Author Notes:

Okay, so I'm back and I'll try to keep this brief. I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter. I reread my first chapter and found a few typos, only about five give or take, which is to be expected. With this in mind, I will be trying my best to avoid any further mistakes, however minor they may be. This chapter will be much slower and shorter than the previous, as this is to merely set up the story more and move the plot along (things will get a little more out there, but I'll try to explain things as best I can without spoiling anything). I hope you this doesn't come as too much of a disappointment, I love writing battles but mindless violence every chapter wouldn't make all that much sense. Thanks to everyone that read/favorite/followed/reviewed the previous chapter. A special thanks to Crazyeight and Naito Writer, for pointing out mistakes I made in my previous chapter (helping me to improve my writing) and giving me ideas for this chapter, respectively. Enjoy the new chapter and I would love to hear your opinions on it!

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Chapter 2:

It was a melancholy night in Shinjuku, all eyes downcast at the disheartening events of the day; their heroes were injured, the shining knight of justice has fallen in battle and was badly wounded. The images of the heart wrenching scene plagued the minds of all that witnessed the broadcast, how their knight in shining armor struggled and fought valiantly but was still over come in the end. The news of the event spread quickly, all hearts and minds praying for their protectors well being. In a depressed silence, no one noticed a new cloud materialize in the once clear sky, no one notice the two silhouettes that formed in the floating mist. The night's full moon shined bright into the recently formed fog, revealing two figures; a massive armored giant, pitch black armor accented with gold and a snow, white cape flowing softly through the water particles. On the shoulder of the large knight stood another armored humanoid, twelve feet tall, well over three meters tall, an equally armored silhouette stood with two hammers for hands and a shining golden body, a feathery white cape dancing behind him as well. The cloud soon disappeared as quickly as it formed, leaving the two in the night sky, gazing down on the city in search of those they came to find.

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Yamaki sat at his desk, basked in the light from his office's lamp. The business man's sunglasses placed neatly to the side as he ran his hands through his blond hair. The leader of Hypnos scanned the papers in front of him once more, trying to collect his scattered thoughts. "This doesn't make any sense", the blonde man mused "Why couldn't our sensors pick up something so powerful? Why hadn't the tamers D-Arks gone off to warn them? Why were the tamers so late? The school insisted that someone come and relieve them, but why should that matter? Hell, why didn't they just leave? Why was the news able to find out about that thing before we did? How did it even get to this world so stealthily? How was it able to open a portal back to its own world?"

The thoughts of the incidents ending brought a new wave of headaches to the grown man, "What was that form? How long has Takato been able to do that?" he wondered in his mind, "And what is that symbol? That damned thing hasn't appeared since the children were in the digital world, and it nearly ripped the entire internet apart back then. Did something happen there too? I never even thought about it since the D-Reaper… Should I ask them about it? Anything they may know might help sort this out." These thoughts rolled over in Yamaki's mind as his eyes trailed over to his agent's report, the agent that was in the classroom when the symbol made its appearance.

"No", the business man thought firmly, remembering the report of Miss Katou's reaction "At least, not yet. Whatever that thing is, it clearly has bad memories tied to it, and they have enough to deal with as is. I'll need to wait till things calm down and he wakes up, before I can bring something like this up." The blond man relinquished a frustrated sigh before rereading the field reports, only one was missing, the report of the one that had been there the longest: the report from Takato Matsuki.

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The first thought that crossed Takato's mind was, "How did I get into the digital world, much less the Sovereigns' plane?" The goggled boy quickly realized his mistake as he took in his surroundings more thoroughly. The ground of the Digital Guardians' realm was not a brown sandstone color. The sky was red towards the horizon, not in the center of the sky before melting into an orange at the edges of view, glowing with the light of distant flames. The air of the highest plane of the digital world did not sting with the smell of sulfur and ash. This was not the Sovereigns' domain that was something Takato was certain of. Closely taking in every detail, the leader of the tamers soon took notice of the young man standing no more than ten feet away. The boy looked exactly like the young tamer, wearing the outfit of his younger days, stretched to fit the more adult body. The duplicate watched Takato with the glowing red eyes of Megidramon, a confident smile plastered on his face as the bewildered tamer finally took notice of him.

"Um, who are you?" the gogglehead question, trying to keep his voice confident, but his nervousness seeped through. The only response Takato received was the other boys smile widening as he continued to stare "Okay, um, uh what is this place?" the brown haired boy questioned, hoping to get some information.

"Welcome, Takato Matsuki", the mysterious boy replied in a voice similar to Takato's, only deeper and dripping with unmistakable arrogance "It has been quiet a long time. It is good to have you back."

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Henry Wong rolled his neck in hopes of relieving its stiffness, the hospital benches were not meant to be slept on. The hospital had set aside a moderately sized waiting room for the tamers and their family, while at the moment it only housed Henry and his parents, Rika and her parents, Takato's parents, Ryo, Jeri, Kazu and Kenta, as well as the Digimon. Opening his eyes, the young, Chinese man saw a familiar mass of red hair moving back and forth in front of him. After Titamon had been forced into a retreat, the young man was rushed to the paramedics, whom were shocked the boy was alive at all, let alone treatable. They quickly stabilized the bleeding boy on the way to the hospital, immediately rushing him into the Emergency Room. After getting their own wounds treated, and filing field reports for Yamaki, the remaining tamers were quick to learn that the doctors were still hard at work on their friend. Rika immediately settled into pacing about the waiting room, a deep scowl of fear and worry plastered on her face; the others chose to take seats scattered throughout the room.

Turning a groggy eye to the clock, "it's barely six in the morning", he thought "Has she been doing that all night?" Seeing the red haired was deep in thought and wasn't going to stop anytime soon, Henry decided to voice his concerns, "Rika, have you slept at all?" The voice of her friend made the fiery teen stop her repetitive action and turn to look at the clock.

"It's been that long already?" Rika mumbled to herself before shaking her head clear and turning to Henry with an annoyed glare, "What of it, Braniac?"

"Rika", Henry began, a frown quickly forming on his tired face "you need to rest. Takato wouldn't want you worrying yourself to death."

"What makes you think I'm worried about Gogglehead?" the read head said, her pride getting the better of her, before turning away with a faint blush. Henry merely chuckled, he knew even after years of friendship and her little show in class yesterday, his fellow tamer wasn't going to admit she was worried, despite all the evidence she was.

"Well, for one thing, I think your starting to make a groove in the floor", the Chinese boy said in a teasing tone, letting a small smile grace his lips. Rika merely growled in response, turning a deep red at having been called out. Terriermon's tamer let his smile broaden at having the upper hand in the conversation, something that was rare when talking to the Digimon Queen.

"Are you saying you're not worried?" the temperamental teen growled out, turning a fierce glare to the newly awakened boy.

"Of course I am, Rika, but Takato wouldn't want you to exhaust yourself worrying about him", Henry insisted, a frown making itself present on his face once more.

"Yeah, well, maybe he should worry about himself more, rather than other people", Rika snapped back, lowering her head in an attempt to hide her lips starting to quiver, as a new wave of sadness surged through her. Henry opened his mouth to respond, but was stopped when the sound of the waiting room doors opening. Turning to the doorway quickly, the two teenagers saw the doctor that was working on Takato shuffle his way in, obviously having finished whatever treatment there was for the boy not long prior. In a fraction of a second, the young tamers began to wake up the other occupants of the room, Rika beginning with the goggled boy's parents before moving to her own, gently shaking them awake. Henry first woke up his own parents before moving to the Digimon that slumbered in the corner, Renamon having had to force Guilmon to rest there instead of trying to charge towards his tamer.

As the parents quickly began to shake sleep from their eyes, Rika noticed the challenge Henry was having trying to awaken the exhausted creatures, only Renamon being easy to bring out of the realm of dream. Sighing to herself, the fiery haired teen knew she was left to awaken the other tamers in the room. Rika was as gentle as possible with her best female friend, Jeri Katou, taking care not to startle the emotional girl. With the brown haired girl slowly bringing herself to her senses, stress from the prior day having taken its toll on the poor girl, the Digimon Queen turned her amethyst eyes to the three remaining male tamers, sleeping in a clump on three folding chairs near the middle of the room. Smirking as a way to wake up of three annoyances came to mind, Rika smoothly walked behind the chairs before leaning down and grabbing hold of the metal legs. In one swift motion, the red haired tamer stood up, bringing the chairs with her, sending the three boys tumbling forward with yelps of fright and surprise. The sudden noise brought everyone to attention, with the exception being the heavy sleeping red reptile, as Rika dusted her hands off with a smug look upon her face, happy with the results of her plan.

"Well, I have good news and bad news", the doctor said calmly as the noise started to settle down, all eyes turned to him as all the previous sound simply vanished.

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"What do you mean back?" Takato questioned his double with a confused frown "I've never been here before, what even is here?"

"You don't remember this place?" the copy smoothly replied, his smile only growing larger "This is the place where you come in your darkest hours; when Growlmon was losing against the tiger Deva, Mihiramon you came here to attain the power to reach Ultimate level, and when Megidramon lost to Beelzemon, you came here to bring our partner back and gain access to Biomerging."

"Wha" the leader of the tamers began before memories of his adventures flooded back "Wait, that is this place, but what about the ground and that orange glow, and that still doesn't answer what this place is?"

"The ground represents your confidence", the second gogglehead said, stepping forward and beginning to circle the confused boy "as your experience grew as did the ground. The orange is from the flames of guilt, the more you blame yourself the brighter they glow. As for where we are, well, technically we are inside your Digivice, a space of connected consciousness."

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"He's alive", the doctor said, to the relief of everyone present, the couples present hugging each other at the heart lifting news, before clarifying "barely, it's nothing short of a miracle that he survived long enough for use to treat him. He's in bad shape, a cut so deep that he's basically in half, nearly his bones are broken or damaged, severe internal bleeding and his blood pressure is so low we can't actually figure out how he survived, but we're not looking a gift horse in the mouth."

"Can we see him", Rika interrupted impatiently, not wasting any time in wanting to see her injured friend.

"I would not recommend it just yet" the medical professional replied without missing a beat, as if half expecting the worried girl's response "I'm sorry, but Mr. Matsuki's wounds are quiet severe, it astonishing he pulled through at all, but we are unsure how long it will take for him to wake up, if he ever does."

"Don't mind Wildcat, she's just worried about her boyfriend", Ryo said quickly, eager to tease the girl after the way she had woke him up moments ago. The legendary tamer yelped in pain as he received a harsh kick to the shin, courtesy of the now crimson faced girl.

"He is not my boyfriend", the fiery tamer all but shouted, whilst turning a deep crimson, much to everyone's enjoyment, with the parents being the exception as they were more focused on the doctors words. Ryo opened his mouth to continue mocking Rika before a loud crash followed by the building shaking distracted him. In a sudden shift back to a serious attitude, the tamers ran straight for the door with their partners in tow. The red dinosaur, Guilmon continued to sleep soundly, dead to the world, as the awake tamers exited the hospital and came face to face with the massive Digimon that had landed in front of the building, creating the enormous disturbance.

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"Um, can you dumb that down a bit" asked Takato in embarrassment, his clone's smile vanishing instantly as he turned to face the original.

"To put it simply, think of this as your dream world, housed inside your D-Ark." The deeper voice of the second Takato sighed out.

"Wait, if this is my dream world than what are you doing here, and who are you anyways?" the tamer's leader questioned, still not understanding what was happening.

"Well, who I am and what I am doing here are actually relatively similar answers", the duplicate casually replied, grinning at the original, only to sweat drop at the confused look he received in return "like I said this world is held inside your Digivice, do to your connection with our partner, you are able to access it, normally when he needs your emotional connection the most. I however solely exist here; I am an AI program created by King Drasil himself, and he was the one to install me into you and your D-Ark. However, you may recognize the symbol of my presence more: the Digital Hazard."

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"Alphamon", Ryo gasped out, pulling his D-Ark and scanning the massive knight, standing with both arms crossed over its chest "Vaccine type, Holy Knight Digimon, Mega level, the Aloof Hermit, the leader of the Royal Knights that only appears when the Digital world is in great danger, his Soul Digitization and Divine Sword Grade Alpha attacks decimate anyone that opposes him."

"Jupitermon", Rika growled spotting the golden, armored figure standing next to Alphamon "Vaccine type, God Man Digimon, Mega level, the Grand Judge, It is always judging good and evil on the battlefield, and metes out divine punishment to those who choose evil, his Mabolt and Wide Plasment eradicate all he finds guilty." The red head took a quick glance at the surrounding, the concrete ground was broken apart under the massive knight, the knight was nearly twice the size of the three story hospital behind her, but luckily there was little debris scattered around indicating that instead of crashing down, the knight merely landed and his size had created those tremors. The sun was only beginning to rise and normal visiting hours for the hospital had yet to begin, as a result the area was pretty clear of civilians, those that were there appeared to of had the foresight to get inside or away from the easily seen mega before he landed.

This brought a single thought to Rika's mind, "Why was there no one at the park yesterday? It's one of the biggest parks in the whole city, but it was completely deserted…" The female tamer frowned at the thought, trying to remember if she remembered anyone besides the paramedics being anywhere within a mile of the park, but she didn't remember seeing anyone; was she just not paying attention, it is normally one of the busiest places and in the middle of the city there was no even near it when the battle began. The Digimon Queen didn't have much of a chance to dwell on these thoughts however, as a pale green light behind her brought her back to reality.

"Alright, big boy, what do you say we take this somewhere away from people, 'cause if you want to get to Takato, you'll have to go through me!" MegaGargomon shouted as he materialized between Alphamon and the hospital, taking up the little space that separated the two. Alphamon stood firmly at MegaGargomon's chest, not so much at flinching under the taller mega's glare.

"Why wasn't that a concern yesterday", Rika thought whilst narrowing her purple eyes at the green mega, unknowingly replicating Henry's own thoughts after his words had left his mouth. That train of thought was cut short when the massive knight raised his right gauntlet up to the side his head, palm open facing MegaGargomon in a pacifying gesture.

"We are not here to fight, Tamers, we do not intend to cause Matsuki any harm", Alphamon said in a peaceful royal tone, but not taking his eyes off the green mega in case he moved to attack.

"Imma afraid we're gonna have to call bullshit on dat!" Beelzemon shouted as he leapt to the right, landing to the side of Jupitermon before pulling out his twin shotguns, Berenjena and pointing them at the God Man "First, a mega showed up yesterday out da blue, went straight for our friend and attempted to kill 'im, then, the next fucking day, two more megas show up outta nowhere and go straight for the hospital he's at. Ya think we're fuckin' stupid?"

"Be that as it may", Jupitermon spoke up in a tone as if he were explaining a simple problem to a child, his voiced layered with undeniable holy power "we are only here to talk about the incident yesterday. If we wanted to fight, we would have attacked before even landing."

"Oh yeah, well prove it" MegaGargomon retaliated, not wanting to admit that had been a good point, but still unwilling to let his guard down. The leaders of the Royal Knights and Olympus XII looked at one another before nodding in mutual understanding. The two armored Digimon allowed themselves to be enveloped in a golden light as their forms began to change. Where the two megas once stood, two ultimates now took their place.

A Digimon stood seven feet, just over two meters, tall where Alphamon once stood. The new Digimon was adorn in golden armor with red accents and a tattered blue cape, the armor seeming to glow in the dawning light as the cape flowed majestically. The golden Digimon, Grademon, let out a grunt of annoyance before turning to the second ultimate. Where there was once the God Man, Jupitermon, now there was a five foot, one and a half meters, goat man. The goat humanoid, Aegiochusmon Holy, still had the feathery white cape as Jupitermon, but now had a pair of white shorts on as well. The left side of the new God Man Digimon's face and chest now had smooth gold plating. Aegiochusmon Holy's arms were adorned with twin golden gauntlets with what appeared to be golden gears attached to the hands.

"Will this suffice", Grademon sighed, not enjoying the feeling of lowering his power while having two megas armed and ready to attack him. The transformation seemed to ease the two megas, but they still remained at the ready, while two ultimates were easier to handle they could still prove to be deadly.

"Alright", Ryo said in a calculating tone while stepping forward, Monodramon falling in step behind him "let's talk".

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"You see", the AI program continued, turning his back to Takato "I was created with three abilities: data empowerment, data manipulation and… shall we say… virus protection"

"The Digital Hazard", the gogglehead mumbled, his mind going blank as he tried to process what he was just told.

"Is my symbol, yes", the program said, slightly annoyed that his explanation was being ignored "You wanted to know who I am, so the least you can do is pay attention. Anyways, being a false intelligence, I lacked emotions, so my personality evolved off of the feeling of those that I was installed into. I feed off of your raw emotions and in exchange I give those I am connected to power.

"The Digital Hazard", Takato mumbled again, still not hearing a word the other was saying "like as in… Megidramon?"

"Is that what you're hung up on?" the duplicate said, turning around to face the original with a slight frown "Yes, Megidramon was an offspring of my power, the sheer hatred you fed me was more than enough to get me to lend you the power to Digivolve Guilmon into that form." The AI's eyes widened when Takato suddenly lashed out and grabbed him by the neck of his blue hoodie.

"It was your fault?!" Takato hissed, turning a glare of pure rage onto the program "You turned my partner into that fucking monstrosity!?"

"In all honesty", the clone replied coolly, a confident smirk gracing his lips "I merely gave you the power you were asking for and you gave me such intense emotions to feed on in exchange. A shame you calmed down so quickly though, your hatred was quiet delicious." As those final words left his mouth the AI program's head was sent sharply to the left as Takato slammed his fist into the side of his jaw.

"It's your fucking fault?! You nearly killed my friends! You nearly destroyed the whole fucking world! And you have the fucking nerve to blame me for that shit! I've been blaming myself for the past six god damn years, and now I found out you were to blame and you just act like it's a fucking joke! You talk about one of the worst days of my life like it was a fond memory!?" the tamer roared, seething in anger. The feeling that pulsed through Takato didn't go unnoticed by the hungry AI as his eyes shined brighter and he took a deep breath in, as if he were inhaling a pleasant aroma.

"My, my, Takato, you have quiet the temper", the AI quipped back, a smug smile never leaving his face "But, it seems you are confused, Megidramon didn't nearly kill any of your friends. You ordered him to destroy Beelzemon and that is the only target he went after; and the only reason the digital world was even in danger was because your D-Ark broke, it gave Megidramon's power an escape route, ever seen a pool with a hole in the side? The water pours out and destroys the lawn, which is basically what happened there. Funny enough that's actually why Beelzemon won, but don't worry we've upgraded since then."

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"What are you talking about", Yamaki growled into his office's phone, the sun was just beginning enter through the window and he was already too tired to argue.

"I asked you why you threatened to place me and Mr. Tanaka under arrest if we let the tamers go before your agent arrived", the equally angry voice of Reo Nakamura, the principle of the tamers school, snapped back "I thought we had a deal after the incident with Shioda that you just had to call and get them out, hell you had them all moved to the same class to make it easier! Wong was invited to more prestigious schools and you made him turn them down just so that they would all be together! So, why did you make us sit around waiting for your agent to arrive while watching Matsuki fight that thing alone! You even threatened to take away the positions you were offering them after they graduated and make them redo the entire year, you know how hard they all have been working to be able to work there! They are under my protection and their futures under my care, yet the boy was nearly killed and I want some damn answers, why it was so important that we wait!"

"And I asked you, what are you talking about", Yamaki shouted into the phone, finally losing his patience "when I called, you demanded that we send someone down to relieve them, saying that you were done with the favoritism! You were the one that threatened to make them redo the year, not me!"

"Um, sir", Riley squeaked as she timidly opened the office door. The blond haired man was not answering her over the pager, so she came to alert him in person.

"What", Yamaki roared to his employ, turning a fierce glare to the young woman; irritated that she interrupted his argument.

"The Tamers are here to see you, sir. It is very important and cannot wait" the red haired Hypnos employ replied, not being unnerved by the man's anger.

"We'll continue this later", Yamaki mumbled into the phone before sharply hanging up; he turned to leave the room while slipping his shades on "Where are they?"

"Room D-1014, sir. They didn't give many details, but when I saw their guests I immediately tried to page you, but you weren't answering so I came here myself."

"Guests?" the man questioned to himself, possibilities raging through his mind "Never mind, I'll see when I get there. Riley, I want you to pull up the recording of my call to Mr. Nakamura from yesterday. I'll go see what the Tamers want."

"Okay, but why, sir?" Riley replied, not sure why he needed it at the moment, didn't he remember it?

"Because" Yamaki growled as he began to make his way down the hall and to the elevator "something is not adding up."

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"How long", Takato mumbled into his knees, he had finally started to come to terms with the information presented to him and now the two had just settled into an uncomfortable silence.

"You're gonna have to be more specific", the AI replied in a bored tone, he had merely settled to lying on his back, watching the crimson sky.

"How long have you been installed into me?" Takato grumbled, raising his head to look at his counterpart.

"Well", the program began whilst turning his head to face the leader of the tamers "if you had ever bothered to talk to Rika and Henry about when they got their Digivices, you would have found it odd that when you slid the blue card it sent sparks flying out of your card reader, and took a full school day to transform."

"That long?" Takato asked in astonishment, remembering the day vaguely but recognizing what he was told "… Why me? Why was I chosen to be your 'host'?"

"I already told you", the program growled, irritated at having to repeat himself "I was not created with emotions, so I needed a host to feed off of. I've been installed in a few Digimon, but Digimon lack strong emotions naturally, so I needed a human to truly evolve. You were chosen because you were one of four humans that would gain the power to merge with a Digimon partner. Rika, while she posses strong anger, denies herself a large portion of her own feeling, not letting herself feel happy for a long time. Henry has almost the opposite problem, due to his martial arts training he denies himself feelings of anger and fear; these are both necessary for humans to progress. Ryo simply has too much confidence to be a good host, I already have a steady income of pride, and I don't enjoy feeding off of one feeling from multiple sources. You, on the other hand, you wear your heart on your sleeve. You don't deny yourself from feeling anything, you look at your past and see your mistakes, but you learn from them and don't get arrogant. The ground here was formed from your confidence, but as that grew you never ignored your other feeling. With you it's like a new buffet of different feelings everyday!"

"Multiple sources?"Takato questioned, having been listening intently as he began to sit up straight.

"You merely host my core, Takato", the AI said, his confident smile returning once more "fragments of me have been installed across the Digital Server, placed into the Digimon that if they were to become corrupted would pose the greatest chance at destroying everything."

"Digital Server?" Takato asked there was so much he had to learn.

"The collection of Digital Worlds split into four quadrants each having their own human world connected to them. We're connected to the Southern Quadrant", the program replied dryly, he was starting to get bored now that Takato had calmed down.

"Oh", Takato said simply, sensing the others disdain. The two sat in quiet, while the gogglehead attempted to process the events of the past day, subconsciously running his hand over his chest. The minor action did not go unnoticed.

"Don't worry", the AI said calmly, turning his gaze to the horizon.

"What do you mean?" Takato asked in confusion, he had nearly been cut in half how could he not worry.

"Remember, one of my powers is data manipulation. When the Sovereign gave you the power to biomerge they turned you into partial data. I'm manipulating that data to heal you and keep both you and our partner alive. So, don't worry, the damage was severe but not to the point that I couldn't do anything", the program explained, not moving his gaze from the glowing orange flames.

"Our partner?" the gogglehead asked, already not liking the answer he would get.

"I was installed into you, and Guilmon bares my symbol. He's as much my partner as he is yours", the program stated as if explaining a simple fact to a child. Takato merely nodded, and settled back into his thoughts of the day, of the battle. It wasn't long until the AI noticed the light of the flames along the horizon begun to glow brighter, symbolizing Takato was feeling guilt.

"What's wrong now", the duplicate growled in exasperation, can't the kid just relax.

"I just started thinking about the battle, about… about all the people that must have gotten hurt", Takato said solemnly, burring his face deeper into his knees.

"Don't", the clone stated, shifting his gaze back to the boy "I manipulated the data in the air and cleared out the air as much as I could. You'd be surprised what a warning from 'Hypnos' could do, and hive mentality got the ball rolling. Luckily most people carry a little computer around now so it wasn't too hard to do. I used a bit more of my power to set your and the tamers mind at ease, if only subconsciously, so you wouldn't hold back. We couldn't afford to hold back."

"Well, uh, thanks, I guess", Takato mumbled as the flames on the horizon began to dim once more.

"Don't mention it", the program said, growing bored once again.

"So, um, what, uh, what do I call you?" Takato asked after a brief moment of silence, turning to look at his duplicate.

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End of Chapter 2

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Ending Author Notes:

Okay, so I had more planned for this chapter, but I felt this would actually make a good stopping point. I know this may have gotten a bit out there, but hopefully I explained things enough. I hope you all like the chapter, and the next shouldn't take too long. I did however get inspiration for another story while writing this chapter, so be on the lookout for that! Thanks again to all those that read and reviewed my previous chapter, I took your input and advice and tried to improve on this one. I hope to see you all next time!