I have been waiting a very long time for this. This was a story I had in my head before I started on Fates of S.T.E.A.M. and The Plegian Prince. Honestly I can't even remember what brought a crossover between Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth and Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs to mind anymore, but as time went along and Hacker's Memory came out, the idea expanded in my head even as I was writing other stories. But before we begin there are some things I want to go over.

1: Story breakdown.

This story will take place during the plot of Pokemon Ranger Guardian Sings and will cover EVREYTHING. Including the multiplayer missions and eventually the quests. This will mean that this will most likely be my longest project yet. Maybe the longest I'll ever make. Seriously, the more I think of it, this can very well reach a hundred chapters which feels ridicules. So to make sure this fanfic does not seem like a overstuffed mess, I decided that rather then make this all one story, what I will do is break this down into four separate stories in the form of arcs. Five if you count the quests. The quests are more of a collection of side stories that I will do when the other four arcs are done. The only quests that I will cover sooner are the ones that reward you with Guardian Signs and the first quest since it's mandatory to go through the plot.

2: Featured Pokemon and Digimon.

The first three arcs will only feature Digimon and Pokemon that are in Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs and Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth. Do not ask me about Digimon or Pokemon that are not in either of these games, because I will not include any except for two...maybe three exceptional Digimon I have in mind for the story. More on that later. Now once we get to the fourth arc I am planning on adding more Pokemon, so MAYBE I will consider adding more Digimon. Additionally the Digivolution tree and available attacks will also reflect Cyber Sleuth. And while Guardian Signs is technically a Gen 4 game, modern Pokemon movesets will be applied here.

3: Hacker's Memory and other Pokemon Ranger characters.

I'm sure I am going to get a lot of questions about this, so I'll save you guys some trouble. Yes, we will see Keisuke and his pals but not until arc number 4. The first three arcs will be the plot of Guardian Signs done with Takumi, Ami and their gang, but arc 4 is a original plot I have in mind that will include Hudie. I also am considering adding more Pokemon Rangers to balance things out. I'll leave it at that for now.

4: Which Ranger is the protagonist and why.

Ben or Summer? Ben is going to be the quote on quote "main character" for this story. Why? Because I always picked him when I played the game so I'm used to him playing the role. Further more (and if I'm wrong about this someone please correct me) I to this day have yet to see even ONE Guardian Signs fanfic where Ben is the protagonist instead of Summer that has actually been completed, so I plan on changing that with this. So those of you who prefer Summer, being the protagonist, sorry, but I'm afraid it's not happening here. But if it's any comfort I do plan on having her do more in this story then the partner Ranger did in the game. Ben will also have more of a voice and a personality. Same with Takumi and Ami.

5: Update schedule.

Like I did with Fates of S.T.E.A.M. I am playing Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs on the Wii U (Yeah, remember that thing? You can get all the Pokemon Ranger games on it via the eshop) as I write this for reference. Thankfully I can play through this game much, MUCH faster then I can Fire Emblem Fates. So for now I can safely say we are looking at weekly updates. If anything happens that might cause delay, I'll try to alert you in the chapter before it if I can, but hopefully it won't come to that.

And that should be evreything for now. So with no further delay enjoy!

"…Where am I…?" Takumi Aiba looked around. If was pitch black around him.

"Ta…mi…" A voice could be heard. "Takumi…"

He looked behind him. There was a tall black armored figure. Then it clicked to him. He knew the voice. He knew who this was. "K-Kyoko! …No…Alphamon!"

"Takumi…something has happened in the Digital World."

"What?"

"Digimon under the care of the Royal Knights have been gone missing…it's as if they have…disappeared."

"Disappeared? But…what am I supposed to do?"

"You and your sister will find out. I am counting on you both…" The Digimon slowly faded away.

"W-wait, what do we do?! Alphamon!"

"Know you will not be alone…You will have allies…some old…some new…But beware…this will be unlike any case you have encountered before…"

"What do you mean?! Hey!"

"Hey bro! Wake up already!"

"Gah!"

The young boy shot into an upright position on his bed. He looked up to see his sister, Ami, Aiba, already dressed. "There you go! I thought I was gonna have to start slamming pots and pans together or something!"

The boy rubbed his still sleepy eyes. "Ngh…What was with…that dream? What did Alphamon mean by…?"

Ami looked at her brother with a confused stare. "Alphamon? But the Digimon stayed back in the Digital World."

"Alphamon said something about the Digital World going through something…and that we need to do something…"

Ami sighed and shrugged. "How? The Eaters are gone, remember? It was probably just a dream…though, I wouldn't mind if we could see them all again…Alphamon…Palamon…Terriermon…"

Takumi sighed. "Yeah…I wonder how those guys are all doing."

"Me too…But we need to get going!"

"Huh? Why?"

"Come ON! Did you seriously forget?! Kamishiro Enterprises is commencing the experiment today! You know, the one Yuuko invited all of us to!"

Takumi's eyes widened. "Oh, snap!" He threw the covers off of him and hurried over to his dresser.

Ami sighed and walked out of his room. "Some things never change."

In EDEN Kamishiro Enterprises, Kyoko, Nokia, Arata, Yuugo, Yuuko, and even Fei, Makiko and Goro were all waiting inside the entrance. "Ugh. What is taking them so long?!" Nokia asked pacing back and forth.

Arata sighed. "I bet one of them slept in…AGAIN."

"Have faith." Kyoko soothed. "They're harder workers then you think."

"Hey!"

Everyone saw Takumi and Ami fly over to their location. Nokia pouted as they arrived. "Well it's about time!"

"Sorry, sorry!" Takumi laughed nervously. "I was a bit slow getting up."

"Heh. Well at least you're not too late." Yuugo smiled.

Ami then noticed the detective with them. "Mr. Matayoshi! We haven't seen you in a while! How's it going?"

The older detective smiled. "Oh, same old, same old. Keeping the city safe and all that."

"So, what brings you and Makiko here?" Takumi asked.

"This project is a big deal kid." The police woman replied. "It's best if someone from our department observes this so there isn't any trouble. That and I wanted to hang out with Nokia. It's been a while since I got an excuses to see her."

"Oh? You two know each other?" Ami asked.

"You didn't know?" Nokia asked. "Makiko and I are cousins."

"Really?" Takumi asked. "I had no idea."

"Yup! She helped me out a lot when I was little."

"Mostly beating on punks that had the nerve to bully her as a kid." Date grinned cracking her knuckles.

Takumi sweat dropped and shivered. "Heh...You'd be a jerk to bully someone as nice as Nokia. "But to do it knowing they'd be on your bad side they'd have to either be really brave or really stupid."

"Darn straight!"

It was then when Rie came out. "Oh, good! You're all here! And just in time!"

"Huh Mrs. Rie?" Nokia asked. "Where's Yuuko and Yuugo's father?"

"Mr. Kamishiro isn't feeling well today, so I was asked to fill in for him."

"So, what's this big project about?" Fei asked.

"I am so glad you asked! Who here is familiar with the theory of other worlds?"

"I know that there is a theory for an infinite number of parallel worlds with potentially an infinite number of each individual." Kyoko stated.

"So, you're saying there are an infinite number of Nokias?" Arata asked. "That's a scary thought."

"Jerk!" the girl pouted, sticking her tongue at him.

"That's right." Rie nodded. "Some scientists think that there are other, "alternative earths" that are different from ours. Some that are very similar to ours as well."

"Recently Kamishiro Enterprises made a huge discovery." Yuugo said. "We have come across the first clear evidence that an alternate world may actually exist."

"That sounds so cool!" Ami smiled. "What's it like?"

"We don't know yet." Yuuko replied. "But working with special government science teams, we think we found a way to send one's mental data temporarily to this other world."

"Sooooo like how our planet sent men to the moon, we're going to send someone to a whole other world!" Rei said in excitement.

"Sweet! Let's see the Americans top that!" Takumi joked.

"Wait…What will happen to the person that gets sent?" Fei asked. "How will they get home?"

"We selected some volunteers and installed an eject program into their Digivices. Don't worry, it's perfectly safe. Now then, if everyone would come inside."

One by one everyone entered the virtual structure. Once it was just, Yuugo, Yuuko, Makio, Arita, Takumi, and Ami, the black-haired boy turned to them. "I don't know if I should get your hopes up, but…Yuuko and I think this other world could very well be the Digital World."

Aside from him and his sister, the other kids were stunned into silence. "What?! Really?" Arata asked.

"No promises. But it is a possibility." Yuuko replied.

"That would be great!" Naiko smiled. "I can see Agumon and Gabumon again!"

"It can't be…" Everyone's attention was on Takumi. "That's gotta be a coincidence…or is it really…"

"Takumi? Are you thinking about that dream?" Ami asked.

"Dream?" Yuugo asked.

"This morning…I dreamt that I meet Alphamon again…"

"Alphamon?" Nokia asked. "The Digimon that took over Kyoko's body?"

"Yeah. Alphamon told me that Digimon were disappearing. And that my sister and I were needed."

"It was probably just that. A dream." Arata suggested.

"I thought so too." Ami admitted. "But after hearing this…"

"But what could make Digimon disappear?" Yuuko asked. "The Eaters are not a problem anymore."

"I have no idea." Takumi replied shaking his head.

"Well, that's all the more reason to check this out!" Nokia said. "Come on!" The six hurried inside.

Inside there was a large cylinder of light rising up throughout the structure. "Father named it the Alternative Reality Corridor System. The ARC System for short." Yuuko said.

"So…how does this work exactly?" Takumi asked.

Rei smiled as she turned around. "Oh, it's very simple. See, first we take one's mental data, and send it the other world, where it will adapt to the atmosphere, and slowly build via…

Five minutes later…

"…And then it will form into an identical shape of a cyber body and act just like a human body would. Amazing, right?"

Out of all the people there, Kyoko, Arata and the Kamishiro siblings seemed to be the only ones who were able to comprehend anything of what they just heard. Takumi and Ami managed to keep track for a bit before getting lost. The rest all looked insanely baffled. Nokia looked like she was hit with a question at class on material she didn't study for. "Okay…um…what?"

Yuuko whispered into her ear. "Remember how Takumi and Ami had half cyber bodies? Think of it like sending someone in that state to this new world."

"Ooooooooooh. Okay, now I got it." the girl replied with a thumb up.

"You're so good at explaining things Yuuko." Rei smiled.

"So, who's going to be sent?" Date asked. "Hopefully whoever does it is knows the risk they're about to take."

"Oh, you don't need to worry detective. Our specialists are properly trained and well aware of the risks. They should be here soon and we will watch them as they voyage into-

Just then the room became distorted for a brief moment. "What was that? Arata asked. "Come kind of glitch?"

Suddenly the pillar in the center started to glow. The room started to shake violently. "That can't be good." Ami said.

Rei was contacted by an employee. "T-this is a disaster! It looks like the ARC System was just hit by some kind of virus!"

"What?! Can you stop it?!"

"None of the controls are responding! We have no idea what's going to- The connection was cut off. Rei looked behind her to see the pillar glowing red.

"Look out!" Kyoko grabbed Rei and threw her aside. She went flying passed all the others before she hit the ground. And then all of the others were enveloped in a bright flash.

Rei was blinded from it. But it died down shortly. She slowly got back to her feet. "Goodness, that gave me a fright. Is everyone oka- As she got up, she found herself alone in the room and the pillar lost it's color as if it were dead. "Oh, dear."

Oblivia Region high in the sky. It was a normal sunny day. Three Pidgey were flying freely. The clouds below them looked like a white fluffy floor. They flew freely enjoying the whether. But it was interrupted when they heard a cry of some sort. They moved aside quickly as two Pokemon zoomed by. Two dragons of some sort. One blue, one red. The two were dodging some form of energy bullets.

Two shady characters caught up to them. Both whore green uniforms with caps and were flying on some sort of UFO crafts with two control sticks coming out of the top. "Whee haa!" the male on the right yelled.

"Just give it up already!" the woman accompanying him smirked. "Do you really think you can get away?!"

The two looked behind them anxiously as they approached. They continued flying as fast as possible.

"You just don't know when to give up!"

The ridders slowly got closer. Just then they heard another Pokemon's cry from behind them. "Hold it right there!"

Both riders looked behind them. "Wh-who's that?!" the woman asked.

A Staraptor caught up to them. Ridding on it was a young male with his brown hair sticking up. He had blue shoes, shorts and a blue top that was white going down the middle. He had a red vest over it, blue fingerless gloves, a yellow scarf and goggles over his eyes. On his right wrist was a strange device. "Let's see if you can guess."

"Red goggles, a yellow scarf…"

The woman spotted the machine on his wrist. "And a Capture Styler!"

"You're…A Pokemon Ranger!"

The boy smirked. "Bingo! Now that the interdictions are out of the way what say you two just pull over." A Pidgey flew towards him. "Heh, heh. I was hoping you'd say no." He said holding his right fist up at it. "Capture on!" A disc came flying out of the device and towards the bird. The boy swiped his arm upward, to the side and then straight down. The disc spun around the Pidgey in four loops, leaving a glowing trail. It closed in around the bird in a bright light. Once it was done the Pidgey's eyes softened and it flew away. "Too easy!"

Taking advantage of the commotion the two dragons up ahead dove into the clouds below and disappeared. The male in green barley got a glance before they were gone. "Feh! Not only was our Pidgey, captured, but our targets got away! It's hard to believe someone could pull off a midair capture like that. You're something else!"

The boy caught the disc into the insert on his wrist as it came back. "Why thank you. We Rangers strive to please."

"Oblivia's very peaceful." The woman said. "We don't need a Ranger like you!"

"Oh, and therefore what it does need are a bunch of crooks?" the boy asked. "You're the reason why I was sent here. If you disturb the peace, I'll do whatever it takes to restore it!"

"This is how we dispose of unnecessary trash! With a Plasma Cannon!"

The man pressed the buttons on his control sticks. Two green spheres came towards the boy. He guided his Staraptor to the left and right, dodging them. "Nice, aim, loser!"

"How did the Ranger manage to dodge my attacks…?"

"What? Can't comprehend? Well it's simple, when you fired the first shot I guided my Staraptor away from it. And when you fired the second one I-

"You are good…" the woman interrupted. "But let's see if you can handle our double-team attacks!" The two ridders shot blast after blast. The boy spun around the first few. Then when two more came he flew upward and around in a loop. All while staying hot on the stranger's tails.

After a few more panicked shoots all pushing the buttons did were a few clicks. "Oh no! My Plasma Cannon's battery is dead!"

The woman also mashed the buttons to no avail. "Mine, too! Scaring our target with wild firing might not have been the best idea…I guess we'll just have to ram 'em!"

The boy laughed. "Yeah right. Ram into a Staraptor-one of the fastest flying types-with a couple of rusty trash cans."

"Are you sure you want to do that? Now you have to deal with two Rangers!" Another Staraptor appeared. On this one was a girl with short brown hair the same age as the boy and a similar uniform. The only difference being her shorter shorts.

"Oh no! There was more than one of them!" the male said.

"What took you so long?" the boy grinned. "You're missing out on all the fun!"

"Sorry about that." The girl smiled.

"The Plasma Cannons aren't working! Rangers keep popping up!"

"Hey, it could be worse." The boy joked. "What it Zekrom suddenly came out of nowhere and struck you with lightning?"

"I hate to say it, but it looks like we have to retreat!"

"Think we're just going to let you?" the girl asked.

Just then a new voice was heard. "Wait! There is one more on our side now, too!"

Another figure burst from the clouds below and came in between the mysterious ridders. He had a red version of the flying machine his companions had. He wore a red vest and had blond hair with a red stripe in the middle.

"Our leader!" the man to his right said. "They're Pokemon Rangers!"

"I can see that. This is the first time I've seen flying Rangers, though. Two Ranger brats putting on airs with their bright red goggles and scarves. What a joke!" the man smirked.

"So, you must be the head honcho." The boy said.

The girl glared at the man. "Who's a joke? You're the leader of a team that can't handle a couple of "brats!"

"Summer claim down. He's just taunting us." The boy said to his partner.

The man glanced at her. "You there…Do you know the consequences of mouthing off like that? I have just the sport for a tough-talking brat like you. Skydiving…with no parachute!" Two red lights glowed from the machine. Summer's eyes widened knowing what was coming next. "Take that!"

Summer closed her eyes as a rapid-fire stream of red blast came towards her. Panicking the boy guided his Staraptor to the right. "SUMMER, LOOK OUT!"

"EEEEEEEK!" Summer heard the blasts hit, but she felt nothing. She slowly opened her eyes to see that she was fine. "…Huh? What Happened?"

The man in red smirked and closed his eyes. "Sacrificing themselves for another…How bold." He then opened his eyes and directed them to Summer. "You should at least thank your partner for saving you. 'Cause now they're hurtling headfirst into the ocean."

The girl's eyes widened. Her heart stopped momentarily. "What did you say? He saved me and now he's falling into the ocean?!"

"Well now…You seem lucky. Maybe we should make you into our lucky charm."

Summer wasn't listening. Instead she flew straight down. "BEN!"

"After her!"

The three flying machines went in hot pursuit. She didn't even see the red machine spout a circular claw from the bottom. It charged in and snatched the ranger from behind, trapping her arms at her sides and lifting her off the bird. "No! Let go of me! Ben!" she yelled, kicking the air. The Staraptor turned around to save her, but was intercepted by the other two goons.

The man smirked as the crane lifted her up to his level. "Hmm…on second thought, that scarf might be useful." He undid the cloth around Summer's neck and started tying it around her eyes. "We lost our targets, but nabbed a Ranger. I'd call it a good day."

SPLASH

Ben barley had time to put his Aqualung on before he crashed into the ocean. "Ow…that hurt. At least I'm still in one piece thanks to the Styler. How far am I to la- He went to check his Styler only to find his wrist bare. "Uh oh."

He looked left, right, and then down. The dive slowly sank until it hit a Mantyke on the head. The Pokemon looked confused as it saw it. Then it took it in it's mouth and swam away.

"Oh, great." Ben swam after it as fast as he could. "Hey!" The Mantyke was frightened to see him at first. It shot small bubbles as it swam downward, Ben avoided them as he kept going. "Good thing I practiced for this type of thing." It didn't take long for him to catch up and hold it firmly in his hands. The Mantyke squealed and struggled, until Ben put it in a warm embrace. Once it settled down be held up. "Sorry little guy. But I need that."

The small Pokemon was confused at first. Then it's eyes lite up and it dropped the Styler and it sunk onto a rock under them.

"Thanks pal." Ben let the Mantyke go and watched it go free. He took the Styler and put it back on his wrist. Looking down he then saw a strange pedestal with a pattern that looked like rainbow wings. "Huh? What's this?" He looked around. There were strange pillars around him.

The Styler lite up again. "Danger! Danger! Massive object approaching!"

"Massive obje- Suddenly he heard noise and felt a vibration. "What the-

"Danger! Danger! Extremely strong current! The current…is…zzzzzzzzz…"

Ben then saw something huge come towards him. Something metallic. "Like today couldn't get any better."

Up on the surface a submarine rose. A hatchet opened up.

"Attention, Z.Z. Flyer Squad! Our target is Dolce Island! Commence attack now!"

A group of men dressed like the ones Ben had encountered before came out on their flying machines. The one in charge turned to the others. "All right, Pinchers, let's go! Docle Island is uninhabited. We can do whatever we want, and no one's here to see!" One by one they flew off.

On the peaceful Island A Pichu was surrounded by it's eight Pichu friends along with two Bulbasaur, two Meril and a Sunkern.

"Pichu!" It took out the blue ukulele strapped to it's back and started playing a relaxing tune. All the Pokemon around it were smiling, enjoying the music. Once it was done the Pokemon started cheering. Pichu was pleased. It lived to see those happy faces.

But the moment was cut short by a sound. It looked up to the source of the noise.

"P-Pi! Pi!"

The other Pokemon looked up, and were then struck with fear. They all ran off to hide. The ukulele player watched all of them run off in panic before it hid itself away. Three of the fliers descended. The leader turned to the other two. "You two, split up! Capture them!"

"Roger!" The three of them flew in separate directions.

Yuuko hid behind a tree as she watched three Pichu run away. "Are those Digimon? Then this is the Digital World." Then she saw a man in a green uniform bar their way. He held out his wrist and a purple light emitted from it. Yuuko watched as one of the Pichu were enveloped in the light and slowly disappeared. The Other two ran away. The man laughed walking after them. "What was that? Some kind of Digimon Capture program? Huh?"

Around the island she saw more of these men hoarding Pokemon. Two of them cornered a Pichu and caught it with their wrist gadgets. Two more chased a Meril. Two more Pichu were caught trying to protect a Meril that then ran away with another man on his machine chasing it. The man that caught the Pichu then saw an angry Ursuring charge at him, but he held out his wrist and it was caught in a light.

The man on his machine looped around. "Still, it's amazing that in such a short time, we were able to pinch this many Pokemon. It's all thanks to these Control Gauntlets they gave us."

Yuuko stared at him. "Po…kemon…? So, this isn't the Digital World? But what's this about pinching? Are these people criminals?"

"We couldn't find the Pokemon we were looking for. But that also means that Pokemon isn't here, which is valuable information, too. Let's return to base and have our leader tell us what a good job we've done!"

"That can't be good. I'd better get help." Yukko didn't see the twig as she turned around and stepped forward.

CRUNCH

"Wait, what was that?"

"It came from over there!"

Yuuko froze. "Oh, no." As soon as she heard rustling coming towards her she ran in a different direction. But then she heard those flying machines heading right for her. Sounds were approaching all around her as she backed against a tree, looking desperately for a way out.

Shortly after it heard all the flying machines leave the ukulele Pichu jumped out of the tree it hid it. It saw all of it. It saw all of its friends disappear. It lifted its head and began to cry.

To be continued. The fisrt chapter didn't cover much in terms of Guardian Sign's original plot but hopefully this is enought of a start for you to dive into for now. Look forward to more next week! As always thank you for reading and if you have time to leave a review any opinions will help me improve as a writer and will be apriciated.