T.K. faced off against the mysterious digidestine that had two digimon attacking him. It was a boy about his age with brown hair and goggles. He just sat and watched on roof. T.K. was not in the mood for something like this.

"Who are you and what do you want?" T.K. said in a demanding tone to know the answer.

"Monochromon, Tsunamimon, let's see what this guy is all about."

"Volcanic Strike."

"Tidal Slam."

A fireball and a tidal wave was launched right at T.K. He ran over to an alley to take cover and was able to avoid both attacks. He didn't had the time for this so he would have to get him out of the way fast.

"What's the matter with this guy? Why is he attacking us?" Patamon said.

"I don't know; maybe he works for Hydroumon. We better take care of this and get going. We can't waste any time." T.K. said and grabbed his D3.

"Patamon digivolve to…Angemon"

Angemon flew out and was ready to fight. Monochromon was the first to attack as he charged like a rhino. Angemon held up his staff and blocked his horn. Angemon pushed his staff towards his teeth and had him go down on his side. Tsunamimon reached out and grabbed him with his tentacles.

"I've got you now." Tsunamimon said.

"Think again." Angemon said as he had his right arm free.

"Hand of Faith."

Angemon blasted Tsunamimon right in the chest and he was forced to let go. T.K. ran up to the guy that was watching and he found it weird that he was actually smiling.

"Start talking. Who are you?" T.K. said.

"You're really something else T.K. You're stronger than I originally thought."

"Wait, how do you know my name?" T.K. said as he stood up.

"Don't think too much about it. You'll be seeing me sooner than you think." He started walking out of T.K.'s sight. He saw the two digimon get up and ran off. It looked like they both dedigivolved, but he didn't get the chance to see their rookie forms as they disappeared from his sight too.

"What do you think that was about?" Angemon said.

"Hard to say. Somehow he knew my name and he said we'll be seeing him again." T.K. said. That was when he heard his D-Terminal go off and saw he had a message. "We better get going. Cody says that Gennai wants to talk to all of us. I hope this is more good news because today is getting weird."

…

The School

T.K. arrived at the school and saw that the others were already there and so was Gennai.

"Where were you?" Yolei said.

"I was attacked by some weird guy. I don't know what his deal was, but he knew who I was and he just came out of nowhere." T.K. said. "So Gennai, what did you want to talk to us about?"

"Yes, I was just recently told that you encountered Hydroumon or at least a copy of him. You'll also be meeting him tomorrow at noon." Gennai said. "I've told you how dangerous he is and without Davis and Veemon, you won't have Imperialdramon to help you. That is why I asked for help."

"Help?" Kari said.

"I've asked a digidestine from America to join us in this fight. He isn't like normal digidestine." Gennai said.

"What do you mean? What makes him different?" Ken said.

"For starters, he has two digimon partners." Gennai said.

"Wait, two and from America? Is it Willis?" Yolei asked.

"I'm afraid not. I've doubt you met him before." Gennai said. "In fact, he holds more power than Willis. One of his digimon can reach the ultimate level and the other can armor digivolve. He can also have his partners DNA digiolve."

"He can have both of them DNA digivolve without another partner?" Armadillomon said.

"It kind of makes sense since has two partners." Cody said.

"I don't know if I feel comfortable dragging someone we don't know into this." Kari said.

"We didn't know you were going to be the eighth child and we didn't know if we could trust Ken at first." Gatomon said. "Maybe we should give the guy a chance."

"I guess you've got a point." Kari said.

"So who is the guy?" Patamon said.

"He's right inside." Gennai said and he motioned for him to come out. He stepped out with his partners, one was a Gotsumon and the other looked like it was made out of water. T.K. and Patamon were real shocked because it was the same person who attacked him.

"Hey there, my name is Ross Brian."

"My name is Aquamon."

"And I'm Gotsumon."

"You again?!" T.K. said.

"I told you, you would see me again." Ross said.

"So you two have already met?" Gennai said.

"Yeah, he's the guy that attacked us earlier. What was that even about?" Patamon said.

"Sorry about that, but I wanted to see what you were all about." Ross said.

"Gennai, you really expect us to trust and work with this guy?" T.K. said.

"I'm doing this for the good of everyone. We're going to need all the help we can get." Gennai said.

"Look Blondie, I'm not thrilled about this either." Ross said. "I had to leave my home and everything to do this. So how about you stay out of my face and I'll stay out of yours? Besides, I'm a pretty likeable guy."

"We'll see about that. You're off to a rough start with me already." T.K. said as he glared at him. Gennai had to step between them to cut the tension.

"That's enough boys. That is all I wanted to talk to you about. If you're going through with this meeting, I suggest you get ready." Gennai said. They all understood and left as it was just Gennai and the new member.

"Quite a warm welcome." Ross said.

"Just remember what I really brought you here for." Gennai said.

"I don't feel comfortable deceiving them." Ross said.

"I don't expect you too, but sometimes you have do what you must." Gennai said. "At least you got a feel for T.K. He's the one more determined than the others to see this through."

"You were the one that suggested I attack him. I hope you know what you're doing." Ross said. Meanwhile, the other digidestine were talking about their new member.

"Does Gennai really expect us to work with that guy? I already don't like him." T.K. said.

"I'm with you T.K. I don't trust him, I feel like he might be hiding something." Cody said.

"Don't judge him so quickly you guys. He might be better than you think." Ken said.

"Yeah, in fact he kind of reminds me of someone." Hawkmon said.

"It's either the way he acts or maybe it's just the goggles he wears on his head, but he kind of reminds me of Davis." Kari said.

"Don't make me laugh. Davis is a better guy than that Ross." T.K. said and Kari was pleasantly startled. That was the first time she ever heard T.K. praise Davis and she was going to push for more.

"Yeah, I guess Davis is a bit cooler." Kari said.

"A bit, Davis is a lot cooler than him." T.K. said, not knowing she's just playing around with him.

…..

The Next Day

The digidestine gathered their things together and were heading for the computer lab. The only that didn't show yet was Ross, but they went on ahead inside.

"So what's the plan? If we're going up against someone as powerful as Hydroumon, we're going to need one." Armadillomon said.

"We'll figure something out along the way." Cody said.

"Shouldn't we wait for Ross with Gotsumon and Aquamon?" Kari said.

"We'll give them a few minutes, but we can't wait around." T.K. said, but he just wanted to leave him behind.

"Wait, the door is open." Yolei said as they arrived and the door was slightly opened. "Detention isn't being held today, is it?" They looked inside to see Ross and his partners with Ross in a seat writing in a black notebook.

"Oh, there you guys are." Aquamon said.

"We were wondering when you were going to show up." Gotsumon said.

"How long have you been here?" Kari said.

"Almost a half hour. It's a little principle of mine to arrive early." Ross said. "Sorry, but I'm not good with computers so I couldn't get the coordinates needed to get to this Terminal Bridge."

"That's okay. I can handle that." Yolei said and went to work. Kari looked around to see that Ross had a red, blue, and black notebook.

"What's that you got?" Kari said as she tried to look at what he had, but he just closed it and stuffed all three in his backpack.

"Sorry, but we're not close enough for you to see what's in here." Ross said.

"Okay, I've got it. Are you ready for this?" Yolei said.

"We've been waiting for two years. Now we get to find out friend." T.K. said and turned to Ross. "I know you're new, but try and be careful. You don't know what you're getting into." Ross nodded in understanding and they went through the gate. They have a new member to help them, but will this new member be useful and what secrets does he hold?