Takumi and the others explained how things changed in the human world. Including EDEN Syndrome, Rie Kishibe, Satoru Kamishiro, Suedou, the Digital Monster App, and how nobody but them remembered the situation in the past. "...and that's about it." Takumi concluded.
Dorumon nodded. "I see."
Terriermon grinned at Takumi and Ami. "So how long did it take for you two to find Kyoko?"
Takumi faintly chuckled. "You know how it is. We don't find her, she always finds us."
"Well, I'm glad you're back to working with her." Palmon smiled. "She may not be Alphamon, the Kyoko we remember, but she's still Kyoko Kuremi, and you'll do great things alongside her."
"Thanks partner." Ami smiled. "To be honest though, it hasn't been the same without you guys."
"So now that you're up to speed with how things are here, tell us what's going on in the Digital World." Arata said.
"Right..." BlackAgumon folded his arms. "Man, where do we start?"
"From the same place they did." Hawkmon replied. "When we parted ways." She turned to the humans. "Much like what happened with the human world, the Digital World was reset to a state where the Eaters never appeared. Save for us, and the Royal Knights, humans and the incident all together were forgotten, and life in the Digital World returned to normal. But then out of the blue, Digimon started remembering what happened one by one."
"Really? What caused that?" Ami asked.
"We don't know." Dorumon replied. "But that's when everything went to hell. As Hawkmon said the word was reverted to a state where the incident never happened. That means all Digimon who were defeated before, returned."
"All of them?" Arata asked.
Yuuko's blood went cold. "Wait...does that include...?"
Guilmon sighed. "I'm afraid so Yuuko. Crusadermon has returned."
"What?!" the humans gasped.
"And not just her." Gabumon said. "Dynasmon, Craniumon and most notably Leopardmon. All of them also remember what happened in your world."
"Does that mean they all still begrudge humans?" Takumi asked.
"Believe it or not, it's gotten even worse than before." Terriermon said. "Leopardmon went bonkers and when everyone started remembering how the Eaters terrorized our home, he somehow pinned the blame for you guys appearing in the Digital World King Drasil and Alphamon."
"King Drasil?" Ami asked. "But how?"
"He somehow got his hands on data regarding the Mother Eater's merging with him and started claiming that King Drasil and the Mother Eater were always one and the same." Palmon replied.
"What?! That's ridiculous!" Nokia glared. "We all saw that happened; the Mother Eater was infecting him!"
"We tried to explain that." Agumon said. "But unlike Leopardmon we had no proof. And so, he started a rebellion alongside his allied Royal Knights. Gallantmon and the others stood with us to try to stop him, but as more Digimon remembered the horrors of the Eaters, they sided with him. And then...things went from bad to worse."
"What do you mean?" Ami asked.
"We still don't know how he did it...but Leopardmon overthrew King Drasil."
"He did what?! No way!" Arata gapped. "Leopardmon was small fry compared to him! Even if he teamed up with the rest of the rouge knights, there's no way he could have beaten him!"
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Digimon Story: The Next Order
FanfictionA month has passed since the world went back to normal. Six chosen ones fought with Digimon to save two worlds. Little did they know that defeating the Eaters was not the end of it. A new threat has appeared in the Digital World. Now the Cyber Sleut...
