With another update comes another chapter. Here it is readers, the latest chapter to my 'Choices of Heroes' story. I hope you guys like it. Now, for the disclaimer, I don't own digimon.

People grow through experience if they meet life honesty and courageously. This is how character is built.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), My Day

Chapter 5:
New Ally

It seemed as though it was a calm and peaceful day in Kyoto as everyone was going to where they were going. In one particular case, a black hair man in his early twenties running down the street, apparently in a hurry. "I have to hurry. I can't be late for this interview."

Continuing to run down the street it appeared as though he would make it to wherever his interview was at until he heard some commotion in a near by alley. He was going to ignore it but his curiosity got the better of him as he got closer to get a better look.

When he got closer he saw two dark cloak men going against some brown haired man with a black coat on who was in front of an old man, apparently trying to defend him. From what he could tell the brown hair man was handling himself quite well against the two other men and soon was able to knock both of them out. "There you go mister. You're safe now."

"Thank you, good sir. I'm deeply grateful in you saving me. May I ask what your name is?"

"It's Daisuke. Now you better head off. I'll deal with these guys." Nodding his head the old man left the alley not seeing the man that had saw everything as he hid himself from view.

Turning back around he saw the man known as Daisuke went over to one of the men he had took out, who was starting to come to. Leaning over he grabbed the man and brought him in close to his face. "Now why don't you be a good boy and tell me why you were after that man?"

"I'm not telling you anything and there's nothing you can do that'll make me talk." spat the man in defiance.

"Oh, is that right? Let's just see about that." From his vantage point the onlooker couldn't see what Daisuke did but when the guy saw Daisuke's face he became deeply afraid.

"All right, I'll tell you everything." The onlooker couldn't hear what was being said but it didn't matter as he realized that he was going to be late for his interview if he didn't hurry. Forgetting about what was happening in the alley he ran to where he had to get to.

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"I'm here for an interview with your boss. I believe I have an appointment." Looking down at the appoint book the lady at the front desk saw the man's name.

"Ah yes, Mr. Ken ichijouji. You're just in time for your appointment. Mr. Jackson will see you now." The man, now known as Ken headed to the room where Mr. Jackson's office was at and after knocking on the door he entered the room.

An Hour Later…

"Well, I must say that I feel good in saying welcome to the company Mr. Ichijouji." Sticking his hand out Mr. Jackson went to seal the deal which Ken did as he shook the man's hand.

"Thank you sir, I really appreciate this. I promise you that I'll do my best in not failing you." stated Ken in gratitude.

"I'm wure that you won't. Now, can you please excuse yourself, I have another appointment that I must attend to." Getting up from his seat, Ken headed out of the office just as another man was entering.

Nothing was said as the two pass each other but Ken felt that there was something off about the man. Leaving the room he went to close the door but left it ajar enough for him to hear what the two were talking about. "So Jenson, what's the news about our acquiring the old man?"

"I'm afraid the news isn't good Mr. Jackson. Our men were on the verge of capturing the target when an unforeseen obstacle entered the picture."

Hearing this bit of news intrigued Jackson's interest. "You don't say? May I ask who or what this obstacle was?"

"Yes we do. From what we were able to get from our men were able to discover that it was a person by the name of Daisuke Motomiya?"

"Ah, I heard of him. He's someone who has been said to protect the helpless from evil to make the world a better place. What a fool. He actually believes that he can actually make a difference in the world."

"We shouldn't underestimate him sir." informed Jenson. "Let's not forget that he was able to deliver a devastating blow to the Takenaka Corporation in which they still haven't recovered from."

"Of course I haven't forgotten. In a way he did us a favor. With the Takenaka Corporation out of the way we have the opportunity to become the leading manufacturer for other worldly dealings."

From his hidden location Ken was shocked to hear what had been said by his new employer. He didn't have long to think about it as Bentsen began to speak again. "Sir, may I ask about what we should do about getting the old man that got away?"

"Forget about him. He isn't one that we really want. It's the two children that he was supposed to make contact with that are the true targets. With their abilities in our possession it'll make us unstoppable." Not wanting to hear anymore Ken left not only from his hiding place but the building entirely.

When he finally got far enough distance he stopped and tried to think things through. "Oh man, what did I get myself into? I have to do something to stop them but how?" It was then that he remembered them mentioning someone's name who stopped them already once before. "What was that person's name again? Dai? Davis? Daisuke? That's it! Daisuke Motomiya. I need to find him and maybe he can find a way to stop them. The question is can I find him before it's too late?"

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"Are you sure that this is how you do it Daisuke?"

"Trust me Hikari. I've done this before so I think I know what I'm doing." informed Daisuke with certainly

"Okay, now I know that my body isn't supposed to bend that way." In the basement of Daisuke's home the two of them had spent hours practicing fighting moves. Deciding that was good for the day, the two of them rested up. "Man, I'm exhausted. I don't mean to sound ungrateful Daisuke but why did you have the sudden interest in training me?"

"Uh, because I thought it would be a smart thing to teach you." In reality he wanted to make sure that she wouldn't be killed like she was before he was able to turn back time to prevent it. Sometime later Takeru came down and inform them that there was someone upstairs that wanted to talk to Daisuke. Going upstairs they saw a black hair man who apparently had something important to say. "Hello. How may I help you?"

"You're Daisuke are you not?"

"Yes, that's me. May I ask who you are and why you specifically asked for me?" He didn't know what it was but Daisuke had a strange feeling about this.

"Oh, thank goodness I found you. The name's Ken Ichijouji and I have something important to discuss with you."

For the next hour Ken told them about everything he had heard and even what he saw in the alleyway before that. "So there's something else to deal with. What do you know about this Mr. Jackson, Takeru?"

"His whole name is Jamal Jackson and he's the C.E.O. of Jackson Industries. It's a big computer software company but has been rumored to be involved in black market stuff. Said to be only to the Takenaka Corporation."

"Interesting and why were you going to work for this company Mr. Ichijouji?"

"Please, call me Ken. As for your question, I was going to work for them as a computer programmer. I didn't know what I was getting into when I met up with them but I don't like what's going on." It was then that there was something that he wanted to ask. Before we continue with this discussion may I ask why you were fighting those two men in that alley?"

A set of nervous looks went between Daisuke and his friends. "Well, I just happen to be walking pass and saw what was going on and decided to step in. Now tell me, do you have anymore information about who they're planning on going after?"

"I'm afraid not." Ken regrettably informed. All that I got was that they were going to go after these two kids who who've been said to have some ability that would be useful to them. That's all."

"Then I guess that mean you'll have to get the information that we need." instructed Daisuke simply.

"You're kidding right?" questioned Ken in all seriousness. "If I go back and start to snoop around they'll get suspicious."

"Well, if you're so worried about getting in trouble then you shouldn't have told us about this. If you truly want to stop them then you have to take the risk. The question is, are you willing to take such a risk?" Ken's only response was uncertain stare.

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Next Day…

Ken was once again heading back to the Jackson Industries building with a look of worry gracing over his face. Going over to his assigned desk he quietly went to work but when the close was clear he began to use his computer in an attempt to find the needed information. Using every computer trick that he knew, Ken finally was able to find the system that contained the files that he was looking for. Clicking on the wanted file he started to make a copy onto a floppy disk.

Once he was finish with the downloading he was ready to make his escape until he happen to notice another interesting file. Putting another disk in he began to download that file as well. After it was finished, Ken exited the system and tried to leave the building as fast as he could. But he was stopped by Mr. Jackson stepping in his way.

"Hey now, what's the rush?" Thinking of a reasonably excuse Ken said the first one that came to him that sounded believable.

"Sorry about leaving early. I unfortunately have a family emergency that I need to attend to. I hope you can understand."

"Don't worry about it. I understand. Trust me, I realize that family comes before work. So go ahead and hurry off to see your family." Not wanting to risk that chance of being found out, Ken headed out of the building with the two computer disks that he made.

-/-/-/-/-

"Well, does the disk have the info that you wanted?" asked Ken.

"Give me a minute and let me find out all right." answered Takeru who was on the computer checking over the contents of the disk. As soon as Ken left Jackson Industries he headed straight to Daisuke's place for them to examine the disk that hopefully had the information about the problem that he came to them about.

While that was going on, Daisuke went to sit beside Ken. "I presume that everything went well with your part?"

"Yeah, if you don't count being freaked out by bumping into my boss on the way out." A question suddenly popped into Ken's head. "I need to ask why you do this. Why do you go out and basically risk your lives to protect people that you don't even know?"

"We have our reasons." responded Daisuke. "Hikari wants to help make sure that no one will be use like she was almost was." Obviously he was referring to when the Takenaka Corporation sent a group of vampires after her as some message to him. "Takeru wants no one else to suffer like he had to." The suffering that Daisuke was talking about was how Takeru's person was murdered in cold blood. "As for me, let's just say that it's stuff like this that I've been preparing for."

"I still don't see why you would do things like this time and time again." Ken still couldn't understand why these three people would be actually willing to do these things.

"It really depends on what kind of drive you have to do this. You just have to find that thing that makes you want to put others ahead of yourself."

Before their conversation could continue any further, Takeru spoke up. "Hey guys. I think we've found what we were looking for." Going over to the computer they saw on the screen was a picture of a brown haired boy and girl, probably brother and sister. "I assume that those are the two kids that Mr. Jackson is after."

"You'd be right about that Takeru." spoke Hikari who had scrolled further down the screen. "Their names are Julius and Julia Santo, both are eight years old. The two lived with there parents in Odaiba until they started to show signs of unusual abilities."

Reading from where she left off from, Takeru continued. "When the two are together they are able to foresee events of the future. There you go guys, we found our reason."

"I agree. If someone were able to use those two's ability to their advantage it could lead to some trouble." remarked Hikari.

"Whoa, wait a minute. You got to be kidding." spoke Ken in totally disbelief. "This can't be real right? There's no way that this is actually happening."

"Trust me Ken, after you see the things that we've seen you don't get that surprise about these things." Switching his attention away from Ken he turned back to the computer. "Now, does it say when they're going to go after them?"

Scanning through the file Takeru had found the answer. "It says here that they'll be arriving at a private airstrip later tonight to meet with a person who'll teach them to better learn their power and from this picture it's the person that you saved yesterday, Daisuke."

"That gives us only a few hours to get ready." Going to the weapons cabnet, Daisuke grabbed the necessary arsenal. "Hikari, I want you to head off and meet up with the man. Keep him from the airstrip and tell him that we'll bring him the kids. In the meantime the three of us are going to get those kids and take care of anyone who gets in our way."

As the weapons were being handed out, Ken once again added in his two cents. "You're actually serious about going through with this? We don't even know what we'll be up against once we get there."

"Well, there's one way to find out and that's to actually go there." Looking over to him, Daisuke handed him a broadsword. "So, are you in or are you out?" Grasping the sword tightly, Ken hurried up to catch up with Daisuke and Ken who were already heading out. "I can't believe I'm actually going to go through with this. I must be nuts."

-/-/-/-/-

"How much longer do we have to wait?"

"We'll wait as long as it takes Ken." answered Takeru. For the last hour Takeru, Daisuke and Ken had been hiding out at the private airstrip, waiting to get the kids and stop those who were after them. Finally, signs of life began to appear when a figure walked onto one of the runways. "At last, we have someone here. I believe we have the head honcho here. What do you say that we say hello?"

Walking over to Mr. Jackson they snuck up behind him to the point where Daisuke pressed his sword against the back of Jackson's back. "What a surprise. I was just telling my friends that we might meet some interesting people while we were out and it looks like I was right?"

Not showing any sign of fear, Jackson turned around so he was now facing the three of them. "Well, what a surprise this is. Daisuke Motomiya, I presume?"

"My, I feel quite flattered. I guess my reputation has gotten around."

"It's to be expected after what you did with the Takenaka Corporation. I must say it was quite impressive." It was then that he realized that Ken was with them as well. "Ken, my boy, it's such a shame that you chose to betray us and join the enemy."

"Sorry to disappoint you but unlike you I have something called caring for others." spat Ken in detest. "Besides, how did you know that I told them anything?"

"Please. Do you think that we wouldn't know when someone hacks into our systems? We are quickly notified when certain files or programs are being checked out without authorization. It wasn't until we had our little run in that I discover what you did."

"So what if you found out? It doesn't matter seeing as there is three of us and only one of you."

Despite this bit of news, Jackson didn't seem that bit concern. "I wouldn't be so sure about that." With a snap of his fingers a dozen men that were similar to the ones that Daisuke messed with just two days ago appeared. "Did you actually think that I would come here alone? Now don't think that you'll have your way these men as you did last time Mr. Motomiya. This group is much stronger than the last two that you dealt with."

Checking out all those that were surrounding him and his friends, Daisuke looked at him with a impassive stare. "Is that so?" Out of nowhere he punched one of the nearest men which knocked him completely out. "They don't seem all that that tough to me."

With that, a fight broke out between all of them and despite being outnumbered, the fight was about even. During the fight, Jackson ran from the scene and with both Daisuke and Takeru currently having their hands full it only left Ken to go after him. Moving fast he was able to track him down to a empty air plane bunker. Looking around he couldn't find a trace of Jackson but knew that he was still inside the building.

"You know Ken, there's still time for you to change your mind." The voice belonged to Jackson but due to the echoing that the bunker was producing it was impossible to find where he was hiding. "All that you need to do is deal with those two interlopers and hand me those two kids when they arrive. What do you say?"

For sometime, Ken didn't say a word. "What do I say about that?" Turning around Ken punched Jackson right in the face as he was trying to sneak up behind him with a large wrench in his hand. " I say forget it."

In that one punch caused Jackson to be knocked out just as Daisuke, who along with Takeru had apparently dealt with the goons and behind him were the two kids that they had come to save. "Come on, let's go. We have some kids to deliver."

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Next Day…

"So, how do you like your new job?" Daisuke asked as he put down a newspaper that had the headline, 'JACKSON INDUSTRIES GOES BELLY UP'.

"Man, it's great and it's all thanks to you." answered Ken who sat in front of him. At the moment they were the only ones at Daisuke's home. "How were you able to get me a job with one of Samuel Bentson's companies?"

"Let's just say that he was returning a favor." That was the only answer that Daisuke would give to him.

Nothing was said for a while until Ken brought up a topic that needed to be discussed. "By the way, here's something that you might want to see." Reaching into his coat pocket he pulled out a floppy disk and slid it across to Daisuke.

Picking it up Daisuke read the name on it which was 'Motomiya, Daisuke'."As I was getting the information about the kids I stumbled onto a file with your name on it. I downloaded it as well and let's just say that from what I read last night was very interesting. I mean come on, finding out that there are actually vampires in the world, let alone one still with a soul."

"It's not all that shocking. In fact I've heard that there have been two other vamps that were able to regain their souls. Their names escape me for the moment but it has happen. I'm just someone who wants to make this world a little bit better than it is." Becoming serious, Daisuke looked at Ken with a intense stare. "The question that needs to be asked is, were you able to find that drive to help make that a reality?"

Sticking his hand out, Daisuke waited for Ken's answer. He wouldn't have to wait long as Ken shook it. "I believe I found that drive."

Hopefully you readers enjoyed that story. As you can probably tell I've added another character to the group. The reason for that is because if I didn't then things might of gotten stale between the main characters. Also, because some of you readers have been asking if I was going to have any of the other digimon characters in this story and I hope that answers your question. And don't think that was it, since as the story moves along there'll be more characters added but not for sometime.

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