Seth landed on the shore of Mewtwo's island, along with the pokemon himself. Biyomon ran over to Mewtwo's side and stared evilly at Seth as the others ran to the shore. Seth stuck his gloved hands into his trenchcoat pockets and waited.

Ash charged forward and swung his fist at Seth's face, knocking the author on his back. Ash would have done more had the others not restrained him and dragged him away from Seth as he stood. "That's for all that you've done, you jerk!" yelled the pokemon trainer, finally indicating to the others that he's calm.

Seth rubbed the side of his jaw that was hit, but did nothing to retaliate. The author was surprised that a kid six years younger than him could pack such a wallop, but said nothing to indicate his feelings towards them.

Mewtwo looked sternly at Seth. "Now, what are you doing here?" he said.

"I'm giving up my experiment." Seth answered simply. "But the satellite and my program have malfunctioned. I can't stop the countdown on my own."

Davis growled and lifted his fist in an obviously threatening manner. "So you're saying that you can't stop the digimon and pokemon from killing each other?!" Seth nodded, not showing any regret, which only seemed to anger them even more. "Aren't you even sorry?!"

Seth looked at the ground. "As mean as it sounds...It's tough for me to feel sorry for you, because for most of my time as an author you've all been just imaginary characters."

Blue flames shot up around Mewtwo as his telekinetic energies powered up to the maximum levels. "I'll show you an imaginary character..."

"Mewtwo, don't!" shouted Sora as she and Biyomon got in between Mewtwo and Seth. When Sora slowly pushed his hand to the ground, Mewtwo dissisapated the energy forming in his hands. They continued the conversation. "So you intend to help us?"

Seth nodded yet again. "I'll do what is needed. Then you all can do with me what you want."

Veemon slapped his fist into his other hand. "Oh don't worry. We will." Biyomon gestured to Veemon to be silent, which he did.

"If you can't stop the signal, then we'll have to destroy the satellite itself." said Mewtwo.

"Good luck." Seth answered. "It's guarded by the four Legendary birds and the Mega-Gengar from Pokemonopolis."

"What?!" everybody yelled.

"Why would the pokemon guard it if you've given up?" Brock asked.

"They are still under the effects of the original signal, even though it has been turned off." Seth replied. "Their territorial instincts are active...and they think the satellite is their property. They'll destroy anything that approaches it. Even now they're fighting over it amongst each other."

"Then that gives us an advantage." Mewtwo said. "If we can get rid of them while they're weak, then the satellite will be defenseless."

"Wait a minute." said Izzy. "Who owns the satellite? Won't they have defenses of some kind around it?"

Seth shook his head no. "The satellite belongs to my masters. They aren't military or criminal in nature, so the satellite's only defenses are a cloaking field to hide it from view. All the satellite does is give us data on your world so that we can manipulate it."

"Manipulate it?" said Sora.

Seth nodded. "Yes. All the disasters and triumphs of your lives have been influenced by humans from my world, collectively known as 'Toei'. My masters and I don't have the direct power that they do, but we can use data to make our own stories and events occur. However, none of you will ever see them."

"You mean to say that our world is run by something named Toei?" Yolei said.

"This guy is just some nut! Don't believe him." Davis said.

"Believe what you want." Seth said.

"Let's stay on the subject." Mewtwo said. "The cloaking field around the satellite shouldn't be any problem. How long until your signal is unleashed in the Digital World?"

"One hour." Seth answered.

"Then let's hurry!" Tai shouted.

"Good thing the Digimon Emporer isn't in the Digital World anymore. He'd love this." Cody grumbled.

"So how are we going to get back home?" Biyomon asked.

Seth brought out his Watch. "I'll save Mewtwo the trouble of trying to teleport us all there. I can make a small gate with this that we can all go through."

"Can we use that to get all the pokemon back home?" asked Misty.

Seth nodded. "Once the satellite stops malfunctioning, I can reopen the large wormhole and the pokemon can all return."

"Then let's go, people!" Davis said. The others nodded in agreement.

"Seth, for now, you're on our side." Mewtwo said. "But after this is over..."

"I know." Seth answered as he activated his Watch.

"What a depressing guy." Yolei muttered as the small blue gate materialized before them. The kids, the digimon, and the pokemon all entered the gate one-by-one, until finally it closed behind them.

****

A brilliant flash of light appeared in File Island as the group materialized in the Digital World. As the gate closed, Seth pointed to the sky directly above him.

"The satellite is floating in the clouds just above here." he said.

"You mean it's not in space?" Ash asked. Seth nodded, but didn't elaborate on why.

Mewtwo floated into the air and slowly looked around the countryside from his vantage point. "The pokemon seem to be in hiding. At least the digimon aren't worried about them it seems."

"After the Digimon Emporer's reign of terror, all the digimon are doing right now is rebuilding their homes." Cody said. "They don't want to fight at all."

"Are you surprised?" Mewtwo said sarcastically to Seth. The black-clad author said nothing in response.

"Okay guys, time to make a plan." Tai said. "We've got five BIG enemies, all pokemon, which means they have a lot of powers, and are very skilled at fighting."

"They're protecting their property, so they won't have any fear." added Izzy.

"That means they won't give up, or go easy on us." said Joe.

"We know what the birds can do." said Matt. "What does the 'Mega-Gengar' do?"

Ash pulled out his Pokedex. "Gengar."

/Gengar. The Shadow Pokemon. Under a full moon, this Pokemon likes to mimic the shadows of people and laugh at their fright. It is strong against Psychic pokemon./

"Well, I guess that means that Mewtwo shouldn't fight him if he has a choice in the matter." said Ash. "As big as this one is, even he would have trouble with the differences in type."

"Mega-Gengar is intangible. Only your angels will have any effect on him." Seth said.

"Oh yeah..." Ash said.

"That changes things..." said Tai.

"I will fight Mega-Gengar with them." Mewtwo said.

"You cant!" Biyomon said.

Mewtwo nodded. "All of your digimon put together will be needed to face the four birds. They have even more strength together than they do apart, so the power of all your digimon will be needed to defeat it."

Sora ran up to Mewtwo. "But you three alone can't fight Mega-Gengar! You'll be..."

Mewtwo covered her mouth with his oddly-shaped hand. Sora silenced, and Mewtwo let his hand fall. "If I can play tag with the fastest bird around, then I can avoid being hit by the creature." said Mewtwo. Biyomon smiled and started to get teary-eyed, and Sora looked up into Mewtwo's eyes, as if to imprint them in her mind.

"Alright then..." Tai said, breaking up the moment akwardly. "Mewtwo, MagnaAngemon, and Angewomon will take on Mega-Gengar, while the digimon and Ash face the four birds. Since Ash is the only one with a flying pokemon that can carry him and fight at the same time, the others will have to sit this one out."

"While you divert the attention of the pokemon, I'll try to deactivate the satellite." Seth said. Tai nodded, but gave him an angry glare as well.

"Right!" said Tai. "Everyone agreed?" Everyone nodded in response.

/Delta 2 will activate signal 'Rage' in fifty minutes./ said Seth's Watch.

"Okay guys, time to digi-volve!" said Agumon. The energies of the digital evolution enveloped each of the digimon as they digivolved to their maximum levels. Soon, WarGreymon, MetalGarurumon, Garudamon, Lillymon, Zudomon, MegaKabuterimon, MagnaAngemon, Angewomon, Flamedramon, Digmon, and Shurimon were ready for battle. Ash called out Charizard and leaped onto his back, while Pikachu leaped onto MetalGarurumon's back.

"Good luck guys!" shouted Tai. "We'll be rooting for you!"

Ash tipped his hat. "See ya soon, everyone."

Yolei ran over and gave Ash a big kiss on the cheek. As he blushed, Yolei replied "I'll be waiting, hero." Misty burned with rage as Yolei walked back, but Misty managed to restrain herself...for the time being.

Mewtwo stepped up to Ash. "Hold out your hand."

Ash did so. "Uh...why?"

Mewtwo placed five small, black empty pokeballs in his outstretched hand. The pokemon nodded. "You know what to do."

Ash smiled and nodded. "Right."

"Let's go." Mewtwo said, powering up his energies to their maximum levels. The flyers took the non-flyers and launched into the sky, ready to do battle with the fearsome opponents waiting for them at the satellite.

"Good luck Mewtwo! Good luck Garudamon!" shouted Sora as they disappeared into the sky above. The others said good luck as well to their respective digimon, waving as they rose into the air.

"...They'll need it."

****

Mega-Gengar spewed energy at Lugia, while Articuno shot a blast of Ice and Lugia unleashed a Hyper Beam in response to the attack. The energies met in mid-flight and exploded as they tried to blow past each other. Moltres and Zapdos dueled nearby, launching fire and lightning in all directions as they warred. Articuno and Lugia screeched in anger as they sensed the approach of several large creatures. Mega-Gengar, Moltres, and Zapdos looked to where they were looking, and took note of the approaching trespassers. Mega-Gengar and the Legendary birds roared with anger as the enemies breached the cloaking field of the satellite.

As Seth landed quickly at the entrance to the satellite, the combatants spread out. Seth punched a command on his Watch, and started to hack into the system controls.

"GATE OF DESTINY!" shouted MagnaAngemon, unleashing a blast of Holy light.

"CELESTIAL ARROW!" yelled Angewomon, creating a magnificent arrow of energy that flew forward at Mega-Gengar.

Both attacks rammed into the massive pokemon, causing it to stumble back in surprise. Anger showed in its ugly face, and the creature unleashed a massive blast of unholy power that slammed into the two digimon. Each slammed into the satellite painfully, creating dents from the force of the collisions.

"Ouch..." MagnaAngemon said simply as he stood up on wobbly legs.

"Look sharp, here he comes." Angewomon said quickly. The two angels powered up while Mewtwo unleashed a blast of pure telekinetic energy that slammed into the ghost pokemon, disrupting a little of its energy. The massive creature spit energy from its mouth at Mewtwo, which the pokemon easily avoided with a quick mid-air flip. However, Mega-Gengar was able to recover quickly, slamming a fist full of energy at Mewtwo, sending the pokemon tumbling to the satellite as well.

"This doesn't look good." said Angewomon as Mega-Gengar loomed before them.

****

"TERRA FORCE!" shouted WarGreymon as he powered up his massive attack. The digimon's arms shot towards the sky, and between his massive claws formed a globe of incredible destructive energies.

"FIRE ROCKET!" yelled Flamedramon as his body burst into intense flame. The armored digimon dashed straight at Articuno as WarGreymon unleashed his Mega-attack at the ice pokemon.

Articuno slapped Flamedramon aside with its massive wings, and shot an Ice Beam straight at the digimon's chest, sending him flying into the direction of the Terra Force globe.

"Look out, Flamedramon!" yelled Ash. "Charizard, grab him!" Charizard roared into action, zooming between the stunned Flamedramon and the massive Terra Force. With only inches to spare, the pokemon dashed out of the path of the massive attack as it collided with Articuno, who screeched in pain as the Fire-based attack slammed into it. The ice bird flew from the smoke with frightening speed, slamming into Ash and Charizard. Ash managed to hang on as the two flew uncontrollably.

****

Moltres screeched as it powered up its next attack. Fiery energy surrounded it as a Fire Spin attack zoomed ahead like a flying tornado.

"Look out Lillymon!" shouted the slow digimon on the satellite, Zudomon.

Lillymon tried to outrun the Fire Spin, but she wasn't quite fast enough, and the attack was slowly creeping closer.

"Lillymon, get behind me!" shouted Zudomon. Lillymon obeyed, zooming behind the massive turtle-like digimon. Zudomon curled around her, and the massive Fire Spin impacted on the digimon's hard shell. The explosive energies rocked the satellite. As the smoke cleared, Zudomon unfolded himself and opened his hands where Lillymon was. Jumping into the air, Lillymon pulled out her deadly... (drum roll, please...) flower!

"FLOWER CANNON!" shouted Lillymon as a powerful blast shot out at Moltres. The bird twisted its body to avoid the attack as it zoomed by. The ray barely touched Moltres' wing, and resulted in an explosion several hundred yards off course.

"VULCAN'S HAMMER!" yelled Zudomon, slamming his massive hammer into the satellite to generate the energy of his attack. The vibrations flew forward into the air, missing Moltres again.

"He must be doing that 'Agility' thing that Misty showed me with her pokemon." Zudomon said.

"'Misty showed you'? What are you talking about, when did you two ever talk?"

Zudomon smiled. "Let's just say I happened upon her and her pokemon while they were having a little swim on the beach. I'll tell you about it after we beat these guys."

Lillymon dived to avoid a blast of fire from Moltres. "I'm amazed at your optimism!"

****

"Digmon, double team!" shouted Shurimon.

"Right! Gold Rush!" shouted the digimon as it unleashed shards of flying metal at Zapdos.

"Double Star!" yelled Shurimon, unleashing his ninja stars in conjunction. The two attacks raced towards Zapdos, who seemingly surged with light as some kind of barrier formed around him. The two attacks slammed into the Light Screen, while Zapdos launched its Thunder attack at the flying Shurimon.

"Agghh!" cried the digimon as electricity crackled through its leafy body, causing him to smoke with heat.

"Shurimon!" yelled Digmon as he ran over to where Shurimon fell on the satellite. "You okay?!"

"Urghhh....yeah, I'll make it. Watch your back!" yelled Shurimon as the two leaped out of the path of a Thunder Shock from Zapdos. Zapdos swung around for another fly-by, giving the digimon some time to prepare.

"Gold Rush!"

"Double Star!"

The two attacks sliced into Zapdos' feathered body, causing the bird to zoom a bit off course, and crash into a solar panel of the satellite. Zapdos shook the cobwebs out of its head and worked on freeing itself from the tangled metal that was left.

****

"Heads up!" shouted Pikachu as Lugia tilted its head back as it powered up for a Hyper Beam attack.

"WING BLADE!" shouted Garudamon as a massive flaming bird flew up from its body. The attack swooped down towards Lugia, who shot the powerful Hyper Beam forward. The attacks exploded as they met, but the Hyper Beam continued through, slamming into MegaKabuterimon. The massive insect digimon fell back, but wasn't harmed seriously.

"THORNBUSTER!" yelled MegaKabuterimon. The attack slammed into Lugia, who rammed into the satellite and skidded along the surface.

"METAL WOLF CLAW!" called out MetalGarurumon, launching the attack straight at Lugia. The legendary bird of the sea screeched and created a field of energy around it, which reflected the attack right back at the digimon. MetalGarurumon ducked as the wave of energy zoomed by. Lugia swooped at MetalGarurumon's face and tackled the digimon, causing them to roll down the side of the satellite as they bit and slapped at each other on the way down.

****

Seth heard the sound of something big rolling down the side of the satellite, and calmly ducked as MetalGarurumon and Lugia shot just over his head. The author carefully examined the wiring inside the dish responsible for recieving transmissions and looked for the ones that had to be cut to stop the countdown procedures.

"Computer, how long until signal upload is finished?"

/The signal 'Rage' will be fully uploaded and released in forty minutes./

{Plenty of time when it comes to cutting wires}, Seth thought, {but that wouldn't mean anything if the others failed to stop the pokemon. One shot from them and I'm toast.}

{Seth, how long until you can stop the signal?} said Mewtwo telepathically as he shot a wave of energy at Mega-Gengar, causing the giant to stumble and temporarily leave itself open to attack from the two angels.

{About five minutes.}, answered Seth mentally.

{...Hurry up...}, replied Mewtwo as it blocked a Confusion Ray intended for Angewomon.

MagnaAngemon swung his massive sword Excalibur, slashing repeatedly into the darkness that encompassed Mega-Gengar's body. The blackness seemed to reform almost as quickly as it was chopped away, but it did some damage to the massive ghost pokemon.

"Look out!" shouted Ash as Articuno came crashing towards their part of the battlefield. As the massive bird slammed to the ground, Flamedramon, Charizard, and WarGreymon shot fireballs at the ice pokemon, weakening it even more. Articuno bounced along the hull as shot after shot hit it.

"Now I've gotcha!" shouted Ash, throwing a black pokeball directly at Articuno. The ball sailed through the air, slamming into the bird and causing it to shrink into the device. After a short period of wabbling, the pokeball went silent and returned to Ash's hand as he sailed by.

"Yeah!" he cheered. "One down, four to go!" he yelled as their team sailed off to assist Digmon and Shurimon.

****

"Zudomon, no!" shouted Lillymon as Moltres clamped onto the shell of the massive digimon. Unable to grab or hit the bird when it was sitting on his back, Zudomon was completely defenseless against Moltres' fiery attack. The digimon screamed in pain as the last of his energy left his body, making him revert to Gomamon.

"Gomamon, run!" shouted Lillymon, but it was too late. Moltres stomped on Gomamon, trapping the little aquatic digimon underneath the bird's massive talons.

"Uh...I'm it. Your turn to run?" Gomamon said hopefully. Moltres began to charge up for a fire breath that would roast the little digimon like paper.

"FLOWER CANNON!"

Moltres fell backwards from the sheer force of the blow, and literally tore through the hull of the satellite. Gomamon looked in awe at the massive hole in the side of the satellite as Lillymon flew down and picked up the little critter.

"Are you okay?!" she said quickly, holding him tight as she flew to the ground to where he would be safe.

"...yeah, thanks to you." Gomamon said, blinking his eyes weakly. Lillymon smiled and ruffled his little red mohawk as she reached the ground. Placing him carefully on the ground, she dashed back into the air to return to the battle.

"Lillymon...be careful." he whispered as the kids ran up to where he lay.

****

"Okay, we got Articuno, Lugia, and Moltres...ready for Zapdos?" shouted Ash from Charizard's back as he put the third filled pokeball away.

"I don't know, but we've got trouble." said Flamedramon as he looked over at WarGreymon. "The mega-digimon are starting to revert to their in-training levels. They're exhausted."

"Go ahead and take a breather!" Ash yelled. "You and MetalGarurumon deserve it. With only two left against the rest of us, there shouldn't be any trouble."

WarGreymon nodded and yelled the news to MetalGarurumon, who smiled happily to get a chance to rest. The two digimon flew towards the surface, reverting to Koromon and Tsunimon as they landed in Tai and Matt's arms.

Flamedramon wiped some sweat off his metallic frame. "Okay Ash, let's meet up with Digmon and Shurimon. They can't hold off Zapdos anymore." said the digimon, pointing down to where the two digimon were reverting to Armadillomon and Hawkmon.

"Charizard, Tackle attack!" shouted Ash. The pokemon shot through the sky, slamming his head into the powerful Zapdos. The bird stumbled back a few feet, but was otherwise unharmed.

"FIRE ROCKET!" shouted Flamedramon as he sped towards the legendary bird. As the fiery aura surrounded his body, Zapdos turned on his Agility and shot into the sky.

"Oh no you don't..." said Flamedramon, zipping right after him, like a literal rocket. Bird and digimon rebounded through the sky like living pinballs as each tried to hit the other without getting hit, but both were moving at near sonic speeds. Finally, after a tricky maneuver performed by Zapdos, the bird managed to land a Thunder attack on Flamedramon, who was shocked right into Garudamon's arms as Veemon.

"No, Veemon!" shouted Ash. The boy growled and pulled one of the black pokeballs that were still empty. "Garudamon, hit him!"

"No, I was going to ask him for the time..." the bird said sarcastically. Carefully holding Veemon, the massive bird launched a Wing Blade at the electric pokemon, which was easily avoided with Agility.

"He's too fast!" Ash said.

"THORNBUSTER!" shouted MegaKabuterimon. "Quick, while his attention is on me!"

"Right! Charizard, use Fire Spin!"

"WING BLADE!"

The bird was able to avoid MegaKabuterimon's attack, but the other two attacks slammed into the pokemon, sending it falling towards the Earth. Ash threw his third black pokeball, which hit Zapdos in the back. The bird dematerialized and entered the pokeball, which sealed and flew back up to Ash's waiting hand.

"That's four!" yelled Ash. "Let's get to Mewtwo and the angels, and then Mega-Gengar won't have a prayer!"

****

Mewtwo slid back as the force of Mega-Gengar's blast hit the Barrier that he had generated mentally. The two angels shot their attacks Gate of Destiny and Celestial Arrow at the beast, making it cry out in pain as the wounds it was sustaining started to catch up with him.

"Take this!" shouted Mewtwo as he launched a small but deadly bubble of power at Mega-Gengar. The globe exploded in Mega-Gengar's face, and the pokemon fell on its back.

"Ash! Capture it, now!" yelled Mewtwo. Ash and Charizard swept by and zoomed towards the motionless pokemon.

"Pokeball, go-" Ash yelled, but he never got a chance to throw the ball. Mega-Gengar's eyes glowed red as it stared into the human's eyes. Ash blinked several times, but found himself slowly losing control...

"No, it was a trick!" shouted MagneAngemon.

"He's using Hypnosis on Ash and Charizard!" Mewtwo yelled.

"No! Ash has the four birds!", yelled Angewomon. She charged at Ash in an attempt to get him, but Mega-Gengar shot a powerful ray of energy at the digimon, sending her falling onto Mewtwo as Gatomon. The Mega-Gengar laughed a deep, evil laugh as Ash turned around on Charizard's back with a blank look on his face.

"Ash, wake up!" shouted MagnaAngemon as he slashed at Mega-Gengar. The giant pokemon hit the angel with a point blank blast of energy, making him de-digivolve into Patomon.

Mewtwo growled in pain. "Is there anyone left who is still digivolved?!"

"Lillymon, Garudamon and MegaKabuterimon are the only ones left, but they can barely fly, let alone fight." answered Veemon as said-digimon landed behind Mewtwo.

Mewtwo handed Gatomon's limp body to Veemon. "Take her and Patomon back to the surface with Lillymon. Lillymon, protect the kids in case Mega-Gengar gets past us and goes down there. Garudamon, MegaKabuterimon and I will protect Seth."

Veemon quickly grabbed Patomon, nodded and leaped into Lillymon's waiting arms. The digimon dashed down through the sky as Mewtwo and the two Ultimate-level digimon landed next to where Seth was feverishly flipping through wires.

"One last circuit, but the colors are screwed up. Give me a minute." Seth said.

"You may not have that long." Garudamon said as the four birds appeared in formation before Ash.

"Keep trying, but hurry!" shouted Mewtwo just before getting slammed in the back by a blast of energy from Mega-Gengar.

"Mewtwo, NOOOO!" shouted Garudamon, but there was no answer as the motionless Mewtwo fell through the air. Mega-Gengar ordered the four legendary birds to handle the two Ultimates, with Ash and Charizard leading the way, while Mega-Gengar flew through the air to consume whatever energy was left within Mewtwo.

"WING BLADE!"

"THORNBUSTER!"

The two attacks raced through the air, but both were dodged by the birds with their Agility.

"They're too fast!" said MegaKabuterimon.

Lugia and the three birds unleashed their most powerful attacks at the two digimon, which the Ultimate-level digimon managed to block, but not without sustaining heavy damage.

"I got it, let's go." he said.

"Go?! Go where?!" said MegaKabuterimon weakly as the four birds pursued them.

****

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[A FLASH OF MEMORY: Mewtwo crying alone on the gym floor, and Sora trying to comfort him...]

Mewtwo weakly opened his eyes. "I...can't die..."

[Mewtwo defending Sora and Garudamon from Neuromon...]

"I have to save...the two worlds..."

[Sora hugging Mewtwo in thanks...]

"No...forget the worlds..."

[Mewtwo and Biyomon talking about his pain...]

"I...have to save...Sora. Must...save..."

[Mewtwo and Biyomon, playing tag, and bringing back Mewtwo's happy memories...]

"Biyomon!"

****

Mewtwo's eyes snapped open, and the pokemon found himself falling head first towards the Earth. Quickly the pokemon burst into blue flame as he activated his telekinesis abilities.

Mega-Gengar laughed evilly and spoke to Mewtwo, knowing that the pokemon can understand him. "YOU WEAK...YOU DIE NOW..."

Mewtwo clenched his fist, and began to glow with an eerie blue light that almost blinded the ghost pokemon. Mega-Gengar screamed in anger at seeing this display of power.

"IMPOSSIBLE! YOU NO POKEMON!"

Mewtwo glared at Mega-Gengar through blue eyes. "You're right. I'm not a pokemon." he said, shooting a swarm of small psychic globes at Mega-Gengar. The massive attack struck Mega-Gengar square in the "chest", and the black ghost creature fell like a comet in the sky, crashing into the surface below.

"I'm something else." said Mewtwo as he shot up towards the satellite.

****

Seth carried Biyomon and Tentomon as he flew with his Watch. The two had taken too many hits, and now Seth had to carry their weakened bodies as he raced to safety, with the four birds in hot pursuit. Although Seth could fly, he had no skill at air combat, so all he could do was pray that modern technology was faster than a pokemon.

"Duck!" shouted Tentomon as a blast of fire from the hypnotized Charizard approached. Seth obeyed, diving straight down as the birds chased him and shot their attacks at him.

"I can open the wormhole, but I can't dodge at the same time." said the author.

"Then we're in deep trouble!" said Tentomon.

"In more ways than one. Look!" shouted Biyomon. Seth halted as Moltres hovered in front of him. The other three birds surrounded them, trapping the three between them in a rough box shape.

Seth looked left and right as the birds powered up for their special attacks. "Sorry about all this..." Seth said to Biyomon and Tentomon.

"Goodbye...Sora." Biyomon whispered.

"Goodbye, Izzy!" screamed Tentomon as he grabbed Seth's head and held it for dear life, while Seth tried to yank off the digimon.

{Don't worry, Biyomon...I'm still with you...}, said a voice in Biyomon's mind.

"...Mewtwo?" whispered Biyomon hopefully as the Legendary birds opened their mouths wide to unleash...nothing?

Tentomon looked left and right with confusion. "What happened?"

"Their powers have been Disabled!"

"Get away from them!" shouted Mewtwo as he zipped into the center of the birds with Seth and the two digimon.

In a split second, Mewtwo's arms shot up as he screamed "LEAVE THEM ALONE!!". Immense waves of power left both his hands, slamming into the birds to the left and right of the group. The Legendary Birds, with their powers disabled, could not dodge fast enough, and couldn't block it with their powers. The birds' bodies were catapulted to the ground at a frightening speed, that ended with the birds slamming to the ground. Mewtwo's arms fell to his side, and the pokemon would have fallen to Earth had Seth not caught him.

"Mewtwo!!" screamed Biyomon, rushing to the pokemon. Mewtwo weakly caught her, and Biyomon started to cry happily, much to Mewtwo's surprise. "I....I thought you had died...and....and..." Mewtwo held her reassuringly, but said nothing.

"Ughh...where am I?..." said Ash as he and Charizard hovered down to where they floated. "What happened?"

"...It's over." Seth said.

****

"See ya guys later." said Ash. Ash, Pikachu, Misty, and Brock waved one last time before going through the gate to their home. With all the pokemon already on the other side, Mewtwo was the last one that had to go.

Sora walked up to Mewtwo and slowly wrapped her arms around him. Rather than stand akwardly as she embraced him like last time, Mewtwo answered her hug with his own. Sora smiled, rubbed her wet eyes in his warm cat fur, and gave one last squeeze as she let go.

"...I'll miss your 'cheery disposition', Mewtwo." Sora joked.

Mewtwo smiled. "I should thank you...and Biyomon."

Sora looked around. "Hey, where is Biyomon? She hasn't said good-bye."

"I didn't see her leave." Palmon said.

"...I'll go find her." Mewtwo said. "I'm a telepath, so it shouldn't take too long." Mewtwo flew off, scanning the area for their Biyomon's thoughts.

After a few moments of searching, Mewtwo found her at a nearby lake in the forest area. Mewtwo landed on the shore where she was quietly staring into the lake, watching the fish go by. Mewtwo quietly stood next to the shore, folding his arms and staring down into the lake. For a long time, nothing was said.

"Why do you have to leave?" Biyomon said finally.

Mewtwo looked at the little pink bird. "I don't belong here."

"Yes you do!" she said, looking up at him angrily through tear-filled eyes. "If you go back, you'll just hide from the world again, and you'll be sad again..."

"I'm a pokemon. I'm supposed to be in my world. You're a digimon. You have to be in your world."

Biyomon grabbed Mewtwo fiercely. "Please don't go..."

Mewtwo held Biyomon comfortingly for a while as she cried silently. Mewtwo floated silently into the air and slowly made his way back to the others. They watched the pokemon land gracefully, and he carefully handed Biyomon to Sora.

"Mewtwo..." Biyomon said, trying to get out of Sora's arms. "Don't..."

Mewtwo backed away, closing his eyes as he began to weep as well. "Goodbye, Biyomon..."

Seth frowned at the sight of all the sad faces before him. As he and Mewtwo entered the closing gate, he vowed to not let it end this way.

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December 25th, 2000
The Digital World
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"Who's idea was this, anyway?" Tentomon said. "I don't want all of you messing up my tree!" the digimon said.

"Oh chill out Tentomon." Veemon replied. "Your tree looks cool now."

"Yeah, I guess...but I can't sleep in a Christmas Tree!" said Tentomon.

"After we open presents, you can take off anything that gets in the way of your precious tree." Palmon said. "Geez..."

"Okay, everybody dig in!" yelled Agumon. The digimon dived into the pile of presents and started to unwrap their gifts.

"'To Gatomon, From Kari.' Hmm, I wonder what it is." said Gatomon. Veemon looked over as Gatomon pulled out a big ball of yarn. Gatomon's eyes went wide and she rolled over with glee as she fiddled with a string that dangled from the ball.

Veemon laughed and looked at his own gift that Davis had gotten him. Ripping open the wrapping paper, Veemon found a book called 'Dancing for Dummies'. "Alright! I didn't think he'd get it!"

"What's that?" Gatomon asked as she chased the ball past Veemon.

Veemon quickly hid the book from her. "Uh...nothing, nothing."

After playing the harmonica that Matt had gotten him as his gift, Gabumon looked around to see if any presents were left under the tree. Only one remained...Biyomon's present. Since she wasn't coming to their little party, Gabumon decided to bring her the present instead.

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"Biyomon?" called Gabumon as he ran to the tree in the forest where she lived in the Digital World. Climbing up the large oak, Gabumon found Biyomon munching on an apple and laying under the snow-covered leaves.

"Hey Biyomon, aren't you going to come to our Christmas party?"

Biyomon slowly shook her head no. "No thanks, I don't feel like partying right now."

"Fine by me." said Gabumon. The furry digimon sat on the limb next to Biyomon and started to play the harmonica he got from Matt.

Biyomon eventually looked over at him. "Are you trying to annoy me into going to the party?"

Gabumon stopped playing. "No. I'm just trying to keep you from being lonely. Nobody should be alone on Christmas day."

"I can think of someone who is..." Biyomon said, trailing off.

Gabumon put a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry that you miss him, but he belongs in his world. At least feel lucky that they he didn't erase our memories or anything."

Biyomon sighed. "At least then I wouldn't feel so bad."

Gabumon looked down at the snow, wondering what Matt would do in a situation like this. Finally, the digimon held the gift out to Biyomon, who looked at it with a confused expression.

"What's that?" she asked.

"Sora's gift to you, isn't it?"

"No, Sora gave me her gift earlier." she answered. Standing up, Biyomon looked at the gift curiously. "Who's it from?"

"The tag says...'Best Wishes- Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu.'?!"

Biyomon stared for a long time at the gift. "If this is a joke, I'm not laughing."

"None of us did it..." Gabumon said. "Maybe it's the real deal."

"Only one way to find out." she answered as she tore open the wrapping paper. Underneath was a simple box that opened on top. Biyomon opened up the top, and instantly she went into shock.

"What is it?" Gabumon said. Biyomon coudn't answer, so instead she pulled the object out. In her hand she held a small, red and black pokeball.

"Now what?" said Gabumon. "Maybe you open it?"

Biyomon nodded, remembering how Ash brought out his pokemon. "Go!" she said as she threw the ball into the air. The ball opened with a burst of energy, and before her materialized a tall, cat-like creature.

"I don't believe it!" yelled Gabumon, accidently falling off the trunk and landing in a deep pile of snow.

Biyomon went hysterical and tackled the pokemon into the snow. "Mewtwo?!!" she cried as she crushed him in a fearsome hug. "How...wha....H-how did you get here?!" she exclaimed.

Mewtwo smiled. "Let's just say that Seth wanted to add a few things to his 'fic', so he helped Ash and his friends "capture" me as a present for you." Biyomon laughed and cried at the same time, and couldn't find the words to discribe what she was feeling. Luckily, Mewtwo was a telepath...he didn't need words.

"Merry Christmas, Biyomon." said Mewtwo. The pokemon softly rubbed his nose on hers- the way cats do when they 'kiss'.

"...Merry Christmas, Mewtwo." answered Biyomon softly.

Gabumon crawled out of the snowpile and shook off the snow in his fur. The digimon quietly approached and cleared his throat to get their attention. "Um, should I tell the others that you're here?"

Mewtwo nodded. "Ask them if they want to play a 'tag'...". The pokemon stood and tapped Biyomon on the beak. "...you're it!"

"Come back here you!" she laughed as she leaped into the sky. Mewtwo flew high into the sky, with Biyomon flying after him, laughing and smiling.

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....and they enjoyed a beautiful Christmas day with their friends in the Digital World. But that, is another story. =)