My name is…Takuya, but not really. It's complicated beyond belief. From what I'm able to understand, Taichi Yagami and Yamato Ishida fought Tatsuo Juro, the Fallen Chosen, and he…well…killed them. Their data got all…discombobulated, and formed a bunch of different people, based on the powers of the Daughters of the First that they absorbed and a different part of their soul. Apparently, I'm Taichi's heroic side, with Sora Takenouchi's Power of Fire.

We were captured by this organization called Hypnos, and this scientist guy, Kurata, wanted to experiment on us, but Miayag freed us. Me and Koji-Yamato with Catherine's power and his heroic side-fought Miach and Yamag, the greedy and vegenful sides of Taichi and Yamato with Miayag's power, it's so confusing isn't it?

Anyway, Tanna and Yariko, the feminine sides of Taichi and Yamato, with Anna and Noriko's powers, and me and Koji met up with Sora, Noriko and the others. Miayag even showed up, but she has some surprising news, Hikari's boyfriend, is the leader of Hypnos!

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Digimon Gog

The Weapons of the Gods:

Chapter 1

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Plotmon X was the first one to realize that Hikari had returned home. Her apartment was filled with the 'Splinters" of Taichi and Yamato, as well as Miayag, Sora and Noriko. The entire apartment fell silent as all eyes turned to the young woman standing in the hall. Plotmon X ran to her. "Hikari, where were you? We were all worried!"

She smiled as best she could, but everyone could see her puffy eyes and bright red cheeks, she had been crying. "S…sorry about t…that…"

Sora limped forward. "Hikari…?"

The younger woman took a deep breath. "Sora, Noriko, I…I am so sorry…"

"For what?" Sora asked.

Hikari forced herself to laugh slightly. "Well, as it turns out, Mitsuo's in charge of that organization that took Taichi and Yamto's remains."

"What?" Noriko gasped.

"Yeah, so…I did tell him about us. So…you may be in danger, and once again it's all because of me..heh…" As she spoke, her smile vanished. Sora made a motion to embrace her, "Hikari…:

She began to sniffle. "P…please, y…you are all invited to stay the night. E…excuse me…" She ran to her room and slammed the door shut.

"What did she say?" Koji asked, "Yamaki's her boyfriend?"

"Ex-boyfriend, it would seem," Miayag sighed, "I have not seen her like this before."

"Neither have I," Sora said, "And I've known her since she was eight. She's really upset." She frowned, "I'm going to talk to her."

"I don't know," Noriko said, "Maybe we should just leave her alone for little bit, you know, at least until she's ready to talk. Right now, I think she just wants to cry."

Koji spoke up. "Then maybe we should try to figure out what our plans are going to be."

Miayag mentioned with her hand. "If you would please join me at the table…"

The group crowded around the kitchen table, where a large map of Japan was lying. The Priestess pointed to an area on the right side of the southern area of the northernmost island. "Here is the volcanic KomagaTake…and here lies the town of Shikabe. That would be the best point to discover information. Now…"

She pointed to the right side of the southernmost of the four large islands. "Here is Nichinan. On the same day that we believe the Flail of Chance entered Earth and landed on Shikoku Island, there were reports of seismic activity from Komaga Take, and also a report of a tidal wave in Nichinan. Thankfully, there were no deaths or injuries from either, but, we also do not have any reason to believe that Juro is unaware of these two occurrences. After all, Taichi, Yamato and myself all felt the Holy Weapons falling to Earth, I am certain he did the same. We must act quickly, before he attempts to take them."

"So," Yariko said, "One fell into the Pacific?"

Miayag nodded. "Yes."

"So we'll need Jyou," Sora said, "And I'm pretty sure they're not gonna let us climb Komaga-Take right now, so I'll need to go there, so Piyomon can fly us to the top."

"Me and Tanna better go with you," Takuya said, "'Cause my partner can fly and with Tanna…well…just to even things out."

Noriko mentioned to the Yamato doubles, "And we'll go to the coast."

"Wait," Miayag said, "With Jyou, you are four, but, Sora's group will only have three."

Sora stared at her, "But…aren't you coming with us?"

She smiled slightly and shook her head, "I think it would be best if I remained here so that I may find a way to returned Taichi and Yamato to normal. Also, I do not think we should leave Hikari alone right now."

Sora turned towards Hikari's closed door, and she could still hear the cries from the younger woman. She wanted to run to her, hug her, comfort her, she wanted to be there for her, since Taichi could not, yet, she also felt that Noriko was right, and that Hikari just needed some time to herself at the moment. "All right, but, who should come with us?"

"Mimi or Michael?" Noriko asked.

She shrugged. "Mimi's got her hands full with her baby, besides, Betamon's a water digimon, and we already have Jyou,"

Koji spoke up, "But can't Seadramon fly through the air too?"

"I think Michael's can," Sora responded, "Maybe we should call them."

Miayag nodded. "I think that would be best."

The redhead nodded and grabbed her cellphone from her purse. She limbed onto the balcony. The others watched her exit the apartment, and the room fell silent. Noriko turned to Miayag. "There's something I want to ask you, where's Hiroshi, Keiko and Takashi?"

The Priestess nodded. "They, along with James, left my side shortly after we had fought and defeated GranDracmon. I do not know where they are, but their fate is no longer within my hands."

Outside, Sora dialed the phone number, which was programmed into her memory. It rang a few times before she heard a familiar voice, "Hello?"

Sora winced slightly at the sound of a crying baby that could be heard over the receiver. She wondered if she should call back, she really did not want to bother her at all, especially if she was taking care of the baby. Also, a deeper reason assaulted the pit of her stomach, when she heard the baby crying, she wondered about her baby, would she be able to care for it by herself? She doubted she would be able to find another man so soon after Taichi's death, and if she did, he would probably be frightened off by the thought of her being pregnant, especially with her previous lover's child. She was sure that Taichi would want her to be happy, and to do whatever it would take to care for their child, but would it be fair?

"Hello?"

She blinked, remembering that she was speaking on the phone. "Oh, sorry, hi Mimi, it's Sora."

"Sora!" her friend's voice squealed, "Oh, it's so good to hear from you! The last time we saw each other was…" She could hear the excitement drop from her voice, "…was Taichi and Yamato's…"

"Yeah, I know," she said.

"Well, how are you holding up? Are you doing okay?"

Sora smiled slightly. "I should be asking you that! How are you? How's your baby?"

"Oh, he's doing fine, me and Michael are a wreck though. Did you have any idea how much it hurts to breastfeed? I mean, I've heard the arguments for both sides, and me and Michael kind of decided to do it this way, though I don't know why he had a say in this, it's not his breasts that feel like raw nerves!"

Sora blinked. "Um, Mimi…"

Her friend continued. "And I love Gabriel so much, more then I thought I could even love someone, but just when I get some peace and quiet, he starts crying because he's hungry, so then off comes my shirt, I'm not even wearing a bra right now…"

The redhead thought to a guy she had dated a few years ago, he had always gone for her breasts during their lovemaking. She thought that he was always doing it to attempt to arouse her, but now she wondered if he was simply hungry. "Um, Mimi…!"

There was a pause on the other end. "Oh, sorry, I'm just so tired, I haven't had a full night sleep in weeks."

Sora smiled. "That's okay. Um, there's kind of a…a problem…"

Mimi's voice grew serious. "What kind of problem? A digital problem?"

"Yeah, we know you're busy with the baby and everything, but we were wondering…"

"Well, if you need help, then we'll be there."

Sora was not worried about asking Mimi for help, if she was in trouble, Mimi would do anything to help; it was what she was about to ask that caused a guilty feeling in her stomach. "Actually Mimi…"

But before she could finish, Mimi interrupted her, "Um....not that I don't want to help you, but…could Michael maybe give you a hand? I mean, I don't want to leave Gabriel with friends or Michael's parents…"

"No, that's fine!" Sora said, "Michael will be great."

She knew that Mimi was smiling. "Great, I'll tell him when he comes home. He can be there tomorrow morning."

"Great, I'll talk to you soon." She disconnected the call and limped back into apartment. "Michael's coming tomorrow morning."

"Sweet," Takuya grinned, "I guess there's nothing else to talk about, so why don't you guys head out…"

"It's the middle of the night!" Koji protested, "Let's wait until tomorrow, then we'll go."

"But…"

"We don't' want to get there, and then be tired for the rest of the day, right?" Yariko pointed out."

Takuya sighed. "All right, fine."

"Another thing," Noriko said, "I know that Hikari invited us to stay, but I don't think we all should. Koji, Yariko and Yamato Jr. can come with me."

""And Takuya, Tanna and Taichi Jr. can spent the time at my apartment," Sora said, "But, should we leave Hikari by herself?"

"I doubt she would do anything to harm herself," Miayag said, "Her spirit is much stronger then we think."

Sora sighed. "I hope so, losing her brother, then finding out that her boyfriend isn't who he says. I feel really sorry for her."

111

Located in Shinjuku, the double-towered building housed the mysterious Hypnos organization, a government-funded agency, whose origins and purpose are still highly classified. Within the basement of this building, the agency's chief scientist, Dr. Akihiro Kurata, sat within his laboratory, where he was hosting a very infamous guest.

"Tatsuo Juro," Kurata said, "I've heard about you, I mean, only recently that is. You were responsible for the deaths of Taichi Yagami and Yamato Ishida…in fact, you were directly responsible."

Juro nodded. "That is correct. My partner, Metal Piranhmon killed them."

The middle-aged man nodded. "And please tell me, where is your partner?"

The Fallen Chosen sighed slightly. "Well, a digimon cannot live forever…"

"Yes, I'm aware of the ability to have their data reconfigured…"

"Yes, while that happens, the basic data itself eventually becomes corrupted and the data becomes lost. This can occur because of the number of rebirths, but also, over time, the data simply disintegrates, in order to keep my partner here, in this world, we are forced to regress him to his Digitama form at the end of every battle. As you can imagine, the more time spent as Metal Piranhmon, the higher the rate of decay."

Kurata nodded. "Yes, I see."

Juro leaned in closer, "I have heard of your eagerness in experimentations, especially with all things digital. What I would like from you is, a way to reconfigure my partner's data, as well as a possible way to…extend my own life."

"What?"

Juro sighed. "I have finally been reunited with my Flail of Chance, now I may finish what I started over sixty years ago, but I may not live for much longer."

Kurata stared at him for a moment before rubbing his chin. "Perhaps I might able to 'refresh' your partner's data, but as for you…I'm sorry, but I don't have any knowledge about a fountain of youth…"

"I'm not asking to be younger, just to stave off death."

Kurata was silent as he began to ponder theories, as well as consequences. This man was able to kill Taichi Yagami and Yamato Ishida, if Kurata could not help him, he may very well be next, but how could he stop the inevitable?

A thought suddenly entered his mind. "There may be a way, but it hasn't been tested yet, at all in fact."

"What?" Juro asked.

"The data that was collected from the..uh…'divisions,' of Yagami and Ishida indicate that they are all fusions of the Daughters of the First, and an aspect of Yagami and Ishida's personalities. Our research indicates that when they fought GranDracmon, all the Daughters gave them their powers so that they could evolve to Omegamon X. Now, DNA doesn't fuse like that in real science, so I believe it was able to combine so perfectly because it was, in fact, data. So, I feel that if DNA could be transformed into data, such combinations would be possible. If we could merge healthier, younger cells to your body, it could very well extend your lifespan."

Juro smiled. "What do you need to do this?"

"A Digital Gate."

The Fallen Chosen frowned. "That could present a problem, for you see, Digital Gates that appear naturally are very unstable, and can collapse at any moment."

Kurata nodded. "Yes, but, if we were to use your digivice, we might be able to construct one that can remain stable for an extend period of time."

"I see, but how would you even do this? The gate is a passage to the Digital World, and that world has been destroyed."

"It was destroyed?" Kurata asked, shocked.

"Yes, by a demon named Cahiti."

The scientist began to scribble notes down on a pad of paper on his desk. "I see, well, what I want to do is to simply transform organic substances into data, so I would need to eliminate the…exit path, but I cannot even began testing without a functional Digital Gate."

"Yes, I understand."

Kurata stared at him: he seemed calm enough. "And why should I even do this, what's in it for me?"

Juro narrowed his eyes. "I shall let you live."

The scientist felt a shiver run up his spine, that was what he was afraid of, yet, his rational mind quickly found a flaw in that plan, "But, if you kill me, then who's going to do what you want?"

Juro smirked. "Ah, you are as smart as I thought, bravo. You crave knowledge; I can give that to you, as well as becoming my chief scientist."

Kurata raised an eyebrow. "Doing what?"

Juro smiled slightly and clench his fist, "We are going to create a world where everyone is equal, where there are no classes, no distinctions; a world where no one can look down their, snobby, stuck-up noses at you!"

Kurata stared. "I take it this is a sore spot with you?"

Juro took a deep breath to calm himself. "During the time of the Holy Warriors, the ones that you call, "First Chosen," I was brought to the Digital World. A…prophecy foretold that I would help the First Chosen, but they seemed to care little for my help. They felt they needed to protected me, and that I should never exert myself. I was treated like a second-class citizen, all because I was the newcomer, the 'baby' of the group. I empathized with other digimon that had been cast aside under the rule of the First Chosen. You've heard that they were just and benevolent, right, but that was only to the ones they deemed worthy. I joined with the outcasts, and together we attempted to destroy the empire of the First Chosen, but…we were defeated and I was exiled back to Earth. So I know what it is like to be looked down upon."

Kurata nodded slowly. "I see. Then why did you kill Yagami and Ishida?"

"Because they were the only X-Chosen with Mega-level partners, they dominated the others, brutality ordered them to do their bidding! I would not tolerate that!"

Kurata had always heard that Yagami and Ishida were loved by the other Chosen, was Juro simply over exaggerating, was he simply insane, or was he correct? "Okay, but how do you plan to do this?"

"Simple, to destroy the governments of the world."

The scientist's eyes opened wide. He was clearly insane, there was no way this could be even remotely possible.

Juro seemed to read his mind, because he chuckled. "Have no worries, it can be accomplished, but an army of powerful Chosen, those Chosen possessing Holy Weapons. After the Digital World was destroyed, they found their way to this world, and fell from the sky like shooting stars. We only need to find those weapons, pair them with Chosen of like minds as ourselves, and then, if your DNA/Data theory holds true, you should be able to create clones of those Chosen, correct?"

Kurata nodded, "Theoretically…"

Juro smiled, "Then we need only send the two 'divisions,' as you called them, of Yagami and Ishida, to find two weapons I feel fell to Japan."

"I may have others that can help as well," Kurata answered.

"Excellent," Juro grinned, "I had a feeling that this would be a bountiful partnership."

111

Hikari did not even remember falling asleep, but when she saw the rays of the sun begin to filter through her white curtains. She blinked for a few moments and sat up in her bed. She glanced at her body and saw that she was still wearing the same outfit as the day before. Her eyes flew open and she glanced at the clock on her nightstand; she normally left a few minutes before 6:45, so she could arrive at her classroom at 7:30, but the first period did not begin until 8: 45, so if she left at 8 o'clock, she would still have time. Only, it was not 6:45, nor was it 8 o'clock…it was 9:30.

Hikari had only swore four times in her life: the first time was when she was six, and another girl in her elementary class named Yuka pushed her violently into the mud beneath the swings at the school playground. Yuka was a problem child to say the least, and Hikari was anything but, so like a typical bully, she did everything she could to torment the other girl. Hikari at first tried to become her friend, and then even ignored her, but after she came home crying one day, Taichi told her to stand up for herself, and even told her what to say. The next day, Hikari was blissfully and happily playing on the swings, when Yuka ran up behind her and threw her into the ground. Hikari whipped the dirt from her nose and fought back tears as she rose to her feet. Yuka was laughing so loudly, Hikari took a deep breath and shouted what Taichi had told her, "Fuck off you shit-eating bitch!"

It had done its trick, Yuka was instantly silenced, the entire schoolyard was instantly silenced. It would have been great, if one of the teachers had not been standing behind her. Both she and Yuka were sent home for suspension, and after Hikari's parents heard that Taichi had told her that line, he was grounded as well.

The second time had been during Myotismon, after watching the entire population of Odaiba terrorized by the vampire demon, knowing it had been all because of her, she felt that she would soon collapse under the pressure, then watching him kill Wizardmon right before her eyes, caused her to scream, "You fucking demon!"

The third time had been twenty years later, the previous night in fact, when she discovered that her boyfriend for over a year, had been deceiving her. The feelings from Myotismon came rushing back, Mistuo Yamaki was in charge of a government agency called Hypnos, who had compiled information on the Chosen, and Hikari believed that it was from her. She had broken down, and not only accused him of taking her brother's remains for "…some fucking experiment," but also warned him that is he came after her friends, she would kill him.

And now, the fourth time, was when she realized that she over two hours late for work, with no call to her employer, she was certain that she would soon be searching for another job. "Oh shit!"

She leapt from her bed and charged down the hall, heading for the telephone in the living room. She did not even notice that her guests were gone, or that her cousin was seated at the kitchen table. "Good morning."

Hikari ignored her and reached for the phone, when her cousin spoke again, "I have already called your school."

She blinked and spun to face her. "What?"

Miayag smiled. "Your Plotmon was becoming worried around 7:15, and since we knew of your…depression, we assumed that you might not feel well to work, so I called and told them that you were not feeling well." Her smile grew slightly, "They actually thought that I was you, because our voices are so similar."

Hikari smiled slightly. "Thank you, I…I apologize for my behavior last night…"

Miayag waved her hand, "There is no need, not one of your friends blamed you."

She sighed. "Where are they anyway?"

"They have gone to locate the weapons that fell to Japan days ago," she answered, "Now, please, I have made breakfast, please sit."

Hikari blinked and noticed for the first time that her cousin was not dressed in her typical priestess attire, instead, she was wearing a pink sweater and an orange skirt, she was actually dressed normally. "What smells so good?"

"Pancakes," she responded, "It is a typical breakfast in America."

Hikari glanced at the table, where her Plotmon X and Miayag's Plotmon were all ready feasting. The young woman sat down and began to eat. Miayag smiled warmly as she sat next to her. "Would you like to talk about it?"

She frowned. "I…." she sighed, "I just…I don't know how to feel. I told him everything about us, and he used that for his organization. He lied to be."

"Why is that so hard?" Miayag's Plotmon asked, "Sounds like you should just dump him and never look back."

She frowned, "Yeah, but…"

Miayag smiled slightly. "You still have feelings for him?"

She shook her head, "No, I'm in love with him."

Her cousin nodded. "Yes, I see."

Hikari stared at her. "Did you ever have a boyfriend?"

"There were some…high school loves…"

Hikari chuckled. "Yeah I remember those."

Miayag reached over and gently grasped the other woman's hands. "The only advice that I can give to you is this, if you truly love him, then I think you should speak to him."

"I know," she sighed, "But I can't, not yet. I wonder if he's even feeling like this."

Miayag was about to respond, when the sound of fierce crying could be heard sounding through the halls. Hikari stared at her for a moment, and her cousin sighed and rose to her feet. "The infant Taichi and Yamato had to remain here, they are far too young to be engaged with the others."

Hikari nodded and followed Miayag into the guest room, where the two babies were lying on the bed, crying loudly. Her cousin lifted Yamato Jr. into her arms, while Hikari hesitated for a moment before lifted Taichi Jr. Once she was holding him tightly, his crying instantly ceased.

Their Plotmons had followed them into the room, and Plotmon X was grinning. "Looks like someone just wanted to be held by their big sister."

Hikari began to blush. "This is weird enough without you saying things like that."

Miayag smiled. "Tell me, was Juukeitei as peaceful as this when he was a baby?"

"I don't know, I wasn't even born yet."

"Oh, yes, sorry."

The slightly older woman did chuckle. "But I do remember when we were both younger, Mom used to say that the only time he ever was peaceful was when he was sleeping."

Miayag laughed as well. "I can imagine."

111

Tanna had her eyes closed and she breathed in deeply as she felt the wind on her face and the way it brushed through her hair. "Oh, I'm in heaven…"

She was seated on Birdramon's back, along with her partner, Yuki Agumon, and of course, Sora. Flying closely beside them was Seadramon X, along with Takuya, his Agumon, and Seadramon X's partner, who recently arrived from an overnight flight from San Francisco.

Sora smiled as she addressed the blond-haired man. "So Michael, how's Mimi?"

"Exhausted," he replied with a smile, "We both are."

"But babies are so cute!" Tanna grinned.

"Yeah they are," he replied, "Until you have to change their diapers, plus not to mention the fact that you have to get up at least nine or ten times in the middle of the night because they're crying. I've been going to work and just sleeping behind my desk." He shrugged, "Eh, who am I kidding, I wouldn't trade it for anything."

"You're rambling," Seadramon X mumbled.

"Yeah, I know," he sighed, "I'm just tired."

"You're not gonna fall asleep on us, are you?" Takuya asked.

"Takuya!" Tanna snapped, "Sorry about him, he's just a little rude!"

"Hey, I'm not rude!"

Birdramon sighed, "They bicker just like a real brother and sister."

"Twin brother and sister," Sora sighed. She thought of Takuya, who acted so much like Taichi, but, they all did: Takuya acted like Taichi's outgoing, heroic, and…'straightforward' side, that is, his often-times, rudeness. Tanna was his feminine and energetic side, Taichi Jr. was his innocent side, and Miach was his…was his greedy, angry side. She shivered at the memory of the Demon King, Cahiti, who was Taichi's arrogance brought to life, but, thankfully, Miach did not seem anywhere near as powerful as Cahiti, she was certain that if one of the Demon Lords had come back, it would be the end of them all.

"Hey, Sora?" Tanna asked, "Is that the volcano?"

The redhead blinked and looked towards her right: a large mountain loomed before them. "I guess," she answered, "We crossed into Hokkaido a while ago." She glanced at the map she had brought with her…and she soon discovered that a street-level map was useless from the air. She spied a congregation of buildings below. "Well, let's set down so we can figure out where we are."

"You heard her, Seadramon," Michael said.

Both digimon descended to a ground that was a open grassland, with Komagatake behind them. Seadramon X and Birdramon both returned to their Child forms, and they, like the other digimon, where quickly disguised: Betamon X and Agumon were hidden beneath trench coats, with Piyomon pretending to be Sora's backpack and YukiAgmon a stuffed animal. Once they felt secure in their disguises, they entered the city.

Michael glanced around at scenery as they walked through the lightly populated streets. "You do know where we are, right Sora?"

The redhead did not answer. She was staring at her map, which she was able to hold with both hands, as she was using her prosthetic leg. She stared at the map, then looked at the street signs, then looked at the map once more. She glanced up again, then smiled. "Oh, I think we're in Shikabe Town."

"Shikabe Town?" Takuya asked.

Sora nodded, grinning. "My dad took me here one day. It was right before I went to summer camp, before we went to the Digital World. He wanted me to see the geyser that just opened to the public a few months before." She walked over to a sign that was hanging on the side of a building. "Shikabe Kanketsusen Park," she smiled, "Do you guys want to see it? It's right around the corner."

Takuya and Tanna both saw how happy Sora was at remembering the day she spent with her father, so they both nodded. "Sure," Takuya answer.

The redheaded woman grinned and began to lead them through the streets. Michael whispered to Takuya. "There's a geyser here?"

"I guess so," he shrugged, "I don't think it's that big a deal, but if Sora wants to do it."

"Yeah, she seems really happy."

"I'm sure remembering it makes her happy," Tanna whispered, "Don't you remember about Sora's family growing up? Her father was away all the time and her mother was really stressed out! Sora hardly got to see her father, and she didn't really even speak to her mother until she was ten or eleven. So come on, let's just be happy for her."

As they approached the park, they could see that a large crowd had congested together. Sora frowned, but before she could speak, Tanna began to jump into the air to try and get a better look, but she could not.

"Oh man," she frowned.

"What were you doing that for?" Takuya asked, "Come on, this way."

She shrugged and followed her 'twin brother' through the crowd. He did not push or shove others out of his way, but he did masterfully guide them through openings in the human wall before arriving at the front of the crowd. Tanna's eyes lit open as she watched the towering explosion of water. "That's so beautiful!"

Takuya chuckled as he crossed his arms. "Yeah, it is pretty cool."

Behind them, Sora had managed to filter her way through as well. The redhead grinned wildly. "Wow, it's just like I remember."

Tanna walked over and hugged her. "I'm glad you're happy, Sora, I really am."

Takuya turned away from the two young women. "Hey, where's Michael?"

Sora began to look around as well. "He was right behind me."

Takuya shrugged. "Eh, he's probably fine."

His 'twin sister' frowned, "But we should stay together." She continued to scan the crowd until she saw a familiar head of blond hair, "Oh, there he is. Michael, Michael, over here!"

The young man maneuvered his way through the crowd as well before reaching his group. He had in his hand a bundle of folded papers "Sorry," he said, "I just saw that news stand and thought it be a good idea to buy a paper." He whipped the pages open and began to skim the text.

"Does it say anything useful?" Takuya asked.

Michael frowned. "Well, according to this, due to last weeks seismic disturbance, Komaga-take is off-limits to all except for the Japanese Meteorological Agency."

"Well, we kinda figured that," Sora frowned, "That's why needed fliers, right?" She smiled as she glanced to Piyomon, who was still hanging from her back. Her partner responded by lightly squeezing the redheaded woman.

"But how can we use those fliers if we can't even get close to the mountain?" Tanna asked.

The group fell silent. "You really think they've got it barricaded or something?" Takuya asked.

"It doesn't say," Michael responded, looking at the paper.

"Well, does it really matter?" Sora asked, "We're gonna be flying so high, anyway, that I doubt they'll see us at all."

"All right," Michael nodded, "So how are we going to find that weapon?"

"Well," Takuya said, "Remember what Miayag said about feeling the weapons? I'm hoping that if we get close enough…." He held out his hands, which suddenly erupted in flames, revealing the Katana of Hidokoro, "This will start to react."

The blond man nodded. "Sounds like a plan to me."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Tanna giggled, "Let's go!"

111

After exiting the city, they once again too to the air: Takuya, Agumon and Michael riding atop Seadramon X and Tanna, YukiAgumon and Sora riding Birdramon. They soon arrived at the 1,133 meter-high monster looming before them. "Wow," Birdramon said, "I didn't think it would be that big. Sora, I don't think it would be a good idea to fly to the top."

"Why not?"

"I don't think there's enough air for you to breathe up there."

"Yeah," Seadramon X added, "We're digimon, we don't need as much air to breath, but you guys won't make it."

"Shit," Takuya frowned, "So what do we do?"

Sora was staring at the giant mound of rock. "Why don't we just fly around it and see if Takuya senses anything."

Michael nodded. "All right Seadramon, let's go."

The large firebird and the serpentine digimon began to circle around the mid-section of the rock mound. A large rumble was heard emanating from the mountain. Seadramon X began to sweat slightly. "Um, we're sure this isn't gonna erupt, right?"

"No, we're not," Sora said, "It's an active volcano."

"Great."

"Well," the redhead said, "I'm hoping that if it does erupt, since we're in the air, we'll be able to get the hell out of here before there's any problem."

Michael glanced over his shoulder at the Taichi-double behind him. "Anything yet?"

He shook his head, "No."

"Are we even sure it's still here?" YukiAgumon asked, "What if those government guys took it?"

"How would they even know it's here?" Tanna asked.

Her partner frowned, "I'm just taking a guess, because of that!" The white-colored pointed to the base of the mountain, where a familiar black truck was resting behind the government barricade. "What the hell are they doing here?" Tanna gasped, "Oh man!"

"Did they take the weapon?" Michael asked, twisting to face Takuya.

The young man was holding the Katana of Hidokoro; he pointed it towards the van, and it began to glow slightly. "Yeah, I think it's down there. Damn it! They fucking took it!"

Sora growled. "Is this Mitsuo's idea of revenge? That fucking bastard!"

"Sora," Tanna warned, "We don't know that…."

"Who else?" she snapped. She thought of the younger woman, sobbing loudly, attempting to rid herself of the pain that Mitsuo Yamaki had caused her. "Well, I'm not letting him get away with this! Birdramon, go!"

Tanna and her partner were almost thrown the firebird, and it was only by grabbing Sora that they were able to keep from being flung into the volcano. Michael sighed. "Man, she can be just as bad as Taichi!"

"What are you waiting for?" Takuya shouted, "Go!"

Seadramon X shot after Birdramon, but the female digimon had already reached the black van. As she began to flap her wings to keep herself a lift, the side door of the van slid open and a creature resembling an armored snake leapt towards the sky. The creature wrapped its tail around Bridramon's neck and pulled down as hard as she could. The giant firebird was yanked off balance and her passengers were thrown from her back. It was only by Seadramon X flying past that they were saved from smashing into the ground. He swooped down to the ground and his passengers leapt off. He shot around to aid Birdramon, but before he could, a familiar black-skinned digimon dove out of the van, and was quickly covered by a blast of white light before transforming into a large, hulking dinosaur.

"Metal Tyrannomon?" Sora gasped, "But, that means…" She turned her attention back to the van, and saw two human figures emerge, one was a young brown-haired woman dressed in a dark black dress, and the other was a male that the redhead instantly recognized, indeed she would, for he wore the face of her lover. "Miach…"

Taichi's 'dark' side bowed, "At your service.

"What are you doing with Hypnos?" she asked, hardly able to believe her own eyes.

He shrugged. "What can I say? They promised me the chance to destroy all of you…" He began to grin, "Then, without any of you around, I won't have to be constantly reminded that I'm only part of Taichi, then I'll finally be whole!"

Sora was torn between emotions. She did not know how to react, so her anger was redirected at the teenager standing beside him. "And who the hell are you?"

The woman gave a bow. "My name is Nanami, and my partner, Coatlmon, is the beautiful snake that is currently strangling your partner."

Miach grinned. "Hell of a body, and a hell of an attitude! Heh…" He then lightly began to rub the teenager's chin. Her rage was beginning to build, and she would have exploded with anger, if her attention had not have been turned away by the sound of YukiAgumon and Takuya's regular Agumon evolving.

"Yuki Agumon evolve to Allomon!"

"Agumon evolve to Geogreymon! Geogreymon evolve to RiseGreymon!"

Allomon grabbed Coatlmon with her claws managed to yank him from around Birdramon, but unfortunately, the large snake whipped around Allomon's arms and chest, constricting her tightly. The dinosaur struggled to break free, but the snake shouted out, "Freeze Wave!" A blast of blue energy suddenly coursed through the dinosaur, dropping her to her knees.

"Birdramon!" Sora shouted, holding out her digivice, "Evolve again!"

Her firebird partner flew higher into the air as she began to glow with energy, "Birdramon evolve to Garudamon!" The larger Bird Man digimon held out her arms in a familiar pose and fired a blast of energy from her body. "Shadow Wing!"

The energy attack soared towards Coatlmon. The snake leapt from Allomon and flew into the air, thanks to the wings on his head. "Toltecan Wind!" He began to maneuver his tail so rapidly that it caused a tremendous gust of wind that sent Garudamon energy blasting back towards her. She responded by dive bombing towards the ground so quickly that Coatlmon could not react in time. Garudamon hovered directly before him and was about to execute her Eagle Claw technique, but Coatlmon once again wrapped tightly around her.

"Freeze Wave!"

Garudamon yelled in pain as the snake's attack sent volts of energy through her body. Allomon recovered in time and grabbed Coatlmon, but this time used her large teeth to smash down on his mid-section.

The battle against Metal Tyrannomon was actually faring better for Seadramon X and Risegreymon. At the beginning, Seadramon X had evolved again to Megaseadramon X, and the large serpent began by attempting to mimic Coatlmon by wrapping his body around the Cyborg and squeezing him tightly. Unfortunately, Metal Tyrannomon was much stronger then Garudamon or Allomon, so all he had to do was flex his muscles to force the serpent to release his grip and fall to the ground.

Metal Tyrannomon raised his foot to smash it down on the fallen serpent, but Risegreymon shot from literally out of no where and slammed his feet into the metal monster's chest. The cyborg whipped his hands around and grabbed the dinosaur's foot, then twisted, forcing Risegreymon's entire body to twist around. The dinosaur pointed his shotgun arm directly at Metal Tyrannomon's face. "Trident Revolver!"

Three quick blasts of bullets shot into the Cyborg's face and he stumbled backwards. Megaseadramon X then leapt back into the air.

Metal Tyrannomon roared and pointed his palm forward. "Giga Destroyer II!" A large missile exploded from his hand, heading straight towards the two digimon. Megaseadramon X dove for cover, yet Risegreymon remained in place.

"What the hell are you doing?" Takuya screamed, "Get out of there!"

His partner did not respond. He only stared at the missile, which shot ever closer. Once it came close enough, Risegreymon twisted out of the way, grabbed the missile with his hands, used the momentum to twist around in a circle, then released the projectile, which was sent flying back towards the Cyborg digimon. His eyes opened in shock seconds before the missile impacted, sending him tumbling onto his back.

"All right!" Takuya shouted, "Nice move!"

"Yeah," Risegreymon answered, "I'm just glad it worked."

Sora turned back to Miach and Nanami, who were laughing in glee at the sight. She just stared at Miach, could that really be his…his 'dark' side? Was he really that evil beneath everything?

Nanami saw her staring at them, and she continued to laugh. "What's wrong, don't like to watch your digimon getting killed?"

She would not let her anger get the better of her. "Where's the weapon that was on the mountain?"

Miach grinned. "Oh, you mean…this?" He reached from behind his back to reveal a long, green crossbow.

"The bow," Sora said, glancing to the ground, "Who had the bow? Which one had the bow?"

Miach smiled. "The bow belonged to Abungu, Warrior of Forest, and you, of course, know which Daughter held the power of Forest, right?"

Sora's eyes narrowed, "Keeya."

"That's right, and when all the Daughters of the First gave their power to Taichi and Yamato, Taichi got Keeya's Power of Forest, but wouldn't you know it, that aspect of Taichi's personality that was bounded with Keeya's power didn't survive the first night in Kurata's cages, so that aspect died." His grin grew wider. "But guess who absorbed that power?"

He threw his arm into the air, and the Bow of Abungu began to glow with dark green energy. Sora twisted her attention towards Metal Tyranomon, who was climbing to his feet, his body glowing with energy. "Mugendramon evolve to Gaioumon!"

The newly-evolved creature was truly a terrifying sight to behold. He resembled Wargreymon in body type, but he was covered in black samurai armor and held two bladed swords in his hands.

"Wow!" Nanami grinned, "Wow, now he's hot-looking!"

Unlike the rest of her team, who were staring with awe at Gaioumon, Sora was staring at Miach. "How come he didn't merge with his partner like Taichi and Yamato did when they had their weapons? Then again…" She glanced over at Takuya, who was still holding the Katana of Hidokoro, "He's been using that sword all along, and he hasn't merged either, but Risegreymon isn't a Mega digimon, he's only Fully Evolved. Maybe Miach doesn't have as much of Keeya's power as he thinks…"

Miach grinned with pleasure at his Mega-level partner. "All right, let's see what you can do."

Takuya gripped the Katana of Hidokoro tightly, "All right Risegreymon, don't show any fear!"

"You too!" Michael shouted to his partner, "Show him what we do to people who threaten our friends!"

Gaioumon seemed to have lost the rage he displayed when he was Metal Tyrannomon. Instead of running forward with insanity, he remained calmly in place, holding his two swords at a perfectly stance. It was Risegreymon who grew tired of waiting and ran forward. He swung his revolver around at the last moment, "Trident Revolver!"

Gaioumon stared at the three bullets flying towards him. He whipped out his swords and began to use a fine motion and easily chopped all three into small piles of debris before it ever reached his body. The dinosaur could only stare in horror. "Oh shit."

Megaseadramon X decided to try his luck. He did not want to use his King Javelin attack, as that would bring him too close to those swords, so he pulled his head back, gathering energy in his horn and shot it forward. "Thunder Javelin!"

Gaioumon used his sword as a mirror, reflecting the attack harmlessly into the sky.

"This isn't good," the serpent said, "I think we should attack him together."

"Yeah, good idea," Risegreymon said, "All right, on three, one…two…"

Before he could even say the last number of the count-down, Gaioumon held his swords out in a horizontal line. "Rinkazen."

He flung his swords around, sending beams of light from his weapons that nearly decapitated the two digimon. As it was, their bodies were torn, opening large wounds in their sides. Takuya and Michael could not even speak as Gaioumon ran forward, gathering energy in his swords. With his speed, he had arrived between the two digimon before they could move. "Gaia Reactor," he said simply. The energy contained in his swords suddenly exploded in a blast of light. When the smoke cleared, both Megaseadramon X and Risegreymon were lying on the ground.

Sora had been watching both battles as best she could, but when she saw the two Fully Evolved digimon fall, she twisted to her own Fully Evolved partner. "Garudamon! You have to help them!"

The Bird Man digimon, however, was still struggling with Coatlmon. She had managed to grab the snake right behind the head and at the base of the tail. He was no longer able to use his body to constrict them, but if she were to release her grip, she and Allomon would be doomed. She heard her partner's orders, but she addressed Allomon instead.

"We must hurry!" she said, "The others need our help."

Tanna's dinosaur partner nodded. "Yes."

Nanami crossed her arms and huffed. "Coatlmon, you'd better not loose."

Her partner could not even respond, as Garudamon was squeezing too tightly on his neck. While the Bird Man held him in place, Allomon began to assault his mid-section viciously. First she used her large teeth to bit and tear, and once a sufficient injury had been placed, the dinosaur still stepped backwards to a good distance, then charged forward, butting her head into Coatlmon's injured section. "Dynamite Head!" she shouted second before impact. A small explosion erupted, Allomon and Garumon were both safe, but Coatlmon fell limp in the Bird Man's hands. She released her grip and he fell to the ground, regressing to his previous form of Wormmon.

"Wormmon!" Nanami gasped. She twisted to Tanna and Sora, "You two, that have caused this humiliation, you shall be punished for this, I will seek revenge."

"Yeah, whatever you bitch," Tanna muttered, running to stand beside Takuya and Michael.

Gaioumon held his swords tightly as Allomon and Garudamon charged towards him. Allomon opened her mouth and expunged a blast of heat. "Dino Burst!"

The samurai digimon did not run or even attempt to block the attack, the burst of hot air simply impacted his armor and dissipated into nothing.

"Oh damn it!" Tanna swore, "That was our strongest attack! Are you telling me we can't do any damage?"

"It would appear so," Miach laughed, "He's just too strong. Gaioumon, why don't you just get rid of her now?"

The samurai did not answer, only position his swords once more. "No!" Tanna screamed, "Allomon, get out of the way!"

Her dinosaur partner prepared to run, and Garudamon was diving from the sky to attack, but Gaioumon was simply too fast for them. He pointed his sword at Allomon. "Rinkageki." A large arrow of light exploded from the blade, striking the dinosaur at full force. Allomon stumbled backwards, then regressed to YukiAgumon in seconds.

"No!" Tanna screamed.

"Shadow Wing!"

Gaioumon turned his attention to the sky and watched as Garudmon's attack headed straight for him. He crouched onto his knees, then shot into the sky, passing the attack entirely. Sora held her breath as the samurai digimon reached Garudamon and swung his swords around. It was only by a skillful maneuver by the Bird Man that her life was saved; Gaioumon's attack only clipped the tip of her left wing. By that time, gravity pulled Gaioumon back to the ground.

Megaseadramon X and Risegreymon had recovered by then, and prepared a double attack, the serpent firing his Thunder Javelin attack and Risegreymon firing lasers from the guns on his wings and chest, his Rising Destroyer technique. However, as the two attacks shot towards him, the samurai darted aside to avoid Risegreymon's, and used a slash of his sword to send the Thunder Javelin technique spiraling back towards the ground. Megaseadramon X was hit full force by his own attack, he was dazed, but otherwise conscious.

"Damn it!" Miach mumbled, "That X-antibody is strong!"

Nanami turned towards him. "Wait, if Taichi Yagami had the X-antibody, then shouldn't you?"

"I don't," he sneered, "Kurata's tests proved it, so it either disappeared when we separated, or else Takuya, Tanna or that bratty baby has it!" He smiled, "But it doesn't matter, with this bow, I'm stronger then all of them!"

Takuya was staring at his partner, who was getting ready to battle Gaioumon one-on-one. With the level of power the samurai displayed, there would be no way Risegreymon could win. Takuya was staring at Miach, anger beginning to rise, when he noticed that his evil double was holding the Bow of Abungu at his side. The heroic side of Taichi placed the Katana through his belt to act like a sheath, then ran forward. He leapt towards the bow, and before Miach realized what was about to happen, Takuya grabbed the weapon from the evil side's hand.

The bow sent a bolt of green electricity through his body, causing him to shake as if he was being electrocuted. There was a slight explosion, sending him tumbling backwards, but miraculously, he still held tightly to the Bow of Abungu.

Miach twirled back towards the battlefield. With his partner unconscious, Risegreymon reverted to his Child form of Agumon, but, unfortunately, the forced separation of the bow from Miach caused Gaioumon to regress to his Child form as well.

The dark side of Taichi Yagami then took stock of the situation, both he and Nanami were in no position to fight, yet their enemies still retained Megaseadramon X and Garudamon. It would be suicide to remain.

"Retreat!" he shouted.

Nanami grabbed Wormmon while Miach grabbed Black Agumon. The two dove into the van and seconds later it was speeding across the grassy plain.

Megaseadramon X hovered over them. "Should I go after them?"

"Let them go for now," Michael said, "They lost this time."

Takuya was still lying on the ground, and Sora was now kneeling beside him. "Takuya," she said, "Please wake up."

The younger man moaned slightly, then slowly opened his eyes. "What…what happened?" He asked, "Did we win?"

The redhead smiled. "Yes, you nut job! You didn't know what was going to happen!"

He shrugged. "Yeah, I know, but what else was I supposed to do? We were gonna loose."

Sora hugged him. Without Taichi's other sides to balance him out, Takuya was Taichi's courageous side to its fullest.

"Besides," Takuya continued, "Now we've got another weapon!"

"Yeah, I know," she continued to smile. She glanced over her shoulder in the direction she assumed was south, "I just hope Noriko and the others are doing just as well."

To be continued…………