Sorry i haven't added a new chapter in so long. But here's chapter 8, so read and review! PLZ!!!!! (I know it's a short one, but i wanted to leave a whole chapter purely for fighting :])

Episode eight: "Through the Storm"

The flapping of Dorugamon's wings echoed throughout the empty, dark blue sky as he and his human partner raced back to their companions. The sight of their enemy made them both shiver in fear- fear of what might become of them, and to the Digital World if they failed. Darryl clutched the flying black beast's fur in terror, and landed on the dark green grass. A blue wolf and a big white fox sat in the opening with five children and three other creatures on their backs. A golden haired boy leaned off of the bladed tail fox and greeted his descending friends. Dorugamon tucked in his wings and hunched over, making sure he wasn't visible above the trees. His brown haired partner stepped off, and went to speak to the golden haired teen.

"How does it look over there Darryl?" the curious child asked. The others have been waiting down in the forest for the other boy's report on the black cloud they came close to about an hour ago.

Looking over his shoulder, the other sighed and murmured, "I saw two warrior-like figures, one male and one female. I assumed the male was Leopardmon, and the female Lillithmon. Am I right Dorugamon?" He looked at the flying beast he was on no more than five minutes ago.

He nodded his big red jewel on his head. "That's right," he said in his deep, raspy voice. Everyone jumped off of the carrier digimon and formed a circle where the other two teens stood.

"What's the verdict, guys?" a girl dressed in orange asked quizzically. Tawny crossed her arms and waited for an answer from her friend.

"Well, we have two options," Darryl explained. "One: we go in and attack half-hazardly and most likely get ourselves killed. Or two: we go in silently and undetected, so we can get a sneak attack. Personally, I say the latter, but I want your guy's opinions."

A boy in the red bandana took a step forward. "Not that this matters, but I say Guilmon and I go in and take them both down!" He raised his fists, as if he was going to fight the air.

Tawny's younger sister shot him a look. "You idiot, we can't go in like that. First off, you're not that strong. Second, it'll get both you and Guilmon killed and thirdly, you'll look like a fool."

Pointing, Jacob made a few words out from his laughter. "Dude, Trevor… she just took you down!"

His face as red as his shirt, the insulted boy snapped as his friend, "Put a sock in it why don't ya."

His friend quickly stopped laughing, for he'd get his butt kicked if he didn't. The team was in deep thought, contemplating their next move. Wind whistled in the early morning air, making the trees shiver and tremble. Darryl looked up at his friends, taking his fist away from his face, and walked over to his black beast-like partner. He climbed on, and motioned for his friends Trevor and Jacob to follow him. Perplexed, the Royal Red and the Royal Blue digidestined and their partners walked over to Dorugamon and climbed on. The black clothed digidestined spoke to his friends, "Guys, let us win against these corrupted warriors!"

Everyone smiled, and climbed onto the other carrier digimon: Reppamon and Garurumon. The flying digimon rose into the sky and led them to the dark, thundering cloud. The deep noises echoed throughout the area, bouncing off of the mountains and reverberating against the ground.

"Darryl, it's gonna be hard to press through the cloud," Dorugamon yelled against the harsh winds and deep sounds.

His partner yelled back, "Just keep on trying Dorugamon. You can do it!"

"Alright!"

The digimon flew faster and harder into the sky, almost loosing his passengers on his back. Jacob almost slipped off of the side, but Veemon pulled his partner back up. Trevor had to hold down his own bandana, not letting it fly away in the wind, and trying to shade Guilmon at the same time. Darryl cried down to his friends below, "How you guys doing?"

Tawny glanced up, shielding her eyes from flying debris. "Just dandy," she screamed up sarcastically.

"I'm glad!" Darryl screamed back. He turned to his friends behind him and yelled, "We're gonna try our hardest to break through. Trevor, have Guilmon blast any debris that flies toward us. Dorugamon's to tired to fight and fly at the same time. Jacob and Veemon, keep an eye on our tail to see if anyone followed us."

Both boys nodded and started to keep look out. Before they knew it, a huge piece of earth hurled towards them.

"Guilmon, now!" Trevor cried.

Pyro Sphere

Back on the ground, Lucas and the girls had problems of their own. Ellena, Garurumon, Tawny and Agumon were in the lead, blasting obstacles away and heeded forward. Reppamon and Lucas followed closely, trying not to separate from the group. After about 50 feet of fighting against the wind, Garurumon spoke up.

"Ellena, I think I see something." The three humans looked past the giant wolf and saw only fog. But it wasn't the fog and cloud like they saw before, black and unwelcoming. This fog, however, was lighter. Still gray, but it had a more inviting ambiance. Lucas squinted, and had Reppamon leap over the giant wolf, to scout ahead.

"I'm gonna go check it out," he cried back to the girls, but his voice drowned in the winds whistles. The two partners trudged through harsher, more intense winds. The golden haired boy shielded his eyes from flying debris, only to hear a holler from above: "Guilmon, now!" He glanced up and saw a fire-like blast emitting from Guilmon's mouth and flew towards a giant stone, about to crush the squad. Lucas looked beyond the stone, into the gray cloud a bit and saw the cause of it all. Leopardmon, or the male-like figure, hovered at the edge of the cloud, waiting for his friends to get there; waiting to crush them. His face turned scared, and turned around to scan for Garurumon and his passengers. He saw only black cloud.

"Reppamon, everyone is behind us. We must trek forward and get into the center," Lucas informed his digimon.

"Right," Reppamon agreed. The digimon pushed forward, only yards away from the gray cloud. Gusts of wind hit his face and his partner, trying to keep them back. But they would't take it.

"We can't give up Reppamon!" Lucas cried amongst the wind.

"And you're not gonna do it alone," a female voice said from behind. Tawny rode atop of Greymon, who put himself between Reppamon and the winds creating a barrier. Garurumon came up behind the giant fox, with Ellena on his back. Moving forward now became much easier with the moving-buffer-zone-of-a-Greymon.

"Tawny! This was a great idea! Thank you!" yelled Lucas.

"You're welcome buddy! I'm just worried about the others." She motioned up, where clouds of debris from Guilmon's attacks subsided. Jacob, Veemon, Trevor, Guilmon, Darryl and Dorugamon were nowhere to be found.

"Nice hit man," Trevor complimented his partner. The giant piece of earth became dust before their very eyes, only to reveal a dark silhouette of a warrior. The boys couldn't make out of his features, only that he was tall and had a saber in his right hand. The figure then disappeared into the grey cloud that lay behind him.

Darryl pointed forward and yelled to Dorugamon, "Follow him!" His partner didn't argue and flew fast into the grey cloud, where everything became much more clear and less chaotic.

The ground felt soft underneath their feet as they landed and dismounted Dorugamon. The air was still chilly, but not as forceful as the ones outside. A voice came from above, calling out to them.

"So, Gallantmon, Ulforceveedramon and Alphamon, we meet again," the deep male voice said threateningly.

Dorugamon's head lowered, yet his eyes still kept on his corrupted Royal Knight. "Yes," he said in a deeper voice, "yes, we do."