Previously
Four children, Kaii, Chloe, Eric and Amanda were chosen to be the new protectors of the digital world. They and their digimon (Ribbitomon, Tigrimon, Lupemon and Solarimon respectively) must defeat the rising evil of 'The Trio'. A group of three powerful digimon by the names of Minotaurumon, Wizardmon and Dark-Angemon.
All four of the childrens' digimon managed to digivolve into their champion forms (Kappamon, Siberimon, Alphamon and Auroramon) in order to defeat the henchmen of Minotaurumon but Wizardmon managed to overpower the children. Now Kaii, along with Ribbitomon, are determined to defeat Wizardmon in order to protect his newfound friends.
Now back to the story
The light of the rising sun was just hitting the rooftops of Sukoza as Kaii and Ribbitomon entered the town. It had been a few hours since they departed from camp and Ribbitomon was still unclear regarding why Kaii would do something like this.
"Kaii, I'm confused..." Ribbitomon protested.
"He killed her." Kaii said quietly. "He killed her and I was powerless to stop him."
"Who killed who?" Ribbitomon asked.
"Wizardmon... he killed Amanda." Kaii stated.
"What?!" Ribbitomon questioned. "She was fine, maybe a little bruised but not dead."
"Not here, in my dream. Wizardmon killed Amanda in my dream."
"But it was just a dream..." Ribbitomon said as he trailed off.
"It makes no difference!" Kaii snapped. "Dream or not, Wizardmon must be stopped!"
The two stood in silence for a period of time. Kaii's words came out harsher than he had intended. His hate of Wizardmon was affecting his relationship with his friends and although he knew this to be true, he knew what had to be done.
"I'm sorry Ribbitomon." Kaii said gently. "I got carried away."
"I know how you feel." Ribbitomon said. "I know why you're so angry and it's not just Amanda, it's so much more."
"I knew you'd figure it out." Kaii smiled
"It's about your father..."
"HE WHAT!" Chloe screamed as she looked out onto the horizon.
"He went to fight Wizardmon on his own." Eric said again.
"But why?" Tigrimon asked.
"What could possibly cause him to do this?" Solarimon added.
"I think I might know." Amanda said as she looked to the group. "It's because of us."
"Us?" Lupemon said surprised.
"Kaii doesn't want us to get hurt anymore." Amanda said. "He saw how Wizardmon injured us all after the last battle. Remember what he told us last night, about his past. Back when Kaii was a kid he couldn't save his family and friends and he doesn't want the same thing to happen to us.
"But Kaii and Ribbitomon aren't strong enough to defeat Wizardmon alone..." Eric said.
"They need our help." Chloe said firmly. "Let's go save him"
"But isn't that doing exactly what Kaii told us not to do?" Solarimon replied.
"I don't care." Chloe told the others. "I don't care if Kaii tells us not to go and I don't care if Kaii gets mad when we show up. I'm not going to stand idly by while my friend dies... and for what? So we don't get hurt."
"He's part of a team." Amanda continued. "Kaii might be afraid that we get hurt, but we're just as afraid that he'll get injured."
"So we won't let him fight alone." Eric added
The three digimon nodded in agreement and the six set off to Sukoza.
Ribbitomon and Kaii continued their walk through Sukoza City in silence. Kaii was too focused on finding Wizardmon to talk to his digimon partner. Ribbitomon on the other hand was worried for the safety of both Kaii and himself and spoke up.
"Kaii, we shouldn't go any further. Wizardmon is too powerful for me to fight alone, we need help."
"I can't let the others get harmed. I will never stand by and watch my friends die... not again. I won't let the fate of Chloe, Eric and Amanda be the same as my father."
"And as long as we stand together it won't!" Ribbitomon told him but it was to know use.
"WIZARDMON!" Kaii yelled into the abandoned town. "WIZARDMON... show yourself!"
Kaii's cries of anger echoed throughout the city but there was no response.
"Come and fight Wizardmon!" Kaii continued to scream
Kaii's echoes once again faded away without a response.
"Maybe he's not here..." Ribbitomon suggested.
Then Kaii got the response he was looking for. The sound of laughter echoed through the city. The laugh sounded very sinister and they both knew who it was.
"I'm coming my pretties!" The voice continued.
"Ribbitomon... run, but don't go too far." Kaii said
Ribbitomon was incredibly confused by what Kaii had just told him to do. Then as he looked up to question Kaii's logic he saw a little smile streak across his face. Ribbitomon understood and ran off.
"WIZARDMON!" Kaii cried out once again.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Wizardmon replied as he emerged from the shadows. The evil digimon looked around and saw only Kaii standing there.
"What's the catch digi-destined? Come to join the side of darkness... or are you just looking for a fun way to die." He said smiling.
"I'm here to stop you from hurting anybody else." Kaii told him.
Wizardmon looked at him for a second, then laughed and turned around. He was obviously not impressed by the boy's threat. Kaii picked up a nearby rock and spoke once again.
"Don't turn your back on me!" Kaii cried out as he threw the rock.
The rock flew through the sky and was a foot away from wizard, who was still walking away, when the digimon abruptly turned around and caught the rock. Wizardmon looked at the rock, then back at Kaii and began to laugh once more.
"This is all a game to you isn't it Wizardmon!"
"Why yes it is digi-destined." He smirked as he crushed the rock in his hand. "If I simply destroyed you fools like I did Minotaurumon then how would I have any fun?"
"You destroyed him?!" Kaii blurted out. "but he was evil... just like you."
"He was weak and he couldn't even destroy you sorry lot. Master Angemon doesn't need losers like that."
The mentioning of Angemon caused Kaii to flinch. A whole new anger had been awoken inside of him.
"Don't you dare call that monster Angemon... that horrid beast doesn't deserve to be called that."
"Boy! You have no idea who you're dealing with! Master Angemon's power is older than the old and you are the one who doesn't deserve to call him by name!" Wizardmon barked angrily.
Kaii smiled
"What's wrong Wizardmon? You were having so much fun before... does my insulting your pitiful master tick you off?"
Wizardmon smiled and let out a massive laugh that echoed through the city.
"My boy... I'm still having fun. You are merely a toy to me, you and all the other digi-brats." Wizardmon's smile turned sinister. "and I always play with my toys before I BREAK them."
"Then let the games begin..." Kaii said firmly as his digivice began to glow. He picked up a second rock and threw it at Wizardmon
"Then let the games begin!" Wizardmon replied mockingly as he caught the rock. He was obviously enjoying this. "Is that the best you got?"
With that Kappamon lunged forward from the alleyway behind Kaii, his sword drawn and ready to strike. This took Wizardmon by surprise and he barely managed to deflect the sword with his golden staff. Kappamon continued the attack as he slashed towards Wizardmon but every attack was countered.
"That was pretty close boy!" Wizardmon laughed. "But you'll have to do a lot better than that to take out this digimon. Now let's kick this up a notch!"
Wizardmon once again deflected the sword attack from Kappamon but this time Kappamon countered by kicking Wizardmon in the chest, sending him flying into the nearest building. Wizardmon got up and walked slowly towards Kappamon and Kaii. There was a look of pure fury on his face. Kappamon rushed towards Wizardmon.
"Thunderball!" Wizardmon cried out as he shot a bright yellow ball out of the staff. The ball connected with Kappamon's sword and sent it flying out of his hands.
"Let's see how good you are without your weapon!" Wizardmon yelled as he charged the digimon, staff held above his head. Wizardmon swung his staff at Kappamon but he grabbed Wizardmon's staff with both hands as it came thundering towards him.
"I'm still good enough to take you out!" Kappamon replied as he kicked the staff out of Wizardmon's hands. This caused Wizardmon to step back a few feet.
"What's the matter?" Kaii asked him harshly. "Can't fight without your precious staff?"
"Wrong again boy... I still got a few tricks up my sleeve!" Wizardmon said as he wrapped his cloak around him.
"Wizard's cloak!" he cried out as the cloak completely covered him. Wizardmon then seemed to melt into the ground. Kaii and Kappamon did not no what to do.
"I think he left Kaii!" Kappamon said cheerfully. Kaii gave no response.
"Kaii?" Kappamon said as he turned around. The digimon stood terrified as he saw Wizardmon who had grabbed Kaii by the throat and lifted him off the ground.
"Don't move!" Wizardmon said with a smile on his face. He then looked to his staff and as if by magic if flew back into his hand. Wizardmon then held the sun tip of his staff to Kaii's head. The sun on the staff then began to glow.
"De-digivolve!" Wizardmon ordered and Kappamon obeyed as he became Ribbitomon again.
Wizardmon let out another loud laugh as he turned to Kaii. "Is this how you expected this battle to turn out boy? Dieing all alone with only your pitiful digimon to protect you..."
"Luminous Ball!" Auroramon cried out as two glowing orbs hit Wizardmon's staff and broke it in half.
"He's not alone!" Amanda cried out as she, Chloe and Eric ran up.
Wizardmon was furious. He threw Kaii to the ground and charged towards the other three children. Alphamon, Auroramon and Siberimon all unleashed their attacks towards the enemy digimon and Wizardmon had no option but to retreat his attack.
"I'm sick of playing games!" Wizardmon bellowed as he pulled out several golden rings from his pocket. "It's time to destroy you all!"
"Wizard's Ring!" Wizardmon cried out as glowing rings surrounded all of the digimon and the digi-destined. The rings then tightened around them, making them unable to move. Wizardmon looked around, trying to find his first victim. He looked at Amanda and smiled a very evil smile.
"You!" he said as he slowly walked towards them. "You were the one who interfered with my plan of destroying that boy. Now it's time to pay..."
"NO!!!!" Kaii cried out. "Take me Wizardmon! I'm the one you want... not her!"
Wizardmon saw the emotion in Kaii's face and laughed. "This makes it even sweeter..." Wizardmon reached into his cloak and pulled out a jagged knife. Amanda closed her eyes, Chloe and Eric eyes were both filled with tears, the digimon were still struggling and Kaii was still screaming. Wizardmon raised the knife above his head and prepared to strike.
"STOP!" Kaii cried out as a black blur flew past him.
Wizardmon dropped the knife and looked down. There was a talon that had burst through his chest. He then fell to the ground and split into a million tiny fragments.
"Game Over" said a strange black digimon.
It was about the size of a full-grown man but had long black feathers instead of hair. Black wings were also visible on his ankles and elbows. His body was covered in black and gold armor and he had a golden visor covering his eyes. The digimon then began to glow and de-digivolved into a small black bird digimon. A boy about Kaii's height walked out of the shadows and stood next to his digimon.
"Did I do good Jake?!" the bird digimon said with a cheerful squeaky voice.
"You did great Ravenmon." The boy replied.
Kaii rushed over to Amanda who was still shaking from the ordeal. He asked if she was all right and she slapped him across the face. Kaii was a little thrown back by this but then on closer inspection he saw that Amanda was crying.
"Don't you get it?" Amanda told him. "Who knows what would've happened to you if we didn't show up!"
"But I..." Kaii began to explain.
"We all know that you don't want us to get harmed Kaii." Chloe stated. "But we're just as worried about you."
"And the best way for everybody to stay safe if for us to stay together." Eric added.
"So next time you're going to foolishly go off and protect us... take us with you." Amanda joked as she wiped the tears from her eyes. She then got up and gave Kaii a big hug.
"I'm sorry..." Kaii said softly.
"Hey, who are you?" Eric asked the mysterious boy, breaking the tension.
"I'm Jake." He replied.
Chloe looked at the boy and realized who he was.
"You're that boy we all saw after the battle with Multimon... and apparently a digi-destined like us." Chloe said as she saw the digivice in Jake's hand.
"Hey, then you're the fifth digi-destined!" Eric cried out in joy. "We can go back to that star engraving in that temple and she what its point is."
The digimon all nodded in agreement.
"So what do you say?" Chloe asked Jake with a smile as she outreached her hand. "Want to join our team?"
Jake looked at Chloe for a second and then to the others. He smiled and took Chloe's hand.
"Let's go."