I'm back… you decide whether that's a good thing or not.

Chapter eleven: Age of Wood

*****Takuya's POV*****

Since the defeat of Daemon everything had become sort of quiet. Takuya knew, since it wasn't very hard, that the demon lords felt the need to use the younger kids. They probably thought they wouldn't do much.

'Maybe Lucemon pride blinded him' he thought to himself but laughed. Lucemon would make one mistake but not the same one over and over again. The digimon was clever, but he acted small, that was why other people felt they could beat him. Their own pride got in the way.

Takuya wasn't going to lie; he thought that they could beat Lucemon when he was first released. Everyone thought he was being hot-headed and he probably was but something in his gut told him they would win. And they did, even if it was after Lucemon digivovled to Mega and them to Mega Mega. Fighting Lucemon was nothing like Duskmon. Takuya actually thought Kouichi had it easy as he didn't have to fight Lucemon or Duskmon.

But Takuya was the leader and as so he had to make to tough decisions and fight the dangerous fights. And he wanted to, he never looked back once he had started and that was something that scared people.

He watched as Shinya played or rather talked with the other four around his age. It was rather funny actually as every now and then he would say something to offend Suzie or she would offend him, which would cause the other three to fall back laughing.

It was good that they could still laugh as not much here gave you something to laugh about. He felt fingers go through his hair and one side was pulled back slowly to make sure the voice was heard clearly in his ears.

This was one of the few things he liked about being here.

"Do you have any idea how you look right now?" A girl said slowly. He used his right hand to make Zoe face him. Chocolate eyes gazed into her emerald one, as their forehead. He still had a hand at the back of her head and her fingers were in his hair. To any one else it would look like they were doing something unsuitable.

"Do you have idea how you look?" He asked back using his left hand to push her waist towards him.

"You wouldn't know, all you can see are my eyes."

"Eyes are the windows to the soul, so I guess I know how I look right now." Zoe removed her hand and put them on the ground, but he could still feel the wind in his hair as an after effect.

"I guess I should answer your question then?" He let go of her and trailed her pale arm down making sure to leave a little heat was his fingers left.

"You don't…" However he was cut short when her lips went onto his. It didn't take long before tongue got involved, in fact it took longer then before but he wasn't complaining. It was heavy snog for which they didn't need to come up for air for, one of perks of dating the warrior of wind others included her being so hot. When he was sure she'd had enough he began the descent down the side of her neck. Her fingers had made it back to his hair but instead of pulling him away it just played with it. His hands went to her bare stomach, which was when the moment, or however long it was, was shattered.

"What an influence you are, brother." Shinya said standing in front of them.

"Great, you just had to come." Takuya complained. He helped Zoe up and she adjusted her skirt, which came up to her thigh, and her top, which ended just above her waist.

"I'd have to tell mother. I wonder what she'd say. Dad might have the talk with you."

"Oh god." Zoe said and sat back down.

"How did you where I, we, were?" He asked back. They had used minimal power today. One person started it then the other competed; it was how they worked and how most people found them. Where they were was the most hidden place.

"The other older people are looking for you. They wanted to, to…" Shinya was thinking hard "…I forget."

"Doesn't answer the question." Takuya stated.

"Oh well." Shinya said walking away.

"Shall we go?" Zoe asked, looking as if nothing had happened. "You have…" She trailed off and sorted out her hair, he had to fight doing the things that where were going through his mind.

Takuya grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the others.

"Well look who's back." Tai said as they came into view.

"Didn't know you were so happy to see us." Takuya said back.

"Oh I'm not." He smiled back totally making his point invalid. "But were playing a game and thought you'd like to play."

"What game?" Zoe asked sitting into the circle between Kari and Alice. Takuya looked around as he sat next to Koji and JP. It went; him, JP, Kouichi, Henry, Takato, Jeri, Kazu, Kenta, Matt, Mimi, Joe, Izzy, Sora, Tai, TK, Kari, Zoe, Alice, Rika, Ryo, Ken, Yolei, Davis then Koji. Rika and Ryo seemed to be listening to what was happening but also playing a card game, which Takuya had no idea how to play.

"No idea." Kazu said happily.

"That's not even a game dunderhead, let alone the right one." Rika said not looking up from the game, as put down a card which caused Ryo to smile.

"Yes it is, Mimi said 'I never other then that no idea'."

"The games called I never, Kazu." Kenta said and Kazu mouth went into a prefect O.

"Who doesn't know how to play?" Mimi asked. Kazu put his hand up, along with TK, Davis, Kari and JP.

"JP you know how to play." Zoe said.

"I do?"

"Yes, it was that game when we found out that Koji snogged Stacey." Zoe said and Takuya remembered when Koji told them the story. I was a good thing Shinya wasn't here.

"Oh right. That games cool." JP grinned.

"Ok the only reason we're allowing this game to happen is well there's no alcohol to play properly and its quiet embarrassing." Tai said.

"Then why play?" Davis asked only to get elbowed by Yolei.

"You're too young for that." She told him.

"So are you."

"I never said I wanted it."

"So…" Mimi carried on, "…as consolation you have to explain how it happened."

"That's not making the person feel good." Kari pointed out.

"It not to make them feel better, it to make everyone else better." Mimi said and Kari looked as it wasn't the answer she wanted. "I'll go first. When in the digital world or where ever you fought the digimon, I never saw someone from the opposite sex."

"We've all seen someone from the opposite sex." Tai said.

"I wasn't finished." Mimi said back. "naked."

Takuya actually felt the colour run from his previously happy face. Tai, Izzy, JP and Zoe put their hands up so he did too.

"I told you not to call her a pink princess." Matt said, "but no you just had to." He finished.

"Well Tai explain." Mimi said, rejoicing, even Sora looked happy.

"All right, when in the digital world we thought Mimi was kidnapped as all her stuff on the floor leading to a room. Me and Izzy rushed into the bathroom."

"I did tell you not to." Sora interjected.

"It was too late then, I was already hit with the shampoo bottle."

"Good throw your girlfriends got." Izzy said to Matt while touching his forehead.

"Good Kick too. What a try." Mimi said and Izzy shifted a little in his seat. "Zoe want to explain."

"I'd rather not." She said, a faint blush coming to her cheeks.

"Come on." Takuya said happily.

"Why don't you explain then?"

"Fine I will." Takuya said a planning starting in his mind. "You now when Zoe and Kari had that 'disagreement'" And everyone nodded. "Well I said that Toucanmon were perverted, well that goes into the story. We guys were in the sea on the island while Zoe was trying on all these outfits. Then according to her the door opened and she started screaming which caused me and JP to run inside. We were thrown out by trays which hurt." Takuya now understood why Izzy had touched his forehead.

"That's great." Mimi said and the two girl high fived.

"Throwing things always helps." Zoe said coming back to her seat.

"Does it hurt when it happens to you?" JP asked, but Zoe still stayed happy.

"So worth it." She said. Takuya would have choked had he been eating or drinking. Did she just say getting hit in head was worth it? It was worth it for him but there was one of her, she saw both him and JP.

"What?" Rika asked. "Getting hit the head was worth seeing Takuya and JP naked.

"I never saw JP naked." Zoe said. "Only Takuya. JP was wearing a jumpsuit so it takes a lot longer to take off. Takuya was quicker which meant I could see before I was rudely pushed out."

"You weren't rudely pushed out." Koji said to which Zoe raised an eyebrow. "You were thrown out. We had to I didn't want you to see me and I'm pretty sure Tommy didn't either. Takuya had a crush on you since you too fell down the hole. Don't really think he minded."

Takuya thought back, had he minded? As he thought he realised he hadn't, he hadn't even thrown a tray at her. If Koji was right had his crush on Zoe lasted two years before he acted. Probably.

"Guess I'm next." Joe said. "I never used someone."

Nearly everyone put their hand up. Takuya zoned out after Izzy said he used a tutor to give him better marks, and Sora said she used Matt to make both Tai and Mimi jealous.

"I never had alcohol." Sora said.

"That's such a lie." Tai said.

"Not."

"Last time we played the game?"

"I changed my drink for coke."

"That explains why you were so sober."

"Great huh? Answers then."

Everyone hand went up expect Davis, Yolei, TK, Kari. No one said anything after that as finding out when and why these people had it would be a time waste.

The game went round until it got to Alice then people began to get bored. Also Rika refused to make one up as she was close to actually winning. It went to Ken next but he couldn't be bothered so everyone gave up.

What they did find out was quiet funny. Who knew that Ryo had actually successfully kissed Rika without getting beaten or even hit? Kazu however didn't fair so well and got a black eye and spilt lip. And he only kissed her under the mistletoe, which Jeri put up.

Jeri had stolen bread from Takato bakery only to leave it in a ditch outside as she felt too guilty. Kenta had got an A in his test even though he was found out to be cheating. He said that Marineangemon doesn't count as cheating.

Koji's story came up again, and even though Takuya had already heard it he still thought it was funny. Stacey was a girl that had broken up with her boyfriend because he kissed another girl. She then went all weepy and went home which was next to Koji's. He could hear all her crying through the wall and went to tell her to stop as there was probably going to be a hole where she kept throwing things. The second he went into the room he was attacked. He managed to get out only the next morning to have the girls after him. He was already popular at school and as Takuya was taken Koji was obviously second. All the girls were after him and they all upped their game. Koji had and the front of class and run during class.

Takuya would have used his power to send the girls away but Koji didn't like abusing his power and Koji was also sure that Kouichi was doing something to make it worse.

And he was.

*****Rika's POV*****

"Ryo, you winning yet?" Kazu asked. Walking over to them, Rika felt like giving him another black eye.

"Maybe you should leave them?" Kenta asked, and Rika thought that at least one of the duo had a brain. "Rika looks like she'd skin you alive."

"Rika wouldn't do that, she's doesn't have it in her."

"How'd that black eye work out for you?" Rika asked making a fist and Kazu backed up a step.

"Come one wildcat don't threaten the guy." Ryo said putting down the next card.

"You would rather it be you?" She said back, putting a card down herself. She knew that it was an empty threat and was pretty sure that Ryo knew too.

"It would mean you'd touch me." he said smoothly.

"While scarring that beautiful face."

"If you thought I was hot you could have just said." Rika refused to let the blush come to her.

"The way the words 'Ryo' and 'hot' will be in the same sentence is if I say 'Ryo will be thrown into a pot of hot water and boiled alive'."

"Why would that happen?"

"I don't know." She huffed. "You annoyed me."

"That's nothing new." Monodramon said.

"So true." Kazu said.

"Kazu maybe we should leave." Kenta said. Rika put down her next card and smirked to her herself.

"Why?" Ryo put down the next card.

"I don't think it's going to be pretty."

Rika put down her card.

Ryo smirked.

He put down the card.

Rika punched Kazu.

"I told you." Kenta said polishing his glasses.

"Could have told me sooner." Kazu said rubbing his cheek..

"Would you have listened?" Ryo asked.

"I'm out of here." Rika said walking away but only making it a step. "Let go."

"I really think you should stay and not move." Ryo said quietly.

"Why?" She asked back twisting her wrist in his hands.

"Just stay."

"Like hell."

"Why must you be so stubborn?"

"Because that's who I am." She said back.

"Be who you are and no one else." A voice said back. It sounded as if I could cut through wood.

"Great that's bleeding fantastic." JP said.

"Language." Sora shouted.

"Sorry." He shouted back. "It's fantastic."

"What's fantastic is that glass is made from sand." The voice said again, but came into view. It was brown with red lines, kind of like a solider. Rika looked at her D-power. Nothing.

"This isn't a classroom." Koji said coldly.

"You!" the solider shouted.

"Yes I got something to say to me." he raised an eyebrow.

"Ah brother, leave darling Arbormon alone." Kouichi said putting a friendly arm around the digimon, apparently called Arbormon. Rika should have guessed it was a warrior seeing was no stats came up on her or any one D-powers.

"Darling." Joe said.

"Darling, dull same thing." Kouichi said shrugging and smirking/smiling. Rika wanted to learn how to do that.

Arbormon obviously didn't like this, as two wood splinters, large, ended up in Koji and Joe's arm.

Kouichi's smirk/smile dropped into a straight line and his eyes went red. He looked back to the warriors then at Kari who nodded.

Rika knew something was up.

"Koji, Joe, come here." Kouichi said and Koji went. Joe seemed a bit mystified.

"You have to Joe." Kari said and walked him there.

"What? Why?" He asked.

"Arbormon has evoked the old ways." Kari said, but everyone looked lost including Rika herself. Something she did not like. "During the olden times, fights were picked through an attack. The digimon would attack using a lesser attack that would mark someone but not hurt them. It was up to them to accept or not. If they did and lost their power would be transferred to the other and if they won the others would be transferred to them. If they chose not to fight, they would be claimed weak and they would be shunned, dieing some after."

"How do you know?" Tai asked.

"Its how things go in the Dark Ocean." She said back as if it was enough.

"Oldest first." Koji said giving Joe the floor, so to speak.

"Right. Gomamon."

"Gotcha, Joe." The digimon said back. "Gomamon digivovle to… Ikkakumon. Ikkakumon digivolve to… Zudomon."

"Vulcan's Hammer." The attack missed by a fraction but still hit by a fraction.

"This is so on." Arbormon said.

"Lose the talk." Kari said.

"Losing everything means you have everything to gain."

"Stop with the advice." Koji shouted. "Execute Fusion Evolution… Beowolfmon."

Rika looked as Koji changed for the first time. So far they had only seen everyone except Takuya, who by the looks of it was itching for a fight.

"Yes we have unfinished Business." Arbormon said to the newly digivolved Koji.

"Frozen hunter." He attacked. But it was no where near Arbormon; in fact it was going straight the other way.

Zoe done the split onto the floor and the attack went from the top of her head. Rika thought it was pretty cool.

"Round house Punt." Arbormon fired and Zudomon reflected it. "Slide evolution… Petaldramon."

"Hammer Boomerang." It threw Petaldramon back.

"Cleansing Light." Beowolfmon fired this time at Tommy who jumped side wards. Zoe went onto her neck, from her splits position, and spun her feet which Tommy used as a base for his jump. It looked very coordinated.

"He's out of control." Takuya said as he back flipped to dodge another attack.

"We can see that." JP said cart-wheeling out the way. Rika was impressed; he looked unfit to do that sort of thing.

"Shit." Joe said as Zudomon was pushed backwards.

"Thorn Jab." Petaldramon went and down Zudomon went.

"Get up come on." Joe pleaded. "don't let him take your power."

Rika was getting confused around the two fights. (for your benefit I'll show when they, I, change fights.)

"You're still in the rights of combat." Kouichi said standing well away. "he chose to fight you, you have to respond."

"What! Are you serious, we'll kill him?" JP said dodging another attack.

"Hey, I done my bit the rest is you." Kouichi holding his hands up and smirking.

"I hate you sometimes." Zoe said.

"Yes well you'll have to get over it."

"Wait. I hate you all the time."

"Glad to be appreciated."

"If we kill him I am personally coming to kill you."

"Good luck with that."

"Luck cannot decide everything, facts are better." Petaldramon said.

"Shut it." Kouichi said punching the ground then blowing on his knuckles. A black fog wall appeared in front of Petaldramon.

"You invoked the old ways." Petaldramon said back.

"I think not seeing as he did not touch you." Kari said back.

"If you come right know I'll take your advice and do whatever you want for a day." Joe said.

"Leaf Cyclone."

"Can't you see I'm having a moment? Gosh digimon nowadays no sense of respect."

Rika looked as Gomamon shown a grey colour. "Gomamon warp digivolve to…Plesiomon."

"I'm holding you to that Joe, one day." Plesiomon said pointing a flipper at his partner.

"Course you are."

"Keeping promises is good for a lifetime of trust." Petaldramon advised.

"What is his guy's problem?" Kazu asked. "I counted at least 5 pieces of advice."

"You should use them, seeing as you need all the advice you can get." Rika couldn't help but say.

"The warrior of wood has a, how do I put this, what is it called when someone can't help but give advice, however good or bad." Kouichi asked.

"No advice self control." Matt offered.

"Not sure that's a thing, but basically yeah."

"Water Tail Blaster." Plesiomon attacked.

"Thorn Jab." Petaldramon countered but it was useless. Soon after Arbormon's factual code appeared.

"Does one of you want this spirit?" Joe asked.

***** No one's POV*****

"Execute fusion evolution… Aldamon."

"Execute fusion evolution… Daipenmon"

"Execute fusion evolution… RhinoKabuterimon."

"Execute beast spirit evolution… Zephyrmon."

"You're still at beast." RhinoKabuterimon said to Zephyrmon.

"I only need human to beat you." She countered.

"Ahh." Aldamon screamed. "This is what I… ah…" He started before hurting again. "…from listening to Koji … can't control his own spirit…expects everything to be easy."

"I'm the one that said we could control our spirits." RhinoKabuterimon said.

"Atomic Inferno." Aldamon unwillingly sent an attack towards his friend. "it's a very Koji thing to say."

"Don't compare me to him. Condenser storm." RhinoKabuterimon said opposing Beowolfmon's attack.

"Can you fight later?" Daipenmon said twirling to dodge the attack and then sending a Strawberry death towards Aldamon and a Blue Hawaii death towards Beowolfmon.

"Can't do that." Aldamon said using one hand to push the other down but a Solar Wind destroyer still got out.

"Does one of you want this spirit?" Joe asked.

"I'll take it." Daipenmon said claiming it.

"Beosaber" Beowolfmon called on his sword.

He was fighting Zephyrmon being the weakest so far of the five. She had to dodge and duck every lunge he made. One nearly went into a left side but she barely moved away from it. She went onto her knees and bent her back backwards when Beowolfmon came straight at her then instantly had to front flip upright when Daipenmon's Strawberry death went stray after being dodged.

"Could you keep to your own fight?" She screamed.

Daipenmon spun both lollies at his hands scattering another attack. "You're fighting him yourself."

"Great Sherlock." Zoe pushed onto her hands and went into the air doing the splits as she went to the top of the warehouse watching the two attacks from fire and light crash into each other.

"Want to swap." RhinoKabuterimon asked and she nodded.

"Great I'm stuck with you," RhinoKabuterimon said bitterly looking at the warrior of light.

"Grrrr."

"Wow, you're the big scary wolf…hybrid…digimon… thingy."

"Cleansing light."

"Shit. Thunder laser." The two attacks passed each other hitting the opponent. RhinoKabuterimon was reverted into JP and Beowolfmon went into Koji.

(I got bored.)

"Don't have to kill me know do you?" Kouichi said from the side lines.

"Lucky for you." Zephyrmon shouted.

"Why can't we go help?" Mimi asked.

"The rights of Combat. No attack can enter the bubble, while attacks can leave." He explained.

"That's why there's a silver dome around them." Davis asked.

"Yes Dumbo." Yolei said.

"Don't compare Davis to Dumbo." TK said. "Dumbo's much better."

"Hey!"

"Takuya look at me." Zephyrmon said putting both hands on the side of Aldamon's helmet. "I said look." She said more sternly, and he listened, finally.

"Zoe what are you doing." Daipenmon asked.

"Trust me. I kind of making it up as I go along but I guess that's what Takuya does best huh?"

"I tried that and I nearly died."

"Well everyone had different experiences. Takuya remember before Arbormon came."

"Sure he'd remember that." Shinya shouted.

"Shut up." Suzie said.

"Don't tell me to be quiet; you're the one that talks at every moment."

"At least I have something to say."

"Something no one wants to know."

Tommy groaned.

"The only person that doesn't want to know is you."

"With good reason, your voice is so whiny my ears start every time you say anything."

"No one tells you to listen."

"It's hard you being so loud."

"WILL YOU BOTH BE QUIET?" Koji shouted.

"NO!" they shouted back and started up again much to everyone distain.

"Atomic Inferno" Aldamon fired at Koji who had to back flip and cart wheel to keep alive.

"Takuya stoop that." Zoe said. "Just…" She stopped and put a hand to her stomach. She looked up at Aldamon who looked sorry and soon fell onto the floor.

"You stabbed her!" Koji shouted at his hurt friend.

Zoe fell to the floor later then Takuya. While Aldamon was still digimon form, Zephyrmon had changed back to Zoe. She had a factual code, with four spirits, around her and the bleeding wound underneath.

"I'm back." Takuya said quietly as if not believing it or what he had done.

"Great I can beat you up in person." Koji said and hit him in between the eyes.

"What the hell was that for?" Takuya asked.

"That." Koji moved and pointed to a fallen Zoe. The factual code had gone inside her and Tommy was holding her being the only one able to manage both wind and water spirits.

"I did that." Takuya asked falling on his knees.

"Yeah. Got further then with me." Tommy said.

"That's true but not a good thing."

"I didn't say it was."

"GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL; YOU'RE NOT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE!" Suzie screamed.

"WELL GET IT THROUGH YOUR BROWN HAIR THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE WITHOUT YOU!" Shinya shouted back.

"YOU HAVE BROWN HAIR TOO!"

"How longs that been going on for?" Takuya asked.

"The not liking since Shinya got here. The argument since Zoe started to try and help you."

"How it working for you having your best friend and the girl you got a crush on fighting like they have nothing better to do?" At Tommy's face he added. "I've been there."

"Try this." Joe said handing a vial to Tommy who in turn gave it to Zoe. Within a short amount of time she was back, shaky but okay. (didn't think I'd kill her did you )

"Hey you're fine." Zoe said trying to get up.

"I should be telling you that. Sorry about the whole stabbing thing." Tommy transferred Zoe from his lap to Takuya's and went of to try and stop the fight.

"It's fine. Payback for the whole nearly crushing you." She smiled.

"That wasn't what I was thinking but I guess we can call it even." He said back.

"Takuya I know it wasn't you." She said suddenly.

"What?"

"I know what you're like. It wasn't your fault that you lost control, I forgive you."

"Then I should say sorry so you don't act like a plank for saying you're forgiven for no reason."

"Thanks."

*****Yolei's POV*****

Yolei was sitting next to Kari as everything went back to normal.

Sort of.

Zoe was still hurt so she wouldn't exactly be able to fight. Yolei doubted Takuya would let her fight.

When Koji and Takuya lost control, Yolei was seriously scared for hers and everyone's life. They looked dangerous and they fought like there was no tomorrow. Zoe, Tommy and JP were in the middle of it, and Yolei couldn't believe that they could fight like that. They all could try out for the gymnastics squad at her school. The way they flowed into their next move was great. They didn't even break anything.

When she first thought they lost control she thought it would be something simple like throwing a couple of punches. Zoe had said they burned a forest and nearly fallen of a cliff but Yolei thought she was being dramatic, like when she shouted at Kari. But after Aldamon stabbed her, everything hit home.

"It can't be that bad." Ken joked coming.

"You don't know,"

"What?"

"Zoe just got stabbed and now she's acting like nothing happened." She turned a shoulder on him.

"She's just recovering."

"In the arms of the person who stabbed her."

"You don't like Zoe."

"But it's the principle, you wouldn't do that."

"Remember who you're talking to. The Digimon Emperor. I've so many things to you people and yet you're closest friends."

"But it's different."

"How?"

"You never killed us."

"Well Takuya never killed Zoe."

"I still not like it."

"Stop being a hypocrite."

"What?"

"You say its okay for me but not for others."

"Sorry. I just can't understand."

"I think you're still in a state of shock. It will wear off after."

Ken wrapped Yolei in a hug and she put her head on his shoulders near the nape of his neck.

"What's wrong?" Sora asked and Yolei let go.

"She's just distressed over the whole thing."

"You want answers. Can I help?"

"How can you?"

"You'll never know if you don't try?"

"I don't get how she can act like nothing happened. He tried to kill her." Yolei said and felt Ken sigh.

"Yolei, well I guess you're a little young for this, but Zoe loves Takuya. She obviously knows he didn't mean it. Zoe's strong she would dump him if he had. If she forgives him then there's really nothing anyone can do, okay?"

"I guess." Yolei said back digesting the information.

"Please don't try and do anything."

"I'll try. How do you know so much?"

"Crest of love, remember?"

"Oh yeah."

Yolei talked with Sora for a while and Ken must have got bored because he walked off to talk to Davis.

"I've got to go. You'll be fine?" Sora asked.

Yolei nodded and then everything went grey.

***** Time lapse*****

"Great it just had to be you." Someone said behind her. Yolei's hands were tied together. Next to her, the owner of the voice, was Rika. She too was tied.

"What the hell do you mean?" Yolei asked back.

"Look around." And Yolei did. They looked to be in a bubble of sorts, it looked thin so Yolei kicked it. Pain went through her leg.

"Pleasant?" Rika asked smirking.

"Shut up!"

"You should then I won't have to hear you."

"Rika?" A voice came from outside.

"Renamon?" Rika asked back.

"It's me."

"What's happening out there?"

"Millenniummon's here. Ryo, Ken, Davis, Monodramon, Wormmon, Veemon, I and Hawkmon are here. Do you know where Yolei is?"

"I'm here." Yolei felt the need to say she was there herself.

Someone must have said something as the fog like substance around the bubble went leaving both girls to see what was happening.

"Let them out" Ryo said in a cold voice that would have sent shivers down anyone that had not fought digimon before.

"No." Millenniummon said quickly then gave a bark of laughter.

"Now!"

"As much I would want to, as I do not, I cannot let them out. My own life force is with the bubble."

"So you live it stay there, you die it breaks." Ken asked.

"Right you are my digimon emperor."

"That's not me." Ken shouted back.

"So it's a life force meaning that anything that isn't alive can come out." Davis asked and Yolei thought it was fairly clever.

"If you think so."

"What do you think?" Monodramon asked.

"I guess I should thank you for sustaining my life force."

"Please don't. I don't like Virus digimon in my debt."

"Pity it could have saved you. Cannon fire." All five digimon and three boys were thrown onto the floor.

"Veemon digivolve to… Exveemon."

"Wormmon digivolve to… Stingmon."

"Exveemon, Stingmon DNA digivolve to… Paildramon."

"Alright now get ready." Davis said punching his fist into his hand.

"You actually think you have a chance."

"Matrix digivolution activate. Monodramon matrix digivolve to… Cyberdramon."

"I'm back. Miss me." Cyberdramon asked. Millenniummon only growled back. "Touchy aren't we."

"Should we try and digivolve our digimon." Yolei asked.

"I can't." Rika said. "You try." She didn't smile.

"Hawkmon digivolve to… Hawkmon."

"It doesn't work." She complained.

"Great deduction." Rika said sarcastically. Yolei guessed the light from the digivice couldn't leave the bubble.

"Hey Rika," Ryo called.

"What!"

"Do you trust me?"

"Is this the right time to ask that?" she sounded puzzled. Yolei would be too if someone asked that at a random time like this.

"Completely. Can you answer truthfully?"

"You're the only one I can trust here."

"That's not an answer wildcat."

"That's all you're getting pretty-boy."

"Come on Rika. If you don't it won't work."

"What won't work will you please explain."

"There's no time."

"There's no time." Rika got up and walked to the edge on the bubble where Ryo was standing. Yolei could see the bubble barrier was the only thing between them. "There no time to explain yet, you have time to ask if I trust you. What do you think the answer is to that Ryo?"

Yolei couldn't see or didn't hear anything different in what she said but Ryo apparently got his answer.

"Your D-power."

"Take it." Yolei's eyes would have widened but she didn't want Rika to know she was listening so she went back to the fight. Paildramon was getting beaten badly and Cyberdramon was fairing a little better but not much.

Ryo walked back to the fight, Rika's D-power and cards in his hands.

"Matrix digivolution activate. Renamon matrix digivolve to… Taomon."

Next to Yolei, Rika sighed in relief. Apparently she must have thought it wouldn't work. Yolei knew it wouldn't work for someone else to work her digivice as it was different to a D-power.

"Hyper speed card activate. Defence card activate." Ryo called and put Rika's White and Blue digivice into his pocket. Then he took out his own and swiped a couple of cards.

Yolei saw that both Rika and Ryo digivice had the same blue and white colour but it alternated between the two. (Yet another reason 4 them to b 2gether.)

"Biomerge activate… Justimon." Yolei looked as both Cyberdramon and Ryo vanished to be replaced with the new digimon.

"You learnt a new trick." Millenniummon said smug.

"Are you going to do anything?" Justimon asked Ken.

"Right."

"Paildramon digivolve to Imperialdramon."

"You expect to beat me with two Megas, an ultimate and rookie." Millenniummon said. Yolei had forgotten that Hawkmon was out there. She instantly wanted to break free.

"Stop struggling. You'll only hurt your wrists more." Rika told her and Yolei stopped.

"Why is it only them three?" Yolei asked. Ken wouldn't tell her how he knew Ryo, but she had a feeling that Ryo would tell Rika. Ken kept saying it wasn't his story to tell.

"I don't have to explain what happened, all you need to know is that Millenniummon does not like Ryo and Ken."

"What about Davis?"

"What about Davis?" Rika said as if not caring about him. "Oh, I get you. I don't know."

"How can you not know?"

"I'm not a bloody warrior; I don't know what happened when Ken met Ryo."

"If there was a warrior here, I'm sure they could do more."

"Oh come on. There doing their best. The warriors are tired obviously they just fought themselves."

"Yh and whose fault was that."

"Not there's. Kari said that Arbormon had invoked the old ways, no one could help."

"Oh right I forget, we have do everything Kouichi and Kari says."

"They know these things. You know don't talk to me until we get back."

"That's fine by me."

Yolei turned back to the fight which was nearly ending. Millenniummon was deleted and the two girls fell onto the floor. Yolei could feel the bounce as went back down.

"Anyone have a knife." Yolei asked, but the boys all looked at each other.

"We aren't emo Yolei." Davis said.

"So you say." Hawkmon came and used one of his claws to cut the rope on their wrists. "Thank god you're safe." Yolei said and flung her hands around his neck after he had finished with Rika.

"How do we get out of here?" Ken asked and Yolei could see that everything was still black.

"Ryo?" Davis asked and they all looked around.

Renamon coughed from somewhere on the left and they all looked to see Rika and Ryo on the floor. Kissing.

"Never thought I'd she that." Monodramon said.

"Well better get used to it." Renamon said to the digimon.

"Do I have to?" He asked back like a little toddler. Renamon nodded.

*****Tommy's POV*****

Tommy sat as Suzie and Shinya had another verbal spat. It was like that was all they did.

"Why must you be such a bastard?" Suzie asked through gritted teeth.

"I am not. I have a dad." Shinya said back.

"Did he not teach you manners?"

"Did your mother never teach you any?"

"Oh she did. But I don't think I should use them up on you."

"Will you two give it a rest?" Cody asked.

"NO!" they both called and to Tommy that was the only thing they both agreed on. Cody shrunk back. Tommy didn't blame him.

"They're back!" Someone shouted and Tommy was relieved. Suzie ran and gave Rika a hug then came back much happier.

"They all okay?" Tommy asked and Suzie nodded flashing him a smile.

"Great." Cody said.

"You're hiding something." Tommy said and Suzie gave him the 'be quiet' look. "Tell me."

"Can't make me." She said putting her hand on her hips.

"Is that a challenge?"

"Do you want it to be?"

"Clever."

"Thank you." She gave a mock bow and he instantly started to tickle her.

"Do you fold?" He asked.

"Never." She said back and he started smiling before starting again.

"What about now?"

"Try harder."

"Really shouldn't have said that." Mako said.

Tommy kept Suzie wrist and ankles into the floor using a layer of ice, like when he was fighting.

He sat down next to her, legs crossed and a smile on his face. She glared at him.

"What to do with you now?" He asked and she eyes went wide.

Finished.

That's the longest so far. I hope you liked it.

Well you heard Tommy what should happen to them next?

I wasn't going to add the bit about them losing control but I just went into it without knowing.

Hope you liked the fight scene.

Deepsrani.