Our heroes' pursuit of the Pokemon Pinchers and their search for Weber lead to an encounter with Suicune. The third legendary Pokemon in Entei and Raikou's trio. The Water Type was guarding the Canal Ruins, that housed another monument at the depths. After stealing the third Emblem, the Pokemon Pinchers fled with Suicune in hot pursuit. Ben and the others not far behind.

The four Pinchers had Suicune surrounded. Purple lights emanated from their Control Gauntlets, keeping it still. "Phew…It looks like somehow we've got it under control…"

"Even four of us aren't enough to completely control it. What unbelievable power. Now we couldn't run even if we wanted to."

"There they are!" Ben and the others caught up to them. "What are you doing to Suicune?!"

"Sir…Let's send Suicune after the Rangers and run!"

"That's a good idea, but how?"

"How about this? Hey! You guys! We've been waiting! Hurry up and help out! We're all friends here!"

"Friends? What's he yacking about?"

"Oh, great! You already caught Entei! Then hurry up and do something!"

Suicune glared at Ben. "Grrrrr…"

"Suicune! Don't listen to them!" Summer panicked.

"We'll leave the rest to you! Thanks partners!"

The Pinchers released Suicune and fled on their Z.Z. Flyers.

"Shaaaooonn!" Suicune roared in rage and pillars of water rose up.

"Those rotten little…" Takumi growled. "Great, now what?!"

"Okay, that's it, I'm going after those clowns so I can pound the stuffin' outa them." Fei said. "Waspmon!"

"Right! They won't get away!"

"Fei, wait!" Ami yelled. But her warning fell of deaf ears as Waspmon flew away.

"I'll go with her. RizeGreymon!"

"Guardromon!" Yuuko and Yuugo's Digmon flew after them.

"Yuuko! Yuugo!"

"Oh sure." Arata grumbled. "Leave us with the angry mutt." Suicune shot an Aroura Beam towards him.

"Arata!" Infermon shoved his tamer out of the way but took the full blunt of the attack and was frozen in a block of ice.

"I-Infermon!"

Suicune fired another one at Lillymon and Rapidmon, freezing them in a block of ice as well.

"Rapidmon!"

"Lillymon!" Ami and her brother ran over to their Digimon.

"Enteil, thaw them out!" Ben yelled. "Quick!"

Before Ben's Pokemon could even do anything, Suicune charged into it, knocking it over. Entei got back up and pounced at him, but Suicune evaded the attack and shot a blast of water at him.

"He's too fast!"

"Nova Blast!"

"Fox Fire!" Both of Nokia's Digimon fired at Suicune while it's back was turned, making a direct hit. Suicune became even angrier. It surrounded itself with pillars of water that knocked Ben's Styler away when he attempted to catch it.

"Darn it!"

Whirlpools blew towards, Greymon and Garurumon. Both were blown away and flung into a will.

"Greymon! Garurumon!"

"Nokia!" Suicune shot a blast of water, at Nokia. But Takumi pushed her out of the way and took the hit.

Nokia ran to him and knelled down. "T-Takumi, are you alright?!"

"Urgh…Yeah. I'll be fine."

"Takumi…He's just as brave as ever. Ami too. She didn't even look scared when those Pinchers caught her. I…I need to be like that too! If I can't brave up, I won't be able to protect them!" Her eyes glowed pink. The same color of light flashed from her Digivice. "RAAAAAAH! I'm not letting any of my friends suffer anymore! This ends now!"

"Looks like Nokia's getting serious." Ami said with a chuckle. "About time."

Nokia held up her Digivice. "Greymon! Garurumon! Let's give it all we've got!"

DIGIVOLUTION

The pink light fired from her Digivice and came down on Greymon and Garurumon. A pink shell formed around each of them.

"Greymon Digivolve to…"

Garurumon Digivolve to…"

When the shells burst, Greymon had a metal skull, a metal plate on his chest, red hair, purple wings and his left arm was a giant metal arm with a claw. Garurumon stood on his hind legs, wearing earrings, blue ripped pants with a skull, and had a spiked brass knuckle on his left hand.

"MetalGreymon!"

"WereGarurumon!"

Summer was in awe. "Nokia's Digimon reached their Ultimate level!" She scanned one of them. "MetalGreymon. Vaccine Ultimate Digimon. More then half of its body is mechanicalized and it wields the "Trident Arm" made of an alloy called Chrome Digizoid."

Ami scanned the other. "WereGarurumon. Vaccine Ultimate. It has enhanced offensive and defensive power and developed a tactical nature."

As Suicune roared, massive pillars of Ice rose up forming a shield around it "Mach Rush!" MetalGreyom charged into it, shattering the ice to pieces and ramming into Suicune. It got back up and prepared to fire another Aroura Beam.

"Awesome Quake!" Were Garurumon punched the ground so hard it shock, making Suicune lose balance. WereGarurumon then rushed it. "Wolf Claw!" The attack pushed Suicune back.

"Giga Destroyer!" MetalGreymon fired two missiles from his chest that exploded upon contact. Suicune was launched into a wall.

Ben gapped. "Wow! I've never seen such destructive power!"

Suicune groaned as it stood up. "Alright!" Nokia said. "Now to finish-

"WAIT!" Summer ran over to Suicune. "That's enough! We're not here to fight Suicune!"

Nokia froze up. Suicune looked seriously hurt. When it attacked Takumi, she saw red. She didn't even think.

Summer kneeled in front of Suicune. "Are you okay? I'm sorry. The Pinchers tricked you into attacking us." Suicune's gaze on Summer was sharp. "We didn't capture Entei. It's willingly working with Ben, because it trusts him.

Entei walked over to Suicune. The Water Type saw the trust and sympathy in its eyes.

"Raikou trusts us as well. We want to protect this region. Please believe us."

"Shaa…" A blue light surrounded Suicune. It slowly stood up.

Summer gazed at it in awe. "This light…A Guardian Sign?"

"I can't see it." Ben said. "Looks like this one's all yours."

Summer took her Styler and recorded what she saw. She then smiled at Suicune. "Thank you Suicune. I won't let you down."

Suicune smiled as Summer rubbed its head. Entei in the meantime thawed out, Lillymon, Rapidmon and Infermon. "Huh? What happened, what'd I miss?" Lillymon asked looking around.

Infermon looked at Suicune. "Hey! Cheep shot mutt! Spider-

"No!" Arata yelled running over to his Digimon. "Summer just got that thing to trust us, let's not tick it off again!"

"Oh. Okay."

Rapidmon looked at MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon in surprise. "When did Greymon and Garurumon Digivolve?"

"Hey! Ow! Be gentle, be gentle!" The group looked up and saw RizeGreymon holding one of the Pinchers in his non mechanical hand. Yuuko was on his shoulder. Fei was on Waspmon, holding another Pincher by the collar and Yuugo was on Guardromon who held the last two. Fei and the Digimon dropped them to the ground in front of Summer and Suicune. "Ow! Sheesh, of all the- They looked up to see everyone glare at them. Yuugo, Yuuko and Fei's Digimon landed right behind them.

Fei jumped down and walked over to them. "Oh look, our friends cleaned up yer ugly mess for ya worthless lot. Got anything to say for yourselves?"

The Pinchers trembled. "Uh…Sorry?" One of them muttered. "But hey! I mean you got it under control! All's well that ends well right?"

"Is that all you have to say?!" Summer yelled as she stormed over to them. "Suicune got badly hurt because of you!"

"H-hey you can't just go and attack us! You're the good guys!"

Ben grabbed Summer's shoulder. "He's right Summer, claim down."

"But Ben-

"Pokemon Rangers do hunt people down and attack them. We represent the peace of the world. Some lines we just can't cross." As Summer's expression softened, the Pinchers sighed in relief. Ben then flashed a smirk. "Now Entei and Suicune on the other hand are quite a different story. Oh boys!"

The Pinchers looked to their left and saw both Legendary Pokemon growling and glaring at them angerly. Without warning them charged into them at full speed sending them flying. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Everyone watched them fly off further and further away until they landed somewhere deep into the forest. "Hah! I bet Entei and Suicune would go far if they took up football!" Takumi laughed.

"Not as far as the Pinchers are going!" Arata chuckled. "Serves them right!"

"Uh, guys?" Lillymon asked. "What about the Emblem they took?"

"Don't worry yer pretty flower head about it." Fei replied. "Yuugo took it from them when we caught them."

Yuugo looked at his sister. "No, I didn't, Yuuko did."

His sister turned to Fei. "I thought Fei did." Everyone looked at each other in concern.

"Great. So much for that. What about Weber?" Ami asked. "You guys didn't happen to come across him when we split up at the ruins earlier, did you?"

Arata shook his head. "Hope he didn't get caught up in any of this."

"Heeey! Help me!" On the other side of the River was a man with black hair with a white shirt and green vest on a cliff above them.

"Would you happen to be Weber?" Summer asked.

"You guys know who I am? I've been making rugs for 30 years. I am the weaver of rugs, Weber!"

"Oh, good!" Nokia replied. "We've been looking all over for you!"

"Um, well, that's fine, but…Could you help me out here? Actually, I was trying to protect Suicune from those villains, and I grabbed onto one of those flying machines. They shook me off here, but the river is too fast to cross."

"Hang tight!" Takumi said. "We're on our way!"

"I can fly over there." Lillymon said.

Suicune then roared, getting their attention. It then walked over to Summer. "What's gotten into it now?" Nokia asked.

Summer eyed it. "Suicune? Are you saying you'll save Weber?"

"Maybe it feels responsible for what happened." Yuuko said. "But it can't fly. How is it-

"Not fly." Yuugo replied. "But cross the river."

"That's right!" Rapidmon said. "That corny song mentioned that, plus we saw it run on water earlier."

Suicune laid down in front of Summer. "You'll…you'll let me ride on your back?" Summer asked nervously.

Ben smiled. "Go for it, Summer! Trust Suicune!"

Summer smiled and slowly climbed on. Suicune got up and jumped into the river, standing on the water. In what seemed like no time at all, it rushed around the other side of the high land Weber was stranded on and found a lower point to jump to. It then hurried to Weber's location. Summer climbed down. "Thank you for waiting, Weber!"

"Phew. Thanks. When you crossed the River riding the Great Suicune, you looked just like the hero of Oblivia."

Summer smiled and looked down where the other were. "Hey, Ben! Mission Clear!" Ben performed his Ranger pose, as did Summer. "Ummm…I'm sorry to bother you when you're tired, but we have something we need to ask you." Summer said to Weber. "We have a bit of a problem."

The man smiled. "As thanks for saving me, I'll tell you whatever you need to know. Still, we'll catch cold out here in the rain, so why don't we talk back at my workshop?"

Back in Aqua Resort Weber brought Ben and the others inside his Workshop.

"Whew. You saved me. If you hadn't come looking for me, who knows what would have happened? Thank you very much."

"Pokemon Rangers and Cyber Sleuths are here to help people and Pokemon in trouble." Summer smiled.

"Cyber…Sleuths? We'll then, I'll try to help you for a change. Why don't you tell me about what's giving you trouble?"

Everyone stepped away from the rug on the floor. "This rug is made in Articuno's image, right?" Takumi asked.

Weber stepped back and looked down. "This rug was made by my great-great-grandfather so that we would never forget how moved he was when he met Articuno. Wait…Wasn't it my great-great-great grandfather? Well, at any rate, it was my ancestor."

"He saw Articuno in the flesh?" Terriermon asked.

"That's right…Wait…Did that Pokemon just talk?!"

"Oh, boy, not again…"

"Terriermon isn't a Pokemon. It's a long story, Weber." Takumi sighed.

"Okay…"

"But in any case, you didn't make this rug yourself, did you?" Yuuko asked.

"No."

"Well do you know where this ancestor of yours met Articuno?" Takumi asked.

Weber sighed. "No, that I don't know…I've only heard that my ancestor saw Articuno."

"Is that so…" Yuugo sighed.

"I'm sorry that I wasn't much help."

Palmon shrugged. "So much for that lead. Now what?"

Just then there was a knock on the door, and someone came in. "Oh, I'm so glad to see that you're all safe!"

Ben was surprised. "Leanne?"

"You were taking a long time, and I got worried."

Date came in with Lopmon next to her. "So, this is the place? Oh, the kids are all here already."

Kyoko came in last. "Ah, so you found Weber in once piece. Good."

"How did you get here?!" Nokia asked. "Did you sprout wings and fly over or something?!"

Leanne laughed. "No, no, no. I asked Murph, and we came here on The Union." She walked over to Weber. "Excuse me, sir. My name is Leanne, and I'm an Archeologist. We bought a rug just like this before, and it is really wonderful."

Weber smiled. "I wish my ancestor could hear those words…I'm sure that rug doesn't just look good, but it also feels very soft to the touch and to walk on, right?" he asked as Leanne walked to the side to get a better look. "The truth is this rug is woven from Pokemon "fur."

Pichu tilted his head. "Pichu?"

"From a Pokemon's fur?!" Terriermon asked.

"That's right." Weber nodded. "It's woven from Mareep wool."

"That's animal abuse and theft!" Date yelled. "I'll arrest you for this!"

"Pichu!" Pichu angerly ran to the center of it and gave the whole rug a shock. "Pichuuuuu!"

"Yeah, have at it Pichu!" Terriermon jumped up and down.

"Avenge the Mareep!" Lopmon cheered.

As the rug was zapped a light caught Kyoko's eye.

"Calm down, guys! It's not like that!" Weber held his hands up defensively. "We don't just pull the Mareep's wool out. Mareep naturally sheds its wool in the summer, so we only collect and use that wool."

Pichu stopped. "Pi…chu?"

"Ooooooh. Why didn't you say so!?" Date asked. "I mean yeah, I guess there's no sense in letting that wool go to waste."

Weber sighed. "Phew, that was a shock. Sorry about the misunderstanding there."

"Did you guys see that?" Kyoko asked.

Ben glanced at her. "See what?"

"When Pichu's electricity ran through the rug, something appeared."

"Really?" Leanne asked.

Ben looked at his partner. "Hey, Pichu! Give it another zap!"

Weber's eyes widened. "Wait! That's no good. You'll burn the rug to a crisp!"

"Just go for it, Pichu!"

Pichu charged up. "Pichuuu!" It let out a fierce blast of electricity. After doing so some kind of script appeared across the rug.

"Whoa!" Nokia jumped.

Kyoko looked right at it. "As I suspected."

"Wh-what's this?!" Weber gasped.

Leanne looked at it. "The Mareep wool that the rug is woven from has a tendency to store static electricity. The fact that it shines when shocked is probably related to that."

"But what's with these letters?" Fei asked. "I can't make head or tail outa this."

"This is Oblivia's ancient script." Kyoko replied. "Hmm…It'll take some time, but Leanne and I can decipher it."

"Okay…" Nokia said. "I'm…just gonna step out for a bit."

"Sure…"

Nokia left quietly. "What's up with her?" Summer asked. "She doesn't seem like her cheery self."

"Yeah…" Takumi said. "I'm gonna go check on her."

Arata smirked. "Typical. Just don't bite off more than you can chew. You seem ignorant of the dangers you're about to face."

"Said the dork who's too oblivious to see that he swept my sister right off her feet." Takumi muttered.

"Huh? Sorry, did you say something?"

"Nothing."

Ami blushed. "I'm just going to pretend I didn't hear that."

Kyoko smiled. "Ah, the power of youth."

Outside, Takumi found Nokia looking down in the center of town. "Hey, Nokia!"

She briefly looked behind her. "Oh, Takumi…"

"Is something wrong?"

Nokia sighed. "What happened back there…I was so…brutal. When I saw you get hurt something snapped and…I hurt Suicune bad with MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon."

Takumi frowned.

"Do you remember when I formed the Rebels?"

"I do. You did it because you couldn't stand Digimon being abused by humans."

"Yeah. And now I just used Digimon to hurt Pokemon. I can't stand myself right now…What's happening to me?"

Takumi sighed. "Nokia…I know how you feel. You think you could have done something differently. That you didn't need to fight."

"If this is about Tankmon, that wasn't your fault."

Takumi looked up at her in surprise. "How'd you know about that?"

"Terriermon and Palmon got worried after you and Ami freaked out back at Rand's place and left. They told us."

Takumi sighed. "I see…"

"They said you two think of that case as your biggest failure. Is that true?"

Takumi thought back to harder times. Like Yuugo being devoured by the first Eater and Arata merging with one. And how it all happened because he opened the gate to the Digital World eight years ago. "I don't know about that but…It's easily one of our bigger mistakes. Nokia, if I could have my way, we'd never have to hurt anyone. But all our previous battles had me thinking. We had no choice. If we didn't fight things would have gotten a lot worse."

"But how is what I just did different from what the Pinchers do?"

Takumi gripped her shoulder and looked at her in the eye. "One big difference. You attacked Suicune to protect me. Red Eyes? He's going after Pokemon for himself. You're not selfish like him. You're willing to stick your neck out for people and Pokemon. The Pinchers hide behind them to protect themselves."

"Takumi…"

The boy had a serious expression. "That's why I can't stand what Red Eyes is doing! And that' why I-We WILL stop him!"

Nokia smiled. "You're right! I can't let him get away with what he's doing either!"

Takumi gave a smile seeing hers. "That's the spirit! Next time I see him I'm not letting him run off until I give him a piece of my mind!" Takumi said punching his palm.

"Then give him a good one for me too!"

"You got it! For the Rebels!"

By the time Takumi and Nokia returned Kyoko and Leanne had jut finished deciphering the text on the rug. "Are you alright, Nokia?" Agumon asked.

"Yup! As soon as Kyoko and Leanne are done reading the rug, I'm gonna go knock the Pinchers into orbit!"

Ami laughed. "That's our Nokia!"

Kyoko stepped away. "I think we got it."

"You got it translated?" Date asked. "So, what's it say?"

Leanne cleared her throat. "At the top of a snowy peak, when my life's fire was fading, I encountered Articuno. After that, I wove this tapestry with my own hands. I wove my respect into each thread of the warp and my gratitude into each thread of the weft…That's what it says."

Kyoko nodded. "It would appear that the craftsman who wove this was saved by Articuno on a snowy mountain. This rug is a symbol of his gratitude."

Weber kept his gaze on the rug. "So, that was the motivation behind weaving the rug! Well, I'm very grateful that you deciphered it!"

"So, we just need to find a snowy mountain and we'll find Articuno." Takumi said. "Weber, any idea where we can find a place like that on this mountain?"

"It must be Mt. Sorbet here on Seophian Island."

"Then that's where we're going next." Yuuko said.

"Still, though…Mt. Sorbet is famous for avalanches. I think it would be best to stay away."

Leanne shook her head. "Two of them are Pokemon Rangers. Sometimes they have to brave dangerous places in order to protect Oblivia's peace."

Kyoko smiled. "And those two over there are my assistants, who already braved through dangerous cases."

"Part of being a good detective involves taking a few risks, right?" Leanne smirked.

"Exactly."

"We already went through a Volcano, so if anything a snowy mountain is rather welcoming." Nokia added.

"I see. I understand." Weber said. "If you're going to Mt. Sorbet, be very careful."

"Weber, Leanne, Kyoko, thank you very much!" Summer smiled.

"Alright, let's head out!" Ben rooted.

Leanne turned to them. "Please be careful. We'll go back home on the Union. We'll be waiting for good news."

"Date, will you be coming with us?" Summer asked.

"A chance to give those crooks a piece of my mind? Every bit of me wants that. Unfortunately, I still need to escort these two back. Someone has to make sure that idiot Murph doesn't mess up the ship again, and if another one of those shell things attack it like last time, Lopmon and I will be needed."

Yuugo nodded. "Makes sense. A Digimon could attack anywhere."

"Ah, but before you go." Leanne said. "We need to get Takumi and his friends something warmer to wear if they plan to go to Mt. Sorbet. Can't have them freezing on us."

"Our half cyber bodies make us a bit more cold resistant." Ami said. "But I guess it couldn't hurt to have a bit more protection. Oh, but…I don't know if our currency has any value here…"

"I'll buy them for you."

"Really? Are you sure?" Nokia asked.

"Of course. Consider it a thanks for all you've done."

"Okay. Summer and I will take a walk while we wait for you guys." Ben said.

"You're not coming?" Arata asked.

"We'll be fine. Our Ranger uniforms are made of a special material that shifts temperatures if different environments."

"Cool." Takumi smiled. "I guess we'll see you guys in a bit." He left with the others.

Ben turned to the shopkeeper. "Thanks for the help Weber."

"It was my pleasure. Go north from Aqua Resort to reach the entrance of the Mt. Sorbet trail."

"Okay. Then let's walk around!" Summer smiled.

As the Rangers left the house they looked around. Then Pichu spotted someone and ran over to them. "Pichu? What's wrong?" Ben asked.

Pichu ran over to a nearby table where Arley, Kasa, and Hocus were drinking tea. The burly wan was the first to see the happy Pokemon. "Are you the Pichu from Dolce Island?"

"Pichu, wait up!" Ben, Summer and Staraptor caught up to them. "Huh? Is that you Arley?"

"Oh, so it was your Pichu then. Thanks for everything at Rasp Cavern."

"Ben, you know this person?" Summer asked.

"Yeah, I saw him at Rasp Cavern and-Hey, Hocus is here too!"

"Hey, Ben! Nothing up my sleeve but a hello!"

"That's a strange greeting…" Summer said. "Do you know this person too, Ben?"

"We met at Tilt Village."

Kasa smiled. "It's the Rangers from earlier. Did you find the rug weaver?"

"Ummmm…K… K…" Summer looked at her awkwardly.

"It's Kasa. You don't have to stand over there. If you'd like, come to our table. You're invited to our little tea party."

"Really? Thanks." Ben smiled. "I didn't know you guys all knew each other."

Kasa smiled and poured some tea for the new guests. "We're all friends from a long time ago."

Arley nodded. "Since Kasa has come to Sophian Island, we're having a reunion."

"When we were young, the four of us traveled the world together."

"Sounds exciting." Ben said, taking a sip of tea. "Wait…The four…of you?"

"Oh yes, now that you mention it, it looks like the doctor is late." Hocus said as he looked at his pocket watch.

Kasa sighed. "Isn't he constantly sough after these days by the people here in Oblivia?"

Arley turned to his left at the sound of footsteps. "Speak of the you know what."

Edward smiled as he walked over to them. "Hello, sorry I'm late. I got caught by an overly talkative patient." He joined them next to Arley. "Why, if it isn't Ben! You're looking tan and healthy."

Kasa giggled. "My, my . You seem quite close. Is this your grandchild?"

"I'd probably be fun to have a grandchild like this, but unfortunately that isn't the case. This reliable Ranger has been running around to help Oblivia." He turned back to Ben. "Where are the other young ones? Are they doing well?"

"Yeah. They just went to get something warm to wear."

"Hey, guys!" Summer and Ben saw Takumi and the others run over to them. Each were wearing a thick and heavy coat. Takumi's was grey, Ami's was yellow, Arata's was blue, Nokia's was pink, Fei's was a light shade of blue, and Yuuko's was black, and Yuugo's was white.

"Oh, good, you're all bundled up." Ben smirked. "Did Leanne and the others leave already?"

"Yup." Takumi glanced at the table. "Hey, Arley! Hocus! I haven't seen either of you in a while!"

"Do you know these people?" Yuuko asked.

"Ah right. Guess we should go through the introductions." Ben said. "Some of you have met the gang already, but this is Takumi, his sister Ami, Yuugo and his sister Yuuko, Fei, Nokia and Arata. And guys, you already met Edward and Kasa, but this is Arley, a lumberjack and Hocus, a traveling magician."

Fei smirked at Arley. "It's been a while old man."

"Sure has. You seem as lively as ever."

"Ah, yes, I heard of you from Arley." Kasa said, before looking at the Digimon. "And these must be the "Digimon" creatures he told us about."

"That's us." Terriermon nodded.

"So, they can talk. Fastening."

"That's just the start." Arley said. "They have their own means of evolving. And doing so grants them immense power."

"That's right." Takumi nodded. "It's called Digivolution."

"Intriguing." Edward said. "I would very much like to see it with my own eyes if possible."

"Sure. Terriermon, are you up for it?"

"Totally! Let's rock!"

Takumi put his goggles over his eyes. A blue screen appeared in front of him.

DIGIVOLUTION

A yellow light traveled from his hand to Terriermon who had a bright shell from around him. "Terriermon Digivolve to…Gargomon!" Edward and the others were festinated when Gargomon came out of the shell.

"Remarkable!" Hocus applauded. "What growth! I've seen Pokemon evolve countless times but that doesn't even compare."

"There's more." Arley said. "Apparently this is only the fourth stage in their growth."

Takumi grinned. "That's right. And recently we pushed our way to the next level. Wanna see?" His eyes glowed yellow as he held his hand up.

DIGIVOLUTION

A yellow light went straight up and came down on Gargomon. "Gargomon Digivolve to…" another shell of light formed around it. "Rapidmon!"

The four elders were shocked into amazement at the new form that emerged. "I…I don't even have the words!" Arley said. "This seems so…unreal!"

"And they can go even further beyond that!" Nokia grinned. "You should see what my cute little Digimon can do when they go all out."

"Really?" Kasa asked. "Show us!"

"I wish I could but…for some reason it won't work. I'm not sue why."

"Maybe it has something to do with this world?" Agumon suggested. "I don't think it normally supports digital lifeforms, so it may be affecting our power."

After showing off his Ultimate form, Takumi's Digimon went back to being Terriermon. "How did you even come across such creatures?" Edward asked.

Takumi looked back at his friends. "Should we tell them?"

"I don't know Takumi…" Yuugo said.

"Why not?" Nokia asked. "They seem like trustworthy people!"

"If it is a secret of some kind we won't tell." Kasa assured.

"Well…okay."

Takumi went on to explain how he and his friends were from another world and while they didn't go through all the details, they explained that they had a previous adventure with Digimon. Edward and his friends listened through the whole thing, not saying a word until he was done.

"That's…interesting." Edward said. "So, you are not from this world."

"I know it's hard to believe."

"Perhaps." Edward smiled. "But I can tell you are very trustworthy children. If what you say is indeed true, then I do hope you can find your way home."

"Thanks."

"By they way, is everything going well with your duties?"

"We are going to Mt. Sorbet to protect Articuno from some bad guys." Ben replied.

"I see."

"Oh, snap! We should hurry!" Takumi said. "Red Eyes could already be there for all we know!"

"Right. We'd better get going." Yuugo said before turning to Edward and his friends. "Do any of you know anything that might help?"

Edward stared down. "It's obvious that your job is very difficult. I wish we could do something to help, but we're all outsiders. We are older, but we don't know much about Oblivia's past."

"Rand's wife, Leanne, knows a lot about Oblivia's past. So, we're okay when it comes to that." Summer said. "She's an amazing archeologist."

"Wow. An archaeologist, you say? That's wonderful."

"Plus, we got Kyoko, Ami and Takumi's supervisor. She knows a lot of things." Nokia added.

"Sorry for interrupting your reunion." Ben said. "We should be on our way."

Hocus smiled. "Don't worry. We're sorry to have held you up. Thanks to having such refreshing guests, I feel like I'm about ten years younger. Now that is real…"

"…Magic." Kasa smiled.

"Pichu!" Ben's partner bounced.

"If we learn anything, we'll be sure to contact you." Arley said.

Edward nodded. "If you get hurt, I'll have a look at you. Still try not to be too reckless."

Arata leaned in and whispered. "Don't expect, Takumi or Ami to promise that."

"Hey!"

As everyone laughed, Ben turned to the team. "Come on guys. We're off to Mt. Sorbet!"

As they left Edward took a sip of tea. "Digimon hold a lot of potential I see…Perhaps even more so then…it."

Shortly after that, the team made their way north out of Aqua Resort and found the entrance to the mountain with a man standing in front of it. "Those two! I warned them it's to dangerous inside, but they wouldn't listen! They're not even Pokemon Rangers!"

Ben walked over to him. "Is something wrong?"

"I was keeping an eye out at the mountain. And some strangers dressed in green pushed past me and went inside!"

"Sounds like Pinchers." Takumi said. "Let's get going."

"What? You can't go in there! It's dangerous inside!"

"It doesn't matter." Ben said. "We have our duties to fulfil."

"But-

"ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"

Everyone covered their ears as a laud noise echoed. "AGH! What was that?!" Nokia asked.

Ben looked up. "Get back!"

Everyone got out of the way as a orange monster with three red eyes, one bigger than the other two on it's forehead, landed in front of them. "AH! AAAAAAAAAAH!" the man blocking the cave entrance ran away.

"What is that thing?!" Summer asked.

Agumon trembled. "It's Arcadiamon! It Digivolved!"

And Summer finally get's that Legendary Pokemon I promised! Don't worry, that won't be her only one.