Standing outside the card shop, Takato and Rika smiled as they leaned close together upon a bike rack, Calumon sat beside the duo, happy to spend another day with his friends, while Henry was within the shop, buying new Digimon Cards.
"Alright guys, come and get 'em." Takato and Rika heard Terriermon call, causing the trio to look at the entrance of the shop and saw Henry walking out, Terriermon on his shoulder and three packs of Digimon Cards in the blue haired boy's hands.
"Thanks for this, Henry." Takato said with a continued smile, taking a pack of Cards from his friend's hands, followed by Rika, while Henry gave his pack to Terriermon, allowing the small beast Digimon to tear it open and see the contents.
And while Henry was willing to buy a pack for Calumon, being a Digimon already, the small Digimon had no interest in card collecting, but was still happy to see the images on the Cards, as well as the smiles on his friends' faces at what they could obtain.
Each taking a pack, Takato, Rika and Terriermon teared the tops open, before withdrawing seven Digimon Cards each, the three examining and seeing what they had obtained.
"Got it. Got it. Got it." Terriermon muttered, looking through the Cards in his possession, knowing Henry already had obtained such Cards, while Takato showed his, displaying several power up Cards and a couple of equip and accessory Cards.
"Here, guys. I think these will work better with Renamon and Terriermon." The brunette said, offering some of his Cards, which made the Tamers smile at Takato's generosity.
"Thank you, Takato." Rika said, giving Takato's cheek a kiss as she took two Cards off of him, taking a Hyperspeed Card and one displaying SkullMeramon who looked to be in a blazing frenzy, which Rika knew was known as SkullMeramon's Blaze, allowing Renamon to gain the great inferno powers of the armoured face Digimon.
"And thank you." Terriermon said himself, reaching out and about to help himself to some of Takato's Cards, but was stopped when a man in a yellow coat bumped through the Tamers, knocking Terriermon off of Henry's shoulder and head first ot the ground, while the Cards scattered across the floor.
"Hey! Why don't you look where you're walking!" Rika yelled, irritated at the rudeness of the figure, but was more annoyed as he continued walking away, seemingly ignoring the calls from the red haired Tamer.
"Are you even listening?" Rika questioned, about to chase after the man, but stopped as she heard Takato call her name, turning around to see her boyfriend, Henry and Calumon picking up the scattered Digimon Cards.
"It's alright. I'm sure it was just an accident." Takato said, stopping for a moment to speak with his girl, not wanting Rika chasing after a stranger and putting herself in trouble for it.
"And besides, nobody got hurt." The brunette added with a reassuring smile.
"Speak for yourself." Terriermon mumbled, rubbing his head, recovering from his fall, before something caught his eye, a new Card, one of which he had never seen before.
Picking the Card up, Terriermon examined the Card, seeing both sides were covered in just a shade of blue, before he asked. "Henry, did you drop this?"
"No. This is the first time I've seen a Card like this." Henry said in reply as he took and examined the Card, before handing it out and asking. "Either of you drop this?"
"It's not mine." Rika replied, before she and Henry looked at Takato, who shook his head and said to his friends. "All the Cards I got were pretty common. No blue ones."
"Then where did it come from?" Henry wondered aloud, just before looking down the street, where he continued to express his thoughts.
"Do you think that guy in the yellow coat dropped it?" He asked, his question puzzling the Tamers.
"If he did, then that's the more reason we need to find him." Rika replied, still a little sore from the initial rudeness of the unknown man.
With a new goal to achieve, Henry took command.
"Alright then. Takato, go and get Guilmon. His sense of smell might be able to track the man from the Card's scent." Henry said, earning no objections from the brunette.
"Rika, check around the area, he might be nearby." He then told Rika, who nodded, but was somewhat curious and had to ask. "And what about you?"
"I'm going to head back home. My dad owns a ton of data analysis equipment, which might help us figure out what this Card really is. It might even tell us who this actually belongs to." Henry replied, picking up Terriermon and allowing the small beast Digimon back on his shoulder, before the three parted ways.
The search had begun.
Arriving back at his apartment, Henry opened the door and made his way inside to see his siblings, with his older brother and sister, Rinchei and Jarrin watching tv, while on the side was the youngest of the Wong children, Suzie, who was playing with a pair of stuffed animals.
"Hey guys, I'm back." Henry called, getting little more than a wave from Rinchei and Jarrin, while Suzie's face lit up at hearing her brother's voice.
"Henry!" She called happily, rushing over to her second big brother, continuing to smile at seeing Terriermon in Henry's arms, who stood as still as possible, pretending to be a stuffed toy, while doing all he could to hide his fear.
"What are you doing home so soon? I thought you were playing with your friends." Suzie asked with a continued curiously.
"I still am. I just needed to speak with dad for a moment." Henry replied, before asking. "Is he home?"
"He's in his office." Suzie said, pointing down the hall, causing Henry to nod in reply, about to head off, but stopped as Suzie suddenly asked. "Can I play with Princess Fluffypants?"
From the question, Terriermon gulped slightly, afraid of the humiliating ideas of fun Suzie had planned for him.
And before Henry could reply, Suzie managed to snatch him from the Tamer's grasp, taking Terriermon back to her room.
"Come now Princess Fluffypants. We have lots of time to play." Suzie said, shaking Terriermon around in her arms, while the small beast Digimon looked over his shoulder and at his Tamer with a look of absolute distress.
'I'm sorry Terriermon, but after I get some clue as to what this Card is, I will get you back.' The blue haired boy thought as he withdrew and examined the strange Card, before knocking on the door to his father's office.
"Come in." Henry heard his father say in a friendly and welcoming voice, allowing him access inside, where Henry then entered, walking past a wide variety of old computer parts and machines, before reaching his dad.
"Hey dad, can help me with something?" Henry asked his father, handing out the blue Digimon Card he had obtained, causing his father to nod as he took the Digimon Card and set it on a metal plate, which then slid inside one of the smaller hard drives, piquing Henry's interest and asking. "And what is that?"
"It's sort of a high tech scanner." Janyu replied, knowing he could go into further detail about the device, but knew that while Henry was smart enough to understand the mechanics of the device, he was certain his son had other plans and decided to keep things simple.
"The equipment is all fired up and ready to go. Speak to me oh mysterious one." Janyu said , examining the images that displayed themselves upon the monitor, consisting namely of zeroes and ones, but found nothing out of the ordinary.
However, as the last set of numbers popped up/came onto the screen, Janyu was taken by surprise, gasping slightly.
"What is it?" Henry asked, wondering if his dad had found anything, any clues about the Digimon Card, only for his father to say. "I thought I saw something, but it was just meaningless data."
Wanting to double check, Henry questioned. "Are you sure?"
"Positive." His father replied, before he faced Henry and asked a question of his own. "So where did you get this Card?"
"We found it at the card shop." Henry replied, curiosity taking him again as he asked. "Why?"
"No reason." Janyu assured, withdrawing the Digimon Card from the scanner and handing it back to his son.
"Thanks anyway." Henry said, though he didn't receive much information on the mysterious Card, he was still grateful his father had offered his assistance.
Taking the Card back and setting it in the deck box attached to his belt, Henry left his father's office and the apartment, but not before retrieving Terriermon, who was almost on the verge of crying, for Suzie had dressed him up in a pink dress and crown, which was an amusing sight at first.
But not wanting Terriermon to be sore at him forever, Henry managed to convince Suzie to borrow Princess Fluffypants for a while, where he removed the costume off of Terriermon and quickly headed back to the Card Shop to reunite with his friends.
And as Henry headed off again, back in his office, Janyu let out a frustrated sigh, confused at the data he had saw and that he had lied to his son.
'It was all so simple back then. Exciting and fun, happy times. I can't believe it's come to this. What am I going to do? I just couldn't understand why they shut down the project. We had come so far. I thought I'd never see them again, but then this strange Card appears, and from my own son.' He thought to himself, thinking back to the past, remembering when he was a young programmer and actually creating artificial creatures of data alongside a team of programmers that he had known since college, before returning to the present and remembering one word he saw through the binary code when analyzing Henry's Card.
Shibumi.
But shaking his head, not wanting to remain in the past or keep secrets from his son, Janyu grabbed his coat and left the apartment, deciding to tell Henry the truth.
-With the Tamers-
Taking a shortcut through the park, Henry and Terriermon made a quick detour to Guilmon's shed, seeing the brunette and red-dino Digimon outside and ready to carry out on their mission.
"So did you get any info on that Card?" Takato asked, causing Henry to shake his head.
"Nothing." Henry replied, a little down he had failed his friends, but knew he could count on Takato, Guilmon, Rika and Renamon to help him where they left off.
"Well now that you're here, we can head back and see if Rika found anything." Takato said in reply, a cheerful smile on his face as he and Guilmon began to head off.
"C'mon, let's go!" He called, causing Henry to nod and pick up the pace, running alongside Takato and Guilmon, but stopped when a familiar figure jumped from the trees and landed in front of them, blocking the path.
"So where's the loser patrol heading today?" Impmon asked, continuing to remain as cocky as ever.
Jumping down from Henry's hold, Terriermon questioned. "What do you want now?"
"Take it easy, helicopter head. I just wanted to let off a little steam and challenge the two of you to a fight." Impmon replied, continuing to show off an arrogant smirk, causing both Digimon to take a stand before their Tamers, awaiting the command to attack.
"Why not? I could use the exercise." Terriermon said, facing his Tamer and asking. "What do you say, Henry, can we fight him?"
However, looking at Henry, Terriermon could see his Tamer was distracted, looking off in the distance, causing him, Takato and Guilmon to do the same, which made Takato and Terriermon freeze up to see Henry's father had followed them and was now in the knowledge that Digimon were real.
"What's the matter with you brats, I'm talkin' over here. The two of ya are a disgrace to Digimon." Impmon spoke up, his words and existence continuing to astonish Henry's father, making him ask. "Did you say Digimon?"
"You are a Digimon, aren't you?" Janyu asked, slowly approaching Impmon, which was a bad idea, for Impmon didn't like the unwanted guests and gained a more hostile expression.
"Better back off. Bada Boom!" Impmon called, casting his fingertip in flame and tossing it before Janyu's feet in an effort to scare him off.
"Dad!" Henry called, worried for his father, knowing Guilmon and Terriermon could handle Impmon, but against a human, Impmon could be a serious danger.
Not backing away, Janyu remained astonished at seeing Impmon, Terriermon and Guilmon.
"It's impossible. You're just a game." He pointed out, still finding it hard to believe what he was seeing.
"I've got your game right here." Impmon said back, summoning another fireball from his finger tip.
"Let's play!" Impmon then yelled, tossing the fireball and intentionally aiming it at Henry's father, making him wince in pain as the shot hit his left shoulder.
"Dad!" Henry called again, concern filling him at seeing his father hurt, causing Terriermon and Guilmon to rush over to Janyu and protect him.
"You want to play, then play with us." Terriermon said, ready to fight alongside Guilmon and see to it that Henry's father didn't suffer anymore attacks from Impmon.
At seeing Guilmon and Terriermon standing before Janyu, Impmon's expression turned to confusion.
"You're protecting him? What's the matter, one master not enough for ya guys?" He questioned, but neither Digimon replied, both just remained before Henry's father, making sure he was protected.
And seeing he wouldn't be able to have any fun with Guilmon and Terriermon all serious, Impmon decided to it was time to take his leave, where he turned around and called as he ran off. "Sheesh. All of you humans are makin' my skin crawl. I'll deal with you later!"
With Impmon gone, Takato and Henry went to check on Henry's father, seeing that Janyu was clutching his shoulder, still sore from the initial attack, but looked as though the damage wasn't too bad.
"Mister Wong, are you ok?" Takato asked, but his question was ignored as Janyu looked at Henry with a serious expression.
"Henry, we need to talk." He said, wishing to tell Henry the truth of the data he had collected, as well as learn about the existence of Digimon from his son.
But misunderstanding, believing his father didn't understand that Digimon were living beings and not just pieces of dats, Henry shook his head defiantly.
"No I can't!" Henry protested, picking up Terriermon and running away.
"Err... It was nice seeing you again, Mister Wong." Takato said, just as he headed off and causing Guilmon to follow his Tamer.
"Feel better Henry's dad." Guilmon said with a friendly voice and matching smile, before rushing off and leaving Janyu behind, unable to follow Henry or his son's friends.
-Meanwhile-
As the Tamers were in the middle of their own mission, so too were the members of Hypnos, with Riley and Tally at their monitors, detecting some readings of digital activity.
"It's coming from the Juggernaut core again." Riley informed, which was no new news to Yamaki, the blond feeling frustrated that Digimon were now using his own program against him to traverse into the Real World.
"Obviously." He said back, before adding. "But this time there are two of them."
-Back with the Tamers-
Having returned to Rika, Takato and the others took refuge within the alleyway beside the game shop, as to allow their Digimon out and not scare any civilians with their presence.
"So did you have any luck in finding the mystery man?" Takato asked, causing Rika to shake her head.
"Afraid not. Renamon and I tried to track him, but we got nothing." Rika replied, causing Renamon to add. "It's as if he just vanished."
"What about the Card?" Rika then asked, wondering if Henry got any info on it, which put the blue haired boy in a more depressed mood.
"Guilmon try but Guilmon pick up no scent." Guilmon said, trying his best to help, before Rika, Renamon and calumon looked up Henry, who remained silent.
Sensing the sadness of his friend, Calumon asked. "What's wrong?"
"Henry's dad bumped into us back in the park and saw our Digimon." Takato informed, looking at the blue haired boy with concern of his own, wondering what thoughts were going through Henry's mind and how he could cheer him up.
"Momentai, Henry. Momentai." Terriermon then said, he too trying to cheer Henry up, but found it did little to nothing to lighten up his mood.
And while wanting to cheer their friend up, as well as figure out who gave them the mysterious Blue Card, Guilmon, Renamon and Terriermon tensed up when their senses picked up on the presence of more Digimon, causing them to look out the alley, just as the display televisions outside the electronic stores lost their pictures, fading to static and a ripple in the sky appeared, revealing itself to be a Digital Field that started to appear around the area, before two huge figures started to appear from the Digital Field, scaring and terrifying many at seeing the beastly creatures.
The first being a large ram-like Digimon with white fur, pink armour, pink horns and a crossbow mounted upon her back, while the second was also a beast Digimon that had deep brown fur and was coated in dark orange armour, while a set of swords was his weapon of choice.
And while the two new Digimon showed they were in Shinjuku to cause trouble, smashing and destroying everything that stood in their way, Takato and Rika took out their D-powers, scanning the duo.
"Pajiramon, Deva beast Digimon, Ultimate Level." Takato said, followed up by Rika, who finished in scanning the ox-like Digimon and added. "Vajramon, same nasty type, same nasty Level."
"It begins here." Vajramon said, looking at Pajiramon, who added. "And ends here."
As Vajramon continued in his senseless destruction, smashing cars and buildings, while terrifying the civilians, Pajiramon stopped her attacks for a moment as she opened her mouth and let out a piercing cry, the power of her call caused all the humans around her to suddenly drop where they stood and fall into a deep sleep."It's too noisy. It's making my head hurt." Calumon cried, trying to block out the noise, as did the rest of Calumon's friends.
"Wow, and I thought my singing was that bad." Takato said, continuing to cover his ears from the eerie sound Pajiramon was producing.
"It's too noisy. It's making my head hurt." Calumon cried, trying to block out the noise, but found it continuing to bring him harm.
And while knowing the sound would send him out of commission, seeing Calumon obviously in distress, Takato made a tough choice as he covered Calumon's ears with his hands, letting the cry of Pajiramon fill his own, where the brunette fell forward, falling to his stomach and into unconsciousness, continuing to protect Calumon as long as he could.
"Takato!" Rika called in great concern at seeing her boyfriend lose consciousness, before finally bringing her arms down as Pajiramon stopped, where she ran to check on Takato.
"C'mon Takato, wake up!" Rika begged, shaking the brunette a little as she set him on her lap, but found Pajiramon's song was too powerful to awaken the Tamer.
"Rika." Renamon spoke up, setting her paw on her Tamer's shoulder and assuring. "Takato will be alright. His devotion to his friends will be rewarded. All we need to do is beat these Digimon and he should awaken."
Renamon is right." Calumon added, standing beside Takato as he said. "You go and stop the mean Digimon, I will stay and make sure nobody hurts Takato."
"Thank you, Calumon." Rika said, feeling a little better as she gently set Takato down and kissed his forehead.
"Just take it easy, Takato. I promise we will return." The red haired Tamer said with a continued care in her voice, before she, Renamon, Henry, Terriermon, as well as Guilmon emerged from the ally, ready to take on the two Digimon.
Looking at the duo, the Tamers saw Vajramon and Pajiramon start to smash open and raid the electronic shops, devouring monitors, discs and whatever they could stuff into their mouths.
"I bet they are unstable since they just Bio-Emerged." Henry theorized, before saying. "And I bet they are eating that data to stabilize themselves."
"Then we better clear the table before they can finish their meal." Rika stated, looking at Renamon, who nodded in understanding as she prepared to fight, followed by Guilmon and Terriermon.
Seeing the Digimon ready to fight, but being polite, Henry asked. "Rika, who do you want take on?"
"I'll take on the glutton with the horns." Rika replied, before her focus turned to Guilmon.
"Guilmon, I might not be your Tamer, but think I can borrow you for this fight?" She asked, causing Guilmon to nod, his expression serious as he took a stand beside Renamon, willing to do whatever he could to help the foxy Digimon and his temporary new Tamer in their fight.
"Then let's go!" Henry then called, before he and Rika each drew a Digimon Card, calling out as they slid the Card through their D-Powers. "Digi-Modify!"
"Thor's Hammer activate!" Henry announced, transferring the effects of his Card to Terriermon, giving the small beast Digimon a massive hammer to wield.
"SkullMeramon's Blaze activate!" Rika followed up, casting Renamon's paws in blue flames, before she and Guilmon charged at Vajramon, while Terriermon set his sights on Pajiramon.
"Take this!" Terriermon called, slamming the hammer into Pajiramon's head.
"And enjoy the taste of flame!" Renamon added, tossing the inferno cast upon her paws, alongside a blast from Guilmon's Pyro Sphere.
But even with the attacks hitting the two Digimon, both looked as though they sustained no damage, which got on Terriermon's nerves as he lepat at Pajiramon again.
"Maybe you didn't hear me!" He yelled, bringing down his hammer, but Pajiramon countered, slamming her head into Terriermon and sending him crashing to the floor.
And before Terriermon could recover, Pajiramon pinned him down with her foot.
"So you are the pathetic Digimon that answers to humans? What is your name, traitor?" Pajiramon questioned.
"None of your business!" Terriermon said back with a defiant tone, just as Vajramon faced Guilmon and Renamon, where he asked. "And who are you two?"
"That won't matter, once we defeat you." Renamon said in a calm tone of voice, while Guilmon seemed a little more hostile as the pair prepared themselves against Vajramon.
"Let him go!" Henry demanded as Pajiramon picked Terriermon up, where he struggled in her grasp, ignoring Henry's voice and toying with the small beast Digimon, which bothered Vajramon and made him question. "We're wasting time here. Our orders were to vanquish them and upload their Data or have you forgotten our duties?"
"I have forgotten nothing." Pajiramon said back, suddenly tossing Terriermon into the air, where she took aim at him with her crossbow and stated. "You should feel honoured to be absorbed by me, little slave."
"Terriermon!" Henry cried out with a continued concern, triggering something inside of Calumon, causing the red gem on his forehead to glow bright red and giving Terriermon the power needed to defend himself as he then announced. "Terriermon Digivolve to... Gargomon!"
Digivolved to his Champion form, Gargomon then countered Pajiramon's arrow with a bombardment of energy blasts, not only causing Pajiramon to flinch at the attacks, but the shots managed to cut through her horns, forcing the sheep-like Digimon to cover herself as best she could as she was forced back.
And seeing Gargomon now fighting, Vajramon faced Guilmon and Renamon, where he then questioned. "And aren't you two going to Digivolve? I'd hate to just take your Data before seeing that."
"We don't need to Digivolve to beat you. We have each other to give us the strength needed to beat you." Guilmon said in reply, his words agreed by Renamon, before both attacked.
"Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon announced, releasing a ball of flame from his maw.
"Diamond Storm!" Renamon followed up as she leapt into the air and released an array of shards of light at Vajramon, who countered the attacks with his sword, swinging the blade around to deflect the attacks.
"Surely you can do better than that." He laughed, continuing to repel Guilmon and Renamon's power.
"Alright, but remember you asked for it." Renamon said back with a continued calmness in her voice, her attention drawn to Guilmon, who nodded in understanding.
"Diamond Storm!" The foxy Digimon called once again, once again releasing a series of shards of light at Vajramon, who just laughed as he used his sword to deflect the attacks.
But in his arrogance, he left himself vulnerable, forgetting about Guilmon until the red dino Digimon attacked from the side.
"Rock Breaker!" Guilmon yelled, slamming his arms into Vajramon's face, causing him to not only stumble from the attack, but it allowed Renamon to join in on the assault, where both she and Guilmon kept Vajramon on his hoofs, punching and kicking him around, while he tried to cut them down to size.
"Hold still!" He yelled, slamming his sword at Renamon, but missed and smashed the blade into the ground, where the vixen then landed on his weapon.
"What's wrong? I thought you asked for us to fight back." Renamon questioned, angering Vajramon further.
Bringing his left hand back, about to punch Renamon, Vajramon suddenly yelled in pain as Guilmon leapt at him, sinking his fangs into Vajramon's fist, which caused the Deva to shake his arm and Guilmon around wildly.
While showing that even as Rookies, Guilmon and Renamon were a formidable team, Gargomon continued to bombard Pajiramon with his Gargo Pallets.
"Vajramon, stop fooling around. We need to destroy them." Pajiramon called, seeing Guilmon and Renamon making him look like a pushover.
"Feisty." Vajramon then said, eyeing Renamon as he set his blade back in its sheath, grabbed Guilmon by the throat and pulled him off his hand.
"Back off, beefcake. I already have a mon." Renamon said back, ready to save (Guilmon/her love/the one she loved) from Vajramon's hold.
"You mean this red weakling?" Vajramon asked, glaring at Guilmon, who shook around in his grasp.
"Come on, you can do better than him." The ox Deva commented, tossing Guilmon aside.
"And how would you know?" Renamon questioned, ceasing her combat to approach Guilmon and help him back up.
"I bet a brute like you has never even dated a woman." Renamon then said after seeing Guilmon was alright, while her words continued to annoy and enrage the ox Deva.
"Why you...!" He snarled, showing no mercy as he drew both swords and began to swing wildly at the two, forcing Guilmon and Renamon to jump back and dodge each slash as best they could.
"Enough of this! Thunder Stomp!" Pajiramon yelled, having enough of Gargomon shooting at her as she slammed her feet into the ground, causing it to shake and to throw Gargomon off balance as he fell dropped onto his back.
And before Gargomon could get back up, Pajiramon suddenly drew her crossbow again, firing multiple shots, missing Gargomon's body, but hitting his pants, pinning him to the ground.
"I... I can't move..." Gargomon groaned, finding it near impossible to escape, before pain filled his entire being as Pajiramon went in close and began to slam her feet upon gargomon's body, over and over.
"And this is for shooting at me, you nasty little rabbit." She said vindictively, continuing to make Gargomon suffer, continuing to slam her feet over and over Gargomon's body, making him cry from the pain.
"Gargomon!" Henry called in concern at seeing his partner in pain, knowing that if he didn't do something soon, then Gargomon would be defeated, causing him to draw out a handful of Digimon Cards from Card holder, searching for a Card he believed could turn the tide of battle for his partner.
And while keeping an eye on Renamon and on Guilmon, Rika tried to assist as best she could, searching through her Digimon Cards to see if any could be used to combat Pajiramon's assault.
"C'mon, Henry. We have to think of something." Rika said, wishing Takato was awake, certain that the brunette would have the solution needed to stop the Devas, which continued to put pressure on Henry.
"None of these even look remotely helpful." He said, looking through his Cards, until he remembered the mysterious Blue Card in his possession, which he drew and thought. 'Well here goes nothing.'
As Henry prepared to try out his new Card, Pajiramon was ready to finish Gargomon off.
"Well that was fun. Now say goodbye." She said, drawing her crossbow and aiming it at her helpless foe, just as Henry readied his D-Power and the Blue Card, unsure what would happen, but put his faith within the Card.
"Digi-Modify! Matrix Digivolution!" Henry called with a great might in his voice, causing his D-Power to shine with an intense light, while the red (marking/gem) on Calumon's forehead shone with the same intensity, before both lights shot into the air and down up Gargomon's form, filling him with a power he had never felt before.
"What's happening!?" Pajiramon questioned at the sudden surge of power, forcing her to back away as light filled the area, while Gargomon began to change form.
"Gargomon Digivolve to..." Gargomon began to say as his form underwent serious changes.
His body doubled in size and was coated in green armour, losing his bandolier, pants and Vulcan Arms along the way, but made up for the missing weaponry as his arms sported two ports that set off a line of missiles.
"Rapidmon!" The new form of Gargomon then called, astonishing all at his presence.
And seeing the new Digimon, Rika aimed her D-Power and got the info on Henry's new partner. "That's Rapidmon, Warrior Digimon, Ultimate Level, his special attacks are Rapid Fire, Miracle Missile and Tri-Beam. Glad he's on our side."
"Hold still!" Pajiramon ordered, shooting off her arrows, but found Gargomon's speed was greater than her marksmanship.
"Over here! No here! Oh you missed me." Rapidmon teased, continuing to dodge each attack.
"Now let's see how you handle this. Rapid Fire!" He then called, switching to fighting as he shot off two missiles, blasting Pajiramon and bruising her up badly from the contact blasts.
"Pajiramon!" Vajramon called, concerned at seeing his ally on the receiving end of losing their match to the Tamers and caused him to rush to her aid.
Groaning at the damage she had taken, Pajiramon stumbled around.
"You foul little insect... You cannot defeat the Devas..." She stated, refusing to accept defeat.
"Guess again, you oversized sweater. Tri-Beam!" Rapidmon called back, gathering up his energy and firing it as a light green beam, consuming not only Pajiramon, but managing to get Vajramon in the process, causing both Devas to cry out as they were defeated and destroyed.
After the defeat of both Devas, the Digital Field started to fade away.
Everyone who fell asleep by Pajiramon song, along with takato Began to awaken, with the brunette groaning a little as he opened his eyes, his vision filled with the sight of Calumon's smiling face.
"It's good to see you awake, Takato." Calumon said with a great joy in his voice, making Takato smile and say. "It's good to be back."
But remembering the Devas, Takato then asked. "Wait. What happened? Is everyone ok?"
"What don't you ask us yourself?" Rika asked in reply, causing Takato to sit up and look to see his friends, while taken by amazement to see the new Digimon with them.
"About time you woke up, you missed a serious butt kicking." The new Digimon then said, which stunned Takato at the familiar voice.
"Terriermon?" He asked, still amazed at the new form Henry's Digimon now held. "You Digivolved to Ultimate?"
"That's right." Rapidmon said in reply, before correcting with a confidence in his tone. "And it's Rapidmon now."
" i hate to break the celebration but we have get out of here before anyone see us" renamon said looking around everyone started to get up.
"I almost forgot about that." Rapidmon said, before facing Henry.
"Climb aboard, Henry. We can get out of her faster by air than by walking." The cyborg Digimon offered, causing Henry to nod in reply as he climbed on Rapidmon's back and took off, causing Calumon and the others to wave goodbye.
"See you tomorrow, guys." Takato called, before adding. "And good luck with your dad."
As Rapidmon and Henry quickly left the area, Takato looked at Rika, Renamon, Calumon and Guilmon, where he took said. "I think it's about time we also got out of here guys."
"No arguments here." Rika said, picking up Calumon, allowing the tiny Digimon to take comfort in the redhead's arms, while Renamon used her grace and speed to vanish from the area, which caused Guilmon to do the same, give or take a few miscounted steps and falls, but he managed to escape before anybody noticed him.
"Seems Renamon's training is really helping Guilmon." Takato pointed out, remembering how clumsy his partner used to be, but now he showed more focus and more maturity.
Rika nodded, agreeing with her boyfriend's words as she said in reply. "You're right, Takato. And it seems like Guilmon is the best thing to happen to Renamon, just like you are the best thing to happen to me."
Smiling, Rika kept one hand around Calumon, before moving her right around Takato's waist, holding him close as she rested her head on his shoulder, not afraid to show her love for the brunette in public, before saying as the couple began to slowly walk away. "Now let's go home"
-At Hypnos-
Monitoring the data of the two Devs, Riley saw the signatures of both Pajiramon and of Vajramon suddenly fade.
"Sir, both wild ones have been completely destroyed." She informed, only for Yamaki to point out. "Not quite."
A little puzzled, Riley and Tally saw a fragment of data near the streets, which began to regenerate and rebuild itself, while at the location was Vajramon, his form panting as he had survived Rapidmon's Tri-Beam attack and now not to underestimate his enemies.
But there was another thing he had learnt, with one Deva vanquished amongst the Tamers, there was another who could take Pajiramon's place.
All he needed to do was convince her to switch sides.
-Meanwhile-
Returning home, Henry and Rapidmon, after reverting back to Terriermon, were called to Janyu's office, neither sure what Henry's father wanted to say, but were surprised when he showed nothing but respect and understanding to both his son and the Digimon.
"I want to thank you for saving me." Janyu said with a smile.
"I had to, you're Henry's dad." Terriermon pointed out, seeing Henry's family as if they were his own.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Terriermon before, it was really hard to keep him a secret all this time." Henry apologized, hating to have kept such secrets from his father, before confessing. "You actually took it a lot better than I thought you would."
"It's ok, I understand." Janyu replied, understanding how tough it was for his son to choose whether or not to reveal the secrets of Digimon, only for his expression to change as he told both Henry and Terriermon. "But there is something I haven't told you either, and it's time I did."
Thinking back to the past when he was still a college student, Janyu told Henry and Terriermon a story.
"About twenty years ago, my friends and I got together on designing a voluntary computer project. We were just doing it for fun and ended up creating the very first Digimon. The project was part of the AI movement. We experimented in creating artificial life forms on the computer, we even came up with a way to instil a survival type mechanism that functions just like in wild animals. Nobody ever expected a bunch of college students to have such incredible results. We were able to give the little creatures individual personalities and fighting abilities, but we never even got to see the final version of them. Just as our biggest breakthroughs happened, the sponsors cut the project and the funding dried up. So all the Digimon games you and your friends play were based on a project we never completed, and that we didn't even get credit for." He told the pair, remembering all the work he and his friends put into their programs, how despite being two bit figures, they were like tiny virtual friends and that shutting them down was one of the toughest things he had to do.
"That really stinks." Terriermon said,feeling Janyu and his friends had been stiffed.
"Well it was a long time ago." Janyu replied, before smiling as he pointed out. "At least the research wasn't wasted. Kids all over the world do have something amazing to play with."
"But I do have a question for you, Terriermon." He then said, facing the small beast Digimon and asked. "About that Blue Card, when I was analyzing it, I noticed Shibumi's code appeared in the data, any idea who might have done that?"
Confused terriermon Said. "I thought you said there was nothing on it."
While ashamed he had lied, Janyu continued to reveal the truths behind the Blue Card, while Rika and Renamon were outside their residence, confronted by a face neither were pleased to see.
"You again, you survived?" Rika asked as she glared at Vajramon, who remained silent and just pointed at Renamon.
'He wants me to follow.' Renamon thought, confusing Rika as the foxy Digimon started to approach the Deva.
Shocked, Rika questioned. "Renamon, what are you doing?"
"He has questions I need answered." Renamon replied, continuing to face Vajramon.
"But..." Rika could only say as Vajramon gave off a small snarl, ready to attack if Rika continued to bother him.
"Please trust me, Rika. I know what I am doing." Renamon interrupted, breaking the tension through the area and proceeded to follow the Deva, leaving Rika all alone.
Rika watched as the Deva and her partner walked away, where she thought. 'Looks like all I can do is trust you. Be careful Renamon.'