This is our third story. It's a cross between Digimon 03 and Yu-Gi-Oh. There's a bit of a Spider-man reference here. Enjoy!

Card Hazzard.

"Yamaki-san! The symbiosis prototype is now complete!"

"Good. Good."

"Uh Oh..."

"Never mind. What is it?"

"The pressure is rising to fast!"

"Shut down the system!"

"I can't!"

"Why not?"

"It has developed a level of instinct. It now controls all systems attached to it."

"Shit," Yamaki swore.

"It's absorbing all the data from the server! It'll blow the entire system!"

The symbiote exploded out of the tank. The red liquid merged into a single ooze, then, slithered out of the building, and into Shinjuku.

"I seriously pity anything that crosses paths with that monster," Yamaki spoke softly.

Matsuki Takato ran along the path in the park area of Shinjuku, toward the area of Guilmon's old shed, as the rain poured down mercilessly. Takato tripped on the slick grass, and fell face first into the mud. By the time Takato actually reached the shed, he had removed the mud, retrieved his laptop, and activated the power.

So many memories echoed through his mind. He was sick of it all.

'I'll show them all! Someday...' he thought.

Flashback

Takato grinned as he headed for Ruki's house. Today was her 16th birthday, and Takato was going to give her a great gift. He had discovered it last night, doing some random searching and hacking on the internet. He had found an old "Monster-Maker" file. It showed him how to open a portal to the digital world.

When he got to her house, he knocked three times on her door. It opened, and there stood Ryo. Takato could never explain it, but there always arose a strange jealousy in Takato's heart, whenever the two crossed paths.

"Hey, everybody! The loser's here!" Ryo called into the main hall. Takato heard Hirokazu whispering, and Ruki's giggle. Takato walked inside, shutting the door behind him. He walked slowly, registering what he had heard.

'Loser, huh? That's a new one.'

He sat down on the couch. His bag resting against the chair. Ruki sat down next to him, rather closely, too, Takato noticed.

"So, Goggle head, what did you get me for my birthday, hmm?" Ruki whispered into his ear. Over the past six years, the two Digimon Tamers had become extremely close friends. Ruki had opened herself up to him when Takato had truly shattered the ice around her heart.

"I'm not telling..." Takato grinned mischievously. "It isn't something you can wrap in a box."

"Awww..." Ruki whined. She laid her head on his shoulder, causing him to blush crimson.

Ryo walked into the room at that moment, grinning.

"So... Takato. Where've you been during the last few meetings? I heard you didn't show."

"It's none of your business, Akiyama. And, besides, why would you care? You haven't gone to one. Ever," Takato replied coolly. There was a resounding ooohhh... and Ruki stuck her finger in her mouth and made a gesture that said "Takato burned you, badly."

"It doesn't really matter, but I'll continue: 1) my grandmother died, and I went to her funeral."

Ryo laughed, and Ruki shot him a scathing look, but Takato didn't see.

"2) I did community service work: helping to fix the damage we caused when we fought the Parasimon. Oh, and I didn't see you trying to fix the damage your Accel Arm attack made."

Ryo snickered, and Ruki's look of loathing increased.

"3) I was working in Ruki's birthday present. Actually, it was supposed to be a surprise for everyone, even you, Ryo."

At this point, Ryo burst into laughter. "Do you honestly think that pack of lies sounded real? I've heard better lies from a 5-year-old explaining why the cookie jar was empty, and aliens came into that story. You're such a loser, Takato, and I'll show you that anything you give her could be trash, compared to this." Now, Ryo grabbed Ruki's waist, and kissed her. He broke away from her grinning maliciously.

"You honestly think that you could compare to me? You are one sad crybaby."

That did it. Takato stood up, hot tears running down his face.

"I guess that you never want anyone to see their Digimon again, because that was my present. I even found Leomon's egg data."

He rubbed his eyes clear, and charged Ryo. Takato threw his fist at Ryo, and it collided with his lower jaw. The sound of something shattering, echoed through the room. Takato turned on his heel, picked up his bag, and left the house. If he had stayed a little longer, he could've watched Ruki order Hirokazu and Kenta to hold Ryo upright, so she and Jenrya could proceed to take turns beating the shit out of him.

End Flashback

Takato rummaged through his bag, taking out one of his sketchbooks. He had dedicated each sketchbook to a different tamer. The pad he had taken out was the one he had filled with sketches of Ruki and Renamon. He flipped through various pages as his computer loaded. He had filled in quite a few pictures of Ruki in different poses. He found the one that he had drawn a few days ago. Ruki was sitting in a field, resting against a tree. It was during the sakura festival, and the petals on the blossoms were falling. The Ruki-drawing was staring onto the other page, looking expectantly for something or someone. Takato realized he had left the picture unfinished, and picked up a pencil.

Takato stuck his tongue against his cheek, a habit that always seemed to help him focus. His hand slid and swerved the pencil across the light paper, a form taking shape. Takato never focused on what he actually drew until it was finished, and saw that he had unwittingly drawn himself. The Takato-drawing was smiling and waving to the Ruki-drawing from the lower portion of the hill Takato had drawn himself. Takato smiled, and erased part of the Ruki-drawing's face. He then added a small smile, which Ruki once showed him; he knew for a fact that it was a rarity.

He looked at the finished product, and then placed the sketchpad back in his bag. He looked at his laptop, which had finished loading, and he activated the old file, following the instructions, and pressed "Activate."

Takato's Laptop began to overheat quickly, and a shining vortex appeared in front of him. From the vortex came a blood-red foot with 6-inch claws bursting out of each digit. The other foot, and two clawed-hands followed suit. The red and black body of Guilmon followed after. As the head of Takato's reptilian digimon followed, Takato noticed that Guilmon was dragging something across the floor. The vortex snapped shut the instant whatever Guilmon was dragging cleared the gap. Guilmon spat out the part of the thing he was dragging and looked at Takato.

Oh, boy. Guilmon's back. This'll be fun.