Titan Tamer of The Swordsman

Chapter Seven

Final Exam

A/N

Karsap: Time for the next chapter.

Yuki: Final Exam? But I'm not going to school anymore.

Karsap: You aren't taking it Yuki, but three new super villains are.

Kotemon: Really we just face four of them can't we go back to fighting Digimon?

Karsap: Not until the next chapter. Oh and Yuki your Cousin is getting a cameo in this chapter.

Yuki: Wow is Cousin Rika paying me a visit, or we're visiting her?

Karsap: No and not yet.

Yuki: Oh. Wait not yet why?

Karsap: In good time. But enough of that Kotemon do the disclaimer.

Kotemon: Okay! Karsap doesn't own Digimon or Teen Titans, but he owns my Tamer Yuki Hata.

Underground Lair - Night

In a flash of static, a school crest suddenly appeared on a monitor. The crest was hexagonal, black-and-white checkered within a golden border, with a large H superimposed on it in gold script. Across the bottom was a white banner that read H.A.E.Y.P. Behind the crest, a square corridor could be seen, the walls, ceiling, and floor were made of honeycomb-shaped tiles.

"The H.I.V.E. Academy for Extraordinary Young People is proud to introduce..." a cold female voice narrated as a platform rose up into view in front of the crest, three individuals now standing before it. One was a very short bald boy in a forest green jumpsuit, a pair of goggles popped on his forehead, and assorted controls mounted at his chest and waist level. Behind him was a tall beefy fellow with a collar-length brown hair and a small beard. His sleeveless shirt and pants were black and studded with gold bands across his chest and ran down his shoulders, as well as studded gold wristbands and golden-cast shoes like a elephant's. Off the right of these two was a slim girl in an off the shoulder black dress trimmed with blue ruffles, black-and-blue striped stockings, and black platform boots with blue soles. Her pink hair was bound into two large horn-like tufts that stuck up from her ears and matching her cat-like eyes. Her skin was a light grey shade, and she had a small pendent hung from a black ribbon around her throat. "This year's top graduates..." the female voice narrated as the three leapt from the platform, the big one and the girl leaving the frame to the sides as the camera zoomed in on the runt. "Gizmo- The boy genius whose intellect can conquer any problem with an inventive solution," the voice narrated as Gizmo pressed a button on his chest, a pair of steel wings sprouting from the backpack on his back as he took flight. As laser cannons popped out of the tiles on the walls, the boy genius easily dodged them before pressing another button, the disk making up the back of his pack releasing a salvo of missiles that destroyed all their targets with remarkable efficiency. "Jinx- The enchanting sorceress whose powerful hexes mean bad luck for her enemies," the voice stated as the girl now came into the frame's view, the girl extending her arms to both sides and did a 360 twirl, four large panels from the walls falling out and crushing a quarter of white and black-trimmed robots that were coming for her, Jinx back flipping down the corridor a short distance.

As three larger laser cannons rose out from the floor, the giant suddenly dropped down and bent the barrel as though it were nothing but a piece of taffy. "And Mammoth- The genetically enhanced giant whose unstoppable strength speaks for itself," the woman spoke as he tore the laser cannon from it's mooring and performed an Olympic-style hammer throw, the laser cannon skidding down the hall and wrecking the other two. A robot like the one from before then caught the huge man in it's hands, but Gizmo leapt onto it's back and attached a small metal unit, which screwed itself down. Leaping away, sparks began to fly across the robot's frame before it fell over. "Well-organized, highly trained, and combat equipped..." the voice narrated as Jinx ran to Mammoth and sprung off his hands as she began to do a series of flips down the corridor. "These new H.A.E.Y.P. agents are perfect fighting force," she narrated, pronouncing the acronym as a battery of lasers emerged from the walls and began to cut lose at Jinx, the sorceress gymnastically advancing forward, all the laser cannons hitting one another in an attempt to hit her. Surveying the damage in triumph, she then faced the front as Gizmo and Mammoth slid to either side of her. "And for the right price, this ideal team can be yours," the narrator finished, the screen giving way to static before a gray-haired woman stepped in front of the monitor, wearing a view-sever dark outfit with a hexagonal gold patch on her right sleeve.

"Well, Mr. Slade?" the woman asked.

"Impressive. Truly," the man now known as Slade spoke from the shadows. "However, robots and obstacle courses only prove so much. My plans demand operatives who can function in the real world," he said getting up from his seat, as he led the woman across the catwalk behind his shadowed throne. "If your students are going to serve me, they'll have to pass one final exam," He said as he ascended to a platform overlooking the gray-haired woman under one spotlight, while Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth all stood on the other. "Destroy the Teen Titans, and then we'll talk."

The light on the trio went out, and then the woman bowed before her light was extinguished as well. Only the outline of Slade's figure and his eye were visible as he left alone.

Yuki's dream

Yuki was sleeping when he had a weird dream where he was seemed to be flying over a city at night which was familiar to him.

'Shinjuku?! Why I'm dreaming I'm flying over my dad's hometown?' he thought, when he saw someone on the streets below in fog, it was a girl that was at the same age as him and her hair was the same color as his but her hair was in a style of a pineapple with a ponytail who was also familiar to him.

'Cousin Rika?! What's my cousin doing out in the middle of the night? Wait why's there's also strange fog here?' he asked when in the fog came his answer, it was a creature that looked like a tiger that was made of fire except for it's face and paws. Yuki instantly know what it is.

'A Lynxmon?! Okay why's my cousin fighting a Digimon?' He asked as he saw Rika took out something that surprised the Titan Tamer. 'A D-Arc?! Why does Rika also have a D-Arc?' Yuki asked as his cousin's D-Arc showed analysis of Lynxmon. "Lynxmon, Armor level Digimon, Vaccine attribute, It's attacks are Howling Buster and Wild Nail Claw." Rika read the analysis.

It was then Yuki saw another creature appeared next to her, it looked like an anthropomorphic fox, that stood on it's hind legs had yellow fur with white fur on the top of it's belly, it wears purple sleeves and has fur spikes on it's shoulder blades, it's face triangular like a fox, it had pointed ears and her eyes had a black scelera with cold blue irises, and a very bushy white tipped yellow tail.

'Okay now I'm confused who's this Digimon?' Yuki asked about the newcomer.

"I expect you to have no trouble with this Renamon?" Rika asked the fox to her side.

"Yes, Rika!" muttered the now named Renamon without a hint of emotion on it's female sounding voice.

'Okay when did my cousin became a Digimon Tamer?' Yuki asked since he figure that his cousin knows Renamon, as Lynxmon launched at Renamon, Lynxmon pinned her down and was ready to strike her with it's claws. It was then Yuki saw a familiar look on his cousin's face "Go get Lynxmon Rika!" Yuki said. "Renamon, Let's finish this!" Rika shouted as she pulled out some of her Digimon cards.

*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*

"Let's see which one?" Rika asked as she goes though her cards then she picked one. "The Boost Card!" she said as she spins the selected card around gaining it in her hand then she slide it threw the card slot. "Digi-Modify!" she pauses letting the card read through "Hyper-Shift Activate!"

Thanks to the Digi-Modify Renamon escaped and counter attacked Lynxmon with a kick on the chest and sent Lynxmon flying back, being a cat Lynxmon landed on it's paws.

Getting up as if nothing happened, Renamon sways her head back and forth finally hearing the sound of her neck popping, immediately after, she rushes toward Lynxmon and strike it with a right hook, then she spin kicks Lynxmon on the face, jumping backward to doge one of it's claws, Renamon upper cuts it sending it up in the air. As Lynxmon fell to the ground, Renamon jumps up and crosses her arms in frount of her.

"Diamond Storm!" Renamon shouted as she extended her arms to her side and hundreds of shiny leaf like shards appeared in front of her and pelted mercilessly the downed Lynxmon and burst it apart in millions of data particles.

When Renamon landed, she walked up to the bunch of data that was Lynxmon and absorbed it in her body. It was then that Yuki was hit on the head by something, waking him up.

Titans Tower - Midmorning

When Yuki awoke from his dream in his and Kotemon's room he saw the Digimon already had his bamboo sword out the Tamer instantly knew what happened. "Ow! Again Kotemon why did you do that for?!" Yuki shouted. "For two reasons. One it's almost noon and you skipped breakfast." the Digimon said. "Oops!" Yuki said. "And two you was talking in your sleep. Which brings me to a question of my own. Why?" Kotemon said with his own question. "Well it's a weird dream I'll tell you on the way to the Ops room to where the others are." Yuki explained. "Okay!" the Digimon said as the two went to the Ops room.

Flashback(Right after Yuki's dream ended)

After Renamon absorbed Lynxmon's data, Rika looked up to where Yuki was, only to find there was nothing there. 'That's weird I thought that my cousin was there.' she thought and went up to Renamon. "You could have finished faster." she said.

"I'll do it next time Rika." Renamon said with her emotionless voice.

"You will." Rika said. "Now, let's go home." ordered Rika.

"Yes." replied Renamon.

It was then Rika wanted to asked something "Renamon during the fight did you see something?" she asked. "I thought I did, right before I attacked. Why did you ask?" Renamon answered with her own question. "Nothing much!" Rika said as the two started walking.

Flashback End

"What?! Are you serious that your cousin's a Digimon Tamer?" Kotemon asked. Yuki had told the Digimon everything in the dream. "I'm pretty sure it's her!" Yuki said. "Wow that Renamon of her's sounds tough but I think I can take her!" Kotemon said. "Don't get too excited we maybe good but like I said my Cousin Rika is 'The Digimon Queen' and she's also the one who taught me all about Digimon Cards but I never beaten her." Yuki said. It was then they heard Beast Boy's voice. "I'm telling you I didn't lose it! You were the one watching T.V. last night!" Beast Boy cried at to whom what Yuki thought is Cyborg. "Great. Beast Boy lost the remote let's go!" Yuki said as he and Kotemon went threw the doors of the Ops room. As the doors of the Ops room slid open the other Titans was there.

"And the is the secret to traveling faster than light." Starfire finished on the side of the room where she and Robin are.

Then both the Tamer and Digimon's eyes widened as they look at the room. The entire room was trashed at the counter piled high with dirty dishes, and garbage strewn across the floor. "Wow do this always happen when people lose stuff?" Kotemon asked. "Yes Kotemon!" Yuki said. "Oh!" Kotemon said. It was then the Digimon's stomach growled. "Well time to get myself a early lunch." Kotemon said as he walked over to the fridge and opened it. A few seconds later Kotemon slammed it closed and in a way reminiscent of the Flash the Digimon zipped under the table that Raven was happen to be sitting at with a freaked out look on his face and Yuki went up to see what scared Kotemon.

"Kotemon what's wrong?" The Tamer asked.

"Ttthe fffridge iiis hhhaunted bbby aaa Bbbakemon!" The Digimon exclaimed with fear, as his arm was pointed at said fridge.

"You and Yuki went over this, the kitchen appliances don't have souls." Raven said sighing.

"Actually Raven Kotemon said Bakemon a Ghost Digimon that possesses electronics. But she's right there's nothing in there Kotemon." Yuki said.

"No, there's a Bakemon in there!" Kotemon tried.

"So if you want to blame someone, look in the mirror, buddy!" Beast Boy growled having ignored the Digimon, who Yuki and Raven was now trying to coax out from under the table.

"Whoa! Take it easy Titans! Combat practice is this afternoon." Robin said trying to defuse the situation, whereas he was thinking. 'I tell these guys again and again, clean up when the mess is small. Not wait until everything gets like this!' the boy wonder thought looking around the messy room. If anyone saw their living area like this, they'd never hear the end of it. God forbids Bats saw it- The man kept his Bat-cave absolutely spotless, but as the Tower Ops room was now, it was hardly fit to live in, let alone give out orders from.

"We must mend your dispute by sharing the unhealthy junk foods. I shall fetch them." Starfire said as she headed to the kitchen, while it was also messy and was the lesser of the two evils.

"I don't need food! I need help finding the remote!" Cyborg cried as Starfire looked into the fridge and saw all the blue-covered food. Looking to one part of the fridge where a wheel of cheese sat however, a portion of the moldy, blue-furred mass suddenly rose up, forming a sloppy maw and screeched at her.

"AHHHHHH!" Starfire cried as she shot her starbolts into the fridge, the resultant explosion nearly covering the entire Ops room in blue furry mold.

"Didn't I told you?" Kotemon asked Yuki and Raven, the Digimon, Tamer, and Raven were untouched by the mold as Kotemon had pulled his Tamer and Raven under the table before the explosion happen.

"Uh, you can let us go..." Yuki and Raven both said, their faces slowly turning red as Kotemon saw he held his Tamer and Raven close together, Raven was thankful for the fact that the blush was hidden by her hood.

"Oh, sorry." Kotemon said as he let them go and the three stood up to see the mess that was created.

"...Maybe we should just go out for pizza." Robin stated as a bit of furry blue food sloughed off one of his spiky locks, which he swore shrieked when it hit the floor, as he stood frozen in the midst of the other three as they tried to kill one another. Stomping it down for good measure, he called for the tower's cleanup function to deal with the... mess, in the tower, while they went out to eat. After they got cleaned up of souse.

Pizza Place

After their little... incident, the kitchen, the Titans headed out to the Pizza Place, the very same place that Starfire had nearly wrecked completely when she arrived at planet Earth and where they came up with their team name. At the moment after they sat down the majority were arguing about what to get a topping on the pizza.

"Double pepperoni!" Cyborg cried out as Raven rubbed her temples, both Yuki and Kotemon was looking in the menu not getting in the argument.

"I'm not eating meat!" Beast Boy cried in protest.

"There's no meat in pepperoni!" Cyborg argued, it was then Yuki got on the argument "What do you mean there's no meat in pepperoni Cyborg of course it is, it's made of pork! What were you living under a rock?" Yuki said, not knowing at that very moment, a person was looking at them through a scanner was placing green cross-hairs over their heads, the words INITIATE MISSION flashing red from the bottom.

"Gizmo to Jinx. Begin phase One!" Gizmo said to Jinx who was cupping her ear, receiving the transmission via hidden radio and carelessly tossing a hex bolt at a bus, causing it to roll downhill. The horn going off, the Titans stood up from their arguing, the sound of a baby crying from the ground level at a crosswalk electing a shocked gasp from Beast Boy.

"Titans! Go!" Robin shouted as the Titans immediately sprung into action, Starfire pushing the carriage out the way while Cyborg, Raven, Yuki and Kotemon planted themseves in the bus' path. Yuki then took out his Grankoomon card and D-Arc.

*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*

He spins the selected card around gaining it in his hand then he slide it through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify!" He pauses letting the card read through "Grankoomon's Table Flip Activate!"

Kotemon could feel the strength of the Digi-Modification from the Royal Knight card he bends to the road and grabs it. "Table Flip!" Kotemon shouted as he flips the road as if it was a chabudai made of Chorme Digizoid in the air while Cyborg held the bus back with his strength, Raven's magic pulling the gear shift lever into Park from Neutral. At that moment the bus' tires screeched as it slowed at where Kotemon flipped the road.

"Um... Don't Buses normally have drivers?" Cyborg asked looking to find the bus was empty.

"And don't baby carriages normally have babies?" Robin asked pulling out a dark green-furred teddy bear with light green eyes out from said baby's typical occupancy.

"Are you pit-sniffers normally this stupid?" a condescending voice suddenly asked from the bear as it's head swiveled around, laser beams from it's eyes sending Robin, Beast Boy and Starfire flying into a alleyway with a trail of smoke behind them. Meanwhile at the bus, the mode of mass transit suddenly seemed to tilt back on it's rear wheels, Cyborg was completely flabbergasted before the bus came down on top of them, Kotemon wrapped his arms around Yuki and Raven's waists and jumped out of the way of the blast. "And then four were three." the same voice from the teddy bear said in the form of a short bald kid as Kotemon set Raven and his Tamer down, as the former two getting into a fighting stance as Robin and Starfire joined them.

"This isn't over yet!" Robin returned, as Cyborg's sonic cannon sending the bus flying to one side as he climbed out.

"We're just getting started!" Cyborg said with a clenched fist as he lept out the hole.

"Who are these guys?" Beast Boy asked as he tossed a banana peel off his forehead.

"We are the H.I.V.E.!" Gizmo answered.

"You're worst nightmare!" Mammoth added.

"And this is Attack Pattern: Alpha!" Jinx finished.

"H.I.V.E. really? Is that the best name you can come up with?" Yuki asked after he laughed as Gizmo took to the air and started firing laser rounds at the Tamer, which Kotemon grabbed him and they and the others dodged as they split off to fight their own enemies as the Tamer and the Digimon went to an alleyway. "Yuki this isn't the time to make fun of our foes!" Kotemon said. "Oh! Well go get them!" Yuki said "Got it!" the Digimon said as he went to the fight and left Yuki in the alleyway.

"What do you call an idiot with a rocket on his back?" Mammoth asked as he grappled Cyborg in equal strength earning a "Huh?" from Cyborg.

"Doomed!" Gizmo cackled as he slapped a large grey rocket onto Cyborg's back, which ignited and sent him careening to the sky. "Cyborg!" Starfire shouted as she suddenly took off into the sky after him, the rocket changing directions and heading north too fast for her to catch him initially, effectively taking her out of the flight. At the same time, Jinx came at Raven with a jumping spin kick, the mage dodging two more strikes before countering it with a backhand.

"You fight like a boy!" Jinx smirked as she blocked the attack.

"What do you know so do I! Thunder Kote!" Kotemon shouted as he got between her and Raven and punched Jinx in the stomach with his electrical charged fist and sent the pink-haired sorceress flying straight into Gizmo, but not before he nailed Robin in the chest and sent him to the ground as he and Beast Boy rushed them from down the street. Transforming into a elephant mid-stride, Beast Boy rushed at them only for Mammoth to suddenly hoist the transformed changeling into the air over his shoulders.

"Mammoth's gonna make you extinct!" the large teen laughed as he suddenly chucked the pachyderm at the mage and the Digimon, the prior returning the favor for earlier by pulling Kotemon out of the way, Beast Boy rolling across the ground returning to normal, Robin running up and helping him up while the others gained some distance.

"Is it just me, or are we getting our butts kicked?" Beast Boy asked.

"It's just you!" Kotemon and Raven replied.

"Listen up team, I have a plan." Robin said as he helped Beast Boy up. At that moment however, three blasts from Gizmo sent Beast Boy, Kotemon, and Raven flying, leaving Robin to face the thee H.I.V.E. students on his own. 'No what are they going to do with Robin?' Yuki thought as he saw they sent Kotemon with Beast Boy and Raven from the alleyway.

"Gee scum-buffer. Sure hope your fancy plan includes getting fried!" Gizmo cackled as his laser cannon leveled itself at Robin who stood his ground.

"You'll just have to find out the hard way." Robin said holding a hand out to the trio, making a 'bring it on' motion.

At that moment Gizmo's weapon tilted down and impacted the street, a long crack appearing on the asphalt as Jinx landed on her knees and threw a spell that widened the fissure, Mammoth leaping though the air with a mighty yell and bringing all his weight down on the fault line, the three-way combo causing the road to be blasted open into a wide chasm, and Robin tumbled into the darkness of Jump City.

"Robin!" Beast Boy cried as he, Kotemon and Raven landed on the ground as he bent down and held his knee Yuki saw this and went up to them. "Yuki!" the Tamer heard his Digimon out to him.

Yuki then tuned back to the rest of the Titans. "Raven, take Beast Boy back to the tower while a certain someone deals with them." the Tamer said.

"We're not leaving you two, and what do you mean?" Beast Boy asked.

"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BEAST BOY! GO NOW!" Yuki shouted. and with a hesitant nod, Raven thew the injured Titan's arm over her shoulder and teleported out.

"This will be quick since one of you don't have any powers!" Jinx said.

"Ha! You're right on one thing but the tables have turned with a champion in this fight" Yuki said as he took out the Digivolution card. "What are you talking about?" Jinx asked. "How about My partner shows what I'm talking about. Ready Kotemon?" Yuki asked his partner. "Ready Yuki!" Kotemon replied.

*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*

With that said Yuki whirls the Digivolution card around catching it in his hand he then swipes the card through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify..." as he shouted letting the data of the card run through it, "...Digivoltion Activate!"

*Cue Digimon Tamers~Digivolution Theme (US)*

The words DIGIVOLUTION appeared on Yuki's D-Arc and it begins the Digivoultion process with Kotemon shouting "Kotemon...Digivole to...Musyamon!"

The Champion Level Digimon rises in front the H.I.V.E. students with shocked looks on their faces. "WHAT THE SNOT?! WHAT HAPPEN TO THE SMALL PIT-SNIFFER?" Gizmo exclaimed, as his backpack sprouted spider-like legs. "WHY DIDN'T OUR INTEL SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?!"

"I'm right here! Ninja Blade!" Musyamon shouted as he slashed Gizmo's spider legs with his flaming Shiratori-maru, making the bald kid fall.

"It doesn't matter what happen to him I'll handle this!" Mammoth smirked as he cracked his knuckles. With a roar, he run up to Musyamon who saw him and smiled.

"And I see why you're named after a Mammothmon. Shogun Sword!" Musyamon shouted as his Shiratori-maru is surround by flames and then it took the shape of a ghost-like dragon made of flames to impact on the H.I.V.E. student earning a-"What?" in return sending the huge teen to the wall "MAMMOTH!" After Mammoth impacted on the wall he fall back on his butt. "Mammoth, are you okay?" Jinx cried as she and Gizmo went over to their partner-in-crime.

Mammoth lifted up his head long enough to say, "But Shimmer, I don't wanna go to H.I.V.E. Academy with you today. I wanna stay home and bake cookies with mommy!" And then the large teen was out like a light.

Jinx then turned to both the Champion Level Digimon and Tamer and giggled a bit, "You two are not bad." She said as she began walking toward them. "Why don't you two come with us? You two would make great villains."

"No way! I'm sticking to being a good Digimon than to rule both worlds!" Musyamon said as his yellow eyes met her pink ones.

With a pout, Jinx tossed a hex at the Digimon, but it was then Yuki pulled out his UlforceVeedramon card.

*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*

He spins the selected card around gaining it in his hand then he slide it through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify!" He pauses letting the card read through "UlforceVeedramon's Trensegrity Shield Activate!"

Musyamon could feel the power of the Digi-Modification from the swift Royal Knight card. "I don't think so, Trensegrity Shield!" Muysamon shouted as he releases holy aura from his prayer bead which becomes a barrier and it blocks the hex.

"They're too smart. Fall back!" Jinx said as she and Gizmo ran away with their large partner-in-crime in tow, while their foes ran Yuki saw a familiar belt on the ground.

Meanwhile the H.I.V.E. students are running while carrying their large partner-in-crime. "What the snot happen we were winning!" Gizmo commented. "I DON'T KNOW!" Jinx hissed. "Still, this battle isn't over yet. After all..." She said turning to the left, Titans Tower visible in the distance as Mammoth woke up. "We know where they live."

Titans Tower

"That didn't just happen..." Beast Boy said as Raven led him towards one of the chairs in the main entrance of Titans Tower. "Tell me that didn't happen." he repeated as Raven set him down, the changeling rubbing his sore leg.

"I did happen. We can't change the truth, no matter how much we dislike it!." Raven said as her hands were enveloped in blue and white-laced healing energy, waves of energy rolling into his leg and healing the damage.

"Who knew we had a doctor in the house? Thanks!" Beast Boy returned with a smile.

"No problem." Raven returned as she got up and dusted off her robe. "Yuki. Yuki are you there?" she asked into her T-com.

"Yeah I'm fine I had Kotemon Digivolve to face our opponents and they went running, but we found something at the plaza. We're heading back to the Tower now. When the others get back we'll need to speak with everyone at the entrance."

"... That doesn't sound good." Raven said shutting the T-com.

"Maybe y'all should call me Flyborg." Cyborg said as he and Starfire entered the lobby. "I was halfway to Gotham City before Star zapped that thing off my back. So what'd I miss?" he asked, Raven unable to meet his eyes. "Tell me how we kicked their butts, Come on. I gotta have the play-by-play." he said itching for the story.

Starfire looked around the room with worry, "Where are Robin, Yuki, and Kotemon?"

"Yuki and Kotemon fought them to cover our escape." Raven explained. "And Robin... we don't know."

"How do you not know?" Starfire asked in disbelief, "He was with-" The sound of the metal doors opening caught her and the rest of the team's attention. They all turned to see Yuki and Musyamon walk through the doors.

"Friends Yuki and Musyamon, what happen to Robin?" Starfire asked the Digimon and Tamer.

Yuki was hesitant with his answer as he looked away from his teammate, "We're sorry Starfire, but this was all we could save." He replied as he held up Robin's utility belt to her.

Starfire gasped in horror while Cyborg clapped both of his hands to his forehead, "I shoulda been there. " the bionic teen groaned, "I let that kid sneak up on me and-what was I-? It was a trap, and I-I shoulda known."

The auburn-haired alien shook her head before speaking. "I do not understand. How could you not save all of him?" Her voice rising as she leaned in towards the Digimon and Tamer. "Pepole do not just vanish! He had to be some place, so go there and look!" She pointed towards the door behind Yuki and Musyamon.

"Easy Star. Come on, this is Robin we're talking about," Beast Boy said stepping between her and the Digimon and Tamer. "I'm sure he's fine. He'll probably turn up any second," he said before the doorbell rang. "Awesome timing."

"Robin!" Starfire cheered as she flew towards the door, Once she landed in fount of it, she walked toward the threshold to see who arrived. A moment later, the whole entrance disappeared in a mighty crash that threw her backwards, past the rest of the team. The Titans' eyes went wide as they saw the three H.I.V.E. students walking in as the dust cleared; Gizmo had fixed his mechanical spider legs that Musyamon slashed and was using them to stand.

"Oh no." Beast Boy cried as Mammoth cracked his knuckles with a mischievous grin.

"Oh yes." Jinx returned with a smirk.

"You guys got lucky last time, but you're in our house now!" Cyborg growled as he and the other Titans got ready to fight.

"Yeah nice place." Gizmo chuckled as the trio advanced, We'll take it!"

Quickly, the Titans jumped back to avoid a explosion from one of Jinx's hexes, causing dust to fill the corridor. With the view cleared, Raven levitated chairs and send them to the H.I.V.E.'s direction, while Starfire tossed off some starbolts from overhead. Beast Boy tumbled across the floor before clambering away from laser shots fired from Gizmo while Musyamon blocks all of Gizmo's lasers with his Shiratori-maru that's coming at Yuki, leaving room for Cyborg to offer suppressing fire.

"Split up!" Cyborg shouted, firing his cannon at the H.I.V.E. students.

As Raven flew to a landing on the stairs, with Starfire flying past her, she projected a couple of nearby fire extinguishers toward Mammoth. Unfortunately, the attack had no effect as he merely swatted them away as he charged the girls.

Inside a different hallway, Beast Boy, Yuki, and Musyamon were dodging a volley of collapsing wall panels. "Ninja Blade!" the Digimon shouted as he slashed debris that was about to fall on his Tamer with his flaming Shiratori-maru while Beast Boy had assumed the form of a bobcat and lept around each slab of metal.

"Here kitty kitty. What's the matter? Afraid of a little bad luck?" Jinx asked as she blew up more wall panels.

Inside the gym, Raven and Starfire burst through the closed doors before slamming them shut again, hoping to keep Mammoth at bay for the time being. Starfire fire a starbolt against the frame of the door, welding it shut. The two girls took a step back and traded a very nervous look, wondering whether the barricade would hold. It prove to be a moot point when the wall behind them blew out, throwing them on the floor. Looking back, they found Mammoth's head protruding from a fresh hole he made by delivering a mother of a head-butt.

"Hello, ladies." he said calmly before busting through the wall with the rest of his body at the two females.

Elsewhere Cyborg had found his way into one of the storage rooms of the Tower. Things were mostly dark, but it was then Gizmo appeared on wall of TV screens. "So, Tin Man, you got a heart under all that outdated crud-ware?" The Gizmos' asked though all the TV screens. With a growl Cyborg turned his back to the wall, only to be greeted by a single giant screen, which also projeted Gizmo's face. "Not telling? Guess I'll have to take you apart and find out!"

At the last words. Cyborg heard whirring of metal as he turn around and saw Gizmo's spider legs carry him into the light cast from the screens and lower Gizmo steadily towards him.

Elsewhere in the tower, things had finally settled down as Beast Boy, Yuki, and Musyamon had retreated into one of the higher tiers, walls and ceiling panels having remained where they were for the past few minutes.

"Phew. Lost her," Beast Boy said caching is breath.

"Yeah." Musyamon said.

Yuki then did a face palm. "Dammit you two, you didn't just say-"

"Hi guys." Jinx said before she tossed a hexbolt at Musyamon in the back, reverting him back into Kotemon and landed in the Tamer's arms.

"Kotemon are you okay? Speak to me?" Yuki said and the Digimon now dazed looks at his Tamer. "No more fish for me, Elecmon, I got a tummy ache." then the Digimon fainted.

Yuki then look at Jinx and yelled to her. "Dammit! That was a cheap shot!"

"This just isn't your lucky day." she said as she tossed a hexbolt at the ceiling.

And then a tile hit Yuki and Beast Boy over the head, rubbing his head Beast Boy then growled before turning into a T-rex, roaring with enough force to shake the entire building as Jinx backflipped out of the way. Tossing a glowing glance at the two conscious Titans, a ring of pink fire then went off in a circle around the three, a loud cracking sound signifying the collapse of the floor, Beast Boy and Yuki looked at each other and clung themselves together while Yuki still holding Kotemon with freaked out looks as they dropped below the floor level.

Elsewhere, a large circular hatchway was smashed off it's hinges by Cyborg as he enter the storage area the door blocked, a large dust of smoke behind him as he walked. However he wasn't alone as Gizmo walked on his metal spider legs cam out the dust and approached him. Cyborg steadily retreated as his opponent came closer and closer. Gizmo swung one of his metal legs at the Titan when he was close enough, only for Cyborg to catch the end with both hands.

"Gotcha!" Cyborg smirked as he pulled Gizmo closer to him. Gizmo only returned that smirk as he swung another metal leg at him. Cyborg shifted his grip to free up one hand and catch the other leg before his metal legs were yanked free and then held aloft by the chuckling Titan as he pulled the backpack off.

"Let me go, you scuzz-munching zit!" Gizmo yelled angrily as he swung at the air in front of his opponent.

At the order, Cyborg put the bald kid down as he crushed the device. He then tossed the remains aside like a candy wrapper as Gizmo ran off among the crates and boxes, "How you gonna fight me without your tech?" Cyborg taunted as he walked after him at a leisurely pace.

A small, shadowy figure passed in front of him, and he went after it. Cyborg seemed very pleased as he hoisted a panel from a crate and saw Gizmo behind him, however the happy look quickly dissapeared as he looked down in surprised at the sound of a crunch. "Huh?" On the floor, Cyborg's foot came down on a flashlight-like unit and damaged it somewhat. Looking up again, he saw Gizmo's image grin and then flicker out, revealing to be a hologram projection. Cyborg then backed away cautiously, only for the real Gizmo to perch himself on his back and bring a screwdriver on his back. "Yo, what are you-"

The sound of a panel popping open cut Cyborg off as the gadget genius went to work on the circuitry underneath. "Get out of my systems! Nobody hacks my systems!" Cyborg cried through stranded grunts as he ran back and forth against his will due to the hotwiring. Suddenly, he stopped running around and raised his right arm horizontally.

"Ooh, ejector arm. Cool!" Gizmo eagerly cheered as he tampered with more wiring. In the next second Cyborg's arm shot off; hand, forearm, and half the upper arm.

"My arm!" Cyborg cried as he watched his separated appendage roll uselessly away across the floor.

From the exterior of the Tower, one could see the building shake and bend as fighting from each groups raged on. What could be heard next was the screaming from Cyborg as he flew off the roof as if shot from a cannon and falling down in the middle of Jump City Bay. Another set of yells and four more splashes marked the forcible eviction of Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire, Yuki, and Kotemon who the last woke up in the splash "Did we win?" the Digimon asked. The H.I.V.E. students could be seen looking out from the top floor window of the Opps center. "What do you think Kotemon!" Yuki said.

"Have a nice afterlife, you snot-eating losers!" Gizmo called out as Jinx thew a spell at the water in front of their defeated targets. The hex stirred up a huge tidal wave that left the six completely motionless as they watched it come over them, eventually crashing down on them and sweeping them into the current. The H.I.V.E. students smiled smugly before walking away from the window.

The Bay

Meanwhile at the north side of Jump City Bay, which at the moment was deserted, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Yuki, and Kotemon had somehow been able to avoid being swept into the undertow, having their way to the shoreline after being taken from the Tower. The four who were wearing clothing took the time to wring the water out of it, the silence ended when Yuki noticed something.

"NNNNNNOOOO!" He shouted when Kotemon came over. "Yuki what's wrong?" The Digimon asked. "Look at what they did to My Digimon cards." Yuki said as he showed his now soaked cards. "Lot's of them are rare cards!" Yuki said. "Well not all of them are soaked." Kotemon said as he pointed at the card Fanglongmon gave to the Tamer. "Oh yeah. Wait I got a Idea." Yuki said as he turn to Raven. "Hey Raven can you fix My Digimon cards with your magic?" He asked her. "Uh.. Sure. Azarath, Metrion, ZINTHOS!" she called as Yuki's Digimon cards are covered by her powers and was changed back before they got wet. "There we go good-." She started until the Tamer hugged her. "Thank you I don't know what can I do without my cards." He said as Raven blushed, it was then Beast Boy decided to try an brighten up the situation.

"So uh... Who else never wants to go surfing again?" he asked.

"Not now man." Cyborg said in an annoyed tone.

"Hey, I was just trying to-" Beast Boy said in self-defense, Raven and Yuki both putting a hand on his shoulders to cut him off as Cyborg extended a small acetylene torch from his left forefinger. Panels on his thighs opening, Cyborg then began to tend to shorted out circuits caused by both battle damage, by the joyride, and the recent swim.

"Perhaps I could be of some assistance?" Starfire asked coming up behind him.

"I got it." Cyborg replied evenly as the sparks flew from his thigh as he brought the torch to the circuitry.

"But you are so damaged and-"

"I said I got it!" Cyborg growled as he rounded on her, causing the Tamaranian to gasped.

"Hey! She only wanted to help! What is your problem?" Beast Boy demanded.

"What do you think?" Cyborg demanded. "We got kicked out of our house, a pint-sized Pointdexter took me for a joy ride, and in case you hadn't noticed, I just became left-handed!" he growled holding up his right bicep, one of the few pieces of his original body back in the tower leaving him with only two chunks left.

"Enough!" Raven shouted out. "We need to control our emotions."

"Or what? Our bad vibes will keep you from meditating?" Cyborg growled at her.

"I wish Robin was here," Starfire said worriedly.

"Well he's not!" Cyborg growled. "Don't you guys get it? They won, we lost. IT'S OVER!"

At Cyborg's words, the other five heroes slumped in defeat as they joined their sixth teammate in staring at their captured home. "Then... the Teen Titans are finished?" Beast Boy asked with a tone of despair in his voice.

Kotemon then looked behind them and changed his look. "No, not yet." the Digimon said a determined look, earning, him confused looks from the other five.

When they looked in the direction Kotemon was looking, color them surprised when they saw none other than Robin standing before them, arms crossed, confident smile on his face, and his cape waving in the breeze.

"Not if I can help it." the boy wonder said as he walked to his team.

Titan's Tower

The following evening, the Tower's exterior had undergone an extensive renovation in the Titan's absence. One of the vertical bars on the T had been extended, the lights on the south half had been put out, and a vertical portion had been build up to join the half still lit and coming to the same height at the center extension. The entire effect made the lighted tower look like a giant H for H.I.V.E., a honeycomb pattern applied to the add-ons. With the Titans "gone", it was unlikely that anyone would bug them in "their new home". At the same time inside, a pair of spherical robots held an oval-shaped plaque in their "mouths", Cyborg's arm mounted on it like a stuffed fish in the Opps center.

"Higher... A little to the left... A little more... and... Perfect!" Gizmo said once the plaque was in place. "Slade's gonna have kittens when he finds out we whipped the Titans and took their stinkin' tower," he then laughed heading towards the front consoles.

"Didn't he said to destroy em though?" Mammoth asked, he was pretty sure they were still kicking.

"If we need money we can just rob a bank or somethin'." Gizmo huffed. "Far as I'm concerned we got new digs and buried that bird boy six feet under."

"In the meantime, we still have their favorite fashion statement." Jinx said coming in, with one of Robin's belts hanging loosely over her hips before she looked at one of Raven's cloaks that she was also wearing in contempt. "But that's the only thing fashionable around here."

"Tell me about it," Mammoth said pulling a moldy hamburger out of the fridge. "Hmph. All their food is way out of date." he said before tossing it into his mouth, the concept apparently not dissuading him in the slightest.

"You think that stuff's rotten? Wait 'til you see their music," Gizmo said as he began chucking CDs off the case with mutterings of "crud", "snot", "mega-crud", and other like-wise terms.

Meanwhile in the air vent Yuki, and Kotemon appear after Raven teleported them in and saw the villains. "There they are Kotemon time to scare them." the Tamer whispered. "Got it." the Digimon whispered back as Yuki took out the Puppetmon card and his D-Arc.

*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*

He spins the selected card around gaining it in his hand then he slide it through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify!" He pauses letting the card read through "Puppetmon's Wires Choking Activate!"

When that's done Kotemon holds out his arms. "Wires Choking!" the Digimon shouted quietly as clear wires came out of his sleeves and hoked onto allot of stuff in the room and started manipulating them.

A cabinet door slammed in the kitchen by the wires, surprising the H.I.V.E. students as that slam sparked all the other cabinets to open and close in a storm of noise. But that wasn't all the wires did, they also lifted CDs in the air and smacked Gizmo in a rush.

"THIS PLACE IS HAUNTED!" Mammoth shouted as he ran away from floating foods also controlled by wires, while Yuki, and Kotemon still in the air vent, chuckling quietly.

Of course it was at this moment that Cyborg had remotely taken control of his arm, the end of his middle finger flipping out with a camera inside. As the three were being chased around by various objects and sometimes getting smacked by them, Cyborg's arm began roving towards one of the consoles at the front of the room. After scuttling onto one of the chairs, a set of thin tentacles acting as connectors to his limb pressed several keys, a schematic of the Tower's security measures coming into view before the green turned to red. At that moment the screen winked out, alarms and buzzers began going off, Gizmo became separated from the others as a rain of CDs pelted him away. He than backed into one of the nearby chairs as the others dodged whatever object flew at them, Gizmo suddenly yelped out in surprise as the chair swiveled around.

"What the hairball?" he cried seeing Cyborg's arm standing on the seat by it's fingers with a red-eye glaring from the inside of the middle finger, four tentacles shooting out and grabbing Gizmo's arms and legs. The next moment Cyborg's arm suddenly jumped down before speeding across the floor, a couple of jets thrusters folding out of the forearm and ignited, carrying the two into the air. Then the arm balled into a fist, punching through a round ceiling duct and carrying Gizmo up with it.

Back with the rest of the conflict, Jinx continued to avoid the haunted objects only to run head-first into a black shadowy hand that had sprouted from the ceiling, Jinx gasping in shock before it receded into the ceiling and took her into the darkness. Left alone, Mammoth began to sweat slightly as a tornado of objects herding him towards the center of the room before a starbolt suddenly slammed into him and rocketed him out of the room. Flying into the room, Starfire landed on the carpet and approached the vent, the grate getting popped off with a good punch as the Digimon and the Tamer landed softly on the ground.

"I believe that I make a good Bakemon did I?" Kotemon asked with a happy look on his face. "Yes you did Kotemon!" Yuki said.

"Oh so do I friend Kotemon, tell me how did you do that without friend Raven's levitation powers?" Starfire asked curiously.

"Well it's simple Starfire I Digi-Modified him with this." Yuki said as he showed her the Puppetmon card. "It's a Puppetmon card, a puppet Digimon that take on the form of a puppet. I got it along with the Etemon card that we used against Punk Rocket."

"Fascinating, I'll ask more about it later." Starfire said, and both Yuki, and Kotemon nodded before heading for the roof with her into the corridor that Starfire shot Mammoth into. At that moment on the roof a large black raven emerged before depositing Jinx and dropping her to her knees. Behind her, Cyborg's arm burst through the vent pipe and carried the screaming Gizmo higher before careening towards his classmate, Jinx's eyes widening before the inevitable head-on collision which sent them both rolling across the roof. When the elevator door slid open, a green flash of light accompanied the ejection of Mammoth from the metal shaft, the larger teen landing right in front of the other two.

"Sorry to interrupt the victory celebration. But like I said, this isn't over," Robin said making his presence known, the other Titans soon arrived to join the two, Cyborg reattaching his arm after it flew back to him.

"It's just getting started." He said as the three stood up.

"Attack Pattern Alpha!" Jinx ordered, Gizmo and Mammoth scattered while she threw a hex. The Titans scrambled to avoid the explosion caused when the hex struck the rooftop.

Beast Boy came down from his jump only to find Mammoth coming straight at him with his arms raised in a double ax handle. He jumped away again and turned into a hawk as Mammoth slammed his fists onto the roof, send a shockwave towards Cyborg. Jinx landed behind Cyborg and vaulted high over his shoulders, hurling a spell down at him as she sailed through the air. The spell knocked out the base of a water tank and caused the whole thing to topple down towards him, only for him to dive out of the way just in time before a second tank collapsed nearby.

In midair, Starfire thew a few starbolts at Jinx, who dodged them, "Hothead!" Kotemon shouted as his bamboo sword is cover with flames and tried to slice the H.I.V.E. sorceress, who also dodged it and ducked out of sight behind part of the new construction and Starfire flew after her while Kotemon stayed with his Tamer.

Cyborg stood up next to the debris of the tower and looked around himself a bit, realizing everything was clear around him. But that changed when Gizmo jumped down from the fallen water tank and landed on his back.

"Hey Robo-Wimp." The bald kid cackled as he pulled out a screwdriver, "Feel like getting hacked?"

"Nope. How 'bout you? Robin! Now!" Cyborg called out, confusing the kid hacker on his back. In mid-leap, Robin thew a small device that attached itself to the machinery on the device on Gizmo's back, causing sparks to fly from it.

"Cut it out!" The kid yelled in pain and frustration, "It's going to crash my whole system!" Gizmo ripped off his shoulder-mounted laser as he ran around the roof, "Get it off me! Get it off me!" As he continued scrambling about, Robin's device triggered the jet pack setting, igniting and carrying the poor kid high into the sky.

Inside the renovated enhancements of the tower, Jinx was running like made between the scaffolding to avoid getting fried by Starfire's continued bombardment.

"Beast Boy! Go!" Starfire cried to Beast Boy who was crouching overhead. Flipping a hand sign, he dove off his perch before transforming into a monkey and attached himself squarely to Jinx's face, the girl firing spells in all directions before finally yanking him off with her own two hands and chucked him across the roof.

"Your luck just ran out!" Beast Boy said with a mock salute as he got a running start, transforming into a hawk as he left Jinx behind with a confused expression. Looking up, her eyes widened when the frame work overhead began to collapse around her as joints popped and pipes burst. Before it collapsed on her Yuki took out the Puppetmon card and his D-Arc.

*Cue DigiModify! Blank track*

He spins the selected card around gaining it in his hand then he slide it through the D-Arc. "Digi-Modify!" He pauses letting the card read through "Puppetmon's Wires Choking Activate!"

When that's done Kotemon holds out his arms. "Wires Choking!" the Digimon shouted as clear wires came out of his sleeves and hoked onto her and pulled her out of the way of being crushed.

"Now what good is a battle if you aren't the one hurt the opponent." Kotemon said as the wires he used to pull Jinx out of the way disappears. "Thunder Kote!" Kotemon shouted as he punched Jinx in the face with his electrical charged fist knocking her out. Looking to the side the Digimon and the Tamer saw Mammoth running straight at Raven, Kotemon at first went to go help he but Yuki stopped him "Kotemon look." Yuki and just like he said Kotemon saw her fly over Mammoth and avoid the charge as she dropped down behind him. Turning to charge again, Cyborg came out of nowhere and rammed his shoulder into him, the large teen was sent flying though the air and tumbling a few times before he finally stopped skidding. Looking up, Mammoth saw Beast Boy transformed into a T-rex, roaring loudly and causing him to freak out and run for his life. Firing a mighty starbolt at the fleeing teen, Starfire then nailed Mammoth dead center in the gut, the hit leaving him spinning in midair as Robin ran towards him, giving him a flying roundhouse kick with his right shin sending him rolling across the ground before he crashed into his teammate as Yuki, and Kotemon avoid him, all arranged in a groaning pile after Gizmo had finally came down off his flight.

"Cram it. I'm calling Slade." Gizmo said pulling out a transmitter, which flicked on as Robin yanked him up to eye level.

"Who is Slade?"

"Wouldn't you like to know, barf-brain?" Gizmo asked with a grin, his expression was clear that he wasn't going to talk.

Underground Lair

A while later back in Slade's darkened lair, Slade sat on his throne and looked down at the H.I.V.E. Headmistress, who at the moment had come to apologize for her student's failure after they were taken in by the authorities.

"I assure you, such failures are not tolerated within the H.I.V.E. Once our agents have been retrieved from the authorities, they will be disciplined. Strictly disciplined." she said bringing her fist down into her palm.

"Actually, your agents served my plans quite well," Slade stated. "I never expected them to succeed. They were merely messengers. And the message... has been delivered," he said as Robin's likeness appeared on the monitor, captured on film by Gizmo and asking "Who is Slade?" over and over again, an entire row of screens lighting up.

Titan's Tower

The next morning after the H.I.V.E.'s additions to the tower had been taken down, the massive spire and tiles of metal scheduled to be taken off the island via barge within the next week-

"NOOOOO! This is the worst thing that could ever happen!" Beast Boy cried. "My tunes! They been... alphabetized," he said as though saying the word itself was sacrilege. "How am I going to find anything?" he cried as he began tossing the CDs over his shoulder, whereas Cyborg continued to search high and low for what he'd been searching for the previous morning.

"They went... into my room." Raven said icily as she came in holding one of her cloaks. "No one should ever go into my room."

"They have disposed of all our furry blue food!" Starfire gasped.

"It was possessed by a Bakemon and you're upset it's gone?" Kotemon asked with a raised eye.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Cyborg cried as he lifted up the couch. "The whole place gets cleaned and I still can't find the-" he said before Robin whistled to get his attention, pointing past the couch to the coffee table where the remote lay waiting in plain sight. "Ha!" he laughed as he dropped the couch and st down, Robin flipping through the channels as the others join in. "I guess we oughta be training for battles, tracking down clues, and trying to find out who Slade is huh?" Cyborg asked.

"We will. But right now, I'm happy to be part of the team," Robin returned but noticed someone isn't here. "Hey! Where's Yuki?" he asked. "He's probably be still sleeping in our room, I'll go wake him up." Kotemon sighed as he went out the Opps Center.

What Kotemon didn't know is that Yuki was already awake thinking about stuff, when Kotemon when in the room and was surprised to see the Tamer up for one. "Yuki you're awake." the Digimon said "Of course I'm awake I'm just thinking about stuff." the Tamer said. "Like what?" Kotemon asked. "Like that dream I had about my cousin, and Slade." Yuki replied. "What about him?" Kotemon said. "Well how much he knows about us." the Tamer said. "When that Gizmo fella said about their lintel didn't say anything about me Digivolving." the Digimon said. "Right but I don't think you can't take him." Yuki said. "What do you mean?" Kotemon said. "Well you De-Digivolve back to Kotemon after Jinx hit you as Msyamon but I don't have anything to Digivolve you into Ultimate level. So what can we do?" Yuki asked as Kotemon putting a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Yuki we'll find a way to Digivolve me into Ultimate!" the Digimon said. "Thanks Kotemon!" Yuki said. "Great let's go to the Opps Room we'll probably see a movie." Kotemon said. "Okay!" Yuki said and the two went to the Opps room.

End of Chapter

Man another long chapter, well I added some references in there see if you can find them. So will Yuki ever get Kotemon to Digivolve to Ultimate? Find out next time on Titan Tamer of The Swordsman. R&R