Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.

Summery: AU, very AU and dark, with mentioning of torture, violence and blood drinking. Hunting for Michael to finish what he started, Tai confronted the digi destined and taunted them before making his way towards the village where the blond haired boy currently is. At the same Time, Mimi and BlackGatomon found themselves under attack by some kind of creation the Master sent to kill them.

Tai, stranding on his Devidramon, looked back over his shoulder and smirked when he spotted the younger girl struggling to run after him, the sight making him chuckle as he saw her stumble and nearly fall into some mud on the ground. "Come on Kari, don't tell me you can't go faster then that."

Kari, eyes blazing with hurt and anger over his mockery of her, grabbed her digivice and D-terminal, clicking open the lid and feeling the digimental of light forming before her. "Tai, I don't care what you say, but there's no way I'm going to let you hurt someone anymore. Digi Armor energize!!"

"Gatomon Armor Digivolve too Nefertimon!"

Kari, staring at her partner digimon, grinned as she quickly jumped up onto the back of her armro digimon. "Now, let's go stop my brother." Kari called out as she felt Nerfertimon speed up under her, the wind and rain whipping into her face as they move through the storm, the shape that was Tai and Devidramon growing bigger and bigger with each passing second.

Looking back again, Tai glared as he saw the white form grow large with each passing second, then he returned to look at the village, the building having almost taken on a shape and size where he could count the windows in each of them "Go faster you stupid thing." Yelling out the order, Tai grumbled as he felt the Devidramon struggle to move faster through the air.

"Tai!" Looking back over his shoulder, Tai cursed loudly as he saw his sister and her digimon flying almost on top of them, the face of Nerfertimon showing no emotions as she moved closer still, but his sister told everything. "So much like me back then, but more determined now." He mumbled as he gazed down on the building below him. "Now what Kari, are we going to fight here and now, over these buildings, what about the innocent digimons?"

Kari, eyes flashing with determination looked down at her brother as his Devidramon came to a stop directly over the village. The words ringing through her eyes and making her hesitate, but then again, he had come here to kill, so would it really matter if she didn't fight him. "You're not my brother are you, my brother wouldn't kill someone like this."

Tai, grinning as he heard her words, smiling as he turned to gaze at the scattered buildings and digimons looking up at him from the inside of them, fear radiating at the thought of what he would do to them. "No, I'm not him, thanks to the Master four years ago, I'm not held back by anything, I will kill that blond haired boy to secure my position in his forces." Tai spat out as he focused on the one place that could hold what he was seeking.

Kari, seeing her brother grin in a dark fashion turned her gaze and gasped when she saw what he was looking at. The local village hospital rose up form the ground before them, the sight of Michael lying in a room inside of it flashing through her mind as she snapped back to look at her brother "Tai, please don't do it."

Giving his sister an annoyed look, Tai sighed and lifted up a hand to point at the building. "Devidramon, on my command, destroy the hospital."

Kari, hearing the words, clenched her digivice and looked down at Nerfertimon, screamed out in anger as she kicked Nerfertimon in the sides, urging her digimon to fly closer to her brothers Devidramon. An anger burning through like none she had ever felt before, as the person before dared to ruin the image of her thoughtful brother that she had know all those years ago, and had grieved so hard and long for. "You're not my brother, you look like him, but you are not him."

"Yes I am!" Tai roared out as he whipped his head back to glare at the girl sitting before him on the Nerfertimon, her hand locked around her white and pink D3. The image of her downcast head, the eyes hidden by the wet hair making him freeze as a cold feeling swept through him. "Kari"

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"Palmon, Digivolve to Togemon!!"

Birddramon roared in anger as a sudden light filled the area, the signal of a digivolution in progress nearby. Turning around and aiming for the place where it had come from, the large digimon rushed down to attack it, as the orders given to it demanded.

On the roof, Mimi cursed the dress she was wearing as she saw the large orange fairy bird aiming down towards them, the killer look in it's eyes sending a shiver down her spine. Next to her, she could feel Togemon take a step forward to protect, as well as BlackGatomon moving into a protective position before her. "Um, can we really defeat that thing, it can fly and we can't?"

Blackgatomon hissed a bit in anger and then looked at her. "I don't know, but it's better then waiting for it to just outright kill us." Turning to face Togemon completely, she sighed as she looked at the cactus like form. "I had hope for a more aggressively type digimon, but I guess this will have to do."

Togemon, glared down at the small feline at her feet and growled as she lifted up a foot. "If you don't shut up, you'll find out just how strong I am."

"Focus you two!" Mimi yelled out as she pointed up at the still dive-bombing Airdramon above them. "That bird is going to reduce us to ash if we don't find a way to beat her." Stopping as soon as she had finished the sentence, Mimi felt a cold run through her at the way she had just considered killing a digimon, something she wouldn't have thought of doing so easily in the past.

Birddramon gave a loud roar as she stopped in midair, her wings folded up in front of her as several fireballs formed between them. "Meteor Wing!"

"Mimi!" Togemon and BlackGatomon yelled out as the saw just who the attack was aimed for. Rushing forward, BalckGatomon acted without thinking, plowing into the human's girls side and sending her crashing into the waiting hands of Togemon, then the fireball's struck, sending up bits of rock as the black cat like digimon went flying through the air.

Looking at the feline digimon as it landed on the ground, Mimi blinked as she reached down to scope up the limp body from the ground, a bit of blood was seeping out from the opened mouth when she looked down at the black furred face of the cat like digimon. "You saved me, you didn't like me, but you saved me. Why?"

"Because..." BlackGatomon mumbled as she lifted up her head, glaring at Birdramon as the digimon flew past the tower and out to circle around for another attack. "I had too... You... Can help him...." Closing her eyes, Blackgatomon started to grow limp in Mimi's arms. "Please...."

"No." Mimi mumbled as she pressed BlackGatomon towards her, feeling the small body in her arms. "I don't know, I want to go home, I want to be free, but... I know he's not like this, he was like me, sort of." Whispering out the words, Mimi closed her eyes as a image of a young boy laughing together with her while watching TV. "We never really talked when we were young, we were too different." Seeing her past self standing with a group of kids, Mimi blinked in shock as she looked down at Tai and Kari sitting in a mud pole while laughing with one another, the rest of the school staring at them with disbelief on their face. Then, she found herself standing with Sora, Kari and the other Digi Destined on a rooftop, seeing the Vampire digimon toss a messy haired body off to the side and down onto the street, hearing the young girl standing in front of them scream out a name as a bright light filled the air.

Then a new image popped up, of the same messy haired boy holding a BlackGatomon in his arms while tending to a small wound on it, the boy ignoring the fact that he was sporting a few cuts himself, ignoring the shadow standing behind him as it lifted up a clenched hand and brought it down with all of it's strenght. "Please, help him, if not for yourself, then for me, and his family." BlackGatomon's voice asked as the images faded away.

Opening her eyes, Mimi glared at Birddramon as she began to dive bomb towards them again. "I will help you BlackGatomon, I promise you."

Togemon, Looking down at Mimi, blinked as a green glow formed arounnd the girl, the power of it seeping into her. "Her crest, but how?" Then she closed her eyes as a pillar of light smacked down onto her from the sky. "Togemon, Digivolve too Lillymon"

Mimi, looking up at the sudden cry, stared in amazement as someone she thought she would never see again hovered in the air above her, the wine like hair and pink dress sending memories back to her of the past, of all the times Lillymon had saved her from harm. "Lillymon, you're back?"

Lillymon, giving a quick wink at Mimi, smiled and turned around in the air, her face tense as she scanned for the attacking digimon. Finding her target, the fairy type digimon slowly lifted up her arms and aimed them at the charging Birdramon as they turned into her flower like cannon, her eyes narrowing as she took aim at it. "You attacked Mimi. You tried to kill her. For that, I will never forgive you, no matter how much you look like my friend, Flower Cannon!!" Sending out the attack, Lillymon followed the ball of green energy as it flew through the air and impacted with the head of the bird like digimon, sending it spiraling back into the air and right into one of the towers, the crumbling walls dragging the bird digimon down with them, as loud cries of pain sounded into the air, ending with a loud screech as a cloud of digital data burst out from between the debris.

Giggling and giving a victory sign down at her partner as Birddramon was defeated, Lillymon suddenly gave a small gasp as she glowed bright yellow and shrunk back down into her rookie form, her insect eyes showing a lot of puzzlement as she cast a worried look at Mimi who was still sitting on the ground in a daze. "What happened? How did I become Lillymon again?"

Mimi, still staring past Lillymon in a more and more scared fashion, slowly lifted up a shaking hand and pointed at something behind Palmon. "You, I've seen you before, back home, you're..."

Turning around, Palmon stared in shock as she spotted a smirking messy haired girl standing on the roof. A dark red feminine uniform slightly similar to Taichi's hugged her body as she began to walk forward. "Seems like I got here just in time." Looking from Plamon over to Mimi, the girl suddenly smirked as she lifted up a hand. "Go for it my servants, take over the castle." Looking down at Mimi, Palmon and BlackGatomon, she gave a dark smirk. "And someone, tie up those fools, they can be used to control the idiot if he refuse to do what I say."

"Queen Motomiya!"

Turning her head to stare at the approaching digimon, Motomiya gave a loud sigh as she noticed the trouble expression on its face as it stropped right in front of her. "What is it Hagurumon?"

The digimon, looking like a large gear with two smaller ones for arms, looked up at the human girl with a look of pure fear on his face. "The blocking tower." Barely speaking loudly enough, the digimon turned to stare at the smoldering ruins of the collapsed tower. "The Imitamon coping Birddramon broke it when it crashed into it."

Motomiya, glaring at the tower as well, cursed under her breath as she began to understand just what it meant. "The digimon Emperor, can see us now?" Her voice trailed off in a bit of nervous tone, even the rumors of the Emperor's dark reign had reached her, and it was almost on par with the way she and Taichi had been acting.

Pulling herself together, her eyes flashed as she looked at Hagurumon before her. "Fix it, now, I want this area hidden from him again."

Hagurumon, backing away at the words, covered before the girl in a quick move. "It will take time, the machines are almost completely ruined, not to mention the debris are covering it up."

"Shut up, and get to work." Snapping out her hand, Motomiya's face were red with anger as her whip cracked out and sent the digimon flying backwards, several surrounding digimons turning to face her. "Well, take over the castle idiots, and pout the digimons inside it to work on rebuilding that tower."

Scrambling to get away, the digimons began to storm into the castle, roars and sounds of battles starting up in several places as digimons loyal to either her or Taichi battle for control of the castle. "Dammit, why can't things go my way for once!" Roaring her displeasure to the world, Motomiya stomped up the stairs and into the castle.

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"Wormmon!"

The green worm like digimon looked up at the roar and stared at his partner looking intently at the computer screen before him, his latest project forgotten for the moment as his eyes remained fixed on the map of the digital world. "What is it Ken?"

Glairng back at his worthless digimon partner at the words, Ken growled as he settled back down in his chair, his anger over hearing his name being forgotten in order to concentrate on the new problem that had just come up. "Look at the map of my empire Wormmon." Seeing the digimon do so, the Digimon Emperor stood up again. "Didn't we take control of sector 23B several months ago?"

Wormmon, looked up at his partner human, feeling a bit confused as he stared at the half angry look on Ken's face, a cold feeling running through his veins. "Uh, I think so, why?"

The Digimon Emperor, ignoring Wormmon slowly walked over to look a bit closer at the map before him. "Because, it just turned white, meaning the control spire had been destroyed."

Wormmon, looking a bit puzzled over the subject, crawled over to stand next to Ken as his eyes slid up to stare at the digital map. "So, the Digi Destiend destroyed another control spire today, it really shouldn't surprise you Ken."

"Shut up." Glaring down at his digimon, The Digimon emperor lifted up a finger and pointed at another square on the map of the digital world. Several squares away form the one they were talking about. "My last scan for the brats, showed them here in sector 78F." Eyes narrowing, the Digimon Emperor continued in a very cold voice. "Do you know what that means?"

"No." Wormmon replied almost at once, his eyes showed just how confused he was at the sudden amount of questions he was getting from the human boy. "It means, that there's other humans or digimons out there, working against me, their rightful ruler."

Covering before Ken as the boy began to shout, Wormmon whimpered at the despair running through him along with the verbal insults that followed the explanation. "So, now what."

The Digimon Emperor calmed down a bit as he saw the scared look in his partners eyes, a small pang of guilt rising in him but fading away rather quickly as he turned around. "We're going to sector 28B, wake up the spare troops and tell them where to go." Sitting down in his chair, the messy haired boy grinned darkly. "I'll teach whoever it is to stay away from my land, be they human or digimon." Eyes narrowing again, the Digimon Emperor began to push the buttons on his control panel again. "And Wormmon, it's either Digimon Emperor, or master you call me, understood."

Backing away at the cold tone, Wormmon gave a quick nod. "Yes Master."

Not looking away from his current masterpiece of a secret project, the Digimon Emperor didn't even notice his digimon partner leave the room. "Good, it's almost finished. I just need a single thing to make it complete, but first, to deal with these new pest."

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Shaking his head and pushing down the sudden rush of feelings running through him, Tai refocused on the building, his hand half way lifted up into the air as he gazed at the lit windows, then he spotted someone looking up at him from the inside of a upper window, a small in-training digimon from the looks of it, nothing more then a simple Koromon but it still sent a shiver through him as well as a new wave of emotions that had him struggling to stand up. "No, I... Must do it."

"Why?" Kari's voice reached him as he felt her presence grow closer, her eyes looking right through his cold demeanor from the back of Nerfertimon still hovering there in the rain, the brown eyes so much like his own borrowing into him. "Why did you do it, this isn't you, you caring, a little rash and insensitive, but you don't outright hurt someone like this."

Tai, staring at her, lifted up a hand to brush back a strand of hair form his face, his eyes looking at her with a deep feeling of pain running through him. "I... I..." Then it was over, and a more demanding pain filled him as he pushed his hands against his head, several images flashing through them with more and more pain with each one. "Leave me alone!"

Kari blinked as he brother gave his Devidramon a simple kick on the back and watched as it began to move through the air, it's eyes still looking down at the building below them, on it's back, Tai was barely holding onto it with one hand. "Tai, wait!"

"Go away." Tai spat out the words as he shut his eyes and began to sit down on the Devidramon in a normal way, his D3 no longer held with a death grip. "Just... Leave me alone."

Kari, hearing the pain, doubt and hurt in his voice, reached out, trying to grab him, even of there were several meters between them. "Tai, please, We, I can help you."

Still fighting the images running through his head, Tai opened his eyes and glared back at her with face contorted with pain and fury. "Go away!!"

Under him, the Devidramon sense his master's trouble and glare at the one thing that could possible be causing him this pain and glared as an attack began building up inside of it, the urge to defend this human with its own life overpowering it with each second. "Dark Gale!!"

"Kari!!" Screaming out in shock, several voice filled the area as the dark force was hit by several other attacks and canceled out in midair.

Rushing towards the place, four digimons became more and clear as well as the four kids on the back of them, two f which even Tai could regonized despit ethe long time since he last saw them. "Matt, Sora?" Watching the bland haired boy and orange haired girl looking up at him from the back of Garurumon snapped him out of his pain. "Dammit." Cursing to himself, Tai turned to regard the other digimons in the place. "Bah, this isn't over yet."

Still sitting on Nefertimon's back, Kari followed the sight of the Devidramon as it shot up into the air, moving away from her and the others as fast as it could go. "Tai?" The name fell form her mouth as she briefly spotted the messy brown hair and face looking back at her. "Tai!!"

Sitting on the back of Garurumon and holding onto to Matt for Support, Sora stared up at the rapidly fading Devidramon with an open mouth. "Tai?"

Turning his head at the name, Matt stared at her with a tense look on his face. "Sora?"

Looking at the blond haired boy, Sora didn't answer right away, her eyes half closed with old pain as he pushed further into him for support. "He's back, I didn't, how. Myotismon killed him." Mumbling in broken sentences, Sora didn't notice Matt tense, or the questing look he sent the other kids rushing up to them, instead, he focused on Nefertimon and Kari coming down towards the ground, the same crushed expression on the brown haired girls face as the one on Sora's.

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"So, we're back in a cell again." Palmon mumbled out as she glared around the small room she was in, the cold damp air and lack of light reminding her far too much of the weeks she had spent isolated in a cell very similar to this one, her yells and cries falling on deaf ears when she had felt and heard her human partner getting hurt by that bastard Yagami. "And now it looks like it will continued with his friend."

Mimi, still looking a bit lost to the world, didn't look over at her ranting digimon partner, her eyes were still focused on the floor from time to time, or she was making sure that BlackGatomon wasn't dying before Taichi came back. "It's not his fault." Mimi mumbled out as she caught one of Palmon's curses aimed at the messy haired boy as she cradle the black feline digimon in her arms.

Turning around to face her, Palmon glared at her as she crossed her arms. "What do you mean it's not his fault?" Voice rising a bit as she stepped closer to Mimi, Palmon shot a dark look down at BalckGatomon in Mimi's arms. "He beat you, cut you, whipped you as well if I'm mistaken, stapped you with needles, killed off Michael and let's not forget beat you up pretty badly in the end." Breathing a bit harshly at the end or her speech, Palmon slowly turned away form her partner to continue glaring at the door. "And now, his girl friend is going to repeat the same thing."

"It the virus." Mimi mumbled out as she looked down at the floor, her eyes glittering with a few tears. "I saw what he went through in the past, BlackGatomon showed it too me when I touched her." Not looking at Palmon's skeptic look, Mimi continued her sentence. "He suffered the same kind of treatment as he gave me, you and Michael. His master, never gave him a choice, never asked if he wanted to become a monster like this."

Palmon, turning her head to the door, hid her skeptic look form Mimi as she listen to what the cinnamon haired girl told her.

Mimi, not seeing how her partner digimon reacted to her, continued to talk about the visions she had seen when she touched BlackGatomon. "He was beaten, forced to do the things the master wanted him to do, and when he had forgotten himself, forgotten what he cared about, he was sent here, by the master, to work with BlackGatomon in securing the digital world, for his return."

"So?" Palmon asked as she turned around, and stared at the girl still holding the black feline digimon. "Who is this master anyway?"

"I don't know." Mimi replied as she continued to stare at the wall.

"He came here a long time ago"

Turning their heads, Mimi and Palmon stared at a Floramon standing just outside the cell door as it fully opened, her eyes looking at both of them with a trouble expression. "That's what the rumors say, he wants to return here, to finish what he started long ago."

Mimi, sitting up a bit, looked closer at the digimon and then gave a real smile as she finally recognized it. "You're the one that made this dress and the others."

Floramon, blushing a bit at the words, stepped further into the cell. "Yes, I did, and I'm glad you liked them, but it's not safe for you here anymore." Speaking in a rapid way, the plant type digimon began to wave her hand as she stepped back out the door. "Now come on."

Palmon, looking closer at the digimon in front of her, crossed her arms and began to narrow her eyes. "So, why are you helping us?"

The Floramom, looked a bit puzzled but then gave a little smile as she gave a small bow to each of them. "Two reasons, because Master Taichi asked me too, and two, because it is in my Partner's interest to get the two of you out of here. "

"Your partner?" Mimi and Palmon asked at the same time, both voice holding a lot of doubt.

Still grinning, the Floramon turned around and waved her hand again. "Yes, now come on, she's waiting outside the castle with Gennai."

"But none of you will make it out to them."

Turning around, Floramon, Palmon and Mimi stepped back at the sight of the red haired girl holding the cell door. Behind her, a group of digimons was silently laughing. "But thanks for the warning, now the Master will be truly pleased with me when I bring him the hated Gennai as well as you two and the failure."

As the door slammed shut and gave of the sound of being locked again, the two digimons and one human stared in defeat at the walls of the cell. "So much for that rescue." Palmon muttered out as she stared at Floramon sitting down next to the wall.

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"Why?" Tai asked out into the air as he sat silently on his Devidramon, the rain clouds still letting off a soft drizzle of water as they moved through the air. "She wasn't supposed to be able to do that, she's nothing to me, I don't care about her, so why, did she affect me like that?"

Closing his eyes, Tai fought back the image of a laughing young brown haired girl holding his hadn as they walked through the park, the same girl lying sick in a bed, coughing badly because of him. "No, she means nothing..." Eyes tightly closed as he let a single tear run free, the messy haired boy finally gave into it, the feeling of regret growing inside of his heart. "She matters to me."

Opening his eyes and allowing the water to his hit his face right on, Tai gave a small smile as he tried to recall more memories off her, but still feeling a small nagging amount of doubt when he remembered the Master. "I owe him, he my lord, it is him I serve, but, I don't, I keep failing him" Looking at his hands, Tai sighed deeply as he felt the Devidramon begin to slow down in order to land. "Who am I, her brother, or the right hand of my master?"

Landing in the courtyard, the Devidramon lowered itself down to the ground completely, making it easier for his master to get off, but instead of sliding down to the ground at once, the devil dragon digimon was puzzled at it felt him remain sitting on his back.

Tai, noting that they had stopped moving, slowly moved a hand and a leg to get off, only to stop as he once again went over the encounter with his sister. "If it hadn't be for her, I would have completed my mission." The truth of it smacked into him as he closed his eyes with a deep feeling of complete failure. "Dammit, I'm the loyal servant of my master, doubt and regret is not a part of me!!" Pushing off roughly against the back of the Devidramon, Tai landed on his feet in the courtyard, and found himself staring at a couth yard full of rubble. "What the?"

Stumbling away the Demidramon through the rubble, Tai stared up at the damaged and burnt tower, the rocks still crumbling down a bit into the courtyard and garden. Pushing his way in through the door, Tai stared around at the hallway, taking in the slightly damage furniture here and there, the sight of battle having taken place clear to him "BlackGatomon!"

Getting no answer to his yell, Tai slowly began to make his way down the hallway, the corridor splitting up with one set of stairs leading up to the upper floors of the castle and the master's throne room, the other corridor's leading off to the various level of the castle.

Looking up the stairs with a trouble frown on his face, Tai slowly lifted put a foot and took the first step up towards the second floor, his cape make a soft sound as it brushed against the railing. "Mimi!" Calling out the girl name, Tai stopped at the top of the stairs, his eyes moving to stare i the direction of his bedroom, and the room severing as hers.

Both of them had been smashed in, the wooden doors barely handing onto the doors frames as he passed them, casting a worried glance into each of them, but finding nothing but complete and utter destruction of what had been inside of them, but thankfully, there were no signs of a hurt Mimi or Blackgatomon in either of them.

Returning to the staircase, Tai slowly lifted up his eyes and stared up at the next level of the castle, the floor that would belong to the master when he returned to claim this world as he own. Planting one hand on the railing, Tai slowly began to make his way up the small staircase, each footstep sounding like a bomb to him.

Then he was up, and standing in front of the large double doors. the faint sound of talking coming from inside of it the closer he came. Standing right before the door, Tai slowly lifted up a hand and rested it on the door handle, wondering if he should step in and see if it really was his master who had been responsible for all of this.

Then he felt it getting pushed down, followed by the door opening up into the throne room, a light flooding out form the inside of it, several champion digimon's turning to stare at him. and standing in front of the throne itself was a person he had only seen on a rare occasion when they needed to discuss something. "Motomiya!"

"Yagami." The girl replied as she stepped down from the podium, her boots clicking on the floor as her dress moved across the floor, her eyes twinkling with barely concealed amusement. "I think i have something that belong to you." Turning her head as she spoke, Motomiya pointed a finger at a small group of Bakemon's hovering in the air nearby.

"Mimi, BlackGatomon!" Tai's cry filled the room as he recognized the girl hanging from a rope, her brown hair hanging messily down her back, the dress she was wearing slight torn in a few places. And next to her, knocked out cold from all appearance, BlackGatomon was tied up and being held by the cuff off her neck.

Moving his eyes to the side, he spotted a Floramon and Mimi's Palmon being held back by two other Bakemon's. Their eyes staring at him with fear and anger as he stepped a bit further into the room. "Motomiya, why. Did the Master order this?"

"Yes." The simply replied as she stepped further out, raising a hand to one of the digimon and smiled as it helped her to get up on a small chair placed inside the room. "You not only failed in your mission to kill the blond haired boy, but you allowed the digi destined to defeat you as well." Smiling a bit as she lifted up her digivice, she looked right into Tai's eyes. "Therefore, the Master had declared you to weak to be a part of his forces, and all weaklings, should be removed."

Feeling someone grab his arms, Tai looked back to see two large ape like digimon look down at him, an empty stare in their eyes as they began to drag him toward the center of the room. "Imitamon, nothing but false version of digimon's." Tai spat out as he returned his gaze to the girl sitting in her chair. "What, are you too weak to control a real digimon? Is that it, Jun Motomiya?"

"Shut up." Jun screamed as her hand lashed out and smacked the messy hair boy on the side of his head, the force of it sending his head spinning as he was thrown onto the stone floor. "I've put up with you for too long, this Castle should have been mine, not that run down fortress on that stupid island."

Calming herself down, Jun settled back down on her throne. "But now, it will be mine, as soon as I have removed you, your pet digimon and that girl you shared you virus with." Smirking as she lifted up her hand, Jun stopped when a sudden distant explosion sounded through the room, looking up, she blinked as several small clouds of dust fell down from the ceiling as the room shook a bit. "What the..."

Turning to stare at her digimons, she stopped when a large shape became clear through the only window that was placed in the room. "No." Looking through the strained glass, her eyes fixed on the small metal and glass structure she could see on the large stone like object hovering in the air above the castle. "The Digimon Emperor!"

"That is correct! I am the Digimon Emeperor" A new voice echoed through the room, several digimons as well as Tai and Jun turned their heads at the voice, to stare down at the young boy standing in the doorway. Meramon's and Frigimon's surrounded him on both sides as his eyes swept over the room. "And you fools, will pay for trying to take over my property." Stepping into the room, the Meramon's and Frigimon's slid into a battle position. "Now, why don't you explain to me who you are, and why this place has escape my attention for so long?"

Jun, teeth gnashing against each other slowly stepped down from her throne, her eyes blazing with fury as she gazed at the younger boy, more of her anger aimed at the superior voice he had used against her. "I will tell you nothing, Digi brat, other then this, your little Emperor stunt ends now, and the areas under your control, will belong to me, and the Master."

The Digimon Emperor, eyes narrowed in boredom and annoyance at this girl, slowly turned to stare at the messy haired boy, the girl in the dress and the three digimon's being held captive. "Hmm, maybe I should have entered a bit later, it looks like you were about to make my job a bit easier for me." Lifting up a Dark Ring as he spoke, the Emperor smirked as he tossed it through the air, aiming for the closest of the digimon's.

"No!" Jun screamed as she whipped out her digivice. "Go Penmon, show that guy's who the one in control here."

Penmon, rushing out from the shadows of Jun's throne, jumped up into the air as a dark blue glow ran over him in the middle of his jump. "Penmon, digivolve too Saberdramon" Spreading out his much lager wings, the champion bird dragon type digimon glared down at the human boy before it. "You will not hurt mistress Jun, not while I live."

"Hah." Pulling out his Dark digivice, The Emperor smirked as a dark light filled the room, Saberdramon blinking as he glowed and dedigivovled back into Penmon. "You really scare me feather brain." Stepping further into the room, he replaced his dark digivice at his belt. "Now, let's us finish this. Slaves, attack, get their digivices for me, and destroy these false digimons."

Tai, sitting on the floor, tore his shoulders free from his captures grip and rushed away as several fire balls and frost blasts began to fly through the air, some of them getting far to close to both him and Mimi for his liking. "Mimi, BlackGatomon" Looking up at the Bakemon as he got closer to them, he crouched down and jumped up towards them, grabbing a hold of Mimi as he passed her, as well as BlackGatomon, the action causing the Bakemon to release his hold on them. "Hold on."

Landing on the ground with a thud, Tai looked up at the girl he had pressed into his chest, and his partner digimon clinging onto her back as well. "Come on, wake up will you, I need your help if we're going to survive this." Looking away form them, Tai gulped as the Bakemon's dropped Palmon and the Floramon, making their way towards him, Mimi and Blackgatomon instead. "Come on wake up, will you!" Risking a look up, Tai cursed as he noticed just how close the enemy digimons had come to them.

TBC: A Grand Battle between Evil.

AN: Well, another chapter finished, but it doesn't quite leave me with the feeling that it's as good as it could be. But, no matter how I turned it around or tried to picture some it a bit differently, it wouldn't come out right.

The same feeling has begun to spread to the whole story line as a whole. In fact, I'm starting to agree with some reviews that it could have been done in a different way, without the whole vampire bit mixed into it.

So, until I've settled on weather to continue this story and just give it up, I'm putting it on hold. This should also let me get around to work on other projects I have cooked up and ready to be presented to all.