Takuya Kanbara was on holiday from School. It had been one year since they had gone to the Digital World and today he was going to meet up with his friends for not only their anniversary for going to the Digital World, but also the anniversary of the defeat of Lucemon as well as saving Koichi. Just as he had finished getting ready, his mother walked up to him, "and just where do you think you're going young man?! You need to help us set up for Shinya's party today!" she exclaimed. "*sigh* mom, I know it's Shinya's Birthday, but the actual party isn't for hours! I promised I'd meet up with my friends today!" Takuya cried, looking at the clock on the wall. "I know you care about your friends Takuya, but your younger brother is just as important, right?" Mrs Kanbara asked.
Just as the brown-haired boy opened his mouth to reply, his phone gave off a certain buzzing sound that he'd been longing to hear for a year now. Takuya's eyes widened and he pulled his phone out of his pocket, just as his mother did the same. On the screen of his phone was a very familiar symbol. It looked kind of like a cross, only circular. It had been a whole year since he'd heard that sound and seen that symbol. "Lady Ophanimon, is something wrong?" the brown-haired boy asked seriously, surprising his mother and brother. "Nothing is wrong young Takuya, but I feel that after everything that you and the other Warriors have been through, your families deserve to know more. All of you need to take the 5:45 outbound train" Ophanimon said, before the phone went silent. Mrs Kanbara was very confused, but before she could ask her oldest son, who seemed to know, what was going on, her husband opened the door, "I'm home- oh, what are you both standing here for?" the man asked, mobile phone out and in his hand.
Takuya looked at both his parents, "Mom, Dad, get your shoes and grab Shinya, we have a train to catch" he said so seriously that it startled both of his parents into action. Soon they were all seated in the car and driving towards the train station. Takuya stared silently out the window, knee bouncing with nerves. Shinya stared at his older brother. The ten year old had always known that his brother was an energetic hot-head, but he seemed different right now for some reason. Shinya could tell that the boy wasn't just energetic at the moment but nervous. He had never known Takuya to be nervous or scared of anything. He'd always been so confident and brave. But now? Who was this 'Lady Ophanimon' person? And why was his brother so respectful towards her? Takuya had barely ever shown their own parents a quarter of that much respect. The younger boy just couldn't understand it. Soon they reached the train station, but when Mr Kanbara went to buy their tickets, four red ones popped out of the machine instantly.
The younger Kanbara boy thought that there was something strange about them. As the group boarded the train, Takuya looked around. Sure enough, sitting not even ten meters from them was his best friend Koji Minamoto and his father and Step-mother. The brown-haired boy grinned, "hey, Koji!" he called, walking over to the black-haired boy. Mr and Mrs Kanbara as well as the man and woman with the black-haired boy jumped, watching as Takuya stood next to the other boy. Koji smirked, "hey Takuya, so, you got Lady Ophanimon's message too, huh?" he asked. The Kanbara's were utterly confused. Who was this boy? Mr Kanbara looked closer at the teen. He didn't look like anyone from his son's School, or soccer league. Both family's watched as their sons struck up a conversation like old friends. Eventually the woman who appeared to be this 'Koji's' mother came over to them, "hello" she said. Mrs Kanbara smiled slightly, "hello, it appears that our son's are friends" she replied.
"It seems so, though I've never known Koji to make friends in any of the towns we've lived in" the woman said. Mrs Kanbara held out her hand, "Isuzu Kanbara," she introduced herself, "this is my husband Kaito and our youngest son Shinya" she said. The brown-haired woman smiled and shook Isuzu's hand, "Yuriko Minamoto, that's my husband Akira and our son Koji" she replied. Isuzu nodded, "nice to meet you all" she replied, as Yuriko smiled at Shinya. Meanwhile Takuya was deep in a discussion with Koji, "so you think your brother and Mother are somewhere on this train too huh?" he asked quietly. Koji nodded, "Koichi has been sending me texts ever since the initial ones from Lady Ophanimon about where they are. His last one put him and our Mother on this train as well, probably somewhere down the other end" the Legendary Warrior of Light explained. "Well, this is gonna be fun, especially the meeting between your Dad, Stepmom, Mother and brother, huh?" Takuya asked, grinning awkwardly. Koji shivered, "you have no idea, I don't think mom even knows about my mother being alive or around still, not to mention anything about Koichi's existence. Dad told me she was dead and I had no idea about Koichi until we went to the Digital World- I just hope there are no explosions later" the black-haired boy grimaced.
Just as they pulled up into the Station the phones of the adults and two boys went off. Ophanimon had sent them another message: "take the elevator to the basement" thankfully this time Takuya was ready for it and pulled his family off with him as he raced off the vehicle. As they exited the carriage, Koji looked around frantically for his Mother and twin. Their! Two flashes of blue moving through the crowd, close enough to the elevator not to miss it this time. He sighed quietly, and the two families hurried out of the gate. Managing to reach the elevator before it closed, the two boys sighed in relief. Koji subtly checked his messages and sighed quietly when he saw the message from Koichi: "we're in the elevator now, didn't miss it this time ;-D". It was pretty packed in the elevator, with seven people total in it, but no one complained.
Most of the adults were mystified by this situation and wanted answers, but didn't think demanding them from the two oldest boys was a good idea. Suddenly the elevator began speeding up, going down more levels than there were floors. By this point Shinya was getting a little scared, and clung to his big brother's pant leg. "What's going on? Their aren't this many floors in the Station?" one of the men asked in shock, but Takuya wasn't sure if it was his own father or Koji's who'd said this. When the elevator stopped and the doors opened again, the group found themselves in an underground Train Station. Or at least that's what it looked like to most of the people there. Takuya and Koji knew that it was something else though, and both wondered who'd fixed the place up after Lucemon had trashed it a year ago. Koji looked around, before spotting his twin and mother coming out of another elevator, "Koichi! Mother!" he called, rushing over to the two dark blue-haired people walking out of another elevator to their left.
The woman smiled in surprise, "Koji!" she replied as her other son gave her a hug. When the Light twin pulled away, he smiled at his brother. Koichi returned the look and they hugged. Mr Minamoto was shocked by this, "Satomi?" he asked. The woman looked up and frowned just slightly, "Akira" she muttered sadly. Takuya, Koji and Koichi, sensing the tension, began to figit, before Koichi turned to the oldest of the Kanbara boys, "that's right, I haven't introduced you to our Mother yet, have I Takuya?" he asked. The brown-haired boy shook his head, "not yet, no" he walked up to the blue-haired woman, "hello Ma'am, I'm Takuya Kanbara, I'm friends with your sons" he said, introducing himself, his younger brother and his parents, who seemed to be genuinely friendly towards the divorced woman. Before things could get awkward again, another elevator reached the bottom and opened it's doors.
A large boy, heavy-set woman and average looking man left the box, the boy smiling and waving when he saw them, "hey Taky, Koji, Koichi! How're you guys doing!" he called. Takuya turned to face the new boy and grinned, "hey JP, great to see ya again" he replied, giving the boy a high-five. "Everyone, this is Junpei Shibayama, or JP as we all call him" he introduced the new boy, seemingly another friend. "Nice to meet you all, you can just call me JP" the large boy introduced himself with a sweeping bow and a grin. "My name is Indra Shibayama" the man introduced himself. "Kirin Shibayama, nice to meet you all" the woman said with a nod. Two elevators opened and out rushed a man and a woman with one older boy and one younger one, and another man and woman with a girl the same age as Takuya and Koji, the woman being blond and the man was black-haired. "Phew, we made it!" The small boy, who looked to be the same age as Shinya sighed with relief. "Tommy, glad to see you could make it!" JP said happily. The small boy grinned up at everyone, "yep, almost missed it, but we made it!" he said cheerfully. The mother of the Tommy boy introduced herself as Yumi Himi, with her husband being Ren Himi. Their oldest son was Yutaka. The girl was Zoe Orimoto, her father's name was Ken Orimoto and was Japanese, while his wife was named Aurora and was Italian. Making their daughter a mix of both.
"Well, now that we all know each other, shall we all get on the train now?" Koichi asked. Everyone climbed on board, just as the clock struck 6. All the doors closed simultaneously and the train began to move. The parents were all surprised by their children yet again, when every one of them except the Kanbara's youngest son and the Himi's oldest moved to a different carriage and began to happily chat to each other. Even Koichi, who had never been a very out-going boy, was sitting with the others and talking about one thing or another. Meanwhile their parents were sitting and awkwardly looking around at each other. Especially Yuriko, Akira and Satomi. None of them knew what say to each other, and Yuriko kept staring at her husband, wondering just who the boy who'd shown up with his ex was. Not literally mind you, it was obvious that she was his mother, but the brown-haired woman had never known that the other woman was still around, let alone that Koji had a twin brother living with her.
Akira was making sure to keep his distance from both his wife and ex, fearing that he'd be in for a huge chewing out when he was finally forced to explain everything. "So, Satomi-San?" Yuriko began, deciding to get this over with and learn a bit more about her son's birth mother and hopefully her mysterious son, before she actually braved talking to the boy himself. The blue-haired woman looked up at the brown-haired one, "yes?" she asked, seeming rather faint. Come to think of it, the other woman did look a bit pale. The brown-haired woman frowned, "are you alright?" she asked. Satomi smiled, "I'm fine, just a bit tired, that's all, did you want to ask me something?" she asked curiously. Yuriko smiled slightly, "I just wanted to talk a bit if you're up for it?" she asked. The long-haired woman nodded, "of course, what did you want to talk about?" she asked. "Your son- I didn't know that Koji had a twin brother" Yuriko began.
Satomi smiled, "oh Koichi is a wonderful boy, he's so kind and gentle, always looking after me when I need it, you'd think he was my parent sometimes with how much he does and how he worries" she giggled softly. The other woman giggled too, smiling, "what about Koji?" She asked. Yuriko hummed as she listened to the other woman talk, "is he doing well? He really only comes over on the weekends most times. Most days he helps Koichi around the house with chores and errands so that I can get more rest, but other days he and Koichi go off to spend time with their friends- I was so glad when Koichi told me he had friends, he's always been very quiet and reclusive" the blue-haired woman explained. "Well, as far as I can tell, Koji seems to be doing fine, he's become a lot nicer to me recently, he even bought me flowers for the anniversary of my marriage to Akira- oh!" she gasped, covering her mouth with her hand. "What is it?" Satomi asked curiously. "That wasn't polite of me- reminding you that I- well, replaced you in your marriage, I really shouldn't have said that" Yuriko replied.
"It's fine, really, I know that my ex-husband doesn't love me anymore, but I just wish that we could have gotten a chance to talk a lot sooner, or at least worked something out that would have been easier on the boys" The dark blue-haired woman said sadly. Yuriko frowned. She felt bad for the woman, not to mention both Koji and Koichi. If she had just known about all of this sooner-. As everyone else talked, the children were beginning to get excited, "I can't wait to be part of Kazemon and Zephrimon again!" Zoe squealed, although quietly. Tommy nodded, "I wanna see Yutaka's face when I turn into KorIkakumon in front of 'im!" he said grinning. JP grinned, "getting to be Beetlemon and MetalKabuterimon again would be awesome" he agreed. "You said it, after all we went through, loosing Agunimon was really hard on me. Not being able to feel that warmth flowing through me made me feel so overwhelmingly cold!" Takuya shuddered, before pausing and turning to their youngest member, "no offense Tommy" the Flame Warrior continued. Tommy giggled, "no problem Takuya" the nine year old replied. Zoe turned to look at the twins, who stayed quiet all this time, "well Koji, Koichi, are you looking forward to getting your Spirits back?" the half Italian asked. "Sorry guys, we're just having a bit of an early-life crisis, don't mind us" Koji replied.
Tommy tilted his head to the side, "why, what's wrong?" he asked. Every one of their friends was now listening to the conversation. Koichi sighed and sat up straight, "Lady Ophanimon said that our families deserved to know more, well I'm assuming she means finding out about what happened in the past and what we did" the boy explained. JP frowned, "yeah, so?" he asked. Koji clenched his fists, but his brother calmed him with a hand on his shoulder. The Dark Twin turned to face their friend, "did you forget who I used to be?" he asked in a dead tone of voice, "our Mother already has so much to deal with, plus she's sick so often. I'm worried that the added stress of what we're going to see will push her over the edge and-" Koichi choked back a sob, desperately trying to shake off his fears, but they kept crawling back. The dark thoughts always came back, no matter how hard he tried to push them away. Suddenly he felt a warm hand over his. The boy looked up at his brother, "everything will be fine Koichi, I promise" Koji said calmly.
The Kimura blinked at the other boy, before smiling and drying his eyes, "right, s-sorry for breaking down like that" he muttered. But the Light twin shook his head, "don't worry about it, everyone gets stressed sometimes. As long as you don't let it overwhelm you" Koji replied. After a few more minutes, a loud yell sounded, making many people cover their ears, "what the heck!" Indra Shibayama exclaimed. The train soon stopped and the doors opened to a lush forest. Everyone, (except the five who'd been there before) stepped off the train and looked around in awe. There was a sign nearby that read "Forest Terminal" so the adults assumed that was where they were. But none of them had ever seen this place before, and the twin's father was even a travel agent. "Where- are we?" Aroura Orimoto wondered out loud, still gaping at the scenery around her, "questo posto è assolutamente meraviglioso!" she exclaimed, slipping into Italian accidently.
Ken smiled slightly at his wife, while Zoe was beaming at the fact that her mother seemed to like the Digital World as much as she did. Many others though, not understanding Italian just looked confused, "um, what did she say?" Kirin Shibayama asked the man. The Orimoto turned to the woman, "she said 'this place is absolutely beautiful'" he explained, smiling sheepishly, "sorry, Aroura has a tendency to just slip into speaking Italian sometimes" he apologised. Isuzu shook her head, "no it's fine, but I have no idea where we go from here" the Kanbara replied. Suddenly all their phones went off at once, "welcome to the Forest Terminal in the Digital World. Please proceed up the stairs and I will meet you at the top" the woman said, before the devices went silent again. The parents, noticing that their children had already begun climbing the stairs, hurried to follow them.
The trek was mostly silent, partly due to how tiring it was to walk up so many flights of stairs. None of the adults could understand how their kids could not only be so calm about being in a supposedly different world, (which many of the sceptical parents weren't buying anyway) but also climb so many stairs without a complaint or even a hint of strain. It was like all this was normal to them. The only one who wasn't with their friends was Koichi, who was helping his mother up the stairs and supporting her when she became short of breath and had to rest. When Koji noticed this, he immediately rushed back down the stairs, "why didn't you two say anything? I would have been more than happy to help" he muttered. Neither his brother nor his mother chose to respond to his question, so the Warrior of Light just focused on helping them up the stairs. Eventually Kaito Kanbara noticed the state of the Kimura woman and went back to help her himself, since Akira looked too awkward to even approach his ex. This got him a dirty look shot at him by his current wife, as it seemed the two women had bonded over their shared sons and kind demeanours.
When the group finally reached the top of the stairs, a woman/armoured angel person walked up to them. She smiled warmly, but with slight worry as well, "greetings Legendary Warriors and family members of them all. Welcome to the Digital World, one which your children know very well as I'm sure you've noticed by now" the woman began. Shinya gaped at her, "excuse me miss, are you an angel?" he asked. Takuya smiled fondly at his little brother, the boy was only nine years old. The woman smiled, "I suppose I would be considered the closest thing to an angel by people in your world. My name is Ophanimon and I'm an Angel-type Digimon" she explained. The six Legendary Warriors walked towards the woman, before bowing, "Lady Ophanimon, I'm glad to see that you and this world are doing better than when we last left it" Zoe said. "Yeah, to tell you the truth, I was worried that things wouldn't go back to the way they were after everything that happened, but I'm glad to see you and this world in such good shape" JP continued.
The parents were now staring in shock. They'd never heard their kids talk like that- ever! Just who was this Ophanimon person to make all of them act so, polite and, and- none of them even knew what to call it! Ophanimon smiled, "thank you children, I truly appreciate all of your kind words, but there is a reason I called you all here again, along with your parents" she replied. The Celestial turned, "come follow me everyone, and I will explain it all to you" she said.
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Once everyone was filled in on what they needed to know immediately, they were led into what looked like a large meeting room where two more Digimon waited. One was a humanoid angel Digimon like Ophanimon, the other looked like a huge white and pink rabbit-like Digimon with huge hands and two golden rings around the bottoms of his ear-like protrusions. The children all went up to the other two Digimon and bowed in respect, "Lord Seraphimon, Lord Cherubimon, I hope you've been doing better than last time" Takuya asked, smiling cheerfully. Seraphimon nodded. "that I have young Takuya, I must say being myself again is much more relaxing than I remembered it being" he replied. Cherubimon however became contrite, "I have been much better than the last time we were face to face- I've been working on a new plan to promote equality amongst Human and Beast-type Digimon. It's been going very well so far, especially with the help of my friends" he said, smiling at his two companions at the end.
Seraphimon suddenly stood up, "alright, I believe it is time to begin- Baromon, if you would?" he called. A huge circle like thing rose up from nowhere and moved up from the floor to the ceiling. When it reached the ceiling, what looked like a huge TV screen was left behind. Yutaka Himi gaped, "what the!" he exclaimed, while most of the parents were left speechless. For the Legendary Warriors, this was just another aspect of the Digital World, they all knew that things here didn't always work like they did back home. "We have gathered you here, families of the Warrior's, because we believe that you all deserve to know what happened to your children a year ago. You may find some of what you're about to see disturbing, others may need some time alone, but I assure you that your children didn't go through all of this for nothing- they have saved both of our worlds with their valiant and courageous efforts and we couldn't be more grateful or more proud to call them our worlds heroes" Seraphimon explained.
The Angel Digimon floated over to stand with the others then the screen began to play:
Digimon Frontier theme song
Digimon!
Look to the past, as we head for the future to reclaim the Digital World!
With faith in ourselves, and trust in each other, we live by the lessons we've learned!
As we work towards one solution! Through a Spirit evolution!
I am the one, huh! I am the one! Digimon!
Digimon!
Forever united as one! Digimon!
Together the battles are won! Digimon!
Through us let your spirit evolve!
If we're all for one world, there's a world for us all!
If we're all for one world there's a world, for us all!
Digimon!
Pretty much all the adults gasped in shock when they saw what the opening showed. Everyone was confused, but many figured that it would be easier to just watch this 'show' of their children's apparent adventures in this strange world in order to get the answers they wanted. The Legendary Warriors on the other hand were awing at how cool that opening was. At how awesome they had looked. The screen then faded to white and everyone turned back to watch it. The title came up: All aboard.
Takuya was shown panting as he ran down the street. His phone rang as he did, and he looked down at it. "5:40! Ah!" he exclaimed and kept running. The boy passed a younger one kicking a soccer ball around with his father on the street.
"Now that's just bad parenting, letting your kids play on the street and encouraging them by doing it too" Isuzu muttered.
"Here comes!" the boy called as Takuya ran past, kicking the soccer ball towards his father, but the man was distracted by his phone, which was making a strange noise and had a strange looking symbol of a cross on the screen. "Dad! The ball!" the little boy exclaimed as it rolled downhill passed him.
Many of the adults were realising that the noise and symbol on that mans phone had been the same ones that had been on all of their phones when they were called here.
The soccer ball rolled downhill past Takuya, "sorry, the phone, that noise!" the father exclaimed, as the goggle-wearing boy noticed the ball roll passed him as he ran. "I'll get it!" Takuya called back to the father and son, "kids these days" he muttered in slight frustration as the ball reached the bottom of the hill. He managed to stop it with his foot and turned back to kick it up the hill. As he was doing that however, the boy didn't notice the large truck heading right for him.
Isuzu gasped in horror while her husband gripped her hand. Her eyes were riveted on the screen, and she didn't even have enough attention for anything else to even scold her son, since she'd told him over and over again not to go out into the street. All the adults looked horrified, and though she knew that he'd gotten to the Digital World just fine, Ophanimon was worried. She hadn't known that Takuya had almost gotten hit by a truck because of her message.
It was then that the boy looked to the side and finally noticed the vehicle driving towards him. The driver was distracted by his phone, which was making the same noise as apparently every other phone, and when he looked forwards again and cried out, it looked like it might be too late.
Now the female angel Digimon was feeling even guiltier, because she knew that that was defiantly her fault. Cherubimon noticed his friend's guilt and placed a warm hand on her shoulder. Ophanimon smiled up at him slightly. "Takuya!" Isuzu screamed along with Shinya, while their father didn't take his eyes off the screen for a second.
"Oh perfect!" Takuya cried as the truck skidded to the side, but the force of it's momentum dragged it's trailer around and it was headed right for the boy, who was frozen in shock and fear as he watched his death come closer, "this, is my destiny?" he asked in terror and disbelief. Suddenly the screen was over-taken by digital numbers until it faded out on a clock who's hands were travelling backwards until they landed on 4:35. Taukya was shown sitting at a table staring at the clock. The table had all kinds of food on it including a cake.
Shinya was shown to be laying on the floor near the table reading a comic book with multiple comics and cards on the floor around him. "Oh honey, you can't be late tonight, it's Shinya's Birthday!" Isuzu said over the phone to her husband. "And tell Dad I want something big! A forklikft!" the boy called.
JP was confused and he looked at the younger Kanbara, "you wanted a forklift for your Birthday?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. Shinya shrugged, "all those construction vehicles are really cool" the boy defended himself sheepishly.
Takuya sighed and looked down at the cake on the table, "mind your manners Shinya, and don't even think of eating that cake Takuya" Mrs Kanbara said without looking at the boy, just as he went to steal a strawberry.
Koji couldn't help but snicker quietly at his best friend, who was so utterly taken down by his mom. Takuya scowled at the blue-haired boy, before he grinned wickedly and moved up behind Koji, "you wanna laugh about something, huh buddy?" he asked, before he dug his hands into Koji's ribs. The other boy shrieked in ticklishness and wacked his Leader upside the head. The wieldier of the Spirits of Flame growled, before Zoe promptly hit both boys on their heads. That shut them up real quick. The watching parents couldn't help but marvel at their children's dynamics around each other. Yuriko was surprised that her Step-son was ticklish and vowed to use this to her advantage later on. Satomi Kimura noticed the cheeky smile on her sons Stepmother's face and smiled slightly. The woman didn't seem so bad. She hoped that they got a chance to talk privately later.
Takuya sighed and pushed the fruit back into place and sucked the cream off his finger afterwards. "Man I'm bored. My whole life is boring!" the boy muttered. "Bored, boring" Takuya sighed. Suddenly the boy noticed his phone beeping and saw that the screen had a message on it: do you want to start? With yes/no options. The 'yes' option was highlighted black and was flashing. "Incoming message? No name, weird" he said to himself, looking at the screen. "Well, it's bound to be better than being bored" Takuya sighed, nonchalantly clicking 'yes'.
"Takuya, I can't believe you! A random person sends you a message and you just click 'yes' without any thought! What if that had been one of those bug messages and it infected your phone with a bunch of viruses! Do you have the money to buy yourself a new phone?" Isuzu demanded. Takuya shrank in his seat, "no Mom, sorry, I'll be more careful from now on" he agreed quickly, wanting to avoid a full on rant.
The 'yes' option turned red and the screen zoomed into the phones screen. "Takuya Kanbara," a female voice said from over the phone. The boy was surprised and stared at his phones screen in confusion, "it's time to decide your future Takuya" the voice continued. "Hey, wait a minute, who is this, what do you mean, 'my future'?"Takuya asked, picking up the phone and standing up. "Your destiny is calling you. Take the 5:45 outbound train" the woman's voice said. "This is way better than being bored, 'my destiny', that's downright cool" Takuya said, before looking up at the clock again to check the time. It had just become 5:00, 'oh, I'll never make it- but that's never stopped me before!' he thought optimistically, grabbing his hat and goggles from where they were draped over the back of his chair and running out of the room. "Getting an ugly tie is not the Cuban missile crisis, and Takuya be careful out there and no playing in the street it's dangerous!" Isuzu called out after the boy.
Zoe scowled at him, "your Mom literally told you that as you were running out the door and what do you do?" she scolded the boy. "Hey, get off my back Zo, I said I was sorry, sheesh, I was just trying to be a nice guy and help that kid and his Dad out, but now suddenly it's my fault?!" he demanded, sinking further into his seat and away from the blond girl.
Back to Takuya's face as he watched the truck skid towards him, "man, why do Mom's always have to be right?!" he cried in fear.
Everyone was instantly tense again as they waited with baited breathe to see what would happen, "Takuya!" Isuzu cried, clutching her husband's arm, who was just as tense as she was.
As the truck skid closer, the boy jumped to the side and away from the danger, while his phone went off again. The vehicle skidded to a stop, and the driver opened the door, "you okay?!" the man called worriedly. Takuya picked himself up, "yeah, I'm fine" he replied breathlessly, looking at his phone's screen. It was still intact, but he knew that he was probably even later now, "oh no!" he groaned, turning back to the truck driver, "hey, buddy, what time is it?" he asked desperately. "Wha? Uh, a couple before 5:45" the man answered, checking his watch. Takuya groaned and pushed himself to his feet, running off as fast as he could.
Mrs Kanbara scowled, "you almost got hit by a truck, and you're worried about missing a train?!" she demanded of her son. Takuya winced, "hey come on, someone says you have a chance to do something amazing, are you going to want to miss that?" he asked. His mother huffed and crossed her arms.
"Oh, why does this always happen to me!?" he demanded as he ran. At the Train Station, the voice over could be heard, "5:45 train now boarding" Takuya raced through the streets and finally made it to the Station, but he gasped in disbelief, "one minute! Oh great!" he cried as he rushed inside and over to the ticket dispenser. He searched his pockets frantically, but came up empty. "I knew I should have asked for more allowance!" The boy exclaimed, banging his head against the machine in frustration. Lights began to flash on it and a red ticket popped out of the slot. Takuya opened his eyes and saw the ticket, which seemed different from the normal ones, "a ticket? Maybe this is destiny!" he grabbed the ticket and ran into the station. "Wait, my destiny!" Takuya cried as he raced up the stairs, getting odd looks from the other people around him.
Koji snorted, "you actually shouted that in public? Way to sound like a crazy person Takuya!" he exclaimed, making all his friends laugh at him, "what's with you guys picking on me today?!" the brown-haired boy complained.
The screen then faded to show Takuya leaning against the door of the train as it travelled through the city, "I can't *pant* believe *pant* I made it" he gasped, trying to draw as much air into his lungs as possible.
"And that's why it's good to play Soccer, if it weren't for that, I doubt I would have been able to make it on time" Takuya grinned. Tommy nodded, "yeah, I've been able to get a lot faster too since I started playing" the younger boy agreed.
Takuya slid down to the floor of the train with a sigh. Suddenly his phone went off again, along with many other peoples. In particular a dark blue-haired boy wearing a bandana standing across from him on the train.
"Look, it's Koji!" both of the boy's mothers said at the same time. The two women looked at each other and giggled. Koji and Koichi smiled at each other, glad that the two of them were getting along so well.
Takuya looked down at his phone upon noticing the other boy, 'wait a minute, did he get a message too?' he wondered. "Transfer to the 6:00 Subway train" the voice said. The goggle-wearing boy cried out in frustration, gripping his head, "come on! I'm doing the best I can!"
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The train pulled into the station, "come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!" Takuya muttered impatiently. As the door finally opened, the brown-haired boy stepped off with everyone else, the boy with the bandanna getting off in front of him. Takuya looked around, "now what?" he asked himself, before spotting the other boy moving through the crowd, "maybe, he knows" he said, setting off after the boy. Running through the gate, Takuya looked around, spotting Koji getting into an elevator. "Hey, wait!" he cried. The Kanbara ran as fast as he could, but the elevator doors were already closing. Takuya took a flying leap, and somehow managed to make it inside the elevator before the doors closed.
Said boy was shifting awkwardly in his seat, because it was right at that moment that Koichi had reached the elevator himself, missing it, causing him to run down the stairs in an attempt to reach his brother and fell. Takuya shivered, glancing over at the boy, who was sitting with his mother, staring at the screen with such a strong look of longing on his face that it made his heart ache with guilt. It was his fault that Koichi had ended up in a coma. His fault that the corrupted Cherubimon had been able to get to the boy when he was in such a vulnerable state. His fault for all of the poor boy's suffering. Takuya stared at the ground, feeling utterly miserable. Eventually he sighed and shook himself out of those thoughts, no use crying over spilled milk. What was done was done, and there was no changing that. Instead he turned his attention back to the 'episode'.
Takuya rubbed his head and groaned, before looking up at the other boy in the elevator with him, "he-hey, did you get a message too?" he asked cheerfully, pointing at his phone. Koji kept silent and looked away. This annoyed Takuya, "uh, you could answer me at least?!" he said sarcastically. Suddenly the elevator sped up, travelling down far more floors than it should have. As the screen pulled out it was shown that there were a lot more elevators also going down beyond the basement level. Takuya looked out the glass side and groaned, "oh, my destiny's really starting to bite". The screen then faded to black for a moment, and when it came back an old style purple clock was shown. All the elevators landed at the bottom floor, with a crashing sound coming from the one that Takuya and Koji were in.
When the doors opened, it showed Koji looking out of the elevator curiously and Takuya on the floor, rubbing his head in pain, "man, I have really gotta stop landing on my head!" he groaned, before looking up. There were all different coloured trains in front of them, with who knows how many kids mingling about and climbing on board different ones. "It's up to you now. Which one will you choose?" the woman's voice said from the two boy's phones. Takuya got to his feet and looked down at his phone, "so weird" he muttered. He looked over the different trains, but the other boy began to walk away without a word, "ah hey! Which one are you choosing?!" Takuya called, "geez my phone talks more than that guy" he muttered.
Many people in the room snorted or coughed back a laugh, including Koichi. Koji glared at his twin, while the boy covered his mouth, "s-sorry Koji, but you gotta admit, he has a point" Koichi managed to get out before falling into a small laughing fit. The Light Twin just scoffed, pointedly staring at the screen and nobody else.
Suddenly the clock ticked over to 6:00. Two boys pushed Tommy onto one of the trains before the door closed, both were laughing about it.
The small boy's mother frowned, "have those boys bullied you before?" Yumi Himi asked. Tommy frowned, "they used to, but ever since our adventures in this world, we've become friends!" he said, face switching to a grin, "I'm okay now, I promise Mama" the small boy explained.
JP was looking out of the train when his door closed as well. The same happened with Zoe. All the trains began pulling out of the Station. "Destiny sure involves a lot of running!" Takuya complained as he ran after one of the trains. Pushing himself, the boy managed to grab hold of the guard rail on the back of one of the trains and jumped onto the back part of it just as the platform he was running on ended. As he caught his breath, he looked up and found the black-haired boy staring at him from the back-part of his own train. Takuya narrowed his eyes into a glare , but the look was cut off when the trains entered different tunnels. "Oh, way to think ahead Takuya, wherever you're going you're gonna get there in a hurry!" he exclaimed as the train was engulfed in red-tinted darkness.
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Takuya entered the last carriage and looked around, "huh, no one, it's like a ghost train in here- what if it is a ghost train!" he said to himself as he ran up to the next door and opened it. In the next carriage he found a girl and two boys, one looking older than him and the other looking about the same age as his younger brother.
"So this is where you met your friends? Well, aside from Koji-Kun and Koichi-Kun" Kaito Kanbara asked curiously. Takuya nodded at his father and smiled brightly, "yep!" he exclaimed cheerfully. Then he remembered what had happened to Koichi and his smile faded, "hey Koichi?" he called. The short-haired twin looked up at him curiously, "yes?" he asked. The goggle-wearing boy frowned in worry, "are you sure you're okay to watch this? Since, you know-" he trailed off. Satomi Kimura frowned, looking between her son and the other boy, what was he talking about? Koichi smiled, but Koji and even Takuya could tell that it was a fake smile, "I'll be fine, I don't turn up until much later, both as him and as myself, so until then I'll be okay, unless, you know, something happens to Koji" the Dark twin explained. Satomi and Yuriko shared a look. What was Koichi talking about?
JP and Zoe looked up curiously as he entered, "uh, you here 'cause of the phone thing?" he asked, pointing towards his own again. Zoe nodded while JP sighed and looked up, "with him here, there's four of us I wonder if that means something special" the girl said. "Something special? What?" Takuya asked. Something with large sharp teeth was shown travelling along a single rail.
"What is that?" Yumi Himi asked in concern for her son. "I was fine Mama, really- it may have taken me a little while, but I was fine. My friends took such good care of me and I ended up getting stronger too. So please don't worry too much" Tommy assured. Mrs Himi frowned, but her husband placed a comforting hand on his wife's shoulder, making her smile. Yutaka watched his baby brother. He wondered just how this strange adventure had changed the boy. He had seen the results but not the cause. Maybe soon he would finally know.
"Why'd you guys get on this train?" Takuya asked. "Uh-" Zoe thought about it. The Kanbara walked past the windows, looking at the other children on the train. "I mean was it, the message?" he wondered. JP opened one eye and pointed his partly eaten block of chocolate at Takuya, "hey kid, this was closest train to the elevator okay? Now look, just leave me alone" he said, annoyed. The brown-haired boy sighed.
"Junpei Shibayama, that is no way to treat someone when all they did was ask a question!" Kirin Shibayama exclaimed. JP flinched, "I know that Mom, this was back before I actually became friends with everyone, and they all know that I'm sorry for acting so anti-social at first, right guys?" he asked, turning to his friends for support. Zoe smiled, "he's right Mrs Shibayama, JP has changed a lot since this all began, and now he's become a very good reliable friend to all of us" she replied. All the other children nodded at that. The large boy grinned, "thanks you guys" he said happily.
"Gee, sorry" Takuya muttered. "I'm just nervous" JP sighed. The goggle-wearing boy glanced over at Zoe, "but, there must be a reason why you picked this particular train, right?" he asked. Zoe giggled, "unlike him, it was closest to the elevator" she replied. JP chuckled, looking at Takuya then back to Zoe, "watch this" he said, holding up his bar of chocolate, "hey honey, you want some chocolate?" he asked. The big boy stood up, "move!" he said, as Zoe answered: "no". JP pointed to himself, "so, my name's JP, what's yours?" he asked. The girl smiled, "I'm Zoe, it's nice to meet you" she replied. Takuya moved out from behind the jumpsuit-wearing boy, "and I'm, I'm Takuya, hi their" he introduced himself. "I'm-" the small boy began, and Takuya looked over at him. "Huh, what?" he asked as JP and Zoe looked over at him, "I'm Tommy, but- I didn't want to get on this train" he said, sounding like he was going to burst into tears. "What are you saying?" Takuya asked. Tommy sobbed "I-I, two kids, bullies, and they- pushed me one the train and shut the door!" he sobbed, tears falling down his face.
The little boy looked up at them, tears and snot running down his face, "why are kids always picking on me?!" he demanded. "Jeeze, that kids like a faucet" JP said as the train was shown again, "JP!" Zoe exclaimed indigently, "don't worry Tommy, you're safe now that you're with us" she said reassuringly. Suddenly the train, that was now shown to be alive somehow let out a loud sound that caused all the kids in the train to look towards the front. The inside of the carriage went dark and shook so hard that everyone was knocked off their feet. All of them were silhouetted by strange beings before their phones began to glow and make the same noise as the previous times.
"What's happening?" Aroura Orimoto asked as she watched this. Many of the other parents also looked worried. What was happening to their children? "Guys it was fine, really. We're all okay, I promise" Takuya said, trying to calm their parents down. It worked somewhat, but they all still looked worried. "non preoccuparti mamma, stavamo tutti bene" Zoe said to her mother in Italian. Almost everyone blinked in confusion, "uh, Zoe, translation please?" JP asked. The blond girl smiled softly, "I said 'don't worry Mama, we were all okay' she explained. Everyone else nodded and after they were all calm enough, Seraphimon signalled and the video started again.
Takuya looked down at his phone, the screen of which was glowing, before the light increased and it began to change. Becoming a black and red device with two buttons on the front and a small screen. "My phone!" he exclaimed, "what's, going on!?" he asked. The screen had the same symbol as before, "welcome to the Digital World Takuya," the woman's voice said, "this is your D-Tector". "Digital World? You're kidding" Takuya said, staring down at the 'D-Tector' that had once been his phone.
Yutaka blinked, "wait," he said, looking from the screen and over the Ophanimon Digimon, "you were the one who sent them there, weren't you?" he asked her. The Digital Angel nodded, "that's right, it was extremely important if both our worlds were to survive" she replied. Yumi Himi frowned in worry, "what does that mean?" she asked. "You'll see" Ophanimon replied.
A strange catapiller-like train thing was shown going along the track, "what have I gotten myself into?" Takuya asked himself as the train let out a loud noise. It drove up a vertical track then along a flat one, both with no land underneath it to hold it up.
Yuriko Minamoto frowned in concern, "that's really unsafe you know, what if it fell off the track?" she asked. Seraphimon shrugged, "nothing much we could do about it at the time" he replied.
"Did you guys get that message?" Takuya asked as they all stared at their new 'D-Tector's' in shock and confusion. 'I'm guessing, yes' the boy thought. The "train Digimon" opened it's mouth and let out a loud "woop woop! woop woop!" All the children covered their ears, "ah! You can hear that on Mars! Man!" Takuya exclaimed, before looking out the window. Zoe stood up, looking at a bunch of small white jellyfish type things floating by the windows outside, "are those ghosts?" she asked warily. "They look like it" Tommy replied, going over to the window as well, "or marshmallows, they go great with chocolate!" JP said. A few of the creatures floated closer to the windows, looking at the human children inside. One of them pressed itself right up against the glass, stretching itself out and freaking Zoe out. The girl screamed and scared all the small Digimon away. Takuya watched them leave from the window, "probably ghosts of kids that came here before!" he said.
"What have I gotten myself into, and what if there's no way of getting back ou?!" Takuya asked himself, beginning to doubt that this had been such a good idea after all.
"You really don't ever think before you act do you Takuya?" Zoe asked. The Kanbara boy scowled, "hey! I've gotten better at that and you know it!" he replied, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Geeze, calm down Takuya, we're all in this together" Zoe replied as the train Digimon pulled into a Station with flaming torches all over the place. The screen then pulled out to show the Digital World in it's entirety, complete with gaping holes all over it.
"My, our world was in such a sad state back then" Ophanimon sighed. Cherubimon looked away, knowing that at that at that point, the state of their world was all his fault.
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"I bet that's the train station" Zoe said as they neared a large building on an island of land with tracks leading from it in all different directions. "I hope there aren't anymore of those ghost things their- not that I was scared or anything!"she proclaimed. "Yeah, I always scream in terror when I'm not afraid" JP mocked, "ah! Boys!" Zoe scoffed. The train slowed to a stop, while steam was expelled from underneath the Digimon. He groaned, looking back at his cars as their doors all opened at the same time. The group looked out onto the platform as small grey Digimon with crescent shaped eyes and big floppy ears whose body's were round like balls came up to the train. "Human kids" "someone to play with!" "just don't break them this time!" they said, laughing. Suddenly steam filled the carriage, pushing the children out of the train.
All of them landed on the platform, "yeah, that first steps a doozy, he, he he" the Digimon chuckled. "Yeah" Tommy muttered. "Is it me or did the train just talk?" Takuya asked as most of them looked up at the train. "Hey bub, I'm not just any old train, I'm Trailmon, and I'm alive, just like you- although I am more handsome than you scruged up little pugs, thank you very much. Anywho, this here is Flame Terminal, you're in the heart of a Digimon Village" the Trailmon explained. "Digimon Village?" Takuya asked in confusion. The small Digimon came up to them, "be our pals?" one asked. "Our last friends didn't last very long, heh, heh, heh". The four children huddled up, "I have enough friends" JP said warily. Tommy suddenly started crying loudly, "I didn't even wanna be on this train, waa, ha, ha!" he sobbed. "Sorry you feel bad kiddo, but I can't stick around, if you wanna go home, you'll have to find a Spirit or somethin'!" the Trailmon called as he backed out of the Station. Tommy cried harder, "this kid should get a job as a Fire Alarm" JP groaned, "what's a 'Spirit'? And where do we get one? Hello?!" Zoe called as the Trailmon drove away.
"Where are you going? Give us an answer! Hey!" JP called. "Hey yourself, I've got a schedule to keep!" Trailmon called back.
"Well, he's a very sociable one, isn't he?" Yuriko Minamoto asked, Akira nodding beside her. Koji shrugged, "we learned to deal with it" he replied. Yutaka frowned as he watched his baby brother cry onscreen. Looking over at the boy sitting next to him, Tommy was blushing bright red. The nine-year old was indeed very embarrassed by his past behaviour and actions. He couldn't believe how much of a spoiled little cry-baby he used to be. No wonder Yutaka acted the way he did towards him. Seeing himself like this, after realising just how much he'd grown, made him cringe into his seat. The older Himi boy was still surprised by how much Tommy had changed, looking at his behaviour over the last year and his behaviour on the screen, it was hard to believe that they were the same person.
Takuya stood up, "so, I guess that's it? we're all alone" he said. "Wait, come back here!" JP demanded, "yeah, pretty please?" Zoe called as she stood up. Tommy cried harder, "TAKE ME HOOOME!" he yelled, getting up and running onto the track after the Trailmon.
Yumi Himi gasped "Tommy, what are you doing?!" she cried in alarm. The small boy looked down sadly.
"Hey wait!" Takuya called, jumping down onto the track and running after the boy, "Tommy, stop!" he cried. "Why do I get the feeling we're gonna spend all our time rescuing the baby?" JP asked, as the Trailmon went back down the tracks.
Tommy pouted, "I wasn't that bad later on" he muttered, crossing his arms.
Tommy began walking along the rail after the Trailmon. Somehow, despite having his eyes closed while crying hard, he managed to keep his balance.
Kirin Shiybama chuckled slightly, trying to defuse the tense situation, "well if nothing else, he looks like he could be a good circus performer with that balance of his?" she suggested. Everyone was nervously staring at the screen, too nervous to even react to the woman's joke.
"Tommy!" Takuya called. "Go away!" the small boy called. The goggle-wearing boy sighed, "this isn't helping, you're gonna fall!" he cried. "At least I won't be here anymore!" Tommy called back.
The Himi parents shared a concerned look. Was their youngest son really that selfish and cowardly?
"I-I'll take you home, uh- that's right, Trailmon said that if we find this 'Spirit' we can go home right?" Takuya asked. Tommy stopped and turned around, "right," he started to turn around on the track, "okay, I'm coming back- aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" he screamed as he lost his balance and fell.
"Tommy!" the boy's parents cried in unison with the Takuya on screen. Even Yutaka was worried. He may resent the younger boy for getting more attention for their parents than he did growing up, but he didn't want his brother to get hurt or worse.
The small boy was revealed to be clinging onto the rail, shiver with terror. Takuya sighed with relief, "don't move, I'm coming to get you!" he called, moving to start out onto the track, before a green light erupted on his left side, drawing his attention. "Huh?" he asked as he looked over and saw green flames engulfing part of the nearby town.
"What's going on now?" Kaito Kanbara asked worriedly. Most of the parents, instinctually knowing that their children were in danger began muttering worriedly amongst themselves.
The town changed into some kind of blue barcode-like thing and seemed to be disappearing. "Look what you've gotten me into!" a voice called, as two small creatures ran away from the disappearing land and buildings. "Help, help, help!" the yellow rabbit-like one called as the two jumped onto Takuya and knocked him down. The two groaned for a moment before sitting up on top of the boy, "it's a human" the white one said in awe. "You think everything's a human!" the yellow rabbit Digimon replied. The white one pulled a magnifying glass from somewhere and inspected the boy, "don't start with me you" he said. "I'm human, would you mind getting off me now?" Takuya asked. "I'm so sorry, it's his fault" the white one apologised, "yeah, my fault" the yellow one agreed. "Hey!" the rabbit-like Digimon said indignantly. They were interrupted by a loud roar. Another form came out of the green fire.
"What is that?" Takuya asked. Suddenly another screen appeared, with the Digimon pictured along with it's name, "that is one bad dog, bad dog. Ceberumon's special attack is Emerald blaze and that's why we need your help!" the white Digimon explained. Ceberumon glared at them, "where's the Ancient Spirit?" he asked. Takuya looked just slightly terrified, "so whenever you're ready, go and get him!" The white Digimon exclaimed, "now would be good" the yellow one said, both of them hiding behind the human boy. "I can sense the Spirit's presence all over this town, I must destroy it!" the dog Digimon growled. "No way, it's mine, I-" Takuya yelled automatically, before deflating, realising what he'd just blurted. The two Digimon hiding behind him gave nervous laughs. "Then you shall be destroyed with it! Emerald Blaze!" Ceberumon cried, shooting green flames from his mouth at them.
"What the heck Takuya! Were you trying to get yourself killed!?" Isuzu demanded. "It just slipped out, and to be fair, it was technically mine!" said boy defended himself.
Back with JP, Zoe and the small grey Digimon, all of whom hid under the platform when they heard the commotion, with the human children being clueless for about five seconds, before the blast of green fire shot across the track in front of them, obscuring their view of Tommy, Takuya and the two Digimon who were with him. Meanwhile the goggle-wearing boy himself was only just kept safe from the flames by a divot in the ground that split them around him. The white Digimon had climbed on his head and was now hitting him, "what? Are you crazy!? Run already!" he cried. Takuya stood up, "yeah, but where am I supposed to go!?" he demanded to know. Ceberumon then shot another blast of fire straight at him, "anywhere but here!" The yellow rabbit-like one cried. Somehow Takuya managed to find a gap in the flames and jumped through, just before the area he was just standing was engulfed as well.
He leapt onto the Trailmon track and ran over to Tommy, who was still clinging onto the track for dear life, just as the area of ground they connected to, as well as part of the track itself turned into data. "That mutt is going to eat up the whole Village!" the white Digimon exclaimed. "Oh great!" Takuya cried, "their go the train tracks!" the yellow Digimon cried. The track began falling, while the goggle-wearing boy grabbed onto it for dear life, as Tommy and the two Digimon held onto him. "Takuya!" JP yelled, "oh no!" Zoe gasped, as they were both helpless to do anything but watch the two fall.
All the parents gripped their children tightly as they watched all this. Isuzu Kanbara and Yumi Himi held onto their sons especially tight, while also trying not to choke the boys. All the Legendary Warriors knew that they'd all ended up alright, but they had to admit, it was scary watching it happen like this. Of course, not as much as experiencing it first hand, but enough.
Takuya, Tommy and the two Digimon began sliding off the track, but the older boy wrapped his arms protectively around Tommy as they fell, to try and keep the small boy from getting too badly hurt. Unfortunately it didn't help much, since they hit the ground about five seconds after that and slid forwards a bit. Takuya's D-Tector fell out of his pocket and began to glow. The screen showed Ophanimon's symbol again and it levitated into the air slightly. "Hey, my D-Tector!" Takuya exclaimed as a beam of light erupted from the top right corner of it and pointed into a huge flame that was in front of them, "no way!" he exclaimed as a white light began to shine from underneath the flame and it exploded slightly, causing everyone there to cry out in alarm. What was left was a huge blue light shooting high into the sky.
"Woah" Tommy breathed, "what is-?" Takuya asked under his breath. The white Digimon stood up, "it's, the Spirit" he said reverently. A form began to appear in the light. A statue of a set of armour on a pedestal, for the head, shoulders and chest. The armour was red with golden-yellow hair and markings covering it. The chest plate was white and it had three white horns on it's head. The two pointing towards the sides had two red stripes near their bases and the one in the middle of the forehead was plain white. The area where the eyes and mouth would be was empty. The light enshrouding the statue coexisted with the flames around it, they weren't damaging the statue at all. "The Spirit? That wasn't so hard." Takuya said in slight surprise, before he became determined, "time to go home!" he exclaimed. The boy stood up, staring at the statue, "but how am I supposed to get it and what do I do with it when I do?" he wondered out loud.
"No need to worry about that, for it will soon be destroyed!" Ceberumon cried, growling and snarling, running forwards with green flames spewing from the sides of his mouth.
"Takuya/Tommy get out of their!" the Kanbara and Himi women cried at the same time, both terrified for their sons. Both boys moved closer to their mothers in an attempt to comfort the women. Yumi Himi clutched her younger son close to her as she trembled in fear.
Takuya glanced at the small boy clinging to his shirt. Tommy was trembling in fear, terrified. Takuya pushed the boy behind him and picked up a broken pipe laying near his feet along with his D-Tector. "Urgh, this sure rates pretty high on a scale of one to stupid!" the boy moaned, facing the raging Digimon and blocking it's jaws with the pipe. He then attempted to push Ceberumon back, but the dark dog leapt over him. Takuya, in a last ditch attempt to stop it from reaching the Spirit, grabbed it's tail, but all that did was drag him into the light with it. "Oh man!" he cried. Tommy and the two small Digimon watched them go. Ceberumon now stood within the light and he walked towards the Spirit. Takuya stood in front of it with his arms spread, "Get out my way human! Or suffer my wrath!" Ceberumon exclaimed. "No!" The boy exclaimed, just as the bad Digimon burst into flames.
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Kaito Kanbara gasped, "what happened their? Did I miss something?" he asked, leaning forwards in his seat. Cherubimon shook his head, "the Legendary Spirits are only meant for certain people, anyone, human or Digimon that tries to possess a Spirit that doesn't belong to them will become either overwhelmed and destroyed, or get literally possessed by it. The Spirit's are far stronger than regular Digimon, so it takes a being with a strong and pure heart and, yes, 'spirit' to be chosen" the Celestial Beast-type explained to the parents.
"Aaaaahhhhhhhhh! The Spirit's power! Ahha! Ahhhh!" Ceberumon screamed, eventually being forced to leap from the circle of light to put out the flames. "That hurt!" it cried, looking back at the human. "But what about Takuya?" Tommy, who was at the very least trying to shield the two small Digimon, who didn't seem to be able to defend themselves, unlike Ceberumon, asked worriedly. Takuya stood up, gasping in surprise as he opened his eyes and looked down at his hands, "I'm fine!" he exclaimed, looking up at the Spirit, "but-" he stared at it, feeling something inside him stir. Some part of him was being drawn to it, "Ancient Spirit" he said softly, almost as if in a trance. Takuya stared at where the Spirit's eyes would be. Suddenly his eyes became unfocused. Within his mind a vision flashed.
A vision of a tall being with long hair and himself, walking into it- becoming one with it. Suddenly he knew what to do. He held out his arms, "SPIRIT!" Takuya cried as his D-Tector floated higher in the air and then into his hand. The boy grabbed hold of it and pointed the top towards the Spirit. The same light from before shot out of the top and connected to the Spirit, which then pulled it into his D-Tector.
"Wow!" Shinya exclaimed in awe. Takuya laughed out loud, "you haven't seen anything yet!" he declared excitedly. Tommy had said that he'd looked just like a Superhero when he'd Spirit Evolved for the first time. He couldn't wait to see it for himself.
"It is time" Ophanimon's voice said from the device, while a symbol appeared on the screen of Takuya's D-Tector. "Aaahhhhh!" the boy cried fiercely, his eyes seeming to have flames of their own within them. Lines began to form on the screen of Takuya's D-Tector, forming the shape of the Spirit on it. The boy brought the device back while he held his left hand out in front of him. A ring of white light then formed around his left hand, before he clashed the ring with the top of his D-Tector, "Execute! Spirit Evolution!" Takuya cried as a long strip of the data was drawn out and spiralled around him, while his clothes seemed to disintegrate off him. A large form of the Spirit appeared above and behind him, before it exhaled a burst of flame. Takuya soon became shrouded in black while an outline of his body detached itself. Pieces of armour overlayed this outline, before the whole thing encased him, causing his eyes to glow gold.
When the light faded, Takuya was now a Digimon, who yelled as he punched the air and sent out a few fireballs, "Agunimon!" he cried.
Every human in the Castle, aside from the other Legendary Warriors and Takuya himself gaped in shock. Takuya himself was awed by seeing the transformation sequence. When he turned into Agunimon normally, he was just sort of human one minute, then a Digimon the next. But getting to see the whole Evolution process like this just made it even more amazing. Isuzu Kanbara picked her jaw up off the floor and turned to her son, "Takuya, tell me right now, does that hurt you in any way?" she demanded softly. The Warrior Of Flames eyes softened, before he shook his head, "not at all, I promise" he said sincerely. The woman nodded silently. "Takuya, you look so awesome! Just like a real life Superhero from my comics!" Shinya exclaimed in excitement. The older boy laughed and ruffled his younger brother's hair, "thanks brat!" he said cheerfully. A lot of the other parents were shocked by this turn of events.
And from the looks of Ceberumon, so was he.
"What is this!? A human turned into a Digimon!?" he asked in shock. "What'd he turn into?" Tommy asked, confused. "Well, let me see" the small white Digimon said, pulling a book out of his pink waist-band and turning the pages. JP and Zoe stared down in shock and awe, "no way!" the bigger boy exclaimed, "everyway" Zoe said softly. "Big and red, likes flame, not Santa Clause, oh!" the White Digimon gasped, looking up, "Agunimon!" he said in shock. The light surrounding Agunimon turned into flames, which the Digimon banished with a wave of his hand, "oh my! I mean, oh my!" the white Digimon exclaimed.
"That is so awesome!" Shinya exclaimed, so excited that he jumped up on his chair. "Shinya, sit down and behave yourself, this isn't an excuse not to be polite!" Mrs Kanbara exclaimed, pulling her youngest son back down into his seat. The young boy turned to look at his grinning older brother, "can you do that in real life too? I wanna see you turn into a Digimon!" he cried. "Well, I can't actually do that unless I have my D-Tector, but they all turned back into phones after we went home" Takuya explained. Ophanimon cleared her throat, "actually children, now that you're back in this world, that means that I can do this". And suddenly the mobile phones of all six Legendary Warriors became D-Tectors again. All the kids were understandably excited, except for Koichi, who hid his quickly. He didn't want to have to explain why he had a D-Tector to his Mother until he turned up in the 'show'.
After that, everyone went back to watching.
"No matter who you are, you'll lose!" Ceberumon cried, leaping at the newborn Warrior of Flame. Agunimon looked up as the mad dog shot green flames at him, "Emerald Blaze!" Before the attack could hit him, the Warrior of Flame cart-wheeled out of the way, grabbed Tommy and the two small Digimon, and leapt back onto the remains of the Trailmon tracks. Then he released his three charges and back-flipped down to Ceberumon again. "Wow!" Tommy exclaimed in awe and excitement. "Moto cool!" Zoe exclaimed. Ceberumon growled, the heads on his shoulders lifting up and the eyes beginning to glow bright purple, "portals of darkness!" the dog Digimon cried. Large holes began to open up in the ground and Agunimon managed to dodge a few, but new ones kept appearing beneath him that he barely managed to keep from falling into.
"Be careful Takuya" Kaito muttered. "Uh, guys, I'm right here, this already happened, remember?" the boy asked. Both his parents blushed slightly, having indeed forgotten that this had all already happened and that their son currently wasn't in any danger.
Unfortunately, Takuya had run out of clear ground and fell right into one of the portals. His hand managed to catch hold of the edge of the portal, but Ceberumon sliced at it with his claws, causing the Warrior to fall in.
Koichi frowned, this could be bad.
"Now we'll see how you fair in my turf, darkness!" the dog Digimon growled. Ceberumon leapt in, the portals to the outside closing up as he did. His form then completely melded with the shadows all around them, disappearing into them. Agunimon looked around for his opponent as sharp claws attacked him from what seemed like every direction at once. Suddenly he managed to turn and (literally) catch his enemy off guard, "no one escapes the Darkness!" Ceberumon cried. He then opened his mouth, "Emerald Blaze!"
Everyone gasped as Agunimon took the attack at point-blank range. Isuzu Kanbara looked close to tears. Takuya sighed internally and moved closer to the woman, grabbing her hand tightly. The brown-haired woman's gaze snapped up to him the instant she felt his hand in hers. Her oldest son smiled at her, "I'm alright Mom, really- see?" he asked. His mother touched her sons face, cupping it in her hand, "oh Takuya, were you really in so much danger the whole time you were in this world?" she asked, tears now forming in her eyes. "I had to fight Mom, if I didn't not only would the Digital World have been destroyed, but then those corrupted Digimon would have moved on to our world, and it would have been utterly destroyed. Please understand, it was the only way to protect all of you" Takuya replied, gripping his mothers hands tightly. Mrs Kanbara stared at her son, before finally sighing, "alright! I may not like it, but I understand why you did it" the woman replied. They all went back to watching the screen.
Suddenly Ceberumon cried out in pain as Agunimon drove his fist into the Dog's jaw, "how 'bout I defeat you without escaping!" he suggested. The Warrior cried out as flames erupted from the holes in his hand guards, "Pyro Tornado!" he exclaimed, spinning and becoming engulfed in roaring flames. Agunimon twisted the flames to engulf Ceberumon, who seemed completely in shock, "no you can't!" he cried. Back where the others were watching, the tornado that Agunimon had created exploded up out of the hole in the ground, and they all gasped in awe, "I have to admit it, I'm impressed" the small white Digimon said. "But what if he's in trouble?" Zoe exclaimed. However just then the flames cleared to show Takuya as Agunimon slam a flame powered kick into Ceberumon's gut. "Trouble?! No, no, no, no, no!" the yellow Digimon exclaimed. 'A human child defeated me?!' Ceberumon thought, before crying out in anguish: "NOOOOOO!" he screamed as an explosion of flame engulfed him.
Zoe laughed happily, "that's amazing!" Tommy said happily. "He's beautiful!" the blond girl exclaimed, placing her hands against her cheeks. Ceberumon's form blacked out as his Fractal Code appeared around his body, "now to take the Fractal Code" Agunimon said, holding up his D-Tector and pressing a button on the side of it. A white light shone out of the same place Takuya had used to absorb Agunimon's Spirit and the screen of the D-Tector also lit up with a bright red version of the symbol on his belt. When the Fractal Code was fully absorbed into his D-Tector Agunimon fell back down to the ground and a glowing egg-shaped form floated away, "hey, look at the pretty little light!" the yellow Digimon exclaimed. "You nincompoop! That 'pretty little light' is Ceberamon's essence, so it looks like we're not done with him" the white Digimon explained, while the other one peeked over his shoulder. When the white Digimon noticed this he shut his book quickly, "buzz off, you said you didn't want to carry the book!" he exclaimed.
Tommy, who was still watching Agunimon, noticed him change back into a human first. Takuya gasped on his hands and knees, "wow, that's tiering" he muttered, before looking at his D-Tector, "but what, what happened? How'd I know how to do all that stuff?" he asked, not really expecting an answer, but getting one anyway when the mysterious woman from before spoke up, "you are Digidestined" she said. "I am what-now?" Takuya asked in confusion. "Digidestined, chosen for great things, but don't be frightened- the one who chose you, is you" Ophanimon explained. "I chose, myself?" the boy asked. "I guess this means we're not going home" the newly chosen Warrior of Flame said. Another Trailmon was shown pulling into Flame Terminal, this one carrying Koji in it.
A voiceover was heard, and it sounded like Zoe, "these guys have no idea what they've gotten themselves into, but I'll bet you know. Find out on the next Digimon: Digital Monsters" she said as the words: To Be Continued were shown and the screen zoomed out to show the Digital World in it's current state.
Everyone was staring at the screen after it blacked out. No one really knew what to say about what they'd seen. It was all too surreal. Eventually everyone paired off with their parents or siblings or spouses. They all knew that they needed to talk about what had been shown in the episode. After thirty minutes, Lady Ophanimon called everyone back. "Lunch is nearly ready now, so when it is we shall eat while watching the next episode, is that alright with everyone?" she asked. All the humans nodded and began to get ready to have their lunch. It was going to be a while before they all went home again.
To Be Continued