ZAFT: A week late, but it's better than nothing. ^^'

DarkFoxKit: Yeah. Our schedule is pretty messed up right now. We're trying to figure out when's a good time to write and update. It hasn't been easy, especially with my treatment going on.

Takuya: Wish it wasn't like this… but what can you do?

Andy: They need to take it slow first, then figure out when's a good time to write and all.

DarkFoxKit: Hopefully it shouldn't take long to figure it out. But until then, we will try to update for you guys.

Chapter 35: Blinded by Love

Dorugamon landed on a tree branch on top of Amity's tallest hill. There was quite a nice view due to the sunset over Amity Park. But the view wasn't what Dorugamon and Andy, who was on Dorugamon's back, came here for.

"Good, we made it just in time," Andy whispered.

Jazz was sitting with Johnny on the grass. Lopmon was sitting beside Jazz, smiling at them.

Dorugamon frowned. "It seems Jazz and Lopmon are indeed under Johnny's influence, or at least the influence of those ghostly clothes. By the way, Andy, why did you wait as long as you did before coming here to check on Jazz?"

"I felt Danny and Takuya needed this so they could finally talk things out. They really shouldn't keep hiding their secrets from each other, as it will only cause problems later on," Andy sighed.

"How do you know their talk now would lead them to confess their secrets to each other? And how did you know Johnny and Jazz would be here?" Dorugamon asked.

Andy grumbled. "You ask too many questions." I saw it… in my head… I don't want to believe I can see the future, but… these… images haven't… steered me wrong yet.

"Hey Jazz, I've been thinking, and… I know this is kinda quick, but…" Johnny held out a golden ring with a green gem on it. "How would you like to be my girl?"

Jazz was astonished. As she blinked at the ring, Lopmon gave her a smile. "Go for it, Jazz. He's been wanting a girl like you."

Jazz, given the encouragement from Lopmon, made her steel her resolve. She looked at Johnny. "You want to go steady? That is so old school. But… you know what, Johnny?"

Jazz held up her hand to the ring.

Andy frowned before swiping the degeneration card on his D-Arc. Dorugamon blinked before he suddenly degenerated into Dorumon. Both of them fell out of the tree and landed in front of Jazz, Johnny, and Lopmon, who were all shocked to suddenly see Andy with his Digimon partner falling in front of them.

Dorumon groaned as he looked up with one golden eye, giving a bit of a weak smile. "Uh… hiya?"

"Um… we were just flying when Dorumon suddenly degenerated, so sorry about that. We didn't interrupt anything, did we?" Andy innocently questioned from the ground.

Jazz stood up and stalked over to Andy and picked him up by the back of his shirt. "Were you spying on us?"

Andy was suddenly back on the street of FentonWorks that night, Jazz had Johnny take him and Dorumon, who was currently Dorimon again, back home with her and Lopmon.

"Were you spying on them?" Maddie questioned Andy after Jazz told them the situation.

"Yes, I was," Andy admitted. "I'm sorry, but…"

Jack instead put an arm around Andy's shoulders and whispered to Andy.. "Good job, Andy. I don't trust that punk any more than I can throw him."

"And if you see Jazz with that hooligan again, you let us know." Maddie added in a whisper.

Andy blinked at his parents. When did I turn into my parents?

Jack and Maddie then looked at Johnny and Jazz, who were looking back at them expectantly. The two adults stood up straight. "And don't do that again!" Both Maddie and Jack scolded Andy.

But then Jack leaned in towards Andy. "But seriously, feel free to do it again."

And that was how Andy found himself on the couch in the living room with a pillow on his face.

"Come on, Andy, it's not that bad," Dorimon tried to assure the boy.

Suddenly the door was shoved open. Danny and Takuya came running in frantically, after not seeing Jazz or Johnny at the top of the hill, they were very worried about what happened.

"Where's Jazz?!" Both boys asked as one.

Andy pulled his face out of the pillow and looked at them. "Home, in her room, safe, for now."

Takuya and Danny both let out sighs of relief.

Andy raised an eyebrow at them. "I thought Danny and I were the twins here."

Takuya sheepishly chuckled. "Sorry, cuz…"

Danny looked at Andy. "What happened, Andy? Can you fill us in? Johnny and Jazz were not at the hilltop where Takuya and I thought they would be."

"Dorugamon and I may have interrupted their little sunset view and they took us back home," Andy answered.

"I have to say, it was a clever idea, though I didn't appreciate suddenly degenerating and falling on the ground like that," Dorimon remarked.

"You degenerated Dorugamon like that?" Takuya asked in surprise. "Wow. That must have been a fast plan."

"I had to be fast. Johnny was about to give Jazz a ring, which I'm sure would've either completed or almost completed the ghost possession," Andy sighed.

Takuya frowned, feeling his Spirits acting up at that. "I see…" His voice didn't bother to hide the harsh tone.

"Wait, how did you know where Jazz and Johnny were? You weren't with us when we followed them," Danny questioned.

Before Andy could come up with an answer, Dorimon answered instead. "He saw it in his head."

Andy bopped Dorimon in the head with a pillow.

Takuya blinked. "Okay…?"

Danny blinked as well. "You saw it in a vision?"

"Not a vision! … A hunch," Andy corrected. "It would make sense Johnny would take her to that hill. It's a good spot to be romantic during a sunset."

Takuya frowned. "That is a good point."

Danny then looked at Andy. "Um… bro? I think you should know… Takuya and I… we had that talk about our secrets…"

"Oh, did you now?" Andy looked at them before smiling. "So how does it feel to finally tell each other your secrets?"

Danny looked at Takuya, who looked back at Danny. Both then looked back at Andy. "Better." Both replied, but they had the same looks on their faces that said it all: 'did Andy set that up?'

"Come on, guys, just because it was a coincidence you two happened to talk to each other when I suggested you should talk, doesn't mean I set it up." Andy rolled his eyes, likely noticing their looks. "I'm not a mastermind or anything."

Takuya rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as Danny fidgeted.

Danny then sighed. "I will admit… what prompted it was Takuya losing control of his Beast Spirit form."

Takuya nodded. "Yeah… A shadow ghost literally ate Danny. I was sure I lost him and then… I just snapped and went berserk. When Danny got out of that ghost, I saw only his Phantom form and assumed he was the reason Danny was involved in all this stuff and well… I attacked him."

Andy frowned. "Are you both okay?"

"I'm already healing thanks to my ghost powers. Though I really should think about investing in some kind of fireproof cream. Those flames really hurt," Danny grumbled.

Takuya looked at Danny. "I said I was sorry!"

Danny looked back at his cousin. "I know, but it still hurt!"

Takuya sighed at that point. "Anyway… when I heard Danny call my real name, it snapped me out of my rage and I realized he wasn't a separate entity from Phantom. In fact, I assumed Danny was dead until he told me he was half-ghost."

Andy shivered. "Yeah… I'm glad you told him, Danny. It would've likely put Takuya in a dangerous mindset if you let him assume you were actually dead."

Danny shivered at that thought. "I don't want to even think about that or its results…"

"But hey, now you two finally know." Dorimon smiled. "It's about time, Andy and I were getting torn apart by your secrets. I mean do you know how frustrating it was to know your secrets, but not be able to say anything about information that would've been really helpful because they involved your secrets?"

Takuya sighed. "I can't really imagine how hard that would be." He then looked back at Danny. "I'm sure you're wondering how I can become a Digimon and how I got that ability, right?"

"Well…" Danny looked at Andy. "Andy already told me about your adventures in the Digital World when I found out about your ability. If he hadn't told me, I would've driven myself mad with spying on you until I knew for sure."

Takuya laughed. "That would have been crazy for sure."

"But maybe you could tell me about some of the things Andy didn't or couldn't tell me." Danny smiled. "Like your friends. Andy and I don't really know them except for Koji and Koichi after all."

Takuya smiled at that. "Sure, I would be happy to."

"Could you tell us a little bit more about JP, Zoe, and Tommy?" Andy asked.

Takuya smiled some more. "Well, Zoe is the only girl in our group, but she holds the Spirits of Wind, she's really tough, but also sweet. She can also cook pretty well, and she's probably the nicest girl I know. Tommy is the youngest of us, but he holds the Spirits of Ice. He is quite the innovative person, and while a bit of a crier at times, is also very brave. JP is the oldest, and he holds the Spirits of Thunder. He's a bit on the chubby side, but he's not a bad cook either. He usually keeps treats like chocolate around, and likes to perform some magic tricks from time to time. He can be a bit rough around the edges, but he usually means well."

Danny blinked. "How many of you were there?"

"It started out with just 5 of us… well, 4 for the most part since Koji usually liked to go by himself. But after a while, we met up with Koichi, who was… well, brainwashed by Cherubimon at the time. He eventually joined us though after breaking out of Cherubimon's spell, so that made 6," Takuya explained.

Danny nodded. "I see. So that makes six Legendary Warriors."

"Yeah. The last four were controlled by Cherubimon as well, but we managed to beat them and purify their Spirits." Takuya explained. "See, there are ten Legendary Warriors in total. Fire, which is my element, then Light which is held by Koji, Darkness which is held by Koichi, and the other three I listed off as well."

"It'd be nice if we could meet with the rest of your friends," Andy remarked.

"I think they would have a hard time believing one of my cousins was half-ghost." Takuya joked as he looked at Danny.

"I think anyone would. I mean someone being half ghost is like saying someone is half dead. It just contradicts all rationalization," Dorimon muttered. "You're either all alive or all dead, there isn't supposed to be an in-between."

Andy sighed, trying not to think about his own concerns for Danny regarding his unique biology. "Let's not worry about that right now. We should probably figure out what to do about Jazz and Lopmon… Oh, I should tell you about what's been going on with Jazz and Lopmon, Takuya."

Takuya raised an eyebrow. "Why? What's been going on?"

Takuya lay awake that night in his bed. After Andy had explained to him about how Lopmon was acting like he didn't care, or rather, was encouraging Jazz to be with Johnny was because he was being influenced by the clothes Jazz was wearing. Takuya sighed to himself, he thought he was over Lopmon's past, but it appeared he wasn't as over it as he thought. The first thing he assumed, when Lopmon was acting weird, was that he was evil again, or that he had always been evil and was hiding it.

He looked back at his D-Tector and frowned to himself. Maybe it's time I talk to my Spirits. It could at least help me figure some things out, like why I assumed Lopmon was still evil.

Takuya felt sleep coming up on him, and before he knew it, he was out like a light. But that was the prime opportunity for his conversation as well, as then, when he was deep in sleep, his D-Tector showed the symbol of Fire, and then his mind went into another world of sorts.

Takuya opened his eyes, feeling a familiar comforting heat. He could see a familiar flaming area around him, with the symbol of Fire on the wall. Looking around, he saw his two Spirits, BurningGreymon on the left, and Agunimon on the right.

Takuya began to make his way to the Human Spirit of Fire, just as Agunimon sensed his presence and looked back. A smile crossed the Spirit's face. "It's been a while, Takuya, since you came here."

Takuya smiled back as he ran and hugged the Spirit. "It has, hasn't it?"

"It seems your heart and mind have been troubled since that ghost came into your territory," BurningGreymon noted.

Agunimon looked at Takuya. "What is it that bothers you?"

Takuya sighed. "The ghost you are thinking of… is it that black and white ghost?"

Agunimon frowned a bit. "Yes, it would be."

Takuya sighed again. "That ghost… is an ally of sorts. It's… kinda complicated to explain so I'm not sure how I can do that…"

"Just try." The Human Spirit of Flame said gently.

Takuya swallowed and nodded. "Well… basically… that ghost is… familiar to me. He… he…" Takuya finally decided to just blurt it out. "That ghost is connected to my cousin Danny! He's what is known as a half-ghost. I don't know how, but it has to do with a portal accident my cousin was in and somehow it gave him the powers of a ghost and I can't explain it better than that so…"

Agunimon could see Takuya was distressed and placed a gentle hand on the boy's shoulder. "It's alright. Just take it easy. You don't need to go into detail."

"Besides, he is not the ghost who intruded on your territory, especially since he is your family, a part of your pack," BurningGreymon stated. "What I was referring to was that ghost on the motorcycle, the one who keeps trying to take your sister away."

Takuya went red in the face. "Oh…"

Agunimon sighed. "What is it about that ghost that bothers you, Takuya?"

"It's just… He wants my cousin Jazz for some reason! I don't want to lose her! I almost lost one of my twin cousins due to a portal accident, and now I could lose my older cousin to a ghost! You think I'm panicked? I'm terrified!" Takuya exclaimed in a bit of a panic. "I don't want to lose her!"

Agunimon looked at Takuya with some sympathy. "It's okay. You will be able to save her, I'm sure. You just need to find a way to defeat that ghost."

Takuya looked at Agunimon. "I know that! I'm just afraid my other cousins and I will be too late! Hell, it could be too late already!"

"I understand that you're scared. But you must remember you're not alone," Agunimon said calmly. "You don't need to handle things on your own. Your other two cousins are willing to help, have been helping you. You have a cousin with ghost powers, and a cousin with a partner Digimon. Together, they can help you with things you couldn't do on your own."

Takuya gave a bit of a smile. "That sounds kinda cheesy, but it does make me feel better."

BurningGreymon laughed gruffly as Agunimon blushed a bit.

Takuya laughed as well.

"If you want to put it in a better term, your cousins are strong and tactful, use that to your advantage. You'll be able to take out that horrible ghost man in no time at all! Just remember, while not every battle needs to be fought to win, there is also such a thing as being too cautious or pacifistic," BurningGreymon stated.

Takuya nodded. "I will. Thanks." He smiled at Agunimon. "And as for that speech, that was kinda cheesy."

Agunimon rolled his eyes, but he smiled nonetheless.

Takuya felt himself beginning to slip from sleep. He knew it was nearing morning, or at least something close to it. He knew this was his one chance to explain something important. "Look… when we were in the Digital World, Danny had to overshadow me, and you guys attacked him. If he has to do that again, please refrain from that."

Agunimon looked at Takuya. "We didn't know at the time, but now that we do, we won't do that again. We were just concerned about you when we did that."

"Of course, it didn't help that we weren't sure if Phantom was considered a friend or foe. But now that we know for sure, we will not attack him again," BurningGreymon promised.

Takuya looked back at BurningGreymon and nodded with a smile. "Thanks, you guys."

"Don't forget, if you ever feel overwhelmed, you can always talk to us," Agunimon stated.

Takuya smiled at his Human Spirit. "I won't." Then he looked down as his body began to fade, meaning he was waking up.

When Takuya opened his eyes, he found himself lying on his bed again. He looked at the window, seeing that the morning sun was already rising.

Huh… That conversation took most of the night. Takuya noted as he sat up and yawned.

"You sure you don't want me to try to help?" Dash asked as he was talking to Andy and Takuya. It was lunch time at school, and Andy and Takuya decided to update Dash on what had been going on. Nobody wanted to eat outside today due to the school handling the wasp nest outside.

"You could probably keep track of Jazz and Johnny with your earth sensing abilities, but otherwise I'm not sure there's a lot you could do to help with this situation," Andy sighed, feeding Dorimon some chocolate he got.

Takuya frowned. "We have enough going on as it is. But it's odd, because Danny, Andy, and I are all on the same page as their parents, or in my case, my aunt and uncle."

"Is it that odd?" Dash asked, raising an eyebrow. "From what I've heard, you're all pretty protective of Jazz. Isn't it only natural you'd all come together to try to keep her safe from someone you don't trust?"

"Dash has a point," Andy agreed. "It's weird that we seem to agree with Mom and Dad, but looking at it logically, it makes sense."

Takuya sighed. "I know. I'm just worried about Jazz, because she isn't herself."

"You also said Lopmon's been acting weird?" Dash questioned.

"Yeah, we think that whatever's influencing Jazz, most likely the jacket and scarf that Johnny gave her, is affecting Lopmon as well," Andy replied.

"It's bad when the Digimon partner is getting affected by whatever spell is happening to their human partner," Dorimon muttered.

Takuya looked down. "Yeah… I remember that well…" He knew Andy would know what he was referring to.

"The way I see it, the best thing you can do to purify them of that ghost possession thing is to remove those clothing off of Jazz," Dash stated bluntly. "I'm surprised none of you had tried to do that yet."

"There's a lot of things that could go wrong if we tried," Andy started.

"'Could have', 'what if', those aren't guaranteed, Andy," Dash suddenly spoke up. "You don't know for sure that something bad will happen if you remove them yourself, you haven't even tried. I know that there are times to be cautious and hesitant, but there are also times where you can't just think, you have to do something."

Takuya blinked. Now that he thought about it, that did make sense. "I think Dash is right. Hesitating could cost us, not just Jazz, but Lopmon as well."

Andy frowned and sighed, he usually didn't like going into something with not enough information. He didn't know enough about Johnny or how the ghost possession worked. But Dash was right, the longer they hesitated, the more they risk losing Jazz and Lopmon forever.

"Then we'll try to confront Jazz and Lopmon tonight," Andy decided. "Preferably when my parents are asleep in case things get ugly."

Takuya looked at Andy again. "That would be a good idea. I don't want them to get involved unless we can't handle it alone."

"Just call me if you don't think you guys can handle it on your own," Dash said.

"Thanks, Dash," Andy replied gratefully.

"No problem, you know I'm always willing to help out when I can," Dash stated.

"Not that… I'm thanking you for the advice," Andy chuckled. "You're right in saying that sometimes the best thing to do is the most obvious thing to do."

Dash blinked before he blushed a bit. "Uh… No problem, Andy."

"What if Lopmon attacks us if we try to remove the scarf and jacket?" Dorimon asked quietly.

Takuya sighed. "That is a chance we will have to take…" He admitted sadly. "We'll have to try to knock Lopmon out, and get those ghostly clothes off of Jazz."

"I hope it doesn't come to that, but if it's necessary to save him and Jazz, we will," Andy sighed.

"Good luck then," Dash remarked.

When school let out for the day, Takuya and Andy told Danny, Sam, and Tucker about their plan to confront Jazz and Lopmon tonight. Terriermon got a look of disbelief when they mentioned they may have to fight with Lopmon.

"Are you sure that's a good idea? Lopmon is a Celestial Digimon!" Terriermon exclaimed.

"Lopmon can't digivolve past the Champion stage right now, so we do have a chance, Celestial Digimon or not," Dorimon retorted.

"I am a Celestial Digimon as well," Salamon reminded. "Lopmon may be strong, but he's not unstoppable. And I know he would want this if he was in his right mind right now."

Sam frowned. "I don't like the idea of fighting a friendly Digimon, but if we have to, I don't think we have a choice."

"We don't know for sure if it will come to that," Danny reminded. "Right now, our best bet is to do what we should've done the moment we realized what was going on with those clothes Johnny was giving to Jazz."

"I'm hoping to handle this with as little need to battle as possible. Perhaps Danny could try to remove the scarf and jacket while invisible, though Lopmon may still sense him approaching," Andy sighed.

Takuya pursed his lips. "Maybe I could try to remove the clothes. I mean, Lopmon is familiar with me…" He was not saying how Lopmon was familiar with him, as only Danny and Andy knew, but it was enough for Danny to get the idea.

"We should approach this acting casual," Andy suggested. "Just two concerned brothers, and a worried cousin wanting to talk to their sister and older cousin. Try to get them to suspect as little as possible."

Danny nodded in agreement with his brother. "If we act too casual though, it could throw them off." He pointed out.

"Then we won't act too casual, just enough to make it seem like we want to talk to her, but not try anything," Andy stated.

"What about us?" Tucker asked. "I think Jazz and Lopmon would suspect something if all of us tried to approach them."

"You and Sam should be on standby for now," Andy suggested. "It'll likely be late by the time we confront Jazz and Lopmon anyways, and we don't want your parents to get worried for you two if we could help it."

Danny sighed. "I guess we're on our own for this then. At least, unless things go down the gutter."

"We'll be ready in case you do need us," Sam assured.

Salamon and Terriermon both looked troubled about something.

That night, at Fenton Works, Dorimon looked into Maddie and Jack's room, seeing the two adult Fentons were asleep. He ran back over to Danny and Andy's room.

"They're asleep," Dorimon stated.

"Okay, looks like this is the best time to talk to Jazz. She is still in her room, right?" Andy asked.

"Last time I checked, she was," Danny answered.

Dorimon nodded. "That's good. We can make our move."

Suddenly, Andy's D-Arc started beeping. Frowning, the boy reached into his pocket to pull out his D-Arc, seeing the Warrior of Flame's symbol on it. "Takuya? What's wrong?"

"We have a problem. Johnny's back and he is with Jazz in the lab." Takuya replied, his voice tense.

"What?" Danny frowned.

"We'll be right there," Andy said to the D-Arc before putting it back into his pocket. "Come on, let's get to the lab!"

Andy picked up Dorimon, and both brothers hurried downstairs. Andy almost tripped along the way, Danny had to grab Andy's arm to keep him from falling down the stairs, and they both nearly slipped through the kitchen floor.

"What a time for Mom to decide to mop the kitchen floor!" Andy hissed.

Danny chuckled. "Well, Dad did leave a mess with the fudge."

"At least if you fell down, you could just go intangible," Andy grumbled.

Danny shook his head. "Forget it, bro. We have more pressing issues, like a certain Johnny with our sister right now."

They both ran into the lab, nearly running over Takuya in the process, who had been waiting for them on the stairs.

"WAH!" Takuya's yelp made Danny stop in his tracks, Andy smacking into Danny's back and squishing poor Dorimon between them.

"Shhh! They're right there!" Takuya hissed at the brothers.

Danny sheepishly chuckled. "Sorry, cuz…"

Andy grumbled, rubbing his forehead, while Dorimon was rubbing his face.

"So, what do you say, Kitten?" Johnny's voice asked. "Wanna be my girl?"

The brothers and Takuya peeked from the wall they were hiding in to see Johnny was holding out the golden ring with a green jewel on it at Jazz. Lopmon was on Jazz's head.

Jazz smiled as she held up her hand, Lopmon mirroring Jazz's grin.

"Okay, this has to stop now," Danny hissed before he ran out there. "She's not anybody's girl."

Takuya blinked, before looking at Andy. Andy shrugged, "No time for thinking."

Andy ran out there with Dorimon to join his brother.

Takuya followed as well, hoping things would go smoothly. "I hope this doesn't go downhill…"

"What are you doing here?" Jazz snapped, having gotten fed up with her family's interruption.

"Why do you think? We're worried about you," Andy said.

Danny approached Jazz, grabbed onto the jacket. The scarf was, thankfully, poorly wrapped, so when Danny pulled on the jacket, the scarf was coming out with it. "Jazz, listen, I know it's difficult with what's been going on with you, but try to think like the psychologist I know you're striving to be. Does any of this seem right to you?"

Takuya watched this with baited breath. It seemed like it was going to work. Jazz and Lopmon both started to look like they were in a daze as Danny was subtly pulling off the jacket and scarf. But then, something cut the moment off.

"Don't you think we're doing this because we have a reason?" Andy added, getting closer, looking ready to help if needed.

But then Johnny suddenly pushed Andy and Dorimon back, and grabbed Danny's shirt before pulling him u p towards him. "You know what punk? We've had just about enough of you."

At the same time, the jacket and scarf fell off of Jazz. Her and Lopmon's minds cleared almost in an instant.

"Ugh…" Jazz shook her head. "What… Wow… That's odd… Why does everything feel a bit like a hazy dream?"

"I feel it too…" Lopmon groaned before he blinked and gasped. "Jazz, look up!"

Jazz then looked up and saw Johnny holding Danny by his shirt. Her big sister instincts took over. "Hey! Hands off the little brother!"

At hearing that, Danny smirked, seeing how he was able to bring Jazz back. Andy and Takuya were also relieved to see Jazz and Lopmon were themselves again.

Johnny frowned, seeing that his plan just went down the drain. Kitty, his real girlfriend, was also getting impatient as well.

"Ah, whatever!" Johnny tossed Danny aside, which Danny slammed into a metal cabinet.

"Then we do this the hard way," Johnny said as his ghostly aura flared up suddenly, making Takuya feel his ghostly energy.

Takuya growled as his eyes flashed blue quickly, from his Spirits, before returning to their brown color, not that it was seen by Jazz or Lopmon. "You're a ghost!"

"Yes I am," Johnny admitted. "And now… Shadow, shelf!"

The black shadowy ghost came up from Johnny's shadow. Jazz and Lopmon looked in shock and horror as the shadow ghost flew into the metal cabinet, rotting it, before it flew out and it came down right on top of Danny.

Takuya saw that as well and felt worry leap into his throat. He knew Danny was half-ghost and probably went intangible, but it still worried him because Danny could have gotten hurt still. Not to mention there was no guaranteed Danny could've gone intangible before it fell on top of him.

"DANNY!" Jazz and Andy both shouted for their brother in concern.

Johnny acted quickly and grabbed Jazz's outstretched hand, while his shadow picked up the jacket and scarf. Before anybody could react, Johnny put the ring on Jazz's finger, and the shadow put the jacket and scarf on Jazz. Jazz's entire body was engulfed by a green light. Lopmon grabbed onto the scarf to try to remove it, but then he too was engulfed by the green light.

"What's happening!?" Andy yelled as the entire room suddenly flashed with light, blinding him, Dorimon, and Takuya for a bit.

Jazz's eyes then glowed green before returning to normal, but she was in a daze now. Johnny grabbed Jazz's hand and put her thumb on the genetic scanner, which opened the doors to the Ghost Zone via the Ghost Portal. As soon as the Ghost Portal was opened, Johnny pushed the dazed Jazz and Lopmon in front of the portal. Shadow grabbed onto Andy and Takuya, trying to keep them from stopping with what was about to happen. The shadow's body melted onto them, making it as sticky as tar.

"GET OFF OF US!" Andy shouted.

Dorimon yelled as he was being pulled under the shadow due to being the smallest.

Takuya struggled to reach for his D-Tector, his eyes holding that feral look. But he also was trying to get out as well, but even harder than Andy. "Let me go, you shapeless blob!"

There was a ghost girl floating in front of the portal. She had green hair with red eyes, and pale skin. She wore purple lipstick and had a black tank top on that showed her stomach. Her skirt was red, and she wore green tights that had black netting on them.

She smirked as she reached out a hand and blasted out her own essence towards Jazz. However, when the essence hit Jazz, Lopmon suddenly let out a horrible scream.

"What's going on?" Johnny frowned, not expecting this.

Lopmon's body suddenly turned into pure data and code, the code then suddenly surrounded Jazz's body, destroying the essence around her. The ghost girl let out a shocked gasp before she doubled over in pain.

Takuya looked up at seeing what happened. "W-what happened?"

The shadow got off of them, returning back to Johnny's shadow. Johnny was in shock as he backed away from the girl, who was currently wrapped up in a cocoon of data.

"Takuya… is Jazz… turning into a Digimon…?" Andy asked nervously.

"I don't know…" Takuya admitted. "I've never seen this before…"

Dorimon began to shake in fear, backing away until he was behind Andy. Takuya suddenly felt a strong and familiar darkness. His eyes went wide, his face went pale as the data got bigger and bigger. What stood before him was the face of evil, the same evil he had faced 4 years ago.

"No…" Takuya whispered.

Two large dark purple hands came down on the sides of the lab's walls. Two glowing yellow eyes glared into Takuya's soul. The giant rabbit creature let out a deep voice growl, the same voice that Takuya heard 4 years ago, the voice that had taunted him and Koji when they came close to being defeated.

Takuya was shaking now. He had not expected this to happen. He was beginning to hyperventilate, as flashes of what he had gone through all those years ago came back to him. "C-Cherubimon…"

"Takuya… Takuya breathe!" Andy shouted, trying to snap his shock-stricken cousin out of the trance he was in.

Takuya blinked, Andy's voice cutting through the terror like a knife. "Huh… Andy?"

Cherubimon gave an evil grin.

"Hey, what's going on?" Danny asked, phasing out of the metal cabinet, only to see this giant evil looking rabbit creature.

Takuya gripped his D-Tector. "Danny… run."

"Wait, no," Andy spoke up. "We have to help Jazz and Lopmon!"

Takuya flashed a glare at both of his cousins. "You can't handle that Digimon! That Digimon is a Mega-Level! THAT is the evil form of Cherubimon! I am the only one of us who has fought with Cherubimon when he is like that!"

"No, that's not it," Danny spoke up, frowning as he walked over to Takuya and Andy. "Look at that… Cherubimon, was it? Look at him."

Takuya frowned as he looked back at Cherubimon. He thought he saw Cherubimon grinning evilly at him, but when he looked at him, Cherubimon looked to be in pain. Cherubimon let out grunts of discomfort, and was clearly in agony about something. Cherubimon lifted up his arms from the floor, trying to grasp at his chest.

Upon seeing that, Takuya was reminded of DexDorugamon and how he had been in pain upon their first meeting. "He's… in pain…?"

Dorimon looked from behind Andy's legs. "He's in pain because of the ghost clothes and ring Jazz was wearing. It's eating him from the inside."

Takuya looked down at his D-Tector. He knew what he needed to do, but he was not sure if it was the right thing to do. He would be fighting in an enclosed space, and mobility was needed, but so was power.

Andy noticed Johnny was sneaking out of the house. He looked back at Cherubimon, who was both Lopmon and Jazz right now in pain.

"Darn it!" Andy ran over to Danny. "Danny, we need to go inside Cherubimon!"

Danny looked at Andy. "You sure, bro?" Danny looked unsure of what to do. "What about Johnny?"

"We have to take off those ghost clothes and ring that Jazz has on, and the only way to do that is to go inside Cherubimon!" Andy explained. "Takuya, you go after Johnny."

Takuya looked up at Andy. "You know I will." He turned and ran after Johnny.

Danny summoned his rings, which transformed him into Danny Phantom. Andy picked up Dorimon as Danny picked him up. Danny turned all three of them intangible before he flew into Cherubimon's chest, where the pain was most likely prominent. As soon as Danny, Andy, and Dorimon were inside, they were quickly bombarded with a heavy kind of pressure that made it difficult to breathe. There was some kind of darkness coating the place, there was also ectoplasm that was likely coming from Jazz herself.

Danny shivered. "Wow… It's like I can't breathe, and that is saying something since I am a ghost right now."

Andy panted. "Lucky… you…"

"Hang in there… Jazz can't be too far…" Dorimon encouraged, sounding weak himself.

Takuya ran outside of Fenton Works, seeing Johnny getting on his motorcycle. Takuya hated the thought of leaving his cousins behind to Cherubimon, but he couldn't let Johnny get away with this. His rage began to build as Johnny had caused a lot of pain for all of them, Jazz and Lopmon most of all.

Takuya was so busy going after Johnny that he didn't see two other small shadows running into the house he just came out of.

Takuya grabbed his D-Tector and held it up, forming the familiar ball of fractal code around his left hand. He scanned it through the D-Tector's light, swiping his hand up as he did so. "EXECUTE NOW! FUSION EVOLUTION!" he cried. The fractal code surrounded him, transforming into a blue-white cocoon of light. Within it, he felt the familiar transformation sweep over him. His body grew in height and became more muscular as a tugging sensation near the bottom of his spine transformed into a tail. A slight pain accompanied the growth of his wings and a sharp pain filled his mouth as his teeth elongated. Armor formed on his body and his hair turned yellow, becoming long and wild as his eyes turned a sharp, icy blue color. The light finally shattered and he flared his wings, landing and shouting out his name as he did so. "ALDAMON!"

Now in his Fusion form, Aldamon growled as he flared his orange wings and took flight, taking off after Johnny's motorcycle.

"This is why they told us to never mess with Digimon!" Johnny yelped. "Shadow!"

The shadow ghost came out at Aldamon.

Seeing this, the Warrior of Flame came to a hover as one of his cannons opened up and began to glow red. Instead of speaking, he let out a loud shout as he fired off his Atomic Inferno at the shadow ghost. The shadow ghost was instantly vaporized. Not only were the flames strong, but their bright light made the shadow weak. Johnny gasped, seeing that he just lost his shadow and most of his own ghost powers.

"H-how?" Johnny asked in horror as his motorcycle came to a stop, seeming to have lost all power itself.

Aldamon came hovering down, his blue eyes filled with nothing but rage. His sharp fangs were revealed as he gritted his teeth in anger. He landed, letting his wings fold slightly, stepping forwards in a slow, deliberate manner to show he meant business.

"What are you going to do with me?" Johnny asked before he let out a terrified scream as Aldamon suddenly picked him up. "Look, I'm sorry! I had no idea that would happen to Jazz!"

It was here that Aldamon finally spoke. "You hurt her… And that I can't forgive!"

Aldamon was ready to completely destroy Johnny, until someone's voice cut through his rage. "Takuya! Wait a minute!"

The voice wasn't really there, it was the voice of a memory, the voice of a little kid.

"I learned that true courage isn't paying bullies back, it's standing up to them. You helped me see that fighting back in fear and anger is just as bad as being a bully. You can't let fear and anger control you, you have to fight it."

The memory of that day in the Digital World made Aldamon hesitate. His hand holding Johnny was shaking slightly with rage, but then, the Digimon closed his eyes and looked down. He let Johnny go, letting his hand fall back to his side. "But I won't finish you. It wouldn't be right."

Johnny was shocked to hear that. "Not that I'm ungrateful, but why?"

"If I continued to lash out in anger, I would have been no better than someone who does so for fun." Aldamon explained. "As a Legendary Warrior, I can't let my emotions guide me like that. I would be no better than an evil Digimon if I did."

Johnny wasn't sure what to say.

Aldamon hissed. "You just get out of here and stay away from my family, otherwise you may not get the same mercy again."

Johnny yelped before getting back on his motorcycle. It wasn't as fast as it was before, but he did managed to make it go and get away from the powerful, fiery Digimon. One day I'll find a way to get Kitty out of the Ghost Zone. But maybe I should find a different way to do it. I don't want to go through all that again. I may be a ghost, but I don't want to get obliterated.

Aldamon watched Johnny go before he then remembered Andy and Danny with Cherubimon. "Oh no…" He murmured before he flared his wings and took flight back towards Fenton Works. Please… be alright you guys...

Aldamon did, however, take a moment to look down for a moment. Thank you, Tommy.

Back in Fenton Works, Maddie woke up to some shaking, but she only groaned. "Jack, your snoring is rattling the whole house…"

Maddie sighed before she picked up some earplugs from the night stand and put them in her ears. She gave a smile before she went back to sleep.

Meanwhile, back in the lab, Cherubimon was beginning to summon some kind of attack. He was in pain, and he couldn't take it anymore. Black balls began to appear around Cherubimon, however, before he could do anything, a familiar voice shouted.

"STOP! Don't do anything!"

Cherubimon's yellow eyes went wide when he saw Salamon and Terriermon approaching him.

Terriermon looked up at Cherubimon; he was scared yes, but he could tell his old friend was in pain. "This is not you, Cherubimon. I know it isn't."

"Terriermon…" Cherubimon hissed.

"Fight it, Cherubimon. Don't allow yourself to fall to the dark path again," Salamon spoke up.

"Salamon…?" Cherubimon blinked, before seeing a faded version of Ophanimon over Salamon. "Ophanimon…"

Cherubimon grunted again. "It hurts… it hurts so much…"

Terriermon nodded. "I know it must hurt, but that is why Ophanimon and I are here. We can help you."

Cherubimon looked down at his hands, then his yellow eyes went wide. "What has happened to me…? Why…? No… NO! NOOOOOOOO!"

"Cherubimon! Calm down! You'll destroy the house if you keep yelling!" Salamon shouted.

Terriermon was quick to add his own words. "It's going to be okay! We can find a way to ease your pain and get you back to normal!"

"You need to stay away from me!" Cherubimon yelled. "Get away from me before I lose control!"

Terriermon wanted to stay, he really did, but he could sense Cherubimon's fear. "No! We can't! We won't!"

"It's going to be alright, Cherubimon. You won't turn evil again," Salamon said calmly. "Just calm down."

Meanwhile, Danny could see something glowing up ahead, cutting through the pressure and darkness.

"Is that Cherubimon's Digi-Core?" Dorimon asked.

Andy looked ahead, sweating from having a hard time breathing. "It's… I think that's… Jazz."

Danny gasped. "Jazz?!" He began to pick up his speed. "We have to save her!"

When Danny got close, he could see it was indeed Jazz. She was inside some kind of purple orb that had code around it. Jazz looked to be unconscious though. The jacket, scarf, and ring she wore was constantly letting out ecto energy.

"That… that must be… what's causing… Cherubimon's pain," Andy pointed out.

"They must… have biomerged when… Lopmon sensed Jazz was… in danger of the… ghost possession," Dorimon realized.

Danny tried to get in close, but the orb pushed him away. "I can't get in."

"Cherubimon's in a frenzy…" Dorimon frowned. "I don't think anyone… can get in…"

"Then… we'll have to try… to wake up Jazz," Andy stated.

"But how?" Danny asked. "It's data, and data hurts ghosts, even half-ghosts if they are in their ghost form."

"Would it… hurt humans… or Digimon?" Andy asked.

"I don't think so…" Danny said hesitantly.

"Then…" Andy looked back at Danny. "Hide in my body, and let's try."

"A-again? Are you sure?" Danny questioned, looking uncomfortable.

"We have to… for Jazz, Danny," Andy replied back.

Danny frowned before sighing. "Okay… I could give it a shot." He then turned intangible before he flew inside Andy's body again.

In that instant, data surrounded Dorimon, and he instantly digivolved into Dorumon. "Whoa, I feel so much stronger all of a sudden!"

"No time to wonder about that." 'Andy' said to Dorumon. "We have to help Jazz!"

"Right," Dorumon's little wings flapped. "Let's go!"

Danny moved Andy's body to the core, hoping that his ghostly influence didn't knock Andy away from the orb. Dorumon flew down to the orb as well. They were able to touch the orb, but they couldn't go through it. Danny looked at the data for a moment.

"If only we could tell the data to let us through…" Andy's voice commented from Danny's head.

"Is that possible?" Danny questioned back to his brother's soul.

"Yes, I think it is. But we would need another digital being," Andy answered back before Danny looked over at Dorumon.

"Well, we could give it a shot with Dorumon. But I'm not sure I want to give it a try." Danny commented back.

"Are you worried?" Andy asked.

"Yeah… What if it hurts Dorumon?" Danny asked.

"Sometimes we can't afford to hesitate, Danny," Andy sighed.

Danny sighed as well. "Okay, I'll see if we can get Dorumon to tell the data to let us through."

"I got it," Dorumon suddenly said. "You want me to try to talk to the data, right?"

Danny, in Andy's body, blinked. "Uh… Yeah… But how did you know?"

"When you overshadowed Andy, I could hear both of your thoughts. It's kind of weird," Dorumon replied. "Anyways, I'll give it a shot."

Dorumon put his claws on the data that was around the orb. Dorumon's forehead gem glowed.

"Who are you?"

"Please, let us in. We want to help Jazz."

"Your data feels familiar…"

"We're friends. Please, let us pass. If you don't, the ectoplasm will kill you."

"Protect Jazz."

"Yes, we only want to protect Jazz as well. Let us through, we can help her."

Danny lowered Andy's body to the data. Without Danny's consent, however, Andy's hand suddenly touched the data. Danny was surprised to see that. Apparently Andy could still take control of his body if he wanted to.

"What are you doing, Andy?" Danny asked.

"I'm hoping the data will recognize us as Jazz's brothers," Andy replied.

Much to Danny's surprise, and Andy's delight, the data did indeed react. It parted, letting the boy(s) in.

"Thank you," Dorumon said to the code before he and Danny/Andy went into the orb.

"Jazz… Jazz, wake up!" Danny said, taking Jazz's shoulders and shook her a little. "Please, Jazz. You need to wake up."

Takuya got to Fenton Works and immediately went down into the lab. He was currently still in his Aldamon form. He was surprised when he saw Salamon and Terriermon were there, talking to Cherubimon.

"Salamon?! Terriermon?!" Aldamon asked in shock. "What are you two doing here?!"

Terriermon jumped, Salamon looked at Aldamon.

"We're here to help a friend," Salamon answered. "We sensed something was really wrong when Lopmon suddenly became Cherubimon again."

Looking back at Cherubimon, Aldamon couldn't help but worry about Jazz. "Has there been any progress in calming him down?"

"T-Takuya…" Cherubimon suddenly spoke up, surprising Aldamon. "You must destroy me before I turn evil again…"

"Cherubimon, you're not evil! You're in pain right now!" Terriermon shouted. "Please stop telling us to destroy you!"

"Wasn't that what you wanted before?" Cherubimon asked Terriermon. "Weren't you afraid of this exact scenario!?"

Aldamon moved in front of Terriermon instinctively, but he didn't attack. The Warrior of Flame felt his throat get tight with emotion. "No… This isn't what we wanted…"

"I don't… I don't want to hurt you anymore, Cherubimon. And I'm sorry that I did in the first place," Terriermon apologized, moving out from behind Aldamon. "Please, don't hurt yourself either. Don't be… so afraid of yourself, Cherubimon."

"I don't want to be like this again… Don't make me like this again!" Cherubimon hid his face with his big hands.

Seeing Cherubimon like this sent a pang of sympathy through Aldamon's chest. "It's… It's going to be okay."

"Listen, Cherubimon, you're only like this because you wanted to protect your partner, isn't that right?" Salamon spoke up. "You're not evil, but you are in pain. You must calm yourself, you'll be back to normal soon, I promise."

Terriermon nodded. "Things are going to be okay. Just try to remain calm, please!"

Cherubimon grunted, then released his face from his hands. "I wanted… to protect Jazz… She was about to lose her soul."

Aldamon flinched a bit at that, remembering the uncontrolled rage he felt at what Johnny had almost done. "Yes… Yes, she almost did…" He then looked back at Cherubimon. "But that's over with. Johnny is gone. He's left…"

Jazz groaned as she began to stir. She slowly started to open her eyes, seeing Andy and Dorumon in front of her.

"Hey, looks like she's waking up," Dorumon noted in relief.

"Jazz! Oh thank goodness…" 'Andy' said in relief.

"Ugh… Andy…?" Jazz asked, her voice slurred a bit.

"Uh… yeah… and Danny," 'Andy' awkwardly answered.

"What?" Jazz blinked.

"I'll explain later. We need to get those off of you, but you need to wake up first. I don't know what will happen if we took those off of you now," 'Andy' informed.

Jazz looked confused as she looked at her brother(s). "Wake up…?"

"Can you see where we are?" Dorumon asked.

Jazz looked around, taking in what she was seeing. "Y-yeah… Where are we?"

"We're currently inside Cherubimon," Andy spoke up, the real Andy, Jazz noticed his eyes didn't glow when he spoke. "I had Danny take us in here to try to get to you. Lopmon's data likely wrapped itself around you and biomerged in order to protect you when you were about to be possessed."

Jazz blinked. "I… merged with Lopmon?"

"In a sense. It's different from when Vlad did it with Tsukaimon though," Dorumon spoke up. "It's not so much as a merge, as it is Lopmon digivolving with you inside him. Neither of you were in sync, nor did you activate the biomerging on your own. It was just Lopmon protecting you."

Jazz seemed to regain her senses as she looked around again. "So it was involuntary?"

"Think of it like a defense mechanism. Or when someone taps on your knee, you suddenly have that kicking reflex," Andy explained. "Because it wasn't intentional, it wasn't as… I guess 'strong' or complete as it could've been had that kick had the added power with intent behind it."

Jazz gained a contemplative look. "I see… But how did we merge? I last remember Johnny shoving this ring on me and then…"

"That can be explained later, we need to get those clothes and ring off of you," Danny spoke up, making Andy's eyes glow again. "Do you think you can take off the scarf and jacket?"

Jazz looked at the scarf and jacket. "Yes, I think I can." She reached up to pull off the scarf and jacket.

Danny had Andy reach out and pull off the ring on Jazz's finger. The boy(s) felt a slight shock of ecto energy when they touched it, but it wasn't enough to make them drop the ring.

Jazz was able to remove the jacket and scarf, and she too felt a jolt of ecto energy, but like with her brothers, it wasn't enough to make her drop the clothing.

"Seems the ecto-signature didn't want to let you go, but it's too weak here to cling onto you," Dorumon noted.

Jazz nodded. "I got it off, but now what?"

"Now… we wait," Andy said, his eyes not glowing.

"Okay, that is creepy. Is Danny inside you or something?" Jazz asked.

Andy, or maybe Danny, gave Jazz a sheepish smile. "Uh… it was the only way to get into this orb to get to you."

Jazz gave her brothers a look. "I don't think I want to see this again, boys."

"Come on, it's not that weird… is it?" Danny asked, making Andy's eyes glow again.

"Let's see, you're inside Andy and when you are talking, you make his eyes glow. Yep, I would say that qualifies as creepy." Jazz said in her matter-of-fact tone.

Dorumon was trying not to laugh.

"Come on! I'm half ghost, okay? Being creepy comes with the territory!" Danny grumbled.

Jazz laughed. "And that's why I tease you, little brother."

Dorumon lost it and began to laugh loudly.

The purple orb around them suddenly turned a soft pink color, the darkness that was suffocating them earlier was replaced with a warm light.

When the pain suddenly stopped, Cherubimon was able to think clearer. He was still terrified of becoming evil again, but with the pain gone, it was easier for his mind to not be clouded with fear. Cherubimon looked at Aldamon, Terriermon, and Salamon.

"I have one more question. Are you all still afraid of me?" Cherubimon asked.

Here, Aldamon was not sure what to say. He didn't want to lie, but he was not sure if he should say the truth either. He swallowed the lump that was forming in his throat nervously. "I…"

Terriermon spoke up before Aldamon could answer. "Yes, I am still afraid of you. But… I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let my fear and guilt drive me away from you. We all deserve a second chance, and… I know you've been trying hard to get away from your past and make up for it."

"If you want the truth, I too am still afraid of you becoming evil again, Cherubimon," Salamon admitted. "However, you deserve forgiveness as well. You were not in your right mind, and you started out with good intentions. Seraphimon and I should have talked to you before it ever got that far in the first place. I know you may look evil now, but I can tell your heart is still as pure as it was when you were Lopmon."

Aldamon realized that the big Digimon was still waiting on him to answer. Making eye contact with those yellow eyes, Aldamon finally spoke up. "I… I am." He then sighed. "But… as Terriermon said, you have been trying hard to make up for it, so I can't deny that either. But yes, I am willing to give you that second chance as well. I have seen how hard you have been working at making amends, and I will accept that."

"Thank you for your honesty," Cherubimon said before his form glowed and changed.

For a few seconds, Aldamon was in awe when he saw Cherubimon was in the pink, gold, and white form that he was in before he was reborn as a Digi-Egg. A part of Aldamon thought that Cherubimon would suddenly become a Digi-Egg again when he saw the original form. However, Cherubimon gave a smile before fractal code surrounded the pink rabbit, shrinking down to a much smaller form. At the same time, three other forms came out of the shrinking form as well.

Aldamon knew who those forms had to be. One was Lopmon for sure, hence the shrinking form, and the other three had to be Andy, Dorumon, and… Instinctual fear replaced his awe as he remembered Jazz. Rushing forwards, Aldamon reached the forms, just as the female form fell into his grasp. He knelt down, holding Jazz's form gently with worry on his face.

The jacket, scarf, and ring that Jazz was wearing fell to the floor, melting into piles of ecto goop.

"Ugh… that felt worse than a rollercoaster…" 'Andy' groaned, rubbing his head.

"Speak for yourself, I still say the death coaster was worse," Andy grumbled.

Dorumon looked over at the shared body. "Okay, I think you need to get out of Andy's body now, Danny."

Aldamon looked up, surprised. "Danny is in Andy's body?"

Andy looked up at Aldamon, and Aldamon noticed the glowing green eyes. It unsettled him.

"Ah… right…" Danny chuckled sheepishly before he flew out of Andy's body. "Sorry about that."

Shaking his head, Aldamon returned his attention to Jazz's condition. "Is she okay?"

Terriermon and Salamon were attending to Lopmon, who appeared to be unconscious.

"She's-" Andy began to say before Jazz opened her eyes.

"WAH! Let me go!" Jazz yelled, not having expected to wake up to the face of a Digimon that wasn't Lopmon or Dorumon so suddenly.

Aldamon was startled by the sudden reaction, so much so that he let her go and fell back onto his behind. "Hey! Calm down!"

"I guess he does have a bit of a scary face," Andy chuckled.

"I mean I don't blame her for screaming to that face," Dorumon added, chuckling as well.

Aldamon gave the two a glare. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Danny studied Aldamon's face for a moment. "I guess he does kinda look like a demon man with the sharp teeth and the horns."

Aldamon shook his head at his cousins' antics.

Jazz calmed down after her initial surprise before she started laughing. She needed that laugh, because she felt like complete crap after what happened with Johnny.

Hearing Jazz laughing was somewhat contagious, as Aldamon felt his lips twitch into a smile before laughter began to escape him as well. Lopmon woke up, seeing his partner was safe and laughing, he couldn't help but give a smile of his own too.

"Lopmon… are you going to be okay?" Terriermon asked.

"Yeah…" Lopmon looked at Terriermon and Salamon for a moment. "Thank you… both of you."

Salamon smiled. "It was our pleasure, Lopmon."

Terriermon gave a small smile. "Of course."

The next morning, after Terriermon and Salamon went back to their partners' homes, Jazz was in the kitchen with the rest of her family. She told them about how Johnny left after her cousin gave him a whooping.

"I still can't believe he snuck into this house just to see you," Maddie remarked. "It's a romantic. But you still can't ever see him again."

"I told you that punk was no good!" Jack, Danny, and even Takuya said at the same time, making them look at one another. Jack then cleared his throat as he looked at Takuya. "I heard you gave the guy a decking, Takuya. That was good work."

Takuya blushed. "Ah… Thanks…"

"Aww, Jack, he's like a little you," Maddie grinned.

Danny sunk under his chair, leaving Takuya all to Jack.

Takuya gave a mock glare at Danny's chair as Jack leaned over to him. "And since you have been such a model boy lately, I have a surprise for you!"

Andy looked at Takuya. Oh boy…

Jazz gave a small sigh before she smiled, holding onto Lopmon. "I want to thank you boys by the way, for protecting me the way you did from someone like Johnny."

Takuya gave Jazz a smile. "Hey, you're my cousin. I wasn't gonna let that guy make a move on you just because he wanted something from you."

"Do you think you'll be okay, Jazz?" Andy asked his sister, knowing this likely did affect her more than she was letting on.

"Yeah… don't worry about me," Jazz assured.

When Jack drove the boys to school, he gave a big goofy smile. "Bye boys, have a great day! Oh, and Danny, Andy, if you two want, I could-"

"No! No, we're good!" Danny quickly said.

"You go on ahead home. I'm sure Takuya deserves it more than we do~" Andy smiled.

"In that case, I'll see you boys later!" Jack smiled before he drove away.

When the GAV was gone, Takuya was wearing an orange hazmat suit that was too large for his slim frame.

Tucker and Sam came over. Niki was walking beside Tucker. They all looked at Takuya in surprise.

"Wow… that's… a nice jumpsuit…?" Niki said before she whispered to Tucker. "He does know that's too big on him, doesn't he?"

Tucker looked at Niki. "Judging by his expression, I think he does…" He whispered back.

"Somehow I don't see you having a great day today," Sam remarked.

Takuya didn't even say anything, he just stood there as Dash, Calvin, and Kwan walked by them, seeing him in that jumpsuit. Dash stared in surprise, then he covered his mouth, trying not to laugh.

"Yeah, it looks ridiculous. I know." Takuya grumbled. "Go ahead and laugh." He was not in a good mood. I'm sure my Spirits are probably laughing right now...

"Maybe we should start calling you Jumpsuit Man, or maybe Loose Man since that's way too big for you," Calvin laughed.

Takuya groaned. "I need a new image… could someone lend me their plushy?"

"Get your own thing," Tucker remarked, hugging Terriermon.

The school bell rang.

"Come on, let's get to class," Danny said, snickering a little.

"You guys go on ahead… I'll take my time…" Takuya grumbled.

"Hey, at least if you're late wearing that, you could always say the suit made you trip and fall," Andy suggested.

"Ugh… I love my uncle a lot, but I just need to get this thing off…" Takuya groaned.

As the group started heading to the school, Takuya just stood there to try to think of a good way to ditch the jumpsuit without upsetting Jack. Then, his D-Tector suddenly beeped. Takuya had to dig around through the suit to get to it.

Finally, after a few seconds of digging around in the pocket, he found it, but the big gloves made it hard to grasp. "Ugh… Got it, finally." He muttered as he pulled out his D-Tector. "Hello?"

"Takuya," Sorcermon's voice spoke up, which surprised Takuya. "Listen… can you come to the Digital World tonight?"

Takuya blinked. "Yeah, I believe I can. I don't have anything going on tonight so I can come."

"Great. I'm calling all available Legendary Warriors to the Digital World tonight. So expect some old faces there as well," Sorcermon stated.

Takuya felt a smile cross his face. "That sounds good. I'll be there."

"Oh, I should also tell you not to bring anyone else with you unless they're a Legendary Warrior themselves. We want to keep this to a minimum," Sorcermon warned.

Takuya frowned, wondering if that should include Dash since he held the Spirits of Wood now. "I believe there is one more Warrior who can come…"

"Then bring them with you. I'll see you later tonight, Takuya," Sorcermon said before hanging up.

Takuya sighed as he slipped his D-Tector back into his pocket. "Oh boy… This should be interesting…"

Titanic X: ZAFT: That will be shown here. :3

CT7567Rules: DarkFoxKit: Yeah, Dash has come a long way, and I feel like he could've been a more in-depth character at some point, but he sadly never did. As for the crossover, yes, it should be, but the main setting is in the Danny Phantom universe, and… well, if we had put this in crossover, not many people would ever see it, let's be honest. ^^'

ZAFT: And we want maximum readership so… ^^'

Luna Lillyth: ZAFT: What were you expecting then? It's just how the chapter worked out.

DarkFoxKit: Yeah, the episode itself was quite interesting. I liked seeing Danny being more protective towards Jazz instead of it being the other way around, it shows how much they care for each other.

ZAFT: Never mess with a brother who is half-ghost~ XD