Digital Demons IV - Prologue
by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Summary - A Digimon Tamers/Jackie Chan Adventures/ Gatekeepers
crossover. The team goes shopping!
Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I making a
profit here.
"Good morning, kids," Yamaki greeted warmly, or as warm as he ever
got. "I suppose you're all wondering why I asked to meet you all."
"This wouldn't be about the restroom incident, would it?" Jade asked a
bit nervously.
"Um, no," Yamaki replied. "I'm told that's been... handled."
"Yes," Ruriko confirmed. "It definitely has."
"Oh, yeah," Jade said, wincing at the memory. "Heh."
"I know!" Takato said suddenly, raising his hand. "You found a new
Gatekeeper or Tamer and want us to go recruit them!"
Everybody turned to stare at him. "What? No," Yamaki denied. "Where
did you get that idea?"
"I had a bored moment and read up on some of Mrs. Ukiya's old
missions," Takato told him. "Alot of the early ones seemed to focus on
recruiting this or that Gatekeeper."
"Ah, those were the days," Ruriko reminisced fondly.
"If we can focus on the present, please?" Yamaki asked exasperated.
He picked up a stack of cards from a table and handed them to Ruriko..
"Now as you are all in the employ of the new AEGIS defending the
Earth from paranormal threats, AEGIS - meaning me - is obligated to
provide monetary compensation for your activities."
"What did he say?" Terriermon asked.
"He said he has to pay us," Henry replied. "Now be quiet."
"Yes, exactly," Yamaki continued patiently. "There are unfortunately,
several legal considerations. In many countries including this one, you
are all much too young to be employed in regular business, nevermind
as combat troops. At least not officially."
"Are you firing us?" Rika asked skeptically.
"No, Rika," Yamaki replied. "I just can't have you all listed as being
employed by AEGIS. So I worked around it." He turned to Ruriko and
nodded. She handed each kid a card.
"What's this?" Jeri asked curiously as she examined the card. On one
side it had her picture, four numbers of four digits each and some
basic info about her in raised characters, and the new AEGIS' logo in
holographic background. The logo consisted of a pair of concentric
circles over an inverted triangle with the phrase "Anomylous Entity
Global Intercept System" printed in the space between the two circles.
On the flip side was a magnetic strip and some more info about her. "Is
it some kind of ID card?"
"It looks like a credit card to me," Jade commented dubiously.
"It's both actually," Yamaki answered. "This card will identify you as a
member of this organization while also providing you with an expense
account."
"Really?" Jade said, impressed. The kids all grinned at each other, the
possibilities already occuring to them. "Cool!"
"However, we have a limited budget right right now," Yamaki warned.
"So limit your purchases to whatever you need to accomplish your
mission."
The kids weren't listening. "...know a great place to go shopping," Jade
was telling the others. "Has everything you'll ever want..."
"Told you this was a bad idea," Ruriko murmured to Yamaki.
***
"Okay, kids, we're here," Ruriko announced after they arrived at the
mall. "Now remember, you can only buy mission essential stuff."
"Sure, Grandma, I'll keep everyone in line," Rika assured her.
"Hmm, yes," Ruriko agreed. "I know you at least won't go crazy and buy
nothing but clothes. Just one thing."
"Sure, what?"
"Why is Guilmon coming along?" Ruriko asked, pointing to the Digimon
in question. "He's kind of conspicuous."
"Hey, we might be attacked at any time by Invaders or one of those
Demon Sorcerers or something," Takato protested. "Besides, Guilmon's
in disguise."
"Yeah," Guilmon agreed. "It worked before."
"Takato," Ruriko said patiently, "A cardboard box is not a disguise."
Several people entering and exiting the mall looked oddly at the
"disguised" Guilmon but made no comment otherwise.
"Sure it is," Takato argued. "We'll just say he's my little brother."
***
"That's... alot of Modify cards," Ruriko commented dubiously.
"Hey, enough for everybody," Takato shrugged. "Besides, there's bound
to be some rare and powerful ones in this bunch."
"You bought every pack?" Ruriko asked, examining the bag full of
plastic wrapped cards. It was not a small bag..
"Every pack in this store," Takato answered. "Still gotta see if any others
have any."
***
"Clothes, Jade?" Ruriko chided. "You're supposed to be buying mission
essential items."
"Hey, it is mission essential," Jade argued. "See this leather jacket? It's
just loaded with pockets. I'll be able to carry the Talismans into a fight
with almost zero chance of losing them." She patted the buttpack she
wore where said Talismans were hidden.
"I suppose," Ruriko conceded reluctantly. She held up the jacket,
examining the back side. "But somehow, I don't think the custom
tailoring was strictly necessary."
"What can I say?" Jade said, admiring at the octagonal patch sewn on
the back. There was a stylized dragon in it. "It was too cool to pass up."
***
"I suppose you have a reason for these?" Ruriko asked warily, looking
closely at the stack of books Henry had just bought.
"Research," Henry replied simply.
Ruriko picked up the top book. "Dungeons and Dragons Spellcaster's
Handbook?" She glanced at the next book in the stack. "GURPS
Grimoire?"
"Well, my dad once put a program inside Terriermon that was kinda
like a magic spell," Henry said defensively. "I though, why not more
than one?"
***
"Rika," Ruriko said, disappointment evident in her voice. "Comic
books?"
"Research," Rika told her grandmother. At Ruriko's penetrating stare,
Rika added, "If Takato can make an Armor Digivolve card for Guilmon, I
can do the same for Renamon!"
Ruriko eyed the cover of one of the comic books. It depicted a scantily
clad woman with an impossibly perfect physique swinging some kind
of pole arm around.
"Not much armor there, Rika," Ruriko commented drily.
***
"Jeri, what is this for?" Ruriko asked.
"Experimentation," Jeri replied, setting the bucket of Lego blocks on a
bench. "Let me demonstrate." She opened the bucket and took a piece
out. "Gate Open." Her Gate appeared horizontally in front of her. Jeri
proceeded to hold the Lego piece over the Gate and then let go.
Ruriko snatched the piece in mid-air before it went through the Gate.
"Not in public," she told the girl.
***
"Welcome back, Mrs Ukiya," Yamaki greeted. He sat behind a desk
going over some paperwork. "Or since you are the team leader, perhaps
I should call you 'Captain Ukiya'?"
"Please, no," Ruriko replied. "Call me that and I'll looking to see if my
late husband's come back from the dead." She set some paperwork in
front of Yamaki. "Our first expense report. If you'll excuse me..." With
that, she turned and practically fled from Yamaki's presence.
Puzzled, Yamaki took a sip from his coffee and examined the report. A
few seconds later, the report was soaked in coffee spewed from
Yamaki's mouth.
by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Summary - A Digimon Tamers/Jackie Chan Adventures/ Gatekeepers
crossover. The team goes shopping!
Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I making a
profit here.
"Good morning, kids," Yamaki greeted warmly, or as warm as he ever
got. "I suppose you're all wondering why I asked to meet you all."
"This wouldn't be about the restroom incident, would it?" Jade asked a
bit nervously.
"Um, no," Yamaki replied. "I'm told that's been... handled."
"Yes," Ruriko confirmed. "It definitely has."
"Oh, yeah," Jade said, wincing at the memory. "Heh."
"I know!" Takato said suddenly, raising his hand. "You found a new
Gatekeeper or Tamer and want us to go recruit them!"
Everybody turned to stare at him. "What? No," Yamaki denied. "Where
did you get that idea?"
"I had a bored moment and read up on some of Mrs. Ukiya's old
missions," Takato told him. "Alot of the early ones seemed to focus on
recruiting this or that Gatekeeper."
"Ah, those were the days," Ruriko reminisced fondly.
"If we can focus on the present, please?" Yamaki asked exasperated.
He picked up a stack of cards from a table and handed them to Ruriko..
"Now as you are all in the employ of the new AEGIS defending the
Earth from paranormal threats, AEGIS - meaning me - is obligated to
provide monetary compensation for your activities."
"What did he say?" Terriermon asked.
"He said he has to pay us," Henry replied. "Now be quiet."
"Yes, exactly," Yamaki continued patiently. "There are unfortunately,
several legal considerations. In many countries including this one, you
are all much too young to be employed in regular business, nevermind
as combat troops. At least not officially."
"Are you firing us?" Rika asked skeptically.
"No, Rika," Yamaki replied. "I just can't have you all listed as being
employed by AEGIS. So I worked around it." He turned to Ruriko and
nodded. She handed each kid a card.
"What's this?" Jeri asked curiously as she examined the card. On one
side it had her picture, four numbers of four digits each and some
basic info about her in raised characters, and the new AEGIS' logo in
holographic background. The logo consisted of a pair of concentric
circles over an inverted triangle with the phrase "Anomylous Entity
Global Intercept System" printed in the space between the two circles.
On the flip side was a magnetic strip and some more info about her. "Is
it some kind of ID card?"
"It looks like a credit card to me," Jade commented dubiously.
"It's both actually," Yamaki answered. "This card will identify you as a
member of this organization while also providing you with an expense
account."
"Really?" Jade said, impressed. The kids all grinned at each other, the
possibilities already occuring to them. "Cool!"
"However, we have a limited budget right right now," Yamaki warned.
"So limit your purchases to whatever you need to accomplish your
mission."
The kids weren't listening. "...know a great place to go shopping," Jade
was telling the others. "Has everything you'll ever want..."
"Told you this was a bad idea," Ruriko murmured to Yamaki.
***
"Okay, kids, we're here," Ruriko announced after they arrived at the
mall. "Now remember, you can only buy mission essential stuff."
"Sure, Grandma, I'll keep everyone in line," Rika assured her.
"Hmm, yes," Ruriko agreed. "I know you at least won't go crazy and buy
nothing but clothes. Just one thing."
"Sure, what?"
"Why is Guilmon coming along?" Ruriko asked, pointing to the Digimon
in question. "He's kind of conspicuous."
"Hey, we might be attacked at any time by Invaders or one of those
Demon Sorcerers or something," Takato protested. "Besides, Guilmon's
in disguise."
"Yeah," Guilmon agreed. "It worked before."
"Takato," Ruriko said patiently, "A cardboard box is not a disguise."
Several people entering and exiting the mall looked oddly at the
"disguised" Guilmon but made no comment otherwise.
"Sure it is," Takato argued. "We'll just say he's my little brother."
***
"That's... alot of Modify cards," Ruriko commented dubiously.
"Hey, enough for everybody," Takato shrugged. "Besides, there's bound
to be some rare and powerful ones in this bunch."
"You bought every pack?" Ruriko asked, examining the bag full of
plastic wrapped cards. It was not a small bag..
"Every pack in this store," Takato answered. "Still gotta see if any others
have any."
***
"Clothes, Jade?" Ruriko chided. "You're supposed to be buying mission
essential items."
"Hey, it is mission essential," Jade argued. "See this leather jacket? It's
just loaded with pockets. I'll be able to carry the Talismans into a fight
with almost zero chance of losing them." She patted the buttpack she
wore where said Talismans were hidden.
"I suppose," Ruriko conceded reluctantly. She held up the jacket,
examining the back side. "But somehow, I don't think the custom
tailoring was strictly necessary."
"What can I say?" Jade said, admiring at the octagonal patch sewn on
the back. There was a stylized dragon in it. "It was too cool to pass up."
***
"I suppose you have a reason for these?" Ruriko asked warily, looking
closely at the stack of books Henry had just bought.
"Research," Henry replied simply.
Ruriko picked up the top book. "Dungeons and Dragons Spellcaster's
Handbook?" She glanced at the next book in the stack. "GURPS
Grimoire?"
"Well, my dad once put a program inside Terriermon that was kinda
like a magic spell," Henry said defensively. "I though, why not more
than one?"
***
"Rika," Ruriko said, disappointment evident in her voice. "Comic
books?"
"Research," Rika told her grandmother. At Ruriko's penetrating stare,
Rika added, "If Takato can make an Armor Digivolve card for Guilmon, I
can do the same for Renamon!"
Ruriko eyed the cover of one of the comic books. It depicted a scantily
clad woman with an impossibly perfect physique swinging some kind
of pole arm around.
"Not much armor there, Rika," Ruriko commented drily.
***
"Jeri, what is this for?" Ruriko asked.
"Experimentation," Jeri replied, setting the bucket of Lego blocks on a
bench. "Let me demonstrate." She opened the bucket and took a piece
out. "Gate Open." Her Gate appeared horizontally in front of her. Jeri
proceeded to hold the Lego piece over the Gate and then let go.
Ruriko snatched the piece in mid-air before it went through the Gate.
"Not in public," she told the girl.
***
"Welcome back, Mrs Ukiya," Yamaki greeted. He sat behind a desk
going over some paperwork. "Or since you are the team leader, perhaps
I should call you 'Captain Ukiya'?"
"Please, no," Ruriko replied. "Call me that and I'll looking to see if my
late husband's come back from the dead." She set some paperwork in
front of Yamaki. "Our first expense report. If you'll excuse me..." With
that, she turned and practically fled from Yamaki's presence.
Puzzled, Yamaki took a sip from his coffee and examined the report. A
few seconds later, the report was soaked in coffee spewed from
Yamaki's mouth.
