(Well, I gotta get back to this fic. LOL. Sorry to keep everyone waiting. I've been occupied with things, and have been in a slump for a while.)

Takato jumped slightly and whirled around to face whoever had spoken. His eyes widened as he saw the girl before him. "YOU!" Right before him stood the same girl he had dated a day ago. "Ruki?!"

Ruki Makino stepped out of the shadows; she was dressed in a pair of camouflage short shorts, with a tight green tank-top, covered by a military jacket that was unzipped. Her hair was done up in a pony tail and she had that confident smirk on her pretty features. "So loverboy... Didn't expect to see you here, at my home."

"HOME?! You live on the moon base?!"

"Oh I should've told you. The Moon Base is my home. I'm a captain for the Virus Hackers." She said, her voice gradually draining of confidence.

Takato's fists began to shake. "So... All this time, the chat, the date, this was all a guise... You were using me weren't you!?" He had hot tears of rage streaming down his face.

Shaking her hands wildly, and in a frightened tone, Ruki defended herself. "N-no! Please here me out!"

Takato didn't hear Ruki, as his fists raised and he rushed her.

Meanwhile, Koushiro was conversing with random members in the base. He passed himself off as a commander from a foreign base of Virus Hackers. He managed to convince them enough, as he had managed to find and wear the dress of a Virus Hacker commanding officer. Everyone he passed constantly saluted him. 'Well, it beats being questioned.' He thought. He walked down the silver walled corridors, looking for any high officials that might be in charge. However, as fate would happen, they found him.

Lt. Hibiki Takenouchi was heading into the briefing room, for a meeting, when he saw Koushiro nearby. Still thinking he was a commander from a foreign Virus Hacker base, he called him over. "Excuse me Major, but we're about to have a briefing of our next strike. We'll need you to attend sir."

"Hai." Koushiro said. "I'll be there in a minute." He walked into the direction that Hibiki was going to. He followed the young lieutenenat into the briefing room, finding a group of high officers seated around.

"Commander Yamaki! We're ready to begin sir!" Hibiki stated to a tall blond man with sunglasses, who endlessly was flicking his lighter.

"Alright, but let's make this short. I have to return to the Shield Castle to make an announcement."

Koushuiro's eyes narrowed. 'So the leader of the Virus Hackers is named Yamaki...' He took an empty seat nearby a green haired man. 'This must be Moon Base's leader."

Fujiko stood up. "As you all know, our assassination attempt was a complete failure. Oikawa has almost finished his preparations and will launch Digital Star in a matter of days. If he does, the whole universe will be in trouble."

'Trouble?! Nani?!' Koushiro was confused.

"Everyone thinks that the network will promise them so much, and make life better for everyone. What they don't know is that this is just a cover up. Out of all the satellites used in the project, many of them are merely dummies, and there are only four primary satellites, which are actually nuclear weapons. There will be no security or peace. There will only be war threats. Oikawa has gone too far. He used to be a benevolent war hero once, but ever since the Venus incident, he has changed for the worst... We have to act fast. The Digital Knights... I'm not sure whether they are aware or not, they may be merely pawns, and they too might not know the whole truth..."

Koushiro couldn't believe what he was hearing. Was the whole Digital Star Project a lie?

SWOOSH!

Takato back flipped over a fast pace kick coming his way. He was in some emotional turmoil inside. He landed on his feet, and faced his opponent. "I can't believe this... You lied to me... You were only using me...FOR WHAT?! Where you trying to get information on the Digital Knights? Are you trying to stop Digital Star Network?! Why will you not let us have peace?!" He flew at Ruki with a kick

"You don't know anything, Goggle head!" Ruki shot back, dodging. "You don't know what's going on!"

"Oh I don't?!" Takato said with mocking ignorance. "Hmph! You probably just think I'm some inexperienced trainee soldier. Some punk kid. I know there's a war going on. I know what's started it. I know whose cause it is!"

'You've almost got it right, but you don't know WHO the real enemy is..." Ruki thought. She dove into her jacket and polled out a file. She threw it at Takato's feet. "Read this. It's about your President. It's about what you DON'T know. By the way, that's no forgery...it's the real deal."

Takato kept his eyes on Ruki the whole time, not trusting her. He bent over and picked up the file. He opened it and began to read. As he read the first paragraph, it was apparent that this was a record of President Oikawa's life. It seemed to start out well. He was considered a hero to Earth during the war... But as he read on, things began to change. The President was soon discovered doing...activities. Illegal activities, such as illegal weapon dealing, dangerous war drugs, even spying and works of a double agent. By the state of the paper, the document was 3 or 4 years old. Takato dropped the folder in shock. "This...this can't be... NO!" His face was in a state of horrification. "The Preisdent, is a traitor? He is a War Criminal?! Does this mean that...?"

Ruki nodded. "Digital Star Network is actually a nuclear weapon project."

Takato dropped to his knees. He didn't cry, for he was too horrified, flabbergasted and ashamed. "All this time... Does this mean that we Digital Knights...are the war mongers? No...No...What have I been doing all this time?!" He now felt a new shame, as he turned back too Ruki. "I...I attacked you for a foolish and wrong reason, and I...was too quick to judge..." He buried his face in his hands.... "I...I'm sorry, for my idiotic accusation... You must hate me." He felt a sudden hand on his shoulder. He looked up, to see Ruki once again with hat confident smirk, but her eyes showed some compassion.

"Hey...I would have done the same thing if I was in your shoes. You just needed to vent some frustration. You accepted the truth, and I'm proud of you for that."

Takato smiled a bit. "Thank you..." He reached out and embraced Ruki, feeling the need.

Ruki blushed slightly, and returned the embrace. 'He's not like the others... I think this one's worth holding on too...' She thought mischievously.

Elsewhere...

Takuya wasn't having the best of luck getting far, for as soon as he turned a corner, he was whisked away by a group of adolescent soldiers, thinking he was just "one of the guys." Instead of searching around, Takuya spent the whole time drinking, and sharing life stories with the other soldiers. Thankfully, he was smart enough not to reveal his identity, despite the fact he was getting a little drunk... While his teammates were going through turmoil, he just seemed to be lazing around completely unaware of what was going on... After an hour or so, he decided to leave the bar, remembering that he had a job to do... He waved goodbye and stumbled out of the bar. He immediately cursed himself for being a drunkard, as he walked out. He stumbled around, his head in a complete daze. "Kami...hic...sama...should not have drank all hic that sake..." Lucky for him, he saw a bathroom nearby. He was too blitzed to see the sign on the door, and he just dove, rushed into the first empty stall he found, grabbed the toilet seat, and proceeded to vomit his entire intestinal tract out...

While this was going on, Takuya failed to notice, that his stupid actions had been watched. The only reason he never noticed was that he was sick to his stomach, and his head was in disarray.

Izumi Orimoto had been walking by, when she saw a soldier run by her, and dash straight into the bathroom. She couldn't help but notice that he seemed a tad familiar. Her curiosity growing she walked into the bathroom where she saw the young man head into. She pushed open the door, only to be greeted with sounds of discomfort.

"BLAAAAAAARGH! BLAAAARGH! Ah Kami... no... Kami-sama... Please don't let me be sick...urk"

Izumi winced as she heard the young man be sick. She had seen him come from the bar room, and assumed that he had one too many drinks. "Now, he's paying the price for enjoying himself..." She chuckled.

"Urk... Is someone there?" Takuya called out, hearing a woman's voice.

"Are you alright?"

"Hai...urk...I'll be fine..."

Izumi, not convinced, listened to where the voice was coming from. It seemed to be very close, which meant that the boy was in the first stall. She walked over and touched the door, noticing that it wasn't looked, as it moved slightly. She opened the door, only to find the soldier on his knees, hugging the toilet bowl, with his face in it, groaning, and making vomiting sounds every once in a while. Suddenly he picked up his head, and turned to face her...

Takuya lifted his head from the bowel, noticing some light spill into the stall... He turned around, only to be met with a familiar face... "Shimatta!"

The briefing had ended after an hour or so, and all officials were clearing out of the room, including Koushiro, who was in shock and disbelief. 'No...Digital Star Network is a nuclear weapon project? They didn't know I was with the enemy... They wouldn't lie to each other... What is going on?' He thought as he turned a corner.

BEEP! BEEP!

Koushiro heard the sound of his galactic-phone, which was like a cell phone, but could receive calls from the farthest reaches of space due to the energy of the stars, and a range of undiscovered radio waves floating in space, that no one had known about for so long. He reached to his belt and slipped the phone out of a pouch. He opened it, and held it to his ear. "Yes... Koushiro Izumi speaking."

"Major Izumi?"

"Commander Cotterel?!" Koushiro had just received a call from someone not as high as the president...but higher than General Akiyama. "What brings you onto the line sir?"

"It regards the President. Being his right hand man, I usually have never gone behind his back before, but now...I've just discovered something... It's something that the Digital Knights should REALLY be concerned with. It's about our beloved Digital Star..."

(I leave it here...for now, until next chapter. Can you guess who General Cotterel here is? I'll give you a hint... He's a writer on , and his Penname initials are V.J. RR)