A lone man walked along the vastness of time and space, observing multiple planets rotating freely in their own personal solar system. Each planet was different, yet each planet was the same.

Earth.

Multiple Earths.

All existing alongside each other, yet something seemed off. While it was hard to notice, if one stared at at least one of these Earths for a few seconds they'd notice that it would slightly move out of its orbit. All of the Earths were experiencing this strange event. After analyzing most of them, the young man quickly realized what was happening; The Earths were all converging. Slowly but surely, each world was moving towards a single focal point. One Earth wasn't moving, sitting in the center of the others. This, he concluded, was the Earth that the others were moving to...The center or the potential merging.

"It's happening again...the various alternate worlds are trying to converge and become one."

He remembered back to when nine select worlds tried to merge. The results would have destroyed them all, but the event was negated and the multiverse returned to peace.

"It was only nine back then...Now, countless worlds are in danger..."

He glared at the Earth at the center of it all, as if immediately knowing just which world it was.

"Within the problem also lies the answer...There's only one person who has the ability to stop this travesty. Just as he did before..."

The man turned on his heel, walking away from the multiversal display. He lowered his head as he uttered the person's name.

"...Decade..."

"Tsubomi! Hurry up or we'll miss Miyura Ramen's lunch special!"

"Huff...Hah...Mou, slow down, Erika! It's not even noon yet, we'll get there with plenty of time to spare if we just walk!"

Hanasaki Tsubomi trudged behind her best friend, Kurumi Erika, as the two girls made their way through the park, sights set on Erika's favorite ramen shop. Tsubomi was personally looking forward to sleeping in on Saturday, but her blue-haired friend's plans came first whether she liked it or not. Erika walked back, took Tsubomi by the hand and started tugging her along.

"The earlier we get there, the fresher the ingredients! It's all about getting as much bang for your buck as possible! Especially when it comes to something as good as Miyura Ramen!"

Tsubomi pouted as she was dragged along. "Can we at least slow down a bit? I still feel half asleep...!"

Following behind the two were their fairy companions, Chypre and Coffret, who sighed as they floated along after the girls. Erika's energy and Tsubomi's ditziness never ceased to surprise them sometimes. "How do you handle having such an energetic person as your partner, Coffret...?"

Coffret smiled awkwardly, rubbing his head. "Eheh...I-It takes a lot of patience..."

As the four continued through the park, something strange suddenly materialized near a small group of trees beside the path. It looked like a patch of...something. It was as if the atmosphere has changed, rippling into a mass of grey and white. Said mass grew larger, finally grabbing the girls' attention.

"Eh?...What the heck is that?!" Erika pointed to the abnormal sight, which caused Tsubomi to gasp. "That's...That's definitely not natural...A Desertrian maybe?!"

"No!" Chypre piped up as she landed on Tsubomi's shoulder. "They don't travel using portals! I-I've never seen anything like that before!"

Just then a large figure flew out from the dimensional rift, bouncing across the ground with enough impact to kick up large amounts of dust and dirt. Erika and Tsubomi shielded themselves from the debris, their fairy friends hiding behind them. Tsubomi squinted as she tried to make out just what passed through the rift. She was able to make out a tall-looking figure with what looked like a tail protruding from behind it, but the dust cloud made it too difficult to make out anything else. Suddenly Erika's voice rang back out.

"Look! Something else is coming out of that hole thing!"

Tsubomi's gaze shifted focus to the rift as a second figure, just as big as the first, slowly stepped out from it. By now the kick-up of dust was beginning to settle, allowing the girls to make out just what the second figure was. It was white and somewhat slender, its entire body coated in a shining white suit of armor. Large red and gold shoulder pads dominated its arms. The only features seen from within its helmet were its two golden yellow eyes, from the back a long lock of silver hair flowed out, a red cape draped over its shoulders. In its right hand was a large and imposing lance, in its left a giant shield. A dumbfounded look occupied Erika's face as she gawked at the person...if it even was a person.

"Is...I-Is that a knight?"

Tsubomi looked back over at the first figure. Without the debris, she could now clearly make out just what it was. The creature was tall and dark, with an outfit similar to a biker's leather jacket and pants...only covered in spikes. A red bandanna was tied tightly around his left arm. What looked like cables and plugs dangled out of his back, below them a long and slick tail wriggled slyly about. His face was concealed by dark mask, spikes of blonde hair poking out from the back. All three of his eyes gleamed red as he snarled at the knight. "Ya think sendin' me away to some other place is gonna keep me outta your prissy lil' strand of hair? I got news for you, punk...I ain't that easy to get rid of..."

The knight glared at the dark humanoid before replying, his voice deep and refined-sounding. "Beelzemon...I can assure you that I had no hand in whatever this strange phenomenon is..." As he motioned to the rift behind him he was surprised to see that it had begun to shrink and dissipate, reducing in size until it was as if nothing had been there to begin with. "...Whatever this WAS...but I can assure you this; Banishment would do nothing to quell the evil within you. Only complete and utter deletion can do that."

With that, the knight hoisted up his lance and took a fighting stance. Beelzemon smirked, reaching for a holster strapped to his left leg, his right arm reaching back behind him.

"If that's how ya wanna play...DOUBLE IMPACT."

The demon biker swiftly pulled out twin shotguns and began repeatedly firing off shots at his target, causing the knight to take shelter behind his shield. The sudden attack caused Erika and Tsubomi to cry out in surprise, both girls and their fairies running behind a nearby tree for cover. The knight heard their yelps, glancing over.

"Humans?...How did we end up in the human world?...In any case, there are innocents present. I must end this now before casualties are taken..."

"BWAHAHAHAHA! WASSAMATTER, SIR LANCELOT? MY DOUBLE IMPACT TOO MUCH FOR YOUR KNIGHTHOOD TO HANDLE?!" As Beelzemon continued his barrage, Tsubomi watched on. She was utterly confused and concerned. Where did these two come from? Just what were they? She had so many questions buzzing through her head.

"T-They aren't Desertrians...and the knight doesn't seem like the type who'd attack someone randomly...b-but that still doesn't answer any of my questions!"

Just then Erika cried out. "TSUBOMI! LOOKIT HIS SHIELD!"

Tsubomi focused on the knight's shield. As he held it in front of him to fend of the hail of bullets, the design on the front began to glow, the light slowly growing brighter and brighter as a hum filled the air. Erika tilted her head in confusion. "What's it doing...?" Squinting a bit more, Tsubomi was suddenly able to recognize what it was really going on. "It's-...I think it's...charging?!"

The pattern on the shield's face began rotating, seemingly picking up speed with each rotation. It took Beelzemon a moment to realize just what his enemy was doing, his face contorting into a curious gaze.

"What the hell...?"

The knight focused as his shield's glow reached its maximum shine.

"Shield...of the JUST!"

On cue, a large beam of pure white energy erupted from the shield, hurdling straight for Beelzemon. The demon had no time to counterattack or dodge as the blast seemingly engulfed him, letting out a painful-sounding yell. The girls were amazed at just how much power was put into that attack. Their fairies were even more floored. Not even they expected to witness such a forceful technique from anyone other than the warriors that they knew of. Just as quickly as it started, the attack came to a close. The knight looked around for any remaining sign of his foe.

"Deleted?...No. His data would still be lingering within the area...Somehow, he escaped the full force of the blast. Damn it all..."

He shifted his attention to the other matter at hand; the humans. Turning to the two girls as the stood behind their tree, he slowly made his way over to them. He found it strange that they seemed off-put by his appearance, but decided not to think anything of it for the time being. Erika and Tsubomi could only watch as the shining white individual approached.

"Are either of you injured?"

It took a moment for his question to register before Tsubomi spoke up first. "AH! Uh, n-no not at all! Thank you for, um...driving that other guy away, Mr.-"

"Who the heck are you?"

Tsubomi stumbled upon hearing Erika's sudden and extremely blunt question. The knight, too, was caught a bit off-guard by the young girl's eagerness. Though he quickly recomposed himself, bowing his head slightly.

"I am Gallantmon. Proud member of the Royal Knights, at your service."

"O-Oh, um, I'm Hanasaki Tsubomi. It's nice to meet you!" Tsubomi bowed in return, a bit surprised and relieved at Gallantmon's politeness. "This is my best friend, Kurumi Eri-"

"Gallantmon? You called the other one Beelzemon, right? What's with the '-mon' thing?"

"-ka..." A comical bead of sweat rolled down the side of Tsubomi's face. Erika's curiosity was in full force. Gallantmon chuckled slightly.

"Lady Tsubomi and Lady Erika then. As for Lady Erika's question...Does this mean that...neither of you have knowledge of what a digimon is?"

Both girls shook their heads. Gallantmon grew concerned. This didn't match up with the information he'd been told about the human world.

"Are you both certain? It's been stated that the Digidestined helped create a bridge between the Digital World and the Human World. Most humans, especially children, tend to know of the existence of digimon..."

Erika scratched her head in confusion. "Digital World, bridge, Digidestimawhosit, all of this is just making my head spin!"

Tsubomi quickly interjected. "I-I'm sorry, Gallantmon...-san...but we honestly have no clue what you're talking about. You and that Beelzemon person are the first two 'digimon' we've ever seen..." Gallantmon gathered his thoughts. This was definitely the human world, but if what they were saying was true, that would mean that either this world had yet to access the Digital World...or that the Digital World didn't exist here.

He muttered to himself aloud. "The rift...That must be why..."

"Rift? You mean that strange portal you came out of?" Tsubomi walked up to Gallantmon as he confirmed her question.

"Correct. It...wasn't natural. I've seen portals that lead to the human world before, but they never looked like the one I went through..."

Erika interjected. "Well judging by that light show you did with your shield, that means you digimon guys can do cool things, right? Maybe one of you made the portal thingy?"

Gallantmon shook her head. "As a Royal Knight, we must be knowledgeable of the various abilities digimon possess. While a number of them can produce portals, none of them match up from what I remember..." He pondered a bit more before he realized that he had a bigger problem to deal with. This world had no connection to the Digital World and there was a powerful Mega-level digimon still roaming freely. Beelzemon needed to be dealt with before he caused any serious damage or harmed any innocent people.

"I'll deal with the issue of returning to my world at a later time. For now, Beelzemon is still loose in your world. He should be dealt with immediately."

Gallantmon turned on his heel, his cape flowing freely behind him as he looked back and bowed his head one more. "I am relieved that our situation hasn't caused you any harm. Lady Tsubomi, Lady Erika...I bid you both farewell."

After taking only a few steps, he quickly found that both girls weren't exactly willing to just let him leave. They both ran ahead of him to block him off.

"Gallantmon-san, we're not going to let you go off to find him by yourself."

"Tsubomi's right! We're gonna help you out! This is our town, after all!"

Their sudden bravery was admirable, but Gallantmon knew better. "I appreciate your eagerness to help...but a foe like Beelzemon is not one to take lightly. Mere humans like yourselves wouldn't stand a chance against him."

That's when Chypre and Coffret popped out from behind Tsubomi, looking somewhat insulted. Chypre was the first to speak. "Hey, these girls aren't just 'mere humans'! They're much more than that!"

Coffret backed his friend's words. "That's right! They can hold their own with the best of 'em, you know!"

Gallantmon was taken back slightly, looking over the two fairies with intrigue before looking at the girls. "I thought you said that neither of you had ever heard of digimon before..."

"We're not digimon!" Chypre fumed. "We're fairies! Partners of the Precure! Protectors of the Earth!"

"Pre...cure?" Now it was Gallantmon's turn to feel confused. He had never heard of a Precure before. "Just what is that, exactly...?"

Tsubomi and Erika quickly plucked their fairies out from the air and held them tight. Questioning the Precure was the number one way to get on their bad side seeing as the two of them had always wanted to be partnered with strong warriors. Tsubomi quickly decided to try and correct the situation. "H-How about instead of them explaining it to you we just show you instead? Right, Erika?"

Erika grinned. "Good idea!"

The girls then pulled out two bottles from their pockets. They were white with very elegant-looking designs on them, a small round port visible within the center. Chypre and Coffret flew up excitedly, speaking in unison.

"Finally! Go forth, seeds of the Precure!"

Pink and turquoise balls of light erupted from the fairies' chests and into Tsubomi and Erika's hands respectively, changing into two small disc-like jewels with heart emblems on them. Tsubomi held hers up between her fingers to show to Gallantmon, who tilted his head slightly.

"This is a Heart Seed. We use them in our Heart Perfumes to transform into Precure. Like so!"

Erika nodded and watched on with Gallantmon as Tsubomi slid open the Heart Perfume and placed the seed inside the port, closing it back up immediately after. She held it out in front of her and took a stance.

"Precure...Open my-"

"LADY TSUBOMI! BEHIND YOU!"

"Huh...?" Tsubomi turned around only to find that another rift, exactly like the one that had spawned Gallantmon into their world, had suddenly materialized behind her and was currently in the process of trying to swallow her up. Chypre quickly flew over to her partner in fear, clinging to her shoulder as she tried to pull her out.

"Tsubomi!" Erika frantically grabbed onto her best friend's hand and tugged as hard as she could, but it was no use. The rift grew in size as Tsubomi and Chypre were pulled through it.

"E-Erika?! Eri-!" Tsubomi's head passed through the portal as Erika finally lost her grip, watching as her best friend disappeared through the rippling grey portal. As quickly as it appeared, the rift then dissipated and vanished, leaving only Gallantmon, Erika and Coffret. The knight watched on as she dropped to her knees, Coffret floating over to her in an attempt to comfort.

"TSUBOMIII!"