Chapter 2-Agumon, I Choose You!


Once Ash had gotten Tai straightened out, the pair, along with their respected 'mon continued on their way to Pallet Town to see the Professor who could hopefully help send Tai walk to Pallet Town was only about a half an hour from where Tai and Koromon had fallen, so the two continued swapping stories about their lives, adventures, and worlds. Pikachu and Koromon spent their time making funny faces at each other and trying to overcome the language barrier between them on Koromons side.

"So Pikachu can't speak human at all. He can just say his name?" Tai asked, noticing Koromon trying to decipher what Pikachu was saying.

"It's tricky." Ash said. "Pokémon and their trainers who are close are sort of bonded. Like I can mostly understand Pikachu but it's not a direct translation. A lot of times he uses a lot of body language. But their are pokémon who communicate perfectly. Physic pokémon can do it, a few very powerful ones, and some that just learn."

"Must be difficult at first then." Tai acknowledged. "Not being able to get each other at all."

"It is." Ash laughed. "Pikachu continually shocked me when I first got him. Eventually we worked it out though."

"Pika-pika" Pikachu suddenly said, the electric pokémon was suddenly alert. Pikachu's inturruption had caused Ash to stop. Tai and Koromon looked at the pair wondering what was wrong.

"What is it Pikachu?" Ash asked his pokémon, who was looking around the woods the group was traveling through. "You don't think-"

"Prepare for trouble." A womens voice said from somewhere in the trees. Tai looked around bewildered but Ash just sighed in annoyance.

"Do you two really need to do this now? We're kind of in a hurry here." Ash called out to the surrounding trees.

"Ash whats going on?" Tai asked his new friend, who just shook his head and waited for the rest to come.

"Make it double." A male voice said from out of sight.

"To protect the world from devestation."

"To unite all peoples withen our nation."

"To denounce to evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

"Jessie."A women with long red hair wearing a black and white outfit with a red letter 'R' on it appeared.

"James." A blue haired man in a similar outfit appeared on the other side of the path.

"Team rocket blast off at the speed of light."

"Surrender now or prepare to fight."

"Meowth, that's right!" What looked like a cat with a tongue depressor on it's head came out of now where and stood between the pair, effectively blocking Tai and Ash from continuing.

"Tai this is Team Rocket, in case you haven't already guessed." Ash said in a slightly bored voice. Tai chuckled a little.

"That's right, and we're here for Pikachu." Meowth said, pointing to Pikachu who was perched on Ashes shoulder.

"Ooo...Meowth forget Pikachu, look at the pokémon that new twerp has." Jessie said excitedly, pointing to Koromon.

"I don't even think that's a recorded species." James said, matching his partners excitement. "Imagine the praise we'll get for bringing that one to the boss."

"Alright new guy, hand over the pink beach ball and no one gets hurt." Jessie said to Tai, who looked ready to fight.

"I think it's time we showed this world what a digimon can do. Koromon digivolve!" Tai said, taking out his digivice. Koromon jumped away from Tai and was surrounded by a white light.

"Koromon digivolved too...Agumon!" Where Koromon was a moment ago now stood Agumon, and the sudden change from a pink ball to a orange dinosaur caused a look of fear to cross over the members of team rockets faces.

"Get'em Agumon." Tai yelled.

"Pepper breath." Agumon said, before releasing a fireball towards the troublemakers.

"Run!" Meowth screamed as the fireball chased them down the path until they were out of sight. Agumon laughed as he returned to Tai's side.

"Wow, Koromon sure got a lot bigger." Ash said, looking at the digimon with wonder.

"This is how he usually looks. Koromon is his much weaker form." Tai said. "But just wait if you get to see Greymon, or MetalGreymon. That's when he's really impressive."

"I think I'm impressive enough like this." Agumon argued. Pikachu jumped down from Ashes shoulder and looked at Agumon curiously. After a few moments of observation Pikachu seemed to deem Agumon as a friend and hoped up onto his head.

"We should get going." Ash said. "Team Rocket may not be much of a threat but we don't want to make it too easy for them to find us again."

"So I'm guessing their after Pikachu a lot then." Tai said as the group continued their walk towards town.

"Everyday since the day I got him. And every time they have to say that motto of theirs..."


While Ash and Tai continued their journey towards Pallet Town, the fireball from Agumon that had been chasing team Rocket had finally dissolved, leaving the troublemakers out of breath from all the running.

"What-was-that thing?" James panted, leaving on a nearby tree for support.

"I think the new twerp said it was a digomon." Meowth said, collapsing onto the ground in exhaustion.

"No..it was a figimon" James argued.

"You two are both idiots, it was a tigimon." Jessie said, glaring at her team members.

"Wonderful, at least now we know what the thing that nearly charred us is called." James said, rolling his eyes.

"Well whatever it was, imagine how much it would be worth." Jessie said, an evil smile on her face. "And with the fire power it packs no one would be able to go up against team rocket."

"But that also means that it'll be extremely difficult to catch." Meowth reasoned. The group sighed, knowing that he was right.

"Well now, I think I could help you with that. And for the record it was a digimon." A voice said from the shadow of a nearby tree. Team rocket looked in the direction of the voice and saw something...shiny. The mysterious figure stepped out into the sunlight, revealing itself to be some sort of silver monkey with a teddy bear at it's waist and sunglasses covering it's eyes. "MetalEtemon here, and I think you and I are on the same team."


It didn't take Ash and Tai long to get to Pallet town after their run in with Team Rocket. As they walked over the last hill before the town Ash noticed Tai started to get more and more of a bounce in his step.

"What's up Tai?" Ash asked, looking at Tai strangely.

"It's just that it's been so long since I've seen people other then my friends. And now I'm about to walk into a town of people." Tai said happily. Agumon laughed at his partner, causing Pikachu to stumble from his place on Agumons head.

"Pik-Pika-P" Pickachu cried while hanging onto the back of Agumon's head.

"Oh, sorry Pikachu." Agumon apologized before returning Pikachu to his original spot.

"Sorry Tai, but I think it may be better if we skim around town to Professor Oaks Lab." Ash look apologetically at his new friend, who looked suddenly crestfallen. "We may have been able to go through if he was still Koromon, but Agumon is likely to draw some unwanted attention to you guys." Tai let out a dramatic sigh.

"I guess that makes sense." He said, looking mournfully at the town that had just come into view.

"Aww...I'm sorry Tai." Agumon apologized, patting Tai on the arm.

"This way guys." Ash said, nodding towards a path that would take the group around the town and allow them to be blocked from sight by some trees.

"People for trees. Are you sure you can't dedigivolve into Koromon?" Tai asked, knowing the answer.

"Nope. I'm stuck like this until I'm out of energy." Agumon responded before following Ash down the path. Tai sighed again before taking one last look at the town and following his friends.

It took only a little while longer for the group to skirt around the town and arrive at the base of the hill that Professor Oaks lab was on top of. Ash stopped at the closed gate and walked over to an intercom system that was placed there. Pressing the button, he held it and waited for someone to respond.

"Hello, Professor Oak here. And who may I ask is there?" A man's voice came over the intercom.

"It's Ash Ketchum Professor. I have a little bit of a problem that I hope you'll be able to help with." Ash said into the microphone.

"Ah Ash! Well come in come in then." The gates opened freeing up the entrance. Pikachu hoped off of Agumon's head and started running up the hill towards the lab. Ash, Tai and Agumon quickly followed the little pokémon right up to the front door. before Ash could even raise his hand to knock though, the door swung open revealing an older man with grey hair in a lab coat.

"Ash! I saw you run up on my security cameras and had to meet you when I saw your new companions." Professor Oak said, his eyes darting from Ash to Agumon.

"My name is Tai," Tai said, bowing slightly to the professor. "And this is my...uh friend. Agumon."

"Its a pleasure to meet you both. I'm Professor Oak. Now why don't you all come in and tell me about this problem of yours Ash." Professor Oak widened the door and gestured his arm inside. The group walked inside as the Professor closed the door behind them. He lead them into the lab, where Tai couldn't but look in wonder at all the pokémon that were there.

"Ash what's that?"

"An oddish."

"And that?"

"A squirtle."

"That?"

"A gloom."

"Well that's a gloomy name." Tai laughed at his own joke, earning a sigh from everyone in the room, except Professor Oak who was looking inquisitively at Agumon. As they continued to the back of the lab Tai kept asking about every pokémon they passed, making Ash more and more annoyed.

"Whats-" Tai started before Ash cut him off.

"Here, just take my Pokédex." Ash handed Tai a small red computer-type thing. "Just point it at the pokémon and it will tell you all about it. I'll explain things to Professor Oak while you have a look around." Ash turned Tai around and gave him a slight push outwards. Agumon had Pikachu jump to Ash before walking after Tai.

"Be carefully of my experiments boys!" Professor Oak called after the Digi's. "So Ash, you come to see me with a problem and a boy who knows nothing of pokémon who has something that is not a pokémon. What can I help you with?"

So Ash started to explain the whole ordeal. How Tai and Agumon ("Koromon at the time, but he digivolved.") had fallen from the sky and Koromon had said it was a Digimon from another world ("The Digital World I think they called it."). Ash also said how Tai had friends in need who were still stuck in the Digital World and he needed to get back there as quickly as possible to help them. As an extra, Ash also said the little that he knew of Digimon so far ("They can digivolve and then go back. Although I think Agumon needs to get pretty drained of energy to go back to Koromon.") and how Tai had a little gadget called a Digivice.

"So with no idea how to get Tai back home, I thought maybe you could help in some way Professor." Ash finished, looking at the Professor with uncertainty. Ash knew that the tale sounded a little far out and could just hope that the Professor believed him.

"Hmm...That's a very interesting story you two have there." Professor Oak said thoughtfully. "Do you think I could perhaps see this 'Digivice', maybe it has a return button of some sort."

"Oh, we never thought of that." Ash said embarrassed. "I only found out he had it when he took it out so Koromon could digivolve. Hey Tai! Can you come here?" Ash called into the library. The sound echoed around the large room but no response was heard. "Tai!" Ash tried again.

"Help!" Ash heard Tai call from the far end of the lab. Looking at Professor Oak for a panicked second, both Ash and the Professor took off towards the sound of Tai's voice. The pair raced past all the pokémon that were around the lab, Pikachu jumping off of Ashes shoulder and racing ahead. As they rounded the last corner they were prepared to fight, but they weren't prepared for what they saw.

It seemed like Tai had gotten a little too close to a certain pokémon while trying to analyze it. Now the digi-destined was caught in Muks gooey and slimy grasp while gasping for air. Agumon stood a few feet away, looking unsure weather to attack or laugh.

"Get me out of this thing!" Tai yelled, struggling to get Muk off of him. The slimy pokémon though seemed to have taken a liking to his new friend.

"Oh that's just Muk. One of Ashes pokémon." Professor Oak said, laughing slightly. "He's very affectionate."

"Well that's good to know, now get it off me!" Tai continued his struggle tirelessly.

"Muk muk muk." Muk said, trying to hug Tai harder.

"Muk, away." Ash commanded. Muk looked at Ash for a brief second before starting to peel itself away from Tai. "Now go." Muk looked sadly at Tai before slumping off to another part of the lab. "Sorry about that Tai." Ash laughed, extending a hand to help Tai off the ground. Tai took it and shook himself off.

"I can't decided weather I love or hate this place." Tai said thoughtfully, causing everyone in the lab to burst out in laughter.