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Chapter Sixteen

Cherubimon appeared and defeated Oryxmon.

"Now that he has brought you here he is no longer useful." He said.

He grabbed Oryxmon and threw him against the wall. Kouji and Takuya fusion evolved and distracted Cherubimon while the others freed Ophanimon. They soon figured out that if they hit the wall where the rays of light that made up Ophanimon's cage the rays wouldn't be reflected and bars from the cage would disappear.

While they were trying to free Ophanimon Cherubimon managed to take away Kouji's and Takuya's spirits. The others tried to help, but the y also got their spirits stolen. The only one with a spirit was Izumi and she stayed with Rei in case Cherubimon tried to harm her. Cherubimon attacked Izumi, but Ophanimon pushed her out of the way and took the hit for her. Ophanimon fought against Cherubimon and tricked him so that she could get the D-tectors back. She sent them over to where Kouji and Takuya were. She continued to fight, but Cherubimon proved to be too strong. She was defeated, but with her last strength she changed Kouji's and Takuya's D-tectors. Kouji and Takuya were able to unite their spirits with the others and evolve into Emperorgreymon and Magnagarurumon.

Takuya and Kouji fought against Cherubimon. Cherubimon's attacks reached the others and Kouji and Takuya saw that they were in danger.

"We have to get the others to safety." Kouji said.

Kouji distracted Cherubimon while Takuya took the others to safety. He then went back to where Kouji was fighting with Cherubimon and helped him. As Kouichi watched them fight he felt guilty and felt that he should also be fighting. They succeeded in defeating Cherubimon, but the castle began to fall apart. Kouji and Takuya hurried to save the others. Kouichi was the last one left. As he was about to get on Emperorgreymon so that he could carry him to safety the ground broke off and he fell. Luckily Kouji was able to get a hold of his hand in time and pulled him up.

They managed to get away in time and were safe. They thought about what they would do next, but suddenly Icedevimon appeared. He froze Kouji and Takuya's D-tectors. The other spirit evolved and fought him, but he was too powerful. Kouji an dTakuya tried to get their D-tectors to work while Rei watched them. She wished there was something that she could do, but she knew that there wasn't. Icedevimon froze Izumi and Jumpei then he caught them and trapped them. Kouji pushed Takuya out of the way just before some vines of ice trapped him. Kouji was hit instead, but Kouichi got them out using his beast spirit. Together Kouichi, Tomoki, Jumpei, and Izumi defeated Icedevimon.

Unfortunately Cherubimon wasn't dead and he was sucking all of the fractal code from the digiworld. Kouji turned to look at Rei and he could see that she was worried. He understood why, after all it was her home and because of who she was she cared for if a lot. He wouldn't let Cherubimon take it away from her. He had promised that he would help and save the world and he would keep his promise.

Kouji and Takuya decided that they had to fight against Cherubimon. They knew that they were the strongest and that only they could defeat him. The others showed their support. Rei walked up to Kouji and smiled at him. She kissed him on the cheek and blushed. Kouji stood there a bit shocked and blushed as well.

"Good luck Kouji-kun."

"Thanks. I promise I'll come back soon."

Rei turned to Takuya and wished him luck as well. She hugged him and Takuya couldn't help but blush.

"Thank you all for trying so hard to save this world and bring peace to it."

"Well, we couldn't just go back home when you needed help." Takuya said.

They turned to leave to face Cherubimon.

"Let's bring peace back to this world." Takuya said.

"This could be our last battle together, but I'm proud to be fighting it with you Takuya." Kouji said.

They evolved into Emperorgreymon and Magnagarurumon and left. They found Cherubimon and he integrated the data that he had collected into himself. They fought against Cherubimon while the others watched. Takuya hit him with his Dragon Fire Crossbow attack, but Cherubimon regenerated thanks to the data that he had absorbed. Cherubimon to be very powerful, but they made a plan to defeat him. Kouji went in front of Tkuya and took Cherubimon's attacks so that Takuya could get close enough to attack. Takuya defeated Cherubimon and went back to where Kouji was. He carried him back to where the others were waiting. Unfortunately there was another foe that they would have to defeat and as the data that Cherubimon had collected made its way down to the core of the digital world he awoke and summoned his two servants.

Meanwhile the others were rejoicing in their victory, but Kouji noticed that there was something wrong.

"That's odd." He said.

"What is?" Takuya asked.

"The lost land should have returned by now, but the surface of the digital world still looks damaged."

"That's right. This doesn't make sense."

Suddenly some more land disappeared in the distance. They went to see who was doing it and ran into a strange digimon. He told them that Lucemon was back and that the end of the digital world was approaching.

"You have fought well humans, but there is nothing more you can do. Go back home before it is too late."

Rei looked down as she realized that there really was nothing that could be done.

"We're not leaving."

"What did you say?"

"We've fought hard to save this world and we're not leaving until we accomplish that. You think we're just humans, but we're digimon too and we're proud of it."

"Your pride will not help you here. The prophecy will come to pass and Lucemon will return."

The place they were at suddenly began to disappear and they saw two digimon taking the data. They were the royal knights. They fought against them, but they were too powerful and knocked them into one of the three moons of the digital world. After a while they made it back to the digital world and faced them again after they had taken some children that Tomoki knew and Tomoki. They weren't able to defeat them and they managed to steal more data and give it to Lucemon.

After they left beanstalk village they went to the village of beginnings where all the digimon are born. When they got there they ran into Swanmon. While they were there they helped Swanmon feed the baby digimon. After feeding them they went outside to eat. They began to think of their home and of how much they missed it.

"I'm glad I decided not to go home. I'm a big kid now and being here is a very important job." Tomoki said.

"Yeah, and we have to stick together and save the digital world. This is our home too and I'm proud to be a digimon." Takuya said.

"And once we save this world we can go back home." Izumi said happily.

They were all happy, but when Rei heard them talking about their home she was a bit sad. She realized that once they saved the digital world they would leave and she wouldn't see her friends again. She knew she couldn't ask them to stay and she couldn't go with them. Even though she had always known that they would leave she was used to being with them and she didn't know what she would do without them. She stood up to leave, but Kouji looked up at her puzzled.

"Where are you going Rei?"

"I just…need some time alone…"

She smiled at him, but Kouji could tell that something was wrong. She left and they all looked at each other.

"What do you think is wrong with her?" Bokomon said.

"I don't know, but maybe someone should go see."

After Takuya said this everyone turned to look at Kouji.

"What?"

"Well, aren't you going to go talk to her? You know her better than us and she likes you more."

Kouji sighed. He knew they were right. He stood up and went to look for Rei. He found her sitting by some bushes with her knees drawn up and her arms around them. Her face was hidden in her arms. He approached her and sat next to her. He sighed.

"So, can you tell me what's wrong?"

She shook her head and Kouji looked at her puzzled.

"Why not? If you tell me what's wrong maybe I can help."

"You can't."

"Come on, just tell me."

She looked up and he could see that she had been crying.

"When you guys beat Lucemon and the Royal Knights you're going to go back to your world and I won't be able to see you again. I'm going to miss you and I don't want to be alone again."

Kouji looked at her and felt bad. He knew that there really was nothing he could do. They couldn't stay in the digital world and they couldn't take her with them. To be honest he would miss her too. She was his friend and he had grown fond of her.

"Rei, don't worry, I'm sure we'll see each other again."

"No, we won't. Once you leave I won't be able to see you again."

"Well, don't worry. We won't leave until we defeat Lucemon and restore the digital world and even if we leave you'll still have Bokomon, Neemon and Patamon to keep you company."

"But, I want you to stay with me."

She hugged Kouji and he blushed. He sat there for a moment while she cried and then he slowly put his arms around her.

"I don't want you to go away Kouji-kun." She sobbed.

"I won't I promise. Even after I leave I promise I'll find a way to come back and visit you. Our worlds must be connected in some way and I'll find out how."

She sat up and wiped her tears off.

"You better not forget me and your promise."

"I won't forget, I promise I won't." He smiled and stood up.

"Come on let's go back to where the others are. And don't worry about us leaving anymore."

He helped her up and they went back to where the others were. As they walked Kouji smiled, but inside he was thinking about what Rei had said. She was right, they would have to leave soon and he wasn't sure if he would be able to keep his promise and find a way to return. Still, he couldn't tell that to Rei, it would only upset her and he wanted her to be happy even if he had to lie. He wondered why she liked him so much and why she wanted him to stay with her, but then again he wasn't sure why he liked her so much. She was just so nice and caring. He had never met anyone like her and he liked being around her. He would miss her when he left, but he would keep his promise and find a way to return. He wouldn't forget her, he doubted that he could even if he tried.

End Chapter Sixteen

Hope you guys liked it and sorry for not updating in such a long time, but I was really busy and I still am. Anyways, please review, the sooner you review the sooner I update and the more reviews I receive the more I write. Sayonara!