I am finally back! Can't believe I forgot my own password… Anyway, here will be the next chapter of my story. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Other than Helios, Cyber Agumon, Catastrophe and the D-merger, all other Digimon do not belong to me. Don't sue me as I'm still damn poor.

"…"= Talking

'…'= Thinking

-…-= Action

Chapter 5: Only Human

The sun had finally risen. This was the digital world all right, by there is still a sun here. Muttering a curse, Helios covered his eyes with his hands. He had been travelling in the digital world for sometime now. How long he could not remember. After all, after his arrival, he had been through plenty of stuff.

First and foremost, he had been involved in plenty of fights. He knew very well that he had fought only for survival and occasional anger at the ill treatment he had seen the virus digimons undergo. However, he knew that was not enough. His partners and himself had met groups of digimon under the vaccine and data alliance and they were fanatically loyal to this Lord Takeru. Helios understood that it was difficult to have people being loyal to you. This Lord Takeru managed to get the loyalty of nearly all the digimons Helios had met so far. This only said one thing: This Takeru guy might be mind controlling them or his cause was really just. So far, Helios only heard stuff of this guy from his partners and random virus digimons. Unavoidably, these opinions might be bias as they were enemies. Giving another groan of frustration, Helios massaged his temples to ease the headaches he was feeling due to this thinking and the previous exhaustion.

Usually, Helios would prefer not to think at all. After all, action speaks louder than words. However, the situation he was in needed some serious thinking. What if this Takeru was actually in the right and that the virus digimons that he had been helping so far were in the wrong? He really had no answer to that. However, he did remember what Shadow Seraphimon had told him before his deletion though. ' There are no evil digimons, just digimons with different opinions'. Well, something liked that, though he could not remember whether the old man or Shadow Seraphimon told him that. This allowed him to conclude that this Takeru might not be evil, but definitely had his reasons for suppressing the virus digimons, as this quote works for human as well. However, he did hear that the four guardians had disappeared though, and that Shadow Seraphimon, despite being a virus, was always honest and tells only the truth. This piece of information was more reliable as nearly all types of digimon told him the same thing. He managed to talk to some vaccine digimons about this before being realized that he was the renegade or whatever they were calling him. Thus, it allowed him to believe Shadow Seraphimon's words.

Helios ' Well, that was a relief though… I will be damn if he cheated me…'

Snorting, Helios gave a big yawn as he looked around. He saw the sun shining brightly in his face. He and his partners were in a jungle of some sort. Speaking of his partners, he realized that both Black Agumon and Cyber Agumon were still asleep.

Helios ' I guess digimons are hard to be awaken by the sun then…'

After travelling with them for sometime, he managed to know the two of them better. Black Agumon was very energetic and usually charged into battle headfirst and would than think of strategies to get out alive during battle. He was also very outspoken and would tell him whatever he was thinking without any hesitation. Helios was grateful for this quality of his as it was easy to understand his thinking. Cyber Agumon was the opposite though. He was very calm in many situations and gave careful calculations in how to battle with outmost effectiveness and little time spend. He spoke very little but Helios knew that both he and Black Agumon were the same in one quality though, they were both loyal and good…comrades. Turning slightly, Helios frowned as he looked at his D-merger and the Catastrophe.

He had received these two equipment for sometime and still knew little about them. Well, he knew that the D-merger seemed to be able to help power up his partners with those cards from its slot. Also the thing also seemed to be able to show enemy statistics and a pretty bad map of the area they entered. Other than that, he knew nothing of the device. Speaking about the Catastrophe, it had morphed from the black and purple sword to a freaking Chinese scimitar of black, purple and gray. The blade was in a wicked black color and nicely curved. It made it very suitable for slashing and its ability to stab was still pretty good. The handle had turned into a mixture of gray and purple and the whole thing was at least half the size of Black Greymon. However, Helios found little problem using the blade as he too, became more experience and for some reason, stronger as well. He suspect that it was due to the fact that his partners loaded the data of all the digimon that they had defeated that he caused this increased. Also, he also felt the increase when his Catastrophe deleted a digimon.

Helios-frowning- ' Damn it… So many questions, so little answers…'

The only thing that he was very sure was that his skills in martial arts were increasing as well. After all, it would not be too rely too much on his weapon and so he asked his partners to help train him. They were doubtful at first but after the first training session where he had beaten them, they took him seriously and that helped him refine his fighting skills. He was more able to dodge and his attacks were more powerful as well. His fighting style thus became very wild, exactly liked how his partners fought. Of course, he learned how to take hits to prevent himself from getting the full impact. Hell, he even trained his endurance by asking his partners to blast him with their Pepper Blast and Electro Breath. At first, it hurt liked hell as he got blasted and fell the burning and electric shock as well. Slowly, he got used to it and improved the attacks by using his Viral Boost Chip on them. This training really did pump up his endurance but he still did not have a fixed idea on how strong he really was.

Yawning again, Helios gave an annoyed frown. He was still tired from the strange thing that happened to him yesterday night and that thing had happened in his brain or so he was told and it lasted for VERY long…

-Flashback-

Helios woke with a start. He scanned his surroundings and realized that it was not the same place that he had set up a camp with his partners. Frowning, he stood up cautiously as he prepared himself for anything that might pop out. To his surprise however, he saw a girl walking towards him. She was glowing and the strange glow was white in color, a total contrast to the surroundings. Before he could even open his mouth, the girl spoke to him.

Girl-giggling- " Ah! I finally can see you!"

Staring at the giggling girl, Helios could not help but wondered who she was. After a moment, her voice registered into his brain and he realized who she was.

Helios " You're the girl that spoke to me when Shadow Seraphimon kicked the bucket right?"

Seeing that he had recognized her, the girl gave a big smile and nodded her head. The glowing around her faded and Helios could see the girl more clearly now. She was short. Really short. Should be around 130-140 cm of height and had a pretty cute looking face. Her waist long raven hair was not tied and was flowing down her back. For some strange reason, she looked really familiar, very hauntingly familiar.

Girl " Hello? You are staring you know?"

Muttering a very soft vulgarity, Helios apologized to the girl in front of him. Seriously, she looked way too familiar but Helios could have swore that he had never seen her before… This was pretty strange stuff. Clearing his slightly fogged mind, he decided to ask the girl some questions.

Helios " Well, what do you want?"

Girl-blinking- " What are you talking about?"

Helios " You've got to have something to tell me right?"

Girl-blinking- " What makes you think that?"

Helios " Then why are you here at the first place?"

Girl " I just come here to get acquaintance with you. After all, this is going to be a long journey."

Helios " What?"

Girl " What?"

Helios " I mean, what do you mean by long journey? You know something I don't?"

Girl-shrugging- " Maybe, maybe not."

Helios " You speak like that turtle."

Girl " Maybe."

Awkward silence filled the room almost instantly. The occupants of the black space looked at each other without once breaking an eye contact. Helios had no clue what to do as he had pathetic social skills and the girl was just staring at him with her smile. After some time, the girl finally spoke.

Girl " You know, some things are not what they seem."

Hearing this, Helios turned full attention to the girl. After thinking for a while, he nodded his head. The girl was trying to tell him to look more in depth with things… Staring at her for a while, he opened his mouth to ask her a question that he had had for quite sometime.

Helios " What should I do? I mean, I am told to help these guys, but I'm not even sure about their position of the matter. Besides, I will definitely lose if we fight. I do not have the same belief liked they have… ' Damn! Why am I telling her this?'

Girl-smile gently- " What to do is your choice. Like I say before, all things are not really what they seemed. You will have to determine the things by your own judgement, your own moral compass. As for belief, you will have to find it for yourself. After all, that is one of the things you have to get by your own hands."

Helios "…" 'She sure knows a lot despite looking like a kid…'

Girl "…"

Helios 'Well, she is right though… I better buck up…'

Girl-looks at Helios strangely-"…"

Helios " …What?"

Girl " I… I don't know that you are that way…"

Helios-sweat dropping- " Your point?"

Girl " I am really older than I look you know…"

Helios-shrug- " So? Age is never a problem."

Girl-moves slightly away- " Let's just keep our distance okay? I only know you for what, a day?"

Helios-frown- " I don't get it… Wait a minute, you are not thinking what I am thinking right?"

Girl-moves further- "…"

Helios " Damn! I am not!"

The rest of the night was spent by Helios trying to drill the fact that he was not a pedophile to the girl. Of course, it was very hard to convince her and he had lost sleep just trying to explain. After a while, he falls asleep and never hears from the girl that night again.

-End Flashback-

Helios 'What's her problem anyway?'

Seeing that his partners were awake, he signaled to them and they started travelling again. They were trying to find the viral guerilla warfare squad that was led by Musyamon but had little luck. This was not surprising as a guerilla warfare squad had to move in secret. They had entered the area to give them aid. Actually, this was Cyber Agumon's suggestion. He thought that it would be better to crush the enemies in groups. Black Agumon agreed to the idea wholeheartedly. Helios did not say anything but he went with them as well. It seemed that he would have to find his answer in battle then. It was then that the three of them felt a battle that was going on. It was to the north. With a nod to each other, they headed towards the direction of the battle.

Musyamon cursed his bad luck as he was being attacked by four digisoldiers. Normally, he would have no problem fighting against them but he was injured by the patrol a while ago when he and his men raided the base the alliance army had in the area. He was now up against a Garurumon, Leomon, Mothmon and Airdramon. Their partners were with them and were making a very effective combination against him. Musyamon cursed again as he realized that these kids were very experienced in fighting as they were keeping him at bay with Mothmon and Airdramon's Morphon Gattling and Spinning Needle. Then, Garurumon and Leomon would pummel him with their Wolf Buster and Fist of the Beast King rapidly. He had no type advantage against them as their partners had altered their attribute to vaccine and he knew he was in trouble. Gripping his katana tightly, Musyamon decided to have a final shot before he got deleted. Just as he was about to release his kamikaze attack, he saw a dual blast of fire and electricity pass by him and it hit both Mothmon and Airdramon directly. Turning slightly, he saw two of his virus brethren standing with a human male.

Helios gave a grim smile as he saw the enemies he was up against. They were digimon that had partners alright. He knew that he would have to fight them one day when he heard those from the alliance said kids. After seeing them battle, he could easily conclude that they share a very deep bond. It pained him to delete their partners but he knew he had no choice. Well, he did have another choice but he is not going to consider about it. Actually, he did not even had time to consider about it as his partners attacked. This means that he would have to fight them. He knew very well what the pain would be to lose someone you share a very close bond with. However, since he had chose a side, he would have to fight.

Calmly, Helios took out the menacing Catastrophe. After slashing the Viral Boost Chip and Hyper Speed Plug-in H to power up his partners to aid them in battle, he leaped into battle as well, at the same time threw away his other feelings. In front of him, Black Agumon had digivolved into Black Greymon while Cyber Agumon had digivolved into Dark Tyranomon and were fighting against Airdramon and Mothmon respectively.

Musyamon took his time to study his reinforcements. They were made up of one human and two rookies that had just digivolved into champions. This was a strange sight as there no human that had ever arrived would partner with a virus digimon. However, this man had two virus digimon as partner. Musyamon decided to keep the questions for later as he too joined the battle. His opponent was Leomon as the male took Garurumon as his opponent.

Helios calmly dodged the furious swipes the Garurumon were giving him. This was the battlefield and no emotion should be shown. Helios knew this rule very well and that was why he had survived in the real world for that long. Any hesitation or uncertainty had been forgotten as he fought against the Garurumon. It was attacking him furiously but he had managed to dodge all the attack so far. After seeing a loophole in the Garurumon's attack, he slashed at it with the Catastrophe. The Garurumon did not even had the time to roar in pain as it was deleted as soon as the blade touches it.

Black Greymon was having quite a time against Airdramon. For instance, his opponent was flying while he was not. This was quite a disadvantage. However, it did not really helped the Airdramon in any matter even though he had the aerial advantage and type advantage as Black Greymon was too strong and skilled compared to Airdramon. His partner slashed cards to help Airdramon fight better but it was only prolonging the inevitable. Airdramon was deleted after it tried its God Tornado which missed Black Greymon who jumped up high to dodge it. With a roar, he fired his dreaded Dark Nova and deleted the Airdramon instantly.

Dark Tyranomon wasted little as he jumped and tackled the Mothmon with precision. Although Mothmon was quick in nature and his partner had increased his speed, he was caught by the gigantic Dark Tyranomon and knocked down onto the ground. Dark Tyranomon then proceeded to carry the fallen Mothmon from the floor and deleted it with his Fire Blast.

Musyamon managed to fight with Leomon on equal footing after the other three had been distracted and led away to battle with those three queer individuals. He could not understand how could a human fight a digimon but then again, questions later. He had to concentrate on the fight that is on his hand. Shifting into a more comfortable post, Musyamon just stood there, waiting for the Leomon to attack. It did with its sword and Musyamon, ever the sword master, slice through the Leomon and deleted it at the same time with its technique, the Violent Dismissal.

The four children gave a cry of anguish and sadness at the same time as they saw their digimon partner being deleted by these fiends. How could they have lost? Lord Takeru and Lady Rieze had told them that those with the heart to uphold justice would win. So, why was this happening to them?

The three viral digimon turned towards the crying children at almost the same time. Strangely, the all understood their anguish and sadness as they had felt the same when they lost their friend and brethren to the alliance. Thus, they made no move against them. Black Greymon and Dark Tyranomon saw their partner and were surprised by the sadness that was showing in his eyes. It seemed that he was very sad about what had happened. The two knew that he was not heartless but to see a man liked him showing so much sadness…

Helios looked at the four bawling children with mixed feelings. He knew that he had done it. Taking away their close friends from them. Who was he to do that? The fight was between the viral army and the alliance army. He was but an outsider to both these conflict and this world. In short, he had no business in these affairs. However, he had to get involve and commit this kind of crime that he had detested. What was happening to him? He could not understand what was really going on. He was just fighting for the sake of fighting and contributing to more chaos. Seeing the children crying in front of him made him realize this point painfully. It reminded him of that time again…

Helios "…" 'Shit… I have done it again! I swore in front of the old man's grave not to do this again…Damn…'

At a distance, the three viral digimon continued to look on. After assessing the situation, Musyamon decided that this was the best time to thank the two. After suggesting that they should follow him to the base, Musyamon stood a distance away from the other two viral digimon. He had a lot on his mind as well. Why was a human partner with two viral digimon and why was he so sad after deleting the children's digimon? Also, why was he so powerful as well? This needed a lot of thinking…

Black Greymon " What's with him?"

Dark Tyranomon " It seemed that we have forget something very important."

Black Greymon " And that is?"

Dark Tyranomon " He too, is only human. Despite being cold and tough, he too has emotions. He must be going through a lot now."

Black Greymon " Maybe something from his past?"

Dark Tyranomon-shrugs- " Who knows? But he is seriously lacking in fighting spirit recently."

Black Greymon " I guess that is what you mean hmm?"

Dark Tyranomon " Yeah…"

Without a word, Helios turned away from the children whom were still crying bitterly over their lost. He signaled to his partners and they made their way towards the Musyamon's guerilla squad's camp without a word. The thing he had committed before and the same thing he had swore not to do again happened. Perhaps…he was not the right person to be here after all… Why would they need a man who could only cause more chaos in this world?

From deep inside Helios's mind, the little girl sighed. She knew that it was very hard for him to have to go through this again. However, this was really inevitable. She could only pray that he was strong enough to face this challenge and grow to become stronger. All hopes of survival of this quadrant depended on him…

End of Chapter 5

This is it! Been sometime since I write since I have to repair my com and also to look for the little piece of paper my password is on. Hopefully this is still in quality and reviews are always welcome. The next chapter should be up soon and I hope that someone can help proof read my work though… I suck at grammar.