Title: Chaos Rising: Chaotic Evolutions

Author: Katreal

Category: Digimon Seasons II and IV Crossover

Genre: General

Timeline: Frontier-AU after Lucemon's defeat. 02- AU after the Holy Stones Arc. Oikawa and the Dark Seeds never happened ;)

Notes: Mostly Kouji and Kouichi-centric

Disclaimer: …I don't own anything that has to do with any seasons of digimon.

Chapter 3

Taichi shielded his eyes with his arm as the various particles of dust and dirt flew from the area where his partner was fighting. Taichi risked a glimpse of the area, ignoring the stinging caused by getting dust in his eye.

"Ken…" He managed to rasp out, "We need to move."

The other boy nodded, holding Wormmon even tighter in his arms as he tried to see through half-closed eyes. Ken flinched as he felt Taichi grip his arm and pull him away from the fight, behind the towering grey stone which had shielded the area behind it.

Once safely behind the stone formation Taichi dissolved into a fit of coughing, having inhaled too much of the dirt and dust on the way out of the cloud. Ken ignored the irritation in his eyes, "Taichi…are you alright?"

A second later the coughing subsided, "Yes.." He managed to say, "Where's Agumon?"

Ken didn't say anything, instead walking to the edge of the stone and peering around it. A light breeze picked up, ruffling the two teen's hair as it began to blow the dust away, clearing the view. In the center were three figures. Taichi's attention went straight for Agumon, hoping against hope that his partner hadn't been hurt by whatever had caused that small explosion.

At first glance Agumon seemed unhurt. He was crouched down; eyes squeezed shut and his arms protecting his head. But when one looked closer they could see the dark red line that ran across his left arm(1). Taichi nearly yelled in outrage and worry as he realized the wound on Agumon's arm. He scrambled over and tore a strip of cloth from his jacket, beginning to wrap it around the wound.

While Taichi fretted over Agumon, Ken's attention was elsewhere. The boy he had spotted upon entering the clearing had his arms wrapped around the neck of the wolf digimon. Ken's eyes widen slightly in understanding, the boy had thrown the attack off target, causing the digimon's claw to only graze Agumon's arm and allowing most of the power in the attack to impact the nearby ground, thus kicking up the cloud of dust.

The boy's presence also explained the digimon's hostility toward Agumon. The wolf had only been trying to protect its partner. That revelation brought up yet another question. Who were these two? Neither the digimon nor the boy had been seen before. Also, what had the boy yelled before he rushed toward the digimon? 'Kouichi'? It sounded Japanese, but seemed more like a name then anything else. How could a digimon's name be 'Kouichi'? All the digimon they had ever met(which I might add was quite a lot) had names that ended with 'mon' . Ken shrugged; he guessed he would find out soon enough.

"Ken?" Wormmon's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, "Maybe we should go help Taichi?"

Ken nods, "We should make sure Agumon is fine."

The holder of the Crest of Kindness left the shadow of the stone and made his way toward where Taichi was bandaging Agumon's wound.

Kouji held on tightly to his brother's neck, "Kouichi…stop…"

He felt the warrior of Darkness calm after those two words, the low growl slowly fading away to nothing. Kouji sighed in relief and let go, "You were really starting to scare me you know…"

Kouichi just hung his head, not meeting his twin's eyes, "Kouji…I…"

"Shhh…" Kouji ran his hand through his brother's silky black fur, trying to calm the trembling that wracked Kouichi's wolf-like frame, "I understand. You never had to deal with the instincts before…"

"But…I…didn't mean…"

"Kouichi…It wasn't your fault. You were the only one out of all of us who hadn't had to conquer your Beast Spirit. You had no experience dealing with these before. Your reaction wasn't nearly as bad as mine…or Takuya's. Remind me to tell you about mine sometime…I kept running into things…" He trailed off, thinking fondly back on the memory. He might have been scared then, but after three years he actually found it funny. "Just be ready for it next time…"

Kouichi looked over to where the other two boys were making sure that the orange-yellow digimon was alright, "I'll try Kouji…I'll try."

Kouji managed a small smile before rising from his kneeling position, "Well…lets go apologize…"

Kouichi waited until his younger brother had gone ahead before trailing after him. No matter what Kouji said…the warrior of darkness felt ashamed for acting like that.

"For the last time…I'M FINE!"

Taichi winced at the annoyed tone in Agumon's voice, "But…But…You're hurt!"

Agumon snorts and crosses his arms, "Geez…Sometimes you are such a worry wart. That was nothing more then a scratch. It'll be gone before too long."

Taichi mutters, "And you call us stubborn." Louder he says, "Why did that digimon attack you anyway? It was unprovoked!"

Agumon looks at the ground sheepishly, "Uh…actually…I kinda…uh…"

"Hmm…?"

"I kinda…attacked it first…"

Taichi falls over, "Eeehhh…! What were you thinking!"

The orange-yellow dinosaur cringed, "It was acting sort of hostile as soon as it saw me…I didn't want it to attack you so I attacked first."

"Why was it hostile?" Taichi asked.

"That might be because he was protecting me." Came a slightly amused reply.

Both Agumon and Taichi turn to the sound of the voice. They came face to face with a teenager of about Ken's age and height. Both Agumon and Taichi were surprised, having not noticed the boy earlier. Ken and Wormmon however had noticed the boy and the wolf approaching so they weren't startled. Ken regarded the pair coolly, "And you are…?"

"Kouji." The boy replied automatically, he glanced down at the wolf who had settled near his side, looking down at the ground sadly, "And this is my…partner Anyamon."

Anyamon looked up and locked gazes with Agumon, the wolf's eyes lingered on the wound before whispering, "Sorry…about that…"

Agumon grins toothily, "Don't worry about it. I admire those who are so protective of their partners."

The black and purple digimon looked relieved slightly at being forgiven. The boy – Kouji looked at each of the others in turn, "You know who I am…now who are you?"

Taichi bristled at the rude sounding question only to find Ken's hand on his arm. The digidestined of kindness regards the brunette, "It is a valid question." Turning back to the new pair he replies, "I am Ichijouji Ken and my partner is Wormmon."

Taichi spoke up, "I'm the leader of original digidestined. Yagami Taichi, holder of the Crest of Courage. My partner is Agumon."

Kouji looked thoughtful, "So you are the chosen…"

Ken shook his head, "No. There are others. We were the only ones that were available to come to the digital world today."

Kouji raised an eyebrow, "Wait a minute…Available? You can pass between worlds at will?"

Taichi was confused, "Yeah…What of it?"

Anyamon muttered softly, Ken had to strain to hear it, "Lucky…We had to worry our parents…"

Ken was skeptical at that comment. What did Anyamon mean 'our'? Digimon didn't have parents; and if they did then they would be in the digital world anyway. These two were hiding something, that Ken recognized. But what? And why were they hiding it?

Kouji was feeling a little bit jealous, when they had been forced into the digital world they had been stuck there until the adventure was over…why did these 'Chosen' get to travel between the worlds at will? It was not fair. The Warriors had to defeat this insanely powerful guy and save the digital and real worlds from complete and utter destruction and then come back to find their parents almost given up hope of ever seeing their children again. Kouji cringed at that thought; he and Kouichi were doing that very thing again.

He pushed those painful thoughts away and returned to the conversation at hand, currently the brunette, Taichi was asking a question, "So where are you from?"

Kouji winced, he wanted to lie as little as possible…so how about a half-truth? "It doesn't matter. I can't go home."

Kouji closed his eyes, fearing the question that would come next. Yes, the question that parents and older siblings everywhere hate. "Why?"

Kouji didn't answer, instead looking at the ground. Kouichi glanced up at his brother, he knew why Kouji was refusing to answer; Kouji couldn't tell a convincing lie unless his life depended on it. It must have been one of the things that caused the spirits of Light to choose him. Light was open, illuminating. Nothing could be hidden by light, only shown. Thus deception was not easy. Light was honesty. That was why Kouji was usually so cold toward others. If they don't talk to you then you didn't have to worry about lying…right? It was the opposite for dark. Kouichi himself was a very convincing liar…not that he liked lying in the first place.

Kouichi sighed and shook his head, deciding to reply for his brother, "Just leave him alone. Its not something he likes to talk about."

"Oh…" Taichi fell silent, feeling uncomfortable.

Ken narrowed his eyes suspiciously, apparently guessing that something was being left untold, "So…If you cannot return home…What are you going to do?"

Kouji shrugged, "I dunno."

Taichi looked thoughtful, "Why don't we take them to Gennai? I'm sure he'll know what to do."

"Hmm…That's actually a good idea."

Taichi grins, "What did I tell ya? I'm smarter then you all take me for!"

"Um…one problem…"

Both Ken and Taichi's attention was turned to Kouji, "Yes?"

Kouji looked away sheepishly, trying to hide the faint tinge of pink that colored his cheeks, "Who is Gennai?"

(1) - o.o I dunno if digimon bleed...oh well...they do now nn;

Um…Peterv Kim...I appreciate your suggestions…but if I have Izumi come into the story it'll mess up the entire plot I've come up with. And in response to your earlier review…no the other Warriors are not going to arrive. I am not using Susanoomon(or something like that…I dunno how it's spelt) in this story. To tell you the truth…that guy freaks me out. I can't exactly explain why I'm not using him or else I would give away the plot…

Ano….Sorry but I don't have enough time to write out responses for all the reviews…I should be in bed by now o.o

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Dark Qiviut
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A/N: Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I meant to go farther but I kinda liked leaving it off where I did n.n; Well anywho don't forget to review and tell me what you think. Be honest now.