after Miriya died that the Night of Destiny would occur in fifteen years. In two days, will be fifteen years since Miriya died, now, all this stuff starts happening? This can't be a coincidence."
"Yes, it can," T.K. said.
Sam was shocked. "I can't believe any of you! Since nothing happened right away, you gave up preparing for what you knew would happen?"
"Yeah," his twin sister said, as both of them stood behind Tai,"You just forgot something that scared the Digital Gods so badly that they were willing to try and alter time?"
"Even if the Child of Darkness is involved," T.K. said,"There is more to this then just him!"
"No, there isn't."
Everyone turned towards the door. Ken was just walking in, with Stingmon dragging Arukennimon behind him. "Ken," Yolei said,"What...?"
Ken ignored her and continued talking. "Oikawa is working for the Child of Darkness, so is Daemon, the Hunters, Diaboromon, Myotismon, and Piedmon."
"How did you get her to talk?" Davis asked, then held up his hand,"You know what, I don't even want to know."
"This still doesn't make sense," Cody said,"Why would Oikawa help the Child of Darkness?"
"What else did she tell you?" Tai said, mentioning to the unconscious Digimon lying on the floor.
"Nothing," Ken said,"But, if you want more, Noriko knows how to get it."
"I have chosen not to use my psychic powers on people without their consent," the brown haired girl said simply.
Stingmon turned his head away slightly. "It took nearly an hour to get that out of her....."
"Alright," Noriko sighed, standing in front of Arukennimon. She placed both of her extended fore fingers against her forehead and closed her eyes. She slowed her breathing down, taking deep full breathes as the room grew silent. "I'm inside her mind," Noriko said,"W..We're at the battle with Malomyotismon. He's just grabbed us and lifted us into the air." Noriko's body was shaking,"He...He's about to slam his claw into our back, but.....we're suddenly somewhere else."
The rest of the Digidestined looked at each other. "What?" Davis asked.
"It's a brick room," Noriko continued, her position still the same,"with mechanical equipment all around....there's someone else with us. A...ah dark shadow. The Child of Darkness!"
"Who is he?" Tai demanded.
"I don't know," Noriko said,"The 'shadow' is a powerful psychic barrier, I can't break through, but I do know that it is one of your children. I can't even tell if the Child of Darkness is a guy!"
Izzy's face paled, and his heart dropped into his stomach. "Then....then..." he stuttered,"Then the Child of Darkness could be one of our....d..daughters."
Noriko continued,"The Child of Darkness is saying something, telepathically! Damn it! I can't tell by the voice who it is, shoot!"
"What's it saying?" Sora asked.
"It's saying that Arukennimon was brought from the moment before she was suppose to die, to this point in time, by means of the Black Digivice. Because the Black Digivice was hidden in a time warp, it was infused with a limited source of temporal energy. That is how so many of our old enemies are returning, the Child of Darkness is bringing them from the point of supposed death, to this time."
"That's just great!" Tai sighed,"That means that the Child of Darkness can just keep bringing it's servants back and forth."
"No," Noriko said, shaking her head,"With the arrival of Oikawa, the temporal energy is used up, we destroy them now, they stay gone."
"That still doesn't answer my question," Cody said,"Why is Oikawa helping The Child of Darkness?"
"As well as Piedmon," Tai said to himself,"He was the ruler of the Digital World at one time, why would he follow someone?"
Suddenly Noriko gave out a small shrieked and shot open her eyes. Most of the Digidestined weren't looking at her, however, they were watching as Arukennimon's body suddenly shattered apart and vanished from sight.
"Noriko!" her Digimon partner cried out as the Digidestined psychic crashed into the ground.
"What happened?" Davis asked.
"Arukennimon just died!"
"So?" the Digidestined Regent asked Noriko's partner,"Does that have something to do with Noriko?"'
"Yes, Noriko was connected to her on a psychic level, meaning that if Arukennimon died, she went with her!"
Joe pushed his way through to where Noriko was lying. He reached over and lightly pressed her wrists and breathed a sigh of relief. "Good," he said,"She still has a pulse."
Slowly Noriko sat up. "Pulled out just in time," she said, rubbing the back of her head,"Almost didn't make it."
"What happened?" Davis asked her.
"I was trying to break through the psychic 'shadow' of the Child of Darkness, but it somehow knew I was reading Arukennimon's memories It psionicly killed Arukennimon, no doubt trying to kill me as well."
Davis patted Noriko on the back. "You did the right thing. With Kari gone, you're our only psychic left, I don't want to lose you too."
"Which makes you wonder why the Child of Darkness isn't going after her anymore," Sam said, rubbing his chin.
"Maybe it's because it knows that it can't get in here anymore," Serena said.
"Or maybe the Child of Darkness only needs a certain number," Tai said, "Well, in any case, now that we definitely know that the Child of Darkness is behind this, we'll have to find a way to stop her!" he said, eying Ken and Yolei.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Yolei asked.
"I think it's pretty obvious," Tai said.
"You think that my daughter is the Child of Darkness, don't you?" Yolei started to raise her voice,"Don't you?!"
Tai crossed his arms,"Maybe."
"You're wrong!" Yolei shouted, standing up,"Hyouriki is not evil!"
"Oh, come on!" Tai said, uncrossing his arms,"She was born in the Dark Ocean, she has the Black Digivice that the Hunters stole, she can use Dark Gates, even Dragomon said so!"
"I don't care, damn it!" Yolei screamed,"She's not evil," her voice lowered to normal,"She's not.....she's not..."
Ken placed his hands on his wife's shoulders and led her to the door. "I think you should calm yourself down and rest before you go on stake-out tonight.."
"B-but..." she started, but Ken lightly closed the door in front of her. He took a deep breath, then faced the others, looking directly at Tai. "I know," Ken said,"I know that Hyouriki might be the Child of Darkness. I've feared it ever since she was born. When she was five, we found a Black Digivice in her bed while she was sleeping. She may be the Child of Darkness, but she is still my daughter! And if you do anything, anything to her, I'll make sure you get locked up in the deepest, darkest prison cell in the entire Digital World!"
"You can't talk to him like that!" Sam shouted.
"He's the Master of the Digidestined!" Serena added.
Tai held out his hand. "No, it's okay. Ken's right..."
"What?" Matt blurted out before Tai could finish,"No, Hyouriki is definitely the Child of Darkness. We should stop her now, before....wait a second, Miriya was one of the First Digidestined, right?"
"Yeah," Tai said,"So?"
"Azulongmon said that if you had a child with another Digidestined a Child of Darkness would be born!"
"Azulongmon told me himself that Akira was born after the Child of Darkness, which just proves my point about Ken's daughter!"
Tai's eyes narrowed as he stared at Matt. "What about your son?"
"What about him?"
"He's pretty powerful, isn't he? And he's got a nasty temper, huh? If he was mad enough, he'd take it out on someone else, wouldn't he? Seems pretty evil if you ask me!"
The group started to argue, when Davis help up his hands. "Shut up!" he screamed. The room instantly quieted.
"That's better," he said,"Listen, we are a team, and that means trusting one another, right? All three of your children might be the Child of Darkness, but we don't have definite evidence for any of it!"
The others just nodded.
"Now," Davis said,"How are we going to stop the Child of Darkness?"
"Wow!" Tai thought,"Davis has really grown up. He's not the same immature doofus that I remember!"
"I know," Izzy said,"We'll ask Mina!"
"What?" he asked.
"Mina's family were the guardians of the Machina Codex, she might know how to stop the Black Digivice, or at least point us in the right direction."
Davis nodded. "Good idea, we'll call her first thing.." He then looked at his watch,"Well, first thing tomorrow. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am exhausted. It has been a very long day."
As they started to leave the room, Davis sighed to himself. "I don't know how I'm going to break the news to Scott..."
"Wait," Michael said, running back into the room,"Scott is here?"
Davis nodded. "Yes, didn't you know that?"
"I...I thought he was going to stay with Mimi for the week..." Michael turned around and charged out of the room.
Dan Motomiya took a deep breath as he leaned back in his seat. He let out his sigh, and was about to continue his late night snack, when he saw Erika Izumi charge into the snack bar. She ran to the refrigerator and pulled out a box of chocolate bars. "Is something wrong?" Dan asked, sitting up.
"Oh, nothing!" Erika said, as she began to eat one of the bars.
"It doesn't look like nothing," Dan's Veemon mumbled as he jumped off of the chair onto the floor.
Erika shuddered for a few seconds. "It gets me so mad Erika has ever guy here under her spell. Just because she's a blue-eyed, blond haired knockout, all the boys are drooling over her! It's not fair!"
Dan stared at her with a half-smile. "What?" she asked.
"Could this have anything to do with Akira trying to impress her?"
"What?" she asked.
"Well," Dan said, leaning back in his seat,"I think you're jealous."
"W-what?" Erika asked,"J-Jealous?"
Dan nodded. "We're best friends, and this is the first time I've heard you say anything about romantic stuff of any kind."
Erika stuttered for a couple of seconds, then looked at the ground. I be jealous of Leyu getting Akira's attention? I...I'm a scientist, the idea of 'love-at-first-sight' is nonsense, right?"
She looked up at Dan's stare. "I..I..I need to go," she said, jumping up and running out of the room.
"Well," Dan said,"She's certainly fallen head-over-heels.."
"Maybe not," Veemon said, shrugging his shoulders.
Dan stared at him. "Oh come on! If you think she's not hiding how she really feels, I've got some gold filled land in the Digital World to sell you."
"Where?" Veemon asked, his eyes lighting up.
Dan sighed,"Never mind...."