Author's Notes: All I have to say here is that there are some ideas that don't belong to me and that I'm using some that aren't mine. I guess a few fans are better than none. No fright, Digimon 02: Name's Takeru Ishida will continue, I guarantee it, but I haven't started writing the Protection of a Friend yet. I do have ideas for it though. The same goes for Digimon 02: Sprouts of Darkness: it will continue. I'm planning insha' Allah to finish this story; lots of ideas for this.

JyouraKoumi: Quite interesting. I wouldn't say it is coincidence though; it's fate, the whole song thing. Peace out Koumi fan!

Lord Pata: Oh, the excitement has just started. Did you know that there is a Digital Egg of Darkness? Well, there is and it's going to enter this story, but not too soon.

I must say I feel warmth and comfort writing this: with total confidence. Fans, I present to you Episode 3: Koushiro's Mystery. Remia...

Digimon 02: Origin of the Digital Eggs

By Scentomon

Courage... - Trail through the ashes of fire! - Friendship... - Form relations like stars! - Love... - Maneuver through the emotions! - Reliability... - The independence of one! - Knowledge... - Brilliance of a Mind! - Sincerity... - Truth of the Purity! - Origin of the Digital Eggs!

Episode 3: Koushiro's Mystery

Lynxmon jumped out of her threatening circle, landing a good distance back, next to Hikari. She hissed, all prepared for battle and Shadramon prepared himself also. While rushing towards the battle, Takeru noticed Patamon on the 'sidelines' and went over to him instead. Yamato rushed into the building and into the lab. Gabumon turned to greet his friend and partner.

"Hey. What happened?" Gabumon asked.

"Yeah. Why did you and Takeru leave?" Mimi asked.

"Speaking of Takeru, where is he?" Joe asked.

"... I and Takeru needed to leave and good timing too, cause mom and dad just got remarried." Yamato smiled, with his eyes sparkling with joy.

Silence was met Yamato's reply. The ones there were speechless in positive sheer joy, except for Gabumon. He of course already knew, but it did take him by surprise.

"So... Your mom and Takeru are Ishida now." Gennai concluded.

"Yes. T.K. is outside, battling against those Code Phantoms with Patamon." Yamato explained.

"How is it going by the way?" Gennai asked.

"The battle? I and T.K. just got here, so I wouldn't know. Where are Tai; Sora and Biyomon?" Yamato asked.

"Sora had some plans and she needed Tai's help. She also brought Biyomon with her, for unknown reasons." Agumon replied.

"Unknown to us, but maybe known to her." Yamato sighed.

"And how do you know they're Code Phantoms?" Gomamon asked.

Yamato blinked, "It's obvious. It was either phantoms or ghosts and ghosts don't look like that from my experience. Besides, they weren't floating, yet were transparent and of numerous sizes." He replied.

Gennai hastily and carefully typed an e-mail to Daisuke, telling him that Charomon was Teresa's Digimon partner and tell both of them that. Also telling him to head to the Northern Quadrant: taking Charomon and Teresa with him, but only after Teresa has had fully recovered.

"We are going to stay here in Japan though, right?" Gabumon asked.

"Of course! Why are you asking me such a thing?" Yamato asked.

Gabumon blinked, "Well, I had this strange feeling that since your parents got remarried that your mom would want to leave to Australia or somewhere else, taking you; me; T.K. and Patamon with her and your dad. Like what happened with Davis and his family." He explained.

Yamato rolled his eyes, "Don't remind me." He informed.

"What?" Gennai asked.

"Matt is completely relieved that Jun is in Algeria with the rest of her family." Gabumon replied.

"More than you think." Yamato whispered.

Moments later and Hikari; Gatomon; Flame Wizardmon; Baronmon; Koushiro; Takeru; Miyako; Hawkmon; Ken; Shadramon; Iori and Armadillomon all entered the computer lab. Flame Wizardmon was supporting Koushiro from one side, while Baronmon supported him from the other. Koushiro's feet were being dragged since Koushiro was sleeping.

"Even armor digivolved, we couldn't harm the phantoms." Shadramon sighed.

"It's fine Shadramon. It's just that most of us need training." Ken informed.

"If it wasn't for Gatomon and her past training then we'd be goners by now." Baronmon agreed.

"Gee, thanks Baronmon." Gatomon thanked, instantly fainting to sleep.

"Baronmon - Grasl Armor Wizard - Using his own Digi-Egg of Courage, Patamon armor digivolved into this wizard -The Baron of Courage-, which used to serve under his king - His attacks are: Dancing Meteor and Scarlet Hair."

Baronmon had a mask covering his face, with small golden tusks coming out of his mouth, carved upwards and downwards. There was a small crown on Baronmon's head, with two golden horns on each side of it. Red feathers were behind the crown and horns, spread out like a native American's feather band, with the white feathers being behind the red ones. The white feathers were also spread out, like a native American's feather band backwards, like a back mane.

Baronmon wore native American clothes, with a red cape around his back, and connected together to his neck. There was some odd native American necklaces dangling around Baronmon's neck and over the green robe or coat. There was golden accents at the ends and tips of the green robe or coat. Baronmon had brown leather gloves with brown leather boots.

"I guess it's time for her catnap." Hikari sighed, sitting down.

"You would think, especially after driving those Code Phantoms off by herself, after realizing that she could only do it." Flame Wizardmon agreed.

"Flame Wizardmon - Grasl Armor Wizard - Using his own and only Digi-Egg of Courage, Tentomon armor digivolved into this wizard -The Wizard of Courage-, which is a master in fiery attacks - His attacks are: Fire Cloud and Magic Ignition."

Flame Wizardmon looked like a mutated; scarecrow Wizardmon. He wore a flaming tipped hat, which covered his eyes. Blue lens were at the bottom of the tipped hat, just above the brim. Flame Wizardmon wore red gloves and wielded two staffs in his hands, one had a red end to it, while the other had a blue end to it. Flaming accents were all around Flame Wizardmon's clothes. Belts were around Flame Wizardmon's waist, with holsters to hold the staffs.

"At least those reporters fled when one of our Digimon almost hit them." Takeru sighed.

Gennai blinked, "Excuse me?" He asked.

"We noticed some reporters when we got here, recording the whole battle between us and the Code Phantoms." Takeru explained.

Gennai sweat-dropped, "This isn't good." He shook his head.

"What happened to Izzy?" Joe asked.

"I'll just say, lack of sleep apparently." Flame Wizardmon replied.

"It's about time! He needs his sleep." Mimi agreed.

Flame Wizardmon and Baronmon seated Koushiro into a chair and let him rest. Flame Wizardmon returned in Tentomon and Baronmon returned in Patamon. Just then: Taichi; Sora and Biyomon all rushed in, out of breath.

"We just saw the news... What the heck happened here?" Taichi asked.

"And why are Gatomon and Izzy asleep?" Sora asked.

"The news said it all. As for Izzy, well... he didn't sleep at all for more than a day." Hawkmon explained.

"Why aren't you armor digivolved?" Gennai asked.

"Oh, he armor digivolved alright, but he was too big to enter the building." Miyako replied.

"What about Armadillomon?" Gennai inquired.

"I armor digivolved also!" Armadillomon replied.

"Yeah, into Boarmon. I didn't see that it was fit to let a male pig into the building." Iori added.

"Hey!" Armadillomon whined.

Iori raised an eyebrow, "I knew you'd comment on that. No offense Armadillomon."

Armadillomon nodded, "Fine. None taken."

Shadramon returned in Wormmon. Hikari went over to the sleeping Gatomon and picked her up from the floor. She went over to a seat and gently put Gatomon down on it. Wolf clouds were in the sky outside and it was starting to get dark, with night approaching.

"Maybe you shall all call it a day. I'll stay here and work on a project. It's best for your Digimon to stay here and I'll look out for Izzy." Gennai decided.

"Are you sure?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, but one last thing. What were the names of the armor Digimon?" Gennai requested.

"Lynxmon." Hikari started.

"Allomon." Hawkmon added.

"You know the rest. Flame Wizardmon I was." Tentomon finished.

"Good. I do know the rest. You shall all be leaving now. I have no where else to go so I'll stay here and live here temporarily." Gennai decided.

"We'll all meet back here tomorrow at noon." Taichi informed.

Gennai went back to work on his computer and the DigiDestined all left: leaving Gennai; their Digimon and Koushiro behind. Gennai checked the Digi-World and saw that the Eastern Quadrant was starting to collapse, which meant that it was dying and the rest of the Digi-World was soon to follow. Except maybe for the fifth and Northern Quadrants. Gennai felt that after the three quadrants: Eastern; western and southern, had all collapsed, they would reform.

Since the Northern Quadrant would be willing to fight and the Fifth Quadrant sealing itself off once again, there was no need for them to collapse. Once the Eastern quadrant had reformed, the crests would have returned and the Eastern Quadrant was collapsing quite rapidly. Gennai felt that the crests would return and hide on Earth, even before the Eastern Quadrant would reform. He felt it so close that it felt like the crests would appear in the next few hours or so.

Next, Gennai checked the information on the armor Digimon and found what he was looking for. With the information on the armor Digimon, was not only the armor Digimon's photos, but also the Digi-Egg as well.

"Allomon - Meric Armor Dinosaur - Using his own Digi-Egg of Courage, Hawkmon armor digivolved into this dinosaur -The Dino of Courage-, with it being from prehistoric time and based on the dinosaur Allosaurus - His attacks are: Dino Burst and Dynamite Head."

Allomon was a blue Allosaurus dinosaur, with green eyes; red accents around his body and some native American decorations on him.

"Boarmon - Meric Armor Mammal - Using his own Digi-Egg of Courage, Armadillomon armor digivolve into this mammal -The Animal of Courage-, with it being a male pig - His attacks are: Nose Blaster and Slamming Attack."

Boarmon was an orange male pig. He had a flaming mane around his neck, with the tip of his tail flaming and a flaming crest was over his back, but not reaching to his tail. There were small jets of flames at the end of each of Boarmon's legs, just above and behind the dark grey hooves. Boarmon had orange fur and his underbelly showed his skin, being dark grey. His face and ears were dark grey in color and Boarmon had a snout, like a pig's snout.

His eyes were yellow, with a steel patch on the top of his snout. Colorful stripped dark grey and dark red tusk, carved upwards from Boarmon's upper jaw replaced the upper jaws' teeth, with his lower jaws' teeth remaining.

Gennai found the rest of the information he needed and when he was done, he started on his project. His project was forming and designing a Digimon Encyclopedia: naming it Codelimin Genecode, adding and putting on information and photos of the Digimon that were seen and known of, including those of legend. The Digimon were all silent and Gatomon cuddled herself, still asleep. Koushiro was breathing gently, sleeping...


"I just wanted to say I'm sorry." Daisuke apologized.

"No problem Daisuke. I'm totally fine with it. I'm just glad you acted responsibly and returned here when you did." Nick stated.

Daisuke sighed and lowered his head. It was around 10 pm and Daisuke had his dad call up Nick: Teresa's father. Right after that, Daisuke received Gennai's e-mail. He told Charomon and whispered it to Teresa. He didn't know about the Digi-World, but Gennai did explain and give out a good amount of information. Nashza had already told Nick about Veemon; Daisuke and the Digi-World: everything.

Daisuke explained what happened to Nick and Nick took Teresa to the nearest hospital, which they were all in now. The doctors were dealing with Teresa's burn. Daisuke; Charomon and Veemon all accompanied Nick, with Nick not minding it. Daisuke didn't tell Nick that he needed to head back to the Digi-World. He was surprised that Gennai told him to head to the Northern Quadrant when he would leave to the Digi-World.

Veemon knew however and wasn't relaxed about it either, especially after finding out about the Code Phantoms and the element spirits and all.

"Is Teresa going to be O.K.?" Charomon asked.

Nick smiled, "She'll be fine Charomon." He replied.

Nick was also told by Daisuke that Charomon was Teresa's Digimon partner, and right away Nick understood that Teresa was a DigiDestined and what responsibilities she had now.

"... What's on your mind Daisuke?" Nick asked.

"Please call me Dai. It's Teresa and some other stuff." Daisuke replied.

Nick blinked, "Sure thing Dai. Other stuff like what?" He asked.

"..." Daisuke refused to answer.

"Oh. Is it about the people not being surprised about Veemon and Charomon?" Nick asked.

Daisuke blinked and turned his head towards Nick.

"Actually, I haven't thought of that." He stated.

"Well, you and Veemon are known here. News travels fast, especially if it concerns the fate of this world: against Malo Myotismon and Armageddemon. Algeria is a friendly country to Digimon and so is its people. You don't need to worry." Nick explained.

Veemon blinked, "Seriously? Are you saying I can move around freely without people looking at me weirdly?" He asked.

Nick nodded, "That's exactly what I'm saying." He replied.

"... That's nice to hear." Charomon whispered.

Veemon turned to her, "Teresa would be fine. These humans will surprise you again and again. Believe me." He commented.

Nick and Daisuke mentally giggled to themselves. Charomon turned to Veemon.

"Really? How long have you been with Dai?" Charomon asked.

"Several years and I've been surprised more than once by what these humans can do." Veemon proudly replied.

Charomon nodded, "So you trust these humans?" She asked.

"I trust Dai and his DigiDestined friends completely, but not any other humans." Veemon replied.

Charomon giggled, "There are other DigiDestined?" She asked.

"For sure. Back in Odaiba, Japan. I and Dai are close friends, but I'm also friends with the other DigiDestined and their Digimon. There are also other International DigiDestined." Veemon explained.

"So how many in all?" Charomon asked.

Veemon blinked, "Let me see... Including the International DigiDestined: 31 I'd say."

"That's good to hear." Charomon sighed.

Daisuke blinked, thinking about what Veemon just said. He went through the DigiDestined in his head and mentally counted them. He was slightly surprised to find out that there were 31, probably even a little more than that, from what he was told. He deeply sighed and decided to inform Nick of what he had to do, and that Teresa was obliged to go with him.

"... Mr. Mason, I have to say that I'm heading back to the Digi-World as soon as I can." He informed.

Nick put down the magazine he was reading.

"Teresa's going with you, correct?" He guessed.

Daisuke nodded, "As soon as she fully recovers." He confirmed.

"I see... I'll drive you all back to your home then." Nick decided, opening the magazine again.

"We're heading to the Northern Quadrant, but I don't know why it's that quadrant." Daisuke whispered.

Nick just glanced at Daisuke and saw that he was spaced off in his thoughts. A nurse came out and stood in front of Nick. Nick lowered his magazine and the nurse talked with him in Arabic, with Daisuke not understanding a word. Eventually Nick nodded and the nurse walked away.

"What is it?" Charomon asked, the first to speak.

"Teresa is going to be fine. The burn was deep, but the skin would recover. It's recovering quite fast from what they are observing. She's sleeping now and we're welcome to stay overnight. Teresa is going to be watched this night and if the burn has fully recovered by dawn, then she would be released from here." Nick replied.

"That's good." Daisuke nodded.

"What's 'released'?" Veemon asked.

"Allowed to leave the hospital and return home." Daisuke replied.

Veemon nodded.

"That is good news." Charomon sighed, mentally relived.

Daisuke and Veemon didn't think twice about staying; they had already decided on it from the start. For Daisuke, he knew it was going to be a quick, yet long night. It was the next day he was worried about, yet anticipating it. Unknown to Daisuke, it was going to be a long and eventful night for one of his fellow DigiDestined...


Koushiro slowly opened his eyes. He looked around the room carefully and saw that only he; Gennai and the Digimon were the only ones there. He checked the clock and saw that it was passed midnight: around 1:30 am. He blinked, surprised at waking up at such a late time. His mind recalled the past events before he slept and he remembered what happened. The dream was still in his head though and what a strange dream it was.

It showed his crest in some center and all the Digi-Eggs of Knowledge in some library close by. Those weren't the only things in his dream, but those were the parts that he understood; the rest was confusing. He got out of his chair and remembered that he received his Digi-Egg of Courage. He was so excited and the form Tentomon turned into... Flame Wizardmon. So intriguing. Upon remembering the dream, Koushiro decided to head out and look for his crest.

Not to mention the Digi-Eggs of Knowledge as well. He went over to the window and saw it to be night outside, but that's not what caught his attention. The rain had awakened him. Outside, it was pouring rain, with the rain gently pattering on the window soothingly. Koushiro went to the clothes' stand, and took his purple coat and his umbrella. He also grabbed both his traveling bags, so that he would be able to take the Digi-Eggs of Knowledge.

Maybe also the Digi-Eggs of Friendship and return them. He was about to turn the knob of the door, but glanced back at Tentomon, noticing him fast asleep and deciding that it was best for him to take Tentomon along with him, and safer. Koushiro walked over to Tentomon and nudged him with his finger. Tentomon slowly woke up.

"Izzy? You're up... What time is it?" Tentomon asked.

"Shh. It's past midnight and we're going out." Koushiro replied.

That woke up Tentomon completely.

"Out?" He asked and glanced at the window.

"... But it's nighttime and raining." He complained.

"We're going to retrieve the crest of knowledge; the Digi-Eggs of Friendship and the Digi-Eggs of Knowledge." Koushiro explained.

Tentomon was alerted to what Koushiro had said about the crest and the Digi-Eggs, with him wanting to go with Koushiro. For a moment though...

"But didn't the crests disappear to protect the Digi-World?" Tentomon asked.

Koushiro nodded, "Yes. We did give up the crests to protect the Digi-World. But with danger and trouble back, I would guess the crests have returned and for us to retrieve them." He explained.

"Back up to Mega Kabuterimon." Tentomon smiled.

"Maybe even up to Hercules Kabuterimon." Koushiro shrugged.

"Seriously Izzy?" Tentomon asked, whispering.

"Why not?" Izzy replied.

"Yeppy! Let's go now!" Tentomon urged.

Koushiro nodded, glad that he convinced Tentomon to come along. It was a good thing, because Koushiro had a feeling that something negative was going to happen with him. Koushiro opened the door, careful not to wake anybody else and he walked out, with Tentomon flying out...


He closed the door behind Tentomon and put on his coat and opened his umbrella. Tentomon was confused.

"What's that for?" Tentomon asked.

"The umbrella? It is raining outside. This would protect us from rain." Koushiro explained.

Tentomon nodded. The two left the building and walked to the supermarket, where Sora had told them that she saw the Digi-Eggs of Friendship. Tentomon was beside Koushiro: under the umbrella. The raindrops fell onto the umbrella and slid down to the ground, not affecting Koushiro or Tentomon. Tentomon understood the idea behind the umbrella. The sound of the raindrops on his umbrella, relaxed Koushiro a bit. He was trying to figure a way into the supermarket.

That was if it wasn't open. Koushiro hated the idea of braking in, yet if he retrieved the Digi-Eggs of Friendship and took nothing else, it would be just fine, yet confusing the local authorities. The supermarket was a few miles away and it was unaffected by Armageddemon a few months back. Koushiro and Tentomon stopped in front of it. Koushiro carried his umbrella in one hand, and the two travel bags in his other hand...


"Tentomon, if you may." Koushiro requested.

"What? Are you implying that I use my attack to brake in?" Tentomon questioned.

"We aren't going to steal anything; just going to retrieve what is rightfully the DigiDestined's." Koushiro reminded.

Tentomon sighed and faced the supermarket.

"Super Shocker!" He yelled.

The attack blasted through the glass, shattering it. Tentomon flew in and Koushiro followed. Once inside, Koushiro closed his umbrella and put it aside.

"Let's do this quickly. We don't know if there's an alarm or not, but if there is, then we can't hear it. Let's just retrieve the Digi-Eggs of Friendship before the cops arrive." Koushiro informed.

"You do remember what Sora said." Tentomon stated.

"Yes. In the frozen section." Koushiro nodded.

Koushiro carried one traveling bag in each of his hands and walked over to the frozen section, while Tentomon flew over to it. Koushiro stopped in front of the wide open freezer and he eventually noticed one of the Digi-Eggs, with the ice not covering a part of it. Koushiro reasoned that Sora and Taichi recovered them, after exposing them, so that they would be hidden. He quickly uncovered all of the Digi-Eggs and by the time he was done, his hands were shaking from the cold.

He rubbed his hands together, warming them up. With the blood and pain returning to his hands: Koushiro opened one of his bags and one by one, put all the ten Digi-Eggs into his open bag. Once finished, he closed the bag and went back to the shattered glass, with Tentomon flying next to him. Koushiro put his empty bag over one of his shoulders, while still holding the full one. He picked up the umbrella and opened it. Tentomon went under it and the two left the supermarket.


"Where to now?" Tentomon asked.

"There's a research center close by that I know of. I used to sneak in there before we met. I have a feeling that it would be the place where we'll locate our crest." Koushiro replied.

"Prodigious." Tentomon whispered.

Koushiro wasn't used to carrying heavy objects, but he handled the full bag nicely. Tentomon noticed Koushiro's discomfort because of the full bag. He realized that Koushiro probably couldn't handle two full bags at the same time.

"Izzy?" Tentomon asked.

"Yes Tentomon." Koushiro replied.

"After we retrieve the Digi-Eggs of Knowledge, I'll digivolve to Kabuterimon and fly us back to the computer lab." Tentomon offered.

Koushiro smiled, "That's very thoughtful of you Tentomon. So be it." He nodded.

He was glad that Tentomon realized what he himself realized, and was glad with the offer that Tentomon gave him. The rest of the walk was done in silence, with the only noise being the rain, splashing onto the grounds and landing on the umbrella. Too soon the walk was over and Koushiro, with Tentomon, was standing in front of the research center that Koushiro snuck in, in his past. From the outside Koushiro noticed that it hadn't changed and decided to enter the way he always had...


In the past Koushiro had always entered the center through a low side window. He went over to the window and it was still in its position. Koushiro nodded. He put down the umbrella, with the rain starting to pour onto him, and his two travel bag.

"Want to go in first?" Koushiro asked.

"Me?" Tentomon replied.

Koushiro nodded.

"Sure." Tentomon nodded.

Koushiro opened the window silently and Tentomon flew in. It was dark inside and Tentomon turned around, still in midair, out of the rain.

"The coast is clear." Tentomon informed.

Koushiro nodded and jumped through the window, entering the center. He turned around and reached out of the window, picking up his umbrella, closing it and bringing it in. Next was his two travel bags, as he brought in the empty easily, but the full one was hard. From the weight, Koushiro fell on his butt panting, with the full travel bag inside. Koushiro let a few moments pass, before getting up and closing the window.

"Young man, are you here to rob something? So late at this hour?" A voice asked.

Koushiro paled.

"Izzy." Tentomon whispered.

Koushiro slowly turned around and when he saw the source of the voice, his skin jumped out of his body and his feet leapt high into the air. Koushiro faced downwards, with his hands hanging onto the ceiling with his feet. From the ceiling, he could still see the two ghosts, one of a grown human male and the other of a grown human female. The human male obviously was the one who spoke.

Part of Koushiro's dream returned to him, a part which confused him. What seemed to be him as a young baby was being held in the arms of a grown female human, with a grown male human standing beside her, with his hand around her shoulder. Both grown humans were looking down at the baby. Koushiro blinked. He realized that both ghosts exactly looked like the adults in his dream.

Realizing two things, Koushiro gasped. One was that he was being like a fly: hanging onto the wall and the other was that the ghost couple were his true birth parents. Koushiro couldn't believe it and before he knew it, his hands and feet lost their grip on the wall. The ghosts didn't have any legs so they were floating, with ghastly tails as legs. Koushiro wondered how he could hold onto the ceiling that long, in that position, while he was falling.

The male grown human ghost caught Koushiro between his arms, before Koushiro was splattered by crashing into the floor. The ghost let him go and Koushiro got to his feet. Tentomon was speechless and frozen in shock.

"Now Yamura, don't frighten the young man." The female sweetly stated.

"I didn't mean to. You're not going to freak out again, are you boy?" Yamura: the grown human male ghost, asked.

Koushiro was speechless, though he shook his head no. He suddenly smiled.

'How could a ghost capture me?' He thought.

He turned to Tentomon. Koushiro chuckled at the site he saw.

"Tentomon..." He started slowly. "These are my birth parents." He introduced.

"Excuse me?" The female asked.

"Birth parents?" Yamura asked.

"You're still you Koushiro." A new ghost stated, appearing.

"Wizardmon." Yamura and the female greeted.

The ghosts just flashed into appearance. Koushiro froze. It had been so long since the junior DigiDestined had seen him, back at the time when Wizardmon first appeared as a ghost in the T.V. station.

"Wizardmon?" Tentomon asked, whispering.

Wizardmon approached Koushiro fearless. Unlike Yamura and his mate, Wizardmon did walk and have legs. Wizardmon stopped right in front of Koushiro and nodded.

"Greetings Tentomon." Wizardmon greeted.

Tentomon nodded, still speechless. Yamura blinked.

"Honey, did you hear what Wizardmon addressed this young man as?" Yamura asked.

"As Koushiro." The female nodded.

The female gasped, realizing who Koushiro was.

"My goodness." She whispered.

"I don't believe it. How you've grown! He's grown, hasn't he Komoro?" Yamura asked, turning to the female ghost.

"He sure has. It's been so long since we last saw him." Komoro: the grown human female ghost, replied.

Koushiro smiled, with tears in his eyes.

"Mother... father." He greeted.

Komoro and Yamura approached their son closer.

"You seem fine." Yamura nodded.

"Of course he would. Our relatives are taking care of him." Komoro reminded.

"Not anymore. Remember? He has his own computer lab now, which he stays in." Yamura reminded.

"Of course." Komoro nodded.

"What are you doing here?" Wizardmon asked.

"I've had this dream that showed my crest in this place." Koushiro replied.

"Really? It is here, but I couldn't have thought of a way of it appearing here." Wizardmon explained, pointing into the darkness.

"Where is it again?" Koushiro asked.

Yamura chuckled, "Of course." He commented.

He faded into the darkness, vanishing for a few moments. A few moments later and the electricity was turned on. Yamura appeared in the distance, close by the light switch.

"The crest is there." Wizardmon pointed.

Koushiro stared at where Wizardmon pointed, and sure enough, there was his crest. Something was different though.

"Where's the tag?" Koushiro asked.

"That's how it appeared." Wizardmon shrugged.

Koushiro walked over to the crest and Tentomon finally got out of his shock. He cautiously landed on the floor and rested, watching Koushiro and the other three ghosts, including the two bags and umbrella. Koushiro stopped in front of the crest and stared at it.

"Is this amethyst?" He asked, pointing at the necklace's string.

Komoro nodded, "It is." She replied.

"Wow." Koushiro whispered.

"Check out what's under it." Yamura advised, appearing beside his wife once more.

Koushiro looked under the crest, and there in the bookshelf, was the book he had read so many times before he met Tentomon. For Koushiro it was his favorite book. Koushiro took the book out and rubbed off the dust.

"We figured it would be your favorite book, since you came in the past and read it almost every time." Komoro smiled.

"And many times slept afterwards, when it was nighttime." Yamura added.

The book was about electricity: Koushiro's first favorite subject and still was. A light bulb blew up and an electric current went through the wires and reached the crest of knowledge, storing itself there, until Koushiro touched it. Yamura glanced up at the busted light bulb.

"I guess I'll have to change it before morning." He sighed.

"I would take this with me but..." Koushiro started.

"Nobody would notice its disappearance, believe me Kou." Komoro allowed.

Koushiro blinked, "If you say so mother."

He took the book and opened the full bag, inserting his book in it. He sighed and turned to his birth parents and Wizardmon, knelt down on his knees.

"Why are you still here Wizardmon?" Koushiro asked

"There's no way I could return to the Digi-World, and so I traveled around Odaiba, and eventually settled here. I met your birth parents and I explained Digimon all to both of them." Wizardmon replied

"But don't you want to head back to the Digi-World and be reborn?" Tentomon asked

"Of course I do Tentomon and I would head back the first chance I get." Wizardmon replied

"Very well. Once I return to the lab, I'll try to figure out a way to let you return to it." Koushiro promised and turned towards the ghosts of his birthparents.

"I have so many questions and so much to tell you both." He whispered

"We know." Yamura nodded.

"All that we can say for now is that Wizardmon told us everything about Digimon." Komoro informed.

Koushiro nodded.

"Is the library still on the other side?" He asked.

"Go through the hallway and you'll get there. It's been a few years since they connected the research center and the library together." Yamura explained.

"Now you won't have to take a step outside." Komoro smiled.

"O.K. I'll go get some stuff from the library. Stay here Tentomon. I'll be back after I stash the Digi-Eggs." Koushiro explained.

"As I figured." Wizardmon nodded.

Koushiro picked up the empty bag and walked through the hallway, heading into the library. Tentomon stared at the crest, feeling insecure. Yamura and Komoro also sensed its danger. Moments later and Koushiro returned, carrying a heavy and full bag. On his way to Tentomon, he grabbed his crest and put it around his neck. Yamura and Komoro watched carefully, but the crest only glittered gently and went back to normal.

"Let's head back Tentomon. I'm started to get tired." Koushiro informed.

"So have I. This is too much for me." Tentomon explained.

Koushiro picked his umbrella and carried it with him. Yamura picked up one full bag with ease, while Komoro picked the other one up, also with ease. Koushiro was surprised, but didn't say anything. He walked to the door, while Tentomon flew with him by his side. Koushiro opened the umbrella and Wizardmon opened the door for him. Before Koushiro stepped out, he turned back to his birthparents for a moment.

"I hope we can meet again sometime." He informed.

Komoro and Yamura both nodded and returned the smile. Koushiro stepped out, dragging both bags on the floor and Tentomon followed, flying behind him. Wizardmon closed the door behind Tentomon...


Koushiro took his digivice out and noticed that it changed, becoming purple and with the initials K.I. carved into the metal. He shrugged.

"TENTOMON SHINKA!"
"... KABUTERIMON!"

Koushiro carefully put the two heavy bags onto Kabuterimon, before he himself got onto Kabuterimon. Kabuterimon took to the air and flew off into the night. He flew low, over the buildings, avoiding collision with any of them. Koushiro had to hold on tight onto Kabuterimon, and onto the two bags. Just a few blocks away, something burst out of the street and reached for Kabuterimon, but Kabuterimon swiftly stopped: barely avoiding it.

"What is that?" Koushiro asked.

He looked down and saw how long the creature was.

"A Digimon I presume." Kabuterimon replied.

"Maybe it's time to try this crest." Koushiro decided.

"What? While you're on me?" Kabuterimon asked.

"Not up to Mega Kabuterimon, but Hercules Kabuterimon. Now fly up higher into the sky and return to Tentomon." Koushiro requested.

Kabuterimon sighed, "Whatever you say Izzy."

He flew up higher into the air and once high enough, he returned in Tentomon. Instantly Koushiro and the two bags and umbrella fell towards the ground. Amazingly, Koushiro knew what to do.

"Ascend to Power!" He yelled.

Tentomon swiftly flew downwards, to try and catch up with the descending Koushiro, but something held him back.

Electricity surged through his body, as it did with Koushiro, though it was warm and comforting. Both felt and heard the other's heart beat and both became transparent purple, with a purple sphere surrounding them. Tentomon nodded, knowing what was going to happen. Before getting too close to the Digimon's large mouth, the purple spheres pulled up into the air.

"TENTOMON FADE!"

The spheres collided into each other and did explode, but with the dust and light settling, a new huger form appeared.

"... HERCULES KABUTERIMON!"

"What happened?" Hercules Kabuterimon asked, hovering high in the sky.

'We're one.' Tentomon's voice replied.

"What?" Hercules Kabuterimon asked.

'A guess to become mega for us, we need to combine. You're more dominate and I'm taking a backseat in your mind. Use your thoughts to talk with me.' Tentomon's voice replied.

"This is amazing." Hercules Kabuterimon whispered, with the voice being Koushiro's.

Koushiro's digivice was clipped to one of Hercules Kabuterimon's wings. Hercules Kabuterimon quickly retrieved the falling bags and umbrella. Mystically enough, the crest of knowledge was around Hercules Kabuterimon's wings, glittering purple faintly. Expecting not to receive any information from his digivice, Hercules Kabuterimon checked it anyway.

"Under Wormmon - Grasl Mirage - Under Wormmon is a cunning huge worm and burrows under anything. This Digimon is Zomo level, two levels higher than Mega - His attacks are: Tail Spin and Tail Strike."

Hercules Kabuterimon was three times larger than Mega Kabuterimon and his whole exoskeleton was golden.

"Wait until the others find out about this. Time to take down this mon! Mega Electro Shocker!" Hercules Kabuterimon yelled.

"Hercules Kabuterimon - Jerebi Insectoid - Hercules Kabuterimon is the mega form of Tentomon, with Koushiro and Tentomon combining together to form this gigantic beetle. This beetle fears nothing and can fly at hyper air speeds - His attacks are: Mega Electro Shocker; Giga Scissor Claw; Giga Blaster."

Hercules Kabuterimon neared his arms closed together, like Kabuterimon would to before he released his Electro Shocker. A huge golden; electrified sphere formed in front of Hercules Kabuterimon's arms, with small purple electric bolts flying out of the sphere and vanishing. The sphere was smaller than Hercules Kabuterimon, but was larger than Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker, at least double the size of Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker.

Hercules Kabuterimon released the sphere towards Under Wormmon's body: electrifying and vaporizing every raindrop near it, and it blasted into the Digimon, exploding, swiftly vaporizing the Digimon into dead data. Hercules Kabuterimon went to his lab and threw his umbrella and two bags into the lab, breaking through a window, thankfully not wakening anyone inside. Hercules Kabuterimon flew up to the roof and just mere inches away, devolved back into Koushiro and Tentomon.

From using such energy, Koushiro landed on the ground of the roof harmlessly and fainted, with his stomach on the floor. Tentomon sighed, hovering in midair, with the rain still pouring down...

To be continued...

Hope... - The Light in Darkness! - Light... - Mystery of Light! - Kindness... - Manners of Behavior! - Darkness... - The Shadows of Creatures! - Pride... - Honor of Origin! - Desire... - Beauty of a Creature! - Tenacity... - The Quality of Persistent! - Origin of the Digital Eggs!


Under Wormmon:

It had thousands of razor sharp teeth with a long sticky dark pink tongue, it's tail was most of it's body as it's legs were razor sharp claws and his it's tail was spiraled. It's mouth was huge with red eyes. Its Tail Strike was a sneaky strike.

Rank: Zomo

Attribute: Mirage Grasl Sewiril Lancer

Attacks: Tail Spin; Tail Strike

Author's Notes: Well, it was longer than I thought. I had some ideas that I wanted to put in this episode, but I guess I'll put it in the next episode. Until next time, remia...

Episode Finished: 21st of July 2006, Friday