Chapter 2

It was now 8:00 in the morning, and no one had slept a wink(except Kari and Tai's mom who was also woken up by the commotion). Not after what had happened last night. After it was over Veemon ran out of the apartment. Everyone else stayed in the apartment completely silent. The power also came back on so Izzy could now do some research on this so called Dark Digimon Alliance, but yet no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find anything. He finally gave up, so all was quiet again.

"Did you hear that?" Agumon said finally breaking the awkward silence.

"Hear what?" said Gabumon

"That sound… it sounds like rocks hitting something," he said

Everyone stopped to listen. They also heard what sounded like rocks hitting something tin. Kari looked out a window to see what it was. She looked up towards the roof and saw two blue feet hanging over the side.

"It's Veemon!" she said "He's on the roof!"

Everyone rushed over to the window to look. They saw a rock suddenly fly from where he was and hit a nearby stop sign causing the noise Agumon described.

Kari turned to Gatomon. "Maybe you should go talk to him," said Kari.

"Why me?" she said.

"So to let him know your alright. Plus he seems to listen to you more," Kari said smiling.

Gatomon couldn't deny this statement, so she nodded and headed to the door.

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Veemon was sitting on the edge of the roof staring at the ground. He had run out of rocks, so he just sat there. Normally he would be thinking instead of throwing rocks, but the more he thought the more he could feel this sense of evil inside him. He heard what sounded like a door opening. He turned to find Gatomon walking up to him. She stopped when Veemon looked at her.

"Veemon, can I talk to you?" she said. Veemon stared at her in disbelieve.'She wants to talk to ME?' he thought. He then quickly turned and looked back at the ground. "Yeah," he said just barely loud enough for her to hear him.

Gatomon then came and sat beside him. "Everyone's worried about you," she said, "Are you ok?"

"I'm so sorry," he said still looking at the ground. He was a little let down, because it was apparent that the others must have made her come talk to him, but still, beggers can't be choosers.

"It's alright, Veemon. I'm not mad at you,"she said.

There was a long pause. Finally Veemon stood up. "Well you should be! And no it's not alright, Gatomon! I almost killed you!" he said angrily.

Gatomon looked at Veemon with a surprised expression. 'Wow,' she thought 'He really does care about me,' She put her paw on his shoulder and said "Calm down. Believe me I've been in worse pain before,"

Veemon looked at her, closed his eyes and sighed. "I know," he said opening his eyes, "I just hate to see you hurt,"

Gatomon smiled at this last statement, and took her paw off his shoulder. Just then Kari busted through the roof door.

"You guys need to come down here! Gennai's on the computer!" she said.

Veemon and Gatomon both jumped and ran toward the door. Gennai is the one of the creators of the Digital World, so if he's approaching them directly he must have something important to say.

They came down to find everyone crowded around the computer. They joined them just as he was about to talk.

"Now that we're all here, I have news that may disturb you," he said

"What?" they all said at once.

"It seems we have a new enemy that wants to take over the digital world and the real world,"

Everyone groaned at this statement.

"Hold on," he said, "I'm not done yet. This isn't just some regular old villain, he's even more power than Malomyotismon,"

Everyone's jaws dropped. "Don't worry," he said, "It's just their leader, the rest you should be able to take down without much of a problem," he said.

"Who is their leader?" Tai asked.

"He's a dragon digimon that looks a lot like Veemon," he said, "His name is Ryzumon," he said.

Everyone turned to Veemon. Then, they turned back to the computer with somber faces.

Gennai saw their faces and said "You've meet already haven't you," They all nodded yes and Tai told him the whole story.

After Tai was done Gennia had a somber expression on his face as if to say he'd been expecting this to happen. "I see," he said, "I was hoping I could warn you before this happened, but now I guess I have to tell you the truth," he said looking straight at Veemon.

"What do you me…" before Veemon could finish they were transported to the digital world. When they got there they were in a field, and Gennai was standing right in front of them.

Once everyone had arrived, Gennai held his hand up to stop any questions. "We must be quick," he said, "We're in a forbidden area,"

"Where are we?" Veemon asked who was standing right in front of Gennai.

"We're not to far away from your former home, Veemon." said Gennai while pointing to a huge castle on top of a hill not to far away.

"What do mean?" Veemon said with a confused look.

"Veemon, where were you before you met Davis?" Gennai asked.

Veemon thought for minute. He had never really thought about where he was before he met Davis. The only thing he could remember was being in the cave where Davis found him. "I don't know," Veemon shrugged, "Primary Village, I guess,"

Gennai smiled, "That's where your wrong," he said, "You weren't born in Primary Village, you were born at that castle…..The castle of the Dark Dragon Alliance,"

Veemon had a look of shock on his face, "You mean I'm a Dark Dragon?!" he said.

"Well, yes and no. You were born and raised there for a while where you were brutally abused and beaten. That's why you have a broken tail," he said.

Veemon turned and looked at his bent tail and thought of all the possibilities of how it got that way. Some of the possibilities made him shudder. He looked back at Gennai and asked, "How?"

Gennai smiled again and began to explain, "A long time ago, that castle use to hold some the fiercest and most powerful dragon digimon to ever exist. One of them was Vexdramon. Vexdramon wasn't just one of the most powerful dragon digimon, but probley one of the most powerful digimon of all time. His techniques inspired so many others, but he was also a corrupt digimon and eventually gained enough of a following to take over of the castle and create his own empire. Thus, forming the Dark Dragon Alliance, and taking over a portion of the digital world," he looked at Veemon when he was done who had a confused look on his face.

"What does this have to do with me?" Veemon asked some what bitter at the story.

"Because Vexdramon was your father, and Ryzumon is your brother," he said.

Everyone suddenly looked at Veemon who was completely speechless.

"You mean that guy who attacked Veemon was his brother?!" Patamon asked who just as shocked as everyone else.

"Yes," Gennai said, "When we chose him to be with a Digidestined, we erased his memory, so maybe he would never be haunted by his past. But it seems as though he had no choice,"

There was a silence before Matt asked, "What about that red lightening that electrocuted Veemon when it came out the computer?"

Gennai looked up as if he remembered something. "Aw, yes," he said, "That was a curse that Vexdramon made himself. It only works if you're a direct decendant of him, and if you're a dragon. It unlocks ones inner power by stopping ones ability to digivolve…," Davis then butted in.

"Woah! Woah! Back up a bit! Are you saying that Veemon can't digivolve anymore!?," Davis asked.

"Yes, but don't worry," Gennai said, "Veemon has a massive power hidden within him. If he could unlock and control that power, he could become the most powerful digimon in the Digital world,"

Everyone looked back at Veemon with surprised faces. Veemon smiled, 'Finally,' he thought, 'This could be my chance to empress Gatomon. So what if I can't digivolve? If this goes the way Gennai says it'll go, I won't need to. What was Ryzumon thinking? Now I'm just as powerful as him,'

Gennai could see Veemon's expression. As if reading his mind Gennai says "Although you obtain great power, it also comes with a burden," Veemon's cheerful expression suddenly disappears and is replaced with one of uneasiness.

"It not only unlocks your power, but it also unlocks the darkness inside you that you inharieted from Vexdramon, and it could take you over just like it did your brothers," he said.

Veemon eyes grew wide. "You mean I can turn evil, again," Veemon asked worryingly.

Gennai looked at him and said, "If you let it, yes. The evil will always be there. Sometimes it may try to take you over. You should be able to fight it most of the time, but sometimes..," his voice trailed off.

"Sometimes what?!" Veemon said angrily, "I can't fight it and I end up hurting or…killing someone I really care about!" A certain face popping in his head.

Gennai stood silently. Veemon sighed and held up his arm up to look at the symbol tattoo on his wrist. Gennai walked over, knelt down in front of him, and put a hand on his shoulder. He then said, "Veemon, you are a strong digimon. Not just in power, but in heart. I'm sure you'll make the right decisions no matter what happens," With that, he stood up, waved goodbye to everyone, and disappeared.

Everyone stood there for a moment before Izzy said "We'd better go before someone sees us," Everyone nodded and started to walk. Except Veemon who stood there looking at the symbol on his wrist. Gatomon noticed he wasn't coming and walked up to him.

"C'mon," she said putting her hand over the symbol on his wrist, "We'll worry about this later,"

Veemon looked up and nodded. She let go of his wrist and ran to join the others.

Veemon glanced back at his wrist and then ran to catch up with the others.