Disclaimer: I do not own any of the official Digimon characters.
There will be some Jurato and Jenki. So if you have different tastes in couples, leave now.
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Chapter 1: MOTION SICKNESS
Takato was rumaging through his closet looking for his winter jacket, ski gloves, and other winter wear. He and the other Tamers were going to spend a week in Nagano for Christmas and Takato was very excited. His blue duffel bag was practically jam-packed with shirts, pants, socks, underwear, toiletries, and pajamas.
"What are you doing, Takato?" asked Guilmon.
"I'm packing," said Takato, "We're going on vacation, so I have to bring all of this stuff with us."
"What's a vacation?" asked Guilmon.
"A vacation's a...um," Takato was having trouble defining vacation for Guilmon, "It's when you go away from home for a while to have fun."
"Like when we go out to play!" said Guilmon.
"Uh, no," said Takato, "A vacation is when you go to a place far away to have fun."
"How far?" asked Guilmon.
"You go out of the city to another place," said Takato, "You get to do fun things there that you can't do at home."
"Yay! Yay! I want to come, Takato!" said Guilmon.
"Well, that's the problem," said Takato, "You're way too big." Guilmon groaned in disappointment.
"Hurry up, Takato!" called Mrs. Matsuda, "We're leaving soon to take you to the airport!"
"I'm coming mom!" called Takato.
"You're not going to leave me here, are you?" asked Guilmon.
"We'll think of something," said Takato. He looked out his window and saw a large box outside. He suddenly got an idea.
A few moments later, Takato was sitting in the back seat of his parents' car with Guilmon as they rode to the airport. Guilmon was feeling very giddy about the entire trip. They finally arrived at the airport on the departures floor. Mr. and Mrs. Matsuda helped Takato get a buggy and put his luggage on it.
"Well, son. This is it," said Mr. Matsuda, "Are you sure you've got everything?"
"Yeah, I've got everything," said Takato.
"Come here, Takato," said Mrs. Matsuda. She squatted down and gave her son a good-bye hug.
"I want a hug, too!" said Guilmon. He ran over and joined Mrs. Matsuda and Takato. Then, Takato's father joined them. They eventually pulled apart.
"Have fun, Takato," said Mrs. Matsuda.
"I will!" called Takato.
"See you in a week, kiddo," said Mr. Matsuda.
"Okay, dad! See ya!" called Takato. He waved good-bye as his parents got in their car and drove away.
"Parent-child-Digimon group hug? That's way too `adorable' for my taste," said a voice. Takato turned and saw Ruki standing by the door with her bag by her feet.
"You never like anything adorable, anyway," said Takato, "By the way, when did YOU get here?"
"I hitched a ride with Lee and his father," answered Ruki.
Out of the corner of his eye, Takato could see Lee pushing his way through the crowd, wheeling his suitcase right behind him. "Here you go, Ruki," said Lee as he handed Ruki an object wrapped in silver, "Double cheeseburger, no onions."
"Thank you, Lee," said Ruki. Takato smiled. Lee and Ruki had been going out for at least a month now and their love was really starting to grow. Takato sighed. He hoped that he would get some time alone with Juri on their vacation.
"So where's puppet-girl, visor-kid, and nerd-boy?" asked Ruki.
"Who are you calling nerd-boy?" came a voice. The three Tamers turned and saw Kenta with his backpack. Next to him was Kazu, who couldn't bring Guardromon, since he was much bigger than Guilmon.
"Where are Guardromon and MarineAngemon?" asked Takato.
"Guardromon's too big to take," said Kazu.
"And MarineAngemon will freeze up there in the mountains," said Kenta, "That and also because of the springs."
Takato chuckled a bit. The hotel that they were going to stay at had hot springs and Kenta had a phobia about people seeing him naked. He was always nervous when their class had to change for gym, but sitting in a hot spring with all the boys just made him feel even queasier. And the thought of MarineAngemon being there with him just threw him off the deep end. "I can see why," said Takato. He looked around the terminal, but there was no sign of Juri. He began to worry that she wouldn't come.
"Get a hold of yourself, gogglehead," said Ruki.
A loud bark from behind Takato caused him to suddenly jump and nearly wet his pants. He turned and saw Juri with her puppet and suitcase and blushed. "Juri," he said, "Uh...hi?"
"Say! Where's Leomon?" asked Kazu.
"He was way too big for the plane," said Juri.
"Where's Renamon?" asked Kenta. He suddenly felt someone's presence right behind him.
"What took you so long?" asked Ruki.
"Sorry, Ruki," said Renamon, "I had some trouble trying to find your group through this crowd."
"Why don't we check ourselves in and get to the gate," said Lee. Just then, he noticed Guilmon. "Uh, Takato? Just how do you plan to take Guilmon with us?"
Takato held up a large cardboard box. "I've got that covered."
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Takato hefted his bag onto the conveyor belt. Then he lifted a large box on it and labeled it as FRAGILE.
"That must be one heck of a thing," said the person behind the desk. She stamped Takato's boarding pass and handed them back to him. "There you go."
"Thank you," said Takato.
"Well, let's head on over to our gate," said Lee. He was worried, though. How was he going to get Terriermon through customs? An idea struck him. He took Terriermon out of his bag and held him like a stuffed animal. When it was his turn to step through the gate, he gave Terriermon to the customs officer, who brought him over to the other side. In two minutes, all of the kids had gone through customs.
"What gate are we?" asked Takato.
"We're Gate 47," said Lee, checking his boarding pass. He looked at a map of the entire airport on the wall. "Let's see. We're near Gate 1. Gate 47 is on the other side of this terminal. And according to my watch, our plane starts boarding in approximately 5 minutes."
"Five minutes?" asked Takato, "That doesn't give us a lot of time!"
"Very observant gogglehead," said Ruki. The Tamers all grabbed their things and ran towards their gate like mad.
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"Attention please? Preboarding for flight 497 to Nagano begins now," said one of the airport workers, "Those who are travelling with small children or seniors may board at this time."
The six Tamers screeched to a halt just in time for their turn to board. "We made it," said Takato.
The Tamers boarded and took their seats. Takato had the window seat, but he decided to give it to Juri, who refused, saying that she got sick from looking out the window, so Takato sat in the window seat while Juri sat in the center. Sitting on the aisle seat was Kenta. Behind them, Kazu sat in the window seat with Ruki in the middle and Lee in the aisle seat.
After waiting for at least another half-hour, the Tamers felt the plane begin to move. "Welcome to Flight 497 to Nagano," came the pilot's voice, "At this time, we ask that you switch off all electronic equipment, raise your seatbacks to an upright position, put away your tray tables, and store all carry-on baggage either under the seat in front of you or in the overhead compartment. The duration of our flight is approximately one hour. Please enjoy the rest of your flight." Some flight attendants moved around the cabin getting ready for the demonstration.
"I wonder what movie we're gonna see," said Kazu.
"It's a one-hour flight. They wouldn't have time to show a movie even if they wanted to," said Lee, "We might as well get some shuteye."
The demonstration took about ten minutes, since they had to do it twice, once in English and once in Japanese. After another fifteen minutes of waiting, they were finally off. Takato stared out the window as they took off. Juri placed her hand on his.
Ruki looked over at Lee and saw that the navy-haired boy had fallen asleep. She had never seen him asleep before, so the sight of him almost took her breath away as Lee slept with his seat leaned back, snoring silently, which was almost impossible to hear over the plane's engines. She put on her headphones and listened to the rock music on station number five on her armrest.
As soon as the plane reached cruising altitude, flight attendants began to go around the cabin serving snacks and drinks. One flight attendant reached Takato's row. "Would any of you like something to drink?" she asked.
"I'd like an Orange Crush, please," said Takato.
"Could I please have some orange juice?" asked Juri.
"Some tomato juice, please," said Kenta.
The flight attendant gave each of them a napkin, a bag of pretzels, and their drinks. Then she moved onto the next row. "Would you like anything to drink?" she asked.
Ruki shook Lee awake. "Wake up, Lee," she said, "You want something to drink or not?"
"I'd like some ginger ale, please," said Lee.
"I'll take a Coke," said Ruki.
"I'll have a Pepsi," said Kazu.
The three of them got their drinks and their snacks before the flight attendant moved on. Five minutes later, they came back to collect all the empty cups and garbage. It was then that Takato felt that he needed to go.
"Um, Juri? Kenta? Can I just get out for a sec," he asked, "I gotta go to the bathroom." Juri and Kenta quickly got out of their seats to allow Takato to get out and go to the lavatory. Takato's face fell when he saw that both lavatories in their part of the cabin were occupied. So he just stood there, trying to hold it in with his hands. As soon as one person came out, Takato immediately rushed in and locked the door. He undid his pants and gave a huge sigh of relief. He was just washing his hands when the plane began to shake. He quickly returned to his seat and buckled in. "What's going on?" he asked.
At that moment, the seatbelt sign came on and the pilot's voice came over the plane's PA system, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing turbulence. At this time, we advise all passengers to return to their seats and fasten their seatbelts."
Terriermon looked up from his position under the seat in front of Lee and saw that Lee had fallen asleep again. "How can he sleep through all of this?" he wondered. Lee had removed his shoes and Terriermon was using one of his ears as a gas mask.
The rest of the flight did not go smoothly. The motions of going up and down made Takato feel very uneasy. "I shouldn't have eaten that bacon triple cheeseburger before we left," he thought.
"Takato? Are you alright?" asked Juri. She placed a hand on one of Takato's.
"He doesn't look too hot," said Kazu.
"It's not important," said Ruki, "It's just motion sickness. His stomach can't handle this kind of stuff."
Takato suddenly lunged forward and grabbed the barf bag from his seatback pocket. He punched the bag open and began heaving into it. The sound practically disgusted everyone.
"Takato!" said Juri. She patted Takato on the back, only to succeed in causing him to throw up even more.
"Anyone bring any Pepto Bismol?" asked Kazu.
"Will you be okay Takato?" asked Juri. Takato slowly put down his barf bag. He grabbed Juri's and continued regurgitating. After he was done with hers, he grabbed Kenta's.
"Man! That is one lean mean barfing machine!" said Kazu.
Lee woke up from his nap at the slowly rising smell of something being regurgitated. "What's going on?" he asked semi-sleepily.
"Takato's throwing up," said Ruki, "He's already on his third bag." Terriermon climbed onto Lee's head and looked down at Takato.
"Yeesh! And I thought Lee's shoes smelled bad," said Terriermon.
"Thanks a lot, Terriermon," said Lee.
"Momentai," said Terriermon. Takato threw up into the bag again.
"Nice going, Terriermon," said Lee.
"I'm going to ring a flight attendant," said Kenta.
"I think that's a good idea," said Lee. Kenta pushed the call button on his armrest. In a few moments, a flight attendant came by. "Hi. Could you please get some more motion sickness bags for my friend?"
"And some ginger ale and napkins too, please," said Lee.
"Certainly," said the flight attendant. She left and quickly returned with three barf bags, a dozen paper napkins, and a can of ginger ale.
"Thank you," said Lee. Takato coughed and sputtered. At last, Takato stopped. He sealed off the bag and put it on the floor. The area around his mouth was covered with barf, tears were running down his cheeks, and Juri almost swore that there was sweat on his forehead.
"Here, Takato," she said. She took a napkin and wiped Takato's mouth and the area around it. Kazu helped wipe up the tears and sweat.
"Here, Takato," said Lee as he handed Takato the ginger ale, "Drink this. It'll settle your stomach." Takato moaned in response.
"At least chew this," said Kazu, handing Takato a piece of gum, "We don't wanna smell your barf breath the rest of the way." Takato took the gum and popped it in his mouth. He chewed slowly.
"He still looks pretty green," said Kenta.
Just then, the pilot's voice came on the PA system, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are now beginning are decent into Nagano. Please switch off all electronic equipment, raise your seatbacks to an upright position, put away your tray tables, and store all carry-on baggage either under the seat in front of you or in the overhead compartment. Flight attendants, please make preparations for landing."
"It's going to be over soon, Takato," said Juri, "Just hold on." Takato only moaned in agony in response to Juri.
The landing took only about fifteen minutes, but it took another eight minutes for the plane to reach the gate and yet another five minutes for the Tamers to get out of the plane. Takato still felt woozy, so Lee and Kazu had to help him off the plane. "You're back on solid ground, Takato," said Lee.
"You can open your eyes now," joked Kazu. Takato felt better now that he was off the plane, but he still felt a little uneasy. The other Tamers walked him through Customs all the way to baggage claim. By that time, Takato was able to walk by himself.
"What carousel do we pick up our bags from?" asked Kenta.
"Carousel 3," said Lee, "Takato, you'll have to go to Carousel 1 to pick up odd-sized or fragile luggage."
"Thanks, Lee," said Takato. He quickly ran off towards Carousel 1. Kazu and Ruki returned with two baggage buggies and the rest of them went off to collect their baggage.
Takato was standing in front of a small ramp with two small garage doors behind them. he eagerly awaited for the one box that he had placed on the plane. But he began to worry. What if the box hadn't been put on the plane? What if it was put on the wrong flight? Takato was really worrying, but finally, a familiar box labeled FRAGILE slid down the ramp. Takato pulled the box out and placed it on a baggage buggy. Then he ran to join the others. He was glad that everyone had found his duffel bag, too.
"Everyone ready to go?" asked Lee.
"We're ready," said the others.
"Wait! Where's Renamon?" asked Ruki. Just as her words left her mouth, the fox Digimon appeared beside her.
"I'm here, Ruki," she said.
"That's good," said Ruki.
"Say, where's Guilmon?" asked Kazu. Takato opened the top of the box and Guilmon sprang out.
"Hey!" cheered Guilmon, "Takato, can we eat now? I'm hungry."
"We'll eat when we get to the hotel," said Takato.
Lee opened up his backpack and gasped. "Look, everyone! Looks like we have a stowaway," he said. He reached in his hand and pulled out Culumon.
"Hi ,everybody!" said Culumon. The Tamers all laughed. They put Guilmon back in his box before heading out of the terminal.
END OF CHAPTER 1
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So what do you think? Takato's experience on the plane was based on some of my own encounters with planes and turbulence (minus the 3 bags part.)
Please send me your reviews. Let me know what you think.
There will be some Jurato and Jenki. So if you have different tastes in couples, leave now.
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Chapter 1: MOTION SICKNESS
Takato was rumaging through his closet looking for his winter jacket, ski gloves, and other winter wear. He and the other Tamers were going to spend a week in Nagano for Christmas and Takato was very excited. His blue duffel bag was practically jam-packed with shirts, pants, socks, underwear, toiletries, and pajamas.
"What are you doing, Takato?" asked Guilmon.
"I'm packing," said Takato, "We're going on vacation, so I have to bring all of this stuff with us."
"What's a vacation?" asked Guilmon.
"A vacation's a...um," Takato was having trouble defining vacation for Guilmon, "It's when you go away from home for a while to have fun."
"Like when we go out to play!" said Guilmon.
"Uh, no," said Takato, "A vacation is when you go to a place far away to have fun."
"How far?" asked Guilmon.
"You go out of the city to another place," said Takato, "You get to do fun things there that you can't do at home."
"Yay! Yay! I want to come, Takato!" said Guilmon.
"Well, that's the problem," said Takato, "You're way too big." Guilmon groaned in disappointment.
"Hurry up, Takato!" called Mrs. Matsuda, "We're leaving soon to take you to the airport!"
"I'm coming mom!" called Takato.
"You're not going to leave me here, are you?" asked Guilmon.
"We'll think of something," said Takato. He looked out his window and saw a large box outside. He suddenly got an idea.
A few moments later, Takato was sitting in the back seat of his parents' car with Guilmon as they rode to the airport. Guilmon was feeling very giddy about the entire trip. They finally arrived at the airport on the departures floor. Mr. and Mrs. Matsuda helped Takato get a buggy and put his luggage on it.
"Well, son. This is it," said Mr. Matsuda, "Are you sure you've got everything?"
"Yeah, I've got everything," said Takato.
"Come here, Takato," said Mrs. Matsuda. She squatted down and gave her son a good-bye hug.
"I want a hug, too!" said Guilmon. He ran over and joined Mrs. Matsuda and Takato. Then, Takato's father joined them. They eventually pulled apart.
"Have fun, Takato," said Mrs. Matsuda.
"I will!" called Takato.
"See you in a week, kiddo," said Mr. Matsuda.
"Okay, dad! See ya!" called Takato. He waved good-bye as his parents got in their car and drove away.
"Parent-child-Digimon group hug? That's way too `adorable' for my taste," said a voice. Takato turned and saw Ruki standing by the door with her bag by her feet.
"You never like anything adorable, anyway," said Takato, "By the way, when did YOU get here?"
"I hitched a ride with Lee and his father," answered Ruki.
Out of the corner of his eye, Takato could see Lee pushing his way through the crowd, wheeling his suitcase right behind him. "Here you go, Ruki," said Lee as he handed Ruki an object wrapped in silver, "Double cheeseburger, no onions."
"Thank you, Lee," said Ruki. Takato smiled. Lee and Ruki had been going out for at least a month now and their love was really starting to grow. Takato sighed. He hoped that he would get some time alone with Juri on their vacation.
"So where's puppet-girl, visor-kid, and nerd-boy?" asked Ruki.
"Who are you calling nerd-boy?" came a voice. The three Tamers turned and saw Kenta with his backpack. Next to him was Kazu, who couldn't bring Guardromon, since he was much bigger than Guilmon.
"Where are Guardromon and MarineAngemon?" asked Takato.
"Guardromon's too big to take," said Kazu.
"And MarineAngemon will freeze up there in the mountains," said Kenta, "That and also because of the springs."
Takato chuckled a bit. The hotel that they were going to stay at had hot springs and Kenta had a phobia about people seeing him naked. He was always nervous when their class had to change for gym, but sitting in a hot spring with all the boys just made him feel even queasier. And the thought of MarineAngemon being there with him just threw him off the deep end. "I can see why," said Takato. He looked around the terminal, but there was no sign of Juri. He began to worry that she wouldn't come.
"Get a hold of yourself, gogglehead," said Ruki.
A loud bark from behind Takato caused him to suddenly jump and nearly wet his pants. He turned and saw Juri with her puppet and suitcase and blushed. "Juri," he said, "Uh...hi?"
"Say! Where's Leomon?" asked Kazu.
"He was way too big for the plane," said Juri.
"Where's Renamon?" asked Kenta. He suddenly felt someone's presence right behind him.
"What took you so long?" asked Ruki.
"Sorry, Ruki," said Renamon, "I had some trouble trying to find your group through this crowd."
"Why don't we check ourselves in and get to the gate," said Lee. Just then, he noticed Guilmon. "Uh, Takato? Just how do you plan to take Guilmon with us?"
Takato held up a large cardboard box. "I've got that covered."
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Takato hefted his bag onto the conveyor belt. Then he lifted a large box on it and labeled it as FRAGILE.
"That must be one heck of a thing," said the person behind the desk. She stamped Takato's boarding pass and handed them back to him. "There you go."
"Thank you," said Takato.
"Well, let's head on over to our gate," said Lee. He was worried, though. How was he going to get Terriermon through customs? An idea struck him. He took Terriermon out of his bag and held him like a stuffed animal. When it was his turn to step through the gate, he gave Terriermon to the customs officer, who brought him over to the other side. In two minutes, all of the kids had gone through customs.
"What gate are we?" asked Takato.
"We're Gate 47," said Lee, checking his boarding pass. He looked at a map of the entire airport on the wall. "Let's see. We're near Gate 1. Gate 47 is on the other side of this terminal. And according to my watch, our plane starts boarding in approximately 5 minutes."
"Five minutes?" asked Takato, "That doesn't give us a lot of time!"
"Very observant gogglehead," said Ruki. The Tamers all grabbed their things and ran towards their gate like mad.
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"Attention please? Preboarding for flight 497 to Nagano begins now," said one of the airport workers, "Those who are travelling with small children or seniors may board at this time."
The six Tamers screeched to a halt just in time for their turn to board. "We made it," said Takato.
The Tamers boarded and took their seats. Takato had the window seat, but he decided to give it to Juri, who refused, saying that she got sick from looking out the window, so Takato sat in the window seat while Juri sat in the center. Sitting on the aisle seat was Kenta. Behind them, Kazu sat in the window seat with Ruki in the middle and Lee in the aisle seat.
After waiting for at least another half-hour, the Tamers felt the plane begin to move. "Welcome to Flight 497 to Nagano," came the pilot's voice, "At this time, we ask that you switch off all electronic equipment, raise your seatbacks to an upright position, put away your tray tables, and store all carry-on baggage either under the seat in front of you or in the overhead compartment. The duration of our flight is approximately one hour. Please enjoy the rest of your flight." Some flight attendants moved around the cabin getting ready for the demonstration.
"I wonder what movie we're gonna see," said Kazu.
"It's a one-hour flight. They wouldn't have time to show a movie even if they wanted to," said Lee, "We might as well get some shuteye."
The demonstration took about ten minutes, since they had to do it twice, once in English and once in Japanese. After another fifteen minutes of waiting, they were finally off. Takato stared out the window as they took off. Juri placed her hand on his.
Ruki looked over at Lee and saw that the navy-haired boy had fallen asleep. She had never seen him asleep before, so the sight of him almost took her breath away as Lee slept with his seat leaned back, snoring silently, which was almost impossible to hear over the plane's engines. She put on her headphones and listened to the rock music on station number five on her armrest.
As soon as the plane reached cruising altitude, flight attendants began to go around the cabin serving snacks and drinks. One flight attendant reached Takato's row. "Would any of you like something to drink?" she asked.
"I'd like an Orange Crush, please," said Takato.
"Could I please have some orange juice?" asked Juri.
"Some tomato juice, please," said Kenta.
The flight attendant gave each of them a napkin, a bag of pretzels, and their drinks. Then she moved onto the next row. "Would you like anything to drink?" she asked.
Ruki shook Lee awake. "Wake up, Lee," she said, "You want something to drink or not?"
"I'd like some ginger ale, please," said Lee.
"I'll take a Coke," said Ruki.
"I'll have a Pepsi," said Kazu.
The three of them got their drinks and their snacks before the flight attendant moved on. Five minutes later, they came back to collect all the empty cups and garbage. It was then that Takato felt that he needed to go.
"Um, Juri? Kenta? Can I just get out for a sec," he asked, "I gotta go to the bathroom." Juri and Kenta quickly got out of their seats to allow Takato to get out and go to the lavatory. Takato's face fell when he saw that both lavatories in their part of the cabin were occupied. So he just stood there, trying to hold it in with his hands. As soon as one person came out, Takato immediately rushed in and locked the door. He undid his pants and gave a huge sigh of relief. He was just washing his hands when the plane began to shake. He quickly returned to his seat and buckled in. "What's going on?" he asked.
At that moment, the seatbelt sign came on and the pilot's voice came over the plane's PA system, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing turbulence. At this time, we advise all passengers to return to their seats and fasten their seatbelts."
Terriermon looked up from his position under the seat in front of Lee and saw that Lee had fallen asleep again. "How can he sleep through all of this?" he wondered. Lee had removed his shoes and Terriermon was using one of his ears as a gas mask.
The rest of the flight did not go smoothly. The motions of going up and down made Takato feel very uneasy. "I shouldn't have eaten that bacon triple cheeseburger before we left," he thought.
"Takato? Are you alright?" asked Juri. She placed a hand on one of Takato's.
"He doesn't look too hot," said Kazu.
"It's not important," said Ruki, "It's just motion sickness. His stomach can't handle this kind of stuff."
Takato suddenly lunged forward and grabbed the barf bag from his seatback pocket. He punched the bag open and began heaving into it. The sound practically disgusted everyone.
"Takato!" said Juri. She patted Takato on the back, only to succeed in causing him to throw up even more.
"Anyone bring any Pepto Bismol?" asked Kazu.
"Will you be okay Takato?" asked Juri. Takato slowly put down his barf bag. He grabbed Juri's and continued regurgitating. After he was done with hers, he grabbed Kenta's.
"Man! That is one lean mean barfing machine!" said Kazu.
Lee woke up from his nap at the slowly rising smell of something being regurgitated. "What's going on?" he asked semi-sleepily.
"Takato's throwing up," said Ruki, "He's already on his third bag." Terriermon climbed onto Lee's head and looked down at Takato.
"Yeesh! And I thought Lee's shoes smelled bad," said Terriermon.
"Thanks a lot, Terriermon," said Lee.
"Momentai," said Terriermon. Takato threw up into the bag again.
"Nice going, Terriermon," said Lee.
"I'm going to ring a flight attendant," said Kenta.
"I think that's a good idea," said Lee. Kenta pushed the call button on his armrest. In a few moments, a flight attendant came by. "Hi. Could you please get some more motion sickness bags for my friend?"
"And some ginger ale and napkins too, please," said Lee.
"Certainly," said the flight attendant. She left and quickly returned with three barf bags, a dozen paper napkins, and a can of ginger ale.
"Thank you," said Lee. Takato coughed and sputtered. At last, Takato stopped. He sealed off the bag and put it on the floor. The area around his mouth was covered with barf, tears were running down his cheeks, and Juri almost swore that there was sweat on his forehead.
"Here, Takato," she said. She took a napkin and wiped Takato's mouth and the area around it. Kazu helped wipe up the tears and sweat.
"Here, Takato," said Lee as he handed Takato the ginger ale, "Drink this. It'll settle your stomach." Takato moaned in response.
"At least chew this," said Kazu, handing Takato a piece of gum, "We don't wanna smell your barf breath the rest of the way." Takato took the gum and popped it in his mouth. He chewed slowly.
"He still looks pretty green," said Kenta.
Just then, the pilot's voice came on the PA system, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are now beginning are decent into Nagano. Please switch off all electronic equipment, raise your seatbacks to an upright position, put away your tray tables, and store all carry-on baggage either under the seat in front of you or in the overhead compartment. Flight attendants, please make preparations for landing."
"It's going to be over soon, Takato," said Juri, "Just hold on." Takato only moaned in agony in response to Juri.
The landing took only about fifteen minutes, but it took another eight minutes for the plane to reach the gate and yet another five minutes for the Tamers to get out of the plane. Takato still felt woozy, so Lee and Kazu had to help him off the plane. "You're back on solid ground, Takato," said Lee.
"You can open your eyes now," joked Kazu. Takato felt better now that he was off the plane, but he still felt a little uneasy. The other Tamers walked him through Customs all the way to baggage claim. By that time, Takato was able to walk by himself.
"What carousel do we pick up our bags from?" asked Kenta.
"Carousel 3," said Lee, "Takato, you'll have to go to Carousel 1 to pick up odd-sized or fragile luggage."
"Thanks, Lee," said Takato. He quickly ran off towards Carousel 1. Kazu and Ruki returned with two baggage buggies and the rest of them went off to collect their baggage.
Takato was standing in front of a small ramp with two small garage doors behind them. he eagerly awaited for the one box that he had placed on the plane. But he began to worry. What if the box hadn't been put on the plane? What if it was put on the wrong flight? Takato was really worrying, but finally, a familiar box labeled FRAGILE slid down the ramp. Takato pulled the box out and placed it on a baggage buggy. Then he ran to join the others. He was glad that everyone had found his duffel bag, too.
"Everyone ready to go?" asked Lee.
"We're ready," said the others.
"Wait! Where's Renamon?" asked Ruki. Just as her words left her mouth, the fox Digimon appeared beside her.
"I'm here, Ruki," she said.
"That's good," said Ruki.
"Say, where's Guilmon?" asked Kazu. Takato opened the top of the box and Guilmon sprang out.
"Hey!" cheered Guilmon, "Takato, can we eat now? I'm hungry."
"We'll eat when we get to the hotel," said Takato.
Lee opened up his backpack and gasped. "Look, everyone! Looks like we have a stowaway," he said. He reached in his hand and pulled out Culumon.
"Hi ,everybody!" said Culumon. The Tamers all laughed. They put Guilmon back in his box before heading out of the terminal.
END OF CHAPTER 1
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So what do you think? Takato's experience on the plane was based on some of my own encounters with planes and turbulence (minus the 3 bags part.)
Please send me your reviews. Let me know what you think.
