Wow. This is the first fanfiction I've ever done, and I'm still blown away by the concept.
Wow.
Anyway, when I started this, my first goal was to make a semi-serious Pokemon/Digimon crossover. The only problem was that I had my own set of favorite pokemon, and, well, Ash hasn't gotten any of them yet. So, enter Kyle Ellison, 14 year old pokemon trainer, competing in the Indigo League, sucked into the world of Digimon 02 by an accident with a warp pad and a Porygon.
I'm not too displeased with the final result, but I'm biased. By all means, please send me word of what you think. Just don't raise my Irish blood, it's not a pretty sight. Oh, my email is ukyo@lightspeed.bc.ca
Thanks to everyone on the DigifansAnon group that gave me some ideas and a place to test this little opus out. Read on, Macduff. Or whoever.
Legal Stuff: Pokemon (Owned by Nintendo and Game Freak) and Digimon (I have NO Idea. Saban has the American rights (darn their black hearts :) are not mine; all associated characters belong to their appropriate creators. Kyle Ellison's mine, but that's about it.
Digimon: Pokedestined Part 1
"The Portal Opens; Kyle signs on!"
-=Prologue (First person perspective)=-
It all started when a warp disk experiment I was watching went a little ca-ca.
OK, that's too simplistic. I felt pretty honored to be there at the time, I mean, me, Kyle Ellison, getting to watch the great pokemon researcher Bill, try to create a pokemon. The theory sounded good, anyway. Take a digitally created pokemon, Porygon, and try to 'create' an upgraded physical body for him, capable of evolving, defending itself in a battle, etc. Well, maybe this flashback sequence will explain things a bit better...
"Now, " Bill said, "we just have to increase the data throughput in the DNA replicator, and the first porygon2 to ever exist in the real world will-"
"Belong to Team Rocket! Hands up everyone." Brief aside here. For those who don't know, Team Rocket is the infamous gang of thieves and brigands that use pokemon to commit crimes. Such as stealing rare pokemon. Of course, there are tactical problems of committing a robbery when there are several well-trained pokemon trainers in the same room. To wit, "Growlithe! Scyther! Cubone! GET'EM!" The other trainers followed suit. How'd that guy get a Farfetched? Maybe I can trade later...ah, I'm digressing. Anyway, standard epic pokemon battle ensues, until one of the Rocket's pokemon, a Golduck I think, gets a little excited and starts glowing.
"Hyper Beam! TAKE COVER!" Good advice. Time to R & R; Recall and RUN! I've been at this training thing for about 8 months now, so I have the process almost to a reflex; pull out the pokeballs, recall my pokemon, reclip the balls to my belt, watch as one of the power converters goes boom...
Uh oh.
I think the battle weakened the protective glass barrier between me and the replication room, I do remember a Golem getting slammed into it a few times by TR's Tentacruel; that's the only way I can explain my going through the barrier without my backbone getting cracked in several dozen areas. The tingly sensation I felt was new though...
When I awoke, I was on a field, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. After that Kerouac-ish insight, I decided to get up, make my way to the next town, and let everyone know I was alright and could someone tell me where the heck I am? Roll call first, though. I pulled all 4 pokeballs out, and opened them all. Scyther, check. Growlithe, check. Eevee, check, and looking a little shaken. Cubone, check, OK, everyone back,.... Four extra pokeballs, check, I can do a little catching, walking stick, good, spare blanket, OK, few days food, check, pokedex, che...huh?
I had acquired a relatively new pokedex a few months back; searchable index, bigger capacity, and it had a really neat pokeball design on the front. Now, the design was changed to a squarish, silver line design that looked oddly like a pedometer, or one of those digital pets that I had as a kid. It seemed to be purely cosmetic though, as it opened the same way.
"Excuse me, are you new here?"
"Huh? Who said..." Looking around, my eyes came upon no other human. There was something here, though.
A bird.
A pink bird.
A *talking* pink bird.
"Huh, I guess you're not with the Emperor after all..."
"The who?" Talking pink birds were definitely *not* in the Big Book of Pokemon, at least in my copy. I pulled out my pokedex and checked it. Nope, no pokemon detected. Nothing detected? Must be a sensor malfunction.
"Umm, look, I'm kind of lost, could you direct me to the nearest Pokemon center? I really need to call home."
"Sure, I'll help, but what's a pokemon center?"
"You know, Pokemon Center? Big white building, where Nurse Joy or one of her siblings lives, heals pokemon, and smacks insolent trainers upside the head...No, wait, that's Officer Jenny...I'm rambling, aren't I?"
Nod. "You don't seem to be hurt, why don't you come with me? I know a place where you can lie down and get some rest?"
"Um, sure. Where exactly am I, anyway?"
"You're in the Digital World!"
"The WHAT?"
Part 01
(From here on in, I'm going to type in third person.)
"The Digital World. Neat, huh? Oh, by the way, my name is Biyomon."
"Uh... I'm Kyle, a Pokemon trainer, pleased to meet you..."
"What's a pokemon?" Biyomon asked.
"Well, you're one, aren't you?"
"No, I'm a digimon! I haven't poked anyone in a while."
The conversation continued this way for another minute, the gradual
realization dawning that Kyle was
a) Nowhere he, or anyone else he knew, had been, and
b) It was quite possible that warp tile had been even more
messed up than he previously thought.
"Well, isn't this cute. A boy and his bird!" an arrogant voice cut in. Turning, Kyle saw another human, only this one was bedecked in cape, spiky hairdo, and dark glasses.
"I heard there was a newcomer, and I just had to introduce myself, polite host that I am. I am the Digimon Emperor, but you can just call me sir! Mojyamon, Attack!" Cracking his whip, a large ball of white fur stepped up from behind a hill. "Bone Boomerang!" it cried, and threw a curved white club at Kyle.
"Kyle look ouAWWKK!" Biyomon said, as she dove in front of Kyle and took the blow across her back. "Biyomon!" Kyle yelled, as the bird fell down, unconscious.
"I'll make you a deal, " the Emperor said, "leave the bird, and I won't be too nasty with you".
"How about we get nasty with you, pal? Cubone, GO!" Pulling out a pokeball, Kyle summoned the small ground-type pokemon. "Let's show this twit who the boss at tossing bones is! Focus Energy!"
Cubone assumed a battle stance, and started glowing with a faint blue aura. "Mojyamon, finish them" the Emperor commanded calmly. Complying, the enslaved digimon did as ordered. "Bone Boomerang!"
"Cubone, NOW!" Reacting with incredible speed, Cubone threw his own bone club at the incoming attack. The two missiles met...
And Cubone's powered up attack smashed through the Bone Boomerang, and went on to hit Mojyamon right between the eyes. The blow was strong enough to render it unconscious. "Had enough?" Kyle asked the Emperor.
Smirking, the emperor only said, "there's always one more. We'll meet again, my mysterious friend." The emperor turned, hopped onto some sort of flying lizard (a dragonair? Kyle thought. No, those are...antlers?) and flew off.
Kyle was about to pursue him when he heard a groan. "Oh no, Biyomon! You alright?"
"I'm alright, I think" barely suppressing a groan when she tried to move one of her wings. "Strike that. I won't be flying anywhere soon." Giving the injury a critical eye, Kyle said, "I don't see any bone fragments or external bleeding. One sec." Pulling out his pokedex, he quickly thumbed the 'scan' mode, and checked the affected area. "It's badly sprained, but that's all it appears to be."
"Useful gadget."
"Yeah, it comes in handy. Say, you wouldn't know what this weird design is, would you?" Kyle showed Biyomon the design on the front of his pokedex.
"That looks like a digivice! You must be one of the digidestined!"
"The what?"
"Get me to a portal, and I'll explain everything!"
"Where?"
"It looks like a TV set. Go though it, and the other Digidestined can explain everything to you!"
"The who?"
Sighing, Biyomon said wearily "just walk this way, and do what I tell you to do..."
++Part 02 (pun intended. Fully)++
"And that's when...Cubone...beat Mojyamon?"
"Yep."
Having sent a message ahead, Biyomon and her still confused travelling companion were now in a high school computer lab, with several other humans Biyomon had introduced as the Digidestined. What had followed was a rapid explanation of the past few hour's events, an introduction to everyone there, a patient explanation from Izzy that no, this was *not* his world, and who was Team Rocket?, and a rapid explanation of who the Digimon Emperor was, what Pokemon were, and that the black rings were the preferred target, not hitting enslaved Digimon between the eyes with a bone club, thank you VERY much.
After going over Kyle's story, the digidestined there went off to discuss this new development.
"Can we trust him? I mean, his story is pretty weird" Davis said.
"It's a little too bizarre not to be real. Besides, he did save Biyomon's life, when he could have turned her over to the Emperor" Cody replied.
Izzy thought for a minute then said "Well, that pokedex of his seems to function like our digivices; it's the only way he could have activated the portal. I would like to have a look at it."
"Having a digivice doesn't prove anything. The Emperor has one, and look how bad he is."
Izzy looked at Davis, stunned. "What?" Davis asked.
"Nothing. I'm just surprised by the logical solidity of your argument." Davis facefaulted, Izzy and Cody chuckled. At that point, three more people entered the computing lab. "Kari! Yolei! It took you long enough!" pause. "Oh, Hi T. C.". T.K. ignored Davis' jibe.
"Sorry we're late, " Yolei said, "I had to work extra hours at my parents store to make up for all the food I've been buying. Who's that?"
Izzy handled the introductions. "Oh, right. T.K., Kari, Yolei, this is Kyle, Kyle, these are the other three digidestined I was telling you about. Everyone, this is Kyle Ellison, a...pokemon?...trainer"
"Yep. So, am I allowed into the clubhouse?" Kyle asked.
"That depends. How'd you get your digivice" Kari asked.
Kyle sighed. "Alright, what's one more time. Anyway..."
one brief recap of everything later...>
"A warp disk." Yolei said flatly.
"Yep."
"And on your world, these pokemon and humans live side by side. Pretty neat" T.K. said.
"That's about the size of it."
"Well, it is a pretty farfetched story."
Without a word, Kyle pulled out his pokedex, entered a number, and turned the volume up to maximum. "Farfetch'd," the electronic voice said, "the Wild Duck pokemon. It uses a sprig of green onion as a metal sword to defend itself." At Kari's bemused look, Kyle explained "sorry, you don't know how long I've waited for that."
A sudden bleeping noise came from the computer. On the portal window, Biyomon appeared, as did several other creatures that Kyle did not recognize. "Biyomon. What's up?"
"Hi Kyle! Listen, we got word the emperor is trying to take over another part of the Digital world. It's where all the Koromon are living now!"
TK looked pale for a second. "The Koromon village? We have to get there now! Digiportal open!" TK held his digivice up to the screen. There was a flash of light, and then TK vanished. "Whaa?" was Kyle's only response.
"Just do what he did," Kari said, and she vanished into the portal as well. "Well, if I'm going nuts, I might as well go in a group." Kyle held up his pokedex, and the inscription of the digivice on its cover seemed to glow for a moment. "Digiportal Open!"
5 minutes later, the digidestined had all reached the site of the former Koromon village. However, the village was deserted.
"Everyone, try to find where the Koromon went to." TK called out to the rest of the party. "Sure thing, but what does a Koromon look like?"
"They look like a small pink ball with long ears, big eyes, and an appetite that could empty a small city" Gatomon, Kari's digimon said.
"Maybe we can find out which way they went. Pokeball, GO!" Pulling out two pokeballs, Kyle called out Growlithe and Eevee. "See if you can find out where everyone went." Barking, Growlithe quickly searched the village, Eevee heading off in a different direction. "Are they good at tracking?" Cody asked. "Sure, "Kyle replied, "Growlithe was a gift from my father when I got my trainer's license. He used to be a policeman, so he picked one of the police pokemon. He's a great fighter, and he's got the best nose in the business. And Eevee knows a few things about tracking too."
A frantic barking interrupted Kyle's reply. Growlithe returned to the area, and indicated a direction west of the village. "Growlithe has a scent." "I know that area," TK interjected, "the last time I was here, it was when Tai found his tag! The Koromon said they had a safe spot over in that area." The group headed off in the direction Growlithe had indicated.
As they trekked, Yolei asked "Hey, Kyle, how many of those pokemon do you have, anyway?"
"Four with me, another 8 at home. If I had access to the PC Storage system, I could bring them here, but since I doubt it works interdimensionally, it's just the four I have."
"Why not carry them all? Those pokeballs look pretty small."
"League rules. Licensed pokemon trainers can only carry six pokemon at a time, the rest are stored at a safe location. For me, all my pokemon are stored at the Stone Town Pokemon Center."
"License, huh?" Davis added. "Maybe we can turn in the Emperor on your world?"
"Cute thought, but what's that up ahead?" Kari said, bringing everyone to a halt.
"That," a familiar voice said, "would be the next control spire. It was so nice of all these Koromon to volunteer their help in building it." To the horror of the digidestined, they saw that the Koromon, all wearing black rings, were dragging giant black cubes up ramps, constructing the spire.
"That's horrible!" Yolei said. "Those digimon aren't much older than children, and you're making them work like slaves?!" At the emperor's smirk, Davis snapped "that's it. Let's get him, guys! Digiarmour, ENERGIZE!"
Kyle watched dumbstruck as the digimon evolved right in front
of him. Where Patamon, Gatomon, Hawkmon, Veemon, and Armadillomon
stood, now Pegasusmon, Nefertimon, Halsemon, Flamedramon, and Digmon were
ready to battle. "You'd better call your pokemon back ," Davis said,
"It's about to get ugly out there." "Right. Growlithe, Eevee,
return!" Kyle recalled the two pokemon, and they vanished back into
their pokeballs in a flash of red light. "And as for you-" Davis
began.
"As for me, I think you are going to regret coming here.
Monochromon, Attack!" Four large metallic digimon advanced on the
digidestined, and started firing Volcanic Strikes. The Armor Digimon
moved to attack, but the Emperor, an evil grin on his face, said, "before
you attack, maybe you should take a closer look at your targets.
Monochromon, show them what I mean." Two of the metallic digimon
turned, and revealed several Koromon tied down to the Dark Rings that were
enslaving the Monochromon. "I'm feeling generous, so I'll make you
a deal. You," the Emperor said, indicating Kyle, "come with me, and
I'll release the Koromon." "How do we know you'll keep your word?"
Cody asked. "You have my word as an evil genius" The Emperor said
with a smug grin.
"Hey, can you guys take those Monochromon in a straight fight?" Kyle whispered.
"Yeah, we just have to get those Dark Rings off. But we can't risk attacking the two in the center, or those Koromon could get hurt." Kari said.
"We could do it if we got in close," Flamedramon said, "but from this distance, we can't risk it."
"I got an idea. It's risky, but it's the only way." Kyle stood up, palming another pokeball in his hand. "All right, I'm coming out."
"Good man, nice to know you have some sense." Kyle walked towards the emperor, between the two Monochromon with the Koromon chained on as hostages. As he approached the Digimon Emperor said "I regret being needlessly cliche, but I must ask you to raise your hands. Palms towards me, of course."
Taking a few more steps, Kyle replied "sure" and raised his hands, palms away from him. "Don't get too cute with me, boy" the Emperor threatened. "How rude of me" Kyle replied, and turned his hand...
And revealed the pokeball he had palmed earlier. Opening it, Kyle shouted, "Scyther, hit the Rings!" The Mantis pokemon charged between the two Monochromon. "SCYTHER! SCYTHE!!" There were a pair of loud cracks, and Scyther appeared in front of the Monochromon. "You missed" the Emperor smirked.
"Did he?" Kyle replied. At that moment, the dark rings broke and shattered. The Koromon, freed from its influence, took that moment to get clear of the battle area, the two Monochromon as well.
"They're clear. Get 'em" Davis yelled. The battle was relatively short after that (5 armor digimon against two Monochromon? Not even a contest!). The other Monochromon were freed, the Koromon were rescued, and the dark spire under construction was destroyed. There was much rejoicing!.
+Lair of the Digimon Emperor
"This changes everything" The Emperor, a.k.a. Ken Ichijouji said to himself.
"Master?" Wormmon, Ken's partner digimon (whether Ken liked it or not) asked.
"That new boy has at least four creatures with him, instead of just one. And that technology he uses to carry them is intriguing. Wormmon, pass the word to my army. If this boy is seen, I want him captured and brought to me. The same goes for those creatures that are with him. I have a few experiments I'd like to try on them..."
"Do we have them on speed dial?"
"JUST DO IT!!"
+The Real World+
"And he's been at this *how* long?"
The digidestined, after returning to their world, had headed over to a small fast food restaurant near the school. It was still early afternoon on a Saturday, so the place was fairly empty. Kyle was getting some of the finer details of the Digimon Emperor's activities, and everyone there was trying to puzzle out how Kyle got there in the first place, and if he could get back.
"Well, " Izzy explained, "so far, only people who have had some sort of contact with the Digital World have gotten a digivice. Can you remember exactly what happened?"
"Like I said, I was attending an experimental translation of a Porygon from computer code to a real pokemon. It's different from the Porygons that were regularly released, because there were some new coding blocks in it."
"Waittasec, you mean that a Porygon is a computer generated creature?" Davis asked.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that it's a sort of digital..." Kyle's voice trailed off, and everyone at the table figured out where he was going.
"A Digital Pokemon. Should have figured" Kari said.
Izzy added "when they attempted to replicate Porygon in your world, the similarity between it and the Digimon we know must have caused a gate to form. What I can't figure is why your pokedex was reconfigured to emulate our digivices. Kyle, can I borrow your pokedex? I want to compare it with our digivices."
Pulling out the pokedex, Kyle replied "Sure."
Yolei asked, "What is a Porygon anyway?"
"Well, it's a computer generated model of a pokemon, then someone figured it'd be a neat idea to run it through a warp tile and replicate it in the real world. It's entry 137 on my pokedex, just call the number."
Izzy opened up the pokedex, and said "Entry 137, please."
The tinny voice of the pokedex started up. "Porygon, the computer pokemon. A manmade Pokémon that came about as a result of research. It is programmed with only basic motions. Please Select Function."
"'Select function'?" Kyle said, suprised. "That's a new one." Pressing one of the buttons on the keypad, the pokedex chirped "Digimon Entry: Biyomon. Rookie class digimon, Vaccine class. Known digivolutions include Birdramon and Garudamon."
"That sounds a bit like the Digimon analyzer that I got on my first trip to the Digital world. I wonder if I could have a look at the inside of that sometime?"
"Sure. Umm, speaking of time, where am I going to sleep tonight" Kyle asked.
"He can crash at my place" Davis said. "We can just say he's an exchange student."
"One problem, Davis" T.K. said. "He's not from around here, and I don't think any of our parents would buy a story like the one he just told us."
"Well, what should we do then? We can't just leave him without some place to crash!" Davis said back.
"I know that, but we have to think up a good way to explain his presence here" TK replied, getting a little ticked.
As the two argued, Kyle edged over to Cody. "Are they always like this?"
Sighing, Cody replied "near as I can tell."
"Well, you could always stay in the Digital world until we figure something out" Kari said, completely ignoring Davis and TK's argument. "We did it a lot."
"Well, I guess it would be easier; I could let my pokemon out without having to worry about anyone else freaking out. But what about the Emperor?"
"No need to worry, he never comes out at night" Izzy said, handing Kyle back his pokedex. "I'll send word ahead to Tentomon and the others, they can find a safe place for you to sleep."
Two minutes later, Kyle had gone back to the digital world, saying his good-byes and meeting the digimon on the other side.
A minute after that, Cody pointed out to TK and Davis, who were still
arguing, that Kyle had left. Kari chuckled, and everyone else facefaulted.
