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I Don't Own Digimon!

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BlackGuilmon

Sleep evades him so rolls from his belly to his side before opening his yellow eyes.  It was the fifth time that day that he finds himself unable to sleep and so yet again, he crawls out of the cave he dug with his own claws to escape the heat and being spotted by flying Digimon looking for Digimon to load data from.  He rather not be forced to find some meaningless fight just because somebody wanted to load him.  It just really annoyed him for some reason, he's fairly sure that he should know why but like sleep, the answer eludes him.

So before he exits out of the small den that he dug, he takes a few seconds to sniffs for Digimon before moving his head out of the tunnel to survey the surrounding area.  Not seeing anyone around, be it up in the air or ground level, he hauls the rest of his body out of the hole.  Once out of the dirt tunnel, he gives himself a shake before stretching to his full height.

With a snort, he turns eastward as he spies some pink rolling data moving about on the ground.  He doesn't feel threaten from the pack so he turns southward for a few seconds, trying to decide in which direction he should wander in.  His ears flap as he hears something giggling over top of him, a small swarm of Digi-Gnomes seem to appear out of nowhere and they circle over head.

After studying them for a few seconds, he dismisses them from his mind, they never harmed any Digimon before and doubts they'll start with him.  So he decides to head westward, towards the river that flows through the rocky bank.  He could use a drink and he might find some fruit floating on the water's surface.

Once more, his ears flap as the Digi-Gnome's chatter alter by a few notes but otherwise, he doesn't react to their presence as he trots confidently towards the river.  Out of the corner of his eye, he can see that the Digi-Gnomes have formed a V formation with him at the head of it.  Their continued presence means that there wasn't any other Digimon in the area or else they would be flying higher up in the sky.  Which was pretty comforting in his opinion.

After a while the scent of water reaches his nose and he speeds up to reach the river to get a drink of cool, refreshing water for his parched throat and to maybe fill his empty belly.  He hadn't eaten since the drought started and he can already tell that the river has shrunk once more.  His ears droop slightly at the sight as he slows to a walk as he comes within sight of the river bank.

Before climbing down to take a drink, he takes a few sniff along the bank to see if there were any recent visitors.  The Digi-Gnomes circle overhead, chatting away in that sing song way of theirs with some hints of purring.  He moves to the edge of the rocky bank and stares down at the trickle that the once mighty river had been.

"Hmmm. . ."  He hums as he tries to see a way down without causing him to turn his back to the sky but in the end, he just leaps down and lands with a thud on the wet sandy ground.  He moves to the edge of the river and begins to drink, trying to keep his mind off the colour of the water as he does so.

After a few minutes, he finishes drinking his fill and he pulls his head back to study his surrounding before he begins to ascent the rocky bank.  Digging his claws into the rocky bank, he pulls himself up as he continues to dig his white claws into the rough rocky surface.  By the time he makes it the the top of the out cropping, he's panting and, ironically, thirsty once more.

As he stands there trying to get his breathing under control, the Digi-Gnome begin to circle him.  Their chatter sounds worried and he can't help but blink at them before cocking his head to the side as he studies them with a hint of worry in his yellow eyes.  He felt a lump hit his mid-section as he begins to feel uneasy as more Digi-Gnomes begin to circle him, the level of his unease keeps increasing until he sighs.

"What's wrong?"  He asks in a gruff voice, he rarely felt the need to speak but for some reason, he felt that he needed to voice that question.  Within seconds he finds himself moving in a north eastern direction until they happen upon some kind of energy portal.

Within seconds of arriving, the Digi-Gnomes abandon circling him to circle the tear and in time, an image of a young human being attack by a tall humanoid figure that's blue with what appears to be gills around the neck.  A large axe manages to hit the orange Digimon, a Patamon he IDs without thinking, and within seconds there is an egg where the Patamon had been, then as a tear opens up under the egg, he sees red and the figure advances towards the human boy.

For the first time since he can remember, he was beyond angry and he leaps into the energy gate without a second thought.  He does note in pass that the egg that once was a Patamon pass by him on his way towards defending the young human.

"Pyro Grenade!"  He bellows and a purple fire sphere hits the figure in the chest.  He bites the back of the human's back pack and pulls the child away as the  Digimon off some kind of dart out of the tip of the axe.

Carrying the child a few feet from the unknown Digimon, he puts the child down and moves to stand between the human and the Digimon.  He feels and hears himself growling as he stands in a protective manner before the green clothed human.  "I won't let you touch him!"  He snarls furiously at the humanoid Digimon.

The figure looks slightly uneasy but the Digimon's facial seem to become firm as the known Digimon.  "Your funeral then, rookie!"  The Digimon says and begins to take a stand with the axe moving form the left hand to its right.

With a war cry, the Digimon charges towards him and with a cry of, "Rock Crusher!"  He charges forward.  His right arm crashes through the axe.  He tackles the Digimon and bites down the unknown Digimon's right shoulder as his arms move to pin the Digimon to the ground.

They roll around on the ground until a punch to the side of his head causes him to let go of the shoulder to yelp in pain.  As the Digimon tries to punch him once more, he bites down on the left arm and this time uses his left claws to scratch the Digimon's eyes, causing the offending Digimon to yelp in pain.  Though he was tiring, he refused to give way to this strange Digimon who seems intent on harming the boy.

In the end, something happens and suddenly a rush of energy flares from his chest outwards to the rest of his body.  The Digimon's eyes widen and once he lets go of the arm, he bellows, "Virus Breathe!"

At such close range the other Digimon couldn't help but get a face full of the mist and begins choking within seconds of breathing it in.  As he gets off the Digimon, the humanoid Digimon moves to his knees as he continues to cough.  With eyes like yellow diamonds, his left arm glows slightly and one Rock Crusher later finds the unknown Digimon vanishing into little bits of data which he absorbs without delay.

That done, he turns to face the human that he saved.

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TK

The day had started like usual since his brother took some swan boat to see what's across the lake, he got up, moved the large leaf that Tokomon placed over him like a blanket, yawned as he rubbed the grit from his eyes as he sits up right, and waking Tokomon up.  He casted his usual worried glance out at the large before getting up to go find some berries for breakfast.  By the time he was done using the restroom, he couldn't place his finger on it but some how, they weren't alone.

First they met with DemiDevimon who talked about proving himself by heading out over the water to find his brother, Matt.  Though after a bit the blue cloth wearing flying ball of a Digimon arrived but not alone.  Some tall humanoid Digimon leaped out of the water and began to swing an axe around.

Within seconds, DemiDevimon vanishes over the lake while leaving Tokomon and himself to the unknown Digimon who began to look highly pleased with himself, he even had this odd glint in his eye as the Digimon points the tip of his axe at him.  To say that by the time one could say fight, Tokomon Digivolves into Patamon and a Boom Bubble later causes the dart coming out of the axe to land off target, namely little old him.

Sadly, his partner wasn't much of a match for the unknown Digimon and one axe swing later causes him to lose Patamon again.  As the egg passes through a portal and gateway opens and out comes this large black Digimon with red markings that launches a purple fire ball at the Digimon before pulling him away from the unknown Digimon.

He's still in shock and numbly watches as the pair of unknown Digimon battle it out.  The black dino or baby dragon breaks the humanoid's axe and then they wrestle around in the dirt until finally, the black Digimon breathes out some kind of mist and the larger Digimon begins to choke.  Once the black Digimon gets off of the humanoid one, a few seconds after the Digimon starts to cough, the black one's hand glows and destroys the humanoid Digimon's head.

Instead of breaking apart and an egg appearing, the humanoid Digimon breaks apart into what seems to be a mist and then that mist goes straight into the black Digimon.

As he stares numbly at the Digmon's back, the Digimon turns around to face him, staring at him with his yellow eyes.

"...  Thanks, I guess."  He finally manages to stutter out and the Digimon takes a step towards him, his black scaly head cocking to one side as a hint of concern enters into the black Digimon's eyes.  As the muzzle of the Digimon comes towards him, he holds his breath for a few seconds as the Digimon sniffs him, which was kink of ticklish.

The Digimon pulls his head away and he lets go of the breath he had been holding.  "Boy you're big."  He says as he gets to his feet.  He hastes to reach out to touch the black Digimon, not sure what to make of the red marked Digimon who just showed up and savaged his attacker.

In the end, the Digimon moves his muzzle into the palm of his hand to which the large Digimon hums slightly, his eyes closing slightly from the contact.  "So, what kind of Digimon are you?"  He asks as he feels more sure of himself.

"I'm a BlackGuilmon."  A gruffish voice says with a hint of childishness.  "BlackGuilmon?  That's a mouthful!  Err...  I don't suppose I can just call you Yami?"  He asks and the Digimon now nicknamed Yami just hums as he shrugs slightly.

After a few minutes of silence, Yami stomach growls and he chuckles nervously, completely off balance here without Patamon here to support him.  "You're friend...  I'm sorry I wasn't able to come in time to save him."  Yami finally says softly with a great deal of sorrow evident in his voice and in his eyes.

He blinks, kind of stunned by that confession and his expression soften as he addresses the likely virus Digimon.  "I'm sure I'll hook up with him again.  All I need to do is find his egg."  On hearing that, Yami flinches slightly.

"I met the egg halfway through the gate.  He's likely in my world while I'm here in yours."  Yami explains and he blinks a few times as that sinks in.  "Then we just need to find the others and maybe one of them knows of a way to get you home and to have Patamon's egg returned to this world.  If not one of them, then maybe Gennai will know what to do."  He says as confidently as he can and Yami nods in thoughtful agreement.

Once more Yami's stomach growls and this time Yami just sighs.  "Boy do you sound hungry."  He says with a slight giggle while Yami straightens as he puts a hand over his mid-section with a sigh.

"I haven't eaten anything since the drought began."  Yami admits with a hint of embarrassment coloring his tone.  "Really?  How long as the drought been going on then?  A week?"  He asks and Yami looks thoughtful before replying, "I believe it might have been four months by now, maybe even six.  I don't know, I don't really keep track."

He can't help it, he just stares with wide eyes as he tries to wrap his head about the fact that Yami hasn't eaten anything for so long.  "How come you look so healthy then?  I mean, if I went that long without anything to eat I'd be skin and bones!"  He exclaims and once more Yami shrugs as he answers his question, "It's common for Digimon to go so long without food, as long as we don't think we need food, we don't get hungry, or thirty."

He can't help but shake his head as he then begins to move his green hat since it's gotten loose slightly with all the stuff that's been going on.  "Well then, let's get some berries into you, and fast since I rather not find myself as the main course!"  He declares and Yami snorts but waits for him to take the lead.

Unknown to the pair of them, an observer watches as they walk through the forest looking for a more fuller berry bush for Yami to eat from.

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I Don't Own Digimon!

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Yami

As TK walks in front of him, he can't help but notice how short the child's legs were and frowns before an idea pops into his head.  "Why don't you climb onto my back, I'm sure you're not that heavy."  He suggest and TK pauses and then gets this thinking look on his face before the boy nods in agreement.

"Can't hurt."  TK declares and he lies down on the ground to allow the child to climb onto his back.  TK grabs onto his shoulders as he stands up.  It takes a few seconds for him to get use to this weight before he starts walking once more.

Other then stopping ever so often to allow the young boy to stretch and get rid of his cramps, they did made better time then they expected as within a few days and following a well worn path that seen a lot of Digimon if his scent of smell is correct, which it generally is.  It wasn't long before the scent of food reaches him, causing him to drool slightly as he picks up the pace.

"Hey look, there's Gomamon!"  TK shouts as a small white Digimon with purple marking gets tossed out of the door.  "TK?  TK!  What are you doing here?  And who's this?  Where's Patamon?"  The smaller Digimon asks after rushing up to greet them.

He moves closer to the ground to allow the boy off his back and then stands up once again as TK begins to answer the water loving Digimon's questions.  While slightly confused as to why there was such a place like this in this world, it wasn't long before he enters into the building, heading straight to the back to raid the place of food since he figures they need a lot of food for their coming journey away from this place.

"Hey!  What are you doing back here?"  An egg type ultimate Digimon demands a he gives the higher level Digimon a blank look that screams 'What do you think I'm doing, idiot?'  Though it wasn't long before he notices that he's not the only rookie Digimon in the kitchen and that the Digimon was with two humans that were older then TK, though one kind of seems to be related to Digimon.

"Get our of here, you!  Only workers are allowed back here!"  The egg Digimon bellows but once more he ignores him as he heads straight for the fridge as his stomach growls.  The two humans seem mildly amused by this so they don't make a move to stop him.

It's not long before he's eaten most of the vegetables and fruit from the fridge while the egg Digimon keeps huffing and puffing.  As he studies the eggs within the fridge, half formed ideas of what he can make with them flutter within his mind.

Before he doesn't anything, he hears TK's voice call out on seeing the two humans and the other rookie Digimon.  "He's with you?  Then I'm charging you for the mess he's making in my kitchen."  The egg Digimon declares and takes a few menacing steps towards the young blond, causing him to forget about the food to focus on the now visible enemy Digimon that's trying to threaten his charge.

"Back away from him."  He orders in a very frosty voice as he turns to face the egg.  "Or what?  You'll beat me up?"  The egg Digimon declares mockingly and he growls while he notices that the older blond clenches his fist while the Gabumon says, "Matt..."

"Don't make me laugh!  Like you can ever hope of defeating me!  The great Digitamamon!"  The egg Digimon declares with a laugh that only made him mad, after all, he wasn't going to let anything happened to the boy even if means challenging an ultimate level Digimon.

"Rock Crusher!"  He snarls out and the egg Digimon closes his shell, though he's proud to see the egg get sent through the wall behind the boastful Digimon while Gomamon manages to move TK out of the way.  "TK, Gomamon!  Over here, hurry!"  The one called Matt shouts.

He's already slashing at the egg's surface and already his claws were causing grooves to appear in the ultimate level Digimon's rock hard shell.  After all, he's sure to digging, be it through soft dirt or rocks.  As long as the Digimon doesn't do anything beyond hide, he's fairly sure that he could break through the shell's tough surface.

As he's about to do another Rock Crusher, something wraps around his one arm.  He turns and finds a Weedmon trying to stop him.  A Pyro Grenade later and all that remains of the Weedmon was a Digi-egg.

As he's about to resume his task of cracking open Digitamamon's shell, he hears TK cry out in alarm.  "We're not finished, not by a long shoot!"  He growls before racing to the back to see what's going on back there.

He blinks as he finds yet another unknown Digimon attacking the group, only this time the two rookies weren't anywhere in sight while a Garurumon and an Ikkakumon, the two rookie's evolved forms battling against leafy humanoid Digimon.

Seeing that the two champions had everything under control, he moves to be by TK's side while glancing into the dinner every now and again.  "You know, remind me to teach you how to behave in dinners, Yami.  It was kind of rude to head straight into the kitchen instead of to a table."  TK says, likely trying to lighten the mood.

He shrugs, for some reason, he just knew that this was going to end in a fight even if he had used his manners.  Though for some reason, he kept looking expectantly at the elder blond.  It was kind of confusing, really why that he haves this feeling that Matt needed to do something, something important but the what escapes him.

As Digitamamon comes out of the dinner, the egg Digimon pauses to take a look at the leafy humanoid Digimon then at the two champions before glancing at him.  "DemiDevimon owes me big time for this."  The egg declares and he snorts in derangement at that statement while TK says questionably, "DemiDevimon?  What did he do to you?  I mean, besides bring this guy here?"

"Are you saying that the rookie brought that creature here?"  The egg growls while Joe and Matt blink in confusion.  "He brought the one that deleted my partner and I think that one opened a portal for Yami here to come through."  TK admits, he doesn't feel the need to correct the boy, after all, from the look of things here, they didn't have Digi-Gnomes so they likely would doubt in the beings existence.

"So that little rodent paid me to keep those two here just so he can summon that thing here?"  Digitamamon bellows while Matt pales as if he's been hit.  "You mean you kept making up charges to keep us here?"  Matt yells out in outrage and the egg Digimon snorts.  "Of course I was!  DemiDevimon kept arranging 'accidents' for your friend here so I have a valid excuse to keep him here, and you when you showed up."

Why do I get the feeling that this is old news for me?"  He muses as he watches as a symbol begins to glow on Matt's chest.  "Garurumon Digivolve too..."  The light fades as the Digivolvution process finishes and the new and improved WereGarurumon declares, "WereGarurumon!"

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Yami

They waited by the docks that night as TK told the other four about what happened that caused him to show up.  He watches as Gomamon brings back another fish for their supper.  Since Tsunomon didn't have any limbs, let alone hands and the older humans were busy making plans, it was up to him to spear the fish and set it by the cooking fire.

As Gomamon slips back into the water, Joe says, "Just great, now we got somebody new to worry about.  Why can't this be easy?  Wasn't defeating Etemon enough?"  He turns away from the cooking fire to stare blankly at the glass wearing human.

For somebody with such a heavy bag, the least he can so is fill it up with useful stuff like fruit or even some herbs.  He thinks as Joe begins to talk about how easily they could have been injured in today's battles and how there weren't any hospitals around to prevent that.  He could tell that Matt's already agitated enough without needing to hear what Joe has to say.

"Well, now what are we suppose to do?  We're not exactly a team right now, not when all of us are scattered while we were searching for our fearless leader."  Matt says.  "Maybe things will look better in the morning."  He decides to say something since it's clear that they all had a trying day.

The in-training Digimon seems to sigh while giving him a grateful look.  Though the older humans seem to be surprised by the suggestion.  "I think Yami's right.  We might as well get a good night sleep before we decide on what course of action we take."  Gomamon says after dropping the fish that was in his mouth on the bank with a paw over it.

"I think that sounds reasonable, what about you Matt?"  Joe asks and Matt sighs before nodding.  "I guess it wouldn't hurt."  Matt declares as he spears the fish with a stick before setting it by the fire.

"I think that might be enough fish."  Joe decides after counting the number around the fire.  "You sure?  I mean, you know..."  Gomamon gives him a pointed look while he pretends that he didn't hear that.

"I'm fairly sure that he can make due with ten of those fish."  Joe says and Gomamon shrugs while giving him a measured look.  "I guess..."  Gomamon says with a sigh, clearly having doubts about how much it takes to feed him.

"There's a good twenty fish there!  How could you not say that's not enough?"  Matt wonders and he just knows that Gomamon just gave the elder blond a dry look.  He feels Matt's eyes on him, sizing him up before Matt says, "Oh, err... I can see why you're concerned."

He hears TK stifle a giggle as he picks up one of the unused sticks to poke the fire.  "I think I'm going to get more fire wood."  Matt declares and within seconds TK joins his elder brother.  He spares a look in their direction, sniffing before returning to cooking the fish while Joe decides to lie down on his back.

"So, Yami, what kind of Digimon are you?"  He hears Joe asks.  "I'm a BlackGuilmon."  He answers, he just knew it was going to be a long night.

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Tai

"Can't you make this thing go any faster?"  He hears his partner ask for what seems to be the tenth time since the sun set.  "Can you get any louder?"  He counter in irritation before checking his Digivice and sure enough, they were getting closer to those three dotes.

According to his Digivice, it was three am and he's sleep deprived, he's legs were getting tire, his butt was aching, and they were both pretty hungry.  "Hey!  I smell a campfire!"  Agumon says and he sighs in relief.

"Finally!"  He declares as his partner and recent source of annoyance hums his agreement.  While he would love to speed up, he doubts that he could keep up that pace for long so he keep kept peddling steady towards the direction Agumon is pointing in.

After about forty minutes, they finally make it to shore and he would have leaped off the swan boat and raced towards the three red dotes if it weren't for one tiny little fact.  His entire body was aching and he was TIRED!

With a heavy sigh, he allows Agumon to take the lead as he slowly follows his slightly more energetic partner.  As he approaches the fire, he can hear some soft snoring and he can't help but smile as he ID who's snoring.

Before they got any further towards the camp, somebody growls and a large lump of blackness moves, getting to its feet to face them.  "Who?  What?  Huh?"  He hears Joe say sleepily, waking at the sound of growling.

"Yami?  What's wrong?"  He hears Joe ask and he calls out once he's got a good view of who's all among the group, "Hey Joe!  Who's that and where's Tokomon?"  "Tai?  Tai!  Thank god you're here!  Where were you?  What happened to Etemon?"  Joe asks, it wasn't long before the rest of the others were roused from their slumber and within seconds more wood is added onto the fire while he finds himself getting a very good view of who Yami is.

"Is he a rookie or a champion?"  He asks Matt after he answered their questions as he notices the way the large black Digimon kept studying him and Agumon.

"We think he's a rookie, though he did recklessly attack an ultimate level Digimon called Digitamamon."  Matt says while TK leans on Yami's right side.  He yawns before rubbing his eyes.

"I guess I can hear your side of things later.  Right now I'm bushed and wouldn't mind some shut eye."  He says and Matt nods with a sympathetic look fixed on his face.

"By the way, Tai.  How did you know to come to this side of the lake?"  Joe asks while Matt and him exchange duties.  "Oh that?  I found some note on the seat telling me that what I seeked was on the other side of the lake.  Pretty helpful, huh?"  He says and Joe nods in agreement before they both rest on their back.

It didn't take long before he finds himself fast asleep.

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Yami

As Matt leads the way through the mountains, he can't help but be on alert as something within him tells him that they might be in danger.  It's been a few days since they split up with Joe, Tai, and their partners going one way while Matt, TK, Gabumon, and himself went the other way.

He perks up as he hears a yelling coming from up ahead.  His ears flap as Gabumon also perks up.  "I think somebody's in trouble up ahead!"  Gabumon says to Matt as he hums in agreement.

"If you're sure."  Matt says before they put on speed.  It takes them a few minutes and they find a large red insectoid Digimon called MegaKabuterimon battling against a large rock dragon Digimon with a gun for it right arm.

A short red haired human seems to have a dart in his hand while looking worriedly at the battle going on before them.  "You can do it, MegaKabuterimon!"  The human calls out and Matt glances to Gabumon.  "Right!"  Gabumon says and takes a few steps towards the fight then the other rookie begins to glow.

"Gabumon Digivolve too..."  As the light fades, revealing a four legged Digimon with white fur with blue stripes declaring to the world, "Garurumon!"

With his Digivolution complete, the canine Digimon joins the fight while he moves to stand protectively behind  TK.  "It's too bad you can't Digivolve, I bet you'd beat that pile of rocks, Yami."  TK says after the battle rages on for a few minutes.  He hums in agreement, not taking his eyes off the rock Digimon that the other two were having trouble defeating.

As the rock Digimon notices the other humans beyond the red head, the Digimon manages to back away from the other two Digimon to take aim at TK.  As the gun fires, he grabs TK with his arms and pulls the boy out of the way of the dart while Garurumon takes the time to bite down hard on the gun arm of the rock dragon.

"Enough already!"  MegaKabuterimon shouts out in annoyance and within seconds the ultimate Digimon roars out, "Horn Blaster!"  The attack hits the Digimon's head, causing it to crack for a few seconds before the rock Digimon falls backwards.

"Wolf Cry!"  Garurumon bellows, the sonic waves causes the head of the rock Dragon to burst and within seconds the Digimon breaks apart into data particles.  "Well, that's unusual."  TK says and he can't help but ask, "How so?"

"Well, usual Garurumon uses his Howling Blaster, I mean, he only has one attack, right?"  TK asks him as he lets the boy drop to the ground.  "I have three attacks, I know Garurumon has six attacks, and MegaKabuterimon has seven attacks."  He says and Matt looks surprised while TK just says, "Oh."

Within seconds MegaKabuterimon and Garurumon glow and within seconds a Motimon and Gabumon appears.  "Motimon!"  The red head shouts as the human races towards the in-training Digimon.

How odd, do they always return to their in-training or rookie forms?  He wonders as he cocks his head to the side as he watches as Matt walks up to the new human.  "Hey Izzy, guess you got attacked too by an unknown Digimon, huh?"  Matt says, kind of stating the obvious.

"Well, to be honest, I hadn't expected to encounter anyone when we exited out Vademon dimensional hole."  Izzy says before the red head notices him.  "Looks like that's not the only new Digimon I get to encounter today."  Izzy says dryly and Matt turns to look at him before nodding in agreement.

"Yea, that's Yami, according to him, he's a BlackGuilmon.  He's kind of replaced Patamon until we figure out how to send Yami home while having Patamon send here."  Matt explains and within seconds the one known as Izzy circles him, clearly studying him.

"I thought Digimon don't do names?"  Izzy wonders and TK puffs out his chest as he replies, "Well, saying BlackGuilmon is such a mouthful so I figured I'd call him Yami and he didn't object to the name."

"So, what do you plan to do with that dart?"  TK asks while Matt takes time to survey the area.  "I want to examine it since I think that what it contains is meant to affect humans since the Digimon didn't try and use it against either of the Digimon."  Izzy explains and he hums as he recalls the first encounter with such an unknown Digimon.

"Well, I think we're in the clear."  Matt declares as he walks over to join the majority.  Izzy is careful with the dart and wraps the point up so they don't accidentally poke themselves with the point and find out the effects first hand.

A few seconds later, some kind of hologram appears and he doesn't give it much mind as he finds himself distracted as something scratches at the back of his mind but it seems that it refuses to make itself clear.  As he closes his eyes and focuses on whatever it is, he finds an image of a human wearing yellow goggles with hazel reddish eyes and a red version of him with black markings.  For some odd reason, he suddenly felt hollow inside and once the picture vanishes back into the blackness of his mind, he opens his eyes to find the rest of the group heading off.

It wasn't long before he's pacing behind TK as they walk towards some unknown destination.

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TK

He finds himself in what appears to be a bakery.  Grey shades shaped like humans move about the shop with one behind the counter.  He hears a familiar hum and he finds Yami standing right behind him, an odd look in Yami's yellow eyes.

"Where are we?  Are is this a dream?"  He wonders and Yami moves towards the counter.  Yami's hand touches the counter's surface and he moves to follow his current partner.

Yami heads into the back and he hastes slightly but he follows since he's curious about why they're there.  In the kitchen there were two grey shades that seem to be working there.  Yami stands there for a few minutes before Yami heads towards the stair case.

"I'm not sure we're allowed up there."  He informs Yami but Yami just hums before continuing so he follow after the Digimon.  They soon enter into a hallway and Yami keeps walking, as if knowing where he's going which was kind of strange.

Yami stops before a room with an open door.  In the end, he manages to squeeze pass Yami to take a look inside.  He walks into the room that seems to belong to a human kid.

He does notice an Agumon figurine on a book case and on the desk top was a note pad with a drawing of a red dino with the name Guilmon written on it.  "Weird..."  He says and as he reaches to touch the pad of paper, everything fades black and suddenly, he finds himself being shaken by his older brother.

"TK?  TK!  You ok?"  Matt asks him worriedly and he can't help but blink before rubbing his eyes.  "What's wrong Matt?  I was having the strangest dream of being in a bakery..."  He asks tiredly while Matt raises an eyebrow.

"Oh yea?  What were you doing?  Pigging out on cream buns?"  Matt asks jokingly and he frowns as he tries to recall the details of the dream.

"Well, Yami was there and we explored it until we got to this kid's room.  There was something on the desk that I was reaching for when you woke me up."  He tells his elder brother.

"Oh well, come on or you won't get any breakfast."  Matt says and he nods as his brother heads to join the others.  He turns to look over at Yami as Yami seems to be staring intently at the ground.

"It was a dream, right?"  He wonders and Yami blinks before turning to look at him.  "Maybe."  Yami replies and he sighs before getting up as his stomach growls about the lack of food.

As they head off, he can't help but turn to face Yami who seems to be staring up at the sky with an odd expression in his eyes.  "Come on, Yami!  The others are leaving already!"  He calls out to his new protector and Yami blinks as the black Digimon nods in agreement.

Within seconds, Yami and him caught up with the others as they head for Gennai's lake.

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Yami

"I see, can I see this dart that you kept Izzy?  I want to examine it in more detail and maybe come up with an antidote."  The little old man says and the man holds out his hand while Izzy brings out the dart he got from the encounter with a rock dragon Digimon.

"Does that mean you know of a way to get Patamon out of Yami's home reality?"  TK asks the little man though he doubts the Digital man known as Gennai has any definite way to return him at this moment in time.  He looks at the map resting on the wall as the old looking Digital man answers, "I do know of a way to return Yami here back to his world and to get Patamon back, but I'm sorry to say this but that way has been blocked off for a while now."

"But I do believe I have something that might allow Yami here to Digivolve.  It dropped out of a gate much like the one that Yami described, I even heard the giggles that sound like wind charms and when I looked up, it dropped on the ground in front of me."  The little old man says, his turns to look at the man when he described the giggling.

"Giggling?"  He hears Sora question softly.  He flaps his ears as at the sight of the device that Gennai has in his hand.

"A D-Arc..."  He says as his vision mists over as another image over laps this golden one, for a moment he saw one that was red instead of gold.  "D-Arc you say?  Mmmm, well, here you go, TK.  I'm sure you'll use it well."  Gennai says as hands the device over to the young blond.

"Wow, I wonder how it works."  TK says and as he turns to look at Agumon, who was trying to steal some food from Tai's plate.

Within seconds the D-Arc begins to beep and within seconds a hologram of Agumon appears.  Izzy reads off the information that the D-Arc is displaying.  "Agumon, a vaccine attribute Digimon of the rookie level.  Reptile type who's attacks are Pepper Flame, Claw Attack, and Spitfire."

"That's a pretty useful function."  Izzy says as the hologram vanishes and the rest of the group hum in agreement while Agumon tries to look innocent while Tai notices that some of his food has vanished.

"Yes, I agree, that would be a useful function for a Digivice to have."  Gennai muses.  He looks down at his own claws, unsure why he felt so hollow...

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Later that evening, he heard somebody get up and on seeing that it was Izzy, he closes his eyes and tries to go back to sleep.  Hope it doesn't take too long for the upgrade...  He muses as sleep takes him.

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TK

He watches as Tai punches the iron gate one last time.  He had mixed feelings about what just happened though it takes him a bit to realize that Yami wasn't with the group.  "Where's Yami?"  He asks Gabumon and his brother's partner takes a look around before pointing at the stone pillar a bit at the back.

Nodding his thanks, he runs towards the large rookie to see what's caught Yami's attention.  "So, why are you over here?  I mean, everyone's over there, by the gate."  He asks after staring at stone pillar for a few seconds.

"We're missing something...  We need the things that fit here."  Yami says in a puzzled tone and frowns as his ears droop slightly.

He can't help but blink before scratching the side of his head.  Before he gets the chance to say anything though, something decides its the perfect time to attack.  "Crimson Claw!"  A newly arrived Devidramon roars.

He screams as the attack comes closer and he hears the attack connect with something, make that with someone.  "Yami..."  He says in awe as the black rookie holds onto the Devidramon's claws.

"TK!"  He hears Matt call out but he can't take his eyes off of Yami as the rookie tries to push the arm away.  The evil champion Digimon growls before sending Yami flying through the air.

"YAMI!"  He calls out and tries to run to the fallen Digimon's side.  Please no, not now, not to him, not after what happened to Patamon!  He cries out mentally.

Within seconds he finds himself pinned to the ground while the others were trying to get their partners to Digivolve but it seems that they're all exhausted.  "TK?  TK!"  He hears Yami cry out.

He moves his head and finds Yami getting to his feet, he can't help but noticed that the symbol on Yami's chest glowing slightly.  Yami begins to growl and with a snarl the smaller Digimon charges at Devidramon.  "Rock Crusher!"

The attack slams into the arm pinning him down.  The larger black Digimon cries out before back handing Yami into a wall.  The Devidramon turns his back on him to deal with Yami.

He can't help it, his tears flowed freely as a sob.  It's like with Devimon all over again.  Please, somebody, anybody, do something!  He screams within his mind as he wipes his tears from his face.

A familiar glow erupts from his Digivice and then his new Digivice begins to glow as his original one's light dies down.  "Blackguilmon Digivolve too..."  An egg of light surrounds Yami and within a few seconds later, the egg breaks apart to reveal a really large black Digimon with red marking.

"Blackgrowlmon!"  The new and improve Yami snarls with some steam coming out of his nostrils.  Grey hair frame Yami's head while odd blade like extensions were around his wrist.

With a snarl the two black champions charge each other, Yami lashing out with his claws as Devidramon tries to slam into Yami.  As the two exchange blows, he stares in awe at how big and furious looking Yami is as a champion level Digimon.

"Black Bite!"  Devidramon growls and Yami growls, "Dark Blade!"  The blade like extensions on Yami's wrists move into position before glowing.  As Devidramon tries to get close to bite Yami, Yami slams a blade into Devidramon's left shoulder while Yami's other hand slashes at Devidramon's eyes, causing the Devidramon howl in pain.

"Black Exhaust Flame!"  Yami snarls and within seconds, a stream of flame shoots out of Yami's mouth, engulfing the injured Devidramon.  Within seconds a Digi-egg hits the ground as Yami roars in triumph.

"Yami?"  He asks and within seconds the champion Digimon turns to regard him.  Yami cocks his head to the side, an unsure expression in the champion's eyes.  "TK?"  Yami asks and then within seconds Yami returns to his rookie form with a confused look in his eyes.

"We won?"  Yami asks and he just nods, though he did wonder what caused such a strange reaction in Yami when he was a champion.

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TK

He kept glancing at the other room where Yami's currently holding up in as Tai and the other talk with Gennai about their failure to get through the gate when Myotismon opened the gate to enter into the human world and about how odd Yami had acted after finishing off the Devidramon.

He's more worried by the fact that Yami seems to be more withdrawn then usual.  He bites his lower lip as his need to stick around to hear what Gennai's thoughts are on their situation to his wanting to go comfort Yami.

"I think Yami needs you, TK, I'm sure the others would understand if you head off to talk with him."  Gabumon says softly and he's startled for a seconds before nodding in thanks to the fur wearing rookie.

He slips out as the others wait for Gennai to return with something.  It wasn't hard to find his Neo-partner as Yami's curled up in a ball in a corner.

"Yami?"  He says softly once he's within a foot radius of the large rookie.  Yellow eyes move to look at him though the Digimon didn't say anything, he figured that the movement was an unspoken 'What?'

He sits down as he says, "Do you want to talk about it?"  Yami's eyes flicker away from him before the black rookie moves to put his arms under his jaw.

"I didn't recognize you when I saw you."  Yami answers softly, his eyes were down cast.  "Well, we haven't really gotten to know each other, so, it could be, you know, that."  He replies.

"I'm not sure that's the reason."  Yami states softly.  "Then what do you think the reason was?"  He asks as he leans forward.

"I think the problem is that I'm a monster."  Yami replies.  He blinks before scratching the side of his head as he tries to think of something to say.

"Why'd you think that?"  He asks after a few minutes of coming up with blank.  "I heard a girl's voice call me one while I was looking down at you.  That expression...  It cut deep into me, it hurt seeing that look on your face."  Yami states with a pain look in his eyes.

He looks away, he couldn't help but admit he was kind of scared as Yami roared on defeating the Devidramon.  "It was pretty frightening to see you standing there, roaring over your victory over Devidramon.  It didn't help that you got so big!  Like in Greymon big!"  He tells Yami.

"But what really scared me was the look in your eyes when you heard me call you by your nick name.  I thought you forgot about me."  He adds as he looks down into his lap, he can feel tears well up in his eyes.

His body shakes as some of his tears escape his eyes and land on his hands.  "I couldn't stand it, seeing Devidramon beating on you when you couldn't really defend yourself!  It made me remember what happened with Devimon again!  I just lost Patamon and I was about to lost you!"

He sobs slightly and after a few minutes he feels something pick up his chin, he finds himself looking into Yami's face.  "Don't cry, TK."  Yami says softly as Yami's eyes gleam with tears as well.

"Yami!"  He cries as he charges forward to hug the black coloured Digimon.  He feels Yami rub his back as he cries into the black rookie's chest.

Unknown to the pair, Tai and Matt watch from the doorway for a few seconds before they move away from the doorway.

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Yami

As the castle rumbles and breaks apart, he can't help but stare intently at the Agumon card.  He has this minor desire to grab it and stuff it into a pocket or something, which was kind of weird since unlike the others, he wasn't very concerned about this Tai picking the right card.

In the end, Tai picks the Gomamon card and one Izzy puts it into the slot, the iron gate begins to open.  As the group's cheering is cut short, he makes sure to pick up TK before racing straight towards the opening gates.

TK doesn't squirm much as they race the gauntlet of enemy Digimon trying to prevent them from reaching the glowing gate way to the human world.  The other Digimon all Digivolve to deal with different opposing Digimon trying to block their path.

He's the first to make it through the gate and within seconds, he feels...

"Yami?"  He wakes to hear TK standing over him, looking down at him.  "TK?"  He asks and finds that his voice has undergone a change in pitch as well as his surroundings.

"He's so... so... cute!"  Mimi declares and within seconds he finds himself getting hug by the pink wearing member of the Digidestine while he tries not to faint from dizziness.

I think I'm goin' to hurl!  He thinks as he finds himself in the air as Mimi spins around.

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Yami

"So, how come you're red with black markings instead of black with red markings?"  TK asks him as they walk towards Highton View Terrace.

"I'm a Gigimon, as far as I know, they only come in one colour."  He says as he wishes that he was on the ground so that he can try and catch his tiny tail.

Though a small part of him notes that if he caught it in his teeth, it would hurt but the larger part of him didn't  care since he didn't want to sit still at all.

The joys of being an in-training Digimon.

"I don't ever think I'll ever get this stain out of this shirt!"  Mimi complains yet again and almost everyone sighs on hearing Mimi complain about it for the eighth time since they got off the school bus.

"It's your own fault, you just had to spin him."  Sora reminds Mimi as they wait for the light to change.

Before anyone could say anything, they watch a police car pull up and shout at them about some kind of monster loose.  He stops trying to draw his name in the air with his tail as he looks on as the others decide to check it out.

Huh, I wonder why this feels familiar...  Mmmmm...  I wonder if I can talk Matt into making some Guilmon Bread later...  He wonders as TK carries him into a dangerous situation with a Mammothmon.

So with a look of concentration, he tries to recall what items they would need to make Guilmon Bread.  Not giving any mind to the battle that's approaching.

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TK

He sighs as he notices that Yami has drifted off to sleep while they wait for a subway train.  He can't help but compare Yami as an in-training Digimon to when he's a rookie Digimon.

He sure is energetic and more talkative as Gigimon then when he's Blackguilmon.  Though, why is he acting so different?  I mean, none of the other Digimon act so different between their two forms.  He muses to himself as looks at the top of Yami's head.

"Penny for your thoughts."  Sora says and he turns to look at Sora before sighing.

"I can't believe how different Yami's been acting, I mean, Yokomon doesn't act very different from when she's Biyomon, right?"  He asks and Sora looks down at Yokomon for a second while some little kid begins to yank on one of Yokomon's tentacles.

It wasn't long before Yokomon gets tired of having the kid yank on her after Sora's subtle attempts of getting the kid to let go.

After coming up with a false department store that sold Sora her 'toy'.  Surprisingly, the car empties of everyone but Digidestine and their Digimon partners.

Though slowly, he finds it hard to stay awake...

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Yami

"Well, now how do we hide you?"  TK asks him as he examines himself in the mirror.  He can't help but feel very relieved about finally being back to being a Blackguilmon.

He looks from the mirror and glances at TK as he says, "I could pretend to be a guy in a costume."  For some odd reason, he can't help but feel that this event was familiar like he's done something like this before but the memory escapes him.

"I'm not sure it would work."  TK says with a slight frown on his face.

"Worth a try, isn't?"  He muses lightly with a slight grin on his face while TK looks unconvinced.

"I guess..."  TK says and he just hums slightly before returning to admiring himself in the mirror, for some reason he just couldn't figure out why his reflection seemed to trouble him.

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"I can't believe nobody noticed anything!"  TK says as they get into the park that they're meeting the others in.  He just shrugs though he can't help but be uneasy about their trip through the city.

He's got a headache since something is trying to claw its way to the surface but it can't seem to make it.  He sighs as TK calls out a greeting to his elder brother.  "Hey Matt!"  TK calls out and the blond seems to look relieved to see that TK arrived alright.

"How come Yami is... well, out of the open?"  Matt asks.  "It was his idea, if anyone asked I told them that he's my cousin dressed up in a costume.  It worked oddly enough."  TK answers after giving Matt a hug while Matt looks slightly embarrassed about it.

"And they bought it?"  A disguised Gabumon asks in disbelief.  "Yea, they did."  TK answers and before long, the others begin to arrive with Tai being late and without a phone book.

He never found it, huh?  He muses thoughtfully as he settles down behind TK while some of the others express their disbelief over the simplicity of his disguise.

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"Well that was unproductive."  Matt muses as they head to the apartment he lives with his mom.

Yami hums in agreement as the black rookie holds a pole as the car moves.  He sighs, he wanted to argue that he could make it home with only Yami to accompany him but at the same time, he didn't want to spoil the moment.

If he learnt anything about losing Patamon it was taking time to enjoy the precious moments you have with someone since you never know what the future might bring.  He touches one of his black sweat bands from around his wrist that he's taken to wearing once they arrived home.

It was to symbolize his mourning lose of his first partner but it also a slight tribute to Yami.  He was currently thinking of what to wear to symbolize Patamon.

"I think we should get off here."  Yami says, snapping him out of his thoughts as he stares at the black rookie.

"But we're not even close of my home!"  He says but Yami's already getting out and in the end, they followed Yami's example, though he did feel a bit miffed about this.

Yami sniffs the air and hums in confirmation before leading them through the shopping district.  As they were rounding a corner, they ran into some trouble, pretty literally since they collided with two Digimon.

On holding his D-Arc, a hologram appears of the first Digmon that was a rock type.

"Gotsumon, a data attribute Digimon of the rookie level.  Mineral type who's attacks are Rock Fist, Crazy Crusher, and Earth Shaker."  He reads and then the image switches to the pumpkin headed Digimon.

"Pumpkinmon, a data attribute Digimon of the ultimate level.  Puppet type who's attacks are Trick or Treat and Pumpkinmon Power."  He reads before the image vanishes.

"He's an ultimate?"  Gabumon asks in disbelief while Yami cocks his head to the side with an unreadable look in his eyes.  "Seems so."  Matt says while the pair recovered from seeing their information hovering over an unknown Digivice.

"Pretty amazing piece of equipment you got there."  Gotsumon says with his arms crossed while Pumpkinmon nods in agreement while his arms were in a thinking pose.  "Yes, very impressive."  Pumpkinmon echos.

"Though, I've never seen a Digimon like him before."  Gotsumon muses turning to study Yami and the pumpkin headed Digimon hums in agreement.  Within seconds the two were dragging Yami off into a clothing store that's a bit away from where they encountered the pair.

He can't help but noticed that Yami's got this bemused expression in his eyes as well as a hint of sadness as the two crazy Digimon begin to dress up themselves.  As Matt tries to stop them, Matt, Gabumon, and himself soon find themselves in some new cloths, cloths that he didn't remember putting on.

Somebody in the store must have complained and so they raced out of the clothing shop and a few stores away before stopping to take a break.  While they were taking a breather, the pair of Digimon that arrived with Myotismon seem to have vanished.  "Now where did they go?"  Gabumon asks with a hint of a groan.

"Ice cream."  Yami muses softly.  "Huh?"  Matt and Gabumon says and within seconds they're being offered stolen ice cream.

"How is it you know what they're planing to do?"  He asks Yami and the rookie answers, "I can smell them and all Digimon think with their stomach at one point."

"No truer words have been spoken."  Matt agrees with a hint of a smile before they're chased by the ice cream vendor.

"So, who wants ice cream?"  Gotsumon asks once they stop running.  Yami takes a sniff and his eyes go funny as a growl erupt from the black rookie's throat.  Yami moves to stand by him with a stiff pose.

A dark laugh fills the alley in which they're hiding and suddenly Myotismon steps at the entrance of the alleyway.  He can't help but sigh as Matt shouts out the ultimate Digimon's name.  "Myotismon!"

As the ultimate Digimon's mouth opens, Yami shoots out a purple sphere of fire before charging straight at the more powerful Digimon, catching everyone by surprise, even Myotismon.

He closes his mouth before racing to see the fight going on between Yami and the vampire Digimon.  Within seconds, he can hear the others follow at his heels.  "What's gotten into him?  The last time he picked a fight was with Digitamamon."  Matt asks as crowds of people race in the opposite direction.

"Well... maybe it's cause he's a virus?  I mean, virus are pretty territorial when faced with another virus."  Gotsumon reasons while Pumpkinmon adds, "Did you see the look in his eyes?  Definitely a viral response there."

"Yami's attribute is a virus?"  Matt asks startled as they watch as Myotismon tries to hit Yami with a crimson coloured whip.  "You mean you didn't know?"  Pumpkinmon asks.

"He's fairly agile for his build, huh?"  Gotsumon muses as they watch as Yami try and close the distant between Myotismon and himself.  "Yea, he is."  Gabumon agrees as Yami fires off three of his Pyro Grenade attack in rapid secession.

In the end, Myotismon is focused to head into the air, an ugly look on the Digital vampire's face while Yami growls as he looks up at the vampire Digimon.  "Fool!  Do you know who you're dealing with?!"  Myotismon snarls.

"A coward."  Yami snaps at the ultimate level Digimon.  "Why you!  Grisly Wing!"  Myotismon shouts and as the wave a bats come towards him, Yami uses Pyro Grenade and the two attack explode.

The vampire lord had fled as the attack meet, leaving them alone on the street with Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon.  "How come you didn't do that back when we first met him?"  Matt demands and after blinking a few times, Yami gives him a puzzled look.

"Cause he had back up, the coward didn't bring any with him this time around."  Yami answers as if its plain as day.

"So then, what do we do with you two?"  TK asks as he turns to look at Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon.

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Myotismon

A silent snarl escapes from him as he marches towards his coffin.  A cold anger clings to him after being driven away by a simple rookie, though the symbol on the Digimon's chest does make him uneasy for some reason.  He slams a fist in the stone wall that's behind his coffin as he recalls how the Digimon that the young humans were calling Yami declared him a coward.

"Damn him!  Next time we met, I'll be the victorious one!"  He declares out loud to himself, not caring for the moment who hears him.

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Gatomon

"What's got his cape in a knot?"  One of the two Bakemon wonder after their lord and master march pass with a very displeased look on his face.  She rather not be the one responsible for causing Myotismon to be in such a mood.

Her ears perk as she hears his declaration of defeating a 'him' which makes her wonder which of the Digidestine got a hand up on the vampire Digimon.  "Just leave him alone and get back to your rounds!"  She orders the pair and within seconds, the two do as they're told.

She stares at the room that holds Myotismon's coffin for a few minutes longer before heading out to spy on that girl, Kari, who knows Agumon.  Hopefully next time Myotismon meet up with this mysterious 'he' that the 'he' will finish the job.  She thinks to herself as she heads out of the lair, a tiny bit of hope flares up in her chest on the thought of the vampire lord getting his just desserts.

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Tai

"Well, that was an interesting phone call."  He admits as he hangs up the phone after listening to Matt describes the night's events with a pair of Myotismon's 'hendmen' and how Yami drove the ultimate level Digimon away without even Digivolving.

There's just no end to the surprises that Yami seems to pull out of his sleeves.  Makes me kind of wish he had Digivolved during the fight with Myotismon, he could have taken the guy out and save us all this trouble.  He thinks as he flops onto the bottom bunk bed while Agumon's busy snacking on some fruit.

"What's wrong Tai?"  His partner and closest friend asks.  "Matt, TK, and their partners met up with a pair of Myotismon's henchmen, only the henchmen seem more interested in having fun then searching for the eighth Digidestine.  Then Myotismon shows up and suddenly, Yami goes berserk on seeing the guy and begins to attack before the vampire could say a word.  In the end, Yami drives Myotismon off and they're now trying to figure out what to do with the two henchmen."  He answers.

"Wow.  Who'd have thought the... big guy had it in him."  Agumon muses and he hums in agreement.  "That and it seems that Yami's a good tracker, it seems that despite being in a populated city, he's got a nose for sensing and trailing Digimon.  I wonder if we can use him to find Myotismon's lair, take the fight to him."  He muses as he rolls onto his back.

"I thought we're suppose to trying to find the eighth child?"  His partner muses and he shrugs.  "True, but we can't just let his plans come to a head and we'd have more time to find him!"  He says as his sits up to look at his partner.  Agumon doesn't seem so convinced but doesn't say anything.

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Wizardmon

"And where do you two think you're going?"  He asks Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon as they try to sneak into the lair.  The two look like they were caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

"Huh, well, you see..."  Pumpkinmon trails off while Gotsumon puffs his chest out as Gotsumon says flatly, "We're here to steal the tag and chest that Myotismon has in his coffin."

He blinks, he wasn't expecting that when he approached them.  "And we're willing to go through you to do so!"  Gotsumon declares boldly and after a second, Pumpkinmon nods in agreement, gathering his courage doing so.

"I see, well then, I hadn't expected to try it so soon since I wanted to help Gatomon find who she's looking for but seeing as you two are willing, I feel that I'm obliged to help you two out."  He says causing the two to get out of their attacking stances.

"Alright!"  The two rebellious Digimon cries out before giving each other high fives.

Well, it will be interesting working with these two at least.  He muses before they huddle up to discuss their plan to recover the true tag and crest of the eighth Digidestine.

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Ryo

He enters into the living room en route to the kitchen when he heard something coming from the TV that his mom's watching.  "I swear that's what I saw!  A black dino the size of a child of about ten years old breathing purple coloured fire balls at this vampire!  It had these odd looking ears with bands of red around his body!"

He turns as the man being interviewed holds up a sketch of said dino.  "This is a rough sketch of what the thing looked like!"  The guy says and he feels his jaw drop on seeing the dino.

It can't be... Guilmon, could it?  He wonders as the image switches back to the reporter while his mind swims over the implications.

But then, Gallantmon had been in the blast radius with me, so could they have piggy backed with me here.  He thinks as the reporter interviews a few others who claimed seeing a colour reversed Guilmon battling Myotismon.

He can't help but wonder just how altered the time line has become if Takato and Guilmon were really here at this time and place.  It wasn't long before the news program switches to some other kind of news and he heads to the kitchen as he remembers why he exited out of his room in the first place.

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Yami

He finds himself in a rather large tunnel.  He takes his time as he studies the area as TK seems to gasp at their surroundings.  This place seems familiar and yet he knew it this place wasn't in the Digital world either.

"Pretty big place, huh?"  TK asks him and he hums in agreement and after a few seconds, six grey shades begin to walk into the tunnel from this door located at the top of these stairs.

Three of the shades were uniform in shape while the other shades come in different shapes with at least two of them having a tail while the smaller shade has large ears.  He hums thoughtfully as his eyes followed the slightly hunched over shade that's about his size.

"I wonder where they're going?"  The young boy wonders and then the child adds, "I guess we should follow them."

He trails behind the young blond as they follow the six shades as they walk through the tunnel, his eyes fixated on the hunched shade.  After an indefinite amount of time, they arrive at the end of the tunnel and as they follow the shades out of the tunnel, both TK and him gasp on seeing a large red blob on the horizon.

"That is that?  And, why is it in the human world?"  TK asks and he doesn't have an answer as he feels a great deal of sorrow and guilt on seeing the massive blight resting who knows how far from them.

Beeping wakes him up and within seconds of hiding in the closet, TK's mom enters into the room to wake the young blond up.

As TK rubs his eyes, his mom exits out of the room, allowing him to come out of the closet.  As TK begins to change out of his PJs, he looks out the window, staring at the building surrounding the apartment as images from the dream linger at the edge of his mind before vanishing completely as TK opens the door.

As he turns to look at the young boy, TK looks slightly troubled and asks, "It wasn't just a dream, was it?  It seemed so real..."

"A memory maybe."  He says softly and TK sighs.  "So you had the same dream then?"  TK asks and he hums as he nods in agreement.

"Well, I'll see if mom's busy and then we can sneak you into the kitchen for breakfast."  The young blond says and he hums thoughtfully.

After about twenty or so minutes, TK arrives at the doorway and waves him forward.

As they enter into the kitchen, he frowns at the sight of cereal boxes on the table.  "Mind if I make my own breakfast?"  He asks and TK blinks before saying, "I guess, just don't make too big of a mess."

He hums in acknowledgment of the warning and slowly begins to look through the cardboards, searching for things once he preheats the over to a certain degree.  Once he's taken out everything on his mental list, he then studies each item until something clicks inside of his head.

With a hum, he begins to measure out some flour, butter, and other things before putting all into a large mixing bowl.  Using a big wooden spoon to mix the batter, he asks TK to spray the pans with some grease.

Once he feels that the batter is good, he puts it down and washes his hand before going onto the next step.

As soon as his hands are dry, he begins to take some of the batter and shape it before putting it on the cookie sheets he found in the kitchen.  He uses up all of the batter and then opens the oven door to put the sheets into the hot oven.

Once that's done, he sets the timer on the microwave and then begins to do the dishes while the timer counts down.

The scent of fresh buns wafers through the apartment, TK looks into the oven's window with a hint of drool on his chin.

He manages to stop the timer before it beeps as to not attract TK's mom's attention.

Using the oven mitts, he takes the first tray out of the oven and sets it on the cooling rack.  Before taking out the last tray, he turns the oven off and then sets the second on top of the elements on top of the oven.

"Oh, they really smell good, I wonder if they taste as good as they smell!"  TK says in excitement while he smiles, an odd sense of pride bursting within his chest.

"They likely do."  He says and once he's sure that they're cool enough, he hands a bun to TK and as the young boy takes a bite out of it.  TK hums in pleasure and finishes off the bun in record time.

"Can I have another one, please?"  TK asks giving him puppy dog eyes.  With a sigh, he hands two down to the boy and as he settles at the table to eat, TK follows and every so often, he hands the boy a bun to munch on.

Before long, they're late with meeting up with Matt and so they leave the last few bun on a plat on the counter before heading out to hook up with the elder blond and his partner Digimon.

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Wizardmon

He stares wearily at the tag and crest, wondering if it was worth the price they paid to get it.  The sorrow he feels for Gotsumon who risked his life for Pumpkinmon and himself to escape as all those Bakemon appeared while Myotismon uses Crimson Lightning in a fit of anger and likely hoping that the attack would hit them.

Pumpkinmon rests not far from him as he pockets the tag and crest.  The sun was bright out and with a few gentle nudges, he wakes the ultimate level Digimon.  "Are we under attack?"  The pumpkin head Digimon asks.

"No, but it's safe to head off in search for Matt, TK, and their partners."  He says softly and Pumpkinmon nods soberly.  "Now we just need the Digivice."  He muses softly out loud.

"You think we'll be able to avoid the others under his command?"  Pumpkinmon asks with a grim hint to his question.  "We might if we stick to crowded areas."  He answers.

"Then lets go before we're found and it's taken, unraveling our hard work and tainting Gotsumon's sacrifice."  The ultimate says standing up.  With a sigh, he gets to his feet and follows the higher level Digimon in search for the two blonds.

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TK

They were taking a rest break in front of the building they promised to meet up with Gotsumon and Pumpkinmon the evening before.  He hopes that neither of the Digimon ran into any trouble on their scouting mission.  He doubts that Myotismon would be in a mood to let the pair off from not doing their jobs and helping the vampire lord against Yami's onslaught.

"You'd think after last night they'd do more then glance at you."  Matt muses as few of the people walking pass gave Yami more then a passing glance.

He sighs as he looks around at the people walking about.  "They might think I'm dressed like this to get attention or as an advertisement by some company about a new product."  Yami answers as the black coloured Digimon finishes his soda.

Yami pauses and looks up as the rookie sniffs the air with his ears flap once as with a shadow of a smile on his face.  "Where's Gotsumon?"  He asks as Pumpkinmon appears with an unknown Digimon.

"We got the tag and crest, though...  I'm sorry to report that Gotsumon gave his life for us to escape."  The usually free spirited Digimon says and he blinks rapidly as that sinks in.

"I'm sorry for your lose, Pumpkinmon.  I wish he never had to give his everything for this task."  Yami says softly, surprising pretty much everyone.

After a few seconds, Pumpkinmon nods with some tears trailing down his orange face.  "Thanks, it means a lot to hear that."  The vegetable headed Digimon says.

"You're not so bad, for a viral."  The ultimate level Digimon adds in a lighter tone and Yami looks embarrassed with the faint praise directed his way and scratches the back of his head with his right hand.

"So, who's your new friend?"  Gabumon asks after a few uncomfortable minutes.

"Oh?  Ah!  This is Wizardmon, he joined us after catching us sneaking into the big bad's lair.  It was through his tricks we got as far as we did."  Pumpkinmon says and then adds, "Wizardmon, I'd like you to met Matt and his partner Digimon Gabumon.  The little one is TK and the big black one is Yami who's a... what are you again?"

"He's a Blackguilmon."  He says helpfully.  "Huh, I never heard of a Guilmon before and now I'm know a Blackguilmon."  Pumpkinmon muses in a thinker pose.

"Nice to meet you."  The dark robed Digimon says, giving them each a nod in greeting.  "Dido."  Matt says and he grins as he nods in agreement while Yami echos his sentiment.

"So, now what?"  He wonders as Wizardmon hands over the tag and crest belonging to the eighth Digidestined.  "That's the question, isn't it?"  Matt muses and Yami hums in agreement.

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Gatomon

"They stole what?"  She asks DemiDevimon in alarm.  She had been busy most of the night camping on the roof top directly across from Tai and Kari's apartment building, so this was very new news to her.

"Yep, three Digimon were Wizardmon, Gotsumon, and Pumpkinmon and boy is Myotismon in a rage!  Though the Gotsumon was deleted as they were escaping from the hide out.  Boy I'm glad I'm not either of those two Digimon since by the time Myotismon get his fangs into them they'd wish they'd been deleted with their friend!"  DemiDevimon declares with a short laugh following that rant.

Her mind was else where as the flying bowling ball muses about what kind of torture their lord and master plans to use on the rogues.  I feel it in my whiskers that the Digidestine put them up to this, but why didn't they have those three lead them to the hide out?  Surely the Digidestine would have preferred an all out attack on the off chance they could delete Myotismon, right?  After all, one of them managed to drive him back earlier last night so why stop there with one minor victory?  She wonders to herself for a few minutes.

Without saying a word, she leaves the rookie talking to himself to go off and find something to eat before returning to the search.  Who knows, she just might find one of the two rogues and get them to tell her why they would risk so much without having any back up.

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Yami

As they headed to the local park to meet up with the others, after all, Matt used some spare change to call Joe to ask him to phone the others to let them know that they have the original tag and crest.

Though on their way, he did pause and sniff the ground, he smelled some kind of Digital feline had been there recently which made him wonder why that made him feel slightly relieved.

Not mentioning the scent, he catches up to the small group as the find a suitable spot to relax in as they wait for the others.

As he curls up next to TK, he begins to wonder about random things like, why were there bird song in the Digital world and he's yet to see a song bird or about why the Digi-Gnomes intended for him to be in this alternate realm and then he wonders if he had a partner before he lost his memories.

As he's thoughts slowly came back down to earth, he notices that the others have slowly arrived, and by the time he sat up, Joe's racing towards them carrying Gomamon in his gym bag.

They hadn't started discussing anything really important, from the last bit of conversation he picked up on, TK was telling Izzy about the buns he made this morning before they left the apartment while Matt and Tai were talking about strategies with Wizardmon, leaving Mimi and Sora to talk about whatever it was that girls like to talk about.  The other Digimon were taking the time out to rest since they might find themselves in a large battle by the end of tonight if Myotismon is still steamed about what happened with the tag and crest.

Once Joe's settled down, the discussion began.

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Ryo

"How hard could it be finding a black Dino, he asks.  It's not as if he's here to help me search."  He mutters to himself as he walks around in what will soon become covered in Myotismon's fog and a battleground for the followers of Myotismon and the Digidestine.

It's almost evening and he's been at this since noon.  As he steps into a restaurant, he blinks into a mirror facing the door and watches as a Digimon that could pass as Guilmon's twin brother walks by following a small kid who's roughly about eight or nine years old.

He quickly turns and heads out the door, trying to catch up to the pair, finally he calls out, "Hey Guilmon!  Wait up!"

The black Guilmon's ears flap before the large rookie pauses and turns to look at him with a questioning look in his yellow gaze.

"What's the hold up, Yami?"  A familiar voice asks and its then does he recognized the Digidestine of Hope, TK.

"Yami?"  He echos, already thrown by the rookie's colour scheme, on seeing one of his old 'friends', but finding out that the Digimon he was searching for being nick named Yami was very out there.

"Well, saying Blackguilmon all the time would be a mouthful."  TK reasons while Yami cocks his head to the side with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"Huh, so... where's your partner?"  He asks TK, taking his eyes off of the black rookie to see TK's partner is in his arms.

"Patamon...  He's not in this dimension, he's currently in Yami's Digital world since his Digi-egg fell through a portal as Yami was coming to rescue me from getting hit with this dart that's suppose to turning me into a Digimon."  TK admits and he sighs, it seems that the group they were investigating was now active in this dimension.

"I don't suppose you know where Takato is, do you?"  He asks the pair and Yami blinks before frowning while TK asks, "Who's Takato?"

With a loud sigh, he realizes that this was going to be one of those days...

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Yami

They were in a restaurant with somebody who seems to claim to know him, true Ryo claimed he had been a Guilmon when they first met but he didn't know why that seem to sadden him.  He hadn't changed that much, did he?

"So let's get something straight, Takato's Yami's human partner and you think he's suppose to be around here, somewhere, looking for Yami?"  TK asks after listening to an explanation of how Ryo knew him and his supposedly human partner.

"Well, I think that's roughly it, yea."  Ryo says and he could tell that TK seems troubled by this.

"I only came through this portal because the Digi-Gnomes kind of herded me towards an energy tear."  He finally pipes in after a few minutes and a look of surprise flash in Ryo's eyes, as if he wasn't expecting him to say that.

"Digi-Gnomes?  What are those?"  TK perks up, likely glad for the change in topic.  "They're little glowing creatures that cause wishes to come true.  Where I'm from, they've been around as long as there have been Digimon.  Some say they do the will of the Digital world."  He answers and yet again Ryo gives him an odd look.

"You got it in a nut shell."  Ryo agrees and he takes his time to regard Ryo once more, pondering over what to ask the almost teenager.

"Where's your partner?"  He finally asks in a flat tone and Ryo winces at the question.  "Hey, that's right, if you were friends with Takato and Yami, that means you must have your own Digimon partner, right?"  TK asks.

"Yea, I do, but because of that explosion I mentioned, he's not with me at the moment.  He's likely in the Digital world."  Ryo answers and he guesses that make sense, after all, he found himself in the Digital world of his home dimension before crossing over to this realm.

"Who was part of our group then?"  He asks as he remembers that dream from last night.

Ryo sighs, it's clear the kid wasn't exactly happy with all these questions or the fact that he doesn't have any memories of a time before he found himself in the Digital world as a Blackguilmon.  "Let's see, there's Henry who is partnered with a Terriermon, Rika who's partnered with a Renamon, Kazu who's partnered with a Guardromon, Kenta who's partnered with MarineAngemon, and then there's Jeri who was partnered with a Leomon."  Ryo says and he gets a flash of a leather wearing Digimon putting his claws through a Leomon's belly.

He looks down as the memory invokes emotions of disbelief and then righteous anger over the Leomon's deletion.  He shies away from thinking about the Leomon's partner to muse about the other names.  Oddly enough as he wonders about Henry and Rika, he gets another flash of a memory, this one connected to the tunnel TK and him dreamed of last night.

He saw a golden furred humanoid fox with purple gloves, a boy wearing an orange vest with a Terriermon hanging off his shoulder, not unlike the shades they followed last night.  Finally, he sees a slightly red faced red head with purple eyes dressed in a shirt with a blue heart on it and in a pair of blue jeans.

The hollow feeling within him aches at the images of his friends that he can't remember much about.

"So, do you know if Takato taught Yami how to bake?  He made some buns this morning and they were really good!"  TK says and he hears Ryo's answer since he didn't want to look up from the table just yet.

"I wouldn't know if Takato had taught Yami how to bake.  Though I do know that Takato's family owned a bakery and that this one time Henry, Rika, Takato, and their partners spent some time in Takato's family's bakery making themselves breakfast."  Ryo says.

"That was during the time the D-Reaper was attacking the real world, wasn't it?"  He asks as he recalls the red blob that TK and him had seen as they exited out of the tunnel with the shades.  He hears Ryo choke on air for a second and then coughs for a few seconds before managing to get control over his breathing.

"You remember what the D-Reaper was?"  Ryo asks and he cocks his head to the side as he stares at a far wall.  "Last night...  TK and I were in this tunnel and after a few minutes, six shades entered into the picture.  We followed them to the end of the tunnel and once we got out of the tunnel, we saw this large red blob on the horizon."  He says and TK hums in agreement.

"It was pretty hard to forget, seeing it there in the middle of a city."  TK adds.

"I see."  Ryo says with a frown on his face as the preteen looks down at the counter top.

Nobody spoke until their food arrived.

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Ryo

He found it hard to think of Yami as the Guilmon that he knew, in some ways, a lot of the black Digimon's mannerisms seem to scream Takato and not the crimson rookie of old.  After all, even without his memories, mannerisms were pretty hard to get rid of since one sometimes fall back into them without realizing it.

But if Yami was really Takato and not Guilmon, then what happened to Guilmon?  Sure he heard that Takato created Guilmon but it shouldn't matter since Guilmon was as much a part of Gallantmon as Takato was, so its likely that Guilmon might have been...  He presses his lips together as he considers that possibility.

"You know, I might be wrong about something."  He admits and TK asks, "Oh?"

"Yea, I kind of just assumed that Yami was Guilmon because of the fact that Takato's human and Guilmon's a Digimon, therefore it was logical that Yami had to be Guilmon.  But that doesn't seem to fly since the more time we're spending together, the more I come to think that I got it wrong."  He says.

"Ok, then, who do you think he is now?"  TK asks in a weary tone.  "I think that somehow, during the explosion, Guilmon and Takato might have switched species."  He says slowly and Yami looks alarmed while TK looks puzzled about that.

He decides to spell it out for the young boy.  "I think Yami's Takato, I mean, you said that he cooked this morning, right?  A lot of how Yami's acting screams Takato to me since mannerisms are more ingrained in the subconscious mind and shouldn't be affected by losing ones memory.  Guilmon's a very playful Digimon, very open and trusting Digimon and other then a slight increase of viral tendencies, he's mannerisms shouldn't have altered this much."

TK blinks while Yami looks thoughtful.  "So if we give Yami the antidote to the dart, he'll turn into a human?"  TK asks after a few minutes of thinking it over.  "I think there's more too it then that."  Yami says gently and he nods in agreement with Yami's statement.

"I think to undo this requires Guilmon or whatever name he's calling himself by, to be able to reverse this.  It might take a few years before we'll be able to locate Guilmon and I guess until then, Takato's going to stay as Yami until then."  He says and TK sighs.

"I think we should keep this to ourselves."  Yami says after drinking some water.  He blinks in surprise while TK asks, "How come?"

"Well for one thing, I don't want the others' pity.  I'm a Digimon now and for the time being, your partner.  Just because I was human sometime ago doesn't change the fact that we're having a rough time right now.  You need me in the role of your partner until we find and bring back Patamon.  The others might feel that they need to protect both of us because of the fact they don't want to risk losing me in a fight because I was once human.  That would take away divert their attention during battle, something that we might not be afford to happen."  Yami says, he can't help but agree with the human turned Digimon, his respect for Takato goes up a notch.

"There's more isn't there?"  TK asks softly and Yami looks away from TK's face.  "I can't help but feel that I did something really bad once, I want to use this as an opportunity to make up for that mistake.  Instead of being the usual variety of Guilmon, I'm a Black-Guilmon which must mean something more then just a species switch.  Maybe there's something in me that I have to confront and acknowledge, something I have to acknowledge so I can over come it."  Yami says.

He sighs, while Yami doesn't remember anything about Megidramon, it seems that deep down, the goggle wearing teen still hasn't forgiven himself about forcing Guilmon to Digivolve into that mega level demon dragon Digimon.  Although, he, too, had to admit that Yami's right about wondering why he's a Blackguilmon instead of the typical Guilmon.

Other then TK agreeing to keep silent about this secret, they soon switched to other topics as they wait for the waiter to arrive with the bill so that they can each head home.

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Yami

It was around noon when the news began to cover the strange fog covering the district where the majority of the Digidestine lived with the exception of Joe and TK.

He ducks more into the hallway as TK tries to convince his mom to try and get to through the fog to help Matt and his father, TK's mom's ex husband.  After a few minutes after they left, he moves to the window with a fire escape and once the window's open enough, he climbs through it.  He manages to close the window before climbing down, not wanting some thief to get in through the open window.

Once on the ground, he heads to the dock as something within him tells him that's where he needs to be.  He hopes that he'll met TK along the way.

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Kari

She stands at the device that Wizardmon had given her before charging off to distract the ghost Digimon while Gatomon and her head off to find a hiding spot.  Within just a few hours, the world seems to be spinning out of control as Bakemon round out everyone in the district under Myotismon's orders.

She could feel the tag that holds the crest of Light under her shirt as they wait for a patrol of Bakemon to pass by the alley they're ducked into.

"I think we're safe, for the moment at least."  The white cat Digimon that is her partner Digimon says softly after glancing around the street.  She presses her lips in a thin line as she nods when Gatomon glances at her.

"What does he want with all of those people?"  She can't help but wonder as they race through the street.  "Don't worry about it, he won't hurt them until after he gets what he wants."  Gatomon answers.

"And he wants me."  She says with a hint of dread within her chest while Gatomon doesn't say anything as they suddenly hug the wall as Gatomon moves to check around the corner.

"Clear!"  Gatomon tells her and with a nod, they race around the corner and when something moves before them, they duck into an alley.

"It's like a ghost town in here."  She hears a kid's voice say while somebody hums in agreement.  "I wonder where Tai and the others are, hopefully they're haven't been caught yet."  An older voice says while a third says, "Relax Joe, I doubt Agumon and other others would allow something to happen to their partners."  And that fourth presence hums in agreement.

As two foot steps walk pass, a large shadow pauses and then as she backs away, moving behind a large trash bin while Gatomon flexes her arms.  "Yami?"  The younger voice calls out.

"You found something?"  The same voice asks and one called Yami hums in agreement.  "Hello?  Pumpkinmon?  Wizardmon?"  She glances at Gatomon as the white cat turns to look at her.

She moves out from behind the trash bin and gets a good look at the pair at the entrance way to the alley.  She gives a passing glance at the boy her age dressed in green before staring frankly at the large black dino looking Digimon with red markings on his body.

Big.  What her only thought on seeing the rookie while Gatomon seems to gawking at the black Digimon with a stunned expression on her furry face.

"Hi, I'm TK and this is Yami, he's currently my partner until we find a way to rescue my original partner, Patamon."  TK says and she returns her attention to the kid.

"I'm Kari, Tai's little sister and this is Gatomon, my partner Digimon."  She says and once she said that, the third person comes back.

"What's the hold up, you two?"  The older voice asks.  "Yami found Tai's little sister and her partner, who's Gatomon!"  TK answers.

Within seconds, she gets to see an older kid with glasses with a little Digimon hovering by his shoulder.

"Hi, I'm Joe and this is my partner, Bukamon."  Joe says and Bukamon grins as he says, "Hi!"

"Nice to met you."  She says with a shy smile on her face as Gatomon nods, though her partner kept giving Yami the occasional glance.

"I can see why they call you Yami."  Gatomon says and a ghost of a smile seems to appear while the tall black Digimon hums.

"I think we should find some place safe so that you can tell us what's what."  Joe says and she nods in agreement, though she suddenly feels tire about racing through the street.

She must have look it as TK asks Yami, "Do you mind carrying her?  I think she's tired of running around."  With a nod, Yami drops to the ground TK gives her a smile of encouragement.

With a side glance at her partner, she climbs onto Yami's back, making sure to have her arms around his neck as he slowly and carefully get to his feet.  "Let's go."  Joe says and with that, they head off to find a secure place for their chat.

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TK

He can't help but feel a bit distressed about what Gatomon and Kari had to say.  It seems as if the whole group is scattered throughout the city and he rather not think about what could have happened with Pumpkinmon and Wizardmon.

He feels something on this shoulder and with a blink turns to find Yami looking at him.  He smiles slightly, feeling a bit better as he looks up into Yami's yellow eyes.

It's still a bit hard to believe that Yami's true form is a boy named Takato, he wonders what it would be like, not even remembering who his parents are let alone not remembering about Patamon or even about his friends and of course, Matt.

In that instance, he realized how thankful he was that Yami kept him from being hit with that dart since it, too, cause amnesia as well as transforming on into a Digimon.

Though Ryo never went into a great deal of information about either Guilmon, Yami's partner Digimon, or about Takato himself, he didn't mind since he rather learn more about his Neo-partner through their adventures and sharing dreams with Yami then just being told.  Though he did wonder if it bothered Yami about not knowing more about who he was before he found himself alone in his world's Digital world.

"I just wish I knew how the others are."  He says to Yami and the black rookie sighs as the crimson marked rookie sits down next to him while Joe and Gatomon move to comfort Kari while Bukamon keeps a look out for incoming Digimon.

"Keep hoping that they're ok and they will be, after all, you're crest is Hope, right?"  Yami says, trying to help him feel better.  He snorts but in someway, he can't fault Yami's logic.

"I guess, though, you think if you do Digivolve into Blackgrowlmon that you'll be able to, you know, remember me and the others?"  He asks and Yami shrugs.  "I hope so, but then, there were other things that required my attention at that time.  It might have been battle lust that I was experiencing and I was coming out of it by the end there."  The large rookie muses.

"Must be hard being a virus type."  He notes while Yami just sighs.  "There's nothing wrong with being a virus, it just that we have a different set of instincts then vaccine and data attribute Digimon."  The black Digimon says and he smiles on hearing that.

"Well, you are more protective of me then Patamon and Matt combine, that's for sure!"  He says with a little giggle while Yami seems to be embarrassed though it's hard to tell if Yami's blushing or not since since he's totally black.

"Guys!  I think it's time for us to move out!"  Bukamon says as the in-training Digimon comes speeding towards them.

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Yami

As they race through a back alley, he had mentioned that traveling viva the alleyways they could avoided being sported by larger and meaner Digimon on the streets.  It had surprised him that they listened to his suggestion but he hadn't had time to think about it more as they move through the maze of alleyways as they head through the city hoping to find one of the other Digidestine.

"This is getting tiresome."  A be-robed ghost Digimon called Phantomon says, appearing in a larger intersection of alleyways.  He fires off a Pyro Grenade which the Digimon cuts through using his chain sickle.  They pause and he makes sure to stand before TK while Gatomon stands in front of Kari.  Bukamon Digivolves into Gomamon before moving into position in front of Joe.

He can feel the surrounding Bakemon and ever fiber within him wishes he can just launch himself at the offending Digimon who threaten those under his command.  The only reason he's able to hold himself in check was simple, if he was out of range of TK its more then likely that Phantomon will take TK as a hostage.

"Now then, will you surrender or will we have to take you by force?"  The leader of the Bakemon asks in his eerie voice.

He glances to his right side to look at Gomamon and then to his left to look at Gatomon.  Neither of the other Digimon seems to have enough energy for a prolong fight and he doubts that Gomamon has it in him right now to go champion, which meant that they either surrender and hope to escape later or he Digivolves and chases the ghosts off.

"TK...  I'm willing to test that theory right now, you know, the one we talked about."  He says without taking his eyes off of Phantomon.  "If you're willing to try then so am I, get them Yami!"  TK says and within seconds the two Digivices in TK's possession glow.

"Blackguilmon Digivolved too..."  He feels his skin unravel before his body expands.  As new skin begins to cover him up, he felt new strength flow through him.

As the red frame within the egg begins to break appear within seconds of the last bit new skin finishes getting grafted to his frame.  "Blackgrowlmon!"  He roars with steam coming out of his nostrils.

"So it's to be by force, so be it.  Shadow Scythe!"  Phantomon cries out as the ghost Digimon swings his weapon and purple coloured energy comes flying towards him.

He easily bats the attack away, it hits one of the surrounding Bakemon and as Phantomon blinks in shocked amazement, he counter attacks using Dark Blade.  The ghost Digimon seems to teleport out of the line of attack.  The ball at the end of the chain wraps around his left arm.  He humphs and jerks his arm away from the ultimate ghost Digimon while Gomamon and Gatomon fend off attacks from the Bakemon.

Phantomon doesn't let go of weapon and so he slams the ghost Digimon into the surrounding buildings and into his fellow ghost Digimon.  He can't help but admit that this was kind of fun causing this Digimon to slam around since all the Digimon had to do was let go of the chain sickle to stop getting flung around.

"He looks like he's having fun."  He hears Gatomon comment, he assumes that the 'he' she's talking about was him.  "Well, I would too if I was capable of swinging my enemies around."  Gomamon answers dryly.

He uses his other hand and like a rope lasso, he swings the Digimon around in the air before letting go of the chain on his end.  As Phantomon flies through the air, he takes a deep breath before using his Black Exhaust Flame attack, within seconds Phantomon is deleted and he resists the urge to roar over his victory.

On seeing their boss being deleted, the rest of the Bakemon flee the area and he snorts in satisfaction at how scared they were as they do so.

Some steam exits out of his nostrils once the last Bakemon vanishes from his sight.

"You really got to work on minimizing the damage done to the surrounding area."  Joe says and with a blink, he glances around and then begins to scratch the back of his head, his claws moving through his mane of grey hair to do so.

"Err...  At least I got rid of him."  He states before he reverse back to his rookie form.

"And you had fun doing it too."  Gomamon says and he sighs as he gives the white aqua Digimon a minor glare before turning to look at TK.

"You did an ok job, I think next time you should just finish them off as soon as possible.  I mean, haven't you heard the saying about playing with your food?"  TK says and he just sighs.

"Well then, now that we pretty much signaled our location, how are we suppose to travel around now?"  Gatomon asks scratchily and he turns to study a man hole cover.

"I object!"  Joe declares on notices where his gaze is on.  "Ok then, you think you can drive that?"  He asks, pointing to a van that's been vacated in a hurry.  Joe groans while TK and Kari exhange looks with the other Digimon and themselves.

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Kari

"I can't believe you thought that saying no would stop him from high jacking this van.  Though I'll admit that I had my doubts about this as well but he's not hitting anything so you can open your eyes Joe."  Gomamon informs the older boy sitting on the other side of Gatomon.

TK's sitting on the passenger side of the front as Yami sits in the driver's seat after taking the back half of the seat off so that he can sit comfortably on the bottom half of the seat since there wasn't any room for his tail to poke through.

While they all had their reservations about Yami's idea of high jacking a van, none of them wanted to go crawling through the sewers either and so they figured this was the lesser of two evils.  So far, so good, though she's kind of sure that Yami's suppose to drive on the right side of the street then swaying over the solid white line in the middle of the street.

"Too bad the radio doesn't work or we could be listening to a radio station."  TK says and she nods in agreement.

"This sure beats running around."  Gatomon admits grudgingly.  "Yea, my feet were getting kind of sore, it's been a while since we had to do so much walking and running around.  After all, other then that train car that we spend the night in while we were on File Island or that train wagon that Etemon used to get around in, there didn't seem to be any type of vehicles around."  TK says and she blinks before looking to Gatomon to confirm this.

"You're forgetting about that ship in the dessert."  Gomamon says as Yami turns a sharp right.

"What about you, Yami, are there any vehicles in your Digital world?"  TK asks and Yami replies, "I think I meet a Locomon once and then there's this demon motorcycle that was going around deleting these peaceful Digimon.  I know I met something similar to the bike but it escapes me for the moment."

"What's a Locomon?"  She asks and Yami answer as he drives over a bridge, "A machine Digimon that's in a shape of a train.  It's capable of using real world railroad tracks as a mode of transportation too."

"Huh, I wonder if those train tracks on File Island were built for Locomon to use."  TK wonders while Joe seems to be chanting softly to himself, trying to block out what's going on around him while Gomamon tries to engage his partner in conversation.

"I'm getting low on gas.  I think after this block we'll have to get out and walk around."  Yami reports after it being silent for over twenty minutes, not counting to Joe's chanting or Gomamon's attempts at baiting Joe.

Soon Yami pulls over and parks the van.  Once the engine is turned off, they unbuckle their seat belts while Gomamon finally gets through to Joe, or it could be because they stop moving that caused Joe to snap out of it.

"Land, sweet land!"  Joe declares once they get out of the van.  Joe tries to hug the concrete while Yami crosses his arms while saying, "My driving wasn't that bad, was it?"

"You just need more practice."  She says and TK nods in agreement, giving her a thankful smile.  She returns his smile, she's kind of glad she isn't the only kid her age to be part of this group.

"Well then, lead on, Yami."  Gomamon says and the large rookie blinks.  "Who said I was in charge?"  Yami asks with a startled look on his face.

"Well, it was your idea to use the alleyways, your idea to high jack the van, and you're the one who can sniff out enemy Digimon."  TK answers and Yami says, "Oh."

Yami begins to sniff the air and then turns to look at this odd building a few meters away.  "I think we're needed there."  Yami declares and they were soon on their way towards the building.

She falls into step with TK as Joe takes the lead.  "You said that Yami wasn't your original partner but you two seem to get along pretty well together despite that."  She says and glances at her own partner who's walking a few feet from her.  "How long did it take you two to get to really know each other?"  She asks.

"Actually, I'm still learning to get along with Yami.  After all, I was pretty depressed about losing Patamon but then I began to worry about losing the others to those strange Digimon with the transformation darts.  I still miss Patamon,"  TK holds up a hand and points the the black sweat band.  "I'm wearing this to show that I still miss him even though I have Yami around to protect me.  I know that Yami has to return to his world and though I'm going to miss him, I know that he's got his own partner out there that needs him as I got Patamon to take care of me and for me to take care of him."

She sighs but it helps to know that it's not an automatic thing that goes on between a human partner and their partner Digimon.  Though she does feel a bit bad for TK, sure Patamon's his real partner but when Yami's gone, TK's going to miss him regardless if he has Patamon to replace him or not.

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Tai

"Matt!  Garurumon!"  He calls out from his position on Greymon's shoulder.  "Tai!  Greymon!  Boy are you two a sight for sore eyes."  Matt calls out from his position behind his partner's head, but a bit before the shoulder blades.

"Have you seen Sora, Mimi, or Izzy yet?"  He asks his friend and Matt shakes his head in a negative, he sighs and scratches the side of his head, he really hoped that Matt would know something about the others.

"I hope Wizardmon and Gatomon are keeping Kari safe."  He mutters and Greymon says, "I'm sure she's fine, Tai.  After all, she's got two champion Digimon around to protect her."

"Thanks buddy, I needed to hear that."  He says with a tired grin at his partner as Garurumon comes closer to their position.

"So, what's the plan?"  Matt asks once Garurumon has stopped about ten feet away.  "Well, no point in splitting up so we might want to start finding the others.  You think you're up to tracking them down Garurumon?"  He calls out.

"I can try."  The canine type Digimon answers and he nods.  "Well then, which direction do you want to head in?"  He asks the two since he's more then willing to let the other two to take the lead this one since Garurumon's sense of smell is better then when he's Gabumon.

After all if Yami's able to sniff out Digimon, why not this canine champion?

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Mimi

"I'm getting worried about Palmon, Sora.  You think Pumpkinmon will be able to find Wizardmon in order to healer?"  She asks her fellow captive Digidestine.  Sora sighs before answering, "With Birdramon carrying them, I'm sure they'll find him without too much trouble.  Frankly, I'm worried about those panicked Bakemon.  They seem to be ready to jump out of their bed sheets."

"I haven't seen Phantomon either.  Wasn't he leading a squad of Bakemon in pursue of a girl seen with a Digimon?"  She wonders as she recalls over hearing from a pair of Bakemon while taking her turn at the water fountain.

"Well, we don't have to worry about that guy, according to these pair of guards, it seemed that Phantomon was taken out by a Blackgrowlmon who's with three kids and another two monsters."  A man overhearing them talk about a pursue says.

"That must be that Joe and TK are here in this fog too!"  She says, suddenly worried for the pair.

"Yea, if Yami's here then TK's here and it's likely the other reason they're here is because Joe and Gomamon gave them a lift!  We might actually have the whole team met up soon, after all, Yami did drive Myotismon off without needing to Digivolve, if he goes ultimate then Myotismon is toast!"  Sora says with a sigh of relief.

She suddenly felt a whole lot more confident about their situation as she, too, smiles in relief as she can see the light in the silver lining.

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Izzy

"Izzy, I think some of your friends are here."  He hears Matt's dad tells him and he moves from this pine apple computer to look down at the group approaching the TV station.

"That black one is Yami, there's Joe, Gomamon, and TK!  Though who's that with them?"  Tentomon wonders and he hums in agreement, though he's glad to see some familiar faces.

True, it helps that in regards to power, Yami's likely the most powerful Digimon in the group without needing to Digivolve much but then he felt that he's being disloyal to Agumon and Gabumon respectfully.  Not to mention the fact that Yami's only replacing Patamon as TK's partner until the way that Gennai mention is unclogged.

"It must be the eighth Digidestine and their partner Digimon."  He says as at that moment, a patrol spots the group and approach in a nervous manner.

When Yami takes a few steps forward, the Bakemon all seem to scream out in fright and flee in all direction.  "It seems that Yami must have left an impression on a patrol of Bakemon if they're reacting in that manner."  He sums up what just happen.

"Then I'm doubly glad that he's on our side."  His partner says and he nods in agreement.

So they head down to welcome their friends, relieved that they had back up for their assault on the community center where Myotismon has all the hostages.

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Myotismon

"What do you mean that Gatomon is the eighth child's Digimon!"  He growls at the cringing DemiDevimon.

"It's worse then that, my lord Myotismon!  It seems that Phantomon engaged to capture them and the large ebony Digimon with crimson markings Digivolved into his champion form of Blackgrowlmon during the confrontation.  He swung Phantomon around like a rag doll before tossing Phantomon into the air and deleting him with a single fire attack!"  One of the Bakemon says.

He stiffens as his mind recalls his own encounter with the black rookie with red markings.  He suppresses a shudder at the idea of confronting the black Digimon in his ultimate form.

"Send out our strongest forces to the area they were seen in.  Now get out, I need to concentrate!"  He snarls at those present and with a gulp from the two cringing Digimon the pair flee from his sight.

Alone once more, he can't help but snarl silently as his carefully laid out plans are now disrupted simply by the appearance of the large black Digimon with red markings.

"Perhaps I can help neutralize this black Digimon for you, though, there is a price you much pay for my help."  He turns around to find a ninja style humanoid Digimon standing in the deepest shadow.

He schools his features as he regards this abnormal Digimon, he can't help but sense that there's something off about this Digimon.  "And what is the price for your help?"  He asks after a few minutes.

"Let's say that when the time is right, we will approach you and you won't question our request.  You will do as we ask on this future matter as outlined by us, understood?"  The unknown Digimon says and after weighing the pros and cons, he decides that he could afford the price.

"You have a deal."  He says and before he can say more, the ninja Digimon vanishes into the shadows, leaving him alone with his coffin.

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