By Warwolf
Author's notes: Yes, yet ANOTHER fic by yours truely. This one will be something of a departure from my usual repartee. ....Sort of.
Well, on with the usual, and you'll see what I mean.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon Tamers, nor anything from Marvel comics,
DC comics, or World Wrestling Entertainment. Digimon Tamers is the property
of Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation, Bandai, and for the short time it has
left on the network, Fox. The Marvel Universe and all characters
and concepts are the property of Marvel Comics The DC Universe,
along with all characters and concepts are the property of DC Comics and
Warner Bros. World Wrestling Entertainment, it's logos, wrestlers, musics,
etc. are the property of World Wrestling Entertainment, inc.
The usual Key applies:
Italics: emphasis
Bold Italics: Thoughts
------- : World Change (Also to open or close a fic. You will see both
happen here.)
******* : Same world, but scene change.
+ + + : Change in time (Forward/backward, etc.)
Bold Underlined Italics: Extreme emphasis. Can
be either thoughts, speech, or what have you. ^.^;;;
Underlined Italics: written/electronically produced comments.
Bold Underline: Sign language (Both human and otherwise)
And now, ON WITH THE SHOW!!!!
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Two years. Has it really been that long?
Jenrya thought to himself, as he gazed at what used to be Guilmon's old
hideout. The little red Digimon now lived at the Matsuda bakery, but in
the last two years, he'd been getting very moody. Though Jen couldn't blame
him. Hell, everyone was getting moody. He thought back over the changes
of the last few years.
The biggest change was, of course, what set into
motion all the rest. During a battle with a rogue Digimon who had managed
to rip open the Digital gateways again, Takato had vanished as he had unleasehed
a powerful explosive attack, which was apparently some kind of miniature
black hole.Guilmon was nearly sucked in as well, only to be saved by Beelzemon
at the last moment. Guilmon had actually tried to get away from him, wanting
to help Takato, but he was too late, as the portal slammed shut. Ruki and
Renamon, each harboring secret crushes on the goggle-headed boy, Matrix
Evolved into Sakuyamon, and cut loose, mercilessly destroying the rogue,
and then absorbing his data, not wanting to chance him coming back in the
Digital World. Of course, this was a mistake.....
I'm sorry Ruki...Renamon.... I wish things
could have been different...
But now was not the time to dwell on the
situation which had developed regarding the two females who were as integral
a part of the Tamers as Takato himself had been. Zhuqiaomon had asked Henry
and Terriermon to meet him in the park. Neither was sure what this could
be about. Hell, Zhuqiaomon had been pissed off to the point where he denounced
the connection to the human world entirely, given the circumstances. But
the other Soverigns had convinced him that this time the fault lay with
a Digimon, as was the case, rather than with humans. In fact, Zhuqiaomon,
once brought to his senses, realized that the Digital World owed something
to the Tamers for this, and vowed to try to determine exactly what had
happened in this battle, and if possible, to bring some closure to the
question of whether or not Takato was alive, dead, or somewhere in between.
Not that Jenrya held any real hope for much of any news that could be considered
good. he just expected to hear that Takato was dead, and that they could
at last tell his parents and Guilmon that they had their answer. Guilmon
insisted that Takato was still alive. Mrs. Matsuda had begun to have a
nervous breakdown, and Mr. Matsuda was desperately trying to keep her together
and keep the business solvent. Luckily, in the last two years, Guilmon
had begun to mature mentally, and had begun helping in the bakery. Amazingly,
he seemed to have picked up on some of Takato's talent for baking. When
asked, Guilmon said that he'd watched Takato prepare the dough along with
the others during the war with the D-Reaper, and had simply did what he
remembered his Tamer doing.
"Tamer...."
Jenrya blinked, wincing as the heat from Zhuqiaomon's
energy corona flared up around him, and then the massive firebird Digimon
took shape before him.
"Alright, Zhuqiaomon. We came like you asked us.
Can I assume this is about Takato?"
The firebird nodded. "Indeed. I was... surprised,
to say the least, when we finally found him."
"Hey Zhu-ster, not like I wanna put a damper on
this thing but, how many pieces was he in when ya found him? I mean, we
gotta know what part goes where for the funeral."
"Terriermon!" Jenrya scolded, though he'd been wondering
something similar to those lines himself.
"Actually, little one, he is alive...."
That surprised them. Terriermon's ears shot
up, while Jenrya blinked a few times.
"He is? When can we see him? Is he okay?"
"He is alive, yes. And so far as I can make out,
he is in perfect health. However, bringing him back will be...problematic...maybe
impossible, given our current power." The firebird Soverign replied. He
seemed...almost regretful about it.
"I'm not sure I follow your meaning Zhuqiaomon."
Jenrya said, sitting down on a rock just a short steps from Guilmon's old
place. "Why do you say it might be impossible?"
"It seems he has been...transported through time,
if Baihumon is correct."
"Past or future?"
"The future. By your calendar, it is the year 2099
A.D. That is what gives us a problem. There is a...disturbance which seems
to be preventing me from using my powers to simply pull him back to his
rightful place in the timestream. I enlisted the aid of the others, yet
even our combined power is not enough to break through it and bring your
comrade in arms back to you. But we have a solution which may work. But
in order to do so, we must call upon you, your partner, and the shaman
to do this. Can you locate her?"
The two nodded. "That won't be much of a problem.
Hell, once she hears about this, she'll probably beat the crap out of us
for not asking her to come with us for this meeting."
"Terriermon! That's not a nice thing to say about
her you know. She's going through a lot right now." his partner half-scolded.
"So? Juri didn't didn't go this crazy when she was
trapped inside the D-Reaper. I mean come on! Sure, Calumon told us she
went a little nuts, but this is way beyond being a LITTLE nuts man.
She's out there like fucking PLUTO! She's GONE man. And not even Juri seems
to have any way to calm her down anymore." The dog/bunny retorted.
"Yeah yeah. Look, Zhuqiaomon, we can get in contact
with her, but what do we do then? Do we bring her here, or go through that
old portal, or what?"
"You will bring her here two days hence, and I shall
return with the other Soverign, and then we shall put the plan into effect.
I should warn you that there is a good chance this plan will be a one time
only chance, unless we can break the barrier." The Soverign replied.
"We understand. And Zhuqiaomon? ...Thanks. You don't
know how much this will mean to all of us, whether we succeed or not."
Jenrya said, offering the Digimon a smile. The firebird for his part, simply
quirked his head to one side, and then vanished in a plumage of flame.
"So.....now what?" Terriermon said after a few moments
of silence.
"Now....we pay a visit to Sakuyamon.....And pray
that she's in a mood to listen to us."
"Welp, we're toast. Should I go get the Marmalade?"
Jenrya simply rolled his eyes and shook his head
in exasperation.
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Shortly after trussing the would-be theives up and leaving them for the police, she headed for home, only to be stopped by Jenrya and Terriermon, who were headed there anyhow. she alighted in front of them, which naturally gave the two near-heart attacks.
"Good grief, Sakuyamon, Stop DOING THAT! I can't speak for Jen but I don't relish the thought of a hospital stay ya know." Terriermon snapped at the Mega, who shot him a withering glare before turning to Jenrya.
"What do you want?" the double voice snapped.
"Zhuqiaomon's found Takato. And he's alive." The Mega Digimon started a bit, obviously in shock and also trying to hold back her emotions at this dicovery.
"He wants you, Terriermon and myself to meet him back at Guilmon's old place two days from now." jenrya said, continuing as if he hadn't noticed, though he had.
"Why?"
"According to the Zhu-ster, there's a problem gettin' him back. He seems to think that your might be able to help. can we safely say you'll be there?" Terriermon chipped in before his Tamer could do so himself.
The Mega nodded, then turned to head into her home.
"Sakuyamon?"
"What is it now, Jenrya?" she barked, obviously in no mood to continue conversing.
"Are you...going to be okay?" The blue haired boy asked nervously. He wasn't great at reading too well into her facial expressions, what with the mask she wore constantly, which covered half her face. But he was fairly good at guessing how his friends would react to certain things. Sakuyamon was still his friend, despite it all, and he wasn't entirely sure what to expect from her in response to this news. Mainly since she hadn't immediately grabbed he and his parter and marched to Guilmon's former hideout to demand the firebird show himself, which he had been half-expecting.
"....I will be fine." And with that. she went inside the gate of the wall which surrounded her old style home, shut said gate, then went inside, before dropping her staff, collapsing to the ground, and hugging herself fiercely, trying to keep her emotions in check. It was where her mother and grandmother found her three hours later.
"Sakuyamon....? What's the matter?" Her mother asked, clearly concerned for the Mega Digimon.
"T-Takato's alive....They need my help to bring him home..." She managed to crock out before finally bursting into tears.
Her mother looked clearly confused.
"But then why do you look so sad? Isn't that good news? Isn't that the news you'd been hoping for these last two years?"
"Rumiko, I think the answer is simple. But maybe you and I should discuss it later. Right now, I think she needs our support more then she needs our questions." came the reply of the elder of the two adults, who gently wrapped Sakuyamon into a caring hug, joined by Rumiko a minute later, and which Sakuyamon gratefully accepted and returned.
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2099
Takato Matsuda shook his head, reading some of the
things on the public newsnets, as several dozen Maglev cars zoomed by every
moment.
This is getting Absurd. First This 'Valhalla'
stuff, now Alchemax is joining forces with Lotusland studios to try to
'bring order' back to California. Perfect. What the shock ELSE can go wrong?
Takato was about to find out the answer to that
question, and he wasn't going to like it.
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Did we really need to say:
TO BE CONTINUED.......?
We didn't think so! ^.^
The Unenviable Author's post-notes!: Heh. yes, ANOTHER fic. I wanted to get one last new fic started before the end of Tamers on Fox. I'm still pissed off that Toei isn't giving us a second season of the Tamers, but at least the show had a hell of a run, which is more than I can say for 01 and 02, since the only arcs I liked during those series were the Search for the 8th Child (whom everyone knew the identity of except for the cast!) and the Black WarGreymon saga. Tamers was a grandiose and refreshing series, and I'll miss the characters, particularly Ruki, Renamon, Takato, Guilmon, and Beelzemon. In that order. Well guys, we've had a little over a year and a half of great times with you, and I hope that the Tamer movies are brought over here so that we can see the final copmponents of the saga of the coolest Digimon and humans in the entire Digimon franchise! Here's to you Tamers. May you never be forgotten.
*Raises wine-glass filled with iced Tea.* To the Tamers!