A Bug? An Alien? Maybe Both. Rise of a New General. (OPEN)

Elsewhere in the forest... Zachary and Panthermon was on patrol. The two had been back and forth from the real world and Digital World, but still the real world, Shibuya, was Zachary's present home next to NEXUS. However, the two would be aware of any 'breaches' or invaders from the Digital World in the real world. In this case, it came to here as Panthermon sensed another breech of a Digimon coming through.

Zachary had reached the forest, but was alone. His digivice was in hand-- an odd flip-phone like device that was black and gold outlinings. As he entered the forest, he flipped open his phone and a holographic map of the immediate forest appeared. He saw a few signatures, but it was hard to tell what was a Digimon. "You sure you sense a digimon here, Panthermon?" Zachary asked, softly but aloud.

Positive, a voice spoke in his head. Some would think it was a spirit, but it was a form of telepathic connection the two shared. It's somewhere here. Small but I sense it is unusual and strong. I hope its a hostile. I am itching for a fight.

Zachary rolled his eyes as he flipped his D-Sync shut. "Look, we don't know anything. Try not to get your whiskers in a twitch." he said.

Did you just quote that Idiot Starmon to me?

He wanted to laugh as he made his way through the trees leisurely as if he was on a stroll through the woods. He didn't see anyone or anything out of the ordinary yet, but that might change soon as he would check the map every once in a while to trace the signal. "Let's just hope this is just some little rookie wandering around. Maybe its lost or looking for a partner. if it is, maybe we can direct them to Nexus. I'm sure many Digimon want partners as much as humans do." he explained.

So Zachary wandered into the woods, a first for him since he been in Shibuya. With luck, he might stumble upon the new duo that just became partners...

Panthermon was quiet for the time being, the cat now on the prowl while Zachary searched on the forest floor. It was hard for him to believe a thick amount of forest was nestled into Shibuya like this. He was starting to feel a bit nervous as he looked through the woods, knowing a Digital Monster was somewhere around. He had his hands in his jacket pockets as he looked around. But when he heard the call from his left, he stopped.

He put away his D-Sync and looked to find a girl in the woods. The red-headed girl seemed casual as she approached him. It was a surprise. He didn't have a clue what to expect and he tried to remain calm and casual. She appeared to be about his age or perhaps a touch younger. "Um, hi? I was kind of ... trying to find something," Zachary said, cautious.

However, as she got closer, his D-sync began to go off like crazy, radiating a strange beeping of a proximity alert. Even Panthermon could sense it, wherever he was as he stalked closer, unseen by everyone including his partner.

"Um, you didn't happen to see any unusual creatures or something like that, have you...?" He stopped as he tried to ignore the buzzing of his digivice that kept going off. All the while his Digimon felt the signal too and it was maddening to the cat.

Up in the tree above, he caught movement. A shadow of a jaguar-like creature that seemed to come out from the shadows.

Zachary's eyes snapped at the appearance of the Fusion Loader and Vemmon that appeared. However, before Vemmon could really finish his stuttered words, Panthermon's eyes narrowed as he found his target.

"W-wait! Panthermo--" Zachary cried but it was too late!

The sight of the Vemmon made the panther go into a feral state as he pounced, attempting to pin the creature down under him. The sheer movement made Zachary back up from surprise, as the cat proceeded to attack.

"Oh for the love of-- Panthermon stop! I don't think he is a bad Digimon!" he called out, but it fell on deft ears as he tried to fight. The cat loved his battles and at times like this he was more feral digimon than sane.

Zachary realized the error. The Digimon WAS her partner, and Panthermon just pounced. While understandable that the cat had not had a good battle in a long time, that was no reason to attack anyone seen. Just before Zachary could tell his partner to stop, the Vemmon delivered a powerful electrical shock! The shock was strong enough to repel the rookie off, which was a point of fact for the power Vemmon possessed.

With a fall back into the air, Panthermon jumped back and growled. The cat began to circle around the area like a stalking tiger, growling eagerly to attack again.

As he growled, fire began to show in his maw, preparing for a Spiral Flame attack.

"Panthermon-- STOP!!" Zachary said as he got in between the two Digimon. "Stop! It's okay. That's its Tamer! " he cried.

The moment he heard this, he blinked-- reason and intelligence returning to his eyes. The flames in his maw died away but he still remained on guard with his compsure as the jungle cat lessened his growling.

Zachary looked to the Vemmon on the ground but soon to the tamer as well. "Um... I'm very sorry about that." he said.

It took Panthermon to come out of his feral haze, but it was what happened with most beast-type Digimon. They were more feral than sentient if left on their own, but Zachary had formed a bond with him long ago. Though a beast, he was far more intellegent than he appeared. The stutter of words that came from Vemmon made all doubt fade from Panthermon's mind as he came to his senses enough to realize a Digimon like him could be talking to. He was sentient, and not a target.

"Xros-General?" Zachary asked, being the first time he heard the term. His experience with fusion users was rare, outside what he learned about DNA-Digivolution. He wondered if that was similar.

As the Xros-general, fusion talk went above both their heads, Panthermon slowly approached but his head lowered in shame. "I'm... sorry. I mistook you for an enemy. You are not... what I expect for a virus type Digimon..." Panthermon said, still a bit weary.

Either way there was no malice in the Digimon, so he didn't act and calm down.

A sigh of relief came from Zachary. "I'm sorry, too."

Panthermon felt a bit wounded, as did Zachary by the judge by cover comment. It applied to them very well, though Panthermon was not an 'identifiable' type being born from Zachary's mind. Still, by definition, Vemmon wasn't what people would call a typical virus type. "Um... well you aren't exactly normal for a Virus either , if I am mistaken..." the cat said.

Zachary took out his D-Sync Digivice that was in the shape of a futuristic flip-phone. As he opened it up, the smart-touch screen flashed and revealed the data of Vemmon-- and revealed very little. A name, a level and type, but nothing much. Parts of the data read 'no-data' and often had zero concepts on its abilities due to its mysterious nature. "You're partner has no data on it. So I wouldn't say he is completely normal. Whatever he is, it was enough to put Panthermon on edge, which isn't an easy feat to do." Zachary explained. "Um, where are you from Vemmon?"

The question was a bit out there, but still it was rare to find a no-data Digimon unless they were recently created.

Either way, Zachary and Panthermon felt a bit sad at the way Vemmon colored them too.

"Village of Beginnings?" Zachary asked, oblivious to it. As was Panthermon. THe only place he knew of new born Digimon was Rosewoodtown or the Elysian fields where he found the golden Digiegg from HolyAngemon a while back. But that wasn't the case here as Panthermon wasn't 'born' as most Digimon were.

Look, we're really sorry about that. But you need to understand, Digimon just popping up here can be not only dangerous but also well... problematic and we usually have to deal with them. Most of them either randomly attack things or got a grudge." Zachary t tried to explain to ease the seemingly upset Vemmon.

All the while, Panthermon was quiet, showing a small bit of shame for jumping the gun as he did.