Chapter Four of "Millenniumon's Revenge" by Melinda-chan
Note: This chapter relies heavily on information found on Chris McFeely's website (The Digimon Encyclopedia) and Ajora's website (To Bring Back Yesterday) which you can find on their accounts. Without such indirect help, this fic would not be possible. Thank you!
Also to clarify things, this story takes place after the last episode of Digimon Tamers. I shall be using the original names of the show (Jenrya instead of Henry, Ruki instead of Rika) unless I have a personal preference.
Now that is over with, let this chapter begin!
"Another day without school" Takato said as he got out of bed. "There must be a god." He put on his clothes, snap on his blue goggles and rushed downstairs to the bathroom. He then prepared himself for the day.
"Is it okay if I go to Jenrya's place after breakfast?" Takato asked his mother as she put down a bowl of miso soup and a bowl of rice on the table in front of him. He quickly gulped it all down.
"I don't see why not," his mother said. "But you must remember that you have to work today. Just because it's summer break does not mean you can't help your family." Takato groaned.
"All my other friends don't have to work during summer break," Takato argued.
"Their families don't have a bakery to run" his mother countered. "I want you to be a responsible man when you grow up even if you decide not to continue to run the bakery." Takato put his head down.
"I know" Takato said. He then put his head up again. "Can I still go to Jenrya's place after I am done eating?"
"Only if you promise to be home by ten a.m.," his mother said. Takato looked at the clock. It was a quarter after eight.
'Don't got much time then' Takato thought. He then put the last of the rice into his mouth and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Is it okay if I go to Jenrya's place after breakfast?" Takato asked his mother as she put down a bowl of miso soup and a bowl of rice on the table in front of him. He quickly gulped it all down.
"I don't see why not," his mother said. "But you must remember that you have to work today. Just because it's summer break does not mean you can't help your family." Takato groaned.
"All my other friends don't have to work during summer break," Takato argued.
"Their families don't have a bakery to run" his mother countered. "I want you to be a responsible man when you grow up even if you decide not to continue to run the bakery." Takato put his head down.
"I know" Takato said. He then put his head up again. "Can I still go to Jenrya's place after I am done eating?"
"Only if you promise to be home by ten a.m.," his mother said. Takato looked at the clock. It was a quarter after eight.
'Don't got much time then' Takato thought. He then put the last of the rice into his mouth and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Thank you Mom! I love you! See you later!" Takato yelled as he ran out of the house. His mother stared at the empty soup bowl and rice bowl and chopsticks at the table. She sighed. Just then her husband, Takato's father, appeared.
"I thought I heard Takato," he said.
"You did. He just went out to Jenrya's place," his wife told him. "They have been so close since they defeated the D-Reaper. I cannot believe that our little boy is almost a man now!" She started crying.
"Maybe in a few years, yes, but-" he then stopped when he saw that his wife was crying. "Um, darling?"
"I am so proud of him," she spoke. "I am proud of all of them but I am especially proud of Takato. I just hope that something like that will never happen again."
"I don't think it will," he said. "The Digital World has been closed off and I am very sure that Hypnos can deal with anything that may happen."
"You're right. I am being foolish," she said. "It's just hard for me to believe that our son helped save the world." He laughed.
"I know. It seem that it was just a dream," he then looked at the table. "But that's the past and this is the present. Why don't you clear off the table now? We have work to do today-"
"I know" she nodded. "Takato will be helping us if he remembers."
"He will" he said. "But this is a break from school for him so we shouldn't be too hard on him." She smiled.
"Yes you're right," she said. "We shouldn't be too hard on him." He laughed.
"Why don't you go clean up the table?" he said. "I got to get back to the bakery." She nodded. So they did just that.
"Good morning Takato! How are you?" Mrs. Lee said as the blue-goggled boy stormed into the place and took off his shoes.
"Mrs. Lee, where is Jenrya?" Takato asked when he was done with his shoes.
"He's in his room with Shuichon-" she replied.
"Thanks!" Takato said. He then went off.
"Would you like something to eat?" Mrs. Lee shouted. But whether Takato heard her or not will never be known.
"Hey Jenrya! Shuichon! Did you really got it?" Takato asked as he almost broke down the door getting in.
"Takato! Yes it arrived!" Jenrya said. "Um, Takato, I thought I had the door locked!"
"Not anymore," Takato said, closing the partially damaged door. "Er, my parents can pay for the door, I think."
"Just come in" Jenrya said.
"Takato, Papa got us a Digimon game!" Shuichon told him. She put her hands on the back of the chair as she spoke.
"So I see," Takato said. He then went right to the computer. "So Jenrya, what type of computer game is this?"
"It's a racing game" Jenrya told him. "You basically choose a Digimon, race it through various tracks, try to avoid stuff that may take it off track or stop you and otherwise. You can even unlock secret Digimon and digivolve."
"Wow! That is so cool!" Takato then looked over his left shoulder. "Did your father made this game?"
"My father helped make it," Jenrya replied. "He managed to persuade the video game company to put in all our Digimon as players so that we can play them as well."
"That is great! Why don't you start the game?" Takato asked.
"I was going to do that when you busted in" Jenrya told him. "Do you want me to play the intro?"
"It is a really good intro," Shuichon said.
"Why not?" Takato said. Jenrya clciked on the 'Exit' tab on the computer screen.
"Let me restart it" Jenrya said. He double-clicked on an icon that looked like an Agumon riding on an orange racing car. The monitor screen went black.
All of a sudden there was an e-mail message on the computer screen. Jenrya, Shuichon and Takato stared at it.
"Big brother, was that suppose to happen?" Shuichon asked. "It didn't happen last time we use it."
"It says it's from the Digital World," Takato said. He then looked at his friend. "Maybe it's from Terriermon or Antylamon!"
"Or maybe it's from Guilmon," Jenrya said, smiling.
"I don't think so," Takato said. "It's your computer, after all. So are you going to open the e-mail? The message does say it's urgent."
"I know" Jenrya said. He clicked on the message title.
The message reads in English:
TO ALL TAMERS OF RYO AKIYAMA'S DIMENSION:
You are urgently needed in the Digital World where you last went to. A Tamer by the name of Ryo Akiyama needs your help. As his fellow Tamers, I request that you find him as soon as possible. He is in critical condition. If you wish to see where he is, please open the attachment. I shall assist you as much as I can.
ENIAC
"Ryo is in the Digital World?" Takato said. "How did he get there?"
"I don't know, but I am going to look at the attachment," Jenrya then clicked on the "Attachment.jpg" title.
On the screen was Ryo lying on the sand-covered ground. Cyberdramon was beside him looking like he was roaring in frustration.
"He must be in the desert!" Jenrya said. He got up. "I am going to call Ruki! Stay here, Takato, until I come back!" He then left the room. Takato then went on his chair.
"What happened to Ryo?" Shuichon asked.
"I don't know" Takato answered. "But I have a feeling that we're going to find out soon enough."
"Moshi-moshi Makino residence-"
"Ruki, do you have access to a computer right now?"
"Why do you ask?"
"We, I mean Takato and I, were trying to play a computer game when all of a sudden we got a message and a picture of Ryo and Cyberdramon in the Digital World. Ryo looks hurt. He seems to be unconscious," Jenrya told her.
"You're kidding," Ruki said. "How did Ryo get into the Digital World anyway? I thought our world was sealed from it."
"I know but somehow he managed to get in," Jenrya said. "We got the message from a power of the Digital World so we know that he's really there."
"A power of the Digital World? You mean Azulongmon?" Ruki asked him.
"No," Jenrya replied. "It said 'ENIAC.' I think I have heard of it before but I am not totally sure about that."
"Are you sure you didn't hit your head on the computer or something?" Ruki asked. Jenrya then heard someone else's voice. "Huh? What is it, Grandma? Excuse me, Jenrya." He waited for a few minutes until he heard the phone being picked up again.
"What is it?" Jenrya inquired.
"Okay, okay, you did see Ryo on the computer. My grandmother told me that she saw one of my friends on her computer screen. It was Ryo," Ruki told him.
"You mean that you got the message too?" Jenrya said.
"I did. It is from ENIAC. Whatever that means," Ruki told him.
"It sounds like a name of an old computer," Jenrya said. All of a sudden there was a loud beep. "Excuse me, I just got a beep. Hold on for a minute."
"Okay-" Ruki started to say but Jenrya quickly press the Hold button.
"Moshi- moshi Lee residence-" Jenrya started to say when a man's voice interrupted him.
"Is that you Jenrya?" the man asked.
"Ya-Yamaki! Why are you calling me for?" Jenrya sounded surprised.
"I suppose you have not been to your computer today?" Yamaki replied.
"Yes I have! Did you see Ryo too?" Jenrya asked him.
"Apparently despite the seal, Ryo found a way to the Digital World," Yamaki said. "We detected a small digital field in Ryo's district. He could have gone through that."
"Did you get a message too?" Jenrya asked. "From something called ENIAC?"
"Yes" Yamaki replied. "Which I must say is quite puzzling since the original computer was dismantled in the early 1950s."
"So it was a computer name?" Jenrya said.
"Yes" Yamaki replied. Jenrya could hear a computer mouse being clicked. "There was an earlier computer, called the Atanasoff-Berry Computer after the makers. But it only existed for such a short time that it has been mostly forgotten."
"I see" Jenrya said. "So how are we going to rescue him?"
"If there was a digital field" Yamaki said. "Then it means that the link between our world and the Digital World has been weakened. Maybe you kids can go the way you did before." Jenrya then heard the lid of Yamaki's cigarette lighter snap open and shut.
"You mean through Takato's hideout?" Jenrya asked him.
"Yes" Yamaki said. "We need a way to get you all back though. But the priority is finding Ryo and making sure that he is safe."
"Of course!" Jenrya said. "I need to talk to Takato. I was currently talking with Ruki on the phone right now and-"
"Tell her that I am going to Takato's hideout as soon as possible" Yamaki told him. "And tell Takato that too."
"What about the others?" Jenrya asked.
"If they wish to come, don't stop them," Yamaki replied.
"Hmm…" Jenrya said, thinking of Shuichon. "I need to get back to Ruki, she'll bite my head off if I stay with you longer."
"All right," Yamaki said. "I'll be there around 9:30. Of course you should inform your parents about this."
"Sure" Jenrya said. "May I go back to Ruki now?"
"Oh right," Yamaki said. "Remember the time. See you later."
"See you later Yamaki," Jenrya said. He then pressed the 'Hold' button again. "Ruki, are you still there-"
"WHAT ON EARTH TOOK YOU SO LONG?" Ruki's loud voice almost made Jenrya jump.
"Ruki? It was Yamaki. He said he saw Ryo on the computer screen too. I think this ENIAC was trying to reach everyone that knew him-" Jenrya started to say.
"Okay, okay, Jenrya. What is Yamaki planning to do?" Ruki asked him. Jenrya was getting annoyed by her constant interruptions but he decided to bite his tongue and answer her question instead.
"He wants all of us- and I mean all the Tamers if they want- to go to Takato's hideout at 9:30 a.m. I think he wants us to use the hole that we used when we went to the Digital World before," Jenrya explained.
"That's nice, but how are we suppose to come back? The Ark is gone" Ruki told him.
"I am sure that Yamaki already thought of that," Jenrya said. "I hope." He heard Ruki sigh.
"Fine" Ruki said. "Grandma can't get the screen to change back. I am guessing this ENIAC being really wants us to go."
"I got to tell Takato and my little sister now" Jenrya said. "And we got to tell Juri and Kazu and Kenta-"
"Oh no! Don't tell Kazu and Kenta!" Ruki groaned. "You don't know what a nuisance they were! If I had a choice, I would have left them in the Digital World with Babamon and Jijimon!"
"But if that happened, you guys wouldn't have met Ryo," Jenrya said. He felt like he won a victory when he did not hear her at the other end. It means that she knew he was right.
"Fine. Do as you want. I'll be there as soon as I can get Grandma to calm down," Ruki said.
"I'll see you around 9:30 then" Jenrya said.
"Yeah see you later," Ruki said. She then hung up. So did Jenrya.
In the meantime, Takato and Shuichon were still watching the computer screen.
"I wonder when he is going to get up," Shuichon said.
"It's not a web cam Shuichon," Takato told her. "We are not looking at an actual person lying on the ground. It's just a picture of him."
"Oh," Shuichon said. It was then that Jenrya entered.
"I talked to Ruki and then Yamaki," Jenrya said. "Yamaki wants us all- and the rest of the Tamers if they want- to go to the hideout. He has a plan to rescue Ryo."
"Oh good!" Shuichon said. "Maybe I'll see Antylamon again."
"Maybe," Jenrya said. Actually seeing Terriermon again would be great. He could just see Terriermon smiling as he jumped on his head. "What about you, Takato?"
"I did tell my parents I would work today," Takato said. "But I'm sure my father would allow me. I am not sure about my mother though."
"Well you can get Yamaki to convince them," Jenrya said. "I mean they couldn't be that desperate for help if they allowed you to come here now."
"I'll say I'll make it up for them," Takato said. "What about Kazu and Kenta…and Juri?"
"I believe that Yamaki will call them too," Jenrya said. He then saw Takato's concerned face. "What's wrong, Takato?"
"Oh nothing," Takato said, trying not to think about Juri and what happened before.
"Well, it would be so nice to have all the gang together again," Jenrya said.
"Yeah" Takato nodded. "I got to go back home now, I guess."
"I'll tell Mom," Jenrya said. "My Dad's at work, but I'm sure that both of them will allow me to go."
"I don't see why not," Takato said. He wondered what his own parents would say.
"I want to go too!" Shuichon said. "I want to see Antylamon!"
"We are not going on a sightseeing tour," Jenrya said. "But I know you're a Tamer. You have to ask Mom's permission."
"I will" Shuichon nodded. Jenrya looked at Takato.
"I'll be leaving now," Takato said. "I'll see you at the hideout." He then left with one thought on his mind.
'Juri, will you be all right this time?'
"Reika, are you sure you want to go?" Yamaki asked. He was driving his car.
"I know I have been sick for a few days but I want to see them all again," Reika replied.
"I just don't want you to be there if you need to be in bed," Yamaki said. "I know you have sick leave but if this persist after a few more days, you should see a-"
"I know, Mitsuo, you do not have to tell me," Reika said. "I just want to see all of them again." Yamaki smiled and nodded.
"I understand" Yamaki said. "I just want to be sure you can do this. I do not think any of the kids would want to see you throw up."
"I only do it after I wake up and after I eat" Reika said. "I just feel nauseated, that's all."
"Just the same, if this persists, you should see a doctor," Yamaki told her. "If it's serious, we would want to know as soon as possible." Reika simply laid her head back on the car seat. Yamaki took a look at her and saw her eyes closed. He went back to driving his car.
"Yamaki! Reika!" Takato yelled as he saw them walking toward the kids.
"Takato, is everyone here?" Yamaki asked.
"Yep" Takato replied. He smiled at Juri. "I'll make sure everyone is safe this time."
"We just want you to find Ryo and get out of there," Yamaki said. "I got something for all of you." He brought out a black suitcase and took out eight objects that look like black handheld game controllers. He gave one to each of them, except for Takato, which he gave two.
"One is for you, the other is for Ryo," Yamaki explained to him.
"I think I know what it is," Jenrya said. "But can you explain it to us?"
"What you're holding is called a handheld communicator and transporter console, or comtran," Yamaki replied. "You see the card inside the drive? That would enable you to contact us and exchange messages. Remember not to lose the card or lose or damage the comtran. And of course don't turn it off if you want it to work."
"Why is it also called a transporter?" Ruki asked.
"We, I mean Hypnos, believe that we can use the console to transport all of you back to Earth using the Data Streams" Yamaki told her.
"That is like so cool, but how can you do that?" Kazu asked.
"Yeah, I mean when me and Kazu and Ruki were carried off in a Data Stream, it just took us to another part of the Digital World," Kenta said. "Of course that's how we met Ryo."
"Don't remind me," Ruki said as she rolled her eyes. Yamaki ignored that.
"This is just a theory right now since we could not test it out first, but we believe that by using the data streams as modules and the IP addresses of your computers as coordinates, we can locate you and transport you back to the hideout or close to it," Yamaki said.
"You said IP addresses. Are you saying we can go online?" Jenrya asked him. Yamaki nodded.
"The card contains a PC broadband Internet server with an e-mail software included" Yamaki replied. "When you finally arrived in the Digital World, open your e-mail account. Your user name and password will already be supplied. Once you opened your e-mail account, there will be an e-mail message waiting for you. Open it at once. It will have the e-mail address we'll be using in order for you to contact us. It will also have the IP address of the computer that we'll be using to help us locate you and try to transport you back to this place. That is of course, the plan."
"I don't want to sound negative, but do you know what would happen if you can't transport us?" Takato asked. Yamaki frowned.
"I can think of two things that could happen" he replied. "The first one is that the Data Stream may take you to another place either in the Digital World, or Earth. The other thing that I can think of, is that you'll not materialize at all."
"You mean, we will disappear?" Kazu asked, grimacing.
"Either that, or you all get stuck in another dimension" Yamaki said. He then saw all the kids grimaced. "I know those are big risks, but Ryo has to be rescued. Are you all up to it?" Everyone nodded.
"We can't just leave Ryo when he's hurt" Takato said. It was then that Juri looked up at Reika and became concerned.
"Is Reika okay? She doesn't look well," the girl asked. Yamaki looked at Reika. She had a hand over her stomach.
"Reika, are you getting worse?" Yamaki asked.
"Just a bit of nausea," Reika replied.
"I should get you back home," Yamaki said. He then turned back to the kids. "You know what to do now. Find Ryo and bring him back here. We should be setting up a laptop near the hole in the hideout so we can hopefully get all of you back. I should go now."
"We understand" Takato said. "Thank you, Yamaki! We hope that Reika gets better!"
"Me too," Yamaki said in a low voice. He then turned to Reika. "Let's go, Reika. You're going back to bed!"
"Good luck kids!" Reika managed to say before Yamaki pushed her toward the car.
"Get well soon!" all the kids shouted. Takato then turned toward the rest of the group.
"We better get going," Takato said. "Who knows what may happen with Ryo in his state."
"Even if he wakes up, he'll probably get lost again," Ruki said. A few minutes passed as everything thought about Ryo.
"Let's go to the hideout now," Takato said. "We can worry about all of that later."
"Hey, you're the leader," Kazu said. Takato nodded. They went into the hideout. Takato removed the block of stone covering the hole and looked down.
"This is it" Takato said to himself. He looked down at the digital hole (for lack of a better word). He remembered when he went down the tunnel. It was quite an experience to say the least.
"Beep! Honk! What's the hold-up?" Kazu asked.
"It's not like we didn't do this before," Kenta told him.
"You're right," Takato said. "I was just thinking about the last time we used this."
"Just think 'down' and we'll be alright," Juri suggested.
"Everyone hold on to your comtrans," Takato said. "I'm going down first!" And with that, he jumped down the digital hole.
'Down! Down! DOWN!' Takato thought. As a result, Takato felt himself go in a downward motion. He soon heard the voices of others.
"Whee! Look at me! I'm swimming!" Kazu yelled.
"I'm doing the backstroke!" Kenta shouted.
"You're supposed to be going down, you idiots!" Ruki yelled back.
"Awww…" both Kazu and Kenta said. Takato had to smile. With those two around, at least the mission wouldn't be dull.
"I see land!" Jenrya shouted. Now everyone looked down, and saw the rocky plateau below.
"Brace yourself!" Takato shouted. Everyone tried not to shout as they rapidly descended down to the earth.
"I just had a perfect landing!" Kazu announced.
"We need a better travel agent," Kenta said. "I swear that this is the same place we were before."
"Most of the Digital World is like this," Takato said. "I think."
"At least we can hope that a mob of Jagamon won't come at us again," Kazu joked.
"What do we do now?" Juri asked.
"I think we should open our e-mail" Takato said.
"I guess we can do that now," Jenrya said. Everyone then went down on the ground and opened their comtrans.
"I got my user name!" Kazu yelled. "And I got my password!"
"So do I!" Kenta said. The rest of the group also opened their e-mails.
"I hope these things really works," Takato said as he opened up his own. He opened his e-mail program. "I got two e-mails!"
"What? I didn't get two e-mails!" Kenta protested.
"That's because Takato is in charge of this mission," Ruki said. "Well, are you going to open them, Takato?"
"One of them says 'private,'" Takato said. He then looked at the others. "Did anyone else get a private message?"
"I guess he did it only to you" Jenrya said. "We should be looking for Ryo. We can-huh?" Jenrya stopped talking.
"What's the matter?" Ruki asked as everyone except Kazu and Kenta looked at him. Jenrya closed his comtran.
"It's a Data Stream!" he called out.
"Oh great! He's right! Let's go now!" Ruki said as she grabbed her comtran and started running away from the fast-approaching Data Stream.
"Everyone, get up and move out!" Takato ordered. Just as he did that, he ran after Ruki, holding the two comtrans in his hands.
"I'm coming Takato!" Juri said. She dashed after Takato with her comtran.
"Wait for me, guys!" Jenrya said. He then stopped just before he reached where Ruki, Takato and Juri were.
"Don't stop Jenrya! Run!" Ruki yelled at him.
"Kazu! Kenta! A Data Stream is heading your way!" Jenrya called out.
"FORGET THOSE BOZOS! GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE!" Ruki's voice bellowed. Jenrya looked back at the two boys, who were so occupied with their comtrans that they did not seem to notice Jenrya's voice or even Ruki's scream for that matter.
"You think this e-mail will reach my mom?" Kenta said to Kazu. Both of these boys had their eyes on Kenta's comtran and were not paying attention to what is happening around them.
"I think so. I mean this is just an e-mail- huh?" Kazu then saw a shadow over them. He looked up. "Oh wow! A Data Stream! Oh wait, it's coming toward us!" At that, Kazu and Kenta got up and started to run.
"You're going the wrong way!" Ruki yelled at them.
"It's too late!" Juri said in alarm. Just as she spoke, Kenta tripped and fell down.
"Kenta?" Kazu said once he realized Kenta wasn't with him. He turned back to help his friend. "Kenta! Are you alright?"
"Take my comtran and save yourself!" Kenta told him.
"I'll never abandon you!" Kazu said, trying to get Kenta up. Just as he did, the wind picked up. "Let's go!" But just as they did, the Data Stream caught up with them.
""No!" Takato yelled as he saw Kazu and Kenta being sucked into the Data Stream and carried them away with it. Nobody said another word until the Data Stream disappeared into the distance.
"Great. We have to find them all over again," Ruki said. "At least I didn't go with them this time."
"So what do we do now?" Juri asked. Jenrya looked down. Even Ruki didn't appear to have an answer. Takato sighed.
End of Chapter Four
I reposted Chapter Three but apparently it was not considered a new chapter so I apologize if I asked you to repost your review. The next chapter will be on Ken and Wormmon, and their first opponent. Digimon was created by Toei Animation. Do not forget to review this chapter and the reposted chapter if you want to!