Author's notice
Because I don't feel like writing 'chan' and 'kun' after various characters names all the time, this is a list of the following 'nicknames' I've
derived from each character's name:
Hikari- Hi
Jyou- (none)
Koushiro- Kou
Mimi- Mi
Taichi- Tai
Takeru- Take
Sora- (none)
Yamato- Yama
Oh, and Jyou's brother Jim- since I don't know Jim's Japanese name, his new name is "Jimu".
~Thanks
CHAPTER I
'When the moon turns black and the suns align. When the Moonstone exhibits a light not of its own. Then, will the resurrection begin at
the cost of a soul.' The Dark Master recited the beautiful prophecy to himself. He smiled in the darkness. Soon now, great king, you will
live again.
0~*~*~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~*~*~0
It had pretty much been a quiet afternoon for Taichi as he sat slumped on the couch next to Hikari watching the newest episode of
Pokemon. Through the glass sliding doors to the balcony the sun was shining from a cold blue sky that faded to white at Tokyo's
horizon. A cool breeze sounded the delicate music of the wind chimes next to the door. Such was a typical fall day.
Taichi loved fall. He'd especially like to walk through the park to see the leaves turn red and yellow. He liked to walk through the fallen,
drifting leaves, so he could hear them crunch under his feet. Even the grass was interesting with its mix of brown and green. He liked
the tug of the wind on his jacket and the cool touch of the autumn mistress tickling the back of his neck. Sure, it was a heck of a detour
home from school, but it was worth it. Always.
Even Hikari enjoyed the fall. Although her favorite season was the spring, something about it being the "season of love". Taichi knew
without a doubt she learned that from Sora. He wasn't too sure about this "season of love" stuff, but it was a girl thing anyway.
Taichi glanced at his sister. Her eyes were fixated on the TV before them, captivated by the flashy attacks of Pikachu under the
commands of his trainer Satoshi. The doorbell sounded, and like a flash of lightening Hikari jumped off the couch to answer the
door saying to Taichi, "I'll get it!"
"Hi!" she said, letting in the visitors.
"Hi," Yamato replied, letting the ever heavy Gabumon down from his arms. "Man, Gabumon, you're really getting heavy!"
"I'm sorry," he apologized, "but I haven't gotten exercise since we returned from the digiworld."
"It's only been a week!"
Taichi smiled. Agumon was the same way. He'd been complaining about his belly recently. Agumon had always had a belly; there just
weren't any mirrors in the digiworld. Taichi could never say that exactly. He supported his digimon, not in the sense of agreement, but
in the sense of truth and love.
"Hey, Yama," Taichi waved as Hikari put Yamato's jacket in the closet.
"Hey, Tai. What's up?" Yamato sat on the couch on the other side of Hikari.
"Nothing much, unless you consider homework exciting."
He chuckled. "Same here."
"Where's Agumon and Gatomon?" Gabumon paced, looking for them.
"Oh, Agumon's playing jacks in Tai's room," Hikari said, "and Gatomon is taking a cat-nap on the balcony."
"Jacks?"
"It's a neat American game!" she bounced off the couch. "Come on, I'll show you how to play it!" With that Hikari led him down the hall to
Tai's room, bubbly explaining how she and Tai had discovered the game in a little American import shop in one of Tokyo's downtown
districts.
"Well, I see SOMEONE's happy to be back." Yamato said.
Taichi nodded, eyes on the TV.
"You're really into that aren't you?" he said, gesturing to the TV show. "You're turning into a couch potato, Tai."
"I am not!" Tai defended, "And what about you and Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, huh?"
"What? I like the show, but I don't stare like some sorta…zombie!"
"Sure, Yama."
"Whatever, Tai."
Tai's mom walked into the room, carrying a fresh load of laundry to hang outside. "Why, hello, Yamato."
"Hi, Mrs. Kamiya."
She stepped outside, letting a chill breeze into the room.
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The entire gang had collected at Taichi's house that evening. It was about 6 o'clock, and already the day was showing signs of the
approaching sunset.
"So, what are we going to do?" Jyou asked impatiently, standing next to the couch on Taichi's end. "I have a juku in two hours."
"Jyou, you study too hard." Mimi said, sitting next to Sora on the love seat.
"Well, let's see if you get anywhere with an attitude like that!" he snapped.
"I know!" Hikari stood at the glass doors, peering out. "Let's go to that neat little American shop where we got our jacks."
"Sure," Taichi agreed, "if I knew where it was." He thought a moment, "I think it's in Akiharaba."
"I don't think so, Tai." Koushiro sat on the couch next to him, looking up from his computer.
Taichi thought a moment. "I know! It's in Roppongi."
"Don't think so, Tai!" they said collectively.
Taichi slid down into his seat, a sweat drop running down his face. "Okay, okay…"
"So much for that idea." Sora said, looking at the TV Takeru was watching so intently.
"I know!" Mimi jumped up. "Let's go shopping!" They all looked at her for a time, silent. Mimi sat down as she looked at each face in
turn; her idea not so readily excepted.
From the floor Takeru laughed at something on the TV.
"You know, they've been teaching us about Halloween in school," Hikari said breaking the silence, watching the sky turn. "Can we do
Halloween this year, Tai?"
"Isn't that an American thing?" Mimi wondered.
"Actually, Halloween has its roots in Europe as All Hallow's Eve." Koushiro explained, never looking up from the computer screen
casting a blue aura on his face.
"Oh."
Koushiro nodded, though hypnotized by his computer. "It's a lot like our own holiday… when we throw rice… and…." He trailed off, but
they waited for him to continue.
After a time Taichi said, "If we were to do Halloween, Hi, what would you dress up as?"
"A cat." She replied gesturing. "Like Gatomon."
Gatomon smiled affectionately.
"What about you, Jyou?" Yamato asked from the other side of Koushiro on the couch on.
Jyou shook his head. "I'm too old to be 'dressing up'."
Yamato agreed. "I'm not into it either."
"I want to be a Ninja Turtle!" Takeru sang from the floor, clicking his shoes together.
"I think you watch too many American cartoons," Yamato disapproved. "What about Musashi Miyamoto? You still like him, don't you?"
Takeru shook his head vigorously. "I want to be Michaelangelo!"
Yamato sighed. Then, "What about you, Tai?"
"Hmm." Taichi thought. There wasn't really anything in particular. In fact, Taichi had never really thought about it. You were supposed
to dress up as a role model or something you like, right? What DID he like? "I don't know. I guess I've never really thought about it
before. What about you, Kou?"
Koushiro's busy hands stopped. He looked up, clueless. "Huh?"
"What are you going to be for Halloween?" Tentomon asked again for Taichi. "I think you should be a computer geek!"
"Not much difference there," Gomamon added from on the back of the couch near Jyou.
"Yeah, he already IS a computer geek!" Biyomon finished for Gomamon.
Koushiro ignored them. "Actually I'm going to be… a pirate businessman."
Mimi was confused. "Like an American?"
"Can't say I've ever heard of THAT one, Kou!" Taichi laughed.
"What about you, Sora?" Gabumon asked, looking at the silent girl.
"I don't know, I guess I've never though about it either." she said. "I think I'm gonna be a witch."
"A witch?!" Taichi blurted out, shocked. "What are you gonna be a witch for? Witches are bad!"
"Lay off, Tai, it's not your decision!" Yamato scolded.
"You don't want me to be a witch, Tai?" Sora asked as if Yamato hadn't said anything. She looked at Taichi with her soulful amber eyes.
"Well, what do YOU think I should be?"
Taichi met her amber gaze; the amber gaze that sought for his approval. "I don't know. I just…" he stuttered. Maybe a princess. A
princess like the one in Sleeping Beauty, and he could come and wake her with a- "I don't know. Just something else."
"Well, I'm going to be a beautiful geisha!" Mimi chirped, breaking the tension. She interlocked her fingers together on her lap in dreamy
wonder.
Thank Goodness. Taichi sighed with relief. Shyly, he transfixed his gaze to the TV.
"Yeah, Mi, that would be nice!" Palmon agreed.
"Why don't you just be a cowgirl," Jyou shifted his glasses. "Then you wouldn't have to change your clothes."
"Hmph!" Mimi stuck her nose up at him. "Very funny, Jyou."
"I think Take should be a pumpkin!" Patomon squeaked from the floor. There was a food commercial on TV at the time.
Takeru looked at his companion, laughing. "No, silly!"
The old commercial faded away, shortly replaced by a new one. One that caught Taichi's eye. "Hey everybody, look at that!"
All attention turned to the TV. "Come one, come all!" it said. "Welcome to the famous All Hallow's Eve Festival of Spooks! Where you
can find games, music, dancing, and lots of other activities!…." The announcer went on, and the screen displayed an array of colors
and fast moving pictures. After a time the commercial faded out.
"I've never heard of it." Yamato said.
"Looks neat!" Takeru said.
"Can we go, Tai?" Hikari asked, finally turned away from the outside.
"Sure, why not?" Taichi nodded. "Looks like fun!"
Hikari smiled.
"For something so 'famous', I can't find it anywhere on the net." Koushiro researched with quick efficiency. "The search engines come up
empty; not anything even close. You'd think they'd advertise on the web if they were so popular."
"That's odd…." Tentomon agreed.
"I did, however, find something by the name of 'Starfrost Celestial Palace', but it's in English, and I can't read English too well… yet."
Taichi smiled. Ah, Koushiro, the master of all knowledge.
Koushiro clicked something on his computer, then shut his laptop and sighed. "Dead end, I guess."
"I'll get it for you, Kou." Hikari offered as she unplugged Koushiro's cable from the wall. He thanked her as she handed it to him. She
smiled.
"Did anybody catch where this festival was?" Mimi asked suddenly.
"It's in that one park in downtown Shinjuku." Taichi answered.
"Which 'one' park?" Yamato asked. "I got so distracted by all those flashy images I completely missed it."
Sora agreed. "I think we should go as a group."
"Yeah!" Hikari looked excitedly at her digimon. "It'll be fun. Don't you think so, Gatomon?"
Gatomon looked away from Hikari's gaze to study her claws. "Sorry, Hi, I'm not interested."
"Me neither." Agumon agreed.
"Yama…" Gabumon started apologetically.
"It's okay," he replied, "I understand."
Patomon met Takeru with a guilty look. "Well…"
"I'm sorry, Sora, but I'm not interested. Is that okay?" Biyomon said.
Sora nodded. "Sure, it's okay."
"Yeah," Takeru agreed, speaking to Patomon, "but you're going to miss a lot of fun!"
Palmon wouldn't meet Mimi's gaze.
"It's okay, Palmon," She assured her.
Palmon looked at her, green eyes shinning. "Really?"
"Uh-huh." Mimi nodded and smiled, closing her eyes in expression.
Gomamon turned to his friend. "And you, Jyou?"
"…I'm not interested." Jyou shook his head, surprising everyone.
Gomamon smiled. "Good! Then that makes two of us!"
Jyou looked at his wrist watch. "Oh no! I'm going to be late for my juku!"
"Jyou, you've only been here fifteen minutes…." Sora said.
"But I have to ride the train to get there!" Jyou panicked. "What if the train breaks down!?"
"Jyou, I think you're over reacting." Gomamon said, watching Jyou clumsily put on his shoes and jacket.
"I'll come get you after my juku! Tai, take care of Gomamon!" Jyou stood, opening the door. "Oh, and don't worry, I'll let myself
out!" Jyou scurried out, shutting the door behind him.
The gang just stared at the door, a little confused. Taichi wasn't surprised, but it was a little discerning. But then, Jyou was like that;
much too responsible.
A long silence followed.
Then suddenly, Mimi asked. "Um, does anybody know WHEN the carnival is?"
Everybody fell over, limps twitching, faces blue, moaning in despair at Mimi's one-track mind.
Mimi looked at them half-wittedly. "What?"
0~*~*~*~*~*~END OF CHAPTER I~*~*~*~*~*~0
Because I don't feel like writing 'chan' and 'kun' after various characters names all the time, this is a list of the following 'nicknames' I've
derived from each character's name:
Hikari- Hi
Jyou- (none)
Koushiro- Kou
Mimi- Mi
Taichi- Tai
Takeru- Take
Sora- (none)
Yamato- Yama
Oh, and Jyou's brother Jim- since I don't know Jim's Japanese name, his new name is "Jimu".
~Thanks
CHAPTER I
'When the moon turns black and the suns align. When the Moonstone exhibits a light not of its own. Then, will the resurrection begin at
the cost of a soul.' The Dark Master recited the beautiful prophecy to himself. He smiled in the darkness. Soon now, great king, you will
live again.
0~*~*~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~*~*~0
It had pretty much been a quiet afternoon for Taichi as he sat slumped on the couch next to Hikari watching the newest episode of
Pokemon. Through the glass sliding doors to the balcony the sun was shining from a cold blue sky that faded to white at Tokyo's
horizon. A cool breeze sounded the delicate music of the wind chimes next to the door. Such was a typical fall day.
Taichi loved fall. He'd especially like to walk through the park to see the leaves turn red and yellow. He liked to walk through the fallen,
drifting leaves, so he could hear them crunch under his feet. Even the grass was interesting with its mix of brown and green. He liked
the tug of the wind on his jacket and the cool touch of the autumn mistress tickling the back of his neck. Sure, it was a heck of a detour
home from school, but it was worth it. Always.
Even Hikari enjoyed the fall. Although her favorite season was the spring, something about it being the "season of love". Taichi knew
without a doubt she learned that from Sora. He wasn't too sure about this "season of love" stuff, but it was a girl thing anyway.
Taichi glanced at his sister. Her eyes were fixated on the TV before them, captivated by the flashy attacks of Pikachu under the
commands of his trainer Satoshi. The doorbell sounded, and like a flash of lightening Hikari jumped off the couch to answer the
door saying to Taichi, "I'll get it!"
"Hi!" she said, letting in the visitors.
"Hi," Yamato replied, letting the ever heavy Gabumon down from his arms. "Man, Gabumon, you're really getting heavy!"
"I'm sorry," he apologized, "but I haven't gotten exercise since we returned from the digiworld."
"It's only been a week!"
Taichi smiled. Agumon was the same way. He'd been complaining about his belly recently. Agumon had always had a belly; there just
weren't any mirrors in the digiworld. Taichi could never say that exactly. He supported his digimon, not in the sense of agreement, but
in the sense of truth and love.
"Hey, Yama," Taichi waved as Hikari put Yamato's jacket in the closet.
"Hey, Tai. What's up?" Yamato sat on the couch on the other side of Hikari.
"Nothing much, unless you consider homework exciting."
He chuckled. "Same here."
"Where's Agumon and Gatomon?" Gabumon paced, looking for them.
"Oh, Agumon's playing jacks in Tai's room," Hikari said, "and Gatomon is taking a cat-nap on the balcony."
"Jacks?"
"It's a neat American game!" she bounced off the couch. "Come on, I'll show you how to play it!" With that Hikari led him down the hall to
Tai's room, bubbly explaining how she and Tai had discovered the game in a little American import shop in one of Tokyo's downtown
districts.
"Well, I see SOMEONE's happy to be back." Yamato said.
Taichi nodded, eyes on the TV.
"You're really into that aren't you?" he said, gesturing to the TV show. "You're turning into a couch potato, Tai."
"I am not!" Tai defended, "And what about you and Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, huh?"
"What? I like the show, but I don't stare like some sorta…zombie!"
"Sure, Yama."
"Whatever, Tai."
Tai's mom walked into the room, carrying a fresh load of laundry to hang outside. "Why, hello, Yamato."
"Hi, Mrs. Kamiya."
She stepped outside, letting a chill breeze into the room.
0~*~*~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~*~*~0
The entire gang had collected at Taichi's house that evening. It was about 6 o'clock, and already the day was showing signs of the
approaching sunset.
"So, what are we going to do?" Jyou asked impatiently, standing next to the couch on Taichi's end. "I have a juku in two hours."
"Jyou, you study too hard." Mimi said, sitting next to Sora on the love seat.
"Well, let's see if you get anywhere with an attitude like that!" he snapped.
"I know!" Hikari stood at the glass doors, peering out. "Let's go to that neat little American shop where we got our jacks."
"Sure," Taichi agreed, "if I knew where it was." He thought a moment, "I think it's in Akiharaba."
"I don't think so, Tai." Koushiro sat on the couch next to him, looking up from his computer.
Taichi thought a moment. "I know! It's in Roppongi."
"Don't think so, Tai!" they said collectively.
Taichi slid down into his seat, a sweat drop running down his face. "Okay, okay…"
"So much for that idea." Sora said, looking at the TV Takeru was watching so intently.
"I know!" Mimi jumped up. "Let's go shopping!" They all looked at her for a time, silent. Mimi sat down as she looked at each face in
turn; her idea not so readily excepted.
From the floor Takeru laughed at something on the TV.
"You know, they've been teaching us about Halloween in school," Hikari said breaking the silence, watching the sky turn. "Can we do
Halloween this year, Tai?"
"Isn't that an American thing?" Mimi wondered.
"Actually, Halloween has its roots in Europe as All Hallow's Eve." Koushiro explained, never looking up from the computer screen
casting a blue aura on his face.
"Oh."
Koushiro nodded, though hypnotized by his computer. "It's a lot like our own holiday… when we throw rice… and…." He trailed off, but
they waited for him to continue.
After a time Taichi said, "If we were to do Halloween, Hi, what would you dress up as?"
"A cat." She replied gesturing. "Like Gatomon."
Gatomon smiled affectionately.
"What about you, Jyou?" Yamato asked from the other side of Koushiro on the couch on.
Jyou shook his head. "I'm too old to be 'dressing up'."
Yamato agreed. "I'm not into it either."
"I want to be a Ninja Turtle!" Takeru sang from the floor, clicking his shoes together.
"I think you watch too many American cartoons," Yamato disapproved. "What about Musashi Miyamoto? You still like him, don't you?"
Takeru shook his head vigorously. "I want to be Michaelangelo!"
Yamato sighed. Then, "What about you, Tai?"
"Hmm." Taichi thought. There wasn't really anything in particular. In fact, Taichi had never really thought about it. You were supposed
to dress up as a role model or something you like, right? What DID he like? "I don't know. I guess I've never really thought about it
before. What about you, Kou?"
Koushiro's busy hands stopped. He looked up, clueless. "Huh?"
"What are you going to be for Halloween?" Tentomon asked again for Taichi. "I think you should be a computer geek!"
"Not much difference there," Gomamon added from on the back of the couch near Jyou.
"Yeah, he already IS a computer geek!" Biyomon finished for Gomamon.
Koushiro ignored them. "Actually I'm going to be… a pirate businessman."
Mimi was confused. "Like an American?"
"Can't say I've ever heard of THAT one, Kou!" Taichi laughed.
"What about you, Sora?" Gabumon asked, looking at the silent girl.
"I don't know, I guess I've never though about it either." she said. "I think I'm gonna be a witch."
"A witch?!" Taichi blurted out, shocked. "What are you gonna be a witch for? Witches are bad!"
"Lay off, Tai, it's not your decision!" Yamato scolded.
"You don't want me to be a witch, Tai?" Sora asked as if Yamato hadn't said anything. She looked at Taichi with her soulful amber eyes.
"Well, what do YOU think I should be?"
Taichi met her amber gaze; the amber gaze that sought for his approval. "I don't know. I just…" he stuttered. Maybe a princess. A
princess like the one in Sleeping Beauty, and he could come and wake her with a- "I don't know. Just something else."
"Well, I'm going to be a beautiful geisha!" Mimi chirped, breaking the tension. She interlocked her fingers together on her lap in dreamy
wonder.
Thank Goodness. Taichi sighed with relief. Shyly, he transfixed his gaze to the TV.
"Yeah, Mi, that would be nice!" Palmon agreed.
"Why don't you just be a cowgirl," Jyou shifted his glasses. "Then you wouldn't have to change your clothes."
"Hmph!" Mimi stuck her nose up at him. "Very funny, Jyou."
"I think Take should be a pumpkin!" Patomon squeaked from the floor. There was a food commercial on TV at the time.
Takeru looked at his companion, laughing. "No, silly!"
The old commercial faded away, shortly replaced by a new one. One that caught Taichi's eye. "Hey everybody, look at that!"
All attention turned to the TV. "Come one, come all!" it said. "Welcome to the famous All Hallow's Eve Festival of Spooks! Where you
can find games, music, dancing, and lots of other activities!…." The announcer went on, and the screen displayed an array of colors
and fast moving pictures. After a time the commercial faded out.
"I've never heard of it." Yamato said.
"Looks neat!" Takeru said.
"Can we go, Tai?" Hikari asked, finally turned away from the outside.
"Sure, why not?" Taichi nodded. "Looks like fun!"
Hikari smiled.
"For something so 'famous', I can't find it anywhere on the net." Koushiro researched with quick efficiency. "The search engines come up
empty; not anything even close. You'd think they'd advertise on the web if they were so popular."
"That's odd…." Tentomon agreed.
"I did, however, find something by the name of 'Starfrost Celestial Palace', but it's in English, and I can't read English too well… yet."
Taichi smiled. Ah, Koushiro, the master of all knowledge.
Koushiro clicked something on his computer, then shut his laptop and sighed. "Dead end, I guess."
"I'll get it for you, Kou." Hikari offered as she unplugged Koushiro's cable from the wall. He thanked her as she handed it to him. She
smiled.
"Did anybody catch where this festival was?" Mimi asked suddenly.
"It's in that one park in downtown Shinjuku." Taichi answered.
"Which 'one' park?" Yamato asked. "I got so distracted by all those flashy images I completely missed it."
Sora agreed. "I think we should go as a group."
"Yeah!" Hikari looked excitedly at her digimon. "It'll be fun. Don't you think so, Gatomon?"
Gatomon looked away from Hikari's gaze to study her claws. "Sorry, Hi, I'm not interested."
"Me neither." Agumon agreed.
"Yama…" Gabumon started apologetically.
"It's okay," he replied, "I understand."
Patomon met Takeru with a guilty look. "Well…"
"I'm sorry, Sora, but I'm not interested. Is that okay?" Biyomon said.
Sora nodded. "Sure, it's okay."
"Yeah," Takeru agreed, speaking to Patomon, "but you're going to miss a lot of fun!"
Palmon wouldn't meet Mimi's gaze.
"It's okay, Palmon," She assured her.
Palmon looked at her, green eyes shinning. "Really?"
"Uh-huh." Mimi nodded and smiled, closing her eyes in expression.
Gomamon turned to his friend. "And you, Jyou?"
"…I'm not interested." Jyou shook his head, surprising everyone.
Gomamon smiled. "Good! Then that makes two of us!"
Jyou looked at his wrist watch. "Oh no! I'm going to be late for my juku!"
"Jyou, you've only been here fifteen minutes…." Sora said.
"But I have to ride the train to get there!" Jyou panicked. "What if the train breaks down!?"
"Jyou, I think you're over reacting." Gomamon said, watching Jyou clumsily put on his shoes and jacket.
"I'll come get you after my juku! Tai, take care of Gomamon!" Jyou stood, opening the door. "Oh, and don't worry, I'll let myself
out!" Jyou scurried out, shutting the door behind him.
The gang just stared at the door, a little confused. Taichi wasn't surprised, but it was a little discerning. But then, Jyou was like that;
much too responsible.
A long silence followed.
Then suddenly, Mimi asked. "Um, does anybody know WHEN the carnival is?"
Everybody fell over, limps twitching, faces blue, moaning in despair at Mimi's one-track mind.
Mimi looked at them half-wittedly. "What?"
0~*~*~*~*~*~END OF CHAPTER I~*~*~*~*~*~0