And the world tour begins!

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

By the way, I'm listing to the Back to the Future soundtrack while editing this... funny considering who's appearing in this chapter.

Don't got much to say for this one at the start, so let's go on with it.

Chapter 45: Battle Royale! New York and Hong Kong!

Skies Above Japan. December 25th, 2002. 1145 Hours.
P.O.V. – Third Person

High above Earth at the International Space Station, news of what was going on was reaching the astronauts on board as they looked down to the planet.
"What? Monsters around the world?" One of the female astronauts said.
"Not only that, some black monolith-like towers are appearing as well." One of the male astronauts replied. "Just what is happening on Earth?" He asks as he looks out the window and sees a bright light screaming across the atmosphere.
"What is that?" The woman asked.
"An unidentified flying object…"

The object wasn't a UFO but rather Imperialdramon that soared through the heavens. With him were the Chosen Children as they were heading to their respective locations where they were to rally with other Chosen Children around the world and send back home any wild Digimon. However, there was still the issue of the Dark Towers in the other parts of the world that weren't in the seven locations they were meeting up. That wasn't a problem for Imperialdramon whose Positron Laser opened fired and destroyed towers all over. From Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, to Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Alcatraz in San Francisco, the deserts of Arizona, the wide open wastes of Northern Canada, the towers were destroyed.

Soon the children were sent in their respective groups. Taichi and Takeru were dropped off in Paris to meet up with Chosen Children in Western Europe and Africa; some children from South Africa were flying all the way to Paris. In Hong Kong, Koushiro and Hikari would meet up Chosen Children all across Asia; from China, Mongolia, Far East Russia, and much of South East Asia. Jou and Iori were dropped off in Sydney and were sailing north to the Gold Coast to meet with the Oceania Chosen Children; kids from Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and other islands and countries of the Pacific. Ross and Miyako would brace the cold of Moscow as Eastern Europe, Russian and Middle Eastern Chosen Children rallied towards them. Osamu and Sora were dropped off in Rio to meet with the Chosen Children of South America. As for Daisuke, Ken, Mimi, and Yamato, they all headed for Miami where they would part ways. Daisuke and Mimi would go to New York, Ken and Yamato would go to the Yucatan Peninsula.

Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, United States. December 24th, 2002. 2215 Hours (EST); 1215 Hours (JST)
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

Back in America once again. Hopefully things will be a bit more simpler than the last time I came to the country. The last thing I think we need on top of all this is another Chocomon incident. Imperialdramon charged his Positron Laser once more and destroyed the last Dark Tower that was out of the way of our destinations. The tower was in the surf right off the beach with a crowd of onlookers before we landed and were let off. Imperialdramon soon devolved back into V-mon and Wormmon.
"Okay, we're here!" I said as V-mon looked over himself.
"Huh? Why am I at Child-Level?" He questioned.
"Must be because of Qinglongmon's light that Gennai-san gave us."
"Right!"
"Okay, Mimi-san… so what's the plan?"
"Well, Michael was supposed to pick us up here…" She said as she looked around.
"Daisuke! Mimi! Ken! {Over here!}" We heard Michael's voice before we saw him on top of a small wall that separated the beach from the road.
"Michael!" I waved back at him.
"{Hey, how are you doing?}"

We soon found ourselves in Miami International Airport where we were to part ways with Ken and Yamato who planned on heading to Mexico.
"{Okay, so Ken, Yamato; Ross's father called in some favors and got you guys a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter, curtesy of the Navy, to carry you guys to Yucatan.}" Michael explained as he pointed to the helicopter with a few guys in navy uniforms waiting right by it.
"Got it." Yamato nodded.
"{Daisuke, Mimi and I will take a jet to New York with me.}"
"Right." Mimi and I nodded. We waved goodbye to Ken and Yamato as they hopped on the helicopter while Mimi and I climbed onto the jet.
"Thanks for the ride!" I said to the pilot as I turned… and saw Michael's father sitting right in the back reading a book. Wow… his dad really was actor Michael J. Fox.

"{What's the matter, Daisuke}" Michael tapped me on the shoulder.
"I thought you and Ross were joking about your father." He nervously chuckled.
"Why do you think we kept Ross from coming?" Mimi giggled. "{Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Fox.}" Mimi bowed.
"{It's no problem. Michael told me what was going on and I wanted to help anyway I could.}" He said.
"{Come on, we should probably get going.}" Michael informed as we all took our seats.
"{Good idea. Bill! Let's get it going!}" He shouted to the pilot who nodded and we soon took off out of the airport and headed for New York.

Niagara Falls, United States. December 24th, 2002. 2257 Hours. (EST); 1257 Hours. (JST)
P.O.V. – Third Person

When TonosamaGekomon arrived on Earth and rested in Niagara Falls, Canadian and American troops were quick to respond and were soon keeping a careful, but distant eye on him as he continued to sleep in the water.
"It's not causing any trouble at the moment, but…" An US colonel looked through a pair of binoculars as he kept his eyes close on the giant frog. There was soon a roar in the sky as he looked up and saw an Airdramon moving towards the falls. "There are two of them now?" TonosamaGekomon got up and started to shout at the Airdramon as the troops looked on.
"What are they doing?" A Canadian captain asked.
"It looks like they're talking, but… can they communicate?" He soon dropped the binoculars as he saw a girl on the back of Airdramon.
"What is it?"
"I don't know… maybe it was my imagination… I saw a child riding on that monster." TonosamaGekomon soon got up and started to walk away with Airdramon away from the falls.
"And now they're leaving… where are they going?"
"Sir, we have a problem!" A US corporal ran up. "It seems the monsters in the other locations are heading towards New York City."
"What?! Damn it… all of New York will be in a panic!"

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. December 25th, 2002. 0204 Hours. (EST); 1604 Hours. (JST)
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya

"{Approaching New York!}" The pilot shouted as we could see the skyscrapers of New York like the Twin Towers and the Empire State Building. I often find it amazing how similar Tokyo and New York can be sometimes. Made due with a smaller location for a city and built upwards instead of out.
"{Dad, it just occurred to me, if we land at La Guardia or JFK, we'll never get into the city with all the traffic.}" Michael told his father.
"{Yes, sir, we're supposed to meet the other Chosen Children at Central Park where we're going to send the Digimon back to the Digital World.}" added Mimi.
"{I understand… Well, I guess desperate times call for desperate measures. Bill! Think you can land us on 5th Avenue by the East Meadow?"} Michael's father requested. The pilot looked at him for a moment before nodding.
"{Should be feasible…but you might want to buckle up.}" We all strapped in.
"We gonna be okay?" V-mon asked.
"Think so." Palmon answered him.
"Still, best to do what old Bill says!" Betamon informs as we head down for the wide street.

After touching down, we all got out and sat on some of the benches of Central Park as we waited for the other Chosen Children to arrive. We all looked on Mimi's laptop and saw several dots beginning to converge on Central Park which meant the other kids were coming. I quickly looked over to see Michael's dad enjoying some of the snacks we brought along with the pilot.
"So, all we got to do is sit here and wait for the other Chosen Children of America and Canada to bring the wild Digimon here?" I asked for a reminder.
"{By the way, was it your idea to gather everyone here, Mimi?}" Michael wondered.
"{Sorry, but it wasn't mine.}"
"{That was actually mine.}" A man in a familiar robe walked up. He then pulled down the hood to reveal it was Gennai!
"Gennai-san!?" I exclaimed as I pointed at him.

"No, my name is Benjamin." He replied back in Japanese as he walked up to us.
"You could say that I'm one of Gennai's partners."
"But you look exactly the same!" V-mon shouted.
"Well… that's because we were originally one and the same."
"What does that mean?" V-mon scratched his head. This whole thing is running the risk of melting my brain.
"I'll explain when things settle down or it will get late."
"By the way, what are the other American and Canadian Chosen Children like?" I looked to Michael. "Are they Chosen from 2001, like you?"
"{Some are from 2001 and some aren't. I've met some but not others.}"
"I see… I wanna meet them soon!" I got excited.
"Yeah!" V-mon nodded.
"They're all close, so you'll meet them in a bit." Mimi told me.
"I can't wait!"

P.O.V. – Third Person

Across New York, the Chosen Children of North America were all gathering towards Central Park, their partners helping herd the wayward Digimon. Near the RCA building in Rockefeller Center, a boy with a FlareLizamon was leading several RedVegimon and a Jyureimon towards the park.
"{We're almost to Central Park.}" A young African American boy named Sam Walker said in English. They all stopped when the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lit up next to them as they walked by. While most of the group was enamored by the display, Jyureimon saw it as a threat and charged forward and attacked it. "{No! That's not an enemy, it's just a Christmas tree!}"
"Stop!" FlareLizamon jumped right after the tree Digimon but was quickly knocked into a building.
"{This is bad…}" Sam worried. "{I better ask for help!}"

"Pika Sparking!" A voice cried out before this purple bunny wearing a martial arts outfit and red gloves with metal switchblade claws on it crashed into Jyureimon. This Digimon was known as Turuiemon.
"Gatling Arm!" From on top of a nearby building, Gummymon, or rather Galgomon, jumped down and opened fire, forcing Jyureimon to fall back away from the tree. Sam turned his head and found Wallace running up to him.
"{Chocomon! Gummymon! Keep him distracted!}" He then turned to Sam. "{Are you alright?}"
"{Yeah, I am…}" They both looked back to the fighting and saw that the three Chosen Digimon were quickly getting thrown back.
"Wallace! He's stronger than all of us!" Turuiemon informed.
"That's because we're only Adult-Level Digimon and he's a Perfect-Level!" Galgomon shouted.
"{I was about to call for help!}" Sam told Wallace.
"{Then do it! Hurry!}" Wallace ordered.

P.O.V. – Mimi Tachikawa

We all quietly sat in the park and ate some snacks as we were waiting for the others to arrive. Daisuke was busy telling Michael some tales about the adventures he had been through, with Benjamin acting as translator for the two of them, and Michael's dad and the pilot were discussing on how to get the plane off the road and back to Miami once we were finished. I soon got a beep on my D-Terminal and pulled it out.
"Emergency, guys!" I shouted as I read the message.
"What!?" Daisuke shot up.
"It's from someone named Sam Walker of Atlanta. He says Jyureimon is causing trouble at Rockefeller Center!"
"What? We have to stop him." determined Daisuke. He and V-mon soon started to run.
"{Wait, Daisuke!}" Michael stopped him.
"What?"
"{Do you know where that is?}"
"Where?" He suddenly looked very embarrassed. "I have no idea."
"Really, Daisuke…" Palmon exasperated. I had to giggle at that.

"Let's all go help." I suggested.
"{Agreed!}" Michael gave a thumbs up.
"Okay, I'll stay here and keep anyone away from here when you all get back." Benjamin informed.
"V-mon, evolve! XV-MON!"
"Palmon, evolve! TOGEMON!" "Togemon, super-evolve! LILIMON!" Oh, how nice it was to see Lilimon once again!
"Betamon, evolve! SEADRAMON!" Okay, this time I wasn't frightened by him considering I knew he was able to evolve into that. Daisuke climbed onto XV-mon's shoulder while Michael and I rode on Seadramon's back.
"Okay, let's go!" Daisuke said as we all headed for Rockefeller Center.

By the time we got nearby, we could see a FlareLizamon fighting Jyureimon at the top of the RCA building.
"Stop it!" He shouted before getting knocked down once again. Lilimon flew as fast as she could before she was soon spinning around the tree Digimon's neck.
"Flower Wreath!" Last time I saw her do this, it pacified DarkTyranomon. But that was because he had a virus… and my worries were correct when he simply shattered the wreath.
"Why?" Lilimon questioned as she flew back down to us.
"It's because he's not affected by a virus." I told her. We turned the corner and found some Digimon on the ground with two boys, one of whom must have been Sam while the other one was Wallace!
"Hey, Daisuke! Mimi!" He waved at us as we got up to the pair.
"Hey, how are you doing, Michael?" Daisuke soon noticed the other rabbit Digimon next to him that wasn't Gummymon. That could only mean one thing. "Is that…?"
"Yeah, but I'll tell you later! Right now we got to calm down Jyureimon!"

"{What happened to him?}" Michael asked about Jyureimon.
"{The Christmas tree lit up and he took it as a threat and has gone into a rage!}" Sam told us.
"If that's the case… Okay, XV-mon! Go and cool Jyureimon off!" ordered Daisuke.
"Cool him off?" XV-mon question before he looked around. "Ah, got it. Leave it to me!" He took to the skies.
"Chocomon, Gummymon, help him out!" Wallace added. Both bunnies nodded and started hopping up the sides of the skyscrapers. The two of them got there first and Jyureimon looked back and forth between the two about which one he was going to fight… only for XV-mon to sneak up behind him while he was distracted… and kicked him off the roof! Jyureimon fell all the way down until he landed head first into the frozen Rockefeller fountain!
"Ooo…" We all groaned.
"Is that enough?" XV-mon asked Daisuke.
"When I said 'cool him off', that's not what I meant…"

"Cherry Bomb!" He launched a large array of explosive cherries that blew back all our Digimon before grabbing them all in his vines!
"XV-mon!" "Lilimon!" "Chocomon! Gummymon!" "Seadramon!" "FlareLizamon!" The five of us cried for our Digimon. Things didn't look good until a Kentarumon showed up and fired his cannon which cut the vines. We turned to see a young Hispanic looking girl with the centaur Digimon.
"{I'm Maria Espinosa. Santa Fe, New Mexico. I've come to help!}"
"Thanks!" Daisuke waved at her. We then turned around to see a Tortamon launch his attack at Jyureimon. A boy of Native American decent crawled up from behind his head.
"{I'm Lou Blackwolf. St. Paul, Minnesota. Are you alright?}"
"{Yeah! Thank you!}" I praised. Jyureimon got ready to attack again but now a Yukidarumon showed up and punched him in the face, freezing him solid. A blond haired boy with glasses ran up to us.
"{I'm Steve Clark. Toronto, Canada. Nice to meet you.}" He had a pretty thick Canadian accent.
"{Likewise!}" Michael greeted him.

All the Digimon soon surrounded Jyureimon, but it was clear he was anything but a push over.
"Okay. Attack together!" Daisuke yelled.
"Flame Hit!" "Ice Arrow!" "Flower Cannon!" "X Laser!" "Gatling Arm!" "Ninja Fist!" "Shell Phalanx!" "Zettai Reido Punch!" "Hunting Cannon!" All the attacks hit and Jyureimon fell over as he went unconscious from the array of attacks.
"Way to go!" cheered Daisuke.

We all said our respective greeting as we all led our vast army of Digimon back to Central Park in order to send them all home. Another Chosen Child named Rose Lawson from Tacoma, Washington and her partner Airdramon met up with us after the fight with even more Digimon then we already had with us before. The unconscious Jyureimon was being carried by Tortamon and Phil though it was fun just to lay in his braches.
"So, Wallace… about Chocomon there… care to explain now?" Daisuke inquired as he and Wallace were riding on XV-mon's shoulders.
"Just the day after we parted ways, I was on my way back upstate to my home when we Chocomon's egg floating down a creek. I was so happy!" He explained.
"Does he know…?"
"Yeah, he does. I tried to tell him it was a long sleep but…"
"Can't really trick me when I know it all." Chocomon turned to look at them. "I'm sorry about everything that happened though. I don't fully know what happened…"
"It's all in the past. The important thing is that your back now." I told him.
"Yeah, it really is." Gummymon gave him a pat on the back… though he kinda forgot his hands were cannons so Chocomon winced in a bit of pain.

"No lost Digimon…" Lilimon flew back down to me and sat behind me. That's great to hear. We soon got back to Central Park and got everything set up.
"Okay, shall we begin?" I asked.
"Daisuke, would you like to do the honors?" Benjamin offered and I nodded with him. Daisuke nodded back.
"You got it! Leave it to me!" He held up his D-3 to my laptop. "Digital Gate, open!" The gate soon showed it was open.
"Yes! The gate opened!" Lou gave out a sigh of relief. The massed group of Digimon were all soon engulfed by the light and sent back including many of the partner Digimon… but their humans had said their temporary goodbyes. A few moments later, all the Digimon were sent back. The only ones who stayed were Gummymon, Chocomon, who was now a small brown bunny and looked like a twin to Gummymon, Betamon, Palmon, and V-mon.

"{Daisuke, Mimi, thanks for coming all the way here!}" "{We couldn't have done it without you.}" "Indeed. Good job, you two." Some of the other kids and Benjamin praised.
"Nah…" Uh, oh. I think Daisuke's ego is getting stroked.
"Careful, Daisuke-kun. Don't get a big head!" I patted his shoulder which quickly brought him back down to Earth.
"Seriously, it was certainly great fighting with you guys again… under less stressful circumstances though…" Wallace told us.
"More than happy to help, Wallace." I told him.
"{Same goes for me too; always a pleasure.}" Michael held out his hand and shook it with Daisuke.

"Mimi-chan!?" An all too familiar voice said from a few yards away. I turned and found myself staring at my mom's sister!
"Hinata-obasan?!" I exclaimed as she ran up to us and hugged me.
"Mimi-chan… when did you get in town? And what are you actually doing here tonight?" She looked at the other kids. "{Was I seeing things… or were all those monsters here a second ago? What happened?}" She asked in English before let go of me and looked over to Daisuke. "{Hey, you. Can you explain?}"
"E-explain, well…" Daisuke muttered after Wallace whispered to him about what she said. He turned around and looked at everyone else who also had nervous looks and chuckled.
"Come on." She put her hands on his shoulder.
"I'll have to play dumb then." Daisuke thought before turning around with a big smile on his face. "Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas, Hinata-san!" He laughed with a dumb look on his face. Nice save, Daisuke… Sorry for putting you on the spot with my aunt, I'll try to make it up to you as soon as I can.

Nathan Road, Hong Kong, Commonwealth of Nations. December 25th, 2002. 1204 Hours. (HKT); 1304 Hours. (JST)
P.O.V. – Third Person

It was almost three in the morning in New York, five in the afternoon in Japan, when Daisuke and Mimi averted the Digimon crisis in America and Canada. Meanwhile slightly earlier in the day after being dropped off by Imperialdramon, Hikari and Koushiro were dealing with their own problems as they tried to rally the Asian Chosen Children in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong. One of the crown jewels of the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1982, British Prime Minister Margret Thatcher began talks with Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping in order to extend the lease of Hong Kong to the British. The Chinese counter, wishing for the return of all their territory still under foreign administration. Negotiations go nowhere for a year until the Premier bluntly states that he 'could take the whole lot in an afternoon'. Embolden by her victory with the Falklands War, Thatcher takes the gauntlet and reinforces the Hong Kong garrison. China retaliated by moving troops to the border to try to force her to reconsider. Half a year passes and Thatcher doesn't yield an inch, and even convinces several Commonwealth States to stand with Britain. On April 19th, 1984, China decides to recover by force and declares war on Britain.

The war went by several names: the Sino-British war, the Hong Kong War, the Nine-Days War. In the end, it was a total rout. The Commonwealth forces suffered over three thousand casualties, but it was at a seven to one ratio as the Chinese took over twenty-one thousand causalities, not including those that were captured. The Chinese divisions that were sent in to capture the territory were devastated and any major reinforcements were too far out. The conflict ended within nine days as the Royal Navy soon arrived in the area, the United States and the Soviet Union, whom were at odds with China since 1979, also began put pressure on the Chinese to stop the conflict. With nothing gained, the Chinese withdrew and sued for peace where Britain was able to keep Hong Kong, until a referendum in 1997 where Hong Kong declared independence from Britain and became a Commonwealth member.

On Christmas Day of 2002, chaos was running rampant in the city as the Digimon incursion continued. At Nathan Road, a Mojyamon had stabbed the pavement with his sharp icicle and caused a mass panic of people running the other way. The only one who wasn't running was an old mustached man who stood his ground. Mojyamon ran up to him before he pulled out a yellow paper with Chinese lettering on it.
"{Evil spirit, begone!}" The paper landed on Mojyamon's nose, but did nothing. Instead he just blew it away with his nose. "{How dare you…}" The old man took a few steps back.
"{Watch out, Grandfather!}" A tall boy in a white tank top and red pants named Poi Jiang picked him up and got him out of the way from being skewered by Mojyamon's icicle. Jiang's brothers soon arrived as well. The middle brother in blue pants was Han while the shortest and youngest brother was in yellow pants and named Zhao.
"{Leave this to us!}" Zhao told their Grandfather.
"{Leave it to you? What do you plan to do, grandchildren?}"
"Shakomon!" The three brothers turned around to their Digimon which were oyster-like creatures.
"Shakomon, evolve! OCTOMON!" The three of them evolved into octopus Digimon with a crown on their heads, sword in one tentacle and a ink gun in the other. "Ocean Ink Gun!" All three of them fired and blinded Mojyamon with the ink before he fell over.

P.O.V. – Hikari Yagami

When we heard the nearby panic, we quickly had our Digimon evolve to their Perfect-Levels to get there fast. Koushiro was riding on AtlurKabuterimon's horn while Angewomon had me in her arms. We soon saw the commotion and saw a Mojyamon on the ground with three octopus Digimon right near him with three boys. Those must be some of the Asian Chosen Children. The boy in blue pants shouted and those octopus Digimon looked ready to finish him off.
"No! Don't hurt that Digimon anymore!" I cried as we landed.
"{Huh?}" The boys looked at each other. "{Japanese?}" The tall one looked to us. "{Uh, I can't understand you!}" He told me in English.
"{Wait, you guys know English?}" They all nodded. "{Oh, thank goodness…}" I breathed a sigh of relief before giving Koushiro a thumbs up.
"That's nice to know you can talk to them. I don't know that much English." He told me.
"It's okay, Koushiro-san, I can communicate with them for you."

"{Surprised to know you speak English.}" The smallest boy said to me.
"{I could say the same to you boys.}"
"{Hey, this is Hong Kong, we're a Commonwealth nation after all!}" The middle one laughed.
"{Anyways, what I was trying to say before; don't hurt that Digimon anymore. He's just lost and doesn't mean anything he does.}" I explained.
"{Alright, but forgive us for going a bit rough on him. After all, he nearly skewered our grandfather.}" The tall boy informed. Soon, one of Gennai's compatriots, Jackie, arrived and walked over to the boys. I was a bit surprised to see him look exactly like Gennai but Koushiro explained things to me. I'm a smart girl but I won't try to understand some of the things that Koushiro knows.
"{She's right. The Digimon are not enemies so please don't try to hurt them.}" He told them. "{They're lost and confused so we need to send them back home. If we return them to the Digital World, it will be fine.}"

"{Okay, then… but… could we at least know who you guys are?}" The short boy asked.
"I'm Izumi Koushiro, I come from Japan." Koushiro introduced himself as we got off our Digimon and walked up to the boys with Jackie translating for him. "This is Yagami Hikari-kun." He motioned to me.
"Ni hao!" I bowed and gave a formal greeting in Cantonese. It was actually the few Cantonese I knew.
"And this is a friend of Gennai-san's, Jackie-san." Koushiro finished his introductions while Jackie gave out a little martial arts move. "You're Hong Kong's Chosen Children, right?" He asked as the old man with the boys walked over and looked at Angewomon and AtlurKabuterimon.
"{I'm Jiang.}"
"{I'm Han.}"
"{And I'm Zhao.}"
"{We're the three Poi brothers.}"

"{We're gathering the Digimon that got lost in the Real World at Kowloon Park to send them back to the Digital World. Will you help us?}" Jackie asked. The three brothers gathered up and whispered to each other. The soon broke a moment later.
"{Okay. It'll be our pleasure to help.}" Jiang said.
"Thank you!" Koushiro nodded.
"Xie xie!" I thanked which caused all the brothers to blush and have hearts in their eyes. Oh, boy, even more admirers.

Kowloon Park, Hong Kong, Commonwealth of Nations. December 25th, 2002. 1437 Hours. (HKT); 1537 Hours. (JST)
P.O.V. – Koushiro Izumi

We all soon ended up in Kowloon Park where we were waiting for all the remaining Asian Chosen Children to arrive with all the wayward Digimon. I was looking at my D-Terminal as multiple kids were messaging me that they were on their way.
"It seems they're heading this way from all over Asia." I told Hikari.
"Did you hear that, Jackie-san?" We looked over to him and saw him with practicing some martial arts moves with the Poi brother's grandfather.
"Yes!" He informed.
"{Looks like it'll be over by dinner.}" believed Jiang.
"{Which means…}" Zhao sounded on the verge of excitement.
"{We can have dinner with Hikari-chan after this!}" Han claimed. I shook my head and smiled. Hikari just somehow has that way with boys.

My thoughts were interrupted when my D-Terminal beeped and I soon received a messaged that was a cry for help.
"What? Who is it?" Hikari looked concerned.
"It's from someone named Mina in India… I'll explain later. Let's hurry to the Chinese border!" I turned to one of the Poi brothers. "Would one of you come along with us?"
"{Alright, I will!}" Jiang stepped forward. We soon got back on AtlurKabuterimon and Angewomon and few to the border. The issue was that Mina's group was finding their path blockaded by an entire battalions worth of Chinese troops. If they tried to move forward, they'd find themselves fired upon and things could only get worse from there.

We landed where Mina and her partner Meramon waited for us along with all the Digimon following her.
"{Hello.}" She greeted in English as we messaged her that we didn't speak her native tongue.
"{That must be it.}" Hikari looked ahead at the mechanized battalion that had their guns positioned right for us.
"If needed, AtlurKabuterimon and I can act as decoys." Angewomon offered.
"Right. Meanwhile, everyone else would head to Hong Kong." added AtlurKabuterimon.
"W-wait a second. It's not that simple." I was quick to stop them. "There could be a misunderstanding and this could turn into an international problem."
"{Beijing does not like to be made to look weak. We're at a standstill here.}" explained Jiang.
"They probably won't believe what we tell them…"
"But…" Hikari spoke up.
"Us Digimon could talk to them instead of Hikari and the others, but I can't speak Chinese." Angewomon said.
"Me neither…" sighed AtlurKabuterimon. Hikari's eyes suddenly widened a second later.
"That's it! I've got an idea!"

The idea was to use Octomon as a translator. He slid forward to the ravine wall before using his ink gun attack and began to spell out 'Ni hao'. We clearly must have got the troops attention as we all soon started to wave at them. A few moments later, the troops started to run around until they used their bodies to spell out 'Ni hao' as well!
"They got it!" Hikari cheered.
"Okay, please tell them our objective like that." I turned to Jiang.
"{Gotcha!}" After about ten minutes of him talking with the Chinese commander, we were soon allowed across the border.

We soon got back to Kowloon and met up with some other Chosen Children not to long after that. I then got my laptop ready for the gate to be open and the Digimon to be sent back home.
"Let us begin, then." I finished opening the gate program. "Hikari-kun?" She held up her D-3.
"Digital Gate, open!" The wind picked up as the light got brighter before a few moments later, all the Digimon were sent back to the Digital World. I then took a deep sigh of relief. "{Thank you, everyone!}"
"{Likewise. You really saved us.}" Jiang shook her hand.
"{Thank you very much!}" Mina bowed.
"{No fair, bro! I wanna shake hands with Hikari too!}" Zhao shouted and shoved him out of the way to shake her hand.
"{Me too, me too!}" Han pushed his brothers out of the way as well. I could only laugh at the brothers fight.

P.O.V. – Third Person

However, while the crisis were being averted across the world, Japan was experiencing a strange calm considering what was happening earlier. At a small park in Tokyo, a small brown haired boy named Youshizawa Takashi was sitting by himself on a swing set while some other kids ran by and played some soccer. A moment later, Takashi turned and saw Mummymon sit on the opposite swing.
"You're all alone too, mister?"

Mummymon stopped swing and slowly turned to look at the boy…

Takashi! STRANGER DANGER! STRANGER DANGER! F-ing run! This is not going to end well, and we know it.

By the way, the whole Hong Kong war is one of the campaign scenarios 'Pearl of the Orient' for the RTS game Wargame: Red Dragon.

Anyways, see you in Paris and Australia for the next one.

"Push the button, Frank."