Chapter 2
Later in the day, the Digidestined and their new companions were walking down the road to Pallet Town. Everyone had been introduced, and the basic natures of Pokémon and Digimon had been discussed. Now, they were talking about the adventurous journeys they had been on.
"My journey started when I went to Professor Oak to get Pikachu," said Ash. "He's an expert on Pokémon, and he was giving them out to new trainers. Pikachu was the last one he had. It took all day for Pikachu to learn to trust me."
"Ash met me that day, too," said Misty. "He took . . . he took my bike and he still owes me for it!" She looked pointedly at Ash.
"I had to get away from those Spearow!" said Ash.
"Well, you didn't have to ruin my bike!"
"Sorry! See, some bird Pokémon called Spearow were chasing me, and I borrowed her bike to get away from them, and I crashed it. That's why she's still with me. So we came to Viridian City, but the gym was closed and Team Rocket was in town. They're a group of Pokémon thieves, and they've been chasing me ever since that day because they want Pikachu. Then we went to Pewter City and met Brock, and I got my Boulderbadge. In the last year, I've been to all the cities around here and earned all the Indigo League badges. I had to win battles with gym leaders to earn them. Once, in Saffron City, I had to take the gym leader on twice before I beat her."
"So what are you doing after this trip?" asked Tai.
"I'm going to train for the Indigo League competition. I want to be a Pokémon Master someday."
"Cool. Our journey began when we were at summer camp. The weather got weird, and then we got zapped to an island in the Digital World. We met our partner Digimon then, just like you met Pikachu. Did you get your other Pokémon along the way?"
"Yes. I caught some of them, but some of them followed me."
"Because they liked you and wanted to fight for you?" said Patamon.
"Yes," said Ash.
"That's how we felt!"
"Wow! So what happened next, Tai?"
"We traveled around the whole island," said Tai, "and then we fought Devimon, the evil Digimon who was controlling it. We won because of TK and Patamon. Then Gennai told us to go to the continent of Server to defeat more evil Digimon. We got our tags on the way, and as we traveled, we all found our crests. Myotismon, one of the evil Digimon, got into our real world and tried to find the eighth Digidestined, but we found her first. The eighth child turned out to be my sister, Kari."
"I was working for Myotismon then," said Gatomon. "When I found Kari, I realized that she and I were partners, and we joined the Digidestined team."
"We defeated Myotismon and went back to the Digital World," concluded Tai, "and we were only there a little while before we came here. We were trying to defeat the Dark Masters, a group of evil Mega-level Digimon."
"Wow," said Ash. "That sounds like an adventure. Do your crests make your Digimon stronger?"
"Yes."
"So do my badges. They help my Pokémon with their special abilities, attack speeds, and things like that."
"Special attacks? Like what?" asked Palmon.
"Like fire or water or electric attacks. There are 15 Pokémon types with different special attacks. Pikachu is an Electric-type Pokémon, and it uses electric shock attacks."
"So do I!" said Tentomon.
"Wanna see who can do it longer?"
"All right."
"Okay, Pikachu, Tentomon, when I count to three, start shocking. One . . . two . . . three!"
"Super-Shocker!"
"CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
Pikachu kept it up for five full seconds before Ash said, "Okay, that's enough. I guess Digimon attacks are just one-shot things."
"Not all of them," said Gabumon. "Blue Blaster!" This attack lasted as long as Pikachu's.
"Oh, okay."
"Are there any water Digimon here?" asked Misty.
"Me," said Gomamon.
"How cute!"
"Thanks. Is Togepi a Water Pokémon?"
"No, it's not. Here, let me get one out . . ." She opened her backpack and took a Pokeball out. "Misty calls... Goldeen!"
Of course, the Pokémon who came was not the one that had been called. "Psyduck!" said Misty. "I didn't call you!"
"Psyduck psy!" said Psyduck.
"Hi," said Gomamon.
*******
That evening, the group stopped near a stream. "You don't mind camping out, do you?" said Ash.
"No," replied Tai. "We do it all the time."
"When we camp out, I usually cook," said Brock. "What do you do?"
"I catch fish," said Gomamon. "I'll go do that now."
"Okay."
"I start the fire," said Agumon.
"Biyomon and I look for fruit," said Tentomon.
"And I make the dishes," said Gabumon. "Agumon helps me."
"Great," said Brock. "I only have enough dishes and food for three people, so let's all get to work."
Soon, a fire was burning and everyone was ready to eat. Gomamon came back from the stream empty-handed and unhappy.
"Gomamon!" said Joe. "No luck, huh?"
"No," said Gomamon. "My power over fish doesn't work here."
"That's okay," said Brock. "We still have enough food. Let's eat!"
After dinner, everyone went to bed. Gomamon was the only one who couldn't fall asleep. Without his fish powers, he felt weak, vulnerable, and useless.
"Hey, Joe," Gomamon said quietly.
"What is it?" said Joe.
"How am I going to get through this? I'm nothing without my fish powers."
"Don't talk like that. You're still my partner and a part of the team. You should know by now that we all need each other."
"Yes, I know. But, we are in a new world -"
"That doesn't matter. This world has different monsters, and different rules. We'll just have to live with that. We're the Digidestined, and we're a team no matter what."
"That's nice to know. Good night, Joe."
"Good night, Gomamon."
To be continued . . .
Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to Saban, Fox, Toei Animation, et al.
Pokémon belong to Nintendo, Creatures, Gamefreak et al. No
money is being made off this; I write because it's fun. :-)