Chapter Four

A Greater Darkness

Kari sighed as she splashed some water on her face. "Where to now TK?" she asked standing up.

"Don't know exactly. I say first we recruit some old friends. But i haven't a clue where to start. We should probably look for a place to spend the night first. It's getting kind of dark. We could start in the morning. How does that sound?" TK asked while stretching on the grassy banks of the river.

"Good plan. Maybe there is a cave or something nearby?"

"I'll go have a look around. You stay here, ok?" He asked getting up.

"Ok. I won't go anywhere. Promise." She said.

"Ok, see ya soon! Patamon! Come here quick!" He shouted. Patamon stretched and yawn as Gatomon poked his stomach trying to wake him up,

"Hey, Pata... Pata... TK wants to see you."

"Fine. I'll be back. " he said flying out of the tree. "What do you need?" he asked.

"We have to go look for a place to spend the night." TK said pulling out his d-terminal(that's what they're called right?). "Digi- Armor Energize!" As TK said those words, Patamon began to shine a bright gold color, and within no time, a gold colored Pegasus stood before them.

"Hop on!" He said in a much deeper voice then Patamon.

About an hour later, they returned, but unfortunately Kari was gone. Their bags were still there though. TK thought maybe she went looking for him, which was a bad idea since it was getting late and around this part of the digital world, Vermilimon and Sabermon are common at night, and they aren't too friendly. Not to mention the Numemon have taking a big liking to Kari Kamiya since her first trip to the digital world. He looked around and noticed a note on the ground. He tried to read it but the lettering was too small. He noticed a wire small clear fishing wire running up the tree to a bucket. He instantly got the idea Kari was trying to trick him. "You'll have to do better than that." He said, stepping back and pulling the string. The bucket tipped and nothing poured out. He pulled harder trying to get the bucket out of the tree, when he heard the branch snap. All of a sudden, a he heard a scream and felt a lot of weight on his shoulders. The next thing he knew he was plowed into the ground. He looked up and noticed a branch next to him. A very large branch. He tried to get up but he couldn't. Something was weighing him down. He reached around his back and felt a cloth. He tugged on it trying to get it and whoever was on top of him off. Then, with one last tug, the person grabbed his wrist and slapped him upside the head. "How dare you scare me like that! You insensitive jerk! You should have told me you were back! I don't know what would have happened if you wouldn't have cushioned my fall!" Kari said, very red in the face.

"Excuse me, but you set the trap!" TK said standing up.

"What trap?"

"The bucket and string!"

"TK, I was collecting apples for later!"

"But it was empty!"

"Duh, TK I just started! You taking forever and all to get back here. I thought I'd get something for us to eat!"

"Whoopsie. Sorry Kari. Forgive me?"

"Of course silly!" she said.

Later that night

There was not a cloud in the sky, and the stars were shining brightly. TK and Kari had told Patamon and Gatomon that they were going for a walk for a while and to stay at camp. While walking, they came across a stoneyard. The ruins in the area seemed to be shaped for some kind of ritual. They took a walk around for a little bit and noticed two odd shaped stones in a crevice. Both walked up to them to take a closer look and noticed a crunching sound beneath their feet. They looked down and noticed what looked like egg shells. They continued walking util they reached the stones. Then they realized what the two rocks were. Digi-eggs! They were so surprised they could hardly move. They looked closer and saw what seemed to be a fusion between the crest of hope and light. The other was almost exactly alike except it was all black. each tried moving one of them to no previal. Then, they tried moving one of them together and it came right up! Darkness poured into the sky and TK and Kari got a bad feeling in their stomachs. Something was starting to take shape where the egg once sat. Moments later, a dragon-like creature stood up and scratched its head, then stared at the couple in amazement, and they stared back. It had sapphire colored eyes, and yellowish and pink colored armor. "Hello. Nice to meet you." it said with delight. TK and Kari were astonished. They took him back to camp, were they found out his name. "My name is Shadow"

"Shadow? No 'mon' at the end?" Kari asked.

"Nope" Shadow answered.

"Are you sure its not 'Shadowmon?" TK asked.

"Yes." Shadow again replied.

"What's your armor made of?" Pata asked.

"Yellow and pink topaz. Although it's much stronger than any diamond. You know, years to form." Shadow said yawning. "Can I take a nap? I mean, I'm a little tired from that walk back here."

"Sure!" Kari said. "Here. You can use my sleeping bag!"

"Where are you supposed to sleep?" TK asked with a confused look.

"Don't be silly TK! We can share a sleeping bad! Just unzip it!" She said smiling.

"Fine..." TK said unzipping the bag. "Good night everybody!" He said, drifting off to sleep.

Sorry it took so long to update my story! Major writers block... Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Glad most of you like it. This chapter was pretty boring and I got way off topic. I promise I'll do better in the future. Please forgive me. I'll try to update soon, so please check back often. If you're a FullMetal Alchemist and Digimon fan can you take a look at my other story "Alchemy, the Unpredictable Science"? I know its not to good, but I'd like to know what you think. I've only got one review on that one but ones better that none! Thanks DuosGal for that review! And thanks again to everyone else who reviewed! Hope you enjoyed it! See ya!