"In my very long existence, I have lived through many things, shared many experiences, and witnessed events beyond the eyes and understanding of most living beings...

I have seen and experienced things that were both wonderful and terrible...
Thus...I can truly say that the events surrounding the history of the dragon Ragnarastrasz are far from being kind ones...

This... is a story.

The story...of One's Life's Tragedy...

Ragnarastrasz's Tragedy...which ultimately led to Regan Astrasz's very own tragedies in the making...

A story that now the two Tamers will be desiring to know...only to understand how grim it is..."

Chapter 16 : One's Life's Tragedy, the story of the Child of Life

It took a while for her senses to start registering anything around her, having passed out since a long while ago...

And it made her curious when a comfortable silence greeted her ears...and realizing that she was lying on a bed.

She opened her eyes...and found herself in what was clearly a hospital room.
"Kylee!" a familiar voice spoke.

Kylee looked toward the speaker, who was none other than Riza, looking greatly relieved.
"Hey Riza..." she muttered, sounding a bit weak. "What happened? Hold on...yeah I remember...Darius brought me here..."
"Yeah he did." Veemon added, climbing on the bed. "We just all came here when it was over."
"Over?" Kylee asked, uncertain. Then she noticed how ragged Veemon was. He clearly looked like he had been through a rough one, and Riza too looked rather worn down.

Kylee started to fully rise up to a sitting position in a sudden, only to feel some pain from her body which clearly protested against the sudden movements.

"Regan! That dragon! Did he-" she suddenly talked, panicked.

"It's over..." someone else said. It was Kari.

Kylee looked toward where the sound of the voice came from, a bit to her left...
She saw Kari sitting in a chair besides another hospital bed. She looked considerably more wearied than Riza was, while Gatomon also looked a lot tired.
And Lizomon was lying on the bed, apparently bearing out several burn marks which were slowly healing. Chances are that he too had been heavily worn down as well...

And in the bed...was Regan.

"You did it...You guys did it..." Kylee spoke.

"Yeah...it wasn't easy..." Riza said. "But...we didn't do all of it on our own..."

"Krasus was there all along, watching our moves. He had been waiting for his own moment to strike...And even after that...when we had finally brought back Ragnarastrasz to his senses...we just couldn't do it...we couldn't kill him...
So he did it himself. Ragnarastrasz...'killed' itself..." Kari added sadly, sounding a lot troubled.

"Krasus was there too?" Kylee asked.

"In a more hidden manner." Another voice added. Looking even further left, Kylee saw that the wizard had been there all along, sitting on a chair in a corner of the room, and seemingly brooding. Kylee couldn't say though if Krasus had been wounded, but it probably wasn't the case...

...although Kylee wasn't sure to really recognize such a darkened expression on the mage's face...It looked that he too had been troubled by that encounter...whatever it was...

"What just happened? Why is Regan like that anyway?" Kylee asked.
"I'm afraid that while we may have recovered him in body, it may take some time for his soul to truly recover. He need time to rest..." Krasus answered.

"So...just what exactly happened in all of this with that dragon eh?" another familiar voice asked. Impmon was sitting in a chair to Kylee's right side of the bed. He sat there, poised and with several bandages on him.

"A lot happened..." Kari started.

"But I'd say you guys should know what happened." Lizomon suddenly spoke, slowly standing up.

With that, he start recounting the stories about the events that just happened, starting with the pursuit of Ragnarastrasz in the city as he went on with the great fight in the canyons, stating out the various events with clear details as he went on the tale, bringing out again the moments when Ragnarastrasz blazed with rage, and in the end, finishing out with the dragon's sacrifice of its existence to return Regan to them...

In the end, both Kylee and Impmon were wide-eyed.

"That's just so..." Kylee started, but she couldn't end her sentence. There were no words she could truly think about all those events...

"But...how the hell did it happened?" Riza asked. "I don't mean about Regan becoming Ragnarastrasz...but rather...how is that even possible?"

All four of Kari, Gatomon, Lizomon and even Krasus remained very silent, the first three looking rather uncertain about that.

"It is a very long story...A very long one, which has been filled with much pain I'm afraid to say..." Krasus then spoke after a while. "But it I believe that this story should be told by the one who has been most centered in that matter : Regan himself."

The others looks back toward Regan...only to see that his eyes were opened.

"Regan? You're awake?" Riza asked.
"...Are you okay?" Kari asked a bit uncertainly.

Regan looked at them silently...he had a bit of an odd look. He then started to speak in a strange dialect.

"Huh?!? What the heck is that?!?" Kylee asked.
"That would be Draconic language." Krasus answered. "As I said earlier, Regan's mind, body and soul have been recovered, but in order for him to truly return to normal, it may still take some time.
And I think it would be better to let him rest and recover alone for now..."

"What about me?" Kylee asked.
"You appear to have recovered rather splendidly now." The wizard answered. "You may leave now as well. I will call out a nurse to give you back your clothes."

As Krasus started to leave the room, he paused. "And I would say that all of you should leave Regan for a while, Lizomon included."

Lizomon looked aside for a while, and then nodded. "All right..."

Hesitantly, the two Tamers, Kari and the digimon all left the room, but not before looking at Regan once, who kept looking at all of them as they left.

Krasus waited, then looked at Regan when the others were gone. Regan looked straight at him as well.

Krasus then started to speak...in the same dialect than Regan used earlier...

"I do believe you would have some questions first, don't you Regan?" Krasus said in the draconic language.
"Yeah..." Regan replied, still talking in that language. "Do I really have to tell them all of that?"
"They deserve to know the truth now Regan." Krasus replied. "But for now, you need to rest to allow yourself to fully and completely recover."
Regan scowled and looked away. "Why have they done all of this in the first place? They didn't needed to try to rescue me..."
"I understand perfectly the disappointment you feel Regan. You had expected to have sacrificed yourself to bring the end of Ragnarok...but your friends were not ready to let you go...
And I believed that your time was not over yet...There is still much you could still do..." Krasus explained.
"...Great...Even you worked with them on that plan to get me back?" Regan asked.
"You should say I was the primal instigator of that." Krasus corrected. "If it wasn't for me, you may have never been returned."
"Can't say I truly like to know that I'm back thanks to you..." Regan muttered, always in Draconic.
"Most of the true effort came from your friends however. I merely helped along, but it was to them that the greatest of the credit should go." Krasus said. "We have discussed enough now Regan. Rest now. You will need your strength after all. These matters of those old events in your...past life...are nothing to be taken easily." Krasus then raised a hand, summoning out a small goblet of some unknown drink that slowly filled itself out on its own. "I would want you to drink this as well. It should help you recover more easily...as well as make you sleep for a while..."
"And I'm not really interested to drink it?" Regan asked wryly.
"Do you even want to know the answer?" Krasus replied a bit darkly.
Regan only glared lightly before he finally nodded and took the goblet before drinking it whole. A few moments after that, he started to look sleepy, his eyes fluttering.
Krasus took the goblet before making it disappear.
"Sleep well for now Child of Life...There is still much left to do..." Krasus said as last words before Regan finally slipped into sleep.

With that, the wizard turned and walked to the door, closing it before he made a small gesture, and vanished from the room...

...to reappear back in his underground sanctum.

"So much has happened...And yet he bears it with such strength...You can still surprise me many times Regan..." Krasus muttered to himself. He then sighed. "It will not be easy for him to freely discuss...about those events...

Those events that shaped his very existence to what he is now..."

"Perhaps then...maybe I could offer my aid to him?" a voice asked out of nowhere behind Krasus. The mage looked back to see a pure form of red light having appeared as it focused and coalesced itself, taking on a shape...

Krasus slightly gasped at the sight before he went down on one knee, bowing deep at the same time...

"My love...my life..." he said on a far more different, humbled tone. "These are not things you should bring yourself to burden as well..."
A moment of silence went on as the light seemed to fade...and the mage felt the light touch of a hand stroke his face...
"I know my dear...I know...but it is something I believe I too have my own burdens in this..." the other one said, speaking with a clear feminine voice...

---

Things weren't easy right now...
The Tamers and Kari had all agreed to meet back Regan in half an hour. In the meantime...they had all gone their separate ways. Even Lizomon went elsewhere on his own.

It was clear that this latest encounter with Ragnarok had terribly shaken all of them. They had all been so close to dying each of them, some more than the others, but it was very very close...
Too close for simple confort...
Regan nearly had 'died' because of this, and Kari knew she might have been killed by Regan 'himself' while trying to save him. It had been so overwhelming...
And it even seemed that Krasus, the one they knew who would take on so many things at once and barely flinch about it, even he was very troubled by those events...

In fact, Kari had rarely seen the wizard so troubled.
Right now, dressed again in her 'hiding clothes', she was walking along with Gatomon in the streets of the city, without any real objective in mind...

"Hey Kari...I think I'm hearing Riza's voice nearby..." Gatomon suddenly said.
"Huh? Where?" Kari asked.
"It comes from there..." Gatomon pointed to their right...A graveyard...
"What would Riza be doing there?" Kari wondered. "Let's check it out..."

It didn't took long for the two to notice the presence of Riza before a tombstone while Veemon stood a bit further away.

"Riza? ...Paying someone some...respects?" Kari hesitantly asked.
Riza lightly jumped when Kari spoke, not having noticed her coming. "Oh well..." he started, looking at her a bit confused, then he lowered his head. "Yeah...my dad...
Kinda weird how all those stuff and the fact we all went pretty close to dying made me think about my dad again..."
"...I see..." Kari said. "Was he someone important?"
"Well, for me, he was. He was a Tamer too. And Veemon here's actually his old partner." Riza answered.
"Oh, is that so?" Gatomon said.
"Yeah." Veemon replied on a bit neutral tone. "Although I don't go brag about it at ever corner."
"I can guess why." Gatomon simply stated back.
"Sometimes...it's just strange...about how things are today..." Riza muttered.
"If maybe it could make you feel a bit sympathizing...
Regan lost his dad too..." Kari then spoke a bit sadly.
"What? He...what happened?" Riza asked, then caught himself back. "Oh sorry, I don't think I should ask about it."
"It's okay." Kari said a bit sadly. "I guess we all had some persons or things we held dear that we lost..." she added, slightly hinting out about other things she might have lost...
"Like...Wizardmon...right?" Riza hesitantly asked.
"...There was no need to mention about that..." Gatomon replied darkly, her ears fallen, expressing her darkened mood. "Yeah...we had been thinking about him too with all that happened..."
"It's alright Gatomon, it's okay..." Kari muttered as she went up to her digimon partner, slightly patting her on her head.
"Sorry I mentioned him..." Riza added.
"No...it's okay..." Kari apologized. "I can understand you sympathize with everything that happened to us..." With that, she seemed to cast a glance away, as something else troubled her...

---

"So...here's the park where you guys arrived first here?"
"Yep."

Kylee and Impmon were standing in the park where Regan and Lizomon had come the first time, which was also when they returned with Kari. With them, Lizomon was standing in a tree, obviously talking to them.

"You know...after all that happened...it's still so hard to believe sometimes..." Kylee started.
Lizomon remained silent while Impmon showed a concerned look at Kylee.
Her head lowered, the Tamer girl spoke again. "To say that when we were younger, it was obvious that Riza and I wanted so much to have adventures like our anime heroes...

And now..." she stopped, letting her sentence trailing in the air.

"Sometimes what we wish for may not always come in the form we would expect for." Lizomon wisely replied.
"Yeah...instead of some awesome adventure in the Digital World, we've been getting some freakish encounters with digimon in our worlds...along with a real monster that was using them to attack..." Kylee said. "But even then...with everything we've been through now...I can guess that even if it had been in the Digital World...it might not have been as awesome as we'd first think...

Reality sure has its ways to hit us so harshly..."

"True." Lizomon stated. "The Chosen Children that you know so well of weren't truly finding their task to be something fun. They risked their lives at several times.
And even today, with those that are with Regan and Kari aren't necessarily having some great time as well.

Hell, Kari nearly got killed once and Regan also nearly died by trying to heal her with his power."

Kylee blanked as those words from Lizomon hit her. "They...nearly died before?" she asked.
"Several times even." Lizomon added darkly. "Regan wouldn't entirely like me to have added up about that time when Kari nearly died, mainly because...that's the time when Ragnarok first awakened..."

"Ragnarok...First it was all about Regan and Ragnarok...then it became even more complicated with that Ragnarastrasz added in the mix...What's all of their connections anyway?" Impmon said.

"Well...you could say that the connection between Regan and Ragnarok is Ragnarastrasz...but the story's a lot complicated in fact..." Lizomon answered. "Anyway, maybe we should try to plan out on going back to the hospital."

"...All right..." Kylee muttered.

---

Riza and Kari had also taken time to go back to the hospital, although Kari wanted to buy out a few flowers for Regan on the way. It was something that was dealt with quickly, although Riza proposed to pay for them. As a bit of a gift from everyone...

---

He started to open his eyes again...
Regan slowly started to regain consciousness as he registered the absence of anyone nearby...and at least his mind didn't felt like a jumbled mess like it previously was...
If at least he was finally feeling a lot better physically and probably mentally...on the emotional level...he wasn't so well...

Both disappointment and regret struck him, as he clearly remember about the act he had done...and how far everyone else had gone to bring him back...

Memories from the battle of Ragnarastrasz had come to him...And he had seen 'himself' dreadfully wounding his friends...

How could he even face them now? Regan wasn't really feeling up to that...Especially since knowing that now they would soon be back...and it would be time apparently for telling out the truth...about his origins...

And no doubt Krasus would be there to ensure Regan would do that...As if it wouldn't be painful already...

"Gone through so much and before...it is undoubtedly hard for you to bear those emotional scars..." someone muttered.

Odd, Regan hadn't heard anyone enter...and the voice was that of a woman...
He turned to look at the speaker...

And gasped, in pure awe.
He couldn't do anything else besides that...

---

The Tamers, Kari and the digimon had all met up on the way to the hospital, and the rest of the way had been rather done in silence...
"Think he'll be awake?" Kylee asked.
"...Who knows?" Kari answered.
"Even if he isn't, I'd say we should stay and wait for him to wake up then." Lizomon suggested.
They all agreed on that as they walked in the hall leading to Regan's room.

Holding out a small bouquet of roses in one hand, Kari went for the doorknob...and stopped.
And none of the others reacted to why she stopped...but they all reacted in the same way...as they all felt something strange...

A wonderful warmth spread in their bodies...something so comfortable and warm...it just seemed awfully strange that it manifested itself just as they were going to enter...Odd enough even the roses of Kari's bouquet now looked even stronger than ever. All of the children and digimon felt even more renewed...

"This can't be..." Kari muttered. Then grabbed the doorknob before opening it wide.

And in the room was Regan in the bed. He clearly looked awake...and was looking completely surprised, and in awe...At the other person in the room...

She had her back turned at those in the room's entrance, but there was no mistaking her long flowing red hairs, along with the slightly pointy ears that jutted out of the hairs and the long red robe. And also the fact that she probably stood at seven feet tall...as tall as Krasus.

She turned to those at the entrance. And they saw her face. Calm and kind ruby red eyes...a gentle expression in her face...the same kind of expression that any loving mother would have...

She clearly was very beautiful...
Riza admitted that fact to himself...As beautiful as the mysterious Ysera that he had briefly met in that Dream realm.
But while Ysera's beauty seemed more...ethereal...clearly something out of a dream...the beauty of that woman was one of great dignity and...life...

"Please don't stand there children...Come in...and close the door as well..." the woman spoke kindly with a small smile.

Uncertain, the children and the digimon all entered the room before closing the door.
And still, despite that, they could only stare again at the beautiful and mysterious woman...
And she seemed to be the source of the warmth they were all feeling...Even Regan looked affected by that.
"It's you..." Kari started hesitantly.

The woman's eyes fixed upon Kari.
"Indeed, child of Light..." she spoke.
"Who...who are you?" Kylee hesitantly asked. She was both afraid and awed by the woman. Whoever she was, she clearly seemed to be a being beyond anything she knew...much like Ysera in fact...a lot like her...

"Alexstrasza..." Lizomon spoke, a bit subdued. Even he was awed by her. "Alexstrasza...She Who is Life..."

"She...Who is...Life?" Riza repeated. "You mean that..."

In answer, the woman showed out a small pendant on her neck...
The pendant was in fact...the symbol of the Crest of Life...

"She Who is Life...The Life-Binder...The LifeGiver...The Mother of Life...
Many titles I have been given...all entailing to who I truly am...
Alexstrasza...The Aspect of Life..." the woman answered.

"I can't believe it..." Kari muttered. "With...with all respects...Why are you here?"
"For my dear child of course..." Alexstrasza answered as she took a seat near Regan. "I came for you Regan...A mother cannot ignore the pain and cries such as those that you have endured..." she added, the last clearly being to Regan as she looked straight at him with a concerned expression.

"M-m-mother?!? You mean you're Regan's mom?!?" Impmon asked, completely surprised.
"Yes...and no...in a sense..." Regan suddenly said.
The others were slightly surprise to hear him talk normally.
"Regan? You're..." Riza started.
"'Normal?'" Regan added. He showed out a wry smile. "More or less...you could say..."

"Please children...take a seat as well...We have much to discuss I'm afraid..." Alexstrasza spoke kindly.
Uncertain, the Tamers, Kari and the digimon obeyed.

"Alexstrasza...even so...I don't get it why you'd need to be here...Is it really that important for you to be here?" Kari asked.
"I believed it was a necessary action. Even my dear Krasus had his uncertainties regarding my coming here, but as wise as he is, he agreed to my choice." Alexstrasza answered.
"...So that's why Krasus isn't here..." Lizomon said. "You kinda went to take his place here for now..."
"Indeed." The red lady answered.
"Guys...how can you...how can you just talk to her like that?!?" Kylee said. "She's..." she started, but stopped, uncertain to say what Alexstrasza was...
"They are familiar with me already." Alexstrasza replied.
"Huh?!? You mean that they already met you before?!?" Impmon suddenly said, but caught himself as he realized the way he just talked to the woman, fearing that she might be offended.
"Indeed they have." Alexstrasz kindly answered, as if she hadn't been offended at all. She smile faded. "My coming had been crucial to safeguard their lives when the digimon data was infecting their bodies...
Yes...Krasus may have been the instigator of the Bio-Modify process...but he had required my aid to ensure its success..." she explained.
"You mean he just asked your help and you came to him just for two kids?!?" Riza replied, shocked.
"You know you're talking about Regan and Kari here..." Gatomon darkly added, shooting a glance at Riza.
"Krasus is one of my most favoured...and I have greatly respected his wisdom before. He may not be as powerful as any of us...but he can quite equal us in wits..." Alexstrasza added.
"Us?" Kylee repeated. "You mean there are others like you?"
"Of course. You even have already met my sister before. Ysera." Alexstrasza answered.
"You were with Ysera after all..." Kylee muttered.
"Yes and no. Our spheres of influence cross with each other, but while we may have different goals, our primary ones are always common. She is just like me. An Aspect." Alexstrasza replied.
"What's an Aspect?" Veemon uncertainly asked.
"...Well...you could say that they're the Gods of Creation." Lizomon replied.
The Tamers and their digimon went blank at Lizomon, then at Alexstrasza.
"You're...a God?!?" Impmon asked in a small voice.
"In a sense yes, just as in a sense, no. But we may be considered as the most powerful beings in the physical planes of existence. We are indeed the representation of the forces that brought Creation, or rather; we are its Aspects...The Aspects of Creation..." Alexstrasza said.
"Dreams...Time...Earth...Magic...and Life..." Regan slowly stated. "The five powers that make up all of Creation...And these guys are these powers."
"And Ysera is obviously Dreams..." Kylee said, a bit shocked. "Hold on a minute! Regan, did you just said Life?!? As in..."
"My Crest...Yes..." Regan answered. "And Alexstrasza here is the Aspect of Life...and also the leader of the Aspects, apparently..."
"My god..." Riza muttered. "Uh, no offenses about it, right?"
"It is not to us to impose beliefs upon mortals." Alexstrasza replied kindly. "But we are always willing to share our beliefs to those who listen..."
"Anyway...instead of just talking about you Aspects, can we just talk about the reason you're here?" Lizomon asked.
"Yes..." Alexstrasza replied. "As I said, I am here for Regan. I know everything that has happened. His sacrifice to summon Ragnarastrasz in order to defeat the creature Ragnarok...The efforts all of you brought to face Ragnarastrasz...and then his own sacrifice to return Regan to you...
But what I came here for, most of all...is to support you Regan with this next trial...
Because now the time has come. I know you desire to know the truth about his origins, young Kylee, Riza, Impmon and Veemon, and that is why I have come to better support Regan to do so..." Alexstrasza explained.
"His...origins..." Riza muttered as he looked at Regan.
He looked sideway, and down. "Yeah...I guess it would have to come sooner or later..." Regan said.
"You were more wishing that it would never come instead..." Lizomon replied. "Telling out about your connections to Ragnarok was enough...but your origins instead..."
"Cut it Lizomon." Regan replied.
"Go on Regan...They deserve to know the truth. They are our friends after all..." Kari said.
Riza and Kylee looked at Kari with some surprise. They hadn't expected her to consider them as friends.
Regan took a long breath and sighed. "Yeah...you're right..." He said.
Then he looked straight at Riza, Kylee, Impmon and Veemon. "But you better hold on tight...because it ain't a nice story..."

---

"It all started so long ago...
Many, many years ago...you could say...I was someone else...more or less...
I was...Ragnarastrasz...a young dragon of the great Red Dragonflight.
For quite some time, most red dragons had been into hiding, ever since their queen had been captured by some mortals who used a powerful artefact to capture her...The Demon Soul.
However, recently, one of the eldest red dragons had managed to ensure the steps of freeing his queen, and even managed to ensure the destruction of the Demon Soul.
The queen was freed thanks to the dragon, by the name of Korialstrasz, and also thanks to many mortals, although more specifically a human mage called Rhonin, an elf ranger named Vereesa, and a dwarf named Falstad.
Thanks to the actions of Korialstrasz, the queen was finally freed and the Great Red Dragonflight was finally reformed, and many hidden red dragons revealed themselves out of hiding, rejoining with their queen and her consort Korialstrasz." Regan started.
"Consort?!?" Kylee interrupted. "You mean-"
"That dragon helps the dragon queen makes babies..." Lizomon replied quickly with a weird smile. "Let's move on."
"Yeah...
Anyway, Ragnarastrasz was one of those dragons who returned to the Flight. Korialstrasz was pleased to see him for many reasons...but most of all because Ragnarastrasz is actually one of his sons..." Regan added.
"WHAT?!? You mean that Ragnarastrasz is a prince?!?" Riza now interrupted.
"No." Alexstrasza answered instead. "The Red Dragonqueen always had several consorts that would help her bring birth to the entire DragonFlight. All the red dragons that were born always had the queen herself as their mother, even the consorts."
"That's just...weird..." Veemon said.
"Let's just not wonder a lot about that anyway." Lizomon added. "Go on Regan."
"As I said, Ragnarastrasz was one of Korialstrasz's many children, but Ragnarastrasz mattered somewhat to the elder dragon, mainly because he was seeing lots of potential in the younger one, so that hopefully, he would become a future consort to the queen.
Don't get me wrong. For the red dragons, becoming the queen's consort is probably one of the highest honours there is. The consorts always stand as advisors to the queen, so they ain't just for babies. They are not only some very strong dragon, but very wise often." Regan went on.
"I see...and I guess that Korialstrasz is a very wise one, right?" Kylee asked.
"And a lot powerful." Lizomon replied. "He's way stronger than a Mega level digimon. Yeah, we've met him before, lots of times even. He works a lot with Krasus."
"...I would have never thought that..." Riza muttered.
"Anyway, while Ragnarastrasz seemed indeed interested, Korialstrasz noticed that something was wrong with his 'kid'. Millennia of experience made the elder dragon think that Ragnarastrasz wasn't that interested in becoming a consort. So he looked for the reason, and was able to find it quickly.
Ragnarastrasz had another lover.
Another female dragon in the red Flight. Her name was Verginorastrasza." Regan continued.
"...I take it wasn't something good...right?" Kylee asked.
"Yeah..." Regan answered. "In fact, normally, all the red dragons had been fiercely loyal to the queen. Yes, there might have been some feelings sometimes between many red dragons, but usually, the love for the queen is ultimate. But not in Ragnarastrasz's case. He was more interested in his other lover than the queen. Even if it might mean he would become a consort to her, it didn't interest him. That's something Korialstrasz had never ever seen in all his years.
So, Korialstrasz reported that to the queen.
But the Red Dragonqueen is a powerful and benevolent being. Instead of being angered at Ragnarastrasz's decisions of heart, she was surprised. She made Korialstrasz summon both dragons to her, and made them confront her about that fact. That they were lovers, and even to the point that Ragnarastrasz was unwilling to be a consort.
And they indeed replied yes.
The queen only smiled and accepted that. She did surprise the two dragon lovers about that too, but she too knew what love can be, and that's why she wouldn't want to take the heart of Ragnarastrasz if it already was taken by another dragon."
"Awww...That's so sweet..." Kylee mused, smiling dreamily.
"Kylee, maybe you shouldn't get yourself too lost about that..." Impmon replied with a side glance at her.
"Yeah...because now I'm coming to the bad part..." Regan replied, his expression darkening. "Even...if it wasn't really...my own life...I can remember about those things as if it had happened to me...Especially the darker events..."
The others started to grow a little more concerned.
"The red dragons, while being powerful and noble beings, are not without enemies...Their most sinister, insidious and most hated ones being...the black dragons..." Regan continued.
The other remained a bit silent as they remembered the form Ragnarok took recently...
"One day, Ragnarastrasz had been surveying some mountainous areas when he sensed a dark force being gathered...He soon found what it was: A black dragon apparently focused in some unknown dark summoning ritual...That dragon probably wanted to summon out some dark forces in the name of its dark master, the dark ruler of the black dragons, the dreaded Deathwing..." Regan said; hate sounding in his voice as he spoke the last name.
Even Alexstrasza's gentle look faded, turning darker at the name of the black dragon lord...And judging by seeing how even the gentle Alexstrasza did not reacted well to such a name made Kylee feel a lot uneasy about whoever that Deathwing was...
"That black dragon was so busy in his summoning that he hadn't noticed Ragnarastrasz spying on him..." Regan went on...

---

Many years ago...

The red dragon Ragnarastrasz carefully and silently walked upon the top of the mountain he had chosen to spy upon the black dragon who stood down in a canyon, uttering out its dark words in front of a dark circle of magic etched in the rock.
He would have to act soon to stop the black...
Ragnarastrasz lowered himself, crouching low...before he leapt in the air, wings opening wide as he came down upon the unsuspecting black.
And at the last moment, a thundering roar exploded in the ears of the black...
Ragnarastrasz fell straight on his opponent and the two tumbled away. Ragnarastrasz found himself on top of his opponent, and immediately started to reach down to bite him, but the other battered away his head before he was able to pull himself out of the red.
Both briefly recovered from their shock...before they charged at each other, roaring wildly.
The black struck first as he unleashed a burst of molten lava to Ragnarastrasz's face, causing the red to stumble back while the other closed in to make a fatal strike. However, Ragnarastrasz brought up a wing as a shield, blocking the other before he could make an attack, then retaliated with a wide fiery breath of his own, striking the other at the shoulder instead before he swung his whole body and slammed his tail in the black dragon, throwing him closer to the summoning circle.
The other was able to recover quickly and easily however, and brought up his claws as Ragnarastrasz neared, slashing at his torso when the red neared. Ragnarastrasz retaliated by lunging his maw forward, biting the black on the same shoulder he had burnt earlier. The black used his wings to strike and push back the red, although that caused Ragnarastrasz to leave out a bloody mark and torn scales on the black's shoulder.
Ragnarastrasz let out a strong intimidating roar as he reared up on his rear legs, showing out a more intimidating presence. He clearly presented the fact that he was bigger and stronger than his opponent. But the black wouldn't be deterred. As Ragnarastrasz brought down his weight on the ground again, unleashing a fiery breath on the black, the dark dragon quickly thrust his right paw forward, barking out one quick word.
An invisible blast suddenly exploded on Ragnarastrasz's torso, sending the red crashing in a mountain.
The black lunged, hoping to finish up the battle. But Ragnarastrasz recovered faster than the black hoped. The red dragon quickly used up magic of his own, unleashing a huge burst of wind that slowed down the black before he unleashed red lightning bolts upon the black, causing the dark dragon to roar in pain.
Ragnarastrasz quickly threw himself forward, and slammed his entire weight in the black before raising one of his paw, glowing with power before punching the black with all his might...sending him flying, and crashing...into the summoning circle.
And the moment the black touched the circle...Ragnarastrasz was suddenly overwhelmed with pain as a large explosion tore apart the air...

---

"The black dragon had been wanting to summon out some dark forces for his master...but I'd say he never expected he'd become that very dark force he brought up..."

---

Ragnarastrasz's whole body ached. He struggled to return to consciousness as his eyes fluttered open...and it was to see something that looked like a nightmare...
He saw the black dragon in the middle of the summoning circle, screaming madly as greenish flames seemingly consumed him...becoming a part of it...

Ragnarastrasz saw the black being consumed by the flames...until the flames too on a form of their own as the devoured the dragon...And the flames slowly started to take on the form...of a dragon as well...

The creature unleashed out a powerful roar that shook the entire canyon.
Ragnarastrasz wanted to stand up, but half of his body was still buried in the rocks from a mountain that crumbled on him.
Then the creature looked straight at him with what seemed to be a hungered look...It hungered for his power...It had consumed the black, twisted it as both the flames and the dragon had fused together, becoming the monstrosity that stood before Ragnarastrasz...and now the beast hungered for him...

It started to make one step on its foot, clearly standing on his rear legs instead of four.
Ragnarastrasz's heart skipped a beat. He didn't wanted to become a part of that monster! He knew that surely other dragons would have felt the explosion that brought in the fiend. And if the beast consumed him, then it might be too strong for any other dragon...and it would devour them too...

"For the master...For Lord Deathwing...you despicable red will suffer...as will all of your kind...and all of mortals...All of you will be burned...to create perfection..." the beast spoke as it slowly neared.

Ragnarastrasz couldn't believed what he heard! The fiend probably was nothing but some hungry ravenous thing, but when it fused with the black, its mind was completely warped, now seemingly as indoctrinated as any black dragon...as if the thing considered itself a servant of Deathwing!!!

No matter what, Ragnarastrasz couldn't let that thing be let loose. He stared at the summoning circle. It still glowed with powerful magic, which was slowly fading...but it might just be enough...

Ragnarastrasz managed to pull out a free hand before pointing it at the circle. Despite that the creature now existed, it was still surely bound to the circle for now...and with enough power, Ragnarastrasz could stop it.
The red started to usurp the summoning circle's power...
And the monster realized that. With a roar, it suddenly rushed toward Ragnarastrasz, seeking to kill him before it would be too late.
Ragnarastrasz smiled grimly. It was too late...for the beast...
He quickly uttered out his new spell, twisting and transforming the circle's summoning power...into a binding spell...
...with Ragnarastrasz as the binding...
The creature felt a suction drawing him to the red dragon. He wanted to flee...but it was too late...
Ragnarastrasz bared open his torso as the monster neared...and it was absorbed within the red dragon...before everything seemed to be engulfed in flames for the red dragon...as he screamed hard...and collapsed...

---

"He did what?!?" Kylee asked, eyes wide.
"You heard me." Regan grimly said. "Ragnarastrasz turned the summoning circle...into a binding spell...and with it, he sealed Ragnarok...inside him..."
"It's unbelievable..." Riza muttered, shocked.
"But it is the grim truth indeed..." Alexstraszasadly commented. "Ragnarastrasz had decided to take on a grim and dark burden: To forever contain the creature that you now call Ragnarok. To keep it bound until his own end would come..."
"But...it doesn't look like it worked...right?" Impmon asked hesitantly.
"No, it worked." Regan answered. "Korialstrasz soon found the wounded Ragnarastrasz and the younger red was able to explain what happened before he passed out. After that Korialstrasz brought his child to the Red Dragonflight's lair so that Ragnarastrasz could be healed and recover. He also spoke out of that matter of the creature to the dragon queen, who clearly was concerned about that. Verginorastrasza was also informed about that matter. They were worried about what they should do with Ragnarastrasz. So Korialstrasz went on and used his great knowledge and powers to scan deep in Ragnarastrasz, to seek to understand more about the creature sealed inside his child.
And he was able to find out that through dark emotions, the creature could be unleashed...but light emotions, emotions of happiness, of joy, love, and anything else related to that would help keep the creature sealed.
So, it was made clear that it was their task to ensure Ragnarastrasz would be able to keep strong emotions of happiness, despite his grim fate. Something Verginorastrasza soon was willing to help out.
Ragnarastrasz woke up, recovered, and was explained the situation by the queen and Korialstrasz. Being aware of the monster within him, he determinately accepted his new fate, and promised he would ensure to keep that monster sealed in him forever...

And you could say he did kept that promise...since he got killed a good while after those events. Probably several months later or even a few years, I can't remember...
But Ragnarastrasz died..." Regan went on.
"He...died?" Kylee asked. "How did that happened?"
"He and Verginorastrasza were on their own, having some nice time together when they got ambushed by black dragons. Ragnarastrasz ordered Verginorastrasza to flee, to go warn out the other red dragons, but she wanted to stay and fight as well. Despite that, Ragnarastrasz urged her to run away so that the Flight could be warned while he would hold the blacks. And Verginorastrasza hesitantly left.

And when Verginorastrasza returned with the dragon queen and Korialstrasz...it was to find one black dragon dead and the remaining three still alive...as they gloated over the near dead body of Ragnarastrasz, who had been brutally wounded...

Verginorastrasz went to the body of her lover...but he died with her name on his lips...
While it was clear she was engulfed in fury, it was the dragon queen who unleashed her fury upon the remaining blacks...and slaughtered all three of them...in ways I wouldn't really want to talk about..." Regan said, finishing up with a grim smile.
"Oh my god..." Kylee muttered.
"So...he had managed to kill one of them...but the others got him anyway...But even then...did something else happen after that?" Riza asked.
"Yeah..." Regan replied. "While Ragnarastrasz died, Korialstrasz was able to preserve out somewhat of his soul...And he kept it in seclusion after that. Red dragons are also strong followers of Life...and they aren't willing to try to resurrect the dead. It's not their right to disturb the cycle of Life...
Yeah, I can guess you wonder then, 'If Ragnarastrasz died, how are you alive now Regan?'. Well, it's fairly simple. While Ragnarastrasz's story was over...it still went on with others...
Verginorastrasza apparently left the dragonflight, going off into the wild. Not much of her had been heard ever since...
As for Korialstrasz, there was something else he was dealing with at the time...
That thing being...Digidestined..." Regan said.
"Digidestined?!? You mean that Korialstrasz is involved with some Digidestined?!?" Veemon asked.
"In a sense, yes..." Regan answered. "Korialstrasz wanted to bring out the powers of Creation as Crests for some special Chosen Children. But as hard as he looked everywhere for a child that could be the bearer of those powers, he was never able to find one...
So...if he couldn't find one...He decided...
...to create one..."
All four of Kylee, Riza, Impmon and Veemon went wide-eyed. "You mean that Korialstrasz created you?!?" Impmon asked, shocked.
"...More or less..." Regan replied, looking sideways. "He used Krasus for his goals, handing out to him one half of a powerful crystal he had made to hold what he had of Ragnarastrasz's soul, thus he gave a fragment of the soul to Krasus.
After that, Krasus contacted a couple in our reality. One of them was an old Digidestined, so he was a bit familiar with Krasus. The woman wasn't able to have children, and it wasn't something easy for them to live with...so Krasus made them a deal...
With some experiment of his part, he would manage to restore the woman's fertility...
And that plan worked. He infused the dragon soul fragment in her womb.
The night after, she had become pregnant.
And several months later, she gave birth to a strong-looking baby boy. The couple was deeply overjoyed and ever thankful to that miracle Krasus had granted them.
However, Krasus wanted something in exchange.
First, that the couple would change their family name for...Astrasz...
And that the name given to the boy would be...Regan...
All of this having been orchestrated by Korialstrasz..." Regan finished.
"That's just so...unbelievable..." Kylee muttered, shocked.
"So...what that makes you then?" Riza uncertainly asked.
"A human...mostly." Regan grimly answered. "However while my body is 100% human...I don't have a human soul...
I have the soul of a dragon instead...And even then, it's not even the full soul, just a fragment of it...And it's more than enough so that I can be more than just a simple human boy..." Regan grimly answered. "I wasn't born with memories of Ragnarastrasz. You could say I was some sort of reincarnation instead. Completely unaware that my birth had been orchestrated so that I would become a Digidestined, and the one who would bear the Crest of Life...
So you see...it's something I don't actually like about my own existence...to be aware that my whole life was deliberately made at the start...My fate already planned out before I could make a choice..." Regan grimly said. "And that's why I may never truly like either Krasus or Korialstrasz for that, even if they can be nice...Do you think it's an easy thing to really like those who nearly planned to use you like a puppet? Not at all. I don't think there's any real way I might always forgive either Krasus or my 'soul-father' about that..."
"Soul-father?" Riza repeated.
"A little term of mine to remember about Korialstrasz...Remember, he was Ragnarastrasz's father, and I'm the one with a part of his soul...So while I already got a mom and a dad...I also got a soul-mother and a soul-father. Human parents and Dragon soul-parents...The very grim and ironic twisted fate I've been given..." Regan answered.
"And knowing all of this...you never sought to turn back?" Kylee wondered.
"Oh, I was kinda close to that. I did kinda wanted to throw out everything about that, to stop being a Digidestined, to get rid of all of this...
But in a sense...it was too late to turn back when I discovered the truth...and how could I turn back on a path where I had already witnessed so much pain...and even death? I saw some good digimon die for what they believed in..." Regan said, although he stopped after that. "So...I know I can't turn back despite that...I'll have to live with that...The grim fate I've been given, the grim tragedy I live through even day I wake up...
No one might never really experience that kind of thing like I do..." Regan said darkly.
"Regan..." Kari muttered sadly, holding her hands tightly.
"Regan Astrasz..." Alexstrasza started. "Although it is true that the beginning of your fate was written for you...No one has made anything, no one has written anything about how your fate will go on, and how it will end. The end of the story is still and will be yours only to finish..."
"You know Regan...she's right..." Kylee hesitantly started. "While it might have been Krasus and that Korialstrasz who started your whole life to have a Digidestined of Life, they did wanted that because they wanted new help for everyone else...And the reason why Korialstrasz chose to use Ragnarastrasz's soul is because he knew how strong his son was...So he knew you would be strong Regan..."
"Just one thing that's still not okay though. How is Ragnarok still alive if Ragnarastrasz died?" Impmon asked.
The others went silent again.
Then it was Regan who answered darkly once more...
"Ragnarok had indeed been contained. Ragnarastrasz's death sealed him indeed, but when I was born, there also was a part of Ragnarok within me, dormant and completely powerless.
When I unleashed my despair and rage at their fullest for the first time in the Digital World...when something terrible happened...
That rage stirred Ragnarok...and awakened him...At that time, he was still fairly primitive-minded. Only brute savagery. But the second time it happened, he got a lot more conscious...and took over my body...
But I was able to take back control and banish him...but I didn't thought he had managed to pull itself free out of me. Even then, UltimaRyumon was able to blast out Ragnarok to pieces.
And after that, it took a long time before he reappeared, capturing Kari, me and our partners...And the rest, I think you know it..."
"Man...I don't think I would have ever imagined how much your life has been harsh..." Riza said. "I'd say it's a real miracle you haven't gone insane."
"I might have gotten close to that sometimes, maybe..." Regan said with a wry grin.
"It's been a hard thing for all of us Regan...as much as it was hard for you..." Kari said...and Regan noticed she had taken hold of his hand...And he noticed Lizomon smirking in a corner.
"Yeah, it's right! Even if you've been through all those bad things, you managed to get through them, and I'm sure you had friends to help you out! So we'll always be with you to help you out Regan!" Veemon said.
"That's right." Riza added. "We never knew the burden you had before, but even then, does that really make a difference? It ain't some handicap after all. You can be as good, as strong and as nice as we are!"
"Regan...back when you fought Ragnarok...You said to Ragnarok that you considered yourself a human no matter what, right? Well, I think you're indeed human. Even if you've got a dragon's soul, you still think of yourself as a human...That makes all the difference..." Kylee said.
"True Regan...Even despite all the proofs that showed out the traces of inhumanity within you...you still hold a great humanity within yourself...Just as any inhuman being can hold traces of humanity within them..." Kari said kindly.
"The path of a warrior is not truly dictated by the paths of his ancestors or his heritage...but by the choices he made." Lizomon wisely spoke.
Alexstrasza said nothing, aside from holding a kind gaze to Regan.

Thanks guys...
Thanks a lot..." Regan muttered.
"Now that it's settled..." Lizomon started. "Group hug!!!" he then yelled.

And all at once, the three children and the digimon rushed on Regan, giving out one big hug at once...and burying Regan under their weight.

"Geoffme!" Regan let out as a muffled yell, apparently complaining under the weight. The others only chuckled or giggled at that, more than enough proof of how glad they were to finally have their friend back...

Alexstrasza only let out a light chuckle at the sight of the children and digimon all together on Regan.

"Well, I would say that my task here is done...Farewell children...May you always hold up strength in your hearts..." she said before slowly vanishing...

---

With the long talk finally done, it was clear Regan was now fully recovered. And it was with light hearts that everyone left the hospital together, Regan in the mix, back in his usual clothes.

"I see that you have recovered splendidly Regan..." someone said in front of them. Krasus.
Everyone stopped as they all looked at Regan, a bit uncertain about what he had said earlier.
Regan stepped forward, looking straight at Krasus with a serious look, then he broke out into a grin.
"I can't say it was thanks to you this time Krasus..." Regan said on a rather annoying tone.
Instead of being offended by the obvious act from Regan, Krasus simply waved it off. "Who am I to argue with Life herself?" he simply said on a light tone.
The others breathed easier, seeing things weren't going to break into a confrontation.
"Oh yes Tamers, I would like you offer you my congratulations and thanks for all the work you have done to help the two Digidestined." Krasus said, bowing to Kylee and Riza, along their partners.
"Well...gotta do what a Tamer has to do, right?" Kylee said, pulling out her tongue a little.
"At least you're a little humble Kylee..." Lizomon commented. "After all, you guys helped out save your world from a terrible threat, along with giving out a hand to one of the most powerful beings in existence, and let's not forget having kicked out Ragnarok's butt once again."
"Hehe, yeah...Not bad huh?" Kylee said. Impmon broke into a full cocky grin instead, obviously taking a bit too much advantage of that fact.
"I also have to say that tomorrow, the school should restart as usual. Tomorrow, we shall also be leaving." Krasus said.
"What?!? School's gonna start again? Aw man, I was getting used to all the stuff we were doing!" Kylee whined.
"I'm afraid to say that it was I who held up school closed up for as long as it was needed. The school was going to open the day after I had first come here, but I thought it would have been better if you could have been fully focused on the problems we all had." Krasus said.
"What he means is that Krasus kept the school closed until all the troubles would be over." Lizomon simply said.
"Well, I'd guess that it's all okay then!" Kylee said. "Come on guys, let's enjoy the rest of the day while we can!" she added before grabbing Riza by the arm and went on happily on her way.
"Ky-leeeee, waiit!!!" Riza yelled as he got grabbed and dragged away.
Regan and Kari only chuckled at that as they followed on. But Kari then looked at Regan with a kind smile.
"Good to see you back Regan..." she said kindly.
Regan felt a bit uneasy under that smile, and not really knowing what he should add up, he just looked a bit forward instead and spoke. "Yeah...I guess it's good to be back..."
"Oh...I had almost forgotten Regan...
Ragnarastrasz wanted you to know that he would always be a part of you...as he always was..." Kari said.
"Heeemmm..." Regan was a little bit confused about that.
"That's what he wanted me to tell you before he was gone..." Kari said.
"Ah...I see..." Regan replied. He understood a little more. And indeed, it made sense.
And with that, he smiled a bit.
It was good to be back indeed...

---

While it was clear the day had started really bad with all the chaos that had happened, it sure ended up superbly well for everyone as the Tamers and Digidestined all went back to their respective homes.

"So...last night here huh?" Regan said as he looked through the window, gazing at the sunset.
"Seems like it...And I guess we'll probably make our last goodbyes to Riza and Kylee after school tomorrow." Kari replied, also gazing out at the sunset. She looked kindly at Regan again. "I'm glad you met such great friends back the first time you and Lizomon were here...and I'm glad to have met them too..."
"Yeah..." Regan muttered.
"If only we could have been able to keep this up a bit longer..." Kari muttered.
"Well...we can't stay forever here after all..." Regan said.
"I know...but maybe one day..." Kari started.
"You'd mean that they would come to the Digital World one day?" Regan asked.
"Who knows? But it's something I'd like though. They showed themselves to be great friends, and not just being good with Digimon. That's something that matters to me..." Kari said.
"True..." Regan agreed. "Let's just get a good night's sleep. Man, I really feel that I'll need one..." he added as he yawned.
Kari giggled lightly. "Well, what about us eh? We'll probably feel sore tomorrow because of all the trouble we went for you..."
"I know..." Regan said a bit sadly. "And I'm sorry I made you all worried for me..." he added as he slowly reached out to Kari's face...
Kari didn't take away Regan's hand, but instead brought it up to her side of her face. "I know...But I know you had your reasons of doing that..." she said.
Then she reached forward...and wrapped her arms tightly around Regan's waist, resting her head on his shoulder.
"I'm just glad you're finally back to us..." she muttered, a faint tear forming in her closed eyes.
Regan remained partly frozen, uncertain to Kari's reaction, then, hesitantly at first, he brought his arms around Kari as well.
"Thanks Kari..." he muttered to her, a small tear of his own forming in his eyes...

---

As night finally came upon the city, everyone went to sleep, many hoping to have many good dreams...

But there was one right now...who had just the opposite right now...

Kylee had opened her eyes...and found herself in probably the strangest and most distorted place she could ever have gone too. Everything was rather purplish, but things everywhere were horrifyingly twisted...

And to say that all she had done was going to bed and started sleeping...
"That's just a dream..." she repeated herself.
Hesitantly, she walked around, looking for any useful signs or indications that could help her...

"Good evening Kylee Henke..." someone suddenly spoke. Kylee turned...and gasped at the sight of the speaker...
Dressed in a red cloak scrapped at the ends...the hood back showing out the face of Regan...but it wasn't Regan...

"...Ragnarok?!?" Kylee said. "You can't be real! That's just a dream..."
Ragnarok smiled darkly. "I'm afraid not Kylee...I'm as real as you are..."
"It can't be possible! You died! We destroyed you!"
"True..." Ragnarok started with some contempt, showing out a cursory glance. "True that your little Regan friend managed out this crazy feat to bring out Ragnarastrasz...but even despite having terribly wounded me...I didn't perish as all of you hoped..."
"...What? Then...where are you?" Kylee hesitantly asked, stepping back one foot.
Suddenly, images of Ragnarok in his black dragon form, falling and tumbling in the skies as he fell appeared...
"You touched me once Kylee..." Ragnarok started.
...and the images showed Ragnarok falling upon Kylee...just as he dissipated in smoke...
"...now we're closer than ever..." he finished, showing a very toothy smile in the end, his eyes glowing.
"N-No...I don't know what you mean..." Kylee said, stepping back more, fear creeping in her.
"Hehehehe...it can be rather easy to understand Kylee...While it is true you have disrupted by physical body...I'm afraid to say my mind survived...it simply went on into another physical body to use as a host..." Ragnarok said calmly, smiling casually as he explained, slowly stepping forward.
"And that new host to my glorious self...is you!!!" Ragnarok finished, showing a mad grin as he glared at Kylee with the maddest glance ever.
Kylee went blank in pure horror...
Ragnarok had survived...inside her...
He was in her!!!
"But now, I think I'd like to have control of your body..." Ragnarok continued on. "I'm sure you won't mind..."
"NO!" Kylee yelled. "This is my body! This is my mind, so get out!"
Some sort of invisible wave raised out of nowhere before it slammed down on Ragnarok, ripping apart the twisted environment...
...but Ragnarok remained.
"Looks like we'll have to do it the hard way eh?" Ragnarok simply said, hands in pockets.
Then he burst into a mad glare as he lunged forward at Kylee, transforming into some half-man half-flame beast and roared.
Kylee leapt back as Ragnarok neared, although she surprised herself by leaping so high back...
"Right...that is a dream...somewhat...So this means I could do anything to fight Ragnarok..." Kylee thought, realizing out the truth about her surroundings. "So...last time I had been in this dream...it had been Impmon..."

With a thought, her clothing started to shift out, transforming into the garments of Beelzemon, although she wasn't wearing any mask on her head, she still held out two guns in her hands.
"So little girl wants to fight like a man eh?" Ragnarok spoke, smiling darkly. "All right then."
"Don't worry, I'll make sure to finish what Regan and Ragnarastrasz started." Kylee said with a glare, aiming her guns at Ragnarok.
"Heh...you'd wish." Ragnarok simply replied before he unleashed a huge wave of flames at Kylee. She quickly leapt sideways before aiming her guns straight at Ragnarok and unleashed volleys upon volleys of bullets.
Ragnarok tried to evade most of them, but even then, he got pierced by tons of them...
And even then, all the holes only refilled themselves. "Oh please...that was nothing..." Ragnarok said with another grin.
"Guess we'll make it tougher then..." Kylee said. And with a flash, her guns were gone, replaced by a larger one that was her right hand now, along with black wings coming out of her back. Blast Mode.
Ragnarok only grinned as he charged straight at Kylee.
Kylee yelled as she aimed her gun at Ragnarok, charging it up...and released it at full power.
A huge blast of power erupted from her gun before it struck Ragnarok, engulfing everything in an explosion...
When Kylee managed to wake up...well she first realized that she might still be dreaming...Since she was on a dead plain instead and back in her normal clothes.
"Is it over?" she wondered.
Suddenly, bursting out of the ground in front of her was Ragnarok, and he reached forward to grab her, but while she moved, he only grabbed her hand. She suddenly stood frozen as she could only stare at the marred and smoking 'body' of Ragnarok. Her hand tightened into a fist only shook as Ragnarok still struggled with it, clearly seeking to take control of Kylee...
"You won't win little girl, how do you think you'll be able to stand up to me eh?" Ragnarok said, growling.
"I know what you are now...So I know how you can be held back..." Kylee said through a strained voice. "Good emotions...happiness...all that can push you back...My friends are what I need to push you back..."
"Oh sure, your friends..." Ragnarok said. "The same friends that left you behind to go fight Ragnarastrasz..." he started.
"I...I had already done enough by fighting you. Even Krasus didn't want me to go on." Kylee replied, straining hard.
"Oh, and what about all those moments of your own weaknesses eh? All back then, you were still a lot confused and scared when Riza seemed to be getting stronger and you weaker...You'd think it was just the digimon who had problems? No...The Tamer too..."
"N-No..." Kylee muttered, her fist shaking harder.
"And there can be even more when you say that you're strong..." Ragnarok continued, smiling darkly, then brought Kylee's fist closer to him. "...when in fact you're a weakling!!!"
He threw Kylee in the air.
And then opened his arms wide before bursting in flames...and tendrils of flames came out of him, going straight for Kylee...before they wrapped around her arms and legs...
...and one last headed straight for her heart...

And just as it started to tear through her skin, Kylee awoke, gasping and sweating hard, panicked.
"Mmm...Something's wrong Kylee?" a sleepy Impmon asked out in the dark of the bedroom.
"It...It was...It was just...a nightmare..." Kylee gasped out in breaths, slowly calming herself.
"Oh...seemed like it was a bad one..." Impmon said before going back to sleep.
Seconds later, Kylee heard the snoring of the digimon...
Kylee remained silent for a while, still breathing slowly...
...then smiled...

"Oh...it was a very good nightmare I should say..." she then spoke, her smile growing darker...before a red light briefly flared in her eyes.

'Kylee' then went back to sleep.
"There will be much to do soon tomorrow..." Ragnarok thought.
"After all...let's make sure that tomorrow, Regan and her friends won't just depart for the Digital World...but depart of their lives..."