AN: Hey everyone, just reminding you that I don't own HP or Digimon, though, sometimes I wish I did but then they wouldn't be as good.
(Digital World)
Harry, Takato, Henry and Terriermon jumped into the water and Takato held his breath, Henry looked at him "Takato, it's okay, just breath" Takato went to reply when he realised he'd opened his mouth, he covered it but realised that he wasn't drowning, Terriermon and Harry snickered at him "You sure are funny Takato" "Yeah, ha, ha" they continued swimming through the depths of the underwater cavern.
They swam until they saw a circle carved into a wall "What's that?" "Maybe it's a door" they swam towards it and tried to open it but nothing worked, until Terriermon built up enough speed and crashed int it, it revolved and they ended up in another underwater cavern, they saw a bunch of Digimon and Henry scanned them "Otamamon, rookie level Digimon" Takato smiled "hey little guys…" they swam away and something called out.
Another Digimon swam out from behind a rock and Henry scanned it "Divermon, Ultimate level, special attack, striking fish!?" "Striking Fish!" he tossed his harpoon at them and Harry threw up his hands, a barrier formed and the harpoon bounced off of it, Harry shot of like a rocket and slammed into Divermon knocking the air out of him before holding him in a headlock, Harry quickly swam down and slammed Divermon off of one of the rocks "You set em up, I knock em down, Terrier Tornado!".
A small under water hurricane formed and slammed into Divermon knocking him to the sea floor, the Otamamon covered him quickly and Harry blinked in confusion before his eyes widened "Guys wait" they looked at him in confusion "He's a guardian" their eyes widened and they landed in front of him "Sorry about throwing you around but you did attack us first" "Sorry about that, I thought you were attacking the Otamamon".
Harry chuckled "All's forgiven mate, do you know a way out of here" "Your mad and you want to leave right?" "No, we just want to find a world that not completely made out of water" "Not made out of water? What's the point in that?" "So you don't know any worlds like that?" "Sorry, wait a minute, there is a legend about another world" he led them over to a large pipe "Now, some creatures have gone through this pipe and never returned and some say it leads to a whole other world".
"Okay then, I'll go check it out" Divermon tried to grab Terriermon but failed "No. oh I am going to have to work up one big apology for this" Terriermon swam into the tunnel only to be blasted by electricity and thrown back out again, Takato frowned "Now what do we do?" Henry looked at the tunnel "Well, if this tunnel is the only way out, we'll have to find a way" he turned to the Otamamon "Wait, the Otamamon spit out bubbles filled with air right?".
"The real trick is getting them to stop" Terriermon jumped onto Henry's shoulder "Oh, I get it" the Otamamon started spitting bubbles and soon all three of the humans were inside large bubbles which got sucked into the pipe "Bye Divermon and Otamamon" them came out of the pipe into a see-through pipe, they saw a massive amount of them "Maybe they all lead to different plains" "This one is heading right into that big bubble" they flew into the bubble.
Inside their bubbles popped and they started swimming in the water "We can swim down a tube if we have to, woah" they looked up to see white flying/swimming creatures "What are they?" Harry frowned "Digi-Gnomes" they looked at him "How did you know that?" Harry shrugged "I don't know, it's like the information was planted into my head, they'll lead us where we need to go" they started swimming after the Digi-Gnomes as they led them to a giant underwater library, they went inside.
Inside was completely dry, Takato looked up "There has to be someone here, there's electricity" "And someone had to read all of these books right?" they started walking through the library "This is like a studying nightmare, you couldn't get through all of these books if you studied for a hundred years" Terriermon grinned "Two hundred for you" Takato nodded "Yeah…wait hey!" Harry laughed as they continued on.
They continued searching until two bookshelves moved aside to reveal a giant room with a giant model of a Digivice hanging in it "Is that a giant Digivice? Or is it just me?" "Well it sure doesn't look like you" "I'd hate to meet the tamer that owns that Digivice" "Yeah, he'd have to be a giant" Harry shook his head "Larger, I've met Giants" they blinked at him before shrugging, Terriermon looked down the room "Hey someone's here?".
"It looks like he's asleep" "yeah, and it looks like he's transparent too" "is he even human?" "I don't know" they walked down the steps until they were stood in front of the desk the transparent man was sleeping on "Umm, excuse me sir? Are you awake?" the man groaned and sat up slightly "Hello? Been a while since I've seen someone solid" "Well, that's something you don't hear every day" "What do you want?".
"Who are you? Are you human? Are some kind of Digimon?" the man took off his cap and placed it on the desk, he rested his head on his hands "My name is Mizuno and as to being human, well, the answer is yes, at least I used to be" "How in the world did you get here?" "I could ask the same thing of the four of you but why waste time with meaningless questions, I already know who you are and how you got here, well, because I'm the one who created you".
Harry tensed "Now, that isn't a human, is it? Lady Gaiamon?" a female voice poked through "Oh my dear nephew, it is so good to hear your voice at last, welcome to my world, your kingdom, I hope you enjoy your stay, listen to Mizuno, he'll explain everything" Harry nodded and Mizuno came back, Takato pulled out his Digivice "Hey, how come our Digivices look like that big thing you have hanging from your ceiling?".
"They're Arks, for transporting data" "Arks?" "Okay…" "I heard my Dad mention them once, you're not one of his old friends are you? His name is Janyu Wong, he used to work with a group of people called the Monster Makers" Mizuno stood "What? You mean Tao, I remember, that was a long time ago, so you're his son?" Henry nodded "Yes I am, my name is Henry Wong" Terriermon jumped onto Henry's shoulder "I'm Terriermon".
Takato pointed his thumb at himself "I'm Takato can you help us get home?" Harry crossed his arms "My name is Hadrian and my partner Digimon is Kotemon" Mizuno nodded "Well, I suppose I could but I can't really promise you anything, its…you see…getting all the way back is…not as easy as you'd think" "Can we use one of these Digivices or…Arks" Mizuno looked over to the side as a book flew over to him "Perhaps".
The book opened and flipped to a certain page "one of the functions of the Arks is to act as toolboxes for using and organising data" a hologram appeared of a toolbox "they can be used to bring Kindred pairs together just like Noah's Ark" the hologram showed Noah's Ark before flying back and placing itself back into the bookcase "But not even I'm sure of all that they can do" two Digi-Gnomes brought another book over.
"Are they some kind of Digimon?" "No, they're another form of artificial intelligence that evolved on their own" "Well did they evolve from Digimon?" "Not really, they evolved from the Digital World itself, you see just as the human body is made up of cells, Digimon are made up of data, the Digital World is a living thing made up of Digimon and other creatures and as they evolve so does the Digital World".
A Digi-Gnome flew up with a blue card "Hey it's a blue card" "Well, it may look like a card to you but it's actually an algorithm, a mathematical formula" "A formula? I don't get it; how does it work?" "I'm sure Tao and the others forgot about Digimon when the project ended but I wanted to complete our work so I created an algorithm that would allow Digimon to evolve on their own beyond what we humans could imagine for them".
"I originally wrote the algorithm to prove that Digimon were more than just toys, that they were a true life form that could grow on their own but I gather that the blue cards have a different meaning to you, so how do you guys use the algorithm I wrote?" "Well, I don't know about the algorithm part but we use the blue cards to become Digimon Tamers" "Hmm, that makes sense" Terriermon blinked "it does?".
"The Digital World is all about communication and all communication is about bringing things in touch, it seems the blue card algorithm, is being used for a purpose that I didn't quite intended" Digi-Gnomes landed next to Henry and Takato and landed on Harry, he looked at them and they cooed at him "To bring Digimon and people together as partners" two of the Digi-Gnomes placed their wings on Takato's Digivice.
It glowed and a hologram of Guilmon's original image came up "Hey, that's my drawing of Guilmon" "It seems the Digi-Gnomes used packs of data to create him when you dreamed him up, probably in an attempt to communicate with you" the hologram showed Guilmon's creation "Or maybe Guilmon dreamed his data into existence and you simply became aware of him" Terriermon jumped down to Henry's shoulder "Does that mean I was created especially for Henry?".
"Perhaps" screens showing Guilmon appeared behind Mizuno "Yeah, created especially to annoy me" Harry snickered "or maybe Henry was created for you" "then Guilmon is data" the Digi-Gnomes flew overhead "So, do you know of a way to get out of here and back to the real world?" "Yes, the highest plain" Harry frowned "The plain of the Sovereign" Mizuno nodded "The four most powerful, most evolved Digimon make that their home, it is the next level up".
"Wait there's four of them, if they're like Azulongmon from the T.V show they must be huge, do they protect the Digital World?" Harry frowned "Azulongmon is one of the Sovereign, the Dragon of the East" Mizuno nodded again "it is rather ironic don't you think? The Digimon have tried to evolve to larger and stronger forms to set themselves apart from humans who created them but they've ended up taking on the forms of ancient gods of the humans, Digimon and humans will never be able to separate themselves from each other".
Mizuno looked at them "They live in the same world really and its only when that is recognised that the next evolution will begin" Harry looked at him "Two sides of the same coin" Mizuno nodded in agreement, Takato looked at Henry and Harry "if they protect this place then they're good right?" Henry shook his head "that's not what sensei says, he says that good and evil can switch definitions depending on your perspective".
Harry nodded "I know that personally, it is part of my past" "Let's just hope that our perspective is the right one" "The Sovereign as you call them, seem to want to increased Digivolution at a faster rate in order to resist something, it seems they fear they won't survive unless they grow strong enough to defeat whatever is coming for them" "I wonder what they're afraid off" "Yeah, what could defeat the Sovereign?".
The Digivice above them activated and a beam of light shrouded the small group of people and Digimon as the ceiling disappeared "That is all I can tell you, the rest you must learn on your own" they started levitating up to the Ark "But what about you?" Mizuno fell back into his chair and laid his head back down and closed his eyes "I'm very tired I must rest, ah sleep, a chance to dream" the Ark door closed and they stood inside of it, the ark set off towards the level of the Sovereign.