Man, I just cranked this one out fast. Maybe it's because I really want to get to the Kaiser revealed chapter.

Well, shoutout to retro mania for the fave and follow. Sorry again, I can't really write your story. A Hikari is with the gang at the start of the adventure story I'd really love to see.

And of course the reviews by GreenD109, DigimonAT0318, and MadDogLucario96, thanks. By the way, Green, I'm aware of Yu-Gi-Oh, but I really don't know who's voice would be Osamu's. I guess maybe Romi Park because she voiced him in the few lines he had. As for English, Lucario suggested Todd Haberkorn but he didn't start voice acting until 2004. Does Steve Blum do a good teenager voice without sounding like a lot of his deep voice characters?

Eh, I've rambled on long enough. Here's the next chapter... which I have edited while listening to the 'Victory Celebration' from Return of the Jedi. Yub Nub! Eee Chop Yub Nub!

Chapter 7: Chilling Reception! MetalSealmon!

Odaiba Middle School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. April 17th, 2002. 1102 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

I hate to say it, but I rather be out in the Digital World attacked by controlled Digimon then one more minute of this boring algebra lecture. Something clearly must be wrong with me if I'm saying that. The good news was that now we have a strategy about fighting this war against the Digimon Kaiser. For the past two days, we had begun to knock down a few towers but the Kaiser would build new ones elsewhere so we were in a slight stalemate.

The overall objective would be a two pronged attack. We or rather mostly me, actually kinda of based it off the Imperial German Army of the spring of 1918. The New Breed would go attack a tower and take it down. They would be our sturmtruppen which historically broke through many of the trenches during the grand spring offensive of the last year of the Great War. Meanwhile, us older kids, or rather the Old Breed, would then come in, act like the regular army and fill the gaps by holding the areas that the New Breed liberated. If we could contain the Kaiser's advance and prevent him from conquering new areas, then we could push him out of the Digital World once and for all.

Still, there were some issues with the plan. First, it meant that our Digimon would soon find themselves guarding more and more areas and greatly extending their reach. Second, we weren't exactly at full force. While some of our Digimon could Armor-Evolve now and deal with the Kaiser's evolution jamming, we were still short two members. The problem was that no one really had much of an idea where Gomamon or Palmon were, and that was what was concerning. Thankfully, today, one of those questions would partly be answered.

Digital World. April 17th, 2002. 1257 Hours.
P.O.V. – Third Person

It was a terrible blizzard that was affecting the area in the far north of the Digital World. The Kaiser had just recently conquered the area and was now in the process of constructing a new prison. The Digimon being used as slave labor in the area were many of the amphibious Gizamon that lived in the waters around the area. One of the Gizamon got tired but the Kaiser swatted him with his whip as he continued to watch the work unfold.

"Here… it's cold. Please put on the jacket." Monodramon walked up holding a large brown winter coat.
"Don't bother me!" The Kaiser simply just kicked him away as another Gizamon fell over in exhaustion. The Kaiser cracked his whip once more. "Get up already! You're all so slow!" He kept up the whipping until it was suddenly grabbed by Gomamon who jumped out in front of the Gizamon.
"Stop!" Gomamon shouted. The Kaiser was taken aback by the fact that a Digimon like him was actually defying him. "They're all tired! Besides, the Gizamon can't move well on land!"
"Why you… I don't need you telling me about Digimon!" He pulled on the whip and freed it from Gomamon's grasp before he stuck him with it. "I'll punish anyone who rebels against me in any way. Hey! Whoever takes him down will get to rest!"

Gomamon got back up and was suddenly shocked to see every single one of the Gizamon now staring him down. The sheer promise and the exhausting work they had been through was enough for the Digimon to turn on the seal Digimon that tried to protect them.
"No! Stop!" Gomamon cried but it was too late. The Gizamon rolled themselves up in their Spiral Edge attack and begun hitting Gomamon repeatedly before he was knocked to the ground.
"Heh… just a big talker." The Kaiser looked over the defeated Digimon.
"So you'll let those who defeated him rest, right?" reminded Monodramon.
"No." The Kaiser snapped his fingers and a wave of Evil Rings flew out and captured all of the Gizamon, enslaving them. The Kaiser chuckled. "It's easier now, isn't it? The prison in this area is almost complete! Pick up the pace and get it done!" The Gizamon mindlessly obeyed the command they were given and went back to work.

The Kaiser began to walk away when Monodramon looked back to Gomamon.
"What about Gomamon?" He asked.
"What about him? Leave him." The Kaiser coldly stated as he kept walking away. Monodramon grabbed the coat and placed it on Gomamon before rejoining the Kaiser. Gomamon regained consciousness and saw that he was now all alone. He knew he couldn't leave those Gizamon alone but he was too weak to do anything right now. He gathered all of his strength and crawled up a hill to a nearby forest when he found a TV lying in the snow.
"Jou…" He muttered before he fell back into an unconscious state.

Back at Jou's high school, his Digivice began to beep the emergency signal like the others had before.
"Gomamon?" He questioned with slight worry in his voice.
"I heard we'll have a quiz today…"
"For real? Man…" Two of Jou's classmates were complaining about their next class. "Hey, Jou…"
"I'm skipping class today! Later!" Jou informed as he ran off. He was first going to get somethings before he'd go to the elementary school. All the while, Jou's classmates were completely dumbfounded.
"Jou skipping class?"
"Must be something serious?"
"That or that test scares even him."
"If that's the case, we're so dead."

Odaiba Elementary School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. April 17th, 2002. 1445 Hours.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

As soon as class was let out, I was running towards the computer lab like I was on fire. Today was another day to stick it to the Digimon Kaiser and I didn't want to miss this. As I was running, I noticed Iori up ahead walking down the stairs.
"Huh? Iori…"
"Daisuke-san, what is it?"
"Don't 'what is it' me… you're going home?"
"I have practice today, for kendo."
"Hey… the Digital World is in big trouble and you're shirking off your duties!"
"Once a week, I train at the police dojo with my grandfather. Goodbye." He bowed before he turned away and walked out.

"What's wrong, Daisuke-kun?" I turned to see Hikari right next to me, which perked me up.
"Hikari-chan! You're going to the computer room, right?"
"Yeah, of course."
"Well, if Hikari-chan's coming, I don't care about the others…" I muttered under my breath. "Actually, it's better when no one's around…"
"Huh?"
"Ah, nothin' nothin' nothin'! C'mon, let's go!"

We got to the computer lab and my heart sank as I saw that Miyako and Takeru were already here.
"I can't win…" I mumbled in disappointment.
"What's wrong?" Hikari asked.
"We got an SOS signal from the Digital World." Takeru explained. Both Hikari and I ran up to the computer screen. "Must be one of our friends."
"And… the signal is coming from a black area." Miyako informed. "Far from any region we've been to before."
"Does that mean that the Digimon Kaiser's controlled area has expanded?" Hikari wondered.
"I wonder if a new tower was built." Patamon spoke up.
"That's possible." Tailmon agreed with him.
"That Digimon Kaiser… taking over those faraway places…" I growled.
"Even as we speak…" Hikari looked truly sorrowful about what was going on. She takes this much harder than any of us do.

"Hey, sorry I'm late. Got held up by some fan girls out in Tamachi…" Ken apologized as he walked into the lab before opening his bag and letting Wormmon out. Ken was leaving his last class early and riding his bike out here in order to try and help us every day. Of course, most teachers wouldn't allow that, but I guess when you're a genius you get some special privileges.
"It's okay, Ken-kun." Takeru said.
"Alright, now that we're all here, let's go to the Digital World!" I declared.
"All? Iori's not here, dagyaa!" Upamon complained while bouncing on one of the chairs.
"He's not coming." I told him. Upamon looked sad when I told him that.
"Why, dagyaa?"
"He's got kendo lessons."
"What's kendo, dagyaa?" I grabbed a rolled up magazine and started to hit him.
"Men! Dou! Kote!" I called out the parts of a kendo suit that are named when striking.
"Why'd you hit me, dagyaa!?"
"Because that's kendo."

Odaiba Police Dojo, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. April 17th, 2002. 1459 Hours.
P.O.V. – Iori Hida

My grandfather, Chikara, and I got right to work immediately. Thankfully, the dojo is only a block away from the school, and I'm pretty fast on getting my gear on. I was panting as Grandfather was putting me through quite the workout today. I was staring him down before my vision was filled with Upamon looking sad as I suddenly thought about him. I accidently stepped forward and Grandfather took advantage of my mistake and struck me in the head with the Shinai.
"Men!" He shouted as he won the fight.

A few minutes later, we discarded our gear and were relaxing from the fight.
"What's the matter, Iori? You seem to lack focus today." Grandfather noticed.
"I apologize, Grandfather."
"Is something bothering you? Is there a girl you like?"
"There isn't!" I was quick to defend.
"Iori. You and your sword are too rigid. Your father, Hiroki, was the same way… Let's take a break." He sat back down and begun to dig through a grocery bag he had on the floor. "Iori, would you like… some Chu-Chu too?" He had a strange look on his face when he said that. "Ah, when I say that, I mean this." He pulled out a packet of Chu-Chu jelly.

I suddenly felt pretty guilty about leaving Upamon behind. Grandfather soon noticed my stern look.
"What's the matter?" He asked.
"Grandfather, may we end the lesson for today?"
"Hmm?"
"I find it hard to leave in the middle of the lesson, but…"
"Go. Only you can decide what you must do at any given moment. And you must be true to yourself." I always took Grandfather's wisdom to heart and once more, he gave me some good life advice.
"Yes! Please tell Mother I'll be late." I gathered my stuff and headed out back to the school but respectfully bowed before I left.

P.O.V. – Jou Kido

I probably grabbed too many things, but when it comes to the Digital World, I'd rather be safe than sorry.
"Ah! I knew Iori would come, dagyaa!" I heard a voice cry from the other side of the door.
"Those aren't Iori's footsteps! Hide, everyone!" I opened up the door to see Takeru and Hikari along with the other kids running around with the Digimon trying to hide.
"Jou-san!" Takeru and Hikari shouted in relief, thankful it was me and not a normal person.
"H-Hey!" I said as I walked up to them. "I heard about it, but it's kind of weird to see Digimon here. At least, not like the last time." I recalled our fight with Vamdemon.
"Guys, this is Kido Jou!" Takeru introduced me.
"Eeh? That's him?" The spiky haired boy questioned. I'm guessing that was Daisuke. "Nice to meet you!"
"He looks like the type to get really good grades!" The girl, Miyako I assume, exclaimed as she squeezed her poor Digimon in her arms.
"Very glad to meet you, Jou-senpai." Ken Ichijouji bowed. That was a surprising e-mail to receive the other day that said that one of the Boy Geniuses of Tamachi was a Chosen Child.
"Jou-san, these are Motomiya Daisuke, Ichijouji Ken, and Inoue Miyako." Hikari properly introduced the others.

"We just received an SOS signal from the Digital World." Takeru told me.
"It's from Gomamon." I replied.
"So your Digivice reacted too?"
"Snacks? Snacks?" The little blue lizard Digimon was pawing at my bag. I had to lift it up just to prevent him from eating them.
"Aah, we'll eat these over there!"
"Over there?"
"You're coming with us to the Digital World?" Hikari asked.
"I'm worried about Gomamon…" Takeru held up his new Digivice.
"With these new Digivices of ours, we can open a gate to the Digital World."
"I know, Koushiro has been keeping me well informed about everything. I actually kinda look forward to whatever exploits you guys do every night."

"I'll open the gate then." Miyako walked over to the computer.
"Okay!" Daisuke nodded and they held their Digivices up to the screen.
"I'm sorry!" The door slid open and we turned to see a younger kid in the doorway. I'm guessing this was young Iori.
"Iori, you're late, dagyaa!" The small pale colored Digimon shouted. "I was going to the Digital World by myself, dagyaa!" Iori soon noticed me.
"Kido-san, right? I am Hida-"
"Hey, the gate is open!" interrupted Daisuke.
"Chosen Children… let's roll!" Miyako exclaimed as we all went to the Digital World.

The cold hit us all like a brick through a window. I looked to see my clothes had changed like Koushiro had explained. Just my luck though, my outfit had to be completely ill-suited to the cold. I was wearing a white shirt with a black vest over it with some cargo shorts and grey sneakers.
"It's freezing… what's with this place?" complained Daisuke. "Hikari-chan, are you alright?"
"Yeah."
"Hey, I found a coat! Here, Ken-chan, you look cold." The worm Digimon walked over to his partner.
"Thanks, Wormmon, but I think Jou-senpai could use it more than me." Ken grabbed the coat and handed it to me. I nodded in thanks as I put it on before I begun to dig in my bag.
"Um… my introduction was cut short earlier." Iori walked up. "I am Hida-"
"Hey, now's not the time for introductions!" Daisuke interrupted him again. I soon found what I was looking for in my bag.
"Everyone, these may help." I handed everyone the heating pads that I had bought.
"As expected from Jou-san, always prepared!" Takeru said.

I looked forward into the icy fields and felt worried.
"Where could Gomamon be…" I wondered.
"I'm still freezing…" Miyako muttered. She then dropped her heating pad by accident. "Aw, man… Ah! Jou-san!" I turned around and looked into the spot she was looking and saw a closed eyelid. I knew who that was in a heartbeat.
"Gomamon!" We proceeded to dig him out of the snow and I bundled him up in the coat that we found. "Gomamon! Gomamon!" Gods, he looks terrible, what with being covered in all those cuts and bruises. He finally started to twitch before he slowly opened his eyes.
"Jou…?"
"Hang in there!"
"You came…"
"Of course! Even though we're apart, I'm worried about you…"
"Tentomon told me I'd be able to contact you using the TV…"
"Yeah. I got your signal."

"Even if I sent an SOS, Iori wouldn't come, dagyaa…" The yellow armadillo who was Iori's partner sounded upset.
"Why are you pouting, Armadimon?" Tailmon asked.
"What happened…? You're hurt badly…" I questioned as I slowly rubbed Gomamon's head. I felt terrible; Damn it all, I should've been here sooner!
"That guy… that Digimon Kaiser!" Gomamon slowly looked more determined, like he was starting to get his strength back.
"So there's another tower here…" Daisuke noticed the black obelisk in the distance.
"What?" I asked.
"It's a tower built by the Digimon Kaiser." Hikari explained.
"In the areas with towers, the Digimon Kaiser enslaves the Digimon using the Evil Rings." Takeru continued.
"And evolution is impossible…"
"Unless of course we knock it down, then the evolving is possible and the Digimon captured go free." Ken added.
"Dammit! We'll take it down!" growled Daisuke.

"The only problem is… we have to cross this snow field to get there." Hikari worried.
"It will be tough to get across…" Takeru nodded.
"Did you bring any skis or skates?" Miyako asked.
"I didn't go that far…" I chuckled. If I had known we'd be coming here, I definitely would've bought those.
"Jou-san, do you have rope?" Daisuke called out from nearby the trees. Oh, now I think I know what his plan is.

Our Digimon proceeded to cut down some of the trees. Our plan was to build ourselves a sled that we'd pull along the snow and get across the field. Building a sled was making me kind of nostalgic of the old days when we built a raft to get to Server Continent. Hopefully, we won't get eaten by a giant mammal on the way to the tower.
"Alright, it's done!" Daisuke wiped the sweat from his brow.
"This should be fast!" Miyako believed.
"Okay guys, we're counting on you!" The Digimon would pull the sled like artic huskies.
"Anything to destroy that tower!" Armadimon said.
"Armadimon, I'm counting on you." Iori told him. Armadimon said nothing but turned his head away from Iori. We all hopped on and got ready to head out.
"Here we go!" Daisuke yelled.
"Right!" The Digimon cried as they began to move.

We were suddenly making great distances on the sled as the tower was getting closer and closer.
"It's really fast!" Miyako exclaimed. However, as we should've assumed that our journey to the tower was going to be anything but easy as over the hill we soon saw a whole line of Yukidarumon. "Are those snowmen? There's so many of them, how cute!"
"Uh, Miyako-san? You may wanna look closer!" Ken pointed out that all of them had a strange black band around their legs… an Evil Ring; which meant they were all being controlled.
"Get them!" We heard a voice yell out over the air. The Kaiser must be here watching us, that's the only explanation.
"Yukidarumon!" I cried. "Peaceful snow Digimon but get them upset and their Zettai Reido Punch will freeze you to death!" They launched their attacks and our Digimon had to pull the sled out of the way just to keep us from being hit. One blast blew up some snow that pelted Daisuke.
"You little…" He grumbled.

"Let's try to speed past them!" I suggested.
"Speed past?" Daisuke questioned.
"Our goal is to take down the tower, it's better to keep going that fight!"
"Right, got it!"
"Guys, keep it up!" Takeru ordered our Digimon to keep going while I held Gomamon even closer. The last thing he needs right now is more injuries.
"Okay!" The Digimon answered. We dodged more attacks before we finally reached the line and went past them.
"Too slow…" "Piece of cake!" Daisuke and Miyako cheered. The Yukidarumon shot their attacks past our heads.
"Where are you aiming?" Daisuke questioned.
"Those hills ahead of us! TURN! TURN! TURN!" Ken screamed as an avalanche of snow was heading right for us!

Our Digimon turned in time but we were going off course now. We now were about to fall down a large ravine that was ahead of us.
"Jump!" Daisuke ordered. Our Digimon jumped and we got over the ravine, though barely. They had to scramble to keep us from falling as we didn't fully clear it. We breathed a sigh of relief before we now had the icy ocean in front of us and had to turn again. We turned too hard and were thrown off the raft and poor Iori was thrown clear off of it into the freezing waters below.
"Leave it to me!" Gomamon jumped out of my arms and quickly rescued Iori before the cold water could hurt him anymore.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

I don't think I've ever been in water that cold before in my entire life. I'm certainly glad that Gomamon quickly rescued me and that all I have to worry about is cold and wet clothes rather than some serious damage like frostbite or hypothermia. I sat close to the fire that we had set up in a cave we found near the water with the coat we found bundled over me.
"Iori…" Armadimon looked worried for me, much different from his attitude earlier. I'm sure he was probably resentful that I had chosen my kendo lessons over him. I'm going to have to fix that. Maybe I'll take him with me next time, so long as he acts like a stuffed animal. Wouldn't want Grandfather hitting him in the head with a Shinai.

"You should take some cold medicine." Jou offered me a glass.
"Yes, thanks…" I accepted his offer.
"Senpai, you're really prepared!" Miyako was impressed.
"What now…? Iori-kun shouldn't move like this…" Hikari observed.
"The rest of us will go!" determined Takeru. The others nodded.
"I'll stay and look after Iori-kun." Jou said.
"We leave it to you."
"I'm going too!" I quickly got up. "I left my lesson… if I don't go, I wouldn't be able to face my grandfather!" I explained.
"If you come with us, there's a chance you might not be able to face him at all. You're in no condition to go out there right now, Iori-kun." Ken tried to stop me for probably doing something drastic.

"Let's leave this to them…" Jou told me.
"Right, dagyaa! Iori, your health is more important, dagyaa." Armadimon tried to console me. I felt really touched by his sheer determination to watch out for me.
"Armadimon… Okay, I'll wait here!" I finally agreed.
"Leave it to us. We'll tear that tower apart!" Daisuke promised as they headed back outside onto the sled and towards the tower.

"Are you okay?" Jou asked once more.
"I'm sorry." I apologized.
"Iori, sorry about earlier…" Now it was Armadimon's turn for apologizing. "I didn't know you left your kendo lesson."
"Armadimon, it's okay. I wanted to come."
"I ditched a practice test at school today, too." admitted Jou. "But I don't mind, because I wanted to come. They call us the Chosen Children, but actually, we're the ones choosing… what we should do and what we want to do."
"Jou-san…"

Our conversation was interrupted when the whole cave began to rock.
"Wh-what the!?" Jou exclaimed. We ran outside the cave and waiting right there for us was the Kaiser and a large shell-wearing mollusk Digimon.
"I hope you don't think you can get away from me." He told us. Jou turned his attention back to the tower and noticed it was still up.
"Gomamon… we have to keep Shellmon busy until Takeru-kun and the rest destroy the tower. I know you're hurt, but I need you to prolong the battle as long as you can." Jou whispered.
"Got it!" Gomamon jumped out of his arms and walked up to the large Digimon. "Hey, Shellmon! Over here!" Shellmon tried to stomp him but he jumped back out of the way.
"Takeru-kun, Hikari-chan, hurry up and get that tower…!" Jou thought.

Gomamon dodged a few more stomps but we were still getting nowhere.
"Keep it up, Gomamon!" Jou called out.
"Oh, enough of this. Shellmon!" The Kaiser ordered and the Shellmon fired a large torrent of water at us.
"Run!" Jou ordered and we fell back into the cave. Shellmon directed his fire to the entrance of the cave and caused a cave-in that trapped us in the cave.
"Great…" I muttered.
"Don't worry, I can just evolve into Digmon and drill our way out, dagyaa!" Armadimon explained.
"Hey, guys? Didn't the fire extinguish a second ago?" Jou noticed that there was still light in the cave.
"Look over there!" Gomamon pointed out. We turned around and saw the wall behind us had collapsed and there was a Digimental lying right there! We ran up to it and got a better look at it. It was purple and white with a sort of light blue glass like thing and had a silver cross on it. "Jou… I think this might be your Digimental!"
"You really think so? Okay…" Jou walked up to it and waited a few seconds before he grabbed it and picked it up. Jou was surprised that he was able to do that before he noticed his Digivice beginning to morph into a new one with a silver colored side.

"What do you say we get out there and show the Kaiser who he's messing with?" Gomamon asked. We all nodded.
"Digimental Up!" I shouted.
"Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Steel Knowledge, DIGMON!" Digmon went up to the rock blockage and drilled his way through before he blew the rocks away and we ran out once more. "Miss us, dagyaa?" Shellmon threw his foot forward and grabbed Digmon and tried to crush him.
"Digmon…" I foolishly stepped forward once more.
"Watch out!" Jou warned. Shellmon tried to blast me with that hydro pump attack of his but Digmon jumped in the way and sheltered me from any harm.
"I'll protect Iori, dagyaa!" Digmon groaned in pain. Shellmon then stomped his foot on Digmon's back but he refused to collapse. He then turned onto his back exposing his belly and me, but also his drills. "Gold Rush!" The drills nailed right on target and destroyed the Evil Ring.
"Alright!" Jou and Gomamon shouted.

We looked around to see that the tower was still standing but the Kaiser was nowhere to be seen. That was the least of our worries as a large shrimp like Digimon jumped out of the water above us.
"Watch out! That's Ebidramon!" Gomamon warned but it was too late. The controlled Digimon got his claws around Digmon and dragged him under the waves of the water!
"Digmon!" I cried. "He doesn't stand a chance in the water!"
"Well, then it looks like we've only got one thing to do. Gomamon, are you ready?" Jou asked.
"Let me at him, Jou! I can take him." Gomamon replied. Jou nodded.
"Digimental Up!" Jou shouted.
"Gomamon, Armor-Evolve! Sincere Waves, METALSEALMON!"

MetalSealmon looked like a mix of a seal and a giraffe because he had a long neck and was almost twenty feet tall! He also had a clear dome on his neck that looked like maybe someone could fit in it. No time to think about that, Digmon is in trouble! MetalSealmon jumped into the water and it was hard to see, but I think he wrapped himself around Ebidramon, forcing him to release Digmon who floated back to the surface.
"Hydro Sphere!" We heard an attack be yelled from under the water and then a massive geyser of water shot upward with Ebidramon flying into the air.
"Now, finish it you two!" Jou cried.
"Gold Rush!" "Hydro Sphere!" A large bubble of water filled in his mouth before he shot it forward and both attacks hit thus destroying the Evil Ring!

P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

We ran up to the base of the tower where all those Yukidarumon were waiting for us.
"We're up for a fight this time! V-mon, let's go! Digimental Up!" I shouted.
"V-mon, Armor-Evolve! Burning Courage, FLADRAMON!" Three Yukidarumon tried to freeze him but he jumped into the air and avoided the attacks. "Knuckle Fire!" The three attackers were quickly knocked down.
"That's it!"
"Fire attacks work well against the Yukidarumon!" Ken noticed.
"Let's leave this to Daisuke-kun!" Takeru said. Fine by me.
"We'll do our part from the air!" Hikari informed.
"Right!" Miyako agreed. All four of them took to the skies and the tower was essentially wide open.
"Curse of the Queen!" "Needle Rain!" "Mach Impulse!" "Teter Spin!" All four of them worked in perfect coordination and quickly took down the tower, thus ending the battle.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

The others regrouped with us and we headed back to the TV and home.
"Gomamon, we leave this place to you." Jou explained to him the plan.
"Yeah, from now on, I'll protect this place." Gomamon nodded.
"If anything happens, I'll come right away."
"Okay."
"Well then, let's go home!" Takeru said.
"Ah… there's something that's been troubling me…" I spoke up.
"What, Iori-kun?" Jou asked.
"For formality's sake… I'm Hida Iori." I bowed.
"What's the point of doing it now?" Daisuke questioned.
"No, I must finish what I began."
"Iori-kun is just like Jou-san… so conscientious and sincere." Hikari noticed.
"He's like Koushiro-san too, like his thirst for knowledge." Takeru also said.
"One filling two roles… what a dependable junior!" Jou sounded proud.
"Heh, Mr. Dependable." joked Daisuke.

P.O.V. – Third Person

The Kaiser was truly upset about today's events. Not only did another one of those children Armor-Evolve but he also lost an area that he had only conquered less than a few hours ago.
"The area I just acquired…" He tightly gripped the arm rests of his chair. "It's time for a new strategy, Monodramon. What do you think the next move should be? Well!?"
"You told me not to speak…"
"Answer when you're spoken to!"
"I'm sorry!"

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

We returned back to the computer lab in preparation to head back home, proud of a good days' work.
"Serves that Digimon Kaiser right! He must be peeved about losing the area he just got!" Daisuke boasted.
"But this is only just the beginning." Ken informed.
"Jou-san, please visit us again." I asked.
"Don't worry. Now that I have my Digimental, I'll try to give you juniors a hand any chance I get."
"Also, please come by my home sometime. My grandfather would like to meet you."
"Really? Well, then…"
"I want to go too! I've heard you have the best ohagi!" Hikari jumped into the conversation.
"If Hikari-chan goes, I'm going too!" Daisuke added.
"Daisuke-kun, you can't."
"Why?"
"Because you and Chibimon would eat my part too!"
"Chibimon, you're not coming."
"Eeh? You're mean, Daisuke!"
"Ah, I can ask my mother to make enough for everyone…" I explained.
"Then I'm going too!" "Me too!" "If you'll allow me…"
"Eh? Takeru too?" We all laughed at Daisuke's shocked expression.

Just another normal day for us Chosen Children…

And that was Chapter 7.

Quick thing that I've noticed and the Digimon Wiki agrees but in the original episode, why is Ebidramon still fighting when the Dark Tower goes down?

Anyways, I'm exhausted. See you all next time.

"Push the button, Frank."