Chapter one

The letter

The muffled rumble of thunder, mixed with the seemingly endless drumming of the rain, had been the only thing Tai noticed for almost an hour when he looked out the window so dreamily.
With his head in his hands and his elbows firmly on the windowsill, he looked sadly and bored out into the dark clouds that had already completely covered the sky.
"Oh damn what is that!", he suddenly shouted and fell back upside down so that he hung like a wet towel over the back of his office chair. As he looked at his room upside down, his Digivice suddenly caught his eye, which was on his desk, right next to the 4 year old picture that they had taken after they had saved the Digiwelt and for them it was back to theirs To return to the world. A low sigh could be heard and Tai pushed himself off the floor very slowly with his feet, whereupon the chair slowly turned around.In the meantime he had sat down properly again and looked at the group photo again. Sure, he had often thought of what it would be like to return to the Digiwelt and experience new adventures, but in recent years this thought had come less and less. Wouldn't he at some point completely forget what had shaped him back then? He shook his head violently and said aloud to himself:
"Oh dear Tai, a few days of rain and you are ready for psychiatry. How should one ever forget something like that ?!"

At the same time, however, in the Digiworld, 8 gigantic beings had come together to clear up an uncomfortable situation.
It was also a gigantic hall in which the 8 Digimon were.
"You are making it easy for yourself again. Just blame us for everything, but not this time. This is a matter that darkness and light have to clear up together!" admonished one of the beings.[i]"Are you trying to deny that he was one of your henchmen?"came from Baihumon, the great white tiger who protected the west of the Digiworld.
"That's enough! How often have you rushed your digi knights against us and we haven't said anything. After all, it is the law that darkness and light fight against each other, but we don't want to be responsible for this disaster and that's why we have it we offered to solve the problem ourselves. But you are going across the board again! "yelled one of the Digimon, who was unmistakably one of the keepers of the darkness. But before the situation could escalate any further, a big man suddenly stepped out of the darkness, but he looked like a dwarf next to the huge Digimon. He walked slowly towards the Digimon and as he walked he slowly pulled the hood off his head.
His calm but decisive voice penetrated the whole hall, he simply suggested:
"You will never come to a solution like this if you allow me to say so.I don't think it is right to look for someone to blame, for Lucio alone is guilty. But I agree with the idea that, for once, the darkness solves its own affairs. "
"Well, well Gennai, save yourself the sharp undertone. We don't want a discord, just because of such trivialities that happened in the past between you, the digi knights and us who stand as representatives of the darkness, do we Gennai? ", said one of the evil Digimon snippy.
But Gennai refrained from answering and turned his gaze to the great white dragon. He nodded in agreement and explained:
"Well then, Gennai is right. Go and hollow the digi knights, explain their new job to them and tell them everything they need to know about their new enemy."
[i]"As you wish."Gennai indicated and bowed.
He was just about to turn and walk when another deity spoke up:"Wait! That's not enough!"
Gennai paused and looked inquiringly at the creature from whom the exclamation had come.
"What do you mean by that, Xuanwumon?"asked Azulongmon.
"Very simple. This time it takes more than just these 8 children. Remember what happened 4 years ago. That was pretty close if I may say so and this time the opponent is even stronger. You all know what for yourself Skills slumber in Lucio. He made the 4 masters of darkness what they were, or do you no longer remember the time before Tai and his friends? ", Replied the old turtle and made it clear what it was mine seemed. Gennai looked annoyed, because he didn't like in the least what this divine Digimon was saying. But he was still holding back, in the end he did not want to intervene in the decisions of the 8 digi gods. They did it all by themselves.
[i]"We know exactly what you mean, but neither Digimon nor Digiritter remember this time, if you understand what I mean.", replied Azulongmon dismissively.
"That's no reason! Did Tai remember that he had already met Agumon once? No! So that's not an argument! In addition, the 2nd generation digi knights need their coat of arms again their hearts, but they are not yet strong enough to let their Digimon digitize to the next level with this power alone and only with Wargreymon and Metallgarurumon the fight will not be won. You act too rashly. I ask you, what's so absurd about getting the first digi knights? Or is it because your partners have, shall we say, an unfavorable past behind them? "
In response to this last question, Azulongmon sighed and replied:
"Why do you always have to react so sensitively? Since you don't harbor a natural grudge against everything that even remotely has to do with light and good ?!"
"It looks like you again.Dodges my suggestion with a counter question, but that won't get you any further in the long run! ", the Digimon of Darkness snarled back.
Gennai was about to insert a word when Ebonwumon, the red phoenix, came before him:
"You know the rest of us have just decided that we will leave this decision up to you. You argue alone anyway, so you will surely be able to find an agreement on your own. So see you then."
The two fighters couldn't react that quickly, the other 6 Digimon had already disappeared. Gennai was also standing in the room, a bit confused, and now didn't really know whether he should run away as well.
[i]"Great, Darcemon."came from Azulongmon.
Whereupon that started immediately and began to defend itself:
"Why me? What do I have to do with it if they don't feel like it anymore. Besides, you'd have made up your mind straight away and not started a fight, then we would have reached an agreement long ago."[i]"Oh, so now it's my fault. You know, I don't understand why you are trying so hard to save this world. After all, a world without light and without happiness would be a much better world or not?"
"Let go of your damn irony!", Darcemon hissed at his counterpart. Now Gennai felt he had to do something, so he raised his voice and suggested:
"Why don't you calm down again first and then come to a sensible solution?"
"Maybe you are right Gennai. Well, Darcemon explain to me the advantage of calling the first digi knights.", Azulongmon grumbled in the direction of Darcemon. This still looked very angry, but was still ready to explain itself:
"Look, these 5 children were able to digitize their Digimon, all of them, to the megalevel. You have to admit that there was a certain potential in them. But even they alone would not be able to compete against Lucio, we need the power of all digi knights and you will know exactly how difficult it is for me now.The first and second generation. In addition, the Digimon of the first children once served Lucio, so they may know things about him that the others cannot. "
"Yes that may be. Still, I have my concerns about the Digimon. Who guarantees that they will remember their partners again and that they will fight with them too, or has someone forgotten what these 5 tried last time? "replied Azulongmon with a dogged smile.
"Of course I know what happened, you don't need to stress that!"hissed Darcemon, whereupon Gennai clapped his hands in front of his face and thought desperately:
"Now it's starting again! I can't go on! These two really get me down!"
So it went on for an hour until Gennai finally broke the thread of patience. Angrily he shouted:
"That can't be true! What on earth is so difficult to agree on?The situation is clear, isn't it? Tai and the others won't be able to do it alone, so they need support. So if you think it would be more sensible to look for brand new digi knights and let them go into battle completely inexperienced, then do so. But if you are interested in this world, then you choose the digi knights that are already in this one World have fought. "
There was silence for a moment. Darcemon and Azulongmon looked at Gennai in disbelief. After a few moments Darcemon spoke again and called out in a raised voice:
"I said it! Ha, I was right, now admit it!"
[i]"You will be my downfall, I know that Darcemon very well. Well, you might be right, we should pray the old digi knights back. But we have to keep what was for us for now." .
[i]"Why that? You have to give the 5 their memories back.", Darcemon stated horrified.But Azulongmon just shook his gigantic head and went on to explain:
"Back then, these children forgot any memory of what happened. I think we should only tell them the bare essentials. However, their digipartners have to remember everything, so we can rule out that they stand against their human partners. The children should find out what happened to you by yourself. "
"Well, if that's what you mean, we will comply with your request.", Darcemon reassured the guardian of the east. With a soft throat clearing, Gennai drew attention to himself again. The dragon looked down and said with a smile:
[i]"Oh yes, Gennai, please look for the digi knights, everyone and bring them here. You also have to get said digi knights from the city of eternal beginnings. And of course we also need the old coats of arms and digivice for the 5 and those of the other 8 have to be recreated.