Hello again people. You enjoy the last chapter? Well if you did, then I bring you yet another chapter of Digital Death God. I just hope this one won't take as long to write as the last chapter...(pauses and slams head on desk for jinxing it)...never mind!

I promise, this chapter will (hopefully) move a LOT faster than the last one and again I apologise for how agonisingly slow that must have seemed, but it was necessary. It's all...part of the plan.

Here's a key for the types of speech found in this fic (Courtesy of Magician Girl Mirani)

"Talking"

'thinking'

'Takato to Zanpakutou and Guilmon through bond'

"Zanpakutou to Takato"

'Zanpakutou's thoughts'

And on that note, here...we...GO!

(Outside limbo, few seconds earlier)

"TAKATO!" shouted Rika and Henry as their fellow tamer collapsed. They quickly rushed to his side to see what was wrong, when they noticed a slight problem with their friend, he wasn't breathing. What was stranger was that some kind of white energy was seeping from him, leaking from his body in what seemed like ribbons of light swaying in a non existent breeze. Now, they were used to dealing with digimon and had seen more than their fair share of strange occurrences but they had no idea what was going on now. Even their digimon partners were watching with confused expressions. No one noticed little Calumon coming towards them until he landed straight in front of Takato's still form, staring at the energy leaking from his body, seemingly mesmerized by the whitish strands of energy.
"Pretty…" said Calumon, as he approached the light, attracted to it like an insect to a bug zapper. Before he got any closer, Takato's arm suddenly snapped out and grabbed his foot, prompting a shocked yell from the small digimon and Henry, and an (unnoticed) sigh of relief from Rika. While she wouldn't out right admit it, she was warming up to the goggle wearing tamer and seeing him lying their apparently dead had scared her. Not that she would tell this to anyone, of course, not even Renamon.

While Rika was being slightly thankful, Takato still had a firm grip on Calumon's foot, while taking in deep breaths, as if he had been underwater for a long period of time. He did this for a few seconds, before slowly getting to his feet, the ribbons of light now fading from view. His legs were a little shaky but they held him and he didn't collapse so he decided he was fine.

"Wow, being dead really takes it out of you," muttered Takato, straightened his back which cracked loudly, causing everyone nearby to wince before they realised what he said. He quickly looked around himself.

"At least I'm still in my body. That'll make things a little easier to explain...I hope," he continued to mutter until he realised everyone was now staring at him, even the digimon. "And I said all that out loud, didn't I?" he asked the others, who all nodded in response. "...Ah, nuts!" he sighed. "So, anything big happen while I was out?"

Rika was the first to snap out of it, before asking, "What the hell do you mean by 'being dead' Gogglehead? You can't just wake up from the dead like that! And what was up with that little light show you were putting on just now?" Her voice had started of normal, but had gradually risen in volume until she was nearly shouting by the end. Renamon merely glanced at her. 'She only does that when she's worried, but what would make her react like that?' Her eyes moved to Takato for a moment before returning to her tamer. 'I wonder...'

Before she could complete that particular train of thought Terriermon spoke up, having regained some of his usual bluster after being taken down by Mihiramon, "She means what was with those white energy ribbon things? They were coming out of your body! You looked like a human bug zapper! I'm surprised you didn't zap any of the nearby flies," he smirked, as Renamon spoke up, "and where exactly did that sword come from? It wasn't with you before," Renamon still sounded weak after crash landing from the top of the Hypnos Building. She gestured to his waist and the others looked to where she indicated.

"Sword?" asked Takato, before looking for himself. Indeed, on his waist now rested a sword in a plain black sheath. The hilt was a simple strip of s-shaped metal, with a metal pommel and a handle wrapped in plain black leather.

"You can admire my blade later, Takato, right now, your partner needs help, does he not?" came the now familiar voice of his Zanpakutou.

'Gah! How'd I nearly forget about that? Thanks...' thought back Takato. "I'll try to explain that when we have more time," he answered, before quickly getting to his knees and looking through his cards, causing the others to be confused again.

"Takato, what are you doing? None of us have any cards that can take that guy down. We don't even know what we're up against," said a worried Henry. Both Terriermon and Renamon had been soundly beaten in their champion forms, and Growlmon hadn't faired much better even if he somehow had managed to last longer.

"Yeah goggles, even Growlmon crumbled like tin foil against this guy," said Rika, who was trying to keep up her calm appearance, despite the gnawing worry that ate at her, whispering in her ear, telling her that they were going to lose.

Before anyone could say anything else, Takato quickly pointed to the D-Arc near his hand, which he had dropped when he collapsed earlier. Only, instead of the blank display they had previously received, it now had a holographic display of their opponent, along with the following details:

Name: Mihiramon

Attribute: Data

Type: Holy Beast

Attacks: Armoured Tiger Tail/ Samurai Tiger Tail/Tiger Wing Blades
Treasure Rod

The others stared confusedly at Takato's digivice, annoyed that the information they needed only came after they had all been beaten. Takato, on the other hand, merely gave them a determined look.

"Now we know what we're up against. Growlmon is still up there, and he's still willing to fight. As long as he is, then so am I! And I will not back down. I will stay with him no matter what!" As he said this, he grabbed a card and subconsciously channelled his energy into it, turning it pure blue with a digimon logo visible in the centre. Both Rika and Henry just stared in shock as a light wind picked up around Takato and blew towards them. Both recognised the card Takato now held, it was the same one responsible for helping them become tamers in the first place.

"He's got the card," Henry murmured, sounding stunned. "But…where did it come from?" Rika just kept looking, before finally muttering, "Okay, I'm impressed."

Takato grabbed his D-Arc and looked up to the top of the roof. "Okay boy, help is on the way," he stated before slashing the blue card through his D-Arc. "Digi-Modify! Matrix Digivolution Activate!" The others were so busy watching this, that none of them noticed Calumon shut his eyes and the symbol on his head light up, all except a certain Zanpakutou who made a point of informing his holder of that little detail later.

'Well, that's an interesting development. What are you, little Calumon?' the knight thought to himself. He always felt there was something…different about Calumon compared to other digimon, but he could never tell what it was from the brief encounters he found in Takato's memories. When everything had calmed down he would tell Takato.

(On the Hypnos Building)

Growlmon opened his eyes to find his side still in Mihiramon's jaws. He remembered everything that had just occurred with Takato and that knight in that clock place, but now that he was out of it he could feel his data starting to break up again, despite feeling his tamer's determination through the bond that the stranger had mentioned to them. It hurt.

"Stupid fool," growled the large tiger digimon, keeping Growlmon clamped in his jaws. "I beat you and your allies without breaking a sweat. This is proof that humans make you weak and when I'm done with you, I'll finish of the others. I won't even waste my time with the humans, I'll leave them to my new pet." This worried Growlmon. It meant there was something else here that the others weren't aware of, but he was unable to warn them

Suddenly Growlmon's eyes widened as he felt his data stabilise and his strength return. But it didn't stop, it just kept growing, forcing the tiger type digimon off him.

"What kind of trick is this?" growled Mihiramon, annoyed that his prey had suddenly forced him away. He could only watch in both fascination and anger as Growlmon's form changed, becoming larger. His data shifted, forming large armoured gauntlets with blades on the outside on each arm and encasing his entire upper body in armour with jets in the back. The final change was a large metal face mask covering the lower half of his face, completing his half dinosaur/half robot look.

"Growlmon, Matrix Digivolve to...WarGrowlmon," roared the newly digivolved ultimate digimon, who levelled a frosty glare at Mihiramon, his pupils slitted and growling viciously.

"Ready for round 2 kitty?" he asked, before lunging towards Mihiramon with the bladed gauntlets, ready to strike.

(Back at the bottom of Hypnos)

"Oh Yeah! WarGrowlmon, Virus type Cyborg Digimon, ultimate level," cheered Takato, while Rika and Henry looked on, shock and awe mingling on their faces.

"I didn't think dino boy could get any bigger than he already was," murmured Rika. She was slightly annoyed that Guilmon had become stronger than Renamon AGAIN but this was overshadowed by her awe at how his ultimate form looked. She had to admit, for a digimon that acted like a child at times, he was strong, but very unassuming. 'Like his tamer,' thought Rika, who glanced towards Takato but averting her eyes quickly with a light blush at how he looked with the determination and happiness shining in his face. 'Calm down Rika, you do not like the Gogglehead like that...' Rika assured herself, the light blush quickly fading. Unfortunately for her, Renamon noticed it, but decided to say nothing for the time being.

"Yeah, I'll say," agreed Henry, while Terriermon merely decided to ask, "Geez, how big a rainbow we gonna need to make him de-digivolve this time?" This got a light chuckle from the others as they remembered what happened the first time Guilmon digivolved. Suddenly Takato grunted in pain his body moving to the side as if he had been hit. Before he could say anything he did the same in the other direction before suddenly sliding backwards slightly, looking a little worse for wear than he did a few seconds ago.

"I feel every hit. Man, that guy can hit hard!" muttered Takato, while the others looked at him like he'd gone crazy with a hint of worry in their expressions. He was feeling every hit that his digimon did? How was that even possible? They returned their gaze to the roof, while occasionally glancing back to Takato, hoping that he was ok.

Back on the rook, WarGrowlmon managed to land a glancing blow to Mihiramon, damaging one of the shields on his body. He attacked again, his bladed arms now glowing with energy.

"RADIATION BLADE," he roared, aiming once again to take Mihiramon down. Again, he came close, but was only able to land a glancing blow and deal minimum damage. His opponent was just too fast!

"Impressive," stated Mihiramon, "Very few digimon have been able to touch me in combat at your level, never mind at champion like you managed earlier. Why don't you join us? These humans will abandon you without another thought. With us, you could be more powerful than you ever dreamed and together, we could rule this world!"

WarGrowlmon mere shook his head before replying, "No! Takatomon is my friend, and so are the others. They would never abandon us, and I won't abandon them! No matter what you say I won't!"

"Then you shall die! SAMURAI TIGER TAIL!" he growled before his tail once again morphed into its weaponised form and began attacking with it. WarGrowlmon just managed to get his arms up to block, but the hits still pushed him back several feet. Through the link, he could sense Takato was feeling the damage as well, which, while minimal, was still hurting him. This caused him to growl dangerously. No One hurt his tamer, especially not some over sized fur ball!

'Alright partner, time to take the tiger by the tail,' came Takato's voice over the link, causing WarGrowlmon to nod in agreement.

Back with the other tamers, Rika and Henry were looking at Takato strangely, wondering what he was talking about. Before they could say anything to him, he moved and took a fighting stance, his legs shoulder width apart and bent slightly, as if bracing for some kind of impact. What really shocked them was when WarGrowlmon seemed to do the exact same thing, just visible to them because of his proximity to the edge of the roof.

This sudden action caused Mihiramon to pause slightly, before growling and attempting to finish his opponent with his strongest attack.

"ARMOURED TIGER TAIL!" His tail kept its weapon form, put the end transformed into some kind of large spiked mace, ready to knock the other ultimate level of the roof. He swung hard and fast, hoping to finish the fight quickly with this single attack.

To his horror, however, his opponent caught the tail, causing him to be forced back slightly but not far enough to knock him off the roof. On the ground, Takato also slid back slightly, but he stood firm like his partner. "Now WarGrowlmon! Finish him off!" shouted Takato.

"Right! Time to say good night, kitty," taunted WarGrowlmon, before the cannons on his chest started charging, a crimson glow enveloping them. "ATOMIC-" He started.

"BLASTER!" Finished Takato, as his digimon partner hit Mihiramon with his strongest attack from point blank range.

"NO! This can't be! I'm a Deva, I'm Unbeatable!" roared the large Tiger Digimon as the blast struck him, hard. As his data started to fall apart, he gave his final message to WarGrowlmon. "You may have beaten me, but you're weakened. My pet will finish you off and make you watch as he consumes your precious humans before he kills you!" He chuckled in a deranged manner before his data fully fragmented, killing him. WarGrowlmon promptly absorbed the new data, giving him a quick boost of energy. Mihiramon was right, he was still slightly tired from the digivolution he'd gone through from Champion to ultimate level for the first time then facing the tiger. By this point WarGrowlmon was definitely looking forward to a good night's sleep.

With that, he used his jets to slowly descend to the bottom of the Hypnos building in front of the others. The moment he touched the ground Takato ran up to him and hugged one of the massive toe claws, it was the only thing he could comfortably reach considering how big WarGrowlmon was. "You did it boy! You beat him!" cheered Takato, looking up so he could see his partners face.

"No, we did it…tamer," replied the large Saurian, prompting a light chuckle from Takato and confused looks from the others.

"…you get the feeling we're missing something here Rika?" Henry asked, receiving a light nod from the red head in response. "Don't worry Henry, those two will be answering our questions soon, we'll make sure of that," she stated, with Renamon nodding in agreement. While she couldn't place it, something just felt…off, with Takato, and from the confused expression Terriermon sent his way, along with the questioning glance to Renamon, she could tell the small bunny digimon was feeling the same way.

As Takato stepped away, WarGrowlmon glowed, before his form began shrinking rapidly until he eventually regained his rookie form once more, the glow fading from his red scaled body. Takato quickly hugged his partner, showing just how happy he was that Guilmon was alright.

"Thanks for the save, buddy," whispered Takato, referring to what had occurred within that clock landscape. "No worries, Takatomon," replied Guilmon, causing Takato to face fault at the return of his unwanted nickname from his partner and the others to chuckle at the scene.

Before he could say anything however Rika spoke up, "Haven't we just beaten the digimon? If that's the case, then why is this digital field still up?" This prompted confused looks from everyone except Guilmon, whose eyes widened as he remembered what Mihiramon had said on the roof during the fight.

"Takato, we need to be careful, there's something else here. Mihiramon called it his pet," said Guilmon. This caught the other's attention and shocked looks were directed at the saurian.

"There's something else here? Why didn't you say something sooner Dino boy?" exclaimed Rika. "In case you haven't noticed, none of you guys are exactly in fighting shape," which was true. Renamon and Terriermon still looked haggard from their fights and Guilmon looked like he was about to fall asleep standing up despite his attempts to stay alert. They had all checked their decks during WarGrowlmon's fight and, to their horror, found that none of them had any recovery cards on hand, meaning that they were in serious trouble.

Before they could move however, several screams caught there attention. Everyone turned to see Kazu, Kenta and Jerry running towards them with looks of total and utter terror on their faces.

(2 minutes earlier, in the bushes)

While the other tamers were busy with the battle, none of them had noticed that Takato's friends had followed them and were watching them from the bushes nearby. They'd arrived after Takato passed out and woke up, so they were unaware of his current situation.

"Where's Guilmon?" asked Jerry. The other 2 looked and noticed that he wasn't with the others. "Beats me," replied Kazu, before he looked up to the top of the Hypnos building. "Dude! Check THAT out!"

Everyone looked towards where he was pointing, and were stunned to see a large armoured dinosaur descending to the ground. None of them noticed the large shadow hiding nearby, watching them.

"Is that...Guilmon?" Jerry asked quietly. She was slightly scared by his current appearance, but was trying hard not to show it so the other two wouldn't tease here about it.

"No, that's his ultimate level, WarGrowlmon!" replied Kenta, who was trying not to squeal like a fan boy at the site of seeing several REAL digimon, but the excitement could still be heard in his voice. The group started to make their way towards the tamers when something landed with a loud THUD behind them.

"My, don't you three look like tasty little morsels. You'll do well for appetisers..." came a deep, twisted voice. The three teens turned around to face the speaker and froze. This...thing was certainly not any kind of digimon that they knew of. It looked similar to a lizard in shape, but it was about the same size as Growlmon! Its skin was made up of mud-brown scales from what they could tell and was almost camouflaged against the trees, but the swishing movements of its bone like tail made it easier to see.

It's more noticeable feature was a Bone White mask that acted as its face. It was gruesome to see and its lower jar was hanging open slightly, a long tongue hanging out slightly as it stared at the three teens.

Kenta was the first to regain his senses, simply screaming "RUN!" before turning round and hightailing it in the direction of the tamers, thinking their digimon might help stop this thing. Kazu and Jerry did the same not a second too soon, screaming as the creature lunged at them and missed by the barest of margins.

The tamers quickly turned towards the shouts and saw Jerry, Kazu and Kenta running at full pelt towards them. Before they could ask what was wrong, they saw something leap out of the nearby trees towards them. As it landed, Kazu and Kenta proceeded to hide behind Takato, while Jerry hid behind Henry, much to his surprise.

It landed right in front of them and stood on its rear legs, towering over them and revealing a large hole in the centre of its chest. Everyone stepped back in fear of the large creature and while the others looked scared, Takato had a shocked expression on his face.

'Is...that a Hollow?' Takato asked dazedly. 'But that's impossible! I thought you said that they didn't exist in this world! And how are we all able to see it?'

"And I shouldn't exist in this world, yet I do, Takato," came the reply of his Zanpakutou, "It seems I was correct, something is connecting Hueco Mundo to your digital world, though how that hollow is visible and why you can use me with your real body is something we will have to figure out later. Now, brace yourself, and be ready to follow my instructions when I give them,"

'Got it,' thought Takato, who slowly moved his hand to his new sword so as not to draw attention. Before he could do anything, Guilmon, despite his tired state, charged forward to attack the hollow.

"PYRO SPHERE!" yelled Guilmon as he fired a blast at the larger hollow who didn't even bother to dodge. The attack hit it dead in the chest and exploded, causing the creature to fade from view behind a cloud of smoke. Unfortunately for Guilmon, that attack used up a fair amount of the energy he had left, so he was unprepared for the tail that suddenly lashed out from the smoke, hitting him squarely in the chest and launching him back towards the others. None of the other digimon were strong enough to launch an attack, still far too weak from their fight with Mihiramon. They were surprised that Guilmon had enough energy for that last Pyro Sphere.

"Pathetic little creature. Even I can see you're too tired to do anything against me. That makes it all the easier for me...your human friends smell very tasty. They have an interesting energy about them," chuckled the creature, as he turned towards Takato, noticing the sword that was on his side.

"Oh, so you fancy yourself to be a Shinigami do you little human? Well, you seem to have the energy for it," grinned the hollow, "you will be fun to devour."

Before anyone could move, the Hollow lunged towards Takato. While the others tried to move out of the way, Takato didn't budge, much to their shock.

"Takato! get out of there!" yelled Rika, who didn't know what to do. None of her cards could help them and she couldn't use them on Renamon as she didn't have enough energy yet. It didn't take long for the hollow to have Takato within arms reach and attempt to grab him, thinking that he stood there frozen in fear. But, before anyone could even react, Takato swiftly drew the sword from its sheath and slashed at the hollows approaching arm. To everyone's shock, and the Hollows horror, it cut clean through, amputating the offending limb. The others took the opportunity to quickly look at the sword Takato was holding. The blade itself was straight but it curved near the tip to form a sharp point on one side while the other was straight. From where they stood, they could easily tell the blade was sharp, which was obvious if what he had just done was any indication.

The hollow could only step back and look at the now severed arm, before looking back at Takato. 'That's impossible, only the blade of a Shinigami should be able to sever my arm like that,' thought the hollow, 'but that can't be a Zanpakutou, that human is still alive. Interesting...' The hollow then started to cackle. Takato and the others could only watch as it laughed, before, to there horror, it started re-growing the lost limb. Hoping to do something, Takato charged forward, moving faster than he thought he could, sword ready to swing in hopes of stopping the hollow from doing any more damage. But, before he could do anything, the hollow's tail came around again, too quickly for him to dodge and slammed into his chest, stunning him and sending him flying straight into Rika, who collapsed under his weight.

Takato took a moment to shake his head clear, before realising he landed on something soft. He looked at what he landed on, only to blush as he realised he was sitting on an equally blushing Rika. He quickly stood up, so as to hopefully avoid the punch to the head that he was likely to receive as Rika stood up as soon as Takato was up, trying to look like nothing had happened.

"You're lucky we're in trouble or I'd kick your ass gogglehead," muttered Rika, as they turned their attention back to the hollow which had just finished re-growing his arm. "Now what do we do about him? Guilmon's attack did nothing and you somehow cut its arm of with that sword but the thing just regrew it!"

"I don't know..." replied Takato as he glanced at his sword. 'Any ideas on what we can do?' he thought. Before he could wait for a response, Takato had to jump back as the Hollow went for him again. He just managed to get out of the way, but was forced to dodge again and again as the Hollow kept trying to grab or bite him.

"There is a way to defeat him. You need to be able to destroy its mask, it's the only way to kill a Hollow. I apologize. I forgot to give you this information earlier," came the reply. Takato nearly froze when he heard that but managed to dodge another lunge just in time.

'How could you forget that? Never mind, you probably didn't expect any hollows to attack, let alone be here in the first place so it doesn't matter. So how am I suppose to reach his mask? He isn't exactly gonna stay still and let me hit him unless you haven't noticed.' asked Takato, as he managed to dodge one more grab from the hollow, before realising that he had moved a fair distance from the others. A fact the hollow seemed to notice as well.

"Maybe your friends will put up less of a fight. I prefer it when my food doesn't fight back," chuckled the hollow as it turned to face the others. Takato most definitely did not want to hear that. He went to attack again but this time the hollow swung its arm and knocked Takato into the side of the Hypnos building before turning back to the others who were attempted to get away while the digimon stood guard, ready to try and fight the creature back so the others could escape.

"There is a way for you to defeat it, Takato, all you need to do is call upon my name," came the voice of his Zanpakutou. Takato then remembered what he had been told about his blade and what it could do.

'Well here goes nothing,' though Takato. He stood back up in time to see Renamon launch the strongest Diamond Storm she could while Terriermon fired off a bunny blast, but did nothing considering their weakened state. Again, the hollow merely knocked them to the side near Guilmon, who was still recovering from the last hit he received. Takato sped up to face the Hollow who was now towering menacingly over the other humans, their digimon protectors unable to defend them.

Before it could do anything Takato suddenly appeared in front of the group, much to their surprise. "You want my friends? You've gotta go through me first," growled Takato, his sword held out in front of him, gathering his energy as his Zanpakutou instructed. The hollow didn't notice.

"Eager to die are you? Very well then," roared the Hollow. Before it could move Takato chanted something that made it freeze in shock while the others stared in confusion.

"Abandon hope, all ye who stand against me. Purge their sins, DANTE!"

A shockwave emitted from Takato, knocking the humans on their asses while the Hollow took a step back in fear, its eyes riveted to the spot where Takato stood, now hidden by a small dust cloud.

"T-that's impossible! He feels new and yet he already has Shikai! What is this kid?" Yelled the hollow, as the dust cloud dissipated, revealing Takato in a completely new outfit.

His usual attire had been replaced with a black pair of hakama and a kosode like top tied with a white obi. He was also wearing white socks with wooden zori. What really caught their attention was the weapon he had resting on his shoulder. Instead of the sword he previously held he now wielded what looked like a spear. One end had a sharpened cone, while the other had what looked like a flame shaped spearhead but they could just make out the Hazard Symbol engraved upon the bladed part of the weapon. The digimon could practically feel the power emanating from the young tamer and could only look on curiously while the other humans could do nothing but stare in shock.

"...What the hell just happened here? Did we miss something before we got here?" asked Kazu who looked completely lost at what just happened.

"I think we all missed something Kazu," replied Henry, who just stared at Takato. Thoughts raced through his head but he paid them little attention, too busy staring at his friend.

"Well, he better explain what's going on, or he's gonna regret it," growled Rika. She was starting to get fed up with all of the extra weird stuff that was happening. It didn't seem digimon related, meaning she couldn't do anything and she hated that. Kenta and Jerry could only stare and watch what was going on, but deep down, they also wanted answers, and they didn't want to wait.

Before anyone could say anything, the Hollow snapped out of its apparent daze and charged at Takato, roaring angrily.

Takato, however, calmly followed Dante's instructions and channelled his energy into the weapon and swung it downward as hard as he could. While the others were confused as to why he would swing when the hollow isn't in range, none of them noticed the cut appearing in the ground heading towards the hollow which kept moving towards Takato. But just as the hollow neared Takato it suddenly split in half right down the middle, each half landing on either side of the young tamer who simply turned and walked away as the hollow seemed to fragment in a similar way to a digimon once it's been beaten.

He kept walking until he reached his friends, a goofy smile now planted on his face. "You guys okay?" he asked before his eyes rolled up into his head and he promptly fell forward and passed out which caused the others to rush up to check on him. As they did so Takato's outfit glowed slightly before fading away to reveal his original clothing. His weapon too, glowed lightly before reverting back to its sword form. Then, to everyone's confusion, it glowed again and changed into what looked like a modify card.

Rika stepped forward to pick it up and took a look at it, surprised to see an image of the sword they had just seen, with the title 'Zanpakutou: Dante'. While tempted to try it for herself, something in the back of her mind told her that wasn't a good idea so she put it with Takato's other cards. She then proceeded to check Takato, who was at least breathing this time. He was sleeping soundly, that same goofy smile still on his face.

'He's tired,' thought Rika. 'Then again, I think anyone would if they just did...whatever he did. You owe me and the others some serious explanations, goggle boy.'

She quickly stood up before turning to Kazu and Kenta and asked, "Either of you two dweebs got any recovery cards?"

Both checked their decks and, to their surprise, each found they had a Full recovery card, which were promptly taken by Rika who ignored their indignant "Hey!" that she received in response. She passed one to Henry and they both swiped the card, restoring their Digimon's health.

"Ah, that feels better," said Terriermon, who quickly returned to his perch on Henry's shoulder. "Now, what are we gonna do with sleeping weirdo over there?" he asked, only to receive a smack on the head from Henry. "Momentai Henry, I mean, what the hell just happened. I know for a fact that humans shouldn't be able to do what he just did but look at what we just saw! Something feel's different with him, and I know Renamon can tell that as well, right?"

They turned to Renamon, who nodded in agreement. "I cannot explain it either but there is something different about him now. In fact, it felt somewhat...similar to whatever that creature was, but his feels more…alive somehow while the creature felt more...dead, evil. For now, I think all we can do is wait for Takato to wake up and ask him what he knows about what has occurred tonight."

Everyone nodded in agreement and decided to meet up tomorrow when Takato woke up. With that, Rika decided to head home, while Renamon decided to help Jerry and Henry get Guilmon back to the shed, leaving Kazu and Kenta to take Takato back to his house. Calumon decided to follow the group carrying Guilmon back to the park.

None of them noticed the 5 figures watching them from nearby, looking at Takato with curiosity. Two of them turned and nodded to each other, as one picked up the shortest of the group before all of them suddenly disappeared, as if they hadn't been there at all.

AAAAANNNNDDD...CUT! Wow, didn't expect to have this written up so soon, or have it this long. I'm impressed with myself on this.

So, I finally reveal the name of Takato's Zanpakutou, the other tamers and the digimon are confused as hell as to what just happened and they have some spies...you wanna know who they are? You're gonna have to wait until the next chapter.

That will take a bit longer to get done, as I need to rewatch the Deva episodes to remember what happened and to see how I can change them to suit my fic. But that will be coming by hopefully the end of the month at the latest.

For those who want to see images of Takato's sealed and Shikai blades, I'll include images on my profile page.

So please review, again constructive criticism is welcome, and this time all flames will be used to Spit Roast Jeremy Kyle!

Until next time, Ja Ne!