THANK YOU to my anonymous reviewer "someone" for pointing out that I forgot to add Sora! I don't know how I could have forgotten someone so important! Sheesh! You rock so much! I will fix that right now!

Sup People? Yeah. This is the second chapter of my new and awesome story "Assassins." I am so excited! But that's probably cause my dorm was playing the game, and it was intense. I got assassinated though. That was a really cool story too. I should make it part of this story! Somehow.

Thank you TrialAndError1192812, Tshk, Kouzumi93, CrestOfHealing, and black peeches for your kind reviews! You guys are so amazing! I can never thank you enough! I hope this story gets you as hyper and excited as it makes me, and I hope that you will be so inspired that you will spread this awesome game to all your friends and Youth Groups and Schools and what not. Cause it rocks! So I'll stop blabbing now and get on with the story. Please enjoy it!

Assassins---------------Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I do not own the game "Assassins", or anything to do with Digimon. I do not even own the idea for this story. But I was practically ordered to write it, so here it is!

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Saturday, Shibuya Train Station

Tai leaned against the wall casually, watching the digidestined talk among themselves. As of yet, only his and Davis' groups had arrived, and Izzy kept glaring at him as if to remind him of a certain hair cut that he was destined to get. Tai snickered to himself, shaking his head at Izzy. They'll come, he thought, smirking. With the email that I wrote, there's no way they're missing out. Believe me, they may be 16 years old, but they're still digidestined. You can't save the digital world without missing it. They'll be here.

Izzy sighed, rolling his eyes dramatically. "Tai, this is stupid," he insisted quietly. He walked over to stand next to his bushy-haired friend. "They don't know us, and they are probably smart enough to think that the email is from a freak or something. They wont come!"

"Just relax, Izzy." Tai patted his genius friend on the shoulder. "They're digidestined. If that email doesn't get them here, then I don't know what will."

"Yeah right," Izzy mumbled, crossing his arms. He shrugged Tai's hand off and walked toward Matt, probably to complain about Tai's ridiculous plan to unite all the digidestined.

Tai chuckled and shook his head. Izzy was so funny. Why didn't he believe that they would come? He was a digidestined too! He would have come if he read the email. Why did he think these other kids were any different? Tai found himself getting abruptly snapped out of his thoughts when Davis ran up to him and grabbed his arm.

"Tai, you're a genius!" Davis squealed. Yes, he squealed. Tai blinked in surprise. "Assassins it the most awesome game ever! This is going to be the best thing that has ever happened! I know it!" He grinned widely, rubbing his hands together much the same way that Tai had only a few days ago when he ordered Izzy to send the email. "You rock!"

Tai shrugged, grinning. "Why thank you! I know."

Davis chuckled evilly. "Want to know a secret?" he asked, lowering his voice. Tai frowned, suspecting the worst, and leaned closer to hear the secret. "I'm going to video tape as much as I can and make a movie for us, so that we'll have another reason to all be gathered together. See? The game unites the digidestined, and the movie gives us another reason to get together again! It's perfect!"

Tai blinked in surprise. "Actually," he stated, smiling proudly, "that is a good idea! It's the best one you've ever had!" He grinned and leaned closer, lowering his voice to a whisper. "Tell you what. As administrator, I give you permission to film. Just make it awesome, and get at least everyone okay?"

Davis nodded eagerly. "You got it!"

"And don't film too much of Matt. I know you love to pick on him, but this is supposed to be more about all of us than your personal fascination with playing pranks of Matt."

Davis made an innocent face. "Why Tai, I would never!"

Tai rolled his eyes. "Uh huh."

Davis grinned sheepishly, then shrugged. "Okay I wont. Happy now?"

"No. I don't believe you."

"Then I'll make a promise! I promise not to videotape Matt more than I will anyone else. Happy?"

Tai sighed and shrugged. "I guess that's the best I can ask for."

The two were rudely interrupted by a gasp from Yolei. "Oh sweet mother!" she sqeaked. "That is the handsomest boy I have ever seen in my entire life!"

Her comment caused everyone to stop talking and look at who she was referring to, and they were all taken by surprise by what they saw. A group of six people stood in front of them, cautious yet curious expressions on their faces. Five of them were boys, and only one of them was a girl, but no one really knew which boy Yolei was referring to, so they figured she must have meant all of them. They all looked to be about 16 or 17 years old, except for one who looked to be about 14. But being who he was, Tai could instantly see that they were without doubt digidestined as well. He grinned, walking forward.

"I am Taichi Kamiya," he said, bowing. "We are the digidestined, and we welcome you. I'm sure you wouldn't mind waiting for one more group, would you?"

The six seemed to hesitate, but finally one of them stepped forward. He had brown hair, and wore a hat with square goggles. A true digidestined leader. "So you sent the email," the boy said. He bowed in return, his movement followed by the other five behind him. "I am Takuya Kanbara. We will wait."

Tai nodded. "Good. I'm sure you are as anxious as we are to go to the digital world again."

Something in Takuya's face seemed to reflect that statement, and Tai couldn't help smiling in sympathy. Yes, it was hard to leave a digimon partner behind, wasn't it? He turned to Izzy and winked, then placed his hands behind his head. The next group would be here soon, he just knew it. And sure enough, he was right.

"So this is the place?" someone asked, walking up. The Adventure Digidestined turned and noticed a group of seven digidestined walking up, curious expressions on their face. Four of them were boys, and three of them were girls. They all looked to be about 16, except for one of the girls who looked like she was 14, and they surveyed the crowd of digidestined in front of them with a disbelieving expression on their faces.

"Yep." Tai walked forward, repeating his bow. "I am Taichi Kamiya, fellow digidestined. I am very glad that you made it. I'm sure you are just as eager as we are to be going back to the digital world. Aren't you?"

"Hold on a second," the older girl complained. She had red hair that was tied in a high ponytail, and her arms were crossed. "We can't just go to the digital world without a reason. It's too dangerous. Do you want to jeopardize the whole world?"

Tai laughed, reached out, and pulling Izzy forward. "Don't worry. We aren't. Izzy?" he prompted, winking at his friend.

Izzy made a face at him, then turned and cleared his throat. "I have been in contact with the digital world for several years now, and am well aware of everything that you all have done to save both their world and ours. However, you need not fear about going there. I have just received an email from the leaders of the digital world that we are invited to come and stay there for a while. Believe me when I say that no problems will be caused, neither are we breaking any rules by going. Besides, I believe that there are some friends there who have been requesting that you come visit." Izzy shrugged professionally. "You don't want to disappoint them, do you?"

There was an instant change in the expression of all the newly arrived digidestined, both groups to be precise. They all looked simultaneously relieved and excited. Even the skeptical red-headed girl. Tai smirked triumphantly. "So if you don't mind," he said loudly, "we have a train waiting for us. We can introduce ourselves as soon as we get to our destination. Right this way, please!" He turned and led the way, all the digidestined behind him instantly breaking into chatter.

Izzy fell into step next to him. "I guess you were right. Only one of the digidestined didn't show up," the red-head sighed. "I sure was looking forward to that haircut."

"Tell you what," Tai said casually. "If you play the game too, instead of being an Administrator with me, and you win, I'll still get a haircut."

"No such luck," Izzy snapped. "You need me to monitor, remember?"

"Oh yeah. Oh well!" Tai chuckled and slapped Izzy on the back. "Don't worry, another opportunity will turn up. You'll see!"

Rolling his eyes, Izzy mumbled under his breath and kept walking.

Tai reflected on Izzy's words, then turned back to his friend. "What do you mean one didn't show up? Which one?"

"Someone by the name of Ryo Akiyama, if the photos I have are acurate enough. I didn't think he'd show up, and I'd be surprised if he did." Izzy shrugged. "He went missing shortly after he and his group saved both worlds from total destruction from something called The D-Reaper. He hasn't been found since."

Tai nodded thoughtfully. "I wonder where he went," he mused. "Do you think he tried to go back to the digital world?"

"I'm sure of it."

Tai glanced at Izzy again, curious. "You'll have to tell me more later," he insisted, then pushed thoughts of Ryo Akiyama out of his head and kept walking. The rest of the digidestined followed excitedly, if a little nervously, but Tai wasn't worried. His scheme would work perfectly. He just knew it.

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Shibuya Subway, Basement

Takato could hardly believe this was happening. He was walking onto a train with almost 30 different digidestined, most of whom he'd never met before, to go to the digital world just to play a game. Was this all just a dream? Could it really be real? He felt like he was walking on clouds, and had a nagging feeling that sooner or later he'd fall through them and land back onto the hard ground of reality. Still…he hoped that it was really true.

He found himself seated on the train next to Rika and Henry, and turned to glance at them. They were both zoned out, blank expressions on their faces, and he knew that they were thinking the same thing that he was. Was this really true, or just a hoax? He sighed, turning his head to look at those sitting across from him. He didn't know who they were, but they seemed just as nervously excited as he was. One of them was looking right at him. Startled, he blinked and took a better look at him. The boy had black hair that came just below his ears, and wore black under-armor under a blue T-shirt that said "I'm definitely up to something." His eyes were gray, and they were glazed over like he wasn't actually looking at Takato, but looking through him instead. Takato found himself becoming curious. Who was he? If he was a digidestined too, why did he look so…sad? Did he have to be separated from his partner too? Feeling sympathetic, Takato offered a smile to him before turning his head to stare out the window of the train.

A hand touching his caused him to start in surprise, and he turned to stare at Rika questioningly. "Hey," she said quietly, a strangely kind expression on her face. "Don't worry, okay?" She smiled, then turned to stare out the window too. "I think there is nothing to worry about."

"Why do you say that?" Takato asked. He couldn't help feeling touched by her words, and found himself thinking how glad he was to have her as a friend instead of an enemy.

"You looked like you were worried."

"Oh. Well, I'm not." Takato shrugged. "I'm just…confused."

"I know." Rika smiled again, an excited look in her eyes. "It's weird, but I think it will be a good experience. Besides, if anything happens, we'll know what do to."

Takato felt a grin spread across his face. "Yeah," he agreed quietly. "We do." He joined her in watching the walls of the tunnel go by, then gasped as the entire train was absorbed in a bright light. A loud crash seemed to echo all around him, and he found himself getting flung onto the floor. Then the light dimmed, and he shakily got to his feet. "What happened?" he yelled, instantly going into alert mode. He heard someone chuckle, and turned to see the same boy that he had observed before smiling at him.

"Don't worry," the boy said calmly. "We just entered the digital world, that's all." He chuckled again and re-seated himself. "I know it was scary. I wasn't prepared either." He turned and glanced at the five people sitting around him. "Only these guys knew it was coming."

And sure enough, only five of the digidestined seemed to have been prepared, and had grabbed a hold of the railing above their heads. They smirked at each other triumphantly, then shrugged at everyone else. "We've been on Trailmon before," one of them said.

Takato blinked. "Trail…mon?" He asked. He was answered when the train suddenly lurched to a stop, sending everyone except those five to the floor again.

"AAAWOOOGAAAAARRRRR!!!!!!!!" the air seemed to scream. "HERE WE ARE! EVERYONE OUT UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND!"

Takato placed his hands over his ears, grimacing. "What the heck?" he yelled. "What is that?"

"Worm!" One of the still-standing digidestined yelled, walking over to a window and banging his fist on it. "You dork! Quit messing around with us! You don't have to be so rude you know!"

"TAKUYA? WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW…" Worm laughed. "HURRY UP AND GET OFF. I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP."

Takato quickly followed the rest of the digidestined off the Trailmon, turning to watch as the one called Takuya instantly dashed to the front of the Trailmon to yell at it and eventually hug it and punch it in the cheek playfully. He sighed, shrugged, then turned to Henry and the rest of his gang. "Well," he said, taking a breath. "Here we are."

Henry smiled at him, as did everyone else, and Takato smiled back. They were back! Back in the digital world at last. And this time, it was finally at peace. Yes, Rika was right. Everything was going to be great.

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A Gazebo, Forest Terminal, Digital World

"Okay everyone, listen up!" the one called Taichi proclaimed loudly. The entire 24 or so digidestined were seated in a gazebo somewhere near the Forest Terminal, where they had all exited the Trailmon. "We are on the largest Island on the digital world, and on the inner-most plane, if you know what that means. Most of us have never actually been everywhere on the digital world, and some of us have never seen the inner most plane either. But there are several dimensions to the digital world and we just happen to be in the very center of it all. Okay? Okay. That's all I'm going to explain to you. So if you've never been to this particular part, that fine. It doesn't matter. It's still the same digital world, just finally peaceful for once."

"Okay whatever Tai," the one called Izzy exclaimed, sounding annoyed. "We don't need you to explain all that! Just tell us what we're doing here!"

Tai sniffed and shrugged. "Calm down Izzy!" he cleared his throat. "The first thing we are going to do is introduce ourselves to one another. I'll go first. I'm Taichi Kamiya, but you can just call me Tai. I'm 19 years old. My digimon partner is Agumon." He turned to Izzy, who sat next to him. "We'll go around in a circle. Izzy, you go next."

Izzy rolled his eyes, sniffing dejectedly. "I'm Koushiro Izumi, but you can call me Izzy." He took a deep breath, then sighed, his miffed expression vanishing into thin air as he switched into a more pleasant mood. "I'm 18 years old. My digimon partner is Tentomon." He smiled to himself in memory of his dear friend, then turned to the person next to him expectantly.

It was a blonde-haired young man, about the same height as Tai. "I'm Yamato Ishida, but most people just call me Matt," he said casually. He offered a friendly smile in the general direction of everyone. "I'm also 19, and my digimon partner is Gabumon."

And so it went around the circle. Sora, Mimi, Joe, TK, Kari, Davis, Yolei, Ken, Cody, Takato, Henry, Rika, Suzie, Jeri, Kazu, and Kenta. And now it finally came to Takuya. He stared around him nervously, his left eye twitching slightly, as he discovered that he really didn't know what to say! "Come on," Tai insisted. "Name, age, and digimon."

Takuya took a deep breath, swallowed the air, and coughed nervously. "Uh…heh…" he felt his face going red, and tried to calm down. "My name is…Takuya. Takuya Kanbara. And I'm 16 years old. My…digimon…." He glanced next to him nervously, catching a glimpse of Kouji's eyes. Kouji simply stared at him. So that didn't help much. "Uh….my digimon was Agunimon."

"Was?" Izzy blurted, staring at him blankly. "You mean he isn't anymore? You do know that once digimon die, they come back as digi-eggs…"

"YES I KNOW THAT," Takuya groaned. "I just….said "was" cause I felt like it. N-never mind." He crossed his arms, wishing his face wasn't so red. It had never occurred to him that all these other digidestined would not have spirit evolved like he and Kouji and the others. It seems that they all had digimon partners instead of a legendary warrior. And their digimon all happened to be normal digimon that one could find anywhere! Except for the Tamers, that was. They seemed to have a more rare bunch of digimon. And Takuya had to admit that he had never heard of a Guilmon before. But still….explaining that he had actually been Agunimon might have been a bad idea.

But the damage was already done. They were all curious. "I think you're hiding something," Davis said, making a sneaky face. "You are, aren't you?"

Takuya wished even more that his face would stop being red. "No," he lied. He turned to Kouji quickly. "Your turn!"

Kouji rolled his eyes at him. "Excuse our friend Takuya," he said causally. "He is having a hard time getting used to the fact that there are other digidestined besides us."

Takuya opened his mouth to protest this, then suddenly realized that Kouji was rescuing him from a self-induced corner. He made a face to show that he was sorry for feeling that way, even though it wasn't true. The other digidestined seemed to accept this for now, and offered Takuya some encouraging smiles. Oh well, Takuya thought, at least Kouji is nice enough to rescue me from this one. Though I'm sure he'll just lecture me harshly later on how much of an idiot I am. Takuya sighed and leaned his chin on his hand. Yep. He could probably definitely expect such a lecture in the near future.

But all he got from Kouji at the moment was a slight glare. "I'm Kouji Minamoto, and I am also 16 years old. My digimon is Lobomon."

"I'm Izumi Orimoto, or just Zoe. I am also 16, and my digimon is Kazemon."

"I'm Junpei Shibayama, or just JP. I am 17 years old, and my digimon is Beetlemon."

"I'm Tomoki Himi, but my friends just call me Tommy. I guess I'll never outgrow that nickname," he laughed nervously. "I'm 14 years old, and my digimon is Kumamon." Tommy looked a little uneasy too, but seemed to hide it successfully as just being shy.

"And I'm Kouichi Kimura, Kouji's brother." Kouichi offered a smile, but his mind seemed to be roaming. "I'm 16, and my digimon is…." He stopped, a strange expression coming over his face, and then dropped his head. The once-legendary warriors were instantly alert, and Kouji walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder. Kouichi seemed to come back to reality by the touch, and smiled a weak 'thank you' at his twin before continuing. "…And my digimon is Lowemon," he said finally. Then he looked away from the group of digidestined and lost himself to a roaming mind.

Takuya could see the concern in Kouji's eyes, and felt his own eyes widen as a conviction suddenly took him. Kouichi had never actually been to the digital world before! He had gone in his mind, in a dream or coma, but he had never actually been here. His adventure had been drastically different than everyone else's! Instantly moved, Takuya offered a determined smile that he hoped was encouraging, then turned back to Tai to change the subject that was too awkward for poor Kouichi. "So that's all of us," he said dramatically. "What are we going to do now?"

Those were the magic words. Instantly, everyone stopped whispering and staring, and turned to look at Tai expectantly. What was next? The game that the email had talked about? The impatient silence seemed to hang in the air like tension before a lightning strike, and Tai laughed openly.

"Calm down everyone," he chuckled, standing up. "Like the email said, we are going to play a game. But this isn't just any game, mind you. This is a game worthy of fearless leaders and digidestined like yourself. A game that involves every skill you possibly have, every instinct, every reflex! This game, my friends, is none other than...Ultimate Assassins! Digital World style!" Tai clenched a hand in a fist excitedly, and grinned triumphantly at the stares he received.

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That's it for today!!!!! Yeah. I'll explain the rules next chapter, and send everyone out to play! Woot! I can hardly wait! Hehe…..this might be the first time I am a heck of a lot more excited to read my own story than someone else would be. Haha!

Quote for the day: "Word has grabbed my royal ear……OUCH!"

Yeah. You'll never understand if you're not Tasha.

Review? Please? What do you think? Have you ever played Assassins before? You will by the end of this story, and maybe before! It's definitely worth playing! Okay so Jaa!!! I'll talk to ya later!

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---rika195