An old friend

Tai and Agumon had made their way off the mountain and were walking through the woods. Agumon had been telling Tai about his new Digivice's features and after about ten minutes Tai was starting to get the hang of using it and was currently using the compass feature to try and locate the others.

"It's no good Agumon, I'm not picking up anything." Tai groaned in frustration.

"Then maybe they're still in Server," Agumon suggested, "Lets head for the coast, I bet we can find someway or get someone to get us back there."

Tai looked over at his partner and nodded. "Good idea, lets go."

Before the pair could do anything Tai's D-arc began beeping, looking at the screen the brunette noticed a green dot on screen west of his location. "Come on Agumon, lets check this out."

The pair of them began running following the dot on screen, soon enough they entered a clearing and according to the D-arc whoever it was just ahead of them. A scream was heard and someone ran straight into his chest, the person then looked up and Tai found himself looking into the eyes of the last person he expected to run into.

"Mimi!"/"Tai!" They both exclaimed at the same time.

Sure enough it was the cinnamon brown haired Chosen Child of Sincerity and member of the original Seven Digidestined, Mimi Tachikawa. Tai had to admit she had certainly changed from the last time her, puberty had certainly been kind. She was clad in a black mini skirt and black tights that hugged her waist and thighs along with a pair of pink knee high boots, as well as a pink sleeveless t-shirt with 'Angel' written across it in white letters which did a good job of showing off her curvy chest (heck she could give Alexis a run for her money), she'd also had ditched the pink dye from her hair and returned it to its natural state, Tai couldn't help but notice that it was partially covering the left side of her face. And of course and her partner Palmon was not far behind her.

The moment however was suddenly shattered when a roar filled the air, the quartet looked round to see a group of a brown Ogremon with a tiger striped material cloth acting as a loin cloth as well as wrapped around their shins and left wrist, Tai checked his D-arc.

Fugamon

Level: Champion

Attribute Virus

Type Oni Digimon

Evil Hurricane Heavy Swing

Tai stepped in front of Mimi activated his duel disk and placed his fire deck in the deck slot. "What are you doing?" Palmon exclaimed.

"Don't worry, I've got this." Tai replied took a card from his deck, "I play my Blaze Accelerator which lets me destroy things by firing Pyro type monsters with 500 attack points or less."

A strange looking artillery cannon appeared before them. "Next I load up Volcanic Shell an fire." The cannon fired a strange looking creature that looked like a shell with arms legs a mouth and a tail, which instantly destroyed one of the approaching Digimon. "Next I use Volcanic Shell's special ability and pay 500 points so I can load up another shell."

A red aura appeared around Tai's body he felt as if each life point had been ripped from his beating heart, another shell was fired from the cannon destroying another Digimon. "But why stop there, I'm using Shells ability again and load up another shell, its gonna hurt like hell but you know what its worth it to keep firing."

Again the aura appeared and Tai was brought to his knees as the cannon fired again. "But why stop there. I trade in my Blaze Accelerator for my Tri- Blaze Accelerator." The cannon disappeared and was replaced by a futuristic cannon with three barrels.

"Next up I load up Volcanic Scattershot and guess what the moment I let rip two more Scattershot's are loaded up. Now fire…" the cannon fired three red three headed creatures which in turn destroyed three more Digimon.

"I'm not done yet. I sacrifice Tri- Blaze Accelerator to summon the most powerful monster in my deck: Volcanic Doomfire." The ground shook and cracked open creating a fissure and from it emerged a large creature its body looking as if it was made from a combination of molten metals and volcanic rock, fire forming between its jaws.

"Doomfire use Volcanic Cannon." Tai commanded, and a torrent of molten lava spewed forth from the monsters jaws incinerating anything that got in the way.

Once all the attacking Digimon were gone the monster returned to its card Tai then grabbed Mimi's wrist. "Come on, lets get out of here before anything else dumb enough to show up." The two of them, along with Agumon and Palmon, began running back through the woods until they were sure it was safe for them to stop.

"We should be safe for now, you alright?" Tai turned to face her and Mimi got her first good look at her old friend and former leader.

At first glance he looked no different to how he had been during is younger days, however closer inspection revealed a different story. Aside from his change in wardrobe, consisting of a black t-shirt, black finger-less gloves that came partly up his forearm, his trademark goggles and a black headband that hung around his neck and a red blazer tied around his waist as well as a white device attached to his left arm. His Features were different now as well, they seemed more defined and less boyish then they had the last time she had seen him.

'He really is not a boy anymore...' Mimi thought to herself, a small blush forming on her cheeks, 'He's not quite a man yet but definitely not a boy...'

"Y…yeah, I'm fine." She replied, then to her surprise he untied his blazer and placed it over her shoulders.

"Okay then, why do we stop here a moment to catch our breath." Tai said as he sat down in the shade of a nearby tree, Mimi quickly joining him. As they sat there Tai took out his cards and began checking everything was in order, if they were going to be attacked again then he wanted to be ready.

Looking over Mimi saw what he was doing.

"Hey, aren't those Duel Monster cards?" She exclaimed.

Tai looked up at his female companion. "Yeah."

Mimi then began laughing.

"What, what's so funny?" Tai asked.

"I'm sorry, it's just you never struck me as the type to play collectible card games." She replied.

Once again the moment was shattered, this time by a buzzing noise and looking around they saw a dozen red dragonfly like creatures flying towards them.

"Ohhh not again." Mimi groaned, at the same moment Tai checked his D-arc.

Flybeemon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Data

Type: Insectoid Digimon

Attacks: Lightning Sting & Poison Stinger

"Lightning Sting…" they began shooting bolts of red lightning from their stingers.

"Mimi stay back, I'll protect you." Palmon said readying herself for a fight, however Tai beat her to it.

"I play the spell Onslaught of the Fire Kings." he declared, "Since I control no monsters I can use this call Fire King High Avatar Garunix." A large burst of flames erupted from Tai's card and from it emerged a large multicolored bird/dragon.

Letting loose a cry the bird/dragon spread its wings and launched itself at one of the Insectoid Digimon, a fiery aura covering its body, and engulfed it in flames. Its task done, Garunix vanished. "Errr Tai, your bird thing just vanished." Mimi pointed out.

"That because the effect of my spell just ended." Tai told her, "A monster summoned with Onslaught is destroyed at the end of my move."

"But doesn't that mean we're in trouble?" Mimi said, panic creeping into her tone

"Give it a second." Tai said calmly, just then the Graveyard slot on his Duel Disk lit up and a large torrent of fire was released from it taking the form of Garunix,

"When Garunix is sent to the grave by card effect it comes back, not only that it destroys all other monster on the field." Again Garunix's body erupted into flames reducing all the remaining Flybeemon to data shards.

*'Why's everyone attacking us today?'* Tai thought, "Come on, we better get moving before something else decides it wants to kill us."

The four of them began walking again, this leg the journey was conducted in silence. Tai and the two Digimon on were on alter in case they were to be attacked by anything else.

"Tai where have you been all this time?" Mimi said breaking her silence, asking the question she most wanted answered, "Last time I heard from the others they told me you'd vanished without trace."

Tai stopped in his tracks. "I followed everyone's example, I moved on with my life. Why is that so hard to grasp?" He said, his tone stern, "Everyone else found a new direction for their lives to take but for some reason I'm not allowed, I have to stay stuck where I am doing the same stuff I used to do with people I though were my friends till they decided to ditch me."

Seeing the look of shock and confusion on Mimi's face Tai composed himself. "Sorry, I didn't mean to snap." he said, sounding apologetic, "It's just its like my life wasn't going to go anywhere, and its not like the others didn't need me anyway. So I decided to leave and try and find a new purpose and direction for myself."

Mimi stared at him, she wasn't entirely sure about his claim. She felt sorry for him, Mimi never told anyone but for a brief time she'd had a small crush on Tai, after he'd rescued her from the Convention Center during Myotismon's occupation but seeing the looks that Tai gave Sora she knew he'd never return her feelings but she was okay with it.

When she learnt Sora was dating Matt she given them two maybe three weeks tops before they broke up because lets face it Sora and Matt were wrong for each other. She knew throughout their adventures as well as to protect Kari, Sora was Tai's reason to keep fighting, he would have given up everything if it meant she could go home and be happy which was the reason he allowed her to go with Matt so she could be happy at the cost of his own. She looked away as it hurt to see him like this.

Soon they left the forest and found themselves at a cliff overlooking the ocean. "Well guess this is it." Tai said.

"What do you mean?" Mimi asked.

"I came here with some other people but we got separated and their back in Server so I have to find someway to get back there." Tai replied "Great, I'll go with you." Mimi said cheerfully "I'm in no hurry to get back anyway."

Tai glanced at her, something told him there was something very wrong but he didn't press the issue.

The party walked over to the cliff and saw a large red snake like creature with a white underbelly and a gold mask with a jagged horn sticking out of it and green hair "MegaSeadramon." Both digidestined exclaimed Tai checked his D-arc.

MegaSeadramon

Level: Ultimate

Attribute: Data

Type: Aquatic Digimon

Lightning Javelin Maelstrom Mega Ice Blast & Ice Storm

"Careful, if it's anything like the one Joe fought back in Tokyo it means nothing but bad news." Tai warned.

"Yeah but I recall Yolei telling me about another MegaSeadramon who helped her and the others." Mimi said.

Just then something burst out of the sand. "Scorpiomon." Mimi exclaimed.

"Man everyone's coming out of the woodwork today." Tai groaned.

"You're finished now MegaSeadramon, your unwillingness to serve the new master will be your doom, Tail Blade…" Scorpiomon stabbed at MegaSeadramon with the stinger on the end of its tail.

"Tai, Scorpiomon said he serves the new master." Agumon said.

"Yeah, he must know something about this new threat." Tai replied.

"New threat?" Mimi asked.

"No time to explain now, we have to help MegaSeadramon." Tai replied he and Mimi took out their respective digivises.

PALMON, DIGIVOLVE TOO…TOGEMON

AGUMON, DIGIVOLVE TOO…GEOGREYMON

Both champion level digimon landed next to MegaSeadramon.

"You got a new form?" The giant cactus asked.

"Can we talk about this later." GeoGreymon replied before returning his gaze back at Scorpiomon.

"Mega Flame…" "Light Speed Jabbing…" the giant dinosaur fired a large fireball at Scorpiomon before Togemon unleashed a barrage of punches at the crustacean.

"Ugh, you'll pay for that." Scorpiomon growled, "Twin Blade…" he made to swipe at the two digimon with the multiple blades along his tail.

"Mega Ice Blast…" a powerful beam of ice slammed into Scorpiomon knocking him out of the way they then noticed MegaSeadramon had risen up his jagged horn glowing with power. "Lightning Javelin…" powerful bolts of elasticity connected with the crustacean which, since it was a water type, caused it a lot of pain.

"Alright," Tai cheered "Now lets finish him, and I have just the card to do it." he then reached into his deck holster and pulled out a card.

DIGIMODIFY, RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON ACTIVATE

Once more GeoGreymon took on fetchers of the black dragon, spreading his new wings he took flight. "Whoa, I got to get me one of those." Mimi said, impressed at Tai's new trick.

Tai ignored her. "GeoGreymon, attack with Inferno Fire Blast …" he ordered.

"You get in there too Togemon." Mimi added, at the same time MegaSeadramon's horn began glowing again.

GeoGreymon unleashed a large fireball and Togemon and MegaSeadramon launched their own attacks. "Needle Spray…"/"Lightning Javelin…" All three attacks slammed into Scorpiomon reducing him to data particles, GeoGreymon then reverted back to normal before he and Togemon reverted back to Agumon and Palmon.

"You were awesome Palmon." Mimi squealed as she pulled her partner into a hug.

"Thanks Mimi." Palmon replied returning the embrace whilst trying not to get her vines tangled in Mimi's hair.

Tai and Agumon however were talking with MegaSeadramon. "I don't know who this new threat is but I can tell it's both ancient and evil." The sea serpent told the pair.

"How do you know this?" Tai asked.

"Not being a Digimon you can't sense it however there is a feeling of uneasiness throughout the Digital World." MegaSeadamon told him, "Its in the whisper of the breeze, the churning of the ocean and it spreads terror to all but those who posses the darkest hearts. Something that has not been felt in this world for a long time."

"He's right." Palmon said as she and Mimi walked over to them, "You two can't tell but Agumon and I feel a great darkness." Agumon nodded.

Tai stared at the Plant Digimon, a frown on his face. *'Things are worse then I thought...'*

Mimi however was beginning to panic. "What, if there's some new evil why weren't we told about it?" She demanded.

Tai however ignored her. "We need to get to Server fast, Jay and the others might be in serious trouble. He told me I wasn't alone, that I wouldn't be alone this time." He said, the last part under his breath however it was still loud enough for Mimi and their Digimon to hear.

"I shall take you then." They all looked up at MegaSeadramon, "Don't get me wrong I have no real love for you humans, but I am indebted to you for saving me so I shall take you there but once you arrive we're even."

"I understand, thank you MegaSeadramon." Tai said bowing politely. The foursome then climbed onto the sea serpent's head and they set off.

Jaden, Alexis and their Digimon partners walked along the corridors of the pyramid, soon they came across a large wall constructed of mesh wire with bolts of electricity running across it.

"Looks like we can't go this way, we'll have to find another way around." Alexis said Jaden however shook his head and kept walking towards it "Jaden what are you doing?"

Then to her surprise Jaden reached out to touch it and his hand passed through it "Tai told me about this, it's not real." He then walked through disappearing the two Digimon ran past Alexis and disappeared through the wall.

However despite seeing this Alexis was still hesitant, she edged her way towards the fence when a hand appeared grabbed her arm and pulled her through but not before tripping over something fortunately Jaden was there to catch her when she emerged her head buried in his chest

"Hey, you alright?" Jaden asked.

"Y…yeah, I'm fine." After what seemed to her like an eternity Alexis removed herself from Jaden's embrace (a part of her already missing the warmth of the red's body) and the pair began walking again.

"So Tai's been here before?" Alexis asked.

"Yeah, a few years ago one of his friends got kidnapped by this weirdo Digimon called Datamon and he had to get through that thing so he could save her." Jaden replied.

*'Her…'* "Jaden, how long have you known Tai?" Alexis asked.

"About over a year." Jaden replied Alexis stared wide eyed at him from the way they acted it seemed Jaden and Tai had know each other for years, however Jaden did seem to have a knack for befriending almost anyone.

Soon they entered room filled with computers as well as a large hole in the floor "Ok there's gotta be something in here we can use to find out where we are or contact Gennai." "And which of these will do that?" Alexis asked Jaden sweat dropped "I have no idea. I don't do computers remember." Alexis sighed "Well one of these has to do something."

She walked up to a console and pressed a random button and a dozen screens blinked into life showing various rooms and corridors within as well as the exterior of the pyramid, at the same moment both their D-rac's went off and checking them saw five dots on the screen and one of the monitors showed Zane and the others gathered outside the pyramid, Jaden then ran off to meet them so he could lead them down here.

Soon enough all seven of them were back together tell each other of their encounters and how their partner reached the Champion level however this was cut short when the floor began glowing till it engulfed the room and the next moment they found themselves crashing to the ground.

"Well that was fun." Bastion groaned.

"I see I was successful." Looking up the gang saw Gennai standing in front of the steps to his underwater home he then looked over at Alexis, "May I suggest you pick yourself off the ground Ms Rhodes, I believe Mr Yuki would very much appreciate it."

"Why?" Alexis asked before looking down and screamed when she noticed Jaden's hair poking between out of her skit the rest of his head buried between her legs, getting swiftly to her feet revealing Jaden sported classic anime eye swirls.

"Jay are you alright?" Syrus asked as Zane and Bastion tried to support him whilst Chazz and Sarge gathered around "…pink…" was all Jaden was able to say.

Whilst this was going on Alexis stood off to the side, her face resembling a tomato, the digimon staring at her confused why her face had changed color

"Maybe its some sort of camouflage technique." Monodramon suggested.

"Well it's not a very good one." Gaomon replied

"Hey don't speak about Alexis like that." Salamon snapped before tuning to her partner.

"Come on Alexis, you can do it." She cheered.

Just then a large torrent of water rose up from the lake (which soaked the boys and snapped Jaden back to reality) and from it emerged the head of a large sea serpent with green hair its head covered by a gold face mask as well as a jagged horn sticking out of it. It opened its jaws revealing Tai and Agumon as well as a girl with long cinnamon brown hair and a green plant like digimon who stepped on to dry land.

"Thank you MegaSeadramon." Tai said as he and the girl gave the sea serpent a respectful bow who in return gave them what passed as a grunt before disappearing back into the water.

"Tai." Looking round Tai and Mimi saw a group of people heading towards them.

"Those the friends you mentioned?" Mimi asked.

"Yeah." Tai replied.

Soon they found the pair found themselves surrounded and the group began firing off a whole bunch of questions ranging from "Are you alright?", "Where did you end up?", "Why were you in that Digimon's mouth?" and "Who's the girl?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Tai said performing the hand signal for them to slow down "I know you'd all have questions but I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition."

A jarring chord was heard and three men in red robed rushed in.

"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency... Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope... Our four...no... Amongst our weapons... Among our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise..."

"Hey hey, what the hell are you doing here?" Tai demanded.

"Well were…" One of the men began only to be cut off.

"Leave. Now." Laxus coldly ordered. Electricity surged off his body.

"Honestly, the nerve of some people." Zane said to which everyone nodded in agreement.

Tai sighed then introduced everyone. "Meems the brunette in the red blazer is Jaden. The tall one is Zane and the shrimp is his younger brother Syrus. The goth wannabe is Chazz. The guy in the yellow blazer is Bastion. The guy wearing the bandanna is Hassleberry but we call him Sarge. The blond-haired man with electricity surging off his body is Laxus. And the cute girl is Alexis. Everyone this is Mimi and her partner Palmon."

"Oh you're part of Tai's original team, the one who moved to America." Jaden said.

"He told you about me?" Mimi asked.

"Well he didn't tell me everything but he did tell me all about how Palmon became Togemon to fight Monzaemon and how he rescued you from the convention center dressed in your PJ's, I never believed it but being here shows me its all true." Mimi blushed slightly at this.

"As to what happened I ended up on File Island where we ran into each other. On the journey back here I did some thinking and I've decided, if I'm gonna be your leader then you all deserve to know the truth about me." Tai informed them.

"Tai you don't have to, we understand if you don't want to." Alexis stated.

Tai smiled "Thanks Lex but if I'm going to make a fresh start with you all then I have to come clean about my past. Besides how could you ever trust me if I kept things from you."

The group sat down under the shade of a large tree listening to Tai's story, he told them everything.

He told them about the night at Highton View Terrace when a Greymon, that hatched from a digi egg that came out his computer, fought Parrotmon.

He told them about how he and Mimi along with Sora Izzy Joe TK and Matt were first taken to the digital world and met their partners.

How Agumon had become Greymon for the first time as well as how all the partners of the original team achieved Champion.

He told them about how Patamon had become Angemon then sacrificed himself to beat Devimon.

How they first met Gennai and journeyed to Server where they encountered their next foe, Etamon.

He told them of his shame, how he forced Agumon to digivolve which unleashed a horror named SkullGreymon.

He told them of how Datamon had kidnapped Sora and how he had rescued her.

Of how he'd unlocked the power of his crest allowing Greymon to become MetalGreymon who finally destroyed Etamon.

Of how he and Agumon were transported back to earth and had visited his sister Kari when digimon began appearing around the city although no one except

Agumon and the two siblings could see them, it was then Tai realized he had to return to the digital world as he couldn't let his friends fight alone.

He told them about on returning he found that the team had split up and after meeting up with TK Joe and Matt went to find them.

He told them about the state Sora had been when they found her and how she unlocked her crest of love allowing her partner Biyomon to digivolve to Garudamon in order to fight their newest foe Myotismon.

He told how Myotismon had transported himself to their world and how they pursued him.

How they battled his minions in the streets of their home town of Odaiba.

How his sister Kari was in fact the chosen child of light and that one of Myotismon's followers, Gatomon, was in truth her partner.

Mimi then butted in and told the others of how Palmon had become Liliymon.

He told them of Wizardmon and his sacrifice and how his death had allowed Gatomon to become Angewomon and how she defeated Myotismon.

He told them of how Myotismon returned as VenomMyotismon and how Agumon and Gabumon achieved their strongest forms WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon.

He told them of their return to the digital world to face their toughest foes yet, MetalSeadramon Puppetmon Machinedramon and Piedmon, the Dark Masters.

How WarGrymon defeated MetalSeadramon.

How Matt had been stupid enough to listen to the words of the enemy and turned on them.

How they found out about the legend of the digidestined but how it ultimately drove them apart.

How Sora Izzy TK Kari and himself raided Puppetmon's stronghold and the defeat of Puppetmon at the hands of MetalGarurumon.

He told them how Kari had gotten sick in Machinedramon's city and how he and Izzy had gone to look for medicine.

He even told them about how Kari had nearly died when they were young due to her weak immune system and his stupidity and how it haunted him to this day.

He told them of how upon their return they were attacked and they fell into the catacombs of the city where WarGreymon finally defeated Machinedramon.

He told them how'd they'd gone to the Dark Master's fortress atop Spiral Mountain to face the last Dark Master Piedmon who sent LadyDevimon to fight them,

knowing that they couldn't do it alone Tai told them he sent Sora and TK to round up Matt Joe and Mimi so they could face Piedmon together, leaving MegaKabuterimon and Angewomon to deal with LadyDevimon.

He told them how WarGreymon valiantly fought Piedmon trying to buy time until Sora and the others showed up and just when all hope seemed lost they arrived.

However not even the combined strengths of WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon had been enough to defeat the crazed clown who humiliated them further by turning both destined and their digimon into…key chains until only TK Kari and Angemon remained and how Angemon became MagnaAngemon and restored them to normal before sealing Piedmon in his Gate Destiny.

He told them of how they encountered the true threat to the digital world, who was long ago sealed away by the first digidestined, Apocalymon. No matter how hard they fought they were no match for this ancient evil who demonstrated his power by returning all their partners to rookie (with the exception of Gatomon, who's a champion), destroyed their crests and turned them into digital data transporting them to a strange place filled with 1's and 0's.

It was in this place they discovered the truth about the crests that they were in truth part of them and could never be destroyed. Using there power their partners Digivolved to their highest forms and reassembled themselves and together fought Apocalymon, the six ultimate's destroyed his Death Claws to distracted him WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon destroyed his humanoid form.

Just when it seemed victory was assured Apocalymon told them his humanoid form was only a part of him, albeit an important one. He then attempted to take both worlds down with him with his ultimate attack, Total Annihilation. However, their digivises contained the attack resulting in Apocalymon's total destruction.

He told them of their loss when they were sent back to the real world leaving their partners behind. He told them of what happened one year later when a digimon called Kuramon appeared on the internet and began devouring information until it mutated into a creature called Diaboromon and how WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon had somehow merged together to become Omnimon in order to defeat him.

He told them of threat that had emerged three years later, however it wasn't another digimon like Myotismon and Piedmon but a human boy named Ken who'd been infected with something called a dark spore and was calling himself the Digimon Emperor. Ken had constructed giant structures called control spires which blocked the digivolving process and gave power to the dark rings which he used to enslave digimon.

However by this point most of the original team were in high school leaving it up to three new kids Davis Yolie and Cody and their partners Veemon Hawkmon and Armadillomon as well as TK and Kari to deal with Ken, but with the control spires rendering digimon unable to digivolve they had to master a new form of power called Digimetals allowing their partners to Armor Digivolve.

Overtime Ken grew more ambitious and enslaved Agumon and tried to make him digivolve into MetalGreymon but instead Agumon once more became SkullGreymon who defeated the new team with very little effort before reverting back to Agumon. Realizing his dark rings couldn't control an ultimate level digimon, Ken created a more powerful version called the dark spiral and was successful in making Agumon become the viral version of MetalGreymon and it was only when Davis found a new Digimetal were able to free Agumon.

He told them how Ken created a Digimon called Kimeramon who defeated TK and the others with very little effort. However just when things seemed there darkest Davis, who refused to surrender, obtained the golden Digimetal allowing Veemon to golden armor digivolve to Magnamon however it was only when Ken's partner Wormmon sacrificed himself to transfer his strength was Magnamon able to defeat Kimeramon.

The death of his partner somehow made Ken realize all the pain he had caused and set off to find Wormmons digiegg so together he could try and begin make up for the things he did. Eventually after sometime Ken joined Davis and the others as an official member of the team.

Not long after this the teams partners masters regular digivolution Veemon became EX-Veemon Wormmon became Stingmon Hawkmon became Aquilamon and Armadillomon became Ankylomon, and it turned out it was just in time as another threat arose who were creating powerful artificial digimon from control spires erected by Ken as the digimon emperor, Arukenimon and her lackey Mummymon. To combat this new threat, the gang learned of DNA Digivolution, enabling their partners to fuse with each other in pairs for more power.

However things seemed to get worse when using 100 control spires and a lock of her own hair, Arukenimon created her most powerful warrior BlackWarGreymon who defeated the digidestined without even trying. But when given the order to finish the job, BlackWarGreymon surprisingly refused to obey Arukenimon and simply flew away.

It would turn out that, due to the number of spires used, BlackWarGreymon had developed a conscious mind, separating him from his 'mindless' siblings. But it also made BlackWarGreymon confused about his purpose in life, with many questions that needed answers.

It was then the digidestined leaned of the Destiny Stones and tried to protect them however BlackWarGreymon always got the best of them, even defeat defeating MagnaAngemon by escaping his Gate of Destiny. By destroying Destiny Stones BlackWarGreymon threw off the balance of the digital world.

When BlackWarGreymon attempted to destroy the last stone Azulongmon appeared, BlackWarGreymon attempted to combat him, but Azulongmon explained to BlackWarGreymon that all things had a purpose in life. Thankful for hearing that, BlackWarGreymon left to find his purpose.

After this the action was brought to the Real World and The mastermind behind everything that had happened so far appeared, Yukio Oikawa.

Tai told them about the now infamous Christmas eve amongst the digidestined, he told them about how he found Sora waiting outside Matt's dressing room and how she broke his heart when said she was waiting for him.

He went on to tell them about the digimon that attacked the show and about the control spire that appeared rendering their partner unable to digivolve it was only when Davis and the others showed up destroying the control spire and together they sent the digimon back where they came from.

However it turned out what happened was just the beginning as the next day digimon began appearing all over the world but with no way to help all they could do was watch. It was then hope arrived when Gennai appeared brining with him one of Azulongmon's digicores which not only allowed the originals partners to digivolve to ultimate but allowed Ken and Davis's fusion digimon Paildramon to mega digivolve into a giant dragon digimon called Imperialdramon.

Using Imperialdramon's ability to fly faster then sound the team split up in hopes of saving their world. Izzy and Kari in Hong Kong, Joe and Cody in Australia, Sora and Yolei in Russia, Tai and TK in France, Matt and Ken in Mexico and Davis who met up with Mimi in the US and discovered there were digidestined all over the world and together successfully sent the rampaging digimon back before heading home.

Things however weren't all that great, up to this point the new team had only fought enslaved digimon and ones created from control spires soon they'd have to fight real digimon…and destroy them. And that day came sooner then they expected when three digimon appeared MarineDevimon, LadyDevimon, and SkullSatamon and had come to Earth in search of Ken and the dark spore within him. During a battle with SkullSatamon the original's partners transferred all the power they got from Azulongmon to Imperialdramon allowing him to become Imperialdramon Fighter Mode and finally defeated SkullSatamon.

It was then their master Daemon appeared and told them to hand over Ken however Oikawa managed to copy the Spore first and implanted it into children kidnapped while the digidestined were gone who wish for the greatness Ken had as the digimon emperor, before Daemon could get his hands on him. Daemon was repelled into a place in the digital world called the Dark Area and Oikawa made his escape along with the children he infected with the dark sores.

Eventually, the digidestined confront Oikawa, only to learn he's an extreme loner whose only friend in the world was Hiroki Hida, Cody's father. Hiroki and Oikawa used to play old video games when they were young, eventually becoming obsessed with the digital world and dreaming of going there one day.

A few days after the world tour BlackWarGreymon emerged in the Real World to find/kill Oikawa for disrupting the balance of both worlds as he deemed since he created Mummymon and Arukenimon with his own DNA, Oikawa did not belong in either world after realizing his lack of answers for the questions of his existence in the digital world, which caused Oikawa to see BlackWarGreymon as ungrateful.

However, before he could kill the man, WarGreymon intervened (Agumon gaining more power from Azulongmon) and engaged him in battle. The raging battle spread into the nearby city, neither side able to gain the upper hand until the fight was joined by Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, who together with WarGreymon fought BlackWarGreymon. After the battle it took lectures from Wormmon, Agumon and Veemon about the importance of life to convince BlackWarGreymon to enjoy life's pleasures and talk him out of killing Oikawa.

BlackWarGreymon then showed up when Cody's grandfather tried to talk Oikawa out of his plan. A strange entity momentarily took over Oikawa's body and with the additional power from absorbing one of the Dark Flowers, fired a blast of dark energy at Cody's grandfather. BlackWarGreymon stepped in front and took the full blast, saving Cody's grandfather's life, but he was mortally wounded by the blast. Oikawa fled and BlackWarGreymon realized that something was actually controlling Oikawa. He used the last of his strength to seal the Highton View Terrace Gate to the digital world to prevent the entity controlling Oikawa from entering the Digital World. In the process, he found the purpose he had searched for all along and died a hero's death.

The next day Oikawa's final scheme to enter the digital world was revealed. His hope was for the Spores to convert the children's innocence (which lets them enter the digital world by using this energy) so that he could use to traverse the dimensional barrier. However, the entity controlling him had other plans, and brought Oikawa to another dimension which was a world of dreams and nightmares, it emerged from Oikawa's body and began to absorb the powers of the spores into himself, and so the real evil mastermind revealed himself, Myotismon, again reborn this time as MaloMyotismon (Jaden: Wow, that's kinda anticlimactic). Upon his resurrection, he tortured and killed Arukenimon as an excuse to test his new found power on her.

After Mummymon was killed by MaloMyotismon in an attempt to avenge Arukenimon, Davis was the only one willing to fight, as everyone else was too afraid to battle someone as sadistic and merciless as MaloMyotismon.

Fuelled by his courage, Ex-Veemon attacked MaloMyotismon with everything he had, doing some major damage. MaloMyotismon tried to incapacitate them all by using their desires against them, but since Davis' greatest desire was to see MaloMyotismon defeated, he was able to break free of the spell and rescue the others. Davis' desire enabled all the different forms of all the digimon to appear simultaneously, forming a digimon army that unleashed a massive series of attacks that seriously injured MaloMyotismon.

However, in the end they only did him a favor, sending him into the digital world, where he was most powerful, many times more-so than previously, as seen by absorbing the data of all of the dark power in the digital world.

He posed a challenging battle for the digidestined, who were not able to defeat him even with all the digivolved forms of their digimon. During the fight, a lot of Digimon as well as the main Digidestined's partners appeared on the edge of the canyon where some of them were partners to the other digidestined and MaloMyotismon launched his Screaming Darkness attack on them where all the digidestined encountered appeared in the digital world.

Again, the help of the digivices was required to defeat him; this time it took the light from the digivices of all the children in the world causing Myotismon's body to dissolve into a dark spirit. Then the light from the digivices created a new weapon for Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, a large cannon that he used to fire his 'Giga Crusher' attack to completely destroy Myotismon's data.

After MaloMyotismon's defeat, Oikawa used the dream dimension to fulfill his own desire. His body was transformed into energy in the form of a flock of butterflies, which spread across the Digital World, restoring peace and harmony becoming its guardian.

However it turned out they weren't done yet. Several months after MaloMyotismon's defeat, the digidestined had to go up against Diaboromon again. Tai and Matt head back to the Internet to deal with him with Omnimon, while the younger digidestined go to deal with the rampage of a swarm of Kuramon. With the help of TK Kari Angemon and Angewomon, Omnimon was able to destroy Diaboromon again, but it turned out to be a trap, as his destruction allowed many more Kuramon to go to the Real World.

Things got out of control when the Kuramon in the Real World merge to create a Mega level called Armageddemon.

It was so powerful that neither Omnimon nor Imperialdramon were able to defeat it on their own. In the end, Omnimon gave his energy to Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, becoming his most powerful form, Imperialdramon Paladin Mode. Using his Omega Blade attack, Imperialdramon is able to strike down Armageddemon, splitting him back up into the Kuramon. With the help of the energy from the digidestined digivices and the cell phones from the other kids of Japan, the Omega

Blade is powered up, allowing all of the Kuramon to be destroyed for good.

And finally he told them of how he ran away from home.

After he was done Jaden and the others stared at him in silence "Whoa." Sarge said after a few minutes, "That's a lot action you've seen."

"No joke." Syrus added.

"Wait." Mimi spoke up, "Matt knew about your feelings for Sora and that bastard still went behind your back."

"And he's supposed to have the crest of friendship, its clear he doesn't know the meaning of the word." Zane said annoyance in his voice.

"No joke. Stealing your best friend's girl is the lowest thing you can do." Jaden stated.

"Yeah even I'm not that much of a jerk." Chazz added Bastion nodded in agreement.

Tai who had been looking at the ground since he'd finished his story suddenly felt a pair of arms wrap around his neck and looking up found saw Alexis's blond locks

"Tai...are you okay?" The blond duelist asked.

"Not really." He replied, "Talking about it brought back a lot memories and feelings, not all of them good."

"Tai you are a great guy, your brave caring. I promise you'll find someone who deserves you. If this Sora was shallow to choice some blond wannabe to see that then she doesn't deserve you."

Slowly Tai wrapped an arm around her waist. "Thanks." He said, his tone quiet but Alexis could still hear the

Just then Gennai appeared carrying the boy's clothes. "So how long have you been there?" Zane asked.

"I arrived around the first time Tai fought Dioboromon." The sage replied and handed the boys their clothes, "I also took the liberty to modify your PDA's so should you be separated again you will be able to contact one another in the digital world and also send messages to one another to the real world from here as well."

"Cool."

The boys walked into the woods so they could change into their cloths.

"Tai, can I speak with you in privet for a moment?" Gennai asked Tai then got to his feet and he and the sage walked off to one side and began talking in low voices leaving Alexis and Mimi by themselves.

"Say Alexis…" Mimi said after a few moments of silence, "Are you and Tai…"

"No, were just friends." Alexis replied she then turned to the cinnamon haired girl a catty grin on her face, "Why, interested?"

"Once, along time ago but seeing the way he looked at Sora I knew he'd never feel the same about me but I was ok with it." Mimi told her, disappointed creeping into her tone, "I knew what was going to happen maybe we could have had a shot…guess I'll never know. Doesn't matter now I guess."

Just then Jaden and the others emerge from the woods fully dressed at the same time Tai and Gennai were done talking. "I believe it is time for you all to return to the real world." The sage said he then clapping his hands two swirling vortexes appeared, "The one on the left will transport Tai and the other back to school. The other shall transport Mimi back to her home in the states. Just point your digivises at it and say open at it will transport you."

Mimi stared at the portal that would take her home for a full minute then turned to look at Tai. "Well I guess this is it." he said.

"Yeah." She replied he then pulled her into a hug.

"It was great seeing you again." he said.

"You too, be safe." She replied, "Oh and don't worry I won't tell the other where you are, that's what you were going to ask me right?"

"Thanks, I appreciate it." He then released her.

Taking a step back, Mimi took a piece of paper and pen from her pocket and scribbled something on it before handing it to him. "Here, maybe when your not to busy saving the world you could call me sometime."

"I'd like that." Tai said as he took it from her.

Mimi headed towards the first portal when a large blue creature emerges from the forest that had a metal head and skull for hands.

"What the hell…" Syrus exclaimed and Bastion checked his D-arc.

Deltamon

Level: Champion

Attribute: Virus

Type: Synthetic Digimon

Attacks: Triplex Forces, Serpent Bite

"Triplex Force…" the creature cried out, each of its mouths glowing and formed a giant orb that was then fired as a beam of energy.

"Mimi…" Tai tackled the girl and partner to the ground, using his body to shield them as the attack destroyed the portal that would have taken them home.

"Everyone, get out of here." Zane ordered.

"But what about that thing?" Syrus cried out in response.

"I'll handle it, just go." Zane told his sibling.

Tai got to his feet, picking up Mimi as he did so, and ran towards the second portal, the others had already gone through it ahead of them. Grabbing his D-arc pointed it at the portal and yelled "Open." Then instantly he Mimi, Agumon, and Palmon were sucked through it.

Whilst this was happening Zane was staring down the large blue skinned Digimon that was stomping its way towards him. Taking a card from his deck he wasted little time playing it. "Come forth Cyber End Dragon." In an instant the large triple-headed beast appeared, each head letting out a mechanical sounding roar. "Now End Dragon, attack with Eternal Evolution Burst…"

The three headed creature unleashed three beams of blue energy from its jaws, Deltamon responded by doing the same. The two attacks collided with one another, resulting in a large explosion, the released of energy creating an almost blinding flash of light. Despite this however, Cyber End Dragon's attack proved to be more powerful and was able to overpower Deltamon's, its attack vaporising it.

At the same time Zane and Gaomon were running towards the portal, pointed his D-arc at it and yelled "Open…" and the pair were sucked in and transported back to the real world.

Kari walked towards the large tent that had been erected in the same spot where Matt had played his first concert on that infamous Christmas, enjoying the buzz of excitement that was in the air the path surrounded by stalls that was selling various fast foods and merchandise.

One of the local stores was hosting a Duel Monster's tournament. Although it would be exciting to watch, especially since Davis Ken and TK would be competing, she felt that something somewhere was amiss, so much so that she couldn't focus on supporting her friends.

But what could it be if there were any problems in the Digital World she and the others would have been contacted about it, she sighed. *'Is this the same thing Tai went through after our first adventure, great I'm turning into a combat junkie.'*

She was brought back to reality when her shoulder connected with that of another person causing the contents of her bag to fall the ground "I'm sorry." She said as she bent over to scoop her belongings "Don't worry about it." looking up Kari saw a guy around the same age as her brother with platinum hair and crystal blue eyes, he wore a grey suit and black collarless shirt and tie.

He then knelt down and helped her gather her stuff, both their eyes fell upon Kari's pink and white D-3 and their hands touched as they both tried to grab it at the same time.

"Well…this is awkward." The young man said let out a nervous laugh.

"Yeah." Kari replied, the guy then grabbed her digivise and handed it to her once they'd both straightened up.

"Thank you." Kari said putting it back in her bag.

"No problem." He replied. Just then a noise was heard and he pulled a cell phone from his pocket "Sorry I have to take this, but it was nice meeting you Ms…"

"Kari, my name's Kari." She told him.

"Aster." He replied. "Hope I see you round Kari."

He then walked off behind one of the stalls. Kari watched him walk away till he was out of side, her eyes then fell upon her hand, the same one he had touched even if it was accidental. Shaking her head she resumed her journey towards the tent a small smile on her face.