Trials of Life

I don't own Digimon

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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

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(----) Different point of view

(-/-/-) Flash back

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Chapter 33

It's Christmas in eight days time and he finish buying groceries. He's on his way home in his nice warm car. Ever since November 10th, it's been snowing on and off. His also waiting for the light to change colour as he's listening to Christmas music. Sadly, Revmon hid all of his regular CDs and replaced them with holiday music, so he had no choice and listening to radio stations were worse then CDs. He didn't need to hear the special deals going on or something like that.

Soon the lights change and he is on his way to his apartment. He soon parks in is usual spot and stops the car. He then puts his gloves on and then opens the door after he takes out his keys. He then closes the door and walks to the back of the car. He opens the trunk and begins to take out the seven bags of groceries. He closes the trunk and uses his starter to lock the doors. Then he heads inside with his bags.

He waits by the elevator. As he waits he thinks back to October. He thinks back to the transformation that both TK and him went through and then about him having an X-Antibody. He doesn't know what it's doing to him, only that it's the reason he's alive. He does have a meeting with Fanglongmon tomorrow and Revmon wasn't coming with him. He wonders just what is so important that Revmon would rather be here then by his side, but then; it's safe enough for Fanglongmon is a mega and a sovereign.

The doors open and he walks into the elevator. He's arms are not the least bit tired from carrying the heavy bags. He's never thought about it before, but now he's reflecting more on what he can do now that he couldn't do before. It's been kind of interesting to think about them too. Though he now attributes his appearance to the X-Antibody.

He reaches his floor and he walks out of the elevator. He soon stands in front of his door and he rings the doorbell. Revmon opens the door and he walks in. He hands Revmon three of the bags and he then walks over to the table and places the remaining four bags on the table.

He then walks back to the door to take off his boots, gloves, hat, and jacket. He hangs up his jacket on the hanger. He then helps Revmon unpack the stuff. Soon they finish up and he then heads for the computer. He hears Revmon unmute the TV.

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He stands in Gennai's home, waiting for the gate to open. It's ten in the morning and the gate finally opens. He finds himself once again finds himself in a cave. He also finds Fanglongmon in front of him. "Good Morning Fanglongmon." He says to the Digimon in front of him. "Morning Jager, Revmon decided not to come?" The gold dragon asks. He nods and says, "I believe he feels confident that I'm safe with you." The mega chuckles at this.

Then the dragon gets up and lowers his head in front of him. "Climb on, I have something to show you." Fanglongmon says. He climbs onto Fanglongmon's head. Soon they're on their way to some other part of the cave.

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It's not that he didn't want to go with Jager; it's just that the Digimon were meeting on the same day to discus Christmas. It was also a private affair too. It was also Armadillomon, Hawkmon, and Veemon's first time dealing with Christmas.

"So to begin, are we or are not going to have our own Christmas party?" Agumon begins. "Why not vote on it?" Patamon asks. "Why not, ok everyone who wants to have our own Christmas party, raise your hand." Agumon says. Everyone raised their hands or paws. "It's decided then, now who else are we going to invite?" Gatomon asks. "Leomon." Gomamon says. "Ogremon." Biyomon adds. "Wizardmon!" Gatomon proclaims. "Meramon, Frigimon, and Mojyamon!" Gabumon adds. "Those Gekomon and Otamamon that call Mimi princess." Palmon says. "Don't for get about Andromon!" Patamon says. "Shouldn't we be writing this down?" Wormon asks. "Good idea. Just wait, I'll get paper and a pen." He says and heads to his pack.

He then begins to write down names said so far and then a few more that the others added. They finish with the guest list and he then begins to write on a new page listing the stuff they need for their party. Soon they turn to how much food and drink they'll need as well as cups and plates. He offered his CD player and the holiday CDs that he has. They'll deal with the problem of where to plug it in later, for now they were just getting an idea of what they need.

He listens to who can get what and then writes it down. He then hands the list over to the Digimon. Soon they finish up with the meeting and they depart. The party will be on the 23rd, for the Digidestine will be having a Christmas party on the 24th. He then picks up his pack, after putting the pad of paper and the pen away, and decides to hike around. It's been awhile since he last just traveled around on his own. He'll make it to Gennai's to hook up with his partner.

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They stop in a room with stone rings floating around. The sight of it all awes him, for he's never encountered anything like this in his long life. He looks around as they fly through the place. "What is this all for?" He asks Fanglongmon. "This is where I keep the history records. This whole room is the place where history is stored and kept. You see those stone rings, right?" He nods and the gold dragon continues. "They are like videos or DVDs. Here, try this one."

He holds still as Fanglongmon pushes him through one. He then watches as this tower comes into being. He then hears a voice say, "When Yggdrasil came into being and it was lonely. So it created creatures to keep it company." He watches as Digi Eggs began to appear by Yggdrasil's roots. Then before his eyes, they hatched. The voice continues, "So it was that the first Digimon came into being."

He blinks as he finds himself again in the record room. He climbs onto the stone ring and then back onto Fanglongmon's head. He asks, "So this Yggdrasil created Digimon, but who created Yggdrasil?" "How do you think?" Fanglongmon asks him. He thinks about it and then says, "Humans?" "Correct. In that reality, humans created Yggdrasil and then it created Digimon. I arrived there in time to witness Yggdrasil's creation and the Digimon it created. It also created a Digital World for its children. Then something happened. Then the X-Antibody became a fact of life for some Digimon." Fanglongmon says sadly as he heads for another stone ring.

He again finds himself staring at a scene acting out before him. He watches as Digimon move around through out the Digital World. "The Digimon thrived in the world Yggdrasil created for them. Soon they multiplied and Digivolve into more powerful forms." He watches as different Digimon Digivolve before his very eyes. "Soon Yggdrasil found that it was dealing with too much data, for with each Digimon that hatched and then Digivolved, it began to become over worked. So Yggdrasil came up with a way to cut down on the Data." He watches as some kind of ark is built and then some Digimon walking on board. He then is horrified at what happens next. "After selecting certain Digimon to be spared, Yggdrasil then released a program to eliminate the remaining Digimon." He before his very eyes Digimon run scared away from this cloud and the few that get caught in it were deleted. "But there were some Digimon that had an antibody against the program and soon this antibody transformed its host." He watches as a Greymon is caught in the mist, but undergoes a transformation. "These Digimon were able to survive the purge by their creator, Yggdrasil. They were the first Digimon to be call X Digimon." He sees the survivors gathering together. He sees some that he's never seen before and a few that he has encountered in their normal forms.

He once again finds that it's over and he climbs onto the stone ring. Then onto Fanglongmon's head. "Why?" He asks in a soft voice. "Yggdrasil didn't expect to be dealing with so much data. I couldn't stop the program that Yggdrasil released. I had been working non-stop on creating a lair for myself. When I learnt about it, I was greatly sadden at the loss. But I did help create the three layers of the new world, though nobody suspected my involvement though." Fanglongmon says. He sighs and says, "You also didn't want to interfere too much. I felt the same way with Myotismon and the Dark Masters. I wanted to fight their battles for them, but I knew that they needed to fight them on their own." "It is hard to just stand back and watch, especially when you know you could end it for them." Fanglongmon says wistfully.

They drifted through the room. Both lost in their own thoughts. "So when those Digimon murdered me, something simulator happened. I had the framework for the Antibody and it activated when I was killed." He says after a good fourteen minutes of silence. "And you activated it in your partner. For your partner was created from data scanned from you." Fanglongmon says. "So, are there other Digimon that also have the framework for the Antibody program?" He asks. "In Azulongmon's realm, probably 1 out of 500." The gold Digimon answers. "No matter how many times that those Digimon are deleted, they'll not activate the program. With you and Revmon, it was under special circumstances and they might never happen again." The mega adds.

As they began to journey out of the room, he asks, "Could I activate TK's framework?" Fanglongmon pause and says, "Why do I have this feeling that things are just getting interesting?" He just sighs and says, "I wonder how long till it happens." "Knowing your luck, when he reaches the same age as you." Fanglongmon says. He had to agree with that.

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He just stares at his twin brother. "You're saying that Patamon and I might end up activating this proto Antibody?" He says slowly. "That's what Fanglongmon and I think." Jager answers. He swallows at this and asks, "Ok, does anyone else know about this?" "Nope." Jager says.

He then glances at his partner and Patamon looks dazed. "So, just how will this affect Patamon and me? Will it cause Patamon to have a different form?" He asks. "Most likely, Patamon will just add an X at the end of his name." His older brother tells him. He sighs and just decides to worry about it later.

It's the evening and Jager had wanted to talk to him about something. Both Patamon and him used the Digi Port to come to Jager's apartment. He didn't want to travel through the snow. He wonders just how many surprises does Jager have left. But then, they never thought too much about it. 'Maybe we should have, I mean, Jager and I are twins. I wonder if it's too late to break the connection?' He thinks.

"Why not break the connection?" Patamon asks. "It'll take three years for it to finally break apart. It also might activate the Antibody right away. You guys have been connected for a good four years and the sudden break…" Revmon says. He says, "No point breaking it then. You mind if we leave?" "No, it's a lot to take in. See you later." Jager says.

He picks up his partner and uses the Digi Port. He decides to spend time in the Digital World before going home. He just hopes things will work out in the end.

To be continued …