Episode 6: The Return of Hypnos

Saix1234: What up Next Gen. fans! Thanks to the enthusiasm of a certain fan, I was inspired to finally start writing some new chapters for this story. I know it's been a long wait, and I hope those of you who were following haven't stopped. Thanks for being patient and making this my most successful story. Anyway, here are some character discriptions. Baron is a young dirty blonde haired man with blue eyes. His hair is fairly short. His partner, Caninemon is a wolf cub type digimon. Both of them will be appearing in this chapter. Now, without further ado, on with the show!

To say the least, Takato and Rika were a bit surprised to see this young man. He looked to be about the same age as James and Logan. His hair was short and a dirty blonde sort of color. He had blue eyes and wore a black and red suit that looked similar to the one worn by Soul from Soul Eater. After finishing his slow clap, He snapped his fingers saying "Debrief me guys."

Logan spoke first. "Well it's like this," he started. "Whoever is behind all this somehow reserected an old enemy of the Japanese Tamers. We took care of him easily enough though."

"He said he was working for Mephistomon or Gulfmon or whatever he calls himself now," said Rika. She was still really shook up over the whole ordeal. As a matter of fact, she held Takato's hand in a death grip, afraid to let go.

Takato's expression was one of shock. "Mephistomon? But we destroyed him after he digivolved into Gulfmon. How is it possible?"

Baron stroked his chin, lost in thought. "It isn't that hard to believe. As I recall, didn't you guys once delete one of the devas, and then he came back?"

Baron was right of course, but Takato still hadn't been introduced to him yet. This left him a little distracted, so he didn't really care much for the question. "I'm sorry who are you?"

Baron looked at him as though it were obvious. "I'm Baron, head of the American division of Hypnos."

Takato smiled, filled with realization. "So you're the Baron that I've heard so much about," he said with a smirk. Logan had told him how Baron was a bit of a trouble maker. He shook his hand. "Hard to believe someone your age is head of the American branch of Hypnos, and you're a tamer. Yeah that did happen, but what's your point?"

Baron's trademark cocky smirk played on his face. "My point is that a digimon with enough strength and will can reconstitute itself. If a deva can do it, then Mephistomon certainly can."

"Then why hasn't he attacked us himself yet?" asked Rika.

"That should be obvious," Baron walked over to a computer terminal and started typing. "He obviously hasn't finished reconfiguring yet. He needs more time, so he can grow even stronger than before."

Takato almost seemed to tremble at the thought. "You mean he could digivolve into something worse than Gulfmon?!"

"That's our worst case cenario," he said as he continued to type. "The best case is that we find where he is and stop his regeneration."

"Great plan," said James. "Except we don't even know where to start looking."

Baron smirked at his friend. "When are you guys gonna learn to have faith in me? I'm working on it as we speak." He continued typing away as he tried to locate any digital dimensions that matched the energy signature of the dark dimension they had just destroyed. He knew if they were going to find Mephistomon, they would find him in one of those dimensions. "I'm running a scan of the city to see if I can find a dark dimension similar to the one you guys just came from. Will call it a dark field. It'll take about 24 hours. In the mean time you all should get some rest."

"Hard to rest knowing the world is in danger AGAIN," Takato muttered, irritation and fatigue noticeable in his voice.

Logan put a hand on his shoulder. "Takato, you guys go home to your kids. The three of us have this covered."

Takato nodded feeling a little relieved. Rika, however, was not so reasured. Though Hypnos had proven themselves to be allys in the past, she still couldn't help feeling some hard feelings toward them for what they did in the old days. At Takato's urging she agreed to leave, but with a hint of scepticism on her face.

As soon as they were out of the room, Logan approached Baron. "There's something you should know," he said. Baron turned his focus away from the computer to listen to what his friend had to say. "NeoIceDevimon was cloned from Rika's memories. He Mephistomon is capable of that, who knows what else he can do."

Baron contemplated this for a while. "Get in touch with Yamaki. We're going to have to formulate a plan."

Meanwhile, in a dark and twisted area of digital space, data was being pulled into a large dark mass of pure evil. From the darkness came the voice of Mephistomon. "So they have discovered my plans have they? Good. The time has come. The reign of man is at an end. I will execute the next phase of my plans. Bwahahahahhaha!"

Saix1234: What evil plot has Mephistomon concocted? What are Baron and Yamaki's counter attack plans and can they be trusted? Find out next time on Digimon Tamers: Next Generation. Once again, thanks to all of you who stuck with me through the 3 year hiatus. I know this chapter was short, but I promise there will be more.