Chronicle Three

02

Younger Ryo raced against the desert winds pushing against him, covering his eyes the best he could from the sand trying to blow into his eyes. "Finding the other DigiDestined should be easy"he said. "Not quite"said a familiar voice. A twister of sand appeared in front of him, young Ryo holding with all his strength, skidding back very slowly before the white haired man appeared in place of the twister. "Who are you? Where are your eyes?"he asked. The white haired man now wore a black jumpsuit, the upper half a tanktop, with large black combat boots, as well as a white robe boasting glittering silver bolts all around the collar and the outside. On his hands were silver fingerless gloves simalar to what Kari wore. The man took out an Orang stone, glowing greatly in his palm. "An Orang stone!"gasped younger Ryo. The man chuckled, putting it back in his pocket. "It would be a waste on you"he said. He lifted up a hand in front of his face, only two fingers sticking up. With a snicker from the man, a whole opened up beneath younger Ryo, and he fell screaming. The hole closed up, muffling his remaining screams.

The DigiDestined all headed to their respective homes, except for Davis. They didn't seem to trust HIM now. Right in front of the apartment building, T.K waited for her. "There you are, I'm sorry, Davis didn't give you the message. Jerk"said Kari. "No problem"he said stepping forward. Kari felt a little nervous as to T.K's tone of voice. It sounded, sinister. She felt bad, stepping back a little. A vibe was coming from T.K. "What's wrong?"he asked stepping forward again. She was becoming petrified, before T.K tightly grabbed her wrist and forced her forward to him, kissing her on the lips while wrapping another arm around her. She tried to scream but the kiss made it unhearable. She tried pushing away but she couldn't make him budge an inch! T.K was stronger then Kari, in fact physicaly Kari was VERY weak but she should've been able to at least push him back a little ways. "Kari!"gasped Gatomon, who saw Kari's reluctance. She pounced down but Patamon bumped her, knocking her to the ground. "Oh yeah, I like your touch"thought T.K. He let go and screamed, nailed in the back. Patamon turned around and was kicked into a tree, sliding down. After wiping her lips, Kari was a person with yellow hair at around five foot five, lightning bolts around both his eyes, one orange, one blue. He wore silver knight armor, fit perfectly to his size, and a small blue cape. His hands had metal gloves, his fingers were like claws.

"Who the Hell are you!"spat T.K, holding the back of his neck. Kari never knew T.K to swear but that was the last thing on her mind. "T.K, I"said Kari weakly, tears forming. Her eyes then grew angry. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!"yelled Kari. T.K looked guilty but simply ran off, patamon flying after him, after staring Gatomon down. Kari turned to the person. "Thanks for saving me, but who are you?"asked Kari. "Personamon, Ultimate level. My Dawn Fist is just one of my devestating attacks"

"You're a Digimon!"said Kari. "Whoa, Patamon, he was really strong just then, so you must be incredible"said Gatomon. "Patamon is much stronger, because of the Orang stone"said Personamon. "Orang stone?"asked Kari. "Call the others, they should all hear this"he said before vanishing.

Davis sat on the bench, holding his chin in his palms. Veemon sat under the bench away from public watch. "Shouldn't we look for Ken?"asked Veemon. Davis sighed. "Finding him with the others would be hard enough but now they ditched us because they think I was just trying to score points with Kari. I sent T.K the message, you saw it"said Davis looking down at him. He nodded. "Someone's gotta look for Ken. He must be in big trouble. Besides, if he has become the Digimon Emperor again only you can get him out of it"said Veemon. "No way, I know he'd never go back to that"said Davis. He stood up quickly. "I'm not going to mope around anymore. We have to look for Ken, with or without the help of the others"said Davis. Veemon nodded. "That's the spirit"said Veemon. Davis looked over and saw a computer store right across the street. He rushed across, Veemon following him. They rushed in, Veemon briefly seen due to his small size. Davis pointed the digivice at a computer. "Where are you going?"asked Veemon. "Huh?"asked Davis before they were swallowed in. Davis shook the cobwebs out of his head and the two of them were in the lava region. "I remember this place"said Davis standing up. "Yeah, this was where Ken made Agumon digivolve into SkullGreymon. Man, he was something"said Veemon. A gizer of lava burst behind them. Both spun around to see a lizard Digimon who's body composed of flames, with a metal skalp. "What is that!"gasped Davis.

"Flarezemon, champion level. His Buster Blade attack burns all in his path"

Flarezemon pointed to him. "If you wanna pass, you have to pay a toll. Ten thousand Digi Dollars"he said. "What, I don't have any money"said Davis. Flarezemon turned one of his claws into a gun of fire. "Buster Blaze!"he yelled, a ball of flames flying towards them. They scattered out of the way, narrowly missing the impact. "Veemon!"said Davis pointing the digivice towards him. A light engulfed him.

"Veemon digivolve to, ExVeemon!"

The much larger version fo Veemon swopped down, more Buster Blazes shot at him. He dodged all of them in mid air and then sped down towards him. Flarezemon swiped his claw at him, in which ExVeemon grabbed and tossed him behind him. Flarezemon landed on his feet. "Buster Flame!"he yelled firing the attack. "V Laser!"yelled ExVeemon. The attacks clashed, an explosion of fire coming out en mase. Davis covered his eyes from the fire works. ExVeemon zoomed up through the smoke, punching him across the face. He skidded back, before retaliating with a claw slash, ExVeemon flying back into a large rock painfuly, shattering it to pieces. "Ken, you here!"called Davis. Not even a breath of him could be heared. "Ken better be here. ExVeemon can't win alone, we need to DNA digivolve or we're both toast"thought Davis. Flarezemon turned one of his claws into a gun, pointing at Exveemon who was standing himself up. "Nice knowing ya punk"said Flarezemon. "Exveemon, get out of the way!"yelled Davis. The blast came, Exveemon pushing himself up and flying over the blast, and then down towards Flarezemon. "Come and get it"said Flarezemon readying his claw. Exveemon stopped in mid air, catching Flarezemon off guard. "Vee laser!"

An X made of energy came out, going into Flarezemon's stomach. He howled in pain, going back down into the lava. Davis rushed up to join his partner. "Let's get out of here before he comes back"said Davis. Exveemon grabbed him and they flew away quickly. A burst of lava shot up, FLarezemon back up and standing. "Did you think it would be so easy?"he asked. However no one was there. He looked all around. "Yeah you better run, don't let me catch you without money again"he threatened, shaking his claw around randomly.

"That was close"said Davis whiping the sweat off his forehead. "Now what?"asked Exveemon. "What else, we do what we came here to do, find Ken"said Davis. He heared a bleeping from his detirminal. Taking it out, he saw a message.

Davis

Meet at Odaiba Tower

Cody

Exveemon saw the message as well. "Should we go back?"asked Exveemon. "No way, there's no telling what's happening to Ken right now. Besides, we weren't on good terms before"said Davis. "You'll be on even worse terms if you're a no show"said Exveemon. Davis sighed. "I know, but I think they can go without me for once"said Davis. "Wow, I never thought Davis would try something like this"thought Exveemon.

03

"I hope Ken knows what he's doing"said Henry. "He may end up like me, should we ollow him?"asked Takato. "Yeah, if Rika attacks him, all of us combined will clobber her and Renamon"said Kazu. Henry shook his head. "I'd perfer not to have to fight her"said Henry. "He's right, I know it wasn't a lie, Rika's our friend, she just, needs help"said Takato. "How can you even think like that after what she did to you?"asked Kenta. "Renamon apoligized, why not Rika?"asked Guilmon.

Ken and Wormon exited the forest into the city, Wormon clining onto Ken's back, his head looking over his shoulder. Ken looked at the sketch again and looked around. Down to his right, he saw a girl who looked simalar to the one in the sketch. "That must be her"said Ken putting the sketch in his pocket. "Ken, are you sure?"asked Wormon. Ke nodded. "No one deserves to go through what I did. She won't suffer now, but she will later unless we stop it all now"said Ken. He walked forward, not as confident as his words. He may meet an untimely demise he knew. "Someone's approaching"said Renamon. "Who, is it a Digimon?"asked Rika looking around. "Wait, there seems to be two of them. One's human, the other a Digimon"said Renamon. "It must be on of those wannabes. Let's go crush them"said Rika. Renamon pointed the way, she couldn't stop Rika. She could only hope Rika woke up. Rika rushed forward, Ken saw her coming. "Get ready"warned Ken. When Rika got to a few feet from Ken, she stopped in her tracks. "Who are you?"she asked, not having watched the TV show.. Renamon caught up with ease. "I've never see you two before. Another tamer?"asked Renamon. "I'm here to help you"said Ken. "Help with what, fighting? One, I don't need help, two, that pathetic little worm would help about as much as a bag of chips"said Rika. Ken snickered. "What you smiling about!"said Rika angrily. "When I see the way you act, it reminds me of who I used to be. I never realized how big of an ego problem I had"said Ken. "That's it, I'm gonna tear that little bug to pieces. Renamon, let's go"

"Wormon, let's do it"said Ken. A light engulfed Wormon.

"Wormon, digivolve to, Stingmon!"

Renamon leaped up over Stingmon's head, the insectoid Digimon turning around. "Diamond Storm!"said Renamon, a rainfall of daimonds coming down. Stingmon covered himself, feeling miniscule pain. Renamon thrusted down, her leg pointed at Stingmon. "Watch it!"warned Ken. Stingmon flew back, a red dagger coming out of his hand. "Spiking Strike!"he said. Renamon landed on her feet, Stingmon striking at Renamon who dodged. He kept up a barrage of missing strikes, Renamon then stopping to whip her tail, knocking Stingmon back. "Stingmon!"gasped Ken. "Renamon, finish it"said Rika. Stingmon landed on his feet, going at Renamon again, sucsessfuly slashing across Renamon's chest. Renamon landed on the ground. "Stingmon, you have to destroy her"said Ken reluctantly. "Why?"he asked. "When I lost you, it broke the darkness for good. She'll come back"said Ken. Stingmon nodded, Renamon leaping to her feet and rushing forward again. Stingmon sidestepped, tripping her. Renamon fell face first to the ground. "Spiking Strike!"yelled Stingmon. Renamon just barely rolled out of the way. "Not bad, you're actualy pretty good. Good enough to use this"said Rika taking out the Orang Stone. "Rika, don't do that!"gasped Ken. "How do you know my name? Oh who cares, Orang Stone, empower!"said Rika. The cross glew on Rika's forehead. Renamon screamed, a green aurora bursting out from her. "Oh great"said Ken. Renamon came at lightning speed with a knee to the gut. "No!"gasped Ken. Renamon whipped him several feet away with her tail. Stingmon crashed through two trees painfuly. "No!"yelled Ken. "Kill him!"ordered Rika. In Ken's hand, an Orang stone appeared. "No, where did this come from! Stingmon!"he thought looking gravely as Renamon dashed forward. "I, there's no other way"thought Ken. he pointed the Stone out, screaming, an upside down cross appearing on his forehead. "What! No way!"gasped Rika. Stingmon glew in the green aurora, then leaped to his feet. "Stingmon, strike!"ordered Ken. Stingmon zipped by Renamon with God like speed, slashing with his spiking strike. Renamon hit the ground painfuly. "Get back up!"ordered RIka. REenamon leaped to her feet, going into the air. She saw Stingmon stop. "Gotchya"she thought.

"Diamond Storm!"she yelled. They came down, Stingmon slashimng most away. Those that did hit had no effect, simply shattering. "No way!"gasped Rika. "Stingmon, strike!"he ordered. Renamon was knocked to the ground before she knew, Stingmon landing. Unlike the others, Ken didn't change at all. The cross faded as he put the stone back in his pocket. "No, I can't use it"said Ken. "What! Without that, Renamon will crush your bug like a fly swatter"said Rika. "Listen Rika, I've had power like you, not an Orang Stone but power. I was just like you, ruthless, uncaring. It feels good for awhile but once you fail, once you lose that power you'll turn back to your normal self. Then you'll live with nothing but guilt for what you did. It's too late for me, for you there's a chance. I, won't use this Stone"said Ken taking it out. He threw it behind him into the stream. They were standing just outside the forest. Rika was shaking. "Y-you! DOn't you ever lecture me! You sound pathetic, like my old friends!"said RIka. She chuckled, pointing to him. "You're afraid of losing with your new power, so throw it away so you have an excuse for losing, you're pathetic. Allright, just who are you!"demanded Rika. "I'm Ken Ichijoji"he said. "What! Impossible, I heared of you, you're only a charicter in a TV show"said RIka. Ken shook his head. I'm just like you, human and alive"he said.

"So, when you talked about power before you were talking about being the Digimon Emperor. I have to say, if the show depicted real life, then it was a joke. I hear about it from other girls in my school, how the Emperor cried like a baby when his loser Digimon died, ha!"said Rika. "You would feel the same if your Digimon were to die"said Ken. "No, I would just need to find a stronger Digimon in that case"said RIka. "What!"gasped Renamon sitting up. "Let's go Renamon, this loser isn't worth our time. Maybe I'll finish off his bug if I find two minutes to kill"she said walking away. "Don't do this to yourself Rika, you'll regret it greatly"warned Ken. "Shut up you nobody. You threw it all away, but I won't make that mistake again"she said walking away. Stingmon dedigivolved. "It dosen't make sense, if the Stone's making her act this way, why didn't the stone affect you?"asked Wormon. "I'm wondering if it dosen't have something to do with the dark spore, maybe since both made the darkness in me grow, that they negated eachother, like magnets. Opposites attract, but those of the same oppose"said Ken. "I'm just glad we made it through alive"said Wormon. Ken smiled at him weakly. "What now?"asked Wormon. "We'll go back to the others. There's no convincing her Wormon, I wouldn't listen to reason either. Maybe, the only way is to suffer like I did"said Ken. "You shouldn't give up on people Ken, I never gave up on you. Besides, when she does go back to normal, she'll need someone who knows how it feels to help her cope"said Wormon. Ken nodded, looking to the ground with a tear coming from his eye. "I remember how much that hurt. I hope there is a way to help her before she does something she regrets. I just feel so helpless, this must've been how you felt"said Ken.

"If you can be helped, she can"said Wormon. Ken sighed. "Okay, I'll try again"said Ken heading in the direction of Rika. Rika hadn't gone far and heared footsteps following her. Looking behind her, she saw them coming back. "You want more?"asked Rika. Ken looked at Wormon. "Wormon, I want you to leave"said Ken. "But, why?"he asked. "It's nothing personal, but, I need to do this alone. If you're around, she'll want to fight more"said Ken. Wormon nodded, hopping to the ground. "Be careful, I'll be waiting"he said crawling away. "Leaving your Digimon behind!"yelled Rika. "I don't want him to get hurt. Please, I've been through this. It hurts badly when it's all set and done, I still haven't fully healed. I didn't come here to fight, if I did, I wouldn't have asked Wormon to leave"said Ken. RIka snickered. "We'll force him then, Renamon, take him apart"said Rika. Ken stood unerved. Rika gasped at his reaction, Renamon not moving. "Go!"she yelled. Renamon looked down. "RIka, how could you ask me to attack a defenseless human?"asked Renamon. "I'll do it myself"said Rika. Ken still didn't move. Wormon was watching it all, he could hear Ken's voice in his head telling him not to intervene. Rika slugged him across the face, blood flying from Ken's mouth. He fell face first in pain. "That was a tap compared to what I can really do"she said. "Leave him alone!"

She looked behind her, all the other Tamers assembled. Ken could hear them but couldn't lift his head. He felt he would pass out any minute. "Rika, I heared what happened. Don't, do this to yourself"pleaded Takato in pain. Rika's face looked angry. "Rika, don't end up like me. Please"said Ken. Now she looked confused. She clutched her head, the cross dimming. "Shut up!"she yelled, the cross growing. She stomped into Ken's back, Ken screaming in pain. A cop car stopped by, police rushing out and grabbing RIka, quit a few. Her fell out, losing it's power. "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used againstr you in the court of law" As Rika was cuffed and stuffed in the car, one of the cops turned around to check on the kids but they were gone. They had brought Ken over to the hideout. His eyes were sparcely open. "You okay?"asked Takato. "Yeah, it hurts bad but I'll manage"said Ken painfuly. "You were brave out there, I, guess RIka really is the enemy"said Henry. "N-no, I was as stubborn as her when I was the Emperor, there's hope. For now, I just need, rest"he said falling unconcious. "He's gonna sleep here?"asked Guilmon. "Aw, if we had a cxream puff we could make him better"said Calumon. "Yeah, that and a medic"said Takato. "Rika lost her stone and is in police custody. Of course, Renamon may break her out"said henry.

02

Younger RYo awakened in a nearly pitch black darkness. Standing up, the only light he could see was sparce, from small burning torches. It looked to be somekind of dungeon. "I have to get out of here, if the DigiDestined and tamers don't unite, it's all over"

To Be Continued...