(A/N: I've been on a bit of a Digimon craze recently, and I've been wanting to write this ever since I saw Summer Wars. If you haven't seen it, it's a movie made by the same people that did Digimon. It's really good and worth watching. The plot is similar to the battle with Diaboromon from the movie. If you don't want to watch it, then I suggest at least looking up the plot on Wikipedia just so you can get a better understanding of what's going on in the story. Anyway, this story has no relation to my other Digimon stories. I guess it CAN be, I just hadn't intended it to. This takes place after the defeat of MaloMyotismon and Armageddemon. Speaking of which, did you hear that the 7th Season coming out is going to be about the original DigiDestined in high school? That'll be interesting. Until then, I hope this will keep you entertained.)

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

"DIGIMON SUMMER WARS"

Chapter 1: Invasion

Primary Village was a very special, very unique place in the Digital World. In terms of a video game, it would be considered the save point, or, more specifically, the starting point, a game hub if you will. By that, it meant that this was where Digimon started over when they died.

Perhaps 'died' was not the proper term to use since Digimon never really die. Unless killed, they had eternal lifespans, and even then, their core data was merely reconfigured, and they started over as a Digi-Egg, the only thing they truly lose being the amount of data they had accumulated over time to get stronger in order to Digivolve down whichever Digivolution line Fate had chosen for them.

That was what made Primary Village so special. It was the place where all Digimon were reborn. As such, it resembled a giant playpen for the Baby level Digimon until they grew strong enough to Digivolve to the In-Training level and make it on their own. It was for this reason that File Island, the landmass where Primary Village was located, was filled with black gears, allowing the island to come apart and take them to other locations throughout the Digital World, while those that developed the ability to swim or fly would get off the island on their own.

Of course, with so many Baby Digimon around, a babysitter was needed to watch over all the newborns. The current overseer was an electric Rookie level Digimon known as Elecmon. He was currently wandering through the village with a crowd of Baby Digimon, and a few In-Training that had not yet left the village, following behind. All around them were unhatched Digi-Eggs and baskets. Whenever a Digi-Egg hatched, the broken eggshell would turn into a cradle for the newborn. It was a rather convenient method of recycling.

A nearby egg began to shake, catching Elecmon's attention. He became excited that another one of 'his' babies would be hatching, even though he had seen the process happen countless times. Smiling happily, he gently rubbed the egg to help it along, coaxing the Baby Digimon out.

The egg hatched, and the newborn Digimon stared up at him. Elecmon beamed happily as his crowd cheered. A moment later, the eggshells burst into clouds of smoke and rematerialized into a cradle for the hatchling.

"Hey there," Elecmon cooed. "Goochy goo, goochy goo. Aren't you a cutie?"

The Baby Digimon blew some bubbles at him, and Elecmon chuckled. He'd never get tired of this. Yes, it was a lot of hard work, but he enjoyed it a great deal, and it felt so rewarding.

"Look, look!" another Baby Digimon cried as they bounced up and down. "Another one is appearing!"

Elecmon turned to see bits of data seeming to materialize out of thin air and gather together. That meant that some poor Digimon had met their end somewhere, and now their basic data was accumulating here to form a Digi-Egg. Hopefully they hadn't been an evil Digimon that would be intent on causing trouble when they hatched, or if they had been, then perhaps dying will have taught them a lesson, and they'll turn over a new leaf during their new chance at life. At least Baby Digimon weren't all that strong and Elecmon could easily deal with them if they did act up.

But something was off. Elecmon had seen hundreds of thousands of Digi-Eggs materialize over time, but it soon became apparent that what was appearing was not a Digi-Egg, and he frowned in confusion. And when the data finished gathering, it was not an egg that appeared; eggs were not square.

"A present! A present!" one of the In-Training Digimon cheered, bouncing up and down excitedly.

Elecmon looked at the object curiously. It certainly looked like a present, purple with lavender spots, and tied with a red ribbon. It looked like it belonged under a Christmas tree or in a birthday party gift section, not here in the middle of a field of cradles and Digi-Eggs.

"Mine, mine!" a Baby Digimon cried, and bounced over to it.

"No wait!" Elecmon cried, not sure if opening it was such a good idea without knowing what it was.

The Baby Digimon ignored him as it grabbed the end of the ribbon with its mouth since it lacked any appendages and tugged. The ribbon came loose and the top of the present burst open with a loud pop that startled the others.

With the top open, the onlookers saw that there was something inside. A spring stuck out of the box with a yellow ball on the top. Or at least they thought it was a ball until large round eyes blinked open. If any of them had had any knowledge of the real world, they would have thought that it looked like Pac-Man or the Wal-Mart mascot, excluding the large, demented, blood-red, sharp-toothed grin on its face.

Elecmon and the others stared at the creature with completely bewilderment looks on their faces, having no clue as to what it was they were looking at.

"Hey, Elecmon," said an In-Training Digimon, "what is that thing?"

Elecmon scratched his head. "I'm not sure," he muttered, and the creature turned to him. "Um, hi. I'm Elecmon. Er, uh, welcome to Primary Village. Um, who are you?"

The creatures large eyes traveled over Elecmon, then shifted to the other Digimon. Its grin widened, and a sinister snicker escaped it.

"Tee, hee, hee, hee."

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"Sorry I'm late!" Cody Hida cried as he burst into the computer room. "I got stuck with cleanup duty."

He was greeted by 11 pairs of eyes, not all of them human. Those that were consisted of two girls and three boys, one older than the others. He was also the only one that didn't have a Digimon in his arms that was passed off as a stuffed animal when others were around. And as Cody opened his backpack, he pulled out Upamon, his own partner Digimon.

The blonde boy of the group, known as TK, short for Takeru, turned to the redhead without a Digimon. "Ok, Izzy, we're all here now. So what's so important?"

The older boy sighed. "I'm afraid there's a problem. I got a distress call from Gennai asking me to get you all together."

The boy with the goggles on his head scowled slightly. "This feels kind of familiar. Don't tell me Diaboromon is still around."

Izzy shook his head. "No, Davis, I don't think we need to worry about him anymore, not after his last defeat. I didn't get any details, but Gennai's e-mail sounded concerning. Hopefully it's nothing too serious."

The girl with shorter brown hair than the bespectacled one frowned. "You don't think it's a new enemy, do you?"

Davis punched the air. "Don't you worry, Kari, if it is, I'll be sure to handle it."

The girl with glasses cut her eyes at him. "How very reassuring," she muttered sarcastically.

The last boy, child genius and athlete, Ken Ichijouji, hesitated for a moment. "Hey, guys, maybe we should just see what he wants."

"I'm already bringing him up," Izzy replied. "Ah, there we go."

On the computer screen, the image of a young man appeared. Though he looked human, he was, in fact, a Digital life form similar to a Digimon. "Hello, there!"

The girl with glasses smiled at the screen. "Hey, Gennai. How are you?"

He returned the smile. "I'm fine, Yole, but I'm afraid we have a problem."

"Yeah," said Izzy, "I got your e-mail. What's happening?"

"It seems there's a troublemaker in Primary Village, and-"

Elecmon suddenly appeared on screen, looking furious with Gennai. "A troublemaker? Is that what your calling that thing? This isn't just a troublemaker! It's an evil menace!"

Patamon, the Digimon resting on TK's head rather than in his arms or on his lap, beamed at the sight of his old friend. "Hey, Elecmon, it's been awhile."

The rabbit-like Digimon looked at the screen. "Patamon? Hey, little buddy. How's the tug-of-war master?"

He chuckled. "I'm doing good. How about you?"

A sad and angry scowl crossed Elecmon's face. "I was doing fine up until recently. Some freak is causing a bunch of trouble in Primary Village."

"Is it a Digimon?" asked the small blue creature in Davis' arms.

Elecmon shook his head. "No, it isn't a Digimon."

"Then it's human?" Yolei gasped.

"Not a human either," Gennai replied. "We actually don't know what it is. It's a Digital life form of some kind that's similar to a Digimon, but it's not one."

"Whatever it is, it needs to be stopped," Elecmon raged. "From the moment it appeared, it began eating the Digi-Eggs, and even the Baby and In-Training Digimon."

Stunned looks appeared over the DigiDestined's faces.

"Wait, it's eating them?" TK asked, looking disgusted.

"Yes! Some of them he ate more than once. After the egg reappeared, he would just eat it again and again." He began openly weeping. "The poor things will never hatch if he doesn't give them time to develop. And my poor Baby Digimon, they were just born, and already they've been reduced to eggs again!" He wiped the tears from his eyes. "What kind of monster would do something so cruel?"

"Er, a Digital one?" Davis replied, earning him an elbow in the ribs from Yolei.

Izzy had his chin in his hand. "This is horrible. I mean, there are carnivorous Digimon out there, but it sounds like this one is eating simply for the sake of eating. It must be getting something out of it."

"It does seem to be getting stronger," Elecmon confirmed. "It's already transformed from what it was from when it first appeared."

"You mean it Digivolved?" Cody asked.

"I wouldn't quite call it Digivolution, but it was something similar to the process."

Gennai cleared his throat. "The only thing we know about it for sure is that it's called Love Machine. Everything else is still a complete mystery, but we're looking into it."

Ken raised an eyebrow. "Love Machine?"

"Curious name, no? I wonder if there's some meaning behind it."

"Excuse me!" Elecmon snapped. "I don't care if it's called Mr. Cuddly-kins; this thing needs to be stopped!" He pressed his face against the screen. "Please, my friends, you have to help! My babies are counting on you!"

"Of course we'll help," Kari insisted. "We can't let this horrible creature run amuck like this."

"And I'll see what information I can find out about it in the meantime," said Izzy. "Maybe I can discover where it came from and how it got to the Digital World."

The tears in Elecmon's eyes were now ones of gratitude. "Oh, thank you so much! You don't know how much this means to me!"

Davis gave him a thumbs up. "Hey, no sweat. We're the DigiDestined after all. Protecting the peace within the Digital World is our job." He arrogantly rubbed beneath his nose with his index finger. "Besides, how bad could something called Love Machine really be?"

(A/N: Love Machine is in running amuck in the Digital World. If you've seen Summer Wars, you'll know just how bad him causing trouble is. And I should mention now, the reason this story is in the Digimon section and not the Digimon/Summer Wars Crossover section is because Love Machine will be the only Summer Wars character to appear. You'll find out why later, along with how he came to the Digital World. Poor Davis really has no idea what they're in store for. With that said, I hope you liked the first chapter. I'll be attempting to update on a weekly basis. Hope to see you then.)