Wow. Look at that, a hiccup update!

I.E., I update now and you won't see any others for some time if current writing trends continue.

Disclaimer: Other chapters have this. Read them and compare!


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"Okay, you guys didn't exactly mention how huge an' creepy dis guys' fortress is…"

"He's an egomaniac who calls himself an Emperor, Joey," Tristan sighed, "You have to EXPECT something weird like this!"

"A giant flying black rock mountain of DOOM!" Joey cried, "How do ya expect dat? Huh? TELL ME HOW!"

"You mind not screaming in terror when we're so close to the enemy base, Joey?" Davis grumbled, rubbing his sore ear.

"Hey, he's got a point," Terriermon pointed out.

"Will you boys stop acting like idiots already so we can plan!" Taya shrieked, now completely fed up.

"We weren't being idiots," Veemon and Betamon - Davis' and Tristan's partnered Digimon - mumbled.

"Okay," began Izzy, "Here's what we have to do. The Digimon Emperor is probably going to expect us to attack his fortress, since he didn't even try and conceal Yami's Digivice."

"So, does that mean we sneak in?" Cody asked.

"Well, no, because if we DON'T attack head-on, he's going to expect that we'll be trying to infiltrate his base."

"Okay, so we can't attack 'cuz he's expecting us to do that, and we can't not attack 'cuz he's expecting us to do that too…" Tai groaned, "How are we supposed to attack and not attack at the same time?"

"Actually," Yugi mentioned, "I think we're going to do both. Right, Izzy?"

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"Precisely," Izzy beamed, pleased someone else had reached the conclusions of his brilliant plan.

"How does that work?" Labramon asked his partner.

"We need to split into groups," Yugi continued, "One group will launch an attack on the fortress. They'll need to draw off as many Digimon from the Emperor's base as possible."

"And then the other force can sneak in," Izzy concluded.

"…Um…well, actually," Yugi hesitated, not wanting to offend Izzy but unable to resist pointing out a flaw in the strategy.

"What?"

"If the Digimon Emperor expects us to either attack head-on, or to try sneaking in, then he'll also be prepared for us trying to do both as it's the next logical maneuver we can make."

"So what should we do?"

"…Um, well…the group sneaking in has to actually be two groups. One group will try to sneak its way to the main controls of the fortress. They'll be spotted, and the Emperor will send his soldiers that haven't gone after the frontal assault group to take them out. This lets the second group sneak around undetected."

"Prodigious! I get it now - its like chess, and you have a feint inside a feint! Good thinking, Yugi!"

Yugi blushed, embarrassed.

Soon the groups were decided. Davis, Tai, Taya, Kari, Tristan, and their Digimon would be group A: full frontal assault. Joey, Cody, TK, Yolei, and their Digimon would be group B: sneak in and then attack. Yugi, Izzy, and their Digimon would be group C: sneak in and then stay sneaky. Youkomon chose to join group C, while Biyomon would head off and try to find some reinforcements for group A, who would probably need them.

As soon as everyone knew who to go with, they all headed out.

Consequently, the first thing about the situation on the Digimon Emperor's monitors was Davis, wiggling his butt at the camera and singing, 'Nyah-nyah nyah-nyah nyah nyah!'

A huge wave of Dark Digimon - mostly Hagurumon - was thusly sent out to crush the impudent one.

While that was going on, the other groups were sneaking up on the flying base from behind. Joey and TK's group lead the first charge, blasting indiscriminately and heading forward.

When Yugi, Labramon, Izzy, Tentomon, and Youkomon landed in one of the smoking holes this resulted in, Youkomon de-Digivolved back to Renamon in order to slip inside.

Heading for the dungeon levels, Yugi lead the way, confident that his feelings would lead him straight to his Yami.