"" - Human speech
~~ - Pokemon speech
: - telepathy
-- thoughts (to oneself)
This version of Sabrina is from the manga series. If you haven't read that version, suffice it to say that Sabrina is a) MUCH nicer, b)Non-psychotic, and c) much better looking...so it goes
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 Control Spires
Everybody wants to show their skills.
Everybody wants to stick with the 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!
Digimon Digicross TV series episode 12
"Veemon and Growlithe, Stage up!"
"STRONG CARAPACE!" The rock shower hurled at Scizor and Marowak, who dodged the assault.
Kyle shouted directions to the two pokemon "Scizor, power up with Swords Dance! Marowak, use your Bonemarang to keep that digimon busy!" Marowak threw his club at the big digimon, which did little more than distract Tortomon's attention from the red and silver bug pokemon. As Tortomon turned to face Marowak, Scizor spun, building up his attack power to the maximum.
"Scizor, METAL CLAW!" Scizor's attack, pushed to it maximum power, seemed to hum as the steel pokemon's two claws cut an X shape on Tortomon's shell, stunning the attacking digimon. Scizor landed in front of Tortomon, turned to face the digimon, and readied a Hyper Beam. Marowak joined him, his bone club at the ready.
Still dizzy, Tortomon staggered back to his feet. "Enough already, I give. Sheesh, I thought that boulder hurt." Grumbling, the digimon staggered away. Kyle recalled his pokemon, and went over to the reason he had been fighting Tortomon in the first place.
"Davis? Veemon? You guys alright?"
Veemon started to answer, but Davis cut him off. "Who asked you to butt in, Ellison?"
Kyle blinked. "Whahh...?"
"I said, WHO ASKED YOU TO BUTT IN? No one asked you to show up, so get lost already. I don't need you wrecking things any more than they already are!" Davis stalked off.
"Davis, what'd I..?" Kyle didn't get much further, as Davis had broken into a run, and vanished into the woods, Veemon following him. Kyle stood there blinking for a few minutes before the rest of the digidestined arrived.
"I heard shouting, what happened?" Gatomon asked.
Kyle recounted what had happened, with TK nodding as if he knew where this was going. "I should have guessed" TK said when Kyle had finished. "Davis was trying to get Veemon to digivolve; having that Tortomon attack must have been part of his plan. I didn't think he'd go this far though." TK looked at Kyle. "Don't worry about it. He just needs time to cool off. And don't even think of apologizing to him."
"Maybe I should-" Kyle started.
"Maybe you shouldn't Kyle" June said. "Chasing after Davis will only make things worse, trust me. Besides, aren't you due at the Saffron Gym in a few hours?"
"Huh? But this is more important than a gym match" Kyle protested.
"And Davis' big sister is the best person for the job" June replied, winking. "I'll have things worked out by the time you get back." June snapped her fingers as Kyle started to protest again. "Yolei, TK, you know what to do." TK and Yolei slipped behind Kyle, grabbed the trainer by the arms, and dragged him back to the portal that Kari had opened, and tossed him in (rather unceremoniously). "Thanks" she said after Kyle had vanished. "I don't think we'd have gotten him to let it be. I wish he wouldn't take everything like it's his fault somehow." June turned to leave.
"Are you going to need any help?" Yolei asked.
"No, I'll go alone. There's nothing he can hide from me. Let's go, Elecmon!"
==
Arukenimon and Sneasel watched as Davis ran from the rest of the group of digidestined. "So, a little dissention in the ranks" she commented.
"Shall we dispose of him? He is one of the ones our master said had to be destroyed."
Arukenimon thought over what to do. This was too good an opportunity to pass up. Then she saw another of the children leave the group, the boy's sister as she recalled. "Two at once. This will be better than I expected."
Sneasel hopped down from Arukenimon's shoulder. "I shall follow and create a monster to destroy them."
"No. I want you to follow Kyle to your world, and deal with him. I'll handle the crybaby." Looking around, Arukenimon selected a control spire the digidestined had missed. "Spirit Needle!"
The silvery thread merged with the spire, causing the evil structure to contort, reforming itself into a hulking, brutish digimon.
"Impressive" Sneasel commented.
"It had better be" Arukenimon replied. "We've been having one too many setbacks to date." Sneasel nodded, then closed her eyes. The pokemon started pixilated, if such a word can be used. Then she faded, passing between the dimensions to her former home. "You" Arukenimon said to the creature. "Follow the boy with the goggles and destroy him and his digimon."
The beast grunted once, then left.
==Pokeworld, Saffron City Pokemon Center.
The screen glowed as the portal formed on it, spilling Kyle out. The shock of his landing triggered Growlithe's pokeball, causing the fire pokemon to appear in a flash of white light. "I can't believe they did that" Kyle said, rubbing his head. He got up, and crept to the door, wondering if anyone had seen his arrival.
As he got to the door, it opened, revealing Nurse Joy. "For your headache" she said, handing Kyle two small white pills. "Sabrina will be ready in a few hours, though you can go to the gym as soon as possible." Nurse Joy smiled, and went back to her desk.
Both trainer and pokemon blinked. "How did you know...I don't have a headache" Kyle stammered, walking to the front door. Without warning, it flew open, catching Kyle in the face.
A young trainer, not more than 10, ran up to the desk. "Nurse Joy, my-"
Nurse Joy stood up. "You challenged the Saffron Gym, your Rattatat is fainted, your Sandshrew paralyzed, and you can't wake up your Fearow. This way please." Nurse Joy led the other trainer out, as Kyle and Growlithe watched.
"Did you..."
Growlithe nodded. "It seems the rumors of psychic activity at Saffron are true. So, why'd you get the bum rush from the Digital World?"
==Digital World
"Davis! DAVIS, WAIT UP" Veemon yelled. The little digimon was as confused as anyone over Davis' behavior, and why he was running away from the rest of the group. As he stopped for a breather, he heard Elecmon and June behind him.
"Where'd he go" June asked.
"That way. I've never seen him like this. He's all mad and angry and he won't talk to me."
June nodded. "Wait here. I'll see what's up." June ran ahead, intent on prying an explanation out of her brother. Elecmon and Veemon watched her go.
"What got into Davis" Elecmon asked.
"He was trying to help me digivolve.
Guess it didn't work too well, huh?"
"Well, unless you count Tantrum-mon over there" Elecmon replied.
June quickly caught up with Davis, who had decided that he'd done enough running and was now sulking by a small stream. "What do you want" he asked sharply.
June almost fired off an angry retort, but managed to stop before saying anything that might worsen the situation. "An explanation might be nice. Like why you were fighting that digimon in the first place, and why you blew up at my boyfriend!"
Davis looked at June oddly. "Yeah, I figured you two were that serious. So you guys don't need me at all, do ya?"
"What kind of question is that??"
"An easy one" Davis replied. "Between TK and Izzy, I don't have a chance with Kari, Kyle's ready to be the whole TEAM, he's got so many monsters, and you're with him..." Davis took out his digivice. "Forget it. I'm quitting."
Davis' digivice hit the ground.
==Saffron City Pokemon Gym
Scizor dodged, feinted, and landed a Metal Claw on the Mr. Mime. The two had been battling for the last few minutes, the battle going on longer than Kyle had expected. Although Scizor, being a Steel-type pokemon, was resistant to psychic attacks, Mr. Mime was able to add in several Fighting attacks, which Scizor had a hard time defending against.
"Mr. Mime! Use your Dynamic Punch!" the psychic pokemon ducked a claw swipe, and struck Scizor with a blow that knocked the pokemon out.
"Scizor is unable to battle" the referee said. "Round goes to Marcus. Kyle, do you wish to forfeit?"
"Not this close to the finish! Growlithe, think you can handle it?"
"Bring it on!" Growlithe replied.
"Remember, he's psychic, so stay in close and don't give him a chance to concentrate." Growlithe nodded, and ran in.
"It's a piece of cake now, Mr. Mime! Use your Psywave!" Mr. Mime glowed, and launched a psychic attack.
"You'd better wave 'bye-bye' instead" Growlithe snarled. The puppy pokemon, remembering his battle against Espeon in Stone Town, feinted to the side, allowing the energy wave to pass him. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Growlithe ran in, teeth bared.
"Growlithe, Take-Down!" Growlithe obeyed, knocking Mr. Mime down, and rolling the psychic pokemon over to limit his field of vision. Unable to see, Mr. Mime couldn't aim his attacks. Mr. Mime started to struggle, but Growlithe placed one paw on the back of the psychic's neck, growled, and let Mr. Mime feel the heat from the Ember attack that was building up. The psychic tapped the ground twice.
"Mr. Mime forfeits. Round and Match to Kyle Ellison and Growlithe!" The two trainers recalled their pokemon, Mr. Mime into his pokeball, Growlithe back to Kyle's side.
"That was a great match." Marcus said.
"Thanks. You nearly had us with Mr. Mime. I forgot that they could use Fighting techniques."
"Yeah, that's a common mistake. Too bad your Scizor's not gonna be around for the main event."
"Well, a night at the Pokemon center and he'll be fine. And he's not my only pokemon."
"Yeah," Growlithe said, "who needs steel when you got fire?"
Marcus smiled. "I thought I heard you talk during the battle. You have a lot of potential, you just need to learn how to access it. Both of you, that is."
"Huh?" Kyle and Growlithe chorused.
"Sorry, Mistress Sabrina says I get too mysterious for my own good. Please, enter the main training room when you're ready."
==Outside the Gym
Abra picked his way around the gym, hoping to relax a little before the match. Sabrina felt there was something unusual about this next trainer, and Abra, ever in tune with his trainer, felt the same. As he wandered, he felt...something missing, a blank spot in the psychic emanations from the world around him.
~Hello, Abra. Getting ready?~
Turning, Abra saw a pokemon he had only heard about. ~You are a Sneasel?~
~Very good. Did your finely tuned psychic senses tell you that?~
Abra tensed up. He didn't trust anything that he couldn't read. ~What do you want?~
~Oh, to wish you the best. And to make sure that you finish both pokemon and trainer in your battle today.~
~WHAT? Are you mad?~
Sneasel chuckled. ~No, but you will be. Spirit Needle!~ The silver thread shot into Abra's body, flooding his mind with a torrent of unusual sensations. ~You are mine, psychic pokemon, and you will obey. Until the match between you and Kyle Ellison begins, you will remember nothing of this. When you see the Growlithe belonging to Ellison, you will challenge him directly, and use the power I have infused you with to destroy both the pokemon and his trainer utterly.~ Sneasel backed off, and vanished into the forest.
Abra blinked, and all memory of the encounter left him. He felt an odd disquiet, as if he had forgotten something, but dismissed it as pre-battle jitters. The mental call from Sabrina prompted him to return to the gym, and all thought of the hole in his memory left him.
:Mistress,: Sneasel mentally sent across the dimensions, :it is done.:
:Excellent.:
==Digital World
June stared at Davis, not believing what she had just seen. "Davis..?"
"Forget it" Davis said. "I'm a lousy excuse for a digidestined, everyone thinks I'm a joke, I can't even make Veemon digivolve...You'd be better off without me."
"WHAT??"
Davis looked at his sister. "The only reason Veemon and I were fighting Tortomon was because I had this dumb idea about getting Veemon to digivolve-"
"By putting yourself in danger?! You're right, that WAS dumb" June half-yelled. "What if you'd gotten hurt??" June watched as Davis' face went blank. "Oh for...it didn't even OCCUR to you?" June took a breath, calming herself down.
"Well...no" Davis replied sheepishly.
June sighed, not surprised by her brother's response. "Well, it does to me. Davis, no one's going to think any less of you if Veemon can't digivolve." She picked up Davis' digivice, and handed it back to him.
Davis was about to reply, but Veemon's cry of "DAVIS!! A LITTLE HELP HERE!!!" cut him off. The two ran back to their digimon.
==Saffron City
Sabrina stood up as Kyle entered, smiled and bowed. "Hello Kyle. It is a pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise, ma'am. Should we begin?"
"Yes of...oh, of course, I agree completely."
Kyle blinked, confused. "I'm sorry?"
It was Sabrina's turn to blink. "Oh, I'm sorry. I was en rapport with Abra here. He and I can sense the power in one of your pokemon. I believe it to be your Growlithe. I think Abra would like to challenge it. Shall we say a one-on-one competition?"
"Fine by me" Growlithe replied. "Kyle?"
"Go to it."
Marcus stepped up, taking the referee's position. "Then it's agreed, this will be a submission pokemon battle! The loser will forfeit one part to the winner for keeps!" Marcus stopped as both Kyle and Sabrina looked at him, mentally fitting Marcus for a straitjacket. "Sorry, saw it on TV somewhere" he said sheepishly. "Ahem. One on One battle, no time limit. At stake is a Marsh Badge. BEGIN!"
"Go, Growlithe!" The puppy pokemon obeyed,
charging towards the ring where Abra sat, apparently asleep. The
fire built up, as Growlithe prepared a Fire Wheel, hoping to knock out
the pokemon before its array of psychic attacks could be brought to bear.
"Let's go AbRAAAAHHHHH!!!" Sabrina clutched her head and fell to her knees, apparently in great pain. Abra glowed a whitish-black colour, and changed shape into Alakazam!
"He...bypassed the Kadabra stage" Kyle whispered.
"No, he digivolved, I'm sure of it" Growlithe replied. Kyle blinked for a second, and realized that Abra's evolution to Alakazam was just like when Growlithe got hit with a control ring and evolved into an insane Arcanine! "FIRE WHEEL!" The wheel of fire streaked towards Alakazam, who deflected it with a shield of mental force. A second mental assault knocked Growlithe back to where Kyle was standing. "Kyle, I'd better digivolve."
"Right. Digi-Armour-" Kyle got
no further as a kinetic bolt slammed into him, knocking the D-terminal
out of his hand, and hurling Kyle into the wall behind him, where he slumped
unconscious to the ground.
==
"HYPER HEAT!!" The attacking digimon fired off a beam of pure heat, scorching the ground between Elecmon and Veemon.
"What is that thing" Veemon yelled, ducking for cover. Where the heck was Davis?
"His name's Cyclomon! I fought him when the Dark Masters were running the Digital World. What's he doing here?"
"Kicking our butts! DAVIS!!" As Veemon yelled, Davis and June came into view.
"We're here," June called, holding up her digivice. Davis did likewise.
"Elecmon, digivolve to...Leomon!"
"Veemon, armour digivolve to...Flamedramon, the fire of courage!" Being faster, the armour digimon led the attack. "Fire Rocket!" Cyclomon blocked the attack with his almost comically over-muscled right arm. He then followed up by slamming said arm into Flamedramon's chest, sending the armour digimon slamming into a tree. Unconscious, Flamedramon glowed and reverted to Veemon.
"Veemon!" Davis ran over to his partner, thinking to drag the unconscious digimon out of the fight. As he ran, Leomon tackled Cyclomon, trying to restrain the digimon.
"Why are you doing this?" Leomon growled as he held Cyclomon back. "The Dark Masters are gone, the Emperor's power is broken, there's no reason to fight!"
"Out...Of...My...WAY!" Cyclomon managed to grab one of Leomon's arms, and tossed the digimon off to one side. Leomon rolled, got ready to fight, then saw that Cyclomon was not following up the attack. Eyes widening, he realized what Cyclomon's intentions were. "Davis, RUN! He's after you and Veemon!!" Leomon jumped, grabbing onto Cyclomon. "I said RUN! June, find a portal and get them out of here!"
"There's gotta be something we can do!" Davis protested, as June dragged him and Veemon off.
"You saw what he did to Flamedramon" June said. "Just trust Leomon, he can handle it." June looked at her digivice. "I think there's a portal just ahead. I won't let anything happen to you, Davis, don't worry."
"June?"
June turned around, facing Davis. "Hey, I AM your big sister, I have to take care of you."
==Saffron Gym
Kyle and Growlithe writhed under Alakazam's psychic assault. Neither was able to move, either to launch an attack or summon help.
:Kyle!: the young trainer 'heard'.
"Sa...Sabrina?"
:Kyle,: the voice of the gym leader echoed in Kyle's mind, :something's taken over Abra. We have to stop him!:
-How?- Kyle thought back, hoping the gym leader could read what he was thinking.
:Abra was right, I can sense the power of the bond you and your Growlithe share. You can use it to help stop him!:
-I can't, I lost my D-terminal! Growlithe can't digivolve without it!-
Sabrina absorbed what Kyle thought at her for a second. :Kyle, the bond you have is like the one you have with Eevee. You shouldn't need it to help Growlithe.:
:ENOUGH!: Alakazam's mental voice shouted. :You die NOW, digidestined!:
Sabrina's mental snarl could be felt. :You're forgetting who the trainer is!: Kyle felt as if his mind was yanked from his body, then he lost all sense of where he was for a moment.
When he regained consciousness, he found himself standing on what looked like a stage, with virtually no lighting. "Where...where am I?"
"It's a mental dimension" Sabrina said, appearing. "Alakazam can't reach us here, for a time."
"Why are we here" Kyle demanded. "We have to get back-"
"We will" Sabrina cut him off. "When we figure out why you won't let Growlithe digivolve."
==Digital World
"We're almost there!" June said, pointing to a small black box. "The portal's over here! Now we can-" June stopped in mid sentence.
"What's wrong" Davis asked.
Veemon hopped out of Davis' arms, and looked at the TV set. "It's been smashed! We're trapped!" As he spoke, a beam of pure heat shot over June's head, destroying a cluster of trees just beyond the ruined portal. Behind them, Cyclomon came charging out of the woods, coming straight at them!
"SCATTER" Davis shouted, pushing June away from him. Cyclomon ignored the girl, and went after Davis and Veemon. Davis stumbled, Veemon came back to pull him up, but before the boy could move, Cyclomon was over him, massive fist ready to drop on him.
"DAVIS!" Leomon's sword flew into Cyclomon's arm. Unable to look away, Davis saw Leomon's sword go though Cyclomon's arm, burying itself to the crosspiece. The surface of the arm cracked, then fell off, leaving a jagged black ruin just past Cyclomon's elbow. Leomon's sword fell to the ground.
The artificial digimon felt no pain; it couldn't by design. Instead, Cyclomon looked over his shoulder at Leomon. It's orders were to destroy the boy and his digimon, but the girl and her digimon were becoming too much of a nuisance. Mind made up, Cyclomon attacked Leomon. "HYPER HEAT!" The beam of energy caught Leomon in his leg, as the digimon tried to jump clear. Leomon fell to the ground, leg numbed with pain.
June ran over to her partner digimon. "Leomon!" She faced Cyclomon. "Leave us alone! We didn't do anything to you!" Unmoved, Cyclomon got ready to attack, wanting to remove the obstacles to his mission.
Davis got up, tried to move towards his sister. He didn't have enough power to stop Cyclomon.
He had to save his sister. "VEEMON! SAVE THEM!!"
"Veemon, digivolve to...EXVEEMON!"
==Saffron Gym
Kyle looked around, bewildered by what he saw. In what looked like the front row of theater seats, Sabrina sat calmly, looking at the wall behind Kyle. Wondering what she was staring at, Kyle whirled around, looked at the blank wall, spun back, and said "what's going on here?"
"I'm waiting for you, actually" Sabrina replied evenly. "I said I could sense the bond you have with Growlithe, but for the life of me, I can't understand why you didn't use it. Do you really care that little about him" she asked, trying to provoke Kyle.
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN" Kyle roared.
"That a trainer that does not make full use of a pokemon's talents and abilities is not a really proficient trainer" Sabrina went implacably on.
"That....that's not true!"
"Really? I picked out what you know about digivolving, and that you know it might be possible for Growlithe to digivolve again, so why haven't you tried? Let's see." Sabrina snapped her fingers, and the wall behind Kyle lit up, images being displayed.
"That's...when I first came to the digital world" Kyle said. He watched himself stumble around, seeing the memories of his pokemon replayed in front of him. Then...
"No...not this again!" As Kyle watched, he saw the dark ring hit Growlithe, his evolution to the insane Arcanine, and...
"Stop...PLEASE! Don't hurt him!"
"Did you do this?" Sabrina asked quietly.
"No! But I should have expected it! I should have been more careful! Because of me..."
"Because of you?"
"Because of me, I had to watch as one of my best friends turned against me, and I had to watch as he was attacked and knocked out" Kyle said, voice filled with self-loathing.
"And" Sabrina asked.
"What do you mean, 'and'? If I hadn't put Growlithe in that position, he'd never have gotten hurt. It's because of that he can't evolve!"
"Are you so sure of that? Wouldn't Growlithe have done what he did, even if he knew what would happen?"
Kyle blinked. "Well...maybe..."
"Listen" Sabrina said. "It's not enough to just like your pokemon and treat them well. If you don't trust them to make the right decision, you'll never truly bond with your pokemon. You have the strength. USE IT!" The theater seemed to ripple around Kyle, and suddenly shifted back to the gym.
Kyle staggered to his feet, mind still being hammered by the psychic attacks Alakazam fired at the human. Growlithe was in roughly the same shape. "Hey, can you get up?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, but only if it's to...nail that Alakazam." Growlithe was panting with the effort of standing. "You ready?"
"Yeah. Yeah, You can do it, Growlithe!" Kyle's digivice started glowing, and Alakazam relented in his attack, wondering where all this energy he could sense was coming from...
Growlithe felt the wave hit, and rode it, feeling the energy revive him. And evolve him, too...
"Growlithe, digivolve to...Arcanine!"
==
Sensing a new threat, Cyclomon wheeled around to face Exveemon. As the two digimon got ready to battle, Leomon recognized the digimon. "Exveemon" he breathed, "a champion digimon; his V-Laser is supposed to be able to punch through anything. But I thought he was a legend!"
Cyclomon attacked reaching with his one remaining arm. Exveemon dodged the clumsy attack, then caught the attacker across the jaw with a right hook. Continuing the motion, he spun all the way around, knocking Cyclomon down with his tail. Snarling, the artificial digimon rolled away, staggered back, and fired his Hyper Heat at Exveemon.
"V-LASER!" The two attacks met halfway, both beams of energy pushing against each other. Weakened by Leomon's attacks, Cyclomon's attack gave way first, the X shaped laser punching into Cyclomon's body. Cyclomon collapsed, inert. Grinning, Exveemon turned to face Davis. "So, what do ya think?"
"Not bad" Davis said. Seeing motion, Davis shouted "Behind you!"
Exveemon reacted instantly. He stepped forward, crouched, and grabbed Leomon's sword. Then, hearing Cyclomon's charge, the dragon digimon flared his wings, took the sword in both hands, pivoted and stabbed the blade into Cyclomon's torso. Horrified, June and Davis watched as the outer shell of Cyclomon exploded off him, leaving a black figure that was shaped like Cyclomon. The figure reared back, thrown off balance by the attack.
"FIST OF THE BEAST KING!" Leomon's attack caught Cyclomon in the back, and the digimon shattered, the fragments de-resolving as they hit the ground.
==Saffron Gym
Arcanine reared back, rejoicing in the power that triggered his evolution. "Well, well. The legend is back." Kyle, similarly elated, had only one word: "GO!"
Arcanine went, seeming to vanish for a second, reappearing right in front of Alakazam and knocking the psychic pokemon down. Alakazam recovered, and teleported a short distance back. Psychic energy built up, as the possessed pokemon readied a psibolt, pushed well beyond anything any other psychic pokemon was able to deliver.
"Not this time" Arcanine yelled. "EXTREME SPEED!" The attack, which made Quick Attack seem like a slow crawl, hammered into Alakazam before he could finish forming the psibolt, knocking the psi pokemon into the wall. "That felt good." Noticing that Alakazam was trying to ready another attack, Arcanine decided to finish it, shouting "Fire Blast" and launching a wave of flame at Alakazam.
The psychic pokemon, who had only managed to recover some of his energy and had time only to get the most rudimentary Reflect up, had no chance against the powerful flame attack, and collapsed, energy completely drained. The silvery thread came out of Alakazam's body, and the pokemon reverted to Abra, now unconscious.
"Abra!" Sabrina ran over and gathered the small pokemon up in her arms. Looking back at Kyle and Arcanine, she smiled slightly and said "you found your link."
"Will Abra be alright?" Kyle asked.
Sabrina closed her eyes, concentrating. "Yes. He's weakened, a little scorched, but he'll be fine."
"That's good" Arcanine said. "I hope I didn't get too carried away."
"If you fight" Sabrina said, "fight to win. And you did, so here" Sabrina handed Kyle a gym badge. "You defeated my pokemon in fair combat, earning this Marsh Badge."
"Fair?" Kyle said confusedly. "But..."
"Hey, if Abra could evolve, then there's no reason Growlithe couldn't as well. Take it."
Kyle bowed. "I accept. Thank you for everything."
"Not at all. Remember, trust your friends!"
==Digital World
Ken and Wormmon inspected the remains of the shattered portal. "It was her, wasn't it?" Ken asked, pulling a silvery thread out of the television.
"If you mean Arukenimon? Yes" Wormmon replied. "My recall is a bit fuzzy, but this does look like her work. Should we tell the others?"
"You mean the other digidestined" Ken asked. "No. They wouldn't believe me."
"You can't believe that" Wormmon said sharply. "I'm sure if you told them everything-"
"No" Ken said. "This is my fault, Wormmon. Finding her and stopping her is my responsibility." Ken stood up, and started walking away.
Wormmon hurried after his partner, jumping up into Ken's arms. "You mean it's our responsibility."
==
Some distance away, another portal glowed, and Kyle and Arcanine stepped out. "Relax" the pokemon growled. "I'm quite sane now."
"That's a relief" TK said. "Davis, you had something to say?" As he spoke, June pushed her brother to the front of the group. Red-faced, Davis started to stammer out an apology.
"Look, I was...uh....I'm sorry I kinda blew up at you."
Kyle blinked. "Oh, sure no problem. I'm GRMF" Kyle's next words were stopped as June clamped a hand firmly over Kyle's mouth.
"No you don't" June said. "Hearing my brother apologize is rare enough; I'm not having you ruin it by apologizing back!!!" Everyone started laughing, Davis too.
==Pokemon World
Tycho knelt over Tsumemon. "Are you alright? I didn't expect that guy's Spearow would be so tough."
Tsumemon, still confused and unsure of its true nature, quivered slightly, letting out a quiet chattering sound.
"Well, don't worry. I got something at the last pokemon center." Tycho held out a small cube, with some writing on it. "Neat huh? It's a TM, and I want to try it out on you." The boy looked over the instructions that came with the TM. "It says that this one teaches Giga Drain; that ought to help with your endurance in a fight." The trainer pulled the cube apart, splitting it into two halves, and held each half on either side of Tsumemon's 'head'. The digimon shuddered, as a surge of data flooded into it.
After a few seconds, a small LED blinked green, indicating that the transfer was successful. "Alright!" Tycho said. "Now we need to find some pokemon to practice on!" As the boy checked his map, Tsumemon considered the new ability it had received. It felt the ability to drain energy. And it was starting to feel hungry...
Next Episode:
The first Digicross Movie! See how Eevee
met Kyle in the short 'Eevee, I choose you!' And, in the main feature,
The digidestined must face an enemy they all thought destroyed. How
did Keramon get to the Pokeworld? Where did he take Tai? And
who is the mysterious new digimon that can defeat this new menace?
The Digicross Movie main feature:
'Miracle Fusion! Diaboromon's Return!'