Chapter Five

"Inju, locate the Digipure of Love," said Beth.

"The Digipure of Love is due south of here, about half a kilometer," responded Inju.

"Is the Digicursed of Hate there yet?"

"No."

"Let's hope it stays like that." Beth headed south.

"Turn left on the next street, house number one-thousand-three-hundred-twenty-five."

"Thanks." Beth arrived at the house and knocked on the door. There was no answer. "Are you sure they're in here?" Beth asked.

"Yes, the digipure is inside this house," answered Inju.

"Alright. Oh, Inju, what's the Japanese word for wisdom?"

"Wisdom."

"Thanks. Excuse me, but if the people in this house have any wisdom left in them, they would open the door and hear me out!" They waited. The door opened slightly.

"Y-yes?" answered a frightened Sora.

"You, your family, and your digimon are in great danger. I am advising you to get your family together and follow me. If it makes a difference, Yagami Hikari would have been with me now, but stayed behind to help the injured."

"How do I know that you aren't going to hurt us?"

"Because you are needed to... um... Inju, what's the Japanese word for resurrect?"

"Resurrect," Inju replied.

"Right... You are needed to resurrect the digital world."

"What do you mean by 'resurrect'?" questioned Sora.

"WARNING! The Digicursed of Hate is nearby and approaching fast!" cried Inju.

"So much for this being easy," groaned Beth. "Hold on, can your digimon digivolve to its mega-level form yet?"

"No, why?" asked Sora

"Your opposite is here, the Digicursed of Hate. You aren't ready for this battle. I will fight in your stead." Confused, Sora went back into her house, just as the Digicursed of Hate, a boy seeming to be around Sora's age having medium-length lavender hair, arrived with his digimon, Albatrossmon, a champion level digimon. Beth called for Fairymon. "Fairymon, digivolve to Megafairymon," said Beth. Fairymon bypassed its champion-level form and went straight into its ultimate-level form. "Who are you?"

"That's none of your concern. I'm here for the Digipure of Love, not some insignificant person like you," said the digicursed.

"I'm sorry, you must have me confused for someone else, for I am the Digipure of Kindness."

"In that case, my name is Arashi. Don't forget it." Arashi reached behind him and grabbed his digicurse. "Albatrossmon, digivolve. We need to show Miss Kindness who she's dealing with." Albatrossmon digivolved into its ultimate-level form, Harpymon. Arashi then shot a gust of wind from his digicurse.

"Too easy." Beth moved out of the way of the gust and got her digivice. She shot a beam at Arashi. It hit and sent Arashi to the ground.

"Ah, so you're that Kindness." Arashi struggled to get up, but in vain. The gravitational force around him was too strong. Harpymon started to attack.

"Harpy Wing!" it cried. Harpymon rushed forward, its wings glowing.

"Graviton Cannon!" yelled Megafairymon. A dense, black orb shot into Harpymon, binding it to the ground.

Beth knocked on the door again. "Hurry! We don't have much time!" she said. Sora brought her family and their digimon out. "Follow me!"

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"Bethany, in which direction is the Digipure of Reliability?" asked Eugene.

"Over there!" replied Bethany, pointing west.

"...Okay, if we were to go around all of these houses to get to them, where would they be?"

"Go south until you reach the next street." Eugene did as she instructed. "Now go west for twelve streets."

"Which way now?"

"Go north until you reach number one five seven three."

"...Which apartment number?"

"Thirty-two."

"Alright. Oh, hey, check to see if a digicursed is in the area." Bethany started to scan the area, then abruptly stopped.

"Whoa!"

"What is it?"

"The Digicursed of Chaos just flew by over-head, along with an unknown digimon!"

"That was close. Keep searching." Bethany started scanning again.

"The Digicursed of Unreliability is..."

"Is what?"

"I think that they're lost, hee hee. They're going the wrong way to get here."

"Talk about living up to your title. Let's just hope it stays that way." Eugene headed towards the apartment and knocked on the door. A startled Jo opened the door.

"Eugene? What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Ah, I see you still remember me. Hey, Jo, do you remember what I told you about the war?"

"You mean the one that was in those ruins you saw?"

"Yeah. It's started. Get your family and digimon and follow me."

"I understand." Jo went back into his house.

"Bethany, notify me if you pick anything up while scanning."

Jo returned with his family. "We're all here."

"Ahh! The Digicursed of Chaos just went by again!" cried Bethany.

"Hmm? What's that?" asked Jo, noticing Bethany.

"I'll explain later. We're currently being stalked by my opposite, the Digicursed of Chaos. Where the Digicursed of Unreliability is, I do not know, but as long as you're still here, you're in danger," said Eugene.

"Where are we going?" asked Mrs. Kido.

"I have set up a place for the digipure that the digicursed can't get to."

"Mom, we can trust him. I know this guy. His name is Eugene," said Jo.

"Follow me." The Kido family followed Eugene and Bethany back to the rendezvous point. Upon arrival, Beth and Inju were nowhere to be found. "Hmm, Beth must have run into a digicursed."

"So, just where is this 'safe place'?" asked Mr. Kido.

"Be patient. We have to wait for Beth to get back with the Digipure of Love."

A short while later, Beth, Inju, and the Takenouchi family arrived. "So, did you have problems with a digicursed as well?" Beth questioned.

"Nothing major."

"The Digicursed of Chaos is heading straight for us!" warned Bethany.

"We don't have any time to spare." Eugene opened up a portal with his digivice. "Everyone, enter the portal. Beth and I will stay behind and find the rest of the digipure."

Jo nodded and started forward, but Mrs. Kido stopped him. "We don't know where that leads, Jo. How do we know that it's safe?" she said.

"He's never lied to or tricked me before. I trust him. We all should," Jo responded.

Jo entered the portal. Hesitantly, Sora and the Kido and Takenouchi families followed. The portal closed just as the Digicursed of Chaos arrived.