AAN: This is a cross over between digimon (primarily the 3rd season but it will be mixed) and Monster Rancher. It takes place in the monster rancher world after the third season's events. I decided to say Genki didn't speak English as his native language and that the MR world did due to the names that were present. Hope you enjoy it! Btw I don't own any rights to monster rancher or digimon… even if I wish I did.

Monster World Digitize

In a small humble ranch house stood a young woman cooking dinner over a hot stove for her family. Nine years had past since Genki had returned to his own world for the second time. Though he had longed to stay, he could not. Many things had transpired since his departure. Holly had remained single for many years waiting for his return and traveling to find her place in this world. But after awhile she grew lonely and understood that perhaps it was time to move on. With out another conflict he would not return. It took time but Holly and her father settled down in a nice village. Holly soon fell for the young blacksmith, Jared. He welcomed her into his forge, apprenticing her in the ways of blacksmithing. After awhile the two married, and worked together to fill the various orders that came in. After Holly had their first child, Sara, they would trade off duties in the forge. For the most part Holly stayed home doing what was expected of a young mother by society, though she loved every minute of it.

Soon after Holly became pregnant with their second child, a rouge band of strange monsters came to their village. A battle ensued as the new creatures caused destruction in the village. Jared, along with the other men of the village, fought against this group. Much to Holly's shock and grief he lost his life in the battle, the new monsters' power being too much for him and several of the other men. Holly became depressed and called out to her friends from journey's past. Though the group had disbanded in order to find their own path, they still remained in contact. All but Suezo had left her side, but then she would never think Suezo the type to leave her side. He had never shown any interest in anything else, well other then maybe a Vanity. Though over come with sorrow Holly still worked in the forge, her father deciding to help her fill the orders. With Holly in such grief the group came together once more to help their friend. Tiger had blamed himself for leaving, though he now had a pack and a family he felt as though it was his fault for putting Holly through such grief. Holly assured her friends that it was not their fault. At night Holly secretly wondered how Genki was doing. She had longed to ask him about his world and his family. The topics had only briefly come up while they had journeyed and not all of her questions were answered then. She had always wondered what his native tongue was, having noticed an accent and the fact that his name was so different then theirs. She had a feeling that English wasn't his native tongue but a secondary learned language, after all had he not said Mocchi's name was sweet cake? But alas she never got the chance to ask him, and the few chances they did have she always forgot to ask. Holly sighed once again, hoping Genki's life was not as troubled as her own.

Bruce entered the house to find Holly cooking again, Sara was there helping like always. The young girl was a lot like her mothers and loved to help in the kitchen. It reminded Bruce of when Holly was young.

"How was your day father?"

"Great, very productive." He glanced toward her ever growing belly, "how's the little one?"

"Fine father, I'm not due for another 3 months. Already plenty of movement, this little one is strong," she giggled finding it amusing how much her worried about her. She wondered if he was trying to make up for the past or not, but never voiced the question. * He can't very well make up for lost time but I know he will be here for me. He has already proven that. *

"You know Sara reminds me of you when you were little Holly, always helping your mother in the kitchen." Holly just smiled, she remembered those days vaguely. "You are a lot like her, just as beautiful as she was." She looked surprised a moment then smiled,

"Thank you father, I'm glad I can help apart of her live on though she is no longer with us. I do miss her still."

"I know you do." He smiled gently then left briefly to clean up. By the time he finished Holly had dinner on the table and had called the rest to dinner. Hare decided to be the first one to start up a conversation,

"Did you hear that a strange band of monsters attacked a village in Kenich?" Holly looked up from her meal.

"The same ones that attacked us?"

"Probably, only they had a strange power. They changed form in the middle of battle and became stronger from what I am told!

"Hare, stop making things up." Tiger snorted from where he was.

"I'm not Tiger!"

"If that's true, then these new monsters are very dangerous." Bruce stated diffusing the fight before I began. He had grown used to their antics over the years.

"Next question is how do we stop them?" Holly asked, that question remained unanswered though.

Another world away…

Classes at a local college let out for the night, as an excited Genki left for his car. Though his friends were going to a club tonight Genki had decided not to go. He didn't mind hanging out with his friends, even at a club, but tonight he really wanted to be home. His closest friend greeted him when he got home. Upon entering the abode the dino like friend pounced him.

"Alright Blaze, calm down please." He laughed as he was licked. Finally freed from his partners grasp he placed his bag on the chair by the door. Taking a seat on the couch he smiled, "Why is it you have to pounce me? I know you love me but you don't have to kill me to prove it."

"Cause I missed you." Blaze answered in an almost child like tone, looking to his tamer with teal green orbs. Genki couldn't help but chuckle,

"You are one crazy guy." Genki rose heading for the kitchen to grab some dinner Blaze following close behind. Blaze was no ordinary friend; he was in fact a digimon called Fathimon. He was similar to a Guilmon but he was dark purple, his inner ears a mauve color, and his horns tipped in crimson. His figure contrasted by crimson markings on his wrists, ankles, and tail. His jaw lined with four small spikes on each side. Black tribal like marking covered his body, except for his white belly. His long tail holding a large crescent shaped blade at its tip. His neck, upper back, and upper tail were adorned with a frill similar to a lionfish, and just as deadly a poison, its fleshy piece a bright mauve color. His feet adorned by large raptor like claws, dew claws on his arms, and a red psi symbol on his shoulders. For all the danger his claws and spines posed, he was a gentle creature at heart. He was a digimon created by imagination just as Guilmon had been. Genki had been with his new partner for around 6 months now. The two had grown close and Genki had learned a great deal about digimon in that time. He had come in contact with other tamers and got the majority of his questions answered. Though he had not gotten Blaze to digivolve to his ultimate form he knew he could if the need arose. Though he still knew little as to why digimon had appeared in his world, he knew if the need arose he would be able to fight them off.

Once done with dinner, Genki moved on to his homework while Blaze once again took a nap. Genki had noticed he took a lot of naps and ate a lot but assumed it had to do with his being so young. With his homework out of the way he set about getting the bills in order and making sure everything got paid. When he finished he took time to relax enjoying being done with work for a while. Genki's thoughts once again drifted to the monster world. A lot had happened in his life since he left, so he assumed the same was true for the others. * I'm sure they all have families by now. I wonder if Mocchi ever beat Most… * his thoughts then changed to Holly, he loved her back then. He knew that much though he was unsure of what to do with those feelings at the time. * I'm sure she has found someone by now. I hope she has a family and is leading a happy life. She deserves it after everything she went through. * Though he longed to be with her he knew it couldn't work out. So he had accepted the fact that she would be married by now over the years. He too tried to move on, but none of his relationships ever worked out it seemed. He had been on plenty of dates and been with a few for a while. But something always happened to disrupt their relationship. After awhile he just gave up, deciding to focus on his schoolwork and job. Feeling a twinge of nostalgia he decided to fire up his old PS2 unit and play his favorite game, monster rancher 3. The 200x game had been a promo only so it was never created again, instead 2 had replaced it but he preferred 3 cause it had better graphics then 2 and you could train your monster easier. Putting in the disc he waited of the familiar screens to appear. But instead of the start menu asking him to start a new game or load one he saw the Monster World and heard a new story line. Blaze seemed mystified by the strange intro; he had never seen it before. Genki was less mystified as he remembered the first time he went there.

~ After the defeat of the evil soul, the courageous seven split up once more. But this time it was not because of the phoenix's mind separating. Each of the monsters went off to pursue their dreams. ~ Genki saw Golem had a restaurant, Tiger a pack, Hare a successful casino, and Mocchi in tournaments. ~ Suezo remained with his trainer Holly and she and her father moved to a new village. Holly built a home and a family in this small village, knowing that peace was finally here and moo would stay gone. She had a family now, and that was what she had dreamed of. ~ Genki saw she had indeed married and had a daughter. He smiled knowing she wasn't alone made things better. The next screen disturbed him though. ~ But peace it seems if fleeting. In time a new group of monsters came from a different world. They wreck havoc on the citizens of cities and villages alike. None of the monsters knew how to fight these new creatures. ~ Genki saw a digivolution and knew instantly what was going on.

"So the two world have crossed… that's not good. Monsters aren't a match for Digimon."

"Can we help?"

"Not sure yet." Blaze remained quite watching the screen with his tamer. Genki was disturbed by the violence the digimon were using. There wasn't even a need for it.

~ Holly's husband and the other men of the village fought bravely driving the monsters away. But their bravery came at a price, several of the men died from their wounds, including Holly's husband. Needing more help Holly called upon her old friends, all of them came at her call. ~ Genki was deeply saddened by the loss of Holly's husband. * She didn't deserve that… she has been through so much… why can't she have a normal happy life? * But that question would go unanswered. Now the game changed to show Holly and Tiger entering a shrine, as they did they discussed an old friend.

"I just wish Genki were here to help us. He might know what those things are." Tiger stated seeming rather irritated.

"I know but we can't keep disrupting his life for our problems. We've already done so twice now."

* Holly if you only knew I wanted to be there again. * Now Genki had told Blaze of his adventures, so Blaze knew very well that Genki longed to be there again.

"Yeah I know… but it would make things easier."

"It might, but we need to keep in mind that he may not want to come."

"Lets just try calling him…"

"Fine, we can try." Tiger took the disk to the platform as Holly set the machine. Genki could tell she was pregnant from how she acted. He had been around pregnant women before. By this time Genki had quickly gone off to get a pack he had made up especially for this. It had everything he would need. He then grabbed his digivice and cards, attaching them to his belt. He put his pack on and waited; when a disk was needed he put it in then waited again. Timing his unlock with Holly's. When he did the portal opened again, and both Digimon and Tamer leapt though. Genki only hoped that he alone was enough to help them this time.

Back in the MR world…

Holly and Tiger had walked form the small village to the shrine. Tiger was proud of his prize her had won in a recent tournament. He had given it and the money to Holly. Holly had been more then happy to accompany him to the shrine and help him unlock his prize. Once at the shrine Tiger decide to say something odd.

"Hey maybe this disk will bring Genki back to us." Holly looked over rather surprised.

"Maybe, but I doubt it. He's been gone a long time."

"Yeah but there was no reason for him to be here before." He had a valid point,

"Yes I know. But we may have to handle this on our own."

"I just wish Genki were here to help us. He might know what those things are." Tiger stated seeming rather irritated.

"I know but we can't keep disrupting his life for our problems. We've already done so twice now."

"Yeah I know… but it would make things easier."

"It might, but we need to keep in mind that he may not want to come."

"Lets just try calling him…"

"Fine, we can try." Tiger took the disk to the platform as Holly set the machine. She knew the settings by heart, having used them so much in the past few years. It didn't take long and the machine was running. Tiger moved away from the platform standing near Holly to watch. Holly concentrated on the stone button as the disk began to spin.

* Please Genki we need you… please come! * The stone began to glow but she didn't notice. "Unlock!" she shouted as she pressed the button. The disk opened in an un-normal fashion just like the first time she had met Genki, the gate opening and allowing him to jump out. This time he landed on his feet, having promised himself he would not be running around holding his butt anymore, especially in front of Holly. Blaze landed next to him, amazing Genki that he could land on his feet as well. Blaze wasn't known for his grace. When the light and smoke cleared he looked over to see Holly, his attention was taken when Tiger suddenly growled. Blaze hid behind Genki trying to look as innocent and cute as possible. Genki rolled his eyes and looked at Tiger.

"Tiger chill out, he won't hurt anyone." Tiger looked at the strange man, he wasn't sure what to make of him. "Tiger, its me. You called me here, so I came." Holly gasped and moved from behind the unlocking pedestal.

"Genki? Is that really you?"

"Yeah its me." Holly looked him over noting he seemed darker skinned than before. He had a dark tan now from spending time outside. He also was in great shape, his muscles showing with out him even flexing. He was taller then her but he wasn't as large as her husband had been. She noticed he no longer wore a hat, and his messy hair was all spiky, like when he was a kid.

"What is that thing?" Tiger asked growling again, Blaze moved further behind Genki. Genki stilled his friend with a touch, and then turned his attention back to Tiger.

"This thing is a digimon and his name is Blaze." He looked to see mixed emotions from Holly. "Will you stop growling Tiger… he's still a baby and you are scaring him." Holly realized Genki spoke the truth; the young creature was acting like a baby and seemed scared. "Your world wasn't the only one to have a digimon invasion. The difference is we have some Tamers and their digimon to fight in mine."

"Tamers?"

"Yeah, it's like being a trainer." Holly walked over deciding to trust Genki. Genki looked to Tiger who had relaxed a little and no longer growled at his friend. Blaze peaked out at Holly not sure what he should do. When Genki nodded to him he stepped out to meet her. "Blaze this is Holly." Blaze looked at her a moment before speaking.

"Nice to meet you." His tone much like a child's. Holly smiled,

"Its nice to meet you as well Blaze." She held out her hand, he tilted his head then moved his own to take hold of hers. Being careful not to harm her with his claws. She shook his hand gently then released. He still seemed confused by the gesture. Tiger finally decided he wasn't a threat and walked over. Blaze backed up until Genki stopped him.

"Its alright." Blaze looked up at Genki then turned back to Tiger, "This is Tiger of the Wind." Tiger nodded to Blaze.

"I trust Genki, so I guess you are alright." Tiger's gruff attitude showing through.

Suddenly Blaze's head shot up, his ears perking up. He began to growl then said in a rough voice.

"Genki, there's a digimon near by." Holly was startled by the change, and backed up slightly.

"Easy Blaze… I know you don't like other digimon much. Wait, this one may be too strong for you." Genki pulled his digivice from his belt, Holly and Tiger looking at it in wonder. Tiger too had been surprised but had only watched in fascination. Genki got the radar display up and realized there were indeed digimon in the area. "Holly is you village near by? There are three digimon heading west."

"That's right toward the village." Her eyes widened.

"Tiger you need to warn them, you are the fastest." Tiger nodded and was off. "Lets go." Holly nodded and led Genki and his digimon toward the village. Genki knew because Holly was pregnant it might take some time. He put on his new roller blades then smiled to her. "You still trust me?" she looked at him confused.

"Of course."

"Then let me carry you. We'll get there faster, you can't run in your condition." He bent down so she could get on his back. She nodded, she indeed trusted him, getting on he stood up barely noticing her weight. "Let's move Blaze."

"Right!" the trio took off, Holly hanging onto Genki for dear life. But Genki wasn't as reckless as he once was, so she had nothing to fear.

By the time they arrived Tiger had the others assembled, Genki noticed Holly's father and skated over to him. The others knew who he was, not just cause Tiger told them but because of the skates. After all who else would be roller blading? Genki stopped to let Holly off, then looked towards the direction the Digimon would come from. He noticed the whole village was ready to fight. But all eyes were on him and his digimon. The villagers seemed to fear Blaze. Blaze ignored them and concentrated on finding the digimon. Genki saw they were close on his radar.

"They're coming, get ready." The villagers looked confused, but Genki skated forward to head off the attack, Blaze right next to him. Tiger and the other monsters watched, waiting to see what he was up to.

"Holly, is that the boy from before?" Her father asked seemingly concerned.

"Yes. He said he is that digimon's tamer."

"So that's what they are… maybe he can tell us more."

"I'm sure he can." Holly watched as three rookie digimon burst through the trees, they stopped when they saw Blaze. Genki knew who they were without consulting his digivice; Gottsumon, Yukiagumon, and Wormmon.

* Weird combination, but I guess they will be somewhat balanced that way. Wonder if they fight as a team. * Blaze growled showing his fangs Genki stepping up behind him. "I'm not sure how you got here, but I can send you home if you will let me. If not then you must leave this place; I would prefer not to send you back as digieggs."

"A human send us back as digieggs. Yeah right, you and what army?"

"I just need my partner to do that. Please let me send you home, don't make this harder then it needs to be."

"I don't think so." Gottsumon had done the talking but Genki got the idea that Wormmon wanted to go home. Genki looked at him and nodded, Wormmon got the message and backed off away from the other two. Blaze had watched and knew what that meant; he would not attack Wormmon.

"As you wish, we'll do it the had way. Blaze, let's go."

"Right." Blaze stepped forward, his mouth glowing a deep purple color. "Dark Flare!" he unleashed his attack at Gottsumon, just as the digimon had been ready to attack. Caught by surprise he was blown backwards. Now Yukiagumon stepped up, unleashing a violent blizzard tornado,

"Little Blizzard!" Blaze jumped out of the way flipping in the air, his spines rising up and glowing faintly red,

"Poison Darts!" poisonous darts rained down on Yukiagumon. Soon he fell not able to fight any longer. Blaze decided to end it though, he was taught to never give his opponent time to recover. "Crescent Slash!" a blade of energy shot form his tail blade. Yukiagumon dispersed into particles returning to the digital world to become a digiegg again. Gottsumon was furious by now, he stomped the ground then jumped into the air coming down hard.

"Earth Shaker!" spires of earth shot out of the ground at both Genki and Blaze, Genki dodged then watched as Blaze used his tail to jump into the air. Genki knew Blaze was not fast enough to deal with this type of firepower. He reached into his hard holder, pulling out the card he needed. As the villagers and his friends looked on he preceded to help his digimon. Taking his digivice in hand again, he slides the card through the reader.

"Digimodify, speed chip activate!" suddenly Blaze began to move a lot faster, once he was on top of Gottsumon he attacked,

"Quadra Slash" his front and rear dewclaws grew out and he slashed Gottsumon with all four of them. After the attack finished though he was too slow to avoid his opponents attack.

"Hardest Punch!" Gottsumon's glowing fist connected launching Blaze backward. Blaze landed on his feet though, shaking his head trying to clear his vision. As he did Gottsumon launched another attack "Angry Rock!" rocks shot form his head now, heading straight for Blaze. Even though Blaze couldn't move Genki knew what to do to help him. Quickly sliding another card through his digivice, he hoped his timing would work out.

"Digimodify Monochromon's armor activate!" a hard black armor came over Blaze's body, the rocks hitting but doing very little damage now. Once the attack finished the armor dissipated leaving an unharmed Blaze. Gottsumon became enraged, not only was he mad that he was losing but he also had lost his friend, and been betrayed by Wormmon. His body began to glow a blinding white as he digivolved, Genki seemed shocked for a moment but then remembered that digimon digivolved based on emotion. When the light faded Monochromon was left standing before them, he glared at Genki.

"You will pay! Volcano Strike!" fire spewed from his mouth rushing right at Genki. Genki stood his ground sliding a new card through his digivice.

"Digimodify Wargreymon's brave shield activate!" Blaze appeared in front of him holding the brave shield, using it to redirect the blast into the sky. Once done the brave shield faded and Blaze was left growling angrily. "Now lets finish him Blaze… wait till he attacks. We can't get through his armor so don't try. But his belly is a great target."

"Right!" Blaze was ready. Genki pulled out another card, sliding it through the reader.

"Digimodify power chip activate!" Blaze rushed forward gaining his enemies attention. Just as Genki predicted Monochromon attacked, rising up on his rear legs to do so. "Now Blaze!"

"Dark Flare!" Blaze unleashed several dark flare shots into Monochromon's soft belly. His opponent cried out in pain as he moved down to all fours again, unable to finish his attack. "Crescent Slash!" Blaze launched his attack aimed at the underside of his enemy's throat. Monochromon dipped his head taking the attack on his armored head. Genki pulled something from his pants pocket, a device he strapped to his hand. He knew Blaze was too tired to deal with a champion level opponent, and he didn't want Blaze to digivolve right now. Genki ran up behind Blaze as he did he called to him.

"Get me under him." Blaze felt Genki on his tail and immediately swung his tail. Genki was launched so fast that Monochromon never saw him coming. Genki slammed his hand with the device on into the giant dino's belly. Monochromon roared in pain as he struggled to hold his form, the disrupter Genki was using doing its job, soon Monochromon de-digivolved back into Gottsumon. Blaze watches his enemy as his enemy backed up clearly shaken. The disrupter had caused him to almost lose form completely. When Gottsumon tried to attack again, Blaze roared at him and slashed him with his tail. Gottsumon disappeared just as Yukiagumon had. Genki smiled getting to his feet once again, Blaze coming over to see if he was all right.

"I'm fine, don't worry so much." Wormmon now approached, gaining Genki's attention.

"You said you could help me get home. I didn't fight you cause I want to go home."

"I can, but first. Do you know how you got here?"

"There was a strange light, when I investigated I got sucked through this hole into this world. I don't know where it was though."

"Where were you before you got sucked through?"

"In the forest near infinity mountain."

"Alright thanks." Genki walked to his pack and pulled out a small laptop. The village watched in fascination as he opened it. Holding out his digivice, the computer screen glowed showing the digital world. "There you are Wormmon, a way back. Just be careful from now on alright?"

"Yes, I will…" Wormmon turned around to see tiger staring at him, "worrrrrrmmmmm!" Wormmon hide behind Blaze now, Blaze looking rather confused.

"Tiger don't scare him. I'm trying to send him home." Tiger looked at Genki a moment then stepped away. "Now go on Wormmon." Wormmon moved over to the computer then jumped through the portal disappearing.

Once through Genki closed the portal and put his laptop away. He then looked over at Tiger who seemed to have many questions. Sighing heavily he looked around at the villagers who were staring at him and his digimon. "I suppose I have a lot of explaining to do."

"Genki?" Holly walked up to him.

"Yeah?"

"What just happened?" he saw the villagers had moved closer to hear.

"I sent Wormmon back to the digital world. Somehow there's a whole in the wall of the digital world and it's allowing the digimon to come here. Luckily Wormmon isn't known for being brave, and they usually don't fight with anyone."

"Alright but how did that monster change form?" Hare asked still very confused and flustered.

"These monsters are called Digimon, it means digital monster. They don't act like normal monsters. What you saw was called digivolving, its an evolution to a higher level. Gottsumon, a rookie digimon, digivolved to the champion level Monochromon. Blaze here is a rookie digimon called a Fathimon. Because he was a rookie I knew I would have to help him. A rookie can't win against a champion level digimon." Genki let that sink in before continuing, "I was using my digivice" he held it up, "to aid Blaze. This device connects me directly to him. The card attributes can be applied to him when scanned, but they are limited." Genki put his digivice back on his belt now, "and this thing on my hand is a DP disrupter, it basically disrupts their digivolution enough to make then de-digivolve back to their original form. Though difficult they can digivolve on their own, but I can also help my digimon partner digivolve."

"Why didn't you let me digivolve Genki?"

"Cause I wanted to test the disrupter, and did you really need to?"

"Well I guess not." Blaze thought carefully. Holly wasn't sure she understood everything but she nodded nonetheless.

"Alright, but what can we do to stop them form coming through the opening?"

"First we have to find it. Closing it could be tricky depending on what it did." Genki was about to say more when Blaze's belly growled very loudly. Blaze rubbed the back of his head laughing, "You are always hungry I swear…."

"Hey I did a lot of fighting." His partner wined.

"I guess you did." Holly smiled,

"Lets go back to the house, Genki you can stay with us. Blaze, I will get you something to eat. You protected us, it's the least I can do." Blaze seemed very happy and excited about the prospect of food.

"Thanks Holly" Genki smiled and followed her to the house.

Once they were settled in the living room, Genki drinking some tea while Blaze ate Bruce asked another needed question.

"How did you meet this partner of yours."

"I found him as a digiegg actually. He hatched not too long after I found him; he was a Gigimon then weirdly enough he digivolved to Fathimon all on his own. Mind his normal digivolution is Guilmon not Fathimon. But apparently because I enjoyed the game and decided to design my own digimon he came into being."

"How could that happen? You mean you created him?" Holly seemed very confused by the possibility.

"In a way yes, the digital realm can operate off of emotions and dreams. Hence the wide variety of digimon that act completely different. Apparently I tapped into it with out my knowing. I wasn't the only one. The original person who created, Takato, Guilmon the same way told me he never realized he was tapping into it either, well not till his digimon appeared."

"So it operates off of emotions and dreams?"

"Yes to some degree, and digimon use emotion to digivolve. Blaze here didn't digivolve into his champion form until I got really upset one day. There were digimon hurting innocent people in my world, it made me angry. Some how Blaze used my angry and not only got angry himself but digivolved. Takato just gave me the warning to never let hate enter the mix. Being a virus type, Fathimon is already considered a borderline digimon. It means he could be good or evil. Virus types tend to be more conducive to evil for some reason. Where as vaccine and data types generally do not. Takato made the mistake of hating Bellzebumon in the digital world, for killing a friend and his digimon went up to its evil mega level, Megidramon… and was wreaking all kinds of havoc. He didn't realize what he had done till his digivice broke. The only reason he got Guilmon back as his digimon is cause of the love he shared for Guilmon. He got a new digivice and a new power along with it, bring Guilmon up to his normal mega level of Dukemon."

"So it has its dangers then."

"Yeah very much so. Though Takato said he never created Megidramon himself, apparently the digital world did that on its own. Megidramon is an evil dragon digimon, and has the ability of chaos… he literally disrupts worlds just by being present in them. From what I have seen all digimon can become darkened. It's usually expressed by darker colors on their body, most commonly black. Where as most digimon are fairly colorful, the darkened digimon lose that colorfulness and become more monochrome. "

"So was mono…whatever he was darkened?"

"No Monochromon looks like that normally. And its Gottsumon's normal digivolution, though he could digivolve into other digimon. There seems to be no set evolutionary track for them."

"Mocchi is confused chi…"

"What's wrong Mocchi?" Genki smiled to his old monster partner, though Genki considered Mocchi his monster still.

"If they want to go home then why fight us chi?"

"Some of them are scared. Others… are already tainted if not darkened, and a few are evil. There are a few digimon who are always evil no matter what. Its just in their nature it seems."

"Alright, now how are we going to find the hole in the wall causing all these problems?" Tiger asked as impatient as ever.

"I'm going to make a call to an old friend, he's the only one that I know of that could help. I'm just not sure I can do it on such a small screen." He turned to Holly and her father now, "are there any ruins near by with large computer screens?" He knew Holly would know what he spoke of.

"Yes, they are about a three hour walk from here."

"Alright I will head out there tomorrow if one of you will guide me."

"Mocchi do it chi!" Genki smiled,

"Thanks Mocchi!" Blaze knew Mocchi was Genki's monster here and ran over form the kitchen. He tilted his head studying the monster before glomping him and giving him a lick. "Blaze… you and your licking people… cut it out."

"Chi chi chi!" Mocchi laughed from the floor wiggling around. Blaze finally stopped after Genki bopped him in the leg.

"But I only lick those I like…." He whined to his tamer.

"You can show affection another way… no one wants to get slobber soaked." His ears drooped as he pouted. Mocchi had gotten up by this time and decided to take Blazes clawed hand and dance around with him. Blaze joining in. Genki sweat dropping in his chair looked back at Holly. "I see Mocchi hasn't changed at all."

"Yes, he still acts like he did before. He says he's still your monster." Genki chuckled.

"He always will be. And I was worried about him getting jealous of Blaze. I'm glad they like each other and are getting along."

"I'm glad you still want him." Holly smiled,

"I wouldn't I? Mocchi was my first monster and one of my closest friends." Holly nodded understanding now.

Just then the door opened and Colt walked in; Granity was next and finally Sara came in. Holly rose to greet them, enjoying a hug form her daughter. Granity noticed Blaze first then Genki. She seemed on edge to Genki's trained eye.

"Granity it's alright, he won't hurt anyone." She turned to him again unsure of who he was.

"How do you know me?"

"its me, Genki."

"Genki? Really? Wow you're the last person I was expecting to see. But I'm glad you're here again." He smiled knowing that was as close to a hug and a compliment as he would get. "What is that?" she pointed to his partner.

"That is a digimon, and his name is Blaze." By now Colt and Sara had followed Holly into the room. Sara seemed fascinated by Blaze but she seemed shy as well. Holly just smiled as she saw Genki rise. "Colt it's been a long time, you still doing your archeology?" Colt made a strange face.

"Archeology?"

"Digging through the ruins for answers. It's a profession in my world."

"Oh yes, I found some very interesting things recently." She beamed, "wow I must say you are really handsome." She seemed taken with him. Genki sweat dropped as he answered,

"Thanks Colt, I see you haven't changed." He then turned his attention to Sara, Holly smiled to him.

"Genki this is my daughter, Sara. Sara this is Genki the phoenix boy I told you about." Genki raised a brow at the mention of his being the phoenix boy.

"Its nice to meet you Sara, how old are you?"

"Six and a half."

"Wow, you're a big girl huh? You help your mommy in the kitchen?"

"Yeah, I love helping her."

"I'm glad you do, it can be fun." She wondered over to see Blaze, "Blaze meet Sara, be careful. You can play with him Sara, just don't touch his spines alright?" the girl nodded as Holly gave Genki a strange look when he said that. He moved over beside her now speaking softly, "He can get rough when playing… and those spines of his are dangerous whether he wants them to be or not.

"What do you mean?"

"They are poison tipped, so you don't want to get poked by them." The others had over heard and looked worried. "Don't worry he will be careful, I have gotten him to the point where he obeys me and usually make sure everyone is safe around him."

"Alright, thanks for letting us know." She looked around at the others who all heard it. She then proceeded to pick up the empty teacups, Genki noticing that Holly still wore her wedding band.

* Makes sense, after such are hard thing to go through that she wouldn't be ready for another relationship. She's probably scared she'll lose that person too. I should talk to her, let her know I know about her husbands death and such, that was she doesn't have to tell me on her own. It might make it easier for her. * Genki picked his up handing it to her, Holly noticed as her did that he wore no wedding band. She said nothing as she took the dishes to the kitchen.

* He's single? But why hasn't he married? I'm sure with his looks plenty of girls have tried to date him. After all Colt just made a move on him… though he didn't look thrilled. Then again he never did like Colt much. * Holly made a mental note to speak with him about it. She came back out to the living room just as Hare decided to bring up the topic.

"So Genki my boy, do you have a wife at home?" Genki seemed taken aback,

"Wow that came out of no where…"

"Yeah sorry, so do you?"

"No I don't Hare." Holly's father now showed interest,

"Do you have a girl friend?" Colt asked hearts still in her eyes. Genki sweat dropped again.

"No I don't, I've been busy with work, school, and fighting off digimon. Not really any time for relationships." He shrugged; he then drew back as Colt latched onto his arm.

"Can I be your girlfriend?"

"Colt I don't really know you and I don't think that'd be a good idea right now. You can't just jump into a relationship like that or it'll never work."

"You don't like me?"

"I like you as a friend…. I'm sure you'll find someone who's a better fit for you then me… just keep searching." He was trying not to break her heart but soon Colt was in the corner touching her fingers together, heart broken. Genki once again sweat dropping, but he knew better then to try to make it better. It'd just get worse for him. Holly's father was also sweat dropping, he saw the young man's reaction and could relate. Colt tended to come on way too strong.

"I take it none of the girls in your world caught your interest?" Holly's father asked, probing a little further.

"No I had a few I liked but those relationships ended rather badly. I even tried to marry one of the girls…but she turned me down flat. Something about me not being marriage material." He shrugged; he had never understood the answer he got. He had his share of flings, and he had by no means been alone for a long time. But for the last couple of years he had not dated, using work and school to keep busy.

* Why would anyone say that to him? He's so caring… just cause he doesn't know everything and isn't a really good husband and father right now doesn't mean he wouldn't become one. Poor Genki… I wish he hadn't been alone all this time. *

"So you planning on finding a girl at some point then?" Tiger asked, "Even I have a female you know."

"Yeah I figured you would by now. And yeah I will in time, when I find the right person." Holly's father nodded, by now it was getting late and all we getting tired.

"Genki why don't I show you to your room for the night? We can all catch up some more tomorrow." He nodded, standing to follow her. Picking up his pack on the way he got his partners attention letting him know where he was going. Blaze nodded but stayed with Mocchi. "I'm sure Mocchi asked him to stay with him over night, he has a big enough bed."

"Sounds good, I'm glad they are getting along so well."

"Here we are." She led him to the last room on the second floor. He walked in with her as she lit the lamp near by. He smiled to her,

"Thanks, it looks great." She closed the door as he sat his bag down and took a seat on the bed. He already knew by her body language she wanted to talk. Holly had a specific way of doing things when she need to talk to people, and that had not changed.

"Genki… I wanted you to know that… I married while you were gone."

"I know. I saw the ring Holly. And before I came back the game got me caught up on all that happened in my absence. I know digimon attacked your village and people died… I know they killed your husband. I'm sorry I didn't come sooner to prevent it." He seemed solemn. Holly sat next to him tears running down her cheeks. He pulled her into a one armed hug and tired to comfort her. "I'm sorry Holly… I wish I could bring him back for you."

"I know Genki… thank you… you've always cared for all of us so much. I'm glad you are here now." Once she calmed down again he smiled to her gently. It was then she just had to ask him something. "Genki… if you already knew… then why weren't you hitting on me? I know you liked me before… did that change?"

"No Holly, it didn't change. The reason is because you are still wearing your wedding ring. To me that said 'I'm not interested or I'm not ready for another relationship.' So I wasn't going to hit on you till I knew you wanted me to. Besides you called me back to fight a new enemy right? I didn't think you'd want me hitting on you just because I'm here." She looked down, slightly disappointed,

"I want you to Genki…. This ring and this child are all I have of him… I didn't want to let those go with out knowing it was with someone who was here to stay." She looked into his eyes; her own filled with pain.

"I'm not going anywhere, give it some time. Lets take it slow. I want to help you heal too Holly. So don't push your self too hard ok?" she nodded. He held her for a few more minutes before she moved away. He let her go, knowing it was late.

"I will see you tomorrow and hopefully you can get us some help."

"I'm hoping. Goodnight Holly."

"Night Genki." She left leaving him alone. He frowned, knowing Holly was in pain made it hard for him to sleep but he knew she needed time to heal. He would help her but only when he felt he should. Settling down for the night he tried to get some rest, hoping he could get some answers tomorrow.

AAN: if anyone wants to see what Fathimon looks like go here: http:/ /ripitupgenki. deviantart .com/ gallery/#/dpyp6c (just take the spaces out)I'll do a redraw on this soon with more realistic detail. I have his champion form drawn too but for now this is all you need to see. Yeah Genki has a chance to get his long lost love lol. We'll see how he helps her. Please R & R!