Just a side note, not important to the story, so you can skip this if you want. Anyway, I've noticed that so far that I've gotten one review for chapter 1, two for chapter 2, and three for chapter 3. Weird huh? If I get four for this one I'll be officially freaked out. Anyway, thanks to all who have reviewed so far, you're support is greatly appreciated, now on with the fic!

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T.K. took a nervous step back. Standing before him with an expression just as confused as his own, was Wizardmon. The digital mage stared down at his gloved hands like they were something totally new to him. All those years of being a ghost, suddenly, he was... alive. He turned to the digidestined.

"So this was his plan," T.K. muttered to himself.

"Izzy. T.K. I supposed this is your doing." The unsurprised boy nodded. "Well, I thank you very much for bringing me back, but my assumptions tell me that this return isn't under casual circumstances."

"I'm afraid not. Gennai delivered this to us earlier today. It's a prophecy." Pulling the text back onto the screen, he turned his laptop around to face Wizardmon, who walked closer to read the inscription.

"I see, and I was the one it told you to help. How much else have you figured out?"

"Not much. Gatomon's been missing since yesterday, so we assume she's the one we want to find. And Tai was joking about the villain being Myotismon, but he may actually be right."

Wizardmon sighed. "He is. There's no doubt in my mind that he found a way to return yet again and kidnapped Gatomon for revenge. Then, once he's gathered enough power, he'll block out the sun and the battle will begin."

"Wow," T.K. commented. "You sure figured that out quickly."

"If you'd worked for that vampire as long as I had, you'd know too," he replied with a grim humor in his voice. "I fear that's about all I know. The rest will surely reveal itself in time."

"But how much time do we have?" Izzy asked."

"Um, guys, shouldn't we tell the others all this? I mean, this is a major change of events."

"Good point T.K., I'll email everyone and ask them to meet in the park ASAP."

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"Sorry I'm late guys!" Davis said, running up to where everyone and their digimon, except Mimi, still in America, but Palmon was there, had already assembled. He paused, desperately trying to catch his breath.

"When are you ever on time?" Yolei teased. "Let's just start the meeting."

"Wait guys, T.K.'s not here," Matt pointed out.

"See, I'm not the only one!"

"Actually, I asked T.K. to come in a little ways into the meeting, he already knows what this is about," Izzy replied.

"Then tell the rest of us already!" Tai impatiently commanded.

"Well, as all of you are, or should be aware, we have been given a new prophecy, which is already in effect." Kari quietly sighed at this. "But what you don't know is T.K. and I have already deciphered part of this prophecy. The part about the soul we have to save."

"Really, who is it?" Cody asked. Izzy nodded at something behind everyone. The digidestined and digimon all turned around to find T.K. walking towards them, and he wasn't alone.

"Wizardmon!" Kari cried out, the first time she'd been happy since her partner's disappearance. She ran up and hugged the digimon, giving him his second shock of the day.

"Hello Kari," he said with an unseen smile. Kari pulled away from the digimon and turned to Izzy.

"How'd you you bring him back?"

"It was simple really," the young genius replied. "Since the D3s hold the power to open the digiports, they must have other powers pertaining the digital world, right? I calculated that by projecting the same energy used to open the gates, the D3 could return the lost data of a digimon that died to it's original state, ultimately bringing them back to life." The younger kids, not completely sure as to what was going on, stared on silently until Yolei decided to speak up.

"Aren't you that ghost dude we saw?" she asked Wizardmon. He nodded.

"He doesn't look like a ghost..." Ken mumbled, probably the most clueless out of all of them. Everyone stared at him for a few moments.

"Oh, right! You we're still evil when that happened," Kari said. "I almost forgot. Wizardmon is an old friend of Gatomon... Oh, you're going to help us find her right?"

"Oh course, she's as much my friend as she is yours."

Kari smiled brightly and continued to explain Wizardmon's story to Ken, also filling in some details for the three other digidestined who only knew the very sketchy details Sora told them when his ghost appeared.

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In a darken corridor, a small white figure could be briefly seen before she darted around the corner, disturbing the various ghostly guards, who felt discovering the source of the white streak was a complete waste of their time. Suddenly, Gatomon slid to a halt, faced with a pair of black boots, one decorated with a skull, and the other, a bat. She spun around and tried the run, but Myotismon caught her by the tail and hoisted the feline up into the air so they were face-to-face.

Gatomon hissed, eyes back to mere slits.

"I must admit, it was a lot easier to track down escapees when Demidevimon was around. I'm almost sorry I devoured that little fool as Venommyotismon." He chuckled to himself, clearly amused. "However, I'm not quite done with you yet, my former servant. You see, you are here to lure the digidestined, your punishment for betraying me will only be a bonus. Once they arrive, I'll give them the pleasure of seeing you destroyed, before I end their own insignificant existence." Gatomon brought her paw forward, managing to give him a sharp clip across the cheek. Off guard, he dropped Gatomon, who in a true cat fashion, landed on her feet and ran for her life.

Myotismon wiped his hand against the scar, looking at the red blood contrasting against his grey gloves, and laughed. "This should prove most interesting." With a snap of his fingers, the silhouettes of three Devidramon appeared behind him, low growls emanating from each of their throats. Without looking at them them, Myotismon barked his order. "Bring the little traitor to me." The demon dragons swopped off in a flurry of black wings.

Gatomon ran faster, hearing their bloodthirsty roars, and praying that they wouldn't catch up. Her prayers fell on death ears as the trio of digimon rounded the corner, the updraft from the wings causing her to loose balance and topple over onto the floor. She covered her face to avoid the hypnotic stare of their four eyes as she felt the hot breath of one of the Devidramon baring down onto her small body. Blood red claws wrapped around her body and they took off again, retracing their path back to Myotismon, who was waiting anxiously. Gatomon was dropped to the floor, the Devidramon now blocking any possible escape routes.

"Okay bats-for-brains, you got me. Now what?"

"Now," he replied, "we shall find out how many ways there are, to skin a cat."