Sorry for the delay, got distracted on Monday by going to see Peter Jackson's WW1 Documentary They Shall Not Grow Old.

Shoutout to 00dart for his follow.

And shoutouts to DigimonAT0318, agumonfan7, GreenD109, and MadDogLucario96 for the reviews.

Anyways, let's get going with the recent revelation.

Chapter 11: The Kaiser Strikes! SkullGreymon!

Digital World. May 12th, 2002. 1621 Hours.
P.O.V. – Third Person

The Kaiser had returned to his base after the events in Death Valley where Monodramon had been waiting for him to return. He felt disappointed that he failed to hold the other children for as long as possible as the Kaiser ordered him to. The Kaiser walked up but was saying nothing.
"Osamu-chan, are you alright?" The Kaiser responded by kicking him down. The Kaiser went back to his control room and continued saying nothing. The screens were showing not only other locations of the Digital World but of Tamachi as well. "The sun's setting…" Monodramon noticed.

"We're here today to find out who boy genius Ichijouji Osamu really is." A female reporter said as the Kaiser was watching an interview done by the local news about him.
"I haven't really done anything special." Osamu admitted.
"That's what you say, but you must be working really hard, aren't you?"
"No, not really…"
"Prodigies are really one percent talent and ninety-nine percent effort, aren't they?"
"I guess."
"By the way, Osamu-kun, since you're a school student, you probably like animals. Do you have any pets?"
"No, my family lives in an apartment, and pets aren't allowed; which was disappointing to my brother who one Christmas really wanted a dog when we were younger."
"Is that so? You live in a fairly normal place for a boy genius, don't you think?"
"I guess."
"In places like America, there's a skipping system that allows children your age to study in college. Would you like to skip ahead too?"
"Well… Japan doesn't have such a system, so I think it's meaningless to discuss that."
"But, supposing we did have such a system, you'd like to skip ahead, wouldn't you?"
"I guess."

Tamachi District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 10th, 2002. 1657 Hours.

"Thank you very much. Good luck with your studies." The interview said as they turned off the cameras.
"Thanks. But I'm surprised you didn't interview Ken as well." Osamu replied.
"It's a two-part piece; we'll interview him sometime next week."
"Well, keep in mind that he can be very nervous before the camera comes on, so give him as much time as he needs."
"Will keep that in mind. Thank you again for your time!" She placed a hand on his shoulder before the crew packed up their gear and began walking away.
"Well done, Ichijouji-kun!" Osamu's teacher praised.
"Oh, it was nothing at all." Osamu then wiped away his shoulder.
"No, it's a great help. You're doing wonders for our school's reputation."
"I'm glad I could be of some help."

"By the way, on a more personal note…" The teacher got right up to his ear. "How would you like to tutor my daughter?" The mask nearly came off on Osamu. If this was the Digital World, the man would've been torn to shreds by a pack of Gizamon under his control. Osamu had a dark look on his face while the teacher still had his eyes close. Osamu regained his composure and the man was none the wiser. "What do you think? I'd reward you appropriately…"
"I'm afraid I'm too young and inexperienced to be a proper tutor for your daughter. Please, could you ask someone else?"
"Really Yeah, I guess… I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Oh, it's this late already? I have to go home." He began to walk away.

"Oh, right! Could I ask you for one little thing?" The teacher asked.
"What is it?"
"An autograph." He held out his laptop. Osamu smirked before taking it and writing 'Yuriko-chan, do your best! – Ichijouji Osamu'
"Will this do?"
"Ah, thank you! So this is the autograph of boy genius Ichijouji Osamu… She'll love this!" As soon as the teacher was out of earshot, Osamu scoffed.

"Oh, welcome home! Dinner's ready!" Ruki told her son as he returned home. He walked into the living room where his father and brother were already eating. "I saw you on TV just now." She informed as she handed him his plate. "You were at that park over there, right? I should have been there."
"That was a good one… the 'one percent talent and ninety-nine percent effort' thing…" Kaito praised.
"I guess." Osamu muttered.
"Kinda surprised I wasn't invited for that interview." Ken said.
"It was on purpose. It's a two-part interview; they're going to interview you sometime next week."
"Oh, thanks for the heads up there, Onii-san."
"So, big game tomorrow, Ken-chan?" Ruki remembered.
"Not really, it's just an exhibition game, but my friend Daisuke-kun is on the other team so that will be fun."

Osamu had enough of the conversation and put down the chop sticks.
"What's wrong?" Ruki asked.
"One second." Osamu walked outside and walked up to the roof of the apartment complex and looked out towards the city. Day by day, his choices of what do next were becoming clearer. He had grand plans and the stupidity of society wasn't going to get in his way from achieving them. He angrily grabbed the bars around the edge of the roof. "INSCETS!" He roared. Back in the present, the Kaiser got up out of his chair and began walking towards a holographic console where he was working on a new project.
"Osamu-chan, now you're thinking about lots of complicated things… that I can't understand, right?" Monodramon said but was ignored.

Odaiba Elementary School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 12th, 2002. 1631 Hours.
P.O.V. – Iori Hida

"You're kidding, right!?" Koushiro was taken aback with what we had just told him when we retuned back to the Real World. We had sent the message to the others to meet up with us at school while also telling them what had happened.
"No, I'm being deathly serious about this! The Digimon Kaiser is Ken's older brother!" Daisuke shouted. We all quickly turned our attention back to Ken who was sitting in the corner with Wormmon. He had finally stopped crying but he hadn't even said a word since earlier.
"Why would someone so talented and capable do all that?" I wondered.
"I still can't believe it." Hikari said.
"The Kaiser was under our noses this entire time." Takeru added.
"Well, there's only one thing we need to do now." Koushiro spoke up.
"Do what?"
"Confront Ichijouji Osamu here in the Real World." We all nodded.
"Fine, whatever, but I'm hungry, dagyaa!" Upamon complained.
"Ah, right… Miyako-san sure is late…" We had Miyako go to her family's store to pick up some food for the Digimon; they needed it after today's fighting.

"Hey, hey, hey! Sorry to keep you guys waiting!" Miyako apologized as she opened the door and held up the bag of food.
"Chocolate!" "Cheese fish cakes!" "Jelly drinks!" "Ice cream!" The Digimon excluding Poromon charged forward.
"I want Iori-san's mother's kanpyomaki!" Poromon cried.
"So, you don't want anything?" Miyako smirked.
"I do! I do!" Poromon relented and flew over to join the others eating.
"He sure is picky about his Japanese food… Oh, Wormmon! I brought you those chips you like!"
"I'm okay… I'm not hungry." Wormmon said as he continued to look at Ken.
"Okay, then… So we still waiting for the others?"
"They'll be here soon." Takeru told her.

"I'm a fool…" We finally heard Ken speak again.
"Huh?" Daisuke questioned.
"I'm the biggest damn fool in the world… I should've realized sooner… I should've known…"
"Ken-san, there's no way you could've known the Kaiser was your brother." I walked over to him.
"Please… for crying out loud… he wasn't hiding his voice and that hairstyle is the same one he had when he was in elementary school! I should've recognized him in a heartbeat!"
"Ken-chan… It's not your fault!" Wormmon tried to console him.
"Where is he!?" We heard a voice shout from outside and turned to see Taichi and Ross had run into the lab. "What you all standing here?!" Ross questioned. "We've got to hurry!"
"Hurry what?" Miyako wondered.
"Before Osamu does something drastic!"
"Something… drastic…" Ken's eyes widened and without a word he grabbed Wormmon and ran right out the lab.

"What was that about?" Koushiro was confused about what just happened.
"I think he might be running back to his house." Taichi believed.
"By himself? I don't know what his brother is capable of here in the Real World, so he's going to need our help!" Hikari said.
"Yeah, bit of a problem with that is that he's on his bike and we'll never catch him. And also, we don't really know where in Tamachi he lives as he never told us yet." Daisuke pointed out.
"I might be able to help with that. There's something in this magazine about the Ichijouji brothers." Miyako pulled out a magazine from her bag.
"Gimme that!" Daisuke pulled it out of her hands.
"You don't have to be so rough…"

Daisuke flipped through the pages until he finally came across a picture of both Ken and his brother.
"There they are!" Daisuke announced.
"Just looking at this… you could never tell that he does all those horrible things." I said.
"His smile looks so gentle…" Hikari noticed.
"It's a mask. He was just wearing that to hide the true heart of a psychotic dictator. That bastard used me yesterday!" growled Ross.
"How?" I asked.
"When I was talking with Osamu yesterday, we were just chatting about some random things and about how our lives had been… but he was also very keen on knowing about Ken's new friends…"
"And he used that information against us all because…" Daisuke was about to accuse something but Taichi stepped in front of him.
"Hey, don't accuse Ross of anything, Daisuke. He didn't know. On the way here, I was thinking you were going to accuse Ken of being in collaboration with his brother."
"You kidding me? I saw him break down and cry so hard, I knew in an instant he was completely unaware of everything."

"Can I see that article please?" Daisuke handed Koushiro the magazine. "Give me a minute… good, there's a picture of his apartment complex… I should be able to narrow it down." He went to the computer.
"Do you think he's a Chosen Child as well?" wondered Miyako.
"Well, if he is, he's clearly fallen far." Takeru answered.
"Alright, if I can cross reference some local maps with the picture, I should have the building, then we just go there and surely someone living there knows which apartment it is." Koushiro continued to type away on his computer. "Got it, should be around here."
"Contact the others, tell them to meet us over there instead of here. Let's hurry!" Taichi ordered and we headed out.

Ichijouji Residence, Tamachi District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 12th, 2002. 1752 Hours.
P.O.V. – Third Person

"So?" Kaito asked Ruki about Osamu's mysterious silence.
"He's been in there all day… actually, he hasn't come out since he came home yesterday with Ken." She told him.
"That's right… he's been in there since the game…"
"Actually, I just got a call while you were out earlier… but Osamu-chan hasn't been in class since Tuesday."
"What!? What has he been doing while he's supposed to be in class?"
"I don't know… I just have no idea… What should we do?"
"Did his teachers say anything else other than him not showing up? Maybe something happened at school…"
"Nothing of that sort… but they said we have to let Osamu-chan handle his things…"
"What does that mean?"
"They said he's so smart, they can't tell what he's thinking… It's really eerie because that's what Ken-chan's teachers say as well. In short, they've all given up."
"That's completely irresponsible…"

"So, what should we do now?"
"In any case, I'm breaking down the door."
"But going that far…?"
"What else can we do?" Kaito walked up to the door and pounded on it. "Osamu! Open this door right now!" He got no response. "I'm giving you three seconds… one… two… three!" He rammed the door and knocked it open. When he looked around, he noticed the entire room was empty. "Osamu?" He walked out on to the patio and saw that he wasn't there as well.
"Kaito! Look at this!" Ruki screamed. He looked at the screen and his heart sank as he read the message that was left on it. "Why? Why!?"

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

Faster! Faster! I kept screaming those words to myself as I pedaled my bike back home. Ross's words about Osamu doing something drastic put the fear into me. What exactly is he capable of? Could he summon Digimon to the Real World to fight for him? Would he harm Mom and Dad? Too many questions and no answers… at least, none that will be answered until I get home. By the time I got home, I could see several police cars pulling up outside the building and Mom and Dad right out on the front steps of the building with Mom in tears. Did he kill himself or something… no, I'm positive he wouldn't do that, but I think I have a decent idea of what happened now. I dropped the bike right outside and hopped off before running inside.
"Ken! Wait…!" Dad tried to stop me but I just ran by and up to the apartment. I ran inside the house with Wormmon still in my bag and ran into Osamu's room which was wide open. There was nothing inside but his computer was still on… and on it was a message.
"'This world is no longer good enough. Goodbye. You're all insects.'" I read the message aloud.
"Ken-chan? What does that mean?" Wormmon asked as he popped his head out of my bag.
"He's run away… to the Digital World."
"You mean…?"
"Osamu has fully become the Kaiser."

Juriuchi Residence, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 13th, 2002. 1411 Hours.
P.O.V. – Third Person

Takeo hadn't been feeling too good for the past few days so he was taking a sick day from school. For most of the day he had been sleeping quietly while everyone in his house was gone, but recently he decided to check the Digital World on his computer. He had access to the map at his own home thanks to Koushiro. When he opened it, his eyes widened as he now saw the map had rapidly changed. A massive amount of white spaces had been turned into black spaces within the span of twenty-four hours.
"Shit…" He muttered as he pulled out his D-Terminal and quickly typed the message out for the others.

Odaiba Elementary School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 13th, 2002. 1651 Hours.
P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

Koushiro met up with us after class to explain everything he found out, of course it was really late today as we had some after school work we were assigned. Yesterday, we arrived in Tamachi only for Ken to inform us that his brother had ran away from home. We all guessed that he actually fled to the Digital World. And now with this recent message from Takeo about what Osamu had been up to during the night… our job just got way harder, that's for sure.

"So apparently, Osamu Ichijouji has been missing since Saturday night, as that was the last time Ken and his family saw him." Koushiro explained to us new Chosen Children excluding Ken who didn't show up. Guess he's probably still trying to deal with all this.
"They said they didn't know he was gone until yesterday." Hikari added the information the news report gave.
"And it's Monday today… which has given him plenty of time to expand his territory as Takeo said." Iori said. Koushiro walked over to the computer and turned it on. We saw the Digital map and Takeo was indeed right.
"The black area has expanded!" Takeru cried.
"Then this confirms it. Osamu Ichijouji has indeed been in the Digital World all this time." Koushiro deduced.
"Why?" Daisuke asked.
"He's planning to stay there and increase the number of black areas."
"Could it be he's not planning to come back to the Real World?" Takeru asked.
"It could be…" answered Iori.
"Eeh? He's going to stay in the Digital World forever? That's weird…" I said.
"It makes sense. He can't stay here because he has no power in the Real World. He doesn't have an army to command or really any sort of way to stop us from getting our hands on him. That's why he's staying in the Digital World, because all his power is there. In any case, things will be tougher now, no doubt." Koushiro warned.

"If that's the case, then we're going too!" Daisuke announced.
"But, at this time?" Koushiro slightly worried.
"We'll work something out!"
"We have to go!" agreed Hikari.
"Yeah." nodded Takeru.
"We'll be right back!" I said. Koushiro relented.
"Take a look and come back right away. Do not get bogged down in a fight!" He ordered.
"Got it!" Daisuke said. We all held up our Digivices to the screen.
"Digital Gate, open! Chosen Children, let's roll!" I cried.

When we arrived to the Digital World, the location was anything but hospitable as we were in a rocky field with pits of fire and lava all around us.
"It's hot…" I observed as I wiped the sweat from my brow.
"What is this place?"
"An area that's not too far away from an active volcano from the looks of it." Hawkmon looked around.
"Come on; let's not stay here any longer than necessary." Iori advised. We nodded and began walking through the area.
"Osamu Ichijouji! Where are you!?" Daisuke loudly demanded. We didn't get an actual answer from him but we got what probably could count as one when five human like Digimon engulfed in fire burst right out of a lava pit with Evil Rings around their necks.
"Meramon!" Takeru shouted. "They burn everything with their fierce flames and fiery tempers! Whatever you do, don't get hit by their Burning Fist!"
"Leave it to me! Let's go! Digimental Up!" Daisuke shouted.
"V-mon, Armor-Evolve! Burning Courage, FLADRAMON!"

A Meramon threw a Burning Fist but Fladramon was unimpressed by the fiery attack coming towards him.
"Knuckle Fire!" His attack tore through the fireball that was coming his way and struck the attacking Meramon right in the chest. However, the hit did nothing in terms of damage.
"Knuckle Fire doesn't work?" Daisuke questioned.
"Fire attacks may not work!" Hikari feared.
"Miyako-san!" Hawkmon stepped forward, waiting for my word.
"Okay, let's go! Digimental Up!"
"Hawkmon, Armor-Evolve! Wings of Love, HOLSMON!" Holsmon flew high up in the air and prepared his attack. "Tempest Wing!" He created a massive vortex of wind but it appeared all he was doing was building their flames which were going to make our job even worse.
"It's no good! It's just making the flames larger!" Holsmon stopped on my order.

P.O.V. – Third Person

At the same time nearby the Chosen Children, Greymon was out on a late patrol in one of his many protected area when the sky filled with four Airdramon and the Kaiser's personal Devidramon.
"What?" Greymon questioned as the Devidramon flew closer to him. "You want some?" He threatened.
"I've got an experiment I'd like to try, and I'd appreciate your help." The Kaiser said.
"An experiment involving you? No thanks."
"Unfortunately, you don't have a choice." The Kaiser then chuckled and snapped his fingers as an Evil Ring fell down upon Greymon.
"Osamu-chan? Why are you laughing?" Monodramon questioned as poor Greymon roared in pain as the Ring was taking its hold on him.
"I was unable to control Andromon… But I'll surely be able to control a Perfect-Level if I make it evolve from Adult-Level. Ken and his little insect friends are doomed." The Kaiser sinisterly smiled.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"Hikari-san, Takeru-san! I'm going too!" Iori stepped forward with Armadimon. "Digimental Up!"
"Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Steel Knowledge, DIGMON!" He jumped forward in front of the five attacking Meramon. "Big Crack!" All of his drills crashed into the ground and he created a large chasm that all the Meramon fell in.
"You did it!" Unfortunately, the Meramon just climbed right back out. Damn it, was it too much to ask for those Rings to be melted or something?
"Watch out!" Daisuke warned.
"It never ends!" Miyako feared.
"Takeru!" Patamon got my attention.
"Got it! Digimental Up!"
"Patamon, Armor-Evolve! Soaring Hope, PEGASMON!"

Both flying Digimon gaining some altitude and then came back around for their run.
"Udjat Gaze!" Two of the Meramon were suddenly stopped as Pegasmon floated over. The underside of his wings grew dark as there was like a portal into space that opened in his wings.
"Shooting Star!" Stars struck the two paralyzed Meramon.
"Tailmon!" Hikari said.
"Hikari!"
"Digimental Up!"
"Tailmon, Armor-Evolve! Light of Smiles, NEFERTIMON!" As Nefertimon took to the skies, the battle was soon won. "Curse of the Queen!" Nefertimon's attack destroyed the Evil Rings and the remaining Meramon were freed from the Kaiser's control.
"Now, the Dark Tower!" Hikari directed. We really should be going back like Koushiro requested but the tower is wide open for attack.

We didn't get a chance to move on that as we heard a very dark roar that could be heard for miles away.
"What was that!?" Miyako questioned.
"I know that roar…" I muttered. If that's what I think it was… we turned towards the direction and sure enough, four Airdramon were coming our way while carrying a ghastly looking Digimon that I thought I would never see again.
"Takeru-kun! Is that…?" Hikari clearly recognized the beast from the stories we told her.
"Yeah, it is. It's SkullGreymon!"
"SkullGreymon?" Iori asked.
"A devastating Digimon of immense power! Its main attack is Ground Zero! That should tell you everything! Where the hell did Osamu dig up that monstrosity?" The four Airdramon couldn't carry his weight and the decayed dinosaur grabbed the cords carrying it and tore them apart, sending him to the ground and causing a massive rumble. We could see a Devidramon nearby so it was clear that Osamu was here personally witnessing this. "We have to run…"
"Huh?" Daisuke was confused.
"We don't have a chance against him!"

My warning was clearly missed upon the new Digimon as all three of them charged forward… and easily swatted aside so hard that they devolved back into their Child-Levels.
"Fladramon!" "Holsmon!" "Digmon!" Their partners cried out for them. SkullGreymon soon turned its attention towards us and started walking our way.
"Everyone, run!" Nefertimon shouted.
"But we have to stay together!" Hikari reminded.
"We'll take the rest of the Digimon with us. Wait for us somewhere safe!" Pegasmon informed.
"Ground Zero!" SkullGreymon announced his catastrophic attack and the large organic missile on his back launched… and flew straight towards the Dark Tower. There was a massive, blinding explosion that would make you think a nuclear bomb had gone off nearby. The sheer force of the blast waves blew us all backwards onto the ground.
"Wh-what's wrong… with that thing!?" Daisuke questioned.

We heard a whistle over the air that must have been done by Osamu and suddenly, five DarkTyranomon walked into the area. They stomped right past us as they were clearly intent with fighting SkullGreymon.
"More enemies?" Miyako worried.
"Looks more like they're dealing with SkullGreymon than worry about us." Iori believed. It looked to be right as all five of the dinosaurs launched their attacks at SkullGreymon. They aimed for his feet and burned the ground underneath it.
"What are they doing?" Daisuke asked.
"I don't know…" I told him. The attacks didn't work as they were all swatted away as well. Hell, one just got grabbed before getting thrown against a rocky hill near us.
"I-its strong…" Daisuke muttered.
"But this is crazy!" Miyako cried.

Our fears were slightly relieved when SkullGreymon glowed which meant it was devolving. Unfortunately, it turns out… that SkullGreymon was a very familiar Agumon.
"That's…!" Hikari gasped. An Airdramon flew down and picked him up. "Agumon!" Hikari screamed as she ran forward. I chased after her.
"Hikari-chan! Stop!" I grabbed her.
"Let me go, Takeru-kun! He's taking Onii-chan's Agumon away!"
"You go, you'll get killed!"
"Please! Let go!"
"No! Everyone, help me!" The others assisted me in grabbing her and she just had tears in her eyes as we all watched Agumon be taken away.

P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

Jesus, how did it all turn so fast on us? The message was spread pretty quickly about what happened a few hours ago. Taichi's barricaded himself in our room; I dare not go in there tonight. It was all going fine a few days ago, but within twenty-four hours, it was just one piece of bad news after the other. First, we discovered the identity of the Digimon Kaiser; however, it was someone we'd never expected. Ken's own damn brother was the Kaiser and under our very noses, hell, Ken was sleeping less than a few steps away from a psychopath who I'm surprised didn't murder him in his sleep. Then in order to escape us, he's taken permanent residence in the Digital World and now that he isn't conflicted with living a duel life, the Kaiser can now strike fear and expand his territory around the clock.

Then today came the day I was worried about. I knew Osamu's version of the Kaiserschlacht would be coming, but not like this. And now this latest development… Here we thought that our Digimon could protect areas from being recaptured. I mean, they evolved so much they can do it without us now so we thought it would fine. We were wrong. Our foolishness has been paid for in Agumon's freedom and all the Digimon that were in the areas he was guarding, which had now been conquered once more. However, we're not going to quit. We're gonna unleashed the whirlwind and show Osamu that he will never win no matter what he does.

Because I shudder to think what the alterative will be…

And that was Chapter 11.

I don't really have anything else to say about this one so I'll see you all next time.

"Press the button, Frank."