A/N: Hey all. Here is Chapter 19. Enjoy! Also, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth IS has reached 100 reviews. So congratulations to Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth IS for reaching that milestone and I would like to thank my reviewers for making it possible. Also, I would like to say a few words to some of my reviewers.

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Chapter 19: Enter Guilmon and Beastmon! Mew Digimon Power In Your Face! The Wrath of Phantommon!

After DexDorugamon was deleted and our heroes saved by the timely arrival of two new faces, Dorumon's name was now cleared and the culprit was no more. Now with everything settled and Dorumon's name will no longer be tarnish, our heroes decided to introduce themselves to their new visitors and explain to them about what happened to them.

"Okay, so let me see if we're understanding this correctly…" Erica began. "You're saying that we're in an entirely different world than our own and we're in a place known as EDEN. Which is a massive cyberspace network where people from around the world can connect with each other without ever leaving the country. And there's been a series of cybercrimes involving hackers where you guys come in and are known as the Cyber Sleuths?"

"Yeah, that's correct. I know it's kinda hard to believe at first, but we're not lying." Ichika answered her with a smile. "We've been taking a couple of cases for the past month and a half, so we can vouch for that. But there's also another reason why you're here is because of a phenomenon that also affected the others here." He gestures to the otherworlders who also has experienced it firsthand.

"I guess that explains why you know about us from this vision you had." Reita smiled as she placed her hand on her hip. "If this place really isn't Little Garden, then it all must be true. But how can we get back home to our own world?"

"We still haven't figured that one out yet, so we're looking into it." Satoru answered her as he continued. "However, if that same phenomena can be repeated or if we can find another way, we might be able to send all of you back to your worlds. But until then, we'll all be living here until we can come up with a solution." The Hundred group and Meta Knight all looked at each other, seeing as there's no other option at the moment before turning back to our heroes.

"Then we'll take up on your offer. We'll be happy to be living with all of you." Hayato smiled. "Of course, we still need to atone for accusing Dorumon of attacking us back in our world." Dorumon and Satoru both knew what he was talking about but made a gesture that shows they're not mad. Of course, when Satoru looked over towards Libby, she turned away with a shy look and blushed. Something that was picked up by the other girls, even in her own group.

"Count me in too. I've been in this place for a couple of days and I'm already sick of it." Meta Knight smiled underneath his mask. "I've been trying to find a way out but didn't really have any luck. So, hope you guys don't mind having two more with you."

"Not at all, we've got plenty of room for you and Impmon." Char smiled. "I'm sure we can find room for all of you in where we're staying." She then turns to Impmon. "But before we do, you'll gonna have to put Impmon somewhere safe. Do you have a Digivice with you?"

"A what now? What's a Digivice?" Meta Knight asked confusedly.

"So, you don't have a Digivice as well. Guess there's only one thing to do." Ling sighed. "We're gonna have to meet up with Mirei and have her give him a Digivice to store Impmon in."

"Sounds like a plan. Then let's head for the DigiLab." Ichika agrees with a smile. "We'll stop there to get Meta Knight a Digivice before heading back to the agency. I'm sure you all still have a lot of questions, so we can answer them there." The Hundred group, Meta Knight and Impmon all nodded as they headed out to find an Access Point to enter into the DigiLab.

While on their way back to the office, Ichika and the gang decided to get to know their new friends more. Along the way, they'll find an Access Point so that they can enter the DigiLab for Meta Knight to receive a Digivice from Mirei to store Impmon while in the real world.

"So guys, what are your names?" Reita asked curiously. "Since you saved us and all, but we still don't know who you guys are. So, we were wondering if you could tell us your names." Everyone all looked at each other and realized that she was right.

"You know, she's right. We never did tell them our names." Uni agrees with a smile. "We may have explained to them how they got here, but we haven't introduced ourselves to them yet. So, I think it's time we do that right now,"

"Not a bad idea, Uni. We still do own them an introduction." Ichika agrees, smiling as well. "Well then, I'll start us off right now." He cleans his throat. "I'm Ichika Orimura. And this is my partner Agumon. Next up, there's Houki Shinonono and her partner Elecmon. After them are Huang Lingyin and her partner Gatomon. There's Cecilia Alcott and her partner Renamon. Up next is Laura Bodewig and her partner Candlemon. Following up is Charlotte Dunois or Char for short and her partner Biyomon. Right after them are Tatenashi and Kanzashi Sarashiki and their partners Monodramon and Palmon. You already know Satoru and Dorumon, so there's no need for an introduction for them. And last but not least are Kusanagi and his partners Veemon and Wormmon." All his friends and their Digimon partners all waved or nodded at the newcomers who waved back. Except for Libby who saw Satoru smiling at her before she turns away while blushing. But upon Ichika introducing himself, Impmon was in shock to hear his last name as the others took noticed.

"Hey, Impmon, what's wrong?" Meta Knight asked in concern. "You look like you've seen a ghost. What's gotten you so shocked all of a sudden?"

"I-it's nothing! N-nothing at all!" Impmon stuttered as he looked away. "I just remember something from way back then, but it's not important right now." Everyone was confused from his outburst but decided to leave it at that and continued introducing themselves to the newcomers.

"Well, that means we're up next. So now it's time for us to introduce ourselves." Neptune beamed. "I'm Neptune, the CPU of Plantetune. The other me you saw before was my CPU form known as Purple Heart. This here is my little sister Nepgear and she's a CPU Candidate of Planetune. Next up is our resident CPU of Lastasion named Noire also known as Black Heart. Be mindful of her, she can be really lonely." Noire felt the urge to whack her again. "After Lonely Heart is her sister Uni and much like Nepgear, she's a CPU Candidate of Lastation. Following up is Blanc, she's the CPU of Lowee and she's also known as White Heart. Beside her are her twin sisters Rom and Ram and they're also CPU Candidates much like Nepgear and Uni. And last but not least is Vert aka Green Heart, the CPU of Leanbox. Unfortunately, unlike the rest of us, she doesn't have a little sister to call her own. And before you ask, the true meaning of us CPUs is because we're goddesses. And while I may not be the main character of this fanfic, I'm sure we'll get along." Everyone just looked at her confusedly while Noire finally gives into her urge and whacks Neptune on the head. "Owies! Not again!"

"Okay, just what the hell was she talking about?" Erica asked with a question mark above her head. "What does she mean by 'not being the main character?' Is she even making any sense at all?"

"We apologize for Neptune's behavior. She can be a little…eccentric at times." Vert apologized with a sigh. "She likes to make all kinds of references from many different games, movies or anime whenever she wants to. I know it can be annoying at times, but you'll learn to tolerate it after some time." Her fellow CPUs all nodded in agreement while Neptune's rubbing her head while showing the sad line teary eyes expression.

"I'm not sure if any of us would get used to that…" Reita sweat dropped.

Soon after that, everyone else started introducing themselves to the newcomers. The next group to introduce themselves were Kirito and his friends, but not to Meta Knight as they already knew him. After them were Yukinari's group with Fukuyama trying to made advancements on Claire, Libby, Erica, Sakura, Reitia and Emilia. But he was kicked away by Meta Knight, Satoru, Fritz, Hayato and Kirie before he could make his move. Following up were the Nerima Wrecking Crew, then Tenchi's group and last but not least were the Straw Hats. Now it was the Hundred group's turn to introduce themselves to the Cyber Sleuths followed by Meta Knight and Impmon.

"And that's just about everyone. With the exception of two more." Ichika smiled. "But we'll introduce you guys to them later. Right now, we need to head for the Digi-Lab and get a Digivice for Meta Knight. I'm sure Mirei's probably expecting us right now." His friends, Kirito's group, the CPUs and Yukinari's group all nodded while everyone else was confused.

"Hold on, are you saying that this Mirei person is expecting us?" Erica asked in confusion. "Just how exactly is she expecting us? Does she have cameras hidden all around us?"

"No, she doesn't have any cameras here. She's somewhat of a fortune teller." Satoru answered her. "She seems to know when we're coming to see her or even having some knowledge about things we don't even know. She may be vague at times, but she's someone we can go to if we need any help." The IS Pilots, Kirito's group, the CPUs and Yukinari's group all nodded in agreement.

"And she's the person we need to see to get me this Digivice you guys mentioned?" Meta Knight asked.

"Yep, that's right. She's the one who can give you a Digvice for Impmon." Ling answered him with a grin. "And once we do, you can store Impmon in the Digivice while in the real world. Of course, you can let him out whenever it's just us." Both Meta Knight and Impmon liked the idea and nodded. "Ok, now all we need to do is find an Access Point and enter into the Digi-Lab." Everyone looked around to find an Access Point until Emilia spots it.

"Hey, Ichika, is that the Access Point you were talking about?" Emilia asked as everyone turned around.

"Yeah, that's the one. Now we can go see Mirei." Ichika answered her. "Nice work spotting it really quick." He gave her a thumbs up and she returned the gesture while reaching out his gloved hand to access the terminal before everyone was teleported in.

Meanwhile

In a hidden location, the same three figures from before were watching a video of DexDorugamon battling with the Cyber Sleuths before being deleted by the combined forces of GeoGreymon and Dorugamon with some help from Claire and Impmon. While watching the video, they paused it for a moment before turning to each other.

"So that DexDorugamon was a failure after all. Just pathetic..." Male voice 1 said sourly and darkly. "To think that it would actually fail in what it was literally built to do and couldn't seem to get that right. Well, it was one of the more duds anyway."

"Maybe so, but I said they weren't ready yet. We still need more time until they're fully complete." Female voice explained. "Losing one of them may not be bad right now, but if we keep sending more and more of them, then there's no telling what could happen."

"Less useless failures to work on, I'd say. We can afford some collateral damage." Male voice 2 stepped in evilly. "Since most of these are failures to begin with, it's best to just let them run loose when we don't need them. Besides, we still have the one that's nearly complete with all the time and effort we put in for these past couple of years." He then looks back at the screen and notices a familiar face with our heroes. "Well, look at what we've got. It's Impmon, now looking alive and well. I didn't think he'd still be around after reverting back to his Rookie form after 8 years ago."

"That's not all, it seems he also has found a human companion." Male voice 1 sneered. "It seems that much like his previous incarnation, he's still just as fascinated with human life. Seems like we'll be seeing him again sooner than we originally thought." The other two figures nodded in agreement before returning to their business on working with the other Death-X prototypes.

Back with our heroes

Upon entering the Digi-Lab, our heroes stepped off the terminal and walked over to Mirei who was on her laptop while the Nerima Wrecking Crew, the Straw Hats, Meta Knight, Tenchi's group and the Hundred group were all amazed at the marvel of the Digi-Lab. Mirei noticed everyone standing before her and smiled as she closes her computer and sets under her arm while adjusting her glasses.

"Ah. Welcome back, Cyber Sleuths. You all returned much sooner than I expected." Mirei greeted with a smile. "And I can see that your group has gotten more members as well. So I take it that they're all from other worlds?" The groups that don't know her all gasped in shock.

"Hold on, how do you know we're not from this world?" Akane asked in shock. "I thought that only the ones in our group were the only ones who knows that."

"True, but that doesn't mean that others such as myself knows about the existence of other worlds." Mirei said, smiling calmly. "So even through Ichika and his friends have only just met each and every one of you, I know every single one of you. But for how I know about all of this, we'll save that for another time." She turns to Ichika. "Now then, what do I owe for this surprise visit? I take it that it has something to do with another friend of yours?"

"Yeah, that's right. We're here for our friends Meta Knight and Impmon." Ichika answered her. "He needs a Digivice to store his partner Impmon while he's out in the real world with us. So we were hoping you could give him one."

"I believe that I can. And I know the right kind of Digivice to give him." Mirei said as she reaches into her pocket and pulls out a dark purple Digivice with red highlights on the sides and top before handing it over to Meta Knight. "Here, this is your new Digivice. You can use this to store Impmon into while you're out in the real world. However, if you want to bring him out, just shout out Realize and he'll materialized in the real world."

"Huh, that sounds a lot more simpler than I thought. But I suppose it's better than nothing." Meta Knight nodded. "So how does it work? How do I store Impmon into this Digivice?"

"Simple, just point it towards Impmon and he'll be registered as your partner." Mirei answered him as she explained again. "Once that's done, Impmon will be digitized and enters your Digivice where you can still interact with him. But if you want to bring him out, just remember what I told you before." Meta Knight nods as he turns to Impmon and holds his Digivice out towards him. Soon enough, Impmon was registered as Meta Knight's partner before being digitized and enters the Digivice. "And that's all there is to it." She then noticed Calumon in Emilia's arms. "Ah. I see there is another Digimon with you, I believe his name is Calumon, right?" That got everyone's attention.

"Wait… How do you know who Calumon is?" Emilia asked in confusion.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you. Now Calumon, can you come here?" Mirei offered. Calumon feels he can trust Mirei and hops out of Emilia's arms and walks up to her. Mirei quickly typed on her keyboard and a bright light appeared around Calumon. As the light substained. Calumon blinked. "There, now Calumon can enter the real world without the need of a Digivice."

"W-Whoa! That means Calumon can come with us to the real world?" Silica gasped in awe.

"Yes. But he has to be careful and he needs to only be with you." Mirei smiled again.

"Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on him and make sure he stays out of trouble." Hayato smiled as he gave her a thumbs up while Calumon climbs up his leg to his back and finally stops on his head with him scratching his chin. "When we first met this little guy, we didn't know what to think. But after a while, he's starting to grow on us."

"Understandable, seeing as you were all attacked out of the blue like that by DexDorugamon." Mirei smiled before frowning seriously. "However, if DexDorugamon was attacking Calumon before, then there must be a reason for this attack. I don't believe that DexDorugamon was attacking Calumon for no reason."

"What kind of reason?" Ram asked.

"That, I'm not sure of. But if this attack was any indication, then it's safe to assume that this was no random encounter." Mirei answered her as she continued. "I also believe that this encounter was no coincidence but was fated to happen. So, it was a good thing that Calumon found his way to you and is now safe in your care. So be sure that he's out of harm's way, I don't believe we haven't seen the last of whoever sent DexDorugamon."

"We'll keep that in mind. And thanks again, Mirei." Ichika smiled in gratitude. "You've been a great help to us so far, we really appreciate it. So, if there's any way we can repay you, just let us know."

"Well, since you mentioned it, I might have a favor to ask of you." Mirei smiled as she continued. "As most of you already know, I've sent a request to your office, so that could be a good way to start. I'll be waiting here if you ever decide to take my case." Those who've seen the request knows what she's talking about while the others don't have any idea what she's talking about. After that, they all stepped back onto the terminal and teleport out of the Digi-Lab. But not before Mirei opens her laptop again and looks at the screen with DexDorugamon. "So…it's already starting… I didn't think they'd sent out one of the Death X subjects out so soon…" She looks over to the terminal. "I just hope that, whatever comes your way, you'll be able to overcome it."

Meanwhile

Back in the real world, Kyoko and Twoearle were still waiting for Ichika and the others to return with Satoru and Dorumon after receiving his message not too long ago. Just then, the TV screen started glowing and they both knew what that means. Ichika and the gang have found them and are now coming back. Eventually, light bursts out from the screen and lands in the center of the office as it starts to dissipate to reveal the group with some newcomers with them.

"Whoa… that was just weird…" Reita groaned. "When you said that we were going to wrap back to the office, I didn't think you'd mean that literally. Now I know what it feels like to be downloaded from the computer." Her friends and Meta Knight all groaned in agreement as they try to compose themselves.

"Yeah, sorry about that. It tends to happen for first timers." Ichika said with closed eyes and a smile. "But after a while, I'm sure you'll get used to it. I'm just glad there aren't any side effects to using this or we might be in trouble."

"And speaking of trouble, where is that idiot Satoru?" Noire fumed. "I still need to give him a piece of my mind for trying to handle this by himself and for all the trouble he caused for us. If he thinks that he can walk out of this scot-free, then he's got another thing coming."

"Now that you mentioned it, where is our little detective?" Neptune asked in confusion. "I thought we all came out of Kowloon at the same time, but I don't see him anywhere. Do you think he'd gotten lost along the way?"

"That's because he entered Kowloon through his computer back home." Twoearle answered her. "It was right after Ichika called and told him about DexDorugamon attacking their world. So he and Dorumon logged into EDEN to find DexDorugamon, but not before telling me to let all of you know of what they were doing."

"Even so, that was still reckless on his part." Vert frowned sternly. "I get that he was just trying to clear Dorumon's name, but that was still no excuse to go after DexDorugamon on their own. If he haven't sent that message to us, things would've ended much differently. We're going to have a stern talking to with him when he arrives." Everyone nodded in agreement before turning to a certain idiot trio who all knew they were in trouble.

"And not only that, I think you three owe Satoru and Dorumon an apology…" Asuna frowned angrily as she placed her hands on her hips. "Ever since the start of the day, you three have been placing the blame on Dorumon for something he didn't commit. At least Hayato and his friends were able to realize their mistake, but you idiots were still convinced that Dorumon was the culprit! So, what do you three have to say for yourselves?" Nami, Nabiki and Kuno all couldn't say anything as they knew that they were now feeling stupid for accusing Dorumon for a crime he didn't commit.

"Uh-huh, that's what we thought… You three should be ashamed of yourselves." Uni frowned in disapproval. "For accusing an innocent Digimon for not only invading another world, but also attacking these guys when he clearly had no reason to do so. So, you better apologize to Satoru and Dorumon when they get here."

Kuremi residence

After saving the Hundred group and deleting DexDorugamon with the help from Meta Knight and Impmon, Satoru logs out from the computer in his room and returns to the real world. Dorumon also returns to the real world and is safely back in his partner's Digivice.

"Whew… I am glad that's over and done with. I thought for a minute there that it went south." Satoru sighed in relief. "We were able to put a stop to DexDorugamon and even saved Hayato's group while also clearing your name, Dorumon. So it seems that all's well that ends well."

"Maybe so, but let's not forget that we went after DexDorugamon without everyone else's knowledge." Dorumon told him. "So we can expect most of them to be miffed about us trying to deal with the situation ourselves. Not that I blame them, we were nearly done for if they haven't showed up because of your message."

"I know, but I couldn't just sit around and let you take all of the blame for something you didn't do." Satoru smiled softly. "I wanted to prove to those three morons that you were innocent, but I guess that only got us into trouble." He looks at the clock on his desk. "Well, it looks like there's still some time left, so we better head for Nakano. Ichika and the others must've already made it back by now." Dorumon nodded in agreement in agreement as he gets up from his desk, puts on his shoes and heads out to Nakano with his Digivice in his pocket.

Back at Nakano

Everyone was waiting around the office for Satoru to arrive and have Nami, Nabiki and Kuno apologize to him and Dorumon for accusing him of attacking another world. Of course, this also includes them being scolded by Noire for attempting something so reckless without their consent and was nearly killed during the battle against DexDorugamon. Eventually, they hear the door opening up and turned around to see Satoru entering the office before closing the door behind him as he turns to face everyone. Needless to say, Noire wasn't too happy to see him as she walks over to him with her hands on her hips.

"Well, look who finally decided to grace us with his presence..." Noire frowned angrily as she glares at him. "Satoru Kuremi, our resident little detective. So, what do you have to say for yourself for trying to handle DexDourgamon on your own?"

"I'm guessing you don't want an excuse, right?" Satoru asked nervously while holding his hands up in defense.

"That depends..." Noire narrowed her eyes.

"Depends on what?" Satoru asked again, gulping.

"Depends on what your excuse is justified or not!" Noire yelled angrily. "After Ichika told you about DexDorugamon, you decided to play hero and go out to find him! Didn't you even think about calling us before going into Kowloon to find him? I guess for being a detective, you're such an idiot! What could've happened if you didn't send that video to us? Things could've ended a lot differently!" Satoru was just silent as he lowers his head with his hair covering his eyes.

"Hey, you didn't have to yell at him like that. Go easy on the guy." Liz calmed Noire down. "I'm sure he was only doing what he did was right because he didn't want Dorumon to take the blame for DexDorugamon. I know it was reckless of him, but he was only trying to help Dorumon. Besides, it's only because these idiots thought Dorumon was the one responsible for attacking their world." She gestures to Nami, Nabiki, Kuno and the Hundred group.

"And not only that, Calumon also helped out in clearing the situation for us." Hayato agrees as he stood up for Satoru. "So just take it easy, we still owe him for saving us from DexDorugamon. We can all vouch for him if you still don't think so." His friends all nodded in agreement as Noire finally gives in.

"*Sigh* Fine, if you say I should go easy on him, then so be it." Noire nodded before adding "I'll let him off the hook this time, but I won't be so nice the next time he tries a stunt like this. However, I'm only doing this because you all gave a valid reason."

"That's our Noire. Always being the one that shows tough love, but she's just a big, old softie on the inside. She's like a mother, acting really strict and harsh, but still cares for you." Neptune smiled as everyone looks at Noire with raised eyebrows while she turns redder than a tomato.

"I AM NOT A MOTHER!" Noire screamed in fury as she glared at the Planetune CPU with fire in her eyes. "NEPTUNE!" She starts chasing Neptune around the office with everyone watching them. Well, almost everyone as Satoru still had his head down from Noire scolding him for his stunt on trying to find DexDorugamon to clear Dorumon's name. Ichika sees this and walks over to him while placing his hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, don't let what she said get you down." Ichika reassured him. "I know what she said was harsh, but I'm sure she's only saying that because she cares. But make sure you don't say that out loud or she might try to kill you." Satoru raised his head up to Ichika and chuckled a little. "Hey, glad to see you've cheered up a little. You feeling better?"

"A little, but it'll take a while for me to calm down." Satoru answered him with a small smile. "But she's not wrong, I was stupid in thinking I could take on DexDorugamon myself, but I couldn't just let Dorumon take all of the blame for something he didn't do. I just had to clear his name and find out who was behind it."

"I'm sure you meant well, but you really had us worried when you went out on your own." Ichika smiled softly. "When Twoearle told us that you and Dorumon were trying to find DexDorugamon, I thought it was my fault that you two went out on your own. But when we got your message that you were still alright, we were relieved to hear that you weren't hurt. But seeing that you and Hayato's group were in trouble with DexDorugamon, we rushed to your aid as fast as we can."

"And I'm glad you all made it in time to save us. I didn't know what could've happened if you didn't show up when you did." Satoru agrees with a smile. "I guess I was just acting on impulse and tried to do things on my own. It's a real bad habit I have and I'm trying to break out of it, but it doesn't always work."

"Hey, we all have bad habits sometimes. But I'm sure you'll overcome yours." Ichika smiled in agreement. "So, try to make sure you keep that habit of yours in check. We definitely don't want to make a habit of what just happened." They both chuckled.

"I'll try, but I won't make any promises. My impulse just tends to act up without me thinking." Satoru grinned. "My instincts just acts up on their own and that's why I tend to act without thinking. But I'll try to keep that in check." Ichika smiles as they fist bumped before turning to see their friends walking out of the office with Ling calling out.

"Hey! You two coming or not?" Ling asked with a smile. "We're gonna show Hayato and the others around Nakano! You gonna join us?" The boys nodded as they joined the rest of the group in showing their new friends around Nakano. But not before Kyoko smiles in seeing Satoru opening up to everyone around him before returning to work.

Not long after leaving the office, Ichika and the gang decided to show their friends around Nakano while also getting to know them more. But not before also planning to get some new clothes for the Hundred group and Meta Knight for them to stay in their world. Of course, Hayato and his friends surprised everyone by deactivating their Hundreds and revert back to their uniforms so they don't have to worry about people giving them weird looks. Meta Knight on the other hand needs to buy some clothes as people would think he's some kind of weirdo in his armor. So, the Cyber Sleuths took him to a men's clothes store on the 2nd floor to help him pick out some new clothes.

"So why are we here at a clothes store?" Meta Knight asked confusedly.

"To buy you some new clothes, of course. You can't go walking in your armor." Cecilia answered him. "We're not sure how people would react to you in your armor and that mask of yours doesn't make it any less intimidating. Kirito and the others already have bought new clothes, so you need some as well." He looks at himself in his armor and knows that she's right.

"I get what you're saying, but it's just that it never occurred to me about buying new clothes." Meta Knight agreed. "After being trapped in SAO for two years, I pretty much had forgotten all about the real world and kept on living my life in the game. And it's not just me, every other player thinks the same and had basically moved on from returning to their lives in the real world or clearing the game." Kirito's group all knows exactly when he's talking about as they all felt the same way during their time in SAO.

"It must've been a horrible experience for all of you. Being trapped inside a game for two years…" Vert frowned angrily as she clenched her fists in anger at Kayaba's actions. "I still can't believe that this Kayaba had the gaul to trap everyone in the game just for his amusement. Does he even care how the people or their families would feel if they were trapped?" All the SAO players shook their heads no as they all knew of the horrors of being trapped and how several players took their lives just to escape.

"Not in the slightest. He did it because he can…" Kirito answered her with a frown. "He believes that because he made the game, it automatically makes him a god. So while several other players took their lives to escape the nightmare, we kept on fighting for those that want to go back to the real world. It wasn't easy having to experience it multiple times, but we've managed to push on to make sure everyone get home safely. So, despite my victory over Heathcliff, we still can't log out, so we're gunning for the final boss to help those players escape while figuring out why we still can't log out after my victory over Heathcliff aka Kayaba." The rest of his group all nodded in agreement as they started shopping for new clothes for Meta Knight.

For the next hour, our heroes looked around the clothes store for some new clothes for Meta Knight to wear during his stay in their world. He tries on some clothes they found, but none of them seems to catch his interests. Just as they were about to give up, Meta Knight spots a dark blue shirt with long sleeves, dark blue pants with a belt and a dark blue sleeveless jacket. He picks them up and heads for the changing rooms to try them on. A little later, he comes out in his new outfit and shows off to everyone.

"Well, what do you guys think? Does this suit me?" Meta Knight asked.

"Not bad. It's almost like your armor." Kirito commented with a smile. "Now you won't have to worry about people freaking out." He then noticed that his mask was still on. "But you still might have to take off your mask. It kinda stands out like a sore thumb." Everyone nods in agreement as Meta Knight touches his mask.

"I understand what you're saying, Kirito, but even you know why I wear this mask." Meta Knight said sternly. "It's not just because it's part of the appearance, but it's really because I don't trust any of your new friends yet. I'm sure they're good people, but I don't fully trust them at the moment. I hope none of you guys take it the wrong way." Ichika walks over to him.

"Don't worry, we won't hold it against you for being cautious." Ichika smiled softly. "I'm sure you have your reasons for not trusting us yet, so we won't push you to trust us. We'll take it slow and I'm sure we'll build up your trust along the way. So for now, let's get to know each other more and maybe you might trust us." Everyone nodded in agreement while Meta Knight looks over to Kirito who smiled and nodded at him before returning the gesture.

Meta Knight takes off his mask to reveal his true face while his hair goes from dark blue to a light brown. When he had his mask over his face, his eyes were yellow, but after taking his mask off, it's revealed that his eyes were hectochromic with his left eye having a teal color and his right with golden yellow. As this was the first time anyone other than Kirito has seen his face, they were all amazed at his appearance. Claire, however, was just in amazement at seeing his true appearance and couldn't help but blush at him. Soon enough, they paid for his new clothes and the tour of Nakano started.

"By the way, since you have your mask off, what should we call you now?" Kirie asked as she placed her hands on her hips with a smile. "Now that we can see your true face, but we don't even know your name yet." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Well, since I've showed you guys my real face, I suppose it's fair to tell you my name." Meta Knight said with a small smile. "My in game name is known as Elias. But my real world name is known as Haruko Shido. You can also just call me Haru for short."

"Oh, I get it. Your name in SAO sounds like an alias. Like how everyone knows you as Meta Knight." Yukinari said with a smile. "Much like how every superhero all have an alias to hide their identities from everyone, including their friends and enemies."

"Heh, yep, you hit the nail on the head. That's why I chose Elias." Elias smiled as he gave Yukinari a thumbs up. "And because all the other players knew me as Meta Knight, with a few notable exceptions." He looks over to Kirito who nods and he nods back. "I kept the name since I used a lot of OP weapons and equipment throughout the game. Also, it goes well with my armor and mask as you guys can all tell."

"Yeah, that we all do. And it does suit your appearance in SAO as well." Ichika agrees with a nod. "Plus, since we now know your name, it'll make things a lot easier to get to know each other. So then, shall we get this tour started?" Everyone nodded in agreement as he tour officially begins.

The Cyber Sleuths showed their new friends around Nakano and what each floor has to offer during their stay. There were three restaurants, two of which were on the first floor while the third was on the second. More shops on the third and second floors along with some food vendors. They also showed the arcade and the K-Cafe on the fourth floor where they met with Mr. Miyuki and Sachi who were more than happy to greet them. They even showed a spot that's gonna be where Agil's bar is being built. After the tour ends, everyone stopped at an ice cream parlor for some ice cream before heading back to the office.

"I gotta say, this place sure is something else." Reita smiled as she ate her ice cream. "I had no idea that a place like this can have so much character. I wish Little Garden had a place like this."

"That's the beauty of Nakano. At first glance it may seem like an ordinary shopping center, but once you enter, you can feel the warm atmosphere all around you." Satoru smiled as he explained. "Nakano may look like your everyday shopping center and it definitely is, but there's a charm that you won't find anywhere else. And that's what gives Nakano it's distinct personality that makes people visit." Everyone all nods in agreement.

"By the way, there's something I've been meaning to ask you guys." Sakura stepped in with worry in her features. "Where are we gonna be staying at while we're in your world? Since we don't know anything about your world, we were wondering where we can stay." Her friends and Meta Knight all nodded in agreement.

"Not to worry, we know exactly where all of you can stay." Ling grinned. "We can enroll you guys at our school and you all can get your own rooms. It's a lot better than having to let you guys stay at a hotel. That way, we can all come to Nakano together whenever school ends."

"And plus, we also want to learn more about your devices you wore." Cecilia agrees as she remembered what Ichika told her in his vision. "What were they called again? Hundreds?" The Hundred group all nodded. "I see, those do look fascinating. They do resemble the IS we use, but with several differences." Now the Hundred group were all confused.

"IS? What's that? I've never heard of it." Erica confusedly said. "We've always had only the Hundreds to fight off the Savage, but we've never heard of this IS before. So what is an IS?"

"Instead of telling you, I think it's best we showed you at our school." Ichika answered her with a smile. "That way, it'll be a lot easier for you to know what an IS is." His friends all nodded in agreement before turning to the clock on the wall. "Well, I think it's time we head back. Nakano's gonna close in two hours, so everyone's gonna pack up for the night. We can talk a lot more tomorrow." The Hundred group and Elias all nodded in agreement as everyone make their way back to the office.

Not long after ending the tour around Nakano and buying some new clothes for Elias, our heroes made their way back to the office to meet up with Kyoko before heading for home. As they entered the office, they find Kyoko putting a jacket over her and buttons up. She turns around to find her assistants have return.

"Ah, welcome back, everyone. I see that the tour went along smoothly." Kyoko smiled. "And I can also see that you've even got some new clothes for one of your new friends. He really does look sharp in that." Elias rubs the back of his head with an embarrassed smile.

"Yeah, we were able to find him some clothes that really suits him, pardon the pun." Ichika agrees while everyone chucked while the Straw Hats were confused on that expression. "So, once we've got that done, we gave them the tour as usual." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"I see. That's good to hear." Kyoko smiled.

"So why are you putting on a jacket, Kyoko? You going out on a date?" Kirie asked with raised eyebrows.

"Not exactly, Matayoshi has asked me to join him and his squad on investigation and this one might last all night." Kyoko answered her as she continued. "So, I'm going to pull an all-nighter on this case, which is why I'm dressing up more heavy this time. We all know how cold Tokyo can be during the late hours." Those who all lived in Tokyo all nodded in agreement. "But before you guys came back, I've made some coffee for our new guests. I thought they could have something to clear their nerves after being attacked by DexDorugamon and sent to our world without any warning."

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Everyone else except for Luffy and Yui screamed in terror.

"Sure, we'll be glad to take up on your offer." Hayato smiled. "After all the craziness that's happened to us, I think that could help us calm our nerves." His group and Elias all nodded in agreement.

"Perfect. I'll get them before I head out." Kyoko smiled in agreement as she heads for the other room.

"Not again! It's another round of her lethal coffee!" Uni panicked as the white dotted eyes expression appeared on her face. "If she comes back with those death traps, there's no telling what could happen! We've got to get them out of here before she comes back!"

"What are you guys talking about?" Reita asked confusedly. "You're making it sound like her coffee's deadly or something. I'm sure it's not that bad."

"No, you don't understand! Her coffee's not meant for this world!" Liz stammered as bad memories of Kyoko's coffee came flooding into her mind. "Its mere existence spells death and destruction to all if she ever starts selling it! You guys had better leave before it's too late!"

"That's highly impossible. There's no way a simple coffee can be a tool of destruction." Erica scoffed. "It's probably has a more exquisite taste that only those with a more mature tastebud can enjoy. More so than the childish tastebuds from all of you…"

"I don't know, maybe we should listen to them…" Elias tensed. "I've got a gut feeling that the coffee might be as lethal as they said it would be. So how about we leave before anything bad happens."

"Finally! Someone with some common sense!" Kirie sighed in relief. "You don't know how many times we went through this and always come out with the same results! Every time we try to warn someone about Kyoko's coffee, they just ignore us and drink it anyway! Only for them to pass out after just one sip! So, we better scram before she comes back with that toxic waste she calls coffee!"

"Come on, I'm sure it's not as bad as you guys say it is." Emilia smiled in reassurance. "It's probably because it's a little different than normal, but you guys don't like it because it's new. Maybe if you give it a chance, I'm sure it'll be something special." Before anyone could say anything, Kyoko returns with a tray full of coffee cups.

"Here it is, a special blend I've been experimenting on for some time now and I think this is a breakthrough." Kyoko smiled proudly. "Have a taste of my newest creation; seaweed, tuna, and red beans coffee. I hope it's to your liking." She places the cups on the table as Hayato's group and Elias all looked at it, only for it to bubble with a weird aroma.

"Well…it would be rude not to accept the kind gesture…" Claire gulped. "So, we'll be glad to have a taste of your coffee." She and her friends all picked up their cups and hesitated at first before taking a sip.

"Well? How is it? Was it something special?" Kyoko asked. But before anyone could answer, Hayato's group and Elias all started choking and coughing like crazy before falling over while foaming at the mouth. "Hmm…another failure. Looks like it's back to the drawing board." But then everyone noticed that Calumon was drinking the coffee and wasn't in pain like the others were.

"This is just delicious! I never had something this tasty before!" Calumon closed his eyes and smiled as he drank the coffee. "This coffee thing is so good. You sure know how to make a tasty drink."

"Well, it seems I've got three fans of my coffee. That's good to hear." Kyoko smiled as she leaned down and smiled at Calumon. "And I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed my coffee, little guy. I'll be more than happy to make some more for you again if you want." Calumon jumps for joy as a yes while everyone was just in shock.

"What…"

"In…"

"The…"

"Hell…?" Ichika, Kirito, Satoru and Klein all asked with the white dotted eyes expression.

"Well, I best be off now. Matayoshi's probably waiting for me." Kyoko closed her eyes and smiled. "All of you better lock up the office as soon as you head for home. I have the key in my pocket, so I can open the office tomorrow when the investigation is done." Everyone nods as she heads out of the office to meet with Matayoshi.

Not long after recovering from Kyoko's coffee and locking up the office after she left to meet with Detective Matayoshi, our heroes were on the bus heading for home. As it was still the weekend, there was still one more day to get to know their new friends that just recently appeared in their world. Needless to say, they were now afraid of coffee thanks to Kyoko giving them her special blend and nearly died after having a taste of it.

"Holy crap…I thought we were done for back there…" Reita muttered in shock. "I didn't think it was even possible to make coffee taste so terrible, but it looks like someone did… I'll never look at coffee the same way ever again…" Her friends and Elias all nodded in agreement while Ichika and the others couldn't help but feel sorry for them.

"We tried to warn you guys about the coffee, but as usual, our warnings fell onto deaf ears until you taste it yourself." Houki frowned softly before smiling softly. "But in all seriousness, we're all just glad none of you were seriously hurt from the coffee. I swear, it's like no matter how many times this happens, her coffee just seems to keep on getting even worse than last time. I'm afraid for whoever comes to our world next and have to drink Kyoko's coffee."

"So, what you guys are saying is that this has happened before with everyone else here?" Sakura asked in shock with a gulp. "And it's gonna keep on happening when more people from other worlds come here?"

"Unfortunately, yes. That seems to be the case." Satoru answered her with a sigh. "And I'm afraid her coffee's only going to get even worse in the coming months. We can only hope that none of them suffer the same fate as all of us had." Everyone who had tasted the dreaded coffee all nodded in agreement except for Yui, Luffy and Calumon who all enjoyed it.

"Still, we should at least apologize for not listening to your warnings about the coffee." Hayato said with an apologetic smile. "If we had, none of us would've collapsed after tasting her coffee and even Elias tried to stop us. So, we apologize for ignoring you guys and drinking the coffee." His friends all nodded in agreement.

"It's all right, no hard feelings from us." Ling smiled. "We're just glad that you guys all recovered without any side effects from the coffee." Then she and everyone all turned to Calumon in Emilia's arms. "But there's one thing I don't get. How is it that Calumon wasn't effected by the coffee?"

"That's the thing with us Digimon, because our bodies are comprised of data, we don't really have much of a physical body." Calumon answered her with a smile. "We can only exist in your world because of your Digivices and what that woman did to me. So that coffee stuff you guys mentioned being so bad doesn't really hurt me."

"When you put it that way, it does make a lot more sense." Tatenashi agreed with a smile. "Ever since we've first encountered the Digimon, they've always only been seen in cyberspace. So when you think about it, it would make sense that the coffee wouldn't hurt him since he doesn't have much of a physical body." Everyone nodded in agreement before turning their attention to Nami, Nabiki and Kuno as there was still one more thing to do.

"And speaking of apologies, you three still have to apologize to Satoru and Dorumon for wrongfully accusing them." Cecilia frowned sternly. "All this foolishness happened because you three thought Dorumon was the one who attacked Hayato and his friends in their world when it was DexDorugamon. I hope you all learned your lesson today about not jumping to conclusion for your own satisfaction." The idiot trio all lowered their heads as they all knew she was right. They accused an innocent Digimon for a crime he didn't commit and Nabiki wanted to profit from it. They all turned to Satoru who was still a little miffed at them.

"We're sorry for accusing Dorumon of attacking their world." Nami apologized. "It wasn't right for us to place the blame on someone we've just starting to know more, but we did anyway. We hope you can forgive us for placing the blame on Dorumon." Kuno and Nabiki both nodded in agreement as they bowed to Satoru who had his arms crossed.

"I'll forgive you this time, but you won't get a second chance if this happens again…" Satoru said angrily. "I hope you three have learned your lesson on not accusing an innocent bystander for a crime they didn't commit. It was bad enough that you three were accusing Dorumon of attacking Hayato and the others in their world but trying to exploit from the whole ordeal was just uncalled for! If any of you try that nonsense again, I won't be so nice!" That made everyone surprised to see him just so angry, even though he has every right to be.

"Whoa… I didn't think he'd be this POed this much." Klein gulped. "I get that he has every right to be pissed at them, but he just looks downright furious. Almost like this whole thing might've struck a nerve in him."

"That could be the case, but what could've happened that made him react this way?" Vert asked in concern. "It seems that this incident was much more personal to him than we originally thought. Perhaps an incident from his past that triggered a painful memory that could've been a similar fashion to what just happened?" Everyone looked at each other and shrugged as the bus turns a curve into another part of Tokyo to avoid some traffic.

As the bus drives through the Ikebukuro district, it drives by an Internet cafe with a blue cartoon butterfly on the sign. Walking down from the stairs, a boy no older than most of the Cyber Sleuths exits the cafe and steps onto the sidewalk. He had light brown hair with blue eyes, a long sleeved blue jacket with a hood over a white collared shirt with a symbol in the shape of butterfly wings, black pants, fingerless gloves, blue and white shoes and a vizor resting around his neck and shoulders. As he turns around, three more people also exited the cafe and walked onto the sidewalk. The first was a tall young man with dull purple hair, a green striped sando shirt with gray short pants, sandals and the same jacket tied around his waist. The second was another young man about slightly shorter than the first with platinum blonde hair, long back pants, a light blue shirt under the same jacket as the other two. The third and final one was girl about the same age that the first boy with dark blue hair tied two long twintails that almost reaches to her ankles, a yellow thigh length sleeveless dress with frills underneath, the same jacket as the boys and wears it like a cape, a small whale plush on her shoulder and a big whale blush in her arms. The four all waved goodbye to each other before heading their separate ways, but not before the first boy catches a glimpse of the Cyber Sleuths in the bus before continuing on.

Meanwhile

In the night skies just a couple of miles over the Sea of Japan, a commercial airliner flies through the clouds as lights shined to light its path. Our view moves into the cabin of the plane to see the passengers either sleeping, watching an inflight movie or on their laptops. Four people in particular were in the center of the plane and were among the few passengers that were awake while talking with each other. The first three were boys while the last one was a girl and all were about the same age as most of the Cyber Sleuths. Judging from their appearance, they all appear to be American and were heading for Japan for a specific reason, but what could that reason be?

"So Graham, when we get to Tokyo, how are we gonna find the IS Academy?" The girl asked curiously. "From what our teacher said, we're heading for the IS Academy for a program, but he didn't tell us much about what this program is. So how are we gonna know what to do when we arrive in Tokyo?"

"I'm not too sure, but it must be something important if we're the ones chosen to head over to Japan for the rest of the year." The boy known as Graham answered her as he scratched his chin in thought. "Though if I had to guess, it must have something with the IS Academy now accepting male students and some kind of new experiment going on."

"What kind of experiments?" Another boy asked confusedly.

"From what I gathered, they're using these special suits that remotely controls the IS unit along with the pilot. Almost like having the suit itself is sentient." Graham answered him. "And the suit wearer can also control the IS unit even when the pilot's not controlling it. That's what I think from what they told us."

"That does make some sense when you think about it." A third boy agrees with a smile. "Ever since the advent of EDEN, the IS kinda lost some of its popularity and women lost their position in the seat of power. So now they're trying this new method of controlling the IS and even accepting male students. Do you guys think that it'll work for them?"

"I'm not sure, but we'll just have to see by the end of the semester." Graham answered him. "If this plan of theirs does work, it might be the leg up they need for the IS to regain their popularity. But all in all, it's a gamble so we don't know for sure if it does work out or not. We'll just have to wait and see how it plays out." His siblings all nodded as the Flight Attendant speaks through the PA.

"Attention passengers, we are about less than two hours away from our final destination." The Flight Attendant announced. "So at this time, we'd liked for you to return your seats and fasten your seatbelts. We will be arriving in Tokyo shortly. Thank you." She ends the announcement as the plane continues flying towards Japan through the night sky.

Back in Japan

After dropping off Satoru and Twoearle at the Kuremi Residence, Ichika and his guests all arrived back at the Orimura Residence while the bus dropped everyone else at the IS Academy. Upon entering through the front door, everyone decided to turn in early as the battle against DexDorugamon had tired them out. However, as Ichika drifts off to sleep, he begins seeing another vision of another world that's not so different from his world. But it has a special kind of twist to this world.

Meanwhile in another dimension

At an amusement park on the outskirts of Tokyo, five girls were walked through the main entrance before stopping to take a look around. The girls looked around the park at all of the rides and other attractions it has to offer. The two girls of the group were the most excited to be at the park while the other three remained more calm, but are just as excited as their friends.

"Oh yeah, we're finally here! We finally made to the amusement park!" The red haired girl smiled. "And we finally get a day off after working so hard at Cafe Mew Mew for almost a year. I thought this day would never come!"

"You can say that again, Zoey! I've been wanting to come here for a long time too!" The short blonde girl agrees with a grin "This park has been the talk of the town for a while and I wanted to come here with you guys. So when Elliot and Wesley told us we can have the day off today, this was the first place that wanted to come!"

"And you sure picked a great place to spend our day off, Kikki." The dark green haired girl with glasses smiled "The park sure has a lot of fun rides and other attractions to see and do. I wonder which should we do first?" The girls all looked around until Kikki spots a haunted house attraction not too far from where they were.

"Hey, let's go check out that haunted house over there." Kikki suggested while pointing to the attraction "There's not that many people there, so we can just go in and come out with more time to get on the other rides." Her friends all nodded in agreement while Zoey just turns pale and starts shivering in fear.

"I-i-in t-t-that h-h-h-h-haunted h-h-h-house?" Zoey stammered. "Why does it have to be that first?! What if there are ghosts in there?"

"Oh, grow up, Zoey! I can't believe you still believe in that nonsense!" The dark blue haired girl scolded. "It's a haunted house, so of course there'd be ghosts in there! But those are the fake ones that are used to scare people. And besides, there's no such thing as ghosts!"

"That doesn't make me any less scared, Corina! You know I don't like scary places!" Zoey growled as she and Corina glared at each other while the rest of their friends just sighed.

"And there they go again. They're arguing again..." Kikki sighed. "Even on our day off, it just never seems to stop with these two." Her friends all nodded agreement as the oldest and tallest member of the group walks over to them and separates the two girls.

"All right, that's enough, you two. Now isn't the time to be arguing like this." The tall dark purple haired girl scolded. "We came to this park to relax and enjoy our day off, not argue about Zoey's fears. So you two need to tone down your rivalry for just today and let's all enjoy this day off." Both girls claimed down and nodded before looking up at her.

"Ok, Renee." Zoey and Corina nodded.

"Well, with that settled, let's get this day off started!" Kikki beamed as they all walked over to the haunted house and waited in the short line. Zoey, however, looks up at the building and ties to tell herself that it's just an attraction and nothing there is real. But then, a shadowy figure moves across one of the windows and vanishes a moment later, but Zoey was the only one who saw the shadow and was feeling a sudden chill down her spine as soon it was time for her and her friends to enter the haunted house.

Upon entering the haunted house, the girls walked through a long hallway with suits of armor on both sides decorating the halls. As the girls walked passed the suits of armor, the heads follow them as they walk by. Giving the illusion that the armors are possessed with the spirits of warriors long passed, but still have a reason to fight. However, the same shadowy figure from before phases through the floor with several other figures as they all watched the girls walk down the hall. The lead shadow motions its sleeve to order the others to scatter around the building and they all do so while the leader phases back down into the floor, his blue eyes narrow through the hood of his cloak.

About halfway through the haunted house, the girls were still walking through the halls and getting scared along the way. Zoey worst of all. But while walking through the hallway, they heard a loud screaming from further in and that made Zoey jump up in fear with her ears and tail popped out while her friends tensed up. The screams didn't sound like it was for fun, but like out if fear of something.

"AHHH! What was that?! What was that screaming?!" Zoey screamed.

"It sounded it like it came from further in! But that doesn't sound like to be anyone having fun! I think someone is trying to actually scare someone!" Kikki answered with a serious frown.

"But who would do such a thing? And for what purpose?" The glasses girl asked in concern "This is just an amusement park attraction for everyone to have fun in. What's the point in scaring everyone?"

"I'm not sure, Bridget, but I don't believe that was part of the show." Renee answered her as she tensed. "It would seem that someone decided to actually scare someone as a sort of cruel joke. Well, we we're not going to let that happen on our watch!" Her friends all nodded in agreement and ran down the hall to where they heard the screams with Zoey trailing behind.

"Hey guys! Wait for me! Don't leave me behind!" Zoey wailed as she tried to catch up to her friends.

As the girls near the end of the hallway, they can hear laughing and it wasn't just one, but two. That means two people were laughing at the cruel joke of actually scaring people half to death and decided to teach them a lesson. But as the girls reach their destination, what they found weren't people, but actually ghosts laughing at a fainted couple lying on the floor with the boyfriend holding onto his girlfriend to protect her. The ghosts then noticed the girls and turned their attention.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Ghost 1 mocked. "Some more victims ready to be scared, huh? Perfect, these two were just pushovers and didn't even leave much of an impression. Though the human male did try to stop us, but in the end, he was just a one hit wonder. Now you girlies would be much more satisfying to scare." Both ghosts laughed while the girls were in shock to see actual ghosts standing or rather floating before them. Zoey was the most terrified out of all of them as she was still shaking in fear.

"What in the world?! How is that even possible?!" Corina asked with wide eyes. "Are they actual ghosts? As in the same ghosts that people talk about? But ghosts don't exist! It's just not possible!"

"Don't think we exist, eh? We are very much real." Ghost 2 sneered. "And we're real enough to scare you humans to death! So I think that you need to get a reality check!"

"And is that what you did to that couple there? By scaring them half to death?" Kikki growled. "How could you two do such a terrible thing to them? You could've gotten them hurt!"

"That was the idea! They came to this place to be scared and that's what we gave them!" Ghost 1 mocked. "If they didn't wanted to be scared, then they shouldn't have come here, simple as that! But if you brats plan to ruin our fun, then we'll just have to teach you a lesson!"

"And exactly how do you plan to do that?" Corina asked while narrowing her eyes fiercely on the ghosts. "We clearly outnumber you and I doubt you two aren't even that strong against us. Not even a pack of Predasites were enough to take us all on at once!" The girls got into battle stance, but the ghosts started laughing again.

"Hey! What's so funny?! Why are you floating bedsheets laughing?" Kikki fumed.

"Oh, that's rich! These runts think we're here on our own!" Ghost 2 laughed "And they think they can stop us from scaring everyone!"

"Well, yeah, we can. That's pretty much common knowledge." Corina retorted. "There's five of us and only two of you. The odds are in our favor, not yours."

"That's what you think, missy! It's not just us here!" Ghost 1 refuted. "In fact, it was never just the two of us here! We're just scouts sent there to track down any potential victims we can find!"

"Scouts? Then who sent you here?" Bridget asked while tensed. "Who's the one that told you to scare other people here?" The ghosts didn't say anything, but gave a haunting smile as the same figure from before phases through the floor behind the girls. Then once in position, the figure raised his weapon above him and was just about to strike until Renee sees the shadow of the blade on the wall.

"EVERYONE! MOVE!" Renee shouted before the figure slashes his scythe and nearly misses the girls as they cartwheeled out of the way.

They landed a safe distance away as the figure floats out of the shadows to reveal himself. He was another ghost like the other two, but resembled more of a reaper with his gray robe, red hooded cape and scythe with a chain that wraps around the back and dangles on his sleeve. The reaper even wears a chained necklace with a crystal shaped eyeball and had blue eyes staring out from his hood.

"Hmph! You were quick to dodge my scythe." The phantom sneered. The ghosts bowed before the phantom reaper.

"Master Phantomon." The ghosts said the reaper's name. The Mew Mews were confused.

"Phantomon…? That's your name?" Corina raised an eyebrow.

"Yes. My name is Phantomon. I'm called a Digimon, short for Digital Monsters." Phantomon bowed sinisterly. Now the Mew Mews were even more confused.

"Digimon? Are they a new type of Predasite?" Bridget asked confusedly. Phantomon chuckled darkly.

"Oh you poor naïve girls. We Digimon are much stronger than the monsters you fought in the past." Phantomon readies his scythe. "But I believe the time for talk has pass. Bakemon, let's give these girls a fight they will remember!"

"Yes sir!" The two Bakemon agreed as they stood by their master.

"Power Pendant, Metamorphis!" The Mew Mews used their Power Pendants to transformed into their Mew Mew forms.

"Interesting…" Phantomon mused. "You girls aren't exactly normal, aren't you?"

"W-We dealt with monsters such as yourself and your two cohorts!" Zoey, at first was scared, but found her courage and said her famous catchphrase. "Mew Mew Style, Mew Mew Grace! Mew Mew Power in your face!" She struck a pose. The Bakemon, however laughed at that.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha! What kind of idiot says that?! You only embarrassed yourself by saying that!" Bakemon 1 mocked. The four Mew Mews sweat dropped as they looked at their leader whose face is red with anger. If there is anything they know about their leader, it's to not diss her catchphrase, no matter how ridiculous it sounds.

"H-How dare you?!" Zoey snapped in anger as she lashed at the Bakemon who evaded her lashes. The Mews now know it is time to attack so Renee goes first.

"Silver Slash!" Renee lashed her whip at Phantomon, but it did little to no damage on him. "W-What?!" She gasped in shock.

"Now it's my turn! Shadow Scythe!" Phantomon lashed his scythe at the Mew Mews, they were hit by it for large damage.

"Ugh! He's strong!" Corina gawked as she readies her Heart Arrow. "Heart Arrow!" She launched her attack at the Bakemon, but they phased through them. "H-Hold still!"

"Deep Surge Attack!" Bridget was next as she launched her attack at Phantomon, but he deflected it with ease.

"Hoo boy!" Zoey stammered. "What should we do?!" Suddenly, an earthquake occurred. "W-What on earth?!"

"Ah, it seems the dimensional rift is opening." Phantomon said evilly. "We'll settle this in EDEN when we find you. Ta-Ta!" Phantomon mocked as he and his Bakemon servants warped out of here.

"Wait, what are you-?!" Renee didn't get to finished as the earthquake occurred again and a bright light covered the Mew Mews, when it subsided, they were gone.

Back in Ichika's world

"Ahh!" Ichika gasped as he woke up from his bed and was panting heavily.

"Boss! Is it another vision?!" Agumon gasped.

"Yeah. And Agumon, this one is where the people of that world really need our help. Also, they appeared to be magical girls." Agumon was confused by this.

"Magical girls? What are those?" Agumon asked in curiously.

"Well, think of magical girls as super heroines with their special powers, only they originated from Japan. But they were struggling against a Digimon known as Phantomon." Ichika pondered about this.

"Should we tell the others about this in the morning?" Agumon asked.

"Yeah. We need to tell them about what I saw in my vision last night and help those magical girls when they arrive in EDEN tomorrow." Ichika agrees as he and Agumon went back to sleep to prepare themselves for tomorrow.

The next morning, Ichika and Agumon had woken up and got out of bed before heading for the bathroom to freshen up for the day. After that and Ichika getting dressed, they headed down stairs for some breakfast before meeting up with the rest of their friends and tell them about the vision he just had. As they reached the kitchen, they noticed a sight that was not something you'd see every day. There was Nami, Nabiki and Kuno cooking, setting up the table and cleaning everything in the kitchen with everyone else ordering them around.

"Come on, put your backs into it! This isn't a day in the park, you know!" Noire yelled. "You slackers have been way too lazy around here and now it's time you pulled your weight! If you want to keep living under this roof, then you'd better contribute like the rest of us do!" She then looks over to Neptune and Luffy who were goofing off. "Ok, most of us..." Neptune looks at her with an annoyed look while Luffy doesn't noticed anything.

"Not cool, Noire. So totally not cool..." Neptune pouted until she spots Ichika and Agumon. "And look who finally graces us with his presence. Ichika Orimura and his partner in crime Agumon." Everyone else all turned their attention to the two in question.

"Come on, Neptune. You don't need to introduce us like that, it's a little embarrassing." Ichika smiled as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "You can just introduce me like normal. No need for any flashy intro like that."

"Sorry, buddy boy. No can do." Neptune joked with closed eyes and a smile. "You're the king of this castle and we're just the lowly subjects. So, it's only natural that I introduce you and Agumon in this way. Just to let everyone know who is our gracious host." Everyone just looked at her with anime dot eyes before Noire whacks her on the head. "Aw crackerjacks! Not again!" She whined.

"Putting that aside, it's nice to see you two are up." Noire said with a smile. "Now I'm sure you're probably wondering why you're seeing Nami, Nabiki and Kuno working in your kitchen, right?"

"Yeah, that's what I'm wondering when we just arrived." Ichika answered her with a nod. "I know they caused a lot of trouble yesterday for accusing Dorumon of attacking Hayato and his friends' world, but I also said there was no need to punish them. I'm sure they've learned their lesson and won't do that again."

"Maybe so, but we weren't going to let them off scot-free." Vert frowned as she crossed her arms. "They still needed to be punished for their actions towards Dorumon and pay for it accordingly. But since we couldn't do any harsh punishments that you might disapprove of, we've decided to make them do all the housework for the rest of the month. That way, they'll still be punished for their actions yesterday and you can relax knowing we didn't punish them too harshly." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"I guess you do make a good point, Vert. Maybe I was being too soft on them." Ichika smiled in agreement. "Well, as long as it's not anything too serious, I can let this all slide. Just so long as the person or people in question deserves it for their actions." Everyone nodded in understanding as Agumon taps his claw on his leg to get his attention. "Huh? What is it, Agumon?"

"Hey, Boss, weren't you going to tell them about the vision you had with the magical girls?" Agumon reminded.

"Magical girls?" Everyone asked in unison.

"Oh, right. Thanks for reminding me, buddy." Ichika remembered. "After seeing what was going on, I almost lost my train of thought." He turns back to his guests. "And yes, you all heard him right. My vision I saw last night had magical girls and they were fighting a group of ghost Digimon called Phantomon and Bakemon. And from what I saw, one of them seems to be scared of the ghost Digimon."

"I can get the being scared of ghosts bit, but seriously, magical girls?" Uni asked with an annoyed expression. "Why in the world would you see magical girls in your vision? It doesn't make any sense. And how exactly are they gonna fight a bunch of ghosts?"

"I know it sounds weird, but I'm sure there's a reason for this." Ichika answered her seriously. "But before we do anything else, we better tell the rest of our group about the situation and come up with a plan to help these magical girls." Everyone nodded in agreement as they all sat down for breakfast before meeting up with the rest of the gang.

Meanwhile

In the deep reaches of Kowloon, the Mew Mews were lying on the floor after being caught in an earthquake while fighting Phantomon and his Bakemon lackeys. Just then, Zoey's cat ear starts to twitch followed by her hand as she begins to open her eyes to see her new surroundings. She then picks herself up off the floor and shakes her head to regain her composure.

"Ow… what just happened…?" Zoey asked with a groan. "And…where are we…? All I can remember is going to the amusement park for our day off and then everything just goes blank…" As she held her head to ease the pain, she then remembers what happened before from trying to fight Phantomon and his Bakemon servants to being caught in the earthquake. "Wait, now I remember! We were trying to fight that Phantomon guy, but none of our attacks did anything to him or his lackeys! But then he said something about a dimensional rift right before he and his goons vanished! And what did he mean by we'll settle this in EDEN?" She then looks around to see her friends all laying around her. "Guys! Wake up!" The other Mew Mews all heard her and started to wake up.

"Not so loud, Zoey… I have a splitting headache…" Corina moaned. "What was with that earthquake and that light? And where exactly are we?" Kikki, Bridget and Renee all had woken up as well from hearing Zoey's voice. "What happened to us? The last thing I remembered was being in the haunted house with that Phantomon or whatever he's called." Kikki shakes her head before realizing their new surroundings.

"Never mind that, Corina. Where the heck are we?" Kikki asked as she looked around. "This place doesn't look like anything we've seen before. It's all blue and blocky everywhere."

"But how did we get here? Did that earthquake had something to do with it?" Renee asked as she tensed. "Or maybe that was some kind of trick Phantomon used on us to make his escape earlier? It seems impossible for an earthquake to send us to this place."

"Maybe, but we don't know for sure if this was his plan or not." Bridget stepped in with a serious frown. "For right now, we need to focus on trying to find out where we are and see if anyone could help us. If we're lucky, we might find some people who can tell us what this place is."

"Bridget's right, for now, we need to find out where we are." Zoey agrees. "We can worry about Phantomon later until we get a clue on what this place is. Besides, I'm sure he might find us anyway as he did say we'll settle this in EDEN." The other Mew Mews all nodded in agreement as they stood back up and headed out to figure out where they are.

Unknown to them, they're being watched by two figures who seems to be curious about the Mew Mews. One was a small red dinosaur Digimon with long claws on his hands and feet, a white stomach, yellow eyes and black markings all over his body. His ears even resembles wings on his head. The second one was a bipedal feminine jaguar Digimon with two tails, long red hair tied in a braided ponytail that ends with a gem, rings are her arms, claws, waist, tails, and feet, a headband and a veil covering her mouth. The two Digimon looked at each other and nodded before following the Mew Mews.

Back in the real world

After having breakfast and getting dressed, Ichika and his guests got on the bus where they've met up with the rest of their friends and were on their way to meet up with Kyoko. Durning the bus ride, Ichika told the rest of his friends about his vision where he saw a reaper Digimon called Phantomon and his Bakemon lackeys attacking a group of magical girls, which much like before, everyone was confused on the subject of magical girls in his vision.

"Ok, so let's see if we're hearing this right." Liz said confusedly. "From what you're telling us, you saw five girls were hanging out at an amusement park as part of their day off and decided to enter a haunted house as their first stop. But one of them was too scared to go in because she's afraid of ghosts, only to still go in anyway with her friends. However, while going through the haunted house, they heard some screaming and that's when they've encountered two Bakemon and their leader Phantomon where they've transformed into magical girls to fight them, the same magical girls we watched on TV, but were caught in the same earthquake that sent the rest of us to this world. Is that pretty much everything you saw in your vision from last night?"

"Yeah, that's the whole gist of it." Ichika answered her with a serious frown. "And much like how all of you appeared in Kowloon, it can be the same for them as well. So, we'll need to be ready when we find them in EDEN. Along with fighting Phantomon and his Bakemon lackeys who want to settle their battle with them."

"That's all well and good, but how are we gonna find them?" Erica asked with a frown. "They could be anywhere in Kowloon and we don't know where to start looking. How can we be sure if these girls are the ones you saw in your vision?"

"I'm sure we'll know who they are when we find them." Ichika answered her confidently. "I know one of them has cat ears and a tail pop out whenever she gets excited. I believe her name was Zoey from what her friends said."

"Huh?" Everyone blinked in confusion.

"I know it sounds weird, but that's what I also saw in my vision." Ichika said as he continued "So when we arrive at Nakano and explain the situation to Kyoko, we'll head for Kowloon to find these girls and help them in any way we can." Everyone nodded in agreement as the bus continues towards its destination.

Around the same time

At the Tokyo International Airport, planes were seen picking up passengers and taking off or landing to drop off their passengers to return home or take a vacation. One plane in particular was a JetBlue plane that was coming in for a landing as the landing gear extends out just before touching down on the runway. Once the plane slows down, the pilots taxies it towards the gate and shuts down the engines to let the plane refuel for the next journey while the passengers disembarks and their luggage are being collected by the crew on the runway. As the passengers exits the gate, the same four people from the crowd of people before letting out a stretch after being in the plane for hours.

"Ahhhh! Finally! We made it!" The girl sighed with a smile. "After being in the plane for hours, I thought we'd never make it here! And this is where our new lives begin! I can't wait to see what our new home has to offer!"

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet, we still need to head for the IS Academy and enroll there." Graham said with a smile. "However, it's still the weekend and we've only just arrived in Japan. So for right now, let's just grab our luggage and see if we can enroll at the IS Academy for tomorrow." Hie relatives all nodded in agreement as they headed for the baggage claim to collect their belongings before leaving the airport by bus.

Meanwhile

As the bus arrives at Nakano, our heroes entered the shopping center and headed for the Kuremi Detective Agency to tell Kyoko about Ichika's vision and the situation of some newcomers arriving in Kowloon. But as they entered the office, Kyoko was nowhere to be found as her desk was unoccupied and many papers were still left on the floor. However, there was a note left on the desk that lets them know that she was out for some time and won't be back until later and those who knows her already figured it out while the others who don't were confused.

"Huh, looks like the boss lady is out again. And even left us another note." Neptune said with a whistle. "Guess that means we won't be seeing her until later on. Maybe she's out with this Matayoshi guy she mentioned in her other letters?"

"That could be the case, so we'll just have to wait until she returns to tell her about the situation." Houki answered her with a nod. "So, until then, we'll just have to wait until we hear anything." Most of the group nodded in agreement while the newer members were confused at what they mean.

"Ok, what exactly are you guys talking about?" Reitia asked confusedly with raised eyebrows. "And where's the lady that almost killed us yesterday? Are you guys saying that she's out?"

"Yep, that's what we're saying. She only does this when she's really busy." Ling answered her with a nod. "There are times we won't find her in the office, so we can assume that she's out on some detective business. Of course, she lets us know by leaving a letter on her desk so we'd know that she's out doing her job."

"Wow, being a detective must be hard work for her. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for her." Emilia said in amazement. "She has to work overtime to help with an investigation, staking out for long hours, and even until the early hours of the morning. She sure is dedicated to her work as a detective." Everyone nodded in agreement while Satoru stayed silent, but no one noticed until the Digivices started ringing.

"Boss! We've got trouble! And it's a big one!" Agumon shouted.

"What is it, Agumon? Is there something wrong?" Ichika asked in concern. "Is it the same girls in my vision?"

"Them and two more with them! I think they're Digimon!" Agumon answered him with a nod. "But they're not the ones that attacked those girls in their world, they're completely different. So we can assume that Phantomon and his Bakemon lackeys can't be too far behind."

"If that's the case, then we better head for Kowloon now." Satrou said while frowning seriously. "If Phantomon and his Bakemon good squad are close, then there's no way they'll handle them. We'll have to make a break for them as soon as we arrive in Kowloon." Everyone nods as Twoearle steps up to them.

"I'm going with you guys as well. I'm not going to sit by and let all of you get hurt." Twoearle said seriously. "I've been on the sidelines long enough, I want to help you guys save those girls and the two Digimon. And besides, it's about time I got my own Digimon partner so I can fight alongside you guys.

"Are you sure about this, Twoearle? It could be really dangerous." Char frowned in concern. "We don't know if Phantomon's going to fight us himself or he'll just have his Bakemon attack us. But are you really sure you want to come with us?"

"Yeah, I'm more than sure about this. I can handle whatever Phantomon throws our way." Twoearle answered her with a serious frown. "I can help you guys out a lot more when I'm with all of you than I could back here in the office." Everyone looked at each other for a brief moment before turning back to her and nodded.

"Ok, you can join us to Kowloon, Twoearle." Ichika smiled as he gave her a thumbs up which she returns the gesture. "We can definitely use your help in coming up with strategies to deal with whatever Phantmon has planned. And if we manage to save one of the Digimon that's with the girls from my vision, you can accept it as your partner. So you ready to head for Kowloon?" Twoearle nods as everyone gathers around Ichika before using his Connect Jump to enter the TV in the office while her and Satoru enters their EDEN accounts on Satoru's laptop immediately after.

Elsewhere

As the same bus from the airport stops at the entrance to the IS Academy, the same four people from before disembarks from the bus and collects their belongings from the bus driver before driving back to the airport. After the bus left, the four boards the monorail and rides it over to the IS Academy where they can enroll as new students for the remainder of the year.

"Here we are, the IS Academy. This is where our new lives begin." The girl smiled. "I've always heard about this place and only seen it in IS Monthly, but this is the first time actually coming here and being enrolled. And to think all it took was to take that exam and know how to pilot an IS."

"Well, considering that it only accepted girls until recently, it doesn't come as much of a surprise." Boy 2 said in agreement. "You've been working hard on learning how to pilot an IS for months and when it was time for the exam, you passed with flying colors, Whitney. No pun intended there." His relatives all chuckled. "But I'm surprised that you wanted us to come with you to Japan now that the IS Academy accepts male students."

"Hey, I couldn't just leave home without you guys. We're all family after all." Whitney smiled with closed eyes. "So, if any of us goes somewhere, we're all going together. That's just how our great-grandparents wanted this family to be after our really bad history and it's our job to make sure that never happens again."

"That it is, Whitney. That it is." Graham agrees with a smile. "And this could be just the start we need to make our family's reputation better than before. It may have been a slow process, but it's been coming along nicely. And hopefully, we can put all our past transgressions behind us."

"With you as the next head of the family, it could very well be on its way." Boy 3 said with closed eyes and a smile. "I'm sure you'll bring our family back into the public's good side even after all the terrible things our ancestors did for nearly a century ago. But you won't be going alone, we'll also be right beside you so that you won't bear the burden yourself." Whitney and the other boy nodded in agreement as Graham looks at his relatives with a smile.

"Robin, Emilie, Whitney, thanks. It really means a lot to me." Graham said with a soft smile. "Knowing that you'll all be right there when I become the head of our family, it really helps me ease up on all the stress. So long as we're together, we can bring our family into a new age of peace." His relatives all nodded in agreement until their cellphones starts to act strangely. They all took their phones out from their pockets and checked them.

"Hey, what's going on with our cellphones? It's never acted like this before." Robin gasped in shock. "It's only like they have a mind of their own! What's making them act up like this?" Before anyone could answer, their phones all reacted to the monorail's computer as it starts to digitize them into data and absorbs them into the monitor. A moment later, they were gone as the computer sparks from the reaction.

Back with our heroes

Upon entering the TV in the office, the Cyber Sleuths heads for Kowloon LV 2 to find and rescue the girls from Ichika's vision along with two Digimon from Phantomon and the Bakemon. Eventually, our heroes materialized at the entrance to Kowloon LV 2 and hoped off the terminal to begin their search. Satoru brings out a panel and begins typing away to locate them and make sure Phantomon doesn't get to them before they do.

"So, Satoru, any luck finding them yet?" Ichika asked with a serious frown. "Were you able to find the girls and the two Digimon that Agumon and the others sensed?"

"Yeah, they're definitely here, all right. Just as you predicted." Satoru answered him with a nod. "They're pretty deep inside Kowloon and the two Digimon are there with them. No sigh of Phantomon just yet, so we might still have a chance."

"That's good to hear. We got here before Phantomon did." Houki smiled in relief. "I was concerned we didn't make it in time, but I'm glad we did. So now all that's left to do is to find them and make sure they're safe. Hopefully we'll get to them before Phantomon does." Everyone nodded in agreement until Satoru detected more signals in the same area as the others.

"Huh? What the hell? Where did these signals come from?" Satoru gasped in alarm as everyone turned to him.

"What's wrong, Satoru-san? Did something happen to the ones from Ichika's vision?" Libby asked in concern.

"No, it's not them, but something else entirely." Satoru answered her. "I'm getting four more signals from the same area as the others. But none of them are Phantomon or the Bakemon, though we can't be too careful around them." He then detects another signal and this time it was the one they've feared. "Uh oh, that's not good…"

"What? What's not good?" Noire asked worriedly.

"I'm getting some bad signals coming closer to them and I think that it is Phantomon this time." Satoru answered her with a serious frown. "He and his Bakemon are closing in on the others right now and if we don't hurry, they'll be in trouble!"

"Then we better hurry over to them before it's too late!" Ichika frowned as he pounded his fists together. "If we don't make it to them in time, there's no telling what Phantomon could do to them! We better pick up the pace if we're gonna beat Phantomon to them!" Everyone nodded in agreement as they all made a mad dash to the location of the people from Ichika's vision.

Meanwhile

Further deeper into Kowloon, the Mew Mews were still wandering around searching for a way out, but to no avail. None of the hackers were any help as most of them seemed to think they're either some weird cosplayers or not even worth their time since they don't have any Digimon. Of course, this didn't sit well for three of the Mew Mews as they were fuming in anger while the other two were wondering what was going on.

"Ok, just what the heck was that guy's problem?!" Kikki fumed as an anger vein appeared on her forehead. "We were just asking for help on finding a way out, but all we got was weird looks and rude comments! Just what was the deal here? They're treating us like we're just a bunch of weirdos!"

"And to top it off, they've even called us some weird cosplayers!" Corina agrees with a angry and scary frown. "Cosplayers, I tell you! What exactly makes them think they can just call me a cosplayer and get away with it?! I'll make them all regret the day they've called Corina Bucksworth a cosplayer!"

"I'm with you two! We'll make those jerks pay for calling us weird cosplayers!" Zoey also agrees with an anger vein on her forehead. "And the first one we'll make pay is that Phantomon jerk who attacked us out of nowhere! We were trying to enjoy our day off and he had to go ruin it for us! So when we see that cloaked jerk again, we'll make him pay for attacking us out of the blue!" Both Corina and Kikki nodded in agreement while Bridget and Renee were more focused on a different matter.

"But, Zoey, even if we do find Phantomon, wouldn't our attacks be ineffective against him?" Bridget asked her with concern. "When we tried fighting him before, none of our attacks did anything to him. How can we be sure that it won't be the same result?" That made Zoey, Corina and Kikki all realized that she was right as Renee added her two cents.

"And plus, we still don't have any idea how we've even got to this place." Renee added. "All that I can recall was Phantomon mentioning a dimensional rift before being caught in that bright light and ending up here soon after. So, save your energy for now, we still need to find a way out of this place." Her friends all nodded in agreement and were about to continue on until Kikki spotted four silhouettes not too far from their location.

"Hey, guys! I see some people over there!" Kikki gasped. "It looks like they're all passed out! Do you guys think they're all right?"

"I don't know, but we need to make sure they're ok." Zoey answered her. "We may not know how to escape this place, but we still have to help those in need. It's our duty as Mew Mews to make sure that everyone is safe from harm." Her friends all nodded in agreement as they all headed for the people lying unconscious.

Upon arriving, each of the Mew Mews checks one of the people laying down on the floor while Renee keeps a close eye out anyone who tries to make a sneak attack. Upon closer inspection, the four people were the Sohmas who were all digitized and sent into the monorail's monitor while on their way to the IS Academy, not that any of the Mew Mews knew about that.

"Hey, wake up! Are you guys all right? Come on, wake up!" Kikki pleaded.

"Well, how are they feeling? Are there any damages to them?" Renee asked.

"It doesn't look like it. I don't see any wounds on them." Bridget answered her with a smile. "And their pulses seem normal, so that's good to know. But other than that, there's no bodily harm on any of them."

"But if that's the case, then how are they unconscious?" Corina asked with raised eyebrows. "If there aren't any wounds on them, then there must be another reason why we found them here." She then turns over to their leader. "So, Zoey, what do you think we should do about them?"

"I think we'll wait for them to wake up. That way, we'll know what happened to them." Zoey answered her. "So until they wake up, we'll have to keep watch over them. There's no telling what could happen if we leave them alone." Her friends all nodded until one of the Sohams started to stir.

"Hey, one of them is starting to wake up now. And right on time too." Kikki said with a smile. "Looks like we didn't have to wait that long after all. Hopefully they can tell us where we are and what happened to them." Her friends all nodded in agreement as they gathered around the Sohmas as they started to wake up.

"Huh…? Wha…? What happened…?" Graham asked with a moan as he starts to open his eyes.

"Hey, are you guys all right? You're not hurt too badly, are you?" Zoey asked him with a smile. "I gotta admit, you had me a little worried when we found you guys just laying here. We thought you were all injured, but I'm glad that's not the case. Can you tell me your name?"

"It's Graham. Graham Sohma." Graham answered her with a smile.

"Graham Sohma. That's a nice name. I'm Zoey Hanson." Zoey smiled as she helped Graham up. "So, Graham, what happened to you and your friends? What caused you to lay here unconscious in the first place?"

"Well, we were on our way to be enrolled at the IS Academy after arriving in Tokyo an hour ago." Graham answered her as he began to recall, confusing the Mew Mews on the IS Academy, but they listen to his story "But while on our way to the school, our cellphones started going crazy and then the monorail started acting up. But before we could do anything, we were somehow digitized and then sent into the monorail's computers. Everything else between that and now is all a blank."

"Hold on, so you guys mean to tell us that your phones just went crazy and then you were all absorbed into a computer?" Corina asked skeptically. "I've seen and heard a lot of weird stuff before, but there's no way that's even possible. It doesn't make any sense; how can a cellphone just go crazy all on its own?" Soon enough, Robin, Emile and Whitney all had woken up as well.

"I know it sounds strange, but we're not lying to you." Robin answered her with a serious frown. "We didn't know what was going on with our phones, but it was all right before our eyes. I'm not even sure what happened, it just happened all so fast."

"So is that how you guys ended up here? In this place?" Kikki asked them as she pieced them together. "Right after your phones just went nuts and got sucked into the computer on the monorail?"

"Yeah, pretty much. That's just how it happened." Whitney answered her with a nod. "But what I'm wondering is that how did we end up here in Kowloon of all places? I didn't think the monorail's computer was connected to EDEN..."

"EDEN? Kowloon? What are they?" Renee asked confusedly.

"Wait, you mean you girls never even heard of EDEN or Kowloon before?" Emile asked in shock.

"No." Zoey answered him.

"Not me." Kikki answered him while shaking her head no.

"I've never heard of either of them." Corina answered with a shrug.

"It's the first time I've heard of them." Bridget answered her.

"I haven't gotten the slightest clue." Renee answered with a shrug. "So what are these EDEN and Kowloon?"

"Well, EDEN is this massive network where people from around the world can interact with each other without even leaving their houses." Robin answered her. "You can create your own avatar while logged into EDEN and meet up with other users all over the world. It's the creation of Kamishiro Enterprises as a way to connect people."

"Wow, that sounds amazing. I had no idea EDEN could do that." Bridget smiled. "So just by logging into EDEN, you can meet with other people from around the world and interact with them. It sounds like EDEN is a paradise for everyone."

"Maybe, but what about this other place you guys mentioned? This Kowloon place?" Corina asked confusedly. "You make it sound like both are completely different things. So what's the story there?"

"Well, Kowloon is really a graveyard of data that's been abandoned for years during EDEN's development." Whitney answered her with a serious frown. "It's also not a place most EDEN users go to because of how dangerous it is. But despite all of that, hackers can be seen everywhere and they can do a lot of crimes like stealing someone's info or just deleting a person's account for kicks. They've all even formed groups where they can accomplish a lot more than a single hacker can do by themselves. And not only that, but Kowloon's also filled with Digimon that the hackers use to battle each other or help them commit crimes."

"Again with these Digimon things… First that Phantomon guy and now you guys." Corina complained. "Just what the heck are these Digimon things to begin with? And what do they have to do with all these weird things happening?" Before anyone could answer her, someone else stepped in.

"I could answer that to you, but it might take some time for it to process." A female voice answered reassuredly "But I can tell you is that not all us Digimon are like the ones being used by those miscreants. Just the ones who are just as rotten to the core as those humans." The Mew Mews and the Sohmas all turned to see the same two Digimon from before, not that they knew. But then, the Mew Mews got into battle stance. "Whoa, whoa! Easy there! There's no need to get hostile here. We don't mean any harm."

"And exactly how can we be sure you're telling us the truth?" Renee asked warningly. "What makes you think that you two aren't with Phantomon sent to finish us off? If either of you try to pull a fast one on us, then we won't hesitate to fight back."

"Phantomon? Who's this Phantomon?" The other Digimon asked confusedly. "Why would we be with someone like him? We're not like this Phantomon you guys mentioned."

"Hold on, I think they're telling the truth." Graham interjected. "It doesn't look like these two are with this Phantomon you mentioned. If they were, wouldn't they have attacked us by now?" The Mew Mews thought about it for a moment and realized he was right.

"Now that you mentioned it, you're right. They would've attacked us if they were with Phantomon." Zoey answered with a nod. "So maybe these two aren't with Phantomon since I don't think he'd used them to attack us. Maybe we should hear them out before we make any mistakes we might regret later." Her friends all nodded in agreement and were about to lower their weapons, only to feel a familiar presence approaching them from all around them.

"Well, so this is where you were all sent to. To think you'd all still be alive." A familiar voice mocked. "And since you're all still in one piece, we can finally settle our battle back in your world." Phantomon reappears along with his Bakemon minions, only this time there were more of them surrounding all around.

"Phantomon!" Zoey yelled in anger. "So you were true to your word, after all! So now we'll get even with you and your goon squad!" Phantomon chuckled darkly.

"Oh? It'll be the same as last time. So what makes it so different now? He sneered as he readies his scythe. Suddenly, the two Digimon stood in front of the Sohmas and Mew Mews. "Oh? Two partnerless Digimon are gonna challenge us?"

"Hah! They don't stand a chance against us!" One of the Bakemon mocked.

"Maybe, but we're not gonna stand by and watch you harm those humans!" The feminie Digimon snarled as she readies her claws.

"Guilmon is ready to help too!" The red dinosaur like Digimon now called Guilmon growled as he readies himself.

"You can't!" Bridget covered her mouth in shock. "We saw how strong they are!"

"Maybe, but we're not gonna sit by and watch them harm you guys!" The female Digimon reassured her as she got ready.

"You must be joking!" Phantomon mocked as he lashed his scythe at the two Digimon, knocking them towards the Sohmas and Mew Mews. Graham ran up to Guilmon and checked for wounds.

"Hey! You alright?!" Graham gasped as he checked for wounds. Guilmon woke up and noticed Graham staring at him in concern. "Phew! That's a relief, no serious injuries. My name is Graham Sohma. And you are?" He smiled.

"Guilmon. Nice to meet you, Grahammon." Guilmon smiled cheerfully. Graham sweat dropped.

"Um, it's Graham, not Grahammon." He corrected him.

"Okay, Grahammon." Guilmon closed his eyes and smiled.

"Oh nevermind…"

"Are you kids done chatting?" One of the Bakemon mocked as he and his four cohorts charged towards Bridget, Renee and the feminine Digimon, all three of them closed their eyes and waited for the inevitable, until suddenly…

CLASH!

"What?!" Phantomon snarled as the three opened their eyes and saw GeoGreymon and Dorugamon blocked the five Bakemon. Ichika and the Cyber Sleuths rushed up to the Mew Mews and Sohmas. Ichika, Satoru and Twoearle rushed to Bridget, Renee and the feminine Digimon and tend to their wounds.

"Hey, you girls okay?" Ichika asked as he helped Bridget up. Bridget couldn't help but notice how handsome Ichika is.

"Um… Thanks." Bridget blushed.

"Y-Yeah, thank you…" Renee blushed as well as she noticed how handsome Satoru is as well.

"Hey, you okay? What's your name? I'm Twoearle." Twoearle smiled as she helped the Digimon up.

"Yeah. My name is Beastmon. So why did you help me? We only met for the first time." Beastmon asked confusedly.

"Isn't it obvious?" Twoearle smiled as she placed her hand on Beastmon's shoulder. "It's destiny that we meet and I have a feeling that you'll be my partner and trusted friend."

"Partner and trusted friend…" Beastmon muttered in awe.

"Listen, Beastmon. There's something weird going on in EDEN and Kamishino Enterprises is rumored to be behind this and I need to help a friend return to his original body. So what do you say, Beastmon? Wanna be partners?" Twoearle smiled.

"You bet! Let's trounce these bad guys!" Beastmon grinned. Twoearle smiled back as she registered Beastmon as her partner.

Phantomon eyed the Cyber Sleuths, most notably Impmon and mocked "Well, well, well! If it isn't Impmon? I am surprised you're still alive after 8 years." All eyes turned to Impmon as he glared at Phantomon.

"Yeah, and you're still the creep I know, Phantomon." Imp growled as he got into a battle stance.

"Impmon, what's going on? You know this Digimon?" Elias asked confusedly.

"Yeah. But I don't want to go back to his group after 8 years ago. I won't rest until I get my revenge on the group Phantomon worked for after what they did 8 years ago. Elias, are you ready?!" Impmon yelled.

"Right!" Elias agreed as he got ready. Suddenly, Graham and Guilmon stood beside them.

"In that case, let us help you!" Graham agreed.

"Huh? You sure about this? Have you gotten your Digimon registered?" Cecilia asked in concern. She and Graham looked into each other's eyes and couldn't help but blush, but it was interrupted by Graham's phone beeping as he checked it and saw that Digimon Capture has been installed.

"Ok. So let's try this out." Graham nodded seriously as he pointed his Digivice at Guilmon and registered him as his partner. "Alright, Guilmon, ready to kick some tail?" Graham smiled.

"You bet, Grahammon!" Guilmon agreed as he glowed with red energy. "Guilmon, digivolve to…" Guilmon then turn into a red version of BlackGrowlmon. "Growlmon!" Growlmon roared.

"Whoa, it's a red version of BlackGrowlmon!" Tomoka gasped in awe.

"In that case, let me help too." Impmon smiled as he too glowed with energy. "Impmon, digivolve to…" Impmon then turned into Meramon, only his body is a darker red and has yellow eyes. "Meramon!"

"Awesome! This Meramon is different from the one we fought before!" Tatenashi cheered.

(Brave Heart plays)

"Hey Twoearle, think your new Digimon partner can fight Phantomon and his goon squad in her Champion form-" Before Houki can finished, Beastmon interrupted her.

"Actually, I'm an Ultimate level Digimon." Beastmon said proudly.

There was silence among the Cyber Sleuths as they realized Beastmon was right about being a Ultimate level Digimon. "Well, this is awkward…" Black Heart muttered.

"Enough talk! Get them!" Phantomon ordered as the Bakemon charged towards the Cyber Sleuths.

"Mind Fogger!" Beastmon danced then slashes two Bakemon, they screamed as they were deleted by Beastmon's attack.

"Nice one, Beastmon!" Twoearle cheered.

"Mega Burst!"

"Magma Bomb!" Meramon summoned meteor rocks that hit some of the Bakemon, deleting them.

"Nightmare Claw!" One of the Bakemon lashed a dark energy claw like attack at Kyubiimon, but Growlmon got in the way and blocked it.

"Plasma Blade!" Growlmon lashed at the Bakemon who attacked Kyubiimon, deleting him.

"Bir-Flame" Birdramon breathed out fire that hit some of the Bakemon trying to attack her, deleting them.

"Keep it up, guys!" Char cheered as Strikedramon and Togemon combined their attacks to give some of the Bakemon even more hurt. Only 19 left.

"Lightning Paw!" Gatomon launched her attack at three Bakemon with Asuna's help. After the Bakemon were deleted, Gatomon and Asuna high fived each other to congratulated each other.

"Cannonball!" Dorugamon launched his attack at five more Bakemon as Beastmon helped him out with it, deleting the Bakemon. Only 11 left.

"Fist of the Beast King!"

"Magical Game!"

"Cross Combination!" Leomon, Wizardmon and Purple Heart combined their attacks to give one Bakemon even more hurt, deleting him.

"Vee-Laser!"

"Multi-Moon Shooter!" ExVeemon and Stingmon combined their attacks to destroy two Bakemon. Only eight left.

"That's it! Time we bull rush them!" A Bakemon growled as he and his seven cohorts charged towards the gang with frenzied yells.

"No, you fools!" Phantomon growled as he saw Growlmon getting ready for his attack.

"Exhaust Flame!" Growlmon yelled as he launched his attack at the remaining Bakemon, deleting them. The gang cornered Phantomon.

"Now that leaves you, Phantomon!" Ling growled. Phantomon chuckled darkly.

"You may have won this battle, but I will return. And don't think I will come after you alone, I have friends, friends who are much more powerful than the small fry you have been fighting!" Phantomon warped out of here.

"Hey, get back here, you no good, scythe wielding creep! We're not finished with you!" Kikki yelled in anger. "Come back here and fight like a Digimon!"

"Forget it, he's gone now. We'll deal with him some other time." Houki calmed her down before smiling. "Right now, we should be thankful that we made it in time and no one was seriously hurt. So for now, we can take it easy."

"You're right, Houki. We can deal with Phantomon another day." Ichika agrees with a smile before frowning seriously as he ponders Phantomon's words. "But while we may have chased him off, there's still the matter of what he said just before vanishing..."

"You mean about him saying he's got more powerful friends?" Black Heart asked, sharing Ichika's frown with her own.

"Yeah, that's what has me worried the most." Ichika nods as he scratches his chin in thought. "If what he said to be true, then we could be in for some tough battles ahead. I'm not sure when or where they'll strike, but I'm positive that we'll win against them."

"But how can you be sure that we'll stand a chance against these friends of his?" Hayato asked in concern. "If they are as powerful as he says, then do we stand a chance against them?"

"Oh…" Calumon sighed as his ears retracts with Emilia holding him closer.

"Maybe not at the moment, but we will as we get closer to finding out the truth about Kamishiro Enterprises." Ichika answered him. "It may be a while until then, but we'll get stronger as we continue on. So we'll be ready by the time we do encounter them." Everyone nodded in agreement as they all turned to the Mew Mews and the Sohmas. "But for right now, let's head back to the office. I'm sure you guys have a lot of questions." All the Digimon reverted back to their Rookie levels expect for Gatomon and Beastmon while the CPUs do the same.

"You got that right, buddy. We've got a ton of questions for you guys." Whitney agrees as she added "Like what the hell was that all about and where did you guys come from? I'm still trying to process what just happened."

"I'm sure we can answer your questions, but not right here." Satoru told her. "There's still a lot of hackers roaming around and who knows if one of them tries to challenge us. So let's head for the office, we can talk along the way." Everyone nodded in agreement as they all started heading back to the real world with the Mew Mews and the Sohams in tow.

But with realization of Phantomon saying that he has more powerful friends, there could be even more tougher battles down the line. But that will not deter our heroes from working hard and getting stronger together as they get closer to the truth about Kamishiro Enterprises and finding a cure to the EDEN Syndrome. But for now, our heroes can rest east knowing they've saved more people from the clutches of evil.

To be continued…

Next chapter: Digimon and Pokemon! When Two Species of Creatures Collide!

A/n: Sorry it took us a long time to upload this chapter. But please be patient with us as there will be more chapters like this along the way. Next up, our heroes meet Ash and the gang from Pokemon (Set during the Kalos Arc) and they won't fight a Digimon this time, but the annoying Team Rocket.

Also, on another note, to whoever suggested Ben 10 Ultimate Alien and other crossovers, I believe I said in a previous chapter and the review page that me and Panther J won't add cartoons to IS crossovers (Well, maybe in a future spin-off to our future FFXV x IS x RWBY crossover) and we already decided which crossovers to add in this fic by the list we made before writing this story. So it would be nice if you stop suggesting crossovers in the review page of this story. Thank you for your time and see you next time!