AC: I would like to thank everyone who reviewed the story, favored or followed it.

I also want to thank you Ajora for his resume of the plot and story for Ryo adventures in the four video games. I'm using some of the explanation from your resume of Anode Tamer to help myself partially following the story and also twisting it since the story is in an alternate reality.

Chapter 5: Just for you

Millenniumon continued watching Ryo. Ryo was currently sleeping near a small fire with Agumon. It wasn't something worth the god to lose time with, but he didn't have anything else to do. His minions were conquering more territories and he wasn't interested with something going well. Despite being an all-powerful god, he liked watching his destined partner sleeping. He didn't know why, but he thought it was the peaceful face he had.

Under the fire, he was also watching the bruises were still there, but the coloration was a little paler and his black eye was also starting to resorb. Millenniumon was glad Ryo was healing well.

"Who would have thought that fighting an evil God will had some...benefit for you," Millenniumon commented. Millenniumon opened his mouth and let out a loud yawn. He grunted a little: "I guess I'm watching you sleeping for too long tired me out."

He stood up from his throne and slept for the rest of the night.

Morning came and Ryo woke up with Agumon. Ryo heard Agumon stomach grunting and gave a small smile. He took out a bag he was carrying and searched in it. He took out a few breads and they ate it.

"Once we finish eating, we keep moving to our destination. Where is it?" Ryo asked.

"Since we are in the desert, it will obviously be Etemon. He resided in an inverse Pyramid. I remember what happened when I fought him. I reached the ultimate level," Agumon said. He picked another bread and ate it. "I was MetalGreymon and he fused with the Dark Network when we fought. I don't remember what it is. Koushiro is the expert. The important thing was that I blast him off," Agumon didn't spoke about what happened just after that when he was dragged in the real world.

Ryo put his fingers hand on his chin: "Ultimate level. Do you think I have enough data for this?" He took out his digivice and looked at it.

"I don't really know. One thing is sure, Etemon will be tougher than Devimon," Agumon said.

The two finished eating and stood up: "Let's keep going my friend," Ryo said.

Agumon smiled and nodded.

Millenniumon quietly ate his bloody breakfast while watching Ryo and Agumon eating. He had his mouth opened.

"Wait. When did Ryo got a bag?" Millenniumon asked confuse. He never saw Ryo with the bag before. He shook his head, it wasn't important. "Probably took it when he quit the village."

Millenniumon watched their progress and it wasn't long before Ryo and Agumon reached an immense cliff in the desert cutting the desert in two. Millenniumon smiled when he saw it: "This time. I'm not surprised. It's good to have knowledge. The Millenniumon I killed modified the desert to complicate anyone to travel and stand in his way. This cliff forced an army to move slower and put themselves at risk."

Millenniumon looked at little to the right of his partner location and saw the suspended bridge he will use to go to the other side. He crossed his legs and waited for his partner to find it. It was long before Ryo spot it and he walked at the bridge with Agumon. He saw Ryo walking on the bridge first and just before Agumon followed Ryo, a blast suddenly came and hit Agumon at the chest. The orange dinosaur was thrown backward and Ryo was vulnerable.

Millenniumon saw Etemon at the other side of the bridge with a remote in his hand. Etemon said something he couldn't hear and the monkey digimon with sunglasses pressed the switch. Millenniumon eyes were wide open when he saw the support of the bridge blew up. The suspended bridge broke and Ryo felt in the underground.

"RYO!" Millenniumon shouted. His eyes shined and he raised his four physical arms and the two Mugendramon arms of energy in the air. "Time Unlimited!"

He used most of his energy for the attack and time stopped; not only in his temple, but also everywhere in the digital world. Time was no more. A power Millenniumon possessed, so immense that no one could fear, as they never had the possibility to fear or realised the existence of such power.

Everything in the digital world was frozen. Millenniumon felt pain in his chest and his mind, but he didn't care. He used his claw to tear space and teleported himself near the place Ryo felt. Millenniumon searched in the darkness for his destined partner.

"Where are you?" Millenniumon asked worried for his partner.

He looked over him and found Ryo in midair. He flew where Ryo. He started to let the flow of time move extremely slowly in the digital world. Millenniumon let him slowly felt in his palm and once he rested on his, he inspected Ryo for any injury. Pain awoke in his chest when he saw crimson red painting the back of his head. He moved slowly one of his giant claws and gently moved the brown hair away so he could see the injury.

"This is bad," Millenniumon said. He saw on the back of his partner head a deep injury at the back of his head. The flesh was tore apart and he could see the skull under it.

Millenniumon continued his inspection and saw that Ryo nosebleed, but his nose wasn't damaged. Millenniumon now panicked. He wasn't an ignorant digimon. When he was in the T-world, as he called it, he remembered that him and Monodramon watched information about human's injury and their meaning. They both agreed it was best for Ryo, who ended up living in the digital world because of Cyberdramon inner conflict between him and Monodramon. If Ryo blood came out of his nose Millenniumon knew his destined partner had a fatal head trauma. Even if it wasn't fatal, Millenniumon knew it permanently damaged his partner brain and the god won't accept this.

The god moved his head left and right: "No. You can't die," he fully stopped time once again and turned Ryo body so face and chest rested on Millenniumon palm. Millenniumon put his claw on his partner trauma and whispered: "I always used my power for destruction Ryo. Always. I am a god who brings darkness in the digital world. Ryo. You won't realise it, but for you...Just for you. I'm going to use my power to save your life. This is what I should do, I'm your real digimon partner after all," he looked closely at the injury.

His claw touched the uninjured part of Ryo head and started moving his claw around the fatal injury, counter clockwise. The injury started to resorb by itself. The blood that came out of Ryo head and his nose returned where they belong. Millenniumon used his power over time and moved time backward on Ryo injury. After he was done, Millenniumon canceled the head trauma and the boy was fine, just unconscious. Millenniumon let time move forward, but still slowly only.

Millenniumon watched his partner and sighted relief. He then whispered: "Don't worry Ryo, you are fine. I'm watching over you," after he said that, he moved one of his claws near Ryo face. He slowly and gently patted his partner cheek. Millenniumon lightly smiled. He flew upward and looked around. When he was near the top, he saw a rock with a red mark on it. "This is where you hit your head."

Millenniumon searched a little lower where he could put Ryo and found a spot where he could leave Ryo safely. He was about to let Ryo on the rock when he hesitated. Instead of putting him there, he looked at the top and didn't see Agumon near the cliff. Yet. Time was still moving slowly.

He smiled and moved Ryo against his chest and closed his eyes. He felt the contact of his partner body against his own. Millenniumon felt good for having this moment with his partner, but it was a once side way contact. It wasn't enough for Millenniumon, but he'll take it. It wasn't only that Millenniumon felt with his partner against his chest, he felt his core getting warmer, but only for Ryo.

Anything else and anyone else would meet his dark and heartless core before facing death. Ryo was the only exception. The last thing Millenniumon felt was the sentiment of being complete. Him and Ryo were of opposite nature. Ryo was the light and he was the darkness. Millenniumon didn't know why he felt that way and he didn't care.

Millenniumon felt his body getting weaker and knew he couldn't control time for long. He reluctantly moved Ryo away from his chest and whispered: "Ryo. Rest assure that I'll do everything in my power to make our destiny come true. Ryo. My destined partner. No lies shall separate us. I promise," He put Ryo on the rock after he gave his promise. When Ryo wasn't on his palm anymore, the core of Millenniumon turned cold and dark once again.

Millenniumon could return to his temple right now, but he wasn't sure if Ryo would fall when he regained consciousness. He flew down and hidden in his element, darkness. Once darkness fully embraced him, Millenniumon released time from his control and everything moved forward once again, freed of the divine restrain.

"Ryo! Ryo!" Agumon shouted when he appeared at the cliff. Millenniumon saw on Agumon face fear of losing Ryo, and it wasn't about the fact that Taichi would never be saved. Agumon genuinely was worried for Ryo safety. Agumon looked down and saw Ryo unconscious. "Ryo! Wake up!"

Ryo grunted and opened his eyes. He looked in the air and saw his partner: "Where am I?"

"You felt in the underground when Etemon blew the bridge. It's a miracle you're fine Ryo," Agumon said relief.

Millenniumon smirked when Agumon said it was a miracle. He was a god and he could bring miracle or great calamity. For Ryo and Ryo only, he gave a miracle.

"Yes. Do you have anything to reach me?" Ryo asked.

Agumon looked around him and replied negatively.

Don't tell me Ryo will stay there until he's dead. Millenniumon thought. If it was the case, he'll do something about it.

"It's a good thing Gennai give me this communication device," Ryo said with a smile. He took out a big communication device and pressed on a switch.

W-. Another thing different. Hum...At least it means Ryo has more support by his side than leaving fight alone with his digimon allies. He only had Agumon after all. Millenniumon said in his mind.

"Hello. This is Ryo. Mimi. What happened was that I felt in a cliff and I'm stuck here. Agumon cannot find anything to reach me. You're coming with Palmon. Alright. I'll wait. It's the only thing I can really do right now anyway," he said with a small smile of relief. He explained where he thought he was before putting the communication device on his lap. Ryo looked at Agumon: "Mimi's coming with Palmon Agumon! If you see them, warn them that I'm here!"

"Okay Ryo!" Agumon replied.

Palmon. He could reach Ryo. Millenniumon thought.

"Ryo! Are you injured?" Agumon asked worried.

Ryo put his hand on his body and tried to feel anything wrong. His bruises were still a little painful, but it wasn't that bad. He put his hand on the bad of his head and grunted a little painfully. "I think I hit my head somewhere."

"Oh no! This is bad! Try not to sleep Ryo!" Agumon shouted.

"I don't feel tire, but I get what you mean," Ryo replied.

Millenniumon wasn't worried, he knew Ryo was perfectly fine.

It took the rest of the day for Mimi and Palmon to come, once they were there. Agumon could see they were exhausted; they hurried up as must as they could and didn't face resistance. Mimi looked down the cliff and saw Ryo.

"Hang in there! We're going to get you out of here," Mimi said.

Palmon used his finger vine to reach Ryo. Once Ryo grabbed the vine, Palmon pulled him up until he was back at the surface.

Mimi asked Ryo a few questions like Agumon did and she checked the back of his head.

Mimi looked at Ryo with a smile and said: "It's not as bad as we feared. It's only minor. You're lucky Ryo."

"True. I was sure to be dead right now," Ryo replied.

Mimi and Ryo didn't spoke for a while. Eventually, Mimi looked at Ryo eyes and said: "Ryo. Let me help you. Since I'm here and I can't help Koushiro anyway, it will be better if we fight Etemon together."

"That's right," Palmon replied with a smile.

Millenniumon eyes expended to their limit before he screamed in his mind. WHAT?!

This was the last thing Millenniumon expected. It was a big twist in this reality. It was already strange that they stayed compare to his original reality, but the more he thought about it, the more he realised it made more sense for the other chosen children to stay in the digital world and helped Ryo fought him than returning to their world. This reality has something more logical to happen.

"I'm so glad Mimi!" Agumon shouted.

Mimi looked in the sky and say it starting to darken: "True. Ryo, we should camp here for now. It's getting late and we need to be ready if we want to beat Etemon together."

"Right," Ryo replied. He felt some weight suddenly felt from his shoulder now that he could share it with someone else.

Millenniumon watched it and didn't comment positively or negatively at the twist. If it was before coming in this reality, Millenniumon would say that teaming up will weaken Ryo, but now, the only thing important was that Ryo survived until the final confrontation between him and his partner.

In the end, he and Ryo will be together, just as destiny promised.

AC: This is the end of chapter 5. Yep, Mimi's going to help Ryo.

This chapter focused a little more on Millenniumon positive sight, but it was about Ryo mostly.

I always thought it was strange that they let Ryo fight alone when they could help him with their digimon partner, but in this reality, it's happening.

I mean, why the chosen children would leave when there's a god threatening to destroy the entire digital world. Also, their friends are still in danger. I know its game logic, but not between the characters in the show.

Chapter 6: Around the campfire.