"Run for your lives, it's the evil Digimon Emperor!" A group of Digimon exclaimed in terror and ran away from someone.

They ran for their lives as the black rings went flying. A ring clamped around one of their necks. Then their eyes glowed red. The Digimon Emperor chuckled evilly as he sees his collection of Digimon increasing.

Gatomon ran for her life as a black ring came close to her. Just when it got close, her tail ring glowed and disabled the black ring.

"That was close." Gatomon said.

A red eye glowed behind her in the shadows. Gatomon quickly turned around as Unimon attacked.

Her screams echoed across the wind.

"What was that?" A male voice asked. A canine-esque Digimon was with him.

"I don't know, but I think we should find out. Come on Gaomon."

(Kanto Region)

Inside the Ketchum house, Kalos League Champion Ash Ketchum was inside his room with his trusty Pikachu.

"Ash!" Delia called out to him as he went down the stairs.

"Yes mom."

"You have a visitor."

"Visitor." Ash then felt a hand on his shoulder.

He turned around and saw a familiar blue-haired with a Piplup on her shoulder.

"Dawn!" Ash exclaimed, happy to see her again.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"Hi Ash, it's been a long time." Dawn said.

Since parting ways with Ash, Dawn became the Top Coordinator in the Johto Region.

The two give each other a high five.

"Mom, this is Dawn. We traveled together across the Sinnoh Region." Ash introduced her to Dawn.

"Nice to meet you Dawn. Ash told me everything about you." Mrs. Ketchum said.

"It's great meeting you Mrs. Ketchum." Dawn replied.

Dawn and Ash conversed with each other. In the midst of the conversation, Ash stared at a photo of himself as a small boy. There was another boy in the photo as well.

Dawn noticed the second boy.

"Who is that, Ash?" She asked.

"That's a old friend of mine. My mom is friends with another woman and I met her son after he got lost in Viridian Forest. I helped him find his way out and then we befriended each other."

"Where is he now?"

"I wish I knew Dawn. I wish I knew."

We head to the city of Odaiba. And we set our sights on a apartment building home to the other young boy in the photo and his mother.

"You're going to be late for school, T.K! Hurry up and finish your breakfast!" She called out.

"New school, new apartment, same old lumpy oatmeal." T.K said as he stood up.

He was the other boy in the picture.

"Three years have passed since we saw each other. I wonder how he's doing." T.K thought.

He then put his bowl in the sink.

"I'm done, mom. I'm leaving!"

"Sorry I can't drive you to school on your first day T.K, but I have to write this article before the deadline."

T.K. walks by her office.

"It's okay. I'll walk." T.K said as he walked out the door.

He walked out the gate and shut it behind him. He walked over to the elevator and saw two kids in it.

"How's it going?"

"Fine, thank you." The girl said.

"That's great. My name's T.K. My mom and I just moved into the building. I'm in seventh grade, class A. Nice to meet you." T.K said.

"My name's Yolei. Would you like to walk to school with us? It takes approximately 12.3 minutes, and that's if there's no wind. It'll be fun! Oh, and this is Cody." Yolei introduced them.

"Welcome to the building, TK. And hurry, we don't want to be late on our first day!" Cody said.

"Let's do it!" TK said.

TK, Yolei, and Cody walked down the streets and right to the school.

"Hey, Yolei, can you come over after school and fix my computer again?" Cody asked.

"Only if your mom makes those brownies I love!" Yolei said.

"I'll email her and tell her to make a batch right away!" Cody said.

"It's a deal. Perfecto!" Yolei said.

T.K stopped and he sees a bunch of kids playing soccer. There was one in particular that caught his eye. He somehow looked like Tai.

"Kick it over here!" One of the boys yelled.

"Tai? I'm seeing things." T.K said.

The boy is wearing a pair of square goggles, a blue short-sleeved open vest over a dark blue shirt with long sleeves, a thick white stripe across the chest and thin yellow stripes over and under it. He also wears dark brown shorts, dark blue socks, and dark blue boots with blue soles.

"Here you go, Davis!" Another boy shouted. The misses the ball, but T.K caught it.

"Thanks. Great catch." The goggled boy said. T.K just looked at him. The goggled boy was dumbfounded, but T.K tossed the ball back to him.

"You look familiar. Must be the goggles." T.K said.

"Hey, Davis, you're holding up the game!" A random boy called out.

"Yeah!" The rest of the boys agreed.

"Yeah!" Davis said, kicking the ball. T.K kept on looking and he shook it off.

"What am I thinking? That kid can't be Tai. He's a much better soccer player than that kid." T.K said.

The bell rings and we reach room 5-A. Davis happy to be sitting next to Kari. She's wearing a sleeveless white and pink turtleneck shirt, pink finger-less opera gloves with an oval cut from the top of the palms, yellow shorts with a brown belt, white socks, and pink and gray boots with black soles.

Davis was happy to be sitting right next to her. He's smiling warmly at her.

"What luck! You're in my class again, Kari!" Davis said. Kari turned to look at him.

"I wouldn't call that luck." Kari said.

"Hey, the weirdest thing just happened. This new kid said I reminded him of someone. Probably thinks I'm a famous movie star." Davis said.

(Ash's house)

Ash, Pikachu, Dawn and Piplup looked at all the stuff Ash obtained during his journeys. Dawn remembered there was a picture of her, Ash and Bloom with Pikachu, Piplup and a shiny Turtwig hanging on his wall.

There was also a Duel Disk with a deck of cards inserted into it, his Beyblade Delta Rayquaza and all sorts of other keepsakes and pictures.

"Hey Ash, do you miss the others?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah, but I'm sure their lives are going well." They start laughing, then all of a sudden they noticed Ash's PC acting up.

"Ash, what's going on with your computer?" Two lights emerge from the screen. The red one went to Ash while the pearl pink one went to Dawn.

"What are these?" Dawn raised a device.

"Pip." Piplup said.

"I have no idea, but they came out of the computer." A object then appeared on the screen.

"What is that?" The devices they're holding then activate.

"It probably wants us to enter the computer." Ash reasoned.

"Pika." Pikachu agreed with him.

"You think so?" Dawn questioned.

"Pip." Piplup added.

"Yeah I do." Ash nodded.

They extended their devices up to the screen and were sucked into the computer.

(Digital World)

"Tai, help."

"Huh?"

A few minutes later, classes begin and in the junior side of the school, a teacher addresses the students, most of which are bored, especially Davis.

"I'm Mr. Hamasaki, I'll be your teacher and I'd like you all to welcome a new student." Mr. Hamasaki announced.

The moment the new student comes in Davis gets surprised.

"Whoa!" Davis exclaimed.

The student is none other than T.K with his hat off.

"It's nice to meet you, I'm T.K." T.K introduced himself as he bows.

"It's that kid," Davis said.

"Please take a seat next to the girl with a camera around her neck." Mr. Hamasaki said.

T.K walks over and sits next to Kari who is extremely happy to see her crush and vice versa.

"Together again." T.K said.

"Just like old times." Kari concurred.

Davis gasps in surprise at how close they are.

"Who's is that kid? And how does he know Kari?" Davis thought.

T.K and Kari talk quietly and energetically.

"Our teacher looks like…Ogremon!" T.K whispered.

(Digital World)

Ash and Dawn inspect their surroundings.

"Are we still in Kanto Ash?"

"I don't believe so. It seems we were transported to a different dimension."

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"You might be right, but what dimension is this?"

"Pip." Piplup said.

The four then hear screams as three creatures fly away from a praying mantis with a black ring around it's neck.

"Something tells me that isn't a Pokemon."

"Yeah and whatever it is, it doesn't look friendly."

"Twin Sickles!" Snimon roared as he releases pink blades of energy from his blades, knocking Biyomon and Tentomon out of the sky. Patamon has hidden in a tree; as much as he wants to he's unable to help his friends in his current condition.

"Oh no! Biyomon! Tentomon!" Patamon cried.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"

"Piplup, Bubble Beam!"

Their attacks hit Snimon, but that didn't completely stop him.

"Dash Double Claw!"

A large blue Akita jumped into the air and slashed Snimon forcing it to retreat.

"Thanks for the assist."

"You're welcome."

"Where are we exactly?"

"You're in the Digital World."

"Digital World. So that's what this place is called."

"I can tell you're not from the Digital World or the real world because you said Pokemon."

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"It's great meeting you. My name's Ash Ketchum."

"And I'm Dawn Berlitz."

"Agumon."

"Tai you're here."

"You've got to Digivolve."

"That's why I need your help Tai; I can't Digivolve!" Agumon said.

"Did you forget how? It's just like riding a bicycle, now start pedalling and Digivolve!" Tai said.

Unknown to them, their conversation was being overheard…by the Digimon Emperor who's chuckling evilly.

"It's no use! As long as I have the Black Digivice and Control Spires there's no way they can Digivolve," the Digimon Emperor said. He cackles evilly holding while holding a dark Digivice that is a different model from the DigiDestined's Digivice.

He then noticed Ash, Dawn, Pikachu and Piplup alongside Patamon.

"Who are those two and what are the creatures with them? They don't resemble Digimon."

"Do I know you?" Tai asked.

"They're from another dimension."

Tai was about to ask for their names, but Snimon spotted them.

"It's Snimon again."

They stop when Gatomon appears.

"Gatomon!" Tai, Agumon, and Patamon all said.

"Now's not the time for introductions." The Akita insisted. "We need to get out of here."

"You heard him. Let's go." They follow the canine to a cave.

Ash and Dawn stopped running.

"Let's take that bug down."

"You got it Ash."

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"

"Piplup, Drill Peck!"

"Spiral Blow!"

This time Snimon stays down after being attacked.

"Now let's go!" As soon as they entered the cave Tai thanked them for their help.

"We're gonna need more help! I've gotta contact the others." Tai said.

"Tai, Ash and I will look for your friends and tell them to meet you here." Tai agreed with their plan.

In the computer lab, Yolei is on the computers performing maintenance. It's her turn this week and she must ensure the computers are running properly. Suddenly, she gets Tai's mail.

"Huh? 'Come to the Digital World right away. The Digimon need our help!' Must be a link to an online game, let's see who sent it." Yolei said as she checks. "Tai Kamiya, Hey! There's a girl in the 7th grade with the same last name, this email's probably hers."

T.K and Kari are getting their shoes after finishing class.

"So T.K, how does your mom like the new apartment?" Kari asked.

"She hasn't seen it yet; she's been on the computer for the whole time." T.K said.

"Hey buddy."

"His name's not Buddy, it's T.K."

"Alright, T.J or J.B or whatever it is, how do you know Kari?"

"Huh? How do I know her?" Then it hit T.K.

"Oh, I get it, you're jealous of me!"

"I'm not jealous of anybody!" Davis yelled.

Yolei runs in with a printed version of the email.

"Hey!" Yolei called out.

"Oh, hi, Yolei!" T.K greeted.

Yolei quickly walks over to Kari.

"You're Kari Kamiya, aren't you?" Yolei asked.

"Yeah, that's right, why do you ask?" Kari asked.

Yolei opens up the paper.

"Well, are you related to Tai; he sent this email," Yolei said. Kari reads the message and instantly realizes something's wrong.

"My brother needs us!" Kari exclaimed.

The four of them run down the hallway and along the way they run into none other than the computer genius and bearer of the Crest of Knowledge, Izzy Izumi wearing his uniform and walking up the stairs.

"Izzy!" Yolei said.

"Hey Yolei, I'm glad I found you; I need to use the computer room right away!" Izzy said.

Yolei clasps her hand in excitement.

"You mean the legendary former computer club president is actually looking for me, I'm honored!" Yolei cheered.

"What's up, Izzy?" T.K asked.

Kari quickly shows the email.

"Tai sent us an urgent email!" Kari said.

"Yeah I know; I got one, too!" Izzy said.

Scenes shift to the computer lab where Izzy begins writing Tai back.

"I was just about to send Tai an answer when the battery ran out on my D-terminal. I knew I should've recharged it after I played Trigonometry Privy on the internet last night. Oh, boy, talk about fun. I got him!" Izzy said.

Izzy sends the email.

Tai read it.

"It's from Izzy; he's got Kari and T.K with him!" Tai said.

"Guys! Come here, quick!" Agumon said.

Yolei is intrigued by the Digital World.

"What's the Digital World is that a new amusement park, I bet they have some great rides." Yolei said.

T.K and Kari try to come up with something, not sure how to respond and Davis realizes he's heard "Digital World" somewhere before.

"I've heard about it from Tai once, he said there were a lot of Digimon there, whatever they are." Davis said. T.K looked at Davis.

"You know Tai?"

"They play on the same soccer team." Kari said.

"Hey guys, I've got an idea, how 'bout we all go to the Digital World." Yolei suggested.

Luckily, they are saved by the untimely arrival of Cody.

"Yolei, weren't you coming over? Remember you were gonna fix my computer." Cody said.

"Oh…sorry I forgot!" Yolei said.

"If Tai's there, the gate to the Digital World's open!" Izzy said.

"Look at that!" Agumon said.

"It's got the Crest of Courage on it." Tai pointed out.

"I never saw an egg with a spike in it." Agumon said.

"It must've been rough on the chicken to lay that thing." Gatomon said.

"Let's have a closer look at this thing." Tai said.

Tai grabs hold of the egg and tries to lift it up but the moment he does the egg glows with a bright orange light.

"What the Arceus is that?" Dawn exclaimed.

"Pip." Piplup said.

"They're heading towards the real world." Ash said.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

Cody and Yolei walk along the hallway.

"You did promise." Cody reminded Yolei.

"I know." Yolei said.

"We're going back to the Digital World! Prodigious!" Izzy said.

"I'm going with you!" Davis said. Izzy, T.K and Kari have their Digivices out and they can't do anything to help Davis right now.

"That's impossible; not just anybody can go y'know; you need a Digivice." T.K said.

"Listen T.C, if you can go, so can I!" Davis argued. Suddenly, the screen flashes and 3 beams of light fly out of the screen. The blue light stops right in Davis' hand and the red and yellow fly out of the hallway into Yolei and Cody's hands. Davis shows what he just received and it's a Digivice but it's much different. This Digivice is mostly the shape of an oval with a bigger antenna. There are more buttons and blue highlights are on both sides. "What's this?"

"A Digivice!" T.K said.

"It's a different model than the ones we have." Kari said.

Izzy looks to the gate.

"We'd better go now while the gate to the Digital World is still open." Izzy said.

"Yeah but how long will it stay open for?" T.K asked.

"I don't care. I'm going to help my brother." Kari said.

"Hey, can I get Donkey Madness on this thing?" Davis asked.

"It's not a game; if the Digital World sends you a Digivice then there's a reason and you should take it seriously." Izzy said.

"I'm not waiting any longer!" Kari said as she aims her Digivice at the screen and it shines with a brilliant blast of light that sucks her in.

"I'm with you!" T.K said as he aims his Digivice as well and gets sucked in too.

Davis has his mouth open in absolute shock.

"It's your turn, unless you're scared." Izzy said.

Davis shrugs it off and aims his Digivice too.

"There!" Davis shouted as he gets sucked into the computer as well and the flash of light can be seen in the hallway.

Izzy prepares to go with them until Yolei and Cody rush in after seeing the light.

"Whoa! What's going on in here?!" Yolei asked.

Izzy almost drops his Digivice in shock and hides it behind his back with funny and innocent expression.

"Nothing! Heh, heh!" Izzy chuckled nervously.

Yolei and Cody walk up to him in confusion.

"Izzy, what was that light!?"

"Uh…the computer must need a new screen saver." He continues nervously laughing, hoping to fool them.

"Hey Ash, do you think we'll find Tai's friends?" Dawn asked.

"Hopefully soon enough." They stare at the unknown devices.

Then the two realize where they had seen them before.

"Ash, I think I've seen this before." Dawn admitted.

"Me too." Ash replied.

"It was in my dream." They announced at the same time.

"Whoa! My first time being downloaded. Pretty cool. So this is the Digital World, huh?" Davis said in awe.

Davis takes a look around his new surroundings before exclaiming in surprise at the new clothes he's wearing.

"Whoa! This place comes with a new wardrobe."

Ash, Dawn, Pikachu and Piplup saw them enter the Digital World.

"You think those are Tai's friends?" Ash asked the others.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"Let's find out."

T.K heard people walking towards their direction.

"Someone's coming this way. I'll check it out." T.K volunteered.

"Be careful T.K." Kari begged. She was worried about his safety.

Ash heard T.K coming his way.

"Wait here Dawn. I'll see who that is."

"Okay be careful Ash." Dawn said. She didn't want anything bad to happen to him.

Ash and T.K then bump into each other.

"T.K."

"Ash."

They were happy to see each other after all this time.

"It's been a while since we last encountered each other."

"Yeah, three years to be specific."

Dawn, Pikachu and Piplup approach Ash while Kari and Davis approach T.K.

"T.K, who's this?" Kari asked.

"This is Ash. We first met three years ago after I got lost in Viridian Forest."

"That's the other boy from the photo Ash?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah." Ash nodded.

"Nice to meet you. Any friend of T.K's is a friend of mine." Kari said. "I'm Kari Kamiya."

"My name's Dawn Berlitz. Nice to meet you as well. Any friend of Ash's is my friend."

Kari then looked at Pikachu and Piplup and talked to T.K.

"Are these Digimon, T.K?" She asked.

"No Kari, they're called Pokemon. They're from Ash's world."

"They're so cute." Kari beamed as she pet Pikachu and Piplup.

"Pika."

"Pip."

Davis butted in.

"Yeah right T.J, he's not really from another world." Ash didn't appreciate his attitude.

"First off, his name's T.K. And second, we are from another world." T.K then went on to explain the time he went to Ash's world. Their mothers were best friends. Nancy's Gardevoir possessed the ability to open portals to other dimensions. T.K ended up getting lost in Viridian Forest and it's there he met Ash for the first time.

"That's a great story." Kari said.

"We should go. Tai's expecting you guys." Ash led them to the cave.

T.K and Kari were surprised to hear that Ash and Dawn already met Tai.

Unbeknownst to them, the Digimon Emperor has spotted them and is watching over them.

"Looks like we have some visitors in my garden in addition to those two from another universe and the two strange creatures."

"They're over this way." Dawn said.

As they walked to the cave Davis was complaining.

"This place doesn't seem so scary; the way Tai put it there are monsters everywhere," Davis said. He stops when he spots a vending machine. "Hey guys, check it out, there's a vending machine. I am a little thirsty." Davis walks over to get a little drink but hundreds of green slimy Digimon called Numemon swarm out. T.K and Kari turn around when they hear screaming and they see Davis on the ground in horror. T.K and Kari burst out laughing. "Ha ha, very funny." He gets up and continues following them.

"Those are Digimon, right?" Ash asked.

"Yep, there are tons of other ones, a lot cuter than those." Kari said.

"And a lot scarier ones, too." T.K added.

"We believe that." Dawn said.

"Do they all come out of vending machines?" Davis asked.

"Only small Digimon, not big ones." Ash answered.

"I agree." Dawn replied.

"Pika."

"Pip."

Tai's group exited the cave after spotting TK and Kari's yellow and pink Digivice signal along with an unknown light blue one.

"They're real close by." Tai said as he spots them on the horizon. "There!"

Patamon exclaims with delight. The boy is a lot taller but there's no mistaking that kind face.

"T.K!" Patamon cried.

"Patamon!" T.K said. Patamon flies into his partners arms and T.K is ecstatic. "Boy, am I glad to see you!"

"So Patamon is T.K's Digimon partner."

"Hi guys. I'm glad you all made it." Tai said.

"Tai! I told those guys you'd be alright!" Davis said.

Seeing Davis in the Digital World is a complete surprise to Tai.

"Davis! What're you doing here?!" Tai asked.

"Kari!" Gatomon cried as she jumps into Kari's arm and the both of them hug, causing Kari to laugh with joy.

"Gatomon!" Kari said. Kari gasps when she sees Gatomon isn't wearing her favourite accessory. "Your tail ring! Tell me what happened."

In the cave, Gatomon tells everyone what's been happening and how she lost her tail ring.

"Horn Blaster!" Unimon roared. Unimon blasts a ball of energy that engulfs Gatomon. She screams in pain and slams into a tree. Gatomon drops to the ground in pain from the attack. Gatomon opens her eyes to see Unimon preparing to stomp her out of existence. Despite her exhaustion and the damage she's taken, the small cat Digimon manages to roll away but Unimon stomps on her tail ring and it sticks to the grass. Gatomon notices her tail ring is stuck but her survival instincts kick in when Unimon attacks again. "Horn Blaster!" She goes on the prowl on all fours.

Scene shifts back to the cave where Gatomon talks about the Digimon Emperor.

"A few weeks ago, this bossy human appeared and began making Digimon into his slaves. He said 'I'm the Digimon Emperor!' I heard we're all gonna have to punch a time clock, too." Gatomon explained.

"Another human? You mean that someone else comes here besides us? There goes the neighborhood." T.K said.

"Yeah, and he's got this strange new Dark Digivice that makes us unable to Digivolve." Gatomon said.

"Show her yours." T.K said.

"Huh?" Davis asked. Davis presents his Digivice. "Like this one." Gatomon points her paw at it.

"Ash, I think the devices we're holding are Digivices."

"Pip." Piplup said.

"Yeah, but ours are a different model. In addition there's a M on each one."

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"That's it! The Dark Digivice looked exactly like that. You work for the Digimon Emperor!" Gatomon accused.

"Don't be ridiculous." A new voice called out.

He had spiky brown hair and was 16 years old.

"My name's Ray." He held his hand out. Ray also had a Digivice, but his was longer and resembled a cellphone.

"And I'm Gaomon."

"I obtained this after it came out of the computer."

Dawn and Ash then came over to Gatomon to show her their Digivices.

"Hey, would you know what kind of Digivice this is?" Ash asked Gatomon.

"They're Pokemon trainers and Digidestined." T.K said.

"Unfortunately, I've never seen that kind of Digivice before." Gatomon apologized.

"The Dark Digivice is draining out power and making us all weak as newborn kittens," Gatomon said.

Everything makes sense now as to why Agumon couldn't Digivolve before.

"That's why you couldn't Digivolve!" Tai said.

Agumon crosses his arms in fury.

"Yeah, if I could Digivolve he wouldn't stand a chance!" Agumon said.

"What's worse, is now that I've lost my Tail Ring my powers been cut in half so I'm just about as useful as Rookie Digimon." Gatomon said.

"None taken." Agumon and Patamon said.

A Dark ring which the Digimon Emperor is using to eavesdrop on the DigiDestined flies in undetected.

"The Digimon Emperor uses these powerful Dark Rings to control the Digimon." Gatomon said.

"Yeah and once the ring captures you you're a slave for life." Patamon said.

"That's inhumane!" Dawn shouted.

"Pip." Piplup said.

"I agree Dawn." Ash angrily added.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"Those collars do everything but get rid of fleas." Gatomon said.

"Digimon Emperor! I'm gonna slap a Dark Ring on him!" Kari said.

"Oh, you think so do you, well this is just a game to me and I'm afraid that if you can't play by my rules then I'm just gonna have to disqualify you." The Digimon Emperor said. Buttons appeared before him. "Hm, who will destroy you? Eenie, meenie, minie, mon." He pushes a button. A Monochromon with one of his Dark Rings around its torso appeared on the screen. "Attack, Monochromon!"

In a dungeon, Digimon ensnared by Dark Rings are in their cells after being captured and enslaved by the Digimon Emperor. A cell containing a Monogram lights up and the floor goes up. Once Monochromon goes up to the surface, Monochromon roars

The DigiDestined are now standing in front of the Digi-egg with Crest of Courage on it.

"Looks like a deflated beach ball, no wonder it's got a spike through it." T.K commented.

"Yeah, plus it's heavier than my mom's meatloaf." T.K said.

T.K walks over and attempts to lift it up with effort but it won't move.

"It won't budge!" T.K said.

"Interesting, huh Pikachu." Ash said.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

Kari comes over next.

"Move aside, this is a woman's job." Kari said.

Kari tries to lift it with some effort too but fails.

"Too bad we don't have a woman here to help." T.K said.

Dawn wasn't happy with T.K's statement.

"Oh yeah, Mr. Macho. I didn't see you lift it."

"True." T.K acknowledged her point.

Davis gets pumped up.

"Guys I pump iron all the time, let me do it!" Davis said. Davis runs over to the egg and bends down. He grabs on the egg and expects it to be hard to pick up but it required so little effort he picked it up and lands on his back, shocking Tai and the others. "What did I tell ya? Light as a feather, you guys need to work out a little more."

"Yahoo! Free at last! Free at last! You moved the Digi-egg!" The Digimon said. He stops. "My name's Veemon, but you can just call me Veemon."

"Hi, I'm Davis." Davis said.

Digimon Analyzer activates.

"I've heard of Veemon. Supposedly he's a fun loving, adventure seeking little Digimon that brings you good luck but I thought he was just a legend." Agumon said as the Digimon Analyzer deactivates.

"Nope, I'm real alright and I've been waiting a very long time to meet ya, Davis." Veemon said.

"Uh…I think you got the wrong guy." Davis said.

"Nope, you're the one alright because you're the only one who was able to move the Digi-egg of Courage." Veemon said.

He then spotted Ash and Dawn.

"The legend is true. Two Pokemon trainers came here to become Digimasters."

"What legend?" Ash asked.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"And what's this about Digimasters?"

"Pip." Piplup said.

The entire cave begins to rumble and rocks fall from the ceiling.

"What's that, an earthquake?" Davis asked.

"No, look up there." The Monochromon the Digimon Emperor sent bashes through the ceiling and roars.

"It's a monster!" Davis exclaimed.

"No! That's a Digimon!" Kari said.

"Monochromon!" T.K said.

Monochromon goes through the big hole he made and slides down the wall. The Digimon Analyzer activates. "Monochromon! His shell is harder than diamonds! His attack, volcanic strike sends out millions of fireballs." The Digimon Analyzer deactivates.

"Boom Bubble!" Patamon shouted.

"Pepper Breath!" Agumon shouted.

Agumon and Patamon blast out their respective attacks but they barely faze Monochromon.

"Lightning Paw!" Gatomon shouted.

Gatomon leaps with her fist clenched and slams it against his face but as expected, she's pretty much useless without her tail ring. Monochromon isn't hurt at all and smacks the diminutive champion level Digimon with his tail. Gatomon screams in pain and slams against the wall.

"Gatomon!" Kari gasped. Kari runs over and picks her up. "Gatomon, are you okay?!"

Gatomon opens her eyes a bit.

"I'm sorry Kari but without my Tail Ring I'm useless." Gatomon said.

"Volcanic Strike!" Monochromon roared.

A ball of fire flares up within his mouth, prompting everyone to make a run for it.

"Come on, let's go!" T.K exclaimed.

Ash and Dawn released their Pokemon.

"Davis!" Tai called out.

Davis yelps and follows after them right before Monochromon blasts out a powerful ball of fire. They all scream as they run along the cave.

"Davis, hurry up and open the Digi-egg!" Veemon said.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Davis said. Davis and Veemon are far behind and Monochromon begins to catch up with them. They finally manage to exit the cave and stop by a small cliff side. Davis turns and can't see Monochromon anymore. "That was close."

"Davis! Get down here!"

Streams of flames blast out from the cave so Veemon tackles Davis off the cliff in time. Kari on the other hand falls on the ground with Gatomon.

"Davis, tell me what hurts?!" Veemon asked.

"Everything but my ear lobes." Davis said.

"You control the Digi-egg of Courage, you've got to use your courage to open it up." Veemon said.

Tai runs over to Davis.

"Davis, get up! It's not safe!" Tai said.

Davis lifts himself up and his goggles have been badly damaged.

"I can Digivolve if you open the egg but you've got to have the courage to do it!" Veemon said.

"It's worth a try!" Tai said.

Everyone but Kari and Gatomon run over.

"Tai!" Agumon said. "Let's get out of here."

"Before Monochromon gets back!" T.K added.

Gatomon looks at Kari on the ground holding her ankle in pain.

"Kari." Gatomon said with concern.

"I can't move my ankle!" Kari said.

"We're sitting ducks here!" Tai said.

"Not for much longer." Ray stepped forward to face Monochromon. "Go time Gaomon."

"But Gaomon won't be able to digivolve." Tai reminded him of the Dark Ring.

"I beg to differ." His fist was covered in blue energy. "D.N.A. Charge, Overdrive!"

"Gaomon, warp digivolve to...MirageGaogamon!"

Digimon Analyzer

"MirageGaogamon is a Beast Knight Digimon whose body is covered in Chrome Digizoid armor. His Full Moon Blaster attack stores up energy in his body and releases it from the oral-shaped chest plate, killing the enemy with a single blast."

"Davis!" Veemon said.

"Have courage!" Tai said.

"Kari's in trouble!" Davis said. Monochromon gets closer and Davis clenches the egg. He gets up and takes of his broken goggles. "You want courage! I'll show you courage!"

"Davis! The magic words are Digi-Armor Energize!" Veemon instructed.

"DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!" Davis shouted. He holds out the Digi-egg of Courage and it releases an orange glow.

Armor Digivolve theme

Digimon

"Veemon Armor Digivolve to…"

Digimon, Digital Monsters, Digimon are the champions!

Veemon fuses with the Digi-egg and is engulfed by rings of fire that take shape as images of Agumon and all of his Digivolutions appear. Out of the fire, claws extend from his fists and then a spike from his helmet.

Digimon, Digital Monsters, Digimon are the champions!

"Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!"

Digimon!

Monochromon runs to Kari but MirageGaogamon and Flamedramon ram into his side and cause him to fall over. Flamedramon lands on the ground.

Veemon has Digivolved into a remarkable Digimon slightly taller than Tai. All parts of his body were flaming pieces of armor, the Crest of Courage is emblazoned on his back, his hand and feet were tipped with sharp claws and a sharp blade sticks out from his head.

"I'm Flamedramon! As Veemon I use the Digi-egg of Courage to Armor Digivolve. My Fire Rocket attack will charbroil the enemy like a well done steak." Flamedramon said. The Digimon Analyzer deactivates.

The Digimon Emperor is quite impressed.

"Armor Digivolve, huh? Against the power of my Dark Digivice they shouldn't be able to Digivolve at all. Hmm, they're more resourceful than I thought." The Digimon Emperor said.

Monochromon wasn't done yet. The bad news was that Kari still couldn't move due to her ankle.

"Pick on someone your own size." Ash told Monochromon.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"Take us on." Dawn challenged.

"Pip." Piplup said.

"You two need to get out of here." Tai pleaded.

"Otherwise Monochromon will kill you." Kari said.

"Yeah, run." Davis insisted.

"Not gonna happen." Ash shot them down. "We may not have Digimon partners but we don't intend to let anything bad befall you guys."

"Ash is right." Dawn agreed.

Their Digivices then start to glow along with Ash, Dawn and their partners.

"What's going on?" Davis asked.

"They're combining with their Pokemon." Tai said.

Digimon, Digital Monsters, Digimon are the champions!

"Ash, master digivolve to!"

He and Pikachu overlap and in their place was a knight-like Digimon adorned in gold armor.

"Voltachu."

"Digimon."

"Dawn, master digivolve to!"

Like before Dawn and Piplup, but this time a humanoid Piplup was in their place adorned in silver armor and wielding a trident.

"Atlantispoleon."

"What just happened?" MirageGaogamon asked.

"Master Digivolution?" Tai questioned out loud.

"Whoa! What are they?" Davis exclaimed in surprise.

Digimon Analyzer.

"Voltachu's Lightning Force produces lightning bolts with a million watts of power."

"Atlantispoleon's Aqua Trident washes the enemy away with a massive tidal wave."

"Humans combining with Pokemon. There's something special about those two."

"Well then, let's work together." MirageGaogamon raised one of the gauntlets on his hands.

"You got it MirageGaogamon."

"Let's show the Emperor what we're really made of."

"Volcanic Strike!" Monochromon roared.

He blasts out 3 fireballs which struck the ground as they floated in the air.

"FIRE ROCKET!" Flamedramon shouted.

"Barbecue that Dark Ring, Flamedramon!" Gatomon said.

"Lightning Force!"

"Aqua Trident!"

"Double Crescent Mirage!" MirageGaogamon released crescent shaped shock waves from his hands.

Their attacks were a direct hit and the Dark Ring is broken off.

Flamedramon lands on the ground and is engulfed in a yellow glow.

An orange light is released and sent into Davis's Digivice. The light also goes into his pocket. Davis checks it and takes it out. It's a D-terminal.

"What's this?" Davis asked. He opens it up and the egg is now in his D-terminal.

Flamedramon has de-Digivolved to Veemon and Kari is gently rubbing Monochromon who's on the ground in exhaustion.

"That's a good Monochromon." Kari said.

Back in the lair of the Digimon Emperor, a Digimon that's the combination of a caterpillar and a worm called Wormmon comes forward. He's not a slave of the Digimon Emperor but he works for him.

"You summoned me, oh, evil emperor?" Wormmon asked.

"I believe that we've found ourselves a worthy foe at last." The Digimon Emperor said.

"Great! Just one question…what's a foe?" Worrmon asked.

Monochromon leaves the group after thanking them and Kari waves him goodbye.

"Goodbye, Monochromon, don't forget to write." Kari said.

"I can't believe the Digimon Emperor can turn such a nice Digimon into such a nasty creature." T.K said.

Davis and Veemon shake hands, beginning their new partnership.

"Nice working with ya, Davis, let's do it again sometime." Veemon said.

Tai and Agumon walk over to them.

"Hey guys, that Armor Digivolving was pretty cool." Tai praised.

"You managing to merge with your Pokemon was really cool."

"Even though the rest of us can't Digivolve I know that you guys will be able to defeat the Digimon Emperor with no problem." Agumon said.

"Yeah, leave it to me." Veemon said.

"This must mean you two are returning to your own world." Kari sadly said.

"We like having you around." Davis replied.

"No, we're not going back home just yet." Ash's statement surprised them.

"If we do that, the Emperor could follow us." Dawn added.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"Pip." Piplup said.

"So you guys are going to assist us." T.K smiled.

"Yeah!" They cheered.

"Good! The sun's going down, now we can relax!" Patamon said.

"Why's that?" T.K asked.

"The Digimon Emperor never appears at night." Gatomon said.

Agumon turns to Tai.

"Excuse me, Tai, but it is getting late, don't you guys need to go home soon." Agumon said.

"We sure do but I'm not sure if we can get home." Tai said. Tai turns to Davis. "Be careful, never stay too long."

Tai leads all of them through the forest back to the television and they hear Yolei speaking with Izzy who's filled them in on everything.

"Hey Izzy, Cody's back, can we go to the Digital World now?" Yolei asked.

"The gate might close, it's not safe."

"But at least I got the brownies." Cody said.

Izzy, Yolei and Cody enjoy some brownies Cody brought to school.

"Mmm! This is the best thing I've ever tasted." Izzy said.

"Hey, what does it mean when the light on that thing goes on?" Yolei asked.

"What thing?" Izzy asked.

Yolei points to the computer screen.

"Hey, guys! Let me in, it's me Davis!" Davis said.

The television blasts out light that sucks the 7 of them inside, leaving Agumon, Veemon, Patamon and Gatomon looking in surprise and shock.

"You don't see that every day!" Agumon said.

Tai, Davis, T.K and Kari fly through the gate and blast out through the computer. They scream and get piled on Izzy, Yolei and Cody.

"Get off! You're crushing my brownies!" Izzy said.

Yolei, Cody and Izzy then notice Ash and Dawn.

"How did you emerge from the Digital World without being crushed?" Davis asked.

"There was another computer on." Ash explained.

"Pika." Pikachu said.