Reality Redux
By ArchangelUK & Digicowboy

AAUK: Contary to popular belief we do really know what's going on with this fic.
DC: We do?
AAUK: *gives DC a sheet of paper containing the RR backstory*
Raptormon: Yes Digicowboymon, we do.
DC: (He talks like Guilemon!)
AAUK: (I know... Horrible isn't it) We do not own Digimon, Neon Genesis Evangelion, or Raptormon... someone ELSE owns Raptormon.... MWAH HA HA HA HA!!!
Raptormon: Takatomon?
DC: *sweatdrops*

Chapter 24 - All That Was And All That May Be

Entherial was a welcoming place for Aeth, as soon as he entered a Gate of Destiny it appeared as though at his command, which lets face it, was the truth. He sat down on the nearest sun lounger and with a wink of his eye removed the 'dark prophet' costume he had on and it was replaced with the customary Hawaiian Shirt and Bermuda shorts. He was about to relax with a cocktail when the phone next to him burst into life.

"Oh what now?"

He reached over and grabbed the receiver, nearly spilling his cocktail over himself in the process. It was Gennai.

"What are you doing you fool!" Gennai yelled, "Trying to rally the Scubamon against the Chosen Traveller, are you insane?" Aeth held the phone away from his ear as his eardrum now ached terribly with the force of Gennai's protestations.

"Gennai! Gennai! Wait a moment, let me explain."

"Explain?!"

"You misunderstand my intentions, Warrior of Light." Gennai seemed to calm a bit, "The Scubamon cannot attack young Ben just yet as he is stranded in a parallel dimension to the Digital World. With the gate sealed your brother cannot return him and nor can Ben's sister reach him, I am merely covering my bases."

"Covering your bases?" Gennai roared again, making Aeth cringe in pain so he decided to put him on speakerphone instead. "COVERING YOUR BASES!" Gennai repeated louder, "You call risking the annihilation of The Three and the failure of the Rebirth covering your bases?"

"Again you misunderstand, if you would let me finish. Ben is a threat to me, he is a threat to all Travellers even a threat to himself."

Down the other end of the line Gennai blinked hard. "A threat to himself?"

"Yes. He has potential, far too much of it. Should he release this potential he could become the most powerful Traveller ever and breach the Time barrier."

"But that's not possible surely. To do so would risk temporal displacement."

"He has the potential to control temporal displacement, and if the Gatekeeper were to assist him in channelling that energy it could be disastrous. Ben is also a threat to me personally, if he were to realise his true importance and the role I have played in the restriction of Entherial, the banishment of Jasmine and he and Sora's separation..."

"He would destroy you." Gennai pursed his lips together, "I know I would."

"That is why I gave him the staff."

"The Staff of the First Traveller? I thought that Jasmine-"

"-She kept it yes. Hid it from me so she did, and I have only just located it."

"Then what did you give him?"

"The Exodus Staff."

"The Exodus Staff? Are you crazy?"

"I wish for The Rebirth to occur as do you, but I will not allow the Chosen Traveller to remain once it has occurred. If he uses the staff before then it doesn't matter. If necessary the Gatekeeper can initiate Rebirth on his own, he already possesses both golden digieggs, the sword and the true staff."

"So Angelus has the Staff of the First."

"Jasmine gave it to him." Aeth said failing to hide his bitterness, "That cursed woman has left me in a rather dubious predicament as now the Gatekeeper knows I was lying and that my staff is fake. If he were to let Ben know..."

"But he won't." Gennai finished the sentence.

"Precisely. He has another Traveller with him in the shape of Sora; the ritual only requires that a Traveller be there as was proved by Jasmine. It need not be the Chosen Traveller Gennai."

"Indeed."

"And what of your brother Gennai? Does he know of the Prophecy The Light gave you yet?"

"No." Gennai admitted, "He still does not. The actions of the Keymaster will allow the reconnection of his two forms, the higher form shall take dominance over the lesser and he will become as he was."

"But by the time the Rebirth is over..."

"He will be either dead or a vegetable. Either way it makes little difference."

"Clever Gennai. Very clever."

Another five days had past, the sky above the abandoned home they had sheltered in was red. Time was slowly running out, the Unification continued. Sora had fallen asleep exhausted in the chair next to Angelus's bed; still there had been no sign of him regaining consciousness. The Gatekeeper sword rested next to him, and throughout these five days had pulsed with a slow faint white glow. Yet all of this brought little comfort to those there

"Is he awake yet?"

"No."

"Is he being stubborn or what?"

"Him being in a coma is hardly being stubborn Wolfie." TK muttered as he walked past her carrying several shopping bags.

Wolfie snorted, "I want to get out of here, this...thing keeps following me."

"Raptormon no thing."

"Arggh! It speaks like Guilemon!"

"Oh shoot, that reminds me!" Kari suddenly began rifling through her pockets, a small pile of tissues, digital camera memory discs and various other items (that perhaps are best left to a reader's imagination) appeared on the table before she gave a squeal of triumph. She tossed a small object to the elder girl who caught it in her left hand. She curiously examined the digivice, a D2 model with a white and blue colouring, which rested in her palm and gave a confused look to Kari.

"What the hell is this?"

"Yours."

"Mine?"

"Yours, before you came back we found Tyranomon looking for something. Ben theorised it was 'someone', and sure enough when the Tyranomon dedigivolved after being attacked by HighDevimon it left this behind. You are a DigiDestined... in... er... your own special way. This is your digivice and Raptormon is your Digimon."

Wolfie looked as though she didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or run away very quickly. An alternate option was to crack Kari around the head with the dinosaur that was at this moment sniffing her trainers curiously.

"You mean that this stupid excuse for an extinct reptile is my partner."

"Raptormon not extinct!"

"Give it a few minutes with Wolfie." Biyomon muttered,

Kari rolled her eyes. "YES."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! FOR THE LOVE OF SERAPHIMON NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"

"What was that?!?!?" Patamon suddenly aware of the conversation blinked hard, "For the love of who???"

"She'd better not be trying to make a move on you..." Gatomon quietly growled at the kiwi who was now thumping the ground with her fists.

"Why me lord? Why-y-y meeeee?" She sobbed.

"Why me lord? Why-y-y meeeee?" Misato sobbed. She could tell this was going to be another one of those days, the Evangelions were going to damage something or those four invaders were going to damage something. Ministries would file complaints, organizations would file lawsuits, individuals would file bills and they would all have to go to her. She could see the piles of paperwork mounting on her desk every second this sortie continued. It wasn't helped by the fact that Shinji had decided to work with these unidentified figures against the Angel. Asuka was busy yelling at Shinji as to what the hell he was doing while Rei was passively watching to see what would happen next.

What happened next was Shinji telling Misato that two of the creatures appeared to be human and that he was positive one was Mimi Tachikawa. Now Misato didn't recognise the name at first but she did when Shinji stammered that they appeared to be riding a pair of Digimon.

As in Digital Monsters.

As in fictional.

As in... Ding Dong! Welcome to Paperwork Central! She started to sob again, while Ritsuko and Hruga looked at her in confusion.

"Sora? Is Sora okay?" Angelus asked, a sudden fear gripping his stomach and squeezing hard.

"Sora-chan is fine." Gatekeeper said in a cold voice.

"Sora...chan?"

"Chan." Archangel explained, "Word put on the end of a name to show affection/closeness for someone."

"Oh right." Angelus grinned, "Hey why haven't I heard any of the guys saying it to each other? Or san? Or kun after all they're Japanese right?"

"Oh they have been." Gatekeeper explained, "We just believe them to be speaking English, just as they believe we are speaking Japanese."

"As a Chosen One we are familiar with many languages subconsciously, its like we have a built-in universal translator." Archangel said.

"But when we were watching the news, Izzy had to translate for us."

"That's true." Gatekeeper nodded, "Unfortunately, we are only able to understand the words of those who share a fated destiny. Others who share such a predetermined lifetime will be able to comprehend our words as though they are in whatever language they speak, and vice-versa."

"Well, I do know some Japanese anyway..."

"Like?"

"Sugoi maho yoma usagi!" Angelus cried in triumph, Archangel and Gatekeeper sweat dropped.

"Awesome magic monster bunny?"

"..."

The two alternate versions looked at each other and muttered two words. "Oh boy..."

To Be Continued....

Sora: Will Angelus conquer the Japanese language? Will Gennai and Aeth's evil plans come to fruition? Where's Yamashita? Will the Rebirth occur or will Unification destroy everything??? Only way to find out is to read more Digimon: Reality Redux!

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