"Tai! TK! Davis!" Matt called out, as did the other Digidestined as they searched the Digital World for their friends.
"Agumon! Patamon! Veemon!" Gomamon called, to which he and the Digimon called out their names as well.
"Guys, where are you?" Called Kari, worried for her brother and friends.
After several minutes, Izzy, hating to sound defeated, told his friends. "I don't think we'll find them here, otherwise we would have picked their signals on their Digivices."
"Well we've gotta find them no matter what!" Sora said back, refusing to give up.
"Tai! Davis! TK!"
"Takato!"
"Takato!" Joe called out, but then he realised what he just said.
"Takato?" Cody asked, making him then say. "Joe, we're looking for Tai, Davis and TK. We don't know any Takato."
"I thought one of you guys said it." Joe replied, somewhat confused.
"Takato! Guilmon! Where are you?" The Digidestined then heard a voice call from the distance.
"It's coming from not far from here!" Yolei Called out as they all heard the shouts as well.
-Outside of the forest-
"Takato! Guilmon! Are you here?" Jeri called as she and the other Digimon Tamers looked around, searching for their leader and his Digimon partner.
"It's no good. I doubt we'll find them here." Impmon then said.
"But we must find them. They can't have just disappeared into thin air." Rika said back, making Renamon nod in agreement with her Tamer.
"Hey! You guys!"
The Tamers all turned and couldn't believe what they saw, seeing the Digidestined coming out of the forest, which left them stunned.
"The Digidestined!? Here? How!?" Kazu gasped.
"You know about us?" Ken asked, to which part of him wondered if they were Digidestined like them or admirers of their heroics.
But remembering their friends, Ken then asked. "Who are you guys, and are you searching for someone?"
"We are. We're trying to find our friends, Takato and Guilmon." Henry said, before Terriermon, sitting on his shoulder, then explained. "They disappeared from our world and now we're trying to find them."
"Huh? They disappeared as well? So have Tai, Davis, TK and their Digimon." Said an astonished Mimi.
"Excuse us!" Another female asked, getting the attention of both groups, making them look to see the Legendary Warriors approaching them.
"We're trying to find our friend, Takuya. Have you seen him? He had brown hair, which is covered mostly by a cap and a pair of goggles." JP then said.
"Your friend is gone too? So are ours'!" Terriermon then said in shock.
"Come to think of it, we've never seen you guys before." Gatomon said, before having to ask. "Who are you guys?"
About to reply, the Digimon Tamers and the Legendary Warriors stopped when another voice told them. "There are bigger problems than you know of."
"Someone is causing damage to the Digital World." They continued, before the DATS and the Fusion Fighters came up to the Digidestined, Digimon Tamers and the Legendary Warriors at the same time.
Hearing that something was happening to their world, Ken questioned. "What this about the Digital World?"
"Look in the sky. Our Digital Worlds are merging with another. And according to Chief Sampson, they are combining the five Digital Worlds together, making normal Digimon corrupted, the good Digimon to feel weakened and lose all power, while the evil Digimon become more powerful." Thomas explained.
"Prodigious! Then the five worlds merging into one would cause the entire Digital World, as well as our Real Worlds to be thrown into turmoil." Izzy said.
"Right. We are currently trying to find our friends, Mikey Kudo, Tagiru Akashi, Shoutmon and Gumdramon. Have any of you seen them?" Nene asked, hoping they remembered them in their last adventure.
But sadly, they just shook their heads.
While the Fusion Fighters had retained the memories of fighting alongside the Digidestined, Tamers, Legendary Warriors and the DATS, in order to prevent any time paradoxes, Gennai, the Digimon Sovereigns, Ophanimon and the Old Clock Shop Man had their memories erased.
"We're trying to find Marcus and Agumon, but they disappeared altogether." Rhythm explained, concerned for Marcus and the Digimon she loved.
"Same goes with Takuya." Zoe said.
"Takato and Guilmon have gone missing too" Renamon added.
"As well as Tai, Davis, TK, Agumon, Veemon and Patamon. Surely this, and their disappearance can't all be a coincidence." Sora said.
"Hmm... well if we're all are after the same thing, how about we all travel together?" Angie then suggested, before saying in a kind and friendly tone. "It would be good to catch up as well."
"That would be a good idea, because all our Digimon has lost all their powers and they cannot digivolve anymore." Kari said as she remembered they were trying to battle a wild Digimon, but when they tried to Digivolve or attack, nothing seemed to happen.
While the groups seemed to have decided to become one, suddenly, a roar was heard and they all turned to see a Devitamamon before them.
"Oh great. Him at a time like this!?" Jeremy questioned in worry.
"Spiral Twister!" Sora's Biyomon called out as she tried to use her attack but nothing came out, shocking the Digimon of Love.
Gabumon tried to use his Blue Blaster, Renamon tried to use her Diamond Storm, Gaomon tried his Rolling Upper, Gatomon tried her Cat's Eye Hypnotism, while Ballistamon, Dorulumon, Damemon, Sparrowmon and Christopher's Greymon all tried to combine their power as one, but nothing happened, making them look in shock at their powerlessness.
"No. Lalamon, you've gotta digivolve! DNA Charge! Digivolution activate!" Yoshi called out, determined to stop Devitamamon in order to bring them closer to finding Marcus.
However, nothing happened, to which Lalamon remained a Rookie.
"What is happening?" Kristy asked in horror, causing Keenan to guess in reply. "It's because of the merge, their powers are useless."
"Black Death Cloud!" Devitamamon roared as he fired a shot, making a huge hole, which most of the heroes fell into, except for Sora, Biyomon, Kari, Gatomon, Rika, Renamon, Zoe, Yoshi, Lalamon, Rhythm, Angie, Lunamon, Nene and Sparrowmon, who managed to get away and all looked worried.
"Oh no! Guys!" Sora called out, concerned for her friends and her new allies.
"We're all alone. What can we do?" Asked Kari, feeling completely helpless.
"I don't know, but without our powers or a way to Digivolve, we are as helpless as kittens." Gatomon whined as Devitamamon approach them.
"Hey!" A female voice from a distance then yelled, making the girls all turned to see an aqua coloured Veemon waving to them.
"Follow me! I know where we could hide!" She then called out.
"Can we trust her?" Nene asked.
"I don't know. What'd you say girls?" Angie asked.
"It's better than staying here. Let's go!" Sparrowmon said in reply, as she and the others retreated before Devitamamon could catch them and followed the aqua coloured Veemon to safety.
-Meanwhile-
"Hey guys! We found the next Digi-Weapon!" Veemon called out as all gathered around to see a matsumoto sword with an orange blade, red crossguard and a yellow handle, while on the blade were a set of red, yet familiar, patterns.
"Hey, Agumon. That's the same pattern you have on your Digi-Egg" Marcus then said.
"So maybe it belongs to you." Tai commented.
"Right." Marcus' Agumon replied, approaching the sword, before he turned around and said. "Hey, boss. Hope I get a cool look like Tai's Agumon."
"Same here. So let's do it!" Marcus said, determined, as he and Agumon both grabbed the sword.
As usual, a huge light burst through Marcus' Digivice, changing its shape, while maintaining its dark orange colour as it transformed to a D-Destiny, making Tai smile and say. "Yep, it's yours'."
Marcus' Agumon nodded and grabbed the hilt, causing the red patterns from the sword to glow, making a huge, amber coloured light, which shone through the area.
"I hope we find ours' soon because if we don't, we'll need to start wearing sunglasses." Tagiru commented as he used his right arm to shield his eyes, while Gumdramon used his tail.
As the light died down, Marcus smiled to see his Agumon had a new look.
His Agumon was just the same size as Tai's Agumon, but had a more muscular chest compared to Tai's Agumon, as well as larger arms and legs.
He also had a navel on his belly and wore a torn up red loincloth around the sides and back of his waist, to which his tail poked out from the back.
He also had a black karate belt around his waist at the top of the loincloth and wielded the Sword of Power in his hands.
"Nice, Agumon. And I bet I could punch that Digimon to give you extra power now." Marcus grinned.
"Yeah, I'd like that, Boss" Marcus' Agumon replied as he smiled back.
"Ok, so all we have to do is find Shoutmon and Gumdramon's weapons." Said Takato, making the others agree with him.
However, Takato then noticed Guilmon's puzzled face, causing the brunette to place his arm on Guilmon shoulder and ask. "Guilmon, what is the matter?"
"I wonder. I just wonder if the others are alright. Though we would not be affected by the merge, they will be." Guilmon said in reply.
"You might be right. I mean, they cannot Digivolve but we can." Flamon said, feeling concern for Takuya's friends.
"Well we might run again into them sooner or later." Davis said, trying to boost up his friend's spirits, before realizing. "And then we'd have a lot of explaining to do."
"I just hope they understand." Said Mikey, which caused Shoutmon to nod in reply.
-Meanwhile-
Matt and the others groaned as they just got up from their long fall.
"Man that hurt. Next time I see that egghead, I'll scramble him!" Impmon stated.
"Angie? Angie?" Dorulumon then called out as he noticed that the redhead was no longer with them.
And she wasn't the only one.
"Sora? Biyomon? Kari? Gatomon?" Yolei then called out, but got no reply.
"This is bad. We also lost Rika, Renamon, Nene, Yoshi, Lalamon, Rhythm, Sparrowmon, Lunamon and Zoe too." Ballistamon said, worried for the girls.
"They must be still on the surface." Suzie guessed.
"We need to find a way out of here and try to find them." Keenan said, before thinking aloud. "They cannot have gotten far."
"I hope you're right, Keenan." Matt said as he looked at the ceiling where they fall from, wondering if they could get back up and find the friends they had lost.