Dimensional Echoes Chapter 10 Izzy's Discovery, a digimon fanfic

(Quick little Note, First, this is Frozen and I'd like to give a big thanks to both Frost and Minwolf. Frost for keeping this story alive and Minwolf for both Beta editing the story and for helping me get past a block. Of course to do that he wrote a bunch of stuff down on it, ( fifty words or so) and I didn't take over this story till near the end of this chapter, so this chapter is written by three different people.

I would just like to Personally thank both of them for keeping this story alive, and hope you reader's enjoy it. Well, let the story roll.

Dimensional Echoes…

Tai looked up in astonishment, "You're kidding me Mimi."

Rika smiled holding his hand, "What's to kid, this is going to be awesome," She said also looking up.

Matt grinned on his crutches, "Great, as if I'm not injured enough."

Rika chuckled from her wheelchair, "I'll trade you, I would heal faster on crutches and you would probably have an easier time in the wheel chair." She told him.

"Alright… would you mind Tai?" Matt asked. Tai chuckled, but then helped them make the swap.

"So who are we waiting for," Michael asked, "Let's see, Cody's not here, neither is Davis or T.K and Kari."

"T.K had some trouble sleeping last night," Tai told him, "So he was lagging, Kari stayed back to help him." Rika knew that T.K had the same nightmare as Tai… and yet it was more then a nightmare. Kari had also had it, but she didn't feel the connection Tai did. Rika thought that part of it was that Tai was still protecting Kari even subconsciously, taking on most of the nightmare himself and taking it off Kari. It was the only way she could figure since T.K and Kari had almost the same kind of relationship with Sora.

"And you let this?" Mimi asked surprised.

"Are you kidding, he has Renamon, Agumon and Biyomon there to make sure that nothing happens." Rika told them.

Cody ran up panting, "Sorry I'm late guy's, my suitcase tore open."

"I'm telling you Cody," Armadillomon said in his western accent, "It was some girl who did it. I saw her take one of your shirts as well. It'll be on eBay tomorrow and sell for about three thousand."

Izzy chuckled, "Actually it's up to thirty-six hundred right now and it still has three days left."

Yolie looked up, "What really, darn I was outbid." Hawkmon shook his head as everybody laughed.

"You know Yolie, if you really wanted a shirt of Cody's that bad I'm sure you he would give you one." Hawkmon told her.

"That's not what this is about; I can't let Melinda outbid me." She said.

Matt shook his head from the wheel chair. "Hey everybody, sorry I'm late." Davis said running up. Everybody looked at him and blinked.

"Uh…Guys?" Davis said creeped out.

"Davis isn't the last one to arrive." Gomamon said in shock.

"We're not?" Veemon said, "You're right, where's Agumon, Renamon, Biyomon, Kari, T.k, Patamon and Gatomon."

Renamon appeared right next to him scaring the pants off of him, "They're already on the boat." She told the blue digimon.

"Boat?" David asked.

"Welcome to the ship mate, where taking a cruise on the Digital Monster." Michael said in an Australian accent he had been practicing with Derek, "Hope you packed your short's cause were going on a ten-day vacation!" He said leaping into the air.

Veemon fainted.

Betamon: Well, we live to please the reviewers, so we're not going to insert the song here.

SnowBiyomon: However, you get the twins' commentary, so can we go back to the song.

F.T: Ouch.

Betamon: you're just haters, besides SnowBiyo, you're a girl, your opinion doesn't matter.

Gomamon:… care to repeat that in front MegaSeadramon?

Betamon: It doesn't matter she knows I'm just joking.

Gomamon: Yeah…. Right… ok…

F.T.: anyways, I got a review from Pyrochandragonking, that told me that the last chapter was crap, and that the last good chapter was six. Here's the note that Frozen Twin attached to it.

Pyrochandragonking is right, except I would have to say that the story has only been losing it since I started Sora's Story. About your last chapter… It reminded me too much of Twisting Path's of Twilight, Chapter 13 and on. Twisting Path's of Twilight is really good when you first read it, and you think it's so awesome, however, after you go back and start rereading it and thinking about it, you start to hate it more and more. One more note, for digital sakes, edit. If there was one thing I had hoped would change, it was that my next writer would edit. Edit or get a beta reader, one of the two.

F.T: (How I love Copy and Paste) Frozen didn't really leave anything for me for Sora's Story, so I kind of just Bull crapped it. So sorry about that.

Betamon: Hey, me and Goma don't care, we're both fifteen dollar's richer.

SnowBiyo:… you paid them to say your chapter was awesome?

Gomamon: not completely, the chapter really was better then what Frozen railed on him for, but it was basically a way to tell Frost to get his rear in gear or the story will be shut down.

F.T: On that note, you'll be glad to know that I've gone over Chapter 5- 7 and I'm going to pull back to the story instead of branching out even more then it already is. Anyways, the future stuff isn't needed anymore, so that will be cut out, and I'm going to pull a twist on the Tamer's side of the things. Adventure's side I'm narrowing things down. So hope you enjoy it.

"Come on Izzy." Tai called to him, "We're on a Cruise boat and all you can do is type on that laptop of yours."

Izzy shook his head, "I'm getting a tan, so leave me alone," he called out.

"You nerd types are all the same," DMB shouted to him, "By the time you're finished getting a tan, you'll be browner then human poo."

"Ewww," Mimi cried, "Could you use something a little less disgusting as an example."

"What? I thought it was a perfect example." All the humans looked at him weird.

"Humans don't have feces fights." Palmon told him, "It's really quite odd."

"Palmon," Mimi scolded her.

"Proof that digimon are even stranger then we thought." Matt said.

Gomamon came up from under the water in the pool, "Hey, Betas, wanna race?" He asked.

"You're on," MB said jumping into the pool, they looked at DMB. He walked over to the edge and leaned on his hind legs.

"I don't, know." DMB said slowly, "Oh, heck with it, GO!" he shouted leaping into the water, five feet ahead of the other two. Gomamon laughed as he turned around and started swimming. MB just rolled his eyes and started swimming as well.

Izzy smiled as he watched the digimon swimming, he turned back to his computer. He was studying the cards that Rika had. He had already scanned all the data and was looking at them. He still didn't understand anything about them though. How could data wrap itself in the cards, and how did Rika unlock the data. How did the data stay in the human world without falling apart? It wasn't possible; the data should have broken down and become corrupted like the digimon did before they bio-emerged. It was a real pain in the rear.

He brought up two windows, a scan of Gomamon and the Gomamon card Rika had. It was one of the few cards she had of one of their digimon. She also had a Betamon card and an Agumon one, but none others. He looked at the data, and tried to see any connections between the two. Not finding anything he decided to do a scan on Gomamon and see how much code matched. The results where astounding.

"Prodigious," Izzy muttered. He had already figured out that there where three parts to the cards. The two sides that surrounded the data, and then the data itself.

"What's so interesting?" Michael asked, being right their talking to Cody.

"You know those cards that Rika has?" Izzy asked. Cody nodded. "Well, they have three parts, a top covering, a line of data and a bottom covering. It turns out that those coverings have the exact same coding as the wire frame of a Digimon."

"So the cards are inside out?" Cody asked.

Izzy shook his head, "Not inside out, more like insects, with an exoskeleton." He explained.

Michael looked at Izzy confused, "I'm lost, so I'm going to go for a swim." Izzy didn't even pay any attention to him. He just looked down through the matches of data; there were a lot, but nothing very useful."

Cody looked at the screen not seeing anything else, "Why don't you set it so it only matches stuff that's a Megabyte or bigger of data, a lot of that stuff is just sections of data."

Izzy nodded, "Yeah, it would take a while to look at all of that." He typed a little more, then ran the computer. "Whoa."

"Is all that really…?" Cody questioned.

Izzy nodded, the picture of Gomamon had the exact same coding as Gomamon himself, and where the attack's where on the card, the data matched a piece of Gomamon's core data.

"So what's the rest of this data?" Cody wondered out loud.

"It's conversion data." The computer told them.

"That makes sense." Izzy said, then did a double take at his computer.

"Did my computer just talk?" he asked Cody, both wide eyed.

"Open the window at the bottom." The computer told him.

Izzy was surprised, but did open it, there on the screen was a live camera view of a Gomamon, and next to him was a Terriermon. "How did you do that," Izzy asked.

Gomamon smiled, "I like to keep track on those people who look at a Gomamon's data a little too much. You never know who might be after you." The Gomamon told him.

"But how did you hack onto my computer, I've got like six firewalls." Izzy told him.

"You had six? I only counted one and it wasn't even all that strong, even by human standards." Gomamon told him, "Or did you include those password blocks as firewalls. I've got a program that will run through possible passwords."

Izzy smiled, "I don't suppose I could get some of these programs from you?" he asked.

DMB sat beside him, "Not in your lifetime," he told him, "I'm his twin brother and he doesn't even let me use a lot of those things."

Gomamon smiled through the computer, "Hey, haven't seen you in awhile, well, not personally and only in your Mega form."

DMB looked down, "Oh… That."

"Momenti Betamon, we all make mistakes, some just bigger then others, and some try to destroy all the digidestined," Terriermon said bluntly.

"Destroy all the digidestined?" Izzy asked.

DMB sighed, "I guess their's no point in hiding it from you guys any longer, I've already met you Izzy, except I was about as high as this boat."

Cody eyes widened, "Your MetalSeadramon?"

"The one and only."

"Quiet." Izzy snapped at Cody, "If Tentomon finds out we'll be in big time trouble."

"You got that right," DMB told them, he turned back to the screen, "Is Takashi there?" he asked.

"No, he should be heading your way pretty quick here." Gomamon told him, "And Yamshowzu is following him."

"What!" Betamon snapped.

Gomamon nodded, his expression very serious, "You need to be careful TB. He's smarter this time, and he knows our strengths and weaknesses, be careful."

"It's DMB now." Betamon told him his voice, soft and weak.

"The Connection's getting weak, I'll contact you guys some other time." Gomamon said.

"Tell Gomamon I can still smell his stench from here." Terriermon said, or at least tried to, the connection was cut off at from.

Gomamon lay on his back in one of the chairs with his sunglasses on the highest deck. Tanning, or browning in his case. His eyes where shut while he was thinking, it was peaceful up here as everybody was on the lower deck since it had all the stuff to do. His mind wondered to his travels. He met a lot of good friends then. He and Terriermon hit it off really good. He always knew Terriermon would get a partner like himself, he didn't know how, he just knew, he wondered what the bunny eared dog was doing now.

He met a few other characters' in his travels; there was Kotemon who taught him Kendo. That was really neat, there was Ebonwumon, that guy was a hoot. He still didn't know which head was better, the Scottish or the Irish. He had spent many months with Ebonwumon and learned a lot. It was with Ebonwumon that had opened his mind, unlike many of the others. Tentomon believed anybody who could point out any evidence for their idea and a lot of the rest just didn't care enough to know the truth.

He felt somebody get on the chair and snuggle up to him, "Now that's just not cool Gatomon." Gomamon said preparing himself for the discomfort of his allergies. He had learned not to prank Gatomon, Patamon, or even Biyomon.

"I have the power of a champion? Sweet." A voice said, one he hadn't heard for over a year and a half now. A voice he recognized as a slave to a Dracmon that he freed.

"Gomamon?" he asked in surprise opening his eyes, staring into the eyes of the girl he had dreamt of ever since she left twenty months ago.

"Yes?" She said smiling mischievously, her eyes full of "innocence".

Gomamon couldn't believe this, "Where have you been… you've been gone for over a year and a half and I haven't heard a word from you."

"I wanted to see the world Gomamon," She told him slightly ashamed, "You see, I don't remember anything other then being Dracmon's slave ever since I was a Bukamon. I was jealous of you and all of your stories and everything you had learned in your travels. I felt I was inferior to you, that I wasn't deserving of you. I know stuff now Gomamon, I'm not stupid anymore…" she said. She took a huge breath; she had dreamt of this moment forever, he had always rejected her in her dreams, so it wasn't like there was much to lose, "I want to be your mate Gomamon…" She told him scared.

Gomamon was in shock, unsure of what to say, he looked at his friend, she was really beautiful, she had put on some weight since he last saw her, and she looked a lot better then the anorexic look Dracmon had kept her in. Her face wasn't as pudgy as his and her fur was a sleek orange that seemed to flow down her body. Her markings were an amazing shade of dark purple and he could just lose himself in her ocean blue eyes.

"I never thought you were stupid Gomamon," He told her grabbing her paw in his as he rolled over onto his stomach and looked her in the eye, "I've loved you since I saw you under Dracmon, I'll protect you Gomamon, I swear I will." He told her truthfully with concern, no jokes and no sarcasm. Then he kissed her.

She grabbed him in a hug and they supported themselves on their hind legs pushing against each other. They finally broke off and collapsed on the chair. Gomamon smiled, "Scoot over, I need more room." She said as she pushed Gomamon off.

Gomamon laughed as he fell on the ground. He got up and turned around to stare at her. Gomamon just smiled back with a glint in her eye, then pounced on him sending them tumbling underneath a chair. Gomamon was on top of Gomamon, who was on his back. She held down each of his paws with her own and wrapped her tail around his. The lack of room under the chair pressed her body up against his. Gomamon just enjoyed the feel of them being so close as they kissed.

They finally broke off and rolled over and walked out from underneath the chair. Gomamon noticed a glint in Gomamon's eyes, "What are you planning now?" She questioned suspiciously.

Gomamon grinned, and started walking to the stairs, "Come on, we need to find DMB." He told her.

Gomamon was confused, then got the idea, "You're joking… right?" She asked.

"Come on, we're going to do it for the wedded couples, of course we're going to have to get married ourselves, but we can just get Patamon to do that without anybody else knowing."

Gomamon laughed, "I guess I have to go along with this, don't I?"

"You don't have a choice," Gomamon kidded as he took off, with Gomamon following him.

Taishi was spinning out of control, or at least she felt like it, her head hurt greatly and she felt out of place. She knew that biohazard was the cause, but that was just a fleeting thought in her torment. Then, she felt herself come together, and felt the connection to Yokomon grow strong again… and she slammed into some water. The water jolted her to her senses as she swallowed a mouthful. She swam up to the top and spat out the salty water. She twisted around her, "Yokomon." She said frantically as she spied a blue flower with a stem coming out of it bobbing with the waves.

"Yokomon, are you alright," She said as she picked up the small digimon and held her out of the water, treading with only her legs. Yokomon coughed a little and spat out some water, then smiled weakly.

"Yeah, I'm alright." She said. Taishi grinned at her partner and placed her on her head and started treading again and looking at her surroundings. "Behind you," Yokomon told her as she looked around from her perch.

Taishi turned around to see Rukato swimming towards her. "You alright?" Rukato asked as he came near.

"Yeah I'm fine." She said.

"I guess I kind of overdid it." He told her.

"Nah really." Taishi said sarcastically and with an "idiot" tone to her voice.

"You two stop that." Yokomon told them, "Now, we need to take care of things, first, where's Dorimon?" She asked.

Rukato pulled out his digivice and a red arrow appeared under the water, they turned to that direction to see a large ship coming their way, "He's on a cruise boat?" Rukato asked.

"It means we're going to survive so don't jinx us now with that." She said, indicating to his digivice.

"Stop it Taishi, Rukato can't help it. Digimon can't help there naturally abilities and neither can you humans, so stop acting like you could have." Yokomon told them, feeling like she was taking care of a toddler.

Rukato grinned as Taishi got a telling off from Yokomon, but then turned away so he wouldn't get a lashing from Yokomon as well. He looked at the ship, it seemed somewhat familiar. He looked at the name of it, "Uh, Taishi, tell me I'm wrong, but what's the name of that ship," He said freaked.

Taishi looked at it, "The Digital Monster… HOLY CRAP RUKATO WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!" Taishi freaked out at him.

Yokomon was confused, "I don't understand, what's so bad about that ship?" She asked.

"That's the ship that Zoë's parents got married on." Rukato told her.

"Hmmm?"

DMB was Beta wrestling with MB, basically it was just playing bloody knuckles or Chicken, but it was still fun. They would lunge at each other with all the force they could and collide. The first Betamon that couldn't jump anymore lost, or you could also give up. He had a pretty bad headache right now and his sight was slightly blurred. "Dang MB, I should have never gone up against somebody with such little brains, it allows more room for wire reinforcement." He told him.

"That's going to cost you buddy," MB told him grinning, knowing very well that he was winning. "You ready," he said crouching on his hind legs, "GO." He said as they leaped, he lowered his head ready to ram into DMB, and landed face flat.

DMB knew that that was illegal, as in rare cases it could actually damage the wire framing of a Betamon's head, but that's not what he was thinking about right now, in fact all thoughts of the game had gone completely out of his head. "That's impossible," he muttered, "There's no way, they haven't merged yet." He said sprinting to the edge of the boat. He climbed up the railing and looked at the spot where the source had come from and leapt off the railing. "Dark Leap," He muttered propelling himself extra distance from the boat.

"You felt it to?" Rika asked as she Teleported herself right next to him at about the third story up from the water.

DMB nodded, "It shouldn't be possible."

"And yet it is." Kari said swooping down and grabbing Rika, who had grabbed DMB as they flew to the source.

Kari brought the girl up and set her down then landed next to her brother and closed her wings in and bound them up. Everyone was astounded at the two strangers, and waited on Tai as he was the "leader" of the group, surprisingly even Davis was holding back. He looked at the two kids, one was a girl with a hat similar to Sora's old blue one, but it was a light red, there was a little bit of hair sticking out from all sides of it. She had on a red t-shirt and orange shorts, she also had sandals on. She muttered something but Tai didn't catch.

DMB however did, "Change my clothes while you're at it too." He heard her mutter, and thought it sounded sarcastic.

Tai looked at the boy. He had Goggles on his head, he didn't recognize them. He also had on a dark blue T-shirt and white shorts. The shorts had faint red impressions of four different symbols. He recognized two, one was the symbol of courage and the other was the same as the energy that had gone into his digivice when it shinka'ed. He grinned at the two and stuck out his hand, "Tai Kamiya." He told them, "And this is Matt and Gabumon, Izzy and Tentomon…"

Rukato smiled as he recognized each and every person, well for the most part. He didn't recognize Yolie, and Izzy. Ken was pretty obvious as though. He stared at Cody knowing that death was coming to the kid, his eyes saddened. Come to think of it, his parents never told him how Cody had died.

He shrugged and moved on, lingering on his Mom for a few seconds more, astounded by seeing her so young. He took Tai's hand "Rukato and this is Taishi." Taishi rolled her eyes, "And Yokomon." He told them.

"What about you, are you a Digidestined as well?" Matt asked.

"Yeah, and my partner is Dorumon, but I think he dedigivolved though." He told them, "And according to my Digivice he's on this boat."

Tai looked at the others, "Anybody see a Dorimon?"

Michael shook his head, "Not except for Renamon's kid." He told them, "Where is Renamon anyways?" He asked.

DMB heard Taishi mutter "idiot" as Rukato gave her a sideways glance. Rika answered, "She's sleeping since she got all three of the kids to sleep at the same time for once."

"How did she end up with triplets when there were only two eggs?" Izzy wondered out loud.

"Anyways," Tai said getting the groups attention, "May I ask what you two were doing in the middle of no where in the ocean?"

"No you may not ask, it's not of your business." Taishi snapped, "We're grateful you saved us, but you have no right to pry into our lives, now if you'll excuse me." Taishi said grabbing Yokomon and walking off.

Rukato sighed, "Sorry about her," he told them going after her.

"Well…what do you guys think?" Tai asked after a moment of stunned silence.

Joe's face was downcast, "This is the point where Sora's supposed to put in her opinion, then the group is divided from there." An overwhelming feeling of despair came over them.

T.K knew he was right, but he knew what Sora would say "We can trust them. We all have things we can't tell, even to each other." He told them, lifting the mood.

Tai spun around, "What!"

Rika laughed, "Don't worry Tai, she's not pregnant." She told him understanding what he read into T.K's comment.

Everybody laughed as they got it. Kari just blushed madly.

Gomamon walked up to DMB, "Well, we got some stuff to do, so we'll see you guys later, hey Izzy; you have all the Digidestined around the world on your computer, run a check on them and see who they are." He told the rest of the group as he and Gomamon left. DMB told them he'd catch up later, and then took off without anybody else noticing.

Matt nodded, knowing what Gomamon was up to, "Yeah, but somebody should talk to those two."

"I'll do it." Joe said, "I'm supposed to be the responsible one, so I guess it's my job." He told them.

"That's Joe for you." Ken told them, "Always looking out for the rest of us."

Tai knew what Ken meant, and looked at his sister and noticed something, "T.K, can I meet you in your room, I want to talk to you. Alright?" Tai told him.

T.K didn't know what it was about but said, "Alright." anyways.

Rika noticed Kari looked slightly nervous as they walked away, she smiled at her, "I'll make sure he doesn't go overboard." She told her.

Kari noticed that the rest of the group had disbanded; she looked at Rika, "Something's different about you Rika…" She told her.

Rika nodded, "I got my memories back… and I now know what it's like to think that you may never get to see the one you actually care about." She told her, her eyes saddening. Gogglehead there's so much I want to tell you, and now I can't. She shadow shifted onto Tai's back, "Hey." She said.

Tai grabbed Rika's legs so she didn't have to choke him to hold on. "I really should just set you down and let you fend for yourself." Tai told her.

"Yes, but then I would just keep shadow shifting myself in front of you until you picked me back up from guilt, Gogglehead." She said ruffling Tai's hair.

T.K mouthed a thank you to her, and she winked at him grinning.

DMB and Joe walked up as Rukato slipped the card into the key lock. Rukato smiled, and DMB heard him mutter, "That's just like Joe." They walked in, Taishi just laid down on the bed.

"What do you want Joe." She asked coldly.

Joe didn't know how to respond, so he just ignored the tone of her voice, "Just want to know a little more about you guys. It's not that we don't trust you, but there are a lot of mysteries surrounding you two."

"Like how you use both Inyõ and Hazard at the same time." DMB muttered just loud enough for somebody to catch with an enhanced hearing. When he saw Rukato look at him, he knew he had heard him and smiled to himself.

"You're from the South Quadrant I take it?" DMB asked.

Rukato nodded, "You could say that, of course there were certain barriers we had to cross." He told him. He looked at the glaring Taishi, and gave her the "it's ok" look. She was surprised.

Joe nodded, "That would explain a lot." He said.

Rukato looked at DMB, "How did you know?" he asked.

DMB chuckled, "You have a pack of cards." He said, and then added quietly so that only Rukato could hear, "Which didn't get wet for some amazing reason." DMB grinned as Rukato side glanced at him.

Joe smiled, glad that the new kid was getting along with someone. "Well, we are on a cruise boat, so you guys should enjoy yourselves."

Taishi eyes widened in fear and looked at Rukato, who had a big grin plastered on his face. "Don't worry, we will." Rukato told him, and then looked at Taishi, "Or at least I will. Taishi's being a pain right now."

"Has she ever not been a pain?" Yokomon asked.

Rukato made the motion of thinking, "Taishi not been a pain? Hmmm, I think there was a time when she actually smiled when she was three…no, that was a photo shopped picture."

Taishi rolled her eyes, "Your so immature Rukato." She said grabbing a book and reading it.

Rukato gave a grin as he knew that he had cracked through her and that she hid a small smile behind the book. Joe laughed, "Well I guess I'll see you two later," he said and walked out.

DMB also started going out, but then turned around at the doorway, and grinned way past the level Rukato had identified as "safe". "You know Rukato," he said out loud, "Seeing the way you looked at some of the people, I would be careful… we wouldn't want an Oedipus situation on our hands." He said, then quickly left.

The door shut and everyone in the room registered what he said after an awkward silence. Yokomon didn't get it, Rukato stared after him in horror, and Taishi was on the ground laughing her head off. (Betamon X: Yes, Taishi was laughing)

"It's not that funny!" Rukato snapped at her annoyed.

"Actually," Taishi said, unable to control her laughter, "It is…oh mon, if you could see the look on your face." Taishi just couldn't control her laughter, "Man, you were so staring hardcore at your mom…dang, I never thought you would be so bold Rukato…" she just couldn't stop laughing, "So do you have a ring yet…" she said unable to control herself.

Rukato decided he had enough and grabbed his shorts that had been provided and went into the bathroom and changed. When he came out Taishi was still chuckling, but she was on the bed reading her book. As he passed by, she sung softly, "Rukato and his mom have got it going on, Rukato and his mom have got it going on, Rukato and his mom have got it going on."

Rukato just rolled his eyes, Yokomon was in shock, "Did you two just trade minds somehow, because it's supposed to be Rukato who picks on Taishi, and she rolls her eyes at him." Rukato and Taishi looked at each other and their eyes met, then they both started bursting out laughing. "And I thought Taishi didn't have the ability to laugh."

They both let out a few chuckles before Taishi spoke, "You're so naïve Yokomon."

"She's not the only one Taishi." Rukato teased. Yokomon relaxed, now that was more like what she was used to. Taishi just ignored him and sat there reading. Rukato went to the door with a towel, "Hey, I'm going to organize a diving contest…coming."

Taishi was silent, "You go on." She said.

"Hey Tai."

"Taishi," she corrected him.

"I'm sorry Taisheesh." Rukato teased, and then got serious, "You know, you can't hole up forever."

Taishi was silent.

"It's going to be fun, so why don't you come."

Taishi was silent for a moment, "You go on." She told him again.

Rukato shrugged, for as much of an insane fighter she was, she really was annoying because she didn't ever want to do anything. He thought about this as he climbed the stairs, and cursed about the fact that they were on the third floor and the deck was on the ninth.

He grinned as he got up there; everybody was up there doing their own thing. A few of the digimon were together, but other than that, nobody else was. Izzy was on his laptop, Joe had his nose in his books, Matt was eating some pizza from his wheelchair, Tai and Michael were talking, with Rika on Tai's back, (he rolled his eyes as he saw Rika, "I'll get Taishi for that one" he muttered), Palmon and Renamon were taking care of a Viximon and a Gigimon.

Agumon, Gabumon, MB, Patamon and Gatomon were all playing some sort of game in the pool… Betamon was obviously winning, DarkAgumon and Biyomon were talking at a table, and Veemon was trying to out do Armadillomon in an eating contest, and by the looks of it was getting his butt wasted. He looked up and saw Kari and T.K flying.

He walked over to the pool and took off his shirt jumping in, he swam around for a few minutes getting used to swimming again, when he was confident he could out swim MB, he swam underneath the water to where Agumon was treading water. He snatched the orange dino's feet and dragged him down underwater; Agumon gave a yelp of surprise.

Biyomon heard Agumon cry out and turned to see him pulled under, "Agumon!" She cried out flying over there as fast as she could, with DarkAgu right under her.

"COWABUNGA!"

Agumon cried as Rukato launched himself up straight, sending Agumon flying. He did a double back flip and landed in the deep end of the pool. Everybody just stared in amazement at Rukato and Agumon, whose head bobbed up, even Izzy looked up from his computer.

Gatomon was entranced by it, she jumped and leaped off of Betamon who was treading and landed on Rukato's shoulders. "I so call next," she cried.

Rukato smiled as he lowered himself into the water and launched Gatomon, she did a double back flip with two and a half twists, very pretty too. Patamon got on next, and when he saw the water coming at him, freaked out and ended up belly flopping, everybody was laughing their heads off.

Michael climbed into the water with him. "Look's like you've got something going here." He told him as Betamon climbed onto his shoulders. Rukato just smiled as he went under water and launched Gabumon into the air, he did a very graceful back flip, which had an added affect as his fur coat swung with him in a shadow sort of pattern. Mimi held up a nine, Kari held up an eight, Yolie gave him an eight as well.

Michael launched Betamon who did a double back flip with a half twist. Mimi held up an eight, Kari gave a nine and Yolie gave him a six. Rukato then launched Armadillomon, who did seven and a half back flips, of course Matt and Joe started arguing whether it was seven or nine, then Izzy joined in saying it was twelve. Everybody else just laughed.

Agumon and DarkAgumon were up, then Rukato got a wild idea. He looked at Michael, "Syncro?" he asked.

"Baihumon yeah," Michael said his eyes wide with glee.

Agumon looked at DarkAgumon as they climbed up onto the back of Michael and Rukato. Agumon felt Michael starting to come up and pushed with all his might, and DarkAgumon coming up right beside him. They both curled into perfect balls, they saw the water once, twice, three times, four, five, and as they saw it the sixth time they broke out and had a perfect entry with no splash.

Everyone just stared in amazement, "That had to be the most awesome thing I think I have ever seen." Ken said completely astonished.

Yolie was dumbfounded as she looked off of the camera she had caught it on.

"You know Davis; I think that for once you actually can't match up to that." Tai said.

"I could probably get in four." Davis said cockily.

"This coming from the kid who wets his pants when he goes on the high dive," T.K joked.

"That was in fifth grade Y.K." Davis told him snottily, "And besides, I'm not some freak angel thing."

"I don't know, I kind of like the fact that my Younger sibling is my guardian angel." Matt said as the insult was completely blown off the group.

Rika snickered, "Yeah, but Tai still has to protect his guardian angel." She told everybody.

They all laughed, then Mimi got an idea, "Hey speaking of diving boards, why don't we have a diving contest?" she asked.

"Sounds good to me," Michael said.

"I have allergies to the chlorine." Joe said.

T.K laughed, "You know, at least in the digital world your allergies don't exist."

"It's some consolation." Joe grinned.

T.K looked at the group, "I'm in." he said.

Patamon shook his head, "I'm sorry, I use my wings to keep myself from plunging into the water." He said.

Gatomon snuggled up to him, "You just haven't found the diver within." She said back flipping gracefully.

Rukato laughed, "Well, what are we standing around for, let's have a diving contest."

Everyone agreed and in a few minutes, Rika, Kari, Yolie and Mimi were in a position to judge the contest from a set up table. "Alright everyone," Yolie called out, "There are two categories in which you can enter, the cannonball contest and real diver's… so I guess there's Gatomon and the rest of you."

"Booo," Rukato called out and laughed. Agumon and DarkAgumon joined him.

Yolie stuck her tongue out at Rukato, "Anyway's, let's begin."

Davis was the first up, he stared at the edge of the three meter high board… then started to get a little frightened, but he couldn't back down now, not with everybody staring at him. He walked to the edge as stiff as a board, almost hurling his guts out. "I can do this if T.L. can" he muttered. Davis closed his eyes and leaped off. Completely freaked he panicked and ended up doing a back flop.

"Ten Point O, Davis," Rukato clapped his hands for him. Davis just flopped on the side of the side of the pool.

"Somebody get me some aspirin." Davis said his back redder then Tentomon.

They turned their attention to the next diver, Michael. He just grinned, blew Mimi a kiss and did a perfect swan dive, no splash, perfect arch, perfect form… everything.

Rukato was impressed to say the least, he looked at the scores, perfect 10 from Mimi, Yolie gave a 9, Kari another 10 and Rika a 9.5. "Go Michael!" He shouted, Michael grinned huge. Then the attention turned to Izzy who was now on the board, running full blown he leaped off the edge.

"CANNON BALL" he shouted as he curled and splashed into the water, it was a nice splash, the main part going about 4 feet above the water.

"Not to shabby," Rukato said as Izzy got out of the water. Izzy grinned like a madman.

"Do you always get that kind of a rush when exerting this kind of energy?" Izzy asked.

Tai nodded, "What do you think we do this stuff just so we can look like idiots?" He asked jokingly.

"I won't say anything Tai." Rukato said grinning.

"How do you know so much about me?" Tai asked curiously.

Rukato thought quickly, "Well you see, Taishi is a long lost sister of Joe's sister brother's aunt's, twice removed Digimon's uncle's partner."

"Translation, you're not going to tell us." T.K laughed.

Rukato grinned, "Glad you catch on so quick."

They looked at DarkAgumon who was now going. DarkAgu walked to the edge, jumped and did 7 ½, with minimal splash. "Beat that, Agu!" He said competitively as he came out of the water full of energy, slapping the water.

"Go DarkAgu." Biyomon cried with Palmon. Palmon gave Betamon an innocent look as he glared at her. DarkAgumon got two 8's, an 8 ½ and a 9.5 from Rika.

Agumon walked up the ladder, took a deep breath, "Think tight, think tight," He muttered under his breath, "Tight, tight, tight," he said to himself, "and Up." he said as he came to the end of the board, getting a ton of spring, raising himself another two meters past the already three meters the board provided. He curled and watched the water, he had seen it six times when he flew past the board, seven… eight… nine… ten at eleven he opened semi straight and made a medium sized splash.

DarkAgu just glared at his counterpart, "Was that enough to beat you?" Agumon asked innocently.

"Show off," he said as Biyomon flew on top of Agumon's head.

Armadillomon went next causing a 10 foot splash, soaking Mimi and Yolie, Kari folded her wings to protect her (she and T.K constantly had their wings open now since their were only destined and some very digimon oriented employees… Just in case you hadn't figured it out, Brit owns the ship) and Rika shadow shifted out of the way.

Rukato was about to go when Taishi walked up from below deck, "Hey, Taishi, you finish your book?" he asked mischievously.

Taishi rolled her eyes, "No… I just got bored reading your diary." She shot at him.

"Ouch" Tai said cringing.

That caught Rukato's defenses off guard, Taishi was engaging in a verbal fight? He quickly recovered, "Yeah I guess reading about your Mom can be pretty boring." He said grinning.

"I wouldn't be talking Oedipus." She said calmly, keeping her same hard expression on her face.

Rukato cringed, "Wow Taishi if you were this good at fighting physically none of the bad guys would stand a chance."

"I don't know…against that ego of yours they stand a chance anyways." She told him, with a dead serious face.

"Nice," Rika said giving Taishi a low five. Taishi grinned at Rika.

"I don't need to fight them, because they couldn't get past that stone cold ice personality of yours." He shot back.

"Yeah, only because they could cream you with there fourth rate soccer skills." Taishi shot back.

Rukato cringed big time, "Oh, that's going to cost you Taishi," he said.

"Just go already!" Yolie cried highly annoyed.

"Fine," Rukato said, he turned back to Taishi, "Round one may be over, but the war isn't even close." He joked.

"Just go." Taishi said.

Rukato turned to the board, placed his feet on the edge, and did an inward double. It wasn't too shabby, but before everybody could put their scores up, the boat shook violently.

Mimi shrieked in fear at the sudden lurch of the boat. Rukato's head popped up out of the water.

"Tai!" DarkAgumon shouted, "I smell Pukumon."

"10 of them," Agumon said.

Tai spun to the group, "Izzy, take the front of the boat. Matt, you and me are here. Mimi I need you and…" he looked around, praying to see somebody with a Mega around. "Everybody else get below, Joe, you help Mimi out." Cody, Yolie, Davis, and Ken all went below with their respective digimon. Rukato started to go down, then realized that Taishi was still up here.

"Gabumon Warp Digivolve to… METALGARURUMON!"

"Agumon Warp Digivolve to … WARGREYMON!"

"DarkAgumon Warp Digivolve to… BLACKWARGREYMON!"

"Tentomon Warp Digivolve to… HERCULESKABUTERIMON!"

"Palmon Biomerge to… ROSEMON!"

"DIGIVICE DIGI-MODIFACATION, DIGI-WEAPON," Tai shouted as his background turned a blazing orange with the crest of courage behind him, he grabbed the floating digivice in front of him and snapped his arm down to his side. He felt the familiar weight of Wargreymons claws on him. "THE CLAWS OF COURAGE" He shouted getting into a fighting stance.

"DIGIVICE DIGI-MODIFACATION, DIGI-WEAPON," Joe was enveloped in a Silver light; he swung his Digivice down in a slash, brought up his hammer and slashed the other way. He brought the hammer from his side to over his head and slammed it against the ground. "THE HAMMER OF RELIABILITY!"

Joe's and Michael's eyes met…"I'll take care of her." The blue haired kid said. Michael nodded trusting him and went below.

Tai leapt back as a Pukumon swung at him, blocked the next blow with his Dramon Claw. Somersaulting forward, he slammed his feet into the Pukumon by launching himself off of his Dramon claws. The Pukumon went flying into the air, and BlackWargreymon backhanded the virus type digimon into two of his buddies that were hassling WarGreymon. The Pukumon smashed into the other two sending all three off the edge of the boat. "TERRA FORCE!" WarGreymon shouted seeing he could use his attack without damaging the ship. The attacked engulfed all three knocking them all back.

MetalGarurumon was right there by his side, "Ice Wolf Bite!" he shouted as he released all of his attacks deleting the megas from existence.

"Taishi, Get the heck below." Tai shouted as MetalGarurumon took care of those three digimon.

"I don't think so Tai, I can fight." She said menacingly.

Taishi leapt back from a Pukumon,

"DIGIVICE DIGI-MODIFACATION, DIGI-WEAPON" She shouted as a red glow surrounded her. She brought her digivice in front of her and held it to her chest next to her heart. "THE CLAWS OF LOVE!" She shouted as she shot her arms out with red Chromedigizoid Dramon Destroyers gleaming.

She smashed her claw into the Pukumon's face, sending it flying.

BlackWargreymon flew back a few feet, badly injured. The little guys were just to Baihumon d fast. He would swing, and they would move out of the way and then come in and bash his stomach armor to pieces. He was tired of this game of cat and mouse.

He swung and missed again, but he had planned that as he brought his left claw up and slammed it into the digimon, shattering it into data. He grinned as he turned around.

"Briten Punch," a Pukumon shouted, slamming his fist into BlackWargreymon's belly, shattering it. He fell to the ground as DarkAgumon.

"Dark!" Tai freaked. He turned to Taishi, "Get below, NOW!" He shouted extremely fierce. He sprinted towards the Pukumon and backhanded it to the ground; it was drowsy as it wobbled around. Tai stood over it, and Matt and MetalGarurumon came over as well. Taishi checked Dark Agumon, and gave Tai the "he's okay," look.

"What was the cause for this attack?" Tai questioned the Pukumon. It smiled weakly.

"We were told the traitor was on this boat, and were going to be paid for anybody else we killed." The Pukumon told him.

"Tai," Izzy called, "We've got bad news." He was on HerculesKabuterimon and was pointing to behind the gogglehead. "There's about three hundred Flymon, and Snimon coming from the starboard side."

Tai spun around, "Three hundred?" Tai said in disbelief, "No way." The swarm was massive, how could they possibly take on three hundred. Even though they had Mega's, everybody was already tired from taking on the Pukumon, and BlackWargreymon was down and out.

Taishi looked at the hoard and smiled to herself, it was her time to shine, "Lets do this." She muttered to herself as her claws changed into WarGreymon X's.

The Pukumon looked at the massive hoard, and was impressed, but his enemy had turned his back to him, "Briten Punch!" The Pukumon said seeing his chance to take down the human.

Tai heard the Pukumon use the attack, and knew he was an idiot for turning his back to an enemy.

Matt saw the Pukumon get up and go for the attack, he knew if he tried to get MetalGarurumon's attention, it would be too late. He made the decision without hesitation. He had already taken so much from Tai, he knew he hadn't been a very good friend to him, but somehow something had changed in him. After he caused both of Tai's parents and Sora to die in the same day, Tai forgave him without hesitation. The decision was made; he leaped in front of Tai taking the attack straight into the chest

Tai started to spin around but was thrown back into the ground fifteen feet away, with Matt landing on top of him. Tai stared in horror as Matt's whole front body was completely crushed in. Matt's already injured body combined with the attack left him a bloody mess.

Matt grinned at Tai weakly, as they collided to the ground, "Say sorry to Sora for me when you get a chance." Matt said feeling the pain wrack his body.

"Metal Cannon," Dorumon shouted his attack slamming into the weakened Pukumon, deleting it.

Rukato turned and grinned at his partner. "Glad you could make it."

"You know me; I like to make flashy appearances." Dorumon grinned back.

Tai couldn't take it, he had already lost Sora and his parents, "Not you too Matt… this can't be happening."

Rika was astonished, her heart shared Tai's pain, "I've already lost my old team to these demons, and I will not lose anybody else." She roared as the Inyõ formed around her.

Kari watched as the Inyõ glow surrounded Rika, she felt the energy from it; the sorrow of Rika, the knowledge of knowing the one you loved was dead. It felt horrible to her, and yet it gave Rika more strength, strength to never lose anybody ever again. Rika felt the sides of both light and dark bending to her will shaping around her, and she let them loose in a fury of power.

DIGIVICE SHINKA

Matt's digivice was wrapped in a dark shiny blue color,

DIGIVICE OF FRIENDSHIP

"Matt, I feel something." MetalGarurumon said.

Matt stood up completely healed, he turned to MetalGarurumon grinning…"You're not the only one." He said.

Gabumon smiled, "Well, we've got an army to fight…what do you say."

Matt nodded and brought out his harmonica and tossed it to Rukato, "Hold this till I get back."

MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION

"Gabumon Matrix Digivolve to," A blue light wrapped around them as the combined together.

"MetalGarurumon," they said together in their duel voice, as the beam cannon came over to their left shoulder, they hoisted their Gatling gun, and felt the firepower packed into their bodies. "X!"

He looked down at Tai, "I got this," he said motioning to the oncoming hoard of digimon. Flying up above the boat he smiled, "You ready Gabumon?" Matt asked inside of the sphere.

"Are you kidding, I haven't even had half this much firepower before. I have over double my normal missile capacity." He said "astounded" at his friend thinking he couldn't be ready.

Matt grinned as they turned towards the oncoming hoard of digimon, "Garuru Burst," He shouted as all of their missiles flew from all of the compartments hidden in his body. The missiles decimated the front line, a full thirty dead from them alone. He mowed down three with his Gatling gun, and due to the straight on formation of 3, 3 x 3 and ten deep, the plasma rifle decimated ten more. Matt felt the missile compartments reload and fired. The second rain of missiles broke the formation, and he mowed down another one with the Gatling gun.

Izzy rode up on HerculesKabuterimon, "Why do you get all the fun?" he said.

"ELECTRO MEGA SHOCKER," HerculesKabuterimon said as he released the attack, crushing the few that had tried to reform.

"Yeah, you're not the only one who's always in Tai's shadow," Rosemon said flying up next to them. "FORBIDDEN TEMPTATION!" She yelled as the attack flew toward the enemy breaking up the lines even more.

"Hey Palmon," Gabumon said from MetalGarurumon X, "You're still single for a day…you want to go out like this?"

"Only if I get to leave you on some stranded island," She replied back.

"Please Palmon," Matt said from inside his sphere, "Don't give him options."

They all laughed and flew to meet the oncoming hoard, Matt firing his missiles full blown sending chaos and disorder everywhere. Rosemon deadly with her Rapier spearing into one Flymon, leaping to miss an attack of a Snimon and slashing through another opponent as HerculesKabuterimon's claws worked as machines of death. Merciless guillotines slamming down onto each new enemy.

MetalGarurumon X dodged the attack of a Flymon, grabbed it with his left hand, slammed into it with his knee, and jabbed his gattling gun into it. The bullets tore through the Flymon and penetrated themselves into a Snimon behind it. His plasma beam shattered another Snimon as it came in for a close attack, and a burst of his missiles slammed into another four. He could feel the drain of energy working its self on him.

Rosemon stabbed down into a Snimon, spun to the side letting the rapier make a delicate thin slice into a Flymon. Back flipping, she dodged a charging Snimon and slammed her rose into the Snimon's back. All three shattered into a million pieces of data.

Taishi flew past them both, claws fully ready. She slammed her fist into a Flymon, barrel rolled, uppercuted a Snimon, back flipped off a Flymon, driving her claws into it. She dodged a Snimon, slamming her elbow into its head, then smashing its face with her claws. She swung her legs up, missing a thorn fired from a Flymon, barrel rolling to the side as the Flymon kept trying to hit her. She back flipped, then flew up, slicing a Flymon in two as she went. The thorn barely missed and stabbed itself into a Snimon that came up from behind her. "PYRO FORCE" She said making a large ball of heat in her hands and releasing it, demolishing the attacking Flymon and three others.

Rosemon sliced through a Flymon, and flew forward as a Snimon sliced into her back. She flew down and forward, and turned around, "Beauty Shock" She cried as a lighting bolt shot from her whip and shattered it into a million pieces of data. She turned around…and a sword went through her stomach as she recognized an old enemy. Mimi and Palmon fell to the water.

Matt saw they were breaking through the group, and saw something ahead. "Gabumon, 12 o'clock." Gabumon looked.

"Piedmon." He said. Matt nodded, and the started flying toward them, bypassing all the enemies. A group of Snimon came at him from below, "Cocytus Breath," They shouted freezing them, and flipping over them.

Piedmon was a hundred feet away; he aimed, and heard an empty clack. "Matt," Gabumon said frantically, "We're all out of ammo."

Matt checked and he was right, he could tell from Piedmon's face, that he had come to the same conclusion as he had.

"Should we pull back Matt?" Gabumon asked.

"No, Full thrusters, I have an idea."

Matt and Gabumon sped toward Piedmon even faster. They separated ten feet from Piedmon's grinning face. Gabumon let gravity take him as Matt pushed off of his partner, "Take this!" Matt shouted as the Gatling gun on his arm fired round after round, as he flipped over Piedmon, and twisted, the bullets slamming into Piedmon's back. "FIREPOWER OF FRIENDSHIP" he called landing on HerculesKabuterimon.

Piedmon watched as the foolish Digidestined broke apart, he got ready to slice him through with his swords. What he didn't expect was for this human to be wielding MetalGarurumon X's Gatling gun. He didn't even breathe, or get any last thoughts as the Chromedigizoid bullets tore through his body. He shattered into a million pieces of data, which dissipated, and without anybody else knowing, his data went into Renamon, just like it had done with Machinedramon's and Puppetmon's.

Michael and Seadramon saw Mimi and Palmon fall, "Seadramon, faster!" Michael said worried.

"I know, I know." He said realizing the urgency of the situation swimming at full speed; he snatched his tail away from an attack and threw the Flymon into the water.

"Mimi!" Michael shouted leaping off into the water. He swam down as fast and hard as he could. He could feel the pressure closing in around him as he grabbed her. He barely dodged Seadramon as he slammed down swimming to grab Palmon. Michael grabbed a ride up, his breath quickly leaving him. 'Hurry up Seadramon I'm not sure how much longer I can hold my breath,' Michael thinks as it feels like his lungs are about to burst from lack of oxygen.

A few moments later Seadramon bursts out of the water as Michael starts gasping for air. "Hold on tight," he said making a sharp turn to avoid a few attacks and turns his head, "Ice blasts," he yelled freezing three of the Flymon.

"Seadramon worry about them later and get us back to the boat," Michael said barely above a whisper.

"Got it," Seadramon said heading towards the boat as he dodges more attacks from enemies, and whispers a thank you as Taishi nails one in the back, barrel rolled to the side and uppercutted another one.

After a few moments Michael realizes something is amiss, "Hey where is Palmon at, I thought you grabbed her when you dived down," he asked.

"Take a look behind you," Seadramon said and Michael turns to see Palmon wrapped loosely in the end of Seadramon's tail.

"Why did you," Michael asked his mind not fully functioning from lack of oxygen.

"Hold on for a moment," Seadramon said interrupting Michael as he dives back under the water to dodge a few attacking digimon. Michael barely has time to take a deep breath and hold it before he finds himself underwater again.

About a minute later Seadramon surfaces next to the boat with Michael gasping for air again, "We…need some…help here," Michael panted out of breath.

"Need a lift?" Rukato asks grinning from a repelled rope and grabs Mimi from Michael's arm.

Michael hangs onto another rope as he's lifted up the side of the boat.

"You ok buddy," Derek asked in his Australian accent as he pulled his friend aboard.

"I'm…fine…but I'm…not sure…about…Mimi," Michael said as he's trying to catch his breath as Seadramon lays Palmon on the deck near the others.

"Mimi doesn't seem to be breathing," Rukato said causing Michael's face to go pale as Joe runs over to Mimi to take a look at her.

"No she can't be." Michael says adrenaline running threw his veins, and as he gets up from leaning on Derek, he almost falls on his face.

"Calm down Michael," Joe said as he checks for Mimi's pulse and finds it, "She's still alive it's just that she isn't breathing at the moment."

"That means someone is going to need to give her mouth to mouth," Rukato said.

"I'll do it," Michael said as he tries to stand up and feels a wave of dizziness come on again.

"You're not in shape to do it Michael," Joe said, he looked to Rukato hoping and praying he knew how to do it.

"Sorry… I skipped out on that day of health." Rukato told him.

Joe glared daggers into Rukato, "Why by Azulongmon's beard did you have to skip that day." Joe cursed, not knowing that Rukato's improved hearing allowed him to catch it.

Joe stared at Mimi and got himself prepared both mentally and physically about what he was about to do. More mentally then physically.

"Alright," Michael said as Derek helps him up and they start towards the door to go below deck and Michael looks back to see Joe giving Mimi mouth to mouth, "Actually wait I want to stay up here till I know Mimi is going to be fine."

Joe pressed on Mimi's chest, "thirteen...Fourteen…Fifteen." He muttered, got a breath of air and blew into her mouth.

Davis at that moment couldn't stand not being able to do anything, he went up and out, "Is their anything I can do to help?" he asked.

"NO!" Everybody shouted at him as Yolei grabbed him by the ear and dragged him back.

Michael couldn't help but feel helpless as he watched Joe perform the procedure. He was supposed to protect her for the rest of her life and here she was being saved by somebody else.

Joe blew once more into Mimi, got up and wiped his mouth. Mimi spurted out some water and leaned over on her side and threw up a quarter of a gallon of salt water mixed with stomach acid. She lay on the deck passed out, but alive.

Michael smiled at Joe, and passed out himself. Rukato picked up Mimi, then him and Derek took Michael and Mimi to their rooms.

Joe stared after them. Unable to stand himself, he walked to the front of the boat, on to a little platform that nobody else knew of.

Betamon looked at Gomamon and Palmon. Gomamon had some sort of device out and was going over her with it.

"Is she going to be alright?" he asked.

Gomamon looked over at DMB, "What's the readings?"

DMB took a huge breath, "If she keeps losing the amount of energy that she is, she'll be dead within 12 minutes."

"Can't she draw off Mimi?" Gomamon asked.

DMB shook his head, "I put a barrier in between the two, if they start to draw off each other, it will surly kill the other one."

"There has to be something we can do!" Betamon said distressed.

DMB looked over the two, "Well…there is one thing, but it's really risky…and if it fails…" he shuddered, "Trust me, you do not want to know."

"Well, what is it?!" Betamon demanded.

"We could drain the energy from one of us and shove it into her…but if she takes too much then we will have some serious problems." DMB told them.

"I don't care…just do it!" Betamon said menacingly.

DMB nodded and grabbed a device out of Joe's medical bag, one of the ones that Shibumi gave Rika. He latched it to Betamon and Palmon, and checked the readings, "Alright, if I'm reading this right, then you should have enough energy to supply her to a safe level without giving you the x virus."

Betamons eyes went wide, "What?!"

DMB looked at him, "You can still back out now."

Gomamon looked at the screen, "But you have twenty seconds to do so."

Betamon stared at Palmon, "I don't care if I have to fight Armageddonmon." He told them.

DMB nodded, and ran the device.

Rukato came up back on deck only to almost get splattered by a thorn, "METAL CANNON!" Dorumon said knocking the Flymon back, and was ready to fight when a claw protruded through its body.

"Do you always have to save my tail when it's unneeded?" Rukato asked Taishi.

Taishi just rolled her eyes and landed, "That's the last of them, HerculesKabuterimon is taking care of another one."

Rukato looked surprised, "You're letting somebody else do the final work. Wait till Yokomon here's this."

Dorumon grinned, "That is if she's not to busy admiring me," he said teasingly.

Taishi wasn't in the mood, "Get out of my way." She said heading up to the front of the boat.

"TAISHI!" a loud voice called as she was walking to the front of the boat.

"Go away Tai." She said as she stopped, but was still facing towards the front of the boat, and her back to him.

"What in the digital world where you doing!" Tai shouted, "You could've been killed!"

"What do you care?" Taishi said.

"I'm responsible for you Taishi!" He shouted.

"NO TAI!" She roared turning around, "YOU ARE NOT RESPONISBLE FOR ME! ALL YOU WANT TO FREAKIN DO IS CONTROL MY LIFE."

"Because you can't control it on your own!" Tai growled.

"WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR YOU TO SEE THAT I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF!" She shouted her claws glowing, "IS THIS WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. BAIHUMON YOU TAI!"

"Taishi get a hold of yourself." Rukato said getting in her way. "Think about what you're doing!"

"Get out of my way Rukato!" Taishi said fiercely glaring at him. The glare full of hate and anger.

"No, I will not let you do this to yourself Taishi. Think about what you're doing!"

"I said, GET OUT OF MY AZULONGMON WAY!" She shouted the six golden wings from Phoenixmon sprouted out from her back.

"PHOENIX BLAZE!" she shouted as she flew through him in a red fury of flame. She landed on her feet behind him.

Rukato couldn't breath; he just fell to the ground, the energy from the attack still wracking his body. He fell to the ground.

Taishi's mind finally won out over her rage, and she realized what she did. A single tear fell to the ground. "Rukato….You idiot….Why?"

Frozen Twins: Alright, I'm finally back. So what did you guys think, and sorry about the long wait on this chapter, it's changed hands so many times, I can't even count.

Betamon X: also, We've got a Beta reader, so you won't have to deal with are bad grammar and stuff anymore.

Gomamon: Are bad grammar? You mean your bad grammar.

Betamon X: anyway's here's the preview for the next chapter.

Takato: Sora? A. What are you doing here? And B. I can't believe this is real, that means Rika really is still alive.

Takato: You're good Steven.

Steven: Thanks, but that won't get you any slack.

DMB: Takashi!

Takashi: Give me one good reason I shouldn't just cut you here right now.

Renamon: Dorumon get back here!

Dorumon: Sorry Mom, but these Chocolate bars are far too good. TWIX!

Yokomon: (sigh), won't he ever grow up!

Taishi: Mimi…could you …

Gomamon: Have you ever been at someplace recognizing everybody face until you realized that there was no one that you knew.

Betamon X: alright, as if you noticed by the last one their, we're going to have some songs playing, so if you suggest an artist and song for Mimi's Reception, then it might appear in it.

Gomamon: yeah, especially if it insults frogs, or we can pull a good Rukato Taishi thing with it. So think about it and give us a ring by Pming us.

F.T : well now that I'm back I hoped you guys enjoyed the last like one thousand words, cause that's all that I wrote on this one, and I apologize again for the long wait, but I'll get a few chapter up this summer.

Gomamon: oh, and Pyrodragking, please keep burning Frozen, it's actually really fun for us two.

Betamon X: yeah, it's about the only time that I can actually agree with something that Gomamon says.

F.t. : (sigh) hey, at least their getting along somewhat.

Quick question: Is Taishi Emo or is she the coolest OC character to date?