Guardian Angel
Previously on 'A New Destiny Arises'… Serena came for a surprise visit and was invited by Reye to go on a picnic in the Digital World with the new team of DigiDestined. A mishap of thrown food led Hawkmon and Payson to a dark forest area of the Digital World. A few minutes later, Serena and Reye were trapped there as well. The Night Forest as it was called was controlled by the Digimon Emperor. He sent the two Roachmon brothers to attack Payson, Reye, and Serena. The two older DigiDestined were reunited with their partners and together, with Payson and Hawkmon, fended off the two Roachmon. Also it was revealed that Ogremon, a friend of Reye's and Serena's from the old days, was controlled as well. Using her Sailor Powers, Serena was able to help Palmon warp digivolve to Ebonwumon and save Ogremon. During that, Sailor Mars and Falconmon and Payson and Halsemon destroyed the Control Spire and saved the Night Forest. But the Digimon Emperor has yet to reveal his whole hand. What other digimon friends are under his control? Find out in this chapter of 'A New Destiny Arises'…
All over the Digital World the DigiDestined, both new and old generations, were working together with their partner digimon to destroy the Control Spires around the areas.
In a plane area Davis, Kari, T.K, and Rini watched as Flamedramon, Nefertimon, Pegasusmon, and Phoenixmon combined their attacks and destroyed the Control Spire. They cheered in victory as the black obelisk crumbled and dissipated into data bits.
Another Spire, located on a mountain, was destroyed by Leopadramon, Thundramon, Falconmon, and Digmon. Catherine, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mars, and Cody cheered on their partner digimon.
"Great job everyone, that's two more spires down." Izzy said over a microphone to all the other DigiDestined. "From the looks of the map, Greymon and Dobermon destroyed the Spire in their area and are moving on to the next one."
Tai and Sailor Venus rode on the backs of their Digimon as they moved away from the broken Spire.
"We still got it after three years." giggled Sailor Venus.
"Of course we do, 'cause we're the best!" Tai high-fived his Sailor Scout girlfriend and smiled.
In a grassland section of the Digital World, Garurumon and Bengalmon backed away as the Control Spire came crumbling down. A group of Gazimon cheered as it fell.
"Nice work you guys." complemented Sailor Harmony.
"That's another Spire down." Matt added.
After that, all the teams returned to the real world and grouped together in the computer lab.
"With all those Spires destroyed, that leaves just one more for today." Izzy explained.
"Do you think maybe Greymon and Dobermon can get that one as well?" Lita asked.
"Don't think so." Tai replied.
"Judging from the map, it looks like the area is too far from them." Mina added.
Piper leaned over and sighed, "It's also quite a ways from Garurumon and Bengalmon as well."
"So we'll just do it ourselves then." Davis volunteered.
"All right then." Lita shrugged her shoulders and the old generation stepped aside as the new generation were transported back to the Digital World.
Where they ended up was a metallic city enclosed inside a glass dome. And a battalion of mechanical digimon began attacking them as they entered the city.
"That's some welcoming committee." Davis chuckled lightly.
"They're called Guardromon." Catherine informed. "Be careful when fighting them, their attack, Grenade Destroyer, has a powerful, explosive impact."
Within a few seconds, all partner digimon had armor digivolved and began attacking the Guardromon. But when a few went down, a dozen more took their place.
"There must be at least one hundred of them!" Davis exclaimed.
"Wow" Payson sighed. "You counted that high without even taking off your shoes and socks."
"I say we head back to our world and come up with a new plan." T.K voted.
"He's right." Rini agreed. "We can talk to Izzy."
"No way!" Davis rebuked. "I've never been a quitter."
"I agree. Davis we should regroup." Flamedramon said. He and Digmon reverted back to their Rookie forms.
"Let's head for the gate everyone!" Catherine called out.
The group turned around and ran for the small TV that acted as their gateway back to the real world.
They turned a corner and Payson held up her red Digivice and yelled, "Digi-Port open!" A blue light came from the screen and sucked in Payson, Cody, Davis, T.K, and Catherine.
"Wait up guys!" Rini called.
Just as she and Kari were about to go through the gate, a Guardromon blew it up, trapping the two girls and their partner digimon.
"Ouch! Say, shouldn't we put pillows here if we're gonna keep going this?" Payson screamed as she and the others flew out of the computer screen and landed in a pile on the computer room floor.
"I saw as we came through that the TV was blown up so we can't get back." Patamon informed.
"Wait, where's Kari? And Rini?" Catherine asked, looking around the room.
Cody looked at the screen and saw that the gate was red, meaning locked. "They're trapped! In the Digital World!"
Payson tried clicking on the gate, but it was locked. "Shoot. The gate's closed, we can't get to them!"
Davis turned to T.K, "T.K., weren't Kari and Rini right behind you when you went into the gate from the Digital World?" he asked.
T.K nodded his head "Mm hm." he mumbled.
"Then it's all your fault!" Davis yelled. "Why didn't you let them go first?!"
Cody stepped in between T.K and Davis, "Stop!" he yelled. "It was no one's fault! It just happened."
Davis turned to Cody and glared at him. "What do you know?!" he asked. "You're a little kid!"
Cody glared back at Davis, and replied, "Yeah, but I still know when someone's being a jerk!"
Davis gasped and sighed. "Uh, I guess that's me."
T.K lowered his head, "Truth is," he started, "Davis is right."
Catherine, Davis, and Cody all looked at him and asked, "Huh?" in unison.
"It really was my fault." T.K admitted. "I should've been watching out for them all along."
"Well, I guess I could've, too." Davis added
"So could I." Cody followed. "That's what I mean. There's no one to blame." he added.
Payson and Catherine sighed. A second or two later, a message from Kari came though on the computer, the message explained that she and Rini were both okay.
"Phew what a relief." Payson sighed.
"Move over a sec Payson." Catherine said, sliding next to the raven haired pre-teen. She began moving the mouse and scrolled for areas outside of the city they came from. She clicked on a white square and punched in a quick message.
"What are you doing Cat?" Davis asked, confused.
"I'm sending a message to Bengalmon, telling her to head to the city we just came from." Catherine replied. She sent the message and smiled. After that, she ran out of the computer room and down the hall, with Nalamon right on her heels.
"Wonder what she's gonna do?" Davis asked.
T.K opened the map again and scrolled for the closest gate to where they came from.
"Now what are you doing T.K?" Payson asked.
"I'm going after Kari and Rini." answered the blonde pre-teen.
Once he found the closest gate, he took out his Digivice and opened the Digi-Port. He was engulfed in the blue light along with Patamon.
"If he thinks he's going to be the hero, he is sadly mistaken." Davis grunted as he and DemiVeemon followed T.K through the Digi-Port.
Alone in the gym, Piper was in black shorts and a white tank top. She was dancing on a beige-colored, 16 foot-long beam. A black boom-box was plugged in and a soft, lyrical balled was playing. Piper leaped and spun around. Her raven black hair was tied back in a braid that reached her lower back.
Catherine barged through the doors. "Piper, I need your help!" she yelled.
The Junior gymnast stopped and looked at the younger teen. "What happened?" she asked.
Catherine scanned the gym as she ran up to Piper. "It's Kari and Rini mom." she said. "They're trapped in the Digital World."
Piper gasped and stood firmly on the beam. "What happened exactly? Tell me everything."
"When we arrived at the area, we were attacked by Guardromon being controlled by Dark Rings. There was just to many of them, so we retreated." Catherine answered. "But before Rini and Kari could get through, the TV was destroyed."
"I see." Piper said. She ran and flipped off the beam, sticking her landing. She slid on her uniform skirt and jacket. "How can I help?" she asked.
Catherine smiled. "Come with me and back us up."
Piper nodded, "You got it."
The two ran out of gym and back towards the computer room.
Just as Catherine and Piper entered the room, Davis and DemiVeemon were engulfed in the blue light and transported to the Digital World.
"Well that's just perfect." Catherine mumbled.
She and Piper ran over to the computer.
"What are you doing now Catherine?" Cody asked.
"I am going to go and stop T.K and Davis from killing each other." Catherine answered.
"Payson I need you and Cody to tell Tai and the others about what happened." Piper ordered.
"What are you gonna do sis?" Payson asked.
Piper turned and smiled at her sister, "I'm gonna help Catherine." She dug out her phone from her pocket and tossed it to the younger Digidestined. "Call Matt and tell him okay? As for mom and dad, tell them that I'm rehearsing late with the band ok?"
Payson nodded. "Okay, but be careful sis."
Piper smiled. "Hey remember, I'm experienced at this." she winked. "I am one of the Original DigiDestined after all. I've faced a whole lot scarier digimon than a bunch of Guardromon."
Payson smiled.
Catherine clicked on an area not far from where Bengalmon was located. "Okay here we go, Digi-Port open!" Catherine held up her lavender Digivice and she, Piper, and Nalamon were transported to the Digital World as well.
"This was a great idea, crossing the desert without any water!" Davis exclaimed.
The two boys walked a bit before they found the city they came from earlier.
"So that's where we came from eh?" asked Veemon.
"Yes indeed." answered Patamon. "Now we just need to find a way back in there."
"To save Kari." voted Davis.
"And Rini." added T.K.
When Catherine and Piper entered the Digital World, Bengalmon was already waiting for them.
"Bengalmon!" Piper exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around her Champion digimon's neck. The tiger digimon purred softly.
"Alright let's find Davis and T.K." Catherine voted.
"Hey Bengalmon," Nalamon said, "are there any Control Spires around this area?"
"No, not for miles of this place." Bengalmon replied.
Nalamon's crystal-blue eyes lit up, "That means I can digivolve."
"Yeah, go for it Nala." Catherine smiled.
The lioness cub digimon nodded. "Nalamon digivolve to…Lionessmon."
The tan, lioness champion digimon shook out her fur and flicked her tail, "Let's go." she said.
Piper and Catherine mounted their two wild-cat champion digimon and rode off through the desert in search of Davis and T.K.
Davis and T.K. stood just on the outskirts of the dome and were arguing about who was going to go in and save Kari and Rini.
"Okay I'll go get Kari and Rini, and you stay here." Davis told T.K.
"No, I'll go get Rini and Kari, and you stay here." T.K rebuked.
"Okay I know how we can settle this, with a-" Davis started.
"Hold on a minute guys, someone's coming." Patamon interrupted.
"What is it?" Veemon asked, turning around.
Up on a sand-dune, Lionessmon and Bengalmon stood. The two felines then darted down towards T.K and Davis.
"Hey you two!" Catherine called.
"We finally found you." Piper added, as Bengalmon and Lionessmon slowed their pace and stopped.
"What are you doing here Cat?" Davis asked. He stopped when he saw Lionessmon. "And what is that you're riding?"
Piper and Bengalmon chuckled.
"This 'what' you are referring to is Lionessmon, Davis." Catherine answered. "She's my digimon partner."
"I thought that was Nalamon." Davis corrected.
Catherine sighed. "Nalamon is my partner. Lionessmon is just her champion level form."
Davis shook his head, confused.
"Davis, you noticed how when the Spires were destroyed and our partners were able to digivolve?" Piper asked, referring to the original partner digimon. "It's the same with Nalamon. She can digivolve to Champion level as well. Just like Bengalmon." The original DigiDestined rubbed the side of her tiger-digimon's neck.
"Okay, I got it now." Davis chuckled.
"Took him long enough." Lionessmon mumbled. She and Bengalmon snickered.
Davis cleared his throat, "As I was saying, we'll settle on who goes in for Kari and Rini with a coin toss." he pulled out a silver quarter and laid it on his thumb. "Okay, if it's tails, I rescue Kari and Rini. If it's heads, you get to go." Davis flipped the coin in the air and caught it once it came back down. "Tails!" he exclaimed. "I'll tell them that you were worried about them and that you-"
T.K grabbed the coin from Davis and examined it. He smiled, "Huh, a coin that has tails on both sides." he pointed out. "That's how I used to beat Matt." he added.
Piper rolled her eyes and sighed. "For the sake of avoiding an argument, why don't we all just go in and rescue Rini and Kari."
"She does have a point you know." Catherine added.
T.K and Davis nodded in agreement with the oldest DigiDestined. They all headed towards the city in a big group.
"Hey T.K, did you really use one of those coins on Matt?" Davis asked.
"Yeah, that's how I got all his baseball cards and his old guitar." T.K answered.
"You know his girlfriend is here with us right?" Catherine asked, riding beside T.K.
The younger blonde turned towards Piper, "You won't tell him about that right?"
Piper smiled, and made the sign of zipping her lips shut. "I won't say anything."
T.K smiled at her as the group continued towards the city.
Inside the city, Kari and Rini were flying around on Nefertimon and Phoenixmon.
"They're aren't any TVs left in this area." Nefertimon said.
"Well I guess we'll have to go in another area to find one." Kari replied.
"But we don't even know what direction to travel." Phoenixmon pointed out.
"Good point, so how do we get out of here?" Rini asked, worriedly.
In his lair, the Digimon Emperor watched on his small screens, the two DigiDestined girls trying to find their way back home.
Wormmon, his partner digimon, came up a few feet behind him. "It's almost your dinner time." he pointed out. "Shouldn't you be going home soon, Ken?"
The Digimon Emperor turned around and glared at Wormmon. "I told you, don't call me anything but Master!" he growled at the Rookie digimon.
Wormmon cowered in recoil.
The Digimon Emperor chuckled darkly. "Since they are all alone, I'll send an old friend to keep them company." he typed in a code, and selected a digimon.
"Oh please Master, anyone but him." Wormmon pleaded.
Inside of the Shields family home, Payson and Cody were calling Matt and Tai to explain them about what had happened.
Payson hung up her sister's cell phone and sighed, "I told Matt everything." she said.
Cody hung up the home phone, "And Tai and Mina are informed as well." he replied. "We should probably meet them at the school so they can get into the Digital World."
"Good plan, let's get going." Payson said.
She went to open the door, when her parents stepped in.
"Where are you going Payson?" asked Paige, her mother. "And where is Piper and Catherine?"
Payson chuckled. "Piper is still rehearsing with the band and Catherine is at Kari's place with Rini doing a science project."
"And where are you going?" Daniel asked.
"Cody and I were going to help Catherine with her project, she just called and asked." Payson lied.
"Okay then, but be home soon." Paige said.
"Well do mom. Love ya!" Payson and Cody slipped out of the door and ran towards the school.
Tai and Mina met up with Matt near the high rise apartments.
"I heard everything, Payson told me." Matt said to Tai and Mina. "Are you two going?"
"Yeah we are." Mina answered.
"But first we were going to tell Davis' family something to explain he'll be a bit late tonight." Tai added.
"Don't worry about that, I'll handle it." Matt said. "You two go and help Kari and the others."
"You sure Matt?" Tai asked.
"Yes, now go." Matt answered. "And Mina, Piper is with them, back her up okay?"
The blonde female nodded, "Sure thing Matt."
"Thanks dude, you rock!" Tai added.
The two older DigiDestined headed towards the direction of the school.
Back in the Digital World, the DigiDestined hid behind a sand dune.
"Alright there are three Guardromon standing guard outside of the city." Piper noted. "We need to catch them by surprise before they can call for reinforcements."
"Well we already have two champion digimon." Catherine added. "We just need one more and we can launch a sneak attack."
"Good idea Cat." Davis complemented. "Okay you ready Veemon?"
"You betcha." replied the small rookie.
"Wait a sec, I'll do it." Patamon volunteered. "There aren't any Control Spires in this area right?" he asked.
"Well, just the one inside the dome." T.K answered.
"But we are outside." Patamon pointed out.
"That's right!" exclaimed T.K, "That means you can digivolve."
Patamon nodded.
"Perfect, go for it Patamon." Piper smiled.
T.K held out his green Digivice and smiled at his partner.
"Patamon digivolve to…Angemon!"
T.K smiled at his Champion digimon, "Angemon! I haven't seen you in a while."
Davis and Veemon looked on, shocked. "An- An- Angemon?" Davis stuttered.
"Hi there... big guy…" Veemon added.
"Great to see you again, Angemon." Lionessmon greeted.
"Long time, no see buddy." added Bengalmon.
Angemon smiled at the two Champion feline digimon. Soon the three Champions rushed out from behind the sand dune and attacked the Guardromon.
"Intruders. Intruders. Intruders." said the three machine digimon in unison.
"Angel Rod!" Angemon swung his golden staff and hit the Dark Ring on one of the Guardromon.
"Bengal Rings!" Bengalmon fired her attack at the second Guardromon.
"Desert Claw!" Lionessmon pounced on the final Guardromon and destroyed the dark ring.
Piper, Catherine, Davis, Veemon, and T.K ran to the city's entrance.
"Nice work you three, well done." Catherine said, smiling.
Angemon knocked down the double-doors to the city and entered it, followed by the rest of the group.
Once the three Champion stepped inside, they reverted back to Rookie level.
"Those Control Spires really ruin my day." Patamon whined.
"You said it." Nalamon agreed.
"And just when I was getting used to being in Champion form again." Tigermon sighed, her ears dropping.
Piper picked up her Tiger cub rookie. "Don't worry, you'll get your chance again soon."
"Great job you guys." Catherine complemented.
"So besides armor digivolving, Nalamon and Patamon can also digivolve to Lionessmon and Angemon?" Davis asked. "What about Gatomon?"
"Well, she can digivolve to Angewomon." TK answered.
Davies was shocked. "You're kidding me! Angemon AND Angewomon?"
TK and Patamon nodded. "That's right! We make a great team!" Patamon chuckled.
"No joke." Catherine agreed. She and Nalamon smiled at each other and giggled.
"One question, is there an Angebabymon, too?" Davis asked, completely serious.
"Sometimes he says the weirdest things!" Tigermon chuckled, shaking her head.
Davis turned to his rookie partner. "Veemon! Tell me right now if you can digivolve into Ange-something, too." he said. He picked up his rookie and started shaking him. "Angedinosaurmon, Angesoccerplayermon?"
"I just don't have it in me." Veemon grunted.
Piper shook her head and sighed. She looked at her Tiger cub rookie she held in her arms, "He's still got a lot to learn." she said.
Tigermon nodded in agreement.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Davis asked, loudly.
Piper turned around and faced him, Tigermon still in her arms. "You had better count yourself lucky Davis." she said. "You, Payson, and Cody have us Original Digidestined, who've been through all the challenges the Digi-World has to offer."
"Yeah, you guys do help us out, from time to time." Davis said.
"Yeah, we didn't have that luxury." Piper added, pointing to her, TK, and Catherine. "We had no clue what this world was. All we had to go on was that our digimon digivolved when we were in danger, and later, the riddles of some loony old guy old enough to be our grandfather."
Davis blinked in shock. "Wow, harsh."
Piper nodded. "And by the time we got used to all the craziness of the Digital World, forming a bond of friendship that we still carry today, we had to leave our partners behind, and go back home." Piper hugged Tigermon close to her body.
The tiger cub digimon, in return, put her silver gloved paws on Piper's shoulders and nuzzled against her neck, purring.
The group of Digidestined walked deeper into the City, searching for their lost friends.
Back in the Real World, Matt had just finished explaining to Jun, Davis' older sister, why Davis would be a bit late for dinner.
Jun giggled, "You're lying."
"What?" Matt asked, confused.
"I can tell when people are lying because they start blinking a lot." Jun add, giggling again.
Matt blinked, clearly caught off guard.
"I promise not to tell my parents you were lying if you promise to go out on a date with me, okay?" Jun said, closing the door slightly. "See you Friday at eight." she winked before closing the door all the way.
Matt stepped away from the door, more confused. "…How did THAT happen?" he sighed and walked down the stairs. "How am I going to tell Piper that Davis' sister roped me into going out with her, hope she won't get too mad." he ranted to himself.
Payson was in the computer lab at the school with Upamon and Poromon.
"How come he gets more candy than I do?" Poromon asked.
"There's plenty more Poromon, it's okay." Payson answered her small partner digimon.
The door slid open and Cody stepped in. "I brought some reinforcements." he said.
Behind him walked in Tai and Mina.
"Let's get going." Tai said.
"DigiArmor Energize!" Davis, Catherine, and TK yelled in unison.
"Veemon Armor Digivolve to…Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage!"
"Nalamon Armor Digivolve to…Leopardramon: Guardian of Melody!"
"Patamon Armor Digivolve to…Pegasusmon: Flying Hope!"
The three Armor digimon attacked the oncoming Guardramon.
"Hope on Piper!" Catherine called.
Piper ran and jumped on Leopardramon's back, Tigermon still in her arms.
"We're getting close!" TK called.
Just a few ways away, Rini and Kari were flying on the backs of their Armor digimon.
"Hey look Kari!" Rini called. "The Calvary has arrived."
"Boy, are we glad to see you guys!" Kari called.
A group of Guardramon fired their attacks, causing both Phoenixmon and Nefertimon to crash land, and de-digivolve.
The Guardramon advanced forward. Gatomon hissed a warning and Biyomon stood in front of Rini, protectively.
Then Pegasusmon, Flamedramon, and Leopardramon attacked, destroying the Dark Rings controlling the Guardramon.
Kari and Rini turned and smiled. "Hey Davis! T.K.!" Kari yelled.
"You guys are our heroes!" Rini added.
"Actually, it was mostly my idea, but I decided to bring T.K. along for the ride!" Davis called.
"Whatever!" TK smiled.
"What are we, chopped liver?" Catherine asked.
Leopardramon landed just beside Rini, and Catherine jumped off and embraced her two friends.
"Right, thanks for coming Cat." Kari giggled.
Rini hugged Piper and smiled.
The group was then cut off by the sounds of approaching footsteps. In front of them stood a tall, android like digimon.
"Piper!" Tigermon called, jumping onto Leopardramon's head, "It's Andromon!"
"Andromon?" Piper, Kari, Rini, and Catherine asked in unison.
"Why can't these guys ever be small?" Davis asked.
"I am Andromon. I have one mission—seek out my enemy and destroy him with my Lightning Blade." Andromon said.
Piper stepped forward, cautiously. "Andromon?" she then got a closer look, and gasped.
"What is it Piper?" Kari asked.
"He's got a Dark Ring around his neck." Piper answered. She took another step forward, "It's us Andromon, your friends, don't you remember?"
"Uh Piper, you guys hand out with the wrong people." Davis commented.
"I am programmed to destroy the enemy." Andromon said. "You are the enemy, therefore I must destroy you."
Piper gasped, "No Andromon!"
Davis turned to Flamedramon, "Go get him!"
The fire Armor jumped into the air and was engulfed in flames. He charged forward, only to be hit head on by Andromon's attack.
Veemon hit the ground, hard. Davis ran over to his injured Rookie.
"Veemon, speak to me." Davis said.
"You're…kneeling on my tail." Veemon grunted.
Andromon attacked again, this time hitting Pegasusmon.
TK caught Patamon as he fell. " I'll have two cheeseburgers and a large order of fries…" groaned the injured Rookie.
"Now what do we do?" Davis asked.
"If only I could digivolve, we wouldn't be in this mess." Tigermon whimpered, her ears flat against her head.
"Even if you could, Andromon is still an Ultimate level digimon." Piper informed. "It would take at least two or three Champion levels to defeat him."
Tigermon gritted her teeth, "I feel so useless."
"I got this!" Leopardramon growled, lunging forward and jumping into the air.
"Lightning Blade!" Andromon attacked.
"Blizzard Rain!" Leopardramon flapped her wings and fired her own attack.
The two clashed, and Leopardramon crashed into the ground, right at Catherine's feet.
"Nalamon." Catherine cried, picking up her partner.
"Please don't take me out of the game coach…" Nalamon groaned.
Andromon began approaching the Digidestined. All the rookies jumped forward and attacked.
"Look, here come the others." said Gatomon.
Payson flew in on Halsemon, and Digmon came up from the ground. Tai, Mina, and Cody came running up to the others.
"You guys alright?" Tai asked.
"Yeah." they replied.
"Tai, it's Andromon." Kari pointed out.
"Is it the same one from our last trip here?" Mina asked Piper.
The black haired teen nodded her head, "I think it is, but I'm not sure."
"I think I know a way to find out." Mina dug out her transformation staff. "It's worth a shot, right?"
Piper nodded and glanced at Rini and Catherine, who nodded as well.
"Venus Planet Power! Harmony Crisis Power! Silver Crisis Power!" all four shouted in unison. In a bright, flash, the Sailor Scouts appeared.
"If it really is the same Andromon, he'll remember us for sure." Melody said.
"That's the plan." Venus noted.
"Hey! Andromon!" Harmony called, getting the Ultimate digimon's attention. "You remember us?"
Andromon's system zoomed in on the faces of the four Scouts before him. After running a scan, a fragment of a photograph appeared on his memory circuit. The photo was of the entire DigiDestined, Partners, and other friends after the defeat of Apocalymon. The fragments containing the faces of the four Scouts zoomed in, telling Andromon they were indeed the same humans as in the Photograph. The memory circuit did the same thing as it zoomed in on Tai's face, recognizing him as well.
The ring around Andromon's neck suddenly zapped with electricity and Andromon stepped forward, right in front of Kari, who stood her ground.
Andromon picked up Kari and held her above his head.
"Hey, put her down now!" Gatomon ordered.
"Do you remember?" Kari asked, voice shaking.
"I am…trying." Andromon replied.
"We all took a picture together." A tear fell from Kari's eye and landed on Andromon. He pink digivice also fell, and a blinding pink light came from the screen and engulfed Andromon.
"Faces... long ago... DigiDestined…" Andromon's memory circuit began piecing together the photograph Kari was talking about. "I love jigsaw puzzles... Now I see the complete picture."
His eyes, which were glaze over red, returned to normal. "Kari." he said, placing the young girl back down. "I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused." he took the Dark Ring from around his neck, and destroyed it.
"Andromon!" Venus and Harmony cried.
The Android Ultimate nodded.
"We're so happy you're back to your old self." Venus walked up and hugged her old friend.
"Good to see you again, Andromon." added Harmony, who also hugged the Ultimate level digimon.
Andromon returned the embrace of the two older scouts and smiled. He then turned around and faced the spire in the distance.
"That Control Spire is responsible for this." he said. "Gatling Attack." two missiles fired from his chest plate and were aimed right for the spire.
"Venus Crescent Meteor Shower!" Sailor Venus fired her attack.
"Celestial Rose Javelin!" Sailor Harmony's attack followed shortly after.
The three combined attacks destroyed the spire, cutting the power of the Dark Rings around all of the Guardramon.
"Hey Andromon, are all of these Guardramon gonna stay broken forever?" Mini Moon asked.
"No, their programs were just rewritten by the Digimon Emperor." Andromon answered. "Once I reprogram the Guardramon, I'll stay here to protect them in case the Digimon Emperor returns."
"Well at least we know they're in good hands." Venus sighed.
"No doubt." Harmony agreed.
The DigiDestined returned to the real world, only to find Izzy waiting for them in the computer lab.
They made their way out of the school with ease, only starting up conversation when they were all outside.
"Matt just called and told me what had happened with Kari and Rini." Izzy said, his arms folded across his chest. "And I'm really upset that you guys have left me out of the loop." he added. "Catherine went to Piper for help, Cody called Mina and Tai for help, and Payson called Matt, but no one ever calls me until the adventure is all over with!"
Tai chuckled nervously. "Come on, Izzy, don't be like that. There was just no time to call you. You know you're a big part of the team."
Izzy stopped and turned to face Tai, "That's right! And as a team member, I expect to be treated with the same respect I give to all of you!" he said. "I may not be as strong as you or Matt, or Mina and Piper for that matter, but I've gotten us out of just as many jams with my particular skills."
"I'm sorry I didn't call you." Tai apologized.
"Same here Izzy." Mina and Piper added.
Izzy smiled. "Now that's what I call respect." he said. "Okay, I forgive you."
"Wow, that was easy." Mina chuckled.
"Oh and I also found out new information about the new digivices." Izzy said. "They have three settings; Digital, Detect, and Discover." he added. "Lita voted to call them D-3's for short. We had some help with the research from my friend Willis, who lives in America. Maybe you all will meet him someday."
DemiVeemon groaned in Davis' arms, "Can we please eat?" he asked.
"We forgot about dinner." Davis chuckled.
"Yeah, that's right." Mina agreed.
"Our parents are waiting for us!" Piper added.
"The food's probably cold and soggy by now. Of course, for my mom, that's an improvement." Tai said.
The group headed to their respected homes.
Piper pulled her car into the driveway and quickly cut the engine and the headlights.
"I hope mom and dad aren't too terribly mad." Payson whimpered.
"I'm sure they're asleep by now." Catherine said.
Piper unlocked the front door, only to be met by her parents sitting on the couch.
"Where have you three been?" Paige asked, standing up. "How long does it take to rehearse and do one little project?"
"We can explain mom." Piper said.
Paige sighed, "Don't tell me you guys went to that strange world again."
"What makes you think we went anywhere strange?" Catherine chuckled.
"Piper?" Daniel asked, raising an eyebrow.
The older teen gulped and sighed, "It was an emergency."
"I thought you were through with all of that?" Paige asked, sitting back on the couch. "Can't you leave well enough alone?"
"I can't ignore my friends mom, besides, being a DigiDestined is part of my destiny." Piper answered. "It's part of all of ours." she motioned to Payson and Catherine, who held their sleeping partners in their arms.
"It's too late to deal with this tonight." Paige sighed. "Go to bed, all three of you."
The girls rushed to their rooms, shutting the door.
"Do you think mom will ever understand?" Payson asked Catherine.
Catherine shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know, it is a hard thing to grasp."
"Sometimes I wish she would just listen, it would make things easier." Payson took her glasses off and laid them on her nightstand.
Catherine turned the lights off, "Night Pay, see you in the morning."
"Night Cat." Payson said. She snuggled up to Poromon.
Catherine snuggled up with Nalamon and soon all four were sound asleep.
On the other side of town, Matt was finishing up making dinner for him and Hiroaki, his dad.
"Oh some girl named Jun called today Matt." Hiroaki said. "She said she made dinner reservations for you two Friday at Moriali's."
"What's that?" Matt asked.
"The most expensive restaurant in town." Hiroaki answered.
Matt was visibly angry, "This is all Davis' fault! I can't believe I have to take his sister out on a date, when I already have a girlfriend."
Matt served dinner to him and Hiroaki. Five minutes later, the phone rang.
"I got it." Matt called, "Hello?"
"Hey Matt." Piper said on the other line. "I just wanted to call you before I went to bed."
"Yeah, so how did everything go? You know, in the Digital World?" Matt asked.
Piper sighed, "It went, rather well." she said. "Except for the fact that Andromon was under the Digimon Emperor's control."
"Andromon? No way." Matt gasped.
"Yes way." Piper corrected. "But he broke free from the control all on his own."
Now it was Matt's turn to sigh, "Listen Piper, about our plans for Friday night…"
"Yeah, what about them?" Piper asked.
"Can we move them to sometime Saturday?" Matt asked, waiting for an outburst of some kind.
"Uh, sure I guess, why?" Piper was visibly confused about the whole thing.
"Okay, I have no idea how it even happened, but uh-" Matt started to say. "Davis' sister roped me into going on a date with her."
Piper was silent. "Oh, okay?"
"I honestly don't know how it happened, or how to get out of it." Matt defended. "I'm really sorry."
Piper chuckled, "Hey don't be sorry." she said. "I'm not angry, or jealous. I just have a really attractive boyfriend, that's all."
"So, you're not mad?" Matt questioned.
"No, not at all." Piper answered. "I don't mind moving our plans to Saturday, it just means we can spend the whole day together, what with the morning rehearsal and all."
"Okay, can't wait." Matt sighed in relief. "Night Piper."
"Goodnight Matt." Piper hung her phone up and fell on her bed, sighing. She closed her eyes and fell instantly asleep.
In the town of Tamachi, boy genius Ken Ichijouji sat at his computer screen.
"Those new digivices are becoming a nuisance to me." he spat. "I've got to get them away from those kids."
What is the Digimon Emperor's new plot against the DigiDestined? Find out in the next chapter of A New Destiny Arises…
To Be Continued…
A/N: I am so very sorry everyone for not updating this story in a really long time! I hope you all can forgive me and I will try to update as quickly as I can. Hope you enjoy the chapter and review^^ Please be patient with me as I try to update all of my neglected fics.
XOXO ~Cyber