A/N: All right, time to discover who Tomoya's partner is! And I'll bet none of you saw this one coming! Anyway, enjoy!


"Is this…is this really the Digital World?" Tomoya asked in disbelief.

"Yes, we've all made it safely," Shibumi said with a happy sigh. "Ah, it's good to be back!"

"This is the Digital World?" Nate asked, staring out across a vast wasteland.

"What were you expecting, everything to look like the first Super Mario or Legend of Zelda games?" Shibumi asked.

"Well, in the TV Show, the Digidestined were in a forest when they arrived in the Digital World…" Nate said with a little disappointment.

"Ah, don't worry. There are some forests in the Digital World, but you won't be encountering any for a while."

"Tomoya," Emerilla said, walking up to him.

"Yeah, what is it?" Tomoya asked just as Emerilla punched him on the nose, causing him to fall backward. "Hey, what was that for?"

"I told you I didn't want to freaking come here, you dumbass! Take me home, right now!"

"I will as soon as I find my Digimon partner," Tomoya said, standing up and wiping the blood from his nose.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Emerilla muttered under her breath.

"I never expected this place to look so…real!" Mia said in amazement.

"The Digital World is very similar to our world," Shibumi said.

"I remember hearing that on the TV show. They said that data was alive, but everything was also made up of molecules and atoms, or something," Nate said.

"Yes, the TV show did a good job describing what the Digital World is really like. That's one of the reasons I love it so much," Shibumi said, chuckling. "Well, come on, Tomoya; we need to find your Digimon partner!"

"Wow! Can you tell me who it's going to be?" Tomoya asked excitedly.

"Yeah, I could, but that would spoil the surprise," Shibumi said, laughing again. "Come on, follow me." Everyone followed him, except for Emerilla.

"Emerilla?" Theo said, wondering why she wasn't following.

"I don't believe anything this old codger has to say! I'm staying right here!"

"Even if you don't believe him, you should come with us anyway. It's dangerous to be alone here, and, no matter how strong you are, this really is the Digital World, which means that there are Digimon lurking around here," Theo said seriously. Emerilla sighed.

"Theo, you just might be the only person in the world who could convince me to do everything," Emerilla smiled, walking up to her friend and ruffling up his hair.


"How long have we been walking, Shibumi?" Nate asked.

"About an hour. Don't worry, we're almost there. See those big lumps on the horizon over there?" Shibumi pointed to where he was talking about.

"Yeah…what are they?"

"It's a village of Digimon, and that is where Tomoya's partner is staying."

"All right, I can't wait to see what my Digimon partner is going to be!" Tomoya shouted, running as fast as he could toward the village. Less than a minute later, he had already reached the village, and suddenly, his smile faded. "This place looks so run down,"

"Don't worry, it always looks like this," Shibumi said.

"How'd you get here so fast?" Tomoya asked. Shibumi smiled, but said nothing.

"Ah, Shibumi, you've finally arrived," a large brown Digimon said in a quavering, exhausted voice.

"Chuchidarumon?" Tomoya exclaimed.

"Yes, Tomoya, I'd like to introduce you to your partner Digimon!" Shibumi said. Immediately, there was a crestfallen look on Tomoya's face. Shibumi laughed again. "Gotcha! Don't worry, you have a different Digimon. Where is he, elder?" Shibumi asked the Chuchidarumon.

"He's in that building over there," the Chuchidarumon raised a wobbling arm and pointed. Tomoya instantly rain toward it, soon followed by Chuchidarumon and Shibumi. "I'm glad you came to get him before that tyrant came to attack us again. I wouldn't have wanted anything to happen to the poor lad, after all…" the elder opened the door, and Tomoya bolted in, and there, in the middle of the house, was his Digimon partner. "He looks exactly like his father, as you said…"

"Yeah…for whatever reason, they had no knowledge of this place being real. I'm guessing their parents just didn't want to tell them; losing their Digimon partners so suddenly after the defeat of the D-Reaper like that, I can't really blame them…" Shibumi said sadly.

"Well, I promise not to say a thing about having met their parents before," Chuchidarumon said quietly just as the other kids arrived.

"Has Tomoya found his Digimon yet?" Nate asked.

"Yeah, they've been staring at each other for a good five minutes, now," Shibumi said, pointing at Tomoya, who was still standing in the door of the building, having not moved an inch since he saw him.

"Tomoya? You are Tomoya, aren't you?" the Digimon asked. Tomoya was speechless, but smiling. "It's nice to finally meet you, Tomoya. My name is Candlemon," the Digimon bowed, and began to smile as wide as his human partner.

"This…is…so…COOL!" Tomoya exclaimed, running up to his Digimon, giving him a big hug.

"I know what you mean! I've always wanted to be a human's partner Digimon before and have the chance to Digivolve!" Candlemon said happily, hugging his tamer back. "The two of us will make a great team, Tomoya!"

"Oh, wow…I've got to show you to all my friends!" Tomoya said, exiting the building to see his friends. "Guys…meet my partner Digimon…Candlemon!"

"Hey, everybody! It's nice to meet all of you!" Candlemon said waving. Everyone looked amazed, except, of course, for Emerilla.

"Isn't this awesome? Candlemon is like, my favorite Digimon ever!" Tomoya said.

"Well, as much as I hate to end all of this right now, I suggest all of you leave this village before the evil Digimon comes back," Chuchidarumon said.

"You're village is being attacked?" Tomoya asked. "By who?"

"By me!" a loud voice said. The ground began to shake as a giant Digimon emerged from behind several houses. "Sorry, it's nothing personal; the boss just needs this village out of the way, so he sent me to do it!"

"Tomoya…is that who I think it is?" Nate asked quietly.

"Yeah, that's him. It's Greymon."