"" - human speech
~~ - pokemon speech
:: - telepathy
-- thoughts (to oneself)
Oh, and the robotic Venusaur is not my idea; it appeared in the Viz Pokemon comics (Electric Pikachu Boogaloo, IIRC). Credit where it's due...
Digimon Digicross TV series episode 11
"Wormmon Beyond!"
DigiCross TV series theme song (Courtesy of Prima...READ HER STORIES!)
It's a whole new world to explore!
DigiCross series.
(do do do do do do,
do do do do do do)
Everyone wants to destroy more Spires
Everybody wants to show their skills.
Everybody wants to stick with fliers
Fly or climb to the top of that hill.
Each time You duel!
Your fighting knack gets a little bit better.
With each Battle!
You're one more step up the ladder!
It's a whole new world to explore
(do do do, do do do)
It's a whole new place to see
(do do do, do do do)
It's a new locale, with a different outlook
But Kyle's still gotta catch 'em all
And do the best that he can do.
(do do do, do do do)
DigiCross series,
(do do do, do do do)
Everybody wants to voice their feelings
Everybody wants to do their part
Everybody wants to finish these dealings
Take their place when the battle starts.
Give it all You've got!
You might beat one of the smartest ever.
Take your Best shot!
All you've learnt will come together!
It's a whole new world to explore
(do do do, do do do)
It's a whole new place to see
(do do do, do do do)
It's a new locale,
with a different outlook
But Kyle's still gotta
catch 'em all
And do the best that
he can do.
(do do do, do do do)
DigiCross series,
(do do do, do do do)
It's a whole new world
to explore... (Explore, explore, explore, explore...)
It's a whole new place
to see... (To see, to see, to see..)
It's a new locale, with
a different outlook... (Outlook, outlook, outlook...)
But Kyle's still gotta catch 'em all
And do the best that he can do.
(do do do, do do do)
DigiCross series,
(do do do, do do do)
DIGICROSS SERIES!
==Near Lavender Town
A laptop glowed, and Ken and Minomon appeared. "Where are we? This doesn't look like the Digital World" Ken wondered aloud.
:It is not: a voice echoed in his mind. :This is what the other digidestined refer to as the Pokemon World, as opposed to the Digital World that you tried to conquer, and the Human World that is your home.:
"Who...?"
A figure stepped into Ken's view; about his height, covered in light purple fur. Long tail too, curved up. Very intelligent, from his look.
"Welcome to my world, Ken Ichijouji and Minomon" the creature said. "I am Mewtwo, and we have much to discuss."
==Stone Town Pokemon Center
The computer glowed for a moment, then Kyle, Tai, Yolei, and their partner digimon (or pokemon, in Kyle's case) appeared in the Stone Town Pokemon Center.
"Well, I'm off!" Yolei announced immediately.
"You sure about this?" Tai asked.
"Hey, you heard Kyle! If parents on his world can sent 10 year old kids charging around without supervision, then it should be OK for me to do some sight seeing!"
"Well, yeah..." Kyle said slowly. "Look, just be careful, OK? It's not all fun and games."
"No need to worry" Hawkmon said. "I shall keep her out of trouble."
"Oh, how much trouble can I get into? I'm just going to Celadon City to see what the shopping's like!" The two boys sweatdropped at that. "Well, I'm off! See you at the train station in a few hours!" Yolei headed off to the Magnet Train station.
"Just try not to go broke" Tai said weakly. Straightening up, he faced Kyle. "OK, look, this is probably the most important mission you've ever undertaken as a member of the digidestined..."
"Tai, I SAID I'd help you get a present for Sora. Geez, why didn't you get a gift earlier?"
"I had money troubles!"
==
While the two boys argued, Yolei quickly skipped down to the Magnet Train station. She was in luck; there was a train leaving in the next few minutes, and her bank card worked fine in this dimension.
"Yolei, are you sure about this?" Hawkmon asked quietly, trying not to attract attention.
"Quiet, willya? Kyle said talking pokemon aren't that common here."
"I'm just worried that we might get into something we can't handle; this isn't your world, or the Digital World for that matter. We have no idea what kind of customs might exist here!"
Yolei responded by clamping a hand over Hawkmon's beak. Losing her temper a bit, she half shouted "I said KEEP IT DOWN!!" Unfortunately, the scuffle drew attention.
One young trainer walked up tot he two. "Um...excuse me..?"
Yolei stopped, hand still wrapped around Hawkmon's beak. "Uh...yeah?"
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to trade pokemon; I'm trying to become a Flying type expert, and I think I can give your pokemon a good home." He paused for a second. "What kind is it? It doesn't look like any Pidgey I've ever seen."
"Oh..well" Yolei started, but Hawkmon struggled out of her grasp. He then realized that the trainer was still staring at him. -I need to put him off- Hawkmon thought to himself.
"Er...Hawk! Hawkmon Hawk Hawkmon!" He managed to drown out Yolei's groaning.
==Near Lavendar Town
Ken was having a day full of surprises. First, the revelation that one of his 'enemies' was actually from a different world. Second, This world that Kyle and his creatures...'Pokemon' Mewtwo said they were called (why was that name familiar?). And now...
"You tried to take over this world?" Ken asked, half incredulous.
"Do you doubt I could, if I desired?" Mewtwo replied. "My psychic powers exceed most, if not all other pokemon abilities. I could," he said, his aura flaring a bright blue for a second, "but I will not. What drove me to such actions no longer exists within me."
"What drove you...?"
"Yes. That pain that causes one to rage at the world, and seek to control it. For me, it was a lack of purpose in my life; I was created as a test animal, something to be used, so I sought to use the world to my end. I was brought around by the actions of one boy. I sense you had a similar experience."
"Actually," Minomon said, "it was a small group." Ken flushed a bit at that.
Mewtwo smiled. "I see. I can sense a force in you, enhancing those dark feelings. With your permission, I will try to remove it." Ken nodded, and Mewtwo raised his hands. "You may feel some discomfort." The pokemon directed a flow of psychic energy into Ken. Ken grimaced, than began shuddering as pain wracked his body.
"Stop it, you're hurting him!" Minomon yelled.
Mewtwo withdrew. "I apologize for that. It seems that whatever is in there cannot be easily removed, at least, not without doing major damage. You may take solace in the fact that whatever it is, feels inert, and its hold has weakened." Mewtwo sorted through the sensations he had felt, then stopped, ears twitching. He looked at Ken curiously. "You have been here before" he said flatly. "I saw a...familiarity with elements of this world."
"I have?" Ken asked. "Minomon, did I ever..?"
"I'm not sure, Ken. I lost a lot when I was reformatted."
"An interesting puzzle, I..." Mewtwo paused, looking up at the sky. "Something is going to happen. Ken, Minomon, you must head to Celadon City, one of the other digidestined is in danger." The psychic pokemon stepped back, and held his arms out towards Minomon, hands glowing bright blue.
"Whu....Ken, my energy....Minomon, digivolve to...Wormmon! Wormmon, digivolve to...Stingmon!"
"You...digivolved?" Ken asked, stunned.
"I boosted the energy within him" Mewtwo said. "But I do not know how long it will last. I suggest the two of you go now." Ken and Stingmon nodded, and were airborne within a few seconds, headed towards Celadon.
A few minutes later, Mewtwo heard the rustle of an approaching figure. "Are you sure about this?"
"I am" Bryan Chevalier said, stepping into view. "I can't track Arukenimon's movements when she is in this world, and she's been too busy in this world for my liking."
"And what is her interest in this world? Or yours, for that matter?" Mewtwo asked, suspicious.
"As I said, I don't know her interest. As to mine, is it important? Isn't my desire to help enough?"
"I prefer to know everything, *Baihumon*. Talk."
'Bryan' grunted. "My secret's out." He looked up at the sky, watching as a Fearow flew by. "In a way, it's my fault your world is involved..."
===Celadon City, in a (formerly) quiet corner
"Hawkmon hawk hawk?!? THAT was the best you could come up with?"
"I am sorry Yolei, but they don't teach pokemon impersonation in the Digital World"
"Couldn't you have just squawked, like any normal bird?"
"Excuse me, but I do not 'squeak', as you so crudely put it."
"Oh, never mind." The two walked up to a small park area, with a large sign stating 'Celadon Outdoor Fair' and a smaller sign announcing free admission. "Hey, this looks like fun. Come on!"
"I have a bad feeling about this" Hawkmon groaned, mentally tossing out the whole 'keep a low profile' thing Kyle and Yolei had discussed earlier.
Inside the park, there were several tents set up, each housing vendors, performers, and such; the type of thing one would see at outdoor fairs in any dimension. Yolei and Hawkmon stayed for a while at one stall, where a trainer led a pair of pokemon through a complex series of dance routines. The trainer (Yolei found out her name was Bailey) had come from the Johto region, and was headed to some place called Indigo Plateau for a big demonstration and contest.
After about a half hour of wandering, Hawkmon whispered to Yolei "I sense a trend here."
"If you mean this is all pokemon, who couldn't notice?"
A loud crashing of brush ended further discussion. From the trees, a large metallic pokemon appeared, easily the size of a large van. It was oddly shaped, having no apparent wheels. Tank-like treads could be seen under the four 'feet', and the body was bluish, with what looked like a palm tree on top. Above the painted on mouth, there was a window, where three figures sat.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And Make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation"
"To unite all people within our nation"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love"
"To extend our reach to the stars above"
"Jessie"
"James"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight"
"Meowth, that's right!"
"Now," Jessie announced, apparently unaware the PA system was still on, "which should we grab first, the pokemon, or the food?"
"How about a bathroom?" Meowth groused.
"Meowth, keep your mind on business" James snapped. "Oh, wait, I left the speakers on."
(Animation note: Parkwide facefault)
"It must be those Team Rocket fellows Gatomon told us about" Hawkmon said. "Should we fight?"
Yolei nodded, pulling out her D-Terminal. "Digiarmour Energize!"
"Hawkmon, armour digivolve to...Shurimon, the Samurai of Sincerity!" The armoured warrior wasted no time in leaping to the attack, freeing several pokemon that the robotic monstrosity had seized in its metallic tentacles. "Get clear, I'll deal with the tin toad over there."
The three Rocket members were stunned by Shurimon's appearance. "What kind of pokemon is THAT??" Jessie yelled.
"The heroic kind. Double Star!" Shurimon's attack shattered the front window, forcing the three rockets to jump out.
'We're not going to stand for that! Arbok, GO!" Jessie reached for her pokeball containing the pokemon she called out. Unfortunately, her hand hit her other pokeball, releasing...
"WOBUFFETT!" The blue pokemon called, appearing.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT??"
While the two bickered, Shurimon decided to end the battle right there. "Double Star!" The two metallic stars shot at the trio, James and Meowth expecting to be Blasted Off Again...
"Wobuffett, Counter Attack!" The pokemon glowed a bright blue, activating its power. Shurimon was shocked to see his attack stop a few inches short of the pokemon, and come shooting right back at him! The twin throwing stars struck Shurimon, knocking him backwards and, having been rendered unconscious by the attack, reverting him to his Rookie level of Hawkmon.
"Hawkmon!" Yolei ran over to her partner, gathering up the unconscious digimon. As she did, the Rockets got back in their vehicle, and got ready to make a run for it.
"We'd better get out of here" James said.
"One sec" Meowth called back, operating a series of controls. "If that pokemon can evolve whenever it wants to, we'd better grab it for the boss while it's still nappin'! The boss will pay us a fortune!"
"Then grab it before the police arrive" Jessie snarled.
"Right! Vine nets AWAY!" A port in the side of the robotic pokemon opened, and fired a large net, capturing both Hawkmon and Yolei. As the two struggled to escape, Yolei failed to notice her D-Terminal fall out of her pocket. The net was reeled in, and the robotic Venusaur made its escape.
===20 minutes later
Ken and Wormmon walked into the park where Team Rocket had attacked; just before they had landed, Stingmon had spotted a series of police cars headed to this area and, remembering what Mewtwo had said, landed near the area.
"Are you alright, Wormmon?"
"I'm a bit weak, that's all. I don't know if I can digivolve again for a while."
"That's OK" Ken said. "We should be alright for a while anyway" As he walked to the park, he was intercepted by a blue-haired police woman.
"I'm sorry, but this is a crime scene, I can't let anyone in." Officer Jenny said.
"What happened here" Ken asked.
"There was an attack by Team Rocket. Several pokemon were stolen, and there were reports that a pokemon trainer was captured as well."
Ken had a sickening sensation that he knew where this was going. "Someone was kidnapped?"
Jenny nodded. "Yes. She had glasses, purple hair, and either one or two pokemon, there are different accounts. Some say it was a bird type, others say it was some sort of plant or fighting type."
-Yolei, and Shurimon- Ken thought. "Her name is Yolei. I don't know her last name."
Jenny blinked. "You know her? Is she a friend?"
"It was an adversarial relationship" Wormmon said without thinking. Then, realizing what he did, said "um...Worm Wormmon Worm?"
Officer Jenny blinked for a few seconds. "Did that pokemon just....?"
Ken bowed his head. "It's a long story, and I don't think you'd believe it."
A glint of metal caught the policewoman's eye. "Could I see that for a second" indicating Ken's digivice. She looked at it, and brightened. "Oh, you must be one of Kyle's friends! My sister's cousin in Stone Town told me to watch out for anyone with a device like this."
Ken was trying not to pass out. -Kyle's...FRIEND??- he thought wildly. "Umm...I know him, yeah" he said uncomfortably. "And Yolei is one, too."
Jenny looked surprised. "Oh, I see. Well, don't worry, we'll find her."
A few minutes later, Ken was sitting on a bench near the park. Wormmon had asked him to stay there, while he ducked into the park and "checked something out", as the digimon had put it. Ken soon saw Wormmon coming back, a silvery rectangular box being pulled behind him.
"What's that" Ken asked. AS he spoke, he recognized the object, but Wormmon replied anyway.
"It's a D-terminal, what the other kids use to keep their digieggs in. Hawkmon won't be able to digivolve without it. When do we go find them?"
"Go find them? Shouldn't the police go look for them?"
"Ken," Wormmon said patiently, "we're the only ones who can find them. The other kids used their digivices to keep track of each other, there's no reason we can't look for Yolei on our own." Wormmon saw Ken wavering, and played his last card. "You said you wanted to make up for what you did as the Emperor; saving Yolei might be a good start."
"Alright, let's get going."
==Meanwhile, in an abandoned warehouse...
Jessie and James sat at a table, going over their spoils. Arbok and Weezing were watching a door, from which muted shouts could be heard. "We actually did it, James! We actually pulled off a heist, and no twerp and his Pikachu to ruin things!"
"Yes," James replied, "it is refreshing not to get zapped on a job. Where's Meowth?"
"He's in with that girl we brought back; he seem to think he's connected to that other girl with the talking cat we ran into a while back."
"Any luck" James asked, curious.
At that moment, Meowth ran out of the room where Yolei was being kept, and slammed the door behind him, cutting off the girl's verbal assault. "That kid is nuts! She must be related to that red head that hangs around with the twerp."
"There's a scary thought" Jessie deadpanned.
Inside, Yolei calmed down. She had no idea why the cat was so interested in Gatomon, and venting her frustrations on him seemed the best way to relieve some of her frustration. Beside her, Hawkmon rested in a small cage. The digimon stirred, roused by the noise.
"I take it you've been giving someone a piece of your mind?" Hawkmon asked.
Yolei sighted. "We get captured by thugs, and a talking cat wants me to set him up with Gatomon. I'm going to have a long talk with Kyle about what he considers 'safe'."
"I'm sure he didn't know about this."
"How could he not know about crooks using giant robots!? And what's more, I lost my D-Terminal, so you can't digivolve, we're stuck here, no one knows where we are, and by the time anyone looks for us, they'll have moved out and taken us as hostages and we-"
"YOLEI!" Hawkmon yelled.
Yolei blinked, calming down. "Oh, sorry."
"Ahem, first, I think a large robot could not stay hidden for too long, and these particular felons do not seem to intelligent. Second, I don't think we could fight our way out, even if I could digivolve, and third, I don't think we're alone." Hawkmon pointed to the window, motioning Yolei to keep quiet. Turning, the girl looked and saw...KEN?!?! The two stared at each other for a second, before Ken motioned for her to wait for a few minutes, then ducked out of sight.
Keeping her voice down, Yolei said "Hawkmon, what's Ken doing here? Do you think he's responsible for this?"
"I don't think so, Yolei. This doesn't feel like something he'd do; we'd better wait to see what happens."
Outside, Ken sat down, back to the wall of the warehouse. "They're both in there, but the window's locked. Now what do we do?"
"I can distract them" Wormmon offered.
"No, I won't risk you getting hurt!"
"I'll be fine Ken, really! All I have to do is distract them, you break the window, pass Yolei her D-Term, Hawkmon digivolves, and they break out. Simple."
"When did you get so good at tactics?"
"Well, I listened to all the plans you made." Wormmon didn't mention that Ken's plans never worked when he was the Emperor, at least, when dealing with the digidestined.
"Wormmon, none of my plans against the digidestined ever worked."
"Details, details. Just wait for my signal." Wormmon shuffled off. Ken sat there for a moment. He couldn't recall Wormmon so...
confident?
==1 minute later (Or 60 seconds. Your choice)
The Rocket trio were preparing to move out. They only had captured a few pokemon, but the boss should be pleased to see what they had. As they gloated, they heard a knock at the door. "Meowth" James hissed, "Go see who it is!"
The cat pokemon walked to the door. "Who's dere?"
"Umm...Girl scouts?"
Confused by the reference, Meowth opened the door. Bad mistake.
"STICKY WEB!" A ball of webbing struck Meowth, knocked him over, and pinned him to the floor. Wormmon charged in, firing more web-nets at Arbok and Weezing. "Now, Ken!"
Ken came running in, making a beeline for the room where Yolei and Hawkmon were being kept. As he ran, Wormmon tried to keep the attention of the three pokemon on him. Unfortunately, James recovered enough to send out Victreebel, and sent him to block Ken.
The large plant pokemon screeched as it blocked Ken, the boy seeing no way around it. Then it attacked, stretching a long vine and using it as a whip. It caught Ken in the face, and he fell to one knee, partially stunned by the pain. Dimly, he could hear Yolei calling, trying to get out of the locked room.
Inside the room, Yolei had managed to see Ken and Wormmon's attempt to get to them, only to be stopped by a plant like creature. "We have to get out of here!" She kept hammering on the door, as Hawkmon tried to get out of the cage he was still locked in.
"Yolei, help me out of here, and I can break through the door!" The girl was not listening, however. As she watched, horrified, Victreebel wrapped Ken in one of its vines, and lifted him up, squeezing the life out of him!
"KEN!"
Ken groaned, the crushing pain keeping him conscious. "I...I've failed..."
Wormmon was knocked into the wall near where Victreebel was squeezing Ken. Ken! Don't give up!" Wormmon was about to say more, but Arbok slammed into him, knocking the digimon unconscious.
"Wormmon!" Ken began to struggle. As he did, he noticed the bulge of the D-Terminal in his pocket. When asked later, Ken couldn't explain why he did what he did; perhaps Mewtwo planted the idea in him, or having seen the other digidestined defy the Emperor's ban on digivolution made him want to try it...
"DIGIARMOUR ENERGIZE!"
For a long second, nothing happened, and Ken almost gave up. Then the D-Terminal started beeping, and one of the digieggs appeared!
"Yolei," Hawkmon said, still in the cage, "what's happening?"
"Ken activated the digiegg of Sincerity." Yolei breathed, hardly able to believe the sight. The egg hung there, then glowed again and flew -into- Wormmon.
"Wormmon, armour digivolve to...Nohemon, Pure-heated archer!" The digimon was humanoid, but looked for all the world like a scarecrow. A black bird perched on its back, and a bow was in its left hand, a quiver of arrows on its belt. The bird seemed to glow for a second, then changed shape, the beak lengthening, the feathers on its head forming what looked like a broad-brimmed hat. The crow, or, more accurately, Murkrow, cawed loudly, challenging the attacking pokemon.
Arbok attacked first. Nohemon stopped for a second, then the bird lifted off and attacked, pecking and clawing at the snake. While this happened, Nohemon pulled an arrow out, and fired at the vine holding Ken. The arrow only grazed Victreebel's vine, but the pain caused it to let go. Ken feel to the floor, and scrambled over to the scarecrow-like digimon.
"You...digivolved?" Ken asked, still unable to believe what happened.
"Yes" the voice, almost faint, replied. "Free the others, I'll hold off the attackers." the digimon turned back to face Arbok and Weezing, keeping them back with the threat of several well-aimed arrows.
Ken pulled at the lock, and opened the door. "Yolei! Are you alright?"
"Aaahhh......yes" -Why am I so nervous?- Yolei wondered. -Because he saved your life, and he's cute-, another part of her said back. -But he's the Emperor- she argued back. -Was. Now shut up and let him save you- "I can't get Hawkmon out of this cage. We'll have to carry him."
Ken nodded, and the two picked up the cage, and carried him out.
As they exited, Ken saw that Nohemon had handled the attackers well.
Victreebel was unconscious, Arbok was on the floor, with what looked like
a black eye, and the bird that Nohemon had sent off was harrying Weezing.
There was no sign of Meowth, Jessie, or James. "The other captured
pokemon are over there, we'd better free them too." Nohemon indicated another
table where cages similar to the one Hawkmon was in sat, with several pokemon
sat watching the fight. Ken and Yolei dragged the cage over and,
finding the keys there, opened the cages, setting the captured pokemon,
as well as Hawkmon, free. They didn't notice the bright red recall
beams that enveloped Arbok, Victreebel, and Weezing.
All the cages opened, Ken, Yolei, and Hawkmon got ready to leave, when a loud crash was heard. Looking in the direction of the noise, they saw the robotic Venusaur start up, and roll ominously towards them. "Get out of here, NOW!" Nohemon said, getting ready to fire. "I'll try to stop that thing."
"I'm well enough to fight" Hawkmon insisted.
"No, it's too risky. If I can get close, I can take out those treads it's moving on, and the police can deal with them. GO!" Hawkmon nodded, and he, Nohemon's Murkrow, Ken, and Yolei made their way out.
Outside, they heard a series of crashes and explosion, and then the entire warehouse exploded. The Murkrow shrieked, fell over, and reverted to Wormmon, digiegg of sincerity appearing beside him.
Ken picked the digimon and the egg up. "What happened?"
"It was too strong, that robot beat Nohemon. I'm fine, though; the bird is my true form, the archer is just a drone under my control." As they watched, the wall exploded outwards, and the robot appeared again.
"I don't know what you did," Jessie's voice echoed, "but it's time to deal with you once and for all." As she spoke, a series of odd noises came from the robot. "Venusaur-bot, transform to...FIGHTER MODE!!" As the digidestined watched, the robot shifted shape, growing two legs, and becoming humanoid! "In this form, our robot can walk on two legs, and its attack power is tripled!"
"Actually," James' voice said over the PA, "it's only doubled."
"YOU SAID IT'D BE TRIPLED!!"
"The original plans were lost with the prototype!" James replied, cringing.
"Just get 'em!" Meowth cried. The giant robot strode towards them. "Fire the water cannon!" One of the robot's arms lifted up, exposing a large cannon on the underside. The cannon fired a powerful blast of water, which punched a hole in the wall just above the digidestined.
"RUN" Yolei yelled.
"They're getting away! Get the boid!" Meowth yelled.
Between the confusion and Meowth's accent, James misheard the instruction. "Right, getting the boy!"
"No, the BOID!" Rather than waste more woids...er, words, Meowth jumped out of his chair, tackled James, and the two started fighting. As the battled, several controls were damaged, and the robot began to tip over. Towards Ken and Wormmon.
Hearing the robot behind him, Ken tried to turn to look, but tripped and fell. He hit his head and was stunned, unable to get clear of the falling robot.
"KEN!" Yolei turned, and started running back towards the boy.
"Yolei, what are you doing!?"
"We have to save him, Hawkmon! Come on, hurry!" As she ran, she knew that she wouldn't make it in time, the robot was starting to fall now. -Please, someone save him!- she thought, not noticing that her digivice had started glowing...
Hawkmon did notice, and felt a sudden rush of energy. "Hawkmon, digivolve to...AQUILLAMON!" The giant bird flew between Ken and the robot, grabbing the boy and his digimon, just before the robot crashed into the ground. Aquillamon wheeled around, and dropped Ken and Wormmon off by Yolei.
"Ha...Hawkmon?" Yolei asked, barely able to speak.
"Aquillamon, if you please. One sec while I deal with this oversized garbage can."
As they spoke, Team Rocket managed to get the robot standing again. "Enough of this! James, arm the Solar Cannon" Jessie's voice cracked. A port in the robot's chest opened, revealing what looked like a satellite dish. The four large vanes on its back glowed, absorbing the sunlight. A small window with a crosshairs painted on it sprung up in front of James.
"Firing chamber pressure at 60%" James reported.
"All power to the Solar Cannon" Jessie said.
"I beg to differ" Aquillamon said. "BLAST RINGS!" Aquillamon fired a series of ring shaped energy charges at the ground around the robot, kicking up large amounts of dust and debris.
"We're losing power" Meowth yelled, watching the gauges fall. "All that dust is cuttin' off the sunlight! And that giant Pidgey looks like he's gonna ram us!"
"That's silly Meowth! Birds don't tackle!" James yelled back
"THIS ONE IS!" The three criminals looked out the viewport to find that Aquillamon had, in the confusion, taken to the air, and was diving straight at them, horns on his head glowing a bright red.
"GRAND HORN!" The attack cut the robot in two, Aquillamon having punched a hole right through the robotic Venusaur's lower body. Almost comically, the two halves hung there, then dropped to the ground. There was an explosion, and the digidestined could see four figures hurtling through the air.
"At least we got a bigger part this time!" Meowth wailed.
"Let's go back to the Johto area, it's safer there!" James added.
"Well, we're already on the way," Jessie cried, "because..."
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!!"
"Wobbuuuuufeeeettttt!!!"
==
"Umm...thanks..." Yolei said. "For saving my life and everything..."
"I...that is..."
"If I may interrupt" Hawkmon said, "perhaps you could give Yolei back the digiegg and D-terminal?"
Ken blinked. "I forgot all about that. Here" he said, holding out the egg to Yolei. She reached to take the egg, when it glowed a bright white light. When it faded, there were two Digieggs of Sincerity!
"What..." Ken stammered.
"A second digiegg" Yolei breathed.
"I guess that settles that" Wormmon said. "It was neat armour digivolving."
"Well, you do wear it well" Hawkmon said. Yolei's digiegg vanished into her D-terminal, which Ken also returned. Sirens could be heard approaching.
"I'd better be going" Ken said. "The others will probably be here soon, I don't want to cause any trouble."
"Ken, wait" Yolei said, as Ken turned to leave. There was a flash as Wormmon digivolved to Stingmon, and the two flew off. "Ken..."
"He'll be back. I definitely like this Ken better than the old Ken."
"You don't suppose it was a trick, do you" Yolei asked uncertainly. "That he was just pretending?"
"I don't think so; I doubt that Wormmon would not have been able to digivolve, or that second digiegg would have appeared if he was fooling."
"I suppose." The two heard the sound of wings beating. Looking up, they saw Cyberarcanine flying in, Carrying Kyle, Tai, and Agumon.
"That's it" The armoured pokemon complained. "Kyle, you're going on a diet!"
"Yolei" Tai said, running over. "Are you alright? Cyberarcanine said he saw Stingmon leaving. Did Ken..?"
"Ken saved me" Yolei said.
===That night, Ichijouji residence.
Ken lay on his bed, confused. Between saving one of his enemies, learning about a whole new world where humans and creatures like digimon lived together, and discovering a digiegg of his own, he had a lot on his mind. He looked at the digiegg, which he had placed on his dresser by his computer.
"Ken" Minomon asked, worried. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, just confused. Why did I get a digiegg?"
"It was probably your wish to save Yolei and Hawkmon. What's to worry about?"
A knock came from Ken's door. "Ken dear," Ken's mother said, "there's a package for you."
Ken sat up as the door opened. Minomon scurried under the blankets on the bed. "For me? From who?"
"There's no name. Maybe you have a secret admirer?" Ken's mother smiled. "Don't worry, I won't pry or anything." Giving ken the small box, she stood up and left the room, closing the door.
Minomon peeked out. "Well, open it. Maybe it's from one of the digidestined." Nodding, Ken opened the box, and pulled out a small, watch-like device. Attached to it was a note:
'Ken,
Thanks again for saving my life. You left by the time
the others had gotten there. Kyle told me to tell you
that the watch thingy is called a 'Pokegear', and it
can function as a map, cellphone, and a radio.
Call me sometime
Yolei'
Ken looked at the watch. The digiegg sitting on his desk glowed, then entered the Pokegear screen. "Like the D-terminals" he thought to himself. He spent a few minutes familiarizing himself with the device, when he noticed that there was a number entered on the cellphone list:
'Inoue, Y. Call? [Y/N]'
Ken's finger hovered over the 'send' button, unsure what to do next.
==Pokeworld
Tycho Jamison, 11 year old pokemon trainer from Cerulean City, wandered aimlessly through the surrounding forests. He had just started out, and his newly acquired pokemon, Squirtle, walked beside him.
"We're gonna win a lot of matches, right Squirtle?" Tyco said confidently.
"Squirtle!" the turtle pokemon gave Tycho a thumbs-up, matching his trainer's confidence. Then he tensed, sensing something.
"What is it?" He followed his pokemon to a small hollow in a tree where a small white and red egg sat. "Woah...it's an egg!" Tycho picked up the egg, which began to vibrate. "It's hatching!" The shell cracked, separated, and revealed a small amoebae like creature with a single eyeball. "Is this a Ditto?" Tycho wondered. "What do you think, Squirtle?"
"Squirtle? Squirtle Squirt." Squirtle shrugged his shoulders, unsure of what to make of this unusual pokemon.
"Well, whatever you are, you're mine now!"
Next Episode:
Davis and Veemon have to battle to save June and Elecmon from
two of Arukenimon's artificial digimon. Meanwhile, in the Pokeworld,
Kyle faces off for a Marsh Badge at the Saffron Gym. Next on Digimon:
Digicross episode 12:
'Veemon and Growlithe, Stage up!'