Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, the Chosen Digi-Destined, V-Tamer characters, the Tamers or the Frontier Digi-Destined. I also don't own the rights to the Dragonball GT, Yu Yu Hakusho or Digimon Frontier storylines. Dorothy Kaimodosu and Avengemon are character rights of Dark Warrior. Max, Keke, Kara, Tike, David, Sam and Pikkan are rightful characters of D3 creator, Max Acorn AKA MA. Wyveemon, Mega Veemon and Ultima X are characters contributed by Alan Wilkinson. Saber Veemon, Saitou, Haze Frogmon, Artificial Jax, Sonja, Virus, and Burizalor are characters I've created for this story.

Hey, guys! I'm back with yet another update! I really don't have much to say as far as updates go, but I'll be on the ball with this and the Pharaohmon's Arc when I have the time. Until then, enjoy the chapter.

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Last time, a dark force emerges from the Digital Cores and it is revealed to be Millenniumon's sinister shadow. He announces that he would transfer his dark essence within the cores and in the process create seven monsters. Each monster has been spread across the planet to proceed with destroying mankind.

Meanwhile, Millenniumon's other accomplice has set his plot into motion. Mushiyori City. Within this city, a dark crew is forging a tunnel between the real and the dark worlds. If completed, countless digimon and inter-dimensional beings just as strong as Virus and Bebimon will flood the earth. It'll be a much bigger and catastrophic invasion unlike the last one. Is there any way to stop it? The answer is simple: Find the spell caster who is forming the tunnel and defeat him. Shintomon and X has assembled Taichi's team and split them into seven groups. Four of which will go out to find the seven monsters and the other two will set off to Mushiyori city. They now enter the fray.

((Digimon Frontier Opening theme "Fire!!" plays))

The Search for the Spellcasters! Haze Frogmon, the Master of Pollution and Manipulation!

Mushiyori City

It was dawn in the city of Mushiyori. The citizens had remained despite the invasion of the hell escapees the other day. There weren't any other strange occurrences since then. However, despite the peace, this was the same city where the tunnel leading to the Dark Realm was being forged by Saitou and his crew.

Shintomon and X had split Tai's team into seven groups. Two of those teams had set off into Mushiyori in search of any clues that might help them in their leading case.

Shintomon lead one group that consisted of Izzy, Mimi, Sora, Dimitri and their digimon partners. They were seen across an empty lot field on the backgrounds of Mushiyori.

Meanwhile, X led his team consisting of Tai, Agumon, Max, BW and Keke. Their mission was to locate clues on the tunnel being forged. This also included finding any of the spell casters that may be residing in the city.

The skies were currently crimson after the side effects of the portal that opened above the heavens. The citizens didn't seem to notice nor care about the situation at hand.

BW and X were looking across at the city for any clues. Thus far, they've only managed to sense the presence of tiny, low-level digimon lurking through the city. These were considered no threat and were ignored.

"Anything yet?" Max asked.

"Nothing yet. All we've been sensing are lower level digimon that don't even seem to be harmful to the people here," replied BW. "Damn, this is going to be tough. We've never had to search for humans. These spell casters must have really low ki since I can't sense them out."

"It's no surprise. We've been so used to dealing with enemies with high powers," stated X. "We really need to keep our eyes peeled."

"Geez, I can't believe I have to take this mission," Tai grumbled. "I could have helped the others to defeat the seven monsters."

"I think everyone else can handle the seven monsters. What we really need to worry about is the tunnel being forged," X said. "Besides, what I'm looking for is another human with such special abilities."

"What? You mean there's a spell caster not associated with this creep?" Keke asked.

"Exactly and he's not very far from here," BW said. "We'll use this guy to help us to locate the main spell caster. We're told that he can read minds."

"Great, a mind reader? Just what we needed…"

"Dad, don't worry. We're going to find this guy and he's going lead us to this psycho."

"So, what are we waiting for? Let's get this show on the road," Tai suggested. "Man, if only I would have been paired with the others."

India/China Border

The team that was sent to investigate the increasing epidemic disaster was all seven of the legendary warriors. Accompanying them were Joe, Cody and their digimon partners. This is just what they needed since Joe was already an official doctor with a high PHD.

"All right, guys. We're told that one of the seven monsters was pinpointed here and there's been a spread of a dangerous epidemic," Joe stated. "Takuya. I know you and your friends will take care of the monster business while Cody and I go to the nearest medical facility. There's been rumors of a man impersonating a doctor and is probably responsible for the spread of this plague."

"It wouldn't really surprise me if this ol' doc and the monster are in any sort of cahoots," Armadillomon suggested.

"I can't argue with that," Takuya said. "Joe. Why don't I join you guys? Kouji. I'll leave it to you to lead everyone through to finding the monster."

"Don't worry. You just leave to us," Kouji said. "There could be minions in there sent by the monster to guard that mad doctor."

"Then, we're all in agreement. Let's move out," Cody said. "There's no time to lose! These poor people need aid."

With that said, Kouji lead his team through the lush forests to search out for the monster polluting the luscious landscape. Unknown to them, Haze Frogmon is the monster that's creating the mess within the Indian/Chinese border. Joe, Cody, Takuya and the digimon headed off towards the opposite direction into a trail that would lead them to the local medical facility.

Looking on from within the lush forests was Haze Frogmon. The maniacal amphibian chuckled deeply to himself and prepared to hunt down the remaining five warriors that lurked deep within his territory.

Paris, France

Kari and TK led their team consisting of Gatomon, Patamon, Tike, Kara, Dorothy, Henry, Terriermon, Suzie and Lopmon through a foggy Paris. The digimon's sensitive eyes were able to see through the fog. This managed to help their human partners in the process.

"Listen up, everyone," TK announced. "We'll be splitting up into two groups. Henry. You take Terriermon, Suzie and Lopmon out towards the eastern side. Doroty, you take our children over to the western side. Be sure to keep an eye on them. If they curse, then you have our permission to curse back."

"Don't worry. They are in good hands," Dorothy assured the young father.

"TK. Gatomon and I will take the north side."

"Good idea, Kari. That just leaves the southern section. All right, let's split up. If you see the monster, then holler out. We'll be there as soon as possible."

As everyone gave an assuring nod, they split up across the city. TK and Patamon took off towards a street, which would lead them through into the southern district of Paris. There was a set of eyes that have kept a close eye on Takeru. The shadowy figure snickers in a feminine tone and sets off to follow out Takeru.

Los Angeles, CA

Takato, Guilmon, Rika, Renamon, Pikkan, Leomon and Jeri were on their search for the monster that has run amuck in Los Angeles. Thus far, they haven't been able to find the creature's whereabouts. However, it has felt a trail of clues including globs of purple slime across the city side. There were even reports of power outages and people being struck down with high voltages of electricity.

"Takatomon. I don't like the looks of this," Guilmon said. "I'm seeing a lot of these purple slime. Yucky…"

"It's probably some clues of the monster we're looking for," Rika said.

"It is, Rika," Renamon stated. "The monster is here, but at what point of location? I'm not too sure. I can't even sense it out."

"What you two? Leomon? Pikkan?" Jeri asked.

"Unfortunately, I have been unable to," Leomon said. "This one has managed to mask its ki. It's definitely in stealth mode."

"Just what we needed. If only that bastard show himself out here and soon," Pikkan scoffed.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Pikkan. We sometimes have to rely on our wits when it comes to finding our enemy," Renamon suggested.

"Ha! Maybe I can sniff him out! That always works out," Guilmon said.

"Ugh, why didn't you just say that sooner?" Takato muttered. "Ok, Guilmon. Put that nose to work."

As soon as Takato gave him direct orders, Guilmon proceeded to sniff out the scent of the hidden enemy. Much to everyone's dismay, they knew that this would be the only accurate direction to finding the concealed enemy. The digimon couldn't even sense out the monster's ki. The enemy was well prepared for the Tamers' arrival.

With the Tamers trailing along on the search for the monster, the perpetrator was perched far off on a power line post. The feathered-reptilian beast looks on from the far distance and kept his eyes on the crew.

"That's right, children. You're stepping into exactly where I want you."

Shinjuku Cemetery

Ever since Ken's body was stolen from the hospital, Davis has been out on a warpath after being told that a monster's whereabouts was close within a cemetery in Shinjuku. Accompanying him were Veemon, Sonja, David, Sam, Yolei, Hakwmon, Wormmon, Impmon and Calumon. But that was not all. Kazu, Kenta, Guardromon and Marine Angemon were there with them as well.

Davis walks across the cryptic cemetery with his D-3 in hand. He growls deeply after realizing that his best friend's corpse was stolen by perhaps one of the seven monsters. He was bell bent on taking out the perpetrator. Everyone couldn't blame him, especially Wormmon.

"Davis. You really need to calm down," Yolei said. "I'm just about as upset as you are, but there's no need to keep it bottled up inside."

"He's our best friend, Yolei. Yesterday has to be one of the worst days of my life. Our best friend was killed and kidnapped on the same day. He wasn't even alive to begin with! What kind of a sick freak would steal a corpse?! No, I'm going to find this bastard and find Ken's body. This cemetery is pretty obvious, don't you think?"

"Yeah. I'm willing to bet that one of those seven monsters ran off with Ken's body and is luring us here. But, we'll be ready for him!" Veemon scoffed.

"By the way, did Izzy manage to upgrade you, Sonja?" Hawkmon asked.

"He actually did. I feel a lot better and should aid you guys. David, stay close to me."

"Ok."

"Yesh! Did we really have to come here?! This place gives me the willies!" Impmon complained.

"I'm scared, Impmon. What if a ghost comes out and tries to scare us?" Calumon asked.

"You're asking me?!"

"I don't blame him," Kazu calls out. "Why of all places were we given a cemetery?!"

"I'm going to have nightmares for weeks because of this," Kenta said while shivering from the chill.

"You two should get a grip," Sonja muttered. "Why didn't you just stay home?"

"Because, we figure you guys could use our help," Kazu implied. "There's no way we're sitting out on this opportunity! We're going to help save the world!"

"And stop the monsters!" Kenta exclaimed.

"Couldn't you two be any more dense than you already are?" Impmon wondered.

"Hey! We're no dense! Just tell us what you want us to do and we'll carry through," Kazu said.

"You two can just shut the hell up!!" Sonja snapped.

The two boys cowered away into the cemetery as Sonja's eyes became fueled with fire. If looks could kill, Sonja would scare Kazu and Kenta to death.

"Kazu. Never talk back to Davis' wife again," Kenta suggested.

"No kidding, dude. She's even scarier than Rika when she gets pissy."

"Let's get going guys. As soon as we take this monster out, we're finding Ken's body," Davis stated.

As the team journeyed deeper into the cemetery, a dark figure watched ominously with a body corpse held tightly around his grip. The figure smiles a toothy grin and prepares to expand his territory.

"More corpses to add to my collection. Perfect…"

Mushiyori City

Back within the city district, Tai and his crew were observing the streets as they realized that the people did not notice the presence of the feral digimon. There's a good chance that these digimon were invisible to the normal human eye, but Tai and his team were able to see them. This was mostly likely a sign of events yet to come.

"I still don't see how those people can't even see those digimon. Look, they're right there in the open!"

"You forget, Max. Ordinary people can't see them but we can," BW stated.

"Let's keep the chant to a minimum," replied X. "We don't have time to spare."

"Gee, I wonder how Shintomon and the others are faring…"

Outskirts of Mushiyori

Tai's worries were put to rest as Shintomon led his group through the empty outskirts. This was the exact spot where then tunnel was said to be formed according to Gosenzomon's reports. Much to their dismay, there wasn't a single trace of the tunnel to be found or evidence of any digimon emerging out.

"Um, so what's the verdict?" Dimitri wondered.

"So, are you sure this is center of that distortion thing?" asked Palmon.

"I can't believe you had to make me walk all the way out here for nothing," Mimi complained.

"Well, I don't see any big tunnel anywhere," Sora said.

"Unless he's invisible, the spell caster isn't here either," Tentomon pointed out the obvious.

"No, you guys. A distortion zone always takes the form of a circle around its creator," explained Izzy. "Right now, we're standing at the circle's center. The spell caster is indeed here, but we just need to think."

"Wow, you really followed through on that one, Izzy," Biyomon stated.

"We're glad to have a geek on our team," Mimi replied. "Don't get me wrong. I didn't mean it in a bad way."

"I'll take that as a compliment, thank you."

"Then if the spell caster is not on the surface, then he has to be below it," Shintomon said. "Plus, we've already stated that our teleportation will not work through their barrier. There's no way through unless the spell caster decides to open it anytime soon."

"Underground, huh?" Sora said.

Suddenly, Shintomon and the digimon felt a slight disturbance from within the area. They turned towards an opposite direction and turned off to locate the 'spy'. Sora, Izzy, Mimi and Dimitri followed them along.

"Hey, did you feel something?!" Izzy calls out to the digimon.

As the digimon crew arrived at the spot, there wasn't a sign of anyone or anything from within the close radius. It looked as though the 'spy' had vanished from sight and left behind nothing but a faint signal.

"There's one thing I'd like to know. What saw us?" Shintomon wondered.

"What are you talking about? Was someone spying on us?" Mimi asked.

"So they already know that we're looking for them," Palmon replied.

"You sure you aren't just being a little paranoid? I didn't see anything," Sora said.

"What does that prove? You'll need more than just eyes to find these enemies," Biyomon replied. "Just leave this to us, digimon."

"In any case, we should play it safe and reconvene with Taichi's group immediately," Shintomon said to the group.

Unknown to Shintomon's team, there was a mysterious human girl looking on through the nearest bushes. She was small in stature and looked exactly like Hikari during her youth. She kept her eyes closely locked onto the Digi-Destined. This was most definitely the being that transmitted that energy signal that Shintomon homed onto.

Mushiyori

Tai's crew was walking across a street while searching for the certain spell caster X had spoken of. Keke held tightly onto Max.

"It's all right, Keke. There's nothing to be scared about."

"Who said I was scared? I just don't like being in eerie places with digimon popping out of nowhere. Plus, these red skies aren't doing me any favors and it's just not a pleasant thing to see."

"Yeah, it sure isn't normal but then again what hasn't been normal these past two days?" Agumon said.

Suddenly, Tai, X, BW and Agumon stopped as they felt presence from within the closest range. There was an energy signal coming from behind an empty lot ahead of them. It looked as if they had just entered the territory of a spell caster. Perhaps it was the one with the mind-reading abilities.

"Did you just feel that now?" X asked.

"Let take a guess. We just entered one of these territories you were talking about?" Tai asked.

"What are they talking about? I couldn't even feel anything," Max said. "Oh, wait. Now I feel it."

"Me, too," said Keke.

"It could be the one we're looking for," BW said. "He must be in that parking a lot. Come! Let's go and check this one out!"

With that said, Tai and Agumon took off first with everyone else trailing along. The leader stopped right by into the empty lot and pushed the gateway fence door open. He looks across to find a dark-haired and pale-skinned man with a purple trench coat. This was the same man who had a creature removed from out of his body by Saitou recently. This is Yukio Oikawa.

"Hey, you! Are you the spell caster?!" Tai calls out to the man.

"Wha…? Who are you?! What do you want from me?!" Oikawa asked frantically. "Stay back!"

The pale-skinned man fell back and started to squirm away. He looks like he had just recently seen a ghost. As soon as Agumon came into view, the man panicked in fear.

"Hey, what is his problem, Tai? Is he the spell caster?"

"Probably so. Hey, mister! Calm down!"

"Stay away!"

Just as X and the others arrived at the scene, Oikawa stopped screaming. X walks through the gateway door and advances toward Oikawa. The man attempted to scurry away on his knees but X placed a finger on the man's forehead.

"Yukio Oikawa. I presume? Yes, you are the one we are looking for. Just recently, you've just gained the special ability to read minds."

"How… How did you know?"

"Well, ever since this whole mess with tunnels being forged open and monsters being unleashed on the planet, I just came to realize that certain humans have now gained special abilities. Don't know how, but it just happened."

"What do you want from me?"

"We want you to help us track down another spell caster," BW suggested. "We're looking for the one who's been behind the opening to the Dark Realm."

"Why? What purpose do I have in this?"

"You'll help us a great deal since we can't even put a trace on the guy himself," said Tai. "So you either help us or we're stuck looking for this psycho the hard way. Believe me, I'm not the type of guy who has the patience for it."

"I don't know if I can…"

"Please, you could really help us out. You specialize in mind reading. So why not put it to good use?" Max suggested.

"Even a child like yourself is getting involved in this mess?"

"Of course. I'm always going to be aiding my father and my friends. Just because I'm a kid, that doesn't mean I can't lend a hand. If kids like me and Keke can volunteer, then you ought to be able to."

Oikawa thought this through as Max's words finally shed new light on the situation. Would a boy manage to revive Oikawa's confidence after being completely taken over by a creature inside of his body? He doesn't quite remember what had happened with him since that event.

"So, what's it going to be, Mr. Oikawa?" X asked. "This kid really brings up a good point. If a boy can lend a hand to a good cause, then you should ought to as well."

"Fine, you've managed to arouse my curiosity. It's interesting to know that there are other spell casters out there besides myself," Oikawa said. "Please, tell me what I need to do."

"Of course, but we'll need to be at a more open location," BW said. "Like where there's a large crowd of people. You should be able to read the minds of masses."

"I'll try…"

"No, there is no 'try', Mr. Oikawa. We have to succeed and we have to know who our enemy's identity is," said X. "If we don't find him, then we won't know who to set our attack on."

"Wow, Max. You really seem to bring the confidence out of people," Agumon said.

"I know. I'm really good at it… I guess…"

"Guess, huh?" Tai said. "We'll see about that…"

Later that day in the center of Mushiyori

After a long walk down through heavy crowds all across the streets, Tai's group managed to find a cement seat alongside many other benches near a bus stop. Tai and X sat down next to Oikawa while the spell caster was beginning to probe every thought from the people around them. Max, Keke, Agumon and BW stood in guard to search for anything suspicious.

So far, there wasn't anything of important that has caught their attention. Oikawa was still probing through every available human mind possible.

"Mr. Oikawa? So, how big is your territory?" Tai curiously asked.

"I'd say about thirty meters in radius or more," the older male replied. "I can hear the voices of people within that area the same as if they were holding a conversation."

"That's nothing new," Tai said. "Us, fusion warriors could do that."

"Yes, but the foe we're looking for has succeeded in preventing us from reading his thoughts. I thought its make more sense to find and use another spell caster to do our bidding," X explained.

"I see."

As soon as their conversation ended, Oikawa instantly picked up on every single thought from across his developed territory. Some were negative and many others were simply mental conversations.

"Damn, I could sure use some weed right about now!"

"That guy's creeping me out!"

"Die, you idiot!"

"There's another test today?! I'll just have to skip out on it!"

"Ugh! That guy is like so ugly!"

"Whoa, that woman has got big boobs!"

"The stronger the thoughts of the people around me are, the louder their voices sound to me," Oikawa said. "It'll be as though that one person is shouting out."

"Ok, that means you can check everyone that passes by here," Tai said.

"Let us know if there's anyone thinking something inhumane," X instructed the mind reader. "I'll help you along, but only you can find the culprit."

"Very well."

"Just don't show it on your face and don't meet their gaze either," BW stated. "The enemy has plenty of ability in their arsenal."

"That's right. 'He' will undoubtedly realize that he is within your territory," X continued on.

"Yeah, okay…"

Oikawa proceeded to go along as planned and probes through every available mind that passes by. Every man, woman and child are prime suspects in the situation. Either one of them could very well be the mastermind to the whole plot. Max, Keke, Agumon and BW kept their eye out.

"Well, how about it? Haven't you found anyone yet?" Tai asked.

Just then, X and Tai noticed Oikawa feeling a little uneasy. Sweat was started to pour down the man's face and his face contorted with fear.

"Mr. Oikawa?"

"Yes… There's someone… someone there… this guy's terrible…"

Oikawa held his face and started to squirm in absolute tear. Laughter was echoing from the background. A deep, cold and sinister voice was speaking through his mind. The thought of death and torture was coming from the culprit.

"I'll kill them all… Women… Kids… Sickly old men… Until every foot of dirt is a grave. Then I'll stack them on top. I'll kill them. I'll kill them all. I'll kill them all. I'll kill them all. I'll kill them all. I'LL KILL THEM ALL!!!"

As soon as the voice faded, Oikawa lets out a horrifying scream and sits up from his stand. The crowd of people stopped as they looked towards Oikawa and wondered about the sudden commotion. Tai held down Oikawa and closed his mouth.

"Shut up or they're going to find you!" Tai snapped.

"I'm sorry. I can't take it. The voice is too loud, but it's quiet too. Savage… Dark… Please, I've had enough of this!"

"Don't you worry, Mr. Oikawa," Max assured him. "We'll handle him!"

"Just leave it to us," Keke stated.

"Right. Just tell me who he is… and don't point," Tai instructed the older man.

"He's coming from the right. Tall guy in black. His hair is slicked back."

As soon as he said that, everyone froze and turned around to find the man that perfectly fit Oikawa's description. The sinister young man stops in place to make eye contact with the group. Tai looks across and gasps in shock. Saitou froze in place with a smirk on his chagrin. Suddenly, a bullet-sized object came hurtling out of nowhere and goes right for Oikawa. Tai jumps out right in front of Oikawa and snares the object in hand with quick reflexes.

"Damn! That was close!"

"Incoming!" Agumon exclaimed.

Another object came shooting out from a different direction and nails Oikawa directly in the forehead. Oikawa manages to let out a grunt as his head snapped back with blood spewing out from his forehead. The man falls back in a dead state. Tai stopped to pick Oikawa off from the ground. Keke covers her face at the sight of the blood.

"How horrible!" Keke screamed.

"Where did those shots come from?!" Max exclaimed.

"From the center but did that guy do it?!" Agumon wondered. "I couldn't even sense any huge ki from those shots!"

"Damn it!" Tai cursed.

Tai turns around and makes eye contact with the supposed perpetrator. The sinister young man grins and sends out a final note to the leader.

"We'll call that my introduction, Taichi Kamiya."

"He's the leader! He has to be!" Tai said in thought.

"Dad! We have to get Mr. Oikawa to the hospital!" X said.

"But what about the guy?!"

X and BW turned around to find that Saitou had vanished from sight. The people within the scene of the crime gathered around in masses as one of them immediately contacted the local hospital for an ambulance to arrive.

Ambulance scene

Five minutes after the call was made, the local Mushiyori hospital had sent out one of their ambulance units to pick up Oikawa. Tai and his group were fortunate to accompany the spell caster.

It seemed as thought Oikawa was going to make it after all since he was moving slightly. Agumon covers his forehead with a wet cloth.

"How is he? Will he make it?" Keke asked.

"I don't know," Max said. "Not many people survive a bullet to the brain, plus that was no energy blast of any kind. Sneaky…"

"You bring up an interesting point, Max," X replied. "But he'll be fine."

"What?!"

As soon as removed the object from under the Oikawa's forehead, X revealed to everyone a small white object that looked similar to an eraser. In fact, it was an eraser from the end of a pencil.

"This is the so-called bullet he took."

"Sure doesn't look like metal," said Keke.

"It's a pencil eraser," replied Agumon. "It's obvious."

"That's crazy!" Tai said. "Damn, score one for old number two."

"So, the guy had his head cracked open by a pencil top?" Keke wondered. "That's not logical."

"That's right. Just call this one a warning shot," BW reminded the crew.

"Damn, these guys are running on stealth here. Our digimon can't even sense them out that well. We're dealing with a kind of enemy here, plus we still have those seven monsters to deal with," Tai thought.

Elsewhere on a rooftop within Mushiyori

Looking on across the city blanketed over by red skies was the ominous presence of Saitou. His attire consisted of a long-sleeve black shirt with matching color pants and boots. His skin is tanned brown with a fade of orange. His dark hair is slicked back with a curly tip hanging over his forehead. There was a small blue dot similar to an orb on his forehead. Saitou's eyes were slanted and gave off a sinister, eerie effect.

Suddenly, a swift gust of wind passes by Saitou and another figure emerges from behind him. The figure stands up. He, too, was quite eerie in presence despite being a normal human boy. He was wearing white red shirt with a white tee underneath. He was wearing blue jeans and a pair of sneakers. His hair is short and spiked up.

"Hello, Hideto Fujimoto a.k.a. Sniper."

"Taichi didn't follow you as planned."

"No. He kept his cool. I was most surprised."

"Rei Saiba a.k.a. Ice Maker is shadowing Shintomon's group. She's waiting for orders and Taichi's group is entering the hospital. Haze Frogmon has mind-controlled two doctors from the Indian/Chinese border. One of them has been sent at this exact hospital. The other one will be waiting out Taichi's friends at the other hospital. This one doctor should get the job done."

"Two doctors for the price of one? Perfect. Haze Frogmon has done his job. By the way, one of our enemies might be the one we're looking for."

"Is this true?"

"As you call, your good friend, Neo Saiba, has a problem with the anti-Synister barrier. Even if he completes the tunnel, the best destroyers won't be able to cross. We need another spell caster to break the barrier. We may have found on in one of these two groups."

"Who is it?"

"You leave that business to me, Mr. Hideto. Remember, I only accepted you because Neo asked me to. You should be grateful I was able to heal Rei's devastating injuries. In the meantime, let's get rid of the extras. Let's dig a hole, Hideto. Each one of us. Seven graves will be a decent start."

Local Mushiyori Hospital

Oikawa was immediately reading in through Saitou's sinister thoughts and caught on with his small conversation with Hideto. He repeated nearly everything said by the dark human.

"Let's dig a hole, Hideto. Each one of us. Seven graves will be a decent start. Dark Angel, Hideto the Sniper, Rei Saiba the Ice Maker, Mad Doctor, Neo Saiba the Gatekeeper, Sigma, Mari the Game master… that's amongst their names. Hideto is called Sniper and Rei is named Ice Maker. Those were the words that came to his mind."

"I see, but what does it mean?" Max wondered.

"Are those the name of the guys that are making this tunnel?" Tai asked.

"Is that all?" BW said.

"Wait, I don't know…" Oikawa sighed. "That's just what I heard from the back of his mind, like a speech he was preparing. Everything else was just this terrible hatred, and an urge to kill."

"Ice Maker, Sigma, Sniper…" Agumon continued on. "Those have to be codenames."

"Of course," X replied. "More than likely they are clues to each of their particular abilities. By the way, Tai, you did well with that confrontation. You showed some patience. You didn't even start losing it."

"Well, to be honest, it's because I think I was afraid of him. I sensed it right when we met. There's something dangerous about him. It's not even what I sensed to begin with. It's what I didn't sense. No strong ki or incredible power. It's almost as if who I saw wasn't the real thing. If guys like Burizalor and Virus were about throwing the fastball, then this guy definitely likes the curve."

"Correct, and we know he's the type who saves that pitch until the very last inning," said BW. "Whatever power is behind this mystery of his, he won't revert it until he's ready to finish us. The fact that he didn't use his own power to attack Mr. Oikawa tells us that."

"What's that?!" Oikawa exclaimed.

"You have to be kidding me," Max said.

"You mean the guy who was standing there didn't shoot Mr. Oikawa?" asked Keke.

"No. He didn't do anything at all," Tai explained.

"So, you noticed it as well," BW said. "The first shot was a miss and you managed to catch it time, Tai. On the second shot, the angle was wrong. The shot came from five feet to the man's right. Him facing us was just a go signal."

"What?! For whom?!" asked Oikawa.

"So who is the shooter?" Keke wondered.

"Allow me to explain on what we do know," the warrior formerly known as Black War Greymon said. "This eraser has faint ki trace marks. The shooter made it the exact hardness he desired by coating it with ki energy. It's hard enough to break the skin and scare us, but too soft to pierce the skull. It was launched through telekinesis. Seconds after the shot was fired, I tried tracing it back toward its origin, but it's signal was too faint and too far. It was fired from over five hundred yards away."

"That's not anything too impressive in my book," Tai said.

"But for a small faint object coated with a small ki energy, that's an outstanding feat!" Agumon replied.

"Wow, these guys we're dealing with are no ordinary humans!" Max stated.

"Plus, this is all with his mind," said Keke.

"If they are as good as this triggerman…"

"Yeah, I get it," Tai said. "They're going to get in our way and prevent us from completing our task."

Oikawa covers his head and started to whimper in fear. It was obvious that he wanted no more part of this operation and did not desire to contribute.

"No! That's enough!" Oikawa cried. "I didn't ask to join you people! I'm not a hero! I don't want to die!"

Unknown to the team, a sinister figure in a white coat was looking on from on top of a balcony. He set his sights on Tai's group with sheer delight.

"Haze Frogmon. I've found what we're looking for. I'll leave you and my other medical colleague to wipe out the rest of these human filth. I'll leave it to you."

"Yes. It will only be a matter of time before I do away with the legendary warrior. Let's make sure to make Mr. Saitou proud and implement death on these poor fools. Signing out…"

"Yes. I've got you where I want you, Taichi Kamiya," the sinister doctor chuckled.

Indian/Chinese Border. Forest Area

In the middle of a quiet forest, Lobomon led the group through the eerie and beautiful, lush forest. Kazemon and Beetlemon traveled through the canopies. Meanwhile, Loweemon and Kumamon investigated the brushes in their surroundings.

"Damn. Have any of you found anything worth while, yet?" asked Lobomon.

"No way. This monster is doing a good job of concealing himself. It makes me wonder if he knows we're here," Loweemon wondered.

"I wouldn't put it past it," said Kumamon. "Hey, Beetlemon! Kazemon! Do you see anything?!"

"No except that this fog stinks!" Kazemon blurted. "Where is this pollution coming from? I don't see any nuclear plants."

"It's too strange," said Beetlemon. "But, I agree! The air smells like crap!"

"The pollution just might be the right clues to what we are looking for," said Lobomon. "It just might lead us to the right direction. Let's follow the scent."

With that said, Lobomon runs off across the forest with his two comrades following him by foot. Kazemon and Beetlemon traveled out across the canopies. Suddenly, they heard screams from beyond the forest.

"You guys! There's someone crying out!" Kumamon stated the obvious. "C'mon! Let's get there as soon as possible!"

"I agree! This will probably lead us to what we're looking for! Legendary warriors, head out!"

As Lobomon gave command to his crew, they started off through the forest. Just as they reached out into the open, they found that the polluting air desecrated an entire village. Some form of acidic substance melted the village rooms away. The warriors gasped in horror at what they had gazed their eyes upon. There was a pile of human corpses stacked on top of another one. The polluted air infected each of them.

"This is horrible," Kazemon managed to speak. "What kind of a monster would do such a thing?!"

"I don't care who we're dealing! I'm angry enough to tear this bastard apart!" Loweemon growled.

"Monster! Show yourself out here, coward!" Lobomon calls out.

There was a deep laughter echoing from out of a small hut. A pair of golden eyes peered through the darkness. The warriors stood their ground to wait for the first monster to expose himself. Haze Frogmon walks out with a struggling Indian woman in his grasp.

"Yech! So, this is the first monster?!" Kumamon said. "He sickens me even in appearance!"

"So, I assume you're the first monster created from out of Millenniumon's essence?" Lobomon said.

"Precisely right. Ah, it's you, legendary warriors. Though, there's one absence. That's fine. I only need to destroy the five of you to draw your leader out."

"Let that human woman go! She didn't do anything to you!" screamed Kazemon.

"Let this piece of filth go? Ha! You humans are not worth the evolutionary process. You only eat and destroy until there is nothing left but piss!" the beast spoke through Saitou's own philosophy.

"Now, that's just wrong. Look, you let the woman go or we're going to kick your ass. Plain and simple," Lobomon threatened. "For once we defeat you, we're taking back one half of the Digi-Core you're carrying."

"Oh, so that is what you've came for?! Oh, and here I thought you would be rescuing this poor girl from my wrath," Haze Frogmon laughed. "Guess I misjudged you. You aren't heroes. You're simply another band of greedy pretenders seeking for your own desires. Looks like I don't have any use of this human. Down the hatchet you go!"

As soon as Haze Frogmon finished speaking out, Lobomon charges out ahead with his light sabers in hand.

"LET HER GO! LOBO KENDO!"

Haze Frogmon saw his adversary charging forward and instantly vanished out from sight. This caught Lobomon off guard and he immediately turned to be met with a cross right jab against his jaw. The amphibian beasts' force sent Lobomon crashing through several hut homes in the process.

"LOBOMON!!" the warriors called out to their comrade.

"See? This is exactly what you're going up against, warriors. You're going to have to give me everything you have to put me down. Tell you what. Why don't we raise the stakes? I'll put his retched woman's life on the line. If you manage to defeat me, not only will the woman be set free but also the Digi-Core will be yours. However, when I win, then I shall consume this woman whole…"

"NO DICE!!" Loweemon cries out in anger.

"Hmph, disappointing. I was just going to give you a chance to rescue this poor human. Oh well. Another human death is simply just disposing of another piece of waste and ridding the planet of your kind."

Slowly rising to his feet from underneath the rubble, Lobomon catches his breath and looks on ahead to find Haze Frogmon. The woman struggled against the beast's tight grip. The warriors were held at bay just as Haze Frogmon was about to make his next move.

"Oh how rude of me to not introduce myself. You can just call, Haze Frogmon."

"Looks like I'll need to evolve into Magna Garurumon to beat this monster. Takuya. You guys better hurry. I don't know if we can take this monster alone."

Local Chinese Medical Facility

Takuya, Joe, Cody and their digimon partners finally arrived at the medical facility. They noticed that the gateway was open and security guards were laid out to rest. Takuya rushes over to the fallen soldiers and noticed something peculiar about them. Each one of them had skin covered completely by a green pigmentation. It was as if they were infected by the same pollution around the village area.

"Take a look at this, Joe! I've never seen anything like this!"

"Let me see."

Joe kneels over to the fallen guards. He takes their hand and checks for their pulse.

"They barely have a pulse. If we don't do something soon, these people aren't going to make it."

"We better watch ourselves, too. Our chances of getting infected are very high," said Cody.

"Good idea and what a better place than to check ourselves into that hospital," Gomamon said.

"I'm sure we'll find what we're looking for," replied Armadillomon.

"Then that's where we're heading. Let's be cautious, guys. I have a bad feeling we're not alone and somebody actually knows about our whereabouts," Takuya stated the obvious.

In fact, Takuya was correct on his assumption. There was a sinister white-coated figure holding a small mosquito-like insect. It was coated with a green liquid substance; perhaps it was the viral disease that infected the soldiers.

"Yes, they have entered into the fray, Haze Frogmon. My other colleague seems to have spotted the ones Saitou has been searching for. Surely we cannot fail. We must make Saitou proud by eliminating the human filth," the twisted-minded doctor thought.

Our heroes are dealing with a three-way crisis's. Two mad doctors put under a mind-control, human-possessive killing spell are set to carry out the duty to kill Tai's teams. The mastermind behind this small operation, Haze Frogmon, now confronts Lobomon and the other four warriors in a village. Another mad doctor is watching upon Tai's group. Just, how will our heroes overcome this mess and survive the fray that lies ahead?

((Digimon Frontier second ending theme "an Endless Tale"))

((Preview))

Takuya: Hey, this is Takuya Kanbara! Let me give you the run down on what to expect. Two mad doctors and a frog monster to boot! Just what we needed. This is why I hate going to doctors!

Kouji: I try everything I can to lead the team as we take it to Haze Frogmon. When we learn that he's a Mid-B class monster, I'm forced to turn it up a notch and let Magna Garurumon take care of this. But will that even be effective?

Tai: Back in Mushiyori, my friends are in serious crap. We deal with the first of the two mad doctors. Max! You have to get Keke out of here!

Max: No way! I'm staying to fight with you, dad!

Tai: Agumon. We're going to have to do something that even I can't agree with. Taking away the life of another human being.

Mad Doctor: Yes, do you really have the heart to kill another human being?

Haze Frogmon: No! You don't have what it takes! Your human race has also proven to show sympathetic values when it comes to murder! You've spent all of your life killing non-humans and now you're stuck at a tight spot.

Takuya: Tai and I are left to deal with Haze Frogmon's human puppets, but can we really be forced to take the life of humans?

Haze Frogmon & Doctors: If you don't kill us, then the disease and pollution effects will not wear off! You make the choice! Will your own sympathy be your own undoing?!

Joe: Next chapter is entitled…

The Legendary Warriors vs. Haze Frogmon! Killing a Human Being, Reasonable?!

Max: You sure don't want to miss this!

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Yesh, I really hate to go to the doctor. Needles and I don't get along very well. shudders Anyway, we're just getting down deep into a new concept for the D-Fusion series. Will our heroes have to commit murder on other human beings just to save the planet? These seven monsters have already set their ground rules and are planning to break down our heroes mentally.

I must warn some of you that the direction of this saga will only take a darker turn. If you can handle it, and I know must of you will, then I commend you. Yu Yu Hakusho can really do that to you. But despite that, I've also incorporated the plot of the final DBGT saga. Let's see how these two mesh well together through this series.

Well, that's all for today. I hope to get the next chapter of this saga up soon. I'll try hard to get started on Pharaohmon's Arc Chapter 27 this week. Until then, peace!