Author's Notes:

*Trivia*

Princess Tsuyu's husband (Really has no onscreen name) is voiced by Andrew Francis, who also voices Shining Armor.

I'm also aware that it takes a week or two for what's about to happen to Terra, but the timing would be very wrong, and I can't make it work any other way in this fic

In the Feudal Era,

Over the past few days, Nobunaga’s condition had not improved at all. He grew paler, his breathing faded off, and eventually he died from lack of nourishment and strength.

The people were devastated, especially Princess Tsuyu. She chose to adopt Hiyoshimaru as her own pet, feeling her would need a home and she owed him that much still blaming herself for killing her friend.

Nobunaga’s remains were cremated in a proper warrior’s burial, and he was buried along with the golden katana he was presented with for his heroism.

Still, it was a sad sight to watch the flames consume him.

Shippo had never seen anything so frightening and so sad.

Immediately after the burial, Tsuyu and Lord Kimo decided to return to their home village, while Inuyasha and friends decided to head on their own ways as well, but they did bid the Princess a proper farewell.

“Will you be okay, Princess?” asked Kagome.

“I will be… in time.” Tsuyu said softly as she softly held Hiyoshimaru in her arms “I still really wish I knew what killed Nobunaga.”

“I could take a wild guess.” Inuyasha said to himself, not wanting to upset her more than she already was.

Tsuyu’s tears began to fall again. “This is horrible! He was such a good man, and such a sweet friend.”

“He certainly was.” agreed her husband “My friend and savior’s memory shall never be forgotten.”

Shippo said nothing. What could he say? All that had just transpired was the most unusual things he had ever seen.

Even when the gang was finally on their way, Shippo was still as silent and as still as ever.

“You okay, Shippo?” asked Kagome “Are you still upset about Nobunaga?”

Shippo nodded, “I’ve just never seen anyone die like that. What if it could happen to any of us?”

Moyga stood on Kagome’s other shoulder, “The possibilities are impossible to determine, but I fear we haven’t seen the last of what has happened.”

Shippo shuddered in fear, and Kagome scolded him, “Don’t scare Shippo like that.”

Myoga cowered nervously, “I was merely pointed out the possibilities.”

Suddenly, Inuyasha stopped in his tracks.

“Inuyasha…? What is it?” asked Kagome.

He didn’t answer, but he sniffed the air, and he growled angrily and drew out the Tetsusaiga.

“What’s wrong?!” cried Shippo, but he suddenly got his answer when a huge fire-stream zoomed straight at the team. “Look out!” shouted Kagome as she jumped away with Shippo and Myoga.

That’s when HE appeared, standing in the midst of the flames.

“Sesshomaru!”

His elder brother sneered at him sinisterly, “You certainly took your time, Inuyasha. I was getting under the impression you’d never show.”

Inuyasha growled at his brother.

Myoga gasped, “Good gracious! I’m getting out of here.” and he leapt off Kagome’s shoulder and hopped off. “Hey!” Kagome called to him, but he was already gone.

Jaken leapt up from the flames and sneered at Inuyasha, “You certainly have some nerve keeping Lord Sesshomaru waiting. We waited several days in this miserable meadow, and my sanity not withstanding I may add.”

“Jaken… that will do.” said Sesshomaru.

“Oh, er… yes my lord.”

Jaken stepped aside as his master prepared to take on his brother. “That sword you wield will be mine, brother.”

“Over my dead body!” snorted Inuyasha “Or maybe it’ll be YOUR dead body.”

“Huh! Wishful thinking…” hissed Seeshomaru, and he lunged forth, while Inuyasha leapt up and out of the way, and he turned back and lunged at his brother, taking a huge swing with his sword and missed, allowing Sesshomaru to punch him hard an send him soaring across the field.

“Inuyasha!” cried Kagome. She armed her bow to fire and hour.

“No!” he insisted, “I can take him alone.”

“How cute, still trying to be the big man.” mocked Sesshomaru, and he rammed his brother hard pinning him to the ground causing the sword to slide across the field, and revert to its small shape.

Seeshomaru glared wickedly down at his brother, “Rather than destroy you here, I prefer to slice up with your own weapon, just as you did to my left arm!”

He leapt off of Inuyasha and lunged for the sword.

“Oh, no you don’t!” snarled Inuyasha as he rushed after him, “IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!” His attack managed to knock Seeshomaru off balance and force him to leap away from the sword.

“Oh, my goodness!” cried Jaken, but as much as he wanted to help, he was told not to.

Kagome and Shippo, however, they agreed to help Inuyasha. “Try and get the Tetsusaiga. I’ll keep you covered.” said Kagome.

“Right!” said Shippo, and he dashed to where the sword lay.

Seeing this made Jaken wish to defy his master as well, “Take this you pest!” he thundered as he unleashed many flames from his staff, but Shippo countered with his “FOX FIRE!”

Even though his fire was weak, it intercepted Jaken’s flames, resulting in a big explosion knocking Jaken back and Shippo ducked down.

Inuyasha saw this, “Shippo! Kagome…!”

Sesshomaru, though livid at Jaken’s disobedience not to interfere, he didn’t seem to care much on it, and kicked his brother hard in the chest.

“How sad.” said Sesshomaru “It seems we both have disobedient team mates, but unlike you, it doesn’t stop me.”

Inuyasha growled and lunged at his brother, only for him to leap away, and once again make his way towards the fallen sword just as Shippo was grabbing it.

“No!” shouted Kagome, and she fired an arrow, which he avoided, forcing her to fire more shots only to miss each time.

Seeshomaru leapt up to pounce on Shippo, but he stopped at the last few inches, looking down at him and the sword. He growled and gave Shippo a simple flick, revealing it was just a doppelganger of leaves-- one of Shippo’s many tricks.

“Inuyasha…!” Shippo shouted tossing him the sword.

Inuyasha leapt up and caught the Tetsusaiga, and it changed into its battle form again. “That’s more like it. You ready to fight now, Sessho-- huh?”

Much to Inuyasha’s upset, his brother saw this as a chance to retreat. “Until next time, Inuyasha, I suggest you brush up on your skills.”

Jaken gasped “Lord Seeshomaru… Wait for me!” and he took off after him.

“Hey! Get back here and fight, coward!” shouted Inuyasha, but his brother and minion were already gone, “DAMN IT!!”

Kagome and Shippo couldn’t believe he just ran off like that.

“At least he’s gone now.” said Kagome.

“Thank goodness.” sighed Shippo.

Inuyasha was still complaining, “I could’ve had him if you two hadn’t interfered!”

“Excuse me!” sneered Kagome “We just helped you a great deal, and that’s all you have to say?!”

“No! All I had to say was “Stay out of this!” What was so hard about that for you to hear?!”

Shippo was most annoyed. “Knock it off, both of you!” he shouted “I can’t stand anymore of these dramatics!” Naturally, as well as everyone nearly getting killed, he still wasn’t over Nobunaga’s unusual death.

Kagome and Inuyasha had nearly forgotten that, in all the commotion that just happened.

“There’s nothing we can do about it, Shippo.” said Inuyasha “Even if we found out what it was that killed him; it won’t bring him back.”

“He’s right.” agreed Kagome “I just wonder how the princess is taking it.”

The royal caravan was on its way back to Wasashi where Lord Kimo and Princess Tsuyu lived.

Hiyoshimaru rode in the royal carriage with his new owners, and he looked very sad and wasn’t his usual dancing and bouncy self. No doubt he missed Nobunaga. Tsuyu could only hold him close and comfort the little monkey.

Her husband wrapped his arm around her, holding her close and feeling sorry for all three of them. No one said a thing.

Suddenly, Tsuyu looked out through her window in the carriage at the countryside, and she gasped at what she saw. “Is that…?”

She could have sworn she saw… what appeared to be some sort of dark creature… that strong resembled Nobunaga, but it vanished in a flash.

“Princess…! Is something wrong?” asked Kimo.

Tsuyu looked on again but whatever she supposedly saw wasn’t there anymore; or maybe it was never there to begin with.

“I’m fine.” she said to her husband.

She closed her eyes tightly holding Hiyoshimaru close and relaxed. “Nobunaga.” she muttered softly.

In the Digi-Destined world, it was the weekend after Davis had his frustrating week.

Saturday morning, he came into the kitchen.

“Good morning, Davis.” His mother said to him, but he didn’t respond.

“Davis… Good morning!”

All he did was take one piece of toast, and then go back to his room.

“He’s still peeved with you.” said Jun.

Her mother shrugged, “If only he had a girlfriend, he’d change for the better.”

Jun was beginning to see why her brother was so frustrated. Their mother was sinking into some obsessive desperation to get Davis matched with someone.

Soon, there was a ring at the doorbell. It was Tai, much to Jun’s delight, and he brought his sister with him. “Hey, hunk…”

Tai smiled at his girlfriend, “Hey babe…” and kissed her softly, which Kari thought was sweet.

“What brings you two here?” asked Jun.

“We need to see Davis.” replied Kari. “It’s about… “You know what” she winked at her.

Jun nodded, and her mother looked rather anxious.

Tai had called Jun a while back telling her that all the Digi Destined were getting together to hold an intervention with Davis in the Digital World.

They all planned to talk with him, and try to reason with him, and make him see what he was doing was unhealthy with himself and to his family, but especially to girls who really liked him.

“I honestly don’t know what to do with him anymore.”

“Don’t worry, Mrs. Motomyia.” said Kari “We’ll try our best, and I’m sure Davis will come around.”

She hoped so.

Davis just lay on his bed, tossing his soccer-ball way up and then catching it, and Veemon looked at him pitifully.

There was a knock at the bedroom door. “Don’t want to talk about it, Mom.” Davis called.

Tai and Kari came into his room anyway. “Kari… Tai…?”

Clunk! “Ow!” The soccer ball hit his head.

The others winced.

“What are you two doing here?” asked Veemon.

Kari spoke to Davis “The gang’s all meeting in the Digital World today. We thought we’d just hang around the primary village, and kick back and relax today.

Do you want to come?”

Veemon leapt for joy, “Are you kidding? I can’t remember the lasht time we went to the Digital World.”

“I’m in too.” said Davis “Anything to get away from my mom’s nagging or a bunch of sick girls hunting for me.”

Davis pulled a small box out from under his bed and got out his D3. His computer was in sleep mode, and he turned it back on, which showed the dating website.

“What’s that?” Tai asked.

“Some website I found.” replied Davis “I can’t believe someone would just make a dating page for me and violate my privacy, and I’d really like to know who did this.”

Kari felt a little nervous. Even Tai didn’t know about her little stunt.

Davis got up the Digi Gate and let Kari program the coordinates. “All set.”

Davis nodded, “DIGI-PORT, OPEN!!”

They transported to the Digital-World, appearing in a field outside of Primary Village.

“Hey…” Matt called.

They were there, the entire gang with their Digimon.

“Tai…!”

“Kari…!”

Agumon and Gatomon dashed over to Kari and Tai, happy to see them again.

Everyone bid their greetings to one-another.

“I can’t remember the last time we were all together.” said Mimi “I think I may cry.”

“Please don’t…” said Palemon “When you cry, I cry too.”

Once all the hellos and stuff were done, Davis asked “So what do we do first?”

A hush fell over the gang; they all looked strange, guilty even.

“What’s going on?” asked Veemon.

Hawkmon fluttered over to him, “I think you’d better come with us.” and he escorted Veemon to the other Digimon and they all went into the village.

“Hey, wait....! Where are you guys going?” called Davis.

Matt and Tai calmed Davis down, “Take it easy. They’ll be fine.” said Matt.

Davis suddenly began to get the idea of what was going on, and TK confirmed this, “Davis… we all need to talk about your problem.”

“UGH!!” Davis groaned.

“Davis, please!” said Sora “We’re your friends. We just want to help you.”

With Tai and Matt holding him down, Davis couldn’t be more frustrated, but seeing as he had no way out. “Fine, but I’m telling you this won’t get us anywhere.”

Cody shook his head in dismay “Still as stubborn as ever. Grandpa says “Stubbornness can be the worst of enemies.”

In the village, everyone’s Digimon were helping to tend to Digi-Eggs, or play with the newly hatched Baby Digimon, but all the while Veemon kept looking over at the gang outside the village. “Sho, thish was all a ruse to get Davish into the Digital World where they could all talk to him? We should have known.”

Gatomon confessed, “It was Kari’s idea actually.”

“Hey, don’t give her all the credit.” said Patamon “TK agreed and helped organize it.”

Veemon could only sigh in dismay.

“Are you alright, Veemon?” asked Wormon.

Veemon shook his head, “I’m worried about Davish. Everyone’s really shtarting to butt in to his privashy. I’m beginning to undershtand how frushtrated he is.”

Gabumon felt pity towards Davis more, “Well rejecting so many girls would do that to you. Matt used to reject girls who wanted to date him all the time, until he started dating Sora.”

Biyomon sighed in delight, “I’ve never seen Sora so happy before either. It’s almost like they were made for each other.”

Agumon agreed with her, but he still remembered when Tai really liked Sora, “Maybe they could have been a thing, but I’m glad they at least agreed to stay really good friends and all that.”

Veemon could agree to this, but this had nothing much to do with Davis. “If he doesn’t want a girlfriend, people shouldn’t forshe him.”

That was exactly what the gang was all talking about.

“Davis, we know it’s hard for you to accept that Kari chose TK.” said Joe.

Davis only sighed “It’s not just about Kari, okay. Sure it’s a little about it. Maybe if I had asked her out when I had the chance it could’ve been different.”

“No it wouldn’t.” said Kari “I wouldn’t gone out with you.”

Davis nearly froze dead on the spot, “What was that?”

Even the others wanted to know what she meant by that, even TK.

Kari suddenly felt every eye in the group watching her, but she answered, “Davis, I wouldn’t have gone out with you even if I didn’t choose TK. You’re a great friend, but you’re just not my type.”

Davis just gawked at her almost entirely unsure of what to say. Some of the others did too.

“What?” snapped Kari “Why is everyone looking at me like that?”

“You wouldn’t have given me a chance?” Davis asked “Kari… I can’t believe you! All this time, I was hoping to try and ask you out, and you weren’t even going to let me.”

Even Tai was obliged to agree with that “Kari, he’s right. You knew he liked you.”

“Yes, but he’s not my type. He never was.”

Davis was feeling more livid by the second, “I think we’re done here.” and he began to walk off, but he stopped before Tai, and gave him back the goggles he had given him long ago.

“Davis…” Kari called to him.

“(Bleep) off, bitch!” he grumbled at her.

Kari gasped, as did everyone!

“Hey!” snapped TK “Don’t you call her a bitch!”

Davis took notice of him and just kept walking off.

“Davis!”

He still didn’t respond.

“Fine! (Bleep) you!”

Matt put his hand on TK’s shoulder telling him to cool it! “If he wants to be a miserable asswipe, let him.”

Kari was still shocked at what Davis just said to her, “I can’t believe he called me that.”

“I don’t think I can blame him!” snapped Yolei “I can’t believe you, Kari!”

“Neither can I!” agreed Ken.

TK was growing angrier and rose to defend his girlfriend “What are you all talking about?!” he snarled.

Izzy spoke calmly, “TK, we came here to help Davis, but I think we’ve discovered part of the root why he’s so uptight.

He was willing to accept you and Kari dating, but now he finds out that Kari never would’ve given him a chance; anyone would have behaved the same way he did.”

Neither TK nor Kari accepted these as excuses and just judged it all as Davis being a dick. “I was just trying to help him!” sneered Kari “And if he wants to act like this, he’s going to learn to pay for his own actions.”

Even Tai was growing cross with his sister, but rather than scold her for it, he went off after Davis.

Tentomon came hovered in overhead, “So, how are things going here?” he asked, but everyone gave him a look of anger and/or disdain “Okay… not so well.”

Davis angrily kicked the dirt as he walked along, and he came up to a large tree and began to furiously kick at it.

“Davis!” Tai called to him “The tree didn’t do anything to you, so don’t kick at it.”

Davis put his back to the tree and slid down, “I cannot believe this! All this time, she wasn’t even willing to give me a chance?! Why?”

“I don’t know, but it wasn’t nice of you to call my sister names either.”

Davis wasn’t sorry and didn’t wish to be. “I always thought there was nothing but good and honesty in her, Tai. I guess I was wrong.”

“Hey!” snapped Tai “That’s still my sister you’re talking about!” he suddenly apologized for snapped at him, “Look, all we were trying to do is help you.”

“I’ve heard it before, and I appreciate the concern, but I’m tired of all of you butting in to my privacy. Can’t you let me do things the way I want?

If I don’t want a girlfriend, then I don’t want one.”

“We’re just worried about YOU.” said Tai “You’re really starting to take this in a bad way. It’s not good for you.”

Davis would have protested, but he could see this was getting nowhere. “Tai, you really just don’t get it, do you?”

He got up and walked off.

Kari went to play with the Baby Digimon to try and calm down, but she was still in a bit of a mood, even as she pass the beach balls back and forth while playing catch.

The Baby Digimon were starting to not enjoy her company and preferred to go play by themselves, and they just left her.

Gatomon sighed and walked over to Kari. She had already been told of what Davis had said to her. “Try not to let it get to you this much, Kari.” she said to her “It’s Davis who’s the creep.”

Kari sighed “You’re right. I shouldn’t take it out on other Digimon. I just can’t believe how he just treated me.”

Kari looked across the way and saw TK was stacking big block piles, and he looked really pissed.

“Um… TK…?” said Patamon.

“Not now, Patamon. I’m just trying to cool off.”

He continued to stack more blocks “Who does he think he is… talking to my girlfriend like that! Well (Bleep) him!”

He was really starting to lose his cool “I really hope he gets his comeuppance.”

Ken overheard him. “TK!!” he snapped “Don’t say things like that!”

“Ken!” called Yolei as she, Cody and their Digimon rushed over.

Ken recalled the time he was jealous and angry with his brother same and wished he’d disappear, and he got his wish when that car hit him. “Don’t make the same mistake I did.”

Cody sighed “Ken, it was just an accident what happened to your brother. Your wish had nothing to do with it.”

“That may be.” said Ken “But it still haunts me, and I don’t want it happening to anyone else I know and care for.”

Yolei held his hand softly.

Hawkmon and Wormon rubbed their teary eyes, but it was Armadillomon who blew his nose and wept “That’s just sweeter than a candy bar.”

TK was still unmoved “It doesn’t matter. Davis is being a jerk, so I’ll treat him like one.”

Patamon sighed, “Oh, boy! I wonder who’s more stubborn; him or Davis?”

The other elderly Digi-Destined were all sitting together discussing what to do; Izzy’s laptop began to beep with warning. He quickly checked it, “Weird. That shouldn’t be there.”

“What is it?” asked Mimi.

Izzy explained how his laptop could keep track of the Digital World’s every sector, and track the signs of most kinds of Digimon. “Look at this radar…” he showed everyone a screen that had white dots as showing all their positions, near the Primary Village, but there were also several red dots heading near a dam that was just a short ways north from where they were.

“What’s so bad about that?” asked Sora.

“Yeah, even Digimon have a freedom of where to go.” said Matt “Unless…”

“Look!” cried Tai “There are more red dots joining them!”

Izzy typed into his computer. “I’ll see if I can get a visual.”

Since the Digital World was all inside computer, over the years, with help from Gennai, was able to safely enhance the Digital Scanning. This way the team could keep a sharp eye on things to avoid trouble.

Mimi felt her head spinning, “I hate it when I can understand all this computer tech stuff.”

“I’ve got it.” said Izzy, and he flipped on the images. It was a powerful Digimon, leading a pack of Mammothmon towards the huge dam.

“Hey, I recognize him!” said Joe “It’s Titamon!”

The Digi-Analyzer had full data on him…

No doubt, Titamon was leading his Mammothmon heard to break the old dam which would start a tidal flood that would wash the village out.

“GUYS…!!” Tai called “There’s trouble.”

His cried could be heard, and even Davis heard him from way out in the field.

“Let’s go!” Joe said, and everyone agreed; it was time to Digivolve.

“Now that’s the best idea I’ve heard all day.” said Gomamon.

And all the Digimon Digivoled to the best form they could do…

“Alright…! Let’s go!” shouted Tai.

Everyone flew or dashed off, but Davis and Ex-Veemon stayed well in the back of the group.

Only Kari turned her head and looked at him, and he looked up at her, but immediately turned away, irking her more than ever. So she just turned away from him, “Jerkoff!” she grumbled.

Titamon reached the dam with his heard of Mammothmon ready.

“Okay!” said Titamon “The sooner this dam gets busted, the sooner that puny village gets wiped out, and we can claim this land for ourselves.”

Tha Mammothmon trumpeted with their battle cries, but just as they were about to ram the dam.

“GRACE CROSS FREEZER!” Tons of freezing missiles bombarded all around the nasty gang as the heroes rushed in.

“You again!” thundered Titamon “Now I have chance for revenge too.”

“Revenge?” asked Wargreymon.

“Uh… what’s he talking about?” asked Tai.

Titamon snickered, “Tell me, do you recall your friend Ogremon?”

The original eight Digi-Destined recounted that…

“I happen to be one of his brothers. It sickens me the way you reformed him. A true Ogremon never befriends enemies, and always maintains lust for battle and destruction. That has always been our ways.”

Kari was livid with what he said “Ogremon decided to do what was right! Who are you to judge others?!”

Titamon snickered “For years I have trained until I could reach my mega form. I will show my good-for-nothing where he went wrong in deserting his wicked ways…

…Starting with the Primary Village!”

TK was already losing his cool at the sight the despicable creature. “We won’t let you!” he thundered “You lay one hand on that dam or the village, and you’ll regret it!”

“TK…” Magna-Angemon warned him, “We don’t want to destroy them. That’s just a last resort. We should try scaring them off at least, or battling them until they run out of power.”

“He’s right.” agreed Angewomon “Let’s get him.”

The Digimon all set their partners down, away from where the fight was about to take place.

“Be careful, you guys.” said Sora “Remember, Titamon’s a Mega Digimon.”

“You just leave him to us.” said Wargreymon

“Yeah…” agreed Metal-Garurumon “The rest of you just worry about keeping the dam safe.”

The two Megas rushed off to confront Titamon, but the herd of Mammothmon stood before him, shielding their leader. “I tamed these guys well.” hissed Titamon. “They won’t run until we’ve crushed that dam and claimed this land of our own!”

He raised his sword high signaling for the Mammothmon to attack, and they all stuck their huge trunks out.

“WATCH OUT!!” shouted Lillymon.

“FREEZING BREATH!!” a huge wave of freezing winds blew about forcing everyone to scatter to avoid it.

Titamon snickered, “Now it’s my turn…!

…PACT WITH THE NETHER-GOD!”

His shadowy skulls flew all around striking all the Megas and Ultimates hard.

“They’re getting creamed out there!” cried Davis “Let’s go help them!”

He tried to rush forth, but Yolei held him back, “Davis we can’t! He’s a Mega Digimon, and the Mammothmon are ultimates.”

“She’s right.” agreed Cody “Our Digimon don’t have a chance against those guys.”

“Then let’s do the DNA Digivolution.” suggested Ex-Veemon.

“That’s the best idea I’ve heard all day.”

Davis and Ken both agreed and got out their D3s, but before they could activate…

“Oh, no you don’t!” shouted the Titamon. He had heard of the DNA Digivolution before, and he wasn’t about let them pull it off.

He leapt up super high and came down hard, slamming his blade at the ground making a huge quake.

The kids all tumbled down, and Ken lost his D3. “No!” he cried as he saw it bounce down a slow, landing in a thick load of bushes. He frantically leapt down to search for it.

“Ken!” cried Stingmon and he rushed down to help him.

The Mammothmon stampeded forth to attack. The stronger Digimon all stood together, ready to intercept.

“Get ready!” said Joe.

Titamon snickered, “Think again.” and at the very last second, the Mammothmon all turned round aiming at the dam.

“What are they doing?!” cried Angewomon.

“FREEZING BREATH!!”

“No!!” Izzy cried as he and everyone else watched as the freezing winds hit the solid rock of the dam, turning it all into solid ice.

Almost instantly, the ice and the rock began to crack apart.

“The ice!” cried Izzy “Its expanding cracks in the rock! The dam’s breaking!”

“Correction…!” said Titamon “The dam is BROKEN!!” and he raised his huge sword to strike the dam hard which would surely break it wide open.

“No!!” shouted Metal-Garurumon, and he and Wargreymon lunged forth and tackled Titamon hard and out of the way.

“METAL WOLF CLAW”

“TERRA FORCE”

The two attacks struck him hard and knocked him across the field.

The Mammothmon all charged forth, but the Ultimate Digimon all held them off, and attacked them hard causing the herd to stampede off.

“And don’t ever come back!” thundered Mega-Kabuterimon.

Ken and Stingmon made it back up the hill, “I got my D3!” Ken hollered, but Stingmon gasped, “Look, The dam…!”

It was still breaking apart due to all the ice expanding the cracks.

“That baby’s gonna bust open any second!” said Ankylomon.

Davis already had an idea, “Let’s blast up the ground and make a trench.” and before he could continue and explain why, “No!” snapped Kari “We should get the Primary Village evacuated@ All those baby Digimon will get hurt.”

Many of the others agreed with Kari, but Davis protested “We don’t have time for that!”

“Davis! We don’t have time for this!” TK growled “Now I’m with Kari! Let’s get that village evacuated.”

“No, wait!” cried Davis, but TK, Kari their Digimon, and some of the others and their Digimon went with them.

“Uh… I think I’m with you, Davis.” said Izzy.

“Me too.” agreed Cody.

“Count us in too.” added Ken, with Yolei by his side.

All the respective Digimon stood by them, and Davis couldn’t believe his eyes, “You’re actually listening to me?”

“Of course they are…” said Ex-Veemon “That’s what friends do.”

Davis didn’t know what to say except, “Let’s move!”

There was no time for Davis and Ken to perform the DNA Digivloution now; not with the damn going to bust open any second!

The Digimon all began to attack the ground as hard and as fast as they could.

“TAIL HAMMER…!”

“BLAST LASER!”

“HORN BUSTER”

“What are they doing over there?!” shouted TK “They should be helping us!”

“LOOK OUT!!” Kari screamed, as the dam suddenly busted wide open, and the huge torrent came rushing out hading straight at the village.

“The trench isn’t deep enough!” cried Cody.

Davis clenched his fists, “Go for it, Ex-Veemon!”

“VEE-LASER”

“Help him, Stingmon!” shouted Ken.

“SPIKING STRIKE”

Stingmon struck the grounds like crazy.

“Stand back!” shouted Ex-Veemon “VEE-LASER” he gave it all the power he could.

KAPOW!! His laser was so strong, for a champion, it depended the trench greatly, just as the water came gushing along the way.

“SCRAM!!!” shouted Davis, and he and the others were all scooped up by their Digimon and flowed away just as the water fell into the trench, which forced it to flow away from the village instead of into it, making a new river that flowed through the valley.

The gang in the village couldn’t believe what they saw.

“That could hit us.” said Sora.

“We’d have been washed away and nothing left!” whimpered Mimi.

Even Kari and TK were shocked. They had only just started the evacuation before the dam broke; now they saw just how serious the situation was. That water not only would’ve wiped out the village, and possibly destroyed all the Baby Digimon, but the water would have spread for miles, and could’ve destroyed anything in its path.

Davis and the others landed by the village, and Davis walked up and glared furiously at TK and Kari. “Somebody could’ve gotten hurt out here today because you two didn’t listen! You want that on your filthy consciences?!”

Kari said nothing. Even though he was right, she just glared at him angrily and walked away from him. “Hey!” Davis thundered and walked off after her, but TK grabbed him and punched him hard in the face.

“TK!” snapped Magna-Angemon.

Everyone gawked at him for what he just done, but he didn’t care and growled at Davis “Don’t you ever come near me or my girl ever again, you selfish, arrogant dick!”

“TK!!” snarled Matt, but before anyone could do or say anything else, Davis kicked him hard in his stomach, knocking him down.

“Davis!” snapped Kari “TK, stop this!”

But the two boys really went at it hard.

“STOP IT!!” shouted Ex-Veemon.

Matt came in and pulled his brother away, and Izzy and Joe held Davis back from TK. “Let me go, I’ll (Bleeping) Kill him!”

“Settle down!” snapped Joe.

Suddenly!

WHAPP!! Kari came up to Davis and slapped him hard across the face, much to his and everyone else’s horror.

“Maybe it’s a good thing you turned all those girls down! You don’t deserve ANYTHING!!” she spat at him.

That was it, the last straw!

Davis could no longer see Kari, or practically anything else in a good sense.

Yolei glared furiously at Kari and slapped her across the face. “You little bitch!” she growled.

“Don’t call me a bitch!” snarled Kari “He deserved it and you know it! ALL OF YOU SHOULD KNOW IT!!”

Everyone gasped at Kari in extreme shock, except for TK who seemed to be the only one who agreed with her. “WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT…!!”

“TK!” snapped Ex-Veemon “That’s enough! I think you and Kari have caused enough trouble for one day!”

Magna-Angemon didn’t like the way he spoke to his partner “Who are you to butt in?!” he snarled.

Angewomon tried to break them “Don’t you two start now!” but the two heated Digimon didn’t settle down.

“Look, I realize Davis isn’t acting any better, but TK had no right to hit him.”

“I HAD EVERY RIGHT TO!!” thundered TK “THAT JERKOFF DESERVED IT FOR INSUTLING ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND!!”

“SHUT UP!!” Ex-Veemon shouted. The force of his roar knocked TK off his feet. This angered Magna-Angemon so greatly that in a moment of madness he punched Ex-Veemon hard, sending him soaring way, way out, across the sky.

“Ex-Veemon!” cried Davis.

“Magna-Angemon!” snapped Angewomon, and even Magna-Angemon realized what a mistake he had made.

Rather than scold anyone anymore, everyone decided to chase off after Ex-Veemon hoping he was okay.

While at the same time, Titamon was still brawling with the two Mega Digimon, a few miles up the field from where the dam was.

“Your little plan is a bust!” sneered Wargreymon.

“Give up now while you can!” added Metal-Garurumon.

Titamon wouldn’t give in. “You may have foiled my plans, but that doesn’t mean I can’t get rid of you!”

“Bring it on!” thundered Matt.

“Wipe the floor with him!” added Tai.

Their two Digimon charged forth, and Titamon leapt up high, crashing down hard and striking him with his sword.

Even with their metal platings, the two Megas felt really sore.

“You two okay?” called Matt.

“Just barely.” replied Metal-Garurumon “But I think he’s getting weaker. A few more good hits should finish him.”

“That is NOT going to happen!” thundered Titamon.

“Oh, yeah…?!” protested Wargreymon.

Titanmon lunged straight at them with his sword at the ready, when suddenly…!

“LOOK OUT…!!” Ex-Veemon called as he came crashing in, slamming right into Titamon’s sword… right through his gut.

The boys, their Digimon gasped in horror!

Davis and the others came over the hills, and Davis couldn’t believe what he saw, “EX-VEEMON…!!”

Ex-Veemon could hardly move as the pain shot all through his body, much to Titamon’s delight.

“NO, DON’T!!” shouted Davis.

“SOUL CORE ATTACK”

He raised his sword with his victim up high, “DAVIS…!!!!” cried Ex-Veemon.

WHAMM!!” Titamon slammed his sword hard down, wiping Ex-Veemon out in a small explosion of pixels.

Everyone felt completely heart struck, but none as struck as Davis. His D3 screen went out, showing that his friends was pretty much finished, for good; destroyed right down to the last bit of data and wouldn’t be reconfigured!

Tears flowing down his face, Davis dropped his dead D3, and screamed with all his might,

“…EX-VEEMOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!”

All the Digimon were so enraged that they all attacked Titamon so ruthlessly, that he too was destroyed in a much bigger explosion.

All the Digimon then de-digivolved to their smaller forms, but Davis was still on his knees in complete and total devastation.

TK and Kari, both feeling heart broken, tried approach him.

“YOU…!!!” Davis thundered at Patamon “YOU DID THIS!!! YOU KILLED MY FRIEND!!”

Patamon gasped and realized he was right, but TK stood up for his friend “Davis, stop! It won’t help!”

“SHUT UP!!!” Davis screamed “SHUT YOUR (BLEEPING) YOU SONAVA BITCH!!! I OUGHT TO KILL YOU BOTH!!”

He lunged forth to brutally attack them, but Tai and Matt rushed over and held Davis back. Joe and Izzy had to help them as Davis was really out of control. “LET ME GO!!” he thundered.

Kari, really fed up with Davis’ tantrums walked right up to him, “SHUT UP!!” and punched him hard in the face…

At the same moment, HA-POW!! “A’UGGH!!” A huge flash flared, and Davis… he went completely still and silent.

“Kari! What have you done?!” snapped Tai.

Before Kari could protest, Joe examined Davis, as a studying doctor, “Hey! He’s not breathing very well!”

Everyone huddled around Davis’ silent body. “Davis…?” Kari said to him, but he didn’t answer “Davis… I’m sorry… I…”

Joe then opened Davis eyes to look in, “AAH…!!” he cried, and everyone else gasped at what they saw-- Davis’ eyes were completely blank. There was nothing there, just black! Cold, empty black!

Kari gasped hard at the sight of the darkness, so did Ken.

“What’s wrong with him?!” Ken cried.

“Is he going to be okay?!” added Kari.

“We got to get him to the real world, NOW!” cried Joe.

Everyone hurried and got Davis to the neareast portal that they could, but Kari remained still and stiff with worry.

TK felt almost the same, and poor Patamon, he was trembling with shame and disgust with himself over Ex-Veemon’s destruction.

In the Titan’s world…

It wasn’t until the next morning that Raven awoke. She felt extrmeley weak and floopy, like a squeezed out tube of toothpaste.

“Where… Where am I?” she groaned.

“Easy, Rae…” said Cyborg “Just take it easy. You had a big blowout.”

He, Starfire and Robin had stayed by her side ever since they had brought her to the medial ward.

Robin read the medical scans, “She’s perfectly normal. It’s all passed now.”

Raven was still confused, and Starfire answered “Raven… you were acting wild, and aggressive. You tried to attack us all.”

Raven felt shocked, “I did…?” and she thoguht as hard as she could and remembered little bits of her fit coming back to her, “…I did!”

Cyborg nodded regretfully at her, “I know this sounds embarassing, but according to the scans, you were on your period.”

Raven remembered; the cramps, the cravings, her violent temper and attitude “Because I’m half demon, my periods aren’t like what normal girls have. It lasts a little longer, and my mood swings… don’t even get me started.”

Her eyes began to flood with tears of regret, “I’m so sorry.”

“It is okay. You are better now.” said Starfire.

Raven shook her head “Beast Boy…” she remembered being the worst to him.

“Beast Boy.” said Robin “We forgot all about him.”

Raven then remembered, even through her period, Beast Boy was having trouble with Terra, or rather a girl he thought was her.

None of the four of them had any clues about what happened the other night… not yet anyway.

Meanwhile, Terra was walking to school, but she didn’t feel very well. Her stomach felt rather queasy, and she felt a little dizzy too. Every since she had woken up she felt this way, and she began to worry if it had something to do with what she and Beast Boy did the other night…!

Jackie and Jillian met up with her by the gate and called to her. She looked up wearily at her friends, and looked a bit worried too.

“Whoa! What’s with you?” Jackie asked. “You look like you’ve been in a cockfight.”

Terra quickly told them, “I almost got mugged last night by these punks. They beat me up.”

Jillian looked upset “I hope you bashed them back in the face and kicked them in the dicks for that.”

Hearing the mention of the word “dicks” made Terra go green “Excuse me!” she cried, and she ran into the school as fast as she could, breaking for the girls washroom, and she puked up over a toilet.

A couple of girls in the washroom gawked in confusion.

Terra puked again, and she looked up from the toilet, panting heavily. “Ooh…!” she groaned as she held her stomach. “What’s happening to me?” she wondered.

She didn’t feel as sick anymore, but she felt really starved, like she could eat an entire tray of burgers with ice-cream on the side.

“Oh, no…!” she cried softly to herself, and thought of last night when she and Beast Boy banged, “What if I’m…!”

The school bell sudden;y rang for students to the to their homerooms.

Terra managed to find her strength and left the washroom, but when she stepped outside she saw that a whole load of students.

“It’s her!”

“There she is!”

“Look at that bruise.”

Terra didn’t understand what all the fuss was about, until Jackie and Jillian pushed their way through the crowds warning everyone to back off, and they ushered Terra back into the washroom.

“What’s going on out there?” Terra asked.

Jackie held up her cellphone which showed images of a website of embarassing or odd pictures. Terra gaped at what she saw: It was of last night, when she and Beast Boy were fighting in the street, and he punched her… right where she had that bruise on her face.

“It was Booger-Boy that beat you up?!” sneered Jillian “You said it was a gang of punks.”

“Um… I…!” Terra suddenly began to feel nauseous again, and she dashed for a cubicle and barfed up over the toilet.

The other girls gawked at one another in concern.

“Are you alright?” asked Jackie.

“No!” groaned Terra “I feel sick… and starving!

…Uh… I mean!”

The girls knew these two signs and began to suspect worse. “Come with us!” said Jackie.

“But we have home period.”

“Screw it!” snapped Jillian, and they dragged her straight to the nurse’s office.

Soon, Terra was being examined by the school nurse, and she had an imedeate diagnosis. “You’re pregnant.”

Terra’s heart skipped a beat, and her two friends felt like fainting.

“There’s no doubt about it.” said the nurse “All the signs back it up too. You’re pregnant.”

Terra held her hand over half her face in complete and total shock. “I’m pregnant…?!” she whimpered in thought “But I… This is…!”

The nurse hated to butt in on privacy, “You slept with someone who didn’t use protection. That’s why you’re pregnant. Now, who was it? Do you know?”

She didn’t have the courage to say, and she didn’t have to; her two friends figured it out right off the bat, and they both looked like volcanos getting ready to errupt. “It was that kid!” growled Jackie.

“He raped you!” thundered Jillian “That crazy, sick sonava bitch!”

“Jillian!” snapped the nurse, “Watch your language!”

The two girls still didn’t calm down. “He’s going to pay for this!” growled Jackie “No, ifs ands or buts!”

“My dad’s a cop.” said Jillian “I’ll give him a call.”

Terra would have stopped her, but how could she possibly tell her friends it wasn’t rape? Her school life, her normal life, everything she had come to grow used to would slip away from her.

“Beast Boy…!” she cried in thought. She felt there was a lot of trouble about to occur, but she honestly didn’t know what to say or do about it.

The nurse agreed that rape was a serious business, and even she herself just jumped to conclusions with the evidence so heavy-- Beast Boy stalking Terra, the picture of him punshing her where she was bruised.

“We better talk with the school prinicipal too. This school takes high offense to the raping of our students.”

Terra looked more and more frigthened by the second, fearing for Beast Boy’s safety. If she told them the truth, she would most likely not only be disgusted and cast out by her friends, but she would porbably reveal her secret of her involvment with the Teen Titans, which would subsequently reveal her involvment with Slade…!!

“NO!!!!” she suddenly screamed.

The nurse and the girls all gawked at her.

“Probably a suffer from shock.” said the nurse “Don’t worry, there are options.”

Terra still didn’t feel any better.

Beast Boy finally came out of his room, having had the best night sleep he had ever had in a while. He wasn’t even wearing his doom patrol mask. He felt so well rested and so happy from what happened ot himt he night before, he couldn’t’ concentrate on anything bad, not even the changes in the city.

He came into the lounge and stretched out in a happy sigh, “Morning guys.”

The Titans were all surprised to see him smiling, and talking to them all politley.

“Um… hey…?” said Cyborg.

Beast Boy grabbed his usual slice of toast from the rack.

“Friend, you are not upset?” asked Starfire.

Beast Boy grined at her “I got nothing to be upset about.” Unfortunatley, he couldn’t tell her the cause of his happiness; he promised.

The others felt this was either a good sign, or he was really losing it and this was another stage in his grieving rage.

“Um, Beast Boy…” Robin said “We need to tell you something about Raven.”

Raven was still resting in the med-ward and wasn’t present, but Beast Boy didn’t seem to think about that, he was too lost in his thoughts of what he and Terra had done, and how he still felt the warmth, the love, and the joy they were going to try and get back together. “Okay…” he said.

The others all looked back and forth at one another, “Didn’t you hear what he said?” asked Cyborg.

“Yeah, can we talk later? I wanna go out for a fly.”

Before the Ttians could protest, Beast Boy had already leapt through the window and flew off towards the city.

“Oooooo… kay.” said Cyborg.

Robin has a strange feeling about Beast Boy’s behaviour. “Yesterday he looked like he wanted to knock our heads off, now he seems like he’s… like he’s…”

“Whatever it is, I don’t think it’s a good sign.” said Cyborg.

Suddenly there was a call on the Titan’s video phone, “It is from the city police!” said Starfire.

“What?” cried Robin.

Beast Boy flew over the city, still feeling happy as ever. He almost felt like visiting Terra but rememberd that school had only started a while ago. “Maybe I’ll see her later today.”

As he flew over the city, someone looked up, “Hey! There he is!”

“Quick! Call the cops!”

“Shoot him down!”

As Beast Boy flew along, he could suddenly hear a load of police sirens, “What’s going on down there?” here wondered, and figuring someone was in trouble or there was danger afoot, the young hero swooped down and changed to his normal form.

One of the cops saw him, “There he is!”

“Wha…?!!” cried Beast Boy, and before he knew it, he was tackled by a whole bunch of other cops that beat him to the ground until he was unconcoius. He didn’t even have time to turn into a big animal to ward them off, or even question what was going on!

The next thing he knew, he woke up in a jail cell, with enough brusises to make him look like a street punk. Worse than that, he was wearing a special collar that sent small, harmless pulses though his body that would prevent him from shapeshifting. The collar itself was made a of strong alloy. Try he would, he wouldn’t get that collar off unless it was removed by whoever put it on him.

“DUDE!!” he shouted “What the hell’s going on!”

“Beast Boy…!” Robin said.

He turned round and saw all the Titans standing outside his cell, and they all looked pretty upset and shocked.

“Guys, get me out of here!”

“We can’t…” said Cyborg “Police have a got a full case aginast you.”

“What?!” snapped Beast Boy “What did I do?!”

Starfire twiddled her fingers “You are being charged with the assaulting and the rapping of a young girl.”

Beast Boy didn’t know how to react at first, and Cyborg then showed him a picture he printed off the internet of him punching Terra.

“But… this is-- how is…?!”

Suddenly he realized, “Wait…! Does this mean you realize Terra’s back?”

“That’s not important now.” said Robin “You’re being charged, and you’re looking at eighteen years.”

“…EIGHTEEN YEARS?!” cried Beast Boy “But I didn’t rape her!”

Raven glared at him deeply, “…She’s pregnant, Beast Boy.”

Beast Boy’s eyes bulged, and he stood perfectly still.

“She said she is pregnant, Beast Boy.” said Starfire.

“I heard her!” snapped Beast Boy “But I can’t believe-- I… I just…! She’s pregnant!”

The others continued to look at him badly, with looks of dissapointment and upset. “I cannot believe you, Beast Boy.” said Robin “You said you were over that girl, and then this happens.”

“Dude, I didn’t rape her!” Beast Boy snapped, but before he could say anything else, he remembered he had promised Terra that he wouldn’t tell anyone.

However, his life was on the line right now, and he was told by the Cyborg “The police want an alibi from you, and you have to be able to prove it’s true, or they’re going to prosecute the shit out of you!”

Beats Boy shut his eyes tightly, and looked deep inside to feel what he was doing was right, “Ask Terra…” he said “I didn’t rape her… she…” he paused “…She came onto me, and we got lost in each other.

…It wasn’t rape!”

The Titans weren’t sure they couldn’t believe that; not only because he had no factual proof but, according to Robin, “That girl says she’s not Terra and that you’ve been stalking her repeaditly.”

Beast Boy didn’t know how much more disbelief he could take, “No! That’s not what happened! She did it herself on me first! Sh’e lying to you!”

In the end it was no use. “Guys, you got to get my out of here!”

The Titans really didn’t know what to say. They wanted to help him, but after everything that had transpired in the past few weeks-- his behaviour and all that…

“We’ll do what we can.” said Robin “But it doesn’t look good.”

They then left to prepare for the upcoming trial that was going to take place that day to determine what was to be done.

Beast Boy was totally crushed, as he just fell to his knees with his head against the cell bars. “She betrayed me… again!” he softly said to himself. Never had his insides hurt so much with such shock, such disappointment and betrayal, and after he and Terra promised to try and work it out with one another!

In Equestria…

The ponies all searched as far and wide as they could for Spike. They even went around town to see if anypony had seen him, only for them to get a “No” for an answer each time.

Pinkie Pie even climbed up a lampposted and shouted in a megaphone,“ANYPONY SEEN OUR SPIKE…?”

That didn’t help one bit!

Twilight would not give up until she found him, and talked to him.

She found herself wandering through a field near Everfree Forest. “Spike…!” she called “Spike! Answer me!”

She passed by a small hill, with a very small hole in the side of it, leading into a cave, and Twilight realized the dead giveaway; claw scatchings over the hole that read “Spikes Home.”

The hole was much too narrow for Twilight to fit through herself. She would have poofed her way inside, but instead she called through the hole and into the cave, “Spike, come on out. I know you’re in here.”

Her voice echoed along the cave walls, but she got no answer.

“Spike, please, I want to talk to you.”

Still no answer.

“Spike I came here to appologize for being hard on you.”

Once again… still no answer.

“Spike, I’m not leaving until you come out!”

…Now she was really getting annyoned.

“Fine! If you won’t come out, then I’m coming in.”

That’s when Spike came along with a load of twigs, branches and a few logs he collected from the forest for firewood, as well as pack of fish he had caught that day form a nearby river. “Twilight? Who are you talking to?” he asked.

“I’m talking to you, Spike.” Then she turned back to shout into the cave again, and winced softly and turned back to face him, “Spike! I’ve been looking all over for you.”

Spike didn’t look the least bit happy to see her. “Do you like my new home? It’s only one small room, a firepit in the middle with a few picture I carved myself.”

Twilight levitated the objects out of his grip with her magic, “Spike, this is ridiculous. You’re coming back to the castle with me.”

She put her hoof tenderly on him, only for him to brush it off, “Forget it! I’m not going back! I admit I made some mistakes, but you guys didn’t have to go so postal about it and say all those mean things about me.”

Twilight wouldn’t take his no for an answer, and tried to levitate him onto to her back, but her magic didn’t seem to affect him.

Spike then held up his wrist for her to see “...An Anti-Magic Manacle!”

“That’s right.” he said smuginly at her “You won’t be able to magic your way out of this one. I said I’m not going back and I mean it! I won’t go back to be ignored, or to be blamed for things, or be called horrible names again.”

Twilight tried to show her sincerity, “Spike, can’t you understand. We all know that we overreacted. We’re all sorry. We want to make it up to you.”

“Forget it, Twilight.” he growled at her “This is my new home, I’m going back inside.”

He began to crawl back through the hole.

“Spike, wait…!”

He turned and yelled back at her, “And from now on I’m no longer just a dragon, I’M A LONE WOLF! AROOOOOOOWW!!”

“Spike!!” cried Twilight as she tried to go after him, but as she got in closer she was magically thrown back by a small forcefield over the mouth of the cave; a very strong one that was resistant to magic and wouldn’t go down unless it’s caster despelled it.

“I remember making potions with you.” he called out to her “Good thing the forest has all the ingredients I need. You won’t be trying anything sneaky with me this time.”

Twilight felt really dejected, but rather upset and how stubborn and stuck-up Spike was behaving. All she could do now was report to her friends what she found.

Soon, Shining Armor and Cadance came looking for him, and they brought Flurry Heart with them.

“Spike…!” Shining Armor called “Hey! Where are you?”

“Spike…!” Cadance called “Where could he be?”

“Twily said it a big hill, and it’s got a forcefield around it.”

Flurry suddenly saw the hill with the glowing mouth, and pointed at it cooing at it’s loveliness. “Good girl, Flurry.” said Cadance “You found, Spike.”

Shining Armor grinned with delight and he and his wife made their way close to the cave. “Spike?” Shining Armor called “Are you in there?”

“Go Away!” Spike spat at them from within.

The couple could sense he was really upset.

“Spike, please…” Cadance called “We’re here to appologize, and look Flurry’s here. She wants you to come back and play with her.”

The baby just cooed and giggled, hardly understanding what was happening, but Spike didn’t buy it at all. “I’m not going back, I’m staying right here!”

“Come on, Spike.” said Shining Armor “You can’t stay in that cave forever.”

“Well… no…” Spike called “I have to come out eventually for firewood and food, but--

…Wait, I don’t want to talk to you guys or even see you. Go Away and leave me alone!”

His angry shouts made Flurry cry, and her parents realized there was just no getting through to him.

Dejected, they headed off.

Soon, the other five ponies came to the field.

“Over here!” Pinkie called “I found the cave.”

Unfortunatley, the barrier was still engaged, and none of them could despell it.

“Spike…” called Applejack “We know you’re in there.”

“Oh, Spike, darling, please come out.” said Rarity “For me…” and she fluttered her eyes at the mouth of the cave.

“Yeah… pretty sure he can’t see that.” said Rainbow.

“But he could at least hear my voice.”

Indeed Spike had, and he poked his head through the hole just inches away from the barrier.

“Oh, Spike…” said Fluttershy “We’re really sorry for things we said.”

“We’re more than sorry.” agreed Pinkie “We’re really, really, really…” on and on she went, practially until it was almost sundown “…Really, really sorry!”

The other ponies all looked frazeled, but Spike didn’t look the least bit convinced, “Are you through yet?

I know you guys came to appologize for what you said, but it won’t work. Discord was right about you guys and what he told me: One day you’re my friends, and now you’re all ponies I wish I never knew.”

“Discord said what to you?” Fluttershy asked in shock.

“Bottomline…” thundered Spike “I’m not going back to the castle! This is my new home and from now on I’m a lone wolf!

…AROOOOOOOWW!!”

Still howling, he crawled back inside.

Rarity and Pinkie had tears of dejection in their eyes.

“Stubborn jerk.” grumbled Rainbow.

“I heard that…!” Spike called.

Applejacke nudged Rainbow in her bad wing. “Ow! Watch my wing!” she groaned.

“Look, we’re not makin’ things any better.” said Applejack “Let’s just go and give him some time to himself.”

The ponies all went along, but Rarity looked sadly at the cave. A single tear rolled down her face, but she said nothing feeling Spike would only push her away even more.

As for Fluttershy, she looked angry and went off to find Discord and have a serious talk with him.