Regless:  Sorry for the extra long delay in this chapter.  I finally tweaked out some of the finer points of this fic that damn near screwed me over with a serious inconsistency. (minus the one where I thought Riku was the duel wielder which I'm going to ignore.)

Damerek: I'm still here…?  Dammit Reggy stop using me as your muse.

Regless:  Aww, but you don't exist outside of my head.

Damerek: Small price to pay.

Black: Lucky bastard, wish I could dodge him by not existing.

Regless:  Tch, you're all so mean… so that means I get to burn you all to the ground. :Whips out flame Thrower:

Demsius: Are you sure you aim is good enough to hit any of us?

Regless:…No, now shutup.

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Digital Hearts – World 02 – Get Together: Part Three: Secrets Revealed

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***Takato's POV: I'm Not Quite Sure: See Previous Statement***

            My eyes opened, swirling around in my head.  I feet like I just got hit by a Locomon… no wait, scratch that, a GrandLocomon.  Why does living always have to hurt so much? And speaking of which, I'm trapped in a black void.  My life seems to involve those a lot.  There was the white void that tried to steal Guilmon when I first got him, the Guilmon void where I had the chance to get a new Guilmon, and finally the void inside Gallantmon where I'm at the helm, so to speak.

"Where is it?"

Oh great, now I'm hearing voices. 

            Not even Rika's assaults cause me to hallucinate… then again, Rika never followed through and actually hit me, something that I'm eternally grateful for.  However, now a new thought was entering through my mind.  That stupid Heartless and this stupid void had combined and, like a not so divine intervention, kept me from Jeri…  And I was really looking forward to seeing her too.  I think I blushed a bit at the thought, but that quickly renewed my frustration. A frustration that was quickly cutting through the cobwebs in my mind.  I was finally able to push myself to a kneeling position.

"…Dammit!"

            I punched the ground, and just like a light switch, everything in the area around me turned white... or grayish at any rate.  Now, if there was even the slightest chance I wasn't hallucinating before, I sure as heck was now.  Jeri was standing in front me smiling sweetly with her eyes closed.  Her head tilted slightly to the side and her arms behind her back.  She rocked gently back on her heels and the balls of her feet.

"…"

"Uh, hi."  I could feel myself begin to blush.  Why am I always so horrible at this?  "Umm, nice weather we're having…?"

"…" She just tilted her head to the other side.

"Uhhh… Oh right… void." I sweatdropped a little.

"I found it…."

            I spun around to the new voice.  There was a man dressed in a black trench-coat like garment with a bright red symbol on the back.  I didn't need to be an expert to recognize it.  It was the same symbol the manufactured Heartless bore.  The only other thing I could tell with his back turned to me was that he had long white hair going below his shoulders and he was standing in front of a glowing pink heart about a fifth his size. I was on my feet in a second.

"Jeri, stay back… Jeri?"

            I glanced back… she was gone.  As much as I'd like to believe she was just hiding, it's kinda hard to do that in this place.  Well at least she wasn't in danger… I think.  The man reached forward, and touched the heart.  It turned black by his touch as his hand sank into it.  He started to step forward while I came to the realization that I had no idea what to do.  Thankfully someone did.  A partly see-through dark orb encased the man and he jumped back out of it just before it became a solid black.

My dreams are going to be screwed up for the next five years.

"Interesting…  I was expecting you sooner… Hope!"

            Suddenly a woman appears and clutched the once again pink heart close to her chest.  She had wings on her head, like Kuri-Kuri's other form, but she wasn't all black, rather she had a gentle expression carried in her smile and her eyes.  Gentle… but strong…  She floated in front of me and the other man, virtually daring one of us to try and take her prize away.  The man followed her gaze, turning his head ever so slightly so that I was still seeing ninety percent of the back of his head.  Now that I could see a little more of him I could tell he had a black stone visor, lord knows how he saw through it.

The man's lips curled up in a spiteful sneer."…You… How did you get here?"

"…Wait, me?"  I frowned.  "I, uh… fell. How else are you supposed to get in here?"

The man eyes me for a second, suddenly his smile wasn't so spiteful anymore, but it would be a long shot to call it nice.  "I see, the light from your heart is what illuminated this place, I should thank you for showing me the way."

"It wasn't intentional, honest," I shot back sarcastically.  He just waved me off.

"Now Hope… Get out of my way."

            The woman's features didn't change… Not until a bunch of massive multicolored knights appeared.  They had the same symbol the man did.  And lances… big lances.  The man smirked again as his lifted his hand in front of him.

"I'm still searching for the Darkness."

            The Heartless knights launched themselves forward as the man's fist closed.  At first I didn't like the odds, but they got increasingly better as every single one of the Heartless was disintegrated in a dark orb.  One for every opponent, including the tall man.  I stepped back, afraid.  She was looking at me like she was deciding what to do, and from her totally relaxed expression I couldn't tell whether her opinion thus far was favorable or not.

"Umm…Hi.  I'm Takato… Do you… wanna tell me your name?"

            The Dark Orbs began disappearing as I waited for an answer… until only one was left.  It had turned solid black, but it refused to go away.  One step, then another.  The cloaked man walked out of the sphere casually, and walked towards the woman.  Another sphere closed in on him, he passed through that on too.  A sudden smile, and I knew what was coming next.  The only other time I ever saw that smile was on Beelzemon before he finished off one of my friends.

"WATCH OUT!"

"Too Late!"  

            The man grabbed the woman he called Hope by the neck with his left hand, and plunged his right into her chest.  The he simply tossed her aside like it was nothing and once again he reached into the heart.  It turned black, and he actually crawled inside of it.  I was already running up behind him.

Oh man not even my dreams are this screwed up.

            I stopped just once and glanced back at Ms. Hope.  She didn't look to good… I wish Guilmon was with me.  If he was I could make that guy undo whatever he did to her.  But right now I'm on my own.

I guess I still have to try though, huh?

            I finished stepping into what I guess was a portal.  The other side was considerably bleaker than I had hoped.  Black, black, and oh good more black.  Actually there was a bit of red also.  It outlined some kinda of freakishly deformed butler with a skeletal torso covered by thin cloth, big meaty legs, and a ripped top hat… come to think of it… The rip kinda looks like a mouth.  I heard the man curse.

"Useless!  Not what I wanted at all."  He paused, seeing that I had followed him.  "Hmmm, a Heart of Darkness.  Here, you can have this.  It's worthless to me."

            He walked back in my direction but I couldn't even see how close he was from the limited visibility. Not even his feet made a sound.  I only responded when I felt something smooth and weighty bounce off my head and I struggled to catch it.  I tried to squint to see what it was, but… not enough light.  I looked around for the man as well, but I guess he must have already left.

"No use staying here…"

            I stepped backward, not trusting my ability to turn the full one-eighty degrees without missing by a few. There really was nothing here except that thing in chains.  Part of me wondered what it was, but the rest wanted to check on Hope.  Besides…

This place doesn't feel good.

            I stepped out, but that feeling didn't go away.  I really wanted to leave now, but still, I had to check on Hope.  I turned around to see her standing right in front of me.  She looked fine, a little distant, but with eyes like hers I doubt it was possible for her to look 'near'.  She had her hand outstretched too, towards mine.

Oh right, that little thingy the weird guy gave me.

            I was able to see it clearly now.  A little black-jewel heart.  Basic… and kinda nice.    Kinda reminds me of Rika, err, not that I think Rika has a black heart or anything.  It's just, well, I couldn't picture Jeri wearing this.  I stared at it for another moment.  It seemed to go with something else too, that girl that gave us the power to Biomerge… Can't remember her name though.  It was useless anyway, she'd have disappeared with my parents and everyone.

"Is this yours?" I asked.  She said nothing, but nodded.  "Uh, okay.  Sorry, I didn't know.  Here, you can have it back."

            I reached out while she was shaking her hand, urging me to go faster.  I wasn't sure what the rush was.  It wasn't like I was in any hurry to go anywhere and even if I was I had no clue how to leave this place.  A low high-pitched sound got my attention and caused me to stop just as my hand was above hers.

"What the…?"  In the distance, I could see the world peeling away, of course it was.  That was just my luck.  And it was revealing what looked to be the spot I was in before I got sucked in here.  "Awww nuts."

            Suddenly the woman grabbed my hand and started trying to wrench the object free.  I would've given it her, but the sudden act caused me to clench my fist on reflex.

"Wh-what are you doing?"

            Again, I got no answer.  I guess she couldn't speak or something.  I got my bearings in a few seconds and finally let go of the little trinket, just as the last of her world peeled away, and her along with it.  The obsidian heart hit the concrete.  And if it weren't for the moonlight I probably wouldn't have been able to find it again.

Hang on a second… Moonlight?  Yep, moonlight.  How long was I in there for?

I sighed.  "Just great.  And of course not even Henry would wait around for me that long.  So I'm lost in a town… that I've never been in before.  How in the world do I get myself into these things?"

-Beep-  -Beep- -Beep-

            I was brought back to reality by the sound of my Digivice going off.  I pulled it out without a second to lose.  Hoping against hope that somehow it would be Guilmon.  Well whaddaya know.  I guess even the good guys have to catch a break sometimes because it WAS Guilmon.  And he was close.  I took off tracking the signal.

***Rika's POV: Stupid Jail: Around 5ish***

Why was I the one picked to bail Ryo out? 

            He's made it clear that he doesn't think he needs any help, which was a thought that kept cycling through my mind as I stood outside the police door.  Honestly I'd like to just leave him in here and see him try to escape on his own.  Which, I think I might have to do since I'm not going to be able to do pretty much of anything against the cops without Renamon.  Seriously I've got more important things to do then give my help to someone who doesn't want it. But since he's not going anywhere… maybe now would be a good time to have a card battle.   I will take him down.

"Something wrong Rika?"  Madison asked.  She was standing on my side.

I shook my head.  "No not really.  I just know he's probably going to start getting on my nerves the second I see him."

"Hey there he goes!"  I heard a voice from inside the door.

"Wiry little guy, get him."

Huh?  What's going…

            At that second the door swung open with some Wizard looking guy half turned around and calling back at the officers.  "So long suckers!"  And then the idiot ran smack into me, knocking us both over on top of each other.  I would've punched whoever it was as soon as possible but instead I had to make sure the skirt stayed down.  One of the reasons I hate school uniforms.  The kid was caught again in five seconds.

"Moron."

"Owww, oh shoot you ruined my great escape."

I got up and dusted myself of, eternally grateful that this wasn't on of the crud filled streets of Shinjuku.  "Well then next time why don't you watch where you're going you idiot."  I glanced up to see…  "Ryo?!"

…He was going to escape anyway…  Dammit!

Madison picked up my bag and handed it to me.  "We meet again Mr. Ryo.  Ho ho ho."

"Huh?  Oh hey, wildcat.  And Madison too!  What's up?"

I growled.  Even being thrown in jail wasn't enough to soften his cockiness.  "Do you have to call me that?"

He shrugged as best as he could while being escorted back inside.  I followed. "Well it's either that or pumpkin.  Personally I'd rather call you-"

"Wildcat it is then."  I cut him off.  I despised that other nickname much more.

Madison smiled.  "My, you have some explaining to do."

"Err, yeah about that.  Sorry but I wasn't reaching for…" The boy paused and looked at me.  "…THAT.  I was going for the card."  He chuckled to himself that cocky little way that just makes me want to kick him hard… hmm, from this angle I could probably get away with it too.  "By the way, what brings you here?"  He paused.  "Wait a second, you didn't come here because you were worried about me… did you?"

I smacked him in the back of the head.  He had it coming.  "We drew straws idiot."  I lied, but it was essentially the same thing.

He sighed as the bars closed.  "I should've known."

"What happened to you anyway?  And why do you look like got hit by a pie in the face?"

"Hmph.  I thought it looked good."

"Well you were wrong."

"Hmmm…"  Madison put her finger on her lips studying the outfit.

I stared at her. "… What?"

"Maybe… shorten the sleeves.  It could use a head-piece too.  Oh but I just love the colors.  Turn around please."

Ryo obliged.  Just great.  The last thing I need is Ryo thinking he was some sort of model.  "Can we get on with it?"

"One moment." Madison stalled.  "What's that two headed dragon on your back?"

Ryo turned back smiling.  "An old acquaintance."

Huh?  Is he talking about a Digimon?  Doesn't look like one I've ever seen before.

He sighed.  "Alright, anyways.  I have no idea how I ended up in 'this' but I do know how I ended up in here.  I met the nicest little girl."  He motioned to Madison.  "It's just too bad I was in her room when it happened.  Now they want to give my parents a stern talking to… which about sums up my problem."

I smirked.  "For the first part you sounded like Takato."

"Really, did he get some new clothes too?" I shook my head  "Oh and… yours?"

I frowned.  "Hmph.  I just transferred into camera girl's school."

"Hmmm…  Might look better on you if you wore your hair down."

Madison looked at me.  "I must agree.  You have a good eye for design, Mr. Ryo. Oh ho ho ho."

"Just Ryo is fine."

Suddenly it felt a little warmer.  Not because I was blushing or anything, but because I wanted to beat the living tar out of him.  "Both of you, watch it!"

He backed up and raised his hands like I'd tear through the bars, tempting thought as it was.  "Sorry, sorry.  I was just kidding.  Anyway, there's not much to do here so I guess you can go back to Takato and the others."

I smiled.  "Not on your life."  I reached for my card deck instinctively and ended up grabbing nothing.  "Uh oh." 

            A quick check revealed the cards were now in my backpack.  Along with the holster and a bunch of books that I've never seen before.  I reattached the holster around my waist.  Ryo had drawn his cards from inside his overcoat.  Madison had of course pinned us with a camera.  I noticed the guards looking over at us, but they didn't bother to say anything.  We took our seats on the floor.

"You're going down Akiyama."

"Bring it on Wildcat." He paused looking at his cards.  "Oh right!  Take a look at your Renamon.  I wanna know if the same thing happened to you."

I blinked at him skeptically. "Huh?"

"Indulge me please."

I nodded.  My Renamon card wasn't hard to find.  It was huge compared to how it looked before.  And it certainly didn't match anything I'd ever seen.  "What the…?"

"Those… cards."  Madison murmured.  But she covered up when I turned to her.  "Er, nothing.  Continue playing.  This game looks interesting."

"I figured."  Ryo nodded with his eyes closed sitting in a cross-legged position. "I think our Digimon got turned into these cards.  I think it might have something to do with our outfits too but… well I honestly have no idea what's going on."  Ryo picked out his deck and sorted through the cards, stopping on two large ones.  One he picked out and put behind him, the other he kept in his hand.  I checked my hand again, how come I only had one?

"Hey, what was that card you put behind you?"

"Nothing much.  This should still work you remember the A B and C moves for your Renamon."

I scowled.  "I do, and you're not getting off that easily.  Seriously, what is it?"

He blinked at me.  Madison was trying to get a shot of it too but he placed it face down.  "It's…"  He looked up from his hand and stared directly at me.  "…I take it back.  You look good even with your hair up."  He smiled his cocky grin, unfortunately for him the bars were wide enough apart that I could fit my fist through them without much trouble.

POW!

***Henry's POV: Penguin Park: 5:00pm***

"So this is Penguin Park?  Nice, not many places like this in Shinjuku."

Li nodded.  "We come here every once in a while to relax."

I glanced over.  "Really, it seems you can do that just about anywhere in this town.  Not like where I come from at all."

Meilin glared at me the side. "Don't you dare even think about moving in here."

I smiled back at her, which she didn't like, but I figured I might as well work on getting to her good side.  "Don't worry.  This place is nice for a breather, but I think I might go mad with boredom if I was here forever.  Doesn't look like much ever happens here."

No one responded.  Instead they all just sweatdropped and kept silent.  "…"

"Uhh, did I say something…"

Sakura turned around and smiled at me.  She seemed even more nervous now.  "N-Not at all.  This is just a sleepy town."

"…"

Okaaaay~  What's going on here?

            The sky was getting dark pretty early.  Already everything was bathed in red, but I let it pass.  Penguin Park was essentially what the name said.  The slides and apparatus were made to look like penguins.  I spotted Kenta and Kazu through one of the 'eye holes'.  They were playing their Digimon game, go figure.

"Hey guys."

Meilin spotted them too.  "Oh great, more boys."

"I win again."  Kazu pumped his fists in rapid succession while Kenta just lowered his head.  The four eyed Tamer noticed our shadows closing in on him and looked up.  "Hey!  It's Henry!"

"Henry?!"

            I barely had time to steady myself as Jeri zipped past me kicking up a dust cloud.  It didn't take a genius to figure out who she was looking for.  I sighed, it would be nice if I had someone like that.  A quick tug on my pant leg reminded me that I did.  It wasn't quite the same, but at least it was someone.  I knelt down next to Suzy and she wrapped her arms around my neck in her typical death by kindness hug.

"Suzy!"  I smiled.  "Have you been behaving yourself?"

She sniffed.  "Yeah but…"  Another sniffle.  "I can't find Lopmon anywhere."

Li walked up behind me.  "Lopmon?"

I sweatdropped.  "She's… our pet rabbit."

"Oh."  Li didn't really look like he bought that, but actually he seemed like he was always suspicious.  Maybe he just had one of those faces.

Sakura walked over to us and knelt down placing a hand on Suzy's head.  "I'm sure your Lopmon is fine.  In fact, we'll help you look for it after this."  Sakura's smile seemed to be all it took to get Suzy to stop crying.

Meilin frowned.  "We will?"

"Sounds alright to me."  Li stated.  Now surveying Kazu and Kenta.

Wow… She's good.

I glanced at Sakura thoughtfully.  "Nice.  Where'd you learn that?"

She smiled again in response.  The amount of envy I felt was almost overwhelming.  "My brother.  He's a pain sometimes and he even tricked me once into taking my shoes off before I went on an airplane but… he's always there when I need him."

"…"

I probably would've stayed crouched a lot longer, except for the slight inconvenience where Jeri grabbed my collar and hoist me to my feet so I was face to face with her.   And she looked worried.  "Where's Takato?"

"He should be right behind…"  I scanned the area quickly with my eyes…. Uh oh.  "…us."

"Ah don't worry about old chumly.  He probably saw something shiny and got lost."  Kazu stated folding his arms behind his head.

"Or maybe he passed by a school and the teacher gave him detention." Kenta added.

I frowned.  "Heh, heh.  Come on guys he's not really all that dense."

"Yeah, but he's got his moments."

"Or maybe he was really Guilmon in disguise and he smelt bread from a bakery so he ransacked it."

"Ruff- You boys are so silly.  That would never happen."  Jeri's sock-puppet said.  Covering for the fact that the brunette really did seem worried.  Everyone else sweatdropped and Meilin even stepped back away from the odd little thing.

"Don't worry, it's Takato remember.  He'll show up sooner or later so it's no use worrying about him."

"Yeah."  Kazu stated.

"Yeah."  Kenta copied.

"Rika's the one you really have to watch out for."

Jeri giggled at bit feeling better.  "Speaking of which, where is Rika?  I thought she'd be with you."

Li glanced over.  "She left with Madison to pick up someone she keeps calling Mr. Perfect."

I slapped my forehead.  "Great."

"You've done it now~"  Jeri sang.

"RYO!"  Kazu and Kenta shouted in unison.  They practically tackled Li pinning him to the ground.  "Where is he?!?!"

"Ugh."  He stared up at the two in slight confusion.  But he was able to decipher the hopeful glints in their eyes with relative ease.  "Police Station."

"Eh? How are they going to get out of there?"  The visor boy inquired blinking twice in a manner that almost suited Guilmon.

"Madison will be able to get him out."  Sakura replied.  "Her mom was the one that called the cops, and it wasn't anything serious so there should be no trouble."

"Woohoo!"

I laughed as the duo shouted bizarre cheers.  But my attention was taken away by something else.  Wasn't there more of us?  And I didn't see this Eli around either.  "Feels like someone's missing."

"Ai and Mako."  Suzy replied from the area around my waste.  "They were with the other boy that wears glasses."

"Other boy?"  I blinked in confusion.

"Huh?"

I turned to Sakura who made the noise.  She was staring off down the pathway.  Within a few seconds everyone was staring at her.  "Umm, is something wrong?"

She blinked at me for a second, then resumed her gaze.  "I just have the strangest feeling… that something bad is going to happen."

"KID! YOU OUGHTA BE A PSYCHIC!"

            I barely had time to brace for impact before a wicked tiger landed on the slide, breaking it into pieces.  It had ripped bat wings, massive red eyes, and a drooly grin that reminded me of my brother on Thanksgiving.   It was all black and had gnarled red spikes protruding from it's shoulder blades.  It also had tarnished red armor and a black gem in the center of it's forehead.  The last thing noticeable about it was the tail that was made out of function blades.  It was long and thick enough to rip through my entire apartment.

"Spin…  No… you're not even close."

I looked at Li.  "Friend of yours?"

Meilin kicked me in the shin for that.  "What are you an idiot? Of course not!"

The tiger chuckled madly as it's eyes rolled around in it's head like marbles looking for a target.  "Howdy!  I'm Tigoru, the Demi-Heartless.  I've been given special orders to meet, greet, and eat everyone here I can find.  Hope you don't mind if it's you first."

Oh yeah, this is exactly what I need right now.  But… what's a Demi-Heartless?  Is he with Lumiere?  Arg, if only I had Terriermon I could beat the answer out of him.

"Suzy, stay back."

"Ooo~oo heroes-types.  I heard you guys taste the best."

I felt something tight grab around my leg.  "Henwyyyy!"

Oh great, Suzy.  I can't move with her clinging to me like this!

            The tiger opened it's mouth spitting out little bombs of black fire.  I grabbed Suzy harshly and threw her out of the way, but there wasn't enough time to evacuate myself from my position as well.

"Oh no!"

"HENRY!" Jeri called out echoed by two equally loud 'Henry's' from Kazu and Kenta.

I could see Suzy was calling my name out too as best she could. From her location on the ground.

"Pervert!"  Meilin, go figure.

            The next thing I saw took me by surprise.  Sakura, showing a great deal more courage than I thought she had, jumped in the way with some kind of rod that looked like a two-year-old's toy.  But she didn't look afraid, in fact she looked incredibly focused on what she was doing which I thought was kinda odd given the fact that her actions implied she was losing her mind.  She also had a card in her hand which she promptly threw in front of her, then swatted at it with her rod.

"Shield Card! Release!"

***Chelsea's POV: The School:  After Dark Unfortunately***

Aye, stupid Zachary.  I can't believe he forgot our school project here.

"Ah, Chelsea, wait up."

I continued my speed walking.  "No way.  The sooner I get this done the sooner I can go home and finish it."  The idiot caught up to me just at the front doors.

He sighed.  "We're never going to get in that way, they lock the doors at five."

            I grumbled and gave the door a test shove.  To my surprise it opened, guess the Janitor must have forgotten this time or something.  I stepped inside but Zachary held out a bit, not that I can really blame him in.  There were no lights or anything at all inside.  Just darkness and silence everywhere.

"Are you coming or not?"

Zachary sweatdropped obviously.  "Uhh, as much as I'd like to I have a condition that states I should stay in bright places as much as I can so… I'll just wait for you in the field.  Okay?"

-Whack-

"Nothing but lies.  It's all that comes out of your mouth." 

            I dragged the fraidy-cat inside after I… subdued him for a moment.  When he was able to walk on his own again we moved towards our classroom.  I could only hope that that door was unlocked too.  Zachary grabbed my shoulder for a moment tightly and I glanced back.

"What is it?"

"D-Did you hear that?"

I frowned.  "I can't believe what a chicken you are.  You're supposed to be a boy aren't you?"

He sweatdropped again.  "I just, uh, It must have been a mouse or something."

"Yeah right.  There aren't any rodents around here." I growled out.  "You're just a big baby."

"Am not!"

"Dude, yes you are."

"..."

"…"

            Zachary and I both turned to the person who just spoke.  He definitely wasn't someone I'd seen before.  It was really dark but I could still see he was wearing a dark colored mini-jacket, golden hair, and eye that were glowing so brightly it illuminated the area around them.  His skin was tanned, and had long baggy shorts with…  err, were those giant guns on his sides?  He took them both and aimed one at each of us.  They really were guns.

"Boy, am I lucky.  I heard this school was a good place to look for my target but I got lost in one of the concrete tubes at the park.  Took me forever to get here but I still managed to run into someone.  Anyway, have you seen a kid with a blue sweater and goggles called Takato.  Or a girl with brown hair and a key necklace called Sakura."

"Tch."  I stepped back… and he disappeared  At least I thought he did.  The second I turned around I was staring back at something long and silvery.  When did he get behind us?

"Hmm… You know, you're kinda cute. But then again Henry's sister...  Oh man, I feel so conflicted."

            I stepped back again, this time in the other direction.  This guy looked double my age.  Ewww.  Suddenly Zachary, in a surprisingly brave move stepped forward looking quite calm.

"Excuse me.  Those kids you mentioned.  We're here to throw a surprise party for them."

WHAT?! LIAR!  He's going to get us killed.  What kind of foolish person would believe that?

"Really?  Cool, mind if I join.  I can guarantee at least one of them'll be surprised to see me."  The man chuckled.

You… can't… be serious…

The liar on my side nodded.  "Yep just down this hall turn right.  Then follow that hall until you get to some stairs.  Take them one floor up.  From there take the first right, then the second left.  You should see another flight of stairs.  Take that three floors down.  The go right, left, left, right, and left again.   Follow that hallway through the double doors until you reach a four way split and go left until you see a room with a light in it.  Got that."

The gunner smiled.  "Okay I just got one question."

"Eh?"

This is it.  Where all dead.  Zachary, you idiot.  Couldn't you have made those directions make a little bit of sense?

"Do I get my little my party hat when I find the room."

Zachary smiled.  "Uh, yeah sure.  Takuki will give it to you himself."

"Takato."

"Whatever." Zachary replied once again in a carefree manner that made me sure we were going to get caught.  But the grungy man just smiled and ran off saying bye.  Of course, our next move was to split for the door.

"Er, wait." I ran back and dashed into our classroom.  It was open, but that was only because it had been ripped off it's hinges.  A second later I was back with the sooth sayer of lies and we were once again running out the door.

"I can't believe you stopped for that."  He complained.

I narrowed my eyes at him.  "Well we were there anyway."

"Okay, but what are we gonna do about that guy."

I thought about it for just a second.  "Hang on, I think I might still have my cell on me."

             I looked down as my hands fumbled about in my pocket.  We were out of the school area and now it was just a concrete walkway with fairly new buildings one side of us and dim lights above.  The next thing I knew I ran into something huge, causing it to stagger back and me to fall on my butt.  For a moment I was afraid that weird gun person had gotten in front of us, but Zachary put that thought out of my mind pretty quickly.

"Julian?  Of all the luck."

The short white haired best friend of Tori smiled.  "Ouch.  Hey you two, what's the rush?"

"You'll never believe what we just encountered."  I said getting up and brushing myself off.  "There a really dangerous psychopath at the school. He's not too bright, but we need to call the police or he may hurt somebody."

Julian's friendly expression turned to one of worry.  "That doesn't sound good.  You two better head home, and I'll contact the authorities."

            I smiled a bit.  Julian was one of the kindest and most dependable people I've ever met.  Way more reliable than say, Zachary for example.  I nodded and stepped by him.  But stopped when I noticed the idiot wasn't following me anymore.  I was just working up the best insult when I turned around only to have my hand grabbed by a man with long white hair and sky blue eyes.  My vision blurred immediately.

"Wha…aa…"

"Don't worry, you're just dreaming."  He caught me before I hit the ground and placed me on a nearby bench. Even with the lack of vision I could clearly see he had wings when he turned around… right before I blacked out.

*^*Yue Insert*^*

"Sorry Chealsea, Zachary, but I feel a great darkness coming from the school.  The authorities won't have any luck against magic this powerful.  And I'm sorry Julian, but I need to borrow your body again for a while."

***Takato's POV:  School:  Really Really Late… I Think***

            I shuddered involuntarily.  It wasn't cold or anything though, but just looking at this place was making me remember some the surprise assignments of Ms. Asagi, and the time Calumon went berserk with the field liner wasn't easing the feeling either.  And course there's the time Guilmon disobeyed.  If any good ever came out of school it was that this was the place (Or kind of place) that I made Guilmon… Kinda ironic that I'm following his signal here.  It had slowed down considerably, which, I hoped, meant the glutton dinosaur had caught a wiff of my scent.

            There didn't appear to be anything out of order to the school itself.  I was standing in a field lined for soccer.  The building was on my left up a wide set of stairs.  It was generally white and had windows every few meters.  It was low, probably using the same three floor format as my school.

-KABOOOOOOOM-

"SURPRISE!"  A loud, slightly annoying, very familiar voice rang out as the side of the school exploded outward.

Aww NUTS!

Kuri-Kuri stepped out of the destruction and immediately turned and smiled at me, flashing a thumbs up with one of his gloved hand.  "Happy Birthday.  Dude that kid gave me the best directions."

I frowned.  "What in the world are you talking about?  It's not my birthday."

"Then no presents for you."  The gunner frowned.  "And I got you such a nice gift too…  Oh well I'll probably be able to enjoy it more any way."

"Do I even want to know what it is?"

"Mmmm I'm thinking 'no'."  He started taking aim at me.

Oh no.  I have to keep him talking or I'm dead.

"Uh, nice weather we're having huh?"

Kurashell stopped pulling the trigger and looked up, as if to check my statement.  "Hmmm, well it's not bad…"  He adjusted his aim so he was about to fire at something in the air.  "…But damn the birds are big here."

"Huh?"

            The second he pulled the trigger the effect of his weapon could be felt even from where I was standing.  The force from the gun was moving the dirt on the ground around and making it shake while I tried to get a look at what he was firing at.

A…man with… wings… okaaaay.

            The winged person dodged the shot, making it look easy, and landed on the field.  It's going to be a miracle if we don't get caught fighting here.  And to make the matters worse, the new arrival had a look on his face like he wouldn't mind knocking me out after he was done with Kuri-Kuri.  Too bad the latter's invincible.

"I am Yue… Interesting.  I've never known a magician to rely on guns."  He said with distain.

Kuri-Kuri blinked for a moment.  "…Yeah well I've newer known chicken that can talk."

I frowned.  "Chickens can't fly."

"Ah Shuddap!  You're next Tic-Tac-Toe."

Oh that was clever…

"Hey Yue.  Be careful.  You can slow him down but you can't damage him.  And he's fast too, really fast."

The angel-like creature crouched down slightly.  "Hmmm, I never would have guessed."

"Stupid bird, shut up!" 

            Kurashell moved forward at his usual speed, so it looked like he suddenly appear right in front of the winged man.  He tried to smash one of his guns into him, and ended up stopping very quickly, kindly like he ran into a window.

"A barrier?  Wow this world is cool."

"You should show more respect to your elders."  Yue said calmly stretching out his hand.  A little crystal had formed in it.  Suddenly there was about thirty of them being flung at the gunner.

            Kuri Kuri, on the other hand was able to recover himself quickly and fired forward.  The guns had more than enough force to blast himself backwards.  And he twisted in the air like an acrobat to dodge the machine gun like shards of ice.  He finished and landed on his feet again still holding his guns forward.

"Pfft, I may have a new look, but my body is about… a really big number old."

I frowned.  "Idiot."

"Why haven't you shut up yet?"

Mmm, just watching isn't doing me any good.  I need Guilmon, but his signal stopped somewhere on this field so where is he?

            Yue let loose another volley of Ice Crystals.  But Kurashell seemed to disappear when they got close.  The next thing I saw was the angel plowing through the dirt.  Lucky for the school he was able to get air-born and slow himself down before he ripped right through the school, but unfortunately Kuri Kuri had fired about ten times rapidly with one of his guns. An orb of ice suddenly appeared out of nowhere though encasing the bullets as I looked on in interest.  The ice thing was different because I didn't even see it get formed, it was just… there.

"Time magic?  Well aren't you spiffy?"

            Yue launched back into the fight, this time with his barrier erected.  I guess he finally got a basic understanding of his enemy's speed, but unfortunately not his power. The gunner jumped up into the air, and before I could even lift my head up to follow him he came down straight into the glowing orb, which started to shatter as the person inside had barely enough time to move out of the way.  But he still didn't have time to turn around and use another attack because Kuri Kuri was already right behind him with his guns pointed down…  Until the ground exploded and a pair of razor sharp teeth clamped around on the gunners head.  I checked my Digivice.

"So that's where Guilmon was… what was he doing underground?"

Kurashell had his own thought of Guilmon. "HE'S GOT MY FRIGGEN NECK! MAKE'EM LEGGO! IT HURTS, IT HURTS.  And that little emerge from the ground move is getting so old."

"Way to go Guilmon!  Show him who's boss!"

Yue turned to me.  He was already on his feet once again.  "Friend of yours?"

"The best.  Meet my dino dragon partner, Guilmon."

"…Who are you two?"

I sweatdropped.  "Uh, I'll tell you after we deal with him.  Those ice shards won't work because he's invincible, I recommend something with a lot more force."

            Yue nodded while Kuri Kuri had resorted to running around in horizontal circles to try and get Guilmon to let go… like that'll work.  The angel guy held his hand forward again this time a bunch of branches erupted from the ground and binded the Heartless in place.  Guilmon was free to let go and he ran up to me as soon as he could while his eyes went from viral to normal… wait actually he ran into me and knocked me down. Then gave me a big lick.

"Takato!  You're okay."

"Of course."  I smiled.  "Can't get rid of me that easily."

"…It talks."  Yue murmured.  He seemed slightly surprised for someone like him.  The next thing that happened was a bunch of water droplets started to collect around the white haired man.  They were coming out of nowhere though.  I looked up.

"What are you doing?"

Yue kept his eyes straight forward.  "Getting more force."

            A split second later the water joined into one giant mass and ripped forward at Kuri Kuri, who had started to over power all the branches and twigs holding him down.  But he wasn't going to get free fast enough, and we both knew it. He smirked as the miniaturized tsunami plowed down towards him.

"Takato, there's something weird in your pocket."

"Huh?"  I reached down pulled out that black heart shaped jewel I got earlier.  But it sure didn't look the way I remembered it.  It was pulsing with these weird red organic vein things on it. "Uhh…  Never saw a mood jewel do that before."

Thu-thump

            On a scale of one to ten in creepy this was definitely a nine at least.  The little jewel had started to pulsate, kinda like a real heart.  But this one was also pouring off dark energy.

"Huh?"  Kurashell glanced at me curiously, like he could hear the beating too. But he didn't seem to notice the symbols on his stomach disappearing.  He finally turned back to Yue.  "…Whew, I guess it's a good thing I'm a Heartless or this would probably have me in agony right no-UMP" 

            Yue's water blast hit him.  To be honestly, I was almost expecting him to stand still and endure it.  But when all the liquid cleared, it looked like Kuri Kuri was long gone.  I plopped myself on the ground recounting the events.  In retrospect, considering all the people I could've run into, he was probably the easiest one to deal, on the count of he's an idiot.  Guilmon licked the side of my face again reminding me of his presence.

"Guilmon… wow, I'm glad you were here."

He smiled goofily.  "Of course Takato.  I'll always be with you."

"That's good to know.  Oh I found the others too.  Well, not the Digimon, but the humans.  And I didn't really find them, they found me."

"Awww, I wanted to play with Terriermon and Impmon some more."

"Don't worry, you will."

The dino smiled again.  Yue had crept up behind us and was currently waiting for us to acknowledge him.  Guilmon yawned.  "Well I'm going back to sleep.  All that digging made me tired." 

            Suddenly the red scales on Guilmon's hide suddenly lost their texture, as did most of Guilmon's body.  He became all stringy… sort-of.  Like smog or wind or something.  His body, or what was left of it closed in on one specific area and a little rectangle formed in that spot.  The next thing I knew I had a Guilmon Card… but it wasn't like any Digimon card I've ever seen.  Actually I've never seen any kind of card like this ever.

"A Clow Card? …No, the seal is different."

I glanced up.  "Uhhh you know what this is?"

Yue nodded.  "It's very similar to something else I've seen.  I was originally planning to erase your memory when I got here but now it seems I have a great deal more to ask you."

I nodded, getting up.  And put the card and the jewel back in my pocket.  "Hold that thought.  Do you know where Penguin Park is?  I was supposed to meet my friends there but I got sidetracked."

"Yes, I've been there many times."

"Good, then let's go."

***Lumiere's POV: Inside The Door of Darkness: ???***

"Hmmm… Kurashell hasn't come back from the CCS World.  And Reseal seems to be having just as much trouble in the FLCL world…"   I turned around, there was darkness everywhere.  Well, almost everywhere, a small crimson orb pulsated a few meters away from me.  "Looks like I might need your help more than I thought, Sephiroth."

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WARNING: ANIME OBSESSED FANS PROOFREADING STOPS HERE

***Notes***

Ah, finally got to put in some more Card Captor Characters.  Zachary, who lies like the devil, and Chelsea, who calls him on it every time.  I was glad I found room for these chars.  And I think I got a spot for the remainder of Sakura's 'normal' friends.

***Reviews***

Tamer of Light –

Regless:   Yep, the last POV was Takato's.  And as for the shows revealing their secrets… how about now?  Thanks for the review, see ya later.

Nightdragon0 –

Regless: Yes indeed.  Dragon Slave is allegedly the strongest spell in the slayers universe.  As for card tricks, heh, you'll see some of those next chapter.  More action to come soon, thanks for the review and see ya.

Newbi –

Regless:  Heh, I didn't want Rika to land in Li's room for two reasons.  A: her traits are different.  B: Rika's personality is calm and collected.  I'm trying a different approach from my last story as opposed to embarrassing everyone every two seconds.

Black:  Yeah, every three seconds.

Regless: Quiet you!  And Sakura's World is being used to set the precedent for other worlds.  The main place of operations will be the next world the Tamers go too, and I ain't saying what it is.  Thanks for the review.

OmnicromXR –

Regless:  Oy!  Man ya got me on yer favorites list but ya keep saying ya hate my fics.  Do ya just want me to E-mail you and fill you in on what's gonna happen or what?  I'm not gonna stiff ya on a happy ending or anything.  And anyway It's better to makes things slightly harder for the tamers rather than to demean the legendary weapon of the KeyBlade from Kingdom Hearts.

Pokemon-35055 –

Thanks for the review.  See ya.

QuestionDeca –

Regless: Heh actually it turned out to be quite a good thing.  I can only put them through so much before I get tired and make something good happen, heh.  Thanks for the review.

AnT –

Regless:  Ha ha!  Sweetness.  I'm not a big fan of Digimon season's one or two but the Digimon VS Capcom sounds spiffy.  Oh yeah I read the thingy of you having a hard time deciding whether or not to introduce new characters in the Medabots, Digital Fever… Hmmm, normally I'd just say go for it but you already got a few OCs… well if you think you can do it, than have a blast… by the way, I CAN'T ****EN BELIEVE THEY GOT RID OF MR. REFEREE!  He's one of the three characters I think should rule the world (Takato and Tron Bonne are the others)

Oh yeah, one more thing.  Do you know a good sight where I can get info on Pokemon advance anime cuz up until last week I work every Saturday when it's on and I'm slightly behind.  Thank you, and thanks for the review.

Kayono –

LOL.  Actually, since I'm religious I know a bit about this.  There is quite a bit to study especially if you're doing more than just Christianity.  Actually you can see it video games too.  You know the Tower of Babel from FF2, Religion.  Leviathan and Behemoth, religion. Nephilum (sp) from XenoSaga, well that's a human angel hybrid, so guess where that word was first published.  There more but I can rave about this stuff for days sooo, thanks for the review.  Oh wait, one funny story, one of Jesus's Apostles got in a fight with an Angel because he wanted to be blessed.  Hmmm, and he was too.  Weird, huh.

Tsubasa8 –

Heh, thank you kindly.  I figger I'll stick about six or seven main animes with a bunch of minor cross-overs. Then kinda pass the torch on.  (So like in the sequal Megaman or Link from Zelda would be the hero I haven't decided which yet and it might end up being someone completely different.  Thanks for the review, see ya.

Redge –

Yep it's been made and dubbed.  It's gotta be one of the best animes ever made because I watch the English version and loved it when apparently the English version slaughters the quality of the show.  It's got two movies two, the second of which…  is the final end.  DAMMIT SAKURA AND SYORAN FOREVER!!!  Thanks for the review.

Lonewalker –

Black grabed Regless, stuffs him in the fridges, closes it and padlocks it:  RIP…

Regless:  Violent mother fu- oh Nevermind.  Thanks for the review, see ya.

Anime Obsessed Fan –

Actually I came up with the idea just before I read that chapter.  Then I did the chapter and thought 'meh, it fits, I'm keeping it'.  Though I'm well aware it looks like a blatant rip-off.

Uh-heh.  Yeah I might drop a few hints here and there for Tomoyo and Eriol but I'm going to be overextending the couplings beyond what was mainly established.  And yeah I've one seen about… one episode where Madison's true character is shown but I've read a few fic too.  She;s so sweet… but she makes a way better nutcase.  Goooooo MADISON!

Thanks for the review.

Neverwhere: Chaos Mode –

Uh… heh heh…  Funny story.  MSN didn't remember my password… neither did I…  DAMMIT.  Didn't remember the answer to my secret question either… DOUBLE DAMMIT! MSN doesn't have a real E-Mail where I can bitch at them either.  TRIPLE DAMMMMMIT!!!  But I'm glad you liked the story thus far.  My opinion of Rukato is kinda like more than friends less than lovers.  She's definitely closer to Takato than Ryo, but by the same token Ryo more of a romantic interest for her and Takato's like a best friend, the best friend in fact.   It's fun trying to write them trying to figure out their relationship with each other but I'm not going to do any hard-core romance, like, say Daneel's fic…  his legendary fic… damn I wish I could write that good.  Thanks for the review, see ya.

Kara –

Heh, that lone Heartless isn't what it appears to be.  Takato can tell it's the same one because all the others he's seen appear in groups.  And that one acts on it's own, plus it keeps making the colors disappear.  Thanks for the review.

BloodyKitsune –

Hmmm, think I kept a decent pace this time.  Thanks for the review.

Zerodragon –

Ha ha ha, the plot thickens… I'm done now.  Thanks for the review.

Shadowind –

Oy, I do the same thing.  Glad you like.  Thanks for the review.

Rufus008 –

Ha ha, thank you kindly.  I tried to add a bit more of Jeri's personality this time since she's basically wallpaper in my other story.  I got a more important role for her later on.

Aj-sama –

Aww, little sister paperweight… how cute..  Anyway yeah the new Knigdom Hearts stuff looks  damn bitchen.  Thanks for the review.