The Ultimate Team No More

Ash, Marcus, Renamon and Agumon were pursuing a Digimon called Tortomon. The humans acted as a diversion while Agumon and Renamon got into position.

"Diamond Storm!" Renamon shouted out after leaping off a edge, and launching her attack with Agumon right beside her.

"Pepper Breath!" Agumon shouted out and launched his own attack. The two attacks hit hard which allowed Ash and Marcus to go on the attack.

"DNA Charge!" Marcus proclaimed as he sent the charge into his Digivice.

"Agumon digivolve to...!" He shouted before ending with, "Greymon!" Greymon stood ready for battle.

"DNA Charge!" Ash shouted out as he also sent the charge into his Digivice.

"Renamon digivolve to...!" Renamon shouted before ending with, "Kyubimon!" Kyubimon stood ready for battle as well.

"We need to keep Tortomon contained." Ash ordered before turning to Greymon and Kyubimon. "Greymon stand by for battle. Kyubimon go with the two-step attack." He instructed and they understood even though Greymon wanted in on the action.

"Fox Tail Inferno!" Kyubimon shouted out and launched fireballs around Tortomon causing him to become a little confused with this strategy. The fireballs slightly increased in size to keep him in one place for as long as possible.

'Does he really think this attack will stop me?' Tortomon thought to himself as he released a attack of his own. "Strong Carapace!" He shouted as the spikes on his shell started to glow. Kyubimon saw this and launched the second attack.

"Dragon Wheel!" She shouted out as she hit Tortomon with her other attack square on before his attack was fired. The other members then arrived, but were somewhat angry as they saw the light show.

"I explicitly told those two to wait until we caught up with them." Yoshi complained as she observed the flaming blue dragon in the sky. "But do either of them wait, no not Mr..."

"If you would stop complaining for a moment, you would see that very little damage was done to the area." Charlie, who was riding his motorcycle alongside the car interrupted her rant.

"Marcus and I lured it away from any populated areas, and then with a two-part attack Kyubimon finished the job." Ash explained as Kyubimon and Greymon reverted back to Renamon and Agumon. Marcus then picked up the egg and started spinning it on his finger - feeling pretty confident.

"You two shouldn't be this impulsive. We have to get the job done right, not just quick." Thomas informed them before walking back to the car.

"What's the matter? Ya jealous?" Marcus questioned in a boastful tone as he rested his free arm on Agumon's head.

"Sorry, but no autographs." Agumon added after hearing what Marcus stated.

"No, he's right. If you guys rush into battle, and get into trouble what will you do then?" Yoshi questioned since she wanted to know what at least two of them had to say.

"Ha! We'll just take them down too. There's no Digimon alive that can take down the ultimate team." Agumon informed the others.

"Yeah, we're the strongest team around." Marcus added with a wide smile of his own.

"You can't say my old friend and his partner aren't sure about what they do." Ash said with a nervous chuckle.

"Well, at least they're confident." Charlie sighed in exasperation. "I'll take Tortomon's egg back." Thomas passed the egg to Marcus' older brother before he then drove away. With nothing left to say everyone else went back home after Tortomon's egg was sent back to the Digital World.

"You guys made it just in time." Mrs. Damon informed them once she heard four distinct footsteps enter her home. They all said their hello's and sat down for a well deserved supper, four of them were enjoying the meal while two others were locked in a heated argument.

"This is very good." Ash complimented her as he sat by Kristy and Renamon sat at the end. The two were silently enjoying everything while their friends were busy stuffing their faces. After a few moments the two finished their meal. "Okay, Renamon and I have homework to do. Thanks again." Ash stated to her before putting his dishes away and then heading upstairs.

'Why can't Ash be my brother?' Kristy thought to herself before turning her attention to her biological brother and his Digimon partner. "Why do boys have to act like boys?" She questioned out loud before sipping some tea.

"Oh Kristy, believe me, one day you will be glad that they do." Mrs. Damon informed her with a warm smile on her face. Kristy did not quite believe what her mother was saying would make much sense.

"Sounds like they're having a really bad fight down there." Renamon informed Ash as she took a slight break from helping him with a problem to hear what they were saying. In truth she did not know why they acted the way that they did since they were supposed to be partners, friends.

"They'll work it out some way or another." Ash responded as he tried to remain focused on his homework, but their arguing was a little distracting. The conversation down below took a steep fall in communication.

"Without me you couldn't Digivolve. Without me this team would be nothing." Marcus called out which seemed to have struck a chord in Agumon's soul.

"Grr! That's it! I can't take this! I don't want you to be my boss." Agumon almost shouted to Marcus with hatred in his eyes.

"That's just fine by me. I don't want to be your boss either." Marcus countered back to him with a equal amount of anger in his eyes. "We're through!" He added with a big dramatic arm swing.

'This is going to be fun.' Ash thought to himself since he could not wait to deal with this in the morning. Once morning came Ash couldn't help that it was cloudy out. 'Guess the weather is just as gloomy as Marcus and Agumon.' He thought before heading out the door and over to work.

"So that's why you're in there, Agumon." Lalamon pointed out once she had heard the whole story. Agumon growled at them, but kept his back towards them out of protest.

"This is the worst." Yoshi muttered under her breath as she had to try and make sense of this nonsense argument.

"They're acting like kids." Lalamon pointed out after hearing a noise coming from Marcus.

"I'm surprised." Thomas chided from his spot in front of the computer.

"Yeah, I know. I mean can you believe Agumon." Marcus stated, lounging on a chair as he believed that Thomas was referring to the Digimon in question.

"I mean you. You're being immature even for you." He clarified who he was talking about and why. This made the already angry Marcus even angrier.

"Y-you're immature." Marcus snapped back, flustered from the insult.

"HA! He's right, boss." Agumon called out through his portable home.

"Quiet! I already told you that I'm done with you." Marcus called out as he turned his attention to the Digimon that made him angry.

"Oh, yeah. Let's see you defeat a Digimon without me." Agumon pointed out once Yoshi turned his screen to face the man he was having a disagreement with. This statement angered Marcus even more.

"Ha! It'll probably be easier without you just you wait and see." Marcus informed Agumon before storming off in a huff. The others watched him leave except Ash who was reading a book about mythology.

"I'll follow him to make sure he doesn't do anything too reckless. Renamon, mind staying here to make sure that Agumon doesn't do anything stupid." Ash instructed to her as he bookmarked his spot, placed the book on the console and waited for a answer.

"Of course." She said back and watched as he nodded to her, and then walked off. The others were still not sure how to handle this problem.

"Hm! I don't need anyone looking out for me. I can handle any situation without the two of them and Renamon." Agumon said aloud. All of them heard him, but decided to pretend he hasn't said a word. Out in town there was a intersection that was having difficulties of sorts.

"Get this traffic moving. I got a load to deliver. Come on, if the light's not working. Ignore the useless thing." A delivery man ordered to his fellow motorists before honking his horn in anger. Above one of the intersection lights a Digi-Gate opened up and a new adversary was waiting on the other side.

"So many toys to play with." The new Digimon said to himself with a mischievous chuckle at the end. This action went unnoticed by DATS and Ash and Marcus. At best the two were sitting on a outdoor bench.

"Humph! Now I have some peace and quiet now that Agumon's not around. Soon he'll see. I don't need him around." Marcus stated once he had gotten out of his work clothes, back into street clothes, and was relaxing near a street. Back at the base Megumi and Miki were trying to coax the disagreeable dinosaur out of the device.

"Come on, Agumon. Cheer up." Miki said to the Digivice that Yoshino put on the Commander's desk.

"No." He barked back at her. Neither of them were ready to give up on him.

"Look what we've got for you. Your favorite – a cheeseburger wrapped in another cheeseburger with a cheeseburger for dessert." Megumi informed and showed him the heart attack ready to happen, but another voice stopped her.

"Leave him be. My brother will come out when or if he is ready." Renamon informed them as she was having a simple sushi meal in one of the corners. Hearing that and knowing that the yellow furred one had a point the Miki set the device back down and headed off, but not before informing him on one thing.

"All right, but we'll be having hot tea and fortune cookies without you." The long haired one stated before heading to her station where the items in question were waiting for her.

"Do you think those two will ever be partners again?" Yoshi questioned out loud since this thought was going on ever since the two stormed into work, and this squabble didn't seem to be stopping.

"I have more important things to do than to second guess those two." Thomas informed her since there was that matter of his little sister and her...condition.

"But this can't continue. It's bad for the whole squad." She countered and knew that they count on the two of them to be the brawn of their little group, and without him – stronger Digimon will have an easier time taking them out.

"If I know Marcus, someone will eventually beat sense into him." Charlie commented, reloading his weapon.

"They need each other, but if they can't see that then there is no place for them here." Sampson informed the group which got him even more down in the dumps since he knew what will happen if he and Marcus don't make peace soon – he will be forced to go home.

'I wonder how Ash is doing on his part?' Renamon thought to herself as she quietly listened to what the Commander had to say about all of this. Ash on the other hand was watching Marcus work his frustration out on a batting cage.

'I can't believe him! He's the one that wanted me to be his boss in the first place. Then he gets upset when I act like a boss.' Marcus thought before swinging at another ball only to lose his balance and fall over since he put too much power into his swing.

"You alright?" Ash questioned after getting into the batting cage and kneeling next to him.

"This day keeps getting better and better." Marcus responded before seeing Ash offering him a hand which he reluctantly took. Once he was back on his feet Ash figured another change of scenery will do him some good.

"Come on, let's grab a bite." Ash offered as he thumbed over to the doorway they came from. With nothing else to say the two left to get some air and a bite. Back at their base the Digimon were still trying to find the logic in Agumon's plan.

"This is ridiculous." Guilmon sighed, staring at the Digivice.

"Listen. What you are doing doesn't make any sense Agumon." Gaomon stated as he sat in front of the commander's desk – sipping some tea.

"Yeah, you said you hated being in you digivice because it is cramped and lonely." Lalamon informed her friend in the orange and white device. Hoping that using his own words would help knock some sense back into him.

"Just drop it, you guys. You don't understand." Agumon said back to them since he still wanted to stew in his angry mood just a little while longer. Renamon heard all of this as she stood near one of the doors and decided to speak her mind on this matter.

"The only reason you're doing this is because you didn't like the conversation you and Marcus had at the table when you get greedy and had the last fried egg." Renamon pointed out, and truthfully he knew that she was right, but he was still too stubborn to admit it.

"Just leave me alone." He groaned out to the others since he was getting tired of all of their noise. This conversation was getting on the boxing Digimon's nerves as well.

"Arguing with your superior and hiding out in your digivice. None of this makes any sense to me." Gaomon stated as he continued to drink his beverage, and this got the plant class' attention.

"You and Thomas don't argue? Yoshi and I do all the time." Lalamon informed the dogs before her. This peaked both of their interest causing the eyes of these combat specialists to look right at her.

"So, why do the two of you argue so often?" Renamon questioned since she thought that the first two to this organization would have more of a balance with their Digimon.

"Even friends can annoy each other. Yoshi's great, but she's bossy and messy." The plant informed them which the partner heard her.

'Nothing too bad, so I'm in the clear.' She thought before hearing the next part.

"And you two should see what she does with her toenail clippings." Lalamon informed them, but before she could explain herself the young lady in question sped over and grabbed her partner with both hands.

"Stop right there! No one wants to hear the boring details of my life." She ordered while dragging her partner away from the others.

"Sorry, Yoshi." Lalamon stated back to her human friend and was treating this as just punishment for almost spilling the beans on that little secret. The two others looked to one another and shrugged: deciding to forget the toenail thing was ever brought up in the first place. As for Ash and Marcus – they were still walking down the stairs of this sports center building.

'Great. Civilians. I'll just be waiting on the landing.' Ash thought since he knew with the way Marcus was hitting them will be his first response.

"See my home-run in the last game? Man, I am awesome." A man in a black suit shouted out as he went passed them, but bumped into Marcus' right shoulder. "Hey, kid!" The man shouted out at the red jacked one who cast an annoyed look at the human that rubbed his shoulder.

"Yeah?" He questioned back while his friend continued down to the landing, and waited. The black outfitted man didn't care for the one in the hat. His hate was focused on the one that bumped into him, and he recalled the face.

"Oh, Marcus." He stated in alarm.

"Hey, Boomer." Marcus answered back. "Sorry, I can't really talk right now. I'll see ya." He added to his first comment and proceeded to walk down the stairs which caught Ketchum off guard.

'Didn't see that coming. Could have sworn there was going to be a fight.' The passive one thought and the two of them went down the stairs together.

"Hey, wait!" Boomer called out as he and his followers followed them outside, and then surrounded them.

"So much for no fighting on humans." Ash muttered to his 'brother' while seeing that they effortlessly had them surrounded.

"Take a load off. I have some anger to burn off." Marcus commented back to his 'brother' while feeling Boomer walk up behind them. Ash nodded, walked past them, and then sat on the curb just outside of the parking lot.

"I'm in a bad mood. You really don't want to pick a fight with me today." He warned the group surrounding him.

"Just because it's five against one. Ha, maybe you should have let Ash fight with you. In any case we're calling the shots this time around." Boomer explained to Marcus.

"Is that what you think?" Marcus questioned back which got on the other guy's bad side.

"Back off, Boomer, before I teach you bullies a lesson." Marcus threatened with a glare in his eyes.

"I don't think so. Get him, boys!" Boomer shouted out while pointing at Marcus, and with that a fight began with Ash hoping this will help his friend think a bit clearer. Back at the base the others were still trying to talk to Agumon to get over it.

"Why don't you come out of the digivice so that you and I can discuss this with our fists?" Renamon offered to him since she thought of a battle with a strong opponent would get him out, but that motion failed.

"No way! Not until boss apologizes." The lizard shouted back to the fellow yellow creature.

"Then, you'll be in there for a long time because he is just as stubborn as you are." She replied back before walking away to have some more tea.

'You really hurt my feelings, boss.' The Rookie in the machine thought as he recalled their conversation at the dinner table. Back in the parking lot Marcus just got down with his workout, and was leaving.

"Feel better?" The calm one questioned since he wondered if that mellowed him out a bit.

"No." He replied back before he realized something. "Why are you even here? I don't need anyone." He questioned and stated to the other one.

"You may prefer to fight alone, but everyone needs to have at least one friend by their side." Ash replied back, and it made him wish Ash wasn't such a goody two-shoes all of the time; the part that wasn't that mad still appreciated the company.

"Well, well my angry young friend: why so troubled?" A voice questioned causing both to look around until they saw a familiar face looking back at them.

"You are the same man that gave us our digivices. Thanks for that by the way." Ash stated to the elder sitting at a small station.

"Yeah, he did do that, but I'm wondering what he is doing here?" The fighter of the two questioned before looking at the aged man, and was waiting for an answer.

"Just what it looks like: Fortune Telling." The old man said back to the two with a heart felt chuckle. "You're looking for something, aren't you?" He questioned with a magnifying glass to his own eye while looking solely at Marcus.

"I don't know what your talking about, man." Marcus replied back to him as he looked away from his 'brother' and the elder at the small table. The teen did this because he did not wish to show to either of them that he was right.

'Denial, old friend.' Ash thought while glancing at Marcus.

"It's a shame. The things you need most are never where you can find them." The glasses wearing elder informed and that caught his interest. "The things you truly need appear when your not looking for them. So, look for what's new in your life, and figure out why you might need it, and if you can't figure it out then it just means that you didn't really need it in the first place." He elaborated to the two, but his follow-up statement seemed to have rubbed Marcus the wrong way.

"Tch. You talk too much." The brown haired one commented before walking off as he still carried around his bad attitude.

"Thank you again for the digivice, mister. With it I have been able to really connect with my new friend." Ash said with a broad smile before adding, "See ya." The raven haired hero then followed Marcus to make sure nothing bad happened to him.

"Well, will he figure it out, or won't he?" The elder questioned to himself and performed a fortune telling ritual to answer himself. On another sidewalk was one of the thugs that Marcus wailed on, leaning on a signal pole – waiting for the walk sign to appear.

"What luck. I can't believe I lost to Marcus again, but next time he's mine for sure...maybe Ash too." The thug muttered to himself. Unknown to him a golden ring appeared over the traffic light, and the device in question started to crackle with electricity. "Lousy stop light. Change already. Come on! Come on!" He shouted in irritation with his hand resting on top of the button.

"More toys to play with." A voice from the inside of the hole in the sky shouted out and electrocuted the pole the man was using for support.

"What's that?!" The guy shouted out in alarm as he saw the button short out with dangerous levels of electricity. The owner of the voice finally appeared on the Earthly plane on top of the traffic light.

"And there's more – right there." The small red and blue creature shouted out and used electricity on a few more poles causing all of the lights to turn green and all of the cars to crash into one another.

"Sounds like trouble. Come on!" Ash shouted to Marcus as he heard the sound of things crashing, and out instinct he had to investigate. The fighter of the duo silently followed, but thought little of it since a crash was bound to happen in a city. Back at the base their alarms sounded of another attack in progress.

"A Digimon has been spotted in Sector B-4." The long haired desk jockey informed to the others while paying close attention to her monitors. The news did not go over very well with the older man behind the desk or his Digimon partner.

"Of all the days." The small white and gold Digimon muttered out since he knew they might be a little out powered with one of their bigger guns having a disagreement.

"Where's Marcus and Ash?" Sampson questioned knowing that even without their partners those two would be the closest to the creature of the day.

"I can't get a hold of Marcus, but Ash is tapping S.O.S on his com-link." Megumi informed.

'So, he knows something of the situation, but not all of it.' Sampson thought to himself before seeing Yoshi to his left. "Alright then. It's up to you two. Head out now." He instructed to the two females beside him. Yusei had already headed to the garage upon hearing the alarm and started up his Duel Runner.

"Yes, sir." Yoshi and Lalamon responded back with a salute and headed to the car.

"Me too!" Agumon shouted out from his device causing both Renamon and Kudamon to look down at the digivice in confusion.

"You?" The two of them asked with the white Digimon's comment sounding skeptical and Renamon's sounded of genuine curiosity.

"Oh!" Agumon shouted in realization that he was still angry with his human friend. "I'm staying in here until boss apologizes, so blame him if something goes wrong." Agumon informed them causing the two other Digimon to look at one another in confusion, and then went about their business.

'Okay. This is a little worse then a simple one on one crash.' Damon thought to himself once they got to the crash. Thankfully the duo overheard that no one seriously harmed in this incident.

"This was not normal." Ash thought knowing that the electric company checked this stuff in the strictest of fashion. It was then the two heard an evil chuckle from above, and saw a strange red and blue creature.

"A Digimon." The two muttered so no one could hear them. The Digital Defenders watched the creature in action and saw it leap onto another set of traffic lights: sending out electricity.

"It hit the lights." Ash informed even though he knew that the fists first member saw the exact same thing as he did.

"Hey you, stop right there!" Marcus shouted out as he gave chase with Ash right behind.

"Let's see what Dexter has to say." Ash questioned out loud to himself as he pulled out his device not knowing that Megumi was doing the same thing. Ash's device began to explain:

"Elecmon, A Mammal Digimon, Rookie Level. It uses electricity to jam signals and disable electronics."

'Why does it feel an electric type would be my kind of partner.' Ash thought to himself while running after the creature to make sure that it didn't do any serious damage – damage that not even DATS could cover up. Yoshi heard what her friend said and clicked the information together.

"Of course. The lights." Yoshi informed the others while driving calmly to the creature.

"Target is moving from sector C-4 to D-6." Miki informed the field agents to make sure that the stayed on target.

"Roger." She responded back, and was wondering if the other two were going to be there where Elecmon is.

'I can't believe that I'm missing out on all this fun since an electrical guy will be a big challenge for a fire guy like me.' Agumon thought to himself as he listened to all of the news around him. The target messed with another light causing a rather large truck to turn right at a little girl.

'I thought I could cross.' The little one thought as she saw the big machine coming right at her. Just then Ash grabbed the girl, and saved her from becoming an organic speed bump.

"Ash!" Marcus called out from the other side of the truck, and then saw that he and the little girl were okay. The two looked at the crash before them. Seeing this and have reality catch up with her the little one began to cry.

"It's okay, young one. You're safe now." Ash informed the young lady with a smile which seemed to calm her down a bit. With the kid now calmer the passive one caught a glimpse of their target leaping away. "Marcus pursue that power pilferer." He ordered while pointing at their target

"On it." Marcus replied back and gave chase. Ash still felt that his 'brother' still needed some help so he looked around for a new idea.

"Ma'am, please watch over this kid. Help her get into contact with her parents, and let them know she's okay." Ash instructed to a young woman that was looking at the wrecked truck. The unknown woman nodded in response, and he was off to catch up with Marcus.

"He won't get away. Come on, Agumon." Marcus called out as he gave chase not realizing his mistake until the other human pointed it out to him.

"Uh, Marcus, I'm Ash." Ash commented as they jogged along side one another. Marcus scanned around, but could not see his partner. "And before you ask: no. I'm not calling upon Renamon until both of you calm down." Ash informed which was not what Marcus wanted to hear.

"I'll just do it myself then." He commented and ran off with Ash right beside him. Along their run the two saw more and more crashes, and both were getting more and more angered by this Digimon. "I know that you want to stop the chase and help them, but if we don't stop Elecmon here and now things might get a lot worse." Marcus informed Ash.

"You're right. I think he went down here. Come on." Ash informed him and the two went down a vehicle free road.

"We will catch you." Marcus shouted out at their target even though a part of him knew that he wasn't even listening to him. A part of both of them were hoping that the rest of their team would be there, or at the very least tracking him.

"The target's levels are increasing: Becoming more powerful." The long haired computer expert informed through her headset and to the others around her. The reptile was now thinking of the citizens that creature is around and how much danger they are in.

'Because I can't swallow my pride and apologize first.' Agumon thought as he berated himself for being so childish over a fried egg. "I should be out there." He muttered out loud and knew that the others were too preoccupied with the fight to hear him.

"Wait. The target has stopped by the old broadcast tower." The blonde young one announced to the others. The two senior members had a gut feeling what this lead up to, but decided not to tell the two around them.

"You know what that means. This is bad news." The 'scarf' Digimon informed his partner who nodded as an answer.

"I can see the tower. We'll be there shortly." Yoshi informed them since the holo-monitor that showed her driving was still active.

"We can't allow the target to do any more damage. Secure him at once." Sampson instructed to her even though he knew that she knew that such a comment should be obvious for their line of work.

"Yes, sir. What?! Ash? Marcus?" Yoshi stated and then questioned as she saw her two friends in protecting lives just up ahead. Renamon only ruffled her fur once she heard that her partner was close to danger without her to protect him, but tried to remain cool about it.

"Oh no!" Agumon shouted out since he did not wish for his boss to get attacked by this electrical enemy. The two arrived at the tower and hoped the steel fence, but could no longer see it.

"Where did that thing go?" Marcus as he looked at the tower of steel itself. At that time Ash heard some vehicles come over and saw the DATS car and a red Duel Runner and knew that they were going to get chewed out for acting without backup.

"Marcus, Ash, where have you two been? Why didn't you do what Ash did and contact us, Marcus?" Yoshi questioned to the two as she was getting out of the car. Both teens in question turned to face her.

"We've been busy doing our job. That Digimon is hiding somewhere." Marcus said back to her with his voice obviously having an edge to it. By this time Thomas also got out of the car from the other door, and decided to remind the two of a minor fact.

"That's the reason we're here." Yusei replied.

"Without a partner – you two are useless, so just stay out of the way, guys." Yoshi instructed the both of them. Ash nodded in acceptance, but his friend wasn't so casual about this request.

"I can handle this without Agumon. Watch." Marcus said back to them and took off. The two were about to bellow another order, but Ash raised his hand to stop them.

"Stay cool. I'll get him back." Ash informed them and headed off. The walk was short lived as a bright light could be seen near the top of the metal tower.

"Ha! I found you!" Marcus shouted out at their target who dropped off of the tower, and shot of an electrical warning shot. The attack caused them to back away, and get a good look at their opponent, but something felt off about him this time.

"Oh no!" Ash shouted in alarm as he felt something coming from the lightning based baddie, and his fellow yellow partnered pat felt it as well.

"He's digivolving." Marcus shouted out and they all watched as the small electrical class creature changed into a black and gray wolf like creature. "It's the electricity. That's where he got the energy to digivolve." Marcus pointed out to the others.

"Alright. Let's do this." Yoshi informed the rest of her main party since she knew that they had to strike before he could get used to his new form, but just like before Ash pulled out his Dexter for guidance:

"Garurumon, A Champion Level Digimon, and the possible digivolved form of eleven Digimon. Garurumon's thick fur acts as a natural shield. One of most intelligent Champion Levels and with shrewd battle tactics makes him a difficult opponent for most Digimon." The machine informed them which surprised Ash.

"Most?" The one holding Dexter muttered out loud before pressing a button for a better explanation.

"It has been recorded that any variant of Greymon can fight Garurumon to a stand-still." The machine stated to the others which is what Kudamon said back at the base. Hearing that piece of news only made the warrior more determined to fight him alone.

"Fighting time." Marcus shouted to the four-legged enemy before him. The other two could tell that the civilians before them were about to engage, so they had to stop them.

"Forget it, Marcus. It's too dangerous without a Digimon." Thomas informed him before activating his power. "DNA...Charge!" Thomas shouted out as he snapped his fingers which allowed blue energy to cover his hand and he put that power to his digivice.

"Gaomon digivolve to..." The blue boxer shouted out before feeling his partner's power flow through him. "Aquilamon!" The eagle shouted out as he stood ready to face Garurumon.

"DNA...Charge!" Yoshi shouted out as she called up her pink energy before putting it into her digivice and sent it to her plant pal.

"Lalamon digivolve to..." The seed-like creature shouted out before feeling the power from her partner flow into her. "Sunflowmon!" The fully bloomed battler shouted out while just hovering over the ground.

"DNA Charge!" Yusei produced navy blue energy and transferred it to his Digivice.

"Gabumon digivolve to..." Gabumon shouted as he began to change. "Raidramon!"

"Clear out, you two." Aquilamon instructed to the two before them since he knew what Renamon would do to him if anything happened to Ash.

"Leave this battle to us." Sunflowmon pointed out since she didn't want them to get hurt.

"We'll deal with this." Raidramon added.

'Now that I'm a Champion these three are toast.' Garurumon thought to himself as he let out a snarl. The four were about to go to blows as soon as Ash and Marcus got out of the way.

"Stop!" Marcus shouted out as he raced over and stood before the blue Digimon and added, "That's as far as you go. This is my fight. I don't need anyone's help to defeat him." The teen's thoughts of his argument with Agumon returning to the surface and reminding him of why he said such a thing.

"Are you kidding me?! You'll be toast!" Yoshi shouted out in alarm since she did not wish to believe that her fellow worker would be this suicidal.

"An ultimate fighter never quits. Let's go you overgrown puppy!" Marcus informed her before shouting at the target and raced toward him. The two Champions on the side of good looked at one another: confused as to what to do now.

"Don't just stand there. Stop him." She shouted out to the two since their dog could hold them down with his front paws and Sunflowmon could grab them with her hands.

"Right." The four-legged one shouted out, but as soon as he started to run the enemy wolf went on the attack: tackling Aquilamon with minimal effort to the ground, and dealing with the plant with the furry fins on his shoulders.

"Hey! You can't get rid of me that easily!" Marcus shouted out as he raced over to the enemy and grabbed onto his back.

"Well, I did say that I would get him back." Ash muttered to himself before climbing on as well. Unlike their fight with the mole who didn't try anything until after they were spotted Garurumon instantly tried to buck the humans off.

"Oh no!" Megumi shouted out as she saw the two on the creature's back.

"From my readings Aquilamon, Raidramon and Sunflowmon can still fight." Miki informed the others of the good news of the fight on the monitors.

"But they can't. Not while Marcus and Ash or on his back." The blonde woman countered which the other woman knew this to be true.

"Do either of them really believe they can beat a Digimon on their own." Kudamon questioned to his partner as they watched the fight on the holo-monitors. Neither of them wished to look at the vixen since she was really getting tense of just watching the fight instead of being there – protecting Ash.

"What's the matter, puppy-dog? Can't...get...rid...of us?" Marcus shouted out while trying to hold on. Since neither of them were getting off the wolf changed his battle tactics: raced off of the steel tower, and leaped away from the others.

"Marcus! Ash!" Yoshi shouted out in alarm as she watched the beast flee.

"Garurumon is on the move, and Marcus along with Ash are on his back." The long haired one informed to the others as she watched a dot zip through town.

"Hmm. Inform Yoshino and Thomas right away!" Sampson ordered to the others since he wished for them to deal with this right away.

"Yes, sir. Yoshi, respond!" The purple haired woman stated and shouted as she tried to get into contact with the car.

"I'm here." Yoshi shouted back as the two recalled their teammates to the Digivice and went back to the car. At that moment Renamon saw a familiar face enter the base, and he seemed rather calm about what is happening at the moment.

"The target is heading to Sector B-17. Move out immediately." The desk girl called out the information to the people in the field.

"Roger." The driver informed back as she burned rubber to the sector explained. At that time the face had reached the lone Digivice causing the creature inside to see him.

"The old man?" Agumon questioned in alarm since he was not expecting the elder to be at the base at all. At that moment the man in question picked up the device and seemed to be smiling about something. He then heard what Miki was saying, looked to Renamon, and walked out.

"Garurumon's speed is increasing. Yoshi and Thomas may not be able to catch up." The long haired one informed as she kept track of just how fast the creature was going.

"The only thing that can catch up is Yusei's Duel Runner and it seems he's driving along the tracks to do so."

"Garurumon is not slowing down." Thomas informed as he looked at his small laptop to see what the guys at the base were seeing. As they drove Yoshino saw the tragedy in this plan right off the bat.

"That's just great. Chasing something we may not be able to catch to save someone who doesn't want to be saved. Those two must be completely terrified." Yoshi stated as she continued to drive along before picking up on their thoughts. On the canine's back were the two in question, but they both seemed to be enjoying themselves as furry felon fled on foot.

"You'll never be able to shake us off." Marcus informed their ride, but soon added to his first comment, "Even though my arms are starting to get tired." Ash, who often trained with Renamon, could deal with tired arms, but he knew that they still had to deal with this threat – fast.

They are approaching the end of the line. Literally. The railroad is still under construction." The blonde desk warrior informed them as she showed the spot they were heading for.

"Let go once we get to that station. Hopefully we can take him there." Ash instructed to his friend, and with that the two did just that with Garurumon turning back to face them.

"Woof!" Marcus called out as his answer to the wolf's snarl at them. With that the two ran forward, leaped over a swipe of the claw, and grave him a hard kick: Marcus' right leg and Ash's left. To finish their attack both slammed one of their fists: Marcus' right and Ash's left into their opponent's chest. "Agumon, digivolve now!" The fighter shouted out, but remembered instantly that the reptile in question was not here.

'He's starting to get it.' Ash thought once the two got some distance from the beast. The 'brother' to Damon could see the realization on Marcus' face that he needed his partner.

"Look out!" Ash shouted out as he got to the warrior's right side and took most of the blow for him before the bot ht of the were slammed into a wall.

"Not fun. Man, maybe we're not strong enough to defeat this guy. Maybe it really does take a Digimon to defeat a Digimon." Marcus muttered as the two of them were staggering to their feet. "But still...I'm not going to give up even if this turns out to be my last stand." He said with confidence before dodging a claw strike from the monster of the day.

"Starting to get it?" Ash questioned to him before seeing the guy was through trying to kill them with paws, and decided to simply eat them. Out of alarm and instinct the both of them put their feet to the wall section behind them and held the teeth with their hands: Marcus – the upper mouth, and Ash – the under mouth.

"What was I thinking? I couldn't have defeated that guy by myself, and I can't beat Garurumon either. I need Agumon, and now I'll never be able to tell him I'm sorry." Marcus stated loudly as he recalled their fight with Tortomon, and how helpful Agumon was in that fight.

'He really is starting to get it.' Ketchum thought as he was still making sure that he didn't end up dog food for this creature. As they continued to struggle not only was the charge returning to their fists, but the memory of after they defeated the turtle came back to Marcus.

"It get it! I need you, Agumon! What makes us strong isn't you or me – it's both of us working as a team. AGUMON!" Marcus stated as he realized the importance of the Digital Monster's friendship while yelling his partner's name more in desperation rather than anything else. At that moment diamonds and fireballs came upon the enemy causing him to back off for a while.

"Hey, boss. Sorry, I'm late!" The yellow scaled one stated as he rushed over to stand before his partner which surprised the human greatly. As they were getting to know each other again Renamon got Ash back on his feet.

"Looks like they finally mended things up." Ash stated once standing on his feet again. He then heard Marcus shout out his catchphrase and Ash knew it was time to use the charge.

"DNA...Charge!" Marcus called out as he used the power from his punch into his Digivice and Agumon felt the power boost.

"Agumon digivolve to..." The Rookie shouted out before feeling the power flow into him, and he used it for his upgrade.

"Greymon!" Greymon shouted.

"DNA...Charge!" Ash shouted out as he put his energy into his Digivice.

"Renamon digivolve to..." She shouted out as she felt the human's energy flow into her causing Renamon's body to change as well. "Kyubimon!"

"You know what to do." Ash instructed, and the two decided to go with the same strategy as before, but with a slight twist.

"Fox-Tail Inferno!" Kyubimon shouted out as she had her fireballs not only surround the enemy, but Greymon as well.

"We need to keep this fight contained, but unlike last time I believe that the two of you should have this one." Ash informed, and Marcus nodded in appreciation. Once they were in place the fireballs grew to make sure neither could leave the battlefield.

'This might be a bit too close for Horn Impulse, but just enough for a fire attack.' The Champion Level on the side of good thought as he called up flames to his mouth. Garurumon realized that he couldn't use melee attacks either, so he readied his own flame attack.

"Nova Blast!" Greymon shouted out before attacking.

"Fox Fire!" Garurumon shouted out as he launched his blue flame at the enemy. Instead of canceling each other out the attacks began to have a tug-of-war contest. This contest was causing both of them to come dangerously close to the flame barrier.

"Never surrender, Greymon! You have my DNA Charge and that will carry you through anything. Remember, you'll never loose as long as we fight together." Marcus shouted out which gave the dinosaur the strength to dig deeper, and in the end his stream won. "All right." He cried out once the battle was won in their favor.

"A job well done, you two." Ash congratulated the both of them with a smile on his face, and at that time the two Champions de-powered to Rookie form.

"Looks like Marcus finally figured it out. Now they both know what they really need." The elder commented as he wiped the sweat from the top of his balding head as he stood outside of the station. With his part over the old man walked away.

"You did it, Agumon." Marcus stated with an outstretched hand.

"We did." Agumon corrected him as he took the outstretched hand.

"As long as the two of us work together no Digimon can stand against us." Marcus

stated back to his Digital Monster and meant every word.

"Yeah, we're still the ultimate team, boss." Agumon pointed back to him and this caused the human to recall their earlier argument and regret was evident on his face.

"Oh! Listen, I'm really sorry, and I didn't mean what I said before." Marcus apologized to his scaly friend, and his tone spoke truly.

"Mm-Mmm. No, I should be apologizing to you." Agumon responded back.

"Hey, wait a second. How did you two get her, and who brought you?" Marcus questioned out of curiosity as he held out his Digivice to make sure that he didn't imagine using it.

"Well, Renamon drove us here on her cycle, but the old man was holding the Digivice in fact he's..." Agumon informed him but stalled while looking around and added, "Hey, where is he? I could have sworn that he came in with us." The older human in question was no where to be seen. This raised a flag to both humans since the elder that gave them their Digivices could walk in and out of their base as he pleased.

"You four! You made another mess." Yoshi shouted once getting in the station and shined a flashlight on the saviors of the day.

"Oh man, I'd rather face another Digimon then deal with Yoshi. Run!" Marcus shouted out before he ran off with his partner right beside him.

"Get back here, and clean this scorch circle on the railroad tracks. You four are in big trouble." Yoshi shouted out. Once they were done running the guys did their best to repair the damage, and the returned to base with the Digi-Egg in hand.

"Digimon dealt with. Train station mostly repaired, and no deaths in all of those care accidents. I call this mission over." Ash said to the others once they sent the egg back home. With nothing else to do the field agents returned home for some well deserved shut-eye.