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The Tamer v2.0: In His Name

Chapter 33: The Thing Below

While the others descended into the depths of the chasm, Kenta found himself left alone with Juri, Calumon, Tamerkato and Guilmon. All four of them were completely out of it - Juri was practically catatonic, Calumon was too busy panicking behind her back to notice anything going on around, and Guilmon was still out cold. Tamerkato was probably the only one who hadn't shut down mentally but he hadn't said or done anything since they got here. He may as well have shut down mentally since he just stayed by his partner and who was completely unconsciously. And he wasn't sure what he could to help any of them.

Kenta would've liked to not be in that position; to have gone down into the depths with the others, but knew that he'd probably only manage to slow the others down if he were there. After all, what did he have to contribute without a partner?

So he was stuck here, trying to think of something to say either of them. It was weird to try and talk to Juri - she was Takato's friend more than his. And Takato apparently wasn't even the real Takato. So what should he say to either of them? He scratched the back of his head - he may not be the real Takato but he'd spent the last year hanging around him. That was something at least. It beat trying to talk to Juri or the all mighty Sovereign digimon ho wrong around them.

"Hey Tak…Tamer," he began with his hands in his pocket, "How you holding up?"

"I'm sorry," he mumbled back quietly, not really looking back or talking to him. In fact, it seemed that he was talking to his partner Guilmon, "I let it happen again. I promised I never would again and instead it happened again. And I'm so sorry."

There was also a soft glow of warm light coming from Tamerkato - although Kenta wasn't really sure where it was coming from. He tried to peer over Tamerkato's shoulder to get a better look but the boy adjusted to keep it just out of view. He tried to peer over his shoulder again but the boy shifted once more to keep it out of sight. Tamerkato let out a small chuckle and added, "The worst part is you probably don't remember any of it, huh? Not the first time…not the second…"

Guilmon opened his eyes and quietly asked, "Remember what? Where are we anyway? Was I sleep walking again?"

"No buddy. It's my fault," Tamerkato answered, his chuckle replaced with a frown. He hugged his partner. Kenta was slightly relieve to see that they were alright. But what was that light? He wanted to ask but Tamerkato was really determined to not let any of them know he was a Guardian for whatever reason. Why all the sudden secrecy?

Azulongmon hovered over the crevice, surprised that he was going along with this absurd plan that the humans had come up with. Then again, he knew why he was going along with it. They couldn't wait for the Digimon Tamer to help them, they had no way of reaching the digidestined, and none of them actually knew how to use the Catalyst. This was as good a plan as any they could come up with. He just wished it wasn't so embarrassing for him.

The humans and their digimon were descending down the crevice atop their partners, intent to help Baihumon. With any luck, they'd either drive off whatever was down there or help to save their missing ally. Either way, hopefully the problem would resolve itself soon. He gazed down into the crevice, watching them descend and called down, "Are you okay?"

"It's kinda dark and there needs to be more light!" Kazu shouted back up.

A bolt of lightning shot up from within the depths of the crevice followed by another pillar of fire. Azulongmon moved out of its path and heard the kids below screaming in terror and protest as their flung around by his beard. After a moment of silence, Rika shouted, "Dammit Kazu! You just had to ask for light, didn't you!?"

"I didn't mean that kind of light. And seriously, stop shouting at me. You're making me look bad in front of Azulongmon! Also, what the hell was that?"

Rapidmon laughed, "I love your priorities! We're going into a part of the Digital World that even they're afraid to go to, with no idea what we're doing, and you're more worried about what his opinion of you."

"Are you kidding? Have you not seen the show? Or read the books? He's awesome!" Kazu fired back.

"Kazu, this isn't any of those things! This is real and you should take it seriously!" Henry added. Then Ryo, the boy who claimed to not be the Digimon Tamer, called out, "Focus guys! Whatever we're going to find down there scares the Sovereigns! How about we concentrate on that instead of arguing? Keep your eyes open down there!"

"I have no eyes. Just a hunger for battle," Cyberdramon growled.

"Yes, we noticed," Rapidmon pointed out.

"We should all be cautious," Taomon pointed out. Azulongmon began to reconsider his opinion that this group might be the hope that they're waiting for. No, everything would be fine. He just had to have faith in what destiny foretold. However, he'd known what reliance on destiny had done for those who came before. Should he have faith in it now?

Juri looked over from Tamer to Kenta to Guilmon...and felt nothing but useless. They probably didn't need her anymore. What use was she without a partner? What use was she when she couldn't keep a partner alive? This was her fault! It was all her fault.

Beelzemon lay unconscious just a few feet away. She wished he didn't. Being near him was a reminder of what happened. Being near Tamer was a reminder of what was. She hated it. Why'd she even come here? Everything she cared for died. She knew that for a fact. If she stuck around any longer, the others would die too. It's no wonder they were keeping their distance from her.

"Target acquired...scanning...status: indeterminate."

"Juri?" she heard Calumon whimper out quietly, "Are...are you okay?"

No she wasn't. She shouldn't be near Calumon either. He'd end up just like Leomon if she stuck around. Just like her mother. What was the point of her?

"Scanning for vulnerabilities."

Vulnerabilities? She was probably the queen of that for all the trouble she caused. Her partner Leomon. Her classmate Takato. Her mother! Everything she came close to died.

"Vulnerabilities found."

She didn't want to be found. She wanted to go away. To be anywhere that wasn't here. So that she wouldn't hurt her friends. So that the people she cared about would stop dying.

"Identifying insecurity type."

There was so much wrong with her.

"Identification complete. Preparing transfer."

Take her away. Be anywhere but here.

"Juri! Juri! Please listen to me!" Calumon pleaded, "Juri!"

Kenta looked over his shoulder at Calumon shouting in a panic while Juri sat there with her eyes fixed on the ground. Tamerkato didn't even seem to notice, his eyes still fixed on Guilmon. But Guilmon, friendly dinosaur that he was, scrambled to his feet and walked over to investigate, "Juri? Are you okay?"

"Transfer complete," she answered quietly. Guilmon sniffed her and began to growl. Now Tamerkato was paying attention to her and he was quick to jump on his partner, "Guilmon, stop."

Guilmon's growling turned into bared fangs and Tamerkato had to start pulling his partner back. When he didn't make much headway, Kenta hurried over to help, "Tamer! Don't tell me you're still mad or something! This is the last thing Juri needs."

"A little, but not as mad as I was before! I have no idea what's up with Guilmon," he answered, taking a few deep breaths to try and calm himself. However, Guilmon continued to growl and snap at Juri. His bare fangs turned into an open mouth snap and an attempt to actually bite Juri, something Tamerkato stopped by slapping his mouth shut. Despite the attempt at her, the poor girl barely even reacted. Somehow, she appeared unfazed by what Guilmon had done. She even seemed indifferent to the danger she was in. Calumon however was still freaking out, before finally hopping out of her arms and scrambling towards the sovereigns. Calumon's panicked frenzy caught Zhuqiaomon's attention and he turned his head angrily, "What's happening?"

"Guilmon's being difficult!" Tamerkato answered loudly. Zhuqiaomon glided over to them and examined the dinosaur, "YOU! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"

Guilmon let out another loud roar that Tamerkato had to slap his jaw shut again, "Sorry. When he gets likes this, he becomes wild. I'll get him under contro-WAAGH!"

Guilmon lunged at Juri with his mouth wide open, eyes focused solely on attacking her. He was only stopped when Calumon yelped, releasing a flash of light that blinded everyone. When the light faded, Guilmon crashed into the ground beside Juri, throwing Tamerkato off and sending both of them rolling along the ground.

Tamerkato scrambled to his feet before his partner could and Kenta joined him in trying to pin Guilmon to the ground, "Stop it Guilmon! What's gotten into you!? If you're hungry, I have bread in my bag!"

The digimon finally stopped struggling against them and repeated, "Bread? You have bread! Yay! I'm hungry!"

He leapt off them and helped Tamerkato up, mostly to go through his backpack better while he helped to himself to some food. Kenta took a moment to catch his breath before realizing Juri was still unmoving, staring down at the ground blankly. Then she jerked her head up to face him. Her eyes were somehow both vacant but staring with an uncharacteristic intensity that Kenta found chilling.

It was like a statue was staring at him and he hated it. He wanted to ask her to stop but was sure that she'd throw herself at him full force if he tried. So he sat there quietly, hoping that she would stop staring if he pretended to not notice. It didn't help. In fact, her continued staring became horrifying the longer it went on - like she was staring straight into his soul. She only stopped when Tamerkato helped lift her to a stand, "Juri! Are you okay? You're not hurt are you? I'm sorry. I have no idea what came over Guilmon. He's never done that before to anyone. Well, anyone who wasn't a digimon."

She jerked her head towards him next, and now it was Tamerkato's turn to be unsettled. Or should've been. He didn't even seem to notice anything was wrong with the way she was acting, instead droning on, "I swear, I'll make it up to you. I promise. Seriously though, you are okay right? The last thing I want on my conscious is to find out you've been hurt in some way."

"Are you all done? You're being loud and annoying. I'd smite you all if you weren't the best chance our world has at surviving at the moment," Zhuqiaomon asked. Tamerkato stepped away from Juri and shrugged, "I guess? Maybe he was hungry? I don't know."

Despite that, Calumon was still minding his distance with his big wide eyes brimming with tears. He approached Juri slowly, "Juri, are you okay?"

No answer. How could she be okay after everything they'd seen happen? Her partner killed, Tamerkato going into a blind rage that made her partner's killer powerless. And then he did something to Beelzemon. He didn't know but it broke the digimon mentally. Then Azulongmon comes along and blows Megidramon apart like it was nothing. On that note, he was impressed with how the rest of them were handling everything that had happened. This had been quite the day for everyone.

Tamerkato scooped up Calumon and stepped away from Juri, "Give her some space, Calumon. I think she wants to be alone right now."

Ryo leapt off his partner and dropped down to the ledge just below him. They'd gone down as far as their partners were carrying them and they were still nowhere near Baihumon or whatever he was fighting at the bottom. It must've been half a mile with how far above the light of the surface was; it was so far that the light barely reached this far down. If it weren't for the occasional flashes of lightning and fire, they wouldn't be able to see anything more than a few vague shadows moving in the dark. The flashes of lightning and fire were becoming more frequent too. Either they were getting closer to the source or the fighting was getting more intense. It was hard to say which of the two was worse.

Every one took a moment from that point to collect their thoughts and catch their breaths before they proceeded further down. Maybe it was just now sinking in how serious the situation was. Or maybe it was the nervous tension from not really knowing what they were about to go up against. Whichever it was, everyone was on the edge of their seat in anticipation.

They proceeded another mile, sticking as close to the sides as possible to avoid more arcs of lightning and blasts of fire. Not only that, but they also had to proceed single file as the crevice narrowed - likely from the fighting shifting loose earth and rock.

During those few gaps where there were no blasts of electricity or fire, they had to proceed in total darkness. They could only barely make out the light filtering in from the sky above and a soft red glow below. If hell were real, Ryo was sure that it was what awaited this far down. Maybe the devil was waiting to meet them?

"WHY WON'T YOU JUST STAY DEAD!? TAKE THIS! AND THIS! WE CAN DO THIS FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES! I HAVE ALL ETERNITY!"

"We're getting close guys," Kazu announced, craning his neck to get a better glimpse of what exactly was going on beneath them. Despite that, it was still too far down to properly see and Kazu's shifting made it harder for anyone else to see either. Then Rapidmon pointed out, "Normally I let Henry be the stick in the mud, but I think it deserves pointing out that its really tight down here. This is going to become really messy if we need to fight."

"THEN WE GO FIRST!" Cyberdramon roared proudly, descending faster than the rest. Ryo smacked his partner and protested, "No we don't! We still don't know what to expect down there. We could be flying down in the Digital World's biggest trap."

"THERE'S NO WHERE TO GO BUT DOWN, RYO," Cyberdramon protested grumpily, "AND I GET THE FIRST PUNCH IN ANY FIGHT!"

Ryo raised an eyebrow, "Are you kidding? We're not even the first ones into the fight! Look, just slow down! Let Taomon and Rika go first!"

"Hey! Don't go volunteering us!" Rika shouted back at them angrily. Taomon laughed, "It's not like you to turn down a chance at a fight."

Ryo realized how that sounded and quickly explained "I didn't mean it like that. It's because you can throw up a shield, Taomon. You go first because you can throw up a shield to protect us from whatever is down there if it attacks. I mean, you held back Megidramon without breaking a sweat."

"Yes, and he was defeated by a Sovereign in one hit. And now we're going up against something that can take a Sovereign no problem. What chance do you possibly think any shield I could create has?"

Ryo felt stupid for even suggesting his idea now but he still didn't really like the idea of going first. He sighed, "Yeah, good point."

"Then it's settled! Me first!" Cyberdramon roared. Ryo yelped as his partner suddenly descended faster into the depths until the faint red glow of light became as bright as day. Ryo was right, it was like descending into hell. The chasm opened into a large cavern whose walls were scarred from battle and looked ready to collapse on top of them at any moment. Just below them was a tiger like digimon wearing a blue helm and followed by orbs of light that fired flares of lightning at a moving mass of what looked like red gelatin. The gelatinous ooze would rise up to try and strike the tiger, before bursting and unleashing a blast of fire onto the unsuspecting digimon. The two traded blows but it was obvious the mass of ooze was winning, slowly driving the tiger Sovereign back with every passing moment. For all the Sovereigns efforts, it seemed all he could really do was slow whatever the thing beneath them was.

"That looks like our missing Sovereign. What's the plan guys?" Rapidmon asked.

"What else would the plan be? Attack!" Kazu shouted, slapping his partner's back and signaling him to charge ahead. Guardromon obliged and dove straight down into the battle. And was promptly struck by a stray blast of electricity from Baihumon. And Kazu, holding on to his completely metal partner, convulsed violently until the arc passed through - both falling towards the goop of red mass. Right away, Rapidmon and Cyberdramon flew down to save them - snatching them both and rising back into the air before either got too close to whatever that red thing was.

The mass seemed to sense how close they were and rose after them before it collapsed on itself. For a moment, it really seemed to be alive and aware of their presence because a pillar of fire shot at them. Right away, Taomon flew in front of them and drew a symbol in the air with her brush, "Talisman Spell!"

A sphere of green light appeared around them, blocking the blast of fire and finally drawing Baihumon's attention, "Who are you and why are you here? ARE THOSE HUMANS!?"

"Hiya! We came down here to help! Or we did until Kazu and Guardromon got knocked out by your electricity," Rapidmon explained, gesturing at the two unconscious members of their party. Baihumon's eyes narrowed and he grunted, "If you want to help, stay out of my way. This enemy requires my full attention. Now, where was-NO! CLOSE BUT NOT QUITE!"

A blast of fire shot out from the blob towards Baihumon, who narrowly avoided getting struck, and hit the cavern wall just above them. The cavern shook and loose rocks fell down on them, bouncing off the shield and continuing downward until it hit the blob below. At first, it seemed the rocks injured the red mass as it writhed in pain. At least, that's how it looked until the rocks burst into data. The data didn't even linger, sinking into the red mass below like it were a digimon absorbing the data.

Ryo supposed that made sense. Everything in the Digital World was made of data so, in theory, something could absorb the data left over from destroyed bits of the Digital World. But then what was that thing? It wasn't any kind of digimon he'd seen but it was absorbing the data no problem. And what did it mean for them since they weren't from the Digital World? Could it harm and absorb them? Who knows how much of the Digital World had already been eaten by this thing. More terrifically, what chance did they have?

Baihumon was unfazed and unleashed another torrent of electricity at the red mass, striking the creature. On closer inspection, the parts hit with the electricity dissipated but only briefly. As quick as Baihumon could put dents on its surface, the red mass would regrow and continue its advance upon them.

Cyberdramon grumbled, "Are we just going to sit here and watch, or are we going to fight back!?"

"Right, of course. Here we go," Taomon waved her hand and let shield dissipate. Terriermon hung back with the unconscious Guardromon and Kazu tucked under his arms, leaving Taomon and Cyberdramon to go on the offensive. Taomon opened by drawing a character in the air with her brush, "Let's go with this! Bon-Hitsu-Sen! Talisman of Light!"

The symbol flew towards the red mass below them and exploded in a violent blast of light. Cyberdramon followed up the attack with a beam of red light from his claws, "DESOLATION CLAW!"

The attacks hit their mark and the red blob appeared to retreat for all of a moment. The two digimon cheered excitedly, "Alright! We hurt it!"

"YOU FOOLS! YOU ONLY ANNOYED IT!" Baihumon roared back at them. Ryo wasn't sure what that meant. After all, their attack had hurt it. It barely scratched it, but damage was damage. And this thing was barely fighting back. As long as they stayed out of reach, defeating it would be no problem!

At least, that's what Ryo though until the red mass regurgitated a red bubble that floated up towards them. They moved aside and let it past, watching it bump into the cavernous ceiling. And on contact, both dissipated into data before being absorbed by the D-Reaper.

"Okay, avoid the bubbles. Got it," Ryo grumbled, trying to think of what he could do to counter this new attack. If it could even be called that. It was more like a burp or fart - that is to say, it was disgusting but seemed harmless.

"GUYS! WATCH OUT!" Rapidmon called out to them. Cyberdramon jolted to the side as they narrowly avoided another bubble belched out from the red mass beneath them. And then another bubble narrowly avoided them. Baihumon had gone from the standing his ground to a full retreat, ascending towards them and shouting, "There's too much. Run! Now!"

Cyberdramon jerked upward again, and Ryo held on for dear life as they retreated upward. Baihumon was the last one up the chasm after them as more rocks collapsed from the ceiling. Behind them, Ryo could see the sovereign firing as much electricity into his surroundings as possible to narrow the chasm behind him. But the bubbles continued their pursuit. In all his years traveling the Digital World, this was a first for him: running for his life from bubbles.

It would be funny if he didn't know his life was in some kind of mortal peril. If the fate of the Digital World wasn't in peril What exactly was his life right now? Or rather, what had his life become?

He glanced down once more to see the chasm narrowing behind them only to see it reopening as more bubbles destroyed the loose earth and stone raining down on top of. This thing, whatever it was, was eating threw the rock as fast as Baihumon could bury it. Even with the weight of the Digital World collapsing on top of it, it continued to advance upon them without slowing down. They had to do something though. If they didn't, this thing was going to escape. But their partners were already at the Ultimate level and that wasn't enough. And no amount of power ups were ever going to match a mega. So what else was there to do?

He would've looked through his cards but there was no way he could hold on to Cyberdramon and shuffle his deck at the same time. He'd just have to hold on and hope they got away before

"AAAHHH!"

Ryo glanced upwards and his eyes widened in terror, "RIKA!"

She was falling and Taomon was right behind her. He tried to grab her as she fell past him but she was too far away to be reached. So he watched, powerless as she fell downward towards the swarm of red blobs coming after them and hoping Taomon was fast enough.

It was a careless mistake. An accident. Rika's grip slipped as Taomon accelerated upwards and she fell downward towards the red mass. Ryo tried to grab her as she fell past but she couldn't reach. And his eyes widened in terror. She'd seen what that the blob could do to the Digital World. What chance did she have? None. That thing was going to kill her the moment she made contact.

Wind rushed past and her heart raced so fast that she could hear it in her ears. During that brief moment she was in free fall, she glanced upwards at Taomon diving down to save her. And a calm washed over her as she realized that her partner was gaining. She was going to make it. She trusted her partner. She would save her. They were partners. That was what they'd promised each other. She reached out to Taomon as the digimon got closer, knowing that they'd make it if they reached out just a little more. Her fingers brushed Taomon's fingers for a brief second and-

A blast of fire shot past them, loosing a rock that struck Taomon in the back. After everything they'd been through today, that strike was probably the last straw as she regressed back to Renamon. Now it didn't matter it Renamon caught her. She couldn't fly.

No, that wasn't true. She just had to believe in her partner. Renamon was still trying to save her. She hadn't given up. And neither would she. They outstretched their hands towards each other, brushing fingers a few times before they finally clasped on to each other. Right away, Rika felt a warmth inside of her she hadn't felt before. Her heart beat grew louder - her digivice began to glow.

"Biomerge Digivolution," It announced. And the light wrapped around her. Renamon's voice cried out, "Renamon! Biomerge to!"

She felt something warm wrap around her - enveloping her in golden armor and black leather. She felt a weight on the back of her head and in her arms - a metal staff and helm wrap around her, "Sakuyamon!"

Her head spun wildly as the world turned upside-down and corrected to right-side up. She felt light and like she was flying. It took her a moment longer to understand why - she was flying in the air. She was flying. In the air. How was that even possible?

"Are you okay, Rika?" Renamon's voice echoed. She looked around in search of her partner but found nothing, "Renamon?"

"I'm here Rika. Or rather, we're here," she answered. Rika looked around, "Where?"

"This is DNA Digivolution. Or Jogress. It's only ever been done between digimon. I never would've thought it could be done between human and digimon," Renamon's voice echoed inside her head, "It really is something different to have to be inside your head like this."

Inside her head. Renamon was inside her head, "Or maybe I'm inside yours."

"LOOK OUT!" Ryo's cry snapped her attention back to the swarm of rising bubbles. Almost as if on instinct, Rika felt her body propel itself upwards to the others. And that was when she noticed the staff she was holding in her hand. She had no idea where this staff came from. Taomon hadn't been holding one when they came down here and Renamon certainly didn't need one. It must've been a part of the digivolution - like Taomon's brush or Beelzemon's shotgun. Yeah, that's what it had to be.

But how to use it? She could only think to swing it and felt embarrassed by the fact that this was the kind of plan the goggle head would come up with. With a twirl, she tried beating back the encroaching bubble and watched a wave of light stream out from the base, "Amethyst Mandala!"

She didn't cry that out. But she did. Her voice acted on its own. Or maybe Renamon had forced it. Either way, the stream of light spread out and split amongst the various red blobs floating upward - shattering them like glass and weakening the structure of the crevice walls so that loose stone came tumbling down on top of any digimon unfortunate enough to be standing in the way.

Then silence.

Nothing else was coming up. But that wasn't going to hold them for long. Eventually, they would just eat their way through and they'd be back in the same problem all over again. They needed to get back to the rest of them and explain what just happened. The whole trip up, she tried her best to ignore the fact that the others were staring at her - but she knew why. She'd done the impossible. She had become one with her partner and become Sakuyamon.

"Renamon?" she thought quietly, "Can you hear me?"

"Yes, although this is going to take some getting used to. It's…different, having to share a mind and body," Renamon's voice echoed. What did that mean? Sure, they shared a body but they weren't sharing a mind. Were they? The more she thought on it, the more confusing it became. She tried to recall something only Renamon would but it made her head hurt.

Like the time she was traveling alone in the desert zone after a group of Chrysalimon ganged up on her. Wait, that didn't happen. Did it?

This was more confusing than the time she'd gotten herself wrapped into a marriage ceremony with a WereGarurumon. Wait, that definitely didn't happen.

"Are you alright?" Renamon's voice echoed. Rika tried to shake the dizzying headache but it was hard to focus on anything, "I think so? I keep remembering things that didn't happen."

"They did happen Rika. Because those are my memories. You can see into my mind. As I can see into yours. I can see Ryo is very important to you. Before me, he was your only friend. Or at least, the one person you saw as a friend," Renamon answered quietly. That revelation gave her pause as she realized that her mind was an open book to her partner. But if anyone should know her deepest darkest secrets, who better than her partner Renamon? Then she gasped, "Wait! You never told me you were going to get married!"

"You never asked. Besides, what would it have mattered if I had? I thought that kind of thing didn't even matter to you?"

If she was at all capable of blushing like this, she really hoped it wasn't obvious as she averted her attention away from the others. She was just glad no one could hear what she was thinking right now. The last thing she wanted was for any of them to be able to see how much of an open book she was. At least, until she noticed Ryo staring at her again, "What?"

"Sorry, just…taking in everything that's happened today," he replied sheepishly, scratching the back of his head anxiously, "I'm glad you're alright, Rika. Er, Sakuyamon. Come on, we should get these guys back up to the surface of the Digital World before things go crazy again."

Rika nodded. Or rather, Sakuyamon nodded. It was hard to think of herself as being one of two people. Or for her to be sharing a body with her partner Renamon. It wasn't a bad thing, it just...felt different. Or rather, it didn't feel different.

"You know I can hear your thoughts, right?" Renamon's voice echoed in her mind. Rika forgot that they were also sharing a mind now, "So does that mean you know I'm wondering when you were going to get married?"

"Why? Curious?" Renamon asked.

"You know the answer."

"Well then, let me start at the beginning..."

Author's Notes: Their first encounter with the thing ends with defeat, but they've awoken a new form of digivolution! Will this tip the odds in their favor? Can they defeat the nameless monster from the abyss below? And will Juri snap out of her stupor? Find out all this and more in the next chapter of The Tamer v2.0 due out in three weeks on Friday December 27th at 8 PM CST. If you loved it, let me know in the reviews section! I also welcome constructive criticism and speculation on future chapter! And hey, if you liked it, then how about favoriting the story to show support and following to keep up with all the latest updates? That's all I have for now, so let's look at some previews for the next chapter!

The giant rabbit Deva Antylamon turned her head to the side and announced, "There's an intruder in the eastern sector."

"Are you sure?" Zhuqiaomon asked. The other sovereigns and Devas all looked in the same direction, inspecting the horizon for whatever caught Antylamon's attention. After a moment, the flat faced dog declared, "I sense nothing."

"I hear it," Antylamon's ears perked up, perking up on her head towards the different directions, "I'll go investigate."