Mewtwo sat quietly in his revolving chair, patiently waiting for the computer to alert him when his guest has arrived. After what seemed like forever, the computer's feminine voice hummed to life.

/Seth Turtle has arrived at the island, and is making his way up the dock stairway./

"Good."

The massive doors opened to Mewtwo's lower chambers, and an older teenager wearing a long black coat, black shirt and pants, and a pair of black gloves entered. He wore a pair of thin, simple glasses, and wore a black baseball cap that was decorated with nothing but an X. The teen carried several little disks, each labeled with names that Mewtwo knew by heart. He and Seth had been working on this for a long time.

Mewtwo floated to the ground silently, staring down at the shorter Seth. "So, you have ALL the disks?"

Seth smiled and spread the disks out like a deck of cards. "Yes. All the digimon of the digi-destined are here. Do you have yours?"

Mewtwo held up four disks of his own. "Yes. The pokemon belonging to Ash, Misty, Brock, and Tracy are all here."

Seth lifted an eyebrow with suspicion. "Why did you only pick four children, when the digi-destined from both generations total eleven, and their power is on quite a higher level?"

Mewtwo chuckled. "You don't know the strength inside their hearts. I've witnessed it first hand, and I know they can handle your challenge. Besides, your assumption that the pokemon rely solely on strength is why you believe digimon are stronger. Pokemon possess abilities that your digimon don't. Your digimon rely on others, while the pokemon's power comes from within."

"Yeah. The digi-destined will have the advantage of strength, while the pokemon have higher skill in certain areas of combat that digimon lack by nature." Seth answered, walking past the giant pokemon to the computer console Mewtwo used. "I'm sure this will be an interesting experiment."

"Indeed. We'll see for ourselves what both species can do...and how they rank against each other."

"Right, so shall we begin? How do you want to go about this?"

"We'll compare the digimon to the pokemon, and assign opponents based on similarities. The more similar they are, the better it will be for experiment purposes, because neither side will have as much of an advantage."

Seth nodded. "I agree. I think the first pair should be Agumon and Charizard."

Mewtwo smiled inwardly. "Ah yes, the obvious choice. Shall we include their human companions?"

Seth thought for a moment. "It's not necessary, thanks to your equipment and my data, so we won't do it for this battle at least. Perhaps later."

Mewtwo nodded. "Very well. Let us begin." Mewtwo walked over to a disk player and inserted the disk labeled "Ash" and loaded the file marked "Charizard", while Seth went to the other side and inserted the disk marked "Tai/Agumon".

"Ready, Mewtwo?"

"Ready." he answered. The two pressed the commands that would activate the disks, and thus target the desired opponents for the experiment. The computer system hummed to life, and the two walked out onto a balcony that looked over Mewtwo's personal gym on New Island II.

Mewtwo lifted his hand and summoned forth his psychic power, calling up the geothermic energies beneath the sea, to fill up the gym pool with volcanic lava. Seth stared in awe at the display of power.

"I guess one thing is for sure. You would rate Mega on the digimon scale. Mega-digimon possess awesome power and are considered nearly unbeatable by normal standards. Your control over the forces of nature is astounding."

Mewtwo clenched his fist one final time, and the volcanic flow stopped. He looked down at Seth. "Pokemon have a wide variety, just like your digimon. It is no surprise to me that some digimon are my equal, if not my superior. Unlike them, however, my power has a much wider range than their one or two attacks." Mewtwo's statement was clarified when the computer voice spoke.

/Targets acquired on inter-dimensional scanner. Power amplifier primed for use./

Mewtwo focused his power, calling on his psychic abilities to teleport the two targets to his gym. Within seconds, Agumon and Charizard appeared below, each at the opposite side of the gym. Seth smiled and started taking notes while Mewtwo handled the two combatants.

"What's going on here?! Where's Tai?!" yelled Agumon. Charizard roared in annoyance at Mewtwo, who looked down at them with a stone cold glare.

"I am Mewtwo, and this is Seth Turtle." Seth waved high absently, intent on comparing the Digimon Analyzer with the Pokedex. "We are running an experiment involving digimon and pokemon, and we require your assistance. If you cooperate, you will leave unharmed, and with no memory of this occuring. If you choose to be difficult, then I will be forced to destroy you and your human companions. Do we have an understanding?"

Agumon growled slightly, but chose to accept Mewtwo's proposition for the time being. Charizard lazily sat down, wondering why he had to fight a short little orange thing that looked like a Charmeleon poser. When neither of them objected, Mewtwo nodded. "Then let us begin. Agumon, we are aware of your digi-volving capabilities, but you will be limited in your digi-volving by Seth here. You will fight Charizard as best you can in your current state, then we will evolve you as we see fit. Do not hold back, and be assured that we will not let you two die, assuming you don't hold back."

Agumon nodded. "Fine. Let's just get this over with." Charizard stood up, finally making up his mind that he would fight Agumon for the time being, until he got bored.

Seth made a note. "Digimon and pokemon alike exhibit agressive tendencies at higher levels of evolution. We will most likely see Agumon become more agressive as he digi-volves."

Mewtwo nodded. Mentally he signaled the start of the battle.

Charizard launched into the air, quickly closing the gap between Agumon and him. Agumon answered the charge with a quick "Pepper breath!" to try and slow him down. Charizard barely felt the fire attack, being a fire pokemon, and answered with his own Flamethrower attack. The flames encircled Agumon, giving him a nice burn, but thankfully did only minor damage to the digimon's reptilian hide.

"Looks like fire won't win the battle. Better think of something else." Agumon leaped over to the other side of the gym field, thinking what he could do. Charizard was inwardly chuckling at the pitiful creature, and he chose to stand and wait for Agumon's next attack. Agumon growled and charged at the lazy pokemon, clawing at Charizard with all his might. Charizard's equally tough reptilian hide was barely affected, and even made the red pokemon laugh as if he were being tickled. Agumon groaned and opened his jaws wide, sinking his teeth into Charizard's arm. The digimon's jaws managed to cut through, making Charizard shout in pain and annoyance. The giant pokemon slammed the dangling Agumon into the ground, creating a nice dent in the floor and making Agumon see stars.

"Charizard isn't even trying. Begin the digi-volving process." Mewtwo said.

Seth pressed the commands on his mini-computer, which activated a mini-satellite beneath them, but above the gym field. The satellite launched a reddish pulse at Agumon, empowering him with energy and triggering the digivolution.

"Agumon, digi-volve to...Greymon!" The giant digimon stood nearly three Charizards high, which made Charizard smile. The pokemon was happy to have a challenge finally.

"Nova blast!" shouted Greymon, launching a fiery ball of energy at Charizard, who was knocked over by the force of the blast, but damaged only minimally. Charizard growled in annoyance at being knocked down, and did a Tackle attack at Greymon, knocking the digimon back several steps. Charizard followed it up with several swipes at Greymon's unarmored underbelly, which provoked the digimon to kick Charizard away with enough force to stun the pokemon.

"Seems Greymon has the advantage here." Seth said.

"Just wait, young man. Charizard is 'just warming up'." Mewtwo answered.

Charizard opened his eyes and quickly shook the cobwebs out. He got to his feet and stared icily at Greymon, who stomped forward as he prepared to smash the smaller pokemon.

"Time to finish you off!" Greymon growled. He lifted his arm, but soon noticed fiery energy surrounding Charizard, followed by his eyes glowing bright red. "What the..." Greymon said.

Mewtwo smiled. "Rage is one of the better pokemon abilities, wouldn't you say?". Seth smiled in anticipation as Charizard powered up. Greymon's fist came crashing down, slamming Charizard deep into the ground, and cracking the floor enough to send Charizard falling into the lava pit beneath them. The rest of the floor broke apart, and Greymon went tumbling down with him, landing in the hot lava at the same time. Greymon shook his head and stood up, quickly clawing his way out of the painful lava.

"Hmm...seems digimon are less focused on elements than pokemon. Charizard is probably relatively fine in the lava compared to Greymon." Seth said.

"Yes, but I doubt Greymon is as adversely affected by water as Charizard is." Mewtwo added. The two waited to see if Charizard was still alive, while Greymon roared in victory.

"RAHHHRRR!!" Greymon roared, when suddenly Charizard flew like lightning out of the lava pit, ramming into Greymon with a powered-up Tackle attack. When Greymon slid backwards into the base of Mewtwo's tower and fell over, the enraged Charizard grabbed Greymon by the tail, and heaved with all his might. Greymon didn't move, but after another try Charizard actually managed to throw Greymon into the lava pit with enough force to stun him. The stunned digimon lay in the pit, slowly being scalded by the intense heat inside.

Mewtwo chuckled. "Well, it seems Charizard actually managed to pull this off, but it's safe to say that the two are evenly matched."

Seth nodded. "Charizard is very skilled, and his array of powers are quite useful in handling any number of enemies, whether it be a lot of small opponents, or one very large one, like Greymon here."

"Shall we go for a match between Charizard and MetalGreymon?" Mewtwo stated.

"Do you honestly believe that Charizard can win such a battle? If you do, than you're more insane than I thought."

Mewtwo nodded. "We won't waste the time and energy to test it. Perhaps Moltres could present a suitable challenge to MetalGreymon, but that will be done another time, after the initial experiments."

Seth punched some commmands on his mini-computer, and Mewtwo's gym pool drained away. Charizard roared with victory while Greymon stumbled to his feet, de-digivolving back to Agumon. Mewtwo materialized before them.

"Well done. We were quite amazed at the fight, but we will have to continue this some other time. Greymon, you will most likely return at a later date, and Charizard may as well. But for now, take solace in the fact that you won't remember a thing." Mewtwo lifted his hand, and a flash of light blinded the two similar creatures. Each had a blank look on their face as Mewtwo teleported them back to their original locations. He rematerialized on the balcony with Seth, who was busily programming the computer for the next targets.

"Well, that makes it even still. Charizard can defeat Agumon and Greymon, but MetalGreymon and WarGreymon are the stronger ones. If this goes the same for the others, then we may have wasted our time."

Mewtwo folded his arms. "I doubt the others will be as even. These two were very powerful, but the others aren't as lucky. Have you decided who is next out of your list?"

"Yes. Our next test will be Gabumon's four forms versus..." Seth answered, trailing off for Mewtwo.

Mewtwo thought for a moment. "I'll choose Pikachu. Another pair of opponents with a lot of power."

Seth looked at Pikachu's picture and laughed. "You must be kidding right? How can this thing be strong enough to take on Gabumon?"

Mewtwo chuckled as well. "You underestimate him. This pikachu is...different."

Seth smiled. "I'll have to see to believe. Nothing that small can pack a wallop."

"Tell that to the countless opponents he's crushed." Mewtwo replied.