I hope that you readers like this. Here is the second chapter to my story. So far you readers have enjoyed my stories and for which I am deeply greatful. Even though I only got three reviews for the first chapter I do appreciate to those three who did.

Now, not to waste your anymore of your time, here is my newest chapter. Also, I don't own digimon, if I did this wouldn't be fanfiction.

It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate men from each other, but rather tend to reduce them to the same state.
Thomas Elliot

Chapter 2:
The Hunt

In an undisclosed area there were a group sitting at a desk in a dark rundown room and they were waiting for someone. "Welcome gentlemen. We all know the reason for us being here. So let's get to the point." Reaching into his vest the man pulled out a large photo and slides it to the center of the table.

"This man is the main target. He's very tough adversary who has proven to be more dangerous than anyone of his kind. When this event beings don't underestimate him. Now, are we already for this?" All the men yelled out in their agreement as the photo of their target in the center of the whole thing

-/-/-/-/-

"Oh man, where in the hell am I?" Groggily Daisuke looked at his surroundings and saw that he was in a small cell type room that with the exception of a heavy metal door there was nothing else. "What is going on? The last thing that I remember is me, Ken and Hikari were taking a vampire nest when suddenly some gas bombs came at us and the next thing I know I'm here."

Rubbing his neck he felt some kind of collar around it. "What's this? Why in the hell do I have this thing on me? I want it off this instant." He started tugging at the collar but it wouldn't come off.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Spoke a voice of a person from the other side of the door.

"Who are you? Why did you capture me and my friends? And speaking of which, where are my friends?"

"Your friends are safe for the time being. But it's now time to get things underway." Before he could ask what he meant, the room began to fill up with the same type of smoke as before. Try as he might Daisuke couldn't resist the gas' affects as he slumped to the ground unconscious.


An Hour Later…

"I'm really starting to hate being knocked unconscious." Shaking off the remaining effects of the knockout gas he saw that he was no longer in the metal cell but now outside in a forest in the night and had his hands tied to a poke.

"Ah, you're finally awakened." Finally Daisuke could see the person that spoke with him earlier. He looked like an advantage man with blonde hair, brown eyes and was wearing an all black outfit.

"I don't know who you are but you better tell me what is going on."

"Before I tell you, answer me this. Do you remember someone named Balthazar?

"Yeah, I remember. He was a psychopathic vampire that I killed close year ago. What about him?"

"You may also remember that he had a group of soldiers under his command that you dealt with as if they were nothing. Well, to shed some light, I was the leader of those soldiers and it's time for retribution."

Even after hearing that, Daisuke didn't seem the lease bit faze. "Is that so? How are you going to do that, stake me when I have my hands tied? Man, how brave you must be."

"Oh no, you got it wrong. I have something better planned for you." Snapping his fingers, six men, some of which had the same outfit as the squad leader had came out, with every one of them carrying various firearms and a assorted weapons. In a shocking move they actually untied Daisuke's hands.

"You're letting me go? There's got to be a catch." Sticking his arm out he tried to bring out his collapsible sword but it wouldn't come out. He tried several times but got the same result.

"If you're trying to use that sword of yours it'll prove pointless." stated the squad leader. "All of your weapons have been taken away from you as to make this contest of ours more amusing."

Daisuke had no idea what he was talking about. "Contest? What are you talking about?"

"There's nothing to it. You go running into the woods and try to survive as we hunt you down to kill you." The way that the squad leader explained it, it sounded like it was nothing. It's quite simple really."

"Let me get this straight. You want me to run into the woods with nothing to defend myself so you guys can hunt me down like some animal?" questioned a baffled Daisuke. "I don't think so."

That statement didn't seem to bother the squad leader the lease. "You may want to think twice about that if I were you. If you want to keep your friends alive you'll do as we tell you."

That statement caused a immediate reaction in Daisuke. "What have you done to my friends? If anything happen to them I swear you'll regret it."

"As I already told you, they're safe for the time being. But that can change if you don't coporate." Seeing that he was in no position to do anything he punched the pole that he was tied to with such force that it actually cause it to bend slightly.

An uneasy sileance developed the area until Daisuke spoke up. "Is there anything that I should know before this 'hunt' starts?"

"Only a few minor details. If you can survive until an hour before sunrise, which is in about five hours, you and your friends will be set free. Another is if you're thinking about escaping, don't. If you take one step beyond the woods that collar around your neck will explode, thus killing you even if you're a vampire. Now, you better get a move on since you only have a five minute head start."

With no other choice, Daisuke turned towards the woods but stopped to look at the squad leader. "Before I go I have to tell you that before this is over I'll make you regret ever doing this to me and my friends." Turning back around he ran into the woods and hurried to find a hiding place so he could have time to think.

"I need time to think. I could just run and hide until the deadline but I doubt they'd actually let me and the others go. The only choice that I have is to find Hikari and Ken before we wind up dead." Suddenly a gunshot ran out and a bullet grazed past him to hit the tree that he was leaning against.

Right in front of him was his pursuers who were almost right on top of him. Getting on the move again, he headed further into the woods. "Hopefully the others will survive long enough so I can safe them."

-/-/-/-/-

"Target is moving northeast with hunters a hundred meter radius behind him." reported a man in front of a computer.

"Excellent. Keep a close watch on him and report if anything changes." In a secluded room not to far away from where the hunt was happening were tons of electronic devices that their main purpose being to keep track of what was taking place outside. Also in the room were Hikari and Ken, who were tied up.

"You know you won't get away with this right?" spat Ken to the person who was really in charge of this whole situation.

"That's where you're wrong Mr. Ichijouji." Walking over to his captors it was revealed that the real mastermind was none other than Mr. Jackson, who not long ago tried to kidnap some kids to improve his own well being. But thanks to Ken and the others they were able to stop him. "You and your friends may have stopped me last time, which resulted in my company going down the drain but that won't happen again and I shall be able to get my revenge of you."

"Then why am I'm not the one being hunted instead of Daisuke? After all, I was the one that was mainly responsible for ruining your plan."

"Oh, trust me; I have something special for you Ichijouji. But I'm going to deal with Mr. Motomiya first. It's obvious that he's the powerhouse of the group and when he's dealt with you two will be easy pickings." Reaching over he grabbed Hikari's face he looked her over from top to bottom. "But I may keep you around sweetie for my personal pleasure. What do you say to that honey?"

Hikari's answer came not with words but with her spitting directly at his face. "I rather die before I do anything with you." Being angered by what she did, Jackson was about to smake her across the face until Ken moved himself in the way.

"You better think twice before you do something that you'll regret." Seemingly calming down Jackson was about to turn around but not before knocking the wind out of Ken with a punch to the stomach.

"That'll teach you for trying to be a hero." Without another word Jackson turn back to monitor so he could keep track of his prey.

"Oh my God, Ken. Are you okay." asked a worried Hikari as she crouched beside him.

After taking a few sallow breaths Ken was finally breathing okay. "Don't worry Hikari. I'll be all right in a while."

"What are we going to do Ken?" asked a worried Hikari. "If we don't do something soon it might be too late for Daisuke."

"There's nothing we can do for him at the moment Hikari. We can only hope that he stays alove long enough so can think of a way to get out of this."

-/-/-/-/-

"Spread out men and leave no stone unturned until he is found." Separating, all the soldiers went searching for Daisuke. Not knowing that he was hiding above them in one of the tall trees.

"Okay, I've got to think this out clearly. In total they're seven people after me, each of them with an arsenal to give me a run for my money. It seems like the only chance I have is to take them on, one by one. Will it work? Who know? I guess there's only one way to find out." Stepping down from the tree Daisuke went ahead with his 'plan'.

-/-/-/-/-

"What was that? I thought I heard something." stated one of the soldiers as he and one of his partners searched the area.

"It was just the wind. Besides, you shouldn't be so worried since we've got enough fire power to send this vampire to hell and back if necessary."

"You're right man. We probably could take care of him by ourselves if we wanted to. Don't you agree?" Receiving no answer he turned around and saw that his partner was gone with no sigh of where he went. "Hey, where did you go?" Once again his answer was silence. "Come on, this isn't funny. Show yourself."

"You ask and you shall receive. Unfortunately, it's not who you wanted." answered a voice from behind him. When he realized that it wasn't his partner all the color drained from his face. Before he could yell out he had a hand place over his mouth and was dragged behind a tree. A couple of seconds later Daisuke came out from behind the tree. "That's two down and five to go."

-/-/-/-/-

"Sir, we just lost contact with two of our units."

"What!" Rushing over Mr. Jackson looked at the large screen to see that two of the flashing lights that represented his men were now gone. A minute later another one disappeared. "What's going on out there? Is it some sort of malfunction?"

"Isn't it obvious?" laugh Hikari. "He's playing your game. Only instead of you hunting him, he's hunting you. I can hardly wait until he comes here and deals with you. It's sure to be an interesting encounter."

Jackson decided to ignore her remarks and focus at the matter at hand. "Give me an open communication with all remaining units for a progress report." Doing what they were asked the assistants went to work and they soon had the communication connection up. "All units give a progress report this instant." It took a few seconds for anyone to answer.

"All clear in west sector." responded a soldier. No sigh of target as of yet but we'll soon have him under- Ah!" Suddenly, the connection was cut off.

"Looks like another one bites the dust." muttered Ken, who like Hikari was beginning to enjoy the trouble that their capture was having.

"Report, I repeat, report status." hollered a close to frantic Jackson.

"Things are not looking good." spoke a voice but to those who knew well enough that it wasn't one of the soldiers. "I'll repeat things are not looking good. Your soldiers are gone and I'm in the mood to beat your brains in Jackson. Don't be surprise that I found out that you're responsible for this little activity. You can thank your goons for that. In other words, you are screwed." Changing his tone of voice to a very serious one, Daisuke continued. "Prepare yourself Jackson, because I'm coming after you." With that said Daisuke ended the conversation.

Starting to panic for his life, Jackson pushed the assistances out of the way so he could get a lock on the tracer that was attached to Daisuke's collar. "Ah, there he is." Reaching underneath the control panel he took out a small metal box. Opening it he pulled out some sort of device that had only one button on it.

"I really wanted to keep you as a trophy but you have proven troublesome. So it is time for you to meet your end. Goodbye." He pressed the button on the device which moments later a explosion could be heard somewhere close by. "Pop goes the vampire. I guess that solves my vamp problem."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that."

Turning to the doorway everyone saw a much alive Daisuke. Well, in a matter of speaking that is. "Hey guys, sorry for making you wait so long. I was kind of held up with something for a bit."

"That's impossible. There's no way you could've survived that explosion." stuttered a near hysterical Jackson.

"Oh, you mean the one that came from that collar that I was given? Thanks to some handy tips that I learned from Ken I was able to get it off without it exploding." stated Daisuke proudly. "Unfortunately you for, it destroyed your only way out of here. In other words, you're not going to get away with what you did to me and my friends."

Walking forward he headed towards Jackson who took one step back for each step that Daisuke took. "Taking us as prisoners, tying my friends up, and having some gun craze soldiers hunting me like some kind of animal." With each word Daisuke said his domineer of his voice became darker, almost demonic. Did you actually think that you wouldn't get what was coming to? For what you have done I will give it back tenfold."

They continued to walk until Jackson backed himself into the wall. "It's time to end this." Turning his face into its vampire form he was about to end it.

"You got that right." shouted a completely new voice.

Before Daisuke had a chance to react he was shot right in the shoulder. Grasping his injured shoulder he turned around to face the shooter and was immediately shot three more times in the stomach. Being overcome by the pain that he was experiencing he keeled over in front of the shooter who was none other than the squad leader that Daisuke met earlier and in his hand was a rifle that was ready to fire again. "What are you waiting for? Shoot him!" screamed Jackson.

Cocking his gun the squad leader aimed it right at Daisuke's head. "You have no idea how long I was waiting for this moment." Spitting out the blood that was in his mouth, Daisuke let out a small chuckle.

If you were waiting so long for this than you should've done your homework because." In a blink of an eye he shot up and grabbed the man by the collar. "Bullets don't kill me." With one hand Daisuke tossed the squad leader across the room and right into the giant screen.

With that annoyance out of the way Daisuke turned back to deal with Jackson, but was met with a chair shot to the face. Grabbing one of the broken pieces of the chair, Jackson pointed it right over Daisuke's heart. "You're going to die. One way or another, it ends tonight." He tried to drive the makeshift stake down but he was stopped when Daisuke knocked it out of his hands and had his neck in a death grip.

"You're right Jackson. This ends tonight." It looked as though he was going to possible snap the man's neck when he suddenly let go of him.

Once he had regained his breath, Jackson couldn't help but gloat at his adversary's weakness. "I knew you didn't have the stomach to go through with it. You're too much of a good guy to kill me."

"You're right. I'm too much of a good guy to do such a thing." Without warning Daisuke punched Jackson across the face, knocking him out. "But that doesn't mean that I don't have a touch of the devil in me."

-/-/-/-/-

After untying Hikari and Ken, the three of them headed out of the building. "Just wondering you guys but how are we going to back home?" asked Hikari.

"We'll just take one of their cars of course." Daisuke simply answered. "I destroyed one of them with the bomb that was on the collar but I did manage to keep one of them safe for us to use." After taking another few steps Daisuke could no longer hide the pain from the gunshots any longer as he fell to a knee.

"Hey, are you going to be all right?" questioned a worried Ken.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine in no time." With a bit of struggle Daisuke was able to get back to his feet. "Fortunately I heal fast. We'll call the police to get Jackson and his men when we get back to town. Hopefully it'll be the end of them being involved in our lives."

They started to head towards their ride once again when Ken asked an interesting question. "There's something that I've been wondering Daisuke. What did you do with the guys that were hunting you? You didn't.kill them did you?"

"Oh, don't worry about them. They're alive. Let's just say that they're hanging around."

Hikari and Ken were confused by their friend's response until they arrived to the car. There in the nearby trees were all the soldiers, hanging upside down with their legs tied to the branches. "Let's go home." Going into the car they drove off to continue with their lives.

Another chapter and one that I hope you readers enjoyed reading. Before you go, please leave about what you felt about the chapter and the story in general. Until I have the next chapter up, see ya.