Digital Phantom

by ZAFT Convoy

Three worlds coexist side by side yet never interacting; one of life, one of death, and one artificial. Twins Andy and Danny are roped in when an accident occurs and a relative returns from Japan. But the twins are on opposite sides; Danny on the world of death, Andy on the artificial. Can they find out how the three worlds rely on each other? Or will they fall to an enemy in wait?

29. A Concert to Remember

DarkFoxKit: Alright, unless you have something to announce, I think we should just get into the chapter.

ZAFT: No, nothing to announce. Other than I had my birthday on Sunday. :P

Andy: Happy birthday, ZAFT. *pushes a present toward ZAFT*

ZAFT: What is it? *Opens present*

*Inside the present was Takuya all wrapped up and gagged*

Andy: I figured since you like Takuya, I could give him to you as a birthday present.

ZAFT: That's… nice… ^^' *Takes gag off of Takuya*

Takuya: Wait until I get my hands on Andy…

DarkFoxKit: How did Andy even wrap you up in a gift?

Takuya: He jumped me and did this to me! Danny helped him too…

DarkFoxKit: Oh gosh, Andy recruiting his half ghost brother to help, no wonder you didn't stand a chance. XD

Takuya: *Grumbles* I need to get some payback… Those two are a menace when they work together!

ZAFT: XD

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Chapter 29: A Concert to Remember

"Hmm?" Dorimon blinked, sniffing the air.

"What is it? Is it another ghost?" Andy asked.

"No…" Dorimon said, still sniffing.

"What is it?" Danny asked.

"I smell someone familiar," Dorimon answered, before looking over at the window that was currently closed. "Yeah, over there."

At the same time, they heard someone knocking on their window. Danny and Andy looked at their window, surprised to see Sam was there.

Danny blinked. "Sam?! What are you doing here?"

"Open up!" Sam yelled through the window.

Andy opened up the window, seeing Sam had brought a ladder with her in order to reach their second floor window. Danny helped Sam into the room so she wouldn't fall to the floor as soon as she stepped inside.

"I came here so we could find a way to stop Ember," Sam explained after she got into the room.

"We already have a plan, we were just about to leave for the concert," Andy informed.

Sam blinked. "Really? What's the plan then?"

"We're going to talk to Ember," Dorimon answered.

Sam raised an eyebrow. "... Just… talk to her?"

"That's the plan," Danny confirmed.

"But she's an evil ghost. Do you really think she'd listen to anything you have to say?" Sam asked, skeptical.

"She may be a ghost, but that doesn't make her evil. She was once human, and she can be reasoned with," Andy pointed out.

Danny then looked at Sam. "We were able to reason with Poindexter to get my body back." He added.

Sam frowned a bit. "That is true…"

"We have to at least give it a try," Andy said. "If Ember decides to fight back anyways, then we'll capture her and take her back to the Ghost Zone. Though we hope it doesn't come down to that."

"We should hurry, Ember's concert will start soon," Danny said.

"Think you'll be able to carry three people?" Dorimon asked. "Well, two people and a small Digimon?"

Danny nodded. "I think I can, as long as Andy holds onto you, Dorimon."

"Then let's do this," Sam remarked.

"Going ghost!" Danny held up his arms as he summoned the ring of light that appeared on his torso, then split horizontally across his body, changing him into his black and white ghost form.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to that," Andy said, rubbing his eyes a little.

Danny looked at Andy. "Well, you will."

He then reached out and picked up Sam and Andy, making sure to wait until Andy had Dorimon in his grasp before taking flight. Danny turned himself, and his passengers intangible before flying through the wall and out into the open sky.

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When BurningGreymon saw the Amity Stadium, he was surprised to see so many people there that he didn't even realize this small town called Amity Park even had this many people living in it. He landed a good distance away in order to keep himself hidden before he let the fractal code surround him and he slide-evolved to his Human Spirit form of Agunimon. It was best to play it safe in case things went downhill when they tried talking to Ember. If he reverted to human, it would waste time and leave him vulnerable while he evolved.

Peeking out, Agunimon frowned to himself. How can I get in without being seen? I know I could sneak in, but there are so many guards, not to mention humans around...

"What are you doing here?" A voice suddenly spoke up, surprising Agunimon.

Agunimon saw a 'person' standing nearby. The 'person' was wearing a thick coat around their 'fat body', and a large hat over their head. Their 'hair' was twitching a little uncomfortably behind them. They had very thick gloves on their hands, and huge boots on their feet.

The Warrior of Flame watched the 'person' warily. "I was just trying to find a way into that building… Why?" Agunimon asked, narrowing his eyes slightly.

"I was just wondering… most Digimon seem to be evacuating Amity Park since this Ember ghost came in. The last Digimon who tried to challenge her was turned into an egg," The 'person' stated, not seeming to care about his disguise around another fellow Digimon. "So I was surprised to see another Digimon here."

"I'm a Legendary Warrior." Agunimon replied. "I can't just sit back and run when this Ember ghost is threatening others. Wait, if other Digimon are evacuating, why are you here? You're obviously a Digimon."

"It's that obvious? … Oh, well, I guess I wasn't trying to hide it from you," The Digimon sighed. "I… can't leave, not until I accomplish my mission, or my data will be terminated."

Agunimon frowned at hearing that. "Your… mission?" He was hesitant to ask, because he wasn't sure he would like the response.

"To capture Cherubimon," The Digimon answered. "I know he's here."

Hearing that, Agunimon felt his body tense up. This Digimon is after Lopmon?! He remembered overhearing Jazz and Lopmon talking and the revelation that Lopmon was Cherubimon. "Why are you after Cherubimon?" Agunimon asked, although his tone of voice came out a bit harsher than he intended.

"Because my master wants me to capture him," The Digimon replied. "Cherubimon was a menace… maybe he isn't right now, but who's to say that him digivolving into Cherubimon won't corrupt him again? Besides, I don't have a choice. I either take Cherubimon to my master, or I get terminated."

Agunimon was torn on what to do now. He had to help with Ember yes, but there was this Digimon basically saying he wanted to kidnap Jazz's partner. The Warrior of Flame looked back at the stadium before looking back at the Digimon behind him. "..."

"Legendary Warrior Agunimon, you have battled with Cherubimon before, surely you can understand why I must do this," The Digimon stated, seeming to remember who Agunimon was.

Deep down, Agunimon did understand, but from what he had seen personally, he wasn't so inclined to believe it was the case. Finally, he sighed before looking back at the Digimon again.

"I have been keeping an eye on Cherubimon." He informed the Digimon. "But he doesn't seem to be causing any trouble."

The Digimon was about to reply to that, when suddenly his 'hair' lifted up, showing they were actually ears. "I see him."

Agunimon turned quickly, seeing Jazz holding Lopmon and running around the stadium, likely trying to find a way backstage.

Turning back to the Digimon, Agunimon took on a glare. "The fact is, Lopmon has a partner, the human girl with him. And, although I am a Digimon and I help protect the Digital World, I won't let anyone attack one of the Celestial Digimon."

The Digimon frowned as he looked at Agunimon.

Neither noticed a certain African-American boy walking over to them.

Tucker had decided to go to this concert since he figured Danny would be there, and would need his help. However, when he got there, he didn't expect to see Agunimon, who seemed to be talking to a strange, chubby looking person. But whatever was going on, it seemed intense. The curious boy moved closer to them, though neither noticed him.

"I have to do this, Agunimon, I don't have a choice! If you're going to stand in my way, then I'm afraid we'll have to fight. I rather be turned into a Digi-Egg by you than have my data terminated!" The Digimon snapped, sounding desperate.

Agunimon seemed to be taken aback by that declaration, as he actually took a few steps back. "W...what?" He then held up his hands. "Wait… Let's not get hasty here! I'm sure we can come to some sort or resolution."

"What can we even do? There's nothing! Master is merciless and cruel, he won't stand for anything other than a mission accomplished!" The Digimon snapped before holding out his 'gloved hands' at Agunimon.

Seeing there was no other option, Agunimon finally sighed before he fell into his fighting stance, he had been hoping to avoid fighting, but he didn't have a choice. The Digimon was going crazy from desperation.

"Gargo Pellets!" The Digimon shot out green bullets from the gloves, destroying the gloves easily, revealing his 'hands' were actually guns.

Agunimon jumped up before pushing off the wall of the building and flipping in the air. As he came down to earth from his jump, the other Digimon kicked out with his right foot towards the attacking Digimon's face.

Tucker was shocked when he saw the 'person' turned out to be a Digimon too, and was fighting against Agunimon. They were still pretty far from the stadium thankfully, but the fighting was bound to cause some unwanted attention.

The Digimon moved around Agunimon before punching Agunimon's chest with his gun hands, while also shooting with his Gargo Pellets, causing more damage to Agunimon than if the Digimon had just punched him.

Agunimon yelped as he was slammed into the building, creating an imprint of his body in the brick exterior. His chest armor was singed from the Gargo Pellets attack, as was his face mask. "Ugh…" Shaking his head, he looked up, angry now. He pushed off the building, fire encasing his fists."Pyro Punch!"

The fiery punches hit the Digimon directly, burning off what clothes were his disguise. Agunimon landed and turned to face the other Digimon.

The clothes that the Digimon was wearing had burnt off, due to not being able to withstand Digimon attacks. Though the pants remained untouched. The Digimon growled as he threw off what remained of his clothing, as well as the shoes. Now that the Digimon was in full view, Agunimon could see this was a Gargomon, but that wasn't all. He could see scars on the Gargomon's chest and arms, there was a tearing gash mark on his right leg pants. When a Digimon's clothes had a tear, it was a scar, since their clothes were a part of them.

Agunimon was shocked at what he was seeing. "You…" Now he was even more reluctant to fight, but if this Gargomon was still willing to fight, Agunimon knew he had to finish the fight. "You're hurt…"

Tucker was surprised too, he didn't know that much about Digimon, but he knew they, like ghosts, usually healed pretty fast. He had never seen any of Agunimon's scratches or torn armor remain after a tough battle, so to see this poor rabbit-like Digimon, with guns for hands, which Tucker might add was freaking amazing, was heartbreaking.

"This is my punishment for failing my mission," Gargomon answered. "Everyone who fails will get punished, until they are destroyed and absorbed."

Gargomon pulled back his hand guns. "Agunimon, I know you're powerful, but my desperation makes me strong as well. Let's see how you stand up to this!"

Gargomon lowered his hand guns on the ground before blasting out his bullets, which launched him into the air. Agunimon looked up, seeing that Gargomon was diving towards him, intending to rapid fire on him and the streets. However, to Agunimon's horror, he wasn't the only one in the immediate area. He noticed movement from the corner of his eye, and turned his head to see Tucker there, who was looking surprised.

Gargomon was about to fire his bullets when he noticed Tucker in the blasting range. Agunimon was about to do something when suddenly, Gargomon flipped himself over and landed on his hand guns in a handstand.

Agunimon turned when he heard something behind him, seeing Gargomon had stopped his attack and was now standing on his hand guns.

Gargomon fell on his stomach after a few seconds.

"Uh… am I… interrupting something?" Tucker timidly asked.

Agunimon didn't look at Tucker, but he did answer. "No… Not really…" Why did he stop his attack? Was it because of Tucker?

Gargomon pushed himself back onto his feet and frowned, looking at Tucker. "Human, what are you doing here? Why did you not run away during our battle? I could have seriously hurt you back there."

"Um… Well…" Tucker blushed a bit. "I was too intrigued in your fight…"

"You… are an odd one…" Gargomon stated.

"But look at you! You're a big rabbit with pants and guns for hands! That is so cool!" Tucker geeked out, before whipping out his PDA and snapping a picture of Gargomon.

Seeing that, Agunimon couldn't help but chuckle at Tucker's nerdiness taking hold.

Gargomon stared at Tucker. "Aren't you scared of me?"

Tucker gave Gargomon a cocky look. "Hey, I fight ghosts. I'm not scared of them, so why would I be scared of you?"

"You fight ghosts? Humans can't fight ghosts…" Gargomon frowned in confusion.

"I do it with the help of my friends. Two of them are from a family of ghost hunters, so I use some of their parents' equipment." Tucker explained.

Before Gargomon could ask, three figures suddenly appeared in front of them. This made Agunimon, Tucker, and Gargomon jump back in shock.

"Uh… sorry, we saw you guys fighting and talking, and just thought we should be here for back up?" Danny chuckled sheepishly.

"I told you they could work things out," Andy said. Assuming my vision was right about Tucker and Gargomon.

Agunimon definitely was a bit freaked out at the sudden appearance of Andy, Sam, Phantom, and Dorimon. "I… didn't realize you were there…" Geez… That really gave me a bit of a fright.

"You were too focused on each other to notice me," Danny chuckled.

"Oh my gosh, what happened to you?" Sam asked Gargomon in concern, seeing the scars he had.

"This is my punishment. It's best if you leave it alone," Gargomon said lowly.

Sam frowned before she suddenly glared at Agunimon. "Why did you have to give him those scars?"

Agunimon stared at Sam in shock. "What makes you think I did that?! He had those when we began to fight!"

"It's true, Agunimon didn't give me these scars, my master did," Gargomon admitted.

Sam looked at Gargomon. "Your master?"

"The one I work for, the one who sent me here… the one who punishes me for failing my mission…" Gargomon frowned. "I… I might as well have failed. I can't keep this up anymore. I don't even want to take Cherubimon back if this is how the master will treat him."

"Then don't go back," Tucker spoke up.

"I have to…" Gargomon frowned.

"Why? If going back just means you'll get hurt or even killed, then I'd say you're better off staying here," Tucker pointed out.

"He'll come here, he'll find me," Gargomon shivered, looking terrified. "And punish me harshly for not returning."

Agunimon frowned here before he sighed and closed his eyes. He had made up his mind. He then opened his eyes and looked at Gargomon. "If your master does come here, he will have to deal with me."

Gargomon looked at Agunimon in surprise. "Are you… sure? He's really strong, even for a Legendary Warrior like you."

Agunimon nodded. "I'm sure. I've fought against stronger Digimon, so I can handle myself." And if I have to, I can use even my Fusion form.

"But will you be alright on your own?" Sam asked in concern.

"I don't know… I guess I'll have to find someway to live with humans and hope my master doesn't come for me…" Gargomon frowned.

"Hey, if you want, you could probably crash at my place later. I have all sorts of stuff that you could easily blend into. A big rabbit with gun-like hands would seem normal to my parents… well, as long as they think you're stuffed anyways," Tucker offered.

"It might be best to go with Tucker, our house isn't the safest for Digimon unless you're small," Dorimon spoke up. "And you might still be… uneasy around Lopmon."

"And my house isn't the best because… well… my parents are very particular about what I have in my room, and are more likely to investigate you for bugs or bombs," Sam sighed.

Agunimon looked at Gargomon. "I think it's best you went with the boy as well. He's a good kid." He then reached up and rubbed one of his shoulders. "Those blasts of yours sure hit me hard…"

"Heh… I… was pretty desperate," Gargomon sheepishly chuckled.

"But you didn't attack when you saw Tucker." Danny smiled. "That shows you didn't give up your humanity… err… Digimonity…?"

Agunimon chuckled at hearing that. "I think you could call it humanity."

Gargomon gave a proud smile before putting his gun hands on his hips and puffed out his chest. "Of course, what kind of Digimon would I be if I would be willing to hurt children? I'd be no better than Cherubimon when he was corrupted."

Agunimon smiled at hearing that. "That's good to hear. If you had, I would have had no choice but to take your fractal code, and I don't like to do that unless it's necessary."

"Yeah… though I guess I wouldn't mind being a Digi-Egg at this rate… being reborn and forgetting everything sounds wonderful right now…" Gargomon sighed.

"You… forget everything if you turn back into an egg?" Sam asked.

"That's what usually happens when a Digimon is reborn," Dorimon explained. "Their memories of their past incarnation are wiped clean, so they can start over on a clean slate when they are reborn. Though there are a few, very rare exceptions that a Digimon reborn can still remember their past life."

Agunimon had to agree. "I have had to purify Digimon before, and they are reborn because of it."

"Well, that won't be necessary," Tucker spoke up. "Cause I can tell you're a good Digimon, it'd be a shame if you had to forget all that. Besides, you need to make it up to Lopmon later, how would you do that if you forget everything?"

Agunimon had to admit, Tucker had a point. He looked at Gargomon. "I think he has a point. Besides, it would be better if I didn't scan your code, because it would be wrong to do so when you are not actually evil."

Gargomon sighed before nodding. "I'll… see if I can salvage the mercy you have given to me. But my master is still a threat. Just… be careful if you really do plan on fighting him."

There were sudden lights that came on the stadium, it was so bright they could see it despite being a bit far away.

"As much as I like having this moment, guys, we really should get to the stadium if we want to stop Ember," Andy spoke up.

Agunimon frowned a bit. "Yeah. We need to move or her concert will go global, which will make her more powerful."

"If… if I can be of any help… then I will try," Gargomon spoke up.

Tucker smiled. "Your guns should come in handy in case things get ugly~"

"Tucker, this isn't Doomed, please try to refrain from shooting at things to solve the problem." Sam rolled her eyes.

Tucker gave a pout. "Way to ruin the mood, Sam…" He then froze again. "Ruin. A verb or noun. In verb use, refers to bringing something down to destruction; as a noun, refers to old buildings and complexes left behind by past civilizations." Tucker then shook his head. "Wow… I gotta stop doing that."

"What was that?" Sam asked.

"He's still feeling the effects of that cramtastic computer session we forced him into," Andy sighed, when he had gone to get Takuya earlier to check out the laptop, Takuya told him about what happened to Tucker.

Agunimon gave a bit of a wince at hearing that, not that it was seen by anyone. Yeah… That was a pretty dumb move...

"Oh gosh, I actually forgot about that! I'm so sorry, Tucker!" Sam apologized.

"It's fine, besides this isn't the time for guilt, we need to move," Tucker spoke up, reminding the group about their objective.

Danny frowned a little. "I can probably phase us though, but I can only take so many people with me at a time."

"You can take me. I can shut down the cameras and the lights before the broadcast goes live," Tucker suggested. He then froze once more. "Live. A verb. In verb form, describes the action of living, or showing something in real time." He then shook his head again. "I hope that doesn't become a habit…"

"Your mind needs time to process all that excess data before you can stop," Gargomon stated.

"Wait, how do you know that?" Tucker asked.

Gargomon put his hand guns on his hips and puffed out his chest proudly again. "I was also a tech support when I was working as one of Cherubimon's military soldiers. I worked alongside with a Datamon and learned a lot about data and how it transfers and processes in a creature's mind."

Tucker felt a big grin crossing his face at hearing that. "Wow! That's awesome!" He was getting all geeky again.

Danny chuckled nervously. "I think we just met Tucker's match for being a geek…"

Andy nodded, though he was also uncomfortable. His vision of Tucker getting Gargomon as a partner was starting to look more and more plausible now.

"Okay, so I can take Tucker with me, I can take another person as well," Danny said, getting back on track. "The rest will have to be on lookout in the crowd."

"Take Sam," Andy spoke up.

"What? Why?" Sam asked, surprised.

"You have the Fenton Thermos with you, right? And the earphones?" Andy asked.

"Uh, yeah, but that doesn't answer the 'why'," Sam pointed out.

"I'm getting to it," Andy rolled his eyes. "You and Tucker are the only ones who don't have Digimon partners with you. As we told you on the way here, Sam, we want Danny to talk to Ember. To do that, he'll have to appear as least threatening to her as possible. She'll be able to sense Dorimon despite his small size, so she might see it as a threat if I'm near Danny. At least with you two, she won't know that he has back-up waiting in case she decides to fight."

Agunimon nodded. "Andy has a point. And if I was there, well… things would go to the gutter faster than we could salvage the situation."

"We'll stay in the crowd, and we'll only come up on the stage if you need us," Andy continued. "Gargomon will stay with us as well. I doubt the people will care if he's there considering nobody cared about the fighting between Ember and Etemon earlier until they started their sing off. They'll be too deep into Ember's spell."

"Wait… we forgot someone." Dorimon frowned. "Jazz and Lopmon, they got here before any of us did!"

Danny hissed. "We better move."

Agunimon nodded. "We should." With that, he began to make his way to the stadium.

Danny took Tucker and Sam's arms before he turned them invisible and flew towards the stadium. Andy looked at Gargomon. "Stick with us for now, okay? I'm sure things will get better for you if you do."

Gargomon smiled a bit. "I hope so…" Then he too began to head towards the stadium, following Agunimon.

"Oh boy…" Andy sighed.

"You going to be okay, Andy?" Dorimon asked.

"Yeah… I'm just… worried about how this will all turn out," Andy answered before he started heading towards the stadium. "If the crowd chants Ember's name, none of us are going to be immune to her song."

Dorimon looked at his partner. "It will be fine. I'm sure Danny will come up with something. And who knows? Maybe talking to her might work."

"Yeah… until you remember how our lives had gone so far. Something is going to go wrong," Andy sighed. "We… should at least be prepared for it."

Dorimon had to admit that Andy had a point.

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Danny phased Tucker and Sam to the backstage of the stadium. There was a security guard there who appeared to be asleep. While Danny could've easily gone past him while invisible, it did make it easier for him to only have to focus on intangibility with his friends. Danny phased through the door while hanging onto Tucker and Sam. However, Danny didn't see a certain Arbormon that was hiding behind the sleeping security guard.

"You sure that was a good idea, Jazz?" Arbormon asked.

"Considering how much easier it was for the ghost boy to get through when you knocked out that security guard, yeah," Jazz answered. "Besides, there was a chance the security guard would check inside and see them while they were focusing on trying to shut down everything."

Arbormon nodded. "Well, at least they can work without interruptions now."

"I'll admit, when I suddenly ran into you here, I was a little surprised. But Lopmon suggested we could work together to stop Ember," Jazz admitted.

"It's good when humans and Digimon can come together to stop a dangerous enemy," Lopmon agreed.

Jazz gave a smile before she turned upon hearing someone coming up on them. Her eyes landed on Agunimon's form as he came over to them, having seen them at the stadium. Arbormon also turned, seeing his fellow Digimon there as well.

"Well, about time you got here." Arbormon said before he noticed the battle marks on Agunimon's armor. "Wow… what happened to you?"

"Long story…" Agunimon sighed. "I will explain later."

"Jazz?" Andy spoke up when he reached the rest of them.

"Hey, Andy. Glad to see you could make it too," Jazz chuckled.

"I'm just glad you didn't try to break your way into the back," Andy remarked.

Lopmon looked up in alarm when he noticed the familiar Digimon behind Agunimon. "Gargomon? Is that you?"

"Yes… it's been a while, hasn't it, Cherubimon? Or… maybe I should call you Lopmon right now," Gargomon answered back a little timidly.

Lopmon looked nervous, which was understandable, but Agunimon made sure to put those fears to rest. "It's okay. He won't try anything while I'm here." The Legendary Warrior assured the Celestial Digimon.

"I'm a bit too tired to try anyways. I'm just here to help these guys out with Ember," Gargomon admitted. "You don't seem to be causing any trouble anyways."

Lopmon was not sure of what to make of that comment, but he decided to give Gargomon the benefit of the doubt for now. The Champion level Digimon looked quite exhausted anyway, not to mention had those injuries on his form.

"Don't worry, Gargomon is on our side," Dorimon reassured. "But we need to be here as backup."

"For what?" Arbormon asked.

Agunimon looked at Arbormon, Jazz, and Lopmon. "There is a plan in place to stop Ember. But if it doesn't work out, we will need to get involved."

"We're going to try to use ghost diplomacy," Andy spoke up.

Arbormon looked surprised.

"You're going to try to talk to Ember?" Arbormon asked. "But she's a ghost!"

"I'm not going to talk to Ember, I'm not crazy." Andy rolled his eyes. "We're going to have that ghost boy talk to her. He seems more than willing to help us out, and it would be easier for a ghost to negotiate with another ghost."

"I thought Danny was going to talk to her," Agunimon said in confusion.

"We… ran into the ghost boy along the way, and decided he would be a better candidate," Andy covered up.

"That sounds like a good idea, little bro!" Jazz quickly agreed.

Agunimon frowned at that, but didn't say anything else on the matter. We have more pressing issues anyway.

"Wait, where is Danny?" Agunimon questioned, remembering that Danny and Andy were supposed to come together, he saw the ghost boy, and he saw Sam and Andy, but he didn't see Danny with them.

"He's watching from in the stadium," Andy answered.

Before Agunimon could ask how Danny got in without a ticket, Jazz spoke up. "I gave him my ticket to use since I didn't plan on using it myself."

Agunimon nodded, seeming to accept Jazz's explanation. He then looked back at the security guard. "So, how are we going to get in?"

As if to answer his question, the door opened up. Danny and Sam looked at them.

"Tucker got the door's electronic locks to shut down, so you guys can come on in," Sam explained. "And hurry, before someone sees you."

Agunimon didn't hesitate to run inside, Arbormon, Lopmon, Jazz, Andy, Gargomon, and Dorimon right behind him. Once they were all inside, Sam shut the door.

"Haven't you been able to cut the power yet?" Andy asked Tucker when he approached the boy, who was working on a control panel.

"I'm trying. There's a lot of stuff here, and if I do something wrong, we're going to alert someone we're here," Tucker answered back. "This isn't like with trying to simply knock out a security camera with my PDA."

Sam walked over as well. "Well, we have to hurry. I mean, it shouldn't be that hard to shut down the power, right?" She reached out a hand towards a random button.

Sam ended up flipping a PA switch.

"Hey, be careful! You don't know much about how this works, Sam, you could've gotten electrocuted!" Tucker warned.

"This isn't the time to be arguing." Lopmon frowned.

Gargomon walked up to the control panel and frowned. "We should probably leave. The girl, Sam, was it? Just turned on the public announcement switch, everyone can hear what we're saying right now."

Tucker paled and looked at Sam with a glare. "Way to go, Sam!"

"Hey, I was trying to help!" Sam protested, seeming to flinch a bit under Tucker's glare.

"What are you all doing here!? Trying to ruin my concert!?" An angry voice shouted.

Everyone turned to see Ember glaring at them, she had quite a few security guards beside her as well.

"So much for sneaking in…" Agunimon growled. "This wasn't how it was supposed to go."

Tucker looked at Sam. "Yeah, so much for just being diplomatic."

"Bag them and gag them!" Ember demanded the security guards.

The security guards started to approach them. Arbormon and Agunimon were about to try to knock them out when Andy spoke up.

"Wait! Don't do anything, let them take us," Andy instructed.

The two Legendary Warriors were shocked at Andy's exclamation, but it worked out, because they were surprised long enough for the guards to grab both of them.

Of course, Agunimon and Arbormon could easily get out of the guards' hold, but Andy told them to let the guards take them. They both knew Andy usually knew what he was doing, so they decided to wait and see what would happen.

"You sure about this, Andy?" Dorimon asked when Andy was grabbed as well.

"Yes," Andy answered.

Jazz, Tucker, and Sam were quickly grabbed.

However, nobody seemed to want to try to grab the ghost boy. Ember knew it would be impossible for the human guards to keep their hold on a fellow ghost anyways.

"Why are you here, dipstick? You should know better than to try to interfere with me," Ember hissed.

Danny frowned, but he decided to try to go for the plan. "I'm not here to cause trouble, Ember, I only want to talk to you."

"Yet you had this entire group of humans and Digimon to try to sabotage my concert? As if I would listen to you!" Ember snapped.

"They… weren't trying to ruin it on purpose." Danny said, keeping to the plan. "It was just to get your attention."

"I don't take sabotaging lightly, dipstick. Nor do I do duets," Ember growled as she turned a knob on her guitar.

Danny's eyes went wide, knowing he had to get Ember out of here before she brainwashed his friends. The ghost boy flew at Ember, grabbed onto her arms so suddenly that Ember didn't have time to react before Danny turned them both intangible and flew them out of the stadium and into the night sky. He tossed Ember a little bit away before she could try to burn him for daring to grab her.

"The hell was that for!?" Ember snapped.

"Listen, Ember! This isn't the way to go about getting attention!" Danny exclaimed. "It isn't right!"

"I don't give two flying fish about 'right' and 'wrong'! My life was cut short before I could do what I aspired to do, and this is my way of getting back at the world!" Ember snapped before she strummed her guitar at Danny, sending sound waves at him.

Danny quickly flew away from the sound waves, barely dodging it. "I understand that you're angry. You wanted to be a rock star, and just started trying to be one when the house fire tragically killed you. I aspired to be an astronaut when the portal accident happened."

"You're still half alive, dipstick! You don't get to compare your own experience with mine!" Ember hissed, still trying to hit Danny with her guitar's sound waves.

Danny kept dodging the waves. "But I could've turned out just like you. People can still appreciate you, and you seem to still be able to be the rock star you wanted to be, just as a ghost rather than as a human. I'm sure you could still make it big by practicing just like when you were alive. But brainwashing people isn't the way to go! All that praise for you right now, the people chanting your name, it's all artificial. How do you know they actually like you for you or the music you're playing, the song you're pouring your heart- err… core into singing when you're mind controlling them in the process?"

"Chanting is what makes me stronger," Ember answered, though she wasn't yelling anymore, nor was she attacking as aggressively, but she was still trying to hit Danny.

Danny noticed it was getting easier to dodge her attacks, Ember was slowing down. "But is getting stronger really what you wanted, or is being a rock star, someone people can truly admire and appreciate, what you really want?"

Ember seemed to pause at hearing that, actually considering Danny's words. She had thought getting stronger was what she wanted, but now that she thought about it, it didn't seem like it was that important. But then she remembered the sing-off with that monkey man, Etemon or whatever he was called, and how she had been afraid of being forgotten. While taking over the world definitely had its appeal, it wasn't really what she wanted.

"I… I don't know…" Ember admitted at last.

"Then try to play your music without the mind controlling part. See if the people would actually like it. It would be more satisfying that way," Danny suggested.

"And what if they don't, dipstick? I'd be left forgotten, thrown out, just a washed up nobody." Ember frowned.

"That's what you'll be if you keep trying to mind control everyone. It'll work out for you now, but what if someone else comes along and breaks their spell? What happens to you then? Who are you to those people you've been mind controlling all this time?" Danny questioned.

Ember frowned some more. "That's true…" She was still unsure, but from what the ghost boy was saying, to actually try to win people over as a real rock star seemed more appealing now that she thought about it.

"I know you're worried about people not liking you or your music, Ember. But you do have to remember that people have to go through this before they can become a respectable rock star. Even the biggest stars has to start small. But the results would be all the more rewarding knowing you got there with your own talent rather than because of some ghostly power you had over people's minds. You have to put yourself out there, and keep trying until you finally hit that spark with people naturally," Danny said softly. "And who knows, maybe you'll also find some adults who would become fans of your music. Not every adult has to be a stick in the mud that hates rock music."

Ember found herself actually laughing at that last remark. "That's a good way of putting it, dipstick!"

"So will you at least try?" Danny asked.

Ember sighed. "Well… I'm a ghost now… would it be the same if I tried it like how I would if I was still human?"

"Well, when people die, they have regrets for not being able to accomplish something in life because they wouldn't be able to do it anymore," Danny started, before thinking. "But I would think it's usually because their spirits either move on to another dimension, or they're stuck in the Ghost Zone. But since you're here, able to move around freely, and even blend in with the human society… that means you're still able to accomplish what you want to do in life. So… I would say at least give it a shot. On the plus side, since you're a ghost, you don't have to worry about growing up and ruining your teen image."

Ember looked down, considering the ghost boy's words. For a while, things were tense as Ember mulled over Danny's words. Then, she smiled a bit. It was faint, but it was there. She looked back up at the ghost boy. "Heh… For that goody-two shoes hero you are, you're not bad, dipstick. Yeah, I'll give it a shot. I'll try to become a rock star without using mind control."

Danny smiled at that. "Then it's time to take that first step."

"What do you mean?" Ember asked.

Danny floated down onto the stage of the stadium. Ember followed him.

The security guards had brought the others from behind the stage. Andy smiled, seeing that his brother appeared to be successful.

"The first step is likely going to be the hardest for you, but you have to take it before you can start on that dream that you wanted in life," Danny stated before gesturing to the audience, who were watching them. "You'll have to snap everyone out of your spell."

Ember actually looked a bit nervous here, but she swallowed and began to play her guitar, but without the mind controlling spell on her song this time. "Let's see if this works then…"

"It worked?" Arbormon whispered in shock when he heard Ember was willing to snap the audience out of her spell.

For his part, Agunimon was also surprised, but he nodded. "Yeah… It appears it did…" So that's why Andy told us not to fight back, it was to give Danny the chance to talk to Ember.

Gargomon was standing beside them, though some security guards did grab him earlier, they didn't hang on to him for long due to his hands being literal guns. Though as long as Gargomon didn't make any hostile moves, the security guards decided to let the big bunny roam freely.

"It looks like things are working out the-" Gargomon suddenly frowned. "What the?"

Lopmon, Dorimon, Agunimon, and Arbormon felt a suddenly digital disturbance in the air. Agunimon noted it was similar to when DoruGreymon first came into the real world, as well as the other Digimon that suddenly appeared in their world.

"What's wrong?" Jazz asked, frowning when she noticed Lopmon was suddenly bristling.

"No…" Andy frowned when he looked down at Dorimon, seeing Dorimon hissing. "Not now…"

Agunimon was tense, looking around for the source of the energy. "Why does this seem to happen when something goes right?!"

"What's going on?" Arbormon asked. "Why do I feel a weird distortion of digital energy?"

"I… don't like the sound of that." Sam frowned.

Tucker heard his PDA going haywire. He dug into his pocket and brought it out, looking at it. He saw a bunch of 0s and 1s all over the screen. "... My PDA should be off right now."

"It's a Digital Portal…" Agunimon growled out.

"What's a Digital Portal?" Sam asked.

Suddenly, there was a bright light. A huge fog formed around the area, making it hard to see.

"What the heck?" Ember frowned before she hissed. "Digital beings, they're coming!"

Danny suddenly saw a red mist coming out of his mouth. It was rare he got that kind of mist even with Digimon around. He would have to figure it out later, because if a Digimon was coming, then the people were in danger.

Agunimon could sense something coming, but as to what Digimon it was, he had no idea.

A few Digimon suddenly came through the portal and into the fog. Then more came out, and more. Agunimon began to pale when he saw what appeared to be a large group coming out of the portal. They appeared to be wolf-like, having white fur with dark blue stripes. Though there were some minor differences between the two wolf-like Digimon groups, like how one of them had whiter fur while the other had a more blue tint to its fur. One had black claws while the other had pink claws.

"What have you done!?"

"Where are we!?"

"Did you bring us here, Gururumon!?"

"No, you're the ones who brought us here, Garurumon!"

How… Don't tell me this is like the Soulmon thing all over again… Agunimon thought as he felt his breath coming in quicker bursts. We barely escaped that one with minimal damage last time...

"What's going on?" Andy asked.

"Whoever those are, they sound pretty angry," Gargomon commented.

Then a shadow approached them. Everyone tensed up, before they saw a small Digimon looking at them. It was a small bi-pedal form that had a yellow body and wore what looked like a pelt that looked like the fur of a Garurumon or Gururumon, and it had one horn on its head along with red eyes. On its stomach was an odd circle pattern that was a mix of two colors, pink and blue.

"What the?" Arbormon questioned.

"Is that a Digimon?" Tucker asked.

The security guards let go of everyone and quickly backed away, they weren't paid enough for this.

Andy pulled out his D-Arc as Dorimon's eyes glowed. A hologram of the Digimon showed up. "Gabumon is a Reptile Digimon. Although it is covered by a fur pelt, it is still clearly a Reptile Digimon. Due to its extremely timid and shy personality, it always gathers up the data which Garurumon leaves behind, and shapes it into a fur pelt to wear. It's a Rookie level, and a Data type."

Sam blinked. "It's a reptile? That's odd. I thought it looked like a miniature version of those wolf-like ones we saw earlier."

"That's probably because of the fur it's wearing…" Tucker guessed.

Then a large wolf Digimon landed in front of them. It was huge, and looked rather intimidating. Tucker, Sam, Andy, and Jazz backed away from it.

The hologram on Andy's D-Arc changed to the wolf. "Garurumon is an Animal Digimon. It is covered in blue, white, and silver-colored fur as hard as "Mithril", which is called a legendary rare metal, and since the blades growing from the tips of its shoulders have sharp edges, anything that touches them is cut to pieces. Champion level, and Data type."

Agunimon fell into a fighting stance, not wanting to take a chance of anyone getting hurt. As it stood, as he was one of the Legendary Warriors, he was hoping his presence would keep the Garurumon from attacking, along with the presence of Arbormon.

"Nice doggy," Arbormon said.

"Humans? Why are there humans here?" Garurumon questioned.

"It can talk!?" Tucker yelped.

Sam elbowed Tucker. "It's a Digimon, of course it can talk, you idiot."

Agunimon made sure to ignore the two humans behind him. "This is the human world, what did you expect?" He asked, his tone a bit harsher than he intended. "And what are you doing here?"

"The human world!?" Garurumon suddenly shouted.

Then another wolf Digimon that looked very similar, but also slightly different to Garururmon, tackled Garurumon. The Gabumon whimpered before it ran in a different direction. The slightly different 'Garurumon' looked at the group and sniffed them.

"Humans…" The wolf frowned.

Lopmon looked at the Digimon as Jazz's D-Arc reacted. She looked at it curiously. "This… is a different Digimon? … Gururumon is a Beast Digimon. A Beast Digimon that is very similar to Garurumon. As a fiendish Digimon that lives in the dark, it is a nuisance who causes trouble everywhere. Champion level, Virus type."

Agunimon felt his Digimon side beginning to emerge more, as he gave a glare to the Gururumon and bared his sharp fangs, a low, almost inhuman growl escaping his throat as he did so.

Jazz looked over at Agunimon at hearing the sound he was making, and it sent shivers down her spine. W-what is going on with Agunimon?

Another Gabumon was beside this Gururumon, however instead of the Garurumon fur that the last one had, this one had a Gururumon fur instead.

"Is what you say true, Legendary Warrior? This is the human world?" Gururumon demanded.

Hearing the question seemed to snap Agunimon out of whatever state he was in, as the feral look in his eyes seemed to fade. He did lower his head a bit, never taking his gaze off the Gururumon. "It is." He confirmed. But he never dropped his guard, standing so he could jump in and protect the humans if it came down to it.

Gururumon let out an angry howl before it turned around, not seeming to care about them. "You Garurumon Pack! You did this! You caused a tear between the human world and the digital world and caused us to end up here!"

Another Garurumon howled back. "It was you Gururumon Pack! We got sent here because of you tearing the barrier apart!"

Gururumon gave a roar. "Chaos Blaster!" Intense blue flames came out of its maw, firing at the Garurumon in the fog.

Agunimon could hear people screaming from the fire.

"Howling Blaster!" A Garururmon retaliated, firing its own blue flames back at them.

Andy, Jazz, Sam, and Tucker all hissed from the intense flames, feeling the embers against their clothes and skin. Andy and Jazz's D-Arcs glowed quickly. Dorimon quickly became Dorumon. Then both Lopmon and Dorumon glared in anger that their partners were hurt.

"DIGIVOLUTION"

Dorumon was surrounded by fractal code as he felt the energy of Andy's will fill him. His skin began to peel away from his face and head, then his stomach and his tail was last to lose the skin. But as he regained his skin, his claws and legs came back first, then his wings came back with skin, flaring open to reveal their larger size, his tail swung around once as it regained the skin, and then his head and face were last to regain their skin. "Dorugamon!"

Lopmon began to lose his own skin, on his face, and then his legs lost their skin as well. His ears also lost their skin before his skin began to come back, but on his legs and feet first. Lopmon's legs gained shoes and yellow pants with a belt and yellow top that matched, two blades appeared as his hands regained their skin and red gloves, grasping the blades in both hands. The skin on Lopmon's head and face came back, just as a blue bandanna appeared around his neck as well. "Turuiemon!"

Andy, seeing that his partner was in his Champion form, quickly got on his back. Dorugamon quickly flew up into the air to try to get a better look at what was going on. The fog made it difficult to see, but Andy could see a lot of blue fire going through the fog. He could see several figures of Garurumon and Gururumon fighting with each other. "There's a lot of them."

Danny and Ember flew up as well, likely to get away from the crossfire.

"Andy!" Danny flew over to Dorugamon. "What's going on?"

"I think something happened to the barrier between this world and the digital world," Andy said.

"The Garurumon and Gururumon pack appear to be at war with each other, and that war was brought out here when they fell through the portal," Dorugamon spoke up.

Ember frowned. "So we have a Digimon war here? Great…"

"More like a tribe war," Andy remarked.

"What do we do? There's too many of them, and the people could get hurt if this goes on," Danny asked.

That's a good question. Andy frowned. "We've never had to deal with a tribal war between Digimon before…"

Meanwhile, Turuiemon, Agunimon and Arbormon got in front of the humans to protect them. Gargomon was the only other Digimon behind them, frowning. This wasn't his fight, he was weakened, he shouldn't have to fight. At least that was what Gargomon was telling himself.

Agunimon was able to stop the fires pretty easily, but Arbormon was having a more difficult time due to being made of wood. Turuiemon was using his Gauntlet Claws to try to push back the Gururumon and Garurumon that got too close.

Gargomon knew he could just leave it to these three to protect the humans, but it just didn't feel right that he sat back and did nothing as well. After all, Cherubimon himself was one of those fighting, even if he was not at his Mega level.

"This isn't good. If we don't stop this war between the two packs, they're going to destroy everything around them!" Turuiemon hissed.

Agunimon growled. "Tell me something I don't know. But what can we do to stop it?! It's not like this is the Human-Beast Digimon Civil War."

"The what now?" Sam asked.

"This really isn't the time to be asking questions," Turuiemon sighed.

"But what happened at that war? Maybe it could help us solve this one," Jazz pointed out.

"It won't," Agunimon frowned. "In that war, the Digimon were being tricked and manipulated by an evil Digimon. There isn't anyone like that this time, they're just having a war between packs."

"Like real live wolf packs. If there is more than one pack in a territory, they will fight with each other like a war, and the dominant pack will take the territory while the defeated pack leaves, or become food for the winner," Tucker explained.

Agunimon growled again before a thought crossed his mind. It was a long shot, but he had seen it with the Lunch Lady ghost before, so maybe it would work. "What would the two packs do if someone with more power showed up?"

"It's hard to say, it depends on what they're willing to fight for," Turuiemon answered. "They may fight back if they feel threatened."

So much for that plan… Agunimon thought grimly.

Then a Garurumon fell in front of them. Turuiemon was unable to push it away in time because three Gururumon were right there, glaring at the fallen Garurumon.

"No! Move!" Turuiemon shouted.

"Chaos Blaster!" The three Gururumon shot out their intense flames, combining into a much stronger, much more deadly attack.

Arbormon had to move away quickly since he would burn up faster than the other Digimon. Turuiemon grabbed onto Jazz to get her out of there. Agunimon managed to grab Sam and moved, but he couldn't grab Tucker as well.

Tucker gasped as he was staring at the incoming flames in horror. It was almost beautiful, to watch what could be his own death coming right for him. Agunimon gasped as he looked back at the boy he accidentally left behind. Danny and Andy were too far away, they likely couldn't even see what was going on due to the fog.

However, just as the Chaos Blaster hit the poor Garurumon, instantly turning him into a Digi-Egg, the remnants of the fire started to come over to Tucker. Gargomon stepped in front of Tucker. Using his bigger body as a shield. Gargomon knew he wouldn't have been fast enough to push the boy out of the way, so instead, he moved in front of the boy to protect him.

Agunimon landed, but when he looked back to see if Tucker was okay, not only was the boy fine, but what he saw shocked the Legendary Warrior. For what he saw was Gargomon protecting Tucker. It was almost surreal, seeing how the bunny Digimon was willing to protect a human he had just met.

Tucker, for his part, was surprised when he didn't feel the flames on his body. Looking up upon seeing a shadow over him, the African American techno-geek was shocked to see Gargomon was using his own body to protect him. "G-Gargomon…?!" Tucker was at a loss for words

Gargomon let out a loud scream as his body was coated in flames. Tucker shut his eyes. Agunimon put Sam down and started running to Gargomon in hopes of helping him. The Chaos Blasters had already hit the poor Champion, and he was crying out so loud that it was hurting Agunimon's ears. Still, he kept running, hoping to save Gargomon.

"GARGOMON!" Agunimon shouted as he ran the distance to the burning Champion level.

Gargomon's fractal code appeared around his body, and his body itself was starting to blur as the data was starting to fade.

"No! Don't die, Gargomon! We were going to do so much together!" Tucker cried out, seeing Gargomon's body start to blur.

Tucker, remembering Gargomon was made of data, quickly tried to save him using his PDA. He dug out his PDA in a desperate attempt to save him. "PLEASE! DON'T DIE!"

Gargomon's fractal code reacted to Tucker's PDA, and began to surround the PDA. The PDA itself glowed before it changed its shape, a shape that looked more like Andy and Jazz's D-Arcs. It was a dark grey body, almost the color of metal, with a dark green screen outline, buttons, and strap. Tucker was shocked. "W-what is this?!"

Gargomon's fractal code went into the new D-Arc's screen. Once the Chaos Blasters dissipated, Gargomon's body was surrounded by code. Agunimon stopped, surprised to see Gargomon wasn't a Digi-Egg already, instead, however, the code around Gargomon got much smaller. Then when the code disappeared, in Gargomon's place was a much smaller bunny-like Digimon that looked very similar to Lopmon, only this Digimon was white instead of brown, and had green where the pink was supposed to be. He also only had one horn on his head as opposed to Lopmon's three. The little Digimon was on the floor, unconscious, though surprisingly, he had no wounds, not even the scars he had as Gargomon.

Not wanting to take a chance, Agunimon ran over the rest of the way to Tucker's side. "Is he okay? And are you alright?"

Tucker looked to be in a bit of a shock, not that Agunimon could blame him, too much had happened in a span of ten seconds. Tucker blinked before looking at the smaller Gargomon, the new device in his hand, and at Agunimon.

"I… I-I think so…" Tucker answered, still quite shaken up.

Agunimon knelt down next to the smaller Digimon. From what he could see, the smaller Digimon seemed to be okay, and he was breathing normally. That was a good sign to the Legendary Warrior. "It looks like your savior is going to be okay. He's still breathing."

Tucker, seeming to snap out of his shock, suddenly ran up to Agunimon to check on the once-big Gargomon. "What happened to him though? Why is he… smaller and different?"

Agunimon looked at the device in Tucker's hand before looking back at Tucker. "I think he degenerated to his Rookie form."

"Tucker, are you alright!?" Sam asked in worry when she reached them.

Turuiemon hopped back over, looking at the unconscious Digimon in Agunimon's arms. "I… didn't expect him to do that… but then again… I guess Gar- well… Terriermon always did have a thing for wanting to be a hero."

Tucker blinked. "Terriermon?" He looked at the unconscious Terriermon.

"That's his Rookie form's name," Turuiemon clarified.

Jazz noticed the D-Arc in Tucker's hand. "No way… you became his partner? That's probably what saved him." Wait… that means… Andy's vision was right!

Tucker looked down at the device. "I'm his partner? And I saved him?" The boy was in shock. He had never expected to save someone's life before, but apparently he had done just that.

"Yeah, when you have a D-Arc, that indicates you and the Digimon that you chose now have a link with each other, the D-Arc represents that link," Turuiemon explained.

Tucker couldn't believe it. He felt giddy, excited and nervous all at once. He wasn't sure if he could handle it, but he would sure try! Then a thought crossed his mind. "Wait… my PDA is now a D-Arc… but I had 4 more payments on it!"

"You're seriously complaining about that?" Sam raised an eyebrow.

Then they heard more howling in the fog.

"Listen, I'm glad that Tucker was able to save and make a new Digimon partner, but we're still not out of the fog yet," Arbormon spoke up.

Agunimon nodded. "Arbormon's right. We have the two tribes to stop still."

Agunimon then handed the unconscious Terriermon to Tucker. "Take care of him."

Tucker held onto Terriermon with his arms before giving a determined nod. "I promise I will."

Agunimon gave a smile before he stood up and looked back at where the Gururumon and Garurumon tribes were still fighting.

Meanwhile, Danny, Andy, Dorugamon, and Ember were trying to figure out what to do about the two packs.

"I heard someone screaming." Danny frowned.

"I think that was Gargomon," Dorugamon said. "Maybe we should go see if everything's alright?"

Andy shook his head. "They have Agunimon, Arbormon, and Turuiemon with them. We need…"

Andy then remembered a story he heard long ago, about how two tribes were fighting in a war with each other, but a soothing music was able to quell the fighting. He didn't remember the story in detail, but if music could stop the fighting in the story, then…

Andy looked over at Ember. She was quite good at what she did, her song, her mind control, the audience chanting her name making her stronger. If the audience is still under her spell, and she's able to affect not only ghosts, but Digimon as well when she's stronger…

"Ember, if we have everyone chanting your name, would you be able to use your music to calm down these Digimon until we can send them back to their home?" Andy asked Ember.

Ember looked at Andy in surprise. "It's possible." She admitted. "I am quite strong right now. I could probably affect those two Legendary Warriors too if I wanted. But there's a lot of Digimon here, it's going to take more than one town to make me strong enough to affect all of them, especially when they're fighting each other."

"Then we'll just have to make more people chant your name," Danny stated. "I can probably get you on the air here. You can use your song to get people to chant your name to make you strong enough to use your powers on the two packs."

Ember gave a smirk. "You sure you trust me with all that power? Didn't you come here to make sure I didn't do that?"

"Would you want to turn on us after everything is said and done?" Andy asked. "Do you have a reason to?"

Ember paused at hearing that. She smirked again. "I suppose I could turn on you, but I would rather not risk it with those Digimon fighting to keep the humans safe. That does bring up the question though; do you want me to use mind control if I go on the air?"

"Only if it's absolutely necessary," Danny answered. "I'd rather you didn't, but if you don't now, a lot of people could get hurt, or killed."

Ember nodded with her smirk in place. "Okay, dipstick. I will do it."

"We'll try to keep the two packs within the area so they don't end up running all over the place, hurting and scaring people in the process," Andy spoke up. "Come on, Dorugamon, let's hurry!"

"Right!" Dorugamon flew down to where Agunimon and the others were while Danny flew to the backstage to get the power back on.

Ember followed Danny back, but she then went to the stage instead. "Better hurry, dipstick, I don't know how long those other guys can hold off these angry dogs."

"Agunimon!" Andy yelled out when Dorugamon got close but was still flying. "We're going to have Ember sing to try to stop the fighting between the two packs. We need to keep them in the area so they don't go running off!"

While Andy did shout Agunimon's name, he was talking to everyone in the group who could fight.

Agunimon looked up at Andy and heard what the boy had told him, and no doubt everyone else who was in shape to fight. He gave a nod. "Okay, we can do that."

Agunimon looked to Arbormon. "You ready to do crowd control on these wolves?"

Arbormon gave a smirk and smacked a fist into an open palm. "Yeah. I'm raring for some action!"

"I'm ready too!" Turuiemon spoke up.

Jazz looked at Tucker and Sam. "Tucker, Sam, you two hurry backstage, Danny might need your help getting the power back on. I don't mean to be insulting when I say this, but neither of you aren't in any condition to fight with Digimon."

Tucker looked down at Terriermon, who was still unconscious in his arms. "You do bring up a good point about that last one." He then looked back up. "Okay. We'll go and help Danny."

Sam nodded as well. "Sure, Jazz."

The two of them then turned and ran backstage to help Danny.

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Dorugamon created a large iron ball from his mouth and put it down on the floor.

"I haven't had to use this in a while," Andy noted as he took out his notepad and pen and started to write something.

Some of the Garurumon and Gururumon's attacks were starting to get out of control. The audience were still there, none of them had run away because they wanted to see Ember, their minds were still in her control.

Arbormon and Agunimon ran towards the battle.

"Blockade Seed!" Arbormon shot out several seeds from his mouth. Each seed that landed on a Digimon covered them up in vines, tangling them up.

Agunimon looked around, seeing a few Gururumon and Garurumon trying to leave the area but he knew they had to remain in the area. Thinking fast, he called upon his element. "Pyro Tornado!" Spinning around, Agunimon let fire flare out from his armor, creating a wall of fire that cut off the Digimon that were trying to escape.

The two wolf Digimon gave out angry howls. They began to look at the two Digimon that were using attacks on them.

"Legendary Warriors, stay out of our battle!" A Garurumon demanded.

"No can do." Agunimon replied as he landed and stood in their path. "We have our reasons why we can't do that."

A Gururumon jumped at the Garurumon that was growling at Agunimon. "Killer Bite!"

Garurumon let out a howl of pain as the Gururumon dug its icy fangs into its back. Another Garurumon ran at the Gururumon. "Subzero Ice Fang!"

The Garurumon sang its own icy fangs into the Gururumon's side, hoping to try to yank it off its fellow Garururmon.

Agunimon and Arbormon could see more of the wolves turning into Digi-Eggs.

"They're… quite vicious," Arbormon noted. "And I can't even tell them apart."

Agunimon frowned. "It is hard to tell, but I think the Garurumon have a blue tinge to their fur color."

"Alright! Move the iron ball!" Andy instructed, having stuck the paper onto the iron ball.

Dorugamon pushed the iron ball, making it roll towards the two packs that were fighting. Agunimon wondered if Andy planned to make it explode. That would be a big bomb considering the size of the iron ball.

I hope Andy knows what he's doing… Agunimon thought with a bit of worry on his face.

"Now!" Andy called out.

Dorugamon's forehead gem glowed as the iron ball began to melt and started to coat the Garurumon and Gururumon. The Gabumon that were caught up in the fight were coated as well. The Gabumon seemed to have no interest in fighting, however, and many of them appeared to be carrying Digi-Eggs of their fallen guardians.

Agunimon saw what Andy was doing. So it wasn't going to explode… Andy's using it for something else!

The two packs were stuck now due to the melted metal hardening around their feet. This, of course, didn't stop them from trying to blast each other with their long range attacks. And they were even angrier that their battle kept getting interrupted by outsiders.

"STAY OUT OF THIS! This doesn't concern you!" A Gururumon roared.

"You did good at keeping them stuck, but…" Arbormon frowned. "Why not just make a giant iron wall or a cage or something?"

"The iron ball wouldn't be big enough for that many Digimon. Melting it was the best way to keep them here," Andy answered.

Agunimon could see the reasoning now. "I see. We can keep them at bay by trapping their feet."

Dorugamon gave a pleased look to Andy. "That was a good plan."

Andy yelped as he and the others had to duck down to avoid a Chaos or Howling Blaster. "Not good enough though. The people are still going to be in danger. How's Turuiemon and Jazz doing?"

Andy wasn't able to get all of the Garurumon and Gurururmon, there were more on the other side of the stadium that Jazz and Turuiemon decided to try to take on.

Agunimon looked in that direction. "It seems the two are doing okay. But one of us Warriors may have to go and help them if it gets to be too much for them."

Turuiemon was doing great at dodging the two packs' attacks, and using his gauntlets to keep any stragglers from leaving the stadium.

"Danny should hurry and get the power running. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up." Turuiemon frowned, panting a little.

"I hope he does soon." Jazz admitted. "This is getting a bit out of hand."

Turuiemon looked around, seeing the Gabumon were picking up the Digi-Eggs that the Garururmon or Gururumon reverted back to during their fighting. Not for the first time, Turuiemon felt a tinge of guilt, wondering how many Digimon were turned back into a Digi-Egg, their previous lives wiped clean and forgotten, because of him.

Jazz saw the guilt crossing Turuiemon's face and frowned. "Don't worry about what is happening right now. We have to keep these Garurumon and Gururumon from getting out and harming the audience. We can talk about how you feel later after this is over, if you want, but for now, focus on the task at hand, okay?"

"Don't worry about me, Jazz, I'll keep them from getting out," Turuiemon promised. If not for me or the people of this world, then at least for Terriermon.

Jazz smiled. "Okay. Just remember the offer is open if you need it."

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Meanwhile, Danny was frowning, he had no idea how to get the power back on with this thing. He may have come from a family of geniuses and inventors, but he had never dabbled with advanced technology or inventing himself.

Thankfully for the ghost boy, he heard Tucker and Sam knocking against the door. Danny hurried over and opened it, seeing Tucker was carrying a familiar yet unfamiliar creature in his arms.

"Tucker? What are you carrying?" Danny asked. "Is that… Lopmon…?"

"No, this is Terriermon." Tucker replied. "He was once Gargomon."

Danny blinked. "I need to hear about this when this whole thing has passed."

"Later, Danny, we need to get the power back on," Sam spoke up. "Were you able to get it back on yet?"

"No! I have no idea how this thing even works!" Danny waved his arms in exasperation.

Tucker looked inside. "I think I could help. I mean, I am good at technology."

"You were the one who was supposed to cut the power out anyways," Sam agreed.

"Yeah sure, go nuts, Tuck," Danny replied.

Tucker handed the unconscious Terriermon to Sam. "Look after him for me, alright?"

Sam nodded. "Sure." She took Terriermon from Tucker, who ran inside and to the large control panel.

"Okay… Let's see…" Tucker looked over the panel, trying to find the power switch. Then, he saw it. "Aha! I found it!"

Tucker reached over and flipped the power switch, seeing the panels light up as soon as it was flipped on. "Power's on, Danny! But it might take a minute for it to power up the entire stadium."

"A minute?" Danny frowned.

"It's a big stadium, it uses a lot of electricity, taking a minute for it to go through the entire stadium is actually pretty dang fast," Tucker pointed out.

"I'm sure they'll be able to hold off the pack for another 50 or so seconds," Sam reassured Danny.

"I should go he-" Danny began to say when suddenly a Garurumon and Gururumon crashed into the control room.

Sam and Tucker ran to the other side as soon as the two crashed into the room. Danny started to panic a little, his eyes went to Tucker and Sam, to the two wolves, to the control panel. If the control panel was damaged or destroyed, there would be no way for Ember to go live, and no way for her to get enough power to quell the two warring packs. On the other hand, his two best friends were in danger of getting hurt.

"Killer Bite!" The Gururumon latched onto the back of the Garurumon, who howled in pain before using its own attack.

"Body Blow!" The Garurumon slammed its back into the face of the Gururumon, which forced the first wolf Digimon to let go of its victim.

The Gururumon quickly retaliated. "Gururu Thrust!"

The Gururumon did a backflip while kicking the Garurumon back, getting closer to the control panel.

I have to do something! Tucker and Sam are in danger, I have to protect them! But the control panel… if I don't keep that safe, then everyone will be in danger! Danny frowned, feeling split on what to do. What should I do? WHAT SHOULD I DO!?

Danny's instinct to protect his friends was stronger, he flew over to them just as the two wolves did their Chaos and Howling Blaster, which would hit both of his friends. Danny grabbed onto Tucker and Sam, turning them intangible. The control panel, thankfully didn't get hit, but it did get slightly damaged from the embers of the intense blue flames that hit each other.

"Aw, no!" Danny exclaimed at seeing the control panel slightly damaged. "The panel!"

The control panel was sparking a little. Tucker frowned. "It… it's still running, but it might take a little bit longer for it to charge up the entire stadium."

"Tucker, we also need to get the broadcast up once the power is up," Sam realized. "Otherwise this whole thing would be meaningless."

Tucker realized Sam was right. "Damn… I completely forgot about that!"

"I can't keep this up… I can't protect you two, and the control panel at the same time!" Danny frowned. "I need help…"

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Andy didn't know why, but he had a sudden strong urge to go to the backstage where Danny, Tucker, and Sam were.

"Agunimon, Arbormon, can I trust you guys will keep an eye on these packs?" Andy suddenly asked.

Agunimon looked back at Andy, surprised, but he nodded. "Yeah. We can." Is it Danny? Is he okay?

Arbormon nodded. "You can count on us."

Andy nodded to them before he got back onto Dorugamon's back. "Let's get backstage, Dorugamon."

"Right!" Dorugamon flew up, dodging the stray attacks that the wolves were using on each other.

Andy didn't know why he had this feeling, but he just knew Danny needed his help. He just hoped that he would be able to give it to him. As Dorugamon was flying over Jazz and Turuiemon, they both looked up for a moment, wondering where they were going, before they focused their attention back on the packs.

Dorugamon landed in front of the door, and Andy hopped off of Dorugamon's back. The door was gone, however, replaced by a big hole in the wall. Andy's eyes widened when he saw two of the wolves from different packs had somehow slipped by them and ended up in the control room. He could see Danny trying to keep Tucker and Sam intangible to avoid the attacks, but the control panel itself was sparking, damaged.

Dorugamon didn't like the sight of the control panel sparking somewhat. "Okay, that doesn't look good…"

Andy knew he had to do something, but going in there with Dorugamon would likely make the situation worse. He needed to get the Garurumon and Gururumon out of the room with as little damage as possible.

"Dorugamon, we need to get those two out. But you can't attack them or you might damage the control panel," Andy spoke up. "Do you think you'll be able to do it?"

Dorugamon frowned at hearing the conditions. "I think so, but it will be tricky. If I can't attack them, it will be somewhat harder."

"Don't worry, you won't be without help." Andy smirked, pulling out a familiar Devidramon card from his pocket. "Just be sure to look at them in the eyes."

Dorugamon saw that and smirked back. "I like how you think, partner."

Dorugamon ran into the room. He used his head to headbutt the Gururumon off of the Garururmon. The Garurumon looked up at Dorugamon with a growl.

"Don't interfere!" Garurumon demanded.

Andy, seeing his chance, took out his D-Arc. Andy then held up the device and his card. The card spun before Andy caught it in two fingers, looking up from the shadows. He then held the D-Arc over his head, the card slot facing down towards his head. He stuck the card's edge into the slot and dragged it through, the card being pulled towards the right side of his body and the device towards the left side of his body. "Digi-Modify!" Andy called out. He pulled the device and card apart from each other. "Devidramon's Red Eyes activate!"

Dorugamon's eyes turned a crimson red, and the Garurumon suddenly found himself unable to move, his entire body was numb. With the Garurumon paralyzed, however, the Gururumon decided to take this chance to attack.

"Killer Bite!" Gururumon opened its maw, intending to finish off his paralyzed opponent with his icy fangs.

Dorugamon, seeing this, spun around, slapping the Gururumon away with his tail. Dorugamon then jumped over at the Gururumon before he could do anything else.

"How dare you try to stop me!?" Gururumon snapped.

With Dorugamon looking straight at the wolf's eyes, Andy swiped the Red Eyes card into the D-Arc again. Just like with the Garurumon before, Dorugamon's eyes turned a crimson red, paralyzing the Gururumon. With the two wolves now paralyzed, Dorugamon grabbed onto Gururumon's leg and began to drag him out. He grabbed onto Garurumon's leg as well, dragging them both out of the room.

"Is everyone alright?" Andy called into the room as his partner was dragging out the two wolves.

Danny perked up at hearing Andy's voice and dropped the intangibility. "Andy?!"

Tucker looked over. "Yeah, we're all fine."

"Talk about good timing, we weren't sure how we were going to be able to get Ember's broadcast up like this," Sam said in relief, still hugging the unconscious Terriermon.

Dorugamon finished with his task of dragging out the two wolf-like Digimon and poked his head back in. "Andy wanted to come and help you. I think he sensed something was wrong."

"You can do that now?" Tucker asked, surprised.

Andy rolled his eyes. "I"m not psychic, Tucker. Though I guess maybe being Danny's twin might have something to do with it."

Tucker grinned. "Well that explains it then."

Andy looked at the control panel. "Is this still able to get the power back on?"

Tucker went over to the control panel to check it. "Yeah, though it might electrocute us if we're not careful. There should be enough power in the stadium now, I just have to get Ember on the air."

"Do you know how to do that?" Danny asked. "It's not like uploading a video on the internet with your PDA."

Tucker looked at Danny. "We can use the cameras aimed at the stage. They will transmit to the satellites, and it will then go live."

"On the stage… you mean where the rest of those wolves are duking it out?" Sam frowned.

"It'll… make for a great background while Ember sings?" Tucker smiled sheepishly. "And… 'special effects'?"

"Those 'special effects' can get us killed." Sam frowned.

"I can use one of the cameras," Danny volunteered. "Perhaps Agunimon and Arbormon can handle the other cameras. They should be strong enough to withstand those attacks."

Tucker then remembered that as well. "Hey, that's a great idea! I can stay here and handle the technical stuff."

"I should stay here with him in case something happens," Sam stated.

"We'll stay here too," Andy spoke up. "Dorugamon and I will keep them safe in case another pack end up crashing into this room again."

Danny nodded. "Okay, sounds like a plan. Now, let's get Ember on the air."

Danny turned himself intangible and flew out of the room, heading into the stadium's stage. He quickly looked around for the two Legendary Warriors, before he spotted Agunimon just as he used a fire attack. Agunimon's fire was a bright orange, which was easy to spot in all the blue fires in the chaos. Danny flew to Agunimon and Arbormon.

"There you two are. Listen, I'm going to need your help," Danny quickly said to the two Legendary Warriors.

Agunimon looked back at Danny Phantom. "What do you need us to do?"

"Can you two man the cameras?" Danny asked.

"Cameras? What for?" Arbormon asked.

Danny looked at Arbormon. "It's so we can get Ember broadcasted live. She is going to try to calm the two warring packs with her music. But she needs to go live to get the necessary energy to do that. She gets her power when people chant her name."

"Wait… why would we do that? We can't trust Ember to not turn on us the second she can," Arbormon pointed out.

"We have to at least try, or would you prefer to have to fight all of these angry wolves?" Danny asked.

Arbormon looked back at the wolves. "Actually… I think we would be better off taking a chance on Ember…"

"We should keep an eye on Ember as well and be ready to suck her into one of those Thermoses you use if she does turn on us," Agunimon stated.

Danny nodded. "Come on, we better hurry before the cameras get damaged in the fight."

Agunimon looked around and saw one camera that looked intact. He rushed over to it and got behind it. "I'm set to go."

Arbormon looked around as well and saw another camera off in the distance. He ran over to that one and got behind it. "This had better work."

Danny flew over to another camera, it was a bit tattered, but it was still working. "Ember!"

Ember drew her attention to Danny. "Oh? Already behind the camera?"

"Yes, you're on live, start singing!" Danny called out.

Ember grinned. "You want a concert? You'll get one!"

Ember created her band members once more, while also creating a wall of fire around herself and her band to keep them from getting hit by one of the wolves. "Alright boys, hit it!"

The drummer began the music, the two guitarists joining in soon once Ember strummed her own guitar.

Once Ember began singing, the audience that were in a slight panic, began to cheer, not seeming to care about the fighting that was going on in the background of the stage. All they cared about was Ember, the girl was finally singing as promised.

"Yeah!" Ember began. "Oooh yeah!"

The music went on for a minute before Ember started the lyrics.

"It was, it was September.

Winds blow, the dead leaves fall

To you, I did surrender

Two weeks, you didn't call

Your life goes on without me

My life a losing game

But you should, you should not doubt me

You will remember my name."

At that, the song started to pick up, getting louder and more intense.

"Oh, Ember, you will remember

Ember, one thing remains

Oh, Ember, so warm and tender

You will remember my name."

The crowd began to cheer loudly, Ember's ponytail fiery hair began to flare up. Although Tucker, Sam, Andy, and Dorugamon were in the control room, they could hear Ember's song as well.

"You know, she really isn't bad," Andy admitted. "I wouldn't mind cheering for her music when she drops the mind controlling part."

"I know, right?" Tucker smiled.

"Meh… she's okay," Sam grumbled.

"Your heart, your heart has rendered

Your walls, now bear the shame

Like dead trees in cold December

Nothing but ashes remain."

The broadcast was, so far, a success. The people around the world were quickly falling for Ember's spell and began to chant her name as the song went on. With Ember getting stronger, her music was beginning to affect the Digimon around her. The two wolves stopped fighting and started to look over at Ember curiously.

Agunimon, Arbormon, and Danny, while focusing the camera on Ember and her band, were also subconsciously trying to fight off her spell. It was uncomfortable to have her spell affecting them as well. Danny was trying not to chant Ember's name. Agunimon and Arbormon were a bit more resistant than Danny, but they were starting to feel that urge as well.

"Oh, Ember, you will remember

Ember, one thing remains,

Ember, so warm and tender

You will remember my name"

"Oh, Ember, you will remember

Ember, one thing remains,

Ember, so warm and tender

You will remember my name

Yeah, you will remember my naaaaame"

By the time the song came to a close, everyone was chanting Ember's name. The two wolf packs had stopped fighting and were looking at Ember as well.

"Looks like it worked," Ember noted.

However, Ember didn't hear the boys saying anything other than chanting her name along with everyone else. She looked over at the two Digimon and the ghost boy who were handling the camera. They were definitely lost in her spell.

"Hmm… I guess I was a little too strong there," Ember noted, though she couldn't help but feel amused. If this was a TV show, she would have technically been the first 'bad guy' to have won against the 'heroes'.

Though Ember wasn't all about that. It was as Danny had said before; she wanted to be a rockstar, a genuine rockstar. She had somehow lost sight of what she originally wanted in her life when she became a ghost, and obsessed with attention, it didn't help that her so-called date decided to stand her up moments before her death. She would lift the spell in a moment, for now, she had a silent promise to keep.

Ember looked at the Garurumon and Gururumon pack. "You know… you wolves are pretty stupid. You go on attacking each other like some barbaric caveman beasts over something like pride or territory. In truth, you're both the same pack. Other than maybe a minor name difference, you're both Digimon, you both have almost the same kind of fur, you fight similarly, and you have children that are pretty much the same as the other. They don't seem to like the fighting either. Look at how much they're trying to save the Digimon you turned into eggs in your little war for pride or territory. Their parents are now gone, they will be reborn, yes, but their parents are gone. They will be completely different once they hatched, isn't that how it works?"

One Garurumon looked at the Gururumon pack. He did feel a bit guilty about taking a Gururumon's life, especially in front of one so young. "Yes… It is how it works…" Never before had a ghost been so right on so many levels.

The other pack looked around at the carnage. There were a lot of eggs. All the Gabumon were scurrying around, trying to find their parents. One small Gabumon picked up an egg, and started to hug it close to its chest, tears falling from its eyes.

Ember stood there, her green gaze fixed on the two packs with disappointment in her eyes.

"The ghost is right," A Gururumon spoke up. "What have we been fighting for all this time? The Celestial Digimon wanted all Digimon to work together and live in peace, not just human and beast Digimon, but all Digimon."

Ember felt a small spark of hope flare up inside her core. Was it possible? Would this plan actually work? "You better believe they did if they worked to save your world before."

"I cannot guarantee that our pack will fully stop fighting, but we will try to make peace between our two packs," A Garurumon stated. "And see if we can work together to rebuild what we destroyed in front of these innocent children."

"Funny, never thought I would heed a ghost of all things' advice," A Gururumon snorted.

Ember felt relief flood her core. It seemed the plan had worked. Then a wry smile crossed her face. Heh… Never thought I would be the hero here...

It felt good to be able to help people. Not only did she, hopefully at least, resolve a war between two tribes, or packs in this case, but she saved the people she wanted to gain admiration from. It was true she still had to use her hypnotic spell, but at least what they said came from their own heart rather than what she wanted them to say. It reminded her of why she wanted to be a rockstar, she wanted to be someone people could look up to even in their darkest moment. She may not be super strong or a trained police woman, but she could be a hero in her own way, lifting people's spirits, and having someone they could admire.

I can't believe I had forgotten that. I was so bitter about my death that I just wanted to lash back at the world. Well… hopefully there's still time I can right this wrong, and become the rockstar I had wanted to be in the first place. Being a ghost, as the dipstick said, doesn't change that. Ember smirked before she gave a bow to her audience. "You have all been a wonderful audience, and you have helped me achieve a dream I had for a long time. But… I'm afraid you're all living in a dream right now, a dream I created. It's time to say goodbye to this dream… and while reality may be hard to accept, it's more rewarding when you can get past it and achieve your goals for real. I look forward to when I can return to Amity Park as a real rockstar, and you'll all be chanting my name of your own volition."

With that said, Ember strummed her guitar, sending out a calm, blue soundwave all over the crowd. The soundwave spread across the Earth. It wasn't loud or brash, but it sounded like a soothing melody, a gentle alarm clock to awaken one from a dream.

As the soundwaves washed over the crowd, Agunimon blinked before his hands flew to his head. "Why does my head hurt…?"

"Ugh… you're not the only one… I feel like I was hit by three semi-trucks…" Arbormon groaned, rubbing his own head as well.

Danny looked to be in a bit of a daze, blinking. "Why… do I feel like I just woke up from a nap?"

Agunimon looked around as the throbbing in his head died down. "Huh…?" He saw the two packs were no longer fighting. "Did… the plan work?"

"Hey, if they're not fighting anymore, then yes, it worked," Ember stated.

"What are we doing here?" The crowd began asking.

"I don't know, but I need to get back home, my parents are going to kill me!"

"Why am I wearing this shirt? Who's Ember?"

At that, Ember looked hurt, but she gave a determined expression. "One day… I'll truly be known around the world. Hey, dipstick!"

Danny blinked, realizing Ember was referring to him since that seemed to be her favorite nickname for him now.

"You're supposed to get these guys back home, right? Well there you go. I've done my job, now it's your turn," Ember pointed out.

Danny nodded. "Right." He then looked to the two Legendary Warriors with him. "Can you two get these packs back to the Digital World?"

Agunimon nodded. "We can."

Arbormon gave the thumbs up. "We got it under control."

As soon as he said that though, Arbormon had a thought cross his mind. "Um… How will we get these packs past the humans?"

"Don't worry about that, the humans will be leaving soon, they already are," Ember pointed out. "They have no reason to remain here. The fog is keeping the wolves hidden from their view."

Arbormon nodded. "Okay. Well, let's get these packs back to the Digital World."

"I'm… going to call a few Trailmon, we're going to need more than one to get all these packs back," Agunimon sighed.

While Agunimon was doing that, Tucker, Sam, Jazz, Turuiemon, Andy, and Dorugamon hurried on the stage.

"Hey, we saw everything from the monitors. Finally this whole thing has been solved," Tucker said in relief.

"I'll admit…" Sam frowned. "I was… worried when everyone, even you three, Tucker, Jazz, and Andy were chanting Ember's name. But… I'm glad that you decided to release your spell, Ember. You're more than I gave you credit for."

Ember gave a smirk. "You'd better believe I am. And one day, I will be remembered, but in an honest way."

Andy and Danny both nodded.

"I'm glad that you have a second chance to accomplish what you had wanted in life," Andy said.

"Yeah, but despite that, not everyone gets that second chance," Ember sighed. "Not everyone can become a ghost upon death after all. I will be seeing you all later, and the next time you do see me, I will be an honest to goodness rockstar!"

With that said, the flame on Ember's head surrounded her body. She strummed her guitar before she disappeared.

Danny gave Andy a smile. "I think we did something right this time, bro."

Andy smiled as well. "Yeah, I'm glad we gave her a chance. I knew ghosts could be reasoned with, even if our parents said otherwise."

"Great, but for now, let's get these guys back home where they belong," Agunimon spoke up, sounding tired.

"Hey… what about Terriermon?" Tucker asked, holding up the still unconscious bunny.

"You have a D-Arc with his code, right?" Tururiemon asked.

Tucker nodded. "Yeah, I do. Why? Does that mean something?"

"It means you are now Terriermon's partner," Dorugamon spoke up. "Meaning you two should stick together now. The D-Arc represents your link with him."

Tucker felt giddy upon hearing that. "So I have a Digimon partner like Andy? SWEET!"

Sam rolled her eyes. "Just don't get irresponsible with him and have him start shooting down trash cans or cars for extra points."

Tucker gave a pout to Sam. "I wasn't going to…"

Andy, Danny, and Sam started laughing at that. Jazz rolled her eyes. "Come on, guys, we have a lot of Digimon to take to the Trailmon."

"It's… going to be a long night," Danny sighed, feeling quite tired.

Agunimon sighed. "Let's just get these guys back. I could literally pass out if I stay up too late."

"Wait…" Andy frowned.

"What?" Sam asked.

"Don't we have that big test tomorrow?" Andy asked.

Everyone but Jazz and Tucker froze at that.

Agunimon let out a growl. "FFFFFFFUUUUUU-!"

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