What A Malfunction Part 4: Explanation and Relaxation
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. With that said, on with the story.

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Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey, their Pokemon, Team Rocket, their Pokemon, Meowth, the Digidestined, and their Digimon all appeared on what one would call a tropical paradise.
They were on a beach, and the ocean was crystal clear, with absolutely no pollution. They seemed to be on an island, and the island had lots of lush tropical plants and trees.
That's when our heroes from Pokemon and the Digidestined and Digimon recognized each other from their previous adventure. (Author's Note: See my "Kooky Bully" fic for their previous adventure.)
"Whoa, it's you guys!" Ash said.
"Hey, great to see you! I wonder what's going on this time," Tai said.
Then Team Rocket saw the Digidestined's Digimon.
"Whoa!" Jessie said. "What kind of Pokemon are THOSE?!"
"We're not Pokemon, we're Digimon!" Gomamon said.
"Digimon? What are they?" James asked.
"Who cares? Let's just swipe 'em, give 'em to the boss, and PRETEND they're Pokemon!" Meowth said. "Then the boss'll give us big rewards!"
"No way, we aren't gonna be stolen by YOU!" Biyomon said.
"Oh yes you are," Jessie said.
Jessie and James sent out Arbok, Wobbuffet, Weezing, and Victreebel. Meowth leaped down to join them.
"Attack!" Jessie and James said.
Team Rocket's Pokemon and Meowth charged forward.
"Oh yeah? Take this! Pepper Breath!" Agumon said.
"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.
"Diamond Shell!" Armadillomon said.
"Silk Thread!" Wormmon said.
The Digimon all unleashed their attacks, knocking Arbok, Weezing, Wobbuffet, Victreebel, and Meowth back quite a ways.
"What's the matter with you weaklings, GET THEM!" James cried out.
Team Rocket's Pokemon charged again, and the Digimon simply knocked them backwards again with their attacks. But this time, Team Rocket's Pokemon were knocked into the line between the sand and the tide.
"Idiots," Jessie said, recalling her Pokemon.
"We'll have to deal with these runts another way," James said, recalling his Pokemon.
Meowth leaped out of the water, shaking water out of his fur.
"All right, time for plan B," Jessie said.
"No, you musn't!" a voice cried out.
Team Rocket looked around.
Then they saw a ball of light.
"You haven't met me before, so let me explain everything about me and the Digimon and the Digidestined," the ball of light said.

A half hour later...

"Oh, they're from another world," Jessie said.
"And you created that world and our own," James said.
"Who was that robot, anyway?" Tracey asked.
"That robot, who appeared in the Digimon world, and its clone, who appeared in the Pokemon world, is called Smiling Joe Technique," the ball of light answered. "Both the robot and its clone are capable of performing every Pokemon and Digimon technique that ever existed."
"But who programmed it?" Brock asked.
"That, I do not know," the ball of light said. "I was unable to scan its mind because it does not have a mind, only programming. The programming tells me that it must serve its master, not who that master is."
"If I ever meet is master, I'll kick his butt!" Veemon said.
"Anyway, I brought you in yet another world I created just for you so that the robots would not destroy the worlds I created just to get to you," the ball of light said. "Relax here, and when the robot and its clone arrive, you will all be able to fight it."

Later...

Everyone was relaxing on the island. Agumon, Cyndaquil, and Vulpix were basking in the sun, hoping to get tans.
Gabumon was taking a nap.
Tentomon, Venonat, Scyther, and Pineco were relaxing in the trees.
Gomamon was playing Marco Polo with all the Water Pokemon, and Gomamon happened to be Marco at the time. Gomamon, mischievous as he was, snuck peeks at times, but was always careful not to get caught.
Sure it was cheating, but in his opinion, if everyone else was having fun anyway, who cared?
Patamon was babysitting Togepi again.
Veemon was working out, practicing his punches, kicks, and Vee Head Butts, hoping to get into shape so he could impress Gatomon. After all, he couldn't very well learn ballet in the middle of a tropical island.
Hawkmon, Noctowl, and Zubat were playing tag while flying in the sky, and so far Noctowl had never become "it" thanks to Noctowl's cleverness.
Armadillomon, Geodude, and Onix were building sand castles in the sand.
Wormmon was having a scary face contest with Arbok and Weezing. Arbok was winning so far.
Bulbasaur, Chikorita, and Victreebel chowed down on the delicious fruit on the island. However, Bulbasaur and Chikorita kept giving Victreebel wary looks, not trusting Victreebel. After all, Victreebel DID belong to a member of Team Rocket.
Lickitung and Meowth were resting somewhere near where Biyomon, Palmon, Gatomon, and Pikachu were.
Speaking of those four, Pikachu was once again "popular with the ladies".
Pikachu was running from Biyomon and Palmon because they both wanted to hug it at the same time, and Pikachu was a little embarassed by group hugs.
"You can't get away from us!" Biyomon said, laughing.
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon said, wrapping Pikachu up in vines.
Pikachu laughed a little, too, and said something which meant, "Ok, you got me."
Then Pikachu looked over and noticed Gatomon sitting alone, hugging her knees, looking depressed.
Pikachu disentangled itself from the vines and walked over to Gatomon, asking her what was wrong.
"Well, it's a long story," Gatomon said.
Pikachu said it would like to hear it.
"All right, here goes," Gatomon said. "It all started when I was Nyaromon. I was searching for someone for many years, but I couldn't find her. Then, shortly after I digi-volved to Salamon, I was found by an evil and nasty Digimon called Myotismon. He made me his slave, and he punished me with physical violence every time I looked directly into his eyes with my eyes."
Gatomon's eyes misted over for a minute at the horrible memory. Then they cleared up.
"Shortly afterwards I digi-volved to Gatomon," she said. "Then, I was sent to find the eighth Digidestined child, who later turned out to be Kari. My friend Wizardmon helped me realize that I was Kari's Digimon and should be working on the side of good, not evil."
Pikachu asked her how she met Wizardmon.
"Well," she answered, "Wizardmon nearly died once from thirst, so I gave him a drink of water. He thought I expected some reward of him, but I told him that he must have been lonely to say that. He asked me what I meant, and I explained it to him, adding that it happened to me as well."
"That's when we became friends," she finished.
Then Pikachu said it would like to meet Wizardmon someday.
Incredibly, Gatomon almost started crying at a memory, but then she pulled herself together.
"You can't meet Wizardmon, he's dead," she said. "Myotismon killed him, but actually the attack was meant for me; Wizardmon simply jumped in front of the attack. Wizardmon was actually supposed to have been digitally reconfigured by now, but for some reason he hasn't."
That's when Meowth jumped next to her from behind a tree.
"Aww, did you lose a friend? A little kiss will make it ALL better," he said.
"Get lost, loser!" Gatomon said, using a Lightning Paw to knock Meowth into the sky. Meowth screamed, and then he landed somewhere in the distance.
"Anyway, thanks for listening to me," Gatomon said, smiling a little.
Suddenly the island shook. Everyone on the island looked up and saw Smiling Joe Technique and its clone using rocket boosters to fly in the sky. Apparently they had somehow found the place, and had attacked the island to get their attention.
Everyone gathered on the beach to face this enemy.
The robots flew down and landed on the ground.
The real one waved his robotic hand, and the clone disappeared. Now there was only one Smiling Joe Technique.
"Last chance: give me your autographs," Smiling Joe Technique said, getting into a battle stance, ready to fight...

To be continued...

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