Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, the Digi-Destined or any of the Tamers! I do own the character named Sonja. They're copyrights of Toei animation! Shintomon, Buddamon, Dark Magimon and King Devimon are characters made by Dark Warrior.

Max: Hey, guys! Just to let you know that the final match between Coral and Zeomon can be read through the first Virus Saga chapter! The true enemy of Zero Two shall be revealed within the next chapter! So make sure you check out the latest Virus Saga chapter!

Keke: Now, you're in for another Tamers chapter! There aren't any new scenes added to this chapter, but you shouldn't be disappointed. It's more or so building up to the next chapter involving Kari and King Devimon.

Max: So without further ado, enjoy the chapter!

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[Digimon Tamers Opening "The Biggest Dreamer" plays]

Impmon's New Evolution: Beelzebumon Arrives! The Legendary Tamer, Ryo Akiyama?

Digital World. Dark Magimon's ship

[Final Fantasy VII "Sephiroth's theme" plays]

The group was standing around in the third level around and looked over towards the door. Omega X goes peering through it.

"I wonder what's next?" Omega X said.

He then looks right over towards Kari with an assuring look on his face.

"Well, Kari. It looks like it's your turn to show Shintomon what Celesta X is truly all about."

Smiles form across the faces both Kari and Angewomon. Shintomon is taken appalled by Tai's actions.

"Taichi! This isn't a game," said Shintomon, "These are the strongest villains that Dark Magimon has gathered from across the two Digital Worlds. You've been able to win alone up to now. But now we're going to have to fight all together at once."

A smile forms across the face of Omega X.

"Don't worry, Shintomon. Isn't that unfair?"

Shintomon is taken back by this comment that Omega X had just said.

"What?! Unfair?!"

"Yeah. Metal Garurumon and I got to fight on our own. I think that Kari should have the chance too. Then after her will be Takato and then Rika."

"That's right! We can handle this," Kari said with an assuring look on her face.

"Same goes for here too," replied Takato, "Isn't that right, Rika?"

"You sure count me in. Renamon doesn't need anyone's help to beating these wacko Devas."

"Did she just say wacko?" asked Guilmon.

"No she said 'wack-o'," Renamon said with sarcasm.

"Oh. Ok then."

"Dino boy sure still hasn't gotten it," Rika said to herself.

Shintomon doesn't respond but simply looks over at the entire group with a confused look on his face. He was taken appalled by what they had just said.

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Dark Magimon glares right over at his crystal ball while observing the Tamer and Destined group. He turns around and smiles right up at King Devimon.

"Alright! Go, King Devimon."

The demon chuckles and then replies, "I promise to kill them with my bare hands."

He clenches his fists and then goes walking away towards a door, in the opposite direction of the room. The Gazimon slave standing next to the door yells at him.

"Hey, where are you going, King Devimon? The entrance to the third stage is over in the other direction."

"Its fine," Dark Magimon reassured him.

King Devimon's shadow falls over the other door.

"That's the meditation room," said the slave.

The demon puts his hands palm to palm, but spaced them apart and was lying horizontally. He quickly pulls them to the other side and the door opens as if it were magic.

"I see! King Devimon is going to increase his strength and power before the battle."

King Devimon takes a step into the meditation room and disappears into the darkness as the door shuts behind him.

"Don't open the door until King Devimon comes out," Dark Magimon ordered.

"Yes sir!"

"It looks like he's going to be serious about this now. He'll easily defeat those three if he gets serious," the sorcerer chuckled.

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The group was now getting restless and antsy over all of the waiting. Fifteen minutes had already passed by. The Tamers were about to fall asleep. Omega X was standing around and Kari was pacing back and forth.

"He's late. Where is he?" pondered Kari.

"Don't worry, Kari," Omega X stated, "I'm sure he's preparing an incredibly strong warrior right about now."

The brown-haired girl and Angewomon look back over towards the door, while Omega X looks up at the ceiling.

"Hmm, I wonder how everyone else is doing with Buddamon right about now," Takato said, "I hope they found Calumon right about now."

"I bet they got lost because they couldn't stand Kazu and Kenta's complaining," said Rika, "I can just see it now. I don't see why we had to bring them."

"So that they could find their partner digimon," Guilmon replied.

"Hmph. I wonder what two digimon those two knuckleheads will end up with?" Renamon stated.

"Bah! I'd rather be hosting more shows and challenging Tai than wasting my time here with these weakling Devas," Matt remarked.

"I was really looking forward to fighting that King Devimon guy myself," said Angewomon.

Shintomon simply looks over at the entire Digi-Destined group with an awe look on his face. His face was so full of surprise and confusion over what he was hearing from the Digi-Destined's conversation.

"Yeah, so was I. I wanted to tear one into that bastard," said Omega X.

"I just hope everyone is doing ok with Buddamon right about now. Especially TK," Kari said.

"These Digi-Destined love to fight, especially the ones who bear the powers of Courage and Friendship. It would be pointless to even doubt their power now. They have managed to far surpass my own power,"Shintomon said to himself.

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Elsewhere on the Northern region

[Final Fantasy VII "Main theme" plays in background]

Buddamon was leading his group after a long walk through the barren landscape. Kazu and Kenta were basically complaining throughout the whole walk, which only infuriated everyone else.

"Are we there yet?" asked Kazu.

"Not yet. Wait, I do see a village," Buddamon said.

"A village?! Then there must be plenty of food and water there! We could use some rest anyway," said Kenta.

"You boys aren't going anywhere. We're all on this together. There's no 'I' in team," said Sonja.

"Gee, where did I hear that from," Patamon said.

"What are we doing sitting around like a bunch of nap sacks! Lets go and see if any villagers will help us out," said Terriermon.

"I agree. Lets make our move. And we better hurry. No telling what kind of dangers lurk around here," Buddamon replied.

As soon as the group walked over to the village, they could see nothing more than several half-dome houses with mud and trash built houses.

"Hello!! Is anybody here?" Jeri gave a loud shout that startled the whole group.

Henry looks down and notices a motorcycle track on the ground, which gave me a little more curiosity. Just then, TK and Patamon began to hear the sound of a motorcycle in the far off distance. Then a motorcycle appears out of nowhere and charges towards the group. They all jumped away.

Patamon, Sonja, Leomon and Terriermon quickly get into fighting stances while the others looked on. They faced towards the motorcycle and noticed that nobody was even riding on it. It looked as though a ghost had been riding it, thus giving its nick name 'ghost rider'. The motorcycle goes charging right towards them once again. The fighters went to attack.

"Boom Bubble!!"

"Terrier Tornado!!"

"Fist of the Beast King!!"

Sonja simply throws a ki-blast over at the metal contraction. But the motorcycle managed to phase away from each blast being fired towards it. This caught everyone by complete surprise. The motorcycle was now targeting for Patamon.

"Patamon!! Hang on!!"

Patamon goes flying up towards TK as the blonde-haired young man caught him. He goes running away from the motorcycle but then pulls out his D-3, as if he were ready to perform the fusion with patamon right away, but the motorcycle turned into another direction.

TK noticed that the motorcycle was heading right towards a small chocolate-covered Frigimon.

"Hey!! Look out!" exclaimed TK.

But as soon as he said that, the motorcycle goes charging after the chocolate Frigimon, which was now making a get away escape. TK and Henry went over to save the digimon. But Leomon managed to jump out of nowhere and pushes the digimon away from the motorcycle's head-on collision. The metal contraction managed to find another chocolate Frigimon and runs it down through the house. As a result, the digimon was quickly deleted and the motorcycle strolls off out of the village and out of sight.

"Whew! That was sure close," said Henry.

"Poor digimon didn't deserve that," replied TK.

Just then, several doors from each of the houses were now beginning to open up. A gang of chocolate Frigimon was all swarming around and they crowded around the group. But they didn't seem to want to fight, since they looked friendly enough.

"You guys wanna tango?" Sonja asked, "Well get ready for a beat down!"

"Sonja. Please. They aren't even attacking. Lets just keep our cool," Henry said.

"Whatever…"

"I wonder who these digimon are?" said Kazu.

Jeri pulls out her D-Ark and then gets a hologram image of the 'chocolate' Frigimon.

[Chuchidarumon. Champion-Level. Mutant type. Special Attack: Mud ball and a tendency to stare?!]

"Oh these are Chuchidarumon. They look friendly enough," Jeri said.

"Plus they look like chocolate-covered gingerbread men. I'm so hungry!" exclaimed Kazu.

"What he said!" Kenta stated.

"Will you two just put a cork in it?" Leomon snarled.

Suddenly, an elder Chuchidraumon comes walking up towards the group and then extends his out in friendship towards Buddamon. Buddamon gladly accepts and shakes the elder's hand.

"Greetings and salutations. Welcome to our village home," said the elder.

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Later that day, the elder had invited the group all into his home and pointed out towards a table plate full of what looked like 'chocolate stones'. Kazu and Kenta looked over at the table with starry eyes and drooling mouths.

"Oh, its like a dream come true," said Kazu.

"We're not dreaming. This is the real deal, dude," Kenta replied.

"Yes, please. This is a reward for helping saving one of our people. Eat as much as you like," the elder stated.

"Sweet! Coming through guys," Kazu said.

The young boy pushes everyone through and grabs himself a handful of chocolates and stuffs them in his mouth. Kenta goes and digs in as well. Jeri looks up to Leomon and points over to the table full of the chocolate. Leomon shook his head and Jeri goes over towards the table to join in with Kazu and Kenta.

"Man! This is some good stuff! I've haven't had a single sweet for ages," said Kazu.

"And who said that sweets were bad for you," Kenta replied.

"Mmmm. Delicious," Jeri said while munching down on some chocolates.

"Patamon, aren't you going to get some? You're usually one of the first to get to the dinner table," TK asked his digimon partner.

"Nah. I'll pass for now. I think those chocolates will be all gone since Kazu and Kenta are eating them."

"I'm with you on that one, Patay. When it comes to food, those two will not hesitate. And I thought I was the pig around here," Terriermon said, "They really need to momentai when it comes to eating. They're making us digimon look bad."

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Elsewhere within the Digital World

[Final Fantasy VII "Aerith's theme" plays]

Impmon had found himself walking through an empty-spaced territory. Everything was unknown to him and he wondered if he was even in the Digital World.

"This sure doesn't look like home. I don't remember all of this thick fog and clouds. What if I am really dead? This couldn't be heaven or hell. Or is it the world in between those two worlds?"

Just then, the rookie felt his body start to shiver from the cold mist and he felt a presence nearby. It was a very powerful presence. He looked across his surroundings and noticed that the unknown territory was slowly turning into that of a red, crimson color.

"Hello?! Who is that?! I can sense you! There's no point in hiding! Reveal yourself to me," the little virus shouted.

Suddenly, two glowing red eyes were now becoming visible through the mist that was ahead of Impmon. He goes running over to investigate the one looking over at him.

"Ok, who are you and what do you want from me?!"

As soon as Impmon stopped, he stood face to face with what looked like a dog-like digimon, standing around as if it were a statue. Impmon looks over at it with a confused look on his face.

"Hey! You got a staring problem or what?!"

"Are you the one called Impmon?" the dog asked with a demonic tone in his voice.

"Why do you care if I'm Impmon?! Who are you?"

"I was the one who called you from that digital port back in the human realm. You crave for power don't you?"

"Yeah and I crave for cheeseburgers, too. How about fries with that? And maybe some skittles and bubblegum? Oh wait I've already ran out of bubblegum. So, who are you?"

"I am Chatsuramon. Unlike the other Devas, I was free from Dark Magimon's spell and serve the Sovereign himself."

"And that is suppose to impress me? Cause in reality, its not helping me a damn bit."

"Impmon, I was sent by the Sovereign to help grant you the power of evolution. Evolution is the one hope that you have been craving for. And we shall give it to you… But you must prove yourself worthy enough to us…"

Impmon looks right up at the red-eyed Chatsuramon and was relieved that he didn't bear the 'D' symbol on his forward. The little rookie stood there with a look of interest and started his compromise with the dog deva.

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Back over at the Chuchidarumon village, Jeri was already falling asleep on a hammock. Kazu and Kenta were asleep else where in the small elder's home. Patamon was playing with the small Chuchidarumon. Sonja stood outside while guarding the small Chuchidarumon and was on the lookout for the motorcycle.

TK, Henry and Leomon were inside as they having a conversation with the Chuchidarumon elder.

"Just what was that motorcycle doing attacking your village?" asked TK.

"I really have no idea, nor do my villagers for that matter. But it was said that it came here one day and started attacking the village for unknown reasons. We call this metal contraction the 'Metal Beast'. It craves nothing more than to harm my villagers."

"Well, can't you just stop it?" asked Leomon.

"There is nothing we can do against it. We are most certainly powerless to combat against it."

"That maybe so, but let me ask you a question. Have you been in any contact with a group of digimon known as the Devas? They are a group that were enslaved by Dark Magimon as they had their free will taken away," the brave-hearted warrior managed to ask.

"Devas? Dark Magimon? I'm terribly sorry, but I have no idea on who these Devas are, nor do I have any idea about this Dark Magimon. But even if these beings were planning on taking over the Digital World, none would have cared for us. The village we live in is nothing more than the Forgotten Village of Lost Data. As far as this 'Metal Beast' is concerned, I know nothing more but the fact that my kind have been hiding in the village in order to avoid being killed by it."

"Oh! Don't sweat it! We can just take care of the rust bucket by blowing it up into smithereens," remarked Terriermon.

Henry was appalled by Terriermon's remarks and gives him a stern look.

"Terriermon, don't start…"

"What? C'mon, I was just trying to help them out."

"Since all digimon can not digivolve naturally, they have to hide in order to ensure our survival because no one was strong enough to stop this metal contraction."

"Oh yeah! Once I digivolve, then I'm going to give that motorbike a little-"

But the floppy-eared bunny dog was quickly cut off by Henry's outburst.

"Terriermon!!"

The bunny dog began to pull on his face, as a form of self-punishment, which would let Henry know that he would 'shut up and not make a wise crack'.

"Well, why don't you just have all of the Chuchidarumon villagers stand up for themselves against this 'Metal Beast'?" asked TK, "You can't just let that thing scare you for the rest of your lives!"

TK felt a hand being placed on his shoulder and he turns around to face Henry.

"I think we better think this over first, TK."

"Right."

As soon as the two walked outside, they were now about to start their private conversation.

"I think that we should not force all of this upon that elder. There's nothing more that he and the villagers can do. We really should butt out of this situation and let them handle it themselves. We should concentrate more on finding Calumon," said Henry.

"You maybe right. But, I we just can't leave these poor Chuchidarumon behind and let the motorcycle run them all down. I mean look at how innocent that are."

TK points over towards Patamon, who was playing with the small baby Chuchidarumon.

"Are you just going to say that we should leave those poor digimon to get run down? I don't happen to agree on this situation, Henry. And I for one know better."

"Well. I really wouldn't usually say this, Henry. But I'm going to have to agree with TK," Terriermon said.

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Chatsuramon began to explain his purpose on meeting Impmon in this empty-spaced unknown territory.

"As I said before, I am a Deva, but I serve only for the Digimon Sovereign himself. Everyone except Antiramon and myself are the only ones left. All the other Devas were brainwashed and turned into Dark Magimon's slaves. I came here to meet you and tell you of your destiny. You crave for digivolution and I can give it to you."

"Is that so? You expect me that believe that? Lets see some proof."

"But I can tell that you were dependant on humans alone."

"What?! How dare you say that to me! That's like an insult and a huge slap in the face! I detest humans as much as you do!"

"Is that right?"

With that said, Chatsuramon goes jumping up and shoots out an energy beam over at Impmon. This quickly blinded the rookie and he manages to cover his eyes frantically.

As soon as the blur disappeared from his sight, he found himself in front of a large home. But he found it very familiar and he started to walk over towards it with a smile on his face.

"I'm home? I'm home! I'm home! I'm back!"

Impmon goes running out towards the backyard and his eyes widened in shock as he saw his partners, Ai and Mako. He then calls out to them.

"Ai! Mako!"

The two children gasped in surprise as they turned to face Impmon. A smile comes across his face as he goes running up towards them, then they were running up towards their digimon. But just as he was able to wrap his arms around them, he went right through them. Impmon fell face first and looks on to see his former partners petting their new dog that their dad had brought home.

"Ai? Mako? You didn't even hug me? Why can't they see me?! Stop messing with my head!! Stop it!!"

The image quickly disappears and everything turns back into the unknown territory. Impmon was once again face to face with Chatsuramon. He looks right up at the dog deva with an assured look on his face.

"You do not need the use of humans because they don't need you! They've rejected you! We digimon will gladly accept you back, since we would never reject you. Unlike humans, we respect each other."

"Yes…"

"So, are you ready for the power?"

"The power?"

"Of digivolution… It's a gift from the Digimon Sovereign, for showing your disgust of humans. You are worthy enough…"

Impmon looks down on the ground and begins to think about all of his past histories and everything that had occurred in his sad, little life. He looks down as if he were in a very deep trance of some sorts.

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Suddenly, the motorcycle had returned back after flying out of a crack within the ground. It goes strolling through and heads over towards the Chuchidarumon village with evil intentions.

Jeri quickly awoke from the screams of the Chuchidarumon outside and jumps out from the hammock. Patamon went over to help each child Chuchidarumon back into its rooms. Sonja cleared the way and looked over to see the motorcycle returning back.

Henry quickly pulls out a card and slashes it through his D-Ark.

[Card Slash theme "Slash!" plays]

"Card Slash!! Super Evolution Plug-In S!!"

Evolution!!

[Digimon Tamers first evolution theme "Evo" plays]

"Terriermon shinka!! Gargomon!!"

Gargomon goes charging right over towards the motorcycle and let's loose a barrage of his 'Gargo Lasers', but they proved ineffective against the motorcycle. Leomon wrenches back and attempt for his 'Fist of the Beast King' technique and as soon as it shot out, the blast only managed to slow it down. Not even a single scratch on it. As it charged towards the group of Chuchidarumon, Patamon took notice of this and flies right over to them. TK's D-3 began to glow.

[Evolution theme "Braveheart" plays]

Patamon felt his ki increase as TK's D-3 gave him the power to digivolve into his champion-level form.

"Patamon shinka!! Angemon!!"

The angel warrior goes flying over the motorcycle and wrenches his fist back. A bright aura glow formed across his body as he chanted his powerful attack.

"Hand of Fate!!"

[Disturbed "Stupify" plays]

The holy blast goes shooting out with a powerful force and manages to slow down the motorcycle, which allowed the Chuchidarumon group to make an escape getaway. Angemon goes flying right towards the motorcycle and uses his staff to stop at its place, but the bike was using some strength of its own to break free. The holy warrior was taken by surprise at the fact that a mere motorcycle was having a stalemate with a digimon such as Angemon.

"Slown him down, Angemon! Don't let him near the village!"

"If I can just hold him off longer! It's surprising that this thing is powerful! I don't think I can hold him out much longer! Wait a second!"

Angemon peered down over at the motorcycle and then notices a small, robotic digimon riding on top of it. With one good swing, Angemon jumps away and uses his staff to knock the robotic creature off of the bike. Angemon goes flipping backwards and cups his hands together.

"Holy Beam!!"

The angelic warrior thrusts his cupped hands forwards and uses its excessive force to push away the powerful metal contraction away and sends it flying back over towards a nearby cracked hole in the ground.

"Alright! Way to go, Angemon!!"

"Nice shooting!" Gargomon complmented.

"That thing was much stronger than it looks. This Digital World is too illogical," Leomon said.

"Well, whatever it is, it's gone," replied Sonja.

Jeri walks over and picks the small digimon that was riding on the motorcycle. She pulls out her D-Ark and begins to analyze it.

[Metal Koromon. In-training level]

"Hey guys! This was the digimon that was riding on that bike," Jeri called out.

"So are we out of danger?" asked Kazu.

"I thought you two were already dead asleep," said Henry.

"You thought wrong," replied Kenta, "Yeah, looks like we are out of danger."

"For now at least," TK assured them.

"Thank you all for saving me," Metal Koromon said, "I'm glad that you managed to gotten rid of that horrible machine."

"Why is that?" asked Angemon.

"Anybody that takes possession and rides on it immediately turns evil. And I was its victim. I was the one who ran down those poor Chuchidarumon. I am so sorry. I couldn't control myself because of that demonic device."

"Well, your safe and the village should be ok," TK assured the little digimon, "It wasn't you fault anyways. Don't worry about it. All is forgiven."

"No wonder why TK had the crest of hope. I really didn't believe him when I first met him, but he sure has proven that to me. He always seems to have hope, no matter how great the threat is and today is no different," Henry said to himself.

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Impmon and Chatsuramon were having a staredown, with the Deva giving Impmon the silence treatment. But the rookie spoke up and broke the silence.

"So that's all? Just give myself up to the Sovereign, just for the power of digivolution? Just to get back at the humans?"

The Deva replies with an evil smirk across his face. Impmon could easily tell that he was speaking the truth and was standing there while thinking over the whole situation.

"This is my chance to gain evolution! I have been craving for it this whole time. I should not blow this opportunity. This is it! But on the other hand, why would the Sovereign ever bother to care to digivolve me and do his dirty work?"

"The reason I say this is the fact that our Devas were wrongfully murdered at the hands of the Tamers, despite being brain-washed by Dark Magimon. He too is responsible for everything. They all must pay for what they have done to damage our reputation. Now my fellow Deva's data are rotting in 'Digital Limbo' as we speak. The Devas should have been highly respected. Once you are given this evolution, you are to kill the digimon partnered with these humans. You shouldn't even reject this opportunity, since this is something you have craved for this whole time."

Impmon stands there while clenching his fists. A bright purple aura forms around him and the ground around his feet were starting to crack. He quickly made up his mind and pointed out to Chatsuramon.

"Alright! I'll sell my soul and do whatever the hell your Sovereign wants!!"

"Then relinquish your soul!!"

With that said, Chatsuramon shoots down a beam and a hole was starting to form at Impmon's feet. The rookie cried out as he fell into a deep pit and splashed through what seemed to be hot lava. Suddenly, a silhouette of the Digimon Sovereign was shown. Now he was ready to perform his magic and grant Impmon his long-awaited digivolution power.

"Yes. My dream has come true. Prepare to die, humans. Now Impmon is back for revenge. Your deaths will come by my hands only!"

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Elsewhere, on the other side of the Digital World, Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon were still in statue forms on the side of the mountain away from Dark Magimon's ship.

Dark Magimon's Ship

[Final Fantasy VII "Sephiroth's theme" plays]

King Devimon was sitting patiently in the meditation room while gathering up his ever so powerful ki. Waves of light wash through the room, but disappear almost immediately. A white ball of light with electricity running through it appears and disappears around him. He hovers silently with his eyes shut, with his legs and arms crossed. He began to glow a blue light.

Back within the third stage room, Omega X stands around with his hands on his hips while looking on impatiently.

"Hey! What the hell is going on?! Come out here now!"

"I say we break through the damn door," Matt shouted.

"You can't do that," Shintomon said.

The Supreme guardian goes over to grab Matt by the arm, but Metal Garurumon quickly reacts and gets into a defensive stance. Matt shrugs Shintomon away and turns around.

"I can't wait forever."

"Don't break it, Yamato."

"Shut up."

"There's too much danger that you would release D-Reaper," said Shintomon.

Dark Magimon observes the quarreling through his crystal ball and begins giggling to himself at the sight of it.

"They're getting jittery already! So, is King Devimon ready yet?"

The Gazimon looks right back to the door and then replies with an answer.

"No, he's still in the meditation room."

"That's ok. Raise your ki level even higher, King Devimon! You will show them what your true power is capable of!"

The sorcerer begins laughing once again at the sheer thought of King Devimon at his fully powered state. A cruel, twisted smile comes across the sorcerer's face.

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Back over at the Chuchidarumon village, everyone has gathered around after defeating the motorcycle and ensured the safety of the Chuchidarumon people.

"TK. You really proven to me that you have high hopes, no matter how great the danger is," Henry said, "Sorry for doubting you."

"Its ok. I knew you didn't know me very well and I just demonstrated what I am capable of. Angemon sure put up a fight there."

"I'll say."

"Now lets begin our search for Calumon," Buddamon said while walking back towards the group.

"Hey, where did you go? You missed all of the action," Jeri asked.

"I think I was able to track down the location of Calumon."

"Then we should be heading off over there as soon as possible," said Leomon.

But just as the group was heading out, a huge burst of lava comes shooting out from the cracked hole just a mile away from the village. The group ran over and looked on to see the motorcycle popping out but with somebody riding on it.

"Whoa! Who's on that bike?" asked Kazu.

"I don't know. But it looks like whoever is riding the machine has complete control over it," Angemon said.

As soon as he said that, the rider starts up the engine and speeds off away from the village area and heads out deep into the barren landscape of the digital world.

"Just who is that guy?" TK asked.

[Kid Rock "American Badass" plays]

The motorcycle was now out of sight but the rider on the bike happened to wear a full armored jacket, an impressive black outfit with armor spikes on several parts on his body. He also had clawed gloves His helmet looked to be dark blue and the only skin visible was underneath his helmet. It was light blue and his eyes were purely red with small black pupils. The biker spoke up with a dark tone in his voice and lets the whole digital world know who he really was.

"They call me Beezlebumon!"

With that said, Beelzebumon goes riding off into the horizon of the digital world, in search of some game to hunt before he begins his search for the Tamers.

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Dark Magimon's Ship

[Final Fantasy VII "Sephiroth's theme" plays]

Back within the meditation room, the evil King Devimon was still meditating. A white ball of light appears and disappears at random. The demon opens his eyes and a grin forms his face.

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The Tamer and Destined group were all lounging around impatiently, in hopes of getting the third opponent to finally reveal himself. Rika and Matt were clearly the most frustrated right about now.

"What are they doing?! Sleeping?" Matt asked, "They're late and it's already been five hours!"

Kari stretches out in preparation while Angewomon sits down meditating for the upcoming battle.

"I hope they didn't give up after they saw Metal Garurumon and Omega X fight," Takato said.

"Either that or the next opponent must be in a bathroom crapping himself to death," remarked Rika.

"Ah. We're in no rush. There's nothing to worry about," Omega X assured them.

Shintomon simply watches them, still with a speechless look on his face. Kari continues stretching.

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[Final Fantasy VII "Sephiroth's theme" plays]

Meanwhile, in the meditation room, King Devimon continues raising his ki level. The white ball of light sits around him and long strands of electricity runs everywhere, yellow bolts keeping a constant presence around the ball and white bolts sparkling up occasionally and disappearing again. King Devimon sits with his eyes shut, along with his arms and legs crossed.

Outside the meditation room, Dark Magimon begins pacing back and forth. He looks up and giggles to himself. He could now easily sense his greatest henchman reaching at his full potential power.

"Incredible! King Devimon's ki is going up! I like it a lot! I can almost see D-Reaper's resurrection right now! But all in due time! Ha! Ha!"

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Northern region of Digital World

Buddamon's group had already left the Chuchidarumon village and stopped over at a canyon resort, since Kazu and Kenta were once again complaining about their tired feet. Buddamon insisted on giving them a few minutes to letting them rest, which allowed me enough time to locate Calumon's ki.

[Final Fantasy VII "Main theme" plays]

"I just wonder how the others are doing? I hope they've found Dark Magimon's spaceship," said TK.

"I have a feeling that they already have gotten there," Buddamon said, "And they are inside of his ship as we speak."

"Really?! Did well did they fare," asked Henry.

"Well. Two of Dark Magimon's greatest henchmen have already been defeated. They have yet to reach two more obstacles before reaching to Dark Magimon and stopping him from unleashing the D-Reaper."

"That's all and well, but you think that they're going to make it through," Patamon said.

"It depends. We will trust on their abilities. I do believe that the last two opponents will be even more of a threat than the last two. They better not be overconfident over his whole ordeal. Shintomon wouldn't allow that to happen."

"One question. Who was that biker dude that just happened to pop right out of that lava? I mean what a bad dude," said Kazu.

"Hmm, for some reason. The energy I felt from that guy was very familiar," replied Terriermon.

"Huh? What do you mean," asked Henry.

"I mean, its as if I felt his power from somewhere before. But I really don't remember nor do I care. What we need to do is find Calumon.

"Agreed and its about time that you get up onto your feet and resume with our mission. This is work not a vacation," Buddamon stated.

"Oh, shucks. And I was just about to have a nice dream," said Kenta.

"Ditto here. Why don't you guys move on and let us just sit around to meet up with you when you get back?" asked Kazu.

"Or how about this- YOU TWO SHOULD BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT UNKNOWN DIGIMON COMING OUT TO BITE YOUR ASSES! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT! YOU TWO ARE SOME OF THE LAZIEST BUMS I'VE EVER MET!" Sonja screamed from the top of her lungs.

The whole group looked over at her with sweats drop coming down their faces as if they were about to fall over. Sonja coughed to herself and crossed her arms. Kazu and Kenta's eyes were widened and they were about to say something but Sonja had already told them off.

"I rest my case. Ok, boys. Lets get a move on."

Kazu and Kenta get up from their behinds to follow the group along as they headed out into the barren landscape once again. TK goes walking up to Sonja and whispers to her.

"Hey, Sonja. Do you happen to talk like that to Davis? Man, I sort of feel sorry for him."

"Only when he misbehaves. If there's anything I hate more are whiners, complainers and lazy people. I won't tolerate it and that's just the way I am. Kazu and Kenta are no different. I had to set the record straight."

"And it worked. Thank god that you were able to get it through their thick heads of theirs," Patamon replied.

"Well that's Kazu and Kenta for you," replied Henry.

"Anyway. Compared to them, Davis is nothing like that. When he acts like a child at times, I'm attracted to him like that. But those two boys are not my husband, that's for sure."

"Boy looks like she straightened us out. Lets not try and pull that off again," Kenta said.

"Yeah I know. I wonder how Davis must put up with her. She's worse than Rika."

Sonja looks over at the two boys without even turning her head. She pushes her back away from her face and continues to walk with the others.

Buddamon stops as the group comes across a small, abandoned village. They all look over towards the village with awe looks on their faces.

"A village in the middle of nowhere. I'm guessing the people here suffered their fate," Leomon said.

"What makes you say that?" asked Jeri.

"Take a look for yourself. Do you see any digimon? I don't and they all could have been killed by that motorcycle we encountered early."

"That's is very true," said Buddamon, "That bike did happen to invade this village. This used to be a small Numemon village, but they are all wasted away."

"That's just horrible!" said Jeri, "Why would such a machine kill digimon?"

"Well you do remember that Metal Koromon riding that bike and losing control of his conscious self as a result," Henry said, "However the fault isn't going to be put on that Metal Koromon."

"Right. I sense that Calumon was once here."

"You did, Buddamon? Where do you think he ran off to?" TK asked.

Buddamon looks over towards the landscape ahead but then looks over towards the western section. He closes his eyes and then picks up a small ki. He turns around to face the group.

"He's over at the western section. We have to get there as soon as possible."

"Right, we're on it," said TK.

Suddenly, there was a loud, rumbling noise heard from the far distance. The entire group turned to see a huge, purple stream heading their way.

"Ahh!! What is that beam doing?" Henry asked frantically.

"Its a data stream! Everybody you have to avoid it! If it touches you, you will be taken away into another part of the Digital World and we can't afford to find each other," Buddamon said.

TK goes over and snatches up Patamon away from the path of the in-coming data stream. Henry grabs Terriermon and makes a clean getaway. Buddamon flies overhead over the group, while Leomon was carrying Jeri off.

"Hey?! Where's, Kazu and Kenta?" Sonja asked.

The black-haired young woman turned to see Kazu and Kenta making their escape from the data stream. She rolls her eyes and goes running towards them. She snatches them by both of their hands.

"Lets go you two! You're wasting our times!"

"Speak for yourself!" Kazu exclaimed.

As soon as he said that, the data stream came by and sucked all three individuals as they were sent into another part of the Digital World.

"Oh no! We lost them! Sonja, Kazu and Kenta just got absorbed by that data stream!" exclaimed TK.

"Yes and they are now taken into another part of the Digital World," Buddamon said.

"Um, should we like go and find them," Terriermon asked, "This is a pretty dangerous place to explore after all. I feel pretty sorry for Sonja right about now."

"Bah. Don't worry about it. She's one tough babe. She can take care of herself," said Patamon, "From the way she took us all on many years ago, it'd be stupid to ever doubt her."

"Um yeah, but just one problem there. She's with Kazu and Kenta," replied TK, "I hope she can survive with those two."

"Don't worry, I'm sure they can all get along, put their differences aside and come searching for us."

"Yes. We really should be looking for Calumon, first. I have no doubts that your three friends will find us. Its only a matter of time."

They all agreed to each other and walked with Buddamon, with one goal in mind. And that was to retrieve Calumon. They had no doubts that Sonja would take care of herself, but could she survive a moment by herself along with Kazu and Kenta. That certainly wouldn't be her idea of babysitting.

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Back over at Dark Magimon's ship

[Final Fantasy VII "Sephiroth's theme" plays]

King Devimon was still in his meditation room and raising his ki. The entire room is lit up briefly by bright sparks of white lightning extends out in many directions, in addition to a much less impressive yellow bolts that maintained a constant presence.

Dark Dagimon stands outside of the room with his eyes closed. His eyes open and the sorcerer giggles.

"The King of the Devimons is impressive!"

He looks over at his crystal ball and approaches it to check up on the Tamer and Destined group.

"I'm sure he can defeat them and get enough energy to resurrect D-Reaper. I'm glad that I brought King Devimon. I can easily remember when I found in the Realm of Darkness."

He remembers the day he firs laid eyes on King Devimon. The demon was basically doing his favorite everyday routine, destroying all innocence that stands in his way. He is considered one of the most feared presences in the two Digital Worlds. King Devimon stood triumphant over stacks of dead bodies and had a very happy expression over the souls that he claimed. But that would soon all change as he pledged his loyalty over to Dark Magimon and allowed the sorcerer to enslave him.

"The more evil there is in your heart, the easier it is for me to control you," Dark Magimon said to himself.

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Sonja found herself in a clock zone filled with clouds. She then looked across and saw nothing but clocks and watches hanging around. There were clock gears suspended in the air and on poles. All of the gears were in the same golden color. Some of them moved, while others didn't

"Am I still in the Digital World?"

She then turns around to see none other than Kazu and Kenta. It was just her and those two boys.

"Ugh. No. I'm alone with these two?! Davis, help me…"

"Hey, Sonja? Where did we just go? I thought you knew how to avoid those data streams. After all, you were an experienced fighter in the digital world," Kazu said.

"Yeah? What gives?" asked Kenta.

Sonja turns away from them and angrily clenches her fists tightly.

"Um, hello? Earth to Sonja! Are you there? So, how are we going to get out of here?" Kazu asked, "You don't want to talk to us. Well, you should have said that earlier."

"Yeah. What he said!"

"WILL YOU TWO JUST SHUT THE HELL UP?!"

The two boys stood there with eyes widened and their mouths about to open in complete shock.

"God, what's your problem? We were just saying how you would propose we leave this clock world? All of these clicking is making my ears hurt."

"Well, Kazu. If you just realized that you were speaking to me in such a rude manner. I can't stand anyone with that kind of behavior. And I can't believe that I, once one of the strongest warriors in the Digital World, am now reduced to being nothing more than a babysitter for two of the most useless boys I have ever met! Ugh! Is that so much to ask?!"

"Hey. You think we're going to put up with your snobby and arrogant attitude? Well guess what? You're wrong. We don't even care if you are older than we are," Kazu said.

"You're not even our boss either."

"Whatever…"

Sonja turns her back towards the boys and looks out towards the skylines and the gears surrounding nearby poles.

"Hey, do you guys hear something?" asked Kenta.

"What? I don't hear anything," said Kazu, "Your hearing things, chumley. All I hear are…"

"Clocks…"

"Which one?"

"That one. Over there."

Kenta points out towards the particular clock that seemed to have been stuck. The boys walk over towards it and examine it. Sonja turns to face them and walks over towards the clock that they were investigating. The group saw the clock's hands moving rapidly around except the second hand. The second was stuck, right before the twelve.

"Ok. Step aside. I should fix it," Sonja said, "This noise is driving me crazy!"

"No!! Don't touch it!" a voice called out.

As soon as she touched it, she gasped and watched as the second hand touched the twelve. She looks right over to what seemed to be two digimon. One looked like a giant gear and the other was a guy riding on top of a clock.

"What's the problem? We've fixed it," said Kazu.

"I agree. What is the big deal?" asked Kenta.

Sonja peers over at the two digimon and she quickly gets them scanned, since she is half artificial.

"Analyzing the two digimon. Hmm…"

[Clockmon. Champion-level. Machine type. Special Attacks: Chrono Breaker and Tempus Fugit.]

[Hagurumon. Rookie-level. Machine type. Special Attacks: Gear Rollers and Darkness Gears.]

"Oh no! Something bad is going to happen! Everybody take cover," exclaimed Hagurumon.

"We're all going down," Clockmon shouted out, "Well, maybe not."

Just then, all of the gears stopped moving and the group started to spread out as something was starting to open out from the ground. Sonja quickly places both boys away onto the side and quickly gets into a fighting stance. A large, dragon with a half cybernetic body comes pushing out from the ground.

Sonja looks over towards the dragon monster and quickly begins to analyze the beast.

[Megadramon. Ultimate Level. Special Attack: Darkside Attack.]

"You boys stay out of this. This is my fight and I'm going take care of his overgrown lizard myself."

"You?! But you're just a normal human," Hagururmon said.

"No kidding! You're signing your own death warrant, lady! Well, maybe not…"

"I'm no ordinary human. I was an artificial created by Datamon, but turned to the side of the Destined. Watch as I demonstrate my power."

[Our Lady's Peace "Whatever" plays]

As soon as she said that, she quickly flies up as if she were a torpedo. Megadramon sees her coming and flies right past her. Sonja smirks and phases right in front of him. She quickly powers up and lets lose several ki blasts over at the monster's face. Megadramon is sent flying back, as Sonja goes flying right towards him to begin another head on attack.

"Where are you going, dragon breath? We're not done yet."

But just as she was going to unleash her next attack, Megadramon revived himself and let's loose missiles from his hands.

"Darkside Attack!!"

Sonja gasps and watches as the missiles come right for her. She gets into a blocking position and the missiles explode right head on. Megadramon laughs and flies around in satisfaction.

"Oh no! She's dead!" exclaimed Kazu, "I can't believe it!"

"No kidding! Looks like we're next on his menu list," said Kenta.

"Oh she's not done yet," Hagururmon said.

"Nope. Nope. She's very much alive. Well maybe not," Clockmon stated.

"But that's impossible!!"

"No. Its very possible, boys," Sonja's voice called out.

As soon as the smoke cleared away, Sonja was standing without a single scratch on her. Megadramon was just as surprised. Sonja smirks while filing her nails.

"If we're done playing games, I do believe it is my turn."

With that said, Sonja goes and delivers a devastating uppercut to the monster's chin and kicks him right in the gut. Sonja goes flying back and cups her hands together. A powerful beam goes shooting out and sends Cyberdramon flying back.

"Way to go, girlfriend! That's the way to do it!" exclaimed Kazu.

"You rock! Give it to him!" said Kenta.

Just as Sonja was about to make her next attack, another digimon attacked Megadramon seemingly out of nowhere. Sonja stops to observe the digimon and analyzes it through her sensors.

[Cyberdramon. Ultimate-Level. Special Attack: Desolation Claw]

Megadramon charges at the fighter, but Cyberdramon stops him with one arm. Sonja could only look on with surprise. Cyberdramon powers up as an aura forms around him and his claws began to glow. He cups his hands together and goes slashing right at the Megadramon.

"Desolation Claw!!"

This was soon to send Megadramon down to the ground and knock him out completely unconscious. Sonja goes flying down as she quickly confronted Cyberdramon.

"Cyberdramon! Stop!"

The group all turned around to see the source of the voice.

"That's not the one we are looking for, Cyberdramon."

"Oh my goodness! Is that who I think it is!" asked Hagurumon.

"Yes. Positively! It's Ryo! Ryo Akiyama!" announced Clockmon.

Sonja looks over towards what appeared to be a teenaged Tamer in mini-chaps, a shirt with a torn-up sleeve and a bandana around his neck.

"Ryo Akiyama!" the boys exclaimed.

"You know this guy?" Sonja asked.

"Cyberdramon! That wasn't the opponent that we are looking for! I command you to stop!"

But the warrior digimon would not follow his Tamer's command and continues to pummel the ground that Megadramon was sprawled unconscious on. Ryo goes walking up towards Cyberdramon.

"I said that I would never do this, but you leave me no choice!"

With that said, he goes and pulls out his D-Ark. It quickly produced a whip of some sorts. He used it as he restrained Cyberdramon from killing off Megadramon.

After Cyberdramon broke out of his state of wild behavior, Ryo turns around and faces the group with a smirk on his face.

"Well, you're an awfully weird bunch. I never knew there were other humans here. You three must be…"

"I'm Kazu."

"Kenta."

"I'll save the introductions for later, big shot. Just who the hell do you think you are for interfering with my fight? I didn't need your help."

"Well, you just happened to have gotten in Cyberdramon's way. He was the one who attacked, not me. You should talk to him about that."

"One more question. Just how did you get here? I thought there would be natural humans living within the Digital World."

"I'll explain everything later. But first let me try to help my friends over here for a second."

Ryo goes over to the broken clock, pulls out a pocketknife and stabs it to prevent the second hand from moving again. This would also prevent Megadramon to escape and finally seal him away.

"Thanks, Ryo! We really appreciate it," said Hagurumon.

"You're really quite welcome guys. There's really no reason to thank me. I was just there to help that's all. But I appreciate it."

"Well, we'll be seeing you later, Ryo. Make sure you keep, Cyberdramon under control."

"Will do, Clockmon."

Soon as he said that, the two digimon go walking off while arguing with one another on which Ryo liked the best.

"Ugh. What's up with this guy? He thinks he's all cool and pretends his all 'Mr. Perfect' or something. Please, I'm not buying it," said Sonja.

"Geez and I thought Rika was bad," Kazu whispered into Kenta's ear.

"Same here. They would sure make great sisters," said Kenta.

"Hey, kid? You're Ryo? As in Ryo Akiyama?" Kazu asked.

"Um, yeah. That's me."

"Wow! I can't believe it's really him! Mr. Ryo! You have to sign my autograph!"

"What he said."

"Guys you can just call me Ryo. Really. You three obviously look lost. I'll be more than happy to leads you out of this place. Trust me. I know every direction in the Digital World. You can just follow me."

"Can we be sure to even trust, you?" asked Sonja.

"Oh and I don't think you introduced yourself."

"That's Sonja. She's an artificial and a wife to a Destined named Davis. She's a big hothead, much like Rika."

"Rika? As in Rika Nonaka?"

"Yeah, Ryo. I remember you beat her in the Digimon Tournament. She certainly hasn't forgiven you for that," said Kazu.

"That so? Is she here?" asked Ryo.

"Yeah. She's off with another group over at Dark Magimon's ship."

"Is that so? Dark Magimon? That girl is just as stubborn as ever to getting herself involved in those dangerous situations. Alright, what we need to do is get you guys out of here…"

"But how did you get here in the Digital World?"

"Well, after I beat Rika in the tournament, I left the real world ten months back because my partner, Cyberdramon, was too hard to control when we were back on Earth. I did it so that we wouldn't cause further damage to everything around him."

"Too bad Rika never got a rematch. Heh. Heh," Kazu said.

"Since we've been out in the Digital World for so long, I've been waiting for at least some other kids to arrive. Then you guys came along. I know a way back to Earth, but the path involved 'going through another dimension'. Enough about me, how did you guys get here?"

"But we are with another group led by Buddamon," replied Sonja, "We got separated by a data stream and we were taken here. We have to regroup with Buddamon and the others. We are looking for Calumon. Rika and the others can pretty much handle Dark Magimon and his army."

"Sure, whatever. Lets go. There's no sense in staying around here," Ryo said, "Cyberdramon!"

With that said, Cyberdramon goes to follow alongside his partner. Kazu, Kenta and Sonja go following behind them.

"Wow! It's really him! Ryo! The Master Tamer," Kazu said to himself.

"He really is the man,"Kenta replied to himself.

"Please, make the hurting stop. I just hope the others were able to find Calumon right about now,"Sonja said to herself. "Davis, you better be ok or you're going to have to deal with me when you get back."

Ryo walks over and then leads his group over inside what seemed to be a portal. It would lead them into another location in the Digital World. As soon as they entered, they would be transported into an unknown location within the Digital World.

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Dark Magimon's Ship

Everyone within the third staged room was now either falling asleep or getting restless. Omega X sits up and stretches his arms out while yawning.

"What's taking him so long?" asked Omega X.

"I know. It's getting late. I hope he comes soon," said Kari.

Matt and Metal Garurumon stare right over towards the word without muttering a word. Rika was sitting on her behind and basically was looking over at the same door.

"I just want to kick that damn door down myself," said Rika.

"Keep cool, Rika. We'll find out who will come out. I promise you."

"Lets just hope that you are right about that one, my goggle head friend. Besides, who else would be strong enough to emerge from that door," Rika said to herself.

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Dark Magimon continues to observe them through his crystal ball but then stops as he turns to hear the door behind him. It was opening up. A smile comes across the sorcerer's face.

"King Devimon!"

The demon steps out of the room grinning and clenching his fists. A bright red aura was surrounding his body.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting, master."

Back in the third stage room, Angewomon was rubbing her wrists as she awaits the arrival of her opponent. Kari was now standing at her side.

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Buddamon and his group were still walking as they were coming across what seemed to be a town covered completely in black-and-white as if it were some kind of movie. Jeri walked by Leomon's side and a smile comes across her face, knowing Leomon would protect her. TK and Henry looked across their surroundings.

"Shintomon. I can sense King Devimon's power. The Destined and the Tamers must brace themselves for the upcoming battle. His power is like no other," Buddamon said to himself in thought.

Can Ryo lead Sonja and the others to the others and regroup Buddamon's entire team in once piece? And will Kari and Angewomon be prepared for what's coming up next? Yes, it's not King Devimon coming up as the third stage opponent. Are the Tamers and Digi-Destined biting off more than they can chew?

[Digimon Tamers first ending theme "My Tomorrow" plays]

[Preview]

Kazu: When am I going to get my own digimon? Kenta and I don't have digimon. When will my time come?!

Leomon: Look! It's an Andromon!

Sonja: It looks like we've got another jerk to deal with and not just Ryo…

Ryo: Hey, that hurt.

Jeri: Leomon! You need to digivolve! I want to see you're digivolved form!

Leomon: How can I be sure if I can digivolve again? I'll give it a try! I won't fail you, Jeri! I'm defeating Orchimon myself!

King Devimon: Now, I am at full power! Who dares to step up to challenge me?!

Kari: We'll challenge you! Angewomon! Fusion evolve!

Matt: Now we'll see if Kari has improved over these last seven years.

Omega X: Give it you're best, Kari! Just think back to how you beat Virus!

King Devimon: No mortal has the power to defeat the King of the Devimons!

Matt: Kari… You're disappointing me… I should have taken this fight.

Takato: Something tells me that Magimon might just possess one of us.

Rika: But who?

TK: Next time on Digimon Tamers Fusion, episode seventeen!

Hikari Confronts King Devimon, the King of the Devimons! Light Must Overcome Darkness!

Guilmon: Don't miss it!

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Max: So we have Beelzebumon and Ryo making their debuts. It's good to see old biker boy again, but Ryo is a different story.

Keke: I don't care if he calls himself the King of Digimon, he's still a prick in my view.

Max: Agreed and I'm sure every other Rukato fan can agree! Anyway, we'll stop bitching about that ass for now. Make sure to check out the first chapter to the Virus Saga. It's a don't miss chapter! If you're wondering, who the main villain for Zero Two is, you'll get the answer within the next chapter or so.

Keke: So, until then, we're out of here! Peace everyone! Remember that Ryo sucks!

Max: The big one!

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