Digimon Gaurdians
Age: Pending
Started: August 3, 2003
Finished: September 14, 2003 at PRECISELY 5:00 PM... hee hee!
Revised: June through December (8th) 2004
Rating revised: (March 04) Warning, this document encloses content not suitable for young children. This includes graphic, gorey violence, coarse adult launguage (which most is edited for the better mind of the reader), and -ahem- one sexual scene... I wrote this on a vent, so I had no control over what I wrote, so I apologize if there is anything I've missed. Thanks! (Scarfed Kai-kun/Stereophonic)
Note: November 04: Hello, It's me again, Stereo. I am 14 now and still love this story (and the universe that contains it). DC02 is a project, or projects, that have circled my mind for much too long. I'm attempting to revise this prologue to that story in hopes of getting others hooked.
Now, I apologize--a few scenes are either "under-cooked" or overdone. Back in 2003, my mind, so to speak, wasn't as developed as it is now. I had the... "thing" to put phrases in large capital letters, over and over. (example: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" could be done in a much more formal and dramatic way.)
I like this story. Its the age-old concept of losing innocence, sibling rivalry, family distance, et cetera. I hope you enjoy the story, whatever plot there is, and I seriously hope I haven't wasted my time for... more than a year.
Have fun, and don't sue me.
Sincerely:
S-T-E-R-E-0
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, et cetera...
OKAY?! OO!
There I stood. My arms bleeding, my whole body was, standing on the water, even though I was nearly dead. I felt immense pain, but most of it was not on the exterior injuries, but in my heart. I stared up at my 'brother', who had done...so much... He had destroyed...destroyed many...including my...only friend...
"Give up..." He muttered, smiling at my pain. Hikari...Hikari was my friend...she was perhaps the most beautiful creature in the entire universe...and my... 'brother'...had thrown it all away for me...laughing...laughing at my pain...
This was merely enjoyable for him, my pain...
The water shone beneath us both, I was standing on it, he was flying. He had two wings of darkness, holding a dark, ebony scythe in his hands, which he had dubbed the 'Deathbringer', which was a perfect title.
"Face it, Kage," My brother, Yami, laughed again, holding his scythe to my head, "Hikari is dead, as are you."
I closed my eyes, and knew it was true. The power I had used to destroy the meteor that would have killed everyone made me become fully human, no longer with the Machina energy inside me...
I had given it all up...for nothing...Yami still stood, I didn't...It was over. I felt like crying, but I couldn't...no...Not in front of this killer, who was my own 'brother'.
"Why, Yami, why..." I sighed, staring down at the water as I collapsed, my legs no longer wanting to stand. Broken, completely broken.
"I need not answer to the likes of a foolish human," Yami sighed irritably, saying 'human' as if it were an infectious disease.
"Then kill me now..." I sighed, forcing a smile in my demise, but I had a plan. None the less, I had a plan.
"Fine then, Kage..." He lifted his scythe, and it came down to my head. I glanced up, and that was all I saw...the scythe, and the final piece...cutting straight through my head...
But, remember. I had a plan. Oh, yes...
I had a plan.
DIGIMON GAURDIANS
By: The Scarfed Kai-kun
Part I BIRTH
The busy city of Tokyo, Japan. The even busier roads into it. A boy with, oddly enough, short blue hair, cut down to his ears or so, stared blankly out the window of the family car, groaning quietly.
"We can hear you, Ken..." The obvious mother stared back at the two boys in the back seat, "...please, we've told you, Japan'll be fun! " The other one, older, having blue hair also-but shorter, and very spiky, stared at the younger one, whom we can dub 'Ken'.
"C'mon, bro," he sighed angrily, "stop it. Sure, this place isn't what we're used to, but deal with it already!" Ken sighed, and crashed his head on the window slightly.
"Osaaaaaaaaaaaaa-chan..." He sighed, barely making sense, as if he didn't like talking.
"Ken, what the HECK is wrong with you?!" 'Osa-chan', also whom we can dub 'Osamu', nearly screamed. The little brother stared at the fourteen year old,
"This place is creepy..." He muttered, having a suspicious look on his face, "...and you never know..." he glanced around nervously, "...what kinda CONSPIRACIES might be around here..."
"Ken...I hate, well, more like love, to admit it," Osamu sighed, pulling his brother's hair to grab his attention, "YOU ARE SUCH A FREAK!"
"Hey, SHUT UP! And let go of my hair!" Ken shook his head wildly, but his brother wouldn't let go,
"Admit it!"
"NO!"
"ADMIT IT!!" He grabbed another piece of hair and pulled, "ADMIT IT!!!!" Ken lifted a foot and drove it into the side of Osa-chan's face,
"NO!!" Osamu let go, and both returned to normal.
"Well..." The older one mumbled, "...at least I'm braver than you..." Ken overheard,
"EXCUSE ME?!" Osa-chan laughed,
"Yep, I'm afraid of nothing."
"Really?" Osamu nodded. The eleven-year-old thought a moment, then screamed,
"SOCK PUPPETS!!" The fourteen year old's eyes opened wide, then he began to scream,
"AAAAAAH! WHERE ARE THEY?!" Ken laughed, and the two got into yet another fight, constantly trying to get the other in a headlock.
"Ken, Osamu, PLEASE!" The father screeched, the car pulling to the side of the road, "Ken, what did your mom say about starting fights?!"
"But I-..."
"WHAT DID SHE SAY?!" The young one sighed, then stated blankly,
"I shouldn't start fights..."
"Why?!"
"......." He was silent, then smiled sweetly, "...Internet?"
The father sighed, Ken sitting happily, Osa-chan leering at him, the mom also beaming happily as the car started again and they continued the journey.
"That's my boy," she sighed.
"He gets that from you, doesn't he?!" The dad whispered, and the mother nodded nervously in response.
Far away in, surprisingly, another World, trouble was brewing...
A girl sat in the psychiatric ward of the Tokyo Mental Hospital. She was locked in a giant steel room, a desk in front of her, and a man on the other side of the desk. The man was obviously a doctor of sorts, and he had a notepad and pen in his hands, staring at the girl blankly.
"Alright, name?" The girl was silent. She had blue hair and vacant green eyes, looking as if she were asleep with her eyes open, not really focusing on anything.
"Name?!" The girl closed her eyes. "Look, just tell me your name..."
"...Sh...Shirubi...Karaki..." the man looked confused,
"Odd...on your file, it says your name's 'Tamazaki'..."
So, the traveling family finally got to their new home, an apartment building in a place called 'Highton View Terrace'. Ken sighed with apathy as he sat down on a couch the movers were carrying.
"Can't...you...do...anything...? We're...doin'...all...the...work!" Osamu strained to scream at his little brother as he carried a box, which was obviously heavy.
Ken sighed again, "I don't like it here."
"Shut up, 'ya little brat."
Again, another sigh. The movers set the couch down, and Ken stood up.
"Look, Osamu-chan, say it with me- I---DO---NOT---LIKE---THIS---PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!! Oi."
The parents, older brother, and several movers stared at him.
"What? I liked where I was."
Ken's mom sighed and tried to reason with him, "Look, we've explained this before, your father got a new job. And so, since it was here, we had to move so he could be closer to his new job. Get it?"
More apathetic sighs. Following, he stormed into what would be his and Osamu's room.
"I had my own room at the old house..." He scowled as he flopped onto the floor. "Nothing about this place is very cool. I wish I could just go back home!" He noticed something sticking out of the closet, a jacket of sorts, he discovered as he opened the door.
"Maybe they left it here...when they moved out..." There was a parcel within the folded up jacket, a medium-sized package, looking like a big-shoes shoebox, and a letter tied to it. 'Well...got nothin' better to do...' He sighed, and opened the letter quietly, afraid of everyone hearing.
"What?!" He gasped, reading it, "...it....it's addressed to me!?"
Dear Ken Miraki Ichijouji,
We don't have much time, but this is it:
We need your help, and we've heard of your skills as a...well...okay...but you're our only hope!
"What..." Ken muttered, his heart nearly stopping as he read, "...only...hope..."
You must save our World, the Dejitaru Sekai, from Millenniumon...or else...we'll be destroyed! Please...
That was it, and blood covered the bottom of the paper, as he had just noticed.
"The...Digital World?..." He sighed, "...I wonder what's in this box..." He pryed it open, and inside was its contents:
Two odd-looking guns and a weird little computer device that fit in his palm.
"What...the...hell...?" He muttered, lifting the two guns out of the package gently, there was another note attached,
Angel DIJIT Series Laser Pistols
Ammo clip must be replaced every 10, 000 shots
Please keep clean. We will not be held responsible for any deaths or injuries.
"Digit?" The two lasers had that written on the side (written D-I-J-I-T), and he was confused, staring at the contents of the mysterious box. "What the..." The jacket on the floor was then noticed, picking it up and putting it on...it was a bit big, but it was nice. Ken then observed the final piece of the contents of the box, a weird little device. Another note was attached to it:
Alright. The only guidance we can give you is use this to Utilize the Gates. We can't tell you much more, but if you are indeed the one, perhaps you'll know.
Please...save our World...
"Gates...?" He repeated, staring at the notes, guns, and device. (The jacket was too cool for words, though, not weird.) Suddenly, his brother burst into the room,
"AAAAAH! AH-eh?" He saw his brother standing nervously by the closet, wearing the jacket still and hiding the other contents of the mysterious box. "Ken...? What's wrong? You look...more nervous than usual..." Ken laughed slightly,
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha...funny. I'm fine...Fine! " Osa-chan stared, then flopped on the lower bunk of the bed, "Alright, I'm letting you off this time...I'm too tired to care."
"Huh?"
"Besides," he smiled slightly, "...I get to meet her tomorrow."
"Who? Oh...your girlfriend?!"
"NO! She's just...just..." he closed his eyes, "...a penpal. That's all..."
"Yah. And she just HAPPENS to be a girl, right?" Ken laughed, with a slight yawn.
"Hey, SHUT UP!" Osa screamed, throwing a shoe at his head.
So, the Ichijouji family had moved in, and all of them slept peacefully, Ken passed out on the floor.
Utilize the Gates? What did THAT mean?! Well, he'd soon find out...
"..uh…eh?" Ken woke up silently, glancing at the clock on the wall, 1 a.m. He heard something, but what? It seemed to be coming from the living room...
He stepped quietly, in fear of waking the members of his family. His dad's laptop was sitting ominously on the coffee table, the screen shining with a strange green glow.
"What..." He breathed, sitting at the couch, staring at the screen. He dared not to blink, staring straight into the screen, as if he were trying to see something...looking...
He heard something...voices...a scream...a knife stabbing into human flesh...a sword? Right into the abdomen of a human...
"Ken?" His eyes darted from the screen to see his brother standing next to him, "What're you doing?" The eleven-year-old was silent, then glancing back to the screen...the computer was off.
"Yo...go back to sleep already." Osamu grabbed him by the collar and shoved him into the room, where he then immediately then fell back to sleep.
'What was he doing...? How did he...?'
The next morning. Osamu was rushed to middle school, Ken left to dash recklessly to the somewhat nearby elementary. "Stu-pid...Osa-chan..." The parents were busy dropping him off, so Ken-chan was left to run like a maniac. Good thing he knew the way, at least. Oi.
"AHH! MISTER! WATCH OUT!" Too late, he'd ran straight into someone. Luckily, the man wasn't hurt, but Ken landed on the sidewalk with a loud CRASH.
"Gomenasai..." He muttered wearily, eyes out of focus and dazed from the fall, "...Are…you a-alright?" The man, pale and blue haired, stared at him blankly...but you could tell he was thinking...
"Uh..." Ken backed away, then glanced at his watch, "..DAMN!! AH! I'M LATE!!" He screeched, racing to get there. A woman strode up to the man he had crashed into, she wore a red dress and had silvery blue hair.
"Was that him?"
"I think so..."
The little maniac had made it to school, but was fifteen minutes late...
He was assigned detention, but that was it. Ken got no mercy for being new. Damn.
Another boy had gotten detention, named Chiisu Kimura. He was a tan-skinned, short brown-haired boy with silvery blue eyes. He was a rather nice child, but when he had been called up to solve a math problem, he found he couldn't do so and started to curse wildly, like "DAMN THIS F---ING MATH! DAMN IT TO HELL!!"
That was the reason...he got detention. Not surprising, how would you handle it if you were a grade school teacher?
During the math...uh...incident, Ken doodled on his notebook pages, trying to figure out what those notes meant, why he had gotten the Angel DIJITs, what 'utilizing the Gates' meant, and especially what he had heard at his dad's computer last night. He was going to check that again that night.
What was going on?
"Hello!" Chiisu Kimura sighed happily, striding into the detention room/computer room rather casually. "What's your deal?"
"'Scuse me?" What Chiisu had said made no sense to him…
"I mean…tell me who 'ya are, then!" He smiled as he sat next to Ken, and he spoke,
"..My name's Ken Miraki Ichijouji, I was born here, then we moved around for a couple of years, and now we just moved back. I don't really like it here all that much…" Chiisu was thinking,
"So…THAT'S why it sounds like you're not from around here!" "Duh…I just explained…" "My name's Chiisu Kimura! Pleased to meet 'ya! Born and raised in Tokai, Japan!" "Tokai…?" Chii nodded, then glanced at the pocket of Ken-chan's jacket, "Oiiii…what's 'dat?" "This…?" Ken made an effort to hide the little computer gadget device thing from the child, but Chii kicked him over and stole it from him, "Oooooooooohhhh…." He sighed in amazement, "…what is it?!"
"GIVE IT BACK!!!"
"TELLLLLL MEEEEEEE WHAAAAAAAAT IIIIIIIIT IIIIIIIS!" Both immediately covered their mouths, afraid the teachers patrolling the hallways would hear them.
"Alright, to be honest, I don't really know what it is or what it does!"
"Oh…" Both sat in silence.
….
…
….
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
A note of a song…some instrument…
"You hear that?!" Ken asked quietly, but Chii just gave him a confuzzled look,
"What? Other than the teachers smoking?"
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
"There it is again!" He got up from his chair, and noticed the little device glowing with a red light.
"What's going ON?! WHY DO YOU KEEP HEARING THINGS I CAN'T?!"
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
Ken's eyes widened, then pointed, "THERE! THERE IT IS!!" A computer.
"Are you alright?" Ken stared at what he was pointing at, but as he lowered his arm, the computer's monitor turned on, flashing with the same light as the device.
"What?" Chii was having a heart attack of sorts while Ken stared,
"WHAT THE F--- IS GOING ON?! SOMEONE TELL ME QUICK!! PLEASE!! HOLY SHIT THIS IS CREEPY!!!"
The teacher was beginning to open the door,
"Now, what did I tell you boys about talking?!"
"KEN!" Chiisu screamed, falling to the floor during his heart attack. The teacher stormed in,
"NO YELLING AND NO CURSING, MR. KIMURA!! W-…Wait…" She glanced around, "…weren't…there two of you here…?"
"YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" The same computer that had drawn Ken in was beginning to bring Chiisu in. He screeched and flailed around, but the screen ate him like a sandwich. Well, okay, not QUITE like that…but still.
She, their teacher, sat in the silent room. She hesitated, then pulled out a carton of cigarettes from her pocket. She lit one and breathed in the fumes,
"And…why exactly did I become a teacher, again?" She sighed, exhaling.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-inhale-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-oooof!"
Ken and Chiisu had landed in a forest of sorts, but it most certainly wasn't the detention room…perhaps not even that World.
"What the ever loving f…"
"Please stop with the swearing…"
"But-…"
"STOP!" Ken's screaming had awakened a gigantic, bug like creature, with scissor-like mandibles, ready to strike.
"AAAAAH!" The two quickly turned and ran.
"KEN-CHAAAAAAN?! WHERE ARE WE?!?!?"
"I----DON'T----KNOW!!! JUST KEEP RUNNING!!"
So they continued doing so for about five minutes, until Ken tripped and fell.
"C'mon, man! Keep running!" Chiisu screeched.
"I…can't…" He tried to get up, but he couldn't, "…my legs just aren't working!" The giant red bug came nearer and nearer….
"No…" Ken's eyes opened wide, knowing he was going to die... 'Wait!' He felt the two weird guns from earlier appear beside him. "Make the best of what ya got…" He snatched them both, left and right, and shot.
Madness. Sheer madness. The bright blue flame-like lasers shot from the pistols at an alarming rate, getting the creature right in the eyes. Green blood poured from where it's eyes had been, and it thrashed around wildly…and Ken was in it's way…
"AH!"
"KEN-SAMA!!!" Chiisu screamed, hastily rushing in to try to drag Ken away from the path of the raging monster…
"No…"
"ERASE CLAW!!"
A white blast of light rained down on the monster, mutilating it and reducing it to a splatter of organs and green blood all over, getting all over the two boys on the ground.
"Eeeew…" Chiisu moaned in disgust.
"HEY! YOU BOYS ALRIGHT?!" Both glanced up to see a normal-seeming boy and another monster. The boy had soft, yet spiky brown hair that shone in the sunlight, and had clear blue eyes. He wore a gray shirt with some sort of armor over his chest, shoulder, and arm, and wore green cargo pants. He held a wooden staff in his hand.
The monster looked different from the massive insect, it was dark, with a color scheme of gray to black-ish, and had a mask of sorts over it's head, and overall it looked like a human-adult-sized dragon, complete with two black wings, outlined in red.
"Ah…A…ah…" Ken tried to speak, but something just wouldn't let him…
The boy and his monster slid down the ledge to them, but he looked concerned at Ken's condition,
"…Cyberdramon," he ordered the monster, "…carry him, he needs help, fast."
"Who are…?" Chiisu asked, the boy knew what he was going to say, though,
"I am Ryou Akiyama of the Dejitaru Rebels."
"What's…?" Chiisu asked again, but then noticed Ken was passed out or something. "AHHH!"
"C'mon! We don't have much time!" He snatched Chiisu's hand, the dragon picked up the fainted one, and they all ran as fast as possible.
"Huh…wha…where am I…?" Ken asked as he awoke, eyes not focusing on anything and everything a blur…
"Ken Miraki Ichijouji?" The boy that had saved them earlier stood above him. He was lying down on a cot of sorts, having a wet cloth on his head. Something was wrong…he couldn't move…
"How'd…you know my name…?"
"Well, we finally got some information outta the crazy one. Are you feeling better?" Ken then felt a surge of pain in his stomach, replying,
"…no…"
"Alright. Get some rest, then…" The boy smiled with a sigh, and left Ken to himself.
"Ryou-san," his dragon monster, Cyberdramon, asked, "how is he doing?"
"I think the effects may be wearing off…"
"Did you see…his weapons…?" Ryou nodded, having a dark look on his face,
"Yes," he picked up one of the laser revolvers and eyed it, "these are…weapons of a hacker…"
"What?! Ryou-san…you must be joking…"
"How else would he have a digivice?" Ryou pointed to the little thingamajig, the device that lead the two there in the first place… "Signs point to…he's a hacker, like Janis…"
"Please do not mention her name, Ryou-san."
"Fine, but I needn't say anything about the new project the Fighters are developing…?"
"Right, Ryou-san," the dragon nodded, "the Senjo system, the system that can control and manipulate any piece of data in this World, the Dejitaru Sekai."
"And we, as the Dejitaru Rebels," Ryou set the firearm down, "must do all we can to save this World from that. Rearranged data…meaning they could rewrite any data…completely destroy it all…"
Cyberdramon changed the subject, "Alright, Ryou-san…where is that boy, Kimura Chiisu?"
"Uh oh…" The boy hesitated, then ran, "CYBER-CHAN! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!"
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiing
'What…'
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiing
'What're you trying to tell me…?'
Shiiiiiiiiiiiing
'What….?'
Shiiiiiiiiiiiing---
That sound stopped, another began in it's place. Water…walking on water…that wasn't possible, but that's what it was…
More voices, like Chiisu's ("..is he alright, Ryou?"), the boy who saved him ("..he hasn't recovered yet…"), and a few others…One he focused hard to hear…
"I understand…you have psychic abilities…but does that give you the right to attack a teacher?!"
'How…' Millions…literally, millions of voices, many in languages he couldn't understand. He could hear…everything…
He was lost. Lost in darkness. Staring at all the voices around him. They were shadows, figures without faces. All they were…were bodies and whatnot of a human, but at the head was nothing. Nothing but mouths, chattering away. Eother happy, sad, angry, everything…
Every conversation in that World, perhaps in many others also. They all crowded around him, their actions not matching their words, all of them had claws, trying to grab at his throat.
"S..Stop!" He cried, "…SHUT UP! ALL OF YOU!!" They continued and tried to strangle him…
"STOP! PLEASE!!" He screamed, even though the ones in the inner circle now had their sharp claws into Ken's neck.
"Please…all of you…" He felt the tears… "…stop…" he lost feeling in his throat then…
All the voices immediately stopped. All the choking…everything. It was all silent.
Shiiiiiiiiiiing
"Who are you…?" Ken asked, his own voice disappearing through the darkness around him.
Shiiiiiiiiiiing
"You…do you need my help? Is that it? Were you the one who gave me…"
The sound stopped. It was as if the presence that was clearly there hesitated.
R…Re..
A voice much like the ringing sound… "What…?"
Re…Release me…
"What…what're you talking about?"
Release me…now…
Another pair of claws wrapped around him once more, this time it wasn't a human…
"LET ME GO!"
Now…release me now…
"STOP!"
"KEN! WAKE UP!"
His eyes quickly opened, sitting up and glancing around nervously. He was drenched with cold sweat, eyes quivering in fear and confusion.
"Wh…what a terrible dream…" he sighed, then noticing Ryou next to him.
"How're you feeling, kid?" He asked, handing a bowl of steamed rice to him.
"Better…" He noticed he was sitting up, and no longer felt sick.
"Good, the effects of Illegal Gate Utilization have worn off…" The words clicked in Ken's mind,
"WHAAAT?!" 'Utilize the Gates' the note had said…but Ryou just said:
"Gate Utilization from the Genjitsu is Illegal and punishable by the Dejitaru. Why? It's like…" He thought a moment, "You know what a hacker is, right? One who can enter a mainframe or computer system illegally, and screw around? It's…like that. You can't enter this World from there… As another note, you would be tracked and punished personally by the Digital Counsel, and THAT wouldn't be a good…" Ken interrupted,
"So I'm a hacker?"
"No…I think you may have just gotten lucky…"
"Wait…you're a kid like me! How did you get here, then?!" Ryou hesitated,
"…I was born here. The village I was born in, however, was brutally destroyed…" He glanced at the floor, looking sad.
"Sorry, you don't have to continue if you don't wanna…" But Ryou insisted,
"…by the Chaos Fighters…an elite group of evil, murderous fiends…"
"The Chaos Fighters…?"
Interrupting, I think I should describe in detail what Ken and Chii look like. First the crazy one, Chiisu. I described what his hair and face looked like… He wore a red shirt with no sleeves and khaki pants. Ken had short, ear-cut length (phrased right?) blue hair and icey, purple-tinted blue eyes. He wore his white Chinese shirt with the black pants that matched, but he still wore the jacket he found at the new home. How he got it when he had transferred from the 'Genjitsu' to the 'Dejitaru' was anyone's guess… It was a red wind-breaker jacket, with white in some areas. To finish the outfit, Ken also had the Chinese style hat he had gotten from a friend of his as a good-bye present. He actually wore it on his head seldom, but he let it hang, necklace-style for 'good luck' so to speak.
"How's it coming?" The silvery-haired lady asked the doctor, still interrogating the sick-looking, pale girl. The doctor responded, "Well, she's not talking at all."
"Tell us…" She grabbed the girl by the shoulders, but she barely noticed, still with a blank expression, "…The secret of hacking into the Gates!"
"You may not Utilize Gates. It is illegal," the girl muttered vacantly.
"TELL US! Rewriting data of the Dejitaru…the deadliest weapon of all…"
"…you may not…" she repeated, then started coughin in mid-sentence.
"What's wrong with her?"
Blood splattered to the floor…
"TELL US, YOU WRETCHED CHILD!!!" She screamed shaking the coughing subject wildly, "WHAT ARE THE SCRETS TO HACKING?!" She coughed right into her face, blood all over…
"Ugh…what is this?!"
The doctor merely ignored the fact their subject was writhing on the floor in agony, coughing wildly and spitting up blood. "There seems to be some side-effect to Gate Utilizing and Hacking…" he muttered, doodling on his notebook, "…and this must be her reaction…"
"That means…" The woman sighed, staring at the girl, "…she's…a hacker, right?"
"Oh, she's more than that, for sure. In fact…"
"There are some in your World," Ryou stated, as they were having a meeting of sorts, consisting of him, Ken, Chiisu, Cyberdra, and another 'monster' named Wizardmon, who looked like a sorcerer with a pointed hat and a cloak of sorts. He seemed to be stitched up in many places, as if falling apart like an old doll. Ken thought he looked remotely like a Black Mage from the Final Fantasy games, but he tried to ignore it for the most part. "…who know a lot about this hacking thing, more than I do…" He stared at Ken for his next statement, "You should go there alone, since you seem to be able to hack the Gates. There are some who have also done what you can…" So, Ken was given an address, so he knew where to go to associate with the other 'hackers'. Chiisu was in a panic,
"Wait…what about me?!"
"You have to stay…" Cyberdra muttered, "…you got pulled in by mistake, and you cannot leave without a digivice like Ken-san's…" The dragon pointed to the little device. Chiisu muttered some terrible things as Wizardmon and Ken left to find a Gate for him to leave through.
"Don't worry, Chii," Ryou smiled, "…we'll play golf!"
"Golf…?!"
"Here, this is the one you'll leave through."
"Where does it lead?" Ken asked, fitting his two firearms into their holsters on his belt while trying to catch up to Wizardmon.
"It leads to a payphone outside where you need to go. It'll only be a couple blocks to get there from here." Ken then yelled,
"A PAYPHONE?!"
"Yah, since those aren't monitored by the Dejitaru, and the Genjitsu has no idea of the Utilization process, or this World in general, so payphones are a great way to travel."
Ken nodded, and held up the 'digivice'. The Dejitaru Rebel military general smiled at him with a final note of advice,
"You must not get caught using a watched Gate. Use the payphones or laptop computers with wireless connections, so they can't be traced…" Ken nodded.
"Be careful, alright, Ken-chan?" He nodded again, and smiled,
"I'll be fine."
"We'll be sending him with you," Wizard pointed to another little monster, this one was smaller than any other he had seen yet. A little catterpillar-looking green monster with big blue eyes and a weird marking on it's head. "This is Wormmon. The Dejitaru Rebels and I are assigning him as your Partner."
"Partner…?" He muttered in response, and Ken kneeled down to the bug, "Hello, my name is-AAAAH!" The bug in response to his greeting bit him with the sharp teeth it had.
"A----AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! PAIN!" He screamed, swinging his arm wildly until the little bug let go, flying into a nearby tree.
"WHY'D YOU BITE ME?!" The digimon known as Wormmon was silent, and Ryou laughed a little bit, saying,
"Alright. You two had better get going… No biting, neither of you." The bug groaned as the two disappeared through the Gate. "That…was odd…can he pull it off?" Cyberdramon strode up with Ryou and Chiisu, the digimon asking,
"What about her?"
"Right…the Moonlight Assassin…"
"Thank you for not using her name, Ryou-san…"
"She'll probably meet him, and judge him, as she does the others….Just hope he survives…"
"Who're you talking about?!" Chii screeched.
Ken reached his destination with the little digimon sitting on his shoulder. He was in a dark area of Kyoto, a dark alleyway with sounds of techno music in the distance inside one of the bulidings, shrouded in the same darkness.
"Wormm-chan…" Ken shivered, "…this is creepy…"
"Grow up," the bug responded, jumping to the ground, "Let's just get this over with already." Ken began walking, but when he turned around, the digimon wasn't following him.
"Wha---…I thought Ryou said…"
"I was your Partner? Yah, I am, but I'm only like a bodyguard. If you're in trouble, call for me, alright?!" Ken stared at the ground in hesitation,
"Well…I'm not too used to these areas…"
"Tough luck!" The digimon screeched as he wiggled to the side of the alley, hiding in the shelter of a bunch of cargo boxes.
Ken was silent, but he dug the note with the address out of his pocket, strained to read it, and began walking. It was around eleven o' clock, and a bunch of weirdos and questionable people roamed the dark alleys that made him want to shudder in fear, but he had to keep going to find out what was happening. Besides, he was armed and perhaps dangerous.
…Back in the Dejitaru….
"Alright, Chiisu," Ryou nodded, trekking over to the fourteenth hole, "That's… 29 for me and…urr…" he suddenly had to hesitate, pull out a calculator and jot down his friend's score, "1147…"
"Goddamit!" Ryou sighed and struck the golf ball, "Wheeeeeee---- there it goes… right---on---the---green! Yes! Your turn." Chiisu grabbed the club and positioned himself, preparing to his the ball. He swung—nothing. He swung again—also nothing. For many times, this went on until Chii went ballistic:
"F--- THIS F---ING STUPID B--- GAME OF SATAN! F--- IT STRAIGHT TO F---ING HELL! F--- IT ALL!" Ryou suddenly grabbed the club from him and announced sternly,
"Alright, you won. Now let's get you home."
He finally reached the address, another dark building, and the music seemed to be leaking out. He inhaled and exhaled slowly, as if to calm himself,
"God, please keep me safe," He prayed, stepping down the stairs of the underground entrance.
Inside. Loud, pulsing techno music. Flashing, blinding lights. Shining darkness that enveloped all. It was bright, but dark. He couldn't see anyone's face clearly. There were many, perhaps two hundred, people, all dancing madly to the earsplitting music. Ken found he had to cover his ears slightly to prevent himself from losing his hearing. He wasn't wearing the jacket anymore, but now a light cloak of sorts, dark blue--darker than his hair, with a metal band that tied around his neck. No one thought he looked strange. In fact, it was either a) they really couldn't see him in the flashing lights and new-age techno, or b) they were wearing weirder things, like a few women who weren't wearing remotely anything. He squinted his eyes around, not really knowing what to look for. "Ah, how can I find anyone in here…?" He muttered to himself, stranded in the crowds of the many dancing people.
Shiiiiiiiiiing
The voices, all of the voices again. Ken closed his eyes and thought,
'Where are the hackers that are supposed to be here?'
Shiiiiiiiiiing
Voices, only three this time…
"I can't believe it! Janis strikes again, ne?"
"Oh…she's really making us look bad…"
"Well, we're not really good people, here, Izu. We DO work for CHAOFI…"
Ken opened his eyes to see the three he had just heard, they were staring at him also.
"Who's the kid?" One with spiked brown hair, different from Ryou's and Chiisu's, muttered, then laughed, "This your new boyfriend, Ruki?" The orange/blonde haired girl with purple eyes screeched in response,
"No! I never seen this kid in my life! He's probably just some stupid kid that stumbled into the Dejitaru on accident." Another boy, who had red/purple hair sighed,
"Ruki, Taichi, what's the chances of that happening? Look at what he's wearing…"
"'Scuse me…" Ken asked timidly, walking up to the three children, all looking a little bit older than him, around Osamu's age. "S-Someone told me…you'd know about these…" He took out his two DIJIT lasers and digivice. The girl nearly fell off the table (she was sitting on it. Bizarre!) and the two boys let their cards drop to the floor.
"Angels…?!" Ruki whispered in shock, "..There were only…three of these babies made!"
"Three?" Ken repeated, and Ruki nodded as she picked one up,
"Yah, there are these two here, and then the model prototype! These are the rarest they get, palie…"
"F---, where'd you get this?!" Taichi, the brown-haired one, screamed holding the digivice to Ken's head. He shrugged,
"I—I found it." The three hacker children stared in disbelief and blankly said,
"What?" Ken nodded, and stated the situation.
"Yah, I found it with the guns, they were in a shoebox, and had a jacket wrapped around it. There were notes that were assigned to me…"
"Speaking of assign…" The red haired one, who still remained nameless, muttered, "…you have a digimon Partner then, right?" Ken nodded again,
"Yah…but he wouldn't come with me…" The red-haired one nodded in reply,
"Yes, the digimon should never appear here, or else it'll cause all Hell to break loose."
"Koushiro-haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!" Suddenly, out of the red-haired boy's backpack, a little…weird looking thing popped out, screaming, "I'm hungry!"
"Sh-SHUT UP!" The boy, now dubbed 'Koushiro' shoved the digimon back into his bag, "Don't come out 'till we get home!" "Aw…"
"What the hell was that?!" Ken screamed. "My digimon," Koushiro sighed, "Motimon." Muffled screams came from his bag, so Kou-chan took the bag and kicked it at the wall, "SHUT UP!"
Ken was silent at the abuse of the little pink thing. So were Taichi and Ruki.
"Alright," Ken took the gun from Ruki and picked the other one up, and aimed them at Koushiro, "tell me, what's going on here?! What do I have to do with all this?!"
The three of them hesitated. "Well," Koushiro began, "to be honest, we don't know how or why you have a digivice… obviously, you have the abilities of a hacker within 'ya…"
"Within….me…?"
"Well, anything weird happen lately?" Ruki asked. Ken thought a moment,
"There…has been…weird things happening…" he told them about the computer thing, hearing the kill (the sword cutting into a human), the whole voices of all conversations and everything, and being able to track them just a little while ago.
They all hesitated again.
"What?" They glanced at each other with looks of nervousness. "Even if you're a hacker," Ruki muttered, "…that ain't right…and I doubt it's an after-effect of Gate Utilization…" The seemingly-silent Taichi spoke then,
"Hey, tell us, you know anything about Janis Sukaraki?"
"Janis…Sukaraki?" They all nodded, Taichi smiling darkly. It was somewhat easier to hear now, since the style of music had changed from techno to light rock. It wasn't too loud. It was called 'Over the End', as the DJ had announced, by Masami Okui…Taichi continued talking,
"Yah, Koushiro, perhaps the best hacker of the Dejitaru, couldn't even take her on. His parents were hackers, also…but…" He glanced at red-haired Koushiro, and stopped. Ken noticed Kou-chan was staring at the floor, hiding his tears.
"Koushiro…" Ken muttered. Ruki closed her eyes and stated,
"It's said she judges every hacker for worthiness. I've heard, though…" The other two joined in with the last words,
"…none of them survive." Ken's eyes opened wide,
"…n-none…none of them…survive?!" Koushiro nodded, wiping the tears from his face,
"That f---ing Janis…she killed my parents…"
"…and she'll most likely kill us, too," Ruki muttered. All of them were silent. The music blared in the background.
"Janis Sukaraki," Ken muttered. "Janis…"
"None other," Taichi sighed.
"Hey, kids!" The DJ had walked up to them, holding a tray of beverages. "Here!"
There were four, each filled with a liquid Ken could barely see, due to the inefficient lighting. Ruki, Taichi, and Koushiro immediately thanked the man and drank theirs, but Ken was hesitant.
"C'mon, it won't kill 'ya," Taichi muttered. "Try it."
The boy who had just been thrown into these strange events stared at the drink for a few minutes, until he lifted it and took a sip…
His eyes immediately popped open, throwing the drink to the floor through a fit of coughing,
"WHAT IS THIS STUFF?!" He coughed, and the other three stared.
"What do you mean?" Kou-chan asked, looking completely fine like the other two.
"Is…I-Is this alcoholic?!" The three nodded, and Ken stared, mouth hanging open in shock.
"What…the ever loving HELL is wrong with you?!" He screamed. The music stopped, the lights turned completely on, and all of them were staring at Ken. He felt angry, not afraid or humiliated. "All of you people…All of you are SICK!"
"Opinions are great," Koushiro smiled and lifted a finger to cue the music and lights…the lights went back to normal, but the music was interrupted…there was a slight ring of bells…
"She's here…" Taichi muttered.
"Hello, everyone." A cold, demonic, yet quiet voice came from the rafters of the ceiling. Everyone had forgotten what Ken had said, now staring up at the figure. The skylights let the full moon in the heavens shine below, letting everyone see her.
She had blue hair like Ken's that went down to her shoulders, wearing a metal helmet much like Cyberdramon's. She had two silvery gold metal bell chimes tied on two separate strings around her neck. On the helmet, it covered all of her face but her mouth and part of her nose, and where it stopped on her ears were wing-like ribbons. Seriously, they looked like wings on her head. She wore a white and blue outfit, mostly blue with various stripes of white. She had armor on her neck, wrists, waist, and ankles. Ken saw a band of golden metal, fused with many colored stones, though he seemed to be the only one who could notice.
Janis Sukaraki, the Moonlight Assassin.
