Credit where its due:

I didn't create Pokemon or Digimon. If I did, I'd be rich...so it goes. Thanks to those who did, and left enough plot holes open (coughcouch*digimon*cough) to inspire this little story.

A lot of information came from Megchan's Digimon Sekai; It'll be missed.

Prereaders: Anarin no Miko and Crystal Melin: If you're out there, reading this, let me know!

DigifanAnon Mailing list: Where this whole thing got its start.

Seth Turtle, Gullwhacker, Omicron, heck, pretty much everyone on the Sphere_tamers list: Inspiration in an Inbox. Gull, thanks for the name idea, it sounds WAY better then what I had planned.

Everyone at Fanfiction.net who read this and told me it didn't suck as much as I thought it would. Thanks one and all.

Musical inspiration from: Blues Traveler, Jim Byrnes, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Barenaked Ladies, Weird Al, yes, even Billy Joel. And the Anime Intro Archive for getting that (censored) 'Hara Hara relay' song stuck in my head. Dancing Pichu....

*Ahem* Farfetched Studios presents...

"Digicross, the First Movie: Miracle Fusion! Diaboromon's Return!

Digicross Movie short
"Eevee, I choose you!"

The digidestined in the restaurant, Kyle having lost a bet with TK and, as a result, owed everyone lunch. On the roof of the restaurant, Eevee stretched out, looking over Stone Town.

"You coming in?" A voice from behind him said. Standing up and looking behind him, Eevee saw that it was Gatomon who had asked.

"Nah, I don't get to see much of this town. Besides, the owner isn't to keen on having pokemon in the restaurant, after someone let a Snorlax loose in his kitchen."

"Snorlax?" Gatomon asked.

"Yeah, it's a big blue and white pokemon that's all stomach." Gatomon and Eevee laughed for a few seconds, both thinking immediately of Veemon. After a few minutes, Gatomon asked "Hey Eevee, what's it like in the Pokemon League?"

"Huh" Eevee asked, caught unaware by the subject change.

"You know, what's it like? Is it all just fighting?"

"Not like the battles we've fought to date" Eevee replied. "And the people and pokemon you get to meet...I wouldn't have met Kyle otherwise. I remember..."

==Stone Town city limits, quite some time back...

(Song: Barenaked Ladies "Pinch Me")

Kyle, Growlithe, and Bulbasaur walked past the town limits, finally embarking on their pokemon journey. Rather than leave as soon as he had gotten his license, Kyle had, along with his two pokemon, entered the local pokemon competition, the Tri-City Cup (Stone Town, Cerulean City, and Celadon City) and had managed to place third overall. "We're gonna clean up, I just know it" Kyle said, eager to make it to the first Gym on his map. "I have it all figured out, we head over to Pewter City, then head up to the northern regions, and we'll be ready to face Cerulean and Saffron when we swing back. You guys ready for this?" Kyle's two pokemon growled, ready for the next battle. AS the three walked to the next town, they heard an argument.

"If you'd just evolve, we'd have won that cup, you useless rodent!"

Kyle ran up, recognizing the voice. "Hey, what's going on here!"

The boy who had yelled looked away from the small pokemon that was cringing on the road and recognized Kyle. "Oh, it's you. Look bub, stay out of this."

Kyle's pokemon growled, instantly disliking this person. Kyle agreed with their assessment. "I remember you from the tournament! That Eevee did the best he could. You're the one who sent him against that Machop!"

"I DON'T NEED TIPS FROM YOU" the trainer yelled, then calmed down. "Forget this and you, there are better pokemon out there."

"Wha...what are you saying?"

"That if you're so concerned about this...rat...YOU take care of it!" Hurling Eevee's pokeball to the ground, the trainer stalked off.

Kyle stood there, unable to believe anyone was capable of treating a pokemon like that. A nudge from Growlithe snapped Kyle out of it, and he walked over to Eevee. "Hey, you alright, little guy?" Eevee stepped back, unsure what to make of Kyle.

Growlithe stepped up, electing to speak for the trainer. ~You can trust him, he's one of the nice ones.~

~Why? I'm just a waste of time, I can't even evolve!~

~Popular myth to the contrary,~ Growlithe replied, ~evolution is not everything.~

~Yeah~ Bulbasaur added. ~You saw me beat that Starmie at the tournament, right?~

~It doesn't matter,~ Eevee replied. ~What good's an Eevee that can't fight?~

~Come with us, and we'll work on that~ Growlithe insisted. He barked, indicating the pokeball the other trainer had left. Kyle walked over, and picked it up.

"Well, you want to come with me? I promise I'll take good care of you, and do a better job of training you than that idiot did."

==

Gatomon winced at the tale. "You really had to go through all that?"

Eevee nodded. "Yeah, though Growlithe and Bulbasaur were able to convince me to go with Kyle. It took a month or two, but he finally got through to me."

"And all was well?"

"Well, it came to a head about 3 months after we met..."

==

Time had passed, and Kyle's roster had grown. Best of all, the Eevee that had been abandoned had finally opened up, and was becoming a skilled fighter in his own right. Kyle's happiest moment was when Eevee had beaten one of Erika's pokemon in a gym battle. Kyle walked, Eevee and Pidgeotto out walking with him. Ahead he heard some noises, like a large fight. He broke into a run, eager to see what was happening.

When he got to the battle, what he saw horrified him. He had heard stories about Team Rocket, but he had not actually met any members of that notorious gang until now.

Team Rocket had intercepted a limousine, and the passenger was battling off three pokemon at once. The driver was unconscious, a fine coat of Sleep Powder on him.

"Give it up" the Rocket leader said. "We know you've got info on a Porygon Upgrade. Turn it over, and we might let you live!"

The passenger refused. "Forget it! I'd never turn such important information over to Team Rocket." The three attacking pokemon, a Primeape, an Electabuzz, and a ghostly pokemon Kyle didn't recognize, advanced. Kyle could only make out two of the attackers, the third obscured from his view by the other two Rockets.

"That's enough of that! Pidgeotto, use Whirlwind on Electabuzz!" Kyle's bird pokemon obeyed, flapping her wings at such a high rate that a tremendous blast of wind caught the Electabuzz and drove him back, knocking him into his trainer and stunning both. "Now, use Wing Attack on the Primeape!" Pidgeotto swiftly dived in, and struck the Fighting type with powerful blows from her wings. Weak against such attacks, and poorly trained by the criminal trainer, Primeape dropped. Pidgeotto flew back to Kyle's location, ready for the next attack. Then he recognized the third trainer, as the other two fell back.

"So," the Rocket member Kyle had met several months back said arrogantly, "we meet again. Kyle, right? Still collecting losers?"

"What are you doing here?" Kyle demanded.

"Winning, of course. Turns out Team Rocket needs decent trainers who can motivate weak pokemon. Misdreavus, Psywave that bird!" The ghost pokemon moaned, and a blast of psychic energy slammed into Pidgeotto, dazing her.

"Pidgeotto, fight back with your Gust!" The bird quickly launched a wave of air at Misdreavus, but the attack passed harmlessly through!

"Your loss, kid. Everyone knows you can't touch a ghost. Misdreavus, finish that pokemon with Shadow Ball!" A black sphere formed in front of the ghost, and launched at the bird. Pidgeotto squawked loudly as the attack knocked her unconscious. "Who's next? Please tell me you can give me some sort of fight."

Kyle stepped back, not sure how to battle. A movement was picked up by his peripheral vision. Eevee was there, still intimidated by his former trainer's presence. "Eevee, you can take that thing, I know it. You don't have to be scared of him, you're not the same pokemon you were three months ago."

"Oh, this is too rich. Misdreavus, finish that little rodent."

"Eevee, go!" Instinctively, Eevee attacked.

"I'll be nice and make this quick! SHADOW BALL!"

Misdreavus' attack came, and passed through Eevee, having no effect. As the Rocket stared dumbfounded, Kyle replied "shows what you know! Ghost attacks don't affect Normal-type pokemon!"

"Rrr....PSYBEAM!"

"Eevee, dodge it! Don't make eye contact!" The small evolution pokemon dodged around the Misdreavus' attacks, which were hasty and ill aimed, as they relied on eye contact. Kyle was hoping Eevee could dodge the psychic attacks.

The passenger got up, and pulled a small box out of his coat. "KYLE," he roared, "CATCH!" He hurled the small box to Kyle, who caught it.

"A...TM?" Kyle checked the inscription, and recognized which move it contained. "Eevee, get back here!" Eevee jumped back, running to where Kyle was. Misdreavus waited, unsure what to make of this new development.

"Wait for my word, then use this move" Kyle said, activating the TM. The box split open, and Kyle held the two halves around the pokemon's head. Eevee felt a tingle as the TM's information was transmitted into him, and Kyle immediately figured out how to deal with the attacker. "OK, get close, and wait for him to attack. Just trust me" he said, smiling. Eevee nodded, and got ready to fight again.

"Modify all you want" the trainer shouted, "nothing can beat Misdreavus!"

"Eevee, get close!"

"Misdreavus, Psybeam!"

"EEVEE, USE PROTECT!" Eevee concentrated, and felt the new move activate, generating a field to protect the evolution pokemon. The psychic attack bounced off the field harmlessly. "Now, use Bite!" Jumping, Eevee leaped into Misdreavus' body, clamping his teeth down on anything he could find. By luck, the semi-solid energy matrix his attack disrupted was vital to the ghost's ability to stay conscious, and it immediately fell to the attack.

"No...THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE!" The trainer reared back, ready to launch his own attack. He was stopped by the limo driver, who had recovered and tackled the Rocket. The passenger ducked into the limo, and used the phone to call the police, who arrived a few minutes later.

Once the dust had settled, and Kyle had sworn out a statement to the police, the limo passenger turned to the young trainer. "I must say, I'm impressed with the way you handled your pokemon."

"I can't take all the credit" Kyle replied. "Eevee and Pidgeotto did all the work."

"Maybe, but you showed a keen sense for battling. Using Whirlwind to remove that Electabuzz before it could attack Pidgeotto showed good foresight. And not many people know that Normal pokemon can't be affected by Ghost-type moves. What's your name, son?"

"Kyle Ellison, sir."

"A pleasure, Kyle. My name is William Cedars, but everyone calls me Bill."

Kyle boggled. "Not *the* Bill!"

While Kyle and Bill talked, Eevee walked over to Pidgeotto, who had recovered from the battle. ~Are you alright?~

~I'll be skyborne in no time~ Pidgeotto replied. ~Good moves out there.~

~It was Kyle. If he hadn't recieved that TM-~

~You were able to use that TM to best effect, and not many pokemon will dive into a Misdreavus just on a trainer's order. Stop selling yourself short, you're much better than you think. In fact, I'm a little jealous~ Pidgeotto said, winking.

~Why?~

~I've seen the bond you've formed with Kyle, it's a lot like the one he has with Growlithe.~

~I didn't...should I...~

~NO! I was just kidding about that jealousy bit. It's so rare to see pokemon bond with their trainers. Kyle's my friend, but you've managed to link with him in ways I can never understand. Stick around, and you'll see!~

==

"And that's what happened" Eevee said. "Kyle got an invitation to the demo Bill was holding some months later, and, well, you know the rest."

"Some story" Gatomon replied. "What happened to that other trainer?"

"It's funny, I never learned his name. Anyway, his pokemon license was revoked, and he's doing seven to twelve for assault, conspiracy to commit said assault, and pokemon abuse."

Gatomon nodded. "I can relate a bit. I..." she stopped, feeling a wave of pain as old memories played back.

"Forget it" Eevee said. "Don't tell me until you want to. Say, you know where Ivysaur went" he asked, changing the subject.

Gatomon smiled. "Palmon asked him out." They both shared a good laugh at that.

==End (Song: Blues Traveler, 'Run-Around')

Interlude

Trainer file: Kyle Ellison

Kyle is a pokemon trainer from Stone Town. At age 14, he is a bit older than most other trainers are; this is due to his father insisting that he continue his studies at the local tech school. He's in his last year of school; once he re-enrolls, he has only to finish his last year of school and his finals. A fairly normal kid, nice guy, a little shy, not too good dealing with the opposite sex yet, the usual deal..

At the start of Digimon:Digicross, Kyle has been a pokemon trainer for almost 8 months. His pokemon team is small, but they are very well skilled. His current team includes

Growlithe Eevee Bulbasaur/Ivysaur
Cubone/Marowak Scyther/Scizor Pidgeotto/Pidgeot
Machop Marril Seel/Dewgong
Gastly Onix Oddish

Pokemon listed after a '/' indicate that they evolved after Kyle captured them. List current as of the Digicross Movie.

At the start of the series, Kyle had 5 badges from the Kanto League, when he recieved an invitation to visit a special demo held by Bill Cedars, famous pokemon researcher. We all know how that ended up...

Physical Description: Kyle is 14 years old, measures 5'3". He has short cut, light brown hair, grey eyes, slim build, and a pleasant face. As a person, he's a bit shy outside of pokemon battles. His likes include cooking, pokemon (duh!), and music. His dislikes include mean pokemon trainers and rice balls.

Movie Main Story
Digimon: Digicross Movie
'Miracle Fusion! Diaboromon's Return!'

OP: Jim Byrnes, "Still Stuck on You"

Scene: Just outside Cerulean City, Tai and Sora are talking quietly at a small cafe. Hesitantly, Tai pulls out a small box and hands it to Sora, who takes it, and opens it up. Pulling out the small pendant, Sora is struck speechless by the gift. The camera closes in, and we see the pendant is small, held on a thin gold chain, and is carved out of amberite in the shape of Sora's crest of love. Tears in her eyes, she stands up, moves to Tai's side of the table, and hugs him, crying.

==Cerulean Gym (Pokemon Movie 3: Goldeen versus Kingdra)

At the Cerulean Gym, Kyle was battling one of the Cerulean sisters for his next Gym Badge. Currently, his Ivysaur was facing off against Violet's Starmie, Machop having already beaten Horsea. In the stands, June, Elecmon, Kari, and Gatomon were watching.

"Ivysaur, use your Vine Whip!" The seed pokemon responded to Kyle's directions, launching all four of its vines at the star shaped water pokemon.

"Nice try" Lily said, "but I've been practicing against Grass types. Starmie, use Whirlpool!" Diving under Ivysaur's Vine Whip, Starmie went underwater, swam to the platform the pokemon was standing on, and swam rapidly around the pokemon. The speed was such that a whirlpool of water formed, trapping the pokemon inside! "Now, use Psychic!" The attack hammered into Ivysaur's brain, knocking the pokemon out instantly.

"Ivysaur is unable to battle! Does challenger forfeit" the referee asked.

"Not yet" Kyle replied. "Machop, think you can handle another round?" The pokemon nodded, and quickly dashed to the attack. The two battled back and forth, until Machop, gathering the last of her strength, launched a desperate Body Slam attack, which wound up knocking both pokemon out.

"He's pretty focussed on the match" Elecmon observed.

"It'd better be the match he's focussed on" June replied. She hadn't known that the three Sensational Sisters would be in attendance. Or that they would be so...attractive.

"Relax" Kari said. "He wouldn't do anything like that, would he?"

"Nahh, not with all of us ready to rat him out" Gatomon grinned.

"Double knockout! Each trainer may use only one more pokemon each!"

"Well," Lily said, "I know what I'm using! Go, Quagsire!" Lily released her pokeball, and a blue creature with barely defined facial features appeared. It looked utterly disinterested in the battle.

"Then I'll choose...Pidgeotto!" Kyle released his pokemon, the Flying type taking position several feet above the arena. It cawed, daring the Water type to make the first move.

"Quagsire, use your Water Gun!" Quagsire responded, firing a jet of water at Pidgeotto, who dodged the attack.

"Pidgeotto, Gust now!" Pidgeotto responded, launching a wave of air at Quagsire, who was unable to dodge the attack. "Now, finish it with Wing Attack!" Pidgeotto swooped in, ready to deliver her best attack.

"I was waiting for that. Hidden Power, NOW!" Quagsire glowed for a second, then released a sphere of energy at the incoming pokemon. Unable to dodge, Pidgeotto was caught by the attack, and forced back. To Kyle's shock, ice began forming around the pokemon. "Turns out our Quagsire's got a soul of ice, no? Ready to quit?"

"Pidgeotto!" Kyle called. "Don't give up!"

Pidgeotto heard her trainer, struggled to get up. The ice was wearing her down, sapping the strength from her body...

No. She wasn't about to give up that quickly. Power...she needed more power...

"What's happening" Lily asked. "that bird should be an icicle by now." As she watched, Pidgeotto stood up, struggling to get back in the fight, despite the Ice attack. Then, as both trainers watched, Pidgeotto gave out a loud cry, and started glowing!

"Is that..." Elecmon breathed.

"Pidgeotto's evolving!" June said. As they watched, Pidgeotto's form became blurry, indistinct. Her wings lengthened, the plumage on her head grew, her very form expanding as her evolution took her to her final level.

"Pidgeot! ALRIGHT!"

"I'll bet she's still weak!" Lily snarled. "Quagsire, Hidden Power!"

"Dodge it, Pidgeot!" Kyle called. The bird, moving faster than ever before, dodged the attack, and flew up several yards away.

"It's not over yet! Hydro Pump!"

"Get ready" Kyle said, watching the attack shoot out of Quagsire's mouth. "Now, MIRROR MOVE!" Pidgeot's wing glowed as she struck the attack, sending the full force back at Quagsire. "Now, use Sky Attack!" Powering up, Pidgeot shot down at Quagsire, striking the Water type and knocking it back into the water. The two trainers watched where Quagsire had fallen in, Kyle relaxing slightly as Quagsire floated to the surface, unconscious.

"Quagsire is unable to battle! Winner is Kyle Ellison!"

==Just south of Cerulean City

Crystal stared at Tycho, trying to figure out what kind of pokemon he had. It looked like a Ditto, but the way it moved...and Dittos don't have a giant eyeball or claws...

"Ready to start?" Tycho called out, Tsumemon quivering, anticipating the battle.

"You bet! Let's go, Kurt!"

Tycho grinned. "Let's show them what you've learned, Tsumemon! GO!" The small digimon moved forward, advancing on the psychic pokemon. The In-Training digimon seemed to yawn, releasing a wave of energy. Espeon just stood there and took it.

"Kurt can take a Psywave no problem" Crystal said confidently. "Show that blob how it's done!" Espeon fired a psychic bolt of his own, hitting the digimon square on. Tsumemon retreated, mind confused by the blast.

"Don't give up" Tycho said. "Fight back with Scratch!" The digimon tried to obey, but Espeon managed to dodge the clumsy leap, knocking Tsumemon back with a Quick Attack. "Wait for it" Tycho said. As he spoke, Espeon leaped, trying another physical attack. "Now! Use Giga Drain!" Tsumemon dodged the attack, and wrapped two of its clawed arms around Espeon, draining the pokemon's energy.

Crystal reacted instantly. "Kurt! Teleport away!" Kurt's body shimmered, then
vanished, only to reappear several feet away from Tsumemon. "Now, use Psychic!" Another psychic bolt, this one much stronger, slammed into Tsumemon's mind. This time, however, the psychic energy had a different effect...

"I remember! Tsumemon, digivolve to...KERAMON!" The small digimon glowed, and began to...elongate, for want of a better word. The body became rounded, and seemed to float upwards, long tendrils extending beneath it. Two of the tendrils thickened, crude hands forming out of the ends. The glow faded. The resultant digimon would have seemed almost clown like, if not for the slightly insane expression on its face.

"He...evolved" Crystal breathed.

"Alright Tsumemon" Tycho yelled. "We're back in the fight now!"

Keramon went for the immediate threat first. Shouting "Bit Basher", he fired off several energy blasts, which Kurt only barely dodged. Taking advantage of the confusion, Keramon grabbed Kurt in one of its hands, draining the energy out of the pokemon. When it was finished, it contemptuously tossed the pokemon over to Crystal.

"Why you...go, Kitty!" Crystal released her second pokemon, which took shape out of a fog of darkness. "Misssst" the Misdreavus hissed, ready to fight. "Shadow Ball!"

"Bit Basher!" Misdreavus' attack hit the digimon, forcing it back, while Keramon's attack went -through- the pokemon.

"That's it! Now Spite it so it can't attack again!" Crystal called. Misdreavus's eyes glowed, distracting the digimon for a moment. It yelled "Bit Basher" again, but nothing happened!

"That attacked drained some of your energy, Tsumemon" Tycho called. "Fight back with...Giga Drain!"

"Enough of this!" Keramon snapped. Reaching out, the digimon grabbed the ghost in his hand, and drained Kitty of her energy as well.

"That thing GRABBED a Ghost pokemon" Crystal stammered, unable to believe it. Then she saw Keramon advancing.

"Alright, we won" Tycho yelled, not noticing Keramon's behavior. "Return and take a rest!" Tycho held up a pokeball, and activated the recall function. The red beam lashed out, but Keramon dodged it. "What are you doing? The fight's over, return!" Keramon turned to face Tycho, and the boy thought that Keramon had started to obey him.

"Bit Basher."

==Airborne, also near Mount Moon

TK sighed contentedly, riding Pegasusmon though the sky. It was too nice a day to stay in town, he had told the others, and wanted to sightsee a little. Plus with all the couples starting to show up, he was feeling a little left out.

"You alright TK?" Pegasusmon asked.

"Hmm? Yeah, just taking in the scenery."

Pegasusmon's eyes narrowed a bit. "You just seemed a bit eager to get out of there, that's all. Wanna talk about it?"

"It's nothing, really. Just get out, see the sights, wonder if Mount Moon was as romantic as everyone said,"

"Pine over Kari" Pegasusmon interjected.

"...pine over...HEY!" TK smirked, recovering his wit.

"Gotcha" the digimon chuckled, then went silent, his whole body tensing.

"What is it" TK asked, immediately worried.

"There's something familiar nearby, I...THERE!" Pegasusmon looked off to his left; in the distance, digimon and human could see what looked like a fountain of water coming out of the treeline. After a few seconds, it stopped, the stream of water rapidly falling off.

"Let's go" TK said.

==

The blast that had knocked Tycho out also released his Squirtle, who was now fighting the digimon. Crystal watched, too scared to move. She saw as Squirtle, unable to do any damage to the rampaging monster, fired a desperate blast of water into the air, hoping to attract attention. Then Keramon grabbed him too, and he was drained. The digimon turned to face Crystal. "Where am I" it asked, in an oddly toned voice, almost as if it came out of a computer synthesizer.

"Whu...what?"

"Where am I?" Keramon advanced closer, desperate to know where he was. Things were so fuzzy, he remembered a computer, vaguely...

"EQUIS BEAM!" A green bolt of energy slammed into Keramon, driving the digimon back.

Looking up, Crystal saw a young boy on a flying horse, charging in to battle. -Of course,- she thought to herself, -good guy flies in to save the day. Isn't that how the storybooks always go?- It was too much. She passed out.

Pegasusmon landed, recognizing the foe immediately. "TK, it's-"

"Keramon. Can you take him?"

Pegasusmon nodded. "I'm already digivolved this time. Take care of the others!" Pegasusmon lowered his head, and charged the insane digimon.

==Cerulean City

Eevee and Gatomon were resting on the roof of the cafe. It was a warm afternoon, too nice a day to trouble with anything requiring significant physical activity. Like say standing up. Biyomon spotted the pair, and landed near them. "So, this is where you've gotten to" she said.

"Hey, pull up a slice of roof" Gatomon said.

"Yeah, it's too nice a day to spend flying around" Eevee added.

Biyomon held back a chuckle. "You two could sleep through an earthquake, couldn't you?"

"Don't know, but I fully intend to try" Eevee replied, settling down. A second later, his ears twitched, and he looked around. Gatomon was doing the same.

"What is it" Biyomon asked. Neither replied for a second. Then they both got up, and ran for the exit door. "Hey, wait up!" The three ran through the door, down the stairs, cut through the kitchen (startling the chef and several dishwashers in the process), ran out the back door, and headed for the Pokemon Center.

"Tell Agumon we're headed out of the city for a while, and we'll call if something comes up" Gatomon called to the bird digimon.

Biyomon nodded, started to head towards the other side of town, then stopped. Eevee and Gatomon were already off, racing for the center as if chased by the Dark Masters. "Trouble" she said softly, then headed to where Agumon was.

At the center, Kyle, June, Kari, and Elecmon were outside, resting and having an impromptu celebration. "So now what" June asked.

"Well, head to Cinnabar Isalnd, I guess" Kyle replied. "Then find one more gym, then I can compete at Indigo Plateau."

"That didn't look so tough" Elecmon said. "Maybe June and I should enter."

"No way" June replied. "I wouldn't want you to fight in the Indigo League!"

"Don't think I could win?" Elecmon replied, offended.

"Well, there is a solos division" Kyle replied. "The current champ has held the title three years running. I think his name's Ryo Akiyama."

"Heh. We'll show them all, right Elecmon" June cackled.

"Yeah! Bring 'em on" Elecmon replied, starry-eyed.

"Oh brother" Kari said, sighing.

Kyle heard running, and saw Gatomon and Eevee heading for them. "Hey, what brings you two here?"

"Kari" Gatomon yelled. "We have to get going now!"

"She's right" Eevee gasped. "Something's up, and Patamon's hip deep in it!"

"How do you know?" Kyle asked.

"Just trust us" Eevee said.

Kyle nodded. "I'll get Growlithe" he said, going into the Pokemon Center. A minute later, Kyle came out, a slightly damp Growlithe accompanying him.

"Why'd you pull me out?" Growlithe groused. "I was having such a nice bath."

Kyle pulled out his D-Terminal. "Trouble's up, and we need some air power." Kari pulled out her computer as well.

"Digiarmour Energize!"

"Gatomon, armour digivolve to...Nefertimon, the angel of Light!"

"Growlithe, armour digivolve to...Cyberarcanine, the strength of Loyalty!"

Kyle and Eevee hopped onto Cyberarcanine's back, while Kari, June and Elecmon rode Nefertimon. The two armoured monsters took to the skies.

==

"Star Shower!" Pegasusmon called, firing his attack at Keramon. The hail of stars struck the digimon, forcing it back. -He's stronger this time- the armour digimon thought. -and he's only at the Rookie level!-

While the two battled, TK tried to wake up Tycho. The boy stirred, waking up. "What's going on...TSUMEMON! Stop him, he's going to hurt him!" Tycho stood up, trying to get to the monster he had spent the last month training.

TK grabbed the boy. "It's too dangerous! That thing's not even a pokemon, it has to be stopped!"

"Mane Wind!"

"Bit Basher!"

"I DON'T CARE" Tycho shouted. He pulled out of TK's grip and ran towards Keramon. "Tsumemon, stop it!"

Keramon looked at the boy, and fired an energy bolt at him. Tycho stopped, not believing that the monster he thought of as his friend would attack. TK tackled him, knocking the boy clear of the blast.

"TK" Pegasusmon roared.

TK slowly got up, watching to see what Keramon would do next. Keramon stared for a long instant, then hissed "I know you" in a low voice. TK returned the stare, not saying anything. Keramon suddenly jumped, as if swimming through the air, and grabbed Pegasusmon in his tendrils. "GIGA DRAIN!" The attack sucked the energy out of the digimon, reverting to Patamon and falling limp.

"PATAMON" TK yelled. Fear turned to fury as he tried to figure out some way to fight the monster that had so attacked his friend.

"LOCK ON!" TK and Keramon looked up, and saw an orange and black creature with metal wings looking down on them.

"PLASMA BUSTER!" Cyberarcanine's attack hit Keramon dead on, injuring it. Nefertimon flew in from behind, firing a Rosetta Stone at the same time. Caught between the two powerful attacks, Keramon quickly ducked into the forest. The two armoured digimon landed, and the three digidestined and two monsters (Eevee and Elecmon, remember?) hopped off.

"Are you alright?" Kari said, running over to TK.

"I'm fine, but Patamon's hurt" TK said, indicating the digimon he carried in his arms. Kyle looked Patamon over.

"Looks like he had his energy drained. He should be alright with a little rest. What happened here?"

"Keramon" TK said, anger in his voice. "There was a battle and he...hey, he attacked some other humans and pokemon too!"

"Over here!" Kari called, kneeling by Crystal. "Crystal, it's me, Kari. Remember?"

Crystal blinked, coming to. "Ka...Kari...? Yeah. What happened?"

"We were hoping you could tell us" Kyle said, walking over.

"Kyle? What are you doing here" Crystal asked.

"And who's this?" June asked, a bit icily. Kyle immediately sweatdropped.

"Umm...June, Crystal Melin, Crystal, June Motomiya."

"Oh" Crystal said brightly. "You must be Kyle's girlfriend. Oh no, Tycho!"

"Who?"

"The trainer I was fighting! That thing turned on him after evolving!"

Kyle and TK quickly found Tycho, who was just coming around. His Squirtle was beside him, also unconscious. "Found him" TK called. "They're a bit roughed up, but that's about the worst of it." As he spoke, Tycho came around.

"Tsumemon...where..."

"Hey, you alright?" Kyle asked. "You took a pretty nasty hit."

"My...pokemon" Tycho mumbled. "I failed..."

==Cerulean City

"Tai, I had a wonderful time, thank you" Sora said.

"Oh, hey..." Tai replied. He stopped as he felt Sora's hand on the back of his neck, pulling his head down slightly...-Ohgod, she's going to kiss me!-

In the back alleys, Keramon crept along...he recognized TK from the battle. Had it been that long, Keramon thought to itself. So long since...the digimon shuddered, remembering its 'death' at the hands of Omnimon, a fusion digimon created by two humans. As it floated along, it saw two figures, one vaguely familiar...HIM!

Caught in what was (though he'd never admit to it) his first kiss, Tai never noticed Keramon creep up, ready to attack. Agumon, who (along with Biyomon) was spying on the two, did. "TAI, LOOK OUT!" The digimon shouted. "Pepper Breath!" The flame attack struck Keramon, though it did little damage. Biyomon joined in, adding her Spiral Twister to the assault.

"Giga Drain!" With unimaginable speed, Keramon grabbed Agumon and Biyomon, draining their energy.

"Biyomon!" Sora cried, willing her partner to digivolve.

Struggling to free herself, Biyomon tore free of Keramon's grip, ands flew upwards as the digivolution took hold. "Biyomon, digivolve to...Birdramon!" Birdramon shot upwards further, spreading her wings. "Meteor Wing!" The attack shot towards Keramon, who tossed Agumon and dodged the attack.

"Too late" it hissed. One of its hands flew out, grabbing Tai and pulling him towards the digimon. "Keramon, digivolve to...Chrysalimon!" As it digivolved, the tendrils wrapped around Keramon and Tai, enveloping the boy and hardening into a shell.

"Sora" Tai yelled, "get help! GET-!"

"TAI!" Sora tried to reach Tai, to pull him out of the digimon's grip, but she was too late. Chrysalimon's cocoon formed, trapping Tai within. Birdramon held back, knowing an attack might hurt the boy. "Let him go!" Sora yelled, chasing Chrysalimon. The digimon shot off, flying to the west.

"Tai..."

==Cerulean Pokemon Center, 20 minutes later

The other digidestined made it to the Pokemon center as Sora was just leaving it. Tearfully, she told how Keramon had kidnapped Tai, drained Agumon and Biyomon, then digivolved.

"That must be how he was able to digivolve" Kari said. "He's got no data to feed on, so draining digimon is the only way he can gain enough power to digivolve." She faced Sora. "Don't worry. We'll get Tai back, I promise."

"I'm going too" Sora said.

"But-" TK started.

"None of the other digidestined are available" Sora said, cutting TK off. "Cody's got a kendo tournament, Yolei's on a weekend field trip, and I don't know where Davis or Ken are (shot of Davis in detention, writing essay of why one shouldn't play soccer indoors)! And Patamon's in no shape to battle anyone." She saw TK's shoulders slump a bit. "Sorry" she said weakly.

"It's alright" TK said, heading for the computer. "The rest of you go get Tai. I'll get Matt and Izzy, if I can find them. They know more about Keramon than the rest of us." TK held his digivice to the computer screen, and vanished in a flare of light.

==Airborne

After what seemed like hours of floating in a black void a small voice reached Tai's ears.

"Tai? Tai."

Tai looked around. "Sora?" As he looked, Sora seemed to materialize out of the blackness. "What happened. Where's-?"

"It's Keramon! He's attacking. Tai, we need you to get Omnimon!"

"Omni...I need Matt!"

"Matt? Yes, him. What else?"

Tai looked at Sora oddly. "What do you mean, 'what else'? I told you....YOU'RE NOT SORA!"

'Sora's' features faded, replaced by Keramon's sick grin. "How? HOW? How did a mere slip of a boy defeat me? Your digimon surpassed the mega level, HOW??"

"I...I don't know!"

"LIES! I refuse to believe that two...children!...defeated me by accident!"

Tai started to get angry. "Where am I? Where are you taking me??"

"I seek power" the digimon replied. "And the young fool who kept me these past months told me all about elemental stones. And a place where many of one type can be found..."

==

"I have them" Cyberarcanine said. "They're a good distance ahead, but we can catch up."

"Where are they headed" Kyle asked. The other digimon and digidestined pulled closer as they flew, straining to hear.

"Mount Moon" the pokemon replied. Kyle grimaced.

"What's there" called June, riding with Sora on Birdramon.

"Moon stones. If he's planning what I think he's planning, we're all in trouble."

"What's a moon stone" Elecmon asked.

"Energized meteoric fragments" Cyberarcanine replied. "They're used to induce evolutions in some pokemon. It's been theorized that they have other properties, but no one knows what they might be."

"So Crysalimon might be trying to power up with a moon stone?" Kari looked skeptical. "He's a digimon, not a pokemon."

"He might not know that" Nefertimon said. "TK did say that Keramon only just remembered what he was. If he's been brought up as a pokemon, he might still be confused."

"I hope you're right" Sora said. "None of us can reach Ultimate anymore." -Or mega,- she thought to herself. -Tai...-

"Not to worry" Kyle said. "I have Eevee with me. If things get ugly, he can digivolve to Pyroangemon."

"I can digivolve to Angewomon" Nefertimon said, "but I can't hold it for very long."

"We'll get him back" June said. "Trust us."

Sora nodded, but said nothing.

==4 years ago

The day after recieving Tai's letter, Sora decided it was finally time to let the boy off the hook. "He did mean well" she said to herself, "even if he doesn't have any fashion sense. And stuck his foot in his mouth." As she approached the door to Tai's home, she heard...shouting? Hesitantly, she knocked on the door.

Tai's mom opened the door. "Oh, Sora! They're all waiting for you. Please, come in!"

Confused, Sora entered, and went to the living room. Entering she saw...well, everyone. Tai, Kari, Matt, Joe, Izzy, and TK. Briefly, she wondered where Mimi was, then remembered she was in Hawaii. "Hey guys, what's the occasion?" she asked.

Matt blinked. "Huh? We whipped Diaboromon, remember?"

"Dia-what?"

"Yeah" Joe said. I missed out 'cause of that exam I had to write, but Tai and Matt filled me in. But you must have seen it, so why am I blathering?"

"S---seen it?"

"Yeah" TK said, excited. "We were watching it on all the TV screens all over, and Tai and Matt managed to go into the internet, and Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon managed to combine into Omnimon and...Sora? What's wrong?" TK stopped. Sora was...crying?

==The Present, Tokyo

After getting back to his native world, TK ran from his house all the way over to Izzy's home, almost beating the door down in his haste. Izzy's mother answered. "TK, what's all the commotion?"

"I'm (pant) sorry....I need to talk to Izzy, right now!!"

At that moment, Izzy appeared by the doorway. "TK? What going on?"

"Keramon...He's in the pokemon world!"

"WHAAAA?????!!!!!"

"I'll explain on the way, come on!" Grabbing Izzy's arm, TK dragged Izzy out the door. Izzy managed to stammer a hasty goodbye to his mother, who had lost track of events by then. The two managed to track Matt down, and told him what had happened (and his response will not be printed here. PG fic and all). The three headed for the nearest computer; they were going to need help.

==Mount Moon

It was a sunny day. Several Clefairy were resting on the mountainside, enjoying the peace. The shrine that held the fragments of the giant moonstone they had recovered had not been disturbed, and had grown as more pieces were found. The next full moon, and evolution ceremony, were a good two weeks off. Perfect time for a rest.

Then, one Clefairy sat up, ears twitching. "Clefairy!" she shouted, pointing at a small dot in the sky. As others looked up, they saw that the dot was slowly growing larger.

~A flying Metapod?~ one of the Clefairy wondered. Then, realizing where the creature was headed, yelled ~INCOMING!~ at the top of his lungs. The Clefairy scattered, getting clear of Crysalimon, just as the digimon hit the base of the mountain.

~What is it?~

~Everyone, clear the Shrine out! We cannot take another chance!~

==Inside Chrysalimon

"So...weak..."

Tai, who had passed out under the stress of Chrysalimon's interrogation, came to. The impact would have smashed the boy around the inside of Chrysalimon, had not the tendrils holding him in place absorbed most of the shock. "Where am I?"

Keramon's face appeared. "We are at Mount Moon. Here, I shall reclaim my power. I failed to destroy your world, so I shall make do with this one."

"No! You can't!"

Keramon continued, ignoring his captive. "My power is weakened, between the flight and my digivolution. But I will regain my power. I will rule!"

Outside, Chrysalimon's body sprouted several whip-like cords, each one grabbing into the surface of the rock, helping the digimon to burrow through the rock, moving towards the power it felt at the top of the mountain.

==5 minutes later

The digidestined landed at the foot of Mount Moon. Getting off of Cyberarcanine, Kyle pulled out a pokeball, and released Eevee. Cyberarcanine glowed and reverted to Growlithe. "If there's a fight inside" the pokemon explained, "flying won't be much help." A Clefairy, watching the group from cover, hopped over, and started speaking to the group.

Eevee nodded, then translated for the group. "He said that a large cocoon-like creature hit the side of the mountain, and started tunneling. Down or up, they don't know. Worse, the tunnel collapsed behind it, so they can't follow it."

"What about Tai" Sora asked, worried.

"Probably still with Chrysalimon" Kari said. "Can you fight him without hurting Tai?"

Elecmon answered. "Hey, you know us. We'll bring back Tai, without a scratch."

"Yeah" Gatomon added. "Besides, he doesn't have any data to feed on here; we won't have to worry about Infermon or Diaboromon."

The Clefairy spoke again. "The largest collection of moon stones is at the peak of the mountain" Eevee said. "If Chrysalimon is going after them, that'd be the best place to find him."

"Then we'd better clear it and the Clefairy out" June said. "If he does get through..."

"He won't" Birdramon said. "Everyone get on, I'll fly us up."

The trip up took only a minute or two. At the peak, the digidestined hopped off, along with the Clefairy they had met. At the top, they saw a crater, which opened into a larger chamber underneath. The Digidestined carefully climbed down the side of the crater, and saw a large collection of glowing stones!

"These are.." June breathed.

"Moon Stones" Kyle said. "It's easily the largest collection I've ever seen. But these are all fragments." As they watched, Clefairy carried off pieces of the pile.

A shudder ran through the chamber, knocking dust off the sides of the walls. "He's coming" Elecmon said. The digimon tensed up, ready to fight. The digidestined pulled out their digivices.

"Elecmon, digivolve to...Leomon!"

"Growlithe, Digivolve to...Arcanine!"

"Gatomon, digivolve to...Angewomon!"

"Eevee, digivolve to...Flareon!"

Birdramon pulled her wings back; still digivolved, she was too large to fit in the cavern. "Stay there" Sora called. "We'll try to force Chrysalimon your way, once Tai is clear!"

As Sora finished speaking, a large, whip like tendril shot from the ground, implanting itself in the wall. A second tendril did likewise, then several more. As the digidestined watched, Chrysalimon pulled itself from the ground, regarding the pile of moon stones.

"Give...me...the stones" it said, its voice thin and rasping.

"Give us back Tai!" Sora and Kari said.

"Careful" Angewomon cautioned. "We don't know where Tai is inside that thing."

"Then the two of us should go first" Leomon said. "Arcanine, you and Flareon stay back; our attacks are more precise." Arcanine and Flareon nodded, stepping back. The two digimon faced Chrysalimon, and attacked!

"Celestial Arrow!"

"Fist of the Beast King!"

Chrysalimon dodged the two attacks, sliding around on the web of tendrils it had established. "My turn. Data Crasher!" Two of Chrysalimon's cords disconnected from the wall, crackled with energy, and attacked Leomon and Angewomon. Leomon was able to block the attack with his sword, severing the tendril; Angewomon was not so lucky. The attack hit her, electrocuting the digimon. Yelling, Angewomon flew straight up, through the hole in the chamber ceiling. She managed to pull Chrysalimon with her, ripping the digimon from its web of tendrils; some of the chords were snapped and hung lifeless, only a few of Chrysalimon's tendrils were freed from the stone walls in time.

"Birdramon, go!" Obeying her partner, Birdramon flew up, and started attacking Chrysalimon with wing strikes and slashes from her taloned feet. "Let her go" Birdramon snarled, trying to free Angewomon.

"In...a...moment" Chrysalimon replied, grabbing Birdramon in another energized whip. Having captured the two digimon, Chrysalimon quickly reversed the flow of energy, draining the two digimon that were attacking it. "Giga Drain" it shouted.

"NO" Flareon shouted, seeing what was happening. He looked back, saw that Kyle had his digivice out, and digivolved. "Flareon, digivolve to...Pyroangemon!" Able to fly now, the angel pokemon caught the two rookie digimon (Yeah, Angewomon got knocked back to Salamon. Sucks, don't it? -ed) that Chrysalimon callously tossed away. Landing on the outside edge of the crater, he placed the two digimon on the ground, drew his sword, and got ready to fight.

"Chrysalimon, digivolve to..."

"Howling Blaster!"

"Electro shocker!" As Pyroangemon watched, Garurumon and Kabuterimon appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, grabbing onto Chrysalimon, interrupting the insane digimon's attempt to digivolve. The three struggled, then Garurumon bit down on Chrysalimon's torso, ripped part of the shell -off- (eeewwwww -ed) and tossed it away. Kabuterimon stuck one of his four arms in, ripped something out, and the two got away. Chrysalimon dropped like a stone.

The other digidestined came running out, and saw Matt and Izzy there with their digimon, as well as Pyroangemon. As Sora came up, Kabuterimon knelt and placed Tai's inert body on the ground. "He's unconscious" Izzy said, checking the boy, "but he'll be fine." Sora held her boyfriend, glad to have him back.

"How'd you get here" June asked.

"TK told us what happened, and we came as fast as we could. We didn't have time to find any of the others, though."

"And TK?" Kyle asked.

"Pokemon center" Matt continued. "I left him to explain everything to those two trainers."

"Poor kid" Kari said, holding Salamon. "How are we going to tell him about this?"

==

Some distance away, Chrysalimon stirred. So close to being able to digivolve, and being stopped AGAIN by that beast. "Power...need..." It crawled back towards the mountain, trying to find more energy. As it did, it came across a small, glowing stone. It had no way of knowing about Team Rocket's abortive attempt to steal the giant moon stone from Mount Moon, or it's resulting destruction. Nor would it have cared. Draping one of its remaining tendrils over the fragment, it felt the power seep into its body...

==Four years ago

Tai ran over to Sora's home. After TK had told Sora what happened, Sora had stopped moving for a second. Tai had tried to calm Sora down and find out what was wrong, but she smacked Tai across the face, and ran out of the house, crying.

As Tai made it to Sora's home, he saw Sora's mom in the doorway. "Ms Takenouchi, is Sora home?" Tai's voice was a mix of worry and confusion.

"She just ran in, went to her room, and slammed the door. Did...something happen?"

"I don't know!" Tai stopped, calmed himself down a bit. "I need to talk to her. I swear I didn't do anything to her!"

In her room, Sora heard Tai's voice. She felt miserable now; how could she have missed such a large fight? How DARE Tai not tell her about...then she remembered Tai's desperate sounding phone call.

"He did" she sobbed. "And I was so busy being mad..."

"Sora?" There was a tap on the window of her room.

Sora looked up. Out the window, the sun was shining, there was a large pink bird..."Biyomon?" Hesitantly, she walked over to the window, opned it. Biyomon flew in, into the arms of her partner. "How...?"

"Gennai managed to open a portal" Biyomon said. "If Matt and Tai could do it..."she felt Sora stiffen. "Sora? What's wrong?"

==Present day, Pokemon world.

Arcanine looked to where Chrysalimon fell, some distance away. "Looks like I missed all the fun" he said, mock sadness in his voice.

"Trust me, you're better off" Garurumon said, grinning ferally. "If he had managed to digivolve..." The digimon stopped in mid sentence. The other monsters did too, looking around.

"What's wrong" Sora asked.

"He's back" Arcanine snarled. "Everyone get away!"

"Hell Grenade!" A blast of energy hit near the group, showering them with dirt and rocks.

"Crysalimon?" Matt looked around. He was so sure the digimon had been mortally wounded. Then he saw the digimon, and recognize its new form. "It's Infermon! He digivolved somehow!"

Sora shook Tai, trying to wake the boy up. "Tai, wake up. We need you. I..."

"Forget it Sora" Matt said, frustrated. "Our digimon can't warp digivolve without help. If only Gennai were here, we could get a power boost from him, or something..."

Infermon charged the group, targeting Garurumon and Kabuterimon first. Two of his arms stretched out, wrapping around the digimon, and drained their energy. Tossing the now Rookie level digimon away, Infermon moved to attack the rest of the beings there. Leomon dodged his first attack, slashing at Infermon's side with his sword. "We could use some HELP here!" Leomon yelled.

"On it!" Pyroangemon grabbed Infermon, dragging the digimon back from the others. As he did, Infermon wrapped an arm around the angel, trying to drain his energy. -An Ultimate digimon should be a nice power-up-, it thought to itself

Nothing happened.

"That's enough of THAT!" Pyroangemon summoned his sword, and slashed at the limb holding him. The two separated, and traded blows.

"How come he wasn't drained?" June asked.

"Scanning" Izzy replied tersely. After a few moments, his computer beeped, showing several strands of DNA. "Got it. According to my computer, Pyroangemon is a hybrid of pokemon and digimon DNA."

"So?" Kyle asked.

"Infermon was able to adapt the Giga Drain attack to gather digital information" Izzy said. "But pokemon like the ones Crystal had are biological, not digital. They can't provide the energy Infermon needs. Remember, he didn't digivolve until after he had drained the energy out of a digimon."

June got it. "So Pyroangemon's a sort of biological digimon?" Izzy nodded. "That must be why he was able to ignore the control spires; he wasn't really a digimon, so the spires couldn't stop him from digivolving."

The fight between Pyroangemon and Infermon had climbed up the side of the mountain, neither combatant gaining an advantage. Getting frustrated, Infermon made a wild leap at the angel. Pyroangemon dodged, and caught Infermon with a glancing blow from his shield. The insane digimon was knocked back, hitting the side of the mountain.

"Now! ATOM FORCE!" Pyroangemon flew straight at his enemy, intent on impaling Infermon on his sword. However, when he struck, the image of Infermon faded. "A double team!" He didn't see the real Infermon until it was too late; the digimon appeared above the angel, firing energy blasts wildly. Caught unawares, Pyroangemon was quickly knocked out by the attack. The angel glowed, and reverted to Eevee.

"Eevee, return" Kyle called, putting Eevee into his pokeball. "We're in trouble. Unless...?" Kyle looked at Leomon.

"I'm sorry. I lost the ability to warp-digivolve when I was reformatted." Leomon shifted his grip on his sword. "Not that that's going to stop me."

Arcanine nodded. "Me either. The two of us can take him."

"Guys, he's an ultimate" Izzy said. "There's no chance..."

"Eevee may not be able to fight" Kyle said, "But Arcanine still can. TAKE DOWN!"

"Leomon, back him up" June called.

Roaring, Arcanine charged Infermon. The digimon turned, ready to fire, (Metalgarurumon charging, missiles firing) hesitated, and was spun around as the pokemon hit it.

"Don't forget me!" Leomon ran towards Infermon, jumped, and flew straight at the digimon, intent on punching Infermon's lights out. Infermon tried to dodge (Wargreymon flying at him, fist pulled back). The blow hit Infermon, knocking him flat.

"Not..again...NOT AGAIN!" Infermon jumped, knocking its two attackers away, and flew into the chamber at the top of Mount Moon. Inside, Infermon attacked the remaining moon stones that were in the chamber. The Clefairy there had transported almost all of them out, but the small pile that was left was more than enough to power Infermon's digivolution. Greedily, he sucked all the energy he could out of the energized stones. "Infermon, digivolve to...Diaboromon!"

"No" everyone yelled. Then they saw a bright light come from the top of the mountain. The release of energy from the digivolution blew off the top of Mount Moon, leaving a flattened plane on top of the mountain. The smoke cleared, and Diaboromon stood up.

==Cerulean City

"I want to know what's going on right now!" Crystal Melin, now thoroughly annoyed, stared down TK, waiting for an explanation of the days events. "First my pokemon get drained by some weird blob thingy, then you appear on a flying horse that turns into...something, that blob thing flies off, and now you won't even tell me what kind of pokemon that was?"

"Please sir," Tycho asked, "will Tsumemon be alright? What happened to him?"

"Well...Tsumemon wasn't really a pokemon..."

"That's nuts! It looked like a pokemon, sounded like a pokemon, OK, it was able to speak, but still, it even evolved, what more do you want" Crystal demanded.

TK struggled for an answer. "It's...like a Porygon! It's not a real pokemon, just a computer program gone wrong!" -I hope Patamon doesn't hear me saying that.-

"You've got to be kidding me" Crystal replied.

A news report came in on the TV, saving TK. "This just in...A giant monster is reported to be rampaging near Mount Moon. So far, sources have not been able to get a description of what kind of pokemon it is...wait, I've just been told that two pokemon trainers are battling it now...we're getting a live feed now. Marty?"

"Thanks, Ellen" a new voice said, slightly staticy. "I'm sorry for the quality, but something is interfering with the electronics on this newscopter. We can get a picture...yes, there are one, no two trainers battling the monster...Ellen, I don't recognize what they're fighting, it's some kind of humanoid being, I'm not sure it's even a pokemon."

"What about the two trainers fighting it?"

"It looks like one is using...I don't recognize it, it's humanoid as well, some kind of lion type, the other trainer is definitely using an Arcanine...wait, a third trainer is moving in, she has what looks like a Pidgey..." The TV switched, showing the image that was transmitted from the new copter.

"Hey, that's Kyle" Crystal said. "And June...but who's that big pokemon with her...?"

TK recognized the digimon the two were attacking instantly. "Diaboromon...no..."

==

In the Johto region, a young trainer and his Pikachu watched the newscast along with an older, darker skinned boy. Across the hall, a redheaded girl was calling her sisters in Cerulean, trying to find out is they were alright.

On Cinnabar Island, another young trainer watched the newscast. When the shot focussed on Leomon, his eyes opened wide. "A digimon..." he breathed. He then ran for the nearest phone. He had to get there. If digimon were here, on this world, then maybe...

==Four years ago

"Biyomon...I'm so sorry."

"Sora? What's wrong?" Biyomon looked at her friend now. Sora had calmed down, though she still wasn't smiling. "You can tell me, I won't tell anyone else. Well, except maybe Palmon. Of course, she'll go tell Tentomon...and Gomamon...and he'll tell that Floramon we met a few weeks back...and Unimon...and that Elecmon that appeared in Primary Village...Oh, just tell me anyway."

Sora smiled a bit, Biyomon's joke getting through the girl's sadness. "It's...it's stupid."

"Is it about that fight with Diaboromon?" The smile left Sora's face. "Oh...bad choice of words...well, it's not your fault. Diaboromon had almost every computer on the Internet messed up, I know you tried to get through!"

"I didn't." Biyomon blinked, unsure of how to respond. "I was so busy being mad at Tai that...I didn't even know what was happening...and he even asked me for help but..." Sora put her head in her hands. "And he has to go...save the world without me...Oh Biyomon, I let everyone down..."

Sora's door opened, and Tai came bursting in. "SORA! I'm sorry for whatever it is I did! I'll undo whatever happened! Name it!"

Biyomon, all innocence, asked "Are you apologizing for saving the world?"

"Uh...? Well, if that's what it takes..." Tai stammered.

==Present. And boy, are they deep in it...

"Sora? What are you doing here" June asked as the other girl ran up.

"We're helping" Biyomon said, charging in.

"That's crazy" Kyle exclaimed. "Biyomon's too exhausted to fight. Besides, Diaboromon's a mega level digimon, right?"

"I don't care" Biyomon replied. "There's no Primary Village for pokemon, right?"

Kyle nodded, not saying anything for a minute. Then, "alright. Keep him distracted, I'll try to catch him."

The three monsters nodded. They attacked, launching their best techniques at Diaboromon, while Kyle pulled out a pokeball. "It's not permanent, but we can hold him till we figure out what to do...Digi-ball, GO!"

The small red and white sphere flew at Diaboromon. On hitting it, the ball opened, and drew the monster inside. Confined, Diaboromon felt the energy from the ball trying to remove it from this plane of existence. It panicked, releasing a vast amount of energy at once. The ball seemed to fluoresce, then it exploded, throwing Diaboromon's opponents back. Partially buried and dazed, they watched as the digimon rematerialized.

"I...I think we made it mad" Biyomon said.

"Oh sure, give us the good news first" Arcanine replied.

"This battle cannot be delayed" Leomon added. "We have to finish it here. There's no one else that can stop it."

"So let's stop it already" Arcanine growled. "Dragon Rage!"

"Fist of the Beast King!"

"Spiral Twister!"

Diaboromon all but ignored the attacks. Remembering how it was beaten last time, the digimon turned its attention to the humans. "Cable Crusher!"

"Look out!" Arcanine and Leomon yelled, running to protect their partners, wishing for enough power to save them...

"Arcanine...Leomon...DNA Digivolve to...Komainumon!"

(Or, "Uindii...Leomon...Jogress Shinka...Komainumon!" for you purists. We at Farfetched Productions like keeping everyone happy...)

Kyle blinked. When his eyes opened, a new digimon had appeared and stopped the attack. He was humanoid, covered with light golden fur with black stripes. Well muscled, it wore some sort of dark grey, loose, baggy, sleeveless outfit, that looked like one of those sleeveless kung fu uniforms that Kyle had seen when Davis had taken him to one of those horrible B grade martial arts movies. The digimon was carrying a long staff, apparently made of wood, tipped with gold at each end. A black blindfold completed the outfit, though there was a beautiful eye embroidered in gold on it.

"Ko..mainumon" Kyle breathed.

"DNA...digivolve" June asked in that same quiet voice. Then, she noticed her digivice had changed. "My D-3" she said. "It changed colour!" Her digivice now had a red body, matching Kyle's pokedex. Checking his pokedex, he noticed that the outline of the digivice was now purple. As he watched, his pokedex shifted, reshaping itself into what looked like an oversized D-3!

"Just like four years ago..." Matt said, watching the fight.

Izzy checked his laptop, scanning the digimon. "According to this, his name's Komainumon. He's a DNA digivolved digimon, formed from the combination of Arcanine and Leomon. His special attack is Celestial Edict and...oh no..."

"What" Matt asked, worried.

"According to this, he's only an Ultimate level digimon. That's not enough to stop a Mega!"

Komainumon either didn't hear Izzy, or didn't care. "Dragon's Fang!" The attack fired from Komainumon's fist, reminding June of Leomon's Fist of the Beast King. However, this attack was shaped like a dragon's head, and instead of exploding, it bit down on Diaboromon, forcing it back. Komainumon moved in. Diaboromon's counter attack pushed Komainumon back, and the two started fighting in earnest.

Sora watched the two fight. "Well, come on!" Biyomon said to her. At Sora's blank expression, Biyomon asked "We have to help them, right? You heard Izzy, Komainumon alone isn't enough!"

"But you can't digivolve" Sora protested. "Ever since I lost my crest..."

"What does that have to do with it" Biyomon demanded. "Is this because you weren't there the first time Diaboromon appeared?"

"I was so busy being mad at Tai..."

"And? He's over it!" Biyomon looked her friend in the eyes. "What was it we learned when we faced Apocalymon? That the power that helps me digivolve comes from you, right?" Sora nodded. "So, I say I still have the power to digivolve!"

Sora started to protest again, but stopped. A Clefairy was offering her a small moon stone. "I'm sorry" she said sadly. "I appreciate it, but Biyomon's a digimon, not a pokemon."

The Clefairy nodded, as several other Clefairy joined her, forming a circle around the two. Placing the stone in Sora's hands, they started chanting 'clefairy, clefairy, clefairy' over and over. As they did, their hands started to glow.

Closer to the fight, Kyle shouted to Komainumon. "Can you still battle?"

"Have to......get back to you...on that." The DNA Digimon parried a series of blasts from Diaboromon, then launched another Dragon Fang. "I could use a little help here!"

Kyle racked his brain. Eevee was out, none of his other pokemon were nearly strong enough to battle a Mega-level digimon..."June, any ideas?"

"Kyle, what's happening with those Clefairy over there?"

Kyle looked where June was pointing. "That's...Sora, get clear!" He turned to face June. "That's a metronome! There's no telling what will happen!" Before Kyle could do more, the Clefairy finished, and activated the Metronome.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, the Moon Stone in Sora's hand glowed, and reshaped itself. Its new form was small and rectangular, a form Sora recognized instantly. "A crest" she breathed. The insignia on it was hers, the crest of love. She remembered the pendant Tai gave her, only a few hours ago. "I'm here for you Tai. Always."

Biyomon felt a wave of power hit her, more than she had ever felt before. "Biyomon, warp digivolve to...Phoenixmon!" The bird digimon, rainbow coloured and majestic, spread her wings and flew. "Crimson Flare!"

The attack hit Diaboromon, driving it back. It was too weak to face another Mega digimon; it had expended too much energy fighting as it was. It jumped, trying to escape. To everyone's surprise, Diaboromon managed to fly.

"It's getting away" Komainumon snarled. He saw Phoenixmon getting ready to pursue. "Wait. If you attack, he'll drain your energy."

Phoenixmon thought for a second. "Get on. You should be immune, if you've got Arcanine's DNA in you. You open him up-"

"And you finish him off. Sounds good." Komainumon hopped up on Phoenixmon's back, and the two shot off skywards.

As Diaboromon flew erratically away, it cursed itself for taking so long in the fight. He didn't notice the shadow of Phoenixmon flying past him, so focussed the digimon was on escaping. -If only I had finished those humans- it thought to itself.

"Hey!" Diaboromon looked up, saw the two digimon he was escaping from above him. The humanoid one, Komainumon, had his staff held out, emerald coloured energy crackling along it. Then, to Diaboromon's surprise, Komainumon jumped off Phoenixmon's back, flying straight at him, and yelled "Celestial Edict!" The energy concentrated on one end of his staff, forming into what looked like a sharp blade. Komainumon tackled Diaboromon in midair, twisted around on impact, and wound up holding Diaboromon's arms behind the insane digimon's back. "Phoenixmon, now!"

Phoenixmon flew down towards the two, glowing a bright red. "Starlight Explosion" she cried, striking Diaboromon and releasing the energy she had built up. There was a huge white flare of light, blinding everyone on the ground. June, Sora, and Kyle looked up, fearing for the lives of their partners.

The flare of the explosion died away, as did the smoke. Of Diaboromon there was no trace; the combined attacks had managed to obliterate the monster. They could just make out Biyomon, flapping her wings madly, holding the other two monsters by their tails.

"A LITTLE HELP HERE" Biyomon yelled, starting to lose altitude.

==

Tycho sat outside the Cerulean pokemon center, still saddened by the day's events. TK had finally broken down and told the two trainers about digimon, even going as far as to armour-digivolve Patamon when the digimon had recovered, as a demonstration. TK walked outside, saw the boy moping. "Look, I'm sorry about what happened" he said awkwardly.

"He was...nice. I just wanted another friend." Tycho's Squirtle patted the boy on the shoulder.

TK frowned a bit. "There's something you should know about Keramon. Some of my friends fought him about 4 years ago. He was...trying to hurt a lot of people."

"That can't have been the same one" Tycho insisted. "I found Tsumemon in an egg not too far from here, only a few weeks ago!"

TK managed to hold his surprise in. -An egg?- he thought madly to himself. -How did an egg holding one of our toughest enemies get here?- "It was the same one. Crystal said that Tsumemon said something about remembering everything during your fight with her, right? And when Pegasusmon battled him, Keramon recognized me, too." TK noticed Tycho slumping down a bit more. "Hey" he said softly, "you didn't know, there was nothing you could do."

"I know" Tycho said. "I just wish..."

Crystal walked out of the center, Espeon beside her. "Nurse Joy said she's almost finished with Agumon." TK sighed with relief. "Hey, can my Espeon do that? What Patamon did?"

"Umm...whaa?"

"You know, that digivolution thing! I saw Kyle and June's pokemon evolve together on TV, so how about it? You are friends, right?"

"Well...it's kind of a special circumstance..."

"Does it have to do with the fact that Kyle and June are dating" Patamon asked innocently. TK went bug-eyed, staring at his partner. As TK stammered a reply, The other digidestined came into view.

"Typical," Matt called. "We save the world and my little brother goes flirting!"

"MATT!" TK saw Kyle and June carrying their partner monsters, Biyomon riding on Matt's shoulder. "What happened?" He looked again, noticed some people were missing. "And where are Tai and Sora?"

Matt and Kyle grinned, not saying anything. June noticed the two, sighed, and answered "they'll be along in a minute."

==

"I'm glad you're alright Tai."

Tai, finally having regained consciousness, grinned weakly back at Sora. "Hey you know me. Too stubborn to know when to stop." His expression softened a bit. "Matt told me what happened."

"I don't know how it happened" Sora replied. "I just wanted to save you, then those Clefairy started chanting, and the next thing I know, Biyomon was able to warp-digivolve." Tai smiled, trying to find something witty to say. Sora caught him, realized that Tai wasn't sure what to say next. "You're trying too hard again" she teased. "You don't have to be the cool hero today."

"I don't?...I mean, I don't know what you're talking about!"

Sora sighed, smiling. "Stupid Tai" she said quietly, fondly. "Stupid, stupid Tai..."

When the two rejoined the group two minutes later, Tai was still smiling like an idiot. He stayed that way until Kari got a picture of him. Then the chase began.

And on that note....
Next Episode:
Plans laid four years ago fall into ruin as an old enemy of the digidestined meets his fate. Cody learns about his father, and some similarities they shared. Cody's grandfather faces an unusual opponent, Gatomon meets an old friend, and new foes draw their plans for all three worlds. Next on Digimon: Digicross;
'Change of Enemies'