Tai climbed up a nearby tree and looked around. He kind of wished that he still had his old little telescope. It would make it easier to tell where they were. "Well?" Izzy called up to him. "Where are we?"

Tai scanned the landscape. "I'm not sure... I can't see very far."

"Move over." Tai looked down to see Elli climbing up next to him. She pulled out a small telescope and started scanning the horizon. "There's a large mountain that way but most everything else is forest."

"El give Tai the scope, he actually knows what to look for!" Anna yelled up at them.

"Fine." Elli handed over the telescope and sighed. "At least I was prepared."

"What do you see Tai?" Izzy yelled up as Tai started to look over the horizon.

"Let's see..." Tai slowly scanned over the scenery looking for anything that looked familiar, and he found it. "Infinity mountain!" He yelled, causing Elli to almost fall out of the tree.

"So we are back on File Island." Izzy remarked while Tai dropped down from the tree. Elli waited a moment before following him.

"Looks like it." Tai nodded.

"We need to find Genai." Sora said stepping forward. "He will be able to help us."

"Good idea Sora." Yokomon purred and rubbed against Sora's leg.

"Let's go then!" Davis started walking and Tai sighed.

"Hang on a second idiot." Elli grumbled. "Do you know where you are going."

"... No..." Davis whispered. He looked at his feet awkwardly.

"We could ask Elecmon." TK pointed out. "Or we could just wander around with no idea what to do."

"I wish I had my laptop, I could call him." Izzy sighed.

"Come on." Tai started walking. "Primary Village is this way right TK?" Tai asked pointing.

"Yeah." TK started leading the way with Tokomon on his head, squishing his green baseball hat.

"I can't wait to see Elecmon and all the baby digimon!" Tokomon said shifting his position on TK's head. "It will be so much fun."

"Don't forget we are going there for a reason, not to have fun." TK said.

"Maybe we will see Leomon!" Mimi said suddenly. "I wonder how he is!"

"Whose Leomon?" Yolei asked walking next to the big celebrity.

"A digimon that helped us out a long time ago." Mimi chuckled.

"After he attacked us." Izzy said pointing out the facts.

"That was only because of a black gear." Joe hurriedly said.

"I don't understand what they are talking about." Davis grumbled.

"Because we weren't there." Cody looked around. "So this is the island that the original eight of you came to?"

"I didn't." Kari laughed. "I was at home sick."

"I didn't meet Kari until we came to the human world." Nyaromon sighed. "So long ago."

Tai glanced at his sister and the digimon in her arms. He was sure they were both thinking of their friend Wizardmon who had lost his life protecting them from the digimon known as Myotismon.

"Do you hear something?" Anna suddenly asked.

"Hm?" They all stopped and looked back at her. She was staring up at the sky.

"I don't hear anything." Davis frowned.

"Sh!" Elli hushed him and looked around.

Tai strained his ears as his listened and froze hearing a low buzzing noise. "Something is coming!" He yelled. At that moment Kuwagamon, a large red big digimon that Tai knew all too well came flying over the trees.

"Kuwagamon!" Matt yelled.

"Let's go Koromon!" Tai looked at his partner and clutched his digivice.

"Let's help too." Elli said.

"Koromon digivolve to Agumon!"

"Popokimon digivolve to Makamon!"

"Tsunomon digivolve to Gabumon!"

"Yokomon digivolve to Biyomon!"

"Montimon digivolve to Tentomon!"

"Nyaromon digivolve to Gatomon!"

"Minomon digivolve to Wormmon!"

"DemiVeemon digivolve to Veemon!"

"Tanemon digivolve to Palmon!"

"Upamon digivolve to Armadillomon!"

"Bukamon digivolve to Gomamon!"

"Tokomon digivolve to Patamon!"

"Poromon digivolve to Hawkmon!"

"Alopekemon digivolve to Kelamon!"

"Right let's go everyone!" Tai called out as all the rookies stepped forward.

Kuwagamon swooped down sending out a large gust and knocking them all back. "He seems to have gotten stronger." Izzy remarked while the rookies got up and tried to attack, but Kuwagamon avoided each attack.

"And smarter." Joe added.

"Fine then!" Tai smirked. "Agumon let's take him down!" Tai yelled holding up his digivice. "Digivolve to Greymon!"

"Agumon digivolve to... Grey- huh?" Agumon looked at himself as he failed to digivolve to the champion.

"Agumon?" Tai blinked in shock.

"I've got this." Matt stepped forward. "Gabumon!"

"Gabumon digivolve to... Huh?"

"I've got it! Biyomon digivolve to... Bitomon?"

"Let's go Patamon!" Tk yelled.

"Patamon digivolve to... Patamon?"

"Gomamon digivolve to... Gomamon?"

"Palmon digivolve to... Palmon!"

"Kelamon let's try!" Anna nodded.

"You old guys step back!" Yolei smirked. "Hawkmon!"

"Hawkmon digivolve to... Hawkmon?"

"Let's try Ken!" Wormmon moved forward.

"Right... Right..." Ken nodded.

"Wormmon digivolve to... Wormmon."

"What's the problem? There aren't any control spires around. Veemon!"

"Veemon digivolve to... Veemon."

"Tentomon digivolve to... Tentomon?"

"Come on Cody let's try to!" Armadillomon said.

"I don't know.. It doesn't seem to be working."

"Watch out!" Anna yelled as Kuwagamon sent everyone flying with a large gust. "Kelamon!"

"I'm okay Anna."

"You're not going to try?" Cody asked as the twin sisters protected each other.

"Our partners have never digivolved..." Elli whispered.

Cody frowned but nodded. "Armadillomon!"

"Armadillomon digivolve to... Ankylomon!"

"No way!" Davis gasped as the large spike covered digimon moved in front of the rest of them.

"Go Ankylomon!" Cody called out.

"I've got this!" Ankylomon moved in front of the others. "You've got me to deal with. Tail Hammer!" He swung his tail knocking away Kuwagamon.

"Why was Cody able to get Armadillomon to digivolve?" Davis complained.

"I don't know but at least he was able to!" Tai nodded. "Agumon are you hungry? Maybe you don't have enough energy."

"I just ate not that long ago..." Agumon frowned. "The only time I've had this problem was when the control spores were up."

"But there are none." Ken said. "Otherwise Armadillomon wouldn't have digivolved."

"Maybe it's something else?" Anna said as she looked at the fight. "Maybe it is something the digimon who kidnapped them did."

"Maybe…" Matt frowned.

At that moment Ankylomon send Kuwagamon flying. Cody rushed forward and grinned. "Good job Ankylomon."

"Thanks Cody." Ankylomon said de-digivolving back to Armadillomon.

"How did you do that?" Davis rushed forward. "Veemon, why couldn't you?!"

"Sorry Davis." Veemon looked down. "I don't know why…"

"Maybe Gennai will know." Kari said resting a hand on Davis' shoulder. "I'm sure he'll know."

"Where can we even find him?" Yolei asked. "Tai said he recognized where we are at, but does that mean he can figure out where Gennai is?"

"Come on." Tai nodded. "Primary village is our best start." They all followed after him silently. No one really knew what to say or even really wanted to. Cody and Armadillomon were the only ones who could digivolve, that was going to be a problem.

"I'm tired!" Mimi suddenly called out. "Let's take a break!"

"Come on Mimi." Joe looked over. "We need to keep-."

"I don't want to!" Mimi cried out and collapsed onto the ground. "I'm TIRED!"

"Oh Mimi." Tai sighed.

"Digidestined?" They all looked over to see Gennai standing there holding a basket of fruit. "What are you doing here?"

"Gennai!" The old digidestined all yelled together.

"Yes?"

"We found you!" Kari sighed in relief. "Thank goodness."

"Perhaps you could explain what you are doing here?" Gennai asked.

"Wait, what are you doing here?" Matt frowned. "How do we know this is Gennai? Why would he be randomly wandering the forest?"

"Gathering fruit." He held up the basket. "I'm staying at Primary village and was gathering fruit for Elecmon. He doesn't like leaving the village right now."

"Hmm." Matt grunted.

"So what are you doing here?" Gennai repeated.

"A group of digimon came to our world and took all the digimon. We rushed after them trying to save our partners." Sora's eyes flickered towards Matt slightly.

"I see." Gennai sighed. "I understand."

"What is going on?" Gomamon asked.

"You children haven't been here for the last year have you?" Gennai sighed. "A darkness has entered the world. It's a virus that is corrupting digimon and it seems to be coming from your world." Gennai looked at each of them. "Humans are causing a virus that corrupts digimon."

"That's impossible!" Elli stepped forward. "We all love digimon!"

"Maybe, but that is what the Sovereign digimon have decided. Those are the digimon who brought the digimon back here. They choose to rescue the digimon in your world and close off the portal so the corruption wouldn't get worse. I personally think they are wrong though." He shook his head. "I think this is something else."

"What?" Cody asked.

Gennai was silent for a moment. "No idea."

They all practically fell over in shock. "But didn't you try telling the Sovereign digimon?" Kari asked.

"They don't listen to a little guy like me." He chuckled. "I'm sorry." He turned serious. "But I can open a portal for you to go back home if you want."

"No way." Tai stepped forward. "I'm not leaving Agumon here and I'm not going to force him to stay forever in my world with no way back."

"And what do you plan to do about it?" Gennai raised his eyebrow.

"We'll go kick those Sovereign digimon's butts." Yolei grinned. "We'll just DNAdigivolve-."

"You can't."

"Huh?" They all asked.

"There are two requirements for DNA digivolving. The first is Gatomon's tail ring." He pointed to her. "And the second is the power I was given from Azulongmon."

"But WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon DNA digivolved before that." Tai frowned.

"Yes, but that required lots of energy from you two." He pointed to Tai and Matt. "And a miracle. We're still not entirely sure how you succeeded."

"We can do it again!" Tai looked at Matt. "Right?"

"Uh...I don't know… To do that we would have to get to the Mega level, or are you forgetting that?" Matt frowned. "Gennai maybe you can help us with that? None of the digimon… well except for Armadillomon, were able to digivolve."

Gennai nodded. "Not surprising."

They all looked at him. "What do you mean?" Izzy asked.

"Tell me, why do you think you children were chosen to be the digidestined?"

"Because of our traits." Sora said quickly. "We went through this a long time ago."

"Yes your traits. The traits that were strongest in you children."

"We aren't children any more." Izzy frowned. "Are you saying that has something to do with it?"

"Yes, we're not sure why, but children seem to have the strongest traits that allow for digivolving and the older they get the less strength those traits have. Actually it's more like an inner strength that children are able to tap into. Human children also seem to have a special ability to give energy to their digimon from this inner strength. Adults don't seem to have this ability for some reason. "

"But Cody was able to." Anna looked over. "He's not a child."

"Ah, but he is on the edge." Gennai said. "Give it a year or two and he may not be able to… Of course if he keep practicing this unique ability it might last longer. I mean when was the last time one of you had your digimon digivolve?"

They all went silent. "I… I think it was when we fought with MaloMyotismon." Kari finally whispered.

"Exactly." Gennai pointed out. "None of you have practiced your ability and because of that it has faded… At least that is what we think and the best reason I can give you…. So will you still stay? Without the ability to digivolve?"

They all went quiet. "Yes." Tai said. "I'm going to refind it, I'll prove you don't have to be a child to digivolve. Are you with me Agumon?"

"Yeah! We'll do it!" Agumon nodded.

"Maybe you can regain your inner strength." Gennai nodded and smiled. "But it will be hard, and dangerous."

"We can do it." Kari nodded. "We're the digidestined."

"Right!" Izzy nodded. "Let's do this."

"I'm in." Sora nodded.

"I'm going to." TK nodded.

"Count me in." Yolei grinned.

"I have no reason not to stay." Cody nodded.

"We're not original digidestined… but we would like to help." Anna looked at Elli and she nodded.

"You can count on us." Elli agreed.

"I guess I'll stay." Joe nodded.

"Of course I'm going to help." Davis grinned.

"I want to help too." Ken nodded.

"Mimi?" Palmon asked.

"I'll stay." She said after a moment. "I don't want to lose Palmon."

"What should we do now?" Matt asked. "How can we regain our.. Inner strength?"

"Well I guess traveling and find a way to prove to the Sovereign digimon that you humans didn't cause the darkness." Gennai said after thinking for a moment. "But you have to stick together… and look inward. That is the only way to rediscover what you lost."

"Right." Tai nodded. "Let's go!" He started walking.

"Tai!" Izzy called back. "Do you know where you are going?!"

"Nope, but how is that any different from before? We started with not knowing where we were going when we came here. We're just in the same boat." He smirked. "We did this before and we can do it again!"

Izzy sighed. "Thank you Gennai."

"Good luck." He nodded. "I hope you can… You are the only hope for the digital world now."