AN: I have made it easier and decided to call the humanized digimon by their digimon names in this chapter. The tamer's parents don't know that they are.

Chapter 6: A Sad Fate

It had been a few weeks since the tamers and their partners reunited. Azulongmon finally contacted them and said that their digimon forms were almost complete. They would be done in a couple of days. A lot of the humanized digimon, especially Impmon, were glad that they would be able to go back to their digimon forms again. Unfortunately the humanized digimon still had to go to school, but it wasn't bad considering they were going to go to the same school as their tamers. Bioemerging digimon weren't a threat, or so they thought for nothing could prepare them for what was coming next.

"Hey Takato! Guilmon! Wait up!"

The two boys turned around to see Kazu, Gaurdramon, Kenta, and MarineAngemon run up to them. Ever since they discovered who their partners were, they called them by their digimon names, even though they had human names. The four finally caught up to them as they started to walk again.

"Hey guys. What's up?" Takato asked.

"Not much. Can you believe Ms. Asagi gave us so much homework?" Kazu complained.

"If you hadn't disrupted the class, Kazu, you would've gotten your homework done in class," Kenta said.

"Hey I kept denying that I was snoring. I don't snore."

"Well, if you weren't snoring then I guess it was just a train passing by the classroom," said Gaurdramon.

Kazu glared at him and said, "You're not helping."

Takato and Guilmon chuckled as they neared the Matsuki bakery.

"Well, see you later guys," Takato said.

"See ya," said Kazu and Kenta in unison.

"Mom! I'm home."

Mrs. Matsuki poked her head around the corner of the kitchen and said, "Good. Then you and Guy can handle the customers while I make some more bread."

Takato looked around and asked, "Where's dad?"

"He went to get some more supplies."

"Oh. Ok."

Takato and Guilmon went behind the counter, waiting for customers to come and buy their bread.

"Ah! Finally!"

Impmon emerged from his room dressed in his regular clothes. Since Rika went to a school with a uniform code, Impmon and Renamon had to as well. Impmon didn't like the uniform that well, though. It felt tight and it seemed like it suffocated him. Once he got home, he went to his room to get out of the uniform. He went into the kitchen where Renamon, still dressed in the uniform, and Rika were sitting at the table. Renamon heard Impmon enter the room as she turned around to talk to him.

"I see you went to no delaying taking off that uniform."

"Yeah, well I didn't like being dressed like that. How humans can live to such standards is beyond me. And why are you still wearing the uniform?"

She smiled and said, "I like it."

Impmon gave her an odd look and said, "Okay. Whatever."

He sat down, letting his long hair that was put in a ponytail hang over his left shoulder. Rika looked at this with interest.

"How come your hair's that long?"

He looked up and said, "Beats me. I don't mind it though."

Rika smiled evilly and motioned Renamon to bend down so she could whisper in her ear.

"Let's tie Impmon down and see how far we can go to give him a decent haircut," she whispered.

They both started to smile evilly and giggle. Impmon, however, wasn't paying attention and looked up when they started to laugh.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh, nothing," Rika said as innocently as she could.

"Uh…huh," he said, not believing them.

"Tag! You're it!"

Calumon ran after Jeri's little stepbrother, Masahiko, after he got tagged. They were playing around the house and Jeri was helping out her dad with the restaurant. Mr. Katou let Leo help out as well and a lot of the customers appreciated the service they were getting. Jeri's step mom called out the door.

"Masahiko! Cal! It's time to come in."

"Awww," they said in unison.

They walked in and took off their shoes. The sun was setting and dinner was going to be served soon. Jeri and Leo went to the dinner table along with Masahiko and Cal. After dinner, Masahiko and Cal went upstairs to play a game while Jeri and Leo helped clean up some of the tables in the restaurant.

Terriermon ran into Henry's room with his hair put up in bows. Henry looked at him and started to laugh.

"It's not funny. Susie and Lopmon are rebelling against me."

Suddenly a knock was heard on the door. Terriermon yelped and ran under the bed. Henry tried to keep a straight face as he opened the door.

"Henry, is Terriermon in here?"

"No, I don't think so," he said giving Susie and Lopmon a wink.

He pointed under the bed and mouthed 'under there' as the two tiptoed to the bed. They suddenly grabbed each leg and dragged him out.

"Henry! You traitor!"

"I didn't tell them," he said innocently.

"Come on, Terriermon. It's time for a makeover!" Susie said as Lopmon started to smile.

"No wait! Wait!" Terriermon pleaded as he was pulled from Henry's room into Susie's.

Henry started to laugh and also pitied the poor guy. He went to his computer and started to play on it. He would give them a few minutes and then he would rescue him.

Impmon sighed as he lay on the floor of Rika's room. Rika was trying to figure out what cards were good while Renamon was reading a book. Impmon closed his eyes and started to drift away when he suddenly sensed something. He snapped his eyes open and quickly sat up. Renamon noticed this sudden behavior.

"What is it Impmon?"

"Can't you sense it?" he asked.

Renamon closed her eyes and concentrated. She didn't sense anything at first, but then she found it. It was faint, but it was there.

"Yeah, I do," she said, reopening her eyes.

"What are we going to do, though? You guys aren't in your digimon forms," Rika pointed out.

Impmon smiled and said, "Maybe not but we still have our powers though."

"You've got to be kidding me."

"Nope," he said as he lit a fireball above his finger.

"Should we go, Rika?" Renamon asked.

Rika nodded and said, "Yeah. We're going to have some action tonight. If things get rough though, we get out of there. Got it?"

"Got it," said Impmon.

"Then let's go."

They silently slipped outside of Rika's room as they put on their shoes. It was late, probably around midnight. Everyone in the household was in bed except for them. They crept out the door and onto the sidewalk. Rika took out her D-Arc as she looked for the digimon. She found it and the trio started running toward it. She wondered if any of the others had caught on to the bioemergence but if they didn't, then it was ok. They would get a piece of the action and the others would miss out.

'You snooze, you lose,' Rika thought dryly to herself.

They entered into the digital field and saw a big, orange dinosaur waiting for them. Rika scanned this digimon.

"Greymon. Champion Level. Data Type. His Nova Blast attacks will barbeque you for sure."

"Heh. He shouldn't be too hard to beat," Impmon said.

"You guys be careful. Even though you're digimon, you're in a human body so try to dodge his attacks. The human body won't take the attack to well like your digimon body can," Rika warned.

They both nodded as Impmon muttered, "Why do humans have to be so weak?"

The Greymon looked at them and all he could see were humans. He roared as he attempted to stomp them. Renamon and Impmon dodged it as they attacked.

"Badda Boom!"

"Diamond Storm!"

The attacks hit dead on and the Greymon was confused. He ignored it and knew that, human or not, he had opponents. He attacked them with his fireballs as Impmon and Renamon tried their best to avoid them and attack Greymon at the same time. The two were getting tired and Greymon had some damage done to him. Rika saw this and decided to retreat.

"Come on, you guys! We have to get out of here and get the others to help us."

They nodded as they started to retreat. Greymon didn't want that though. He attacked with his fireball at the nearest human, which was Renamon's human form. Impmon turned and saw that the fireball was heading right towards her.

"Renamon!"

She turned and saw the fireball. She couldn't jump it because her human form could only do so much. Impmon rushed back to her and pushed her out of the way. He saw the fireball and knew it was too late.

"Shoot."

The fireball hit dead on into Impmon's human chest as he screamed in pain. The attack threw him against a wall as his body crumpled to the ground.

"Impmon! Rika, we have to destroy Greymon. Give me a higher level digimon's attack."

She nodded as she looked through her cards. She found the perfect one as she slashed it through her D-Arc.

"Digi-Modify! Angewomon's Celestial Arrow activate!"

A white bow and arrow appeared in Renamon's hands as she took aim and fired.

"Celestial Arrow!"

The arrow went and pierced Greymon's chest as he roared and his data was deleted. Renamon sighed in relief and looked over to where Impmon was. She gasped as she saw the pool of blood come from his body. She ran up to him and saw that he was still alive.

"Rika! Impmon's hurt badly and he needs help."

Rika nodded as she ran towards the nearest payphone, which was about a mile away. Renamon turned Impmon onto his back as he groaned in pain. She put his head onto her lap and waited for Rika's return. Impmon slowly opened his eyes as he looked up at Renamon. His breathing became labored as he lay there.

"Renamon…"

"Don't worry. You're going to be all right."

Impmon smiled and said, "Renamon…thank you."

She got confused and said, "For what?"

"Everything. You and Rika were the only ones who saw the good in me. Even…even after what I did you guys as Beelzemon you still were there for me. I just…wanted you to know that…because I may not have another chance of telling you."

"Don't say that, Impmon. You're going to be all right," Renamon said with a worried tone.

Impmon just smiled as he felt the atmosphere around him getting colder and he found it hard to stay awake. Renamon also noticed his body was becoming more relaxed and getting heavier. She put her hand to his heart and gasped when she felt it beating very slowly. Tears started to well up in her eyes as she looked at him.

"Impmon…"

His eyes started to droop as he said, "Renamon, I…I…"

"You what?" she whispered leaning in closer to him.

He smiled and said, "I love you."

Before she could respond, Impmon's eyes rolled back into his head as he closed them and he sighed deeply while his head lolled to one side. She shook him a bit and then put her hand to his heart again, to find no pulse.

"Impmon…Impmon!"

She sobbed uncontrollably as she held his body close, wanting him to come back to her. Rika ran up to where Renamon was and then understood when she saw her. Impmon was gone now. She stayed a fair distance away as she listened to her partner's sadness and the sirens that grew ever closer.

Mwahahaha! Yes, I have killed one of the characters. But fear not, for there is another chapter yet to come and it will be the final one. Please RR so I can put the next one up.