In Drive Canyon, Takumi, Nokia, Shoma, Mameo, Magnamon and Darcmon continued fighting for their lives against a swarm of Digimon. Rapidmon Armor shot down two Flymon and Dorugoramon punched a Raptormon into BlackWarGreymon who hammered it into the ground. "That's it, keep it up!" Takumi said.

"Saint Knuckle!" Omegamon punched away a Mothmon.

Noir stabbed a Roachmon then blasted another with his cannon. "Wow that guy looks like an edgy you Omegamon." Nokia said.

"That's Omegamon Alter-B." Shoma replied. "The Enforcer. But you can just call him Noir."

"Enforcer?"

Magnamon turned to Shoma's direction. "What?!" He noticed a Okuwamon try to rush him and punched it in the gut before flying over him and elbowing him to the ground. "Impossible! The Enforcer was said to have perished millennia ago!"

"Maybe the Enforcer of your Digital World." Mameo grinned.

"Our Digital World?" Darcmon asked.

File jumped up and punched a Flybeemon out cold. "That's the last of them." Nokia said.

"Not quite." Omegamon replied. "But we should go before he shows up."

"Huh? He?" Nokia asked.

"Ha, ha. Afraid of running into me, are you?" Everyone looked up. A swarm of Stingmon appeared with a red and black variant.

"BanchoStingmon." Magnamon growled.

The Mega level Digimon laughed. "Look at you. The once high and mighty Royal Knights now relying on the support of outsiders? You've lost your warriors pride and became weak like them."

Rapidmon Armor approached. "You would do well not to underestimate the power these "outsiders" hold."

"What power? Humans don't fight. They're weak."

"They may not fight on their own." Dorugoramon admitted. "But by fighting alongside us, humans fuel us with a powerful force of will. That willpower gives us a form of power beyond your comprehension."

"What childish trivial."

"It's true." Takumi said as he stepped forward. "Though we humans may not seem like much, we push ourselves further by believing we can do better. And yeah, we might falter at times and make mistakes. But whenever I feel lost, I turn to Rapidmon, BlackWarGreymon, and Dorugoramon, and I remember what it is we're striving for."

"Takumi's willpower and courage in the face of any threat gives us the strength to fight on." BlackWarGreymon said. "Without it, we wouldn't be where we are today."

BanchoStingmon scoffed. "Sounds to me like you just used humans to acquire power that shouldn't exist. Just like the king said. That strength is empty!"

Mameo patted Takumi on the back. "The kid here is right. Digimon and humans can stand on equal footing. Help each other grow."

Shoma then stepped forward. "But if worlds won't convince you…"

Noir joined him. "Then we'll prove it with that "empty strength" you mock!"

BanchoStingmon descended to the ground. "Men, deal with the rest of the riff raff. I'll put this human and his weak Omegamon look alike in their place."

"Yes sir!" The Stingmon all surrounded the team.

BanchoStingmon and Noir had a brief standoff. Then the insectoid made the first move. "Gia Element!" Noir batted the attack aside and charged at his opponent who flew to evade the punch. Noir flew after him and they started blocking and throwing punches and kicks at rapid speed until they backed away from each other. Then they charged.

Yukimura blocked a BlackMachGaogamon's punch with his shield then held it up. "Saint Shield!" A dome of light blew it away. He then held his lance forward at a GoldGuardromon. "Spiral Drive!" He charged into it while spinning.

Rikka zapped two Tankmon. "Thunderstorm!" She then turned to a Tankdramon and blasted it with a beam of light. "Saint Ray!"

"Keep up the pressure!" Takuto shouted.

"Fire Wall!" Nova blasted a Mekanorimon with flames.

"Waterfall!" Storm drowned a Giromon.

"Break through!" Keisuke ordered.

PileVolcamon blocked a punch from a BigMamemon and slammed it hard. "Cross-Counter!"

MetalSeadramon took out three Missimon at once. "Ocean Wave!"

"Nice work guys!" Keisuke said. "TyrantKabuterimon, your left!"

Keisuke's warning got to his Digimon just in time and he blocked an attack from a Shootmon. He punched it towards the rest of the remaining Digimon and flew up to them. "Shine of Bee!" He burst and took them all out.

"I think we're clear." Keisuke said.

"Wow…" Kouta looked at him.

"He wiped them all out!" Himari muttered.

Takuto walked up to Keisuke. "That was awesome. You're pretty good."

"Thanks. You guys are pretty tough yourselves."

"Over there!" A swarm of more Tankmon and Tankdramon were charging towards them.

"Oh great." Kouta said. "Here comes the calvary."

"We gotta fight them off!" Takuto said.

"We can't do this all day." Himari said. She turned to Keisuke. "Seriously, what did you do to get into this mess?"

"I don't know it all happened so fast!"

"Justice Burst!"

"DISASTER BLASTER!" White blasts followed by twin red lasers tore through the opposition stopping them in their tracks.

"What was that?!" Luche asked.

"Keisuke!" The hacker looked to his left and saw two Digimon standing just outside an alley. "Over here!"

"Justimon? Shakkoumon?"

"Hurry!" Justimon waved towards them.

Keisuke looked back as the enemy Digimon started to recover. "Come on, this way!" He ran towards the two. Takuto and his friends followed them into the alley.

"After them!" one of the Tankdramon ordered. They hurried towards the alleyway. They all came rushing through and turned a corner leading them straight to a wall. "A dead end?"

They looked around. "Where'd they go?! There's no way out…Did they climb over the wall?"

"Fan out! Search this entire city for them!"

"Yes sir!" They all left, not noticing the manhole cover in front of the wall.

Justimon and Shakkoumon stood directly under it in in a sewer with Keisuke, Takuto and the others. "I think we're safe." Justimon said. He looked at them. "Is everyone alright?"

"Yeah…" Keisuke panted with his hands on his knees and his head down. "Barley."

Takuto looked at him strangely. "Wait, are you tired?"

"Uh, yeah! Because I've been running all over this city trying to shake those guys off! He stood up straight and smiled at Justimon and Shakkoumon. "But man, I don't think I could be happier to see you!"

"Heh. That should be my line kid." Justimon folded his arms then looked at Keisuke's Digimon. "Well done you three. It seems you succeeded in bringing him over."

"Yeah. With some complications." MetalSeadramon replied.

Shakkoumon looked at Keisuke. "IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME KEISUKE AMASAWA."

"Oh, hey, you can talk now?" Keisuke asked in surprise.

"We've been taking time to teach him." PileVolcamon replied.

"I'm happy to see you again Keisuke." Justimon said before looking at Takuto and his friends. "And these four…are they the chosen ones Hudiemon mentioned? The humans form eight years ago?"

"No, these guys aren't them, they're…" Keisuke looked at them awkwardly. "Actually, who the heck are you people?"

"Sheesh. That's gratitude for you." Himari muttered.

"It's kind of a long story…" Kouta sighed.

"Then let's discuss it once we reach our hideout." Justimon said. "Follow me."

"Right." Keisuke looked at the others as they started walking. "Thanks for the help by the way. I'm Keisuke." He said offering his hand to Takuto.

The boy shook it. "Takuto." He looked at his Digimon. "These two are my partners, Nova and Storm."

"I'm Kouta, and this here is Yukimura."

"My name's Rikka. And this is my tamer, Himari."

"And I'm Luche!" the little girl smiled.

"Oh, uh…" Keisuke looked at his Digimon. "Well, this is TyrantKabuterimon, MetalSeadramon and PileVolcamon."

"Huh. I guess nicknames aren't a thing around here." Takuto said. "Still, I've never met someone with three partners. That's wild man."

"Your Digimon are all pretty impressive too. You guys have techniques I've never seen before."

"So, what about these two?" Nova asked looking at Justimon and Shakkoumon. "Seems like you know each other. Are they your partners too?"

"No, they're my friends' partners."

Justimon glanced at Keisuke. "How is Ryuji doing by the way?"

"He's doing well. Since the world changed, he got his parents back. He also just got a job at Kamishiro. They're real proud of him."

"AND CHITOSE?" Shakkoumon asked.

"Chitose's same as ever. A total skirt-chaser. But he's also always brightening the mood of the team." Keisuke looked down. "But neither of them remember Erika, Digimon or anything else that's happened…"

"I see." Justimon nodded. "That's fine. Even if they don't remember us, as long as they're doing well…that's good enough for me."

"AGREED."

"Dancing Sword!" Darcmon sliced apart a Stingmon with her sword, La Pucelle. Then another Stingmon flew into her from behind and locked her arms in a hold. "Gah!"

Another Stingmon reeled back an arm and a purple spike rose up. "Spiking Strike!" He charged at her. Darcmon swung her legs back then forward lifting as much of her body as she could into the air and the Spiking Strike went just under her back and stabbed the Stingmon holding her letting her rip her arms out of its grip. She then spun around the back of it and stabbed through both of them with her sword.

"Ripping Net!" One of them threw a blast of electricity forming bands around her that zapped her while simultaneously binding her arms to her body. As a result, she dropped her weapons. Her attacker rushed towards her when Dorugoramon intercepted and punched him away.

Darcmon broke free of the net. "Thanks." Another one flew at her, but BlackWarGreymon threw Darcmon's staff into it knocking it away. Darcmon caught it and then her sword when BlackWarGreymon passed it up to her.

"S-Gold Solar Beam!" Magnamon unleashed an explosion terminating a bunch of Stingmon.

"Supreme Cannon!" Omegamon blasted a bunch of them. One of them dodged and kept charging at him, but File jumped off of his head and punched it to the ground.

Meanwhile BanchoStingmon was panting. Noir just stood in front of him. "Just give it up." The Enforcer said. "You're no match for us."

"Don't you dare mock me!" The drills on his arms glowed red. "I will not lose to a puppet like you! Bloody Finish!" He charged and started swinging wildly at Noir who dodged the attacks with ease then punched him forward. BanchoStingmon winced and shook his head. "You little- He looked up but Noir was gone. "Wait, where-

"Now Noir!" Shoma said.

"Supreme Sword." BanchoStingmon gasped. Noir was right behind him with a sword extended from his MetalGarurumon head. He turned around as he swung and tried to block but the drills on his hands were sliced right off.

"This can't be…!" BanchoStingmon growled.

"Golden Triangle!" Rapidmon Armor blasted four Stingmon. The rest saw their leader struggling and ran away.

"You cowards, get back here!" BanchoStingmon yelled.

"It's over." Noir said. "I'll give you one last chance to leave here."

"Don't be absurd! I won't lose to the likes of you!" Stingmon glowed red and charged at Noir.

"You leave us no choice." Shoma said. "End this Noir."

"Understood." Noir held out his WarGreymon hand and a cannon extended. "Transcendent Cannon!" He fired a purple laser that immediately obliterated the opponent.

Shoma sighed. "This isn't how I wanted it to end."

"I think it's the only way it could have for him." Darcmon replied as she sheathed her blade. "BanchoStingmon was too proud. He would never back down even if it meant his end."

"Indeed." Magnamon solemnly nodded.

Takumi sighed. "It's only going to get harder here on out until the Next Order is defeated…But for now at least we accomplished our mission." He turned to Shoma and Mameo. "We found the other humans who were spotted here."

"You've been looking for us?" Shoma asked.

"Yeah, we didn't think there were other humans around." Nokia replied. "Magnamon sensed the Digital Gate you all came out of, and we've been trying to track you down."

"We weren't expecting to run into other humans either." Shoma replied. "We got separated from our group after being attacked by Digimon. They mentioned something about a Resistance, and we thought we'd try to ask for help."

"Then rest assured, you have found the Resistance." Omegamon said. "Or a fraction of it anyway. We are the Rebel's Heart."

"Yup! I'm Nokia by the way! Nokia Shiramine! And this guy here is Omegamon, my partner!"

"And I'm Takumi Aiba." Takumi replied. "These guys are my friends, and closest companions Rapidmon Armor, BlackWarGreymon, and Dorugoramon."

"I'm Shoma. And my partner here is Noir, the Enforcer. This here is my homeroom teacher."

"Nice to meet you." Mameo smiled. "You can just call me Mameo. And this little guy is my best buddy from when I was a kid. I named him File."

"Oh wow, you're Digimon have nicknames!" Nokia smiled. "I wish I thought of that…"

"You said you were traveling with others?" Takumi asked.

"Yeah, there were four more of us, but when we were camping out last night we were attacked. We got separated during our escape." Mameo replied. "Something strange is going on in this Digital World."

"You have no idea."

"Perhaps we can talk about this once we get back to the base." Darcmon said. "Mameo, Shoma, you should come with us. We'll explain everything at our hideout. We also have questions we would like to ask you."

"Sounds like a plan." Mameo replied.

"You aren't going anywhere!" Everyone turned around and saw a Dokugumon. And it was dragging someone with it. A Digimon too weak to stand who was tied up with web.

"Lilamon!" Nokia shouted.

The pink Digimon was on her knees. "Everyone…I'm sorry…"

"I caught this weakling when she and her friends tried to escape. Pity the rest of your rats got away, but she should suffice." Dokugumon lifted her up by the web binding her with its teeth. "Now if you want her to live, you'll do as I say!"

"You…!" Magnamon snarled.

"Don't worry, I'm just here for one thing and one thing alone. Darcmon."

Everyone looked at their companion. "Darcmon?" Takumi asked. "What do you want with her?"

"Put your weapons on the ground and come forward dear." The Dokugumon snickered. "I trust the rest of you won't interfere." It held Lilamon sideways with its mouth open ready to slam its fangs down on her midsection. "Or poor Lilamon will suffer an agonizing death."

"Darcmon…don't…" Lilamon weakly groaned.

Takumi growled. "Lilamon…"

"Takumi, don't move." Darcmon said calmly.

Everyone looked at her. "Darcmon?"

"Trust me. All of you stay back." Darcmon slowly laid her staff on the ground. She then took out her sword and put it down as well. She slowly walked forward.

Dokugumon grinned and dropped Lilamon. "Poison Thread!" It spewed web towards Darcmon who stayed still and allowed herself to be ensnared by it. It covered her from her shoulders to her hips trapping her arms in the sticky threads. It then pulled her over.

"Darcmon!" Nokia shouted.

"Stay back!" Darcmon said as she saw her friends rush towards her. They stopped in their tracks. She then looked at her captor. "You have me. Now what will you do?"

"Give it to me." Dokugumon ordered.

"So, you know."

"Of course, I do! That Digicore you stole is important to the king's plans!

"Digicore?" Shoma asked.

"Well, I'm afraid I cannot do that." Darcmon replied. "It is a part of me now."

"Then remove it now or I'll kill you and take it!"

Darcmon smirked at her. "If you destroy me the core will be deleted. I imagine your leader will be very unhappy with you if you allow that."

Dokugumon snarled and starred to squeeze Darcmon in its arms. "Give. Me. That. Core!"

Darcmon grunted. "Never."

"GIVE IT TO ME!" The squeezing became tighter and tighter. Darcmon screamed in pain.

"Leave her alone!" Lilamon, even with her arms stuck in web charged at Dokugumon and kneed it in the face. Darcmon was dropped to the ground.

"You pest!" Dokugumon grabbed Lilamon and held her sideways again ready to chomp down on her.

Darcmon got off her rear and leapt towards Lilamon knocking her out of the way just as Dokugumon bit and her fangs struck Darcmon's back and belly. "GYAAAAAAH!"

"DARCMON!" Takumi and Nokia shouted.

Darcmon winced in pain, her legs weakly flailing as she remained trapped in Dokugumon's mouth. Then her eyes became red. A crimson flash emitted from her chest. "HRAAAAAAAAAH!"

She burst with fiery energy and Dokugamon's mouth burned as it let her go. "GAH! What?!"

Everyone shielded their eyes from the glow. "What's happening?!" Shoma asked.

"Darcmon?!" Takumi shouted.

Darcmon slowly stood up and the webs around her burned off. Behind her a fiery silhouette with multiple wings glared at Dokugumon. It screeched and flames blew into the enemy.

"GAAAAAAAAAH!" Dakugumon screamed as it was incinerated.

Lilamon winced at the heat. The flames slowly died as Darcmon's eyes went back to normal. "Ha…ha…" She hobbled over to the kneeling Lilamon and ripped her webs off. "Lilamon, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Darcmon?" Takumi approached Darcmon with her staff and sword. "What the hell was that?"

Darcmon took back her weapons and put them away. "That was a little secret I've been keeping from everyone." Darcmon replied. "You see, I…" She slowly closed her eyes and started to collapse.

"Darcmon!" Takumi and Nokia caught her.

"Is she okay?" File asked.

Magnamon looked at her body. There were purple spots where Dokugumon's fangs struck. "Poison."

"Oh no!" Nokia gasped.

"We need to get her back to the base immediately for medical treatment." Omegamon said.

"How far is it from here?" Mameo asked.

"Pretty far…" Rapidmon muttered.

"Wait." Takumi put on his Digivice. "There might be a way…" He went through the items in his menu.

"What is he doing?" Noir asked as they all watched.

Takumi looked at the Home Gate. "I sure hope Yuuko and the others figured something out. Here goes. Everyone, stay close." He pressed it and he and all those around him vanished in a blue flash.

Back in their cell, Ami and Shiki were interrupted from their conversation when a Vademon entered the room with a digital pad in one hand and a measuring tape in the other. "Huh? Who are you?" Ami asked.

"I am Vademon. One of the head researchers of this laboratory."

"This is a lab?" Shiki asked. "I thought it was a prison."

"Oh please, this room has no bars and the necessities for you to be comfortable."

"Oh really?" Ami squinted as she held up her hands still contained in the fingerless metal mittens that bound them together.

"A simple requirement to assure our subjects don't run on us."

"Where are Skyla and Gaia?" Shiki asked.

"Who and who?"

"My partners! I know they came after me!"

"And what about my Digimon?" Ami glared. "You better not hurt them!"

Vademon shrugged. "Don't ask me, another researcher is in charge of them. I'm only interested with my experiments with you two."

"Oh, so we're your lab rats, is that it?" Shiki glared.

"Now, now, you two should be grateful. Our king wanted to torture you, but I want you both healthy for my analysis. If your bodies and souls were weakened it could impact the results of my research."

"And what is it you're hoping you'll find out?" Ami asked.

"The secrets regarding humans of course. Both of you are specimens from different "parallel worlds". I yearn to learn the differences between you two."

"Wait, is that why you jerks attacked Flotia and kidnapped me?" Shiki asked.

"No, that was part of a plan devised by K, the king, and our newest researcher."

"And who might that be?"

"That information is highly classified." Vademon approached Ami who sat on her bed. "Now if you would be so kind as to stand up."

"Hmph." Ami turned her head to the side. "And why should I do what you say?"

Vademon sighed. "So, the hard way, is it?" He pressed a button on the pad in his hand.

Ami felt a tingling from the bindings on her hands. "Huh?" She looked at them oddly. Suddenly her hands were jerked forward, and she stumbled off the bed. "Whoa!" She tried to fight but she slid back on her feet as her hands were pulled forward by an unseen force. Once she was in front of Vademon her hands were pulled over her head. "What is with these things?!"

Vademon pressed another button and Shiki's hand bindings pulled her towards him. "They are controlled by a special magnetic field. This handy gadget controls their exact positioning in this room." Shiki stood behind him as her hands were forced up over her head. "Now then…" Vademon stared at Ami with a finger on his chin. "Hmmm…"

Ami kept her eyes trailed on this Digimon and felt his eyes on her. He paced around her looking from top to bottom. After two laps around Ami, he tilted his head downward to get a closer look at her lower half. Ami realized something that made her cheeks turn red and she pressed her thighs together. "If this guy starts peeking up my skirt, I swear to god…"

Vademon was taking note of every detail on Ami. When he was finally satisfied, he started typing into the pad. "Yes, yes, very interesting." Once he was done taking notes, he turned his attention to Shiki.

Shiki's stared the Digimon pacing around her. She could practically feel his eyes on her. "Ugh, what is this creep hoping to learn exactly?"

Vademon took his notes on Shiki. "Very good. Alright, let's put you two back on the beds." The bindings on both girls pulled them back to their beds. They laid on their backs with their hands over their heads touching the bedframe. Vademon then took out the measuring tape and approached Ami. "Now for the measurements."

Amii watched him extended the measuring tape nervously. She shuddered as he brought it to her neck and around it. "S-stop! What are you-

"Oh relax, I'm not going to strangle you." Vademon said as he took the measurement of her neck. "There." He removed the measuring tape much to Ami's relief and typed the measurement on his pad. Once he jotted that down he started taking different measurements of her. First, he measured her full height, from her feet to her head. Then he took measurements such as the length of her arm, her foot, her leg, and her head. He then wrapped the tape around both her thighs, then one of her biceps. then the base of her skull.

"Just how long is this going to take?" Ami asked getting uneasy with her body being measured in every way.

"Research is not to be rushed human." Vademon replied typing down his findings. He then rolled Ami onto her front. "Now there was one thing I noticed when observing your appearance…"

Vademon took the measuring tape and wound it just under Ami's hips over her skirt. She glared with a blush as he wrapped it around her giving an uncomfortable sensation around an area she wanted nobody touching, much less measuring. "You better have a very good reason for measuring that buster."

"I indeed do. Your hindquarters seem to be bigger than your torso for some reason. A rather odd shape."

"D-did you just-Are you calling my butt fat you jerk?!"

Vademon took note of the measurement. "Moving on…"

Ami looked at him as he rolled onto her back again and slid the measuring tape under her back. As he pulled it around her torso area, she made a squealing gasp. "KYA! Don't touch me there!"

"Why?" Vademon looked at the measurement. "It's a rather small measurement. Is it a weaker area?"

"What are you-No! I'm just a bit ticklish, okay?!" Ami blushed.

Shiki stared at her. "That rection implies more than "a bit ticklish" if you ask me."

Next Vademon put the measuring tape under her back again only a bit higher up it. She eyed him weirdly as he reached over and grabbed the other end and then she gasped with the biggest blush she ever had as it was wrapped tightly around her chest. "HEY! What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

"Interesting." Vademon noted the measurement. "The chest area is remarkably large on humans form your world for some reason. Yet it doesn't seem to be muscle, but more like fat. Same with your backside. Usually, fat is stored in the stomach, but yours looks remarkably slim. Do humans store it in their chest, and hindquarters instead? Because you do have a lot of it in those places."

Ami couldn't take it anymore. "PERVERT!" Even with her legs tethered by shackles and her hands stuck where they were, she was more than flexible enough to kick Vademon in the head even with her awkward positioning. Her foot slammed right into his cheek and sent him flying across the room screaming.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow!" Vademon groaned as he got up with a big red bruise already forming on his cheek. "What was that about, it was just some harmless measuring!"

"You don't touch a girl there you freak!" Ami yelled with her face becoming as red as her hair.

"Why, is it some sort of weak point?" The Digimon groaned and got up. "Interesting. I'll need to look into that later. In the meantime, how about I examine the other one for a bit while you finish throwing your fit." He then went over to Shiki.

Shiki cringed as she knew it was her turn next. She squeezed her eyes shut as Vademon took all the same measurements he made on Ami. First her neck, then her full height, the length of her limbs, feet and head. She felt the measuring tape squeeze her thighs, her left bicep, and her forehead. Ami felt sorry for her as she watched. Shiki was clearly uncomfortable. Shiki's face became redder as she was rolled over and knew what was next. The measuring tape went around her just south from her hips. And after that she was rolled over again and felt it under her back and Vademon wrapped it around her bust to her further embarrassment.

"Very interesting. Your chest is much smaller than the other girls. That's a significant difference between humans in your worlds."

"W-what did you say?!" Shiki asked with her face turning even redder.

"Okay, RUDE!" Ami glared at Vademon before looking at Shiki sympathetically. "Don't listen to this perv Shiki, it's not that much flatter than mine!"

"Are you joking?" Vademon asked. "I bet a good amount of it is part of those strange clothes of hers. Comparing yours to this girls' is like comparing a large ball to a sheet of paper."

Shiki's frightened domineer was overtaken by unyielding rage. And she let it lose.

Elsewhere in the facility a large Digimon in black was at a terminal. He heard the warped behind him activate. "Oh hey, that took you longer than I thought." he said not turning his attention from his work. "So, how'd it go?"

"Well, I got some significant data…though it came at a price."

"Learn anything interesting?"

"I learned a lot of things. For one, no matter what world they come from humans are extremely sensitive and feisty."

The mysterious Digimon looked behind him. Vademon still had the bruise on his cheek from Ami. But there was also a big, red shoeprint on his face courtesy of Shiki that looked like it hurt at least four times more than Ami's kick. "Um…ow. Well, females tend to be that way from my understanding, but…ow."

"I had to get the Knightmon to hold their legs down so they would stop kicking me as I finished up on the measurements."

"Measurements?"

"You know, height, limb size that thing. There are noticeable differences in the size and length of different parts of their bodies. Some more noticeably in others. Their hair and eye color are also different. Skin complexion. And their clothes to. Their worlds must be very different."

"Um…Vademon?"

"Yes?"

"The fact that they have different measurements and wear different clothes has nothing to do with them being from different worlds."

Vademon stared at the other Digimon with a blank expression on his face. "You…you serious?"

"Yeah. Seen plenty of humans from the same world as Shiki myself. They all look different and wear different threads. In fact, none of them look perfectly alike no matter what world they came from. Hight, fashion, voice, size, hair and eye color, you name it, humans in the same world look different."

"…Even their chests?"

"Yes."

Vademon stared a bit longer before angerly throwing his pad to the ground. "Perhaps, you could have told me this sooner!"

"Hey, you never asked."

Vademon rubbed his aching head. "Ugh… if I knew I was just wasting my time, I would have saved myself from the kicking and screaming! Those two hit a lot harder than I thought despite them looking so harmless…"

"Well humans have a saying." The other Digimon said scratching the back of his head. "What was it… "Every rose has it's thorn". Something like that."

Vademon sighed. "Well…speaking of roses…how's your work coming along?"

"Quite nicely actually." The Digimon looked at his monitor. On the left screen it showed Ami's Rosemon Burst Mode, Ophanimon, and Kahuhamon all unconscious with their arms held apart and their hands and feet in glowing blue bands restraining them off the ground. On the right screen a Phoenixmon and a normal Rosemon in another room restrained the same way.

Honestly, I was uncertain about putting in that bit at the end of the chapter with Ami and Shiki, but I've seen K+ and T rated fanfics with worse, so I think I'll be okay. Just in case, I mean no offense to the female community I just thought this would make for some "fish out of water" humor with a Digimon trying to learn about humans and accidently coming of as a pervert as a result.

In other news, thank you Matsky for your kind review. To answer your question, I am considering potentially adding a character or two from one more Digimon universe, but that is just a maybe for one more small crossover. I don't want to get carried away with this, the primary focus of this is to be a continuation of the Cyber Sleuth universe after all. What universe I'm considering will be my little secret for now.

I would also like to say something I should have brought up the moment I revealed the Next Order characters. One of my goals for this story is to give Kouta and Himari purpose. I apologize for spoiling those who haven't played Next Order and to those who did and are fans of the characters but frankly, you can remove both Kouta and Himari from the story of that game, and it really wouldn't make much difference. So, consider it my personal goal to give them some time in the sun.

Finally, I have an announcement. I decided the poll I have going has been around long enough. Today's your last chance to vote on who you want Shiki's Digimon to EXE into. Rosemon Burst Mode, BloomLordmon, or Rafflesimon. I'm picking a winner at the end of the day.