.(laughing nervously)…..

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! HERE'S YOUR GIFT….and a plead for forgiveness….

…btw….yea, you don't wanna know…

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DEDICATING THIS CHAPTER TOOOO:::: YOU!!!!

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Flowers Are Blooming

Sequel To Puzzle Pieces

Main Characters:::

Matthew (Scope) -14 - 8th grade - BlackAgumon - Strength

Taichi (Romeo or Romie) -14 - 8th grade - Guilmon -Trust

Ryo (Hazy) -14 - 8th grade - SnowAgumon - Compassion

Kanaye (Soldier) - 13 - 7th grade - Terriermon - Dreams

Sakura (Shy-Shy) - 13 - 7th grade - Lopmon - Innocence

Maro (Sunny) - 12 - 7th grade - Koemon – Peace

Noah – 14 – 8th grade – Commandramon – Light

Haru – 13 – 7th grade – Dobermon – Hatred

----------------------Chapter Twenty – What Are You Made Of? ------------------------

(I gotz new material)

The Adults…

"WHO DOES THAT DUDE THINK HE IS?!" Yea, Taichi is a little on the pissy side today.

Matthew rolled his eyes. "You'd you rather be destroyed? Because Noah could've done that if he wanted to." He pointed out, sitting on top of DarkTryannomon's head, with Maro next to him, still holding tightly to Koemon's digi-egg for dear life. Walking beside him was Antylamon who had Sakura on her shoulders. Gargomon de-digivolved back to Terriermon because he got to lazy, so he was laying on Kanaye's head, as he was on the other shoulder of Antylamon. Taichi was on Growlmon's head, steaming, and Ryo was lazily sitting on Frigimon's shoulders, bored. "Now straighten up, Romie. We are about to go in and fight the hardest thing we have ever done in our lives, so you need to chill before we go in and you get pissed off again."

"QUIT TALKING LIKE YOU'RE SO MUCH SMARTER THAN ME, SCOPE!"

"…no comment."

Taichi growled as Sakura sighed. "You two need to get a grip, because you're BOTH acting like children." Kanaye, Maro, and Ryo nodded in agreement. "Scope?"

Matthew looked to his sister. "Yeah?"

"Do you think everyone is okay?" She asked shyly, but concerned. "Aiden and Takeo…not to mention everyone else."

Matthew smiled. "I'm sure they are okay. Sure, I bet some are bruised up, but they'll make it."

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"OW!!!" Kannon flinched as Bridget screamed in pain. Esamee was next to her, holding Bridget's hand to squeeze from the pain. Bridget, for once, was crying and screaming bloody murder as Kannon tried to put her ankle bones back in place and then he would bandage them. "I HATE YOU!"

Kannon smiled. "Don't worry. Everyone says that to doctors that cause some pain, even if it is for your own good. Understandable."

Kiyoshi and Marisol were in each other's arms, finally content (sorta) being together, which at the moment was all that mattered.

Micah and Kira were the same way, only Micah was more affectionate, since his worry was, surprisingly, way more than Kiyoshi's.

Kyle was next to Nikko, who amazingly didn't get beat up, but a hug from Micah for taking care of Kira. He understood why he let Kira go with Haru and forgave him.

Kyle bragging to his "older" brother, Chance, who was sitting next to him, about his army training and the girl he was dating, who apparently was a hottie as he puts it. Chance laughed, it seemed that deep down, Kyle was still a kid in some ways.

Finally Kannon was done with Bridget after bandaging her ankle tightly, he started to help Kimberly with the nasty bruise Palmon gave her.

Aiden sighed. Takeo looked to him. "Aiden?"

Aiden looked to Takeo. "Our siblings are in so much danger, Takeo."

Takeo nodded. "Sure thing. I wish we could help them, but there's not much we can do, since we really have no idea where our digimon are."

Taya entered the conversation. "Do you know anything about that Haru kid?" Everyone got into the conversation now, hoping he would.

Aiden nodded. "One, he's evil."

Marc growled. "No shit, Sherlock. Figure out that one yourself?!"

Aiden tried to ignore his cousin and continue. "He's after the kids' powers or whatever you call them."

"Another obvious statement." Esamee said.

Again, Aiden ignored it. "Three, he's made our parent's digimon evil."

"Nevermind! Forget that Taya asked because you obviously don't know anything that we don't already-"

"He's the one who kidnapped Sakura." Chance spoke up, interrupting Micah.

Aiden raised an eyebrow. "Now that one I didn't know…come to think of it, we never really asked Sakura what happened when she got captured…when you came back, that kind of left our minds." He said, feeling guilty. "I think we all forgot about her for a while there." He looked to Chance. "What happened while she was there, Chance? Tell me."

"Haru beat me up for a while, but Sakura wasn't there. I don't know where she was, but I know she wasn't hurt. I could vaguely hear when she came in and she was arguing with Haru. Haru told her some things that just killed her." Chance said, in deep thought. "Something about being weak and always needing her brothers around, but we all know that's not true. I don't know Sakura very well, but I can tell she's strong. She was going to face the Dark Ocean with me that day, so we could make sure it never bothered us or anyone else again, but then we got captured."

Aiden put his face in his hands. "Sakura is strong, but something happened in the digital world that made her change. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I do know something happened and it made her mind think she was weak and helpless. Now she is resenting us to protect her."

Marisol smirked. "See? You boys need to learn that being overprotective has limits."

Marc rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, you've given us this speech before. So has Kira, but we don't care and we'll never listen."

"Figures."

"Anyways, so apparently Sakura is going to be playing a big role in this battle." Kimberly came back to the previous subject. "Not good."

"Look, if Sakura can help overcome Haru's power, the Dark Ocean could be gone for good!" Chance exclaimed. "So we REALLY need to have faith in Sakura and the boys, so they can beat this. The Dark Ocean can't bother anyone ever again."

The group…

The kids silenly group behind a wall, where it's hard to see them. "So we're in, now what?" Ryo asked Matthew.

"Here's my plan." Matthew states. "We are going to get stopped many times. I guarantee that. Everything and it's brother is going to be guarding the Aiden and the others like crazy. We'll be getting attack left and right. The first time we're stopped, Kannon, you're going to take the first ones on. Ryo, you're going to handle the next ones. Sakura, you're after Ryo. Then Taichi. Me. And Maro…I have a special mission for you. Just stay with me, got it?" Maro nodded, ready to save his parents. "Good. Digimon?" He looks to the five digimon. "Stay with your partners. Don't let us out of your sight. OK?" They nod silently. "Nice. Let's move."

Haru and Noah…

"Noah." Haru called out calmly. Noah looked from the window to Haru. "You're going to take on Ryo, got it?" He gave a nod. "I'll take care of that Sakura." He looked to Kiwimon. "Make sure to have Arukenimon ready to fight the keeper of Dreams. To be ready to give him the scare of his life." Kiwimon nodded, but Noah stopped him before he left.

"Have all the adults' digimon partners to be ready to make sure whoever tries to rescue Marc's team will be taken care of quickly." Kiwimon nodded again, bowing to the two before leaving the room quickly.

Suddenly a hologram game up out of nowhere in the room, making Noah and Haru stand straight. "MedEvilGallentmon." They bow in respect to THEIR leader. He appeared, looking emotionless. "I heard you're plan. What about the keepers of Strength and Trust? I warn you, I want to fight the Keeper of Strength, the leader. He seems proud of his position and as I can tell, is getting good at it. He's mine. Make sure his twin brother stays out of my way, or else." Then he disappeared.

Haru looked to Noah. "I'll make sure we get digimon slaves to handle Taichi." He began to walk away, but Noah called to him.

"Get Gatomon and Patamon. His parents' partners."

Haru smirked. "Good idea. But hurry up and get in your positions. Arukenimon should have Kanaye already."

Ryo and Noah…

Matthew, Taichi, Ryo, Sakura, and Maro ran fast in the halls, having no idea whatsoever of where they were going. Maro could sense his mom and dad nearby, so they were following him. Kannon was currently taking on Arukenimon, a spider digimon that was extremely ugly, in Taichi's words. Matthew had faith in Kanaye, knowing he would be alright. Maro suddenly stopped, making them stop. "Noah!" He gasped.

The others glared to him as Noah stood up straight, with Commandramon by his side, smirking. "Oh look, isn't it my soccer teammates and their cute little sister. Lucky me."

Maro shook his head. "I can't believe I stood up for you!" He yelled, feeling stupid.

Ryo put a hand on his shoulder. "It's alright, Sunny. You didn't know. He's a good actor."

"Well, Ryo…" Noah's smirk widened. "Wanna finish what he started earlier?"

Ryo clenched his free fist. "I would be glad to." The others looked to him for an explanation, but Ryo shook his head. "Later. You guys go rescue the others. I'll take care of him." Ryo glared to Noah.

Matthew and the others nodded and began to run. "I believe in you, Hazy!" Sunny yelled back to him. Ryo couldn't help but give a small smile.

"Enough sappy crap!" Noah ruined the moment. "Let me destroy you already so I can help Haru defeat Sakura faster. We have things to do."

-Oh no! Sakura's taking on Haru?! Not good!-

-Nope. Not one bit.-

-Shut up! You're not helping!-

-Really now?-

-Huh?-

-Look in front of you, smart one!!!!-

Ryo came back to reality as he saw a black blast head right for him. He put his hands in front of him out of instinct. "Oh crap!"

Sakura and Haru…

Sakura put her hands above her head as attacks were being thrown everywhere and Haru was doing the same. She growled. "Nice room you picked out, Haru!!" She screamed.

Haru glared daggers. "Shut up! I didn't think this through, okay?!"

"ARM BOMBER!" Antylamon attacked, shooting shocks from her arms to Dobermon, who easily dodge, but the power made the room shake, not bad though.

"GRAU REALM!" A black energy blast shot from Dobermon made Antylamon fly back and slam her against the wall, next to Sakura, who screamed.

"ANTYLAMON!!!"

Of course, the bunny digimon didn't stay down. She got back up and ran towards Dobermon. "BUNNY BLADES!" She hit Dobermon, making him hit the ground, face first.

Haru growled. "Dobermon! Get up and fight!"

Dobermon obeyed and growled. "Schwartz Strahl!" A dark energy surrounded Antylamon's body, making her gasp.

Sakura freaked as Haru chuckled. "What are you doing to her?!" Her answer was something she never wanted to hear. Antylamon gasped for air painfully as Dobermon seemed to be freezing her data, destroying her from the inside. "Antylamon!!! NO!!!" She cried, tears coming to her eyes. "Let her go! I beg of you, let Antylamon go!"

Haru grinned and couldn't help but laugh coldheartedly at Sakura's pleas. "How about no, Sakura? Face it. You're done."

Maro…

Matthew and Maro enter the only room they really hadn't checked. It was fairly large, big enough for DarkTryannomon to fit in. "Look! Another door! Maybe they're in there!" Maro exclaimed excitedly.

Matthew was cautious, but knew it was the only way to find out. –But it seems to easy…-

"What do we have here?" Matthew sighed. He hated it when he was right sometimes. Maro and Matthew were in awe. MedEvilGallentmon stood before them in all his glory. "Where do you two midgets think you're going?"

Matthew glared, pulling Maro behind him. "You're the one who's controlling EVERYONE! You're the one who's destroying everything and turning innocent digimon into slaves! Right?!"

MedEvilGallentmon laughed. "Maybe. Maybe not."

"Don't mess with me!" Matthew growled. "I hate it when there's bullies around and you're the biggest one by far!"

"Thank you, keeper of Strength. I'm flattered." MedEvilGallentmon said sarcastically. "Is that all you have? Words. Why does your digimon partner just sit there, waiting to be ordered around like some puppy?" He looked disgusted. "Partners? You are disgusted with me making digimon into slaves, but you, yourself has one right beside you. Humans and digimon cannot work together. You humans treat us like we are slaves and some digimon are so naïve to it. Believing that you are "friends. Now that's disgusting."

Matthew's eyes widened and he looked to DarkTryannomon. "You don't believe that, do you, DarkTryannomon?" He asked, hopeful. Hoping that his partner didn't believe a word MidEvilGallentmon just said. "I don't treat you like that, right? I never have thought of you as a slave." He said slave with disgust. "I think of you as my friend and someone who will always protect me. You'll never abandon me, like I'll never abandon you either."

DarkTryannomon looked to MedEvilGallentmon. "You speak lies. Matthew is my friend and we are equal."

MedEvilGallentmon gasped. "You fool! I speak nothing but the truth as I stand before you and you listen to a puny human?! Unbelievable!"

DarkTryannomon growled. "Be quiet and accept your fate!" He stated. "FIRE BLAST!"

Matthew looked to Maro. "MedEvilGallentmon is distracted! Go now!"

Maro looked at him with fear. "Alone? But who will protect me?!"

"You will." Matthew smiled. "You're strong. Now show Koemon how strong you are and how much you will fight for him. How much you will make him proud." He poked Koemon's egg. "I believe in you, Sunny."

Maro was touched and clutched Koemon's egg closer, if that was even possible. "Thank you, Scope."

Matthew led him to the other door, which had a hallway. "Good luck, Sunny!" He called before closing the door. –I hope he'll be alright.-

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Maro ran through the hallway, after taking a glance at the door he just came from. Tears were forming, but he refused to let them go. –Scope said I'm strong! I got to prove that! No more crying today! Not until mom and dad are safe! Then when we get home, I'm going to cry on mom all I want!- (mama's boy much?) He turned into another hallway, since it was the only way to go. It started becoming a maze that got confusing, only there was one pathway to go. Finally he hit a door that was unlocked and went in with caution. "Mom? Dad?" He called.

"MARO!" They both called. Maro ran up to the cell door and almost cried again. "Are you alright?" Taya asked him in worry, running her hand through his hair. Aiden already explained what happened to Koemon, so she didn't ask.

Maro fought the tears. "Yeah, mom. I missed you."

Taya got teary eyed as well. "I missed you too, baby."

Marc came up. "Where's Matthew and the others?"

"They're fighting everyone! Kannon got stuck fighting this digimon called Arukenimon! Ryo was stopped by one of our soccer teammates, Noah, who's the keeper of Light! He tricked us! He claimed to be on our side, but he lied! He was on the dark side all along!" Maro told them.

"What about Sakura and the boys?" Aiden asked.

"Sakura was stopped by Haru-"

Chance flinched. "Haru." His fist clenched. "It's up to her now."

"Sort of." Everyone looked to Maro in confusion. "Apparently there was a bigger and stronger digimon controlling Noah and Haru, and Matthew's fighting him as we speak!" Maro explained. "His name is MedEvilGallentmon and he's a mean digimon. He was trying to convince DarkTryannomon that Matthew treated him as a slave or something like that, but Matthew told him otherwise, so DarkTryannomon believed Matthew, so now they're kicking each others butts!"

"Where's Taichi in all this?" Taya asked.

"We ran into…" He was hesitant.

"Who Maro?" Aiden asked.

"Gatomon and Patamon."

"…that's gunna be awkward." Kannon said from behind.

"Shut up, Kannon." Dishi scolded.

"So anyways, Taichi was taking them on, saying he was pissed for Gatomon hurting grandma." (that's still weird calling Kari that. Lol.) Maro told them.

"Look what we have here." A voice said from the side. Maro jumped and faced the voice. Many little bodies came from the shadows. Gabumon was speaking. "A little brat thinking he could try and rescue his mommy and daddy."

Maro glared. "I will get them free, then my cousins will come and kick your butts!"

Gabumon chuckled. "Not so strong without Koemon, huh?"

Maro looked to his digi-egg. "I am strong." He mumbled. "My leader said I was! Scope has faith in me, so I'm gunna have faith in myself! Koemon will be proud of me once he's back!"

"If you live that long."

Suddenly Palmon came in front of the rest, with an evil glint. "Poison Ivy!"

Taichi…

"Growlmon!" Taichi called as a wall broke down when Growlmon was slammed into it! "Are you okay?!"

Growlmon got back up and shook his head. "I don't know, but those two are going down." He growled.

Taichi smirked. "Well, duh!!!"

"Gatomon digivolve to….Angewoman!"

"Patamon digivolve to….Angemon!"

Taichi's smiled faded. "Or not…"

"Taichi?"

"huh?"

"They look strong."

"And shiny."

"And big."

"And cool."

"…and there's two of them."

Taichi sighed. "Yup, it's official. We're screwed." Then he grinned. "But we came here to fight, to sacrifice ourselves for my brothers and everyone else! We're heroes and heroes…gotta die sometime, right?"

Growlmon chuckled. "Yup, I guess."

"Don't worry, Growlmon! If we die, we're dying together!" Taichi yelled, almost in tears. He didn't want to die, but he had to make a sacrifice…but still. –Who's gunna bug everyone now? Who's gunna stick up for Takeo? Who's gunna take care of Demon? My band? My brothers and my baby sister? Who'll take care of them while I'm gone…?....why me?-

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Is Taichi really going to die?!?! From the looks of it, its hard to tell…or he's just being overdramatic! ;) haha most likely. So yeah, the next chapter is going to have some action in it. Be prepared, okay?

Hopefully you guys are still with me. I missed you all. Sorry for not updating.

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