Disclaimer: I don't own digimon. I do own Abyzomon, CyberFlamedramon, SinGorillamon, and another character.

-New York, Washington Residence, 11:00am-

Daisuke sucked on popsicle as he started listening to the conversation between, Michael and 5 of the New York digidestined. He got acquainted with all of them before. Once when visited New York to help Mimi deal with the digimon problem and the second time to stop the return of Myotistmon. He looked at each of them with interest.

Lou was a native American and had some passion for martial arts. He would always talk about UFC competitions, boxing, and kick boxing. He hated WWE with a psassion. He was an okay guy.

Phil, was an African American who seem to wear that of his everywhere he went. He seemed shy and generally didn't like conflicts. The wanted to sort things out peacefully. He wondered if Mimi talked him about being a sort of a pacifist.

Steve was one of Michael's good friends, he w He was smarter than he let on which wasn't a bad thing. At least he wasn't a stuck up like most people. He was also Jewish

Maria, had a Hispanic origin. She was a good natured person from what his first impression of he was. He also noticed that she showed up the same time as Phil, they are possibly good friends with each other.

Tatum was a girl of Irish descent, she was quiet and mostly reserved. You could say she was introverted. She did greet him with a warm hello when she showed up.

These kids have all been to the digital world in order to get a good grasp of it. He looked at Lou and remembered hearing from Michael about the boy getting attacked by a Skullgreymon in the Southern Quandraint. It wasn't an anti-human digimon, it was just one of those beserkers. With their lives on the line the kid managed to get his digimon to evolve to the ultimate level. He managed to defeat only for two more to pop up. A hasty retreat was in order as he and his partner escaped.

He admired that kid. He wondered if the rest would be able to get their digimon to go further. Betamon did when he and Michael trained with Piximon two days ago.

"So we wait?" Lou frowned. "I don't really like the sound of it."

"I don't like it either," Phil looked at his friend. "But what else can we do? It's best to have patience."

"I know, but if this guy is like BelialMyotistmon then we can't have him strike first."

"Heh," Tatum chuckled. "We'll just to have hit with our hopes and dreams."

Daisuke facepalmed. It was the key to defeat the vampire, but it was lamest weakness he heard of a villain having to date. If it was sunlight then he would understand, but… he tried not to think about it.

"I still think it was a lame way to weaken him," muttered Lou. "But it happens, I'm glad it wasn't in the name of love."

"A true love's kiss," Maria clasped her hands together sighed dreamily. "If two people out in field of battle shared their true feelings then it could possibly vanquish weaken it.

"Then I would beat my head against the canyon and say why, why, why, over again." Lou stuck his tongue out in disgust. "You agree Daisuke."

"I agree 100%. There is nothing more stupid than having true love being the only power to best a bad guy. I don't care how well written it is."

Maria basically rolled her eyes.

"Love is an emotion and people do want to fall in love at some point." A sly smile crawled up on Steve's face. "So in a way, unfortunately for the two of you, someone in the group dreamed of falling in love or something similar."

"In this case," Michael started chuckling. "True love did help vanquished the savage beast."

Everyone sans Lou and Daisuke started laughing. Lou glanced at his friend. "We'll get them back Daisuke."

"Yeah, we'll see who has the last laugh."

"I believe we all did." Phil chuckled. "But I do agree with the two of you."

"This from a guy that likes Kelly Clarkson." said the Hispanic girl.

"She's pretty good." Mumbled Phil. He blushed a bit. "There's no rule that says I can't like her or her music."

Steve smirked. "I think we need your man card Phil."

"Oh come on!"

"I think we strayed off topic." Michael said as he got up. "Follow me."

The group nodded and followed Michael to the glass door that lead to the backyard. Said back yard was 30 feet wide 20 feet in length. The yard was surrounded by a 10 foot fence. Outside Natsu was playing with Veemon, Betamon, SnowAgumon(Steve), Gazimon(Lou), Patamon(Tatum), Elecmon(Phil), and Gabumon(Maria). It was just a game of flag football with Gabumon running away from Snow and Veemon.

"Are you sure we can trust her?" asked Phil

"I believe we can." Answered the gogglehead. "She did run away with that chalice of hers."

Steve nodded. "If she wanted to run away then she could've done it by now… but it would hurt to keep an eye on her."

"I don't know." Maria analyzed the catgirl. "I think she's nice."

"The only we do now is wait… and if you guys want you could show her around." Michael suggested.

"No," The Irish girl spoke. "Even if that disguise worked the first time, people will get suspicious. They might see her as some kind of terror suspect."

"They won't."

"Daisuke… there is still suspicion from the attack on our country from 2 years ago. People are still recovering."

"Oh…"

"The tennis tourney is outside, she could stay hidden somewhere."

"That might work." The Jewish boy rubbed his chin. "Or not, we'll think of something."

-Izumi Residence, Tuesday 1pm

Izzy and Tai turned to face the younger chosen with a serious expression on his face. Sora was now on a flight toward New York where her tennis tourney was going to be held. She didn't use the digi gate because it was mandatory to ride with her coach two of her fellow mates. The other older teens didn't come since they weren't technically involved and on standby. Omegamon was already formed and ready to go and Baithumon volunteered to come when the others needed help. So far everything was good, but…

"Kari, Miyako, Ken, Iori, Catherine and I went back to the digital world to find CyberFlamedramon, we put ourselves out in the open from Morning to Midnight," stated TK. "A no show, they he didn't return."

"We can assume they don't live there. Did you ask around?" questioned the bearer of Courage.

"Yes," responded the purple haired girl. "Other than the battle you guys had no one has seen that creep or anything weird looking. Good riddance." She grimaced. "Of course they'll just pop when we least expect them to. Like finding your favorite item, but you can't find until a week later when you are not looking for it. I hate it when that happens."

"What do we know about CyberFlamedramon so far?" asked Ken.

"He's Flamedramon with Cyber enhancement." Spoke Iori. "The way he fought Angewomon, clearly means he really is Ultimate or more experienced."

"He did take down Sunflowmon with ease," Catherine frowned.

The Izumi child noted her look. He made the decision to speak with her after the meeting was over. Izzy turned his back to the computer and clicked on file on his desktop. The screen enhanced to show a map of the world. There were blinking lights all over the map indicating the active digidestined. He typed on his computer some more and then the dot count decreased. There were 7 active dots in New York, one dot moving to New York and more dots blinking in Japan.

Miyako looked over his shoulder and nodded "I see Sora still have a long way to go. Just hope her flight goes well."

"Eh, the only thing she has to worry about is the food and the people leaning against you." Spoke Tai.

"She'll be there, she'll meet up with others. You guys will come meet with the other chosen in their houses." The bearer of knowledge face the group "Ken you meet up with Steve. Kari and Catherine you'll room with Tatum. TK, you and Lou will meet. Iori you are with Phil. Miyako, Maria will be waiting. This is just so you won't all be overcrowded with Michael."

"There might be a chance for them not to appear in New York at all. They might not know how to get here. While you guys are over there, the rest of us will go to Rising Falls again."

Izzy nodded. "Tai, Mimi, Yamato, Jyou and myself will be sufficient to fight the force that might threatened New York."

"You know the plan, you know what's going to happen. Plans will change as from now until then. The time now is to get ready and move forward. Then we can be back to our average days."

The child of light tilted her head. "Are you sure, you sound more excited about this living than a normal life."

"Heroes find adventure wherever they are. Even our ordinary days can be exciting. Just don't forget that."

-Natsu's home dimenision, The Barba Empire courtyard-

CyberFlamedramon looked up at the same brown sky with the same orange sun that lightened the dark grey terrain of this world. He laughed, the world of nightmares? Barba renamed it to something that fits this place. World of Fall Angels. Everyone here was a descendant of digimon. In order to survive they had to adapt, evolve and change their appearance.

He himself had to adapt in order to survive. He had to have metal assimilated on him to survive. Everyone else who was sealed here had to find some alternative to survive. The civilians, grew weak and changed to something… human like. He hated them when Barbamon show them glimpses of the human world. Lazy, illgotten, greedy, manipulative, soft, and downright ugly. The more he studied the humans the more his resolve seemed clear.

Humanity is a disease that needed to be purged. Either they were going to destroy themselves or they were going to overpower those they find strong against.

Speaking of human.

That masked character, he knew he was human, he smelled like one. What was that human's game? What did he want."

"Hee, hee, heee." Echoed a very insane laugh

He grimaced; there was one being in this entire world that could sound like that. He glanced at the person in question. It was a red and black striped devil looking creature with evil yellow eyes. He donned on a black body suit. He stared at him with a twisted grin on his face.

"Boogeymon."

"HEE HEEE! Why so grumpy pumpy? We're you upset with the pencil trick I did on that civilian an hour ago? HEE HEE! So funny, ALL THAT BLOOD!" He licked his lip in a satisfying manner. This was the guy the Joker could of gotten inspiration from.

"What do you want?"

"HEEE HEE! Lord Barbamon wants to assemble us." He smiled glreefully. "He has a plan." He sound like Mark Hamill's Joker from the Batman animated series.

"Hmm and our guest?"

"He left, said his mission was finished. OH I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO THE HUMAN WORLD! I wonder how those humans will feel when I gut them. I wonder what they taste like. I wonder how long they can stand torture."

"You are obviously not going." Spoke a gruff voice with a Brooklyn accent.

Both digimon stared at the biker demon who had his arms crossed. It was Beelzebumon. Said digimon walked up to the sinister digimon. "We all knew you would over there and kill anyone you see. The plan is to snatch the girl and wage war with both worlds later. Kapeesh?"

"You're no fun."

"Nyeh, you were always a little on the psychotic side." He stared at Cyborg dragon. "I hear two of those twerps can fused their digimon to become Omegamon. Does that bring any memories?"

"…"

Boogeymon snickered. "Awe? Did we touch a sore spot? Itty bitty wittle Flamey having a stroll down memory lane? HOW DELIGHTFUL!"

"Get over it." growled the demon biker. "I got over this pigsty." The biker looked over at the landscape. "Still don't like policy."

"Hmph, to think a demon digimon has sympathy."

A new guest emerged from the doorway and into the courtyard. She was feminine in appearance. She green skin, yellow eyes and dark green serpent like hair. She had on a purple royal robe. She stared at the group with sophisticated eyes. She was the wife of Barbamon. Abyzomon.

Boogeymon snorted at her presence. Next to Barbamon she also held authority over what happened around them. He envied her how she killed unborn children without even touching them. Just standing in front of the person of her choice and leaving as soon as she felt death in the air. This woman was a work of art.

He wanted her.

"Growing tired?"

"Same old thing queenie." He spoke with disrespect. "Believe me when I say this, I lost purpose ages ago. I want something new."

"It's FUN!" Boogeymon chuckled. "It never gets tiresome."

"Some of us aren't psychopaths." muttered the demon biker. "I want a challenge."

"Dorubikmon has also grown tired of this." Spoke the female being

"Why isn't he hear?" asked the cyborg.

"…!"

"Oh! There he is." Boogeymon giddily pointed. "His usual routine, stomping on people. Oh look there he is now."

A dark red, scaly bipedal, dragon stomped on a small dome over and over and over until he punctured a hole in the ground. He glared at the populace looking at him with solace. He snarled and walked away. "No fun in killing if they aren't afraid."

The group from the courtyard watched as he marched back to his lair. He looked tired, angry, and satisfied his hunger before stomping on the house. He growled about wanting a challenge as well. Soon he will find that challenge.

"And there he gooooes. Ha that was fun to watch."

"… Nope." The demon biker turned toward the being in question. "When are we going to strike?"

"Soon, my love is making the final preparations. It will be a simple operation and will require two people and the SinVilemon will be optional."

"Why them?"

"The numbers will provide a distraction in case the first part of the plan fails."

"I'm pretty sure that normal human kids can't withstand the strong sleep magic."

"It never hurts to prepare for anything." She spoke calmly as a smile crawled up her blue lips. "Have we locked on to the girl?"

"Yes, I don't see why we should go get her now?" Beelzebumon asked.

"Because the chosen are strong," replied CyberFlamedramon. "Even though I battled Angewomon and I can tell the other two have experience. They could likely go to Ultimate or even further. The last child was weak as her partner."

"Not the one with the one with the Ulforce?"

The cyborg growled dangerously causing Boogeymon to smirk. "Heh… hit a sore spot right?"

"Don't antagonize him." The female demon glared at the red monster whom felt like his heart was broken. "The angel pair do worry me the more than the boy of the supposed Ulforce. The Omegamon of the two chosen isn't the same one, but we should be cautious. Anything can happen. Relax my sweets victory will be ours."

"She called me sweets."

The demon biker rolled his eyes at Boogeymon as the demon queen walked out of the courtyard.

-Castle Basement-

Half and hour later Abyzomon arrived in the basement of her husband's workshop. There were shelves of bottles littered with jars of various items. Some had eyeballs, ears, teeth, small rodents, and things you would not want to know.

Standing near a cauldron was man with yellow skin. From his narrow chin had long white hair flowing down his back and long white beard descending down his knees. He wore purple robes that had red triangle stitched into them. Third pairs of demonic wings protruded from his back. They were sharp and edged as if they could cut you in two. He gripped a long staff for which he used to tap on the ground every 4 seconds.

He looked old, he felt old, but he had power and that was Abyzomon loved about him. Despite he old man exterior he could crush anyone in his way.

"Ah bugger."

The woman sweatdropped at the old fashion word, but digressed it. The old demon lord turned around revealing his sinister face. "Yes?"

"How goes the preparation for the ceremony."

"It's been done ages ago." He violently slammed his staff on the ground. "I NEED THAT CHALICE!"

She winced, but he hid carefully. "We should my love and soon."

"Really? I swear kids today are nothing like the soliders I had back then. Mean, ruthless, and didn't care for a single soul. Now we have this generation of tykes."

"Boogeymon seems to enjoy it."

"Boogeymon will enjoy blood spilling everywhere. I enforced this rule during the period of my anger. Do you remember?"

"Yes, you even revived some folks just to kill them again. You made this kingdom grow… in a way, despite all the rules."

"Yes, of course… where's that guest?"

"He left."

"I swear nobody says a descent goodbye anymore. Not even my subjects when I killed one yesterday." His face grew serious. "Doesn't matter, I will get what I want."

"Kuh, kuh, that's my Barbamon."

-Digital World, Piximon's training ground. 2:00pm-

Catherine watched as he digimon undergo the training program provided by Piximon and built by Andromon. She asked the little guy for training and the pink fluff ball happily agreed. Of course it also meant that her digimon and herself would get it. Why herself? She donned on a pair of purple sweatpants, a grey tank top, and sneakers. He long blonde hair was tied with twin buns, she figured why not have Princess Leah's hairstyle in mind. Daisuke was just here complimented the hairstyle before he left. He also said

"All you need to do is be passionate in what you want to do. Dangerous situations is the key."

Then Tai told her what to do.

"Bonding, that's all I can say. You partner is your friend and friends protect one another. Sometimes they need you to figure to know where an opening is."

So here she was holding a bucket of water in each hand while balancing three books on her head. Everyone else had to do this, the others had to wash up his home. The old guy from that Karate movie would be proud. She didn't really like the Karate Kid movie that much.

SunFlowmon maneuvered herself away from a spikeball that was heading toward her. She turned around as her entire face started to glow.

"Sunshine Beam!"

The ray of yellow light shot out and destroyed the spikeball. Pieces of the metal object flew in different directions. The flower whirled around to find a large log coming toward her. She flew to side, to avoid it. Unfortunately she was hit from behind by another large block of wood. She was sent flying forward only for multiple cannon balls hitting aiming at her. She brought her arms for defense and managed to block a few. The rest either flew past her or rammed into her stomach. She gagged as the force of the impact made her threw up a little. The flower Digimon grimaced clenched her stem like hands. She flew forward and yelled at the incoming obstacles.

A while later Flora was sleeping on a cot while Catherine watched over her. She'll recover, nothing food and goodnight sleep can't handle.

"We're almost there." They will get stronger. Together.

-File Island-

Maria picked up one of baby digimon and stared in awe of it. "Every time I come here I can never get enough of this. All these cute little guys."

"True," Tatum agreed. "Although." She looked up thoughtful. "I would like to pet Piximon again."

Maria giggled. It was known to everyone, chosen or otherwise that Tatum regressed to a child whenever she encounters fluffy creatures. When she encountered Leomon a while back she gazed up at him and asked if she could touch his tail. She was allowed and he sat there for half hour as she started petting the thing.

"Maria."

"Yes?"

"Let's do our best in the upcoming battle. Prove to others that we can hold our own against an enemy."

"I hope so." The Hispanic girl gazed at the Punimon. "I can reveal my partner's new form soon. Yesterday's fight was worth it."

Magna-sensei! Ulforce-sensei!

Magnamon and another armored digimon which had the same blue skin as a Veemon. He was covered from head to toe with blue armor covering his shins, shoulders and arms while the rest of the armor was white with strange markings. His helmet nearly resembled Gallantmon's. They turned around to face weary looking Flamedramon.

"Yes Flamedramon?"

"Is it true that dragon like us founded the Royal Knights?"

"Yes."

"Shouldn't be only for dragons."

Magnamon and the other armor dragon looked at each other for a moment before laughing. Flamedramon wasn't amused.

"Ha! Ho boy! No." spoke Magnamon. "The mighty Paladin Dragon founded this after he defeated the NeoVoidmon. This was so that we would rise to any threat that would dare to destroy the balance of our world."

"Will I be one of you someday?"

"Who knows. You could be Imperialdramon Paladin Mode or one of us. Time will tell." Ulforce chuckled. "Now come, it's training time. You can't become a true warrior if you don't train."

"You can't become a true warrior if you don't have the heart." Chuckled the golden armor warrior.

"ALRIGHT!" shouted the armored level dragon

CyberFlamedramon sat up from the dream he once had. Happier days before he came here. To this dreadful place. He calm outward exterior showed that he was willing to kill, but inside he wanted to survive. There was no redemption for him. As long as he is here… as long as he is alive, there will be no sun to shine toward his tomorrow.

But… perhaps the sun can give a bit more luster.

-Holy Sanctuary-

"What's on ye mind Zhuster?" said the left heads on the two headed turtle. "You seem more grrr than usual."

"… the Veemon with the golden eyes was rejected."

"Really? I would of thought."

"We thought childishly. Besides that little guy… disliked humans. I'm not a fan of them either, but he laughed about hearing one of the chosen nearly getting killed. He also was brash, loud, and always picking fights. We better find another one. The Royal Knights will not and can not discriminate against anyone. Regardless of species."

"Ah… Where is the Golden Egg now?"

"Gennai has it. In fact he'll give it to the goggle brat if he can't unlock the power of Ulforce."

"Who knows, someone out there will possess the golden radiance." said the right head. "Rome wasn't built in a day you know."

"What?"

"Humans talk, a city of theirs centuries ago." He smirked. "Just an expression."

"Don't say it again."

-New York, Michael's house 6:00pm-

Steve blinked, looked at his opponent and back at the chess board. "Well… you got me beat Natsu."

"Nya, it's strategy right? It's how I got in his domain and acquired the chalice in the first place."

"How did you get it again?"

She lowered her head. "It… it wasn't easy. Barbamon announced what he would do and nobody cared. They knew they were going to die. To us, death was an escape. I planned before hand because I figured I could poison both the king and queen in their sleep." She scratched her head. "I knew it was suicide, but… the finding a partner was more important."

"I see."

"Besides we were allowed to walk in, he broke our spirits to the point where no one defied him. He hid the chalice in his personal chamber. I used something that could hide my power. I was always good at avoiding the massacres they had."

"You hid?"

"Yep, I knew of every nook and cranny of the city. I knew what time they would come and their routines. The routine was the same and to the point where it wasn't fun to hide. Boogeymon kept arriving at the same time to kill someone, laugh and then leave."

"But you didn't explain how you stole it."

"It was difficult, I hid until no one else was around. Then I snuck in to his chamber unnoticed. I managed to hide my scent. It was a special technique from my family so we could hide better.

Natsu got up and walked away. Steve sighed and crossed his arms. "The more I hear about this place the more I wonder if we should enlist the entire chosen army."

-later-

Last night the chosen Kari, TK, Catherine, Iori, Miyako, and Ken transported themselves into the homes of their respected caretakers. Sora had arrived 9pm on Tuesday and was immediately taken to her hotel along with her coach and teammates. With heroes of the two worlds in place, the antagonistic players are prepared to make their move and find Natsu and the chalice.

-Wednesday, Sora's Hotel Room, 9:00am-

Sora took held her tennis racket firmly and swung it a few times. She was nervous. She hadn't been this nervous since she found out a lump near her right breast. Fortunately it wasn't malignant, but she wanted it removed immediately. She didn't want to take any chances. There was also the case of something coming from that world where that strange digimon was from.

Daisuke informed them all about her appearance and the stories of her time there. She looked at her D-Terminal on the bed where Biyomon was stored. This was necessary in case of an attack. If tournament isn't disrupted then they will take part of the action. Biyomon was so close yet so far from achieve the mega level.

She would be right there with Tai and Yamato. TK, Daisuke and Kari were close to achieving the level. It seemed a bit more difficult for Daisuke since the ancient Royal Knight hard for any Veemon to achieve. Daisuke wouldn't give up. Tai always told them they need a 100% combination effort. Yamato said it was all about passion and commitment. Daisuke believed in Strong Will. Kari believed in the heart and TK believed in the bonding of the souls between partners.

She blinked when a warm feeling came over her chest. Was this what the others felt?

"Sora!"

The red headed female stared at the D-Terminal.

"Next time I fight, there will be a new me."

She smiled warmly. "Yes."

"Sora!"

The door opened to reveal her brown haired teammate. The girl had a confused look on her face. "Who are you talking to? Thought there was someone here with you."

"oh…. Pep talking myself."

"Eh? Well." The girl shrugged. "Whatever helps."

-New York, Local Park, 1:00pm-

Steve checked his watch. "Looks like B-team is watching the tournament taking place right now." He glanced at the group lead by Michael. "So far no suspicious activity on their end."

With Steve were a disguised Natsu, Daisuke, Tatum, Kari, Ken, Lou, and Michael. They all decided to have a picnic, much to their concealed partners' dismay.

"Nothing. Nada. Zip." Lou sounded disappointed. "They might be afraid of us."

"If we are that lucky." Ken muttered. "But they always want a challenge."

"Challenge accepted." Daisuke slammed his fist into the palm of his hand. "We'll stop those with what we got."

Lou smirked. "Yeah."

Michael took a bite out of his sandwich. "They waiting will always be the longest."

Tatum turned a page in her book, not paying attention to her surroundings. Kari minded her own business as she was listening to something on her CD player. Sometimes she just wanted to be kid and not act like an adult whenever something tall, dark, and brooding came knocking on the door.

-Down Town, Tennis Tournament-

Sora wiped the sweat from face as she just scored a point a point. The tournament was outside in a typical tennis court with the audience behind her cheering for whoever they wanted. Her opponent was a girl with long red hair and blue eyes. She was a bit more muscular than Sora and sported a glare like she wanted to send her to the Emergency Room. Danielle was her name. Dani for short. She looked peeved that Sora gained a point and would let her receive anymore. The play began again when the girl threw the ball up in the air and struck it.

In the stands, Catherine, Miyako, T.K., Iori, Maria, and Phil were watching the game. Actually the girls were watching intently. The others were checking for anything weird to happen. So far nothing.

Catherine observed Dani from a distance. "Is it just me or is she not looking very happy."

"She's competitive." spoke the youngest of the Odaiba chosen. "Give her another sport and she too will strive to win. At least that's the vibe I am getting from her."

"She's all attitude." The purple haired female pointed out. "Watch she'll want to trash Sora."

T.K. frowned. "I did come to cheer for Sora, but can I say that I'm not interested at all?"

"Neither am I." spoke the dark skinned boy. "We're here in case trouble showed up here. Although the heat is terrible."

"Doesn't really bother me." Maria watched the game. "You are more of a winter person Phil."

"Heh," He smirked. "I do love the cold."

"Are you sure about taking the chalice with us?" Miyako asked

"No, but if they go after Natsu then they will have her and the chalice." Iori turned to the blonde boy. "TK has it for the time being."

The blond bearer of hope patted his D-Terminal. "Better we separate it from her. Even if it is a bad idea to keep it in broad day light."

"and with so many people…" Phil looked at the crowd who were unaware of any impending danger.

"I think we need to change the plan." Iori got up. "We should bring Tai and Yamato with us, instead of them just being back up."

"We can handle him."

"Barbamon is a Mega Digimon. Even though Angewomon and MagnaAngewomon have power over him, there is no telling what tricks he has up his sleeve. Plus we'll be on his turf, there is no telling what advantage he might have." The smallest boy took out his D-Terminal. "I'll send Izzy a message. Tai and Yamato should come immediately."

"Do you think Koushirou is available?" asked Maria. "Do you think Taichi and Yamato are sleeping right now. It is after midnight over there."

Miyako grabbed the boy's shoulder. "Keep that message and send when something happens. We won't call them when we're in a jam. That's if a two or more Mega level jerks come after us."

"Okay…" The boy sat down, but there was the unease worry he had. Barbamon might be on par with Demon and BelialMyotistmon. That was a scary thought. Who knows what he would do with the chalice and what power he might attain once he drank from it."

-On the top of a business building.

A purple colored portal manifested itself on a building near the park where the kids were. It stayed there for moment before CyberFlamedramon and Beelzebumon stepped out with two object in the demon biker's hand. One looked like a remote control with a screen on it, the other was a flash filled with yellow liquid. The demon biker sniffed the air and stuck his tongue out in disgust.

"Smells like crap, so this is what pollution smells like."

"Worse than ours, how can humans live in such conditions?"

"I don't know, they're hurting their planet… not like I care. Although, where would I sleep if I don't have a planet?"

"I hear hell is warm."

"Ha ha, like I haven't heard that one before." The demon biker look at the flash in his hand and grimaced. "Let's get this over with. The dame is here from what this gizmo is saying." He sniffed the air again. "I can smell her too.. she's with more of those humans."

"As you said." The cyborg squatted, feeling not happy. "Let's get this over with."

The mega opened the flash and pour the contents off the roof. Once the liquid spilled on the ground it produced a clear yellow mist that started to spread through the air. The first person it contacted stopped their movement and developed a blank expression on his face. A little drool drizzled down his mouth.

-Nearby park-

Natsu perked up and turned her attention behind her. Everyone noticed her posture changed. "Natsu?" the gogglehead gazed at the feline digimon.

"… no…"

"What's wrong?" Tatum's face was serious.

"They're here! Two of them! One of them is different from the ones that chased me… the other… good it's not 'him', but he gets the job done."

"Who?" Kari focus at the direction her friend was facing.

"CyberFlamedramon is here… with Beelzebumon. You know the cyborg is an ultimate, but the other… is Mega."

Steve slammed his fist in to the ground. "Michael and I have been getting our digimon to increase their levels. Fighting anti-human digimon does that."

"Not all of them." Michael smirked at his friend. "Some just wanted to fight for the heck of it. I believe we gained enough experience."

"Yesterday I might add." Steve chuckled. "Just in time too."

"So are we getting ready to rumble or what?" Lou smirked.

"Oh?" The Irish girl sounded disappointed. "I haven't got that far yet. I seemed to be missing something." She got up. "Maybe I can."

"What's that?" Daisuke noticed a yellow mist approaching. The group watched a bird come by. Upon contact the bird fell to the ground in a sickening thud.

"I think we should exit… stage left."

"Terrible Daisuke, terrible." Kari scolded she grabbed her stuff

"Hey!" Gatomon called from the D-Terminal. "I doubt this mist will kill anyone."

"We can't take that chance." SnowAgumon spoke up from the Terminal. "We should get as far away from it as we can."

"Contain it." Tatum's patamon suggested. "Find a way."

"We need a huge glass dome and a fan to blow the mist back." said the blue dragon.

"We have to figure something out." Ken looked back. "We can't run forever. Someone tell the others."

"I can do it." Wormmon informed them from the Digital Terminal. After a few moments a bing sound was heard. "Done."

"Great… now what do we do?"

"The mist is catching up to us… no it's right on our heels." Screamed Kari.

Suddenly Tatum tripped and accidentally took Kari with her. The mist covered them instantly.

"KARI!" Daisuke and Ken yelled

"TATUM!" yelled Lou

-Woman's locker room, near the tounament-

"It's okay Sora." Miyako patted her on the back. Moments ago Sora had lost to her opponent and was downtrouted. Her coach comforted her before leaving the woman's locker room. Inside were Catherine, Maria, and Miyako. Sora sighed for the fifth time she was in here and tapped her racket on the floor.

"I don't know… I felt a little intimidated by her. I don't know why?"

"It was like she staring deep within your soul." Catherine leaned against the wall. "Intimidation will always make one's will faulter."

"How old are you?" Miyako glanced at the blonde girl. "You sound like an old woman."

"12… I read poetry and sometimes." The blonde girl huffed. "There's nothing wrong with acting like an adult at times."

"I know, it's just that we'-."

"No." Sora got up. "No more after school special talk or words of peace and love." She stood tall proudly. "Sora Takenouchi is not going to stay here and think about the past."

"That a girl!" Biyomon squeaked from the D-Terminal . "We'll never falter.

Maria tilted her head. "I don't think anyone was talking about peace and love."

"Only hippies will say that." Miyako snorted. "I guess you are going to save the total drama for something really important."

Beep beep.

All four of them reached for their D-Terminals immediately.

"Catherine, the others are in trouble." Floramon voiced

"Well?" Hawkmon spoke. "What are we waiting for. Chop chop let's aid our comrades."

"Right!"

-Local Park-

Daisuke read the Terminal and immediately stopped. "Guys the mist seemed harmless."

Ken stopped. "Yeah, look!" They saw Kari and Tatum running toward despite the other people paralyzed from the mist.

"Why isn't it affecting us?" asked Lou. "This doesn't make any sense."

Gazimon manifested outside of the D-Terminal. "It's not affecting us digimon."

The rest of the Digimon followed suit and looked around. Gatomon narrowed her eyes on a particular direction. She glanced at Natsu.

"Natsu…"

"They're here coming."

"Well?" Daisuke held out his digivice. "Let's digivolve!"

Veemon clenched his fist. "Right." Light engulfed the creatures for a few seconds, but it quickly dispersed as it appeared.

"What?" Wormmon was surprised. "Why can't I digivolve? What happened to us?"

"It's this bloody mist." growled SnowAgumon. "It stopped our digivolution somehow."

"Of course."

The eyes of chosen and partner all focused on the two physical forms of the cyborg and the demon biker. The cyborg had a frown on his face while the demon chuckled at the helpless children. Beelzebumon took out his gun and aimed at the kids. "All it does it is halt the digivolution temporarily for half an hour. For none digital lifeforms it puts them in a state of bliss. Think of being in a illusion of peace. I would've preferred torment, but trapped in your mind is trapped in your mind. However." He focused on the children. "You all aren't totally affected, but I can see it's getting to you. You kids have been in the digital world more often than these humans that it will take longer for it to be in affect."

He chuckled as he noticed Tatum collapsing on one knee causing the others to gasp. "As I said half an hour, long enough for us get what we need and leave." He noticed Kari. "Hmm.. you've been in it longer than her… what's wrong with you? You are interesting."

Kari backed away from him. Daisuke slid in front her to protect her.

He narrowed his eyes and then smirked. "Heh, one of you is the child of light am I right?" He laughed. "I see that makes sense. Why you wouldn't falter, perhaps Barbamon will like to experiment on you."

"Idiot!" the gogglehead growled. "Don't talk to her like that." Daisuke grasped his D-Terminal. "If regular digivolution won't work then how about."

Veemon armor digivolve to…. Flamedramon the Fires of Courage.

CyberFlamedramon pounced at his armored counterpart sent him back with a thrust. The armored digimon grunted when collided with a tree. His cyborg brother rammed him and put placed his claw near the digimon's neck.

"You remind me so much of myself." Growled the cyborg. "It infuriates me."

"You used to be just like me… what happened?"

"A lot! Does not concern you…"

Gatomon armor digivolve to….. Nephertimon the Angel of light."

"What makes you think you can fight me?" He blitzed toward her, faster than the armor feline could see, and punched. The strong force of the punch sent her back to her rookie for of Salamon. "Ha knocked you down a few pegs." He turned and watched as the rest of the chosen humans were in a trance like state while their partners stood guard.

"Yeah, just stay down and eat in the dirt for a while." He pointed at the rest of the digimon. "Come on girl come on over and bring the chalice."

The catgirl switched glances between herself, the enemy digimon and the rest of the ground. The other children had fallen into a trance. Kari wasn't show any signs, she was just looking with fear. Daisuke was in front, but she felt something strange radiating from him. She decided to make the decision.

"Alright!" Natsu solemnly spoke. She slugged the bag over her back and walked forward

"Wait." Betamon called out. "You can't go! You have no idea what he'll do!'

"I know… , but look at your partners. You yourselves can't digivolve normaly. Plus armor evolution isn't strong." She sighed. "I don't want you all to get killed. I have to give him the chalice."

"You know you'll be trialed… actually we'll make a decision on how to either kill or torture you." Beelzebumon sighed. "Tiresome, but Boogeymon would enjoy it." He noticed her distraught look on her face. "Eh? Look I'll make sure he doesn't come near you or the girl."

"Girl?"

The demon biker reached out, knocked Daisuke away and grabbed Kari. Salamon gasped and charged at him only for the demon biker to slam his foot on her. He kept her there as continued to struggle. "Don't bother to come kids. As soon as Barbamon makes his oh so special power up. We'll return to take over. How does that sound? No? Interested? Oh wait nope."

"We take the boy too." CyberFlamedramon walked forward with Veemon under his arm. "I sensed a famialr power coming from his person. It's not inside of him, but it is something that I is nostalgia. Plus I think it's keeping him from succumbing under the mist."

"Fine."

"HEY!" Daisuke shouted as he tried to punch the demon biker only for the cyborg to grab him. "Let go jerk!"

"No."

The demon biker smirked. "Tell your friends. They should be here and the mist shouldn't' affect anyone coming. The mist should disperse in a few moments. So they'll be up and about soon. Later punks."

He activated the device and formed another wormhole back to their home. He kicked Salamon into the portal and jumped in with Kari. Natsu followed with CyberFLamedramon close behind. The cyborg took Daisuke and Veemon with him. After that the portal closed. Closing everyone off from that world.

When the others arrived they were informed of what happened. TK slammed his fist in the tree, feeling that he failed Kari and the others. Sora felt the same way and she what Tai would do if he found out… no he's about to find because Iori already informed the others. Catherine closed her eyes, feeling that weak that two of the strongest in their group was captured. If they were captured then what could she do? She opened her eyes, she that if she were trouble Daisuke would fight on to save her. She WILL do the same.

Phil looked at the zoned out forms. "So they'll be like this for another minute? It took us a while to get here"

"There was no way we could've fought them." Betamon closed his eyes. "A good strategy could had beaten those two, but they were a step ahead. Without the mist around we can't digivolve."

"What if they used that on us on their world." Sora frowned at the thought of being helpless. "We would die instantly."

"Guys." called Iori who read his D-Terminal. "Tai's not happy."

"His sister's been kidnapped." Catherine looked on. "How mad is he?"

"He wants to storm in and take them on by himself. He said something about a combination of Rambo and the Terminator." Another beep responded from his terminal. He scanned it and smiled. "Looks like Gennai and Azulongmon have come through for us. We're suppose to meet at these coordinates."

"I'll call my coach and tell her I'll be out meeting a friend here. So…" Sora dialed her coaches number.

"Well? Let's find the nearest computer and head to the digital." The young Takaishi stepped forward. "We can't let them get away with this."

"Let's go and get our friends back." Patamon (TK) yelled happily.

-Barba Empire Homeland. Castle Training yard-

Daisuke, Kari, Natsu, Veemon, and Salamon stared at seven people in the courtyard. The gogglehead stood in front of all of them and glanced at each of them with anger and determination. He saw Boogey with a sickening smile. CyberFlamedramon, with his usual glare. Beelzebumon with a bored look. He saw Abyzomon smiling at him… with curiosity. He saw another female digimon that looked like a Mermaid that had metal grafted to her body. She was also on a metal anchor. She had blonde hair, a visor, a black tank top, her right arm was made of metal, her left arm had elbow high gloves, and a metallic bottom.

The next one looked a Gorillamon, except he had black fur and red eyes. Someone called him SinGorrillamon. The last one was the old man himself, Barbamon. He was in the middle. How did he know? Because the leader was always in the middle of band of jerks.

"This is him? The boy with the ulforce?"

"Yep, Cyber guy here sensed it." The demon biker pointed at his cyborg companion. He got a grunt in response.

"Delicious." Boogeymon licked his lips. "The girl has some connection to the light. CAN I RAVAGE HER!"

Kari squeaked. Daisuke pointed at the guy. "DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!"

"Why not?"

The demon leapt over them and landed behind them. He started caressing Kari's face. Said girl was shivering under his touch. "So human's feel like this? Interesting. I wonder else it feels good?" He leaned over to whisper. "Perhaps some pleasure?"

"MORON!" the mermaid called out. "I swear I will kick you bloody ass if I hear one more sexist thing from you! Step away from the human child or I'll beat your ass straight to hell and back."

"Boogeymon." The leader spoke. "There are some things I tolerate… this is not one of them. I ignored the others. This one I wont."

Boogeymon scoffed and walked away. "No fun at all."

"What do you guys want?"

"Want?" Barbamon spoke. "Well my boy, what I want is for you to fight me. Get your blue whelp to reach his highest form."

"Huh? Really?"

"Yes," He sighed. "Why not just get the heroics over with. You beat us, you save the day and then you get to go home. How does that sound." He smiled. Somewhere out there a puppy died because of it. That fiend.

"… Veemon!"

"Daisuke don't."

"He asked for it!" Daisuke stepped forward and raised his digivice.

Veemon digivolve to… XV-mon. XV-mon digivolve to….. BlitzV-dramon!

BlitzV-dramon flexed his muscles and got into a stance. "Come you jerks I'll fight you all."

Salamon jumped forward as well.

Salamon digivolve to…. Gatomon. Gatomon digivolve to…. Angewomon

Angewomon shined brightly as the others covered their eyes. "Well?" She bellowed. "We accept your challenge."

To their surprise Barbamon started laughing, the others, except for CyberFlamedramon, followed suit. Their laughter echoed throughout the hall and the kids swore they heard someone else laughing in the distance. They felt their egos crushed.

"What's so funny?" the gogglehead glared. "You wanted this!"

"Ho, ho! I haven't had good laugh in ages. This is as far as you went?"

"Yeah so?" Growled the ultimate dragon.

"Boy." He sounded bored. "I'm unimpressed." Then he charged forward with his staff raised.

A/NTwo more chapters left until we get back to business.