This chapter was super long. The first that I posted it as a DocX, it was nearly over 6 pages in a Google Doc. So from here on out, I am capitalizing the D in Digimon because I forget that it is an overall name of a species/title even though it isn't real. I also just realized that I've been misspelling the Digimon series' "Olympos XII" with Olympus. I man feel kind of dumb. I mean I do all of this research on Digimon, and I can't even get the spelling correct.

Anyway, I don't anything from the Digimon series but my own OCs.

Enjoy!

Chapter 8: What it Means to be Chosen Pt. 1

The members of the D.A.T.S. team stare at the two young boys in shock, or perhaps the better term for them would be young men in the form of a young ten-year-old and twelve-year-old boy. Tomoki gives them an innocent smile while the other just read his fairly thick book in silence. Masaru narrows his eyes to the side. He whispers, "That would explain why he could shoot ice from his hands."

Katsuharu suddenly stops in the middle of turning a page. The two warriors snap their heads toward the three Digimons that were beginning to wake.

"Ugh! Why is my head pounding!" Gargomon whines.

"Shut up, will you! And why is it so cold?" The dog Digimon shivers not really used to the cold.

"The two of you please be quiet. We are in the presence of Lord Wisemon and Lord Megatheriumon and a group of their successors," Gargomon and Cerberumon X-antibody noticed the two Ancients and the group of humans, plus one Digimon, in front of them, and quickly apologizes for their rudeness.

"M'Lords, if I may ask, where are we?" Gargomon asks the two of the eleven founders of the Council of Angels. The Warrior of Steel answers the question, "You are in the Human World."

"Can you tell us the last thing you remember?"

"M'Lords, the last thing I remember is searching for Greed's crest," The two warriors nervously glance at each other than back at Sanzomon.

"And what about the two of you?"

"Plutomon-sama sent me to warn Anubimon-sama about an enemy attack,"

"The last thing I remember is telling Raseilmon to flee from… from Greed," There is a look of worry on Tomoki as he turns to stare at the frown on the other's face.

"Sanzomon, Cerberumon X-antibody…," Tomoki hesitates, but nonetheless he continues on, "The two missions were given to both of you two thousand digi-years ago, which was roughly twenty-five Human years ago around the time we left the world to our future successors. And as for you, Gargomon, the attack was just a few days ago."

Silence over takes the group by a storm and for the first time in many years, whether it was in human or digital years, the two warriors felt a sudden chill creeping up their bodies like a prey encroaching upon its prey.

The younger dark-haired twin growls angrily. The blonde-haired girl beside him releases a sigh for the nth time of the day. It was no use in trying to get the younger twin's scowl off of his face. It is just how Light is.

"Hard and sharp. Decisive in its path and unrelenting of all obstacles that come their way," the blonde-haired girl whispers as a cold but gentle breeze brushed past the two of them. Whether the dark-haired teen heard her or not, he made no indication to comment other than to scowl even more if that was even possible. The girl decides to take a page out of their leader's book.

"Kouji, you're going to get wrinkles like that if you continue scowling. Besides, they've been given enough humility as it is, so why go to such lengths?"

The young twin finally answers, "They will not survive the war with the naive mindset they have. While I applaud them for keeping such idealistic morals, however, the scars of war will surely get them killed… or at least it will get the second generation of Virtutes killed if they don't get it into their heads that not all Digimons can be redeemed."

Izumi opens her mouth to say something, but quickly closes it knowing that Warrior of Light said is true. "Plus, it is needed to get the Crest Bearers to take the future threat seriously with the powers they hold in their hands. Powers that… nevermind. The point is they need to wake up from their fantasies and join the real world, and realize the other problem that they have compared to their successors."

"I understand what you are getting, but…," Izumi pursed her lips together.

"You do realize that Kouichi won't like what you are doing, right?"

"Nii-san is busy with the other business," Kouji replies back to the blonde-haired girl. The sudden presence of a digital portal opening causes the two to snap their heads in the direction of digital presence. Without another thought, the two speed their way over in that direction making sure that no humans were around as strips of blue data wrap around their forms. As the data fades away, two child-level Digimons stood in their place. Spritemon, and the other looked like a large vicious dog standing on two legs and huge sharp-like claws.

Strabimon:

A half-beast, half-man form of the Warrior of Light's power cut in half.

It has a ferocious side that even Adult-level Digimons cannot handle.

Its special move Licht Nagel slices up its enemies with its claws that radiate with light.

Hikari suddenly jumps up from where she is sitting along with Tailmon. Their sudden movements garnered the attention of the other Chosens in the room with the exception of Takeru, Patamon, and Ken. "What's wrong Hikari? Is it the darkness?" Miyako asks, worry etched on her face.

"No, it's not the darkness," Ken pauses for a few seconds, hesitant on telling the others, but decides to tell them anyway: "It's light."

"A powerful light presence that far exceeds my own and Hikari-chan's," Takeru finally decides to speak up, "And a Digimon at that too."

Daisuke jumps from his seat, "Then what are we waiting for? We need to send the Digimon back to the Digital World. Let's go Chibimon!"

"Wait, Daisuke! There is another Digimon with it," However, the second leader and his partner had already left the room by then. Takeru heaves a sigh, "He doesn't even know the location of where they are."

As if on cue, the two members come running back into the room. Daisuke laughs nervously, "So… Does anyone know the location?"

A ping goes off in the room as Koushiro quickly analyzes the data from his computer. "The signal…," He pauses to look up at the rest of them. The team were now waiting, practically on edge, as the sixteen-year-old young man utters the last part to them, "... It's coming from Vamdemon's lair."

Taichi stands up as the others in the room did as well. He looks at everyone before stating, "Let's go!"

"Agrh!" Spritemon is suddenly kicked in the gut causing her to fly past Strabimon as he gets up from the ground. His red eyes glaring a dangerous glint at the enemy Digimon. The Digimon appears to be a humanoid goat carrying a pipe instrument. Although he is an adult-level Digimon, he is not someone anyone should mess around with. Spritemon wobbly flies over to Strabimon, and lands ungracefully.

"There is definitely something wrong with him," the fairy Digimon manages to get the words out of her mouth. Strabimon growls, "Of course, something is wrong with him otherwise he wouldn't be acting like this!"

The two Warriors could barely dodge the incoming attack of the half-human and half-goat Digimon. The mysterious Digimon's attack leaves a giant crater where the two of them once stood. Despite being covered in bruises, the Warrior of Light and Wind managed to get up on their feet.

"Licht Bein!" A ray of light is emitted from wolf Digimon's palm and swiftly hits the Digimon on his side.

"Brezza Piccola!" Spritemon unleashes strong gales using her wings directly at the enemy at the same time Strabimon uses Licht Bein. A cloud of dust settles over where the attacks connected. The two Warriors whipped their heads in the same direction with one of them showing a look of worry and the other just snarls with irritation.

"Are they seriously trying to get themselves killed!?" The two warriors then realized their fatal mistake, but it was too late.

A shadowy blur appears from the dust cloud, its hooves shoving itself into the Warrior of Light's chest. A howl of pain erupts from his throat which alerts Spritemon to leap into action, but a sudden shot of lightning hits her making her scream in agony, and collapse to the ground, barely conscious. Just as the humanoid goat was about to deliver the final blow onto the still recovering child-level beast Digimon, an intense laser beam causes the enemy Digimon to move out of the way. Both Togemon and Angemon quickly made their way towards the two injured Digimons, and carried them over to the large group of children.

"Heaven's Cure!" Particles of light sprinkle down onto the injured Warriors as Angewomon focuses on dealing with the worst of the wounds. With their energies back and their wounds healed, Strabimon quickly jumps back into the fray before anyone could say otherwise.

"Who is that Digimon the two of you were fighting?" Iori asks the fairy Digimon. Her lips pursed tightly together: "That is Aegiomon. An adult-level Digimon. However, don't be fooled by his appearance because this Digimon is actually categorized as a God."

"A God!?"

A glow begins to cover Aegiomon, and this greatly alarms the two Warriors. Spritemon shouts in panic, "Don't let him digivolve!"

A ball of wind forms in her right hand and becomes a long and thin sword decorated with feathers and jewels of all different kinds. The group tells their partner Digimons to attack Aegiomon in hopes of stopping the evolution.

"Vortice Finale!" Spritemon twirls the sword by the handle before halting her movements, taking a "ready-to-strike" pose and finally thrusting the sword outwards with the tip pointing at the God Man Digimon as a vortex of razor sharp winds made its way towards the unsuspecting Digimon from the tip of the sword.

"Licht Bein!" But it was too late. The light of the evolution dispels their attack. Standing where Aegiomon once stood is a tall Digimon with its body made of lightning and covered in gold armor. Both of its arms were holding the hilt of a strange black sword. The once clear blue sky now blackened by dark clouds. Lighting strikes the sky as the sound of thunder shakes the earth. Gasps were elicited from the group as the gold Digimon takes to the sky.

Kouichi's eyes suddenly went wide as he made a mad dash out of the building. He passes Mako in the hallway.

"Where are you going, Kouchi-nii?" he shouts.

"Odaiba! Tell the others, but whatever you do, don't send help!" the Warrior of Darkness yells to the boy.

The people in the building rapidly moved out of the Chosen's way making it easier to reach the outside faster. He hears footsteps following him, and he knows who the person is. Without looking back, he says, "The two of you aren't back at full strength yet."

"I know,"

~ 1 Hour Ago ~

Her eyes begin to crack letting the harsh light in. She hisses in slight pain from the unexpected light. What was she doing? All that she could remember is the light of her crest shining before her sudden black out. Meiko let out a loud gasp: "Mei-chan!"

The young woman softly patted her partner's fur with much care. The girl brings the hand holding the crest to her chest, squeezing it gently. A faint white glow shines through the cracks of her hand. Ruki looks at the phenomenon with wide eyes as she whispers softly, "The crest… it's glowing!"

Kouichi silently watched the events unfold from his very eyes from the back where the Chosen Children stood. The corners of his lips curved upwards slightly. For once, Kouichi showed a genuine smile compared to all of the other smiles he had given, unless he was with friends and family.

As the light slowly begins to fade away to nothing, and with nothing but the bed where her partner lies, Meiko collapsed on her knees breathing heavily as if she had just finished running a marathon. Her body trembles from the lack of energy. It was then that the Tamers asked her if she was alright.

"Is Meiko-nee alright?"

"Can you stand?" And many more questions begin to swarm the poor girl. A sudden loud clap causes the talking in the room to subside, almost outright telling them to be quiet like a King would command his court.

"Impressive. Managing to harvest the power of the Crest of Faith and your own spiritual energy and channel it into Kaikenmon is not an easy feat, and I doubt Hikari-chan and Takeru-kun could pull off what you just did in just a few short moments," Kouichi stated, congratulating her in the process. He then adds another statement, "Although, this is your first time, so of course you're going to feel extremely tired though I somehow I doubt you are even listening to what I just said."

Meiko is silently asleep against the structure of the hospitalized, facilitated bed further proving his point. The Warrior of Darkness could only chuckle at the vulnerable display.

~ Present ~

Kouichi could feel her determined eyes boring into his back along with her partner Digimon's will to fight for her partner's morals. The Warrior of Darkness just releases a passive sigh, "Alright, but you need to know who we are dealing with. The Digimon that we are about to go toe-to-toe with is none other than the Leader of the Olympos XII…"

"Jupitermon," the fairy whispers. Something in the dog-like Digimon begins to click into place as he briefly glanced at the Digimon. The Warrior of Light barks his orders to the Virtues, "Get to safety now!"

Their partners seemed to understand the danger of the situation and made their way over to the group as well as Strabimon, whose body is soon covered in blue strips of data becoming bigger and bigger until it disperses leaving a rather large looking mechanical wolf with two golden wing blades on his back. Spritemon also followed his example, her cocoon of data becoming bigger before unraveling, revealing a humanoid bird-like Digimon with a pair of brown avian wings. The bulkier Digimons devolved back to their child forms, and were carried in their respective partners' arms while others switched to their faster forms.

"Get on!" The mechanical wolf Digimon made sure Taichi, Iori, Jou, and their partner Digimons were secured before taking off with incredible speed.

The Warriors of Steel and Ice suddenly went stiff as did the other three Digimons. The agents were able to notice the change within the five beings that were with them.

"Hey, what's with the sudden freeze up?" Ikuto asks the question that was on every member of his team's minds.

The two warriors looked at each other with grim expressions.

"Should we tell them M'Lords?" Gargomon asked, also contemplating on what to do with the situation going on at hand. The two warriors were still unsure of what to say, but it was ultimately Sanzomon who instilled her wisdom to the two warriors.

"Thanks Sanzomon-dono. Where would we be without you to guide us?" It was the wisest of the Legendary Warriors who thanked her.

The female apprentice shamin snorts: "The two of you would be running around like a bunch of headless chickens."

"She is not wrong minus the headless chicken part. Plus, Noguchi-san should know as he spent most of his infant and childhood years in the Digital World, and he knew the Olympian Digimon God of Ingenuity and Communication—" Tomoki was suddenly cut off by the shout of an alarmed Ikuto, "Is there something wrong with Mercurymon-sama!?"

"No," The simple answer relieved the boy just a bit. "But if it isn't Mercurymon-sama, then who?" The agents were on edge about this whole the whole topic. They knew of the group they were talking about as they had been on the receiving end of their attacks, mainly from the Olympian Digimon Goddess of Wisdom, but the incident had not been their fault entirely.

This time it was the Watchdog of the Underworld that spoke to the boy, "The youngest brother of Plutomon-sama and Neptunemon-sama, and the Leader of Olympos XII, Jupitermon-sama, the Digimon God of the Heavens and Lightning. He is also the father of Mervamon-sama, whom you all knew her as Minveramon."

Silence befell upon the group of humans. Katsuharu closes the large and thick book in his hand with a little too much force. There was a grim look on the young man's younger-looking features.

"It would seem that my prophecy is coming true. Just sooner than expected," said the young Warrior of Steel.

The young Warrior of Ice just shrugs. "Well… what did you expect? That everything will go according to plan?"

"And it would seem that our leader has caught wind of this. As did—" Katsuharu suddenly paused mid sentence.

During the whole conversation, the D.A.T.S. had their own conversation. Yoshino whispers quietly, "Should we even trust them? I mean some of the stuff they said did correspond to the events that have been going on recently, but what about the other information?"

"I agree with Yoshino for the most part, but the thing that I don't get is why would they help us? It could be a ploy to use us for their endgame," Thoma threw in his own two cents.

"I don't think they're lying," The comment causes the two to look at their leader. Ikuto stood there silently, waiting for Masaru to continue, "Come on if you think about it, in the past, our enemies would only layout their grand master plan while monologuing or we just happen to stumble across it. And most of the time, we had to go to them. But these guys came to us and so far they've provided the information that we had asked and needed, and the other times they willingly gave information to us for free."

"I just remembered something that Mercurymon-sama said to me when I was little," The agents all turned to look at their youngest member. Their silence urged him on, "It was a little after Yukidarumon's death, but Mercurymon-sama had stated that the Lord of Ice had protected me. At the time, I didn't know what he was talking about, but I think I know now."

"KOUICHI! Damn it! You know what, screw my best laid plans! I say we wing it!"

Both Katsuharu and Tomoki ran past the group of humans. Tomoki stops while the other boy continues to run. The Warrior of Ice whipped his head around: "Come on! We won't leave you guys here to fend for yourselves!" he shouts to them before following the older boy. Masaru starts to follow the boy: "He's right! If we stay here, we are bound to get an attack, and Agumon and I might not be able to fend them off!"

The other three humans didn't question their leader as he was the only one with his Digimon partner. And without a moment to waste the remaining group members quickly followed after them completely forgetting the other three Digimons.

A bolt of thunder barely singed Lightdramon's fur as the said Digimon barely dodged the sudden barrage of lightning and thunder rained down upon them. Daisuke would have fallen off of his partner's back had he not clung to his partner like a lifeline.

"Maybe coming here wasn't such a good idea after all!" the child of Miracles yelled.

"Ya think!" The mechanical wolf Digimon gripped before dodging a strike of lightning.

The wolf Digimon howls, "Shutumon, do something!"

Shutumon:

A bird-man beast Digimon that possesses the might of AncientIrismon of the Wind.

Her special attacks are Gilgamesh Slicer using the claws on her hands and feet,

And Wind of Pain in which she creates a vortex of razor wind and sharp feathers.

"If I could I would have done so already, but not with the constant threat of thunder and lightning striking all over the place! I may have fifty percent immunity to thunder and lightning based attacks, but there is only so much that I can take!"

"I guess I'll take matters into my own hand!"

"Garummon, you can't be serious!?" Shutumon screeched.

Garummon:

A mechanical beast Digimon that possesses the might of AncientGarurumon of the Light.

His special move Speed Star allows him to tear through his enemies at ultra high speed,

And his Solar Laser allows him to absorb light around him and fire them at the opponent.

Garummon makes a quick and sharp U-turn, ignoring Shutumon, causing the occupants on his back to clutch onto the mechanical wolf Digimon as if their lives depended on it. With quick precision, Garummon somehow manages to maneuver the golden wing-blades on his back without accidently cutting the humans and their respective partners. With the wings in position, the four mini wheels, located on his ankles, sprung into action propelling the beast Digimon at an intense speed. As soon as he reached the maximum speed, Garummon jumped into the air using the momentum.

"Speed Star!"

"Wind of Pain!" A vortex of wind and feathers encases the poor occupants and Garummon. "What the hell is she thinking!? That was her comrade and our friends up there!" Miyako angrily shouts.

Despite her unfiltered anger, she had noticed that the lightning strikes were no longer giving chase to her and her partner, her friends, and Shutumon. Stingmon slowly makes his way towards Aquilamon with Ken in his arms. Then, Ken proceeds to tell the predecessor of Love and Sincerity, "Miyako, I don't think she intended to hurt her friend and our friends."

"What do you mean? Do you mean to say that they accidently got in the way of her attack!?"

"I think… I think we should just see it for ourselves," Everyone was now looking at the spiral attack with hints of worry except Shutumon.

Mimi briefly glanced at the Beast Warrior of Wind. The Digimon's facial features, although the majority of her face was still hidden, made her seem like she was smirking at something, or in Shutumon's case at some Mon.

A sudden roar of pain erupts Jupitermon: Wrath Mode causing the said Digimon to come crashing down to the ground, and standing behind the God Digimon on the ground was Garummon and his poor and dizzy occupants on his back.

"Let me offffumh," Jou hunches over on Garummon nearly spilling the contents of his stomach.

"Never again will I ride a Digimon roller coaster," spoke a very ill Taichi.

Iori, who was also on the Beast of Light's back, took deep breaths and exhaling before repeating the same process again and again. But their Digimon partners were not so fortunate from the sudden stunt as their eyes were swirled not to mention they were crushed tightly against their human partners' chest.

The Chosen Children sighed in relief seeing their friends safe and sound. An oozing and bubbly sound followed by sounds of viciously choked coughs once again alerts the chosens that they are not out of the water just yet. A staggering Jupitermon: Wrath Mode struggles to get up. His helm is oozing out a thick black substance through the cracks as well as slowly corrupting his body, which was made up of lightning and thunder.

"Ew! What the hell is that black stuff coming out from it?" Mimi shrieks while looking disgusted by the sudden turn of events.

Koushiro quickly types away on his laptop as he is speaking, "It would seem that this black substance is like the virus but even deadlier."

"Greed really outdid himself this time. He could even give Pride a run for his money," stated Shutumon as her claws and talons begin to glow a conspicuous bright red: "That is if the angel were alive if we hadn't torn him to shreds."

Hearing this, both Takeru and Hikari shuddered at the thought of their own partners being torn to nothing data as for Angemon and Angewomon, they frown. Garummon gets into position just as tiny rays of light begin to form a ball from his mouth. Luckily, the three humans and their partners had gotten off of the mechanical beast's back.

"Wait!" Iori cries out to the Beast Warrior of Light. Said Digimon briefly stole a glance the successor of Knowledge and Sincerity before directing his red eyes back at Jupitermon. "You don't have to kill him! He's just not in control of his body. I'm sure we can somehow snap him out of this!" the child pleaded to the two Warriors. However, despite his best efforts, Iori's desperate pleas fell deaf on their ears.

Taichi looks at the situation before them. The situation was almost in the same scenario a few months ago between him and Hikari. It was ironic to say the least. To his generation of Chosen killing was a necessity for their survival. The second generation were lucky, or in this case unlucky, with having to deal with these types of situations. The young man then looked across the field where Hikari, Takeru, and Ken stood. He may be dense, but certainly not blind. His little sister is nice, in fact too nice to the point that it almost borders naivety, however, she also knows what needs to be done even if she drowns in her own guilt in the aftermath of things. Takeru is also nice just like his sister, and can be just as ruthless as the next evil Digimon that threatens the Digital World, Real World, or both. While Ken is kind to a fault, he can also be cunning by hiding things deep down in his heart for later exploitation. The only thing that worries him is how the other three will react and how badly their mental psyche will be afterwards.

"The two of you are just going to kill him!?"

"We have no other option," Shutumon explained to the Child of Miracles with cold indifference. The second virtue leader recoils from the harsh rebuttal.

"That's not him being in control," Those who were or near the Beast Warrior of Wind looked at the Child of Light. Said child pursed her lips together as her eyes are slightly casted to the ground: "It's corruption that is slowly killing the Digimon. Even if we somehow managed to purge it, it will ultimately die a slow and vicious death."

Her words seem to shake those three, and can only sit there in their stupor as the two Warriors charge up their finishing moves, however, the final blow never came to the poor Jupitermon. Much like what happened to Kuwagamon at Haneda Airport, the Leader of Olympos XII was forcefully dragged away into the dark swirling portal by black tendrils before closing.

"What just happened?" the Bearer of Friendship asks, warily looking at their surroundings to see if something was going to appear from out of nowhere. Luckily for them, nothing seemed to lunge at them, however, Yamato could still feel something was a tad bit off.

Without a moment to waste, both Garummon and Shutumon devolved back to their child-level forms to conserve their own energy before turning to attack the unsuspecting Chosens' partners.

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Previews to the next chapter:

"The two of you are Digimons on the side of Light, so why are you attacking us!?" both the Bearers of Light and Hope shout to the two Digimons. Strabimon snaps his head in their direction making the two of them flinch at his intense glare. He growls, "Why do you always associate Light with good and Darkness with evil because that saying is getting on my nerves!"