Man, I got one more week before classes start again. This winter vacation went to fast! I want more time to devote to this story!

Shoutout to DigimonAT0318, MadDogLucario96, and Whiteling for the reviews.

I got more to say at the end, so let's get on with it.

Chapter 17: Warrior of Purity! Shurimon!

Chosen HQ, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. June 16th, 2002. 1232 Hours.
P.O.V. – Koushiro Izumi

"We're not supposed to be able to open the gate to the Digital World without a D-3… Why just Hikari-san?" I muttered to myself as I was pacing the room. It's been almost two weeks since Takeru and Hikari went to that strange world and I've still been trying to knock my head on it. The only good news was that we hadn't had a problem with it since then so maybe we're done with it… for the time being. "Even with Miyako-kun's and myself expansion of the D-Terminal's functions, I didn't think there would be such a change. Maybe it had nothing with what we did to the D-Terminals, maybe Hikari-san must have something special… and I'm not referring to the power of her Crest." At least we're back to focusing on our main problem: driving out the Digimon Kaiser.

The computer chimed which indicated that I had gotten an e-mail message.
"'It doesn't seem like there are any Digimentals around here. – Inoue'" I read the message out loud. The others were in the Digital World right now and had recently detected the presence of a Digimental on their D-3s but lost the signal, so they were trying to look for it, though it now sounds like they haven't had much luck. "'I see… will you be back soon? - Izumi'" I read my own message aloud before I sent it. After a few moments, I got a reply back from Miyako. "'We'll look around some more.'" I quickly checked the map of where they were and it looked like they wouldn't need to worry about trouble. "'Okay, that area doesn't have a Dark Tower.'" I sent another message back.

A minute later, I got a strange signal on the computer; it was something I never saw before.
"A gate opened in America… in New York no less… I wonder if he noticed." I looked to the clock and tried to do the time differential in my head. "At this time… it's still… shoot, it's almost midnight there." I went into thought about my next move. "What should I do? Eh, you know what; I'd think he'd like it. Although, I better send a message to Ross-san and Mimi-san to meet with him first. Best to get the few people in our group who speaks English to welcome him or he'll end up getting lost and we do not need that happening." I soon typed my message to get Mimi and Ross to come over here and soon meet up with our guest.

Digital World. June 16th, 2002. 1251 Hours.
P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

It's almost been three hours now since we first detected that Digimental and we've had no such luck since then. It feels like a wild chase we've been on. The good news is that we haven't had any trouble from the Kaiser so that made the searching a little more easier; the problem now was that we were getting tired and hungry.
"I'm so hungry… any more chocolate?" V-mon asked as he fell on his backside while his stomach growled.
"Yeah, I'm hungry too." Daisuke chimed in.
"Well, it is lunch time right now." Ken pointed out.
"We should have brought more snacks." I said.
"No more Chu-Chu Jelly…" Armadimon complained. Wow, a Digimon that doesn't want to eat something… that's a first, at least to me.
"We can't fight on an empty stomach." Hawkmon reminded.
"Assuming one comes." Wormmon added.

Tailmon looked at Hikari with her arms raised in a shrug and a weird look on her face that made Hikari laugh.
"So, should we go back?" suggested Hikari.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, so let's do that." Daisuke agreed with her.
"We have no choice…" Iori conceded.
"Guys!" Takeru got our attention. "There's a restaurant by the lake!"
"A restaurant!?" V-mon jumped onto his feet.
"Great, dagyaa!" Armadimon cheered.
"Now we can fight again!" Hawkmon cried.

"That was good!" Both V-mon and Daisuke shouted an hour later after we ate lunch at the restaurant.
"I didn't think we could eat this will in the Digital World!" I admitted.
"Same here." Iori nodded across from me.
"It's definitely a welcomed change of pace from what we usually do in the Digital World." Ken said.
"Takeru, what's wrong?" Patamon asked.
"It's been bugging me, if feels like I've been here before…" Takeru looked around.
"Here? I don't remember…" Hikari informed.
"Excuse me! Check, please!" I called for the waiter.
"Sure! Thank you very much." A large egg Digimon with reptile legs walked out from the kitchen.

The others started to head out for the door while I followed the egg to his cash register to pay for the meal.
"So, how much?" I asked him.
"For everyone, it will be eighty-seven dollars." Wait, what? "Like I said, eighty-seven dollars." He thought I didn't hear him.
"Um, how much is that in yen?"
"Eh?"
"So, in yen…"
"We only accept dollars here." He was beginning to sound upset.
"Miyako-san, what's wrong?" Takeru questioned.
"It's eighty-seven dollars…"
"Wait, as in American currency?" Ken wanted clarification.
"But we don't have any dollars…" Hikari admitted.
"Which means…" I muttered as we turned to the egg.
"You're leaving without paying!"

"No, we have money! Look!" I showed him my wallet.
"We take dollars, anything else is just paper!"
"Does it matter? Yen, dollars, it's all the same!"
"How are they the same? If you don't have dollars, then you've eaten without paying!"
"This is pissing me off!" I thought to myself, I was about ready to crack this guy's shell open.
"You want to work it off?"
"Huh? Hey, I've heard this story somewhere before…" Takeru whispered.
"We don't mind working… but if we do that, we won't make it home." Iori told the egg.
"That's not my problem!" He jumped onto the counter. "Anyways, if you don't pay, you better return it by working…"

"I'll pay." We heard a male voice behind us say in some pretty broken Japanese. We turned around and found ourselves at a very handsome boy. He was pale skinned, had blond wavy hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a light green shirt and some blue jeans. The last thing about him was that he looked about a year older than me.
"Um… who are you?" Hikari asked.
"Hello! How's everyone doing?" Mimi popped up from behind him.
"Mimi-san!" We all cried.
"What am I? Nothing?" Ross also walked in with Guilmon, Palmon and a green amphibious Digimon with a large orange fin on its head.
"Hi, Ross-san." Ken said.
"Thanks." Ross sounded disappointed.

"Mimi-san? What are you doing here? And who is this?" Iori asked.
"A gate connecting America to the Digital World opened, so Koushiro-kun sent me and Ross-san to pick up our friend here." Mimi explained, at the same time, Ross was also speaking, but in a lower tone and in another language; English, I'm guessing. After all, if this guy is from America, then he probably doesn't speak Japanese so I guess Ross and Mimi are translating for him.
"Everyone, we'd like you to meet our friend from New York, Michael." Ross introduced.
"And this is my friend Betamon." Palmon also introduced the small Digimon with her and Guilmon.
"I'm Betamon. Nice to meet you." He bowed.
"Uh, Mimi-oneesama, why is Michael-san in the Digital World?" I wondered.
"He's a Chosen Child, like us." Mimi answered. Our eyes widened as he held up a Digivice, the same one the others had before theirs morphed into D-3s.
"A Chosen Child?" We all exclaimed.
"It's like Taichi-san and the others' old Digivices." Daisuke noticed.

P.O.V. – Mimi Tachikawa

We sat back down in the restaurant area and the others began asking questions about Michael and how he became a Chosen Child. He explained he became one just last year.
"Last year?" questioned Hikari.
"Yeah, he became one in 2001." I said. "Michael says he always admired us, it's really flattering!"
"At least through the e-mails he and Koushiro send to each other." Ross clarified.
"So there are Chosen Children like us in America too…" Daisuke muttered.
"Which means there may be more in other countries." Iori guessed.
"Michael is so cool…" Miyako looked star struck. We all quickly looked at her.
"Miyako-san? Why is your face red?" Ken asked. Miyako's eyes widen and she covered up her face in embarrassment.
"{In 1999, I saw a Digimon in New York. It was an Adult-Level Digimon called Gorimon.}" Michael told us.
"That was when Vamdemon invaded Tokyo, right?" Takeru recalled.
"{And when the Digital World was in the sky… August 3rd, 1999. I think witnessing that event was the reason why I became a Chosen Child.}"

"Reason…" It seemed like Iori was remembering something. "Speaking of reason, in 1999… At that time, I was on a plane. It had to make an emergency landing on the water." Wait, he was on that plane that Kuwagamon took down?
"At that time, I was capture by Vamdemon at Big Sight." Daisuke recalled. "Now I know why those Bakemon looked so familiar last month… they were the ones herding us to the convention center."
"Come to think of it… I actually remember seeing the Digimon twice with my brother. The first time, I saw this large furry walrus fighting a large squid on the bay, and then on the day of the fog, I saw two kids climb onto that same walrus and head into Odaiba." Ken informed.
"That was me and Jou-san you saw that day, Ken-kun." Takeru told him.
"Ah, now I got that answer. I'm guessing that walrus is Gomamon's Adult-Level?" Takeru nodded.
"I wasn't directly involved in what happened in the summer of 1999, but I sent e-mails during the fight with Diablomon in the spring of 2000." Miyako said.
"And with Takeru-kun, Mimi-kun, Hikari and I, it was seeing Greymon and Parrotmon clash at Hikarigaoka in '95." Ross concluded.
"Everyone was involved in some way." I slowly nodded my head.
"Fate is so strange." Palmon admitted.
"Hmph, wish it was more spelled out for us." Guilmon huffed.

"Um… I'm sorry to bother you while you reminisce, but…" The egg Digimon walked up.
"{Oh, sorry! I'll pay now!}" Michael apologized.
"Of course!" Takeru stood up from his seat. "It was Digitamamon… During our last adventures when we all got split up, Onii-chan and Jou-san were forced to work here, and Vamdemon's agent, Digitamamon, attacked them!"
"So you worked for an evil Digimon!?" Miyako questioned him.
"No, no, long ago, I may have been wild… okay… listen, PicoDevimon was paying a lot of cash in order to stop you Chosen Children, and I knew he worked for Vamdemon, who at the time I knew was a Digimon not to cross, so that's why I did what I did. Besides, ever since the Dark Masters were defeated, I've been making an honest living." Digitamamon explained.
"So you had a change of heart and you're doing your best." Hikari figured out.
"Good, keep up the good work!" I praised.
"Sure! It's so encouraging for you young ladies to say that." Hard outer shell, but he's really soft underneath.

"What are the Dark Masters? I don't know anything about that…" Miyako asked.
"Very powerful villains we had to fight towards the end of our last adventure. Wait, we haven't told you guys about that yet? Takeru-kun, Hikari, what have you been doing?" Ross questioned.
"We haven't got to that part yet." Takeru explained.
"I don't want to think about those days anymore." Digitamamon sounded discouraged. Well, I think he's truly changed his tune and he wants to be a good Digimon.
"Change of heart, huh? After he accused us of not paying, who'd believe that? He's just a miser…" Miyako thought. "And he looks weird and you can't tell what he's thinking since you can't see his face…"
"But it seems not everyone understands me." Digitamamon's eyes looked upset.
"It's not like that!" I held my hands up in defense. "We all understand you. Right, Miyako-chan?" I turned to her.
"Eh? Y-yeah…"

"That's right. Even if people don't understand you, it's fine as long as you believe in yourself." Takeru gave some words of wisdom right there.
"Even if people don't understand me, if I believe in myself… Of course, you are very right!" Sounds like Digitamamon took those words to heart. "I'll do my best. Thank you, everyone!"
"{Mimi, your trust in people gives them courage. I want to learn that!}" Michael said.
"{Sure, learn on!}" I offered before we both laughed."
"They're good friends, huh?" Daisuke observed.
"Actually, it's the first time we've met him in person, yet they're acting like they've known each other for years." Ross told the others before he mumbled something under his breath that I couldn't understand.
"Michael is all into Mimi-san too… this isn't fun…" Miyako thought to herself.

Our laughter was interrupted as the whole restaurant began to rock.
"It's coming from the lake!" Daisuke determined and we all ran outside. "There!" He pointed across the lake. Coming out of the trees was a large white gorilla Digimon with a large cannon on its left arm.
"{It's Gorimon!}" Michael shouted.
"Watch your backs, everyone! Gorimon is not a foe you want to take lightly! His Power Attack will quite literally blow you away!" warned Guilmon.
"Look! On his right arm! An Evil Spiral!" Hikari pointed.
"But, aren't the Evil Spirals for Perfect-Level Digimon?" Daisuke questioned.
"Maybe the Kaiser is beginning to phase out the Evil Ring. We know it can completely control a Perfect-Level, maybe they can boost the power of an Adult-Level; might be the reason why it's on Gorimon." theorized Ken.
"If they're being used on Adult Digimon as well, there must be many of them." Iori worried. That's not good for our fight against him.

Gorimon aimed across the lake and began charging his arm cannon. We could see it thanks to those tubes connecting to his cannon beginning to pump. He fired a large shot at us.
"Look out!" Daisuke shouted. However, before the shot could reach us, Digitamamon charged out in front of us and took the shot at full force. He may have been fine as he completely shielded himself in his egg but it sent him flying through the air, even taking a chunk of his roof off, to the point we couldn't see him anymore.
"Did he just protect us? Digitamamon?" Miyako looked surprised by what had just happened.
"Grr…" Daisuke growled as Gorimon pounded his chest like the gorilla he was.
"Palmon, let's get that Spiral off of him! Digimental Up!" I shouted.
"Palmon, Armor-Evolve! Roots of Purity, KONTEIMON!"

Konteimon jumped forward into the air and the Shuriken on her head began to spin like a helicopter as she soared down towards Gorimon. The gorilla charged another shot at her but she stopped spinning to dive on him, narrowly avoiding the shot.
"Shuriken Toss!" The shuriken flew out and struck Gorimon in the chest but he just shook it off as Konteimon landed. He recovered faster than she though and he grabbed her before he threw her into the woods.
"Konteimon!" I cried out. I was not worried for long as she used her roots to latch to the trunk of a tree and use centrifugal force to go around the tree and fly back towards Gorimon who she struck in the face.
"{Mimi! Get Gorimon into the water!}" ordered Michael.
"Okay! Konteimon, throw him into the lake!" I yelled.
"Right! Strike Root!" Roots shot out of the ground and entangled Gorimon before they pulled him into the water.

"{Thanks! Now leave the rest to us! Betamon!}" Michael called up his Digimon.
"{Ready to go, Michael!}" Betamon replied in English. Guess he knows both languages. The small Digimon hopped into the water. "Betamon, evolve! SEADRAMON!" His appearance made me flinch for a second there as some bad memories flashed in my mind.
"{Something wrong, Mimi?}" Michael asked.
"{Sorry, Michael, we've just had some bad experiences with the Seadramon line in our adventures. A wild Seadramon attacked us our first night in the Digital World, a MegaSeadramon tried to kill Jou and Takeru on the Rainbow Bridge when Vamdemon invaded, and MetalSeadramon was one of the Dark Masters.}" explained Ross. At the same time, Seadramon popped back out of the water with his body wrapped around Gorimon.
"{That's what we were wanting! Gorimon has the disadvantage underwater!}" After a few moments, there was a large explosion from underwater as Gorimon shot up in the air with a large chunk of ice blocking his cannon.
"Now, Konteimon!" I called out.
"Shuriken Toss!" Another shuriken was tossed and this one struck the Evil Spiral directly causing it to shatter before Gorimon was caught by Seadramon in the lake.
"Alright!" We all cheered.

P.O.V. – Miyako Inoue

"Sorry we were so rough, but we had no choice." Mimi apologized to the now free Gorimon. "You should go back to where you belong." Gorimon growled in agreement and began walking back to where ever his home was.
"Without the Evil Spiral, he's not a bad Digimon anymore." Palmon said.
"Of course, Digimon aren't bad from the start."
"You sure, Mimi-kun? I'd argue with you on a few of them like Devimon." Ross spoke up.
"Maybe… but all these Digimon we've encountered lately were only bad all because of the Evil Spiral."
"{Koushiro explained this all to me during our e-mails… this all because of the Digimon Kaiser, right?}" We all nodded to Michael. "{A kid like us is trying to take over the Digital World, that's just wrong and messed up!}"
"He doesn't know who he really is." Ross whispered to Ken in Japanese to keep Michael from hearing that.
"Messed up or not, it's the truth." Daisuke told Michael.
"Michael is so cool…" I said under my breath.
"You said something?" Daisuke looked at me.
"Nothing…"

I suddenly had a realization about something now that all the fighting was over.
"Wait a second, where's Digitamamon?"
"Right, he protected us…" Mimi recalled. "I'm sure he's hurt somewhere!"
"We'll look for him from above, then." Takeru offered, with Hikari nodding with him. Patamon and Tailmon nodded at each other and soon Pegasmon and Nefertimon were in the skies trying to find Digitamamon.
"Let's go look for him too!" Mimi said.
"No need; I think we found him." Ken pointed over to a small hill where a large egg was rolling down it.
"Digitamamon! You're safe!"
"Yeah, I am!" He shouted from underneath his shell.
"I'm so glad!"
"I should thank him for saving us…" I thought to myself.
"I flew far away and finally managed to come back." His shell opened which revealed his eyes, but they looked somewhat different.
"Thanks about earlier! You saved us!" Mimi ran up to him.
"Mimi-san, wait!" I called out to her. She stopped and turned to me. "Something's different from before!"

Digitamamon's legs now came out of his shell and he took a threatening step forward.
"This time, I'll send you all far away!"
"I knew it…" I said.
"Mimi-kun!" "{Mimi!}" Ross and Michael yelled out for her.
"Miyako-san!" Hawkmon poked my leg, looking ready to fight. I nodded.
"Digimental Up!"
"Hawkmon, Armor-Evolve! Wings of Love, HOLSMON!"
"Take this!" Digitamamon charged forward at Mimi but Holsmon got in the way and took the hard hit which knocked him to the ground.
"Holsmon!" I cried out.
"Daisuke!" V-mon yelled out. The others all followed suit.
"Digimental Up!" Daisuke, Ken and Iori shouted.
"V-mon, Armor Evolve! Burning Courage, FLADRAMON!" "Wormmon, Armor-Evolve! Stinging Kindness, TETERMON!" "Armadimon, Armor-Evolve! Steel Knowledge, DIGMON!"
"Guilmon, let's do it old school!" Ross stepped forward.
"Guilmon, evolve! GROWMON!"

Digitamamon jumped back away from Holsmon as the four Digimon got in between them.
"Knuckle Fire!" "Exhaust Flame!" "Teter Spin!" Digitamamon closed up his shell as both fire attacks hit him and right after they dissipated, Tetermon violently spun into the shell before bouncing off; leaving no marks of damage whatsoever.
"What?" "Huh?" "Damn it…" The three of them said.
"How about this, dagyaa?" Digmon walked up and begun to try to drill through the eggshell. "Not a scratch…"
"Alright, everyone, attack all at once." Fladramon suggested.
"Wait!" Mimi ran right in front of Digitamamon! "Guys, wait a second before you attack Digitamamon!"
"Why!?"
"Digitamamon, go back to your true self. You're being controlled by something evil right now. That must be it!" Wait, does he have an Evil Spiral or something?
"I'm not being controlled by anything, this is my true self." Digitamamon opened his eye portion of his shell.
"No, it's not!"
"It is!"

"Mimi-san, what are you trying to do?" I questioned as the rest of us ran up to her.
"If we talk to him, I'm sure he'll understand."
"That's useless!"
"I agree. He's clearly not in the mood of talking!" Daisuke shouted.
"Everyone, be quiet!" She told us.
"Why? For a Digimon that's not even our ally… it's impossible…" I thought to myself. Is Mimi just really that nice?
"You said it before…" Mimi turned back to Digitamamon. "Even if no one understands us, it's fine as long as we believe in ourselves…"
"That was…" Digitamamon sounded remorseful. "I can't believe you're so naïve to believe that! I just said it to let your guard down!" See? I knew it.
"No, that's a lie." Huh? "Even if nobody believes you, I will."
"Mimi-san… why are you trying so hard?" I wondered.
"You have to be kidding me. Stop saying those disgusting things!"
"No, I won't stop. I'll never stop! Not even if you beg!"
"That's enough!" He charged and struck her in the chest!

"Mimi-chan!" Ross cried as she hit the ground.
"Mimi!" Palmon ran up to her followed by me and Ross.
"Mimi-san!" I shouted.
"I believe in you." Mimi softly said as Ross gently propped her head up, much to mine and even Digitamamon's surprise. "So go back to your true self." Unbelievable, even after what he just did, Mimi was still trying to defend him.
"Your true self…?" I repeated. "Your true self…" Can those same words relate to me as well? Should I also be true about myself?
"Sh-shut up…" Digitamamon yelled. "Shut up, shut up, shut up!"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" I yelled back.
"Huh?"
"Digitamamon, what are you thinking!?" I began to let him have it. "Attacking Mimi-san… Mimi-san, who unlike me, always thought you were a good guy! Let me just say this now: I hate you, I can't stand you! I can't tell what you're thinking!" I marched right up to him. "But when you saved us from Gorimon earlier, I thought that maybe you were a good guy! Really! And now what? You betrayed the people who believed in you!"
"What are you talking about? You didn't trust me!"
"Yeah, I didn't! Because I judge people on how they look! Of course! Cooler must be better! Yeah, I like cool guys. That's why I like cool guys like Michael-san or Ken-kun! I can't help it, okay!? Whatever people say, this is the real me!" As soon as I finished, the ground beneath my feet began to glow, and it begun to rise right in front of me until it was revealed to be a Digimental; the same one Mimi had.

"What's going on?" I questioned once more.
"A Digimental…" Iori said.
"Is that… the Crest of Purity?" Mimi muttered.
"Why?" Daisuke wondered.
"Maybe it responded to the innocent cry of Miyako-san's heart." Ken guessed.
"My… second one?" I said mostly to myself.
"Miyako-san!" Holsmon cried. I nodded as he devolved back to Hawkmon.
"Digimental Up!"
"Hawkmon, Armor-Evolve! Bursting Purity, SHURIMON!"

Shurimon was quite the imposing Digimon. He was dressed like a ninja in a white garb, with large leaves on his shoulders, the Crest of Purity on his headband, three pointed shuriken on his hands and feet that were connected to springs and a large four pointed on his back.
"Autumn Wind!" He threw forward his two shuriken arms but Digitamamon closed up his shell and they bounced off.
"That attack won't have an effect on me. Nightmare Syndrome!" This black blob with a face shot out towards us.
"Guys, I'm counting on you!" He referred to the other Digimon.
"Leave it to us!" They all said as they jumped in front of us humans. That blob was caught in their arms but it got really close to me and looked like it was trying to bit my head off!
"Hm? I see… Kusanagi!" Shurimon grabbed his large shuriken and tossed it which impaled right through Digitamamon's open shell. "I won't let you run!"

"Leave it to us!" Pegasmon and Nefertimon shouted as Takeru and Hikari returned to us. "Sanctuary Bind!" They began wrapping around Digitamamon to cut off his escape and pulled him up into the air.
"Is that… Hawkmon?" Hikari questioned.
"A new Armor Evolution?" Takeru wondered.
"The Evil Spiral is inside the shell!" Shurimon informed. Looks like Mimi was right about him being influenced. "Autumn Wind!" He threw his arm once more and it went into Digitamamon's shell before it came back out. What followed it was Digitamamon hacking up black chunks of the now shattered Evil Spiral.
"He threw up the Evil Spiral!" Daisuke observed.
"You did it, Shurimon!" I cheered.

We all gathered around Digitamamon and after a few minutes, he begun to come back to.
"I-I…"
"Digitamamon, are you alright?" Mimi asked.
"You saved me?"
"Yes, Miyako-chan did."
"Eh? M-me?" I pointed to myself.
"Miyako-san, thank you." Digitamamon walked up.
"N-no, you're making me blush… But I'm sorry for saying that I hated you…"
"It's fine, don't worry about it."
"I'll be more honest from now on."
"It's alright; you're more than honest enough."
"Yeah, like how Mimi is honest about her feelings for Ken!" Daisuke teased. Both me and Ken went really red faced when said that. I'm gonna hurt him for that!

"Mimi-oneesama, this is all thanks to your Crest of Purity!" I told her once I regained my composure. "I'll take good care of it!"
"Okay, good luck!" She told me as a yellow swirl Digimon with a small purple mouse on its head hopped over to her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey, Mimi?" The swirl asked. She turned her head to it.
"How 'bout that date now?" The mouse asked. Her eyes actually began to have tears formed in it.
"C-Chuumon? Oh!" She looked like she was about to hug them before quickly backing off. "Oh, sorry, I'm guessing you guys haven't taken a bath…"
"Eh…" The both nervously said, meaning that they did.
"Oh, Chuumon, it's so nice to see both you and Sukamon alive and well again. I never had the chance to thank you about Piemon."
"It was worth it completely. The Digital World was saved thanks to you guys." The mouse, Chuumon, said.
"So, Mimi, you want to go out with us?" The swirl, Sukamon, asked once more.
"Eh…" Mimi was quickly trying to think of an answer, as I think she was happy to see them, but didn't want to go out on a date with them.
"Sorry, fellas. But she's already going out with me." Ross walked over and got her back on her feet.
"Aw…" Both Digimon sounded disappointed.

P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

We said our goodbyes to Digitamamon, Sukamon and Chuumon as we led Michael back to the gate.
"Hey, sorry for springing that whole date thing on you, Mimi-kun." I apologized.
"It's alright, I felt really great seeing them again, but I really didn't want to go out with them."
"But I was actually being serious."
"Huh?"
"I've been trying to say this for a while now, but haven't found the courage to say it until now, but… would you be willing to go out on a date with me?" There, finally freaking said it! She gave me a kind smile… please say yes, please say yes, please say yes, please say yes.
"I'd be happy to go out with you." She said. Thank you, Jesus!

"You know, I'm sure there'll be a time when we'll fight together again." Daisuke shook Michael's hand.
"{Yeah. Until that time, we'll try to become stronger.}"
"You better hurry; I think your gate will close soon. Besides, isn't it already past midnight in New York?" Ken asked.
"{Yeah, Dad is real understanding when it comes to the Digimon but I don't think he appreciate the fact I'm out this late to go to the Digital World on a school night.}"
"{Well nice to know your dad is a cool guy in private.}" I said.
"{Oh, he's isn't that special, after all, your dad is a war hero.}"
"{Your dad is Marty McFly!}" I yelled.
"Eh?" Some of the others sounded confused. Michael chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head.
"{Yeah… my dad is actor Michael J. Fox, from the Back to the Future films.}"
"What!?" A few of them shouted.
"Oh! Now I really want to talk to Michael-san more!" Miyako moaned. Michael smiled, whispered with Mimi for a moment before walking up to Miyako and holding out his hand.
"See you again, Miyako-kun." They shook hands before Michael and Betamon headed back to New York, happy that he gave us a hand.

All in a day's work for a Chosen Child, no matter what country they're from…

So first things first... Ross finally asked out Mimi.

Next, okay, after watching the dubbed episode, I can now defend a bit better Mimi's actions to Sukamon and Chuumon. They say 'Hey, girl' which in my mind means that it may not be the same ones, those two might still be on File Island. However, I want to the two that met her to make an appearance much like how I want to some old allies to make so appearances later on and I'm not just talking about Whamon.

Finally... yeah, Michael is Michael J. Fox's son. Actually, his eldest son Sam (who looks very much like his father) fits pretty perfectly. Michael is apparently in the 7th Grade which means he was either born in 1989 or 1990 so that fits. He is from New York where the Fox's lived at the time (and still do apparently). Finally, his dad's name is Michael J. Barton... either the writers did that on purpose or that's just a huge coincidence. I know that they included that Harrison Ford connection with that Last Crusade-ish poster and known how to fly a plane, but still.

Anyways, I'll see you all for the next one where we're gonna get a good old fashioned ninja fight! *Starts watching Miami Connection*

"Push the button, Frank."