Disclaimer: Oc's and plot are mine, everything else is a no.

I got very annoyed with the last chapter. I couldn't figure out what to make Tamamon look like, and her name was originally FrostTigermon, then Tanamon. The name Tanamon reminded me too much about someone I really hate, so her name became Tamamon.

Second, I got stuck on the whole walk through the bush scene . So I really hope I don't have to do a bush scene again. Wow, I made it to the 4th chapter without dropping onto a new story? Cool!

Core of A frozen Heart

Chapter 4: Betrayal of an old friend?

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"Go, DarkOkamimon. Bring Tamamonto us." Then with a nod and a howl, the wolf dissapeared.

DemiVoidamon turned and faced the window again. "Tamamon, Chigomon, Raelmon, and a few others. When we capture all the ice Digimon, then we can move onto Chakmon, the legendary warrior of ice." Then he laughed, a cold, unaffectionate sound.

"Tamamon, you will become ours soon. Thanks to your friend."

"Come on kids, lets get going" The six kids behind Tamamon replied with varying amounts of enthusiasm. Tamamon grinned, there was nothing like walking through a forest (Not a bushy forest thing Michiyo. "hmph") with friends. "Tamamon, do you know your way around the forest?" Little Tomoki asked. "Sure I do kid! You guys have nothing to worry about!" Silence.

Tamamon had been with the group for 3 weeks now, and had grown on everyone. There was nothing Tamamon liked more than having really good friends by her side. She was caught up in the memory of how She, Rigamon and SnowOkamimon had met.

Tamamon happily ran across the frozen river, laughing with joy. "Hey!" She suddenly heard a voice call out. She turned and saw a snowy wolf sitting on the river. "Whadda you want, Snowy?" She asked politely, since her parents had taught her to be a polite girl, oh yes. The Boy sniffed. "The name's SnowOkamimon, and I wanna know what your doing." Tamamon's eyes widened "You have no Idea what sliding is?! What kind of Ice digimon are you?!" SnowOkamimon muttered something that sounded like "The few friends kind" and turned and walked on the ice as if it were nothing but dirt.

Tamamon was curious now "Whaddoya mean, the 'few friends type' eh?" SnowOkamimon turned and faced her. "It means just that" he said in the frostiest voice imaginable. Tamamon slid up to him. "How many friends ya got?" SnowOkamimon shuffled a bit. "None. I've only got me." this time, his voice was so sad...

Tamamonwalked determinedly up to him "one." She corrected him. "You've got one." SnowOkamimon gave her a sceptical look that said 'Oh really? Who?' Tamamon grinned. "me"

SnowOkamimon gave her the most 'You've got to be joking' look in history. "No one wants to be friends with me. My powers are too...unpredictable." Tamamon figured that was why he had no friends. "Who cares? I'm still your friend. Come on, I'll show you how to slide..."

The tamamon from now grinned. Oh yes, SnowOkamimon was an extremely fun playmate. He slid like he was a natural. They had both gained something that day, though they didn't realise it till further down the track. Tamamon had made SnowOkamimon more sociable, and SnowOkamimon had been Tamamon's first male friend and later her first crush too.

Their meeting and friendship with Rigamon (Who was Tegamon back then) was much, much more loud. And ended with Tegamon and SnowOkamimon bashing heads.

Tamamon grinned, he had came! "SnowOkamimon, I thought you wouldn't come!" SnowOkamimon smiled at the first person to befriend him, and the only one who saw his true twinkling eyes when he did. "What, and make my longest standing friend think we weren't friends anymore? Get real!" Tamamon laughed, SnowOkamimon was so... Different to everyone else in the village. He had a sense of adventure few other than Tanamon herself had in the village.

Needless to say, they walked for a few miles. Before SnowOkamimon got knocked over by a... Fox? Koala? Rabbit?

"Sorry man, wasn't watching where I was going." He looked closer to fox, but there was still a taint of feline around him. He stood on two feet, opposed to SOkami and Tamamon, And he had chestnut brown fur that looked like it had been covered with soot. His eyes glowed a captivating golden brown, and his mouth seemed to be made only for the purpose of smiling.

"Yo, I'm Tegamon"

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Name: Tegamon
Level: Rookie
Type: Vaccine
Fox cat Digimon

Attacks: Mercury dig, Punishing kick

Tegamon's Mercury did is something you have to watch out for unless you want to be hit hard!

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"Did I hurt Ya' bro?" Turning to SOkamimon, he held out a hand to help him up. SOkamimon glared at it. "You've got to be joking, I can't take it." Tegamon looked puzzled. "Why not?" SOkamimon let out a growl of frustration " Because I have no hands!" Tegamon looked sheepish. "Oh right, sorry. I'm not used to dealing with Beast types" SOkamimon growled and picked himself up.

"C'mon Tamamon, lets get away from this freak" Tegamon pretended to be hurt. Honestly, Tamamon found him funny. "Oh, sorry. Did I inerrupt a date with you and your girlfriend?" He looked so innocent, that was SOkamimon's flaw. People never took him seriously because of it. "One. Tamamon isn't my Girlfriend. Two. Go away before I hurt you." Tegamon pretended to swoon. "Alas! It is the end of me! Who can dare stand up to the might of an Ice digimon such as yourself?"

There was one thing SOkamimon hated, and it was being made fun of. With a roar, he pounced on the now genuinely fearful Tegamon. "SnowOkamimon! Stop it! He's just having a bit of fun!" SnowOkamimon stopped trying to seriously hurt Tegamon and looked at Tamamon. Tegamon slowly moved out from SOkamimon's range. "Sorry, I seriously didn't mean to crash into you." Tamamon thought he spounded just like SOkamimon did when they first met.

"Alright then, it's nothing" Tamamon and Tegamon looked at SOkamimon in suprise. "Tegamon, walk with us" Tegamon blinked at SOkamimon's words, but none the less obliged.

During the walk, Tegamon and SnowOkamimon had made up. Then the trio made themselves known as troublemakers who caused chaos simply out of boredom.

"Uh, Tamamon. Half the group is missing" Tamamon glanced behind her, Tomoki was right. Where was Takuya, Junpei and Kouichi? "Have they gotten themselves lost?" Tamamon motioned for Tomoki, Izumi and Kouji to move closer to her. There was rustling in the bushes to their right, and Tamamon tensed up.

Only to come face to face with the other three digidestined. "Uh Tamamon. There's a digimon here you should see" Kouichi sounded nervous, why?

They followed Takuya, Kouichi and Junpei through the bushes till they came to a clearing and saw...

"Oh my god..." Tamamon's whisper was barely heard. "S-SnowOkamimon?"

The kids didn't know what to do. "How is SnowOkamimon, Tamamon?" Tamamon smiled slightly at Junpei's question. "I think he'll be fine. He's strong" The kids felt reassured at her words. Tamamon smiled, Ever since befriending Tegamon and SnowOkamimon it had been easier to make friends. "Earth to Takuya! Hey, I need your help with dinner!" Tamamon heard Izumi yelling from the corner of her ear canal.

SnowOkamimon, why are you here, so far away from home? Who hurt you? She was interrupted from her thoughts when she heard a weak voice call out her name. She nervously slipped back into the tent, and saw an awake yet tired SOkamimon. "SnowOkamimon! You're awake! How do you feel?" SnowOkamimon grinned at her. "I've been better Tammi" Tammi. She hadn't heard her nickname in so long.

"You don't know how long it's been since I've heard Tammi, Ako." SOkamimon grinned, then frowned "W-where's Ridge?" Tamamon looked down. She didn't want to tell him that Rigamon was possibly captured and evil. It would make him worse off than he was already. "I-I don't know where he is. We got cut off from each other and haven't met back up yet." SOkamimon nodded, then sneezed.

Tamamon smiled. It had been so long since she had seen SOkamimon. "I'm glad you weren't captured, Ako" SnowOkamimon seemed troubled. "I was beaten by DemiVoidamon, but can't remember anything after that." His eyes widened suddenly "You don't think they took my ice off me, do you?" Tamamon's eyes widened too. For an ice digimon to lose the ability would be a huge embarrassment.

SOkamimon concentrated, then smiled. "It's still there, don't worry Tammi." Tamamon relaxed, SOkamimon was still alright. "It's been so long since we've seen each other, eh?" SOkamimon smiled a reply. "Yeah, Wish Rigamon was here though. Do you know where he is?" Tamamon's happy mood dispersed. "I-I don't know where he is. Or even if he's ok"

SOkamimon sensed her distress, and tried to get up to comfort her. "SnowOkamimon! Your fever." SOkamimon groaned and fell back down. "You idiot, Have you lost what little common sense you had left?" SOkamimon smiled, "No, but I think I'm getting there." Tamamon smiled. Lack of common sense was an old joke in their group.

"Liar. You lost it ages ago!" SOkamimon raised an eyebrow.

"If I lost it ages ago, yours never existed!" The old argument brought both beast digimon to their knees with laughter.

The kids were getting dinner ready when they heard the laughter. Izumi smiled "Well, I guess they caught up." Tomoki frowned "I think they were talking about common sense or something."

"More like lack of it" Takuya frowned. "Kouji, thats not a good thing to say about Tamamon!" Kouji moved out of the way to avoid Izumi's wrath, while Tamamon came out and raised an eyebrow at the scene. "And pray tell me why is Izumi trying her hardest to capture Kouji?" Takuya smiled "Just because he said his thoughts out loud" Tamamon nodded as Kouji was finally forced to climb up a tree to escape a mad Izumi.

"I'll get you yet, just you wait" Kouji just shrugged on his somewhat safe branch. "Kouji, you have to come down for lunch. Otherwise you get nothing for the rest of the day." Kouji muttered a bit, then leaned against the tree trunk. Kouichi shrugged "Ah well, guess Kouji's going to go hungry today." Kouji pouted slightly, then sulked against the tree's trunk.

Tamamon shook her head. "I'm going to give some to SnowOkamimon okay?" She grabbed some of the fish and headed towards SOkamimon's tent. Glancing back, she saw that some fish had been 'left over'. She smiled to herself, she knew they wouldn't actually refuse to feed their friend, no matter how long he stayed in that tree.

"SnowOkamimon, I have some fish for you." Tamamon paused, something wasn't right. For one, the air inside the tent was death cold. Second, SOkamimon was standing there with all traces of fever and injuries gone and with an ugly sneer on his face. "S-SnowOkamimon?" Before she knew what was happening, the tray went flying. It clattered against the ground, making an awful noise.

The kids heard the crash from SOkamimon's tent. Kouichi turned towards the tent, forgetting for a moment that he had been trying to coax his little brother out of the tree he was currently in. "D-do you think everything's ok in there?" Kouji rolled his eyes "Oh sure, if the tent suddenly freezes up then everythings dandy." He hadn't actually meant for his words to actually happen. The six kids just stared at the now frozen tent.

Tamamon ran out, with SOkamimon calmly walking out on her heels. The tent shattered as soon as he left it. "S-SnowOkamimon? I take it your f-feeling better?" SOkamimon gave a feral grin as a response to Izumi's question. Suddenly, he lept at her with a cry of "Icicle claw!" His attack was met with Tamamon's "Patting Paw!" as her claws were surrounded in ice as she tried to hit SOkamimon's attack away.

He lept back, only it was a Purple/blue fured wolf with menacing black eyes. "Who are you? What have you done with SnowOkamimon?!"

He looked at her. "Tammi, I am SnowOkamimon, just more... Powerful. Now I am DarkOkamimon"

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Name: DarkOkamimon
Level: Champion
Type: Virus
Dark Wolf Digimon
Attacks: Cutting edge, Final hell

DarkOkamimon's Final hell almost always knocks others off their feet!

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Then he leaped at Tamamon with a cry of "Cutting edge!" As his claws were surrounded in a purple glow. He didn't hit her once, but kept going.

Tamamon tried her best to dodge the attacks, but as more and more hit her, she felt weaker and weaker. "Tamamon!" She stood up, she couldn't let him hurt her new-found friends.

Suddenly, it was SnowOkamimon rushing at her, not DarkOkamimon. He grinned at her. "Miss me, Tammi?"

Tamamon couldn't believe it. "You tricked me!" She screeched. The fake figure in front of her just laughed. "I didn't trick you, I just made myself more powerful. Even more powerful than that pathetic Rigamon!" Tamamon sighed. "I know the real you is still in there somewhere! Please, fight it!"

The dark digimon's attacks finally became too much. She turned towards the kids, looking at the battle with horror. "Don't worry about me! Save Rigamon, and everyone else! But before that..." She let a tear roll down her face as she looked at her once best friend "Save SnowOkamimon from the clutches of Darkness!"

The kids winced at Tamamons cry. "Tamamon, it sounds like you're giving up! Don't talk like that!" They saw Tamamon smile sadly at them before she collapsed. They ran forward, determined to guard Tamamon from any more of DOkamimon's attacks. DOkamimon just laughed. "What good will it do, protecting her? She'll come with me in the end, just you wait!"

The six stood in front of Tamamon protectively. "She's not going with you without a fight! We're going to protect her untill the end!" DOkamimon growled. "Then it will be your end! Final Hell!"

The sky darkened, and DOkamimon was surrounded in a pure evil aura. The ground cracked beneath the sevens feet, and they fell into the darkness. Tendrils of purple smoke wrapped themselves around them and squeezed. "Damn, we need to figure a way out of this!"

"Easy for you to say, Takuya!" Takuya grabbed a tendril that was trying to choke him and pulled it away from his throat. He took a quick glance and saw that the others were having varying amounts of success. Only Tomoki was free, as he was trying to keep the tendrils away from Tamamon by sitting on her back.

Suddenly the vines gave up their attacks and left them floating in darkness. "Guys, grab a hold of each others hands or something. We don't want to get separated." He felt what he thought was Tomoki's hand grabbing his left wrist, and felt anothers hand take his right. Everyone tightened their grips as a strange force tried it's best to separate them.

He felt Tomoki's hand slip a bit, so he grabbed on tighter. No luck. He felt Tomoki's hand slip off his wrist, and he heard the others crying out for others who couldn't keep the hold. "Tomoki, We'll catch up with you!" He didn't know if Tomoki heard his cry or not. "Who's still here?"

He heard muttering, about what he couldn't hear. Then he heard a girls voice speak from the darkness "I'm here, Takuya" He felt his way around untill he felt Tamamon's fur. "Do you mind? It's hard enough seeing in this darkness." Takuya grinned "Sorry, Junpei" He heard Junpei mutter something, and thought that he'd rather not know what it was.

"Junpei, do you know who else is here?" Silence, except for Tamamon's heavy felt Tamamon begin to walk, so he left a hand on her back and walked beside her.

Damn this chapter took ages -_-...Sorry for the delay. Kinda hard to think of Ideas, especially if you've got heaps of homework piled up.

sigh I'm wondering if I should Discontinue this for a while...Maybe I'll think on it.

(No next chapter preview this time, if I continue, It'll be a surprise)