And we're back for more! This would've been done a few hours earlier, but I got distracted watching the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on Paramount Network last night.
"Those people are trying to kill us!"
"I know, Dad!"
"This is a new experience for me."
"It happens to me all the time."

Anyways, shoutouts to Tomoe Mami, breaker101, and rigenki for your follows and faves.

For the reviews, thanks agumonfan7, MadDogLucario96, DigimonAT0318, and GreenD019. Oh, by the way Green, yes, there will be a Digimental of Honor and Guilmon will evolve with someone else... you'll know exactly who soon.

So, with all that out of the way... How is young Iori going to handle the Digital World?

Chapter 3: Drilling for Knowledge! Digmon and ForceBeemon!

Yagami Residence, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. April 9th, 2002. 2132 Hours.
P.O.V. - Ross McGlathery

When Taichi, Hikari, and myself returned back home, we were discussing what had happened earlier today, what we were going to do tomorrow and what our next move was in this fight against the Digimon Kaiser.
"So, yesterday was you and Daisuke, today was Sora and Miyako, and then tomorrow might be Koushiro and Iori." I said to Taichi.
"Do you really think so? It might be someone else." He told me.
"The way I see it, is that one of the newer Chosen Children need an older member to help pull the Digimental that has their Digimon partner with it." Hikari gave her take on the whole situation.
"Well, now that you say that, it might actually be Koushiro. Are you sure you're not going to come along with them, Ross?" Taichi asked me.
"If no one else comes, then yeah. Someone's got to keep their eye on the lab just so we don't have another run in with Fujiyama-sensei or one of the other teachers. I only say this because neither you nor Sora are coming tomorrow."
"Yeah, I've got soccer practice and Sora's got tennis."
"We really need to start figuring out a way how to get some more time on our hands if we want to combat the Kaiser." Hikari nodded.

"It's safe to assume this freak has got all the time on his hands. He isn't being burdened by previous commitments. I think I might just have to resign from the golf team in order to be a part of the fight." I admitted.
"It's not like you were having that much promise." Taichi gave a bit of a snide remark.
"Hey, I shoot below par!"
"Barely, let's face it, Ross. You'd never make it on the Tour with that kind of play."
"Who said that was my plan? This was only to fill in some free time. I still plan on becoming a Marine, that will never change."
"Look, I think we're thinking a bit too far right now. Right now, we're at least showing the Kaiser that he can't get away with what he's doing. We'll figure out what to do next soon. Right now, let's just clear our minds for tonight." Hikari, being the voice of reason, suggested. She was right. No use thinking that far ahead right now. We'll figure out some way to beat him.

Hida Residence, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. April 9th, 2002. 2143 Hours.
P.O.V. – Iori Hida

"Iori? Are you alright?" Mother came into my room as I was getting ready for bed.
"Uh, yeah. I'm fine, why do you ask?"
"Well, you took almost an hour to eat dinner. You're usually much quicker than that, so that's why I'm asking if you're okay."
"I'm fine; I've just got some things on my mind tonight." I told her.
"Iori, it's only the first week of school, you shouldn't really be worried with anything as of right now. Or is there something else going on?" I didn't want to tell her what was going on but I didn't want to lie to her either, thankfully, I could be able to get around it.
"You're right. I'm just thinking too hard right now. I guess I'm just kinda of nervous with what the future may hold." Looks like she accepted it because she smiled at me.
"Alright then, well, I'll just let you get some rest." She then closed the door and walked away. I sighed.

My mind was currently focused on what was going to happen tomorrow. I had been unable to go to the Digital World because I thought that I was needed to keep Fujiyama-sensei distracted and from discovering what the others were doing. Now I'm sure that it will be my turn tomorrow, and my concern is, am I ready for it? Am I ready for what is probably going to be asked for me? Both Daisuke and Miyako now have Digimon and now are fighting this Digimon Kaiser. So what about me? I walked out onto my porch and picked up a phone that I had in my room. I dialed the number as I sat down and looked out towards the city.

"Hello?" I heard Miyako's voice on the other end of the line.
"Hello, Miyako-san." I said. Technically, she was only a few apartments down from me, but calling her wouldn't draw as much attention from my mother than simply walking through the front door.
"Iori! What's going on?"
"Nothing much. I've just been thinking about tomorrow."
"Don't tell me you're getting some jitters about going."
"No, but I'm just concerned if I can actually do what you and Daisuke-san have done." I could hear her slightly chuckled.
"I think you're putting way too much on your chest."
"Maybe."

"Look, you'll do fine tomorrow. I'm sure of it. Trust me, I fell apart pretty fast as soon as I arrived but I had Sora-san help me out. Whoever comes with you tomorrow, more likely Izumi-senpai, will be able to help you too."
"But what if I'm not really worthy for a Digimon partner." I expressed my worries.
"Iori, you're probably the most worth out of all of us here. I'm sure whoever is your partner Digimon, they would be proud to call you a partner… What!? No, I'm using it right now! Well, just use your own cell-phone! Who cares if you've used up most of your minutes! Ugh, sorry, Iori, my sister wants to use the phone." Miyako explained. I chuckled after hearing that.
"All right then. Goodnight, Miyako-san, see you tomorrow." I then hung up and looked towards the city once more. I hope she's right.

Odaiba Elementary School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. April 10th, 2002. 1501 Hours.
P.O.V. – Koushiro Izumi

"Three days in a row… and around the same time." I muttered as I was checking to see if the gate to the Digital World was open, which it was closed just a few seconds ago before it opened once more.
"Maybe it knows that we're here or something." Ross suggested.
"Maybe." We heard the door to the computer lab open and saw everyone else walking in.
"Sorry, we got held up for a few minutes." explained Takeru.
"Well, you're just in time. The gate is open now so that means we can go to the Digital World." I said.
"Yeah, let's go show that creep who's boss!" Daisuke shouted.
"That's the spirit, but try not to get too overconfident. This guy has probably got plenty of surprises for us." Ross advised.
"Speaking of the Kaiser, has anyone got any idea who this person is really?" We all looked towards Iori as he said that.

"What brought this on, Iori?" Miyako asked.
"Well, that's what's been going through my mind for most of the day. I was thinking that surely this person must have some sort of life that he has to go back to."
"Yeah, that's right. Our Digimon did say that the Kaiser doesn't come out at night." Hikari remembered.
"This means that this person has to be keeping up some sort of appearance. Not try drawing attention towards them." I guessed.
"Exactly, so I was thinking that if we found out who this person was, then maybe we could stop them here in the Real World rather in the Digital World where he clearly has power." Iori finished giving his thoughts.
"But there remains the problem of finding out who he is. And even if we did, it's probably someone we don't know. Heck, that person might not even live in the city or country." Miyako expressed her doubts about the idea.
"Well, Guilmon did say he was Japanese." Ross pointed out.
"But that could be anywhere. He could live in Osaka or Hiroshima, or even might live out of the country. He might be like Mimi-san and be a Japanese-American or something." Takeru believed.
"I'm sorry. It was just a thought." Iori apologized.
"It's fine, Iori-kun. That was actually a brilliant idea." I told him. His spirits lifted a bit.

"Well, if we're all done coming up with some plans, now would be the time for action!" Daisuke was quite determined to get a move on.
"Slow it down there, Daisuke; maybe not all of us are ready." Hikari reminded him.
"Oh, yeah. Of course, whenever you're ready." He quickly changed his tune. Strange.
"Well, I'm all ready if we're all waiting on me. I just hope to do a good job." Iori said.
"Don't worry." Ross gave him a pat on the back. "You're in good hands. You've got Brainiac with ya, you'll be fine." Brainiac? I'm not sure where that's from, but I get the feeling he meant it in a good sense. "Well, I'll look over the computer lab while you guys are out. Send the Kaiser my regards."
"Will do, Ross-chan." smiled Hikari. We all pulled out our Digivices and held them up to the screen.
"Good luck, everyone." I gave one last saying before we were all engulfed by the light on the screen and sent to the Digital World.

When the light died down, I could see we were now on some small grassy hills that was being overlooked by some mountains behind us.
"So this is the Digital World…" Iori looked around. "Oh, my clothes!" He finally noticed that he had a change in wardrobe. He was now wearing a beige tunic with a white collar and purple edges on it. He also had some purple pants and brown and white slip-on shoes. I looked down to see that my clothes had changed too. I was now wearing a long-sleeve orange polo shirt, some green denim jeans and some brown tennis shoes. "These aren't bad at all."
"They're a good look on you." I complimented him.
"Thanks, Koushiro-san."
"Come on; let's see if we can find the others." Takeru walked ahead.

"V-mon!" "Hawkmon!" "Tailmon!" "Patamon!" "Tentomon!" We walked forward and called out for our Digimon. After a few more calls, we finally got a response.
"Daisuke!" "Miyako-san!" "Hikari!" "Takeru!" "Koushiro-han!" We saw our Digimon coming over one of the opposite hills and ran right towards us. I ran over to Tentomon and grabbed his hands.
"Tentomon!"
"Koushiro-han, you look great!" He told me. I laughed as he said that.
"I'm just glad to see you're safe."
"It hasn't been easy, he admitted."

P.O.V. – Third Person

At the same time the Chosen Children were reuniting with their own Digimon, their moves were being monitored by the Digimon Kaiser who was practically licking his lips in anticipation for their arrival.
"I've been waiting… come on, let's start the game." He said. He then pressed a few buttons on his screen. "Go, Snimon!" The Snimon that had attacked the other Digimon back on the 8th flew fast over the forest. "Go, Mojyamon!" The yeti-like Digimon also began marching out of the forest towards the unsuspecting Chosen Children. "Go, Drimogemon!" The mole Digimon burst from a rock formation in the mountains and soon began tunneling under the ground. The Kaiser believed that this force of his would catch the Chosen Children completely off guard.

P.O.V. – Koushiro Izumi

As we finished up reuniting with our Digimon, we could see the shadow of a cloud moving over our heads before it passed over and the shadow of a Digimon was now hovering over us. We looked up to see a controlled Snimon heading right towards us!
"Everyone, down!" I yelled out and everyone obeyed as the bug Digimon flew right by us.
"What is that thing!?" Iori questioned.
"Snimon! An Adult-Level Insect Digimon! His Shadow Sickle makes short work of his foes… trust me on that!" Tentomon answered. The bug soon turned around and tried to come back for another run against us.
"Air Shot!" "Petit Thunder!" Patamon and Tentomon launched their attacks but Snimon was too fast for them. Tailmon jumped up and got incredible height to the point where she could hit him.
"Neko Punch!" She shouted but the punch did next to nothing and got her swiped hard to the ground. "I knew it… without the Holy Ring, I have no power…" She muttered about her lost tail ring.

"Damn it… Daisuke, let me Armor-Evolve!" V-mon cursed.
"You sure? Yesterday…"
"I can get him!"
"Alright, Digimental-" Daisuke was unable to say more as the ground exploded next to him and he fell down a large hole. He grabbed a rock and was hanging on but I could see that this hole was made by a controlled Drimogemon who was waiting for him at the bottom.
"Daisuke! That's Drimogemon! An Adult-Level Digimon that burrows like a mole! That Drill Spin of his is to be avoided!" I called out to him.
"Daisuke!" V-mon tried to reach down to recover Daisuke but some trees near us snapped and we turned to see a Mojyamon coming right for us.
"Mojyamon! Watch out for his-" Takeru tried to give a heads up but the yeti beat him to it about his special attack.
"Hone Hone Boomerang!" Mojyamon threw his bone boomerang and it struck V-mon in the back of the head and he fell into the hole.
"V-mon!" Daisuke let go of the rock to catch him but it caused him to fall further before the Drimogemon caught the both of them then retreated back into the dark tunnels with its captives.

"Daisuke!" Miyako cried out for our now captured comrade.
"W-we have to help them…" Iori muttered as I think he was now stunned in shock and fear over the recent events.
"We need to escape!" I told the others.
"But, Daisuke-san…"
"We can't help him if we get caught too! Now come on!" I grabbed his shoulder and he turned and followed us to the mountains where we would try to escape from our pursuers.
"Come on, hurry up!" Hikari shouted.

P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

Ugh… my head is killing me right now. I slowly started to come back to and I tried to remember what had happened. Let's see… V-mon and I fell down a large hole into the hands of a giant drill mole and then everything went black. Okay, got that out of the way. I opened my eyes and suddenly realized I was hanging off the side of a massive canyon. I was being held by cuffs that were drilled into the canyon side. I took a look around and while it was a majestic view, I'd rather not be in this situation that I find myself in.

"Wh-where…" I muttered out loud.
"So you're awake?" I heard a voice say.
"Who's that?" I looked up above me to see a strangely dressed person above me.
"I didn't think capturing you would be so easy…" The person chuckled. Oh, now I know who this is. "I'm disappointed that you weren't tougher."
"Are you the Digimon Kaiser?"
"That's right."
"Aren't you a kid like me!?" This was kind of a surprised to me. My idea of the Kaiser was some sick adult or something, not some kid who looked to only be a few years older than me. That's all I could tell about him, those shades masked any other discernable features, so no figuring out who he really is unless he takes those glasses off. The Kaiser laughed upon my quick observation of him.
"Like you? Don't make me laugh. You and I are very different. This is the proof."

He snapped his fingers and a wall opened up on the other side of the canyon. The wall revealed V-mon who was chained up just like me!
"V-mon!" I called out to him.
"Daisuke! Heh, heh, they go me…" He nervously laughed.
"Dammit… if you could Armor-Evolve…!"
"That's impossible." The Kaiser informed. "You can't do anything without these, right?" I looked to see he had my Digivice and my D-Terminal. Damn it all… I'm in some serious trouble here.

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

This is very bad. We had managed to escape from our attackers but Daisuke was now a prisoner. We were sitting in a cave and doing nothing which made me feel even worse because I felt so useless to the others right now.
"Are you sure it was smart to send Miyako and Hikari out there?" Takeru asked Koushiro. Miyako's Digimon Armor-Evolved and the girls took to the skies to try to find where Daisuke had been taken. In the meantime, the rest of us were just sitting here in the cave waiting for them to come back.
"They'll be fine for the time being. Right now, we need to focus on how we're going to rescue Daisuke-kun."
"It's pretty dark in this cave." Patamon admitted.
"It's actually the entrance to a massive labyrinth of tunnels that go through these mountains." Tentomon explained. I got up and walked a bit deeper into the tunnel before my Digivice suddenly began to beep.
"What's this?" I questioned.
"I think Iori-kun just picked up a Digimental." Takeru guessed.
"Let's go see." Koushiro said. I looked at my Digivice and followed it to where the source of the beeping was.

The cave was still dark, but Tentomon used his electrical powers to create a light source for us, and my Digivice was leading us through the maze of tunnels. After a couple of minutes of wandering, we finally came close to the source. We found ourselves looking upon a massive underground temple that looked untouched for many years. It was actually amazing. We walked further ahead and soon we found what must have been a Digimental at the center of the chamber. It was a yellow colored egg-shaped object on a pedestal.
"That's a Digimental." Takeru said.
"And it's got the Crest of Knowledge on it." Koushiro added. He walked up to it but before he grabbed it, he turned to look to me. "Actually, I think I may need some help. Iori-kun?" I nodded nervously to him and walked up to the pedestal. We grabbed it and pulled on it which caused it to snap in half. A purple light shot out of the hole that was left and lit up the room. What happened next was just like what Miyako said happened yesterday; the Digimental repaired itself in our hands and Koushiro's Digivice became like mine with its sides being purple.

We then looked back to see a shadow forming in the light before it soon revealed itself to be a yellow colored armadillo-like creature. It looked to be asleep before it opened its green eyes and turned to look at me. It then hopped forward and landed right in front of me. Was this my Digimon partner?
"I slept well…" The armadillo yawned. "Are you the one who woke me up?" He asked. I silently nodded. "My name is Armadimon. Thanks for waking me up, dagyaa!" Dagyaa? That's a word that is used as a sentence ending particle, but only used preferably by those from the city of Nagoya which now that I hear his voice, he actually sounds like he's from there.
"Ah… yeah… um… my name is Iori, by the way."
"Pleased to meet you, Iori! Proud to be your partner, dagyaa!" Well, he seems very happy to meet me, but am I really worthy of a Digimon like this?

"Iori-kun, what do you think of the Digital World?" Koushiro asked me.
"Well… What do I think… I don't know yet, I just got here."
"But you're thinking something, aren't you?"
"Yes… I'm thinking that I'm not up for the challenge that is before me nor that I'm worth of having a Digimon partner like Armadimon. Then there are all my own theories that I'm having in my head. New questions just keep popping up in my mind and I want to learn more."
"You have a really curious mind, as I thought."
"A curious mind?"
"If you have any questions, just ask me. We're your friends, and we'll always help you out. Let's learn together." I slowly nodded as he said that. "And about being up for the challenge, I'll tell you this. None of us were really up for what challenges the Digital World had in store for us, but we still got through them. And that's what it means to be a Chosen Child. Willing to keep going and not give up, especially on your friends. And if you have that mindset, then you are more than capable of being a worthy partner to your Digimon." That last sentence really got to me. The way he put it… he actually made a good point. If I'm willing not to give up on my friends, then I can be a good partner. I turned back to Armadimon and gave him a smile which somehow he must have known what it meant as he smiled too. I think we're gonna be great partners.

We all returned back to the surface where we found Miyako and Hikari awaiting us.
"Where were you?" wondered Hikari.
"We found our Digimentals down in the tunnels and I found my Digimon partner. Everyone, this is Armadimon." I explained. I guess Armadimon got kind of embarrassed as he just laughed and rubbed the back of his head.
"So what happened?" Takeru questioned the girls about what they found out.
"We saw that Snimon heading towards a canyon not too far away from here. I'm guessing that Daisuke must be there." Miyako told us.
"Well, then, we've got our Digimentals, so I say we go help Daisuke. Ready, Tentomon?" Koushiro asked his partner.
"Ready as ever, Koushiro-han!"
"What about you, Armadimon?" I also asked.
"Just say 'Digimental Up!' and I'll show you what I've got, dagyaa!" Both Koushiro and I looked back at each other and nodded. Moment of truth time now.
"Digimental Up!" We shouted.
"Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Steel Knowledge, DIGMON!"
"Tentomon, Armor-Evolve! Drilling Intelligence, FORCEBEEMON!"

The two new Digimon before us were incredible. Digmon was a large yellow cricket like insect with a drill on his snout, wings on his back like a beetle and two drills on his hands, though he had an extra pair of hands below the drill ones. ForceBeemon was a bit of a smaller Digimon that had two drills for hands, an extra pair of claws below them, a stinger on his back and two glowing blue wings.
"We know where he is; let's go help Daisuke-han!" ForceBeemon said. We all quickly moved out to rescue Daisuke before something bad happens to him.

P.O.V. – Third Person

"Dammit! Give me back my Digivice!" Daisuke yelled at the Kaiser. "At least let V-mon go!"
"I'm not going to do that. It's your punishment for trespassing in my area. I'll show you how your Digimon becomes my slave…" The Kaiser snapped his finger and an Evil Ring appeared and began floating down towards V-mon.
"Stop!" Daisuke begged, but the Kaiser evilly chuckled in response.
"Heh… you're free to try. But there's no way I'd become your slave!" V-mon shouted much to the Kaiser's surprise.
"What did you say?" He demanded an answer.
"I've waited a long time… I've waited to meet Daisuke… So, how could I become your slave now that I've met him?"
"V-mon…" Daisuke was touched by V-mon's defiance.
"We'll see how defiant you are once my ring is around your neck." The Kaiser retorted.
"Stop!" Daisuke yelled once more as the ring was near V-mon.

"Beam Drill!" A voice yelled out and a silver arrow of energy flew through the canyon that hit and destroyed the Evil Ring.
"What?!" The Kaiser was completely surprised by what happened. ForceBeemon suddenly appeared right in front of him but then flew downward to where Daisuke was. "Swarm Strike!" The stinger on ForceBeemon's abdomen glowed and he did four quick jabs on Daisuke's restraints which caused them to shatter. Daisuke didn't even have time to scream from falling because he was quickly caught by the two-foot bug and he wrapped himself around Daisuke's torso like he was a large jetpack. At the same time, the wall behind V-mon exploded revealing Digmon who quickly grabbed him with his extra arms.
"We're here to save you, dagyaa!" He said.
"Thanks!" V-mon was grateful.

The Kaiser merely scoffed at what had happened and turned around only to find Tailmon standing in the way of his escape route.
"You won't get past me." She darkly stated.
"Is that so? Do you even know who you're talking to?" The Kaiser told her. Out of nowhere, Monodramon jumped right in front of the Kaiser.
"I won't let you through!" The dragon stated. If Guilmon sounded like an Englishman speaking Japanese, then Monodramon's voice was like that of an Irishman. He jumped forward towards Tailmon but she was ready.
"Neko Punch!" She hit him so hard in the face that he flew backwards into the Kaiser which caused him to drop Daisuke's Digivice and D-Terminal.
"Damn it!" The Kaiser shouted as the items fell down the canyon but were caught mid-air by Miyako on Holsmon.
"Thank you!" She said. The Kaiser was now fed up with everything.
"Out of my way!" He pulled out his whip and swung it at Tailmon which wrapped around her head and he threw her over the side, though she would recover and get down safely. "Come out, Snimon! Mojyamon! Drimogemon!" He called out for his forces.

The Chosen Children regrouped at the bottom of the canyon and looked forward at the assault coming their way.
"That Digimon Kaiser…!" Daisuke growled.
"Here." Miyako handed him his recovered gear.
"Oh, thank you! Alright, counterattack!" Daisuke ordered V-mon.
"Actually…" Koushiro stopped him. "Let us handle it. Digmon, take care of Drimogemon. Holsmon, go after Snimon. ForceBeemon, let's get Mojyamon." All three Armor Digimon nodded.
"Miyako-san, hold on tight!" Holsmon advised.
"Okay!" The two of them took to the skies to deal with Snimon.
"Let's break those Evil Rings so the Digimon will return to normal!" ForceBeemon said. Digmon and Drimogemon began drilling deep in to the earth in order to fight each other underground.

"Icicle Rod!" Mojyamon threw a rod of ice straight at ForceBeemon but he merely zipped out of the way. He was so fast that Mojyamon didn't even see him until he was suddenly right in front of him.
"Swarm Strike!" A few quick jabs at the Evil Ring on Mojyamon's arm and it was destroyed with ease.
"Good job, ForceBeemon!" Koushiro praised. In the skies, Snimon used his Shadow Sickle on Holsmon but he performed an aileron roll and dodged the attacks, much to Miyako's discomfort.
"Mach Impulse!" The winged edges of Holsmon's armor glowed red and fired two beams of energy towards the Evil Ring which destroyed it.
"You did it, Holsmon!" Miyako cheered. In the underground, Drimogemon dug deep but soon found himself being faced down by Digmon.
"Gold Rush!" All five drills on Digmon launched out and exploded all around the mole which destroyed the Evil Ring.

Back in his lair, the Kaiser was chuckling. He may have lost once more but it was hardly a setback for him.
"Not bad… It wouldn't be fun otherwise. Now, who to play with next?"

P.O.V. – Iori Hida

"Are you alright?" V-mon asked the three freed Digimon. "Sorry, but we had no choice."
"No, that pain is nothing compared to being the Digimon Kaiser's slave." Mojyamon explained as the three Digimon turned around and walked away towards the sunset.
"That Digimon Kaiser…!" Daisuke sounded very upset. "I'm getting pissed off already!"
"So, Iori? Feel like you're worth to be one of us now?" Koushiro asked. I nodded.
"Yes. I think so. Sorry for what I said earlier, Armadimon, I was referring more to myself about being unworthy." I apologized.
"It's okay! I'm just glad to finally be your Digimon partner, dagyaa!"
"Hey, we should probably get going. It's gonna be way past sundown by the time we get back to the Real World." Takeru reminded us.
"Yeah, let's go home." Hikari added and we all headed on our way back home, proud of what we had accomplished today.

P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

"Where the hell are they?" I muttered as I checked the time to see it was almost seven o'clock. The screen suddenly began to glow and I got out of the way as everyone came back in a tumble. "Everyone okay?" I asked.
"Yeah…" they all muttered. I soon noticed that there were some unwelcomed guests with them.
"Wait, you brought the Digimon with you!?" I could see there was Patamon and Tailmon but the three others I didn't really recognize. A smaller version of V-mon was lying on Daisuke's head, there was a small round bird with pink feathers and one red feather on its head that Miyako was now cheerful rubbing against her cheek and Iori was staring at a pale round Digimon with two branchia growing out of the side of its head. I'd later find out their names were in order Chibimon, Poromon, and Upamon.
"We didn't mean to bring them, they just followed us." Iori explained. "But why did they change like that?"
"They must have reverted to the Baby forms." Hikari explained.
"But we didn't change…" Patamon noticed.
"We might have a better constitution then they do." Tailmon suggested.
"Hey, wait a second? Where's Tentomon?" Koushiro asked as he was still buried under the pile.
"Koushiro-han! I'm going to stick around and try to find out more on the Digimon Kaiser!" Tentomon informed over the screen.
"Alright, be careful, Tentomon. Oh, g-guys… I'm sorry, but… Please hurry up and get off me!" Koushiro shouted. I had to chuckle. Never a real dull moment when the Digimon are around.

P.O.V. – Third Person

"Hey, Onii-san! Onii-san! Open the door!" A young raven haired boy with blue eyes and hair that went down to his neck, though in the front as it was shorter in the back, knocked on the door to a bedroom. The door soon opened up to reveal a slightly taller boy with the same hair color and eyes though he was wearing glasses and had his hair more closely trimmed down.
"What is it?" The older boy asked.
"Mom said she was working late tonight, so she left us dinner. I brought it for you considering I know you haven't eaten yet." The older boy looked down at the trey of food that was being held and took it from his younger sibling.
"Thanks." He then closed the door behind him.
"Always in his books…" The younger brother muttered as he went back to his room. Inside the older sibling's room, it was dark with the only light being illuminated by the computer screen.

Osamu Ichijouji sat back down and begun planning his next move as the Digimon Kaiser…

Yeah... I think that's what TVTropes would refer to as a 'Wham Line'.

Yep, I'm totally going this route. It's always been an idea I've rarely seen used or at least fleshed in a long story (like Hikari being with the gang from Day 1). So this story will still be much of the same but it's going to be a fairly different journey. I think you'll all like it... I hope. *Fingers crossed*

See you all next time... I've got a few finals to take care of.

"Push the button, Frank."