FM/D: Sorry that I was so late! I hope you all will continue reading even as my ideas and chapters might get worse...So, *Ahem* Ruby is in a fight and gets a souvenir...

Ruby: *Tries to punch irritating fanfic writer* Damn!

Disclaimer: Honestly, how many times must I say this!? I don't own Digimon or else...Example given below( See what Masaru says)

The Meeting

"Whew. The clothes are heavy. So are the accessories! 'Rugi, help me!" Ami half-yelled.

"But you have to agree that it was a fruitful trip, right, Norun-chan?" Norun jumped and turned around, smiling nervously.

"Y-Yeah…it was really a great haul. Excuse me for a moment…" Norun hurried over to Ruby, wearing a slight pout on her face.

"How do you bear with all this," Norun gestured towards the chattering duo, "and all of those boring shopping sprees! I'm getting sick off this and it's only my first time!" Ruby looked at Norun haughtily.

FM/D: For those who forgot, Ruby was dressing up as Norun and vice versa. Oh yeah, one more thing. Ruby also has 'magical abilities'. I'll make him explain later.

"I'm a girl, remember? And besides, they have to go home soon."

"Maaaaan. And here I was hoping to keep them a while longer and…"

The real Ruby never got to finish his sentence. Lightning flashed and three holes opened in the sky while on the ground level in the center of the city square, a weird pink mist started forming.

"Woah! Three Digital Gates and PINK mist!? What the hell!?" Ruby ran towards the city square, calling Mikae to transport home immediately. Mikae nodded, scared, before giving Shou one last kiss and stepping into the transporter. The rest of the Digidestined followed after Ruby.

Digital Gate No. 1: DATS

Everyone, excluding Touma, Satsuma, Masaru, Suguru and Yushita, shrieked as they fell from the Digital Gate. Touma glanced at Masaru and was surprised to see the blockhead humming calmly.

"May I ask, why are you so calm now? You act like this is what you would do everyday!" Touma shouted over the panicked shrieks.

"When you fall down a cliff four times and a waterfall twice by accident, this gets normal!" Masaru shouted back, shrugging as he did so.

Touma and his father stared at him incredulously. "You did WHAT!?"

Masaru winced. "Errr, walk off the cliff while thinking and tripping over a log into the river?" Everyone stopped shrieking as they heard his words but the shrieks redoubled as the ground came up to meet them.

Digital Gate No. 2: Tamers

Ruki screamed shrilly as the tamers emerged in the Digimon Next world. Takato, however, looked around in wonder at the new places and cities in the area. The wonder was short-lived, however, as Jeri somehow floated over to him, clung tightly on his arm and started wailing.

"J-Jeri-chan, what's wrong?"

"W-We're gonna die! We fell from the sky!"

"We fell from the sky huh…" Takato mused, then his eyes widened as the meaning of that sentence hit him. "We WHAT!?!?!?"

Jenyra fell past, smiling grimly. "Looks like we're not the only ones falling."

"Why do say that, Jen-kun? And how can you smile at a time like this!?" Jen started laughing.

"Those guys are mostly older than us but they are shrieking! THAT is what is funny! There, to our left."

Takato sweatdropped as he looked at the DATS Squad. Sure, they WERE screaming, but the ones screaming were girls and a GUY!?!?!?!?

Ryo floated past, Takato barely catching his mumbled sentence of, "what a disgrace to us guys."

Takato squeezed his eyes tightly shut and braced himself for impact as they reached the ground, Jeri still wailing loudly in his ear. His last thoughts was not of his fear of dying but instead he thought, //hey, I feel younger. Like I'm ten or something.// Then, //Why am I thinking like an old guy!?//

Digital Gate No.3:

As Kaisergreymon started to appear from the Digital Gate and fall rapidly to the ground, everyone watched, awed by the existence of the unknown Digimon.

"Remind me why we're on Takuya again?" J.P. shouted over the sound of the wind around them. Kouichi sighed before shouting back.

"Cos' we'll end up like those two groups to our left! Look!" He pointed and everyone followed the direction of his finger, sweatdropping as the two said groups crashed in separate heaps on the ground. Just as Izumi opened her mouth to say something, Tomoki clung onto his hat with one hand and Kaisergreymon with the other.

"Hold on tight!" He screamed. Everyone hastened to obey, except Kouichi, who was still wondering why they had to hold on tight when THUMP! Kaisergreymon landed and he flew off Kaisergreymon's shoulder. Kouji pulled him back, grumbling as he did so.

"Don't you dare fall off for a third time, idiot brother." Kouichi grinned, this was just like that time…

"My legs HURT! And I think I cracked the floor," Takuya mumbled, accidentally de-digivolving as he did so. Everyone fell from mid-air, Izumi screaming "BAKA!" They crashed in a slightly less hurt heap than the other two.

The Pink Mist:

Yamato 'Matt' Ishida watched with the Digidestined, all of them fully appreciating the irritating mist for once.

"Now I think I love this mist, right guys?" Tai cheerfully asked, putting his hands behind his head leisurely as he looked at the three groaning heaps in front of them. "I think we did the crashing thing before except that it was only from the computer screen to the floor. And boy, did that hurt!" Everyone nodded mutely, jumping when they heard voices from the disappearing mist.

"Wallace, Wallace! Koko wa doko desu ka?"(1) The yellow haired boy sighed before replying.

"Gummimon, I don't know, let's ask Miyako-san. And use English please," he turned around, "oh, hi! I'm Wallace! Erm…Miyako-san? Where are we?"

Miyako blinked, "Wallace? Why are you here?" Wallace blinked back.

"I don't know. I need to tell Mama that I have another mission though." He paused, waiting for the witty retort he used to hear often when they were looking for Wendigomon. When he heard nothing, "Miyako-san, where's Daisuke?"

Miyako froze, then started to cry in Ken's arms. Iori started to walk towards the three other groups to find out who they were and most of the destined followed him.

Now back to Ruby who had just arrived at the DATS Squad…

"Who are you guys? Why are you here?" Ruby shouted at the DATS Squad. Masaru shook his head to get rid of the stars dancing in his eyes.

"I don't know, girl! Now shut it and let me think straight!" Touma shook his head wearily as Masaru shouted at Ruby.

"Girl!" Ruby took off the wig and magically switched clothes with Norun. "I'll show you girl!"

"Oh yeah! A real man won't dress up as a girl! Eat THIS!"

TWACK! THUMP! BISH! "YEOW!" WOMP! The Digidestined ran forward quickly and dragged to fuming teen and man apart to avoid more exchanged blows.

Ruby huffed, clutching his throbbing left eye. "I have to admit that you're very good at this."

"Same here." Masaru panted, holding his side and wincing occasionally.

"So why are you guys here anyway? I'm Ruby by the way. Ruby Ryuubi." Masaru smirked and held out his free hand.

"Masaru. Daimon Masaru. Truce?" Ruby shook his hand and laughed.

"For now. Wait till this business of trouble ends, we'll continue our fight…Privately. Without anyone to interfere." Norun frowned.

"Sure. Now I'll let Touma explain why we're here." Touma stepped forward and started introducing everyone in the team while Tsurugi went to the crack-in-the-floor group and Shou went to the group next to the DATS. Ami and Yuu went to the 'pink mist' group.

One hour of explanations later…

"It's getting late. Tsurugi, Shou, everyone, don't you guys have to explain to your parents? We'll open a gate for you to come here in person instead of data later, okay?" Ruby shooed the Digimon Next team into the real world and turned to his 'guests'. "Guys, there's a hotel thing for people to stay in. I suppose there's not many rooms left so girls squeeze in two rooms and boys squeeze in two rooms as well! It'll let us know each other more quickly too so…Any questions?"

Ikuto raised his hand. "What about our Digimon?"

Norun smoothed her hair. "I guess you can let them sleep with you…"

Agumon grumbled and pulled on his partner's sleeve. "Aniki, I'm hungry! I want food!" Masaru laughed.

"We'd better hurry up then!"

In the unknown part of the Digital World…

Guilmon pointed his snout at a navy blue data stream that was coming nearer and nearer. "Renamon, what's that nice blue band thing coming nearer? And why it is blue?"

Renamon stared. "I don't know, but it feels…Okay if we get in it…"

Guilmon cheered and started running towards the data stream, shouting, "I hope it brings us to Takatomon!"

The yellow kitsune sighed, mumbling, "he's called Takato, not Takatomon," gesturing for the rest of the Digimon to follow.

TBC

1) If anyone doesn't know, Gummimon said "Where is this?" in Japanese.

FM/D: So, anyone like this chapter?

Ruby: Not me. Definitely.

FM/D: I didn't expect you to like it anyway. Please review or else I'll make the Master order Dai to kill someone! Oh yeah! Dai, over here! Ask them, ask them!

Daisuke: Eh, do you want me to have Dark Flamedramon, Dark Raidramon, Dark Magnamon or Dark AeroVeedramon to come out first in the fighting scene that is due...Two chapters later? If it's Dark AVeedramon I'll have a new black Digivice-IC though, hehe.

FM/D: Tell me in the review please!