(Don't own any digimon. Toei owns them all. Now to pick up where Takato left off...)

Jeri's eyes widened and she blushed. "Takato... What did you just say?"

Takato looked at her with seriousness and compassion. "I love you Jeri..."

Jeri's mind thought back to the day...

FLASHBACK

Jeri had been asked by Henry to meet him near the playground. He said it was important. "Wonder what he wants to talk about?" Henry suddenly appeared with Terriermon waiting near the swings. "Henry? What's this all about?"

Henry held out a bouquet of beautiful white roses. "Jeri... I came to say, I love you..."

"H-how long have you felt like this?"

"For a long time..."

Jeri took the roses and was crying tears of joy. "Oh Henry... This is so sweet of you... I love you too..." She ran to Henry and kissed him passionately on the lips...

END FLASHBACK

Jeri smiled at those happy times, but then she began to worry... 'I didn't know Takato loved me too... How am I gonna tell him... Guess I have to say it...'

Henry was watching from afar, and had heard everything. "Oh no... I didn't expect this to happen... Someone's gonna be crushed... And it won't be me Jeri or myself..."

Takato looked up to see Jeri with a worried look on her face. "Jeri? What's wrong?"

Jeri looked up. "Takato, there's something I need to tell you..."

"What's wrong?"

"Takato... I'm in love... with... Henry."

Takato's heart shattered into a million pieces. "H-H-Henry?" He saw Henry come out, with a sympathetic look on his face.

"I'm sorry Takato... I should've told you... Jeri and I have been going out. We're in love."

Takato felt hot tears stream down his face. "I can't believe this... I pour my heart out to someone I love, only to find out she loves someone else... I'm so stupid!!" Takato turned on his heal and ran off down the street.

"Takatomon wait!!" Guilmon took off after his distraught tamer.

Jeri cried softly. "I'm sorry Takato..."

Henry held Jeri in his arms. "I'm sorry too Takato..."

Takato didn't hear Guilmon behind him, as he was too busy running. He felt noting but pain and turmoil inside. "Jeri... She likes Henry?! No... No... No..." He kept running until he reached a secluded area. Guilmon had just caught up to him. He me be childish, but he knew full well what had happened.

"Takatomon... Why would Jeri stomp on your feelings just like that? I thought she cared about you..."

"I did too Guilmon... But, it looks like I've lost that chance... Why... Why did this have to happen to me..."

Rika and Renamon were passing by, when they heard Takato and Guilmon talking. They heard Takato dumping out his sorrows. Rika was in shock. "I can't believe it... Jeri rejected him?! How could she not tell Takato about Henry? They're supposed to be his friends, but now they've killed the goggle head's spirit..." She almost felt like crying herself, but tried to hold it in. She walked quietly over and whispered. "Takato..."

Takato heard the voice. "I know that voice... That's the voice that started me on the whole Digimon adventure... Someone who does still care..." He said those words quietly. He turned his head to Rika's direction. "Rika? Is that you?"

Rika looked at Takato. He looked shattered and devastated. "Takato... I heard what Jeri and Henry did to you..."

Takato tried not to cry. "I thought Jeri loved me back, but it looks like she loved Henry and saw me as nothing more than a friend... I'm just so broken up about it. I'm angry at them for betraying me, and I'm angry at myself for being so stupid..."

Rukato let her tough girl shield down. That's when she felt her true feelings... Ryo was just an infatuation... Takato was the one she truly loved. Right now he needed her. She walked over and sat down next to him. Renamon signaled to Guilmon that they should leave. As the 2 digimon left, Rika spoke. "Takato, there are plenty of other girls who'd love to be with a guy like you."

"Sniff... Name one..."

"Well..." This was it. She was gonna follow her heart. "Me, for one." She said with a blush.

Takato immediately stopped crying. He wiped his eyes and turned to Rika. "Rika... D-did you just say..." 'Please, let it be true. Whatever she said... Please, let it be what I thought she said.'

Rika turned to Takato blushing. "I love you... Takato..." Rika didn't know wether to regret her drastic action, but when she saw Takato's face light up, she knew she had made the right choice.

"Rika... For a while, I was torn between whom I liked. I didn't know if it was Jeri, or you. But now... I know for sure, that it's you, whom I love... Rika Nonaka..." He inched closer to Rika. He had butterflies within his stomach. He swiftly kissed Rika on the lips. 'I hope she approves..."

Rika felt Takato kissed her, and she felt her heart race. 'He kissed me! The Goggle head kissed me! Ooh... He's good at this...'

As the 2 lovers basked in each other's love, someone from above watched, and felt sick. "*Choke* *Choke* OH! Gag me with a chocolate heart!" Vincent was sickened by the love scene. He was evil after all. His digimon, Valkyriemon, didn't like the scene any more than his partner.

"UGH! *Choke* Vincent, why are we watching this?!"

"I didn't expect this mushiness to happen, Valkyriemon, give me a break..."

Back down below. Rika and Takato finally ended the kiss, and were all out of breath. ] "Wow, Takato... You certainly know how to please a girl..." Rika said seductively.

"Well... eheh... Thanks..." Takato said. He was embarrassed, but also turned on by Rika's tone. "Maybe we should go back to my house now."

"Anyone else there?"

"Tai and Sora, but they're "busy" if you know what I mean."

Rika giggled uncontrollably, as she understood what Takato meant. "Maybe we should go somewhere else for a while. Somewhere we could be alone."

They stepped up and walked out of the alley, to find Guilmon and Renamon waiting for them.

Guilmon was smiling. 'Looks like Takatomon, won't be said anymore...'

'Rika's heart led her to the one she truly loves...' Renamon thought

The 2 Tamers and 2 Digimon wandered off, down the street. Little did they know that Vincent was still spying on them?

"Heh. The love birds never knew I was here... Though I wish I wasn't there to witness their kissing... YECH!!" Vincent turned to Valkyriemon. "Well, I think we should..." Suddenly they heard another digimon land next to them. Vincent turned around and looked in disgust. "Chaos Gallantmon?! What are you doing here?!"

"I'm checking to see if you're doing your job, which I highly doubt, Vincent." Chaos Gallantmon spat out Vincent's name like a bad piece of meat.

"Oh! You think YOU could do better?! You stupid tin can!!" 'God! I hate this Black Knight...'

"I Could! Now get out of my way, and watch how a pro, handles it!"

"The day you'll be a pro is the day that Oinkmon learn to fly..." Valkyriemon muttered. 'Chaos Gallantmon is a real prick...'

Chaos Gallantmon set up his shield and began to project images of his Ultimate self, which became quite real. "Now, my army of Black War Growlmon... Go after the tamers and exterminate them!" He watched as the BK War Growlmon flew off in Takato and Rika's direction...

Takato suddenly heard a rocketing noise behind him.

"What's wrong Takato?"

"Someone's following us..." He looked closer, then saw 6 shapes in the distance. He whipped out his D-Arc and scanned. "Oh no... Black War Growlmon!!" Takto reached for his cards, as did Rika. "They're Evil versions of the regular War Growlmon. We'll need Biomerge power to do this." Takato whipped out a Red Card and slashed it through his D-Arc. "DIGI MODIFY!! BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!!"

"GUILMON BIOMERGE TO... GALLANTMON!!"

Rika went next. "DIGI MODIFY!! BIOMERGE DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!!"

"RENAMON BIOMERGE TO... SAKUYAMON!!"

Gallantmon and Sakuyamon stood ready as the 6 Black War Growlmon started to attack.

"ATOMIC BLASTER!!"

Gallantmon blocked the attack with his shield. "FINAL ELYSIAN!!" His counter attack knocked two Black War Growlmon off their feet. But more were still charging.

Sakuyamon swung her staff at one, coming up behind her. She turned to find one slashing at her face... "UGH!!" She dodged and countered. "SPIRIT CRUSHER!!" The Black Ultimate was sent spiraling into a wall.

CRONCH!!!

The Android left a hole in his shape.

Chaos Gallantmon appeared on a roof top and watched the battle. "They think they're winning, but my minions will get the upper hand soon."

Sakuyamon was able to fight 3 off and went to see if Gallantmon was in trouble. However, the 3 BK War Growlmon had recovered quickly, and attacked from behind.

"ATOMIC BLAST!!"

"AAAAAHHHH!!!" Sakuyamon was hit in the back from 3 lasers and screamed in pain.

Gallantmon turned form his battle and saw Sakuyamon fall. "NO!!" He rushed over and caught her before she fell. "Sakuyamon are you alright?"

"Ugh... they're pretty strong... be careful of their Atomic Blaster..."

Suddnely 3 more Atomic Blasters shot out, Gallantmon was able to put up his shield just in time. "They've surrounded us!"

Indeed, 6 BK War Growlmon had surrounded the 2 Mega Digimon and were firing at them from all sides. Sakuyamon was injured and Gallantmon was trying to defend.

Ai and Mako were playing in the park when they heard the fight going on. They had Impmon with them and they went to check it out. They saw Gallantmon and Sakuyamon being beaten up by the BK War Growlmon. "Oh no! Takato and Rika need help!" "Impmon can you do something?"

Impmon smirked. "Alright, just stand back and watch me work."

Mako held out the D-Arc and Digivolution card.

"DIGI-MODIFY!! DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!!"

"IMPMON WARP DIGIVOVLE TO... BEEZLEMON!!"

Beezlemon ran to the battle field and changed once more.

"BEEZLEMON DIGIVOLVE TO... BEEZLEMON BLAST MODE!!"

Beezlemon flew over the battle field and looked about. "There's gotta be something I can do to break up the assault... AHA!!" He readied his guns. "CORONA BLASTER!!" Two shots hit 2 BK War Growlmon, one on each side. The other 4 looked in confusion, then saw Beezlemon and went after him.

Gallantmon let his shield down and saw his chance. "LIGHTNING JOUST!!" The attack hit another BK War Growlmon in the back. Gallantmon flew up and thrust his lance into another, impaling it and deleting it.

Sakuyamon began to recover and saw another BK War Growlmon coming up behind Gallantmon. "SPIRIT CRUSHER!!" Her magic attack shot the black digimon down. "That takes care of... Wait... There was a 6th one somewhere...

The 6th BK War Growlmon managed to sneak away from the battle, and went to warn Chaos Gallantmon up above.

Gallantmon looked at the building next to them and saw their foe escaping. "There he is!! Get him!" The 3 megas chased after the lone ultimate, until...

"DEMON'S DISASTER!!" The BK War Growlmon was deleted. "Rejects... I should've given them more power..."

Gallantmon's eyes grew wide as another Gallantmon appeared. This one had black armor and carried an evil energy about him. "Who are you?!"

"Ah... Takato and Guilmon, now Gallantmon. I've heard about you... I'm Chaos Gallantmon."

"CHAOS Gallantmon?!"

"Yes, I'm your evil twin, as you might say. I'm General of Moon=Milleniumon's Dark Digimon army, which is one half of his whole army. That brat, Vincent, leads the Dark Digidestined, which are the other half of the army, sadly..." Chaos Gallantmon sighed in disgust. "Anyway, Vincent and his brat pack have already made themselves known to your Digidestined friends, Tamers. So I've made myself known to you. Thanks to what those Digidestined did to Goldendramon, we've had to reconfigure the army. Of course, that's what got me my position."

"But, why is Moon=Milleniumon here? What does he want from this world?" Beezlemon asked.

"Oh... Wouldn't you like to know..." Chaos Gallantmon chuckled. "But I'd like to meet some old friends of yours..." Chaos Gallantmon let out a high pitched whistle. 3 Ultimate Digimon appeared beside him.

Gallantmon, Sakuyamon, and Beezlemon gasped. Those three ultimates before them were none other than 3 viral Devas...

"Hmf, surprised to see us you wretched humans?" Indaramon spoke angrily.

"We know all about lord Zhuqiaomon helping you. We're not happy about it. He's betrayed us!!" Pajiramon spat.

"Now we hear about these Digidestined whom their Digital world idolizes. That just makes us sick!" Santiramon growled.

Chaos Gallantmon chuckled. "I really have nothing against humans. It's just Vincent I don't like. But, it was too tempting for Moon=Milleniumon to NOT resurrect the Devas. Oh my, they seem upset... Oh well... Time to go now..." Chaos Gallantmon and the 3 Devas disappeared...

Later that day, Davis was talking to Ants. "Man Bulbmon sure is huge... He's quite... Bulbous!! HAHAHAHAHA!!" Davis laughed hysterically. A vein bulged in Ants's fore head, and he had to uppercut Davis into the sky.

"Another goggle head... and this one's a moron..." He grumbled. Suddenly he saw Gallantmon, Sakuyamon, and Beezlemon come by. "Hey guys, what's wrong? You look like you've been through hell." He saw Ryo and Scott come up as well.

"Bad news, we just met another General. This one is CHAOS Gallantmon, and he's got the Devas working with him." Gallantmon panted.

Ryo's eyes grew wide. "THE DEVAS?! THEY"RE BACK?! Oh crap..."

"Yeah... and they're really bitter about losing last time..." Sakuyamon said.

"Devas? Who are they?" Scott asked.

"They're Ultimate Digimon who all worked for a Digimon Guardian, Zhuqiaomon. He's not like Azulongmon. He hates humans and tried to kill all of us. But it looks like the Devas work for Chaos Gallantmon now, which means they've sided with Moon=Milleniumon."

"They sound like nasty customers..." Scott muttered.

"They're even more bitter and angry than before." Beezlemon said as the other 2 Megas De-Biomerged. "It looks like Moon=Milleniumon's building ups his army quickly... We better stop this guy and soon.

"Yeah, his Generals can produce some nasty digimon." Ai said.

"We had to rescue Takato and the guys from some BK War Growlmon." Makoto added.

Takato was thinking. 'What other surprises does Moon=Milleniumon have prepared for us? The Devas are alive again, and now a CHAOS Gallantmon... I wonder if he has a crimson mode as well.'

Vincent looked at them from above, on top of Valkyriemon. "Ugh... Chaos Gallantmon's really drastic... The Devas?! Great... Now I have some disgruntled Ultimates breathing down my neck..."

Later, that evening, Takato was lying down in the grass on a hill. He looked up at the moon, thinking. Suddenly he heard someone lay down beside him... "Rika?"

"Hi, goggle head."

"I was just thinking about what happened today. I can't believe that the Devas are back... But I know we'll beat them again... I know I can stand up to anything, especially with you by my side..."

"*Giggle* Thanks Goggle head..."

"Rika..." Takato leaned over...

"Takato..." Rika started to pull Takato close to her

The 2 tamers kissed each other passionately, and time seemed to stop. Neither of them wanted their love to end...

Chaos Gallantmon looked out at the night sky. "Soon Digidestined, soon Tamers, you'll meet you doom by my hands.... With the Devas on my side, I'll best even the Dark Digidestined."

Vincent stayed hidden as he listened to Chaos Gallantmon go on. "Not if I have anything to say about it..."

((OOOOOH! There's rivalry afoot in the Digimon army... Gomen Nasai, Jerato and Ryuki fans... But I much rather like Rukato and Junrya as Season 03 couples better than Jerato, or Ryuki. I know a lot of reviewers are gonna hate my guts... Oh will, if you still like the story, R+R.))