Authors note: alright for the record the Digivice in this story is different than the one from season 3, it actually looks more like the one from season 5: Data squad and also has the burst mode scanner and DNA charge scanner on top, but still has the Digi-modify feature from season 3 on the bottom of the Digivice. Michael's has a metallic gold color with metallic silver edges and a silver circular selection pad with a rectangular button section above consisting of 6 buttons. Now on with the story.

"You're pretty good, I'm putting together a team for the upcoming tournament and would like you to be on it, what you say?" she said "let me ask my partner, what you think Amber, should we do it?" he asked his partner.

The vixen thought for a minute then looked at her partner "I think it will be fun to battle as part of a team, so, yes" she answered. Ashly smiled hearing Amber's reply "that's great, now let's go meet the rest of the team" said the red lizard, Ashly then led them to the snack bar where she spotted the final members of their team "yo, guys!" she yelled to them.

The two faced Ashly and Michael who had walked over to them "hey Ashly, who's this?" said a 15 year old blonde haired girl with green eyes wearing a pink tank top, yellow skirt and white boots. "I'm guessing this is our new teammate?" said a 16 year old boy with messy black hair and blue eyes wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans, black sneakers and a black over shirt. "Guys this is Michael and his partner Renamon" she answered both of them "hey, and for the record her name is Amber, not Renamon." The brown haired boy corrected "well it's nice to meet you both, my name is Amy and my partner Gabumon, is sitting over there" the blonde haired girl now known as Amy said while pointing at a Digimon sitting at a white table that looked as if it was wearing a white tiger pelt. "And I'm Joel, my partner Agumon as you can see is sitting next to Gabumon." Joel said while pointing at a yellow-orange colored raptor Digimon.

"So I'm guessing you met her the same way we did?" Amy asked "how exactly did you all meet?" the yellow fox asked "we all met through our matches" Ashly answered "well, now let's come up with a name for our team before we actually register for the tournament" Joel said "wait, you guys haven't come up with a name yet?" Michael said concerned "well we tried, but all the ones we came up with were pretty dumb." Amy said with a hint of embarrassment, that's when a name popped into the vixen tamers head "well, how about the Digi-kids?" "The Digi-kids?" all three teens said in unison "yeah, I think it works" he said with a hint of nervousness "I think, it's perfect for us" Amber said causing her partner to blush the three teens and Guilmon looked at each other and nodded "perfect" they all agreed in unison.

After a quick snack the newly formed team registered for the tournament. "So, we're registered and the first round is in about an hour" Joel said "what do we do in the meantime Joel?" asked the yellow-orange raptor. "Well, I don't know about you guys, but we're gonna go and get some new cards for the tournament." Ashly said "I just realized, we don't even know what the first round is gonna be" Gabumon said "nobody knows what the first rounds gonna be, that's part of the tournament, you don't know what kind of match it's gonna be until just before the battle begins" explained Amy "makes sense, it's more interesting that way too" Amber replied

40 minutes later

The loudspeakers come on "attention all teams competing in the tournament, the first round has been decided, the first round is inspired by the most recent match between the newcomer Michael and a returning competitor Ashly, the first round will be a tag team tournament for the Digimon and their tamers, each team will choose the best fighters out of all the members of their team and the selected members will face off. First team to tap-out loses, good luck everybody." Concludes the voice

Ashly and Guilmon look at Michael and Amber "looks like we know who's representing us" said Ashly "well, what do you expect from a guy with a black belt in karate?" Michael said with a smirk "and we'll win, cause we've got each other's backs" she said looking at her tamer with a small blush "course I wouldn't mind him watching my back either" she thought but soon realized her train of thought and ended up shaking it out of her head. "Calm down girl, you shouldn't be thinking like that… right?" she questioned in her mind.

The vixen was soon snapped back to reality when Joel asked an important question "wow Michael, you have a black belt?" "Yeah man, took me about 3 years to get it too" Michael replied, he then noticed his amber eyed partner looking a little distant, and... Blushing? "What is she thinking about?" he wondered "we might as well go and get ready for our match, come on Amber" he said "Right" the fox said in agreement

15 minutes later in the hall leading to the arena for the first round

"You ready Amber?" the brown haired boy said looking at his vulpine partner "of course I am, why do you ask?" she replied with a curious look in her eye "it's just that you looked a little…lost in thought back there" the human said with slight concern "what are you talking about? I'm completely focused" the Renamon said defensively causing the teen to look down to the ground "you know you can tell me anything right?" he said "yes I do, but there are some things I need to keep to myself" the yellow one replied, the teen looked at his partner "I can understand that, I just want you to know, if you ever want to talk to me, just ask, k?" the door to the arena opened "could it be that he figured it out?" Amber thought to herself as Michael walked into the arena "could he have figured out that I love him?" she said shocked by the words that came out of her mouth as she followed her tamer blushing a bright red, praying he did not hear what she said.