A/N: Sorry for the wait everyone. XMas holiday and Deviantart and all. Anyway, here is the next chapter. Enjoy.

Chapter 7: Betrayal and attack:

"There just more and more coming, master!" Gaomon said as he and Thomas arrived at Devimon's castle. "No matter how many you take down, more spring up... This is bad. Doubt they could've gotten past this many."

"Most of them are experts on fighting so they will be alright" Thomas said "I am more concerned about… Koichi?"

Both of them saw Loweemon, one of Koichi's merge with his spirit of darkness. They ran over to him.

"You made it out. What about the rest of 'em? Taiki, Yoshi, Shoutmon, Lalamon…" Gaomon began but then Thomas looked shocked. "What?" He turned and gasped as well.

On the ground, nearly unconscious was Davis and Veemon!

"Veemon!" Gaomon ran over to him.

"Davis! Someone got him?" Thomas gasped as he ran over to Davis.

"Yes" Loweemon said quietly.

Gaomon kneeled down and shook Veemon. "Veemon, are you alright? Veemon?"

"Davis!" Thomas knelt towards Davis "Davis, stay with us!"

But to his shock and horror, Davis' last words before he feel into an unconscious state was, "K…Koichi… You… Why… did you…?"

"What?" Thomas asked but then…

"THOMAS! BEHIND YOU!" Gaomon yelled.

"SHADOW LANCE!" Thomas to see Loweemon thrust his spear towards him but he cartwheels out of the way.

Thomas grabbed his digivice and with his blue data emanating from his hands he yelled "DNA CHARGE! DIGIVOLTUON!"

"Gaomon digivolve to… Gaogamon!"

Gaogamon stood before Loweemon who said "Forgive me, but I have no choice."

"Loweemon! What are you're doing?" Gaogamon called. But Loweemon did not listen.

"Shadow Lance!" He thrust his spear again but the four legged digimon leaps into the air and used his tail to try and whack him but Loweemon got out of the away.

"Dash Double Claw!" Gaogamon said and he tries to slash Loweemon in a x pattern with his claws but missed as Loweemon leaps away.

"Shadow Meteor!" Loweemon gathers energy in the jaws of the lion head on his chest and releases a burst of energy but missed as Gaogamon dodged out of the way.

"Spiral Blow!" Gaogamon fired a tornado from his mouth which suddenly hit Loweemon and send him crashing into a wall.

Both Thomas and Gaogamon watched as Koichi appeared from the rubble unharmed but lost his digimon form. Just as the two were about to question him, they heard laughter. Daemon and Apocalymon showed up.

"Oh ho, if it isn't our double-crossing young disturber of the peace" Daemon said "Tell me, how many friends whom you've betrayed does that now make?"

"What?" Gaogamon said in shock "You mean?"

But then Koichi spun around and picks up Davis' and Veemon's bodies and leaps away.

"Koichi!" Thomas called but he got away.

"This may be well worth hunting. I shall pursue him for the time being" Daemon said.

"Suit yourself" Apocalymon said and Daemon disappeared after Koichi. He then turned to Thomas and Gaogamon who was preparing to fight them as well. "A D Reaper army will soon sweep across the very place we stand. I needn't bother lifting my claws against the likes of you. The dolls have served their purpose better than you could know. They may have their...imperfections...but they are more than capable of defeating you!"

"Says who?" said Gaogamon angrily.

"Most of your friends have already departed. You'd best enjoy what precious time you have left" Apocalymon said before turning away.

"Departed?" Thomas asked in shock "What do you mean?"

"D Reaper Soldiers are merciless. They know only how to deliver death and destruction, from which there can be no return. I suspect that we shall not see one another again. Fare thee well, soldier of Alice" and he disappeared.

Thomas snarled and gets on Gaogamon. They got to tell this to Alice. Gaogamon galloped off with Thomas hanging on.

Meanwhile, Taiki and Shoutmon were lost but they know someone is there. Then the two people came out. One is a girl with brown hair, a blue mini shirt and a light blue top, and next to her is Nefertimon. Her name is Kari. And it look like she is struggling within her mind.

When Kari saw Taiki, she said "Soldier of Alice… enemy…"

Nefertimon seemed to be struggling as well. "Destroy... Must destroy all foes... Enemy... Destroy!"

"Are we supposed to fight these girls?" Shoutmon said.

"Brace yourself, Shoutmon!" Taiki said "Here she comes!"

"Cat's Eye Beam!" From her crown, Nefertimon fired a laser from it but Shoutmon dodged it.

"I don't need to digivolve to handle her!" Shoutmon said "Rock Damashi!"

He formed a huge energy ball in a shape of an eighth note and throws it at them. It hit the armoured-digivolved digimon but it's far from over.

"Rosetta Stone!" Nefertimon summoned a stone tablet out of a pink beam and fired but Shoutmon dodged and leaps in the air, mic staff ready.

"Soul Crusher!" he uses his mic to amplify the energy of the heated emotions blazing within his chest, then bashes Nefertimon. Because passion is the very source of the attack, it will definitely inflict damage no matter the target. Nefertimon flew back and crashed into the wall. When it dust subsided, a cat like digimon with a long white and purple thin tail and pointy ears. She also wore gloves. She is Gatomon now.

"That did it. Huh?" Taiki said before realizing Kari and Gatomon was about to confront them again when…

"Taiki! Shoutmon!"

The 4 turned to see TK and Patamon running towards them. Seeing TK and Patamon, a massive pain went straight into their heads, Kari and Gatomon screamed and clutches their heads.

"My… my head!" Kari cried.

"It… it hurts… we… destroy… no!" Gatomon cried.

"What's going on?" Shoutmon asked.

When TK and Patamon approached Taiki and Shoutmon, they turned and remembered Kari and Gatomon.

"K-Kari?" TK asked surprised.

"Gatomon?" Patamon gasped.

"No! We don't want to do this anymore!" Kari cried as she and Gatomon ran away.

"They're running away!" Taiki said surprised. "What's their problem? Something didn't seem right with those two. An enemy, huh? Who are Alice and Diaboromon anyway? Oh well, we gotta return to Sanctuary."

"No" TK said "We gotta go after them!"

"Wha… TK?" Taiki gasped.

"Taiki, we know them and they are in deep danger. Come with us, we'll explain along the way!" TK said.

The four followed and TK and Patamon told Taiki and Shoutmon about Kari and Gatomon.

"So she's your friend? And she is Tai's younger sister?" Taiki asked. TK nodded silently.

"And that cat is dear to you right?" Shoutmon said "So you four are from the same world?"

"Yes" Patamon said "but something wrong. They seemed be fighting some sort of mind control or something. That's why they were on Diaboromon's side, someone's using them!"

"It has to be that clown digimon I bet" Taiki said.

"Piedmon?" TK asked.

"Sounds right. He loves destruction!" said Taiki.

"Then he won't get away with this!" TK snarled.

They managed to run for a while, fighting off D Reaper soldiers as they go. As they were about to head to the exit of a gateway, they hear voices.

"Oh you two crack me up. Don't want to fight, they say" Piedmon's voice said. Taiki, TK, Shoutmon and Patamon turned to see Piedmon, Kari and Gatomon below them "Who are you two and what did you do to the girls who was having such a blast beating the pulp out of people?"

"We don't like beating the pulp out of people! That's not us!" Gatomon shouted.

"We didn't… we don't… we don't want to do this anymore!" Kari shouted.

"Kari…" TK said quietly.

"Gatomon…" Patamon said quietly.

"Listen, you two are vicious beasts. With vicious power, meant for mayhem and destruction! Now tell me, how is a person like that going to decide she 'doesn't want to fight'? You better straighten up, missies, or I'll hafta teach you a lesson!" Piedmon said.

"Please don't…" Gatomon said.

"We don't want to serve you anymore! We don't want to hurt or kill anyone anymore, including TK, Gatomon, Tai and Agumon!" Kari shouted.

"It seems like they're auguring with each other" Shoutmon said.

"So do we better keep out of this or what?" Taiki asked TK but he remained silent.

"Alright, so much for Mr. Nice Piedmon" Piedmon said as electricity accumulates in his hands "Sorry you two, but I only hurt you because you make me to!"

And when it died down, Kari and Gatomon screamed in pain and agony as they clutches their heads.

"KARI!" TK yelled.

"GATOMON!" Patamon shouted.

Taiki and Shoutmon decided they have seen enough! Shoutmon digivolved into OmegaShoutmon and they dashed down before TK and Patamon did and step in between Piedmon, Kari and Gatomon.

"HEY! LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Taiki shouted angrily.

"Who? What? When-where-why?" Piedmon said before he realises he is just been confronted by one of Alice's warriors "can't you see when someone's busy? Run along and play now!"

"We'll say it again, just in case you didn't hear us the first time!" Taiki snarled "Leave those two girls alone!"

"Right" Piedmon said crossly "In that case, play DEAD! You two are about to learn why oppose rhymes with dispose!"

"Always happy to take out the trash!" OmegaShoutmon said.

"Then… Trump Card!" Piedmon called as his teleports his four swords and was about to slice him but OmegaShoutmon dodged by jumping into the air.

"Taiki! Watch out! If he threw a handkerchief towards you, you'll turn into a keychain so watch it!" TK called.

"Thanks for the warning, TK!" Taiki smirked.

"Like this one! Chew on this!" Piedmon called as he threw a white handkerchief up.

"I'm not hungry. Beat Slash!" OmegaShoutmon said as his used his blade feet to cut the handkerchief in half and then slashed Piedmon sending him flying backwards. "Heavy Metal Vulcan!"

He sets off a hail of shots that he fires from his chest and it all hit Piedmon ending the battle for now. Piedmon got on his feet and wiped his mouth "And here I thought you two are some other prepubescent pretty boys!" He said before he gets giddily of the fight "Incredible. That's the most fun I have in minutes."

TK and Patamon, seeing this, saw their chance and ran towards Kari and Gatomon (who heads have stopped hurting since Piedmon was distracted by OmegaShoutmon, help them snap out of it) and grabbed their hands.

"Huh?" Kari gasped as she looked at TK who is holding her hand.

"What?" Gatomon asked as Patamon grabs her paw.

"Come on, follow us!" Patamon called and he pulls her away.

"Hey, snap out of it, Kari! Let's get going while it looking good!" TK said as he pulls Kari away and the four ran.

Taiki and OmegaShoutmon smirked before running after them which surprises Piedmon.

"We'll finish this next time!" Taiki called back "For now we'll just take the girls and run! Catch you later!" And they ran off into the distance.

"Yeah, it's been a pleasure" Piedmon said waving goodbye and then realised what they just did "...Wait, you're-WHAT!" But they were long gone. "Well fine, you just go on and take them with you then. After all, she always comes running straight back into my arms anyway. What do I care Go on! Scram! Cheeky brat, that one... Thinks he can just waltz in and card off anybody he pleases... Who does he think he is? Never even got a chance to say I wasn't sorry and thinks he can just waltz in and…" he kept mumbling as he walked away.

To be continued…

A/N: Yeah, this is for Takari and PataGato fans for this chapter as well. Next chapter, Joe will know something from Lucemon and Kari got her wish. See ya soon.