T.K. was beginning to feel wind blow past him. He opened his eyes and saw that he was on Gennai's back as he carried him and Patamon through the trees.

"Gennai." T.K. groaned.

"Good, you're awake. I was starting to get worried." Gennai said.

"Where's Davis?" T.K. said. Gennai had a grim look on his face.

"I'm sorry, but he's gone." Gennai said.

"Gennai!" Gennai looked over to the side to see that Leomon was following him.

"Leomon, how are the others?" Gennai asked.

"Tai has sustained no serious injuries. Neither have Izzy and Joe. Matt seems to be in bad shape, but will pull through." Leomon said. "However, Ken and Cody are in horrible condition. It's unclear if they will even make it."

"I see. We need to get these kids to a hospital, fast." Gennai said. T.K. heard all of them and hold great concerned for his friends.

'Everyone!' He thought.

…..

The Real World

Kari stood down at her reflection in the river. Ever since T.K. and the others left, she couldn't help but feel worried since she hasn't heard a single word. Gatomon was starting to get worried about Kari.

"Kari!" They both looked over to see Yolei and Hawkmon ran over to them. "They made it back."

"Their back?" Kari said.

"Yes, but they've all been sent to the hospital by Gennai." Hawkmon said.

"Let's go." Yolei said as she grabbed Kari's arm and dragged her all the way to the hospital.

…

The Hospital

T.K. was covered in bandages. Even though his physical wounds will heal, the ones that hurt him emotionally aren't. He stared down at Davis' goggles in his lap. He failed to keep his promise and now he's going straight to Hydroumon. Those words kept echoing through his head.

"I am going to Hydroumon and you can't stop me."

"T.K., promise me that you will bring him home."

"Nice to see that you're awake." T.K. looked over to the door of his room and saw Tai with Agumon and Agumon had bandages on his arm.

"Tai?" T.K. said.

"Where's Patamon?" Agumon said.

"Getting examined. How are the others?" T.K. said.

"Matt is going to be just fine. They're doing everything they can to make sure Ken and Cody stay alive." Tai said. Ken and Wormmon were in a dark room and medical digimon were using healing properties to heal them as they were in a magic circle.

"Focus on the flow of the boy's hair. Use that to guide the energy to heal him." A nurse like digimon said. Meanwhile, Cody was in the process of getting examined as an oxygen mask was held to his face.

"This boy has a few broken ribs and muscle strain. Let's start with helping the rib cage." The doctor said. Tai took a seat and he and T.K. were talking about Davis.

"Is he really gone?" Tai said.

"I couldn't stop him, no matter what I said or did. I wasn't strong enough to bring him back." T.K. said. "What am I going to tell Kari? She was counting on me to bring him back and I didn't." Speaking of Kari, she was just outside and was eavesdropping. "He said he didn't care for any of us anymore."

"Well, we're not going to give up. He's out there and we're going to find him and Veemon." Tai said.

"Kari?" Gatomon said to try and get a response out of her, but nothing. Yolei walked up to Kari and saw she was upset. She could tell that meant that Davis wasn't here, but she can't avoid them.

"Come on. You're gonna have to talk to him at some point." Yolei said and opened the door and got the boys' attention.

"Kari!" T.K. said. He knew he must have heard her. Kari put on a fake smile to spare their feelings.

"Hey. I'm so glad you guys made it back." Kari said. "Geeze T.K., you're dressed up like a mummy."

"I'm sorry." T.K. said.

"What are you sorry about? You know, you should open the curtains and let some sunlight in here." Kari said as she walked over and opened up the curtains. "There that's better."

"I'm sorry, but…but I'm not giving up." T.K. said. He didn't bother humoring her with this act because he saw no reason for it. "I won't ever quite. I'm going to keep my promise and I'm going to bring Davis back."

"It's okay T.K." Kari said.

"Kari, how could you say it's okay?" Hawkmon said.

"It's okay because I know that's what's going to happen." Kari said. "Right now, you're going to need to rest up T.K. You're going to need it to get back in top form. Sora and Mimi went to check on the others. I'm going to see for myself how they're doing." She said and began to leave the room.

'That's Kari. She managed to hold back her sadness in order to keep T.K. from feeling worse.' Yolei thought.

...

Hydroumon

Hydroumon was sitting in the dark. He opened his eyes when he heard footsteps and saw Davis enter his room as he had Veemon in his arms.

"I'm so glad you could make it." Hydroumon said.

"You must be Hydroumon." Davis said as Hydroumon stood up.

"Indeed I am. It's a pleasure to meet you in person." Hydroumon said.

"How about we get right to what you want from me?" Davis said.

"Straight to the point, but all I want is what it is as my minions told you." Hydroumon said. "I wish to make your life better. You have already made the first step by coming here. You have arrived to the right place to where you truly belong. Now, I will train you and Veemon to use the power that was given to you."

"Whatever." Davis said.

"Hm, it would seem we'll have to start with that attitude of yours." Hydroumon said.

…

T.K.

The sun was setting outside and T.K. just lay back on his bed. He felt a strong of gust enter his room and saw that someone opened his window and that person was Gennai as he stood on the ledge.

"Gennai?" T.K. said.

"How's it going?" Gennai said.

"Couldn't you have entered through the door like a normal person?" T.K. said. Gennai took a seat on the ledge and were talking about Davis.

"As you know, Davis has chosen to go to Hydroumon." Gennai said.

"Yeah. I tried to stop him, but nothing I did could even get through to him." T.K. said. Gennai had something to say, but he knew T.K. wasn't going to like it.

"Listen, you're better off forgetting Davis." Gennai said.

"What? Gennai how could you say that?" T.K. said.

"Hydroumon is a dangerous digimon, more dangerous than Malomyotismon or Armageddonmon." Gennai said. "No one has seen him for a long time, but now he's making a return and it can't be good. If he wants Davis, it can't be good. He probably wants him and Veemon for their power."

"That's all the more reason we've got to find them." T.K. said.

"It would be a waste of time. No one knows where Hydroumon is." Gennai said. "When he wants something, there's no chance that it will come back. You're better off just letting Davis go. He went to Hydroumon willingly and it doesn't seem like he wants to come back any time soon."

"I can't do that, he's my friend." T.K. said.

"You call him a friend? Look what he did to you." Gennai said. "This is part of growing up. You're going to have to make tough decisions and you'll have to make the smart ones. It's perfectly fine to listen to your heart, but there are times you'll have to do what your head is saying. That's how life is. You need to understand that and right now, letting Davis go IS the smart decision." T.K. let that all sink in. Would he really have to forget Davis?

"Now I'm starting to wonder if Davis is really not that bright or he listens to his heart." T.K. said. "If what you say is true, then I'll become a fool like him because there's no way I'm ever going to forget a friend. I made a promise of a life. No matter how long it takes, I'm going to keep it." Gennai could see it in his eyes that he wasn't going to let this go.

"Alright. If you're dead set on this then get some rest first." Gennai said. "You can't save your friend if you're all bandage up like this. Make a full recovery first and then go after him."

"You've got it." T.K. said and fell back on the bed. 'I don't care how long it takes. I'm going to find Davis and Veemon, I'm going to keep my promise and bring them back.' He thought and that went on for years.