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The Tamer v2.0: In His Name

Chapter 17: Tamers Vs Devas

Yamaki and his team drove back to headquarters in their white van. He was still thinking on how Takaishi had managed to evade them by passing through a chain link fence. His team was missing something but what was it? He was pulled from his thoughts when his cellphone started ringing, "This is Yamaki."

"Sir," it was Riley. She sounded alarmed and spoke in a near panic, "We've got four large digital signals moving to bioemerge. They're going to appear right in the middle of the Shinjuku."

Yamaki pauses at the sound of that. Four? They struggled to contain one at a time, but four? Would they even be able to handle that? No. They would have to. There was no choice.

"Copy that, send me the coordinates and notify the QRF. Have them deploy the big guns. I'll take our field agents and try to contain the situation," Yamaki answered, hanging up the phone and tapping the driver, "Change of plans. We got four wild ones bioemerging nearby. We need to intercept and contain. QRF will arrive shortly after us."

"Sir, we're not equipped to intercept any wild ones," one of the field agents pointed out. Yamaki nodded, knowing they'd only brought side arms and handcuffs. None of them had body armor, or any weapons with enough punch to hurt these things. But that wasn't a reason to turn around, "We're not going to fight them, we're going to save as many civilians as we can and set up a perimeter to keep those things inside."

"With what sir?" the agent asked nervously. Yamaki flicked the man on the forehead, "Don't forget why we're doing this. Enough people have died because of these things. We save who we can, even if we're at risk."

"Yes sir," the agent nodded nervously. Yamaki wished he could buy into his own speech but was just as nervous. He'd seen these things for himself and knew they had nothing to actually harm them. It didn't help that he was now thinking of the time he pulled a gun on a kid. Granted it was a bluff, but he was ready to kill a kid. That kid called him out on his bluff. This time, there would be no bluffing. Lives were on the line and there was no time to hesitate for any of it.

The four Devas took a moment to take in their surroundings. This was the human world - and the stink of it was something else. They turned their noses in disgust from the smell, but they couldn't turn back now. Mihiramon, Sandiramon, and Sinduramon had all disappeared shortly after arriving in this world and there was still no sign of the Catalyst. They needed the catalyst now more than ever! Without it, the Digital World was doomed. Failure was not an option for them. They had to find it no matter what and return him to the Digital World.

That's why they were here. Pajiramon the Sheep Deva, Indramon the Horse Deva, Makuramon the Monkey Deva, and Vajramon the Bull Deva.

All four devas took a moment to steady themselves, trying to overcome the disorientation that came with crossing the boundary between worlds. There was a lot of screaming and panic that didn't help though. The humans were just so painfully loud and obnoxious. Vajramon growled and raised up his axes, "Let's end these humans and find the catalyst already."

"We must take care, dear Vajramon," Makuramon slapped the bull's side, "Don't forget, we're not the first to come here. If we are careless, we will most likely meet the same fate as our allies. If we do this right, then we'll go home alive and be hailed as heroes by our lords."

"I doubt tact and subtlety will work in our favor. These foolish humans haven't stopped screaming since we first arrived," Pajiramon pointed out for them, "Maybe they killed themselves in frustration. I just might if these humans don't stop screaming soon."

Indramon grunted under his breath and started walking, "Let's just hurry and find it. The sooner we go back to the Digital World, the better. Where do we go first?"

"We look for the tallest building in sight, climb on top, and try to spot it of course," Makuramon said matter of factly, "Don't you agree, Vajramon? Vajramon? I'm talking to you! Don't you ignore me!"

Vajramon was looking off at a car in the distance with three humans sticking their heads out of the corner. Aside from the fact that they weren't running screaming in the opposite direction, what stood out most was the Renamon and the strange red dinosaur beside them. Digimon. With human partners. Digidestined? No, they were far too young. The Tamer? Possible.

Makuramon remarked, "Well, won't this be interesting. What do you think, fellow Devas?"

"I think we should test their mettle," Vajramon drew his axes from his side. Makuramon rolled his eyes, "Of course you would say that. Have fun my dear deva, I'm off to scout the area. Play nice and I'll meet up with you shortly!"

Makuramon leapt onto the rooftops and vanished. Pajiramon clicked her tongue distastefully, "He says he's going to scout but I bet he just ran from the first fight we were going to have."

"He might have the right idea. The others aren't around anymore," Indramon grunted, "Maybe these humans had something to do with it."

"Then let's return the favor," Vajramon roared, charging forward with his axes out. Pajiramon reaches out to grab him but it was too late. They hadn't come for a battle but they had one.

Rika gasped and pulled Kazu and Kenta out from the cover behind the car, "Here he comes! Guess we don't have a lot of time. Renamon!"

"I'll draw his attention," Renamon raced ahead to meet the deva. Guilmon followed just behind her, spewing out fireballs to force Vajramon on the defensive, "PYROSPHERE!"

Vajramon used the flat end of his axes to absorb the attack and continued charging forward. Renamon used that opening and leapt out of the way onto a street light. He was too busy blocking the fire balls from the front which meant he wouldn't expect an attack from above, "DIAMOND STORM!"

The crystals appeared around her and rained down on the bull digimon from above. They hit their mark but he didn't seem to even care that he was being attacked. Whatever level he was at was enough to make their attacks ineffective. Still, they had his attention split between the two of them. If they played their cards carefully, they might be able to keep him on the-

"GGRRRAAARRRGGGHHH!" Guilmon roared out as he ran at the large bull digimon without a thought for his own safety. Renamon cursed their luck. What was the idiot thinking? He was running straight into danger for no reason. Wait, maybe he didn't even realize what he was doing. He was just a baby compared to her after all. The bull deva wasn't going to wait for him to think things through more clearly - he picked up his axe to prepare for the attack and dragged it along the ground in preparation for a swing. She hurried off the light post and pushed him out of the way of the incoming attack, "Don't get too close, you idiot. He could end you in one attack!"

Guilmon didn't listen to a word she was saying, too busy growling at Vajramon while she tried to carry the big dinosaur back, "Rika, what should we do?"

"Hold the line, that's what!" Rika said, producing her cards from her deck, "Let's give you a speed boost to help! DIGIMODIFY! Speed Boost, Activate!"

Renamon took off at blinding speed and dropped Guilmon off at the end of the street to keep him away from the attacking bull digimon. It was just them now - her against the bull. Thankfully, the other devas were keeping their distance. One at a time was going to be a lot better than all at once. She wasn't sure she could fight them all at once like that. But why weren't they coming to his aid?

The bull growled, "You're fast. Good. A sitting target is no fun for me."

"All this attention for little old me?" Renamon teased, zigzagging her way towards the bull digimon to bait him into swinging his axes. Once she was close enough, she leapt into the air and kicked the bull straight in the chest. The speed helped her give enough impact to hurt the bull and kick him back into a nearby building. She cheered, "Take that!"

The bull smiled, "A strong hit. I'm excited now! I was hoping for a good fight!"

Rika shuffled through her deck to find some more cards she could use but found nothing helpful. At least, nothing that would help her end this quickly. This was going to be a fight of attrition - because once he was down, there were two more devas she'd have to fight through. Just where were the others?

"Hey! Rika! Here!" Kazu piped up and produced a card for her. She snatched it away and saw a weapon armament that would give Renamon an advantage she would sorely need. She readied to swipe it and called out, "Get ready for another boost Renamon! Digimodify! Snimon's Twin Sickles, Activate!"

The card went through and a pair of twin sickles appeared in Renamon's hands. Combined with her speed boost, Renamon had all the advantage she needed to go on the offensive and stay there. The giant bull digimon was just barely able to keep up with her, swinging away his axes to no avail. He growled angrily at his own ineffectiveness, while Renamon continued to leap and weave through his attacks. She took every opening she could to cut away at his arms and deal more damage to the massive bull's frame until he'd had enough and slammed his axes onto the ground with all his might, "TERRA BLADE!"

The pavement cracked under the weight of his attack, shattering the road and exposing the subway underneath and the sewer line beneath that. The impact generated enough of a shock wave to throw Renamon off her balance and send her flying into a nearby building, smashing through the glass window and disappearing inside.

Rika gasped, "Renamon!"

"Worthy opponent," the bull growled, "I know you're still there! Come out and face-"

He was stopped when a well thrown smoke bomb went off in his face, temporarily blinding him and leaving him defenseless. He retreated back to rejoin the sheep and the horse who came with him and roared, "Who did that? YOU DARE BLOW SMOKE AT ME! I'LL KILL YOU!"

Rika was pretty sure she knew who and got her answer when Juri appeared beside her with a bag full of smoke bombs, "We're back. Takato said take these and use them to make a quick escape if you need them."

Rika scowled but graciously took the smoke bombs provided, "Escape? Who does he think we are? Renamon and I aren't going to run from this!"

Juri tried to explain something to her but she was drowned out by the dumb goggle head's voice calling out to the massive digimon, "Sorry about that, Va...Va...Vaja...What was your name again? Something with a 'V'. I want to say Vajamas."

Impmon leapt to a stop on top of the building and gazed down at the panicked streets below, wondering what had gotten the humans worked up so far. When he saw the humans and their digimon partners, he had a good idea why. But without all the smoke obscuring his vision, he had no idea what they were going on about. Annoyed at not knowing what was going on, he leapt down to join Renamon and asked, "Hey! What's going on? Did yous guys start fightin' each others or what?"

"Now isn't the time, Impmon," Renamon answered, keeping her focus squarely on the fog. Her red haired human partner asked, "Do you know this guy, Renamon?"

"Unfortunately," was all she had to say. Impmon was miffed now, "Hey! Is you disrespectin' me?"

"Impmon, now is really not a good time," Renamon said again. Impmon scoffed, folding his arms and staring into the fog, "So what's causing all the noise? Who's in there?"

"Rika!" another girl appeared, running to join them and stopping at the sight of him, "Oh…um…hello. Who are you?"

"Not your business, human," Impmon snapped, pointing a finger angrily at her. Renamon answered for her, "This is Impmon. He's being a nuisance, right now. I thought you were supposed to be smart? Well be smart and let's talk another time."

"It's nice to meet you, Impmon," the other girl smiled, while Renamon's partner commented, "He seems kinda weak."

"Whoa! Cool! Another digimon! Is he a Deva, too?" a boy wearing glasses called out, joining them. Impmon was peeved now. Who were these kids and where did they keep coming from? It didn't help that the one with the visor commented, "He looks kinda shrimpy, though. I bet he's too weak to actually pack a punch like the big guy over there."

"I'll show you weak," Impmon snapped his fingers and produced a fireball. Without looking, he chucked it as hard as he could into the smoke, "BADABOOM!"

The small fire shot straight through and broke the fog apart, revealing a large digimon on the other side. Three large digimon, to be exact. Realizing too late how big of a mistake he'd made, Impmon cried, "OH, THAT IS TWENTY POUNDS OF NOPE IN A ONE POUND BAG! LATER TOOTS! I'M OUT!"

He retreated as fast as he could. He may have wanted to be stronger, but he wasn't stupid. He wasn't about to pick a fight with a digimon that big and strong. He didn't even look back as he retreated. If he was lucky, he could get away before they finished fighting each other.

Henry ran along as fast as he could, carrying Terriermon in one hand and Xiaochun in the other. For all her talk of wanting to come too, she became tired the moment she was down the block. And they had no time to lose! He was so busy running, that he didn't see the man around the corner until he bumped into him and fell on the ground. Thankfully, Terriermon and Xiaochun were okay but his cards were scattered everywhere. As he scrambled to get them together, he apologized, "I'm sorry, sir. Sorry, I was in a…rush…"

He looked up and saw the man was gone. He looked around and saw that he'd disappeared. There was no time to dwell on it. He finished gathering the last of his cards when Xiaochun offered him some, "Here, Henry! You dropped this!"

"Thanks," he said, trying to reorganize his deck and stuff it back into his pocket. He scooped up Terriermon and Xiaochun again, glad that bother Terriermon and Calumon were able to keep up their stuffed doll act. They had to hurry.

Vajramon couldn't believe the disrespect he was hearing. From a human no less. He growled, "I am Vajramon! Who are you to-"

The human had the audacity to interrupt him before he even finished, "-to know you. Hi there, Takato Matsuda. I think. Look, it's not important. I'm a Guardian and you guys are Devas. We did all this with the other Devas. Look, can we fast forward past the fighting and the angry growling, and just talk? For like a minute? Please?"

Vajramon leered into the smoke as it cleared and saw…a boy who was shorter than the rest of the human children present. He was possibly the shortest of the group, wearing a blue hoodie and some yellow goggles on his head. In spite of everything he saw, the human was standing there with his hands in the air in a mock form of surrender as he added, "There are no tricks, and you can tell I'm not anything resembling a threat. All I want to do is talk. If you guys will let me, that is. Or you could blow me away. And I don't have enough words to appreciate how much I don't want to be blown apart. It'd be a bad day for everyone."

Vajramon looked over his shoulder at Indramon and Pajiramon - Indramon didn't seem to care while Pajiramon was intrigued. The sheep digimon stepped forward, "And what did you want to talk about?"

"You're…um…Pandamon? No, that's not it…Pajamalamamon! No, that's not it either," the boy scratched his head, "Sorry, my head's all fuzzy. What's your name again?"

"Pajiramon," she replied calmly, as if talking to an old friend, "I presume you know us because of the other Devas. The ones who came before - Mihiramon, Sinduramon, and Sandiramon?"

"Yeah, that's right," he said starting to walk forward. Then that curious red dinosaur charged in to stand in front of him, growling at them threateningly. Vajramon readied his weapons in preparation for a fight but the dinosaur calmed down when Takato petted his head, "It's okay buddy. We're just talking."

"Are you sure?" the dinosaur asked uneasily, keeping a wary eye on the Devas. Still, he nodded, "If you say so Takatomon."

Vajramon lowered his axes while Pajiramon continued her talking, "Tell me, what happened to the others? They were sent here to find the catalyst. We've heard nothing from them since."

He noted the boy hesitate as he answered, "In order: we killed Mihiramon and Sandiramon, but we couldn't avoid it. Mihiramon tried to bring a building down in the middle of the city and Sandiramon wouldn't stop attacking us. Neither of them wanted to listen and one of them was trying to eat us. As for Sinduramon, he was more talkative and I really think I could've gotten through to him until he fell into a river. That was an accident by the way, we didn't do anything. If anything, it's kinda sad that he went that way."

Vajramon growled under his breath and felt his grip tighten around his axe. The humans killed the others! Worse, they were making excuses for it. Sinduramon falling into the river made sense, he always was a bold idiot. But Mihiramon and Sandiramon? That had to be intentional! They wouldn't fall to their deaths into water. No, they were murdered and this human was going to pay the price. All he wanted was an excuse now.

"BADABOOM!"

A small ball of fire shot through the smoke and struck him from the chest. It scratched his armor slightly, but he barely felt. He followed the fire's trail all the way back to the other side of the smoke and saw a small Impmon on the other side with a smug smile. As soon as they made eye contact, his smile vanished and he darted to run. This was just the excuse he wanted. This was a trick to take them off their guard. And it had failed. He raised his axe to attack when Takato asked, "Who was that?"

"He wasn't with you?" Pajiramon asked.

"Never seen him before," Takato shrugged, "I thought he was with you."

"Obviously not," Vajramon growled.

Pajiramon place a hand on his axes and guided them down, gesturing to him to stop, "Put those down, Vajramon. Perhaps we got off on the wrong hoof. Let us introduce ourselves: I am Pajiramon, this is Vajramon, and over there is Indramon. We're not interested in unwanted squabbles. All we want is to find the catalyst."

"Yes, we know. Why? Sinduramon gave us a small explanation but it wasn't much. Some old, unknowable evil. Might as well have said the enemy for as useful as that was," the Takato human answered quietly, "But you sent the catalyst here first. If this evil is so bad, why not use it first and then send it away to keep it safe? What exactly is going on in the Digital World?"

"Who are you for caring?" Pajiramon asked curiously, approaching the human child with arms folded. The Takato human frowned, "I already said, I'm a Guardian. Guardian of Destiny? Ancient? Sage of Data? Sentinel of History? Cyber Forebears? Any of this ringing a bell?"

"Yes, but which one?" Pajiramon asked again. Vajramon looked at her when she asked that question, unsure of what possessed her to ask. The human had just said so why was she asking? Pajiramon went on, "You look like a human child, but you talk like you're much older. And there's something else: a weariness in your eyes that I don't see among the other humans. So who are you?"

The human boy looked away for a moment, obviously pained by that question. Even the other human children who were present looked on with quiet curiosity, obvious wanting to know what his answer was. He sighed and said, "Oh come on, Pajiramon. I thought you were the smart one. Piece it together already!"

Pajiramon's eyes widened as she examined him more closely. Goggles, a blue hoodie, messy brown hair, and an annoying personality. It couldn't be. But it fit so well. Her silence made Vajramon asked, "What is it?"

She looked at him, still reeling from the realization, "Vajramon. He's-"

"OPEN FIRE!"

A hail of bullets fired at them.

"NO!" Takato shouted out, unable to say another word as Renamon appeared beside him. She grabbed the boy and Guilmon, then retreated away to safety, "Why do you two keep putting yourselves in dangerous situations?"

Takato wasn't paying attention to her, calling out, "Who did that? Who attacked!?"

She retreated back to an empty bus, setting them down beside the others and peering around the corner. Takato continued to panic, "Who's doing that?"

"It was those guys!" Kazu pointed out to a group of armed men in black combat gear firing rifles at the three large Devas. Above were a pair of helicopters circling around the digimon, firing guns from their sides that riddled the Devas with bullets. Takato clicked his tongue angrily, "Oh, now these guys show up. Okay, we need to end this quickly and stop anyone from killing each other. How do-"

"Are you kidding me?" Rika snapped at the boy, "We need to save our world and kick these guys out!"

"GUYS!" Henry shouted out, running up to them with a little girl holding Calumon. Kazu shouted, "Seriously? Did you just bring a little girl to this?"

"That little girl is my sister," Henry snapped back at them, taking cover with them behind the bus, "Guys, this is Xiaochun. Xiaochun, this is Takato, Guilmon, Rika, Renamon, Juri, Kazu, and Kenta."

"Henry, who are those guys? What's going on?" Xiaochun asked innocently, peeking out from behind the bus to see the armed men shooting at the devas. Henry pulled the girl back behind the bus, "Stay back, it's not safe. Okay, Calumon - you need to help our partners digivolve!"

"I don't think I can," Calumon shook fearfully, but Henry went on, "We've seen you do it before. You can do it again. But you need to do it now. If you don't, those people are going to get hurt. Those digimon are going to get hurt."

"Terra Blade!"

"Thunder Stomp!"

Vajramon and Pajiramon struck the ground hard enough to shake the soldiers onto their backs. Then Indramon charged them, throwing a few of them aside, "HUMANS! YOU DARE ATTACK US!?"

Seeing this caused Takato to panic further, "We can't just sit back and watch this happen. Calumon, you need to help us out now!"

"I can't," Calumon shook. Takato groaned in frustration and produced some smoke bombs from his bag, "Never mind. Plan C. Wing it."

"Plan C?" Rika scowled, "What was Plan B? Heck, what was Plan A!?"

His answer only annoyed her more, "Plan A was talk it out. Plan B was Calumon."

He dashed ahead with Guilmon, leaving them behind. Kazu asked, "I know we normally don't participate in these fights but does he usually just run in like that?"

"Usually? He does it all the damn time," Rika snapped, "Renamon, keep those idiots from getting hurt."

"Understood," Renamon cried out as she ran in after the two idiots, annoyed that she had been reduced to being their babysitter. Terriermon leapt up and announced, "I'm going to go help too!"

"Terriermon, wait!" Henry shouted after his partner. It only now seemed to register to his little sister that the situation was dangerous and she cried, "Terriermon? Oh no! Don't go Terriermon! You could get hurt!"

Terriermon wasn't listening to her anymore and ran in to attack. Henry couldn't blame his partner though - he'd been hesitant to let his partner into the fight before. But this time, his hesitation was because he didn't exactly have a plan on what Terriermon should do in this fight. He grabbed his deck and started shuffling through it quickly, trying to figure out what he could do to give his partner as much of a boost as he could.

He didn't need speed, he was too small to hit already. Power? These were devas. He could swipe this card three times and it wouldn't make much difference. WarGreymon's Brave Shield would definitely help. He could use it to protect himself - and make himself a giant walking target. Wait, he didn't have to use it to defend himself. And Indramon was getting awfully close to those soldiers. He called out, "Get ready Terriermon! Digimodify! WarGreymon's Brave Shield Activate!"

The large shield appeared in Terriermon's palms and he immediately tripped over its weight, "Henry! What am I supposed to do with this?"

"Throw it between Indramon and those soldiers! Nobody has to die!" Henry shouted. Terriermon nodded and spun in place, throwing it like a frisbee towards the street in front of the soldier Indramon was staring down. The shield slammed into the ground and dug into the asphalt. Indramon turned towards Terriermon, "Stay out of our way, little digimon, or we will end you."

"How about you pick on someone your own size?" Terriermon shouted back. His tune changed as soon as Indramon started walking his way and Terriermon to run, "I said someone your size! I'm not your size! Leave me alone!"

"Someone like me! Pyrosphere!" Guilmon roared, spitting out a ball of fire his way. The fireball bounced off the massive digimon's frame and he massaged where he was hit like it was nothing. Then he pressed on towards Guilmon. Finally coming to his senses enough to realize he was in trouble, Guilmon picked up Terriermon and fled from the massive digimon. Renamon took this chance to kick Indramon from behind and rain her attack down upon him, covering him in diamonds, "Diamond Storm!"

Indramon brushed off the attack like it was nothing and continued, bringing his massive arm down on Guilmon and Terriermon. The two digimon were sent flying through the air and rolled to a stop just in front of Xiaochun and Calumon. The little girl gasped in terror, and Henry tried to cover her eyes before she saw anything else, "Terriermon! Are you okay?"

"Yeah, did anyone get the number of that truck?" Terriermon whimpered from the pavement. At least he was still breathing but he needed to help his partner now. He stepped away and picked up Terriermon, and tried to stir Guilmon before the Indramon caught up to them. Thankfully, another smoke bomb went off around them - obscuring them and giving Kazu and Kenta a chance to run in, "What are you doing!?"

"We need to get them to safety!"

The two helped lift up Guilmon and began to carry him away, while Henry asked, "Where's Takato?"

"He ran at the sheep all by himself!" Kenta answered, "We have no idea what he was thinking!"

Henry looked off in the direction of the other two devas, trying to figure out what Takato was thinking. That guy was going to get himself killed! He looked over at Calumon, hoping that the little digimon would finally do whatever miracle he did before that made their partners digivolve to levels far above what they were. But they weren't going to put much distance between them as Indramn gained - forcing Renamon to put herself in the middle with her two scythes, "Leave them alone! I'm your opponent."

"Hmph. You're Vajramon's enemy, not mine," Indramon grunted, continuing on like nothing happened. Miffed at being ignored, Renamon charged at Indramon to go on the offensive. But her efforts were in vain against such a large opponent. There was no chance here. Just as Indramon caught up to them and they were sure they were going to bite it, Henry saw a flash of light from Xiaochun's direction.

Pajiramon worked in tandem with Vajramon to keep the attacking humans at bay and was annoyed that they kept using smoke to disappear before they could finish any of them off. The more smoke that went off, the harder it was to see until eventually the two Devas were forced to retreat back. Vajramon growled, "This is hardly the challenge I expected would defeat the others. Well, maybe Sandiramon. What do you think, Pajiramon?"

"I think we walked into a trick," Pajiramon scanned the fog until she saw a small boy standing there - the boy called Takato. She pointed at him, "You tricked us, didn't you? Using overtures of peace and talking to distract us."

"No, I swear this has nothing to do with me," Takato declared, gesturing to all the human soldiers, "I just wanted to talk, I have no idea who these others are. But you need to stop fighting. If all of you leave now, we can get to safety. This doesn't have to end violently, just please listen to me!"

"We're not listening to any thing else you have to say, human," Vajramon accused, "This ends now! RRRAARRGGHH!"

Vajramon charged forward at another set of humans with his axe drawn to attack. The human continued to plead, "Vajramon, please listen to me! This isn't-"

A bright flash of light from the side distracted his attention just long enough to make Vajramon stop midswing.

"Terriermon! Digivolve to! Gargomon!"

"Guilmon! Digivolve to! Growlmon!"

"Renamon! Digivolve to! Kyubimon!"

Right away, Pajiramon understood what had happened and her anger knew no bounds. Not only did the boy try to trick them, he also knew where the catalyst was! And if she were a betting deva, she would bet that this was why the other devas were dead now. Actually, this was a good thing. It meant that they could get what they need and retreat back to the Digital World before things went south. She shouted, "Vajramon, the catalyst! I'll deal with the liar."

"I'm not a liar!" the boy protested, "Just please, listen to me! PLEASE!"

Pajiramon's mind was made up and so was Vajramon. He ran to support Indramon while she rounded on the human boy, "I almost believed you, for a moment. I thought you might actually be him. The Digimon Tamer. But he would never stoop so low as to use tricks like you have."

The boy stared at her in silent disbelief, "You...really have no idea how wrong you are. In every sense of the word."

"PYRO BLASTER!" A blast of red fire shot through the smoke and struck Pajiramon from the side. The red dinosaur had digivolved and raced to help the boy, "Takatomon! Stay behind me!"

"No, get us out of here Growlmon," Takato shouted back. Growlmon scooped up the boy, taking care to mind his distance from Pajiramon. All the while, Takato pleaded, "Pajiramon please. I don't want any more digimon to get hurt. Just stop attacking and we can talk this out."

"I'm sure you told Mihiramon, Sinduramon, and Sandiramon the same thing before you ended them," she hissed back at him angrily. She charged after him and Growlmon took off at a run. The chase was afoot.

"Gargo Pellets!"

"Foxtail Inferno!"

The attacks hit their mark and sent Indramon sliding backwards. Both Kazu and Kenta cheered, joining Juri in popping smoke bombs at the large digimon to confuse it while Gargomon and Kyubimon ran circles around him. Without the ability to tell where the attacks were coming from, the digimon had no choice but to retreat back towards its ally. For a moment, it looked like they had the advantage. Until Vajramon turned to his side swinging his axe like a madman, "I know it's here! Where is the catalyst!"

Henry darted toward his little sister and Calumon; he needed to get them out of there before either digimon took notice of them, "Xiaochun! Run!"

"Henry! What's happening! I don't like this!" she whined, scared out of her mind as the situation got further and further out of control. Unfortunately, Vajramon took note of their attempted retreat and advanced on them, "Where are you going? We're not done here! Surrender the catalyst!"

"You're not going to, right?" Calumon pleaded. Henry pushed his little sister and Calumon ahead of him, ushering them to run, "No. Now run! Get as far away as you can!"

He turned to face the incoming Deva, shuffling through his deck to find a card that could save the day. But nothing. None of the cards he had were going to make much difference against deva. Gargomon started firing on the big guy to get his attention, but he was so fixated on Henry and Xiaochun that he didn't seem to care that the hail of bullets were raining on him. Kyubimon tried to come to their aid but was cut off by Indramon, "You're not going anywhere. You wanted to fight me. Well here I am!"

"Out of my way!" Kyubimon spat back at the deva angrily - hoping to end their fight quickly while Rika began swiping cards like crazy to give her an edge. Henry wished he could have that luck, or the sense to think that clearly in the heat of battle. But he fumbled his cards as he searched his deck and scrambled to pick them back up. That was when he found a single blue card hiding amongst them - one he hadn't seen before with the blocky drawing of a digimon on it. Wait, when did he get that card? That wasn't his card. When did...no, there wasn't time to think about it. It was a gamble, but it wasn't like he had any other options, "Digimodify! Activate!"

His digivice came to life with brilliant white light that shot out of its frame and arched on over to Gargomon. His partner rose into the air as the light absorbed him and his voice echoed out, "Gargomon! Digivolve to! Rapidmon!"

The light faded away to reveal a new digimon - something between a jester in metal armor and a rabbit armed with machines, clad entire in the color green. Two blue eyes poked out from inside his helmet marked by a single protruding horn. Henry felt a lump form in his throat from sheer awe of the his partner's Ultimate form. Xiaochun pointed at him, "Henry! Is that Terriermon? He's so cool!"

Henry was barely able to find the words to respond, watching as his partner slammed into Vajramon at top speed and aimed his arm cannons at his face, "Look at that! We're the same size now! RAPID FIRE!"

Vajramon howled in pain, Rapidmon's guns roaring like chainsaws as the bullets ripped apart his face. The brutality of it shocked Henry and he went to cover Xiaochun's eyes before she could see what he did. Once Rapidmon's bullets died down, Vajramon body took a step back to show a half missing face affixed in agony before he burst into data. As quickly as the data spread, Rapidmon went about absorbing the data in front of the other two devas who looked on in utter terror.

Then he saw the look of disapproval and sheer disgust on Takato's face as if he were trying to say something but couldn't bring himself to. He'd worry about that later. They'd just defeated Vajramon but there were still two more devas. And now that Vajramon was gone, they were definitely going to focus on Rapidmon.

"What should we do?" Indramon asked calmly, looking back at Pajiramon, "We're surrounded and they have the catalyst."

Pajiramon scowled at them - at him - and replied, "Retreat and regroup."

"Lick our wounds?" Indramon grunted until Pajiramon grabbed a hold of him, "We have no other choice. Now let's go you stubborn idiot!"

Before any of the others could act, a small fog enveloped the two digimon and they vanished as quickly as they came. He heard cheers coming from Kazu and Kenta, but his own heart pounding in his ears made it hard to find the positive in the situation. He turned to look for his sister, calling out for her, "Xiaochun, are you okay?"

"I'm okay," she replied quietly, "Henry, why did you do that?"

Henry looked away from his sister, unsure of how to answer that question to her. He didn't like it and he wished Rapidmon hadn't been so quick to kill the deva but the deva was certainly going to kill them. And talking had failed the moment those other guys showed up. He tried to calm himself by taking slow, deep breaths - stilling his mind and bringing him back to the present moment. Then he noticed something he wished he hadn't - his dad standing there at the end of the block, staring at them in wide eyed disbelief. He gulped, "Dad?"

Author's Notes: Henry's been caught by his father. What happens next for our child heroes? What are the Devas going to do next? Find out all this and more in the next chapter of The Tamer v2.0 - In His Name due out next Friday on June 21st due out at 5 PM CDT. If you loved it, let me knwo in the reviews section. And don't forget to follow and favorite the story to show support and keep up to date with the latest updates. Now let's look at previews for the next chapter!

He sighed as he scampered along until he felt something staring from behind him. He ignored it at first, hoping it would go away on its own as he continued moving. When it didn't, he decided to let it chase him into a trap. He would show it what happens to anyone stupid enough to follow him. As he came upon an open area with only a single light post, he turned and fired a single fireball into the trees, "Bada Boom!"

The fire ball hit the tree branch he was just on and set it aflame, forcing whoever was following him to leap out to safety. A strange monkey digimon wearing a fez, "That wasn't very polite, now was it?"

"You's the one who's bin followin' me," Impmon retorted angrily, "Who are ya!?"

"My dear little rookie, I am a Deva," the monkey announced with all the bombast of a clown. Impmon turned his head and asked, "Okay, what is that and why should I care? Some kinda musician with an ego? Also, what's with the stupid hat?"