Thank you for all the support. It means a lot.

So... I'm not the best at fight scenes, but I think I did alright. Of course I had to plan it according to their attacks and personalities.

Chapter Five

Shinya stared at the digimon as it charged towards him. His legs had clamped into place, refusing to move. Every time he saw it in the movies he always became annoyed at the person never moving out the way. He'd never shout at them again.

His brain was on survival mode which meant it had turned off. There were no rational thoughts in his head only the most idiotic. 'Maybe the digimon would get tried' he thought hopefully. He could barely hear Coronamon screaming his name, all the blood in his body was rushing too fast for him to focus on a sense.

Black spots began to appear before his eyes and he began to feel lightheaded.

"Petit Prominence." He heard Coronamon roar then barely made out him ramming the bigger digimon out of the way. The two digimon fell against a tree, knocking it to the floor. Shinya then relaxed and managed to move a few steps before he became exhausted.

'Nearly dying takes a lot of out you' He thought humourlessly.

"Get him Coronamon." He cheered, using his remaining energy. He could feel his heartbeat returning to its normal pace but it did nothing to make him feel better. Coronamon was still fighting a digimon, one that Shinya had no idea about. He could, should, have scanned the bigger digimon but Coronamon didn't like that and he had to earn his partner's trust.

His dad always told him that trust had to be earned not given. When his parent's weren't there to look after him he could at least remember what they told him.

"Nose Blaster." The bigger digimon attacked as fire blew out of this nose.

"I feel sorry for you when you have a cold." Shinya joked but no one listened. Bummer. The fire attack flew towards Coronamon who forward rolled away from it. Instead it burnt a tree to the ground.

Bitting back a comment he watched as Coronamon released 'Corona Knuckle' which sent fire punches at the digimon. Shinya felt a little useless then, his partner was doing all the work while he just sat around like a lump. That wouldn't do at all. He would help Coronamon finish this fight then find their friends. Splitting up was no longer an option, it only brought problems. They were stronger as a group of friends than in pairs. They would have to find Rex and Tami first, neither of them had partners. They'd be a walking target.

Now inspired, he couldn't wait for Coronamon to win the fight and delete the digimon. It brought him some comfort that the digimon was be reconfigured, but he had wanted to kill them and Shinya was fairly sure he couldn't live again.

The two digimon were looking facing each other with only a few steps between the two of them. Shinya was further away but could see that Coronamon was not fairing as well as he had hoped.

"Corona Flame."

"Nose Blaster."

The two fire attacks hit each other in the middle and Shinya watched as they became a single ball of flames. 'uh oh' He thought. The ball went out of control and flew towards the little TV that was sitting on the tree trunk, blowing it up.

"Hey there what if we leave each other alone." He asked the digimon, hoping there wasn't a different language in the digital world to his own. There was nothing worse than a language barrier.

"NO!" It shouted slamming its way towards Coronamon.

"Why? We haven't done anything to you." He continued hoping to divert the digimon's attention.

"You humans entered the digital world. You offended the sacred rule of the Great Demon Lords. For that there will be consequences." Shinya frowned in confusion, who were the demon lords? They didn't sound friendly. But everything was different in the digital world; lions and dogs could talk, maybe demon meant angel?

He hoped he was that lucky.

Prayed actually.

There was no way he wanted to fight against Demons!

His diversion had not worked as he wanted; Coronamon had become distracted too and fell to the ground. Coronamon was an innocent digimon, he would not have worked out it was all a ruse.

"Time to destroy you and your friends. Long Live Barbamon!" It bellowed turning its attention to Rini and Labramon. Shinya cursed aloud, he had forgotten about his sleeping friend who could sleep through anything. And it seemed Labramon was just the same. "Slamming Attack."

Shinya looked at Coronamon on the floor, most probably passed out then back at the digimon. It was getting ready to run so Shinya did that too. Right then he wasn't thinking about freezing up again, he knew he wouldn't. It was his friends in danger now and their lives were more important than his own at that moment.

He ran in front of the Rini and Labramon, who were much closer to him then to the digimon, and shielded them with his body. He wasn't that big so it didn't work liked he'd hoped it to but it was the thought that counted he knew.

"If you want to hurt them you have to go through me." He shouted out the cliché. "Digimon partner or not I will delete you. You overgrown pet!" He fought the urge to flee as the digimon advanced towards them. The quicker he deleted the digimon the quicker he could find his friends and get home. His shouted seemed to have woken up the two sleepers, who began to stir.

The digimon was only a few strides away when an orange light went from his digivice towards the fallen Coronamon. His partner was lit up like a Christmas tree then the light turned into flames.

"Coronamon digivolve to ... Firamon."

Shinya smiled as his newly digivolved partner stood in front of him, even the digimon stopped in his attack to stare at Firamon with hatred. As if it didn't like it one bit. 'Of course it didn't, it's going to have its arse whopped.' He thought.

Firamon looked like a massive lion with a bright yellow mane. He had metal armour on his legs and head, even two in his mane making two ponytails. It didn't look girly, in fact made him seem even more powerful. The only thing that was out of place was two wings on his back, which Shinya hoped was for flying.

"Fira Claw." Firamon fired, slicing the digimon with his claws. Boarmon staggered back a few step, nursing some very deadly looking cuts. Shinya could see blue data inside one particularly bad one.

"Shinya whats going on?" Rini asked holding onto his arm. Shinya looked at her then shook his head. She nodded understanding this wasn't the time to ask such questions. Shinya smiled at her as she cheered for Firamon, how she knew that was the good guy he didn't know.

"L.I.O.N. What does it give LION! Wow." Rini cheered jumping up and down.

"Rini you can spell?" Labramon asked, Rini stopped jumping and stared her digimon down.

"Of course I can. Can you?"

"Yes. When can I digivolve?! I was here first. It's not fair Coronamon digivolves before me." Labramon changed the subject.

"Yeah, how could you Shinya."

"Well next time I'll let the evil digimon trample you." He said annoyed at them. He had saved them and that was all they could say. Firamon was fighting for them and they weren't even grateful.

"I didn't mean it like that." Rini said looking at him with sad eyes. "I only meant,"

"It's okay." He cut in, turning his attention back to Firamon.

"Fira Bomb." Firamon sent while sent a 'Nose Blaster'. The two attacks again met in the middle but they didn't mix like before. Firamon's attack absorbed the other and went flying straight for the digimon.

"Love Live Barbamon!" The digimon pleaded before he was blown up. Shinya sighed in relief as Labramon barked with glee.

"Barbamon? I thought we were looking for Baromon." Rini asked confused.

"Barbamon is a demon lord. Baromon is not." Firamon explained. "They may found similar but trust me they are not." Rini nodded as she ran her hand over Firamon mane. Firamon didn't say anything against it but Shinya could feel he didn't like it. He grabbed Rini's hand and brought it away from the digimon.

"Firamon is Coronamon digivolved." He explained.

"I know that. But who was the other?" She asked.

"Yeah I've never seen it before." Labramon added.

"You mean you didn't scan it?" Firamon asked which offended Shinya a little. Did his partner think so little of him?

"You didn't like that so I didn't." He answered truthfully.

"Thank you." Firamon said. "But you could have scanned the opponent. It often helps to have information about them as it gives us an advantage. I merely meant to use it as a last resort. Since there were no other digimon to identify Boarmon, you should have used the digivice. All the features were included to help you but should I more powerful digimon find out what it can do they may want to for themselves and go to any lengths to get one." He explained.

"Oh. So he was called Boarmon, how did you know that."

"I have been around a long time; there is only a handful of digimon I don't know about."

"Shinya what are we going to do know? We need to find our friends." Rini said tugging on his sleeve.

"I know, let's find Rex and Tami first then the other two." He said. His cousin had Tapirmon to look after them and that digimon was powerful. But he still worried. The quicker they found Rex the quicker he could find his cousin.

"But they must be a day away. We'll never catch up to them." Labramon said and Shinya looked up at the night sky.

"You can ride me. We can fly to them." Firamon offered.

"Won't we get burnt?" Labramon asked innocently. "You're covered in fire."

Firamon frowned. "No you won't." Labramon climbed onto Firamon first, and then Shinya helped Rini up. In return she pulled him up when he was having problems.

"Where are they anyway?" Rini asked.

Shinya thought back to what Coronamon had told him before. "The midnight forest."

"Hopefully they're alright." She said out loud. He didn't say that he hoped the same thing.

Rex

Rex turned from the window when he heard Tami waking up. With a frown he watched as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and stretched her arms. It was an innocent gesture but Rex couldn't look away. When the rays of the sun fell on her she was beautiful.

'WOAH! That wasn't something he should be thinking.' He reprimanded himself. He had a girlfriend and the only reason he was thinking about Tami like that was because he missed Emi. 'Had it have been a monkey he'd have thought the same thing.' He assured.

"Good morning." Tami said getting up and making the bed. Rex looked over to the blankets on the floor, the one he hadn't slept on. Some digimon had come last night and left them, it was for the best the mood he was in then he would have punched the digimon in the face.

"Have a good sleep?" He asked. "We have to go to breakfast."

"Yes very well indeed. I expect you also had a pleasant sleep?" She asked back and went to fold the blankets on the floor. Using his soccer reflexes he grabbed them for her hands and began to fold them himself. Not to be outdone she grabbed the other from the floor and folded that.

Rex thought about her question. Should he lie or tell the truth?

The lie would have been that he slept very well when in fact he hadn't slept at all. He'd heard the egg shell on the phone talking about them and he knew it wasn't good. Call him a negative thinker but when someone says 'you should be weary' it wasn't good. He'd been up the whole night thinking what they should do and waiting for an attack. If he told her the truth she'd only get worried over nothing.

"it was alright." He lied silently wishing he didn't start yawning anytime soon. "Breakfast." He said opening the door and walking out. Tami followed behind, fiddling on her phone.

"You're phone is different to Zack's right?" He asked an idea suddenly forming in his mind.

"It is a different model is that is the answer you were hoping."

"Not exactly. You reconfigured your phone after you brought it right? Zack didn't. Then maybe your phone works here?" He answered gloating over the fact he knew big words.

"You can attempt to try if you wish." She held out her android to him and he snatched it quickly logging onto the internet. He typed in 'map' and waited for something, anything to come up. When they reached the dining room he was still waiting.

"It's not working." He said handing the phone back. "I was wrong."

"I doubt you were incorrect. Probability dictates you were merely unlucky. Like with the human world we must be in a spot where there is no connection or where the connection is much too weak we can try again later."

Rex didn't say anything only handed his order to a digimon and waited for Tami to give hers. 'The food better be good here' he thought. After eating the wonderful food his mom made he hadn't grown to expect a certain level of taste. That's why they never let his dad cook anything expect noodles.

"Would you say we are friends?" He asked out of the blue. Tami looked at him surprised.

"Friends?" She asked confused.

"Yeah. You know people who aren't enemies or strangers or dating." He gave the oversimplified version.

"Well we aren't enemies or strangers, and we certainly are not in a relationship. The only option left is friends then logic says that friend is the only option available."

"So we are friends?"

"Yes."

"Then as your friend can you do something for me? Don't speak with such big words and complicated sentences. Everyone knows you're smart. But some people aren't, like me, so we have difficulty translating."

Digitamamon placed two plates in front of them. Their breakfast looked like a really bad attempt ate at pancakes.

Tami grabbed her fork quickly and dug in while he rolled little bits of it around on his plate. It didn't look good. Pancakes were an art this was a mess. Tami looked up at him confused then down at his plate then back at him.

"Aren't you hungry?" She asked.

"This look like something Nyo vomited out." He said disgusted.

"The taste is neither better than you described but we cannot estimate the next time we will even get food. We still have four digimon to discover and later Baromon."

Rex closed his eyes and placed a forkful into his mouth. Trying unsuccessfully to ignore the taste he swallowed it down, cursing her in entire time for being right. 'Stupid smart girl' he thought ignoring the mistake he'd made.

"Just to affirm a point I do not think you unintelligent."

"Um, in English please."

Tami looked uncomfortable and began moving on her chair a lot. "I don't think you're stupid." Rex couldn't work out if she was squirming because of the compliment or because of she had to say her words like a normal person.

"Right," He said unconvinced as he took another bite. "Icky." He cringed. "Digitamamon this is the worst anything I've ever tasted!" He shouted, forgetting any respect. "Sort it out or you'll be sorry."

"Are you threatening me?" Digitamamon asked walking over to them.

"NO!" Tami screamed before he could answer. "Rex is feeling rather unwell therefore he is not enjoying this delicious meal."

"He better be." The digimon replied glaring at him. That rattled Rex so he stood up and tried to hit Digitamamon with his chair. Expect Digitamamon blocked it and sent the two of them to work in the kitchen.

"We cannot waste our energy labouring for you, we need to move on. This is kidnapping." Tami screamed as the digimon closed the metal door on them. "What are we to do?" She asked him. As if he had any idea.

"Well you could cook some food. The lunch rush will be on soon." A voice said from the fridge. 'Since when to fridge's talk' he wondered.

"Who are you?" Rex asked walking around the counter towards the fridge. There he saw a digimon growling at a gallon of milk, it was the most stupid thing ever and he'd seen Rini running after a pigeon.

"Dorumon." The digimon said turning to look at him then let out a bark. Dorumon was purple and the same size as Labramon. He had white paws with black claws which could do a lot of damage. His nose was white and the tip of his tail, which was almost as big as Dorumon. The oddest bits were the two little bat wing that stuck out of his back, which were not big enough to support this weight, and a metal triangle on his forehead with a red light inside.

A Blue light escaped Rex's digivice and went straight for Dorumon who looked at it with happiness. "I'm your partner, that's so great. I can't wait to fight all the bad guys with you. Oh we can with Digitamamon, I'll send a Metal Cannon at them, they won't know what hit him. Once we beat them there's a whole world of digimon we can defeat. Won't it be amazing?!" Dorumon blabbered.

"We cannot go around destroying all the digimon. Particularly the innocent ones." Tami commented which caused both Rex and his partner to turn their attention to her. Dorumon barked at her so she jumped back in fright. He then let out a low growl towards he which Rex didn't like on bit.

"Hey don't growl at her. In fact don't attack any human you understand. Only digimon." He commanded.

"Fine." Dorumon turned, his tail knocking over the pans that were hanging above the counter. "I'll clean it up."

"No I can do that. You and Rex should proceed to lunch. The sooner we complete the course the sooner we may depart and reunite with our friends." Tami went to pick up the pots while Dorumon just stared at him.

"You get used to it." He said opening the fridge not surprised when Dorumon started barking again. But Tami was and the pans in her hands went to the floor again.

"So why are you here?" Dorumon asked as Rex decided on making burgers. It was in fact the only thing he knew how to make.

"No idea we just teleported here. Then we split up with the rest of the group and end up at this hotel." He explained.

"We shouldn't stay here long. Digitamamon works for Barbamon and that not good. I think some digimon are come to defeat you. So maybe we should stay here, I can delete them." Rex just gave a smile, mysteriously warming up to Dorumon's destructive side. As long as it was towards the bad guys and not him and his friends it was fine.

"Who's Barbamon?" Tami asked walking over to them.

"He's a demon lord, expect no one seen him so we can't be sure if it's really him."

"So it could be an idiot pretending to be him." Rex concluded not asking any questions about the term 'demon lord', it could only be a bad thing.

"Yep."

"Take a small piece and make it a circle." He told them once the flavouring was done. None of the ingredients were the same as back home so he wasn't sure if it would taste alright. Dorumon and Tami did as they were told as soon they had a system going. Dorumon flattened them, while Rex cooked them. Tami was cutting the lettuce and buns.

"Did you want to hear my evidence for thinking you were smart?" Tami asked halfway through.

"Are you going to say it with big words?" He teased with no idea why. She nodded. "Fine, might as well."

"Okay. Well when you participate in soccer you are intelligent. You know exactly where your teammates are on the pitch, where the opponents are positioned and the best movement of the ball to gain the advantage. Those actions are made in a millisecond and they are correct as you win the match. You may not be the cleverest when it comes to tests but you are smart where it matters."

"I think being smart in education is more important than in soccer." He replied after a few seconds. It took time to translate her words.

"But you're clever where it matter to you. Everyone can be smart in education; all you have to do is learn what they tell you. But you're clever because you use your smart where it matter in your life. You care about soccer a lot more than maths. Not everyone's the same Rex. When it gets to University it will not matter much about your grades, everyone will have them. But not everyone will have the same extracurricular activities as you."

Rex was so confused as to what she said, he just nodded. He knew she was trying to make him feel better and he didn't want to offend her by asking her something stupid. He had no idea why he was being like that though, normally he would have told off anyone when he wanted to, even Emi, but something made him keep his mouth shut.

"You've been watching me play then?" He said instead.

Tami blushed and turned back to her cutting. "Of course not. When I am at computer club I sometimes gaze out of the window and I see your team playing."

"But I'm the best though." He said inflating his ego.

"Kai's quite good too." And there she went deflating it again. "I'm going to tell Digitamamon the food is done and if we can leave now."

It was only after she left that he realised she started to speak normally for a little while. "Do you normally understand what she says?" Dorumon asked. Rex shook his head. "Then why do you respond back? Why not tell her she saying it in a weird way?"

Rex thought about that. "Tami's like a flower. She's delicate and needs to be treated with care. One small thing can set her off and when she does I'm told it's scary." Zack had told him about Tami's outburst on the bus, he just acted like he didn't know. She wasn't bringing it up so neither would he.

"Flowers can't survive long in the digital world." Dorumon replied. Rex nodded. "But don't worry I'll look out for her."

"No don't need to. Tami can look after herself."

"But you just called her a flower and delicate. Can she defend her or not?" Dorumon asked but before he could reply Tami burst through the door and ran straight towards him. Confused he looked down at Dorumon who had started snapping and barking the moment the door opened.

Two humanlike digimon flew in looking at the two of them. "Get out of the way digimon. Barbamon want the humans." Said the Tinkerbell looking digimon. 'She's probably called Tinkerbellmon or something'.

He pointed his digivice at the Tinkerbell digimon while glaring at the other boy digimon. "Tinkermon. Rookie Virus Digimon. Attack: Speed Nightmare, Nightmare Pandemic, Fairy Powder, Petermon Syndrome."

"Tinkermon. I was nearly right." He said smirking at the fairy.

"Petermon. Champion Data Digimon. Attack: Snipe Sting, Twinkle Shoot, Midnight Fantasia."

"Why would there be fairy tale personas in the digital world?" Tami asked as Tinkermon flew towards her. Tami grabbed a pan from the hit Tinkermon in the face.

"You'll pay for that. Speed Nightmare."

"Dash Metal." Dorumon fired a metal sphere from his mouth and ran towards the fairy digimon.

"Sweet girl. I like you, how's you like to come over to never ever land." Petermon commented with a southern American accent. Rex sent a glare to the digimon not liking him one bit. He just stood there like he owned the place.

Stuck up piece of shit. What exactly was he planning?

"Fairy Powder." Tinkermon shook her wings releasing some powder. Dorumon grabbed Tami moving them out of the way of the dust. "How dare you! Speed Nightmare."

"Metal Cannon." Dorumon fired.

"Dorumon." Rex called but his partner didn't hear him continuing the send 'Metal Cannons' at Tinkermon. Tami was holding a pan in her like a shield. Dorumon got tired of using his powers and threw himself at Tinkermon sending the two of them into the far wall. The wooden shelf above them broke, making the contents fall onto them. "Are you okay." He asked, but still didn't get a reply. Dorumon's unhealthy combative side was annoying him. The two digimon rolled on the floor, Dorumon tried to bite Tinkermon while she tried to scratch him with her nails.

Tinkermon got free of the hold she was in and grabbed her long red staff pointing it directly at Dorumon. Rex could see his partner was tired and his heart broke a little when he saw the red light in his forehead fade. He had just found his partner and they weren't going to be separated that quickly. Not if he had anything to do about it.

"Hey Tinkerbell." He shouted loading a bunch of meat on the grill pan. "Take this." He sent the meat flying at Tinkermon and she screamed when it touched her face and winds. "Attack my partner! My partner! You picked the wrong duo little pixie."

"What can you do?" Petermon asked calmly.

Rex could feel something building inside him, a hot burning just wanting to get free. Rex was so angry right now he wasn't going to stop whatever it was. He didn't care if it was words, kicks, punches or a good old food fight. No one touched his friends. Especially not a tiny fairy like that.

A light went from his digivice and surrounded Dorumon. It was like he was trapped in a tornado then it turned to a iron tunnel.

"Dorumon digivolve to... Dorugamon!"

Rex smirked, now they'd get it. He turned to his red headed new friend. "I don't believe in fairies." He said in triumph.

"Excuse me!" Tinkermon sneered at him while Tami and Petermon looked at him confused. Dorugamon took the opening at fire a "Cannonball" at her. It was basically an upgrade from his previous iron sphere attack.

"You'll pay for that."

"Bring it, winged mini digimon." Dorugamon taunted although it could do with improvement. "Power Metal." Dorugagmon fired the same time Tinkermon fired 'Petermon Syndrome'.

The two attack met in the middle but Dorugamon overpowered the pixie digimon and she became little flecks of data.

"Your turn." Rex said turning to Petermon. "Dorugamon here is very bloodthirsty. I suggest you give in quietly."

"Who sent you?" Tami asked walking up to Rex. Petermon touched the feather on his hat then looked at them.

"Why Barbamon of course." He answered laughing. "I'd love to have the two of you in my collection but he wants you both so who am I to argue. Now be a doll a come over won't you. There's a pleasant child."

Rex grabbed Tami's wrist to keep her in place, Petermon frowned. "Snipe Sting." He sent after Dorugamon.

"I was not about to oblige to him." Tami said carefully unwrapping his fingers with her free hand. 'Why doesn't she just pull her hand away' he thought but didn't, there was worse shit going on.

Petermon was attacking Dorugamon with his sword, relentlessly. Dorugamon was holding his own very well. But Rex knew his partner hadn't eaten in ages, Petermon most probably had.

"Cannonball." Dorugamon fired as he rammed Petermon against the door. Petermon only laughed as he got up.

'Isn't Digitamamon worrying about the breaking of his kitchen' He thought and Dorugamon slashed Petermon with his claws.

"Y'all need to understand that Barbamon won't stop. Give in now and I'll see you safely." Petermon urged.

"Barbamon? Who's that?" Tami asked.

"Why he's one of the mighty demon lords. He'd destroy you where you stand for saying his name, pesky human."

"Demon Lords?"

"I don't think he'd mind having on less human to play with. Why don't I kill you now?"

Suddenly the door fell to the floor, missing Petermon by hairs. Pity. In the door way stood a mighty lion like digimon covered in flames.

"No one threatens my friends you fiend." Rini said jumping from the digimons back. Rex sighed in relief; the digimon was a good guy. Maybe he was Labramon digivolved. That thought went out the window when Larbamon and Shinya jumped down after her.

"Cannonball." Dorugamon fired. It was much bigger than all his previous attack. Petermon's eyes expanded from its slit.

"Forgive me mistress." He managed to say before his data went into the air. A bright light when from Dorugamon as he went back to Dorumon. The moment that happened he began to snap at the bigger digimon.

Shinya

Rex pointed his digivice at the fire digimon. "Firamon. Champion Vaccine Digimon. Attacks: Flame Dive, Fira Claw, Fira Bomb."

A light went on the digimon too and within milliseconds he was much smaller. The same size as Dorumon to be exact.

"Coronamon meet Tami and Rex, there two of my friends. Guys meet Coronamon. My partner." Shinya introduced. Tami smiled.

"Hello there. I hope you didn't have as much trouble as we incurred here." She said.

"We had some trouble." Coronamon replied.

"Can you believe it? Shinya found Coronamon after me but he digivolved first." Rini complained.

"Yeah! We were here first you can't just jump the queue." Labramon agreed.

"It doesn't work like that that!" Dorumon piped in.

"I'm watching you!" Rini said pointing to her eyes than to Dorumon.

Dorumon moved next to Tami. "What does that mean?"

"She is indicating to her eyes to show her own perception. Later she gestured to your eyes as to show her gaze and the fact she will not cease observing your behaviours and extremities."

Dorumon looked at Rex pleadingly. "What does that mean?" That sent the group, except Tami and Dorumon, into rounds of laughter. Dorumon growled at them.

"That is Dorumon, he likes to growl and snap and everything. Dorumon that's Shinya, Coronamon, Rini and Labramon." Rex introduced but Dorumon still looked confused so he pointed to each person.

"Oh right. HI!"

"We aren't deaf." Shinya commented. 'What was wrong with Rex's partner?'

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Coronamon said.

"Aren't you a doll?" Rini said hugging the rookie digimon. Coronamon didn't say anything only looked to Shinya for help. Shinya didn't look like much help.

"Where do we go from here?" He asked instead.

Coronamon tried to move his body but Rini had too strong a hold, Shinya knew what that felt like. "Well there should be a stream nearby. We walk upstream until we reach the crying tree."

"The crying tree?" Rex questioned.

"We just follow him." Rini answered as they all walked out of the kitchen. Shinya couldn't see the owner but Rex said something about him being an overcooked egg. Shinya didn't question it.

"How were you to we needed assistance?" Tami asked.

"Well after we defeated Boarmon, Coronamon said the way to Baromon was through the Midnight Forest. We assumed that's the way you went to came to get you guys before getting Emi and Zack. You guys don't have partners." Shinya explained.

"Well that's a lie." Rex added dryly.

"Don't worry Tami. You'll find yours soon." Rini smiled.

"I'm not worried. I have you and Rex and Shinya to keep me safe until I do. And I can look after myself too."

"That was handy work hitting Tinkermon with a frying pan." Dorumon said walking beside her.

"Tinkermon. As in Tinkerbell?" Rini laughed.

"Trust me. I thought the same." Rex agreed.

"Tami I don't know what you did but Rex is much better than when I saw him last. Great work." Shinya laughed.

No one said anything after that for some while. "Where do you think Emi and Zack are?" Labramon asked.

"You're digivice should have a map feature on them. Just press the middle button." Coronamon explained and soon enough a 3D map appeared from his digivice.

"There." Tami said pointing to two red dots on the edge of the map.

"They aren't that far. Maybe a few hours." Labramon said.

"How did you know that?" Dorumon asked Coronamon suspiciously.

"I'm Coronamon!" He said as if that explained it. Shinya was getting pissed at that excuse.

"So." Rex said dryly. There was the Rex they were friends with.

"So?" Coronamon questioned confused.

"So." Rex said ending the conversation.

"What are the Demon Lords?" Tami asked suddenly, darkening the mood.

End of Chapter.

So no Emi and Zack again, sorry everyone. But I promise next chapter about them, particularly Zack.

Demon Lords. It seems there back, but aren't they all trapped? The reason for why the demon lords have returned ties into why they the digidestined have to meet Baromon and not Gennai or Bokomon. I'll just say it has something to do with how Frontier ended. Not much of a spoiler but there you go.

I know at the beginning Shinya scared but remember he's only fourteen, away from his family and tasked with protecting his friends (who have split up) of course he's scared. But he conquered his fears, for now, and Coronamon digivolved.

I know it might have seemed rushed that both Coronamon and Dorumon digivolved. But to me that was the best time for it to happen.

Once they meet Baromon they will go back to the human world, remember in the last chapter how Rex and Shinya found television on the way to finding their partners. They don't know what there for but we do ;)

So Rex mellowed out a little, we'll see how long that last. But at least he's on a speaking basis to everyone.

With the whole 'I'm Coronamon' is to do with the fact he is one of the Olympus twelve. He'd know things that other digimon wouldn't have. Venusmon and Lunamon are part of the twelve too.

Tell me what you think Review!