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A voice in the distance calls out to Randi, "You are still afraid."

"Who said that, show yourself!" Randi called back to the voice, standing at the entrance to the arena.

"Who said I had any intention of not showing myself? You have come here because you want to get stronger, correct?" The voice says, stepping into the light, revealing GrandisKuwagamon.

"Yeah, you got it." Randi smirks as he walks into the arena.

"That is the only reason anyone comes here. First rule of combat, all fights are one on one..." GrandisKuwagamon immediately lunges at Randi and Waspmon, who barely dodge it in time, 

"...Second rule of combat the fights starts when you enter the arena." GrandisKuwagamon begins running at them again.

"Well if that's the way you're going to be, let's go Waspmon!" Randi points at GrandisKuwagamon, signaling Waspmon to attack.

"Right, Turbo Stinger!" Waspmon fires a barrage of lasers at his Target, GrandisKuwagamon just takes them and keeps running forward towards them. 

"Too Weak" Randi Flinches at the lack of reaction to the attack, Waspmon picks up Randi and flies him out of the way of the attack, Randi's eyes go wide, as he's still afraid of heights, He then closes them, and does his best to regain composure.

"No, gotta calm down, gotta overcome my fears, it's just like last time. Alright, if that doesn't work, try this, Waspmon, full power!" 

"Bear Buster!" Waspmon charges his cannon and fires a blast at GrandisKuwagamon, who deftly dodges it before counter attacking, and connecting this time, sending the two hurdling back into the arena wall.

"Too Slow. You should realize by now, that you cannot beat me in that form, if you are going to defeat me, you will need to Digivolve. One last rule, this battle is to the death, either I get deleted or you do."  Randi's Eyes go wide when he hears this, but then gets a determined look on his face. 
"So that's how it is. What do you think we came all the way out here to do? "  Randi thinks,  'all we can do it run, we're not strong enough to take him on, we need to digivolve!' Randi's digivice glows purplish black again. 

"What is it you fear?" GrandisKuwagamon asks, the question snaps Randi out f it an the light on his Digivice fades. 

"I'm still afraid of alot of things, I'm still afraid of Bugs, but Waspmon is helping me overcome that. I'm still afraid of heights, he's helping me with that too." Randi replies.

"Do you fear Deleting me?" GrandisKuwagamon asked, almost as if knowing the answer already.

"No." Randi's eyes shone with determination, there was no hesitation in his voice.

"Your eyes, the have lightning in them, you have the resolve. However, it is in the wrong place, you are not focused on defeating me. So why does your digivice flow with dark energy, what are you afraid of...death?" GrandisKuwagamon keeps up his attacks, it's all the two can do to dodge and defend, taking a few blows here and there while they fight.

"No, I suppose that's not quite right." GrandisKuwagamon says as he looks into Randi's eyes.

"Why do you keep asking me questions you already know the answer to!" Randi continues to think...looking over at Waspmon 'how does he know the answers? More importantly, he's right. I don't fear dying, nor death itself, so what is it, what is it I'm scared of?' 
"Let's see if we can't get some time between his attacks, Waspmon, full power!" Randi points at the ground by GrandisKuwagamon. 
"Bear Buster!" Waspmon fires the cannon at the ground, GrandisKuwagamon easily avoids the blast. Waspmon and Randi quickly fly down the hole and hide underneath the arena.

"Clever, but not good enough." GrandisKuwagamon flies high above the arena and prepares to attack, "Gran Killer!" he fires a mass of energy that blows up the 
floor of the arena, revealing the two hiding beneath it.

"If you hide under the floor, I will remove it, if you hide in the air, I will fly up and catch you. Stop running, stand and fight!" 

"Easy for you to say, if we fight as we are we'll die!" GrandisKuwagamon looks into Randi's eyes again.

"Like I said, your resolve is in the wrong place for this fight. I can see it in your eyes, your determination to never kill again, You have killed before have you not?  So young, and yet to already have seen it, even been a part of it, first hand." Randi gets up, memories of the digimon in that town com flashing back to him.
"So you know pretty much everything I do, and you understand it better than I do too. Yes, I Killed some digimon, not that I meant to. But meaning to do it has nothing to do with the fact that I did it. It seems if a digimon is reverted back to it's data in an unstable area of the digital world, the data gets corrupted and then deleted, those digimon aren't coming back, ever. I won't let it happen again, never again! And I can't afford to lose this fight."
"That is not the reason you cannot win this fight. I will give you a hint it you want." GrandisKuwagamon stands, waiting for an answer. Randy gets an angered look and replies, 
"Keep it to yourself! We can do this ourselves!" GrandisKuwagamon Shakes his head, and resumes his assault. Randi Begins to think about letting the dark digivolution happen.
'Maybe if I use it just this once...No, I wouldn't be able to control Him...' While fighting Waspmon, who at this point has no option but to dodge, GrandisKuwagamon then almost annoyed asks Randi again.
"You never did answer my first question, not to my satisfaction, what are you afraid of?" Randi tries to think of the answer.
'What am I afraid of?" 'He's right, I am afraid of something, it's why my digivice tried to release a dark digivolution earlier. So what does he know that I don't, what am I afraid of?'
"Wait, before your next attack, can I ask you something?" GrandisKuwagamon halts his advance and smirks.
"Please do not ask me what I am afraid of." Randi Smiles, before responding,
"No, I don't need to know that. I just wanna ask if you can give m that hint you mentioned earlier." GrandisKuwagamon Crosses his arms.
"Fine, however this is going to increase my pressure on you, I will not hold back as I have been, are you really okay with that?" Randi looks to Waspmon and nods.
"If it gets us closer to wining, we have to take that risk."
"I will only say this once, so listen well...the hint is this. Can you hear?"
"That was it? What's that suppose to mean?" Randi was more confused than he was before.
"All you get is one, and that was probably too much as it is. Now get ready." GrandisKuwagamon said before fulfilling his promise to stop holding back, if it wasn't for Waspmon's speed, there'd be no way he would survive. Randi was deep in thought.
"What do I fear? Can I hear? what does it all mean, Any Ideas Waspmon?"
"Nope, all I can do right now is concentrate on dodging, this isn't even a fight anymore, he's just toying with us."
"Waspmon's right, we can't focus on two things at once right now, it's hard enough having to think like this while running around." GrandisKuwagamon Then lunges straight for Randi with his claws, Randi is too lost in thought and then shocked to dodge, Waspmon dives in to take the blow and push Randi out of the way, part of Waspmon's left wing is cut off, and he falls to the ground.
"Waspmon!" Randi yells out. Waspmon while in a great deal of pain still manages to get back up.
"We can't afford to lose...not just for us...but for their sake too, everyone's counting on us, right?" Waspmon's words seem to trigger something in Randi, time seems to slow around him, as GrandisKuwagamon begins to charge at them one more time. 
'I know what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid of losing them, I'm afraid I can't protect them, I'm afraid I'll let everyone down. I've always been afraid of that, but before, I had the others. If I wasn't strong enough, they'd lend me their strength. If I couldn't fight my fear, they let me hold their hand until I could. I wasn't alone, I'm not alone now either, Waspmon is here with me. I'm not alone, I've not been alone since I came here, it's not just my digimon, my friends are with me too!' From the air, a voice, Sabre's "Randi!" Then Jesse's "Keep fighting!" Then Tapirmon's "Get up, Waspmon!" and Dracomon's "Don't lose to him!"
"I can hear...I can hear them! Can you hear them too, Waspmon?" Waspmon nods, and replies,
"Yeah, I can"
"I know you're hurt Waspmon, but just dodge one more attack, it's all we need, just that small opening." Waspmon nods, takes off into the air and uses the burst off wind to blow Randi out of the way.
"I've got it! I'm not going to let my fear overrun me anymore! I don't have to carry the burden alone, I've got friends I can rely on. And they can rely on me!" Randi Pulls out his digivice.
"Ready to go to the next level Waspmon?" Randi's eyes meet Waspmon's and they nod to each other, his theme song stars playing.
"Digivolve! Chorus!" The Digivice Verse Lights up with brilliant yellow energy and the screen displays the digicode for Chorus Digivolution.
"Waspmon Digivolve to...CannonBeemon! Now we're talking! Alright, let's see you take this one! Sky Rocket!" CannonBeemon shoots out several rocket salvos from this pods towards GrandisKuwagamon
"I can, but I would rather not" GrandisKuwagamon dodges all but the last of the rockets and takes it to the chest, which explodes on impact, yet GrandisKuwagamon barely has a scratch on him. Randi Gets a determined look on this face "Well if that didn't work, then CannonBeemon, Full power!" CannonBeemon begins charging his Cannon, but just then GrandisKuwagamon puts his hand up to halt CannonBeemon's Attack,
"That will not be necessary" he points to his right wing, which is beginning to deteriorate into data.
"You have won this fight, I surrender, and I do not think anyone here wants you to mutilate me before I go." Randi calms down, as does CannonBeemon before Randi speaks.
"But that attack, it wasn't nearly enough to do that much damage to you, was it." GrandisKuwagamon Smiles and replies.
"You still do not understand, Hopefully you will one day, when you're older." GrandisKuwagamon smiles and says his final farewell 
"I'll see you around, Randi." GrandisKuwagamon Waves to Randi and CannonBeemon, before returning to data and disappearing. CannonBeemon then reverts back to FanBeemon.
"We couldn't stop him from dying FanBeemon, But it doesn't hurt, not like the others, it still makes me sad, but somehow..." Fanbeemon then takes up the sentence from Randi. 
"I know what you mean, maybe we'll see him around, like he said." Randi manages a light smile. 
"Yeah, maybe." And with that, the two walk out of the arena and back to their friends who have been waiting for them just outside, though there was no way to see inside the arena, somehow Sabre and Jesse and their digimon knew that Randi and Waspmon needed their help. Even if all they could do was offer moral support.

End of Episode.