The Next day at soccer practice, Davis was having fun when he kicked the soccer ball from under a teammate, tripping the teammate and causing the Soccer Ball to roll towards T.K., Dawn, Kari, Ash, Tai, Iris, Yolei, Cody, and other kids as tai stopped the ball and said, "You walk much Davis?" that made Davis chuckle nervously. At the end of practice, Davis's Coach called everyone in and spoke to them as Ash saw that a Soccer Ball was left on the field so he decided to have some fun and kicked it around, off his knee, off his chest, and off his head and into the Goal. Kari walked up to Ash and said, "I didn't know you played Soccer." And Ash said, "Well, before I became a Pokémon trainer, I played Soccer when I was younger and have a trophy." That was when Ash and Kari heard a voice say, "Impressive moves, how would you like play on our team?" Kari and Ash turned to see Davis's coach standing behind them with the rest of the team. Then Davis said, "Yeah Ash, we all saw your skills, we can definitely use you on our team." Then Ash said, "Davis that's the first time I heard you say something good about me, I guess I can join, I have nothing else better to do." Davis's coach smiled, walked up to Ash and said, "Good, our first scrimmage is this Sunday, and it's against last year's number one team in the league."

That was when Davis said, "Yeah, they're the team with that Brainiac kid, he's good in Soccer, Math, science, everything." Davis's Coach told Davis to watch the name calling and the kid's name is Ken Ichijouji." In the computer Room, Yolei looked Ken up and she said to Ash, Kari, T.K., Dawn, Tai, Iris, Davis, and Cody, "As captain of his soccer team, Ken Ichijouji led his team to victory last year by scoring a record-setting 45 goals!" that was when Tai said, "Woah. This kid may even be better than I am." Then Ash said, "From what I've heard about him, I bet he could be in the Olympics if he wanted to." Then Davis said that he didn't sound so tough, he never even got a chance to beat him. Ash looked at Davis and said, "Calm down Davis, from what I heard from the other players, you guys never got to play his team last year." Then T.K. said, "That's because they got knocked out early, they never even made the playoffs."

"Ash, do you think you and Davis can beat his team?" Kari asked and Ash told her, "Well, I'm a little rusty, but I think with Davis's skills and mine, we might have a pretty good chance to beat him team." Then Davis said, "We don't even to beat him. If we can just make it a close game with a guy like that, we would be legends, everyone knows chicks dig living legends." Yolei then asked Davis and Ash if either one of them saw Ken on the soccer field id they can get their Autograph." That was when Cody and Iris teased Yolei when they said, "Yolei and Ken, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Yolei looked at Cody and Iris and said, "Hey watch it, you two. And besides, I didn't say I wanted to KISS him, duh, I just want to marry him." As Cody said, "Oh." And Iris said, "Marriage involves Kissing Yolei." Then Ash said, "If you want to meet him, ask for his autograph yourself." Then Yolei said, "Oh, I guess I can do that." Kari then suggested that they all go to the game and Yolei can ask Ken then. That was when Davis asked if the girls wanted his autograph.

In Davis's bedroom in his family's apartment, DemiVeemon asked Davis, "Can I come to your game too Davis?" and Davis told DemiVeemon, "Sure! You can watch me wipe the field with Mr. Perfect! I'll show them who's the man!" In the Kamiya Apartment, Ash was looking at a picture of Ken and thought, "those facial features, is it possible?" that was when Kari walked in and said, "What'cha looking at Ash?" and Ash told her, "A picture of Ken. I'm not certain, but I think that Ken is the Digimon Emperor." Kari got a look of shock on her face and said, "What makes you think he is the Digimon Emperor?" and Ash said, "When we saw the Digimon Emperor when he tried to take Oshawott, he had distinctive facial features. When I saw the picture of Ken on the computer, I saw the same facial features, I didn't want to mention anything then because I wanted to make sure that my theory is correct." Kari smiled and said, "You sound just like a junior detective, should we tell the others?" and Ash said, "I'll tell them that I THINK I know who the Digimon Emperor is, but I need to make sure my theory is correct." Kari nodded her head and kissed Ash good night and she went to her own bed. Pikachu and Dewott looked at their trainer and Dewott said, "Are you okay Ash?" Ash looked at his two awake Pokémon, smiled and said, "I'm fine you guys, let's get some sleep." Dewott and Pikachu nodded their heads and the three went to sleep.

The next day, Ash told everyone his theory and they were surprised, Ash then said, "Like I said, it's a theory, I'm not a hundred percent sure." Then Yolei said, "Well I think your theory is wrong, there's no way that Ken is the Digimon Emperor." But Tai, T.K., Dawn, Iris, Mac, and Cody believed Ash's theory and Mac said, "There has to be a way for him to reveal himself as the Digimon Emperor." When the day of the game came, Davis and Ash saw their friends in the stands and Kari said, "Good luck Ash, you too Davis." And Yolei said, "don't forget to hug Ken for me Davis." Tai added on in a joking manner, "give him a kiss too." Davis said, in a not so funny tone, "Ha Ha." Ash asked Davis, "You going to kiss him on the cheek or the lips?" Davis shot Ash a glare that caused him to laugh and they both saw the bus that Ken's team was on and Davis said, "Enjoy the attention while it lasts pal." Then Ash said, "Will you cool it Davis, we have a soccer game to play." Davis looked at Ash and said, "Fine, we can settle it on the field. As Ken's team got off the bus, Yolei squished Poromon as she said, "Oh, I can't believe it's really him." The Iris said, "Hey Yolei, I think you're hurting Poromon." And Promon said, "I'm good, I have no spine." Davis then thought to himself, "When I woke up this morning, I was just a regular kid. When I go to bed tonight, I'll be a hero." Tai then said that he hoped that Davis wasn't in over his head as Davis thought, "Tai probably thinks I'm in over my head." Soon after the last kid gets off, the bus door closes, and Ken was no where to be seen and Davis asked, "Where's Ken?" Then Kari asked, "Where is he?" and T.K. said, "Izzy? No, we're waiting for Ken." That was when Dawn said, "She said where IS HE, not Izzy." That was when Yolei looked at Cody and said, "Ken's not coming, is he Cody?" and Cody replied, "Will you stop asking if I say yes?" Yolei told Cody as she squeezed Poromon some more, "No I won't!" that was when Poromon said, "Lucky for me I have no spine!" Davis then ran over to the other team and asked them, "Uh, excuse me, any of you know when that Ken kid is supposed to be here?" and one boy said, "Well, he's got a soft drink commercial to shoot, then he's having a meeting about a soccer ball being named after him." Then another boy said, "Ken hardly has time to play soccer anymore." Davis was upset that Ken didn't show up and Ash and Tai called him back over to his team.

When Davis got to them, Tai said, "Even if Ken isn't here, his teammates are still champions. If you're not careful, they'll use you as the soccer ball." Then Ash said, "However, with him not playing that gives us a good chance to win." Then T.K. said, "But you gotta know that if you play last year's champions…" that was when Kari took over and she said, "Win or lose, you'll still be a hero." Davis got excited and said, "Yeah! I'll still be a living legend! Cool." Yolei was still upset that Ken wasn't there and asked if she had to be there and Cody said, "What about Davis?" and Iris, "Yeah Yolei, what about Davis?" Yolei looked at Iris and said, "Why are you for Davis? You didn't even know him until you came with us into the Digital World with Mimi. Iris blushed as she said, "Well, I… um… you see…" Yolei was confused until she realized that Iris liked Davis, but she kept it to herself and they watched the Game start. As he ran for the ball, Davis thought, "I gotta play as well as Ken. I just gotta." As the game went on, Davis and Ash managed to score some goals and when it was half time, Kari showed Davis and Ash their moves on field and Davis said, "I kicked butt out there, didn't I?" and DemiVeemon said, "And you kicked the ball really well too, both of you did." Davis smiled as Ash thanked DemiVeemon. Then T.K. said, "You nailed that shot Davis." But Tai said, "Hey, you guys only lead by one goal. The game's still wide open, and Ken could still show up." That caused Davis to say, "And what's Ken gonna do? Please. If we were here right now, I'd show him..." and, as if he was cued to arrive as Davis finished, Ken got out of a taxi as girls surrounded him and shouted, "HE'S HERE!" Davis looked and saw Ken before Ash said, "You were saying Davis?" and Davis said, "Me and my big mouth."

"Oh my god, it can't be real! I can't believe it, somebody pinch me! Oww!" Said Yolei as Iris pinched her. Ken then looked at the Digidestined and Yolei then said, "He looked right at us! Oh, I'm going to faint!" Then Ash said, "I have a bad feeling about Ken." Tai nodded his head and said, "I think you are right though, that Ken is the Digimon Emperor, but we still can't be sure until we have more proof." Ash nodded his head in agreement as Davis thought, "That's what all the fuss is about? I dunno, he doesn't look so tough." Ken then continued to walk down the stairs and over to his team as Tai said, "For all the attention he's getting, that guy sure knows how to keep his cool." Then Davis said, "Hey, I'm cool!" but Ash said, More like lukewarm." Davis looked at Ash and said, "Oh, that's so funny I forgot to laugh." Ken's Coach then said, "Hey, Ken, we're glad you could make it." Ken Apologized for being late, that he had something he had to do first. Ken's Coach told him not to worry about it and was just glad he found time for them at all. Ken's Coach then asked Ken if he could be put in the game now and Ken said, "If that's what you want." And when the teams got back on the field, the announcer said, "Now substituting, Ken "The Rocket" Ichijouji!" as Ken and Davis walked towards each other. Davis then said, "Hi, I'm Davis. Nice ta meetcha." Ken said nothing, all he did was look towards the stands and Yolei got excited and she said, "Oh my gosh, he looked right at me, Poromon! Can you believe he's even cuter in person than he is on TV? I could just hug him all day." Then Cody said, "He's not an accordion Yolei." Then Kari shouted, "He's just a kid like you and Ash, Davis." Then T.K. said, "You can outrun him!" then Tai said, "You can do it! And even if you can't, we won't think any less of you, Davis!" Ken then looked back at Davis and said, "You have some nice friends Davis." Then ref blew his whistle and Ken ran past Davis to get the ball and Ash ran after him while Davis said, "Wow, no wonder they call him the rocket." Kari and everyone watched as Ash raced after Ken and Kari said, "Wow, Ash is fast." Then Tai said, "He must have been the fastest kid on his soccer team." They watched as Ash got closer to Ken and when he was close enough, Ash kicked the ball to the side and made his way back to the opposite side of the field. That made Ken mad and ran after Ash to get the ball back, but was unsuccessful in keeping Ash from scoring another goal for his team. As the game went on, Ash and Ken exchanged the ball and tried to score goals , having Ken score 8 and Ash scored 5 more and as Ken was about to score again, Davis slide to kick the ball out from him and hit Ken's leg, causing him to fall and the game ended with Ken's team winning 9 to 8.

Davis ran up to Ken to see if he was alright and Ken said, "Hey Ken, is your leg okay? Sorry about that tackle. I guess I caught you off-guard." Both Davis and ken looked at his leg and said, "I barely felt it. Too busy thinking about scoring goals." Davis then said, "So I guess you heard. Your teammates probably told you about how I was dominating the field, how unstoppable I was before you came." Ken smiled a small smile and said, "I don't know. Somebody may have mentioned something about your play. Keep it up and you might win a championship." Davis got cocky and said, "Well, once you came along, and you guys got so far ahead, I figured it was all or nothing, so I just went for it on that last play." Ken kept his cool and said, "I was obviously focused on scoring another goal and didn't see you coming. That play never fails." Davis, still being cocky, said, "Well, it did against me!" then Ken extended his hand as he said, "Indeed. Well, my worthy adversary. Farewell, until we meet again in battle." Which confused Davis but he thought nothing of it and shook Ken's hand. Ash saw the whole ordeal and paid attention to the way Ken spoke; he was now sure that Ken was in fact the Digimon Emperor.

After the game, Davis was walking with the other Digidestined as he said, "And then we shook hands, and he said he admired me." Ash didn't say anything but tai did say, "Oh, come on." Then Kari said, "I've never seen you this happy about losing before!" Then Ash said, "It was a close match, two more goals and we would have had him and his team. Then Davis said, "It wasn't that bad. He called me his worthy adversary. I mean, The Rocket practically said I'm as good as he is!" then Ash said, "It doesn't matter, my suspicions are confirmed." Tai and everyone stopped as Dawn said, "You mean your suspicions about Ken being the Digimon Emperor?" and Ash nodded his head and said, "The way he talked, they way he smiled, and his entire body language, it was at that moment I knew that my suspicions were right about him." Then Yolei said, "No way, he's too nice, he can't be the Digimon Emperor." Ash looked at Yolei, "That's your opinion, but I'm telling you he's the Digimon Emperor." Then Iris said, "Enough arguing you two, we have a big day tomorrow and we have a Digimon world to save." Everyone agreed and headed to their respective homes for the next day.

The next day, in the computer room, Yolei demanded Davis give her his hand. When Davis asked why, Yolei said, "I'll tell you why! Because I said so!" confused, Davis said, "Here ya go." And handed her his hand. Yolei then said, "Since you shook hands with Ken, if I shake hands with you, it'll almost be like I'm shaking hands with him." As Yolei reached for Davis's Hand, she stopped and said, "Ugh...I can't do it. It's not the same. I need to see my beloved in person." When T.K. asked Cody what he was doing, Cody replied, "I can't believe it!" and Upamon said, "You're dreaming...let me pinch you!" Cody then said, "It's a control spire." When Ash asked what's it doing there, Gatomon said, "Controlling… Spiring, the usual." Then Dawn said, "It must have been built over night, amazing." T.K. then asked where it's located, and Cody said, "I don't know. This map doesn't show the points of interest." That was when Upamon said, "It's the Forbidden Valley of No Return!" that was when Iris asked, "Why do bad guys always name things like that?"

"It's in their job description! It's right after really stinky breath!" said T.K. Ash then said, "Even if this place was called 'The Valley of Dickies and Bunnies', with the control spire there, there's trouble." Everyone agreed with Cody and Ash said, "We've got to destroy it before it's used to control all the digimon, yeah?" again, everyone agreed. Then T.K. said, "What are we waiting for? Let's go Davis!" but Davis was still looking at Yolei when he said, "You really sure about this? Digiport open!" and everyone went through the portal and landed in the Forbidden Valley of No Return. Kari then said, "Well, this valley sure looks forbidden, alright." Then Davis spoke and he said, "A few duckies and bunnies would spruce it up." That was when Ash said, "Come on, quit kidding around Davis. The Digimon Emperor could be around here anywhere, so stay sharp." Cody suggested they stay together and everyone else agreed. As they walked towards the Control Spire, Yolei said, "This valley is kind of quaint and homey." Then Dawn said, More like homely." Then Ash said, "Quiet, you guys! You don't want the emperor to hear us coming." That was when Yolei and Hawkmon got swallowed up by the sand and Kari said, "I bet he heard that." Then Gatomon said, "My gosh, they're gone!" that was when everyone else except Davis and Veemon got swallowed up too.

"Woah! Did you see that, Veemon? The ground just ate our friends!" Davis said to Veemon, who responded to Davis when he said, "Maybe it'll swallow us next!" back with the others, they fell deeper and deeper as Davis dug to get them out from under the sand when Veemon said, "I think it I think you'd better call Tai to help us out." But Davis said, "No way, Veemon! That'll take way too long! Help me dig before we find more trouble." That was when the voice of the Digimon Emperor said, "Trouble has found you!" that was when Davis shouted, "Digimon Emperor, what have you done? Where are my friends?" and the Digimon Emperor Replied, "Your friends are with me. Come and see, if you dare!" That was when Davis started to run and he said, "Hurry, Veemon! The ground could open up and swallow us any second!" AS they ran, Veemon said, "I wanted to start getting more exercise, but running for my life wasn't what I had in mind!" that was when Davis said, "I'm more worried about our friends right now. We're coming!"

Back with Ash with the others, they finally landed on the bottom and Ash said, "Looked like we finally hit bottom." Kari looked at her boyfriend and said, "Funny, Crusherboy93 just mentioned that so technically, you just stated the obvious." Ash smiled at his girlfriend and said, "Okay miss fourth wall breaker, right now, we need to get back to Davis before he does anything that he'll regret, or worse, Ken gets to him first." Everyone agreed but Yolei said, "Ken is not the Digimon Emperor, there's no way he's the Digimon Emperor." Ash rolled his eyes, looked at Cody and said, "Can Digmon dig a tunnel for us to use to get out of here?" and Cody said, "sure, you ready Armadillomon?" and Armadillomon said, "Sure, but first, I think you guys should look at the wall over there." Everyone looked at where Armadillomon was looking and saw writing on the wall and Ash read the writing, "Everyone wants more of it to feel special, yet the more you have of it the less special you feel. What am I?" Ash, immediately knew the answer and he said, "Knowledge!" just then, a door opened and inside was a Digiegg with the crest of Knowledge was inside it and Kari said, "I guess it's your Egg Ash." Ash nodded his head and picked the egg up. Suddenly, Krookodile came out and said, "Ash, I don't know how to explain this, but I think this egg is for me." Ash looked at the egg, then back Krookodile and said, "I think it is for you too my friend." Ahs and everyone then saw the Digiegg go into the Master Digivice before Ash said, "Anyway, Krookodile, we need you and Armadillomon when he becomes Digmon to dig us a way out of here." Krookodile nodded his head. Ash looked at Cody and said, "Cody…" Cody knew what Ash was saying and he said, "Digi armor Energize!"

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Armadillomon armor Digivolve to Digmon, the drill of power." Said Armadillomon as he armordigivolved into Digmon. Then Digmon and Krookodile began digging a tunnel back to the surface with everyone else following them. A few minutes later, they reached the surface and Ash suggested, "We need to find Davis, so let's get some power up." Everyone nodded their heads before Ash looked at Krookodile and asked, "What to try it?" and Krookodile nodded his head and said, "You bet." Then everyone got lined up and said, "Digi armor Energize!"

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Patamon, armor Digivolve to...Pegasusmon; Flying Hope!" Said Patamon as he armordigivolved into Pegasusmon.

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Piplup armor Digivolve to… Magnapoleon, the Warrior of Hope." Said Piplup as he armordigivolved into Magnapoleon.

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Gatomon, armor Digivolve to... Nefertimon, the Angel of light!" Said Gatomon as she armordigivolved into Nefertimon.

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Pikachu armor Digivolve to Electrochu the knight of Will." Said Pikachu as he armordigivolved into Electrochu.

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Krookodile armor Digivolve to...Krookopact, The Hammer of Knowledge!" Said Krookodile as he armordigivolved into a humanoid version of himself that looked like a blacksmith.

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Hawkmon armor Digivolve to Halsemon, the wings of love!" Said Hawkmon as he armordigivolved into Halsemon.

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Fracture armor Digivolve to Thunderacture! The Dragon of Friendship!" Said Fracture as he armordigivolved into Thunderacture. When Yolei asked which way they should go, and Ash said, "Maybe towards the big Digimon that's near the control Spire and a dark ring around it's waste?" everyone looked in the direction Ash was looking in and they all saw a big Digimon and Kari and T.K. said, "That's Deltamon!" Halsemon then said, "Deltamon is a dragon type digimon with a metal head for one hand, and a skull for the other! His attacks are tri-flex force and dragon's bite!" Ash then said, "I bet that's where Davis is, come on guys!" everyone nodded their head and ran towards Deltamon and Digmon dug a tunnel in that direction. As they got closer, Ash and the others heard Veemon say to Davis, "Davis, if you've been holding out and planning a surprise attack, now would be a good time to yell 'surprise'!" and Davis looked at Veemon and he said, "Surprise?" as Deltamon fell into a hole, which caught the Digimon Emperor off guard as Digmon appeared and he said, "Surprise? But it's not even my birthday." Then Davis said, "It's Digmon!" then he and Veemon heard Pegasusmon, Nefertimon, Halsemon, and Thunderacture shout, "Incoming!" then Veemon said, Pegasusmon! Halsemon! Nefertimon! Thunderacture!" that was when Ash and the other Digidestined got to Davis and Veemon as Ash said, "Davis, Veemon, it's okay, we're alright?" Davis saw Ash and said, "Ash, who's the new guy?" and Krookopact said, "I am Krookopact. as Krookodile, I use the Digiegg of Knowledge to Armor Digivolve My Hammer Strike will leave my enemies with headaches." Davis then said, Wait, if you guys are you guys, then who are they?" and the Digidestined saw them selves tied up and changed into Digimon, causing Yolei to say, "Eww, gross!" and Davis asked, "What are those things?" and Veemon said, "Despite their obvious dental hygiene problems, Bakemon are able to accurately impersonate any other creature. Their attack is called the 'Dark Claw'."

Veemon then said, "He made the Bakemon look like our friends!" The Digimon Emperor then said, "I can't believe it! You dumb Bakemon, I had that kid right where I wanted him." After he crawled up to the Digimon Emperor, Wormmon said, "It's not my fault!" then Ash said, "guess you should have seen this coming, but then again you didn't expect us to dig our way out of that pit, huh KEN!" Yolei and Davis then said, "Ken's not the Digimon Emperor!" they then heard a chuckle that turned into the Digimon Emperor's evil laugh before he said, "You're smarter than you look Ash Ketchum, I'm surprised it took you this long to figure it out, I am, in fact, Ken Ichijouji!" the Digimon Emperor then took his glasses off and his face was identical to Ken's face, shocking Davis and Yolei. Ken then said, "But I must know, what gave me away?" Ash told Krookopact and Electrochu to handle Deltamon and as they did, Ash looked at Ken and said, "When I saw a picture of you in the real world, your facial features matched the picture. Then when we played Soccer yesterday, your voice pattern, the way you talked, was identical. It was only logical that it would be you."

"Well, well, well, I must say. That is some good investigating skills Ash Ketchum, you are now my new Adversary." Ken said to the Digidestined. Ken then told the Bakemon to attack the Digidestined. Davis looked at Veemon and said, "You ready for some payback Veemon?" and Veemon said, "You betcha." Davis then said, "Digiarmor Energize!"

"Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Veemon, armor Digivolve to...Flamedramon: The Fire of Courage!" Said Vee as he armordigivolved into Flamedramon. Ken then said, "Bakemon, you've got tooth rules...Attack!" and the Bakemon obeyed and Pegasusmon said, "Here they come." Then Halsemon said, "They're everywhere." and Nefertimon said, "They're like mosquitos." And Thunderacture said, "So let's swat them like mosquitos." Ken then just repeated himself when he said, "Attack them!" and the Bakemon struck Pegasusmon, Halsemon, Nefertimon, and Thunderacture with their dark Claw attack. Ash then called out Levanny and Pidgeot and armor Digivolved them.

Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Leavanny Armor Digivolve to…Leavarcher, The Archer of Unity." Said Leavanny as she became Leavarcher.

Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Pidgeot Armor Digivolve to…Talonleot, The Archer of Love." Said Pidgeot as she became Talonleot. The two new Armor DigiPokémon flew up and helped Pegasusmon, Halsemon, Nefertimon, and Thunderacture as they shot at the Dark rings on the Bakemon. Ash then sent out Charizard and when Charizard saw the Bakemon, he was shocked. Charizard then said, "Didn't think there were ghost type Digimon. They kinda looked freaky." Ash shouted towards Charizard, "Focus Charizard, they might look Ugly, but you can't let them scare you." Charizard looked at his trainer, nodded his head and was ready to fight when a dark ring land on Charizard's neck. Charizard then shouted in pain as Ash looked on in horror. The Digimon Emperor then said, "Charizard, attack Ash Ketchum!" Charizard Slowly turned around and his eyes were a glowing red before Charizard shot a flamethrower at Ash and the other Digidestined, but they got out of the way before it hit. Ash pleaded to Charizard to snap out of it, causing the Digimon Emperor to laugh. Ash then called for Talonleot and she came down and Ash got on her back. Ash then told Talonleot to fly over Charizard, and she obeyed. Once he was high enough over Charizard, Ash jumped off, scaring Kari as he landed on Charizard's back as he tried to get the Dark Ring off.

"I'm not giving up on you Charizard, Oshawott was almost taken from me, but I never gave up and I freed him from the Dark Ring and he evolved into Dewott. I'm not giving up on my friends Charizard. You were on of my first Pokémon on my team after Damian abandoned you all those years ago. We had fun times when you were a Charmander. I remember all the good times we've had, like when we were all stuck in that ice cave during that snow storm and you used your flame to keep us warm. When it was about to go out and I said that you should go back in your Pokéball, you refused to go back in your Pokéball and with the other Pokémon on my team at the time, kept me warm when part of the doorway we built fell and I placed my body to keep the cold wind out. Then there was the time where you evolved into Charmeleon, of course you didn't listen to me, but I never gave up on you. Then you evolved into Charizard and you still didn't listen to me, but it wasn't until you almost died from getting hit by an Ice Beam from a Poliwrath and I warmed you back up that you started to listen to me and our friendship was strengthened. Battle after battle, our friendship was strong. When you went to train in the Charicific Valley, it made me sad, but I knew you would help me when you knew I needed it and that showed me that you still considered me your friend. Throughout my journey I was always thinking of the times we shared as friends, our friendship is strong and I will never forget it." Like Oshawott and fracture before he evolved, Charizard had the memories Ash said flash in his mind until Charizard heard Ash say, "CHARIZARD, YOU'RE ONE OF MY CLOSEST PARTNERS AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE THAT!" Charizard's eyes went to normal and he tore the Dark Ring off his neck, causing the Digimon Emperor to say, "HOW, HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE YOUR POKÉMON FREE THEMSELVES?!" Charizard flew towards the Digimon Emperor and stopped as he flapped his wings and Ash said, "I've been traveling for years before I came home, I have memories of me and my Pokémon that you can never take away." Suddenly, a bright light appeared in between the Digimon Emperor and Charizard and Ash and the light formed a Digiegg with the crest of friendship and Charizard said, "Ash, our friendship has unlocked our Digiegg of friendship, we can use it to defeat Deltamon." Ash nodded his head and had Charizard land next to Kari and Ash said, "Digiarmor Energize!"

Digimon, Digimon"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digimon Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions"

"Digivolve into Champions"

"Charizard Armor Digivolve to…" said Charizard as he spun around faster and faster and began to glow. When the glowing died down, Charizard looked like a humanoid version of himself with a sword with electricity flowing through it and a shield with the crest of friendship on it and he said, "Thundzard! The Hurricane of Friendship!" Thundzard then said, "I am Thundzard, as Charizard, I use the Digiegg of friendship to Armor Digivolve. My Thunder blasts will electrocute my enemies to dust." Ash told Thundzard to hit the Dark ring on Deltamon and Thundzard said, "You betcha!" Thundzard then jumped and said, "Thunder Blast!" and he pointed his sword at the Dark ring on Deltamon and blasted it, destroying it, freeing Deltamon and confusing the Bakemon. Pegasusmon then said, "This is our chance to attack, STAR SHOWER!" and that destroyed the Dark Rings on the Bakemon while Digmon, Halsemon, Nefertimon, Thunderacture, Electrochu, Magnapoleon, Krookopact, Flamedramon, Leavarcher, and Talonleot used Gold Rush, Tempest Wing, Rosetta Stone, Dragon Blast, Thunder Strike, Hydro Trident, Hammer Strike, Fire Rocket, Silver Leaf Arrow, and Flying Flaming Arrow attacks to bring down the spire. Ken clenched his fist and said, "Impossible, my master plan was invincible! Ah, I forgot to factor in that you're one of those all-or-nothing types." Referring to Ash. Ash looked at Ken and said, "At least I don't force Digimon to become my slaves Ken. But now that my suspicions are confirmed about you, I won't stop until you're stopped and all of the Digital World is free and if I have to, I'll pay you a little visit at your house." Ken chuckled and said, "As if you knew where I lived, but it doesn't matter, you may have won this battle, but this war is far from over." The Digimon Emperor then walked away.

Back in the real world, Davis and Yolei were still surprised that Ken was the Digimon Emperor the entire time. Ash was the first to speak after they got back and he said, "So what if his smile can fool people, we know the truth and we can locate where he lives and confront him in the real world." Then Yolei said, "I still can't believe that Ken Ichijouji." Davis then said, "I wanted to be like him." Kari looked at Ash and said, "Why do you think he's trying to take over the Digital World?" and Ash said, "I don't know Kari, but we're going to find out why." Kari smiled and kissed Ash on the lips and said, "You know Ash, you, me, T.K., and Dawn should have a double date." T.K. and Dawn blushed a shade of red and blushed even darker when Ash said, "I think that's a good Idea Kari." T.K. and Dawn looked in different directions as everyone looked at them, knowing that they were a couple and Ash said, "You guys never even went on your first date yet, am I right?" T.K. and Dawn, knowing that Ash was right, nodded their heads and Dawn said, "We've been planning to go on it, but never had time yet." Ash and Kari looked at each other, smiled, and they both said, "We'll handle that." That left T.K. and Dawn confused as everyone else laughed from the situation that just unfolded.

Update: Sorry it's been a while for an update for this Story, I'm just havfing a sever case of Writers block for it. So until I can get rid of the Writer's block for this Story. The Story is being put on hold until I can get rid of my writers block.