Jayr POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

  I watch as an enraged Impmon summons six small balls of fire that hover above his finger and throws them at Patamon while yelling, "Take this, freak Ero-Digimon!! Night of Fire!"

  In response, Patamoly dodges the small fireballs by rolling on the ground and replies, "e on! I just said that yender-bent Ultimate Level evolution is one of the hottest Digimon that ever graced the Digital World! What is so bad about that?"

  After saying that, Patamon fixes his posture and fps his ears/wings to lift off from the ground, inftes himself with air, and yells, "Air Shot!" expelling a burst of air from his mouth.

  Impmon jumps high to dodge Patamon's burst of air that impacts the ground with enough force to create a small crater while yelling even mitated, "What is so bad!? Do you think I don't know what goes through that pervert Digicore of yours? I'm a male! When I'll evolve to the Ultimate level I'll bee a magnifit Beelzebumon!"

  Impmon then nds on the ground and quickly creates some ice shard that again hovers over his extended finger which he then throws at the flying Patamon while yelling, "Night of Blizzard!".

  Patamon looks at the ining ice shards and again inftes himself with air and yells, "Air Shot!" expelling a burst of air from his mouth that cshes against the ice shards breaking them apart.

  I turn my gaze away from the sparriween Patamon and Impmon and take a look at the other sparring that is going on a bit further away from them as XV-mon and Stingmon are quickly exging blows at cle while thinking, 'Almost a week passed since I helped Takato, Ruki, Jianliang, and Guilmon escape from the Digital Zone and nothing too out of the ordinary happened, especially sih Yuggoth active, Hypnos was able to force bad some time ht delete Digim to Realize in the Real World.'

  The two adult Digimon show a remarkable fighting ability, even more so, as I trained and taught them the best way to fight using their bodies, from the most basic teiques like how to throunch or a kick, to more advanced ones like reading your oppo moves and using the oppo's force against them, I taught them everything they o know to create their own personal fighting style.

  Then I look back at Impmon who is now using a bination of fireballs and ice shards to pressure Patamon, who is now using his ears/wings to fly and dodge Impmon's assault, while thinking, 'Impmon is still "relutly" living with us even if I'm not actually f him to stay in any way. Despite his pints, he is still training with me, V-mon, Wormmon, and Patamon every m and evening, pying with them in my Soulbouory, enjoying pying some pranks with the Nymphs, and watg over the few Baby Digimon that hatched in my Vilge of Beginnings together with Palmon and my Digimon. He also tio "relutly" watch the Digimon ah us while tinuously mog both the Digimon and the Tamer but still aking his gaze away from the s, in fact, we just pleted watg Digimon Adventure and started with Digimon Adventure 02 to the utter joy of V-mon who found that a member of his species is the Digimon Partner of one of the protagonists.'

  As I tio look back at Impmon and Patamon who are still exging moves as they mock each other and with a smile on my face I think, 'It seems that it is w... Impmon is a lot less lonely now that he spends most of his time with us, and thanks to that he is way less proo let his thoughts spiral down a darker path... Sure, he still has his issues, after all, way too little time has passed but still, he is slowly gettier as he starts to get more open with us, maybe by the time we finish watg Digimon Adventure 02, I already show him Digimon Tamers to let him watch what a parallel version of him went through.'

  While I think that, I suddenly sense a new Digital Field f and a Digimon realizing in this world, and at the same time, as I focus on it, I immediately notice that something is different about this one, 'Strahe Digital Field is small... barely the size of the Digimon who just realized, and even the fog is much thihan usual it is almost ient...'

  These few hints, immediately make a specific event in the anime e to my mind as I realize, 'Ah... the episode where a Digimon escaped the Digital Field and started to fly around the city... If the same is going to happen now that means that we are moving closer and closer to the Deva's attack as the barriers between the Digital World and the Real World are being more and more blurry, especially since Yuggoth became active... those bsts of energy sent through the work are slowly weakening the barrier betweewo worlds...'

  Just as I'm thinking that, I sehe Digimon break out of the Digital Field and start to fly around the city causing some minor damage and some panic among those who saw it.

  At the same time, all the Digimon stop their sparring and start to look in a certain dire while Stingmon looks at me and says, "Jayr! I sehat a Digimon arrived in this world!" followed by XV-mon who asks, "Are we going to deal with this?"

  I sehat Guilmon is already chasing after the Digimon iion and that Takato, who noticed the chaos caused by the Digimon and also learhrough his D-Ark about what Guilmon is doing, is also running after them and says, "No, we won't make a move at the moment as someone else is already heading after that Digimon as we speak..."

  While I'm saying that, I also sehat Ruki and Renamon are also heading there and that Jianliang and Terriermon are doing the same, and quickly after perceiving that, I ask, "But if you guys want, we head there and enjoy the show, what do you think?"

  Immediately, all four of them tell me that they want to e, and so, Stingmon and XV-mon quickly degee to their Child level returning baon and Wormmon before I teleport us all to the top of a buildihe area where the battle is about to start.

  As soon as we arrive there, the first thing that catches my attention is the Digimon standing on top of a tall building as it looks down at the city, it is a dragon with semi-humaures, its build is that of a man, but its head is monster-like, it has a tail, four red cws on each hand and three bck cws on its feet, four bck wings, four red eyes, and four bat-wing-like ears, and looking at it, I 't help but mutter the Digimon's name, "Devidramon..."

  (Image Here - Devidramon)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]While I'm looking at it, I hear Impmon ent, "My, my... that sure is a big Digimon..." followed by V-mon who adds, "It also looks quite strong... but I think that Devimon was stronger." making Patamon snort and say, "Of course it was strohat guy was almost as strong as a Perfect Level! We had to evolve to the Adult Level, join forces, and take advantage of the Holy attribute of my evolution to deal with him..." making Wormmon agree, "Indeed, our Armor Level evolutions were pletely overwhelmed by Devimon, he even almost took us out with a single blow..."

  As they are calmly talking among themselves, I see that Devidramon notices that Guilmon is running on a nearby overhead bridge.

  Seeing the Digimon, Devidramos out a roar before it dives down the building and quickly nds on the same overhead bridge Guilmon is standing on.

  At the same time, Takato also arrives on the bridge and immediately pulls out his D-Ark and uses the Digimon Analyzer fun to learn more about his oppo, "Devidramon. Adult Level. An Evil Dragon Digimon that is known and feared as the "Many-eyed Demon". As a demo that was summoned from the Dark Area by the messenger of darkness, Devimon, there are no imon as evil as it is. Although it is a Dramon-species Digimon, its limbs are unusually developed, so it cuts the oppoo pieces with its elongated arms, and flies about the darkness with its sturdy legs and wings. Its personality is the epitome of wiess, and it is unmoved by a spirit of passion. If it gres at them with its four eyes burning in deep crimson, the oppo bees uo move, and it will chop up their uing body. Also, the tip of its tail is able to open up and take on the shape of a cw, which skewer the oppo. This Digimon robably produced by the evil feelings of Hackers who were abusing the puter work for their own selfish desires. Its Special Move is chopping up the oppo with its gigantic cws, aing them all bloody (Crimson Nail)."

  While Takato is reading Devidramon's information, Ruki also arrives together with Renamon and prepares to fight, but before she pull out a card from her card, Renamon stops her by saying, "Wait. That one is Guilmon's prey."

  Quickly after that, Jianliang and Terriermon also arrive, and the small Digimon starts to cheer, "e on, e one, duke it out!" making Jianliang chide him, "Stop it."

  Quickly after that, the battle between Guilmon and Devidramon kicks off with Guilmon shooting a Fireball at Devidramon who easily sps it away before taking off.

  Seeing that, Takato looks at his D-Ark and mutters, "Okay..." then he brings out a card from his pocket and swipes it in the slot on the right-hand side of the D-Ark while yelling, "Card Ssh! Boost Chip!" which empuilmon who shoot another Fireball, this one much more powerful than the previous one, but despite that, Devidramon is easily able to protect itself using its wings as shield.

  Seeing that, Takato excims as he searches his pocket for another card, "No good! It's not w! Damn it..."

  Finally, he pulls out the card he was searg for and says, "White Wings!"

  Immediately after that, Guilmon is briefly equipped with a set of wings that let him fly closer to Devidramon, but before he do anything, Devidramon swipes its tail hitting Guilmon and sending it crashing against a wall.

  Takato again swipes the card he just pulled out in the slot on the right-hand side of the D-Ark while yelling, "Card Ssh! High Speed Plug-In B" whicreases Guilmon's movement speed allowing to dodge Devidramon's cw attack that easily pierces through the ground Guilmon was standing on a few moments ago, but again, Devidramon hits Guilmon with a quick swipe of its tail.

  Seeing that se, Patamon groans and ents, "My, my. Guilmon is still way too green! He is basically relying only on its raw power that while impressive is nothing pared to an Adult Level Digimon..." followed by Wormmon who adds, "And his Tamer isn't aer... he relies way too mu the cards, and isn't even that good at matg them..." while V-mon simply nods in agreement.

  Impmon snorts and says, "Hey what do you expect from a pathetic Digimon that only rely on his Tamer... even Baby Digimon has more independehan him..."

  Meanwhile, as she watches from a distance, Ruki also shows her displeasure and ents, "What is he doing? That idiot has no idea on how to use his cards effectively! What sense is there in using High Speed Plug-in B in such a narrow space?"

  After saying that, Ruki starts to run toward Takato with Jianliang following after her.

  Meanwhile, Devidramon takes advantage of the fact that Guilmon is lying on the ground to press his body with its huge hand with the clear i of crushing Guilmon into motes of Data.

  Watg Devidramolessly trying to crush Guilmon, Impmon 't help but ent impressed aed, "That is so, so cool! That guy is freaking strong! I k! When you get bigger, you have more power! I wish I was big and strong too!"

  Hearing that, Wormmon, who already knows about Impmon's current situation and story as Impmon himself told them about it, ents, "Then fix your messy retionship with your Tamers. Sure they made a mistake, but not out of malice. It is undeniable that they are just way too young to immediately uand what they did wrong... but that doesn't mean that they don't actually care for you."

  Wormmon's words immediately cause Impmon to sober up as V-mon adds, "You have already seen many times what kind of immensurable power we gain by w together with our Tamers. Digimon and Tamers are able to empower each other to levels where evero possible Digimon, I'm talking about the likes of Apocalymon and the Four Holy Beasts aren't able to tent...'

  While Impmon is digesting Wormmon and V-mon's words, Takato moves closer to his Digimon, who is still being pressed down by Devidramon, and ences him, "Guilmon! Don't lose to him, Guilmon! I'm begging you! You do it, Guilmon!"

  At the same time, I notice the presence of Culumon nearby whose mark on its forehead starts to shine brightly as Takato, who notices that Devidramon is about to finish off Guilmon, yells, "Guilmon!!"

  Immediately after that, Takato's D-Ark also starts to shine in perfect sync with Guilmon's body which releases an energy wave that pushes Devidramon back as Guilmon's body starts to quickly ge and grow bigger.

  Soon, the light of evolution fades away showing Guilmon's new form, he is now a titanic red dragon resembling a grown-up version of Guilmon.

  He has yellow eyes and white hair growing behind his head, two horns adorn his head, and bck stripes on his thigh, tail, arms, and neck, each of his arms is equipped with sharp spikes, and his shoulders are adorned with the symbol of the Digital Hazard, and the DigiCode on its stripes is written in Digimoji and reads "Digital Monster"

  Seeing his new form, Takato mutters, "Guilmon... Grow..." before he reaches enlighte aedly excims, "Growmon!" making me sp my face listening to his atrocious naming sense.

  At the same time, the newly evolved Growmon decres while pushing out hot fmes from his nostrils, "Guilmon, evolve! Growmon!" before he lets out a ferocious roar.

  (Image Here - Growmon)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]I immediately bring out my D-Ark and use the Digimon Analyzer on Growmon and read out loud the projected information, "Growmon. Adult Level. A Demon Digimon that is called the "Deep-crimson Demon". The childishness it had when it was Guilmon has vanished, and it evolved into a wilder, more brutal Digimon. Also, although it is a Virus Digimon, it may battle for justice depending on how it was raised by its Tamer, because it will be faithfully obedient. Growmon's roar has the power to shake the solid earth, and before battle, it raises its voice to an offensive roar to intimidate the oppo. Its Signature Move is developing psma along the bdes on both of its elbows, then striking the oppo (Psma Bde). Its Special Move is spewing out a powerful bze with a roar (Exhaust Fme)."

  While I'm reading that information, the battle between Growmon and Devidramon resumes with Growmon spewing out a powerful bze which is then dodged by Devidramon and hits a nearby skyscraper causing an explosion big enough to destroy a good k of the face of the building while making the whole structure shake, luckily it isn't powerful enough to ht destroy the whole skyscraper and making it colpse.

  At the same time, Devidramon takes advantage of its air mobility to fly above Growmon to gain the high ground, before diving down toward him using the gravity and momentum to increase the power behind its charge.

  In response, Growmon develops psma along the bde on his left elbow, then sshes at Devidramon with it f Devidramon to awkwardly stop its charge, creating an opening frowmon to tackle Devidramon.

  Soowo Digimon start tle for dominance, but Devidramos wits and agility to create some distaween them, moves around him so that Growmon's back is now exposed, and then, Devidramon quickly grabs Growmon by his shoulders and starts to fly high in the air dragging a struggling Growmon with it.

  Once high enough, Devidramo hesitate to let go of Growmon making him fall and crash through the overhead bridge raising a huge cloud of dust, w a nearby Takato who yells, "Growmon!"

  Luckily, the fall didn't harm Growmon who quickly got up once again ready to tihe battle.

  At the same time, Devidramon once again dives down cw first with the clear i of finishing Growmon off, but that was a mistake as Devidramon now has too much speed and momentum which prevents it from dodging Growmon's Special Move, the Exhaust Fme, as he spews out a powerful bze with a roar that melts Devidramon in one single blow leaving behind only motes of Data that the loaded by Growmon.

  After the battle with Devidramon, I decide to teleport bae with my Digimon and Impmon while thinking, 'At this point, it is better that Takato, Jianliang, and Ruki start to deal with their issues on their own without my direct help. I should not interfere with them too much for the moment as they are now more than capable of taking care of themselves even more so as Renamon, Terriermon, and Guilmon ow all evolve to the Adult Level and my a could hiheir growth. At least, I should keep some distail the Deva starts their invasion of the Real World under Zhuqiaomon's orders, one of the Four Holy Beasts.'

  While I'm thinking that, I also make sure to keep my ic Awareness focused on the kids and their Digimon to make sure that nothing bad happens to them.

  I perceive that Takato once agais scared of Growmon because of his size and the ferocity he showed during the fight, but once he notices the tears in Growmon's eye and hears him asking if Takato is scared of him, Takato quickly realizes that even if he evolved Growmon is still the same and so he hugs his partner.

  After that, Ruki and Jianliang go back to their homes with their Digimon.

  At the same time, Takato heads to Shinjuku tral Park and tries to stuff Growmon bato the hiding p the park, hoping he'll degee somehow through the night.

  Still, Growmo fit which makes Takato curses himself for not drawing Growmon smaller as his size makes him very difficult to hide.

  They then try with mahods to and lrowmon's energy and cause a degeion like using the Card Ssh fun, a jump scare, jumping rope, running around, sitting in a freezing pool, and even praying for it, first Growmon on his own, then Takato with him, but they all end up failing, at one point, I was eveed to actually make a move myself to give them a little hand, but then I hold myself bad simply focus on cooking dinner while keeping an "eye" on them.

  Eventually Takato simply tells Growmon to hide somewhere in the hope hopes that he will degee and leaves, but he enters Juri outside the Shinjuku tral Park and decides to ask her opinion oter, but the girl iily thought that Takato was in love with someone wheold her that a close friend of his suddenly got bigger and he didn't know what to do now, and so she points him a love fortueller.

  I admit that I almost started ughting out loud when I percieved that se happening, especially sihe exad awkard way Takato worded his problem to Juri could have easily caused another kind of misuanding, even more so when someoalk to a girl alone and tells her that a "friend" suddenly got "bigger" and you don't know what to do.

  After that, Takato return home and goes to sleep, but then Culumon finds Growmon and vices him to go to Takato's pce to py, something that shocks Takato's awake, left with no other choice, Takato asks Jianliang and Terriermon to help him and Jianliang suggest him to hide Growmon in the underground water tunnel for the night, the same one we visited sometime ago when we saved Guilmon from the Digital Zone.

  The rest of the night passes peacefully, but then just a little bit before dawn, Growmon wakes up very thristy and so he leaves the uer water tuo find a souce of water, and of course, in doing so he heads to the location he knows best, Shinjuku tral Park.

  After drinking his fill, Growmon, still tired from the previous battle, quickly starts to sleep once again, without minding too much about his surroundings.

  Later the day, when Takato wakes up, he quickly goes through his usual m rituals and prepares for school before heaind out of his house, but of course, befoing to school, he head toward the underground water tuo che Growmon on he is shocked to not find him there.

  After Takato ied the empty tuo no avail, he head to school and tells Jianliang that Growmon disappears, and in response, Jianliang sends Terriermon out to find Growmon.

  Terriermon finds Growmon sleeping with children pying on him and immediatelly rushes back to school to inform Takato and Jainliang, who immediately rush out of school at full speed ohe school is over, but at the point, Growmon already woke up and started to hide in the bushes to not be found.

  Sometime ter, Takato and his ground find Growmon hiding in the bushes and following Growmon's idea of hiding in the woods, they decide to paint him to camoufge him amongst the trees and flora, which is somewhat effective.

  But then Ruki es along in her usual pessimistic mood and shatters Takato's hopes of the disguise w by Renamon to find Growmon something the Digimon aplish in a few moments.

  At this point, it begins to rain, and the paint on Growmon runs, Takato is in tears at the thought of Growmon never being able to degee and feeling that he'll never have his friend back, Takato gives up and starts to cry.

  But, as the rain ends, a rainboears and, surprisingly, the rainbow fasates Growmon so much that he let go of all the tension accumated in his body, in respoo this the excessive Data is released, causing him to finally degee bato Guilmon for the join of everyone.

  Ruki POV - Real World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo - 2001

  I'm walking down the busy sidewalk listening some music, but I don't focus on that as my mind tio wander around what I learned about evolution, especially the most ret case I've witnessed and mutter, "A Digimon with hardly any experiend no history of loading Data before was still able to evolve. Then there was that time with Terriermon... and even in my case... I thought thay could only evolve after getting stronger."

  Then I stop walking and mutter, "But... What does evolution mean?"

  At the same time, the words that the teacher of those two guys told me some time ago immediately e to my mind, 'He did say that Renamo o load imon's Data to evolve... huh? In fact, he clearly told me that she was already strong enough to evolve... and what else... that's right! He said that there were only a couple of things that are holding Renamon back. For one reasoalked about some kind of higher power and that I simply had to wait for a little bit. But for the other one he said that our bond wasn't as strong as it should be... Could he have told me the truth? Then what are these "higher powers"?'

  While I'm thinking that, I suddenly feel a very bad and cold presence behind me, and so I instiurn around but I don't see anyone, and even that strange presence is gone, but then, when I turn back, I see the same cute Digimon I've encoutered before looking at me with a smile on its fabsp;

  Odyin