We're back~

That's right people, the hiatus for Digital Story is finally over, and we're getting back into the swing of things!

First things first though... let's see what happened while our heroes were saving the world, shall we?


The Day Remnant Stood Still


6 Hours following departure, Vale…

Azure sighed as he looked at the scroll he was working on. Had it really only been 6 hours since his brothers and their friends left to fight the root of the problem? His analysis had been finished, and with it, his input of data resulting in his D-Core now turning into a D-Ark with a Dark Blue color scheme. A sound of something impacting glass was heard, before he quickly got up and ran to the source. When he got there…

"Thunder Cloud!" Wizardmon called out, electrocuting several Goblimon. They'd been trying to get into the mall, but fortunately that was avoided. All around the mall they and all the remaining people of Vale were manning various points, helping each other keep the Digimon out.

Ever since 6 hours ago, Digimon had been pouring into the real world by the dozens, some in the same strange state as the Kuwagamon, others fully physical like those Goblimon. Ever since it started, him and anyone else with a partner Digimon had started keeping the civilians safe, though even some people without partner, like Winter, were lending a hand, seeing the seriousness of the situation, and as such they were all hunkered down in the mall, doing what they could to maintain something of a stronghold. At least this was helping to give experience to those were new with partners, and letting Azure get adjusted to his upgraded Digivice, honestly still a bit surprised his analysis was what allowed it to evolve.

"How are things so far?" Lisa asked as she and her partner came up to him, and Monitamon had went through a bit of a change.

He was just a bit taller than Lisa now, garbed in black with red gloves and a backpack, his head now a flat screen TV with a golden antenna standing on top of it, and a two pronged stick like weapon in it's hand. This was his Adult level, Hi-VisionMonitamon.

Digimon Analyzer: Hi-VisionMonitamon

Hi-VisionMonitamon. Data Type. An Adult Level Cyborg Digimon. Known as the Black Electromagnetic Wave, unlike his previous form, he's a far more capable fighter. The weapon in his hand is known as Denjimaru, able to turn the blocked long range attacks of opponent into energy particles that surround it. His special attack is Film Buster, unleashing the gathered energy particles onto his enemies.

"So far it's just Child level Digimon, so nothing we can't handle. Just pray no more Perfects show up," Wizardmon said, idly looking at a few holes that had been hastily patched up. Proof from when an Okuwamon came knocking, though that one was dispatched by Taomon easily enough.

"How are the people doing?" Azure sighed tiredly.

"We're holding up. The fact we're getting a lul is giving the volunteers a chance to rest, and while the people ARE scared...there's been some unintentional advantages from the Digimon outside," Hi-VisionMonitamon said, as they idly noticed a Nevermore up above...before it was caught in the pincers of a Kuwagamon and soon fell to the ground a headless body.

"At least no one is seeing young miss Amitola while she's… raging." Lisa commented awkwardly.

"She's still angry? It's been at least 4 hours since she called those two." Wizardmon pointed out with a blink.

"Considering what those two are like, I'm not surprised," Azure sighed, remembering he had helped Ilia ask the right questions to get enough information, and when she had hung up… let's just say he got out of the way fast.

At least her partner had evolved when she got a bit in over her head.

He blinked as he turned his head, seeing Ilia run across into a store, chasing a SnowGoblimon, and trailing behind her was a round, metallic Digimon in knight like armor, and an extra coat of leather armor over the chest… it looked a bit ridiculous with how round it was, especially while swinging it's two swords around. This was Gladimon, Kotemon's evolution.

Digimon Analyzer: Gladimon

Gladimon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Warrior Digimon. A knight like Digimon that is always eager to head into battle, to the point some like to refer it as stab happy when in the best mood for battle. Despite this strange quirk, it has as much honor as any other knight Digimon. Its special attack is Wheel Rush, spinning on itself like a top with its sword held out to slice enemies to pieces.

"At any rate, we need to hold out until Gyro and the others defeat the Dark Masters," Wizardmon sighed.

"But how long will that take? And…" Lisa trailed off, honestly worried.

"Have faith that they can do it," came Summer's voice as she walked up to them, Renamon behind her. "The moment we lose faith, then we've already lost."

Lisa sighed "I know… I guess it's just so strange to be in a borderline apocalypse scenario."

"We'll get through it… we have to." Azure said after a moment.

Lisa smiled and nodded...before a thought crossed her mind. "You know...I wonder how the other Kingdoms are handling this. I mean...if the two worlds are so close now, wouldn't that mean the Digimon are leaking through to other Kingdoms too?"

Summer blinked...before paling in realization. "Yes...they likely would...we just happen to be the MOST concentrated since this is the thinnest area…"


6 Hours following departure, Mistral…

"Hold on! More are coming!" a monkey faunus with spiky blonde hair, wearing an open white shirt and jean shorts, wielding a pair of gun-chucks, shouted as several students were fending off a small army of Pteramon that were swarming all over Haven Academy.

"Doing the best we can, Sun!" shouted a boy with blue hair and a pair of yellow goggles over his eyes, a red vest over his torso with some dark blue pants that had armor on the thighs, holding a silver rifle in his hands. "But dunno how long we'll last if more keep coming!"

"We have to last for as long as we can!" a boy with green hair and dark skin added, wearing a long white coat that was left open at the front, showing off the wing tattoos on his pectorals and the roman numerals around his neck, a gold pauldron over his right shoulder as he swung a large sword around.

"Would be easier if we weren't fighting freaking armored dinosaurs!" shouted a red haired boy with his hair covering one eye, wearing a simple white shirt and pair of pants with a gray scarf around his neck, though hanging off his shoulders was a red captain's coat, holding a cutlass in one hand and a flintlock pistol in the other, as he ducked underneath a low flying Pteramon with a panicked shout.

All around them it was chaos as the other students were fighting against the creatures of various shapes and sizes, the teachers helping as well. However, among the chaos, some of them couldn't help but notice and ask a big question. Where was the Headmaster?

Funny they should mention it, as currently the Headmaster was...hiding in his office. Even as the sounds of battle raged outside, Leo couldn't bring himself to do anything other than stay in his office. He'd SEEN what these Digimon could do….and it terrified him completely and utterly.

And it certainly didn't help that he had… company.

"Leo… what exactly is going on?" came the voice of the woman he feared the most from the small, jellyfish like Grimm that floated in front of him.

"I… I'm not entirely positive ma'am, I'm still confused myself after what happened in Vale, everything is just happening so quickly after all." Leo said, cowering for his life as he hoped the answer would be sufficient.

Salem frowned at that, but nodded. "Very well. Now what of Summer Rose?" at this her frown deepened.

"I…I honestly didn't know. I'd thought she was dead just like everyone else!" Leo said quickly. "But I do know that she was in the world these...Digimon...come from!"

"Is that so?" Salem said "Curious… do you think these Digimon could be of use to me Leo?"

"I don't know! All I know is the Digimon that had appeared in Vale were intending to take over Remnant under their leader, Myotismon...before those Digimon that were dubbed 'the Rebellion' destroyed him!" Leo looked close to having a panic attack as he replayed the memory of the destructive powers these creatures possessed.

"I see… and this Rebellion was led by Summer Rose, correct?" she asked for clarification.

"From what I understand, yes," Leo nodded. "Though she was rather tight lipped about details. Even towards Ozpin for some reason."

"Interesting… there's likely more to it then." Salem mused "Tell me Leo, how would you rate the strength of a Digimon? Full honesty."

"That...depends on which ones. The ones I've seen so far are maybe between a decent Huntsman and a powerful Grimm...but those last three...that VenomMyotismon and the two that destroyed it...They'd destroy hundreds, maybe THOUSANDS or more of Grimm in a single attack," he shivered violently, remembering the destructive power that leveled a portion of Vale.

"I see… keep gathering information Leo, and if possible, try to capture one of these Digimon, without arousing suspicion of course." Salem ordered him.

Leo looked out the window and saw an explosion. "Easier said than done," he sighed.

Back at the fight…

"Yeeehaw!" Sun grinned as the monkey faunus was...riding on the back of a Pteramon...who was trying to shake him off, and ending up attacking the others in the process...don't ask HOW he managed that.

So far he'd actually managed to start to make a dent in attacking creatures...and pointedly ignored the part where they burst into fragments when that happened. However, that was when he looked forward...and his eyes widened when he saw what looked like a missile with arms and eyes going right for him. In a reflexive move, he shifted...and soon ended up under his 'mount', the Pteramon all too happy to renew its efforts to shake him off, while ANOTHER missile was coming for him.

"Well… shit." Sun summed up his situation as the missile headed for him.

And then a red, flaming blur jumped into the air and started going from one Pteramon to the next, and rammed into the missile, kicking it away, while the flames died down enough he could see the short, child sized figure.

It reminded him of a lion, albeit bipedal, with red fur, and a yellow tuft on its chest, bracelets around its wrists, the tip of its tail on fire, and a circlet on its forehead, the yellow gem in the center letting out a soft flame. The lion flipped in the air after knocking the missile away, and landed on top of the Pteramon he was holding on to. "You might want to get ready to let go soon. Cause we're about to go down," the lion said, before… "Corona Knuckle!" it called out as it rained rapid flaming fists on the back of the Pteramon's head, causing its eyes to go swirly and start to fall from the sky.

"Crashing!" Sun shouted as he let go of the Pteramon once he was a few feet of the ground and tucked into a roll to land.

"And another one bites the dust!" the small Digimon, because what else could he be honestly, shouted as he landed on his feet, while Pteramon crashed on the ground, knocked out. However, he couldn't enjoy his mirth for too long, as suddenly several guns were aimed at him. "...what?" the Digimon blinked.

"Woah! Woah there guys no!" Sun said as he got between the guns and the little Digimon "Little dude just saved my life, we ain't hurting him."

"You sure man? Cause so far these things have been tearing apart everything," Neptune asked cautiously.

"Not to mention why this one suddenly decided to help. It might be trying to get inside for some reason," Sage added.

"Nah, I don't have any reason like that. I just like guys who can do cool things like what he did," the Digimon grinned, seemingly not worried in the least about the guns.

"You're a cocky little fella aren't you?" Scarlet said dryly.

The Digimon shrugged "Monkey boy is your leader right? Would you go against an order?"

"Only when he's being an idiot." Sage said, giving Sun a look.

"Which is often." Neptune added in deadpan.

Sun stared at them in deadpan "You dudes are harsh sometimes, you know?"

"So...about the Pteramon that want to bring down the building for some reason?" The Digimon said, reminding them of the issue at hand.

THAT got their attentions. "Right, those are still there," Sun said, before looking at his teammates. "Here's the deal, we've got literally bigger things to worry about, so let's put off worrying about the little-"

"The name's Coronamon," the now named Coronamon piped up.

Digimon Analyzer: Coronamon

Coronamon. Vaccine Type. A Child Level Beast Digimon. Born from the fusion of sun watching data, he has a strong sense of justice, making him rather sincere. Though a novice, he is quite capable of manipulating flames to empower his attacks. His special attack is Corona Flame, shooting a fireball from the flame on his forehead.

"...Coronamon, until after Haven is safe. Okay?" Sun finished.

His teammates looked at each other, before shrugging. "Fair enough," they conceded before they returned to fighting off the attacking Digimon.


12 hours after departure, Atlas…

General Ironwood was NOT having a good day.

First the trouble happening down in Vale, that had made him lose contact with Ozpin for a short while, and then when things finally cleared up, what do they see but a massive monster destroying the city.

It was a wonder the Grimm hadn't came barging through their doors with how worried people were.

Though, that situation soon explained itself, when the Digimon were found just, arriving out of, well, everywhere honestly! Right now Atlas was in chaos as the creatures were pouring in, attacking from land, sea, and air. Fortunately Atlas's natural defenses of weather and location made the threat mainly land based as flying Digimon had a hard time maintaining aerial superiority in the freezing wind, while aquatic Digimon still had to scale the frozen landscape to get close to the walls. However, that didn't mean things were going well. Case in point, he felt the base he was in shake, as a Paladin had just been thrown into the walls, falling to the ground in pieces as one of the larger Digimon had picked it up, ripped it in half and then thrown it. Then there was the gorilla-like Digimon roaring from a tower as it held the crushed body of an Atlesian knight, while pounding its chest and firing with the cannon mounted on its arm.

The Specialists were doing their best, as were the students of the Academy, but as it was, the Digimon outside the walls were slowly advancing, while the ones that got inside, were steadily increasing in numbers even with the ones they'd managed to destroy, while the Atlesian Knights were barely holding them off, evident by a few that were trampled under heel by large elephant-like Digimon, said creatures barely slowing down.

However, as if just to grate at his nerves more, a call was coming from the console...revealing it to be from the Council. "Great…" Ironwood groaned in annoyance. He just hoped other Kingdoms were doing better than they were.

However, among the various personnel working frantically, and generally practically panicking over the situation, one person was not. A rather lanky man with a face that just made you want to punch him, wearing small round glasses, his brown hair having a slight green tint to it, wearing a labcoat over a yellow turtleneck sweater and simple black pants with black dress shoes. Unlike the others he was looking at the Digimon, at the destruction and chaos with what could only be described as wonder. "What marvelous creatures…" he said, before his face twisted into a grin that spoke of a less than sound mind. "Why...if there could be a way to harness them...to put them towards our own goals…" he grinned as ideas and plans began forming in his mind...


18 hours after departure, Vacuo…

The sound of battle could be heard throughout the sand covered lands of Vacuo as huntsmen both fully fledged and in training alike, were fighting hard against the Digimon that moved through the sand and dunes.

"Come on girls! Look alive!" shouted a girl with purple hair and wearing a mostly grey outfit, wielding a sword that she shifted into a crossbow and fired at a Veggiemon.

"Nebula, I swear to Oum, I will punt you one of these days!" shouted back a girl with long dusty blonde hair, wearing a green dress, using a spear as her weapon.

"You have WAY too much energy!" added a girl with long red hair, wearing a blue top with a burnt orange skirt, using a dagger as her weapon.

"We all know what she does with the excess." a girl with short black hair in ringlets said dryly as she threw some throwing knives.

"Come now, you all shouldn't be fighting among yourselves. Not when there are so many enemies to play with," came a new voice, as a small black blur sped through the group and attacked several of the Veggiemon, cutting them to shreds. The blur soon flipped into the air and landed on Nebula's shoulder revealing itself to be a BlackGatomon, grinning proudly as she overlooked the Veggiemon she had downed.

"We're not so much fighting as their complaining I have too much energy." Nebula said with a laugh.

"Sounds like a dumb thing to complain about when you still have THAT to deal with," BlackGatomon pointed out with an amused chuckle, gesturing to the rather large number of Digimon that were swarming the area and headed towards Shade Academy.

Nebula grinned like a maniac "Oh yeah. Bring it on!" she shouted, and was about to rush at them… were it not for another figure beating her to it.

And when they got into the middle of said swarm… it promptly blew up, figuratively, as several Digimon just went flying off in all directions.

Normally, they'd wonder who did that. However, the small pillar of fiery orange aura that came up from that...made it painfully clear who it was. "Looks like Diamond's at it again," Nebula sweat dropped. "And yes Black, we are QUITE sure he's human," she added, BlackGatomon closing her mouth before she could say the question.

"If you're sure… seriously this is like, the fifth swarm of Digimon he's sent flying in just as many hours." Black muttered.

While they were staring at the destruction that had just been wrought, the perpetrator had already moved on to another swarm. He was a young man with brown hair that went slightly pass his neck, a small amount of it tied into a ponytail, green eyes on his face, wearing a sleeveless red and white jacket over a black tank top and dark green slacks with red combat boots, a military-style dog tag hanging off his neck, while over his hands he wore a pair of red metal gloves. His expression was that of an excited grin, one that only became more noticeable when he punched a Mekanorimon. In the face. With enough force that it was now flying off the battlefield. Not slowing down in the least, he continued to mow his way through the lines of Digimon, until he came upon an...unexpected sight. What SHOULD have been the next swarm he was going to fight...had already been beaten. And standing in the middle of it, having beaten up the last Digimon, a Nanimon, was a yellow reptile, which at first glance appeared to be an Agumon, except it was slightly bigger, and had red leather bands on its hands.

The Agumon noticed him, and soon got into a ready stance. "Who are you? You looking to fight too?"

Diamond blinked, before smirking. "Don't you know it's common courtesy to introduce yourself first before asking another person their name?" he smirked as he got into a ready stance too.

The Agumon matched the glare. "GeoAgumon. The strongest street fighter of the WWW continent."

"That so? What a coincidence. The name's Marcus Diamond. Strongest fighter in Shade Academy," Marcus grinned. "Why don't we put it to the test?"

"Bring it," GeoAgumon glared before the two charged at each other, fists meeting faces as they clashed.


18 hours after departure, Vale…

Ozpin sighed as he overlooked Beacon from his office. For now, it seemed the Digimon that had gotten through had stopped their assault...though he was sure they'd try again soon enough. That was how it had been the few other luls before as well. So far the students and teachers had been able to defend Beacon well enough, but with the Digimon swarming Vale, it had left the two parts of the city cut off and isolated. Sighing as he took a sip of his coffee, he couldn't help but think and wonder. It was obvious that once the day was over, the world would never be the same, but would it be for better? Or for worse?

Hopefully, it would be for the better, and that thought could only be solidified as he watched some of the Digimon interacting peacefully with his students, some even seeming friendly. If there was one good thing about this incident, it seemed it may have just opened a possible new path for the world. After all, unlike the Grimm, the Digimon could be reasoned with, and in some cases, seemed quite happy to help. He just hoped the rest of the world would see that.

Funnily enough, a similar thing was happening not too far away.

"Huh...is it just me, or do we have more Digimon on our side?" Azure couldn't help but ask.

"Nope, seems several more Digimon bonded with partners," Keenan said simply as they watched the scene from a higher floor. Several Digimon and humans and faunus were busy patrolling the windows and openings, driving away any hostile Digimon that were trying to break in, and even taking out any who did manage to get in, helping one another. Likewise, on the more central areas, he saw several kids playing with Digimon they'd befriended, bringing a small smile to their faces that even in these hard times, kids could find a way to smile, and do it alongside their new friends. Of course, that smile soon turned into sweat drops, when a small commotion was heard...and they noticed a young boy with a blue hoodie and grey pants, wearing a pair of yellow goggles with blue lens and pale brown hair on his head, trying to tug a red, reptilian Digimon out of the dumpster bin it had been digging through.

"...that one's not the brightest light is it?" Azure deadpanned.

"Nope," Keenan deadpanned as well. Despite that he still had a smile. Despite all that was happening...maybe this was a first step to a world where the two worlds could co-exist...AFTER they navigated the inevitable fallout that would happen once the crisis was resolved.


18 hours after departure, Mistral…

While the main cities and academies seemed to be hot spots for Digimon emergences, that didn't mean places that were out of the way were safe either….though generally they were seeing less dangerous Digimon. Case in point…

"Out out out!" came a shout as a Gazimon was sent flying out of a farm with a new goose egg on its head, courtesy of a shovel being held by a young boy with a tan and freckles on his face, messy black hair atop his head, and green eyes with just a tint of orange in them, wearing a rather simple outfit of a white shirt and greenish grey pants held by orange suspenders, simple brown boots and orange gloves on his hands. Once he was sure that was the last of them, he sighed as he planted the shovel into the ground. "I think that's the last of them!" he called out to his Aunt.

"Just a minute, Oscar," she called back...right as a Gizamon was kicked out of the house. Through a window. From the second floor. "Now that's all of them...I think."

"Guess we'd better check one more time then," Oscar sighed as he went in...and heard something from his room. "Okay, looks like we missed one," he said, holding the shovel at the ready, but when he got to his room, he was met with...an odd sight. Namely a white and grey reptilian Digimon, that appeared to be made out of armor, a sword shaped horn on his snout, a red hood hanging off his shoulders, with the hood pulled up over his head, shadowing his golden eyes a bit… and he was reading a book. Oscar blinked, looking at the Digimon...who looked up...then went back to reading...and then looked up again. "If you're gonna use that, I don't recommend it. My armor's pretty hard," the Digimon said simply before going back to reading.

"...okay?" Oscar blinked not really sure what else to say. "You're...not like the others who got in here…"

"I don't make it a habit to cause people trouble for no reason," the Digimon shrugged. "And since we're talking, the name's Huckmon. Who are you?" Huckmon asked politely.

"Oh, uh...I'm Oscar. Oscar Pine. It's...nice to meet you?" Oscar said awkwardly, honestly not sure what the heck was going on now.


24 hours after departure, Vacuo…

The fighting had stopped rather abruptly. For six hours the fight had stalled as the combatants were too busy staring. At what? Why it was the human and Digimon fighting a one on one fight...that had been going on for SIX hours STRAIGHT. By now both Marcus and GeoAgumon were sporting numerous bruises, but neither of them were giving an inch, countering each punch thrown with another and another, before they skidded back from another clash. Glaring at each other, they let out war cries as they charged forward, and ended up punching each other in the face. Their cross counter remained for a moment...before both fell to the ground completely exhausted.

"Dear Yggdrasil, FINALLY!" BlackGatomon said in exasperation.

"I know right?" Nebula sighed. "I thought they were going to keep going forever."

"The scary part, we could actually believe it if that happened," her teammates groaned as well.

"Hey, is something happening up there?!" came a surprised shout from some of the other combatants as they looked up and noticed a bright light starting to shine in the sky, as a wave seemed to go through the world.

However, as it did, not everyone was focusing on it. On the ground, Marcus was talking to his opponent.

"You're...pretty good…" GeoAgumon admitted through his tired breathing.

"You...threw some good punches yourself…" Marcus admitted as well, before he noticed GeoAgumon raising his arm, not in a fight, but in a peace offering.

"Let's call it a draw then," GeoAgumon laughed a bit.

Marcus blinked, before smiling at taking it. With that, GeoAgumon got up. "So what now? Boss?"

"Huh? Boss?" Marcus asked in surprise as he got up.

"Yeah, you're the first person who's matched me blow for blow in a fight before, so that makes you the boss. From now on I'll be your follower!" GeoAgumon grinned.

"Follower, huh? Well, you're a pretty weird looking guy, but I guess that's okay," Marcus chuckled before the two shared a fist bump...and a light shone from his hand. Pulling it back in surprise, he opened it up to find a D-Core resting in his hand.

"Seriously? Him too?" Nebula asked incredulously as she instinctively pulled out her own D-Core and looked at it.

"Probably with good timing." One of her teammates said, making her look to see the Digimon that they had been fighting starting to get pulled up into the sky, with the exception of BlackGatomon and GeoAgumon.

"Oh… oh thank Oum that's a relief, that was actually starting to get pretty long to be honest." Nebula said with a sigh.


24 hours after departure, Atlas…

General Ironwood sighed as the battle had finally ended. While Atlas had been damaged, it wasn't anything too severe that couldn't be repaired. More importantly, he was looking at where the sky seemed to be sucking up the Digimon, hopefully to send them back from where they came. After a few minutes he turned around and walked through the facility. Opening his scroll at the same time, he dialed in a number without looking, not even having to wait a second for someone to pick up "Damage report."

"Sir! The city has taken heavy damage in multiple sectors, firefighters are being sent out to deal with any flames, and wounded are being brought to the hospital by the paramedics." the one who picked up answered him.

"Any casualties?" Ironwood asked with a light tone of worry.

"None at all sir, everyone is alive." the soldier answered in obvious relief.

Ironwood let out a breath at that, glad for at least SOME good news. "And what of the Digimon?" he asked.

"So far it seems they're gone, but we're still checking for any remainders," the soldier answered...before Ironwood's scroll started ringing, revealing another caller and he shifted focus.

"Yes? What? It's where?!" Ironwood gasped before his eyes narrowed. "Have a team ready and meet me there. But be careful. We can't afford any damage," he said before hanging up, and soon went to his destination. However, when he got there…

"Alright… even I think you all exaggerated about the situation." Ironwood said with a sigh as he watched a small purple and yellow Digimon lying on the pod of a very familiar resting girl… and in said girl's hand was a device, similar to what Lisa Lavender had shown in an earlier report a few hours ago.


24 hours after departure, Mistral…

"Well… that was probably the most hectic day of all time." Sun said after a moment, as he looked at the D-Core in his hand while Coronamon sat next to him.

"I'm just glad its over," Neptune sighed. "Though...not complaining, but why aren't you all also being sucked up into that?" he asked, referring to how the attacking Digimon were now being sucked up into the sky...save for several Digimon who had been fighting alongside his team and various other students.

"Maybe it's cause of those Digivices," came the voice of a small frog like creature with an orange fin shaped like a mohawk as it rested next to Neptune.

"That or everything is glitchy." said a green, monkey Digimon with a top knot, wearing a leopard patterned robe, brown gloves, and holding a rather large slingshot as it hung off Sage's back.

"I'm gonna bet on the first one banana breath." came the dry female voice of a small, and I do mean SMALL, human shaped Digimon, that had the body of a teenager but she was smaller than a newborn baby, she had blonde hair tied in a ponytail with a green ribbon, a simple outfit that consisted of a teal colored top and green shorts along with boots and gloves that had spikes attached to them, while she held a red spear in her hands… oh, and she had four glittering wings on her back, like a pixie.

"Break it up you two. Point is we got through this in one piece," Coronamon said.

"He's right," Sun chuckled slightly. "Only question is...what now?" he couldn't help but ask. Even he knew nothing would be the same after this…

Meanwhile, in his office, Leo was thinking a similar thing. The battle was over and everyone had survived, while the Digimon were being pulled into the sky by some unseen force...save for several that seemed to have...bonded...for lack of better words, with some of his students...something that didn't sit well with him since that would make Salem's request...difficult…

Just ignore her… A voice in the back of his mind whispered.

But she'll find out, she ALWAYS finds out.

She won't, not this time… not when you can use everything you know against her…

That would be almost impossible though, she'll realised he tricked her.

Not if you're subtle about it. That Cinder girl of hers, the one who's planning on masquerading as a Haven student, send her to Beacon for the Vytal Festival… send her to her doom…

But how would that be the end of the False Fall Maiden?

Because the Digimon in Vale are numerous, and many are allied to humans, the Rebellion will be present, and they won't stand by and let her have her way… they'll destroy her without any hesitation…

Leo slowly blinked, unable to believe it, because… the voice was right! If he just played the part Salem intended for him, Cinder would die, and that would be one less force for the witch to use against him, and she'd be none the wiser. And for the first time in quite a while...he let an honest smirk grace his lips. Yes, this could work...all he'd have to do is play the part as instructed...and let the Digimon tear Salem's forces apart. Oh yes...he could grow to like these creatures…


24 hours after departure, Vale…

"Jeez, even you have a partner now?" Azure asked with a raised eyebrow as he looked at the person in front of him.

"I'll admit, this was certainly not how I expected things to go." Winter said, looking at the D-Core in her hand, before looking at the small Digimon next to her.

It looked somewhat like a rabbit, with two ear shaped appendages pointing upwards, but it also had two larger ones drooping down the side of its head, a long strand of… she wasn't sure what honestly, sticking out of her forehead, right over a crescent moon shape… in fact, there were several crescent moon shapes on the Digimon's pinkish hued body, with the tip of the rabbit ears and the hair like appendage being blue, and a pink ribbon around its torso.

"Neither did I truth be told, but I'm sure this new arrangement will prove to be advantageous for the both of us." the small Digimon said in a female voice as she looked up at Winter with a smile.

Despite herself, Winter couldn't help but smile. "I feel the same way, Lunamon."

"Everyone!" Keenan and Falcomon shouted, suddenly coming out of the shadows.

"Heart attack dammit!" Azure shouted at the boy suddenly popping out of the shadows.

"Your heart can wait! You'll want to see this!" Falcomon said urgently, but the grin he had proved it was good news.

"What is happening?" Winter asked.

"They did it! They won!" Keenan cheered.

"Wait, seriously?!" Azure asked with a grin.

"That is… certainly good news." Wizardmon added with his own grin.

"How do you know?" Winter asked.

"Come up to the roof and you'll see," Keenan said, as he grabbed them and pulled them through the shadows. When they emerged on the roof, they found Summer, Renamon, Taiyang, Lisa, Monitamon, Ilia, Kotemon, Willow, and even Zwei looking at the sky.

When they joined in observing as well, they could see all the Digimon returning to the Digital World, but also a bright light of an explosion in what looked like a wasteland.

"Well, that's one heck of a way to finish things," Wizardmon chuckled, as once the last of the Digimon flew up into the sky, the image of the Digital World slowly but surely faded away and before long the sky was back to normal.

"Well… I gotta say, I'm proud of them." Summer said with a grin after a moment.


Ozpin let out a sigh as he watched the sky finally return to normal, after a full 24 hours of those Digimon pouring in and another world being visible when one looked to the stars.

"I gotta say, I was almost worried there for a minute." Qrow said as he looked out the window as well while leaning on a wall.

"I have to admit… it was certainly a… unique day for Remnant. Creatures from another world, besieging our cities, yet others like them, becoming our friends and allies. Some might call it a miracle… others might call it the beginning of the end… but personally… I think this is the start of something new." Ozpin said after a few moments of thought.

"Let's just hope this new thing turns out to be a good thing," Qrow sighed. "And that no idiots end up doing something that ends with us having a race that make Grimm seem like puppies want us gone."

"Agreed, we can only hope human stupidity doesn't push them too far." Ozpin said with a sigh.

Back in Vale, the people had ventured out of their shelter. For a moment they were cautious...but eventually it hit them that it was indeed over, and the cheers soon started.

That's when everyone noticed a tram appearing in the air, seemingly riding on air… before gravity asserted itself and it fell to the ground.

Inside said tram… well…

"I… hate gravity…" Jaune groaned.

"I think Yggdrasil may be a bit of a troll…" Ruby added.

"Well… we're in one piece… that's something…" Gyro said, before groaning.

"Killer headaches and a rough landing though…" Agumon said, and somehow in the landing he ended up upside down.

Well… there were certainly more heroic ways to come back home.


And there we go!

So, did you see all the cameos and get all the references? See all the little future events setup?

Yeah, we used this chapter to introduce a lot of characters, and to make sure you lot don't question things too much when they appear later.

Now, for those curious, Sage and Scarlet's partners, Koemon (because calling it Monmon is stupid) and Tinkermon (yes, literally Tinkerbell)

Oh, and GeoAgumon is literally the 2006 redesign of Agumon but made into a subspecies just to make it less confusing.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed our return, because...

The Adventure Evolves.