Hey All Vantage77 here with a second update for this fic! I wanted to take some time to answer some questions people asked about the fic so here goes!

Pyro SolracIII asked: what caused Takato to become the way he is, and if that made him not get very involved with the events of the season, who is Seth, and what is his connection to Takato and the League, how will the first two season connect to this, and of course who will be in Takato's, and Seth's harem.

-Great questions but the answer for most of them will only be reviled through the story however I can answer a few. First the digi-destined will be in this story and some maybe even in the harem.

Speaking of the harems a few people asked about them so I'll tell some of the confirmed members.

Takato: Rika, Alice, Renamon, BlackGatomon/LadyDevimon, Lillymon, ?, ?.

Seth: Shade, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?. with the chance of adding a few more.

Blacky asked: have you made a similar story before I swear I've read one just like this and it did get discontinued if I remember correctly? Lastly...G-ark...sounds interesting...does the G stand for something?

-You're probably thinking of DemonHg's story The Virus Tamer that was discontinued. I asked his permission and have been given the go ahead to rewrite the awesome story but with my own style. About the G-ark why yes the G does stand for something in fact I already mentioned what it stood for in the previous chapter indirectly. Although you will have to stick around longer to see what exactly it does.

So with those questions out of the way on to the story!

Chapter 2: Gallantmon

Takato slowly woke up to a soft weight on his bare chest, looking down he could see a curled up black cat sleeping on him. He knew that BlackGatomon liked to flirt with him and although he discouraged it he didn't stop her from sleeping next to him. Takato figured that she wanted to feel some closeness to him because of her past.

For the last three years Virus Digimon were hunted down in the Digital World because the other Digimon had started to blame them for what had happened with the D-Reaper. The Digimon on his chest had been hunted for months before finally making it to the real world. When she had first arrived in the real world she had been weak still and had been attacked by partnered Digimon and their Tamers almost instantly upon arriving. Luckily for BlackGatomon, Takato had been nearby and had seen what was happening. Quickly bio-merging with Guilmon he had protected the unconscious Digimon with his shield before taking her back to his home.

Upon waking she had been scared at finding herself in an unknown room with a strange human sitting next to her. Acting on instinct she had attacked him, but froze just inches from his skin when she heard him tell his partner not to defend him. This act of kindness both saved his life and got her to listen to how she had ended up in his house in the first place. Hearing how he had saved her and brought her here to his home to rest she had thanked him and asked why he was helping a virus Digimon like herself.

The following explanation that night had shocked BlackGatomon. She not only learned that this human was named Takato but that he was the only tamer to have a virus Digimon. She had been too scared to sleep alone that night, fearing that a Digimon would try and delete her in her sleep. So she had lain there in bed scared until Takato had picked her up and laid her next to him on his bed, his arm wrapped around her protectively. It had been this caring act that had made her vow to help protect him and wish that he could be her partner. That silent wish was heard by a stray DigiGnome that granted the wish. Thus transforming Takato's Digivice into the Omnivice he had now.

Remembering these past events made Takato smile as he gently reach out to scratch behind BlackGatomon's ear causing her to purr in contentment. He watched as she slowly opened one eye to look up at him, seeing his smile she rubbed her head against his chest like a real cat would before getting off him so he could get ready for school.

Takato knew that it would be a long day at school. He knew that the first tamers will want more information after him noticing Renamon following him home yesterday. Additionally Yamaki had instructed him to basically pick a fight with one of the group in order to essentially beat some sense into them. As Takato went into the bathroom to take a quick shower and get dressed he contemplated who he should fight. After a while though he decided to wait and see how that day played out. Making his way downstairs for breakfast, he made sure to eat a fairly large portion. Something just told him he would need his energy today. Deciding not to bio-merge this time around Takato and his three partners climbed onto Grani who was waiting for them in the back yard before he took off towards the school.

The other tamers and Digimon with the exception of Rika and Renamon were shocked when a massive dragon landed in the middle of the playground at school having not seen it the day before. The whispers started straight away when they noticed the new student get off with the three Digimon quickly following. Giving a greeting to Seth who had arrived by walking the group made their way toward the front entrance of the school.

Ryo who was watching this was starting to get very angry with the new boy. Not only had he (according to him) not shown him the proper respect but he had also stolen the attention of every girl away from him. He had even noticed the slight blush on Rika's face when her eyes fell on Takato. Only he the Digimon king should have the attention of the Digimon Queen. It was upon seeing that blush on Rika's face that he decided to challenge Takato to a battle.

After all he was the # 1 ranked Tamer in the world he could easily put this little upstart in his place. Then Rika would see that Takato was just another weak Tamer unlike himself. He knew that he would have to register a battle with the school and get Takato to accept the battle but was not too worried about that. Ignoring the questioning looks from the other first tamers Ryo shot Takato a dirty look and stormed away, all he could think about was how he was going to embarrass Takato and win Rika's heart. Unknown to him Rika knew exactly what he was thinking and it made her smile, not coz he wanted to win her attention but because he didn't know that Takato could bio-merge.

X Break X

As the morning lessons started Takato had noted the different looks he was getting from two of the first tamers. Ryo was now giving him looks of contempt and Rika was blushing slightly whenever she looked at him. Although he didn't understand the second one he guessed that it was the reason behind the look on Ryo so deciding for now to ignore both Takato went back to sketching now knowing who he would likely fight.

He already knew what Ryo was thinking of doing and knew how strong his bio-merged form Justimon was so he knew that if he couldn't win as Gallantmon he would have to go one step higher. A small smile graced his face at the thought of the shock faces of the first tamers if he decided to go that far. He was pretty sure that Rika would have told the others he could bio-merge but even she didn't know about that other form.

X Break X

At lunch the first Tamers followed Ryo outside and were surprised when he didn't head towards where they normally hung out. Quickly following him they noticed he was heading towards the new boy Takato who was sitting under a tree talking to Alice.

Takato noticed their approach first and couldn't help the smug look that entered his face as he did. Knowing what was going to happen and secretly knowing that Ryo didn't stand a chance at beating him he waited for the group to make their way over to him.

Alice saw the look on his face she followed his gaze and saw the others, not knowing what was going on she waited patiently for them to make it to them.

"Takato was it? You up for a battle?" Ryo asked not bothering to hide his overconfident tone. "Or is the new boy too scared of getting beaten?"

"Oh I'm sure I can take a little time out of my lunch to beat up on the so called Legendary Tamer" Takato replied yawning as he stood up.

"You better get BlackWarGraymon ready for a beating then" Ryo stated, Takato's smug attitude starting to piss him off "no mega can beat a bio-merged Digimon even with the help of modify cards"

It was as he said this that Takato realized two things, one that Rika hadn't yet told the others that he could bio-merge, and two the ass kicking he was originally intending to dish out now needed to ramped up another level causing him to smile.

Beside him Alice was also smiling 'leave it to Ryo to underestimate his opponent' she thought to herself.

"BlackAgumon" Takato called out while turning to the three Digimon watching him "you and BlackGatomon can ether stay and play or come watch, it's up to you. Guilmon what you think? Up for a quick workout?" he asked. "Although we will have to wait for a group of wild ones before we get any kind of challenge."

"You're using dino-boy instead of BlackWarGraymon?" Ryo asked in shock, looking around he saw shock on everyone's faces with the exception to Seth, Alice, and surprisingly Rika. "What do those two know that we don't?" he asked himself. Shaking off his thoughts Ryo made his way over to the teacher on duty to report the mach. The teacher was surprised that someone had challenged Ryo but shook it off and nodded before clearing the nearby Digimon combat arena.

By this time everyone had heard of the coming battle and the battle area had been cleared of training Digimon and every student and teacher in the school was in the stands. BlackAgumon and BlackGatomon had decided to watch their tamer and sat next to Alice and Dobermon, and to Alice's surprise Rika and Renamon.

"You don't look surprised he chooses Guilmon to battle with" Alice said quietly looking at the red head.

"I'm not" Rika stated with a smirk "and I'm guessing it's your doing that they can bio-merge, same with us."

With a wide smile Alice shook her head "Nope, he turned down the Sovereigns gift." Upon seeing Rika's shocked look she continued "He knew that if he took it I would lose Dobermon and he refused to let that happen. He told me that something had happened in his past that made him think he would be able to bio-merge without the gift. The first time he tried in the real world the process caused him extreme pain but after that was ok."

"Mind if I sit with you girls?" a voice spoke up from their left.

The two Tamer looked over to see Ms. Asaji standing before them and gesturing to an open seat to there right. The two nodded in approval as they retuned their attention to the arena floor.

The arena was a feature added to the school grounds with the allowing of Digimon at the school. The arena itself was more or less a large clearing about 200 yards in wide and 200 yards long. The ground was mostly dirt with some scattered areas where grass still grew. Surrounding the clearing was an 8 foot tall concrete wall which served as both a boundary and a viewing platform as steel bleachers where mounted to the top for people to view the battle. On either end of the arena where small holes in the wall that contestants where to enter threw.

Just outside of one of the two entrances Takato stood with Guilmon preparing to enter but was stopped by Seth. "Remember demolish him but hold a little back. No need to kill the kid." Seth stated with a smirk.

Takato gave an affirmative nod before raising an eyebrow "Why do I get the feeling that you're not going to watch?"

Seth turned before walking away "I got an update from Yamaki, looks like he wants me to look into something in Kyushu. I also need to pick up your G-ark so don't expect me to be back until tomorrow or the day after" Seth turned to look over his shoulder and gave Takato a smirk "Please don't accidently kill anyone or burn the city to the ground while I'm gone ." Takato gave a mock frown and gave the retreating form of Seth the middle finger causing Seth to chuckle as he left.

Takato returned his attention to the entrance before glancing at his partner "Alright Guilmon let's get this over with." Guilmon nodded as the two walked through the entrance and into the arena. The crowd cheered as they saw both contestants ready to battle.

"Hello, Shinjuku High school! This is Kiba Akira and as you school announcer I'll give you the play by play of this battle!" The announcer shouted from a small booth on top of the wall to Takato's left. "Today we have an exciting match between our own Ryo Akiyama and our schools newest addition Takato Matsuki! Let's now compare the two before we get to the action!" Takato knew that in the both the announcer was looking up his League profile that all Tamers had. Unbeknownst to anyone else there however he knew that Kiba wouldn't be able to pull out his real profile and instead would see his fake public one.

Takato was broken from his thoughts as Kiba resumed his pre-battle analysis. "First we have Ryo Akiyama also known as the Digimon King! Ryo is currently ranked # 1 Tamer in the world and a true A-rank elite! His partner Cyberdramon is also no push over" to this the crowd cheered for their school idol. "Fighting him today we have Takato Matsuki who currently holds a C-rank in the ranking system. He is the only tamer with multiple partners and will be using his partner Guilmon for this battle. He is known as 'The Virus Tamer' for being the only tamer with a virus type partner!" Kiba stated in a surprised voice more so of the fact that someone had a virus type partner than the fact that Takato was the only one that did. "While normally we would not allow this one sided match as it is a spare and not an official match we are good to go!" Kiba finished as the crowd cheered.

Ryo looked across at his opponent and then at his partner next to him, Cyberdramon was growling in anticipation causing the boy to grin. 'A walk in the park' he thought to himself before pulling out his D-Ark.

"Bio-merge activate" he called out a smile on his face.

BIO-MERGE DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE

Cyberdramon bio-merge to …. Justimon

Where the tamer and Digimon had just stood moments before now stood the large grey android Digimon, his metal helmet covering his face and long red scarf blowing in the wind.

"Ryo kicks it off by immediately Bio-merging with his partner into Justimon! Clearly he means business! Let's hope Takato can hold out long enough for us to see more of Justimon's abilities!" The announcer stated in an excited voice.

"Digivolve your Digimon already so we can get started" his duel voice called out.

Takato slowly shook his head at his opponent's arrogance before holding his left arm in front of him, the screen on his Omnivice glowing.

"Bio-merge activate" he called out shocking everyone but Alice and Rika. Even Justimon took a step back in shock.

BIO-MERGE DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE

Guilmon bio-merge to …. Gallantmon

Where Takato and his partner had once stood now stood a large Knight Digimon, his bright white armor trimmed with gold, red shoulder guards and what looked like part of Guilmon's head incorporated onto his helmet, behind him blowing in the wind was a long red cape.

Then in front of all the crowds eyes he held up his right hand watching it become his holy lance "Gram", he then held out his left hand out to his side watching it as it became his holy shield "Aegis".

The announcer apparently was able to get out of his shock and find his voice "A-Amazing Takato has just Bio-merged with Guilmon to Mega! Now the two have become Gallantmon! This is unprecedented for someone to be able to bio-merge that isn't one of the original Tamers! One thing is for sure, this battle just became way more interesting!"

Ryo with his knowledge of Digimon recognized the name of the opponent in front of him "You're a Royal Knight?" Justimon shouted in shock taking another step backwards. "Damn this maybe a bit harder than I thought." Ryo thought in his head as he readied himself.

"Glad you recognize us" Gallantmon called back "but are we going to fight or what?"

While this was happening Rika had pulled out her D-Ark and pointed it at Gallantmon.

Name: Gallantmon

Type: Exalted Knight Digimon

Attribute: Virus

Title: Guardian Deity of the Net

Info: His Lightning Joust and Shield of the Just are almost unstoppable

Rika let out a loud whistle and looked back at the Digimon glad that she wasn't in Ryo's place. Hearing the whistle everyone turned to look at her and upon seeing her D-Ark pointing at Gallantmon every tamer in the stands copied the action. Quick whispers and gasps echoed around the stands before looking back at the two Digimon waiting for them to begin.

It was Gallantmon who started the battle, with the yell "Lightning Joust" Gallantmon took a step forward and thrust Gram out towards his opponent sending a blast of lightning at Justimon. Justimon quickly dodged to the side barley dodging the attack. Quickly closing the gap between them, Justimon's arm transformed as he ran. As he got within range of his target he called out "Voltage Blade" and slashed out with the energy blade springing to life from his now transformed arm.

Gallantmon blocked the blade with Aegis before shoving Justimon back before calling out "Shield of the Just!" The beam of energy that suddenly shot forth from the shield narrowly missed his target as Justimon rolled away his arm transforming again.

Shouting out "Thunderclap" Justimon slammed his new arm into the ground sending shockwaves flying towards Gallantmon. Inside his data sphere Takato knew what was going to happen so if the attack mad contact jumped into the air putting Aegis beneath him and using the shockwaves to send him higher into the air. As he made it to the apex of the shockwave enhanced jump he gracefully back flipped and landed on Grani's back who was now hovering above the battle area.

"So you needed back up" Justimon called out "or are you so scared you're running away?"

Hearing this Gallantmon just laughed "No I knew that your speed against my power would mean a standoff, but like I said earlier you're a warm up. Think yourself lucky you get to be the first to experience me at my final form."

"Mode change activate" he shouted before a sphere of red light encased both Gallantmon and Grani.

MODE CHANGE DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE

Gallantmon mode change to …. Gallantmon Crimson Mode

Hovering above them was now a knight Digimon, its red armor trimmed with gold, ten angel wings on its back, the sacred sword Blutgang in his right hand and the sacred spear Gungnir in his left.

Before any could pull out their D-ark Gallantmon CM flew at Justimon like a bullet and struck him with the flat of his blade forcing Justimon backward. Within seconds the battle was over, it took the one normal hit from Blutgang to make Justimon de-digivolve, leaving Ryo and Monodramon tired but alive in his place. As the pair's senses returned to them they looked up and saw a flash of light before seeing Takato stroking Grani's neck and Guilmon sitting next to him mumbling to himself about what he wanted for dinner.

"Thanks Grani I'll see you after school" Ryo heard the boy say before the dragon flew away. Everyone watched in shocked silence as without gloating or even looking at the boy on the floor Takato turned and walked back towards the school building with his three Digimon following behind him.

"U-unbelievable! Takato and Guilmon have just defeated Ryo and Cyberdramon! The top ranked Tamer in the world has just lost! Someone pinch me I'm dreaming!" The announcer said before some did pinch him causing him to yelp and mutter curses at the offender.

As he walked away Takato thought about why he had to battle Ryo that day. He hadn't battled Ryo because he didn't like him (mostly) or to become popular or even because of Yamaki's orders. No he had done it to teach Ryo a simple lesson. A lesson the whole school now knew. If you underestimate any opponent you can lose, no matter who you are. Takato only hoped that they would take this lesson to heart and maybe would start behaving like a real Tame should.

X Break X

Seth had gotten to Kyushu in a couple of hours thanks courtesy of a League owned helicopter. Now he found himself walking the streets of Fukuoka with a 16 year old boy with brown hair and hazel eyes, next to him walked an Agumon with orange bindings around its claws.

"So what going on down here that I needed to be called in?" Seth asked the boy whose name he knew was Mareo Otsu a DART operative in charge of overseeing the Tamers in Fukuoka.

Mareo gave a sigh before answering the question "For the last couple of weeks Digimon that have had ill intent that bio-merge have been deleted by an unknown Digimon."

Seth raised a single eyebrow "I'm guessing it wasn't one of the local Tamers or an inhabitant of the city. Why are you concerned if it's taking out hostile Digimon?"

Mareo gave a nod "Normally I wouldn't care too much but the Digimon is at least champion level if the enemies it has been taking down are any indication. What has me concerned more however is that the local Tamers reaction to this. They have openly made it their mission to find and delete the Digimon for quote 'taking their glory'. If they find the Digimon in question I have no doubt that they will attack first and ask questions later."

"Let me guess that you requested the League to send someone to try and recruit the Digimon before the local idiots get to it." Seth interpreted.

Mareo chuckled "Yeah basically" Mareo heard his D-ark beep and checked it before frowning at the message "Looks like its show time a trio of Firamon just bio-merged in the park and are tearing up the nearby playground. You better go and" Mareo stopped as he looked up to see that Seth had already disappeared. "Damn that annoying."

: With Seth :

Seth arrived at the park only a minute or two after leaving Mareo. Deciding to move forward cautiously Seth hid his presence and moved to the bottom branch of a nearby tree. Looking forward he saw what looked to be three Firamon mixing it up with a fourth Digimon that he couldn't quite make out. As he didn't see any Tamer nearby he assumed that this was the Digimon he had been hearing about.

As Seth watched the unknown Digimon managed to delete one of the Firamon with what looked like a claw strike to the throat. Before it could engage another of the remaining two one of the Firamon managed to get an attack off at point blank range.

"Fira Bomb!" the Firamon shouted as a large flaming bomb struck the unknown Digimon sending it skidding across the ground only to crash into a tree twenty yards away. As the dust from the collision settled Seth was able to now see the Digimon for the first time.

The Digimon appeared to walk on all fours and took the form of a large wolf. Its fur was a dark purple with a white mane around its neck and white on the tips of its ears and tail as well as its snout which also had two pairs of vampire like canines coming from both the top and bottom with the top pair being somewhat in front of the bottom pair. Along its back and at the base of its tail where what appeared to be red tattoo like designs that stood out from the normal fur. The Digimon's most prominent feature however where what appeared to be a set of armor that the beast wore. Worn around its main was, what appeared to be, a collar like piece of armor that was shaped like a bats wing. Another part of its armor was similarly shaped but smaller and set around and atop its head with the wings resting in such a war that it blocked one from seeing the Digimon's eyes and even had a blade like point at the end that jutted forward and could likely kill an opponent if the Digimon decided to go for a head-butt. Both pairs of the Digimon's paws where encased in armor with blades affixed that would make any opponent second guess going toe to toe with the Digimon, though the blades on the front paws where noticeably larger and likely used as a primary form of attack. The entire armor was a dark purple color that looked almost vampiric. The only light colors on the wolf came from two gold piercings on its left ear that where only barely noticeable. Seth instantly knew that this Digimon was a Sangloupmon and was surprised that the virus type could have kept a low profile in the city for this long.

The Sangloupmon appeared to be injured from the attack as the fur on its left side was burnt and was bleeding from a couple of scratches along its body. Despite its injuries the Sangloupmon managed to get up and unleash its own attack.

"Sticker Blade!" The Sangloupmon shouted in a rough but noticeably feminine voice. Suddenly thousands of tiny blades appeared and where flung at the two Firamon. One managed to quickly get out of the way but the other was skewered and was deleted with a pained roar.

The remaining Firamon quickly closed the distance and utilized his opponents weakened state. "Fira Claw!" The attack landed and cut a large gash in the Sangloupmon's shoulder sending the wolf crashing to the ground with a pained yelp.

As the Firamon slowly made its way over to finish its kill Seth noticed a group of Tamers show up and see the situation but apparently deciding not to intervene.

"Fucking bastards" thought Seth as he prepared to eliminate the Firamon but stopped when he saw the Sangloupmon beat him to the punch.

As the Firamon stood over her the Sangloupmon mustered up all the strength it had left for one final attack. With a menacing growl it threw its blade covered paw forward and managed to impale the Firamon threw the bottom jaw deleting it. Exhausted the Sangloupmon collapsed onto the ground its labored breathing indicating how damaged the virus type really was.

Seth noticed that the Tamers quickly ordered their Digimon to attack sending five different attacks soaring toward the defenseless Digimon. As if sensing its impending doom the Sangloupmon raised its head to see the multiple attacks coming at it and gave a helpless whimper and closed her knowing she couldn't do anything to dodge. Thankfully she didn't have to.

After a few seconds waiting to be deleted the Sangloupmon was confused when it didn't feel any pain. Opening one of her ruby red eyes that others could only see if the where looking her face to face, she saw the attacks had disappeared and in front of her stood a human standing at 6'1 with short brown hair and white skin with a good tan. He looked like a young adult likely between 18 to 22 years old and if the rugged look he had was any indication, spent lots of time outside. His dark brown eyes, that where currently starring into her own, held a sharpness to them that was authoritative but also had a kindness toward the one he was looking at. A the pale scare ran from his right cheekbone to an inch below his right eye and along with an athletic build gave off the aura of an alpha. He wore a black and grey pullover under which he had a silver short sleeve thermal T-shirt along pair of dark grey cargo pants and black tennis shoes. On his left forearm was a devise with a single dark blue crystal orb. The device itself started just past the elbow and traveled down to the human's wrist.

Looking around the Sangloupmon was shocked to find that the Tamers and their partners where all knocked out and lay unmoving against a group of trees further back. Returning her gaze to the human standing in front of her the Sangloupmon watched as he regarded her for a moment of two before bending down lower and addressing her in a soft voice that conveyed his concern for her "Hey there I know it hurts but I'm going to give you something to help you feel better ok."

The Sangloupmon gave a weak nod as the human pulled a syringe from one of his pockets on the inside of his pullover before injecting a yellow fluid into her side just above the shoulder wound. The syringe hurt a bit but quickly took effect as the wound started to heal itself and the pain lessened considerably. A minute later the wound had completely disappeared along with her other injuries though she was still fairly exhausted.

"So can I have the name of the skilled fighter before me?" The human said as he helped the Sangloupmon stand on her wobbly legs.

The Sangloupmon blushed though it was invisible thanks to the blades on either side of its head. She had received plenty of complements from other virus types in the digital world but those where mostly about her dangerous looks and where from Digimon that wanted to be her mate or get onto her good side. She never heard anyone complement her combat abilities before and rather enjoyed the praise.

"S-Shade" the now identified Shade stated in a deep mature voice that Seth noticed had a rather calming effect that contrasted her aggressive looks "Who are you?"

Seth gave a kind smile "My name is Seth Harrington, I work for the League. Your activities in the city got you noticed by our local affiliates and I was sent to make contact with you when the idiots over there got jealous and started hunting you" Seth stated indicating the knocked out Tamers. "Sorry that it took me as long as it did, are you feeling better?"

Shade tested out her legs by taking a few steps and found that she could move around again though getting into another battle was definitely out of the question. "Yes I feel much better Seth thank you."

Seth nodded before deciding to question the Digimon a bit "If you don't mind answering, what exactly are you doing out in the city picking fights with rouge Digimon?"

Shade shrugged "I original came to the human world to find a tamer but quickly discovered that like the digital world virus Digimon are not well liked here. I heard however that there was a Tamer called 'The Virus Tamer' that had three virus partners and figured if I stuck around and made a name for myself he or she would show up" Shade explained before she was startled by the sound of Seth laughing. "W-What is so funny?!" Shade shouted angered that the human was laughing at her.

"I-I'm sorry it just that 'The Virus Tamer' you're looking for is in a completely different city. So he wouldn't have heard of you regardless." Seth stated between chuckles.

"I knew I was forgetting something!" Shade stated in embarrassment as she hung her head by a nearby tree and a cloud of depression appearing above her head.

The scene caused Seth to chuckle a bit more though he was internally surprised that this Digimon had been able to get him to show as much emotion as he had in such a short amount of time. Shaking off his amusement Seth walked forward and patted Shade on the shoulder and getting her attention. "I may be no virus tamer or a tamer for that matter, but I can't leave you out here in a city that's trying to delete you. So would you like to come with me?"

Shade was surprised that this human was willing to allow her to come with him given her attribute and appearance but after considering her options she concluded that this was the best possible outcome for her at the moment. "Yes I would. Thank you again I am forever in your debt." Shade answered as she lowered her head midway in a thankful bow.

"You don't owe me anything. In fact I owe you an apology for arriving late and for you being hunted by those idiot tamers and their partners. Now come on we have a ride to catch." Seth answered before turning and walking toward the parks exit and not giving Shade time to respond.

"Be that as it may, I still will be forever grateful to you for saving me Seth." Shade thought with a smile before following Seth out of the park. "Though I wonder what he means by catching a ride."

X Break X

The walk home after school was filled with memories of the day for Rika. Although she hadn't gotten to question Takato she had learned more about him thanks to her talk with Alice and the battle or rather ass whopping earlier that day. She had learned that Takato would rather go through pain himself than sacrifice another's life be that life a human or Digimon's. Also he could go past the normal point of a bio-merged mega and that he didn't fight just to be the best.

Rika had been one of the few that had caught the forlorn look in his eyes as he walked away from the battle arena. It had not been a look of sadness and understanding, the look of someone who had made mistakes in their life and had just then teach a hard lesson so another didn't make the same ones. It was that look in those red eyes that made her feel a connection to the boy, as if the pain in both of their pasts drew her to him. It made her want to comfort him which was something she had never felt for a boy before. As she thought however of that feeling she remembered the dream she had the night before causing her to blush.

Walking straight through her house she entered her room instantly lying down on her bed and closing her eyes. She'd had plenty of shocks that day and it had worn her down, not five minutes after getting home she was asleep. This time she dreamed of being Sakuyamon riding on a large dragon with the arms of a knight in white armor wrapped round her. She felt safe and warm in this dream, meanwhile in her room Renamon noticed the smile of contentment on the sleeping girls face and wondered what she was dreaming of.

Across town Takato was also remembering the events of the day and was starting to regret how he had handled the situation. Although he had taken the challenge in order to teach Ryo a valuable lesson he may have made it a little too personal.

He just felt that the first Tamers should be setting an example for the others, instead so far all he had seen were most of them just using their fame to get what they want. The first Tamers should be training the others to help better protect the area from any wild ones that tried to cause damage not just letting attack any wild Digimon they see no matter how strong it is. It was because of Tamers just attacking without thinking that he had lost his dad.

Takato grimaced as his thoughts drifted into an area that was painful. It had been just over two years ago but he could remember it as if it was yesterday. A small group of mega level Digimon had bio-merged into the real world and had started attacking anything in sight. Every Tamer in the area had rushed to the area and had attacked them without even pulling out the D-Arks to see what they were fighting. The rookies and champions they had sent into the battle had been defeated in minutes. The only reason they weren't deleted and their Tamers killed was because Takato had arrived on the scene just in time.

Takato as Gallantmon had thrown himself in the way of the group of mega's using Aegis to defend the downed Digimon and their Tamers. He had ordered the Tamers and LadyDevimon to get the hurt Digimon out of the area before attacking the mega's in order to stop them from seeing what the others were doing.

He didn't know how long he had been fighting when LadyDevimon returned and told him they were safe and being escorted by the local DART operatives, he hadn't the time to stop fighting so he had just told her to stay behind him and to take out any badly injured mega's that made it past him. After what seemed like hours of fighting he had finally defeated the last Digimon in front of him before quickly turning to see how LadyDevimon was doing. He felt fear grip him at what he saw when he noticed her.

He saw LadyDevimon fly into a building and de-digivolve back into BlackGatomon before falling to the floor unconscious, but it wasn't that that caused him to run forward with the last of his energy. Lying on the floor was a human man with what look like a broken right leg trying to crawl backward, standing above him was an injured Piedmon with an evil smile on his face and one of his swords falling towards the man as if in slow motion.

Takato had run forward as fast as he could, the whole world seeming to slow down around him and stabbed Gram through the mega's back. With a sigh of relief he let Gram and Aegis turn back to his hands only for shear panic to take over when he glanced down. Not only had he been too late to stop the blade from slicing the man open from shoulder to hip but the man lying below him was his father.

Using his fear to drive his tired body and using every last drop of energy he had left he grabbed BlackGatomon and carefully picked up his dad and ran as fast as he could to the nearest hospital. Upon arriving he cried out for help. When the doctors finally came running he carefully placed his father on floor next to them before de-digivolving and passing out from exhaustion. Upon waking up three days later he found out that his father had been declared dead two days ago from his wounds. Overcome with grief he had disappeared to the Digital World for a solid seven months.

Takato's thoughts were interrupted as BlackGatomon jumped onto his lap and looked up at him with worry in her eyes. Feeling the sting in his eyes he realized he had been crying. Too tired to get undressed, he lay down on his bed and pulled the cat like Digimon to him before falling asleep.

Outside his window stood a Lillymon watching the boy intently, her helmet and dress a dark red and made of what looked like rose petals. Where normally a Lillymon would have bright green wings and boots hers were black. After gazing at the boy in curiosity she took off but not before she gave a small smile before flying off into the night.

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