Everywhere: Part Three: A Digidestineds Duty
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One word seemed to hover about Kari, Tk and the computer:
Huh?
Kari's shock quickly turned to anger.
"That son of a gun." She murmered. She then put her finger on the screen. A strange vacum seemed to try and pull her in, but she quickly withdrew her finger.
"What the hell?" Tk asked. Kari narrowed her eyes.
"I'm gonna KILL him when I see him!" Kari cried with rage. Tk appeared frightened, but grabbed her hands and made eye contact with her anyway.
"Kari! Calm down! There's probably a reasonable explanation to all this!"
"Reasonable explanation my butt! I know Jason, and he's been keeping this from me since I've known him. I should've known! He's just been trying to lead me off the track! I'm so gonna kick his--"
"Kari! Snap out of it!" Tk yelled. Kari stopped talking and looked down at the ground. "Listen, Kari we can't do anything about this until Jason gets back from the digiworld, or wherever he is. The best thing we can do is leave a note telling Jason to go round to your apartment, so we can talk to him then."
Kari sagged her shoulders and hung her head.
"Sorry I'm over reacting, but..... I thought I could trust Jason."
"I'm sure you still can. There is probably a reason for all this. Now come on, let's write a note and go back to wait at you apartment." Tk said. Kari nodded her head, then picked up a peice of paper and pencil from when kari and Jason had been doing their science work, and scribbled a quick note:
Jason,
Hey, it's Kari. I came round here cause I left my spare key here. The door was open, so I came in. Listen, I gotta talk to you. It's about a guy I met the other day. He's the guy from the dreams! His name's Tk, and I really want you to meet him. Come round to my place as soon as you can.
From Kari
Kari placed the note on the kitchen bench, then walked out of the appartment, Tk following. When they reached Kari's apartment once again, they slouched onto the sofa.
"There's nothing else we can do but wait." Tk said. Kari grumbled.
"Well, this ruins my day. I was looking forward to going to see 'Kate and Leopold', too."
"We'll get another chance at seeing a movie. Somehow I think this is a bit more important that watching Hugh Jackman being trasported through time to meet Meg Ryan."
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Jason held the crimson digivice to the television screen.
"Digiport Open!" He cried. A sudden suction pulled him through the small screen. Miles away, in a small apartment in Odaiba, he feel out of a computer screen, landing uncomfortably on the floor. He had visited the digiworld for the first time in years to get direct orders from Gennai. He knew he had to find the boy named 'Tk' fast so he could trasport Tk and Kari to the digiworld before the portal closed again. Jason picked himself up from the floor, and stumbled over to the fridge for a glass of milk. He felt drained - he had been chased by the digimon controlled by the new evil, searched everywhere for Gennai, and once he finaly found him, given orders that were almost imposible: find a certain boy in Odaiba in less than a day. He had no idea where this boy was, let alone what he looked like......
Jason suddenly spotted a peice of paper on the kitchen bench. He frowned, then walked over to it. As he read it, his eyes widened, and almost choked on the milk.
Kari had found Tk? Kari had found the boy that was necessary for the survival of the digiworld? She just saved me a lot of work.
Jason raced out of the apartment to Kari's.
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Kari was getting restless. It had been half an hour since she and Tk had left Jason's apartment, and he still hadn't come round. Just as Kari was contemplating going back round to his apartment, the doorbell rang. Kari lept to her feet.
"I'll get it." She said, spookily calmly, leaving Tk on the couch and walking to the door. She opened it, and was very thankful to see Jason, even though she was mad at him.
"Jason. Why don't you come in." Kari said rather stiffly. Jason gave her a curious look, the walked into the apartment. He looked around, and to his surprise, on the couch was a blonde haired, blue eyed boy, giving him the same look Kari was.
"What is this, some conspiracy?" Jason asked, eyeing the pair. Kari raised an eyebrow.
"Why don't you tell us?" She asked, finding it hard to restrain herself from punching Jason. "Jason, this is Tk. Tk, Jason."
Jason grinned. So that boy is the one I need to take back, Jason thought to himself. Unfortunatly, his smile was not returned.
"Jason, perhaps you can explain something to us. Tk and I were about to go to the movies when I realised I had left my spare key at your house. We walked over, and your door was unlocked, but no-one was there. So we walked in, worried that something had happened to you. And on your computer screen, there were images of you talking to the moster things I had in my dream. And next to that, for all to see, there was a message saying 'Digiport to Digiworld now Open'."
Jason bolted for the door, but Tk was quicker. He blocked the door. Jason turned around, frightened, to face Kari.
"Siddown, buddy, cause you've got some explaining to do." Kari said, glaring at her friend. Jason looked up at her, nervous, then walked over to the couch and sat down. Kari and Tk sat on either side of him. Kari then felt sypathetic for Jason, and lowered her voice.
"Jason, even if there is a reason you don't want to tell me and Tk about this place called the digiworld, you still need to tell us. It's been driving us insane for the past few weeks, and now you're trying to depreive us of finding out what's going on. Just tell us. Please."
Jason took a very hesitant breath, then begun his story.
"It all started on summer camp six years ago. Kari, you were sick at the time, so you weren't there. A snow storm came, and seven chosen children got sucked into the digiworld. Tk, you were one of them. Those seven children battled evil in the digiworld along side their digimon partners. Digimon means Digital Monster. That's what your partners were. Tk's was called PataMon. And then one day, Gennai got word that there was another child. That was you Kari. But he didn't realise that there were actualy two new children. I was the other.
"So your brother, Tk and the five others traveled back here and found you. Kari, you got your own digimon too. Her name was GatoMon and she had been enslaved by the evil digimon, Myotismon. You then returned to the digiworld to continue fighting evil. But I was a chosen child too, and I accidently got sucked into the digiworld. I landed away from you guys. I got a digimon called CinnaMon (A/N: Sorry, couldn't resist!) and we wandered around the digiworld, not knowing what we were doing or where we were going. We didn't even know that there were eight other digidestined in the digiworld with us. We stayed in the digiworld for days on end. We knew that there was evil in the digiworld, but we didn't have the guts to battle it. And one day, the grey clouds just lifted and everything returned to normal. CinnaMon and I knew that the evil must have been destroyed, but we didn't realise it was by the eight other digidestined.
"We also didn't realise that the portal to the digiworld was about to close, possibly forever. By the time we had, it was too late. We were stuck. So we just wondered around the digiworld without a purpose.
"But one day, we came across an old man lying on the floor, seemingly dead. We ran up to him, and luckliy, he was still alive. So CinnaMon and I looked after the old man until he finaly woke up. He was quite startled to see me, I can tell you that much. He had no idea that I was in the digiworld or who I was.
"But he was thankful all the same because CinnaMon and I took care of him while he was weak, and nursed him back to health. His name was Gennai. So he took us in, and told us about the digiworld. And about the eight others he had sent home a few weeks ago. He explained to me how he had to use all his energy and power to wipe your memories, and thus, he was almost dead.
"I asked him why he had to wipe your memories, and he explained to me about how you were all curious and headstrong people. He told me about how if he didn't wipe your memories, you would probably always be searching for ways into the digiworld, wasting your lifes. He thought he would never need any of your services again.
"So I lived with the Gennai, presuming that I wouldn't ever be able to get back to the real world. But one day, a new evil arose. Gennai gave me direct orders to got back to the real world and get the keeper of Light, which is Kari, and the keeper of Hope which is Tk. He said that you two were the only digidestined who would be anywhere near powerful enough to defeat the new evil. Then, miracle of miracles, the digiport opened once more, allowing me to go on my quest to find the two of you.
"Unfortunalty, the digiport closed quickly after I left the digiworld. So I was instructed to find the two of you, then return with you when the portal reopened. But everything started going wrong. Gennai was right when he said that the digidestined were curious. Kari, you started realising the truth. That could've ruined everything. Gennai was worried you would either chicken out or go to some drastic measures to get into the digiworld. He was worried that you would remind the other digidestined about the digiworld, and he didn't want to risk the lives of people that he didn't feel were strong enough.
"Then, today, the digiport opened again, and I was instructed by Gennai to go to him and see the evil for myself. That must have been when you and Tk came into the appartment.
"So I have one day to bring you two to the digiworld before the portal closes at midnight tonight. That's basically it."
Silence for a moment.
"Well..... that explains a lot." Kari said, staring at Jason. "But what makes Tk and I so special?"
"Well, you have the crest of light, and you are the keeper of Light. The power of the light is one of the most forceful powers in the digiworld. But, to unleash the power, you need the power of hope. As Tk has the crest of hope and is the keeper of Hope, he is needed to unleash the power." Jason was talking like it was very common to be discussing different worlds and mystery powers.
"What are these crest things though?" Tk asked. Jason proceeded to pull two electronic devices connected to two charms out of his pocket.
"These are crests" Jason said, dangling the charms in front of them. "Every digidestined has one. Kari's brothers is Courage, Tk's brothers is Friendship. The five others are: Sora. She has the crest of love. Then there's Izzy. He owns the crest of knowledge. And then there's Mimi, who has the crest of Senserity, and Joe, who owns the crest of Reliability. And of course, there's me. I have the crest of freedom." Jason then handed Kari and Tk one of the electronic devices and charms each.
"Those are your digivices and crests. The digivice gets you to and from the digiworld. It also contains the power that helps you digimon digivolve. The crests also help you digimon digivolve." Kari's head was spinning. She couldn't believe what she was being told, but it made perfect sense.
"What is digivolving?" Tk asked.
"It's where your digimon changes form. It evolves, getting stronger. The digimon then return to their original form once they have finished battling or are out of energy."
Kari stared at the digivice and crest in her hand. She was too overwhelemed to speak. She almost understood why Jason hadn't told her about the digiworld. Jason looked at Kari nervously.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this sooner, but..... the future of the digiworld might have been put in turmoil if I'd told you. I hope you understand." Jason said arkwadly. Kari forced a smile onto her lips.
"That's okay Jason." Kari said, even though she felt she didn't mean it. Jason then stood up.
"Well. Let's get going. That digiport won't stay open forever." He said, heading for the door. Kari and Tk remained seated on the couch.
"Come on! Let's get going!" Jason said. Kari looked up at him.
"Er... Jason, can I talk to Tk for a moment. Like, alone?" She asked. Jason shrugged.
"Sure. I'm gonna wait outside. Call me when you're done." He said, walking out the door. Kari turned to face Tk.
"I don't think I want to do this." Kari said, almost crying under the pressure. Tk bit his lip.
"I think we have to. I mean, if we don't, this place might be destroyed." Tk said, looking at his digivice. Kari thought about this for a moment.
"But..... it's a digital world, right? So it's not real! We don't have too. I mean, it's not like we don't have enough to cope with already without the fate of another world on out shoulders." Kari said, trying to reason. Tk considered this.
"But Kari, what if it is real? I mean, this Gennai person wouldn't have chosen us if he didn't think we were capable enough."
"Yeah, well what if we're not capable enough? What if the portal closes and we get stuck in the digiworld forever? Tk, I don't think I'm up to this." Kari said, crumbling under the pressure. Tk put an arm around her.
"Of course you're up to this! I mean, we'll get to meet new and interesting creatures called digimon. We'll have our own digimon that can evolve to get stronger and stronger! And, if we really do have the power of the crests, we will have hope and love and knowledge and all that other good stuff on our side. And besides, it sounds like fun traveling from world to world." Kari smiled.
"I suppose you're right. But.... what if we fail? What if our efforts go to waste and this 'digiworld' gets destroyed anyway?"
"Well, if we don't try, this world will be destroyed anyway! Come on Kari, we have to try! If we could do it when we were eight, I think we can do it now!" Kari stood up and started pacing up and down the room.
"You are right, Tk. You are absolutley right. We are the chosen ones, so we should be out there saving the world. We were givin the power to beat this evil, so we'd better do it right. Cause when the going get's tough, the tough gets going!" Kari yelled triumphently.
"Where did that come from, pray tell?" Tk asked, eyebrows raised. Kari giggled.
"I saw it on 'Josie and the Pussycats', and I've always wanted to try it."
"Now you just have to dye your hair blonde. Come on, we've got a world to save!" Tk yelled. Kari quickly bent down and pressed her lips against his, giggled, and ran towards the door. Tk caught up with her while she tried to break the door down instead of turning the handle. They rammed it open, and fell out laughing. Jason stood there with his arms crossed over his chest.
"I'm not even going to ask." He said. This just made Kari and Tk more hysterical, of course. Even though they had no idea what they were laughing about, it still took the pair a good few minutes to get it together. Finaly, Kari jumped up and stopped laughing. She had a strangly serious look on her face.
"Okay, troops! Let's go save the digiworld!" She said, thrusting her clenched fist into the air. She's not taking this very seriously a nervous voice said in Jason's head, but he said nothing. He watched as Kari marched to his apartment, arms swinging stiffly. He rolled his eyes, then followed her. She turned the knob, and pushed the door open. She, Tk and Jason walked in.
"Well. Let's go to the digiworld then." Tk said, walking over to the computer. "But how do we get there anyway?"
"Watch and learn." Jason said, placing his digivice onto the screen. "Digiport Open!"
There was a flash of bright white light, then a pulling sensation, and Kari, Tk and Jason got sucked into the compuer screen. Moments later, they landed with a heavy thump in a pile on the floor. Kari groaned.
"Ow...." She said quietly to herself while standing up. She brushed the dirt off her, and looked around. The beauty of her surroundings took her breath away.
It was literally the most ravishing place she had ever seen. She was standing on lush green grass that was still glistning with dew. Large, exotic flowers surrounded her, and the sky was a deep blue with fluffy, white clouds. Near her was a small lake, which had floating lillies and clear, fresh water. She would not have thought it possible, but this place was as close as she would probably ever get to paradise. It was so much more detailed and intricate than it had been in Odaiba.
But the most amazing part of it were the creatures. There were small, dark blue tadpole type creatures, a large sabre-tooth tiger, who remarkably looked quite friendly, what appeared to be a gargantuan snow man cross teddy bear, and other assorted creatures that she never would have imagined existed.
"Yeah, you can sure tell that this world is in turmoil" Tk said sarcastically.
"Der" Jason said brushing some dirt of his shirt. "This is one of the only parts in the digiworld left that isn't under the control of the new evil. That's why I chose to land here, because we wouldn't be in any danger."
"That makes sense. Whoa, check out the wildlife of this place!" Tk was looking at what appeared to be a large flower with eyes.
"That digimon that you are admiring is actually one of the digidestined's digimon." Tk and Kari looked up, seemingly asking whether it was thiers.
"She belonged to a girl named Mimi. Her name is PalMon. Of course, neither Mimi nor PalMon remember eachother." Jason said, walking up to PalMon.
"Hey PalMon. This is Kari and Tk." Jason said casualy. Kari and Tk looked at him strangly.
"Hey Kari. Hey Tk. Nice to meet you!" PalMon said. Tk and Kari backed away.
"Dude, it talks!"
"Well done, Sherlock." Jason rolled his eyes.
"Is it meant to talk?" Kari asked, uneasy.
"Of couse she's meant to talk. If she didn't, how would you communicate with her?" Jason asked. Tk and Kari remained silent.
"Now we have to find GatoMon, PataMon and CinnaMon. Then we should find Gennai and get some clues as to how to defeat the evil."
"You mean we're getting our own digimon?" Kari asked excitedly.
"Yeah! Of course you are! If you didn't, how would you defeat the evil?"
"I guess that makes sense" Kari said quietly. She went back to looking at the other creatures. Jason started walking around.
"I told Gennai to make sure the digimon would be here....." Jason muttered irratibly. Suddenly, behind him, Kari screamed. Jason turned around to see Kari fallen over, staring at a digimon.
"WarumonziMon, I told you not to scare people like that!" Jason scolded. WarumonziMon looked at the floor guiltily.
"I'm sorry" WarumonziMon muttered to Kari.
"Er..... that's okay I guess....." Kari whispered, scared of the giant teddybear that stood in front of her.
"WarumonziMon, have you seen GatoMon, PataMon and CinnaMon? They were meant to be here." Jason said, sounding a bit irritated.
"Yeah, I think that they're just over there." WarumonziMon said, pointing vaguely behind some trees. Jason walked over to the trees.
"There you guys are!" Tk and Kari heard him say, and moments later, Jason reappeared with three of the strangest creatures they had ever seen. The first was a flying bat pig. It was a light brown colour, with a white belly. It had bat's wings attached to it's head, and serious green eyes. The second looked very feminine. It appeared to be a large white cat, with rabbit's ears and a purple striped tail. It was wearing oversized green gloves with it's long talons sticking out. The third was what appeared to be a large dog. It had a silver horn, and with it's jet black colour, the contrast was stunning. It's eyes were larger than any seen before, and were deep sea-blue in colour. Long red claws protruded from each of it's large paws. It had fluffy, long hair, fairly similar to that of a cat's. Compared to the others, this dog looked.... well..... almost normal. Almost.
"Who are they? You never brought humans here before." the cat thing said, while licking one of it's paws. Kari looked closely at it. It seemed sorta familiar......
"Do I know you?" Kari asked the cat thing. It looked up at her, seemingly uninterested.
"No." the cat said simply, and went back to preening herself. Jason looked down at it.
"Ah, but GatoMon, you do know Kari." Jason said. GatoMon took a closer look at the girl.
"You sure? I don't remember her...."
"GatoMon, think back. Think six years back. Do you remember your tail ring? Do you remember giving it to an eight year old girl? Throwing it up to her while she was on a flying bus? Telling her you'd see her again someday?"
"I remember my tail ring, but I don't remember giving it to anyone." GatoMon said, thinking back. Kari pulled a necklace out of her shirt. Threaded onto it was a small, golden ring with symbols on it.
"Is this it?" Kari asked, showing it to GatoMon. Kari had remembered getting it when she was eight, but had no memory of who gave it to her. GatoMon gasped.
"How did you get my tail ring?" She asked in awe. Kari shrugged.
"Don't ask me. But from what Jason's been telling me, and what I've seen today, I think you might have given it to me when I was eight." Jason smiled at Kari.
"That's right, GatoMon. Kari is a digidestined, and you were her digimon partner. You digivolved with the crest of light, and together with a bunch of other children, you saved the digiworld." Gatomon thought about that for a moment.
"Well, that would explain the scars...."
"So where do I come into all of this?" PataMon asked curiously. Jason turned to him.
"You were another one of the chosen digimon. You were teamed with Tk over hear," Jason motioned in Tk's direction, "and you digivolved with the crest of Hope. You also played a big part in saving the digiworld."
"Then why can't we remember all of this?" GatoMon asked suspiciously.
"Because Gennai wiped your memories. Honestly, I though he would've told you this already. It would've saved me one hellova job."
"Well, I think the best thing we can do right now is find this Gennai dude. Maybe he can tell us what's going on." Tk said. Suddenly, a large explosion was heard. The other digimon around them started to panic.
"What's going on?" Kari asked nervously over the noise. Jason looked grim.
"The new evil is coming. Come on, we gotta get outta here!" Jason yelled. He held his digivice in his hand, and the black dog started to change.
"CinnaMon digivolve to..... ColoMon!"
Kari and Tk watched in amazement as the black dog changed before their eyes. It was now deep blue to match his eyes, but it was now in the shape of a fox, and about three times the size it used to be. It had a silver studded coller, and it's horn was now golden. Small gold wings were attached to the side of it's body, and it's paws were grey with green claws. Jason climbed on the back of it.
"Quick, get on!" Jason yelled to Kari and Tk. The pair jumped on the back of the digimon, GatoMon and PataMon following.
"Colomon, get us out of here, fast!" Jason yelled frantically at ColoMon. "Hold on tight!"
Kari and Tk held onto Colomon as it started running at an incredible pace. Colomon ran for what seemed to be ten hours, but was only ten minutes.
"Quick, take shelter over in that cave!" Jason yelled, pointing to a cavern hiddern behind some trees. Colomon turned around and ran into the cave, stopping, and letting the children off. Then, with a flash of golden light, ColoMon returned to CinnaMon. Kari and Tk stared in awe.
"Whoa....." Tk said, not taking his eyes of Cinnamon. Jason grinned.
"That was only the beginning......."
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So. Jason's secret is out, and Kari and Tk are back in the digiworld. But what is the new evil, and can they defeat it? Well, don't ask me, cause I don't know yet. But I will soon. Phew. Part three done. Took me a while. Comments: rio_blaze_dione@hotmail.com
Enjoy a few Cinnamon Scrolls today (or should I say CinnaMon? ^_~)
Rio
Disclaimer: You should know this by now
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One word seemed to hover about Kari, Tk and the computer:
Huh?
Kari's shock quickly turned to anger.
"That son of a gun." She murmered. She then put her finger on the screen. A strange vacum seemed to try and pull her in, but she quickly withdrew her finger.
"What the hell?" Tk asked. Kari narrowed her eyes.
"I'm gonna KILL him when I see him!" Kari cried with rage. Tk appeared frightened, but grabbed her hands and made eye contact with her anyway.
"Kari! Calm down! There's probably a reasonable explanation to all this!"
"Reasonable explanation my butt! I know Jason, and he's been keeping this from me since I've known him. I should've known! He's just been trying to lead me off the track! I'm so gonna kick his--"
"Kari! Snap out of it!" Tk yelled. Kari stopped talking and looked down at the ground. "Listen, Kari we can't do anything about this until Jason gets back from the digiworld, or wherever he is. The best thing we can do is leave a note telling Jason to go round to your apartment, so we can talk to him then."
Kari sagged her shoulders and hung her head.
"Sorry I'm over reacting, but..... I thought I could trust Jason."
"I'm sure you still can. There is probably a reason for all this. Now come on, let's write a note and go back to wait at you apartment." Tk said. Kari nodded her head, then picked up a peice of paper and pencil from when kari and Jason had been doing their science work, and scribbled a quick note:
Jason,
Hey, it's Kari. I came round here cause I left my spare key here. The door was open, so I came in. Listen, I gotta talk to you. It's about a guy I met the other day. He's the guy from the dreams! His name's Tk, and I really want you to meet him. Come round to my place as soon as you can.
From Kari
Kari placed the note on the kitchen bench, then walked out of the appartment, Tk following. When they reached Kari's apartment once again, they slouched onto the sofa.
"There's nothing else we can do but wait." Tk said. Kari grumbled.
"Well, this ruins my day. I was looking forward to going to see 'Kate and Leopold', too."
"We'll get another chance at seeing a movie. Somehow I think this is a bit more important that watching Hugh Jackman being trasported through time to meet Meg Ryan."
*~*
Jason held the crimson digivice to the television screen.
"Digiport Open!" He cried. A sudden suction pulled him through the small screen. Miles away, in a small apartment in Odaiba, he feel out of a computer screen, landing uncomfortably on the floor. He had visited the digiworld for the first time in years to get direct orders from Gennai. He knew he had to find the boy named 'Tk' fast so he could trasport Tk and Kari to the digiworld before the portal closed again. Jason picked himself up from the floor, and stumbled over to the fridge for a glass of milk. He felt drained - he had been chased by the digimon controlled by the new evil, searched everywhere for Gennai, and once he finaly found him, given orders that were almost imposible: find a certain boy in Odaiba in less than a day. He had no idea where this boy was, let alone what he looked like......
Jason suddenly spotted a peice of paper on the kitchen bench. He frowned, then walked over to it. As he read it, his eyes widened, and almost choked on the milk.
Kari had found Tk? Kari had found the boy that was necessary for the survival of the digiworld? She just saved me a lot of work.
Jason raced out of the apartment to Kari's.
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Kari was getting restless. It had been half an hour since she and Tk had left Jason's apartment, and he still hadn't come round. Just as Kari was contemplating going back round to his apartment, the doorbell rang. Kari lept to her feet.
"I'll get it." She said, spookily calmly, leaving Tk on the couch and walking to the door. She opened it, and was very thankful to see Jason, even though she was mad at him.
"Jason. Why don't you come in." Kari said rather stiffly. Jason gave her a curious look, the walked into the apartment. He looked around, and to his surprise, on the couch was a blonde haired, blue eyed boy, giving him the same look Kari was.
"What is this, some conspiracy?" Jason asked, eyeing the pair. Kari raised an eyebrow.
"Why don't you tell us?" She asked, finding it hard to restrain herself from punching Jason. "Jason, this is Tk. Tk, Jason."
Jason grinned. So that boy is the one I need to take back, Jason thought to himself. Unfortunatly, his smile was not returned.
"Jason, perhaps you can explain something to us. Tk and I were about to go to the movies when I realised I had left my spare key at your house. We walked over, and your door was unlocked, but no-one was there. So we walked in, worried that something had happened to you. And on your computer screen, there were images of you talking to the moster things I had in my dream. And next to that, for all to see, there was a message saying 'Digiport to Digiworld now Open'."
Jason bolted for the door, but Tk was quicker. He blocked the door. Jason turned around, frightened, to face Kari.
"Siddown, buddy, cause you've got some explaining to do." Kari said, glaring at her friend. Jason looked up at her, nervous, then walked over to the couch and sat down. Kari and Tk sat on either side of him. Kari then felt sypathetic for Jason, and lowered her voice.
"Jason, even if there is a reason you don't want to tell me and Tk about this place called the digiworld, you still need to tell us. It's been driving us insane for the past few weeks, and now you're trying to depreive us of finding out what's going on. Just tell us. Please."
Jason took a very hesitant breath, then begun his story.
"It all started on summer camp six years ago. Kari, you were sick at the time, so you weren't there. A snow storm came, and seven chosen children got sucked into the digiworld. Tk, you were one of them. Those seven children battled evil in the digiworld along side their digimon partners. Digimon means Digital Monster. That's what your partners were. Tk's was called PataMon. And then one day, Gennai got word that there was another child. That was you Kari. But he didn't realise that there were actualy two new children. I was the other.
"So your brother, Tk and the five others traveled back here and found you. Kari, you got your own digimon too. Her name was GatoMon and she had been enslaved by the evil digimon, Myotismon. You then returned to the digiworld to continue fighting evil. But I was a chosen child too, and I accidently got sucked into the digiworld. I landed away from you guys. I got a digimon called CinnaMon (A/N: Sorry, couldn't resist!) and we wandered around the digiworld, not knowing what we were doing or where we were going. We didn't even know that there were eight other digidestined in the digiworld with us. We stayed in the digiworld for days on end. We knew that there was evil in the digiworld, but we didn't have the guts to battle it. And one day, the grey clouds just lifted and everything returned to normal. CinnaMon and I knew that the evil must have been destroyed, but we didn't realise it was by the eight other digidestined.
"We also didn't realise that the portal to the digiworld was about to close, possibly forever. By the time we had, it was too late. We were stuck. So we just wondered around the digiworld without a purpose.
"But one day, we came across an old man lying on the floor, seemingly dead. We ran up to him, and luckliy, he was still alive. So CinnaMon and I looked after the old man until he finaly woke up. He was quite startled to see me, I can tell you that much. He had no idea that I was in the digiworld or who I was.
"But he was thankful all the same because CinnaMon and I took care of him while he was weak, and nursed him back to health. His name was Gennai. So he took us in, and told us about the digiworld. And about the eight others he had sent home a few weeks ago. He explained to me how he had to use all his energy and power to wipe your memories, and thus, he was almost dead.
"I asked him why he had to wipe your memories, and he explained to me about how you were all curious and headstrong people. He told me about how if he didn't wipe your memories, you would probably always be searching for ways into the digiworld, wasting your lifes. He thought he would never need any of your services again.
"So I lived with the Gennai, presuming that I wouldn't ever be able to get back to the real world. But one day, a new evil arose. Gennai gave me direct orders to got back to the real world and get the keeper of Light, which is Kari, and the keeper of Hope which is Tk. He said that you two were the only digidestined who would be anywhere near powerful enough to defeat the new evil. Then, miracle of miracles, the digiport opened once more, allowing me to go on my quest to find the two of you.
"Unfortunalty, the digiport closed quickly after I left the digiworld. So I was instructed to find the two of you, then return with you when the portal reopened. But everything started going wrong. Gennai was right when he said that the digidestined were curious. Kari, you started realising the truth. That could've ruined everything. Gennai was worried you would either chicken out or go to some drastic measures to get into the digiworld. He was worried that you would remind the other digidestined about the digiworld, and he didn't want to risk the lives of people that he didn't feel were strong enough.
"Then, today, the digiport opened again, and I was instructed by Gennai to go to him and see the evil for myself. That must have been when you and Tk came into the appartment.
"So I have one day to bring you two to the digiworld before the portal closes at midnight tonight. That's basically it."
Silence for a moment.
"Well..... that explains a lot." Kari said, staring at Jason. "But what makes Tk and I so special?"
"Well, you have the crest of light, and you are the keeper of Light. The power of the light is one of the most forceful powers in the digiworld. But, to unleash the power, you need the power of hope. As Tk has the crest of hope and is the keeper of Hope, he is needed to unleash the power." Jason was talking like it was very common to be discussing different worlds and mystery powers.
"What are these crest things though?" Tk asked. Jason proceeded to pull two electronic devices connected to two charms out of his pocket.
"These are crests" Jason said, dangling the charms in front of them. "Every digidestined has one. Kari's brothers is Courage, Tk's brothers is Friendship. The five others are: Sora. She has the crest of love. Then there's Izzy. He owns the crest of knowledge. And then there's Mimi, who has the crest of Senserity, and Joe, who owns the crest of Reliability. And of course, there's me. I have the crest of freedom." Jason then handed Kari and Tk one of the electronic devices and charms each.
"Those are your digivices and crests. The digivice gets you to and from the digiworld. It also contains the power that helps you digimon digivolve. The crests also help you digimon digivolve." Kari's head was spinning. She couldn't believe what she was being told, but it made perfect sense.
"What is digivolving?" Tk asked.
"It's where your digimon changes form. It evolves, getting stronger. The digimon then return to their original form once they have finished battling or are out of energy."
Kari stared at the digivice and crest in her hand. She was too overwhelemed to speak. She almost understood why Jason hadn't told her about the digiworld. Jason looked at Kari nervously.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this sooner, but..... the future of the digiworld might have been put in turmoil if I'd told you. I hope you understand." Jason said arkwadly. Kari forced a smile onto her lips.
"That's okay Jason." Kari said, even though she felt she didn't mean it. Jason then stood up.
"Well. Let's get going. That digiport won't stay open forever." He said, heading for the door. Kari and Tk remained seated on the couch.
"Come on! Let's get going!" Jason said. Kari looked up at him.
"Er... Jason, can I talk to Tk for a moment. Like, alone?" She asked. Jason shrugged.
"Sure. I'm gonna wait outside. Call me when you're done." He said, walking out the door. Kari turned to face Tk.
"I don't think I want to do this." Kari said, almost crying under the pressure. Tk bit his lip.
"I think we have to. I mean, if we don't, this place might be destroyed." Tk said, looking at his digivice. Kari thought about this for a moment.
"But..... it's a digital world, right? So it's not real! We don't have too. I mean, it's not like we don't have enough to cope with already without the fate of another world on out shoulders." Kari said, trying to reason. Tk considered this.
"But Kari, what if it is real? I mean, this Gennai person wouldn't have chosen us if he didn't think we were capable enough."
"Yeah, well what if we're not capable enough? What if the portal closes and we get stuck in the digiworld forever? Tk, I don't think I'm up to this." Kari said, crumbling under the pressure. Tk put an arm around her.
"Of course you're up to this! I mean, we'll get to meet new and interesting creatures called digimon. We'll have our own digimon that can evolve to get stronger and stronger! And, if we really do have the power of the crests, we will have hope and love and knowledge and all that other good stuff on our side. And besides, it sounds like fun traveling from world to world." Kari smiled.
"I suppose you're right. But.... what if we fail? What if our efforts go to waste and this 'digiworld' gets destroyed anyway?"
"Well, if we don't try, this world will be destroyed anyway! Come on Kari, we have to try! If we could do it when we were eight, I think we can do it now!" Kari stood up and started pacing up and down the room.
"You are right, Tk. You are absolutley right. We are the chosen ones, so we should be out there saving the world. We were givin the power to beat this evil, so we'd better do it right. Cause when the going get's tough, the tough gets going!" Kari yelled triumphently.
"Where did that come from, pray tell?" Tk asked, eyebrows raised. Kari giggled.
"I saw it on 'Josie and the Pussycats', and I've always wanted to try it."
"Now you just have to dye your hair blonde. Come on, we've got a world to save!" Tk yelled. Kari quickly bent down and pressed her lips against his, giggled, and ran towards the door. Tk caught up with her while she tried to break the door down instead of turning the handle. They rammed it open, and fell out laughing. Jason stood there with his arms crossed over his chest.
"I'm not even going to ask." He said. This just made Kari and Tk more hysterical, of course. Even though they had no idea what they were laughing about, it still took the pair a good few minutes to get it together. Finaly, Kari jumped up and stopped laughing. She had a strangly serious look on her face.
"Okay, troops! Let's go save the digiworld!" She said, thrusting her clenched fist into the air. She's not taking this very seriously a nervous voice said in Jason's head, but he said nothing. He watched as Kari marched to his apartment, arms swinging stiffly. He rolled his eyes, then followed her. She turned the knob, and pushed the door open. She, Tk and Jason walked in.
"Well. Let's go to the digiworld then." Tk said, walking over to the computer. "But how do we get there anyway?"
"Watch and learn." Jason said, placing his digivice onto the screen. "Digiport Open!"
There was a flash of bright white light, then a pulling sensation, and Kari, Tk and Jason got sucked into the compuer screen. Moments later, they landed with a heavy thump in a pile on the floor. Kari groaned.
"Ow...." She said quietly to herself while standing up. She brushed the dirt off her, and looked around. The beauty of her surroundings took her breath away.
It was literally the most ravishing place she had ever seen. She was standing on lush green grass that was still glistning with dew. Large, exotic flowers surrounded her, and the sky was a deep blue with fluffy, white clouds. Near her was a small lake, which had floating lillies and clear, fresh water. She would not have thought it possible, but this place was as close as she would probably ever get to paradise. It was so much more detailed and intricate than it had been in Odaiba.
But the most amazing part of it were the creatures. There were small, dark blue tadpole type creatures, a large sabre-tooth tiger, who remarkably looked quite friendly, what appeared to be a gargantuan snow man cross teddy bear, and other assorted creatures that she never would have imagined existed.
"Yeah, you can sure tell that this world is in turmoil" Tk said sarcastically.
"Der" Jason said brushing some dirt of his shirt. "This is one of the only parts in the digiworld left that isn't under the control of the new evil. That's why I chose to land here, because we wouldn't be in any danger."
"That makes sense. Whoa, check out the wildlife of this place!" Tk was looking at what appeared to be a large flower with eyes.
"That digimon that you are admiring is actually one of the digidestined's digimon." Tk and Kari looked up, seemingly asking whether it was thiers.
"She belonged to a girl named Mimi. Her name is PalMon. Of course, neither Mimi nor PalMon remember eachother." Jason said, walking up to PalMon.
"Hey PalMon. This is Kari and Tk." Jason said casualy. Kari and Tk looked at him strangly.
"Hey Kari. Hey Tk. Nice to meet you!" PalMon said. Tk and Kari backed away.
"Dude, it talks!"
"Well done, Sherlock." Jason rolled his eyes.
"Is it meant to talk?" Kari asked, uneasy.
"Of couse she's meant to talk. If she didn't, how would you communicate with her?" Jason asked. Tk and Kari remained silent.
"Now we have to find GatoMon, PataMon and CinnaMon. Then we should find Gennai and get some clues as to how to defeat the evil."
"You mean we're getting our own digimon?" Kari asked excitedly.
"Yeah! Of course you are! If you didn't, how would you defeat the evil?"
"I guess that makes sense" Kari said quietly. She went back to looking at the other creatures. Jason started walking around.
"I told Gennai to make sure the digimon would be here....." Jason muttered irratibly. Suddenly, behind him, Kari screamed. Jason turned around to see Kari fallen over, staring at a digimon.
"WarumonziMon, I told you not to scare people like that!" Jason scolded. WarumonziMon looked at the floor guiltily.
"I'm sorry" WarumonziMon muttered to Kari.
"Er..... that's okay I guess....." Kari whispered, scared of the giant teddybear that stood in front of her.
"WarumonziMon, have you seen GatoMon, PataMon and CinnaMon? They were meant to be here." Jason said, sounding a bit irritated.
"Yeah, I think that they're just over there." WarumonziMon said, pointing vaguely behind some trees. Jason walked over to the trees.
"There you guys are!" Tk and Kari heard him say, and moments later, Jason reappeared with three of the strangest creatures they had ever seen. The first was a flying bat pig. It was a light brown colour, with a white belly. It had bat's wings attached to it's head, and serious green eyes. The second looked very feminine. It appeared to be a large white cat, with rabbit's ears and a purple striped tail. It was wearing oversized green gloves with it's long talons sticking out. The third was what appeared to be a large dog. It had a silver horn, and with it's jet black colour, the contrast was stunning. It's eyes were larger than any seen before, and were deep sea-blue in colour. Long red claws protruded from each of it's large paws. It had fluffy, long hair, fairly similar to that of a cat's. Compared to the others, this dog looked.... well..... almost normal. Almost.
"Who are they? You never brought humans here before." the cat thing said, while licking one of it's paws. Kari looked closely at it. It seemed sorta familiar......
"Do I know you?" Kari asked the cat thing. It looked up at her, seemingly uninterested.
"No." the cat said simply, and went back to preening herself. Jason looked down at it.
"Ah, but GatoMon, you do know Kari." Jason said. GatoMon took a closer look at the girl.
"You sure? I don't remember her...."
"GatoMon, think back. Think six years back. Do you remember your tail ring? Do you remember giving it to an eight year old girl? Throwing it up to her while she was on a flying bus? Telling her you'd see her again someday?"
"I remember my tail ring, but I don't remember giving it to anyone." GatoMon said, thinking back. Kari pulled a necklace out of her shirt. Threaded onto it was a small, golden ring with symbols on it.
"Is this it?" Kari asked, showing it to GatoMon. Kari had remembered getting it when she was eight, but had no memory of who gave it to her. GatoMon gasped.
"How did you get my tail ring?" She asked in awe. Kari shrugged.
"Don't ask me. But from what Jason's been telling me, and what I've seen today, I think you might have given it to me when I was eight." Jason smiled at Kari.
"That's right, GatoMon. Kari is a digidestined, and you were her digimon partner. You digivolved with the crest of light, and together with a bunch of other children, you saved the digiworld." Gatomon thought about that for a moment.
"Well, that would explain the scars...."
"So where do I come into all of this?" PataMon asked curiously. Jason turned to him.
"You were another one of the chosen digimon. You were teamed with Tk over hear," Jason motioned in Tk's direction, "and you digivolved with the crest of Hope. You also played a big part in saving the digiworld."
"Then why can't we remember all of this?" GatoMon asked suspiciously.
"Because Gennai wiped your memories. Honestly, I though he would've told you this already. It would've saved me one hellova job."
"Well, I think the best thing we can do right now is find this Gennai dude. Maybe he can tell us what's going on." Tk said. Suddenly, a large explosion was heard. The other digimon around them started to panic.
"What's going on?" Kari asked nervously over the noise. Jason looked grim.
"The new evil is coming. Come on, we gotta get outta here!" Jason yelled. He held his digivice in his hand, and the black dog started to change.
"CinnaMon digivolve to..... ColoMon!"
Kari and Tk watched in amazement as the black dog changed before their eyes. It was now deep blue to match his eyes, but it was now in the shape of a fox, and about three times the size it used to be. It had a silver studded coller, and it's horn was now golden. Small gold wings were attached to the side of it's body, and it's paws were grey with green claws. Jason climbed on the back of it.
"Quick, get on!" Jason yelled to Kari and Tk. The pair jumped on the back of the digimon, GatoMon and PataMon following.
"Colomon, get us out of here, fast!" Jason yelled frantically at ColoMon. "Hold on tight!"
Kari and Tk held onto Colomon as it started running at an incredible pace. Colomon ran for what seemed to be ten hours, but was only ten minutes.
"Quick, take shelter over in that cave!" Jason yelled, pointing to a cavern hiddern behind some trees. Colomon turned around and ran into the cave, stopping, and letting the children off. Then, with a flash of golden light, ColoMon returned to CinnaMon. Kari and Tk stared in awe.
"Whoa....." Tk said, not taking his eyes of Cinnamon. Jason grinned.
"That was only the beginning......."
*~*
So. Jason's secret is out, and Kari and Tk are back in the digiworld. But what is the new evil, and can they defeat it? Well, don't ask me, cause I don't know yet. But I will soon. Phew. Part three done. Took me a while. Comments: rio_blaze_dione@hotmail.com
Enjoy a few Cinnamon Scrolls today (or should I say CinnaMon? ^_~)
Rio
