Chapter 4

After school, Tai, Kari and Ash met up in the computer room before anyone else. While they waited, they told Ash about the war with Myotismon.

"So after Kari gave herself up to Myotismon. Me and the others gathered at the TV station for the fight of our lives. After that, Myotismon was set to kill Kari until Wizardmon saved her… Oops." Tai said accidentally making Kari start to tear up.

"Did something happened to him?" Ash said, referring to Wizardmon. Tai then looked towards his little sister, she then nodded, then Tai continued the story.

"He stepped in the way of Myotismon's Grizzly Wing attack, sacrificing himself to save Kari and Gatomon. Those two never forgot his sacrifice." Tai said as Kari cried out loud. Ash then walked over to her and hugged her.

"I understand how you feel Kari. On my journey through Johto, I met two Pokémon from the Hoenn region named Latias and Latios. Everything was nice, until two members of Team Rocket named Oakley and Annie captured Latios and an orb called the Soul Dew that gives both of them their strength." Ash said as Tai and Kari were surprised.

"Oakley tried to drown me, Pikachu and Latias, but the Defense Mechanism of Alto Mare or "D.M.A." for short went out of control. When we arrived to retrieve the Soul Dew, it had turned black and a few seconds later it shattered, causing the city's water to flow out and created a tidal wave. Latias and Latios combined their power to stop the tsunami, but soon after that, we didn't realize that Latios gave up his life to save Latias." Ash said, continuing his story as Tai and Kari were still surprised to hear that Ash almost died, almost like Kari.

"Well, look on the bright side, if they didn't give their lives, we wouldn't be here today." Kari said as she cleaned up her tears and hugged Ash back. Tai saw this and he wasn't getting overprotective, instead he was happy.

Soon Izzy and Cody arrived. "Izzy, I couldn't sleep last night, could you take me to the Digital World?" Cody asked as Izzy was checking the computer.

"Well, maybe if the gate is…" He stopped as he looked at the gate. "It's open." He continued as the others arrived.

"Hey everyone, how's it going?" Davis said as the new generation of the digidestined and Ash showed a girl with orange hair, red eyes and a high school uniform their digivices.

"So these are the new digivices and the Master Digivice that the new kids and Ash have? Cool." The girl said as Tai came up to them.

"You see Sora, the ones Davis, Yolei and Cody got were from the digi-egg when I tried to pick it up. And Ash got his when the Digimon tried to pick it up when it was a fossil." Tai said, explaining the story to Sora.

"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's get going." Yolei said as Davis stopped her.

"Hold on, I think I should give you some pointers about the things you're about to see." Davis said as Yolei looked like she was about to smack Davis across the head.

"Give me a break, you've only been there once. What do you know?" Yolei said with a sinister smirk.

"I think we should prepare for a little danger." Cody said as Izzy was looking at the other monitors.

"Just a I suspected. I just checked the other computers, none of them seem to be affected by this, the gate is only open on this one here. That's not all, the gate has never been open two days in a row before." Izzy said as Ash walked towards him.

"It doesn't matter how many days it's been open, we have a Digital World to reclaim. All ashore that's going ashore" Ash said as everyone was about to enter the Digital World, until…

"Tai Kamiya, is that you?" They stopped in their tracks to see who was talking. It was a man short haircut, wearing glasses.

"Mr. Fujiyama." Tai said as it was his old teacher.

"And Sora and Izzy too. Didn't you all graduate?" Mr. Fujiyama said as he was happy to see his old students.

"Yeah, we did. What are you doing here?" Tai asked as Mr. Fujiyama just smiled.

"I'm the new head of the computer club." He said as he surprised Tai and Sora.

"Huh, what do you know about computers?" Tai and Sora said simultaneously in shock.

"Not a single thing." Mr. Fujiyama said as Tai came up with a plan to by the others the time they need.

"I just remembered something I needed to talk to you about Mr. Fujiyama. Tai said as he was buying them time.

"Sure, what is it?" Mr. Fujiyama asked as Tai simply closed his eyes.

"I'm having trouble adjusting to high school, it's the girls, their so much older." Tai said as he waved to the others, signaling that they need to go on without him.

"Thanks Tai, we owe you." Sora said as everyone was ready.

"Alright, let's get going." Izzy said as everyone held their digivices to the screen and they all entered the Digital World.

**Location Change: Digital World**

Ash and the others arrived at an open field with mountains surrounding the distance.

"Is everyone okay?" Izzy said as everyone nodded and said 'yeah.'

"I'm fine, but I feel like I've just gone through the rinse cycle of a dishwasher." Davis said as Cody was astonished by the landscape.

"Wow, so this is what the Digital World looks like." Cody said as he looked down. "Hey wait, I'm wearing new clothes. Their pretty comfortable." He said as he was wearing a light brown shirt with mahogany colored rings around the sleeves and collar, mahogany colored pants and dark yellow and white shoes.

"Wow, I look like I'm part the cool crowd." Yolei said as she looked down. She was now wearing a light blue long sleeved turtleneck under a yellow vest, white gloves, red pants and aquamarine and white colored boots.

"I forgot the part about the new wardrobe." Davis said as the others just watched the newcomers.

"I love this helmet, it makes my glasses look smaller." Yolei said as she was happy with her helmet.

"I wonder if they got anything in a surfer style." Davis said as he wondered about a wardrobe change.

"I can't wait to tell my sisters that I just got free clothes." Yolei said as Sora was a bit disappointed.

"Kids these days have no sense of value. When I was a kid, I'd show a lot more respect when I received a gift." Sora said as Kari turned her attention to her.

"Sora, I hate to say it, but you're starting to sound like my mother." Kari said as the Emperor was watching them.

**Location Change: The Emperor's Base**

The Emperor saw them enter the Digital World and was ready for them.

"I've been waiting for you to arrive, now let the games begin. SNIMON ATTACK!" The Emperor said as the Praying Mantis Digimon was sent after the digidestined.

**Location Change: Open Field**

The others were looking for their Digimon.

"Veemon, where are you? Veemon?!" Davis yelled as the blue imp was running over the hills.

"Davis!" Veemon said as he ran towards Davis.

"Veemon!" Davis said as he knelt down to Veemon and the both shook each others hands.

"Davis, I brought Patamon and his friends with me." Veemon said as the other Digimon ran/flew towards their respective partners. Though, peace didn't last as Snimon came in to the picture.

"Twin Sickles!" Snimon said as T.K pushed Sora out of the way.

"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted as a green spiral of flame came out of her mouth and was shot at Snimon.

"Super Shocker!" Tentomon shouted as electricity came from his wings and was shot at Snimon.

"Boom Bubble!" Patamon shouted as he inhaled and exhaled a powerful projectile of air towards Snimon. But, Snimon dodged each attack with incredible speed.

"Lightning Paw!" Gatomon shouted as she jumped towards Snimon and punched him square in the face. But, her punch did nothing and Snimon swatted her to the ground. "It's useless, without my tail ring, I don't have enough strength." She said as Pikachu picked her up and took her to Kari.

"Thanks Pikachu." Kari said as she was happy that her partner didn't get killed.

"Don't worry, I will just have to digivolve. Davis, get the egg ready." Veemon said as Davis nodded.

"Right." Davis said as he grabbed his digivice to allow Veemon to armor digivolve, until…

**Location Change: The Emperor's Base**

"Not so fast, you know the drill Drimogemon." He said as a purple mole that looked like a narwhal with a white belly was called into action.

**Location Change: Open Field**

Soon, Drimogemon dug underneath Davis and he slid down the wall of the hole, until he caught a ledge.

"Drimogemon lives deep inside the cavities of the Digital World. His drill-spin Attack will make you wish you were at the dentist." Tentomon said as Veemon came to where Davis fell.

"You okay Davis?" Veemon asked as he was concerned.

**Location Change: The Emperor's Base**

"You're up, Mojyamon." The Emperor said as a white yeti came through the clearing. "Mojyamon are frosty Digimon from the snowy mountains. His bone boomerang attack will make your head spin." He said as he continues to watch.

**Location Change: Open Field**

"Ahhh! Bone Boomerang!" Mojyamon said as he through his bone and it smacked Veemon into the hole and Veemon bashed into Davis, causing them to fall to the grasp of Drimogemon and he escaped. Yolei, then fell to her knees.

"Oh my. Their gone, the ground just opened up and swallowed them whole." Yolei said in disbelief and fear.

"Well, I want to go home now." Cody said as he and Yolei were shaken up by the surprise attack. Though, it wasn't over yet, Snimon was still on the prowl.

"First, we need to protect ourselves." Izzy said as he was right.

"But, what about Davis?" Cody asked as Ash walked towards him.

"He'll be alright, he's got Veemon. Right now we need to retreat." Ash said as the other Digimon (excluding Gatomon) tried their attacks again, but it ended the same way.

"I can't take this, I want to go home!" Yolei cried as Ash thought to himself.

'Huh, she reminds me of Misty when she's around bug type Pokémon.' He thought as he pulled out one of his Poké-balls. "Alright, Lycanroc I choose you!" Ash shouted as an orange, white wolf with four pointed rocks around his neck and two on top of his hair and green eyes. "Use Accelrock, let's go!" Ash said as Lycanroc's eyes turned red and it rammed Snimon at breakneck speeds with his rocks.

"Come on, this way!" T.K said as everyone and Lycanroc ran to where T.K was going.

**Location Change: With Davis**

After being taken by Drimogemon, Davis soon woke up to see he was dangling from the face of a cliff.

"Great, I must've been walking in my sleep again." Davis said to himself. Soon the Emperor made his physical debut to Davis.

"You're just hanging around." The Emperor said as Davis looked towards him.

"Who are you?" Davis asked as The Emperor just smiled.

"Your worst nightmare come to life. Honestly, I'm a little disappointed that I caught you instead of that other boy, led alone so easily, but I digress." The Emperor said as he revealed that he was after Ash.

"Are you the Digimon Emperor?" Davis asked as he was in shock.

"Speaking." The Emperor said as he was still smiling.

"But you're a kid, just like me." Davis said as The Emperor just laughs.

"I'm nothing like you. If I were, I'd be the one hanging from a cliff. Oh, that reminds me." The Emperor said as he snapped his fingers and on the other side of the canyon opened up to reveal Veemon, who was restrained.

"Veemon!" Davis shouted as Veemon pointed his attention toward Davis.

"Davis! Hey, great view, isn't it?" Veemon asked jokingly.

"I haven't had time to look, quick armor digivolve." Davis said, but the Emperor was holding something in his hand.

"Um just one problem… Aren't you gonna need these to pull off that trick." The Emperor said as he was holding Davis' digivice and D-Terminal and was laughing like an evil genius.

**Location Change: A Forest**

The others escaped Snimon, Drimogemon and Mojyamon thanks to the help of Lycanroc.

"Ash, I wanted to thank you for saving us back there." Kari said as Ash had a red streak across his face.

"Aww, it was nothing." Ash said with Lycanroc behind them.

"Hey, what about me? I swatted that mantis." Lycanroc said as Kari turned to him.

"How could I ever forget you Lycanroc." She said as she patted Lycanroc's head. Soon, everyone's digivices started to react.

"Wait up, this digivice you were kind enough to give me is starting to make a noise." Cody said as he held his digivice.

"Mine's going off too. I think something is nearby." Yolei said as she also held her digivice.

"A building of some sort." Sors said as Biyomon and Tentomon looked at each other.

"There aren't any buildings around here." Biyomon said as she had knowledge of this forest.

"Nope, just the temple." Tentomon said as everyone turned towards him.

"Temple?" Ash asked as they kept walking towards the temple.

"Yeah, but it's closed down now." Biyomon said as they found the temple.

"It couldn't book enough weddings or bar mitzvahs." Tentomon said, joking about the history of the temple.

"Well, something up there is making our digivices go off and I don't think it's the wedding bells. So, let's check it out." Sora said as they walked up the stairs. After walking for a few minutes, Yolei was annoyed.

"I'm exhausted, hasn't anyone heard of escalators." She said as she complains about walking up like a thousand steps.

"Look at it this way Yolei. We only have a few more steps left." Biyomon said as Yolei sighed in exhaustion.

"Climbing these stairs isn't tiring me. Now Team Rocket chasing us is tiresome. Right buddy?" Ash asked as Pikachu nodded.

"Yeah, you think they would've stopped after the Hoenn region." Pikachu said as they finally made it to the top. When they arrived, they found two digi-eggs. One was silver colored with wings and a blue heart drawing on the egg and the other was yellow with hints of purple on it. It looked like a small drill with what looked like a purple set of glasses.

"Those must be what the digivices are reacting to." Cody said as Sora and Izzy soon saw something on the eggs.

"The one on the left has the Crest of Love." Sora said as she saw her crest on the egg.

"And the one on the right has the Crest of Knowledge." Izzy said as he saw his crest on the other egg. Both of them went to the eggs to try and lift them, but no success.

"It's just no use." Sora said as she stopped.

"We'll never be able to move them." Izzy said as they soon remembered what Tai said.

**Flashback: Last Night**

They gathered at a park so they could discuss what happened.

"I couldn't lift the digi-egg with the Crest of Courage on it, but somehow Davis could." Tai said as he was in disbelief that Davis could lift the egg.

**Back To The Present**

Sora and Izzy soon realized that the eggs weren't for them.

"Yolei, I think you should try." Sora said as she wants her to try and lift the egg.

"You too Cody." Izzy said as he wanted Cody to lift the egg as well.

"Huh, you want us to do it? Okay." Yolei said in surprise as they went to the eggs and were able to lift both of them.

"They lifted them, just like Davis did yesterday." Kari said as purple and red lights came from where the eggs were. And from the lights, a red and white hawk with blue eyes, a belt and one feather on its head from the red light and from the purple light, a golden armadillo with a purple belly and green eyes.

"Ahh, it feels so good to be out from under that stuffy rock and spread my wings." The hawk said as he was happy to be free from under that egg.

"Why did you have to go and wake me up, I was having such a nice dream." The armadillo said as he was still tired.

"Greetings, my name is Hawkmon and I have been waiting to make your acquaintance." Hawkmon said to a baffled Yolei.

"Huh, you talking to me?" Yolei said as was still baffled.

"Wowee, I think my shell fell asleep. Hi, I'm Armadillomon and you and I are partners." Armadillomon said to a baffled Cody.

"Um, well." Cody only said as he was in shock.

"So then, Yolei, you and I shall be working together as a team." Hawkmon said as Yolei was in denial.

"What, I don't fight except with my sister over who gets the last cookie." Yolei said as Hawkmon wasn't happy to hear that.

"Are you saying you refuse to fight! Hmph, why do I get stuck with a defective human." Hawkmon said in rage. Soon Sora came towards Yolei.

"Yolei, I have this friend named Mimi and she's a lot like you. She used to tell me that she didn't want to fight anymore either, even though she knew she had to. She did it for the Digital World and for us. Yolei, the more you do to help your Digimon, the closer the two of you will become, and that's a friendship a friendship you'll carry with you for the rest of your life." Sora said as Yolei then looked down at the digi-egg and saw Sora holding Yolei's hands.

"And you have another friend for life to – me." She continued as Yolei smiled as Izzy went to Cody.

"So tell me, what do you think of the Digital World so far Cody?" Izzy said as Cody looks down.

"I don't know, I've only been here for a short time." Cody said as Izzy just smiled.

"Well, you must have some sort of opinion." Izzy said as he wanted to hear what Cody had to say.

"Well, I try to hold from giving an answer until I have all the information, but this place is so new to me I have so many unanswered questions. I'm afraid I don't know where to start first." Cody said as he was still gathering info about the Digital World.

"Just do what I did, learn to trust your instincts. And if there's a problem you can't solve alone, just come to me, we'll solve it together." Izzy said as Cody's expression brightened up. Soon both eggs and both partners began to glow red (for Hawkmon) and purple (for Armadillomon).

"I beg your pardon, if you want us to armor Digivolve, you must say Digi-Armor Energize." Hawkmon said as Cody and Yolei turned towards each other, than back to their respective partners.

"You too Pikachu." Ash said as Pikachu nodded.

"Digi-Armor Energize!" All three of them said as they began to change.

"Hawkmon Armor Digivolve to…" He said as he changed into a much bigger version of himself, but was on all fours with the egg on his head like a helmet. "Halsemon, the Wings of Love." Halsemon said as his new appearance was impressive to everyone.

"Armadillomon Armor Digivolve to…" He said as he changed into a digimon with drill hands and a drill for a nose. "Digmon, the Drill of Power."

"Pikachu Armor Digivolve to… Achillichu, the Knight of Will!" He said as he slammed his sword to the ground.

"I am Halsemon, as Hawkmon I use the digi-egg of love to armor digivolve. I use my Tempest Wing attack to defeat my enemies." Halsemon said as he described himself.

"I am Digmon, as Armadillomon I use the digi-egg of knowledge to armor digivolve. My Rock Cracking and Gold Rush attacks will make the enemy want to visit the dentist more than see me again." He said as he described himself. "Now, what do you say we go help the others." He continued as Ash turned to Kari and T.K.

"Here, use these in case." Ash said as he handed T.K Quilava's Poké-ball and Kari got Lycanroc's Poké-ball.

"Thanks Ash." They both said as the rushed towards Davis' location.

**Location Change: The Cliffside**

Davis was still hanging on the cliff, so was Veemon and the Emperor was still watching him with Davis' digivice and D-Terminal in hand.

"Give me back my digivice and let Veemon go, he has nothing to do with this." Davis said as the Emperor just laughed.

"Yeah right. You've both been trespassing in my garden without my permission. And as your punishment, you'll be forced to watch Veemon as he becomes my slave." The Emperor said as he snapped his fingers and a dark ring appeared in front of Veemon.

"Veemon, NO!" Davis shouted in fear and rage as the Emperor laughs maniacally.

"You'll never get me to be your slave, you might as well destroy me and get it over with." Veemon said as the ring came closer to him.

"As you wish." The Emperor said as the dark ring inched closer and closer to the blue imp.

"Hey, take it easy, I was only kidding. C'mon old buddy, don't you know a good joke when ya hear it? Y'know, a little comedy to lighten the mood. Ha, ha funny guy. Come on." Veemon said with a false smile and sweat on his face.

"I don't hear anyone laughing now Veemon." The Emperor said as the ring was very close to Veemon.

"Leave him alone!" Davis shouted as Halsemon and Yolei entered the scene.

"Tempest Wing!" Halsemon shouted as he fired red eye laser at the dark ring, saving Veemon from being a slave.

"Hold on, Davis." Yolei said as Davis was more worried about Veemon.

"Save Veemon!" Davis said as the wall behind Veemon was forcefully opened by Digmon.

"Sorry to burst in on you like that." Digmon said as he grabbed Veemon.

"You could've knocked first." Veemon said as the Emperor wasn't happy.

"Great, hmph." The Emperor said as he turned around to see Achillichu and Gatomon behind him.

"This litterbox ain't big enough for the both of us." Gatomon said with a menacing glare.

"You're pure evil, I hate people like you, thinking that they can control whatever they want." Achillichu said as he raised his sword to the Emperor. Wormmon came up in front of the Emperor to protect him.

"Keep away from him you big bullies." Wormmon said as Gatomon punched him, causing Wormmon to collide with the Emperor, dropping Davis' digivice and D-Terminal to Yolei who caught both of them.

"You're useless." The Emperor said as he grabbed his whip. "Here kitty." He said as he wrapped his whip around Gatomon and was about to throw her off the cliff, but thankfully, Achillichu sliced the whip in half, freeing her from the whip and both of them retreated. After they retreated, the Emperor called Drimogemon, Snimon and Mojyamon to the fight.

"Here you go Davis." Yolei said as she gave Davis back his digivice and D-Terminal.

"Thanks. Veemon, what do you say we get some payback?" Davis asked as Veemon nodded.

"Yeah, let's do this." Veemon said as he was ready to fight.

"Digi-Armor Energize!" Davis said as Veemon started to glow.

"Veemon armor digivolve to… Flamedramon, the Fire of Courage!" He said as he stood next to Achillichu.

"You better hold on Yolei. Kari, be ready on the ground" Halsemon said as Kari nodded, he flew towards Snimon while Kari and Lycanroc were ready on the ground.

"Let's armor Digimon and Pokémon can do against the slaves of the Digimon Emperor." Flamedramon said as Mojyamon threw two icicles at Achillichu and Flamedramon, but Achillichu slashed it in half and Flamedramon just caught it as it melted in his hand.

"When it's fire and lightning against ice, fire and lightning always wins." Achillichu said as he jumped towards Mojyamon. "Storm Splitter!" Achillichu yelled as he raised his sword to the sky and lightning struck it and he held it downwards towards the ring.

"Fire Rocket!" Flamedramon shouted as his hand lite up and fireballs came from his hand and both attacks destroyed the dark ring.

Nice work boys, you destroyed the dark ring." Davis said in happiness.

"Twin Sickles!" Snimon shouted as purple blades came from his claws and were heading towards Halsemon, but he did a barrel roll.

"Time for Tempest Wing!" Halsemon said as he spun around and stroked Snimon towards the ground.

"Lycanroc use Stone Edge!" Kari said as Lycanroc slammed his front paws in front of him, causing stone pillars to emerge from the ground in a line one at a time towards Snimon, striking him and destroying the dark ring in the process.

Drimogemon soon dug into a cavern, thinking he would be safe. But to his surprise, Digmon, T.K and Quilava were there waiting for him.

"I guess we're the dig team. Gold Rush!" Digmon said as he fired all the drills on his body towards Drimogemon's dark ring, cracking it.

"Quilava use Eruption!" T.K said as Quilava charges and runs underneath Drimogemon. Then, it ignites the flames on its head and tail, and they grow larger. It then fires a geyser of red-orange fire from the flame on its head at the dark ring, burning it to a crisp.

**Location Change: The Emperor's Base**

Little did they know, in the midst of the battle, the Emperor returned to his base.

"They're better than I thought. This makes things a lot more interesting." The Emperor said as he was staring at the armor Digimon and Pokémon that Ash brought, but mostly at Ash. "And I'll be ready for you soon… cousin." He said as he stared at Ash from his monitor as he revealed that he is Ash's cousin.

**Location Change: Bottom of The Crevasse**

"Sorry we had to fight you, but we needed to get rid of those dark rings, I hope we're still buds." Veemon said, hoping that they come be friends.

""It's okay, thanks for saving us." Mojyamon said as Snimon, and Drimogemon walked away. "Being the Emperor's slave is the worst. All day long, it's 'Destroy this, destroy that, get me a cappuccino.' Oy!" He continued as the Digidestined heard that.

"He makes me so mad. Digimon Emperor, I'll show him who's in charge around here." Davis said as Ash walked up to him.

"Easy tiger. We'll get him, some day." Ash said, reassuring Davis that the capture of the Emperor is inevitable.

"So Yolei, will I be able to count on you for assistance from now on?" Hawkmon asked as Yolei gave him a thumbs up.

"Absolutely, 100%." Yolei replied as she and Hawkmon are now a team.

"And will we be a team Cody, I mean, when I'm not napping?" Armadillomon asked as Cody nodded.

"Of course, I'd be honored to be your partner." Cody said as he bowed to his partner.

""It's good to see you two happy, wouldn't you agree Pikachu."Ash said as Pikachu nodded.

"Yup, I remember when you and I finally started to get along." Pikachu said as Ash laughed.

"Well, it looks like the new digidestined team doesn't need us around anymore." Sora said as she looked at the new generation.

"I don't know, there's still a lot of work to be done." Izzy said as he was right.

"We can still help them fight the Emperor." Biyomon said as she looked at Sora and Izzy.

"And we can provide them with advice and guidance." Tentomon said as was also right.

"What a team." Sora said as she was impressed by the new generation.

"Well guys, it's time to go home." Davis said as he and the others returned to the real world.

**Location Change: Computer Room**

Tai was finished talking to Mr. Fujiyama about the birds and the bees.

"Man, Mr. Fujiyama sure knows how to go on and on about that stuff." Tai said as he saw a light in the computer room. When he ran to the door, he saw everyone lying on the floor after they returned. "What happened to you guys?" He asked as he was confused.

"Please don't ask." Everyone said as they didn't want to say what happened.

"The new Digimon returned to their in-training forms." Tai said as they saw a small blue imp, a pink feathered ball with wings and a yellow puff ball.

"Huh? Ahhhhhh!" Davis said as the little blue imp fell on his face.

"Wow, he's so cute." Yolei said as she held the pink ball.

"I don't understand how this little fella can turn himself into such a great big creature like Digmon." Cody said as he was wondering how that the yellow puff ball could be Digmon.

"Are we going to have to do this every time we come back?" Kari said as she would get tired of this real quick.

"And I thought digivolving was a tough job." Patamon said as he was already annoyed.

"At least we made it back to the real world safe and sound." Ash said as he was relieved that everyone was safe.

"Except for Biyomon and Tentomon." Sora said when suddenly, Biyomon's voice came in through the portal calling Sora's name and when everyone looked at the screen.

"Don't worry, we'll be safe here. The Digimon Emperor never comes out at night." Biyomon said

"Imagine – all that power and he's afraid of the dark." Tentomon said as he cracked a joke.

"Well Biyomon, Tentomon, you two better get some rest, you'll need it for tomorrow." Ash said as he wanted them to get some sleep.

"Yeah, that's when we'll go back to the Digital World, and beat that Digimon Emperor once and for all." Davis said with confidence.

"Really, well forgive me for not shaking in my boots." The Emperor said as he somehow heard his voice.

**Location Change: Kamiya Apartment**

Ash, Tai and Kari were watching T.V, when Ash's phone rang. When he saw it was mother who was calling him, he wanted them to turn down the volume.

"Hello?" Ash said as was talking to Delia on his phone.

"Hi sweetheart, how's Odaiba?" Delia asked as she wanted to know how her son is doing.

"Oh it's just as i remembered home." Ash said as he was happy, but that expression quickly turned into seriousness. "Something came up, so I'm gonna need to stay in Odaiba for a while mom." He continued as Delia nodded on the other side of the line.

"Say no more Ash. You got roped into a liberation party to take back another world from a wannabe dictator." She said as Ash was speechless.

"How did you know?" Ash asked as Tai and Kari were stunned by what went down.

"Yuuko called ahead and told me everything from your feelings to Kari to the Digital World." She said as Ash was blushing like a maniac. "If you want to help them, by all means go ahead. But, be sure you tell Kari soon." She finished as Ash was still blushing.

'Feelings for Kari. Whoa.' Tai thought as he looked at Kari, who was speechless and tearing up with tears of joy.

"Uhhh… thanks mom, but keep the thing about my feelings to that girls a secret okay." Ash said as Delia smiled.

"Alright, see you soon. Bye Ash." Delia said as she hung up on him. Soon, Ash turned to see Yuuko and Susumu standing behind with smiles on their faces.

"Surprise! We knew that your vacation would have to be cut short due to you saving the Digital World, so we called ahead so you could stay as long as it takes." Yuuko said Ash was tearing up.

"Thanks you guys." Ash said as Kari came up close to him.

"Ash, we also heard that you have feelings for me, is it true?" Kari asked as Ash started to blush like crazy.

"Well… I… you see… ummmm…" Ash tried to figure his words out while the other Kamiyas were laughing like hyenas. Kari on the other hand, moved closer to Ash and kissed him on the cheek. That caused Ash to stop talking and just stare with a shocked expression on his face.

"I have feelings for you to. The truth is that I fell in love with you the day before you left, and I always wanted to do that." Kari said with a hint of pink on her cheeks. Ash just stared, but soon he grabbed Kari by the waist, stared into her eyes, pulled her in close and kissed her on the lips which she gladly returned. Tai and Susumu were clapping as they were happy to see these two best friends finally confess their feeling for each other, Yuuko had tears of joy coming from her eyes as she saw her baby girl find her love. Soon after, they parted from the kiss and planted their foreheads on the others.

"I know you know this, but I love you Kari, with all my heart. In truth, I always imagined this moment in my head, but I didn't know if you liked my this way." Ash said as Kari placed her right hand on his left cheek.

"Well, now you do Ashy." Kari said as Ash smiled and the two locked lips once again.