All credit for Mimi and Izzy's designs goes to Dralamy on dA, and his/her 'Koumi' submission.
On a bench in the Odaiba Seaside Park, Suzie and Lopmon sat, surrounded by five of the Digidestined; Mimi Tachikawa, wearing a short brown leather cowboy-vest over a faint-burgundy sleeveless shirt and a pair of shorts that exposed most of her legs, Tai Kamiya, wearing his school uniform, Izzy Izumi wearing an orange shirt with a black shirt underneath and camel-colored shorts about twice the length of Mimi's, Joe Kido, likewise wearing his school uniform, and Cody Hida wearing a soft-greyish shirt with an ornate marking comprised of a vertical ellipse, and two arrow-tips underneath, and navy-blue jeans.
"Thanks for the help, miss," Tai smiled, trying to break the ice. "But umm... Why did you show up out of nowhere? You said something about Millenniumon, but he's dead."
"He isn't, and as long as Ryo's alive, it's impossible for Millenniumon to stay that way," She replied. "Anyway, I'm Suzie Wong, this is Lopmon, and we were flung here by ZeedMillenniumon's Time Destroyer attack. Any idea on how we get home?"
Mimi and Izzy were more than a bit taken aback by the girl's bluntness. While Davis generally acted as rash as Tai used to, they at least acted with some small restraint in speech and conduct, whereas the girl showcased no such thing. She certainly wasn't rude about it, but it was still surprising.
"I'm sorry," She said. "We don't have access to any sort of interdimensional transport, but as long as you're here... Cody will gladly lend you a place to stay!" She exclaimed, to everyone's bewilderment.
"Why Cody?!" Tai and Joe exclaimed, before shrugging; Cody's place was as good as any. In that moment, Cody really wondered why he was friends with them.
"Why me, Mimi?" He asked, exasperated, and receiving a beaming smile in return.
"Because she's cute and she's your age," She replied, as though it explained absolutely every question modern philosophy had ever thought to ask. "And because none of us have spare bedrooms, and it would look suspect to nearly anyone if a sixteen-year old brought home a ten-year old."
Cody paused, trying to think some counter-argument to Mimi's rationale, before Suzie cut into his musings. "If he doesn't want me to crash at his place, then I'll find some other place to stay. Lopmon, could you Digivolve into Cherubimon again?"
Everyone gave her blank looks at the non-sequitur. If Lopmon held any reservations about the request, she showed none, as her body shone with soft-golden light.
Everyone stood in awe of the new Digimon that towered over them. It's body was almost entirely soft-pink, with a pair of golden marking on it's stomach, that contained a soft-white stripe, that divided each half of it's body. Around it's neck was a white twelve-pronged adornment, with another twelve-pronged gold star within that one, both serving to frame it's head, it's black beady eyes and soft smile holding nothing but warmth and compassion.
"Is there any particular reason that you asked, Suzie?" Her Mega form felt incredible; while she hadn't given it much thought, she had never imagined this blissful warmth filling every part of being.
"Yeah," She quietly asked, worrying her partner and the Digidestined. "I want you to hold that form as long as you can, okay?"
"Certainly," She replied, not entirely sure why she wanted her to, though far be it from the rabbit to not comply with a simple request like that.
One minute later, the warmth filling her had ebbed away, leaving a pang of weariness in it's wake.
Two minutes later, that pang had grown too powerful for her to ignore.
Three minutes, Lopmon was lying on the ground, exhausted beyond anything she had ever known.
"That shouldn't have happened so quickly!" The Digimon exclaimed, knowing what exactly had happened to Lopmon. "She didn't use any attacks, so she should've been able to stay like that for twenty or thirty minutes at the least! How did she expend all that energy so quickly?"
"It's because she's not used to it yet, I think," Suzie spoke, snatching up the weary form of the rabbit in her arms. "I don't have anything like the crests, or the Digimentals, or Azulongmon's DigiCore to provide energy for Lopmon, and we can't Bio-Merge like the others can, so she has to support that form and it's amazing powers with her own energy..."
The other Digimon supposed that while her explanation was reasonable, Lopmon should've had at least ten minutes in that form before reverting.
Suzie eyed her partner nervously, wondering how she would react to her suggestion. "Lopmon?"
"Yes?" She curiously asked, exhaustion all but forgotten.
"I think I know a way we can get home, but it's a long-shot. A very long-shot..."
"Whatever it takes to do it, we'll do it, Suzie!" She firmly said, determined to get her Tamer home.
"For it to work.." Suzie hesitated, unwilling to ask this much of her partner. Fighting the D-Reaper was one thing but this... No-one present, human or Digimon, believed their auditory-receptive bodyparts, when they heard what Suzie said next. "You'll have to reach the level beyond Mega... The Burst Mode, the Ultra level... The Super Ultimate level, Lopmon. That's the only level you have left to reach that could possibly have the power to get us home. Do you think that can be done within a few weeks?"
Lopmon stared in disbelief, doubting that any word existed in any language that could convey the shock and incredulity she felt at her Tamer's request. "No, Suzie!" She exclaimed. "Even if we had decades to train, bond and accumulate power, I doubt that I could ever reach that level of power. I'm sorry, but we'll have to try something else..."
"What're you talking about?!" Tai and Agumon exclaimed. "There aren't any levels higher than Mega. It ends there!"
"I've heard about it," Palmon admitted, in a hushed reverent tone. "It's supposed to be the greatest possible level of power attainable for any Digimon, but it's also supposed to be a legend. Even for all their power, Millenniumon and the Harmonious Ones are only Mega-level Digimon. The closest thing to it on our side would be Omnimon or Imperialdramon Paladin Mode..."
To everyone's surprise, Suzie laughed when Palmon finished her explanation. "Sorry, it's just funny to hear Palmon talk about the Burst Mode, considering..."
"'Considering', what?" Mimi testily asked. "Are you implying that Palmon's weak?"
"No, and sorry if it sounds like I did," Suzie casually replied. Mimi wasn't altogether convinced by her apology, though she accepted it regardless. "It's just that of all the Digimon present, Palmon is one of the few that I know off to be able to reach the Burst Mode, in her Mega form, Rosemon."
"You mean that I could achieve a power like that?" Palmon whispered, entranced by the possibility, of the beauty of that form, her hands steepled and an excited glint in her eyes. If she had power like that... No-one could stand in her way. Not the Dark Masters, not MaloMyotismon, not Omnimon, no-one!
"Alright, Lopmon, if you don't feel up to it, we'll try the back-up plan; find a ZeedMillenniumon in this Digital World, and try to get him to use his Time Destroyer to send us to another universe," Suzie told her partner. "I think that the ENIAC is gone... Maybe; I have no idea where Yggdrasil fits in the Digital World hierarchy."
"What does the primordial tree in norse mythology have to do with anything?" Mimi asked, confused, earning her surprised looks from everyone present. "What?"
"Sorry Mimi, it's just surprising to hear you spout obscure mythological trivia like that," Palmon laughed.
"Yggdrasil is the computer in charge of overseeing all variations of the Digital World," Suzie casually replied.
"That would make this 'Yggdrasil', the system administrator..." Cody whispered, awestruck at the implications of this revelation. "Why don't you explain how exactly you found this out?" He asked, curiously.
"Why don't you explain to me why Armadillomon still can't Digivolve further than Champion-level?" She shot back. "Because you're kinda redundant if he can't."
"Touche," Cody smiled, pleased to have a verbal sparring partner that didn't underestimate him simply because he happened to be a bit short. "What do you mean, 'redundant'!" He exclaimed.
"Well, think about it," She smirked. "Most of the Digimon you fight are Ultimate or even Mega-level, whereas Ankylomon is a Champion-level. I'm sure you can see the problem here."
Cody racked his brain, trying to think of some refutation of her argument. He looked to the other Digidestined, hoping they'll offer a counter-argument to support his side. "Well, umm... Armadillomon can Jogress-Digivolve with Patamon into Shakkoumon, an Ultimate with nearly Mega-level strength. How's that for useful?"
"Not bad..." Suzie complimented, offhandedly. "But in order to do that, you need yourself, TK, Armadillomon, Patamon and your Digivices, whereas TK could simply Digivolve Patamon to MagnaAngemon, Seraphimon or Goldramon."
"Goldramon?" Tai and Mimi asked. Neither of them had ever heard of that particular Digimon before.
"A Mega-level, Holy Dragon-type, Vaccine-attribute Digimon." She clarified. "That reminds me, did you guys figure out how to Bio-Merge with your partners in this time-line? Because I've seen a few time-lines where that's happened."
Everyone stared blankly at her.
"You mean like what Takato did? No." Tai flatly replied.
"I don't even think that's possible in this universe," Mimi pointed out.
"Now are you done pointing out why I suck?" Cody asked in frustration, and received an infuriating grin in return.
"Actually, since it's so much fun, I'll think I carry on for a bit, if you don't mind," Suzie replied, causing Cody to shoot her an icy glare. "The original eight Digidestined's partners have achieved either Ultimate or Mega, Davis has the Digimental of Miracles to Digivolve Veemon into Magnamon, Ken can Jogress-Digivolve Wormmon with Veemon into Imperialdramon or GranKuwagamon, so in summation, you, Yolei and your partners are nearly-useless on your own."
"You don't have to be so rude about it!" Cody yelled. Her showing up inexplicably was confusing enough, but now she had the nerve to argue at length how much he sucked.
"I have to agree, Suzie," Lopmon spoke to her Tamer. "Though you aren't wrong, you could stand to be more tactful about it." She softly chided the girl.
"I guess," She shrugged.
"What did you mean, 'or GranKuwagamon'?" Izzy asked, confused. "Veemon and Wormmon Jogress-Digivolve into Paildramon, and Digivolve into Imperialdramon."
"Actually, that one's a bit tricky to explain," Suzie replied, with a sigh. "Paildramon and Imperialdramon are Veemon's natural Ultimate and Mega forms; he doesn't need Wormmon to reach those forms."
The Digidestined and their partners stared at her in shocked disbelief. This changed everything, Izzy thought. If Veemon could do that by himself, they might have a better chance of fighting the Demon Lords. "Emphasis on, 'if'," Izzy noted, though the girl seemed to know what she was talking about, when it came to Digimon.
"How do you know that?" Joe asked quizzically.
"Me, my older brother and several of his friends are avid Digimon fans, in addition to working for a government agency whose foremost task is to fight Digimon that arrive in the real world. You tell me..." She sarcastically drawled.
"I suppose," Joe laughed. Despite how unpleasant the girl had seemed, she could be hilarious.
The girl gave a short bow. "Now if you'll excuse me, the sun is rising, and we must take our departure." She spoke, in a quiet, rigid, almost strained, tone; quite unlike how she normally sounded. She took Lopmon, and began to walk towards the city, leaving the Digidestined gaping behind, trying to process what she had just told them. The sun had been up for several hours already, in fact, Mimi noted that it was in fact starting to set, so whatever Suzie had meant eluded her.
"Where're you going?!" Cody shouted to her. She had to have heard him, Tai thought, yet she kept walking. "Did you forget that you're staying at my house as long as you're here?"
She paused and turned to face him, smiling widely. "Oh yeah, I forgot that bit... Well then, lead the way, Cody Hida of Odaiba!"
Cody blinked; while it was technically correct, he wasn't used to being addressed by his full name, and it was honestly a bit unsettling to be addressed like that, nor did he understand why she'd included his place-of-residence, though he shrugged it off, and walked with her into the city.