Now: A preview of Cody's debut in the Pokémon x Digimon Crossover Series: Strange Events (Book 2 in the series). For more information, please read Oddly Enough (I Think I'm Fallin' For You), Book 1 in the series.

Cody's PoV

Looking around at the Gym before me, I looked at the Gym Leader and gulped. I was scared. I didn't want Armadillomon to get hurt. But one way or another, I knew I had to believe in him. I realized something, I did believe in him! I had no need to be afraid.

"Go, Armadillomon! Use Earthquake followed by Bulldoze! Take out that Ice type and show them that Ground types can stand up to Ice types like it's nobody's business! Go!" I shouted.

"You got it Cody! Cody, I'm evolving! HIYAH! Shakkoumon!" Armadillomon said as he began to glow.

"Wow, Armadillomon! You managed to Warp Evolve to Shakkoumon without Patamon and without needing to become Ankylomon! That's amazing! Now, use Moonblast!" I shouted.

"Whoa, who's that Pokémon?" Paul asked, looking at his PokéDex.

"Shakkoumon, the Hopi Kachina figure Pokémon and the evolved form of Armadillomon. Armadillomon undergoes intense training to reach its final stage and sometimes on rare occasions is exempted from being required to evolve into Ankylomon. This is referred to as a Jump Evolution. This is a rare Evolution type that only happens once every decade. Few Armadillomon are actually able to use the move. Shakkoumon is a Ground and Fairy Type but can shift to Psychic Type once every battle through a move called Mindset Shift. Depending on the conditions its used in, Shakkoumon can shift between the Psychic and Fairy Type once per battle, as long as its Hit Points are at least 50%. If Shakkoumon has less than 50% of its strength, the move will fail and Shakkoumon might faint on the next turn. This side effect is extremely rare though. Shakkoumon emits beams and blasts from its eyes and fires powerful blasts of energy and light from the tips of its fingers. Using Moonblast is extremely easy for its kind as it can fire the beam from its eyes or its fingers and can take direct energy from the sun or the moon to use the move, regardless of what time it is. Shakkoumon can also learn Flamethrower, Earthquake, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact and other such moves and has the ability Levitate. It is immune to Ghost Type attacks and Fire Type attacks along with Dragon Type attacks. This ability to be immune to Ghost Type attacks and Fire Type attacks is an exclusive feature to Armadillomon's line of evolution and happens through the slits on its eyes. This is said to be a result of Shakkoumon's second ability, Time Power. Shakkoumon's Attack, Special Attack, Defense, Special Defense and Speed will increase dramatically upon being hit by either a Ghost type attack, or by a Fire Type attack. Whether its Special Attack and Special Defense are boosted or its Attack and Defense are increased all depends on what time it is. During the daytime, Attack and Defense are boosted to give extra power to Earthquake, Bulldoze and Giga Impact. During the nighttime, it receives a dramatic boost in Special Attack and Special Defense to give extra power to Flamethrower, Hyper Beam and Moonblast. Regardless of the time of day, it receives the dramatic Speed boost." The Rotom PokéDex said.

"Alright! Since it's nighttime, 11:00pm, normally well past my bedtime, Moonblast receives a significant power boost! Mizore! I hope you're ready to receive a taste of Shakkoumon's power!" I shouted.

"Bring it on then, little boy! I can't wait to freeze Shakkoumon solid!" Mizore replied, icily.

"HIYAH! Here I come! WATCH OUT MIZORE!" Shakkoumon said.

"Froslass! Use Blizzard! Full power!" Mizore exclaimed.

"FROS... LASS!" Froslass shouted firing the Blizzard.

The two attacks between our Digimon collided but mine was able to overpower the Blizzard and knock Froslass out in that turn. Shakkoumon had taken a lot of damage from the attack. But he survived just fine.

"Froslass is unable to battle! Shakkoumon is the winner which means that this match and battle goes to Cody James Hida!" The referee said.

"Fine. I accept defeat. In accordance with the Pokémon League's rules, I am forced to give you this Gym Badge, the Blizzard Badge. Its power allows you to use Surf outside of battle and allows your Pokémon to travel on water. Here is TM94, Surf. Cody, I was wrong about Ground Types, you showed me that Ground Types are able to survive Ice Type attacks and they CAN hold their own. I was wrong to judge Shakkoumon so quickly. I'm sorry, Cody." Mizore said.

"It's okay. No biggie. TK, Seraphimon are you coming to the restaurant with us?" I called out to my boyfriend.

"Yup! I just need to get changed first and help Seraphimon change into his suit too." TK said, walking towards the Pokémon Center.

"Alright, I'll see you at the restaurant in 20 minutes!" I called heading towards the room I had in the Pokémon Center. TK and I shared a room so I just went down to the changing room in the locker rooms.

Shakkoumon is Ground/Fairy with the ability to shift into the Psychic Type and Seraphimon is Fairy/Flying, with the ability to shift into the Psychic Type. Cody is around 18 whereas TK is 21. They are dating.

Alright, for more information on Book 2, Stranger Things Have Happened, please stay tuned for the next chapter! Ja na!