The Singers Secret

Ash, Renamon, Marcus and Agumon had gone to a ramen stand out in the city and were about to start eating their lunch.

"And now it's eating time." Marcus declared out loud, after separating his chopsticks.

Just then a familiar well-endowed magenta-haired young woman with a gold locket around her neck ran past the window they were sitting in front of, pursued by some cameramen.

"What was that about?" Ash asked his unofficial "brother". Marcus shrugged in response to the question he asked and went back to his noddles.

"Delicious!" They smile and continue to eat their ramen undisturbed.

The news came on, showing a reporter on the screen.

"A surprising announcement on Neon Hanamura. It's been verified that the singer, Neon is in the company of a young woman. There have been eyewitnesses who had recently spotted the two of them together in the RPG building where Neon lives."

Neon was shown walking out of the building's entrance with a young woman wearing a hat next to him.

"Hey, that's-" Ash's eyes widened in shock as he looked up and recognized the young woman that was with Neon.

Marcus ooked up towards the TV, then spit his food out all over the floor in shock. "Yoshi?!"

A few hours later...

Yoshi, now wearing a midriff-bearing purple shirt and blue denim jacket entered the room.

Lalamon wasn't far behind her partner. Both were surprised to see the other Digimon staring at Yoshi bewildered as they came into HQ.

Charlie was sitting in a chair on the right side of the room, holding his rifle up in the air and inspecting it. He could care less about what's going on with Yoshi right now.

"Why are you staring at me?" She asked the Digimon. "Out of the way." Yoshi pushed the crowd of Digimon aside, only for Miki and Megumi to stop her.

"Yoshi!" Both shouted together at the young woman, they looked upset.

"You're dating Neon?" Megumi asked as she placed her hands on her hips, while Miki crossed her arms across her chest.

"Does that ring a bell, Ms. Keep Secrets from Her Friends?" Miki angrily added. She pointed a finger in Yoshi's face.

"Don't deny it!" They pressed closer, anger waving through her as she stepped back.

"We read all about it in the newspaper!" Megumi added.

Yoshino stutters for a moment, trying to say something "Er, well..."

"Explain yourself!" Miki shouted at her.

Just then, Wolverine casually walked into view by the two women with a unlit cigar from his pocket in his mouth as he lit it and then looked at them. "Why do you two care so much? It's none of your business anyway."

"It is now!" Megumi and Miki retorted back.

"We've been getting calls all morning about Yoshi!" Miki complained.

"Not to mention the mail from Neon's fans!" Megumi shouted.

Megumi frowns at Yoshino. "Everyone's demanding to know who Yoshi is."

"Hold on a second." Yoshi exclaimed, in a attempt to stop the yelling. "My name wasn't on TV and I wore a hat. That's a foolproof disguise." She pushed past the two.

"No it wasn't." Yusei pointed out to her.

"Yusei." Yoshi stated in surprise to his comment.

"Come over here." He and Thomas were looking at her picture that was on the computer screen. "All your personal information has been exposed on the internet." Everyone else crowded around the computer to see what he was talking about.

"This is the worst!" Yoshi exclaimed in dismay over the revelation, covering her face with her hand.

"It's a bad picture too." Lalamon put in her two cents.

Miki and Megumi angrily turned to Yoshi.

"Okay so when and where did you meet Neon?!" Megumi demanded.

"Dish girl dish!" Miki cried.

"Enough, you two." They turned in surprise to see Cyclops walk over to them. Yoshi sighed in relief with his intervention.

"Leave her be." Commander Sampson added to his second in command's statement.

"Last month we began detecting signs of a Digimon inside the RPG building." Their field leader explained.

"Our analysis eventually confirmed the identity of the Digimon inside the building as Keramon." Kudamon added.

"He's a mischievous Digimon who can manipulate technology in the real world, especially on the Internet." Thomas added. Kudamon nodded to confirm this.

"The Digimon Data Squad 2nd Division secretly scouted the area and determined that the prime suspect is the singer Neon Hanamura." Sampson continued, holding up a photo.

"He's harboring a Digimon?" Marcus asked.

"To be certain we are not certain about that yet right?" Yoshi asked. Commander nodded.

"I decided that Yoshino should go investigate undercover." Commander said.

"Commander if we know there's a Digimon hiding why don't we go arrest him already?" Marcus asked.

"Unfortunately, it's not that easy Marcus." Cyclops shook his head in disappointment.

"I've heard that place has some of the most advanced security on earth. It's strong enough to keep DATS out." Yusei recalled.

"Exactly. Regardless of today's close call." Cyclops said. "Yoshi's undercover assignment will continue as planned."

They realized his decision wasn't going to change.

"This is so wrong!" Megumi shouted, coming closer to the desk. She looked ticked. "Why does Yoshi get to do it?"

"Yeah, I want to meet a famous singer!" Miki gushed.

"Will you two settle down." Wolverine sighed at their ridiculous behavior.

"You settle down!" They shouted back at the Canadian member causing him to growl.

"There was a reason Yoshi was assigned this mission." Commander said. Everyone then turned to her as she looked down. "I knew Neon since we were kids..."

Outside...

"We were in the same class in elementary school." Yoshi explained.

"Why did you keep quiet about something so important?" Megumi asked.

"Cause it's not." Marcus answered.

"He used to be a quiet person back then...I never would have guessed he would become a success story." Yoshi continued. A red car then pulled up to the scene.

"Hey!" A voice called out. The teens turned and saw Neon.

"Hi Neon!" Yoshi called as she ran over to him.

"No fair!" Miki and Megumi cried.

"Hey you wanna blow off work and come to the beach with me?" Neon asked.

"I can't! Too much to do." Yoshi said.

"Your loss! I'll see you at dinner!" Neon said driving away.

"Bye!" Yoshi said.

"Hey introduce us!" Miki called out.

"You do know this guy's a criminal." Marcus reminded the two.

"Alleged criminal." Miki and Megumi corrected him.

"Gimme a break!" He shot back.

Ash turned around and threw his shield into a nearby bush that was rustling and struck a photographer hiding in there waiting to snap pictures. The photographer ran off in fear.

"Nice throw." Thomas complimented him.

"Thanks." He replied.

"Yoshi, he's hiding a Digimon." Marcus gently said.

"I don't believe it." Yoshi argued back. "He's a nice guy. I can't imagine he would do something like that."

"We'll wait and see won't we, Yoshi?" Charlie asked her with some skepticism. It was apparent even to him that Yoshi was too emotionally connected to their suspect.

Some time passes...

"Interesting." Yoshi stated, watching Neon eat. They were having dinner at Neon's apartment, both knowing that it would be easier than going somewhere to eat. This was more private and less intrusive.

"What?" Neon asked, looking at Yoshi in confusion.

"I just noticed after all these years, you're finally eating carrots."

"What?!" He said in disbelief, he couldn't believe she noticed that.

"Remember when we used to get carrots at lunch? You always hid them in your pockets to avoid eating them." She said, leaning across the table closer to him.

"Yeah!" Neon exclaimed, now remembering what she was talking about. "And when you used to work in the cafeteria, you purposefully gave me tons of them." He leaned back in his chair, a smile plastered on his face.

"Hey!" She exclaimed. "I was just making sure you grow up big and strong by eating your veggies!"

"Yeah, now they're my best friends!" Neon exclaimed, making both of them laugh.

"This has been really fun, it's a shame you have to work tonight." Yoshi said, a bit sad.

"I wish I didn't." Yoshi sighed.

"Do you have time for dessert?" She asked.

"I'm afraid not." Neon got up out of his chair and started walking towards the hallway.

"Maybe I could watch your work." Yoshi suggested, pushing herself out of her own.

"Sorry." Neon said. "I'd get distracted and not write too many songs."

"But Neon..." Yoshi started as he opened the door.

"Don't follow me." He instructed strongly. Yoshi wasn't sure what her old friend was up too, but she was going to find out. She was considering scanning his thoughts with her telepathy to figure out what he was up too, but didn't get the chance.

That evening, Ash, Renamon, Marcus and Agumon were watching TV about Neon dating a girl with Kristy and Agumon, who's sucking a frozen juice snack.

On the news, the reporter says, "His new song has been downloaded by more than 7 million people, here's Neon Hanamura."

"Thank you." Neon smiled. "This is all thanks to my fans."

The reporter spoke, "I've heard that you've gotten a girlfriend recently."

Marcus walks in, drinking milk from a jug and stops in front of Kristy before staring at the TV.

"Do you mind moving?" Marcus' "brother" asked.

"Yeah, we can't see the TV." Kristy added.

"All that I can say is that she is a great person and she inspires my music! But guys please keep her out of the press!" Neon said.

"That Neon is so cool!" Kristy cried.

"Yeah whatever!" Marcus said as he sat down and turned off the TV.

"Do you think I'll date someone as good as Neon?" Kristy asked.

"Uh-huh." Marcus said. He then drank from the jug.

Then Kristy remembers something, "That reminds me!" She picks up a piece of paper and turns to Marcus, who got back up. "Here!"

"What's this?" Marcus asked as he gets himself up from the floor.

Kristy explains, "I heard Yoshino's going out with Neon!"

"How did you-?" Ash and Renamon asked her suddenly, before looking to the side at a certain yellow dinosaur Digimon. "Agumon."

"You got a big mouth!" Marcus shouted at his partner with narrowed eyes.

Kristy begs Marcus, "C'mon! Ask Yoshino to get his autograph!"

"No!" Marcus growled in frustration.

"Why?" Kristy whined.

Marcus explains to Kristy, "Look, Kristy, you wouldn't like it if other people were prying about who you like or date, right? It's the same with Yoshino. That's to say nothing of the fact that he's a celebrity, and you're demanding his autograph..."

Kristy starts to whimper, "Marcus, you're stingy." and ran up to her room.

Marcus calls out to Kristy in a attempt to stop her, "Hey, Kristy, wait!"

"Marcus..." He heard someone growl out in anger and turned to see his older brother in the kitchen with a irate expression on his face. "...you're going pay for that."

Agumon spoke, "You made her cry."

Suddenly, Marcus angrily grabs Agumon by the jaw and neck, "This is all your fault!" putting Agumon in a headlock.

Back at the RPG building

"Let's get to work Keramon." Neon said as Keramon began messing with the computer.

Elsewhere...

Marcus and Agumon were still fighting over what happened with Kristy as Ash and Renamon tried their hardest to separate the two so they wouldn't kill each other.

"Hold on a second Marcus." Charlie got his younger brother's attention. "Why's the TV on?"

Marcus is now confused and picks up the remote control, "I thought I turned it off..." turns off the TV, but it came back on again and again.

"That shouldn't be happening." Ash retorted.

"This is weird." Marcus muttered. He, Ash and Charlie ran outside to see what's going on and from afar in the city, there a red lightning bolt was shooting out from somewhere in the city.

"HQ, now." Charlie ordered in a serious tone. The other two nod.

The group of six runs towards the DATS Building, went inside the office and saw Neon's face on the DATS computers too.

Marcus turns to Commander Sampson who was seated at his desk, "Commmander! What's going on here?"

"It's a web hijacking." Sampson responded.

Thomas spoke while on the computer, "Neon Hanamura's promotional video is... being distributed indiscriminately to all networks."

"Not good." Yusei muttered to himself.

"What about our transmitters?" Sampson asked Miki and Megumi.

Megumi responds, "I'm unable to make any analysis." while still typing on the computer.

"Where's Yoshino?" Sampson asked again.

Miki spoke, "I've been trying to contact with her, but I'm getting no answer whatsoever."

"Keep trying!" Sampson commanded.

Suddenly, Marcus runs out of the office with Agumon behind him.

"Wait Marcus!" Charlie called out before he and Guilmon give chase, determined to stop them from doing something stupid and also to make sure they don't hurt Neon too badly. They eventually made it to the RPG building and he caught up with his younger brother at the door.

Marcus was banging on it harder and harder. "Yoshi are you in there? HEY!"

"Knock it off little brother!" Charlie ordered. He and Marcus then saw Yoshi at the door.

"Guys?" She asked the Damon siblings.

"Yoshi I'm so glad you're okay!" Marcus said.

"I tried to stop him from being stupid." Charlie sighed in exasperation with his brother's antics.

That's when Neon appeared at the door.

"What's up?" He asked. Marcus then began strangling him.

"Don't play dumb I know what you're up to!" Marcus yelled.

"What do you mean? Who are you?" Neon asked.

Yoshi then stepped in. "Marcus! Who do you think you are barging in for a measly autograph? You better learn some manners kid!" Yoshi stated.

"WHAT?!" Marcus asked.

"Shut it, little bro." Charlie went over to the two and proceeded to roughly shove Marcus away from Neon before he could do anything else.

"Sorry about that." He apologized for his younger brother's outburst. "We'll be going now." He and Marcus head towards the elevator.

She then gave Neon a kiss on the cheek. Yoshi then walked into the elevator with Charlie not far behind her.

"Wait guys! What was that for, guys?" Marcus asked the two.

"Gee I wonder?" Charlie questioned him sarcastically.

"It was to stop you from blowing my cover!" Yoshi said angrily.

The next morning...

"Commander I've been doing a statistical analysis! Neon's music went up 300% because of Keramon. Clearly Neon's making a fortune through fraud." Thomas said.

"So when do we grab this guy." Marcus asked.

"He's innocent until proven guilty remember?" Yoshi asked the others, leaning on the desk.

"What's Neon's schedule?" The commander asked.

"At noon he's making a talk show appearance." Miki said.

"But at midnight he'll be on a radio show." She added.

"Tonight we will search Neon's apartment. Thomas will be in charge of the operation." The commander said. Yoshi groaned to herself.

"Before we leave for the mission tonight though, I have a...difficult request to make Commander Sampson." Yusei said, before looking at his partner with a guilty expression on his face. "Yoshi should not participate in our investigation. She has too much of history with Neon and is too emotionally connected to him."

"What?! Yusei!" Yoshi exclaimed in shock that her partner would even request something like that.

"So be it." Cyclops nodded in understanding with the request. "Everyone else goes with Thomas."

"Roger!" Everyone else said.

Marcus, Ash, Charlie and their Digimon ran up the stairs into the RPG building and leaned against the door. They both tapped their earpieces to turn them on.

"We're in position." Marcus said.

"Good! At midnight we'll move in and extract the Digimon!" Thomas exclaimed.

"Five minutes to go time!" Miki said.

"Wait Yoshi is here!" Megumi said.

"What do we do now Thomas?" They asked.

"Activate the hidden mic I planted on her. Do not interfere!" Thomas said.

"Roger!" Megumi said.

Marcus, Ash, Charlie and the Digimon watched as Yoshi, now donned in her Phoenix suit and Lalamon entered the building.

At the same time, someone stepped inside the RPG Building and entered a elevator.

The figure wanted to make sure nothing bad happened.

"Should we really be here?" Lalamon asked Yoshi with slight concern in her voice.

"It's personal now." Yoshi said to Lalamon in a determined tone. The lights then turned on but the two didn't care. They were about to open the door when they saw Neon.

"You wanna know my secret that badly huh?" Neon asked her.

"What are you doing here?" Lalamon asked.

"Is that your Digimon partner? Pretty cute! But wait til you see mine!" Neon said.

"What's Neon doing home?" Megumi asked.

"I had a feeling someone was sniffing around trying to uncover my secrets! That's why I made a fake schedule and waited here! I trusted you!" Neon yelled.

"That's because you told me all about your illegal Digimon!" Yoshi shouted. Keramon then came out scaring Yoshi and Lalamon.

"You don't get to judge me!" Neon shouted at her.

"Let me introduce you! This is Keramon the Digimon you had hoped to capture." Neon said. "Thanks to him I'm a household name around the world!" Neon exclaimed.

"You have to stop this Neon!" Yoshi shouted.

"I'm also working with someone else." Neon explained to Yoshi as a green-skinned man wearing tattered clothing came into the room and stood next to him. "I'd like you to meet my partner Mortimer Toynbee, aka Toad."

"Toad?" Yoshi raised a eyebrow in confusion with this man's code name as a flaming aura surrounded her body.

Toad then started to dance around on the floor catching the young woman off guard, before lunging in her direction intending to knock his opponent to the ground.

"Oh no, I don't think so." Yoshi held him in place with telekinesis to stop his lunge. Then a few seconds later Toad opened his mouth wide and spit a disgusting thick green slime in her direction which latched onto Yoshi's face like a mask.

'What is this stuff. It won't come off and I can't breathe.' She thought in horror before she reeled her head back and the flaming aura dissipated. The telekinetic grip she had on Toad was severed and he fell down to the ground before getting to his feet.

Lalamon floated down towards Yoshi and tried to use her small pink hands to get the green slime off her partner's face. The rookie level Digimon's stubby arms were unable to remove it.

"Someone help!" Lalamon exclaimed in a panic.

Yoshi then extended both gloved hands outward and placed them on the stuff covering her face as she began to struggle with taking it off.

Lalamon stared down the three as she was left alone when Yoshi ran out of the studio.

She ran and passed a hallway as someone came up to the floor the apartment was on.

"Mmph..." Yoshi proceeded to let out muffled cries of distress while leaning against a wall in the apartment, kicking her legs down on the floor wildly frantically fighting against the slime that was now covering her face.

"Yoshi!" A beautiful blue-haired woman with green eyes yelled her name. Upon entering the room after opening the door and looking around the apartment, she ran towards Yoshi who was struggling with the slime mask as by this point it had begun to solidify on her face. Her name is Ami Mizuno, another member of the Digimon Data Squad. Ami bent down to the floor and put her hands on Yoshi's face to try and pry it off.

"Rrumph." Yoshi was panicking now due to the fact she was unable to breathe because of the mask that was now covering most of her face. She shot Ami a look of desperation with her right eye.

'Please get this off my face.' She said to the blue-haired woman.

'What do you think I'm attempting to do.' Ami replied back.

"Grr, come on already." Ami said out loud, frustrated. Despite her best efforts, the gunk couldn't be pried loose with her bare hands. Yoshi continued to wave her arms and struggle on the ground in a panic as Ami carried on clawing away at it.

At HQ...

'Yoshi.' Cyclops mentally called out to his girlfriend, concerned about her well being. He was considering going to the RPG building to save her after losing contact with the young woman.

"Time for us to move in." Charlie told Thomas over his earpiece after hearing Yoshi's muffled cries. He, Marcus and Ash along with their partners broke the door down. Thomas, Wolverine and Gaomon followed suit. He cut through the glass window with his claws. Marcus and Agumon ran past us.

"Stop, guys." Charlie ordered. They didn't listen to what he was saying though.

"Pepper Breath!" After destroying the door they run inside the room and to their shock and horror see Yoshi, about to pass out.

"Mmm..." She said weakly, muffled by the now bone-hard gunk which was causing her to suffocate slowly.

"Oh god." Marcus exclaimed, startled. He, Thomas and Charlie took over for Ami and tried to pry the slime off but had no success as it had hardened like bone.

"Damn it." Marcus cursed.

"Don't move." Cyclops instructed after arriving at the RPG building, wanting to find out what was going on. Yoshi closed a eye while she remained still as he turned a dial on his visor and released a red beam of energy which blasted the bone hard gunk off her face.

Yoshi began to cough for air after being able to breathe again when the slime mask was removed from her face. Cyclops came over to the young woman and placed his hands on her face.

"Alright, Neon hand Keramon over now." Ash demanded, holding his shield in front of him.

Neon stands in front of Keramon, "No way! Keramon is my partner! Thanks to him, my songs are sent throughout the world! He's making me famous!"

Marcus then ran over to Neon and punched him in the jaw.

"Your whole career is a giant lie! You actually haven't achieved anything! That Digimon of yours did everything for you, you're nothing but a phony!" Marcus shouted.

Suddenly, there were clicking sounds and then a few flashes. Everyone looks back and see a cameraman taking their pictures!

Ash threw his shield down the hall of the floor. It struck the photographer and knocked him down to the ground, destroying his camera in the process.

"My career's ruined now and you guys will pay!" Neon shouted.

Then suddenly, Keramon has a dark aura around himself, busting through the roof of the building, "Keramon digivolve to... Chrysalimon!" It was now a huge hard-armored body, shrimp-like Digimon with sharp spears at the end of it's tentacles.

"Lalamon, time for some revenge!" Yoshi said, still angry. She wanted payback for nearly suffocating a few minutes ago.

"DNA Charge!"

"Gaomon digivolve to...Aquilamon!"

"Renamon digivolve to...Kyubimon!"

"Veemon digivolve to...Veedramon!"

"Guilmon digivolve to...Growlmon!"

"Lalamon digivolve to...Sunflowmon!"

Aquilamon flies towards it, dodges each strike of Chrysalimon then rams into the Digimon.

Aquilamon was about finish the job, but Chrysalimon moves back, grabs a huge container of water then throws it at Aquilamon, causing the water to bust out and flow over the roof top. Aquilamon turns back to Gaomon.

"Leave the rest to us." Ash told Thomas.

"DNA Charge!"

"Agumon digivolve to...Greymon!" Greymon charges at Kurisarimon, but then Kurisarimon somehow moves the pipes then let the pipes shoot out gas at Greymon.

"You know what to do." Charlie looked at his partner.

"On it." Growlmon nodded in understanding.

Growlmon went over and proceeded to re-position the pipes so the gas could no longer hit Greymon. Yoshi then used her telekinesis and struck Kurisarimon with some rubble lifted off the ground.

"Thanks." Greymon said, appreciating the save.

"What do say we end this?" Greymon asked the other four Champion level Digimon.

"Right." They nod.

"Dragon Wheel!"

"Exhaust Flame!"

"Nova Blast!"

"Sunshine Beam!"

"V-Nova Blast!"

"Let me give you a boost." Yoshi declared, empowering the five Digimon with energy. They immediately felt the power up.

"My energy levels are rising." Greymon noted. "Thanks, Yoshi."

"You're welcome, Greymon." She smiled at the dinosaur Digimon.

All five champion level Digimon fire their attacks at him which courtesy of Yoshi were made even more powerful. Kurisarimon groaned, before turning into a digiegg. Charlie picked the egg up.

"Operation complete." Thomas said.

Marcus agrees, "Yeah!"

Then Agumon groans, "Boss, I'm hungry! Feed me something!" He and Gaomon walk towards their tamers.

Marcus sighs, "You're hopeless as always."

Agumon whines, "But, c'mon!"

A few minutes later Yoshi with Lalamon by her side walks past Marcus, Thomas, Ash and Charlie and stares at the sky. Wolverine had already left to take the digiegg back to HQ.

"You okay?" The eldest Damon sibling asked the magenta-haired young woman.

"Honestly, no I'm not okay. I was almost suffocated and then had to erase my childhood friend's memory with my telepathy." Yoshi admitted to him sadly.

"Yeah, that's rough." Charlie sighed, before placing a hand on her shoulder in support.