14 reviews. Not bad. Let's see, the Tamers come in in this chapter. (YAY!) Okay, it's after their fight with the D-Reaper but their digimon are still in the real world with them. Calumon is with Jeri. Ai and Mako don't take much part in this story . . . at least not so far. Now to answer some questions.

Dragons star: I admit I did add details to make it a more interesting story but yes it was a dream. It actually took two nights before it stopped. I have quite a few of dreams that come back twice, like a sequel or something. It's really strange. And yeah, when I had this dream I was practically digimon obsessed.

Lavos, The Time Apocalyps: I'm thinking about it. ~_^

Lady Charis: Am I planning any couples? Well yes, in fact. Though I'm thinking of crossing with the seasons. Not just the regular couples. I might keep a few of them though . . . it's a possibility.

Oh, I forgot to mention that there's something about Ken you should look for. I gave a little hint of it last chapter. Perhaps you can figure out what I mean.

Disclaimer: Do I own digimon? No. Do I own my dreams? Yes.

Now that that's taken care of enjoy Chapter 5 everyone! ^_^

Chapter 5
The Tamers

Tai and Matt were flung in the cell after having to face Lucemon in his rage.

"Tai! Matt! Are you okay?" Sora cried running over to them. The two boys lay on the floor breathing in painful, shallow gasps.

"Man, they took quite a beating," Izzy remarked looking at them worried. They had gotten a slight beating themselves but nothing compared to Tai's and Matt's. Matt had a black eye and Tai had a bloody lip, their clothes were almost ripped to shreds and they were covered in bruises and blood. They could barely move or talk.

"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!" Mimi panicked. She was in tears.

"M-Mimi . . . it's okay. W-we'll get out of h-here," Tai whispered, his voice cracked and dry.

"Tai, keep quiet. You need to save your energy," Sora said hushing him into silence.

"TK . . ." Matt gripped Izzy's arm tight, "TK . . . d-did they . . . hurt-t him?"

Izzy paused for a second, then he peeked through the grating. He drew in a sharp breath as Arukenimon brought a beaten, sore looking TK to the cell across theirs'. Obviously TK had paid for his unspeakable rage that had begun the escape. Izzy closed his eyes at the horrible sight, wishing that it was all a dream, but wishing that something could be something else does a person no good, does it?

"Izzy?" came Sora's hesitant question.

Izzy turned to look at her, tears formed in his eyes as he nodded his head once. Sora took a shuddered breath.

"At least, we have hope. We have hope in Joe, Kari, Ken, Kouji, and Kouichi. I know they won't fail us!"

***

Davis, Yolei, and Cody all ran over to TK as he was thrown back in.

"TK! What have they done to him?!" Yolei asked fearfully allowing TK to rest his head on her lap instead of the filthy floor.

"Agh! I can't take this anymore! Man, I wish I had my D-3 and Veemon was here!" Davis nearly yelled hold his head with frustration.

Cody knelt next to TK and started ripping off pieces of cloth from his shirt and applying them to TK's cuts.

"Davis, calm down. We don't have our D-3s or our digimon so we have to work with what we have."

"Cody's right," Yolei said as she helped Cody, "We need a plan to get out. I mean Ken and Kari got out, why can't we?"

Davis leaned against the door to think. "But how?"

"The o-only gu-guard is Luce-mon," whispered TK hoarsely.

They all glanced at him.

"Hey, you're right!" Yolei exclaimed.

"Yeah, but that doesn't help us much. I mean look what he did to TK," Davis said.

They lapsed back into silence each thinking each others thoughts. How were they to get out?

***

Kouji and Ken fell out of the portal in a crumpled heap. They disentangled themselves. Ken stood up. "Thanks for helping me back there," he said offering his hand to help Kouji up. Kouji nodded in reply taking the hand. Ken then bent down and picked up the metal box.

"Over here!" The boys looked up and saw Joe motioning them over to where Kouichi lay hidden. They hurried over. Kari sat next to Kouichi trying to revive him. "We need to get out of here," Joe said. "Owikawa and his cronies will be out any minute now. I'll carry him," Joe nodded to Kouichi. "Kari, you think you can walk?"

Kari glanced up, "Yes, I think so."

Soon they were walking through the trees staying away from the clearings and pathways.

"So, are you Kouichi or Kouji?" Joe asked Kouji.

Kouji glanced at surprised, "Kouji, but how did you know?"

"Sora, one of the others, managed to contact your friends. They said you and your brothers' names were Kouji and Kouichi. Since both of you look similar it goes to say you're related," Joe said. "I'm Joe, by the way, and this is Ken and Kari."

"Ken," Kari asked still a little pale, "what is in the box?"

Ken smiled, "This." He opened it and the others peered inside to see what it held.

"It's our digivices!" Kari exclaimed with joy.

"BADA BOOM!!!"

A small ball of fire was suddenly thrown into their midst. They jumped back in surprise.

"What was that?!" Joe asked astonished.

A purple imp-like digimon jumped down to the ground from where it had been standing on a bough.

"Is that a-?" Kari began.

"Yeah," Ken answered.

"Hey! What's the deal with attacking us?" Kouji demanded angrily.

"What's the deal with attacking us," the imp repeated in a mocking tone, "because I want to you useless human. Bada Boom!"

This fireball was aimed at Kouji injured shoulder.

"LOOK OUT!" A boy with golden goggles pushed Kouji out of the way. Kouji winced as he fell on his shoulder.

"Takato!" A boy haired boy with a sort of white rabbit-type digimon clinging to his shoulders ran to scene followed shortly by a red dinosaur digimon.

"Not you again," the imp said distraughtly.

"Impmon, get outta here!" the rabbit-type said.

"They're all digimon!" Kari whispered.

"These must be some of the Tamers," Joe said softly. Ken nodded in agreement.

"Who's gonna stop me," Impmon sneered. Kouji sat up and looked at his shoulder. Fresh blood was soaking through the cloth of his shirt and coat. Takato saw it too.

"Wow! I didn't think he could do that much damage!" he said.

"He didn't," Kouji replied, "but if he doesn't get going I'm going to do worse damage to him!"

Impmon turned his attention to Kouji. "Oh yeah? And how are you gonna do that?"

"Let's just ignore him," the blue haired boy said. "He's just an annoying pest."

"Just an annoying pest!" Impmon yelled outraged. "You're the pests!"

The blue haired boy started walking away motioning for Joe, Kari, and Ken to follow. His digimon sighed and turned to Takato and Kouji.

"Come on you slow pokes! We aren't waiting all day for you!" he said.

"Terriermon!"

"Momentai Henry," Terriermon called out to his Tamer. Henry rolled his eyes. Takato and Kouji stood up and followed the others.

"Hey! You can't just walk away from me! Come back here!" Impmon yelled at their receding figures.

Takato nodded at his digimon partner. The red dinosaur turned and attacked Impmon. "Pyro Sphere!"

"AGH!"

The kids and digimon chuckled to themselves leaving Impmon furious.

When they were a fare distance away from him Ken asked, "Are the Tamers by any chance?"

"Yeah, how'd you know? And if you don't mind my saying so you don't seem to be as shocked to see digimon as everyone else," Takato said.

"That's because we have our own digimon and have come to warn you about some of them that are headed this way right now," Joe said shifting Kouichi slightly.

"Is that why you look all black and blue?" Terriermon asked.

Henry gave him a sharp look, "Terriermon, what have I told you?"

"Oh come on Henry, lighten up!" he said cheerfully.

Kari explained, "There's this evil digimon named Lucemon and a human named Owikawa who controls two other digimon. They've joined forces and are out to destroy all of us that hold a digivice and have a digimon partner."

"I don't have a digimon partner," Kouji said quietly. Everyone looked at him startled.

"Then why is Lucemon so eager on getting you?" Ken asked.

"I have one of the spirits of the ten Legendary Warriors," he answered.

"The ten Legendary Warriors?"

"I think we should find some place safe to discuss this with all the digidestined, or Tamers," Joe interrupted.

"Good idea," Henry thought for a moment, "my place is too small. Takato, are your folks home?"

"Yeah, they have the bakery open to 6:00pm," he answered. "Guilmon's place isn't what you'd call safe either."

Terriermon jumped up onto Henry's shoulder. "Hey! How about Rika's place. She's got enough room and her grandmother doesn't mind us digimon."

"Did you actually come up with a good idea Terriermon?" Henry asked surprised.

"Mine are better than yours," he replied. The group laughed at the two debating partners.

"Okay, let's go to Rika's," Takato said.

***

Owikawa, Arukenimon, and Mummymon came through the portal.

"Keep a wary eye out for those brats. We need to catch them before they warn these Tamers of our presence," Owikawa said sharply to the digimon. They nodded not daring to speak.

***

Takato rung the doorbell and waited. Soon it was opened by a red-headed girl. She looked at Takato with annoyance.

"What is it this time gogglehead?" she asked in a flat, dull tone. Then she spotted Joe, Kari, Ken, Kouji, and Kouichi. "Who are they?"

Joe spoke up, "I'm Joe, this is Kari, Ken, Kouji, and Kouichi."

The girl, which they assumed to be Rika, nodded in acknowledgement and turned her gaze back to Takato.

"Is your mom or grandmother home?" he asked.

"No. Why?"

"Can we come in? We need to contact Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, Ryo, and Susie," he said and then added indicating to Joe and the others, "Some of them need some medical treatment too."

Rika looked back at the others, her gaze lingering on Kouichi who lay unconscious on Joe's back. "Okay," she said finally, "come on in. You can use the phone by the computer Takato. Henry, here's my cell." She handed Henry her cell phone and pointed to the computer room for Takato. She motioned for the others to follow her.

She slide back a door and revealed a room empty except for a low table and a bed.

"You can put him here," Rika said nodding at Kouichi and gesturing at the bed. "I'll be right back." She left.

Joe laid Kouichi down while Kouji hovered around anxiously. Ken put the metal box he had been carrying all this time down on the table. Rika returned with a First Aid kit. Joe thanked her.

"Ken, you don't need that much medical attention. Can you see what you can do for Kouji's shoulder? Rika, I need you to look at Kari's arm. I'm going to see what I can do for Kouichi," Joe said.

Rika unwrapped Kari's handmade bandage and made a face at the deep gash. "It looks like you got stabbed by a knife!" she remarked. Kari refused to look at her arm for fear of fainting. She was feeling light-headed enough as it was. Rika began cleaning the cut before she re-bandaged it. "So what happened?" Kari told her from the beginning to the end not leaving out a part.

"This Lucemon sounds like a real idiot. How does he expect to kill all of us? The Devas sound tougher than him," Rika said.

"Devas?" Kari asked curious.

"Never mind."

***

Ken was shocked when he saw Kouji's shoulder. Even Kouji didn't think it was as bad as it turned out to be. His entire shoulder was covered with dried blood. The cut extended from the base of Kouji's neck to the upper part of his arm then it turned going down his back stopping at the lower part of his shoulder blade.

Ken started to clean the cut and then bandage it. Rika had to get up and go get more bandages so they wouldn't run out. As soon as Ken finished, Kouji was over at his brother's side helping Joe in anyway he could.

Soon Rika, Kari, and Ken joined him.

"Joe, will he be alright?" Kari asked cautiously.

"If he gets enough rest he should be fine. Though when he'll wake up I can't say. He did a brave thing willing to sacrifice himself so that you and Kouji would survive that explosion," Joe answered.

Suddenly a yellow fox-like digimon appeared out of the shadows startling the group, except Rika who wasn't fazed by her appearance.

"Rika, I sense a strange force has entered our world," she said.

Rika glanced up at the digimon. "Renamon, keep an eye on them. Don't miss a single move they make."

Renamon nodded and disappeared before their eyes.

"Is that your partner?" Kari asked.

"Yes," Rika answered. "She'll keep watch on this Owikawa and his digimon cronies."

Takato and Henry came in followed by a girl with short, reddish brown hair. In her arms was a cute, little, white digimon with big green eyes. Behind her were three boys. Two of them had brown hair, the other blue hair. The blue haired boy had glasses and a small digimon Joe knew as MarineAngemon, the mega form of Gomamon. Neither of the two brown-headed boys had digimon with them. The kids assumed they might be out on the lawn with Takato's and Henry's digimon. They had the same hairstyle except one also had a visor on as well.

Rika glanced at them then turned to Henry.

"Where's your sister?"

Takato looked at Henry uneasily but didn't answer. The other girl spoke up, "I went to Henry's apartment but Susie wasn't there and apparently Ryo checked Henry's sensei's place. She wasn't there either."

The brown-headed boy without the visor, who was evidently Ryo, said, "He did say she went out earlier with Lopmon. We're afraid she might've gone to the park."

Kari, Joe, Kouji, and Ken exchanged anxious glances. With Owikawa, Arukenimon, and Mummymon roaming the park Henry's sister could get into big trouble.

*****

It's a little rushed and they don't really do anything in it but the next chapter is better. I'm almost finished writing but I'm not sure how it'll take because my weekend is booked. There's a festival across the street and I get to walk sheep in it. ^_^ I'm a sheep trainer and no I don't live in the country. Anyway the next chapter settles mostly on Kari and a little on Kouji. So review please!