"Don't dawdle, Harmony! The others are waiting for us!" Mayumi shouted when she leapt from roof to roof.
Harmony came running after her. While certainly quite fit in her own Hybrid body, she wasn't as persevering as her Champion mother.
"Give me a break, Mom!" she panted. "I can't run as fast as you..."
"Well, then how do you plan to keep up with all the faster Digimon?" Sheperdmon frowned. "Fighting a Digimon is not just about strength or skill, also about speed."
Dachsmon pouted. "That's something else! When I'm confronted with a strong enemy, I can always digivolve... hey! That's it, Mom!"
"What do you mean?" Sheperdmon asked.
Dachsmon grinned. "I know a way to not only keep up with you, but also to make sure that we get there even faster. DACHSMON WARP DIGIVOLVE TO... JACKALMON!"
Sheperdmon was taken aback when her daughter fell down to all fours and turned into her sleek, four-legged Ultimate form.
"Hop aboard, Mom!" Harmony smirked. "The Jackalmon express is about to start!"
Sheperdmon didn't know if she should feel proud of her daughter or miffed that unlike her, she was able to reach the Ultimate level, but she simply climbed onto Jackalmon's back and sighed: "All right, then show me what this form of you can do."
Jackalmon smirked. "Hold on tight, Mom!" And when she started running and leaping across the rooftops, Sheperdmon could barely hold on to her daughter's black-furry form.
The sounds of battle were audible from a distance, and they also could see huge clouds of dusts rising up from the streets. And weren't those flashes Digimon attacks?"
"Either this is a welcome party you didn't tell me about... or something didn't quite go according to plan," Jackalmon assumed.
"You're right, Harmony!" her mother nodded. "The police station is over there... something must have happened! I just hope Barbamon didn't regain his power..."
"Only one way to find out!" Harmony shouted. "Brace yourself!" And she jumped high into the air, bounded off the surface of an office building and landed in the middle of the street.
They weren't prepared for the sight of the huge SaberLeomon that was rampaging through town.
Jackalmon gulped. "Well, that's not Barbamon... but as far as I know, that's still a Mega Digimon, right, Mom?"
"You're right..." Sheperdmon nodded as she jumped off her daughter's back. "And I think those are your friends over there. Looks like they need your help."
"I'm on it! Maybe you should go Leomon. Look, he's trying to get those children to safety."
"You're right! Good luck... and show him that no one messes with the Wong family!"
Jackalmon smirked. "Got it, Mom!" And she ran into battle.
"MYSTIC RAY!" she shouted. The multi-colored beam came shooting out of her muzzle and hit SaberLeomon in the back of his head.
"Took you long enough!" Sorceressmon complained as she came hovering down next to her canine friend.
"Sorry, family trouble!" Jackalmon apologized. "The situation?"
"To make a long story short, Barbamon is now a Rookie called Bimon, Ai has supposedly turned into Lucemon, and her little kindergarten lackeys are causing trouble, such as confronting us with this huge brute!"
"Okay, I think I only got half of that... explain it to me later!"
"Got it... WATCH OUT!"
SaberLeomon's massive paw came crushing down where the two girls had just been standing. With two powerful jumps, they landed on both sides of the colossal lion, where FlareGuilmon and AuraRenamon were already waiting for them.
"All together?" FlareGuilmon asked.
"I guess that's the best way to quickly take him down," Sorceressmon replied.
On the other side of Leomon's body, Jackalmon got a good look at Renamon's Ultimate Hybrid form for the first time.
"Nice shirt!"
"Thanks! Try to aim for his eyes!"
"Okay!"
High above them, Sphinxmon was soaring through the air. "Come on, everybody..." she murmured. "Don't keep me waiting..."
She didn't have to wait for long.
"Mystic Ray!" Jackalmon shot her muzzle beam at the Mega Digimon.
"Mana Freeze!" At the same time, Sorceressmon's ice crystals came flying from the other side.
"Fox Wave!" AuraRenamon cupped her hands and threw her own attack.
"Flare Bullets!" FlareGuilmon aimed his cannons at SaberLeomon and fired a barrage of small, explosive fireballs at his head.
SaberLeomon roared in pain and confusion when all the different attacks stung and blinded him. Angered and irritated, he turned around and ran back to a street junction.
"GOTCHA!" Suddenly, Giganotomon's massive form came leaping out from behind a tall building, where he had waited until his friends had driven their enemy in his direction.
Takato pressed the Mega Digimon down to the ground, and for a while, he actually managed to keep him down, as they both were equally big, if not strong.
"Now I've got you!" Giganotomon grinned while SaberLeomon tried to twist his neck around to sink his curved fangs into the huge dinosaur's throat. But Takato's powerful arms were holding him in place.
"Time to cool the kitty down..." Giganotomon shouted. "TUNDRA BREATH!"
And when the icy storm came spouting forth from his muzzle, it hit SaberLeomon right in the face, at point-blank range. And while Giganotomon himself was an ice creature, the giant Sabertooth Lion's fur could do nothing to protect him from the bitter cold.
SaberLeomon let out one final roar, before he started to shrink. Takato noticed how he lost his grip on the huge lion and smirked when he realized that he had won.
His friends came running and flying up to him. "Well, this certainly was easier than I thought..." Sorceressmon spoke up.
"Look down there!" FlareGuilmon shouted and pointed at the ground.
There, in the middle of the cracked street, smashed cars and broken street lights, sat a tiny kitten that mewed up at the giant dinosaur that was crouching in front of it.
Jackalmon sweatdropped. "That's... SaberLeomon?"
"I guess that explains why we could beat him so easily," AuraRenamon sighed. "He wasn't a real Mega Digimon... he was just a distraction."
Sphinxmon smiled when she landed next to the little kitty. Miko came walking up to her and rubbed his head against her front legs affectionally. "I'm glad we didn't have to kill the little guy," he said. "Looks like he is as confused about all of this as we are."
"Those angel kids... they are out of control!" Sorceressmon grumbled. "Don't they realize that forcing anyone to act like they want can only mean more trouble?"
"We have to make it clear to them, somehow," FlareGuilmon said. "We have to talk to Ai."
From the window of the room he was kept in, Bimon had watched the scene with an amused smirk. "So that's what the Digimon Police Squad is capable of? Hah, you can't even catch a couple of kids. You always rely on those Digimon Champions. I would have been able to easily destroy all of you..."
"Maybe you should tell us how you were turned into a Rookie," Mie suggested with an angry frown. "Then we could try to find a way to at least turn you back into a Champion... if being a child bothers you that much!"
"Don't you speak in that tone with me, girl!" Bimon snapped. "Rookie or not, I'm still your elder, and you will respect me!"
"Oh, do I? I'd rather say: I am the Champion of Zhuqiaomon, and you are nothing but a criminal! So spit it out already!"
Bimon leaned back in his chair. "I already told you, not until my granddaughters are here."
Mie sighed. "Why do I even bother...?"
She looked up when the door opened... and Leomon came back in, accompanied by Sheperdmon and a pair of little girls.
But since both Mie and Bimon had followed the scene outside, they knew who was standing in front of them.
Bimon laughed. "Now this is irony... the very moment I would do anything to be bigger than my wayward son again, he gets turned into a Rookie as well... and into a little girl at that! Your mother always wanted a daughter, you know? Too bad she's not here to see you..."
Fuchsmon let out a yell of range and leapt at her regressed father. Not even thinking of using their special attacks, both vulpine Rookies were rolling around on the ground.
"Roshi!" Sheperdmon shouted. "Stop that!"
"I'M GONNA KILL THE FUCKING BASTARD!" the little vixen screeched while pounding her little fists on Bimon's skull.
Bimon took the blows and smirked. "Was that supposed to hurt? You hit like a girl!"
"Enough, both of you!" Mie growled. She and Sheperdmon pulled the two fighting Rookies away from each other. Bimon ceased fighting at once and gave his feminized son an evil sneer.
Fuchsmon kept on struggling and kicking. "Let go, Mie!" she yelled. "I'm gonna teach that bastard a lesson!"
"Stop it already!" Mie hissed. "For the Sovereign's sake, you act like a stubborn child! Did that angel brainwash you after all?"
Suddenly, Roshi realized how she must look: A little girl, starting a fight with another Rookie, and not even listening to reason when the adults tell her to stop.
"Sorry, Mie..." she murmured meekly. "I guess I got carried away..."
"Shame on you!" the little girl that Chief Todo had turned into grumbled. "And here I thought you were my best man, Roshi... you told me yourself that you wouldn't let your feelings towards your father affect your actions."
Bimon couldn't stop giggling. "Now isn't that cute? The police squad of little girls... maybe you should start a tea party or play with dolls, how does that sound?"
"And you, Bimon?" Leomon growled dangerously. "How would you like to be put in grade school with other Rookies? Maybe that will teach you the right manners..."
"I hope for your sake that was supposed to be a joke, lion!" Bimon hissed. "BECAUSE I'M NOT AMUSED!"
"It is no joke, father!" Fuchsmon spoke up after Mie let go of her. She crossed her arms and looked at Bimon sternly, not noticing the cuteness she was radiating. "Since you don't seem to understand what living with humans is all about, you will have to learn... since you are a Rookie now, you will have to attend school. That's how our rules are."
"I'd rather DIE!" Bimon shouted.
"You have no choice. I'd rather send you back to the Digital World, where criminals like you would be deleted immediately, but I am a policeman, after all... and law is law."
"A school with human teachers, maybe?" Bimon grinned. "You're forgetting that I'm still a Digimon... and even a Rookie'S attacks can be deadly for humans!"
"That's why we have this," Leomon said. Before Bimon could react, he fastened a small bracelet around Bimon's wrist.
"What? Get that thing off me!"
"I warn you, if you try to take the bracelet off by force, it will give you a nasty shock. It is designed to withstand all sorts of attacks, so you better not try to do anything stupid."
"That is a Digimon Hamperer," Todo-chan explained. "A device we use to prevent criminals and delinquents to use their Digimon powers. As long as you wear it, your strength is weakened to that of a human child... and you can't use your special attacks."
"That will make you think twice before you start a rebellion like that again," Fuchsmon smirked. "I guess it's a long time in school for you before we see each other again, 'Daddy'!"
Bimon glared at them. "I will have my revenge!" he swore.
Fuchsmon giggled in her girly voice. "I know I shouldn't say that, but the expression on your face is priceless. I'm just glad I'm not in your shoes... going through school isn't something I would want to live through. So, have fun!"
"Um... I'm sorry to say this, Roshi, but..." Todo-chan coughed in embarrassment. "I'm afraid we will have no other choice but to attend school again."
Fuchsmon stared at her superior. "You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're kidding..."
"I'm sorry," the pig-tailed girl winced. "But it's like you said, according to law, all children have to attend school. There is no law that says you don't have to go because you are a transformed adult."
Bimon started to giggle again. "See, I told ya: Irony!"
Fuchsmon glared at him. "Oh yeah? Well, I may have to go back to school again, but I'm still a police officer. And I intend to continue our interrogation. So, I'm asking you one more time: What happened to you?"
Bimon grimaced. "No Rika and Renamon, no reply!"
"Well, we are here!" came a voice from the door. "I guess that means you can begin with your story, Bimon!"
Both Bimon and Fuchsmon stared at the two Ultimates standing in the door. Neither of them had ever seen Rika's or Renamon's new Ultimate forms before, and now that they were both smaller than before, it was quite the shock for them.
"R-r-rika?" Fuchsmon stuttered.
"R-renamon?" Bimon squeaked. He suddenly felt very helpless.
Sorceressmon and AuraRenamon looked down at Bimon. There was no pity in their eyes, just satisfaction.
Behind them, Mie was welcoming her younger son. "So, you finally digivolved as well?"
"Yes, Mom!" FlareGuilmon nodded. "We came here as quickly as possible, we didn't even take the time to digivolve back. Takatomon had to stay behind, though. His Giganotomon form just doesn't fit into any building... he'll come as soon as he's back to normal."
"Whatever 'normal' is for Takato..." Terriermon chuckled.
By now, Sorceressmon had noticed the little vixen girl that was staring up at her mature form.
"Um, do I know you?" she wondered.
"Yes... yes, you do," Fuchsmon whimpered in a miserable voice. She felt so tiny in front of her daughter's powerful form, so vulnerable... "I... am your father, Rika!"
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