Disclaimer: Digimon is a franchise owned jointly by Toei Animation and Bandai, and conceptualized by Akiyoshi Hongo. Doctor Who is a property owned by the British Broadcasting Company created by Sydney Newman. The concept of The Tamer v1.2: Another Digimon Adventure is a fan fiction idea. Please support the official properties.

Author's Notes: We're back for the second adventure of the life of The Tamer. To everyone who read and supported the first story, thank you so much for coming this far with us! I don't want to waste any more time talking so let's start the next part of the story.

In a dimmed apartment somewhere in the world, an adult continues typing away on their computer. The adult briefly looks up from the screen to examine some documents before returning to work. After review, they open a tab to view a news site. Nothing catches their interest amidst the daily headlines of killings, politics, money, health tips, advice columns, and opinion editorials. It only lasts a little while before the adult closes the window and sighs, "Okay, time to get back at it."

The Tamer v1.2: Another Digimon Adventure

Chapter 1: The Legacy of Courage

Years passed after the defeat of the Dark Masters and restoration of the Digital World. It had only known peace in that time - before he came with their dark rings and control spires. The sight of either was enough to send the digimon running while a brave few tried to fight back. Until that day, no one really knew who was behind it all since anyone fool enough to fight back was killed or turned into a slave by the dark rings. So when the dark rings appeared that day on the edge of the forest, every digimon knew to run for safety. Among them were seven friends, Gatomon, Patamon, Gomamon, Palmon, Biyomon, Gabumon, and Tentomon. Normally, these digimon would've stayed behind to fight but without the aid of their friends, they were just as helpless as the other digimon. And they knew better than to sacrifice themselves meaninglessly.

They fled for safety, watching in horror as digimon around them were ensnared by the dark rings or killed by other digimon under their control. When one of them came close to Gatomon, she felt a pain on her tail and it bounced away. Another went for Patamon but he was able to destroy it with a blast of compressed air from his lungs. The digimon continued running, stopping only when they took shelter in a nearby cave with other smaller digimon - Yokomon, Koromon, Gotsumon, and more. One of the Yokomon, peered out into forest at the sound of screams and fighting until Biyomon pulled her back, "Be careful. You don't want to get spotted."

"This is awful," the Yokomon shook, "Why is this happening? Where are the digidestined? They saved us before! Why aren't they here now?"

"They can't come back. The boundary between our worlds is closed," Tentomon reminded her, "We're on our own."

"Boy, I never thought I'd see the day where I'd want Agumon and The Digimon Tamer around," Gatomon sighed, "Agumon could at least digivolve."

"Come on guys, it's not too bad. If we work together, we can definitely fight back!" Gabumon tried to bring them together only to cower when they heard a familiar roar from the forest. They all knew that sound too well and immediately understood why anyone who tried to fight back usually died. If that sound was what they thought it was, no amount of team work would help them. They would need their human partners now more than ever.

There were many things Takeru Takaishi didn't like - one of them was the cheap lumpy oatmeal he'd have for breakfast whenever his mom was too busy to make anything. He sighed once he finished and downed his orange juice to help it along. Afterwards, he grabbed his backpack and called to his mom, "I'm going to school now!"

"Okay. Be good in school TK! And don't cause any trouble. I need to finish this article on the history of toilet paper and I can't do that if I have to talk to another teacher," his mother said with a frustrated tone, knowing that it was going to happen anyway. For her sake, TK replied, "I won't mom. Love you!"

He threw his bag over his shoulder and walked out in preparation of his first day at his new school. They'd moved to this new building as it would put TK within walking distance of the school so that he would always get there on time. It was a newer building, built in the aftermath of the damage to the city several years back. It's location was ideal though, since his brother and dad lived in the unit next door. Rather than take the stairs, he took the elevator down to the ground floor where he ran into two other kids - a purple haired girl his age and a slightly younger boy with short cropped hair. The girl perked her head up on looking at him - her eyes magnified by the bottle glasses she wore, "Hi! Never seen you before. My name's Yolei and this is Cody!"

The smaller boy offered a curt bow of his head, "It's nice to meet you."

"Hello, I'm Takeru but everyone calls me TK," he introduced himself with a soft smile, "I actually just moved here after enrolling in school."

"Oh, I heard about you," Yolei took a step back, her expression more uncertain. TK understood what this was about. He wasn't a bad person, but he'd earned a reputation as one after a few mishaps. His older brother accused him of picking up habits from another boy a few years back, although he could never tell if his brother was joking about. TK continued to smile and offered, "Whatever you've heard, it's definitely all exaggeration. I'm not a delinquent and I don't pick fights with people. Usually, they find me."

This didn't put Yolei at ease, and he couldn't ignore the narrowing eyes of Cody. The inquisitive look in his eyes was all too reminiscent of another friend, reaffirmed by the curious way he asked, "Is it true that you punched a teacher so hard he went bald?"

"What?" TK repeated, confused until it sank in, "No, that was an accident. I tripped and knocked the principal's toupee off. That was how I got kicked out of that school."

His answer seemed to satisfy Cody but the boy still kept an eye on him when he got on the elevator. TK noted that they took a step back from him once he was on but didn't say a thing until they got down to the bottom floor where his older brother was waiting for him with a bicycle in his hands. Yamato 'Matt' Ishida dressed in his green middle school blazer, the uniform of the middle school connected to the elementary school TK had been enrolled in. Naturally, this meant that Matt could better keep an eye on his little brother at school.

Of note was the guitar bag he carried over his shoulder. He'd become something of a small indie idol because of his band 'The Teenage Wolves' - where he was lead on vocals and guitar. It also helped that he'd let his blonde hair grow out so that he'd become drop dead gorgeous to many teen girls. TK thought it was okay, but never mentioned to his older brother that it made him look like a girl from the back. He waved, "Hey Matt!"

"Hey little bro," Matt nodded back. Before TK could say any more, Yolei had run up to him and started showering the boy in praise, "Oh! No way! You're Matt Ishida! My sister has all your CDs! Your music is amazing."

"Uh, right, nice to meet you," Matt nodded anxiously, weary as Cody also gave him a polite bow and greeting. TK snickered as his older brother hadn't grown accustomed to his fame yet. Yolei looked back at TK disbeleivingly, "It's crazy that you two are brothers, since he's a...well."

Matt moved to TK's side and messed up his hair, "Yeah, I know. Dad asked me to walk him to school so that he doesn't get into trouble."

"Yeah, I'm sure it has nothing to do with wanting to avoid the girls at your school," TK joked, earning him a playful head lock from his brother, "Shut up kid."

TK eventually wriggled his way out of the head lock and said, "Matt, I'll be fine. Seriously."

"Are you sure? I don't think mom or dad want another phone call saying that you got into a fight at school," Matt said with a mocking smile. TK sighed, "I don't go looking for fights, they find me."

"And who'd want to pick a fight with you while your older brother around?" Matt joked, brushing his hand through his hair. TK scoffed, "Literally anyone who sees that I need my older brother to walk me to school."

Matt's eyes narrowed but he relented. He retrieved a scrap of paper from a notebook in his bag and scribbled something on it. With a small nod, he handed the paper to Cody and said, "Okay. Then I'll see you at school TK. I have to get there early for band anyway. You look like a responsible little dude, so do me a favor and let me know if my kid brother gets into trouble. I'll come running and set him straight."

"Okay," Cody nodded, pocketing the paper. As they watched his brother bike off to school, Yolei begged Cody for his number - which the little boy refused since it was his responsibility to keep an eye on TK now. But also because he knew Yolei would just try to call him later. TK sighed, quietly preferring to be walked to school by his brother.

Kari Kamiya walked into class just as the first bell rang, signaling to students that they had five minutes to get to class. She was an average eleven year old elementary school student wearing a pink sleeveless turtle neck and yellow shorts. On top of this were pink fingerless gloves that went up just above her elbows and knee high socks with pink shoes.

She was just putting her notebook and pencil in front of her when another of her classmates hurried in ahead of the rest of the class. A boy roughly her age with short spiky brown hair and goggles around his head. He wore a bright blue long sleeve shirt under a dark blue open vest and brown khaki shorts. He was out of breath and red in the face, slumping down into his seat beside Kari. She saw the frustration plainly on his face and greeted him, "Hey Davis."

"Hey Kari," he sat up right away, his face lit up with a smile, "Guess what? This kid outside said he recognized me! I guess people are hearing about my awesome soccer skills!"

"Maybe," she said, trying not to over inflate his ego. They'd been good friends since the start of the school year, when the two had recognized each other from their first meeting a few years back. A meeting where he and his sister found her passed out on the street after she collapsed from illness. All the same, it looked like it had gone to his head and he added, "Yup, I guess I'm on my way to being a great soccer player."

The remaining students filed in while he continued his attempt at flirting with her, something she didn't appreciate but she liked him too much to ask him to stop. Once their home room teacher walked in, the second bell ran to signal the start of class. He set his papers and books down on his lectern to get their attention and began, "Good morning class, welcome to homeroom. It's good to see you all. I hope you're excited because we have a new student joining us today."

Kari blinked as she recalled the rumor that the new student was a delinquent who'd been kicked out of his old school after making the principal there bald. She and every other student in the room looked at the door just as the teacher let the student in. Surprise overwhelmed her when she saw the familiar face of TK walk into the room with a bright smile on his face. At the teacher's behest, he introduced himself, "Hi everyone. My name's Takeru Takaishi but you can all call me TK."

Davis leaned in and whispered, "That's the kid who said he recognized me. I didn't know he was the new kid."

The teacher pointed at the empty seat next to Kari's and said, "Please have a seat next to Ms. Kamiya and we can begin the class."

He strode towards her confidently, leaving Kari to wonder if he even recognized her after all the time that passed. She continued watching him as he sat down beside her, not hearing a word Davis was whispering to her. TK shot her a side glance and whispered, "Together again, huh?"

Kari felt a smile draw itself on her face, "Just like old times."

"Ms. Kamiya, Mr. Takaishi, no talking during class," their homeroom teacher said to them before going to face the chalkboard, "Let's begin today's lesson with mathematics."

Izzy walked past the computer lab on his way back from lunch and noticed that one of the computers had been left on. He peered into the empty room, cautiously watching for any students who might've snuck in while the laboratory was closed. Instead, he found the lone computer making erratic noises that urged him to investigate. As he drew closer, he noticed the screen displaying a simple message - 'Help. Urgent. Digital World in Danger.'

He did a double take and knew he'd need help in order to do anything. He thought of who he could get on such short notice - Sora was in a class and couldn't help, Matt would be in the band room with his band, he wouldn't be able to sneak out to get Joe, and Mimi wasn't…available. This left Kari who was having lunch in the lower building. He didn't have a moment to lose and went to get them.

Lunch rolled around, and Kari found herself eating between TK and Davis at the same table. TK and Kari tried their best to catch up with each other, but Davis was obviously jealous of the attention she was affording the boy. She asked, "So is it true you made the principal at your old school bald?"

"No! Where do these stories come from? I just tripped and knocked his toupee off," TK groaned, massaging his head. Kari giggled but Davis shot back, "Hey, you better not cause any trouble like that here."

"Davis, relax," Kari said, "It's fine."

TK threw his hands up, "Believe me, I don't want to. I get kicked out all the time over dumb stuff and I think it's just bad luck. Besides, I don't think you have to act all tough just to impress Kari. I think she already likes you."

"TK!" Kari gasped, feeling her face flush in embarrassment. This set Davis off, "What? That's not what this is about TJ."

"TK."

"Whatever. I'm just saying not to cause any trouble and you make it about-"

"Hey Kari," TK interrupted quickly, "I have to ask, are you hanging out with Davis because he looks like-"

"No, no of course not," Kari answered quickly, doing her best to hide how red her face. TK blinked in confusion, until a knowing smile settled on his face. He winked, "Okay, lips sealed."

"Hey, what was that?" Davis demanded accusingly. Before he could answer, a student from the middle school wing of the building showed up at their table. An older student with short cut red hair and frantic eyes named Koushiro Izumi or 'Izzy' to his friends. Kari asked, "Izzy, what's wrong?"

"And why are you out of breath? You didn't get out of shape did you? The middle school section of the building is literally down the hall," TK added. Izzy looked between them, then at Davis before saying, "No time to chat. I need your guys hand with something…important."

Kari knew that he could have only meant one thing by his choice of words and nodded towards TK knowingly. The two of them would have to put aside their conversation for now and hurried away while leaving their food on the table. Urgently, she looked at Kari, "Sorry. We'll be right back."

"What? No, I'm coming too! Maybe I can help," Davis offered, sitting up right away and following them all the way out to the hall. Izzy tried dismissing him, "Believe me Davis, we'd take your help if we could but this is something only the three of us can handle."

"No way. If PJ can handle it, I can handle it too!" Davis countered, earning a flat 'what' from Izzy. TK explained, "It's TK, and I think he's just trying to impress Kari."

"Do you want to go EA!?" Davis snapped angrily. TK added, "He even gets names wrong too. You really know how to find them Kari."

"It's not like that TK," Kari said, unsure if she was even fooling herself. TK added, "Sorry Davis. But the truth is you couldn't help if you wanted to."

"Well why not?" Davis folded his arms in disbelief. TK sighed, "Because we're about to go to another world filled with powerful monsters call digimon which is short for Digital Monsters. This is because the world is called the Digital World and its a world that's made of data."

"I feel like you made that all up just to make me go," Davis pointed out angrily. TK sighed, "If I wasn't, would you still try to go to the Digital World with us?"

"Okay, stop it you two," Izzy chastised the boys, "Davis, I know you mean well but you really wouldn't be of any help. If anything, you'd make it harder on us because we'd have to protect you."

"Hey, I'm pretty tough!" Davis persisted until TK produced his digivice from his pocket. Although he was trying to sound reasonable, Kari couldn't help but think he sounded dismissive, "No one's saying you're not Davis but you really wouldn't be of any help to us without a digivice like ours see."

"Oh yeah? Where do I get one? I'll get one and then I can help you guys out," Davis remained adamant about going with them to help out anyway that he could. Kari frowned at his persistence, wanting him to come but knowing that he really wouldn't be of any use in the Digital World. As they walked into the computer lab, TK added, "I'm sorry Davis but a digivice isn't something you can go out and get. Truth is, ours just kind of fell out of the sky."

No sooner did he say that, a bright light came from the monitor of one computer - scattering into three different lights. One flew straight into Davis's hand while the other two disappeared into the hall. The light balled and dimmed in his hand to become a digivice - taller in size than theirs with blue grips on either side and a black antenna on top. Izzy's mouth fell open while TK commented, "Sort of like that."

"Okay, so that means I can go to DigiWorld then, right?" Davis said more cheerily, "Hang on, did this come out of the computer."

"Yeah, which is the opposite of what we're trying to do. We want to get in," Izzy said, checking the computer to see a new message on display on the monitor. Kari peeked over his shoulder and read the words aloud, "Just say digiport open."

By then, Davis and TK were peering at the screen curiously. Davis repeated the words without much thought, "What does that mean? Digiport open."

Like that, the screen flashed a bright white light and Kari felt a familiar pulling sensation drag her into the screen. It quickly turned into a fall and she landed with a thump in a forest clearing. Behind them was a computer monitor with the image of the computer lab on its screen. It took her a moment to sit up straight just as she heard TK grunt upon landing beside her. Izzy landed next, with his typical declaration of, "Prodigious!"

Then screaming followed as Davis landed beside her, "Ah! What's happening!? Where are we? What is this place? Where's the school!? Kari! I'll protect you!"

Kari tried not to react to those words, the same ones spoken by her brother so long ago. Instead she stood up and dusted herself off, "It's fine Davis. Welcome to the Digital World."

"Digital World?" Davis looked around, frantically looking around at his new surroundings, "It looks like someone just dropped us in a forest."

"Yep, that's the Digital World," TK leapt up and offered Davis a hand, "Nice clothes by the way. Where'd they come from?"

"Clothes? What are you-" Davis cut himself short upon looking down. Kari hadn't noticed it either but his clothes had changed. He still kept the same brown khaki shorts and shoes, but his blue long sleeved shirt was replaced with a blue bomber jacket included with flames. He asked, "What the heck? Where did these come from? Although, I do like the look. Wait, why was I the only one to get new clothes?"

TK shrugged it off, "Let's worry about that later. We have to go find-"

"Izzy! TK! Kari! Some guy I don't know!" they heard a familiar buzz just ahead of them. The small red insect Tentomon emerged from the trees and flew into the arms of his former partner joyfully, "It's so good to see you! It's been so long! And at a good time too! We need your help!"

"Tentomon!" Izzy gleefully replied, "Were you the one who sent those messages on the computer?"

"Messages? Computer? Izzy, I may be your partner but I don't know how to do the things you do," Tentomon retorted just as they noticed Davis pointing at it with big eyes, "I remember that insect! It was there the day I met Kari and Izzy!"

"Hello! I'm Tentomon. Who are you?" Tentomon asked with a wave. Davis sputtered out in confusion while Kari answered for him, "This is Davis. He's a friend of ours - he was there when we met in my old apartment, remember?"

"Hmm...I do remember someone who wouldn't stop screaming. Was that him?" Tentomon asked, mistaking Davis for her mother. Davis was about to rebuff him but fell silent when a large roar echoed somewhere in the distance. Tentomon's voice fell to a whisper as he said, "It's not safe here. Follow me, there's a safe place near here."

TK was anxiously quiet while Tentomon led them through the forest into the cave. Inside, they found plenty of digimon hiding away in fear along with their digimon partners: Patamon, Biyomon, Palmon, Gabumon, Gomamon, and Gatomon. Upon seeing them, their partners ran up to them with a gleeful hug. Gatomon cheered, "You're here! I knew you'd come!"

"Gatomon! I missed you so much," Kari replied with tears in her eyes while she held her partner. TK was swept in the emotions of seeing his partner again after so much time, "Patamon!"

Their reunion was cut short when Biyomon asked, "Is there anyone else here?"

"No, just us," Izzy admitted to the bird whose expression sunk, "So what's going on? Why are you all hiding in the cave?"

Gatomon answered, "We're hiding from the Digimon Emperor - this bad guy who showed up not long ago and started enslaving digimon with these dark rings of his. He has control spires all over the Digital World that he uses to power the dark rings, and any digimon under his control do whatever he wants without question. Friends turn on friends, families get torn apart, and cats start getting along with dogs! It's insane!"

"That's messed up, who does that guy think he is?" Davis said, punching his fist into his other hand, "I'll show him."

"Who's that kid?" Gabumon asked anxiously, "He looks kind of like-"

"It's The Digimon Tamer!" a Yokomon cheered excitedly, "He's shown up to save us!"

"Wait, who?" Davis paused as digimon swarmed him with questions, "You'll stop the Digimon Emperor, right?"

"Where's Agumon? Is he already fighting the guy?"

"It took you long enough! Where were you?"

"What's your plan to win?"

"You'll bring back our friends, right?"

"This isn't The Digimon Tamer," Kari said, "He's just a good friend. His name is Davis."

A Gotsumon got close to the boys face in disbelief, "Are you sure? He's got the messy hair, the goggles, and the dumb clothes."

"Hey!" Davis took offense at the last statement but he cooled down when Kari assured the digimon, "I think I'd know my brother."

"She has a good point," Gotsumon nodded in agreement, "So if he's not him, do you know where Agumon and The Digimon Tamer are?"

"No, we don't. That's okay though because we can digivolve you guys and start fighting back," Izzy said. Tentomon shook his head, "That's no good. The control spires suppress digivolution. No one's been able to digivolve since he showed up."

"Wow, this guys sounds tough," TK frowned, not feeling this anxious since they first had to fight the Dark Masters. As he said that, another digimon ran in - a small red digimon with pointed ears and a feathery tail named Elecmon. Elecmon panicked, "I saw him! I saw him! The Digimon Tamer! And Agumon! We have it wrong! They won't come to save us!"

"What, why not?" Palmon asked, "What's got you so freaked out?"

"The Digimon Emperor! It's the Digimon Tamer!" Elecmon panicked, "And that roaring! It's SkullGreymon! That's why there's no survivors! SkullGreymon wouldn't leave any!"

"What!" Kari gasped. TK looked at her sadly, only able to imagine what must be going through her mind. He didn't think it was possible but they hadn't seen her brother in a long time and a lot of time had passed. Naturally Biyomon protested the idea, "No way. It couldn't be the Digimon Tamer."

"Crazy hair, goggles, dumb looking cape and clothes," Elecmon repeated, "Insanely smart and great at fighting too? Not to mention the way he uses his digivice. It was definitely The Digimon Tamer. The digivice looked different than normal, it was all black and had a bunch of new stuff on it. It was sort of like...um...like..."

"Like this?" Davis asked, producing his digivice for them to see at what could only be the most inopportune time. Elecmon panicked, "Like that! He's with the Digimon Emperor!"

"Whoa, I just got here," Davis answered defensively, while the other digimon started backing away, "I don't even know how to use this thing."

A loud rumble came from outside and Elecmon panicked, "Oh no. They followed me! We have to run! Come on!"

Elecmon bolted out of the cave to flee, only to be attacked by a dark ring. It flew at him with enough force to kick him along the ground when it attached itself to his body. The other digimon fell into silence, too scared to move after witnessing what befell Elecmon. The rumbling continued and a single Monochromon emerged from the trees wrapped in his own Dark Ring. Monochromon growled and charged straight ahead towards the cave where the digidestined and the remaining digimon were hiding. TK saw this and shouted, "Guys! Get out of the cave! We'll be trapped in here!"

"You don't have to tell us twice," one of the Yokomon shouted - sprinting from the cave and Monochromon. Everyone filed out just as Monochromon charged straight into the cave and disappeared. The situation seemed defused at first, until Elecmon rounded on them with electricity cackling from his feathery tail. Patamon gasped, "Watch out! Elecmon's not on our side anymore."

"We'll have to fight him! Maybe we can destroy the ring," Tentomon said, leading their digimon partners into the fray against him. TK declared, "Davis, stay behind us."

When he heard no response, he looked around and saw he was absent. He looked back at the cave and feared that he may not have escaped, "Oh no, Davis!"

Davis ran at a full sprint, regretting that he played soccer this morning because his legs were throbbing in protest. But he didn't dare stop as he looked over his shoulder to see the massive digimon edging closer. Just as it was about to overtake him, he felt something pull him to the side and into a branch of the tunnel. He braced himself to be trampled, only to hear the rumbling continue on into the distance, followed by a soft sigh, "That wasn't very smart, running from the Monochromon by running into a dark tunnel. I mean, they do just charge in a straight line so the smart thing would've been to get out of the way. Are you alright?"

"Um...yeah," Davis looked up at his savior but couldn't make out any details in the dark. The only thing he could clearly make out was messy hair and a long flowing coat. Davis squinted his eyes but it was hard to make out any more than that. Going by the sound of his voice, it had to be a guy but that didn't tell him much. He asked, "Who are you?"

"Just an idiot who's passing through," the person said, "Come along! Allonsy! Ew…that was…I'm sorry, I'm never saying that again."

"What?"

"Sorry, I just thought I needed a catchphrase and tried one out. Are you coming?"

"Wait, I have to go back! Kari and Izzy and...TJ, I think. Anyway, they need my help!" Davis countered. The figure paid no heed and replied, "They'll be fine, you're the one who was nearly flattened. You won't be of much help to them right now."

Against his better judgment, Davis stumbled along the darkness after his rescuer and into a large chamber lit by a small hole in the wall that let light trickle in. The light fell upon a small egg colored red and yellow in the pattern of flames. Protruding from the top was a single metal blade like a horn and engraved on its side was an orange symbol designed to look like a sun. Davis asked, "Whoa, what kind of chicken laid that egg?"

The figure didn't respond and stepped towards it. With what little light trickled in, Davis could better make out his savior - a long blue coat that led up to a hood for concealing his face, black pants, and white shoes. He looked to be only a head taller than Izzy, but it was difficult to tell anything else beyond the small smile he offered when he looked back, "Not a chicken. A digimon - one that'll help you fight the Digimon Emperor."

"Really? Cool," Davis said, striding towards the egg anxiously. He stopped just short of picking it up and eyed his rescuer nervously, "Why are you helping me? Who are you?"

"That's what you're asking me when I'm giving you the chance to impress Kari?" the figure asked. Davis's eyes narrowed and he called the figure out, "I'm in another world where monsters attack me and some weird guy is giving me food to fight the monsters. Yes, I'm asking that question. And how do you know Kari?"

The smile disappeared but he finally lowered his hood to reveal a tired face topped with fiery brown hair and goggles. Davis tried to remember where he'd seen the face before but couldn't quite place it while the rescuer explained, "Just a friend. Don't worry if I look familiar, I get that a lot. As for how I know Kari, she…well, thinks I'm her brother."

Realization set in for Davis as he finally remembered meeting this boy years ago in Kari's apartment - and the photo that he mistook for his own. Davis pointed at him with his mouth wide open, "I remember you! You're the reason I got goggles! You're her brother…Tai!"

"Oh no, not another one," he replied, readjusting his hood to hide his face, "Whatever. I like your goggles by the way. Very fashionable, like I said."

"Yeah, they keep the wind out of my face when I play soccer!" Davis smiled. The stranger giggled before adding, "It's been a long time since I saw you last, Davis. But there's a long way for you to go. You're going to do so much and you'll be so important. But let's keep this between us for now. Not just what I'm saying, but our meeting too."

"Dude! Kari's been looking for you!" Davis retorted, "Everyone's looking for you! Why not just come out and-"

"No," his tone became more warning, "I can't. Not yet, not until I can save my best friend. There are a lot of…things out there that want me dead and I can't fight them off without my partner. Until then, I need to keep my head down and the only way I can do that is to stay in the shadows."

"But-"

"Yes, I have a very nice butt. Thank you," Tamer bowed, "Now go take the egg and save the day!"

Davis's eyes narrowed as he watched the stranger take a step back, before nodding to take the egg. It was as light as a feather as he lifted it off the ground. No sooner than he did, a pillar of orange light came up from where he pulled the egg and a small blue dinosaur with pointed ears and a horn on his nose looked up. The creature hovered above the ground, its knees pulled into his chest in the fetal position before it opened its eyes to look at him. With a toothy grin, the creature leapt off the ground, "DAVISH!"

Davis stumbled backwards while the little blue creature bounced around him playfully, "DAVISH! IT'SH SHO GOOD TO FINALLY MEET'CHA! I'M VEEMON! BUT YOU CAN JU-SH-T CALL ME VEEMON!"

"Uh…hi. Hey, Tai or whatever! Who-" Davis paused when he looked over his shoulder to see no one standing there. He glanced around the room and saw the only occupants were now him and the little imp Veemon who asked, "Hey Davish. Who are you talking too?"

Davis stuttered for a moment before replying, "No one. So…um, it's nice to meet you Veemon but…what are you?"

"I'm glad you ashked! I'm Veemon, your partner digimon! We're known for our shtrength and good luck, but alsho because we sometimes play pranksh on other digimon!" Veemon said excitedly, "Oh, it'sh so good to finally meet you. I waited sho long I ended up taking a nap! But I'm done with that for now! What should we do firsht?"

"Right! Um…first we should probably get out of here," Davis said just as more rumbling came from the only entrance into the room. Davis swallowed, certain of what was coming at them, "Oh crap, I forgot about Monochromon! He's coming this way!"

"Davish! You have to help me digivolve!" Veemon said quickly, which made Davis throw up his arms in frustration, "How?"

"Ushe the digiegg!" Veemon explained. Davis looked down at the digiegg in his hand and did the only thing that made sense to him - he threw it as hard as he could at the big digimon. It bounced off its head and rolled to a stop at Davis's feet, surprising the charging Monochromon who seemed just as dumbfounded as Veemon about the event.

Patamon, Gatomon, Tentomon, and the other digimon partners did what they could to fight off Elecmon but he was a lot faster and more aggressive than any of them remembered. Izzy postulated that the dark ring increased their overall strength, possibly putting him at the level of a champion despite being a rookie. Kari tried to reason with the digimon to no avail, "Snap out of it Elecmon! This isn't you!"

"It's no use, you're completely under the Digimon Emperor's control once you're captured by the dark ring," Gatomon shouted. The earth shook and Monochromon erupted from a hole in the mountain wall. On his back were Davis and a little blue digimon holding on for dear life. The little digimon wailed, "Why would you throw the digiegg at it?"

"I don't know how to use a digiegg! And what the crap is digivolving Veemon?" Davis shouted back, holding on for dear life as Monochromon rampaged. TK had no idea what either of them were talking about or how they got in that situation, but was relieved to see them safe all the same. Kari shared that sentiment and shouted, "Hang on Davis!"

"NO SHIT!" Davis shouted back in terror while Monochromon threw a wild fit and finally managed to throw them both off into the side of the mountain. Davis stood up and groaned, "Ow. Let's never do that again."

"Davish, I need to digivolve! It'sh the only way," Veemon said again. Davis groaned in frustration, "How? It's not like there's a manual!"

"You jusht have to show courage!" Veemon told him as Monochromon turned towards them again. Davis dusted himself off and picked the digiegg off the ground. He didn't stand a chance against the giant digimon, but refused to budged as it roared and ran towards him, "You want courage? You got it!"

Just as it seemed he'd be trampled, the egg in his hand illuminated with orange light and his digivice whistled a deafening scream. The light enveloped the blue digimon beside him and he shouted, "Veemon! Armor Digivolve to! Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!"

The light turned into a dazzling display of fire, subsiding only to show that Veemon had grown to be twice Davis's size but with fully elongated limbs dressed in armor styled like the egg. From his helmet and his gauntlets came out blades for his claws and horn. The newly born champion held the Monochromon back from smearing Davis against the mountain. Gatomon gasped, "No way. How is that even possible? No one can digivolve with a control tower around!"

"Armor digivolution isn't the same thing as regular digivolution," Flamedramon answered, using his leg to kick the massive champion digimon back, "It's stronger, using the power of the digiegg for digivolution. Now, let's cook this digimon!"

"Don't hurt him Flamedramon!" Tentomon reminded the champion, "Just destroy the dark ring!"

"I won't," Flamedramon leapt into the air and came aflame before diving onto Monochromon from above, "Fire Rocket!"

Like a comet, he crashed straight into the ring wrapped around the champion digimon's body and cracked it like glass. Monochromon shook its head as soon as the dark ring disappeared, confused and disoriented about its surroundings, "What happened? Where am I?"

"Alright! That just leaves Elecmon!" TK shouted excitedly, watching their digimon partners still trying to overpower the digimon. Tentomon shouted, "It's the control spires! Destroy the control spire and all the dark rings will stop working!"

"Flame Fist!" Flamedramon leapt into the air and threw a ball of fire from his hand towards a distant black column. All it took was one blast, but it shattered the side like glass and crumbled to dust. AS soon as it vanished, Elecmon fell to the same disorientation as Monochromon. He shook his head quietly while Gatomon and Gabumon wrestled the ring off him. It only took one try but the ring broke as easily as the others. TK breathed a sigh of relief and went to check on Elecmon while Kari comforted the Monochromon. Davis cheered excitedly and boasted of Flamedramon's accomplishment until he realized Kari wasn't paying attention.

After Flamedramon regressed to Veemon, an orange light burst from his body into Davis's digivice. From there, it produced another light that went into his pocket. Davis reached in and produced an unfamiliar device with a flip screen, "What's this? It looks like a flip phone but it says D-Terminal. Huh. Hey! It has the digiegg in it! Wait a second, what's it-"

Light burst forward from the device into the hands of Izzy, TK, and Kari. The three digidestined were surprised to see a similar device appear in their hands - a phenomenon that had Izzy saying, "Prodigious! We have them too!"

"But what is it?" Tentomon asked, buzzing over Izzy's shoulder to get a better look. Izzy shrugged and looked TK square in the eye. Although neither boy said a word, both knew what the other was thinking. There were three lights that left the monitor and one landed in Davis's hand. With the inclusion of a digimon partner, he was now a digidestined - a child chosen to save the Digital World. Kari smiled, "There's no doubt about it now, huh Davis?

"Yep, guess I'm one of you guys now," Davis said happily, "So why don't we go after that Digimon Emperor dude?"

"It'd be a waste of time," Gatomon pointed out, "The Digimon Emperor never attacks at night."

"Boy, what a let down. He actsh all tough but he'sh afraid of the dark!" Veemon complained.

"I guess we'd better figure out how to get back to our world then," Izzy mused, "How do we get back?"

Other questions remained on TK's mind but he didn't bring them up: who were the other two digidestined? Who was the Digimon Emperor and what was his connection to The Digimon Tamer? As happy as he was to see Patamon again, what exactly were they up against that they'd be called to action again?

Author's Notes: What have the digidestined gotten themselves into? Can they defeat the Digimon Emperor? Found out next time on the next installment of The Tamer v1.2 - Another Digimon Adventure which will release next week on Friday April 7th 5 PM CST. If you loved it, let me know in the reviews section, where I also welcome constructive criticism and speculation on the next chapter of the story. I usually try to reply to the reviews in the story in a timely manner. As a rule, guest reviews need to be signed in order to get a response and the response will come in the post author's notes of the new chapter. And hey, why not follow/favorite so you can stay up to date on the latest updates? Until then, why not have some teasers for next time?

Davis jumped up, "Yeah! Nailed it!"

All of the digidestined who'd been here previously paused at the sight before them but only Palmon was able to comment, "This is new."

"Maybe he was doing a pee dance," Kari giggled.

"So many new things," Cody mused, "I can tell that I have a lot to learn."

"I don't want to get dragged into the middle of this," Yolei held out her digivice towards TK as if to give it to him.