Multiversal Digimon Tamers

"Yeah, that purple lady said we might be able to find a world where they survived, but it might take a few attempts to find them." Jonny confirmed, growling a little. "In the meantime, it seems like we're gonna wandering around blindly."

"So this Mirei said something like that, hmm..." Kamishiro mused, "Traveling through world-to-world looking for any counterpart of them who had survived..."

"... I don't get what is your goal here though," Neptune said, "coming to another world where they survived..." he looked at Al, even though no one could see his face (yet), "What do you plan to do if you find them?"

Soleil and the others did notice this would end bad though...

Jonny just grumbled a little, arms crossed. "In all likelihood, there's a chance that the versions we ultimately end up meeting all survived the attack with their Al."

"Relax, Jonny. We seem to be safe here." Al said, dropping off of the Bandimon's back. "To start, my name is Al, my partner here is Jonny, and we're from a different universe, having come here with the assistance of a woman named Mirei."

Jonny settled on a crate, remaining in his evolved state and on edge, as one would be when suddenly trapped and surrounded by strangers.

"Your human friends... were erased...?" Oh this made they all intrigued by that, and shocked on top of it.

"Someone killed them?" Lekismon asked, "Or is another kind of 'erasure'...?"

"I don't think there's another kind of 'erasure' though..." Neptune (the one with a cat eared helmet) shrugged.

"Pleased to meet you, Al and Jonny. I'm Kamishiro Yuugo, and these are my beloved friends, Neptune, Soleil and the digimon Lekismon and Soleil's partner, Firamon. Besides the invisible ones, Neptune's partner Ukkomon, and Mademoiselle Espimon."

"... Just by hearing someone got 'erased' and those two came from another world made you remember something, right?" Miss Espimon just appeared next to Kamishiro, "Right?"

"Maybe?" he chuckled softly, but awkwardly.

" 'Mirei' , huh...?" then he mused, "That name rings a bell... Isn't a woman with purple hair and square glasses?"

"Yes, her. Mikagura Mirei. She kinda said to be an overseer or something? I wouldn't be surprised if she's the same person and has other ways to... 'assist' people around. Maybe cloning herself like the Gennai clones? Who knows...!"

"Yeah, that purple lady said we might be able to find a world where they survived, but it might take a few attempts to find them." Jonny confirmed, growling a little. "In the meantime, it seems like we're gonna wandering around blindly."

In this version of the universe, the Digital and Material worlds stand firm an separate, with travel between being impossible under normal circumstances.

There are, however, multiple spaces where the two worlds overlap, allowing for life from both to mingle. Most of these spaces are small and unstable, lasting for short periods of time and leading to tales of the fae, youkai, and very realistic imaginary friends, among other things. There are also more stable overlap spaces that are destined to never collapse on their own, and it's one such overlap space where The Grand Arcade was constructed.

The Grand Arcade is a tower of seemingly infinite floors connecting the material and digital worlds. It was constructed long ago by ancient digimon and extraordinary humans who were, somehow, able to freely traverse the barriers between worlds. The purpose of this tower was for humans and digimon to bond and become strong together to protect both worlds from instability.

In current times, this is done through a Battle Royale game, where digimon, guided by their human partners, collect power ups and battle each other for supremacy, to be the last mon, or team of mons, standing.

That's when Jonny caught up, taking advantage of the argument to snatch the wallet out of Lekismon's hand. "Gimme that!" He snapped before returning to Al.

As the bandimon returned his wallet, Al opened it to make sure the 'sketchy photos' in question were still there. "If you must know, those 'sketchy photos' are my friends." He paused to put his wallet back into his pocket. "I'd be more inclined to explain in a more private setting. The middle of an alleyway next to an interrupted heist ain't exactly the best place for sob stories."

Jonny knelt down, allowing Al to climb onto his back.

"... 'Call it a night and try again later' , huh...?"

The whole confusion outside at least did not interrupt the actual sleuthin-and-snatchin' mission. Because now the other two were out of the building and graciously standing a few meters behind Soleil.

"Sorry, we had no time to waste when it comes to protecting the wishes of the Digimon and the Chosen Children Network."

Obviously Arsenemon had already switched into his backup human form, Kamishiro Yuugo, to prevent further issues. He and a cat eared helmet person walking towards them.

"You said those are your friends...?" Lekismon blinked, "Like, those digimon!? But why are they..."

"... I heard enough," Kamishiro said with a calm tone, "We don't need to regroup far from here, for your luck." he then looked at Soleil, "Where's Firamon?"

"I'm here," and the winged lion digimon approached, "Shall we go back now?"

"Yes, mission accomplished which means we can all go back."

And with snap of fingers, the surrounding around the them and the mysterious tourist with a digimon changed magically into a special room that resembled an old secret base... the Hideout pocket dimension.

"Um, is it ok to bring a stranger like this to our Hideout?" Ukkomon voice was heard, but not seen.

"They don't seem to be our enemy," Kamishiro explained, "What kind of enemy would have photos of their friends? And judging by what he said, there's a legitimate reason for them looking 'sketchy' as Lekismon put."

"Relax, Jonny. We seem to be safe here." Al said, dropping off of the Bandimon's back. "To start, my name is Al, my partner here is Jonny, and we're from a different universe, having come here with the assistance of a woman named Mirei."

Jonny settled on a crate, remaining in his evolved state and on edge, as one would be when suddenly trapped and surrounded by strangers.

Al was a little slower to start chasing after, pausing a few steps away from Soleil. "By the way..." He said, turning to the 'security guard'. "You ought to work on your acting. An actual security guard would be making a fuss right about now if they watched someone get robbed in front of them." He turned to leave.

Dang it, it was pretty much true... But at the same time it brought suspicion whether that human and digimon belonged to that world, considering them hiding one...

"You should've played along, Soleil!!"

Obviously Lune was yelling in the private line, something went off tonight. Oh they will have to do something... Someone had outsmarted them!? This caught a certain phantom thief's interest...

"... Huh??" It was futile for play dumb now, right? "What are you talking about?! Are you going to stay here and let that digimon steal your wallet!?"

One would figure out Lekismon didn't went that far away and used her speed to run around the area. Firamon knows while Soleil has a ton of charisma points, he's not an excellent actor... the winged lion sensed Lekismon's presence getting more and more closer...

And while still on the way back to the building, she decided to take a peek inside the stolen wallet... Only to find photos? Huh, are those digimon? But they seemed quite off too...

Soleil dropped the cool act after realizing it wouldn't work anymore, "Fine, we're going to take you out of here before you do anything els--"

"... AH! WAIT A MINUTE!!" She returned immediately and stopped in front of the mysterious tourist:

"HEY YOU, why do you have no valuable items and only a bunch of sketchy photos?! Are you a serial killer or what?!"

"L-Lekismon...!!" (you could deduce the entire team was facepalming right now...)

"Who are you?!" she continued, staring at the guy, "Are you a bounty hunter!? Or were you sent by mrs. Ouma?!"

"Aren't you giving too much information right now!?" Soleil lost his composure and started arguing with her.

That's when Jonny caught up, taking advantage of the argument to snatch the wallet out of Lekismon's hand. "Gimme that!" He snapped before returning to Al.

As the bandimon returned his wallet, Al opened it to make sure the 'sketchy photos' in question were still there. "If you must know, those 'sketchy photos' are my friends." He paused to put his wallet back into his pocket. "I'd be more inclined to explain in a more private setting. The middle of an alleyway next to an interrupted heist ain't exactly the best place for sob stories."

Jonny knelt down, allowing Al to climb onto his back.

"A bit suspicious..." Jonny's voice came. "I'm evolving. It sounds like he might be speaking in code to someone nearby."

"Thank you! I would greatly appreciate that." Al replied, hoping that getting pointed in a general direction would get him out of this awkward situation before anything actually happened.

Too late. A lekismon suddenly appeared and stole his wallet.

Al narrowed his eyes a little. "You can try, but I think you'll find my credit card doesn't work here." He stated, his voice suddenly cold as he pulled his digivice from his pocket. "You probably could have just had me on my way and out of yours with some directions, but you made the mistake of picking my pocket instead!"

His digivice lit up, a figure made of light emerging from the screen before fading to reveal a new digimon: tall and lanky with large hands and feet, spiked knuckles, and a shoke of fiery hair. Bandimon.

"Jonny! Get 'em!" Al called out, pointing to Lekismon.

"Heh, Stretchy guy?!" Lekismon smirked, then dodged the arms with her agility, "Sorry~ I have friends who are stretchy like you and I know how to dodge stretchy things!!"

Once she landed on the floor, "Are you fast enough for a race? Hee tee!" and dashed through the streets, "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!!"

Now Soleil had to hope those two to follow her and leave the area. Or else they would have problem to accomplish their mission.

"If we have problem with them, maybe we should put them to sleep and erase their memories with Neptune's little buddy, huh?"

"... I'm busy."

"Ouch, that was cold... Good luck, mon ami le Soleil~ you better do something in case the Moon Bun fail at playing decoy, got it??"

Al was a little slower to start chasing after, pausing a few steps away from Soleil. "By the way..." He said, turning to the 'security guard'. "You ought to work on your acting. An actual security guard would be making a fuss right about now if they watched someone get robbed in front of them." He turned to leave.

"Al, something fishy's goin' on." Jonny's voice said. "Play along like a hopelessly lost tourist or something."

"Hmm... What is the Hotel's name, sir?" It's not like they couldn't search for the closest hotel nearby and take this person there and rush back to the job... right?

"Have you taken the witness out of the area, Soleil?"

He couldn't reply her now though... At least not directly.

"Actually... No, no problem. I think there's a Hotel three blocks from this area. There's This Dude who works there and Is A great friend of mine and he helps any Lost Tourist and won't mind to help you better than me."

"... Ok. I got it. You're having problems to make them leave."

He was trying to stay cool inside... Cool outside...

However, Lekismon got a little devious idea. She then whispered to Firamon, and the others did learn about said gremlin-branded plan.

...

"Good Night, everyone!!"

Lekismon jumped out of nowhere and stood a the top of the light pole.

"Ah, what a beautiful scene! Huhuhu, it would be nicer if I commit some mischief around!"

And she jumped back to the ground, and fast as she could move, she grabbed the stranger tourist's wallet from his pocket.

"TA-DA! EASY MONEY! YAY!" and jumped back to the light pole, examining the loot.

... This was Lekismon's plan? just play herself!?

"There we go!! What can I get with this?? Ohohohoho, I can buy a pretty necklace!!"

"A bit suspicious..." Jonny's voice came. "I'm evolving. It sounds like he might be speaking in code to someone nearby."

"Thank you! I would greatly appreciate that." Al replied, hoping that getting pointed in a general direction would get him out of this awkward situation before anything actually happened.

Too late. A lekismon suddenly appeared and stole his wallet.

Al narrowed his eyes a little. "You can try, but I think you'll find my credit card doesn't work here." He stated, his voice suddenly cold as he pulled his digivice from his pocket. "You probably could have just had me on my way and out of yours with some directions, but you made the mistake of picking my pocket instead!"

His digivice lit up, a figure made of light emerging from the screen before fading to reveal a new digimon: tall and lanky with large hands and feet, spiked knuckles, and a shoke of fiery hair. Bandimon.

"Jonny! Get 'em!" Al called out, pointing to Lekismon.

A portal created by Mastemon comes into being, Al stepping through with his digimon partner, a Burglmon, close behind.

"So, what exactly did that Purple Lady mean when she said 'what you seek may lie in other worlds'?" The Burglmon, Jonny, asked, looking up at Al.

"Exactly what it sounds like." Al replied, adjusting his glasses. "As for what we're looking for... It's a long story..." He let out a sigh and looked around. They had come out in an alleyway with no people around. "Hmm... Might be a good idea to be a bit more incognito."

"The area is still clean, Boss."

One just doesn't casually walk into a crime scene. At least not into a crime scene against someone with bad faith doing illegal research on the Digimon.

Miss Espimon was just doing her job: keeping her cyborg eyes watching the environment, while she also offered as a hotspot connection to the Hideout's computer... When suddenly her radar detected vital signals of... a human?!

"Umm... Boss? Everyone? Someone is just... nearby."

"How does this have to happen right now?!"

"I swear there weren't anyone since Étoile and Neptune walked in!"

"Soleil, go there and escort them out of the area then...!"

"Who made you the leader here, Saturne--"

"Soleil. Go. There. And. Take. Whoever. Is. Out. Of. The. Area. NOW."

And Obviously, Soleil had absolutely no objections to Lune's orders. Just a 'Yes, ma'am!!' was heard and he immediately obeyed her.

Someone walking all alone past midnight? Not that the City ever sleeps, but definitely not a place full of night activities around... Using his glasses (fake, it only serves to see through a certain phantom thief digimon's magic tricks and illusions, besides seeing digimon under their camouflage abilities), he checked the localization of the mentioned human being.

... Ah.

A dark-haired guy...? Is he lost there or--

Firamon and Lekismon were hiding nearby. If the innocent citizen refuse to leave, they will be forced to put him to sleep... literally. No euphemisms, just literally hitting the target with a sleep bubble bomb and make him fall asleep. (Neptune is not fan of Lekismon's morbid jokes alas... The rest don't seem to care much at least.)

"Oh, hey!" Soleil approached him, "Are you lost, kiddo? Sorry, the visits to the lab are closed."

Of course he was dressed like one of the securities of the building. Magic-and-nanotech equipped smartwatch. He had activated it discreetly and before talking to this mysterious person he just met.

"Al, something fishy's goin' on." Jonny's voice said. "Play along like a hopelessly lost tourist or something."