Wow, this Chapter sucked to wright. I don't know why but it was not fun. To the few who reviewed thanks. I really do appreciate it. It was really hard for me to balance out all these characters in one room so I am not really impressed with this chapter myself but whatever. And I do not own Digimon.
Gatherings :
The time of the day was already noon. The people of Odaiba all retreated back to their homes fearing that the poor city was going to suffer its third monster invasion. The chosen were to meet at Koushiro's place to be de-briefed on the situation.
Koushiro's house was more or less on the outskirts of the central city and situated in a suburban area. It was a real effort to make it to Koushiro's new place for the roads were bumpy and it was thirty minutes away by car. But the chosen didn't mind, for it meant that the meetings wouldn't be held in Koushiro's room which offered limited space. Frankly, it was the only place big enough for the chosen to have their annual monthly meetings. These meetings were set up by Gennai – he believed the Chosen should still be informed of the happenings in the Digital World and always be on stand-by for any unexpected events.
Just outside Koushiro's house a girl was walking on to the front porch. "Gatomon, we wouldn't have been so late if you did not try and sharpen your claws on the taxi driver's car ." Hikari could never really be seen as a person you could be scolded by. Her friends always laugh when she comments on her dream to be a teacher. "Well my claws are more important than his crummy old leather seats. If that's the price to have beautiful and sharp claws such as mine, so be it".
"Well, we are here now. Try to get your claws out of Koushiro's couches, I don't think his mom will forgive you for a second time ".
Hikari knocked on the door. The door creaked open.
"Hello Hikari , good to see you again . Every time I see you you're looking more and more like a woman ".
"Hello Miss Izumi, sorry I'm a bit late ". "No worries the kids are down in Koushiro's 'cave'. quickly glanced down to where Gatomon was standing. Gatomon was licking her left paw, clearly enjoying herself. Both her eyes were closed but once she opened them she was met by the 'touch my couches again and I'll kill you "look.
"She is staring right in to the essence of my very soul". Gatomon was not prone to fear, but this – this was something else.
"Oh now I'd better get these two apart, besides Mrs. Izumi is not very good with small talk gotta take Gatomon and run"
Hikari abruptly picked up Gatomon and thanked for having her over and sprinted down to the basement.
Koushiro's room was surprisingly neat, well if you count each part of the room which had no technology. The Chosen were all waiting for the four late arrivals. Eight if you count their partners.
Koushiro was sitting in the only untidy place in the room and that was behind his computer. He had a huge desk with two computer screens a printer and loads of half eaten noodles. Koushiro was playing a game of solitaire because just waiting and doing nothing became quite tedious for him.
Mimi was sitting on Koushiro's desk always asking questions about what that card does and why the black card wouldn't fit on the red. Mimi is no stupid girl, she was just searching for attention from Kushiro , who probably is so oblivious to it that Mimi is forced to lower her intelligence to make him notice. Much to the dismay of Joe.
Joe was sitting in the corner on the sofa, for Koushiro's basement was quite huge. Mimi was the one here being oblivious. As the entire Chosen already knew that Joe had a thing for her. Yet she refuses to acknowledge Joe the same way as Koushiro.
On the ground sat Iori and Miyako two of the next generation of chosen. Iori is almost ten years old but at the same time is as mature-if not more - as Joe. Miyako is a straight forward girl and is definitely never afraid to speak her mind about something.
"I'm telling you we could have helped at least a bit more. I mean Armadillomon could have helped". Armadillomon is a Digimon that very closely resembles and armadillo. Although he was now de-didgivolved into a small yellow ball named Upamon.
"Well, did you see what that thing did to Omegamon and Imperialdramon. They would have gotten in the way and could have hurt themselves, and I won't let anyone hurt Hawkmon." Hawkmon was sitting on her lap and closely resembled a hawk .He has red and white feathers, and is overall a very polite Digimon."
Takeru was at the TV playing video games with Patamon.
"Hey that's my kill " Takeru exclaimed. "Hey, I don't know what I'm doing here, my arms are too short to reach the controller properly so I'm not beating you on purpose! ". Patamon is a very playful Digimon but you would not want to mess with him when he Didgivolves.
On Koushio's bed sat Yamato and Sora. Yamato's clothes were torn at some parts and Sora remarked earlier that some of his hair was gone. They were both sitting on the edge of the bed and held each other's hand. Gabumon was out cold and snoring like a giant behind them.
"So I noticed you grabbed Tachi's arm when the wind almost blew us away during the battle, and I was right there next to you." Yamato was rather curious. He was looking directly into her eyes and was dead serious.
"You're kidding right? Big giant monster battle happening in front of us and you worry about that. "Sora is usually a kind person but she was very cross with Yamato after that remark. She was known to be a tomboy in the past but grew up to be a beautiful and elegant young woman.
"It's not serious it's just something I picked up, don't worry about it." Yamato quickly apologized to which Sora responded by letting go of Yamato's hand.
"Tachi where are you? Earlier you said it was important, yet you're nowhere to be found."
Hikari slowly opened the door and was greeted by a couple of glares from every corner of the room.
"Hi guys sorry I'm late, Gatomon was really weak after the whole internet ordeal and when she mustered up enough strength to come she decided to scratch our driver's car seats. So we had to walk ..."
"Don't worry about it Hikari. You're not the only late ones , Daisuke , Ken and your brother have not shown up yet , you can come and play video games with me while we wait for them, Patamon is cheating anyway . So it's no fun. "Patamon was not impressed and turned around and went to sit with Upamon and Hawkmon.
"I hate video games, but Takeru knows that I don't like being put on the spot. Thanks for the save ". Hikari let out a sigh of relieve and quickly walked over to Takeru and took a seat next to him. Gatomon made her own way to the Digimon circle.
Everyone just accepted that Hikari had arrived and was satisfied with her excuse for being late. It was the other three that had no reason for being late that was putting everyone in a bad mood.
A couple of minutes passed. The door swung open.
"Wow guys you would not believe how many autographs one man can sign "Daisuke's grin has not yet subsided since this morning."
Ken gave himself a face palm and started to apologize for Daisuke in advance. "Sorry we're late guys; Daisuke felt that he needed to give back to the public after all the attention he got from his adoring fans. So he decided to give them a speech about how to stay away from drugs".
"It was the best speech ever; Daisuke should win some kind of award or something. I'm so proud of him "Veemon had since Didgivolved back to his rookie stage.
Everyone just ignored Daisuke for he was just being Daisuke.
"Where is Tachi? " Yamato quickly asked when he noticed that Ken had already closed the door behind him.
"Tachi, we haven't seen him since this morning when we first heard about Diaboromon." Ken quickly answered.
"So wait, he never came and got you? " Yamato asked again.
"No, it was just me and Daisuke on the bridge the whole morning "
"Well that would explain why Ken and Daisuke arrived so late "Iori quickly noted.
Yamato was aware that everyone was becoming suspicious of where their leader was. He remembered Tachi had something important to say. Being his best friend and all he quickly covered for him.
"Oh yah, I forgot guys Tachi told me that Agumon was pretty beat up so he took him to the nearest hospital."
Koushiro quickly shot back."He has a phone he could at least contact us or something."
"Well his phone got broke when me and him went on the Internet." Yamato forced a smile and scratched the back of his head.
Koushiro was still quite suspicious but decided to leave the matter. "So I guess we are gonna start without him?"
Yamato realized that everyone believed his story except the girl next to him. Sora had a knack for knowing when Yamato was bending the truth. Sora whispered in Yamato's ear." When this is over you're telling me everything." Yamato only replied with a little nod of the head.
"My first meeting with you guys since moving to America and the leader isn't even here." Mimi pouted and crossed her arms.
Daisuke quickly remarked with a sense of pride "Well you know what that means when Tachi is not here the leader is –." Before Daisuke ended his sentence Joe butted in and ended it for him.
"Yamato." Joe calmly stated.
"But, but look at these! " Daisuke pointed to the top of his head. "Look at these goggles! "
Hikari quickly noticed poor Daisuke and decided to boost his morale. "Don't worry Daisuke you still are the leader ofour group ". Hikari gave him a reassuring smile.
Daisuke started to pout because his morale had clearly had taken a big hit.
"Well, at least Hikari still cares about me . " After Daisuke realised what he just thought he gathered some of his lost pride. He went to sit with Takeru and Hikari. Ken walked over to Miyako and Iori. The two Digimon were making their way towards the circle of Digimon sitting in the centre of the room.
"Okay, well that's that then. Koushiro take it away." Yamato ordered.
"Finally, okay guys as you all are well aware that Tachi and Yamato defeated Diaboromon a couple of years ago. He was pierced through the head by Omegamon's blade. So you all are probably wondering how he got back. " Koushiro was busy getting a huge grin. He knew he had all the answers.
"Well that was not the same Diaboromon."
"How can that be, he targeted Tachi and Yamato and even sent pictures of them all over the internet." Sora asked.
"Well after Omegamon killed Diaboromon, I took some of his data and stored it on my computer."
"Isn't that dangerous? " Miyako asked.
"No I made a special folder for him, one which was blocked by my firewall all the time, so he could not get out and reconfigure himself." Everyone in the room nodded in unison.
"Now after Tachi and Yamato defeated the new one on the internet, again I took some of his data and cross referenced it with the data I had from the original. It did not match "
"Well what does it mean? " Takeru asked.
"I'm getting to that" Koushiro quickly stated.
"The Kuramon all formed together to create Armaggedemon. Which was defeated earlier by Daisuke and Ken?" Both of Ken and Daisuke glanced at each other. Congratulating each other with their eyes.
"Well when Armeggedemon's data was once again transported through the phones to the network to be deleted again. I wanted to get a sample of its data for Gennai. The problem is I couldn't retrieve it. It was as if it was transported rather than deleted."
"Transported? Transported where? "Sora asked. She was speaking on behalf of everyone now.
"Back to the Digital World. "Koushiro quickly answered. " Since then, I have not been able to contact the Digital World and a Digital Gate cannot be opened. Something or someone is blocking our connection with the Digital world."
"And you believe it's the real Diaboromon? " Yamato questioned.
"No, I believe it's someone else keeping us out. Diaboromon was created on the internet so I doubt he would have known how to keep us out of the Digital World. I just don't know any of our enemies with the knowledge to keep us out.
"What so I can't see Palmom anymore! " Mimi instantly got worried about her best friend.
"Not just Palmon, what about Biyomon, Gomamon and Tentomon ". Joe exlaimed.
"Guys calm down; Koushiro probably has a plan up his sleeve." Yamato said trying to stop the emotions from flying all over the place.
"You be quiet, you can have Gabumon forever now, while we're stuck with nothing." Mimi replied and started to sob.
"Actually, I have no Idea what to do. "Koushiro said with a hint of shame in his voice and lowered his head.
"Damnit Kaushiro you're supposed to know that you should not have said that." Yamato knew that this would only make things worse.
The older Children started to argue for what their next move was with Yamato barely keeping every one calm. The younger Chosen all moved to one side of the room with their Digimon to stay out of the argument.
"Should we help them? " Ken asked.
"No they usually come to an understanding, it just takes a while." Takeru smiled as he looked on at the five people arguing on the other side of the room.
"Damnit Tachi where are you, I can't do your job. " Yamato thought
"Tachi where are we going? " Agumon was asking this for the umpteenth time this hour. To which Tachi always responded with "away".
The both of them were walking for the past hour and it was nowhere near Koushiro's.
"I know you said that you did not feel like you were their leader but it does not mean you can turn your back on them. "
"It's not out of choice Agumon , it's just that I always put them in danger and I will continue to do that if I stay close to them."
Agumon noticed Tachi clenching one of his fists. He was not sure though if this was through anger or or dissapointment.
"Tachi are you alright?" Agumon stopped Tachi by pulling one of his arms responded by yanking his arm out of Agumon's grasp rather aggresively. "Just leave it! " Tachi shouted in a small fit of rage.
Agumon slowly paced behind Tachi afraid that he would react violently if he said anything again.
"Tachi what are we going to do, they need us back there." Agumon's eyes were fixated on the ground for the rest of the walk.
After about a half hours walk. Tachi finally decided to stop. Agumon was looking at the ground so he did not see Tachi and accidentally bumped into him.
"S –sorry Tachi . " Agumon was afraid of being scolded again.
"Did you hear that? " Tachi asked.
"Hear what?"
Tachi began to analyse the area around him and noticed a Kuramon in an alleyway to the right.
"There! " Tachi pointed to the right and ran towards the alleyway.
"He probably was too far away to fuse with the other Diaboromon." Agumon said.
"Well, at least I can defeat some form of that bastard now." Tachi said in a sadistic way.
" Agumon show this little Digimon what you can do ! "
"Right " Agumon jumpedin front of Taichi .
"Pepper Breath! "
A fireball was now hurdling towards the little Kuramon. Just before Agumon's attack was supposed to hit. The fireball disintegrated right before their eyes.
A glowing light appeared right under them.
"A Digital Gate? " Tachi quickly noticed.
"We did not open one. Did we Tachi ? "
"Not that I know of ?"
Then in a millisecond they were sucked into the portal alongside the Kuramon.
The portal was trying to separate Agumon and Tachi . Tachi quickly noticed and grabbed Agumon and held him tightly to his chest.
Tachi and Agumon were holding on to each other for dear life as they were flying to the middle of nowhere. The portal was making a fork in the road. They saw that the Kuramon was going to the left side so they decided to follow it, only to be denied access. The portal then threw them in the other direction.
They saw a light at the end of the tunnel. They both closed their eyes and hoped for the best.
The cave was dark and gloomy.
It was very unwelcoming and felt evil.
The Kuramon found himself in a pod with millions of other Kuramon.
On the ground were two Candlemon.
"I told you that you left one out, the boss would not have hit us if you did not listen from the start."
"Whatever, it's done now."
They were working on a huge machine that housed thousands if not millions of Kuramon.
"Hey come look here! " The Candlemon pointed to a meter on the control panel of the machine.
"Wow, all that Data and the meter is only about one quarter full."
"That's probably why he wanted us to get every single Kuramon, he did not want any data go to waste."
"We should go tell the boss." The other Candlemon nodded and they both turned and walked through the cave's tunnels.
"You would think the boss would get a place that looks a bit roomier."
"Yea this place creeps me out! " Both Candlemon were at the entrance of a big cavern.
"Well you first "the one Candlemon gestured for the other to go in first.
The big cavern was somewhat empty. In the middle of the cave was a black throne.
The two Candlemon approached the throne. All the cockiness and whit was left at the entrance. They knelt down or hovered down and looked to the ground like a knight reporting to its king.
"Master, all of the Kuramon have been neutralised and their data have been stored. "
The Digimon on the throne was quite pleased.
"Excellent, those Chosen will pay for trapping me in that godforsaken dimension. Once I re awaken my long lost friend not this world, nor any world will be able to stop us. ". The Digimon concluded his sentence with a maniacal laugh.
Tachi slowly opened his eyes. They were not met by blinding light but rather Agumon's butt. "Ahh get off. " Tachi pushed Agumon aside who woke once he hit the ground.
"Ouch " Agumon cried. Agumon then looked around.
"Uh Taichi where are we? ". Agumon looked up at Tachi who was looking for some clues.
Tachi saw a sign in the distance. So the two quickly made their way over to see what was going on.
The sign read. "Welcome to Folder Continent. "
Well what did you think , I really do appreciate any reviews. Okay there was confusion of whom I was speaking of... the Mon on the throne is easy ... but the "powerful friend ". Well I believe they were at least on a mutual relationship. But whatever. He is is the real one you should geuss. As for pairings I'll start working on them in the next couple of chapters.