Digital Team in Special World

by Lunar Wave

Digimon and Pokémon were never supposed to meet. However, everything is about to change. Now the two teams must strive together and fight the danger. But what happens if the difference between the two teams get in the way of their unity?

33. Digimon Trainers: Gym Battle

Digital Team in Special World

If anyone knows any good Pokespe Fanfics, tell me. I really need a bit more inspiration. All pairings ok (Except boyxboy and girlxgirl).

If you're recommending a PokeAni Fanfic to me, please make sure romance is implied at best. And not relevant to plot. I am allergic to Pokeshipping, if you must know.

If it's a Digimon Fic, same deal with PokeAni. It's best if romance is non-existent, but asking for that is too much so it could be, at least, implied. I also don't want homosexuality (too common in Digimon Fanfics).

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Chapter 33: Virus Busters: Gym Challenge

Members:
Kari and Gatomon | Kouichi |Kouji | Matt and Gabumon | Red | Rika and Renamon |Tai and Agumon | Yellow

Remember that in the last chapter, Tai Kamiya's allies were sent away somewhere, correct? Well then this chapter is dedicated to those allies. I mean, it's rather unfair that Tai and Matt get ALL the spotlight. So this chapter is dedicated to the individual members of each team.

(Viridian City Gym)

Red stood inside the Viridian Gym. It had been a long time since he first vied for the position of Gym Leader, and he probably would have gained it if it wasn't for being frozen for over… Red doesn't remember how long exactly he was frozen, but it was long enough that his body still feels the aftereffects, but short enough that he didn't die within the ice.

"Well, Green sure did a great job in renovating the place. If I became the Gym Leader, I would have definitely flunked it." Red chuckled despite himself. He was annoyed, that his rival since he started his journey proved to be better than him. He had a lasting title, but Red can only claim to be a Champion of a very old Pokémon league.

Suddenly, Green suddenly appeared in front of the Champion. Red immediately drew back. Green shouldn't be here, so why? Then he realized that the Green in front of him was a hologram. The hologram started reciting a prerecorded speech that essentially boils down to "Fight these Pokémon I trained specially and I will give you your badge." Red found himself facing Green's Ninetales, Pidgeot, Exeggutor, Alakazam, and Arcanine. The Ninetales and the Pidgeot immediately recognized the trainer and seemed to be eager for a worthy fight. Seeing the two's readiness, the other three Pokémon took battle stances as well. Red sighed.

"Ok, Green, let's see if your Pokémon is as good as you say." Red grinned, holding out a Poké Ball.

(Cinnabar Gym, Seafoam Islands)

A recent eruption of the dormant volcano located on Cinnabar Island forced Blaine, the Cinnabar Gym leader, to move his gym the nearby Seafoam Islands. This made it more difficult for trainers to arrive there, making challenges very seldom indeed. In fact, he can still count with one hand the number of people that challenged him for the last two months. Now that the alert on Cinnabar is over, Blaine immediately called for a construction team to fix up his gym. So for the next few months, he is forced to stay on Seafoam Islands to accommodate Gym Challengers.

Rather than being a gym, Blaine just simply renovated an existing cave on the islands. After all, it's just temporary. But the lack of challengers somewhat irritated him. Now that his arm is healed, he would like to be able to test his strengths on real challenges. "I wish that those construction workers would just hurry up repairing the gym." Blaine mumbled. "I couldn't even get into my lab…"

Blaine sighed as he prepared to return to Cinnabar Island to rest. But as soon as he was about to step out of the gym(cave), a burst of light suddenly appeared behind him. Blaine immediately whipped around and was shocked at what he saw. What he saw was Yellow, the Healer Dex Holder, and a rather close acquaintance.

"My my, I wasn't expecting visitors, but look who we have here!" Blaine smiled. He instantly walked to the Dex Holder and pulled her up to her feet.

"Are you quite alright?" Blaine asked the girl. Yellow looked with confusion until she recognized his face.

"Ah! Mr. Blaine!" Yellow immediately greeted the man, evidently overjoyed with seeing an old friend.

"Now, now…" Blaine laughed. "So Yellow, what brings you here?"

Yellow looked confused. She tried recalling her recent memories and soon remembered the smog that Lampmon hit her with. "… I really don't know…" Yellow admitted. She honestly didn't know what that smog did to her, but at least she met someone she is familiar with. She immediately looked around to notice that no one else is around apart for Blaine.

"Eh? Where's the others?" Yellow asked in confusion.

"The others?" Blaine asked, also quite confused.

Yellow nodded. "Yes, the others. Red and my other friends…"

"Oh, I see…" Blaine mumbled. "Yellow, I'm going back to Cinnabar Island. Want to come with me?" Yellow nodded, following the old man, but when she reached the cave's entrance, she was suddenly pushed back in by an invisible force. Confused, Yellow tried once more, only to be thrown back again. Blaine noticed this and once more entered the cave.

"You couldn't exit?" Blaine asked.

Yellow shook her head. "I don't think that genie wants me to leave... this cave…" Blaine nodded. He put down his items on the nearby table.

"Huh, weren't you leaving?" Yellow asked, confused.

Blaine laughed and walked over to Yellow. "I was only going to go home because of the lack of challengers. But since it would appear that there is a challenger who refuses to leave the gym… Well, I guess I'll just have to fight her."

Yellow looked confused until she realized what he meant. She bolted up. "Eh?" Yellow's mouth opened wide. "But, but… I don't want to fight…"

Blaine simply walked to the Leader Platform and threw out his Rapidash. "I want to see how far you've grown, Yellow. And since we both have nothing better to do, we might as well."

Yellow was reluctant. She didn't wish to fight needlessly. But since it has come to this, she could just take it as training for her fight against Daemon. Awkwardly, she walked to the Challenger's circle and threw out her Dodrio. This would be one tough match, Yellow thought.

(Saffron City Gym)

Unlike the two previous gyms, where there is barely any activity until the arrival of the sent away character, Saffron Gym is DEVOID of activity until Kari's arrival. In fact, Kari spent exactly 112 seconds staring at the unmoving gym leader before finally trying to speak to her. Gatomon was getting rather edgy. However, before she could get to say anything, the Pokeball in the Saffron Gym Leader's hands opened suddenly.

"I am the Saffron Gym Leader, Sabrina. For you to arrive here so fast, I commend you. I accept your challenge." An Alakazam suddenly slammed into Gatomon sending the cat flying. Kari sighed, scratching her head. Weren't the Gym Leaders supposed to be their allies? Kari tried evolving Gatomon, but the buzzing that occurred told her that the Control Spire has yet to be felled. Kari opted for Armor Digivolution then.

"Digimental UP."

(Fuchsia City Gym)

Janine was not expecting a challenger that day so when the call to destroy the obelisk came from Brock, she immediately rushed out to destroy the nearest one. She would've destroyed the one in the Safari Zone as well if it weren't for a Ninja Kid running towards her to tell of a challenger that refuses (or more accurately, unable) to leave the premises. Janine nodded. She knows she'll just have to be quick about it.

When she arrived, she was confronted by a redhead. This redhead seems to be rather annoyed about being unable to leave the building and getting bored like hell. Janine sighed, silently offering to provide a bit of entertainment by fighting her. "I've got nothing better to do, so ok", was the reply of this girl. Janine quickly jumped onto the Leader Platform while the girl walked over to the challenger platform. Janine sent out her Ariados. And in response, a yellow biped fox immediately phased into reality.

Silently, she ordered her Ariados to start spinning its web.

(Celadon City Gym)

Kouichi blinked as he felt his body land in some sort of open field. He wasn't all that sure, but this was most likely an illusion which Lampmon cast on him. He was wary, and immediately yelled: "Execute: Beast Spirit Evolution!" Kouichi once more formed JagerLowemon. He had two reasons for this: One, Lowemon is too weak for fighting Lampmon, and Two, Rhihimon is too big.

JagerLowemon strolled around the courtyard, admiring the view quite much. But the courtyard was rather empty. The place was built like some form of Japanese House, but Kouichi can tell that it was rather deserted. He noted a dark tower nearby in the horizon. He snarled, knowing that that tower is a danger to society. He jumped, trying to rush out and onto the roof, but instead, he was sent backwards, as though an invisible barrier rebounded him off. Kouichi cursed his luck. Of course that there would be a barrier there. It was something that the seemingly cowardly Lampmon would do. Kouichi snarled once more, until he noticed that the tower had started leaning over and, soon enough, fell.

JagerLowemon was delighted. The fall of the tower boosted his morale considerably. It would mean that Brock had come through. And it would also mean that rather than being an illusion, it was real, where he is, but he can't exit the current area. He waited awhile until an ear-piercing shriek rang from behind him. He spun around to see other humans. The people of Celadon City, and at its lead was Erika, the Gym leader.

Erika immediately reached for her bow. "Who are you?"

JagerLowemon stared hard at the gym leader. Are these the ones that we are supposed to protect? They're all bundled up like an army. But… I'll test them. I want to see if they won't back out in a fight.

JagerLowemon opened his mouth to speak. "I am JagerLowemon, The Beast Embodiment of Darkness" (No matter what TK says, he'll keep to calling himself the Spirit of Darkness)

"And what is your business here?" Erika once more asked.

"A fight. A challenge, Gym Leader." Kouichi replied. "If I lose, you earn my companionship." Kouichi knew he couldn't possibly lose. He still had Rhihimon under his sleeve, after all.

"And If you win?"

"You know what I'll want, Gym Leader." JagerLowemon replied. Erika glared at the Lion, and called out her Vileplume.

(Cerulean City Gym)

Misty was spending a bit of relaxation (swimming) at the time until she heard a form of ringing nearby. Spinning, she found the source of the sound. Noticing immediately that it was the gym phone, she immediately pulled herself out of the pool. Her maids rushed to hand over her bathrobe which she hurriedly wore. She immediately dismissed the maids as soon as she knotted the bathrobe. Then in a semi-hurriedly walk, she picked up the phone.

"Cerulean Gym." Misty said rather shortly as she picked the phone up.

"Misty, it's me, Brock from Pewter Gym." Misty made a sound that confirmed that she understood and wanted Brock to just go on with it. Brock seemed to have gotten the implied message as he continued, "I met Red and he said that we should destroy the obelisk as it is rather dangerous."

"Huh, how dangerous can a black obelisk be?" She asked as she motioned for a swimmer to approach her.

"I don't know. They left before they could explain much. All I know is that it stunts evolution." Misty raised her eyebrow at this. The Swimmer soon arrived and Misty made a sign for her to start the demolishing of that black obelisk. She didn't really wait for the reply. After all, it was Red who said to destroy it, right? Then it shall be destroyed whether it was reasonable or not.

"Ok, I'll just have to destroy the obelisk, right? It's not like the world can't function without it." Misty waved her hand, to shoo away the swimmer. The swimmer seemed to have finally gotten the point and went out whispering to her fellow swimmers. Over the line, Brock made a sound of confirmation.

"So, is that all, Brock?" Misty asked. She also wanted to join in the demolishing.

Brock made a sound of affirmation. "Yeah, that's all. Try calling Sabrina for me, though. I tried calling but she just won't answer."

"And what makes you think she'll listen to me?" Misty asked, but the phone had already clicked from the other end. Misty sighed as she turned around to grab her normal clothes. She can't really go out of the gym wearing a bathrobe, now could she? She was, however, unable to do so as a bright light suddenly burst from the pool. A yell of "SPIRIT EVOLUTION!" rang out from there, followed by a big splash. Misty gasped, looking within the pool. What was in the pool was a person in some sort of white wolf costume. The person gasped, jumping out of the pool almost immediately.

"Hey, are you alright?" Misty asked concerned. The person shot a glare at her.

"No. I just fell into the pool, didn't I?" Misty can vaguely remember Silver from this guy's attitude.

[A/N: Yeah that's right, Kouji DOES resemble Silver. Up to the "perceived" sister complex, only it's a brother complex for Kouji. Perceived means seen by people as such by the way.]

The guy immediately spun around and ran for the gym door, only to be knocked back and sent hurtling across the room. The guy snarled in a rather wolfish manner until a yell of "Slide Evolution!" rang out from the person and a bright light engulfed the man. In the man's place was a Pokémon.

"Huh! A human turned into a Pokémon?" Misty gasped. Then something clicked in her head. "No… the first form was just a disguise. This must be his original form. Of course, like any other trainer would do, she reached for her Pokémon. This Pokémon was obviously rare and never before seen. And it could speak. Not many Pokémon have the capability of human speech. Only Chatot had the vocal chords for it. She watched the metallic wolf rush and try to exit the gym once more, however, the wolf was sent hurtling back again. She immediately chose her Pokémon and sent it out.

"Starmie, use Take Down!" Starmie spun and struck the wolf's side. It sent the wolf hurtling dangerously close to the pool.

"Hey! What was that about?" The wolf yelped.

"I challenge you to a battle." Misty replied. "And I'll definitely capture you." KendoGarurumon blinked, unsure whether she was serious or not, but the Water Gun that came after was more than enough to assure him that she's serious.

"Oh dear…" Kouji thought within the confines of KendoGarurumon. Kouji snarled and his wing blades pulled out.

"HOWLING STAR!" Kouji rushed and sliced at the Starmie. Kouji then spun, worried whether he killed the Pokémon, but the next Take Down affirmed to him that Starmie was fine, just fainted indefinitely.

"Strong…" Misty mumbled, looking across her other Pokémon. She didn't have one that seemed strong enough to fight the Wolf, when the wolf suddenly shown bright and in his place was a boy, a boy wearing a bandanna around his hair and a scowl across his face.

"Well, I beat you. You can't capture me, now can you?" Kouji snarled.

"Huh… You're human?" Misty gasped.

"I just have the ability to transform into a Digimon."

"… A what now?" Misty sighed.

"Hey, give me one of them badges. I beat you fair and square." Kouji put out his hand. He didn't like doing things for absolutely no reason. And disarming a gym leader of one of her strongest partners was not a smart move unless there's a reason behind it. Kouji, however, was surprised to see the girl rummage through her bathrobe's pockets and pull out a blue tear-shaped badge.

"Yeah, you won, fair and square, like you said." Misty sighed, placing the badge in the outstretched hand. Misty shrugged, knowing she really wasn't at her best when she fought the boy, but she needed to be able to repay the boy for attacking him. Thus, the Cascade Badge came under the possession of Kouji Minamoto.

(Conclusion: Blaine vs. Yellow)

"You've done well, Yellow." Blaine panted as he sat on the floor, just as tired as his Pokémon. Yellow had soundly beaten the Gym Leader. "You who disliked battling were capable of bringing me down, despite the obvious difference in strength." Then Blaine noticed her Pokémon, who were not the least bit tired.

"There is a big difference in strength." Blaine chuckled. "But it was in your favor."

"What do you mean, Mr. Blaine?" Yellow asked the gym leader.

"Your Pokémon… They fought my Pokémon, and fought hard, but… they are not the least bit tired."

"… I guess that the time we spent in the Digital World boosted our endurance up, huh?" Yellow grinned at her partners. "I mean, it was battle day in and day out. And there was no Pokémon Center to heal everyone all the time…"

"Ahhah, I see… You travelled, refusing a Pokémon Center, huh? Not only did you train your Pokémon, you also trained yourself? No wonder I would lose." Blaine chuckled. He picked himself up, and pulled out the Volcano Badge. "This is yours." Yellow's eyes widened as Blaine placed the badge on her palms. "You deserve it now, Yellow." Yellow was grateful. But then she suddenly felt a certain pull on her body.

"Bye, Blaine… See you soon!" Yellow yelled over the overtaking white as she soon found herself whisked back to Pewter City.

(Conclusion: Erika vs. Kouichi)

JagerLowemon panted hard. If he took one more hit, he would faint immediately. He knew that. How he underestimated Pokémon, and it whipped him up. Next time, don't let Takuya's influence get the better of you. The good thing is he had just beat all six of Erika's Pokémon. Erika gasped. She lost.

"Well, I won." JagerLowemon raised himself from the ground. "And because I won, I have to receive something from you."

Erika blinked, wondering what a Pokémon would want from her. Then she heard a growl of a stomach

"I've been craving a bit of food lately, and I think Gym Leader sounds like a delectable meal." Kouichi amusedly said, allowing Takuya's Influence to take over.

Erika gasped, trying to stand up. However, the People of Celadon refuses to back down.

"If you're planning on eating Erika, you'll have to eat all of us first!" A man stood up, glaring at JagerLowemon.

"No!" Erika stood up. "Please. Eat me, but spare the others." JagerLowemon walked towards the gym leader. Erika closed her eyes only for a bright light to blind her behind her eyelids. Erika immediately opened her eyes to see a young boy.

"Haha, I'm not a cannibal." Kouichi smiled. "I just wanted to test if your loyalty is true. Just a badge is fine, then I'll be on my way." Kouichi held out an outstretched hand. "Oh and some… apples, if you have any." Erika blinked. She pulled out a badge from her pocket and placed it on Kouichi's palm.

"Umm… you are…" Erika asked, still wary of the boy who pretended to try to eat her, if pretended was the apt word.

"I'm Kouichi Kimura, a friend of Red and Yellow." Kouichi smiled. At this the people relaxed. "I wanted to see if you were worth your title. I've met people who've given power but ends up corrupted by it." Kouichi didn't mention that he himself has been corrupted by a power, since he didn't necessarily need to say it.

"I understand." Erika smiled. "Do not worry; all the Gym Leaders have proven themselves on the side of good."

"Then, I can safely say I'm protecting those that deserve it." Kouichi nodded. He walked across the yard only for a white light to catch up to him and engulf him. Kouichi waved a goodbye, his other hand clutching the badge. The reason he gave Erika was only half the meaning. The other was that he wanted a souvenir to take back home. Beating the Gym Leader was the only way to get a badge right?

Chapter End

This chapter was based on Digimon Xros Wars Young Hunters. Full of Filler, did not advance the plot despite it being so full of information. And plenty of Plot Holes. This was meant to be a [TAKE THAT!] to DXW Young Hunters.

The following is the ramblings of a former Digimon and Pokémon Fan (I say former because apparently, according to some idiots in the net I talked (read as: argued) with, if you don't like one part of the series, you don't count as a fan anymore.)

Digimon Note: In case people misinterpreted what I meant last chapter of about Tagiru. I personally don't hate DXW Hunters. But you could count on your two hands (or one hand for the more critical people) what episodes were plot relevant. Out of 25 episodes. In case anyone's still confused, that's a bad ratio. And 9 times out of 10, it is a Tagiru-centric story. I'm not claiming like most others like: "Tagiru is overshadowing Taiki" or other similar claims. What I'm claiming is: "Tagiru dominated the plot." And by dominating the plot, I mean the story focused more on Tagiru. Like I said, 9/10 of the story is Tagiru's and the 1/10th is for the other characters AND the plot. Thus I claim that Tagiru had done enough in his story. I mean what's the point of including Yuu in the main trio again? He only shined three times out of the 25 episodes.

PokéAni Note: Old news but I need to get this out of my chest: Whoopie! Ash gets to do what he does best! That is: Go travel a region, beat/help the character of the day, catch a few Pokémon, show people why Pikachu is hax, and finally, lose in the region Pokeleague because of a hax. Not to mention that Dialga must have put some sort of curse on his body that he'll never age past 10, and no one ever notes it. Well, fudge. Yes, I am prejudiced against the Pokémon Anime.

PokéSpe Note: I have nothing but praise for the Pokémon Special Manga. It remains interesting, and could never, ever become boring. The change of main characters every season should actually be implemented by the anime, really. But then again, PokeAni is not PokeAni without a Capped 10 year old Boy and his Hax Pikachu that can hurt ground types. Red is a teen recognized as a legend in-universe, Ash is a kid that is always looked down upon by a rival, (even a much more junior rival).

Next Chapter will most likely advance the plot again. Read On and Review.