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Disclaimer: Never owned digimon and the characters related to it. All I own is Helios, the D-merger, the Catastrophe, Cyber Agumon and the plot. You get nothing for suing me.

"…"= Talking

'…'= Thinking

-…-= Action

Chapter 7: Heart's Journey

Black Agumon opened his eyes painfully. The fight from before had been really tough. That Holy Angemon was very powerful. He had handled both Cyber Agumon and himself in Champion form with ease. Considering that they were as powerful as some weak mega level digimon and that they had a partner that had modified their states, the Holy Angel must be extremely powerful. Also, that digivolution had hurt like hell. It was like his whole body was being burned in hell fire. Although the power he had received was awesome, he did not want to try that again.

Trying to move his injured body was very difficult as well. The additional wounds he had sustained from somewhere were not helping the matters. He could not remember the events that had happen after the digivolution though. Strangely, he could not remember anything when he was in ultimate form as well. Looking around, he was somewhat surprised to see that the place he was in was swirling purple in color. It looked quite weird. Forcing his head to turn, he saw Cyber Agumon sitting somewhere near him as well. He looked pretty beat up as well. Although Black Agumon had trouble moving, it was not difficult for him to talk though.

Black Agumon " Yo! Are you ok?"

Hearing Black Agumon's voice, Cyber Agumon snapped his eyes open. Granting in response, he staggered towards Black Agumon. Although he was injured very badly as well, Cyber Agumon did not sustain the same amount of damage as Black Agumon did. After all, Black Agumon did fought Saberleomon and got his ass kicked badly. Also, the enhance metallic body of Cyber Agumon and the mutated genes he had after numerous experiments from the scientists of the Alliance Army had made him tougher as well.

Cyber Agumon " That was something. You actually digivolved to ultimate level. However, that was stupid of you to fight against Saberleomon without using your brains."

Black Agumon " What are you talking about? Fighting Saberleomon? What is it?"

Cyber Agumon looked at his friend as if he had grown another head. The fight was not long ago and Black Agumon had already forgotten it? Sitting down on the floor next to Black Agumon, he decided to ask if his friend was serious.

Cyber Agumon " You mean you really had forgotten it?"

Black Agumon-confused- " Forgotten what?"

Cyber Agumon " The fight with Grapleomon then Saberleomon of course."

Black Agumon " I only remember getting a whooping from Holy Angemon. Nothing about that Saberleomon dude though. Mind telling me what happened?"

Cyber Agumon-nodded- " Okay then. I will tell you whatever I remembered."

-Flashback-

As the dark light faded, the skull behemoth known as Skull Greymon erupted out of it. Roaring loudly, he slammed the nearest digimon which was Holy Angemon onto the wall. As he was caught off guard, Holy Angemon was unable to dodge and hit the wall which collapsed on him. Holy Angemon was still going through walls as well as the strength Skull Greymon had used to slam it onto the wall was monstrous.

Glancing at Grapleomon, Skull Greymon gave a demented howl and lunged towards him with his claws in high speed. Grapleomon tried to hip toss Skull Greymon but was unsuccessful as Skull Greymon used his boned wings to escape the grab. Seeing the opportunity, Skull Greymon slammed his claws onto Grapleomon, causing him to roar in pain. It seemed to power Skull Greymon more and more as he heard Grapleomon's cries in anguish. After doing enough damage, Skull Greymon gave Grapleomon a head butt and fired his Dark Shot which hit Grapleomon square in his chest. He was sent flying and he landed onto the ground next to his tamer. Skull Greymon gave a roar of triumph as he moved slowly towards the two.

Cyber Agumon was watching this battle as well. He was unconscious all right, but the roar of Skull Greymon had woken him up. Watching him fight was not a pleasant experience. Skull Greymon was a demented fighting machine. The look in his eyes tell Cyber Agumon that his friend had lost his sanity and would fight and delete all moving object. Glancing at his partner, he was surprised to see him lying flat on the ground. With his enhanced vision, he could see blood flowing out of his wound. He was twitching uncontrollably as well. Seeing the wrecked power generator, Cyber Agumon understood why Helios was in the state he was. His insane partner must have used his own body to destroy the generator. Not even he would come out of that alive. He then saw a bright fleshing of light and saw Saberleomon emerging out of it. The human girl was nowhere to be found though.

Skull Greymon gave a roar that showed his annoyance. Charging towards Saberleomon, he gave a right swipe with his claws. Saberleomon was able to dodge the attack and countered with swipes from his paws. The attack hit Skull Greymon but he shook it off like it was nothing. The two then got locked in a test of strength. It was obvious that Skull Greymon was winning as Saberleomon was being pushed backwards. To Cyber Agumon's amazement though, Saberleomon tossed Skull Greymon aside using his own momentum. As Skull Greymon got up, a blinding flash appeared out of nowhere and attacked Skull Greymon. It was Holy Angemon with his Excalibur that had attacked Skull Greymon. The attack must have hurt him. However, Skull Greymon charged forward again towards Saberleomon whom dodged with ease. This continued on for some time until Skull Greymon got frustrated. He fired his Dark Shot which Saberleomon dodged easily and jumped to the back of Skull Greymon.

Saberleomon " You have power, but you lack the intelligence to use it! Begone!"

With that, Saberleomon used his Howling Crusher attack on Skull Greymon. The impact was enough to knock Skull Greymon backed into rookie form. Holy Angemon caught the unconscious Black Agumon and tossed him on top of Cyber Agumon, knocking him out as well.

-End Flashback-

" And that was what happen."

Black Agumon stared at his friend for sometime. It seemed that the fight had happened all right. However, he just could not remember it. Speaking of remembering, Black Agumon suddenly realized that Helios was not with them. Turning towards his friend urgently with his pain through his body temporally forgotten, he asked frantically.

Black Agumon " What happen to Helios? He is not here with us!"

Black Agumon could swore that he had saw a hint of sadness on Cyber Agumon's face. Shaking his head, Cyber Agumon answered Black Agumon with a hint of sadness in his voice.

Cyber Agumon " I don't know. I loss conscious after you land on me. But I don't think he is alright though." ' I doubt he is even alive…With blood pouring out and getting seriously electrocuted…'

Black Agumon " Nah. He will get out just find. He is tougher then he seem you know."

Cyber Agumon sigh as he heard his friend's words. How he can remain so optimistic was beyond his knowledge. Maybe it was because he did not see the state their partner was in at that time. Anyone who saw that could tell you that Helios was dead. Cyber Agumon felt glum and angry at his own uselessness. If he was a little stronger, he might have helped his partner out and this might not happen.

Black Agumon " What's wrong Cyber Agumon?"

Cyber Agumon was caught off guard by this question. It seemed that his emotions were easily read by Black Agumon. He made a mental note to remember that Black Agumon was more observant than he looked. Shaking his head, he told Black Agumon that nothing was wrong. The expression on Black Agumon's face was enough to tell Cyber Agumon that he did not believe his words. However, he did not pry into the subject and Cyber Agumon was glad about it. No use breaking your friend's faith in something.

Just as the two were about to move, they saw a little girl with untied long raven hair running towards them. She was panting as she stopped in front of the two of them. After gaining back her breath, she dusted her white dress and faced them. The two digimons were immediately on their guard. After all, they had to be careful in front of humans. The girl saw that and gave them a small smile.

Girl " Don't worry. I mean and am no harm."

Looking at each other, the two digimons shrug their shoulders and remained on guard. The Alliance Army had young children as fighters as well. Thus, it was better that they keep their guard on. Giving a sigh, the girl shook her head. This time, she spoke more urgently.

Girl " I know you two will not believe me, but hear me out."

Seeing that she got the two digimons' attention, the girl continued.

" This is the mind of Helios. We are currently inside his mind."

The two digimons looked at the girl as if she was a zoo exhibit. Then, they both burst out laughing. Needless to say, the girl was fuming that they did not believe her.

Black Agumon-laughing- " Did you hear what she say? She say this is the mind of Helios!"

Cyber Agumon-glaring- " I do not think that was a good thing to say. It is not funny."

Girl " You two… I am serious here!"

The two digimons were not convinced that the girl was serious at all. They had a look of anger on their face now as they had stopped laughing. They were not very happy that someone made a joke out of this. Especially Cyber Agumon, who was convinced that Helios was dead. The girl was unfazed by their looks of anger and instead dragged out a huge Chinese scimitar that was familiar to both Black and Cyber Agumon. It was the Catastrophe.

Black Agumon-shocked- " Where did you get that?!"

Girl " I told you this is his mind. The Catastrophe is bonded to its wielder not only physically, but also mentally."

Black Agumon " Huh?"

Cyber Agumon " Fine… if that is true, who are you?"

The girl gave a sad smile as she heard this question. Brushing some of her hair that was blocking her view, she gave her answer.

" You know the device Helios has on his hand?"

Seeing the nods of the two digimon, the girl continued.

" I am the soul inside this device which is known as the D-merger."

Cyber Agumon " The soul of the device?"

Girl-shaking head- " No. The soul IN the device. It is two different things."

The two digimons just stared at the girl with a puzzled expression. Black Agumon's was utter confusion type of puzzled while Cyber Agumon's was liked having difficulty to embrace the concept.

Girl " Whatever it is, I… no Helios needs your help."

Black & Cyber Agumon " What help?"

Girl " Helios is still alive. However, his mind is being invaded by one powerful being and he will die if this being is not removed."

Black Agumon " Who?"

Girl " I don't know… I'm sorry."

Cyber Agumon-frowning- " You are in Helios's mind and you don't know who the invader is?"

Girl-shaking head- " This individual is too powerful. I cannot identify him."

The two digimons absorbed this information. They decided to trust the girl as she did not seemed to be lying. Also, this was a matter of life and death of their partner. Without any hesitation, they nodded their head and told the girl that they were willing to help. The girl gave a slight smile and nodded her head. She motioned to them to follow her and the two digimons did. However, Cyber Agumon still had questions.

Cyber Agumon " How did we get here?"

Girl " The three of you are sent into the Gate of Destiny that was opened by Holy Angemon. As the three of you got sucked into the gate, a powerful digimon entered Helios's mind. As I am connected to Helios mentally, I sent your spirits into Helios's mind."

Black Agumon-scratching head- " Huh?"

Cyber Agumon " So that means…"

Girl " Yes. If you are destroyed here, you will never be reborn."

Cyber Agumon " I see…"

Black Agumon " I don't get it… Anyway, where are we heading to?"

Girl " The digimon had dug onto Helios's worst memory and is trying to kill him with it."

Black Agumon " How?"

Cyber Agumon " By destroying his will to live I suppose."

Girl-nodded- " Exactly."

Black Agumon " Why not just attack Helios directly?"

Girl-shrugged- " Who knows? Ah, we are here."

The two digimons were surprised with the sudden change of surroundings. Where else the surroundings from before were swirling purple, it had changed into a city with a lot of buildings. They could see vehicles on the streets and airplanes in the sky. They tensed however when they saw a large number of humans approaching them. The girl put her hand out and stopped them from attacking and told them it was alright. They were in Helios's mind after all.

The three were in search of Helios. As the girl had said, they can only help him if they found him. There was nothing they could do if he was not there. As they moved through the city in search of Helios, questions were emerging inside Cyber Agumon's head. It was mostly about the identity of the girl and the identity of there powerful digimon that had the ability to enter other people's minds. However, he soon pushed these questions into the back of his mind as he saw both Black Agumon and the girl searching for Helios enthusiastically. He should not sidetrack and should solve the matters at hand first.

" I found him!"

These made Cyber Agumon turned his head and ran towards the girl at the fastest speed his short legs could take him. He could see Black Agumon doing the same as well. They were disappointed however as they found out that the girl had found a boy of age 13 instead of Helios. Before any of them could complain, the girl told them something that shocked them both.

" This is Helios when he is 13 years old. We will have to watch him until the memory he considered as worst appear. That will be the place that power digimon will be."

Nodding their head dumbly, the two digimons observed the boy. Although shorter and smaller in size, the fire in his eyes and the expression he wore told the two digimons that this was indeed Helios. He seemed to be waiting for someone though. After a while, they saw a boy in green with light blue hair come up to him. The two seemed to be friends as they were chatting away. They were punching each other playfully as well. Actually, it was the other boy that was doing so while Helios just ignored him.

From that day onwards, they saw Helios and that boy doing the same things every time they met. It seemed that the other boy was known as Jim and was also the first friend Helios had made in his life. They had met when Jim was in the process of being extorted. Helios had chased and beaten the bullies away and that was how they became friends. The two digimons were amazed to see the tender side of their partner when he was young while the girl seemed to just smile at the scene. She seemed to be in deep thought and had a faraway look in her eyes.

Finally, the day that was considered to be the worst in Helios's memory arrived. All three could tell as the mood of the area seemed to be darker and colder. As this was Helios's memory, this might be what he was feeling. They were presented with the scene that Helios had hated so much.

A snatch thief had snatch the wallet of a poor elderly man away as he took it out to buy some bread for his grandson. Despite only being 13, Helios chased after the snatch thief to get back the wallet. They had ran through three streets when Helios finally caught up with the thief. It seemed that the martial arts training he had had paid off. However, the snatch thief took out a knife and attacked Helios. Taken by surprise, he was slashed on the cheek. The two then struggled with the knife and it dove right into the thief's heart which killed him instantly.

The three of them looked at the scene with shock written all over their face. Not so much for the girl though and she looked as if she knew that this would happen. However, the two digimons were still puzzled. This was of course a traumatic for a 13 year old kid but it does not really tells them why he said he had taken a love one away due to his interference. The next scene however, answer their questions.

It seemed that the snatch thief that Helios had accidentally killed was the father of Jim. The reason why he had committed such a crime was because he had to feed his family of five. He had just lost his job recently and his children were starving. Worst, his youngest child was sick and needed the money. Thus, he had no choice but to commit this crime. However, he had lost his life during the struggle with Helios and thus had lost his life. Jim and his younger brothers became orphans from then on as their mother had left them with another man.

Predictably, Jim was furious that someone he had called friend would kill his father. He was screaming for vengeance in front of Helios's face and gave him a beating. Helios did not defend himself and allowed Jim to beat him up. However, you could see the pain in his eyes as he understood that his actions had caused Jim and his brothers to lose their love one. It was all his fault! If he had not interfere then, his friend would not be in such grief… The scene ended with Jim spitting at Helios and told him that he would never forgave him and that their friendship was over. From then on, Helios became a very cold person and would refuse to help anyone in need if there was a second or third party involved.

Staring at each other silently, Black Agumon and Cyber Agumon finally realized why their partner behaved the way he did. He had a very rough childhood. Although the death of Jim's father was an accident, Helios had blamed himself for it. This was the true reason why Helios was so sad after deleting the Alliance Army's digidestinied digimons. He was feeling the same thing he had felt when he accidentally caused Jim's father's death. The girl hid her face from the digimons as she wiped her tears with the sleeves of her dress. As they were connected mentally, she could feel his mental anguish and the regret he had. That feeling was very strong and it seemed that it did not fade as the years passed. Instead, it made them much more stronger.

The three were immediately on guard when they saw the surroundings turned black. There were flames spouting from many places. From it emerged a wizard with green robes. His was wearing a purple scarf and his eyes showed wisdom. Waving his purple- feathered fan at the three, he gave a deep bow.

" My name is Ancient Wisemon, one of the Ten Legendary Warriors. My primary job is to punish those who deserved it, yet escaped punishment."

The girl bit her nails nervously. She had not expected that the one that had invaded Helios's mind was one of the Legendary Ten Warriors. With the power of only two champion digimons, there was no way they could win against this wise and experience mega level digimon. However, she knew she could not give up hope just yet. Wise as he was, Ancient Wisemon would not punish those who had already suffered enough…right? Taking a deep breath, the girl decide to ask him.

Girl " You say that you would only punish those who deserved it but escaped it, but don't you think Helios had enough of punishment?"

Black Agumon " That's right! He had enough punishment already!'

Cyber Agumon " He had a deep mental scar because of this and he had punished himself enough already. Must you still push it?"

Ancient Wisemon " Indeed. Young Helios have done enough of the punishment himself."

Girl " Then, why are you still doing this?"

Ancient Wisemon-sigh- " I do not enjoy this young lady. However, the one I seek to punish is within young Helios. The only way I can do this is via Helios."

Girl " You mean Helios has to die with that unknown essence as well?"

Ancient Wisemon " Regrettably, yes. There is no choice. He cannot be destroyed if Helios is alive."

Black Agumon-shouting- " I will not allow that. You will have to go through me before you can touch Helios!"

Cyber Agumon-shouting- " I hold the same sentiments."

Ancient Wisemon-shaking head- " Do not fight battles that you cannot win young ones."

Black & Cyber Agumon-shouting- " But we will! To protect our friend and partner!"

Ancient Wisemon-sigh- " So be it…"

With that said, the two digimons digivolved into Black Greymon and Dark Tyranomon respectively. The battle started immediately. Black Greymon and Dark Tyranomon fought with all their strength against the ancient wizard. However, it was painfully obvious that they were not in his league as he blocked the attacks with his hands. Simple swipes were all that were needed to knock the two champion viruses back. However, they refused to give up and stood up again and fought Ancient Wisemon.

Blocking a Dark Nova from Black Greymon, Ancient Wisemon threw his fan towards the dinosaur. It hit him on the face and sent him flying. Dodging an attack from Dark Tyranomon, Ancient Wisemon grabbed hold of Dark Tyranomon's tail and threw him towards Black Greymon. The two champions hit each other with a loud thud and fell onto the floor again. Ancient Wisemon shook his head as he saw the two champions standing up stubbornly again.

Ancient Wisemon ' What a waste of talent…'

In his mind, Ancient Wisemon had questioned himself if what he was doing was correct. It was true that He had ordered him to take the dark presence out, but also taking the young man's life as well… He was not sure when He had became so heartless and cruel. Was it really necessary to sacrifice lives just to do this? It goes against all His teachings in the past…

The girl winced as she saw the two virus champions hid the floor again. This was about the third time the had hit the floor. However, the just kept getting up after falling. The girl knew that they did not have a chance against Ancient Wisemon. What was in Helios that would deserve such punishment? Her head hurt as she thought about this. In an attempt to shake the pain away, she shook her head. It was then she saw the real Helios in a corner slouching. She knew that she would have to shake that stubborn man out of his own disillusion of being the one at fault. After all, the dark emotions made Ancient Wisemon stronger as they give him power. The reason was that it was reasoned that you should fight fire with fire. The more dark emotions Ancient Wisemon's host had, the stronger he was. She did not know if shaking Helios out of it would help. However, it was definitely worth a try.

Running towards Helios, the girl finally found out how badly hurt he was. Although this was in his mind, he still retained injuries during physical combat. Of course, the mental damage in his mind was great as well. She could see bruises around his body and the wounds on his body was still bleeding as well. The long gash which was made by Holy Angemon's Excalibur ran from right to left, and blood was gushing out of it. Simple to say, Helios was a mess.

Kneeling down in front of him, the girl tried to get Helios's attention. However, it was to no avail. He would just ignored her and stared onto the floor. Behind her, she could hear the two champion digimons crushing onto the ground again and again. She knew she would have to hurry or else they would be gone forever. Gritting her teeth, the girl lifted Helios's head up with her left hand and slap him hard with her right.

Helios could feel a sharp pain on his cheeks. He looked at the person who had slapped him. It was that little girl again. What did she want with him? Can't she tell he wanted to be left alone? Before he could open his mouth though, he was slapped again.

Girl-shouting- " Wake up! Come on wake up! I need to talk to you!"

Seeing that Helios had finally snapped out of his trance and was staring at her, the girl decided to stop slapping him. She looked into his lifeless black eyes and bit her lips as she tried not to be drown in the sorrow inside it.

Girl " How long are you going to do it?"

Helios "…"

Girl-shouting- " I am asking you how long are you going to stay like this?"

Helios-softly- " Like what?"

Girl-shouting- " Like a walking corpse!"

Helios-softly- " Until I am dead."

Girl-hands on Helios shoulders- " Stop it! You already have enough of punishment!"

Helios-softly- " No…"

Girl-shouting- " Yes! You have tormented yourself over these three years don't you? For that incident."

Helios "…"

Girl " You already have enough of regretting and punishing yourself Helios. You have pushed others away and been cold to everything and everyone right?"

Helios "…"

Girl " Listen, it is enough. Stop tormenting yourself already!"

Helios finally snapped. With a swift action, he had both his hands on the girl's shoulders. Bringing his face very close to the girl's he hissed in a angry and dangerous tone.

Helios " What do you know? It was my fault! If not for me, Jim's father would not have died! Jim and his brothers would not become orphaned and they would not feel the pain of losing someone important to them! Can't you see? It is all my fault!"

The girl was not intimidated by his tone. Looking at him straight in the eyes, she retorted to Helios.

Girl " Yes, that's true. But would you be able to live with yourself after seeing someone steal from a poor elderly and ignore it?"

Helios "…"

Girl " No right? That goes for the same in the case of the Alliance Army digidestinied digimons' deletion. Would you live with it if you see something like that and ignore it?"

Helios "…"

Girl " Listen. Everyone makes choices and mistakes. You are not the only one okay?"

Helios "…"

Girl " True, it might be your fault that Jim's father died. But can you bring him back to life by tormenting yourself?"

Helios "…"

Girl " That goes for the digimons as well you know."

Helios " How…"

Girl " How do I know this and feel this? I am bonded with you mentally alright. I cannot explain much about it as I have no clue as well. However, I know that I can feel the emotions and thoughts in your head."

Helios "…"

Girl " Even Ancient Wisemon, the one who judged many said you had enough of punishment. Don't you think you should stop?"

Helios " Your meaning…"

Girl " Regretting about past errors is useless. Instead, you should learn from them and move forward. You can act as reckless as you did in the past but not because of some sick desire to kill yourself off, but because that is you."

Helios " I think I am getting your meaning…"

Girl " Live and learn is the best I can summarize for you."

Helios-wry smile- " I screwed up badly didn't I."

Girl " Not really that badly."

Helios " I will live…to repent for those mistakes I have made."

Girl-shot an disapproving glare- "…"

Helios " Not by dying or tormenting myself. First, I will have to live through this…"

Seeing that he had finally fully awoke, the girl allowed herself to smile. Taking the Catastrophe out, she handed it to its owner. Taking the scimitar into his hands, Helios took a look at the battlefield. Nodding his head, he ran towards it with his weapon raised. The girl was smiling softly as he ran to join the combat. At the same time, she gave a sigh of relief. It was tough snapping that stubborn guy out of his trance.

Ancient Wisemon decided that it was enough. Just as he was about to use the Elder Sign attack to delete off the two champions who were too tired to move, he felt a presence behind him and barely managed to dodge the attack which would damage him. Looking at his attacker, he saw Helios. Although he seemed to be in a very bad shape, his eyes showed much more life than it did in the past. The two virus champion was just glad that their partner was back to normal.

Without bordering to speak, Helios started attacking. He knew pretty much already. He was here to punish whatever was there. It would kill him in the process and that was the last thing he want to happen. After all that crap, he want to relive his life. The two do combat and it was also obvious to see who was better.

Ancient Wisemon was more experienced and stronger then Helios was. With him being injured, it only made the odds worsened. However, Helios was as stubborn as his partners were. He would stand up again and again after being swipe by the fan of Ancient Wisemon. Seeing that their partner was well up again, it boosted the morale of the two virus champion and they too joined the melee. It was not possible to swipe cards as this was in his minds and so all they can rely on was skill, power and plenty of luck.

Narrowing his eyes, Ancient Wisemon fired off his Elder Sign attack towards Helios. He barely managed to block it with the Catastrophe and was knocked backwards. Just as he was about to move in to finish off Helios who had no aerial combat abilities, Black Greymon was right in front of him to take the attack. At the very same moment, a blue light surrounded Black Greymon. It was a sign of one thing: Digivolution.

Stepping out of the blue light was the behemoth known as Skull Greymon. However, it had green eyes instead of the red insane eyes from before. Giving a primal roar, Skull Greymon readied himself for combat. It seemed that he was given a brain as well.

Skull Greymon " Lets…kick…his…ass!"

Grunting in agreement, both Dark Tyranomon and Helios moved in to engage Ancient Wisemon again. He tried to dodge their attack by was unable to as he was held in a bear hug form the back by Skull Greymon. Although being a mega, strength was not Ancient Wisemon's edge and he was unable to break free from the bear hug. Dark Tyranomon's Fire Blast was a direct hit but I wasn't that painful for Ancient Wisemon. The hug from Skull Greymon, the bite it was receiving from Skull Greymon as he held the wizard and the slash of the weapon of chaos and destruction the Catastrophe had hurt. As he was tossed in the air, the wizard could finally find the presence he was looking for. Smiling to himself, he set an illusion and drifted towards the presence.

Helios gave a sigh of relief as he saw Skull Greymon deleted Ancient Wisemon with his Dark Shot attack. Somehow, he felt that the wizard was still alive but at least he was out of his neck. Unlike in the past, he had a life to live and had friends that could truly understand him. Feeling a little better as his partners loaded the data of the wizard, he turned to face them. They had all reverted back to their rookie form and the girl was walking towards them. Looking at them, Helios gave a sigh.

Helios " So you all know now?"

The two digimons nodded their head.

Helios " You accept me."

As one, the two answered " Of course!"

Helios " Thank you."

That was enough to shock the two. They never heard Helios said 'Thank You' to them before. Before they could ask however, Helios was already talking to the girl.

Helios " Same to you. Thanks. You snapped me put of it."

Girl-smiling brightly- " No problem! In some sense, we are partners as well."

Helios " True… Anyway, what now?"

Girl " I will transport the two back into their bodies of course. Then, we will have to find a way to get out of the Gate of Destiny."

Helios " Yeah… That is right. I have already forgotten about it already."

Girl-smiling- " See you again then! We would be seeing each other a lot from now on!"

Helios " Okay… Wait."

Girl " Yes?"

Helios " Your name…"

Girl-smiling- " Iris"

Helios-smile- " See you then Iris."

Iris felt her face grew hot as she saw Helios smile. Sure, he was not what you call handsome but… Before she embarrassed herself, she decided to disappear and work to bring the two digimons back. She gave a smile as she saw Helios walking towards his partners. He definitely was strong all right…able to get up from pain in such short time…

Somewhere in Helios's mind

" So here you are foul one."

The one mentioned turn over to face Ancient Wisemon. He was not surprised that he would be discovered by Ancient Wisemon. After all, he was the smartest and the most sensitive among the Ten Warriors. Giving a wicked chuckle, he spoke to the wizard.

" Took you some time. Had fun with the boy and his gang?"

"They are talented but not as better opponent as you are foul one."

" And why is that?"

" They do not deserve to be deleted. You do."

" You are already in my trap fool."

All of a sudden, black veins shot out of the floor near Ancient Wisemon and grabbed hold of his limbs. No matter how much he struggled, he could not get free. In anger and surprise, he demanded from his opponent.

" What! What is this?"

?-dark chuckle- " Something I have invented. You are the first to try."

"You…"

? " Perish in the flames of hell Ancient Wisemon! Evil Inferno!"

As the figure absorbed the data of Ancient Wisemon as he was slowly being deleted, he pondered on his next move. He would not allow the boy to die. Not until he could gain enough power to unlock and awaken his powers. When that time arrives however, the digital world will feel his wrath!

End Chapter 7

That's the end of chapter 7. Hope you enjoy it. The next update would be very slow as I am approaching my finals.