Last Week: Kazu and Kenta prepared for their pajama party while the RA's did some preparing of their own. Unfortunately, Tai was nowhere to be found and when Mimi went out to look for him, Joe dragged on an impromptu trip to Reedington. That left Matt and Sora on their own. Tai, in the meantime, had followed Yamaki to the Hypnos base of operations and found the Monster Makers hard at work on the Juggernaut project. Hiding in the bathroom, Tai overheard the Hypnos crew talking about the Juggernaut program until the fire alarm went off. Tai waited until everyone evacuated before attempting to escape, but ran into The Digimon Empress, who was tampering with the mainframe. What got to Tai was that he seemingly recognized her, but before he could say anything, she tossed down a smoke ball and escaped. Davis tried to make up with Kari at the Alpha Zeta party, but things only soured further. Davis refused to leave the frat…until he learned that the ponytail and the buzzcut spiked Kari's punch! TK was released from the hospital, but came back to Odaiba U right in the midst of the wild pajama party. He was happy to see everybody, but when Kari arrived, she was staggering drunk. Yolei left TK her keys so he could get Kari out of there, but as he carried her away, Ebemon spied from a nearby tree and waited to strike when the time was right.


Digimon: The College Years

Episode 33- The Evils of Alcohol


In the old days, TK would love holding Kari in his arms. But tonight was different. Kari was extremely drunk and TK had the unenviable task of carrying her to Yolei's room. And she wasn't exactly being cooperative.

"I can walk, you know," Kari slurred. "I do have two legs. See? One, two. Hey, TK…I never noticed what big feet you have. You know what they say about a guy with big feet, right?"

TK shook his head. "Will you control yourself? Stop that! I'm trying to carry you! Would you stop squirming?!"

"I'm not handicapped, TK!" Kari yelled. "I can walk on my own."

TK couldn't continue carrying Kari like this. He put her down and held his back, but as soon as he did, Kari tried to walk on her own. Sure enough, it didn't take her long to trip over her own feet and fall to the ground.

"Walking never used to be this hard," Kari mused.

TK groaned and tried to pick up Kari, which wasn't an easy task. She wasn't making an effort to get up, which made it seem like TK was lifting a ton. When he couldn't drag her back on her feet, TK simply started dragging her by the arm.

"I just got out of the hospital," TK moaned. "I shouldn't be putting myself through this!"

TK saw he was almost home free. He saw the sophomore dorms. All he had to do was get Kari inside and into Yolei's room and the tough task would be over. But when he went through the door, he saw that he still had to get Kari up a flight of stairs.

TK sweatdropped. "Yeah…I knew it was too easy."

Kari wrapped her arms around TK. "Maybe it'd be easier to just stay down here."

TK only grew more determined. "We're going up those stairs, party girl. Let's go!"

Kari kept her arms around TK, making going up the stairs quite a chore. But TK didn't give up. He struggled, but he kept moving Kari up the stairs, knowing each step brought him closer to Yolei's room.

TK just hoped that once he got there, things would get easier.

The music was still playing with no end in sight. The party continued and it looked to continue on into the rest of the night. But the fun had yet to start in the eyes of Impmon. He had never seen so many humans in one place before. This was a golden opportunity.

Impmon stealthily slid out of his room upstairs and into the party. The dozens of dancing humans didn't even notice him. He quickly found a place to hide: the snack table. With a large white tablecloth covering the snack table, Impmon could duck under it and not be seen. So that's just what he did.

As soon as he was under the tablecloth, Impmon was ready to have some fun. He stuck his head out from under the tablecloth and lit a fireball on his fingertip. He targeted a couple dancing by the wall. They didn't suspect a thing. Impmon aimed and tossed the fireball right by their feet. When the fireball landed, both dancers let out a scream and jumped. Impmon tried to hold in his laughter as best he could, because as much fun as this was, he didn't want to get caught.

Impmon then turned his attention to some party animals that were heading to the snack table for some punch. This provided the potential for some fun, as well. So he lit another fireball on his tip and lopped it a few inches forward. The unsuspecting partygoers looking for snacks got met with an unpleasant hotfoot.

Impmon couldn't help it. He started laughing. He had just started, but he was already getting a big kick out of tonight. He figured he could keep this up the whole night and get a lot of laughs out of it. But then he stuck his head out from underneath the tablecloth and saw another target that was much more tempting.

He saw Sora the Resident Advisor.

Sora had her hands full, patrolling the second floor and making sure things didn't get out of control. She wasn't even aware of Impmon's presence.

Impmon smirked. He was looking forward to having fun with Sora.

After what felt like hours of labor, TK finally reached Yolei's room. But he soon found himself fighting Kari to get into his pockets.

"Let me get your keys, TK," Kari giggled. "I've always wanted to get into those pockets."

TK grabbed Kari's wrists tightly. "Cut it out! I'LL get the keys! You stand still!"

TK sighed and reached into his keys for the key to Yolei's dorm. Keeping his eye on Kari, he pulled the key out of his pocket and opened the door. Kari kept hanging with her arms over his neck and TK had trouble prying her away. Kari kept leaning in to try and kiss him and every attempted kiss felt like a dagger in TK's heart. It wasn't easy for him to keep her away. Unfortunately, she wasn't taking a hint. Finally, TK just pushed her down onto Yolei's bed.

Kari burst into tears. "TK! You don't care about me anymore!"

TK shook his head and knelt down by Kari. "It's not that. You don't know how much I still care about you. But will you look at yourself? You're drunk!"

Kari leaned over to kiss TK. "Kiss me, TK."

As much as it hurt him to do it, TK pushed her away. "No…this isn't right…"

Kari tried leaning over again. "I still love you, TK."

That one hurt the most for TK. He had been waiting to hear that again since the day he and Kari broke up, but to hear it from her when she was in this state was like a dagger being thrust into his heart. He got to his feet, but when she tried to join him, he simply grabbed her shoulders and sat her down again.

"Kari…go to sleep. You're drunk. The best thing for you to do is…just pass out."

Kari laid back and started crying. "You hate me."

TK breathed an exasperated sigh. "I don't hate you, Kari. It's just…I can't take advantage of you. It's wrong." He knew it was time to start talking this out. He sat next to Yolei's bed. "I have to be honest with you. Kari…I still look back at the day we broke up and…sometimes I still wish it was just a bad nightmare. I never wanted to lose you. And even if it seemed like the right thing to do at the time…I still regret it. I wish I could have you back. But to take you back when you're like this would be wrong.

"It doesn't mean I hate you. You don't know how much I still care about you. I always have and I always will. And the truth is…I guess I do have to be honest with you eventually. Kari…"

**ZZZZZZZZZ**

Kari didn't hear it. She was snoring. TK just stayed silent. He took off his coat and covered her with it before giving her a kiss on the cheek. He was about to turn to leave, but as soon as he opened the door…

"TK?"

TK froze in his tracks. When he opened the door, he saw someone else ready to come in. It was Yolei's roommate.

It was Catherine.

Mimi couldn't believe she had gone through with this. She was supposed to be back at the freshman dorms, helping make sure that the party didn't get out of control. Instead, she found herself in Reedington, helping Joe with this farfetched notion that Ms. Mackenzie was aware of what was going on.

Since earlier that day, Mimi and Joe had been hot on her trail and didn't take their eyes off the enigmatic Resident Director. Joe came very close to getting lost on the Reedington streets, but Mimi made sure to keep him focused on the car that belong to Ms. Mackenzie. Neither DigiDestined knew where they were heading, but they soon found a sign that gave them a vague hint.

Joe read the sign. "Penguin Park."

Joe made sure to keep his distance as Ms. Mackenzie parked her car. He parked his car by a nearby parking meter while Mimi focused on Ms. Mackenzie, who was already out of her car and walking towards a fountain.

After putting a couple of coins in the meter, which Joe proceeded to complain about, Mimi dragged Joe towards a tree, where they could hide. Ms. Mackenzie stopped at the fountain and looked at her watch. She then proceeded to wait.

"I don't see anything suspicious, Joe," Mimi grumbled quietly. "I can't believe you dragged me out here to a strange park in the middle of the night just for this."

However, it soon appeared that it wasn't a waste of time, after all. The person Ms. Mackenzie waited for finally arrived. It was one of the professors from Odaiba University. Mimi recognized her as Dr. Marquez.

"I got your message," Dr. Marquez said. "You said it was urgent."

Ms. Mackenzie stood up slowly. "I'm afraid it is. Dr. Marquez, your family is in danger."

The party continued and everybody was still having a good time, including Takato. The last thing he expected to see was Guilmon bring the cheerleaders to the party. Everywhere Takato looked, people were dancing and having fun. Kazu and Kenta had really outdone themselves.

Henry walked over to the snack table to join his friend. "What's the matter, Takato?"

Takato sighed. "Henry, it's just…" Takato stopped in his tracks. "Is that LIPSTICK?!"

Henry blushed when he realized there were lipstick marks on his cheek. "Uh…oh…that…"

Takato snickered. "Terriermon was right. It really is easier for you when you aren't trying."

"I guess that's true," Henry grinned. "But what's wrong, Takato? You don't look like you're having a good time."

"Someone's missing," Takato frowned. "I haven't seen Jeri anywhere. You'd think she'd make it to a party this big, but I don't know where she is. Nobody seems to know where she is."

Henry was about to say something but stopped. He slowly started backing away from the snack table, which gave Takato a sinking feeling in his stomach. He turned around and found himself face-to- face with a sour Rika…with a cheerful Ryo standing behind her.

"Hey, Takato," Ryo said casually.

Rika turned and gave Ryo an evil eye. "Do you MIND?"

Ryo shrugged. "Ok, I know when I'm not wanted. I probably should be heading home anyway. I'll see you later."

"You always do," Rika grumbled.

Ryo turned around and walked away. Takato turned his head and saw that Henry had left the scene, leaving Takato and Rika alone.

Takato chuckled sheepishly. "Still mad at me?"

"Whatever gives you that idea, Goggle Head?" Rika sang sarcastically. "Of course I'm still mad at you!"

"How many times do I have to apologize?" Takato pleaded. "I said I was sorry. I didn't mean to duck out on you like that."

"You're lucky I managed to keep my temper on my own," Rika said. "But that's not all by a long shot, Takato. I can't believe how many times I caught you trying to spy on me!"

"But I told you that was a misunderstanding!" Takato cried. "You never gave me a chance to explain!"

"The point is that you've been messing up a lot, Takato, and I should make you pay for everything! Luckily for you, I thought of a way for you to make it all up to me."

"I don't like the sound of that," Takato muttered. "What is it?"

Rika looked around to make sure no one was watching before leaning in. "Since you've proven yourself to be such a good spy these days, I need you to do me a big favor. I want you to ask Ryo what he thinks of me. What he REALLY thinks of me."

Takato blinked. "Why would you want me to ask him something like that?" Then it hit him. "OHHHHH…is it because you…?"

"Is it because I WHAT?!" Rika snapped.

"Uh…never mind."

"So what do you say, Takato? Could you do that for me?"

Takato knew he had a lot to make up for. He couldn't forget the time he ducked out on Rika after promising to help her keep her temper in check. And he also couldn't forget about the times he got caught in a bad position at the sorority house and on that ladder by her room. He needed to make up for his mistakes. So he simply nodded.

"Alright, I guess I can help you out with that."

"Thanks, Takato. Now have you seen Davis around?"

Coincidentally, Takato saw Davis walking in through the front door. "Yeah…he's right there."

Davis saw Takato and Rika and sped right over towards them. "Takato, Rika, have you seen…ACK!"

Before Davis could even utter his question, Yolei stormed over and grabbed him by the collar, nearly suffocating him.

"Davis Motomiya, what happened to Kari?!" Yolei demanded. "How is it that I dropped her off at your stupid frat party and she was ok, but when she left, she was DRUNK?! Huh?! Tell me!"

"Yolei…you're choking me!"

Yolei dropped Davis and gave him a chance to breathe. "I want to know what happened to her, Davis! You'd better tell me right now!"

Davis caught his breath. "It was those stupid frat guys. They spiked Kari's punch. I don't know what they put in it. Where is she? Is she ok?"

"She was drop dead drunk!" Rika said angrily. "And all because of you and your stupid frat! What do you have to say for yourself?!"

"I quit the frat!"

Takato didn't expect to hear that. "You did?"

"Yeah I did! Now can somebody PLEASE tell me where Kari is?!"

"TK took her to my room," Yolei answered.

"Huh? TK's back?"

"Yes, TK's back! And it's a good thing he came back tonight, because he got Kari out of here before anything really bad could happen and you'd better thank your lucky stars nothing happened to her, Davis Motomiya, because if something bad had happened to her, I swear I would…"

Rika cut her off. "Ok, Yolei, easy. Take a deep breath. Nothing bad happened to Kari…thankfully. No thanks to Davis, of course."

"I need to see her," Davis said quickly. "I've got to go!"

Nobody was exactly clearing a path for Davis, so Takato tried to be the voice of reason.

"He wasn't the one who spiked that drink," Takato cut in. "Let him through, girls."

"I don't need you standing up for me," Davis scowled.

Davis walked through and started heading towards the door. Takato couldn't help but feel bad. It was obvious Davis was still hurt over that whole Goggle Man fiasco.

The time for making amends for THAT mistake obviously wasn't now.

Terriermon couldn't focus on the cards in his hand. The music was so loud that it was literally shaking the walls. The vibrations almost shook the dealer's hat off his head. And he nearly lost his voice from yelling over the loud music.

"CALL!"

Veemon laid down his hand. "THREE ACES!"

Patamon tossed his hand down. "I FOLD!"

"WHAT ABOUT YOU, WORMMON?" Terriermon asked.

Wormmon hesitated. "ALL I HAVE ARE TWO PAIRS OF KINGS!"

The Digimon groaned again. The pot went to Wormmon once more. Terriermon then found himself bouncing off the floor with the vibrations of the music. He stood up and walked up to the window.

"Anybody leaving yet?!" Patamon shouted. "I can't take much more of this!"

Terriermon agreed with that notion. So he checked the window and looked out to see if anybody was leaving the party. There was only one person leaving and that person was Ryo.

"Just our luck," Terriermon grumbled. "It's just Ryo. Hey!"

Terriermon then saw something jump out of the tree and start following Ryo. It was a white extraterrestrial Digimon on about a dozen synthetic tentacles and a ray gun in each hand.

"Something's up!" Terriermon cried. "There's a Digimon out there following Ryo! We've got to do something!"

Patamon flew towards the window. "You and I can follow it! Veemon and Wormmon can go tell someone!"

Veemon picked up Wormmon and dragged him off. "Let's go, Wormmon!"

In their rush to run out the door, Veemon and Wormmon knocked over the entire stack of poker chips. Terriermon opened up the window. Patamon picked him up and they both headed out to follow that Digimon, whoever it was.

It was very easy to blend in with so many humans distracted. Impmon couldn't have set this up any better. It was obvious that no one was paying any attention to him, including Sora, who was there maintaining order in a green nightgown and a beanie on her head. Impmon slinked over towards the unsuspecting RA, who was standing by the stairs. She didn't even see him coming.

Of course, with her being so much taller than him, there wasn't much Impmon could do. Then he looked over and saw the stair railing. He climbed on the railing and skillfully kept his balance. While Sora still had her back turned, Impmon reached for the girl's hat and snatched it off. To Impmon's disappointment, a lot of her hair had already grown back. Also, it wasn't as stealthy a move as he had hoped, because Sora immediately turned around.

"Impmon! WHOA!"

Sora was standing right on the edge of one of the steps and was losing her balance. Impmon knew how dangerous it could be to fall down a flight of stairs, so he tried to hold her up, but she was heavy. She was going to fall, but luckily, someone caught her just in the nick of time.

Sora turned her head and breathed a sigh of relief. "Whew! Thanks, Matt!" Then she turned to Impmon and scowled. "Gimme that!"

Impmon held the hat away from Sora. "What d'ya need this thing for anyway? A lot of your hair grew back anyways. I just took it 'cause I thought you was still bald."

"You're lucky nobody's looking this way," Sora growled. "Now give me back my hat!"

Impmon casually tossed Sora her hat back. "Eh, I'll probably have more fun downstairs anyway. HEY! Put me down!"

Matt held Impmon up by his scarf. "We've got enough trouble keeping things straight without you running around. Get back in your room! Or at least…go with the other Digimon."

Matt dropped Impmon so that he landed on his backside. Having been spotted, Impmon feigned like he was going back to his room.

But as soon as the RA's stopped looking, Impmon ducked back underneath the snack table. He knew he'd have his opportunity to have fun sooner than later.

Veemon still had Wormmon by the hand as the two Digimon snuck alongside the wall. None of the partiers even noticed them, because they were all dancing to the music. As much as Veemon wanted to stop and get his own groove on, he knew there was a serious situation brewing. He had to get someone. Luckily, he spotted Ken.

"Ken! We've got a problem!"

Ken moved the two Digimon towards a lone spot. "What are you two doing out? I thought you agreed to stay put."

"Yeah, but there's a Digimon outside," Wormmon said. "We saw it come out of a tree!"

"A Digimon," Ken frowned. "We'd better handle this, but play 'stuffed animal' until we get outside."

Ken picked up Veemon and Wormmon in his arms and started carrying them out. But just as they reached the door, they ran into Davis.

Veemon was happy to see his partner. "Davish! You made it!"

Ken sweatdropped. "What did I just say?" He looked up at Davis. "Am I glad to see you! We've got a problem!"

"Not now, Ken! I've got to find Kari!"

"Davis, we've got a Digimon on the loose! They're saying they saw one outside."

Davis stopped in his tracks. "A Digimon? Here? What if they're after Kari again? Let's go!"

That was all it took to get Davis in on this chase. None of the partiers even took notice and just kept on going. Veemon liked how oblivious the humans were being. That would make his job much easier.

Having been spotted, Impmon was afraid the fun would be over. Then he got the idea to go downstairs, where he wouldn't be expected. But as the mischievous little Digimon snuck downstairs, he noticed Davis and Ken, who were carrying their partners out the front door.

Impmon didn't know what was going on, but he got the feeling this would be an opportunity to have some fun. So he slinked towards the front door and made his way out. But on his way out, Impmon couldn't help but notice hearing something inside the bushes. It sounded like a human couple making out. Getting an impish grin on his face, Impmon lit a fireball on his fingertips and casually tossed it towards the bushes, which startled the couple and had them jumping out.

Having done his bad deed for the day, Impmon went back to following Davis and Ken.

This was not where TK wanted to find himself. He didn't think Catherine would be here and if he knew, he would have taken Kari anywhere else. Instead of leaving the room, TK found himself backing up as Catherine slowly approached him.

"I was afraid I'd never hear from you again," Catherine said. "I'm so relieved that you're out of the hospital…and I'm glad you came back to talk."

TK gulped. "I didn't exactly come back to talk. I was just leaving."

"TK, please hear me out," Catherine pleaded. She held TK's hand. "I've had a lot of time to think about this and…I know I should never have even considered someone like Tai. Tai's a good friend, but I shouldn't have started dating and I never should have kissed him when you were the right one for me all along. I don't blame you for being upset about that. I know I probably don't deserve one, but all I'm asking for is another chance."

TK shook his head. "I can't do that."

Catherine hung her head down. "I knew it. You hate me."

"I don't hate you," TK replied. He found himself saying those words many times on this night. "It's not you, Catherine. You're a wonderful human being and anybody would be lucky to have you." He took this moment to examine her body with his eyes. "Believe me! They'd be VERY lucky! But the truth is…I'm in love with someone else."

Catherine didn't expect that. "Somebody else?"

TK nodded. "Yeah. I'm in love with…that girl!"

TK pointed at Kari…who was passed out on Yolei's bed. She was snoring and visibly drooling. TK sweatdropped.

So did Catherine. "Uh…her?"

"Kari's not always like this, trust me," TK sighed. "But she really is the sweetest girl I've ever known. She's been the one for me since day one and this time we've been apart has helped me realize it. I hope she feels the same way…when she's sober, that is."

Catherine walked over to Kari and lifted her right arm. She let go and the arm fell limp. "She's completely out. You think she'll be ok?"

"I hope so."

Catherine smiled. "TK…I'm glad you were honest with me. I hope you and I can still be friends."

TK felt relieved. "I'd like that."

"You don't have to worry about a thing. I can keep an eye on Kari for you."

"You'd do that for me?" TK asked.

Catherine nodded. "Of course, TK! I know you just got out of the hospital and I know you'd like to go back to your dorm."

"Uh…I'm not sure if that's a good idea," TK said skeptically. "Kazu and Kenta still have that wild party going."

"Go back, TK. Go see your friends again. I'm sure they'll want to see you again now that you're out of the hospital."

TK thought about that. "You know what? You're right. Thanks, Catherine. Please take care of her for me. I'll be back to check up on her later."

"I'll take care of her, TK."

Feeling assured of Kari's safety, TK walked out of the dorm, but not before TK leaned over and gave Kari one last kiss on the cheek. After making sure she was comfortable, TK walked out and left.

A part of TK didn't want to leave, but he knew things would be awkward if he stayed. He couldn't stay in the same room with Kari AND Catherine. It would be too much for him. And Catherine made a good point. TK had spent a lot of time at the hospital. This was the best time for him to go back and see his friends.

But as TK walked out of the building, he looked up and saw someone was climbing out of a second-story window. At first, TK just thought it was one of the sophomores sneaking out to avoid any confrontations with the RA's. But TK got a closer look and saw that that wasn't the case at all.

The one climbing out the window was a blond-haired girl…wearing the attire of the old Digimon Emperor. TK couldn't believe it. It was The Digimon Empress. The moment TK left, she had gone in. And sure enough, she was carrying Kari out of the window right along with her.

TK gasped. "Kari! NO!"

TK ran at full speed to try and stop what was obviously meant to be Kari's abduction. As soon as The Digimon Empress saw she had been spotted, she dropped Kari and started fleeing the scene. TK ran past Kari, who was still passed out, and kept the chase going. He knew if he didn't stop her now, this would never end. The Digimon Empress was much faster than TK thought. He was starting to lose her, especially after he started slowing down. TK was a little fatigued after coming out of the hospital. She was going to get away.

But that's when TK heard the revving of an engine…and someone intercepted her. He was nearly blinded when he saw a pair of headlights ahead. A motorcycle had stopped in front of The Digimon Empress.

It was Tai.

Tai stepped off the motorcycle. The Digimon Empress tried to go the other way, but found TK was approaching her from the other end. She had been caught and there was no escape for her.

As TK got closer, he got a better look at The Digimon Empress. He then stopped in his tracks. "You look…familiar."

"I know who it is," Tai said solemnly.

The Digimon Empress then tried to run. But she didn't get past Tai. He pulled her over by the arm. She kept trying to shrug him off, but Tai wouldn't let go.

"Stay where you are…CATHERINE!"

Tai reached over and held The Digimon Empress's blond hair…which he proceeded to pull off. Tai fell backwards on his backside, obviously not expecting what he got. The blond hair was a wig. The Digimon Empress had black hair. After the wig fell off, the dark glasses then fell off the girl's face. TK gasped when he saw who was wearing the old Digimon Emperor attire. It wasn't Catherine at all. The Digimon Empress was…

"ROSA!"

TK was in disbelief. With the wig, he could have sworn it was Catherine. But with the wig and dark glasses off, TK saw it was actually Rosa.

Tai didn't expect to make that discovery. "Huh?"

Rosa didn't give either one time to react. She pulled out a smoke ball and tossed it to the ground. Smoke went up and TK and Tai could only cough. When the smoke cleared, Rosa had escaped. TK and Tai were left by themselves.

"Am I glad to see you," TK smiled.

"Same here," Tai replied. "When did you get out of the hospital?"

"I was released today," TK sighed. "I was hoping to surprise everybody, but it's pretty obvious that wasn't such a good idea. Man, things just keep getting worse. I thought Kari…" TK stopped himself. If Tai found out that Kari got drunk, it would send the overprotective big brother over the edge. "I thought Kari fainting was bad enough. But this tops everything I've seen tonight."

"TK, where IS Kari?"

"Rosa dropped her back there as soon as she saw me," TK answered. "She must have taken her out of Catherine's room."

"Wait…then where's Catherine?"

TK and Tai exchanged glances. That seemed to be the big question. As soon as they realized it, TK and Tai turned around and rushed back towards the sophomore dorms. But they both stopped when they saw Kari on the ground, sitting up. TK and Tai rushed to her side, but TK waved him off.

"Tai, go check on Catherine. I'll make sure Kari's ok."

Tai was reluctant to go, but TK kept waving him on. Finally, Tai simply left TK alone with Kari. TK dusted her off and brought her to her feet…where she proceeded to fall over.

TK groaned. "Great…still drunk."

Sure enough, Kari passed out again. TK didn't know what else to do, except carry her back to Yolei and Catherine's room. Bending down and making sure to lift with his legs, TK lifted Kari into his arms and started carrying her away.

He got the feeling this wasn't the kind of strenuous activity the doctors wanted him to get into right after getting released from the hospital.

Tai didn't want to leave his little sister behind, but he honestly knew she was in good hands with TK. Unfortunately, he had no idea of how Catherine was or even where she was. He rushed into the sophomore dorms and up the stairs before stopping at Catherine's door. Surprisingly, the door was unlocked and Tai moved right in.

He immediately noticed that Catherine was unconscious on the ground.

Tai gasped and hurried to her side. He shook her frantically in an effort to wake her up. After a minute of furious shaking, Catherine started to come to.

She opened her eyes slowly and they suddenly widened. "Tai!"

"Are you ok?"

Catherine held her head. "I'm…fine. What happened?"

In any other world, or any other campus, this party may have been construed as "out of control", but Kazu felt very proud of himself. Everyone was having a good time, the RA's had yet to jump in to stop any of it, and there was no sign of any of it stopping anytime soon. It was something people would be talking about for a long time and that would be something Kazu could take pride in.

Kazu looked around. There were college kids dancing everywhere and there was hardly any room to walk. Thus, it was easy to lose anybody in this crowd.

"Kenta? Where'd you go?"

"Coming, Kazu!"

Kenta did come. He came by way of crowd-surfing. The partiers simply moved Kenta right towards Kazu.

"That's an easy way to travel," Kenta grinned.

"What did I tell you? I told you this would seal our legacy! Even if it IS at the expense of us getting written up."

"And believe me, you WILL get written up," a voice behind him said.

Kazu gulped and turned around to see Matt the RA. "Heh heh…we will?"

"It's going to take DAYS to clean all this up!" Matt pointed out. "You're lucky I haven't broken this up yet!"

"Uh…why haven't you?" Kenta asked curiously.

"Well…when else would I get a chance to dance with Sora in her nightgown?" Matt smirked.

"Good point," Kazu grinned. "Thanks for understanding, Matt."

"No problem. Just as long as nothing else goes wrong, you won't have to worry about anything else from me."

As if on cue, the entire vicinity started to fill up with smoke. Kazu was practically blinded.

"Uh…who turned out the lights?" Kenta asked.

Kazu coughed. "It's the smoke machines! They're out of control!"

"Alright, that does it!" Matt groaned. "Everybody clear out!"

Kazu couldn't believe it. The party was going so well and now it got to the point that Matt had to evacuate the entire building.

"Is this the kind of legacy we had in mind?" Kenta asked.

"Not exactly," Kazu answered. "Follow me!"

Kazu tried to find his way to his room, but it was a difficult task to get through the evacuating partiers while trying to see his way through the smoke. Kazu tried moving with his hands outstretched in front of him like a zombie in hopes of eventually feeling his door, but instead he felt something…scaly.

"I don't think this is my door."

"No, it's just me."

"Guil…er…Gil?"

"What are you looking for, Kazu?"

"My room! Where's my room?"

"Your room's right over here."

"Are you ok, Gil?" Guilmon's cheerleader friend asked.

"I'm fine, Kamika. But it looks like the party's over."

"That's too bad. But look at it this way. Now we can go back and I can bake you some cookies."

"Oh boy! Cookies! YAY!"

Kazu finally found his doorknob. He propped the door open and found the only way to save everyone from all this smoke. Kazu desperately reached out to his partner.

"Guardromon! Do something! Our party's gone up in smoke…literally! Blow all this smoke away!"

Guardromon stayed still and didn't respond.

"Did you hear me?! I said blow all this away!"

Guardromon didn't move.

"Hey, what's with you?!"

"You told me not to move, no matter what," Guardromon answered.

"I'm pretty sure we can throw out whatever I said when it comes to our entire building being filled with smoke," Kazu pointed out. "Now start moving!"

"Ok…uh…move where?"

"Just blow all that smoke out of here!"

Guardromon calmly moved towards the hallway and activated the many fans on his body. The smoke started blowing away and the hallways were starting to clear. But by that time, the entire building had been evacuated.

"Well…it could be worse," Kenta sighed.

"How could it be worse?" Kazu asked.

"We got in about eight hours of heavy partying."

That was all it took to perk up Kazu. "Hey, you're right! This was the best party ever!"

Kazu and Kenta exchanged a high-five. Sure, they'd get written up for this, without a doubt. But they did what they wanted to do. They sealed their legacy.

It was a good night.

Ryo didn't want to have to leave the party so soon, but it was getting late and he knew he had to be getting back home before it got any later. Besides, he knew he couldn't leave his partner unsupervised too long. His partner was the type who needed constant supervision.

As he was walking down the street towards the alley where he left Cyberdramon, Ryo started hearing rustling coming from nearby. He sensed that something wasn't right. He stopped and looked around, but didn't find signs of anything. So he kept walking, but treaded more carefully.

But as Ryo kept walking forward, a laser blast shot right past him and hit a streetlight next to him. The shot narrowly missed him. Ryo could only roll out of the way and look back to see who shot at him. He couldn't find anybody. Then another laser blast came towards him. Ryo ducked it as the blast hit a tree behind him.

"Who's there?!" Ryo shouted.

"I have been sent to dispose of you," a voice sounded.

Ryo didn't see anything surrounding him, but just as luck would have it, he soon felt something being pointed at the back of his head. Ryo kept a calm, cool exterior despite having what was obviously a weapon being pointed at him.

"Say goodbye," the voice behind him said.

"Goodbye," a friendly, yet fearsome, voice said.

The hostile being was suddenly sent flying. Ryo turned around and saw that Cyberdramon had saved him. He then turned around and saw what was trying to blast him. It was an extraterrestrial Digimon with metallic tentacles for legs and a blaster in each hand, the one in his right hand being bigger than the other.

Ryo pointed his Digivice. "Ebemon, Mega level, alien virus type. He uses the left ray gun for his Brain Rupture attack and the bigger gun in his right hand for his Planet Destroyer attack."

"Who sent you?" Cyberdramon demanded.

"That is my little secret," Ebemon replied. "But I am being paid handsomely to kill you two for what you did."

"What we did?" Ryo repeated.

"Don't act so innocent! You know perfectly well it was you and your Cyberdramon who nearly demolished an entire base of operations."

Ryo blinked. "Huh? Us?"

"Still denying it," Ebemon growled. "I will make you pay for your insolence. Brain Rupture!"

Ebemon aimed his blaster at Ryo again and fired. Again, Ryo managed to dodge the blaster bolt, but Ebemon's shots were starting to get more accurate. Seeing his partner in danger, Cyberdramon stepped in and started brawling with Ebemon. Cyberdramon would always win in a brawl and showed it once again as he tossed Ebemon aside like a sack of laundry.

But Ebemon was more cunning than he was physical. Knowing he wouldn't beat Cyberdramon in a physical encounter, Ebemon kept his distance and aimed his ray gun.

"Brain Rupture!"

Ebemon started firing his gun like crazy, but Cyberdramon was swift on his feet and kept bouncing from left to right and back and forth. The extraterrestrial Digimon soon saw he wasn't getting anywhere and started moving away.

"Come fight me, coward!" Cyberdramon shouted.

Cyberdramon started chasing Ebemon around and Ryo followed close by. Ebemon turned a corner into an alley and Cyberdramon turned to follow.

"HEY!"

Ryo didn't like the sound of that. Cyberdramon had fallen into an empty manhole. Ebemon had the manhole cover and quickly put it back in the hole. He then used his ray gun to seal the manhole shut. Cyberdramon was stuck in the sewer. With Ryo's partner stuck for the moment, Ebemon began to focus on Ryo.

"And now I have you all alone."

Without Cyberdramon, Ryo had no way to defend himself. He turned back to run. Ebemon began blasting away at Ryo again without scoring a hit. Ryo managed to keep out of harm's way for the moment, but things got bad when he tripped and fell. It was the worst time for that to happen.

Ryo looked up and saw Ebemon aiming right for him. But he soon found his attempted execution interrupted.

"Boom Bubble!"

"Bunny Blast!"

Something had come to Ryo's rescue. He soon saw it was Terriermon and Patamon, but their attacks merely bounced harmlessly off Ebemon. Ebemon saw Patamon flying towards him and simply grabbed him by the leg and twirled him around several times before tossing him aside right into Terriermon, who was standing a few inches away, taking them both out of the fight.

"That worked well," Patamon moaned.

"Oh, shut up," Terriermon growled under his breath.

Without the rookies to annoy him, Ebemon focused back on Ryo. "Sending a pair of insects to get me? Is that the BEST you could do?"

"Ex Vee Kick!"

In the nick of time, Ryo had been saved again. This time it was ExVeemon, Veemon's champion form, swooping in with a stiff flying kick that sent Ebemon rolling down an empty parking lot.

"For a superior being, you sure stall a lot, don't you?" ExVeemon cracked.

"That is my own grave miscalculation," Ebemon grumbled, as he got up. "But I shall soon rectify my errors by disposing of you and your fellow meddlers."

Ryo took this chance to crawl away and was helped to his feet by a good friend. It was Ken, along with Davis.

"Ken! When did you get here?"

"Obviously just in time," Ken answered. "Move in, Stingmon!"

Behind Ken came Stingmon, the big champion insect Digimon. Soon, Ebemon found himself facing off with two champion Digimon. But even Ryo knew that wouldn't be enough.

"Guys, he's a Mega! They won't last long!"

"Davis and I always come prepared for that," Ken said. "Ready, Davis?"

Davis held up his Digivice. "Let's do it!"

**ExVeemon…Stingmon…DNA Digivolve to…Paildramon!**

Ryo looked on in amazement. Ken had found himself a DNA Digivolving partner and that partner turned out to be Davis. The two champion Digimon combined themselves to form ultimate-level Paildramon.

Paildramon stood face-to-face with Ebemon, who was pointing his blaster. There was a brief standoff…but the real battle was about to begin.


Next Time: Paildramon joins in on the fight, but someone else is on his way to jump in. Can Ebemon be beaten? And Rosa has been revealed to be The Digimon Empress! Where do the DigiDestined and the Tamers go from here? And how does Kari recover from…her hangover? Find out on the next Digimon: The College Years!


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