"Halloween Madness"
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TK, Dai, Koji, Ken, Kari, Yolei and Cody were spending time in the park eating some lunch that Kari and Dai had made together for the day.
A month had gone by since Koji had first moved to Odaiba and he had made sure that the daughter of Hermes and sons of Apollo weren't lacking on their skills by dragging them out at night and forcing them to train.
Matt and TK cursed him out for that, but Dai just came at him strong and fought hard to make him back down being the sword's mistress that she was while the brothers were better at archery.
"Hey, are you guys going to the Halloween party at school?" Yolei asked.
"Yeah, I was planning on going. I was going shopping for a costume." Kari said.
"Why don't we just have Sora make them for us? She is planning on becoming a designer after all." Yolei suggested.
"Sounds like an idea." Dai said as she took a bite of her cherry tomatoes.
"You guys wanna make costumes or just buy them?" TK asked the boys.
"Actually I think I'll just wear my kendo gear. I'm not that interested in dressing up." Cody said.
It may be a middle school dance, but the Digidestinds paid his ticket so that he could come with them.
Not only that, but TK and Koji had a surprise for Dai when she stepped into the dance, both males knowing she would be ecstatic when she saw what it was.
"I'm not sure what I want to wear. It's hard to decide." Ken hummed as he sipped his can of juice.
"Hey, what about your Emperor outfit?" Yolei then suggested.
Ken froze at that while Dai dropped her chopsticks.
Koji noticed that everyone had gone tense from the sudden mention of this outfit and was confused as to why this was.
He noticed that Dai had placed a comforting hand on Ken's which made the plum haired boy give her a thankful smile as she smiled back at him.
"I don't think that it would be a good idea." TK said with a certain look passing in his azure eyes.
"Oh, uh, sorry." Yolei said softly as she looked down ashamed.
She had thought that Ken had finally gotten over the past that he wouldn't be bothered by being the Digimon Emperor in the past anymore.
Deciding that he had enough of this tense atmosphere, Koji cleared his throat making everyone look over at him.
"What did you plan on wearing, TK? A pig costume or an angel's?" he teased.
TK pouted at him, but was still happy that the son of Ares had changed the subject before it became too awkward for everyone.
"No, I was thinking of going as a Greek hero." The blonde smirked.
Dai giggled at that since she understood the joke as did Koji who smirked.
"Ah, that's a great idea. I would love to see that." Yolei gushed.
Suddenly, the Mist started to swirl around which made the three Demigods tense up in worry that a large beast would be charging in to attack them.
Sharing a look, they nodded.
"Hey, let's hurry and pack. We can start costume hunting." Dai said.
"Hmm? Sure, let's go." Kari nodded.
Slowly, the group packed away the food into the cooler that was brought, Ken and TK lifting it up when Cody looked around the area.
"Hey, where did this fog come from?" he asked.
This made the three Demigods freeze in worry.
"It is strange." Ken said.
"It just came out of nowhere." Kari said.
Standing together, the group looked around warily.
"Maybe it's just some Halloween prank some jokesters were trying out. Let's go." Yolei said.
Deciding to drop the subject, the group started walking off so that they could get home, unaware of the fact that they were being watched by a creature hiding in the tree above them that had two glowing yellow eyes.
It then beat its large black wings and took to the sky with a screech.
(At the mall…)
Kari, Yolei and Dai had gone to the mall to search out costumes, the three girls looking over the different variety of colorful or black clothing along with the makeup.
Kari pulled a red dress off of the hanger and held it up against her to show off the devil costume to her friends.
"What do you think?" she asked.
"I don't know. You aren't really the devil type. Maybe Dai should wear it." Yolei said.
"Hey!" Dai yelled throwing a pair of rubber fangs at the lavender haired girl who ducked down to avoid getting hit.
The child of Light chuckled softly at them as she put the red dress back, then pulled out a genie costume that was amethyst in coloring and walked over to the mirror to check it out.
Yolei then found a cat costume that was a black dress with the tail attached to it and came with the cute large cat ears, so she went to try it on.
Dai was still checking out the outfits until she found a white dress that had gold beading under the breast area while one side was sleeveless and had a blue see through scarf like material that made up the sleeve on the left side that showed off the top part of her arm.
She took it off the hanger and then held it up in front of herself.
"This is a perfect match. I love it." Yolei gushed as she held her cat costume.
"I think I'll get this one. I really love the color." Kari said about her genie costume.
"Dai, did you find anything yet?" Kari asked.
As the two girls turned to Dai, they both froze at the beautiful dress she was holding.
"Wow, where did you find that?" Yolei asked.
"It looks amazing. You should get it." Kari insisted.
"You really think?" Dai asked.
"Of course." Kari smiled.
Smiling as well, Dai looked at her reflection as she held the costume up in front of her to see how it would look and knew she just had to buy it.
"Well, let's go pay for our costumes then." she said.
Laughing, the three girls went over to the cash register and paid for their costumes, then walked out of the store and window shopped for fun.
There were some mannequins dressed up as cute witches or angels as jack-o-lanterns were set up along with fake spiders, bats and cobwebs.
As they walked by a mannequin dressed up as the Grim Reaper that held a scythe with a large black owl on top of the blade.
Kari paused as she saw the owl and was curious about the strange dark aura that was coming off of it, then turned away to follow her friends off.
Once the three girls were gone, the owl opened its eyes that were an eerie yellow.
It beat its wings, then took off after the girls, passing by the fake cobwebs with the rubber spiders and bats in it.
They glowed red before they started moving, becoming real, a bat flying over to a little girl and showed off its fangs at her making the child scream as the bats all flew off at the people.
(The next day…)
Everyone had gotten ready for the party, TK dressing up as a Greek warrior while Koji was a samurai, Tai was a zombie, Matt was a werewolf, Izzy was a scientist, Joe was a doctor, Mimi came down for the party and was a fairy, Cody was dressed up in his kendo outfit, Ken was dressed as Hell Kaizer and Sora was an angel.
They were at the Kamiya home, Mrs. Kamiya holding up her camera to take pictures of everyone's costume.
"What's taking so long?" Tai asked about the three younger girls.
"They're getting ready now. Be patient." Sora said.
Izzy was sitting on the couch watching the news, then his eyes widened at the chaos that had went on at the mall.
"Guys, check this out." He called.
"What's going on, Izzy?" Joe asked.
The redhead turned the volume up on the TV as they saw a female reporter dressed as a devil for Halloween while behind her men and women were being carried off on stretchers to the ambulances.
"…reports of spider and bat bites have broken out on these poor citizens. Thankfully, the mall is being shut down and the exterminators are taking out the infestations as we speak." She said.
Everyone looked worried about this, worried about what could have caused this.
Finally Kari, Yolei and Dai all came out of the room dressed in their costumes, ready to go to the dance.
"Hey guys, so, how do we look?" Yolei asked striking a pose.
It was silent in the room which worried them, Dai walking over to TK and gently touched his arm making him turn to her and blush at the sight of her costume.
The white dress really brought out her tanned skin and made her look every bit the Greek Goddess she was or was half of especially with her hair pulled back into a bun with gold hairclips with pearls.
"What's going on?" she asked snapping him out of his daze.
"Something's going on at the mall." He said.
"Huh? What is?" Yolei asked.
The three girls looked over at the TV and were shocked at the sight of the people even children who had been attacked by spiders and bats.
"How could this have happened? We were at that place yesterday. Nothing was wrong then." Kari said.
"Something must have happened after you girls left then. There's no way that much damage could have been done in just a few hours. The place must have been locked down over night so the infestation didn't get out into the city until the exterminators came." Joe said.
"The question is what caused it? How would bats and giant spiders like that be here in Japan? It makes no sense at all." Ken said.
Koji was slowly sneaking out making his fellow Demigods notice him; the five silently walk out of the apartment and go out into an alley next to the building to talk away from the group so they wouldn't hear them.
"This has to be supernatural. There's no way a digimon caused this." Matt jumped in right away.
"He's right, but what kind of monster would do this?" Mimi asked.
"I don't know. This all seems strange, but one thing I do know; this is the work of black magic." Koji frowned.
"Black magic? What kind of monster would use black magic?" TK asked.
"I'm not sure." Koji said.
There was a screech making them jump and look up to see a large black owl flying over to them and it landed on Dai's shoulder, its talons piercing her skin and drawing a bit of blood.
"OK, ow, get it off." She whined.
They all stared at the black owl in wonder, Mimi reaching over to touch the owl, but it screeched at her making her pull back in fear that it would peck her eyes out.
"I think that thing is glued to you." Matt said.
"Not funny. This is no normal owl. It's giving off these dark waves of energy." Dai said as she glared up at the feathered beast.
"Maybe this is what caused the bats and spiders." Mimi suggested.
"But why? What could it possibly have to gain?" TK asked.
"Oh, I wish Takuya and Koichi were here." Dai moaned.
"Hey guys. We late for the fun?" someone called.
The group all looked over to find Takuya dressed up as an aviator while Koichi wore a white shirt with wings on his back.
"I wish I had a million dollars." Dai chirped.
The boys looked at her.
"Had to try." She shrugged.
Mimi then hugged Takuya and kissed his cheek as Koichi walked over to his brother, both bumping fists, then the two new boys turned see Dai only to pause at the sight of the owl.
"What the hell is that thing?" Takuya asked.
"Oh no. I think that's Hecate's owl." Koichi said.
"Hecate?" Matt asked.
"As in the Goddess of With Craft?" TK asked.
"Yeah, I'm afraid so. Hecate must be trying to escape her imprisonment." Koichi nodded.
"Well, why is it attaching itself to Dai?" Mimi asked.
"Because she's the child of Miracles. It must sense the power of the Golden Radiance in her and is attracted to it." Koji concluded.
"Great, so how do get it to let go?" Takuya asked.
"And how do we stop Hecate from making a comeback?" Matt asked.
Everyone was then silent, Dai then perking up as she came up with an idea.
"DADDY!" she yelled.
A second later came a golden blur and there was the Messenger God standing there before them with a smile on his face.
"Did I hear my sweet little girl call me?" he asked.
"Yeah, how do we stop Hecate from returning to Earth?" Dai asked.
Hermes blinked at that, then looked over to the owl that was glaring at him like he was a mouse that it wanted to eat.
He sighed at this and shook his head at his daughter's bad luck.
"You'll have to keep that owl from retreating Hecate's torches. They're her main source of power. She used to help lead souls down to the Underworld with them, but she went insane with power. Zeus stripped her of her torches and then banished her to the moon. I'm afraid that's all I know." Hermes said.
"Then how do we deal with the people that were harmed already from this owl's black magic?" Mimi asked.
"You'd have to get Persephone to help you out with that." Hermes smirked.
"Persephone? The wife of Hades the God of the Underworld? We're going there on Halloween? I don't like these options." Takuya said.
Rolling her eyes at this, Dai looked up at the owl and glared at it as she then walked over to her father.
"Then I'll go. Anything to get this thing's talons out of my arm." She said.
"I'll go with you." Koichi and TK both said making everyone look at them.
Even though they agreed to wait until they were older to figure out their feelings, the two males both still loved Dai and were just waiting on her to feel good and confident enough about dating.
"It's better if we split up into groups. Takuya, Matt, Mimi and I will stay here and deal with things in case Hecate does make a comeback. We'll also call Chiron to warn him. You three go to the Underworld." Koji instructed.
Koichi, TK and Dai nodded in agreement while the others looked worried, but allowed it.
"OK kiddies, hang on." Hermes said.
He then held his hands out, TK and Koichi taking hold of them as Dai held their other hands.
They then felt their stomachs drop like when a rollercoaster goes downhill as Hermes took them off while Takuya, Koji, Matt and Mimi watched them in worry and prayed that they beat found a way to keep Hecate from entering their world.
Shaking his head, Koji then started walking off.
"Let's get out of here." He said.
"Right. I hope Hades doesn't try to keep them." Takuya said.
"Great, now I have that to worry about for the rest of the night." Matt groaned.
Meanwhile in the apartment, the others had noticed the disappearing act that their friends had pulled.
When Koji, Matt and Mimi stepped through the door they calmed a bit, but were confused to see that one boy followed them in instead of Dai and TK.
"Huh, who is this guy?" Yolei asked.
Kari and Ken then looked over to the brunette and noticed the resemblance he shared with Dai, both concluding who he must be.
"Is this Takuya?" Ken asked.
"That's me. How'd ya know?" Takuya asked.
"You look a bit like Dai." Ken said.
"Oh, so you're Dai's half-brother. It's nice to meet you." Cody bowed his head.
"Wow, Dai was right about you being the polite one." Takuya chuckled as he pat the younger boy's head.
"Speaking of, where are Dai and TK?" Sora asked.
"Oh, they went to go help Koji's twin brother Koichi with something. Don't worry about it." Matt shrugged it off.
"So, why are we all standing? Don't we have a party to get to?" Takuya asked.
Ken and Kari smiled fondly at him as they saw how much alike Takuya and Dai truly were, but then it made them wonder how it was that Dai was so different from Jun.
How were they related for that matter?
Sharing a look, the children of Kindness and Light could tell what the other was thinking and nodded to agree that they would find out about their female leader's family better.
"Yeah, I think it would be a good idea to go have some fun. Come on." Tai smiled as he stood up.
"Yeah baby, let's go!" Takuya cheered running to the door.
Deciding to not worry over the situation, the group all walked away to the school dance to have some fun, the Digidestinds unaware of the fact that their friends were in the Underworld at that very moment trying to save the world from an ancient witch.
To be continued…