Gate Way of Life

I don't own Digimon

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'Thoughts'

"talking out loud"

'-----' scene change

(V)(V) different point of view

'+' flash back

Chapter 16

They had lunch at the third mall that they visited. He had received some looks but not as many as he thought he'd get. They had visited a total of five mall and three parks. He had leaded them to where Yolei and Cody go to school. They waited for about five minutes before meeting up with Yolei and Cody. They head over to Sora's place, that's where Tai E-mailed the meeting was to be held.

They took their time; Yolei had decided to show them her family's grocery store. They had a look around at the different items on the shelf. Yolei picked up snacks for the meeting. He found himself carrying heavy bags that are full of two liters bottles, mostly soft drinks. There are four bags total, with three bottles in each. Except for a bit clumsy with the bags, he didn't feel at all tired about carrying them all the way to Sora's.

They made it in time to help Joe not fall face first on the floor. Kouji and Kouichi had run as fast as they could to catch he before he fell. "Thanks you guys. I was worrying about my next exam." Joe says. Kouji and Kouichi let go of Joe and they let Joe knock on the door. "It's alright, what are you studying to be?" Kouichi asks. "I'm studying to be a doctor." Joe answers and then Matt opens the door.

"Hey, come on in. You brought snacks?" Matt asks. "Yip! And Drakemon's carrying the soft drinks." Yolei says. Matt moved to let them through. They found the other Digidestine and their partner Digimon. After introducing the Digimon to Kouji and Kouichi, they had some of the snacks that they brought. After they had finished, they all headed to the back yard. Luckily the back yard had a tall fence around it.

"Ok, now what?" Matt asks. "I'll show you. I think it's my turn." Kouichi says. "Go ahead, but I think I'll show them the fusion one." Kouji states. Kouichi nods. The other Digidestine just look puzzled.

Kouichi moves a few feet away. Kouichi takes out his D-tector. Then a circle of data appears around Kouichi's left hand. Kouichi uses his D-tector to scan the data. "Spirit Evolution!" Kouichi says, after the scan is finished. An egg shaped ball of energy covers Kouichi. Soon it disappears and the tall black figure says, "Loewemon!" The Digidestine and their partners just stare at Loewemon.

After ten minutes Gomamon says, "Well, talk about a growth spurt." "Gomamon!" Joe says. That brings the other Digidestine out of their stock. "That's amazing! What else can you do?" Cody asks. The other Digidestine also nod in agreement with Cody. "I can slide evolve into my beast spirit." Kouichi says. "Beast spirit? What's that?" Sora asks. "All the Legendary Warriors have a human spirit and a beast spirit. Loewemon is Kouichi's human spirit." Kouji says. He nods in agreement with Kouji. "So, what the differences between the human spirit and the beast spirit?" Tai asks. "Well for one thing, the beast spirit is stronger then the human one." Kouichi says. "I'll show you." Kouichi adds.

"Slide Evolve to … JagerLoewemon!" Kouichi says. Kouichi had again stood in a ball of energy and when it disappears, they now were looking at a black armored lion type Digimon. Again about ten minutes pass before Biyomon says, "This is all so different. But I guess it works where you're from." "It does. It's your turn Kouji." Kouichi says and Kouichi get covered in energy yet again. Then Kouichi and Kouji exchange places.

"Only Takuya and I can do this. It's called fusion evolution. It combines my human and beast spirit together. You'll see what I mean soon enough." Kouji says. Kouji holds his D-tector in his right hand and soon a lot more circles of data appear on his left hand. It looks to be a deformed ball. Kouji scans the data and says, "Fusion Evolution!" The familiar ball of energy again appears. "Beowolfmon!" Kouji says. There stood a tall figure with a large sword with two blades.

After five minutes Tai says, "I'll take a wild guess and say that as Beowolfmon, your stronger then your beast spirit." Kouji just nods. Again he gets covered in a ball of light and when it's gone, Kouji stands there as a human.

So they just stayed silent, each to their own thoughts. "So, you become Digimon to fight to save the Digital World. How did that work out?" Matt asks. They headed back inside, and then Kouji begins to tell them the whole story about their adventures last year.

(V)(V)(V)

He finishes eating his supper. All of his cloths have been cleaned and were already in his pack. Takato has the items that the Digidestine wanted their friends to have. Nothing too big that it wouldn't fit in Takato's pouch. Kouji and him still didn't get the look that Takato got from talking to Tai about something. All Takato would say about the whole thing is that Tai wants some DVDs about this cartoon show. They didn't get why Tai would want this DVDs but Takato seems to know why. He picks up his plate and takes it to the sink. Then he looks around. Tai's parents where out and Tai's mom had left supper ready on the stove. Tai was doing his homework and Kouji was also finishing up his supper.

He heads to the computer in the spare room that Tai's using. He surfs the net. He could hear the TV from the living room, meaning that Kouji decided to watch TV.

A few hours pass and soon it's time for bed. He turns off the computer and heads for the room he's sharing with Kouji. Soon, they finish changing into the PJs that Tai's mom gave them. Soon they fall asleep.

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Zoe looks up at the night sky. Takuya had stayed at the keep to look help keep an eye on Calamon and Lucemon. She had arrived at File Connect and had found out that Kouji, Kouichi, and Takato still haven't shown up. They went exploring on Wednesday and haven't been back yet. IceLeomon had said that they would be needing supplies, for their supplies should be run out by now.

Zoe hears a sound and turns to find a Wizardmon to her left. "Good evening." Zoe greets the Digimon. "Good evening too you as well. Nice night to be out." Wizardmon says. Zoe nods her head and thinks about something. Then it hit her, "You must be that Wizardmon that gave Kouichi that bracelet." "I am. I felt that it has been used. I find that I missed him. I must be going, I hope you can tell Kouichi that I hope used it well." Wizardmon says and then nods his farewell to Zoe. Zoe waves goodbye to him.

It was still early and Zoe had a great deal of energy. Taking out her D-tector, she uses it to become Zephyrmon. Zoe flies around the town.

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Takuya looks to where Tommy had fallen asleep. He grins at the sight, it reminds him of his own little brother. Takuya knows that Zoe's fine, they got a message from IceLeomon that said so, but still he wished that she was here with him. Takuya knew that Zoe wanted to know just what Kouji, Kouichi, and Takato had found first hand. Takuya and Zoe didn't have a fight about Zoe leaving, mostly because he knew that it would only lead to a really huge argument. One that he didn't want to have so early in this relationship, or what he thought was a relationship. Takuya didn't know where he stood with Zoe. Was he just a friend or was he something more? He wasn't ready for the answers yet. He trusted his instincts more then his head. Right now his instincts were saying that he did the right thing to let Zoe go to File Connect.

He looks over at Tommy one last time, then began to wake Tommy up. "Come on Tommy. I believe that you should go to bed if you're tired. I don't want you to catch a cold." He says. Tommy nods his head. Takuya helps Tommy get up and leads Tommy to his room.

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Kari looks up at the sky. She misses Tai and the others. She was relived to have Davis back. Davis came back with another partner, a KageVeemon named Kage. Now they are worrying about Takato, Guilmon, and Calamon. They haven't heard anything from Takato. They also can't get a hold of Tai and the others. Kari looks down to where Rika was sky gazing. Rika and her have become close over the last few weeks. Kari already counted Rika as a really good friend. She knew that Rika was really worried about Takato, but Rika hid it rather well. It was just a feeling that Rika was worried. She also knew that Henry and Ryo also were worried, but the trusted Takato to come out of it all right.

Gatomon jumped onto her shoulders. "Thinking about Takato?" Gatomon asked. "Kind of, mostly about home. I didn't really get a chance to say good-bye. When do you think Cassandra and Izzy will be finished with the stabilizer?" Kari says. "I think Dash said that they should be finished in one more weeks time." Gatomon says. Kari smiles, she asks, "So, are you here about my homework?" "Maybe, or just to get your mind off of the past. Everything will be fine! Just think, in a week, you'll be able to talk to your brother! I bet Tai's having kittens worrying about you." Gatomon says. Kari turns and walks to where her homework awaits to be finished.

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Guilmon sighs as he watches Takato look at the full moon. He really wants to have something to eat, but he didn't fell hungry. He wishes that Takato didn't have to leave, but Takato promised that he'd find an answer to unfuse them. He wonders if that Kouichi couldn't come back to play with them. It had been fun to have a new friend to play with. He knew that Kouichi had a great deal of fun as well. He hopes that Impmon and Calamon aren't bored without him.

(V)(V)(V)

He looks at the full moon. Kouji, Kouichi, and him were going back to where the Hazard stored the stuff from the realities that it defeated. They were leaving at 6:00 am. So, Kouji and Kouichi had agreed with him about going to bed early.

"Takatomon, could Kouichi come to visit us here?" Guilmon asks. He looks at his partner. "I think he needs another bracelet to do that Guilmon." He says to his partner. "So ask him." Guilmon states. Takato laughs at that answer. "I plan to Guilmon. I wouldn't mind you meeting Kouichi's friends too. Maybe if we ask Seraphimon about where to find more, maybe you'll get to meet them. So, what game do you want to play?" He asks Guilmon.

He waits for Guilmon to answer him. After a few minutes Guilmon answers. "Go Fish?" Guilmon asks. He looks surprised about the choice. He gets up and head to Guilmon's hide out. He looks around the place, and then he finds the decks of cards that he gave Guilmon for his birthday. It turns out that when the teens were at school, the Digimon didn't mind having games of Poker, Black Jack, Go Fish, and Solitaire. So, when Guilmon's birthday had come, he decided on giving his partner three decks of cards. Guilmon was thrilled at the gift. He smiles at the memory. He pulls the box out and opens it. He looks at the collection of cards and turns to Guilmon, and says, "Why don't I teach you a new card game?" Guilmon look happy and nods. "What's the game called?" Guilmon asks. "It's called War." He says and they walk out of the shed. He explains the rules and answers Guilmon's questions. They had all night to teach Guilmon how to play the game right.

To be continued …