Bolt of Will

Ash and the others head towards the school to meet up with the other Digidestined so they can head to the Digital World.

"Ash, is there really another world with creatures other than Pokemon?" Bonnie asked.

"Yes Bonnie. They're called Digimon, Digital Monsters for short." Ash explained.

"Amazing. A world containing creatures made up of data." Clemont's eyes sparkled.

"Izzy, what are you doing here?"

"Oh hi. I was trying to get more information on what happened here yesterday."

"I couldn't sleep last night. I kept thinking about it. Izzy, can you take me to the Digital World?"

"I can't, because the gate's not..." He stopped talking as he looked at the gate.

"Look, it's open!" Ash, Serena, Pikachu, Clemont, Bonnie, Gambit, T.K, Kari, Davis, Tai and Sora then entered the room.

"How's it going?"

"Hi, everybody." Izzy then noticed the people that were with Ash.

"Who are these guys Ash?" He asked.

"Meet my friends Clemont, Bonnie and Serena." Ash introduced the three.

"Any friend of Ash's is a friend of mine." Izzy said.

"Hello, Monsieur. The name's Remy LeBeau." Gambit introduced himself.

Davis, Yolei and Cody showed them their Digivices.

"So these are the new digivices? Cool." Sora said.

"Ash, show Sora your Digivice." Ash displayed his Master Digivice and Pikachu popped out of his backpack to meet Sora for the first time.

"So that's the Master Digivice? It's awesome, and this is the first time I've ever seen a Pokemon. Pikachu is really cute."

"They were released from the Digi-Egg when I tried to pick it up." Tai said, explaining the story to Sora.

"Any luck Ash received his when it emerged from the computer." T.K. said.

"That's right, it's identical to the Master Ball and Davis, Yolei and Cody's Digivices." Ash informed the group.

"Wow." Bonnie said.

"Pika." Pikachu said.

"You're saying the Master Digivice chose Ash for a certain reason." Clemont added.

"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.

"Why was he chosen to save the Digital World Ash?" Bonnie asked.

"Yeah, he's a glory hog." Serena commented.

"I wish I knew, I wish I knew." Ash sweat dropped.

"Pika." Pikachu sighed.

"Just as 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.

"Then I say we get going. All ashore who's going ashore." Ash said.

"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, they're 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.

(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.

(Digimon 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.

(A open field)

"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.

"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…

(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.

(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.

(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.

"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.

"Right now, it's best if we focus on 'selves." Gambit remarked.

"I don't think so. Sceptile, I choose you." Ash released a bipedal reptilian Pokemon.

"That's a really cool Pokemon." Sora said.

"Amazing!" Izzy exclaimed.

"Sceptile Leaf Blade!" The four leaves on Sceptile's wrists glow light green and form in two. Sceptile then sliced Snimon with the blades.

"My turn." Gambit pulled out three playing cards and charged them with kinetic energy. He threw them at Mojyamon and they exploded on contact, disorienting him.

"That was awesome, guys." Yolei cheered.

"Let's get outta here before they get a secon' wind." The group then ran away before the attack could continue. The Digimon Emperor observed Sceptile on a screen in his base.

(Chuckles evilly)

"My they're strong. I've never seen more than one of these strange creatures owned by that newcomer."

(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 so easily." The Emperor said.

"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.

(Forest)

"Your Sceptile was very strong." Kari told Ash.

"Thanks Kari." Ash replied with a blush on his face.

"When we return can you show us what other Pokemon you have?" T.K. asked.

"Yeah, can you?" Kari pleaded.

"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." Sora said.

"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.

"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.

"You want to know what's really exhausting." Ash stated.

"What?" Kari asked.

"Being chased all over the world by Team Rocket in their attempts to steal our Pokemon."

"Pika." Pikachu sighed.

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.

"Ya don't have to. Let Yolei and Cody try. After all Davis managed to lift one ta other day." Gambit suggested causing Izzy to remember what Tai said last night.

Flashback

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.

End flashback

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, then back to their respective partners.

"Digi-Armor Energize!" The two 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."

"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.

T.K. and Kari notice something on a wall.

"Hey, what's that?" Kari pointed at the wall. There was a symbol of a sword and shield etched into it.

"And there's some writing." Yolei said.

Ash read the words carved into the wall.

"You possess something strong." He tried to figure out the meaning behind the words before it hit him.

"It's will. A strong will allows us to overcome any obstacle."

The rock split open to reveal a door.

"Pika."

"How did you know that Ash?" Kari asked him.

"It's simple. You share your will with family and friends." Ash explained.

They enter the cave and see a Digi-Egg with a blue crest resembling a sword and shield on it.

"This must be the Digi-Egg we're searching for." Ash said as Pikachu looked at him.

It was a indicator for Ash to pick the Digi-Egg up. Ash nodded and lifted the Digi-Egg up which meant that it belonged to him.

"Are you going to use it on Pikachu?" Kari asked.

"I hope this works. Digi-Armor Energize!" Pikachu changed into a larger version of himself.

"Pikachu armor digivolve to...Knightchu, Guardian of Will."

"You look great Pika, I mean Knightchu."

"Wow, Pikachu armor digivolved." Sora gasped.

"Incredible, a Pokemon was able to armor digivolve!" Izzy exclaimed.

"You heard what Digmon said, let's go!"

(Cliff side)

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.

"Not today friend." The ring exploded before it could be attached to Veemon.

"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. Knightchu then broke the restraints holding Davis to the cliff wall.

"Whoa, who are you!" Davis exclaimed.

"Davis, it's me Pikachu." Knightchu told him.

"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.

"Keep away from him you big bully." 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. Gambit leaped up and kicked the Emperor away while Knightchu flew Gatomon to safety.

"Snimon, Mojyamon and Drimogemon." The Emperor summoned the controlled Digimon.

"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 Knightchu.

Mojyamon threw some icicles at the two but Flamedramon caught it as it melted in his hand.

"When it's fire against ice, fire always wins."

"Volt Blade!" Knightchu charged his blade with electricity.

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

Gambit was currently locked in a confrontation with the Emperor as the Cajun pulled the whip away from him.

"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 sent Snimon towards the ground.

Drimogemon soon dug into a cavern, thinking he would be safe. But to his surprise, Digmon was 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.

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.

"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.

"Settle down!" Ash yelled.

"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.

"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.

"When it comes to this guy, he has a lot to learn about girls." Clemont, Bonnie and Serena sweat dropped.

"Aah!"

"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.

"They're so cute." Serena beamed.

"Perhaps landing lessons will help you guys." Ash said.

"You can say that again Ash." T.K. remarked.

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

"That's what I want to know." Serena muttered in annoyance.

"Well, we made it back to the real world safe and sound." T.K stated.

"Yeah." Ash added.

"Pika." Pikachu finished.

"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.