"And that's what happened." Ryoko said into the speaker.
"I'm glad you and Hiroki are all right." Hitomi's voice replied. "I'd hate to
think that this was because-"
"I told you not to apologize!" Ryoko interrupted. Ryoko looked around,
spotted Hitomi's father. "You know she gets this from you."
June shrugged, grinning. "Well, it's part of his charm." Ryoko sighed, then
finished recounting her recent adventures.
"Like I said, I'm glad you are all right, Ryoko. I have to go now, Ms. Asaji
is getting ready to leave for school. I'll talk to you later, Ryoko. Oh, is
Hiroki there?"
Hiroki, who was silent most of the time, looked up. "Y-yes?"
"I promise I'll come home soon, Hiroki. Bye!" The phone clicked. Hiroki
looked around, face beet red.
Asuka sighed. "That's no fun," she said, "she figured it out. Someone probably spelled
it out for her over there."
"So you'll tease her in addition to Hiroki." Takeru muttered, shaking his head
disapprovingly. "I don't know why you carry on with my cousin like that."
Patamon answered for Asuka, who was smirking. "'Cause someone's gotta get her
to lighten up a bit."
Sneasel looked at Takeru. "When did you get so stern and mature?"
Asuka smiled. "Oh, we had an adventure too while you were out. Come on, I'll
tell you all about it." Ryoko looked up, saw that Takeru's face had gone white
with dread, and that her mother, of all people, was snickering. "You've been
all depressed ever since that cute guy left, you could use some cheering up."
Ryoko started to reply, then stopped. After all the grief she gave Hiroki,
she decided she deserved that. For now...
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Digicross Frontier #6
'Serebii and the Digimon Emperor!'
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==An hour after Izzy made contact with Hitomi in Digicross Tamers 13/Frontier 5
"Okay, Izzy. Out."
Izzy looked up, saw Kyle and June Motomiya standing over him. "Kyle? Whaaa?"
Izzy had been working, almost frantically, trying to find everyone that had
been dimensionally displaced.
June nodded. "You're stressed out, Kari's getting scared, and Kyoko's in bad
shape, worrying about you. Now come on! We're giving you a holiday!" Both
Motomiyas grabbed Izzy by the arms, and dragged him out of the lab. "You're
not going to do anyone any good if you don't relax a bit. The kids dragged
Kyoko away after school finished to cheer her up, so we're going to do the
same. "You got through to Hitomi, we know she's fine, Ryoko and Hiroki are
coming home, and Ken is going to take care of things, right?"
Ken looked up from where he was working. "I'll call if something happens.
Now get out of here, or I'll have Wormmon drag you out." Beside him, Wormmon
nodded. Izzy sighed, relenting. "That's better. Now come on, I don't know
what trouble Takeru's gone and gotten them into."
"That's not a nice thing to say." Wormmon said.
June shrugged. "Yeah, but remember who his father is."
==
Takeru Motomiya adjusted the goggles he wore on his head, regarding the
challenger. "So, who are you? I need to know for my win log."
"It isn't even a twig yet, you dummy!" Asuka Melin yelled from the sidelines,
earning a scowl from Takeru. "It might help if you got a victory once in a
while."
The challenger chuckled. "Fair question. Trey Miller, from the Houen region."
Sam Inoue, who was sitting with Kyoko and Asuka, looked up. "That up and
coming challenger in the Johto league? This will be something to see."
Trey looked over at Sam. "You've heard of me?"
"Who hasn't heard of the guy that beat the Ecruteak Gym Leader in under a
minute?" Sam replied. Takeru went white for a second, then recovered.
"I also heard that he has some unusual pokemon from the Houen region with
him." Wormmon, Sam's partner, added.
Trey nodded. "Yep. So, Takeru, right?" Takeru nodded. "How about a double
battle then?"
Takeru had recovered his poise by then. "Sure thing. And he's not the only
one with Houen pokemon. Torchik, Bulbasaur, GO!"
Trey grinned. "Raibolt, Umbreon, I choose you!"
Beside Kyoko, Gatomon, light glinting off the silvery tail ring, looked at the
two pokemon Trey had called out. "Two minutes, tops."
"GEE, THANKS!" Takeru yelled, then returned his attention to the match.
==
Up in the sky, a small green figure watched the two trainers battle. It paid
particular attention to Takeru and his pokemon, reminding him of a friend he
had once made. Ash, that was his name. Curious, Serebii flew down, wondering
if this trainer was related. Aside from the goggles, he seemed similar.
Idly, he watched as the two battled. Bulbasaur seemed to be doing a lot of
the defensive work, keeping the two opposing pokemon back while Torchik
attacked with streams of fire. It seemed to be going well for Takeru, until
Umbreon tackled and pinned Bulbasaur, allowing Raibolt to use an electric
attack on Torchik, knocking out the fire pokemon in one shot. The two pokemon
pulled back, now focussed on Bulbasaur.
Takeru recalled Torchik into his pokeball. "You're pretty good." Trey bowed,
accepting the compliment. "But I'm not out of it yet. Bulbasaur, Vine Whip!"
Bulbasaur growled, and launched four whips from the red bulb on his back.
"Four whips?" Trey gasped, stunned, then recovered. "I heard that Redleaf
Bulbasaurs are unusually good with Vine Whip attacks. Too bad it's still two
on one. Umbreon, Confuse Ray!" Umbreon's eyes glowed, and a beam shot out at
Bulbasaur, quickly confusing the pokemon. "Now, finish it with Zap Cannon,
Raibolt!" The ball of electricity slammed into Bulbasaur, knocking it out.
Takeru recalled Bulbasaur, then went over to Trey. "You're really good. Of
course, you'd have to be to beat someone like me."
"Of course." Trey replied. "So, how'd I do?" he asked, looking at apparently
nothing.
A digimon appeared, seeming to emerge out of the shadows. "I think you did
OK. But Umbreon's got to work on his speed. He only got that tackle in on
Bulbasaur because you could read your opponent's pattern."
"Pattern?" Takeru asked.
"Well," Veemon, his partner, said, "you do tense up a bit when you call an
attack."
"And your left eye twitches when you go on the defensive." Gatomon added.
"Doesn't he also look at his target before he attacks?" Sam asked
"Alright, so I've got some work ahead of me!" Takeru answered. "It took Ash
Ketchum a few years to win the Indigo League title! Well, after finishing
school and all..."
"Actually, you didn't do that badly. This was your first double battle,
wasn't it?" Trey asked. Takeru nodded. "Eh, it took me a while to master it
too. It's a lot trickier to keep track of four pokemon. Even when coach
Dakarimon keeps telling me how to battle."
Dakarimon sniffed. "Well, someone's got to keep you from getting in over your
head." The digimon sighed. "One trip to the Johto region and he thinks he's
the hottest trainer since Elite 4."
Veemon shrugged. "Eh, Takeru's the same way, sometimes."
Takeru sighed. "No respect, even from my own digimon partner..."
==
In the bushes, a sinister figure lowered her binoculars. "I see it. He's
approaching a group of trainers. One of them just got his butt kicked by one
of the other trainers. I think they have digimon there too."
"It won't matter." a second figure replied. "With this battle mecha that dad
put together, we could face an army of Ultimate digimon and still win."
The first figure shook her head, lock of long blue hair falling out of place.
"That antique? We only have it because mom and dad couldn't find any use for
it themselves. And remember what happened the last time we used one of dad's
contraptions?"
"It'll work. We can capture Serebii, and Team Aqua will rule the world!"
==
"Say, why not come back to New Bark Town with us?" Kyoko asked Trey. "Your
pokemon must be exhausted."
"Thanks." Trey replied. Beside him, Dakarimon nodded. "So, who are you all?
Do you live around here?"
"I do." Kyoko replied. "My name's Kyoko, and this is my partner, Gatomon."
Gatomon nodded.
"Samuel Inoue, but everyone calls me Sam." Sam pushed his glasses up.
"I'm Wormmon, his partner." the digimon said, nodding to Dakarimon. "I keep
his glasses webbed to his face."
Chuckling, Asuka knocked a strand of blonde hair out of her eyes, and spoke
up. "I'm Asuka, and this is my partner Patamon. And you've already met Takeru
and Veemon."
"We'll get better." Veemon said.
"Trey Miller, from the Houen region. And this is Dakarimon, my partner. I-"
Trey stopped, spotting something hovering near Takeru. "What is that?" he
whispered.
Veemon looked up, spotted what Trey was looking at. "Oh. Looks like a
Serebii." There was a pause, then "A SEREBII!"
"And that Serebii shall be ours!" a female voice called. A second later, what
looked like a squat green tank crashed through the brush, two figures sitting
in the front seats.
"To sail the seas 'twixt every nation!"
"To pillage all riches and cause vexation!"
"Hoisting the Jolly Roger for all to see!"
"And cause our foes to cower and flee!"
"Mary!"
"Reed!"
"Team Aqua, sail forth to victory in the fight!"
"We'll deep six your dreams and cruise away in the night!"
Mary seemed ready to say something else, when the characteristic noise of a
pokeball opening interrupted her, and a small blue creature appeared.
"Wynaut!" the small pokemon yelled at the top of its lungs.
"WYNAUT! Get back in your pokeball!" Mary yelled, recalling the pokemon into
its pokeball. "Honestly, I don't know how mom ever put up with it."
Reed shrugged. "Only dad and her therapist know for sure."
"Umm...how come a pair of crooks with a high seas theme are using a land
pokemon as a model for their vehicle?" Patamon asked, indicating the land
vehicle that was made to resemble an oversized Venusaur.
"Mary can't swim." Reed said, then got clobbered by Mary.
"Enough of that. Turn over the Serebii, and we'll leave peacefully." Mary
sneered as she said this. She waited a few seconds, then added "So, not going
to surrender? Fine. Poliwrath, GO!"
"Pikachu, go!" Reed called, releasing his pokemon.
Takeru looked at his partner. "Ready, Veemon?"
"Don't forget about us!" Kyoko said, glancing at Gatomon.
"Hey, digimon can't battle in a pokemon match!"
"Actually, rookie and champion level digimon are allowed in pokemon matches,
if the trainers have licenses." Trey replied. Takeru and Kyoko nodded.
"This could be a fair fight." Reed muttered. "I hate fair fights." Mary
nodded, pressing a control on the tank. Quickly, the vehicle changed into a
giant robot.
"Didn't mom and dad face this thing?" Sam asked. "When they were our age?"
"I think I remember them saying something about a transforming Venusaur robot
tank, now that you mention it." Asuka replied. As she spoke, Serebii flew near
the digidestined children, edging away from the battle. "Wasn't it when your
dad got his digiegg of sincerity, and your mom's Hawkmon digivolved to
Aquilamon?"
"A battle robot changes things a bit." Takeru said. "Sam?" The other boy
nodded, and the two took out their digivices.
"Digiarmour energize!"
"Veemon, armour digivolve to...Saggitarimon, archer of hope!"
"Wormmon, armour digivolve to...Shadramon, the fire of courage!"
The two armoured digimon attacked the mecha, while Patamon and Gatomon faced
the two pokemon. "Double Battle!" Asuka and Kyoko yelled as their partners
charged.
"Should we get in on it?" Dakarimon asked Trey.
"Not yet. And they seem to have things under control so far." Dakarimon
nodded, watching.
"You bet we have it under control!" Takeru yelled. "Do it, Saggitarimon!" An
arrow sank into the mecha's left arm.
"Hey!" Mary shouted. "You could put someone's eye out with that! Reed,
return fire!"
"Cannons fire now!" Two ports opened up on the arms of the robot, and a pair
of large black spheres were tossed out, fuses burning.
"Mine!" Shadramon called, intercepting the flying bombs with fiery blasts of
his own. "And now for that oversized action figure! Flare Buster!" Shadramon
put his hands together, formed a large ball of energy, and launched it at the
mecha. It exploded on impact, forcing the robot back.
The pokemon battle was also going against Team Aqua. Gatomon had hypnotized
Reed's Pikachu in the opening seconds, placing it into a deep sleep, then
turned her attention to helping Patamon with the aggressive Poliwrath. It too
was starting to yield under the assault.
"Mary? I don't like the readouts I'm getting! Our power plant is about to
overload!" Reed whispered.
"Fine." she whispered back. Then, in a louder voice: "You haven't won yet!
Our Mecha-Saur Mark 2 is the top of the line in pokemon catching. Your
strongest attacks won't do more than scuff the paint!"
Takeru snorted. "Yeah, right. Let's combine our attacks and trash that
junkpile!"
"Judgement Arrow!"
"Flare Buster!"
The two attacks streaked towards the robot. "Now!" Mary yelled, "activate the
Super Turbo Counterattack system!" The four vanes on the robot's back glowed,
and the torso panels opened up, revealing a reflective surface crackling with
energy. "Reed, dump the excess power into the Counterattack system!" Reed did
this just as the attacks hit. They were absorbed, increased in power, and sent
hurtling back at the attackers.
Serebii panicked, and went back to his instincts. When in doubt, rip a hole
in the space/time continuum and escape.
Pity he brought some passengers with him...
==Digital World, sort of...
"Sam? Sam, wake up!" Wormmon nudged his partner, fearing the boy had hurt
himself. To Wormmon's relief, Sam came to, rubbing his head as he did so.
"Are you alright?"
Sam looked around. "I think so. Where are we?"
"I think we got sent to the digital world. We must have teleported here when
that Serebii panicked." Wormmon shuffled around, feeling uneasy.
"Something wrong?"
"I don't know. There's something...oppressive about this place. It's like I
can feel some sort of dark power trying to work against me. I...What is that?"
Sam looked where Wormmon indicated. In the distance, he saw a tall dark
object, pointing into the sky. "A control spire...I know where we are." Sam
smiled, relieved. "This is the Miracle desert, where Magnamon appeared and
defeated Chimeramon. Dad said that a fake control spire was put up here, but
he never talked about it too much. Mom said it was the only way to stop dad
from obsessing about his past. Something about being 'reminded of his past
sins'."
Wormmon looked at Sam. "You mean when he was fighting the other digidestined?"
Sam nodded. "He told me about the time he was the Digimon Emperor, but aunt
Kari said that it was the Dark Spore that was put in him that made him do all
that stuff. There's a portal nearby that we can use to get back." The two set
off.
==
"Master? Where are you going?" the digimon asked.
The human snorted. "I have detected more trespassers in my domain. It's time
I put a stop to all these unwanted intrusions."
==
"Hang on!" Butterflymon said, holding Asuka by the waist. Asuka had appeared
just short of a cliff ledge, and had survived only by grabbing on to a small
outcropping of rock. Kyoko, who had materialized a moment earlier, saw Asuka
starting to appear and had Gatomon digivolve to Butterflymon and grab her
before she could fall too far. The armour digimon carried Asuka over to Kyoko
and Patamon, who were waiting anxiously.
Patamon flew over to his partner. "I'm glad Asuka and Kyoko landed so close
to us! I'm not strong enough to carry you."
"It's alright." Asuka said. "But where did we land?"
Gatomon looked around, silver tail ring glinting in the bright sunlight. "I
think we landed in the digital world. I think that's the lake we went fishing
at, the last time you had a birthday party, when Hitomi was here."
Kyoko nodded. "Great. She get to meet all those cute guys, and we just wind
up at the old fishing hole."
"Are you out of your mind?" Asuka asked. "We just had a run in with Team
Aqua, a Serebii, and got teleported to the digital world without using a
Digiport, and all you can think about is meeting boys?"
Kyoko shrugged. "Why should Hitomi have all the fun? That boy Henry she told
me about sounds dreamy. Of course, he can't possibly compare to Sam, but a
girl has to keep her options open." Asuka nodded, not sure how to reply.
Gatomon sighed, resigned to this type of behavior.
Patamon looked at Kyoko. "I thought you were supposed to be the calm one."
Kyoko wagged her finger at Patamon. "I got dad's brains, but not his hang-
ups. I guess we should get back."
"Actually, we should find Sam and Takeru." Patamon said seriously. "Who knows
what kind of trouble they've gotten into."
"Someone's coming." Asuka said, spotting some figures approaching from the
air. "Maybe we can get directions. Hey, over here!" she yelled, waving her
arms. "They must be digidestined. Those don't look like Pidgeots they're
riding." Quickly, the two flyers landed, and ran over to meet the two girls.
One of the flyers was female, with light purple hair and wire-framed glasses.
She had some sort of hat that Kyoko thought looked like a hollowed out
basketball. Her outfit was...hard to describe, to say the least. Oddly
familiar, too, now that Kyoko thought about it. The boy was dressed more
normally, wearing a fisherman's hat, T-shirt, and shorts. "Are you two all
right?" the boy asked.
Kyoko murmured incomprehensibly.
Asuka sighed. "Don't mind her. She's just falling in love with you."
Kyoko's face went red, and the girl started laughing, more at her companion's
expression that Kyoko's. "We just appeared here, and we just need to find a
Digiport to get back. Do you know where the nearest one is?"
The boy recovered, and smiled at Asuka. "Yeah. We picked up some strange
readings near here, I guess that was you showing up here." He looked at
Asuka's partner. "You have a Patamon too? Neat, so do I." As he spoke, the
winged horse the boy was riding glowed and changed back into a Patamon like the
one Asuka had for a partner.
"And you have a Gatomon?" the purple haired girl asked Kyoko. "I thought the
one with us was one of a kind. I like the silver tail ring."
Gatomon shrugged. "It brings out my eyes. I don't recognize him." she said,
indicating the digimon the girl had flown in on.
"Oh him? That's Halsemon." she said, looking back and missing the stunned
look on Kyoko's face. "Hey, you can switch back now, they're friendly."
Halsemon glowed and reverted to a small bird. "By the way, my name's Yolei,
and this is TK."
"K...Kyoko, and this is Asuka." This can't be happening, Kyoko thought to
herself.
==
Takeru's first memory after being teleported by Serebii was hitting something
with a very audible 'thump'. He then felt like he was rolling down a hill,
then came to rest, dizzy and feeling quite ill. The smaller impact he felt on
his stomach was, he guessed, his partner Veemon landing on him. He lay there
for a few minutes, trying to recover from the shock of it all.
"Are you all right?" a voice asked. A girl's voice, Takeru realized. About
his age, probably very nice looking...eyes! Opening his eyes would help
greatly, he decided, and set about accomplishing that task.
Takeru blinked a few times, trying to adjust to the light. As he focussed, he
saw the speaker standing over him, concerned look on her face. Light brown
hair, sleeveless T-shirt, knee length shorts, about his age. I'm in love, he
thought.
"Um...are you OK?" the girl asked again, noticing that Takeru's face had
turned red.
"I am now that you're here..." Takeru mumbled, utterly smitten (no, he hasn't
figured it out yet. -ed) Remembering the lessons on dating he had gotten from
his godfather (Yes, it was Brock. Why do you ask? -ed) Takeru stood up,
sending Veemon flying as he did. "Please forgive me. My name's Takeru, and
it's a very great pleasure to meet you." Veemon groaned, but not from the
fall. "I hope that my sudden appearance did not upset you unduly."
"Is he alright?" another voice asked. Takeru looked up, and saw a familiar
face.
"Gatomon? Hey, Kyoko, you up there too?" Takeru yelled.
The girl blinked. "Kyoko? Is that your girlfriend?"
Takeru snorted. "More like a pain in the neck. But she has a Gatomon, just
like yours. Of course, your Gatomon is much nicer looking, surely a reflection
of her partner."
Gatomon looked back. "He's fine and hitting on Kari." she yelled.
Takeru heard a sudden crack of thunder, and felt a sudden tap on his shoulder.
Turning around, he saw another boy, also about his age, dressed in shorts, some
kind of bombardier's vest and wearing a pair of goggles like his. "What are
you doing to Kari?" the boy demanded. Gatomon, Kari, and Takeru's Veemon
palmed their faces.
"I was merely reassuring this fair maiden that I was alright. Who might you
be?"
"The name's Davis, and you must be really desperate to be ripping off my
look." Kari started giggling, and Davis realized that hadn't come out the way
he had wanted to. Still, he pushed on. "Those goggles are just wrong on you,
pal."
"These goggles were a gift from my dad, and he's twice the man you'll ever be!"
Davis snarled. "Veemon, let's show this creep the door!" Davis looked at the
little blue digimon.
Takeru arched an eyebrow. "Pretty gutsy, trying to boss my digimon partner
around. But if you want to settle this in a battle, I'm more than willing.
Right Veemon?"
"Umm..." Veemon said, getting confused.
"Davis! Hang on, I'm coming!" a second Veemon ran in, panting. "Whatever
Gatomon said sure got you riled up! I...hey, nice to meet another Veemon!"
"Likewise!" Takeru's Veemon said, shaking the other Veemon's hand. "Been here
long? I kinda just dropped in."
Takeru sighed. "Fine. Pokemon battle then!"
Kari gasped. "You're a trainer?"
Completely misreading Kari's reaction, Takeru nodded. "Yup! I'm the number
one pokemon trainer and digidestined!"
"Don't you have to win a few battles first?" Takeru's Veemon asked.
"Minor detail!" Takeru yelled back.
As a three way argument broke out, another boy walked up to where Kari and
Gatomon were watching. "Um...should I ask?"
"He's a pokemon trainer, Kyle. Have you seen him before?"
Kyle looked at Growlithe and Eevee, who shook their heads. "No. Maybe Ken
made an evil clone of Davis?"
"They do look alike." Gatomon said. "Just what we need, another Davis. You
should have seen him hitting on Kari a few seconds ago."
"Don't remind me."
(No, Takeru STILL hasn't figured it out. Apple doesn't fall far from the
tree, does it? -ed)
==
Sam and Wormmon wandered around, wondering where everyone was. "I don't get
it." Sam said to Wormmon. "There are usually a few digidestined around here,
having a look at the place. But I haven't seen a single person or digimon.
You?"
"No." Wormmon replied. "Maybe it's a slow day."
"Maybe." Sam replied. "But I have a sinking feeling that that Serebii did
more than just send us to the digital world. I-" Sam was interrupted as an
energy blast smashed into the ground before him. Looking up, he saw a large
black bird. "Birdramon?"
"No," Wormmon corrected him, "Sabirdramon, champion level. And I think he's
mad at us!" Sabirdramon swooped in, attacking again. "Sam, I have to
digivolve!"
"Digiarmour energize!"
"Wormmon, armour digivolve to...Shadramon, the fire of courage!" Shadramon
flew up, getting behind the attacking digimon. As he flew by, he saw a glint
of metal around Sabirdramon's neck, but couldn't make out any details.
Sabirdramon used the opening to spin around, and tried to smash Shadramon with
one of his black wings. The clumsy attack was dodged, giving the armoured
digimon an opening of his own. "Flare Buster!" he yelled, launching a fiery
blast at the bird's neck. He heard a sharp crack, and the attacking digimon
stopped, the flew away, confused and frightened. Shadramon flew down, grabbing
a falling object as he did. He landed by Sam, and reverted to Wormmon.
Sam picked up the object. "What is this...no, it can't be!"
Some distance away, Ken Ichijouji, aka the Digimon Emperor, watched the
battle. He followed the new digimon down, and nearly fell over when he saw
what it had turned into. "Another Wormmon? That little nightcrawler has been
holding out on me!" he snarled. He couldn't get a good look at his partner,
but that was easily remedied. He flew down, deciding to instill a little fear
into this newest digidestined. "Airdramon, attack!"
==
"Whaaa?" Asuka nearly shouted, but managed to stop herself at the last second.
"I'm serious!" Kyoko hissed. "Serebii must have sent us back in time, to when
our parents were fighting in the digital world. That's Yolei Inoue, Sam's mom,
and that's your dad with her!"
"How...?" Patamon asked, resting on Asuka's head.
"Serebii can travel through time; Professor Gary Oak said that a Serebii
transported his grandfather through time once. But somehow, we wound up in the
digital world as well. From what I've heard, this was when they were fighting
the Digimon Emperor."
"Sam..." Asuka muttered.
"I know. And Takeru's probably around here too, somewhere. Knowing him
he's...oh god, he's probably hitting on my mom by now." Kyoko felt a bit ill
as she said that. "She always said Takeru acts just like his father at his
age."
"So we'll laugh at him when we get home." Gatomon said. "We should find that
Serebii, if we can. If we do, we can make him take us home." Kyoko nodded.
"You're right." Asuka replied.
"You two alright over there?" Yolei called.
"Yeah!" Asuka yelled. "Just some personal stuff, nothing to worry about!" To
Kyoko, she whispered "Should we tell them about Serebii?"
"No!" Kyoko hissed. "If we do, we might wreck all of history as we know it!
There's no telling how telling our parents anything about us might affect the
future! Really weird things could happen like...I don't know, Uncle Matt
marrying Aunt Sora, or your dad marrying my mom!"
"Uh-huh..." Asuka said slowly. "Well, we should at least try to find Sam and
Takeru. Then we can get to work finding Serebii." Kyoko and Gatomon nodded.
Some distance away, Yolei tried to listen in on the two. "I can't hear what
they're saying, can you?" asked.
"I don't think we should be eavesdropping." TK replied. "Shouldn't we be
going to meet Cody soon?" TK looked at his partner, who was sitting in the
sand, very still. "Something wrong, Patamon?" he asked.
"No, nothing." Patamon said, hoping he sounded convincing. These big ears can
be a headache sometimes, he thought to himself. So, T.K's going to be a dad
someday...wow. Kyoko and Asuka rejoined TK and Yolei, and the group set off to
meet Cody.
"Hey, Asuka." Kyoko whispered. "You never told me."
"Told you what?" Asuka asked, confused.
"That your dad was so cute when he was our age!" Both Patamon's eyes bugged
out.
==
"I'm getting really tired of this!" Wormmon yelled as he knocked Sam clear of
the second energy blast. There was no follow-up attack, though. Instead, the
two heard the sounds of booted feet approaching. Wormmon turned to face the
source of that noise.
"So, another pathetic digidestined." The Emperor sneered, flexing his whip in
his
hands. "This will be over quickly. At least stand up and let me see who I'm
defeating."
Angered by the insult to his friend, Sam got up and spun around, ready to
deliver a verbal attack, then stopped as he saw who he was facing. A part of
his mind recalled how his father had remarked that he bore an uncanny
resemblance to Ken's deceased brother, Sam, for who he was named.
"No...NO! YOU'RE DEAD!" The Emperor screamed, backpedaling and shaking his
head wildly. "How can you be here? I killed you!" Sam stepped back,
confused. He knew that this person was his father, and that he was being
controlled by the Dark Spore in him. Still, it was a rude shock to see his
father like this. Sam stepped forward again, reaching a hand out to the
Emperor. Ken lost the last bit of his control, convinced that his brother had
come back to life and was now after him. He yelled again, clambered onto
Airdramon, and drove the beast away as fast as he could.
Sam watched Airdramon leave. "Dad..." he murmured.
==
"This is getting silly." Kyle said. There had been a cold silence between
Takeru and Davis since the group had gotten underway. (STILL hasn't figured it
out. -ed)
"At least it's quieter." Kari replied, shrugging. "Maybe Tai can help...did I
just say that?"
"Three of them. Lovely." Gatomon moaned
"Tai's matured. A bit." Kari replied. "At least the Veemons are getting
along." The two Veemons were indeed having a great time, chatting about
nothing at all. "How did you get here?" Kari asked.
Takeru looked up, interrupted in mid-brood. "Oh, this Serebii showed up while
we were fighting Team Aqua, and teleported us here."
Kyle looked at Takeru. "Serebii? Never heard of that pokemon." Quickly, he
checked his pokedex. "Must not have made it out our way."
Takeru shrugged. "Oh, they're rare. It was outside of New Bark Town."
"You're from the Johto region?" Kyle asked.
"Nahh, but I have some friends there. Come to think of it, they're probably
here somewhere too. But I can't find them on my digivice." Kyle, Kari, and
Davis stopped. "What? Didn't I tell you?"
"If he acts any more like Davis, I'm going to start screaming." Gatomon
whispered.
Suddenly, Growlithe started to growl (no pun intended -ed), looking straight
ahead. That got Davis' attention, and he looked in the direction Growlithe was
looking. "Hey, I see someone...It's the Emperor! Come on Veemon, he's mine!"
"Davis! Are you sure?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, I can see Wormmon with him! And he's got that weird hairstyle and
goggles to boot! Digiarmour energize!"
"Veemon, armour digivolve to...Raidramon, the storm of Friendship!" Davis
hopped on and charged.
Kyle and Kari shrugged, taking out their digivices as well. "Digiarmour
energize!"
"Growlithe, armour digivolve to...Cyberarcanine, the strength of loyalty!"
"Gatomon, armour digivolve to...Nefertimon, the angel of light!"
"Wait here!" Kyle yelled, as he and Kari flew after Davis.
Takeru blinked. "How'd they get Ryoko's and Hitomi's digieggs?" he wondered.
(Geez! Figure it OUT, Takeru! -ed)
==
"That's Cody?" Kyoko whispered to Asuka.
"I can see where Hiroki gets his personality from." Asuka replied.
"It's nice to meet new digidestined. Did you come here to fight the Emperor?"
Cody asked.
"Actually, we were transported here accidentally." Kyoko replied.
"Oh, like Kyle was?" Cody asked.
"Must be Hitomi's dad," Kyoko's Gatomon whispered to Asuka's Patamon, "I
wonder what he's like at this age?"
"From what I hear, he didn't change much." Asuka's Patamon replied.
Ignoring this, Asuka answered. "Kyle? Never met him."
"Oh, he's a pokemon trainer from a place called Stone Town." TK replied. "He
came here by accident too. We'll have to introduce you two to the rest of the
group. Did you say there were others that might be here too?"
Gatomon nodded. "Yeah. Two boys, one named Sam, and the other one named
Takeru."
TK smirked. "Takeru? Sounds like a interesting person."
Kyoko snorted. "About as interesting as a car wreck."
"Oh?" Yolei asked.
Asuka nodded. "Yeah. Stubborn, impatient, thick headed...Those goggles must
be cutting the air to his brain."
Hawkmon looked up. "Goggles? Is this some human fashion statement I don't
know about?"
"I hope not." Yolei replied. "The last thing we need is another Davis." She
shuddered, getting a small laugh from TK.
T.K's Patamon looked up. "I think I heard something." he said urgently.
"Over there!" In the distance, Patamon picked out a small plume of dust. "It
sounded like an explosion!"
"We'd better get over there! Come on Cody!" TK said. "Digiarmour energize!"
"Patamon, armour digivolve to...Pegasusmon, flying hope!"
"Hawkmon, armour digivolve to...Halsemon, the wings of love!"
Cody and Armadillomon hopped onto Pegasusmon's back, and, with Yolei and
Halsemon, they flew towards the source of the explosion.
"How much do you want to be that Takeru's involved?" Patamon asked.
"No bet. We'd better get over there." Asuka and Kyoko took out their
digivices, hoping none of the other digidestined saw them. "Digiarmour
energize!"
"Patamon armour digivolve to...Mantaraymon, faithful waverider!" The digimon
hovered over the sand, allowing Asuka to get on, and the two sped off after the
other digidestined.
"Gatomon, armour digivolve to...Butterflymon, sage advisor!" Butterflymon
picked up Kyoko and carried her, following Mantaraymon.
==
The Emperor staggered into his control room, almost hyperventilating. "A
trick. That has to be it." He kept repeating that, convincing himself that
that was the only rational explanation. "That fool Davis must be trying to
trick me, using someone made to look like Sam to defeat me." Snarling, he
stabbed at a button, calling up a screen. He issued some commands, then leaned
back in his chair. "This will finish them." he said grimly. "But how did they
know...?" he asked, leaning back.
Behind him, a shadowy form appeared. Ken started to get up, but quickly went
to sleep, faint aura of psychic energy feeding into the Emperor's mind, wiping
the day's events from his memory.
"Who are you?" Wormmon demanded, entering the room. "What are you doing to
Ken? Did Arukenimon send you?"
Mewtwo turned around, regarding Wormmon. "I am only here to ensure that the
future happens the way it should."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Wormmon demanded.
"In time, you will know." Mewtwo replied, casting a second web of psychic
power over Wormmon. "Rest assured, your partner will be fine." Wormmon passed
out, and Mewtwo set about deleting the day's events from him as well.
Once done, the guardian stepped back. "It would be so easy, to simply end the
threat now. But if I did, would we still meet, Baihumon?" A Serebii,
different from the one that had transported the children to this time and
place, appeared beside Mewtwo. "We were too late to stop him from attacking.
We must find the other Serebii before he causes more damage." Serebii nodded,
and the two vanished.
==
"Veemon, armour digivolve to...Saggitarimon, the archer of hope!" The digimon
covered Raidramon with his arrow as Takeru ran over to Sam and Wormmon.
"No one roughs up my best friend!" Takeru snarled. "Saggitarimon, if he makes
a move towards Sam or Wormmon, you know what to do!" Checking Sam, he
whispered "are you and Wormmon alright?"
"Yes, but call off Saggitarimon." Sam replied. "Look, I'm not the Emperor."
he said to Davis.
"Well, who are you then?" Kari asked. "That was the digiegg of Hope that you
used, wasn't it?"
"Yes." Takeru replied. "So?" Sam groaned.
That was about the time that Greymon showed up, carrying Tai, Izzy, and
Tentomon. "We got your message." Izzy said to Kari, "and...why does that
digimon have the crest of hope?" he asked, pointing to Saggitarimon.
"I think we were about to get an explanation." Davis answered, locking eyes
with Takeru. "Well, we're waiting!"
"You can go on waiting, too!" Takeru replied.
"I think it would help us a lot if you did tell us. Please?" Kari asked.
Oi, Tai thought to himself as Takeru blushed. Another Davis, great.
"Well, all I know is that we were fighting Serebii and we wound up here."
Takeru replied, missing Sam's panicked expression. Good-bye timeline, Sam
thought to himself.
"Serebii?" Izzy asked, looking at Kyle. Kyle shrugged, shaking his head.
"You must be from the pokemon world, like Kyle here."
"Yeah." Takeru said, from St-" Sam clapped his hand over Takeru's mouth.
"Stone Town, by any chance?" Cyberarcanine asked. "Thought so." he continued
when he saw Sam's reaction. "Serebii can-" Cyberarcanine started to say, but
was interrupted.
Two digimon exploded out of the ground. "Drimogemon. No problem." Davis and
Takeru both said. A second later, a large dinosaur followed them, roaring.
"Double jinx." Tai muttered. "Tyrannomon?"
Kyle checked his pokedex. "No, that's Master Tyrannomon. Ultimate level
Dinosaur digimon. He uses claw and fire attacks, according to my pokedex."
"We'll talk later." The armoured pokemon said, then flew up, attacking Master
Tyrannomon. Raidramon and Nefertimon took on the two Drimogemon.
"Eevee, digivolve!" Kyle yelled, opening a pokeball and releasing Eevee.
There was a bright flash, and Eevee evolved into Flareon. Flareon and Greymon
took on Master Tyrannomon. Kyle also called Scizor out, setting him against
the Drimogemon that Raidramon was fighting.
Takeru blinked. "Hey, Hitomi's dad has an Eevee that can do that too."
Kyle blinked. "Hitomi?" he asked, wondering who Takeru was talking about.
Sam looked at Takeru incredulously. "You haven't figured it OUT yet?"
"Help's on the way!" TK cried, flying in on Pegasusmon, landed, allowed Cody
and Armadillomon to get off, and flew up again. Halsemon landed, and Yolei
climbed off. Sam and Takeru watched as Halsemon glowed and reverted to Hawkmon.
"Digiarmour energize!" Yolei and Cody yelled.
"Hawkmon, armour digivolve to...Shurimon, the Samurai of Sincerity!"
"Armadillomon, armour digivolve to...Digmon, the drill of power!"
"Master Tyrannomon's the bigger threat, help out the others!" Nefertimon
yelled, facing off against one of the Drimogemon.
"I think Ken's been teaching them to protect their control rings!" Greymon
yelled, as Master Tyrannomon pushed him back. "He's not letting me get a clear
shot at it!" He grunted as Master Tyrannomon took another swing at him. "Was
I this much of a pain when I had that spiral on?"
"YES!" the armour digimon all chorused.
"Just checking. Nova Blast!"
"Sam!" Wormmon yelled. "They'll need help with an Ultimate digimon!"
Sam nodded. "Digiarmour energize!"
"Wormmon, armour digivolve to...Shadramon, the fire of courage!"
Davis blinked. "Fire of courage?" He checked his D-terminal, confirming that
he still had the digiegg of courage in it. "Was there a two for one sale on
digieggs or something?"
Some distance away, Kyoko and Asuka landed, watching the battle. "Should we
attack?" Butterflymon asked. "I can see Sam and Takeru there
and...Saggitarimon."
"That idiot." Kyoko muttered. "Takeru probably digivolved him in front of
everyone. I don't know how we're going to explain this. Well, we might as
well go all the way." Kyoko nodded to her partner, as did Asuka. "We'll have
to focus on Master Tyrannomon; he's the toughest." As she spoke, she saw
Shadramon appear and start battling Master Tyrannomon.
"Leave it to us!" Mantaraymon replied, floating away.
==
Master Tyrannomon knocked Cyberarcanine away, slamming the pokemon into
Pegasusmon, causing those two, and TK to land on the ground in a tangled heap.
Shadramon and Shurimon moved to protect his allies, placing himself in front of
the attacker. "This is going to hurt." Shurimon muttered.
Butterflymon flew over Shurimon, charging at Master Tyrannomon. At the last
second, she pulled up, leaving a cloud of dust in her wake. The dinosaur
digimon sniffed, and started coughing and sneezing. "Attack now!" she yelled
to Shurimon.
"Thanks!" he yelled, pulling the giant throwing star off his back and hurling
it at the control ring. It hit, and several cracks appeared. "Digmon! Now!"
"Gold Rush!"
Mantaraymon saw an opening, and added his attack in. "Torpedo Ray!" The two
attacks slammed into the spiral, shattering it. Master Tyrannomon passed out.
Digmon nodded. "Thanks. Didn't catch the name."
"Mantaraymon." As he spoke, he saw Butterflymon assisting Nefertimon with one
of the Drimogemon. "Now that's a bit surreal." he muttered. At the same time,
Cyberarcanine, Saggitarimon, Pegasusmon, and Greymon dealt with the second
Drimogemon, quickly dispatching it. "Looks like the good guys win another
one." Mantaraymon and Digmon walked over to where everyone else was gathering,
reverting to their rookie forms as they did. Cyberarcanine stayed in his
armour form, regarding the newcomers carefully.
"All right!" Yolei yelled. "We did it!"
"Hey, are you alright?" Kyle asked, going over to Sam.
"Yes, thanks. It's just been...weird, that's all." Wormmon, resting on his
shoulder, nodded.
"That's an understatement. I have to admit, I'd never have expected Wormmon
to have an evolution like that."
TK shrugged. "Well, Ken's not the best trainer. Mind you, he probably never
had the digiegg of courage to work with, either."
"Is everyone alright?" Asuka asked, glancing at Sam. "Patamon?"
"I'm fine." both Patamons chorused, then fell over laughing.
"Yeah, we're all OK." Izzy replied. "Thanks for your help, though I am
curious how you got those digieggs."
"Well, it's a long..." Kyoko started to say, then glanced over at Takeru. She
had noticed that he had been alternating between shouting commands and flirting
with Kari during the battle. The stress and exasperation finally got to her,
overriding her reason. "TAKERU, STOP HITTING ON MY MOM, ALREADY!" she shouted.
-That- got everyone's attention. Cyberarcanine nodded, as if he had been
expecting this.
"M...M...*Mom*?" Tai stuttered. Kari was speechless, as was Takeru. "Okay,
what's going on here!" He glanced at Cyberarcanine. "You know something,
don't you?"
The armoured pokemon nodded. "Humans aren't generally aware of it, but
Serebii are capable of time travel. I had a suspicion when I saw...Takeru?"
Takeru nodded. "Thanks, Takeru here use the digiegg of hope. Plus the number
of resemblances in appearance and scent; not to mention your personality, kid."
"He gets it from his dad." Veemon said.
"What's that supposed to..." Davis said, then stopped, slowly turning and
looking at Takeru, who had just reached the same conclusion. "He's my..." both
said. Kari looked at Cyberarcanine, horrified.
Davis recovered. "Wow. So you're...wow, I guess you have Kari's eyes, but
you definitely have my looks."
"Why would I have Kari's eyes?" Takeru asked.
Kyle started to speak, but Yolei stopped him. "I want to see this." she
whispered, silently enjoying Kari's expression, which was somewhere between
mortification and someone about to be physically ill.
"Well, Kari and I are clearly meant to be together." Davis replied.
"No," Takeru's Veemon replied, "Kari married Izzy." Everyone there went wide
eyed, except for Kari, who passed out.
"What?" Tai asked, voice suddenly quiet. Izzy started edging away. Tai and
Davis started moving towards Izzy, faces unreadable.
Kyoko sighed. "It's true. My name is Kyoko Kamiya, her daughter." Both
Gatomons looked at each other, shrugged, and wondered who would kill Izzy first.
"Davis?" Takeru's Veemon ran over to Davis. "Trust me, you'll love Melody;
she's great. And I think Kyoko and Ryoko would be mad if you killed their dad
and all. To say nothing of Emiko."
"Someone's been busy." Yolei managed to say.
"Wait, Kamiya?" Kyle asked. "Shouldn't Kyoko's last name be Izumi?"
"Actually, it's traditional in Japan for couples to take the wife's last
name." Cody explained. "It's not always done nowadays, though."
"Kyle Motomiya has a nice ring to it." Kari's Gatomon said, looking up.
Asuka's Patamon looked up. "Funny. That's what Hitomi always said when they
got married."
Davis stopped. "Hitomi?" he asked. Patamon nodded. Davis tapped Tai on the
shoulder. "Izzy's all yours." he said, voice barely above a whisper. He
turned, faced Kyle, and shouted "Die, Ellison!" Kyle ran, Davis in pursuit.
TK sighed. "Well, you might as well introduce yourselves." he said to Sam and
Asuka.
"Asuka Melin. Though I sometimes use Takashi." TK gasped, then nodded,
clapping Asuka on the shoulder.
"I guess that explains your Patamon." TK replied.
"Well, clearly you retain your good taste in partners." T.K's Patamon added.
Sam shuffled uneasily. "Samuel Inoue."
'Grk' was Yolei's only reply. "You...I...Who? I don't...wait, that
Wormmon..." Around her, everyone else had stopped, suddenly very curious about
Sam's father. "No...no...I don't marry HIM, do I?"
Cody looked at Sam. "Well, maybe that means Ken eventually turns good and..."
Cody trailed off, blushing.
"My, what a dirty mind you have." Hawkmon said to Cody.
"I think I need to sit down." Yolei groaned. "Do we all have children in the
future?"
Sam nodded, sitting down by Yolei. "We're friends with all of them. We even
saved the world a few times. Well, parts of it, anyway."
Davis looked at Takeru. "How did you get named Takeru?"
"It was your idea." Takeru replied. Davis looked at TK, who shrugged.
"I guess he grew up a bit." Kari said, sitting up and looking at Kyoko.
"Three?" she asked weakly.
"Well, twins and one daughter. I'm the smart one..." Kyoko answered, looking
at Izzy. He nodded, trying to get out of Tai's grip on his shirt collar.
"If you are all done?" Mewtwo asked, appearing in their midst. On either
side, two small creatures hovered. "I have located and retrieved the Serebii
that sent you here. It is now time for you to go home." He looked at the
digidestined of this era. "I must wipe your memories of this event, in order
to preserve the history that we know. And preserve some of your lives." he
added wryly, glancing at Kyle and Izzy.
"Who...?" TK asked Mewtwo. "Are you...a pokemon?"
"I am Mewtwo. Rest assured, we will meet soon." Mewtwo nodded.
"I guess that means...we'll see you later." Takeru said, looking at Davis.
Davis shrugged. "Well, I guess you'll be OK. And I can't wait to meet this
girl I'm gonna marry. Melody, right?" Takeru nodded.
Asuka hugged TK. "I guess I'll see you in a few minutes. It was nice to see
you in your prime." she smirked.
"Remind me to ground you for that when you get back." TK answered.
"Bye mom." Sam said quietly. Yolei nodded, returning the sentiment.
"Well, I must admit, you have impressed me. I look forward to meeting you
again in the future." Hawkmon said to Wormmon.
"Hey!" Armadillomon suddenly piped up. "How does Cody do in the future?"
"One son." Kyoko answered, grinning. "And he's just adorable." Cody looked
faint. Tai was about to say something. "Oh, you have three kids too." Tai
stopped, letting go of Izzy.
"I think that's more than enough. We must return home now." All the future
digidestined gathered around Mewtwo, partners with them. There was a bright
flash of light, and they vanished.
Kari blinked. "Huh? Why are we all here?" she asked looking around.
"I don't know." Tai replied. "The last thing I remember was knocking down
some control spires." he shrugged. "We must be working too hard."
"I agree." Davis said, Veemon nodding. "Let's go back home."
"So you can spy on another one of Kyle's dates with your sister?" Yolei asked
sarcastically.
"D...date? DIE ELLISON!"
==
Trey Miller narrowed his eyes. After the other children had vanished, he had
Dakarimon digivolve and attack. Trey wasn't the type to get visibly angry,
instead becoming very cool and calculating. He directed DienDakarimon to
dismember the mecha in a very systematic fashion, relying on his partner's
strength and durability rather than his attacks, negating the mecha's
counterattack system.
"Hey, take it easy!" Mary yelled as the digimon removed the other arm from the
mecha, tossing it away.
"You made some friends of mine vanish." Trey replied. "I would suggest that
you tell me where they are, or I will have my friend continue."
Reed growled. "You've got five seconds-"
"And you've got two!" Trey replied. Reed was tempted to salute, Trey's voice
was that commanding. "Where are they?"
Mewtwo chose that moment to appear with the aforementioned children and
digimon. "We are fine. Please, do not allow us to interrupt."
Trey nodded, and gave Raibolt the signal. The pokemon powered up his
strongest attack, and the mecha blew up. "What happened?" Trey asked. "You
were gone for a whole minute."
Takeru looked back at Mewtwo, but he had vanished along with the two Serebii.
"Long story." he answered.
At that moment, Kyle, June, Izzy, Kari, and Davis came crashing through the
brush. "We heard an explosion!" Kari said. "What-" she stopped, as did
everyone else. "I...I remember that day..." She stopped, and looked at
Takeru, then started laughing, along with the other adults. Takeru squatted on
the ground, wishing very hard that he could turn invisible.
"Um...whahh?" Trey asked, looking at Dakarimon.
"Don't ask me." the digimon replied. "I still don't understand you humans."
Asuka smiled. "We'll tell you all about it. Every embarrassing detail."
Takeru just groaned
==
Ryoko looked at Takeru, then at Kyoko. "Takeru fell for mom?" she asked.
Beside her, Hiroki was starting to chuckle at the sight. Takeru had tried to
leave, but was stopped by Asuka, who had enjoyed the retelling. Everyone else
was laughing now.
When she had recovered, Ryoko looked at her sister. "Well, I'm glad you all
kept busy. Must have been weird, having a whole day go by in a minute."
"I hate time travel." Takeru muttered, sitting down.
Next Episode
A black Trailmon appears in Goldenrod, carrying a mysterious digimon with it.
Ryoko and Hiroki discover that it is in fact Izumi, who has returned alone from
the digital world, badly wounded from a battle with a mysterious new hybrid,
Duskmon. Hiroki and Ryoko must decide whether they will return with Izumi to
help her find the other Chosen Children. Next time, on Digicross Frontier
episode 7
-'The Frontier beckons'
"I'm glad you and Hiroki are all right." Hitomi's voice replied. "I'd hate to
think that this was because-"
"I told you not to apologize!" Ryoko interrupted. Ryoko looked around,
spotted Hitomi's father. "You know she gets this from you."
June shrugged, grinning. "Well, it's part of his charm." Ryoko sighed, then
finished recounting her recent adventures.
"Like I said, I'm glad you are all right, Ryoko. I have to go now, Ms. Asaji
is getting ready to leave for school. I'll talk to you later, Ryoko. Oh, is
Hiroki there?"
Hiroki, who was silent most of the time, looked up. "Y-yes?"
"I promise I'll come home soon, Hiroki. Bye!" The phone clicked. Hiroki
looked around, face beet red.
Asuka sighed. "That's no fun," she said, "she figured it out. Someone probably spelled
it out for her over there."
"So you'll tease her in addition to Hiroki." Takeru muttered, shaking his head
disapprovingly. "I don't know why you carry on with my cousin like that."
Patamon answered for Asuka, who was smirking. "'Cause someone's gotta get her
to lighten up a bit."
Sneasel looked at Takeru. "When did you get so stern and mature?"
Asuka smiled. "Oh, we had an adventure too while you were out. Come on, I'll
tell you all about it." Ryoko looked up, saw that Takeru's face had gone white
with dread, and that her mother, of all people, was snickering. "You've been
all depressed ever since that cute guy left, you could use some cheering up."
Ryoko started to reply, then stopped. After all the grief she gave Hiroki,
she decided she deserved that. For now...
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Digicross Frontier #6
'Serebii and the Digimon Emperor!'
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==An hour after Izzy made contact with Hitomi in Digicross Tamers 13/Frontier 5
"Okay, Izzy. Out."
Izzy looked up, saw Kyle and June Motomiya standing over him. "Kyle? Whaaa?"
Izzy had been working, almost frantically, trying to find everyone that had
been dimensionally displaced.
June nodded. "You're stressed out, Kari's getting scared, and Kyoko's in bad
shape, worrying about you. Now come on! We're giving you a holiday!" Both
Motomiyas grabbed Izzy by the arms, and dragged him out of the lab. "You're
not going to do anyone any good if you don't relax a bit. The kids dragged
Kyoko away after school finished to cheer her up, so we're going to do the
same. "You got through to Hitomi, we know she's fine, Ryoko and Hiroki are
coming home, and Ken is going to take care of things, right?"
Ken looked up from where he was working. "I'll call if something happens.
Now get out of here, or I'll have Wormmon drag you out." Beside him, Wormmon
nodded. Izzy sighed, relenting. "That's better. Now come on, I don't know
what trouble Takeru's gone and gotten them into."
"That's not a nice thing to say." Wormmon said.
June shrugged. "Yeah, but remember who his father is."
==
Takeru Motomiya adjusted the goggles he wore on his head, regarding the
challenger. "So, who are you? I need to know for my win log."
"It isn't even a twig yet, you dummy!" Asuka Melin yelled from the sidelines,
earning a scowl from Takeru. "It might help if you got a victory once in a
while."
The challenger chuckled. "Fair question. Trey Miller, from the Houen region."
Sam Inoue, who was sitting with Kyoko and Asuka, looked up. "That up and
coming challenger in the Johto league? This will be something to see."
Trey looked over at Sam. "You've heard of me?"
"Who hasn't heard of the guy that beat the Ecruteak Gym Leader in under a
minute?" Sam replied. Takeru went white for a second, then recovered.
"I also heard that he has some unusual pokemon from the Houen region with
him." Wormmon, Sam's partner, added.
Trey nodded. "Yep. So, Takeru, right?" Takeru nodded. "How about a double
battle then?"
Takeru had recovered his poise by then. "Sure thing. And he's not the only
one with Houen pokemon. Torchik, Bulbasaur, GO!"
Trey grinned. "Raibolt, Umbreon, I choose you!"
Beside Kyoko, Gatomon, light glinting off the silvery tail ring, looked at the
two pokemon Trey had called out. "Two minutes, tops."
"GEE, THANKS!" Takeru yelled, then returned his attention to the match.
==
Up in the sky, a small green figure watched the two trainers battle. It paid
particular attention to Takeru and his pokemon, reminding him of a friend he
had once made. Ash, that was his name. Curious, Serebii flew down, wondering
if this trainer was related. Aside from the goggles, he seemed similar.
Idly, he watched as the two battled. Bulbasaur seemed to be doing a lot of
the defensive work, keeping the two opposing pokemon back while Torchik
attacked with streams of fire. It seemed to be going well for Takeru, until
Umbreon tackled and pinned Bulbasaur, allowing Raibolt to use an electric
attack on Torchik, knocking out the fire pokemon in one shot. The two pokemon
pulled back, now focussed on Bulbasaur.
Takeru recalled Torchik into his pokeball. "You're pretty good." Trey bowed,
accepting the compliment. "But I'm not out of it yet. Bulbasaur, Vine Whip!"
Bulbasaur growled, and launched four whips from the red bulb on his back.
"Four whips?" Trey gasped, stunned, then recovered. "I heard that Redleaf
Bulbasaurs are unusually good with Vine Whip attacks. Too bad it's still two
on one. Umbreon, Confuse Ray!" Umbreon's eyes glowed, and a beam shot out at
Bulbasaur, quickly confusing the pokemon. "Now, finish it with Zap Cannon,
Raibolt!" The ball of electricity slammed into Bulbasaur, knocking it out.
Takeru recalled Bulbasaur, then went over to Trey. "You're really good. Of
course, you'd have to be to beat someone like me."
"Of course." Trey replied. "So, how'd I do?" he asked, looking at apparently
nothing.
A digimon appeared, seeming to emerge out of the shadows. "I think you did
OK. But Umbreon's got to work on his speed. He only got that tackle in on
Bulbasaur because you could read your opponent's pattern."
"Pattern?" Takeru asked.
"Well," Veemon, his partner, said, "you do tense up a bit when you call an
attack."
"And your left eye twitches when you go on the defensive." Gatomon added.
"Doesn't he also look at his target before he attacks?" Sam asked
"Alright, so I've got some work ahead of me!" Takeru answered. "It took Ash
Ketchum a few years to win the Indigo League title! Well, after finishing
school and all..."
"Actually, you didn't do that badly. This was your first double battle,
wasn't it?" Trey asked. Takeru nodded. "Eh, it took me a while to master it
too. It's a lot trickier to keep track of four pokemon. Even when coach
Dakarimon keeps telling me how to battle."
Dakarimon sniffed. "Well, someone's got to keep you from getting in over your
head." The digimon sighed. "One trip to the Johto region and he thinks he's
the hottest trainer since Elite 4."
Veemon shrugged. "Eh, Takeru's the same way, sometimes."
Takeru sighed. "No respect, even from my own digimon partner..."
==
In the bushes, a sinister figure lowered her binoculars. "I see it. He's
approaching a group of trainers. One of them just got his butt kicked by one
of the other trainers. I think they have digimon there too."
"It won't matter." a second figure replied. "With this battle mecha that dad
put together, we could face an army of Ultimate digimon and still win."
The first figure shook her head, lock of long blue hair falling out of place.
"That antique? We only have it because mom and dad couldn't find any use for
it themselves. And remember what happened the last time we used one of dad's
contraptions?"
"It'll work. We can capture Serebii, and Team Aqua will rule the world!"
==
"Say, why not come back to New Bark Town with us?" Kyoko asked Trey. "Your
pokemon must be exhausted."
"Thanks." Trey replied. Beside him, Dakarimon nodded. "So, who are you all?
Do you live around here?"
"I do." Kyoko replied. "My name's Kyoko, and this is my partner, Gatomon."
Gatomon nodded.
"Samuel Inoue, but everyone calls me Sam." Sam pushed his glasses up.
"I'm Wormmon, his partner." the digimon said, nodding to Dakarimon. "I keep
his glasses webbed to his face."
Chuckling, Asuka knocked a strand of blonde hair out of her eyes, and spoke
up. "I'm Asuka, and this is my partner Patamon. And you've already met Takeru
and Veemon."
"We'll get better." Veemon said.
"Trey Miller, from the Houen region. And this is Dakarimon, my partner. I-"
Trey stopped, spotting something hovering near Takeru. "What is that?" he
whispered.
Veemon looked up, spotted what Trey was looking at. "Oh. Looks like a
Serebii." There was a pause, then "A SEREBII!"
"And that Serebii shall be ours!" a female voice called. A second later, what
looked like a squat green tank crashed through the brush, two figures sitting
in the front seats.
"To sail the seas 'twixt every nation!"
"To pillage all riches and cause vexation!"
"Hoisting the Jolly Roger for all to see!"
"And cause our foes to cower and flee!"
"Mary!"
"Reed!"
"Team Aqua, sail forth to victory in the fight!"
"We'll deep six your dreams and cruise away in the night!"
Mary seemed ready to say something else, when the characteristic noise of a
pokeball opening interrupted her, and a small blue creature appeared.
"Wynaut!" the small pokemon yelled at the top of its lungs.
"WYNAUT! Get back in your pokeball!" Mary yelled, recalling the pokemon into
its pokeball. "Honestly, I don't know how mom ever put up with it."
Reed shrugged. "Only dad and her therapist know for sure."
"Umm...how come a pair of crooks with a high seas theme are using a land
pokemon as a model for their vehicle?" Patamon asked, indicating the land
vehicle that was made to resemble an oversized Venusaur.
"Mary can't swim." Reed said, then got clobbered by Mary.
"Enough of that. Turn over the Serebii, and we'll leave peacefully." Mary
sneered as she said this. She waited a few seconds, then added "So, not going
to surrender? Fine. Poliwrath, GO!"
"Pikachu, go!" Reed called, releasing his pokemon.
Takeru looked at his partner. "Ready, Veemon?"
"Don't forget about us!" Kyoko said, glancing at Gatomon.
"Hey, digimon can't battle in a pokemon match!"
"Actually, rookie and champion level digimon are allowed in pokemon matches,
if the trainers have licenses." Trey replied. Takeru and Kyoko nodded.
"This could be a fair fight." Reed muttered. "I hate fair fights." Mary
nodded, pressing a control on the tank. Quickly, the vehicle changed into a
giant robot.
"Didn't mom and dad face this thing?" Sam asked. "When they were our age?"
"I think I remember them saying something about a transforming Venusaur robot
tank, now that you mention it." Asuka replied. As she spoke, Serebii flew near
the digidestined children, edging away from the battle. "Wasn't it when your
dad got his digiegg of sincerity, and your mom's Hawkmon digivolved to
Aquilamon?"
"A battle robot changes things a bit." Takeru said. "Sam?" The other boy
nodded, and the two took out their digivices.
"Digiarmour energize!"
"Veemon, armour digivolve to...Saggitarimon, archer of hope!"
"Wormmon, armour digivolve to...Shadramon, the fire of courage!"
The two armoured digimon attacked the mecha, while Patamon and Gatomon faced
the two pokemon. "Double Battle!" Asuka and Kyoko yelled as their partners
charged.
"Should we get in on it?" Dakarimon asked Trey.
"Not yet. And they seem to have things under control so far." Dakarimon
nodded, watching.
"You bet we have it under control!" Takeru yelled. "Do it, Saggitarimon!" An
arrow sank into the mecha's left arm.
"Hey!" Mary shouted. "You could put someone's eye out with that! Reed,
return fire!"
"Cannons fire now!" Two ports opened up on the arms of the robot, and a pair
of large black spheres were tossed out, fuses burning.
"Mine!" Shadramon called, intercepting the flying bombs with fiery blasts of
his own. "And now for that oversized action figure! Flare Buster!" Shadramon
put his hands together, formed a large ball of energy, and launched it at the
mecha. It exploded on impact, forcing the robot back.
The pokemon battle was also going against Team Aqua. Gatomon had hypnotized
Reed's Pikachu in the opening seconds, placing it into a deep sleep, then
turned her attention to helping Patamon with the aggressive Poliwrath. It too
was starting to yield under the assault.
"Mary? I don't like the readouts I'm getting! Our power plant is about to
overload!" Reed whispered.
"Fine." she whispered back. Then, in a louder voice: "You haven't won yet!
Our Mecha-Saur Mark 2 is the top of the line in pokemon catching. Your
strongest attacks won't do more than scuff the paint!"
Takeru snorted. "Yeah, right. Let's combine our attacks and trash that
junkpile!"
"Judgement Arrow!"
"Flare Buster!"
The two attacks streaked towards the robot. "Now!" Mary yelled, "activate the
Super Turbo Counterattack system!" The four vanes on the robot's back glowed,
and the torso panels opened up, revealing a reflective surface crackling with
energy. "Reed, dump the excess power into the Counterattack system!" Reed did
this just as the attacks hit. They were absorbed, increased in power, and sent
hurtling back at the attackers.
Serebii panicked, and went back to his instincts. When in doubt, rip a hole
in the space/time continuum and escape.
Pity he brought some passengers with him...
==Digital World, sort of...
"Sam? Sam, wake up!" Wormmon nudged his partner, fearing the boy had hurt
himself. To Wormmon's relief, Sam came to, rubbing his head as he did so.
"Are you alright?"
Sam looked around. "I think so. Where are we?"
"I think we got sent to the digital world. We must have teleported here when
that Serebii panicked." Wormmon shuffled around, feeling uneasy.
"Something wrong?"
"I don't know. There's something...oppressive about this place. It's like I
can feel some sort of dark power trying to work against me. I...What is that?"
Sam looked where Wormmon indicated. In the distance, he saw a tall dark
object, pointing into the sky. "A control spire...I know where we are." Sam
smiled, relieved. "This is the Miracle desert, where Magnamon appeared and
defeated Chimeramon. Dad said that a fake control spire was put up here, but
he never talked about it too much. Mom said it was the only way to stop dad
from obsessing about his past. Something about being 'reminded of his past
sins'."
Wormmon looked at Sam. "You mean when he was fighting the other digidestined?"
Sam nodded. "He told me about the time he was the Digimon Emperor, but aunt
Kari said that it was the Dark Spore that was put in him that made him do all
that stuff. There's a portal nearby that we can use to get back." The two set
off.
==
"Master? Where are you going?" the digimon asked.
The human snorted. "I have detected more trespassers in my domain. It's time
I put a stop to all these unwanted intrusions."
==
"Hang on!" Butterflymon said, holding Asuka by the waist. Asuka had appeared
just short of a cliff ledge, and had survived only by grabbing on to a small
outcropping of rock. Kyoko, who had materialized a moment earlier, saw Asuka
starting to appear and had Gatomon digivolve to Butterflymon and grab her
before she could fall too far. The armour digimon carried Asuka over to Kyoko
and Patamon, who were waiting anxiously.
Patamon flew over to his partner. "I'm glad Asuka and Kyoko landed so close
to us! I'm not strong enough to carry you."
"It's alright." Asuka said. "But where did we land?"
Gatomon looked around, silver tail ring glinting in the bright sunlight. "I
think we landed in the digital world. I think that's the lake we went fishing
at, the last time you had a birthday party, when Hitomi was here."
Kyoko nodded. "Great. She get to meet all those cute guys, and we just wind
up at the old fishing hole."
"Are you out of your mind?" Asuka asked. "We just had a run in with Team
Aqua, a Serebii, and got teleported to the digital world without using a
Digiport, and all you can think about is meeting boys?"
Kyoko shrugged. "Why should Hitomi have all the fun? That boy Henry she told
me about sounds dreamy. Of course, he can't possibly compare to Sam, but a
girl has to keep her options open." Asuka nodded, not sure how to reply.
Gatomon sighed, resigned to this type of behavior.
Patamon looked at Kyoko. "I thought you were supposed to be the calm one."
Kyoko wagged her finger at Patamon. "I got dad's brains, but not his hang-
ups. I guess we should get back."
"Actually, we should find Sam and Takeru." Patamon said seriously. "Who knows
what kind of trouble they've gotten into."
"Someone's coming." Asuka said, spotting some figures approaching from the
air. "Maybe we can get directions. Hey, over here!" she yelled, waving her
arms. "They must be digidestined. Those don't look like Pidgeots they're
riding." Quickly, the two flyers landed, and ran over to meet the two girls.
One of the flyers was female, with light purple hair and wire-framed glasses.
She had some sort of hat that Kyoko thought looked like a hollowed out
basketball. Her outfit was...hard to describe, to say the least. Oddly
familiar, too, now that Kyoko thought about it. The boy was dressed more
normally, wearing a fisherman's hat, T-shirt, and shorts. "Are you two all
right?" the boy asked.
Kyoko murmured incomprehensibly.
Asuka sighed. "Don't mind her. She's just falling in love with you."
Kyoko's face went red, and the girl started laughing, more at her companion's
expression that Kyoko's. "We just appeared here, and we just need to find a
Digiport to get back. Do you know where the nearest one is?"
The boy recovered, and smiled at Asuka. "Yeah. We picked up some strange
readings near here, I guess that was you showing up here." He looked at
Asuka's partner. "You have a Patamon too? Neat, so do I." As he spoke, the
winged horse the boy was riding glowed and changed back into a Patamon like the
one Asuka had for a partner.
"And you have a Gatomon?" the purple haired girl asked Kyoko. "I thought the
one with us was one of a kind. I like the silver tail ring."
Gatomon shrugged. "It brings out my eyes. I don't recognize him." she said,
indicating the digimon the girl had flown in on.
"Oh him? That's Halsemon." she said, looking back and missing the stunned
look on Kyoko's face. "Hey, you can switch back now, they're friendly."
Halsemon glowed and reverted to a small bird. "By the way, my name's Yolei,
and this is TK."
"K...Kyoko, and this is Asuka." This can't be happening, Kyoko thought to
herself.
==
Takeru's first memory after being teleported by Serebii was hitting something
with a very audible 'thump'. He then felt like he was rolling down a hill,
then came to rest, dizzy and feeling quite ill. The smaller impact he felt on
his stomach was, he guessed, his partner Veemon landing on him. He lay there
for a few minutes, trying to recover from the shock of it all.
"Are you all right?" a voice asked. A girl's voice, Takeru realized. About
his age, probably very nice looking...eyes! Opening his eyes would help
greatly, he decided, and set about accomplishing that task.
Takeru blinked a few times, trying to adjust to the light. As he focussed, he
saw the speaker standing over him, concerned look on her face. Light brown
hair, sleeveless T-shirt, knee length shorts, about his age. I'm in love, he
thought.
"Um...are you OK?" the girl asked again, noticing that Takeru's face had
turned red.
"I am now that you're here..." Takeru mumbled, utterly smitten (no, he hasn't
figured it out yet. -ed) Remembering the lessons on dating he had gotten from
his godfather (Yes, it was Brock. Why do you ask? -ed) Takeru stood up,
sending Veemon flying as he did. "Please forgive me. My name's Takeru, and
it's a very great pleasure to meet you." Veemon groaned, but not from the
fall. "I hope that my sudden appearance did not upset you unduly."
"Is he alright?" another voice asked. Takeru looked up, and saw a familiar
face.
"Gatomon? Hey, Kyoko, you up there too?" Takeru yelled.
The girl blinked. "Kyoko? Is that your girlfriend?"
Takeru snorted. "More like a pain in the neck. But she has a Gatomon, just
like yours. Of course, your Gatomon is much nicer looking, surely a reflection
of her partner."
Gatomon looked back. "He's fine and hitting on Kari." she yelled.
Takeru heard a sudden crack of thunder, and felt a sudden tap on his shoulder.
Turning around, he saw another boy, also about his age, dressed in shorts, some
kind of bombardier's vest and wearing a pair of goggles like his. "What are
you doing to Kari?" the boy demanded. Gatomon, Kari, and Takeru's Veemon
palmed their faces.
"I was merely reassuring this fair maiden that I was alright. Who might you
be?"
"The name's Davis, and you must be really desperate to be ripping off my
look." Kari started giggling, and Davis realized that hadn't come out the way
he had wanted to. Still, he pushed on. "Those goggles are just wrong on you,
pal."
"These goggles were a gift from my dad, and he's twice the man you'll ever be!"
Davis snarled. "Veemon, let's show this creep the door!" Davis looked at the
little blue digimon.
Takeru arched an eyebrow. "Pretty gutsy, trying to boss my digimon partner
around. But if you want to settle this in a battle, I'm more than willing.
Right Veemon?"
"Umm..." Veemon said, getting confused.
"Davis! Hang on, I'm coming!" a second Veemon ran in, panting. "Whatever
Gatomon said sure got you riled up! I...hey, nice to meet another Veemon!"
"Likewise!" Takeru's Veemon said, shaking the other Veemon's hand. "Been here
long? I kinda just dropped in."
Takeru sighed. "Fine. Pokemon battle then!"
Kari gasped. "You're a trainer?"
Completely misreading Kari's reaction, Takeru nodded. "Yup! I'm the number
one pokemon trainer and digidestined!"
"Don't you have to win a few battles first?" Takeru's Veemon asked.
"Minor detail!" Takeru yelled back.
As a three way argument broke out, another boy walked up to where Kari and
Gatomon were watching. "Um...should I ask?"
"He's a pokemon trainer, Kyle. Have you seen him before?"
Kyle looked at Growlithe and Eevee, who shook their heads. "No. Maybe Ken
made an evil clone of Davis?"
"They do look alike." Gatomon said. "Just what we need, another Davis. You
should have seen him hitting on Kari a few seconds ago."
"Don't remind me."
(No, Takeru STILL hasn't figured it out. Apple doesn't fall far from the
tree, does it? -ed)
==
Sam and Wormmon wandered around, wondering where everyone was. "I don't get
it." Sam said to Wormmon. "There are usually a few digidestined around here,
having a look at the place. But I haven't seen a single person or digimon.
You?"
"No." Wormmon replied. "Maybe it's a slow day."
"Maybe." Sam replied. "But I have a sinking feeling that that Serebii did
more than just send us to the digital world. I-" Sam was interrupted as an
energy blast smashed into the ground before him. Looking up, he saw a large
black bird. "Birdramon?"
"No," Wormmon corrected him, "Sabirdramon, champion level. And I think he's
mad at us!" Sabirdramon swooped in, attacking again. "Sam, I have to
digivolve!"
"Digiarmour energize!"
"Wormmon, armour digivolve to...Shadramon, the fire of courage!" Shadramon
flew up, getting behind the attacking digimon. As he flew by, he saw a glint
of metal around Sabirdramon's neck, but couldn't make out any details.
Sabirdramon used the opening to spin around, and tried to smash Shadramon with
one of his black wings. The clumsy attack was dodged, giving the armoured
digimon an opening of his own. "Flare Buster!" he yelled, launching a fiery
blast at the bird's neck. He heard a sharp crack, and the attacking digimon
stopped, the flew away, confused and frightened. Shadramon flew down, grabbing
a falling object as he did. He landed by Sam, and reverted to Wormmon.
Sam picked up the object. "What is this...no, it can't be!"
Some distance away, Ken Ichijouji, aka the Digimon Emperor, watched the
battle. He followed the new digimon down, and nearly fell over when he saw
what it had turned into. "Another Wormmon? That little nightcrawler has been
holding out on me!" he snarled. He couldn't get a good look at his partner,
but that was easily remedied. He flew down, deciding to instill a little fear
into this newest digidestined. "Airdramon, attack!"
==
"Whaaa?" Asuka nearly shouted, but managed to stop herself at the last second.
"I'm serious!" Kyoko hissed. "Serebii must have sent us back in time, to when
our parents were fighting in the digital world. That's Yolei Inoue, Sam's mom,
and that's your dad with her!"
"How...?" Patamon asked, resting on Asuka's head.
"Serebii can travel through time; Professor Gary Oak said that a Serebii
transported his grandfather through time once. But somehow, we wound up in the
digital world as well. From what I've heard, this was when they were fighting
the Digimon Emperor."
"Sam..." Asuka muttered.
"I know. And Takeru's probably around here too, somewhere. Knowing him
he's...oh god, he's probably hitting on my mom by now." Kyoko felt a bit ill
as she said that. "She always said Takeru acts just like his father at his
age."
"So we'll laugh at him when we get home." Gatomon said. "We should find that
Serebii, if we can. If we do, we can make him take us home." Kyoko nodded.
"You're right." Asuka replied.
"You two alright over there?" Yolei called.
"Yeah!" Asuka yelled. "Just some personal stuff, nothing to worry about!" To
Kyoko, she whispered "Should we tell them about Serebii?"
"No!" Kyoko hissed. "If we do, we might wreck all of history as we know it!
There's no telling how telling our parents anything about us might affect the
future! Really weird things could happen like...I don't know, Uncle Matt
marrying Aunt Sora, or your dad marrying my mom!"
"Uh-huh..." Asuka said slowly. "Well, we should at least try to find Sam and
Takeru. Then we can get to work finding Serebii." Kyoko and Gatomon nodded.
Some distance away, Yolei tried to listen in on the two. "I can't hear what
they're saying, can you?" asked.
"I don't think we should be eavesdropping." TK replied. "Shouldn't we be
going to meet Cody soon?" TK looked at his partner, who was sitting in the
sand, very still. "Something wrong, Patamon?" he asked.
"No, nothing." Patamon said, hoping he sounded convincing. These big ears can
be a headache sometimes, he thought to himself. So, T.K's going to be a dad
someday...wow. Kyoko and Asuka rejoined TK and Yolei, and the group set off to
meet Cody.
"Hey, Asuka." Kyoko whispered. "You never told me."
"Told you what?" Asuka asked, confused.
"That your dad was so cute when he was our age!" Both Patamon's eyes bugged
out.
==
"I'm getting really tired of this!" Wormmon yelled as he knocked Sam clear of
the second energy blast. There was no follow-up attack, though. Instead, the
two heard the sounds of booted feet approaching. Wormmon turned to face the
source of that noise.
"So, another pathetic digidestined." The Emperor sneered, flexing his whip in
his
hands. "This will be over quickly. At least stand up and let me see who I'm
defeating."
Angered by the insult to his friend, Sam got up and spun around, ready to
deliver a verbal attack, then stopped as he saw who he was facing. A part of
his mind recalled how his father had remarked that he bore an uncanny
resemblance to Ken's deceased brother, Sam, for who he was named.
"No...NO! YOU'RE DEAD!" The Emperor screamed, backpedaling and shaking his
head wildly. "How can you be here? I killed you!" Sam stepped back,
confused. He knew that this person was his father, and that he was being
controlled by the Dark Spore in him. Still, it was a rude shock to see his
father like this. Sam stepped forward again, reaching a hand out to the
Emperor. Ken lost the last bit of his control, convinced that his brother had
come back to life and was now after him. He yelled again, clambered onto
Airdramon, and drove the beast away as fast as he could.
Sam watched Airdramon leave. "Dad..." he murmured.
==
"This is getting silly." Kyle said. There had been a cold silence between
Takeru and Davis since the group had gotten underway. (STILL hasn't figured it
out. -ed)
"At least it's quieter." Kari replied, shrugging. "Maybe Tai can help...did I
just say that?"
"Three of them. Lovely." Gatomon moaned
"Tai's matured. A bit." Kari replied. "At least the Veemons are getting
along." The two Veemons were indeed having a great time, chatting about
nothing at all. "How did you get here?" Kari asked.
Takeru looked up, interrupted in mid-brood. "Oh, this Serebii showed up while
we were fighting Team Aqua, and teleported us here."
Kyle looked at Takeru. "Serebii? Never heard of that pokemon." Quickly, he
checked his pokedex. "Must not have made it out our way."
Takeru shrugged. "Oh, they're rare. It was outside of New Bark Town."
"You're from the Johto region?" Kyle asked.
"Nahh, but I have some friends there. Come to think of it, they're probably
here somewhere too. But I can't find them on my digivice." Kyle, Kari, and
Davis stopped. "What? Didn't I tell you?"
"If he acts any more like Davis, I'm going to start screaming." Gatomon
whispered.
Suddenly, Growlithe started to growl (no pun intended -ed), looking straight
ahead. That got Davis' attention, and he looked in the direction Growlithe was
looking. "Hey, I see someone...It's the Emperor! Come on Veemon, he's mine!"
"Davis! Are you sure?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, I can see Wormmon with him! And he's got that weird hairstyle and
goggles to boot! Digiarmour energize!"
"Veemon, armour digivolve to...Raidramon, the storm of Friendship!" Davis
hopped on and charged.
Kyle and Kari shrugged, taking out their digivices as well. "Digiarmour
energize!"
"Growlithe, armour digivolve to...Cyberarcanine, the strength of loyalty!"
"Gatomon, armour digivolve to...Nefertimon, the angel of light!"
"Wait here!" Kyle yelled, as he and Kari flew after Davis.
Takeru blinked. "How'd they get Ryoko's and Hitomi's digieggs?" he wondered.
(Geez! Figure it OUT, Takeru! -ed)
==
"That's Cody?" Kyoko whispered to Asuka.
"I can see where Hiroki gets his personality from." Asuka replied.
"It's nice to meet new digidestined. Did you come here to fight the Emperor?"
Cody asked.
"Actually, we were transported here accidentally." Kyoko replied.
"Oh, like Kyle was?" Cody asked.
"Must be Hitomi's dad," Kyoko's Gatomon whispered to Asuka's Patamon, "I
wonder what he's like at this age?"
"From what I hear, he didn't change much." Asuka's Patamon replied.
Ignoring this, Asuka answered. "Kyle? Never met him."
"Oh, he's a pokemon trainer from a place called Stone Town." TK replied. "He
came here by accident too. We'll have to introduce you two to the rest of the
group. Did you say there were others that might be here too?"
Gatomon nodded. "Yeah. Two boys, one named Sam, and the other one named
Takeru."
TK smirked. "Takeru? Sounds like a interesting person."
Kyoko snorted. "About as interesting as a car wreck."
"Oh?" Yolei asked.
Asuka nodded. "Yeah. Stubborn, impatient, thick headed...Those goggles must
be cutting the air to his brain."
Hawkmon looked up. "Goggles? Is this some human fashion statement I don't
know about?"
"I hope not." Yolei replied. "The last thing we need is another Davis." She
shuddered, getting a small laugh from TK.
T.K's Patamon looked up. "I think I heard something." he said urgently.
"Over there!" In the distance, Patamon picked out a small plume of dust. "It
sounded like an explosion!"
"We'd better get over there! Come on Cody!" TK said. "Digiarmour energize!"
"Patamon, armour digivolve to...Pegasusmon, flying hope!"
"Hawkmon, armour digivolve to...Halsemon, the wings of love!"
Cody and Armadillomon hopped onto Pegasusmon's back, and, with Yolei and
Halsemon, they flew towards the source of the explosion.
"How much do you want to be that Takeru's involved?" Patamon asked.
"No bet. We'd better get over there." Asuka and Kyoko took out their
digivices, hoping none of the other digidestined saw them. "Digiarmour
energize!"
"Patamon armour digivolve to...Mantaraymon, faithful waverider!" The digimon
hovered over the sand, allowing Asuka to get on, and the two sped off after the
other digidestined.
"Gatomon, armour digivolve to...Butterflymon, sage advisor!" Butterflymon
picked up Kyoko and carried her, following Mantaraymon.
==
The Emperor staggered into his control room, almost hyperventilating. "A
trick. That has to be it." He kept repeating that, convincing himself that
that was the only rational explanation. "That fool Davis must be trying to
trick me, using someone made to look like Sam to defeat me." Snarling, he
stabbed at a button, calling up a screen. He issued some commands, then leaned
back in his chair. "This will finish them." he said grimly. "But how did they
know...?" he asked, leaning back.
Behind him, a shadowy form appeared. Ken started to get up, but quickly went
to sleep, faint aura of psychic energy feeding into the Emperor's mind, wiping
the day's events from his memory.
"Who are you?" Wormmon demanded, entering the room. "What are you doing to
Ken? Did Arukenimon send you?"
Mewtwo turned around, regarding Wormmon. "I am only here to ensure that the
future happens the way it should."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Wormmon demanded.
"In time, you will know." Mewtwo replied, casting a second web of psychic
power over Wormmon. "Rest assured, your partner will be fine." Wormmon passed
out, and Mewtwo set about deleting the day's events from him as well.
Once done, the guardian stepped back. "It would be so easy, to simply end the
threat now. But if I did, would we still meet, Baihumon?" A Serebii,
different from the one that had transported the children to this time and
place, appeared beside Mewtwo. "We were too late to stop him from attacking.
We must find the other Serebii before he causes more damage." Serebii nodded,
and the two vanished.
==
"Veemon, armour digivolve to...Saggitarimon, the archer of hope!" The digimon
covered Raidramon with his arrow as Takeru ran over to Sam and Wormmon.
"No one roughs up my best friend!" Takeru snarled. "Saggitarimon, if he makes
a move towards Sam or Wormmon, you know what to do!" Checking Sam, he
whispered "are you and Wormmon alright?"
"Yes, but call off Saggitarimon." Sam replied. "Look, I'm not the Emperor."
he said to Davis.
"Well, who are you then?" Kari asked. "That was the digiegg of Hope that you
used, wasn't it?"
"Yes." Takeru replied. "So?" Sam groaned.
That was about the time that Greymon showed up, carrying Tai, Izzy, and
Tentomon. "We got your message." Izzy said to Kari, "and...why does that
digimon have the crest of hope?" he asked, pointing to Saggitarimon.
"I think we were about to get an explanation." Davis answered, locking eyes
with Takeru. "Well, we're waiting!"
"You can go on waiting, too!" Takeru replied.
"I think it would help us a lot if you did tell us. Please?" Kari asked.
Oi, Tai thought to himself as Takeru blushed. Another Davis, great.
"Well, all I know is that we were fighting Serebii and we wound up here."
Takeru replied, missing Sam's panicked expression. Good-bye timeline, Sam
thought to himself.
"Serebii?" Izzy asked, looking at Kyle. Kyle shrugged, shaking his head.
"You must be from the pokemon world, like Kyle here."
"Yeah." Takeru said, from St-" Sam clapped his hand over Takeru's mouth.
"Stone Town, by any chance?" Cyberarcanine asked. "Thought so." he continued
when he saw Sam's reaction. "Serebii can-" Cyberarcanine started to say, but
was interrupted.
Two digimon exploded out of the ground. "Drimogemon. No problem." Davis and
Takeru both said. A second later, a large dinosaur followed them, roaring.
"Double jinx." Tai muttered. "Tyrannomon?"
Kyle checked his pokedex. "No, that's Master Tyrannomon. Ultimate level
Dinosaur digimon. He uses claw and fire attacks, according to my pokedex."
"We'll talk later." The armoured pokemon said, then flew up, attacking Master
Tyrannomon. Raidramon and Nefertimon took on the two Drimogemon.
"Eevee, digivolve!" Kyle yelled, opening a pokeball and releasing Eevee.
There was a bright flash, and Eevee evolved into Flareon. Flareon and Greymon
took on Master Tyrannomon. Kyle also called Scizor out, setting him against
the Drimogemon that Raidramon was fighting.
Takeru blinked. "Hey, Hitomi's dad has an Eevee that can do that too."
Kyle blinked. "Hitomi?" he asked, wondering who Takeru was talking about.
Sam looked at Takeru incredulously. "You haven't figured it OUT yet?"
"Help's on the way!" TK cried, flying in on Pegasusmon, landed, allowed Cody
and Armadillomon to get off, and flew up again. Halsemon landed, and Yolei
climbed off. Sam and Takeru watched as Halsemon glowed and reverted to Hawkmon.
"Digiarmour energize!" Yolei and Cody yelled.
"Hawkmon, armour digivolve to...Shurimon, the Samurai of Sincerity!"
"Armadillomon, armour digivolve to...Digmon, the drill of power!"
"Master Tyrannomon's the bigger threat, help out the others!" Nefertimon
yelled, facing off against one of the Drimogemon.
"I think Ken's been teaching them to protect their control rings!" Greymon
yelled, as Master Tyrannomon pushed him back. "He's not letting me get a clear
shot at it!" He grunted as Master Tyrannomon took another swing at him. "Was
I this much of a pain when I had that spiral on?"
"YES!" the armour digimon all chorused.
"Just checking. Nova Blast!"
"Sam!" Wormmon yelled. "They'll need help with an Ultimate digimon!"
Sam nodded. "Digiarmour energize!"
"Wormmon, armour digivolve to...Shadramon, the fire of courage!"
Davis blinked. "Fire of courage?" He checked his D-terminal, confirming that
he still had the digiegg of courage in it. "Was there a two for one sale on
digieggs or something?"
Some distance away, Kyoko and Asuka landed, watching the battle. "Should we
attack?" Butterflymon asked. "I can see Sam and Takeru there
and...Saggitarimon."
"That idiot." Kyoko muttered. "Takeru probably digivolved him in front of
everyone. I don't know how we're going to explain this. Well, we might as
well go all the way." Kyoko nodded to her partner, as did Asuka. "We'll have
to focus on Master Tyrannomon; he's the toughest." As she spoke, she saw
Shadramon appear and start battling Master Tyrannomon.
"Leave it to us!" Mantaraymon replied, floating away.
==
Master Tyrannomon knocked Cyberarcanine away, slamming the pokemon into
Pegasusmon, causing those two, and TK to land on the ground in a tangled heap.
Shadramon and Shurimon moved to protect his allies, placing himself in front of
the attacker. "This is going to hurt." Shurimon muttered.
Butterflymon flew over Shurimon, charging at Master Tyrannomon. At the last
second, she pulled up, leaving a cloud of dust in her wake. The dinosaur
digimon sniffed, and started coughing and sneezing. "Attack now!" she yelled
to Shurimon.
"Thanks!" he yelled, pulling the giant throwing star off his back and hurling
it at the control ring. It hit, and several cracks appeared. "Digmon! Now!"
"Gold Rush!"
Mantaraymon saw an opening, and added his attack in. "Torpedo Ray!" The two
attacks slammed into the spiral, shattering it. Master Tyrannomon passed out.
Digmon nodded. "Thanks. Didn't catch the name."
"Mantaraymon." As he spoke, he saw Butterflymon assisting Nefertimon with one
of the Drimogemon. "Now that's a bit surreal." he muttered. At the same time,
Cyberarcanine, Saggitarimon, Pegasusmon, and Greymon dealt with the second
Drimogemon, quickly dispatching it. "Looks like the good guys win another
one." Mantaraymon and Digmon walked over to where everyone else was gathering,
reverting to their rookie forms as they did. Cyberarcanine stayed in his
armour form, regarding the newcomers carefully.
"All right!" Yolei yelled. "We did it!"
"Hey, are you alright?" Kyle asked, going over to Sam.
"Yes, thanks. It's just been...weird, that's all." Wormmon, resting on his
shoulder, nodded.
"That's an understatement. I have to admit, I'd never have expected Wormmon
to have an evolution like that."
TK shrugged. "Well, Ken's not the best trainer. Mind you, he probably never
had the digiegg of courage to work with, either."
"Is everyone alright?" Asuka asked, glancing at Sam. "Patamon?"
"I'm fine." both Patamons chorused, then fell over laughing.
"Yeah, we're all OK." Izzy replied. "Thanks for your help, though I am
curious how you got those digieggs."
"Well, it's a long..." Kyoko started to say, then glanced over at Takeru. She
had noticed that he had been alternating between shouting commands and flirting
with Kari during the battle. The stress and exasperation finally got to her,
overriding her reason. "TAKERU, STOP HITTING ON MY MOM, ALREADY!" she shouted.
-That- got everyone's attention. Cyberarcanine nodded, as if he had been
expecting this.
"M...M...*Mom*?" Tai stuttered. Kari was speechless, as was Takeru. "Okay,
what's going on here!" He glanced at Cyberarcanine. "You know something,
don't you?"
The armoured pokemon nodded. "Humans aren't generally aware of it, but
Serebii are capable of time travel. I had a suspicion when I saw...Takeru?"
Takeru nodded. "Thanks, Takeru here use the digiegg of hope. Plus the number
of resemblances in appearance and scent; not to mention your personality, kid."
"He gets it from his dad." Veemon said.
"What's that supposed to..." Davis said, then stopped, slowly turning and
looking at Takeru, who had just reached the same conclusion. "He's my..." both
said. Kari looked at Cyberarcanine, horrified.
Davis recovered. "Wow. So you're...wow, I guess you have Kari's eyes, but
you definitely have my looks."
"Why would I have Kari's eyes?" Takeru asked.
Kyle started to speak, but Yolei stopped him. "I want to see this." she
whispered, silently enjoying Kari's expression, which was somewhere between
mortification and someone about to be physically ill.
"Well, Kari and I are clearly meant to be together." Davis replied.
"No," Takeru's Veemon replied, "Kari married Izzy." Everyone there went wide
eyed, except for Kari, who passed out.
"What?" Tai asked, voice suddenly quiet. Izzy started edging away. Tai and
Davis started moving towards Izzy, faces unreadable.
Kyoko sighed. "It's true. My name is Kyoko Kamiya, her daughter." Both
Gatomons looked at each other, shrugged, and wondered who would kill Izzy first.
"Davis?" Takeru's Veemon ran over to Davis. "Trust me, you'll love Melody;
she's great. And I think Kyoko and Ryoko would be mad if you killed their dad
and all. To say nothing of Emiko."
"Someone's been busy." Yolei managed to say.
"Wait, Kamiya?" Kyle asked. "Shouldn't Kyoko's last name be Izumi?"
"Actually, it's traditional in Japan for couples to take the wife's last
name." Cody explained. "It's not always done nowadays, though."
"Kyle Motomiya has a nice ring to it." Kari's Gatomon said, looking up.
Asuka's Patamon looked up. "Funny. That's what Hitomi always said when they
got married."
Davis stopped. "Hitomi?" he asked. Patamon nodded. Davis tapped Tai on the
shoulder. "Izzy's all yours." he said, voice barely above a whisper. He
turned, faced Kyle, and shouted "Die, Ellison!" Kyle ran, Davis in pursuit.
TK sighed. "Well, you might as well introduce yourselves." he said to Sam and
Asuka.
"Asuka Melin. Though I sometimes use Takashi." TK gasped, then nodded,
clapping Asuka on the shoulder.
"I guess that explains your Patamon." TK replied.
"Well, clearly you retain your good taste in partners." T.K's Patamon added.
Sam shuffled uneasily. "Samuel Inoue."
'Grk' was Yolei's only reply. "You...I...Who? I don't...wait, that
Wormmon..." Around her, everyone else had stopped, suddenly very curious about
Sam's father. "No...no...I don't marry HIM, do I?"
Cody looked at Sam. "Well, maybe that means Ken eventually turns good and..."
Cody trailed off, blushing.
"My, what a dirty mind you have." Hawkmon said to Cody.
"I think I need to sit down." Yolei groaned. "Do we all have children in the
future?"
Sam nodded, sitting down by Yolei. "We're friends with all of them. We even
saved the world a few times. Well, parts of it, anyway."
Davis looked at Takeru. "How did you get named Takeru?"
"It was your idea." Takeru replied. Davis looked at TK, who shrugged.
"I guess he grew up a bit." Kari said, sitting up and looking at Kyoko.
"Three?" she asked weakly.
"Well, twins and one daughter. I'm the smart one..." Kyoko answered, looking
at Izzy. He nodded, trying to get out of Tai's grip on his shirt collar.
"If you are all done?" Mewtwo asked, appearing in their midst. On either
side, two small creatures hovered. "I have located and retrieved the Serebii
that sent you here. It is now time for you to go home." He looked at the
digidestined of this era. "I must wipe your memories of this event, in order
to preserve the history that we know. And preserve some of your lives." he
added wryly, glancing at Kyle and Izzy.
"Who...?" TK asked Mewtwo. "Are you...a pokemon?"
"I am Mewtwo. Rest assured, we will meet soon." Mewtwo nodded.
"I guess that means...we'll see you later." Takeru said, looking at Davis.
Davis shrugged. "Well, I guess you'll be OK. And I can't wait to meet this
girl I'm gonna marry. Melody, right?" Takeru nodded.
Asuka hugged TK. "I guess I'll see you in a few minutes. It was nice to see
you in your prime." she smirked.
"Remind me to ground you for that when you get back." TK answered.
"Bye mom." Sam said quietly. Yolei nodded, returning the sentiment.
"Well, I must admit, you have impressed me. I look forward to meeting you
again in the future." Hawkmon said to Wormmon.
"Hey!" Armadillomon suddenly piped up. "How does Cody do in the future?"
"One son." Kyoko answered, grinning. "And he's just adorable." Cody looked
faint. Tai was about to say something. "Oh, you have three kids too." Tai
stopped, letting go of Izzy.
"I think that's more than enough. We must return home now." All the future
digidestined gathered around Mewtwo, partners with them. There was a bright
flash of light, and they vanished.
Kari blinked. "Huh? Why are we all here?" she asked looking around.
"I don't know." Tai replied. "The last thing I remember was knocking down
some control spires." he shrugged. "We must be working too hard."
"I agree." Davis said, Veemon nodding. "Let's go back home."
"So you can spy on another one of Kyle's dates with your sister?" Yolei asked
sarcastically.
"D...date? DIE ELLISON!"
==
Trey Miller narrowed his eyes. After the other children had vanished, he had
Dakarimon digivolve and attack. Trey wasn't the type to get visibly angry,
instead becoming very cool and calculating. He directed DienDakarimon to
dismember the mecha in a very systematic fashion, relying on his partner's
strength and durability rather than his attacks, negating the mecha's
counterattack system.
"Hey, take it easy!" Mary yelled as the digimon removed the other arm from the
mecha, tossing it away.
"You made some friends of mine vanish." Trey replied. "I would suggest that
you tell me where they are, or I will have my friend continue."
Reed growled. "You've got five seconds-"
"And you've got two!" Trey replied. Reed was tempted to salute, Trey's voice
was that commanding. "Where are they?"
Mewtwo chose that moment to appear with the aforementioned children and
digimon. "We are fine. Please, do not allow us to interrupt."
Trey nodded, and gave Raibolt the signal. The pokemon powered up his
strongest attack, and the mecha blew up. "What happened?" Trey asked. "You
were gone for a whole minute."
Takeru looked back at Mewtwo, but he had vanished along with the two Serebii.
"Long story." he answered.
At that moment, Kyle, June, Izzy, Kari, and Davis came crashing through the
brush. "We heard an explosion!" Kari said. "What-" she stopped, as did
everyone else. "I...I remember that day..." She stopped, and looked at
Takeru, then started laughing, along with the other adults. Takeru squatted on
the ground, wishing very hard that he could turn invisible.
"Um...whahh?" Trey asked, looking at Dakarimon.
"Don't ask me." the digimon replied. "I still don't understand you humans."
Asuka smiled. "We'll tell you all about it. Every embarrassing detail."
Takeru just groaned
==
Ryoko looked at Takeru, then at Kyoko. "Takeru fell for mom?" she asked.
Beside her, Hiroki was starting to chuckle at the sight. Takeru had tried to
leave, but was stopped by Asuka, who had enjoyed the retelling. Everyone else
was laughing now.
When she had recovered, Ryoko looked at her sister. "Well, I'm glad you all
kept busy. Must have been weird, having a whole day go by in a minute."
"I hate time travel." Takeru muttered, sitting down.
Next Episode
A black Trailmon appears in Goldenrod, carrying a mysterious digimon with it.
Ryoko and Hiroki discover that it is in fact Izumi, who has returned alone from
the digital world, badly wounded from a battle with a mysterious new hybrid,
Duskmon. Hiroki and Ryoko must decide whether they will return with Izumi to
help her find the other Chosen Children. Next time, on Digicross Frontier
episode 7
-'The Frontier beckons'
