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Chapter 2 - New and Improved!

J.P. turned around and looked at the sky.

"Wow. When'd it get so late?" he took out his cell phone with a defeated sigh and dialed.

Ring! Ring! Ring! Click!

"Hello, you've reached the Minamoto residence. We're not available at the moment. Leave your name, phone number, and-" click!

He sighed and dialed another number.

Ring! Click!

"Hello?" came a slightly anxious voice on the other end.

"Hey! Kouji! You're not at home?" he should've known that Kouji Minamoto, who's only real friend (according to Kouji himself) was missing, wouldn't be at home until said friend was safe.

"Of course not. Takuya's still out there somewhere, isn't he?" there was a pause. "What are you doing anyway?" he asked in a cold voice. J.P. sweat dropped.

"Oh, searching, like you." he said in what he hoped was a voice that wasn't showing any of his fear. "But, I just noticed the time...I gotta get home. My mom'll go nuts if I'm out to late." he said, hoping Kouji wouldn't kill him and suddenly wishing he'd called Shinya instead. He didn't know the boy well, but at least he stood a chance against him.

"Fine. Whatever." Kouji replied coldly, J.P. blinked. "Do what you want. I'm gonna keep searching though." Click! J.P. sighed.

"I've been searching all day! What does he expect from me anyway?" the slightly chubby boy whined, starting his slow way home, stars already coming out for the coming night.

-

Kouji was stomping through the city now. Every single one of Takuya's so called friends had called him in the last 30 minutes with excuses on why they had to go home. Dammit! Takuya was missing! Their parents should understand that!

"It's pizza and ice cream night at my house, sorry Kouji, I'll search some more tomorrow morning." Kouji said, making his voice sound somewhat like Tommy's. "My mom'll go nuts if I'm out to late." he mimicked J.P. "Oh, sorry Kouji, really wish I could search more. But my parents, you know how they are. They hate me to be out after dark to much." he finished by imitating Zoe.

'Know your parents. Ha! I've only met them once! And what does she mean 'they hate me to be out after dark?' She's 16!' Zoe's birthday had been the past week. 'And J.P.! He probably just wanted to go home and eat! Tommy to! Ice cream and pizza. It's just food! This is Takuya's life here!' he scoffed.

"At least Shinya and Kouichi are still looking for him." he muttered. Suddenly, his cell phone vibrated. "Ah!" he picked it from his pocket. "You find anything Kouichi?" he asked as soon as he picked up.

"No..." Kouchi sounded disappointed. "I'll keep looking though, until we find him." Kouji had to smile at this. "But Shinya had to go home. His mom called a few minutes ago and told him to come home." Kouji frowned. "When he argued, I only heard half the conversation, but he told me that she'd called the police and that they were on it. So he had to go home. Apparently his mom doesn't want to lose both her sons." he finished, then sighed. Kouji smiled slightly.

"Don't worry about it Kouichi." he said, hopefully sounding cheerful...somewhat. "We'll find him." he then lowered his head and muttered. "We're the only ones left..."

"What? What about Zoe, Tommy, and J.P.?" Kouichi asked, surprised. Kouji laughed bitterly.

"They all went home. Each excuse had it's holes. Tommy said food, Zoe said it was to late, and J.P. said about the same as Zoe." he scoffed. "Food and time. Food and time over a life!"

"Calm down Kouji.' Kouichi said, somewhat calm. "Let's just keep looking. We won't find anything by standing around." and then he hung up.

Kouji checked his cell phones clock and gasped. No wonder the others had gone home. It was almost midnight! No matter, he wasn't about to go home. He put his cell phone back in his pocket and kept going.

-

On top of a building, somewhere in the city, a dirty-blonde man and a dark blue haired man stood, a shorter figure between them. The man with dark blue hair that went to the ground bent down and whispered to their slightly shorter companion.

"See..." he whispered. "They do not care for you." he motioned to the small figures of J.P., Zoe, and Tommy, all walking home. "They gave up searching for you. Even your own brother doesn't care enough to keep searching." he pointed to Shinya, who was just arriving home. "You have no reason to protect them."

The brunette's eyes, which had been defiant a moment ago, clouded and dulled. His mouth moved, but no sound came out.

"That's right..." the taller man said softly as he stood up. "No one cares..." he smirked, repeating what the boy had mouthed. "Now, come Takuya. No, you need a new name. One that will shed you of your past and such acquaintances as those."

There was a pause. Then he smiled and took Takuya by the shoulders and stared him in the eyes. His eyes turned from a bright golden yellow to a piercing red.

"You are...Telamon!" he said firmly. Takuya's eyes shone for a moment.

"T...telamon..." he muttered, his voice soft. The dirty-blonde next to them frowned slightly, casting a hand over Takuya's head, blue electricity flowing again from his fingers.

"Telamon, come." the tall, cloaked man ordered. As the blue electricity disappeared, Takuya turned and followed him away. "Matamon! Come! We have work to do!" he called over his shoulder. The blonde nodded.

"Yes, my lord." and he followed after them. The clock chimed twelve midnight as they disappeared.

-

"Before we can begin our world domination, you must change a bit Telamon." the dark man said. They were back in the 'hideout.' He swirled his right forefinger next to his head, as if thinking, before a lightbulb came on and he pointed his finger at Takuya, a bright lightning bolt bursting from his finger to hit Takuya. He began to cringe.

'You do not feel pain...' said a creamy, persuasive voice in his head. 'This is nothing...No pain can be inflicted upon you. You can not feel pain...'

Takuya instantly stopped cringing and stood still, accepting the lightning as if it were bubbles.

The light from the lightning bolt hitting Takuya became so strong that it was impossible to see the 15 year old within it. Once it was gone, he didn't look like Takuya anymore.

He had flaming red hair that looked as if it were on fire. His clothing was an almost no-sleeves, black leather shirt; a black leather jacket with flames, and matching leather pants. His boots, unsurprisingly, were also black leather with flames encrypted on them. His eyes were golden and seemed to hold power within themselves.

He looked at his hands, his fingernails were slightly longer, but other than that, there was no real physical change. He blinked and looked behind him. He had a wolf-like red tail coming from his tail-bone (aka : just above his butt) He smirked. It looked aflame.

He held his hands out on either side of him and was suddenly holding two fire balls. His leader smirked.

"I see you like your new powers. You see Telamon, as a digimon, you will have much more power than you did as a human." he announced. Takuya...Telamon smirked.

"I like it." he said, his voice slightly deeper than Takuya's. "When can I start?" he asked.

"As soon as you can say, 'I want to destroy, Lord Heraldomon.'" he said calmly.

"I want to destroy, Lord Heraldomon." Telamon said evilly.

-

Kouji sank to his knees next to a bench. He was out of breath and tired. Soon after, a boy that looked like him, Kouichi, joined him by the bench, also breathing hard.

"I...don't know where he could be...Kouji." Kouichi said sadly, sitting down on the bench and leaning back against it. "Maybe...he was taken out of the city?" he suggested.

There was no answer. He looked down and smiled sadly. Kouji was laying on the ground next to the bench, sleeping. This should've been a sweet, or even cute, sight. But Kouji's face didn't show the peace that sleep usually brought. Instead he looked troubled.

Kouichi new that Kouji had every right to be upset. Kouji never enjoyed hanging out with the others much. The only times he really hung out with anyone was when Takuya, Kouji, and him all went out together. Or if Takuya forced him unwillingly to a get together with the others.

"I'm sorry...Kouji..." he muttered, leaning his head back and staring at the stars. "But don't worry...we'll find...him..." and he fell asleep.

Both of them slept for a very short time. Neither of them was dreaming, it was just sleep. Pure, dark, dreamless sleep. But it was interrupted by the most unexpected, or maybe expected, thing.

BOOM!

Both of them jerked awake at the noise. J.P., Zoe, Tommy, heck, probably half the city! woke up to the explosion! A building about 3 blocks from the park Kouji and Kouichi were in was on fire...or...not there at all.

They glanced at each other, then took off towards the building. They could already hear the police, fire trucks, and ambulances on their way. J.P, Zoe, and Tommy also jumped into action, changed clothes, and ran for the flames.

Kouji and Kouichi arrived at the building...or what was left of it. The flames were hotter than any they'd felt in the human world before. They watched as a figure started walking out of the flames.

"Takuya?" Kouji asked, shielding his face from the flames. But it wasn't Takuya, it didn't look like him.

When the figure came out of the fire, it looked around, spotted the twins, and laughed.

End Chapter 2!