To: Mimi_Tachikawa@aol.com
From: izzy@worldnet.jp.org
Subject: Hey, guess what?
Mimi,
Just wanted to let you know that there's a
portal open in America. If you wanted to come
visit, feel free to. But make it soon, I don't know
how long the portal will stay open.
Izzy
PS: Don't worry if it closes while you're here,
we can open the way back home :-)
PPS: AOL? Are you out of your mind???
PPPS: Did you get the .GIF I sent?
To:izzy@worldnet.jp.org
From:Mimi_Tachikawa@aol.com
Subject: Re: Hey, guess what?
Izzy,
Cool!!! I'll be over ASAP, is it all right
if I bring a friend? I think he wants to meet
Yolei ;-) And I want to see what all the fuss
over this new guy is (and his Eevee is so cute!).
Mimi
PS: It's not my fault, Dad signed us up. At
least we have a good supply of coasters now...
Digimon: Digicross TV episode 6
"Plans of attack"
-Dedicated to:
-everyone on the DigifansAnon Mailing list, for telling me to:
a)post this to Fanfiction.net, and
b)Try using a spellchecker for once
-Everyone who said Nice Things once I did post this series up, especially
all the other authors, and
-To Crystal Melin, for letting me borrow her name.
==Pokeworld, Stone Town gym==
Kyle faced his opponent, a young girl from up north, near Cerulean City. She had arrived in town last night, and had asked for a match against someone from the gym run by the famous 'Eevee Brothers'. Unfortunately, Pyro, Zap, and Mikey were out of town, and Rayner's Vaporeon was down with the vapors, so Kyle had volunteered to defend the gym's honor.
Rayner sat at the announce table. "Introducing the challenger, Crystal Melin, from Cerulean County. And, the home champion, representing the long and honorable traditions of the Stone Town Gym, Kyle Ellison." At Kyle's less that amused look, Rayner continued "No pressure, Kyle." chuckles from the crowd.
"This will be a one on one match with no time limit, conducted according to official Indigo League rules" Rayner, sitting at the announce desk, said through the speaker. A few residents from the town were sitting in some bleachers behind Rayner, watching as Kyle and Crystal stood at opposite ends of what looked like an indoor soccer field.
"I'll call...Growlithe!" Kyle released the fire type pokemon.
"Now you'll see why I wanted to battle the famous Eevee brothers...Kurt, I choose you!!" Out of Crystal's pokeball appeared a beautiful pokemon, about 3 feet long, covered with a fine, light purple fur. The creature looked up, intelligence sparkling in its large black and white eyes, and said "Espeon."
"That's a really nice looking Espeon!" Kyle called across the field.
"Thanks" Crystal replied "It evolved not too long after I received it. Now, are you ready to quit?"
Grinning, Kyle replied with an opening attack. "Growlithe, Take Down attack!" Obediently, Growlithe charged at Espeon, hoping to finish the fight quickly. The agile pokemon dodged, however, and the two spent the next few seconds circling.
"Kurt! Swift attack!" Crystal's pokemon fired a flurry of star shaped missiles at Growlithe, which drove the puppy pokemon back. Kyle called out a counter move; rearing back, Growlithe launched a wave of fire at Espeon. It stood still, unconcerned by the incoming attack-
Which was suddenly diverted by an invisible barrier. "What do you think of Kurt's Reflect?"
"I think he still took some damage! Growlithe, Flame Wheel!" Launching another attack, Growlithe fired a ring shaped blast of flame at Espeon. Best move to date, Growlithe thought to himself.
"Now, Kurt!" Espeon seemed to shimmer for a second, then vanished! Growlithe's attack impacted harmlessly on one of the ring barricades. Espeon appeared behind Growlithe. Continuing the combo attack he and Crystal had devised, the small red mark on Espeon's forehead began to glow. As Growlithe turned to face Espeon, the solar pokemon lived up to its title and let off a Flash attack. Blinded, Growlithe staggered back.
"Time for part three!" Crystal called out. "Finish it with Psywave!" Espeon finished the sequence, firing a ring of psychokinetic energy at Growlithe. The attack hit Growlithe, drove him back a few feet, and Growlithe collapsed from the psychic attack. Kyle ran over to check. He looked at Rayner, shaking his head. "Growlithe is unable to battle. Winner is Crystal Melin and her Espeon, Kurt!" Growlithe, shaking off his unconsciousness, gave a little disappointed whimper. "Don't worry, we'll get 'em next time."
==
As Kyle walked over to the Pokemon center with Growlithe (who insisted on walking), Crystal and Rayner caught up with him.
"Hey, that was a great match" Crystal said. "Yeah" Rayner added. "Growlithe's gotten a lot stronger, I can tell."
"Thanks!" Growlithe barked, some of his dignity restored.
"Hey, Kyle!"
"Izzy! Kari! What are you doing here?"
"We saw the match; sorry you lost." Izzy said.
"It happens; psychic types are pretty tough to battle against. Tough to train too." Kyle said, looking at Crystal.
Crystal blushed a bit. Kari couldn't resist the opening. "I don't know Kyle. What will June think, you flirting with another girl?"
Kyle blushed crimson. "Oh? Who's June?" Crystal asked impishly. "So THAT'S the girl your father's been talking about" Rayner said, joining in the fun.
"Rayner! It's not like that!!" Kyle sputtered.
==Pokemon Center==
"Growlithe will have to rest for a day, but he'll be fine." Nurse Joy said, taking Growlithe in.
"Thanks" Kyle replied. "See ya in a few, boy!" Growlithe barked as the group left. Rayner wanted to talk to Crystal a bit more, and offer her a place at the gym. "So, what brings you here?"
"Well," Izzy said, "the other digidestined are looking for the other digieggs, but Kari and I are looking for a spire."
"Huh?"
"I need to check a theory. I think Ken made the same mistake I did when I first came to the digital world. You see back then, I thought that it was a visual and physical-"
Kari elbowed Izzy. "What did Tai tell you about speaking in techie?"
Izzy facefaulted. "Heh, sorry. Anyway, I think Ken believes that the Digital World is just a big computer program, and that the Digimon are just individual programs given physical form. Must have played too much Cyberpunk or something."
"Cyberpunk?"
"Later. You coming?" Kari asked. "We're headed over to Togemon's area, Ken's forces aren't as strong there."
"Yeah, sure, just let me get someone to fill in for Growlithe."
==Digital World==
"That's it, bring it on!" Togemon said, daring the last few attackers to move forward. She was exhausted, but she could take these two, she was sure. She recognized the pair of Monochromon, but the flaming black...tiger? panther? ... was new.
The leader spoke. "Give up lady, you can't beat all three of us! You're outnumbered!"
"Electro Shocker!"
"Rosetta Stone!"
The two attacks impacted near the three Digimon. "We're coming, Togemon" Nefertimon's voice carried over the explosions.
The lead attacker looked up. "It's still one on one!" she snarled.
"Ivysaur, Razor Leaf!" A hail of razor sharp leaves flew at the black lynx, driving her back.
"You..." she stopped, as if listening. "I'll deal with you later. You two, take care of them!" The two Monochromon advanced, while the leader fled, vanishing into the forest. Kyle tried to pursue the unknown Digimon, but was cut off by one of the Monochromon.
"Blaze Blaster!"
"NEEDLE SPRAY!" A hail of sharp needles pelted the Monochromon. It turned to face Togemon, exposing the control ring to Kyle.
"Ivysaur, hit the ring with Razor Leaf!" Ivysaur's attack hit the ring, causing several cracks to appear. "Now, finish it with Vine Whip!" The four vines streaked out, impacting on, and destroying, the ring.
The other Monochromon faced against Kabuterimon and Nefertimon. Nefertimon distracted it with a Rosetta Stone, while Kabuterimon hit the ring with another Electro Shocker.
Togemon glowed, and reverted to Palmon. "That was close, thanks!" The other Digimon also went back to their regular forms.
"Palmon, what happened here?" Kari asked.
"I was checking some rumors that the Emperor was building up some troops here, when those Monochromon jumped me."
"And that other Digimon?" Izzy asked.
"Never seen her before." Palmon then noticed Kyle and Ivysaur. "You must be the new guy; thanks." Then, to Ivysaur: "You too, good looking" she said with a wink.
"Saur?" Kari, Izzy, and Kyle did their best not to laugh.
==
"And that's the plan" Izzy recapped to Palmon his idea; crack the secrets of the spire, and hope they could finish the battle much more quickly.
"Best idea I've heard of in a while" Palmon said. "It's better than waiting for the next attack."
"Hi there!" a voice called from the woods.
Looking in the direction of the sound, the digidestined saw two more humans emerge from the undergrowth, one male, the other female with startlingly pink hair.
"Mimi!" Palmon grabbed Mimi in an embrace. It had been a while since the two friends had seen each other.
"Mimi!" Kari said. "How'd you get here?"
"Thank Izzy. He said that a portal was opening in America, and Michael and I used it to come here. Oh, everyone, this is Michael. He's a digidestined too!"
"Huh?!?"
Michael spoke up. "It's true" he said, showing his digivice. "I met Mimi in New York. I noticed she had a digivice like mine, and when she saw Betamon" he indicated the small creature who stood beside him, "she realized what I was. Good thing, as I had no idea what was going on."
"You must be Kyle" Mimi said. "I'm Mimi, nice to meet you."
"A pleasure. Oh, this is Ivysaur." Ivysaur answered with a "Ivysaur!"
"Hands off" Palmon said playfully. "He's mine!" Ivysaur blushed.
"Heh" Kyle said. "You look like-"
"-You do when someone mentions June" Kari cut in.
"You mean Davis' sister?" Mimi asked incredulously. At Izzy and Kari's nod, Mimi laughed quietly.
"The others aren't too far away" Izzy said. "If you hurry, you might be able to catch up to them. They should be surprised to see the two of you."
"Is it alright if Kyle comes along?" Palmon asked.
"You just want him for his Ivysaur" Mimi replied, smirking.
"Saur?"
"Well, you coming?" Michael asked.
"I don't know. If that Digimon shows up again..." Kyle started.
"No worries" Gatomon said. "I can handle that overgrown kitty cat."
"Yep" Tentomon said. "She wrote the book on catfighting."
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that" Gatomon replied flatly.
==
After everyone else left, Izzy and Kari set about cracking the mysteries of the control spire. "So, what do we do first?" Kari asked.
"Shouldn't be too hard, if I'm right" Izzy said. He pulled out a connecting cable, attached one end to his laptop, and pressed the other end to the spire. The black surface seemed to ripple, then accepted the wire. "Good. Now all we do is kick back and wait for my computer to download the source code for the spire."
"Is the drive big enough?"
"It better be; I cleaned out everything else on it, compressed the drive, used every trick I could think of. It should take about an hour and a half to finish scanning" Izzy said, checking the laptop programming. "Hope you brought something to read."
"That's OK" Kari said, pulling out a CD player. Grinning, she added "all my trips to the Digital World should be like this."
==
"It's Gorillamon!" Michael said, as the digidestined rushed out of the diner.
"On it!" Kyle said. "You ready Ivysaur?" At the Seed Pokemon's nod, Kyle pulled out a second pokeball. "Dewgong, go!" A large white pokemon appeared, diving into the lake.
"Wait for me!" Betamon said, as Michael pulled out his digivice. "Betamon,
digivolve to...Seadramon!" Seadramon also dove into the lake, surfacing
alongside Dewgong, daring the controlled Digimon to approach.
Instead, Gorillamon launched a bolt from his gun-arm, only to have it intercepted by Digitamamon, who had run out of the diner and leaped into the path of the oncoming bolt.
"Dewgong! Use your Ice Beam! Aim low!" Dewgong fired a beam of white energy at the ground around and in front of Gorillamon, creating a large patch of ice. Catching on, Seadramon fired his own attack, aimed at Gorillamon.
"Ice Winder!" The bolt of ice flew at Gorillamon, causing him to duck. However, he slipped on the ice patch, and slid into the lake. The two waterborne creatures moved in, sensing the big ape's disadvantage in the water.
The rest of the digidestined watched as the water roiled and bubbled, the only indications of the fight underneath. Then, Gorillamon, a large wedge of ice jammed in his gun arm, came flying out of the water. Dewgong's spiked head surfaced a second later, giving everyone a fair idea of what drove Gorillamon out. It hit the ground, and staggered to get up.
"Ivysaur, slow it down with Sweet Scent!" Ivysaur launched a cloud of sweet smelling pollen at the attacking Digimon, disorienting it.
"My turn!" Togemon called. "LIGHTSPEED JABBING!" The hail of blows shattered the spiral on Gorillamon's arm. It also KO'd the beast six ways from Sunday.
Togemon and Seadramon returned to their rookie forms, while Dewgong crawled out of the water. "Good work Dewgong. Return and have a rest." Dewgong vanished in a haze of red energy, back into the pokeball.
"Not too shabby" Davis said.
"I don't think Palmon would argue" TK said, pointing. Ivysaur's face was red; Davis had missed what Palmon said, but Ivysaur's expression gave a good idea.
==
"Say, Kari..." Izzy started.
"Yeah?"
"umm...What CD is that? I though I recognized one of the songs."
Kari looked at the player. "Oh, it's one Tai got me for my birthday. Yoko Kanno."
"Really? I love her work."
Kari arched an eyebrow. "Really?"
"Yeah. Hey, you know about the performance she's giving next week?"
"I heard about it, but I can't go. Even if I could afford a ticket, they've already sold out, and no-one's free to go with me."
"Well...I have a pair of tickets."
"You do!?"
Izzy looked down, a bit embarrassed. "Well, I kinda won them on the net.." Figures, Kari thought to herself, smiling. "And..well, I'd hate to go alone, that is, if you don't mind going with a geek like me and..."
"Yes, I'll go."
"And...you will?"
"Yes" Kari answered, trying not to blush.
"YES!...I'm mean, I'm glad...ah, that is..."
==
"Well," Tentomon said, "he finally did it."
Gatomon sighed, and replied "About time. Now Gabumon owes me a new scratching post. I knew Izzy'd crack first."
"Just one question, Gatomon."
"Yeah?"
"What do we tell Davis?"
==
~Mistress,~ the small, catlike creature sent, as she observed the two digidestined, ~they are alone. That 'Trainer' is nowhere in sight.~
~What are they up to?~ came the response.
~The male has connected a computer to one of the control spires; for what, I cannot say.~
~Get rid of them. If they uncover the true purpose of the spires, they may undo everything we've worked towards.~
~As you command.~
~If Kyle shows up, leave. If you are recognized, they might figure out what's going on!~
~Understood.~
The creature closed the psychic rapport with her mistress, and concentrated. On her right forearm, a small strand of silver glowed softly, then her form seemed to shift and grow larger...
==
"Say, Izzy..."
"Yes?"
"About the concert...what do we tell Davis?"
Izzy was about to reply, when a mass of flame covered black fur erupted from the undergrowth, charging right at the two digidestined. "Thermal Mane!" it shouted.
"KARI! LOOK OUT!" Izzy yelled, knocking the younger digidestined to one side. The blast of fire passed through the space where Kari sat only a second before.
"Super Shocker!" A bolt of lighting forced the attacker to back up.
"LIGHTNING PAW!" Gatomon's attack caught the attacker on her blind side. "I don't know who you are, but no one attacks my friends and gets away with it!"
"Digi-armour energize!"
"Gatomon, armor digivolve to...Nefertimon, the angel of light!"
As the armor Digimon finished transforming, the attacker decided to introduce herself. "Well then, 'angel', I am Lynxmon. Watch out, or my Wild Nail Rush will cut you to shreds, like so!" Lynxmon charged at Nefertimon, claws extended. Nefertimon dodged the attack, and took to the air.
"Fight like a cat, you wimp! THERMAL MANE!" The fire attack shot right at the armored Digimon, engulfing it. Satisfied at her handiwork, Lynxmon turned to face Tentomon and the two humans. "Now, to take care of OOF!" Nefertimon, only slightly scorched from the attack, tackled Lynxmon, knocking the Digimon over.
"There IS a reason we're called 'armor' Digimon, dear" Nefertimon said sweetly, holding one forepaw to Lynxmon's throat. The pinned Digimon tried to struggle, earning it a paw swipe from Nefertimon. "That was almost-"
WHAP! Nefertimon had relaxed too soon, and Lynxmon, pretending to have passed out, caught Nefertimon with a viscous claw swipe. "My turn!" Lynxmon said eagerly. "FURY CUTTER!" The series of claw strikes hit Nefertimon, each connecting shot more damaging than the last. Finally, the attacks overwhelmed the Digimon, and Nefertimon glowed, then reverted back to Gatomon, now barely conscious.
"As I was saying" Lynxmon started again, "now to take care of the rest of you."
"Double Star!" A huge throwing star hit the ground right in front of Lynxmon. A new Digimon appeared. "Am I late for this dance?" it asked, confidence apparent in its voice.
Lynxmon regarded the newcomer. White, green, spindly arms and legs with large metal stars where hands and feet should have been, and, most dishearteningly to her, dressed in white, the crest of Sincerity on the headband of its 'mask'.
"Kari! Izzy!" came the calls from a short distance off. Snarling, Lynxmon turned to leave. "You got lucky, this time." she said, and ran off. A minute later, the rest of the digidestined entered the area.
"Izzy! what happened?" TK asked.
"I don't know! One second, everything's fine, the next this huge black Digimon calling itself 'Lynxmon' is attacking us!"
"Was it a controlled Digimon?" Davis asked.
"We couldn't tell" Kari replied, holding Gatomon. "It was all black to begin with, and it moved pretty fast. It left just before you got here." Kari looked at the white Digimon. "Let me guess, Yolei found another digiegg?"
"Shurimon, Samurai of Sincerity, at your service." Shurimon said, bowing.
"Here, let me look at her" Kyle said, taking a hold of Gatomon. "These wounds are pretty nasty. This might sting a bit" he said, getting some antiseptic and bandages out.
"Why do people always say that when it's really going to hurt a lot."
Kyle grinned. "Shut up and hold still." He quickly cleaned and bandaged Gatomon's wounds. "I'd use a Super Potion, but I have no idea how it'd react to a Digimon. Don't worry about the bandages, they won't stick or anything. What hit you anyway?"
"Lynxmon. She used some sort of attack called a 'Fury Cutter'."
Kyle blinked. "Did you say 'Fury Cutter'?"
Cody looked at Kyle. "Do you recognize that move?"
"Yeah, there's a pokemon move by the same name. Nasty, does more damage each time it connects."
Gatomon replied "that's about how it felt."
"Weird" Izzy said. "It must be a coincidence; Ken doesn't seem to know about the pokemon world, and I doubt a pokemon could just move between worlds."
"Yeah" Kyle said. He had a bad feeling...But Izzy had to be right. How could a pokemon get here without someone with a D-3? And he was the only pokemon trainer with one. Had to be a coincidence, like Snimon's resemblance to a Scyther.
"Well, we can deal with it after we deal with Ken." TK said. "Izzy, your computer figure anything out?"
"Oh, I forgot all about it." Izzy said, sweatdropping. "One sec...yeah, it finished scanning the spire. Give me a few days, and I'll figure something out."
==Stone Town, that night==
"Dad? I'm home!"
"Hey son, what's up?"
Kyle gave a tired smile. "Well, let's see. Izzy and Kari got attacked by an unknown Digimon, Gatomon got beaten up pretty badly, we found another digiegg, Yolei got it, and I think Ivysaur's got an admirer."
Mikhail chuckled. "Definitely a full day. You eaten yet?"
"I just need to check something first, down in 10."
In his room, Kyle activated his computer, calling up the search function.
>>Welcome to Pokenet.org! Enter search string:_Fury
Cutter_
>>Searching...
>>1,021 hits found. Display top 10 (y/n)? [y]
>>score: 1000
>>Encyclo-Pokemon: Your source for Pokemon Info!
Kyle opened the link, and scrolled down until he found the information he wanted.
>>Move name: Fury Cutter (Type:Bug) A rare attack,
can usually be
>>found on bug type pokemon, though other pokemon
can use it (ref:
>>TM#B-049). Although having a low initial power,
the damage
>>doubles each time a successive hit is scored.
Kyle closed the function. Curiouser and curiouser...His computer screen lit up, displaying a message.
>>You have mail
Intrigued, Kyle opened it up.
From:Sam_Oak@Pallettown.rsch.net
To:kellison@stpokenet.org
Subject: Sorry to tell you...
Dear Kyle,
I regret to inform you that the Sneasle you
captured has been stolen, though I have contacted
the authorities and I'm assured they'll turn
something up. I will keep you informed to the best
of my ability.
My deepest apologies,
Prof. Samuel Oak, Pallet Town.
It should be noted that Kyle failed to connect the two pieces of information until much later.
Next Episode
June finds out the truth about the Digital World and Kyle. However,
a misunderstanding causes Kyle to go to the digital world, where he wanders
into a trap set by Ken and his latest creation.
Next, on Digimon: Digicross:
"Ghosts and nightmares. Eevee, assume your second stage!"