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Chapter 5: The Awakening
Hours have passed since the defeat of DarkTyrannomon at the hands of the DigiDestined and their newfound friends. As the team headed home for Ken's place, on top of ExVeemon, they began talking about the weird disturbances that happened.
"So, how'd you guys end up here?" asked Davis.
"We were on our way to an archipelago when suddenly this storm struck." explained Dawn.
"And then there was this gigantic whirlpool that sucked us in!" added Ash.
"Sounds like a nasty occurrence." said Cody.
"Speaking of occurrence, my tummy's mumbling." said Armadillomon, holding his stomach, which was rumbling quite loud. The sound of rumbling continued with Ash's stomach too.
"Well, I could use a little snack myself." He held his stomach in embarrassment.
As they made their way to Ken's house, Pikachu's ears twitched again.
"Pi?" The little Pokemon turned his head.
"Pikachu, what's wrong?" asked Ash.
"Pika-Pi!" A huge fire-ball was hurling towards the group. ExVeemon barely missed the shot and the projectile exploded in the sky. ExVeemon continued to his course and he pointed down at the road below.
"Over there!" A tall Digimon covered in flames walked towards them as it prepared another fireball.
"It's a Meramon!" exclaimed Cody. The fire Digimon tossed his attack on ExVeemon.
"Fire Ball!" The flame projectile successfully hit ExVeemon, sending the flying Digimon falling and his passengers as well, and he de-Digivolved back to Veemon. As everyone was falling, Armadillomon began to flash.
"Armadillomon! Digivolve to…!
…Ankylomon!"
He Digivolved to Ankylomon and grabbed everyone. He then curled into a ball with everyone inside and crashed to the ground with great force. Meramon grinned as he moved in closer to them.
-Ken's house-
As the battle ensued at Odaiba, Ken's room flashed with a blinding ray of light. There, T.K, Kari and their Digimon returned safely from the Digital World, with Kari sensing a disturbance in her head. After they came out of the DigiPort, they crashed to the floor, all piled up on each other.
"*groans* Patamon! Your feet are crushing my ear!" yelled GAtomon.
"Yeah, well, *growls* your claws are puncturing my stomach!" responded Patamon.
As they dusted themselves and stood back up, they looked around the house to find no one had returned from their scouting mission.
"That's weird. They should be back by now." said Kari.
"Well, they must be extending their search." said Gatomon. T.K went over to Kari, worried of her condition.
"Are you still feeling uncomfortable?" he asked.
"A little." answered Kari. "Don't worry, T.K. I'll be fine." She gave a small smile and placed her hand on his arm to release him of his worries. He smiled back.
"Well, if your head's still acting up, then there's something odd going on here."
Everyone went back to Ken's room to relax, which Kari needed the most of rest.
-Odaiba-
As the dust from Ankylomon's fall settled, Meramon was moving closer and closer to the crash site. Suddenly, a massive surge of electricity hit Meramon, sending him tumbling to the ground. The smoke finally cleared with electric charges surging around Pikachu and Dawn's Electric squirrel Pokemon, Pachirisu. Armadillomon was lying down, weakened by the fall.
"Way to go, Pikachu!" exclaimed Ash.
"Pika!" answered his strong partner.
"Nice Discharge, Pachirisu!" cheered Dawn.
"Chi-Pa!" Pachirisu jumped for joy.
However, the Digimon just got back up again; ready to have another go at it.
"V-Headbutt!" Davis' blue little partner rushed in with a strong headbutt at Meramon's chest, but he probably forgot that the fire Digimon was full of flames.
"YEEE-OWWWW!" screamed Veemon as he ran here and there, desperately searching for something to put out the flames on his head.
"Uh oh. Palpitoad, I choose you!" Ash tossed another Poke-Ball, with a chubby, blue frog-like Pokemon.
"Quick, use Hydro Pump!" ordered Ash. The Pokemon spat out a huge water shot at Veemon. However, it was a little… too much. Veemon was sent flying at a clothes store.
"Veemon, you okay?" asked Davis. The feisty little Digimon emerged from a pile of fallen clothes, with the owner of the shop ran screaming for her dear life. Veemon was unintentionally dressed in a blouse and a hat.
"This is embarrassing…" complained Veemon.
Everyone looked back at Meramon, forming another Fire Ball. Then, out of the blue, a volley of laser rings blasted Meramon at the back. It was Yolei and Aquilamon, Hawkmon's Champion form. Next to them was Ken and Wormmon's Digivolved form, Stingmon.
"You guys sure took your sweet time!" yelled Davis.
"Whatever! Be glad you guys are still in one piece!" Yolei responded in a sarcastic tone. "Okay, ken! It's your turn."
"Stingmon." Ken looked at his partner, making sure that he was ready. The insect Digimon flew back and extended a blade from his wrist.
"Spiking Strike!" The Digimon swooped down for Meramon and successfully slashed him at his leg, bringing down the vulnerable Digimon.
"Okay, let's extinguish this flame! Axew, Dragon Rage!" Iris ordered her partner to prepare to finish off Meramon.
"Wait!" yelled Ken.
"Huh? Axew, stop!"
"Yew?" Both were confused of Ken's action.
"Davis! Cody! Yolei! Take a look on top of his head!"
As the fire Digimon rose from the ground, recovering from his fall, the team realized a very familiar and frightening sight. A plant with very red and glowing flowers was visible on Meramon's head. It was a Dark Spore; the very thing that corrupted Digimon and humans alike.
"A Dark Spore!" yelled Davis, Cody, Yolei, Veemon, Armadillomon and Aquilamon in unison. The Pokemon team was confused.
"A what?" asked Cilan.
"Trust me, that thing is bad news! Once it grows like that, the Digimon has no control over the darkness." explained Cody.
"We have to take it out of Meramon." said Ken.
"Easier said than done, Ken. That thing's a walking inferno!" worried Stingmon.
"Okay! I just about had enough! Veemon, let's rock!" yelled Davis.
"Let's party!" Veemon leapt into the air and Davis held out his D-3 device at Veemon.
"Digi-Armour ENERGIZE!"
"Veemon! Armour-Digivolve to…!"
"Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!"
The Armour Digimon emerged from his Digivolution.
"Huh?" Iris was astonished by this new unexpected change.
"First, he de-evolves back into a small fry, and now he can evolve into another being." Clearly, Ash and the others had a lot to learn about the differences between Digimon and Pokemon. Flamedramon stepped in and prepared his claws.
"Let's fight fire with fire!" He charged at Meramon with tremendous speed.
"Fire Ball!" Meramon tossed a Fire Ball, but Flamedramon dodged the attack and zoomed up into the air. He then formed a fire aura around him and raised his claws into the air.
"Fire Rockets!" He unleashed a triple volley of fire rocket projectiles on Meramon. While one blast hit the floor near Meramon's legs and another at his chest, the third shot barely hit the Dark Spore, incinerating it into ashes. Fortunately, it didn't directly hit Meramon.
"Cody, NOW!" called Yolei, as Cody took out his laptop and position himself against Meramon.
"DigiPort OPEN!" As the computer flashed the same way as it did on DarkTyrannomon, Meramon was sucked into the laptop, taking a portal back to the Digital World, where he can be free from the corruption of the Dark Spore.
"Alright!" shouted the DigiDestined.
"Yes!"
"YEAH!" followed by the Pokemon team.
The Digimon, except Armadillomon, de-Digivolved back into their Rookie forms. The group came together.
"That's was a great battle!" shouted Ash.
"No doubt!" added Dawn. The two gave an exchange of high-fives, a kind of thing they always did.
"Well, I'm glad we got here just in time. Hi, I'm Yolei, and this is my partner, Hawkmon." Yolei introduced herself and her faithful partner.
"Delighted to meet you." the bird Digimon took a bow.
"And I'm Ken. And this little fella's name is Wormmon." Ken also joined in with Wormmon in his arms.
"Oh please, Ken. Don't call me little. It still hurts even if you are the kindest boy around." complained Wormmon.
"*chuckles* Sorry, buddy"
"I'm Ash. This is Pikachu."
"Pika Pika!"
"I'm Dawn and over here is Piplup."
"Piplup!" The penguin Pokemon beat his chest with his right flipper proudly.
"Name's Iris, and this is Axew,"
"Axew!"
"Pleasure to meet you. Cilan's my name." Cilan bowed with gracefulness.
"Wow, he's a better bower than you, Cody." complimented Yolei.
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" said Cody, sarcastically.
Just then, Ken walked up to Davis, with his face covered with concern.
"You were right, Davis. This is the work of the Dark Spores."
"Yeah, but who exactly is behind all of this?" asked Davis, raising an eyebrow and his chin on his hand.
"I'm pretty sure MaloMyotismon had nothing to do with this. You saw how he vanquished, right?" suggested Yolei.
Just then, a loud rumbling noise interrupted the investigation, coming from Ash and Armadillomon.
"Well, *chuckles* I guess I've forgotten how starving I am."
"Me too. I'm so hungry I could eat a whole restaurant of food."
"You guys are such kids." teased Iris.
Everyone laughed at the little joke, as if they were forgetting the troubles that have happened and those that will happen. Ken, however, was still formulating the whole thing.
"We'll talk about this affair later. Right now, let's head over to my place. Mum and dad won't be back for another week, so I guess you one of you guys could come over and spend the night."
"Sounds doable." said Cilan.
"Hey Iris, why don't you come over to my place tonight?" suggested Yolei. " I'm sure my family won't mind another guest, but you gotta keep Axew in your hair, which kinda looks funny."
"*giggles* Yeah I get that a lot. Sure!" agreed Iris, with Axew still in her hair.
"Axew!"
"How 'bout you, Ash? Wanna stay at my place? We could hang out!" Davis had his plans settled with Ash.
"Sounds great!" said Ash.
"Pika!"
"But I'm pretty sure my family won't like the idea of having a girl over at my place." worried Cody, referring to Dawn.
"No need to worry, Cody. I'll find somewhere to spend the night. Right, Piplup?" She looked at her partner, cheerfully.
"Piplup!"
"Yeah, and my parents can't have more than one guest over these days." worried Yolei. "Hey, how about Kari's place? She's an old friend of ours and a fellow DigiDestined. So she should be able to allow her to stay over."
"That's a great idea!" Dawn was excited to meet Kari and so was Piplup.
"Piplup!"
"Okay then, but first let's head over to Ken's house to check on her!" Davis was, of course, excited, but then he frowned at the thought of his other friend." Oh, yeah, and T.K…" he mumbled.
The gang headed out back to Ken's house. Behind them, police cars and fire engines raced towards the scene, ready to do their part. The streets were crowded as cars and trucks went slowly as the site of the battle started to clear up.
-At Ken's house-
Ken and the others arrived at his house. He opened the door and welcomed everyone in.
"Well, the lights are on, which means they should be back by now." said Cody. They entered the room and found T.K and Kari playing with their Digimon. The team was glad that they returned safely back from the Digital World.
"Hey guys." said T.K and Kari in unison.
"What's up, you two? Having fun without us?" teased Yolei. The two blushed crimson red and looked away from each other, much to Davis' disappointment.
"Well, guys, I would like you to meet the Pokemon crew." Ash and the others entered the room.
"Hi!" they all greeted.
"Hello." answered T.K, Kari, Patamon and Gatomon.
They all sat down and had a little snack to eat. Behind them, their Digimon and Pokemon were munching joyfully on some food and drinks Yolei bought from her parents' sundry shop at Odaiba. Gatomon, however, looked on while nibbling on a cookie. Cilan looked on at the critters, in amusement.
"Well, it looks like they have one thing in common." laughed Cilan.
"Yep." agreed T.K.
"They just don't know their table manners." mumbled Gatomon.
"Ah, cheer up, Gatomon." said Patamon, who was no different from the rest of the group. Gatomon just looked at Patamon, uncomfortable by his appetite.
"Well, I'm surprised to know that they could go back to these Training forms." said Dawn.
"And they're SO cute!" squealed Iris, as she was pinching DemiVeemon's cheek. The little creature just moaned in pain. Kari turned around to face Ken, still not taking a nibble on his biscuit, while Minimon was surely savouring his snack.
"Ken, what's the matter?" asked Kari.
"Huh? Oh, nothing. I'm just worried about the Dark Spores on Meramon. Who knows what other Digimon could've been infected."
Dawn looked at Ken, worried as much Kari was.
"Well, at least it's over for now, right?" she asked.
"I'm not sure, Dawn." said Kari. "And by the way, I called mum and she said she'll be glad to have you over." She smiled at her.
"Alright. Thanks a lot." Dawn was glad that she had somewhere to spend the night.
"Piplup!" Piplup couldn't agree more.
"Okay, but Piplup's not sleeping in my kitty basket." teased Gatomon. "And Miko (Kari's cat) wouldn't like his bed being stolen either."
"That's okay. We'll use the spare bed."
Just then, Davis gulped down on his biscuit, nearly choked from that. His face was filled with shock.
"Oh no! I just remembered!"
"Me too!" shouted Cody.
"What?" ased everyone as they stopped eating.
"We forgot about DarkTyrannomon! He probably has a Dark Spore on his head right now!"
Yolei smacked her head. "*groans* Why did you have to forget?!"
"Well, it's not my fault we didn't know. We just found out about this!"
"Davis has a point." said Cody. "And the funniest thing is, we didn't see the Dark Spore on him."
Ken got up from his chair.
"Well then…" said Ken, "…we'll check on him tomorrow, it's getting dark out anyway. We should be getting some shut eye."
Everyone agreed and went home, bidding their farewells with another. The Pokemon gang also said their goodbyes as each of them followed the respective DigiDestined to their homes.
As the night passed, Yolei and Iris were having a little fun with their Digimon and Pokemon in Yolei's room. Ken and Cilan were spending time reading books that Cilan never heard of, much to Ken's satisfaction to teach him. Davis and Ash were looking through with some old comic books while Pikachu and DemiVeemon were jumping up and down on Davis' bed. Dawn and Kari were at Kari's place, getting ready to call it a day. However, Kari was looking out her window, completely worried. Dawn noticed this and went over to her side.
"is everything alright, Kari?" she asked.
"Hm? Oh, Dawn." She barely noticed her presence. "I don't know, I'm always having this gut feeling that something dark is out there, plotting our downfall. I'm just not sure if I can handle it." Dawn placed her hand on Kari's shoulder.
"No need to worry. We'll work this out, together." They both smiled at each other. Piplup and Gatomon were already snoozing off.
"Well, time to get some sleep. Night, Kari."
"Good night, Dawn."
Kari's room light switched off, and the two finally had a goodnight's sleep.
~The next day~
The day begins as the DigiDestined and the Pokemon gang engaged two different Digimon on two different fronts. One group, consisting of Davis, Cody and Ken, dealt with the DarkTyrannomon they had encountered in the Real World, destroying the Dark Spore and setting it free.
Meanwhile, the rest of the crew battled an Ebidramon at sea near Odaiba. Submarimon, Armadillomon's Armour-Digivolved form, engaged the lobster Digimon underwater. With them, Ash's Palpitoad was also engaged in battle with the monster. From two sides of him, he fired an almost invisible pair of torpedoes.
"Oxygen Torpedo!"
"Palpitoad!" Palpitoad shot Hydro Pump at Ebidramon's back, where the plant was growing. Only one torpedo, and Palpitoad's attack, hit Ebidramon and destroyed the Dark Spore. The other one, however, strayed off from target and zoomed to the bottom of the sea. Cody readied his laptop and sent Ebidramon back to the Digital World.
"Mission accomplished!" exclaimed Submarimon. "Let's head back to the surface."
They returned to the surface to celebrate another victory. The cooperation between Digimon and Pokemon was getting better and better by the moment.
However, what they didn't know was that the stray torpedo heading straight to the ocean floor was heading straight towards an unexpected sight.
-Under the sea-
The torpedo headed for a sunken ship and hit the hull with extraordinary force. The blast rocked the interior as the ship somehow began to light up! Inside the ship's bridge, a computer console came to life.
"WARNING! WARNING! Unidentified attack confirmed! Rewiring Ark systems to full power!"
The ship's systems were recharged. It was clearly so rusty that it must've been millions of years since it last came online. In a room inside the ship, three pods with glass doors opened up, releasing smoky gas from inside of it. In the smoke of one of the pods, two blue glowing eyes suddenly flashed, signifying the person who was in that pod, awakening from a long slumber. The world will never be the same again.
Will the new heroic team be able to solve the mystery of this dark occurrence? And who is emerging from the mysterious ship underneath the ocean? Find next on the next episode!
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