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Light's Revelations

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"Where are we?" Mark spun around, "and where's Rosemon?"

"How did we get here?" Jason walked forward and looked around.

"Jason!" Amy ran up and hugged the boy, "Where were you guys?"

"On a ship," replied Janet as she gently but firmly peeled Amy from Jason.

"Hehe, what's with the ears," asked Brendan as he reached up and tapped the tips.

"None of your business," growled Jason. He looked at the others, "Where are you guys?"

"In a stadium, in a castle, somewhere on the continent," sighed Brendan as he looked down, "Here, I'll write down the coordinates, now don't worry if you don't get a signal there is a barrier around the palace that blocks out…"

"Brendan, if you would please…" whispered the voice that came from Michelle.

"Michelle, what's with the attitude?" asked Amy with a frown.

"That is not Michelle," said Lucemon as he crossed his arms. The others gasped and looked at Lucemon. The angel smirked and looked at Michelle, "I think you better explain…"

"Lucemon is correct, I am not Michelle," said the child as she walked forward. "But before I explain anymore there are two little things we must deal with…" She walked behind Kevin and Steven and grabbed them by the scruff of their neck. The girl pulled and two, grape-sized, dark spheres emerged from the boys' necks. "Well, you fed them rather nicely," The girl then crushed them in her hands.

"Who the hell are you?" Jason stomped forward, "Tell us, or else?"

"I am a being that helps control the Digital World," replied the girl. "I guess if you must categorize me, I am one of the Pantheon of the Digital World…"

The digimon stood back agape. Renamon lowered her eyes and side kicked Otamamon to do the same.

"One of the Pantheon…?" Janet looked up at the others.

"Digi-destined…" Lucemon walked next to the girl, "Allow me to introduce you to one of the most powerful Founders of the Digital World, Hikari."

"You're kidding me," Steven looked up in shock at the little girl, "If she is so powerful; why does she need Michelle's body to talk to us…?"

"If I were to appear to you in my full glory…" The child turned to Steven and smiled slightly, "The sheer brilliance of my continence would sear the flesh from your bone and leave you a charred pile of dust…it makes it difficult for my kind to make direct contact with those of the physical plane."

"Good reason…" gulped Mark as he looked in fear at Michelle's glowing body.

"Do not fret, I will not attempt to destroy you, in fact, I have come to tell you why you were chosen," replied the girl with a slight giggle, that seemed eerie coming from Michelle. "Come, to answer your question we must go back, twenty years."

There was a flash of light and then they were in a new scene. The children shouted as they fell through the air. The glowing entity smirked as she flattened her hand and smoothed the air in front of her. The children's decent evened and they glided down over a large city.

"Now where are we?" growled Jason as he held his stomach.

"New York," breathed Amy. "There are digimon here too…"

"It is 2035, and one specific digimon is of interest to me, that digimon, the one on the skyscraper is Neo Devimon…" said Hikari's voice as Michelle alighted next to it. "And down below the digi-destined are converging on the square to confront him…"

"Digi-destined?" The others looked at each other.

"Let's go down and see who shows up…" Michelle smiled softly and they disappeared only to reappear in front of the group of humans.

"Dad…" Brendan gasped as he looked at a boy and a Tapirmon run forward.

"Mom, Dad?" Kevin ran forward towards a boy and a girl, "But…they never talked about this…"

"Dad…" Jason looked up as a man on a Seadramon flew overhead.

"Mom!" Amy ran to a young girl with a Penguinmon.

"Mom…" Janet looked up and saw a golden fox standing next to her, "Renamon…?"

"Mom," Steven and Mark looked at their mother's childish face.

The digimon glowed brightly and digivolved. They attacked the large devil but it only scoffed at them and flashed its claws down. A sea of darkness washed over the children and the two adults, one was Jason's father the other was a woman who had been partnered with a Palmon. The woman screamed loudly and a large, green teardrop appeared in the air. It spun around eradicating the darkness and then fell onto a large, gloved cactus, which glowed and digivolved into a flowery fairy.

"Lillymon!" gasped Brendan and Amy.

"Grandma Mimi, was partnered to Lillymon?" gasped Kevin quietly as he looked at the fairy.

"It is not the same Lillymon but it is definitely a Lillymon…" whispered the young girl. "They will not defeat Neo Devimon, not yet…give them about three hours and a previous Child of Courage…and WarGreymon, and you shall see them crush this foe, but we have things to do…" Michelle snapped her fingers and the scene disappeared in a wash of light.

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"What's going on? Where are we?" asked Brendan as he looked around anxiously.

"Tokyo, Japan, a few days later," replied Michelle quietly as she glided down, "The insurrection of Lucemon is going at full steam, but he is not the only entity rushing to crush the Human World and the Legendary Digi-destined."

"Legendary?" Mark looked up, "We aren't Legendary?"

"Not yet, your quest is not yet finished," chuckled Michelle quietly, "When you have finished your quest; you will be very legendary…"

"So what are we supposed to be looking for?" Amy asked as she scanned the ground under her.

"That…" replied Michelle as she pointed down to a grassy park.

"It's Fallen Lucemon!" Janet gulped as she watched.

"Oh no, this is much worse," replied Hikari's voice as Michelle touched down on the grass and walked up to the digimon Janet was talking about. It had six large bat wings and six angelic wings. Its body was thick and muscular and dressed in a grey body suit. "What you faced on File Island was nothing but a combination of bad command codes, negative energy and Kage attempting to free himself, but this is the real deal, this is Lucemon's full fledged Falldown mode…"

"Falldown mode?" Kevin started to giggle, "What Lucemon, were you a klutz back then?"

"Don't mock him…" growled Lucemon as he looked forward, "He defeated the Digi-destined…"

"What!" gasped the children in shock.

"The only reason he lost was because of his own arrogance, if he had not tried to use the Hazard energy alone…nothing could've stopped him…" Lucemon glared at the demonic angel.

"Lucemon, you're getting ahead of the story," said Michelle as she walked up to the children and pointed behind them. They turned and ducked as Karatenmon swept past, his swords drawn.

"What's he doing here?" shouted Jason loudly.

"Fighting Lucemon and trying to free his partner…" replied Michelle nonchalantly as Karatenmon was tossed backward and passed through her.

"Who's that teenager on the other side of Lucemon?" asked Steven as he stood up.

A dark haired boy with a long black cloak was standing in front of the demonic angel, Lucemon, with his hands lifted and long claws bared against the demon angel. Karatenmon was rushing forward.

"That is, one Kuro Ishida, well, that's his body anyways," whispered Michelle's possessor. "As he is now, you may call him Damienmon…"

"Kuro Ishida?" Amy looked at Michelle, "I don't get it, what's he got to do with us…?"

"Very much, his name changed in the last twenty years," replied the being of light, "He is now Kuro Takenouchi. He is also the Chosen of Darkness…"

"You mean, he's the guy, Karatenmon and Chaos Piedmon were looking for?" Brendan walked forward and looked in the child's eyes. It was slightly unnerving for the others to watch the evil Lucemon, and Damienmon slash through the boy, but he continued to inspect.

"You are correct, Brendan," replied Michelle.

They watched as Lucemon burned into Kuro until he screamed and fell to his knees; but the fight wasn't over. As Lucemon moved to remove the crest from the boy's neck Karatenmon flew forward. The digi-destined watched as Karatenmon frantically struck at Lucemon and was forced to de-digivolve, but the now moth digimon didn't stop. The boy wobbled to his hands and knees in resistance to the demonic angel. They watched as Karatenmon's rookie form grew and morphed into its moth form and then into a dragon and finally into Ancient Sphinxmon. Lucemon clutched the sparking crest as he and Ancient Sphinxmon went into battle in the sky.

"What's happening, why has Karatenmon's Rookie form taken such a different form…?" asked Mark as he watched the two digimon explode into the sky.

"The Founder of Darkness possessed the boy, freed from the poisonous maliciousness he'd held for millennia, he was finally able to truly free himself from the crest he'd been imprisoned in…" replied Michelle as she walked forward. "But there is still much malignant energy in the crest, it has its own personality it became its own entity and it is still trapped in the Crest of Darkness…"

"That crest, that's the one Karatenmon held when we fought him," murmured Labramon, "He said it was the only thing he had left to remember his partner by, is this what he meant?"

"Yes…The crest was in Lucemon's possession, and it poisoned Karatenmon after he retrieved it, when Lucemon was thrust back into the Digital World. Let us go and see Lucemon's final hours," Michelle swept her arm up.

They were hovering over a bay. A large lavender dragon was being thrust into a large portal in the sky. Michelle and the others hovered closer as a small object fell from the dragon. Karatenmon swept up and grasped the object and nodded.

"He's taking the crest!" yelped Jason.

"Yes, and he will pay the ultimate price for that," replied the voice of Hikari as the others watched the digimon being transported from the Human World. Michelle turned her head, "Let us see what is happening in the Digital World…" There was a burst of light and then they reemerged in the Digital World. They appeared above an ocean. To the east, File Island could be seen in seven different forms of decay. "Welcome to the Digital World…specifically File Island…"

A giant, lavender dragon roared overhead; a golden dragon was attacking it. Lucemon shuddered quietly as he watched the dark dragon plunge into the ocean. The golden dragon rose up and watched as the lavender dragon erupted from the ocean depths.

"Give up, Lucemon, your battle is over!" shouted the golden dragon.

"I should've listened…" whispered Lucemon quietly from the sidelines. "I should've stopped this, I knew I couldn't win, why did I have to be so stupid?"

"Lucemon, if you hadn't done this we wouldn't have met," chirped Mark as he hugged the angel.

"I came back for a reason, and I will achieve my goal," The dark dragon chuckled. "My powers are weakened, but there is one that remains most, irrefutably unstoppable."

"Fool, you will destroy everything!" growled golden dragon.

"Wrong, I'll destroy you and the Digital World!" returned the draconic Lucemon smugly. "I on the other hand will be quite safe to rebuild this world as I see fit, and it will give me plenty of time to replenish my strength and return to the Human World to finish off those pesky humans!"

"You would destroy this entire world?" growled golden dragon. He looked down on the barren world below him. "And everything on it?"

"Do not play sympathies with me, I can sense that this world has been evacuated, not that it matters, once it is destroyed I will absorb its energy and find the rest of the insurgents and destroy them as well, nothing will stand in my way. I will then rebuild all the worlds as I see fit, and then peace and happiness will reign," replied the lavender dragon calmly.

"Peace and happiness at the expense of so many lives, is not peace nor is it happiness," returned the golden dragon, "It is false; it is a lie, and to believe that you will be making peace and happiness makes you a fool!"

"This coming from a digimon who would rather let humans die in its fights than to actually rise up, himself," chuckled the dark digimon as it opened its mouth. "This may hurt…and I hope it does…"

"He destroyed it didn't he, the entire Digital World," whispered Amy as she watched on.

The golden dragon reared back as the draconic Lucemon's body started to glow an ill green. The lavender dragon started laughing as the first streams of green light hit the surface of the world below him. The water immediately broke up into particles. The emerald light grew.

Suddenly the draconic Lucemon screamed and the golden dragon looked down. Tortured screams erupted from a now blazing emerald core. "NO! WHAT'S GOING ON! I CAN'T STOP THE PROGRESSION….!"

"The digital hazard…" Mark whispered as he watched the lavender dragon writhe.

"Yes," replied Hikari's voice as she watched the entire Digital World discorporate. The sky fizzled with an emerald aurora. "The barriers between this world and the Human World were not enough to stop the hazard's radiation…though the effect was much smaller there was still an effect…the memories of the Digital World, of Digimon, were erased from nearly every facet of the Human World…history was re-written. The true destruction of Odaiba was forgotten in place of the meteor…"

"But some remember don't they," Janet walked forward, "Not much, in fact, most of what they remember comes in shady dreams, half remembered glimpses of a past that, for the rest of the universe, never existed."

"That is true…" Replied Hikari's voice, "It took many years to re-stabilize the Digital World, and many contributions from the other Digital Worlds in other dimensions with other Human Worlds and other digi-destined…" The girl looked down, "We didn't know, that such an act would cause so much devastation…"

"What do you mean?" Kevin walked forward.

"You will see…" Michelle closed her eyes and the scene changed. They appeared in a cave. "This is the beginning of what will become your quest…" A small ball of red liquid consumed the rock and grew.

"That's that stuff AndroDramon was made of…" Amy gasped as she watched the red liquid grow.

"It is the Chaos, it took us many years to determine exactly what it was, it was foreign, brought in from one of the other universe's digital transfusions," replied the voice of Hikari, "what we can determine is that it is some sort of deletion program that grows on digital information, the more information that passes through the Digital World, the larger it gets. We tried to restrain it, we tried to purge it, but it continues to advance, and it has help, weeks before your calling to File Island it freed one of the most powerful evils from our past, Piedmon…and caused him to turn into a more powerful form, and he defeated the guardians of our world…"

"But why us? Why not one of the ones from the past?" Steven asked pointedly.

"I will show you…" replied Hikari's voice. "The old digi-destined lost their innocence, their link to the digital world is greatly weakened and their powers are infinitesimal compared to what you have now…but there are other reasons…"

There was a flash of light and then they were standing in a mall. Two small children were standing in the middle of the corridor shaking. One was blonde and older the other was a sandy brown haired boy.

"I'm scared Steven…" whimpered the smaller boy.

"Don't worry Mark," returned the older boy, "It's ok…I'll find mom…"

"No it's not, we won't make it…she'll forget about us!" the little boy started to cry loudly.

"Excuse me…" The two children jumped in fright. A man in a uniform was standing behind them. He had soft, olive-beige skin, dark hair and black eyes.

"That's…" Kevin stepped forward.

"Mr. Takenouchi," finished Hikari's voice. She looked at the other's shocked expressions, "Yes, we were quite shocked ourselves…"

"Are you lost?" asked Mr. Takenouchi to the younger forms of Mark and Steven.

"Yes, Mister," replied Mark between sniffles. "We can't find our mom; I think she left us…"

"Oh, I don't think so, why don't you come with me to the information desk…" smiled Mr. Takenouchi.

"We're not supposed to go with strangers," retorted the young Steven.

"Well, you're right, I'm sorry, I should have shown you my badge," Mr. Takenouchi took out a badge and showed it to the two children, "I'm a security officer, and that means I'm a friend to all lost children in the mall…you can trust me…really you can…"

"I don't know…" young Steven glared at the man.

"Steven…I'm scared, let's go…please…" whimpered young Mark as he gripped his older brother's arm.

"Ok…" younger Steven looked up at Mr. Takenouchi.

"I remember this…" whispered Steven as he walked forward, "We went down and they put our name on the intercom, Mr. Takenouchi gave us suckers and stayed with us until our mom got there, he kept reassuring Mark that mom was coming and he played a game with me…he treated me really nicely…"

"Like a friend?" asked Hikari's voice. Steven looked up in shock. Michelle smiled and turned to Amy, "How about you?"

There was a flash of light and they were in a grey, brick basement. Rows of canned food lined the walls.

"This is the food pantry, it's two blocks from my house," Amy looked around, "Why are we here?"

"Amy, don't fuss so much!" growled a woman as she pulled a disgruntled child down the stairs. The girl had dark hair and hazel eyes.

"That's you…" gasped the others.

"Yeah…" Amy blushed quietly.

"MOM WHY DO WE HAVE TO COME HERE!" screamed the young Amy loudly, "It's so icky…"

"Amy!" shouted the girl's mother.

"Hello," said a man from behind a desk, "How can we help you…?"

"We're here to give you a hand cleaning," replied Amy's mother sweetly.

"Ah, and the young lady," the man stood up, his dark eyes twinkled.

"I don't like it here mommy," whimpered the girl as she hid from the man.

"Amy," shushed the woman.

"Is that your name, little girl?" The man walked forward.

"Mr. Takenouchi again," Steven walked forward and looked at the man.

"What's it to you?" sniped the young Amy.

"Nothing, it's just I understand how you feel, it's pretty icky down here isn't it?" said Mr. Takenouchi as he looked in little Amy's eyes.

"Yeah," admitted the girl.

"Yeah, but you know what, if you and your mommy and your mommy's friends worked together, I bet we could get this clean for all the unfortunate people, not everyone has enough food, and we need help cleaning this place up, and it won't be icky anymore," Mr. Takenouchi smiled quietly, "Do you promise to help clean, and help the poor people?"

"But…but…" Amy looked up at the man.

"After we get done cleaning it will make everyone so happy," Mr. Takenouchi smiled brightly. "Won't you help make people happy?"

Little Amy nodded and Mr. Takenouchi smiled brightly and handed the girl a duster. The little girl pranced off to dust.

"My what an considerate act of pure sincerity," murmured Hikari's voice as she gave a sidelong look at Amy, "To be in an icky place, I mean to an adult or a young adult it seems childish but to a young girl, that is quite a sacrifice…"

There was another flash and they reappeared in a gym. Kids were running around. A small boy, with auburn hair was hiding in the corner. A small girl with short brown hair was pouting in the bleachers.

"Brendan and Janet," breathed Jason as he watched on.

"And there is Mr. Takenouchi," pointed Kevin as the young man walked through them.

"Yes, when he wasn't at the food pantry, or working he volunteered his time at the after school program," responded Hikari's voice. "Ah, he's walking to Brendan first…" The group of digi-destined hovered closer.

"Is something wrong?" asked Mr. Takenouchi quietly as he kneeled down next to the young Brendan.

"I'm not any good at any of the games like the other boys," young Brendan was sitting on the floor with his knees up to his chin. "I just not very good at anything…"

"Oh, I don't believe that," Mr. Takenouchi said. "You know, there are more things to life than dodge ball…what if I took you to the computer lab, it's a nice day so a lot of the kids are outside, would you like that?"

"Could you really?" little Brendan looked up.

"Yep, I bet you could go on ahead of me," smiled Mr. Takenouchi. Little Brendan nodded fervently and ran off.

Mr. Takenouchi then walked up onto the bleachers. He looked at little Janet.

"What do you want?" pouted the girl as she crossed her chest with her arms.

"Oh nothing, just wondering why you were up here all alone, the other girls…" started Mr. Takenouchi.

"The other girls don't like me, they said I'm not pretty and that I only like to do boy things…" pouted little Janet. "They are just big stupid heads…"

"Did they hurt your feelings?" asked Mr. Takenouchi.

"They said I'm not pretty because I have boy germs," pouted Janet loudly.

"Ah, well let me just see…" Mr. Takenouchi inspected little Janet's ears and looked in her eyes, "I don't see any boy germs." Mr. Takenouchi smiled, "And you are very pretty, those girls are just mad because they aren't as good at the sports as you. They just want to make you feel bad, but you know what, if you just remind yourself that you're pretty and smart, they can't do anything, you just gotta love yourself and give yourself a little hug…"

"But what if they are right…?" whimpered little Janet quietly.

"They are only right if you let them be," Mr. Takenouchi smiled, "I got to go to the computer lab to help someone but do you promise to give yourself a hug and be just as you want to be?"

Little Janet nodded and Mr. Takenouchi smiled and walked off. Michelle and the others followed him across the gym and into the hall; they walked down the hall to a room and walked in. Little Brendan was sitting at a computer and clicking happily.

"Hi," chirped little Brendan as he smiled up.

"Woah, you already got this far?" Mr. Takenouchi watched as the little boy watched a movie about tigers on the computer. "Wow, you really surprised me, you're really smart…"

"Really?" Little Brendan looked up happily.

"Yep, I bet if you put your mind to it, you could be a rocket scientist," Mr. Takenouchi winked.

"Awesome!" cheered little Brendan as he gave Mr. Takenouchi a hug.

"Wait, wait, are you telling me, that Mr. Takenouchi pushed us all in the direction of being part of our crest elements?" Brendan looked at the glowing Michelle.

"Well, not pushed, more like cleaned the window," replied Hikari's voice. "Let's see how he fared with Kevin and Michelle…"

There was a flash of light and the digi-destined were in front of Kevin and Michelle's house.

"Stop it!" shouted a little girl as she curled up over a cat. "Don't do that!"

"Get out of my way kid!" shouted a teenager on a bike as he buzzed by the little girl, "Next time I'm not going to swerve!"

The boy came around and buzzed forward. Michelle curled tighter around the cat. Suddenly the bike skidded past and the boy was yelping. Michelle looked up. Mr. Takenouchi had pushed the teen sideways with a broom. The teen got up and swore at the man and moved to pick up his bike.

"Look, man, you had no right to hit me with your broom, I'm telling my mom, and you're going to be in so much trouble!" shouted the boy.

"I suppose, but I doubt I'll be in as much trouble as you will be for trying to run over a little girl and a kitten with a bicycle," replied Mr. Takenouchi quietly. "Now get out of here, you aren't terrorizing this sidewalk anymore today…" The teenager glared at Mr. Takenouchi but the man jerked the broom in the boy's direction and he scurried off.

"Michelle, are you ok?" asked Mr. Takenouchi as he walked forward. "He didn't hurt you did he?"

"No, but I think he hurt my brother…" whispered the little girl.

"Where is he?" asked Mr. Takenouchi.

"In the bushes, he got knocked down and fell in the bushes…" replied little Michelle. Mr. Takenouchi nodded and walked briskly to the bushes that the girl pointed to.

"Kevin, are you ok?" Mr. Takenouchi pulled the branches apart to reveal a shivering little boy. "Kevin?"

"He hit me with his bike, I was trying to protect the kitty and he hit me and I fell in the bush," the little boy cried a little, "I'm scared, my little sister was trying to protect it and I…was too scared to go and protect her…I'm a bad brother…"

"No, no," Mr. Takenouchi extended his hand and pulled Kevin from the bush, "Your sister's fine…"

"But he could've hurt her really bad…" whined the boy.

"Don't worry, you were very brave to run in front of him and get hit like that," replied Mr. Takenouchi, "It was a very scary thing, I don't think I could do it."

"But you got him to stop…" replied Kevin.

"Well, yes," Mr. Takenouchi admitted quietly, "but you know what, you were just as brave for trying to stop him without hurting him. Bravery comes in many forms, but the biggest one is doing something that you're scared to do…and you got hurt doing something very gallant, both of you." He looked at little Michelle, "Protecting the innocent is a very, very important thing. Fighting for those that can't fight is also something we should do, because if you can't fight for those that can't defend themselves then how can you be expected to fight for someone who can defend themselves…?"

"I want to protect my sister, and I won't give up on her no matter how scary the other guy is," nodded little Kevin sharply.

"I'm not going to let anyone do mean things to this little kitty," Little Michelle smiled. "He's special just like everything is…"

"That was kind of sappy…" murmured Jason quietly but Janet jabbed him in the stomach with an elbow.

"Let us then…" Hikari's voice murmured, "Take a look at Mr. McFarland's contact with Mr. Takenouchi…it is probably the most poignant of them all…"

Michelle turned and the light flashed. The next thing the digi-destined knew they were very warm. There was a sharp crackling sound of fire.

"MOMMY!" screamed a little boy with black hair and sharp blue eyes. He was grabbing at a burning handle. "MOMMY GET UP! YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR! MOMMY!"

Jason closed his eyes and lowered his head, "How dare you bring us here…"

"Jason?" the others looked up.

"How dare you, whatever you are, dare bring us here, to this place and this time to view this!" shouted Jason as he looked up sharply at Michelle. "You have no right to do this!"

"You wished to know why you were chosen…" replied Hikari's voice. "Well, this is why?"

Smoke flooded from the car. The little boy was tearing at the car door. A man ran up and grabbed the boy up from behind.

"No, you can't!" whispered the man as he held the struggling boy. The man had dark eyes, and dark hair, and soft, olive-beige skin.

"MY MOM!" screamed the boy loudly. The boy tore from the man's arms and ran forward, but the man grabbed him and held him back. The ambulance screamed onto the scene. The boy struggled in the man's arms. The paramedics were navigating around the flames and smoke when the car exploded. The digi-destined closed their eyes and gulped hard as they heard one word scream from the mouth of the little boy, "MOMMA!"

"Shh," the man cradled the boy in his arms as the child fought and punched the man's chest. He clutched the boy's head gently jaggedly stroking the boy's head. "Your mom is ok, she's in a better place now where the angel's sing and nothing bad happens…"

"Mommy, you let my mommy die!" shouted the little boy loudly as he kicked and writhed.

"Please understand, I didn't want you to get hurt…" replied the man as he hugged the struggling boy, "You have to live…for your mom, it's your responsibility to live for your mom, so that she didn't die for no reason…"

"That's…Mr. Takenouchi…" murmured Janet. She looked over, "My mom, is the one answering the call…"

The little boy screamed loudly as he cried. "You killed her! You killed her! You killed her!"

The man hugged the boy close, "I'm sorry, I wish I could change things, but I can't we can only do what we can. This isn't your fault or mine…it's just the will of a higher power, don't blame yourself, your responsibility is to the living…"

"Stop it!" growled Jason as he turned his back to the scene, "Stop it now, I don't want to see this anymore…"

"As you wish…" whispered Hikari's voice. She flicked her hand up and the digi-destined were returned to the dark void. "You were chosen, because your contact with the Chosen of Darkness focused your inner strengths, and because your parents held energy from a crest that they had come in direct contact with, it was these two things in unison that narrowed our choice…now you have a hefty job a head of you, you must return to your locations before my interference, unfortunately that means that Janet and Jason must still find the rest of you…"

"Why don't you just send us back already?" growled Jason. He glared up at the glowing Michelle, "We didn't want to leave in the first place…"

"Please, Jason…" Hikari's voice wavered slightly, "It was not my intention to upset you…"

"Don't you think you've talked enough, you know for a disembody entity; you sure do talk a lot!" shouted the boy loudly as he looked away from Michelle.

"Just…don't blame Michelle, she does not know about any of this, it's not her fault…" whispered Hikari's voice. Michelle looked up, "I understand your anger."

"Maybe we can talk about it when we get back…" whispered Janet as she moved closer.

"I don't want to talk about it when we get back…" growled Jason as he pulled away from the girl.

"My time is up, you must return," Michelle lowered her head and light filled everyone's vision.

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"Where are…they?" Rosemon narrowed her eyes and glared at the digi-destined. "What is the meaning of this?"

"We really don't have the foggiest," replied Brendan. Kevin and Steven were kneeling next to Michelle, who was out cold on the sandy floor.

"Your interference is most unwelcome, so, I'll just get rid of it!" shouted Rosemon as she dove down with a long thin, sword drawn from its sheath.

Snow Agumon and Ryuudamon jumped in front of Kevin and Steven and put their arms out. Tapirmon and Penguinmon stood in front of Amy and Brendan. Lucemon held Mark close and Labramon cradled Michelle's head.

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"Jason…" Janet looked up at the boy as they reappeared on the deck of the Great Gannet. The boy was glaring at the wooden planks that made the deck. "Jason, don't do this…"

"Shut up…" growled the boy as he turned from Janet, "You wouldn't understand, you never watched your mother consumed by flames as you were being restrained by some stranger…"

"Jason…" Janet reached forward and touched his shoulder but Jason just shrugged it off and walked away.

"Wait!" Otamamon hopped after the boy. "Where are you going?"

"To my room," snapped Jason as he glared at the ground.

"What did I do?" Janet sunk down onto one of the deck chairs they'd been sitting in when the light had taken them.

"Do not blame yourself, Jason is just upset," replied Renamon. "We must give him time."

"Time you don't have…" growled a voice. Janet turned and towering over the deck of the ship was a long, serpentine digimon. Black cords wrapped around its body, it's blunt snout, ended in a cannon, and four, large, turbine-like, cannons surrounded its head, "No, in fact I don't believe you have any time at all, I've been looking for you…" The sea dragon's snout glowed crimson, "River of Rage!"

888

Shorter than normal chapter this time, but not a lot of action either…

Alforce: Closer but not quite there yet. Yep, Lillymon really did a turn around, though I've always felt bad about Puppetmon, he had that flash of epiphany before he deleted. Was worried that the Dark Spore was overthrown too easily.

Dragoon: Why thank you, and hopefully you'll keep that belief till you've gotten this far.