What A Malfunction Part 3: Digimon Mayhem
by Martial Arts Master
Pokemon and all related characters copyrighted by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., TV Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri, 4Kids, and Wizards of the Coast. Digimon and all related characters copyrighted by Bandai, Saban, Fox, and TV Tokyo. I made up Smiling Joe Technique, though. Actually, to be honest, the Smiling Joe Technique character appeared to me in a dream. Speaking of which, Seth Turtle, I'll try to put more detail into this fic than I did into "Kooky Bully", but I might not succeed, because detail is my biggest weakness. This chapter takes place after the Digidestined defeat MyeloMyotismon, but BEFORE they become adults. With that said, on with the story.

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The Digidestined and their Digimon were relaxing in their respective homes. MyeloMyotismon was defeated, and the kids with the Dark Spores had gotten their own Digimon, and had started believing in their dreams again. The only sad note was that Owikawa had to sacrifice his life so soon after he had finally achieved his dream, but other than that, life was great.
Davis was studying the world of business, because after all, if he was going to open a noodle cart, he figured he had better learn how to run a business.
Veemon was taking ballet lessons, hoping to impress Gatomon in the future.
Yolei, after experiencing that mental illusion of her siblings not being around, had worked extra-hard to improve her relationship with her siblings. Hawkmon was proud. In his opinion, Yolei had finally gotten some sense into her head.
Cody was still taking kendo lessons from his grandfather, and, along with Armadillomon, had recently shown his mother the Digital World just as he had promised himself he would do after experiencing that mental illusion of showing his father the Digital World. Not surprisingly, Cody was interested in the law just like his father was, but his mother insisted that if his job involved the law, could he at least not be a policeman so he wouldn't put himself in danger like his father? So Cody agreed to study to become a lawyer.
Ken was studying and working hard, and he got more athletic. Soon, through hard work this time and not some Dark Spore, he became as much of a genius and as much of an athlete as he had been when he had been the Digimon Emperor, and Wormmon was proud to be Ken's Digimon.
The fact that Tai had been a leader seemed to have gone to his head, and he became obsessed about getting a job in the future that involved meeting other people, so now he was studying other languages so he could be a foreign diplomat. Agumon was perfectly willing to go along with it.
Matt started wondering what it was like out there in space, and he started studying to be an astronaut, along with Gabumon.
Sora and Biyomon were now a lot more feminine than when Sora had first come to the Digital World, and they were studying fashion so they could be fashion designers in the future.
Izzy thought there were still some unanswered questions about the Digital World, so he and Tentomon resolved that when they became adults, their job would be to research the Digital World.
Mimi and Palmon developed an interest in cooking, and it was easy to tell that in the future their jobs would probably involve cooking.
Joe was still studying to be a doctor, but now Gomamon had gotten into the act.
TK had resumed a normal life with his mother, but now his mother, having learned about Patamon, incorporated Patamon into the family.
Finally, Kari remembered all those kids who had thought that their dreams were useless, so she had decided that every kid deserves a way to make their dreams come true. Kari decided to become a teacher later in the future, and Gatomon agreed to support Kari in this venture.
Everyone was pretty happy right now. But that was about to change...

In a remote forest in Japan, the real Smiling Joe Technique suddenly appeared. It looked around.
"Targets not here," Smiling Joe Technique said in its usual monotone robotic voice. "Targets must be elsewhere."
The robot got an idea.
"Unable to find targets and go to them, targets must come here," Smiling Joe Technique said. "Must flush the targets out."
Smiling Joe Technique walked in a direction chosen at random, believing that it was certain to find a house.
As it so happened, Smiling Joe Technique walked right into the neighborhood that Sora was living in. At least, Sora was living in that neighborhood according to the information the Pokemon and Digimon fan had programmed into it. Smiling Joe Technique looked around and saw some houses.
"Sora's crest is Love," Smiling Joe Technique said to itself, repeating information that the Pokemon and Digimon fan had programmed into it. "Ergo: Sora cares about other people, will come out of hiding if others are in danger."
"Concert Crush!" Smiling Joe Technique then said, using Etemon's technique to throw a black-and-green energy ball into the space between some houses. It caused an explosion, causing some people to scatter.
"Fire Ball!" Smiling Joe Technique said, using Meramon's technique to cause a fire near another house.
Sora and Biyomon ran out of a house nearby.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" Sora shouted.
"You are Sora and Biyomon, two of my targets," Smiling Joe Technique replied. "Give me your autographs to give to my master or suffer the consequences."
"Who do you think you are, trying to force us to give you our autographs?" Biyomon demanded.
Smiling Joe Technique merely flung Agumon's Pepper Breath technique at another house.
"All right, that does it!" Biyomon said. "Spiral Twister!"
Biyomon fired a green energy spiral at Smiling Joe Technique.
"Blaze Blast!" Smiling Joe Technique said, using Tyrannomon's technique to fire a fireball that tore right through Biyomon's Spiral Twister and knocked Biyomon down. Biyomon got back up again.
"Well, whoever you are, you somehow seem to know every Digimon attack," Biyomon said. "How is that possible?"
"Give me your autographs to give to my master or suffer the consequences," Smiling Joe Technique repeated.
Sora guessed that she needed some help, so she pulled out her Digi-vice and sent an e-mail to the other kids, asking them for help.

5 minutes later...
"All right, we're here!" Izzy said, as he and the other Digidestined and their Digimon arrived.
"You are the other targets," Smiling Joe Technique said. "Give me your autographs to bring to my master or suffer the consequences."
"Who the heck is your master, anyway?" Tai demanded.
"That is unimportant, now give me your autographs," Smiling Joe Technique said.
"You can't use force to make us give you our autographs," Agumon said. "Pepper Breath!" "Blue Blaster!" Gabumon said.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon said.
"Super Shocker!" Tentomon said.
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon said.
"Marching Fishes!" Gomamon said.
"Boom Bubble!" Patamon said.
"Lightning Paw!" Gatomon said.
"Vee Head Butt!" Veemon said.
"Hawk Beam!" Hawkmon said. (Author's Note: Yes, Hawkmon really does have this attack. He uses it once in the "Big Trouble In Little Edo" episode.)
"Diamond Shell!" Armadillomon said.
"Silk Thread!" Wormmon said.
The Digimon all used their attacks on Smiling Joe Technique.
"Giga Blaster!" Smiling Joe Technique said, firing MetalGreymon's attack. This blasted through the other attacks and blasted the Digimon.
"Hey, you copied my move!" Agumon said.
"Incorrect, you are Agumon, the Giga Blaster technique is MetalGreymon's technique, your technique is Pepper Breath," Smiling Joe Technique said.
Before Agumon could reply, everyone except Smiling Joe Technique started flickering on and off, like a hologram. Then they all disappeared...

To be continued...

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