Thechaosmaster: Hello everybody, welcome back to Digimon New Life.

Kurivolt: And Happy October first!

Thechaosmaster: That's right. Now, I am sorry that this chapter took so long to write, but here was the problem. I couldn't think of what to write, I tried forcing this chapter to write, but it refused to come out. But then I started listen to Metallica, because why not? Then I stared listening to Unforgiven and BOOM! It hit me! It just took a long time to write because it was very difficult. Heck, I figured out the Quote of Chapter easier then the whole chapter, but that is besides the point. Ad because you have waited too long, Kurivolt, if you would kindly?

Kurivolt: With Pleasure, Chaos! Thechaosmaster does not own the rights to Digimon or it's characters, nor does he own me, we all belong to our respected owners. He does own himself, the OC Olette, and the bits and ices of the plot that are different. Read, Review and enjoy. But mostly Review.

Thechaosmaster: Kon'nichiwa, everyone, three days later and I have finally finished editing Meaning Of Faith.

Blossom: Yeah, surprisingly, he didn't have to do much, maybe add a bit more conversations between Luke and Olette, but nothing too big.

Chaos: Yeah, but, I guess the reason why this took so long, is mostly because of a side project, no, not project, just a idea that came to me. One thing you will notice is that Rouge now calls Luke 'Emo-Sama' instead of Edge Lord, simply because I felt it was more fitting. The other thing I was doing was, deciding to make the DigiDestined's attacks be in Japanese. Mostly because they sound cooler. So, for example, Luke's attack of, Apollo's Devine Arrow, is now gonna be called Aporo no dibin'arō.

Red: This guy spent most of yesterday using Google Translate to converge almost all of the attacks into Japanese.

Chaos: Yes, now, for those of you who have been reading this before I started updating them, and have read 'The Battle Of Two Brothers' or 'Matt's Icy Awakening', then you will know that I am also using Jutsu from the Naruto series. Like Amaterasu's Inferno, and Crystal Ice Mirror. However, the way I am doing it, is the true translation, placing the attacks in Google Translate, and copying the Japanese Translation to use, instead of the Naruto Translation.

Blossom: He's not certain if there is a difference, but, he really likes them.

Chaos: Yes. Now then, I have one thing to state, yes, the kids will end up developing more attacks, but, I am uncertain how I am going to do so. Well, I am not going to sit around here, and continue to blabber on and on about this. I just want to say that, I really enjoy this story, and I don't want to give it up, and I will NOT put it up for adoption, nor will I give it up without a fight.

Blossom: Well, we will chat more at the bottom.

Chaos: You know, I wonder how many people actually take their time to read these Author Notes. Because I really enjoy writing them.

Blossom: Who knows? Well, to those who are still with us, enjoy the chapter. Chaos does not own the following. Fox, Digimon, or its characters. Yugioh, and their characters are not his either. He only owns Lukas Kamiya, and the mysterious Olette. Everything else is not his.

Finished Editing September 10th

"Normal talking."

'Thinking.'

"Olette Talking."

Chapter 9: The Meaning Of Faith

Quote Of The Chapter: "Yes, failure, most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." Yoda Jedi Master From The Last Jedi.

They knew. My friends knew the truth about me now. Just, not in the way I had hoped they would have learned. Now, I just know that they're gonna hate me for lying to them. They will probably yell at me once they see me. If they see me, that is. I felt cold. My heart, weak. My mind, shattered. My will, gone. And my soul, empty. I, am nothing but a broken man.

I am nothing more then an empty shell of my former self. It wasn't just Devimon-Teme revealing to the others my dark truth that had completely destroyed me, it was him telling me that by lying to them, that it made me just like him. That I was just like Devimon-Teme. That was what had destroyed me. I don't even know who I am any more. Was I Kouki 'Lukas' Kamiya? Or, was I Jeremy Brown? I didn't know. I just, a man with no name. And I had lost my will to care about what was going to happen to me.

I was so lost in my depression that I didn't even care that I was still flying through the skies of File Island, in fact, that fact wasn't even on my mind until I heard a very panicked voice shout out, "LUKAS! WE'RE GOING TO CRASH INTO THE SEA! WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING! AND HURRY!"

I didn't react the way I thought I would. I slowly turned to the source of the voice, and saw that it was Shadow Gatomon that had shouted at me, but I didn't respond, instead, I sadly looked down and closed my eyes, but then I felt something. I thought I HEARD something, a voice. "Ā, sā, you Kusojāku! Get your head in the game! If you don't do something, you're going to die again! HURRY UP AND DO SOMETHING!"

The voice was deep, and powerful. But, there was something, strangely familiar about it. It sounded, a lot like my own voice, just, more, angry.

That was when a sudden spark of fire was lit in my heart, possibly the last spark I have left in me. A spark of wanting to protect an innocent Digimon. Then, calling upon the last ounce of strength that I had left in me, I raised up my D-Ark and in a quite, almost whisper like voice, I said, "Digivolution: Activate." Then as I saw the bright glow of Dorumon-San Digivolving, I put my D-Ark back in my pocket and then I felt the sudden change from me sailing through the skies, to me not moving at all.

I looked up and weakly smiled at Dorugamon-San and said, "Thank you, bud." Then I rested my head on his soft fur, and just waited for me to be safely on the ground, then I felt sleeps warm welcome embrace me.

***P.O.V. change (Sarcastic Gasp gets inserted here [You really thought that this would really just stay in Luke's P.O.V.?]) to Dorugamon***

I looked back at Luke-San, who was now sleeping soundly on my back, and I looked down sadly at how defeated he really looked. I turned to Shadow Gatomon who was now holding tightly on to my neck, then I said, "We need to find a place to land, so that we can rest, and try to get Luke-San back on his feet." I told the black cat, who looked down to my partner, then back at me and nodded silently.

Most likely she was waiting for a better time to ask the questions that are on her mind. I decided to fly in the direction we were sent originally, hoping to find somewhere to land.

"We need to do something, Dorugamon-San." I heard Olette-San's voice call out to me through our mind link. "Lukas-Kun has lost himself completely to his depression. He's not even worried about what will happen to him. I'm concerned about him."

'Is there anything we can do, Olette-San?' I asked her, hoping that Luke-San will come out of this depression he's in. However, I noticed the added 'Kun' to Luke-San's name. I suspect that their relationship was closer than it was yesterday, but, I don't know just how far it is.

"I do not know." Olette-San said to me sadly. It must hurt her, something great, "But, when Shadow Gatomon called out to him, I felt that the part of him that wants to do the right thing, the part of him that wanted to protect his friends had returned, but once he felt you catch him, the warmth of his old self seemed to vanish and while he seemed to be at peace, I fear that he will not return to his usual self any time soon." Olette-San told me with sadness in her voice.

'You care about him a lot, don't you, Olette-San?' I asked her, wanting to know what she thinks about Luke-San.

I heard Olette-San stutter a bit, which was funny in of itself, then she said, "He was my first friend. When I woke up in his mind, he was the only one there." I could feel Olette-San's stare, looking directly at Luke-San, clearly she was worried. Luke-San made a good friend in this girl.

Then I heard her say, "And while I was on edge, he seemed, so calm and collected, and after he introduced himself to me, and gave me my name, I felt like I could trust him. He always said that he never goes back on his word. And, with how he acts, I felt like I knew that he would always do so with a smile on his face. But, seeing him like this, so broken, defeated, it hurts."

I could actually feel the pain in her voice as she spoke. "And while he may have a smile on his face right now, I can see that the smile is only because you saved him. He's at peace knowing that you are still by his side, and that brings him a small amount of joy. But I fear that it won't last for long. I'm worried. I just wish his old self would return, Doru-San." Olette-San told me, and from the tone in her voice, I could tell that she was worried about my partner.

I nodded in agreement, then I thought, 'I know, Olette-San, trust me, I know. But I think that the reason he is like this is because his mind is shutting down, Devimon-Teme, as Luke-San had called him, revealing everyone Luke-San's secret wasn't what broken him, I could tell that he still had a spark of fight left in him, it was when Devimon-Teme told Luke-San that by lying to the others, that it made Luke-San like Devimon-Teme. That is what broke him.'

"But Lukas-Kun isn't anything like that creep!" Olette countered, then she said, "He's the nicest person I have ever met. He's kind, caring, trustworthy, truthful, and honest! He's nothing like Devimon-Baka!" I heard Olette-San shout.

I lightly smiled at her, then my smile turned into a frown as I sadly thought, 'Be as that may be. With his secret revealed, it showed that Luke-San isn't as truthful or honest as he says he is. And while I know that he didn't tell the others because of his fear of losing his friends, but it was that very fear that led him to failure. Fear is a dangerous emotion for humans, Olette-San. And sometimes, it is that which we fear the most that ends up destroying us.' I told her sadly, but I really wish that what I was saying wasn't something negative, but reassuring.

I noticed that Luke-San seemed to have been getting happier ever since we left that factory a few days ago. And, now that I know that it was because he was talking to Olette-San, who, seemed to have brought out the best in Luke-San, I feel like, if Luke-San comes out of this, then, maybe, just maybe, he and Olette-San can strengthen their friendship. Whatever it is that humans do for courting rituals.

Olette-San didn't say anything for a long time, then I heard Shadow Gatomon's voice call out, "Hey, Gem Head. Over there! I see an island, we can land over there!" Shadow Gatomon pointed over on my left.

I looked over to where she pointed, and indeed I saw an island, this caused me to smile lightly, one at the thought of being safely on land, and for two, we can try to get Luke-San back on his feet. Then I smiled lightly and said, "Nice. Now we can land and rest for a while." Then I looked back to Luke and said, "Luke-San! We've found land! We can rest now!" When I didn't get a response, I turned and saw that Luke-San was violently shaking in his sleep, 'He's most likely having some kind of nightmare.' I thought worriedly to myself.

"You're right, he is. But I can't help him at this time." Olette-San told me sadly, you could actually hear the sad frown on her face, but then I realized what she had said.

'What do you mean you can't help him at this time, Olette-San? In fact, now that I think about it, why are you talking to me anyways?' I asked her, I was confused at Olette-San's actions, or, more like, non action in trying to help Luke-San.

I heard her sigh, then she said, "Lukas-Kun has somehow blocked me from helping him. I don't know if he did it on accident, or, if whatever is happening to Lukas-Kun, he purposely blocked me out of his mind. I mean, I can still enter his mind, But Lukas-Kun has locked himself up deep within his mind. I can't help him now. I only hope that he can return to his old self soon."

I lightly nodded as I flew to the island. "As long as we keep our faith in Luke-San, alive, we can save him from himself. If we give up on Luke-San now, then it will be like we're abandoning him. And we can't do that. Not to him. We just need to believe in him and have faith that Luke-San will return to his normal self." I said out loud, so both Olette-San and Shadow Gatomon could hear me.

Then Shadow Gatomon scoffed and folded her arms and asked, "You mean, like his so-called friends did? It looked like those so called friends abandoned him, not even trying to say anything to help him, yeash, so he lied, big deal, we all do things we're not proud of, Sovereigns know I did. But that doesn't mean that we should be hanged for our sins."

I looked at Shadow Gatomon, and glared at her as I said, "There is more to Luke-San then you could even imagine, but seeing how we're approaching land, it is best if we catch our bearings first, then, once Luke-San wakes up, we can make plans then. And then maybe you can tell us your sins, Shadow Gatomon."

Shadow Gatomon went rigid, and started sweating, a fact that greatly confused me, then she turned her head down and softly said, "You made your point."

I looked at her, confused at what she had just said, then I asked, "Point? What point? All I said was that there was more to Luke-San than you could even imagine. I didn't have a point to make. What secrets are you trying to hide?" Now I was curious. What kind of skeletons could this Mon be hiding?

Shadow Gatomon then looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Trust me when I say that my secrets would possibly put Luke's to shame, and leave it at that." I nodded lightly, but I could have sworn I heard her whisper, "Some things are best left forgotten, forever." I raised an eyebrow at her, but continued on my way to the island up ahead.

***Returning to Luke's P.O.V. Right when Luke fell asleep***

After I gave Doru-San a grateful smile after catching me, I fell asleep, hoping to rest after everything has happened, but then, the nightmares happened. My friends, my family, and almost everyone I knew, they were yelling at them for lying to them. But, the worst part, they never used any kind of honorifics, making me feel worse.

"I can't believe that you lied to us, Luke, to me! I thought we were brothers. But as of now, we are no longer brothers. I refuse to call a liar, or a traitor, my brother. You're not courageous, Luke, you're a coward." Tai-Nii, no, just, Tai-San, said to me with anger in his voice.

"You could have gotten us all killed with your selfishness, Luke! I thought that I could trust you to protect my Otouto, but now I see that you were more interested in protecting yourself, I will never be your friend again, you don't deserve my friendship, you traitor." Matt-San angrily said, making me feel lower than dirt.

"To think that I actually saw you as a younger brother, Luke. But now, you are nothing more then a liar, you never said the truth, you will never be loved. You are a traitor." I heard Sora-San say.

Each word cut into my heart like a dull, rusty, jagged, knife. "The knowledge that you possessed could have gotten us out of here by now, but instead you kept it to yourself, and pretended to be ignorant. And I thought that we were friends, I guess not. Maybe you aren't as smart as you say you are, maybe you really are ignorant. Ignorant, and a traitor." Izzy-San said to me with distaste in his voice.

"To think, you could have told us the truth about all of this, and maybe we could have gone home by now, and I could have gone to a mall, but no, you refused to be truthful to us, and because you refused to be sincere to us, we will never be friends. I will never trust a traitor like you." I heard Mimi-San say, if I wasn't feeling so depressed, I would have lightly laughed at Mimi-San's priorities. But, I wasn't, and I didn't.

"Your secrets have put everybody in danger, you refused to come clean to us and be responsible for once, but you didn't, I will never be able to rely on you again, Luke. You can never rely on traitors, after all." I heard Joe-San tell me. And the fact that I didn't hear a single stutter, or fear in his voice, made his words sting ever so more.

"I can't believe that you lied to me, Luke. I was actually starting to see you as my second Nii-San, but I guess that I had gotten my hopes up for nothing. You're a hopeless coward, and a traitor." I heard from TK-San's young innocent voice. And that, really tore me apart. I really liked the little guy, but, hearing those words, even in a dream, no words could describe how I feel.

I had been forced to hear these for so long now that I felt almost nothing, but while my friends had the right to be mad, it was the next one that had completely destroyed me. "To think that I could trust you to help me regain my memories, Luke. I had trusted you, I believed in you, I actually had put my faith in you. I was actually starting to admire you, maybe something more, but you had let me down. You had broken your promise to me. I will never trust you again. Never call me Olette-San ever again. And don't you EVER call me Chan again. We are no longer friends, you selfish traitor."

That was it. I was dead inside. Hearing Olette-Chan's, no, Olette's, voice tell me those words, hurt me greatly, I don't know why hearing Olette say that to me could hurt so much, I mean, I knew I liked her, but, I just thought it was just a close friendship, but, for whatever, it hurt more that I thought it would. It felt like my heart had just shattered into a million pieces.

I couldn't even think anymore. I had realized long ago that this was a nightmare, but I didn't have the strength to wake up from it, and now, I don't even have the strength to do anything. "Why should I continue anymore? No one cares about me, no one will forgive me. No one will miss me. They are right, after all. I am nothing but a traitor." I said in a dead voice. Ready for the nightmare to reset and continue as it had done eight times now, each time a new face would appear, calling me a liar, selfish, or a traitor.

That was until I saw a light burst trough the darkness. and I heard a voice call out from it saying, "Please don't quit, Lukas-San. Your friends need you, your partner needs you, Olette-San needs you. Lady Shadow Gatomon needs you. No one hates you, Lukas-San."

I looked up and in the light and saw a figure standing there, then I heard the figure, whose voice I deducted to be a males, say, "They do miss you, and more important, they will forgive you. Doru-San misses you. Shadow Gatomon misses you. Olette-San misses you. And they're all worried about you. Will you abandoned them? Just like that?"

I couldn't put my finger on it, but, there was something, off about the speakers voice. It sounded so, familiar, but, different all at the same time. Not only that, but, I could have sworn his voice, echoed, in some way. Then the new person said, "But the biggest question I really should be asking is, can you forgive yourself? If not, then all is lost, and you have already failed. If that happens, then I can only hope Olette-San can save you, for the sake of all, I can only hope."

I looked up at the figure, or, I tried to, at least. But, all I saw, was a blinding light, and, a large shadow, I was almost certain that the figure either has on a cape, or was wearing some kind traditional kimono, I tired to see who it was that was speaking to me, but, I couldn't see anything.

But, I thought two glowing red dots where his eyes would have been. I leaned my head against the ground, with my eyes turned to the figure and asked, "Who are you?"

The figure didn't move, it didn't even seem like he heard my question, but instead, he just said, "Who I am doesn't matter right now, Luke-San, what matters is who are you? Please, wake up, Luke-San. Your friends need you."

I slowly sat up, but I was still looking down at my hands and weakly said, "But I can't. I'm weak, I'm a coward, a liar. I don't deserve their friendship. Because of my own fear, I lost the trust in my friends. Devimon was right, I am just like him. I had to tell my friends the truth last night. We were all gathered around, resting in our beds. I should have told them, but I didn't, cause I was scared. I am nothing but a big fat failure." I then laid back down, and looked up at the pitch black nothingness of wherever it is that I am.

Then the voice sagely said, "If you truly believe that, then you have much to learn. And you will learn those lessons." I swear, the way this guy talked, I would have thought that he was my Tōsan, with his nonsense way of speaking. Either that, or some kind of religious preacher.

I don't what it was about this guy, but, something about him just felt, familiar, but, I don't know what. "Yeah? And what can I learn? I'm a loser. A failure. I betrayed the trust in my friends, they will never forgive me." Yeash, can't this guy just let me drown myself in my sorrows.

If I wasn't already a broken man, I probably would actually enjoy this conversation, but, all I wanted was to be left alone. "Even if I wanted to, as you say, 'learn these lessons' where would I go to find these answers?" I asked in a weak, yet defeated voice.

The voice didn't say anything for a while, then it said, "The island that you are on, holds a Digimon village of kind hearted Digimon, seek it's leader, she will help you find yourself."

"Why should I? Why should I even try any more? I'm not a DigiDestined. I'm not a Tamer. I'm no hero. I'm not even Kamiya 'Lukas' Kouki. I'm just, Jeremy, and I have nothing. I'm broken." I said in a defeated voice.

Then it sounded like the voice sighed in either annoyance or disappointment, then he said, "Even a broken sword can be repaired. And you should go, because no matter how broken you may be, the fire in your heart will make you want to do the right thing, it is why you were able to Digivolve Dorumon-San into Dorugamon-San instead of crashing into the sea, because you still have that fire in you. And besides, you still have Doru-San, Shadow Gatomon, as well as Olette-San. So, you do have someone, never forget that. Now go to the village, visit the leader, she will help you, now go. Lukas Kamiya."

I was about to retort, when the whole world was enveloped in light, then I started hearing voices, calling out my name. "Luke-San!" That was Doru-San.

"Yo, Luke, wake up you lazy slacker!" I couldn't resist a chuckle at hearing Shadow Gatomon's voice, and how she called me a slacker.

"Luke-Kun, please wake up." Hearing Olette-Chan calling me with that added 'Kun' brought a warmth into my heart. But I felt a ghostly ache in my heart, the nightmare still fresh in my mind.

Then I heard the voice ask, "See? No matter what happens, those who are your friends, will always be worried about you. Now go, wake up and see your friends, you will see that they do miss you."

The light behind the figure started to glow brighter and brighter, but before the light engulfed me, I heard the voice say, "Search for he who was once part of the great seven, he whose sin matches yours, the young redeemed traveler will show you the way, and show you pride yet again."

Then I was back in darkness, but I felt that I was laying on my back, and realized that my eyes were closed, so I slowly opened my eyes, and saw concerned looks on both Doru-San and Shadow Gatomon, then I weakly said, "Hey, guys. What's up?"

Doru-San then jumped on me, causing me to jump from the extra weight on my stomach and, in a concerned voice, he said, "We were worried, Luke-San! You were tossing and turning in your sleep, it was terrifying."

I looked down, remembering everything that had seen and sadly said, "I'm sorry I worried you two. I was having a nightmare, and I couldn't wake up."

Then I heard Olette-San's concerned voice say, "Lukas-Kun, I was worried about you."

Hearing Olette-San still calling me Lukas-Kun made me smile weakly as I thought, 'You, you were worried about me? Olette-Chan?' I asked surprised at this, and I could swear that I heard a stutter coming from her, but I simply chuckled at her.

But before she could respond, we all heard a soft voice say, "Oh, thank goodness, you're all still alive. I was worried that we have lost one of our heroes already."

We all looked up and saw a pink and white rabbit like creature, with a large yellow crescent moon on it's stomach, and two smaller crescent moons on her arms, one on each arm, she had four ears, two large ears on the sides of her head, and two smaller ones on the back, she also had a crescent moon on her forehead, with a long horn like ribbon of fur coming from the middle of that moon, she also seemed to have a silver crescent moon meddle rapped in pink cloth on her stomach.

I looked up at the weird Digimon and in a confused, yet weak voice, asked, "Who are you?"

The rabbit Digimon bowed respectfully and said, "My name is Lunamon, and you are near my village. I was sent by our leader to retrieve you."

I slightly raised an eyebrow and asked, "Leader? Retrieved? Who is your leader?" I asked on edge, then I felt a cold grip on my heart as I became depressed again and thought, 'Do I even care? After all, I'm no hero.' Then I became weak, like all the energy that I had was striped down to the very bone.

Then Shadow Gatomon calmly said, in a sarcastic tone, I may add, "Relax, Emo-Sama." Then she returned to her normal calm voice and said, "Lunamon are kind and caring Digimon, you have no reason to be wary of them. They are a peaceful bunch of Digimon."

I sighed, then sadly said, "Very well, at least I can find a place to rest and maybe eat." Then I realized what she had called me and said, "Hey! Who are you calling Emo-Sama!?"

Shadow Gatomon chuckled at me then gave me a mischievous smirk, but didn't say anything. Then the Lunamon cheered and said, "Yay! Come on. We don't want to keep her waiting! Let's go!" Then she just walked away from us.

I was taken back by the over the top cheerful Lunamon-San, but decided to follow her, but when I stood up, my D-Ark and Modify cards fell to the ground, I looked down at them and was about to leave them behind when I heard a voice call to me from the back of my mind, it was the same one from my dream, "Don't leave them, Luke-San. Take them with you, you will need them."

I sighed sadly, but I picked up my Digivice and Modify cards and I put them away. Now many have wondered how my Modify Cards never bent when placed in my pocket, well, I asked for some help from Palmon-San to create me a card holder, it works as a 'Deck Box' but it is easily torn, anyways, after I put my cards away, I quickly followed after the Lunamon-San.

And as we were walking, I heard Olette-Chan's voice call out to me, "Lukas-Kun, are you okay? I was very concerned about you."

I was about to reply to her when the nightmare echoed in my mind once more. "To think that I could trust you to help me regain my memories, Luke. I had trusted you, I believed in you, I actually had put my faith in you. I was actually starting to admire you, maybe something more, but you had let me down. You had broken your promise to me. I will never trust you again. Never call me Olette-San ever again. And don't you EVER call me Chan again. We are no longer friends, you selfish traitor."

I felt a sharp sting in my chest as those words echoed in my mind, I shook my head, trying to get it out of my mind, then I weakly thought, 'Yeah, Olette-San, I'm fine, just a little shook up is all. No need to worry.'

She was silent for a while, probably just taken back by how small my voice sounded. Then I heard Olette-Cha- Olette-San, say, "You know, whenever you say that, Lukas-Kun, I always get the felling like I should be worried the most about you."

I lightly chuckled at that thought, reminding me of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, where Dawn and Johanna both used the same phrases. Then I thought, 'You might be right about that, Olette-San.' I tried to sound happy, or at lest like I sill had life in me, but the nightmare still haunted me, and I could feel my strength weakening. I couldn't even bring myself to call her Chan, I was a complete mess.

Then we all heard Lunamon-San cheerfully say, "We have arrived at Lunamon Village. Would you please follow me to our leader."

Then me, Dorumon-San, Shadow Gatomon and Olette-San all asked, """"Weren't we doing that anyways?""""

We all shrugged then continued following the small lunar rabbit. While walking through the village, I saw more Lunamon, as well as several slightly larger Digimon, they were possibly Lunamon's Champion from. I would say that they were as tall as Leomon-San.

They were bipedal pink rabbit with long hind legs with black bracelets on their ankles, and three purple claws on each of their feet. They had a slim waist, and purple armor over their chest, with a silver crescent moon wrapped over their chest.

They had long arms with black boxing gloves with a yellow crescent moon etched on them. they also had purple appendages coming from their backs. they had a silver mask over their faces with the same crescent moon design on them, and a long pink ribbon attached to them. They also had eight ear like appendages on their head. As well as a horn like thing sprouting from their foreheads, right out their crescent moon on their head.

The Lunamon-San who was leading us said, "They are Lekismon, they are loyal and honorable warriors, they will never fight an injured opponent, nor will they interfere with another's fight, they fight with honor, they are respectable like that."

This brought a small smile to my face, "That really is respectable. Huh?" As I was taking in the sights, hoping to bury my own shame in myself with the beauty of the village.

The village itself wasn't to different to small towns. There were wooden houses, big enough to possibly fit a large group of Lekismon. I didn't even know that there was this kind of village on File Island. But, it is a big island. During my sight seeing, I noticed someone that really stuck out, I couldn't tell who they were because they were wearing a large brown overcoat, but there was something about them that made me feel uncomfortable, then I turned to our guide and asked, "What about the one hiding under the cloak?"

Lunamon-San looked to the one I was pointing at, then she said, "He hasn't been around here long. He has actually arrived shortly before you arrived on our island. Right after File Island had broken apart actually."

Hearing the reminder brought both shame and regret at the memories of what had happened this morning. I sadly looked down, staring emotionless at my feet, while moving on autopilot, following the small rabbit Digimon and sadly asked, "You mean right after Devimon broke File Island. Am I right?"

I had already knew what her answer would be, as we continued towards our destination, which I could see up ahead, it was a large building, it almost looked like a cathedral mixed with a dojo. How could I have missed something like this? It should have been obvious.

Then Lunamon-San happily nodded, completely ignoring my own self doubts and said, "Yes, right after Devimon separated you DigiDestined and broke File Island into pieces. He's been here all morning."

My eyes widened and I looked down sadly and said, "I don't deserve to even be called a DigiDestined. I'm a failure." I took out my locket and opened it up to stare at the smiling faces of Tōsan, Kāsan, Nii-San, Imouto, and me. Looking at these pictures brought tears to my eyes, and I closed the locket before any more painful memories could return.

Lunamon-San then stopped at the door of the said, "Well, she will be the judge of that. Come, we're here." Lunamon-San then lightly knocked at the door and said, "Lady Crescemon, I'm back. And I have brought our guests, just as you asked."

Then we all heard a woman's voice call out, "Very good. I thank you Lunamon. Please send them in."

Lunamon-San cheered and looked towards us and said, "Right away. Please, head inside, Lady Crescemon will see you now." Then she opened the door and motioned us inside.

The three of us walked inside and saw massive murals painted on the walls, but what had caught my eyes were the seven symbols etched on one side of the wall. At first I didn't recognise them, but then it hit me and my eyes widened with realization at whet they were.

They were the Crests of The Seven Great Demon Lords. But before I could analyze them further, I had almost jumped out of my skin when a female voice said, "It may have been countless Digicycles since the great Digimon war, but the horrors of the Demon Lords will never be forgotten. But you did not come here to know about the Demon Lords, did you, Lukas-San? Or is it Jeremy-San?"

I just groaned out in annoyance, but didn't turn around just yet and asked, "How many Digimon actually know who I am? I mean for crying out loud, Dorumon-San knew who I was when we first met. Devimon-Teme somehow knew who I was, and now you know me. How do so many Digimon know me?"

I turned to the voice and saw Crescemon-Sama, who looked like a taller version of Lekismon, except she had more armor and had a large battle axe in her right hand, and a large shield in her left.

Crescemon-Sama lightly chuckled at me, which I wouldn't take as an insult and she said, "There are many things you still have yet to learn, Luke-San. It is best if you were to learn them. But I can see that you are troubled, so, please, take a seat." She motioned to a seat right next to her.

I sighed, I was emotionally tired, but I respectfully complied with Crescemon-Sama's request and I took the seat as Shadow Gatomon and Dorumon-San sat right next to me, and Crescemon-Sama sat down at a seat across from me and placed her axe and shield down beside her.

She didn't say anything for what felt like a few minutes, then, deciding that it would be best if we got this conversation done and over with, I looked up at the large armored Digimon and asked, "What is it you want me to say? How I am nothing more than a foolish human being for wanting to do the right thing, but have only succeeded in making things worse. Or the fact that never should have been chosen in the first place? Admit it, I have failed."

Crescemon-Sama didn't say anything, but she looked down at me, looking over me, as if trying to determine something, then she asked in a curious tone, "And what makes you believe that you have failed? Because of one single defeat? Because I would hardly call that a failure."

Hearing the reminders of my mistakes and failures brought tears to my eyes. I tried to hold them back, but with no avail. Then I rubbed my eyes and replied with, "No, because I have lied to my friends about who I am, and I failed as a friend for not being honest with them since the beginning."

Each word I spoke broke me down more and more, and it was made even worse as I heard the shadows whisper out the nightmares I had this morning. "I had plenty of opportunities to tell them the truth, but I didn't, and now they all hate me for it." I said to sadly, with each word broke me down more and more.

"I just wanted to protect them, but in the end, it all blew up in my face. Now I can never look my friends, the DigiDestined, in the face ever again, perhaps I should just disappear, never show my face again." These words I spoke, made it feel like I was being swallowed in darkness. It even seemed like the room itself was getting darker.

Crescemon-Sama remained silent for a while, most likely trying to think of something that could help me, but, I knew that nothing would get me out of this depression, I deserved it, after all.

Then, after what felt like countless hours Crescemon-Sama finally broke the silence and she said, "So that's is then. It's not that you're not afraid of Devimon, you're afraid of your friends, and how they might hate you for lying to them."

I slowly nodded, letting her know that she was right. Then she placed gently placed a hand on my right shoulder and she said, "Well, if they hate you for lying to them, then they are truly not your friends. But I must ask, do you really believe that they would hate you, Lukas-San? Or are you just jumping to conclusions?"

She then removed her hand from my shoulder, and I looked at her and weakly said, "I..."

But before I could answer her, she knelt down so that we would look at each other, face to face, then she said, "I want your honest opinion, Lukas-San. I want you to really think about it, and truthfully tell me, do you really think that your friends would hate you for lying to them?"

I couldn't speak, I was trying to think and I really wanted to say that I knew my friends would never hate me, but the nightmare kept coming back to haunt me, and hearing their angry voices, and it kept making me think that they would hate me.

Crescemon-Sama sighed and asked, "Have you really lost faith in your friends this fast, Luke-San?"

I looked up at her confused and I asked, "What do you mean by that?" This Digimon wasn't making much sense to me.

Crescemon-Sama then knelt down in front of me and looked me dead in the eyes, and I swear that it felt like she was looking deep into my very own soul, then she asked, "Do you really have so little faith in your friends that something as small as this would cost you their friendship? That lying about who you really are would make them hate you?"

I felt the tears in my eyes, and I felt a deep pit of rage building up from inside of me. Who does she think she is? How can she know so much about me. Then, having enough of her questions, I shouted, "HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!? I HAVE NEVER MET YOU BEFORE!"

Crescemon-Sama didn't even blink as she sat back up straight in her chair, then she looked over at a mural, one that was across the one that I was looking at earlier, this one showed silhouettes of eight kids and a looming dark shadow standing over all of them. Then she said, "The prophecy about the DigiDestined coming to protect our world. It says that of the eight children coming here to save us, it says that one would be that of a child who has met with a terrible fate, and brought back to life by unknown means, and that together with his watchful guide, will restore the balance to the Digital World."

My eyes widened in realization that it was me. There was no other way to describe it, and I asked in a shocked voice, "Me? I am meant to restore balance to the Digital World? But how?"

But, before Crescemon-Sama could explain any further, Lunamon-San, probably the same one who led us here earlier, then burst through the doors in a panic motion, and we all looked at her, she was panting heavily, but Crescemon-San calmly asked, "Lunamon-San, what have I told you about barging in here without knocking?"

But the Lunamon-San shook her head rapidly and said, "I'm sorry, mistress, but we have an emergency!" The tone of her voice seemed to set Crescemon-Sama on edge, then the small rabbit continued, "One of the Kabukimon is going on a rampage, and it's destroying the village!"

Crescemon-Sama then stood up tall and asked in a shocked tone of voice, "What? But Kabukimon are peaceful Digimon, they wouldn't attack for any given reason. What could have happened to cause an attack like this?"

Then Shadow Gatomon stood up, glaring at the door and said, "It is most likely a Black Gear, sent here by Devimon-Teme to draw us out and attempt to destroy us."

Crescemon-Sama then grabbed her battle axe and her shield and said, "I'm going to help out." Then she ran for the door, but before she left, Crescemon-Sama turned towards me and said, "Lukas-San, I know that you have many more questions to ask of me, and I wish I had more time to answer them, but I ask you, no, I beg you to help us protect our homes."

I didn't reply and instead looked sadly at my D-Ark, I heard Crescemon-Sama sigh sadly, then she said, "I can only hope that the three of you can help get Lukas-San back into the fight, especially you, Olette-San, you're possibly the only one who can help him now. Please help Lukas-San out." And with that, she was gone, with Lunamon-San following shortly after her.

I didn't even react to Crescemon-Sama knowing about Olette-San, or even knowing her name, I was to defeated to even care, then I sadly said, "I'm useless. I'm no hero. I'm not a DigiDestined. I am nothing."

But then Shadow Gatomon scoffed at me and asked, "What are you talking about, Emo-Sama? You are not useless." Then her voice softened, just like it was when we first freed her from the Black Gear. Then she stated, "You saved me from the Black Gear. You did that. So you are not useless." It was really hard to tell what this black cat was really like. Was she sarcastic and rude? Or was she soft spoken and caring, I didn't know.

But, while I wish I could accept her thanks, I sadly shook my head and said, "No. That was all Dorumon-San. I had nothing to do with it."

But Dorumon-San quickly placed his claws on my legs and said, "But Luke-San, you used your Modify Cards to save me. Remember? You threw your Modify Card at Shadow Gatomon to get her away from me, you did that."

Again, I sighed not really believing that I had anything to do with that and said, "No, I didn't, I just got lucky that it happened at all. You were the one who freed her, Dorumon-San, not me."

Then I heard Olette-San's voice echo from my mind, as she said, "What about me, Lukas-Kun? I was sleeping in your mind, and could have done so forever, you were the one who woke me up, Luke-Kun. No one else did. You gave me my name, no one else did. You are not useless, you are a friend."

I started to tear up at that reminder, wanting to enjoy that one happy memory, but, I felt the cold chill run down my spine, sucking all life out of me, and I sadly said, "You probably would have woken up on your own, I had nothing to do with it." I didn't even had the strength to think it, so, I just spoke it.

Shadow Gatomon seemed to have been surprised at my speech, then she looked at me weirdly and asked, "Who are you talking to, Emo-Sama?"

"As I have said before, there is more to Luke-San than you could even imagine, and this is one of those things." Dorumon-San told Shadow Gatomon, bringing a sad smile to my face.

Then I heard Olette-San ask in a soft voice, "You don't really believe that, do you, Lukas-Kun?" I swear, I felt a sharp sting in my chest as she spoke. The sadness that she felt, I could feel it as well, and it hurt even more.

But, I sadly nodded, accepting my answer as the truth, no matter how painful it may be and I said, "This is all my fault. If I hadn't had been born, than none of this would have happened. I should just give up and disappear. No one would miss me, after all, who would miss a traitor, no one woul..."

***SLAP***

I felt a burning sensation on my right cheek, I turned to my right and I saw the ghostly apparition of Olette-San hovering next to me with tears in her eyes, she looked angry, disappointed, and ashamed all at once, then she angrily said, "That's not true! How dare you say such things, Luke."

This caught me by surprise, as this was actually the first time she called me Luke. And the lack of suffics, hurt me deeply. Then she stared deeply into my eyes with those red and blue shining eyes of her. I never seen Olette-San like this, it was like, like she was a completely different person.

Through tear filled eyes, she said in a painful voice, "Everyone would miss you. Your brother would miss you, your friends would miss you. Dorumon-San and Shadow Gatomon would miss you. I may not even know her, but your Imouto, Kari-Chan would definitely miss you. But most importantly, I would miss you, Luke-Kun."

The way Olette-San spoke, it surprised me, it was completely unexpected. Then she spoke once more, "Even if I am stuck in your mind, if you give up now, then the Lukas-Kun that I have gotten to know these past few days would be gone, and I would miss him. This person that you have become, this isn't the Lukas-Kun that I have met back in the factory, not the one who I have grown to care for. Not the one who had a friendly conversation with me this morning. You, are not Kamiya Lukas."

I blinked several times, shocked at how she spoke to me, how, passionate she was, and for a single moment, my cocky nature came back to me and I stood up on my feet and boldly said, "Yes, I am Kamiya Lukas." I couldn't believe it, here I am, sad and depressed, and this girl, this spirit, was starting to spark a fire in heart, and it was working.

"No you are not." Olette-San said coldly, taking all the wind out of my lungs. "Because Kamiya Lukas, the Kamiya Lukas I know, wouldn't let someone like Devimon get inside his head and mess with his feelings like this. The Kamiya Lukas I know, the real Kamiya Lukas, wouldn't just quit without a fight, he would never quit at all. You are not Lukas-Kun, you, are a fake!"

Those words stung, they hurt, made me feel terrible. Because, as harsh as they were, they were true. 'She's right.' I thought to myself, shocked at how one person, had made me realize it. 'I would never quit, not even in death would I quit.' Then I felt something snap in my mind, almost like a barrier or something that was forcing me to be depressed was gone, and the small spark that was clicking in my heart, erupted into a typhoon of roaring fire, never to be extinguished.

Then I opened my eyes and I could actually feel the fire in my eyes burn as I said, "You're right, Olette-Chan, I haven't been myself lately. I was being foolish to think that my friends would hate me, besides, I do need to have faith. I am not a failure, I am a DigiDestined! I, am Kamiya Lukas"

Then I heard a dark voice speak in my mind, "No, you are not. You are a failure! You will quit, and you will surrender."

I was suddenly transported to my mind, and there I saw him, the vile being who got me into this mess in the first place. "Devi-Teme. So you were the one behind this. I should have known." I clenched my fists in rage at seeing this freak was behind my depression.

Devimon-Teme stared laughing darkly at me and he said, "Yes! When I revealed to your so-called friends the truth about you, I used my Touch Of Evil to place all of those dark and depressing thoughts about your friends into your mind, hoping to destroy you."

I clenched my fists tighter, enraged at the fact that I had been manipulated, but I felt a warmth in my heart, then I loosened them and I softly chuckled, and then I started to laugh loudly, this must have ticked Devimon-Teme off because he asked, "What? What's so funny!? You dare laugh at me?!" His voice filled with rage.

I stopped laughing, but still had a slight chuckle in my voice as I said, "It's funny because in your quest to break me, you instead made me stronger then before."

Devimon-Teme scoffed as he folded his arms and said, "Impossible. You're bluffing now. What power could you have discovered to make yourself more stronger?"

I smirked a cocky smirk, but not just any kind of cocky smirk, my signature fox like cocky smirk and simply said one single word, "Faith."

Devimon-Teme raised an eyebrow and asked, "Faith? How could something as petty as faith help you here?"

I smirked as three figures started to phase into existence right next to me, I turned to the new arrivals and said, "Perfect timing as always, Dorumon-San, Olette-Chan. Shadow Gatomon, welcome to my world."

The three of them smiled, but when Shadow Gatomon noticed Devimon-Teme, she hissed like a cat at something vile, as she growled out, "What's tall dark and nasty doing here?"

"Obviously he's up to no good, Shadow Gatomon. What does it look like he's doing? Ordering Pizza?" Dorumon-San said jokingly to Shadow Gatomon, which I couldn't help but to chuckle at my partners antics.

"Doru-San, now is not the time for jokes. That comes later." I told my partner with a smile on my face. "And I didn't forget about you, loser-mon." I said with a smile as I turned back to Devimon-Teme, I could feel the dangerous gleam in my very own eyes.

Then Olette-Chan glared harshly at the devil Digimon and said, "You will rue the day you messed with Lukas-Kun." Her voice sounded like it was laced with venom, and I was completely shocked at how dangerous her voice sounded. Yet, at the same time, I felt, dare I say it, attracted to how protective she was.

"Grr. You will pay for your insolence, brat!" Devimon-Teme said with anger in his voice, "Touch Of Evil! Hah!"

But before Tememon could even touch me, a blast of energy was launched from behind me and struck at Devimon-Teme who looked up and said, "Impossible!"

I turned my head behind me and saw them. "My friends." I said with a smile as I saw the whole team. Tai-Nii-San and Greymon-San, Matt-San and Garurumon-San, Izzy-San and Kabuterimon-San, Mimi-San and Togemon-San, Joe-San and Ikkakumon-San, Sora-San and Birdramon-San, TK-Kun and Angemon-San, as well as a darkened images of Kari-Chan and Gatomon-San. All of my friends and family were standing behind me, and looking at Devimon-Baka with anger in their eyes.

I truly smiled at my friends then I glared back at Devimon-Teme and said, "This, this right here is the true strength of faith. Faith is not just believing in oneself, it is believing in those who you cherish and hold deeply, Devimon-Teme. You think that you have broken us apart, but I know now, without a doubt, that as long as I have faith in my friends, then I will never become a failure."

With each word I spoke, I could feel myself becoming stronger and stronger, like, I, myself, was letting go of the past, and growing from them. Then I said, "And I know that if they can forgive me for lying to them, and I know they will, then I can forgive myself." I then raised my right hand and pointed it at Devimon-Teme and said, "Now, it is time for you to leave, you have over stayed your welcome. Be gone." I then waved my arm and from underneath Devimon a white disk of light formed and I said, "Shining Light! Destroy this dark being!" Then the ground beneath Devimon-Teme erupted into a wall of light.

When the light faded, Devimon-Teme was no more, and his dark influence was purged for good. I sighed in relief, happy to know that it was taken care of and turned to the images of my friends and smiled, which they all returned as they disappeared in a beam of light, which enveloped me.

The feeling I felt, was acceptance, accepting who I am, and letting go of my fears helped me come to terms with who I am. Then I closed my eyes, embracing the warmth of the light, seeing it as a metaphorical way of my friends forgiving me. Then I turned to the others in my mind and said, "Come on, it's time to take care of our other problem."

Shadow Gatomon nodded with a savage smirk growing on her lips as she threw her fist in the air and she exclaimed, "Finally! I thought we were going to sit this one out all day."

I chuckled at this kitty's personality, she was really a breath of fresh air, while me and the others fought because we want to protect others, Shadow Gatomon straight up enjoys fights, and seems to take a interesting, yet slightly sick enjoyment out of fighting. I smiled at her and said, "Okay, okay, Shadow Gatomon I..."

But then Shadow Gatomon interrupted me said, "Rouge." We all looked at her with confusion on our faces as she said, "Look, I am really getting sick and tired of being called Shadow Gatomon, so, call me Rouge, Rouge-San, or, if you like, you can call me Rouge-Chan."

I was taken back by this, normally Digimon didn't mind you be called what they are, like Agumon-San, and Biyomon-San. While I call Dorumon-San, Doru-San, I never thought that a Digimon would give themself an actual nickname.

Then she folded her arms and stated, "It makes it easier to call me Rouge-San, especially with how pointless I find us Digimon calling ourselves by our species name, especially seeing how we are not one of a kind Digimon. And just know this, I won't mind these honorifics, and will respond if you call me by any of those, but, I will not treat you the same way, it's just not my style."

I was stunned at what Shadow, at what Rouge-San, had just stated, and, even though it was kinda rude of her to talk without the suffics, I actually preferred it this way. I chuckled lightly then I said, "You know, that makes a lot of sense. All right then. Everyone, let's get to work."

The looks on everyone's face was more then enough to tell me what I needed to know. Then I smiled and placed my fist out and looked over to my partner, then to my, I guess you can call her, my faithful companion, and finally to my, I want to say ally, but she is more of a wild card. "You guys ready for this?" I asked with a knowing smile slowly taking over my face, as I already knew their answers.

Olette-Chan was first as she smiled at me and said, "I'm bound to your mind, Luke-Kun. Where you go, I will always follow. No matter what." Then she placed her fist against mine, and said, "Until the end of time, I will always be by your side." There it was again, all day she has been calling me 'Luke-Kun' and, I am beginning to enjoy it. And I couldn't hide the blush on my face, but no one said anything.

Dorumon-San chuckled as he looked at me, and he smiled a toothy grin and said, "If you think I will let go off and do something stupid on your own, you'll be wrong, Luke-San. I won't let you go and do something stupid, not without me, you're not."

Then he placed his fist against ours and said, "If you are going to go out and do something stupid, then I will do something stupid with you."

I actually laughed at this, then I looked at Rouge-San who placed her fist against the rest of us and said in a board, or impatient tone, "I am still new to this whole 'let's be friends' type of deal, but I did say that I am indebted to you, Emo-Sama." I could feel my right eyebrow twitch at the nickname she had for me. Then she smirked at me and said, "Now then, shall we go fight?"

While my right eyebrow was still twitching, I smirked and said, "Yes, yes we will." Then the world around us became engulfed in a bright light, when the light died down, we were back in the cathedral dojo combo, and I stood up and said, "Come on, guys, lets go do something stupid."

At my remark everyone nodded and we dashed out of the cathedral's doors and saw that the village was in chaos, some of the Lekismon were leading the Lunamon out and away of the disaster, while the others were in a circle around Crescemon and another Digimon.

This Digimon looked some kind of priest or theater performer, with its long red dress that was tied around it's waist by a white ribbon, the dress had yellow sleeves. The Digimon had vine like arms with pink flowers for hands with a weird mask design for hands, it had a larger version of the mask covering its face with nine pink flower petals around its head.

Then I looked at the theater looking Digimon and said, "So, I'm gonna take a guess that that is Kabukimon, then?"

Then Rouge-San nodded, confirming my guess as she said, "You would be correct, Emo-Sama." I looked at her as she had a curious expression on her face as she said, "Strange to see this one out in the sun though."

Then I chuckled and said, "A plant that doesn't like sun light? Well, I can only guess that Devimon's Black Gear has made it more vicious and not caring about sunlight then."

Then a males voice spoke up from behind us, saying, "And you'd be correct, young DigiDestined."

The four of us turned to the source of the voice and saw the brown cloaked figure, I narrowed my eyes and asked, "Who are you?" The way this guy looked, reminded me of Ansem's Heartless before he possessed Riku. When he was nothing more than just a heart under a cloak.

The figure looked at me, or I believed he was looking at me. He did turn so that I could see the darkness under his cloak, but, try as I might, I couldn't see under the cloak. Then the figure looked at all of us and said, "Now is not the time for questions. You need to help her, Crescemon-San cannot handle this on her own."

I looked back to Crescemon-Sama and saw that she was being beaten up pretty badly. Kabukimon-San seemed to be faster then Crescemon-Sama. Then the cloaked figure said, "While Crescemon-San may be an Ultimate level Digimon, she is still a kind hearted leader. And she doesn't like seeing Digimon from her village, or any other part of the Digital World getting hurt, she can't bring herself to hurt Kabukimon-San, and that weakness is what will lead to her deletion."

I glared angrily at Kabukimon-San, with my fists clenched shaking in rage, then I gripped my D-Ark in my left hand and grabbed one of my Modify Cards from my Deck Box and asked, "You guys ready?"

Dorumon-San nodded and said, "Always ready, Luke-San." The look in his eyes matched my own, pure determination, and not a shred of doubt.

Rouge-San extended her claws out and smirked wildly and said, "This mon is going to be hurting in the morning. That's for sure."

I looked on my right and saw the ghostly apparition of Olette-Chan hovering right next to me who said, "Let's do this, Luke-Kun."

I nodded, trying to bury the blush that was trying to make it's way onto my face. Then, I closed my eyes, clearing my mind of all distractions, in order to focus on the task at hand.

Then, with my eyes still closed, I positioned my right arm over my neck, and I opened my eyes, glaring at the Digimon attacking Crescemon-Sama, and with one swing, I threw my Modify Card at Kabukimon-San with as much strength as I could muster.

And just as Kabukimon-San was about to strike down Crescemon-Sama, she quickly jumped back to avoid the flying glowing card, and she jumped right into Dorumon's Metal Cannon, knocking her down onto her face, then me, Dorumon-San, and Rouge-San stood in front of Crescemon-Sama.

I heard Crescemon weakly ask, "You came to save me?"

I turned to the Ultimate Level Digimon with a smile and said, "Of course I did. I'm a DigiDestined, after all, aren't I?" I asked as I lifted my right arm to catch the Modify Card as it was flying towards me.

Crescemon-Sama smiled in gratitude and said, "Thank you, Jeremy-San, for everything."

I smiled in appreciation, happy to know that I had just saved a life, then I shook my head and said, "There is no need to thank me, I was just doing the right thing. And, my name, is not Jeremy."

Crescemon-Sama gave me a confused look, but I simply smiled as I then turned back to Kabukimon-San, who was slowly getting back up. I then placed my sunglasses over my eyes and I said, "It's Kamiya. Lukas Kamiya." Saying my name was my declaration at stating who I am, not who I was.

I could feel the warm smile Crescemon-Sama was giving me as she said, "So, you have regained faith in yourself again."

I nodded and turned to her and said, "And it was all thanks to you helping me understand myself. But, it was thanks to Olette-Chan that I have fully regained myself. Without her, I would have lost myself."

The ghostly apparition of Olette-Chan smiled at me and said, "You're my best friend, Luke-Kun. I wasn't about to let you lose yourself to your own doubts, after all, what kind of friend would I be if I did?"

I smiled softly at the girl who, after so long, I can finally admit, is slowly stealing my heart. Then I turned to the village leader and said, "We'll handle things here, Crescemon-Sama, you go and take care of your people, okay?"

Crescemon-Sama looked at me in surprise, then she asked, "You really think that you can handle her on your own?"

I nodded, not even doubting myself for a single second, and I said, "Yeah, I know I can. I have been running away from the truth for far too long, it is time I stopped running away from my problems and instead," I tightly gripped my D-Ark in my right hand as I raised it into the air as I said, "And instead I should run towards my destiny, not as Jeremy, but as Lukas Kamiya."

I was confident in, not only myself, but in my partner, and in Rouge-San, then I looked back at Kabukimon-San and said, "And besides, I am never alone. Not as long as I have my friends beside me. Now then, Doru-San, how about we skip the whole song and dance routine, and go right into the main event?"

Doru-San nodded and gave me a wicked smile as he said, "Let's Rock 'N' Roll, Luke-San."

Then I smirked, feeling the cocky smirk spread across the faces of both me, and Doru-San. Then said, "Digivolution: Activate!"

D-I-G-I-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N

Then Dorumon-San glowed in a blinding light as he said, "Dorumon, Digivolve to... Dorugamon!" Dorugamon-San then knelt down in front of me, while giving me a knowing smile.

I nodded, already knowing what Doru-San was thinking and said, "Yeah, let's do this, together." I jumped onto Dorugamon-San's back as he took to the sky.

Rouge-San was keeping Kabukimon-San busy for a while, with her engaging hand to hand combat, then her fists began glowing in a dark purple aura, then she charged at the shaman like Digimon and shouted, "Phantom Punch!"

Then she started to unleash a barrage of shadow infused punches to Kabukimon-San, but then she unleashed a blinding ight from her head, I instantly knew what was going to happen, then I took my D-Ark and then I swiped a card through the Digivice as I said, "Digimodify: Hyperchip, activate!"

Then Dorugamon-San began glowing in a bright green light, then he turned to me and said, "Hold on tight, Lukas-San! This might get a little, bumpy." I only gave Dorugamon-San a nod, as I gripped his fur tighter, being extra careful as to not pull out any of his fur as he dived down at Kabukimon-San, with a metal ball already in his mouth, then both me and him shouted out, ""CANNONBALL!""

This caught Kabukimon-San's attention, and that was all the distraction we needed, as we struck at Kabukimon-San, it knocked her back, but the Black Gear still didn't leave her.

I snapped my fingers in frustration as I jumped off of Dorugamon-San and said, "Drat!" I looked back to Rouge-San and asked, "Rouge-San, you good?"

Shadow Gatomon nodded and said, "Yeah, thanks, Emo-Sama, thanks for asking."

I glared at her, but I knew I had more important things to deal with, "Now then, how are we going to take care of this shaman without deleting her?"

Then I felt someone walk up next to me, I turned and was surprised to see Crescemon-Sama was standing right next to me. "Crescemon-Sama, I thought I asked you to leave this to us?"

Crescemon-San lightly chuckled and said, "You did. And for a while, I thought you would have been able to take care of this, but seem to have forgotten one important fact, Lukas Kamiya."

I raised an eyebrow, curious as too what is it that I could have forgotten, and so, wondering what she could have to offer, I asked, "And that would be what, exactly?"

Crescemon-Sama then held her hand out to me and asked, "Let me see your Digivice." I was confused, but I trusted her not to take it, so I raised my D-ark up to her, then she placed her hand over the D-Ark as she said, "You forgot the most important thing, to always trust others to help you fight, Lukas-San. Now here, how about I give you a new 'Ace in the hole' as you would say?"

I was about to ask what she meant, when My D-Ark began glowing in a bright white light. When Crescemon removed her hand, my D-Ark was still glowing, but then it shot something out, which then returned to me, I quickly caught it and my eyes widened.

"You have got to be kidding me." I said with disbelief clearly in my voice.

Crescemon-Sama simply smiled as she nodded and said, "Take it. And use it as you see fit. It is a Modify Card, after all."

I nodded, trying to wrap my head around how Crescemon-Sama could have known about this, but I decided that the questions will have to wait. So, I bowed my head in gratitude and said, "Thank you, Crescemon-Sama, for everything."

Crescemon-Sama smiled at me and said, "Think nothing of it, Luke-San."

Then I smirked and in an almost sadistic tone, said, "Hey, Dorugamon-San, you ready for a new toy?"

I could feel Dorugamon-San's smirk as he said, "Give it to me, Lukas-San!" It was obvious that he was excited to continue playing as well.

I smirked as I raised my new Modify Card in the air as I swiped it through the D-Ark I said, "DigiModify: Crescemon's Twin Nova Luna battle Axe and Shield, Activate!" It was a mouthful, that's for sure, I need to cut down the name.

And at that, Dorugamon-San's arms glowed in a bright light as Crescemon-Sama's weapons appeared in his arms, a large shield in his left hand, and a large battle axe in his right. After he looked at the weapons, then he smirked wildly and said, "Now this, I like. I like this a lot." Dorugamon-San then charged in on Kabukimon-San lifting the giant battle axe over his head as he said, "Time to slice and dice!"

But just as Dorugamon-San was about to hit Kabukimon, she dodged out of the way, "NO!" I shouted. "Even with the new weapon, he still can't hit her!" But then just as I was about to grab my Speed Modify Card, my D-Ark began glowing again, and soon, two more cards launched out of my D-Ark, once I caught them, I saw that they were attack optional cards, 'Crescemon's Ice Archery and Dark Archery' then I thought, 'It's just as Crescemon had said, there is still a lot of things I have left to learn, even about my own Digivice.'

"Well then, how about we start round two? Dorugamon-San, time for a weapon upgrade!" I said. "Digimodify! Crescemon's Ice Archery, Activate! Do it Doru-San!"

Dorugamon-San then threw up the two weapons and then watched as the two weapons fused and turned into some kind of crossbow rifle combo, then he aimed the large bowgun at Kabukimon, and shouted, "Ice Archery! Now, you freeze!"

I slapped my forehead at Dorugamon-San's terrible joke, it wasn't, that bad, but he could have used a different catchphrase instead of that one. But I watched as a massive arrow made out of ice formed at the base of the gun, then when I heard a click, the massive arrow was launched at Kabukimon-San at speeds she couldn't be able to dodge from.

Then we all watched as the Black Gear finally Kabukimon-San's body and disintegrated into nothingness. At first everything was silent, but then the whole world erupted in sound. I turned around and saw the whole village cheering at the victory.

But then I quickly ran to the Kabukimon-San, who was slowly getting up, then I helped her up. "Hey, are you okay? You're not too hurt are you?" I asked in a concerned voice. Last thing I wanted was for the Digimon to be too hurt because we were being, a little, rough with her.

Kabukimon-San groaned and rubbed her head and asked, "Ugh, what hit me?" She quickly shook her head and looked up and asked, "Who are you? And where am I? All I remember was preparing for my daily meditation when something hit me from behind, then nothing, it's all black."

I gripped my fists tightly and I said, "Devimon-San. This is all his fault. We have to take him down, and soon!"

Then Dorumon-San said, "But Luke-San, shouldn't we find a way to bring this island back to File Island?"

I sighed at Dorumon-San's reminder of what we first have to do. Then we all heard a voice say, "If the Black Gears are what you're looking for, maybe I could help you find them."

We all looked to the source of the voice and saw that it was the cloaked figure who spoke, then I asked, "Well, I would like the help, but, who are you?"

The cloaked figure lightly chuckled and then he removed his cloak and my eyes widened in both fear and shock, "No way. It can't be! You're..."

Who can this cloaked figure be? What secrets about Lukas does he still not know? Who is the mysterious voice from Luke's nightmare? Will Lukas find his way back to his friends and defeat Devimon? All those questions and more, next time on Digimon New Life!

Thechaosmaster: Woohoo! Oh, boy! What a chapter! And I ended it on a cliffhanger, awesome. And yes, the cliffhanger has a reason, trust me. Now then, there are many things you guys will be wondering. Like, who was that mysterious voice that saved Lukas from the nightmare? Why did I put up a mural of the Seven Great Demon Lords sins? Why did the D-Ark give Lukas three new Modify Cards? And finally, who is the cloaked figure? All of those questions will be answer eventually, but not all of them will be answered right away. But, if you guys, and girls take a guess at who the cloaked figure is, and you get it right, you will get a shout out in the next chapter, but that is only if you get the cloaked figure right. Well, time to work on the next chapter.

CHAOS CONTROL!

Thechaosmaster: And, well, there we have it. The edited version of my first, completely original chapter for this series. The Prologue doesn't really count, seeing how, well, you guys and girls get it.

Blossom: Yeah, now then, you guys are possibly asking many questions.

Chaos: Well, I would love to answer all of them, I can't reveal anything until the time is right. That is why I don't want a beta reader. While it would be helpful, I am afraid that, I can't really risk it. Especially if I explain to someone my plans. This is one story that I have planed for all the way until the very end. I have ideas of what will happen in these story, season two, three, and am coming up with ideas for Tri and the Final Evolution.

Blossom: Now, Chaos, will you be able to them if you'll explain who Olette is?

Chaos: Ah, yes, the most mysterious character I have ever created. While I can't risk saying too much, I will say this. By the end of THIS story, you all will know who Olette is. And trust me, you will be, well, lets just say that, none of you will be seeing it coming.

Blossom: Be sure to leave your reviews, especially about the attacks, and whether or not they should either become more numerous or not.

Chaos: Yeah, and, I really want to you guys, as the series progresses, and the attacks get revealed, to come up with combination attacks. Well, this is all for now.

Blossom: Later.

CHAOS CONTROL!