Chapter 8

During the night after they freed the frozen tundra in the Digital World, Davis asked Lillie out on a date and she accepted. Now, it was 8 PM, it was the time Davis said that he would pick her up. He stood at the door of Jun's room, because Lillie was staying in that room while Gladion was staying in Davis' room. Davis was sporting some casual clothes that Gladion picked out for him to help him out. When he knocked on the door, it opened to show Lillie with her hair in a ponytail while wearing a snow white dress with her regular shoes. When he saw her, Davis was basically in a trance.

"Wow, Lillie you look amazing." Davis said as she started to blush.

"Thank you, if it wasn't for Jun, I would've been a wreck." Lillie said as Davis smiled.

"Lillie, anything that you wear you would rock in it." Davis said as Lillie blushed even more.

"Thank you Davis. Shall we get going?" She asked as Davis nodded as they left the apartment for the theater to see Captain Marvel.

**Location Change: With Ash**

At the same time, Ash was looking at a photo of him, a girl with big, poofy purple hair and a man with green, sophisticated hair. Soon, Kari then walked in.

"Hey Ash." She said as Ash moved his head to see her as she sat down on his bed. "What are you looking at?" She asked as he showed her the photo.

"I was just looking at a photo from my journey through the Unova region." Ash said as Kari nodded. "The guy with green hair is Cilan, a Pokémon Connoisseur, he was the one who cooked for us through my journey and the girl is Iris, she was the first person I met after leaving to start my journey. She's training to be a dragon master, but don't worry, she never developed any feelings for me. She kept calling me a kid every time she saw an opportunity." Ash said as Kari started to burst out laughing.

"Really, she called you a kid?" Kari asked as Ash nodded with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Yeah, but I don't want you to do the same." He said as Kari chuckled a little before she stopped.

"No promises, my little kid." Kari said as Ash turned to her with a shocked look on his face.

"Why you little. Come here." He said as he basically tackled her and started tickling her until she said the magic word.

"Okay, okay Uncle! Uncle!" She shouted through her laughter as Ash stopped.

"Yeah, that's what I thought." Ash said as Kari got back up, moved closer to him and kissed him on the lips and he quickly returned it. After they let go, Ash came up with an idea.

"Hey, how about on Saturday, we round up the others and just go on a picnic in the Digital World?" Ash asked as Kari smiled.

"Yeah, that's a great idea. I'll message the others before I go to bed." Kari said as she left for her room.

"And on that day, you and me will have something special for Kari and Gatomon." Ash said to his partner.

"Pika pika. (*Yeah, good idea buddy.*)" Pikachu squeaked as they soon went to bed as well.

**Location Change: With Davis and Lillie**

After the movie, Davis and Lillie were on their way back to the apartment. But before they entered, Davis stopped.

"Davis, what's the matter?" Lillie asked as Davis turned to her, staring into her beautiful green eyes.

"Nothing, it's just I wanted to do something to end this date." Davis said as Lillie was a little confused.

"What would that be?" She asked as Davis moved in closer, soon she realized what he was about to do.

"This…" He didn't finish as he slowly pressed his lips against hers. Lillie's soon dialed a bit, but she slowly succumbed to the kiss as she kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist.

**Timeskip: Saturday/Location Change: Odaiba International Airport**

People were getting off of a plane that came from New York City. But one individual stood in place as she looked out the window.

"It's so bright and I'm half awake, what time is it?" She asked herself as she looked at nearby clock to see that was 8:54 AM.

"8:54 in the morning, I'm still on New York time." She said as she pulled out her digivice, which symbolizes that she was a digidestined as well, soon she looked at it to see that the clock setting said 6:54 PM and it also said 'New York' at the top left corner, soon it changed to Tokyo and the time was 8:54 AM. "There, now I'm caught up." She said as she continued walking, she then stopped to yawn and stretch her arms out. "I'm so exhausted." She said through her yawn and continued walking.

**Location Change: With Davis and Gladion**

In a bedroom far from the airport, DemiVeemon climbed on top of a pile of Davis' junk. Gladion was already ready for the day, all he needed to do was wait for DemiVeemon to wake Davis up.

"Davis, wake up." DemiVeemon said as his first attempt was a failure, Davis was still asleep. Then, he jumped from the top of the pile and was bouncing on Davis and kept saying his name. Soon, Davis finally woke up. "Good morning! Sleep well?" He asked as Davis was still very tired.

"Yeah, until I heard all that screaming. The next time I tell you to wake me up, try to be a little quieter so I can get some sleep." Davis said as Gladion chuckled a bit

"Davis come on, or you'll miss your own plan we worked so hard on." Gladion said as Davis soon jolted out of bed and got ready.

"Well, what are we waiting for Gladion, let's go!" He said as he soon ran out the door to the school.

**Location Change: With Cody**

Cody was already set for the day, but there was one thing he was missing.

"I turned my back on him for one minute and he disappeared. Upamon, where are you?" He asked as he soon entered the kitchen to see Upamon hiding under a basket on the table. "Upamon." He said as Upamon turned around to face him.

"Cody!" Upamon said as he bounced off the table and into Cody's arms.

"How many times have I told you not to wander around the house, my mom might think you're a rodent." Cody said as he had said it more than once.

"Guess what, I think your mom and Mairin are making us some candy over there." Upamon said as they see both of them chopping California Rolls. Soon, they returned to Cody's room.

"It's not candy Upamon, it's sushi." Cody said as Upamon was still wondering about one thing.

"Does it tasted like candy?" Upamon asked as Cody shook his head 'no.'

"Not really, it's seaweed and raw fish." Cody said as Upamon was disgusted by unknowing that.

"Yucky!" Upamon said as he even stuck his tongue out. What they didn't realize is that Mairin was right behind them.

"That was my first reaction as well." Mairin said as they turned to face her.

"Are you ready for today Mairin?" Cody asked as Mairin nodded.

"You bet, let's go." Mairin said as Cody nodded.

**Location Change: With Ash and Kari**

Gatomon was looking at what Kari was doing.

"Look Gatomon, I made a nice little bed for you." Kari said as Gatomon backed up a bit.

"If you think I'm getting in that, think again?!" Gatomon said as Ash was leaning on the side of Kari's bed.

"Gome on Gatomon, it's the only place where you can't be seen. Besides, Pikachu's going in my bag, right bud?" Ash said as he turned to see Pikachu slowly walk away, but Ash soon picked him up.

"Nice try buddy." Ash said as he soon regretted that as Pikachu delivered a weak Thunderbolt. As he stopped, Ash soon coughed up a puff of smoke.

"Ash, are you okay?" Kari asked as Ash nodded.

"Yeah, just give us a sec." Ash said as he left the room with Pikachu in his hands.

"Come on Pikachu, if she sees her boyfriend doing it, then she'll do it too, please buddy. You know what we have planned in the Digital World." Ash said as Pikachu then jumped out of his arms and looked through the door to see Gatomon looking at the bag, then saw him.

"Hi my brave little storm." Gatomon said as she waved at him. Pikachu then waved at her too, soon he ran back to Ash and hopped into his bag.

"Pika pi. (*Alright Ash, let's do it.*)" Pikachu squeaked as Ash soon zipped up his bag and went back to Kari.

"Alright, everything is in order." Ash said as Gatomon sighed and entered the bag.

"Ready Ashy?" Kari asked as he nodded.

"You know it, my angel." Ash said as Kari blushed because of the nickname he gave her.

"Alright, let's go." Kari said as they held hands and left the apartment.

**Location Change: With T.K**

T.K was soon leaving the building to meet up with the others.

"I'm leaving now, I'll be back later." T.K said as he soon realized something. "Oops, almost forgot, Patamon!" He said as he ran back to get his bag with Patamon inside.

"Can you hurry up T.K, you gym shocks from yesterday are in here." Patamon said from inside the bag, smelling the stench of T.K's previous gym shocks.

"Sorry, I forgot." T.K said as he walked to the elevator.

**Location Change: With Yolei, Brock and Alain**

At the convenience store near Yolei's apartment, Yolei grabbed several different salads, Alain grabbed different drinks and Brock rounded up different ingredients for the meals he would prepare.

"Okay mom, I think we're packed. Besides the usual, we're also taking Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, Tuna Salad, Chicken Salad, Fruit Salad and 3-Bean Salad." Yolei said as her mother was looking at her from the counter.

"Actually, it's only 2-Bean Salad, I was out of the third bean." Yolei's mother said as she was worried about something. "That's an awful lot of food for three people to have for lunch." She said as Alain and Brock moved to the front counter.

"Actually ma'am, we're all part of the computer club and she offered to bring food for our picnic. So, we're helping her with carrying the food." Alain said as Yolei's mother was a little worried.

"And who exactly would be paying for this?" She said as the doors open to see that a girl with big, poofy purple hair, she walked over to the counter to grab some money from her pocket and placed it on the counter.

"Keep the change." She said as she left the speechless woman at the counter. Yolei than looked towards her.

"Alright mom, talk soon." Yolei said as she, Alain and Brock walked out the door to meet up with the others. Soon, her bag was moving in a panic.

"Yolei hurry, open up! This is an emergency!" Poromon said as Yolei unzips her bag.

"What's wrong, Poromon?" She asked as Poromon was on top of all of the food.

"Sitting on this coleslaw is getting a little messy, and what's in here that has such a foul smell?" Poromon asked as Yolei smiled nervously.

"Deviled Egg." She said as Poromon was a little disgusted.

"P.U!" Poromon said as T.K, Mairin and Cody were near the group.

"Poromon's right, I can smell them all the way over here." T.K said as they turned to him, Mairin and Cody.

"I guess the mayonnaise went bad." Yolei said as Mairin moved forward.

"It doesn't really matter, come on. We're already late." Mairin said as the made their way to the school.

**Location Change: School's Front Gate**

Davis, Gladion, Lillie, Ash and Kari were waiting for the others to arrive.

"Aren't the others supposed to be here?" Davis asked as Kari nodded.

"Yeah, they're late." Kari said as Lillie saw them arrive.

"Here they come now." Lillie said as they saw them arrive with the rest of the group.

"What took you so long?" Davis asked as he wanted to know. As Yolei explained why they were late, T.K walked over to Ash and Kari.

"New outfits?" T.K asked as he saw that Ash was wearing a blue denim jacket over a white shirt and beige colored pants. Kari was wearing a pink hooded vest over a white shirt with a Flareon on it, white pants and pink shoes.

"Mrs. Kamiya got these for us, I told her that she didn't have to do that, but she insisted that and I quote, 'I want my future son-in-law to have some nice clothes for when he takes my daughter out on dates.' End quote." Ash said as he and Kari blushed a little.

"Though, I'm pretty sure she was joking with us, something I don't know with my mom. But anyway, let's get inside." Kari said as she, Ash and Davis looked over the hedge.

"Alright everyone, follow my plan. Crouch." Davis said as Ash looked at him.

"I'm not crouching all the way to the computer room. Let's just get inside and get to the Digital World." Ash said as Kari, Yolei, Cody, Mairin, Alain and Brock agreed. Leaving Davis, T.K, Gladion and Lillie still crouched until they caught up to Ash and the others, whom already entered the school. But unknown to all of them, the same girl from the airport was walking around the school yard and so was the girl with the purple hair.

"It was a good thing that I agreed with Ash, there was no way I was going to crouch all the way." Yolei said as she was relieved that she didn't crouch.

"Yeah Davis, and besides I don't think it's necessary for me and Mairin to crouch." Cody said as Mairin nodded.

"I got us here, didn't I? But, thank goodness no one saw us." Davis said as Lillie nodded and everyone entered the room. "Now, let's see if the Digital World is open on Saturdays." He said as Yolei looked to the computer screen to see that the gate was open.

"Alright, that gate is open." Lillie said as the door suddenly opened to reveal the two girls had followed them as an airplane flew overhead.

"Um, I'm sorry but are you supposed to be here?" The girl with pink hair said as the girl with purple hair turned to her.

"Are you even supposed to be here?" She asked as Davis, Yolei, Cody, Mairin and the Digimon shivered in surprise and fright while Alain, Glaidon, Lillie and Brock were just surprised. T.K, Kari, Patamon, Gatomon, Pikachu and Ash were the opposite.

"Mimi?" T.K, Kari and their Digimon said in unison while the new kids turned to them in shock.

"Mimi?!" They said in unison as well.

"Iris?" Ash said as they now turned to face him.

"Iris?!" They said in freighted unison again.

"Um T.K, Kari?" Mimi asked as she looked at the two of them.

"Ash, is that you?" Iris asked as Ash, T.K and Kari nodded.

"Yep." The three of them said in unison.

"Guys, this is our friend Mimi, she's one of the original digidestined who moved to America." T.K said as he introduced the digidestined of sincerity.

"That's right, I'm Mimi. I've set my sights on success in the fashion world of New York City. Don't think I'm just a strawberry-blonde beauty who know she's beautiful." Mimi said as she described herself as Ash walked towards Iris.

"And this is Iris, she traveled with me through the Unova region and when I made my way back to Kanto. Kari, you remember the photo I showed you last night?" Ash said as Kari nodded and walked over to Iris.

"Nice to meet you Iris. My name is Kari and I'm Ash's new girlfriend." Kari said as Iris and Mimi were in utter shock. Mimi then walked to Ash with a powerful glare.

"Alright pal, you better treat Kari right, she is like the little sister I never had." Mimi said as Ash had as sweatdrop on his head.

"It's okay Mimi, Ash is a great guy, I actually knew him since we were kids." Kari said as Iris walked towards Ash.

"I guess I can't call you a kid anymore." Iris said as she slapped Ash's back, soon Ash's Master Digivice started to glow from his pocket, until the light finally diminished to see that another Master Digivice that was colored dark green and white appeared in the air and landed in her hands. "What just happened?" She asked as Ash's surprised expression was slowly diminishing.

"This will take some explaining." Ash said as he and Kari explained the whole concept of what just happened.

"So, with this digivice, I'm able to enter the Digital World?" Iris asked as Ash and Kari nodded.

Yep, and since you and Mimi are here, why don't you two join us?" Ash asked as they turned to face each other then back at Ash.

"Sure, it sounds like fun." Iris said as Mimi was also in agreement.

"I agree, it would be nice to see how much has changed." Mimi said as Yolei was itching to go.

"Alright then let's go." Yolei said, but Davis quickly stopped her.

"Wait, we didn't bring enough sodas for everyone." Davis said as Alain turned to them.

"It's alright, we thought this would happen, just in case, I bought some extras." Alain said as Yolei started to get itching to enter the Digital World again.

"Alright, problem solved. Digi-Port open!" Yolei said as they all entered the Digital World.

**Location Change: Digital World**

After they entered the Digital World, Davis brought up the fact that there were no control spires in sight. As he brought it up, Iris turned to him.

"Control spires?" Iris asked as Pikachu turned to her.

"Basically, the Digimon Emperor puts up control spires to control the Digital World, I've personally taken down quite a few myself." Pikachu said as Iris was in complete shock.

"Pikachu… did you just…?" Iris asked, stuttering her response as Kari turned to her.

"Yeah, Pikachu can talk, so can Snowy, Chespie and even your Axew. But, when we return to the real world, they go back to their original language." Kari said as Axew came out of Iris' hair and jumped to the ground.

"Hello, can you understand me?" Axew asked as he soon covered his mouth in shock. "Oh my gosh, you can understand me!" He said as they continued walking.

"Wow, I'm back. The Digital World hasn't changed one bit." Mimi said as she was happy to see the Digital World after four years. "I wonder if I'll see Palmon again." She said as she wanted to see her partner again as they continued onward. Soon, Kari and Ash talked to Mimi about the mission to defeat the Digimon Emperor.

"Digimon Emperor?" Mimi asked as Ash turned to her.

"Yeah, he's builds these control spires all across the Digital World, I personally think he makes this out to be some elaborate game." Ash said as Kari nodded.

"So, if there are no control spires nearby, that means we're safe?" Mimi asked as Mairin nodded.

"Yeah and that's why we picked this spot to go on our picnic." Mairin said as Mimi smiled.

"We never thought to have a picnic in the Digital World, we were worried about giant digital ants." Mimi said as Yolei turned to her.

"Well, so far every time we've come here, it's been to destroy a control spire. But since it's Saturday, we thought we'd just come here to have some fun." Yolei said as Cody looked around a bit.

"Maybe we should pick a spot and dish out the food." Cody said as T.K agreed.

"Yeah, my stomach is growling like a dog." T.K said as Davis turned to Lillie.

"What do you say Lillie, you ready to eat?" Davis asked as Lillie nodded.

"Of course." Lillie said to her boyfriend as they laid the blanket and placed the food on the blanket.

"Thanks to Iris, I was able to bring these from my family's convenience store." Yolei said as Ash turned to face her.

"That was kind of you." Ash said as Iris scratched the back of her head.

"Aww, it was nothing." Iris said as Yolei soon offered Mimi something that made her eyes start to water up.

"Is… is that what I think it is? A chocolate rice ball." Mimi said as a smile quickly grew on her face and her eyes widened just as much as Ash's did for Yuuko's liver sticks. "I haven't had one since I was a kid, I loved them!" She said as she grabbed the rice ball and took a big bite out of it. Kari was having some of Brock's cooking and her eyes started to water.

"Man, this is the best cooking I've ever had." Kari said as Brock smiled.

"Well, you're not the first to say that. That would go to Ash." Brock said as he looked towards Ash and nodded. Soon, Ash turned to T.K and T.K then nodded his head, then Ash nodded to both of them.

"What'll you have Hawkmon?" Yolei asked as Hawkmon was looking at what Armadillomon was eating.

"I'll have whatever Armadillomon is eating." Hawkmon said as Yolei then looked towards him.

"He's eating sushi." Yolei said as Hawkmon soon raised his left wing with one feather raised in the air.

"Excellent, I'll have one sushi please." Hawkmon said as Armadillomon turned to him and grabbed one of the California Rolls.

"Coming right up!" Armadillomon said as he basically threw the roll to Hawkmon.

"No, never throw food!" Cody said as Hawkmon missed the roll and it was rolling down the hill.

"Oh, come back little sushi!" Hawkmon said as he was chasing it.

"Wait Hawkmon, come back! It's just a California Roll!" Yolei shouted as she then followed him.

"Yes, but it's rolling all the way back to California!" Hawkmon shouted as he continues to pursue the roll. Ash soon turned to Iris and Mairin.

"Hey, can you two go after them? Make sure that they don't get into trouble." Ash asked as they nodded and left after them, although Mimi was starting to get worried about them.

'I have a bad feeling about this. I don't like the idea of them going off into the world all alone.' Mimi thought as she stood up to look for them. After a few minutes went by, Mimi and the others haven't returned yet.

"I'm getting worried guys, I know that Iris would return if something had gone wrong. Something's not right." Ash said as they agreed. Kari then stood up.

"I agree, let's go look for them." Kari said as they nodded, stood up, packed everything and started to search for them. But, unknown to them, Brock soon slipped away from the group.

**Location Change: With Yolei, Mimi, Iris and Mairin**

Somewhere in the forest of the Digital World, Yolei, Mairin, Iris and their partners were huddled around an unconscious Mimi.

"Mimi, Mimi wake up." Yolei said as she shook Mimi, but to no success.

"Oh dear, I do hope she's alright." Hawkmon said as Mairin and Iris soon shook her.

"Mimi wake up." Mairin said as she didn't get her to wake up.

"Come on Mimi." Iris said as she was successful in waking her up. "Are you okay?" She asked as Mimi looked to all of them.

"The last thing I remember was… I fell when I was running after you three." Mimi said as Mairin looked towards her.

"We all did, but we have bigger fish to fry." Mairin said as she pointed left of her to show them the control spire.

"So that's a control spire?" Iris asked as Yolei nodded.

"That's right, which means we're not safe here." Hawkmon said as they heard mumbling coming from the direction of the control spire and hidden in darkness, a pair of red eyes can be seen.

"Something tells me those aren't taillights in a parking lot." Mimi said as the Digimon who are sporting the red eyes can be seen clearly.

"Princess Mimi! Princess Mimi! Princess Mimi! Princess Mimi! Princess Mimi! Princess Mimi! Princess Mimi!" They chanted as they group got a good look at them, Mimi soon had a smile on her face.

"Relax, they're just Gekomon and Otamamon." Mimi said as the others turned to her.

"You know them?" Mairin asked as Mimi nodded.

"Well, they're my friends." Mimi said as Yolei had a different opinion.

"They don't look too friendly." Yolei said as Hawkmon saw a little detail that the others didn't.

"Not while they're wearing those dark rings." Hawkmon said as Mimi was confused at first, but when the Gekomon and Otamamon attacked them, it was clear then.

"RUN!" Iris shouted as they took off quicker than a bolt of lightning. As they ran, Mimi then tripped on the root of a tree.

"Ah, Mimi if those are your friends, I'd hate to see your enemies." Yolei said as Mimi turned to her.

"It's not their fault." Mimi said as she knew how they normally acted. 'This is terrible, I wish Palmon was here to protect me.' She thought as shortly after, her wish would come true.

"Poison Ivy!" Someone shouted as green vines with purple tips emerged from the bushes as they grabbed all of them.

"Palmon?" She asked as she and the others were pulled away from the Gekomon and Otamamon. The being that saved them was in fact Palmon.

"I thought you could use a vine." Palmon said as Mimi started to water up again.

"Oh Palmon." Mimi said with a teary voice as Palmon started to tear up as well.

"Oh Mimi." Palmon said as they soon embraced each other after being apart for four years.

"Oh, I'm so happy to see you Palmon." Mimi said as Palmon was the exact same.

"I'm happy too." Palmon said as they stayed in the hug for a while.

"I've never felt this happy my whole life."

"I never knew what happiness was until today." Soon, Hawkmon might join they tear session.

"Please stop it, if you two get any happier, I'll start to cry." Hawkmon said as Mimi and Palmon tried to separate from the hug, but they were caught in each others hair/vines.

"Oh now I'm caught in your vines." Mimi said as she was tangled a bit.

"Well, I'm tangled in your hair." Palmon said as the happy moment turned into a funny moment.

"Okay, on three we pull away. One… two…" She said as they were ready to let go of each other.

"Three." They said as they were free and Palmon soon gave them a rundown of what's going on.

"We need to hurry, this place is called the Night Forest and it's under the control of the Digimon Emperor." Palmon said as Mimi nodded.

"I know, we have to destroy the control spire. No problem, I've been living in New York, compared to getting a taxi, this should be a piece of cake." Mimi said as Hawkmon turned to Yolei.

"But we can't destroy the spire alone." Hawkmon said as Yolei nodded.

"Right, I'll contact the others and let them know where we are." Yolei said as she took out her digivice and attempted to contact someone.

**Location Change: With The Others**

Ash, Davis and the others were looking for Yolei's group.

"Hawkmon, Yolei, where are you?" Davis shouted as the others did the same.

"Hawkmon, Yolei, where are you?" They said as Ash was shouting for Iris and Mairin.

"Where do you think they are Ash?" Kari asked as Ash turned to her.

"I don't know, but I hope we find them soon." Ash said as T.K soon walked up to them.

"We'll go search this way, maybe you and Kari can search over that way." T.K said as he winked at Ash, he soon realized that it was the signal.

"Right, good idea T.K, come on Kari." Ash said as Kari nodded and she, Pikachu and Gatomon followed. Soon, Gladion walked up to Davis.

"Hey, I think it's time." Gladion said as Davis quickly realized what he was getting at.

"Oh, gotcha. Hey, Lillie." Davis said as Lillie turned to him.

"Yes Davis?" Lillie asked as Davis stopped in front of her.

"Listen, Gladion is going to search with T.K. Why don't you and me look that way?" Davis asked as he pointed to her back left. When she looked towards that direction, she then nodded.

"Alright Davis, let's go." Lillie said as Davis grabbed her hand and they walked in the direction Davis pointed.

**Location Change: With Ash and Kari**

As the quartet of lovers continued, Kari soon realized that Ash had T.K do something in this area, yet she didn't know what it was.

"Alright Ash, where are we going, really? Because I know for a fact that you had T.K and Patamon set something up over in this direction, now what did you…" Kari stopped as she saw a lake with a boat with an umbrella and a guitar. Tai, Tentomon and Agumon were standing in tuxedos and Brock was the chef. "What is this?" She asked as Ash had a smile on his face.

"I know you want to find the others, but Iris and Mairin are good people, they'll make sure that the others are safe. But it's when I suggested we have a picnic, I also thought about the two of us having a picnic by ourselves." Ash said as Kari was just speechless.

"Oh Ash, but I'm not properly dressed." Kari said as Ash looked at her.

"Does it look like I'm properly dressed?" Ash asked as Kari chuckled a bit.

"Fair point." Kari said as Gatomon looked towards her.

"Well, we don't want this to be just a waste of time." Gatomon said as they sat down on the blanket and Tai and Agumon came up to them.

"Greetings, welcome to the outdoor Digimon restaurant, may I take your order." Tai said as Kari laughed, Ash soon took the menu Tai held and quickly closed it.

"I think we'll have the special." Ash said as Tai nodded and turned to Tentomon, whom was wearing a bow tie.

"Tentomon, one special." Tai said as Tentomon nodded and flew towards Brock.

"Brock, are we ready?" Tentomon asked as Brock nodded and handed him a plate.

"One special, as ordered." Brock said as Tentomon flew back to Tai and handed him the plate.

"Your dinner, Pasta Javiera." Tai said as he placed the plate down on the blanket, when Kari saw the pasta, she was speechless once again.

"Pasta Javiera, your favorite dinner meal." Ash said as Kari looked towards him.

"How did you know?" Kari asked as Ash had a smile on his face.

"I asked your parents, I then got Tai, Agumon, Tentomon and Brock to help me get this ready." Ash said as Kari turned to her older brother.

"I wanted my sister to be treated right on her next date and when Adh approached me, I figured why not help him out." Tai said as Kari turned back to Ash.

"So, this was your plan all along." Kari said as Ash was still smiling.

"Yes, now are we gonna let it go to waste, or we gonna enjoy this moment." Ash said as she nodded, they then sat down to eat the pasta.

"And for you Pikachu?" Agumon asked as Pikachu closed his menu.

"We'll have the 'Digimon' special." Pikachu said as Agumon nodded as Tentomon came back with a smoked Haddock with a bowl of milk. When Gatomon saw what he brought, her eyes started to water with a smile on her face.

"You know me so well. Thank you, my brave little storm." Gatomon said as she stood up, walked over to him and pressed her lips against his. He soon returned said kiss quicker than any if his thunderbolts.

**Location Change: With Davis and Lillie**

Davis and Lillie were on their way to see Alain, T.K and Gladion with instruments. Alain held a bass, T.K was behind a drum set and Gladion was holding a keytar, while there was a guitar on a stand near a microphone.

"What's all of this?" Lillie asked as Davis moved towards the mic.

"Well, when Ash presented the idea of having a picnic, I thought I should do something very special for my first girlfriend." Davis said as Alain, Gladion and T.K moved towards them.

"When Davis approached us about this, we couldn't say yes fast enough." Gladion said as T.K nodded and Alain smiled.

"Oh, that's so sweet." Lillie said as Davis grabbed the guitar.

**Location Change: With Yolei, Mairin, Iris and Mimi**

They waited for a couple minutes, but to no responded to their call.

"There's no answer." Yolei said as they all sighed.

"Well, what do we do now?" Axew said as they all shrugged. But, soon a signal came from their digivices.

"Woah, what's going on?" Iris asked as Yolei figured it out already.

"It must be your digi-egg Iris." Yolei said as they made their way to a pedestal that had an egg that looked like a samurai helmet with dark green emblem on it that looked like a circle with two angled points on the sides of the circle. Iris walked up to it, grabbed it and lifted the egg as a dark green beam of light shot up from where the egg came from.

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

Unfortunately for the digidestined, the Digimon Emperor doesn't take a break on weekends.

"What a relaxing way to spend the weekend, getting rid of unwanted weeds in my garden. Wormmon…" The Emperor called for as Wormmon arrived behind him.

"Yes master?" Wormmon ssid as the Emperor raised his left hand.

"Who's the Digimon du jour?" The Emperor asked as Wormmon moved a little closer.

"The Roachmon Brothers." Wormmon said as the Emperor smiled.

"Excellent, summon them immediately. Our weeds are staying at the Roachmon Motel, HAHAHAHA!" He said as he cackled maniacally.

**Location Change: With Yolei's Group**

"I don't have a clear signal." Mairin said as two shadowy figures came behind them.

"No signal, we didn't even open a hotspot." One of the figures said as the shadows came off of them to reveal that it was the Roachmon Brothers.

"We hope we're not bugging you HAHAHAHA!" The Roachmon Brothers said as the Yolei, Mairin and Mimi hugged each other in fear.

"AH, Roaches!" They said in disgust as Palmon, Hawkmon, Chespie and Axew moved in front of them.

"Even though I'm okay with roaches, giant ones are just gross." Iris said as she was already in a fighting stance.

"It's the Roachmon Brothers!" Hawkmon and Palmon said as the Roachmon Brothers moved closer.

"Hi, I'm Roachmon." Roachmon #1 said as he introduced himself.

"And I'm his twin brother, Roachmon." Roachmon #2 said as he introduced himself as well.

"I use my Garbage Dump attack to trash my enemies." Roachmon #1 said as he revealed his attack.

"And I throw my Yard Sale Bombs to wipe out my opponents and clean out my garage." Roachmon #2 said as he also revealed his attack. Soon, they saw the group and were disappointed. "You mean that's all. You said there were a bunch of kids." He said as he looked to his brother.

"So, sue me. I heard wrong." Roachmon #1 replied as they began to argue.

"Is it really that hard to write down a message?"

"Next time, you can take the call." Soon, the girls felt like they were a little left out of the loop.

"Excuse me, but do you two always argue?" Yolei asked as the Roachmon Brothers turned towards them.

"The Roachmon Brothers don't argue. Now, stay out of this." They said simultaneously as the girls were now flabbergasted.

"Sorry, go ahead." Yolei said as they went back to arguing.

"I think I should use my Garbage Dump attack to finish them off."

"That's rubbish, I'll just use my Yard Sale Bombs on them and we even have to bargain." Once again, they were out of the loop.

"Better yet, how about neither?" Mimi asked as they looked back at them again.

"We're not gonna tell you again, stay out of this." They said simultaneously again as Mimi backed off.

"It was just a suggestion." Mairin said as one of them came up with something that actually didn't cause them to argue.

"I've got an idea Roachmon, let's use both attacks." Roachmon #1 said as his actually agreed with his twin.

"Roachmon, that's the first smart thing you said." Roachmon #2 said as they readyed themselves for their attack.

"Garbage Dump!" They shouted as a huge pile of trash fell from the sky and fell on everyone except for Iris, Axew, Chespie, Mairin, Palkon and Hawkmon.

"That's it! This is a designer blouse!" Mimi shouted as the brothers just laughed. Yolei soon got out of the trash pile and looked to the sky.

"What now?" Yolei said as a Grand Piano fell from the sky and landed right in front of the girls.

"Sorry, I don't play." Mairin said as they all looked towards the sky and saw a fridge and started running.

**Location Change: With Ash and Kari**

After they finished their Spaghetti Javiera, both of them soon stood.

"Come with me, I want to make this moment perfect before we get going." Ash said as Kari followed him to the boat and got on said boat. Soon, he turned to the others. "Thanks you guys, I can take it from here." They nodded as Ash pushed the boat into the water. After a few seconds, they were in the middle of the lake. "Open the umbrella, I don't want you to get sunburned." Kari soon smiled and looked to the umbrella, she saw a note. It said 'I love you with all my heart' she smiled even more and soon opened the umbrella and held it over her head.

"I love you too Ash, and this way was one of your best ways of telling me." Kari said as Ash grabbed the guitar.

"Now this song goes out to the most beautiful angel in the world." Ash said as he strummed the guitar strings again and began to play a song for this occasion.

***Playing By My Side (Tyler Shaw)***

*I woke up today, thinking of you, think that I know what I want to say.*

*Gonna tell you tonight, it's you on my mind, and I can hardly wait.*

*Countdown, breathe in and out, listen to me now.*

*OoooOOOOooohhh*

*Finally, you will see…*

(Chorus)

*That if these walls come crashing down, and the rain starts pouring in, and if the stars are burning out…*

*You know that I can get through anything…*

*If I've got you, By my side, by my side. If I've got you, by my side.*

(End of Chorus)

*I get out of the car, walk up to your door, running the words through my head once more.*

*I hope that it sounds as good as it feels.*

*Countdown, breathe in and out, listen to me now.*

*OoooOOOOooohhh*

*Finally, you will see…*

*Yeahh*

(Chorus)

*That if these walls come crashing down, and if the rain starts pouring in, and if the stars are burning out…*

*You know that I can get through anything…*

*If I've got you. By my side, by my side. If I've got you. By my side, by my side…*

(End of Chorus)

*Can you see what I can see, got my heart on my sleeve, and I'm telling you it's not easy…*

*I know you're the one for me, wishing you and I can be and I'm asking you 'Do you feel it at all…'*

(Final Chorus)

*And if these walls come crashing down, and if the rain starts pouring in, and the stars are burning out…*

*You know that I can get through anything…*

*If I've got you. By my side, by my side. If I've got you. By my side, by my side…*

*OoooOOOOooohhh…*

*I've got you, I've got you…*

*OoooOOOOooohhh…*

*I woke up today, thinking of you, think that I know what I want to say.*

***End of Song***

After Ash finished singing, Kari started to tear up, she let go of the umbrella, lunged forward and kissed Ash passionately, to which he gladly returned as he wrapped his arms around Kari. They stayed like that for a good 5 minutes, soon they separated for air, but quickly went to hugging.

"We should probably head back." Ash said as Kari stopped him.

"Later, I wanna stay like this a little longer." She said as Ash was a little surprised, but happy.

"As you wish." He said as they stayed in the middle of the lake on the boat.

**Location Change: With Davis' Group**

Davis soon grabbed the guitar and headed to the mic.

"This goes out to my beautiful snowflake. Lillie." Davis said as they started to play their instruments.

***Playing Count on Me (Bruno Mars)***

*If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea… I'll sail the world to you.*

*If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see… I'll be the light to guide you.*

*Find out what we're made of… When we are called to help our friends in need.*

(Chorus)

*You can count on me like one, two, three… I'll be there.*

*And I know when I need it I can count on you like four, three, two… you'll be there.*

*Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah, oooh, oooh, yeah, yeah.*

(End of Chorus)

*If you're tossing and turning and you just can't fall asleep… I'll sing a song beside you.*

*And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me… everyday I will remind you.*

*Find out what we're made of… when we are called to help our friends in need.*

(Chorus)

*You can count on me like one, two, three… I'll be there.*

*And I know when I need it I can count on you like four, three, two… You'll be there.*

*Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah, oooh, oooh, yeah, yeah.*

(End of Chorus)

*You'll always have my shoulder when you cry… I'll never let go, never say goodbye…*

(Final Chorus)

*You can count on me like one, two, three… I'll be there.*

*And I'll know when I need it I can count on you like four, three, two… you'll be there.*

*Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah, oooh, oooh.*

*You can count on me, cause I can count on you.*

***End of Song***

After hearing the song, Lillie was overwhelmed with tears of joy, Davis soon got off the stage just for Lillie to hug him and kiss him even more passionately than even Kari's kiss to Ash. Davis quickly realized the kiss and kissed her back as they wrapped their arms around each other.

**Location Change: With Yolei's Group**

They were still running from the Roachmon Brothers Yard Sale Bomb attack as it was raining down useless trash.

"Palmon, digivolve!" Mimi said, not knowing of the spires power.

"I can't, not until the control spire is destroyed." Palmon said as she explained how it works to Mimi. Soon, a blur appeared and struck the Roachmon Brothers. The blur appeared to be a red, yellow and orange bird with flames on its wings. This was Phoenixmon (Revive Form) and the same man with white hair appeared near them.

"Who by chance are you?" Hawkmon asked as he turned towards them.

"My name is Phi, for now allow me to take care of these wretched roaches." Phi said as the stopped to watch what was about to happen. Soon, a fiery aura appeared around Phi. "Now, take them down with your Phoenix Break!" As he finished, he snapped his fingers. Phoenixmon soon soared through the air towards the Roachmon Brothers with its entire body engulfed in flames, it smashed into them. But, it didn't destroyed their dark rings.

"He'll need some help. Digi Armor Energize!" Yolei said as Hawkmon started to glow red.

"Hawkmon Armor Digivolve to… Halsemon, the Wings of Love!" Hawkmon/Halsemon said as he landed. "Hop on Yolei." Yolei soon hopped on Halsemon's back.

"Woah, that armor digivolving is so fashionable." Mimi said as Halsemon came back towards the brothers and struck them with a Tempest Wing attack. Mimi soon realized that the brothers didn't seem to be too bright, but always argued.

"Hey, I have an idea. We make them smash into the spire." Mimi said as they all agreed, even Phi. Yolei soon got into position, same with the others.

"Follow my lead Iris." Mairin said as Iris nodded.

"Digi Armor Energize!" Both of them said as their partners glowed their respective colors.

"Chespin Armor Digivolve to… Ninjespin, the Ninja of Joy!" Chespie/Ninjespin said as he sheathed his sword.

"Axew Armor Digivolve to…" Axew said as he now changed into a humanoid version with samurai armor colored like Axew's scales and draconic wings on his back. "Samuraxew, the Swordsman of Believe!" Samuraxew shouted as he unsheathed his sword. "I am Samuraxew, as Axew I use the digi-egg of Believe to armor digivolve. My Skyward Dragon Slash will cut the enemy down like a field of grass." As he explained himself, Iris was surprised, yet impressed by Axew's new appearance.

"Get out of here girls, we can handle this." Ninjespin said as they nodded and moved away.

"Come and get us you trash munchers." Yolei said as that made the brothers angry.

"Roachmon Flyswatter!" The brother shouted as Halsemon moved out of the way and the Roachmon Brothers smashed into the spire.

"Palmon digivolve to… Togemon! Palmon/Togemon shouted as the Roachmon were falling right before them. "Needle Spray!" Saying that, needles started to fly from Togemon and striked the brothers.

"Eagle Eye!" Halsemon shouted as red lasers came from his eyes and striked the brothers.

"Pin Katana!" Ninjespin shouted as he strikes the brothers.

"Skyward Dragon Slash!" Samuraxew shouted as the beam from the blade struck the brothers.

"Now Revive… Impact!" Phi shouted as Phoenixmon came in like a meteor and struck down on not only the brothers, but also the spire. Though it did cause an explosion that took off its armor.

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

He was watching the whole thing as they destroyed the spire.

"My spire, AHHH! They destroyed another one of my control spires. Talk about a wasted weekend." The Emperor shouted as he got up out of his chair. "I'm going home, lock up when you're done." After saying that, he left the room.

"About time, now I can watch my Saturday cartoons." Wormmon said as he changed the channel to a channel that somehow still showed Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM) cartoon.

**Location Change: With Yolei's Group**

After they destroyed the spire, the armored Digimon and Togemon changed back into their previous forms, the dark rings on the antony of the Roachmon Brothers came off and they started to bicker about chocolate and fridges.

"It just goes to show you… there are some families where they're better off having only one child." Yolei said as the others agreed with what she said.

"You're right, in some cases, like this one, they shouldn't have kids at all." Iris said as they were disoriented by them arguing.

"Maybe it's time we leave them alone." Mairin said as they nodded, while still watching the Roachmon. Soon, as they left, the Gekomon, Otamamon and the other Digidestined were running to them.

"Woah, who is that?" Davis asked as he was staring at Togemon.

"That's Mimi's Digimon, Togemon. She's gonna stay and guard this area." Mairin said as they were happy that the others reunited with the others.

"Cool. Call us if you need help Togemon." Davis said as they said their goodbyes to Togemon and returned to the real world and parted ways with Mimi as she returned to the airport to catch a flight back to New York.

**Location Change: Davis' Apartment**

Lillie, Gladion and Davis returned to his apartment. Davis was about to head into bed, until Lillie came into his room, wearing a snow white nightgown.

"Lillie, what are you doing here?" Davis asked as she was smiling.

"Listen Davis, I wanted to ask if I can sleep with you tonight. I already asked your parents and their okay with it." Lillie said as Davis was surprised, he quickly shook it off.

"Oh, yeah sure." Davis said as she climbed into his bed.

"Good night Davis." She said as she cuddled with Davis in his bed.

"Good night Lillie." He said as they fell asleep.

**Location Change: With Ash**