After many days in the Digital World as Hakuya, Takuya walked out of a familiar storefront. The boy was leaning on Ron, wounded from a mysterious slash on his leg. Luckily, this portal had appeared and the group was able to take it. Or at least, most of the group was able to take it. Takuya saw Draco, Ron, and Joe behind him, and noticed that Harry was missing. Without a second thought, Takuya adjusted his goggles and ordered the group to the school.
When they arrived in the Great Hall, they saw Matt, TK, Mimi, Sora, and Izzy sitting over on one side of the Gryffindor table. On the other side; Yoshi, Thomas, Marcus, Miki, and Megumi sat Marcus' eyes downcast. Close to Marcus' group; Takato, Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, Suzie, Ryo, and Rika were grouped together. By Matt's group; Zoe, Koji, Koichi, and JP sat. In the middle of the table, Ken sat alone, his sobs ringing through the silent hall. Takuya noticed that Ken wore Davis' glasses and occasionally touched them.
"What happened Matt?" Takuya asked.
"Well, we don't know. After Zhuqiaomon appeared to Tai, the bird gave him a warning and these pieces of coal. His warning proved accurate as the next day, Etemon appeared. We tried to Digivolve our partners but they couldn't do it so Tai hit him with a full body bind and then he vanished. Etemon tried to attack us but Zuqiaomon came and opened a portal to here."
"After we freed Baihumon, he opened a portal for us. He told us that it would take us home but Henry never made it back." Ryo said in a rush.
"Kristy was ripped from Spencer's arms and we don't know what happened to Keenan." Thomas said.
"Ophanimon hit Tommy and then we were here." JP squeaked.
Takuya looked at Ken and then spoke, "And you?"
"D-davis and the others are d-d-dead. Davis passed these on to me before he died and Cody and I were almost out of the snow when he slammed against some barrier and vanished."
Takuya gulped and then said, "Harry never made it back either. We tried to check Trial Mountain but it seemed to be gone. So we went to the north to check on you but I collided with something and my leg started bleeding. Luckily, we managed to escape into this portal and wound up at that strange shop, without Harry. Wherever everyone is, they'll take care of themselves."
Ken leapt up and then hit Takuya in the nose, causing the wolf boy to yelp. "HOW CAN FOUR DEAD PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES?!" The wolf boy didn't dodge as Ken hit him over and over. After a few minutes, Takuya's claw shot out and suddenly Ken was in the air, held by a claw around his wrist.
"You don't know that." He spoke quietly, his growl not even there. "Yes, Davis is dead but Willis, Yolei, even Cody could still be alive. Wherever they are they don't need their leader to break down and attack his friends. Davis left you in charge and he can't rest in peace knowing that his choice can't even do the right thing."
As the last word fell from Takuya's lips, the Great Hall doors swung open. The groups turned and stared as Yolei and Willis walked in, joining the groups. Ken was set down and as soon as his feet touched the ground, he had both in a hug. "What happened?"
"Ebowamon quickly told us that both worlds are in danger. Each shadow we defeat weakens the seal holding their master in place. Though they can go back and forth, the master shadow is confined along with Fanglongmon." Willis said. "In response to the threat, the Valkyrie were given new purpose, to protect the worlds. However, that wasn't enough. Any Digimon will be taken, forced to remain in the Digital World until the time comes. In this case, Digimon means one with a large connection to the world. Unfortunately, one escaped and Ebowamon is worried that they will be destroyed. Also, certain Digidestined that show they will go above and beyond their duty have been imprisoned in a section of the north. As soon as we found this out, we were transported back here."
When he finished, the castle began to shake. A recovered SaberLeomon ran in, aimed at Takuya. When the groups tried to stop him, Draco, Ron, Kari, and Joe froze. In a daze, they shoved everyone else away and grabbed Takuya who was also frozen. They walked to the Digimon and placed Takuya on his back. When the boy was mounted, SaberLeomon vanished and the Valkyrie were now able to control themselves again. Unfortunately, the rest of the Digidestined were not very happy.
"Why did you do that!?" Ken asked.
"We couldn't help it." Kari responded.
"They were doing their jobs."Yolei said calmly.
A.N. So now it appears that Kristy, Henry, Tommy, Harry, Tai, and Cody are trapped in the same place. Meanwhile, Takuya and Keenan are trapped beneath the soil of the Digital World, unable to wake up. Will they wake up? Well. Only one way to find out and that is to read. I expect that I will have loads of "fan mail" to read, asking why I killed Davis. Please try to keep it as short as possible as I may have homework. Also, if you do want to complain using the review slot, please leave something about how I am doing aside from that. Well, on to the next chapter!