"Why are we doing this?" Yolei asked. The entire group of DigiDestined – old and new – was riding on Imperialdramon. Gennai hadn't misinformed them when he'd said that Imperialdramon could get them where they wanted to go in the blink of the eye, but he'd decided to go a "little slower" - if the speed of sound can be considered slow – so the group could work out a plan.

"The only country we're going to that has a 'large' group of DigiDestined is America. I'm pretty sure that we're going because Mimi wants to show off and they don't really need much help. The rest don't have that much firepower, so we're sending reinforcements," Tai explained.

Satisfied for the moment, Yolei sat back and let Davis ask the next question. "So who's going with who?"

Matt and Tai exchanged a glance before the latter answered him. "Um, we haven't worked that out yet, but it's going to be one older kid with one younger kid. Six teams of two. And us older kids are picking them, so you guys can relax for awhile."

The aforementioned duo went over by Sora, Izzy, and Joe to talk it over (the Digimon had already decided to go along with whatever the plan was and were eating the food that Yolei had brought to keep their strength up)."I call Cody," Joe said before anyone else had a chance to talk. No one else had a problem with that; Joe and Cody worked well together.

"Okay, before we get too far, does anyone have friends or relatives anywhere besides America?" Sora asked.

"Me and TK have a grandpa in France. I don't really get along with him that well; we rode on his motorcycle one time when he visited and almost died. Twice. TK's fine with him, though."

Tai smirked. "Was that what really happened? Or were you too worried about TK to notice?" The last sentence was said in a lower tone voice with such a weird facial expression that everyone knew he was joking. Matt grinned.

"You were a million times worse with Kari and you know it. Anyways, yeah, it was really that bad. Ask TK later, since you're going with him to France."

"Wait, what?" Tai looked confused.

"I think it's a good idea," Sora put in. "You two get along pretty well."

"It's just... well... I kind of wanted to go with my sister."

From a little ways away, Tai could hear someone (Davis, maybe?) saying "Hey, Kari, Big Brother is watching you!" Kari looked at him, waved, then went back to talking with Cody.

Izzy spoke for the first time since the conversation had started. "Can I go with Ken? We never did get much of a chance to talk."

"Whoa, one at a time!" Joe replied.

"Yeah, let's work on Tai's separation anxiety first," Matt quipped. "C'mon, Tai, please? I'll go with Kari if you want me to."

Izzy sighed. This was going to take forever, he could tell. "Remember what happened last time, Matt? I don't think that's such a good idea. Sora?" Tai added before Matt realized what he was talking about.

"That was a long time ago! I'm sure that - " Matt's response was cut off by Sora.

"I'm going to be Yolei's partner, sorry. Maybe Izzy will - "

"No. Do you have any idea how awkward that would be, Tai?" Izzy interrupted.

Tai conceded that, yes, it would be awkward, but it wouldn't be for very long and Izzy owed him a favor. So he accepted the inevitable and agreed. "There, that wasn't so hard. This means Matt and Ken are partners."

"Wait, Davis is going with Mimi then?" Joe asked. "If he's in America Ken needs to be somewhat close by. So, Mexico. I hope one of you speaks Spanish," he added to Matt.

"Meh, Ken probably knows it. Where else are we sending people?"

Sora answered, "Russia, China, and Australia."

"Ooh! I want to go to Australia!" Joe volunteered. The others stared at him. "What? Cody and I have the only aquatic Digimon."

"I guess that makes sense. That leaves China and Russia. Izzy, Sora, flip a coin!" Tai handed one to her.

"Yes! Tails!" Izzy yelled loud enough to be heard by everyone. "I don't have to go to Russia!"

Sora looked very unhappy with the results. "Hey, let me see that coin." Unfortunately for her, it was normal. "All right, guys, come on over." They did.

"TK and I are going to France," Tai started.

"Cool, I haven't seen Grandpa in awhile."

Matt looked slightly uneasy. "Ken, we're going to Mexico, and Davis is going to New York."

"Awesome!" Davis, naturally.

"This will give me an opportunity to practice my Spanish," Ken said.

Izzy looked up from his laptop; he had been e-mailing Michael to make travel arrangements for Ken and Davis. "There, that's settled. I'm going with Kari to China."

She shrugged, having overheard most of the exchange between the older group. "Sounds like fun." Yay, a guy who doesn't even want me there. Oh well, it could be worse.

"Cody, we get to go to Australia!" Joe announced, sounding way more excited than he usually was over … well, anything, really. Cody smiled and exchanged a high-five with him.

"I guess that leaves us, Yolei. I still think Izzy cheated somehow, but we're going to Russia."

"Does that mean we'll be in Siberia?" Yolei wondered. Sora nodded. "No fair!"

"Hey, Imperialdramon," Davis shouted, "we're ready! Next stop: China!" The world tour had begun.


Author's Note: Yep, the world tour really was pretty pointless. The next chapter will be the whole thing, to get it out of the way. Then we move on to suggestions and some darker stuff. Like giving TK and Cody an actual "bonding moment"... but that's later, and part of the reason why this is rated T.

And yeah, Tai's still a little mad at Matt over the whole "You let my sister give herself up to Myotismon" thing back in Adventure. Who wouldn't be?