One More Digital Dive

Alone in Marcus' room, Keenan thought back about the previous battle and what Saberleomon had told him as Falcomon looked on worriedly.

In DATS headquarters…

"I don't get it." Marcus noted, as the team re-watched the video from the previous battle. "Why did that disappear?"

"And who's that creature who destroyed Saberleomon?" Thomas questioned.

"Well, did it leave behind a Digimon signature or something?" Marcus asked the blond.

"I went through the data base again but I couldn't find anything that matched its description." Thomas replied.

"I can't believe there's an unknown Digimon out there." Yoshi remarked.

"Definitely suspicious." Ash muttered.

"We'll find out what it is some day." Charlie reassured the rest of the group.

"Uh oh." Agumon muttered as Sampson entered the command center with a platoon of troops.

"Really good work everyone." Kurata greeted the group. "Keep it up."

"You again?" Thomas frowned.

"Looks like you've got the Digital Dive fixed." Kurata remarked.

"What? No one told me!" Marcus retorted.

"Yeah, how come nobody told us?" Agumon agreed.

"You're right, I should have told you so that you can break it again after we just fixed it." Yoshi remarked sarcastically.

"Who, me?" Marcus retorted.

"All right enough!" Sampson halted the argument. "We will be transporting Kurata and these com-men into the Digital World today."

At the teens' surprised gasps, he added, "These orders came straight from the Director."

Flashback

"Tell me Commander, do you think it's possible for DATS to get any more press?" Hashima spat, showing Sampson the headlines. "You're supposed to cover things up, not wind up in the front page!"

"I'm very sorry, sir." Sampson apologized.

"We can no longer allow the Digimon to enter the Human World." Hashima told him. "DATS will immediately send a team into the Digital World to take care of the source of all our problems, Merukimon."

"Yes, but sir…" Sampson trailed off.

"What?" Hashima demanded.

"Merukimon is a Mega level Digimon, which means he has unbelievable powers. In order to have any chance of defeating him, we'll need a very well-planned expedition." Sampson reminded Hashima.

"Are you kidding? We're already at war!' Hashima fumed. "There's no time for planning! Now is the time for action!"

"Yes sir." Sampson replied.

"Perhaps there is another way." Kurata pointed out. "We could negotiate a new treaty and end this war peacefully. Well?"

"Kurata" Sampson blinked. "What are you doing here?"

"We're dealing with Digimon here, not people." Hashima told the scientist. "They are irrational. We're not going to be able to negotiate."

"Oh come on." Kurata chided. "You shouldn't be so prejudiced, Director. Merukimon is extremely intelligent, which is why I believe we can persuade him to find a peaceful resolution."

"Impossible!" Hashima objected.

"Look at it this way." Kurata reasoned. "No one will get hurt if we could avoid at all conflict and you, Director Hashima, will get credit for negotiating peace instead of being blamed for starting a war. It's in everyone's best interest, don't you agree?"

"Perhaps." Hashima replied. "I suppose it won't hurt to try. You will lead the negotiations with Merukimon."

"Ah?" Kurata feigned surprise.

"Well, it certainly wasn't my intention to get so involved in all this. I think the Director made a terrible decision." Kurata remarked. "But, orders are orders. From this moment on, I will be your commander for this mission. You will be joining my troops in this Digital Dive and be our backup in case of trouble."

"Commander!" Thomas looked at Sampson.

"These are the orders of Director Hashima." Sampson told him.

"This is some kind of a joke?" Marcus demanded in Kurata's face. "Why should I take orders from some dude who's not even a member of DATS?"

"Yeah, he's right." Agumon agreed. "You've never even fought a Digimon, have you?"

"Hey, why are you blaming me for?" Kurata shrugged, after he sneezed. "I'm not the one who started this fiasco. The Digimon on the other side are the ones who decide to make us our enemies. We don't know what they're planning or when they might attack next."

"That's exactly why you should just let us take care of it." Marcus shoved him aside and headed to the Digital Dive. "It's not like Merukimon's going to invite you over for tea to have a nice chat or something. There's only one way to get through to him, and that's my 'Fists of Fury'."

"I don't know, Marcus." Yoshi remarked. "I mean it couldn't hurt to try and talk to the guy."

"It seems like you want to go to the Digital World but you don't want to follow Kurata's orders." Lalamon pointed out.

"Hang on a minute." Thomas voiced. "We're not ready yet. Yusei and I are going to have to re-calibrate the Digital Dive to accumulate this many people."

"Well then." Kurata replied. "I guess there's nothing we do but wait, right?"

"Right. Okay." He added, as he walked off. "The mission will get underway tomorrow morning. See you then."

"Be warned, Kurata." Ami hissed as the scientist walked past them. "I'll be watching you on this trip, very carefully."

"Sir?" Gaomon looked at his stunned partner in puzzlement. "What's wrong? You're as white as a ghost."

"I'm okay." Thomas assured.

"Don't let him get to you." Ami told him gently, giving his hand an assuring squeeze.

Thomas nodded and returned her squeeze.

"Commander." The blond then turned to Sampson, addressing him. "There's got to be another reason why he's so insistent on taking this Dive."

"I haven't figured out his true motives yet." Sampson told him. "However, this does not change our mission's main objective; to get the Digital and Human Worlds to stop fighting. Never forget that goal."

"Yes sir." Thomas replied.

"Commander." Ami voiced, causing the two males to look at her.

"Kurata just rubbed me the wrong way the first time I saw him, so I did some digging on him." Ami commented. "I found out his basic background, but what interested me was what happened during the Digital expedition ten years ago."

At that, Sampson raised a brow at her.

"Go on." He nodded.

"It would seem that when Saberleomon attacked the expedition group, it was Kurata who pulled out his rifle." Ami revealed.

"Quite true." Sampson noted.

"Not only did Kurata rub me the wrong way, and the vibe I get off from him..." Ami told the two males as she glared at the door Kurata exited from. "Call it a hunch. But mine are usually correct."

"I agree." Cyclops stated. "What's he not telling us?"

In Marcus's place…

"What?" Keenan gasped. "You go to the Digital World?"

"Yeah, we got to back. I mean I know it might not be easy on you, but we just can't ignore Merukimon when he might be planning to launch another attack on the Human World." Marcus told him.

"Yeah, re-match time!" Agumon beamed.

"This can't be good." Sarah noted.

"Please don't go if you're going to get hurt." Kristy begged.

"No go!" Keenan protested.

"What?" Marcus blinked.

"Merukimon, he hate hu-mons and if you go to Digital World, he get angry." Keenan explained. "You make him fight!"

"That's why you've got to put a stop to this thing now before both sides lose too much." Marcus reasoned. "So, if you can't handle it, stay here."

"I come with you." Keenan told him. "I face Merukimon."

"But if you come, whose side are you going to be on?" Agumon asked.

"If you don't know the answer to that, don't come." Marcus told the uncertain child. "It's just going to tear you apart."

"Keenan?" Falcomon inquired, noticing that his partner was still awake. "Can't you sleep?"

"Not if you talk!" Keenan retorted, throwing the covers over his head.

In DATS headquarters…

Our favorite geniuses were working overnight on the Digital Dive.

"Finally!" Ami sighed in relief, as she gave herself a good stretch, rolling her shoulders.

Glaring at her coffee cup, she hissed, "And Duke-nii didn't even bother to replenish my stash. I swear he's going to get it."

Thomas chuckled beside her.

"Ow!" Ami then winced, hitting a sore spot.

Thomas stood up from his seat and began to rub her shoulders softly.

"It's just nerves. You just need to relax." He soothed, feeling her slack a little in his grip.

"Either that or lots of typing." Ami remarked.

"Damn!" she let a pleased moan escape her throat. "Never let anyone tell you you're not good at this."

Thomas gulped at her proclaim, as lust began to overtake him and Ami's somewhat erotic moans were not helping any. Her sexy moans were causing all the blood in his body to rush somewhere down south, his hormones going on override mode. He imagined if that was how she would sound when he finally made love to her. Will she emit those sexy moans as he trailed a path of kisses down her gorgeous body? Will she whimper in pleasure as he slowly made her his? His vision blurred. His mind and hormones began concocting mind-numbing wet daydreams.

Ami reclining naked beneath him on the bed, their sweat-slicked skin gliding over each others. Him staring down into her sapphire-colored eyes as he made her his.

His hands wandered down her back as the scene in his mind changed into the position they are in now. But in his reverie, he had bent an unclothed Ami over her desk. Her pale bottom in front him as he scattered kisses all over her smooth back. He can practically hear her gasp his name as he gradually enters her from behind. "Thomas…"

"Thomas! Thomas! Snap out of it, Norstein!" Ami's harsh bark broke him out of his daydream, only to find his girlfriend glaring at him menacingly through the computer screen. "Thomas, what the hell are you thinking?"

Thomas mutely stared at her not knowing why she was annoyed with him.

"Your hands, Thomas." Ami reminded him flatly. He glanced down to find that his hands had involuntarily wandered down her back while he was not paying attention. They were now touching, or fondling would be the better word, Ami's derriere.

Thomas swiftly pulled his hands away, as if burnt. "I-I-I-I'm sorry. Sorry, Ami. I'm really, really sorry," he hurriedly stammered out, flushing.

Ami turned to him as she stood up. "What were you thinking, huh, Thomas?" She leaned closely towards his face. "So, are you going to tell me what's going on in that dirty mind of yours, Norstein? Or do I have to force it out of you?"

"I-It's not like that Ami. It just that…" he faltered when she ran a finger down his throat.

"Just what?" she asked, nuzzling the crook of his neck.

"…" Thomas could not utter another word. She was literally driving him into insanity with what she was doing. He can feel his knees turning to jelly. Grasping her chair, he panted as he gingerly sat down, only to find his girlfriend grinning down at him wickedly.

"I like your idea, Thomas," she said as she slipped onto his lap. "This'll make it easier for me." She commenced on kissing him hungrily, while he moaned in surrender. "Are you going to tell me what you were thinking now, Thomas?"

"I-I can't," he shook his head. "I just can't, Ami. It's not…for general consumption."

Ami stopped kissing him and glared down at him. "I'll show you what's for my consumption, Norstein," she growled at him with an evil gleam in her eyes.

"Ames, stop…" Thomas managed to stutter before things got out of hand between them

"Why?" Ami raised a lazy brow at him.

"Demon and Angel…" Thomas choked, before gasping when Ami bit his nape.

"Are too busy screwing each other in the Security Control Room to notice what we're going." Ami smirked, finishing his sentence.

"Nice try, Angel-nee!" She called out, smashing Angel's spy bug that had landed on her keyboard

Almost one hour later…

"That was…" Ami muttered, resting her head on Thomas' shoulder after they overcame their climax.

"Incredible." Thomas agreed, catching his breath.

Ami chuckled, causing Thomas to look at her.

"Not quite what I envisioned our first time though." She told him

"Hm?" Thomas blinked at the female straddling on his lap.

"Remember the inside joke our mothers made when we were little?" Ami giggled.

"About us getting married?" Thomas noted.

Ami nodded, "Yup, that one. By the way, whose mother started the whole thing in the first place?"

"Neither." Thomas admitted. "My fault, I'm afraid."

"You didn't!" Ami exclaimed.

"Hey, as you said, we were little. I didn't know what 'getting married' meant." Thomas shrugged.

"You have no idea how much embarrassment you put me through because of that." Ami muttered.

"Sorry." Thomas mumbled, nuzzling her neck one last time. "Should we get back to work?"

"Cold blanket." Ami teased as the couple redressed and returned to their work, as if nothing had happened.

In the Digital World…

"What is it?" Gotsumon asked when Merukimon snapped out of his musings. "Is something wrong?"

"I can't stop thinking about that human." Merukimon replied.

"Which human?" Gotsumon asked.

"The one who fought me with his bare hands." Merukimon answered.

"Merukimon?" Gotsumon voiced. "I don't think we should talk about this."

"I've never felt any connection with a human before." Merukimon frowned, knowing what the rock Digimon was implying. "But when he came into contact with me; when that fist hit me, my strongest beliefs were shaken and I began to wonder if perhaps humans weren't all evil."

"Humans and Digimon aren't supposed to co-exist!" Gotsumon protested hotly. "So, it's only right for those humans who broke the rules get what they deserve! For many years, more than I can remember, I have faithfully served you, Merukimon. I stayed because you can bring peace between the two worlds."

"What's the matter, sir?" he asked when Merukimon's eyes widened.

"It's the humans." Merukimon replied. "They are on the move."

"It's started." Gotsumon noted as Merukimon stood up from his throne. "Then I'm with you no matter what."

"There's something very different about it this time." Merukimon noted. "I'm sensing their mission is the annihilation of all Digimon!"

"Please sir, allow me to plan the counterattack." Gotsumon begged.

"Gotsumon, wait!" Merukimon called out.

"Merukimon, you're the only one who can protect the Digital World from the human threat. You have to be the last line of defense." Gotsumon voiced and took off.

Back with the DATS team…

Along with Kurata and his men, the teens teleported to the Digital World.

"Awesome! Man I'm love making Digital Dives!" Marcus whooped.

"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Kurata sighed.

"Professor Kurata!" one of his soldiers reported. "There are no signs of any Digimon within one mile of our perimeter."

"Then, it was a good Dive." Kurata smirked, giving the two geniuses a side-glance. Let's go moving!"

"Hey, you're not going anywhere without us!" Marcus shouted as he and Agumon ran after Kurata.

"I still don't like that jerk." Ami noted beside her blond lover as she noticed his frown. "Something about him rubs me the wrong way."

Back in the Human World…

"Keenan!" Sarah called out after she placed pancakes on the dining table. "Falcomon! I made you a snack!"

"Something wrong?" she blinked when she noticed that only Falcomon had appeared.

"He's not hungry." Falcomon replied.

"Hey Keenan." The bird Digimon opened the door. "Are you worried, about facing Merukimon again?"

"Merukimon not forgive traitors." Keenan replied. "He not forgive me."

"It's not true." Falcomon objected. "I've heard Merukimon say many times that he thinks you're very important."

"Me don't important because me hu-mon." Keenan answered as Falcomon gasped. "My body made from hu-mon, but my heart is Digimon. What I supposed to do?"

Back in the Digital World…

"I'm coming for you, Merukimon." Marcus promised as the group proceeded to Merukimon's castle. "My fists are going to deliver a message you're probably not gonna want to hear."

"Oh, that's really clever Marcus." Yoshi shrugged. "You're such a poet."

"A bad one." Lalamon added.

"You're just don't get it. Champion fighters don't sit and talk things out." Marcus scoffed. "We settle things our own way."

"Digital signals dead ahead!" one of Kurata's men reported. "It's approaching rapidly.

"Get ready for it." Kurata told the teens.

"Hang on." Marcus added.

"Go back now, you sneaky humans!" Gotsumon warned the group, shouting.

"That rock again!?" Ami exclaimed.

"Stop please." Kurata called over the loudspeaker. "We're here on a mission of peace and respectfully ask that we speak with Merukimon."

"Do you really think I'll fall for such an obvious trick?" Gotsumon questioned. "You were planning on attacking him when he wasn't expecting it. Well, it won't happen on my watch."

"Now, Zudomon!" he called, summoning the Ultimate level Digimon which crashed in from the iceberg.

"Fall in!" Kurata ordered as three of his soldiers formed a line of defense before him.

"Fall back men, protect Professor Kurata!" the squad leader ordered as the troops retreated behind the teens.

"Yeah, and we're just supposed to just be backup?" Marcus scoffed.

"Is it fighting time, Boss?" Agumon asked.

"Oh yeah." Marcus replied as the two ran towards Zudomon.

"Here goes Marcus." Yoshi remarked. "What a surprise."

"Just once I'll like to see him come up with a plan." Thomas sighed.

"Were you two expecting anything else from him?" Ami joked.

"Not really." Yoshi shrugged.

"Pepper Breath!" Agumon fired his attack at the Ultimate level Digimon after the two leapt into the air to attack.

"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon slapped the flame ball away, firing his arrow-shaped energy at the two partners.

"Look out!" Marcus exclaimed in horror as the attack flew towards him.

"Marcus, no!" Thomas gasped as both Marcus and Agumon clashed into the iceberg.

"Not fun." Marcus muttered as he dug himself out from the snow. "Agumon, where are you, pal?"

"Boss, it's really dark out here!" Agumon whined, his legs sticking out of the snow.

"Yeah, but at least it's not hot." Marcus deadpanned.

"Everyone take cover!" Kurata instructed as he and his troops hid in a snow cavern. "Take cover!"

"Okay DATS." The scientist called the team on his loudspeaker. "It's up to you now. I'll be hiding here if you need me."

"Boss help!" Agumon wailed, struggling in the snow. "Get me out of here, or at least bring me something to eat!"

"At the first sign of danger, he runs. What are the odds?" Ami deathpanned.

"Looks like it's up to us to save the day." Yoshi noted.

"Watch out!" Thomas shouted a warning to the two girls as Zudomon prepared to strike his hammer at them.

In Marcus' home…

Kristy was laughing at the comedy show on television as Keenan looked downcast beside her.

Back in the Digital World…

"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon unleashed his attack.

"Let's go Gaomon!" Thomas told his partner.

"Yes sir!" Gaomon replied.

"D.N.A Full Charge!" Thomas called out.

"Gaomon warp digivolve to MachGaogamon!" Gaomon announced as he evolved.

"Let's go." Thomas instructed.

At his command, Machgaogamon punched through the icicles.

"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon fired his attack. Machgaogamon managed to dodge the icicle spikes that rose from the ground, but not before getting knocked off his feet by an icicle.

"I brought you here to defeat these guys, so do your job or go home." Kurata rebuked through his loudspeaker.

"Not doing our job huh?" Ami hissed.

"I'm not sure I like that guy." Yoshi fumed. "Ready Lalamon?"

"Ready." Lalamon nodded.

"D.N.A Full Charge!" Yoshi called out.

"Lalamon warp digivolve to Angewomon!" "Yoshi, can you let me handle this?" Ami requested.

"Okay." Yoshi nodded nervously at the murderous aura coming from the girl.

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

"Tailmon digivolve to Nefertimon!" the cat declared as she evolved.

"What's with her?" Yoshi whispered to Thomas.

"Caffeine-deprived." Thomas replied flatly

Yoshi sweat dropped, "Duke didn't replace her coffee stash, huh?"

Thomas nodded.

"Curse of the Queen!" the Armored Digimon fired her attack at Zudomon as Machgaogamon flew into the smoke.

"Gaoga Tornado!" Machgaogamon unleashed his attack right in Zudomon's face and turning the walrus-like Digimon back into a digiegg.

"Not bad." Gotsumon noted. "But it's a small taste of what's waiting for you. You'll never get to Merukimon. So give up now!"

"You give up, Gotsumon." Thomas retorted. "You can't take us all on. Don't make us take you down!"

"It won't be that easy." Gotsumon told him.

Jumping off Yanmamon, he added, "I've got something to show you. I'm not exactly who you think I am."

"If he means what I think he means, then we're officially screwed." Ami noted.

"Oh no." Thomas gasped as Gotsumon floated in the air. "What are we up against this time?"

In Marcus' home…

"Keenan? Falcomon?" Sarah said as she opened the door. "I'm coming in."

"I wonder where those two went?" she blinked noticing that the pair had disappeared.

"They're gone." She noted, sliding open the window, only to see one of Falcomon's feathers land on her palm.

"I'm so glad it stopped raining." Falcomon remarked as both partners laid on the roof.

"Popular place." Sarah commented as she climbed onto the roof as well. "Whenever something was bugging Marcus, he'd come up here and stare at the sky too. You know something? You're a lot alike. Do you want to talk about it?"

Back in the Digital World…

"Gotsumon digivolve to Meteormon!" Gotsumon declared as he evolved.

"I don't get it. He only changed colors." Yoshi noted.

"You two know the saying; don't judge a book by its cover?" Ami inquired.

At Thomas' and Yoshi's nods, she added, "I think it applies here."

"If you think I'm the same, you're wrong!" Meteormon retorted.

"Looks like Ami's right again." Yoshi noted as Meteormon charged up his attack.

"He's a lot more powerful than before." Thomas added.

"Cosmo Flash!" Meteormon unleashed his meteor shower.

"Now then." The mineral Digimon mocked as his attack clashed into the Digimon. "Still think I'm the same?"

"Yo woo!" Marcus called out, leaping off the ice ledge and landing a pinch on Meteormon. "Don't forget about me. D.N.A Full Charge!"

"Agumon warp digivolve to MetalGreymon!" Agumon announced as he evolved.

"Okay." Meteormon noted.

"Mega Claw!" MetalGreymon charged at Metormon in an attempt to finish the mineral Digimon off.

"Where is he?" MetalGreymon asked as Meteormon disappeared from sight.

"Where did he go?" Machgaogamon inquired, seeing MetalGreymon take a punch from nowhere.

"I don't know." Angewomon replied, before the two Digimon were knocked apart from a seemingly invisible punch.

You guys aren't all that tough." Meteormon mocked.

"This little guy is a pest." Marcus snorted. "Hey, what's his deal?"

"I'm looking it up now." Thomas replied, consulting the Digi-Terminal. "Apparently he can move at super-sonic speed."

"He's too fast, he can't get a good shot off." Machgaogamon remarked.

"You're not going to beat me." Meteormon mocked. "I'm too good."

"Hey Meteormon, look behind you." Ami told the mineral Digimon.

"Huh?" Meteormon turned back.

"Say 'Ah'." Ami smirked as Nefertimon fired her 'Nile Jewelry' attack at the mineral Digimon, sending him crashing into the snow field.

On the roof…

"Human nor Digimon." Sarah echoed once Keenan told her of his problem.

"What Keenan supposed to do?" Keenan asked.

"Sorry." Sarah replied. "But I really don't know what to say. See, you are the only one who can answer that question, Keenan, because you're the only one who knows what it's like to be both."

"Yeah, that problem." Keenan replied. "Me both."

"Just take your time." Sarah advised. "It'll come to you."

"Me hope." Keenan answered.

Back in the Digital World…

"Since when did Nefertimon get up there?" Yoshi asked.

"Angel of Light, speed of light." Ami shrugged. "Or something like that."

"We did it!" Marcus whooped.

"No, we didn't." Thomas corrected, as Meteormon climbed back up.

"Well, this has been a lot of fun, but I kind of grow tried of our little game. It's time to end it." Meteormon remarked, preparing his 'Cosmo Flash' attack. "Goodbye."

"Cosmo Flash!" He released his attack.

"Giga Storm!" MetalGreymon fired his attack at the same time.

"Uh oh." Meteormon muttered as MetalGreymon's beam closed in on him.

"Merukimon, help!" The mineral Digimon cried out he disintegrated.

"Well done." Kurata applauded as the victorious teens turned to him. "Now that's why I brought "Well done." Kurata applauded as the victorious teens turned to him. "Now that's why I brought you here. Everything seems to be going as planned."

Back in the Human World…

Keenan and Falcomon entered the Command Room.

"Keenan, are you sure you want to do this?" Falcomon asked.

"Yes, me want all fighting to stop." Keenan replied.

"Keenan." Sampson looked at the younger child.

"Sir, you send me to Digital World." Keenan requested.

On Merukimon's throne…

"Damon." The Mega level Digimon noted as the group approached him.

"We have unfinished business, cos last time we fought, I got dragged back to the Human World." Marcus told Merukimon. "But you won't be so lucky this time."

"Hey, don't get him angry." Yoshi rebuked.

"It's you and me, big guy." Marcus remarked as he stood before Merukimon. "Bring it on!"

"You dare threaten me?" Merukimon challenged.

"It's not a threat if you can back it up!" Marcus commented. "This is a human versus Digimon fight to the end!"

"Yes." Merukimon replied. "Unfortunately, it'll be your last fight. Sad twist of fate since I knew your father so well."

"Fighting time!" Marcus hollered, as he rushed towards Merukimon, both meeting each other fist-to-fist.

"Stop it!" Keenan shouted.

"Keenan?" The teens gasped.

"Haven't seen you in a while, Merukimon." Everyone then heard a new voice. Emerging from the darkness was a humanoid Digimon with red armor. He had blue arm guards covering his hands, red knee high boots, shoulder guards with spikes protruding from them and a sword with a green handle holstered to his back.

"It's been a long time, EmperorGreymon." Merukimon commented, acknowledging he hadn't seen EmperorGreymon for the last few years.

Thomas pulled out his computer to find out more about this new Digimon.

"EmperorGreymon, a Mega level Digimon who's power is said to exceed that of the Ten Legendary Warriors. It also says he's one of the Thirteen Royal Knights."

"One of the Royal Knights." Yoshi was left stunned.