Thanks to the power of the tag and crest, Greymon finally evolved into perfect level form, Metalgreymon. After being sucked into the dimensional rift that emerged from Etemon's defeat, Taichi and Koromon found they were the only ones back in the human world. However, upon discovering that the distortions in the digital world were also affecting their world, Taichi and Agumon returned once more to the digital world where their friends await them.

"Hey! Where are you guys?!" Taichi shouted as loud as he could.

Both him and Agumon had returned to the digital world, at the exact same spot they disappeared after defeating Etemon. In the desert where the pyramid was. However, upon arriving Taichi and Agumon found the place deserted.

"No one is here" Taichi mused out in a worried tone.

"I wonder where they have gone, Taichi..." Agumon wondered as well, but suddenly got interrupted by a loud beeping sound coming from Taichi's digivice.

"What's this? The digivice is reacting to something" Taichi uttered and pulled the device out from the strop in his pants. When he turned it a certain direction it began beeping, showing a certain mark on the device.

"What does this mean?" Taichi questioned puzzled "It is only reacting when I turn in this direction". He took some steps forward to get this confirmed.

"Maybe this is these radio thingies Koushiro mentioned" Agumon then questioned puzzled "We did find Ryuhei and Chihori that way ones".

"Yeah, everyone must be there. Let's head in that direction where the beeping it" Taichi then stated and began following this signal.

As they continued their quest, they were soon finding themselves at a river.

"I didn't know there was a river here in this area" Taichi said surprised.

"Ah, since there is a river here, that must mean we're near the edges of the desert" Agumon then proclaimed.

That hunch seemed to be true, since the river lead them to a huge lake with a surrounding forest. As they continued, they even found a bridge that made them cross the river. As they did, the beeping became even louder.

"Ah I think there is something close at that lake" Agumon uttered encouraging

"Yeah, the signal is getting stronger" Taichi responded with.

Both of them began running since they were both eager to see their friends. However, as they came closer, they only found a digimon unconscious. Besides it was the holy digivice and with a tag with a crest.

"It's Tokomon!" Agumon uttered surprised and of course rushed to the little white pig's side. Taichi was not far behind. He kneeled down and lifted it up in his arms.

"Tokomon, hang in there. Are you okay?" Taichi encouraged and his voice did indeed wake him up. Soon he was looking up at both of them.

"Taichi, Agumon! You're alive!" the pig uttered surprised.

"Of course, we are" Taichi replied with in a determined voice.

"More importantly, did you get beaten by the enemy?" Agumon asked him.

"No, I wasn't. I collapsed because I was hungry and tired" Tokomon explained. He managed to jump out of Taichi's arms, but it was clear the digimon was very weaken.

"Where's Takeru? And the others?" Taichi then asked.

"Takeru..." Tokomon was having a sad expression on his face now "Takeru is with Picodevimon". All which confused both Agumon and Taichi a lot.

"Picodevimon? Who is that?" Taichi questioned confused.

"Picodevimon is...um..." Tokomon tried explaining, but he couldn't get the right words out. It was clear this was a much more complicated than first realized.

"Tell me everything from the beginning" Taichi ended up encouraging. "What happened to everyone while we were away?". Tokomon nodded eagerly to that.

"After you two were gone, we..."

Time skip. Back to the past with the other chosen children.

"Let's look for them. Let's keep looking for Taichi and Agumon until we find them!" Sora uttered out in a fierce determined voice.

Right now, they were sitting somewhere in the desert. A giant campfire was burning bright to keep them all warm while they were discussing what to do next now that Taichi was gone.

"It's impossible" Yamato shut him down with "We've already been searching for a month and a half. There is no trace of them anywhere".

"No, I agree with Sora" Ryuhei mused "Taichi is too stubborn to just kneel over. I am sure he will come to us when the time is right. We just all need to stick together".

"Gennai-san... he should know something!" Koushiro added in a determined voice "Gennai-san would know what to do. Let's go find him!"

"We don't even know where he is. How would we begin to find him?" Jyou shut him down with. Koushiro sadly didn't have any counter proposal ready.

"I just want to go home" Mimi mused out in a worried tone.

The debate went on for a while, making the two youngest members sleepy, and before they knew it, both Takeru and Chihori was tugged away in the blissful land of dreams with both their partners by their side.

In the middle of the night however, Tokomon awoke to the sound of arguing. Everyone was fast asleep, besides this fighting couple of Ryuhei and Sora.

"What do you mean with leaving?" Tokomon could hear Ryuhei ask Sora now.

"Piyomon and I will go look for Taichi and Agumon since no one else seems to be doing that" Sora responded with in a fierce tone.

"I know waiting is hard, but we need to stick together" Ryuhei advised "Taichi will show himself soon. You just have to have faith in him".

"Who made you leader all of the sudden?!" Sora bit him off "You can't keep Piyomon and I against our will. We will leave and that is final!".

"Fine then leave!" Ryuhei snorted and turned his back towards her "But don't be mad at me, when you return back and see that I have found him already!".

"Fine!" Sora sneered and marched away fuming with anger.

"The next day didn't go any better" Tokomon told Taichi and Agumon. "Ryuhei felt so guilty over letting leaving Sora, that he went looking for her. His little sister following him along with their digimon's".

"Really? I thought that know it all was leader material" Taichi joked, but then went serious when both Tokomon and Agumon was sending him an angry look.

"After that, everyone left one after the other" Tokomon continued "The only ones who was left was me, Takeru, Gabumon and Yamato".

"I wonder where everybody went" Takeru questioned. Both him and Tokomon found themselves on that bridge Taichi and Agumon had just crossed in the future. Yamato and Gabumon was beside them.

"You don't need to worry about them. They can take care of themselves" Yamato reassured his little brother about "We don't have enemies like Devimon and Etemon either". He tousled his brother's hair now.

"Onii-chan, let's go back! Let's go back and look for Taichi-san!" Takeru then said.

"We've already looked everywhere! Just give it up!" Yamato sneered back at him. An action that had Takeru crying, and his big brother instantly apologized.

"I'm sure Agumon and Taichi are doing fine somewhere" He said in reassurance.

"They're alive, right?" Takeru uttered in a happy tone.

"Yeah. We'll see him again someday" Yamato replied, even though he didn't believe that himself. He just wanted Takeru to stop crying.

"Isn't that great Takeru?" Tokomon added in with a bright smile. Takeru nodded as he hugged his big brother for comfort.

"We soon arrived at this amusement park" Tokomon continued with "Yamato deemed it a safe place for Takeru and me to stay at. He just wanted to take a quick look around. Maybe to look for the others. Who know? All I know was that everything went downhill from that".

"I'll be okay. I'll wait for you" Takeru proclaimed bravely as Yamato and Gabumon jumped into this swan boat with peddles, making Yamato send him a reassuring smile before tapping his little brother on the head.

"Thanks Takeru. That means a lot" Yamato replied with.

"But come back quickly, okay?" Takeru had to make sure.

"Yeah. We are just going to check things out. It shouldn't take more than two or three hours. I will be back before you know it" Yamato reassured.

"Make sure to take good care of Takeru, Tokomon" Gabumon advised firmly.

"Of course," the little pig agreed with. Before they knew it Yamato and Gabumon was sailing across the lake and were soon out of sight.

"I tried to provide for Takeru. Just as Gabumon asked me to. I brought him food and everything he could ask for to the bridge he was waiting at. However, since Yamato hadn't shown he wasn't that hungry" Tokomon explained "Day in and day out you could find Takeru at the bridge waiting for his big brother to come home. But Yamato never did. It broke Takeru's heart. That was when Pico Devimon appeared".

"Why won't you come back Onii-chan?" Takeru questioned out loud and let out a tear-filled cry "Onii-chan... Onii-chan said he was just going to take a look around. He said that he will be back soon!".

Then he began crying in a very heartfelt matter. The thought of his big brother abandoning him was too much to bear. Of course, his crying caught the attention of the digimon around. In particular, a little bat shaped digimon, who had appeared out of nowhere.

"Oh, my what do we have here?" the digimon asked and then introduced himself "Hello there. My name is Pico Devimon".

Pico Devimon.

Child.

Small demon digimon.

Type: Virus.

Special attack: Pico darts.

Pico Devimon. A small child level digimon shaped like a bat.

"Oh? Could you be the ones who got rid of Etemon for us?" It then asked.

"Yeah..." Takeru nodded in agreement.

"Thank you! Peace have returned to this world because of you!" The digimon cheered in praise at first. Then he remembered that Takeru had been crying earlier and asked, "But why were you crying?".

"My big brother won't come back" Takeru sniffed out and rubbed the tears out of his eyes. An action that had the bat digimon look bewildered at him.

"Why? That is quite a fix. Very well I will go look for him" Pico Devimon promised "What's your brother's name?".

"He is called Yamato" Takeru explained hopefully.

"Okay. Wait right here" The bat digimon instructed as it flew off to who knows where. Takeru let out a cheerful sigh.

"I hope he finds him too" Tokomon added in. He was just as hopeful.

Time went on and on. Tokomon was actually worried the digimon might not come back. Just as Yamato and Gabumon. But then a flicker of wings could be heard, and the bat shaped digimon was once again within sight.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!" Pico Devimon apologized.

"Where is my brother? Did you find him?" Takeru asked immediately.

"Yes, I did..." Pico Devimon began.

"Then where is he?" Takeru asked hopefully.

"I have a message from Yamato" Pico Devimon said in almost a mysterious tone "Yamato said that he doesn't want to see your face anymore. He said he really, really, really hates you. He doesn't want to be your brother anymore".

"No way..." Takeru uttered. Tears were already peeking out of the corner of his eyes. It was clear he was about to cry again.

"Ah, Takeru please don't cry" Tokomon tried reassuring.

"Oh, Yamato also said this. He really hates you for being a crybaby" Pico Devimon uttered. That had of course been the last straw since Takeru ran away inside the amusement park, shouting that he hated his brother too.

Tokomon found him at the other end of the forest at the lake, where Takeru was sitting and tossing stones into the water.

"Hey" Tokomon greeted worriedly and quickly added "Yamato would never say that about you. Hey Takeru!".

But sadly, Takeru was too wrapped up in the emotional pain to listen to his partner. So, in the end Tokomon took things into his own hands and confronted Pico Devimon.

"What do you want to talk about?" The bat digimon questioned.

"Don't lie to Takeru!" Tokomon stated fiercely.

"Lie? What did I lie about?" The bat digimon asked.

"You said Yamato hated Takeru!" The little pig stated in a fierce tone.

"Oh? And how is that a lie? Do you have proof it isn't?" Pico Devimon demanded to know "If you have got proof, show me!".

"I don't have that, but...".

"So, in other words, you are suspecting me without any justification! Know something. That's called 'Defamation'. You make false judgements based on the situation. How about it? Want to take it to court and see if you win?" Pico Devimon mocked and flew up in a tree.

It was like he was above the digimon. Annoyed over the statements Pico Devimon was giving him, Tokomon attacked with digimon with one of its bubbles, making the bat digimon fall down to the ground.

"What are you doing Tokomon?" Takeru suddenly shouted and came to Pico Devimon's defense "You just attacked him for no reason!".

"Takeru don't blame Tokomon" Pico Devimon then uttered and flew over to Takeru's side "He was just jealous that you and I are getting along, and he reacted like the child he is. Right, Tokomon?". At that Tokomon huffed annoyed.

"What's with that attitude? Apologize to Pico Devimon!" Takeru demanded of him.

"No! I won't!" Tokomon uttered back fiercely. It went back and forth. Takeru forcing Tokomon to apologize and Tokomon refusing. The fight became so bad, that Tokomon ended up saying "If you are going to force me to apologize to him, then I am leaving!". That made all the difference.

"Oh really? Then leave!" Takeru shouted back at him.

"You want me to leave?" Tokomon questioned out in disbelief.

"Yes. Now go on" Takeru said just as fiercely.

Tokomon began taking some steps. His back turned towards Takeru, but in the end stopped up and looked at him, in hope that Takeru had changed his mind.

"I am really leaving..." Tokomon muttered out.

"Fine by me!" Takeru huffed back "Oh, and since we don't have anymore enemies, I don't need these!". Then he tossed away his digivice and tag with his crest and began running back to the amusement park with Pico Devimon.

"Takeru, you idiot! Idiot!" Tokomon yelled back at him with tears running down his face and, in the end, ended up crying at the loss of his partner.

"So, that is why you were all alone here" Agumon mused thoughtfully.

"Yeah..." Tokomon said in a sad tone. The breakup was still fresh in his mind.

"I am worried about Yamato, but we need to see Takeru first" Taichi concluded "Take us to the amusement park where Takeru is, Tokomon". The little pig digimon nodded and soon they were all on the way towards the amusement park.

Somewhere entirely different.

Two Gazimon's were running through the forest. Both holding grudges.

"Ahr how do we get revenge for Etemon-Sama?" one of them asked the other.

"Eh? But can we even do that? Those guys are way too strong" the other told him.

"Yeah, we might not be enough to stop them" The first one pondered.

"Let's just give up. I mean we were never obligated to go that far" the other encouraged, making the first one stop up to think.

"Yeah. Come to think of it, he was always walking all over us" the first replied with.

"And I am feeling kind of hungry" The second one admitted. His head turning around to scan the scenario for any edible and found some strange looking mushrooms in brown colors with gray pattern on them.

"Oh, these mushrooms look good! Let's have some!" the second one encouraged and soon both of them were having a feast from the mushrooms growing in the forest.

At the amusement park Takeru and Pico Devimon were trying some rides. Right now, they were in the Ferris wheel looking down on the whole park. Pico Devimon seemed to be having a good time, while Takeru didn't. He couldn't stop thinking and worrying about Tokomon. They were after all partners and good friends. Pico Devimon saw this, and it annoyed him to no end since he was trying to make Takeru forget about his digimon partner. He tried that with several rides. Like car rides and roller coaster train rides, but no matter what he did, Takeru was down in the downs over Tokomon. When Pico Devimon then asked into this:

"Are you still thinking about Tokomon?". Takeru replied with:

"Who cares about him? I was just wondering if he is okay by himself... But I really don't care about him at all". Pico Devimon didn't look happy since all his effort in cheering Takeru up had gone down the drain.

"He still can't forget about Tokomon after all. I got to do something" Pico Devimon thought to himself and then said out loud "Ah, Takeru I just remembered I have something to do". Takeru looked bewildered at him.

"Oh? Like what?" He asked the digimon.

"Oh. It is nothing big. I will be right back!" The digimon promised and flew out of the window of the train, leaving a puzzled Takeru behind. What Pico Devimon didn't notice was that at time Taichi, Agumon and Tokomon had just entered the park.

Time skip.

"Huh? My digivice is reacting!" Taichi uttered at some point while they were searching the park for Takeru. That sparked hope in both Agumon and Tokomon.

"Takeru must be close by!" Agumon uttered happily.

"Takeru, where are you?!" Taichi then began shouting.

Agumon followed up with that too, and soon they were both shouting Takeru's name. The little boy, who was currently sitting at a café table, lifted his head in confusing over this. Who was shouting his name? But when he saw it was Taichi and Agumon he cheerfully intercepted them and were soon giving the older tamer a big hug.

"You are alive! Thank goodness. I am so glad you are alive! I was so worried! I was really worried about you!" He uttered. Tears were peeking out of his eyes.

"I won't die that easily" Taichi stated pridefully at first, but when he noticed Takeru's worried expression he quickly added "Sorry for worrying you" before letting go of him.

In that moment Tokomon had jumped down from Agumon, since the Dino digimon had carried the little pig on its head all this time. By the sight of this, Takeru of course engaged his partner with a surprised look.

"You are back Tokomon" he uttered at first but then added "Do you realize what you did wrong?". Making the little pig digimon angry.

"I didn't do anything wrong!" Tokomon shouted back at him.

"Tokomon!" Takeru scolded firmly "When did you start getting that attitude?!".

"Now, now..." Taichi tried reasoning with "Tokomon told me everything that has happened. This is not the time to be disagreeing among friends. Let's go look for Yamato and the others!".

"No!" Takeru shouted firmly and turned his back to them now "Everyone left me. first it was Sora-san. Then Ryuhei-san and Chihori... and then... in the end... in the end my own brother... they all left me!".

"I am sure he had a reason for that" Taichi tried to reassure with but backfired.

"No! It is because everyone hates me. They hate me because I am a kid and cry easily!" Takeru replied back with. It was clear he was hurt.

"I don't know what Pico Devimon told you, but there is no way Yamato hates you" Taichi reassured with a smile, making Takeru look up at him in bewilderment.

"You think so?" He questioned but then added "But when you and I get along, Onii-chan gets a nasty look on his face. Even when I told him we should look for you, he was against it. He started hating me because I kept talking about you. Hey Taichi san, I want to be your younger brother instead!".

Then he hugged Taichi like there was no tomorrow, leaving a very complexed Taichi.

"Um, well, that's a little...".

"Can't I?" Takeru asked him again.

"No, I mean, it is not like that, but..." Taichi began and let out a deep sigh "This is a problem...".

In the meantime, Pico Devimon was flying through the woods, trying to come up with a solution to his problem with Takeru, when he spotted two familiar Gazimon from above. They were surrounded by a lot of different mushrooms and looked like they were in some kind of daze.

"Huh? Aren't you two guys Etemon's followers?" He asked them as he approached, making the two digimon look up at him. ¨

"Etemon?" the first one asked.

"Who is that?" the second one asked as well. Then they looked at each other asking "Do you know?" and "I don't know". They were staring at each other for a long time before they both asked each other who they were. It was very confusing.

"Huh? What is wrong with you two?" Pico Devimon asked, but then looked down at the mushrooms around them "Could it be...? These are the Mushrooms of forgetfulness. One bite of these and you forget all your past memories... and...".

In just that moment a third Gazimon tumbled through the bushes and landed face flat on the two other Gazimon's, making Pico Devimon squeak in surprise.

"Who the hell are you?!" He asked the third one as soon as he recovered from his startlement. The third Gazimon looked around bewildered as well.

"Who are you?" It asked and looked at the two others "Do you know?".

"We don't know" the two other Gazimon replied to him with "Do you know who we are?". At that, the third Gazimon shook his head, making Pico Devimon sigh deeply.

"As I was saying, one bite of these mushrooms and you will forget all your past memories. You must have eaten a lot of these" the digimon replied and went thoughtful for a moment "Wait a second. That's it! If I make Takeru eat these, all ,my problems would be solved. Yay, my master will be so pleased".

Then he began gathering the mushroom in a nice basket to give to Takeru later. What he didn't notice however was that the third Gazimon had gotten up and disappeared into the bushes where a blond girl with a big hat was waiting for it.

Back to the others, Taichi had finally managed to calm down Takeru and finally made him listen to reason.

"...In any case, let's look for Yamato and hear what he has to say face to face" Taichi finished his tale with. All which made Takeru nod in agreement. That until...

"Ah, Pico Devimon is back!" Takeru uttered and waved at the little bat digimon. In his claws he was carrying a basket filled with mushrooms.

"That's him?" Taichi asked suspiciously. Pico Devimon didn't look pleased.

"Not only is Takeru here, but so is Tokomon and a few others. It complicates things" he thought to himself, but at the same time he couldn't turn around. Not when he was this close in succeeding.

"Hey Tokomon, how are you doing?" Pico Devimon greeted and sat down the basket, before landing on the ground himself. Only for the little digimon to be bombarded with questions from both Agumon and Taichi.

"Hey! I want to ask you something!" Agumon sneered at it.

"Wh-Who are you people?" Pico Devimon startled out in worry.

"I am Taichi" Taichi introduced and pointed at Agumon "This is Agumon".

"What did Yamato tell you?" Agumon asked in a firm tone.

"Yamato, is it?" Pico Devimon hummed out thoughtfully and flew up in the air again "He said he didn't want to be with Takeru anymore. See, when I heard that, I tried to persuade him by telling him he shouldn't say those things about his younger brother, but Yamato wouldn't listen".

"Is this the truth?!" Agumon demanded to know.

"I never lie!" Pico Devimon reassured.

"Well, could you take us to where Yamato is?" Taichi then asked.

"Very well, but it is a little far" Pico Devimon told them.

"That doesn't matter" Taichi just stated.

"Okay then. By the way, would you like to eat something before we set off?" Pico Devimon then asked. All which earned a rumbling sound from both Agumon and Taichi's hunger filled stomachs.

"Food..." they both mumbled out in a hungry voice.

"I am kind of hungry too" Takeru admitted.

"I guess we should eat then" Taichi mused with a smile.

"Have some delicious mushrooms. I plucked them myself" Pico Devimon offered. Agumon was about to grab one, when Taichi suggested they should cook them first.

Soon they were resting over a self-made fire created in a giant can with crate Taichi had found somewhere. The roasting mushrooms were having a nice aroma.

"Wow, it smells so good!" Takeru uttered happily.

"They are not done yet though" Taichi said with a little smile as he was fanning the flames in the can, so the mushrooms were getting roasted throughout.

"Ah, wait for me! I need to go to the bathroom!" Agumon then suddenly said and began running towards the closest one as fast as his legs could carry him.

In the background he could hear Taichi yell something about that if he was not fast enough his share of the food would be gone by then. All which made the little dinosaur run faster. As he reached the bathroom in the amusement park, he did however notice the mushrooms underneath the sign to the bathroom. It did surprise him that the mushrooms were growing here as well before he rushed into the stall to do his business. After a well succeeded effort, Agumon were once again standing outside the bathroom, staring down the mushrooms there.

"Hmm are those mushrooms really edible?" He pondered and picked one up.

"Don't eat them!" I voice then shouted unexpectedly startling Agumon a little "If you eat those mushrooms , you will lose all of your memories".

"Huh? Who is there?" Agumon questioned bewildered "That's odd. But if what the voice said is true, then...Ahr Taichi and the others are in trouble!".

Then without any time to waist, Agumon tossed away the mushroom and ran as fast as he could back to Taichi and the others. He just hoped he wasn't too late. What he didn't notice was two females with their digimon partners were hiding behind a tree close by.

"I guess this is about right" Taichi concluded with a smile as he spied the mushroom with some small sticks they had found. They were after all still hot.

"Here. Have some!" Taichi encouraged and gave the stick to Takeru. From a little afar was Pico Devimon flying. Inside he was smirking since everything was going according to plan. None of the others knew his true intentions yet after all.

"What? Do you want some too?" Takeru asked Tokomon. The digimon huffed.

"I don't want anything" he stated instead. He was still mad after their fight. Takeru shrugged and were about to bite in, when Taichi surprisingly grabbed the mushroom in a sheepishly matter.

"I forgot to add the seasoning to them" He replied in an awkward matter. All which made Pico Devimon do an anime fall down from the air. Luckily, no one else noticed.

"Let's eat!" Takeru uttered as Taichi finally handed him the mushroom, only to withdraw them seconds later because they were still too hot. Taichi of course blew on them to help them cool down. The boys were about to eat them when...

"DON'T EAT THEM! Don't eat those mushrooms!" the sound of Agumon shouting had both boys stop up and look bewildered at the wild frenzied digimon that was running towards them.

"Don't worry, I left some for you too!" Taichi reassured his partner. Only for Agumon to grab the mushrooms on the sticks.

"No! You can't eat them!" he stated fiercely and turned towards Pico Devimon.

"What is wrong with you?" Taichi questioned bewildered.

"You eat them first Pico Devimon! Go on and eat them" Agumon challenged and were holding the stick towards the bat digimon. When he didn't do so Agumon tossed them directly at the digimon's mouth, only for the digimon to keep his mouth shut.

"Of course, he won't. If you eat those things, they will erase all your memories!" Agumon clarified and were glaring at the digimon.

"No way!" Taichi uttered stunned.

"Is that true, Pico Devimon?" Takeru wanted to confirm.

"W-well..." Pico Devimon tried to say, but nothing came to mind.

"You lied about Yamato too, right?!" Tokomon wanted to confirm too and glared at the digimon. Pico Devimon didn't want this confrontation however and tried to fly away, only for Agumon to grab it.

"You lied about everything, right? Just confess already!" he stated in a fierce tone.

"Yes..." Pico Devimon ended up admitting. He didn't want to be barbecued by Agumon after all. Tears were peeking out of the corner of Takeru's vision now.

"That's mean! That is really mean!" he then uttered and turned towards Tokomon "I am so sorry, Tokomon. I treated you so horribly".

"I know, but don't worry about it" Tokomon reassured with a smiled and jumped into his partner's arms giving him a big hug of forgiveness.

"Guess the misunderstanding is all cleared up now. Here, these are yours" Taichi said and handed Takeru his digivice and tag with crest back to him.

"Thanks!" Takeru uttered cheerfully.

As he did however, his crest began lighting in and out all of the sudden. No one really knew what that meant, but apparently Pico Devimon did. He managed to get out of Agumon's grip and flew with fierce steps towards Takeru. It was clear he was angry.

"You bastard! I will get in trouble if you have that! Hand it over!" The digimon yelled. He was about to attack Takeru when Tokomon came in between. His fury paws hitting the ground now as he was glaring at Pico Devimon.

"I will protect Takeru!" Tokomon claimed fiercely and as he did the digivice in Takeru's hand lit up.

"Tokomon!" Takeru shouted back in support.

"Tokomon Shinka Patamon!".

Patamon were quick to engage in battle, with the helping support from Agumon and his "Baby flame". However, Pico Devimon quickly kicked Patamon away with its claw, making the flying pig fall down into one of the teacups in this giant teacup carousel. Agumon responded with another "Baby Flame" making the bat digimon almost getting roasted but managed to dodge in just the last minute.

"Pico Darts!" Pico Devimon shouted and fired his special attack at them.

That being these giant syringes. Agumon did manage to dodge them, but one of the flowers close by got hit, and you could see how it wilted away instantly. Pico Devimon fired his attack again, making the chosen children and digimon take cover. Patamon were luckily hiding inside the teacup, so he was safe. For now. Pico Devimon flew down into the teacup Patamon was hiding and grabbed him in the ears with his sharp claws and lifted him up in the air. To everyone's horror.

"Let's have fun Patamon-chan" the bat digimon stated and tossed him down on the tracks where the roller coaster train was supposed to run.

Before Patamon could recover thou, Pico Devimon gave him a mean elbow from his wing in his stomach, which made him fall further down the tracks. Before he knew it Pico Devimon was there again. This time grabbing Patamon in his hindlegs and dragged him around.

"Isn't this fun? Doesn't it feel exciting?" the bat digimon teased and lifted him up "Up we go. It makes your eyes spin!". Then he slammed Patamon in at the gondolas at the Ferris wheel. Patamon let out a surprised groan as he fell down the gondolas and hit the roof of one of them. It was not going so well.

"Patamon! Don't lose! Keep at it!" Takeru encouraged with.

All which made Patamon wake up and more encouraged to win. He flew up on the top at the Ferris wheel where he was facing Pico Devimon again. This time however, Patamon had no intention of losing. He jumped up in air and glide downwards, using the momentum to headbutt the bat digimon and send him flying instead. He followed that up with:

"Air Shoot!" Patamon shouted and fired this giant air bubble at his opponent.

All which send Pico Devimon down at the tracks. Patamon was there to intersect him and fired attack after attack at the bat digimon. All until he was send flying off the tracks and hitting the lake outside the park. Bubbling sounds could be heard as Pico Devimon went under and were lead by the stream to who knows where.

"Alright!" Taichi and Agumon cheered at Patamon and Takeru's effort.

"Patamon!" Takeru greeted as the digimon returned to him "Thank you. I am really sorry for everything that happened".

"And I told you, it is okay" Patamon remined him with a smile "Besides, I was able to evolve because of you, Takeru. Let's be friends again, okay?".

"Okay. I need to apologize to Onii-chan later too" Takeru mused out. All which made Patamon jump into his arms. He was happy everything was cleared up.

"Let's leave them alone for a while" Taichi proclaimed as he wanted Takeru and his digimon making up. Then he turned towards his partner "Anyway, that was a nice save you made, Agumon. Good thing you figured out what those mushrooms really were". Agumon hummed at that declaration.

"Actually, a voice told me" He confessed, but since he had no clue who, Taichi just let this one slide.

For now, at least. A little bit later, he began explaining to Takeru about everything that happened in the real world, and how the digimon in this world was affecting theirs. He told them, they needed to fix things here, before they went home, and Takeru agreed to do his part of this as good as he could. With that statement to heart, Taichi and Takeru, along with their digimon partners went to look for the others. Wondering what could have happened to them.

In the meantime, with Pico Devimon.

Picodevimon tried with all his might, to fight against the current in the river, but sadly it was too strong. The little digimon was too weak after all the battling to pull himself offshore. Not that the little bat digimon was cursing them, however.

"When I get my hands on them!" Pico Devimon shouted angrily, which was the last words he uttered, before his head got under the water surface again.

"Is this the end?" The little digimon thought "Goodbye sweet world".

However, at the last minute something grabbed him and pulled him out of the water. The digimon was hanging in someone's grip with his head down towards the ground, causing the digimon to cough up the water it had swallowed up from his lungs. Black dots soon also disappeared from the digimon's sight, and he began to see clearly again.

"Oh, Master I am eternal grateful for saving me..." Picodevimon began, but then he realized who had truly saved him, and hissed angrily "YOU! What are you doing here?".

The digimon turned his eyes on the cloaked being, who was holding his feet in a tight grip making the digimon struggle like hell.

"Well apparently saving your life" the being replied and chuckled darkly. He let go of the little digimon "A 'Thank you' might be in order. If the master hasn't ordered me to keep an eye on you, you would be dead by now". The digimon hissed angrily.

"Ha, I would never ever do that. You might be the master's favorite for now, but that doesn't mean you are so much better than everyone else" Picodevimon shouted "I would rather drown than being saved by you, your filthy little...".

"Picodevimon!" a voice suddenly shouted, and a new silhouette appeared before him.

The little bat digimon froze by that, in at least some seconds, before turning towards this new person. Their master. He managed to get out of the stranger's claws before it instantly bowed down to the ground in respect. Just as the dark cloaked being, had done as well.

"I-I'm very sorry!" the bat apologized "The crest of hope regained its light".

"That was a pitiful attempt Master" the dark being added and chuckled "I saw it firsthand". Picodevimon sneered angrily at that.

"Oh yeah, I didn't see you try do anything more helpful!" He yelled back.

"Master hasn't ordered anything of that sort" the being replied and looked slowly up at their master "I would have, if that is what you wish...".

"You!" Picodevimon shouted in a mocking tone "You wouldn't be able to do a thing against the chosen children, your filthy...".

Black bats appeared out of nowhere and surrounded Picodevimon. They either bit or attacked him with their claws or teeth in a very painful matter. He could then hear their master hissed angrily.

"Know your place!" he sneered and gestured towards the servant to talk again.

"Let me deal with the chosen Master" the servant pledged "If I deal with the one bearing the crest of courage and his Agumon, the other chosen, will be easy pickings. They are all scattered around the country after all". The master hummed a little at that. A hand was at the inner side of this being's hoodie now.

"Yes, I suppose so. You are healthy enough for battle" the master then said and took his hand away. "Deal with him then. Fail me, and it has dire consequences".

"Of course, Master" the servant got up and bowed deeply. "I won't let you down".

"Picodevimon is at your disposal" The master then said and surprised both of them "Now if you excuse me, I have things to do".

Without warning the presence of their master disappeared. The servant and Picodevimon looked at each other. Neither of them was thrilled of working together.

"You dare drag me down" the servant said in a cold tone before leaving. Picodevimon let out an angrily hiss, but soon followed.

A,N: And that is that. Another chapter finished. So sorry for the late update though. To be honest I am lacking interest for the story. Not sure why. It happens, I guess. But can't promise to update regularly. Still, intend to finish this story if possible. So please believe in me. However, what do you all think so far? Hope things are getting interesting. The next chapter is mixed up with Yamato and Jyou. Along with the battle with the stranger and Taichi. Hope that peeks your interests. Please comment on what you think.