Chapter 9, folks. Had this one done in the middle of the night, but got distracted through the afternoon to edit.

Shoutout to SkylanderZilla and FROSTDRAGON4875 for their faves and reviews.

Also got a lot of reviews, thanks DigimonAT0318, GreenD109, and MadDogLucario96.
To God of the Challenge, please, Ken would kick everyone's ass on Mario Kart... I though I'd love to see him bring me down in Ace Combat or Rogue Squadron. I earn those Ace Medals!
And Matsky, she's there because I didn't want to sideline the original gang. The writers gave all the older children excuses on why they weren't helping everyday. Taichi has soccer, Yamato with his band, Sora and tennis, Jou's got all his schoolwork, and Koushiro had to watch the computer for those in the Digital World. But it looked like they couldn't come up with something for Mimi so they moved her to prevent her from helping often.

Eh, I've ranted enough, let's move on.

Chapter 9: Trapped Behind Armor! Andromon!

Digital World. May 4th, 2002. 1640 Hours.

P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

Today was the day that I and a lot of the Chosen Children were waiting for. For the past couple of weeks, we had been poking the sleeping bear that was the Kaiser; now we were giving him a sucker punch. Today every single Chosen Child had cleared their schedules so they could focus on destroying Dark Towers. This was first time that all thirteen of us were going to attack at once, and boy were we going all out for this one.

Koushiro, Ken and I came up with a grand plan for this momentous occasion. The plan was to pick a large region under the Kaiser's control and knock out a large number of towers, more than we've ever done in a day. Operation: Sledgehammer's goal was to destroy over thirty-nine towers in one day; each Chosen Child with the goal of taking down three on their own. I knew we probably wouldn't get that but that was the grand goal, if everyone takes out at least one, that'll be great.

We got started early this morning and really put the hurt on the Kaiser's forces. All these attacks at once has to be stretching him severely. He may be a self-proclaimed perfect person, but he couldn't keep watch on every area being attacked at the same time. At the same time, Takeo had eased into his role of keeping us updated about the fighting and watching the computer when we go to the Digital World brilliantly. He kept messaging us; keeping us informed about how everything was going and redirecting some of us to assist the others who may have gotten held up or having some difficulties achieving their objectives. I think he sees this kinda like a real time strategy game, which, hey, whatever helps him.

Right now, Waibanmon and I were on our way to a rocky desert to assist Iori who was having some trouble taking down his second tower.

"Hey, Iori-kun!" I cried out as we flew down towards him. "Need a hand?"
"Thanks, Ross-san. Digmon's trying to get to that tower but…" He explained.
"Too many ground forces, but none in the air… One moment. Waibanmon?"
"Say no more." Waibanmon took us high in the sky before we stared down the tower. "Waiban Flame!" The flames doused the tower and Waibanmon dived on it like he was a Stuka. "Steel Swipe!" A quick fly-by and the Dark Tower was tipping over before crashing, freeing the area from the Kaiser's control. We returned back to Iori and Armadimon.
"I could've handled that, dagyaa!" The armadillo sounded jealous.
"You kept them off our back, it doesn't matter who takes it down, so long as it goes down." Guilmon told him.
"Come on, I think that's all we can do for today, some of the others are already heading out." I patted Iori on the back as we headed towards the nearest TV. "You did great today, Iori-kun."
"Thanks again, Ross-san."

We got back to the computer lab and almost everyone was there except for Sora, Mimi and Jou who must have left a bit earlier.
"Twenty-six towers. If that doesn't piss off that Kaiser, I don't know what will." Takeo told us what damage we caused. That was better than expected; over two-thirds of the objectives were accomplished. And here I was worried we might be launching our version of the Somme Offensive.
"And good thing, too, since I won't be able to come tomorrow…" Koushiro said.
"Me neither, I have band practice…" Yamato informed.
"Well, it'll be fine with Hikari, Daisuke and the rest." Taichi believed.
"Think you can handle the rest without us?" I asked.
"Just leave it to me!" Daisuke boasted.

Dome City, Digital World. May 5th, 2002. 1721 Hours.
P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

I swear, we bite off more than we can chew sometimes. One of the places in the region that wasn't targeted yesterday was this giant domed city that kinda looked like a snow globe in the desert. It looked calm from the outside, but that was our mistake. In truth, this whole place was swarming with Guardromon and we were nowhere near the Dark Tower. We just kept fighting through horde after horde of them with an alarm blaring 'Intrusion' all throughout the city.

"Gold Rush!" "Shooting Star!" "Precision Sting!" "Knuckle Fire!" Our Digimon were launching many attacks and destroying many Evil Rings, but the swarms just kept coming!
"What's with these guys?" Daisuke questioned.
"They keep coming and coming… do they ever stop?" wondered Miyako.
"I think this place might be a central hub for the Kaiser's forces through the entire region. In short, I think we wandered into the hornet's nest!" Ken theorized.
"They'll just keep wearing us down like this." Iori noticed. "We should go back!"
"I agree!" I said.
"We're outnumbered, we should retreat!" Miyako also agreed.
"Retreat?" Daisuke was disbelieving what we were saying. "Why are you being so weak? The Dark Tower is right there!"
"I'm getting hungry…" "M-me too…" All of our Digimon were beginning to devolve as they clearly had enough.

"Daisuke-kun! We should go back and come up with a plan with Koushiro-san and Ross-san!" Takeru tried to convince Daisuke to fall back.
"Tentomon may have new information for us." I believed.
"There's no choice…" Daisuke finally admitted. "Retreat!" We turned the corner down one alley where the TV was and Miyako held up her Digivice to open the gate. One by one, the others were sent back home and soon it was my turn, but at the last second, a Guardromon ambushed us from above and one of its Destruction Grenade blew the TV apart in front of Tailmon and I!
"Hikari! Run! This way!" Tailmon shouted. This was bad; the TV was destroyed so that meant we couldn't go back to the Real World, at least here. We ran away and found another alley to hide in while I sent a message to the others at least informing them that I was okay.
"And send…"
"Hikari, if anything happens, I'll Armor-Evolve. I can still fight."
"Okay! Thanks, Tailmon."

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

Due to the fact that we were trying to get out fast, it meant that our return was more painful as we were all collapsed on top of each other.
"Wh-what… did something just explode?" Miyako questioned the last sound we heard as we got back.
"I saw it! A Guardromon attacked!" Patamon shouted.
"Huh? And Hikari-chan?" Daisuke looked around. Suddenly we noticed she wasn't with us.
"It can't be…" Iori came to a shocking realization. "She's still in the Digital World?" I quickly checked the computer.
"Nothing… that gate isn't opening anymore." I informed.
"Takeru, wasn't Hikari-chan right behind you?" accused Daisuke. Takeru nodded with a guilty look on his face. "What were you doing? You should have helped her!"
"Daisuke-san, it's not Takeru-san's fault." Iori tried to defend.
"Shut up, kid!"
"Please don't talk to me like that."
"S-sorry."

"No… Daisuke-kun is right." Takeru spoke up. "It's my fault… if I had been more careful…"
"Well… when you put it that way…" Daisuke admitted. "None of us noticed… not even me…" We soon heard a chiming noise coming from the computer.
"An e-mail from Hikari-chan!" Miyako informed. "'I'm okay. Don't worry.'" She read.
"Miyako-san, just a second!" Takeru moved her over. "Even though we can't go to that area, we can get there from the area next to it. I'm going!" He declared as he activated a gate to an area right nearby the city.
"Wait, Takeru!" Patamon tried to warn but both of them went to the Digital World.
"I can't just leave it to them!" Daisuke argued. "Let's go, Chibimon!"
"Yeah!" Now Daisuke and Chibimon were on their way.

"Poromon, we're going too!" Miyako said.
"Wait!" Iori stopped her. "It's almost dinner time. If Hikari-san and the others don't return, I'm sure their families will be really worried."
"Good point, Iori-kun. And what about our families? Heck, I should be riding back to Tamachi as we speak right now." I informed.
"Right. So, we must first tell Taichi-san and the others about this."
"And tell our families we'll be coming home later than usual."
"You're right…" Miyako rubbed her head. "I'm the oldest here so I should know better…"
"Let's hurry up then!" Upamon cried.
"Before things get worse…" feared Wormmon.
"Let's go!" Poromon shouted as all three of them were practically out the door!
"Wait!" "Stop!" "Don't go out on your own!" We all called for our Digimon.

P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

Ugh, perfect chance to be Hikari's knight in shining armor and stupid Takeru has to go and ruin it. The two of us were walking across the desert dunes as we were heading for the domed city.
"Hey, Takeru." I got his attention.
"What?"
"The sun's going down already. You can go home."
"It's fine. My mother is coming home late today plus she already knows about the Digimon. Your parents don't know though, so won't they get worried if you don't come home?"
"Eh, they won't care." I sighed. I mean, if I don't show up by morning, maybe, but if come home at midnight or something, they'll not be that concerned. My biggest problem right now is saving Hikari and trying to keep Takeru from taking all the glory. My brain then hatched a brilliant idea. I dug in my pocket until I found exactly what I was looking for. "Okay, who will go save Hikari-chan?" I told him. "We'll decide with a coin." What he doesn't know is that this is a two headed coin, which means I can't lose. "Heads, you go home. Tails, I go home." I flipped it then caught it to reveal that it was on heads. "Heads! I'll save Hikari-chan."
"Is that right?" He then swiped the coin of me! "Both sides of this coin are hears, right?" Uhh… "They sell them at Kadoetsu." He smiled.
"You knew?"

"Daisuke-kun. Drop the act, will ya?"
"Act? What act?"
"Don't think that I'm oblivious to what's going on. You want to save Hikari-chan all by yourself because you really like her." Shit! He figured it out!?
"What are you talking about?" I tried to worm my way out, but he wasn't buying it. "Alright, you caught me! I like Hikari-chan, okay! She's nice, she pretty, she's caring, she's the perfect girl! What guy wouldn't like her?! I know for a fact you do, now don't you hide it!"
"I do… for the same reasons. There are very few girls like her." We both sighed now. "Look, Daisuke-kun. Let's not turn this into a stupid rivalry. Hikari-chan needs help and its better we go together in there." I admitted, the chances would be higher. We slowly began walking towards the dome. "Hikari-chan in the end will choose who she likes; if she likes you, I'll live with it. Would you do the same if the roles were reversed?"
"You mean, if she picked you? I guess…"
"Alright, at least it's nice we came to an agreement… and you know there might be a good chance that she doesn't care about either of us in the way we want and only sees us as friends."
"Oh gods, I hope not."

P.O.V. – Third Person

While the two boys were walking for the city, Hikari and Nefertimon were trying to find an escape route out of the city, which was difficult as the city was well aware of their presence and they were trying to keep ahead of the entire Guardromon garrison.
"Nile Jewelry!" Nefertimon shot down a few missiles that were coming their way. "Just where is the TV?" She questioned as they looked high above the city.
"As I thought, there are no more TVs in this area…" Hikari feared. "We have to get out of here somehow."

Meanwhile, the Kaiser was enjoying the precarious situation the young girl found herself in.
"Osamu-chan… shouldn't you go home?" Monodramon asked.
"Didn't I tell you not to call me that!?" roared the Kaiser.
"I'm sorry!" He clutched his head as he expected pain coming, but it never came.
"I just had a good idea… let's test him." The Kaiser pressed a few buttons and a screen began flashing some digital codes.
"That code… Perfect-Level?" Monodramon sounded very nervous.

"Ah, Taichi-san? Good evening, this is Hida Iori." Iori spoked over the payphone outside the Inoue's convenient store to the Yagami Residence while Ken was standing next to him.
"Miyako, when your brother or your sister gets back, can you ask them to watch the store?" Miyako's father asked her as she was gathering some items.
"Okay, got it!"
"Listen, that's the situation…" Iori finished explaining things to Taichi and Ross.
"I see… so Hikari is…No, you don't have to apologize." Taichi said.
"Hang on, we're on our way." Ross informed.
"What was that?" Yuuko asked.
"Hikari's ended up behind enemy lines, we're going to rescue her."
"Don't worry too much, Mom, we'll have her back in a few hours." Taichi assured her. Of course Yuuko would be worried for the safety of her own daughter, but she trusted her sons.
"Be careful, okay?" She requested. Both of them nodded.

The two of them ran outside where they ran into Yamato who was looking for them.
"Guys, did you hear from Iori and Ken?" He asked.
"Yeah… we have to hurry." Taichi replied. "But, before that, we should let Daisuke's parents know…"
"At least that he's going to be out late." Ross reminded.
"Leave that to me." Yamato offered. "You guys go and help Hikari-chan."
"Right. We're counting on you then!" Taichi nodded before both boys ran off. Yamato then came to a realization when they were out of earshot.
"I was supposed to make Dad's supper today… Oh well." He ran to Daisuke's apartment.

"I called my house and told my parents that I would be coming home late tonight. What about you two?" Ken asked Iori and Miyako.
"I told my mother the same thing as well, Ken-san." Iori answered.
"Well… I think Dad asked me to do something…" admitted Miyako. "Oh well, let's go." They started to walk while Ken just began to run. "Wait, we're running!?"

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

The sun had already set by the time we reached the dunes directly overlooking one of the city's gates. The place looked beautiful at night from the outside; too bad inside was a nightmare.
"The entrance is right there, but…" I noticed a lone Guardromon at the entrance.
"We have to defeat that one to break in." Daisuke finished my sentence.
"We have to do it in one blow. If he sounds the alarm, we'll be in trouble."
"Alright! Daisuke!" V-mon was ready to do the job.
"Yeah!"
"Wait!" Patamon shouted. "Takeru, there's no Dark Tower in this area, right?"
"Yeah, it's just the one inside that dome."
"That means…" Oh now I understand.
"Right! We don't need Armor Evolution! Let's try it out!"
"Yeah! Patamon, evolve! ANGEMON!"

"Alright! You could evolve normally!" I knew he could, but with the Kaiser, there weren't any guarantees. I have to admit, that felt amazing to see him do that after so long. Even better was the looks on V-mon and Daisuke's faces. Daisuke's jaw was practically on the ground.
"Angemon…?" Daisuke was dumbstruck. Angemon took off and began flying right towards the lone guard.
"Intru-"
"Holy Rod!" Angemon threw his rod that destroyed the Evil Ring before the Guardromon could even finish giving out the alert. "Now! Hurry up!" We ran up to the gate that Angemon would bust open and we would walk inside.
"No welcoming committee so looks like we're okay for now." I observed.

"That Angemon… Patamon can also evolve like Agumon?" Daisuke tried to figure things out.
"Of course, if there's no Dark Tower." I told him. "You forget I was one of the original Chosen Children."
"Right, right… So that means… Hikari-chan's Tailmon too…"
"Technically, yes, but Tailmon isn't a Child-Level like the rest of our Digimon. She's actually an Adult-Level like Angemon."
"When she evolves, she becomes Angewomon." Angemon informed.
"A-Angemon and Angewomon!?" Daisuke I think is now feeling like his chances with Hikari are falling apart. As I said before though, that's gonna be up to her. Although… I wouldn't mind if she picked me. Nah, too young to worry about love right now. Give it a few years. "V-mon! Then you have to become UltraAngemon!" Looks like we accidently struck a nerve there. "Do it! You have to! Put your mind to it!" Daisuke picked up his partner and shook him.
"B-but that's impossible!" V-mon cried. I shook my head. He's still got a lot to learn.

P.O.V. – Yamato Ishida

I had to stop by Taichi's just to ask his mother which apartment Daisuke lived. After I got the address, I walked up another few levels and then knocked on their door. When it opened up, I was greeted by Jun so I explained the lie to her.
"So yeah, Daisuke-kun is playing at my little brother's house, so…" She was still keeping that same smile on her face since the moment she found out it was me. She then giggled after I finished talking. "What?"
"You're lying, right?" Oh, crap. "I see it in your face, Yamato-kun." Oh this is not good at all. "It's alright; I'll tell them what you told me. In exchange, you take me out on a date, okay?" She then closed the door right in front of me.
"D…date…?" I muttered. Oh, Daisuke, what did your stupid ass get me into now!?

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

The Digimon were eating the food I picked up from the store while I waited in the computer lab for Iori and Ken who were on the lookout for Taichi and Ross.
"This is not a kanpyomaki!" Poromon complained.
"Don't be selfish…" I told him. The door opened up to reveal Iori.
"Taichi-san and Ross-san are here." All four of them walked in.
"Sorry we made you wait." Taichi apologized.
"That's okay." Ken said. "Now, shall we get going? I'm feeling terrible right now just letting Daisuke-kun and Takeru-kun go by themselves."
"Don't worry, we're going." Ross gave him a pat on the back and we all headed out.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"Digimental Up!" Daisuke shouted.
"V-mon, Armor Evolve! Burning Courage, FLADRAMON! Knuckle Fire!" We proceeded forward into the city in the hopes of running into Hikari as fast as possible. However, the Guardromon were well aware of our presence now. Fladramon took down two of them while Angemon and I went up in the air to try to spot her. "Daisuke, hurry up!"
"Easier said than done!" He tried to keep up. I looked at my Digivice and it was picking up Hikari.
"We're close." I said.
"Hold on tight." Fladramon grabbed Daisuke and began jumping great heights in order to keep up with us.
"There! It's Hikari-chan!" Daisuke shouted as he seemed to have spotted her. I saw her too but then one of those Destruction Grenades detonated near her sending Nefertimon to the ground before she devolved back to Tailmon. Both of them were in trouble but thank the heavens we got here just in time.
"Heaven's Knuckle!" "Knuckle Fire!" Both Evil Rings on the two Guardromon were destroyed, saving Hikari.

P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

"Daisuke-kun! Takeru-kun! You came back!" I cried to the two boys who were coming my way.
"Did you hear that, Takeru? She said 'Daisuke-kun' first!"
"Good for you." I think Takeru was being snide with him about that comment. Angemon turned his attention back to another Guardromon coming our way.
"Holy Rod!"
"Come on, Hikari-chan! Hurry up!" Daisuke insisted. We started to run forward but our path was suddenly blocked by an all too familiar Cyborg Digimon. "This guy's different…" Even Daisuke knew things were off about this.
"Andromon!" I called out.
"You know him?"
"Yeah, he's a Perfect-Level Digimon we encountered in last adventures."
"P-Perfect-Level!? And have you notice the Evil Ring on him!?" Yep… there was a ring around his neck… and if a Perfect could fall under the Kaiser's control… we were in trouble.

"Andromon…" I whispered.
"Kaiser-sama's command: exterminate the Chosen Children with extreme prejudice." Andromon coldly stated. 'Exterminate?' I knew the Digimon Kaiser was insane… but… how far is he willing to go? That doesn't really matter right now, what matters is Andromon in front of us. I know it sounds crazy, but I feel that I need to do what I'm going to do next.
"Stop, Andromon! Don't you recognize us?"
"What are you taking about, Hikari-chan?" Daisuke didn't fully understand. "Fladramon, bust through him!"
"Leave it to me." He jumped up to launch his attack. "Fire Rocket!"
"Spiral Sword!" Andromon's attack crashed into Fladramon hard and caused him to devolve back to V-mon.
"V-mon!" Daisuke ran over to him. "Hey, hang in there!"
"It's the first time I've seen such a strong attack…" V-mon groaned.

"Daisuke-kun!" Takeru hopped off Angemon and ran over to him while Angemon covered them.
"Heaven's Knuckle!" The attack did next to nothing to Andromon.
"Spiral Sword!" And like with Fladramon before, when Angemon was hit, he devolved back into Patamon and fell in Takeru's arms.
"I knew Perfect-Level would be too strong and my Holy attacks wouldn't do much to him…" Patamon muttered.
"Can someone explain to me this Perfect-Level!?" Daisuke demanded.
"It's the evolutionary level above Adult, which means, we can't take him on!" Takeru informed.

"Andromon, have you forgotten that you fought on our side?" I stepped in front of the boys.
"Hikari-chan, we don't know if it's the same Andromon from that time!" Takeru tried to tell me.
"I know he is."
"Even if he is, he's controlled by that ring! Your voice won't reach him!"
"That's not true!"
"What are you doing? We have to run!" Daisuke interrupted as Andromon walked towards us. However, he suddenly stopped.
"Now!" Tailmon shouted as all three Digimon jumped him and knocked him down. Except, I could've sworn I saw a red beam hit him before.
"We did it!" V-mon and Patamon cheered.
"That beam just now…" Tailmon noticed too.

We turned to see Holsmon and Tetermon coming right towards us with Miyako and Ken on their backs; from the ground, Digmon burrowed out.
"Full stomach and full of energy, dagyaa! Here goes… Gold Rush!" He fired his drills towards Andromon who was getting back up but they just bounced off his armor to Digmon's surprised. "No effect at all!"
"Hikari! Are you okay?" I heard Ross's voice yell. I now turned to see Taichi, Ross and Iori approaching.
"Onii-chan! Ross-chan! It's Andromon!" I told them.
"Andromon, it's us! Taichi!" Taichi ran up in front of us all.
"Taichi…" Andromon said as he stared at him before that ring around his neck was starting to spark. Is it malfunctioning or is he fighting it?

It was hard to tell because he roared in pain before charging forward and looking right down at me. He then reached down and grabbed me.
"Hikari!" Everyone shouted as they got closer.
"Wait!" Tailmon warned. I kept my courage, even though Andromon could easily squeeze the life out of me right now. All he was doing was holding me over him so I was looking down at his red eyes.
"Andromon…" I whispered once more.
"Hikari…" He said. He's… he's fighting it! He's fighting the influence of the Evil Ring! I just need to keep pushing him.
"Remember the picture we all took together?" I had some tears forming and one fell on his helmet.
"Picture…" My Digivice just fell off of me and connected with the ring, causing a great blinding pink light. "Yes… Everyone… We took a commemorative photo…" His eyes suddenly turned from red to his normal kind, indicating that he was free of the ring's influence!

He gently placed me back down before he took a view of his surroundings.
"I have… been controlled by this?" He grabbed the ring and pulled it apart.
"Andromon!" I cried. He smiled and nodded, indicating that he was back to normal. He then turned to look to the Dark Tower in the distance.
"Dark Tower… how dare you… Gatling Missile!" He fired his missiles that flew across the city and turned the tower in to rubble, freeing all the other Digimon controlled by the Kaiser in the city. As we began to walk for the doors and the TV back home outside the city, I noticed all the Guardromon were still.
"Hey… will the Guardromon be broken forever? Can they get back to normal?" I asked.
"They will be fine. If we change the program that was modified by the Evil Rings… They will revert back to normal." He walked up to one and a few wires came out of his arm which seemed to work on the Guardromon. "And then… we will protect this city so the Kaiser will never have his way again."

P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

When we got back home, we were welcomed by a very upset looking Koushiro who had his eyes closed.
"Izumi-senpai!" Miyako exclaimed. "Why are you here?"
"Shh! Be quiet." He said. We all quietly snuck out of the school. I swear, that prospect of some kind of base is getting better by the day. How we haven't been caught yet by the faculty amazes me. "Yamato-san told me what happened. I checked the gate sensor on my computer and found out the gate was still open. If a teacher found out and turned off the power, what would you have done?"
"You're right, we should've left someone on watch." I admitted.
"Hey, let's keep it at that… You just wanted to come too, didn't you?" Taichi said.

"Taichi-san!" Koushiro dismissed his anger as he seemed to remember something. "Right… I just got an e-mail from a friend in America…" Koushiro began to speak.
"This your same friend who says in elementary school but claims to take classes at UCLA?" I remembered that kid that informed Koushiro about Diablomon during that whole mix-up.
"Yes… anyways, I had asked him for some analysis on Miyako-kun and the rest of our Digivices, and he sent me the results. Well, first things first, all of us Chosen Children who had Digivices before that had morphed into the ones that Miyako-kun, Iori-kun and Daisuke-kun carry are exactly the same. My theory of them being slightly different was wrong. Digital, Detect and Discover. Names with those meanings were stored as information. Since all begin with 'D', we'll call them 'D-3' from now on. There are other interesting things I learned, for example…"

"I'm hungry, Daisuke!" Chibimon loudly interrupted as we heard his stomach growl. Then another one growled.
"M-me too…" Daisuke admitted.
"Koushiro, you can tell us more tomorrow." I told him.
"In the meantime, we should go home now or we'll be in trouble. We're really late for dinner!" Taichi reminded. We all picked up the pace and ran for our houses, or in Ken's case, he got his bike and pedaled like a bat out of hell back to Tamachi.
"Oh, by the way, Daisuke-kun, Yamato gave your folks a lie about where you were, so just say you were at Takeru-kun's." Koushiro told him. Daisuke suddenly stopped.
"Wait… he went to my house… Did my sister answer?" Daisuke looked worried.
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh, gods… Yamato-san is going to kill me…"

P.O.V. – Yamato Ishida

"You were really late today, Yamato…" Dad said as I finally was putting dinner on. "If I knew, I would've gotten us take-out or something."
"It's fine, I'll make it." I insisted.
"Did something happen?"
"I have a date… I swear… I'm gonna kill Daisuke." I thought to myself.
"Hey, Yamato, something's burning." I came back to reality and realized I was burning the meal.
"Damn it!"

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

"Hey, Onii-san? I brought you some dinner?" I called outside his bedroom door. I got back a few minutes ago and Mom asked if I could bring Osamu's food for him. Like usually, I didn't get much of a response. I headed back to my room with a bit of extra food on my tray for Wormmon.

I swear, I wish I knew what Osamu was doing in there all day…

Be careful what you wish for there, Ken... you might not like the answer...

Again, major change in this chapter similar to Ebidramon two chapters ago, why does Angemon devolve as soon as he enters the city? None of the other Digimon were doing that.

Anyways, see you all next time for the chapter we're all waiting for.

"Push the button, Frank."