Kazemon15: Im finally done!!!
Koji: About time, lazy!!
Kazemon15: Sorry for the delay ppl... but I was busy. First I had a ton of
HW. Then I got sick w/ the flu! And plus I had tutoring.
Kouichi: And what about all that time you wasted talking to your online
buddies, huh?
Kazemon15: ...............shut it, you!!!!!
Takuya: Oh well... on w/ the story!
Kari: And she doesn't own Digimon and still wishes she did.
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The morning came too early for the children as they got up to see what Izzy
had planed.
"I'm still tired!" complained Mimi. "Why do we have to get up this early?"
She leaned on Sora.
"Oh, Mimi," Palmon said with a sigh.
"So, Izzy," Cody asked. "Have you came up with a plan yet?"
"Well.... Henry said that he had an idea, so let's hear him out."
"Henry?" Takato asked. "What's this about?"
Henry stood up in front of the group. "I do have a plan that can wipe out
Cherubimon and his army, but I'm not sure it's gonna work."
"Let me guess," Rika said. "You plan to tell the stupid rabbit that we will
give him a poisoned carrot if he doesn't stop with his Digital World
domination."
"Rika! Be nice, young lady!" Kazu yelled.
"Be nice? I'm never nice!!" She grabbed Kazu by the front of his shirt and
glared at him right in the eye. "So back off, little boy!"
Kazu glared back. "I'm not gonna get beat up by a idiot little girl!"
Rika then pushed him to the ground and sat down.
"Yeah, that's right! Queen of vampires!"
"Now that you guys are done with your little love fight, can we please
continue?" Joe asked.
Kazu and Rika turned their heads toward Joe. "Love fight?!" The both said
in anger.
Joe just laughed nervously and backed off. "Nothing! Nevermind!"
"As if! I hate this boy's guts!" Rika sneered as she pointed at Kazu.
Ryo then walked over to Rika and put his arm around her. "That's because
she loves me. Isn't that right, pumpkin?"
Rika glared at Ryo. Then she elbowed him in the stomach and Ryo fell to the
floor in pain. "Never call me that again, Akiyama!"
Ryo held his stomach in pain. "Yes, ma'am.....ow.."
"Now why you do that for?" asked Yolei. "He likes you and you just treat
him like garbage. If I had a cute boy like him, I'd treat him like a king."
"He's already treated like a king where I come from, so he don't get it
from me," Rika sneered. "He gets it from everybody else, but not from me."
"Yeah, Rika," said Henry. "We all know you two were meant for each other."
Rika shot a warning glare at him. "Don't push your luck, Wong!"
"Did you say 'wrong'?" Davis asked. "He don't look wrong to me."
"No, you moron, WONG," Rika glared at him. "As in a last name, Henry Wong!"
"Wong?" Izzy asked. "Why is his name.....?"
"Okay, that's enough," Henry said. "I'll explain it all now. My last name
is Wong because I'm part Chinese."
"Well, that explains a lot," replied Matt.
"So, what's your great plan, Henry?" Tai asked.
Henry paused for a minute and then looked at the eager group. "Juggernaut."
"Juggernaut?!" Takato asked in shock. "But you know that-"
"It could be the only way to stop them," Henry replied.
"I think you lost your mind, Henry," Rika said. "Juggernaut is the very
thing we tried to stop."
"But I really think it can help us."
"Juggernaut?" Mimi asked. "What's that?"
"Uh.." Takato looked at the others. "Well, you see..."
"Juggernaut is a program that is used to delete artificial life forms,"
Henry explained.
"Artificial life forms?" asked Armadillomon.
"Digimon are artificial life forms," said Izzy without looking up from his
computer, but then he stopped and looked at Henry. "Wait, but that would
mean....."
"It's a program made to delete Digimon," finished Takato.
"But if you use that program thingy, you can delete our Digimon along with
the entire Digital World!!" Davis shouted.
"Not unless we're careful," explained Henry. "We can re-program it to get
rid of Cherubimon and his evil goons."
"But there is still a chance that your plan can go wrong, Henry," Rika
said. "And with Juggernaut, we can't afford failure."
Henry remained silent. He thought hard about what Rika said. Finally,
Davis broke the silence. "Whoever made the Jugger thingy must have a
serious head problem."
"That's right, Davis," Veemon shouted. "I mean, who could not love cute
little monsters!?"
"I wouldn't define you as "cute", Veemon," Davis laughed.
"Are you saying that I'm ugly?!"
"No. Just saying you're not the cute type."
"Well, you don't exactly look like that type either."
"I'd shut up if I were you," warned Davis.
"Why would you want to put the Digital World in jeopardy?" Cody asked.
"Uh, forget it," Henry said as he sat back down. "Nevermind. It was a
stupid idea."
"I would say so," Izzy replied. "Now who would have given you a dumb idea
like that? Do you usually hang around your enemies?"
"No," Henry replied shortly.
"Then how do you know all about this Juggerthing?" asked Tai. "I think that
you were part of their plans to get rid of Digimon. So what happened?
Change of heart? Or is it that you are still on their said and want to get
rid of our Digimon as well."
Henry didn't reply. He just looked at the ground with sorrow. "I don't wish
to get rid of them.... I know because..." Henry remained silent again for
he couldn't find the right words to say.
"I knew it," Tai said. "You're part of the organization that wants to get
rid of our friends!"
"I'm not!" yelled Henry as he stood up.
Takato pulled Henry back a little bit. "Henry, calm down."
"He started it! Don't you hear what he's saying?"
"I hear, but just ignore it," Takato let go of Henry. "Just let it go. Like
the Henry I know."
Henry looked at Takato. "Thanks, Takato." He looked back at the group. "So
you really want to know?" The group just looked at him aimlessly. Henry
sighed. "My father was a part of this group called the monster makers." he
explained. "The monster makers were a bunch of college students who.. first
created Digimon."
Izzy and the others were shocked. "You mean your dad created Digimon?
That's amazing! I'd like to meet him!"
Tai put a hand on Izzy's head. "Calm down before you short circuit and let
the kid finish!"
"My dad and his friends shut down the project, but one of them continued to
work on the project and enhanced them... And that's all I know..."
"So not even you, his own son, knew of what your father did?" Cody asked.
Henry shook his head.
There was a moment of silence and then Takuya spoke up. "Okay...now that we
got that all cleared up..what are we gonna do about the evil purple bunny
rabbit?"
"Feed him carrots?" joked Davis.
Rika sighed. "Did you lose some of your brain cells when you were born?"
Davis glared at her. "Did you lose all of your humor before you were born?"
Rika just ignored him.
"Alright, break it up," Takato said. Then he turned to Takuya. "What do you
know about Cherubimon? After all.. he was your enemy."
"I know that he likes to torture children..." Takuya joked.
"Sure glad I'm not a child anymore," Joe said.
Izzy looked at him. "If you're under 18, you're still qualified as a child,
Joe."
"Darn.." Joe sighed. "Oh well.. Only one more year to go for me..."
"That is, if you live through this adventure," Matt stated.
"Now why'd you have to tell me that for?" Joe sighed again.
Matt laughed. "No comment."
"Cherubimon was defeated by us when Koji and Takuya Hyper Spirit Evolved,"
said Tommy.
"Hyper...." started Tai.
"Spirit...." said Davis.
"Evolve?" finished Takato.
Koji sighed. "Yes..Hyper Spirit Evolution is what defeated him."
"And don't forget the power of friendship is what defeated him, too," J.P.
smiled.
"Oh, yeah..and that too..." Koji said shortly.
"I have never seen someone as snotty as you, Koji. It seems that you don't
believe in your friends at all!" Kazu yelled.
"Ah, Koji cares... he just hates showing it.. trust me... me of all people
would know," Takuya laughed.
"Don't forget about me, too," smiled Kouichi.
"Okay, you say that Cherubimon was defeated when you used this Hyper
Evolution.." started Izzy. "So why don't you just evolve again and take him
out?"
"He's more powerful than before," Kouichi explained. "I can feel it. This
time, Hyper Spirit Evolution wont be enough to stop him."
The group fell silent once again. After a minute or so, Kari spoke up, with
a determined look on her face and determined tone in her voice. "If we work
together... We WILL win! If we believe in each other, we can do anything!"
The group looked at her for a second and then they all smiled. They all
nodded their heads in approval.
Izzy was about to say something but then a loud bang was heard and then the
floor began to shake. "Wha.. What's going on?!" Izzy ran to the window and
a huge red eye glared back at him. He jumped back. "Ahh!" He fell backward,
but luckily, Tai and Takuya caught him. Izzy looked at his laptop.
"Megaseadramon! Ultimate level! This is bad."
Another huge thump was heard and the floor shook more. "He's ramming us!"
Henry yelled.
"Gee, you think?!" yelled Kenta as he held onto the nearest object.
Joe looked down at his Digimon Gomamon. "Ready, pal?"
"More than ready!" replied the seal Digimon.
Cody did the same. "Let's go, buddy."
"Right with you, Cody!" said Armadillomon.
Cody and Joe's Digivices began to glow. Cody held out his D-terminal. "Digi-
armor, Energize!"
"Armadillomon armor digivolve to.... Submariemon, the Reliable Guarding of
the Seas!"
"Gomamon digivolve to.. Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon digivolve to... Zudomon!"
Cody hopped in his Digimon and with Zudomon, swam out to Megaseadramon.
Gennai ran in. "Let's go. I have an emergency exit!" He then ran out.
"I'm not sticking around!" Kazu and Guardromon followed him. So did all
the others.
"Oxygen Torpedo!" Submariemon shot torpedoes at Megaseadramon as Zudomon
tried to grab him from behind, but Megaseadramon swam out of the way at
fast speeds and the torpedoes hit Zudomon instead. "Oops! Sorry, Zudomon!"
Megaseadramon laughed. "Lightning Javelin!" He shot a beam of lightning
from his horn at Submariemon, but Submariemon dodged in the nick of time.
"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon hit Megaseadramon on his side and Megaseadramon
countered with a whip of his tail at Zudomon. "We need to think of
something and fast!"
"How about not?!" Megaseadramon drove toward Submariemon.
"Hold on, Cody!" Submariemon said as he dodged Megaseadramon again.
"Attack at the same time!" yelled Cody.
"Vulcan's...." just before Zudomon could finish, a giant figure appeared
behind him and attacked. Zudomon instantly returned to rookie. Cody looked
up at the figure with wide eyes. The figure looked like a human-dragon.
"Submariemon...who...is that?"
"We have to get out of here now, Cody.." replied Submariemon.
"Right," Gomamon said as he and Submariemon swam to the surface. The human-
dragon Digimon followed. "Uh-oh.. He's following us."
When they reached the surface, they immediately got out of the water and
Submariemon returned to rookie.
Davis and the others ran to them. "Did you beat him?"
"We have to leave.." Cody said harshly. "Now!" As soon as he said that, the
floor began to shake underneath them. Then the floor began to crack. Koji
noticed this.
"Let's get outta here!!" He ran out of the way and the others followed.
Kari was one of the last to try and get out but she then tripped.
"Kari! Get out of there!" Tai yelled.
"Ah! My ankle!" she cried in pain as she held it.
Kouichi, although didn't understand what came over him, ran to her side to
help her up. "Come on, I got you." He said warmly. Kari's cheeks turned
deep red as she smiled back. Then the floor collapsed beneath them and
they fell into a black pit.
"Kari!" yelled Davis, Tai, T.K. Gatomon and Yolei.
"Kouichi, no!" Koji ran up to the hole but the hole disappeared and in its
place was solid ground. "What happened?!"
Then the figure that attacked Cody and Gomamon before appeared out of the
sea. The others watched in horror as it glared back down at them. Izzy got
out his laptop, but Henry was faster at getting out his D-power.
"Dragomon," Henry read on his digivice. "Ultimate level. Also known as...
'The Undersea Master' ..undersea master?"
T.K. then gasped at that name. "He..he's the one after Kari... he's sided
with those creepy dark ocean creatures!"
"What are you talking about, T.A.?" Davis asked.
"We need to get out of here now, guys," Cody said fearfully.
"I completely agree with the little one.." Kazu said as he looked on at
Dragomon with both shock and fear. Kenta was already hiding behind a
nearby tree, but no one noticed.
"But we can't.. he'll see us move and he'll attack," Takato said.
Koji looked at the group who trembled with fear. "I have just the thing."
He took out his D-tector and then he evolved to Lobomon. He held out his
beam sabers and a sharp light glowed, blinding Dragomon. "Let's go!"
"But what about Kari and Kouichi?" Tai asked.
"Kouichi can take care of himself," replied Lobomon.
"But I can't take care of Kari!" cried Gatomon.
"I'm sure Kouichi will take care of her as well. Now let's hurry!" Lobomon
yelled. The others obeyed and ran into the forest. Lobomon put away his
sabers and ran into the forest as well.
Kouichi slowly opened his eyes as he saw pitch-blackness. His head hurt. He
slowly got up and then felt a sharp pain in his arm. He grabbed hold of it
and then looked at it. It was a deep gash in his arm from the fall. He then
looked around and saw Kari lying motionlessly not too far away from him.
"Kari!" He ran to her side and shook her gently.
She slowly stirred and got up. "What happened?"
"We fell," Kouichi explained. "Are you okay? You're not hurt are you? How's
your ankle?"
Kari stood up. "I guess it wasn't hurt, just stiff with fear."
"I see," Kouichi replied as he held his bleeding arm tightly. Kari noticed
it.
"Your arm! Oh no.I'm so sorry! This is all my fault!"
Kouichi smiled at her. "No.I was stupid. I'm all right. I'm just glad
you're not hurt."
Kari was still sad about what happened. "But if I hadn't tripped and just
sat there, you wouldn't be hurt now and we wouldn't be here in this place."
Kouichi slowly stood up and then fell back down in pain. "I guess
everything happens for a reason, but that's no reason to get yourself all
worked up."
Kari then took out a handkerchief from her pocket and kneeled down beside
Kouichi. "Let me see it," she said softly. Kouichi looked at her for a few
seconds and then took his hand slowly off his wound. "It looks bad.. Now
this might hurt a little bit." She then wrapped the handkerchief tightly
around Kouichi's arm.
"Ahh! Why so tight?" he cried.
"To keep it from bleeding, silly," Kari giggled.
"I have a feeling that you LIKE torturing me," he joked.
"How'd you ever guess?" she joked back.
Then they both laughed together as Kari finished tying the handkerchief to
Kouichi's arm.
"Where do you think they could be?" asked Tommy as he walked with the
others through the forest.
"I hope Kari's okay," said Tai as he sighed.
"Don't worry, Tai," Matt said as he patted him on the shoulder. "Kouichi
can take care of her..and Kari's pretty strong."
"I guess you're right," Tai sighed again. "But how do we know where to go
to find them?"
"No clue," replied Takato. "If only we had some way of communicating with
them."
"Hey! That's it!" Takuya pulled out his D-tector and talked into it.
"Kouichi, can you hear me?" There was nothing but static. "Aw man..
Nothing."
"What about the D-terminal?" asked Agumon.
"I've emailed Kari at least 10 times by now and still nothing," Yolei said.
"Agh! WE HAVE TO FIND KARI!!!!" Davis screamed.
"Be quiet, idiot," said Rika. "You'll give our positions away to the
enemy."
"I agree with Rika," Cody stated. "If we are caught, we can't help them."
"I haven't walked this much since we were stuck in the Digital World 4
years ago," complained Mimi.
"Oh, Mimi," sighed Palmon.
"So what do we do, Tai?" Sora asked him as she walked beside him.
"I guess we'll just have to wait it out," sighed Tai.
"And that's it?" Sora asked again.
"That's it," Tai repeated tonelessly.
"Takato, what can we do?" Jeri asked sadly.
"I don't know, Jeri," Takato replied. "I just don't know."
Mimi then stopped walking and everyone stopped and looked at her. "Mimi?"
asked Sora.
"I can't go another inch," Mimi said. "And what if we walk right past them
without even knowing? I mean, they are underground."
"You're right," Tai said. "Okay, we'll rest here for tonight."
Kari and Kouichi walked along the dark passage of what looked like a cave.
They remained silent as they walked. Then Kari broke the silence.
"Um..Kouichi?"
"Yeah?"
"How long have you known Koji?"
"Hmm... I dunno...about maybe 4 months, after that fateful day we became
Digidestined."
"I see. So it was a good thing you came to the Digital World, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, if I hadn't came here, I wouldn't have learned something about
myself and would have never met Koji and the others."
"If I hadn't became I Digidestined, I would have never known I was brave
and would have never became as strong as I am now."
Kouichi stopped and looked at her. "I know how you feel. Me too. Our
adventures as Digidestined gave us strength and courage. And that's
something we will carry on with us for the rest of our lives."
Kari nodded in agreement. "How's your arm?"
"It still hurts a little, but other than that, it's fine," Kouichi replied.
"We should let Joe take a look at it when we met back up with them," sighed
Kari. Kouichi didn't hear her. He was too busy looking up ahead into the
darkness. "Um...Kouichi? Hello?" She then gasped as she heard a growl up
ahead. She then saw what Kouichi was looking at. A pair of red glowing
eyes stared right back at them through the darkness. "What...what is it?"
Kari asked fearfully.
"Get behind me," Kouichi said, not taking his eyes off the figure.
"But..your arm.you can't fight.." Kari started.
"I said get behind me," he said harshly. Kari did as she was told and got
behind him. "Now... when I get its attention, you run back the other way,
got it?"
"I can't just leave you!" Kari cried.
"I'll be fine," he lied.
"But, Kouichi," she started.
"Just trust me, Kari," Kouichi said as he pulled out his D-tector. "I'll
come and get you.. Just run as fast as you can and hide."
"That wont do you any good to leave the girl's side," said the figure.
"After we kill you, we'll go after her."
Kouichi narrowed his eyes. "We?"
"That's right," replied the figure. "There is more than one of us."
"You're lying," snapped Kouichi.
"Ha! How can you be so sure. boy?"
"I just know," he stated.
The figure went silent for a few minutes. "Heh.. not bad.. for a kid. So
I'm alone. Big deal. Soon you will die anyway."
"I doubt that," said Kouichi as he narrowed his eyes more. "It is you who
will do the dying."
The figure laughed. "You have a lot of spirit, boy. I like that. Too bad
for you your life will be cut short."
Kouichi said nothing as he glared into the darkness. "Show yourself."
The figure stepped out. He was black all over. He had long gray fangs and
looked like a lion. "I am DarkSaberleomon."
Kari gasped in fear as she backed away slowly.
"Run," Kouichi told her. "Do it now."
"But--"
"Now!" he yelled. She was startled and then she began to run in the other
direction. "Let's get this over with."
"After I'm done with you, the girl will make a nice tasty dessert."
Kouichi held up his D-tector. "Beast Spirit Evolution! Kaiserleomon!"
"Oh! What's this? Leomon vs. Leomon, huh? Heh.. This will be fun."
Kari ran with all her might and fear. Then she stopped and looked back. "I
can't believe I left him. How could I be so stupid? He's hurt...he can't
win this fight alone. I have to go back!" She then had a determined look on
her face and started running back.
The battle had already begun. Kaiserleomon and DarkSaberleomon were raged
in battle. "Ebony Blast!" Kaiserleomon shot a dark ball of energy from his
mouth at DarkSaberleomon.
DarkSaberleomon dodged. "Hah! That the best you got? Pathetic! Howling
Crusher!" He shot a sound wave of dark energy at Kaiserleomon. Kaiserleomon
tried to evade, but the wound in his arm gave in and he collapsed in pain
and the attacked blasted him against the wall. "And I thought this was
going to be a challenge," said DarkSaberleomon evilly.
Kaiserleomon got up slowly. "It's... only the beginning," he gasped in
pain.
"But it looks like the end to me," laughed DarkSaberleomon.
"Then you're blind, you cat bastard."
This made DarkSaberleomon angry. "Remind me to finish you off slowly... and
painfully."
"Kouichi!!" Kari yelled as she ran down the passageway. She then stopped
dead in her tracks as DarkSaberleomon glared at her.
"Heh..looks like I'll have my treat before I finish dinner," he then walked
to her slowly as she froze with fear.
"Leave her alone!" Kaiserleomon tried to get up.
"Here, little girl..." DarkSaberleomon said as he edged closer. "Come pet
the little kitty." He opened his mouth. "Howling Crusher!"
Kari screamed as the attack raged at her. Then in a great leap of strength,
Kaiserleomon jumped in front of the attack and took it full force. He fell
down to the ground motionlessly.
"Fool," DarkSaberleomon said. "Now where was I?"
Tears fell down Kari's face as she looked at Kaiserleomon with sorrow and
fear. "No... please..get up."

"It's too late, princess," said DarkSaberleomon as he walked closer.
"There's no one here to save you now."

"Dark Master!"
"What?!" DarkSaberleomon looked behind him as he saw Kaiserleomon charge at
him with a purple aura around himself.
Kaiserleomon went straight through DarkSaberleomon. He was deleted
instantly. "I told you... You were the one who was going to be dying
today..agh.." He then collapsed to the ground and de-evolved back to
Kouichi.
"Kouichi!" Kari ran up to him and lifted his head. "Are you okay? Wake up.
C'mon!"
He opened his eyes slowly. "And...I thought I told you to run away.." He
smiled weakly.
She smiled back. Then Kouichi closed his eyes slowly. "You can rest now..
I wont let anything happen anymore... just rest now..."
Koji then woke from his sleep and sat up. Matt, who was standing guard,
looked at him. "What is it, Koji?"
Koji said nothing as he looked at the fire they had built a few hours back
blankly as it burned.
"Koji?" Matt asked again. Koji just narrowed his eyes as he continued to
look at the fire. "Suit yourself, then." Matt turned away.
Kouichi felt warmth of a fire. He opened his eyes and looked around. Kari
was sitting by a fire she had made just watching it. He tried to get up
but couldn't. Kari noticed he was awake.
"Just rest," she said. "Don't worry about anything.. you were badly hurt
during that fight. You need to rest and regain your strength."
"How long was I out?" he asked dazedly.
"A few hours," replied Kari. "I received an email from Yolei. I told her
to meet up with us."
"Meet up where?"
"The Primary Village."
"The what?"
Kari giggled. "Just go back to sleep. I'll keep watch."
"But, Kari.. You need your rest too.. Let me stand watch." He tried to get
up again but Kari got up and pushed him down gently.
"Like I said, you are badly injured."
Kouichi looked into her brown eyes as they glittered by the light of the
fire. He then sighed. "Alright, you win..." She smiled at him and sat back
down. "But next time, I'm standing watch." Kari just giggled.
A beeping from her D-terminal awaked Yolei. She got up wearily and looked
at it. Her face lit up as she screamed for everyone to wake up. "I've got
a message from Kari!"
Davis immediately got up and raced over to Yolei to read what Kari said.
"What'd she say?!"
"Sheesh! Calm down, Davis!" Yolei looked at it and read. "Dear Yolei, we're
fine but stuck in this underground dark cave. Kouichi said that he might
know a way out, so I'm going with his way. We'll meet you guys at the
Primary Village. Signed Kari Kamiya."
"Sure glad Kari's okay," T.K. said. Koji remained silent. "You should be
happy to know your brother is okay. Don't you even care?"
"She's lying," Koji replied.
"Now why would my sister lie?" Tai asked.
"Kouichi's hurt...he's not fine." replied Koji coldly.
"Now how on earth would you know? You're not down there with him so you
can't possibly know!" Kazu said.
"Actually, Kazu," Izzy began. "I've read in this book once that twins can
feel each other's pain and know what each other are thinking."
"So he's going by sense? That's cool," Kenta said. Kazu just sighed
angrily.
"Yeah," said Izzy. "Maybe Kari lied cuz she doesn't want you to worry,
Koji."
"I have the right to know if my brother is hurt," Koji said harshly.
"Don't blame Kari for your stupid brother's mistakes," said Davis.
Koji shot him a glare. "Don't you ever say that again."
"And who's gonna make me?" Davis sneered.
Rage filled Koji as he wanted to hit Davis straight in the face but Takuya
held him back. "Let it go."
Koji sighed and broke away from Takuya. "Leave me alone."
"Everything's falling apart," sighed Cody. "We should be working together
instead of blaming each other for things we have no control over."
"I guess you're right," Davis said as he looked at his D-3. He noticed a
faint blinking on it. "Hey.." He looked at it closely. "Kari's near where
we are!"
"Really?" T.K. asked as he looked over Davis' shoulder. The others did the
same. There was a faint blinking at the edge of the screen. "It's Kari!"
"Let's go then!" Tai shouted.
Kari was helping Kouichi walk down the dark passageway of the cave. She
stopped and helped him sit down as she sighed. "We're almost out.. I
think... you sure this is the right way?"
He sighed. "Yeah..." Then he looked at Kari and then looked down the
passageway. "You should be able to meet up with the others if you keep
walking down."
"What do you mean by that? You're coming too," Kari said.
"I'm just slowing you down," he sighed. "You'd be better off if you just
left me here."
"I'm not leaving you behind," she said with anger. "I would never leave a
teammate or friend for that matter behind. So don't you start talking like
that."
Kouichi remained silent for a few minutes. "Kari. You know as well as I
know that they hate me."
"No, they don't. You may have done some awful things in your past but that
doesn't make you evil. What's past is past. We've all got to move forward
and work together or there will be no future."
"Kari.. " Kouichi was interrupted by yelling.
"KARI!!!!"
Kari giggled. "That yell could only belong to one person. "I'm down here,
Davis!"
"Where?!" Davis yelled from the upper floor.
"There should be a hole somewhere..." Henry announced.
"Okay, everyone!" Davis yelled. "Start digging!"
"What? Are you crazy?!" yelled Rika. "I'm not digging, gogglebrain."
"Dig, dig, dig," Guilmon sang. "Takatomon! Look, I'm digging!"
"Uh... that's great, Guilmon," Takato said nervously.
Neemon started poking Bokomon. "Bokomon, what are we doing again?"
"AGH!!" Bokomon slapped his head in disbelief. Then he turned to his
absent-minded friend. "Dig, you bakamon! DIG!!"
"My name's Neemon, not bakamon...." said Neemon.
Bokomon just sighed. "Somebody help me.."
"Bokomon?" Neemon said again.
"What?"
"What are we doing?"
"AGH!!!"
"What did I say?" asked Neemon as he looked confused.
Terriermon looked on in disbelief and amazement. "Wow.. Not even Guilmon's
THAT dumb..." Neemon started digging while singing along with Guilmon.
Terriermon then sighed. "Then again, I could be wrong.."
Guilmon then stopped digging and looked around, growling. Takato walked up
to him. "What's wrong, boy?"
"Someone's coming..." replied the red dinosaur. "Someone.. evil.."
"Evil?" Takato asked. He then looked around too. "I don't see anyone..
Where, Guilmon?"
Then Kari's voice was heard under the soil, with a frightful tone. "You
better hurry up, guys.." She said fearfully. "Duskmon.. He's... here..."
"No." Tai trembled. "Kari! Get out of there! Now! Agumon!"
"Right, Tai! Agumon digivolve to.AHH!!" Agumon was attacked by a strike of
lightning from the sky.
"What was that?" Cody asked as he looked to the sky. A dark shadow-
like figure stood there. It was a shadow-clone of Cherubimon.
"Cherubimon!" Koji yelled at the shadow. "Grr...it's another shadow-
clone!"
"Heh heh heh heh heh," laughed the shadow-clone. "Duskmon's wrath will end
your friend's lives before you can reach them... it's too late."
Tai glared at him. "We'll get them out! And they will survive! You can
count on that!"
Bokomon waved his fist. "That's right, you idiot bunny rabbit!" Then he
heard singing. He looked over at Neemon, who was still singing and digging.
"Stop digging, idiot!!" He kicked Neemon and Neemon landed face-first in
the sand.
"Mffuh! Mfuunh!!" came a muffled reply.
Then, without warning, Duskmon burst through the sand and held Kari within
his grasp, with a blade at her neck.
"Kari!" Davis, Tai and T.K. yelled.
Lowemon jumped out next and glared at Duskmon. "You fight dirty."
Duskmon laughed. "So what if I do?" Duskmon then shot a beam from his
crimson-bloodred sword at Lowemon. "Deadly Gaze!"
The attack hit Lowemon and he turned back into Kouichi. He laid there in
pain.
"Kouichi!" Koji yelled. Then he glared at Duskmon. "You will pay.."
Duskmon glared back. "I think not, warrior of light.." He held the blade
closer to Kari's neck as she whimpered.
Koji backed off. "You're a coward..using an innocent girl as a shield.."
"Please don't hurt my little sister," Tai begged.
"Your pleas will get you nowhere, boy," Duskmon growled.
Kouichi got up slowly and faced Duskmon. "Let her go now.. It's me you
want... leave her out of this..."
Duskmon then drew his blade closer. "Heh... no... it is my destiny to kill
the light...and I will!!" he was about to cut her throat.
"Kari, no!" Tai yelled.
"I won't let you do that!" Takato yelled as his D-Power glowed. "Biomerge,
activate!!"
"Guilmon Biomerge to.. Gallantmon!!"
"What?" Duskmon said in shock.
"Royal Joust!" Gallantmon's sword collided with Duskmon's blade and he
dropped Kari.
Kari ran to the safety of her brother's arms. "You okay, Kari?"
"I'm fine.."
"You sure?" Tai asked, worried.
"Yes," Kari smiled. Then she looked over at Gallantmon and Duskmon. "What's
going to happen, Tai?"
"Takato's gonna give him the old 1, 2 is what's gonna happen!" Tai said
hopefully.
"Let's hope that will be the outcome," said Izzy.
Gallantmon lowered his lance and Duskmon lowered his blade. "You will pay
for trying to harm a peaceful soul, Duskmon."
"I think not, you poor excuse for a Digimon," growled Duskmon. "After all..
Kouichi made me what I am... why not get him...he is heartless.. just like
me."
"That's a lie!" Takato protested inside Gallantmon.
"It is true," Duskmon said evilly. "I do not lie about my other half."
The two remained silent for a few minutes as the cold wind blew around
them. Then Duskmon spoke up. "If he has a chance... he will kill you all
off without mercy." He laughed evilly.
"I would never do that, Duskmon!!" Kouichi yelled.
"Shut up, you pathetic boy!" Duskmon yelled. "I have no reason to lie..
you, however. heh..that's a different story."
Gallantmon raised his lance. "Prepare to die, Duskmon."
Duskmon drew his blades. "It is you who will be dying, boy."
"I think not! Lightning Joust!!" Gallantmon shot a beam of blue light at
Duskmon from his lance.
"Deadly Gaze!" Duskmon shot two red beams from his blades and it collide
with Gallantmon's attack, making the air filled with smoke.
"I can't see a thing!" Kazu coughed.
As the smoke cleared, Duskmon was nowhere to be found!
"Where'd that coward run off to?" asked Gallantmon as he looked
around.
"Heaven's Judgment!" Lightning came down from the sky and caught Gallantmon
in a wave of lightning.
"Ahhh!" screamed Gallantmon.
Then Duskmon appeared behind Gallantmon and slashed him with his blades,
making Gallantmon de-evolve back to Takato and Guilmon. Duskmon then
picked up Takato by the front of his shirt. "Say goodbye, boy..." He put
the blade up to Takato's neck.
"Takato! Grrr! Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon attacked Duskmon but Duskmon cut
through the attack like it was nothing.
"No, don't!" Henry yelled.
Duskmon was about to cut Takato's throat when something stopped him.
"Terra Destroyer!!" A ball of dark purple energy hit Duskmon. The attack
made Duskmon drop Takato, who ran to safety.
A black-armored warrior Digimon came flying down from the sky and faced
Duskmon. "You have no heart... and you weren't even created..."
"It's BlackWarGreymon!" cried Ken.
"BlackWarGreymon?" asked Takuya.
Rika looked at her D-Power. "BlackWarGreymon. Mega Virus Type Digimon.
Whoa. Attacks are Terra Destroyer, Dragon Crusher and Black Tornado."
"Talk about your bad villains.." J.P. said.
"He used to be bad, but now he's good," said Cody.
"BlackWarGreymon...heh," Duskmon glared at BlackWarGreymon. "Why help the
kiddies when you can use your dark power to rule the Digital World?"
"I do not wish to rule anything," replied BlackWarGreymon. "I wish only to
find my place in this world. And the Digidestined helped me find that place
where I belong."
"Pathetic fool," sneered Duskmon.
"Terra..." BlackWarGreymon was about to attack.
"Heaven's Judgment!!" the shadow-clone of Cherubimon hit BlackWarGreymon
with a devastating attack, which made the ground crumble beneath all of
them.
"The ground is gonna give way beneath us!" Izzy yelled.
BlackWarGreymon was stuck in Cherubimon's attack as a portal opened up.
Duskmon went inside it and Cherubimon threw BlackWarGreymon within it.
The ground crumbled under the children and their Digimon.
"Ahh! Help me, Tai!" Kari fell within the cracks.
"Kari!" Tai was too far away.
"I got ya, Kari!" Kouichi grabbed her hand, but his hurt arm gave way as he
too fell down. "Oh not again!"
Then all the children fell into the pitch-black darkness.