ZAFT: Here is the next chapter~! *Looks at Andy* And Andy had better left that Switch alone.

Andy: I can't get to it right now. Fox is busy with it.

DarkFoxKit: Come on, gimme that shiny Ampharos! DX

ZAFT: I caught a shiny Greedent after 40 encounters with one. XD Anyway, off to the chapter! Unless Fox wants to add anything else.

DarkFoxKit: This isn't a normal Pokemon game, it's Mystery Dungeon DX. I tell you, I ran into 3 shinies in this game, before I got the Friend Bow. I don't know if it's true, but I've heard it's impossible to recruit shinies without it. Now that I have the Friend Bow I can't find a shiny anywhere! *pouts*

Andy: And even if you did, you still have a chance of failing it.

DarkFoxKit: … Andy, would you like to become part of the game?~

Andy: And that's my cue to leave.

ZAFT: Well, that would explain it then~

Chapter 9: Party Crashers

Andy's eyes widened in horror with the shaver suddenly transformed itself into a large butcher knife, likely intending to cut off Andy's head. Andy could hear Takuya and Danny screaming out his name.

Takuya and Danny were both having their own inner dilemma, they wanted to help Andy, but that would mean exposing themselves to the other. But if they didn't do something now, Andy would die.

Deciding it wasn't worth keeping their secret over their brother and cousin's life, Danny lifted his arms, intending to do something while Takuya got out his D-Tector.

Dorimon stuck out his head from Andy's backpack and shot out pink bubbles at the cord. The bubbles melted the cord down enough that it broke, causing Andy to fall just before the giant butcher knife could come down on him. Seeing Andy suddenly falling, Danny stopped doing whatever it was he was doing and ran over to catch his falling brother.

Andy landed on Danny, sending them both to the ground. "OOOF!"

"Ugh… Sorry, bro…" Andy groaned from on top of his brother.

"Don't apologize, you almost died just now!" Danny pointed out, looking his brother over. "Are you okay? How did you escape?"

"Uh… just lucky, I guess," Andy shrugged before seeing the butcher knife turning back into a shaver. "We should probably get out of here before it decides to grab another one of us."

"No questions asked here," Takuya said as he ran over to the twins. "Let's scram!"

The three of them quickly began running as the shaver flew after them.

"What does it want!?" Takuya frowned, getting annoyed with this.

"It's a ghost possessed object, who knows what it wants!" Danny shouted.

"If it's coming after us, I think it wants us dead!" Andy answered.

Looking back again, Takuya growled. He so wanted to kick that thing away, but it would come back no doubt. Still, they had to do something, so, he pulled out his Fenton Rod and extended it before turning and swinging the end at the shaver.

With a THUNK, the shaver was knocked away several feet.

"What… where did you get that?" Danny asked, surprised at the Fenton Rod his cousin was holding.

"Just… an incident at the zoo involving a ghost." Takuya lied. Well, it was half true anyway. "It made me realize carrying around a Fenton weapon would be better than being unarmed."

Andy looked back, seeing the shaver floating back up, and it looked like it was going to come down at them again, before it began to spark with electricity. A minute later, the shaver quickly floated up into the sky and flew away somewhere.

"Looks like it decided we weren't worth the trouble…" Andy noted, seeing it leave.

"I hope you're right…" Takuya agreed. Then he sighed and put his Fenton Rod away. "Let's go. I think we're going to be late if we don't hustle."

"Wait… are you sure we should still be going? Andy almost died to that thing, and there might be more out there," Danny asked in concern, looking at Andy worriedly.

"I'm fine, Danny, really. I may have almost died, but at least I wasn't in pain like you were…" Andy said quietly. "Besides… are you sure you really want to miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity?"

Danny frowned. "I don't know… Not after what nearly happened to you." He then sighed. "But… I don't want to miss this either."

"Come on, let's go, you two need some cheering up, and spending more time together at a party is a great way to do it," Takuya spoke up. "Besides, it would be a good chance for you to make it up to Andy, Danny, don't you think?"

Andy and Danny looked at one another before Danny sighed.

"Well, I guess it would be fun." Danny admitted. "And I do want to have some time to bond with Andy again."

Andy looked at his brother. "Okay, we'll continue on to the party if you want to, Danny."

The three of them continued walking to Dash's house, though they were more alert in case anymore unwanted attacks happened. Thankfully, they reached Dash's house without anymore incident.

"So… uh… who wants to be the one who rings the doorbell?" Danny asked a little nervously.

Takuya just reached up and knocked on the door. When the door opened, Dash was at the entrance. Danny blinked as he saw Dash was wearing a shirt that was just like his, and matching pants. "Hey, you like it?" Dash asked as he looked at the threesome.

"Where did you get that?" Andy asked, surprised, he had only ever seen Danny wear that shirt.

"Oh, I found it on sale at the mall since I didn't have enough money for those sweats." Dash replied. "I changed the dress code to loser chic."

Danny looked into the house, seeing how everyone else were wearing the same kind of clothes he, Tucker, Sam, and Andy wore. Though none of them wore what Takuya wore.

"Though I have to say, I'm surprised you didn't wear those sweats I showed you," Dash added, looking at Danny. "I thought that was why you had that garage sale… or that you said you had two, didn't you?"

Danny frowned. "I… didn't want to ruin them." He admitted. "It seemed a bit much so…"

"You should just tell him, Danny," Andy whispered. "We're never going to get those sweats anyways, it's best to just be honest about it, or else you will get caught eventually."

Danny sighed, knowing his brother had a point. "Okay, you got me…" He then looked back up at Dash. "I don't have the sweats. I just… didn't want to look like a fool when you were going to have me wear them."

Dash was a bit surprised that Danny just admitted that he didn't actually have the sweats. "Well… I suppose it doesn't matter anyways. At least you're in dress code. Come on in, the party is just getting started."

The three of them made their way into the party, with Dash shutting the door behind them. Takuya looked around, seeing how all the popular kids were enjoying themselves.

Danny felt a bit odd being at a party where people were dressed like him and his brother. "This is… awkward…"

"Are we seriously the only 'losers' in school? I mean really, there are other people like Mikey who are way more geeky then we are," Andy huffed, seeing how so many people were dressed like him and Danny, as well as Tucker and Sam. Most of the girls dressed like Sam.

"You like it?" Paulina suddenly asked as she walked up to them, wearing Sam's outfit. "It's so horrible that it's cool! … So, who dressed you two up, your mom?"

"I'll have you know this is our original look, and you're all ripping off of it!" Andy snapped, glaring at Paulina.

Takuya glared at her as well, but he kept his temper under control, lest he have some part of his Spirits come out in his personality. "Andy, it's just a party. It's nothing to get too mad over."

Dash was surprised at how quickly Andy latched into Paulina's attitude.

"At least the girl makes the black work," Paulina snapped back.

"I'm not a goth like she is, and neither are you, unless that was the look you intended to go for," Andy hissed back.

Danny grabbed onto Andy's shoulder and pulled him back. "Easy bro… uh… sorry, Paulina, we'll go somewhere else."

Paulina glared as Andy was dragged away by Danny, Andy never breaking his glare with the popular girl. Takuya didn't even look back at her as he turned away.

"Andy, just calm down." Takuya assured his cousin. "As I said, it's just a party. Geez." Now I'm beginning to wonder if this was such a good idea…

Andy finally tore his glare away from Paulina before he gave Takuya and Danny a smile. "Right, let's have some fun and enjoy ourselves~"

Takuya gave a grin of his own. "So, let's find a way to party already!"

Dash sighed in relief when he saw that Andy calmed down, he knew about his distaste for Paulina, but he didn't know how far it went.

When the party got started, most of the popular kids were either dancing to loud music or chatting with each other. Andy snuck over to the food bar so he could let Dorimon out to eat.

As soon as he was at the food bar, Andy snuck Dorimon some cheese and pieces of sausage that were on a plate. The In-Training Digimon chowed down happily as he did so.

"Hey, what is that?" Someone suddenly said.

Andy froze for a moment before he turned around, seeing one of the popular girls, Star if Andy remembered right, was looking at Dorimon in surprise.

"Uh… my… puppy," Andy hesitantly answered.

Star looked on at Dorimon with a look that bordered on gushing. "He's so cute~ Can I pet him?"

"Uh… well…" Andy hesitated before Star ran over to Dorimon before he could answer.

"His fur is so soft, and he's so sweet!" Star giggled as she petted Dorimon, who leaned into the petting.

Andy blinked before he sighed. It seemed Dorimon could play the part of a puppy well. At least I don't have to worry about Dorimon being mistaken for something else.

"When did you get him?" Star asked.

"Uh… just a few weeks ago." Andy lied.

"Hey, what's Star looking at?"

"I don't know, but she's giggling, it must be something good."

"With one of the loser twins?"

The other girls started to approach Andy and Star, seeing Dorimon in Andy's arms. The girls began to gush as soon as they saw the little In-Training Digimon, and were now all but pouncing Andy.

"Gah! Takuya! Danny! Help!" Andy cried out as all the girls were trying to pet or hold Dorimon themselves.

Dorimon had no idea on what to do at this point.

Takuya heard Andy's cry and ran over. "Hey, excuse me! Let me through!" He managed to wedge in between a few girls and saw what they were gushing over. He felt a sweat-drop run down the side of his head. Okay, maybe bringing Dorimon was a bad idea…

Dorimon saw Takuya and wormed his way out of the grasp of the girls and over to the older boy. The little guy was shaking a bit now.

"These girl humans are crazy," Dorimon whispered.

"They love cute things." Takuya whispered back. "What can you do?"

Andy was pushed through the crowd of girls, nearly crashing into Takuya and Dorimon. "Come on, let's head upstairs and hide for a bit."

Takuya nodded. "Good idea." He didn't want to have Dorimon scared anymore than he already was. "I think it would do Dorimon some good too."

"Hey, where's that cute little puppy?" One of the girls asked.

Takuya and Andy booked it towards the stairs before the girls could realize Dorimon was gone.

Once they were making their way upstairs, Takuya looked back, still holding Dorimon. "I think next time we won't bring Dorimon, or at least keep him in the backpack."

Andy sighed. "Sorry about that, Dorimon. I didn't think these girls would lack such self restraint."

Dorimon looked at Andy. "You didn't know, so it's not your fault."

Takuya chuckled. "Girls can be a bit crazy sometimes."

"Which reminds me… I didn't see Valerie here, did she not get invited or did she decide not to come?" Andy wondered as they reached the top of the stairs.

Before Takuya could answer, however, he suddenly got that hot feeling again. Dorimon started to growl, facing a door.

Looking over, Andy was confused before he remembered how Dorimon and Takuya tended to react around ghosts. "Um… is it a ghost or a Digimon?"

Takuya looked back at Andy. "I'm sensing a ghost."

Suddenly, there was shaking in the house, and a loud cry as well as loud laughter. It was coming from the door. Andy, cautiously, opened the door to see what was going on inside. To his, Takuya, and Dorimon's surprise, they saw that Phantom kid again, and he appeared to be fighting with Dash's floating computer. The computer had a face, a familiar face.

"Shit…" Takuya hissed. "I think that is Technus, if that face and voice are familiar."

"That ghost is here?" Dorimon asked, a bit nervous now.

"And it took over Dash's computer…" Andy frowned. "The ghost boy, Phantom, is fighting him now though. Let's see what happens first before we jump into it."

Takuya had to agree with Andy on this one. "Good call."

Andy really wanted to see if his theory on Phantom taking over Danny's body was true, that was what he was looking for as Phantom was confronting Technus.

Technus laughed as different parts of glowing technology came together to form a mechanical body. The body was pretty big, and it was mostly black with green glowing lines. Technus's face turned into a lime green face with only red eyes and red teeth to indicate a sinister smile. However, Technus started glitching out a bit.

"Oh no, you're not getting that upgrade disc and making yourself more powerful!" Phantom snapped.

"Huh?" Technus looked at the disc before he grinned. "What a great idea! You should be a tutor!"

Andy and Takuya frowned at that.

Phantom launched himself at Technus, however, Technus made a toaster appear from his back to hit Phantom with glowing toast. The toast was enough to hit Phantom, and sent him into Dash's closet. The closet door fell open, revealing a bunch of leather jackets, and colorful looking teddy bears. Andy paled at seeing those demonic little bears.

"They're building an army…" Andy hissed.

SMACK! Takuya's hand hit the older boy's face in disbelief. "Worry about the bears later, we have an issue in the room!" He pointed at Technus.

"Right… just… be ready to burn every single one of those bears when you spirit evolve," Andy said.

Takuya sighed before putting a hand on Andy's head and turning his face to Technus's form. "That is the bigger issue, not those bears."

Technus grabbed onto the disc, ready to insert it into his mecha form, but Phantom quickly tackled him into the wall before he could. Phantom was strong for someone so lean. Unfortunately, Technus apparently already had the disc in the insertion of his mecha form before Phantom tackled him, because the disc went inside after Technus hit the wall. Technus gave a hungry looking smirk. Phantom frowned, seeing this. He flew at Technus again, turning himself and Technus intangible before tackling him out the wall.

"We should go and help Phantom." Takuya said as he looked back at Andy. "He may need the back-up from us humans." The older boy took out his Fenton Rod to emphasize the point.

"Yeah, right," Andy agreed as they started to turn around to get to the front door, but they were surprised to see Dash standing there.

"What was going on? I heard a lot of crashing, yelling, and shaking noises coming from my room," Dash asked.

"A ghost was in your room, it took over your computer and made itself a mecha body," Andy quickly answered. "And that Phantom kid is fighting it outside right now."

Dash was surprised. "Wait, a real ghost took over my computer?" He began to shake a bit. "A-and you want t-to go h-help another g-ghost?"

"Well, we have to do something!" Andy said back. "We did face with Digimon before, so we have some experience with dealing with things that are stronger than normal creatures! Maybe you can sic him with your teddy bear army."

Dash shook his head. "No, I can't sic my…" Dash sighed. "Forget the bears, Andy. But you do have a point. We have faced down Digimon." He then looked around and found his own Fenton Rod. He hefted the rod as he looked at Andy. "Let's go."

"What about your party guests?" Takuya asked.

"Wait…" Dorimon frowned. "I sense something coming…"

"What? What's coming now?" Andy frowned.

Suddenly, the entire house was covered in fog.

"It's a digital field…?" Andy asked, looking around. "Fog doesn't usually come inside houses…"

Takuya frowned. "And when a ghost is around is when a Digital Field comes in… I think there is something odd going on, but I don't know what it is."

"Hey, what's going on with this weird fog?"

"Someone turn off the fog machine!"

"Dash, you get the guests to leave, Takuya, Dorimon, and I will try to find where the Digimon is going to emerge," Andy quickly instructed.

Dash frowned, but agreed. "Okay, but when they are safe, I am coming back to help." There was no room for argument in his voice.

Dash split up from the three, knowing that getting the party guests to leave will not be easy, but he knew this would be too dangerous for them.

"Where do you think the Digimon is coming from?" Andy asked Dorimon and Takuya since they could sense the Digimon.

Takuya looked around the room. "It seems to be strongest here." He was getting that feeling of heat again, and it was more insistent than ever.

Andy frowned before seeing a bright light starting to emerge in the middle of the room. "Dorimon, time to digivolve!"

"Right!" Dorimon jumped down onto the ground.

Andy's D-Tector glowed brightly before Dorimon was surrounded by data. "Dorimon digivolve to… Dorumon!"

In the middle of the room, several small forms appeared, making Takuya gasp at them in surprise. "Andy, those are ToyAgumon. They're weaker than a Champion level, so it should be easy for Dorumon to attack."

"ToyAgumon?" Andy blinked.

Dorumon's forehead gem glowed for a moment before Andy's D-Tector's screen glowed, then a holographic version of the ToyAgumon appeared in front of him. There was written data on it that Andy could read.

"ToyAgumon is a Puppet Digimon. A unique Digimon whose entire body is made up of unique plastic blocks. It is said that a child playing on the Internet created it by imitating Agumon's appearance, so it is very cute," Andy read out loud.

"They normally are harmless, but if that is the case, then why are they here in the real world?" Takuya mused as he looked at the ToyAgumon again.

Takuya remembered the ToyAgumon, he, Koji, and Tommy had faced them back in the Digital World, when they were corrupted by Cherubimon. But they didn't seem to be corrupted this time, so he wondered if there was a reason why they came here.

"It's just awful, terrible!" One of the ToyAgumon cried out.

"So much pain… it hurts… make it stop!" Another ToyAgumon roared.

Then Takuya remembered Dorumon when he had been fighting with Andy and Phantom before he had hatched and became Andy's partner. Wait… Dorumon said he felt pain when in our world because of someone attacking him back in the Digital World. Is it possible that happened with these ToyAgumon too?

"Calm down, please, just tell us what happened!" Dorumon said, hoping to try to calm the ToyAgumon down.

However, the ToyAgumon were still in a fit of panic and pain.

"We must rebuild!"

"Yes, rebuild!"

"Rebuild our protector!"

Suddenly, the ToyAgumon fell to pieces, like legos.

"Uh… was that supposed to happen?" Andy asked Takuya.

"I think it's best we get to open ground." Takuya suddenly said. "If they do that, then they're about to use their bodies to build something."

Before Andy or Dorumon could ask, the legos that made the ToyAgumon's bodies suddenly moved on their own. They scrambled onto the teddy bears that were in Dash's closet. The teddy bears were being put together, and all the fractal codes of the ToyAgumon began to infuse into the teddy bears.

"... I… suddenly have a very… very bad feeling…" Andy paled.

"Andy, RUN!" Takuya shouted before grabbing Andy's arm and Dorumon's tail, pulling both of them out of the room, down the stairs, through the living room, and out of the house to hopefully counter the teddy bear army outside.

As soon as they got outside, there was a loud crashing sound. Takuya, Andy, and Dorumon looked back to see bright fractal code had jumped out of the window, likely shattering the glass, and landed in front of them outside. When the fractal code dispersed, Takuya's eyes widened when he saw a huge black teddy bear, it looked a bit torn, and wore a red cape, its right paw had large furry claws strapped to it.

"You have got to be kidding me…" Takuya muttered. "WaruMonzaemon…"

"I knew it! I told you that you should've burned those teddy bears!" Andy shouted.

Dorumon glared at WaruMonzaemon, the gem on his forehead glowed before Andy's 'D-Tector' showed another holographic version of the Digimon. "WaruMonzaemon is a Puppet Digimon. It is said that the WaruMonzaemon plush toy it wears on its waist is something that WaruMonzaemon sent to it."

"Wait a minute… this thing is an Ultimate!? How are we supposed to fight it?" Andy frowned in realization.

Takuya looked down at his D-Tector. "I could go Beast, but…" He wasn't sure if that would be a good idea right then and there.

"Try to hold off on that, Takuya. BurningGreymon is powerful, but he might cause a lot of damage to the city," Andy spoke up.

Takuya frowned, but had to agree. He sighed. "You're right. I guess it's best to wait." He then looked at Andy again.

"Pain… despair… feel it all!" WaruMonzaemon shouted, clearly not in his right mind.

"But you should still spirit evolve at least!" Andy quickly instructed. "Go with Agunimon, you have better control of your flames as him!"

Takuya nodded. "You got it!" The blue outline of his first Spirit appeared on the screen of his D-Tector as fractal coding formed around his left hand. He then swiped the D-Tector over the coding, calling out the familiar phrase he knew by heart. "Execute! Spirit Evolution!" His clothes ripped away as his body became digital, and the process began. Coding surrounded him as the power of the Spirit flowed into his body. Red armor formed and latched onto his body as his hair changed to blonde and became long and wild. His height increased, as did his strength and agility. His eyes snapped open, now a brilliant blue instead of brown, and his teeth were sharper than a human's as well. He landed, crying out his name. "Agunimon!"

With Takuya as Agunimon, he felt a little more confident in this fight.

WaruMonzaemon charged at this, the claw on his paw glowing as it grew. "Bear Claw!"

Agunimon saw that and gasped before dodging to the side, but the attack wound up clipping him on the arm, drawing some blood slightly. He hissed at the pain, but it didn't appear to be deep, so it wouldn't slow him down. But it did surprise him that he was able to draw blood as a Digimon, that had never happened before.

"Metal Cannon!" Dorumon shot out his iron balls at Waru's back, trying to slow him down or distract him.

The iron balls did cause Waru to flinch, but it otherwise didn't do much damage.

"No… I'm too weak to face an Ultimate level…" Dorumon frowned.

"Well, we can't just quit either." Andy pointed out. "Besides, I have a few ideas."

"Eh?" Dorumon looked at his partner.

"Dorumon, give me some of your Metal Cannon, I'm going to try something," Andy instructed.

"Oh, um… okay," Dorumon said, knowing it was best to just listen to Andy.

Agunimon, meanwhile, was trying to keep Waru's attention away from the other two. Waru was about to attack Andy and Dorumon after Dorumon attacked him.

"Pyro Darts!" Agunimon threw several small flame bits at Waru, managing to hit the Ultimate level Digimon on the arm.

Waru glared at Agunimon and began to charge at him again. He jumped over Agunimon suddenly, and slammed down his foot on Agunimon's head. "Nasty Step!"

Agunimon went down with a grunt, feeling like he was seeing stars. His vision was blurry, and his head ached like something fierce. He was sure he had a concussion with how hard that hit was. Still, he managed to get to his feet, turning to face Waru again. C'mon Andy, hurry up! I can't keep this up for much longer…

Dash came running out of the house, and gasped at seeing the fight. "Oh my gosh!"

"Dash! Get over here!" Andy called out quickly.

Dash ran over to Andy. "You need my help with something?"

"Yes… I need you to be brave for this, Dash," Andy said before he handed Dash an iron ball that was the size of his palm, there was a sticky note attached to it. "Throw this at that giant teddy bear as hard as you can!"

Dash blinked, but nodded. "Okay." He was confused about it, but figured Andy would tell him what it was that he had planned later on. He took the ball and hefted it. "One fast ball, coming up!" He threw it as hard and fast as he could, right at Waru's back.

The iron ball slammed into Waru's back, and Andy whispered something to Dorumon. Dorumon's forehead gem glowed for a second.

"Metal Explosion!" Dorumon called out.

The iron ball suddenly gave off a large explosion. Waru let out a cry as he stumbled forward, his back smoking.

"Throw another one, Dash!" Andy instructed.

Dash did as Andy asked, surprised at the plan, but eager to help nonetheless. "Sure thing!" He threw two more at Waru, one at his back and the other at his left shoulder.

"Now!" Andy instructed Dorumon.

"Metal Explosion!" Dorumon called out.

Like with the last one, the iron balls exploded, sending Waru stumbling to the right as his left shoulder was now smoking.

"Alright! That's it!" Andy smiled.

Waru, however, was still not done yet. He stopped moving and turned his attention to the three.

"I… don't like the way that bear is looking at us…" Dash gulped.

Dorumon quickly stood in front of them protectively.

"Heart Break Attack!" Waru shot out dark purple looking hearts at them.

Agunimon saw that and gasped. He remembered being hit by that same attack clearly when he was in the Digital World last time. He made to move quickly towards Andy, Dash, and Dorumon. If anyone was going to take that attack, it was him!

"Agunimon! Move!" Andy cried out.

The purple hearts popped when they hit Agunimon. Agunimon wasn't injured, but he felt emotionally crushed. He fell to his knees, fractal code surrounding his body before he reverted back to his human form.

"What… what did that thing do?" Dash asked, horrified.

Takuya shook, feeling like his heart was breaking. He couldn't answer Dash because of all the emotions he was feeling right then and there.

Waru was grinning at this.

"He was hit by WaruMonzaemon's Heart Break attack…" Andy frowned. "It apparently crushes one spirit so much they lose the will to fight."

"Watch out!" Dorumon warned.

"Heart Break Attack!" Waru summoned more purple hearts.

"Get down!" Andy yelled as he pushed Dash.

Andy was then hit by the attack, the hearts popping on him. The effects hit Andy harder than it did Takuya, because the depression made him remember Danny's accident and how it affected him and his family. And Andy couldn't stop thinking about what would have happened if Danny had died, if he had stopped breathing, and what if he was already dead and they didn't know it? Andy began to cry, unable to stop the thoughts and the feeling of hopelessness.

Dash was now horrified at what he was seeing. Andy and Takuya were hit by that attack, and he was the only one who could fight to protect them! He was shaking like a leaf, but he wasn't about to abandon his new friends.

"Andy…" Dorumon frowned. "Please… you have to fight it… I can't fight if you can't…"

Dorumon looked weakened himself, Andy's D-Tector stopped glowing and appeared to be shutting down as the boy continued to weep.

Hearing Dorumon's unnoticed pleas, Dash felt something happen. He wasn't sure what it was, but he knew he had to help Andy, Dorumon, and Takuya.

While Dash was looking at them, he couldn't help but think back on all those times he would bully Andy and his brother. He had bullied a lot of other kids he considered weak and losers back then. They had probably cried a lot too, and he didn't care, he just kept doing it, because it made him feel good. But he never truly enjoyed it, he only made himself enjoy it because it was a part of the 'food chain', he had to do it, or he'd be weak like they were.

But Dash had realized something. They weren't the ones who were weak, they weren't the ones who pretended to enjoy beating up on other kids just to feel better about themselves, they weren't the ones trying to 'fit in' with the popular kids, feeling scared that if they slipped up, they would be seen as weak and losers. Andy had been strong and brave enough to stand up for him when he was being beaten up by someone stronger. Andy stood up for him despite what Dash had done to him and his brother and friends over the years. And Takuya stood by him, supporting him, and helping him even though he knew what Dash had done to his cousins.

Dash didn't like to be weak, he didn't like to be seen as weak, but he realized he had been weak. What could he do against a powerful Digimon? Dash shook his head. Even though he was only human, he didn't want his real friends to be hurt anymore. It was about time he fought back for someone other than himself.

Dash clenched his fists as he stood up straight and faced Waru himself. "You… You hurt my friends…" Dash then looked up, a glare in his eyes, one that held a feral look. "You will regret hurting them!"

Then, Takuya's D-Tector began to beep and flash, just as a symbol appeared on the screen. Out came two orbs, glowing with data surrounding them. Dash saw the two orbs float over to him and in front of him before the fractal code dispersed, revealing the two idols in front of him. Dash blinked before his phone let out a beeping sound and

he took it out of his pocket, only for it to turn into a dark tan, and light tan device that looked oddly like Takuya's.

"It is time." A feminine voice said from the device as an odd symbol appeared on the screen.

The two idols entered the device, just as the symbol for Wood showed up on the screen. Dash was gaping before images flashed into his mind of what to do. The tan digital form of his first Spirit appeared visible on the screen of his D-Tector as he held up his hand with the fractal coding around it. He swiped the D-Tector over the coding, calling out the familiar phrase he would come to know by heart. "Execute! Spirit Evolution!" His clothes ripped away as his body became digital, and the process began. Coding surrounded him as the power of the Spirit flowed into his body. Dash felt his body increase in strength and power as he felt his skin become more like wood and he felt his senses increase in sharpness and sensitivity. His eyes turned a golden color as he finally landed, crying out his name as he did so. "Arbormon!"

Now as a Digimon himself, Dash looked down at himself, surprised, but he couldn't look at himself for long, because Waru wasn't going to stop just because he suddenly turned into a Digimon himself.

Arbormon looked back at Waru. "You will pay for hurting my friends, you oversized child's toy!"

"Feel my despair! Heart Break Attack!" Waru shot out the purple hearts at Arbormon.

But Arbormon had an idea of what to do. He drew back a leg and let loose with one of his attacks. "Roundhouse Punt!" The purple hearts were popped all in one blow.

Waru was shocked when he saw that. "How…?"

Arbormon was wondering how he could snap Andy and Takuya out of their despair, when he felt an instinct to hit the glowing thing in Waru's chest.

Arbormon then decided to heed the instinct and let loose another Roundhouse Punt towards Waru's chest.

"Hopefully this will beat some sense into you!" Arbormon stated as his attack hit Waru's chest directly.

Waru let out a scream of pain and backed away from Arbormon. "Noooo! What have you done!?"

Andy and Takuya snapped out of their depression state.

"Ugh… I feel like I was just rained on…" Andy groaned.

Dorumon smiled. "You're back!"

Takuya shook his head. "I hate that attack…" He grumbled before looking up, only to see a sight he never thought he would see again. "Wait… Arbormon?!"

Andy shook his head for a minute, getting rid of the last bit of depression before looking at Arbormon himself. "Who?"

Dorumon smiled. "It's Dash! He somehow managed to spirit evolve while you two were out of it."

Dorumon faced Arbormon again before the gem of his forehead glowed.

"That's… actually Dash?" Andy said in surprised awe.

Then Andy's D-Tector beeped, he looked at it to see a holographic version of Arbormon appearearing. "Arbormon is a Cyborg Digimon. It possesses power over Wood which bears the might of AncientTroiamon. The blueprints of a medieval, wooden karakuri puppet converted into its data, so its gimmicks are surprisingly archaic."

"Arbormon was one of the Legendary Warriors, but…" Takuya was still in shock. "How did Dash… turn into him?"

Arbormon jumped away from Waru's Bear Claw attack, and landed near Andy, Dorumon, and Takuya. "Hey, are you guys alright?"

Takuya nodded, surprised at what he was seeing. "Yeah… I think so."

"We're fine, but… how did you become a Digimon, Dash?" Andy asked, surprised.

"I think the Spirit… The Warrior of Wood reacted to him when he showed his bravery and determination to protect you guys," Dorumon guessed.

Takuya perked up at that. "Then he must have been chosen to wield the Spirits." It's similar to how my friends and I got our Spirits before.

"Thanks for snapping us out of that," The goggle-wearing boy added.

"No problem, but the battle isn't over yet," Arbormon pointed out. "WaruMonzaemon is still standing."

"He won't be for long," Andy said before he wrote something on a sticky note he pulled out of his pocket. "Dorumon?"

"Yeah," Dorumon spat out an iron ball, before handing it to Andy.

Andy placed the sticky note onto the iron ball. "Okay, now toss it!"

Dorumon threw the iron ball at WaruMonzaemon before his forehead gem glowed. The ball changed into an iron arrow. The arrow pierced right through the bear's chest, causing it to scream out in pain.

"That should weaken him enough for you to attack," Andy said to Arbormon.

Arbormon nodded. "Thanks, Andy!" He then turned to WareMonzaemon. "Roundhouse Punt!" The kick hit WaruMonzaemon in the chest, causing the bear's form to turn black as fractal coding came out of his form.

Arbormon was surprised, but Andy, Dorumon, and Takuya were not.

"That's his fractal code!" Takuya exclaimed. "You need to scan it before he can be purified, or return to normal!"

The Warrior of Wood approached the blacked out form and pulled out the device. Arbormon held it up before he pressed a button on the side and the symbol for Wood appeared on the screen. "Time for you to sleep in the grip of the trees! Fractal Code, Digitize!" Arbormon scanned the coding, only for it to enter the D-Tector when it was done. All that was left now was a pile of teddy bears and a group of unconscious ToyAgumon.

"Whoa… are those my teddy bears?" Arbormon asked, seeing the teddy bears on the ground.

"Why do you even have teddy bears?" Andy groaned.

Coding surrounded Arbormon, returning him to his normal human form of Dash. Dash collapsed to his knees, feeling exhausted for some reason, as well as really hungry. "How did I do that? And why am I so tired now?"

"That tends to happen after you spirit evolve the first time," Takuya chuckled. "It gets easier buddy."

"Spirit evolve…? You mean… like how you did?" Dash asked, surprised, before looking down at his D-Tector. "This is awesome!"

"Yep. The very same." Takuya confirmed. He then grinned. "And yeah, it can be awesome, especially because you have heightened senses and are stronger than a human."

"That's cool that Dash can become a Digimon now, but… that doesn't really answer why my D-Tector is so different compared to yours and Dash's," Andy said, looking at his D-Tector. "And why I can't turn into a Digimon myself."

Takuya looked at Andy's 'D-Tector' and frowned. "I don't know, but as I said, Ophanimon wouldn't send you a Digimon partner if she didn't have a plan in place." But why is Andy's 'D-Tector' different anyways?

"Are you disappointed that you can't turn into a Digimon yourself, Andy?" Dorumon asked with a small frown.

Andy looked at Dorumon before shaking his head. "It would be cool to be a Digimon, but then I wouldn't have a great partner like you watching my back."

Dorumon blushed at the comment, making Dash and Takuya chuckle. "Looks like Dorumon is blushing~" The older cousin teased.

"H-hey! I am not!" Dorumon squeaked.

"Ugh…"

Everyone turned their attention to the ToyAgumon that were just waking up.

"What hit me…?" One of them asked.

Takuya wasn't sure what to expect, but he still stood up and made his way over to them. "You… were attacked. And then one of the Legendary Warriors saved you."

"We were saved, by a Legendary Warrior?" One of the ToyAgumon asked as Takuya nodded.

"Which one?" Another piped up.

"Ah… it was this wooden android-like Digimon," Takuya replied. "He called himself Arbormon."

Dorumon walked up to the ToyAgumon. The ToyAgumon looked a little relieved to see another Digimon here.

"So what happened to you guys? What were you doing here?" Dorumon asked.

"Oh… we…" The ToyAgumon looked around for a moment. "We… don't know. Where are we anyways?"

"Yeah, the last thing I remember was playing with Monzaemon, and the next thing I know, we were all in sudden pain and agony…" Another ToyAgumon answered, shivering.

"You guys are in the human world," Dorumon replied. "But I don't know how you got here."

"The bigger question is, how will we send them back to the Digital World?" Andy grumbled. "We can't have these ToyAgumon running around."

"There was something…" A ToyAgumon said. "There was some kind of weird light that we fell into before we ended up here."

"Takuya, didn't you say that a Trailmon was able to take you from the Digital World and back here?" Andy asked. "Do you think maybe we could contact a Trailmon or something to take these guys back?"

Takuya perked up and looked at Andy. "I think we could try. I never tried that before myself, but it's worth a shot." He then looked back at town. "But they will have to go to the train station. Underneath the station was where the Trailmon terminal was located. The elevator would go down to the Trailmon terminal, where there should be a Trailmon waiting for them."

He then took out his D-Tector and began to press buttons on it before he managed to get the symbol of Ophanimon to appear. "Hello, Warrior of Flame."

"Hey, Ophanimon!" Takuya grinned. "Good to hear from you."

There was a chuckle from the other end. "Normally it is I who contact you. What changed that?"

"We… have a bit of a situation… here in the real world…" Takuya began.

"I figured as much. While things are peaceful here in the Digital World… I fear that something is wrong. I have not heard from Seraphimon in a while, nor have I heard from Cherubimon," Ophanimon informed.

"Oh boy…" Takuya sighed. "If Seraphimon is missing, and so is Cherubimon, I can't help but wonder if Cherubimon was corrupted again."

"It was not that Cherubimon was corrupted. Seraphimon began to act a bit… odd before he disappeared. Cherubimon said he found Seraphimon's location and was going to see what was wrong, but then he too disappeared. But when I went to check the location, all I found were impact marks from Cherubimon's attacks and Seraphimon was nowhere to be found either." Ophanimon replied. "I can't say what had happened to them, but I am keeping a look out for them both."

"Whoa…" Andy and Dash were crowded around Takuya, looking at the screen of his D-Tector.

"So that's Ophanimon, right? I thought I recognized her voice." Andy grinned.

Takuya nodded. "Yeah. Hey, listen, we have some ToyAgumon who came to the real world through some kind of Digital Field, and we need you to send a Trailmon to the city of Amity Park to get them back to the Digital World. Think you can do that?"

"Of course," Ophanimon chuckled. "And I sensed you were not alone either. I am proud that a new Legendary Warrior has been chosen. And… that a new helper has come too." The image looked at Andy. "Andrew Fenton, you have been gifted with a great partner to help you out. Your 'D-Tector', as you call it, is what your partner uses to evolve. And you can use it to scan Digimon to save them and then gain their abilities to use, but as cards. This is called a D-Arc, and it is different from a D-Tector in that it can modify the Digimon whom you are partnered with, through the use of the cards I mentioned earlier."

"A D-Arc?" Andy gave a curious look at his device.

"The device is based on older Digidestined, those who saved the world, both Digital and the real world before you and your friends were called, Takuya. Back then, humans had Digimon partners to fight with them instead of becoming Digimon themselves. But they too…" Ophanimon paused for a moment. "Perhaps it would be best if you figured it out for yourselves in the future. I will send a Trailmon at the city of Amity Park. You'll meet one at the substation. Follow the map I will put into your D-Tector to find them."

Takuya nodded. "We will. And thanks." He gave a grin.

Ophanimon just chuckled again before the line went dead and Takuya looked at his two friends and Dorumon. "Well, you heard her! We have some ToyAgumon to send back!"

"I'm glad we get to go back home!" ToyAgumon cheered.

"What about those Digi-Eggs in your D-Tector, Takuya? Could you send them on the Trailmon?" Andy asked.

Takuya blinked before looking at his D-Tector again. "You know, that's not a bad idea." He then looked at Andy. "That's a good suggestion."

Takuya saw a holographic map appear on his D-Tector, showing him where the Trailmon was waiting. "Alright, everyone, follow me!"

The ToyAgumon began to follow Takuya.

"Weren't we supposed to be doing something earlier?" Dash asked.

"Hmm? Were we?" Andy blinked.

"C'mon, guys! We need to get the ToyAgumon home!" Takuya shouted back at them.

"It must not be that important," Dash shrugged.

"Hey, careful! Don't get separated from the group," Dorumon said, catching a smaller ToyAgumon before it accidentally wandered away. "I know the human world is fascinating, but you don't want to get lost out here."

Takuya waved Andy to follow. "Andy, I will need you and Dorumon to keep the ToyAgumon together. Can you help with that?"

"Uh… Sure." Andy ran over to help Dorumon with that task, forgetting all about what he had been wondering about.

Whenever they passed by someone, Takuya had to make the excuse they were using 'wind-up toys' to make a 'marching band', then the people would just pass them off as children playing around.

"It's a good thing these guys look like actual toys…" Dash muttered. "Though I can't say this is helping my reputation…"

"At least I don't have to stay hidden like this," Dorumon chuckled.

Takuya finally led them into the substation. "Wait… this substation is abandoned."

"Nobody at Amity Park uses the subway these days," Andy answered. "Because our city is pretty small, you can get anywhere quicker by car."

Takuya just nodded. "Well, it makes things easier for us then." He looked at the ToyAgumon. "This way we can keep these guys a secret now without anyone seeing us."

Dash chuckled. "Secrecy is the name of the game?"

Takuya chuckled as well. "You could say that~"

Then, not long after they got to the station, they heard a train's locomotive. It looked like a blue train with a single light dangling in front of its front. Andy and Dash noticed that this train looked to have a fish-like fin at the back of it.

"All aboard the Digital World express!" The train spoke.

This caused Andy and Dash to jump at the sudden speaking train.

"Alright, Angler!" Takuya grinned. "It's been a while!"

"Oh, it's good you see you too, Warrior of Flame!" Angler spoke back.

"Um… is this a Trailmon?" Andy asked as Takuya chuckled.

"Dash, Andy, meet Angler, one of the several Trailmon that serve the Digital World." Takuya said, which caused the two boys to stare in wonder, before he looked back at the ToyAgumon. "Well, guys, here's your ride back." He then held out his D-Tector and the two eggs of Frigimon and Meramon emerged. "And take care of these two eggs. They need to go back too."

"Of course, I will do my best to see they're well cared for when I get them back to the Digital World," Angler promised, speaking in that weird German accent.

"It's so weird… to see a train that's a Digimon…" Dash replied. "Is it safe to ride?"

"Of course, Trailmon are Digimon meant to give rides in the Digital World," A ToyAgumon answered. "And now we're going back home."

The ToyAgumon cheered as they all hopped into the car that was attached to Angler.

"You guys all take care now, and try not to fall into anymore strange glowing holes," Dorumon said as he waved at them.

Angler departed with a sounding of his horn before Takuya, Andy, Dash, and Dorumon finished waving once Angler was out of sight.

Takuya sighed. "That was insane." He then looked at Dash. "But awesome too, because now you are a Legendary Warrior too!"

"Yeah, I still can't believe it myself. It's like I fell asleep at the party and am having this weird hangover dream or something from the punch," Dash said, looking at his brown D-Tector.

"You do have to admit, it has been a crazy night. I mean those ToyAgumon came in, turned your teddy bears into WaruMonzaemon, and you turned into a Digimon yourself," Dorumon chuckled.

"Yeah, and let's not forget about that party crashing ghost that took over your… computer…" Andy frowned as he, Dorumon, Takuya, and Dash began to remember what was going on before the ToyAgumon came along.

All four screamed in sudden realization.

"I can't believe we forgot about that Technus ghost!" Takuya exclaimed as he smacked his head with his open palm. "We have to go back and help that Phantom ghost kid!"

The four of them began running out of the substation.

"I can't believe we forgot about a ghost attack again because of the Digimon! Is this going to be a regular thing with us!?" Andy groaned as they were running through the streets frantically.

"I hope not," Takuya grumbled before he looked at Dash. "One thing about this ghost Dash. Don't evolve, because this Technus can control data. Dorumon was the victim of it last time, and we don't know how it will affect our data, as in our fractal code."

Dash gulped. "O-okay." He gripped his D-Tector in his hand. "B-but if I can't evolve, then h-how can I fight a g-ghost?"

"First we need to find where Technus is!" Andy frowned. "I can't see him anywhere."

"I can probably try sensing him. That Technus left quite a trail when he formed that mecha body of his!" Dorumon suggested before his forehead gem glowed.

Andy looked down at his D-Arc, seeing a holographic compass appearing. A red arrow was pointing at east.

"According to this, we should go east," Andy said to Takuya and Dash.

Takuya nodded. "Okay, you lead the way, Andy." Dash gave a nod as well.

Andy nodded before he and Dorumon lead the way, since Dorumon could sense where Technus was via trail, and Andy's D-Arc was picking up what Dorumon was sensing, they knew where to go.

They headed into an alleyway, and came across a narrow road. They all stopped when they saw what looked like a pile of junk on the ground, with a computer monitor that was blinking 'error'.

"Okay… If that is supposed to be Technus, he's nothing but scrap now," Takuya noted with a raised eyebrow.

"Did someone already beat Technus?" Dash asked, looking around for the ghost in question.

"We have been busy for a while facing WaruMonzaemon and getting the ToyAgumon back to the Trailmon…" Andy commented. "Maybe Phantom already took him out."

"Makes sense," Takuya remarked. "I'm not sensing Technus anywhere near here."

Dash looked at Takuya in surprise. "You can sense ghosts?"

"And Digimon." Takuya confirmed. "It's probably different for you since you have the Spirits of Wood, but my Spirits of Flame let me know when a ghost or Digimon is nearby through a flash of heat in my body."

"Or maybe Dash hasn't had a chance to sense a ghost yet," Andy pointed out. "After all, he just got his Spirit."

Takuya chuckled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, I kinda forgot about that…"

"Well, whatever happened to Technus, he certainly left his smelly ghost residue all over this pile of junk," Dorumon snorted, rubbing his nose a bit.

Takuya sighed. "Well, what should we do now? I mean, we can't just leave this junk here."

Andy frowned. "You mean we have to haul all this back to the shed?"

"Well… if this is your parents' junk, who else is going to take responsibility for this?" Dash asked.

Andy sighed. "Great… We're going to be out here all night…"

Dorumon dug through the junk with his claws, before seeing something was still glowing green. He yelped as he stumbled back. "G-guys! I don't think all of it has been purified!"

Takuya, Andy, and Dash all looked back, only to see what Dorumon was talking about.

The glowing shaver from before rose up from the pile of junk, making a growling noise despite being an inanimate object.

"Are you freaking serious!?" Andy groaned.

"What do we have to do to get rid of that thing?!" Takuya growled.

"Just run!" Dash screamed as he grabbed Andy and Takuya before bolting, Dorumon quickly followed them.

The shaver morphed into a giant butcher knife and began to chase them down.

Titanic X: ZAFT: There will be more Tamers and Digimon as time goes on. ;)

Luna Lillyth: DarkFoxKit: Well, to be fair, Technus picked the right twin this time. Remember, Danny never fought with Technus here in this story, Andy, Dorumon, and Takuya did.

ZAFT: And yes, Dorimon is so cute and funny when he acts like a plushy~