A/N: Welcome to the 20th chapter of Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth IS. In this chapter is the last anime filler chapter of anime filler arc 3. Originally, Kohime Musou was gonna be the third anime in this third anime filler arc, but Panther J and I decided to add Pokemon in it and Koihime Musou will be in the fifth anime filler arc. After this chapter will be case number 2 which has our heroes solving a request from Mirei. And after that is Anime Filler Arc 4 with Senran Kagura, Shomin Sample and Yu-Gi-Oh. Plus, on that anime filler arc will have one of Ichika's normal friends having two Digimon partners and possibly the other Sohma OCs of Panther J will also gain their Digimon partners as well. Not only that, Sinon of SAO along with Panther J's SAO OC Elias aka Meta Knight will also gain their own Digimon partners while Elias gets a second Digimon partner. So here is Chapter 20. Enjoy!

A/N: This chapter is based on a Emma Iveil story which is a One Piece and Pokemon crossover called Dreams to Be the Best. So credit goes to her.

Chapter 20: Digimon and Pokemon! When Two Species of Creatures Collide!

Not long after dealing with Phantomon and his Bakemon minions, the Cyber Sleuths were heading back to the office in the real world along with some new companions they've saved. While on their way back, our heroes decided to get to know their new friends more and find a way to help the Mew Mews get back home.

"So, let's see if we're hearing this right. You're saying that you saw us in a vision last night while we're out having our day off." Corina said as she takes in what Ichika and the gang told her and her friends. "And then when Phantomon attacked us, we were sent to this place known as Kowloon that's part of EDEN. Is that about right?"

"Yeah, that's about right. It's just as you described." Ichika answered her with a nod. "I know it can be a lot to take in at first, but it'll make a lot more sense later on. We'll take it slow for now before bringing in anything major."

"That sounds like a good idea. It's best we don't rush it just yet." Graham agrees with a smile. "It's always best to take things slow before bringing in the heavier stuff. Still, I'm just glad you guys came at the right time when you did. Any second later, then things could've ended differently."

"You can say that again. I thought our goose was cooked for a second." Robin also agrees, smiling as well. "But boy are we glad you guys showed right in the nick of time. Seriously, we owe you guys for it."

"Hey, don't mentioned it. We're just happy to help out." Ling smiled as she placed her arms behind her head. "And now that you guys are safe, we can relax easy knowing that we've made it to you guys in time. And of course, there's also two new Digimon joining our group after finding their partners." Graham, Twoearle and their Digimon partners all nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, that's true. If we haven't, things would've been a lot different." Twoearle agrees with a smile. "But we're glad to have partnered up with Beastmon and Guilmon." Beastmon, Graham and Guilmon nodded as she turns to the Sohmas. "But there's one thing that confuses me. How did you guys end up here of all places? You didn't log into EDEN and end up here in Kowloon, right?" Everyone all turned to them while the Mew Mews already knows the answer.

"It's kinda of a long story, but it wasn't really our choice in the matter." Emile answered her as he explained."It all happened while we were on our way to the IS Academy until our phones and the monorail's computer started acting up and we were sucked right into it. That's how we ended up here and Kowloon and met Zoey and her friends when they came to check on us. But how that even happened to begin with, I'm not so sure." Hearing that they were heading for the IS Academy caught those that are enrolled attention.

"Hold on, you mean to say that you guys were heading for the IS Academy?" Liz asked with a gasp. "From what Ichika and the others told us, you need to be able to pilot an IS and complete those exams to even be enrolled there. So how did you guys get invited?"

"That's easy, I'm the one who aced that exam and learned how to pilot an IS." Whitney answered her with a smile. "And because I did, I was invited to be enrolled at the IS Academy. But I didn't want to leave my brothers behind, so I brought them along with me. Besides, isn't the IS Academy now accepting male students?"

"She does have a point; the school is accepting boys now." Asuna agrees, smiling as well. "And since she did ace all the qualifications to be enrolled, I think it's best we hear them out. Besides, they did come all this way to see the school."

"You're right, Asuna. They did come all this way to see our school." Ichika agrees with a smile and closed eyes. "So, I don't think we should keep them in suspense, but let's save it until we reach the office. It'll be better to talk there instead of here in Kowloon." Everyone nodded in agreement as they continued on towards the office.

Meanwhile

Back in the real world, Kyoko had returned from her investigation with Matayoshi after cracking the case and catching the criminal when he tried to flee the scene. Once the criminal was arrested and taken to the police station, Kyoko decided to return to the office to meet up with Ichika and the others. As she enters the office, she takes off her trench coat and places it back on the coat hanger.

"Well, that was some investigation. I didn't think it'd last all the way to the morning." Kyoko said with a smile. "Still, it was all for keeping the peace here in Tokyo by making sure the guilty are given justice. So long as the police force keeps a constant visual, those criminals won't have a place to hide so easily." As she walks over to her desk, the TV screen started glowing and she knows exactly what it means. "Well, it seems that Ichika and the others are coming back from their mission. I wonder who they've brought with them this time?" She got her answer just as a beam of light bursts out from the screen and lands in the center of the room as the Cyber Sleuths materialized.

"Whoa… that was just weird…" Kikki muttered as she tried to regain her composure. "I didn't think that being downloaded like that was so trippy. Now I know what Graham and the others meant when they were sucked into the computer of the monorail."

"I don't know, it was more like being uploaded into the monorail's computer." Graham agreed as he too tried to regain his composure. "But it still was a weird feeling going through that in reverse after arriving in Kowloon out of the blue. Still, it's good to be back in the real world again."

"That's good to hear, we're happy to help you guys." Ichika smiled. "I'm sure it was a surprise to have that happen to you while you were on your way to the IS Academy after such a long trip. So maybe we can work it out with Maya-sensei later."

"I hope so, our stuff was still on the monorail when we were sucked into the computer." Robin said worriedly. "I don't know what happened to them by the time it reached the school. I hope they weren't disposed of since we weren't there."

"Don't worry, I'm sure your stuff wasn't disposed of." Ling smiled as she placed her hand on Robin's shoulder. "Someone must've found them on the monorail and probably took them into the school to one of the teachers. They'll have it waiting for you guys to pick up when you arrive at the school." The Sohmas all sighed in relief, knowing that their belongings are still waiting for them.

"That's good to know, I was worried that they'd be thrown out." Emile smiled in relief. "But I'm glad that someone was able to find them and bring them to one of the teachers. Hopefully we'll find them again when we finally arrive at the IS Academy." His siblings all nodded in agreement.

"But there's one thing I want to know. How is it that you were able to enter the TV like that?" Whitney asked Ichika confusedly. "From what happened to us on the monorail, you don't seem to have any problems at all. So, what did you just do before?" Before Ichika could answer, Kyoko stepped in for him.

"Let's just say that my assistance has a special talent about him." Kyoko answered her with a smile. "That talent allows him to do some special things that only he can do. But for that what talent is, we'll save that for another time."

"Oh, hey, Kyoko. You're back." Ling greeted. "Didn't except you to be back so soon. I thought you were still helping out Detective Matayoshi with that investigation."

"I was, we've just ended the case recently as soon as the crook was apprehended." Kyoko replied. "Turns out it was just some punk name Sugoroku who was trying to make a name for himself by committing some crimes we've dealt with over the weeks. But unfortunately, he was just an attention seeking hog who just wants to make himself feel like the bigger man."

"It figures as much. There's always someone who can't seem to ignore being the center of attention." Houki frowned as she placed her hands on her hips. "After all that trouble we went through those weeks ago, I can't believe someone was stupid enough to try and replicate those incidents. So, I take it that he was dealt accordingly?"

"That he was, he'll be put behind bars for a long time." Kyoko answered her with a smile. "So, we won't have anything to worry about for a while." She then turns her attention to the newcomers. "And on that note, mind telling me who your new friends are?"

"Huh, you know what. We haven't even gotten their names yet." Tatenashi realized as she placed her hand on her head. "We were more focused on saving them from Phantomon and his Bakemon cronies that we didn't ask for their names."

"It's ok, we were also preoccupied by Phantomon ourselves when you guys showed up." Zoey smiled. "And since that we're now in a safe place, I think we can introduce ourselves now." Her friends and the Sohmas all nodded in agreement as she begins. "It's nice to meet all of you. I'm Zoey Hanson. And these girls are my friends."

"Hey there, I'm Kikki Benjamin." Kikki greeted with a smile. "It's nice to meet you guys and thanks for saving our bacon before."

"A pleasure to meet all of you. My name is Corina Bucksworth." Corina greeted with a smirk. "Please, no need to applaud. You may all bask in my greatness."

"Sheesh, and I thought Cecilia was that bad before…" Ling muttered.

"Yeah, no kidding. I can still remember how she was always acting so high and mighty." Houki agrees.

"Excuse me? Were you two just talking about me?" Cecilia fumed as both Houki and Ling turned away while whistling.

"Moving right along, I believe that Bridget was next." Renee smiled as she turned to Bridget.

"Oh right, thank you, Renee." Bridget smiled as she cleared her throat. "I'm Bridget Verdant, nice to meet all of you. We really appreciate all of you saving us from Phantomon." She looks over to Ichika who smiled at her before turning away while blushing.

"And last but not least is me, Renee Roberts." Renee said with a cool smile. "I must thank all of you for saving us, I was worried that everything was going to be the same from our last encounter with Phantmon, but I'm glad that wasn't the case. We were relieved when all of you showed up in the nick of time." She turns to Satoru who smiled at her and much like Bridget, she turns away while blushing.

"Well, I guess that leaves us next. Time for us to introduce ourselves." Graham smiled. "Well, my name is Graham Sohma, the future head of the Sohma family. These two are my brothers Robin and Emile Sohma and she's my sister Whitney Sohma." When Cecilia heard the name Sohma, something in her just remembered as she gets up close to him. "Hey, what's wrong with you all of a sudden?"

"I honestly didn't want to believe it, but it seems that it was true." Cecilia growled. "I can't deny it any longer, you and your siblings are from the Sohma family! A rival family to mine!"

"Hey, just who do you think you are, blondie?!" Whitney asked with a growl. "What makes you think you can just blame my brother just because of our family name? You've got some nerve trying to pick a fight here."

"Hold on, now that I've a closer look at you, I finally realize who you are." Robin gasped. "You're an Alcott! One of the most well-known families in London!"

"Wait, you know them, Cecilia?" Kirito asked confusedly. "And what's with all the hate we're seeing here?"

"That's because our families have been rivals for generations, Kirito." Cecilia answered him as she glared at the Sohmas. "The Sohmas were once the most despicable people to have ever existed! They'd stop at nothing to make sure they get whatever they want! It wasn't until my ancestor finally puts a stop to their tyrannical ways and that was the last we've ever heard of them."

"Wait, seriously!? These guys were that bad of people back then?" Noire asked with a gasp.

"Yes, you wouldn't believe how ruthless they were. There was virtually nothing to satisfy their insatiable greed." Cecilia answered her with a nod. "They've started wars just because they could. They've broke treaties as an excuse to invade other countries. They've manipulated people to do their dirty work for them. And they've even abused their power to get whatever they want, no matter the cost."

"If that's the case, then why is that they're standing in front of us?" Vert asked confusedly. "You say that your ancestor was the one who stopped their tyrannical ways and were never heard of again. So how is it that they're here if your ancestor did stop them?"

"It seems that, once again, the Alcotts only tell about half of the story." Robin muttered. "Not that surprising since after they've defeated our family, they let it all go to their heads. So now it's up to us to explain the real story after our ancestor's defeat."

"So, what really did happen after Cecilia's ancestor defeated your ancestor?" Liz asked as she crossed her arms. "Was it that bad of a defeat that your family's been quiet for a long time?"

"You could say that, it was a pretty devastating defeat for our ancestor all those years ago. But it was after that defeat everything changed for the better." Emile answered her. "While everything she said about us was true, it's only up until our ancestor lost everything was the start of a new chapter for our family."

"You see, after losing all of his power, our ancestor wandered around wondering what went wrong." Graham said sadly. "After wandering around for months, he was approached by a Buddhist monk who offered him some shelter and food. When the monk asked our ancestor why he felt so much negative emotions, he told the monk that he suffered the most humiliating defeat in his life and he had lost everything he work so hard to achieve. Of course, the monk can see the true reason why our ancestor has so much negativity inside him."

"And what would that be exactly?" Asuna asked with a sad frown.

"It's because of all his past actions towards others that led him down to his eventual defeat." Graham answered her. "But our ancestor didn't believe that at first, so the monk decided to show him all his transgressions and maybe could help him overcome it. After showing all the actions our ancestor has done, he finally realized what the monk means and how much of terrible person he was. He asked the monk what he should do, the monk answered that was his decision and his alone, but did offered some advice to help shape him into a much better person."

"And is that the reason why your family's been so quiet after meeting with the monk?" Kirie asked, figuring it out.

"Yeah, that was the reason. But it wasn't what most people think." Whitney answered her sadly. "It was until after parting ways with the monk, our ancestor decided to make up for his actions and start over from the beginning. So, to do that, he left for America where he believes it's the best way to restart from the bottom again. Of course, it was around the time of the Great Depression, so he couldn't do much but did what he can do. It wasn't until he met a woman where they started dating and eventually got married after he made some of his lost fortune back, but this time he wasn't the person he was before. But a hardworking man who cherish his new wife and eventually, our family started to grow at a slow and steady pace leading up to where we are now."

"I must say, that's quite the story. To think that all it took was being defeated to turn your ancestor into a humble person." Kyoko whistled. "And from the looks of it, the direction he took was definitely for the better and it shows how much it pays off. But I'm guessing there were still some people that didn't like seeing your ancestor again, especially with all the horrors he's done before."

"Yeah, that was the biggest concern for him since he was still hated by most of the world." Emile nodded. "He also knows that the wounds he's inflicted on the people won't heal up just by saying sorry. So, he decided to help those he's wronged for so long and try to establish a way to make up for all his past actions. He knows it may take a lifetime, but he's willing to take responsibility for everything he's done."

Everyone was just amazed at the story about the rivalry of their family and Cecilia's family where it ended with the Alcotts prospering while the Sohmas were left with nothing after a defeat that costed them everything. But in the aftermath of that defeat, the Sohmas realized that they were monsters and decided to change their image for the better. They know it'll take an eternity to get back on the people's good side, but they've been working hard to make sure happens.

"Wow, that was some story. And to think it was all started after your ancestor's defeat." Reitia gasped in awe. "Hard to believe that because of his defeat, he decided to start over from the beginning and work his way to the top, but in a more honest way. And now you guys are still trying to make sure that his efforts weren't wasted."

"Yeah, but it's still not easy to do since more than half of the world still hates us." Graham frowned sadly in response. "We can still feel that anger they've had for our family ever since our past sins and all the horrible acts we've committed. I don't really blame them, but it's gotten increasingly hard to the point that I start to feel like a weight on my shoulders."

"So that's why we're going to help Graham in any way we can." Whitney winked. "Since he's going to be the head of the family soon, we've decided to help him so that he won't bear the burden of carrying our family through his entire life."

"And from the looks of it, your actions are definitely paying off." Satoru smiled as he crossed his arms. "And your words definitely sound genuine, so maybe it could be everyone starting to forgive your family for all your actions before. But while not all of them think so, the other half are definitely starting to see your family in a better light."

"And plus, you guys also do sound sincere enough to know you're telling the truth." Twoearle smiled in agreement. "So maybe the winds of change are starting to blow your way and as a sigh to let you guys know that your hard work is paying off. So, you guys don't have to worry about us blaming you guys for things that happened in the past." Everyone else all nodded in agreement while Cecilia was still not so convinced about them being forgiven yet. It wasn't until Kyoko steps in.

"And it seems that you kids are now finally settled down, I think it's time for a celebration." Kyoko smiled. "So how would you guys like some of my specially made coffee to help you ease up after all that trouble you went through?"

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Everyone screamed except for Yui, Luffy and Calumon who enjoyed Kyoko's coffee.

"Sure, we can go for something to drink." Zoey answered her with a smile. "It's been such a hectic day that I can go for anything right now. A good cup of coffee does sounds inviting."

"Same with us, we can go for some coffee." Whitney agrees with a smile as well. "It's been some time since we've had coffee, so we'll be glad to take up on your offer."

"Perfect, I'll start on them right away." Kyoko closed her eyes and smiled as she leaves to make some coffee.

"Not again! It's another concoction of her deadly coffees!" Liz panicked as she turned to the newcomers. "You guys need to get out of here while you still have the chance!"

"Why? What's wrong with you guys?" Kikki asked confusedly. "You're all making it sound like her coffee has tried to kill you or something. Is it really that bad?"

"Trust us, it's far worse that you guys think!" Klein panicked. "Her coffee's not like anything that exists in this world! If you don't leave now, it'll already be too late!"

"Please, as if we'll believe that kind of nonsense." Corina scoffed. "There's no possible way that coffee can kill someone just by drinking it. Though I would prefer tea, but coffee will have to do." Before anyone could say anything else, Kyoko returns with a tray of teacups and places it on the table.

"Here we are, it's e special kind of coffee I'm trying to create." Kyoko said with a smile. "What we have here is raw fish, rice and eggs coffee. I hope it's to your liking." The Mew Mews and the Sohmas looks into the cups as there was a weird odor and it almost looked like it just moved for a split second.

"Well…we don't want to be rude, so we'll just accept the offer given to us." Renee gulped, it is rare to see her gulp as they all picked up their cups and took a sip.

"Well? How is it? Is it to your liking?" Kyoko asked hopefully and before anyone could answer, both the Mew Mews and the Sohmas just collapsed onto the floor with a loud crash. "Hmm…maybe I missed something while making the coffee? Looks like it's back to the drawing board again." Everyone just sweat dropped while their new friends just lays on the floor while foaming at the mouth while Yui, Luffy and Calumon enjoyed the coffee made by Kyoko.

Not long after leaving the office and recovering from Kyoko's coffee, our heroes were on a bus heading for home with both the Mew Mews and the Sohmas in tow. While riding the bus, the Mew Mews were still wondering how was Ichika not only able to know who they were, but if he also knew about their alter egos as superheroes. However, there was still the matter of the coffee and the bad taste it left in them.

"Ok… that was so not such a good idea…" Kikki moaned as she clutched her coffee. "I never thought that coffee would be this brutal… It almost feels like that it's trying to eat me from the inside…"

"Truer words couldn't have been said… That was so not cool…." Whitney agrees while clutching her stomach as well. "I never would've thought that coffee can be that deadly if you mix in raw fish, rice and eggs. I drank some coffee before and it tasted a lot better than that! What was she thinking adding those stuff into the coffee?"

"Sorry about that, my older cousin likes to add in weird ingredients into her coffees." Satoru apologized with a sigh. "She's trying out different types of flavors to coffee until she creates the one that she can sell to other people after she perfected it."

"You mean that she's trying to create a coffee by adding those weird ingredients and making us taste it?" Zoey asked in fear. "And once she's finally perfected it, she's planning on selling it to other people to try?"

"Yeah, that's what she plans to do once she finally perfects her coffees." Ling answered her with a sigh. "But so far, it hasn't happened yet so we can still relax knowing that day hasn't come yet. Though I still have chills thinking about what could happen if she does manage to complete it."

"You and Matayoshi both, Ling. He has the same fear about her coffee." Twoearle agrees with a sigh. "But how he said it to Ichika is more so about him being forced to drink it one day. Still, both of you fear her coffee and that's something we all now fear." Everyone who had tasted her coffee all nodded in agreement except for Yui, Luffy and Calumon who all enjoyed it. Though Yui and Calumon can enjoy it because they don't have physical bodies while Luffy was an idiot.

"Anyway, let's change the subject. There's something I've been meaning to ask one of you." Renee began as she turned to Ichika. "You're Ichika, right?" Ichika turns to her and nods. "From what you told us before, you saw us in a vision before coming in to save us from Phantomon and the Bakemon. There's something I want to ask of you."

"And what's that, Renee?" Ichika asked.

"Do you already know of our secret identities when you saw us in your vision?" Renee asked him as she continued. "From the moment you and your friends arrived, I've noticed that none of you were either shocked or surprised to see us in our appearances in the slightest. So, I wanted to confirm that with you." Her friends all nodded in agreement as Ichika now knows about their secret identities.

"Well, I suppose there's no use beating around the bush. It was about to happen sooner or later." Ichika sighed. "To answer your question, Renee, yes, it's true that I know about your secret identities when I saw all of you in my vision. Now I know it sounds strange and all, but I can assure you girls that there's a reason why I saw you and everyone else here. The only exception to that was Neptune and her group and Yukinari's group." The otherworlders all nodded in agreement.

"So, what's the reason to how you saw us in your vision?" Corina asked as she crossed her arms. "Do you have some kind of power that lets you see other worlds and the people that lives there?" That made Ichika flinched as he knew that she was right. "So, it really is as I said, isn't it?"

"Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. It really is as you said." Ichika answered her with a nod. "But the kind of power I have is something that I can't really explain myself, though it's an experience that I'll never forget. Since it's the whole reason why I'm working under Kyoko now for the past months."

"And what kind of power is it, Ichika?" Bridget asked in concern.

"It's hard to explain it in detail, so I'll try to make it as easy to understand as much as I can." Ichika answered her as he began his explanation. "It all started back when I was meeting some friends of mine in person for the first time and we set up the meeting place in Kowloon. But once we finally meet up with each other, some weird things started to happen until we saw this creature appearing out of nowhere and started attacking us. One of my friends was able to get the terminal working and allowed both him and another friend escape, but I wasn't so lucky. As I tried to make a break for the terminal, I lost my balance and the creature reached out its tentacle towards my leg. After that, everything went black and it felt like I couldn't move my body."

"But if you couldn't move your body, how did you managed to escape from that creature?" Zoey asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, that's where things start to get stranger because after finally logging out, I found myself in the middle of the road in Shinjuku." Ichika answered her as he continued. "And believe me, that was when I found out what really happened to me after regaining consciousness. I saw several people looking at me with shocked and scared expressions, but I had no idea why. When I looked at myself, I realized why and was just as shocked as they were. I was a human sized cluster of data standing in the middle of the road and having no idea how it happened." Both the Mew Mews and the Sohmas all gasped in shock as they now know that Ichika isn't fully human, but half cyber because of his encounter with a strange creature.

"But if you're just a cluster of data, how is it that you're sitting right in front of us?" Robin asked in shock. "There's no way that's even possible, right? A human can't just become a cluster of data like that."

"Believe me, I couldn't understand it myself, but that's exactly what happened to me." Ichika said with a sigh. "But that's not even the strangest part, it gets even stranger just after I've met with Kyoko, Satoru and Twoearle. While we were investigating the Central Hospital, we learned about a special ward that's been keeping people who has come with EDEN Syndrome." The Mew Mews, Hundred group and Elias were all confused while everyone else already knew what he was talking about, except for Luffy who was not even paying attention. The Sohmas also caught on what he was saying as well.

"EDEN Syndrome? You mean that disease everyone's been contracting recently?" Whitney asked in confusion. "The one where you lose conciseness from being in EDEN for too long?"

"Yeah, that's the one. And that's where I also found the biggest revelation while searching for some answers." Ichika answered her with a nod. "You guys ever heard of an out of body experience?" Most of them either nodded or shook their heads no while others were confused.

"I have, it was part of a test I've taken last year." Emile answered him as he explained. "As the name states, it's where a person's floating outside of their own body while sleeping. It can also be called astral projection because you are basically a ghost who while can still see everything as normal in the physical world, but can't interact with anything. It's mostly caused by brain traumas such as sensory deprivation, psychedelic drugs, sleep paralysis or a near death experience among other things." Everyone was just amazed at how he knew about what Ichika was talking about and gave an explanation that was not only informative, but easy to understand. Even Tatenashi couldn't help but feel something welling up inside her as her heart beats faster while looking at him with a loving gaze.

"I must say, that was quite the explanation you gave, Emile." Vert smiled. "I was excepting a long and complicated kind of explanation, but you've managed to keep it informative and easy to follow. It's definitely a breath of fresh air to see someone who actually cares about giving an expiration without overstaying it."

"That's our little Emile, always the smart one in the family." Whitney grinned while closing her eyes. "And believe us, that's no exaggeration. He's the smartest one in the family, but unlike most other eggheads, he doesn't let that get to his head where he thinks that he knows everything. And let me just say, it's good to know that he's not like any of them." Both Graham and Robin all nodded in agreement.

"So, I'm guessing that defeat your ancestor had from Cecilia's ancestor has made you guys much humbler over the years, right?" Houki asked with a smile. "Especially after realizing all of the atrocities he's done to everyone and decided to change his ways to live an honest life for his descendants."

"Yeah, that was his plan after turning over a new leaf." Graham answered her with a smile and nod. "He wanted his family to live a much different life than the one he tried to accomplish and failed in the end. So now, here we are more than a century later, living the life he made for us ever since the Great Depression." He then turns over to Ichika. "But I think we're getting off track on what's really important here. So, I believe you were about to say something about your discovery at the hospital."

"Oh right, thanks for reminding me. I always lost track where I was." Ichika nodded as he continued where he left off. "As what Emile explained, it's definitely an out of body experience because I saw my real body lying on one of the beds in the special ward." The Mew Mews, the Sohmas, the Hundred group and Elias all gasped in shock. "Yeah, I couldn't really believe it myself, but there I was. Standing just outside of the room where my body is."

"But if your real body is at the hospital, how is it that you're right in front of us?" Reitia asked in shock.

"That we don't know at the moment, but we're still looking into it." Satoru answered her as he continued for Ichika. "But that wasn't the only thing Ichika found while in the special ward. He also found some files about the EDEN Syndrome, Kamishiro Enterprises and a cure for the epidemic. Of course, there wasn't any information about a cure, but there were some interesting hints about Kamishiro Enterprises' relationship with the hospital."

"And what kind of information is that?" Elias asked with a serious frown.

"From what the file reads, there's been some kind of disagreement going on between the hospital and Kamishiro Enterprises." Satoru answered him as he pushes his glasses up. "As it turns out, Kamishiro might not be as squeaky clean as they claim to be. Of course, there's still a lot we don't even know about, but there's something going on behind the scenes."

"So, you're saying that Kamishiro Enterprises could be responsible for all those people falling into comas with the EDEN Syndrome?" Robin asked with a serious frown.

"That's what we believe so, but we can't really say for sure at the moment." Twoearle answered him as she added her two cents. "We don't have any evidence of any kind and there's no proof that Kamishiro is doing some shady business, but we'll keep looking until we find the evidence we need to bring them down."

"Then count on us to help you bring down Kamishiro for their actions." Zoey said with determination. "We're not going to let this go unpunished for all the victims in comas because of the EDEN Syndrome. Kamishiro needs to pay for their crimes and answer for what they've done." Her friends all nodded in agreement.

"Count me in as well. I'm not gonna let them get away with this as well." Elias agrees with a determined smirk. "Being trapped inside a virtual world isn't something that anyone should suffer through, not after what we've been through. I'll help in any way I can to find a cure for those victims and make Kamishiro pay."

"The same with us as well. We're not gonna take this siting down." Graham also agrees, smiling heroically. "After hearing what Kamishiro has been doing behind the scenes, there's no way they can be trusted. Not after all those people falling into comas because of their negligence to keep people within EDEN safe." His siblings all nodded in agreement.

"As with us as well. We won't let Kamishiro do whatever they want." Hayato agrees as well. "I have a sister who's also in the hospital because of an illness she has, so I know what it feels like. That's the reason I came to Little Garden in the first place after becoming a Slayer in the first place. So that she can receive state of the art treatment she couldn't get anywhere else. And plus, we still owe Satoru and Dorumon an apology for attacking them until Calumon finally cleared the misunderstanding." His friends all nodded in agreement as Libby looked over to Satoru who smiled at her before turning away while blushing.

"Thanks a lot, guys. That means a lot to us." Ichika smiled. "With all of us working together, there's no way we can lose. We've already come so far in the past weeks, but there's still a long way to go. So let's keep on moving forward until we find the evidence we need to save the EDEN Syndrome victims and bring Kamishiro down." Everyone nodded in agreement as the bus continues down its route to drop off our heroes at their destination.

After dropping off Satoru and Twoearle at their destination, the bus stops at a bus stop near Ichika's house to let him and his guests off. As they all disembarked from the bus, Ichika stops and turns around to face the Mew Mews, the Hundred group and Elias.

"Oh yeah, there's still one more thing we need to discuss." Ichika remembered as he said "We still need to figure where are you guys are gonna be staying while you're all in our world. Well, one thing's for sure, we can't go with a hotel. That would be way too expensive for us since we don't know how long it'll be until we find a way to take you guys home."

"That's true, there's no way any of the money we earn from taking cases can cover the bills of not just the rooms, but also everything else it has to offer." Houki agrees with a nod. "And I don't think we have enough money to even pay for the prices at the hotel even if we all do so together."

"So how are we gonna work this out?" Ling asked as she crossed her arms and began to think. "If we can't let them stay at a hotel, what can we do to help with their accommodations?" Everyone thinks about it for a moment until Hayato speaks up.

"Don't worry, we've already came up with the solution to the problem." Hayato answered her with a smile. "We've discussed it yesterday about where can we stay while in your world and decided to attend your school. That way, we can get to know each other more and learn about your world. Plus, we still want to know about this IS you guys mentioned before." His friends and Elias all nodded in agreement.

"The same with us, we want to attend your school too." Zoey agrees, smiling as well. "There's still a lot we don't know about, so we think it's best to stay with you guys until we find a way back home. And also, only you guys know of our secret identities while no one else does and we want to keep it that way." Her friends all nodded in agreement as everyone all thought that was a good idea.

"Well, I think that solves the living problems. They'll be attending the school with us." Tatenashi grinned. "Now all that's left is to is tell Maya-sensei about this and she can have them enrolled into the school." She then turns to the boys of the group. "Although, you boys might want to be on guard when you introduce yourselves to the other students tomorrow." That made Hayato, Fritz and Elias all raised eyebrows while the Sohmas already knows what she's talking about.

"Why's that? What do you mean we need to be on guard tomorrow?" Fritz asked confusedly.

"Just trust us on this, it's best if you guys just be prepared for tomorrow." Houki answered him with a bored smile. "But let's just say that you guys will be attracting a lot of attention from the students. So just be ready for what tomorrow has in store for you guys."

"Ok… if you say so…" Elias said with raised eyebrows.

"Well, I think that we're about done with the living situation." Ichika smiled. "We'll continue our conversation tomorrow when we're all together after school. I'm sure you all have a lot of questions, so we'll try to answer them as best as we can." The Mew Mews, the Hundred group and Elias all nodded as he disembarks from the bus and heads for his house where the other half of the Cyber Sleuths are waiting for him just before the bus drives off.

"Well, that's one problem done and out of the way, but that still leaves us with another." Whitney frowned seriously. "What was that crazy light show on the monorail this afternoon? And how was it that we were sent straight from the monorail and into EDEN in the first place? There's no way something like that was any kind of random event. There has to be a reason why it just started acting crazy and sent us to Kowloon."

"That's true, there's still the mystery of what happened on the monorail that sent you guys to Kowloon." Houki agrees with a serious frown and nod. "If whatever happened on the monorail wasn't intentional, then there must be another reason behind its malfunctioning. However, I'm not sure if the malfunction was caused by a careless technician."

"So, if the malfunction wasn't caused by someone being careless, then what really caused it to go haywire like that?" Ling asked as she pondered about this.

"I'm not sure, but maybe Maya-sensei might have an idea on the situation." Houki answered her with a guess. "When we arrive at the IS Academy, we should head for the faculty office and ask her about the incident." She turns to the Sohmas. "Hopefully we'll find a clue on what really happened during your first trip to the IS Academy." Everyone nodded in agreement as the bus continues on its route towards the IS Academy.

Meanwhile in Ikebukuro

At the same internet cafe from last time, the same boy exits a booth and takes off his high-tech goggles and places them around his neck while sighing in relief. The boy then walks over to a small cafe where some tables, drink dispenser and coffee maker were lined up on a counter as other people were talking, reading some of the manga the cafe has or just hanging out.

Just then, the boy sees the same young man from before walking up to him and asking him what happened while he was in the Digital Space. The boy explains that he tried to stop and fight a Digimon that was causing some trouble on the monorail leading to the IS Academy and while he was able to end the Digimon's rampage, he wasn't fast enough to stop the monorail from malfunctioning and caused it to explode from within cyberspace. He also doesn't know what happened after the monorail's controls were tampered with and couldn't tell about the side effects in the real world.

The young man, however, told the boy not to worry about it and could tell that he did the best he could. He also tells him that accidents happen, but that he shouldn't let it get him down. The boy looked up at the young man who gave him a smile which caused him to smile back and he felt better. The man then told the boy that his work was done for today and have the rest of the day off. So, the boy nods and heads out to get some fresh air and stretch his legs.

Unknown to both boys, in a private room at the end of the walkway, the same girl from before peeks out of the door to see the boy head down the stairs. But not before waving at the young man who waved back as he continued on down the steps. She then noticed the young man glancing over to her and she shuts the door as fast as she could, but it was already too late as the young man chuckled at the girl before returning to work.

Upon arriving at their destination, the rest of the Cyber Sleuths all disembarked from the bus and made their way to the monorail station to head for the IS Academy. But as everyone boards the monorail, the Sohmas all stopped in their tracks as they remembered what happened last time. Everyone else turned around and noticed the four were hesitant to board and already knows the answer why.

"Hey, guys, what's wrong? Why aren't you guys boarding the monorail?" Silica asked in concern. "Are you still shaken up from the last time?" The Sohmas all nodded as they looked around the inside of the monorail.

"Come on, it's not like it's going to eat you guys. That was just one little mishap." Liz reassured them. "I'm sure that nothing bad is going to happen a second time. And even if that does happen again, we've still got Ichika and that ability of his to get us out of there in no time." Everyone else all nodded in agreement.

"She's right, you guys don't have anything to worry about." Asuna agrees with a smile. "We're positive that whatever happened before won't happen again. But if it makes you guys feel better, each of you can sit beside us so that you'll feel a little more at ease." The four Sohmas all looked at each other before turning back to everyone.

"Well, ok, if you say so. We'll take up on your offer." Robin said with a nervous smile. "We'll sit between each of you guys so that we can feel more at ease." He and his siblings all went in different directions to sit between everyone else. Robin sits down between Kirito and Klein, Whitney sits between Kirie and Lisa, and Emile sits between the Sarashiki sisters where Tatenashi was blushing brightly, something that her sister noticed and smiled. Graham, however, had the worse luck as the only seat that's left is right next to Cecilia. But since there were no other seats left, he has no choice but to sit beside her whom wasn't enjoying it either.

Once everyone had taken their seats, the automatic doors closed and the monorail starts leaving the station. Seeing that nothing has happened like last time, the Sohmas were now able to relax more knowing that whatever happened before was merely a one-time occurrence and began talking with everyone throughout the ride. However, Graham and Cecilia weren't as enthusiastic as everyone else since they were looking away from each other.

"Preposterous! Ridiculous! Absolutely and positively absurd!" Cecilia growled. "Of all the people to take the test to enroll into the IS Academy, why did it have to be a Sohma? And to think I was saving him from Phantomon, this is just utterly appalling!"

"Hey, I'm not liking this any less than you, but you're gonna have to deal with it, blondie." Graham frowned angrily. "My sister took that test legit and aced it without any problems. And once that was done, she wanted us to come with her to the IS Academy since it was now accepting male students. We even made our own vow that if one of us goes somewhere, we all go. So that's why we're all here to start our new lives as students of this school."

"I find that hard to believe. No doubt that you or one of your brothers might've rigged the test to work in your sister's favor." Cecilia scoffed "It could be a plan to get your revenge on my family for your crushing defeat all those years ago. That's the only reason why your sister could've aced that test." That made the Sohmas all stop what they were doing and turned to her.

"What was that?" Robin asked angrily.

"What the hell did you just say?" Whitney asked with an anger vein.

"Care to reiterate that comment?" Emile asked while frowned angrily.

"Are you accusing us of rigging the test just to get back at you?" Graham asked with a glare.

"Why not? It's obvious that's the case." Cecilia answered them. "You couldn't handle the defeat my ancestor handed to your ancestor, so you four all decided to get back at my family by infiltrating my school and exact your revenge."

"Now hold on just a minute there! There's no way we could've planned all of that!" Robin snapped. "We've made it perfectly clear that we have no intention of going back to how we were all those years ago! Our ancestor turned his back on that lifestyle and wanted to restart anew to make up for all his actions! Besides, what reason do we even have to want revenge on your family to begin with?"

"We don't because that's not who we are now. We've changed ever since that defeat." Emile answered for his brother. "We've been working hard to make sure that we don't make the same mistake all those years ago. We're not the same ones that people knew, we've become humbler since then and we want to keep it that way."

"That still doesn't excuse the fact that you ancestor nearly destroyed the world! That can't be forgiven so easily." Cecilia frowned. "No one can never forget what he had done to the world and how he nearly took it over just to satisfy his own greed, You may have worked hard to become better people as you say, but there's no way anyone could ever forget what your ancestor has done and all the actions he's committed." That made the Sohmas even madder as it was the biggest blow to them because they know that it's true. But before they could retaliate, Houki stepped in and decided that enough was enough.

"Cecilia! That's enough! There's no reason for you to continue on!" Houki yelled. "Look, I don't know the history behind your rivalry with Graham and the others, but it's just getting out of hand now! They came all this way to start new lives here and this is the welcome they get? Some old hostility that happened so long ago? I feel like that while they've moved on, you haven't. So, you can either dial it down or I'm gonna have to teach you a lesson." Cecilia had no choice but to comply and sat back down in her seat and the Sohmas did the same.

The monorail continued on towards the IS Academy, but everyone was now silent after witnessing the bitter rivalry between Cecilia and the four Sohmas. Everyone's now wondering if this rivalry will ever resolve or remain like this for all eternity.

Upon arriving at the IS Academy, the Cyber Sleuths disembarks from the monorail and headed inside the school to meet up with Maya. In the faculty room, Maya was busy sorting out some papers and placing them in different files for later references. Just as she puts away the last stacks of pater, she hears the door opening behind her and turns around to see her students entering the room.

"Oh, hello, everyone. Nice to see you all have returned." Maya greeted with a smile. "You guys caught me doing some last-minute organizing before turning in for the night. So, what can I do for you guys tonight?" She then notices the Hundred group, Elias, the Mew Mews and the Sohmas with the group. "Oh, and I see that you've got some new friends. So, I take it that they'll be attending our school?"

"Yes, they are. They're also going attend our school much like everyone else." Houki answered her with a smile and nod. "They've all been sent here are part of the program that we're doing and have come all the way to Japan to participate. So, we were wondering if you can enroll them into our class."

"Of course, I can do that no problem. It's always good to see some new faces attending our school." Maya smiled as she agreed. "I'll be sure to add them to the roster and assign seats in our class. We can handle the assigned dorms later." Everyone except for Cecilia nodded in agreement as she brings up another subject. "By the way, there's one thing I need to ask you guys. Something happened this morning and I want to confirm with you guys."

"And what would that be, teach?" Klein asked with raised eyebrows.

"Well, on the monorail, there were some luggage, but no one was around." Maya answered him with a serious frown. "We were waiting for a student from America that aced the test to enroll here, but neither she or her companions never came. So, I was wondering if any of you knows where they are." Everyone then realized who she was talking about and turned to the Sohmas.

"You mean us, Miss Maya?" Whitney asked.

"Oh yes, there you are! I was worried something happened to you four." Maya answered her with a gasp. "When the monorail arrived at the station, we were waiting for your arrival, but you guys were nowhere to be found. The only thing that was still on the monorail were your belongings and we had no idea what happened. But now that I know that you four are alright, I can now relax easily."

"Sorry about that, it wasn't our intention to scare anyone like that." Robin apologized with a nervous smile and rubbing his head nervously. "Something really crazy happened while we were on our way here and we somehow got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. But we're ok and still in one piece, thanks to everyone here." Everyone all nodded in agreement, except for Cecilia who was still eyeing the four Sohmas.

"I see, that's good to hear. I'm glad to know that Ichika and his friends were able to help you four." Maya smiled. "And now with all of you safe and sound, I think that we're ready to start on your demonstration, Whitney. From what they've shown from the test, you were so fast that it was like a blur. Almost like you were a ninja." Everyone was amazed at that as Whitney smiled.

"Yeah, what can I say. I'm what people call the American ninja." Whitney said with a wink. "But in all honesty, that test sure wasn't easy. I thought for sure I was going to fail after that mistake I made. But I was able to pull off a win and aced it with some minor scratches here and there. So, once I was able to pass it, I got my bags packed up and invited my brothers to come with me since this school's now accepting male students."

"Very true, that we are. And you four couldn't have come at a better time." Maya agrees with a nod. "So, I'll be adding you four and your other friends into the school's roster and have you demonstrated your skills with an IS. I'll be looking forward for what you have in store for us tomorrow."

"Trust me, it'll be something special. That I can promise you." Whitney said with a smile. "Now all I need is an opponent to test out my IS with. But who could the one that'll help me with the demonstration?" Houki steps forward towards her.

"That would be me. I'll be your opponent for the demonstration tomorrow." Houki answered her with a smile. "If what Maya-sensei said is true, then I want to find out for myself. Just to give you a fair warning, I won't be holding back."

"That's fine by me, Houki. I wouldn't have it any other way." Whitney smiled. "But that doesn't mean I won't pull any punches either. I'll be giving it my all at the demonstration tomorrow as well." Both her and Houki smiled as a newfound rivalry has formed. But unlike the other with Cecilia, this was friendlier.

"Well, glad to know that both of you girls are fired up. I can tell that it's going to be a match worth remembering." Maya smiled with closed eyes. "Well, with that settled, I think it's time for everyone to turn in for the night. I'll have the seating and room arrangements ready tomorrow and let you guys know." Everyone nodded in agreement as they exited the faculty room and headed for their dorms to turn in for the night.

Meanwhile at the Orimura Residence

After arriving back from their rescue mission, Ichika and his guests all decided to turn in early tonight as he has school in the morning. However, just before heading for bed, Ichika couldn't shake a feeling he has between the relationship of Cecilia and the Sohmas. Agumon noticed it and decided to ask his partner what was wrong.

"Hey, Boss. What's with the worried look?" Agumon asked in concern. "You've been like that ever since we came home. Is there something bothering you?"

"Well, I can't help but shake this feeling I have." Ichika answered him with a sad but serious expression. "You remember when we met with Graham and the others and found out they were Sohmas and Cecilia got really mad?" Agumon nodded. "Well, I'm worried that she might continue hating them because of what happened in the past. I feel like some old wounds might open up and something terrible might happen."

"You really think so, Boss?" Agumon asked.

"I'm not sure, but I sure hope not. It just doesn't seem fair for Graham and the others." Ichika answered him with a sigh. "I don't know the specifics about their bitter rivalry, but it's something that's been going on for a long time. So, for now, all we can do is hope that it doesn't escalate into a disaster." Agumon nodded in agreement as they got into bed and went to sleep.

But as they did, Ichika started having another vision about another world, but the world he sees is something much different than the previous ones he's seen before. In this world, there were creatures similar to Digimon, but seems to act more like wild animals and populates the land, seas and skies. At the same time, there were also humans living alongside the creatures and seems to treat them like pets. But there were some who seems to use them in battles against each other as a contest to see which one was superior. They even keep the creatures in special balls and can only carry six at a time. However, this follows six people who all seems to be like the others, but treated the creatures like they were friends.

Meanwhile in another universe

In the region of Kalos, six people were resting in a clearing after a long day of trekking to their next destination. The first one was a boy with black hair wearing a red cap and a small yellow mouse by his side. The second was a girl who was brushing a small bipedal fox's fur with a small panda wearing sunglasses waiting for its turn. The third one was another boy, but with blonde hair and round glasses with a contraption strapped to his back. The next member was a younger girl with the same blonde hair as the boy and has a small bag with two pouches. One houses another mouse like creature and the other has a small green blob with one eye and a red hexagon on its abdomen. The second to last member was another boy with dark brown hair and has a pig like creature siting next to him. The last member was another boy with blonde hair, but it was sandy blonde and has a bipedal blue otter like creature who was polishing its scalchop. The group were relaxing around the campfire as the sun sets over the horizon.

"Oh yeah, this is more like it! Nothing like camping out in a clearing with the sun over the horizon." The first boy smiled. "It really takes me back to all the times I had with some of my other friends in my past journeys." He then turns to the yellow mouse next to him. "Nothing sure beats this, right, Pikachu?"

"Pika!" The mouse known as Pikachu agrees.

"I agree, this really is a great spot to camp." The second boy agrees with a smile. "And it's a good thing we made it here just before the sun started to set. If we hadn't, then we might've camped in the forest. There's no telling what kind of Pokemon could be luring at night."

"Probably a nocturnal Pokemon roaming around looking for something to eat." The third boy smiled. "Of course, it won't eat us as we're not part of their diet. However, attacking us while we're in its territory, that would be another story."

"Well, I'm just glad we made to this clearing. It feels much more roomy here than in the forest." The girl said with a smile. "And plus, we get to see the sun set and even see the stars once the moon comes out."

"Is it because you wanted to see the sun setting with Ash, Serena?" The fourth boy asked with a smirk as the girl known as Serena blushes with steam emitting from her head.

"Huh? What are you guys talking about?" The first boy known as Ash asked.

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Serena answered him with a stutter. "We weren't talking about anything!" Ash raised an eyebrow before shrugging.

"Ok, if you say so, Serena." Ash said before returning back to Pikachu as everyone continued relaxing around the campfire.

Unknown to them, our view pans back into a pair of binoculars watching the group from afar. It's soon revealed to be a group of a red-haired woman, a blue haired man and a bipedal cat with a gold charm on its forehead. The trio were spying on the group that were relaxing and unaware that they're being watched.

"Twerps sighted, boys. And we've got them right where we want them." The woman smirked. "Now all that's left to do is to capture that Pikachu and their other Pokemon and send them to the boss. Those twerps won't know what hit them."

"But Jessie, hasn't all our plans usually ends with us losing to them?" The man asked annoyed. "We've always tried to catch Pikachu, but we only just get basted away. What makes you think that it'll be different this time?"

"Because, James, we've got a plan that's guarantees that we'll win this time." The woman known as Jessie answered him with a scowl "We've come up with a foolproof plan that's going to make us the winners today. Isn't that right, Meowth?"

"You got that right, Jessie. It's absolutely foolproof." The cat known as Meowth answered her with closed eyes and a devious smile. "And here's how it'll work." He pulls out a small remote from out of nowhere. "With this little remote, I can call on a robot that can withstand any kind of attack those twerps might throw at us. All I have to do is point it at the twerps' location and the robot would come flying in. Shall I give it a spin?"

"Go for it, Meowth." Jessie answers as Meowth points the remote at the groups' campsite and pushes a button. A large object comes flying overhead before coming in for a landing right at the Ash and his friends' location with a loud crash.

"What the?!" Ash gawked as the robot got ready for battle. "Where did that robot come from?!"

"Ash, doesn't that robot remind you of something?" The third boy grimaced. Ash thought about it for a few seconds until he sighed in annoyance.

"Team Rocket…" He muttered bitterly. Then they heard the three figures laughed as they climb up the robot.

"That's our name!" Jessie smirked.

"But don't wear it out!" Meowth taunted.

"Ugh! Why can't you three leave us alone?!" The small blonde girl fumed.

"Never! We're not leaving you twerps alone until we get Pikachu and your Pokemon!" Jessie fumed.

"I knew you three were gonna say that…" The third boy moaned as he got out a red and white ball. "Pignite I choose you!" He called out a red medium size pig.

"Pignite!" The pig said its name."

"Luxray! You come out too!" The fourth boy yelled as he called out a black and blue tiger like creature from one of his red and white balls.

"Luxray!" The creature said its name.

"Greninja, you help out too!" Ash yelled as he called out a humanoid blue frog like creature that has its tongue around its neck and looks like a ninja from also a red and white ball.

"Greninja!" The ninja like frog said as he got into a battle stance.

"Pignite! Use Flamethrower!" The third boy yelled as Pignite breath out a flaming attack at Team Rocket's robot, but it did little to no effect. "W-What?!" The boy gawked.

"Hahahaha! Our robot can withstand any attack you twerps can throw at us!" Jessie chortled.

"Either way…. Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!" Ash issued.

"Pikaaaa…." Pikachu growled as his red cheeks sparked with electricity. However, little did they know that there was a small rift in the sky that is invisible to the naked eye, that if hit with a powerful electric attack, it will turn into a portal to Ichika's world into EDEN. All it need was a small hint of electricity for the portal to activate. "…chuuuuuuuu!" Pikachu leaped up and launched a thunderbolt at Team Rocket's robot, shocking them and the robot, but however it hit the riff and it turned into a portal, sucking up Ash and his friends and Team Rocket and their robot!

Back in Ichika's world

"Ahh!" Ichika gasped in shock as he woke up from his bed with sweat running down his face. He looked around and saw he was in his room. After panting for a few seconds, he sighed in relief.

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

"Yeah… But Agumon, you're not gonna believe this. In that world I saw, there are creatures similar to Digimon." Ichika told his friend and partner.

"W-What?! No way!" Agumon gasped in shock again.

"Yeah, I couldn't believe it either. In that world, those creatures are called Pokemon and I see kids using these white and red balls to call them out. And instead of the usual earthquake and bright light, they were sucked into a portal." Ichika told him. Agumon then realized something.

"Wait… Does that mean Neptune was right about what she said when we first met her and the other CPUs?" Ichika sweat dropped when Agumon said that.

"Uh… Let's not worry about what Neptune said, okay buddy? Right now, let's tell everyone about the vision I had about those Pokemon creatures first thing tomorrow morning." Agumon nodded in agreement as he and Ichika slept until morning.

The next morning, Ichika and Agumon had woken up and were heading for the kitchen to have some breakfast before heading out to school. As they entered the kitchen, they saw Nami, Nabiki and Kuno still being punished for all the trouble they've caused two days ago. Just then, everyone noticed their host and his partner entering the room.

"Oh, good morning, Ichika. And you too, Agumon." Vert greeted with a smile. "Nice to see you boys up early on this fine morning. I trust that you two slept well?"

"That we did, Vert. Thanks for asking." Ichika answered her with a smile. "We slept really well last night and are ready to start the day again." He then looks over to Agumon who nodded at him and he nodded back. "However, there was a moment last night where I had another vision of another world."

"Wait, seriously? You had another vision last night?" Uni asked with a gasp. "That's like the fifth or sixth one you've had in the last month and a half. So what was this world about in your vision?"

"Well, it's kinda hard to explain, but I'll try to keep it short until later where we have a lot more time to talk." Ichika answered her as he took a deep breath. "Now from what I saw in this world, there were these creatures that looked identical to the Digimon called Pokemon." That has gotten everyone's attention as they all stopped what they were doing. "But that's not all, there are also these kids who uses these red and white balls to call them out."

"Hold on, are you trying to pull our leg here, Orimura?" Ranma asked skeptically. "How can there be creatures that are similar to the Digimon and a couple of kids uses some weird balls to call them out? Are you sure you're not just making these up as you go on?"

"I can assure you that I'm not making this up. I couldn't even if I tried." Ichika answered him with a serious frown. "But even if you don't believe me yet, you will once we find those kids and help them from this other group."

"Other group? What other group?" Nepgear asked in concern.

"I'm not sure, but I'm sure I heard one of the kids call them Team Rocket." Ichika answered her as he continued. "From what I saw, this wasn't the first time these kids have encountered them, but this time they had a robot with them. They were trying to steal their Pokemon and the kids tried to stop them, but the robot seems to be immune to their attacks."

"So, what are those kids going to do if the robot's immune to anything they throw at it?" Ram asked curiously.

"One of them had this little mouse attack the robot with electricity, but while doing so, something else happened." Ichika answered her as he added "You all know how most of you were sent to this by either an earthquake or a bright light?" Everyone nodded as they all knew what he was talking about. "Well, when the little mouse used its attack, a portal opens up in the sky and they were all sucked into it. And if it's anything like with you guys, then we all know where they'll end up."

"In EDEN, like how it's always been with the rest of us." Leafa agreed with a frown before she added "Every one of us has ended up in Kowloon after an earthquake or bright light occurs, but that's the first time I've heard of a portal. Do you think that they'll be all right in Kowloon?"

"I'm not sure, there's a good chance that any one of the hackers could see their Pokemon as Digimon and might want to take them." Ichika answered her. "So once school's over for the day, we're heading into Kowloon and find those kids." Everyone nodded in agreement as Noire looks at the clock on the wall.

"And speaking of school, it's about time for you to get going." Noire said as she pointed at the clock. "It's already 7:35 right now, so you better get the lead out or you'll be late." Ichika and Agumon looks at the clock and discovers she was right.

"Oh crap, you're right, Noire! I need to get going!" Ichika gasped. "Graham and the others are being enroll in the roster and there's a demonstration today! I need to get ready or I'm gonna be late!" He runs back upstairs to get everything ready as he takes a quick shower and brushes his teeth while drying off. Once that was done, he heads for his room to put on his uniform and grabs his bag before running back downstairs to the door and returns Agumon to his Digivice. "Ok, I'm off now. I'll be back to pick you guys up after school's done for the day." Everyone nods as he exits the front door and makes his way to the IS Academy.

Later

Upon arriving at the academy, Ichika makes it to his class room just in time as the bell rings, signaling that classes were now in session. Ichika takes a seat at his desk and places his bag on the hanger jutting out from the side. Once that's done, he breaths a sigh of relief to have made it in time and wipes away some sweat. Any minute later and he would've been late and he wouldn't let that happen.

"Whew… made it. I thought the bell was going to ring before I made it." Ichika sighed. "But I'm sure glad I made it to class in time. Now all that's left to do is to wait until Graham and the others arrive and class can really begin." He sees his other friends all talking with each other as they waited for Maya to arrive, but noticed that Cecilia was the only one not interacting with everyone. "I thought so, she's still not fully committed to the idea of the Sohmas attending the school. I just hope that it doesn't go from bad to worse." Just then, the door opens and everyone faces forward as Maya enters the room and stands behind her desk.

"Ok, everyone, settle down. I've got a couple of things to say right now." Maya smiled. "Now as you guys already know the drill, we've got some more students joining us today. Of course, that's not the only news I have. One of the new students has taken the test to enroll here and she passed with flying colors. Not only that, but we've also got a demonstration later today and Houki has volunteered to be our new student's opponent." Everyone all turns to Houki who nods to confirm as she continues. "And without further ado, I believe it's time we introduce our new students." She turns to the door and gestures the people to come in.

Soon enough, everyone had started to enter the classroom and make their way to Maya at her desk in the center. As they walked, all the other students watched as they formed a line with the Hundred group up first, followed by Elias, then the Mew Mews and finally the Sohmas. They all turned to face the other students and bowed as Maya introduces them.

"Everyone, I want all of you to meet our new students. They'll be joining us for the rest of the year, so I want all of you to make them feel welcome." Maya smiled as she cleared her throat. "Now allow me to proudly introduce Hayato Kisaragi, Claire Harvey, Emilia Hermit, Sakura Kirishima, Libby Steinberg, Erica Candle, Fritz Granz, Reitia Saintemilion, Haruko Shido, Zoey Hanson, Kikki Benjamin, Corina Bucksworth, Bridget Verdant, Renee Roberts, Graham Sohma, Whitney Sohma, Robin Sohma and last but not least, Emile Sohma." Everyone in the classroom were amazed at the amount of new students that had just joined them, expect for Ichika and the others who already knew. "Furthermore, one of our new students was also the one who aced the test and was allowed to be enrolled here. So, allow me to introduce you guys to our newest and first American IS pilot, Whitney Sohma!" Whitney steps forward before the group and bows.

"Yep, that's me, Whitney Sohma. The one who aced the test to be enrolled here." Whitney smiled with closed eyes before opening them and continuing "I'll admit, it was really tough to get through since I also had to learn Japanese before coming here. But once I got the hang of it, it felt like a breeze and I aced it with no problem. So, once I was able to pass, I invited my brothers to come with me and we all came here together to start our new lives here. I sure hope that we can all get along." Everyone in the classroom all claps at her as she bows again and returns to the group.

Cecilia, however, wasn't liking the thought of having her family's greatest rival at her school. "Just look at those fiends, trying to act all friendly with everyone here. But I can see through that facade and can tell exactly what they're planning. Now doubt they want to use the IS to destroy the world again." Her Digivice chimes in her pocket and takes it out to see Renamon was on the screen with her arms crossed and not looking happy.

"Cecilia, this has gone on long enough. I can't let this continue any further." Renamon frowned sternly. "You need to calm down and think about what you're saying! Don't you even realize that your attitude towards them is starting to get out of hand? You need to stop this now before it gets even worse." That made Cecilia gasped in shock to hear that her own partner is defending the Sohmas.

"Renamon, how could you say that to me? Have you betrayed your friend and master?" Cecilia asked in shock.

"That isn't the case! Just listen to what I have to say!" Renamon yelled. "Ever since we've first heard of their names, the way you've been acting is unforgivable." She looks over at the Sohmas. "I believe in their innocence, they don't seem to have any hostile intents at all." She turns back to her partner. "Besides, what would your parents think if they saw you acting like this towards the Sohmas? They'll be very disappointed with you." Cecilia was even more in shock.

"How did you know about my parents?" Cecilia asked again.

"Kanazashi told me everything she knows about your parents." Renamon answered her. "She told me about how they died in a train accident and how you're struggling to keep your family's fortune safe. I can understand that it's difficult for you, but that shouldn't be an excuse to act in such a manner to the Sohmas."

"But what if all of this is a trick? They could be hiding their true intentions from everyone." Cecilia interjected. "I'm certain that they're up to their old tricks again and are planning to take their revenge on my family with the IS."

"Then let me ask you this. What if all this was in a different scenario?" Renamon asked with a frown. "Think about it, what if your family were an evil empire and the Sohmas were the ones that had stopped your family? Things would've ended a lot differently than how they are right now." Cecilia fell silent as she begins to realize that if it was her family in that position, it would've been a lot different than how they are now. A few moments later, Cecilia turns to Renamon.

"You know, you're absolutely right, Renamon. Things would've been different if I was in their position." Cecilia agrees with a smile. "And my behavior towards them was unforgivable, they didn't deserve all the hate I was giving them. I'll apologize to them after school." Renamon smiles and nods in agreement.

"I'm glad to hear that, Mistress Cecilia. You've made a smart move and I'm proud of you." Renamon said "It'll take some time, but I'm sure that everything will work out." She then turns to Graham who was also still standing at the front of the classroom. "By the way, there's something I've been meaning to ask. Do you like Graham?" That made Cecilia blush and almost fell out of her chair before catching herself on the desk.

"W-w-what?! Wh-what do you m-mean by t-that, Renamon?!" Cecilia stuttered. "T-t-there's n-n-no p-p-possible way I could like him!" Renamon knew she was lying since yesterday when they first met, she noticed Cecilia and Graham were mesmerized by each other, but Renamon decided to be silent about it for now. Cecilia then takes a deep breath and calms down. "But I am still going to apologize to them for my unforgivable behavior yesterday." She then turns to Renamon. "But there is something that I'm wondering. Do you like Graham's Digimon partner, Guilmon?" This time, Renamon was taken back by the question as she blushed.

"L-let's just have you focus on apologizing to the Sohmas first." Renamon stuttered a bit as she looked away shyly. "That's more important than something like that." She then calms down a bit. "I just hope that we can build a better relationship between your family and theirs. That way, we can finally end this feud once and for all." Cecilia nods in agreement before turning back to everyone still standing at the front of the classroom until the other girls all jumped from their seats and surrounded Hayato, Haru, Fritz, Graham, Robin and Emile as usual.

"Oh my god, now there's three black haired hotties! I didn't think that was even possible!" Girl 1 squealed. "It was already a treat to have Ichika here, but now there's three! This just keeps getting better and better!"

"That's not all, we've even got a tall blonde hottie here too!" Girl 2 giggled. "I know we already knew about blondes when Char was dressed as a boy a while back, but this one really gives her a run for her money!" Most of the other students, including Ichika, Satoru and the girls, all knew what she was talking about, but everyone else were confused as the girls continued crowding the boys.

"Don't forget the one with the different colored eyes! Now that's a rare one!" Girl 3 cooed. "I never knew that such a person could exits, but they really do! I even like the colors each eye has, it's like seeing two different kinds of jewels sparking!"

"And let's not forget the three hot Americans! I've always heard that American boys were the most attractive and now I can see why!" Girl 3 squealed. "My cousin always sends me pictures of her trips to America and going to the beach to see a lot of surfer guys. And I really like what I've been seeing, I really wished I joined her on those trips!" The girls kept on crowding the boys while the Cyber Sleuths all just sighed in annoyance.

"And once again, these girls just can't stop themselves when they see a boy…" Ling groaned. "No matter how many times we bring boys to our school, it always goes back to this again. This is really starting to become a running theme."

"No kidding, it always falls back to this shtick whenever more boys come to this school." Liz agrees with a sigh. "I still find it hard to believe that the girls here are so boy crazy just because this school only allows girls to be enrolled here. It's not like this place isn't a secret, right?"

"Yeah, that was the agreement when it was first built way back when." Houki answered her with a nod. "Since the Japanese government saw it as a principle and duty to fund and run it, the agreement was to make it common knowledge to the entire world. So Japan doesn't have the right to remain silent or hide it from everyone since that's the treaty the other countries agreed on." Her friends all nodded in agreement as they noticed that Claire, Emilia, Reitia, Cecilia and Tatenashi were all getting pretty angry seeing the girls fawning over Elias, Hayato, Fritz, Graham and Emile.

"Hey, Cecilia? Tatenashi? You two feeling alright?" Kirie asked in concern and just before anyone could say anything, Cecilia and Tatenashi stands up from their seats and walks over to the front of the class and joins Claire, Emilia and Reitia as they pulled the boys away from the crowd and held onto them while glaring at the girls.

"Now you girls better listen up, that's about as close as you can get." Tatenashi yelled angrily. "I know that you're all excited to see boys coming into our school, but don't think for a minute that any of you would get a chance with them. So if you ladies want to take us on, then we'd be more than happy to accept your challenge." The girls all knows of Cecilia and Tatenashi's skills as IS pilots and the older Sarashiki sister being the Student Council President, no one dared challenge either of them for fear of being dominated.

Everyone else, however, were just in shock to see all five of them reacted in the same manner from seeing the girls fawning over the boys just before pulling them away. The ones that were in shock most of all were the Sohma siblings as they saw Cecilia protecting Graham from the other girls, especially since she wasn't all that friendly to them when they revealed themselves to Ichika and the others yesterday. Perhaps this could be a turning point for the relationship between their families, but it isn't clear enough to give a thought on the matter as they're still not too happy with Cecilia's behavior towards them. Once everything finally settled down, everyone returned to their seats and class really begins.

Meanwhile

Deep in Kowloon, the same kids from before were all lying all around the floor along with their Pokemon. Just as Pikachu attacks with his Thunderbolt, some of the electricity shoots up into the sky and created a portal that sucked them and Team Rocket in. Just then, Pikachu's ear twitches as he starts to wake up and pushes himself up while shaking his fur.

"Pi… Pi? Pika-pi?" Pikachu asked wearily before seeing his trainer lying down not too far from him. "Pika! Pika-pi!" He runs over to Ash and nudges him with his paws to wake him up. Sure enough, Ash starts to stir and opens his eyes to see Pikachu next to him.

"Pikachu? Is that you, buddy?" Ash asked with a moan. "What happened to us? The last thing I remember was Team Rocket trying to steal you and the others again…" As he picks himself up while rubbing his head to ease the pain, he starts to remember more of what just happened to them. "Oh yeah, that's right! Team Rocket tried to use a robot that was immune to all our attacks! But then just as you fired your Thunderbolt, the sky opened up and we were all sucked in!" He sees his hat next to him and picks it up to place it back on his head before noticing his other friends and their Pokemon close by. "Serena! Alec! Randy! Clemont! Bonnie! Guys, wake up!" Sure enough, his friends all started to regain consciousness.

"Pika! Pikachu! Pi!" Pikachu also calls out to Pignite, Luxray, Greninja and the other Pokemon as they also regained consciousness.

"Wha…? What just happened to us?" Clemont asked while rubbing his head. "The last thing I remembered was resting at the campsite, but everything was a blur after that." He picks up his glasses and places it back on before see his sister not too far. "Bonnie! Hey, are you okay, Bonnie?"

"Yeah, I'm okay, big brother. Just a little dizzy, that's all." Bonnie answered him with a sigh. "That was just so scary, I thought that we were done for when the sky just opened up. What was that thing?" Soon enough, everyone else were now back on their feet and regaining their composure.

"I've got a better question, where the heck are we?" Randy asked as he looked around. "One minute we were just relaxing at our camp for the night, then the next we're in this weird place. All because Team Rocket just can't leave us alone even for a second."

"But what are we going to do now? We can't just stay here." Serena said worriedly. "We don't have a single clue where we are or where should go. Do you think we'll be trapped here forever?" Ash stands up back on his feet.

"No way, I'm not gonna let that happen. We'll find a way out of here." Ash answered her with a reassured smile. "We'll just have to work together and look around until we find someone that can help us. Once we do, I'm sure we'll find a way out."

"But where can we start looking? We don't have a single clue as to where we are." Alec said as he pondered about where they are. "If we're not careful, we could be wandering around like Rattatas in a maze. Plus, this place doesn't even look like it's part of Kalos or any other region."

"Maybe, but that hasn't stopped me before. I'm not giving up that easily." Ash said with a smile. "So we'll just have our Pokemon search from the air and see if they can find any people here." He takes out two balls from his belt and presses the button to enlarge them before tossing them into the air. "Talonflame! Noivern! Help us out!" On his command, two Pokemon emerges from balls from a burst of light. The first resembled a peregrine falcon with orange feathers while the second was bat-wyvern hybrid with speaker like ears.

"Talonflame!" Talonflame said his name.

"Noivern!" Noivern said his name.

"Hmm… not a bad idea. Having eyes in the sky could really improve our chances of getting out of here." Randy agreed with Ash's plan. "Alright, then it's time we get to work." He takes out a ball from his belt and enlarges it before tossing it into the air like Ash just did. "Staravia! You help out too!" Out of the ball in a burst of energy, a starling like Pokemon emerges.

"Staravia!" Staravia said his name as he joins Talonflame and Noivern.

"In that case, let's make it four sets of eyes in the sky." Alec said with a smile. "We can cover much more ground if all of them search in different directions. Hopefully we can find a way out before any else happens." He too takes out a ball from his belt and enlarges it before tossing it into the air. "Braviary! You too!" In a burst of energy, a large eagle emerges and spreads his wings.

"Braviary!" Braviary said his name as he joins the others.

"Ok, we need you guys to fly around and search of anything out of the ordinary." Ash said with a smile. "If you spot anything suspicious or any people here, let us know. We'll be searching from the ground as well, so we're counting on you to be our eyes in the sky." The four Pokemon all nodded as they spread their wings and took off into the sky above Kowloon to search of a way out.

"So while they're searching from the sky, we better get going as well." Alec added. "We'll have to search every inch of the place to find a way out. If we're lucky, we might not find Team Rocket again." Everyone nodded in agreement as they and all headed out to find an exit. Trailing behind were Pikachu, Greninja, Pignite, Luxray, the blue otter Pokemon, the fox Pokemon and the panda Pokemon to help their partners in case they're needed.

Elsewhere

In another part of Kowloon, Team Rocket were not too happy about what just happened to them. Not only did they not catch Pikachu or the other Pokemon, but now they're in an unknown location with no idea where to go. Needless to say, they were now pretty ticked that their plan had a setback when trying to steal Pikachu again.

"How did that happen? Just how in the world that just happened?!" Jessie fumed "We were this close to finally capturing that twerp's Pikachu and their other Pokemon, but then something else happens! How is it that every time we plan to steal Pikachu, something always gets in our way and ruins everything?! It's almost like something's trying to stop us from achieving our goal of capturing Pikachu!"

"Jessie, this has happened to us all the time in the past. It's not like it's anything new." James sighed. "There's always something we overlook and it usually results in our downfall. But now that we're separated from the twerps, how are we going to find them?"

"Not to worry, I've managed to plan ahead this time." Meowth answered him with closed eyes and a smile. "This robot comes with a tracking device that can detect any Pokemon in a 20-mile radius." He takes out the remote and starts to readjust the robot as the antenna on its head starts beeping. "Now if I can just adjust the antenna, I can find out where the twerps are. Once I find them, the robot can hone in and lead us to the twerps in no time." Once he finished adjusting, the robot turns its body around and started heading towards the direction of its choice.

"Well, Meowth, did the robot to locate the twerps?" Jessie asked impatiently.

"It sure did and now it'll lead us right to them. We just have to follow the robot." Meowth answered her "And when we do find the twerps, we'll finished what we started. And you two know what that means!"

"We'll finally capture Pikachu and deliver him to the Boss!" Both Jessie and James shouted in joy.

"Now let me hear it!" Meowth said with a joyous smile.

"Big promotions!" Jessie squealed.

"Exclusive rights!" James squealed as well.

"Boss' favorites!" All three said with squeals of excitement.

"Wobbufet!" A blue blob Pokemon appeared in front of the camera as Team Rocket followed the robot to steal Pikachu from Ash and his friends.

Meanwhile in reality

Over at the IS Academy, it was time for the demonstration of Whitney Sohma as she takes on Houki Shinonono. Every student and teacher have all gathered to the arena to watch the demonstration of how Whitney handles her IS by taking on one of the best IS pilots of the school. Even the Cyber Sleuths were at the arena watching the demonstration, mostly to show their friends how an IS works. Of course, the Sohma boys were also there to watch their sister and are just as excited as everyone in the arena. Not only that, but this was also a good way to test out the control suit for both IS units, so Kirito was chosen to be Houki's partner for the match while Graham was Whitney's partner. Since there was still time, both teams were in the locker rooms getting ready for the demonstration.

In the girls' locker room

Houki takes off her uniform and places it in her locker before taking out her IS training suit and puts it on. She figured that thanks to her kendo training and Kirito's in game swordsmanship, they have the advantage in the match. Of course, that doesn't mean they can't underestimate their opponents, of which one of them was able to enter the IS Academy after acting her exams. And since they're also siblings, that means they're in perfect sync with each other. So they'll have to be in sync as well in order to win.

Houki looks over her shoulder to see Whitney taking off her uniform and placing it in her new locker before beginning to speak. "So this is it, huh? Time for our demonstration match. You feeling a little nervous?"

"Yeah, it's my first real demonstration in front of a lot of people." Whitney answered her with a nod. "I know this was to be expected, but I didn't think that the entire school would be watching. I just hope I don't mess up or anything." She takes out her IS training suit and puts it on. It was a little more revealing than Houki's suit as it showed her midriff, cleavage and had long gloved sleeves that reaches to her elbows and separates her thumb from her fingers. It also showed that her chest was just a big as Houki's.

"I'm sure you'll do great. After all, your brother's gonna be literally right beside you." Houki smiled as she placed her hand on her hip. "Just keep your focus on the match and everything will work out. We'll let our IS do the rest of the work."

"Yeah, you're right. I just need to focus on the match right now." Whitney agrees while closing her eyes and smiled. "I got where I am today because I had my brothers beside me and that hasn't changed in the slightest. So let's both give it our all out there and may the best team win." Houki nods in agreement as they shook hands before hearing Maya's voice over the PA.

"Houki Shinonono, Kazuto Kirigaya, Whitney Sohma and Graham Sohma. Please report to the arena and control room immediately." Maya announced. "The demonstration is about to begin. I repeat, all combatants please report to the arena and control room immediately."

"That's our cue, time to get to work." Houki said with a smile. "Now that it's about to start, let's give everyone a show. I'm sure it'll be something worth remembering." Whitney nods in agreement as they exited the locker room to find the boys standing in the hall waiting for them.

All four knows what to do as they all headed for their respected positions. Graham and Kirito turned to the left of the hall and headed for the control room while Houki and Whitney turned to the right and headed for the arena. As the girls exits to the arena, everyone cheered as they headed for the center where Maya was waiting for them.

"Hey, you two. Nice of you ladies to join us." Maya greeted "So with both of you ready, shall we get this demonstration started?" The girls nodded. "Ok, then here we go!" She turned to the audience in the stands. "Hello and welcome, one and all! Now for those of you who don't know, we're having demonstration to test one of our newest students Whitney Sohma. So our very own Houki Shinonono has volunteered to be her opponent for the demonstration for today. Of course, that's not to say they're not the only ones participating here." The Jumbotron on the left side of the arena turns on to show Graham and Kirito all suited up and wearing headsets to communicate with their partners. "We thought this would also be the perfect chance to test the new control suits, so we're killing two birds with one stone." She turns to the girls as they took their positions. "Alright, you girls ready?" Both girls nodded. "Then activate your IS!"

"Akatsubaki, appear!" Houki shouted as she touches her bracelet to activate her IS.

"My turn! Silver Star, out of the shadows!" Whitney shouted as she touches the silver star on her ring and turns it to the left in order to activate her IS. Unlike Houki's IS, her IS had less armaments meaning it's built for speed. However, there were still weapons visible on it. Like its left arm had a retractable blade while the right arm has a laser crossbow. Also, unlike the IS of Ichika and the others, she can still fight hand to hand as long as she doesn't directly attack the pilot herself.

"So that's an IS?" Hayato asked confusedly as he turned to Ichika.

"Yeah. It's our school's pride and joy much like EDEN is the world's pride and joy. This school is built to train girls into using the IS so they can use it to either build stuff or help out in the army." Ichika explained.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold up!" Corina interjected as she looked at Ichika with a funny look. "If this school is built to train girls to use this IS. Why aren't men using it as well?"

Ling chuckled nervously with a sweat drop. "Well, only girls can use the IS."

There was silence among the Mew Mews and the Hundred group until Zoey moaned "You got to be kidding me! What kind of idiot makes an exoskeleton that only girls use it?!" Houki sneezed before she regains her focus.

"Well, there is one exception to the rule. Most of it is about the control suits Kirito and Graham are wearing. But our boy Ichika here is special." Tatenashi grinned as she patted Ichika on the back while he rubs the back of his head nervously. "He too can pilot an IS, but just as great as us girls."

"But if that's true, how is it that you were able to pilot the IS, Ichika-san?" Emila wondered. Before Ichika can answer that, Satoru interjected for him.

"We'll talk about it later; the match is about to start." Satoru pointed to the arena as Houki and Whtiney got ready for their demonstration match.

"Alright then! Let's get this start! Match start!" Maya raised her arm up and lowers it down fast as Houki in Akatsubaki and Whitney in Silver Star took off.

"Alright Houki, get ready!" Kirito said through Houki's comlink.

"Got it. Back me up, Kirit-, I mean Kazuto!" Houki acknowledged as she charged towards Whitney.

"Sis, prepare for countermeasures!" Graham advised through Whitney's comlink.

"Way ahead of ya, bro!" Whitney nodded as she activated her blade and clashed with Houki. The audience watched in amazement as Akatsubaki and Silver Star clashed to find out which one is better.

After a good 40 seconds, Houki did a cross slash that knocked Silver Star's blade away a bit. "Houki! Now's your chance!" Kirito shouted. Houki nodded as she flew towards Whitney in Silver Star.

"Sis! Do a barrel roll!" Graham shouted. Whitney indeed did the famous barrel roll from the Star Fox games and slashed Houki three times. Luckily, Houki was able to counter attack by doing four slashes.

"Okay! My turn! Get ready!" Graham smiled as he used his control suit to help take control of his sister's IS. He then controlled Silver Star to fire its laser crossbow at Houki who evaded it with ease, but that was Graham and Whitney's plan all along as Graham lets his sister control her IS and charged towards Houki while she's off guard and slashed her two times. Cecilia was amazed by the teamwork Graham and Whitney has shown, but the one who amazed Cecilia the most was Graham. Graham turned to see Cecilia staring at him with mesmerized eyes while he did the same. Suddenly, they both looked away, blushing madly. 'What the hell…? Why am I getting nervous with that Alcott? I thought she hates my guts… But she defended me from the girls who were trying to flirt with me when we got enrolled into her class.' His thoughts were interrupted by Whitney shouting through his comlink.

"Yo! Bro! Focus on the match already!"

"R-Right! Look for an opening on Houki's attacks!" Graham issued. Whitney nodded as she and Houki's ISes continued to clash until 10 seconds later, Whitney saw an opening and decided to strike. But luckily, Kirito noticed it.

"Oh no you don't!" Kirito shouted as Houki lets Kirito take control of her IS. "Time for my Sword Skills! Starburst Stream!" To the amazement to all except for Kirito's friends, Akatsubaki was able to mimic Kirito's favorite Sword Skill from SAO which Whitney has to block.

"Whoa! Kazuto-kun is amazing piloting Akatsubaki!" A female student squealed.

"But what the heck is Starburst Stream? Sounds like it came from an RPG or something." A second female student wondered confusedly.

"Gah!" Whitney grunted as she dived down with Houki following in hot pursuit. Whitney then did a maneuver that surprised Houki and gave Whitney a chance to slash Houki three times. Whitney then fired Silver Star's laser crossbow at Houki three times, but Houki managed to evade them and slashed Whitney 5 times.

A good 15 minutes have passed and Houki and Whitney were both equally match, same with Kirito and Graham. Akatsubaki and Silver Star lowered down onto the field and both IS pilots armed their weapons, in a standstill.

"This is it…" Twoearle whispered seriously. "One move will determine the victor."

"I'm getting nervous… Who will win?" Biyomon gulped from Char's Digivice. The stadium was silent as they watched the two IS pilots waiting to make a move.

Suddenly, Houki smiled and deactivated her IS. She turned to Maya and asked "Maya-sensei, is it alright if I forfeit and have Whitney the winner?"

"Of course. But are you sure about your decision?" Maya questioned her with a soft smile.

"I am. When I and Whitney began our match, I saw she is skilled as me and my friends. Hell, even as good as Ichika. So there's no mistake about it, she pilots her IS very well. And Graham and her worked together really well."

Maya was silent for a moment until she smiled in agreement and announced "Houki has forfeited! Therefore, Whitney Sohma is the winner!" The crowd roared with cheers as Whitney waved and she turned to see Graham giving her a thumbs up.

Houki walked up to Kirito who smiled and commented "You and Whitney did very well today. If Whitney ever gets her own Digimon partner, she will make a excellent Cyber Sleuth."

"I agree." Elecmon said from Houki's Digivice. "One day, she'll have her own Digimon partner and we got to do what we can to help her and her future Digimon partner."

"Yeah." Houki smiled.

Around the same time, Whitney was heading over to Graham who was waiting for her on the other end of the stadium. Upon coming up to Graham, both him and Whitney double high-fived each other to congratulate each other for a successful demonstration and all their hard work payed off in the end. Coming up from behind, Robin and Emile were running up to their older siblings and jumped into Whitney's arms as she hugs them.

"Whoa, easy there, you two. I'm still exhausted from the fight." Whitney sighed in exhaustion. "I know that I've won the match, but I'm really tired out from fighting Houki. So, you boys can just at least take it easy on me." She still hugs them as they hugged her back.

"Sorry, but we're just so proud of you, sis! All your hard work really paid off." Robin smiled. "Both you and Shinonono were pretty evenly match, especially when both of you went into a standstill just before she deactivated her IS and forfeited to you. I was on the edge of my seat seeing both of you trade blows one after another."

"And not to mention that bro and Kazuto were just as evenly matched as you two. Those control suits really lived up to their hype." Emile agrees with a smile. "Seeing both him and bro controlling the suits and mimicking their movements, that was just awesome! It was literally like they were in perfect sync with each other."

"Well, I couldn't have come this far without you guys. I really owe you a lot." Whitney smiled "I'll admit, I was nervous about taking that exam in order to enroll here since not a lot of people still liked our family very much." Her brothers all knew that as well. "But after hearing that they didn't mind about us being from the Sohma family, they let me take the exam and everything was smooth sailing. I'm glad that everything worked out in the end and I was enrolled here."

"That you were and we're all so proud of you. You really gave that exam everything you've got." Graham smiled. "And with you passing the exam with flying colors, no pun intended." His siblings all chuckled. "But you were also enrolled into one of the most famous schools in the world. That just shows how hard you've worked to enroll here. And we're also glad that you wanted us to come with you to the IS Academy once your enrollment was finished."

"Well, it just wouldn't be the same without my brothers. I want all of us to have a new life here." Whitney smiled as well. "So, when they said I can bring anyone of my choice with me to Japan, I immediately chose you guys and here we are now. It's like I said before, where one of us goes, we all go."

"That you did and we're more than happy to be here with you." Graham agreed as he placed his hand on his hip. "Now that we're enrolled into the IS Academy, it'll be smooth sailing from here on out. Let's just hope that nothing bad happens while we're here." His siblings all nodded in agreement and were just about to leave until they spot Cecilia walking towards them. Needless to say, they weren't too happy to see her after their argument yesterday.

"Oh, it's you again… The pompous Alcott brat who thinks we're still the same as our ancestor." Robin frowned as he crossed his arms. "What do you want with us? Here to continue talking down to us even more? You've already done enough damage to us yesterday and we don't need any more of your insults."

"No, that's not it. I'm here for a different reason." Cecilia interjected.

"Oh really? And what kind of reason is that?" Whitney asked with raised eyebrows.

"I'm here to apologize to all of you for my behavior yesterday. It wasn't right of me to talk down to you." Cecilia answered as she bowed her head in apology. "I haven't been the nicest person when you all first arrived, so for that I am sorry. It was unforgivable of me to talk down on you and your family for all the pain your ancestor has caused all those years ago."

"That's all well and good, but what's point of you coming to us now?" Emile asked suspiciously. "Did you really come here to apologize to us by yourself or did someone else put you up to it?"

"No, I came here on my accord to apologize. It was my own decision." Cecilia answered him as she looked away shyly. "Though someone did convince me to apologize and I took her words to consideration. But I can understand that none of you want to listen to me, I haven't been that friendly to you since yesterday. So, if none of you want to forgive me, I can fully understand that." The Sohmas looked at each other before turning back to Cecilia.

"So what do you guys think? Should we take her words into consideration?" Emile asked.

"I'm still finding it hard to believe that she came all this way to apologize to us, but maybe we can give her the benefit of the doubt." Graham answered him with a small smile. "If she's really sorry, then maybe we'll hear her out." They all turned to Cecilia. "So… Cecilia, right? We'll take up on your apology, but we'll be the judge on whether or not we forgive you. If you are lying to us, then we'll really have something to fight for again."

"Very well, I'll wait until you forgive me or not." Cecilia said with a small smile. "Of course, that wasn't the only reason I came here to find you."

"Oh? Is that so? So what other reason you have to see us?" Whitney asked.

"Ichika asked me to see if you wanted to join our group, the Cyber Sleuths." Cecilia answered her/ "We're helping out Kyoko solve different cases while also trying to save Ichika and find out the truth about Kamishiro Enterprises. He thought that you might want to know what's going on at least."

"I suppose that when you put it that way, we did have some questions about what just happened." Emile smiled. "After ending up in Kowloon and bro becoming partners with Guilmon, we really do need some answers on what's going on."

"Then you can come back with us to Nakano Broadway after school. It's where Kyoko's detective agency is." Cecilia suggested with a smile. "She can answer any questions you might have and shed some light on the subject. She's a nice person, you'll all like her."

"Then in that case, we'll take you up on your offer and see Kyoko again." Graham smiled in agreement. "We'll meet up with you guys after school and hopefully find out more about what just happened." His siblings all nodded in agreement as Cecilia nods as well before heading back to meet with her friends. The Sohmas followed behind to meet up with everyone else.

Later in the day after school has ended, our heroes arrived at the entrance of the monorail to catch a bus to pick up the rest of their group at Ichika's house and head for Nakano. While waiting for the bus, Ichika turns to Cecilia to ask her about her conversation with the Sohmas and how it went.

"So Cecilia, how did it go with Graham and the others?" Ichika asked softly. "Were you able to ask them about joining us as part of the Cyber Sleuths?"

"Yes, I did ask them, but they haven't given an answer yet." Cecilia answered him with a sad frown. "They did say that they had some questions about what happened to them on the monorail, though I haven't heard back from them yet. I believe that they're still debating on that and will let us know soon enough."

"Well, as long as they know, they can give us their answer whenever they want." Houki said with a smile. "I'm sure they might have a lot of questions, but we can't really force them if they don't want to. So we'll just give them some time until they're ready to answer us." Everyone nodded in agreement. "On a side note, were you able to apologize to them after your argument yesterday?"

"Yes, I was able to apologize to them for my outburst yesterday, but they haven't forgiven me just yet." Cecilia answered her, still looking down. "Not that I blame them after how I treated them and everything. I suppose there were still some wounds that won't heal, but it was still unforgivable for the way I acted. So, I'm not entirely sure if or when they'll forgive me." Ichika places his hand on her shoulder and smiles.

"Give them some time, I'm sure they'll forgive you eventually." Ichika said "I know there's still some heat between both of you, but I'm sure it'll work out soon enough. Once they're ready to forgive you, they'll let you know." Cecilia turns to him and nods just as the bus pulls up and the driver opens the doors.

As everyone starts boarding the bus, Cecilia stands and waits for Graham and his siblings to arrive but neither of them showed up. Seeing this as they still don't forgive her, she grabs the handrail and climbs onto the bus, only to have someone tap her on her back and turned around to find the Sohmas right behind her.

"Hey, any room left for four more?" Graham asked with a smile.

"Hey, look! It's Graham and the others! They came after all!" Silica said happily.

"Of course, we didn't want these questions we have to be left unanswered." Whitney smiled with a cute smile. "So after some debating after the demonstration, we've decided to take up on your offer to join this Cyber Sleuths that Cecilia mentioned to us." Her brothers nodded in agreement before they all turned to said person.

"However, that doesn't mean we've forgiven you just yet." Robin said with a slight frown. "We still haven't forgotten how you treated us like criminals and still believed that we were like our ancestor. So even though you apologized to us, we're still debating on whether we forgive you or not."

"It's all right, I understand your decision to not forgive me right now." Cecilia said with a small smile. "Renamon told me before that if we were in a different position, everything would've ended differently. I believe what she meant was that if I were in your position, I'd feel the same way as you do."

"Renamon… That's your Digimon from yesterday, right?" Emile asked curiously.

"Yes, that's her. We've been partners for over a month now and if it wasn't for her setting me straight, I don't think we'd be speaking to each other right now." Cecilia answered him. "So then, shall we board the bus and head for Nakano?" Graham and his siblings all smiled and nodded in agreement as they boarded the bus with Cecilia.

Once they were on and sat down with Ichika and the others, the bus driver closes the door and puts turns the steering wheel to drive the bus away from the bus stop and back onto the road.

Meanwhile

Back in Kowloon, Ash and his friends were still trying to find a way out but were having no such luck. Even sending out their Pokemon to help didn't make it any easier as most of its airspace are blocked by walls of junk data and just keeps going up. With no other choice, Ash and his friends decided to take a break and come up with a new plan.

"This isn't working out for us. We still haven't found a way out yet." Alec groaned. "We've searched every inch of this place and found nothing. Just a bunch of weirdos with attitude problems. Just what makes them think they can just brush us off like we're nothing?"

"Because they have too much time on their hands, that's what." Randy answered him with a frown. "They think that they're so much better than us and don't want to help us. They even called us a bunch of annoying kids like we were some kind of problem!"

"They're all just a bunch of meanies!" Bonnie fumed.

"And they even called Ash an idiot!" Serena growled. "Just what gives them the right to call our friend an idiot like that?! If I see those jerks again, I'll give them a lesson they won't forget!"

"Ok, you two. Let's just calm down." Clemont intervened "We don't need to cause any trouble, just ignore them. So try to keep calm until we find a way out." Both girls let out a deep sigh as they calmed down for the moment.

"Fine." Both Serena and Bonnie muttered as the boys sighed in relief.

"Nice work, Clemont. Any second later and things could've got south." Alec said with a smile as Ash and Randy nodded in agreement.

"Don't mention it, I'm just glad it didn't escalate from bad to worse." Clemont smiled in agreement. "Still, it was definitely uncalled for with how those guys treated us like that. I know how they feel, but trying to fight back with aggression isn't really the best way to go about it." Both girls soon realized that he was right and were glad that he was able to stop them before they made it worse.

Just then, they all heard a noise coming from the distance and looked in the direction of where it was coming from. In the distance, they see Noivern, Talonflame, Staravia and Braviary flying towards them before coming in for a landing as Ash and his friends rushed over towards them.

"Hey, guys, Glad to see you all made it back safely." Ash greeted with a smile. "So were you guys able to find a way out for us?" The four Flying types all shook their heads now. "No luck, huh? Well, you guys did your best and that's what matters."

"Yeah, you guys did everything you could and we're really proud of you." Alec agrees with a smile as well. "So why don't you guys all take a break? We'll take it from here." But just before the Flying Pokemon could answer, there was another noise coming right towards them, only this one was much louder.

"Hey! What's going on now?! Is there something else coming?!" Randy got his answer as the same robot from before appeared with Team Rocket riding on its back.

"Guess who's back!" Team Rocket all said.

"Not you guys again!" The Pokemon Trainers all groaned.

"So you did follow us here! You just don't know when to quit!" Randy groaned in annoyance.

"That's right, twerp! And we're not planning to!" Meowth said with a sinister grin "We'll always follow you until we finally capture that Pikachu!"

"You're not getting Pikachu! Not in a million years!" Ash shouted in anger.

"And if you want to get Pikachu, you'll have to get through us!" Alec yelled in anger.

"If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you twerps will get!" Jessie shouted "Meowth, fire up the robot and teach these twerps a lesson!"

"Right-o!" Meowth pushes the button on the controller as the robot reaches for Ash and his friends while they try to protect Pikachu.

Back in the real world

"Gah!" Ichika gasped as he held his head in pain.

"I-Ichika? What's wrong?" Chopper gasped in shock. "Someone call a doctor!"

"Chopper, you're the doctor." Nami reminded him with a sweat drop and sweat drop smile.

"Oh! Right!" Chopper rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I'll check to see if there's anything wrong with you, Ichika."

"Thanks Chopper. But the reason for that headache is… I don't know how to explain it, but I feel the people I see in my vision are being attacked by this Team Rocket group in Kowloon." Ichika frowned seriously.

"Team Rocket?" Yukinari gasped in confusion.

"I'll explain later, right now, we need to get to Kyoko's Office and get into Kowloon to help those kids from that Team Rocket group." Ichika told everyone, they nodded in agreement as the bus continued on its way to Nanako.

Upon arriving at Naknao, Ichika and his friends disembarked from the bus and head inside the shopping center to meet up with Kyoko. As they rounded a corner, there was a loud crash as Ichika bumps into another person who was just coming out of the same corner and both boys fell back onto the floor. Ichika's friends all rushed over to see if he was ok while the other boy's friends did the same for him. But what the Cyber Sleuths don't know is that he's the same boy that was at the Internet cafe in the Ikebukuro district.

"Ichika! Are you alright?" Houki asked in concern. "That was a bad crash there. You're not hurt or anything, you?"

"No, I'm ok. I'm a lot tougher than that, Houki." Ichika answered her as he smiled at her. "Believe me, I've survived a lot worse than this. I think you and the others know that as well." The IS girls all realized that he was right since all the beatings they've given him as he turns to the other boy. "But enough about me, how are you doing? You're not hurt too badly after crashing into me?"

"Don't worry, I'll live. I wasn't paying attention and got what I deserved." The boy answered him with a smile. "But it doesn't hurt too much, so no harm done. So what were you guys in a hurry for?"

"It's something really important that we have to tell Kyoko about and then help out someone in need." Ling answered him. "We can't say much, but we'll say that there's someone in trouble and we have to go save them." Her friends all nodded in agreement as the boy picks himself up.

"So you guys are heading for Kyoko's office to help someone?" The boy asked as the Cyber Sleuths all gasped in shock.

"Wait, you know Kyoko too? How do you know her?" Kirie asked in shock.

"I helped her out with an investigation some time ago and I was just catching up with her." The boy answered her as he explained. "Just before me and my friends left, she said that her assistants were on their way now. I'm guessing she means you guys, right?"

"Yeah, that's us. We're her assistants. We're the Cyber Sleuths." Tatenashi answered him with a nod. "We've been working for her for the last couple weeks and have already solved a bunch of cases. But right now, we're in a real hurry to help out someone in need. Again, sorry for bumping into you."

"It's no big deal, it's all good. It just gives me more of a reason to look where I'm going next time." The boy smiled "Well, we'd better get going. We were here on an errand, but lost track of time after catching up with Kyoko. So we better head back, give Kyoko our regards."

"We will, you can count on that." Asuna smiled back. "We'll let her know what we've bumped into an old friend of hers and he was a-ok. I hope we get to see each other again soon." The boy nodded as he and his friends waved goodbye to the Cyber Sleuths and continued on.

Following the boy were three kids, two boys and one girl, with strange animals right beside them. Right behind the kids were three girls, a blonde with a pink ribbon and blue eyes, a dark purple haired with a yellow ribbon and hazel eyes and a short light brunette with yellow eyes. And bringing up the rear were another blonde girl with blue eyes and glasses, an icy blue haired girl with red eyes and a tall, well endowed brunette with her bangs covering her eyes.

"Well, that was an interesting group to run into. Wasn't expecting an old friend of Kyoko to be here at the same time as we." Vert said while scratching her chin in thought. "But I have to ask: those other people with him, are they from other worlds like the rest of us?"

"It could be possible, but I can't really say for sure." Ichika answered her as he thought about it. "Judging from their appearance, I'd say that they could be foreigners but we can't rule out the possibility of them being from other worlds. Right now, we've got other things to worry about. We can figure that out some other time." His friends all nodded in agreement before continuing on towards Kyoko's office.

Meanwhile in the office, Kyoko had just finished catching up with the same boy that Ichika and the gang bumped into and was waiting for them to arrive. As she takes a seat at her desk, she hears the door opening and looks ahead to see the Cyber Sleuths entering the office and spreading out as Ichika closes the door and faces her.

"Ah, welcome back, Cyber Sleuths. I see you're all doing well." Kyoko greeted/ "And I see that Graham and his siblings has decided to join us today. I take it that one of my assistants has offered you four a spot in our group?" The Sohmas all nodded as she smiled. "I see, that's good to hear. And I'm guessing that the demonstration went smoothly?"

"It sure did, you wouldn't believe how close both sides were." Liz answered her with a grin. "They were just going back and forth, countering one attack after another. It was just crazy how even they were to the point where it was a stalemate and we were wondering who would make the finishing blow. But Houki then deactivates her IS and forfeited the match to Whitney and gave her the win."

"I see, that must've been some demonstration for both Houki and Whitney to be evenly matched." Kyoko said in amazement with a smile. "I'm glad to see that the demonstration went off without a hitch and both sides played their parts right." She then turns to Houki. "Though what got me curious is that why would you forfeit the match to Whitney? I never once pictured you as someone who'd give up a match so easily."

"Well, there's a good reason for that, Kyoko. Let's just say that I can tell that she's just as skilled at piloting an IS just as good as Ichika." Houki answered her with a smile. "It took the entire match to see it, but I can definitely tell that she's just what our school needs. Even Graham and Kirito can vouch for her in that regard." Both boys nodded in agreement as Kyoko smiles.

"Since you put it that way, I can agree to your reasoning." Kyoko said while closing her eyes and smiled. "I'm sure that she'll be an excellent addition to your school." Everyone nodded in agreement as she changes the subject. "Now with that out of the way, I assume that you're all here for another rescue mission?"

"Yeah, that's right. It's about these kids and some creatures that are similar to the Digimon." Ichika answered her with a nod. "From what I saw in my vision last night, there is this group called Team Rocket that's trying to steal their Pokemon with a giant robot. Not too long ago, I felt a sharp pain in my head that seems to tell me that those kids are in trouble."

"A sharp pain? Has that ever happened to you before?" Kyoko asked.

"No, not once until recently. I don't how to explain it, but I think it's letting me know that we have to save them." Ichika answered her with a serious frown. "If we don't make it to them in time, I'm not sure what's going to happen."

"Then there's no time to lose. Those kids need our help now." Kyoko frowned seriously as well. "If what Ichika's saying is true, then there's no telling what this Team Rocket group can do to those kids. So I want all of you to head for Kowloon and save those kids, no matter what. Cyber Sleuths, assemble!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" The Cyber Sleuths shouted as Ichika used his Connect Jump to enter EDEN on the TV while Satoru and Towearle followed behind by entering their EDEN passwords.

Upon arriving in Kowloon LV 2, our heroes were making their way to the location of the kids and save them from Team Rocket and their robot. Satoru brings out his panel and begins typing away as he manages to detect several signals deeper into Kowloon. Eight of them were humans, the big one was the robot and the last couple were of the creatures Ichika saw in his dream.

"You found them, Satoru?" Ichika asked.

"Yeah, there's not too far from our location." Satoru answered him with a serious frown. "And from what I can tell, it doesn't look good for those kids."

"What do you mean by that?" Lisa asked.

"What I mean is that the robot those Team Rocket guys are using is giving those kids a hard time." Satoru answered her as he continued. "No matter what they try to throw at it, the robot doesn't seem to flinch at all. It seems to be immune to their attacks and I'm not sure how long they can last if this keeps up."

"Is there any way we can help them gain the upper hand on those Team Rocket creeps?" Silica asked hopefully.

"Maybe, but it could be really risky if we're not careful." Satoru answered her as he began formulating a plan. "One of those Team Rocket guys must controlling the robot with a controller, so if we can take it away from them, we might have a chance against them. Though there's still the matter of the robot itself with it being immune to any attacks we throw at it."

"You're right, that is an issue if it's immune to all attacks." Houki agrees with a nod. "So even if we take the controller from one of them, what can we do if none of our attacks can damage the robot?" Just then, there was a massive surge of electricity followed by an explosion that can be seen from their location.

"We might have to come up with a plan while we're helping those kids." Ichika answered her. "It doesn't look like they're going to last very long if this keeps up. We better pick up the pace and fast!" Everyone nodded in agreement as they made a mad dash towards the location of the explosion, but not before Gen stops Ichika for a moment and explains his plan.

With Ash and his friends

It wasn't looking too good for Ash and his friends. No matter what attack they threw at Team Rocket's robot, it just doesn't flinch and keeps on going while their Pokemon were beginning to tire out. This gave the trio a chance to round up their Pokemon without any effort all the while laughing in glee that they're finally winning. They've managed to bag Alec's Pignite and Braviary, Randy's Dewott and Staravia, Serena's Braxian, Pancham and Sylvion, Clemont's Luxray, Bonnie's Dedenne and Ash's Noivern and Talonflame. The only Pokemon that Ash has left were Pikachu and Greninja and both were starting to feel exhausted from the fight, but they didn't want to give up just yet, not on their fellow Pokemon or their partner.

"I can't believe it! We're finally winning against the twerps!" Jessie said evilly. "It's been over twenty years in the making but we're actually winning! It's like Lady Luck as decided to smile down upon us!"

"Oh, this is such a happy day for us! I've been waiting for this day to come!" James agrees with a devious smile "To think that we've been beaten countless times by those twerps and now we're finally getting our big break! I can't think of anything better than this!"

"I can, and that's to finally bag that Pikachu and Greninja!" Meowth said happily. "We've been waiting a long time for this and now it's finally time for us to win! Once we bag those two last, we'll send all of them to the boss and we can retire happily!" His pushes the lever forward as the robot moves towards the two Pokemon. But as it moves in closer, Ash jumps in the way and blocks them.

"Ash!" His friends all shouted.

"Hey! Out of the way, twerp! We're about to finally win this!" Meowth shouted angrily "We just need to bag those two Pokemon of yours and we'll be on our way to big rewards! So why don't you do us a favor and back off?!"

"Not a chance! I'm not letting you steal Pikachu or Greninja away!" Ash shouted with a fierce glare "They're my friends and I won't let you win this time! I've always defeated you before and I know I can do it again! I'll make sure that no other Pokemon will be stolen by the likes of you three! And that is a promise!" Pikachu and Greninja looked at their partner and how he stood firm, protecting them from Team Rocket. Pikachu remembers how they first met and the moment where he saved him from a flock of Spearow. Greninja had a similar feeling for Ash as he remembers the first time they met when he first arrived in Kalos and brought him to Professor Sycamore after taking a reflected Thunderbolt from Wobuffet's Mirror Coat.

"If that's what it's going to be, then so be it!" Jessie growled. "We gave you a chance to walk away, but you chose to still be the little twerp who always gets in our way! Well, now it's time for us to get our revenge for all the times you've humiliated us! Meowth, knock that twerp down and take those Pokemon!"

"With pleasure!" Meowth pushes a button on the controller that commands the robot to reach out towards Ash, Pikachu and Greninja to grab them. The trio braced themselves as the robot was about to reach them while his friends could only watch, Serena being the most scared out of all of them.

"ASH!" Serena screamed.

"Horn Impulse!"

CLASH!

Ash opened his eyes and looked to see GeoGreymon blocking Team Rocket's robot's arm with his attack. "W-What kind of Pokemon is that?! It looks strong!" Ash gawked as he got out his Pokedex and tried to scan GeoGreymon.

"Data unknown. This creature is not a Pokemon." Dexter explained. Ash and his friends heard what Dexter said and were confused by this.

"Wait, this thing isn't a Pokemon?" Alec gasped in shock. Team Rocket however, were both shocked and amazed to see GeoGreymon able to block their robot's arm with no problems at all.

"That unknown Pokemon looks pretty strong. I bet the boss would love a newly discovered Pokemon along with the twerps' Pokemon." Jessie smirked deviously. It was then GeoGreymon spoke.

"Hey, I ain't no Pokemon! I'm a Digimon!" GeoGreymon smirked heroically, shocking Ash and his friends, and Team Rocket as well.

"T-The creature talked just like Meowth!" Serena gasped in shock and awe.

"T-The Pokemon just talked like Meowth!" Jessie gawked. GeoGreymon turned to his left and smiled to see Ichika and his friends running up to Ash and his friends with the Cyber Sleuths' Digimon partners already in their Champion forms save for Gatomon and Beastmon. Their human (and reindeer) allies also joined the fray with the CPUs and CPU Candidates already in their HDD forms.

"Boss! Ready to beat the data out of these Team Rocket jerks?" GeoGreymon asked his friend and partner.

"Always ready, GeoGreymon." Ichika smiled as he looked at Ash, Pikachu and Greninja, still on the ground, looking at him. "Hey, you three alright?" Ichika extended his hand to help Ash up.

"Yeah. Thanks for the save." Ash smiled as he took Ichika's hand with the latter helping him up. "But we need to save my friends' Pokemon and my Pokemon as well."

"Say no more." Ichika nodded as he and his friends glared at Team Rocket's robot.

"Who do you think you are, twerp?! We were about to finally win until you and your twerpy friends decided to show up!" James shouted angrily.

"Well, if you want to know…" Ichika smirked as he adjusted his Digivice goggles on his head. "We're the Cyber Sleuths!"

Brave Heart from Digimon Adventure plays

"Cyber Sleuths?!" Meowth snarled. "More like a bunch of twerps trying to play hero! We'll also take your unknown Pokemon along with our prize!" Meowth then is ready to command the robot.

"Ichika…" Gen walked up to him. Ichika paid heed to his comrade. "Let me smash the controller that cat thing is holding. You distract them while I go towards the controller."

"Got it. It's a plan worth taking." Ichika nods as he nods to Char, Laura and Houki, who understand what he and Gen are planning.

"You twerps and your rare and unknown Pokemon have no chance against our robot! It's invincible and immune to all attacks!" Jessie boasted.

"You sure about that?" Gen asked smugly. "Grizzlymon!" He called out to his partner.

"Got it! Crescent Dawn!" Grizzlymon nodded as he did a sweep attack which the robot blocked.

"Fire Flap!" Birdramon did a dive attack towards the robot which it also blocked.

"Electro Cloud!" Wizardmon launched his attack at the robot which did no effect.

"Shockwave!" Leomon launched an energy attack at the robot which it also blocked.

"Now!" Ichika called out to Gen. Gen nodded as he let out a yell and dashed towards Team Rocket's robot and leaped onto it.

"W-What?!" Jessie gawked.

"That was the twerps' plan all along!" James gasped in shock.

"I'll take care of this!" Gen yelled as he swiped the controller from Meowth. He is about to smash it.

"S-Stop! Do you have any idea what will happen if you smash that?!" Meowth pleaded.

"If it means to stop you villains, then so be it!" Gen yelled as he smashed the controller. He leaped off the robot as it started to malfunction, knocking Team Rocket off of it. It also released the Pokemon it has captured when it goes haywire. The Pokemon reunited with their trainers.

"Amazing!" Clemont beamed. "Those guys and their creatures were able to distract Team Rocket so one of them can smash that controller Meowth was using!"

"Yeah, but now how do we stop it now?" Randy questioned, he got his answer as he noticed the robot turned around while going out of control and noticed the back isn't heavily protected. "Scratch that thought. The back is the weak spot."

Twoearle heard him and turned to her friends. "Alright, guys! Attack the back of that robot! That's got to be its weakspot!"

"Alright. Leafa, let's combined your attacks with ExVeemon and Stingmon's attacks." Kunsasgi suggested.

"Okay! Here I go!" Leafa yelled as she charged towards the back and slashed it five times with her sword.

"Vee Laser!" ExVeemon launched his attack at the back, giving it large damage.

"Multi Moon Shooter!" Stingmon launched his attack as well towards the robot's back, giving it even bigger damage.

"Alright! Randy, let's combine our efforts to destroy that robot!" Alec suggested. "Pignite! Use Flame Charge at full force!"

"Pignite!" Pignite nodded as he charged towards the robot's back, covered in flames.

"Dewott, use Aqua Jet at full force as well!" Randy ordered.

"Deowtt!" Dewott acknowledged as he dashed towards the robot, covered in a barrier of water as he and Pignite combined their attacks to hit the robot's back full on, destroying it.

After the robot was destroyed, Team Rocket were in absolute shock to see their robot destroyed by the Cyber Sleuths as they were so close to finally get a win against Ash and his friends. As both Pignite and Dewott lands back with their partners, Team Rocket stood back up as they clutched their fists, paws in Meowth's case, in anger and turned to face our heroes with fire in their eyes that even surprises Ash and his friends.

"You… you… you… you…" Jessie screamed in anger "YOU TWERPS! Do you have any idea how long we've waited for this victory to happen?! Twenty years! It was so close to us that we could almost taste it!"

"But just as we were about to finally win, you mugs had to jump in and ruin everything!" Meowth added, ticked off to the max. "Do you twerps have any idea how much that robot costs?! A lot more than what any of you could make with your lunch money!"

"Hey, don't blame us for stopping you creeps from attacking those kids! This was your own fault!" Liz retorted. "If you jerks haven't been attacking them with that hunk of junk of yours, then none of this wouldn't happen!"

"And besides, you idiots only lost because of your own oversized egos." Black Heart agrees as she crossed her arms "If you three weren't just standing there grandstanding, then maybe you would've won. But as it always stands, there's a reason why gloaters like you never win. You always leave yourself wide open for someone to just turn the tables on you and everything just crashes down around you." That just made Team Rocket even madder as both Jessie and James too out their Poke Balls.

"Ok, you've made your point, but now it's time we make ours!" James yelled in fury. "We've been the laughing stock for all these years and we're sick of it! We've come too far to quit now, so we're not going to let it end like this! If it means that we have to go back to how we were years ago, then so be it!"

"And we'll start with you twerps! Gourgeist, Wobbuffet! Teach these brats a lesson!" Jessie issued as she sends out her Pokemon.

"Gourgeist!" The pumpkin Pokemon said.

"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet said.

"Okay, Inkay! You too!" James added as he sends out his Pokemon.

"Inkay!" The little squid Pokemon said.

"And don't forget about me!" Meowth said as he readies his claws.

"If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get!" Ling yelled "We've got you jerks outnumbered, so we've got the advantage!"

"That's what you think! Gourgeist, Shadow Ball!" Jessie ordered.

"Inkay, use Psybeam!" James said.

"Gourgeist/Inkay!" Both Pokemon fired their attacks as the Cyber Sleuths who all managed to dodge out of the way.

"Two can play at that game! Ex-Veenmon, Stingmon! You guys ready?" Kusanagi asked.

"Ready when you are!" Ex-Veemon answered with a thumbs up.

"As am I!" Stingmon agrees as they both readied their attacks.

"Vee-Laser!"

"Moon Shooter!"

Both Digimon fired their attacks at both Gourgeist and Inkay, but Wobbuffet jumps in front of them and braced himself for Jessie's command.

"Don't think you're getting off that easily! Wobbuffet, use Mirror Coat!" Jessie issued.

"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet covered himself in a veil of energy just as both attacks hits him and sends them right back at both Digimon, shocking everyone in the process as Ex-Veemon and Stingmon were knocked back by their own attacks.

"What the hell?! How did that happen?!" Tatenashi gasped in shock "How did that blue blob just stopped Ex-Veemon and Stingmon's attacks and sends them right back at them! How did it do that?" The Pokemon Trainers knew what Wobbuffet did and since that the Cyber Sleuths helped them, it was time for them to return the favor.

"That was Mirror Coat, a move that Wobbuffet utilizes best." Clement answered her. "If you try attacking Wobbuffet with any kind of beam or projectile attack, Wobbuffet can send them right back with double the power." Everyone turns towards them.

"Wait, it can do that?!" Black Sister asked in shock. "That blue punching bag can just send back any projectile attack we throw at it with double the power?" The Pokemon Trainers all nodded.

"If a projectile won't work, then let's try the direct approach!" Meramon yelled.

"Right behind ya!" Gatomon agreed as they charged at Team Rocket.

"Fire Fist!"

"Lighting Paw!"

"Nice try, but not good enough! Wobbuffet, use Counter!" Jessie shouted.

"Wobbu! Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet coats himself in energy just as both Digimon's attacks connected, but like before, were then sent back with double the force.

"It did it again! That blue blob did it again!" Kirie gawked. "How did it managed to block their attacks again? Was it that Mirror Coat thing from before?"

"No, that was Counter. It's similar to Mirror Coat, but for physical attacks." Randy answered her as he explained. "And also like Mirror Coat, Counter can block physical attacks and sends them right back with double the force."

"So does that mean we can't do anything against them?!" Kikki gulped.

"You can, but it's not going to be easy with Wobbuffet around." Alec answered her as he began explaining. "It's literally meant to take the abuse and send them right back at the attacker with double the force. That's also the reason why Wobbuffet is so annoying to deal with, but he can be taken out."

"If that's what it takes to defeat them, then we'll give it everything we've got." Ichika agreed. "We're not going to let these three villains have their way with you or your Pokemon. You guys stay back and rest up, we can handle them." Before anyone could say anything, Ash walks over to them and stands right beside him.

"Thanks, but I'm not siting this one out." Ash frowned seriously. "I'm going to help you guys take out Team Rocket. I still need to get back at them for stealing mine and my friends Pokemon." Pikachu and Greninja both stood by him.

"Pika! Pikachu!" Pikachu agrees with a angry frown.

"Gren! Greninja!" Greninja also agrees.

"Count us in too. We still have a bone to pick with them as well." Alec agrees as well.

"Pignite!" Pignite also agrees.

"Yeah, so now it's time for some payback." Randy agrees.

"Dewott!" Dewott also agrees.

"Ok, then we'll let you guys help us." Houki nod with a smile. "Since you know them better than us, we'll let you take the lead on this one. Let us know if you see an opening for us and we'll join in." The three Pokemon Trainers and their Pokemon all nodded as they turned to Team Rocket.

"There's no way in Arceus we're going to let you twerps win again!" Jessie shouted in anger "We've come too far to be beaten after coming so close for twenty years of trying to capture Pikachu! Now we're going to win this time and there's nothing you twerps can do about it! Gourgeist, use Dark Pulse!"

"Gourgeist! Gourgeist!" Gourgeist fires a cluster of dark rings.

"Inkay, you use Psybeam!" James said.

"Inkay! Inkay!" Inkay fires another Psybeam

"I don't think so! Pignite, use Flamethrower on Gourgeist!" Alec shouted.

"Pig! Pignite!" Pignite launches flames from his snout at Gourgeist's Dark Pulse.

"Dewott, you use Water Pulse on Inkay!" Randy said.

"Dewott! Dewott!" Dewott forms an orb of water in his paws before launching it at Inkay's Psybeam.

All four attacks collided with each other and entered into a power struggle where each side tries to push the other back and forth. Eventually, all for attacks exploded and created a thick black smoke that forces both sides to cover their eyes, but this was planned out by Ash, Alec and Randy. This gives Ichika and the others a chance to jump in and attack while Ash and Greninja use their trump card to finish them off.

"Okay, Greninja! Let's do this!" Ash yelled as he and Greninja glowed in energy.

"Gren!" Greninja agreed as he starts taking on a new form, surprising Ichika and his friends, but they focused on the battle at hand.

"Now Greninja! Use Water Shuriken!" Ash issued.

"Greninja!" Ash-Greninja acknowledged as he made a shuriken out of water as he flung it at Team Rocket.

"Alright, GeoGreymon!" Ichika yelled.

"Right away, boss! Mega Burst!" GeoGreymon launched his attack at Team Rocket.

"Growlmon!" Graham yelled.

"You got it, Grahammon! Exhaust Flame!" Growlmon launched his attack, combing it with Ash-Greninja and GeoGreymon's attacks, Team Rocket screamed in fear as the attack hit them, causing a explosion that launched them into EDEN's cybersky.

"Aghhhhh! We were so close on winning! How did this happen?!" Meowth screamed in disbelief.

"Well, these twerps calling themselves the Cyber Sleuths jumped in with these creatures called Digimon and help the twerps win." James remembered, then it clicked in their heads.

"Digimon?" They gasped in shock.

"We're blasting off again!" Team Rocket screamed.

"Wobuffet!" Wobuffet said his name as he and his buddies disappeared in a twinkle of a star even in EDEN's Cybersky.

After Team Rocket were sent flying into EDEN's Cybersky with both Pokemon and Digimon, the Cyber Sleuths were able to save Ash and his friends from having their Pokemon stolen and combining their efforts to destroy their robot. Now with their Pokemon set free, Ash and his friends returned them to their Poke Balls but not before all the Champion Digimon, save for Gatomon and Beastmon, reverted back to their Rookie forms and Greninja returned to his normal appearance as do the CPUs.

"Whew… that was a close one. I was worried that Team Rocket would've won this time." Alec breathed a sigh of relief as he and his friends all turned to the Cyber Sleuths.

"We're definitely lucky you guys came in when you did. We really owe you a lot." Clemont said with a smile. "If you guys haven't arrived when you did, who knows what could've happened to us if Team Rocket won."

"Hey, it's no big deal. We're just happy to help out." Ling smiled as she placed her arms behind her head. "So how are you guys doing? No one got hurt or anything, right?"

"Maybe a bruise here or there, but nothing to major. We're still in one piece." Randy answered her with a smile. "So how did you guys knew that we were in trouble? I mean, it just seems weird that you'd come to help a couple of kids you don't even know."

"I know it sounds weird, but believe me that there's a reason for that." Ichika told him as he explained. "It's really long story, but we'll save it when we reach the office. But before we do, how about you guys tell us your names." The Pokemon Trainers all looked at each other before nodding and turned back.

"Sure, we're more than happy to tell you are names." Ash smiled as he and Ichika fist bumped each other. "My name is Ash Ketchum, a Pokemon Trainer from Pallet Town. And this is my partner, Pikachu."

"Pika Pika." Pikachu said with a smile..

"Nice to meet you, I'm Clemont. I'm a Gym Leader of Lumiose City." Clemont said, smiling as well.

"And I'm his little sister Bonnie! Thanks for saving us!" Bonnie beamed.

"My name is Serena, a pleasure to meet all of you." Serena smiled as she bowed in gratitude. "We're all grateful for your help in stopping Team Rocket."

"Name's Alec, I'm a Trainer from Aspertia City." Alec said with a grin.

"As am I, I'm Randy. Both Alec and myself are from the Unova Region." Randy said with a smile..

"Nice to meet all of you. We're glad that no one was hurt too badly." Ichika smiled before adding "But I think it's best we start heading back to the office, we'll explain everything on the way, I'm sure you guys have a lot of questions for us about what just happened and everything." The Pokemon Trainers all nodded in agreement as they followed the Cyber Sleuths back to the office.

But what other challenges will be waiting for our heroes now that new visitors from another world has arrived? And who was the mysterious boy they've encountered before and how does he know of Kyoko? All that and more to be answered next time.

To be continued…

Next chapter: Enter Hudie Member Nagi! The Power of Digimon Natural Ability! New Friendships Are Born!

A/n: Sorry for the long wait, everybody. Since me and Panther J are doing two stories, I'll do a preview of the next chapter for this story. Next time, our heroes meet and befriend Nagi (Panther J's Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Hacker's Memory OC who is based on the main protagonist of Hacker's Memory) and the anime characters you guys saw near the end of the chapter as they do a request for Mirei while Team Rocket comically try to get in their way again. So see you next time!