I don't know where I am exactly... but in terms of the actual episodes, we're, as Bon Jovi puts it, halfway home. (Living on a Prayer!)

Shoutouts to DigimonAT0318, MadDogLucario96, and Whiteling for the continued review support, and my drive to keep forward with this story.

Anyways... let's continue with the show.

Chapter 30: Knight of the Sky! Aquilamon!

Odaiba Elementary School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. September 20th, 2002. 1059 Hours.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

It had been a week since our discover that Osamu had returned to the Digital World and Monodramon was back. Since then, nothing has really happened. Our efforts to rebuild weren't having any sort of trouble. For most of the group, they didn't know how to feel about all this. And we couldn't really know what was going on with Osamu because Ken hasn't answered our messages for almost three weeks now. Something was off but we just couldn't put our finger on it.

However, the last few days had me thinking. After what had happened, I had the idea in my head of asking Osamu to join us. I know it sounds crazy but he is a Chosen Child, and I do believe that he regrets his actions. That day is proof that he isn't the same person. Of course, he did have Monodramon kill Thunderballmon which I know will probably turn away the others… but considering I've ordered a Digimon to be killed too… maybe that's why I'm more open to the idea. Clearly there are Digimon out there that will try to hurt us no matter what and sometimes we have to make a tough call. The older Chosen knew that and Osamu does too. I decided to finally talk with the others today about this.

The first was Hikari, who today, we had to help serve out today's lunch. We were carrying a large pot of soup up the stairs while I tried to convince Hikari of my suggestion.
"But Osamu Ichijouji has some good points."
"You think so?"
"Well, he saved us."
"In the end, yes…" We placed the soup down in a class room and began serving.
"So, you think he had other intentions?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"Well…" "We should watch him a little longer. I wish Ken would just reply to us about what is going on, maybe then I could have a more definitive answer about Daisuke's idea."

During free period, I decided to talk to Iori, who was currently doing some kendo training outside.
"A lot of things happened, but we should just put it behind us." Iori just stayed silent and continued to swing his shinai. He didn't really need to say anything for me to understand where he stood with the idea. "I guess it's not that easy." I sighed and got up to look for Miyako; maybe she'd be more understanding.
"Of course it's not. Not if you think about the Digimon that were harmed by the Kaiser." Iori thought to himself.

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

I was sitting in the computer lab with our Digimon who were happily eating when Daisuke came in and told me his idea of having Osamu join us. It's not that I was fully opposed to it… it's just… I'm hesitant because he doesn't look like he's proven to be any more different than he was before. After all, this might just be one giant ruse to regroup and regain his power; sounds unlikely, but none of us can be sure, not even Ken if he would ever get around to answering us.

"I mean, he's not the Ichijouji from before…" Daisuke kept giving his argument.
"You think so…?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, I think he finally realized that Digimon are living beings when Monodramon died. But in that battle the other day, even though it was an enemy, he still killed a Digimon. I just don't know… Can you really say he's not the same as before?"
"If you knew what I did, you'd probably be a bit more understanding." He gave me a look before he huffed and walked out of the room.
"Daisuke!" Chibimon ran after him.

"What's wrong with Daisuke-kun?" Takeru asked as he walked in with Patamon.
"He wants Osamu Ichijouji to join us."
"Look, I don't care if he is Ken-kun's brother; I'm against the whole idea…"
"I agree. I wonder if we asked Ken-kun, you think he'd say the same thing?"
"Who knows?"
"Well, I don't think Ichijouji-san wants to, anyway. People don't change that easily."
"Tailmon did…" He reminded me of the old stories.
"That's different than this. Tailmon was forced to be Vamdemon's servant. Osamu Ichijouji's actions were all of his own doing. After everything, he hasn't changed."
"No, I think Ichijouji has changed like Daisuke-kun said."
"By the way, Takeru-kun? You figured out why the Dark Tower from before was working again?"
"And why it disappeared? No idea, I'm afraid."

Chosen HQ, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. September 20th, 2002. 1520 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

"You're serious about this?" I asked Daisuke as he told me of his idea to invite Osamu to join us.
"Look, I thought maybe you or Taichi-san would be more understanding about this, ya know, considering you've killed Digimon before." He explained the whole Thunderballmon situation to me.
"So why didn't you go to Taichi first?"
"You were closer." He admitted, which made Guilmon laugh. "I'm serious though… despite everything he's done, he is one of us."
"You're right… he is a Chosen Child even if the others don't want to admit it. But you have to understand why they're hesitant to the whole idea."
"I know, destroying Thunderballmon didn't help."
"Exactly… we've said this before, some Digimon are evil and the only way to stop them is to destroy them; as hard as that decision is."

"Yeah… well, I… need your help for what I'm gonna do next."
"What is it?"
"I'm going to go straight to the source of it all."
"You don't mean…"
"You mind coming with me to Tamachi to just simply talk with him?" I was wide eyed about that.
"I… I… don't…"
"Come on, I'd feel better if someone could talk to him. You of all people considering you've met him a few times before." I sighed before I finally relented. I don't believe Osamu would join, but he isn't wrong about at least talking to him. He picked Chibimon up off the floor and heads right out the door.
"Guilmon… Stay and watch the place okay?"
"Okay then."

Tamachi Middle School, Tamachi District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. September 20th, 2002. 1742 Hours.
P.O.V. - Ken Ichijouji

Osamu was basically sticking around with most of the other students as they were all awaiting their results on their test when I showed up not too long before sundown. They were actually so focused on them that they didn't notice Osamu walking down the stairs to meet with me.
"Unbelievable." "He's gone for four months and it's as if he's never left." "How is he aces these things every time?" "Think he's cheating?" "You kidding? It would be easier to believe that!" "Jeez, I wish I could make grades like him." Both of us chuckled as we let all the other students be enamored with Osamu's scores.
"Man, I wonder if that's gonna be the same with me in a few years." I looked back as we left.
"Probably; right now. I just wanna go home." We mostly made small talk with each other on the way home… until we found Ross and Daisuke waiting for us up ahead. We soon were all under the bridge and Ross was tossing rocks into the bay as he was talking to Osamu. I asked Daisuke what was going on to which he turned the question around on me and I told him it was complicated. He didn't say anything more after that.

"So, what is you wanted to talk about, Ross-kun?" Osamu asked.
"Well, this was mostly Daisuke's idea, but it is a good one."
"That is?"
"Mostly… do you think you can apologize to everyone and the Digimon? I mean, this is your choice; I'm just giving it a suggestion. We can set it all up for you if you wish. What do you think?"
"You think simply saying sorry-"
"Look, you made a mistake and simply saying sorry isn't gonna make everything okay immediately. But it does prove to the others that you're sincere about everything and that you regret your actions. Do you?" Osamu just sighed.
"Yeah… Okay."
"You're alright with it?" Daisuke spoke up. "Okay, then! Glad we could talk!"
"But… do you think they'll forgive me if I apologize?" The three of us had nervous looks.
"Maybe not right away, but…" Daisuke admitted.
"I'm certain everyone will understand. We do." Ross said.

"You think so?" Osamu turned to look at Ross.
"Yeah, I do. After all, you're a Chosen Child just like us." He looked a bit surprised by that.
"Chosen Child?" He thought himself as the last person to be considered a Chosen Child after what he had done.
"Look, we've all had our own problems, but in the end, we're still a team. We're partners."
"Partners…" He turned away. "I'm sorry… can we leave the whole 'team' and 'partners' part out?" He turned and walked away. "Anyway, I'm sorry."
"I still can't believe you guys came out here and aren't gonna ask anything." I said.
"We'd love to know, but if there's a reason why you're keeping us in the dark… we do trust you, Ken, okay?" Daisuke informed. Chibimon then popped his head out of Daisuke's bag.
"He can apologize but he doesn't want to team up with the rest of us?"
"I'm sorry… I think he truly does, but he just wants some time to get his feelings sorted out, you know?" I told them.
"Same thing with Yamato…" Ross muttered. "Yeah, we understand. See ya around, Ken-kun. If you don't mind… Mimi and I have a date tomorrow." Ross walked to opposite direction with Daisuke following behind. I ran to catch up with Osamu.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

I followed Ross and Daisuke to Tamachi where I should've known the two of them would try to find the Ichijouji brothers. I was more surprised that Daisuke managed to get Ross go along with this plan of his but dismissed it as I saw them parting from each other.
"Daisuke's trying hard!" Patamon observed from on top of my head.
"Yeah… Ichijouji-san doesn't seem to look at others the way he used to… but he looks determined. Just what's in his mind? And what does Ken-kun know that we don't?"

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

Takeru called my place to inform me of what Daisuke had done. It was surprising to say the least about it all.
"Anyway, I understand what Daisuke was trying to say." I then hung up.
"Miyako, what's wrong?" Momoe asked me as the rest of my siblings were all sitting on the couch. I explained the situation to them… a very censored version. They don't need to know anything about Osamu or the Digimon. "Well… I think he's serious."
"You think so?"
"Yeah. But what really matters is what your feeling are."
"My feelings?"
"Will you be able to forgive your boyfriend?" My eyes widened. "This is Ichijouji Ken we're talking about, right?" They do know that Ken hangs out with us, and that I do have a crush on him, but…
"'This week, Geminis with AB blood will be lucky in love if you open up.'" Chizuru read from her magazine.
"Don't get any ideas! He's not my boyfriend!" I shouted.
"Well, that doesn't matter." Mantarou dismissed. "Just don't regret your decision."

"My feelings…" I muttered to myself as I laid in my bed. "My feelings, huh…?"
"If it bothers you so much, why not ask Ichijouji Osamu himself, or at least talk to Ken-san again…" Poromon suggested.
"I doubt he wants to talk to me. He doesn't really want to talk to any of us at the moment." I sighed. "Believe me, I would… but… I don't know."
"Is this Osamu or Ken-san we're still talking about?"
"I don't even know anymore… Osamu-san mostly but I was referring to Ken-kun a moment ago…" Didn't we promise shortly after finding Osamu was the Kaiser that we'd help each other out with our problems, Ken? What happened to that?

Digital World. September 20th, 2002. 2029 Hours.
P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji

"Stingmon! Keep your focus on Snimon!" "Strikedramon! Deal with Tyranomon!" Ken and I gave our respective Digimon their orders as they focused on the two attacking Digimon. Stingmon quickly dodged the Shadow Scythes before delving a series of rapid kicks that destroyed Snimon. As for Strikedramon, he managed to front flip of a fireball before diving down with glowing claws and cutting the dinosaur to ribbons.
"Good work, you two!" I gave my praise.
"But still…" Strikedramon turned his attention to the valley of Dark Towers ahead. Any of my creations that remain standing will remain a threat to the Digital World… especially if that woman gets her hands anywhere near them.

Digital World. September 21st, 2002. 1231 Hours.
P.O.V. – Mimi Tachikawa

You know, today was more or less supposed to be a date for me and Ross originally. The idea of having it in a much more calmed down Digital World was a great idea. However, now it turned into more of just baby siting a group of Yukimibotamon that were in the area. They looked like Botamon except their fur was white instead of black.
"I think they like your food." Ross admitted as the little guys were chowing down a small meal of marshmallows I made.
"Really? Well, I'm glad they like it! But…" I turned my head around. "Where did Palmon go? The marshmallows will be gone if she doesn't come back soon."
"I think she mentioned something about getting some herbs for a tea she had planned for you two."
"Mimi! Mimi!" We heard Palmon's voice cry out.
"That doesn't sound like a good 'Mimi' from her!" Ross stood up.
"Palmon?" We ran out towards the canyon in front of the large dam nearby and saw Palmon running towards us.

"Mimi! I have to evolve, quickly!"
"Palmon! What's wrong?" Our answer came when a large golem Digimon dropped from above. Palmon quickly used her Poison Ivy to grab a tree and escaped before she was crushed.
"That's Golemon!" Guilmon exclaimed. "His body is rock hard as he's essentially made from strong boulders! And Curse Crimson is not something you want to be on the receiving end of!" Palmon latched onto a tree.
"That was close…" She breathed a sigh of relief… before flew forward and struck her in the stomach!
"Palmon!" I screamed as I ran to her. "Palmon! Are you alright!?"
"H-hurry… we have to stop him… He's… trying to destroy the dam…" Palmon muttered.
"Why would he do that!?" Guilmon shouted.
"If that dam breaks…" Ross observed, before he turned his attention to the city at the other end of the dam. "The whole city will be washed away… thousands will drown…"
"Hurry… tell… everyone…" Palmon said before she fell unconscious thanks to her injuries.
"Palmon! Palmon…"

Ross gave me a tap on the shoulder.
"Leave it to me, okay, sweetie?" I nodded. "Guilmon!"
"Right! Guilmon, evolve! GROWMON!" Growmon jumped down into the canyon as started running for Golemon. Meanwhile, Ross pulled out his D-Terminal. "Probably gonna need some help." He was right as Golemon easily just slapped Growmon as he got close.
"Ugh… dislocate by jaw next time, won't ya?" Growmon tried as hard as he could for almost fifteen minutes to stop Golemon but the Digimon was hell-bent on getting to the dam.

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

"Ross-san!" Daisuke yelled out as we ran up to them after receiving the emergency Ross sent.
"Mimi-oneesama!" I shouted.
"Palmon!" Daisuke notice Mimi holding Palmon. "What happened?"
"That one…!" Mimi pointed to a stone Digimon fighting Growmon. "He's trying to destroy the dam!"
"Who's that?"
"It's Golemon! Why he's doing it, no one knows!" informed Ross. The small white baby Digimon were all jumping up and down with panicked looks on their faces. "If he takes out the dam, that whole city will drown!" We could see that the city would be destroyed it the dam broke.
"Alright, leave it to us!" Daisuke assured. "We're counting on you, guys!" He turned to the Digimon.
"Right!" They all exclaimed and jumped into the canyon trench with Golemon now climbing the dam after shaking off Growmon one last time who then devolved into Guilmon.

"In any case, we have to get him away from the dam!" Lighdramon explained.
"Careful! I don't know who he is, but he isn't a normal Golemon!" Guilmon said before Lighdramon stopped next to him and got him on his back and got him to a safe location where Ross ran to reclaim him.
"Sanctuary Bind!" Pegasmon and Nefertimon tied their attack around Golemon and restrained him.
"Now!" Lighdramon ordered. "Blue Thunder!" "Gold Rush!" "Autumn Wind!" The attacks struck the golem in the back and he was engulfed in a cloud of smoke. "Did we get him?" questioned Lighdramon. The smoke dispersed and revealed that he didn't even have a scratch! Instead, he tried moving and was actually dragging down Takeru and Hikari's Digimon. "He's tough!"
"What great power…" Pegasmon groaned.
"Everyone, aim for the Evil Ring!" exclaimed Nefertimon.
"Leave that to me!" Shurimon jumped up to get a closer look at the attacking Digimon. "I can't see it anywhere!"
"Then, he's not being controlled?" Lighdramon and the rest of us were just confused about all this.

"It's just like Thunderballmon last week!" Digmon recalled. Golemon shook his head again and the two Digimon restraining him slammed hard against the dam walls.
"Pegasmon!" "Nefertimon!" Takeru and Hikari called out for their Digimon. Golemon continued climbing higher.
"I won't let you!" Lighdramon jumped up to him, but the four holes in Golemon's back lit up and fired a toxic cloud of gas that blew back Lighdramon.
"Lighdramon!" Now it was Daisuke's turn to shout for his partner.
"You will pay!" Shurimon jumped up once more. "Autumn-" Golemon took his arm and smashed Shurimon in the chest!
"Shurimon!" I cried.
"This is bad!" Iori exclaimed as Golemon had no more distractions and smashed his fist through the wall of the dam before a large torrent of water shot out.

"What now?" Lighdramon questioned as a small flood of water began flowing out of the damaged dam. The white baby Digimon all cried out in fear as they saw the waters running past us.
"Guys, protect the city!" Mimi ordered.
"Understood!" Our Digimon turned their attention away from the dam and unto the water; but not before Nefertimon launched a Rosetta Stone that plugged up the hole. That stopped anymore water from coming but there still remained the water that had already gotten through. The Digimon were quick in their response to the water. Shurimon and Lighdramon tore down several rows of large trees along the canyon. Digmon jumped in front of the water and cracked open a trench for the water to flow into. Nefertimon and Pegasmon used their binding attack to gather all of the trees and place them as a wall behind the trench to hold off the tide and keep the water from just flowing past the crack. They quickly picked up Digmon before he could be drowned and the planed worked perfectly.
"Alright!" They cheered.
"You did it!" Daisuke praised.
"Thank you, everyone!" Mimi gave her thanks.

"They stopped that tide… but it ain't gonna matter if Golemon takes out the whole dam!" Ross rejoined us and made us refocused on the threat to the dam.
"What a guy!" Daisuke growled.
"He's serious…" Hikari feared.
"Serious?" I questioned.
"He's serious about destroying the dam."
"But why would he do something like that for?"
"Let's go!" Lighdramon got the Digimon to follow him once more as they headed back to the dam.
"He's trying to destroy the city." Iori said.
"Not just the city, but the Digimon who live there too." added Takeru.
"I know that, but…" I turned my head back to the dam. "But why? Why do such a horrible thing?"

"If he's serious, then we have to get serious too." Daisuke declared.
"Serious? What do you mean, 'serious'?" I questioned him.
"Defeating him. No… more than simply doing that."
"You mean killing him? We can't do that!" I shouted. "Daisuke, calm down! Calm down and think!"
"Calm down and do what?"
"'Do what'? Our first priority is to protect the dam."
"Without destroying the enemy?"
"If we can. No, we have to!" I kept insisting while the other Digimon kept fighting but showing no signs of slowing Golemon down.
"That's impossible. We may be able to stop him, but… Only for a little while." Takeru admitted.

"Is destroying him our only choice?" Hikari was just as hesitant as me about all this. "Like how Monodramon and Ichijouji Osamu did?"
"I won't do it!" Iori shouted. "If we do that, we're no different from him!"
"Exactly!" I said.
"Well, guess what!? Then I'm no different from him because I have done it too!" Daisuke exclaimed.
"Chimairamon was an abom-"
"I MEANT TORTAMON! XV-MON AND I DESTROYED HIM!" All of us gasped and looked shocked at Daisuke's declaration. "He refused to give up… he just kept coming after us. We knocked him down, he'd come back again; he was obsessed with killing us. It was either us or him!"
"Daisuke…"
"You made the right call, Daisuke-kun." Ross spoke up.
"Eh!?" I turned to him. "You can't be-"

"Alright, Miyako-kun, Iori-kun, this is a lesson you need to learn sooner than later. Us older Chosen Children… the only reason we're alive is because we had to scale a mountain of bodies; Digimon that we had to strike down without a second of hesitation! You have to realize that not all Digimon are good, some are just pure evil. You can't free them from a dark force, you can't reason with them; their sole purpose is to see you dead. You'll have to make the hard and unfortunate choice. It's either kill or be killed out here! Now get that through your skulls and wake up!" Ross screamed as he was red in the face. He obviously looked ashamed that he had to say all that but I suppose to him… it might actually be the only way to get through to us still hesitant to strike down Golemon.
"How could Osamu do it? Because he knew it was the only way? Is Ross and Daisuke right? Are we too naïve?" I thought to myself.
"That's why I think that Osamu-san struck down Thunderballmon! Because he knew it was the only way!" Daisuke continued to defend Osamu's actions.
"Why do you think so? Because you believe he's not the same as before? I can't… can I?"

"Uh, Mimi-san? What are you doing?" Iori asked. We turned our attention to Mimi who was on her D-Terminal.
"I'm contacting Ken-kun and his brother."
"You're going to get their help?" I questioned.
"Yeah. Is that wrong?"
"No… but would they come?" I can't believe I'm doubting Ken now… but, with the past few weeks, I don't know anymore. I mean, I do want them to come, but I just can't be honest with myself…

Our attention went back to the fight where Shurimon was struck once more, fell to the ground hard and devolved back to Hawkmon.
"Hawkmon!" I called out.
"Damn it…" Lighdramon growled as the Digimon surrounded Golemon who was now on top of the dam. He used that toxic gas attack of his again and blew all the rest of the Digimon down to the ground with Hawkmon. And just like with him, they all devolved back into their basic forms. Now there was nothing to stop Golemon who roared in victory.
"No good! If that dam is destroyed…" reminded Daisuke once more. "The city is done for!" Golemon swing his fist into the dam once more… only for Stingmon to grab him by the arm.
"Stingmon!" The next second, Monodramon's Adult-Form jumped in and kicked the restrained Golemon in the face. We could see on the other side of the canyon Ken and Osamu running towards the edge. They came… they actually came.
"Go, Stingmon!" "Deal with him, Strikedramon!" The two Digimon unleashed a torrent of attacks.
"Hey, Ken! Ichijouji-san! Thanks!" Daisuke waved.

"See, what I tell you?" Mimi said. I couldn't help but nodded.
"Perhaps Daisuke may have been right… that we don't really have a choice about this and that we have to destroy Golemon to stop him. That's why… that's why…!" While Stingmon and Strikedramon kept their fight up, Palmon began to groan and wake up.
"Palmon! Are you okay?" Mimi asked.
"Mimi… where is he?"
"Stingmon and Strikedramon are protecting the dam from Golemon."
"It's not Golemon… That's not Golemon!" Huh?
"What are you talking about?"
"It may have the shape of a Digimon, but…"
"What are you trying to say, Palmon?"
"When I was looking for herbs… I saw this strange woman. She was human but what she did certainly wasn't something no normal human could do. She took one of the hairs from her head and stabbed it into a Dark Tower. It glowed before it turned into a Golemon! That Golemon! She then ordered it to destroy the dam and then slaughter any survivors!" What!? We were all taken back by this news.

"That solves the mystery!" Takeru exclaimed. "When Thunderballmon appeared, it makes sense that the Dark Tower disappeared."
"Same thing could probably said about Tortamon then..." Ross believed.
"So that's a transformed Dark Tower, right?" Iori tried to confirm.
"Yeah! That's why…" Daisuke tried to say something before I finished his sentence.
"That's why Osamu-san killed the enemy last week!" I shouted as Stingmon and Strikedramon were being forced back.
"Stingmon!" "Strikedramon!" The brothers called out for their Digimon.
"I was wrong…" I thought to myself. "I was wrong about Osamu. That's why Ken stands with him, why Daisuke believes in him. He's not like he used to be. He's not the Digimon Kaiser anymore!" "Now he's… our partner!" I shouted out loud.

As soon as I said that, a bright light began shooting out of my D-3. At the same time, Hawkmon suddenly recovered and got back up.
"What's happening, dagyaa?" Armadimon questioned.
"I don't know…" Hawkmon informed. I continued to look at my D-3.
"Osamu-san… I'm sorry!"
"Hawkmon, evolve! AQUILAMON!" Hawkmon evolved… into his Adult-Form! Aquilamon looked like a large version of Hawkmon with two large wings and black horns on his head. Aquilamon took to the skies and I ran over to call out to him.
"Aquilamon! That's a Dark Tower, not a Digimon!"
"Really? Then, there's no holding back!" He flew at great speeds towards the dam. I looked back to the Ichijouji brothers and they both had determined looks on their faces before they nodded at me; although once they did that, Ken gave me a wink that said 'Trust me.'

"Blast Laser!" Multiple rings of energy shot out of Aquilamon's mouth and hit Golemon. The smoke cleared and parts of his skin were now gone, revealing a Dark Tower in the shape of Golemon. "Stingmon, Strikedramon, let's go!" Aquilamon ordered.
"Spiking Finish!" "Strike Fang!" Both charged, with Strikedramon's armor and fangs glowing while his hair burst into white-hot flames, and rammed into Golemon who was now all Dark Tower and cracked across its body.
"Finish him off, Aquilamon!" Stingmon said. Aquilamon flew down at Mach speed and his horns glowed red.
"Glide Horn!" He tore right through his chest and left a large hole in the Dark Tower Digimon before it collapsed into dust.
"They did it!" I cheered.

Osamu stood before us before he bowed as we all regrouped with each other after the fight.
"I won't make any excuses. I'm really sorry. I'm fully aware that merely saying that can't undo all the suffering or trouble that I've caused… but I just wish to at least show you that I will try to atone for my sins. I hope you'll at least accept that…" We all looked at each other, though some were still not fully ready to accept him into our group… and deep down, I think he believes that too.
"By the way, who was that woman?" Palmon asked.
"I don't know either. All I know is that she can somehow create Digimon from Dark Towers… And that they regain their old functions when she's nearby."
"But, if you knew, why didn't you tell us?" Mimi wondered.
"Yeah, or at least warn us or something, Ken-kun?" Ross added. Both boys looked ashamed.
"We thought that since this was our fault, that we should take care of this by ourselves." Monodramon explained. "Ken-chan only got involved when he found out and refused to let us handle this alone."
"We just thought you didn't need to worry about it all… that we could've handled it… I guess it turns out we were biting off more than we could chew." admitted Wormmon.

"It didn't have to be that way!" Daisuke informed.
"But… this is all my fault." Osamu said.
"That's why you said you wouldn't join us?" Osamu said nothing before he bowed his head once more.
"Well… we'll be going." Both of them turned around and walked away.
"Hey, Ichijouji!" They kept walking until Ken stopped… as he clearly received the message I sent on his D-Terminal.
"Huh? Uh… it's for you." He handed it to Osamu. They both turned to look at me after they finished reading it. 'I'll be waiting for the day you join us. Thanks so much for today. – Miyako' They started walking again before it beeped once more. 'Sorry the thought of ever doubting you and breaking our promise ever crossed my mind, Ken. Thank you too. – Miyako ' I could see him blush before they walked away out of our view.

At least we now know what's going on, and Osamu now knows we're willing to help him…

So the threat is growing once more.

I don't really got anything I want to add with this one so see you all later.

"Push the button, Frank."