Took me awhile!! But I finally have the next chapter written out and uploaded ^^ Hope everyone enjoys. Please comment below. RD belongs to  rainbowdragon And Kiya belongs to  dragonsurfer

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Doru followed behind RD, Like Flare had suggested they started looking for Smithy among the crowd, Every now and then they caught a glimpse of Max and Flare's ongoing battle, in fact, at the end it looked like it turned a bit of a brutal turn "Has Max always been so...aggressive? And could he always turn his paw into a sword?"

RD winced "No, no he couldn't, that's a new trick that I've never seen" RD said almost distracted by the fight but shaking his head and refocusing on finding smithy

Doru nodded, putting a claw to his chin but continued to follow RD, after a bit of searching RD would likely spot Smithy up on the top floor, walking away from Blade apparently in a foul mood. Those two definitely did not see eye to eye.

RD blinked, watching Smithy walking away from what looked like a confrontation from Blade. "Well this is a bad time to talk" RD said noticing Smithy's foul mood, he always was keen on avoiding people with bad tempers unless he was in one himself.

Doru nodded, watching the Leomon storming off "Yeah...but if you wait for a GOOD time you might not have the chance right?"

Sighing, RD resigned himself to Dorumon's point and walked over to Smithy, freezing halfway. "Wait....besides the match coordinator what else do we talk to him about?"

Doru facepalmed when he heard that, or facepawed anyway "I believe someone by the name of Jesse?"

"Oh right the armor, yeah." RD walked up to Smithy "Erm Mr. Smithy, what's the status of Jesse's armor?"

Smithy turned around to face RD, looking down at him "It's coming along. I should actually have it done by the time the finals roll around. I actually wanted to talk to you." He crossed his arms

"Does it have something to do with how mad you are? Because we can leave you alone if you want" RD said almost turning on his heel.

Smithy shook his head "My temper has to do with Blade's mannerisms not your own. I have to talk to you about something I've done that you might not be fully aware of and I never had the chance to mention."

Now it was RD's turn to fold his arms "I'm listening."

Smithy nodded, taking a deep breath to start explaining. "It was Jesse's idea before I put him into his hibernative state. When you ate him you ate more than just what you might have expected. Jesse's what you'd call a reaper, someone with a natural flow of darkness in their bodies. It's why he was selected to be the incubator for Reapermon's return. and he thought you might need an edge. Long story short you have a more timid version of the Darkness within you. You have since you ingested him and WILL till he returns."

"So now I have both darkness and light in me, isn't that bad? Because if they clash my powers could cancel each other out" RD pointed out, obviously worried.

Smithy shook his head "Just the opposite. Light and Darkness don't repel each other, they actually strengthen one another. If you can master controlling both energies while you're merged with Jesse then you won't need to digivolve to ultimate to battle on par with one. How do you think Lucemon remains so strong even in a rookie form?"

That was a point RD had to give to Smithy. "Well yeah I knew a little bit about that one"

Smithy nodded "I'm doing something similar for Jesse when he's able to come back out. Do you recall Delta? The head honcho of the organization in the human world that restored reapermon?"

RD shook his head, crossing his arms. "Actually, I wasn't there when they were finishing him off. I left after Max and Jesse defeated Reapermon.

Smithy paused, as if trying to figure out how to word his next sentance."Hmmm I wasn't aware of that. Well...Delta held the spirit of light Ironically, and it was inherited by Fang believe it or not. By Fang's consent, I was able to transfer that spirit into Jesse's digivice."

RD then blinked, surprised. "That's....that's some high end programming" RD said in genuine amazement

Smithy laughed, shrugging his shoulders "It was NO complex task for me. But if the spirit hadn't given it's consent as well then it never would have worked. They choose their vessals and the spirit of Lobomon agreed that the union of light and darkness might help our cause."

: RD nodded slowly "Alright, but does Max know about this?"

Smithy shook his head "I've had no time to tell him. In fact, Lord Baihumon isn't even aware yet. But it's well within my limits. I was simply told not to interfere in your battles, No rules broken helping between rounds."

Nodding, RD decided change the subject to the reason they'd been searching for him in the first place. "Alright then, but if he finds out I wonder how sore he'll be, in any case one thing, the match coordinator might be under the influence of myotismon, I need to find him so I can purify him. Do you know where he is" RD was actually kind of relieved as he nearly forgot to ask about that while Smithy was explaining.

Smithy rubbed his chin, before nodding "The Match Coordinator is a Dorulumon by the name of Drill...no puns intended. I think he might actually be out of the building right now. I did hear rumors about him going to a tavern." Doru perked his ears "The only Tavern in town belongs to my friend Were."

RD blinked "Have you seen him? It would help to find him"

Doru rubbed his chin with a claw "Hmmm...knowing Were...he's probably getting Nachos at the concession stand right about now."

RD winced "Ok let's head over to the concession stand then"

Dorumon nodded, already rushing to find the concession stand, Smithy snickered at the small rookie's eagerness and waved RD off "I think he wants a snack too, Better catch up to him before he causes any mayhem."

RD blinked as he chased after the dorumon "Why is it that every rookie digimon can only think of FOOD?!?"

"Cus we're growing mons!" Doru shouted, dogpiling on a group of digimon to get to the front of the line, but yelped when a furred paw grabbed him by the back of his neckfur. a Weregarurumon shaking his head

"Control yourself Doru! How many times do I have to tell you that?" The Weregarurumon facepalmed, shaking Doru a few times to snap him out of his food craze.

RD panted as he made it then looked at the commotion "Oh are you...." RD blinked "That's a lot of digimon" He drooled then shook his head "Ack! I'm just as bad as dorumon! Erm thanks for grabbing him"

Weregarurumon laughed, watching RD drool around the crowd of digimon "You have a Garurumon in your gut. And you're STILL hungry? No problem...He's got a problem where if he see's food he just HAS to pounce on it. Digimon or not. I try to discipline him but I don't think it sticks."

"Yeah he doesn't care he just wants to eat" RD agreed nodding his head

Dorumon tried to squirm out of Were's claws, whining "But...But..."

Weregarurumon rolled his eyes "I've eaten you several times for being so rowdy Doru...I'll do it again if you don't calm down. Anyways can I help you?" He asked RD, turning his attention to the Dracomon.

RD nodded "We're looking for a dorulumon. We thought he might be here"

Were blinked, nodding a few times "Yeah...the Tournament organizer. He should be at my Tavern, as he's the one looking after it while I'm enjoying the festivities."

"Oh, so he won't be here, Dorumon just said that so he could get some food" RD said in realization, growling at the beast type rookie.

[Were nodded, tossing Dorumon to RD "Here, he obviously got at you to get a snack so have at him. I need to get back to my seat before that greedy Triceramon takes my seat. Your match is over so take this key and go check on him." He handed RD the key to his tavern, giving him detailed directions to his tavern. "Just don't take anything off the shelves."

RD blinked, catching Doru in his claws and staring at the beast type in annoyance, and with that he opened his jaws and started shoving Doru in head first, taking no time in swallowing the rookie.

Doru gasped and shouted the injustice before he was swallowed down. "Hey! I couldn't help it! I was hungry!" He shouted, kicking his legs out as they started dissapearing inside of RD's maw, only to curl up visably within the Dragon digimon's stomach.

RD sighed, rubbing his belly and letting out a belch, he hadn't felt this full as a digimon before, having two in his belly at the same time made him very bloated. But he pushed through, following the directions that Were had left him with and eventually came across what appeared to be the only tavern in the area. It was easy to spot given it's purple rooftop, Were definitely had some strange tastes but there was something...off about it. He could sense a disturbance inside of the establishment and stepped inside hesitantly.

Inside, there were already a few digimon inside, A pair of Goblimon were trying to calm down a Dorulumon writhing on the ground, roaring as a dark mist seeped out of his fur "Gah! this guy's going crazy..." The Goblimon that spoke, spotted RD walking in and sweatdropped* "You came in at a bad time buddy..."

RD blinked "He looks like he's in pain! Stand aside!" RD ran up to him and took out the digivice "Ok this should work since he's already down and out anyways" It was difficult to apply the digivice with dorulumon thrashing around but RD managed to do it

The Goblimon nodded, backing away as Dorulumon thrashed about, one was kicked away by the thrashing legs, A loud high pitched howl echoing in the building as RD's digivice set itself on him, the dark mist being expelled from his body, leaving him lying limp "D-Damn...I...I thought I could overcome his influence..."

"Well you didn't entirely, pride cometh before a fall, ever hear that saying? Anyways, you're ok now and you very nearly exploded from the inside out from that darkness....erm anyways you have customers" RD said awkwardly, looking at the Goblimon.

[9:00:52 PM] ScavengerDragon: Dorulumon blinked, staring at the Goblimon with surprise "Oh! I'm so sorry...I hope nobody was severely hurt...D-did you heal me?" He asked, then stepped over to the counter, preparing their drinks as he was supposed to "And...wait...you're that Dracomon! Shouldn't you be at the Arena? Your match isn't supposed to start for a couple more hours..." Despite him being the tournament organizer he looked completely confused.

RD shook his head, something wasn't quite right here. "The match has already came and went" RD said "You've been organizing matches in a daze apparently"

Dorulumon blinked, shaking his head "That...doesn't make sense...I've been here before the match started. I left my selection of matches to Etemon. Wait...did you battle a Gargomon?" He asked, worried, and trying to confirm something to himself.

"No a garurumon" RD replied, waving a paw. "Then before that a shoutmon"

Dorulumon nodded "The SHOUTMON yes I did pair up. The Garurumon not so much...that was to be Flare's opponant..." He suddenly growled, baring his fangs out "Someones messing with my pairings."

"Yes apparently but you were knee deep in darkness when I found you" RD said shaking his head "Are you sure you weren't under the influence of the darkness when you made the other pairings?"

Dorulumon shook his head "I'm positive. I wasn't afflicted with the darkness until this morning. It's why I didn't stay at the tournament. I can't cause a scene infront of a celebration meant to be enjoyable."

RD blinked "So then who's causing the problems" RD asked in confusion

Dorulumon shook his head "I can only think, that while I was asleep someone altered the pairings...Believe me...I'm absolutely ticked off at this point..." His tail was twitching, heck the drill on it's tip started spinning rapidly.

RD cringed, myotismon might've altered the pairings himself or got someone else to do it, but who, who could have done it for him.

Dorulumon rolled his eyes "I can't leave this place while Were is enjoying the festivities. You better hope you find the culprit first, because if I get my hands on them...I don't think I'd keep from absorbing their data." He grumbled. "I'm sorry if this ruined your groups chances in the tournament. I do my best to keep an air of fairness in the competitions. And I hadn't planned for anybody in your team to face each other UNTIL the finals."

RD shook his head "Not really, I'll look for him ok? You...may wanna calm down a bit, especially with a line of customers still waiting for their drinks." He pointed out, watching most of the Goblimon sit down in their seats, some of them with worried looks, and others angry.

Dorulumon nodded a few times "Alright then. Again thank you for helping me get rid of that darkness...ugh I never should have let that Myotismon into the ultimate tournament..." Dorulumon stared at RD's stomach and chuckled "After the tournament's over maybe you can do something for me. until then I think you should head on back."

RD nodded as he left the tavern, that's when he realized something. "Damn! I forgot to ask Smithy about creating a cell phone feature in our digivices!"

Dorumon started wiggling in RD's gut, pressing against both the cooked garurumon and the pink belly flesh. "um...hey I know I'm in here and all...but might I suggest going back to Max and the group to tell them what you learned?"

"Yeah that's where i'm headed" RD said as he headed back to the hotel, gut bouncing around as he made his way there, a few grunts coming from inside as Doru hit his head a few times on the ground. "Urk sorry about that."

Back at the hotel, Fang and Coronamon were just sitting at the table, playing a simple card game while Max was out like a light, his stomach large with Flare inside it

RD blinked as he came in "Well turns out Dorulumon didn't screw with the matchups but some other digimon did" RD then went on to explain everything, slumping back on a chair.

Fang blinked, rolling his eyes "So then we have a Saboteur lying about somewhere then."

RD nodded "I'm eating him or her if I find them. From Drill's reaction...I don't think he'll leave a digiegg behind of them if he catches them."

Fang nodded, setting a Blastoise card over his Wartortle and smirked as Coronamon set a damage counter ontop of his Charmeleon card. "Yes, I hope you do. You should have seen Max when he walked in, he was in tears for having to battle Flare like he did."

RD watched the two playing, wondering where either of them had a pair of pokemon TCG decks laying around. "Yeah that garurumon wasn't supposed to be my fight, I was supposed to take on a gargomon"

Fang cringed, but it did make sense "Well I'm sure if we put our heads together we can come up with something. For now though, I think maybe you should return to that place you found last night. Flare filled us in on your little adventure the other night, and until we know who is running behind the organizer's back we don't have too many moves available to us."

RD sighed folding his arms and nodding "That's a good idea, alright i'll do that" As he was about to walk off, he looked at Coronamon's hand and pointed at one card. "Use that, you might be able to catch up." Before running off.

Coronamon snickered "Yeah yeah thanks. Go ahead, We'll keep an eye on Max, and if you need to talk to us just use Flare's pokegear...apparently they still work in this world!" Coronamon handed it to RD "This way if you're gone for any extended period of time we can keep an ear out."

RD smirked, he'd forgotten all about their pokegears, and it was strange that they worked out here at all given that most cell phone and electronics brought to the digital world usually short out. Good craftsmanship as far as he's concerned. "I'll keep you posted, you guys have fun. And tell Max everything once he wakes up." With that, RD walked out, digivolving into his Coredramon form so he could make better time to Growlmon's hideout.

Growlmon was waiting for RD to come back, he kept re-playing Max's battle over and over again, as if looking for something, but when RD came back down to the underground base he shut it off, smirking "Two bulges...You must have had a side snack. Regardless, the finals aren't for a few days, until then you are to remain here with me for training until I'm absolutely certain you can hold your own against Blade. Any objections?"

RD shook his head "I need as much training as I can get. I'm placing my training in your hands. You've seen what I can do, I want to do it more consistantly alright?"

Growlmon nodded, placing his paw on a holo panel, there was a loud clicking sound above them "I did, and I know you can be better. So Growlmon's boot camp starts now."


In another part of the digital world, Scav and Kiya were still playing their usual game of cards. Kiya beat him two out of three times and at this point he was about to throw in the towel. "Gah! I think you're getting better at this game bud."

Kiya shook his head with a smile, gathering the cards and piling them into their respective decks, handing Scav his own. "Not much else to do till we get to the east. What do you think we'll even see there?"

"Well..." Scav started, digitizing his deck and plopping on the ground. "Lyle mentioned it's a very mountainous region. We'll likely be doing plenty of hiking just to find Azulongmon's shrine."

"I know that...but I mean digimon wise. Twice we've seen what the light of the high lords can do. Ebonwumon restored and digivolved you." Kiya sighed, digitizing his own deck and staring into the water, it was getting a bit rough.

It only took a few minutes longer, before Lyle was roused from his sleep as the boat started shaking and thrashing about in the waves. "You've gotta be kidding...You two brace yourselves."

"A storm?! Why would there be a storm now of all times!!" Kiya cried out, grabbing ahold of the closest thing he could find.

Scav did the same, though he was holding onto the mast, his smaller size making him prone to the rough winds accompanied with a sea storm, Lyle moved to the cockpit and started manning the wheel. "It's the digital world! We have random occurances all the time. But this storm doesn't feel at all natural. But it couldn't be..." Lyle muttered the last words, but when he realized he was wrong he let out a great roar. "KIYA! Digivolve and get us out of this ship NOW!"

"What?! Why?" Kiya shouted, trying to remain in place, using one paw to grip his digivice, he pressed the digivolve feature and transformed into his green Coredramon body, quickly grabbing both Scavenger and Lyle and lifting off into the air. And not a moment too soon, as a great red maw appeared beneath the waters surface and snapped up their ship as if it was nothing. "Wh-what is that thing?! It's the size of over a hundred of our ships!"

Lyle growled, holding onto Kiya's claws for dear life. For once he wish he'd been wrong. "That's the demon lord Leviamon. I'd say he's hungry..."

Scav sweatdropped, staring at the massive seabeast below them, in terms of shape, it looked like a massive crocodile, half of it's body was it's jaws. lined along it's snout all the way between it's eyes were silver armor plated scales, the body was mostly red, two lines of blue fur running like lightning along the ridges of it's back, connecting to the two tails at it's end. "That's a demon lord? Like Belphemon...and Beelzemon?"

Nodding, Lyle started patting Kiya's claws. "The entire sea is his domain...I suggest you try and get us away as best you can Kiya! Fight the storm or we're food!"

Kiya didn't need to be told, he started flapping his wings as best he could, trying to get out of the storm and away from Leviamon as best he could, yelping when the massive beast leapt at them and nearly snapped them up. "Damnit...this isn't going to work, the winds too strong, and it's pulling me into that monster's jaws!"

Scavenger sweatdropped, but he had an idea. "Kiya...you're probably going to hate me for this! But turn around, and dive right in."

"What?! Have you lost your marbles!?" Kiya cried out, keeping Scav tightly in his claws. He had to admit though, most of the time Scavenger had been spot on. He just HAD to trust in Scavenger's judgement and flew straight toward Leviamon, cringing when it's jaws parted to invite them in. With one great swallow, Leviamon sent the trio down into his belly.

(To be continued)