"Urgh… damn that hurt…" Keiji groaned. He opened his eyes and counted the faces in front of him. There's Kitane… and Rena… and there's another Renamon and some ninja freak. "Well, ssssshit."

"He's awake," Theron observed.

"Let me go you bitches!" Keiji roared, pulling against the chains with all his might.

"Sorry, we can't let you go until you tell us what the Dark Seven want with Kitane," Theron replied, his tone anything but apologetic.

Keiji scoffed. "Keh! I will never tell you anything…"

Theron sighed. "I knew you wouldn't tell us right away, but it would make it easier on the both of us if you do."

Keiji stuck out his snake-like tongue. "You can never break me!"

Theron groaned. "Damn, I hate when they decide to be difficult… Kira, would you mind casting that shinjutsu spell of yours?"

"Ooooh, scary," Keiji mocked. "What's that gonna do, make me laugh till I talk?"

Ignoring him, Rena turned to Kira. "You can use that too?" Kira nodded. "Then I can give you a hand, make it twice as strong as normal, so it'll actually work on this guy."

Kitane poked Rena, who turned around. "Will you PLEASE tell us what it does?"

Rena poked Kitane back, smirking. "It makes people tell the truth."

Kitane grinned. "Cool!" His grin suddenly dropped. "Wait a minute, Rena, have you ever done that on me?"

Rena shook her head. "No. I'd never do that to you."

Kitane wasn't sure if she was being sarcastic or not; her tone was somewhere in between. Even so, he dismissed it for the moment. "Alright then, let's get some answers."

Rena and Kira nod, and in unison begin to chant in an ancient language that no one had ever heard before, but still somehow knew it was a digimon language.

Shit! Keiji thought to himself. I need to stop this before they finish! Ah, that's it! Suddenly a smile crept up Keiji face "Heh heh... no one'ssss makeing me ssspill my sssecretsss! Sssso long…"

"What?" Kitane and Theron asked, confused.

"LONG LIVE "THE DARK SEVEN!" Keiji bellowed. Then he jerked his head so violently that he broke his neck, killing him instantly.

Rena and Kira, no longer seeing the point of the chant, stop casting the spell and simply stare at Keiji's corpse. "OK, just what happened there?" Rena demanded.

Theron walked over to Keiji cautiously, just in case he was trying to fool them. When there was no reaction, Theron checked his pulse. He shook his head. "He really and truly killed himself. Damn. He snapped his own neck so we couldn't get any information out of him."

"Well, now what?" Kitane asked.

Theron shrugged. "I've got no idea. But Kira and I need to get out of here."

"Why?" Rena asked.

"We need to look in to some things…" he said vaguely, walking over to Rena. He paused, then leaned down to whisper into Rena's ear. "… and to give you and Kitane some privacy."

Kitane blinked and looked at them oddly as a strange smile appeared on Rena's face. Is that… is that a hint of nosebleed? Huh? I didn't think she'd gotten hurt before…

Theron took a few steps back from Rena, turning his attention to Kitane. "Alright. Well, we're off. Good luck bro!" He gave Kitane a thumbs up.

Kitane nodded. "Later, Theron."

Theron moved over to Kira quickly and gave her a small nod. A moment later, they both disappeared in a burst of air.

Kitane turned to Rena. "Interesting brother I've got, huh?"

"Yeah."

"Well then, shall we go, love?" Kitane extended his arm to Rena, who took it graciously with a giggle.

"Yes, my mate," Rena replied with a wide grin, as they walked away from Keiji's corpse.

Elsewhere in the digiworld, on Specter Cliff Mountain, four men in black cloaks were watching a TV screen, having witnessed the whole thing. The one at the head of the table turned to the others. "Well, it seems as though Keiji has failed," Six stated.

Four smirked. "Keh, I knew he would. He was too foolish, and thought he had it in the bag before his prey took advantage of his overconfidence." He leaned back in his chair, summoning a few juggling balls. He casually began to juggle.

"Put those away Number Four before Number One shows up," Five told him, irritated.

Four chuckled. "Why should I?" He began performing some simple tricks while waiting.

"Relax, Number Five," Three told him. "Let him get into trouble."

A mere moment after Three finished speaking, the two extremely large doors opposite the TV opened to reveal another black-hooded figure. Four hurriedly dispelled the balls and sat upright.

The new figure, apparently Number One, calmly approached the head of the table and sat down. "So, what news do we have here?"

"Sir, Number Seven, also known as Keiji has failed, and let the target escape," Six reported, clicking a button in front of him to replay the fight on the TV. One watched in silence, his glowing red eyes the only light coming from underneath his hood.

"It seems we have a survivor. No matter…" One turned to Four. "Go and wake up Keiji, so I may have a word with him."

Four quickly stood up and bowed. "Right away, sir!" He teleported away. Several moments later, he appeared on the TV screen next to Keiji's body. The others watched in silence.

Four sighed. "Why am I always the one to do this?" He grabbed Keiji's head firmly, then twisted it, popping it back into place.

Life returns to Keiji's eyes as they refocus. He jumps up with a start. "OW! Damn it, that HURT! You didn't have to do it sssso hard!"

Four chuckled. "Sorry Keiji, but it's the only way."

Keiji rolled his head around, trying to bring life back into his neck. "Urgh… how long wasss I out?"

"Approximately fifty minutes. Number One wishes to see you."

Keiji nodded his head, grasping Four's arm as Four teleported them to the base.

About fifty miles away from where Keiji had re-awoken, Theron and Kira were resting for a while. Theron had a deeply pensive look about him, while Kira merely watched him.

"Is something wrong, Theron? You're very quiet."

"Hm? Oh, sorry Kira." Theron took a deep breath. "It's just… why didn't anyone else from the Dark Seven show up?"

Kira blinked. "You're right, that is rather strange."

Theron sighed. "Maybe I'm just thinking too hard on it, reading too far into it or something."

Kira kissed him on the cheek. "I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. Why don't we go home and grab some food?"

Theron smiled and returned the kiss. "Yeah, you're probably right. Sure, why not?" He took the digivice from his side, pushed a few buttons to open a portal, and walked through it with Kira.

Meanwhile, a mere five miles away from where they had defeated Keiji, Kitane and Rena were discussing where to go next.

"So, Kitane, where do you thing we should head off to now?"

Kitane shrugged. "I don't know. You got anywhere you've been wanting to go?"

Rena thought for a second. "How about the human world? I've never been there before."

"Really? Alright, human world it is. We can go to my house there!"

Rena nodded enthusiastically. "Great! One question, though."

"Hm? What's that?"

"How do we get there?"

Kitane smirked. "Simple." He pulled the Digivice off his belt and pressed the buttons on it. A second later, a gateway opened up. "See?"

"Wow!" Rena exclaimed.

"Well than, shall we?"

Rena nodded, then took hold of Kitane's hand as they walked through the portal.