WOW! Long time, no see! Sorry for the extremely huge time gap between this chapter and the last, but I assure you they will be coming in much faster now. Thanks very much for all of my loyal readers, and I can honestly say that I love writing this fic! Come back soon and reread the first three, as minor changes have been made, and please review me! This pairing needs some love, and I'm hopin to bring it to light! This chapter has a lot of action, which I'm also a fan of, but there will be more cute/further stuff next one!

I had barely enough time to realize that my heart had just melted in my chest when I heard a very shrill cry from above my head.

"Super Shocker!"

"Boom Bubble!"

Tentomon and Patamon had launched their attacks at a newly awakened Devidramon that was now in place of the Control Spire.

"Damn it!" Takeru cried, "Arukenimon must have beat us here! Patamon, can you fight him?"

I looked up. I remembered fighting Devidramon in Myotismon's castle years ago, but if memory serves, it took WereGarurumon to defeat them. And without the ability to Digivolve to Ultimate, I found that we were at a disadvantage.

"I need to Digivolve, TK!" Patamon called from above.

"Right! Digi-Armor Energize!" Takeru called, his D3 lighting up as the DigiEgg of Hope began to glow.

"Tentomon, help him out!" I called, knowing that it was worth everything we had.

"Patamon Armor Digivolved to...Pegasusmon!"

"Tentomon Digivolved to...Kabuterimon!"

I saw as Pegasusmon and Kabuterimon flew up to meet with Devidramon, and it just reminded me of how much I disliked the Armor Evolutions. I guess its just me being a vintage freak and all, but I really preferred Angemon over Pegasusmon any day. Alas, even with the ability to return to his natural Champion form, Angemon's Hand of Fate didn't work against Control Spire Digimon. I really missed the Ultimate forms.

"Crimson Claw!" Devidramon's signature move swiped at Pegasusmon, knocking him back down to the ground. I could see Takeru's face wince as his partner connected with the earth, and it made me wince to see his face like that. Seeing our partner Digimon in pain was never something we liked, but something we had to tolerate.

"Be careful, Kabuterimon!" I called out as a warning.

"Electro Shocker!" he called as he released the yellow-blue burst of electricity. It smashed right into Devidramon's chest, doing little more than throwing the Digimon off guard. Despite being only a Champion, Devidramon seemed to be at the strength of an Ultimate.

"Crimson Claw!" Devidramon attempted to slash at Kabuterimon but he managed to avoid it.

"Good work, Kabuterimon! Try again!" I called. I noticed Pegasusmon was back on his feet.

"Star Shower!" the Armor Digimon called, flinging an arsenal of stars towards Devidramon. The evil dragon Digimon flinched, but nothing more. Another thing I disliked about Armor Digimon. While Angemon was as strong as most Ultimate Digimon, Pegasusmon was still at the strength of a Champion. Excuse me for being bitter.

"Dark Gale!" Devidramon cried, shooting out red beams from its four eyes. They blasted Pegasusmon directly in the chest, flinging him into the ground. He de-Digivolved into Patamon, wincing in the pain.

"Patamon, are you okay?" Takeru asked, running over to his companion. He was obviously concerned, which was completely understandable. It appeared the battle was up to me and Kabuterimon.

"Get him, Kabuterimon!"

"I don't know what else I can do, Izzy!" Kabuterimon shouted, agilely dodging another slash. "If only I could Digivolve!"

"Dark Gale!" Devidramon shot the beams once more. The four of them surrounded Kabuterimon, dropping him instantly. He landed on the ground, twitching mildly. "Crimson Claw!" Devidramon was swooping down for the kill, his claws extended for the kill. I closed my eyes, not wanting to watch.

"Meteor Wing!" Birdramon launched her signature flurry of fireballs, burning into Devidramon. Sora and Cody rode in on Ankylomon, smiling, and I couldn't have been happier to see them.

"Way to go Birdramon!" Sora called. She dismounted Ankylomon and ran over to Takeru and myself. "Hey guys, thought we'd drop in!"

"And what perfect timing!" I exclaimed. "Come on Kabuterimon, finish him off!"

Kabuterimon flew up and joined Birdramon in the air.

"Get him, Ankylomon!" Cody yelled as he hopped off.

"Meteor Wing!"

"Electro Shocker!"

"Tail Hammer!" Ankylomon slammed his mighty tail into the ground, causing a giant chunk of earth to fly up. He then struck the earth with his club-like tail, causing it to smash into many projectile pieces.

The three attacks were enough to destroy Devidramon, thus eliminating another control spire.

"Great job guys," Takeru congratulated reluctantly, as Tentomon, Biyomon, and Armadillomon joined us in their Rookie forms.

"What happened with you guys?" I asked Sora and Cody as we sat down to catch our breath.

"We destroyed the spire before anything could happen," Sora explained, "and we were kind of bummed we didn't get a battle. That's when we saw Devidramon and Kabuterimon battling above the forest, and we decided to intervene."

"Awesome. Glad you did, we needed it." I looked over to Takeru, who was staring down at a sleeping Patamon with a hurt look on his face. I wondered what the problem was. Patamon had been in much more dangerous situations in the past, and they hadn't seemed to affect Takeru as much, so I assumed something else was on his mind. Not to mention how pissed I was when our conversation was interrupted earlier.

"Takeru, Patamon's going to be alright, you know," I offered, sitting down next to him.

"I know, Izzy. It's not that. It's just, I dunno. I hope I didn't weird you out earlier or anything by telling you that stuff..."

"Takeru, to be honest with you, I have to tell you something-"

"Hey, TL! We just kicked ass!" I turned in annoyance to face Davis, who was riding on Raidramon with Kari and Gatomon in tow. Mimi, Yolei, and Palmon were above them, riding on Aquilamon. I noticed Takeru's face immediately light up at the sight of Davis, and I could feel myself getting sad once more.

Maybe now wasn't the best time to tell him everything. Maybe I needed to talk to someone about it first. Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Oh, Takeru, the crazy things you're doing to my head...I love it.