For Tripmon, sorry for the wait...

Hiroki ran over to Ryoko. "Are you alright?" As he spoke, several other
digimon joined the bug digimon in attacking Gigasmon.

Ryoko nodded, holding an unconcious Sneasel in her lap. The two watched
the fight, hoping the newcomers were strong enough to beat Gigasmon. She caught
sight of one of the new digimon; it was clearly female, butterfly like wings,
using a lot of kick attacks...

How did Aunt Mimi get here, Ryoko wondered. Especially dressed like THAT?

Digicross Frontier Episode 2:
'Garmmon versus Wolfmon: Round 1!'

Fairymon was getting sick of this.

When she had first come to this world, she was a bit put out by being the
only girl in the group. OK, Tomoki was cute, but Junpei...well, he was trying.
Trying -what- was another question.

What really got to her was situations like this. She had found her own
Spirit, Fairymon, but she seemed to be the weakest of the group. Having Kouji
come along as Wolfmon and save her from a -tree-, of all things, really annoyed
her. And what was with that whole 'lone wolf' act, anyway?

The current situation was no different; Ever since that little freakjob
Grottomon found that Beast Spirit, he'd been regularly beating them all by sheer
brute force. She figured it was only luck that kept them alive this far.
"Breeza Petalo!" Fairymon grimaced as Gigasmon knocked the attack away. She
took some consolation that none of the others were doing much better. As long
as they kept their distance, she figured, they couldn't be hit by those
oversized arms. "This isn't working!" she snapped, angry. "What good's that
stupid book of Bokomon's if it can't tell us how to beat him?"

"You're asking me?" Agnimon replied, equally annoyed. "It's like hitting
a brick wall!"

"Actually, it's exactly like hitting a brick wall, isn't it?" Neemon
asked, standing away from the fight.

"You COULD lend us a hand!" Blitzmon yelled. "Can't you evolve or
something? Every other digimon we've fought has!" As he spoke, he shot a
glance over his shoulder. Good, those other humans were safe. If they could
just keep Gigasmon away, those two could find a place to hide.

"Sure." Neemon replied. "How?"

"I give up." Blitzmon palmed his face, exasperated. "Hey, you know who
those two are?" he asked, indicating Ryoko and Hiroki. "I didn't get a good
look at them."

"Maybe they're looking for Spirits, like us?" Chakmon suggested, ducking a
wild swing from Gigasmon. "SNOW BOMBER!" A hail of ice slammed into Gigasmon,
knocking him back. The move nearly cost him, as the small digimon stumbled on
the smooth rocky area they were fighting on.

"You're mine!" Gigasmon roared.

"SHUT UP ALREADY!" Blitzmon roared, as he and Agnimon hammered Gigasmon
with their best attacks; Blitzmon unloaded a Thor Hammer in Gigasmon's face,
while Agnimon planted a fiery kick in the monster's midsection. Gigasmon
staggered, and was further pushed back when Fairymon hit him with a flurry of
kicks. This isn't working, Blitzmon thought.

==

Hiroki and Ryoko watched the battle silently, holding their digimon.
Sneasel tried to get up, but Ryoko refused to let the injured pokemon fight
anymore. "He's too strong," she said to her partner, "and you're hurt. Right,
Hiroki? Hiroki?" Ryoko looked at the boy, and realized that he was studying
the fight.

"I got it." he said after a few seconds. As he watched, two digimon
joined them. One of them, a small white creature with a black beak, looked at
Hiroki. "Hey, shouldn't you be out there?"

The other one, taller, with long rabbit ears, replied, "he already is,
Bokomon. See?" Neemon indicated Chakmon, who had fired another volley of ice
from what looked like a...rocket launcher?

"Oh," Bokomon said calmly, as if discussing the weather, "so he is."

"What are you talking about?" Ryoko demanded, then noticed Hiroki was
getting up. "Hey, wait up! You can't do anything!"

Hiroki looked at her. "I know what to do. I know how to beat him." As
he did, two of the digimon fighting Gigasmon were slammed into the rocks they
were hiding behind. Hiroki looked over. "Are you two OK?"

Blitzmon stood up, still woozy. "Yeah kid, I..." he trailed off as he got
his first good look at Hiroki. "How did...?"

Beside him, Fairymon also got up. "What's up? I.." She saw Hiroki, and
stopped, stunned. She looked at Chakmon, and back again. "How did..." A cry
got her attention. Looking back, she saw Agnimon had been knocked out, and
Chakmon was facing Gigasmon alone. "Chakmon!"

"Tell him to aim low!" Hiroki said. "Aim that ice attack low, then you
two can hit him!"

Sneasel got up. "I see where he's going!" The pokemon squirmed out of
Ryoko's arms and ran towards Chakmon. "Hey ugly!" he yelled, running at
Gigasmon. When the monster turned, he jumped, placed his claws together, and
yelled "FLASH!" There was a bright flare of light, blinding Gigasmon. He
landed beside Chakmon. "Follow my lead. ICY WIND!" The attack fired a blast
of ice at the ground in front of Gigasmon.

Chakmon caught on, firing more ice. In a few seconds, the ground around
Gigasmon had been transformed into a sheet of ice. A few seconds after that,
Gigasmon's eyes cleared. "You'll pay for that! HURRICANE BOMBER!" As he
screamed his attack, he took a step forward, putting one of his feet on the ice
field. His swing missed, the momentum knocking him off balance as he lost his
footing.

"Salamander Break!"

"Tornado Gambada!"

Agnimon and Fairymon hit Gigasmon simultaneously. Agnimon hit Gigasmon in
the chest with another kick, while Fairymon came in low, cutting the monster's
legs out from under him. This time, Gigasmon fell down.

Blitzmon applied the finish. "THOR HAMMER!" The attack struck Gigasmon
dead on, throwing up a cloud if ice and dust. Blitzmon landed by the other
fighters, giving them a thumbs up. "Piece of cake."

"Yeah." Agnimon replied. "Chakmon, good plan."

"It wasn't me," he replied, "it was...Hey, a Sneasel! Cool!"

Sneasel blinked. "You've heard of pokemon?"

Gigasmon's roar broke up the conversation. Enraged now, the rock digimon
stood up, murder in his eyes.

"Strahl!" A bolt of light hit Gigasmon on his shoulder. Snarling, he
swivelled around and faced another fighter.

"About time!" Fairymon muttered, not impressed.

"Who's that?" Sneasel asked.

"Wolfmon." Agnimon replied, kneeling down. The battle had taken a lot out
of him. Without another word, Wolfmon jumped in, blades glowing white.

The two digimon battled for a few minutes, neither one gaining any
advantage. Then, though Wolfmon had not landed a strike, Gigasmon staggered
back, some sort of energy crackling over him. Gigasmon triggered another
Earthquake, slide-evolved back to Grottomon, and got away in the confusion.
"What was that all about?" Wolfmon asked as the smoke cleared, leaving a hole in
the ground where Grottomon was a few seconds ago. He noticed the rest of the
group was there. "Why did he...? Tomoki?" he asked, looking at Hiroki, then at
Chakmon.

"What?" Chakmon asked, wondering what everyone else was staring at. Then
he looked at Hiroki too...

==

Grottomon staggered around for several hours, pain ripping through him.
"That spirit...there's something wrong with it..." he gasped. He'd felt a pull
from it since the fight with Wolfmon. His spirit was related to the element of
Light, as was the spirit he'd taken from that unusual digimon he'd fought
earlier. There must have been some reaction between the two, he decided.

"Tummy ache, Grotto-chan?" Ranamon asked, appearing beside the hybrid.
Grottomon growled, taking a swipe at his 'ally'. "That's no way to speak to an
ally. And here I was, so worried about you." Ranamon narrowed her eyes. Lord
Cherubimon had noticed something unusual had arrived in the digital world, and
that it had had some impact on Grottomon. "Maybe if you can't beat those
children, you should leave it to someone more...competent? skilled?
Intelligent? Good looking?" Ranamon blinked coyly as she spoke, as sincere as
any politician on election day.

"Leave me....gurr......arrGGGHHHHH!" A new wave of energy coursed through
Grottomon, pulling him towards a small hill. Climbing it, he began tearing at
the dirt with his hands, as if trying to rip the hill apart. After a second, a
flash of white light blinded Ranamon, who was watching the whole spectacle.
"Su...Su...SPIRIT!" he yelled, causing what looked like a small figurine to
ascend and merge with him. "Grottomon, Slide Evolution..."

Wide eyed, Ranamon watched as Grottomon's form changed. "How did he..."
she stepped back as the new digimon stepped out, eyes clouded by rage and pain.
She quickly left the area, hoping Grottomon's new evolution didn't notice her
leaving.

Cherubimon had to be told.
==That night

"Another world?"

Ryoko nodded. After the fight was over, the two groups had introduced
themselves. The big shock for Ryoko and Hiroki was seeing Digimon turn into
humans. The boy with the goggles (and reminding her a bit of Takeru; what was
it with some boys and goggles?) was named Takuya. The big one in the jumpsuit
was Junpei, the guy sitting off a bit and watching the two a bit suspiciously
was named Kouki, and the girl was Izumi. Bokomon and Neemon were sound asleep
in one corner.

It was when the small snowbear called Chakmon turned into Tomoki that
Ryoko and Hiroki just stared. Physically, Tomoki and Hiroki were almost
identical; age, hair colour, height, they could have been twins. The two were
off in one corner, talking to each other.

"You're telling us there's a world where pokemon are real?" Takuya asked.

"You don't watch that?" Junpei interrupted. "That's just a kid's show."

Sneasel growled a bit. "Want to see how child-safe I am?" he asked,
looking right at Junpei.

"We're on TV?" Armadillomon asked. "I wonder if they got my good side?"

"Sorry, there weren't any Digimon on it." Takuya thought for a second.
"Hey, there wouldn't be a pokemon trainer named Ash where you come from? Our
age, has a pikachu?"

"Yeah; he was one of the top trainers before he retired. He married
another trainer named Misty, I think."

Hiroki looked up. "Yeah. And they have two children; I go to the same
school as one of them in Olivine City."

"They married?" Junpei asked, shocked.

"I thought you said it was a kid's show." Izumi teased him.

"Eh...I was channel surfing!" Junpei protested.

Hiroki chuckled, and went back to his conversation with Tomoki. It turned
out that Tomoki had played the pokemon video game before coming here; he
confessed that he thought that there were pokemon here, before seeing Takuya
turn into Agnimon.

"So, are you really a trainer?"

"Only a little." Hiroki replied. "I've got a limited license; I can use
Armadillomon in a match, but I'm not allowed to catch or train other pokemon
until I turn 10 in a few months; It's one of those special licenses that they
made for digidestined."

"How did you get here?" Tomoki asked.

Hiroki took out his digivice. "I was practising at home when this voice
started speaking out of my digivice." He saw Kouji look up when he said that.
"It just said 'help me' over and over. Then something came through the portal
Izzy was making and we wound up here." Hiroki smiled a bit. "At least now I
know why everyone was attacking us."

"Portal?" Kouji asked.

"Yeah." Ryoko answered. "A friend of ours went missing a while back,
something went wrong with the portal she was using. Dad was trying to build a
better portal so we could find her. You haven't seen her, have you? My height,
red hair, shoulder length, had an Eevee and a Noctowl with her?" Everyone shook
their head. A buzzing noise came from her hip. Blinking, she reached into a
pocket, and took out a small device that looked like an oversized watch.

"Pokegear?" Tomoki asked. Hiroki nodded.

==

"Ryoko!" Izzy nearly yelled, almost deafening his daughter on the other
end. "Where are you? What happened?"

"We're fine." Ryoko's voice came back. "We ran into a bit of trouble with
some Digimon here, but the digidestined here helped us out."

Kari leaned in. "Where are you now?"

"In a cave, surrounded by digidestined. Just like when you were young."
Ryoko's voice had a trace of humour in it.

"Remind me to discuss 'stay out of sight' with you when we get you back."
Izzy sighed.

"We're fine." Hiroki's voice came in. "But Sneasel had his digiegg taken
away."

"WHAT?"

After a few minutes, Ryoko finished explaining what had happened when they
ran into Gigasmon. Also, they introduced the other digidestined there.

"OK." Kari said, massaging her forehead. "Don't worry about getting the
digiegg back; just stay safe, and we'll get you home."

"Yes mom."

"This is serious!" Kari replied. "You're there, if Sneasel gets hurt,
there's no one who can fix him up, and Hiroki's there too..."

"Mom. We'll be fine. You made it through stuff like this OK, you were
younger than us, and you didn't know half the stuff we know. I promise, nothing
stupid." There was a few murmurs, then Ryoko continued. "Oh, and Sneasel says
'hi', and that he'll keep me out of anything really dangerous."

"The same goes for me." Armadillomon's voice said over the speaker Izzy
had set up.

"Hiroki?" Izzy said. "Your parents aren't here right now; but they'll be
in tomorrow morning. Can you talk to them then?"

"Yep. I want to introduce them to my twin brother."

".....okaaayyyyy.....Ryoko, you'd better save your power for tomorrow.
We'll call then, say, 10 hours from now?"

"Got it." Ryoko replied. "We miss you all."

"We miss you too." Kari replied. "We'll keep in contact."

==

"Well, I'm glad they could get through." Ryoko said, shutting off the
phone on her pokegear. "I think I remember dad saying they were going to try to
reach Hitomi. Probably helps that they know where we wound up."

"I hope that our being here doesn't mess up their search for Hitomi."
Hiroki said, downcast.

"I'm sure Kyle and June won't mind. Hitomi's a big girl, and she'd raise
a stink if the folks forgot about finding her boyfriend." Armadillomon answered.

"I'M NOT HER BOYFRIEND!" That got everyone else laughing; even Kouji had
to smirk at that. Face turning crimson, Hiroki subsided. Sighing, he sat down.
As he did, there was a clicking noise from his belt, and a bolt of white ligth
appeared. It struck the ground, cleared, and left a small humanoid creature,
scarcely bigger than Sneasel.

"Tyrogue!" Hiroki exclaimed. The pokemon looked at Tomoki, then Hiroki,
confused. "What have I said about coming out of your pokeball like that? I
could get in big trouble!" The pokemon looked at Hiroki, shrugging as he did.
He had a small bone club in his left hand, resting on his shoulder.

Izumi looked at Hiroki. "I thought you were only allowed to have Armadillomon."

"Well, he sort of follows me around; I only have a pokeball for him so no one
else will challenge him."

"I didn't know Tyrogues carried weapons."

"He got it off a Marowak that was terrorizing some Digimon at Primary village;
ever since then, he's been trying to learn how to use it." Hiroki shrugged. "I
told him that none of his evolutions can use weapons, but he just keeps on
practising with that club of his."

==

After another hour, Ryoko stepped outside, wanting to look up at the night
sky. It was different from the sky in any off the worlds she had been to
previously; in a way, which made her feel better.

"It's nice out, isn't it?" Izumi asked, stepping out. Ryoko nodded.
"Sorry, I just had to step out too. Sometimes I hate being the only girl in the
group."

"Can't be all that bad."

"Try having Junpei look up your skirt, and see how you feel. 'Ladies
first' indeed."

"Ladder?"

"Yeah. How'd you know?"

Ryoko sighed. "My 'cousin' Takeru. Nice guy, but he needs to be smacked
around a few times."

"He didn't!"

"It was by accident, but Asuka came close to shoving those goggles Takeru
wears down his throat. Good thing Patamon stopped her."

"It must be nice, having a partner." Izumi sighed. "It would be nice to
have someone to talk to, like Hiroki and Armadillomon. Or you and Sneasel."

"I guess. Although becoming a Digimon sounds like it would be fun, too."

"You bet." Izumi gave Ryoko a thumbs up gesture. "I just wish I was a bit
stronger."

"Stronger? It's not like you were getting beat up by a Woodmon or
anything." She noticed Izumi wince. "Uh, sorry."

"Forget it." Izumi sighed. "What's really galling is that Kouji came by,
saved me, then just took off again."

Ryoko, thought it over, then brightened up. "One sec. Hey, Hiroki! I
need you for a minute." Hiroki walked out, Armadillomon and Sneasel following
him. A second later, Takuya, Tomoki, and Junpei stuck their heads out of the
cave, wondering what was up. "I need it for a sec."

"Need what?" Hiroki asked.

"You know what I mean. The TM I helped pick out for you."

"But-"

"I'll get you another one. And I promise," she added, smirking, "I won't
tell Hitomi you gave it to another girl."

"It's not like that!" After another minute, Hiroki gave in and handed a
small box over to Ryoko.

"What's that?"

"It's a TM that was made to be used on pokemon and Digimon."

"They can do that?" Tomoki asked, now really interested.

"Well, the information is stored digitally, right? Hiroki used on on
Armadillomon's digiegg so Chameleonmon could use Dig. I'm betting that we can
use TMs on your Spirits, too."

"Can't fault the logic." Armadillomon noted.

"It's risky." Sneasel cautioned. "There's no guaranteeing it will work.
Or how it will work."

Izumi held out her digivice. "I'm game." Ryoko nodded. She pressed a
button on the side of the TM, splitting it into two halves, a field of energy
forming.

"Uh...Ryoko? Don't you need the digiegg out?" Hiroki asked.

Izumi looked at the field, then grinned. "Digicode SCAN!" she said,
swiping her digivice through the field. The energy field formed from the TM
seemed to stretch, then was sucked into the digivice. A symbol appeared on the
small screen of Izumi's digivice, glowed bright for a second, then returned to
normal.

"That's so cool." Hiroki said. Everyone went back into the cave after
Ryoko explained what TM she had used, Tomoki's eyes widening as he listened.
They spent another few minutes laughing at the sight of Tyrogue sitting near
Kouji, imitating the boy's pose.

==Next Day

Grottomon finished off the last of the defenders of the small village. He
saw one of them, an Airdramon, flying away. For a second, he considered
destroying it too, but decided against it. It was headed in the direction he
knew those humans would be coming in. All the better to send the word out.

"That's it." Grottomon muttered, flexing his hands. "Soon I will have the
final spirit of light, and I'll be invincible." He had to admit, the changes
that he had gone through were impressive to date. Grottomon's body had become a
bit stronger and more agile; too, his height had increased by half. He could
call up those swords that Digimon he fought had, as well as the shields on the
back of his wrists. As Gigasmon, he was stronger now, his rocklike body even
harder to pierce. And there was always that other spirit he had found
earlier...

Some distance away, Ranamon watched Grottomon, seeing the changes in the
Earth Hybrid. "How did he get so strong?" she wondered.

"Obviously, it was to do with that intrusion Lord Cherubimon detected."
Mercuremon, lying beside her, observed. "Do you think he'll move against us
next?"

"He doesn't have the brains."

"I'm not so sure anymore." Mercuremon replied. Finding his Beast Spirit
was a coincidence, maybe, but you said he was drawn to that other spirit. We
should keep an eye on him." As they watched, Grottomon managed to catch two
Digimon he had missed earlier, and quickly corrupted the Digimon, turning them
evil. One of the forms shifted, and a jet black Triceramon moved out. Beside
him, a Golemon also moved away, heading for the lower parts of the town.

==

"I'm sure it's this way." Bokomon insisted.

"You said that two lefts ago." Neemon replied. 'It's the other way."

"Just make up your minds!" Takuya snapped. The group had moved out that
morning, after Hiroki's parents had called on Ryoko's pokegear. "You keep
saying that this Seraphimon character can help us, then you forget the route?"
Adding to the discomfort was the fact that Tyrogue had started mimicking Kouji,
and was now walking beside him, to the boy's slight discomfort.

"Beat Seraphimon?" Hiroki asked. "Seraphimon's supposed to be one of the
strongest Angel Digimon around."

"That's about what happened." Bokomon answered. "But if we can revive
him, then we might have a chance of undoing all the damage Cherubimon has done
here."

"Why are we bothering?" Kouji asked. "If he was beaten once, it'd be
stupid to rely on his help now. Whoever beat him before has obviously gotten a
lot stronger by now."

"He might know something that could help us." Ryoko replied.

"This isn't your fight. You don't have to follow us." Kouji replied.

"Well I'm here now, pal, so deal with it."

"Here we go." Sneasel groaned, wlaking beside Takuya. At Takuya's
questioning look, Sneasel went on. "Ryoko's the stubborn one."

"I am not!"

"You don't know her like I do." Hiroki whispered to Tomoki. The two
shared a quiet laugh.

A few minutes later, a large serpentine figure flew erratically towards
them. "Airdramon." Ryoko observed. "Pretty rough shape, from the look of it."

It was. As it crashed to the ground, lines of digicode spun around it,
and the Digimon shrank to a form that Ryoko and Hiroki recognized instantly. "A
Patamon!" Hiroki ran over, wondering if the Digimon was still alive.

"Too...powerful..." Patamon gasped. "He just went right through us..."

"Who did?" Takuya asked.

"His name was...Grottomon, he said. He was looking for the Chosen
Children, he told us as we tried to fight him. He was too fast..."

"This is unforgivable." Takuya growled. "All this, just to get to us?"

"We can't just go charging in." Hiroki said, picking up the injured
Patamon. "Right Ryoko?"

"He wiped out a whole village." Sneasel said, also growling. "Armour or
not, I'm going in." Beside him, Ryoko nodded.

"Don't worry." Izumi said to Hiroki. "I do want to see if that power up I
got last night will work. Anyway, with all five of us here, plus you two, how
can we possibly lose?"

"Don't jinx it." Junpei answered her. The group headed for the city.

"Looks like another fight." Neemon said casually.

"I'll never understand humans." Bokomon replied.

==

"I wonder where he is." Takuya asked, as the group looked through the
wrecked city.

"How could he get this much power?" Kouji wondered. "Could it be from
that spirit he took from you?" he asked Sneasel.

"I suppose." The pokemon replied. "But my digiegg alone doesn't have this
much power."

"It had help." Grottomon said, stepping out from behind a pile of debris.
The children gasped as they saw the changes Grottomon had undergone. He now
held both swords, his very form more menacing than before. "You're mine!"

"Not likely. Spirit Evolution...Agnimon!"

"Spirit Evolution...Chakmon!"

"Spirit Evolution...Fairymon!"

"Spirit Evolution...Blitzmon!"

"Spirit Evolution...Wolfmon!"

"You're staring." Hiroki whispered to Ryoko as she watched Kouji's
transformation. He got an elbow for his trouble. They watched as the Hybrid
Digimon jumped into action. Tyrogue, still following Kouji, ran over to a pile
of rubble and sat, watching the wolf hybrid in action.

Agnimon, still angered over what Grottomon had done, started with his best
attack, Salamander Break. However, Grottomon caught the attack with one of the
shields on the back of his forearms, and smacked the hybrid with one of his
clubs. Agnimon rolled clear before Grottomon could follow up. Grottomon turned
to face the other hybrids, but instead saw Sneasel there. The pokemon let off a
blinding flash of light, then ducked out of the way as Blitzmon and Agnimon
hammered Grottomon. Armadillomon digivolved to Chameleonmon while the melee
went on, and managed to snag one of the clubs out of Grottomon's hands with his
toungue, tossing it to Agnimon as he stood up.

"Thanks!"

"No problem!" Chameleonmon said, fading out of sight.

"Our turn!" Chakmon said, blowing ice and snow at Grottomon. Fairymon
landed beside Grottomon and kicked the evil hybrid in the face. Fairymon hopped
back. "Something's wrong." She said. "I don't feel any stronger."

"You have to activate the power." Ryoko said.

Fairymon nodded. "Sw-" she started to say, then stopped. That didn't
feel right. Originally, the move was called Swords Dance, but that name didn't
seem right. Then, the name came to her.

"BALLE DELLE SPADE!"(1) she shouted. As she did, she could feel a surge
of energy flood her body, increasing her attack power. As an experiment, she
ducked a wild swing by Grottomon with his remaining sword, and kicked the
Digimon in the face again.

Grottomon went flying. The force of Fairymon's kick drove the Digimon
through the wall of an abandoned house. "How...how did she get so powerful?"
Grottomon stammered. That attack was easily the equal of Agnimon's attacks.
Never mind, he thought to himself. I have my own way of powering us.
"Grottomon, slide evolution...Gigasmon!" Now more powerful, Gigasmon burst
through the wall, charging at Fairymon.

"Brezza Petalo!" The wind attack slammed into Gigasmon; He managed to
withstand the attack, but he was still pushed back a few feet. "This feels
great!"

"Don't get cocky." Sneasel whispered, landing beside the hybrid. "That
power up doesn't last too long; maybe a minute or two at most." Fairymon
nodded.

As Gigasmon recovered, Wolfmon moved in, sabers glowing. As before, the
two duelled, but this time, Wolfmon could feel the battle going against him;
something had increased Gigasmon's power as it had Grottomon's. Ducking a wild
swing, Wolfmon hopped back, gathering his energy in one of his hands. "Licht
Kougel!" he yelled, hurling a ball of light at Gigasmon. Gigasmon managed to
deflect the shot, but this left him open for Wolfmon to make a slash at
Gigasmon's midsection, injuring the Digimon. "Now!" he called to Chakmon and
Blitzmon.

"Kachi Kachi Kotcha!" Chakmon launched a wave of snow, covering Gigasmon.
Enraged, Gigasmon began scraping the thick coat of snow off.

"My turn! Lightning Topper!" The already melting snow served as a
perfect conductor for Blitzmon's attack. Gigasmon dropped. "Alright!" Blitzmon
exclaimed, giving Agnimon a hi-five.

"It...it's not over yet...Gigasmon, slide evolution...GARMMON!" Everyone
watched as Gigasmon shifted into a large, metallic-white, wolf.

"That's what attacked us." Patamon said, still in Hiroki's arms.

"That's Garmmon," Bokomon said, checking his book. "The Beast Spirit of
Light."

"Light?" Wolfmon asked, overhearing this.

"I found this spirit after our last encounter." Garmmon rumbled, staring
at the other hybrids. "I was able to absorb it and mix it with the spirit I
took from that other Digimon." Sneasel bristled. "Once I possess your spirit,
Wolfmon, I will be unstoppable."

"We already beat you once." Chakmon said, aiming his Snow Bomber at
Garmmon.

"You think? SPEED STAR!" The two gold coloured wings on Garmmon's back
snapped out, and wheels locked into position on the back of Garmmon's paws.
With a squeal, the beast Digimon shot at the hybrids, tearing through them in
seconds.

"R..Ryoko...Hiroki...run!" Agnimon said. "Take your partner Digimon and
get out of here!" Ryoko nodded, as did Hiroki.

"I'm not leaving this fight!" Sneasel said defiantly.

"And I'm not letting you! SOLAR LASER!" Garmmon absorbed the sunlight,
channeled it, and fired a powerful energy beam at the hybrids. Blitzmon got in
front of them, and took the hit. The power overwhelmed him, and he was quickly
knocked out.

"Junpei!" Hiroki called, as Blitzmon's evolution reversed itself. Then,
to his horror, he saw Tyrogue dash from his hiding place and attack Garmmon!
The pokemon actually did well; his small size made it difficult for Garmmon to
bring any of his attacks to bear on the pokemon. Finally, however, Tyrogue was
thrown off, but Hiroki called the pokemon back into his pokeball before he could
get any more injured.

With a flash, Garmmon slide evolved to Gigasmon. "This town is built over
a series of underground caverns. I suggest we take our battle there.
EARTHQUAKE!" Gigasmon slammed his hands into the ground, destroying the earth
around him.

==

When Kouji came to, he found Takuya beside him. "Hey, wake up." he said
shaking Takuya's shoulder.

"What hit me?"

"I did." Garmmon said, sauntering into view. "Well, Wolfmon, shall we
settle our battle now, or shall I just take the Spirit from your dead body?
Your friend can help, if he really wants to."

"I'm getting sick of this." Kouji muttered, taking out his digivice.
Nodding, Takuya did likewise. Several feet from the two children, Tyrogue held
his club, wondering if he was in over his head this time...

Next Episode:
Seperated from the rest of the Chosen Children, Wolfmon, Agnimon, and
Tyrogue face Garmmon. As they do, Chakmon, Chameleonmon and Hiroki battle
Golemon. Also, Fairymon, Blitzmon, Sneasel, and Ryoko face Triceramon. Next
time on Digicross Frontier:
"Break the walls of the cave! Ankylomon!"

(1) 'Balle Delle Spade' - What I got after running 'Swords Dance' through the
English/Italian translator at Dictionary.com