Ash and Delia are from Gamefreak/Nintendo and Cartoon Network

Digimon - characters and locations is from Toei Animation

Chapter 1

There are monsters among us

It was a peaceful day in town, but no one knew of the two creatures scurrying through the sewer system. In truth the two of them didn't even know where they were going - they just wanted to get away from that place. "Commander, the area has been completely sealed off. All sectors have been alerted. The sector security has been sealed off the sky area." One female assistant stated as alarms blared and lights flashed in the building she worked at.

"The targets are renegades. We must catch them before they get out. Don't you agree, Sampson." A voice said near the man in charge.

"Hmm? Where are they now?" The leader of the group stated to the assistants.

"Trying to escape through area B-7." One of them answered while scanning her computer screen carefully. He thought it over and knew exactly who to use.

"Send Yoshino. Only a high level DATS can capture a Digimon." The man instructed and explained. On the streets several police-like vehicles were driving around town with a message to deliver.

"Attention all citizens. A gas leak has been discovered in the vicinity. Authorities are attempting to remove it. Please return to your homes, or seek shelter immediately." The message said, and a fisherman heard this, but knew the truth.

'Should I get involved in case they need help.' The fisherman thought as he watched the vehicles pass him by. At one of the cornered off spots people were gathered to try to see what was going on, and in that crowd was a trained professional.

"Sorry, no one is aloud in." An officer stated as he watched as a woman in a pink uniform approached the tape. Knowing the drill she pulled out her ID.

"I'm a special agent from DATS. How's the evacuation?" She informed and questioned. The police knew of the organization, and could tell the ID was legit, so one of them decided to reply.

"There's seems to be some sort of hold up just to the south of this area." The officer said while looking in the direction he was talking about. At that moment the DATS member's assistant spoke up.

"Yoshi?" The voice said causing the young woman to pull out a rectangle shaped device from her belt.

"Yes." She answered to the screen.

"We're picking up signs of life 500 meters away." The assistant explained to her.

"Is it the targets?" The agent asked since she wanted this mission to end nice and quickly.

"No. Humans." The creature answered back which caused the woman in the field to by-pass the tape, and go into the park area. "Sixteen humans to be exact." The creature as the other one was running toward the location.

"I'm on my way." She responded and picked up the pace a bit. A few moments later she came upon sixteen humans - all groaning in pain.

"Oh-no." The creature said after catching sight of the field, and was alarmed that two of her kind would do such a thing.

"This is Yoshino, we have sixteen humans down in need of medical attention." The officer said through her ear piece. The young one then walked passed them to see if there was anyone else, but instead found what she was looking for. "It's the targets. Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1, and they are engaging even more humans." She informed them while seeing a yellow lizard and fox staring down a brown haired with in street clothes and a raven haired boy in street clothes.

"I don't know who you are, but your standing in the middle of my turf." The one in the orange jacket said to the lizard before him who growled as a response.

"I can tell that you are a reasonable creature, but I have a feeling that you do not simply wish to walk away." The one with the hat questioned politely since he often tried to avoid a meaningless fight. The mammal's reply was a simple shake of the head.

"This is my training ground. One day I'm going to be a champion ultimate fighter. Fans all over will chant my name. They'll say - Marcus Damon is the best." The one in orange commented to his foe.

"Are those two picking a fight with Digimon?" Yoshino questioned since she did not see this ending well.

"Why are you here, then?" The fuzzy one asked the hat wearer, and even though he spoke as though he didn't like fighting; judging by his stance the human before her he had the potential to be a true warrior.

"I mostly come here to think and for the peace and quiet. Personally, I wasn't expecting to run into a talking fox." The raven haired stranger stated back.

"Dry up. Boy your really full of yourself! Your like all the other humans - all talk and no action; like your friend there." The lizard shouted back at his opponent.

"Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 can talk?" Yoshi questioned since she did not know that he could do that at all.

"Yoshi, they'll destroy the humans." The creature in the device explained to her stunned teammate.

"Keep it up, and I'll knock you out just like I did these guys." The human brawler shouted out to the lizard who wasn't all that intimidated by the threat.

"What you do: just talk them all to sleep?" Raptor-1 questioned back since he was getting sick of the human before him. The other two simply stood there - staring at one another: making sure the other didn't try anything.

"Yoshino." A voice spoke through her com link. "What are you waiting for? Get those civilians away from Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1." Sampson said into her earpiece.

"We can not let this escalate." The voice beside Sampson spoke again.

"I know." He answered back in a mellow tone. Back on the battlefield the young officer decided to follow the order to the best of her abilities.

"Hey, you two, stop right there. You can't fight those creatures. They're too dangerous." She shouted out to the two of them. Her plees were heard, but not headed.

"Huh?! Look toots, I'm the dangerous fighter here, and I don't need any babysitter to hold my hand." The brawler answered back to her with an angered tone.

"He's right. This is between him and me." The lizard stated to her as he kept his eyes on his opponent. The female seemed a little surprised that the humans decided to stay there and fight.

"Do not worry, ma`am. My friend and I are tougher than we look. We will be all right." The one with the hat explained politely to her.

"If that's the way you want it then go ahead." Yoshino said to the four.

"Yoshi, don't take that from them." Her partner explained back causing the huam to try again.

"This is your last warning." She called out to them, but by then it was too late the four decided to fight.

"I don't know what you are, but your going down." Marcus said to the lizard shouted out and charged which the scaly one did as well. To the one with the hat: it was the fox that charged first, and it both fights resulted in a fist to face conflict.

"No way." One of the females at the base explained aloud after seeing the show.

"Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 hit them, but they're still standing!" The other female shouted out in alarm as well. This even got the other two's attention.

"What did we just witness?" The voice questioned to the leader. Back on the battlefield two things happened the lizard and his opponent were flung to their butts while the fox and its opponent simply took a few paces back, and were shocked at the power behind the other's fist.

"Hey, I wasn't ready. I was waiting for you to say 1,2,3, go. Like this - 1,2,3, go." The lizard informed before charging, but his charge was cut short by a knee to the chin.

'He gives new meaning to this level of our kind.' The fox thought before seeing that her opponent was ready for another go.

"What's your excuse this time?" Marcus questioned his foe after feeling good for his counter. Raptor-1 countered with a kick of his own to get some distance from his attacker.

"No more talk." The reptile answered back after getting some distance from his opponent.

"Fine, let's do some real fighting." Marcus replied back before getting into a scrap with the lizard. The hat wearing human nodded to his oppoent, and they started to fight as well. DATS saw this and were alarmed at what they were seeing.

"They are actually matching the Digimon blow for blow. Who are those boys?" The voice stated as he watched the fight - completely interested as to how this will turn out. The battles continued for several hours: clear into the dusk hours. Eventually the four decided to take a breathing break since all of them were exhausted.

"Your pretty good…for a human." Both Digimon explained at the same time as they were catching their breaths.

"You've got some good fighting technques yourself there." Marcus stated back with a nod coming from the other human. The way they were lying was: Marcus, Raptor-1, human, and Vulpin-1. The two knew that these two flesh bags were worthy humans, so they did not mind calling off the rest of the fight.

"Let's call it a draw?" Raptor-1 offered with an outstretched claw; Vulpin-1 did the same with her paw. The humans smiled and decided to accept their offer by holding the creature's hand.

"I'm Agumon." The reptile said to the one in the orange jacket.

"Marcus. Marcus Damon." The human answered back.

"My name is Renamon." The canine said to the human beside her.

"I am Ash Ketchum." He answered back to her. After that the Digimon sat back up, and decided to explain something to them.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, boss." Agumon said to the man that was even with him. That word confused the brawler greatly, so he had to call the strange creature on it.

"Boss?" Damon questioned as he got into a sitting up position which Ash did as well.

"Yeah. You see - you're the only guy who's ever matched me blow for blow in fight before, so that makes you the boss. From now on you give the orders, and I'll faithfully follow them." Agumon explained to his partner. Ash turned to the canine with a confused look on his face.

"My explanation will be the same except for the boss part." She reasoned with him. The human beside her only smiled since he understood that much about her. As for Marcus - he still didn't know what to make of the 'boss' roll.

"I'm your boss, huh? I never thought one day that I'd an employee that is as funny looking as you are." Marcus answered back and was enjoying this moment with this creature, but the mood was quickly shifted.

"Freeze, right there!" A voice called out causing all of them to face the girl that they had completely forgotten about. The young lady pulled out a small rectangular device, and stated, "Lalamon, Realize!" In an instant a strange pink/green seed creature appeared causing the Digimon to rise to their feet and the humans to freak.

"What is that thing?" Marcus questioned since, to him, it was even stranger than the two beside him.

"So, are you going to come quietly or do I have to use force?" She offered to the group before her.

"Who is she talking to you two or me?" Damon asked since he often got such a statement from the police from time to time.

"Don't let them take us back, boss, please?" Agumon said back as he worried about himself and his first friend's safety.

"If they get us. Then they will no doubt destroy us." Renamon stated causing the two humans to do something about this.

"Hey, what are you kids doing?" The officer questioned as each of the humans was picking up one Digimon. The both of them looked at her and decided to answer her truthfully.

"I've never had an employee before, and I'm not handing my first one over to you." Marcus explained his reason for doing what he is doing.

"Tell her, boss." The reptile praised his partner.

"Besides, there is no honor in facing a winded warrior. Come find us when they have recovered their strength." Ash stated to the one in pink. With nothing else to say they decided to run from the two new comers.

"Hey! Wait up!" She called out to the four of them, but her partner decided to try a stronger method.

"Seed Blast!" She called out before sending out a barrage of seeds to stop the humans in their tracks.

"Let us handle this, boss." Agumon commented before looking at the canine who nodded in acceptance. "Pepper Breath." He called out before summoning flames to his mouth.

"Diamond Storm." The other called out while channeling some form of energy into her right hand.

"They're attacking!" The officer called out as she saw them getting ready. The fire ball and diamond shards flew at her, but the third creature intercepted.

"Seed Blast!" Lalamon called out, but quickly added, "Yoshi." When the location was surrounded by a thick layer of smoke which the two used as a means to flee the scene.

"They're gone." Yoshi stated to the empty field before her. Later that night the four snuck into the Tokyo tower and went to the top - just to make sure that they were out of sight.

"I got to hand it to you boss. That was a great escape." Agumon said as he gazed out the window at the city before him. His compliment was noted, but it raised a big question that neither human knew the answer to.

"Thanks, Agumon, but there's one thing that worries me. Who are we running away from!" He answered and shouted to his employee which caused the other to speak.

"What are you creatures anyway? Where did you come from?" Ash asked the two of them as he shifted his stare between the fox and the reptile.

"Gee, I'm not sure. I guess we come…from the institution." The dino answered him as he looked at the two humans that seemed so nice. The two seemed even more lost since neither of them knew of such a location. "Please don't let them take us back there boss, please?" Agumon pleaded to his partner with worry in his voice.

'I wonder why she is being so quiet?' Ash thought as he looked at Renamon who wasn't really saying anything.

'That strange feeling that I felt when he was giving me a piggy-back is meaningless. Focus on the task at hand.' Renamon thought to herself as she was trying to focus on the fact that they are wanted Digimon.

"I know that I am not your boss, but you have nothing to fear. We will keep you two safe." Ash said to the both of them which caused the other human to speak out as well.

"What am I getting myself into this time?" He said while raising from the metal bench he was sitting on. The Digimon liked what they were hearing from the two humans that they befriended. "I don't know what trouble your in, but I'll help you out too." He added to his first statement.

"Oh, thank you, boss. I will never ask for another thing again…except food. I'm starved!" Agumon said as he trotted over to his partner, but stopped when his stomach gurgled.

"Well, suck it up, and act like a real man." Damon retorted as he was trying to be a stern boss.

"But, boss, I'm a growing boy!" The digital one shouted out at a level that wasn't very good.

"Keep it down. Someone's going to hear you." The human fighter said back with an outstretched hand.

"But I haven't eaten in so long." Agumon responded before the dizzyiness from hunger was now affecting his balance causing him to bite the closest thing to him.

"Hey, back off!" Marcus shouted out while punching the top of the dino's head with his free fist. The caused the hungry one to release his snack, and concentrate on the bump on his noggin.

"Ouch! Oooch! Eeech!" Agumon shouted as he tried to rub the bump.

"Hey! What's the idea of trying to eat me!" Marcus shouted back in anger to his partner.

"Sorry, but boss, I have to admit that you look pretty yummy sometimes." The Digimon replied back in an honest tone. The canine had to admit that her partner was the same, but such thought were quickly shook away since she had no time for them.

"Okay. We'll try to find you some food, but from now on I'm off the menu. Wait here. Come on, Ash." Marcus informed as he and Ash made their way to the elevator.

"Thanks, boss. Thanks a lot." The reptile shouted with great joy in his voice since he was about to be fed. A thought clicked in the hat wearer's head, and decided to speak about it.

"Listen, I think it's best if you and Agumon stay put, and for no one to see you two." He said to the fluffy one.

"I understand." She said back to him with a monotone voice.

"Right, I'll stay here, too." Agumon said to his emplyoer who accepted that, and continued on his way to the elevator. The two walked to the closest store, and looked around. While Damon had no idea what to get for Agumon Ketchum had a gut feeling that Renamon would like the thing he picked out…at least he hoped so.

'I hope Renamon likes this stuff.' Ash thought after paying and was waiting outside for his friend while looking in the bag at the box lunch and energy drink. His friend basically took one or two of everything, and hoped for the best.

'Hmm, I wonder if Agumon eats any of this stuff.' Marcus thought as the cashier operator was ringing everything up. As he did that a familiar voice spoke out:

"And, uh, add this too, please." A female voice stated after putting her one item with his stuff. The fighter saw the drop and glanced at the person warily, but she was unfazed by his stare. "Is that okay, Marcus Damon?" She asked, and after that the three, Ash accompanied them since he knew it involved the creatures they rescued, sat at a water fountain.

"Yum. I love eating Choclate pudding it makes me feel like being a little kid again." Yoshi explained after taking a small bit of the item she made him purchase.

"You owe me a buck." Marcus informed her while still glaring at her.

"Hmm, tell ya what - I'll pay you back if you tell me where Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 is." She answered back while glancing at the two responsible for the disappearance of the two creatures.

"I'm afraid we don't know what your talking about. Neither of us have heard of a Raptor-1 or a Vulpin-1." Ash said calmly to her since he was trying to handle this situation peacefully.

"And even if we did there's no way we'd tell you." Marcus added with a confient smile since he thought she'd give up, but she didn't.

"I see. Sorry to hear that because now you two have to come with me for witness interogation, Mr. Damon…Mr. Ketchum." She retorted back to them, and it was then the two became interested since neither male introduced themselves to her.

"Hey, how do you know our names, anyway?" The one in orange questioned with his interest peaked.

"I know everything about you two. Ash Ketchum - Born May 1 in Tokyo, blood type A, Otori Middle School eighth grade. Your father disappeared ten years ago, so you moved in with Marcus' family, and has been labeled as a Silverbolt based guy." Yoshi stated about Ash.

'She's good.' The boy in question thought to himself after hearing all of that.

"Marcus Damon - Born April 2nd in Tokyo, blood type B, Otori Middle School eighth grade. Your father disappeared ten years ago as well, and now you live with your mother - Sara, and little sister - Kristy who looks up to you even though you generally act like a jerk. Do I paint an accurate picutre of you two?" She informed of the other male, and questioned to see if her facts were right.

"Who are you?" Damon questioned with curiosity in his tone, and even though there was a part of him not liking how much info this woman had on them he was still interested to know more about her.

"I'm Special Agent - Yoshino Fujieda. I'm with the Digimon Data Squad." She informed them while showing off her badge. The two looked at the item, but now they were even more confused.

"What do you do?" They said as one since admittedly the job did sound sort of cool, but they needed more info.

"Our job is to control creatures known as Digimon who comes from this place known as the Digital World, and we protect the general public from them." She informed the two men beside her.

"That sounds like a very exciting job, but what does that have to do with us?" Ash asked since the two, in his opinion, weren't evil in any way, shape, or form, so what was the problem.

"Those Digimon you two are hiding: I need to get them. Do you know what kind of panic it would cause if the public knew about Digimon? Now, where are they?" Yoshi questioned to them, and both heard an edge in her voice for the last part, so they knew she meant business.

"Maybe he went back to the Digital World?" Marcus stated before the pure hearted one could speak.

"Or maybe your hiding them from me?" The one in pink countered back to them since she knew that no Digimon could do what he just said. "Anyway, Digimon don't eat this stuff. They only eat food made esspessily for Digimon." She informed while going into a standing pose, and pointing to the two bags the males have.

"Special Digimon food? Where's that?" Damon questioned since he was a little mad that he blew all that money for nothing.

"You can't buy it in the store. You can only get it at our headquarters. If you don't return Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 to us: they will starve to death." She informed which neither of them liked the sound of that one little bit.

"Okay. You win. I guess you should show us where you work so we can do a little grocery shopping." Marcus informed her while pulling a sandwich from his bag - ready to eat since he too was hungry.

"Thank you." She said back, and guided the two back to her car. On the drive over there Ash was hoping that if spoke their side then perhaps they would stop hunting Agumon and Renamon, but a part of him doubted that.

"Look at this place." Ash stated after following Yoshi into a room in a skyscraper that held a lot of high tech stuff.

"Fujieda reporting back." She said while saluting to a rather tall man behind a desk.

"So, your Marcus Damon and Ash Ketchum?" The tall man questioned to the two young ones to his left. They glanced at the one speaking to them, so he added, "My name is Commander Sampson. The DATS team welcomes you." The acronym threw them for a loop.

"DATS?" Marcus questioned since the girl said that they were the Digimon Data Squad, so they were a bit lost. The two looked around and saw that there were chess pieces, two more girls, and a turtle in the room, but nothing else.

"Interesting that these are the boys that fought Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 since there's nothing about them indicating that they are able to fight at that level." A strange white creature around Sampson's neck spoke which caused the two to look at him.

"Hey, what's with the talking scarf?" Damon questioned which caused the creature in question to get a little annoyed, but a gentle finger rubbing on his head quelled his temper.

"This is Kutamon. He's my Digimon Partner." The big guy informed the two of them which got the boy's interest again.

"Each human member of DATS is teamed up with their own Digimon. This is mine - Lalamon." Yoshi informed while holding the pink and green creature from before in her arms.

"What? Partners?" Marcus questioned before seeing a black chess piece helping a woman with long purple hair, a white chess piece helping a woman with short blonde hair, and then there was a turtle handing out tea.

"That's right. Here at DATS tamed Digimon and their human partners work together to handle Digimon crimes." Yoshi informed as a turtle gave Macus and Ash their own cup of tea.

"Enjoy." The shelled one said while walking away.

"Thank you." Ash said as he took his cup in his hand, and took a sip. 'I wonder if I become one of them - will they let Renamon be my partner.' Ash thought since this job seemed right up his alley.

"I'm not thirsty." Marcus said to the turtle as he walked off.

"Suit yourself." The helmeted one replied back.

"I've had enough of this nonsense. We have guys waiting for me, so let's get on with it. Just say what you got to say, and stop wasting my time." Marcus informed the man in charge since he wanted to make sure his scaly chum was alright.

"Calm down. Don't get angry. Rather Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 is saved or not depends on you two." Sampson informed, and once he saw that he had their attention he explained what he meant. "WE are currently in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. The wall between the Human World and the Digital World is starting to collapse. The reason is unknown, but the fact is that Digimon are appearing more frequently in the Human World then ever before." After that another one carried on where he left off.

"Our primary objective is to maintain harmony between the Human World and the Digital World therefore renagades like Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 must be kept under control." The small Digimon informed them both.

"Why are you calling them renagades?" Marcus asked as he decided to have his cup of tea after all.

"Because: Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 has already entered the Human World and has made contact with human beings. So, they are no longer allowed to go free." Kudamon explained to them.

"Please cooperate. The future relationship between humans and Digimon depends on you returning Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 to us." Sampson stated, and was hoping that they would comply with his request now that they explained the situation.

"Normally I would follow an officers order to the letter, but not this time." Ash informed as he set his empty cup back on the console.

"Why not?" The taller male questioned him. Marcus decided to let him do the explanation.

"Why not?! Because we don't owe you people a single thing." Damon stated for his friend and got an annoyed groan as a response from Sampson. "I don't know about all this 'the future depends on us' stuff, but we know that Agumon and Renamon depends on me, and no one mentioned what he needs." The fighter added to his first comment.

"He's right. I mean, have you ever thought about why he came to our world in the first place? What if he didn't have a choice? Maybe things were bad for them in the Digital World." Ash added, and after a moment he added, "Either way - we need to hear more before turning them over to you." Marcus liked that, and decided to an honorable statement of his own.

"And if they get into any sort of trouble we'll accept full responsibility for their actions, but only if you give us food for them." Marcus stated to the big guy with an outstretched hand. As if on cue the alarms went off just like before.

"Commander, Digimon detected in area D-59. A hamburger stand is being attacked by an unknown creature." The woman with long hair informed them and brought up an image of a burning building.

"That could be Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1." Yoshi informed while speaking of the only Digimon that they knew of.

'Agumon possible, but I don't think Renamon that much.' Ash thought since the fox probably could go a good while without food, so that just left Agumon.

"Hold it! Didn't you say Digimon eat special food. What would Agumon and Renamon attack a humburger stand for?" Marcus stated and questioned to the lady responsible for dragging them away from their friends.

"You didn't give them anything to eat. Did you?" She stated and questioned back to the two behind her.

"Nothing. Which means if it is them then they are only attacking out of hunger not anger." Ash informed them, but the others didn't see it that way.

"Do you now see how hiding them have created a security breach for all of us?" Kutamon questioned to the two which could understand his concern, but something doesn't sit right with them.

"Thank you for the tea, but I better follow him." Ash said to the commander before following after his brother.

"Marcus. Ash, Wait," The one in pink stated as she watched the two flee the building.

"Yoshino, go after them." Commander stated to her.

"Yes, sir." She answered back before chasing after them.

"Seal off the area, and assess damage control. Emergency level 5." Sampson informed the two desk girls.

"Sir, yes, sir." They said to him, and went to work. The two were able to make it to the tower with zero difficulty, and went straight to looking for them.

"They're gone. They told us they would stay hidden. Renamon? Agumon? Where are you?" Ash asked as he and Marcus looked around the Observation Deck, but found nothing.

"So, this is where you were hiding Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1? A lot good it did because we definetly confirmed that it was them that attacked the hamburger stand." Yoshi said as she stood behind the two of them.

"Quiet!" Marcus shouted at her in anger. Ash recalled the request he gave to them.

"It's my fault. I should have remained here to make sure nothing happened to them while Marcus got the food." Ash admitted to Yoshi. An explosion was heard and seen right below them.

"Yoshi, the Digimon is in are 205. You better get there fast." Her digital partner said through her ear piece.

"Got it. Ash, Marcus look, this is dangerous, so you wait here." She informed, but saw that they were already heading for the elevator.

'Sorry Yoshi, but if those really are our friends then we should be the ones to face them.' Ash thought as the two of them beat her to the elevator.

"Oh no. This is the worst." Yoshi thought and worried for their safety.

"What are you doing? Agumon/Renamon! Agumon/Renamon!" The two shouted out after getting out of the tower and were standing before the blaze. In an instant something appeared behind them.

"You called, Ash?" Renamon requested after appearing behind them which gave Ketchum a bit of a start.

"There she is, but where's…" Marcus stated before they all heard a familiar voice.

"Boss, help!" The voice shouted causing the three to turn and face a yellow lizard with a trashcan for a head.

"Agumon?" Marcu questioned as he looked at the creature.

"Boss, where are you? Keep talking so I can find you." The creature said back, and by then the others knew that it was him. The fighter rushed over and pulled the trash bin off of his employee's face.

"Why did you attack the hamburger stand?" Marcus questioned as he believed that trashcan came from the eatery.

"Huh? I didn't attack anything, but a hamburger sure sounds good." The reptile replied back since his stomach was still running on empty. The other two could tell that he was telling the truth which only confused them even more.

"Then what's that?" Ash asked as he looked at the smoke behind them. In the tower the female officer had to use the stairs to get to the ground floor, but could see through the window that something was wrong.

"Hurry, Yoshi, the Digimon signal is to the southeast." Lalamon informed as her partner came to a stop to look into the smoke.

"That's not Raptor-1 or Vulpin-1." She said since the figure in the smoke wasn't a fox or a dinosaur. Through the smoke came a rather large white chicken cawing out of anger.

"The data signature…it's Kokatorimon." The one with the long hair informed the others.

"A Champion Level bird Digimon." The scarf informed the others.

"So, that's what attacked the hamburger stand. He must be stopped." Commander stated and couldn't believed that even he believed the Rookie did it. On the battlefield the bird kicked a car into the tower which cut off Yoshi's way down or at the very least stalled it.

"Ash, what is that creature?" Renamon questioned while looking up at the beast before them. Ketchum knew that the two of them deserved an honest answer.

"I'm honestly not sure, but I do know that because of him you and Agumon were accused of something you didn't do by DATS." Ketchum stated which caused the two in question to simply think, 'what'.

"Let's go, guys." Marcus said to the three of them, and with that the four charged toward their opponent. The bird saw them coming, and decided to walk away, but the humans grabbed the foot, and started climbing.

"Pepper Breath/Diamond Storm." The two on the ground shouted as they shot projectiles from their mouths and arms. Often Kokatorimon shot a Medusa-like attack, but they were able to dodge, and continue with their attacks.

"Why is Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 attacking Kokatorimon?" Sampson questioned as he watched the footage of the fight, but couldn't understand what he was seeing.

"They haven't been tamed. I don't understand why they are fighting alongside human beings." The small Digimon stated since he was as confused as his human partner. Back at the fight both humans decided to climb up to get in a better position to attack.

"No!" The two shout out in alarm when one of the birds feet landed on their partners.

"Guys, we're fine, but could you lend a hand." Agumon questioned as he and Renamon were trying to keep from getting crushed.

"How about we lend a couple of fists?" Marcus questioned as they stood on the beast's neck - ready to pummel, but the two stalled that by throwing the foot off of them.

"Get off of him! That thing will tear you to pieces!" Yoshi shouted to the two standing to either side of the bird's neck. They could hear her plea, but knew that this fight was more important than their safety.

"What about what we'll do to him." Ash offered and it was then they landed a few blows causing their opponent to take notice of them.

"Besides, the Ultimate Fighter is always willing to make the Ultimate sacrifice." Marcus commented as he started to pound on the poultry.

"Not to mention it is always good to stop rampaging creatures like this one before innocents are harmed." Ash said as he continued to drive it home. The fox could only chuckle of how the raven haired one sounds so corny some times.

"You've got him now, boss." The reptile on the street commented as he watched the two humans bravely punch the beast. The two Rookies became worried when the Champion's tail feathers lit up the way they did, and for good reason as the stone maker sot a strong beam from the beak; swaying his head from left to right.

"Watch out!" Yoshi called out as the beam was in affect which was pointless as both the fox and the reptile were hit.

"Agumon/Renamon." The two humans said as they leapt off of the bird, and rushed over to their respected partners. The two of them tried to wake them up by gently shaking them with no reaction.

"Raptor-1 and Vulpin-1 are silent." The purple haired woman comment to the others which none of them cheered or smiled about the news in the least. Back on the battlefield neither Ash or Marcus liked loosing their new friend this early in their relationship.

"Agumon/Renamon." The two said as they leaned over their partners in the rain. They knew that it was avenging time because neither of them felt any air coming out of their Digital Monster friend's noses.

"It's…IT'S FIGHTIN TIME!" Damon shouted as he turned to face the chicken before them. The two teens used a zig-zag formation to avoid getting hit by the beam, and then tried sandwich punching his face.

'That was weird.' Ketchum thought as he felt some sort of energy surge into him after his left fist made contact with the feathered fiend's face; not knowing that Marcus felt the same only with his right.

"My fist." Marcus stated after landed and taking a few steps away from their opponent. Damon saw that his fist was engulfed in orange energy while Ash's fist was engulfed with yellow energy.

"Hey." A new voice spoke, and the two of them saw a fisherman standing in the smoke. "Heads up." He offered before tossing a device to Marcus, and added, "And one for you too." After saying that he threw a device to Ash as well.

"What on earth is this contraption?" The hat wearing youth questioned as he looked at the strange yellow device in his hand; Marcus was just as confused as his old friend.

"A Digivice. Use it in combination with your DNA which is trigger by your fist. By mastering this technique your Digimon can Digivolve." The man explained to the two boys before him.

"Who are you? What are you talking about?" Marcus demanded as he often obeyed his mom's 'don't take anything from strangers' rule as best as he could.

"Use your hearts and your fists to awaken Agumon and Renamon." The man informed the two while disregarding both of Marcus' questions. The two looked at the strange device in their hands, and neither of them had faith that the small device will do as the old man said it would do, but it was their best bet.

"DNA Charge!" The two of them said as they put their glowing hands on their new toy which got the people at the base's attention.

"Both Agumon and Renamon's charge has hit their limit. They've reached their ultimate charge." The blonde worker explained to her boss while checking out the power readings.

"But how? Could it be…" Sampson stated as if having an inkling, but decided not to jinx it. Back on the battlefield the two decided to put that extra energy to good use.

"Agumon digivolve to…" The reptile called out as he felt his power surge, and after the transformation was complete he added, "GeoGreymon." The light faded revealing a rather large lizard before them.

"Renamon digivolve to…" The vulpine called out as the energy entered her body causing her to transform as well. "NeoKyubimon!" The canine called out even though she was a lot larger than a conventional Kyubimon.

"They've been transformed." The two boys, who were now only ankle biters compared to them, said as they gazed in awe at what has happened to them. Kokatorimon fired his beam again, but this time neither opponent felt it.

"Mega Flame!" The orange Champion shouted out and shot a powerful flame attack.

"Fox Tail Inferno!" The yellow furred giant shot nine small fire balls that flowed into the Mega Flame which made it stronger. When the combo attack struck the enemy the bird transformed into an…egg.

"That'll teach ya: don't mess with my employee." Marcus said with a chuckle.

"Or my friend." Ash added with his own chuckle. The two of them looked up at their partners, but saw nothing there. The sound of a grumbling caused them to adjust their sight a bit lower and saw that Renamon and Agumon were back to their old selves.

"Oh boss, I'm hungry." The lizard said to the one with the open jacket which didn't surprise the scraper in the least.

"What else is new? I'm just glad your safe." Damon stated as he looked at his reptilian employee.

"The same to you too, Renamon." Ash said to the taller Rookie.

"Thanks." Agumon replied back while the fox only nodded at the raven haired hero. Back at the base they were making sure that the enemy Champion has been dealt with.

"Kokatorimon is gone. It turned back into a Digi-Egg." The blonde haired woman informed.

"They did it!" The purple haired one praised at the two teens that brought that beast down.

"Get me Yoshino back here, right now." Sampson informed them as he took his seat, and began to think of just went down a few moments ago.

"What are you thinking Sampson? Is it about those boys?" Kudamon questioned to his old friend even though he already knew the answer.

"Anyone who can tame a Digimon, unlock the DNA, and make him digivolve that fast is someone that I want on my team." Sampson informed even though he knew his partner knew that that is what he was going to say. It was around dawn when the flames died out on their own, and the woman in pink picked up the egg.

"Please boss, I can't hold out much longer. I need something to eat." The yellow scaled Rookie commented to his partner since his stomach was really working on fumes.

"Okay. Okay. How about a nice hamburger?" Marcus offered to his scaley chum.

"Ooh, with cheese too?" Agumon questioned back, but Marcus became distracted as he recalled the man that tossed him his Digivice.

"I bought you a box lunch, Renamon. If you are interested." Ash stated to his canine friend while rubbing the back of his neck out of shyness.

"You did not need to…but thank you." Renamon answered back to Ash.

"Just a friendly offer." Ash said back with a smile.

"Earth to boss." Agumon said to his employer once he became quiet all of a sudden.

"Yeah, sure, the works." Damon answered back causing a happy yell to come out of the dino's mouth. The four decided to hang out somewhere else, but as soon as they took a few paces a voice stopped them.

"Hey, wait up, a minute!" Yoshi said to the four that stopped the creature she was holding which they did as requested. "Before. Another Digimon might have attacked the hamburger joint, but Agumon and Renamon still injured those sixteen men. That proves they are a danger to humans. I still have to take them back to DATS." She explained to the two humans, and it was then the two decided to come clean about that.

"Sorry that was our fault." Marcus said to her causing the young lady to gasp in alarm. "Those were some punks claiming to be Ultimate Fighters who wanted to train in my area, so I fought them for it, and guess what - I won." He said which earned him some praise from his worker.

"It will take a lot more than that to bring you down, right boss?" Agumon questioned even though he already knew the answer.

"That's right." The human said back to the dino.

"Marcus is the worst." Yoshi stated with her fingers on her temple since all of this was giving her a headache.

"As for the others. Some of the punks were taking advantage of the confusion and were guiding a few women off path, so I followed and taught them the error of their way." Ash said as he slammed his right fist into his left palm.

"Be that as it may I might as well arrest all four of you." Yoshi said and with that Marcus and Agumon fled on foot while Renamon picked up Ash and leapt away.