Hello, last Monday before classes start again and then the story will be updated a little slower, I wish it was the summer vacation already.

Shoutout to a bunch of people with their reviews: DigimonAT0318, MadDogLucario96, Sonic245, and Whiteling.
Oh, and two more reviewers, yes, Vietnam123, in a way, this is a remake of 02.
And to God of the Challenge, as much as I would like it, no 99 references. I have to keep this dated to 2002.

Anyways, let's get on with it.

Chapter 18: A Matter of Honor! Igamon!

Yagami Residence, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. June 29th, 2002. 2007 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

"But when the night is falling, you cannot find the light! You feel your dreams are dying; hold tight! You got the music in you! Don't let go, you've got the music in you! One dance left, this world is gonna pull through! Don't give up; you've got a reason to live! Can't forget; we only get what we give!" Man, that song always cheers me up. I really needed to hear it after today; it was brutal. The war was slowly beginning to take its toll. The good news was that we weren't losing it, but we weren't winning it either. It was a back and forth fight; we'd liberate an area, the Kaiser would seize another one.

Today, we came across a pretty hard nut to crack. I think we ran into a defensive line the Kaiser has created. It's not your typical defensive line with pillboxes, bunkers, trenches, barbed wire and the like but rather the area we encountered actually had not one or two but three Dark Towers in the area and it was guarded by some pretty tough Digimon. This wasn't just the same in one area, a good amount of us Old Breed had the free time to assist and we ran into this same problem in three adjacent areas, hence why I believed it to be a defensive line. We broke through all of them which gave us two bits of good news. The first was that we had punched a hole right through the 'Kaiser Line' as we nicknamed it and that kind of defense meant that perhaps we're closer to where the Kaiser's lair is. If we can just find it, then all we need is one last push to cut the head off the snake. I even have a fitting name for it, Operation: Grand Slam. The only question is… how much further can we go with this before we reach our limit?

P.O.V. – Third Person

At the same time, a large city that resembled Feudal Japan was having an uninvited guest flying over it. The Kaiser looked smugly at city while on the back of his personal Devidramon.
"Osam- Digimon Kaiser-sama?" Monodramon was quick to remember that Osamu wished to be called the Kaiser from now on. "You're taking over this area too?" All the Kaiser did to answer was chuckle. The area was a good place to gather a large amount of new slaves but the Kaiser for the past few weeks had his mind on some other things. He wasn't seizing as much territory now because he was more focused on his grand project: one that would crush the Chosen Children once and for all.

For the Chosen Children, the looming threat was far to the back of their minds, at least in the minds of most of the New Breed. At Daisuke's apartment, he and Chibimon were taking a bubble bath but Chibimon was too energetic to be still.
"Hey, stay still! I can't wash you!" Daisuke picked him up.
"But it tickles!"
"Hey, keep it down or they'll hear us!" Chibimon turned the tables as he begun tickling Daisuke. Meanwhile, Jun was in the kitchen enjoying a drink when she heard the faint sound of Daisuke laughing, though it was hard to tell as her parents were laughing loudly too at the show they were watching.
"He's laughing alone in the bathroom? I hope he's alright." She muttered to herself. He may be a pain in the neck to her, but Jun still did care for her brother, even if he didn't feel the same.

"Now, on other news…" The news reporter said on Miyako's TV. "Genius boy Ichijouji Osamu, who suddenly disappeared two months ago, has not yet been found. The police, believing he's in trouble, continue their search…" The report was suddenly cut as it now showed two samurai fighting each other, which made Poromon red in the face.
"Hey, I was watching!" Miyako shouted at her dad who had the remote.
"Isn't it time for bed? Go to sleep." He said. She got up while her brother, Mantarou, who was blow drying his hair, accidently knocked Poromon back.
"Don't leave your stuff in the way!"
"Okay…" She said as she picked him up and took him to her room before she got out her D-Terminal and typed a message to the others.
"'Let's go to the Digital World tomorrow – Miyako'" Ken read aloud. He then typed in a new message. "Alright, but we'll have to leave a little later in the morning. My parents still want to give me a birthday party tomorrow, but it's gonna be a lot more of a somber one because of, you know." He finished typing up the message before sending it and heading to sleep.

"Emergency, ribbit! Emergency, ribbit! Emergency, ribbit!" A Gekomon shouted as he was running through the streets of the Feudal Japanese city in the Digital World at first light. He ran into the castle that overlooked the city. "Lord! Lord!" He ran into a large room that served as the main chambers of the lord of the castle and city, TonosamaGekomon. This was the same one that the Chosen Children had dealt with in the previous adventures, though being reborn; his attitude had mellowed out considerably. "This is terrible, ribbit! Hey, wake up, ribbit!" TonosamaGekomon woke up and turned to the screaming Gekomon. "A Dark Tower has appeared ribbit!"
"WHAT, RIBBIT!?" TonosamaGekomon jumped out of bed faster than he had before. He pulled on a cord that lifted his platform to the roof of the castle, where he could get a better look of the area. "Ahh!" He screamed.
"It's like the one I saw at the Murimuri Forest, ribbit!" The Gekomon informed.
"Ribbit! So the Digimon Kaiser has finally come this far! Ribbit…!" The large Digimon panicked. For good reason too as many of the Digimon living in the city would soon fall victim to the rain of Evil Rings above them.

Chosen HQ, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. June 30th, 2002. 1041 Hours.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

"I'm worried about the Digimon Kaiser's movements." Takeru admitted.
"Since he made Agumon Dark-Evolve, he hasn't faced us." Hikari reminded.
"Right… But he's still taking over new areas…" Miyako sat at the computer. "Albeit, not as much as he probably could."
"I guess he's too busy to play with us." I said.
"He may be planning something." Iori express slight worry.
"Then, we gotta make the first move!"
"Yeah, we have to free as many areas as we can from his control!" informed Takeru.
"While trying to find out where his headquarters is." Ken told us as he walked in.
"Hey, happy birthday." I told him.
"Thanks… but I'm not really in the mood if that's okay." We all understood. Probably was the same at his place. They're all more concerned about Osamu. We all turned our attention back to the computer and held up our D-3s.
"Digital Gate, open! Chosen Children, let's roll!" Miyako shouted.

When we arrived to the Digital World, a lot of us were taken aback by a quite familiar sight.
"Where are we, dagyaa?" Armadimon asked.
"It's a strange place…" Patamon muttered.
"It's like that place we saw on TV last night." Hawkmon observed.
"The Kyoto Uzumasa Studio?" wondered Hikari. They must have been watching the same thing last night.
"Isn't it like an old Edo town?" Miyako questioned.
"No, without a doubt, this is the Digital World. Look." Iori pointed ahead and we soon saw a Dark Tower.
"You're right, Iori-kun. The Kaiser has definitely taken this area." said Ken. I soon noticed red eyes all around us.
"Daisuke-kun." Takeru got back-to-back with me.
"Yeah… looks like we're not alone.

After a few tense moments, the rush came. Mushroom and flower Digimon all under the Kaiser's control soon began to blitz and surround us.
"Floramon and Mushmon." Wormmon alerted. "They may be Child-Level Digimon but I would not take them lightly, especially a large group of them."
"Glad to know, Wormmon." Ken thanked. The Floramon soon held up their hands.
"Allergy Shower!" They hands began shooting out a yellow mist.
"Poison Smash!" The Mushmon threw small mushrooms at us.
"Boom Boom Punch!" V-mon spun his arms around and hit a few of the attackers. Patamon used his ear wings to slap a Floramon in the face.
"Scratch Beat!" Armadimon's claws made short work of a Mushmon in front of him.
"Petit Tackle!" Wormmon body slammed one Mushmon that knocked down two more of them.
"Allergy Shower!" A Floramon charged Tailmon.
"Cat's Eye!" The Floramon turned the attack on herself when she saw Tailmon's glowing eyes.
"I quit… I'm so tired… Time for a nap." The Floramon fell over, victim to her own attack. Our Digimon were pushing them back so we could escape the pocket.

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

"Poison Smash!" A Mushmon running parallel to Hawkmon tossed out four of his mushrooms.
"Feather Slash!" Hawkmon took the lone feather on his head and threw it. It acted like a boomerang and destroyed all the mushrooms before returning to him.
"I'll remember this!" The Mushmon growled as he fled. Hawkmon suddenly jumped back a second later to try and avoid a projectile that landed near him.
"A shuriken?" He looked to a tree when a blanket that looked like the tree bark flew away from it revealing a small, red ninja Digimon with an Evil Ring around his head. He then jumped on a nearby roof.
"You dodged my shuriken this time… not bad at all. The next one won't miss!" He pulled out another one. I leaned back against a nearby wall.
"Seems like you're good with the shuriken…" I got his attention. "But you're only the second best in the Digital World." I stepped off the wall and gave him a '2' signal.
"What? Then, who is the best?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Hawkmon shook one of his fingers. "That would be me, Igamon." Brilliant, we did the Kaiketsu Zubat thing perfectly.
"Let's do it, Hawkmon! Digimental Up!" I shouted.
"Hawkmon, Armor-Evolve! Bursting Purity, SHURIMON!"

Shurimon wasted no time attacking as he threw out one of his arms which forced Igamon to jump in order to avoid getting hit.
"So you can use the shuriken, too…"
"Indeed I can."
"I don't like that…" Igamon threw out another shuriken that Shurimon jumped over. Igamon then jumped in the air two and pulled out the sword he had sheathed on his back. He threw a few jabs but they were deflected by Shurimon's shurikens. They landed on opposite roofs and stared each other down.
"Shurimon, you're so cool!" I could help but shout. He really is amazing. However, my mood changed as suddenly I found myself staring at a bunch of Floramon and Mushmon down the alleyway.
"There she is!" Sounds like that Mushmon that Hawkmon bested brought back friends.
"Get her!" A Floramon yelled and I turned and took off as fast as my feet could carry.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

"V-mon Head!" "Scratch Beat!" "Petit Tackle "Air Shot!" "Cat Punch!" Our Digimon were taking down attacker after attacker but the horde seemed endless.
"There's no end to them!" Tailmon said what we were all thinking. This is starting to feel like Dome City all over again. Hopefully, no one gets left behind again.
"I'm sure all the Digimon in the village are being controlled." Hikari guessed.
"Guys! Run!" Miyako screamed at us as we saw her getting pursued by a lot of bad Digimon. We didn't need to be told twice as we took off as well. "Wait!"
"Everyone, this way, ribbit!" A voice cried from an alley we were coming up on. Takeru quickly doubled back and me and him saw a Gekomon holding up a manhole cover. "Come on, hurry up, ribbit!" He didn't look controlled so I guess we could trust him.
"Guys, this way!" Takeru yelled out.

We soon began going down into the sewers to try to escape from our attackers. It wasn't the best idea, but we needed to regroup and rethink on how we were going to take this tower.
"A manhole? Why is a manhole in the Edo period?" Daisuke questioned.
"That's because this isn't the Edo period, but the Digital World." I told him.
"That doesn't matter, just hurry up!" Miyako yelled. "Shurimon! Come back!" A moment later, Shurimon flew back down to where we were before devolving back to Hawkmon.
"Sorry, Miyako-san. I told Igamon we'd continue our fight later."
"Who cares? Get down in there!" We all stayed quiet for a few moments when we all were finally down here. After there were no sounds of someone trying to lift the manhole cover, we guessed that we lost the controlled Digimon.
"Looks like we're in the clear. So what is going on?" Ken asked the Gekomon.
"Well, the Kaiser showed up and took control of the city, ribbit. Those of us who aren't controlled are holed up in the castle. We'll take you to meet with our lord, ribbit."

After walking through the sewers, we soon came into the main chamber of the castle where we met the lord of the city, TonosamaGekomon. Boy, he sure is a big frog.
"So you're the Chosen Children?" He questioned. "You have done much for my Gekomon and Otamamon, ribbit."
"We really appreciate what you did for us, ribbit." A Gekomon walked over to where we were sitting.
"Tama!" An Otamamon jumped out with him.
"So that was you back then?" Miyako recalled her and Mimi freeing them the day Palmon first Armor-Evolved.
"Yes, ribbit!"
"I see… so you actually live in this village."
"We take care of our lord here in this castle, ribbit."
"Tama!"

"By the way, do you know where the Digimon Kaiser is?" V-mon asked.
"I don't think he's here, ribbit…"
"The Evil Rings came flying and took control of everyone's minds, tama…"
"So you're the only ones who weren't affected because you were inside the castle?" Armadimon figured. All the Gekomon and Otamamon had tears in their eyes as they nodded.
"We don't want to be slaves to the Digimon Kaiser again, ribbit… Lord, what should we do, ribbit?"
"Lord, tama?" We all turned our attention back to TonosamaGekomon who looked like he was going deep into thought.
"At a time like this…"
"At a time like this, ribbit…?" The large frog growled as he was thinking hard about what he was doing next. It actually sounded like he was straining.
"We sleep, ribbit." All of us faceplanted.

P.O.V. – Third Person

Everyone cleared the chamber as TonosamaGekomon took a nap. While the children were discussing about what to do next, an uninvited guest had snuck into the oriental castle and was planning something sinister. Igamon was deeply disappointed that Shurimon fled their fight, and was now itching to settle the score. His orders from the Kaiser were simple, but there was an added bonus to them. If a Dark Spiral controlled TonosamaGekomon went on a rampage, it would lure the Chosen Children out, especially Shurimon.
"You will be Kaiser-sama's servant too." Igamon chuckled as he latched the spiral on the antenna on the back of his head. TonosamaGekomon soon began waking up which was Igamon's cue to leave. "Next, him…"

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

"Well, no matter what TonosamaGekomon says, our priority is to destroy the Dark Tower." Iori said.
"That'll be easy! Just Armor-Evolve and take it down! Right, V-mon?" Daisuke asked.
"Yeah, our opponents seem pretty weak! Piece of cake! Easy as a V!" V-mon claimed. Our conversation was interrupted when the whole castle began to shake.
"E-earthquake?" I claimed. The room was starting to crumble dust around us and I was worried that the whole place was about to come down around us. Miyako fell to her knees and clutched her head while shrieking.
"I hate earthquakes! I'm scared!"
"Calm down, Miyako-san. It's over now." assured Hawkmon.
"This is terrible, ribbit!" A Gekomon burst into the room with a panicked look on his face. "Our lord is out of control, ribbit!"
"Eh?!" We all said.
"So much for opponents being weak…" Wormmon muttered which cause V-mon to nervously chuckle.

We all ran outside to see that indeed TonosamaGekomon was causing a rampage and tearing up anything in his way. A quick look and we could all see why exactly he was destroying the city.
"An Evil Spiral!" I pointed ahead. The city was already in a panic as even the controlled Digimon were trying to keep out of the rampaging frog's way. A Gekomon had climbed up a ladder and started ringing a bell that served as a way of telling those in the area to evacuate. A large group of Gekomon and Otamamon ran past us but one poor Otamamon got tripped up and stuck under a wooden basket with TonosamaGekomon marching towards her way.
"H-help me, tama! Don't leave me, tama!" She screamed.
"Are you alright?" V-mon helped her out.
"Even our lord has been controlled, ribbit…" The Gekomon with us sadly moaned. "Please, ribbit! Help our lord, ribbit!"
"Leave it to us!" I assured him.
"Takeru, be careful! The others are coming too!" Patamon warned. We turned to see the large group of Mushmon and Floramon had regrouped and were marching up to us.

"Alright… let's go, V-mon!" Daisuke said.
"Let's do it!" V-mon responded.
"Digimental Up!"
"V-mon, Armor-Evolve! Storm of Friendship, LIGHDRAMON!"
"Let's go, Patamon!" I held up my Digivice. "Digimental Up!"
"Patamon, Armor-Evolve! Soaring Hope, PEGASMON!"
"Digimental Up!" Hikari, Ken and Iori shouted.
"Tailmon, Armor-Evolve! Light of Smiles, NEFERTIMON!" "Wormmon, Armor-Evolve! Stinging Kindness, TETERMON!" "Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Steel Knowledge, DIGMON!"

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

"Let's go, Hawkmon!" I was also ready to go.
"With pleasure." However, before Hawkmon could Armor-Evolve, a shuriken flew through the air and Hawkmon had to push me out of the way to avoid getting hit by it. "Watch out!"
"Thanks, Hawkmon." Hawkmon nodded before he turned back to the shuriken that had a paper latched to it.
"This shuriken… Igamon!"
"What is it?" He quickly opened it and read it.
"It's a challenge."
"A challenge?"

P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

"Silver Blaze!" "Curse of the Queen!" "Precision Sting!" Our three attacks did nothing to the Evil Spiral that was controlling TonosamaGekomon.
"It didn't come off!" Takeru yelled. We watched as TonosamaGekomon continued with his rampage.
"I think we're gonna need something stronger if we're gonna get that. At least the good news for us is that he seems more focused on the city." Ken observed.
"That's not good for the citizens of the city, Ken-kun." I told him.
"I know, this is a losing battle right now. Give me a minute to think of something."
"Hurry it up, or there's not gonna be a city left!" Takeru cried.

At the same time, Daisuke and Iori split up but Daisuke soon found himself staring down a bunch of angry Mushmon.
"H-hey… W-wait a second…" Lighdramon jumped in front of him and used his tail to swipe the Mushmon away.
"Daisuke, get on!"
"No need to tell me twice!" He climbed on to his Digimon's back and they moved away from reinforcing Mushmon.
"Poison Smash!" The Mushmon tried to get them but one quick bolt of Blue Thunder and the smaller mushrooms were destroyed.
"Here they come." Iori and Digmon looked forward at the group of Floramon who were trying to climb over a stone wall.
"I'll handle this, dagyaa! Big Crack!" Digmon made short work of the Floramon. That's the smaller Digimon taken care of, now what about TonosamaGekomon… and where did Miyako go to?

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

Well, this is one of the more foolish things I've ever done in my life. I had Hawkmon Armor-Evolve into Shurimon so he can deal with Igamon. I get a feeling he's probably responsible for putting that Evil Spiral on TonosamaGekomon. Probably was a way to get us to fight him again. So we decided to deal with him… by hanging onto a kite. Sure we looked cool, but this was still extremely dangerous. It looked like Igamon was meditating on a roof not too far away from the castle. Time to deal with this upstart.
"Shurimon is here!" He announced.
"I've waited a long time. Nice to see my actions drew you out." Ah, so he admits to the rampaging Digimon. Shurimon jumped off the kite and landed on the other side of the roof. "Let's fight, Shurimon!" Igamon charged him.
"Get ready!"

The two of them jumped up and soon began trading blows mid-air.
"Miyako-san, go inside the tower!" Shurimon ordered. He clearly wanted me in a safer location than a kite that's flying near some sharp objects. Don't want Igamon to cheat and try to harm me or something.
"Okay! Shurimon, make sure you win!" I told him as I redirected the kite to land on the top balcony of the tower.
"Leave it to me!" He confidently said as he deflected a shuriken that was thrown at him. He threw out his arm but Igamon jumped up and landed on the spring.
"I got you!"
"What?" Shurimon was surprised by the move. When I finally landed, I just caught a glimpse of Shurimon getting thrown off the roof!
"Shurimon!" I cried out for him.

P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

"Samurai Tone!" TonosamaGekomon fired sonic waves from the large horns attached to him right at us.
"Here it comes!" Nefertimon shouted and we all dodge it. Thank goodness, because the building and emergency bell behind us was blown to shrapnel! "That was close…"
"We can't defeat a Perfect-Level by ourselves!" Hikari claimed.
"You're right, Hikari-chan, we need the others but they're preoccupied right now." Takeru observed. If we could just get everyone to focus their attacks… I looked over to the Dark Tower and an idea hit me. We lure the Shogun Digimon to that Dark Tower… we could trick him into destroying it himself.
"Guys!" I yelled while pointing to the tower. They look like they figured out what I was thinking and nodded. We flew over to the tower and got in front of it. "Hey, we're over here! Give us your best shot!" I taunted.
"Samurai Tone!"
"Now! Move!" We flew out of the way and my plan worked perfectly. The tower exploded into dark rubble. "We did it!" Of course, TonosamaGekomon was not influenced by the tower but that should free up the others to assist us with him.

"It's up to you, Daisuke-kun, Iori-kun!" Takeru called out to them as they got over to us.
"What about you guys?" Iori asked.
"We'll keep him distracted, you got for the Spiral!" Hikari told them.
"Right, leave it to us!" Daisuke nodded.
"Lightning Blade!" TonosamaGekomon's whole body was being electrocuted by the attack, which stopped him completely.
"I'm counting on you, Digmon!" Iori said to his partner who began digging underground.
"I'll get him! Gold Rush!" The ground exploded underneath the giant frog and he fell on his back where he slammed the back of his head against the ground, knocking him out cold.
"We did it!" Iori cheered.
"Hey, where's Miyako-san?" I questioned.
"I don't see her or Hawkmon anywhere, Ken-chan." Tetermon looked around.
"It's not like her to vanish like that."

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

I guess I shouldn't have been too worried for Shurimon. Him getting thrown off the roof, he turned it around to his favor and bounced back up to the roofs when the Dark Tower exploded and Igamon's Evil Ring shattered. The problem was that those two were still fighting one another!
"Iga Style Shuriken Throw!" Igamon threw four shurikens at Shurimon.
"Autumn Wind!" Shurimon used his hands and feet to deflect them.
"The Dark Tower was destroyed! Why are you still fighting?" I yelled.
"I appreciate you freeing me from the Kaiser's influence, but you don't understand. There cannot be two shuriken masters. This is a matter of honor and I will see this duel to its conclusion when there is only one master still standing! Iga Style Clone Technique!" Typical, pride comes before the fall. Igamon soon cloned himself and had Shurimon surrounded. "Iga Style Shuriken Throw!" All the clones threw their shurikens.
"Leaf Hiding!" Shurimon was enveloped in a tornado of leaves. After a few seconds, he was gone when the leafs blew away.

"Igamon, prepare yourself!" Shurimon shouted as he dropped from above the moment the other clones dissipated. "Kusanagi!" Shurimon threw his large shuriken while Igamon pulled out his sword and tried to deflect it. A second later, the blade was cut in half, part of his mask had been cut and Igamon fell to his knees. Shurimon had proven to be the better ninja. "The battle is over." Shurimon said as he landed on the roof.
"I… I concede. But mark my words Shurimon, I will return… and next time, I will defeat you!" He threw a smoke bomb and when it cleared, he was gone.
"Shurimon, you won!" I cheered as I ran below him from the tower. "You're so cool! I love you!"
"M-Miyako-san…" He blushed so hard; you could see it through the mask.

P.O.V. – Third Person

Miyako returned to the others to find that TonosamaGekomon still had his Evil Spiral but was deep asleep and snoring so loud it could be heard within a ten kilometer radius.
"He fell asleep…" Otamamon observed.
"Oh man…" Gekomon groaned. Miyako flew over the others as Shurimon held her in his arms while using his leg shurikens like a helicopter.
"Miyako-san! Where have you been?" Iori waved and questioned.
"Nowhere really!" She said.

"Please, ribbit! Remove the Evil Spiral, ribbit!" begged Gekomon.
"It's a pain, so why don't we cut it off along with his hair?" Daisuke asked. Gekomon flipped out.
"What are you saying, ribbit!?"
"I'm just kidding!"
"Stop, ribbit! Stop, ribbit! Stop, ribbit! Stop, ribbit! Stop, ribbit! You're horrible, ribbit! You're horrible, ribbit!"
"What?" Daisuke was asking the others about the glare he was being given.
"Daisuke-kun, you're cruel." Hikari turned her back to him which caused Daisuke to panic.
"But I said it was a joke! Hikari-chan, I was just kidding!" Hikari began laughing as she was just being hard on him.
"Alright, aim for the Spiral!" Takeru ordered the Digimon.
"Silver Blaze!" "Curse of the Queen!" "Precision Sting!" "Blue Thunder!" "Gold Rush!" "Autumn Wind!" The Digimon coordinated their attack and after a few tense moments, the spiral was destroyed. A minute later, TonosamaGekomon began slowly waking up. He looked over to see Gekomon and Otamamon with tears in their eyes.
"What's wrong, ribbit? Why are you crying, ribbit?"
"Well, how was this for a birthday, Ken?" Daisuke asked.
"Not the greatest, but it was certainly anything but boring." Ken shrugged his shoulders.

Back at the Kaiser's lair, he was watching the Chosen Children say goodbye.
"We're really, really grateful for your help, ribbit!" A Gekomon said.
"We owe you!" admitted TonosamaGekomon.
"Please, no need to thank us!" Daisuke waved a Japanese hand fan.
"He's really taking this seriously!" Takeru was referring to the whole Feudal Japan vibe.
"Yeah… it's embarrassing." Miyako rolled her eyes.
"Even after he tried to cut off the lord's hair…" Iori said.
"Yeah, Daisuke-kun, you should be a bit more diplomatic next time." Ken advised.
"Come on, let's go home!" Hikari insisted.

"They got you again." Monodramon observed.
"Hmph! They can do as they please. I just hope Ken like his present. Shame it didn't kill him. As for the rest of them… let them feel a little joy for now. Enjoy their victory. After all, none of them can comprehend what I'm planning…" The Kaiser began to laugh as he continued on with his grand project.

A grand project that would give him his final victory…

That doesn't bode well, does it?

Quick thing to mention but I didn't want to waste time in the chapter saying it, but the kids are in their summer clothes now. Ken's outfit is a blue-grey short sleeved button up dress shirt and light grey khakis that go past his knees. Ross's is a 1990's Jeff Bagwell jersey t-shirt and tan cargo shorts.

I really don't have much to say relating to this one. See you all for the next one.

"Push the button, Frank."