I forgot to mention in theprevious chapter. Tai also has a cape that can make him invisible. Similar to the Invisibility Cloak from Harry Potter. Reason as to how Tai got this is this reason. The mask that he has gives him many strange powers. So far, you know he has these;
1.) And english accent (As I mentioned, the voice is a combination of Gerard Butler and Hugo Weaving mixed. If your imagination can try to create that voice, you'll see that it's a great voice for a masked vigilante.)
2.) The mask is able to speak to his mind, guiding him on his movements in combat.
and now you know that the cape allows him to turn invisible. Hope you enjoy this chapter. Reviwers have told me that I should change the rating to an 'M'. So the story is now rated Mature. It might end up being rated R for action. The sexuality won't go any more intense(not final).
The Dark Jester
Chapter Five
Off With A Blast
"Tai!" Izzy screamed at Tai's sleepy head, "Tai wake up!"
"Five more minutes." Tai muttered.
"You really want to miss five minutes of fame?" Izzy asked.
"What?" Tai jumped out of bed, "Fame?"
"Go to the Morning Japan News." Izzy said, "You might not be too surpised, but its still worth watching."
Kari was sitting in front of her TV when Izzy called about the morning news. Afterward, she called up almost everyone, and now, they were all in front of their TVs, ready to see what got Izzy going crazy.
"Back to you Aoki." A male news reporter said.
The screen shifted to a female reporter, standing outside of a boarded building. The building had many grafitti on it and the windows were covered by it, as well as boards of wood. The doorway was also boarded, but it looked as if someone broke in. There were police cars surrounding the site and police tapes were bordering the crime scene.
"Arigato Kisho." The female reporter said, "I'm standing in front of a crime scene where a group of teenaged males were found murdered."
Some policemen carried several body bags out of the building, ten in total. Through the bags, the stain of blood was still fresh and seeping through the material.
"The police have identified each victim to be members in a group of rapists, being in the same organization as the same murdered group found in an alleyway the same night. They have been known to leave a raped female victim salmost everynight. This day could possibly mark the end of that terror." She continued, "Evidence that the police collected show that this was the work of of the one known as the Dark Jester, yet again."
"Oh my god." Kari said, "It's him."
"Wow." Tai commented, "Didn't see that coming."
"At least they won't be able to trace the evidence to you." Izzy said.
"True." Tai replied. As he fell back on his bed he began to remember what Gennai told him last night. "Izzy, there's something I need you to do for me."
"What?" Izzy asked, "What help can I offer?"
"Gennai told me that Apocalymon plans to take over a computer company." Tai explained, "He plans to use it to bring out the evil Digimon into our world."
"You mean like how Armagedodnmon came into our world that one time?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah, but this time, it'll be more than just one Digimon. It'll be hundreds." Tai said, "I need your help to locate every computer company that's here in Odaiba."
"Hmm." Izzy got to his laptop and quickly turned it on. He searched through his computer, finding any computer companies, "What does Gennai plan for you to do?"
"Well, he didn't really tell me what to do about it." Tai said, "So I plan to do things my way."
"Got it." Izzy showed Tai the computer screen, "There are at least 13 companies in Japan. Since Apocalymon knows that we're all in Odaiba, I've narrowed it down to 5."
He hit a button on his keyboard and the list and the list of 50 reduced down to a list of 12 names.
"And if I continue narrowing it down, we'll get a precise location. Since he would want to be near us all, he would be." Izzy pressed another button on his keyboard and the list narrowed down to 2, "There."
"There's 2." Tai commented, "It's not enough."
"I know." Izzy said, "But this is where it gets good. Apocalymon wants to be able to get a computer company that has the most computers. The first company has very little, reason why; it doesn't sell well. The second makes more business, so its computer products are all over Odaiba. That's what Apocalymon wants. Raidon Software is the company that Apocalymon would go after."
Tai looked at the computer screen and then turned to Izzy. "I love you man." Tai kissed him on the forehead.
"What was that for?" Izzy asked, shocked.
"My graditude to a friend." Tai replied, "I'm on my way there now."
"Tai, it's pretty far from here." Izzy said, "You're forgetting the college we went to is far from home."
Tai ignored Izzy's comment. He walked to his closet and went deep inside to pull out the box of detonators.
Back at the warehouse of Apocalymon, he stood before a large crowd of men. They all wore black and had a mask that resembled Apocalymon's face.
"Silence!" He screamed. They all hushed down and turned their attention to him, "You are all here for many reasons, but they all narrow down to one simple reason. You are all here because you share my dream of a world controlled by one. A world where you have control over the weaker humans. A world where you decide the fate of others."
They all thrusted their hands up and cheered. Apocalymon collected every possible criminal on the face of Japan and gathered them for his use. With a little Digimon powers, he was able to manipulate their minds and control them to his will. This was for the best of his abilities. If he was to take over a human world, he needed humans who knew the evil ways.
"As you all know, I plan to bring in my army of Digimon and wreck havoc into this world." Apocalymon said, "For those have been assigned the mission, go to the destination and carry out you duty."
A small portion of the crowd parted from the rest and left the warehouse. They were the ones chosen to carry out Apocalymon's first orders. With his powers controling their minds, they obeyed him mindlessly.
(1:37 pm)
Sora was back at home, on her computer. A few hours had passed and it was past noon. Sora spent her time doing something to waste her time, hopefully, erasing her memories of what happened last night. As she was typing on the computer, something clicked in her monitor. The screen than froze and ewent blank.
"What the hell?" Sora muttered.
She hit the reset button, but nothing happened. he turned the computer off and turned it back on, nothing. Her computer was broken and she had no clue on how to fix it. As she kept trying to find the problem, she remembered that there was someone she could turn to. She went to her room to get her phone. She dialled a number and waited for a reply.
"Hello?" The voice asked.
"Hey Izzy, are you busy?" Sora asked.
"Oh hey Sora." Izzy replied, "Why what do you need?"
"My computer fucked up and I need your help." Sora said, "Can you come over to help me?"
"Oh, sorry, but I have a job interview in half an hour." He replied, "Why don't you call the computer company and tell them your problem?"
"Ok, thanks." Sora said.
"No problem." Izy replied, "Sorry I couldn't help much."
"Don't worry about it." Sora said.
Sora hung up and went back to the computer, she looked all over it, searching for the name the of the company the computer came from. When she found it, her doorbell rang. She walked to the door and opened it. At the other side, Matt was waiting there, holding a boquet of roses.
"Surprise." Matt said.
"Wow, Matt." Sora took the roses, "They're beautiful."
"You did remember what today is right?" Matt asked.
"Of course." Sora said, "It's our two year aniversary."
"And you want to know where I'm taking you for our aniversary?" Matt asked.
"Where?" Sora asked with a big smile on her face.
"You'll just have to wait until we get there." Matt grinned.
"Oh come on, Matt." Sora jokefully frowned, "Tell me."
"It's not far from here." Matt said, "But I will tell you that its gonna be delicious."
"Oooh, a restaurant." Sora smiled, "But there's something I need you to do afterward."
"Sure what do you need?" Matt asked.
"My computer broke and I need to get it fixed." Sora said, "The computer company is not far from home, so could you take me there after lunch?"
"Sure." Matt said, "But didn't you asked Izzy?"
"He said he's too busy." Sora said, "And plus, the school he goes to is far from here."
"Sora?" A female voice called from the kitchen, "You're not going out until you...oh, hello Matt."
"Hi Mrs. Takenouchi." Matt bowed, "I'm here to take Sora' on our one year aniversary."
"That's sweet to know, but I'm afraid Sora has to finish some cleaning downstair." Sora's mother said, "The shop needs to be watered and the floors need to be clean."
"But mom..." Sora complained.
"It's alright." Matt said, "I'll help."
"You don't have to." Sora said.
"I want to." Matt replied.
"Alright then." Sora's mom smiled, "Go downstairs and get cleaning."
(5:21 pm)
"That was so great." Sora said. She finished her plate and put the chopsticks down, "You were right, it is delicious."
"I told you so." Matt smiled, "They recently opened and recommended it to my parents. Ever since they got back together, they spent as much time as they could with eachother."
"That's so sweet." Sora smiled, wiping her lips with her napkin, "We should come here more often."
"We should." Matt said, "Now, there's more I want to do."
"Whatelse could you want to do?" Sora asked, "You took me shopping for the first hour of our date."
"And there's still more to do." Matt said.
"Like what?" Sora asked.
"I'll show you when we get there." Matt said.
Matt paid the bill and the two got up to leave the restaurant.
"Thank you for dining at Amatsu Dinner." The manager said.
(7:45 pm)
"Was the coupling rings really nessesary?" Sora asked, "They were so expensive."
"My parents gave me the money." Matt said, "They knew how important this day is to us."
"Aww, thank you." Sora kissed Matt as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"We better go inside." Matt said, "Wait for me at the lobby, I'll get your computer."
Sora went inside the building of the computer company. The name of the company was in giant letters;
Raidon Electronics.
We give the thunder that powers you're entertainment.
As Sora got inside the building and into the main lobby, Matt went to his car trunk and took out a large box that had Sora's computer inside. He closed the trunk and walked to the doors, opening the doors with his feet and meeting up with Sora.
"You sure you're fine with that?" Sora asked, looking at Matt as he held the heavy box.
"I'll manage." Matt said.
They were the only people in the lobby that weren't wearing business clothes. The workers were walking around, tlaking on their cellphones and discussing many things with their co-workers. The only person that stood out from them, excluding Matt and Sora was a man, dress in a heavy black trenchcoat with a hood over him, covering his face. The man carried a large duffle bag and it looked as if it was heavily packed. The elevator doors opened and the couple went inside.
"You coming buddy?" Matt asked.
The man simply shook his head slowly.
"Alright." The doors closed.
The man looked at the lights above the elevator doors. The lights above indicated that there were 8 floors in the building and that Matt and Sora went up to the fifth. The man took his hood off and revealed his face. Tai. "You just made things more complicated for me guys."
From outside the building, across the streets, in the alley,a group of men were hidden in the dark. The sun began to hide behind the tall buildings and large shadows were cast.
"Remember what the master ordered." one of them said, "We cannot fail."
"Hello. How can I help you?" The desk clerk asked.
"Where can we go to discuss our computer problem?" Matt asked. He lifted the box up to show the computer that he brought in.
"Oh. Go to your right and enter either of the rooms that say 'Problems and/or Complaints' on the door." The man instructed, "One of our workers should be available to help you right now."
"Arigatou." Matt said.
The two followed the directions and entered the open room.
From the lobby, the group of men from the alleyway ran inside, carrying guns.
"Everyone Down!" One of them screamed, "Get Down!"
Everyone in the lobby did as ordered, they all dropped to the floor, dropping anything they held. The men with the guns prevented them from escaping the building.
"Everyone, to the stairs." The ordered, "Now!"
"Take them to the fifth floor." On of them ordered, "Get the others from the other floors and bring them there too."
"Right away." the listener replied.
Tai was on one of the floors while the stick-up was taking place.
"Excuse me, but where can I find a washroom?" Tai asked one of the workers.
"Down the hall and to your left." The woman replied.
"Thank you." Tai smiled.
He turned around and made his way to the washroom. He entered the room and locked the door behind him. He opened his dufflebag and began to take the contents out. As he did, he heard the sound of people screaming.
"Everybody! to the Fifth floor!" someone yelled, "Now!"
The sound of gunshots made the people scream. Tai began to take the contents out more quickly.
"Check for anymore people." he heard, "Kill them if they're hiding."
Uh oh. Tai thought.
He heard the sound of someone kicking the doors open as they walked down the hall. The sound of doors kicked open came closer and closer. He then heard the door kick open with the voice of a man.
"Please, don't kill me." He begged.
"Sorry old man." The gunman fired several rounds and Tai heard the sound of the body hit the floor.
The gunman came to the private washroom. He opened the door, but it was locked. Looks like we got another one. He thought. He began to shoot at the doorknob and the door opened. He kicked the door open and aimed his gun around the washroom, searching for anything. There was none inside. What was the doorlocked for?
He left the room and went back to the elevator.
"This room's empty." The man said, "Let's go to the fifth floor."
Back in the washroom. From the corner of the room, farthest from the door, the face of Saji slowly appeared from nowhere. Saji got up and pulled his cape aside, revealing his body. "That was very close." He said to himself, "Better work quickly." Saji moved aside to reveal that he hid the duffle bag underneath him. He opened the bag and showed a giant set of explosives, all strapped together with many wirings on it.
Everyone that was in the building were gathered on the fifth floor and they were all sitting on the floor in the middle of the rooms, with the cubicles demolished and tossed aside to give the room.
"As we upload our software into the main computers, I expect none of you to resist us." The main leader said, "Those who try to resist will be killed. Just to show you that we're serious as hell..."
He took his gun and fire one shot and them. The man that was sitting next to Sora fell to the ground. Sora looked in horrow when she saw the bullet hole on the victim's head. She quickly turned away.
"What do you plan to do?" Sora asked.
"We plan to unleash an army of Digimon into this world." The leader answered, "When they all enter, we will have total control of this world. First Japan, then Korea, we'll then spread to China and go all the way to Europe. Our controll will go oversea and hit America."
"I'm not gonna let them do this." Matt said to Sora.
Matt got up and quickly punched the closet one to him. As they others prepared to shoot, Matt avoided their field of view by ducking and he kicked them on the shins. They all fell to the ground and dropped their guns. They got back up and prepared for a fist fight. Matt made the first move by punching one of them and conecting it with a kick to the face of the one that stood behind him. He swung around and delivered a roundhouse kick at him and he fell to the ground. Matt turned back around and grabbed one of them by their hair and threw him to the others. As he turned around again, he met with the end of a gun.
"That's enough for you." He said. He grabbed his face, to somehow weaken the pain of Matt's punch, "You're gonna pay for this."
"Oh, I think not." A voice.
"Huh? Who's there?" The leader asked.
"Worry about my identity later." The voice replied, "You must have another question you want to ask me."
"Where are you?" The leader asked.
"Here's a riddle to answer your question;"
I'm all over the world. You must know me yes?
I'm an obedient servant, through a button you press.
I carry many things. I take them up and down.
There are hundreds of me's in every town.
What am I?
As the gunmen pondered on the riddle. Sora had the answer quickly.
"It's an elevator." Sora said.
"An elevator." the leader repeated her words, "He's in the elevator!"
They all surrounded the elevator and held their guns up and aimed at the door, preparing for the person to come out. The doors opened and a black figure slowly walked out. The cape covered his body and this white and black face was hidden under his black stetson. Sora instantly recognized the face. It was Saji.
"You better get down on your knees." The leader said, "Do it or we're gonna shoot the shit out of you."
"Oh, I think not." Saji replied, "You're going to be doing what I command."
"What makes you think we'll be listening to you?" one of them asked.
Saji threw his arms up and out to his sides.On his right hand he held a cylindrical device. He flipped open the top of the metal tube and it revealed a red button. What the button was for was revealed when he opened his cape. A giant set of detonators was strapped aorund his body, covering his waist and his ribs. Smaller detonators were strapped around his ankles, biceps and neck. The explosives were all connected together with many different colored wirings. He held his arms out wide to show the amount of explosives he had on him.
"You will do as I command." Saji said, "First, I want all of these people to leave the building."
"Do as he says." The leader ordered.
The gunmen moved back and the hostages all got up and ran down the stairs. Sora went to Matt and helped him on his feet.
"Let's hurry." Sora said.
As the two were about to go to the stairs, the leader pulled the gun at Saji's face.
"I think I'm going to change the plans." He said, "Besides, explosives are no good when the remote has no one to push it."
They all aimed their guns at Saji, as well as Matt and Sora. They covered the exit to prevent them form leaving, while the remaining hostages escaped and ran out of the building in panic.
"Someone call the police!" they screamed, "There's a crazy man with explosives inside."
"Put the remote down." The leader ordered.
Saji closed the lid of the remote and let it drop. They all focused their eyes on the falling remote. Saji took this oppertunity to strike. He took out his crusader sword and held it tightly in his two hands. Saji swung the blade and sliced it right at the rib of one of them. He dropped to the ground in pain, grasping the giant wound. Saji turned around and pierced the blade through another gunman and let him drop to the floor. As the remaining approuched him, Saji sheathed the sword on his back and pulled out two knives from his belt. He twisted the hilt and the blades slid out. As they raised their guns, Saji ran at them, he spun around whipped his cape at the closet shooter and stabbed him right in the forehead. He pulled the blade out and used it to pierce the wrist of the next gunman and slit his throat with the other knife. As the blood kept coming, Saji kept moving forward, slicing and stabbing. Saji made it to the other side of the gunmen and looked up to see Sora and Matt still there.
"Get out." Saji said.
"I think I agree with him." Matt ran out the door to the stairs and Sora followed.
As Sora was about to make it to the door, she felt someone grab her hair. While there were others that Saji had to deal with, the leader of them took this time to get Sora. Saji finished off the last of them. The final foe aimed his gun at Saji's head. The gun was pressed against his left emple as Saji had his two knives in his hands. Saji stood over is enemies as they were rolling on the floor in pain.
"Don't even think about it." the shooter said.
"I'm afraid you're too late." Saji said, "Thoughts can be powerful, but they are more powerful when followed by action."
With that, Saji swung his left hand and pierced the blade right into the shooter's stomach. He slid the knife up to his chest and let the blood spill out.
"Enjoy the rest of your days in the burning land of Hell." Saji said. To his own surprise he was the first foe that he killed in this building. The others were suffering from loss of blood and screaming in pain.
"That's enough." a voice said.
Saji turned around and saw the leader of the gunmen holding Sora with a gun at her head. He had his right arm around Sora's neck and was squeezing tightly. Sora was grabbing his arm, trying to break free, but the grip was too strong.
"I would give you an option on this, but now that you killed everyone of my men, I have no reason to." He said, "Now you'll have this bitch's death on your concious."
"I have many deaths." Saji replied, "I'll have one more for this occasion, but it won't hers."
"Then who else could it be?" the leader asked.
"Yours." Saji raised his right hand up, holding a CD, "Isn't this yours?"
It was the CD that would allow them to unleash the evil Digimon through the computers, and all others that were connected to the main computer. Without it, the hope for unleashing the Digimon was gone.
"Give it back." He said, "I'll trade her life for it."
"Do I have your word?" Saji asked. He brought his right hand down. As he held the CD between his index and middle finger, his thumb and remaining fingers held a shuriken, hidden on his palm, away from his enemy's sight, as well as Sora's.
"Just give me the CD." He demanded, "Give it your I'll be spilling her blood on this floor."
"Very well." Saji threw the CD towards him.
He released his grip on Sora and reached out to grab the CD. HE got a hold of the mirrored disk, but he didn't move afterwards. He began to grunt in pain. Sora and Saji looked at him. As he was frozen in position, blood began to spill from his neck. Where the blood came from was from a shuriken that got him there. He finally released his grip on the CD and fell on his knees.
"You better get out of here young one." Saji said to Sora.
Sora was about to get up but she turned around to see that the blood-losing enemies were back on their feet.
"Too late I'm afraid." Saji said, "I'm afraid you'll have to join me on my special moment."
Saji walked over to the remote that he dropped and kicked it back up to his hand. He opened the lid and had his thumb over the red button. Sora looked in horror as he was prepared to press the button and explode the entire building, with her still inside.
"Bomb Voyage." Saji then pressed the red button.
Matt was finally outside and ran far as he could. He stopped wondering one thing. Where's Sora? He turned around and realized that Sora must still be inside. He ran back to go inside to get her, but before he could, a gigantic explosion blew him back and onto a car, shattering the windshield. He got himself off the car and brushed himself off. He forwarda and saw the building collapse in a giant fire.
"Sora!" He screamed. He ran towards the fire, hoping that she wasn't there. He looked around the area, but didn't see her, "NOO!"
Matt dropped to his knees and slammed his fists on the ground. He kept slamming the ground until he heard a noise from the fire crackling. It didn't sound like any noise fire would make. He looked up and saw a black figure walking through the fire, holding something large and covered in is cape. The figure was walking towards the alleyway on the other sideof the fire. Matt quickly followed. Saji walked through the blaze, towards a location where there would be no witnesses. He made it out of the fire and Matt approuched him. Saji loosened the cape and revelaed that Sora was hidden in the cape safe from harm.
"Oh god Sora." Matt grabbed her in a hug and held her tightly, "I was so scared."
"I'm alright." Sora said.
Matt turned his attention to Saji. He got up and swung a punch and him in anger, but missed, "You asshole! You could've killed her!"
"Be grateful that I didn't." Saji replied, "As I told her last night, I have my respect for women."
"You mean you met him last night?" Matt asked Sora.
"Yeah, he saved me that night." Sora said, "He saved me the same way Kari was saved."
"You got a glimpse of me girlfriend naked?" Matt swung another punch, but missed again, "You are a perverted freak."
"I'd prefer that you would at least call me a fool." Saji said, "For that is what I am."
"Fool, freak, pervert. They're all the same." Matt said harshly.
"I believe I found a fool, more foolish than me." Saji said.
"Don't push it fucker."Matt swung another punch, but this time, Saji caught the fist. He performed a wrist grapple and forced Matt on his knee, "You didn't hit me the first two times, what makes you think you can hit me the third time?"
"Stop it." Sora said, "Matt, he saved my life, be grateful about that. And Saji, leave my boyfriend alone."
"As you wish my lady." Saji released his grip and let Matt get back up on his feet. As Matt got up, he spun around to give a back kick to Saji's face. Saji blocked the kick and forced Matt to fall to the ground, "You are indeed a fool. A persistant fool."
In the distance, the three heard the sound of people.
"I think I saw someone run through here." they heard someone say.
"Well, it seems that I must part." Saji said, "but first." Saji held his left hand out, cupping it as if he was holding a stick. He pulled his cape over the fist and let it dropp in his hand. He then pulled the cape up and out, revealing a bright red rose, with something that looked like a button. The button was in gold and had the engraving of two knives crossing blades with eachother. Saji handed the rose to Sora, ignoring Matt's angered look, "Until we meet again." He then looked at Matt, "Same goes for you too."
Matt clenched his fist tightly and prepared to punch Saji, hopefully getting a hit this time, but before he could. Saji snapped his fingers and ewas consumed by a giant smoke cloud. When the smoke cleared, Saji was nowhere to be seen.
How'd you like this chapter? For those of you who have seen Jet li's movie 'Black Mask', you could tell that I used that one trick he used at the end of the movie, in the final fight. I also used the scene in 'V for Vendetta' where V shows up, walking through the elevator, strapped in explosives and holding the remote. I thank those movies for giving me the ideas for my Vigilante's style of combat. Anyways, please review.