After their match, Ryuu sat down with Kisuke and had lunch as Kisuke explained the current standings of the human world. "I'm sure you've heard plenty of Aizen," Kisuke said.

Ryuu nodded, "I've been giving many details of what had happened, I know of the Arrancar and their previous attacks."

"So I'll skip to the important parts," Kisuke said, "these digimon have been showing up for a few weeks now. They all started small, really small, nothing to cause concern. But as time wore on, bigger ones started to show up. Even then things were ok, for the most part they were just confused and misplaced. But then the big ones started appearing, each time they did there was a power outage in the general area. Unlike hollows, they can be seen by humans, the media has been calling them more kaiju. The one you fought last night was the biggest one yet."

"A sign of the progression of the merge," Vitramon said, wich Ryuu translated.

"I think it would be safe to assume that any more hostile digimon that appear are to be considered intentional attacks from the other side and are to be treated as such, shoot first, ask questions later," Ryuu said. Just after Ryuu had finished that statement, Kisuke's associate, Tessai entered.

"Sir," he said to Kisuke, "I beleive we have a customer. He seems to be one of those digimon that have been appearing."

Ryuu was suprised that another would appear so soon, but then again, this one could have appeared earlier and just not shown itself. But that wouldn't explain why it had just showed up at Kisuke's shop. "Has it done anything?" Ryuu asked, "thretened or destroyed anything?"

"No," Tessai said, "though he does seem in a foul mood, I don't think it wise to keep him waiting any longer."

"Alright," Kisuke said as he got up, "I'd better go see what he wants."

Ryuu followed him as Tessai and Kisuke walked out to the front of the shop, for whatever reason, this digimon hadn't stepped inside.

The digimon stood outside, leaning against a motorcycle. To Ryuu's suprise it was rather human shaped, save for the tail. He seemed to be wearing some sort of purple mask and had three red eyes. He wore a black leather jacket and pants with black boots with upward pointing spikes at the toes. Attatched to his thighs were two double barreled shotguns.

"Beelzemon" Vitramon said, "I advise caution, unlike SkullGreymon, who only seeks destruction for destruction's sake. His motives are known only to him. If he's not looking for a fight, it is recomended that you do not start one."

"So," Kisuke said as if he were dealing with a normal customer, "how can I help you?"

Beelzemon was silent for a long moment, looking between the three of them, Ryuu felt as if the digimon's gaze lingered on him a bit longer than the other two. Finally he spoke, "Ichigo Kurosaki," he said, "Where is he?"

Before either could reply Ryuu stepped in, "How do you know that name?" he asked.

"I don't know," Beelzemon said, "I just do, ever since I got to this damn world I've known that name, and this compelling urge to search for him. If I don't it's like my mind won't leave the subject alone. I know he's been here, I can feel it. The problem is that he's been all over this town, I can't pinpoint his current."

"Have you tried the school?" Kisuke said, Ryuu looked to him with an 'are you crazy?' look.

Beelzemon smirked, "No, I havn't," He got onto his bike and brought it to life before speeding off.

"Why would you give him Ichigo's position?" Ryuu asked, "he's going to go and wreck the place!"

"Ichigo's a tough kid, I'm sure you've seen proof of that," Kisuke said, "besides, I have a feeling that he has other things in mind."

"I'm going anyway," Ryuu said before flash stepping away. He sped across the rooftops, catching up to Beelzemon's trail. Despite owning a motorcycle, he seemed to have no regard for the traffic.

"I think I know why Beelzemon is in such dire need of finding Ichigo," Vitramon said, "when a human comes into direct contact with the digital world, they are often assigned a partner digimon. Even I do not know how a digimon is chosen for this, but I do know that it is a prime example of the human and digital worlds working in sync with each other. The digimon and the human form a bond and the two grow together, much more than they could sepreatly. I belive that the merging of the two worlds and the digimon appearing in this world has caused this to take effect, there may be other digimon searching for partners."

"So it's kinda like our relationship," Ryuu said.

"Correct," Vitramon said, "but in most cases, the partner digimon is in the child stage of evolution. It is the bonding with the human that allows it to evolve faster than other digimon. Beelzemon is at the ultimate stage, a fully grown digimon."

"Do you think it's the fact that Ichigo is a soul reaper is causing the unusual partner choice?" Ryuu asked.

"Possible," Vitramon said, "but because we don't know how a digimon and human are bonded there is no way to tell for sure."

Beelzemon arrived at the school and bust through the front gate. He parked his bike and got off it as some of the staff came to stop him. Beelzemon had no time for this, he swatted them away as if they were nothing, though compared to him they were nothing. It wasn't long until a voice came in over the intercom speaking about an intruder. Beelzemon paied it no mind as he made his way up the stairs. Yes, Ichigo was here, he could feel it. He followed the trail to it's strongest point. It brought him to one of the class rooms, though the door was locked, Beelzemon eaisly ripped the door off of the wall and tossed it aside. The studens shouted in panic as he appeared, he ignored them as he scanned their faces, trying to figure out wich one was Ichigo. His red eyes locked onto the boy with bright orange hair. A few of the other studends looked like they were about to challenge him, some skinny kid with glasses, a really big tan guy, a dumb looking red head, a tough-for-a-human looking girl with black hair and another girl who had some sort of air of elegance about her as well as Ichigo himself.

"Don't bother," he told them, they all seemd suprised that he spoke. He was getting tired of that reaction. "I'm only here for Ichigo."

Ichigo stepped forward, "Fine," he said, "but we're taking this outside."

Beelzemon thought this as an odd jesture, it must've been a human thing. "Fine," he said. The two left, but not before Bellzemon noticed one of the girls pulling what looked like a lighter from her pocket.

Once outside, Ichigo faced the demon lord digimon, "So what do you want?" he asked, "and how do you know my name?"

"That's what I should be asking you," Beelzemon said, "how do I know your name? It's been bugging me ever since I got to this world. The weird thing is that I don't know how I even ended up here." Beelzemon took a few steps toward Ichigo and grabbed him by the hem of his shirt as Ichigo grabbed a medalion or something from his pocket. "So you're gonna start answering questions or I'll start beating them out of you."

Ryuu got to the school as fast as he could, once he was there he found Ichigo and Beelzemon about ready to fight. He leaped over to them and drew his Zanpakuto, calling out Vitramon's name and summoning his shikai. He aimed the initial blast just above the two, calling their attention.

"Allow me to borrow your voice for a moment, it will become easier for Beelzemon accept to hear it come from a fellow digimon," Vitramon said as the two looked to Ryuu.

Ryuu let him and Vitramon's voice came from his mouth as he descended using his newly aquired wings. "Enough with this senseless conflict," he said, "Beelzemon, I can understand your confusion, and I can answer your questions."

"And who the hell are you?" Beelzemon asked.

"Vitramon," Vitramon replied, "my spirit has become one with this soul reaper I borrow his body so that I may speak to you directly. I assumed it would be easier for you to accept if you heard it from me. You have been chosen to be partner to the chosen Ichigo"

"No way!" Beelzemon retorted, "that's bull and you know it! Only child level digimon are tasked with that. Not ultimate levels, not to mention freaking demon lords! Next you'll be telling me that Omnimon is tasked with protecting an infant!"

"Ichigo is no normal human," Vitramon said, "like my partner, he is a soul reaper. Like you, he is powerful. Just last night, he assisted in the demise of SkullGreymon."

Beelzemon looked from Ryuu to Ichigo, "Seriously?" he asked, "not bad for a human." He turned back to Ryuu, "fine, I'll stick around for now."