Digimon Tribute Chapter 4: The warmth and coldness of trust, a digimon fanfic

Digimon Tribute

Keep the digital spirit alive

"Okay, let's see…."

Later a the darkest of nights, a couple of nights after last chapter, we find our stalwart Tamer, Takato Matsuki, sitting before his desk, doing something he done since about the dawn of his existents; drawing.

For those who have forgotten, what makes Takato very unique as a DigiDestined, or Tamer, is that he is the only one who ever created a Digimon. And since that he created Guilmon out of the most advanced devices of computer technology (D-Arc) and a box of crayons, he believes that he can create Guilmon's Champion form.

"I'll just add some little spikes down his back…and…draw some stripes down a little here….nah, that's just dumb. Now I can't write on his back."

But being an artist isn't easy. It takes patients to draw a good creation you can be satisfied. A number of papers must be sacrificed in order for a good picture to come alive. Why just below Takato's foot was his last drawing of a robotic dinosaur with missile launcher on its shoulders, plasma cannons on its wrist and buzzsaws on its ankles. That was a reject.

"Aw well…he still looks cool. Now what should I name him…? Goliemon…uh Growmon…Growiemon….Grow…growl, growl….GROWL…growl…Growlmon! Of course! Growlmon! Now what are his attacks?"

West Shinjuku Central Park: 8:34 PM…

"So…I've been thinking…"

"Oh…"

"Um…not that….not about that."

"-giggle-"

"You see, it's just…um…"

"It's cold…out here."

"That's it…exactly."

"And a fire would be nice."

"Uh huh…"

"And a comfy couch?"

"Uh…huh…?"

"….With me?"

"A fire? Allow me. BA-BOOM!"

A flaming stream of fire blew between a happy couple and scared them off to five miles.

"What, so I forgot the couch?" Impmon said, laughing madly at his prank.

We bring you live to Guilmon's humble little home in the remote area of West Shinjuku Central Park. The day was, thankfully, free of any digital threat; which means ample time of playing with Takato, hanging around with Henry and Terriermon, and not hearing any of Rika's hissy-fits.

(SMACK!)

(A/N: OW! Sorry, Rika…not…-SMACK-…OKAY! I'll stop it!)

Anywise, our lovable baby dragon, Guilmon, performs the tasks only dogs are mostly capable of; digging out his valuables he buried under the dirt. Why he did that in the first place? Who knows; why don't you ask the dogs?

"Ah, tasty purtty bread!" he gobbled down on the box, but one roll slipped out. "Uh oh. Come back here."

The tender but stale looking bread that rolled by the cage was now in the hands of a purple creature with red gloves. If Renamon was there, she would cry out 'Impmon', but she isn't, but I will. It's Impmon!

"Hmm…a little dry you know." After eating the bread he stole, Impmon brought a hand through the cage. "Don't just stand there, you big red lump; give me some more."

"Uh…okay." And so, without any knowledge of the acts of strangers, he simply gave him a roll.

"More." And some more.

"More!" And some more…

"MORE!" and some more….you get the idea.

"Um…excuse me, sir. Can you save some for Guilmon? Takatomon won't be back till tomorrow."

"Shit, you have any idea how stupid you sound?" the purple demon leaped up on the cage after swiping another roll. "You Digi-pets are all the same; 'Takato this, Takato that'… you're living in a cage my lumpish friend. Are you happy being locked up like a freakin animal in the petting zoo? Bet you are; you pretty simple."

"Course I am. Takato's my friend and that's pretty simple."

Before he knew it, Impmon choked on bread and dropped off the cage, making a hard thud on the floor.

"What did you say?" he growled, already on his feet and making a threatening look. "Takato's your friend? Wrong, Pineapple-head! Friend's don't lock little red pals in cages." The demon then leaped off the hill. "Now look what you've done; you have made me sick to my stomach. I think I'll go around puking out my guts. Later, loser!"

Now would Guilmon have the gumptions to bust out his cage and show this fool up?

NO!

He just shrugged and continues on with his snack.

Shinjuku Elementary: 8:02 AM…

"Listen up, class!"

Another morning's worth of class has struck in this Friday morning. As usual, the students perched in their respected desks as their teacher, Ms. Asagi makes an announcement.

"There have been numerous reports of a child playing in Shinjuku Central Park after dark." This caused Takato to gasp in the first breath of worries. "I don't think I need to remind you, but just incase I do; no wandering around in the park after dark, clear?"

"OKAY!"

Moments later; break time, or recess…in the classroom. Anyway, with that announcement up in the air, it was that moment for the kids to spread rumors.

"Guess what I heard…HA, get this guys; some pint sized pyro maniac loose in the park. Wish I thought of that." Kazu told to his friends around him.

"How do we know you didn't Kazu?" Kenta asked.

Thoughts of Guilmon as this maniac played within Takato's mind. He prayed that for heaven's sake and his, that Guilmon is innocent.

"You wanna know what I heard?" a girl across the room said to her friends. "This will really make you mad; some kid is going around picking on couples in the park, while they're kissing. Can you believe it?"

"Aw, that's mean!" another girl said. "Must be a boy."

"Yeah, it's a boy alright." The pig-tailed girl said, mostly aiming for Kazu's gang.

"Come on, confess!"

Kazu leaned up off his seat. "Don't look at me!"

"Confess to what? We haven't done anything!" Kenta defended.

But the Takato stepped back, not getting involved with the battle of the sexist.

"No one thinks it was you, Takato." Jeri said to him as she passed by with some towels.

Takato's face blushed, just like always around Jeri's presence. But as of right now, dreaming about the puppet girl can wait.

Aw Guilmon…what have you gotten us into this time?

"Jeez, Henry, I really can't stand it when you look so tense."

Outside of the school, Henry sat under the shade of a tree, letting the soft air flow by as he was trying to clear his mind, or meditate to put it, clearly.

"This is called 'meditating', Terriermon. It's suppose to relax you and clear your mind."

"Please, Bruce Lee, I know as well as you that you only do this when something is bugging you." said Terriermon, although he was no where in sight.

Henry sighed, relaxing his stance.

"Are you still bummed about all the fighting you had to do? Hello, they don't make the digivices for cell phone games, Henroid…at least that's what I think."

As a matter of fact, he was. When he discovered that the DigiDestined were real, he was hoping that they would provide some answers that he was hoping for. He couldn't deal with the fighting…the violence he had to bring upon other Digimon. He feared that he may hurt someone, like Terriermon. The other times he joined in a fight, like against Allomon, was when the DigiDestined was involved. He hoped that they knew a better way to stop that Digimon's rampage, which they did. Too bad Rika wouldn't allow it.

But can he continue hurting more living creatures? It's like harming real animals; especially endangered ones. He shouldn't be doing this, he's not quite experienced enough, and he's damn sure that he can't control Terriermon's Champion form. Besides, there're DigiDestined. Isn't it their responsibility to ensure the calm behavior of Digimon?

Is it…?

"For the hundredth time; Earth to Melon-head!"

"Huh…? Sorry, I was lost in thought."

"So what else is new? It's like everyday you get stuck in la-la land, Henry."

He knew all too well that it was Terriermon's way to tell him to calm down, but he felt that this wasn't just anything to relax over.

"Hey, Henry!" a familiar voice called.

That familiar voice belonged to none other than Takato, as he joined up with the Chinese/Japanese Tamer and his Digimon. He told Henry his concerns for Guilmon, and why he thought the red Digimon was involved in the park scandal.

"Now how could it be Guilmon, Takato? They say a kid is the culprit and Guilmon doesn't seem shaped enough to be a kid."

It was a good enough reason to get Takato out of his worrying mood. "Yeah…it is kind of funny if you think about it; Guilmon wearing a backpack and carrying apples to the teachers,"

The two kids laughed.

"Hmm…" Terriermon dropped from the branches, landing on bench where Henry sat. "Now why me thinks that one of you is only trying to cover up your guilty deed?"

"Because maybe you might have something to do with it." Henry said, sneering at the little rabbit/dog.

"-gasp- Henry…I'm shocked. I can't believe my bestest friend accuse me as the guilty one. Oh…I'm hurt…truly…truly hurt."

"Knock it off, Terriermon, and 'bestest' isn't even a word."

"Hey, doncha you be correcting me, fo. I be makin all the bad grammers I want, homie. Fo-shizzal!"

It was right there as Takato and Henry dropped their jaws with a confused look across their faces.

"Uh…he's been listening to rap, huh?"

Henry covered his face, embarrassed to even see what the public has to say to him.

"Well, I better get home; Guilmon's probably digging the floors just looking for food."

"Alright, but I should warn you, the principle decided to have some of the teachers go on a night patrol to search for the real culprit in the park."

"WHAT?!"

"He thinks that it might be one of the students, and he probably doesn't want the school to get a bad name if it is."

"Oh no! They find Guilmon! I gotta get there!" with that, Takato rocketed towards the park, in a speed that'll make even the Road Runner jealous.

"Henry, a gotta say, I for one am glad you are not him. You might die of a heart attack at the age of 25."

"Terriermon!"

Hypnos HQ: 3:40 PM…

Dark than the outside of the day, the crew of Hypnos were still hard at work scanning area after area for any Wild One, meaning Digimon. Yamaki sat in his, amusing himself with his lighter to wait for any news.

"Sir I'm picking up another anomaly through the sensors." He heard Riley call.

It was getting to be a real pain in the neck for Yamaki. He swore that he will rid this infestation of Digimon and have the last laugh, but lately the Digimon seems to be the ones laughing, outsmarting him in every step. "Ugh…another wild one. Put a tracer."

Riley typed in commands to follow the signal. But… "Sir, the tracer won't lock."

Yamaki closed his lighter and gripped it tightly as if it was fueled with anger. These Digimon will be rid forever if it's the last thing he ever do.

Shinjuku college dorm: 7:34 PM…

In Izzy's small bedroom, filled with computer parts, equipment, and a bed, he sat on his chair before the three young DigiDestined, Davis, Yolei, Cody, TK and Kari.

"You know, if you wanted us to stand here and do nothing, then you should've left us some Jolly Ranchers to munch on."

Yolei crossed her arms. "How can you munch on them? They're hard candy."

Izzy twisted his chair toward the kids. "Sorry, just had to work on a few adjustments. I'll get down to the point. A Digimon has been spotted in the Shinjuku Central Park."

"That's it?" Davis rudely asked.

"Well I got a call from Henry that there were reports that a child has been going around disturbing the public. We can assume that it is this Digimon."

TK rubbed his chin in thought. "That can only mean that it's just a small Digimon; maybe at the Rookie level."

"Precisely. Now it's only a Rookie so full force won't be necessary for now; just catch it and send it back to the Digital World."

"I kind of like this mission." Cody said, showing the fact of how much he hates fighting Digimon.

"Oh and while your at it…can any of you check on Guilmon?"

Davis blinked while scratching his head. "Sure…why?"

"Takato's kind of worried…he believes that Guilmon is involved in these immature pranks."

Yolei placed her hands on her hips. "There's no way a cute little guy would do that. Isn't that right…DAVIS?"

Davis jumped like he had the hic-ups. "What? I didn't do it! Man, everyone's always blaming everything on me!"

Soon the teens exited out of the room, with TK walking in front of them. "Okay, since Ken is working at his job, we'll split into teams of two. Me and Kari will be one, and you guys will be two."

"See ya around." Kari waved as she walked with TK out of the building.

Soon as the trio exited out of the front doors, they all blinked at the two walking off quickly.

"What was that about?" Cody asked Yolei.

"Oh you know them; they're always getting a chance to be alone so they can try to tell each other how they feel."

"And they always fail."

"Bingo." Yolei said with an index finger up. Then she looked at Davis who seemed pretty calm, and a bit happy. "Say, I'm surprised you didn't whine that you didn't pair up with Kari."

Davis slightly shook his head. "Huh…uh…damn you TP! Kari is my girl!"

"I failed to feel the emotion on that one, Davis." Cody pointed out.

Yolei stood in front of Davis, studying his face. "Is it just me, or did our little Davis finally gotten over Kari, Cody?"

"I don't know."

Davis tilted his head back, away from Yolei's. She was giving a sly smile on him that made him look nervous to Cody.

"Uh…me...nah! I've said it before and I'll say it again: I've never been a quitter! TY just snatched her while I was sleeping, that's all. I didn't get much sleep today."

Yolei pulled away from Davis; shaking her head with a smirk. "Well maybe you shouldn't play the PS2 and Gamecube all night. And get over Kari, kid."

For some reason, Davis breathed in relief after Yolei walked away from him. Then later, DemiVeemon popped out of his bag with a donut in his mouth.

"Hey, DemiVeemon. Where did you get that donut?"

"Uh…"

"HEY YOU BLUE MUTT! GIVE ME BACK MY DONUT!"

Davis gulped once he saw the security guard chase after him. "Uh oh! RUN!"

Being the good friends as they are, Yolei and Cody only did nothing but watch Davis run from the hungry guard.

"Let's go, Cody. We'll let Davis catch up."

Shinjuku Central Park: 7:51 PM…

In Guilmon's den, we find the red dragon's Tamer watching him dig a hole on the dirt end of the den.

"Uh Guilmon…why are you burying your food?"

"Because then I get to dig it up and eat it later."

Takato chuckled away from the dig site. "I should've known; logic isn't your middle name."

"Nope, I don't have a middle name."

"Just promise me you'll stay in the den."

"Okay, I promise."

Takato felt that he couldn't buy that. "I mean it, Guilmon. I don't want you to wander off like you did the last two times."

Guilmon halted his digging. "I'll stay, Takatomon. I have bread to keep me company."

With the red virus back to his digging, Takato took the need to leave, but very cautiously behind the door, for it felt to him that the minute he leaves Guilmon will disappear and cause trouble.

"Okay…"

Takato bolted out the door and down the stairs to hurry back home before his mother starts to worry, and it'll be hell at home when she does.

But what of Guilmon? What if it really was him that caused those pranks? Sure, he doesn't fit the description as a kid, but…you may never know. Guilmon so far is known to go wandering off like he did when he played hide-in-go-seek by himself, or when playing with Calumon to draw on the school yard. What if he disobeys him again? Will it bring trouble for him and Takato?

Oh please listen to me just this once.

Somewhere else in the park, yards away from where Takato is, we find the Tamer's tired average teacher, Ms. Asagi, and another teacher which we may find as Davis' counterpart, Mr. Maury, patrolling the park as they were ordered to.

Now for the buzz-cut teacher, Mr. Maury, he would probably just go with the orders and not complain about, but Ms. Asagi, like all good women, may look into the logic hidden in the assignment.

"Oh this is just downright ridiculous…I mean, it was just a childish prank. You don't see the principle here walking in the middle of the night in this make-out zone."

But like all good men, they, like Mr. Maury, would use this opportunity to act all righteous and mature to impress the girl, like faking sensitivity.

"Oh…Ms. Asagi. Isn't it our duty; our honor to protect safety of our fare young students?"

But with a stressed out face, you can tell that this man has been constantly trying to flirt with Nami all night. Does that ever make you think of Davis and Kari? "Would you give it up, Maury?"

"What? But they're so innocent, so impressionable and…" however the aggravating man finally noticed that he was in dead center of a total make-out area. "…this…." Couples walk by, holding hands, sitting on benches, kissing with tongues, guys reaching under girls' shirts and skirts and….I'll stop right there for the younger audience. "ISN'T….!" he also noticed that Nami was a good distance away from Maury. "Wait! Nami!"

Ms. Asagi rolled her eyes as she heard the irritating cry of Mr. Maury trying to catch up to her. It made her wish she really left him somewhere for dead.

"Wait…Ms. Asagi…!" Maury caught up with his hands on his knees and his lungs pumping hard for air. "gasp….it's not safe for a woman alone at this time of night and this kind of place, and…"

Its bad enough Ms. Asagi had to work overtime on this stupid assignment and miss her soap opera reruns and the American WB prime time. But to put up with this man's petty attempts to impress her or make an excuse to walk with her so he won't be alone in the park was the last straw.

"Mr. Maury!" she said with a loud tone.

"Um…uh….yes?"

"I…think I left the oven on in the apartment." Without any other excuse or at least a good bye, Ms. Asagi bolted away.

"Wait…come back, Nami….! Uh…who will protect the children…or me?"

"No sign of that stinking Digimon. Man, when will this be over? I'm hungry!"

"Oh quit whining, goggles-for-brains! We just got here."

"I know, but I'm still hungry."

It had been five minutes in the park and already Davis and Yolei was about to make a scene. Cody was about to wish to take extra time in kendo practice. But right now the gang made it up in Guilmon's den.

"Hey how come he gets his own house?"

"Aw, come on Veemon. You saw how big that lizard is for a Rookie. You think anyone will buy that toy act with him?"

Guilmon then poked his head near the caged doors when he felt three Digimon come by. "Hi! Veemon! You come to play?"

"Hey, what about us, huh?" Armadillomon asked from behind Cody's legs.

Hawkmon lifted his head from Yolei's. "It is a quite a shame to be ignored, my dear boy."

"Sorry. You come to play?"

The violet haired girl giggled. "Sorry, we just came to check up on you."

"Yeah, Takato thinks that you're causing couples a pain in the…OW!" Davis rubbed his shins thanks to Yolei for kicking it.

Guilmon blinked his golden eyes like an innocent puppy. "Huh? What about Takatomon? He told me to stay here."

Yolei then rubbed Guilmon's head, which the virus type seems to enjoy it. "Of course he did; we all know that. Just make sure you do."

"Okay!"

The group then made their way back down stairs, waving bye to the young dragon.

"Don't y'all talk ta any strangers, ya here?" Armadillomon called before disappearing behind a hill.

"Okay! Bye, bye!" the red dino went back to his dirt spot and dug a little hole to take a nap.

"Aw, isn't that sweet."

When a familiar voice brought his head to snap up. "Hi, it's you again. If you want some more bread, I already buried it."

"Ooo, hoping it'll grow into a bread tree, Pineapple head?"

"Hmm…I never thought about that."

Impmon's scream then cut off Guilmon's thoughts of large bread trees. "I was making fun of ya, didn't ya know that? But how can ya know anything if you're all locked up in here? Come with me and I'll show some real fun. Unless you afraid of the dark, boy?"

"I'm not afraid."

"Then you chicken?"

"I'm a Digimon, and I don't like chicken. Takatomon said to stay here and Armadillomon says to not talk to strangers, and you a stranger."

If Impmon had hair, he yank it off cause he was irritated. "Look, if Takatomon tells ya to jump off a cliff, would you do it? If Armadillomon tells ya to eat human spew, would ya do it?"

"Hmm….well…"

"NO! So why listen to them right now, am I right?" Impmon jumped off the hill and on the stairs, mindlessly walking off. "Aw why should I bother wasting time here? You no fun."

"I am fun!" course for a little baby Digimon who only been born for a few days, not many things can anger him since he doesn't know much. But to insult him of not knowing how to be fun in playtime….no way!

"Wait for me!"

Takato trailed through the park path home, letting his worry for his dear Digimon get to him and keeping him from wondering what his mother will be planning for tonight's punishment. His eyes were directly facing the floor, without any upper angle to look where he's going, except for two pairs of legs standing in Takato's path.

"I say boy, are you the one?" the man, which was an officer asked in some Foghorn Leghorn tone.

"Uh…wha…?" Takato muttered with his feet numb from the man's intimidating authority. Well a cop can scare a kid who was raised with respect for others.

"Are you or are you not disturbing the public safety of the conurbation?"

"The…uh, well…I…"

"Did you or did you not disrespect the peace of the governmental aspects of the vicinity?"

"I don't understand!"

"You don't understand what, boy?"

"Uh…everything that came with what you said."

"You saying that you don't understand your native tongue, boy?"

"Uh, no sir, yes sir…uh I..I..I mean no….sir."

"Boy, y'all starting to annoy me!"

"I annoy myself, sir."

"Excuse me!" Takato prayed the gods 'thank you' when his teacher, Ms. Asagi, came by…he can't believe he's glad to see his teacher. "I'm sorry about him. You see we got separated…when we ran into some of my friends."

"So what are we doing?"

"Just watch and learn, Pineapple-head. Heh heh!"

Guilmon and Impmon hid behind some dark bushes that night. The young dragon though was clueless to what was going to happen, however Impmon chuckled at this moment.

They peaked over to a pair of happy couples, moving in close for a climatic kiss. Guilmon though never seen such a sight, but beyond his understandings, he found this very nice.

Just then, fireballs orbited around the teenaged couple. The teens felt a bone chill watching this abnormal event.

"Hey you…" the two shakily turned their heads toward the bushes… "BOO!" to see a frightening, disfigured face pop right on them.

"GAAAAAHHHH!" they went; running dearly for their lives.

Impmon already jumped out of the bushes and laughed his head off. Guilmon struggled within his mind to find the point with scaring a bunch of humans. They don't come to either pet you or play tag; they just run away, like they don't want to play. So what was the point?

"That's not fun. I'm going to bed."

The imp was surprised to see his audience walk off without even waiting to see the main attraction. "Hey! You can't walk out on me! Come back here…ah, who needs you?" but Guilmon was gone from sight in the darkness, and Impmon was ticked beyond relief. "Hey, what are you looking at?" he then took his anger out by tossing a fireball on the face of a statue.

Now the area was getting quite and no one around to annoy and scare. What a good little Digimon to do?

"Ooo…here we go! More fresh meat!" far across the side of a lake before him, Impmon can spot more lame couples just waiting to for their paints to get wet.

A beautiful lake glistens with sparkling light from the moon above. Postlights shine with golden brightness, decorating the lake. Couples walks around the lake, holding hands and only thinking of their world of peaceful love they share.

"Everything seems pretty quite, Kari."

And our favorite soon-to-be couple of the series, Takeru and Hikari strolls down the path on the crust of the lake, with their Digimon traveling on the trees to keep out of sight.

TK looked around the environment, only to find stars, a lake, teenagers on dates, and no Digimon they're looking for. But as much as he tried, he couldn't keep his mind on the mission. Perhaps it was the glorious environment they walked in. After all, this is a make-out zone. The sparkling lake, the star filled skies forced his mind to think of one person he held dearly in his heart: Kari. Her eyes could brighten his darkest days. Would he give for someone to pay him to take her out on a perfect night…who's he kidding? He'll take that job for free. But Kari was someone that TK can't find a reason to live without her. The person he would die for just to insure her safety, like he almost did when Kari disappeared into the Dark Ocean.

But if only he could tell her how he feels?

Little did TK knew, Kari thought little of the mission than he did. She looked around the area, studying every couple that came to view. Oh how she envy the women with their luck, being in the comfort of someone's arms. Not that she would like either of these men to snuggle, cause there's only one man's arms she wants to be in and he's walking right beside her. Yes you know it: TK. All the magical times she treasured in her heart, like when TK helped her when she was sick, or when she was trapped in the Dark Ocean and TK rushed to rescue her, she would never forget. If only she could release the pressure flowed inside of her by snuggling in his chest, being secured in his arms, and letting him whisper sweet nothings in her ear?

But if only she could tell him how she feels?

"Kari/TK?" they called in unison. Normally they would say 'jinks' when they say something at the same time, but they couldn't find it in their hearts to do so. Only did they blushed with embarrassment, they could.

"Sorry, Kari. You…were gonna say something?"

"Uh…no…well, maybe after you."

The tension was filling in their hearts; causing them to beat beyond normal pulse. TK shyly turned away his eyes and took off his hat to rub his blonde hair while Kari pressed her lips together and dragged her toes around.

All this silence was irritating the boy. He quickly looked around, hoping to find something to talk about; namely the people. "So…lot of dates around here, huh? I never thought it would be on a Thursday."

"It's Friday, TK."

"Oh…right…" boy did he felt stupid. Perhaps more conversations will clear Kari's mind from thinking that TK's an idiot. "So…Kari…had ya ever…I don't know…dated?"

"Um…no I haven't. Why you ask?" Kari moved closer to TK as the reflection of moonlight shine on the lake, between the two.

"Just…wondering, especially with all these people."

"Why…you find it gross?"

"No…I'm sixteen….I find nothing of this disgusting…like walking side by side with the one you love…"

"…Feeling the warm connection you share with your love…" Kari softly said as her eyes took direct aim to TK's.

"…The desire to hold her hand…"

"…The desire to be so close on his shoulder…"

"…Needing to hold her in your arms…" TK whispered as he leaned closer to Kari.

"…Feeling the comfort and safety in those arms…" Kari dreamily whispered as the magic attracts her towards the blonde male.

"…To look into her eyes and find true sweet peace…" he said so softly, only Kari can hear as his face nearly touched hers.

"…To yearn for a kiss as you move in close for his lips…" Kari whispered, almost inaudibly as her lips nearly began to touch his.

"To flick a finger for full fire as I shout BA BOOM!"

Suddenly, a hot burst of fire nearly impaled on the two which cause the magic to disappear and make TK and Kari fall flat on the grass.

"What, so I didn't bring the candles? HAHAHA!" yes it was none other than Impmon who ruined that perfect moment. Kari and TK would be screaming up their lungs, but their nerves haven't kicked back in after letting their guards for…that moment. Both TK and Kari had their eyes wide open like they seen a ghost, but not because of Impmon, it was because of what almost happened between them. They didn't even care about the purple Digimon laughing at them.

"Oh, you still here? Here let me put it short for 'vamoose'!" Impmon flicked all his fingers up with each of them holding fire, until he felt something poking his shoulder. "What?"

Right now, Impmon fell small and he wished he never should've looked back cause right behind was a puffing Patamon imitating lungs by inflating and deflating his body with rage, and a Gatomon glaring at Impmon with a look that can kill a Vilemon, and her claws completely sharpened so much that they should be used to hunt food.

"Hey…come on…I was just joking with them. Them's the jokes. I wasn't laughing at them, I was laughing with them. Come on, laugh with me! HA, HA, HAHA…." Fortunately, Impmon felt himself getting smaller and smaller before the giant Patamon and Gatomon. "Uh…ha….ha?"

This may be a good time to experience the beauty of a park lit at night in full mental detail. The tress coated in darkness, but with its leaves waxed with a neon glow of the moonlight. The buildings in the background lit up like Christmas lights on a Christmas day…

"LIGHTNING CLAW!"

"BOOM BUBBLE, POP!"

And after an explosion with smoke rising up the skies, we find Impmon soaring up like a smoky rocket and plummeting straight down in such a speed to show that his fall will extremely hurt.

"CHEAP SHOOOOOOT!"

"Huh?" somewhere else in the park, Ms. Asagi thought she heard a loud thud from the distance.

"What's wrong, Ms. Asagi?" Takato asked, walking by her through the dark park.

"Um…nothing. I thought I heard something."

"By the way, thanks for helping me back there. I don't know what else to say."

"Say that you'll stay out of the park at night."

"Um…yes ma'am…but I'm not the one."

"I didn't say you where, but you gotta admit, it is suspicious."

Suspicious? What's so suspicious about a live walking dinosaur? Takato twiddled hid fingers, thinking about the horrible things that may come to Guilmon if caught. They'll lock him away forever, being a lab subject for the rest of his life, and I'll never see him again…or worse…they'll think he's a monster; a menace to society. He knows that in every step of the days, Guilmon's existents are in danger. And what's worse is that Takato isn't trying hard to prevent it. Worrying about the dino's safety is like a mother fearing for her child's protection when living out on its own. What if something may bring danger and peril to the young innocent Digimon and Takato won't be there to do something about it? What if they hurt him….what they'll never let Takato see him again?

"I WON'T LET THEM DO IT!"

The goggled Tamer did what he should've done; run back to Guilmon's den and make sure his safety won't be in vein.

"Takato, where are you going?"

The black branches and leaves above felt that they themselves flew past the running Tamer. Takato's red eyes were filled with so much grief for his Digimon; worry and deep concern for Guilmon.

I have to be the lousiest Tamer on the face of the planet…why did I have to make him so big?

Under other circumstances, Takato would question how he got to Guilmon's den without even running, which he did ran. But now was not the time to ask stupid questions. Takato planted his face on the metal bars, praying that Guilmon did what he promised.

"GUILMOOOOON!"

But he didn't; the den was empty.

"No…not again…he promised me he'll stay…." Grabbing onto the bars, Takato dropped to his knees, feeling his nightmare plaguing his soul.

"Takatomon!"

Could it be? Please don't let this be a prank. Turing around, Takato felt the need to kiss the sky because running up the stairs was the person he'd been crying for: Guilmon.

"Guilmon!" the young Tamer ran up to the red dino to give him a big hug…well actually he went. "Where have you been? I've been worried sick." something like that. Perhaps he rubbed off of his own mother.

"Oh Takatomon…you should've seen it…I scared some people…" from there, Takato's brain clicked to stand by mode. Right from the virus' mouth was something he couldn't believe or that he want to believe it and wished that he was just hearing things. "…only actually it was that Impmon… it wasn't so much fun with all them people running away so I went home."

"I can't believe…it really was you….THAT'S IT!" Guilmon flinched back at this. Never before did he expect his Tamer to act like this, making a face at him that looked like something he gave to that girl Tamer with the Renamon. "I just can't take this with you, Guilmon! I had it with you! I HAD IT!"

From there, Takato ran off from his Digimon, leaving him by his lonesome. "Oh…what did I do? Takato?"

Shinjuku College: 8:31 PM

"Come on…where are you?"

Back in Izzy's fortress of solitude, AKA: his dorm room, the computer boy frantically studied his radar data. He peaked into another window with a city map on it. Somewhere around it was a dot labeled: Unknown digital source.

Just then, Tentomon walked in the room with a bottle of soda. "What's all the deafening fuss about?"

"I spotted a Digimon, but for some reason its temporary invisible to the Digi-Radar. I assume that this being is trying to play hide-n-go seek with me."

"Maybe your laptop has a glitch."

"I assume that too…let me check the radar's data files again."

As he did, Tentomon fluttered on top of a drawer to look out the window. "What a glorious night…huh…uh…Izzy?"

Izzy was too bust to hear as his computer beeped. "Huh…wait…that's not possible...now he's right in the campus!"

"IZZY!"

"What?" the boy rolled his chair near Tentomon to look out the window. From there, he spotted a dark, tall skinny figure with the shade of white standing on a building across from theme. "That must be him!"

"I suppose we should go after…HUH?" right before their eyes… "He vanished!"

"I doubt that's your everyday Digimon…I better warn the others after they're finished with their mission."

Elsewhere in the park, a bunch of rustling was played in the trees with broken branches. Jumping out of the branches, Impmon came, grunting angrily at this bad day. First his new lackey just walked out on him, now two more human loving Digimon gave him a cheap shot from behind.

"They were lucky I was off guard. I would've kicked them straight in da pah-tooey!" the purple demon walked out of the woods; rubbing the bruises he was given on his shoulders, chin, chest, etc. "Humans are starting ta bore me. They're always way too predicable."

But right when he reached to the streets, behind the tallest towers in Shinjuku, Impmon spotted a giant black demon with long arms, large wings, and four red eyes trapped within a fog bank.

"That's more like it! Someone's bio-emerging! BA-BOO!"

Impmon climbed on a tall sculptor that reached up to the beast's point of view. "Aww, what's a matter? Little baby Digimon can't get out of da digital field? I feel such pity…NOT!"

Obliviously the little imp was causing such annoyance for the giant demon, so it roared with high volume and showing its razor sharp teeth that can probably crush steel at Impmon and slashed on the fog walls with claws that can slice a building in half. But since that Digimon can't get out of the digital field from the inside, Impmon felt he had the upper hand for a little fun.

"HA HA! Not so tough inside there are ya? Come on, four-eyes…BITE ME!" Impmon cackled as he rubbed the surface of the fog wall. "Who's da loser? You are! Who's da man? I AM! HAHAHAHA!" his back was turned when doing this before he felt something breathing on him. Now Impmon's body became numb cause he just realized that once he touched the field, he created an opening for the giant Digimon to break free and cause some fair play at the tiny Digimon.

"Hey, come on! Them's the jokes! I was laughing with ya! Come on, laugh with me! HAHAHA!" but with one thundering roar from the beast, Impmon was blown off of his spot, dropping hard to a patch of bushes.

Now that it finally shut that little prick up, it was time to snoop around for a challenge.

Why would Takatomon shout at him like that? Why would he leave him? Sure, Guilmon didn't listen to his Tamer, but …does this mean that Takato won't play with him any more…no more Digimon and his Tamer?

Suddenly, a tingling felling kicked into Guilmon's shoulders and head. His eyes dilated to a fierce look. Yes…it was that time again…a Digimon has come for a fight.

"Now where did that little jerk fly off to? I'm not finished with him!"

Meanwhile in a path within a thick trail of trees, Gatomon and Patamon led their human partners to search for that purple Digimon they were looking for to begin with. TK and Kari on the other hand didn't seem to care though as they followed their little Digimon. They were too concerned about what nearly happened a while back. The two teens couldn't bear to look at each other. Neither had anything to say to the other.

"Uh oh…uh…Gats?"

"What, Patamon?"

"A fog's a brewing!"

Gatomon looked around to see a gust of fog blowing by her. "So? It's just…oh right! Now I remember! LOOK OUT!"

Gatomon and Patamon dived in and pushed TK and Kari away from a giant foot that nearly crushed them. Thanks to the fog clearing away, the gang could identify the giant beast. It was a gigantic blue dinosaur with a white chest and its hands were bone heads.

"It's a Deltamon!" TK cried, finally gripping back to reality. Feeling the opportunity, TK flashed up his D-3.

Deltamon: Synthetic Digimon. Three fused Digimon together, it is. It shoots energy from all three heads, making its power tremendous.

Type: Virus

Stage: Champion

Attacks: Triplex Force, Skull Fang

"Oh great, and we're so close to the streets!" Kari pointed out.

"You got a laptop?"

Kari nodded, removing her backpack from her shoulder.

"Good, then let's get to work, guys!"

"No problem! He'll be kitty litter!" Gatomon confidently said.

With that said TK and Kari raised their D-3s and shouted the magic words: "DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!"

(Armor-Digivolution)

"GATOMON ARMOR-DIGIVOLVE TOOO…NEFERTIMON, THE ANGEL OF LIGHT!"

"PATAMON ARMOR-DIGIVOLVE TOOO…PEGASUSMON, FLYING HOPE!"

The two holy Digimon flew above the woods, since the path away was too narrow to fly in. The winged creatures surrounded the horrific beast as it turned its head around, confused to which it'll attack first.

"STAR SHOWER!" Pegasusmon spread his wings, revealing another dimension within them. From them, he fired a barrage of stars that blinded Deltamon.

"ROSETTA STONE!" a pink beam shot upward from Nefertimon's mask. A group of stones rocketed out of the beam and struck Deltamon's back.

"Alright, get him now!" TK commanded.

"GOLDEN NOOSE!" The two Armored Digimon created a golden beam that connected to their hooves and flew circles around the giant beast, wrapping it with the gold rope.

But with such ease, Deltamon broke free from the beam, and then taking Nefertimon and Pegasusmon by surprise with one swipe. The two teens gasped as they watched their friends crash into a bunch of trees.

"That should've done the job, TK." Kari said with a bit of fear in her eyes.

TK tried to remain strong as he watched the two Armor Digimon dig out of the pile of broken trees.

"This doesn't seem to be your average Deltamon. As strong as Deltamon is, it should take at least two or three Armor Digimon to finish the job. We're gonna have to take this a bit seriously now." TK took out his D-Terminal and absorbed Pegasusmon's Armor energy; reverting him back to Patamon. "You know what to do, Patamon!"

Patamon flew back up, letting Nefertimon try to crawl out of the pile. "I'm all over it!"

(Digivolution)

"PATMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…!"

With such massive energy, Patamon grew to human form. His body was covered with white feathers, a blue strap covered his waste, most of his arms were wrapped in cloak and one fist had brass knuckles. He had red long hair and half of his head was protected with a steel plate, covering his eyes. To top it off, he has six angel wings and he yielded a staff.

"ANGEMON!"

With holy power surrounding him, the holy angel rocketed towards the synthetic Digimon.

"SKULL FANG!"

Deltamon slammed its head-hands through the earth and then raised its arms hard like waving a rug, creating a powerful force that pulled the trees and rocks from the earth. Angemon used the power of his staff to protect himself with a holy force field, keeping the flying objects from harming him. But the force of this storm was like fighting a tidal wave, or a powerful wind in a terrible storm.

"HAND OF FATE! ARRGH!" being the tough Digimon he is, Angemon bared the pain of the flying reap and fired a powerful beam of holy energy, cutting through the windy force.

"Yolei!"

Somewhere, near the lake, Yolei just came out of the little girls' room and met up with Cody who had his D-Terminal.

"Izzy just spotted two Digimon. One's near the Tokyo Metropolitan buildings. TK and Kari are taking care of the other."

"We'll head to the city then. Where's Davis?"

Cody sighed as he pointed his thumb to near the lake, where Davis was showing off his Digimon cards to some kid who also wore goggles, but wore a yellow cap, a red shirt over a yellow one that had some weird C symbol, and brown cargo paints.

"Come on, kid, what will it take you to trade that AncientGreymon for any of my cards?" Davis begged.

"Not unless you trade me your Veemon set."

"No way! That's my partner card!"

Suddenly, Yolei came from behind and harshly pulled the back of Davis' furry white collar.

"Davis, quite playing around; we've got work to do!"

"Come on, I was almost about to trick this kid to giving an AncientGreymon!"

The younger goggle boy smirked and crossed his arms. "Yeah right! I ain't giving my best card to someone who's whipped by his girlfriend."

Before they knew it, Davis and Yolei's eyes spread as wide as golf balls. "WHAT?!"

The boy made some whipping sounds, until…

"TAKUYA!" a girl with blonde hair, a pink-purple hat, a blue and white striped belly shirt under a purple vest, and a purple skirt came by and pulled the boy by the ear. "Let's go! You lost the bet, so you buy me an ice cream!"

"Hey, let go! You can't boss me around! OW! You're gonna pull my ear off!"

All the trio can do is watch the two kids with sweatdrops on the back of their heads.

"Let's…just go." Cody suggested.

"Sure." Yolei followed the two boys, but… "His girlfriend? EW! As if! I'm takin, boy!" she shouted out loud for that kid to hear.

Meanwhile, the dark winged beast perched up on the tallest and nearest building it could find, scanning the city for its foe. As far as it can remember, it was fight a strong Deltamon before it disappeared. It followed that coward to this realm, and now the black beast once to finish the job, or at least find another Digimon to crush.

"Where are you, cretin? Come out of your hiding place, coward…! Is there anyone else out there worthy to fight me?"

With its eagle like eyes, over fifty feet high from his spot, the dark demon spotted something running across on a bridge. Something small, something red…something to kill.

"AH HA!"

Yamaki rested on his chair in his office, watching the night covered city, which sparkles with its lights. But what does he care about the beauty? All he knows is that he knows that there are Digimon close by, and there goes on big one swooping down out of his window.

"That's enough. This has become nothing more than a personal embarrassment."

Guilmon's senses commanded him to stop and look up. Sure enough, there was a giant winged beast diving straight for the little dragon. Guilmon quickly squat down, avoiding the beast as it flew over him. The little virus looked over his shoulder; watching that Digimon making a U-turn for another swoop.

"PYRO SPHERE!"

A powerful fireball was launched from his mouth, but that flying demon used his wings to defend from the exploding shot.

"Ha, is that all you have, Rookie? EYE LASER!"

Optic beams fired from each of its four eyes, scratching the bridge as it moved for Guilmon. When skin torching lasers comes forth, there is only one thing to do for this battle driven Digimon…run, run, run away!

"There it is!"

Making their way out of the park, Davis, Yolei, Cody and their Digimon stopped by the foot of the street bridge and spotted the renegade Digimon.

"Dude, it's a Devidramon! I remember the Digimon Emperor using one of…OW!" Davis rubbed the bump on his head, thanks to Yolei.

"Don't you dare bring up that about my bu!" Yolei shouted, making Davis whimper with gloomily tones. Never the less, Davis decided to try out the new program Izzy installed on his D-3.

Devidramon: Evil Dragon Digimon. This minion of evil shows its blood drenched claws on moonless nights. Its four crimson eyes are a symbol of its terror.

Type: virus

Stage: Champion

Attacks: Eye Laser, Crimson Claw

"I wonder what that Devidramon is attacking." Cody asked, trying to get a view, but whatever it's attacking, its prey is blocked by the bridge's rails.

"PYRO SPHERE!"

The gang gasped as a fireball slams into Devidramon, which barely did any damage of course.

"GUILMON!" they cried.

Switching to courageous mode, Davis pulled out his D-Terminal with his D-3, as thus the other two DigiDestined.

"Let's help him out! DIGI-ARMOR, ENERGIZE!"

(Play Zero Two theme: Target)

(Armor-Digivolution)

"VEEMON ARMOR-DIGIVOLVE TOOO…FLAMEDRAMON, THE FIRE OF COURAGE!"

"HAWKMON ARMOR-DIGIVOLVE TOOO…HALSEMON, THE WINGS OF LOVE!"

"ARMADILLOMON ARMOR-DIGIVOLVE TOOO…DIGMON, THE DRILL OF POWER…I know, knowledge, but ah wanna sound tough right now."

Not wasting any time, Digmon and Halsemon took to the skies while Flamedramon leaped up to the bridge.

"FIRE ROCKET!"

Starting things off, Flamedramon crashed on Devidramon's back with his fire tackle. The attack only stunned Devidramon for a sec before he tried to reach his back and grab Flamedramon, which the Armor Digimon leaped out of the way as the fliers made there way in.

"GOLD RUSH!" Digmon launched all his drill from his nose and hands as they flew like rockets. But Devidramon opened his wings, creating a powerful gust that blown the missiles off course and blew some random areas, for example, nearly blowing the teens and knocking them off their feet.

"HEY!" Davis screamed after surviving that blast and landing on his butt.

"Sorry, buckaroo." But then Devidramon gripped onto the bug and just spiked Digmon hard on the concrete, making dust and rocks fly from impact.

"Digmon!" Cody ran down to the crater to pick up his Digimon that now turned back to Armadillomon.

"Ow…I'll place five bucks on the Jolly Ranchers…ugh…" the armadillo Digimon mumbled before he passed out.

Guilmon could only step back and watch Flamedramon race down the bridge while maneuvering around the lasers.

"Halsemon, here!" Flamedramon launched up and landed on Halsemon's back. From there he made another leap to dark skies.

"There…now for you, beast. TEMPEST WING!"

Spinning in a cycle, Halsemon made a powerful twister around him and dived right for Devidramon. But the giant beast merely fired another Eye Laser at the dead center of the tornado, pushing Halsemon back and crash into a building. Right when the smoke cleared, Halsemon changed back to Hawkmon and dropped to the floor.

"NO HAWKMON!" Yolei made her way for her Digimon's aid, but Davis kept her back by her arm.

"Wait, Yolei, he's too close to the battle field. You might get crushed in the fire!"

"Let me go, Davis! I gotta save him!"

Before he can say a word, his eyes widened at a red light from the sky. "GET DOWN!"

"FIRE ROCKET!"

Before they even looked, Davis brought Yolei down before a fierce comet crashed down from the heavens and right on Devidramon, creating shockwaves of fire all around and cracking the bridge, deeply.

(End music)

Guilmon pulled away from behind the bridge railing and tried to study where Devidramon was, which a thick cloud of smoke now took his place. It was strange, though; it was awfully quite, especially since Guilmon still sense that Digimon there.

Just then, a loud roar played followed by Flamedramon being tossed out of the smoke and roll twenty feet away and near Guilmon.

"Flamedramon?"

Flamedramon laid on the cracked bridge as he coughed out his pain. "Man…this Devidramon must take a lot of his Flintstone vitamins."

Right on the side of the street, where the DigiDestined stood, Takato ran up to the bridge where the battle took place. On the top of the stairs, he saw a large cloud bank, but he knows that a Digimon is in there.

"Guilmon?"

But like a rock, a powerful gust of wind instantly came by, fluttering Takato's clothes and hair. The smoke was blown away; revealing Devidramon spreading his wings and takes back to the skies.

As the wind blew, Takato checked his D-Arc for any readings on Devidramon.

"Takatomon!"

Then he heard and saw his Digimon at the other end of the bridge with Flamedramon by him.

"Guilmon!" Takato started to approach the two, but he nearly got crushed as Devidramon swooped between him and the Digimon, making rocks tumble by the force of the flight. "Whoa!"

Takato gazed at his Digimon through the vertical wind. As much as he's happy to see him, he still can't forgive Guilmon for causing trouble at the park. How can he trust his own Digimon now, if he doesn't listen to his authority?

There, his Tamer gave him that look again. Guilmon really doesn't like that look; it's scary. He just wants his Tamer back.

Flamedramon ignored the two to focus on the black Digimon that was U-turning back.

"HAWKMON!"

But that scream directed his eyes to the sidewalk where Yolei being held by the arm by Davis. He knows that she's trying to help her fallen Digimon before more harm comes to him, but he also knows that Davis is just trying to keep Yolei safe. He doesn't think Ken would like to hear Yolei be street pizza.

With grace, Flamedramon back flipped off to the other side of the road to pick up Hawkmon, and then make a powerful leap over the bridge to his friends. But while airborne, he saw Devidramon about to dive for him. There was no way Flamedramon can protect himself with his hands holding onto Hawkmon.

"PYRO SPHERE!"

But a lone fireball struck on Devidramon's side. It didn't hurt him, but distracted him long enough for Flamedramon to land near his friends.

Yolei leaped away from Davis and gave a huge hug of appreciation to Flamedramon. "MY HERO!" before she took Hawkmon in her arms.

Flamedramon couldn't help stop the blushing on his checks. "Aw jeez!"

At that moment, Kyubimon, with Rika riding, appeared out of the woods, followed by Henry and Terriermon coming out from the park exit.

"The party's still going. Good." Rika smirked as she dismounted from Kyuubimon.

"Well…look who showed up." Yolei spat, turning away from Rika.

Henry could only nod in agreement. "Yes, and I see you finally Digivolved Renamon."

"Believe it, Brain boy. I told you this was my game. Okay, Kyuubimon, go…"

"Not this time." Kyuubimon interrupted.

"Huh?"

"…I can't…this is Guilmon's fight."

"Aww…"

Henry approached next to Rika. "Guilmon? Where?"

Rika pouted away from him and up at the bridge. "Up there…with Gogglehead."

"Ooo, right in the line of fire! Ha, ha!"

"That doesn't help, Terriermon." Warned Henry.

Well this was it. It was just Takato, Guilmon…and the giant ravage Digimon flying around like a vulture. As disappointed is about Guilmon, he has to put aside that. Frightened, Takato pulled out a card.

"Okay…Digi-modify, hyper wing activate!"

With the glowing wings attached to Guilmon's back, the virus type flew after the other virus type. He started with a Pyro Sphere, but Devidramon easily tilted away from the incoming shot and swat Guilmon hard enough for him to rocket back on the bridge.

Davis winced from that burst on the bridge. "Man, this is overkill! This Digimon isn't your average Champion level. Come on, we have to help him!"

But Flamedramon shook his head. "Sorry, but I agree with Kyuubimon. This is Guilmon's battle and only interfering without his permission will be dishonorable."

Davis pouted as he crossed his arms. "Hrmph! You're only saying that just to score points with her, huh?"

Flamedramon quickly covered his partner's mouth with his gauntlet, since he has claws for hands. "Be quite! She'll hear you!"

"Okay, let's try this. Digi-modify, Garudamon activate!"

Guilmon was surrounded by a wave of orange energy and focused it to aim for his foe. "WING BLADE!"

Slashing arms vertically, Guilmon unleashed a bird shaped blast at Devidramon, which the beast shielded himself with his wings. It still didn't bring him down, but judging from his screams it did lot of damage.

"Aw, that should've worked than this!" after the demon shook off the burns, he continued to dive down at his prey. "Here he comes again. Digi-modify, speed activate!"

Hoping he could dodge the attack, Takato used the speed card for Guilmon to make a break for it. Though Guilmon safely avoided Devidramon's charge, he was caught off guard by the dragon's tail, whipping him hard off Guilmon's feet.

"Aw, you gotta be kidding me!"

"Speed is useless here. Does he have any idea what he's doing?" Rika complained. Davis tried to come up with something to say about that, but… "Oh for goodness sake, he's his own worse enemy!" Rika then headed to the battlefield.

"Well he is a basket case." Henry muttered, following the girl. But he failed to notice Terriermon wander off to another direction.

"Wait guys! Did you hear that?" Cody warned, stopping the Tamers.

"Yeah, Gogglehead's pet dino getting his butt handed to him!"

"No, I mean…"

Down the road from the kids, trees burst out of their roots, slamming into the road and stopping traffic. Then a giant lizard leaped out of the woods, shoving who appeared to be Angemon who was trying to shove back the beast but was overpowered as he treads to the streets. This also stopped the traffic that trailed the road, creating a blockade of cars. The drivers quickly climbed out of the vehicles and ran off for their lives.

"It's Angemon, and he's fighting a Deltamon!" Cody cried.

Unlike the others, Rika could only smile evilly at this. "Looks like we won't be cut out of the action. Kyuubimon, show them your new moves."

The large fox leaped into action to aid the angel Digimon, or at least steal the action. As that happened, Nefertimon flew out of the woods, dropping TK and Kari by the others.

"Hey Kari! TK!" Yolei cried, running up to the two.

TK breathed, like he's been holding a lot of stress. "We tried, but it appears that this Deltamon is stronger than any normal ones."

"The same with Devidramon, here." Cody warned.

"For some reason these two Digimon are stronger than any normal Digimon. Usually our armored Digimon can take both of them down with several of shots, and even Angemon can stand up to them alone…"

"…But not these guys, TY! Just what's going on here? Where are these dudes getting their steroids?"

Without warning, Yolei slapped his head. "If he knew, Davis, he would've told you! Sheesh!"

Angemon on the other hand stood on one knee as tried to remain strong against this powerful Deltamon. But then he spotted Kyuubimon zooming by him.

"No, wait!" he warned but failed.

"DRAGON WHEEL!" Kyuubimon leaped up and rolled like a wheel and unleashed a flaming dragon on the reptile giant. The blue flames covered half of Deltamon's body but with one roar, it just put them out. "Huh?"

"SKULL FANG!"

Deltamon once again ripped the earth, creating a shockwave that tore up the streets. Kyuubimon made tracks, running from the rock wave. Angemon swoop over the wave while charging his fist with holy energy.

"HAND OF FATE! ARRGH!"

He thrust another powerful beam, making it push the blue beast. Deltamon defend with his skull hands and then shoved the beam away. There are two ways the Skull Fang can work. It can use its force to make an earth wave like before, or create a power force in the air by swiping his arms, which he already performed on Angemon, dragging the angel through the park wall and skid through a row of trees behind the kids.

"Angemon!" right as TK climbed up the rubble for his Digimon, Davis adjusted his goggles and switched back to fearless mode.

"Come on, Flamedramon, let's…"

"No way, Goggle-face! You keep him out of this. This Digimon is ours!"

"What makes you think you can handle him alone when TU's Digimon couldn't?" Davis shouted upon Rika.

The girl only rolled her eyes away from him. "Simple, I can."

"FOX TAIL INFERNO!" Kyuubimon launched a number of blue fireballs from her tails, but even they couldn't torch Deltamon's rough skin.

Nefertimon eyed the battle, scanning the fox Digimon. I sensed her power before, and her energy level right now is about the same as Renamon's. She was stronger than this the first time she Digivolved. What is the problem?"

"Come on, Kyuubimon, stop goofing around and get serious!" she heard Rika scream.

Of course…that girl is just being stubborn from the lesson she learned back from fighting Kowugumon.

With that, Nefertimon headed to do battle against Deltamon, though to Rika's dismay.

"Wha…hey! He's mine, fur-ball!"

"Would you stop? We're all friends here, or have you forgotten that?" Kari said which Rika just ignored.

"Kyuubimon, let's try our double attack again."

The fox growled in disapproval, but… "Fine."

Nefertimon hovered high while Kyuubimon leaped above, aiming their focus on Deltamon.

"ROSETTA STONE!"

"DRAGON WHEEL!"

The dragon flames engulfed the flying stones, creating to what looks like a blue comet. Deltamon then used another Skull Fang to create a wave, crashing into the Dragon Stone attack, ending in a stalemate with a powerful explosion. The blast also blew Kyuubimon and Nefertimon right on the damaged road.

"Aw, that didn't even work!" Davis shouted.

"Oh gee, thanks for stating that, moron!" Rika growled.

"A left and a right, and a fight, fight, fight!" From atop a traffic sign, Impmon entertained himself by watching Guilmon getting pounded on by Devidramon and enjoying every moment of it.

"Now that's entertainment! Look at him go! Ol Pineapple-head is getting minced, beat, and sliced like meat! HA! SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR WALKING OUT ON ME! This is even better than making humans wet their pants! Hell yeah it is!"

But far behind the dancing imp, Terriermon hung on a branch; spying on the Rookie Digimon.

"Ha, I knew Guilmon isn't the perk. He ain't even clever enough to pull pants down. Ha!" with that, Terriermon leaped down before Impmon turned his back.

"Huh? I'm seeing things…-sniff-…either that or a dog-eared bunny rabbit flew by. Sheesh!"

Devidramon then grabbed Guilmon by the bottom of his palm and dragged him through the concrete, creating a ditch behind.

"GET OFF HIM!" Takato shouted while Henry watched.

Deltamon lazily approached the fallen four legged Digimon as he pointed both skulls and opened his mouth. Each of them emitted orange light, powering up for a powerful attack stronger than the Skull Fang.

"Oh no, not the Triplex Force!" TK cried. "They gotta get out of there!"

"NO NEFERTIMON!" Kari cried with tears as Rika forced herself to stay strong.

"TRI…PLEX….!"

BOOM! A smoky blur lashed out from the trees and pinned Deltamon down. Then, right as the kids gasped, Deltamon was tossed out of the smoke and crashed next to Kyuubimon and Nefertimon.

Davis blinked in confusion, trying to figure out what happened. "What the…?"

(Play Digimon Adventure theme: Butterfly)

Like the rage of Godzilla, another beast roared proudly, removing away the dust. It was big, it was all dino, it had a brown skull over its face, it had blue stripes, it was orange, it was mean, it was in charge, it was…

"GREYMON!" the gang, minus Rika, cried.

As Deltamon picked himself up, Greymon wasted no time to tackle the beast like a football player. Deltamon tried to fight back by pushing back, but thanks to all those fights, he was overpowered.

"Hey guys!" the DigiDestined followed that voice, which was none other than Tai running up to the gang. "Good thing I was in the neighborhood."

"Yeah, good thing Tai. These Digimon's been giving us a true ass kicking." Davis warned.

Tai looked back, watching Deltamon trip Greymon off his feet. He hammered his claw right on the fallen lizard, but Greymon quickly rolled away and leaped back up to his feet. Now Deltamon made the move and charged with both skulls forth. But Greymon grabbed his rest and raised them high; bring his face on Deltamon's and snarling at one another. But Deltamon was about to get the upper hand, forcing his foe down by the neck and opening his jaws to bite a chunk off of Greymon.

"Oh great, looks like Deltamon's trying to snap his face off." TK stated.

Tai, to everyone's surprise, smiled. "Not a problem. Greymon drop on your back and place your feet on his chest!"

Greymon obeyed Tai's command and dropped backwards; placing his feet on Deltamon's chest. Right as Greymon completely rest on the road, he tossed Deltamon with his feet over him, making the blue lizard land flat on the back of his head.

"Whoa! Good one, Tai!" Davis said with a wide smile.

"Thanks, but why are you just standing there, Davis?"

"Oh….right!" Davis took out his D-Terminal and de-Digivolved Flamedramon back to Veemon. "Let's get back to basics, buddy!"

(Digivolution)

"VEEMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO…!"

From being a little dragon, Veemon grew to great size with a muscular body, a blade sticking out of his snout, dragon wings attacked from his back, and a V symbol on his chest.

"EXVEEMON!"

(End music)

Meanwhile Terriermon skipped happily around, heading to where Henry was; watching Takato's Digimon getting pounded to ground meat.

"Yo, Takatomon! Guess what I heard!" he leaped up to his Tamer's shoulder. "Guilmon's innocent…well mostly innocent."

"Wha…?"

"He was set up by that puppy-kicking Impmon. Now go tell him you're not mad at him anymore."

Now Takato felt like a real heel. He was screaming at his little Digimon for something he didn't do; making him think he doesn't like him anymore? Now he really is a terrible Tamer.

"I…I was wrong." Takato went back to see Guilmon's back getting tossed on a wall. After sliding on the foot of the wall, Devidramon started to crush his neck with his tail.

"You have to get up, boy!" Takato cried, not noticing Calumon watching behind a sculptor.

"I….can't….I'm trying!"

"You just have to try harder…I don't wanna lose you! You're my best friend!"

"Really…I'm…you're best friend…you're not mad at me anymore?"

Takato's face then turned soft. "Of course I'm not, and I'm sorry for not trusting you, Guilmon."

"Trust me…GRK!?" Devidramon then tightened his grip on Guilmon, choking the life out of him.

(Play Tamers theme: Biggest Dreamer)

"GUILMOOOON!" this was it, just when he patched things up, Guilmon's short life was about to end. What was he going to do? How was he going to save him….? Maybe just let the light from Calumon's head shine, that's all.

"CUULULULUUUUUU!"

(Digivolution)

"GUILMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO….!"

From a small baby dino, Guilmon's body became broad and heavy; not to mention large. He looked similar to his Rookie form, but had patch of white mane streaking down from the back of his head to his neck.

"GROWLMON!"

"Guilmon?"

Released from Devidramon's grip, Growlmon let out a thundering roar that caused the earth around him to move, and making Calumon cover his ears.

Though he too covered his ears, Takato smiled at this miracle. "Alright! It's Growlmon!"

"What, you two met or what?"

"Don't look at me, Terriermon." Henry shrugged, covering his ears.

Devidramon took the opportunity to fly high, where Growlmon can't reach him.

"PYRO BLASTER!"

Growlmon fired a blast similar to the Pyro Sphere, but more powerful, right at Devidramon, but the demon only maneuvered to the side and let the fireball crash into a building. Even the Hypnos inside of the building felt the force of the blast.

"I can't believe this is happening!" Riley exclaimed, trying to keep herself from falling off her seat.

"That's because it isn't." stated Yamaki.

"What?"

He stood silent, flicking around his lighter. "All data, auto-erase. The public will know nothing of this debacle. Riley, you'll be in charge of creating a convincing cover story."

"You're joking, right?"

Back outside, Growlmon climbed up to a bridge, connecting the two buildings. The dragon demon then appeared out of the darkness and grabbed onto Growlmon.

"Gotcha, cretin!"

"No way! DRAGON SLASH!"

A red blade flicked from his wrist; charging with blue energy and Growlmon slashed it across Devidramon, which he evaded at the moment. Devidramon motioned behind his foe and lifted Growlmon up to the air. Once he was high enough, Devidramon drops Growlmon straight down to the bridge, breaking it in half.

"No! Growlmon, get up!"

"This will end it! CRIMSON CLAW!" like a diving rocket, Devidramon lunged with great speed, extending his energies claws forward for the kill.

"GET UP! GROWLMON!"

But then two gold lights lit through the smoke. Growlmon lifted up to his feet and looks up to see Devidramon madly diving at him.

"PYRO BLASTER!" the red dragon fired a powerful blast that squeezed into a beam, cutting through Devidramon and melting him to data for Growlmon to absorb.

(End music)

"Whoa…Growlmon!" Takato smiled as he climbed down the stairs to greet his Digimon…

"IN COMING!"

But something flew over him and Growlmon. Takato followed the dark flying figure crash down the road and crushing a bunch of cars. The beast, none other than Deltamon quickly leaps back to his feet and charges back like a mad bull, not even caring that Takato was in the way.

"OH NO!" Takato couldn't get enough nerves to move; he was frozen. But Growlmon prepared to climb out of the crater to intercept the beast.

"PYRO TORNADO!"

But then a twister made out of fire plows Deltamon's head hard to the concrete.

(Play Frontier theme: Fire)

"What the..?" Takato followed the streak of fire fly over him and land a distance by him. The being seemed humanoid, but Takato can barely see what he looked like through the fire that coated him. For all he can make out, he had armor and a long mane; that's it. "Who is that?"

Takato spotted Deltamon struggle up, but looking at his left, Takato can see the fire-coated man stand fearlessly in front of a raged Growlmon who stood before a power driven Greymon, and a muscled packed Exveemon.

"This…could get ugly." Takato walked back, cautiously keeping away from the chaos that will be unleashed.

Right as Deltamon roared, the flaming man leaped high over the beast just as Davis, Tai and the others approached around the demolished bridge.

"Dude, it's the Human-Torch!"

"You wish, Davis..." Yolei snorted.

The fire-warrior landed behind the Digimon and raced toward the beast. Tai studied the man burning with more fire energy, giving him an idea.

"Greymon, Exveemon, uh…Super-Guilmon, attack while he does!"

The three reptiles marched closer to Deltamon, watching the flaming fighter surge himself with flames.

"NOVA BLAST!"

"VEE LAZER!"

Both the gigantic fireball and the white beam rocketed over towards Deltamon, right when the flames towered around the fire person.

"PYRO TORNADO!"

The fire twister engulfed the synthetic Digimon, and right when the two blasts gained closer, the flaming fighter ended the attack with a kick right at the same time the two blast impact in a powerful explosion.

That done the job good, but now Takato knew it was time to finish it. "GROWLMOOON!"

Growlmon slowly lifted his head; powering up his hardest for the final blow. "PYRO BLASTER!"

More powerful than the last, Growlmon breathed an intense beam of energy, which parted the concrete road in its path and then…BOOM crashed right into Deltamon, blowing him to bits.

(End music)

The battle was finally done. Sure there was tons of property damage, but the heroes finally defeated two powerful Digimon. The DigiDestined looked up to the three reptile Digimon who were for some reason gathering around.

"What's all this about?" Yolei asked, out loud.

Cody shook his head. "I don't know, but I think it'll be wise to make haste before the authorities shows."

"That doesn't seem to be on their things-to-do list." Terriermon said, pointing to Tai, Davis, and Takato who looked like they were in a trance.

Tai and Davis approached out of the group, walking near their respected Digimon. Takato motioned near Growlmon. The mysterious man of fire came out of nowhere, and landed at the center of the dino pack. None of these goggled trios knew why they were doing this, but they took out their digivices and raised them up in the air as their Digimon inhaled for their…

"GRAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Growlmon roared.

"RAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" cried Exveemon.

"GRRAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Greymon howled.

…For their victory roar. It didn't end there. The man of fire charged so much fire within, and straightened up his body toward the sky…

"GAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

…Unleashing a towering blast of fire to light up the center of the pack. The light of the fire streaked between each of the dino Digimon. Why if you look from above, it looked like three triangles. Within them was blue light coming from the goggle boys' digivices.

Yes, they roared throughout the city, echoing the air, and lighting the street with the color of courage. From this bonfire of conquest, each DigiDestined and Henry gaze at the light, feeling comfort and knowing how well they worked together. Even their Digimon watched the roaring cheer, feeling such warmth within. They didn't know what was up with the Digimon and their friends, or why they did this, but neither of them complained for this grand tingling rush felt great.

But all wasn't in the mood to join in, no sir. Yes, Rika couldn't find what was so fun about watching four freaks waking the entire city of Tokyo. She was still in question that now plagued her since the fight: Why isn't Renamon getting any stronger? Needing to figure that out, she and Kyuubimon left the group to waste their lives.

High above one of the towers, perching on a pole, a dark cold figure watches the lone girl walk away, like she was no part of the team. But oh how this being enjoys the pleasure of her darkness, her emptiness, her anger.

"The time is now…my dear Tamer." With that, the creature vanished.

"Those ignorant fools…" watching behind a window in his office, Yamaki watches the orange light shine away in the darkness. But to him, that can only mean their victory for making his life a living hell. "…cheer away, my digital friends. Savior it while you can…for it will be your last."

He then held a terminal before his face, smiling with such evil in his lips. Within the blue screen, one word can be read clearly... 'Juggernaut'.

Attention all DigiDestined. Meet me near Guilmon's den 1430 hours tomorrow for a brief meeting.

Izzy

Downtown Shinjuku: 2:34 PM

Another weekend has come for the realm of humans…at least on the east side where Japan lies. Cars roam through the streets of Shinjuku, pedestrians travels on the sidewalks of the city, and of course Rika Nonaka within the crowd, ignoring the environment, except when to watch for her safety, with her headphones on high volume.

She couldn't get over what happened last night. That fight with Devidramon and then a Deltamon came and joined the fight. Battling that Digimon wasn't easy, not even Kyubimon could stand up against it, and even Greymon and Exveemon were at a predicament that was needed to be in the Ultimate level. But the when Guilmon Digivolved to Growlmon, he tore up Devidramon and easily took care of Deltamon with the help of the two goggled boys' Digimon. Just like that when Kyubimon couldn't deal with it.

It was downright embarrassing.

I just don't get it…is it just me, or does everyone notice physics going all bull shit? I'm suppose to be the best Tamer around, and I got Renamon to Digivolve…so why does it seem that she isn't feeling any stronger…than Gogglehead's and Brainiac's Digimon? How about the DigiDestined…maybe I'm not the best compare to them with all their experience, but it's a minor problem. But…when Gogglehead's and Brainiac's Digimon Digivolved, they became stronger, and Renamon remained the same. Maybe I should be sterner with Renamon…I mean, is there any other way to make Renamon stronger?

I worked so hard to make Renamon strong, but those other knuckleheads Digivolved their Digimon, when they did nothing but bull-shit around on their asses. It's not fair…

Suddenly, Rika's spine felt a chill; a deep chill. It spread throughout her body, making her numb. It felt so cold…so dark…it as something evil was creeping behind her.

"What was that?"

But there was nothing; nothing but people walking by her. She shrugged and turned around, but when she did, something else surprised her. A little puff ball Digimon named Calumon standing beneath her feet and smiling.

"Hi!"

Rika rolled her eyes and simply ignored Calumon as she walked past him. However after that, Rika knew the little guy was following her down the sidewalk.

"Look, I don't have food for you, so quit following me around."

"Wanna play?"

Just when Rika was about to ignore him again, Calumon jumped right onto her arms.

"You know what I think you need…? ESKIMO KISSES!"

Calumon dived in and rubbed his nose (If he has one) on hers. Rika tried so hard to get him off, but every time she does, Calumon slips away and grabs on to her face.

"Let go you little perv!"

Right as she finally got him off, she noticed some people crowing around her. Rika's face flushed, thinking that they noticed Calumon moving, but then looking ahead, there were more people crowding around. She sighed, knowing that they weren't looking at her, but that didn't mean she was out of the water. There was only one person she knew that can cause a scene.

"Oh Rika! There you are! I was looking everywhere for you!"

Her own famous mother. Yep, the famous model, with her picture large and hanging in the background, was digging out of the crowd to get to her little daughter.

"Mother, what are you doing here?" Not that she cares, but she would like to dump the little troll in a well or something.

"Oh you know…we had a photo shoot, but then all these people started showing up; wanting my autograph and the secret to my good looks. I swear they just won't leave me alone, but I guess that's the price for…"

"Yeah, yeah, that's great, mother, but I have to go now" And maybe burn this little guy.

"Oh before you go, that's such a cute little toy you have there."

Rika's jaw twitched as she looked down at Calumon. If there was one thing she didn't like is owning something that was cute. You…just had to be cute, huh?

Shinjuku Central Park: 2:52 PM/sunny day

High on top of a hill, where Guilmon's den lies, a huge gathering was held; a gathering of all the DigiDestined, even two of the Tamers, Takato and Henry. On the lawn, the gang waited for what the resident genius, Kousihiro 'Izzy' Izumi, had to say.

"I suppose you're all wondering, except Mimi and Tai, why I asked you all to come here, huh?"

"Is it because you were out of Doritos at your place?"

Another slap on the head was given to Davis by Yolei. "No, dork! It's because we all couldn't fit in his room, and the Digimon won't have to hide here."

"I knew that. Sheesh!"

Mimi raised her hand to get noticed. "Um…I kinda had forgotten what the fuss is about, hon."

Izzy sighed, opening up his laptop. "Anywise…uh, where's Takato and Henry?"

TK pointed a thumb over his shoulder. "Down on the stairs. Henry's training Takato the ways of the cards."

Right on the stairs, Takato and Henry sat Indian style while they seem to be meditating.

"Now calm yourself, young goggle-one. Open all your senses, and listen to the spirits within."

Takato breathed deeply, concentrating hard. "Ummm…..uummm…."

Matt snickered while leaning on the door. "Humorous little kids, aren't they?"

"Leave them alone, Matt." Tai warned. "I told them to let us handle this assignment after the hard night they endured."

"Hey, don't you think Rika should be here?" Kari asked before Yolei scoffed.

"Yeah right! That little twerp didn't care what happened last night and then she just ditched us. I say forget about her. If she doesn't want to be our friend then it's her loss."

Izzy was heard clearing his throat. "As I was going to start; here's the update. While you guys were out fighting in the park, I spotted another Digimon on the Digi-Radar."

"Then why drag me all they way from Shibuya and from my studies to hear this?" Joe asked.

"Patience. Here's the strange part: This Digimon keeps sneaking around under the detection of the satellite systems I use. Its signal disappears and only appears for at least a second."

"Maybe your radar thingy is broken." Davis said, rubbing the top of his forehead.

"That's what I thought, until when I spotted the target on top of the cafeteria roof."

Mimi snapped her fingers, getting everyone's attention. "Oh yeah! When I told Izzy that the café people said that the freezer was filled with so much ice this morning, Izzy thought it was that Digimon…am I right? I don't want to look stupid, hon."

"Don't worry, Mimi. You were 100 percent accurate."

"Oh good. You had no idea how freezing that room was. I swear, I thought my lip balm was gonna freeze on my lips and…"

"We get the picture, Mimi!" Tai warned with a loud tone.

"So why keep the Tamers out of this?" asked Sora.

Tai moved close to his girlfriend. "Cause, if this guy can fool Izzy's radar and cause a nuclear winter in the café, then this guy can be serious trouble. I mean, you should've been there last night with us. That Devidramon and Deltramon were no ordinary Digimon, and if that's the case, then this next one can be serious."

"But you said that Takato and Growlmon took down Devidramon alone."

"I know, Sora…but…" Tai looked down the stairs, where he spotted Henry showing Takato some card slash poses. "…They at least deserve a break for today. I'm well confident in their abilities, but last night was hell for them and this one may be the real deal."

Next, Cody cleared his throat "Speaking of those Digimon, any thoughts on how they were stronger than normal?" he asked Izzy.

"None so far. But maybe they possess the ability to absorb data, just like the Tamers' Digimon, which explains their increased strengths."

"And what about that man of fire? He disappeared before we tried to talk to him." Asked Kari.

TK leaned forward near Izzy. "I can say that thing is defiantly a Digimon. His attacks looked something like a Digimon would use."

"But why did he help you guys?" Matt asked. "Or better yet, can we trust him if we see him again?"

"Come on, Matt. The dude just helped us. Of course we can trust him the next time." Davis told him.

"If we ever see that Digimon again." Ken insured.

"TERRIER TORNADO!"

From that cry, the DigiDestined looked down the hill; spotting Terriermon using his attacks on a tree. At first they thought he was training, until they saw Impmon being launched far to the distance.

"Terriermon, what did I just warned ya?" Henry asked.

"I didn't exactly touch him, Henroid."

The Tamer laughed then placed his knuckles on Terriermon's head. "You are incorrigible."

Tai could only smile at the young kids after that. Man, new generation DigiDestined are always stronger than the oldies. But I'm glad that they're on our side.

Downtown Shinjuku: 6:23 PM

"You all heard Izzy; I want all DigiDestined to split up into teams of two and comb all of Shinjuku since it seems to be hanging around here. According to Izzy, this Digimon can make himself stealth from the radar for a while. To my guess, this guy must know about us, and that ice overload in the café was a warning for us to stay out of his way. Whatever this guy is after, we can't let him get to it. Report back to me or Izzy if any of you see anything suspicious."

That was what Tai ordered the gang to do hours ago, but he also told the Tamers to stay out of it; All but Rika, which she seems to be having her own problems. The young female Tamer, who acts like a rock hard tough girl with a bad attitude, is now afraid of her own shadow. For a while, she's been feeling something cold creeping behind her; a stalker maybe, but she believes that she maybe going crazy. Even her Digimon, Renamon tried to help, but…

(Flashback)

In the home of the Nonakas, young Rika breathed heavenly with fear as she kneels on the floor of her room to regain composer.

"Ruuuuki…."

She jumped with a yelp when she heard that cold whisper from nowhere. She tried to cease her shaking body and remain strong, but the feelings, like the one she had when Gargomon almost killed her, were crawling back to her.

"R…Renamon?"

The neon-colored fox appeared behind her from thin-air.

"Yes, Rika?"

"Go take a look outside."

Renamon wasn't one to question a meaningless request, but nothing from Rika was meaningless. Renamon slid the doors open and peaked outside.

"Nothing."

"Don't lie to me! I know something was out there."

"I never lie to you." Renamon stared into her Tamer, without changing the look she always used from time to time. However, Rika felt uncomfortable with the way she was staring at her.

"What? What the hell is up with you?"

Renamon kept her stare on Rika. "Don't worry, Rika. I'm here to protect you."

"No…no you don't. Why even bother to say that crap that's meaningless to me?"

"We are partners."

From there, Rika slammed her palms on a table as she stood up. "I don't buy that feeling crap; alright? This whole love and friendship shit has gone overboard since the DigiDesitned, Brain boy, and even Gogglehead came around, saying to love and respect our Digimon. But you know what? that! Got it? You Digivolved and you still haven't become stronger! What happened to that oath we made to be the best, huh? Did it fly away when those annoying retired DigiDestined came…HUH? What happened to that? What the hell is wrong with you? You tell me!"

"…It is simple…you choused me, and I choused you…you needed me and I need you."

After narrowing her face, Rika grabbed her jacket and past by Renamon out the door.

"I don't need you…I don't need anyone!"

(End flashback)

Rika there leaned on a subway gate, thinking about what happened between her and Renamon. Maybe she shouldn't have blown on her like that, but then again, Renamon failed her time to time since the DigiDestined came. And Henry and Takato; what about them? They don't even know the first thing of taming, and already that, not only had they somehow Digivolved their Digimon, but theirs are stronger than Kyuubimon.

It's so unfair.

"Never thought I see you here."

The girl felt a shock of surprise from her thoughts. Turning to her right, who there stared at her was a teenaged boy with long blue hair. Next to him was a girl with long purple hair, a maroon poet hat, large glasses worn before her brown eyes, a light green sleeveless shirt that hugged her body, a dark maroon skirt, and styling black sandals covering most of her feet.

"You again? Haven't you Digi-clowns irritated me enough?"

The purple haired girl smirked. "Oh I haven't begun to annoy you, little girl!"

But the male teen held a hand before her. "Yolei…please…let me?"

"-sigh-…okay, Kenny." With that, Yolei gave a quick peck on his cheek and headed down the stairs of the subway.

Soon there was the boy named Ken, staring right at the ten-year old, Rika who was still leaning on the gate in a rebellious look.

"So…the Digimon Queen I presume."

Rika snorted, snapping away her face. "Yeah, that's me. What about it?"

Ken pulled his hands out of his pocket. "The Digimon Queen…" then he pointed himself. "…Digimon Emperor…the meeting of the Digital Royalties."

"Look, nut-ball, just get to the point before I make my royal leave…opps, too late, I'm gone."

Rika twisted the other way and walked off, but then…

"And I thought a Tamer never walks away from anything. Afraid to know what I have to give?"

The ice-Tamer froze in her steps, and then slowly looked over her shoulder with a cold smile.

"So…if it's a fight you want, then I'll be glad to give you one."

A smile cracked upon Ken's lips, then it broke into a wide smile, then from there a chuckle was heard, then that chuckle grew into a hard laugh…a villainous laugh to be exact.

"HAHAH…HAHAHAHAHA!"

It was getting pretty uncomfortable for Rika. To her, she thought the boy suddenly snapped and gone insane. Heh, little did she knew that he already been there.

"HAHAHA…Ha ha….I'm sorry. Never thought I laugh like that in a long time, but the way you said that makes it seem like this whole thing is a game."

"Look, Dr. Evil, I don't play games, but I rule this game. If you're here to give me another lecture of feelings for Digimon, then you're just wasting your time." With that, she again tried to leave.

"Feelings…oh how do I know them…how you were so young…so innocent…so care free from the pain this world carries…then when one loved one disappears from your life…you feel as if it was your doing; your fault for that one to leave…despair…loneliness…sorrow you feel…you want to get away from it…then something from the heavens comes…giving you a chance to escape that pain…but once you hold on to it…you want to hold it forever…you want the feeling that all the pain you suffered within can never touch you…be in a world with no pain…forever….then control it by all means necessary…even if it means hurting those who tried to help you through your pain."

Now normally, Rika would make a rude comeback, but the words from Ken forced Rika to flow into a past she tried so hard to never go back to. A past where one she loved dearly leaves her because of a divorcement; a time where she sometimes felt it was her own doing.

On the verge of Rika's tears, Ken still continued. "Those like your partner Renamon tried to help you through the pain you thought you escaped from. But you rejected her and others; believing that it'll only bring those feelings back to the surface."

Though without looking at him, Rika held her hands, letting the tears drop on her palms. "N…No I don't…I don't feel that way…"

"Well this attitude you have with Digimon seems to have some similar elements that I went through."

"W…What?"

Just then, Wormmon popped out over Ken's shoulders. "When Ken was the Digimon Emperor, he enslaved Digimon, treating them with up most cruelty. He even kicked me around and called such insults. But I knew that the real Ken was inside of him and I never gave up to save him. You go around saying that Digimon are just empty souls of data and have no feelings and are just fighting tools. If that's so then would I feel such sorrow for Ken for all the bad things he done? Would I feel such grief for every time he cut me with his whip? Would I care to sacrifice my life to save Ken? Huh?"

Drops of tears poured to the concrete. Deep sobs were heard from her voice, timing with the tears that soaked her face.

"No…sob…I'm not like that….I'm not!"

Without any interruptions from Ken and Wormmon, Rika dashed away, with tears shedding behind her path. Just then, Yolei came back from the subway with two bags of cotton candy.

"Hey, Kenny…" she said with a mouth full of candy. "Cotton candy?"

"I don't think I'm in the mood for one."

Elsewhere in town, we find Izzy walking down the street with his girlfriend, Mimi. Though they were suppose to patrol for a Digimon, Mimi couldn't resist the outlet stores around the city, and poor Izzy was forced to carry all of her shopping bags.

"Mimi, if I may, I do think we should concentrate our focus to important matters."

"You're right…I should've thought of what shoes would match with this summer dress."

"Mimi, you're not getting it!" soon, Izzy sat on a nearby bench on the sidewalk and took a much needed breather. Then he took out his laptop from his bag. "Let me see if I can locate the culprit."

"And while you're at it, could you check the web for next year's fashion designs on Victoria Secret?"

"sigh…Mimi." Izzy flicked from window to window on the town map. "Still nothing…maybe I can find a pattern from his previous locations."

"Pattern? I wonder what game was used for patterns."

"No, Mimi. This Digimon barely shows up on radar. He just disappears and re-appears on a further location. I recorded each of his locations on separate window files."

"Um…would you be mad if told you to say that again?"

"Don't worry about it…now let's set them all in all-reading mode." Setting a mode on the top of each window, more dots appeared on the windows. "There…I activated all the DigiDestined and Tamers' previous locations on all the windows…hmm…that's strange…every location that Digimon has been always seems to be near Rika's, except when he appeared at our college campus."

"Hmm…maybe this Digimon has a crush on the little girl."

"Mimi, be serious."

"No I mean this reminds me of a movie I seen. This guy was always stalking this girl till he almost killed her, and there was another one where this creepy monster with no fashion sense kept following this girl too."

"Well, it couldn't be any coincident that this Digimon always appear close to Rika's location…could it…Mimi, do all those stalking movies always end with the stalking trying to kill the girl?"

"Well everyone I seen, yes….GASP…Oh no!"

"My thoughts, exactly! I gotta warn everyone!"

Emergency! I found out the Digimon's prime target. He's after Rika. REPEAT: He's after Rika!

Izzy.

After reading the e-mail on the D-Terminal, Ken and Yolei looked at each with wide eyes.

"RIKA!"

Within a narrow shaded covered alley, filled with trash and writings on the wall, we find young Rika lying her back on a wall as she continues to cry in peace and try to convince herself from the stories told by Ken and Wormmon.

"I'm not like that…sniff….I'm not like that….I'm not…not…."

Such facts told in her ear, she never heard such cruelty; cruelty that may reflect her. But she refused to believe it. She refused to take a fact if it's true or false. She refused to let it draw her back to that horrible past she worked so hard to escape.

"I'm not…that…evil…."

"Then why fight the truth, dear Ruki?"

That cold voice again forced Rika off the wall and let her guard up. "Alright, I'm sick of this freak! Come on out and show yourself!"

"Very well then."

Suddenly something bewildered Rika when long white arms grabbed her from behind. The young girl tried to scream, but a hand covered her mouth.

Just then, Ken and Yolei ran in the alley where they see a fog near a wall. From there they saw a scared Rika gripped under long, frightening arms that was pulling her in the fog.

"Let her go!" Ken screamed, running up to Rika's rescue. But once he got there, Rika was already pulled in a vortex in the center of the fog.

"Stay out of my way, human!"

With that the fog vanished as well as Rika.

"Damn it!" Ken shouted, pounding the wall. Breathing hard to calm down, he turned to his girlfriend. "Call Izzy. Tell him he got Rika."

Shinjuku Market Place: 7:48 PM/party dark skies

"Tai, I've received word from Ken and Yolei. Our target captured Rika. I've also been informed that the Digimon somehow have knowledge of controlling the digital field. That's how he's been hiding from the radar."

"Terrific…can ya find him?"

"Hang on…I got his location! He's at the market place!"

"Nuts, me and Sora are twenty blocks away! Who's the closest DigiDestined."

"Matt and Joe."

"Get them to go after that guy before you lose him again!"

That's what happened before Joe traveled through the busy streets of the market place, where all the merchandise junk is sold on streets. The doctor-in-training along with his aquatic Digimon on his head, Gomamon, followed the signal on Joe's digivice while digging through the crowd. Matt on the other hand disappeared, saying that he'll search for the Digimon on a higher ground.

"There just has to be so many people at a time like this."

"What do you expect, Joe? It's the market place, and its Saturday…hey look at the size of that fish…and that price!"

"We'll eat later."

"But the jumbo sizes…and the prices…they're out of control!"

"Gomamon!"

Soon the signal led them to an alley, so narrow and dark. Usually Joe would complain about the dust and germs and thugs living in an alley, but times made Joe a bit calm and this was not the time to complain. Later the alley led them in a large lot, surrounded by buildings. But this was no lot… it was a concrete basketball field.

"Anyone for hoops?" the fish Digimon asked. "Hey look up there, Joe!"

Right up on a building ahead of them, they saw a swirling fog surround a purple vortex. Then a white leg popped out of the portal, followed by some red clawed hands that grabbed onto the sides.

"We better get ready, quick, Gomamon!"

"Good, I need the exercise!"

(Digivolution)

"GOMAMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO….IKAKUMON!"

Busting out of the glowing Digi-egg was a giant walrus with white fur and a horn sticking out of his forehead. The two looked up, preparing for the worst, but shock and bewilderment came before their eyes when the face of a familiar enemy appeared at this foe. The same creepy face, the same symbol on his chest, the same long arms….

"DEVIMON?!" they cried.

But as this familiar enemy laid an unconscious Rika on a rooftop, Ikakumon took a careful gaze at this… 'Devimon'.

"Wait…that's not him, unless Devimon decided to dye his body white…no, that's an IceDevimon."

Joe breathed in relief, knowing that he won't have to relive that past experience. "Alright, you, let go of Rika!"

The creature, known as IceDevimon, grinned with ever so much evil at the duo down below.

"So…you inferior fools won't get it the first time, huh? Stay out of the way! AVALANCHE CLAW!"

(Play Vectorman techno theme.)

The demon flapped his wings; unleashing a storm of icicles. Joe ran out of the way before the shots painfully struck Ikakumon. The furry Digimon grunted in pain, but struggled to withstand the sharp icicles.

Finally after the attack ended, Ikakumon spotted IceDevimon flying high across the basketball field.

"You stay there! HARPOON TORPEDO!"

The horn on his head launched upward like a rocket, straight towards the flying demon, but with great agility, IceDevimon shot down, avoiding the horn. Right when IceDevimon swooped over the floor to land his feet, the horn broke to reveal a firework rocket and shot after the demon.

"TUNDRA FREEZE!"

But then IceDevimon shot twin blue optic beams from his eyes right on the rocket. When the smoke cleared, IceDevimon's long clawed hands caught a huge chunk of ice incasing the rocket.

"I believe this belongs to you." The demon tossed the chunk straight at Ikakumon's face, which exploded right on him; forcing his back on a wall.

"Ikakumon!"

As Joe checked up on him, IceDevimon hover up to the sky. "Ah, nice of you all to gather together. FROZEN…!"

"AARRROOOOOOOOOooooooo….!"

Snapping around, IceDevimon spotted a dark silhouette standing on top of a water tower from the distance, and howling in front of the full moon. But then the figure vanished when IceDevimon tried to get a close look.

"Hmm…stupid mortal dogs…GAHH!"

BOOM! Before anyone knew it, IceDevimon crashed into a rooftop, making the dust and chunks fly. Instincts kicked in and told IceDevimon to kick whatever pinned him off, and leap to a safe distance.

"Arrrgh…who are you?"

The dust cleared revealing a humanoid creature with the resemblance of a blue wolf. It had a long snarling snout with a rocker like appearance. It wore brass knuckles and ripped jeans, giving it a rebellious look.

"Wha…a WereGarurumon?"

"You guessed right." Over at the next rooftop, a male teen with long blonde hair, ice blue eyes, a green shirt that looked that the turtleneck and sleeves were ripped off, a black sweatshirt worn under, and black jeans and shoes leaned on a machine air vent with a confident smile. "Wanna see him do tricks? Go boy…sic the girl-stalking creep."

Obeying the command, WereGarurumon leaped forward, snarling like a savage beast. But IceDevimon quickly leaped up and stayed in the sky, letting the wolf beast rush past.

"AVALANCHE CLAW!"

When WereGarurumon stopped with all fore paws, he spotted the incoming storm of icicles. But the nimble Ultimate leaped over it; chasing after the ice devil.

"WOLF CLAW!"

Madly slashing his claws, WereGarurumon created an arc beam that slammed straight into IceDevimon; forcing him off the sky and hard to the roof.

"AAGH! Damn you, mutt!" he screamed as he got off of the crater. "FROZEN CLAW!"

With an extend arm, IceDevimon reached to the sky and caught the airborne Digimon by the face. He then swung WereGarurumon around, smashing him to a bunch of air vent machines and metal bearings for watertowers. Then he leaped up in the air, and motioned his spin cycle at a faster rate.

"Good bye!" with one toss, WereGarurumon crashed right through the roof, making smoke tower high up to IceDevimon's altitude. "HAHAHA! Your power can not stand to against my sheer strength! HAHAHA!"

Suddenly, something blinded the white demon. From where IceDevimon dropped him, a white light flashed strong and then it faded. The demon remained above, trying to keep his eyes peeled for whatever that WereGarurumon just did. No sound was made; it was all too quite for even IceDevimon's nerves.

All of a sudden, he heard the sound of a distant jet. Perhaps it was just one flying by, he thought. But now, why did it sound like it was getting louder? So loud that it was like it was aiming straight for…HIM?

CRASH! Right when he turned his back around, something plowed straight through him and pinned him hard on a building with a smoke geyser.

Opening his eyes, he found himself being pinned to the ground by something metallic. Looking up, he found his new foe; a metallic wolf beast with a robotic body filled with weaponry. IceDevimon's jaw dropped, and shook with fear and bewilderment.

"Gah…a MetalGarurumon…? Impossible!"

With a snarling grin and a chuckle, MetalGarurumon's mouth emitted a blue light. Knowing that cue, IceDevimon incase his body in a thin coat of ice to slip away from the Mega's grip.

"METAL WOLF CLAW!"

A giant explosion lifted that engulfed the robotic beast, but IceDevimon was lucky enough to fly to safety. The ice demon cackled wickedly as he watched the smoke rise to the air.

WHOOSH! The smoke was instantly blown away and MetalGarurumon was there, hovering at air using its thrusters that blew the smog away. The humming of his thrusters grew louder and then he took off with high speed after IceDevimon.

IceDevimon screamed in panic before he shot upward with MetalGarurumon on his tail. The cyborg Digimon easily shot past the Champion, which IceDevimon barely avoided his charge. Then again, MetalGarurumon rocketed towards him and back, and IceDevimon nearly got plowed.

"Keep away! AVALANCHE CLAW!"

While the Mega was chasing from behind, IceDevimon fired his raining attack again, but the icicles just bounced off MetalGarurumon's steel body. After that surprise, IceDevimon U-turned downward, dodging another of his foe's charge.

"ICE WOLF BITE!"

Rockets, missiles, bombs and such were launched from MetalGarurumon's body. IceDevimon felt the pain of each of them exploding on him. He felt that he'll get deleted right there, but it ended with a greater pain when he crashed into a building again.

(End music)

The demon's palm grabbed onto the surface, helping him to lift up to his knees. He couldn't believe that he was still alive after getting handed to him by a Mega. Soon, he stood his shakin body up, but he was badly injured and unable to fight even a Champion at this time. He needed a way to escape fast…wait…there's a plan.

MetalGarurumon planted his feet hard on the roof, leaving deep prints on the surface. "Give up, IceDevimon and surrender the girl!"

"The girl you say? You mean HER?" IceDevimon held Rika's body by one hand and waved his sharp claws under her chin. "Attack me, if you dare. Course you will injure this fare child, but I'm sure that's nothing for you to worry about, am I right?"

MetalGarurumon leaned back, snarling in anger. There was no way he can strike without hurting Rika at this point.

"Yes…I thought so." Waving his hand, he opened a foggy portal on his left, where he made his exit. "Now leave us! My Tamer and I have much needed bonding to be done." With that, he was gone.

"His Tamer? I was told it was a Renamon that was the girl's Digimon."

Meanwhile, yards and yards away from that battle, we find the two young Tamers, Takato and Henry, and their Digimon enjoying their time in the market place, eating some snacks and checking out some rare Digimon cards.

"Takatomon, my head still feels funny."

"I guess it's from standing upside down last night. Well Henry said it was the only possible way to change you back. It was either that or make you run laps, jump rope, walk on your hands, jump in cold water, or the drastic wishing on a temple."

"Oh, I don't like any of those, but can I wish for raining bread?"

The young Tamer sighed then went back to looking at the stack of cards shown under glass on a market kart. "Man…check that one out! It's the new series of Digimon!"

"From what I heard, they made a new stage called Hybrid and a new type called a variable."

"Whoa, and I thought nothing would go with vaccine, data, and virus. Now there's a variable?" shrugging, Takato brought his eyes back to the cards. One, however, caught his attention. It was a humanoid Digimon with red armor, a long blonde mane, and a mask that looked like a fiery demon. "Henry…that card…"

"What about it?" he asked, nibbling on his candy apple.

"I think I seen that Digimon last night…the fire guy."

"Huh?"

"Oh you mean Agunimon?" from out of nowhere, Takato and Henry spotted a boy with goggles, a yellow hat, red shirt over a yellow on with a C logo, brown cargo paints and red shoes. "Oh yeah, that's a cool card. With that Digimon in your deck, no cheap Digimon can touch ya."

"Wow, really?"

"Sure, I have this card. You should see how many guys I kicked ass with it." The boy grinned proudly until…

"Yeah right. You must be talking about Lobomon, huh?" said a boy with a blue bandana on his head and dark clothes over a yellow shirt.

"Ah quit bragging about that weak card, Kouji. Agunimon is the man, and everyone knows it!"

"No, Lobomon is the perfect fighter. Agunimon is too sloopy."

"Agunimon can kick ass like that. All Lobomon has is a little pixie stick. I mean, look at that card, that mask and his scarf…it's so gay!"

"WHY YOU…!"

The boy called Kouji tackled the goggle boy and now the two were rolling brawl on the dirt. All Takato and Henry can do is back away and not get involved.

"Jeez, people get so worked up on cards."

"You said it, Takato."

But once they turn around, they spotted their Digimon running off down the streets.

"Guilmon! Man, why does he always do this?"

"I think they spotted a Digimon. Let's go!"

Ice Cavern: 8:24 PM

It felt cold…so cold…it's too cold…her body felt like it was shivering, and everything was too dark to see.

"Wake up, my dear Ruki."

(Play Hallow Bastion theme from Kingdom Hearts soundtrack.)

Her eyes opened, witnessing an icy serene. Lifting up, she found herself in some kind of cavern made out of ice. Rika held her arms, shivering all over; she could even see her breath coming out of her "

"Well hello, Ruki."

"W..Who…s..said that?"

Suddenly, she felt herself rising from the icy floor. Why was she hovering like this? To answer her question, she saw white devilish wings wrapped around her. Wanting to know the one responsible, she turned around and saw a creature resembling a Devimon, only that this one was white like ice.

"Greetings, Ruki…I've been waiting to finally meet you."

Normally she hates it when someone calls her by her old name, but she was so tried and cold to be defending herself. Sides, at least she's warm.

"Are you a Digimon?"

"Yes."

"And…is this a digital field?"

"Why yes. Isn't it beautiful? A perfect scenery to fit your qualities."

"Really…how?"

With such evil feeling, IceDevimon lifted up his head. "The way you treat others…thinking you're cold as ice…you have no room for such warm weakness…you demand 100 percent perfection; not just from yourself, but others as well."

Rika nods like a soulless zombie, agreeing with everything the icy devil explained. All he said seemed to fit her personality.

"Such a cold passion for power is why we are destined to be partners."

"Partners…? But I already have a partner…Renamon."

"Hey guys, whacha doing?"

The boys, though ignored Calumon, or maybe they didn't hear him, as Takato and Henry chased after their Digimon.

"Man, how in the heck can…pant…they can keep this up? I'm about to cave in right here!"

Henry too was gasping for air. "They are…Digimon…they have a terrific number of endurance and…practically a glutton for pain and food."

"Kind of…sounds like…Henry, look up there!"

Looking up, they spotted Calumon waving to them, but not paying attention to the little Digimon, they saw an unmistakable silhouette of Renamon flying above on the buildings.

"Well, Takato…no doubt that wherever…Renamon goes…so does Rika."

"Aw man…she's gonna be all witchy as ice."

"Now, my dear…I want to show you something." Once IceDevimon spread his wings wide, the entire cavern lights up.

From her empty eyes, Rika slowly looked around. "What is it?"

"For years now I've hunted Digimon after Digimon; absorbing their little data. Some maybe friends to some, maybe even partners to those called DigiDestined, but like you said: they were merely stepping stones."

"No…I never said that."

"Ah, but you did, Ruki. I fight to Digivolve, and you make your Digimon fight to Digivolve. Familiar?"

Though she couldn't argue with that, but still she didn't feel right about this.

"But alas, my years' worth of experience wasn't enough against the prime DigiDesinted of this land. As you can see, I barely survived a battle with a Mega leveled Digimon. Their power is far too great. Does this also sound familiar? You were forced to fight their Mega level Digimon as well."

How could she forget in her soulless eyes? Renamon was overpowered dearly by Tai's WarGreymon. From there started her greatest upset and embarrassment.

"Does it sound fair to you? Being upstaged by these so-called heroes of the human world? Being stepped around under their feet and laughed at?"

Laughed…she was, before facing WarGreymon, Tai, Takato, and Henry laughed at her of her own beliefs. Even this one line from Tai that irritated her to the very bone.

"Kid...you don't know jack shit about Digimon."

Even though her face seems so cold and lifeless, there read heated anger growing within. Oh how she would enjoy having some revenge for that.

Thought little did they know, on the icy walls far from them, something was digging a small hole from outside. That something was Gomamon digging though the ice, and Tentomon with a camera collar strapped around his neck.

"Ah, success, Gomamon. Now all we have to do is watch the scene for Izzy."

"Hmm…nice ice scenery…excellent construction here."

"Shhh!"

The ice cavern was on top of an old abandoned factor, outside the market place. Across from that place, Tai, Sora, Matt, Joe, Mimi and their Digimon gathered around on top of a building, where Izzy was catching the scene on his laptop.

"Prodigious! It appears this artic version of Devimon is so powerful, he can control his own digital field to any way he chooses."

"This from a Champion? Man, no wonder he kicked Ikakumon around like a soda can." Said Joe.

"Well he got Rika. What are we doing here playing spy? We gotta get in there!"

Tai then eyed Matt. "Well like you said, he'll just use Rika as hostage and make a break for it. I'm surprised nobody saw that fight with MetalGarurumon, Matt."

"Well he had to be stopped before he can cause some harm. Anyway, you would've sic WarGreymon on him anywise, right?"

"Well…"

"Uh oh!" the group looked down at the sitting computer geek. "The Tamers are heading for his location."

"We gotta chase after them! They're not ready to fight this guy!" cried Sora, until Tai wrapped and arm around her shoulder.

"Calm down. MetalGarurumon did rough him up to the point where he couldn't even hurt an In-Training. Maybe they can take this guy out now."

"I hope you're right, Tai."

Soon, IceDevimon lowered his head down to Rika's point of view. "Think of it, Ruki. We are kindred spirits, you and I, and they say two heads are better than one. With us together, you can live out your dream as being the strongest Tamer. We will be one, and all who oppose us will be at our mercy. The DigiDestined will be powerless and you will be supreme."

Being the strongest…no weakness…no one to treat her like was beneath anything. No mistakes will be crawling up to her feet. She will have a suitable Digimon by her side…and Renamon….Renamon….

"You have my word."

"Don't worry, Rika. I'm here to protect you."

"…It is simple…you choused me, and I choused you…you needed me and I need you."

"I never lie to you"

"You have my word I'm here to protect you and I choused you It is simple I never lie to you Don't worry, Rika, just watch yes Rika You have my word It is simple …"

"We are partners"

All thought scrambled in her head, she shook them off.

"Come Ruki…" removing his hand from her shoulder, he spread his arms and wings wide, lighting up the area more to reveal the most horrible sight that has stowed upon her.

"Embrace the future I offer you!"

Little Digimon trapped within icicles, frozen in a look of fear. She could see such horror, such dread, and such panic within their faces. They were…enslaved.

"When Ken was the Digimon Emperor, he enslaved Digimon, treating them with up most cruelty."

Rika held her lips by the tip of her fingers, trying to endure the terror she sees before her. Not only from the cold, was she shaking from the fear. "No…no…"

BOOM! Was the sound that IceDevimon heard. Staring at the only sealed entrance, he can see white smoke flowing from it.

"Man that really burned my skin. Stupid ice! What is it, sub-zero?" from there, who would step out of the smoke? Why it's none other than Takato, Henry, Guilmon and Terriermon. "Look…Rika!"

Her body was all tilted from the experience, but Rika saw those she never thought would come.

"Wha…G..Gog..Takato…? Why are…?"

"Those like your partner Renamon tried to help you through the pain you thought you escaped from. But you rejected her and others; believing that it'll only bring those feelings back to the surface."

"I...I...I'm sorry…I just thought…well that we can work together."

"I'm not following you!"

"Well, thanks any way, Rika. It's not everyday you get to meet your dream girl."

"That's like asking the meaning of life I'm not following you I'm sorry I admit, I saw you in a dream thanks any way, Rika doesn't that…make you sad at all Those like your partner rejected…"

"Dream girl."

Her shoulders then slid back to upright position, trying to shake those thoughts out. But, it did not help stop the tears.

"Ah, so they send rookies after me? You do not learn, do you?"

Henry then checked his D-Arc for any readings.

IceDevimon: Fallen angel Digimon. A dark angel with a heart made with pure ice. This cold beast can freeze anything for eternity.

Type: virus

Stage: Champion.

Attacks: Frozen Claw, Avalanche Claw, Tundra Freeze

"Looks like we got a cold turkey up in here." Stated Terriermon, preparing to strike.

The artic devil chuckled with delight. "Well, I thought you don't have friends, Ruki. After all, these are the beings that laughed at you."

"What do you know about friends? Let her go, now!" Takato demand.

"I don't think so, boy. We were getting acquainted."

"Rika already has a partner: Renamon!"

"Well I say it's time for an upgrade. Heh, heh, heh…"

Though Takato was up for rescuing Rika, but he had no idea how to handle this. "Henry, what are we gonna do?"

The Chinese/Japanese boy rubbed his chin. "Not sure, but since the college café was frozen, I can assume that this is the Digimon the DigiDestined are after."

"What? Then this guy might be more powerful than that Devidramon and Deltamon we fought."

"Yes, but look at his condition. I say that he might have run into the DigiDestined. So…"

"FROZEN CLAW!"

(Play Scherzo di notte (Hallow Bastion battle) from Kingdom Hearts soundtrack)

Barely did Takato and Henry escape the approaching hand that slammed through the floor between them. Thanks to the slippery ice and the force of the attack, Takato and Henry skidded back a distance.

"Hey, you can't attack someone that was coming up with a plan!" yelled Takato.

"I don't play by the rules, boy. This is real life! FROZEN CLAW!"

Takato quickly rolled out of the way before the attack made another mark on the floor. "Guilmon!"

From the call, Guilmon raced forth towards the floating demon, along with Terriermon.

"BUNNY BLAST!"

A green blast, launched from Terriermon, was deflected by IceDevimon's hand, but Guilmon used the opportunity to leap closer to the demon.

"ROCK BREAKER!" And swipe IceDevimon's faced with an energized claw.

"GAH! DIE! AVALANCHE CLAW!" With the icicle attack, IceDevimon pushed Guilmon away, crashing his back to a wall.

"TERRIER TORNADO!"

An attack from Terriermon surprised IceDevimon, and now the beast was trapped within a tornado. But using his energy, he depleted the twister with a gusty blow, and then swung his arm, tennis style, slamming the dog Digimon to a wall.

"Argh! That's enough! Let's get in there!"

But then, Tai grabbed Matt's shoulder, forcing him back down. "Calm down, Matt! This is there fight, now. They'll pull through, I'm sure of it."

"Tai, what if they get beaten by that thing? They're too inexperienced to face someone this powerful, even if he's still weak!"

"There are times when the Tamers can't depend on us to help them, and this is it."

"Are you stupid? Don't you even care for others safety rather than your stupid instincts? What if they're wrong?"

"I'm sure! Alright?"

Sora then pulled the two away from each other before things got rough. "This is exactly why we didn't want you to room together."

Joe chuckled "Yeah, I would've heard it all the way in Shibuya."

"Okay, here goes! DIGI-MODIFY…MONOCHRONMON ACTIVATE!"

With the new surge he felt, Guilmon leaped high for a straight shot. "VOLCANIC STRIKE!"

While tumbling to the floor, Guilmon fired triple fireballs, formed with molten lava. But IceDevimon maneuvered sideways, avoiding the exploding shots.

"Try this on for size! DIGI-MODIFY, ANDROMON ACTIVATE!"

As Guilmon raced for IceDevimon… "SPIRAL SWORD!" An electric sword silted out of Guilmon's wrist. He leaped forward, screaming with a war cry as he raised the sword for the attack.

At the same time…

"DIGI-MODIFY, FLAMEDRAMON ACTIVATE!"

"FIRE ROCKET!" Terriermon went as he hurled like a flaming comet, attacking with Guilmon.

"TUNDRA FREEZE!"

But with his icy optic beams, Andromon incased Guilmon and Terriermon under ice, letting their body slide on the cavern floor.

"No, Guilmon!"

"Terriermon!"

(Stop music)

IceDevimon laughed in amusement; watching the two boys chase after their frozen Digimon. "You see my awesome might, Ruki? Even in my weak state, I can still defeat two powerful Rookies. Imagine my might in its full power."

Fortunately, nobody was home in her little head. She was thinking of what it will be like if she joined forces with IceDevimon. But all thoughts directed her to the event when Ken told her about him being the Digimon Emperor, and most of his past and traits reflected hers. Being with this icy demon…she felt that she may become a Digimon Emperor; bringing chaos and pain everywhere. But…why did he tell her that? Was it because she was a Digimon Emperor?

"No…I'm not like that…I'm not…I'm not…no…No…NO…I'M NOT LIKE THAT!"

IceDevimon bewildered back in shock; her scream even stopped the boys from trying to break free their Digimon with a crowbar and a hammer.

"You think you know me? Well you don't! You don't know me! Why you even care? Cause you're a power hungry FREAK! Go stalk and scare someone else, cause I'm not buying it! I already have a partner, and that's Renamon! Oh and one thing…DON'T EVER CALL ME RUKI!"

(Play 'Lying from you' from Linkin Park album: Meteora)

BOOM! Another crash was heard from behind. On the wall was a hole, the same spot that Tentomon and Gomamon were hiding. But next to them was a tall furry creature standing heroically against the ice demon.

"Whoa, talk about verbal timing!" muttered Gomamon.

Looking up, IceDevimon cackled. "Ah, the infamous Renamon. Now we shall see who is worthy to be Ruki's Tamer. FROZEN CLAW!"

"RENAMON, LOOK OUT!"

Renamon leaped off the hole, while Tentomon and Gomamon ducked from the extended and razor claw that scratched the edge of the hole.

"DIAMOND STORM!"

Renamon unleashed her barrage of shards, but with lightening reflex, IceDevimon caught every single one.

"Hey did Etemon do something like that once?" Gomamon asked Tentomon.

"I believe so, now be quite! This is getting interesting!"

Once she touched the floor, Renamon dashed for IceDevimon, thrusting a Power Paw, but the icy devil phased through her and slammed his elbow on her back. Renamon tumbled away, but she quickly caught herself and landed back on her feet, just to launch for her opponent. But she was shoved to a wall with IceDevimon's Frozen Claw, knocking the wind out of her.

"Hahahah. Such child's play. I fail to gather what you see in her, Ruki. Why tame beauty when you can tame the beast?"

Rika can only grind her teeth in anger. "Better than taming a cold freak. NOW OFF!"

Hearing that only made him lick his teeth. "Ah, such vulgar feeling. They make the perfect ideals for a Tamer that is mine."

Takato had enough of this, but without Guilmon, he's helpless. "Rika, you have to Digivolve Renamon!"

Rika reached for her D-Arc on her belt, but a thought crossed her mind. If she Digivolves her, Renamon will be just like IceDevimon. It was already proven when Terriermon Digivolved. He almost killed her. It was best to leave Renamon the way she is.

Forgive me, Renamon.

"Tell me, Ruki! Why you look at this waste? A Digimon is only used to fight and kill. Why care for such a weak creature?"

"Because….SHE'S MY FRIEND!"

From Izzy's screen, a bright light shined on where Renamon laid.

"Now what's that word Yolei says? Uh…Bingo?" Mimi asked.

"Not that one, Mimi. She goes…" Izzy answered before Tai, Sora, Matt, Joe, and their Digimon shout.

"PERFECTO!"

(Digivolution)

"RENAMON DIGIVOLVE TOOO….KYUUBIMON!"

IceDevimon peers over his new evolved adversary as the male Tamers smiles at this miracle. Though Rika should be happy, but she was worried at this twist.

Why did she Digivolve?

With new strengths, the quadruped Digimon lashed away to the ice monster. "FOX TAIL INFERNO!"

IceDevimon easily dodged the shots as they caused a row of holes on the walls. He then phased behind her and fired his Tundra Freeze, which Kyubimon U-Turned away and rolled into a Dragon Wheel. Though the flames harmed him a bit, IceDevimon flew though it, grabbed the fox by the face and, like WereGarurumon, gave her a spin cycle and slammed her hard to the floor, crushing her in a crater.

"That should've worked!" Takato said, tightening his fists.

"Viruses are stronger than data types, and Kyuubimon is no different." Henry looked through his pocket and pulled out a card. "Stand back. DIGI-MODIFY, EXPANSION ACTIVATE!"

Suddenly, the ice cracked apart, thanks to Terriermon's balloon body, which deflated back. The card's effect tried out the bunny, but Guilmon was still up for another round.

"Alright, let's shut this guy up!" shouted Takato.

"I don't think so. FROZEN CLAW!"

Guilmon leaped away from the claw and then ran for IceDevimon while his claw was stuck in the ice. The demon tried to fend with another Frozen Claw, but it only end up missing the squatting Digimon.

"Here's a surprise for ya! DIGI-MODIFY, AGUNIMON ACTIVATE!"

Henry and Rika gasped in surprise. They never expect Takato to use that card. Soon, Guilmon was surrounded in a twister of fire. IceDevidramon launched an Avalanche Claw, but when Guilmon leaped up…

"PYRO TORNADO!"

The intense flames melted away the icicles and engulfed the icy beast. IceDevimon screamed with pain and agony, feeling the flames burning his icy skin. Then the fire whisked away when Guilmon delivered an axel kick up to IceDevimon's chin and made him fly to a patch of ice pillars.

"Takato…when did you get that card?" Henry asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Back at the market…do you have any idea how much this thing COST?"

WHOOSH! With a gust of energy, plus an ear piercing scream, IceDevimon stood up from the smoke and spread his wings with anger he never felt before; meaning Takato and Guilmon is good as dead.

"YOU SHALL DIE BY MY HAND!"

The Tamer didn't wanna know what the ice beast had planned, so he decided to finish this off.

"DIGI-MODIFY, SPEED ACTIVATE!"

Guilmon zipped through the energy wind, heading for the raged demon. With powerful force, IceDevimon flew up and lashed a Frozen Claw, but without thinking, Guilmon caught his hand.

"DIGI-MODIFY, HYPER WING ACTIVATE!"

Henry gasped with delight. Earlier he was teaching Takato about card combos, and he was surprised and proud that Takato was executing it well.

"That's it!"

Even Rika was surprised at this.

Right when the wings grew on his back, Guilmon launched for IceDevimon and grabed him by his waist.

"NO LET GO!"

BOOM! Guilmon rams the virus' head first through a ceiling, allowing Guilmon to back away for Takato to slash a card.

(A/N: May I add something?)

"DIGI-MODIFY, POWER ACTIVATE!"

"PYRO SPHERE!" from his mouth, Guilmon spat a large fireball that flew straight for IceDevimon.

"NOOOOOOO!"

(End music)

BOOM! The DigiDestined saw a giant explosion burst a hole on top of the cave, from where they hid.

"Ooo…that's gotta hurt!" Joe winced.

Later on, after the ice digital field vanished, the gang arrived on the roof by Birdramon to congratulate the Tamers for a job well done.

"Great job, Takato. That was some slashing." Tai said, slapping his back.

"Thanks, but I know that you told us not to fight IceDevimon…but…"

"Ah don't worry about it. You just never cease to amaze me." While Matt and Joe congratulated Henry, Tai saw Mimi and Sora try to snap Rika out of her trance. "Man, there's something I never thought of seeing."

Takato and Henry walked over to the girl, shaking her shoulder. From there, they could hear her mumbling something.

"Rika…Rika are you okay?" Takato asked with worry; waving his hand at her soulless eyes.

"I…I…hate…em…hate em…."

The young boy figured that she meant by IceDevimon. He understood that so he sighed in relief. "Well, he's gone now. Heh, heh."

"No…not just him…" from here, Rika shouted a sentence that is unheard of to the DigiDestined. "…I HATE DIGIMON; ALL OF THEM!" This caused all ears to perk up. Mimi covered her mouth in surprise, Joe's jaw dropped, Matt just faced Rika in disbelief, Sora held onto to Tai's hand, Izzy lowered his laptop for his shocked eyes to stare at Rika, Takato and Henry just couldn't believe what they just heard, and the Digimon froze in bewilderment.

"Is it possible…is it possible to use those words in the same sentence?" Tentomon asked as he searched the dictionary he got from no where.

None was shocked as Takato, though. His wide eyes moved closer to Rika, wondering if she caught a flu or something. He was speechless at this moment, but he gathered enough sense to speak.

"W..W…Wha…tell me you just didn't….you're kidding right?" he paused, looking at her angry eyes that just stared at nowhere. "Okay…Ha, ha…good one, Rika! That was a funny one there."

"I'm not joking…I hate them all!"

"B..Buh…how can you…I mean just look at them…!" he took this moment to grab Calumon off of Guilmon's head and face him toward Rika. "How can you hate such a cute little face….? Come on! You would say that to this little guy?"

"….I…hate…Digimon….NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!"

With that, Rika stormed off towards the stairs. Henry, the DigiDestined and the Digimon watched her with such pity for her, but only Takato gave chase only halfway on the rooftop until he let her go on the stairs.

"Wait….Rika!" he then turned around, expecting Kyuubimon to chase after her. But instead, the yellow fox just vanished in the opposite direction. "Hey…!"

He couldn't believe this. Takato thought Digimon and human were suppose to help each other through any pain, but now he witnessed two just ignoring each other in a crises.

This is not how a Tamer and a Digimon is suppose to act.

"Aren't you guys supposed to be friends…? Kyuubimon…Rika…RIIIIIIKAAAAAA!"

"RIIIIIKAAAAAAA!"

Far from that building, where Takato's voice echoes for Rika, a lone figure stood on a building, watching from afar in the wind. A humanoid figure with butterfly wings spies afar…

"La ragazza stupida…! Voi tutti non sanno appena cio che verra!"

Before disappearing into the wind.

end of part 4...