Chapter 2: A New Warrior
The day after the attack, Takato, Henry, Rika, Jeri, Kazu, and Kenta and their partners were at Guilmon's Hideout. Impmon was also there, because Renamon had informed him of the meeting and he came on his own behalf. They were all still puzzled as to why this new digimon wanted them destroyed especially Renamon and Impmon. They had called the meeting to see if anyone had any suggestions, but no one did.
"We still have to figure out who this guy is and why he's attacking us," Rika said.
"Yeah. But how do we find out?" replied Henry.
"We could try to figure it out for ourselves," suggested Kenta.
Rika scowled at him and said, "How are we supposed to do that when we know nothing?"
Kenta shrugged leaving Rika mad at him for even suggesting such a thing. They all started to wonder if they would ever figure it out. They were just about to call it a day and go home, when suddenly a digital field emerged. Funny thing is, it emerged only a few feet away from Guilmon's Hideout. They came out of the hideout and looked at the digital field. The digimon stood ready for the digimon that would come out of there. The fog lifted and the tamers gasped when they realized who it was.
"Azulongmon! What are you doing here?" Takato said surprised.
Azulongmon looked at them and said with a low voice, "It's nice to see you again children. I am glad to see you all together again. I have come here to tell you that a great new evil has come to our world."
"We know. That digimon came here yesterday and was talking about ruling both worlds," Henry said.
Azulongmon sighed and said, "Yes. He has come for that reason my friends. But there is something else you should know about this digimon. He is not from here but from the future I'm afraid."
"Wait a minute. Are you saying that when he was here yesterday, he had really come from the future somehow? But that's impossible, isn't it?" Kazu asked.
"Maybe. But not entirely impossible. It seems that this digimon found a way to rip a hole from his time into ours. He has come here to change our present for his future."
"Hmmm. I guess that would explain why we couldn't inflict any damage on him. If digimon can evolve to become stronger, then I guess it would explain his power," said Henry.
"But if that's true, then how are we supposed to beat him," Rika asked.
"That is where I shall tell you the other reason why I am here," said Azulongmon."When that digimon came into our time, so did another. He is not here to fight you, but to help you. He was fighting this digimon when the rip between the two times came open. He followed the digimon here but did not come to the Real World. Instead, he came to the Digital World and found me. This is what he told me and I have brought him with me. He will only help if you want him to help."
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to have another digimon on the team. Besides he might be able to answer all of our questions," said Terriermon.
The tamers agreed with him.
"All right then. Come on out. They want your help and they will need it," said Azulongmon as he spoke to someone standing in the shadows.
The figure walked forward and once he was completely into the sunlight, everyone dropped their jaws and gasped.
"I...I don't believe it! It's a…" Rika stammered.
"It's another Impmon!" Takato said, finishing Rika's sentence.
Indeed it did look like an Impmon, but it wasn't. It had the same body, same ears, and same purple skin with a white face. But there were some things different about him that made him different from an Impmon. Instead of emerald green eyes, he had diamond blue eyes. His bandana was worn the way Ryo's was when the tamers first met Ryo. He didn't have an evil smiley on his stomach, just a bare chest. His gloves were black with spikes on the knuckles and the ends had holes where his five purple fingers came through. At the ends of his fingers were white fingernails about one to two inches long. To add to this, he had on a black jacket that only went down to his waist. On his back he carried a sword that looked to big for him to handle and if he ever took off the sword, you would see a huge ying-yang symbol in the middle of his jacket. This new digimon looked at them with unconcern.
"I would like you to meet Inderamon, a warrior from the future. I'm sure he will explain everything to you," Azulongmon said. He turned to Inderamon and said, "I will leave you now. Are you sure this is what you want?"
Inderamon turned and, unlike Impmon's voice, Inderamon carried a smooth voice that had only a tiny accent in it. He said to the sovereign, "Yes. This is my choice and I am willing to carry it out. Thank you for understanding."
Azulongmon nodded and then left through an invisible portal. Inderamon turned and looked at the tamers. They were all still shocked to see a digimon that looked almost exactly like Impmon. No one was sure what to say.
Inderamon smiled and said, "Well now. I suppose you have a lot of questions for me. Might as well get comfortable somewhere cause I have a feeling this will take a while."
Inderamon went over to a tree and sat down with his arms crossed. The others sat by him, unsure of what to say. Finally, Henry broke the silence.
"Inderamon, what was that digimon that came here yesterday? We've never seen anything like him and we couldn't get any data off of him with our D-Arcs."
Inderamon looked at him and then answered his question.
"The digimon you fought was Phoenixmon."
"Phoenixmon?" Takato asked.
Inderamon nodded and then continued. "Phoenixmon wasn't bad to begin with. After the battles between digimon and humans ceased, Phoenixmon came to the sovereigns and wished to help in renewing the digital world. He helped us and our world had peace over it. Digimon still fought each other but the battles between the real world and ours were finally over...or so we thought. Suddenly, something happened to the sovereigns. No one knows what. One minute they were ruling and the next thing anyone knew, they were gone. Phoenixmon blamed their deaths on the humans with digimon partners and said that they must suffer for what they have done. It was a mess. At first, the digimon that did associate humans either fled or were destroyed. But then… he started to destroy more than that. He destroyed innocent digimon and soon found a way into the real world. Once he was there, he slaughtered humans. Even little children weren't safe. That monster destroyed everything! Our homes, our families, our friends, and our futures. After everything that I had was taken away from me, I decided on my destiny. I vowed that Phoenixmon would pay for what he did and that is why I'm here. To stop the chaos he will bring to this world."
"What about us? I mean...what happened to us?" Kenta asked.
Inderamon looked at them, sighed, and said, "They destroyed you as well. You were all adults when this happened. You tried to stop it but...you were destroyed in the process. Some of you died in battle and others…died of murder! I remember watching...those things...murder my family. They made sure they died painfully. I can never forgive them."
"Your family?" Kazu asked.
Inderamon lowered his head and said, "Yes. My parents. They killed them. Both my father and... my mother."
They looked at him confused and Rika said, "But I thought digimon couldn't have parents or offspring."
"A lot has changed since the D-Reaper. The digimon evolved into becoming almost like humans. They had schools, families, and mates, almost everything. But it was destroyed," Inderamon said, shaking his head as if trying to get rid of a bad memory.
"They killed your parents? That's awful," Takato said.
"What kind of person would do such a thing?" said Renamon.
Inderamon only shook his head not saying anything. His eyes were filled with sadness. The tamers couldn't imagine what had happened. All the pain and suffering couldn't comprehend with what Inderamon was feeling.
"Who were your parents?" Jeri asked.
"I can't tell you. That is something that will not be revealed."
"What else can you tell us about him?" Henry asked.
"Nothing. Except that he's a cold-blooded monster who's only desire here is to destroy."
Henry nodded and said, "I think that's everything we wanted to know."
"Wait a sec. We're still wondering why Phoenixmon wants to destroy Renamon and Impmon so badly," Takato said.
"Yeah. What's so special about those two anyway?" Terriermon said.
Impmon glared at him and Inderamon said, "That's something to do with my time, not yours. Don't worry about it for now. Just focus on the enemy and don't listen to him. He likes to provoke people."
I can see why Phoenixmon wants to destroy Impmon, because of who Inderamon looks like. But as for Renamon...I don't know. Henry thought to himself.
As darkness fell, they all decided to call it a day and went home. Takato looked at the mysterious digimon and knew he didn't have anywhere to go.
"Hey Inderamon. Do you want to stay at my place, since you have nowhere to go."
Inderamon shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'll find my own way. See ya!"
With that he took off into the night, leaving Takato standing there wondering about today's events.
