Here is another chapter~! :3 And I have a story cover up too~! :3 It is of Omnimon's emblem here. It is the Crest of Friendship with the points of the Crest of Courage, but this will become a golden color on his cape later on. The only thing that is not is the grey slash mark. :3

Opening Files: O-000

An unknown dimension, O-000 is high on Van Kleiss' list of places to transport subjects from. Not much is known about it, save for the fact that the inhabitants are aware of dimensional travel and have instituted technology able to block unwanted transports from other dimensions.

This indicates a higher level of technological understanding than currently in use in GrimmFall itself, as well as other advanced cities such as Denver and Empire City as well as Townsville. Other than that, very little has been gleaned about this dimension.

"Unknowns can determine just about anything." TOM said as he closed the Dimension O-000 file. "It can be for any equation or battle plan, or even business plan. No one knows how things will go if there are unknown variables." He leaned back and pressed a button on his right armrest. A screen showed the Grimm Slayer making his way down a road, alert for anything that could be an attack. "Even against foes of unknown strength, a battle could go either and any which way."

He then looked at the camera. "If you were to encounter a situation where you knew next to nothing, what would you do? Would you panic, or would you try to get out of it to the best of your ability? Adapting to the unknown can often be the only way to survive."

Dimension O-000

A young man with blue hair and green eyes walked into the main room of the planetary government. He was in his late 20s-early 30s, but also a veteran of many wars. The man saluted the planetary leader before him. "Reporting as ordered, sir."

"Good to see you, Admiral." The older man replied. "I take it you were just briefed on our latest dimensional breach attempt?"

"Yes, sir." The admiral replied. "I was."

The planetary leader nodded. "Good. Now, we have just managed to determine where these breach attempts are coming from, but the dimensional jamming technology has worked well so far, with no successful breaches into our universe."

"Then, why are we on high alert, sir?" The admiral questioned.

The planetary leader leaned forwards. "Because, Admiral, these breach attempts have been aimed at sucking in anything deemed to be powerful and easily manipulatable." The leader replied. "We saw one in action when it nearly sucked in the ship of Saber Convoy."

The admiral felt the blood draining from his face at that. "It nearly succeeded?!"

"Yes, but luckily, the dimensional jammers were in effect, so the breach was too small to get anyone or anything of value." The planetary leader explained, with made the admiral relax visibly.

"Good." The admiral sighed.

"Yes." The leader agreed. "However, this only shows that it is only a matter of time before we have a successful breach. So we need to be prepared for when that happens."

The admiral frowned at this. "Is that why you're sending the ship out to that dimension?"

"Yes, Admiral." The planetary leader confirmed. "If we can get as much information on this universe as possible, we might have a chance against them."

The admiral nodded. "Understood, sir."

The planetary leader nodded. "Alright. Dismissed, Admiral."

As the admiral left, the Secretary General couldn't help but wonder who was behind such an act. And could they stop them before it was too late...?

GrimmFall Universe

Denver, Colorado

It wasn't too long before exhaustion kicked in. As it was, Agunimon had been training against Dracon for several hours now, and yet none of his attempts at physically attacking him were working! The Digimon was getting quite frustrated, much to the Gundam's delight. Good, this would serve him better to learn to not attack just straight on.

"C'mon. Can't you even try to hit me?" Dracon mocked as the Warrior of Flame gave him a glare.

"You try fighting against someone who has metal plating on while being flesh and blood!" The Digimon snapped back, feeling his anger rising to new levels. As it stood, he didn't even have the energy to Slide Evolve into his more powerful Beast Spirit form. Or rather, he couldn't for some odd reason. Dracon gave a flare of his optics, but Agunimon didn't rise to take the bait.

"Then try to find a way to beat me." Dracon said with a hint of a smirk in his tone of voice.

"I've tried already!" The Warrior of Flame shot back.

Dracon gave a mental snort. "So you're just going to give up?"

Those words made the Digimon pause. He looked down, as if in thought. Dracon noticed and cocked his head before speaking again. "Look, if you can't find a way to win, then you won't last against the Grimm."

"Easy for you to say..." Agunimon sighed. Dracon noticed his distraught tone and sighed himself.

He walked over to the Digimon. "You know I'm not about to reveal my skills." He explained. "You have to figure out how to win by yourself."

Agunimon didn't even respond, just looking down at the floor instead. For once, Dracon felt a twinge of guilt in his reactor at the expression on the Warrior of Flame's face. He looked positively disheartened.

Trying to figure out a way to cheer him up, Dracon racked his processors for an idea. Then, one came to him. "Hey...why don't you try to hit me?"

"Why should I?" Agunimon countered with a growl as he looked back at Dracon with his blue eyes. "What's the point if I can't beat you?"

Dracon growled as he grabbed the Digimon by his chest armor and slammed him against the wall, earning a grunt from the Warrior of Flame. "Look! I'm trying to help you here!" He hissed as Agunimon glared back at him. "Why won't you let me?!"

"Maybe because the way you are going about it isn't working for me!" Agunimon snapped back.

"Oh sure...Like I know what would work for you!" The Gundam drawled, which made Agunimon's right hand twitch slightly, not that Dracon noticed it. "Only you know what works for you, you know."

"Likely story." Agunimon muttered, but Dracon wasn't about to let that go unnoticed. He snapped his glowing violet gaze back to the Warrior of Flame's, only to wind up hitting the Digimon in the gut with a punch. Agunimon coughed in pain, his blue eyes squinting shut at the searing pain across his lower stomach area.

As if in response to that, Agunimon reacted with an attack of his own, but like before, his blow did little to Dracon's form. Or it would have if the Digimon didn't nail him where it would hurt a male the most, had he been human still anyway.

Dracon felt that and gasped, staggering back and letting Agunimon land on his feet. Looking up, Agunimon glared at Dracon, one eye still shut in pain as he held his stomach area, panting with the pain that still lanced across it. Dracon groaned as he fell to his knees, feeling his legs shaking before he did that. Both were now getting on each other's nerves, and Agunimon wanted nothing more than to get away from Dracon and his 'training' as he called it. It didn't seem like training at all to the Digimon to be honest. In fact, it seemed more like Dracon was trying to stroke his own ego by fighting against him, like the Gundam was using him just to prove he was stronger than the Warrior of Flame was.

That thought alone was enough to make Agunimon snarl in frustration as he bared his fangs at the mech before him. He could feel the heat of his power over flame pulsing inside his body, yearning to be let out, but there was no way he was going to let this mech know about that! His eyes suddenly went wide at that realization. He hadn't been using his power or attacks in this fight! Eyeing Dracon warily, the Digimon pondered his options. On one hand, he had tried everything he knew from physical attacks, and none of those had worked. On the other hand, if he revealed his power over fire, then he could be mistaken as the Fire Elemental again. A sigh escaped Agunimon as he closed his blue eyes, realizing there was only one way to overcome Dracon's sheer toughness, at least regarding his metal plating.

Removing his right hand from over his stomach, the Digimon stood up straight before he raise dup both arms out to the sides of his body. Dracon noticed this as the aching from between his legs faded down to a dull throb, only for Agunimon to then open his blue eyes as he slammed both fists together, causing fire to appear on his hands. The Gundam felt his reactor skip a pulsation or two at seeing this with his own optics. Agunimon then thrust his arms apart before he cried out, punching forwards with both hands, sending the fireballs at Dracon directly. The Gundam gulped audibly before he ducked the first fireball, but the second landed on his left wing, sending searing heat racing through the limb.

Dracon didn't cry out, but he did let out a grunt of pain before it faded, only to see Agunmon running at him. The Dragon of Denver rolled to the side to avoid getting a kick to the helm, but once his back was to the Digimon, the Warrior of Flame didn't hesitate to let loose another fire-based attack. However, this one was made of smaller, more concentrated fire bursts, and each hurt!

Getting to his feet, the Gundam turned and flared his wings around his body to protect his reactor and chest area from the next round of fireballs from the Warrior of Flame, which was a good thing since those were hot! Dracon mentally smirked. It seemed Agunimon was taking this seriously now, which was what he wanted to have the warrior do in the first place. Dracon then aimed his most famous weapon, the Beam Burst gun, and fired it at the Warrior of Flame. Agunimon saw this and found he could not dodge it. In fact the only thing he could do was let it hit him! Or so it seemed. His eyes flicking around, the Digimon caught sight of the pattern used to try and box him in. The blast seemed to spread into six other shots, all in a hexagonal shape. Using his enhanced eyesight, Agunimon could see each shot exploding in flashes of light, but he also could see the center was almost enveloped in the heat and flames of each blast...! 'That's it!' He thought to himself. Taking a chance, the Digimon jumped for the center of the hexagonal attack, calling upon his power over flame to concentrate into a flame field around him. The flames of the blast seemed to be drawn to him, protecting the Warrior of Flame from getting hit by them.

Once through, he landed on the ground with a grunt, rolling a few times before coming to a stop. He groaned as he rolled onto his side and made to push himself to his feet, much to the surprise of Dracon. To say he had been surprised when Agunimon had come through the smoke of his Beam Burst gun's attack was an understatement. But seeing that, and the flames that seemed to surround the warrior in a protective field almost, nearly convinced him he was indeed training the Fire Elemental. If not for the fact that the flames had appeared to be drawn to Agunimon, he would have been convinced the warrior was indeed the Elemental in question. "Well...that was certainly quite the surprise." He said as he lowered his gun arm as the Warrior of Flame staggered to his feet. "It seems my first assumption of you was disproven with this stunt."

"What are you talking about?" Agunimon asked as he finally stood up straight, panting slightly.

"When you came through the smoke of my Beam Burst gun's attack, you were surrounded by flames. For a moment, I was certain you were the Fire Elemental when I saw your fire-based moves, but that last one convinced me you are indeed not the Fire Elemental." Dracon explained. "The flames seemed to be drawn to you, which is not what the Fire Elemental would have happen to them."

Now Agunimon understood. "So?"

"That means you have a unique ability." Dracon continued. "You can literally control fire."

"What did you think my title meant?" The Digimon shot back. "That I was only able to fake being in control of it?"

Dracon chuckled here. "Well, you did attack me with only physical moves at first."

The Digimon sighed in exasperation. "True..." He admitted before looking back at Dracon. "But that was only because I didn't want to reveal what I can do."

Dracon chuckled again. "Yes, but I think if you can keep the extent to which you can control and manipulate fire a secret, then you have a good chance of no one finding out just how strong you are."

That made Agunimon blink. "Wait...what?"

Hearing that made Dracon bust out laughing loudly, a rich, deep laugh that made the Digimon confused but also feel a bit better about his current situation. Dracon finally stopped laughing and looked at the Warrior of Flame. "You heard me." He repeated. "You're much stronger than I expected." He explained. But then he went serious. "However, while your power over fire is a good defense and offense, you still need some kind of weapon."

Agunimon groaned at that. "Will you ever stop mentioning that?!"

"Hey, if you want to survive, then you will need a weapon, whether you like it or not!" Dracon growled back. He then reached behind his skirt armor and pulled out a weapon, a knife to be exact, about four and a half inches long for the blade, and the same for the hilt length. It looked like a normal knife, but Agunimon could see the blade actually folded up instead, which meant it was a weapon of some kind. "This is the Tri-Knife, a special Hunter weapon for those who prefer physical fighting." He explained as he tossed it to the Legendary Warrior of Flame.

Agunimon caught it in his left hand as Dracon continued to explain. "That knife can be used with several different kinds of Dust, which is the only thing that can fight against Grimm and Fallen." He added as he took out a Dust container. "This is red Dust, which is basically fire-based." He tossed it to Agunimon, who caught that as well. "Basically, you can use it to unleash fire attacks." Then, the Gundam mentally smirked. "However, with your fire-based attacks and ability to control fire, I have no doubt you will be able to use fire-based attacks without the Dust."

"So, why give me the Dust then?" The Digimon asked as Dracon grinned mentally.

"Because, it could be a surprise if you run out of fire Dust." He explained as Agunimon caught on. "Your enemies would not be expecting a fire attack if you run out of fire Dust."

The Digimon grinned at that. "So it's deception then!" He exclaimed as Dracon chuckled.

"Yep." He replied. "And it keeps your abilities with your fire manipulation a secret."

San Diego

Beetlemon and Lobomon were surprised to say the least when the explanation Bugs and Daffy had given them was finished. "So, we're basically in a place where creatures called Grimm roam and humans have powers called Aura and Semblances." Beetlemon began. "And then there are humans called Fallen, who are infused with the blood of the Grimm, humans with animal traits called Faunus, and animals with human traits, called Mobians. And everyone who hunts Grimm uses an element called Dust. There are also literal superheroes in this world as well." He then sighed. "Is there anything else I missed?"

"Mmm...Nope." Bugs replied. "That's all of it."

Lobomon sighed. "Great...just great." He groaned. "We're stuck in a world where Grimm exist and we aren't sure if we can hold our own against them."

"You're telling me." Beetlemon moaned. "And we have no idea where Agunimon, Lowemon, Kazemon, and Kumamon are either."

At the mention of his twin brother, Lobomon felt worry cross his face. As much as he hated to admit it, he almost hoped Lowemon was back in the Digital World, key word being 'almost'. There was a high likelihood that the Warrior of Darkness had also been sucked in through that portal they had all gone through, and the fact his twin could be alone in this world made him worry to no end.

Daffy noticed this and spoke. "You okay?"

The Warrior of Light sighed. "No." He admitted, even if he didn't like to do so. "My twin brother is probably alone in this world, and I can't help but be worried about him."

Bugs looked at Daffy, who looked back at the resort owner. This was not good...

The dark armored form made its way through the streets of GrimmFall, looking for the white-armored subject. Then, he saw it. In the park, where the human law enforcers were roping it off. He sneered to himself. He would bide his time until the subject was freed up from whatever was going on down there...

Denver, Colorado

Dracon led Agunimon out of the City Guard HQ's training room to another area, this time in the woods close to Denver. "Okay." He said as he handed the warrior a coil of rope, a tarp, and the knife with the Dust container, along with a second knife of the same type as the first. "You're to try and beat me, using only what you have on your person."

The Warrior of Flame frowned at this. "That's not a lot to use." He said as Dracon looked back at him.

"Yes, but this is to teach you that not everyone has the luxury of many weapons like I do." The Gundam pointed out. Agunimon had to admit, that was a very good and valid point. "In fact, most Huntsmen and Huntresses are forced to rely on their Aura and Semblances to win as well as their weapons. But most don't use their brains either." Dracon continued. "As far as I know, you don't have an Aura, but your fire manipulation could be considered a Semblance."

"But it's not!" Agunimon protested, but Dracon cut him off.

"Yes, I know that, but others won't." Dracon hissed back. "They will assume you have a Semblance, so it's best they think that unless you show just how much control over fire you actually have!"

Here, Agunimon looked away with a growl, but he had to admit the mech had yet another good point.

Looking back at the knives in hand, the Digimon looked at them thoughtfully. He had noticed they had come off of Dracon's back skirt armor, which indicated the possibility of them being magnetic. If that was the case, then could he...? Out of curiosity, he placed one on his right gauntlet, on the underside facing the palm of his right hand, only to see it stick on there with ease. He folded the blade back, and an idea came to his mind. Looking down at his lower leg armor on his left leg, he placed the second knife on the inner side, facing his right leg, of his lower leg armor and folded that blade up as well. Dracon hadn't even noticed, as he was too busy with finding the location where they were to begin training.

"Here!" He exclaimed, making Agunimon jump and look up with a start. Dracon was by an old pathway, a smirk visible in his violet optics. "This is where we will begin your training."

Agunimon frowned to himself at this. "But why here?"

Dracon chuckled at that. "Let's just say you have to use your environment to your advantage as well." With that, he turned and walked down another path. Agunimon tried to follow, but the Gundam just looked back. "No. You go down the other path." He instructed. "This way, you won't know where I am, or when I will strike."

That made the Warrior of Flame a bit nervous, but he nodded and did as he was instructed. Dracon watched before he looked away and walked towards where he could catch the warrior off-guard for attack.

GrimmFall

Justice Friends HQ

Lowemon panted as he stood in the training room, where Valhallen had finished a spar against him once more. Major Glory looked at him with a look of pride before the symbol of peace made his way into the arena next. This surprised both the God of Rock and the Warrior of Darkness. "Well, Lowemon, since you and Kazemon are back to full strength, I think it is time you sparred against me personally." The major said as Lowemon looked at him warily.

"Are you sure?" He asked as Major Glory let out a loud guffaw.

"I think it is time I tested you myself." The hero replied with a smile.

As much as he wanted to say no, Lowemon realized this would be a good test to see how much he had truly recovered, and it was also possible to see if he could fight against someone stronger than himself. He sighed. "Very well."

The two made their way into the arena area and at once, Lowemon got into his fighting stance. He wasn't about to unleash his full power if he could help it. After all, he didn't need Major Glory to get seriously hurt or even think of him as an enemy if that happened. Major Glory got into a fighting stance as well, waiting for the Digimon to make his move. The duo watched each other warily before Lowemon moved. He called forth his lance/spear and ran at Major Glory. Major Glory saw the incoming attack and flew up, using his flight to his advantage. Lowemon saw that and growled to himself. Spinning his lance twice in his left hand, he then threw it at Major Glory, who just reached out with a hand and caught the lance.

Lowemon's red eyes went wide in surprise as the symbol of hope and peace then threw the weapon back at him, but the Digimon was quick to dodge the blow his lance would have made on his own body. Lowemon grabbed his lance, which had embedded in the wall, and pulled it out as he turned, just in time to receive a punch to the face from Major Glory. He staggered backwards from the blow before the Warrior of Darkness recovered and blocked the next punch. Lowemon threw a punch to counter, but Major Glory just palmed his counterattack, closing his left fist around Lowemon's right hand.

In return, and to get free, Lowemon threw a round house kick with his left foot, which Major Glory blocked. Wrapping his arm around the Digimon's leg, Major Glory was then able to flip the Digimon over his head and to the floor. Lowemon landed on his back with a grunt, only to look up as Major Glory intended to bring down an elbow into his gut. His red eyes narrowing, Lowemon drew his legs back so that his knees were almost to his chest, only to kick out with both feet, nailing the leader of the Justice Friends in the chest. Major Glory let out a grunt as the wind was knocked from his lungs, but thanks to his invulnerability, he didn't get hurt. Rather, the hero of peace landed on his feet as Lowemon staggered to his own.

Already the Warrior of Darkness was feeling the exhaustion beginning to set in, but it was minor, so he brushed it aside. Major Glory smiled. "That wasn't a bad move." He praised. "Although I would be more aware of your surroundings if I was you."

Lowemon growled to himself before he ran forwards, grabbing his dropped lance and concentrating the energy of his element on the pointed end. Then, he swung it in an arc, unleashing the energy wave. "SHADOW LANCE!" Major Glory saw the incoming energy wave, only to call upon his Star-Spangled Laser Vision to counter it. The two attacks met with an explosion of energy. While Lowemon lurked in the smoke that was the result, Major Glory smirked to himself as he then focused, using his X-ray Vision to see through the smoke and find the Warrior of Darkness. To his credit, while he did catch glimpses of Lowemon's form, the Digimon was well hidden due to his dark-colored armor. Still, the X-ray Vision was Major Glory's one ace for this type of scenario, and he then switched to the Star-Spangled Laser Vision once more, catching the Digimon off-guard. Lowemon called on his shield, which materialized and blocked Major Glory's Star-Spangled Laser Vision, although with some difficulties since he had barely had enough time to get his defense erected anyway.

Switching up the attack, Major Glory then darted in with his super speed, slamming a punch into Lowemon's shield. The shield vanished in a burst of dark energy, surprising the Digimon just long enough for the hero to slam a punch to his gut. Lowemon coughed in pain as he staggered backwards, only to collapse as he held his stomach area with one hand.

"You still up for the challenge?" Major Glory asked as Lowemon opened one red eye slightly, panting as he sat on the floor while still holding his stomach area with his left hand.

Lowemon was sure if he kept this up, he would get hurt badly and revert to his human form. As it was, he was already feeling it, so he shook his head. "No..." He rasped out.

Major Glory nodded. "Well, regardless, that was a good spar." He said as he walked over to Lowemon. "I wish I didn't have to be so harsh in the training sometimes, but this was the only way to determine how well you were recovering." He then smiled as he looked down at the Digimon. "And I would say you are very strong indeed. I actually felt that double kick you let loose on me."

Lowemon chuckled despite the pain in his gut. "Good to know..." He rasped out before Major Glory looked back at Kazemon.

"Well, my dear?" He asked. "Are you ready?"

Kazemon looked nervous, but nodded anyway. "As ready as I'll ever be..." She sighed.

The two got into the arena again, Lowemon watching from outside it now.

This would be an interesting fight to say the least...

Valhallen sat beside Lowemon, looking back at the Digimon with pride. "You did well." He praised. "Not many can hold their own against Major Glory like that."

"Good to hear I did so well." Lowemon said with a bit of sarcasm, but also a sense of pride too.

"I mean it." The Rock God said, surprising the Digimon as he looked back at Valhallen. "And Glory-boy does too."

"How so?" Lowemon asked as he looked back at Major Glory's form.

The God of Rock looked at the Warrior of Darkness with a smile. "If Major Glory took the time to personally train against you, then he thinks quite highly of you and believes you have potential to be great."

Lowemon looked surprised. "Really?" He asked, a bit astonished at what he was hearing.

"Yep." Valhallen said. "And it also means he wants you to take up the chance to join us, the Justice Friends."

Agunimon trains with Dracon to learn how to fight effectively against the Fallen as Beetlemon and Lobomon learn about where they are at long last while Lowemon and Kazemon work to earn a place in the Justice Friends. What awaits the two Warriors at the Justice Friends HQ? Read on to find out~! :3