Hey everybody, mrtacomam here, with a brand new fic! This is a special fic, because it's my first collab! Yeah, I got inspired by a pic on deviantart This one: ( art/Fusion-Fight-560075108), and me and its creator decided to work together on a story after talking in the comments for a while. Here he is!

Alpha: Greetings people, call me the Alpha Alchemist and I shall be assisting taco here in making this fic possible. Of course reader feedback is appreciated.

Taco: Yes it is. So kick back and enjoy Steven Fuse-iverse!

Alpha: In association with AlphaTaco Productions. We do not own Steven Universe or Digimon. Also, we will be using things from both the Japanese and English Dubs (they did some stupid stuff in the dub)like names and any unnecessary censorship. With that out of the way, enjoy.

When Garnet stepped off of the warp pad, she witnessed an entirely new world.

The fusion saw an endless looking, hilly plain, dotted with hundreds of lakes. The skies were blanketed in what appear to be rainbow colored bar codes whose light give off the appearance of auroras normally found in Earth's arctic regions. And off in the distance, a castle rose high into the heavens. Garnet could see small specks of movement in the distance. Overall, the area she witnessed was-

"Breathtaking." Garnet heard a feminine voice behind. "This world is absolutely breathtaking!" The square-haired gem turned to look back at the war pad.

Coming off of the warp pad was the rest of her team. The first was Pearl, a tall, thin gem with who was looking around at this realm with stars in her eyes and a small blinking device in her hand. She was shortly followed by Peridot, who was tapping away on a tablet, a recent upgrade from the tape recorder she had previously. The little green gem looked up at her taller counterpart.

"Well, I thought you would be interested." she said "When this warp was first built a few thousand years ago, we didn't get a good signal, nothing at all even. But now it seems to be working with… interesting results."

"Interesting?!" Pearl exclaimed, "This isn't just interesting, this is a miracle of science! Not only does this world seem to have a thriving ecosystem, but it seems to be completely comprised of digital information! This doesn't seem physically or scientifically possible and yet here it is!"

"Wow Pearl, You really do know how to make everything sound lame and boring." another voice spoke. She was a small purple woman with long, wild white hair. Behind her was a woman nearly three times her size, with orange and red skin and similar white hair. An orange gem glittered where her nose should be.

"Yeah," the larger gem said, "I doubt this place has anything interesting anyway." This caused Pearl to groan. Before the thinner gem could retort, Garnet walked up between them and held her hands up to keep the two gems from arguing any further.

"Alright gems, not even five minutes into an entirely new world and you're already arguing. Peridot, can you go get the others and let them know that it's safe enough to warp here?" Peridot nodded, stepped back on the warp pad and warped back to their previous location to retrieve their remaining allies.

Garnet then turned to the three remaining gems, "Good, now remember everyone, this is new territory for all of us. We have no idea what we might find here. So be on your guard." The gems nodded in agreement, before Jasper stepped up.

"Don't worry, if anything does get out of hand, you've got me." She said, cracking her knuckles in emphasis. Shemay not have been excited about this mission, but she was confident that whatever this world had to offer, there was no way it could be better than her. Garnet rolled her eyes behind her shades and started to walk in the direction of the castle.

"Uh, Garnet," Amethyst called, "Aren't you gonna wait for Peri to get here for the rest of the gang?"

"Yeah, but I want to check out that castle over there. There's just something about it that bugs me. I just can't put my finger on it." The fusion replied.

"Did your future vision tell you something about this?" Pearl decided to ask.

""I'm not too sure about it Pearl, I try to use my future vision but I get nothing" the fusion told her friend. Before coming here, she had tried to use her future vision to get a glimpse at what they would encounter in this new world. But all she got was static, like something was blocking her. She could only hope it would clear up soon. "So I'm going to need to scout ahead and make sure the coast is clear. I should be back before the others arrive. " And with that, Garnet continued over to the castle into the distance.

"Suit yourself." Amethyst said, shrugging her shoulders before sitting down and leaning up against a nearby tree. "We'll wait here for the Steven and the rest". she continued as she placed her arms behind her head and relaxed.

"Don't take too long." Jasper yelled after her. "If you get into trouble, I'll be able to help you out of it" she continued with a confident smirk. Pearl rolled her eyes at the striped-gem's arrogance. Then Pearl decided to speak up.

"Oh, be sure to tell us everything that you find, leave no details left out." Pearl shouted, eager to learn about this brand new world. Garnet gave her teammates a thumbs up as she walked away as she went on her way.

(Some time later, with Garnet)

As Garnet started closing in on her destination, she began to hear a group of voices nearby. Curious, she walked over and hid in a small collection of bushes. As she looked out, she saw what appeared to be a picnic of strangest creatures the gem had ever seen, and coming from someone who has dealt with monsters for a while, that's saying something.

But the thing that actually got her attention was the small group of humans there. Sitting on the blanket, eating out of strange looking red containers were four boys and two girls, all possibly just slightly older than Steven and Connie. One of the boys wore a red and white shirt, beige shorts, a pair of wristbands, and a pair of sneakers. A pair of goggles rested in his messy brown hair. To his right were a boy and a girl talking, The boy wearing a cream and green shirt and a bolo tie with brown hair sticking straight up, and the girl wearing a white shirt with a chest cape and her red hair in two spiky ponytails. To the goggle-headed boy's left were two more boys and another girl. The girl looked to be a little older than the others, wearing a pink and white shirt and green shorts, with her hair done up so two long ponytails came down on both sides of her head..

And Amethyst says my hair is weird, Garnet thought as she observed the last two humans. Both were blond, but one had a blue long-sleeved shirt with longer hair while the other had shorter, more golden hair with a yellow button up shirt (A/N It's their outfits from Hunters). The older looking of the two looked somewhat uninterested in the events going on around him, while the younger was sitting closer to the girl with the strange hair. Only when Garnet saw this girl rubbing a strange yellow bird-looking creature's head did she begin to observe the beings surrounding the humans.

About a dozen creatures sat or stood in the area, some of them looked mechanical, others resembled humans in armor, and some looked like beasts, all in varying sizes with some being smaller than Steven, to some that might even challenge the height of some of the gems' fusion forms. Near the center of the group was a small red dragon, with a white stomach, chest armor, hands, and feet with black three fingered hands and three toed feet. Its head bore a large crest resembling a V, resting in front of a pair of headphones with crown symbols on them, a black belt around its waist, and a yellow scarf. The dragon was near the center of the meeting, and appeared to be asleep, the others joking about around him. Garnet strained her ears in an effort to hear some of their conversation.

"...is doing a pretty good job at being a king." The red haired girl said to a man in armor.

"Quite Verily, Lady Angie!" The Knight said in a dialect Garnet hadn't heard in years, raising his arms. "The King is most wondrous at ruling all of the lands with honor and integrity!"

So, one of them's their ruler, huh? Garnet thought to herself, looking around at the group a second time. Guess that means I'm in the right place. None of them look like royalty, though. I should wait a bit, learn some more. The fusion attempted to move closer to hear what they were saying, but as she left her hiding place, the ground began to rumble. And a beast came over the horizon.

The creature resembled a giant bear, wearing leather pants and a leather vest with bullet chains across his chest. On his right hand, it bore a strange looking weapon with three gun barrels extending from a circular metal piece. In its left hand was a massive spear, and attached to it was a white flag, with a strange symbol emblazoned on it; One half of it was a collection of hexagons, with the other half resembling half a radar. This circle was on a tilt, and put between what looked like a pair of bat wings. The cyborg bear planted the spear into the ground, and bellowed in a voice that could easily be heard by someone on the next continent.

"HEATHENS!" the beast yelled, "I, CALLISMON, HAVE COME TO RETAKE THIS LAND IN THE NAME OF THE BAGRA ARMY FROM THE WRETCHED FUSION FIGHTERS!" Upon hearing the last part of the bear's yellings, Garnet tensed, and heard a familiar set of voices in the back of her head.

'Did he just say Fusion Fighters? one voice said.

It sounded like it, Ruby, Another voice said, But how is that possible? None of the humans seem to have gems, and none of those creatures seem to have them either, so why do they call themselves Fusion Fighters?" Garnet looked on as the humans stared at the giant beast in shock.

"Did he just say the Bagra Army?!" the red headed girl said in fear, holding onto a small pink rabbit like creature while a wolf-like creature with orange and white fur which seemed to be covered in drills stood protectively near her.

"I believe he did." the wolf said in a deep serious voice before getting into a fighting postion while baring his fangs.

"Oh great." said the small pink rabbit in the human's arms, it's ears pointed down and a scared expression on it's face.

"But they're supposed to be gone" the younger blonde boy said, holding onto a small white and yellow creature.

"This is not good, not good at all!" the creature yelled, clearly freaking out about the situation.

"Hmm…...it looks like this little reunion just got a bit more interesting huh guys?" said the older blonde with an annoyed expression as the more larger creatures stepped forward around him. A large dinosaur like creature, a large mechanical bird, and a giant humanoid dragon wielding a two sided spear. While a smaller dragon stood beside the human.

"It's been too long since I've seen real action Christopher." The dinosaur-like being said with a gruff voice and an attitude that reminded Garnet of a certain orange gem. "It will be just like old times."

"It has been a while since we've had a proper battle hasn't it?" the large mechanical bird said in a much calmer tone while the cybernetic dragon just growled and aimed its spear at his opponent.

"Shoutmon, wake up buddy we could really use your help right now" the goggle-headed boy said as he tried to shake the red dragon creature awake.

"Mikey's right this is no time for napping!" a large mechanical beetle yelled at the smaller creature while the boy wearing green held onto him for for protection. After a few seconds of shaking, the dragon stretched its arms and yawned before sitting up and looking at the human beside him.

"What is it Mikey? Can't a 'mon get a few minutes of rest for pete's sake?" it said in a very tired voice before noticing the large threat standing before him. "Oh." he said finally taking note of the threat. The dragon gestured for the boy, now known as Mikey to come closer and spoke to him briefly in a hushed tone, and the boy nodded and walked towards the bear-like creature.

What's he doing?! The first voice, Ruby, said, a tone of confusion entering her voice, That thing is five times his size, and has a giant gun! He'll be vaporized in a second! Garnet was about to rush in and help the young children. But before she could do anything the human held up a small red device and said a phrase that shocked Garnet to her very gems.

"DIGI-FUSE!"

The object in the boy's hand shown brightly, and a small group of the strange creatures were enveloped in a similarly bright light. The red dragon, the blue mechanical beetle, the wolf-like creature, a star shaped being which appeared to be wearing shades, and a collection of creatures resembling guitar picks were lifted into the air, and flew towards each other. When it looked like they would collide, the group were engulfed in a orb of light. It swirled and expanded, until it grew to a massive size. A silhouette appeared, and when the light dissipated, a large figure stood.

The figure resembled a large mechanical man, with a body resembling that of the mechanical beetle, and legs of a style resembling the wolf. Upon its shoulders were the heads of the wolf and beetle, and a large red V crest was on its chest. It wore a silver helm, with three yellow horns jutting out of the front and back Along with the same yellow scarf that the dragon wore, now enlarged to fit it's size. The mecha also seemed to wield a sword made from the star and pick shaped creatures, now covered in red hot flames.

"SHOUTMON X4!" the mecha announced in the same voice as the smaller dragon creature before it raised its sword, and charged Callismon. Garnet simply watched in shock at this new power. It seemed to emanate power stronger than even Sugilite. The large warrior attempted to slash at its opponent but before it could hit, the bear removed its flag-spear from the ground, and met the blade mid-swing. As the two clashed, the voices in Garnet's mind began to panic.

'Did they just fuse!?' Ruby said within the fusion's mind, 'But they aren't gems, how is this happening!?'

'That boy seemed to use the object he held up to force them together' the other voice, Sapphire, said, 'And he's forcing them to fight.' Those poor creatures. Garnet looked on longer as the giant continued to clash with the bear, as the beast stepped back and aimed its right arm weapon at the large mecha.

"RODEO BULLET!" he yelled as he fired a series of energy blasts at the mech, which the mech tried to block with its blade. As he did Callismon rushed forward in an attempt to gut the metallic man. However, a blast of energy cut him off before he could reach him. Callismon, as well as Garnet, looked up at the blast's point of origin. The large mechanical bird was now diving at the Bear.

"PLASMA CANNON!" the bird announced as he fired upon the beast. The blast hit him right in the face with deadly force. As Callismon held his face in pain the Dinosaur roared and charged at him.

"HORN STRIKE!" it yelled as he thrust his horns straight into his opponent's chest and sent him flying into a collection of trees. Callismon simply smirked.

"Is that all you've got?" he said to his opponents. "Nothing will stop me from avenging Lord Bagra." he said as he got back up and charged at the dinosaur. But before he could reach him he has interrupted by the spear-wielding dragon.

"DEATH DIVIDER!" yelled the creature in a raspy voice as its spear into the ground and span around its shaft, striking Callismon multiple times with its tail. The two other creatures looked over to the blonde boy who Garnet remembers them referring to as Christopher. They nodded at him and, in a sort of silent agreement, he nodded back before pulling out a device similar to the one the goggle headed boy used only it was a royal blue color.

"DIGI-FUSE!" yelled the boy as the two large creatures were enveloped in a similar light that created the titan.

oh no. thought Garnet. Not another one. She watched as the two lights merged and when the light cleared, she could only watch in shock at the new creature. It resembled the large dinosaur like being Garnet saw earlier, but it was covered in mechanical parts. It wore a blue helmet with a red visor and spike on top, chestplate, and thigh guards, which had three red discs on each guard. A pair of massive mechanical wings stretched from its back, turrets between them. A large metal claw shone on its left arm, and when its tail flicked, the gem noticed the head and neck of the mechanical bird had been added onto the tail of the dinosaur-like creature, extending its length.

'METALGREYMON!" yelled the newly formed armored creature. Meanwhile, Callismon had knocked the cybernetic dragon down with a powerful strike from his spear. The bear then noticed at the new fusion that stood before him.

"GIGA DESTROYER!" The cyborg dragon bellowed as it aimed all of its gun ports from the ones on its wings, to the two which flipped out from the wings' bases, to one in the mouth of the mechanical bird's head on its tail at the bear creature and unleashed another barrage of energy blasts.

Oh no, Sapphire said, that titan was bad enough, but that poor creature looks even more deformed.

We have to do something Sapphire! Ruby exclaimed from Garnet's mind, Those humans are forcing those creatures into unnatural fusion. At this point, the dragon charged the cyborg bear, burying its horn into Callismon's chest. The cyborg threw back its head, launching its enemy into the air.

"Sparrowmon, Monitamon, go get 'em" yelled the girl with the strange pigtails. A creature that appeared to be some kind of yellow jet-like creature with two guns in its hands then flew at Callismon with six small beings that appeared to have TV monitors as heads flew at blinding speeds towards him.

"RANDOM LASER!" yelled the yellow creature as it fired off blasts of energy from its guns and from another that appeared on its back.

"LIGHTNING FLASH!" yelled the smaller monitor-headed creatures as they fired off bolts of electricity beside the yellow creatures' blasts. They hit dead on and created a big puff of smoke. The creatures yelled triumphantly before Callismon appeared out of the smoke screen and slammed all seven creatures back down to the ground with his right arm, creating a larger tower of dust.

"Oh no, Sparrowmon!" yelled the girl as she looked on in horror. The dust cleared revealing the injured forms of the creatures. The large mechanical warrior saw this and the turned to Callismon, who bore a confident grin on his muzzle.

"You're gonna regret that." it said as he charged at the beast with the armored dinosaur right beside him. The mecha swung his sword as the cyborg thrust his claw forward. A loud clang echoed as Callismon simply blocked the dragon's claw with his right arm weapon and parried the sword with the pole of his spear.

"You are the ones who defeated the great Lord Bagra?" questioned the bear. "This is almost too easy." He said as he pushed against both creatures with enough force to throw them back several feet and landing very ungracefully with the mecha landing on its back and the cyborg landing on its front

'He keeps mentioning that word' Sapphire said within Garnet 'Lord Bagra, Bagra Army. What does it mean? Garnet painfully decided to keep watching to get a better idea of what she's witnessing. Without her future vision she'll be running in blind. So she needs to get a good idea of what she's up against.

"HAVE AT THEE BAGRA SCUM!" Garnet looked back at the fight to see the Knight like being charging at the beast wielding a large sword beside a platoon of smaller white armored creatures wielding spears. "CHECKMATE BREAK!" yelled the group of creatures as they became enveloped in energy and charged all together at Callismon. The bear simply chuckled a bit as he simply smacked the group away once they came close, sending them flying back towards the mecha and dragon.

"Oh no, Knightmon!" yelled Mikey.

"This is not how I wanted to spend this visit!" Yelled the boy in green clearly not keeping his cool in this situation. "'Let's go visit the gang in the Digital World' you said ,It won't be dangerous at all' you said."

"Oh, would you quit it!" The red-haired girl said, knocking him on the back of the head. "This is NOT the time to be freaking out."

"Knightmon! Are you okay?" asked the mecha. The knight, now known as Knightmon had spirals in his eyes as did the smaller warriors.

"For the glory of the Duke of fruit baskets." said the knight dizzily. The mecha mustered up all its strength to get up before turning to its cybernetic comrade.

"Hey, MetalGreymon, get up will ya." said the large warrior "You're not starting to go soft on me are ya?" The armored beast stirred at the giant's teasing before rising from its place on the ground to a standing position.

"Not a chance, X4." said MetalGreymon before it faced the bear creature. "You're in for it now, dirtbag!" he yelled as he charged at Callismon at top speed before delivering a strike with his armored claw "TRIDENT ARM!" he yelled as his claw shined with a bright red light before it connected with the bear-like creature's chin which then sent him flying several stories into the air. "Take the shot!" The dragon snarled at the titan.

"Right." The titan turned to its airborne opponent, sword raised. "BURNING STAR CRUSHER!" it yelled before bringing its sword down. The swing generated a V shaped energy slash which hit Callismon on his way down. Callismon yelled out in agony as he was hit with devastating force. He crashed to the ground in a puff of smoke. When the dust cleared the bear was badly injured, his form fading. With his last breath he uttered these final words: "Long….live…...the Bagra…...Army." and then burst apart into a collection of yellow dots. The group below cheered, but Garnet paled at the sight and stared in horror and confusion at what she just witnessed.

"They…" she muttered, "they just… killed him. And they didn't show any remorse." Garnet felt the familiar tingle of being on the brink of defusion, but held it together as she watched the titan and the dragon returned to the others. Their forms flickered and burst, releasing the occupants onto the ground to Garnet's relief, all of them on the brink of physical exhaustion. The two older boys and the girl with the pigtails hurried over to the group of creatures.

"You guys did good, but you need to get inside the Fusion Loaders by the looks of it." the goggle headed boy said as he and the two other humans next to him held out their arms, the devices that combined them in their hands with the girl's having a lavender color scheme. They glowed once again, but this time when the creatures were enveloped in light they were absorbed into the machines. At this point, Garnet felt like she would be sick. She removed her glasses and rubbed the tears from her eyes.

"We have to do something." Garnet said in a soft voice,which quickly turned harsh, "I say we go and take them out" Her hands glowed, and took the form of gauntlets. "They just trapped those poor creatures in those devices! We can't just leave them there Sapphire! This is wrong!"

"I know." She reverted back to the softer voice. " But wrong or not, they said they ruled this place; we can't just go in, fists blazing."

"So we should just let them enslave these creatures?!"

"No, not at all! But there has to be another option."

"Well, what other option is-" Garnet stopped mid sentence, and seemed to ponder for a moment. After a minute, she put her glasses back on and pointed her gauntlets towards the two boys. After watching them for a few minutes, she saw her chance; the two boys and the girl lifted their hands, leaving the devices slightly exposed. Steam hissed from her forearms as her hands launched from her body, fingers outstretched. They zoomed through the air and grabbed the devices right from the human's hands. The gauntlets quickly flew back to their owner, devices in hand and reattached back on her arms. The humans took notice of their now empty hands and turned around to see that Garnet was fleeing.

"Hey!" yelled the goggle headed boy "Give those back!"

"Who was that?" asked the pig-tailed girl in shock at what had just happened.

"I don't know Nene." said the blonde boy known as Christopher. 'But whoever it is, Blue Flare will not take this lightly". he said as he began to run in the direction of the castle.

"Christopher where are you going?" yelled the redhead after him. He stopped and turned around.

"To get some back up" he said.

"No need my general." said a loud wise voice, the blonde human turned around to see a large mechanical crocodile come out of a clearing in the trees. "I heard the battle and tried to come as soon as I could. I saw that stranger take your Fusion Loaders as well." he started blowing steam out of the vents on his muzzle. "Now, let's go get our comrades back".

(with Garnet)

Garnet was now running back towards her friends with the strange devices in hand, identical in every way but color, in her palms, pressed close to her gems. As Garnet came closer, the red device's screen released a dull glow, and a voice, barely a whisper, came out.

"Wuh-What's going on?" The voice said, riddled with exhaustion. Garnet looked down, a small smile on her face.

"It's alright, there's no need to panic." the fusion said, rubbing the screen affectionately,"You're safe now. I'm going to take you where your captors can't abuse you anymore."

"Wait, what?! Who are you? What are you doing?" the voice said, audibly louder. But Garnet didn't hear anything else.

Within the small devices, the Digimon were in a panic. Sparrowmon and the Monitamon were shouting and running in circles within the violet device, stumbling on occasion from their injuries. Within the blue device, Greymon was roaring at the top of its lungs, slamming its tail against the square that shows the outside , trying to get the gem's attention. MailBirdramon and Cyberdramon watched in silence as they knew their injuries from the battle with Callismon were too severe to risk exiting the Fusion Loader and fighting another unknown foe. Only in the red device were the Digimon communicating calmly.

"We have to do something!" Dorulumon shouted "Darn it, I wish Cutemon were here. He'd be able to heal us up instantly". Nearby, a robed figure was standing adamant.

"I know you would love to leave the Fusion Loader and fight these thieves. But you're all still badly injured." he said, "After all, you and I are the only ones who're even awake right now."

"So why don't YOU do something Wisemon?" The wolf shouted. "You weren't in the fight; you're at full power, AND you can leave the Fusion Loader without Mikey!" This lead the robed Digimon to ponder.

At this time Garnet returned to the warp pad, where everyone was waiting. Garnet noticed that along with those she came with were a blue woman of medium build with a blue teardrop shaped gem on her back, and two humans in their early teens, one a boy with short, curly black hair, and the other a dark-skinned girl with long dark hair. The boy looked over and perked up at Garnet's arrival.

"Garnet, you're back!" the boy said, running up to the tall gem."Have you seen this place? It's amazing! All of those lakes and that castle over there! Do you think we can visit it la-"

Garnet cut the boy off, "Not right now, Steven. Pearl, ready the warp pad, Peridot!" Garnet tossed the devices to the small gem, who barely managed to catch them. "See what you can do about these." Peridot looked down at the strange devices handed to her and gave a look of confusion, followed by delight.

"This is some deceivingly advanced tech. What is it? More importantly, where'd you get it?" the small gem asked in interest.

"There's no time! Quick, back to the warp pad!" Garnet said, running back to the crystalline structure.

"That literally answered neither of my questions." The small green gem said.

"Hey, hey What's the hurry?" Jasper asked. "Did you run into some kind of trouble? I knew I should've gone with you." she continued with an aggravated expression.

"It's not that, Jasper. Well, it's sort of that, but-" Jasper cut the fusion off.

"I knew it." she said with an annoyed tone "Don't worry I'll head on over and fix your little problem." The orange gem made her way down the hill, but Garnet blocked her path.

"No, Jasper, it's too dangerous!" she told the quartz gem.

"Too dangerous? Do you know who your talking too?" said the larger gem in aggravation at the leader of the Crystal Gems.

"Jasper, remember where that attitude got you, and me, last time?" said the blue gem, known as Lapis Lazuli, with a disapproving tone. Jasper simply looked away with an angry expression as a certain green fusion came into mind.

Amethyst hurried up to the fusion "Garnet, what's going on?" she asked with a worried look on her face. Her leader clearly didn't look too hot. It almost looked similar to when they discovered the fusion experiments a while back.

"Yeah, what's wrong? tell us." said the girl, known to the gems as Steven's closest human friend Connie, holding a large pink sword.

Peridot decided to speak up "I guess no one is going to answer my question then?" she asked with an annoyed expression. "anyone?...tch, clods, each and every one of them. You try to ask a simple question or two, but do I get an answer to any of them? Nope."

"Then perhaps I can answer them." A male voice said. Everyone in the little group looked around, trying to find who spoke.

"Who's there?" Pearl said, her spear summoned and eyes darting around the area to find the voice's origin.

"Yeah, show yourself coward!" yelled Jasper with her weapon, an orange crash helmet summoned on her head. She heard a yelp, and turned to see Peridot dropping the red device because it was glowing brightly. A beam of light shot from the screen, and took form.

The being that appeared before them was humanoid in shape. He wore a long red robe, and a tan headscarf that obscured his face, except for his glowing eyes. A small pair of wings sprouted from his back, but he didn't seem to be using them, despite hovering in the air. The rest of the gems took out their weapons in alarm.

"Who are you?" Garnet questioned the figure. aren't they supposed to be trapped in that device? thought the fusion. The robbed creature stretched out his arms and spoke.

"Greetings, strange visitors," The figure said, "I am Wisemon, advisor to his majesty and scholar on all things about the Digital World and the Digimon who inhabit it."

The group simply stared at this floating being for a few minutes, trying to gauge if this individual was dangerous or not. Jasper, as expected by everyone, was the first to step forward.

"I don't know who you are, but you better start talking, or else I'll pound ya into dust." The orange gem said, eyeing Wisemon up and down with a threatening gaze. The red robed figure chuckled at the bulkier female in front of him.

"Oh, strange woman, you have so much to learn about this world. The first lesson I learned in my studies," Wisemon held up a single finger, and a small ball of energy formed above him. Suddenly, it expanded, taking the shape of a planet, with hundreds of rings and moons orbiting it, all of them emanating powerful energy. "Things are NEVER what you expect them to be." Jasper looked onward, a look of awe and respect forming. The look turned to desire as she stepped back.

"Okay, so you have a little light show. Big whoop, that's still not gonna stop me from HEY" Jasper said, fists raised. But before she could charge, a large water-hand grabbed the orange gem, pulling her back.

"*sigh* could you not Jasper? I'm not in the mood for your need to feed your own ego." said Lapis, who was manipulating the water from a nearby lake. Jasper made a face that resembled a cross between pouting and rage.

Pearl was the next to step forward, dissipating her spear, hands clasped together and stars in her eyes.

"Did you say you were a scholar?! Oh, this is wonderful, I have so many questions for you about this world and how it works!" she said. Wisemon approached her, seemingly as giddy.

"I could say the same to you," he responded, eyeing her form up and down with a curious eye "I've never seen a creature like you and your friends. You appear to be human, but just a cursory glance from my scholarly eyes shows you're anything but. Tell me, woman of an unknown kind, what are you? who are you?" Pearl, pleased to be a subject of a fellow intellectual's interest proudly responded.

"Well," the gem began, "My name is Pearl, and I am a crystal gem, a being of pure light, who comes from world beyond this one, and beyond even the next. We are warriors for the force of good, and always protect those who need it!" Her gem glowed, and in a flourish, she summoned her spear, twirled it like a baton, and struck an extravagant pose, earning a few groans and sighs from some of her friends, and a little clap from Wisemon.

"Such wonderful showmanship!" the robed man said, "Since you answered my questions, I'll answer yours. I understand you wish to understand this world, so I will explain. As I said, this is the Digital World, a place where the improbable becomes the norm, and is inhabited by beings known as Digimon."

"Oh, I get it!" Pearl said giddily, "Digital World, monstrous beings, it's a portmanteau of Digital Monster!" She punctuated this with a giggle "How clever."

"Pearl!" Garnet exclaimed, "You can ask questions later! Right now, we need to go." she then looked at the scholar "And you have a lot of explaining to do." she said pointing her still gauntlet covered finger at him.

"Oh, of course I'll explain," Wisemon said, waggling his finger, "If she wants to learn about the Digital World, what better place is there to do it than the Digital World. Now, you were asking just how this world works? Well, let me tell you all about it. If you'll just follow me this way; The orange one's looks are quite unsettling." Pearl looked up, noticing that Jasper, still in the air wrapped in water, was looking at the red clad figure with an intensity she usually saved for intense war. Pearl gave a sympathetic look, and nodded.

"I understand completely," The thin gem stated, "But once you live with her for a while you get used to it. Lapis, could you please let her down?" she asked the water wielding woman.

"Are you sure? I can keep her up here you know." Lapis replied. She was not eager to release the easily aggravated gem. However, after Pearl nodded again, Lapis slowly let Jasper down, and removed the water from her form and returned it to the lake. Jasper brushed off her shoulders and stared angrily at the blue gem.

"If we were at home, I'd so knock you're gem right out of you." Jasper said, before walking over to Steven and crossing her arms in annoyance. Pearl sighed at the orange gem's pouty act and turned back to Wisemon.

"Now, where were we?" Pearl continued, but at this point Garnet's patience had finally run out.

"ENOUGH!" she yelled, startling everyone in in the area. "You, Wisemon, you better start explaining what's going on here." She yelled at the robbed Digimon. "Who were those humans that forced those creatures to fight and kill that bear creature, and how did they force them to fuse?" She asked in an aggravated voice and with gauntlet clad fists clenched.

The entire group gasped at Garnet's words. Connie, Amethyst and Pearl thought of the Cluster fusions, horribly mangled and in pain, they shivered at the very thought of those monstrosities. Jasper's fists clenched, and Lapis' eyes widened in shock,while they didn't experience with the cluster fusions they did not see fusion as something that should be force, they had experience in that department. Peridot looked at the devices in her hands, a curious smile on her face.

"So these devices can actually force non-gems to fuse?" the technician asked "Hmm, impressive." Peridot suddenly felt the glares of her companions on her and looked around at her fellow gems. "What?"

Steven went up to Wisemon, a worried look on his face as he said, "Mr. Wisemon, is that true? Were there people forcing others to fuse?" Wisemon tilted his head to the side, his expression obscured by his hood.

"Forced?" the figure asked, "What are you talking abou-"

"DECKERDRA- LAUNCHER"

Suddenly, a flurry of rockets flew in an arc toward the gems and digimon scholar, and slowly began to descend. Garnet and Jasper took notice of the projectiles and moved quickly, grabbing the smaller gems, humans, and humanoid being. They jumped onto some nearby treetops as the missiles impacted upon the hill, obscuring the warp pad.

"Did they just…" Amethyst began with a hunt of worry in her voice, but didn't finish as she looked down. The rest followed her lead, getting a good look at their assailant.

A few yards away was the older blonde boy that Garnet saw earlier, standing atop what appeared to be a giant mechanized crocodile. It was a dull brown color, with tank treads on its legs, along with a pair of anti-aircraft missile launchers on its back. Steam poured from ports on the bottom of the mech's mouth. Beside him was the smaller dragon, the younger blonde boy, and a small creature that vaguely resembled a swirl of ice-cream. The two looked around, and the taller of the two called out.

"Alright, whoever you are, nowhere to run! Just give us back our Digimon and we can discuss this like civilized people." The older boy said. Garnet gritted her teeth at this.

"Civilized?" she growled in a quiet tone so the human couldn't hear and find their position, "Him and his allies force defenseless creatures into impure fusion, force them to kill, then trap them into those devices, and they're talking to us about being civilized?!" The fusion turned to the other strongest gem with her. "Jasper! it's fighting time."

Wisemon seemed to tense at this. "Fight?" he said, "Can't we just discuss this like he asked? I'm sure this is all one big misunderstan-"

"CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGEEEEEE!" Jasper jumped out of the tree, ignoring the Digimon's words, and spin-dashed towards the giant crocodile. The smaller boy saw the white ball of hair and anger, he sprung into action, turning to the white swirl creature, yelling, "Damemon, Warrior's Transformation!"

"You got it!" Damemon jumped into the air, and was engulfed in a familiar blinding light. Jasper didn't notice this, but did notice when she hit something that caused her to stop forward. As her face came around, Jasper looked through her energized follicles at the hinderance in front of her.

The being that blocked Jasper's mid-air path reminded her of something Steven called a "ninja". It was almost entirely yellow, wearing a yellow full-body suit, with thigh guards, boots, and seemingly its entire arms and head composed of a golden metal. It wore a silver breastplate with a large X scarred into it. Its face was obscured by its metallic helm, which was shaped like a curved triangle, and adorned with large red ovals. From its back sprouted four white curved structures, the bottom two being pointed back, and the top two faced forward, showing off two small holes in the tip of each. In its hands were two scythes, which were grinding against Jasper's hair.

"I don't think so." The ninja said, " If you want to get to Ewan, you're going to have to get through me first!" The two white structures on its back shifted to be pointing at Jasper.

"SMOKIN' BOOGIE!" A series of multicolored balls fired upon the ball of hair, creating a large smokescreen rainbow. Jasper's body stung from under her hairy armor, and she was forced back. The orange gem uncurled as she hit the ground, unable to see through the rainbow haze.

"Hey!" she yelled,"Show yourself coward!" Suddenly, she saw a yellow blur, and felt a series of impacts and cuts all across her body. A particularly hard shot to her gem left her form flickering and Jasper hard of breath. Suddenly, the figure appeared before her, making a series of gestures with its hands.

"DIGI-NINJA ART: FUROSHIKI WRAPPING!" Suddenly, Jasper felt a cloth wrap around her body, until she was trapped in a large sack. The orange gem struggled against the binding, but felt to weak to free herself.

The smokescreen faded, revealing the ninja, the bag with Jasper in it at his feet. The younger boy atop the mechanical crocodile cheered.

"Oh yeah!" he exclaimed, "Great job,Tsuwamon!" Tsuwamon gave a thumbs up, but a voice cut through the human's cheering.

"Don't think you've won!" Garnet lept from the treetops, landing on the ground with such intensity that the ground cracked. Her gauntlets were formed, fists clenched, and even with her shades on, Tsuwamon could feel her intense, hate filled gaze upon him. She launched her right gauntlet, grabbing the bag from Tsuwamon before he could react. When her hand returned, she tore the bag asunder, plopping Jasper on the ground. The buff gem groaned and slowly sat up, holding her aching gem which bore a small crack.

"Jasper!" Steven yelled, and slid down the tree trunk. Once he got down, he ran Jasper, spitting on his hand.

"Here, this'll fix you right up." the human-gem hybrid placed his wet hand on his friend's gem. A moment passed, and her form solidified, the cuts and bruises mending themselves. Jasper rose, a look of anger and annoyance.

"He's fast, I'll give him that." Jasper said, stretching out her sore body. "And really cheap with that smokescreen."

"Yeah, I noticed." Garnet responded, clicking her right gauntlet more comfortably on her wrist. After throwing a test punch, she called up to the tree.

"Amethyst, Pearl! Take the fast one." The two nodded and jumped down, weapons drawn. Tsuwamon saw their determined looks, and combined his scythes into a long blade-staff. The two gems were not intimidated by this, or at least not showing any signs of it, and rushed at the ninja.

"Lapis, take Steven, Connie and Peridot and keep them safe. This is too dangerous for them." the fusion told the blue gem.

"Okay." she said as her watery wings appeared from her gem. She flew over to Steven's spot and quickly picked him up before returning to Connie and Peridot in the trees.

"Jasper, you and me will take out the big one." Jasper grinned, cracking her knuckles.

"Now this should be more my style" the quartz said. The mechanical monster took notice of his opponents, and he looked right at Jasper.

"You" said the massive mechanical creature with a voice full of wisdom and power, without moving his mouth strangely enough, "Your heart is full of a lust for battle, for violence, for pain, cease this pointless fighting and return what you have stolen at once, or face the consequences." he blew steam out of his vents in an attempt to intimidate the gems. Jasper simply chuckled to herself.

"You think you're the biggest thing I've fought?" The gem responded, "And on what grounds can you say what's in my heart?" she clenched her fists in irritation "You have no idea what I've been through." Garnet placed a hand on Jasper's shoulder, and the two shared a look. A moment passed, and the two larger gems turned to their opponent and charged.

In the treetops, Lapis, Steven, Peridot, Connie, and Wisemon observed the fighting from a bird's eye view. Steven had a worried look on his, since the battles were startlingly equal. Amethyst and Pearl's blows were constantly parried by the golden warrior, and Jasper and Garnet had to move quickly to avoid the mechanical crocodile's missile fire. Connie was rubbing Steven's back, trying to reassure her friend.

"Come on, Steven," The human said, "This is the gems we're talking about. They've always come out on top before, so what makes now so different?"

"Yeah… you're probably right," the boy said, "It's just, well, you saw what that robot crocodile did to the warp pad. And that yellow guy took Jasper out in a few minutes."

"You might be right Steven." Lapis said, observing the battle going on. "I don't know what it is, but these bozos have something that makes them stronger than they look."

"Bozos?!" Wisemon exclaimed, "I assure you that Christopher is not a bozo! All of your friend's accusations are entirely false! If we could all just talk about this calmly and-"

"Not another word out of you." The Blue Gem said, summoning some more water from the lake nearby and forming a blade of ice from it and holding it at the hooded figure, "You still have way too much explaining to do before we can trust your opinion."

Meanwhile, the crystal gems were having difficulty with the Digital Monsters.

Amethyst lashed her whip out multiple times in attempt to entangle Tsuwamon or at least get a good hit on him but he quickly evaded the weapon's long reach with great speed and agility. Pearl then tried to attack with a swing of her spear but the yellow ninja parried with his Mantis Arm sickles.

"You're pretty good,," the digimon said "but not good enough", but before he could react Amethyst quickly wrapped her whip around him binding his arms to his torso. Pearl capitalizing on his state began to twirl her Spear at high speeds and then, using the momentum gained, she swung as hard as she could…

and saw hay fly in front of her eyes.

"What the?" she asked, a second glance towards her "opponent" showed that she had merely struck a dummy in Tsuwamon's place.

"DIGI-NINJA ART: BODY REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUE"

Pearl growled in frustration at this deception while Amethyst grumbled in annoyance, Before looking up to see the Yellow Ninja preparing another attack.

"NINJA ART: FŪJIN'S WAVES" Yelled the Digital Ninja as he waved his arms, creating massive gusts of winds that knocked the pale and purple gems off their feet and flying back several feet. As they came closer to the ground, Tsuwamon charged forward.

"MANTIS DANCE" The yellow ninja split its staff into twin scythes, and slashed the two gems in rapid succession. The two crystal gems yelled in pain at the repeated slashes against their forms.

Meanwhile, Jasper and Garnet weren't having much luck either. The two were beginning to tire, but the missile onslaught being unleashed by the mechanical croc would not let up. The fusion launched an electric charge towards the missile fire and the electricity jumped from missile to missile, creating a chain that eliminated most of them in a series of explosions. Jasper, taking advantage of the Digimon being distracted by Garnet's counterattack, performed her spin dash attack against the mechanical croc's side, causing him to slide a few feet to the side. After uncurling from her maneuver she jumped high into the air and landed on the beast's back and came face to face with the two humans who came with them.

"So, you think you can get away with forcing people to fuse huh?" she said cracking her knuckles "Well let me tell ya somethin' kids. That's not going to happen on my watch." The younger blond stared at the massive gem in fear while the older one simply had an unimpressed gaze.

"tch, you don't scare me." said the boy in a nonchalant tone "And I have no idea what you're talking about." he continued while pointing at the massive gem.

Jasper was surprised, impressed, and enraged all at the same time. This weak little human was standing up to her, and not intimidated by her at all. "Don't play dumb, Garnet told us about your little forced fusion trick, and I'm not going to let you get away with it!" She yelled. Before she could move however, the small dragon that accompanied the group stepped forward.

"Hey! Leave Christopher alone!" yelled the small Dragon. Jasper stopped to analyse the creature and simply laughed at him. The small dragon didn't look insulted however. He was used to bigger people laughing at him. Instead he chose a different response.

"BABY BREATH!" yelled the Dragon as he shot a burst of flames from his mouth. The large orange gem stumbled back from the impact, but was otherwise unfazed. She looked at the small Dragon in rage before charging at him.

"Oh no, Dracomon!" yelled the younger blonde boy. But the older one had a backup plan in store.

"Bombmon, NOW!" he yelled as two creatures that appeared to be in the shape of bombs leapt out from behind the human and landed at Jasper's feet. She stopped her charge to gaze at the small creatures in confusion.

"What the?" she asked. The two creatures then looked up at her with mischievous smiles on their faces, she wasn't too scared though, what could these tiny little things possibly do that could….

"BOMBERHEAD!" both creatures yelled as they were consumed in a bright light. Jasper looked on in shock at the massive power that was being built up inside the creatures.

"Aw crud." the quartz said as the two creatures let out a massive shockwave that sent her flying straight up into the air. Disoriented by the blast, she couldn't react quick enough to notice the mechanical croc winding its tail back upon her descent.

"HEAVY TAILHOOK!" yelled the digimon as he swung his tail with great force and hit Jasper once she was within range, the impact sending Jasper flying through several trees. Garnet, seeing a window of opportunity, fired her gauntlets at Deckerdramon. However, a sickle intercepted their path, and knocked them off course. The gem looked to her left, where she saw Tsuwamon standing over the bodies of her allies, now flickering from sheer exertion and damage. The scythe returned to the ninja's hand, and he charged Garnet. The currently disarmed gem could do nothing but dodge the blows, now coming on two fronts. Garnet quickly regenerated her gauntlets, but continued to dodge both the ninja's strikes and the mechanical croc's missiles.

From their perch, Lapis, Steven, and Connie were extremely worried for their friends, the humans on the verge of jumping down t help in any way they could, while Lapis was much more reserved. All this time, Peridot was none the wiser, fiddling with the red device. Eventually, she pressed a the center button, causing the screen to emit a blinding light. Lapis was the only one not too engrossed in the battle to look over.

"Peridot, what did you do?" The blue gem said as her smaller gem ally rotated the disc around the button, a panicked look overcoming her.

"I don't know! Maybe if I push it again-" As soon as she did this, a red beam shot from the center of the light, which expanded and took form, revealing a red dragon. It landed on Peridot's lap, causing her to squeak of fear. It looked exhausted, with a few small bruises on its body. "What the-" The dragon groaned, revealing a set of razor sharp teeth, causing the tiny gem to make a small "eep". After a moment the dragon sat up, rubbing its eyes and trying to stretch, but wincing at its sore joints.

"Huh? Where am I?" it said in a male voice. "Why am I still sore?" he looked around a bit before noticing the robed figure in the tree. "Oh, Wisemon, there you are. We were worried when you left the Fusion Loader. What happened?"

"Well, my liege," Wisemon began, "I'm not one hundred percent sure myself, but if you'll notice that we're in a tree with strange humanoid beings and the battle currently taking place below us, we're in a situation that could greatly benefit from your intervention." he gestured to the chaos ensuing between Tsuwamon, Deckerdramon and the same woman who stole the Fusion Loaders from the generals.

"Oh, come on!" the dragon said before sighing, "Well, I guess it's time for round two." Seemingly from thin air, the dragon summoned his microphone, causing the gems in the tree to look on in shock. However, before the dragon could jump into the fray, Steven jumped forward.

"Wait!" he shouted, gripping the dragon's arm tightly, causing it to wince.

"Hey! C'mon kid what gives?" it said, trying to shake loose from the human's surprisingly strong grip.

"You don't have to go out there and fight," the boy responded, "I still don't know exactly what happened, but Garnet said she saved you from some bad people. We can keep you safe." The dragon looked at Steven like his arm was cut off. He then looked over to Wisemon, who shrugged.

"Kid, I have no idea what you're talking about, I wasn't with any 'bad people,'" he said to Steven, "If anything, I'm with 'bad people' now, since I just got kidnapped and my captors seem to be attacking my friends."

"Wha- No! That's not it at all!" Steven cried out, "The gems are great people! Garnet said those guys forced you guys to fuse and then made you kill some bear-thing. And then they trapped you in those things."

"Forced? Why would you think it's forced? And Callismon was bad news. He attacked us and we were defending ourselves." the red dragon said. Steven just got more confused.

"But, Garnet, she, and she's, but you said, and she said, and-" The red dragon sighed, and held up his free hand to stop the boy from continuing.

"Look, kid, you seem confused, I can understand that; this world is a confusing place, and I'd be more than glad to explain everything later," he said, "but right now I've got to go help my friends." Steven looked into the creature's eyes, before gasping.

"Oh no, Garnet!" Steven said as he looked back out on the battle.

The two sides had several feet between them, and appeared to be readying their final attacks. To Steven's left was Garnet, who was charging up massive amounts of electricity in her gauntlets. It reached the point where her whole body was enveloped in an electrical aura. To the right, Tsuwamon stood in front of Deckerdramon, who was aiming his cannons at the gem, and aimed the structures on his back at her as well. A moment passed, and the gem charged, crackling lightning trailing behind her. Just as she did, Tsuwamon unleashed another volley of projectiles from the structures on his back, while Deckerdramon unleashed another swarm of missiles.

"Nooooooo!" Steven shouted, jumping from the tree, causing Lapis and Connie to gasp. As he reached the bottom, he formed a pink bubble, which popped on impact. This pop propelled the half gem forward, straight towards the future point of impact.

"Kid, wait!" The dragon yelled, jumping in after him. Shoutmon caught up quickly, but by then it was too late, and the combatants were almost upon them. "Oh crud. Get down!" The Dragon yelled as the two closed in on their position, but Steven held a confident expression on his face. The dragon looked at the human with a worried expression What is this kid thinking?! He's gonna get himself killed!

Steven lifted his shirt, revealing a glowing pink gem. The pink light expanded, forming a massive shield. Tsuwamon and Deckerdramon's eyes widened upon seeing the obstruction, but the missiles and energy blasts had already hit. Steven stumbled back against the onslaught, but held his ground.

Shoutmon, the other digimon, and the other humans with them looked in surprise at him. They stared in awe and confusion at this seemingly small child who was tanking Deckerdramon and Tsuwamon's attacks with a shield he magically summoned. But it didn't last too long for Shoutmon. He turned around to face the approaching gem, twirling his microphone like a was almost upon him, her right gauntlet glowing white with condensed electrical energy. Shoutmon slammed down his mic and yelled out,

"BELOW BLASTER!" Shoutmon screamed in a harmonic tone into his microphone, which amplified the sound into a wall of vibration. Upon making contact with it, Garnet slowed in the air, reaching a stop.

Suddenly, the two defenders stepped forward, Steven pushing on his shield, and Shoutmon screamed at an even higher octave. The missiles and energy blasts had finally ceased, while Shoutmon's attack blasted Garnet back a good distance as well. Shoutmon stopped his vocal assault, entering a hacking cough from screaming for so long. Steven dissipated his shield, collapsing to his knees from exhaustion. Garnet recovered from the Digimon's counterattack, and saw Steven beside the red dragon.

"Steven, what are you doing?" The fusion asked, rising to her feet. Steven looked down in embarrassment as Tsuwamon came forward. The fusion immediately rushed forward, pushing the half-gem behind her. However, the ninja didn't attack, but kneeled in front of Shoutmon.

"Shoutmon, are you alright?" asked the ninja in worry. Shoutmon walked over and patted his friend's arm, but when the dragon opened his mouth, all that came from his mouth was strained squawk, resulting in another coughing fit. Tsuwamon reached forward to try and help, but Garnet batted his hand away.

"Don't you touch him!" she shouted, causing the ninja digimon to look up at her.

"You just won't quit will you?" he said drawing both his sickles. Garnet prepared for another attack but Steven grabbed her leg before she could move.

"Garnet wait! We don't have to fight them!" the boy said, looking up with pleading eyes. Garnet continued to glare at the Digital Monsters, still blinded with rage.

"No Steven, they need to pay for what they did to creatures like him." the fusion said, pointing to Shoutmon, who let out a confused squawk while Tsuwamon had a look of confusion and anger on his face

"What in the Digital World are you talking about lady?!" he said with an aggravated tone "I am a loyal Digimon to his majesty. He's my friend, I wouldn't want to hurt him." He pointed to the Fusion "You were the one who stole the Fusion Loaders and kidnapped our friends."

"They were being forced to fight! Those humans used those devices to force them to fuse, make them kill someone, and then they trapped them in there!" She yelled. "This will not go unpunished!" Steven was getting really worried, he didn't want this fighting to continue if there was a possibility that this was a big misunderstanding. And just to make matters worse, Jasper crashed through the pile of trees that she was knocked through earlier and yelled in rage.

"Alright, Metal Mouth. It, is, ON!" She yelled as she leaped to Garnet's side.

"Took the words right out of my mouth." said the cube haired gem. Steven, fearing the worst, quickly got up and despite his fatigue from stopping the crocodile's missiles just now he ran in front of the gems and held his arms out to protect the digimon. He was determined to stop this fighting. Both sides looked on in confusion. Especially the humans on the mechanical croc.

"What is that boy doing?" asked the younger blonde kid.

"Getting in the way that's what." replied the older boy. "We should probably get him out of there. Deckerdramon…." he was unable to finish as the giant digimon interrupted him.

"Wait Christopher, there's something about that boy. His heart…" The mech said, "It is full of love and purity, more so than any other I have ever seen. Surely he has no ill intent. Let us hear out what this child has to say." The two humans seemed a bit put off by the statement, but stood back anyways. They looked on as the two humanoid beings continued to argue.

"I've told you what they did, so why are you fighting me on this?" Garnet demanded.

"Yeah, just let us pound them into the ground!" yelled Jasper, cracking her knuckles.

"But guys," the half gem replied, "They don't really seem like that! What if, just maybe, you're… wrong." Steven spoke faster, already seeing the anger forming on his guardians' faces. Meanwhile the two digimon stare at the small human who not only survived an onsluaght from both Deckerdramon And Tsuwamon, but is now defending them.

"The next words out of your mouth better be an apology," the orange gem said, the red marks on her face blending with the red of her anger.

"All I'm saying is," Steven said, gem glowing in preparation, "is that we've jumped to conclusions before, and it usually ended really badly." he said looking in Lapis' direction. The water gem looked down, recalling her time trapped within the mirror and her subsequent fight with the Crystal Gems. "All I'm saying is that we should let them talk. Get their side of the story, you know?"

"Their side?" Garnet asked, "THEIR side is that they abused poor creatures like this one and that they need to pay. Now come on, I'm taking you back to Lapis, and then I'm finishing this fight." the fusion grabbed Steven's arm, and began dragging him back to the tree the others were hiding in, the hybrid struggling all the way. He turned to see Jasper entering a fighting stance while the ninja got back up, holding Shoutmon gingerly in the crux of his left arm.

"Wait, Garnet, you guys don't need to fight! Just stop and talk to them for a second!" Garnet didn't seem to hear Steven's pleas, causing him to become irritated.

"Why won't you LISTEN!?" The Rose Quartz gem released a shining light and formed his bubble shield, repelling Garnet away from him. Everyone looked at the boy in shock, who was catching his breath from the effort. He looked at Garnet with pleading eyes, opening his mouth to speak, when another voice rang through the area.

"Yo, Christopher, did you find them?" Everyone looked to the valley next to the destroyed hill to see a small group of children running towards them, being lead by a kid with a pair of goggles on his head. Wisemon, still in the trees, sighed in relief.

"Oh thank goodness, hopefully Mikey will be able to set all this madness straight. I hope." he said with a worried expression. The older blonde waved the boy over to his position.

"There you guys are. Yeah, me and Ewan found these guys who just started to attack us and started to talk crazy. They think we've been abusing our friends or something." Mikey gasped at this.

"What," The boy, Mikey, said, "What reason would we have to abuse our friends?"

"I don't know," Christopher said, shrugging, "The only one of them that's making any sense is that kid over by the tree. There's something weird about him."

"Yeah if by weird you mean he summoned a giant pink shield and took Deckerdramon and tsuwamon's attacks head on. Then yeah, he's kinda weird." Ewan said, "which reminds me." He turned to the tree where the gems, human, and Digimon were hiding, "Uh, excuse me, weird people in the tree? Can we have my friends' and sister's Fusion Loaders back?" Nobody moved, not even Pearl and Amethyst who had recovered a little from their bout with Tsuwamon. Garnet prepared to attack again, when they all heard a rustling in the trees. All of a sudden, a small green shape whizzed down, landing on the ground with a THUD.

"Stupid ground." Peridot muttered, rubbing her back. Hesitantly, she began walking over to Deckerdramon, avoiding Garnet and Jasper's fiery gazes. When she reached the cyborg crocodile, she tensed as a spurt of steam came from the ports on its jaw.

"Look, I'm still not sure about you guys, but if Steven wants to give you guys a chance… I guess I should try to trust you guys for now. I believe these are yours." She shakily held out the Fusion Loaders, which Christopher jumped down and grabbed from the small gem.

"Are you guys okay?" he asked as he held the devices. The blue device shone, releasing two massive dragons, one mechanical while the other dinosaur-like, and a mechanical bird. They looked tired, but better from when Garnet last saw them but their size was definitely intimidating to many of the gems, Jasper not included. Peridot ran back to the tree in fear as the dinosaur-like one yawned, revealing rows of razor-sharp fangs.

"We're fine Christopher. What took you so long?" asked the dinosaur creature. The mechanical bird craned it's long neck towards the human's direction

"Ignore him, sir. We are well, but I believe our injuries from Callismon are still apparent." it said with a calm tone. The cybernetic dragon simply growled with a gurgling like sound.

"That's good to hear." said the small dragon.

"It is good to see that you three are alright." the giant crocodile said to them. At this moment the other humans had joined the two blondes. The older one handed the red and lavender devices to the goggle-headed boy and a girl with a strange double pony-tail.

The two remaining devices produced a similar light and released even more creatures. But these were smaller than the three goliaths that emerged from the blue one. The boy with the goggles began to count those who were released, but panicked as he reached the last one.

"Wait, where's Shoutmon?" He asked, worry obviously in his voice.

"Ov *cough cough* here" A scratchy voice caught the boy's attention, revealing a tired looking Shoutmon, still being held in Tsuwamon's arm.

"Shoutmon!" The boy said, running over to the two. The yellow ninja slid the dragon into the boy's arms as his white protrusions encapsulated him, shrinking the ninja back into its ice cream-esque form.

"Shoutmon is very tired. All that screaming is not good, not good at all. Even for him." The swirl said, its voice now a higher pitch.

"Don't worry, I can help" a small pink rabbit popped up from behind the red headed girl and ran up to the exhausted dragon. "Your wounds should be much easier to heal since you were in the Fusion Loader." it held up its hands towards the dragon as the boy knelt down towards it. Soon the dragon was covered in a light green glow. As Shoutmon's wounds were healing, the goggle-headed boy felt a tug at his sleeve. He looked to his left to see the boy Christopher pointed out.

"So, um…" The boy said, looking down with an embarrassed look on his face, "I'm really sorry about what the gems did. I swear they were only doing what they thought was right." The smaller boy held out his right hand. "I'm Steven, by the way. Steven Universe. I was hoping we could talk a bit about your friends, to help clear everything up."

The goggle-headed boy accepted the handshake, "Hey, Steven, I'm Mikey Kudo. And I think both of us have some explaining to do."

END CHAPTER

Alpha-And that was the end of the first chapter of our SU/Digimon Fusion crossover.

Taco- Personally, I'm super proud of this story

Alpha-Yeah, It's pretty fun. This is my first time writing and I'm pretty confident.

Taco- You should be, we've been working our butts off on this.

Alpha-Yeah, sorry that you had to do a lot of it though. I just have a lot of school stuff. Please leave a good review, and all flames will be doused by Lapis

Taco- No prob, Bob. Hopefully chapter two will be up by the weekend, but no promises. This one's a team effort, so that means it's both really good and takes a bit longer

Alpha-Yeah, we might not be able to update regularly. I really hope that I don't become one of those guys that doesn't update for months or even years. See yah.