Digimon {Digital Monsters}
Past and Present Lives Collide
The Qualities Within

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, whoever has the copyrights now does. I only own the ideas for the new Crests ok?

Author's notes: I am so sorry for not updating, but exams got in the way! {cries} I hope this chapter was worth the wait for my regular reviewers. Please remember to review once you're done reading. Thank you!

Centauramon whirled around only to be met by Yolei's purple eyes,

"Yolei! What are you doing here on your own?" he shouted angrily, "It's too dangerous for anyone to be outside of the group without their partner!" Yolei hung her head,

"I'm sorry Centauramon, but I wanted to apologise to Izzy about my outburst earlier. It's my fault he ran off like he did." She looked up at Centauramon apologetically. Centauramon relented,

"All right," he sighed, "I'll let you off this time, but if you do that again you'll be in serious trouble, not just with me but the rest of the group as well." Yolei nodded in understanding before scanning the area,

"Centauramon... where's Izzy? Haven't you found him yet?" Centauramon bit his bottom lip,

"I kind of need to talk to the rest of the group about that." He muttered loudly enough for the young lady to hear him. Yolei frowned a little but said nothing. A glow of white on the riverbank caught her attention. She walked towards it and kneeled down to pick it up. Centauramon followed warily, not sure if this was a trap set by Daemon. Yolei gasped as she recognised the symbol in the object she had picked up.

"A dove." She whispered in delight, "Centauramon is this a crest by any chance?" she asked the centaur standing behind her. Centauramon nodded,

"It is a crest Yolei, do you recognise what the symbol on it means?" he asked curiously. Yolei nodded, smiling,

"The dove in our world is a symbol of peace and prosperity during the hardest of times. In most religions it is supposed to be the God's messenger, a type of angel if you will." She explained, never taking her eyes of the simple, yet elegant design. Centauramon smiled as well,

"Well it is the crest of peace, one of the Gemstone crests to be precise. In case you hadn't noticed the design is made out of diamond."

"Really?" Yolei gasped in awe as she looked at the crest more closely. A background of olive green contrasted sharply with the bright diamond cut into the elegant shape of a dove in flight, complete with a dark green olive branch in its beak.

"Come on Yolei, we need to go back to where the others are to discuss this and our little predicament concerning Izzy." Centauramon said as he lead Yolei back to the ruins of Gennai's home.

A dark, sinister laugh echoed off the cliffs surrounding the beach where Daemon and Dragomon were keeping Izzy captive until they could open another portal to the 'Dark Ocean'.

"Well done Daemon, your ability to separate the other crests from the Crest of Wisdom has weakened it considerably." Dragomon congratulated his partner in evil as he successfully 'pulled' the energy of the Crest of Justice away from the crest he held in his other hand. Izzy sat a small way away, watching the events unfold,

"Oh well," he thought, "it's not a total loss, the new kids need Crests of their own anyway." He thought about the traits the Crests represented and compared them with the new kids' inherent traits.

"Well, I guess Davis would get Life cause he's so full of it anyway. I've never seen a guy get so hyped just on air sometimes... Hmm...Cody would get Justice I reckon, he's so serious and does things for the best. He does need to lighten up though...Ken's already got the Crest of Kindness, suits him just fine so that leaves the Crest of Peace for Yolei. Well, I suppose it does sort of suit her...When she's actually calm that is!" he sorted, though not loudly enough for the two evil Digimon to hear him. They were too busy trying to get the last Crest's power separated from the crest of Wisdom's.

"HE WHAT?" Tai yelled as Centauramon finished his story on what had happened between Izzy, Daemon, Dragomon and himself. The others just looked on with surprise; it wasn't like Izzy to act like this at all.

"He...he just went with them? Without fighting back?" Mimi squeaked in shock, not quite believing Centauramon's account of what had happened. Matt was trying to restrain Tai from trying to beat Centauramon up. Davis thought for a bit, before grinning enthusiastically,

"Well, it isn't all that bad guys," he stated, "we've got one of the other Gemstone Crests back, if we can find the other two then Veemon, Armadillomon and Hawkmon can digivolve to Ultimate right?" he asked, looking at Gennai nervously. Gennai nodded,

"I think so, considering that when Yolei touched the Crest she knew what it symbolised. That and its started glowing." The digidestined and the Digimon whirled round to see what Gennai was talking about...and sure enough the Crest of Peace was glowing with a bright white light that almost blinded everyone who was looking at it. The glow dimmed down almost immediately, making everything look much darker than before.

"Well," Gennai stated, "looks like the other two Crests are nearby...that's the only reason the Gemstone Crests glow without helping the Digimon digivolve." Tai thought about what Gennai had said, relaxing his muscles while Matt let go off him.

"Well if what Gennai is saying is true then these other Crests will lead us right to where those evil creeps are keeping Izzy!" he almost shouted with glee,

"Come on guys! Let's go looking for these other Crests and go rescue Izzy at the same time!" The other, older digidestined weren't as enthusiastic as Tai but they agreed to go anyway. Davis grinned even more broadly,

"Well, you heard the guy you lot, lets get going already! I want to find my own Crest and find out how to better myself, what about you Cody?" he asked, looking at the youngest member of his team. Cody looked up at Davis' lit up face,

"I suppose so...it would be interesting to see what the Digimon think our biggest traits are..." he trailed off.

"Well now that that's settled, let's move out!" Tai commanded, clapping his hands together. Matt and Sora shook their heads but followed Tai's lead anyway. The Digimon walked alongside their human partners, besides Centauramon, who walked alongside Gennai.

"You really think that the 'new' digidestined are supposed to have these Crests Gennai?" Centauramon asked quietly.

"I'm sure of it Centauramon, Ken had a Crest and it struck me as odd that the other digidestined in his group didn't have Crests, save T.K and Kari. So I thought that the Guardian Digimon would produce Crests for them, but since we've found two of the Gemstone Crests I think the 'new' kids are meant to have them. I just hope it's enough."

To Be Continued!

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