Well, not as long of a wait as last time, huh?

Shoutout to azriafifi for the fave and follow.

Shoutouts also to MadDogLucario96, DigimonAT0318, Super Saiyan 3 Odd, {BTW, forgot to mention to you that I used to love watching Code Lyoko… even thought of doing a self-insert fanfic with that myself at one point. ;) } and Whiteling for the reviews. Thanks again.

Now then, let's get to some reveals, including one I hope to surprise you guys with... but I'm guessing you already figured it out.

Chapter 49: Dark Forces! Chase through Tokyo!

Ginza District, Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Japan. December 26th, 2002. 1207 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

"Wait!" I cried as I tried to reach out to the truck after I fell on the ground but could only watch as those two took Osamu and all those children away. To where? I have no idea… but Osamu's life is in more danger than ever before. I was about to break down and cry before I heard the sound of wheels screeching right next to me.
"Ken! Get in! Hurry!" I turned to see Ross in the front seat of a '96 Toyota Land Cruiser with some of the others in the back. The SUV was being driven by a guy who looked similar to Jou. When I got in with Monodramon and Wormmon, I came to discover that why the driver looked similar was because he was Jou's older brother Shuu.

"Jou-senpai's older brother?" Daisuke questioned. I sat in the second row with Daisuke and Miyako while Iori, Takeru and Hikari were in the back row of the car.
"Nice to meet you." He informed.
"Shuu-senpai, why are you driving this? Didn't you have a New Beetle?" Miyako asked.
"Yeah, but I had to get some work on it for today so I borrowed the Land Cruiser from my folks… talk about luck considering the Beetle wouldn't fit all of you." explained Shuu.
"Osamu-chan…" I hear Monodramon mutter as he looked like he was about to break down like I nearly did.
"Don't worry… we'll get him back. I promise you on that." Daisuke assured him.
"Yeah. Just leave it to us." Hikari said. I leaned forward to Ross in the front seat.
"What are you doing here, though? You don't have Guilmon with you so…" I whispered.
"Look… I may not have Guilmon but Osamu is my Jogress partner. I left him to fend for himself yesterday and I'll be damned if I'm gonna do that again." He told me. I nodded. Hang on, Osamu… we're coming.

P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji

"This is not what you promised!" I yelled at Archnemon as the truck picked up speed. All the kidnapped children moved towards the front of the truck while Archnemon stood next to me.
"What isn't?" She must have rolled her eyes underneath those sunglasses of hers.
"Didn't you promise to let everyone go?"
"I don't remember any promise like that. Besides…" She turned her head to the other children. "Do you want to go home?" All of them stayed quiet while shaking their heads. They all looked… kind of blank to be honest. What did these sick freaks do to you guys?

"Why?" I sadly questioned before this short brown haired boy in a green jacket walked up to me.
"You're Ichijouji Osamu-san, aren't you?"
"Yes, but…" All of the kids then got small smiles on their faces, but they were anything but reassuring.
"I knew it… I've always admired you." You wouldn't say that if you knew my sins. "You're great with studies… and probably sports too." Maybe, I haven't truly tried. "You have everything, don't you?" Yeah, but it comes at considerable cost… I nearly lost everything I should've cared for because of it. "Then this man told me he could make my dreams come true."
"This man?"
"I envy you." A man's voice said from somewhere in the crowd of kids. "Everyone looks up to you."
"Who's that?" I demanded as I took a step back. I then heard a laugh.
"It's me."

The man stood up to reveal himself as a pale looking man in a purple trench coat and screamed 'stay away at all costs'.
"And who are you?" I asked as I tried to keep a brave face while I could practically feel that creep staring into my soul.
"Oh, that's terrible. I thought you would remember me. Remember? I was at that office party your father brought you and your brother to. We already met." My memories flashed and then I remembered I did actually see him while Ken and I were at the party some months after our original Digimon adventures. We were just sitting alone doing nothing but… that man… he was eying us the entire time. I felt my blood run colder than it already was.
"I remember… but…" I didn't say anything more before I felt the whole truck rocking.

The man had a dark look on his face as he turned to the front of the truck where the driver's cabin was and gave it a few kicks.
"You idiot! Can't you drive properly!?" Wait? He was yelling that… at Mummymon… with no fear… could he be? Could he be the one that Archnemon and Mummymon take orders from? "What are you looking at!?"
"U-um… even if you say that..." I heard Mummymon's voice through the walls of the truck. "There we go… sorry, there was a bunch of bats around!"
"Hmm… seems like Demon is also after us." Archnemon said.
"Do you think you can get away from the great Demon?" A woman's voice shouted from above and outside the truck before I heard a loud explosion and the truck rocked once more.

P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

We saw up ahead on the road a bright light blasting into the ground before multiple cars in front of us stopped forcing us to hit the brakes. We nearly wrecked into some one before Shuu pulled over.
"What's going on, dagyaa?" Armadimon questioned.
"It's LadyDevimon." Tailmon informed. I knew what we had to do in a heartbeat.
"Please stop the car." I requested. Shuu then stopped before Tailmon hopped out.
"Miyako, Hawkmon! I'd like to fight alone, but I can't. I used up most of my energy to evolve to Angewomon in the last fight. Can we Jogress-evolve?"
"I don't mind, but…" Hawkmon looked to Miyako. "What do you say, Miyako-san?" Miyako looked very apprehensive to it all.
"We're just going to stop her, right? Or… will it be like before?" We suddenly felt another rock of an explosion which meant LadyDevimon struck again.
"Before there are any victims…" I looked to Miyako. "Hurry up!" I told her as I started to climb out.

A few moments later, Miyako followed me out of the car.
"We'll go ahead then!" Patamon informed.
"Be careful." advised Takeru as the SUV drove away.
"I'm counting on you." I told Miyako. She can't afford to hesitate today. LadyDevimon will more than likely have to be killed, whether Miyako likes it or not.
"Understood!" Hawkmon saluted. "Hawkmon, evolve! AQUILAMON!"
"Aquilamon!" "Tailmon!" "Jogress-Evolve! SILPHYMON!" Silphymon took to the skies fast as she headed after LadyDevimon. I silently pray that LadyDevimon is destroyed without Miyako looking; maybe that would make it easier for her.

P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji

The truck rocked again as another blast hit nearby. The man still kept that twisted look on his face as he looked pretty calm about it all.
"I'm Oikawa. Oikawa Yukio. I'm your dad's co-worker."
"Co-worker…?" I questioned.
"Well, why else did you think I would attended the work party if I didn't already work there. Of course… there's also this… 'These insects that surround you only leach off your true potential. It's a curse you must live with.'" My eyes widened as far as they could go along with all the air I had in my lungs leaving my body as I heard those words… the same ones from the e-mail!
"You…" I felt the sweat starting to roll down my face from the horror. "It was you all along… you… you sent that e-mail…"

"You finally remember… Yes, I had my eye on you for quite some time."
"What were you trying to do!?" I yelled out as I found my rage. How dare he use me for his own twisted games! How dare he make me into a monster to fuel whatever plans he had! There soon was another rocking of the truck which caused him a distraction.
"Hey." Oikawa motioned Archnemon who actually nodded! He did command them! She opened up the back of the truck door and Oikawa walked over to her. I then saw this black devil like woman fighting Silphymon in the skies behind us.
"He certainly is persistent on getting his hands on him, isn't he?" She said.
"Indeed. It matters not though, let the rest of the Chosen Children deal with him." He looked back at me. "Oh, yes, these are my servants. You Chosen Children were looking for me, correct?" He chuckled. "You could say they're part of me, but I wouldn't want to spoil them, would I?"
"Right." Archnemon bowed.
"I don't understand… Oikawa Yukio, just who are you?" He gained a sick grin with that question I gave him.
"Who knows?"

P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

We watched as Mummymon's truck got on an on-ramp up ahead as Shuu kept closing the distance with it. I currently was on a cell phone with Dad trying to keep him up to date. There was no way the police was going to help with this, they've got better things to do than get killed by two crazed Digimon. Still, maybe they could at least slow them down.
"Sorry, Dad, repeat that?" I yelled on the phone as Shuu was bobbing and weaving through the traffic.
"I just said that the Antietam, the Chancellorsville and the Fredericksburg have all been deployed into the bay to try and find that sea devil."
"Don't know if that's gonna help, but maybe it'll keep him from surfacing… right now we're heading north. You got to tell someone… like Takeru's mom… that Archnemon and Mummymon are behind the disappearing children!"
"Well, I won't say Digimon, but I'll pass word on at least with their human disguises."
"Okay, thanks." I hung up. "Still no sign of MarinDevimon." I told the others as Takeru was wondering where he vanished off to. They nodded.

We got on the same on-ramp and kept getting closer to the truck.
"Alright! Almost there!" Daisuke shouted.
"Still, those SkullSatamon and LadyDevimon…" Iori spoke up. "What is their relation to Archnemon and Mummymon?"
"They're obviously not allies." Takeru observed.
"Whatever they are… they're not making me any less worried about Onii-san's health." I could practically hear Ken tighten his grip on my seat.
"Darkness Wave!"
"Top Gun!" We looked up to see LadyDevimon and Silphymon's fight continuing. Up ahead, Mummymon was taking some erratic moves and forced Shuu to make some close calls.
"Woo! Just like the movies!" Daisuke cheered as we all tightened our grips.
"If something happens, they'll take my license away for sure!" Shuu feared.

After another few minutes and few more turns, we were less than a few car lengths behind the truck.
"Alright! Almost there!" Takeru said with anticipation. We looked up ahead and saw a railroad crossing with the barriers down and the lights flashing which meant a train was coming. In short, they were about to be cornered. "A railroad crossing!"
"Now we'll catch up!" Iori chimed in. To our utter shock, Mummymon seemed to floor it and drove right through the barrier and to the other side of the tracks just a few seconds before the train zoomed by, forcing us to stop. We all growled as the train came right on through, putting more distance between Osamu and ourselves. "Hurry up, hurry up…" I heard Iori mutter from the back. We were all on pins and needles at this point.
"Calm down, dagyaa." Armadimon tried to cool us down. "All we can do is wait for the train to pass."
"I know, but…"

It took a minute but then the train passed right through. Hopefully we can catch up. Still, even if we can't, I was able to jot down the license plate so we should eventually get a fix on them. Love to see the look on Mummymon's face when we find him.
"Alright! Let's go!" Daisuke shouts as the lights keep going.
"We still have a chance to catch up!" Ken kept on hoping. After a few seconds though, the light keeps flashing and the barriers that remain still don't rise. That was because of yet another train that went by. At this point, tempers were really boiling as our window was closing. When yet another train planned to cross, we all snapped.
"ENOUGH ALREADY!" We screamed.

P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji

Things calmed down soon enough as Mummymon claimed he shook off the others and apparently Demon's forces were all tied up. That same thing could be said about me as Archnemon tied my hands behind me before getting out of the truck once it came to a stop. Where? I had no idea. I tried to untie myself but the bindings were on tight. I struggled before staring back at Oikawa.
"Why me?" I inquired. "Why did it have to be me!?" I was more referring to the e-mail and the making me of the Kaiser considering he was the mastermind behind everything.
"When I met you at the party… it just came to me. That you had a Dark Seed planted in you."
"Dark Seed?" I questioned. "What is that?" My mind flashed back to that desert and the pain… that… that must have been where I got it. That's why Oikawa and Demon want me. I ended up getting a Dark Seed when I first went to the Digital World.
"It makes you smart, good at sports…" His grin got even wider. "Now… where have I heard that one before?" I don't know why he's saying that about me. I was already smart before the Digimon adventure I had with Ken as I-

Ken. Oh, no… Ken… smarts… good at sports… and all of that showed up right after… right after our adventures. My blood ran cold once more.
"Figured it out have we? The odds of someone being a prodigy on your level in the same house alone was astronomical… but not with the Dark Seed."
"That's why Archnemon said… what Demon said…"
"Yes, your dear brother has a Dark Seed too… of course… his is slightly defective. He was supposed to follow the same path as you but he somehow managed to tap into its power and gain all of its benefits but not be corrupted by it… unlike yours." Oh, Ken. I pushed him out of the way to keep him from getting it but it didn't make a difference… and everything he has ever become now… was all mostly because of a certain item that these guys want. He then turned to look to the children. "I've told these kids about the Seed too. And they all said they wanted it." Bet you left off some important details about it though.

"So I want you to help me." He continued. "The Seed inside you has already sprouted long ago." He then dug into his pocket and pulled out some sort of bar code reader from the looks of it. "I'll take the sprouts and implant them in everyone. May I?" I doubt you'll give me a choice, you bastard. I suddenly regained my composure and smirked in defiance at him.
"Is that a question? Or just an order?" He laughed as he walked towards me.
"Oh, it won't hurt. It's called a seed, but it's just digital data." He then stopped right by me. "So… Let's scan them." I then felt his hand around my throat as my airway suddenly got blocked. He was choking me out before I felt a searing pain in my neck as he placed that scanner to it; like a red, hot poker was being stabbed into my neck. "Hey, now…" I felt and saw everything starting to go dark.
"Monodramon… Ken…" I choked out before it all went dark with the last thing I could hear was his sick chuckling.

P.O.V. – Third Person

A small tower on top of a building suddenly collapsed as LadyDevimon and Silphymon's fight took them further and further north as the sun went down. By now it was mostly night in the city and onlookers were staring up to the skies to watch the two Digimon ladies duel. Bats and Top Guns were falling all over the place as both of them refused to give the other an inch.
"Duel Sonic!" LadyDevimon dodged another attack that was delivered. Meanwhile, a dark mist was floating through the waterways, as MarinDevimon was slowly making his way deeper into the city. Back in a quiet area away from the fighting, Oikawa and his cronies were hard at work with their plan.
"Okay, who's next?" Osamu heard as he slowly began to regain a bit of consciousness.
"It's me. Please." A girl stepped forward. Osamu tried to say something but just couldn't speak.
"Don't do it, everyone… don't be fooled!" He tried to scream at them but could only do it in his mind. "Don't become like me!" He then collapsed once again.

"Can't you hear it?" Mummymon said as he laid on the steering wheel.
"Hmm… Demon!?" Archnemon jumped at alert as Mummymon leaned back and put his arms behind his head.
"No, the stars' whispers."
"Huh?" She questioned.
"This is what the stars are telling me. That us being here together is destiny." Archnemon scoffs and rolls her eyes away.
"I can't hear anything."
"Come on, Archnemon… Let's accept our destiny!" He wrapped his arms around her.
"No way!" She proceeded to elbow him in the gut.
"Why? There's no one more suitable for you than me in the whole world!"
"Idiots who are intoxicated by stars aren't my type!" The two devolved into another pointless bickering.
"Then what is your type of man? Tell me! I'll work hard to become like that!"
"You don't have to bother." She turned away from him.
"Archnemon!" The two of them didn't notice MarinDevimon's dark tendrils slowly approaching them.

At a nearby amusement park, the troubles of city were at the back of park goers minds as they were enjoying the time there.
"What? You scared, Atsumari?" A girl teased her boyfriend as they were going through the high speeds of the roller coaster.
"No… it's that! That!" He pointed. She turned and they saw in the distance MarinDevimon slowly encroaching deeper into the city.
"What's that!?" Due to the approach of MarinDevimon, Oikawa's group began to move once more as the large sea demon tried to reach them.
"You're quite popular. All sorts of people want you." The gaunt man chuckled as Osamu growled once more.

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

We kept on driving in a hopeless attempt to find Archnemon and her prisoners. We were on long road before people started to run our way and an officer got in front of us.
"Stop, stop! Turn around. You can't go any further."
"Is it under construction?" Shuu questioned. I have a feeling construction wouldn't cause a panic like this. The policeman himself really couldn't give us an answer.
"Anyways, we're chasing a truck." Daisuke explained.
"Have you seen it? It's like this." Iori held up a crude drawing of a box truck but at least it had the license number on it.
"We don't have the time for that!" The officer shouted. As by sheer luck, a box truck drove right past us… and it was being driven by Mummymon!
"It's them! Go, go, go!" Ken was practically screaming at Shuu.

"Okay!" He tried to back up… only to find a line of cars behind us. "We're stuck…" He moaned.
"No!" Iori looked at the mirror before gasping at the dark shadow ahead.
"That's…" I tried to speak.
"It's MarinDevimon!" He finished for me.
"Okay, Digimon are rested enough, we'll go after the truck." Daisuke informed. "Let's go, V-mon." He hopped out of the car. "Digimental Up!"
"V-mon, Armor-Evolve! Storm of Friendship, LIGHDRAMON!"
"We're going too!" Ken shouted as both he and Ross got out. "Digimental Up!"
"Wormmon, Armor-Evolve! Stinging Kindness, TETERMON!" Daisuke climbed onto Lighdramon while Ken, Ross and Monodramon got on Tetermon.
"Move out!" Ross ordered and they all went away.

"We'll take care of MarinDevimon." I turned to Iori. His mood shifted to one of hesitation.
"Are we going to kill him? I… something like that…" The evil Digimon made a loud roar which drew his attention back to him as he destroyed a building.
"Our house!" A woman shouted.
"Our loan!" Her husband said. This is not good, we need to stop him right now. And killing him is probably the only way. Come on, Iori… We watched as he soon crushed a car and then took down some power lines.
"Okay." Iori nodded. Good to hear!
"Armadimon, evolve! ANKYLOMON!"
"Patamon, evolve! ANGEMON!"
"Ankylomon!" "Angemon!" "Jogress Evolve! SHAKKOUMON!"

P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

Miyako and I ran towards a nearby skyscraper and tried to get on one of the highest floors so we could be able to see the battle between LadyDevimon and Silphymon in the skies. We could see plenty of other people that also were watching the fight.
"Can you see them?" asked Miyako as I tried to look over people's shoulders. I kneeled down slightly to get a better view before I saw a flash.
"It flashed!" I told her.
"Where?" I couldn't tell her exactly but then I saw another one.
"Again!"
"Top Gun!"
"Darkness Wave!" We could hear the faint sounds of their attacks even from here. Then I saw one more flash and Silphymon's cries of pain before I caught something falling. Oh, no, she's going down!

P.O.V. – Takeru Takaishi

It looked like MarinDevimon was about to upchuck something but Shakkoumon was going to put a stop to that.
"Ruling Spirit!" One of those large disks struck the devil in the neck and he turned his attention right to the holy golem. "Your opponent is over here!" He floated over. MarinDevimon unleashed a torrent of flames that was black and yellow. The attack was surprisingly strong enough to knock him over and caused him to hit some power lines that coated the entire area in darkness. Shuu hit the brakes as we lost most of the lights.
"Shakkoumon!" Iori cried out.
"Hang in there!" I shouted. "You're the only one who can stop MarinDevimon!" He got back up and started to clash with his hands.

P.O.V. – Third Person

For a little open aired shopping area, things were surprisingly quiet until Silphymon crashed hard into the ground. She left a small crater and grunted in pain as some teenagers started to walk over to her.
"She's cosplaying." One teen wearing a green jacket said.
"You okay?" A guy wearing a beanie asked as he held out his hand.
"I'm fine…" She grunted. "Anyway, get out of here!"
"Huh?" They questioned as LadyDevimon landed right behind them. The teen with the green jacket looked over and saw her before blushing.
"That girl who's cosplaying is pretty hot!" His buddy turned and looked as well.
"It's dangerous! Please get out of here!" pleaded Silphymon.
"Dangerous…? What do you mean?" The beanie wearing guy questioned before LadyDevimon wrapped her arm around his neck and started to choke him.
"You'll be a shield for me." She explained as he struggled. "Come on, use the best attack you have!" She taunted Silphymon.

P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

Lighdramon and Tetermon kept up the chase as we continued to get close to the truck before I noticed one of the signs we just dashed pass.
"Huh? This way is…"
"What?" Monodramon called out as Tetermon flew next to me.
"It's Hikarigaoka!" I informed.
"Wait, are you serious?" Ken questioned.
"Hikarigaoka is where us original Chosen Children met the Digimon for the first time. It was where Parrotmon and Greymon clashed with Hikari and Taichi stuck in the middle of it with the rest of us watching on." Ross gave Monodramon a quick history lesson.
"There's supposed to be a gate to the Digital World there." I added.
"Could it be… Archnemon and the others also know about it?" Ken wondered.
"Who knows… but we can't let them do whatever it is they've got planned! Move it!" I ordered as the Digimon picked up speed.

P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji

I soon came to discover that we were on our way to Hikarigaoka. If I remember correctly, Ken mentioned that place was significant to the rest of the older Chosen Children.
"Hikarigaoka, huh? Isn't it an ironic name?" Oikawa said. "You don't understand what I mean? Instead of 'Hikari'… Yamigaoka?" Oh, I see. Hikari means light while yami means darkness. He thinks he's being clever with a name change. "No, it doesn't sound right. I got it! What about Ankokugaoka?" He then laughed at his joke. Ankoku also means darkness. "No, Darkgaoka?" He asked as I just kept glaring at him. "Those eyes… such a scornful look. You all should learn from him." He looked to the children who he just finished infecting with my curse. "This is how the elite looks down on ordinary people." He then started to laugh harder than he had before. I turned away before looking back at the kids who all were just staring at me with small grins. For a second… I couldn't see them, but instead just copies of the Kaiser.

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

We soon arrived in the area where Silphymon crashed and found her struck in the chest by LadyDevimon and she fell over on her back. Hikari and I then could see that LadyDevimon took some teen and was holding him hostage; clearly as some sort of sick human shield. She walked over and kicked her in the head while she was on the ground.
"You can fight back, you know!" She laughed before flipping her on her stomach. "If you don't care about his life, that is." How… how could any Digimon just be cruel like this?
"Let me go, please!" The guy choked out. "I don't want to die!" Silphymon got back up on a knee.
"You won't? Then it's about time to finish you off." I've got to do something or they're both goners! I then found a skateboard that must have belonged to one of the teens that was around and picked it up. "Poison…"

I screamed out as I charged her and struck her in the leg with the skateboard. It caused her to let go of her hostage who immediately took off running.
"Miyako-san!?" Hikari was clearly surprised with what I just did.
"Coward!" I shouted at LadyDevimon. "You're the most cowardly Digimon I've ever seen! The worst!"
"Miyako-san, don't be reckless!"
"Cowardly?" The devil woman smirked at me. "That's how I live. I'm also heartless and cruel." She raised up her claw hand and her blood red nails glimmered. "Even women and children get no mercy from me!" She then charged right at me. "Die!"
"Miyako-san!" Hikari screamed for me as I watched my whole life flash before my eyes. I closed my eyes and held the skateboard to my chest as a sort of shield as I awaited my end.

But nothing came. I didn't feel anything. I then opened my eyes to see that LadyDevimon had a different look on her face, one of pain. I then looked down… and saw a large hole had been blown out of her chest with Silphymon behind her who looked like she used her Top Gun attack. LadyDevimon tried to speak but she could only make gargled noises before the light left her eyes and she fell over and laid on the ground… dead. She then disintegrated into data. I suddenly felt cold as I dropped the skateboard with what we just did.

"I had to destroy her." Silphymon explained. "Please understand."
"We destroyed her…" I muttered. "We destroyed… a Digimon…" I looked over and saw the teen LadyDevimon being embraced by his friend who were relieved to be alive.
"You're the one who saved him Miyako-san." Hikari walked up next to me.
"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." I remembered the words Ross told Iori and I that day we fought Golemon at the dam as well as earlier. I now finally understood. It wasn't easy to admit it, but it was something we just had to do in order to save others. I sucked up my tears and tightened my fists before nodding.
"Come on, let's go find Osamu-san." I told Hikari.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

As MarinDevimon and Shakkoumon fought, they ended up getting closer and closer to a large building that Shuu drove nearby. We could see multiple people trying to get out. Many of them were injured or in wheelchairs which meant this place was only one thing.
"A hospital?" Takeru observed.
"This is bad…" Shuu muttered. "There may still be patients inside who can't be moved."
"Shakkoumon!" I put my head out the window. "Please stay away from here!" It didn't look like he could as MarinDevimon was pushing him further back towards the hospital. "What do we do…" I asked. "What should we do?"
"In any case, let's do whatever we can." Shuu turned off the car and unbuckled his seatbelt. "Come on."

We soon were in the building and giving a hand. The fighting was so close now as we helped this girl a year or two younger than me in a wheelchair go down the stairs. Shuu himself was holding a kid with leukemia around his neck. We could see right outside the window Shakkoumon being pushed by MarinDevimon only meters away from where we were. Shuu chuckled as we got the girl down a flight of stairs.
"I gave up studying medicine and now I'm doing this."
"Doctors aren't the only ones who can save lives." Takeru said. That struck a chord with me as I remembered Father.
"My father, a police officer, also saved lives…" I thought to myself as we kept moving. Our attention was quickly directed to the dark tendril that just shattered the window right by us and was now less than five meters from us!
"Shakkoumon!" I cried out.
"Harmonious Spirit!" Within a moment, there was a loud explosion and the tendril disintegrated… which meant only one thing: Shakkoumon killed MarinDevimon.

I felt my whole body just stop as my blood chilled with the actions we just did.
"We destroyed him…" I was just about to break down. "In the end, we destroyed our enemy…" I couldn't believe that we just did that. I know what Ross said before about sometimes it had to be done… but I just felt so… wrong.
"It should be fine now." Shuu told a doctor who came back up and handed the child over.
"Thanks. You were a big help." He said.
"Okay, let's hurry then." Shuu told us.
"Thank you." The girl gave me a smile.
"Iori-kun, let's go." Takeru started to walk ahead.
"Y-yes." I said. I turned back and looked at the girl once more who waved at me. "Father… was this the right way?" I questioned myself as we left to rejoin the chase for Osamu.

P.O.V. – Third Person

Mummymon kept driving the truck as best as he could as he could see Lighdramon and Tetermon in his mirrors the closer they got to Hikarigaoka.
"Damn, how persistent!" He growled.
"Lighdramon, go for it!" Daisuke ordered.
"Yeah." He soon picked up more speed and then jumped onto the roof of the truck while Tetermon soon landed as well.
"I'll shake you off!" Mummymon shouted as the truck bounced back and forth on the streets as he tried to throw them all off.
"Hang on tight, you guys!" Tetermon advised.
"They just don't give up." muttered Archnemon. Mummymon suddenly made a panicked cry as he stared forward.

That was because Demon had just appeared right ahead of the truck…

Yep, that card I had on my chest was in fact Ken too possessed a Dark Seed but as Oikawa stated, he somehow bent it to his will and became a prodigy in his own right. Kinda like book Faramir with Sauron's Ring, by that I mean not falling to it's temptations like Boromir and so many others did.

Also, this thought just occurred but wouldn't it be crazy if that little girl in the hospital later somehow ended up being Iori's wife in the future? Hey, coincidences are common place in this universe!

Anyways, I've rambled on long enough so see you guys next time. But I leave you with one last thing. Go to YouTube and search 'The Phantom of the Opera - Vinyl LP version' and it's music video with Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley for the most 80s music video ever. If you're a fan of the show... man, now I wish they did more of the rock opera idea it was originally supposed to be!

"Push the button, Frank."