((Put your hand up if you actually thought that the name of the last chapter meant he actually found 'love', you people are so gullible, by love I meant the Crest of Love, but you've probably figured that out by now, (I'm so Evil), No I'm the Evil One, (Shut Up) make me, [Scuffling noises]))

Alex felt detached, the events of the past couple of hours made him so ... different, he could feel something else inside of him, almost like he was a different person, he touched his hand to is head, it was freezing cold, he shivered, he knew he should have brought a warmer jacket, he glanced at Courtnie, she came over and snuggled up against him, as they carried on walking down the road, Wizardmon walked apart from them, perhaps he was afraid, or shy, but now they were partnered for life, through thick or thin, Alex sighed, looked like life would never be the same again.

The Rain had let up by now, and the sun was beginning to set, causing the sky to turn a deep crimson, it looked beautiful, but considering everything that had happened today, it didn't suit the occasion. After Alex had taken Courtnie home with a brief, "I'll tell you later" he went back and found Wizardmon, who he had left back downstairs as he didn't think either mum would be very pleased if he turned up with a stranger, so as the pair of them walked down the street together, he found himself thinking of a number of very extravagant, elegant or just stupid ways that he could hide Wizardmon until a very annoyed voice cut through his thoughts, bringing him out of his world of creativity,

"I don't think any of those will work, so could you please stop it, you're giving me a headache", the voice sounded both annoyed and humorous, and it was very familiar,

"Wizardmon was that..."

"Me, yes, you're thinking too loud"

"Thinking too loud?, what do you mean thinking too loud" Alex asked, confusion going across his face, "Wait a second can he .. can he read my...."

"Mind?" Wizardmon said, finishing Alex's thought, "Yes I can, if I want to"

"What!, then that means"

"Oh calm down will you, you secrets are safe with me, that is until I need something" Wizardmon said, with a strange twinkle in his eye.

Alex laughed worriedly, "If you can read my mind than what am I thinking right now"

Wizardmon blushed, "Err... aren't those the kind of..."

At that point Alex jumped on him, covering his mouth with his hand, "If you ever tell her about that, I'm going to kill you, Understand?" he asked threateningly

"Ok, Ok I get the point, don't get your feathers all ruffled"

"Just making sure, anyhow's, I need somewhere I can hide you, have any Ideas?"

"Why do you need to hide me?" Wizardmon asked looking puzzled

"Well I can't just walk into our house and say to my mum, 'oh hi mum I've just got this cool new digimon can i keep it?' she'd throw a fit, she doesn't even like hamsters." Alex said sarcastically

"Oh, I see, so you need somewhere to hide, me until you get the courage to tell her" Wizardmon asked, then he added, "You seem to be stuck in a lot of similar situations, am I right?"

This time it was Alex's turn to blush, "Ok, if you don't mind I'd appreciate if from now on, you stayed out of my head, you know for personal reasons" he asked painfully

"Ok if that's what you want"

They carried on walking, until Alex suddenly snapped his finger, "Got It"

"Got What"

"I, Wizardmon my friend, have thought of a place to hide you"

"Ok, are you going to tell me?"

"Follow me"

The began to wind there way through tangled side-streets and back-alleys, until they reached what appeared to be solid wall, almost 5 foot high and appeared to be made of concrete

"Uhhh. Alex where are we?"

"Hang on a second, you'll like this part"

Alex delivered a solid kick to the wall, sending a shudder going right up until something above them clicked sharply, and then out of the shadows above them a metal ladder came down, landing with a Clang!, Alex placed one foot on the first rung of the ladder and glanced at Wizardmon

"Follow me"

Alex began climbing, when he was half-way up the ladder, he glanced back down, he couldn't see Wizardmon

"Hey!, Wizardmon you there?"

"I'm up here"

Alex glanced up and there was Wizardmon, waiting at the top of the ladder

"But…, What…., how did you get up there?"

"Oh, didn't I mention I can fly, well, fly being the technical term, I suppose you could call it long-term hovering really", Wizardmon took a step forward and dropped, and Alex gawked as he stopped right in front of him,

"It's easier to get around, and it's much faster than walking" Wizardmon said calmly, seemingly unaware that there was nothing but air beneath his feet.

"Why didn't you tell me, we could have got here much faster from the air" Alec as indignantly

"You never asked" Wizardmon said complacently, brushing some imaginary dust off his shoulder, then he offered a hand to Alex

"Need a lift" he asked politely

"Are you sure about this" Alex asked, slightly sacred at the prospect of being pulled along by the hand

"It's perfectly safe, Trust me" Wizardmon said, as Alex took his hand

"I hate it when People say that" Alex mumbled to himself as Wizardmon pulled him off the ladder and onto nothing but air, holding him like he was as light as a feather and Alex felt tinges of Acrophobia beginning to set in so he shut his eyes and hoped it would be over soon, as Wizardmon pulled him up, up, up, until they came out into the starry night-sky, then adrenaline kicked in and Alex gazed around him, he was, well they were, flying, it felt so cool!, he glanced around slowly until he found the roof he was looking for

"Wizardmon, can you put us down there" he asked, he could here the blood pumping in his ears, although he had never been fond of heights, this experience brought a whole new light to it.

"Isn't that the roof same block we were at about an hour ago?" Wizardmon asked, clearly confused, "I wonder why we just walked around in circles for nothing" he thought as they settled down gently onto the roof.

Alex felt disappointed, he had just started to have fun, but it still felt good to have something solid beneath his feet, his legs wobbled slightly as he re-adapted to walking on the ground, even after a few minutes of flight. He glanced up, Wizardmon was still floating up there,

"Wizardmon, could you come over here" he shouted, trying to keep his voice down, he didn't want anyone coming up here and finding him here, because the last thing he needed was someone finding out about Wizardmon.

"Look Wizardmon I'm going to be honest, I can't think of anywhere to hide you, can you?" Alex asked hopefully

"No" Wizardmon replied

"Then I'm afraid that there's nothing for it, I'm going to have to tell my mum about you" Alex felt really drained as if he had just run a marathon

"Are you sure, I mean, didn't you just tell me that you weren't going to that, What is that beeping noise?" Wizardmon asked irritably

Alex could feel something vibrating in his pocket, and it wasn't his phone, he rummaged around until he found the source of the noise and pulled it out,

"Why is the Digivice beeping like that?" Wizardmon asked, peering at the screen

-Alert! Alert!- The screen read -Breach in Digital Barrier Detected!- -Alert! Alert!-

"Uhhh… Wizardmon, what does that mean?"

"You think I know?"

"Well you seem to know more about it than I do!"

"Hey, it's not my Digivice, it belongs to you, so it's not my job to figure it out"

"Ok, Ok calm down" Alex began fiddling, it was one of the things he did best when he was excited, or nervous, he pushed one of the button on the side and then Warning! Message was replaced with a Compass, with 2 arrows on it, one of them, red, was pointing in Wizardmon's Direction, the other one, blue, was flashing and pointing off in the general direction of the mall.

"I'm going to assume that this is a compass" Alex said, twisting his head from side to side, trying to make snse of the compass

"Jeez, what gave you that impression?" Wizardmon said sarcastically before relaxing slightly, he didn't know why he felt so annoyed, maybe it was just Alex's attitude, "Ok I need to calm down" he thought,

"Ok I think I need to calm down" Alex thought, "He probably knows less about this Digivice thing then I do."

They both looked at each other sheepishly, until at last Wizardmon spoke, "Shall we go and see what it's talking about then?" he asked tentatively, trying to sound calm

Alex ran the Idea through his head, it had some promise, as long as they weren't back too late, Wizardmon offered him his hand, "Want a Lift?" he asked, smiled slightly, he knew now that he had Alex hooked on flying, things would be much easier.

Alex grinned, and took Wizardmon's outstretched hand, in no time at all, following the compass, they landed in front of the Mall's main doors, there was no-one about, so Alex glanced at his watch, and blinked, "That took us 10 minutes, normally it takes me about 30 minutes, and that's in a car" he exclaimed, before looking at Wizardmon, who had a very smug expression on his face, "Just how fast can you go?" he asked,

"No time for that, look…" Wizardmon said abruptly, pointing at the Digivie in Alex's hand, the screen was glowing an ugly red,

-Danger!- -Digimon Emergence Detected-

-Scanning Complete, Digimon Identified: Renamon-

A 3-D model of Renamon appeared, it reminded Alex of a picture of a Kitsune a friend in his geography class had drawn, she, or at least it looked like a she, had Ice-Blue eyes and wore a pair of elongated purple gloves. Next to the Image was some information

- Rookie Level Digimon-

-Attribute: Data-

-Beast Man Digimon-

-Known for their bluntness and clear sense of Justice, very loyal and her Diamond Storm is not the kind of rainy-day you look forward to-

At this, Wizardmon's face creased with thought, "Renamon?, what is she doing here" he asked himself, then aloud he said "Do you supposed we had better see what she want?" he asked Alex

"We may as Well, but try to avoid a fight" Alex said pessimistically, as they both pushed the doors open, the air inside the mall was slightly warmer than outside, so Alex closed the door behind them, no need to tell the whole world that they were here, as they walked through the mall, Alex looked into the Blackness, staying very close to Wizardmon.

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Renamon stepped through the Digital Gate, she felt, different, "Strange" she thought, as she took in her surroundings, she appeared to be in what humans called a 'pet shop', there were cages and glass boxes with strange animals in, she explored them, lancing in each one, "Were is it" she said huffily, knocking over a bunch of hamster cages, then she saw a row of cages, each one contain various species and breeds of cat, she looked in each cage one-by-one, until coming to one with a white cat in it, she had bright green eyes, and very white, soft fur, Renamon peered closer, "Well, Well, Well it appears he's smarter than he thought" she said softly to herself, as she reached for the cat.

She heard the bell of the shop tinkle behind her and she spun round, baring her teeth, she relaxed when she saw who it was, "Wizardmon, it's you, how have you been" she asked, inclining her head slightly

"I've been well enough Renamon" Wizardmon replied, returning the gesture, "But what are you doing here?" he asked

"I'm here on official business Wizardmon, don't interfere"

"But for which side?

"You know I work for the resistance Wizardmon, just like you do"

"Did Renamon, Did, I have another commitment now"

"What! What could be more important than out goals?"

"This, Renamon, oh Alex, could you come here please" Wizardmon asked

Alex opened the door of the shop and came in carefully, he looked in awe at the Yellow and White Kitsune that stood opposite Wizardmon, she had a strange glint in her eyes,

"Renamon, I would like you to meet Alex"

"A human??, you betrayed you ideals for a human?" she sounded astonished

"Not just any human, show her Alex" Wizardmon said intently, as Alex tentatively removed his glove and Renamon gasped,

"It's not possible"

"It's very possible Renamon, we both know that, the Prophecy is at last coming to Fruitation, now do you see why I haven't return, I and Alex are paired for life"

Renamon was shocked, "This boy bears the Crest of Hope, but what of the Other 2?" she asked

"I do not know, but they will reveal themselves in time, but you must take word to Merukimon, he needs to know of this"

Alex watched Renamon's face carefully, who could see a great pressure and sadness building behind her stern face, she bowed her head, as if ashamed.

"I'm sorry Wizardmon, I can't" she said in a quiet voice

Now it was Wizardmon's turn to be shocked, "What do you mean, I Can't?, what could be more important????" Wizardmon asked, although his mind already knew the answer.

"Let me Guess, Zhuqiaomon's orders, am I right" Wizardmon asked, suspicion shone in his eyes.

"Yes!" her voice was so quiet, he almost didn't hear it

Wizardmon began pacing, frustration was beginning to show in his movements, finally, it boiled over as Wizardmon flung a bolt of lightning at an abandoned cage, it exploded into pieces of charred wood and metal, and Wizardmon stood there, panting "Doesn't Zhuqiaomon understand, his conservatism is killing us, surely you of all digimon would understand that Renamon"

"I know Wizardmon, .. But he is one of the Digimon Sovereign, and we must obey them, we may not like what they say, but we must obey, I am so, so, sorry old friend, please forgive me!" there was a note on anguish and pain in her voice,

Wizardmon turned sharply, "Forgive you for what Renamon?" he asked just as a huge shower of tiny crystals sent him flying across the room, causing him to go flying through the shop window, landing in a heap on the benches outside, Renamon jumped out the shattered remains of the window, land a short distance away from him, Alex ran to Wizardmon's side,

"Wizardmon, you ok?" he asked worriedly, offering him a hand up

"Do I look ok" Wizardmon replied irritably, "I've just been thrown halfway across a room by one of my oldest friends who's taking order from one the most powerful, albeit most rigid, Digimon ever created and your asking me if I'm ok!", Wizardmon accepted Alex's hand and pulled himself up,

"Are you sure you want to do this Renamon" Wizardmon held his staff in front of him defensively, "I don't want to hurt you"

"I'm afraid that choice is no-longer ours to make Wizardmon, Diamond Storm", she opened her arms, and hundreds of shimmering crystals appeared, she seemed to hesitate slightly, before flinging them at Wizardmon, Wizardmon flung himself on Alex, sending the pair of them flying backwards, the area where they had been moments was filled with tiny holes, Wizardmon hauled himself off Alex, and turned to face her,

"Fine then, if that's the way you want to play Renamon, I'll play with you, Thunder Ball"

Wizardmon formed a ball of thunder in his hand, and chucked it at Renamon, she vanished,

"What!" Wizardmon exclaimed as Renamon appeared behind him, "Power Pummel" she roared, as a blue fire engulfed her as she smashed her gloved fist into Wizardmon's Back, sending him crashing into the opposite wall, Alex cringed, "That had to hurt!" he thought, Renamon advanced on him,

"I'm sorry Wizardmon, but orders are order, Power Pummel" her hand flung towards toward Wizardmon, and suddenly it stopped, she found her fist enveloped in a glowing hand, it was Wizardmon, he was glowing, in the same light that they had scene the other night, Alex pulled the Digivice out of his pocket, now the screen was glowing a bright green, as he held it in his hand, the light spread, forming 3 rings, which surrounded his hand.

-Scanning …-

-Scanning Completed, Crest of Hope Identified-

-DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATED!-

The Three rings surrounding Alex's hand flew off and span towards Wizardmon, they enveloped him, before joining together, forming a solid oval of light, Wizardmon opened his eyes, all he could see was light, he raised his hand, it glowed with the same color light as that around him,

"The Light of Digivolution, that means-" Wizardmon closed his hand, he had a fight to win.

"Wizardmon, Digivolve too … Sorcerymon"

Renamon recoiled, the light was so right, she shielded her eyes with her paws and peered into the light, "Wait, he's digivolving, that means, I've got to stop him, Diamond Storm"

Alex gasped as the light receded, where Wizardmon was standing, stood … well it looked like Wizardmon, except this guy wore white instead, and his staff was shaped like a snow-flake instead of a sun, "Shield of Aquas", he surrounded himself with a pale, azure colored water, that sent the crystals flying in all directions, Renamon looked horrified as Sorcerymon strode confidently towards her,

"No you can't, you can't have digivolved"

"Yes I can and I have, with a little of Alex's help, I didn't want to do this Renamon, but you have left me no other choice, Crystal Barrage"

Sorcerymon twirled his staff, sending shards of Ice flying towards Renamon, who barely dodged them in time, he fired again, and again she dodged, she was panting now, obviously her teleportation was very tiring, and doing it this rapidly must be very strenuous,

"Give up Renamon, I value are friendship too much to destroy you" Wizardmon said, offering his hand to her

She hesitated, perhaps, she might be better off, then he sense of Duty kicked in and she withdrew her hand, she bared her fangs, "No Wizardmon, Duty comes before Friendship" she screeched as she flung herself on him, the went down in a tangled heap of fists and feet, each giving as much as they received, blow for blow as they fought there way across the hallway, neither willing to yield, until Sorcery made a strange gesture with his hand, which flung Renamon away from him, they glared at each other, Renamon felt herself getting weaker, she couldn't keep this up much longer, especially now that Wizardmon had digivolved,

Sorcery felt strong, much stronger than he had felt in a long time, and after that fight he wasn't even tired, normally that would have exhausted him, but now he was faster, stronger, quicker. He looked at Renamon, one of his dearest friends and sighed,

"I'm sorry it has to be this way Renamon" he said, both his voice and eyes full of remorse, he raised both hands, and began to chant, his voice sonorous and clear, rang through the Mall as he brought forth 7 magical crystals, one in the centre, surrounded by 6 more, and each glowed a different color, Black, White, Green, Brown, Red and Blue surrounds a pale cream, the mantra continued and each flashed in turn, until it seemed that they were all alight, then as he complete the mantra, he lowered his staff, pointing it at Renamon

"Wrath of the Elements" he commanded, and it came, a huge blast that shook the entire mall, shattering windows and cracking support, Renamon was obliterated by the vast amounts of power, as she too, like Ogremon, vanished into so many pin-pricks of light, Sorcerymon knelling gently beside her as she vanished, he blinked back a tear, as he returned to his normal colors, his clothes, fading from white to its original blue and beige. He could here Sirens in the distance,

"Alex"

"Yes"

"I think we need to go"

"Agreed!"

As Alex took his hand and they flew of into the night, Alex thoughts wandered, "Why Renamon, Why.."

Watching them, from a near-by roof was a cat, it's white fur blew in the cold wind and its emerald eye glinted in the stars, it watched and wondered, and Understood.

(Well is this good or bad, sorry it took so long, I got a little bit or writers block, but what is it with that cat?, well you'll have to wait until next time, and what is Zhuqiaomon up to, well you'll have to wait a while to find out, Muhahahahaha!)