How To Fix A Broken Digivice

Elsewhere…

Kouki fumed as he let out his frustration on a tree trunk.

"Marcus…" He hissed, giving the trunk another kick.

"Kouki, calm down." Ivan tried to pacify him. "Hitting the trees is not going to do anything. Trees don't hit back."

"I should've beaten those guys." Kouki told him. "Doesn't that bother you? Well, it should!"

"And have Death on our hides?" Nanami questioned on the hammock. "Sorry, I'm not suicidal."

"You seem resentful, Kouki." Kurata noted through the communication screen. "I understand how you feel, but your mission for me must come first."

"Kurata…" Kouki spat.

"It's hard to believe those others are going to be much more a threat to us when they don't even have the support of their own organization." Kurata remarked. "Forget them, and please devote yourself to the Digimon hunt for the time being."

"Yeah, like I really care about that." Kouki retorted. "No, this has to do with my pride."

"Oh well." Kurata shrugged as Kouki stormed off.

"He's right." Ivan agreed. "Those guys beat us. It's hard to swallow."

"I don't care either way, Ivan." Nanami remarked. "As long as we don't have to cross paths with Death again."

Back with the DATS group…

"D.N.A Charge!" Yoshi tried activating her Digivice.

"It's no use." she sighed.

"Guys, without those Digivices, we're done for." Thomas pointed out.

"We'll still fight them hard." Gaomon told his partner.

"But if you can't digivolve, they'll beat us easily." Thomas remarked.

"I told you." Marcus retorted. "We just have to find my dad and then he'll fix them for us."

"Yeah, the Boss is right." Agumon agreed.

"Case in point Marcus, do you even know where your father is?" Ami asked.

"She's right. So, what are we supposed to do? Randomly search the Digital World?" Thomas inquired.

"Yeah, why not?" Marcus retorted. "It's better than sitting here and doing nothing."

"Alright." Thomas replied. "Fine. At least let's start looking for Doctor Damon at the location where he was last seen."

"Where he was last seen?" Marcus echoed. "Wanderers Cape! That's right!"

"Yeah." Thomas nodded. "Even if the odds of us finding him are slim, we should start looking there."

"I agree." Marcus replied. "Alright then, let's go find my father."

"Yeah!" Agumon whooped.

"Will wonders ever cease." Ami grinned.

"What do you mean?" Lalamon asked.

"Those two are actually agreeing with each other." Tailmon blinked, knowing what her partner was thinking.

"You've got a point there." Yoshi nodded.

Marcus was then tackled to the ground by his older brother.

"What are you doing, Charlie?" He asked.

"Quiet, the Bio-Hybrids are here."

"Come on out, Marcus Damon!" BioThunderbirdmon demanded. "We know you're here somewhere."

Charlie was struggling to keep his little brother still.

"Will you stop." He hissed. "With our broken Digivices, there's very little we can do at the moment."

"You can't hide forever!" BioThunderbirdmon hollered through the gorge. "Don't be a coward, come on out and face me!"

"Calm down!" Thomas insisted.

"Where are you?" BioThunderbirdmon demanded as the three went past the gorge.

"It's a good thing they didn't see us." Yoshi sighed in relief.

"Let's move on." Charlie told the group as he got to his feet.

Near Wanderers Cape…

"It was somewhere around here, wasn't it?" Marcus noted as the group continued trekking.

"I think so." Thomas replied.

"Boss, look! Over there!" Agumon pointed to the wooden shuck on the cliff.

"What's that?" Yoshi asked.

"I don't know." Marcus replied. "But let's find out."

"By the looks of things, I assume that it wasn't there the last time you were here." Ami remarked to the blond beside her.

"It wasn't." Thomas replied as the rest of the group followed Marcus.

"Dojo?" He blinked when the group arrived at the door, the sign, 'DNA Charge Dojo' printed clearly on the entrance.

"Welcome to the DNA Charge Dojo." BanchoLeomon stated.

"Him again." Agumon blinked as the golden lion stood proudly on the roof.

"BanchoLeomon." Thomas gaped.

"What happened to the upside down mansion that was here?" Marcus asked.

"Upside down mansion?" BanchoLeomon echoed. "This is the place for those who want to learn the power of the D.N.A Charge. Are you among those seeking knowledge?"

"You seem confused." He told the puzzled teens. "Have you heard of the D.N.A Charge?"

"What in the world are you talking about?" Marcus demanded.

"I see." He retorted after BanchoLeomon landed before them. "You want to fight huh?"

"Stop Marcus." Ami gave him a side-glance at obviously said no arguments. "It doesn't like he's picking a fight."

"For the last time," BanchoLeomon declared. "Do you know what a D.N.A Charge is or don't you?"

"Are you talking about digivolving?" Marcus blinked.

"No, Marcus." Yoshi corrected. "The D.N.A Charge is… er…"

"Well, I'm not sure." She admitted as Marcus and Agumon face-faulted.

"I guess the D.N.A Charge means different things for different people?" Lalamon inquired.

"No wonder your Digivices broke with that dismal level of understanding." BanchoLeomon remarked.

"What did you say?" Marcus demanded.

"How did you know?" Thomas asked.

"A wolf told me." BanchoLeomon replied, as a bark sounded near his feet.

"Sky!" Ami beamed as her familiar pounced into her arms.

"Where have you been?" she asked the familiar she had created three months back to seal off some of her excess D.N.A Charge. The blue fluff just nuzzled its mistress.

"Come, follow me." BanchoLeomon told the other three teens. "Then the door to your future will open."

"What now?" Yoshi inquired.

"Just do as he says." Ami advised as the familiar nuzzled its nose against her cheek.

"She's right. We have no other option." Thomas added. "BanchoLeomon knows something we need to know."

"As long as I get to punch that leather-wearing lion when this is over, I don't care." Marcus huffed.

"Fine." Yoshi nodded. "Let's go."

"Shall we?" Agumon asked as the seven teens entered the dojo. Gaomon and Lalamon nodded.

"No, you eight will wait here." BanchoLeomon told the eight rookie Digimon. "Your partners will need to learn this on their own if they are going to fight alongside you in the future. Besides, I don't have enough chairs inside."

"In that case, we'll wait." Gaomon remarked.

"The next time you see your human partners, they will be stronger than they've ever been before." BanchoLeomon commented.

"I understand." Ami nodded. "I'll leave them in your hands, BanchoLeomon."

BanchoLeomon returned her nod and entered the dojo.

Inside the dojo…

The D.N.A's translation, Digimon Natural Ability, was written clearly on the wall.

"Now, tell us what you know." Thomas spoke. "What is the big mystery behind the D.N.A Charge?"

"Yeah, and why isn't Ami with us?" Marcus demanded.

"Because she has already mastered her D.N.A Charge. If her evolving Tailmon into Ophanimon isn't enough proof, then the familiar she has is." BanchoLeomon replied. "First things first, if you cannot comprehend what I'm about to teach and you cannot gain control of your D.N.A Charge, then you and your Digimon have no future."

"Oh pipe down! If you keep lecturing us like this, you're the one with no future!" Marcus fumed.

"I'm not the one who you will be fighting." BanchoLeomon replied, easily dodging Marcus' enraged punch.

With a snap of his fingers, the three wooden figures behind him came to life.

"What now?" Marcus demanded.

"In order to complete your D.N.A Charge training, you must completely destroy these wooden figures." BanchoLeomon told him. "Once you do, a new world will be opened to you like you've never imagined before."

"We never signed up for any of this! Forget it!" Yoshi protested. "We only want to learn one thing; how to fix our Digivices. We can't fight anyone without them. It's useless!"

"Wrong." BanchoLeomon corrected. "To despair is useless. You must complete this trial. There is no turning back."

"We're gone!" Marcus fumed.

"For once I agree with Marcus." Thomas added. "We have no plans to go along for your languish training. Excuse us."

"What was that?" Marcus inquired when Thomas' hand was shocked by the doorknob.

A force field." Thomas replied.

"I already told you, the training has already begun." BanchoLeomon told the teens. "Until you destroy the wooden figures, you cannot leave."

"How about I just destroy you instead?" Marcus fumed.

BanchoLeomon simply stepped back as one of his wooden figures placed itself before him and the charging Marcus.

"Fighting time!" Marcus declared as he pummeled the wooden figure to the ground.

"You pack a nice punch." BanchoLeomon remarked. "However, your fists are the wrong source of power. Real power is in your heart and backed by an unwavering courage."

At that, the wooden figure stood up and challenged the three teens along with its companions.

Outside…

"Here kitty, kitty, kitty." Agumon chased after a Botamon before collapsing on his feet when the Botamon leapt out of his grasp and onto Tailmon's head.

"Hey Gaomon!" the orange dinosaur called to the blue wolf. "I wonder how the others are doing in there?"

"BanchoLeomon seems very confident that he can teach our human partners how to become stronger." Gaomon replied. "I wonder…"

"Gaomon, Agumon." Lalamon turned to the two male Digimon. "Do you think we can trust BanchoLeomon?"

"Maybe." Gaomon replied. "I don't know."

"I'm getting hungry." Agumon whined.

Lalamon chirped. "I'm just going to put my trust in him."

"Why did you say that?" Gaomon asked the plant Digimon.

"Well, because I'm afraid of the alternative." Lalamon replied.

"Me too then." Gaomon sighed.

"Just believe him." Ami told the three rookie Digimon. "I, for one, believe that once they come out, all of you will be able to evolve into your Mega forms."

In the dojo…

Marcus and Thomas were taking out the wooden figures one by one.

"Good thing we're not fighting." Yoshi remarked as she sat on the sidelines.

"The D.N.A Charge is not only used for brute strength." BanchoLeomon said. "You must feel it in your hearts as it strengthens your will. It is the only way to achieve the essential D.N.A Charge."

"You know, it's hard to fight when you don't shut up." Marcus remarked as the wooden figure he pounded to the ground got back up.

"Hey, how many of these wooden things are there?" Thomas inquired as he knocked one to the ground.

Marcus let out a war cry as he pounded the one he was fighting against back the ground.

Outside…

"No fair Gaomon! You always win at hopscotch." Lalamon complained as the blue wolf completed another round. "Okay Agumon, your turn."

"Okay!" the orange dinosaur beamed as he ran to the starting point. Tossing his marker, his attention was caught by something else.

"What's wrong, Agumon?" Lalamon asked.

"You're holding up the game." Gaomon remarked.

"The Bio-Hybrids are here." Guilmon growled.

"Finally found you." Kouki told them.

"Tell us, where are your partners?" Ivan demanded.

Kouki just grinned as he revealed his Digivice.

In the dojo…

Marcus pummeled the wooden figure he was fighting to the ground for the umpteenth time, only to have it regenerate itself.

"Come on, not again!" he wheezed.

"Punching has nothing to do with the D.N.A Charge." BanchoLeomon told him. "You must control your emotions and concentrate on one point."

Marcus then let out a furious punch on the wooden figure he was fighting against.

"Oh what?" he panted as the figure rejuvenated.

"Keep trying." BanchoLeomon remarked.

Just then, the ground shook as the three Bio-Hybrids attacked.

"What's that?" Yoshi asked.

Outside…

"I'll ask again." BioStegomon growled at the fallen rookie Digimon. "Where did your partners go?"

"You won't get a answer out of us." Renamon remarked.

"Obviously, they're inside that building." BioQuetzalmon remarked.

"Now that we know, you're in the way." BioThunderbirdmon barked at the three rookie Digimon. "So move!"

"Well, guys." Gaomon turned to the other two. "You know what to do."

"Yeah! Just like BanchoLeomon said, we'll believe in our partners and wait." Lalamon agreed.

"That's right!" Agumon concurred. "Those guys will pay when Boss gets back."

"Even if we can't digivolve, we must hold our ground somehow until they return to us." Gaomon nodded.

"Right!" Agumon and Lalamon chorused.

"I said move on!" BioThunderbirdmon fumed.

"D.N.A Charge, Overdrive!" Ami shouted.

"Tailmon warp digivolve to Ophanimon!" Tailmon declared as she evolved.

"You three just hold your ground at the dojo. I'll take over." Ami told the three rookie Digimon.

Gaomon nodded and the three took off.

"Thunder Storm!" BioThunderbirdmon fired his attack at his new opponent.

"Sefirot Crystals!" Ophanimon counteracted, but BioThunderbirdmon's attack overwhelmed hers and the ten were thrown back against the dojo's wall.

Inside the dojo…

"Again?" Yoshi gasped as the roof started crumbling.

"What's causing these tremors?" Thomas asked.

"What's going on outside of here?" he turned to BanchoLeomon.

"Even if you knew, there's nothing you can do." BanchoLeomon told the blond.

"You don't know anything about what I'm capable of doing!" Marcus fumed as another shockwave shook the dojo.

"That guy!" He hissed as BioThunderbirdmon appeared in the sky after the roof came down.

"Shell Needle Rain!" BioStegomon unleashed his attack, sending his spikes crashing through the walls.

"Agumon!" Marcus gasped.

"Gaomon!" Thomas called out.

"Lalamon!" Yoshi gaped.

"What are you guys doing? Get out of there!" the three shouted to the injured rookie Digimon.

"Agumon!" Marcus rushed to the broken wall, only to be held back by the force field.

"That's enough!" Thomas told BanchoLeomon hotly. "I demand you lift this force field now!"

"Sorry, but no." BanchoLeomon replied.

"But our friends!" Marcus protested. "You're asking us to abandon them out there!"

"If you want to leave here, then complete your training." BanchoLeomon told him.

"Agumon!" Marcus shouted. "Stay down!"

"Keep fighting." Gaomon told his comrades.

"Boss and the others will get stronger and come back for us!' Agumon remarked as he climbed to his feet. "Let's fight, for Boss!"

"For Thomas." Gaomon added, getting to his feet.

"For Yoshi!" Lalamon added determinedly.

"We believe!" the three Digimon chorused.

"So, you want some more huh?" BioThunderbirdmon mocked as he hovered above them.

"What?" Lalamon blinked as Ami stood before them.

"You guys have done enough." Ami told the three rookies. "Let me handle this from here."

"Sky!" she called to her familiar.

The blue wolf leapt in front of her, growling at the three Bio-Hybrids, as Ami's sealed off D.N.A Charge flowed from familiar into the girl's right hand.

"Activate!" she called out, her newly returned D.N.A Charge turning into a huge, D.N.A Charge made manifested wall, as Sky disappeared.

"Woah!" the three inside the dojo gasped.

"How did she learn that?" Yoshi was astonished.

"Incredible! To be able to utilize her D.N.A Charge in this manner and with such ease, she must have trained intensively with someone having a D.N.A Charge much stronger than hers. Her teacher must be extremely powerful." BanchoLeomon noted.

"You don't scare us!" BioThunderbirdmon retorted. "Thunder Storm!"

"Freezing Wave!" BioQuetzalmon released her attack.

"Shell Needle Wave!" BioStegomon unleashed his attack.

"Ami!" the three inside the dojo gasped as the attacks collided into her.

"Bad move." Ami retorted, her energy shield dispelling the combined attacks and returning them back to the Bio-Hybrids.

"Damnit! How could she…" BioQuetzalmon hissed.

"She actually hurt me!" BioStegomon spat, his armor crackling with the after-wave of their reflected attacks.

"Damon!" BioThunderbirdmon hollered through the hole in the roof, holding Agumon hostage in his claws. "Marcus Damon! Stop fooling around in there and come on out! If you don't, your little friend here is a goner!"

"Agumon!" Marcus gaped. "No…!"

"Marcus?" Thomas and Yoshi blinked as Marcus' D.N.A Charge flared in response to his rage.

"That's that light again!" BioThunderbirdmon gasped as Marcus' D.N.A Charge shot through the holes they punched into the dojo.

"Where is it coming from?" BioStegomon demanded as BioThunderbirdmon dropped Agumon.

"I did it!" Marcus noted.

"Well?" he turned to BanchoLeomon.

"It's still not enough." BanchoLeomon told him. "Don't rely strictly on your emotions. Control your D.N.A Charge with the force of your will."

"I still don't know what you're talking about!" Marcus shouted.

"What does your heart desire?" BanchoLeomon asked. "What is it you want?"

"I want… I guess…" Marcus stammered, trying to find the answer. "I know what I want! I want to save Agumon! I wan to save us all!"

At his proclaim, his D.N.A Charge returned to his chest.

"He controlled it." Thomas gasped.

"Looks like you've finally understand." BanchoLeomon nodded.

"Well, I don't understand." Yoshi replied.

"D.N.A Charge is human emotion." BanchoLeomon told her. "Your Digimon respond to these feelings."

"He's right." Thomas agreed. "All of the Digimon that appeared in the Human World acted the way they did because they were feeding off the emotions of the people around them."

"Anger and desire are two of seven incredibly powerful emotions." BanchoLeomon told them. "So, when you realized your desire was to protect your friends, power flowed through your body, matching the anger you have for your enemies. Once you can control your emotions with the force of your will, a new powerful D.N.A Charge will be born."

Looking at Ami, he added, "She understood all of this, that's why she could use her D.N.A Charge to achieve both 'Overdrive' and 'Burst Mode'. Her teacher taught her well."

"Desire…" Marcus hissed. "Well, right now, I desire to kick some butt!"

"Let's try." Thomas told Yoshi who nodded. Flaring up their D.N.A Charges, the two also managed to control the D.N.A Charges.

"All right!" Marcus beamed.

"Now, strike your Digivices!" BanchoLeomon told them. "Use the D.N.A Charge!"

"But all of our Digivices are broken." Yoshi pointed out.

"Do it!" BanchoLeomon ordered.

""The Digivice!" Thomas and Yoshi gasped as Marcus slammed his palm on his Digivice, evolving it to the one Ami had.

"This is the Digivice Burst." BanchoLeomon told him. "Your Digivices took in your emotions and taught themselves how to digivolve. Your D.N.A Charge will now work."

Thomas and Yoshi nodded, following Marcus' example and evolving their Digivices.

With a cry, Marcus unleashed his D.N.A Charge, destroying the wooden figures he had tried so hard to defeat before and demolishing the entire dojo.

"Here they come!" BioQuetzalmon told her companions.

"Good, now it's getting interesting." BioThunderbirdmon noted, before gasping when Marcus came jumping out from his D.N.A Charge outburst and landing a punch on his face.

"Agumon!" he ran to his partner upon landing.

"Was about time." Ami muttered tiredly, the toil of using her D.N.A Charge this extensively taking effect.

"You okay?" Thomas asked as the girl knelt down on one knee, panting slightly.

"Yeah, just tired." Ami replied, "This is so draining; I have no idea how Demon-nii and Angel-nee make it look so easy."

"And that's one reason why I rarely use Sky." She added, as she poured her excessive D.N.A Charge into an orb on the ground, taking on Sky's form a few seconds later.

"You made it, Boss!" Agumon smiled weakly.

"Sorry for the wait, pal." Marcus apologized.

"That's okay." Agumon assured him. "I knew you'd come."

"That's right." Marcus replied. "Now, how would you like to give those guys a little payback?"

""D.N.A Charge, Overdrive!" Marcus called forth his 'Overdrive' Charge.

"Agumon double warp digivolve to ShineGreymon!" Agumon declared as he evolved.

"You guys mind taking it over from here?" Ami asked.

"Not at all." Thomas replied.

"Now our turn." He told Yoshi who nodded in agreement. "Let's go."

"D.N.A Charge, Overdrive!" He called out.

"Gaomon double warp digivolve to Miragegaogamon!" Gaomon announced as he evolved.

"D.N.A Charge, Overdrive!" Yoshi shouted.

"Lalamon double warp digivolve to Rosemon!" Lalamon declared as she evolved.

"You three just made a big mistake. D.N.A Charge, Overdrive!" Ash and the others yelled.

"Renamon double warp digivolve to Phoenixmon!"

"Veemon double warp digivolve to Imperialdramon!"

"Gomamon double warp digivolve to Plesiomon!"

"Gabumon double warp digivolve to MagnaGarurumon!"

"Guilmon double warp digivolve to WarGreymon!"

"No way!" BioQuetzalmon gasped. "I've never seen this before."

"Let's see how tough they are!" BioThunderbirdmon retorted as he dived towards ShineGreymon. The Mega level dragon merely caught his head with his hand and tossed the Bio-Hybrid off.

"Shell Needle Rain!" BioStegomon fired his spikes at Miragegaogamon who easily avoided the spikes and sending the Bio-Hybrid crashing into BioThunderbirdmon.

"I'll get the girl!" BioQuetzalmon commented as she charged at Rosemon.

"Rose Spear!" Rosemon released her whip at the Bio-Hybrid, sending her crashing into her companions.

"Amazing!" Marcus gaped in awe.

"I've never thought that the D.N.A Charge could produce this." Thomas agreed.

"They're Mega level now!" BioStegomon told his fallen comrades. "We can't compete!"

"I don't care what level they are! I will find a way to get them!" BioThunderbirdmon fumed.

"Yeah, good luck with that." Miragegaogamon remarked as ShineGreymon chuckled in agreement.

"Not gonna happen." Imperialdramon, who was now standing upright, told them.

"Time to end this!" Rosemon told the other seven.

"Glorious Burst!" ShineGreymon released his attack.

"Full Moon Blaster!" Miragegaogamon unleashed his attack.

"Forbidden Temptation!" Rosemon fired her attack.

"Crimson Flare!" Phoenixmon released a purifying flame.

"Giga Crusher!"

"Shaking Pulse!"

"Starlight Velocity!"

"Terra Force!"

The eight attacks clashed into the Bio-Hybrids, sending them and the cliff edge they were laying on falling into the sea below.

"You did well on achieving to control the D.N.A Charge in such a short time." BanchoLeomon told the three teens after the battle. "Try to remember how it felt in your heart and don't forget it."

"Thank you." Yoshi replied. "You have taught us so much."

"No need for thanks." BanchoLeomon waved it aside. "The credit goes to the power that was inside each of you the entire time."

"Yeah." Marcus interjected. "You sure got that right, buddy. They might think you're a great sensei, but if we didn't learn in time, who know what would have happened to our Digimon!"

"Wipe that smirk off your face!" he shouted as BanchoLeomon chuckled. "I'm going to settle things with you one day, BanchoLeomon!"

"On that day…" BanchoLeomon droned. "We'll see."

"Yeah." Marcus agreed. "I guess we will. So there!"

"Where will you go now?" BanchoLeomon suddenly asked.

"Well, we don't know yet." Thomas replied.

"Then go and visit the Sacred City." BanchoLeomon told them, pointing to the Sacred City's direction. "Those who need your power are waiting for you there."

"Sacred City?" Marcus echoed.

"Farewell." BanchoLeomon bade the teens goodbye and walked off.

"Hey!" Marcus called to him. "Thanks, I guess."

The Digivice Burst. Thomas mused as he looked at his new Digivice. When we personally evolved with our D.N.A Charges, our Digivices were programmed to digivolve along with them. BanchoLeomon knew that. Who is he and how does he know so much?