Bboyz: Hey guys! Still remember me? Well, I'm just going to be short here since I haven't updated in ages. I've been busy with my exams, then I had to go to my grandma's and then I was busy with my website which is http:digitalrealm2003.cjb.net . Anyway, I don't know how well this chapter's going to be since I haven't written in ages. Here it goes:

DISCLAIMERS: I do not own digimon.


Chapter 6: The Black Tulip of Doom?

The phoenix screeched louder as it flapped its wings harder and harder, sending little flares of fire around the area. The tamers took cover someplace safe while the angry phoenix's screech continues. Then, something exploded from the right wall and dust spread everywhere.

Out of the smokescreen, came out another phoenix; a digimon to be precise. Suzie took out her D-Arc to analyze the new digimon. At first, the D-Arc didn't work but as time passes, the D-Arc started reading the data and displayed some information.

"Zhuqiaomon, a mega digimon of the virus type. Hey, it's Zhuqiaomon! That's great news right?" Suzie said as she looked at everyone else. They all had worried looks on their faces. Zhuqiaomon looks like he's about to attack the other phoenix when suddenly, the latter quiet down. Zhuqiaomon flew higher into the sky, followed by the ancient phoenix. The duo made a really fascinating display with them circling each other across the sky, leaving streaks of red flaming smoke.

Then, the ancient phoenix flapped its way down to where the tamers were, leaving Zhuqiaomon flying above them, circling them non-stop. The tamers looked up at Zhuqiaomon. They had no clue on what's happening. Fire started to come out of Zhuqiaomon and circled the tamers. It formed a huge barrier around the tamers which Zhuqiaomon carried with him as he flew of the building and onto an open space.

"Tamers, how good to see you again........." Zhuqiaomon finally spoke as they all landed and settled down. The tamers looked at them with owe.

"You've definitely changed Zhuqiaomon......... What's the secret? Maybe I can make this wildcat change too?" Ryo joke. His joke was answered with a punch on the arm from Rika who had forgotten that Ryo was injured for being strapped by Shaun. Ryo bit his lips, holding back the pain as he held his wrapped up scars on his chest. Rika looked worried and held Ryo to give him support. Ryo chuckled.

"I don't know how you did it but she's changed", Ryo joked. Rika blushed and slapped Ryo gently on the back. The others laughed but then turned their attention to the ancient phoenix that lay motionless behind them all.

"Is he going to be alright Zhuqiaomon? What's going to happen to Takato? Will he change back or will he stay like that?" Suzie asked. Then, the attention was brought to another figure. Lopmon. Lopmon was turned into an ornament. Suzie's eyes started to water but she held back the tears and stayed strong. She walked slowly to the ornament and hugged it. She held her D-Arc in front of the ornament but nothing work. Her D-Arc displayed a black screen. Her eyes watered even more and this time her tears poured their way out. She then hugged the ornament even tighter than the first time. The other looked at her sadly.

Upon seeing this, Zhuqiaomon closed his eyes when one of his red flaming orbs floated its way towards the Lopmon ornament and Suzie. The orb then disappeared into the ornament. The ornament glowed and light shot out form when the orb had entered. Everyone covered their eyes. Then, Lopmon shook out of her statue state and lunge into Suzie arms. The others looked at Zhuqiaomon again.

"What? Can't an old Mon turn a new leaf?" Zhuqiaomon said sarcastically. The tamers smiled while Suzie and Lopmon neared Zhuqiaomon.

"Master, I thank you for saving my life........." Lopmon said as she bowed down to Zhuqiaomon. With his wings, Zhuqiaomon lifted Lopmon onto her feet. Lopmon was shocked at this.

"Lopmon, I am not your master anymore. You are free and you were destined to be a partner to a human........." Zhuqiaomon said as he looked into Lopmon's round black eyes.

"What brought the change Zhuqiaomon? I'm fascinated", Ryo asked. Ryo still holding his aching scars and was seated next to Rika. Zhuqiaomon gave a nod to Ryo and he turned to face all the tamers.

"I now approve of digimon evolving alongside human. After the D- Reaper incident, you all made me reconsider what I believed in and ever since, I tried to be nicer to everyone but of coarse, I am still the most fearsome one", Zhuqiaomon explained. The tamers nodded.

"After what I believed was the era of healing in the digiworld, humans came back. I thought for sure that it was you but I was wrong. The torn the digiworld apart and made their own empire. We, the sovereign had no choice but to withdraw since they had powers beyond our beliefs. I the knew that you humans should be better at taking care of this situation than we digimons........." Zhuqiaomon added.

"Luckily, after activating your gifted powers with the orbs scattered around the digiworld, it gave us powers to fight. Thus, now that Takato has released the powers of the orb, I can start protecting the south region again".

"What about Takato? What's going to happen to him?" Rika asked. They all turned to see the exhausted ancient phoenix. The phoenix then glowed a bright red glow and shone brighter as time passes. Beams of red light shot in many directions. The tamers were surprised and also scared at the same time; worried of what will happen to their friend, Takato.

The glow then decreased in size and then shaped into a human form; the form of Takato Matsuda. The glow then faded slowly, revealing a very weak looking Takato lying on the earth. The tamers ran to their tired out friend and tried waking him up.

"I don't think your friend will wake up anytime soon......... he's too exhausted and has used up most of his energy transforming into the ancient phoenix", Zhuquaomon explained. The tamers turned back their attention to Zhuquaomon. Ryo had Takato lay on his laps.

"So, why did he change into the ancient phoenix then?" Suzie asked.

"Well Suzie......... Takato has received his element, The Element of Transformation. Till now, the element was hidden safely until it reacted to Takato's strong will and determination. He's able to transform into four legendary beasts; the phoenix, the tiger, the dragon and the turtle according to different situations........." Zhuqiaomon explained.

Takato started to move a little and tossed around for a few minutes until he finally opened his eyes slowly. He sat up and looked up into Zhuqiaomon eyes.

"You've been listening, haven't you young one?" Zhuqiaomon asked. Takato nodded. Takato then stood up. The other tamers stepped back. Zhuqiaomon glowed red, followed by Takato. Slowly, Takato was lifted up into the air and floated next to Zhuqiaomon, facing his friends.

"What's going on now?" Suzie asked the others. They didn't have a clue of what will come next. They all looked up to Takato who just put on a weak smile.

"Well guys, I have to leave the group for now......... I have to train my new powers so I can control them properly. I'll join you guys again when I'm done. Say hello to Henry if he's back before me ok guys?" Takato explained. The group nodded. The group turned around and started walking away.

"Ryo!" Takato shouted. Ryo turned around and faced his friend. They both smiled at each other for a while.

"You'll take care of them, won't you?" Takato asked in concern. Ryo nodded. Takato nodded back. Ryo then turned back around and lead the group away from where Zhuqiaomon and Takato were.

"May all the powers be with you, young tamers........." Zhuqiaomon whispered as he watched the group walk further away from them.

= = = Azulongmon's cave Eastern Central = = =

"Young tamer, you are now ready to go and complete your training", Azulongmon said as he faced a boy in a green hooded robe and a white bunny digimon. The boy lifted the hood and his silver grey eyes locked with the eyes of the Sovereign digimon.

"What do you mean by saying 'go'?" Henry asked the mystical blue dragon. Azulongmon then looked down at the young tamer in front of him.

"You know, as in 'Get the hell out of here' sort of go", Azulongmon explained sarcastically. Henry sweat dropped, "You have mastered most of your powers young tamer but you still need to find an energy source that will complete your training thus, making you have complete control of your powers".

"You mean I haven't got proper control over my magic yet?" Henry asked. Azulongmon nodded, "But I thought I've already been able to use all the attacks you've taught me?"

"Yeah, and the ones he's been aiming at me while I'm flying? You mean those aren't enough? My body still aches from those attacks", Terriermon added.

"He healed you after every single time you got hit........." Henry hinted. Terriermon sweat dropped.

"Can't a guy exaggerate once in a while........."

"Well, there are still attacks that you will learn on your own that surpasses the magical attacks that I have thought you. This will be granted to you once you have found that energy source. The energy source belongs to you and to you only. It will never move from its place until the day you discover it", Azulongmon explained, "The energy source is located near the hot springs you discovered your element. It is hidden in a forest........."

"Oh........." Henry said as he nodded. Henry then stood up and walked away from where he was talking to Azulongmon. He then stopped before exiting the doorway. He put both his hand together and closed his eyes," Thank you sensei........." Terriermon flew onto Henry's shoulder and they both made their way out.

Azulongmon nodded as Henry and Terriermon disappeared from his sight. Then, Azulongmon closed his eyes and glowed. The doorway was then shut. He then opened his eyes and left.

= = = Forest of illusion Eastern Central = = =

"I wander why they call it 'The Forest of Illusion'. Got any ideas Terriermon?" Henry asked his partner. He got no respond. He turned around to see the white bunny asleep on his shoulder. He chuckled a little and then paused in his walk. Henry closed his eyes and focused. He sent out aurora waves so he could detect the energy source he was looking for.

Henry sighed. At the moment, his magical waves haven't stumbled upon anything that could even be related to magical energy source. All he could sense was trees and water lapping on the lake.

"Don't you know sending out waves won't work here?" a voice asked him out of nowhere. Henry turned in every direction in search of the voice. He then closed his eyes again and focused. This time, he sensed a human boy a few feet away from him. He then focused on the boy who then advances towards him.

Henry jumped out of the way, waking Terriermon up from his long nap. Terriermon quickly noticed the situation and jumped onto a branch. In front of him were two boys dashing and zooming here and there. He knew that he wasn't able to help his tamer at this rate since his feet were to short for running. He only had his big ears to fly but even though he can fly quite fast, the two boys' speed were way off his abilities.

"Who are you?" Henry asked as he landed on a strong branch and then hopped again, avoiding the other boy slamming into him. They speed picked up again as both the boy and Henry played chase. Henry kept avoiding the boy as he tried to slam into Henry.

"Multiple illusion!" Henry shouted. Four more illusions of Henry appeared, jumping here and there avoiding the other boy.

"Great move tamer, but I learnt that when I was six......... This is getting nowhere, Striking Snowfall!" the boy shouted. A grey cloud suddenly appears above them and poured out piles upon piles of glowing white snow. Henry, all five of them try avoiding the snowfall but one by one they were knocked down.

"Gotcha tamer!" the boy shouted as he landed onto the real Henry. The other four illusions disappeared as the original one was hit by the magical white snow. Henry was under the odd boy. Silver eyes locked with dark brown ones. The boy flashed a smirk on his face as he withdrew himself from where he was.

"Who are you and what do you want with me?" Henry asked as he struggled out of the magical snow. To no avail, his struggle was not a success. The boy laughed from where he was standing and creped Henry out.

"The name's Lyle. I'm one of the members of the Dark Element", Lyle introduces himself. Henry tried to bolt up from his position but he then remembered that he was trapped under a pile of white glowing snow.

"You're one of the causes that digimon get hurt in this world. You poison digimon to do your dirty work. You are sick, you hear me, SICK!" Henry shouted with rage. Lyle laughed hysterically and then calmed down. He held out his hand and a magical black tulip appeared.

"Even if I am sick, that doesn't mean we can't rule the whole dimensions of the Digital World........." Lyle continued but was hit but a small green ball. They both turned around to see a Terriermon flying towards them both.

"Terriermon, you're safe!" Henry said, relieved. Lyle flashed a smirk on his face. He raised one of his hands and summoned a fire ball. He then turned to face Terriermon.

"Have a blast, literally........." Lyle said as more fire balls shot out of the original one that he summoned. Terriermon tried to dodge every single one of them but he was also hit by a few. Then, Terriermon flew closer to Lyle, around him and then under him, "Stop wasting my time rabbit!"

"Thanks Terriermon", Henry said as he stood up from where he was. Lyle was shocked that Henry got out form his glowing sticky snow, "Don't under estimate the power of a great digital partner". Terriermon then flew into Henry's arms. Henry chanted a few incantations and healed Terriermon.

"Don't think you'll get away easily this time tamer", Lyle said as he summoned fire balls and bolts of electric in both his hands, "Fire and electric does the job quite nicely, don't you think?"

"Let's roll Terriermon!" Henry said as both he and Terriermon started to glow green, in tune with each other.

"Fiery shocker!" Lyle shouted at the top of his voice as he pointed both his hands straight towards the duo. Henry and Terriermon started to speed up towards Lyle, avoiding every single attack he threw at them. Henry held Terriermon's ear and they both slammed into Lyle, knocking him down.

"You'll pay for that you brat!" Lyle cursed as he got up. He then floated into the air and shone a dark purple colour. He too called out a few incantations. Then suddenly, the sky around them turned dark as thunder clouds stacked above them. Lyle's light purple hair rose as the gusty winds blew them upwards. His dark brown eyes were jet black. Rising even higher into the sky, he looked down at Henry and Terriermon.

"So, you want to play games eh......... Well, let's play chase then!" Lyle shouted as he pointed to the duo under him. Streaks of thunder aimed for the duo but missed as they avoided it. Both the tamer and his partner dashed as far away from Lyle as possible but their effort was resulted with little success. Lyle kept flying nearer and nearer to them as time passes.

"What can we do now?" Henry asked.

"Use one of your shielding powers!" Terriermon shouted as a streak of thunder headed right towards them. Henry held up his hand and a shield appeared around them both, blocking the attack. Lyle smirked.

"Is that the best you can do?" he asked. He raised both his hands as the clouds gather around him, "Say you prayers tamer for soon, you'll have to say goodbye!" Lyle threw let go of his hands as they fell back down beside him. Ten streaks of thunder hit the shield and broke the spell. The thunder streaks then slammed straight at Henry, giving him quite a shock. The shock lasted for quite a while. Lyle laughed as he saw the suffering Henry was going through. Terriermon haven't lost hope in his tamer and blasted a bunny blast towards Lyle.

"So, you too want the same fate as your tamer? I guess that's fare", Lyle said after disintegrating Terriermon's bunny blast. He pointed towards Terriermon and shot a white thunder bolt.

"NO!" Terriermon shouted as Henry dove in front of him and took the hit. This brought more laugher to Lyle. Henry then snapped out of the effects of Lyle's attacks.

"You won't beat me with those attacks!" Henry said but his body wasn't agreeing with his words as he collapsed onto the ground. Lyle smirked.

"So, you want some more eh? Take this!" Lyle blasted bigger bolts of high voltage thunder towards the two. They both got up to their feet and dashed for the nearest shelter. Luckily for them, there was a cave nearby. They ran straight into the cave for shelter.

"This is a peace of chocolate fudge cake. I'll just destroy the cave!" Lyle shouted hysterically. He gathered all his energy, combining all the four main elements for his final strike.

"Black Tulip!" Lyle shouted as all the energy he gathered turned into an enormous black tulip and went straight towards the cave. The impact caused the cave to explode into million of tiny boulders which lead to a cave in.

"That should take care of them........." Lyle said as he smirked as floated away from the scene.


Bboyz: What happened to Henry and Terriermon? Hahahaha......... Are they still alive? You might have some guesses in you head but I won't tell you! Anyway, sorry for posting this up really late. I've been really busy with all kind of stuff. Please Review. You reviews are the inspiration I need to carry on with this fic.

Terriermon: Yeah right, just get it done already......... I'm tired.........

Bboyz: Where's Jenrya?

Terriermon: (poked a familiar head next to him) Asleep since the last time you posted up a chapter.........

Bboyz: Who cares......... anyway, it's 1:30am and I need to go to sleep before my parents find out I'm still awake. Expect more great stuff soon!