Hey guys and gals, welcome to my newest story SSSS Gridmon, the cyber sleuth, a crossover between Gridman and Digimon cyber sleuth.

As some of you may remember this was a oneshot back in the library, and I finally decided to bring this story back.

Now some of you may be wondering why now after I just did Ghost well… I got the Primal Acceptor from London Comic Con and wanted to work on it.

But anyway with that said, how about we get started on this already.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OC's

Opening: Eiyuu from Ultraman Nexus


Cyberspace

Third person P.O.V.

In a Black void we see two orbs clashing against each other, fighting to defeat the other, one orb being red and the other being purple.

The two clashed one more time before being knocked back before we saw what they looked like.

The one in the red orb was a being whose body was a bright red with black patches along his thighs and his abdomen, his chest is covered in a silver breastplate with three blue bars in an upside down triangle order, in the centre was a red framed yellow light that glowed.

His shoulders were red and silver while his forearms were covered in white gauntlets, his legs likewise covered in white boots that extended up over his knees, on his was some kind of gauntlets device with a yellow crystal on it.

Finally the being had a silver helmet that resembled that of a knight/gladiator to an extent with a ride along the back portion of the head, a blue colored light in the centre of it's forehead and bright yellow eyes.

"I won't let you conthis this! Opening up holes between the real and digital world! It's going to destroy both worlds!" The red warrior said, as he looked at his opponent who was in shadows all he could was the flames of hair he had as well as the red visor on his face.

"Ah yes, but this is all necessary for my research! And I won't let you get in my way from completing it." he said, as the red warrior glared at him.

"Not on my watch!" he said, before crossing his arms, charging energy into the device on his arm before he moved his arms upward and aimed towards the figure.

"Grid Beam!" He yelled, firing a gold energy beam towards the figure.

The figure just smirked as he pulled out two swords before stabbing them through the portal towards the Red Warrior before stabbing through his body.

"G-g-GGGGG AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" he yelled, as his body began glitching out before splitting into 6 lights.

The 6 lights were of different colours, one gold, one yellow, one green, one blue, one orange and one purple.

The 6 lights fell downwards towards some portals, 5 of which entered one with the last light entering the other.

The figure smirked before opening his hand, summoning several golden lights before releasing a black energy corrupting the lights.

"Now lets see how this will go." he said, releasing the lights into the cyber world of the human world.


A few years later

Eden

Third person P.O.V.

We see a white void filled with only 1's and 0's however soon these numbers come together to form a gigantic planet shaped city.

This is Eden, the next-gen Web service which allows the users to physically enter the web instead of transmitting info on-screen.

This allows users to use various widespread services such as shopping, business transactions, and even administrative procedures.

It also allows people to physically meet family, friends and even people from whole countries apart and finally meet up in person for the first time.

Eden has become so popular that it has become a part of people's daily lives, logging into the digital world everyday

We see one of these users flying through the city, as he makes his way towards the general area of Eden which people use to go to other parts of the planet.

"These it is," he smiled, as he landed on one of the islands before landing on the planetoid.

"I still can't get used to Eden." he said, moving around "It really feels like I'm actually here."

"Now let's see…" he said, before looking up at the city with a smile.

"Man, even if this is a trick it was worth it for this view." he said, smiling before he looked down at his body.

This young man was Kaito Aiba, a 17 year old young man who had curly red hair with a pair of goggles over it and bright blue eyes. He also wore a black t-shirt with a yellow O on the front and a yellow X on the back as well as blue trousers and black shoes, on top his was a pair of goggles known as a digivice.

"I hope they don't find my clothes weird, I don't usually go to Eden so I'm not really sure." He mumbled, before shaking his head and looking around.

"Now where is everyone…" he said, looking around the place.

'Man I hope this isn't a bad idea…' he thought, scratching his cheek as he remembered what led him to coming to Eden at this moment.

It was a normal day as usual, with Kaito on his computer, he was chatting with his friends in a private chat room, each person representing themselves with a different custom avatar.

The conversation was the same as every other day, that is until a certain topic came up.

Akkino: Hey guys! Ever heard of Digimon? Akkino's avatar looked like a pink ghost with a ball shaped head and two pigtails

Blue Box: What's this all of a sudden? Blue Box's Avatar looked like a white wizard with blue lines and blue hair.

Old Man Fanta: You're talking about Digimon programs, right? Those dangerous programs used by hackers. Old man Fanta's avatar looked like a piece of Flan with a grey beard and glasses.

"Digimon…?" Kaito wondered, looking at the screen as he typed in his response

AI-BA: Dangerous? How dangerous, exactly? Kaito's avatar looked similar to Akkino's except with yellow cloth and a black circular head with a yellow X and O for eyes.

Old Man Fanta: They can break through security, steal data… enter password-protected forums with ease…

Old Man Fanta: Those programs can do all kinds of nasty things! They're behind most of the incidents that have been happening.

Akkino: Wow, Digimon sounds nuts!

AlgerN0N: My friend got his account targeted by them. (;_)) AlgerN0N said, whose avatar looked like a yellow duck.

Love Crusher: No way… Love Crusher's avatar looked like a pink apple in a suit.

U Starving: When did this happen? U Starving's avatar looked like a bowl of ramen in a dress

Dark Night Satan: In some areas, Digimon roam around on their own… Dark Night Satan's avatar looked like that of a purple slime

Akkino: Wait a minute, Digimon can move!?

Old Man Fanta: It sounds like these programs have avatars. Kinda like monsters.

AlgerN0N: Digimon… like "Digital Monsters"?

Akkino: Exactly!

U Starving: When did this happen, exactly?

Mr. Navit HAS LOGGED IN.

"Huh?" Kaito blinked, as he saw someone entering the private chat room, something which shouldn't be possible.

"That shouldn't be possible, this is a private chat room." Kaito blinked as he watched the animation of a saw popping up before cutting its way through to let the avatar through.

The avatar in question was a sleek robotic figure with a LCD face display reading "EDEN:" before a pinkish purple smiley face replaced it.

Mr. Navit: Yoooo, what's up, people!

AlgerN0N: Whaaat, it's Mr. Navit!

Love Crusher: Huh? You mean that EDEN mascot?

Akkino: Sorry man, no solicitations! Haha!

Old Man Fanta: What the heck? Why would an EDEN official come all the way out here?

Blue Box: …This was a private room, y'know? Just who are you?

U Starving: And what's with that greeting? Hardly suiting an official…

Akkino: Wait a minute… is he a hacker!?

Love Crusher: Speak of the devil…

AlgerN0N: For real!?

Mr. Navit: That's right! I'm Mr. Navit, the hacker!

Mr. Navit: I have a fantastic present for all of you! Be sure to log in to EDEN tomorrow!

Mr. Navit: Don't forget, now! If you don't login, I'll hack you!

Mr. Navit: Buh-bye, now!

MR. NAVIT HAS LOGGED OUT.

With that, the mysterious Mr. Navit leapt back into the hole leaving the same way he came in.

Kaito blinked at this, not sure what to say about the Hackers vague message, with everyone else in the chat room remaining silent for a moment as they all took in what just happened.

Old Man Fanta: What the heck… Was that an actual hacker?

Akkino: No way, dude!

Love Crusher: Think someone's playing a prank on us?

Akkino: Sounds fun, doesn't it? Let's check it out!

Nobody responded for a while. Takumi lightly drummed his fingers on his keyboard as he figured out how he wanted to respond. "Eh…? It seems interesting…"

Akkino: What, don't tell me y'all are chicken?

Blue Box: You want to go, Akkino? What'll you do if it's a real hacker?

Akkino: This is just PR for an EDEN event, ain't it? A REAL hacker would be cooler, though…

Blue Box: …Sounds like I can't stop you. Fine, then I'll come with.

Akkino: What, is this a date now? You asking me out all of a sudden!?

Blue Box: …Anyway.

Akkino: Anyone else gonna come with us?

Old Man Fanta: Better safe than sorry. I'm out.

AlgerN0N: I'll pass!

Love Crusher: Me, too.

As Kaito watched the other avatars scatter, he could help but look down not sure what to say/

'This…this clearly is a trap… but even if it is… it could be exciting' Kaito thought, before a grin grew on his face as he typed in his reply.

AI-BA: I'm in!

The other two smiled and cheered before the three continued their conversation.

The scene then flashes to show Kaito walking around Eden trying to find Blue Box and Akkino but couldn't see anyone like them anywhere.

"Huh weird, maybe someone around here has seen them," he said, as he began asking several people around the entrance area if they saw his two friends.

He spent the next few minutes asking people but no lucky nobody had seen them.

"Man...maybe it was a different entrance…" he said, when he noticed something on the ground in the corner of the area.

"What's… that?" he said, walking towards the object before picking it up and finding a golden crystal.

"What's this doing in Eden…" he said, looking at the crystal.

"Could someone have dropped it somewhere?" he said, looking around to see anyone who could have dropped it.

His thoughts were soon cut off when he heard some vibrating "Huh? Is someone calling me?" he blinked, moving his goggles down to see who called him.

"Hey there! It's me, Mr. Navit!" The robotic figure said, as he appeared on Kaito's screen, happily jumped up and down as he reintroduced himself.

"Hey! You're behind schedule, silly! You're gonna be late! Hurry up! Come to Galacta Park in Kowloon!" Mr. Navit yelled, giving Kaito an annoyed face before it began smiling again.

"Your two friends arrived a little while ago and are waiting for you! I have a gift for you all, but everyone has to be there first! Buh-bye!" It said, before teleporting away

"Kowloon? How am I meant to get there?" he said, looking through the map on his screen but was unable to see it anywhere.

"Maybe someone here knows where it could be." he said, walking off.

As he did we can see a small girl with dark skin, dark green hair, and red eyes looking towards him.

She wears black shorts, brown crocs, dark brown fingerless gloves and a dark green double-layered hoodie with light green patches worn over a yellowish shirt that bears a pinkish clef, as well as a large blue bag.

A grin grew on the young girl's face as she watched him fly off to another area.

A few minutes later Kaito landed on the nearest community area to ask around but he didn't get much.

The only answer he actually got was that Kowloon was the darker area of Eden with many hackers and digimon roaming around the area, and after asking them where it was they didn't want anything to do with him.

"Hmm, man no luck." he said, looking around "Maybe I should try calling the others…."

"Hey, hey, hey!" He heard looking over to see a blonde man wearing an orange hoodie and blue trousers.

"Uh yeah, what's up?" Kaito asked, as the man smirked.

"Heh… 'I want to go. To Galacta Park, in Kowloon.' That's what you think you want. Isn't it?" he asked, making Kaito blink.

"Uh yeah, how did you know?" Kaito asked, as the older man smirked. "It was kinda obvious with you asking everyone here."

He then pulled out a cell phone like device, his Digivice as he typed into it before sending something to Kaito Digivce "This is the URL it'll let you get to Kowloon."

"Alright! Thanks!" Kaito verified the link and hurried towards the terminal. "Now I can go to Kowloon!"

However as he did the hacker crossed his arms before an evil grin grew on his face.

Kowloon

Third person P.O.V.

"Woah!" Kaito said, as he flew down to the deeper levels Eden, with scenery around him becoming darker and more corrupted looking as he flew down.

"Huh guess they weren't kidding about this place looking shady." Kaito said, as he noticed what looked like a destroyed playground "Guess that's Galacta park."

As he flew towards the park we saw someone from below looking up towards him.

This was a teenage boy with fair skin, blue eyes, and long black hair. He wears a blue jumpsuit with two black circles with white text on them, and two white squares with blue text on them, both on the left side of the jumpsuit. He also wears black shoes, and a grey hooded jacket with long sleeves, blue lines all over them, and a black rectangle with blue text on the inner side of the hood. The jacket zipped only in the neck above his head was the Username Blue Box.

"So Ai-ba finally made it huh?" he said, before sighing "Guess I should stop my ghost hunt then."

In the park we see someone about Kaito and Blue Box's age looking around scared "Geez, where is everyone."

It was a young girl with fair skin, blue eyes, shoulder-length red hair, which is tied on the sides with blue hair ties with white dots on them.

She wears a dress that is light-blue in the front and black in the back, and has blue hemlines as well as large blue triangles in the bottom hemlines of both the front and the back.

The dress is cut in the sides in a way that exposes the strings of her panties, and both halves of the dress are connected by fourteen blue strings on each side,and a pink hooded jacket with a light blue inner side. She also wears grey stockings that had black garter straps connecting to the inside of the dress as well as black shoes and same jewellery including rings and bracelets.

"Heeeeyyyy!" She heard, looking up with her face brightening up as she saw Kaito flying towards her but soon puffed up her cheeks in annoyance as soon as he was close enough.

"You have gotta be kidding!" she yelled, calling out to him. "You're late! So late!"

"Sorry sorry, I kinda got lost." he said "My name is Kaito Aiba, but you can just call me Kaito."

"Oh, hey! Yep, I'm Akkino! This is your first time in EDEN, right? My real name's Shiramine Nokia! Nice. To. Meet. You!" The now named Nokia smiled, before a glare grew on her face.

"NOOOOT! You're late! What were you doing!? Leaving me alone in such a dangerous place. How would you feel if you were in my shoes?" she yelled, making Kaito sweatdrop.

"Sorry I didn't realise this place was so dangerous." he said, before looking around "By the way where's Blue Box."

"Oh, he showed up all right. But what does that even matter?" She said, crossing her arms with an annoyed look.

"Can you believe this? He's all, 'Oh, I've got to go and find a ghost,' and all of a sudden he's running off by himself and leaving me alone in this creepy place." she growled, as Kaito blinked "Man, why would he just do something like that?"

"That's how he rolls, apparently! One hundred percent full of himself! Thinks he's all that just because he's got good looks or whatever. And so like, what? The Ghost of the Pale Boy? I've heard the rumours but don't know the details. What does he even plan to do if he finds it? I mean, ghosts in cyberspace? That's unscientific! It doesn't even make any sense! Not that I'm scared or noth-" "BOO!"

"Kyah!" she screamed, jumping to Kaito's side as they looked over to see Blue Box pulling down his hood.

"Woah easy, overreacting there aren't we?" he said, as Nokia sighed with relief.

"Oh it's just you Arata, I thought you were a ghost or something." Nokia said, crossing her arms.

"Sheesh, you shouldn't have come here if you were going to act all Chicken." The now named Arata said, as Kaito looked at him.

"Well to be fair this place isn't exactly the safest." He said, as Arata looked at him.

"We've never met before, have we? I'm Sanada Arata. Nice to meet you and all that." he said, waving his hand casually.

"Ah yeah, Kaito, Kaito Aiba." he said, as Nokia grinned.

"Man in chat you're like the reliable big-brother figure? But in real life you're just the self absorbed and surly, what a waste of good looks." Nokia said, only to flick Nokia's forehead.

"Stop with stupidity." Arata said, as Kaito sighed.

"Can you guys please stop fighting." he said, before looking around "By the way, have you guys seen Mr. Navit yet?"

"No I took a look around before you got here, haven't seen any sign of him." Arata said, crossing his arms.

"Wait What!?" Nokia asked, surprised at that. "I thought you were looking for a ghost!"

"Well, I was doing a little of that too," the older boy shrugged. "But in the end, I found neither. Rather, there wasn't anyone around to be found."

"Wait no one? Not even a Hacker or a Digimon?" Kaito asked, as Arata shook his head "No you'd think there'd be one or two hackers in an area like Kowloon, no matter how dangerous it is."

"So those rumours are true," Nokia said, shuddering a bit.

Suddenly all three of their Digivices began ringing, as they all looked around.

"Huh what's that?" Nokia asked, as Arata crossed his arms "It's just the call function, but why'd it all go off at the same time…."

"Wait what? It's answering?" Kaito said, as a screen appeared in their vision.

"So very sorry to keep you waiting. I'm Mr. Navit!" the cheery robot returned. "I've got something for all you good boys and girls who showed up here today! This is the miraculous power to change the world!"

"Eh!?" Kaito said, as their avatars' bodies became static and glitchy.

"Huh? What?" Nokia stared down at her own avatar. "What is this?"

"It's hacking! We've all been hacked!" Arata scowled, as the two looked at him.

"No way…we're being hacked." Nokia gulped.

Kaito then noticed a glowing in his pocket, as he pulled out the crystal from before that was glowing a gold colour "What's it doing?"

"AAAAHHH!" Nokia screamed, as she looked at her account settings "Why do I have this program! I didn't download it!"

"Huh?" Kaito blinked, and quickly took a look at his account settings which confirmed they were given a new program or in his case two "This looks like it's been forcefully installed… Digimon Capture? And the other one…Access Code?"

"Whoa. This Navit fellow ain't bad at all," Arata said, a bit impressed. "He broke through my firewall like it was nothing."

"Digimon… Capture?" Nokia frowned "What the heck even is that?"

"It's a hacking tool that's been making the rounds with hackers lately," Arata explained.

"Wait, so when you say 'Digimon', you mean like, 'Digimon' Digimon!?" Nokia asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, those Digimon. The ones you're so interested in," Arata sighed as he pulled up a few digital displays and began checking out the program for himself. "Hmmm… There's a certain kind of data known as 'Digital Monsters' that you can 'capture' by scanning, this thing says. Ah, so 'Digimon' IS short for 'Digital Monster'."

"Wait, so if we are able to capture Digimon doesn't that make us hackers?" Kaito asked, looking at Arata.

"Well, I suppose you could put it that way," Arata shrugged, seemingly unfazed by the whole ordeal. "Well, it's no big deal. Hackers are nothing out of the ordinary nowadays."

"Well I guess you got a point there, besides it might be pretty cool to capture those Digimon." Kaito said, but Nokia shook her head.

"No way! Nuh-uh! Hacker's are bad news! I am absolutely not doing this! I don't want any part of this! I'm just gonna delete this program right now!" She said, tapping the screen of her digivice but nothing happened "No way, you've gotta be kidding me! I can't uninstall this thing!?"

"Leave it be," Arata warned her. "The program's protected. Who knows what'll happen if you forcefully delete it."

"W-what do you mean?" Nokia asked, a panicked look on her face.

"Like it'll probably corrupt your avatar and delete your account." he said, making Nokia grow.

"Ah man, now what am I meant to do?" she groaned, sitting down as Kaito sat with her.

"Nokia relax, just having the program and becoming a Hacker doesn't automatically make you a bad person, you don't even have to use it if you don't want to-huh?"

Kaito looked over towards the path leading deeper into Kowloon and noticed someone running away. "H-hey!

Arata and Nokia were surprised when Kaito suddenly got up "I think I saw Mr. Navit run that way!"

"W-What?!" "Don't let him get away!" Arata yelled, as he chased after the avatar.

Kaito was about to chase after him as well but Nokia stopped him.

"Why are we even chasing him? He's already..." She said, turning towards Kaito shaking her head. "I… I'm out of here! I'm going home, you hear!?"

"That's alright, want me to help you back?" Kaito asked, as Nokia slowly nodded.

The two walked back to the warp pad to get back to the higher levels of Eden only to be blocked by a barrier.

"Huh? Nokia groaned, as Kaito looked at the barrier "Looks like a fire wall, the hacker must have put it here. It's for the best if we find another way out, besides Arata might be in trouble."

"N-No," Nokia shook her head and took a few steps backward. "I'm not going… I won't."

Kaito looked at Nokia before looking down and nodding "Alright, if you're too scared to come then stay here and I'll come back for you when I find a way out."

"Okay…" Nokia said, as Kaito turned around before walking deeper into Kowloon.


Deeper into Kowloon

Third person P.O.V.

"Man, who would have thought this place would be so big." Kaito said, walking through the large digital area "And it feels totally different from the rest of Eden like a dungeon in a video game or something."

"Looks like Arata already came through here, guess I'll just keep pressing onward…huh?" Kaito said, as he saw someone in front of him.

It looked like some kind of Ghost which quickly disappeared much to Kaito's surprise "Who was that…huh."

Suddenly when he turned his head he saw the Ghost staring at him allowing Kaito to get a better look at him.

It looked like a teenage boy with black hair and eyes. He wears a white shirt with long sleeves and a ruffed hood, black pants, and white shoes with grey soles.

As Kaito stared at the boy he suddenly got a pain in his head as he fell to his knees while his vision began glitching.

"W-Whats…happening?" he said, as the boy got closer and closer.

Gridman…

"Grid…man…?" he said, before looking up to see the boy right in his face before everything went black.

? ? ? ? ? has been inscribed

"What was that?" he said, as everything returned to normal before he sighed.

"Man, Kowloon''s as dangerous as they say, who knows what might happen here?" He sighed, closing his eyes and rubbing his temples.

"I'd better hurry up, find Arata, and get out of here." He opened his eyes to look at the path ahead of him when he saw someone familiar to him. "Is that…!?"

It was someone that looked like the Ghost boy but with silver coloured hair and eyes, something which confused Kaito.

"What's wrong?" he asked with a soft voice. "You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Well, yeah…something like that." Kaito frowned at the strange boy as he explained what just happened to him.

"You saw a ghost… that looks like me?" The other boy questioned, tilting his head in confusion as Kaito nodded his head.

"Hmm if that's true, that ghost might have been me. Some call me the 'Wraith of EDEN'. They say I am not of this world." he explained, surprising Kaito.

"Eh? Wait, really?!" Kaito asked, as the boy smiled and shook his head "No nothing like that. I tend to just show up unexpectedly and people find me rather elusive."

"Ah man you almost got me there I thought you were a real ghost or something." Kaito said, as the boy smiled "Don't worry I'm very much real here in Eden."

"Wait so then why are you here? You don't look like a hacker." he said, as he shook his head.

"I am but don't worry I'm not one of the bad ones." he said, before looking at Kaito "You're a Hacker too right?"

"Well kinda, I was just given the digimon capture program a few minutes ago," Kaito explained.

"Ah so you were hacked. That one probably wanted to ruin your reputation. Don't worry there is a wide variety of Hackers with different goals here in EDEN," the boy explained. "Chivalrous ones who find and report security holes. Thieves who steal accounts to rob money and data. Others are just out to prove their skills."

"Huh well what kind of Hacker are you?" he said, as the boy smiled "Well that's more for you to decide, but I could also ask you the same thing, what kind of hacker do you want to be?"

"Don't really know how to answer that when I have no idea how hacking works," Kaito said, as the boy crossed his arms.

An amused smile grew on the boy's face as he stared at Kaito. "You really are a fledgling hacker huh, not even hatched from your egg."

"You're free to become a Hacker or something else altogether that's for you to decide." He said, looking at Kaito "You came here because you were interested in hacking, so to start off I'd recommend giving your Digimon Capture Program a test drive."

"Digimon…" he said, looking at his hand before smiling. "Alright, I was meaning to check that program out so now is my perfect chance."

"Alright, then I'll show you the ropes." he said, as Kaito looked at him "By the way, could you ask me something."

"Hmm? What is it?" he asked, as Kaito looked down.

"Have you ever heard of the name Gridman? The ghost from before said it to me." Kaito explained as the boy thought about it.

"I remember hearing a story once years before Eden was created about a boy that would merge with a program to become this Gridman, and that they would defend the real world from powerful viruses that would threaten the device and technology in the real world." he said, making Kaito blink.

"Eh! Is that really true?" Kaito asked, as the boy smiled "Of course not, it was just a story I heard."

"Ah right yeah of course!" Kaito sweatdropped, rubbing his head.

"So how about we get started-""KYY YAHHH!"

"Huh? That sounds like Nokia!" Kaito said, as the boy looked at him "A friend?"

"Yeah, there was a firewall blocking the log out pad so I offered to go ahead to find another one since she was too scared," Kaito explained, as the boy nodded.

"Right, and I assume that raven haired boy was your friend as well?" he asked, as Kaito nodded "Yeah, Arata."

"Arata huh? Well if you wanted to leave this place, it would be a good idea to use the logout zone straight ahead on the other side of the logout zone. That boy should be able to unlock it in a snap, as long as his skills haven't waned." The boy explained, surprising Kaito.

"You mean… you know Arata?" Kaito asked 'Could Arata be a hacker…'.

"Why are you surprised? Wait, don't tell me… He hasn't told you?" The boy asked, as Kaito shook his head. "In that case, it's not my story to tell besides it's better to hear it directly from him."

"Anyway can we do this later, I need to help my friend who knows what could be happening to her." Kaito said, as the boy nodded.

"Very well, we will have to do this another time… speaking of which what's your name?" he asked, making Kaito blink.

"Ah! Kaito, Kaito Aiba." he said, as the boy smiled.

"I am Yuugo, Yuugo of Team Zaxon. If you want to become a top-tier hacker, then you should seek us out. Our doors are always open." He said, as Kaito nodded.

"Alright, thanks." Kaito said, as he ran to help Nokia while Yuugo continued staring at him.


Kowloon entrance

Third person P.O.V.

We see Nokia taking a deep breath as she works up the courage to explore some more of Kowloon.

"Where did those two go? L-like, could hackers have maybe- eep!" Nokia jumped when she heard the sound of footsteps nearby.

"C-Could those b-be h-hackers?" she gulped, slowly turning to the direction the sound was coming from, where she heard two voices

"Hurry! Hurry!" A small orange dinosaur ran across the digital path.

"Wait a moment!" Another strange creature with a horn and wearing a fur cape chased after him.

They both spotted Nokia and quickly ducked behind a wall before the dinosaur cautiously took a peak around the corner.

"Quietly…" He let out a grunt when his friend pushed down on his head to get a look too.

The girl and the two Digimon stared at each other before Nokia broke the silence with a scream.

"W-W-What are you!" Nokia yelled, as Orange Dinosaur jumped out much to the surprise of the blue wolf and Nokia who fell back.

"Hey, who are you?" The orange dinosaur asked, turning his head

"It…It can talk." Nokia gasped, as she got a better look at the two Digimon.

"They're….so…so…..AAADD DOOOOORRRRRBBBBSSSSS!" she gushed, surprising the two creatures as she sat up "M-m-my name's Nokia. What're your names?"

"Me?" the dinosaur asked, turning his head before smiling. "My name is Agumon!"

"I… I'm Gabumon." The now named Gabumon said, as he shyly hid behind his friend.

"Agumon and Gabumon?" Nokia said, before giggling. "What weird names!"

"Hey, they're not weird!" Gabumon said, looking up at her.

"You're the one with the weird name!" Agumon nodded in agreement.

"As if! My name's not weird!" Nokia chuckled, pointing at herself as Agumon blinked.

"Huh?" Agumon blinked, sniffing the girl before looking over at Gabumon who noticed it too.

"Uuuuhhhh, what's wrong?" Nokia asked, feeling a bit weirded out before smirking "Oh! I know has my totes adorbs good looks made you speechless?"

"I can smell something, something… familiar." Agumon whispered making Nokia blink

"Wait, what? Do you mean me?" Nokia frowned, as the two Digimon nodded

"Yeah, familiar and reassuring." Gabumon said, making Nokia blush

"Come on, this is kind of embarrassing…" She said, before putting on a big smile. "Sorry! Guess my naturally alluring pheromones are working full-force today."

"See, you are weird!" Agumon laughed, before the two Digimon tensed up.

"Huh? What's wrong?" she said, before hearing the sound of footsteps.

"Nokia!" She heard, looking behind her to see Kaito running up to her.

"Huh Kaito!" she said, running up to her friend "Jeez man what took you! I was getting scared."

"Sorry sorry, but good news! I met Hacker who told me where the log out area is! It's just straight ahead at the end of the area." Kaito explained, making Nokia smile "Oh wow really! Lucky~!"

"Get away from Nokia!" "Yeah get out of here you bully." Agumon and Gabumon said, running up in front of Nokia and glaring at Kaito.

"Who are these guys?" Kaito said, as Nokia moved in front of the Digimon.

"Wait! Calm down!" Nokia said, trying to calm down the situation. "This is a friend of mine!"

"Eh really?" "Are you sure?" the two Digimon asked, making Nokia grin "Of course! He's a little weird but he's a good guy."

"Geez thanks!" Kaito said, but the two Digimon still looked tense.

"Hmm, ah I know." he said, opening a screen and activating a program.

"What are you doing?" Nokia asked, as Kaito worked on the program.

"My uncle Ippei showed me how to do this once in Eden, here we go." he said, using the Program to manifest four hot dogs made with lettuce, cucumber and half an egg on top.

"Oooohhh, those look good," Nokia said, drooling a bit.

"They're special dogs, they're from my Dad and Uncle's favourite bakery." he said, before handing them to the two Digimon "Here you guys must be pretty hungry."

The two Digimon looked at the food, sniffing it before their eyes widened and began eating the food.

"Yummy!" Agumon and Gabumon cheered, as they ate the food.

"Huh, can I try one?" Nokia asked, as Kaito nodded "Sure here."

The two then took a bite of the special dogs, before giving a deadpan look.

"I taste nothing." They both said, before Kaito stretched his arms.

"Well that's to be expected since they're digital beings' ' Kaito said, before he walked up to the two Digimon.

"So did you guys like that?" he asked, as the two Digimon nodded.

"Yes it was really good!" "I want more!" The two said, as Kaito smiled.

"Sure, I'll make as much as you want but I need you two to help us with something?" Kaito said,"We need your help getting to the log out zone on the other side of this Area, and I was wondering if you could protect us from bad Digimon that come to attack us." he asked, making the two Digimon blink not sure what to do.

"If you do, Nokia will be happy, right?" Kaito asked, turning to Nokia nodding "Yeah you'll be totally awesome!"

The two Digimon grinned excitedly before nodding "Alright we'll do it!"

"That's great! Thank you cuties so much!" Nokia smiled, as the two Digimon smiled.

We then see the group of four walking towards the log out area and as they did we see Yuugo watching them from above.

"Befriending a Digimon without needing the capture program huh? Very interesting..." he smirked, crossing his arms.


Deeper into Eden

Third person P.O.V.

"Pepper Breath!" Agumon yelled, as he shot a ball of fire towards a large Kurisarimon which attacked them.

The Chrysalis like Digimon growled as it shot its tendrils towards the two Rookie who dodged out of the way.

"Gabumon uses your Bluebast to weaken its shell, then Agumon charges up your attack before hitting it with a heavy strike," Kaito said, as the two Digimon nodded.

"Go you two cuties! You can do it!" Nokia yelled, exciting the two Digimon.

"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon said, firing a spinning blue flame towards the Kurisarimon cracking its shell.

"Take this!" Agumon yelled, tacking into the Digimon sending flying back towards the wall knocking the Digimon out.

"Yaha! We did it!" Agumon cheered, as he jumped up and down.

"W-Wow I didn't think we could win," Gabumon smiled.

"Ah! Nice job you two!" Nokia cheered, as she hugged the two Digimon but when she did she suddenly felt a familiar feeling "Huh?"

A few minutes later we see the group of four continuing to walk through Kowloon but as they did Nokia moved up to Kaito "Hey Kaito, something feels strange about this place."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" he asked, as Nokia looked around "I mean like this all happened before when I was a kid. It's like I've met you and Arata before…"

"What are you talking about? We've met plenty of times in chat." Kaito said, as Nokia shook her head.

"No, not like we had met yesterday in chat or anything like that." Nokia said, shaking her head.

"Are you sure?" Kaito asked, crossing his arms. "We're in the chat room so much, maybe you're just mistaking us for someone else."

"Huh? Like, maybe… Yeah, maybe… but it still feels strange." she said, trying to come up with the right way to explain it, but as she did we see a familiar spirit passing by them quickly.

"Huh what was-gah!" Nokia said, as she and Kaito grabbed their heads in pain.

"Nokia? What's wrong?" Gabumon asked, as they held their heads.

Suddenly an image of five children flashed in their minds who seemed familiar to them, but there wasn't enough detail within the image to quite make them out.

"What…?" Nokia said, shaking her head as she looked around "What was that? Did… Did you see that?"

"Yeah I did, who were those kids." he said, looking down "Maybe you're on to something after all…."

"Mou! It's probably another hacker messing with us! I'm getting really sick of this!" she growled, rubbing her hair.

"Hey guys! I found the place!" Agumon said, making them smile.

"Good job Agumon now let's get out of here!" Nokia said, as they made their way to the exit.

"Alright, guess this is where we part ways, as promised," Kaito said, before typing into the program and summoning a large pile of different foods.

"Wow! So much food ''Thank you so much!" The two digimon said, as Nokia smiled "It was really nice to meet you guys."

"Will we meet you again Nokia?" Gabumon asked, making Nokia blink before smiling.

"Of course!" she said, as Agumon pointed to her. "You better not be lying."

"Hey I'm no liar, I keep my promises." Nokia said, making the two Digimon smile and cheer.

"So that's what having Digimon friends are like," Kaito smiled, looking at the trio.

End of Kowloon lv 1

Third person P.O.V.

We see Arata gripping as he looks around the old logout area."What was that image just now? A child? I am SO weirded out." He said, shaking his head.

"Damn it. I wanna know what that was!" He said, placing a hand on his head

"Man, I can't wait to see those guys again." A voice behind him caught his attention as he looked behind him to see Kaito and Nokia

"Ah! "There it is! And there he is!" she said, pointing to Arata "What the hecks up with you running off like that! You can't just think about yourself, you know!"

"Well, at least we're all safe," Kaito smiled, as they all made their way towards each other but then the crystal in his pocket began glowing again.

"It's glowing again." he mumbled, gripping it when it began moving by itself, pulling his arm along with it.

"Woah Kaito what are you doing?" Nokia said, as Kaito couldn't stop himself "I-It's not me."

"Could it be hacking," Arata said, as they watched him being pulled around before he pointed upwards, which prompted the other two to lift their gaze when a bright light caught their attention.

They all watched as the light grew into a spiral shell pattern and from that light, a strange creature emerged from it and landed before them.

The creature looked like a mass of white and black tentacles with an orange mechanical eye in the middle.

"What is that thing?" Kaito said, as he pulled down his goggles to run a scan with Digimon capture program but nothing happened "Wha-"

"What… is this…?" He heard, looking behind him to see Nokia beginning to tremble.

"Is that another Digimon?" Arata yelled, with a confused look when eyes widened "It can't be! The 'Black Monster of EDEN' people have been talking about? They say it devours your data."

"You guys, this way! Run! Whatever that thing is, it's a real menace, that's for sure! I'll break through the lock on this thing! Log out, then get away as fast as you can!" he urgently told the two of them before pulling up a few monitors to begin his work.

"A-Alright." Kaito said, as he ran towards Arata and passed by Nokia who didn't move "Nokia?"

"Hey, I told you to run, didn't I?" Arata yelled, before turning to Kaito "Go on, get her out of there!"

"Right!" Kaito said, running up to Nokia "Come on Nokia we have to go."

"Uh… Ha… Ha… I-I c-can't…"she said, making Kaito blink.

"Hey!" Arata yelled, as the strange creature was now slowly approaching the two of them.

Nokia watched as the monster inched closer with Kaito moving in front of her but even then she still couldn't find the strength to move.

She flinched when the slimy beast reeled back to attack two, but then two Digimon appeared in front of them and Nokia gasped when she noticed it was Agumon and Gabumon.

"H-hey… It's you guys…" Nokia smiled, as Kaito smiled "You guys got here just in time."

"We'll protect you, Nokia!" Agumon declared, puffing his chest

"G-get out of here, Nokia!" Gabumon said, with a brave look on his face.

"You guys…" Nokia smiled, as Kaito helped her up. "Come on, you should get to Arata."

"But what about these two?" Nokia said, as Kaito looked at them "I can help coordinate them but you'll be putting yourself in danger by staying here."

"O-Okay..." Nokia said, before running to Arata as Nokia turned to the Digimon.

"You guys ready?" he said, pulling down his goggles as the two digimon nodded "Yeah!"

The creature shot its tentacles towards the two digimon to leap back as Kaito looked at it.

"You two quickly blast it!" he yelled, as the two Digimon nodded.

"Alright take this! Pepper Breath!" Agumon said, firing a ball of fire towards the creature which didn't seem to phase it at all.

"Let me try! Blue Blaster!" Gabuman yelled, firing a spiralling blue blast which also didn't do much to the strange creature.

"Duck down! The both of you!" Kaito yelled, as the creature thrusted its tendrils towards the two of them.

Aguman and Gabumon barely had time to duck down, dodging the strange creature just in time before they moved back.

"Grr, guys try combining your attacks! That might be able to do something!" he said, as the two digimon nodded.

"Alright! Pepper Breath!" "Here we go! Blue Blaster!" The two said, before firing their blasts towards the creature.

As both blasts drew closer and closer before they combined into a powerful blast which managed to knock the creature back a bit but it still didn't do much.

"Are we not strong enough…?" Kaito muttered to himself, as he looked towards Agumon and Gabumon "Everyone! Forget about doing damage! Just make sure you don't get hurt!"

Kaito's eyes widened when he saw the creature was about to prepare for an attack "Agumon! Gabumon! Look out!"

The creature sent out its tentacles towards the two Digimon, sending them flying towards the wall.

"What should we do? It's too strong!" Gabumon groaned, as he picked himself up but fell to the ground.

"I…" Agumon frowned. "Why am I so weak? We have to help Nokia and the others!"

"Guys…" Kaito said, looking at the two of them.

"Okay!" Arata yelled, as he unlocked the abandoned teleported "The lock is taken care of. You can log out!"

However Arata frowned when he found Nokia who still wasn't moving. "Come on, Nokia! Hurry!"

"But what about them!?" Nokia worriedly asked, as Arata looked at her "Don't you get it? You're holding them back! They can't do anything until you get away!"

Kaito watched as the creature noticed the two of them arguing before it thrusted its tentacles towards them.

"GUYS! LOOK OUT!" Kaito yelled, as he pushed the two of them into the teleporter before being stabbed right through the chest by the tentacle.

"KAITO!" The two screamed, as they were forcefully teleported away from Kowloon.

"A-A-At lEasT tHeY wE'Re aBlE t-To eEz-cape." Kaito said, his voice glitching out before his digital body dispersed into data particles much to the shock of the two Digimon.

The creature began sucking up the particles, but within the data we see the crystal begin glowing.

Suddenly what data wasn't sucked up was pulled back to the crystal and spinning faster and faster around it.

This eventually formed a giant green tornado which knocked the creature back.

And within the tornado we see the silhouette of someone raising their left arms before crossing it with their right arm.

"Access…FLASH!"

(Play Yume no Hero)

There was a golden glow before we saw someone leaping out of the tornado, a warrior in cybernetic-like armour.

The warrior was mostly silver and white with purple pieces of armour strewn across his body, along with flashes of light blue in the arms, thighs, fists and feet, including the blue chest piece in the centre that housed a yellow crystal, and a purple collar. Its head was mostly humanoid, being mostly silver in colour like the rest but it had blue markings on the top of his head, a light blue crystal on the forehead, and yellow eyes.

"Who is that?" Gabumon questioned, as Agumon turned his head "I dunno but he smells familiar."

The warrior towards the creature who did the same, the two of them seemingly observing each other before the warrior struck a fighting stance.

"Sha!" The warrior said, striking a pose as it dashed towards the creature.

The creature sent its tentacles towards the warrior who quickly leapt over the attack before kicking the creature towards the wall.

The creature shot several blasts at the warrior who took each attack as it walked towards the creature.

It grabbed it by its tentacles before spinning it around and throwing it towards the other side of the area.

"Wow, he's so cool! Isn't he Gabumon!" Agumon said, as the wolf-like digimon nodded "Y-Yeah, he really is."

The two watched as the warrior took care of the creature so much easier than when they fought it.

"I wanna be just like him." "Yeah, and we'll be a super cool digimon that can protect Nokia and everyone else." They said, stars in their eyes.

As they got excited the creature noticed them before shooting their tendrils towards the two Digimon.

"Shoya!" The warrior yelled, leapt in front of the two digimon and took the attack which allowed the creature to begin absorbing the warrior.

A beeping noise began coming from the warrior as it broke free before kicking the creature.

The warrior then turned back to the two smaller Digimon before nodding which the two Digimon understood right away as they began running away.

The warrior towards the creature as it began recovering from the last attack.

"Sha!" The warrior said, before crossing his arms, charging energy into the device on his arm before he moved his arms upward and aimed towards the creature.

"SEEEIIIYYAA!" He yelled, firing a gold energy beam towards the creature.

The creature was engulfed in the beam which caused its body to crack more and more before it exploded into a mass of data which sent several data balls all around the area.

"Hah…hah…hah… The warrior huffed tiredly as it stumbled towards the teleporter before collapsing onto it as it was engulfed in a bright light.


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Third person P.O.V.

"H-Huh?" Kaito said, as he came to consciousness "I'm… alive, was that all a dream?"

"N-No, my body, why does it feel so…light?" Kaito said, before his hearing came to him allowing him to hear the sounds of people murmuring and car horns blaring.

"Where am I…!" He yelled, as he got the strength to get up but when he did he wished he didn't.

"What?" When he opened his eyes he suddenly found himself in the middle of Shinjuku Station Square being surrounded by cars and people.

"WHAT?" he said, looking down at his body, finding that it was now completely made of blue data particles from head to toe.

"WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHEEEEE FFFFFUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKK?!"


And done woo boy man it was really fun getting to look back at one of my favourite games.

Now I know you guys are probably wondering why this wasn't like the preview, well I decided to work better to help it stand out as a Gridman crossover.

I also decided to streamline the story a bit since I don't think I really need the starter Digimon in this one.

But anyway I really hope you like this story and are interested in trying the game out yourself.

As usual don't forget to review and favourite this story and of course.

See you next chapter