Pyle: For those of you who don't know what happened in the last couple of chapters...read this. Kazu was poisoned by a special attack from Beelzebumon. All of his friends lent him their energy to help him survive, and he was able to overcome the challenges. His friends turning against him seemed to be the perfect idea for a special poison.

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Lee's fist crashed into Kazu's jaw, which sent him flying backwards into the ground, seeing stars. Fights were different then in the movies. He felt that if another punch nailed him like that, he would be out cold. In the movies, they just went on and on, fighting like nothing ever really happens to them.

He stood up, then turned around and dove into Lee, smashing him in the stomach and sending him rolling into the floor. Kazu pinned him to the ground, then held up a fist and brought it down, swinging it left and right.

Kazu grabbed Lee's shirt and lifted him off the ground. "I'm doing this to show you that you can't let people die! Susie trusted you, and she's dead now!"

Each hit smashed into Lee's face with precision. Left, right, left, right, Kazu's fist kept on slashing him in the face. Blood began to appear out of his mouth as Kazu continued punching him. Lee finally twisted out of Kazu's grip on his neck.

"I Know!!!" shouted Lee.

He leaped up, then shoved a boot up into Kazu's face, which sent Kazu spiraling back into the floor again. His head had gone numb with pain as Lee raised a fist toward his face. He hardly felt it when Lee slammed his fist into Kazu's neck.

Kazu's wind came shooting out of his neck with a gasp, and he brought his own fists into Lee's. Lee staggered backward as Kazu's fist crashed into him. Gripping his windpipe, he began to limp towards Kazu. Kazu did the same.

They both began to shake the pain off, then Kazu lunged into Lee, smashing into his stomach and tumbling across the ground before he had a chance.

They both brought their hands up at the same time, smashing into each other. Kazu's fist crashed into Lee's neck, and Lee's fist went smashing into Kazu's forehead. Kazu went flying backwards, landing hard on the ground and crying out in pain.

Jeri, Kenta, Rika, and Sakuya were standing near the back wall, looking fearfully at the argument.

Lee simply stood there, looking at Kazu, who was on the floor, writhing in pain. Sakuya kneeled over him and smacked him hard on the head, which knocked him out cold and silenced his screams.

Jeri walked over and helped her carry Kazu away. Kenta looked fearfully at Lee, who was still standing in the same frozen position, staring blindly forward.

Kenta was surprised to see him finally say something. A large puddle of red began to come out of his mouth as he said "Got you...bastard" he muttered. Then he fell over onto the ground, red coming out of his mouth.

He looked and glared painfully at Kazu's unconscious form getting dragged away. Then he lowered his head to the floor, and his eyes closed as he sighed in pain.

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Lee was in bed, a white blanket on himself. He found that Kazu was also lying on the bed next to him. A burning pain resided in his chest, and he found that each breath he took held a certain sharp pain to it. Kazu must have done some pretty bad damage to his lungs.

He reached over and shook Kazu's shoulder. Kazu's eyes snapped open. And he adjusted his position so that he could see Lee without turning his head.

"Sorry" Lee murmured.

"Kazu, your awake!" shouted Gardromon, picking him up and throwing him through the air so that he caught him on the way down. Kazu give a cry of pain as he landed.

"Sorry" Gardromon murmured, setting him back down on the bed.

"It's alright" Kazu said, rubbing his forehead.

Terriermon crawled up next to Lee. "Gee Lee, think you could snore any louder next time?"

"I wouldn't be talking" Lee responded.

Then Kazu's expression turned serious. "Look, I'm sorry about Susie man. It's just that when I found out she wasn't going to be with us no more, it kinda ripped me up inside, and I guess I took it out on you"

Lee looked at him. "It was my fault though. I should have taken her with me. I thought she would be safe, but I was really trying to make myself convinced she was safe. I knew that Beelzebumon would find her, but I left her anyway"

Kazu shook his head. "It wasn't your fault. You had no control over it. Beelzebumon would have done it anyways"

"So should we let bygones be bygones?" Lee murmured, holding out his arm.

Kazu leaned over and shook hands with him. "Don't get soft on me"

Kazu swung his legs over the side of the bed, then got up, cracking his knuckles and popping his knees.

"Well, we might as well go talk to Sakuya and see whats happened while were out of it" Kazu muttered, then began walking down the cave towards the place that served as their temporary home.

When he got to the end of the tunnel, he stopped, Lee ran into him, which sent them, both stumbling into the mess.

They both gaped at the rubble inside, unable to comprehend what had happened when they were asleep. The room had been totally destroyed. Chunks of rocks and dirt had been torn off the walls, and tables, chairs, glass, whatever had been in the room, was scattered in pieces all over the place.

"What the heck happened?!" Kazu said, walking through the rubble. He wondered how something could destroy a room so easily.

"I dunno" Lee murmured, kicking a rock across the room.

"Either Sakuya hired a psychotic decorator, or a nuclear blast rocked this place" Terriermon said.

Lee looked at the wall for a moment, then walked over and looked at it. He seemed to be studying something. It was a small black mark. Sort of like a bullet impact.

"Kazu, come take a look at this" Lee murmured, still studying it. There was not just one. But hundreds of holes covering the walls. Kazu jogged over, then looked at it also.

"You know that chairs and stuff don't make that kind of impact" Lee murmured. Kazu nodded.

A moan from somewhere next to them distracted them. A girl with red hair, spiked at the back, was buried under a large table top. She was smashed against the wall, with the table top pinning her legs to the floor. It was Rika.

"Come on, help me get this off of her" Lee murmured.

"I want to help to" said Terriermon.

Kazu and Lee picked up the table on either side, and Terriermon pressed himself against the wall and the table, trying to push it up with his legs. No matter how hard they tried, they could not even budge it.

"Are we lifting the top of a table or a thousand pounds of concrete?" Terriermon muttered.

"Stand aside" said Gardromon. He reached down with his mechanical arms, then easily picked up the tabletop. He held it in place for a moment, then turned around and tossed it across the room.

"You tend to her, I'll stand watch" said Gardromon, then stepped towards the door.

"What happened here?" Lee murmured, trying to help her stand up.

"Beelzebumon...he's probably watching us right now. He came out of nowhere, attacked us all, tore the place apart" she murmured. She began to shiver. "I want Renamon"

"We'll find her" said Lee, patting her on the shoulder.

Kazu's eyes were frozen with fear. They knew the truth now.

Beelzebumon was here.

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