BlackWarGreyMon woke up. He was laying face down in the sand. It hurt to breath, but at least he was alive. He rose to his feet and looked around. He could barely see that dark house it was so far away. The Dark Ocean was about a hundred feet behind him. The dark digimon was puzzled. He had no memory of how he had gotten out.

"So, I have been given a second, no third chance," he thought. "As if I needed another." He glanced back at the ocean. "No, I am through with this. I would not be still alive if I did not have a purpose. Even if that purpose is unknown to me, I will go and find it. I now know that life is better than death. I may be alone, cursed with a thousand unanswered questions, but I will live, and continue to seek for my answers, and my purpose."

He began to walk again, a way from the Dark Ocean. He did not want to remain in this dark dimension any longer, but he had no idea how he had gotten here, or how he could leave. He had roamed the dark forest for what seemed like hours. His only guide had been the call of the Dark Ocean. All he knew was that he had to put distance between himself and that grave.

After a while of aimless wandering BlackWarGreyMon began to grow frustrated. He had not seen anything resembling the digital world.

"So be it," he muttered to himself. He had no problem traveling between the real world and the digital world, so he figure he could always try to force his way back.

"Terra Destroyer!" BlackWarGreyMon attack the dark landscape. It had no effect.

"Grrrr," he growled. He tried the same method he used to travel between the real world and the digital world. That didn't work either. By this time BlackWarGreyMon was beginning to get angry. He shredded a tree in frustration.

Then, he paused. Something..... shifted, that was the best way to put it. Something strange, and probably not good had just happened. BlackWarGreyMon paused, trying to figure it out. He felt that the need for him to return to the digital world had just increase.

He raised his claws as if he wanted to shred the very air around him. An orb of white light formed in his claws. It shot forward, engulfing the entire dark forest in pure white light. BlackWarGreyMon was completely shocked. Nothing like this had ever happened before.

After the light faded a neat hole was torn between the two worlds. Still puzzled BlackWarGreyMon exited the dark dimension, not letting this opportunity pass.

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(AN/ Why is it that I can't seem to write a fic without putting in my original characters? Oh, well, here they are.)

Tsuchi sat on a large boulder by herself. She had begged her twin sister, Hoku, to take her to the digital world. Hoku was a digi-destined, Tsuchi was not. The lone girl had always wanted to see the strange world, and finally her sister had given in. But Hoku had ran off with her digimon and left Tsuchi here, 'where it was safe.'

They might be twins, but they weren't identical. Tsuchi had sky blue hair and sea green eyes. Hoku had sea green hair and sky blue eyes. Hoku was a very dominating, outgoing person. Tsuchi was shyer, and spent her time doing quiet things with her hands. Hoku was the oldest.

There was a huge explosion. Tsuchi's eyes went wide. The area was bathed in intense light. Tsuchi watched in shock as a large, dark digimon entered out of thin air. It didn't take the sky blue haired girl long to place the digimon.

"You're BlackWarGreyMon!" the girl gasped.

BlackWarGreyMon had just entered the digital world. He felt like there was something.... wrong here. Then his eye caught sight of a girl who appeared to be shocked at his arrival. He chose to ignore her, and began to walk away.

"Where are you going?" asked Tsuchi.

"I don't know," he answered.

"Then why are you going anywhere?" asked Tsuchi. She knew she was playing with fire, but she was too surprised to care. She had seen this digimon on TV. She had seen his final sacrifice. Tsuchi had heard what her sister had told her about the violent nature of this digimon, but Tsuchi really didn't believe her twin.

BlackWarGreyMon turned to face her. The girl gulped, but didn't back down.

"You have no digimon, why are you here" he asked her.

"I came with my twin sister," answered Tsuchi. "But she left with her twin digimon. How is that for fair? She has two, and I have none." BlackWarGreyMon eyes the girl curiously. No one had ever talked to him about such trivial things before. The again, it wasn't trivial for Tsuchi.

"This is not your place, go away," ordered BlackWarGreyMon.

"I saw you on TV," said Tsuchi. "I think it was noble what you did for the world. But, um, how come you are back?" BlackWarGreyMon paused a moment before answering.

"I still have a purpose to fulfill," he answered, at last.

"You seem sad about something," commented Tsuchi.

"What would you know?" snapped the control spire digimon.

"Try me," said Tsuchi.

"I roam the land searching for answers. Everywhere I go I am hated," said BlackWarGreyMon. "My life has led to nothing but destruction and death. And yet, I am still alive, searching for what I will never find."

"You sound lonely," commented Tsuchi. "Do you have any friends?"

"Friends are for the weak," said BlackWarGreyMon.

"No," said Tsuchi. "Friends make you strong. Even a king without any supports might as well be a peasant. Friends make life worth living." BlackWarGreyMon did not reply. "Besides, you did help save the digital world from disaster. That wasn't destruction."

BlackWarGreyMon felt the shift again. Something inside of him was warning him of trouble coming.

"This is something wrong," he said. "I have to leave." He spread his wings and flew off.

"Wait!" cried Tsuchi, but he was gone.

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"Thank goodness we are out of there!" exclaimed Willis as the group reappeared in the digital world.

"Thank you, Kari," said Yolie.

"Hey! I got an e-mail from Izzy!" said Cody as he checked his D-Terminal.

"What does it say?" asked Davis.

"They found out the source of the problem," said Cody. "It appears that the Dark Ocean is being forced to merge with the digital world."

"We could have told you that...." muttered Hawkmon.

"What else?" asked Kari.

"The digi-destined are meeting, not far from here. We should join them," said Cody.

"Are they bring lunch?" asked Veemon.

"How can you think of food at a time like this?" demanded Davis.

"We should get going, before anything else goes wrong," said TK and they began walking.

"Why is the digital world and the Dark Ocean merging?" wondered Willis, out- loud.

"Izzy said that they were being forced to merge," said Cody.

"But what, or who could do something like that?" asked Willis.

"I don't know, but I never want to meet it," said Terriermon.

"You aren't afraid, are you?" teased Lopmon.

"I don't feel right," moaned Kari.

"What is it?" asked Willis.

"It felt, I don't know...." she muttered.

"What?" asked Davis.

"It felt like something shifted...." she said.

"What shifted?" asked TK, looking around for danger.

"I felt something too," said Patamon.

"So did I," agreed Gatomon. Wormmon nodded in agreement.

"I think you have spent too much time in the Dark Ocean," said Willis. "I think we are all getting a little paranoid."

"Hi!" said a girl as she approached. The group jumped into the air.

"Who are you?" asked Armadillomon.

"Oh, this is Hoku," introduced Yolie. "I have been working with her and her digimon. She is one of the new digi-destined from northern Japan."

"Hi," said Hoku. "What is going on?"

"Nothing!" they all instantly answered.

"Why am I not convinced?" asked one of her digimon. She had a fuzzy green head with a yellow face. Two violet horns grew out of the top of her head, but the ends were tipped pink. She wore a blue-violet collar with a golden buckle. Her hands and arms were darker violet. Her paws were quiet large. The lower part of her body was the most interesting. Below her collar, her body became one large foot. It was light violet, with green stripes. She had three killer toenails, each about as long as her front paws, but she walked upright.

"Be nice, Yulkamon," scolded Hoku.

"You'd better stick with us," said Davis. "It isn't safe to wander alone."

"Davis!" hissed Yolie and Kari.

"I have my digimon, so I am not alone," said Hoku. "And what danger are you talking about?"

"Um, we have to get going," said Cody. "Come with us." They began to walk again.

"I thought I was the only one with twin digimon," commented Willis as he walked over to Hoku.

"It is rare. Meet Yulkamon and Neomon," said Hoku. Her second digimon looked like a cross between a dog and a horse. It had a canine face with a horse body and claws that were of neither. For the most part Neomon was violet. She had a streak of hair running from her skull to the nape of her neck, which was lighter violet. She had a thick silver collar on. She had two horns, which were golden. Her ears were pointed and shaped like lightning bolts. Two tattered pink wings grew out of her back. She had a short, thick tail with a scar on her flanks. Her tail had three green ridges at the bottom. Her belly was white. Around her front legs were green gloves, similar to Gatomon's. Two lilac 'fins' decorated all of her legs. Her right rear leg also had a gold anklet.

"These are my digimon, Terriermon and Lopmon," said Willis.

"You can actually still tell they are twins," said Hoku. "Neomon and Yulkamon stopped looking alike at the In-Training level."

"I don't know if it is a good idea to have someone so inexperienced as her with us," muttered TK.

"How else will she learn?" asked Yolie.

"I wouldn't mind," said Kari. "If I could shake the feeling that someone was watching us."

"Someone is watching us!" exclaimed Veemon, looking around.

"Quiet," scolded Davis.

"That trip to the Dark Ocean was the easiest part, yet," muttered Kari.

"Quit talking like that," said Davis. "We haven't gotten into a situation we can't handle, yet."

"I hope we never do," added Yolie.

"I have to agree with you," said Hawkmon.

"I hate to burst your bubble," said Patamon. "But I just saw something behind us."

"I don't see anything," said TK.

"Shadow Thunder!" an attack came out of nowhere!

"What?!"

"Who?!"

"How?!" demanded the digimon and digi-destined as the attack scattered them.

"Oh, no! It is Daemon!" cried Kari. (AN/ I know, I know. Rather, I don't know. I forgot Daemon's attacks. Sorry. Please bear with the ones I have made up.)