A/N- First of, an apology to all my readers for making you wait. I hit a huge block on this chapter. Every time I tried to work on it, I was drawing a blank and i literally wanted to bang my head on the desk. (which I refrained from doing because of the things i keep on my desk) Again, so everyone, I'm sorry for the long wait. gives pie and brownies to loyal reviewers And finally on with the next chapter.

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The digimon all tried their attacks again, only for each one to simply pass through the evil shadow Myotismon had become.

He laughed. "That almost tickled." The darkness began to grow, it's shape molding into that of Myotismon's, but still all black. "Now who shall I destroy first?" He asked himself, rubbing a shadowy hand under his chin. "I was originally planning to kill you digidestined first and make Gatomon suffer, but she's become a bit of a nuisance recently…" He trailed off, eyes scanning all his opponents before him. The standstill went on until something unexpected happened.

Little Tapirmon pushed himself out of Kari's arms and stood right in front of Myotismon.

"What are you doing you idiot!? He'll kill you!" Davis yelled.

"Are you volunteering to be deleted?" Myotismon asked him. "If so, I will be happy to oblige."

"You're the one here who's going to be deleted!" Tapirmon yelled with a newfound fury. "I have stood there, watching you, putting up with your cruelty for far too long. So now I'm going to end this once and for all, even if I take my own life." It was silent for a few moments until Myotismon broke out in an evil cackle.

"YOU?! Defeat ME?! Don't make me laugh. You couldn't even outwit a Bakemon." Tapirmon growled and before anyone knew it, he had launched himself into the air and put himself in the very center of shadow Myotismon.

That's when the holy ring around his forearm activated. It began to glow with a white light and the shadow began to crumble away, from the outside in. "What is this?!" Myotismon demanded, unable to stop himself from slowly fading away.

"This is the end, for both of us," Tapirmon replied.

"Tapirmon!" Kari called out to the small digimon.

He looked at the digidestined, with a small, weak smile, his body beginning to delete as well "You are safe now, digidestined. I hope, that in this way, I will be able to redeemed my sorry existence."

"You already did," she told.

He smiled again. "Fair well," he managed to say before both he, and Myotismon, were gone. The small trinket he wore upon his wrist clanked to the ground. Kari walked over, and picked the ring up, hugging it close to her. Yolei and T.K. came over to comfort her. The digimon, seeing the threat was gone, all powered down, ending up in their In-Training forms, except Mystimon and Ceressmon, who both went back to Champion. They each returned to their partners.

"Why must it always end like this?" Tokomon asked T.K. "Why must good digimon always die?"

T.K. sighed and shook his head. "That's the cruelty of our worlds. The innocent always pay for the crimes of others. We can only pray that things turn out better for them." He gave Kari a small encouraging smile and she returned it, placing Tapirmon's lost ring around her arm, as a reminder.

"Alright! Time to go home!" Davis shouted, completely ruining the moment as he trotted off in a random direction. He stopped suddenly and looked around. "Which way is home?"

Everyone groaned.

"I guess I'm leading again," Wizardmon said quietly, heading in the right direction. The digidestined picked up their In-Training partners and followed

"You too," Kari told Gatomon, lifted her into her arms, since the cat was back to her usual form her injuries were noticeable again. Gatomon frowned, but didn't complain.

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Their walk back was relatively quiet. Since no one wanted to bring up what had recently happened,no one had anything to say, besides Davis, who only complained about the lack of talking. Eventually, he too closed his mouth and remained silent. They reached one of the various TV screens and transported their way out of the Digital world, back trough Izzy's laptop, where the others were still waiting in the park for them.

"Oh good, you all made it back in one piece," Sora commented. "What's wrong Kari? You got Gatomon back." Kari didn't say anything, but managed to put on a slightly happier face.

"It was Myotismon after all. He's gone now," Cody told her.

"Awesome!" Tai interjected. "Let's hope it stays that way. But why so glum?"

"We made a new ally, and lost him just as fast," T.K. explained. "A little Tapirmon who was helping us out."

"That would explain Kari's new bracelet," Izzy commented.

"Well I say mope later. We should be celebrating our victory against the Dracula wannabe," Davis added, pumping his fist into the air. The digidestined cheered and walked off to make plans. Kari stayed behind, Gatomon and Wizardmon still with her.

"Don't worry Kari, I'm sure well see him again someday," her partner said.

Kari looked down at her. "You sure?"

"I came back, didn't I?" Wizardmon said.

"Yeah," she smiled. "You're right. I just have to be like T.K. and hope for the best. Thanks you guys."

"Hey you guys! Hurry up," Yolei called form the group. Kari smiled at them once again and the trio caught up with everyone else.

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A/N- okay, not as long as I would've hoped for. The next chapter WILL be longer and hopefully I'll get it up soon.