The guard team took turns to patrol the area. Hirokazu and Guardromon strode around like vigilant soldiers. Juri chatted with Culumon near the Sovereigns while Shaochung, Mako and their digimon huddled together seemly discussing which cards would be effective in battle. There was no sign of any evil digimon but an uneasy feeling passed through them all. It was like the calm before the storm, only the storm arrived in an unexpected way.
Dark grey clouds swirled in the sky. All of them stood together with three tamers clutching their digimon cards, one holding onto the digivice and another with Culumon. Lightning streaked here and there before a figure slowly descended. A look of surprise and shock flashed across their face as Qinglongmon floated above them.
"Qinglongmon," barked Zhuqiamon, the first to speak up. "Where have you been?"
The old blue dragon glanced at the tamers to the two sovereigns before replying. "I was...investigating. It would seem our worst fears might come true. The enemy from the past is almost back."
"What do you mean?"asked Takato.
"No, it can't be!" growled Zhuqiamon. "H-he... surely was..."
"I know. But he is back. Rather, it would seem he will come back if we don't do something," said Qinglongmon.
"Then you mean to say that our worst fears have arisen yet again," added Xuanwumon. "Does that mean that...?"
"Yes, it will. We have no choice," added Qinglongmon, solemnly.
"What are you talking about? Who's coming back?" asked Hirokazu.
The three holy beasts silently gazed at each other before the blue dragon spoke up. "We didn't think this enemy would come back for he was seemingly defeated a long time ago. But it would seem that is not so. "
"Can you get to the point?" yelled Hirokazu, impatiently.
"Hirokazu, stop," said Takato. The teen with the visor shut up instantly.
"The enemy we are talking about is related to the prophecy that you all heard. He is the one who transcends time."
"Transcends time? Is something like that even possible?" asked Juri.
"Even us holy beasts cannot. However, you could say this digimon is special. In one of the other worlds, we thought we put an end to this evil creature with help of the chosen children..."
"The chosen children..." whispered Takato. Whoever they were, they seemed to be quite similar to the tamers.
"We had confirmed back then, that the digimon had indeed been vanquished. However, the current uneasiness is no doubt because of him. As I wandered through the digital world, I happened to come across an anomaly area. This place was gloomy and desolate with but a large mountain.
I circled around the place and tried to go in, but some force stopped me. Then a dark beam hit me and felt my energy being drained. With the little power I had left, I managed to create a barrier around myself. Just before the last bit of my energy disappeared, I caught sight of the digimon that had caused this. It wasn't just one but 4 of them. Shockingly, they were all devimon but of different attributes."
"What? Devimon?" cried Takato."And with different attributes you say?"
"Yes. But they weren't normal. In fact, they were more powerful. Almost like they were perfect level (ultimates)," added Qinglongmon.
"That's preposterous! There's no way something like that can happen while we are around!" cried the phoenix.
"Well it has. And unfortunately Baihumon has been caught. They have enshrined him in some kind of closure which even I am unable to break through. They were about to trap me as well however I managed to escape. Since then I have been in hiding, to restore my lost energy," ended Qinglongmon. Hirokazu tried to picture a place where the huge blue dragon digimon could have hidden. Hilarious hiding spots popped up inside his head with the said dragon. He quickly stifled his laughter at the images.
"What could be these Devimons' objective? Surely, it isn't as simple as capturing the 4 Sovereigns," asked Juri.
"You're right. It doesn't make sense. Besides, the sovereigns are much stronger than them... unless... unless they have some sort of special device or power. If so, then we need to find out the source," said Takato.
"Here's what I think. It's also quite possible that the Devimons wanna capture the holy beast to help revive this time traveller of a digimon," said Hirokazu, proudly. The other gaped at him in shock. "What?"
"N-Nothing. Just surprised that you thought that far, Hirokazu," stated Takato.
"Hey, don't underestimate me! I can be a pretty good detective, ya' know?"
"Yeah and I'll be your sidekick, Hirokazu," chimed in Guardromon. The two shared a smile.
"So... what should we do? Do we protect the sovereign or find the source of the Devimons power? asked Mako.
"We're gonna have split into yet another group, won't we? One to find the source and another protect them," said Shaochung, pointing to the four holy beasts.
"We don't need protection from the likes of you! We can handle ourselves quite well!" growled Zhuqiamon, scaring the elementary schooler. She hid behind Mako, who blushed.
"For now, let's wait for Jian and the others. I'll message them about Qinglongmon's return." He typed out a message and sent it. "Wonder if they found something…..Ah! Before I forget, who is this digimon, the one who goes beyond time?"
"The digimon is..." started Qinglongmon, but he was interrupted by the appearance of three dark glowing digimon.
A/N: Yes, yes. You all more or less know who this 'time traveler' of a digimon is. Let me know what you felt about this chapter.