As promise, I present to you the next chapter of my story. This chapter will not really have action in it since it will mostly be showing the heros recovering from the previous chapter. Anways, enjoy and as always, I don't own Digimon.

Chapter 16:
Planning and Revelations

David's POV...

`"All right, everything looks safe for the moment." reported Jerry. Fortunately for us ever single one of us were able to get away from the battlefield without being followed and we were currently hiding in a small forest so everyone could recover and come up with some kind of plan. "Okay, while we have this moment of reprieve what should we do next?"

A moment of sileance showed that no one knew what to do. Seeing the problem that this could cause I decided to speak up. "Well I think we should take this time to mend our wounds and try to rest up from all that has happen."

"I agree with you son." spoke my father who was sitting with my mother. "A lot has happen to all of us and it would be a good idea to relax a bit before we go back to battle. Getting no complaints from the anyone we all went our separate ways to get some relaxation.

Not feeling up to going anywhere I stayed where I was sitting, planning on doing nothing until it was time to get back to work. Suddenly someone came behind me and wrapped their arms around me. "Sorry if I frighten you. Do you mind some company?" "As long as that company is you Jennifer I have no problem with it." Letting go of me she went to sit on my right and laid her head on my shoulder with my arm wrapped around her.

"It seems as though you are feeling better." "You're right about that." I automatically looked at my once injured left arm. "For some reason when I joined with Imperialdramon it must of some how healed all my injuries. I may never know why that happen but why mess with a good thing." I was surprised when Jennifer suddenly wrapped her arms tightly around me. "Jennifer?" I asked in confusion.

"I was so worried about you. When I saw you disappear I didn't know what happen or where you went." Midway through she started to brekdown into tears. "....I thought that I lost you and would never see you again."

Not being about to stand to see her like this I did the first thing that I thought of and brought her into a comforting hug. Fortunatley it worked as she started to calm down till she was barely wimpering.

"SSShh. It's okay now. I'm sorry that I made you worry but I am here now and I will do everything in my power to make sure that you and everyone else comes out of this okay." Lifting her chin up I had her look into my eyes. It was as if we were looking into each others souls.

We inch closer to one another until our lips came together in a loving kiss. When we finally separated we just held each other and tried to treasure the few moments that we had left before we had to fight in what could possibly be the final fight of a long battle.

Jonathan's POV...

"So doc, how does it look?" "Well, form what I can determine Jonathan is that your ankle is healing up fine. It should be near to a hundred percent by tomorrow. That is of course you don't over do it." determined Joe after he concluded his examination. "Thanks Joe. I'll try to do as you instructed but I won't make any promises."

Thankfully though the whole doctor examination my mom didn't go all protective mother on me. Soon both my mom and Joe Kido left to see if their was anyone else who still needed treatment thus leaving me alone with Melissa.

"I'm glad to hear that your ankle is getting better. I feel that it was all my fault that you got hurt in the first place." "Hey, don't worry about it. I don't blame you for it happening since I chose to get involved. Besides, you heard Joe, its nothing serious." "Still I can't help but believe it was all my fault." Hoping to resolve this I put my arm around her to bring her closer.

"Listen to me. This wasn't your fault. Whether you asked me to save you or not I would have done it any ways since I care too much about you to let yourself get hurt." Taken back by what I just said Melissa backed up from me a bit and looked at me with complete shock.

Seeing that I might have said the wrong thing I turned my head away from her. "I'm sorry. I didn't know what caused me to say such a thing. If I have offended you by saying that then I apologize. I should of realize that-"

Before I could finish Melissa grabbed myhead and made me look back at her face. Nothing was said between us as I didn't want to make things worse. Surprisingly she started to draw me closer to her face. Being unable to stop myself I allowed her to bring me mere inchs from her face.

For what felt like an eternaty all that happen was Melissa looking right into my eyes as if she was searching for something. After a couple of seconds it seemed as though she found what she was looking for when she brought her lips onto mine. Taken back by surprise from her sudden action I just allowed her to me until I started to kiss her back.

A minute when by until we separated. Neither of us knew what to say about what we just did. Unable to take the silence any longer I decided to start the discussion. "Do you mind telling me where that came from? Not that I am complaining or anything."

She didn't respond for a while since it appeared that she didn't know what to say. "I just wanted to show how much I appreciate you for risking your life in saving me." "Well if you do that for saving you from getting hurt then I wonder what you do if someone saves your life."

"But that isn't the only reason why I did that. I also did it because even before that happen I have had these feelings about you. Thse feelings only got stronger when you ran in and pulled me out of the way of LadyDevimon's attack. What I am trying to say is that I like you Jonathan and I don't mean just as a friend. I like you as something more." When Melissa was done saying what she wanted to say she turned her head away and was looking towards the ground.

As Melissa was literally spilling her heart out I sat there silently listening to what she said. I could hardly believe what was just said but at the same time I was glad to hear her say those words. Using my hand I moved her head up to look back at me.

"Don't be a shamed by your words Melissa, true I was taken back by them but I am also pleased to hear you say them. The reason is because I also care for you as well and I mean as more than a friend. Like you these feelings kept getting stronger with each passing moment we shared. Getting to the point, I have the same feelings for you as you do for me."

What happen next was a completely surprise and gave her a small peck on the lips before pushing myself up with a makeshift cane. However I got up to quickly which caused me to lose my footing. Fortunately, Melissa came over and stopped me from falling. After giving each other a thankful smile she helped me walk back to the others.

Sam's POV...

"Try it again." Doing as instructed I did another thrust however I messed up my footing that resulted in me falling flat on my face. "Come on, get up and do it again." Bring myself back to my feet and ready to try one more time. Third time would be the charm as I succeeded in knocking the target down.

"Very good. It seems as though you have gotten better." "Thank you Mr. Hida, I try my best." I replied to Cody who was instructing me from on a log with Alice at his side.

"However, you may have improved in your skills their seems to be something clouding your mind otherwise you wouldn't have lost your footing the way that you did. Care to say what it is?" I knew what he was saying was true since their was something bothering me but I couldn't tell him.

"Father, if you don't mind I think that I should talk to Sam alone." "Sure honey. I'll go see the others while you two have your talk." Getting to his feet Mr. Hida walked off leaving me and Alice alone. Knowing what she was going to say I tried to focus on my practice thrusts with the tree branch that I was using earlier.

"Sam, tell me what's wrong." Ignoring her I continued to practice. "Does this have anything to do with what Kimeramon said?"

That question caused me to come to a complete halt. "So what if it is?" "I thought that I help to make it clear that you're not going to turn out like your father once was." " I know that we did but their is still this nagging voice in the back of my head that keeps saying that I will be nothing more than a heartless monster in human disguise." I was getting so intense about the subject that I didn't notice that my knuckles were turning white from gripping the tree branch so tightly.

"That won't happen because we have known each other and I know that you could never become a monster. You have too much of a good heart to be bad. Especially when it comes to your family and friends." What she did next surprised me as she got behind me and wrapped her arms around me. "So please believe me when I say that you could never be a heartless human being."

Touched by her words I reached back with my hand and lightly stroked the side of her face. "Thank you for your kind words Alice. I know I must of said it once before but I will say it again. I appreciate at what you have done for me."

"I'm glad that I could help you. Now I have to go looking for my dad so I will see you later." As she was about to leave I grabbed her arm to stop her. "Before you go, their is something that I want to give you." In almost in a blink of an eye I leaned over and gave her a peck on the cheek. By the look on her face I could tell that she was complete surprise by my recent action.

Not knowing how to take this reaction I slowly began to back away. "Uh,...well, I better be going. I'll see you later." Without waiting for her to say anything I turned around and walked in the opposite direction. As I walked away I couldn't understand what cause me to do that but it doesn't mean that I didn't like it.

Samantha's POV...

When it was suggested that we should take some well needed rest before we prepared for our upcoming fight I was more than willing to go along with the idea. Not only because it would be good to have some relaxation but also I needed time to think. The main topic was has gone on to me recently. More specifically what happen to me when we came across Datamon.

It was still fresh in my mind what that giant piece of scrap metal did to me. Ordering me and my digimon to attack our friends and through all of it I could only look on and watch as that was going on. Even though it happen almost a week ago it still sent shivers down my spine whenever I thought about it. Apparently I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't realize that I had company.

"Hey, do you mind if I keep you company?" Looking up I spotted Henry who was leaning against a large boulder. Feeling like having some company I accepted his offer and joined him on the boulder as we sat down on it. For I don't know how long both of us didn't say a word, not knowing what to talk about. "Still thinking about what Datamon did to you aren't you?" asked Henry all of the sudden.

Unprepared for his sudden question I could only come up with a series of jabbering. Finally collecting myself I answered him. "Was I that obvious?" "Not really, I just took a wild guess and looks like I was right." That helped to relax the mood of the conversation as we continued to talk.

"But seriously why are you still letting that incident get to you? I mean it wasn't your fault that happen." "I know that but I can't help but think that if I wasn't so weak then maybe I could of prevented it from happening." "Whoa, wait a minute, where did this being weak come from?"

"Well isn't it obvious that the reason Datamon chose me to be controlled is because I was the weakest of all three of us." "Now hold it right there. I don't know where you got it in your head that you're weak but you're not. You have saved me and all the others so many times and you'll prove it again when we go into battle later."

"Thanks Henry, that happened." Turning my head over at him to see that he was looking back at me and when we caught a glimpse at each others eyes I had a strange feeling in my stomach. It wasn't a feeling of pain but one that couldn't be explain, all I knew was that it wasn't that bad of a feeling.

"Listen Henry, their is something I have been wanting to talk about with you. It's have how I-" Before I could finish Henry stopped me by placing a finger on my lips. "No need to say it, I have a good idea what it is but now isn't the time. Maybe once this is all over we can discuss this more." "Sure, we'll do that." I answered with some fake understanding. I was not happy with how the conversation turned out but I guess this gives me another reason to get this fight over with.

Kari's POV...

What a weird and crazy trip this has been. That was a good way how most of us would say about what happen since this all started. It was like a nightmare being captured, imprisoned for days and then having our minds played with so we could fight our own children. Thankfully they were able to free us before we did something that we would regret. Now with that out of the way we were now recovering from everything that we have went through.

It was now the late hours of the day. The sun had set and all of us were sitting around a campfire with some of the children either asleep or on the verge of it. "My, isn't that a pleasant sight?" I exclaimed at the sight of Andrew and Annie sleeping beside one another with Annie leaning her head on his shoulder as he laid his head on top of hers.

"No matter how many times I think about it I can't help but be amazed that such amazing things could come from such small ones like those two." "Well the same was said about us." commented my husband as he came over and sat beside me. "Remember, you weren't that much older when you went through something similar to it."

"You're right about that Davis. Fortunately for them though is that they have us to help them and I speak for everyone when I say that we all want this to be over with as soon as possible." spoke Tai. "That might be all well and good but does anyone have any ideas on how we deal with whatever this big evil is?" asked Matt with the million dollar question which no one could come up with an answer for.

"Before we discuss that could you please answer a question that I have had for sometime and I know the same can be said for us other kids." interrupted Jerry. "Ever since we started with this adventure we have had these weird symbols glowing from the back of our right hands and every time that has happen it has caused our digimon to digivolve to a new level of power. The question is, what the hell are these things and how it involves us?"

"You do bring up an interesting question Jerry and we happen to have an answer to it." spoke Davis. "I could tell you about it but I believe that Izzy would be better off explaining. If you would be so kind Izzy." Taking Davis' place, Izzy ready to explain the difficult question.

"As you already know, when me and the rest of your parents were younger, protecting the digital world we had these items that helped us to fight against those who tried to destroy it. Those items were known as crests." Izzy stopped his explanation to allow what he said to sink in before he continued.

"What you don't know is that when our adventures were basically over those crests went from us to the next generation. To be more precise, they were transferred to you. That would explain the symbols on your hands."

That bit information took all the kids by surprise. They didn't expect that type of answer to explain the situation that was happening with them. "It's nothing to worry about. All it means is that you have inherited attributes that helped to make our crests. Like you Michael, you have the crest of knowledge."

"As for you three." said Tai. "Davis, you have gotten my crest of courage and Samantha, you have received your mother's crest of love." "But what does that leave me?" asked Jerry. Before Tai could say anything Sora came over and knelt in front of Jerry. "You have a very special crest Jerry. Your crest is the one of honor. It's the combination of the crests of both mine and your father's."

Following the examples of my brother and sister-in-law, all of the other parents went over and knelt before their children. "Jonathan, you have inherited my crest of friendship and henry has gotten your mother's crest of sincerity."

"Jennifer, you have shown so much care for all your family, friends and even your new boyfriend." That comment from Yolei caused both Jennifer and David to bush heavily. "Because of this you have been given the crest of compassion." Leaving where Yolei left off, Ken started to explain to Sam. "For you my son, you have become the new holder of the crest of kindness."

"As for you Alice." spoke Cody. "All your life you have always been loyal to all those around you. That is why you have been given the crest of loyalty."

"For you Brad. Because of you willing to help those who are need of assistance you have been given the crest of reliability."

"To you my two sons you have received two special crests." spoke TK. "For you Terry, you were given my crest of hope and as for Andrew, he has received the first ever crest of destiny."

Feeling that it was time for me to explain to my two daughters what they posses. "Last but not least, Melissa has gotten my crest of light while Annie has received the a brand new crest known as faith." Taking over where I left off, Davis explained to our son. "Finally, the crest that you posses is a very unique one. It is perhaps the strongest one out of all the crests. The crest that you have is the crest of miracles."

Nothing was said as we let the children to absorb all the information that they have received. By the looks on their faces they were taking the news well with the exception of some wide eyed expression. Getting over from the shock, Jonathan would be the one to break the silence. "Well,....this was a real surprise but I guess it turned out for the best since it helped us to get where we are. Putting that aside, we should start thinking about what to do with what we have in front of us."

"If I could be so kind I may have some idea of a plan." muttered David who was sitting beside the fire and from what I could see he was holding hands with Jennifer. "It's obvious that were all that stands against the thing that is responsible for all of this. Also, whatever this thing is it must be getting desperate if its willing to use our parents to deal with us. So my plan is simple. We charge the base head on with everything we have. What do you say?"

The only response that he got were a bunch of open mouth people who were completely surprised. Finally Jerry was able to say what was on the mind of everyone. "Are you fuckin nuts?" "I know you guys think that my plan is crazy but hear me out. First off, it will be completely unexpected. Second, their mustn't be much left of any resistance since we dealt with the majority of it already."

"But what if your wrong? We could be walking straight into an ambush." remarked Samantha. "That is a possibility. However, sometimes you have to take risks if you want to get things done and I for one will take those risks if it means that the people who I care for the most will be safe then it'll be worth it."

Seemingly on instinct he let go of Jennifer's hand put it around her waist which made me smile. *I guess the old saying is true. 'Like father, like son.'* Looking over to my husband he gave me the same knowing smile. Suddenly, he got up and stood beside our son.

"Listen you guys, I know you must be a little scared. Hell, so am I. Nevertheless, we mustn't allow our fears to control us and seeing as though we don't have nothing else to work with we might as well go with my son's plan. Now if you wish to not to come with us then speak now. No one will hold it against you if you're not up for it but for those that are coming, could you please come up and stand beside us."

The first ones to join them were me and my daughter Melissa. Shortly after the rest of them came over one by one until with the exception of those asleep were showing their support of my son's plan. "Well, it looks as though we're all in agreement that we will fight tomorrow. Then we better get some rest because this upcoming fight will most certainly be the deciding moment of this entire war." With a unspoken agreement all of us went to our own areas to get some sleep.

As everyone was going I called David back so I could talk to him. "David, about tomorrow, is their anyway that I can convince you to say out of this fight with your sisters?" "I'm afraid not mom. This is something that I most do and the same goes for Melissa and Annie." "But why can't you? I don't want any of you get hurt."

Slowly I began to breakdown into tears over the worry I was expressing. Suddenly David came over and gave me a hug. "Don't cry mom. I know that your worried about your children's safety but it isn't necessary. We have been able to do well so far since this whole war started. Besides, don't forget we're you and dad's children. Some of your good fortune most of rubbed off on us." I couldn't help but to laugh from his last comment.

"Trust me mom when I say that we know how to take care of ourselves. But if you need some comfort then why don't we agree that we watch each other's back?" "Very well then. I agree to your suggestion." I accepted his terms but it was obvious that I wasn't so sure. "Now we better get some rest so we will be ready for what is ahead."

After saying goodnight to one another we went to get some sleep. Going over to where my husband slept I laid beside him and as if he knew of my worry he draped a arm over me in a attempt to reassure me even though I felt that he was just as worried.

It helped a little and in my own attempt to comfort him I snuggled closer to him. As we both were drifting off to sleep I tried to not to think about it but I still wasn't able to get the worries about tomorrow out of my mind.

It wasn't only about me and my family but for every since one of us. For all we knew, tomorrow could very well be the last day for some if not all of us. The last thought that went through my head as I finally was being overcome by sleep was that hopefully fate and luck will be on our side.

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Their you go readers. I know that their wasn't no action and it was mostly romantic chapter but I hope to make it up in the following chapters. Please remember to review and until the next chapter, see ya.