Chapter One
And So It Begins….
"Hello Nurse Joy," Kira said.
"Hello Kira. It's nice to see you again," she replied. "Would you like me to do a checkup on your Pokémon?"
"Yes please. Thank you," Kira said as she gave her the five PokéBalls that hung at her belt.
"Here are mine," Ash said, handing Nurse Joy five PokéBalls also. Ash's Pikachu and Kira's Pikachu, Pinka, hopped up on the counter.
"Don't forget our Pikachu," Kira giggled.
"I won't," said Nurse Joy. "Now, are there any more Pokémon?"
"A lot," Ash answered. "We have four more people traveling with us. They'll be here in a sec."
"Hey guys!" Misty said as she, Brock, Tracey, and Kevin walked through the doors.
"Did you get everything we needed?" Kira asked.
"Yup. We're all set," Kevin replied.
"It's good to see that you're all prepared," Nurse Joy said. "Now, I hear that you all have Pokémon for me to examine?"
"Here are my Pokémon Nurse Joy!" Brock said as he rushed up to her.
"Um, okay…." Nurse Joy was surprised and unsure of what to do.
"And maybe, after you're done with the Pokémon, you can examine me?"
"Why? What's wrong?" Nurse Joy asked with amounting concern.
"Your loveliness makes my temperature rise, and your smile makes my heart skip a beat!"
"Uhhh…."
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Brock cried suddenly as Misty pulled him away by his ear.
"The only thing you need examined is your head," Misty said flatly.
"That's Brock," Tracey explained sheepishly. "He's a little crazy."
"I see…." Nurse Joy looked a little confused, but then shook it off. "So, do any of you have Pokémon that need checkups?"
"Sure do," Kevin replied. "Here's all of my Pokémon."
"And here are mine," Tracey said as he gave Nurse Joy his three PokéBalls.
"And these are mine," Misty said as she walked up to Nurse Joy and put her four PokéBalls in Nurse Joy's already-full hands.
"Wow! It looks like I'm going to be very busy!" Nurse Joy said cheerfully. Then she walked off into the exam room, with Pinka, Pikachu, and Togepi following close behind.
"Oh, I almost forgot." Nurse Joy popped her head back out. "A call came in for you, Kira."
"Really? From whom?"
"Strange sounding man," Nurse Joy mused. "There wasn't any visual contact either. He didn't leave a phone number. He said you already knew it."
Kira raised her eyebrows. "What was his name?"
Nurse Joy shrugged. "He just called himself Mr. M."
Instantly, Kira was snorting with laughter. A few seconds later, Kevin, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Tracey joined in.
"I assume you know him?"
Kira gasped for air. "Yes, yes, we know him. He's a very good friend. Don't worry." Then she started laughing again. Nurse Joy just shrugged her shoulders and went into the exam room, closing the door behind her.
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A few minutes later, everyone had calmed down, and Kira was calling "Mr. M" from one of the phones in the Pokémon Center.
After four rings, a mechanical feminine voice said, "Please state your full name."
"Kira Ketchum," Kira replied into the receiver.
"Access denied. Please begin again."
"That idiot," Kira grumbled. "He did this just to spite me." Into the receiver, she said, "Kiratashi Ketchum."
"Access approved. Paging correspondent. One moment please."
"When he gets on that phone, I am going to give him a piece of my mind," Kira fumed. "A big one."
"Correspondent ready to receive call. Please type in visual access code."
Kira grumbled again, and reluctantly punched the numbers 150151.
"Visual access code approved. New Island welcomes your call. Proceed with conversation."
"MEWTWO, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" Kira screamed into the receiver.
"Hey, take it easy." Mewtwo's face popped up on the visual screen. "It was just a joke."
"Well, it wasn't funny!" Kira snapped. "You know that I utterly despise my full name! Next time I call, I'd better not have to do that!"
"Well, you can change it when you come to New Island tomorrow."
"Huh?"
"Don't you remember? Everyone's coming to New Island tomorrow. You're providing the transportation."
Kira smacked her head. "I completely forgot! But you know, you could have just called me on my Pokegear."
"You didn't answer, and you've been forgetting to check your voicemail lately."
"Oh, yeah." Kira sighed. "It's just that I've been very busy lately. Between helping Ash with his training, dates with Kevin, and all that PokeProtector business…."
"Wait, did you just say dates with Kevin?"
"Never mind that!" Kira snapped. "Anyway, we'll be there!"
"Alright! That's all you needed to say!" Mewtwo shook his head. "Well, I have to go. It's about time for Mew's report on the island. Goodbye…Kiratashi."
"Goodbye…Mr. M." Kira slammed down the receiver.
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"Sora! Telephone!" Mrs. Takenouchi called.
Sora caught the soccer ball that she had been bouncing on her foot and picked up the phone in her room.
"Okay, Mom, you can hang up now." She heard a click, then said, "Hello?"
"Hi, Sora!" said the person on the other end.
"Oh, hi, Mimi!" Sora answered cheerfully. "Do you have the address of the hotel you and your family are staying at?"
"Yup, I sure do!" Mimi proceeded to tell Sora the name and address of the hotel that her family would be staying in while they were visiting Japan. She also gave Sora three room numbers.
"Wait. Why did your family rent three rooms? Did your mom and dad have a fight or something?"
"No silly. There's been a minor change in plans. I'm bringing some friends with me."
"Oh." Sora was a little disappointed. She had hoped that when Mimi came, all the Japanese Digidestined could have a sleepover in the Digital World. But if Mimi brought friends…. "So, how many friends are you bringing?"
"Just two. They're twin brother and sister. They wanted to visit Japan and meet all of you guys."
Sora sighed. "But Mimi, we were planning that sleepover in the Digiworld."
"Well, I'll tell them to pack some extra things then."
"What? Mimi, are you crazy?"
"Didn't I already tell you? They're both Digidestined!"
"Ohhh! I see! Sure then, that will be great! What are their names?"
"The boy is Kevin, and he has an orange D-3. The girl is Kira, and she has a white D-3. Her Digimon is Artamon."
"Wait. Doesn't Kevin have a Digimon?"
"No," Mimi said sadly. "Just a digivice."
"Oh. Well, how old are they?"
"The same age as Kari, T.K., and Davis."
Sora rolled her eyes. "Thirteen."
"Right, right. Thirteen. Well, I have to go. See you in a couple of hours! Goodbye, Sora!"
"Goodbye, Mimi!"
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"We're here!" Kira shouted as she opened the door to let Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey, Kevin, and herself in. Kira had just used her psychic powers to teleport them all from Snowshoe Valley to New Island.
"Yo! Celebi, Dragonite, are you guys here?" Kevin called.
"They must be outside," Brock said.
"Thank you, Master of the Obvious," Misty said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
"Well, they could be in Knowledge Tower," Kira mused.
"Huh? Where's Knowledge Tower?" Tracey asked.
"I never told you?"
"No."
"Well, it's very simple. Knowledge Tower is just the name of the place where Brain is."
"Oh, you mean that observatory thing on top of New Mountain, where you keep your super computer."
"Exactly."
"Since when do computers have names?" Misty asked.
"Since Kira named it," Kevin replied.
"Remember, it's a special computer," Kira said. "Super smart, with a mind of its own. I can get any kind of information I want without lifting a finger."
"Sounds like you're kind of lazy," Brock said.
Kira laughed and shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe, but Brain doesn't mind."
"I still think it's crazy to name computers," Misty said.
"Not when the computer has a personality," said a voice from behind. Everyone turned around.
"Mewtwo!" Kira cried happily as she threw her arms around him in a hug.
"Yesterday you said you were going to kill me. Now you're hugging me to death. Is this some kind of a plan?"
"No, you goof. And just be glad I'm not kissing you to death."
"Yuck." Mewtwo squinched up his face.
"I'm just happy to see you," Kira said as she let go.
"Right. I can tell." Mewtwo rubbed his neck. "You always were a huggy person."
"Is there even such a word?" Brock asked.
Kevin rolled his eyes. "Alright, enough. Let's just get Mew, Dragonite, and Celebi, and go up to Knowledge Tower. I wanna see what's been happening while we've been away."
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"Hello Brain! We're back for a visit!"
"Hello," said Brain in the mechanical feminine voice that had answered Kira's call to New Island.
"So, anything happen while we were away?" Kevin asked.
"Nothing really. Just the usual."
"Well, I guess that's good," Kira said.
"Hey, Kira, can we go out on the observatory deck?" Ash asked.
"Yeah, sure."
Ash, Pikachu, Misty, Togepi, Brock, Tracey, Kevin, Dragonite, Celebi, Mewtwo, Mew, and Pinka went out onto the observatory deck. They could see all of New Island from there.
"So, Brain, what's happenin' in the world today?" Kira asked as she sat down in the black leather computer chair.
"Nothing mu…wait a second."
"What?"
"I've just picked up a strange reading."
"Display world map." A world map appeared on the screen. A red dot was flashing over one area.
"Display Kanto map." The Kanto region was highlighted and enlarged, and the geographical details of the region appeared. The red dot was on top of a cave near Cerulean City.
"The Underground Dungeon," Kira mused. She spun around to face the door leading to the observatory deck.
"Hey! Everyone in here, pronto!"
Everyone came back inside. Pinka ran over to Kira and perched on her lap.
"What's wrong Kira?" Ash asked.
"Just take a look." Kira spun back around. "Display contents on big screen."
A screen, the size of one in a movie theater, on the wall above the computer, lit up and displayed the same things that were on the small computer screen that Kira was looking at. Everyone backed up to see the large screen better.
"See that blinking red dot? That's the Underground Dungeon."
"Under what?" Everyone was confused.
"The Underground Dungeon isn't too far from Cerulean City. It's filled with very strong and rare Pokémon."
"And they're all evolved," Mewtwo added. "Every single one."
"So, what's wrong with it?" Tracey asked.
"Something odd is going on." Kira stared at the small screen with a confused look on her face. "Something out of the ordinary."
Mewtwo studied the big screen, then looked at Kira. "Is there a way to see inside the cave?"
"You bet. I've got Psy-cameras in every place imaginable."
"What's a Psy-camera?" asked Misty.
"It's a special camera that Mewtwo, Mew, Kevin, and I invented," Kira explained. "It has a little twist of psychic power, so it looks like a small floating ball, but it's always invisible, it can go through walls, and we control them with Brain. You can see and hear anything in the vicinity."
"Cool," said Ash.
"Brain, link up with the Psy-camera nearest the disturbance."
"You got it." In a few seconds, there was a connection, and the inside of the Underground Dungeon appeared on the screen.
"Have the Psy-camera get as close as possible to whatever's going on."
The Psy-camera started off, phasing through many walls until it reached the site of the disturbance.
"Whoa." Everyone stared in amazement. There was a glowing hole in one of the walls. The hole was shaped like a door. The Psy-camera transmitted no noise.
"What…what is that thing?" Kevin asked.
"I…I don't know." Misty was stunned.
"Is it some kind of Pokémon attack?" Ash asked.
"If it is, it's not like any attack I've ever seen," Tracey answered. "What about you, Kira?"
"Nope. I've never seen anything like it," she answered.
Suddenly, a sword shot from the door. A fraction of a second later, there was nothing but static and a blank screen.
Kira turned around slowly and faced the group. "I don't know what the heck that was, but whatever it was, it didn't want us to see it."
"Hold on. I thought you said Psy-cameras were invisible?" Misty questioned.
"They are," answered Mewtwo.
"Everything was in order," Kira mused. "When a Psy-camera is linked to Brain, it is automatically scanned for any malfunctions. Nothing showed up. That Psy-camera was working fine."
Everyone looked at someone else, a questioning look on his or her face.
"So, what was it?" Ash asked. Kira spun back around to face the computer screen.
"I have a feeling that we're gonna find out. Soon."
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Mimi, her family, Kira, and Kevin arrived in Japan two hours later. After unpacking her three suitcases in the hotel, Mimi repacked many things into one suitcase for the sleepover in the Digiworld. Kira always wanted to be prepared, so she packed almost as many things as Mimi. She snuck a few more things of Kevin's into his suitcase. She couldn't stand to see her brother unprepared. The Digidestined had decided that they wanted to do the sleepover right away. So after they were done packing, Mimi, Kira, and Kevin said goodbye to Mimi's parents and took a cab to Izzy's house, where the Digidestined had agreed to meet.
"Hello everyone!" Mimi greeted them as she stepped into Izzy's room.
"Hi, Mimi!" was the unanimous reply.
"Everyone, this is Kira and Kevin. They're American Digidestined. And Artamon is an American Digimon." Kira and Kevin stepped into the room. Artamon was perched on Kira's shoulder.
Kira was wearing an American Flag bandana over her chestnut brown hair, which was pulled back in a ponytail. Her eyes were dark brown, and there was a heart-shaped locket around her neck. She wore a white tank top that was cut off above her stomach, and there was a red sleeveless vest over it. Blue jean flares, white socks, and white Nike sneakers completed her outfit.
Kevin's dark brown hair was kind of like Tai's, only not as big. It went up more than out, but it wasn't that tall, and he had goggles that were similar to Davis's around his head. His shirt was black with a large, pale yellow cross in the middle. The cross had triangles sticking out of the each of the four joints in the middle, but because it was all the same color, it looked cool. Blue jeans, black socks, and black Nike sneakers completed his outfit.
Artamon looked like a lion cub with white angel's wings sticking out of her back.
Everyone just stared at the newcomers for a minute, and then Mimi broke the silence.
"So, are we all ready to go to the Digital world?"
"You bet!" answered Izzy. "Everyone's prepared well, and Ken and I both have our laptops."
"Where are all the Digimon?" Mimi asked.
"They're all waiting in the Digital World," Ken answered.
"Do we have enough food? You know that the Digimon and Davis eat like pigs."
"Hey!" Davis whined.
Yolie ignored him and answered Mimi. "We sure do. Everyone brought some food, but I brought a lot from my parents' shop."
"Sounds great!" Kevin said enthusiastically. Kira rolled her eyes. "Please, do not pig out. Do you want to go home a great big blob?" Everyone laughed. Then there were a few minutes of rustling while everyone got all their stuff together.
"Well, we're ready to go." Izzy said.
"Kevin, why don't you do the honors?" Davis asked.
"Sure." Kevin walked up to Izzy's computer and held up his D-3. The Digital Gate appeared on the screen. "Digiport, open!" The red bar turned green, and everyone was sucked into the Digital World.
And So It Begins….
"Hello Nurse Joy," Kira said.
"Hello Kira. It's nice to see you again," she replied. "Would you like me to do a checkup on your Pokémon?"
"Yes please. Thank you," Kira said as she gave her the five PokéBalls that hung at her belt.
"Here are mine," Ash said, handing Nurse Joy five PokéBalls also. Ash's Pikachu and Kira's Pikachu, Pinka, hopped up on the counter.
"Don't forget our Pikachu," Kira giggled.
"I won't," said Nurse Joy. "Now, are there any more Pokémon?"
"A lot," Ash answered. "We have four more people traveling with us. They'll be here in a sec."
"Hey guys!" Misty said as she, Brock, Tracey, and Kevin walked through the doors.
"Did you get everything we needed?" Kira asked.
"Yup. We're all set," Kevin replied.
"It's good to see that you're all prepared," Nurse Joy said. "Now, I hear that you all have Pokémon for me to examine?"
"Here are my Pokémon Nurse Joy!" Brock said as he rushed up to her.
"Um, okay…." Nurse Joy was surprised and unsure of what to do.
"And maybe, after you're done with the Pokémon, you can examine me?"
"Why? What's wrong?" Nurse Joy asked with amounting concern.
"Your loveliness makes my temperature rise, and your smile makes my heart skip a beat!"
"Uhhh…."
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Brock cried suddenly as Misty pulled him away by his ear.
"The only thing you need examined is your head," Misty said flatly.
"That's Brock," Tracey explained sheepishly. "He's a little crazy."
"I see…." Nurse Joy looked a little confused, but then shook it off. "So, do any of you have Pokémon that need checkups?"
"Sure do," Kevin replied. "Here's all of my Pokémon."
"And here are mine," Tracey said as he gave Nurse Joy his three PokéBalls.
"And these are mine," Misty said as she walked up to Nurse Joy and put her four PokéBalls in Nurse Joy's already-full hands.
"Wow! It looks like I'm going to be very busy!" Nurse Joy said cheerfully. Then she walked off into the exam room, with Pinka, Pikachu, and Togepi following close behind.
"Oh, I almost forgot." Nurse Joy popped her head back out. "A call came in for you, Kira."
"Really? From whom?"
"Strange sounding man," Nurse Joy mused. "There wasn't any visual contact either. He didn't leave a phone number. He said you already knew it."
Kira raised her eyebrows. "What was his name?"
Nurse Joy shrugged. "He just called himself Mr. M."
Instantly, Kira was snorting with laughter. A few seconds later, Kevin, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Tracey joined in.
"I assume you know him?"
Kira gasped for air. "Yes, yes, we know him. He's a very good friend. Don't worry." Then she started laughing again. Nurse Joy just shrugged her shoulders and went into the exam room, closing the door behind her.
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A few minutes later, everyone had calmed down, and Kira was calling "Mr. M" from one of the phones in the Pokémon Center.
After four rings, a mechanical feminine voice said, "Please state your full name."
"Kira Ketchum," Kira replied into the receiver.
"Access denied. Please begin again."
"That idiot," Kira grumbled. "He did this just to spite me." Into the receiver, she said, "Kiratashi Ketchum."
"Access approved. Paging correspondent. One moment please."
"When he gets on that phone, I am going to give him a piece of my mind," Kira fumed. "A big one."
"Correspondent ready to receive call. Please type in visual access code."
Kira grumbled again, and reluctantly punched the numbers 150151.
"Visual access code approved. New Island welcomes your call. Proceed with conversation."
"MEWTWO, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" Kira screamed into the receiver.
"Hey, take it easy." Mewtwo's face popped up on the visual screen. "It was just a joke."
"Well, it wasn't funny!" Kira snapped. "You know that I utterly despise my full name! Next time I call, I'd better not have to do that!"
"Well, you can change it when you come to New Island tomorrow."
"Huh?"
"Don't you remember? Everyone's coming to New Island tomorrow. You're providing the transportation."
Kira smacked her head. "I completely forgot! But you know, you could have just called me on my Pokegear."
"You didn't answer, and you've been forgetting to check your voicemail lately."
"Oh, yeah." Kira sighed. "It's just that I've been very busy lately. Between helping Ash with his training, dates with Kevin, and all that PokeProtector business…."
"Wait, did you just say dates with Kevin?"
"Never mind that!" Kira snapped. "Anyway, we'll be there!"
"Alright! That's all you needed to say!" Mewtwo shook his head. "Well, I have to go. It's about time for Mew's report on the island. Goodbye…Kiratashi."
"Goodbye…Mr. M." Kira slammed down the receiver.
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"Sora! Telephone!" Mrs. Takenouchi called.
Sora caught the soccer ball that she had been bouncing on her foot and picked up the phone in her room.
"Okay, Mom, you can hang up now." She heard a click, then said, "Hello?"
"Hi, Sora!" said the person on the other end.
"Oh, hi, Mimi!" Sora answered cheerfully. "Do you have the address of the hotel you and your family are staying at?"
"Yup, I sure do!" Mimi proceeded to tell Sora the name and address of the hotel that her family would be staying in while they were visiting Japan. She also gave Sora three room numbers.
"Wait. Why did your family rent three rooms? Did your mom and dad have a fight or something?"
"No silly. There's been a minor change in plans. I'm bringing some friends with me."
"Oh." Sora was a little disappointed. She had hoped that when Mimi came, all the Japanese Digidestined could have a sleepover in the Digital World. But if Mimi brought friends…. "So, how many friends are you bringing?"
"Just two. They're twin brother and sister. They wanted to visit Japan and meet all of you guys."
Sora sighed. "But Mimi, we were planning that sleepover in the Digiworld."
"Well, I'll tell them to pack some extra things then."
"What? Mimi, are you crazy?"
"Didn't I already tell you? They're both Digidestined!"
"Ohhh! I see! Sure then, that will be great! What are their names?"
"The boy is Kevin, and he has an orange D-3. The girl is Kira, and she has a white D-3. Her Digimon is Artamon."
"Wait. Doesn't Kevin have a Digimon?"
"No," Mimi said sadly. "Just a digivice."
"Oh. Well, how old are they?"
"The same age as Kari, T.K., and Davis."
Sora rolled her eyes. "Thirteen."
"Right, right. Thirteen. Well, I have to go. See you in a couple of hours! Goodbye, Sora!"
"Goodbye, Mimi!"
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"We're here!" Kira shouted as she opened the door to let Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey, Kevin, and herself in. Kira had just used her psychic powers to teleport them all from Snowshoe Valley to New Island.
"Yo! Celebi, Dragonite, are you guys here?" Kevin called.
"They must be outside," Brock said.
"Thank you, Master of the Obvious," Misty said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
"Well, they could be in Knowledge Tower," Kira mused.
"Huh? Where's Knowledge Tower?" Tracey asked.
"I never told you?"
"No."
"Well, it's very simple. Knowledge Tower is just the name of the place where Brain is."
"Oh, you mean that observatory thing on top of New Mountain, where you keep your super computer."
"Exactly."
"Since when do computers have names?" Misty asked.
"Since Kira named it," Kevin replied.
"Remember, it's a special computer," Kira said. "Super smart, with a mind of its own. I can get any kind of information I want without lifting a finger."
"Sounds like you're kind of lazy," Brock said.
Kira laughed and shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe, but Brain doesn't mind."
"I still think it's crazy to name computers," Misty said.
"Not when the computer has a personality," said a voice from behind. Everyone turned around.
"Mewtwo!" Kira cried happily as she threw her arms around him in a hug.
"Yesterday you said you were going to kill me. Now you're hugging me to death. Is this some kind of a plan?"
"No, you goof. And just be glad I'm not kissing you to death."
"Yuck." Mewtwo squinched up his face.
"I'm just happy to see you," Kira said as she let go.
"Right. I can tell." Mewtwo rubbed his neck. "You always were a huggy person."
"Is there even such a word?" Brock asked.
Kevin rolled his eyes. "Alright, enough. Let's just get Mew, Dragonite, and Celebi, and go up to Knowledge Tower. I wanna see what's been happening while we've been away."
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"Hello Brain! We're back for a visit!"
"Hello," said Brain in the mechanical feminine voice that had answered Kira's call to New Island.
"So, anything happen while we were away?" Kevin asked.
"Nothing really. Just the usual."
"Well, I guess that's good," Kira said.
"Hey, Kira, can we go out on the observatory deck?" Ash asked.
"Yeah, sure."
Ash, Pikachu, Misty, Togepi, Brock, Tracey, Kevin, Dragonite, Celebi, Mewtwo, Mew, and Pinka went out onto the observatory deck. They could see all of New Island from there.
"So, Brain, what's happenin' in the world today?" Kira asked as she sat down in the black leather computer chair.
"Nothing mu…wait a second."
"What?"
"I've just picked up a strange reading."
"Display world map." A world map appeared on the screen. A red dot was flashing over one area.
"Display Kanto map." The Kanto region was highlighted and enlarged, and the geographical details of the region appeared. The red dot was on top of a cave near Cerulean City.
"The Underground Dungeon," Kira mused. She spun around to face the door leading to the observatory deck.
"Hey! Everyone in here, pronto!"
Everyone came back inside. Pinka ran over to Kira and perched on her lap.
"What's wrong Kira?" Ash asked.
"Just take a look." Kira spun back around. "Display contents on big screen."
A screen, the size of one in a movie theater, on the wall above the computer, lit up and displayed the same things that were on the small computer screen that Kira was looking at. Everyone backed up to see the large screen better.
"See that blinking red dot? That's the Underground Dungeon."
"Under what?" Everyone was confused.
"The Underground Dungeon isn't too far from Cerulean City. It's filled with very strong and rare Pokémon."
"And they're all evolved," Mewtwo added. "Every single one."
"So, what's wrong with it?" Tracey asked.
"Something odd is going on." Kira stared at the small screen with a confused look on her face. "Something out of the ordinary."
Mewtwo studied the big screen, then looked at Kira. "Is there a way to see inside the cave?"
"You bet. I've got Psy-cameras in every place imaginable."
"What's a Psy-camera?" asked Misty.
"It's a special camera that Mewtwo, Mew, Kevin, and I invented," Kira explained. "It has a little twist of psychic power, so it looks like a small floating ball, but it's always invisible, it can go through walls, and we control them with Brain. You can see and hear anything in the vicinity."
"Cool," said Ash.
"Brain, link up with the Psy-camera nearest the disturbance."
"You got it." In a few seconds, there was a connection, and the inside of the Underground Dungeon appeared on the screen.
"Have the Psy-camera get as close as possible to whatever's going on."
The Psy-camera started off, phasing through many walls until it reached the site of the disturbance.
"Whoa." Everyone stared in amazement. There was a glowing hole in one of the walls. The hole was shaped like a door. The Psy-camera transmitted no noise.
"What…what is that thing?" Kevin asked.
"I…I don't know." Misty was stunned.
"Is it some kind of Pokémon attack?" Ash asked.
"If it is, it's not like any attack I've ever seen," Tracey answered. "What about you, Kira?"
"Nope. I've never seen anything like it," she answered.
Suddenly, a sword shot from the door. A fraction of a second later, there was nothing but static and a blank screen.
Kira turned around slowly and faced the group. "I don't know what the heck that was, but whatever it was, it didn't want us to see it."
"Hold on. I thought you said Psy-cameras were invisible?" Misty questioned.
"They are," answered Mewtwo.
"Everything was in order," Kira mused. "When a Psy-camera is linked to Brain, it is automatically scanned for any malfunctions. Nothing showed up. That Psy-camera was working fine."
Everyone looked at someone else, a questioning look on his or her face.
"So, what was it?" Ash asked. Kira spun back around to face the computer screen.
"I have a feeling that we're gonna find out. Soon."
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Mimi, her family, Kira, and Kevin arrived in Japan two hours later. After unpacking her three suitcases in the hotel, Mimi repacked many things into one suitcase for the sleepover in the Digiworld. Kira always wanted to be prepared, so she packed almost as many things as Mimi. She snuck a few more things of Kevin's into his suitcase. She couldn't stand to see her brother unprepared. The Digidestined had decided that they wanted to do the sleepover right away. So after they were done packing, Mimi, Kira, and Kevin said goodbye to Mimi's parents and took a cab to Izzy's house, where the Digidestined had agreed to meet.
"Hello everyone!" Mimi greeted them as she stepped into Izzy's room.
"Hi, Mimi!" was the unanimous reply.
"Everyone, this is Kira and Kevin. They're American Digidestined. And Artamon is an American Digimon." Kira and Kevin stepped into the room. Artamon was perched on Kira's shoulder.
Kira was wearing an American Flag bandana over her chestnut brown hair, which was pulled back in a ponytail. Her eyes were dark brown, and there was a heart-shaped locket around her neck. She wore a white tank top that was cut off above her stomach, and there was a red sleeveless vest over it. Blue jean flares, white socks, and white Nike sneakers completed her outfit.
Kevin's dark brown hair was kind of like Tai's, only not as big. It went up more than out, but it wasn't that tall, and he had goggles that were similar to Davis's around his head. His shirt was black with a large, pale yellow cross in the middle. The cross had triangles sticking out of the each of the four joints in the middle, but because it was all the same color, it looked cool. Blue jeans, black socks, and black Nike sneakers completed his outfit.
Artamon looked like a lion cub with white angel's wings sticking out of her back.
Everyone just stared at the newcomers for a minute, and then Mimi broke the silence.
"So, are we all ready to go to the Digital world?"
"You bet!" answered Izzy. "Everyone's prepared well, and Ken and I both have our laptops."
"Where are all the Digimon?" Mimi asked.
"They're all waiting in the Digital World," Ken answered.
"Do we have enough food? You know that the Digimon and Davis eat like pigs."
"Hey!" Davis whined.
Yolie ignored him and answered Mimi. "We sure do. Everyone brought some food, but I brought a lot from my parents' shop."
"Sounds great!" Kevin said enthusiastically. Kira rolled her eyes. "Please, do not pig out. Do you want to go home a great big blob?" Everyone laughed. Then there were a few minutes of rustling while everyone got all their stuff together.
"Well, we're ready to go." Izzy said.
"Kevin, why don't you do the honors?" Davis asked.
"Sure." Kevin walked up to Izzy's computer and held up his D-3. The Digital Gate appeared on the screen. "Digiport, open!" The red bar turned green, and everyone was sucked into the Digital World.