After escaping the sinking submarine, Blue Eyes escapes again, leaving behind the Pokemon Rangers and Cyber Sluthes to be picked up aboard the Union by Murph, Matayoshi and Date along with the Pokemon they rescued. After defeating a wild Digimon with the help of Date and her Digivolved partner, Ben decides to patrol Mitonga Island with Summer.

Shortly after they went on their patrol, Ben and Summer found someone who needed their help. A concerned woman who usually feeds snacks to a Mankey was worried about the Pokemon not showing up. And so, they went on a search. On the way towards the Old Mansion, Summer couldn't stop thinking of all Ben had accomplished in her absence. The battles he fought, the Guardian Signs, the friends that helped him…

She wasn't drawn from her thoughts until she bumped into something. She stumbled back and looked up at Ben. He stopped walking and was now looking at her. "Wh-why'd you stop Ben?"

"What's bothering you Summer? You've been quiet this whole time."

Summer hugged herself and looked down. "Ben…I…I'm holding you back, aren't I?"

"Holding me-Summer where is this coming from?" Ben asked. "You're not still upset about being captured by Red Eyes, are you? Because that was my fault more so then yours! I fell into the sea and wasn't there while you had to deal with three Pinchers at once!"

"You fell because you were protecting me! And look at you know! You can summon legendary Pokemon! And not just you, Takumi and Ami's Digimon are getting new powers and I'm just lagging behind! What's so special about me?!"

"Summer…" The conversation was cut off when they heard a cry. "Come on. After this, you and I are gonna have a talk." Ben said hurrying on ahead. Summer followed. They hurried over to the mansion. To the left they saw a Mankey being chased by two Misdreavus.

"Key!"

Summer watched as the Mankey was backed into a corner. "HEY!" The Misdreavus turned around when they saw her charge at them and fire her Styler. After a few quick loops, they calmed down and left. She then ran over to the Mankey. "Hey, are you alright?" She picked it up in her arms. "Aww, you were scared, weren't you? It's okay now."

Ben looked behind him to see the woman that requested their help run towards them. "I couldn't help worrying about Mankey, so here I am…What just happened?"

"We saw your Mankey being chased by two Misdreavus." Ben replied.

"Chased by Misdreavus? I knew the mansion had Misdreavus…"

Summer handed the Mankey to the woman. "Don't worry. We captured them and they left."

"We?" Ben smirked at Summer with his arms crossed. "That was all you Summer."

"Huh? You helped to, didn't you?"

"I didn't even get a chance. That was the fastest catch I've seen you pull."

"R-really?"

"Key!"

The woman looked at the Mankey in her arms. "What is it, Mankey? The Pokemon held up a small gem. "Wow, what a pretty stone! Is that for me?"

The Pokemon smiled. "Key."

"Are you saying this is for the snacks I gave you? Did you risk getting chased by Misdreavus in the mansion for that? You didn't have to…I was so worried something might've happened to you."

"Key…"

"Thank you, Mankey. I'll treasure this pretty stone forever. Let's go back. It's snack time."

"Key!"

The woman put Mankey down, pocketed the stone and looked at the Rangers. "Thank you so much, Rangers. Why don't you join us for a snack? Oh, I only have Mankey food…Sorry."

"It's alright." Summer replied. "We need to keep working around the region anyway."

"Key! Key!"

The lady left with Mankey. Ben then heard a sound and turned around. He saw a rack with a strange blue figure glowing. "Hey, that's…a Guardian Sign!"

Summer looked where Ben was looking. "Huh? I don't see anything?"

Ben traced the figure on the screen of his Styler with his finger. "Rand and the others couldn't either…I wonder why only I can see them? It's weird…"

"…And so, we decided to go report back here while Ben and Summer go around, making sure the escaping Pinchers aren't causing trouble anywhere." Takumi concluded. He and the others returned to Rand's place and gave their report.

"That explains why you and Ami were soaking wet when you came in." Arata said. As soon as they got inside, Leanne hastily got towels for the twins and their Digimon.

"It sucks that we couldn't stop them from getting away." Ami sighed.

"Maybe, but there was nothing wrong with your decision." Rand said. "I don't know how Cyber Sleuths do things, but saving lives is one of a Ranger's duties. You can always find Blue Eyes again."

"That's true." Takumi nodded. "What about the Union?"

"Oh, that's right. We should ask Booker about repairing the Union. If you need something for a boat, go to Booker. That's common knowledge around Oblivia."

"Okay." Takumi replied. "Once Ben and Summer get back, we'll head there. Before that though, I want to ask Nema and Calumon to look at our Digivices."

"Is this about what you said earlier?" Arata asked. "About you're Digimon taking different forms?"

"Yeah. If we can all access it, we can all use new forms for our Digimon."

"Heh, heh! That does sound exiting!" Tokomon said.

Calumon nodded. "Alright then Nema, time to get to work!"

"Right!"

Agumon watched them as they left. "Of all the Digimon to be stuck here with us…Calumon…"

"What's up?" Takumi asked.

"Calumon in known as the light of Digivolution." Gabumon said. "I think he might also be affecting the data that you used to make Terriermon and Palmon take on new Digivolutions."

"I see…"

Ben and Summer were walking along Mitonga Road.

"I remember this path…" Summer said. "It was the first time you showed me a Guardian Sign."

"Yeah. It was the first time I called Entei."

A boy with blond hair ran up to them. "Pokemon Rangers! Please help some Jumpluff!"

"Jumpluff?" Summer asked.

"Do you know that there are Jumpluff behind the ruins to the north of here?"

"No. What happened? Are they being attacked? Some kind of fire Pokemon?"

"No…See, there's this lady who's kind of overexcited."

"O…kay? What do you mean by that?"

"She's in a green outfit and keeps saying, "Fantasy!" or something like that, chasing Jumpluff the whole time."

"Wait…" Ben muttered as he and Summer glanced at each other. "A green outfit? That means…"

"I can't look. Please save those poor Jumpluff!"

"Just leave it to us!" Summer said. "Where are they?"

"Thank you, Rangers! The Jumpluff are behind the ruins. You need to go north from here!"

"Let's go!"

Ben and Summer ran up north, towards the back of the ruins. But neither were prepared for what they saw next…A girl Pincher chasing three Jumpluff in a circle.

"Jumpluff! Fantasy! Jumpluff are fabulous! Jumpluff are the fantasy! Jumpluff head and fluffy hands! You make my heart felt!"

Summer raised an eyebrow. "…What?"

Ben blinked. "Yikes…This woman's worse than a Pokemaniac."

"Oh, why do you run away from me? Jumpluff!"

"Hey, you!"

The Jumpluff stopped in their tracks as Ben and Summer approached. The Pincher glanced at them. "Hi, Rangers! What can I do for you? I'm trying to communicate with Jumpluff right now."

"Communicating with them?" Ben asked. "Looks to me like you're trying to pinch them!"

"No, no. I won't even think about taking them from where they belong."

"What?"

"Please leave me and the Jumpluff alone. We were only having fun together. Aren't we, Jumpluff? …Jumpluff?"

The trio of Jumpluff stood perfectly still.

"Wh-what? What's wrong everyone? I thought we were having fun…"

"They don't look so good to me." Summer muttered.

"Er…Rangers? Sorry I treated you like pests. Could you use you your Stylers to cheer up my Jumpluff?"

"I got it!" Summer shot her Styler at the Jumpluff She began to draw her loops around them.

"Jump!" After the first few seconds one of them smiled.

"Pluff!"

"Jumpluff!"

The three Pokemon started to hop.

"There you go!" Summer smiled. "Feeling better, little guys?"

"Thank you, Rangers!" The Pincher glanced at them. "Now, where were we? Oh, I was indulging myself in the Jumpluff fantasy…"

"Hey, wait a minute-

"Stoppp!"

Everyone looked behind them. The boy from earlier stomped over to them. The boy glared at the Pincher.

"What?"

"Pokemon aren't your dolls or toys, you understand? I see that you like Jumpluff, but chasing after them for fun is a little too selfish of you!"

"Jump! Jump!" one of the Pokemon pouted.

"If you won't stop, I'll ask the Ranger to take those Jumpluff away to a safe place!"

"The Jumpluff won't even consider that! They'll understand how I feel about them!" the woman turned to the Jumpluff, but the moment she did so they backed away. The Pincher looked shocked. "…Jumpluff? ..You weren't having fun…with me?"

"I can respect loving Pokemon." Summer admitted. "But you have to respect how they feel towards you. Just like any other living being."

"…You are right. I guess I was wrong. I just felt so overwhelmed by being with these sweet Jumpluff…" the Pincher sighed.

The Jumpluff looked at her for a moment. Then they walked back over to her.

The Pincher was surprised beyond words. "…Jumpluff!"

"Jump! Jump!"

Summer smiled. "Looks like they're willing to give you a second chance."

"Jumpluff, thank you…I'm so sorry I chased you around. I hope someday…We cn watch the sky and clouds pass by together. See you, Jumpluff!

The Pokemon sang. As she left. "Jump! Jump!"

"Rangers, thank you." The boy said. The Jumpluff are so relieved…and maybe even a bit sentimental."

"Jump!" The three ran off in different directions.

"You're pretty mature for a boy your age." Ben grinned.

The boy chuckled as he left. "Thanks."

Ben then glanced at Summer. "You did great. Not only did you help those Jumpluff but that Pincher got a change of heart thanks to you."

"Heh, heh…well, I…Huh? What's that?"

Summer pointed at a rock behind Ben. He turned around to look at it. "Huh? What's what? That rock?"

"What's that light coming from it?"

"What light? I don't see a- Wait…Summer…do you see a Guardian Sign?!"

"That's…a Guardian Sign? But how come I can see it this time and not you?"

Ben looked back at the rock. "What in the world…?"

Arata was busy at Nema's computer. His, Nokia's, Yuugo's, and Yuuko's Digivices sat at the desk with Fei's currently wired to it along with Takumi and Ami's. "This should do it…There."

Takumi, Ami and Fei took their Digivices back. Just as they did so, Ben and Summer returned with all the Pichu following them. "We're back."

"Good timing." Arata replied. "Just finishing up here. Takumi and Ami filled us in on what happened."

"So, what now?" Ben asked.

"Well first, we need to talk to Booker to fix up the Union." Nokia said.

"Gee, I hope he takes the job. It seems like we've been troubling him a lot."

Rand laughed. "Not only will he take it, I'll bet Booker jumps for joy. You'll learn why soon enough."

"Well also, we need to do something about these Pichu." Matayoshi said.

The Pokemon were dancing around Nokia, Nema, Agumon and Gabumon. "Pichu!"

"Pichuchuu!"

"Picchuu!"

"Pichu!"

"After we talk to Booker, we'll bring them back to Docle Island." Kyoko said. "I'll bring my assistants with us."

"I see." Rand nodded. "Please do that."

"I'm going too!" Nokia said. "I wanna see the little critters off! Booker should have plenty of boats, right?"

"We may not need them." Takumi said. "If Arata's modifications to the Digivice work, I can Digivolve Terriermon to Ikkakumon at will."

"I think I'll come along." Yuuko said. "I'm interested in seeing this."

Arata walked over to them. "I need to make sure my own program works. I'm in."

"If everyone is going I will too." Yuugo added. Fei nodded.

"Alright." Summer smiled. "We're off!"

As they left Summer noticed Ben glancing to the side. "Ben, what's wrong?"

The other Ranger watched Pichu follow his friends. "Pichu found his pals…and now he's heading home…"

Summer's face saddened. "Oh…" She was with Ben the longest. She knew that he spent his entire career without a Partner Pokemon. It never seemed to bother him before, but now…

"Hey, Booker! Nick!" Takumi waved as they all came in with the Pichu.

"Pichu!"

"Pichu! Pichu!"

"Pichu!

"Pichu!"

Booker sighed before turning around. "What now? What's the racket? Ohh! It's you!" the Pichu surrounded him. "Oh. There, there, I'm so glad you're all right." He smiled patting two of them on the head before turning to another. "And you…And you too…I'm so glad to see y'all safe."

"Thanks to Takumi, Ami, Ben, and Summer." Nokia smiled. "Those jerk Pinchers had them trapped in a Submarine!"

"So the Pinchers did pinch 'em! What a terrible bunch! It's probably been really hard for these Pichu. Did you remember to thank the Rangers an Ukulele Pichu?"

The Pichu smiled at Ben and his friends. "Pichu!"

"Oh, right. Let me introduce you." Ben said. "This is my partner, Summer. And these are Takumi, Ami and Fei's friends, Nokia, Arata, Yuugo, Yuuko, and Kyoko."

"Oh, I see, I see. Ben told me about you Summer. He was pretty worried. Glad to see you're safe."

"Was he really?" Summer asked, looking at Ben, who tried to glance away.

Booker looked back at the Pokemon. "You're all good little Pichu. You've been raised right. I've got a little present for all of you! Ukulele Pichu. Come here a spell."

"Pichu!" the Pokemon skipped over to Booker.

"Let me borrow your ukulele a sec."

Everyone watched Booker take the Ukulele and start working on it. After a few minutes he returned with it. "Here it is!"

"Pichu?" Ukulele Pichu looked at it curiously.

"I've improved the ukulele's response to electric shock. With this, now you can play longer, purtier melodies than before."

Pichu immediately started practicing. "Pichuchuu!"

Ben kneeled to him. "Right on partner!"

"By the way, it looked like someone had been adjusting the ukulele before, but…"

Nick got nervous. "Uh-uh, about that…Actually, I well…"

"Nick gave it a tune up earlier." Ben replied.

Booker nodded. "Looked purty good. I could feel the craftsman's care."

"Boss…"

"Still a long way to go though! Havin' noticeable marks from adjustment's no good!"

Summer sighed. "How strict…"

Ami turned to him. "Don't get down over it, Nick. You did your best!"

"He means well." Kyoko said. "Apprentices don't match their mentors right away. There's no need to rush."

"Well if that's done, we'll be taking the Pichu home." Terriermon said.

"I'll miss 'em all a little, but that's for th' best. Listen now, Pichu. The boat you'll take to Dolce Island's pretty small. Don't get too excited and start roughhousin'. The boat'll tip, and you'll go splash into the ocean."

"Don't worry." Ben smiled. "Not the first boat ride they've been on."

"Well, that ship was really big though." Takumi replied.

Booker glanced at him. "Huh? A big ship in Oblivia?"

Ben snapped his fingers as he remembered. "Oh, right! We also wanted to ask you if you could do us a small favor. See the boat we were using got a hole in the hull and we were wondering if you can fix it."

"I see. Where at?"

"The port in Tilt Village." Yuugo explained. "The ship is called The Union and-

"The Union's in the port in Tilt Village?! Is that the truth? It's really the Union?! Not some hunk o' junk called The Minion or somthin'?"

"Uhhh…"

"I'm not doubtin' you, but I won't believe it until I can see for myself. I'll be back in a minute!" Booker was just about to run out of the house, but he stopped at the doorway. "Forgot somthin'! Don't matter whether it's The Union or some ol' rust bucket, I've got to plug the hole in the hull! I'll need my tools for that." He ran to a table. "Tools, tools…Tools, tools…" he filled his arms with equipment. "Now I'm ready to be fooled! I just can't stand around here! I'll go on ahead." Then he ran out.

"Boss! I'll help too!" Nick hurried after him.

Ben chuckled. "This seems familiar."

"That's a craftsman for you." Summer giggled. "He ran right out of here in a hurry!"

"Well the, shall we be off?" Kyoko asked.

Everyone nodded. They walked outside to where the dock was with the fisherman waiting in his boat. "You got what you need taken care of?"

"Yup." Ben nodded. "We're good to go."

"Great. By the way, when I told you we might not all fit in the boat, you said you had one of your own? Where is it?"

Terriermon walked over to the water as Takumi put on his goggles. A blue screen appeared before his eyes displaying an image of Gargomon and Ikkakumon. He touched the ladder with his finger.

DIGIVOLUTION

"Terriermon Digivlolve to…Ikkakumon!"

The walrus Digimon splashed into the water. Takumi climbed on with Arata and Yuugo. Ami and Fei then took out her Digivices.

DIGIVOLUTION

"Palmon Digivolve to…Sunflowmon!"

"FanBeemon Digivlolve to…Waspmon!"

Ami climbed on Sunflowmon with Nokia and Kyoko. Fei and Yuuko got on Waspmon.

As Ben and Sumer got in the boat with the Pichu the fisherman was at a loss for words. "…Okay, what?"

"It's a long story sir." Ben said, patting his shoulder. "Let's get going."

"…Right…"

Sunflowmon and Waspmon were the first to land. Ikkakumon and the boat soon followed.

"Okay! We've arrived at Dolce Island!" the fisherman said as the Digivolved Digimon went back to their Rookie forms.

The Pichu all ran across the beach. "Pichu!"

"Pichu Pichu!"

"Pichu!"

"Picchuu!"

"I'm so glad you made it back to your home, everybody." Summer smiled.

Ben watched Ukulele Pichu join them. "Pichu!" The Pichu then ran off.

"Huh? That was a pretty abrupt good-bye." Summer said.

"What were you expecting, a parade?" Fie asked.

Ukulele Pichu then ran back to them. "Pichu!"

Ben glanced back at him. "Huh? Ukulele Pichu?"

He then turned back to his friends. "Pichu Pichuu!"

"Picchuu!" One by one the Pichu ran back to them. They started nudging at Ben and Summer's feet, pushing them forward. "Piichu Picchuu!"

"What's with them?" Agumon asked.

"Ya got me." Guilmon shrugged.

"What do the Pichu want?" Summer asked. "What are they asking us to do?"

The Pichu lead Ben and Summer deeper into the Island. "Picchu!" Ukulele Pichu signaled the others to follow them before running after them.

"I guess they want us to come along?" Yuugo said before the went after them.

As they walked, Yuuko got a look around the island. "I know this place. This is where I woke up after the experiment."

"Really?" Takumi asked.

"Yes. I saw the Pinchers kidnapping Pokemon here. They heard me and I got surrounded. That's how I wound up captured and met Summer."

"Huh. This is where Ami and I woke up and met Terriermon and Palmon. But we didn't see any Pinchers."

"I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if you two somehow slept through the whole mess." Arata joked. Takumi and Ami blushed a bit as everyone laughed.

Kyoko laughed. "Still, to think the new world Kamishiro Enterprises was researching would be like this. Even if we wound up here by accident, I must say it was fortunate for this experience."

"I agree!" Ami nodded.

Soon they found the Rangers and the Pichu gathered at the tree stump they went to when fetching materials with Nick. The Pichu surrounded Ukulele Pichu.

"Pichu!"

"Picchuu!"

Ukulele Pichu's ukulele made a twang.

"Pichu Pichu Picchu!"

One of the Pichu twirled as it sang. "Picchu Pichu!"

Another one lite up with electricity. "Pichu Pichu Picchu!"

Another jumped. "Picchu Pichu!"

Two jumped past each other, switching places. "Piichuu Pii!" They then jumped back. "ChuuPiichuu!"

Ben and the others smiled as they watched the song and dance.

"PII CHUU!"

Summer giggled. "Oh, you Pichu…No, thank you. Your cheerfulness really helped raise my spirits when we were in the Submarine."

The Pichu sang and danced for the next few minutes. Soon after Ukulele Pichu looked back at them. "Pi…Pichu!"

Ben sighed. "It's been fun…partner."

Summer looked sadly at him. "Having Ukulele Pichu with you must have really made you realize what it means to have a Partner Pokemon."

Ben didn't respond.

"Pichuu!" The other Pichu then headed off as Ukulele Pichu walked back to Ben and Summer.

"Ukulele Pichu? You're not going with them?" Ben asked.

Nokia smirked at him. "Don't you get it Ben? Ukulele Pichu IS your Partner Pokemon."

"Pichu Picchu!" the Pokemon jumped onto Ben's shoulder. The Ranger didn't know how to react at first. "Hey, Pichu? If you want to stay here, I understand. You've always been with these Pokemon, and the reason why you came with me in the first place was to save them."

"Pichhu Pichu Picchu!" the Pokemon shook its head.

"Isn't that great Ben?" Summer grinned.

Ben smiled. "Pichu…Thank you."

Pichu played his Ukulele the whole trip back.

When everyone returned to Renbow Island Ralph ran up to them the moment they got off the dock.

"Heey! Rangers!" the boy ran over to them. "Huff…Puff…I finally found you!"

"Hi Ralph!" Ben waved. "It's been a while. What's up?"

"I was asked to give you this letter!" Ralph handed Ben an envelope with "Rangers and Cyber Sleuths" written on it.

Summer's held her hands behind her back as she glanced over Ben's shoulder. "It's addressed to us, but I wonder who it's from?"

"A pretty lady with blue eyes!"

Everyone looked at Ralph in surprise. "What?" Yuugo asked. "It can't be…Blue Eyes? But why?"

"Come on Ben! Hurry up and read it!" Nokia said.

"Alright, alright." Ben opened the envelope. "The fact that you are reading this letter means you survived as well. I'll tell you why I crashed the Submarine. There was a wireless transmission then, right? It was about me being demoted from leader. Because of things like being caught by you at the Old Mansion and the constant delays to our plans. Plan Z, where I crashed the Submarine, was me taking out my frustrations about feeling betrayed. I caused you all a lot of trouble by involving you. I'd like to give you my apologies and thanks."

"Huh. How about that." Arata shrugged. "She has a conscious after all."

Takumi looked at the letter. "Hey, I think there's more written on the back."

Ben flipped it over. "Finally, I'll tell you this one thing: Red Eyes is heading to Faldera Volcano. I hope that this makes us even. Blue Eyes."

"What? Red Eyes is heading toward Faldera Volcano?" Summer asked. "But…I wonder where Faldera Volcano is…"

"In the southern part of Oblivia, there is an island called Faldera Island." Ralph explained. "The volcano on that island is Faldera Volcano. I don't think you can get there without a big ship though. Well, I'm going to go! See you!"

"Thanks, Ralph!" Takumi waved as the boy left.

"A big ship, huh?" Fei asked. "We'll defiantly need the Union. Let's hope it doesn't take too long to fix that hole."

"First things first." Kyoko said. "Let's report back to Matayoshi and Rand."

"So, the Pinchers' next objective is Faldera Island…" Rand said.

"It seems that way." Kyoko replied.

"A volcano…" Leanne pondered. "From what I'm given to understand Moltres tends to go heal itself in the lava of volcanos to heal its wounds."

"Moltres? Isn't that the Pokemon the Pinchers are after for this Ancient Gate?" Palmon asked.

"So Red Eyes is making his move to go after Moltres." Matayoshi said. "We need to act fast."

"Of course." Ben said. "But there is one thing I want to talk about before we go. It happened when Summer and I were on patrol." Everyone's eyes were on Ben as he spoke. "According to all of you, only I can see the Guardian Signs."

"Right." Takumi nodded.

"I found another on patrol and I could see it but not Summer, same as always…But later on Summer said she saw a Sign, but I couldn't see it."

"WHAT?!" everyone looked at the female Ranger.

"Is that true, Summer?" Rand asked.

"Yeah. A glowing figure on a rock."

Ben turned to two of his friends. "Nema, Arata, can you hook up Summer's Styler with the Sign mode so we can test this out?"

"Sure." Nema nodded.

Outside the house, Summer looked at her updated Styler.

"Do you remember what the Sign looked like?" Ben asked.

"Of course."

"Then just draw in with your Styler."

"Okay…here goes." Summer shot her Styler and drew the shape she envisioned. Then in a burst on light, three Jumpluff appeared.

"What are those?" Ami asked.

"These are the Jumpluff from before!" Summer said.

"Unbelievable…" Takumi said. "Summer, you did it! You summoned a Pokemon with the Guardian Sign!"

Ben showed Summer the screen on his Styler, showing another shape. "This is the Sign I saw earlier. Try it next."

"Okay…" Summer drew the Sign with her Styler. But nothing happened. She tried again. Nothing.

Then Ben drew it and it glowed. "Go, Guardian Sign! Mankey, come forth!" In a flash, a Mankey appeared.

"That's the Mankey we saved." Summer said.

"It looks like Summer and I can only use the Signs we see."

"That's still helpful though." Takumi grinned. "We can get reinforcements in a flash!"

Ben turned to Summer. "This is amazing Summer! And I bet it's just what we need to take down Red Eyes!"

Ben's partner nodded.

"Alright!" Ami cheered. "Let's do this! To the Union!"

Rand smiled. "I'm counting on you."

Ben, Summer, Takumi, Ami, Arata, Nokia, Fei, Yuuko and Yuugo went for Tilt Village.

Remember how I promised at the start of this story that Summer would be doing more then the game originally had her do? Well aside from actually taking part of battles that includes giving her Guardian Signs. And before any of you ask, yes, she'll get legendries as well.