Again, I don't own digimon, I wish I did, but I don't. If you randomly found this chapter somehow and have not yet read chapters 1,2, and 3 please back track so you don't get confused o.0 Anyway, at the end of our last chapter, Daniel ran away from the others. What will become of him? Read and find out!

Beyond Data Squad: Chapter 4

Daniel made his way through the thick, digital forest. His lavender eyes were narrowed, his hands in his pockets " Thos slackers were only holding me back!" he grumbled to himself angrily as he walked on. " And who'd that guy Thomas think he was? Bossing us all around like that!" he growled to himself. He kept walking and in his anger, he didn't notice the root of a tree in his path and he tripped over it and fell flat on his face. Daniel growled " And who said you could get in my way?!" he roared at the tree the root was part of and round-house kicked the trunk.

" Just because you're lost human, doesn't mean you can destruct my personal property" came an annoyed voice from the tree Daniel had just kicked.

Daniel leapt back " Trees don't talk! Show who you really are! I'm not afraid!" he yelled.

" Is that so? You look lost, putrid human. You're shaking in your boots" came the voice again.

" Shut up and come out of hiding! Fight me like a man!" Daniel shouted.

" How about I fight like a tree instead?" the voice sneered and the tree stepped into full view, only now it was apparent it was no ordinary tree. It was Cherrymon, and he did not look pleased in the slightest " Cherry blast!" he called releasing the attack onto Daniel. Daniel was hit by the mini-exploding cherries and he fell backwards.

" Great, I'm going to get killed by mother nature" Daniel said in his usual snotty voice, but it was full of fear. Cherrymon was closing in on him for another attack, Daniel would never escape like this. However, at that exact moment something glittering began to fall from the sky….

Meanwhile, Thomas and the others were searching for Daniel.

" Where is he?!" Marcus grumbled, already bored with searching for the snotty kid. " We don't have time for this!"

" Regardless, we have to keep searching. If he's not careful he could end up dead, and I wouldn't wish that on anybody" Thomas said.

"Thomas is right, if we don't find Daniel soon it could be to late to help" Yoshino said.

" And I bet deep down he's really a good guy" Relena said.

" Maybe" said Floramon.

" Doubtful" said Marcus and Sean at the same time.

" Don't be so quick to judge Marcus, you were almost just like Daniel at first" Yoshino said.

" Yeah, she's got that right, you were a real jerk!" Christy piped up.

Marcus growled " You're my sister! It's my job to annoy you!" he said.

" Guys" Selina began, but Marcus was being so loud, no one could here her.

" And besides I've changed" Marcus was saying.

" GUYS!" Selina yelled, losing her temper and everyone looked at her.

" What is it, Selina?" Thomas asked.

" I'm picking up a digimon attack signal on my DWPA" Selina said.

" You're what?!" Sean asked confusedly.

Selina sighed " You honestly don't know? DWPA, it stands for Digital World Positioning Accessory."

" Oh" Sean said quietly, he felt kind of dumb because a 13 year old was smarter than him.

" Forget what it is, where's the signal coming from, Selina?" Thomas asked.

" The forest, two miles north of here" Selina replied as she pushed a strand of carrot-colored hair from her eyes.

" Then let's go check it out, Daniel could be in trouble" Yoshino said.

Thomas nodded " Just be careful, we don't know who we're up against. So everyone digivolve ahead of time" he said.

" Right!" came Marcus's, Yoshino's, Christy's, and Keenan's unanimous reply.

Thomas looked at Relena " I know you're new to this, but mimic what we do" he said.

Relena nodded " Okay" she said and watched carefully.

Thomas, Marcus, Yoshino, Keenan, and Christy all slid their hands along the DNA scanner and said " DNA Charge! Overdrive!"

At once Gaomon, Agumon, Lalamon, Falcomon, and Biyomon began to glow and change into their mega forms. Once they stopped glowing they were MirageGaogamon, ShineGreymon, Rosemon, Ravemon, and Phoenixmon.

Christy went up to Phoenixmon who this time was a giant and yet beautiful bird " Hey, you're different this time" she said.

" that's because this is my regular mode, it's great for flying, my fairy mode is better suited for combat as it maximizes my attack" Phoenixmon explained.

" Either way, you're still beautiful!" Christy said.

Phoenixmon's beak formed a smile and she bent down more " Hop on" she said to Christy.

Christy climbed up onto the magnificent bird's back.

Rosemon, MirageGaogamon, ShineGreymon, and Ravemon had already scooped up their partners and Sean, Selina, and Relena were the only humans on the ground.

Relena looked at the megas and them at Floramon ' Ready to try this?" she asked.

" Ready!" Floramon said.

Relena nodded and ran her hand over the digivice's DNA scanner " DNA charge! Overdrive!" she called out.

Floramon began to glow and grow into a mega level. She somewhat resembled Lillymon and Lilamon, she had no visible nose. Her hair was made of bright green vines that came out of a colorful leafy helmet. She looked like she was Autumn itself with her dress made of colorful leaves, around her neck and waist were flowery wreaths. She had soft brown eyes and her four wings looked to be 4 large leaves. She was simply elegant. " I am Demetermon" the mega level said.

Relena looked at the plant type with wide eyes and she smiled broadly " You're.. Gorgeous!" she exclaimed and hugged her partner.

Demetermon smiled and picked her partner up, she would carry her.

Sean and Selina frowned. " What about us?" Sean asked.

Phoenixmon looked at them " I'll carry you two" she said calmly.

Sean gulped.

" Don't tell me you're chicken about riding on a big chicken" Selina said lightly as she got on Phoenixmon.

" I am not afraid!" Sean said quickly, even if he was he couldn't let a 13 year old look braver than him. He got on Phoenixmon, hoping dearly he hadn't made a mistake.

" Welcome to Airline Phoenixmon, we're about to take off, please fasten your seatbelts and keep your limbs inside the ride at all times or you might just die. Thank you" Phoenixmon said

Sean gulped, having second thoughts, but he had no time to ask to get off. Phoenixmon lifted into the air and shot off towards the forest along with the other digimon..

Now, let's check in on Daniel and see how he's doing in the forest…

The glittering light descended from the sky and glowed even more brightly when it landed at Daniel's feet.

Cherrymon screeched, the light was so bright " Too bright, daggonit, I can't aim!" he growled.

The glowing faded away, revealing an egg. Daniel shook his head to clear it and then scooped the egg up.

"You really think an egg will make a difference?" growled Cherrymon, he picked Daniel up by his shirt-front, making him drop the egg. " You know boy, Machoreapermon would be mighty pleased if I killed you now, he might even make me one of his elite. That being said, it's all over, boy" Cherrymon said, getting ready to attack. The egg twitched a few times and then cracked as a small intraining hatched.

" Hi Daniel, I'm Rictomon-- Whoa! You're in trouble!" the intraining cried in a feisty tone. It had a large spike in the center of it's head and two shorter spikes on the sides, it had a tail with a sort of spade shape at the end and a sort of lizard like snout, it somewhat resembled Tsunomon in form.

" No kidding" Daniel said in his usual snotty tone, Cherrymon's hand around his throat.

Cherrymon tossed him and fired another cherry blast at Daniel. The boy hit the ground next to Rictomon. He noticed something glowing next to him, the egg shell.

" What in the world?" he asked

" It's your digivice, hurry up and grab it before we're dead!" Rictomon screamed.

" Okay, okay!" Daniel said in his snotty tone and picked it up, Cherrymon was powering up a final attack " Now what?" Daniel asked, starting to panic.

" Show strength, Daniel! Then I can digivolve!" Rictomon ordered.

Daniel glanced around frantically " Strength? What am I supposed to do, punch the ground?!" he growled.

"It's not a half bad idea! Just do it fast!" Rictomon shouted.

"Alright, alright!" Daniel growled and punched the ground as hard as he could with his fists.

" Oh yeah!" Rictomon cheered as he felt power surging within him " Rictomon digivolved to… Tremormon!" he called out as he changed into a rookie form. He was now a well-built rookie with legs of sand colored stone. The rest of his body was lizard-like including his arms and tail that were bright yellow. His face was hidden beneath a crocodile-like skull that his red eyes peered from. Colorful feathers sat on top of his head and odd gold and silver markings were painted on the skull beneath the eye holes, a similar mark was on Tremormon's chest and in his hand was a staff of sorts. Tremormon clutched the power staff tightly " Reptilian quake!" he called out and a blue spirit like beam shot out of the staff, it looked like it had a crocodile's head and it dove into the ground. The ground began to shake violently and it sent Cherrymon backwards a bit, but failed to do any damaged whatsoever.

Cherrymon was more furious now " Cherry blast!" he called out, releasing a powerful volley of exploding cherries.

"Autumn's dance!" came a female voice and diamond hard leaves collided with Cherrymon's attack obliterating it.

" What?!" Cherrymon hissed.

Demetermon waved coyly " Hello hun, did I ruin your attack? Shame on me" she said playfully.

Cherrymon growled "You'll pay for that! Cherry blast!" he fired the attack at her but she zoomed out of the way.

" Double crescent mirage!" MirageGaogamon called, sending the blast at Cherrymon.

The Cherry tree type digimon was blasted backwards.

" Time to wrap this up with Autumn's dance!" Demetermon called, she twirled in the air and diamond hard leaves shot at Cherrymon.

" You may have defeated me, but beware of Machoreapermon!" he shrieked as his data fizzled away and he turned into a digiegg. The group of digimon came in for a landing, setting the humans down and then going to rookie form.

" Well done Gaomon" Thomas said to his partner and turned to Relena and Floramon " Impressive teamwork"

" It's easy with a great big brother like you!" Relena said and hugged Thomas and Floramon simply smiled.

" you okay, Daniel?" Keenan asked.

Daniel had picked up his digivice and stuffed it in his pocket " Don't butt in next time!" he roared at the group angrily.

" What?!" Yoshino said in disbelief.

" We could have taken on that dumb plant on our own! Right Tremormon?" Daniel sneered.

" Yeah, we were about to squash him until all of you had to interfere!" Tremormon agreed arrogantly.

" You.. Ungrateful.. Little.. Swine!" Christy growled " If we hadn't showed up you probably would be history right now!" she said.

" I still say I could have taken him" Daniel spat.

" Yeah, that's why you looked scared half to death as if you saw your life flash before your eyes" Thomas said.

Daniel scowled, his pride hurt. He walked over to a rock and sat down 'Maybe I'm not as good as I thought' he wondered to himself. ' Nah, I'm the best, they just got in my way' his arrogant subconscious replied. He continued to think about this 'Maybe I have to stay with them in order to keep them out of my way. They'll see! I'll show them I'm the best!'

" Hey, you don't look happy, what's wrong?" Sean asked, coming over.

"Don't talk to me!" Daniel roared at him conceitedly.

Sean blinked and looked hurt "Fine" he said quietly and walked away to talk to someone who wouldn't yell at him.

' I can't allow any distractions from my goal, I am the best and must prove so' Daniel thought..