"Oh, that stupid girl! Who does she think she is?!" Duskmon tried to calm the Warrior of Water, having never seen her in such a rage. "Ranamon, perhaps you should-" "Perhaps you should shut up!" Ranamon snapped. Then she realized what she'd said and who she'd said at. Ranamon lowered her gaze. "Sorry 'bout that, Duskmon. It's just-even with my Beast Spirit, I still lost to that girl, Izumi." Duskmon felt his mouth quirk, and said, "Technically, you retreated. That isn't a loss, Ranamon." The nymph Digimon huffed and sat down beside him. There was a silence for few moments. "...It happened again." Ranamon muttered. "Hm? What?"

"That feeling I had, the first time I fought Agnimon. It felt like I knew him. Is that weird?" Ranamon questioned. "Considering what has happened, I don't think so." Duskmon replied. Ranamon sighed. Sometimes, her friend confused her. She stood up, and brushed off some dust. "I'm gonna go and try to fight those guys again. I've got to have more control over my Beast Spirit now." She turned to leave, then looked back at the Warrior of Darkness. "Watch out for Mercuremon. He's got a plan with Seraphimon's data, and I don't like it." And with that, she disappeared into one of the pools of water.

Ranamon scanned the water for any sight of those children. Those Toucanmon may have been repulsed by her Beast Spirit, and she knew they were though she couldn't blame them, they'd gotten the boys' D-Tectors. The only one who could really fight was Izumi. Ranamon smirked as she saw not only Gomamon, she always thought they were adorable, but the other Warriors. They rode on a raft, for why, she had no idea. 'Here we go!' Ranamon forced the water up into columns, riding up one herself.

"Not you again!" the boy with the bandana, whose name she figured out to be Kouji thanks to the Toucanmon, shouted. Ranamon smirked, and said, "Mm, not very nice way to be greeted! Maybe this'll make you a bit more friendly, Whipping Waves!" She saw the waves around her start churning into whirlpools and the raft the children were on almost capsize because of it. Izumi held her D-Tector out and yell, "Spirit Evolution!" Lines of data wrapped around her and when they dispersed, Fairymon shot upward. "Tomoki, do not let go of the raft!" The boy with googles yelled. The younger boy nodded, still clinging to the mast. Ranamon turned to the Warrior of Wind. "So, one-on-one again, Fairy?" she taunted.

"Brezza Petalo!" Fairymon shouted, the pink tinted wind streaming towards Ranamon. She smirked and moved the water together to block the attack. Fairymon grimaced. "Tornado Gamba!" Ranamon flinched. The Warrior of Wind could break through the water with that attack. So she did the only thing she could. "Ranamon, Slide Evolution!" She felt the data of her Beast Spirit wrap around her. "Calmaramon!"

"Still ugly!" The boy in a blue jumpsuit yelled. Calmaramon snarled, yelling, "Nero Corso!" The black ink sailed towards the raft, until Fairymon intercepted. The Warrior cried out in pain and started falling down towards the water.

"Fairymon!" The boy with the goggles cried, trying to go after his friend. Kouji grabbed one of his arms and tried to keep him from tossing himself overboard. "Calm down! You're not drowning yourself, Takuya!"

Calmaramon froze. That name. Takuya. The feeling in her returned. Calmaramon felt a strange shock. She faintly registered that Izumi was coming out of the water, Spirit Evolving into her Beast Spirit. Calmaramon let her instincts take over, but her mind raced. She knew that boy. But how? He was human, not a Digimon like she was. 'Takuya... how do I know you?' Calmaramon was snapped out of her thoughts, seeing she was getting beaten by Shutumon, the Beast Spirit of Wind. 'It got me out of here before...' "Titanic Charge!" She spun, this time not caring if she was in control or not.

Ranamon stepped up the small pathway to the top of the tower. 'Takuya... Why did I freeze up hearing his name?' She sighed. She had reached the cliff where she and Duskmon would talk, but he wasn't there, strangely. 'He's always here...where is he then?' Ranamon sat down in her spot, finally having a place to think. 'Why? Why did I get the feeling I shouldn't fight you, Takuya? Does it have to do with my past...?' Ranamon sighed again. She needed something to calm her down. 'Water. That always helps.' Ranamon knew there was a pool of water down a few floors, she'd gone there a few times when she couldn't take Mercuremon's prattle, or Grottemon's stupidity.

She opened her eyes and stood up, stretching. Ranamon was going to figure out her connection to the Warrior of Flame, no matter what.

'How. Not a question of why', Ranamon thought. 'Those children are human. But, I do know that Takuya boy. It's just a matter of how I know him. Gah, this is just as confusing as Duskmon!' Ranamon forced herself upwards, and broke the surface of the water. She floated, closing her eyes again. 'Maybe... Cherubimon-sama did more than find Duskmon and I. Maybe he didn't find us, maybe he took us. But if he did take us, where did he take us from...? Does it have to do with you, Takuya? Is that why I feel so weird whenever I fight you?' She felt something faintly there and decided to follow it.

She saw Kouji, who just glanced at her. 'Why isn't he freaking out? He just saw a Digimon.' Then she saw Takuya barreling down into the small space they were in. Ranamon heard her voice ask, "You okay? You almost kind of got halved." Takuya grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. "Thanks, and, yeah, I noticed. Name's Takuya Kanbara. What's your name?" Ranamon's memory of that day faded.

She clutched her head and tried to remember more of that day, more of anything. Her shoulders slouched, the memory gone. "I have to tell Dusk. This concerns him too."

Ranamon climbed out of the water, and rushed up to the higher floors of the tower. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw the Warrior of Darkness in his usual spot. "Dusk! Duskmon, I need to tell you something!"

Duskmon flinched, as if he was startled. "Oh. It's just you Ranamon. What is it?"

Ranamon was confused at her friends reaction to her, but continued, "When I fought those humans earlier, I heard one of their names. The goggle-boy, his name was Takuya."

"...And? What about his name?" 'Why is he acting all cold all of a sudden?' Ranamon held back the question. "I remembered his name, Dusk. I remember seeing him and that Kouji guy." Another flinch. What was up with him? Ranamon shrugged off his odd behavior and sat down next to him. "What's up with you? Did something happen when I was gone?"

"You can probably guess who it is." Duskmon replied quietly. " Damn it! Mercuremon did something, didn't he?" Ranamon yelled. She leaned into him and closed her eyes. "Remind me to Rain Stream him, will ya?" Duskmon smiled under his mask.

The two of them sat there for an unknown amount of time. Duskmon glanced at his companion, who's slow and even breathing meant she was asleep. 'Well, she did fight those humans and Slide Evolved a good couple of times.' Ranamon shifted a little and muttered something he couldn't understand. Compared to him, the nymph Digimon was petite. Asleep she looked innocent and fragile, like a little kid. '...Where did that come from? She's not a kid.'

"My, the Warrior of Darkness is still around. I thought those children scanned you." Duskmon held back the feral growl welling up. "Mercuremon." he snarled. The Warrior of Steel smirked and said, "I thought you should know that Grottemon, that fool, has been, ah, removed from the equation."

"And I should care why?" Duskmon replied coldly. "You should care because Grottemon was the weakest of our number. In terms of strength, Ranamon is most likely next. "Duskmon glared at the Steel Digimon. "She won't be, if I have a say in it."

"Confident in that, Duskmon? They all have Human Spirits and the Beast Spirits of Wind, Flame and Thunder, not to mention Grottemon's Spirits. She won't stand a chance. "Mercuremon countered. He turned to walk away, to most likely to tell Arbormon, and paused. "How do your fight with the Chosen go? Utter destruction?"

"Leave." Duskmon growled. With a chuckle, Mercuremon disappeared.

The Warrior of Darkness sighed. He glanced at his friend and muttered, "I'm sorry Ranamon." He gently picked up the smaller Digimon, who stirred for a moment and opened her eyes slightly then fell asleep once again, and laid her against the wall. 'With mine and her's memory returning, Cherubimon will be desperate. I need to leave her.' "I'm sorry, my friend." He repeated. Ghost Move.. Darkness enveloped him and he felt the pull of travel. "Both her and my recollection started with names." The darkness left and Duskmon took in the greenery around him. He heard voices and they were close. Duskmon darted into the trees, hiding.

"We're lost aren't we?" the boy in a blue jumpsuit said.

"We're not lost, JP! We just don't know where we are." the goggle-boy, 'Takuya', replied.

"That's the definition of lost, Takuya." the boy with the bandana said. Duskmon held himself back. The boy with the bandana, he knew him. "Kou..ji.."

Woot! Longest chapter yet! This took me a while to write and I'm pretty happy with it.
Okay, I think I should say this. There will be some scenes gone and some added. To explain Ranamon's remembering, she didn't recognize Takuya right away because Cherubimon suppressed her memory of the human world. At the same time, Duskmon has fought the Chosen, I should of written it in but I want to have Duskmon be a major badass later, has started to remember as well. But as far as I know, Cherubimon is focusing on keeping Duskmon on his side, so Ranamon can have her memory return a bit quicker than Kouichi.

So, if you enjoyed the chapter,have questions or advice, drop a review or PM me! This is Tigeress, signing off.