Destined Tamer

Part 5

This story is cowriten by Drager and Demino. We do not own digimon.

Deep within his mountain lair, Zhuqiaomon growled as he watched the events on Earth, and more importantly how that troublesome boy had begun to use powers that was never meant to be his in the first place. "This has gone on long enough; Metal-Etemon is not trying hard enough."

Turning his head to face Antiramon, he watched the rabbit deva and slowly grinned. "Alert the others, I am sending them back out to complete the first mission, but this time, I want them to destroy the outsider boy, he is a threat to this world." Bowing, Antiramon moved back out of the room, turning to face the remaining Deva's, he watched as they grinned, already understanding that they were to return to earth and resume the fight with the tamers.

Pushing his way to the front, Indaramon watched the rabbit digimon. "I shall go once more, and bring back the light of evolution."

"And destroy the outsider child as well." Antiramon spoke out softly, one huge paw pointing towards the growing portal behind them. "Zhuqiaomon commands it."

Meanwhile Takato lead Tai to a store. "This is where I buy my digimons cards," Takato said. Takato stop and turn to see Tai staring at a picture himself.

"I wanted to be known for soccer," Tai said, "This is just strange." He just looked at the poster.

"Come on," Takato said, "You shouldn't stand out more than you do."

At the same time as the two boys passed by underneath, Impmon was busy glaring at them from his hiding place, his eyes narrowed as he slowly followed them. "That boy, he can evolve his partner without one of those blue cards."

Smirking darkly as he kept to the shadows, he couldn't help but giggle as he thought about it. "I'll find out how he does it, and then take that power for myself, I'll finally show that Renamon that humans are just trouble to us."

A little later Tai and Takato walk from the shop. "Thanks for the pack of cards," Tai said, "I want to test this digi-modify." He looked at his new device. "This is strange it seams to be off." He showed the blank screen to Takato.

"That's weird," Takato said, "My never acted like that."

"My normal Digivice is now working," Tai said.

Looking over, Takato shrugged as he watched the two devices. "Guess V-Dramon Zero ran out of power and returned to Agumon again." Looking up the road, he frowned as he spotted a familiar red head staring at them coldly. "Ah, Rika's here."

Snapping his head up, Tai glanced around, fully expecting to find Renamon ready to attack them. "Ah, I don't see Renamon anywhere."

"She's not here." Rika spat out as she walked up to them, her eyes narrowed as she too spotted the digivice and D-arc in Tai's hands. "You may have gotten one, but you're still a beginner with it, what happened yesterday was a lucky strike for you, without Skullgreymon interfering, you would have lost the fight."

"You're right," Tai said, "I am a beginner so that means that you should go after Takato."

"What?" Takato said.

"Sorry," Tai said, "But it true."

"Go after him," Takato said, "He's make me put on goggles."

"So," Tai said, "Your Shorter."

"Enough," Rika yelled. She just turned and walk away.

"That went well," Tai said.

Takato nodded as he watched her walk off. "I think the fight yesterday took away some of her anger."

Shrugging, Tai stopped as he felt something familiar, his head snapping around in time to see Impmon glaring down at him. "You again?"

Looking rather smug about the boy's anger, Impmon grinned as he jumped down to stare at Tai and Takato with a wide grin. "I finally figure it out kid, I know how you evolved your digimon." jumping forward, he laughed as both the goggle wearing boys avoided him.

Tai still glaring as he spun around to face Impmon as so as he was sure Impmon had passed him. "So what, you think you can use it against me or something?"

"No." Impmon spoke as he turned around to reveal Tai digivice, the screen blinking. "But I can use it, to show the other digimons, that human partners are just in the way." Jumping back up the wall, he laughed as he got outside their range in the last second. "Now how do you use this thing?"

"Give that Back," Tai yelled.

"No way," Impmon said, "I need it to prove we don't need you." He look down and seen the screen still blank.

"Give it to me," Tai said, "It only work for me."

"You're lying," Impmon said, "You just want to keep your pet under your control."

"I said give it to me," Tai scream. Just then his digivice glowed causing Impmon to drop it. He snatched the device up. "What is your problem?"

"You are." Impmon hissed out as he crawled further upwards. "You humans are nothing but trouble, and all you care about are yourselves."

Vanishing up over the top of the building, Impmon growled as he punched the roof harshly. "I was so close, so close." Settling down in his knees, he sighed as he cast a small look up at the sky above him. "They're nothing but trouble."

At the same time, Indaramon stood ready, the digital gate preparing to open before him when he felt someone watching him. "I will not fail, this time the humans' machine won't interfere." Staring up at Antiramon for a few seconds, he turned back as the gate opened. "The tamers will die if they get in my way again."

"Remember the Tamers are not the goal," Antiramon said, "But I have a feeling they will become a danger if we don't deal with them."

"We may try to help our fellow digimon to think clearly," Indaramon said, "Or destroy them."

Meanwhile "Man," Tai said, "Is he always that way?"

"Yea," Takato said, "I think something happen to him."

Tai nodded as he placed his digivice back to it place on his belt. "Guess someone did a wrong thing to him." As he spoke, Tai stopped walking and stared of to the side, a slowly spreading grin on his face. "Hey, that's me over there."

Moving off before Takato could stop him; Tai had moved over to stare at movie poster hanging on a wall, featuring him, Matt, Izzy and TK as well as a digimon he hadn't seen before. "Hey, who's this Diaboromon?"

Freezing at the question, Takato groaned as he found himself staring at a movie poster proclaiming the second digimon movie to be out on DVD. "You know, just forget about him, you'll find out in your future."

"This sucks," Tai said, "I could learn a lot but you won't let me."

"I don't want to change the future," Takato said.

"I think that would be for the best," Henry said, "But we don't know if he is from our show or a world like that."

"Momentai," Terriermon said.

"How are you able to move and not be seen?"

"Practice." Came the duel response as Henry began to walk next to Tai and Takato. "I had Terriermon hide most of the time he's been here."

Tai, nodding could clearly see himself do the same thing if he ever got back home, home as in back to earth, his earth. "Man, this dimension thing makes my head hurt." Ignoring the confused looks he looked up. "Hey, you have any idea what Impmon's problem is, he tried to steal my digivice."

"I don't have a clue," Henry said, "He just jumps in and leave again. So where are you going?"

"We just going to our partners," Tai said.

Terriermon look the right. "Some is coming," he said. Henry pulled out his D-arc.

"I need to get Guilmon," Takato.

"Stop! Someone will see us!" The group turn to see Agumon hanging onto Guilmon.

"Look at that they came to us," Terriermon said.

"Let's go," Tai said.

Standing in broad daylight as the fog around them swallowed up a good deal of the district, Indaramon rose to his full height and gazed down at the two before him. "You are one of the tamers?" His question aimed at Rika and Renamon as they began to advance. "Hand over the light of evolution, and I shall let you live."

As he spoke, Antiramon had jumped up onto a nearby building, gazing down the street as she landed on the roof, her mission to monitor this battle, and not fight. "Indaramon, hurry, the others are coming."

Smirking as she pulled out her blue card, Rika chuckled as she held out before her. "They'll be too late; you're going down, this time for good, Card Slash!"

"Renamon digivolve to Kyuubimon." The multi tailed fox stood before them.

"This must be the fox that got in his way," Indaramon said, "You brave to take on a mega. Why do you serve this human?"

"We're here to fight," Kyuubimon said. She ran at Indaramon.

Simply staring down at the fox digimon, Indaramon lifted up one hoved foot and slammed it into the ground, a shockwave shooting out that pushed back Kyuubimon. "Very well, if you long for death so much." As he spoke, the horn on his back began to float upwards, hovering above him. "I shall grant your wish."

Gazing upwards, Rika kept her eyes on the horn as she held out her deck before her, three fingers hovering over it as she thought of the best move to play, and not the ease with which he had beaten the others with. "Humph, I have no need to hesitate, I'm the digimon Queen."

Moving, her fingers closed around a card as her D-Arc was pulled fourth as well. "Card Slash!" Drawing the card across her digivice, she grinned as it began to humm. "Power Booster!!"

Kyuubimon spread her tails as she ready for the attack. "Fox Tail Inferno," she yelled. Her attack hit the horse digimon.

"Watch out," Agumon called out before he release a pepper breath at Indaramon, who was behind Kyuubimon.

"Looks like you need a little help," Tai said. Tai pulled out hid digivice to see the screen blank. "Looks like we need to do it the new way." He pulled out his new d-arc. "How do I use a card?"

"Watch me," Henry said.

Flipping a blue card around, Henry grinned as he slashed it across his D-Arc. "Card Slash, Evolution!" The words barely spoken before Terriermon had begun to glow.

"Terriermon, Evolves too." Terriermon growing in size as his ears grew longer, his hands becoming covered in gatling guns as pair of pants formed around his lower body, with a belt of extra bullet slung around one of his shoulders. "Gargomon!"

Tai watch as Growlmon and Gargomon charge the two devas. Tai turn to his partner. "Here goes a Card Slash, Evolution."

"Agumon digivolve to V-Dramon Zero," The blue and white dragon charged at the davas.

"That is new form," Takato said, "It looks like the one from the comic books."

"What comic books?" Tai ask.

"We're in a fight," Henry said.

Gazing down at Tai, Indaramon snorted as he grabbed his horn. "You are the invader, my orders are to destroy you!." Grabbing his horn, he took in a deep breath of air. "Treasure Shell!" Before blowing it out through his horn and sending a sound attack straight at V-Dramon Zero and Tai.

Screaming as he was hit, Zero did his best to cover Tai but found himself flung backwards with a heavy headache and a ringing sound in his ears. "Ah, he's tough." Pushing himself up, he gazed upwards as the massive digimon began to advance. "V Breath Arrow!"

Indaramon reacting to the attack by sucking it into his shell like horn, smirking as he tossed it back up into the air. "Adhomukha!" Before sending it right back at V-Dramon Zero and Tai. "I don't understand how Metal-Etemon could have trouble with you two."

"You know it is," Tai said trying to help V-Dramon Zero, "He was Etemon and my partner digivolve to Metal-Greymon." V-Dramon Zero stood up. "You know once a partner digimon is the same level..."

"Enough," Indaramon yelled as he reached for his horn. "Paopei" V-Dramon Zero pull Tai from the attack.

"Pyro blaster," Growlmon released his attack into Indaramon's side.

"We have you surrounded then," Henry said.

Smirking, Indaramon held out his horn as he watched V-Dramon Zero, Growlmon, Gargomon and Kyubimon had spread out to cover him from all sides. "Hardly, for unlike you, I can do this!" Jumping upwards, the massive horse deva did a flip in mid air, pointing his horn downwards. "Paopei!"

Sending all of the digimon into the earth as the sound wave hit them from above. "I am one of the twelve devas, not even an ultimate level digimon can defeat me." Placing his horn back onto his back, he grinned as he began to walk forward. "Your presence shall now be dealt with, outsider, after that, I shall find the light of evolution."

"You're starting to sound like some of the other ones we've fought," V-Dramon Zero said as he forced himself to his feet.

Meanwhile, Kyuubimon dodge another of Antiramon's attack. "Stop dancing and fight," Antiramon screamed.

Looking up, Indaramon snorted as he watched the rabbit deva chasing the smaller Kyuubimon. "Antiramon, this is my fight, stay out of it!" using his horn like a bat, he knocked Gargomon backwards as the smaller digimon began to attack him.

Snarling as she hit the ground, Antiramon glared upwards at Kyuubimon. "I know, but this one attacked me, I am merely returning the favor, Treasure Axe!" Her paw hands glowing with a pink light, they turned into axe blades, which she swung around, sending several pinks blade of energy up towards Kyuubimon, and into several buildings.

Kyuubimon jump from the attack. She lands and spread her tails. While she was reading her attack, more pink blades rush at her. The fox digimon jump from the attack. "It takes more for you to jump like that to avoid all of my attacks," Antiramon said.

"V-Breath Arrow" Just then V-Dramon Zero's attack slam into Antiramon side, haliting her.

"We don't need your help," Rika yelled.

"We'll fight about that later," Tai said

Turning back to the fight, Tai grumbled as he watched his partner get tossed around like a rookie digimon, Gargomon and Growlmon getting the same treatment. "This isn't working." Pulling out his D-Arc, he glared at it before shaking it. "I need to use my digivice; Agumon can use that to beat him."

Holding out the D-arc, he focused on V-Dramon Zero. "Change back into Agumon, now!" His words causing the device to hum as light glowed from its screen, and hitting V-Dramon Zero.

Blinking as he shrunk in size, Agumon let out a loud yelp as he was almost stepped on, his smaller body barely able to stay out on Indaramon's reach. "Tai, what are you doing?"

Looking at the D-Arc, Tai sighed as he tossed it over at Takato. "Here, hold this." Pulling out his normal digivice, he grinned as he held it out before him. "Agumon, do it now!"

"Right," the dino digimon said. Quickly, Agumon changed into Metal Greymon. Metal Greymon flew up. His chest opened up. "Giga Blaster!" Metal Greymon watched the gap between the missiles shorten as it rushed at his enemy.

Indaramon raise his horn. His horn pulled in the upper missile but the lower one slammed into his lower body. This blast stopped his attack so the upper missile exploded in his horn.

"We should help," Henry said. From his pocket, he pulled a blue card that he got from a kid. "Its worth a try." He slashed the card through.

"Gargomon evolves too." Glowing brightly, Gargomon grew even bigger as metal attached to his upper and lower body and his face as, his machine gun hands reforming into small missile launchers. "Rapidmon!"

Jumping off from the ground, Rapidmon used Metalgreymon's back head as a spring board to get himself even higher up into the air. "Rapid Fire!" His missile launchers spitting out one powerful missile each time they spun around.

Antiramon jumped away from the attack and landed next to Indaramon. "We're out numbered," she said, "Our goal is to find the light not to fight."

"Very well," Indaramon said. He turned to a building. "Paopei!" He release more attacks at buildings. Slowly a fog of dust surrounded the partners.

Tai start to chough in the dust. The dust pained his eyes. "Let's get out of here," he said. The group ran out of the dust.

A little away, Indaramon turn to Antiramon "That fox digimon seems strong. I will try to help to help her to get free, then she my help us." Indaramon turn and walk away.

Looking back towards the dust cloud, Antiramon nodded as she began to move backwards as well, her eyes moving to see if anyone would follow them. "Good, then I shall look for the light of evolution." Turning to leave, she stopped and stared backwards one last time. "Metal-Etemon, wasn't lying about the trouble he would give us."

Moving fast, she kept to the shadows as she began to move towards one of the unchecked parts of the city, namely the park area. "The light of evolution will not escape me master."

--

Rika walked home with Renamon nearby. "Fox digimon." They turn to see Indaramon. Rika's hand slid over to her d-arc. "I just want want to talk," Indaramon said.

"Very well," Renamon said.

"You can't be serious," Rika said, "He's the enemy."

"Silent human," Indaramon said, "I am here to talk to her."

"She's not going," Rika said.

"I need you to let me do this Rika," Renamon said.

"How can you possibly trust him?" Rika ask. She waited for a bit before saying, "Renamon."

"I have questions only he can answer," Renamon said, "Don't worry I won't be long."

"What kind of questions?" Rika ask.

"I'll explain everything when I return," Renamon said as she walked off.

While Rika watch the two digimons walk off, Rika said, "I look like I'm just going haft to trust Renamon this time."

--

Yamaki growled as he looked at the screen. "We still can not locate them," Rally said.

"They faded away slowly," Yamaki said, "so they weren't defeated. Find them."

--

Tai smile was he walked into Takato's room. "This place is nice," Tai said, "Thanks for letting me stay here."

"I don't mind," Takato said.

"What about Rika and Renamon?" Tai ask, "I think they hate me."

"I'm sure they don't," Takato said, "More than anything I think that they want to see how they stand up against you. It's not everyday that you can fight one of the strongest digi-destineds. To tell you the truth I wouldn't mind trying as well."

"But first." Takato added as he sat down on his bed, pulling out his deck of cards. "We should work on these, and find better cards to use."

Nodding, Tai reached down and pulled out his own cards, noting that he had barely used them in the battle today. "Next time, we should try and use some of the modify cards."

--

In the digital world, Metal City had changed it appreance, now massive black cables ran all over the city buildings and streets, with every machine digimon hooked up to smaller cables running out from the larger ones.

"Good, good." Metal-Etemon grinned as he watched the sight. "This city is mine now, haha, time to focus on the brat again." Facing the digimons behind him, he grinned as he noted they looked as eager as he did. "Of course I expect you to do better then the others did against the brat, I want that Taichi Yagami kid destroyed."

His speech watched carefully by a cloaked boy standing in the shadows, a growling, dragon man like digimon next to him. "Taichi, here?" Letting out a soft hiss, the boy began to turn away, his eyes narrowed as he watched Metal-Etemon break out into a laugh. "How did he get here, and Metal-Etemon as well."

Close by, a sheep digimon did her best to hid her white shadows. "The master is right," Pajiramon said, "This Metal-Etemon is not worth trusting."

--

Meanwhile Rika lay in her bed. "Renamon been gone for a while," she said faintly, "if she stay gone for any longer then I'll force the goggle heads to follow me as I search for her."

Standing completely still on top of a light pole, Renamon kept staring into the distance, her eyes narrowed as she clenched up her right hand. "That boy and his Agumon, he overshadowed me again." Staring downward, she chuckled as he watched the park where Guilmon and Agumon where living. "I could destroy him now, without the boy's help he's weak."

"But it would be an honor less victory, wouldn't it." The words spoken softly as a towering shape appeared behind her. "You fought well today, but you won't defeat me." Indaramon added as he hovered upwards, his shell horn reformed and held ready just in case. "So tell me, what drove you to accept enslavement to a human girl?"

Having turned around at the first sentence, Renamon stared up as the deva, her ace unreadable as she watched his horn, knowing how much damage he could do with it. "Why do you wish to know this, more importantly, why are you here?"

"I can not trust you enough to tell you why we came to this dirt world," Indaramon said, "but I came to you to free you from being that girl's slave."

"I don't trust you enough to tell you," Renamon said.

The next morning, Tai walked intoTakato's room. "It's nice to take a shower," Tai said, "So should we search from those digimons that ran away."

"It shouldn't be too hard," Takato said. "A giant rabbit and bull are not something you can over look. I'll call the others."

A moment later, Takato listen as Henry answer the phone. "Hey Henry I was wonder if you have anything planned for today."

"Sorry," Henry said, "My parents wants me to take Suzy to the park."

A little later, Takato then walk into his room. "Henry can't come and Rika's mother said they she plans to take Rika to have a photo shoot."

"Lets get our digimons," Tai said, "Then where should we start searching?"

"Maybe around Hypnos, they always show up near that place." Takato responded as he turned to look out his window. "Other then that, I can't really think of anything." It was rather frustrating to think that two digimons the size of a two story house was out there and he couldn't find them.

Nodding, Tai fitted his D3 and Digivice onto his belt, and put his deck of cards into a front pocket on his shorts. "It's time like these I wish we could just track them down with a computer." No mention of the fact that the one digimon they had tracked with a computer had turned out to be a lying jerk.

Still looking out the window, Takato frowned as he watched a familiar orange haired girl walking towards his home, a frown on her face. "Hey, Rika's here." A curious note in his voice, he had gotten along better with her, until Tai had shown up, after which she had reverted back to her cold personality again. "I can't see Renamon."

Turning to look out the window as well, Tai frowned as he watched the girl look up at them, a clear impatient glare in her eyes. "Okay, either she wants to help look for them, or she's here to fight again." Either way was fine with him, he was itching to get some action.

Meanwhile, Henry sat in the park watching his little sister cheerfully run around. He took a deep breath. "Two dangerous digimons are loose and I'm stuck her watching my sister," Henry said.

"It not too bad," Terriermon said.

While they talk, Suzy look between trees to see a large form. "Bunny," she said before running off.

Quickly, she ran into the trees.

Henry turned from his partner. His eyes widen as he scan the field. "Suzy," he called hoping for her to jump out. He ran to the center of the field. "Can you smell her?" Henry ask as he turn to his partner.

"I'll try," Terriermon said.

Tai follow Rika. "Do you know where Renamon is?"

"If I did do you think I would come to you two," Rika said.

"You're too smart to run off to face Indaramon alone," Takato said.

"Lets get Agumon and Guilmon and then we'll search for Renamon," Tai said.

Nodding in agreement, Rika joined them as they began to walk off towards the park, her eyes narrowed a bit as she shot a look over at Tai. "The digital world, what's it like?"

"Huh?" Returning her stare with a confused one, Tai felt himself groan as she kept staring at her, slowly repeating the question. "Okay, look, I don't know why you're like that, but stop it, I've had enough of dealing with grouches thanks to Matt."

Stuffing his hands into his shorts pockets, Tai ignored the angry death glare she gave him. "It's a strange place, nothing is really what you expect one moment, and then it just like earth the next one." As he spoke, Tai cast a quick look around the street. "I kind of miss it, I had almost gotten used to a world where nearly everyone is out to attack you."

"Any thing you like?" Takato ask.

"I have new friends," Tai said, "Even if one liked to fight me." Tai turned to Rika as he said that, earning a glare from her.

Meanwhile, Antiramon stopped and turned to a small girl near her. "Bunny," the girl cheered, "Lets play."

"I have a job to do," Antiramon said.

"Please," Suzy whined as water gather below her eyes.

"Alright," Antiramon said. She lift up the girl and started to run. With Suzy safe in her hands, Antiramon ran as fast as she could and jump. After a little while she dropped to the ground.

"Bunny are you alright?" Suzy ask.

"I'm just hungry," Antiramon said.

"I get you some food," Suzy said as she turned. Just then, the trees before her lit up. Suzy turned back to see a small brown dog shape with ears coming from her head to the ground. It had pink fur at the tips of the ears and place around its neck. "Bunny?" Suzy ask stepping closer.

"It's me," the creature said, "Only now I'm Lopmon."

"You're hugging Size," Suzy said grabbing Lopmon in a hug. As Suzy hug Lopmon, a device drop to the ground near them.

Turning her head a bit, Suzy blinked before reaching down one hand to grab the device. "Huh, what is this thing?" Her question attracting Lopmon's attention to the device as well, the digimon finding herself staring at it with a cold feeling growing in her stomach as she recognized the device perfectly.

"A d-arc?" Her mind nearly shutting down as she understood what it meant for her, what she had become without thinking about it. "No, no, I'm a Deva, not a human's partner." Her muffled protests sounding hollow even to her, the girl were nice, friendly, and she smelled nicely.

"I think Henry has one," Suzy said slip the d-arc into her pocket. She frowned as she look around.

"What's wrong?" her new partner asked.

"I can't see Henry," Suzy said as tears stared to form around her eyes.

"Suzy," came from past the trees.

"Come on," Suzy cheered as she grab Lopmon's ear and ran to the source of the voice.

Henry watch as Suzy ran to him with a creature that looks like Terriermon.

Lopmon, snapping out of her thoughts stared right ahead as someone she hadn't expected to see stood before them. 'A tamer? And one of those who tried to stop us from getting the light of evolution.' Smirking as she watched him grow pale at the sight of her, she grinned at him. "What? You act as if you've never seen a digimon before."

"Hey, I have a digimon partner of my own." Henry snapped back before frowned as he looked from Lopmon to Suzy, with a bit of confusion and fear as he stared at his little sister. "Suzy, where did she come from, how did she get here?"

Opening her mouth to answer, Suzy was stopped by lopmon as the digimon answered for her. "We met in the park, she's my partner, and that's all you need to know, after all, you didn't even tell her you have a partner digimon, did you?" As she spoke, Suzy nodded as she agreed to her brother being a big meanie for not telling about his digimon friend.

Watching as Henry tried to explain himself out of not telling his sister, Lopmon grinned to herself as she felt the young girl hug her. She now had a very close spot to spy on them, to see what they knew about her fellow Devas and where the light of evolution was.

Plus, it might get her close to the outsider boy so she could deal with him.

Elsewhere, Renamon stood next to Indaramon. "So why do you come to this world? You must love humans to force your way here."

"I would never feel that way," Indaramon yelled, "We are simply here for the light of evolution."

"I see," Renamon said.

Just as Renamon started to walk away, Indaramon grab here. "You tricked me," he growl, "Why are you so willing to be a slave to that girl." He grip tighten.

Rika and the other ran into the stadium to see Indaramon crushing Renamon. "Renamon," Rika called out.

"You again?" The sneered out response came from Indaramon as he glared down at them, his horse like face giving off a good impression of anger. "Trying to help your slave, human?"

Tossing Renamon towards Rika with a snort, the massive digimon grabbed his shell like horn and pointed it right at them. "Then you can die together!"