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Takuya's POV

"Bye mum! Bye dad!" Takato called over his shoulder as we ran out the door.

"Goodbye you two!" We ran of to the station to meet Lee, who was coming part way with us.

"Guys, you're late." He said.

"Blame Takato's terrible packing. And our having to get Guilmon."

"True. Let's get to the platform now. I'm not missing the train because of you two." We ran up to the platform, barely getting Takto's really over-sized bag on the train in time. The trip to the station was uneventful, and nothing else really happened until we got on the plane.

"So it's been a long time since you've seen Kai, right."

"Yeah. I've got an old picture." He pulled out a photograph. It had Takato and another boy, slightly older looking, who had Takato in either pain or in tears. It was hard to tell which. "We used to have so much fun together."

"Doesn't look like it." I commented while Lee laughed. Terriermon looked from the picture.

"Huh?" The looked down the isle. Calumon was dancing in the isle. Takato jumped up and chased after him. He caught up once Calumon made one of the cabin crew very angry, taking the full force of a death glare stained with orange juice.


We landed. "That was a horrible flight." Takato commented. "Of course, now I have to go on a horrible vacation."

"Are you forgetting about me?" I pretended to pout.

"No, don't worry."

"Are we done playing hide-and-seek?" Takato's suitcase asked, shaking.

"Not yet Guilmon." The suitcase fell. I helped Takato heave it back upright.

"Don't worry, there will be lots of fun things to keep you busy on the island."

"Yeah, I know. But I've not seen Kai in a long time."

"Relax. You two are sure to get along fine if. If you two get bored, I'm just a phone call away."

"Thanks Lee."

"But don't be boring when we get there." Terriermon said as they walked away.

"Ok Terriermon." I said. We walked of to the next part of the airport, Calumon now rode on my shoulder. There was a huge group of people looking at a TV screen.

"We are about to talk...with the inventor of the V-pet!" The overly excited reported on the screen announced. "Mr. Tomashiro! Your digital..." I stopped listening.

"I wonder where Kai is. He was supposed to meet us here." Takato commented. He looked at the TV.

"I want a V-pet in every home." The man said as a boy walked into the shot.

"Hey kid? What are you doing?"

"Excuse me? Have you seen Takato and Takuya? I'm supposed to meet them around here." I heard Takato gasp in surprise.

"I'll go get him." I jogged off to where the reporters were. I found him being dragged off by security. He twisted out of his grip, then started a series of dodges for two guards. I swiftly grabbed his arm and made him fall, bringing me down with him. I heard Takato thundering down the steps with the suitcase. Unfortunately, he ran right into us and fell, his suitcase falling with him.

"Awesome! Takato! I found you!" He look at me. "And are you Takuya?" I nodded.

"Alright you three. We're taking you down town right now."

"Don't worry officers. I don't think these kids meant any harm after all. There's no need to punish them for a simple accident. They're potential V-pet customers!" We were showered in camera flashes.

"So this is just a PR stunt." I murmured to Takato. He grinned.

"Ok...that's creepy. The suitcase just got up on it's own." Me and Takato grinned at each other.

In twenty minutes, we had a hasty interview and were now on a boat, sailing towards the island Kai lived on. "Fell that guys? The spray of the waves, the roll of the boat?"

"Sure can." I answered. "Don't think Takato does though." I pointed down to the back of the boat. Takato was slumped over his bag.

"I could do without the rolling."

"I can't believe you're sea-sick from a big boat like this!" We strode down. "What's with the suitcase anyway? Planning on moving in for a year?" He laughed.

"No, that's not it. I just..."

"That's ok by me. It'll be fun having you around. Both of you. Plus I finally have someone to make fun of for being sea-sick." He looked at the front. "Hey! We're almost there!" We sailed into the harbour.

"Wow, this place is more beautiful than I remember. Look at that water! You can see all the way to the bottom. This is so cool!" Kai turned to me.

"Do you know the way to my house?" I nodded. "Good." He climbed up on to the side and dived off, swimming away.

"It's beautiful, righ...where's Kai."

"Swimming home." I said.

"Huh. This is sure gonna be an interesting trip."

We landed and started off up the road to Kai's, Takato pushing the suitcase. "Takato? Can I come out yet?"

"Not yet Guilmon." He said, obviously tired.

"But I've got a sock in my nose! I'm tired!" came the reply.

"You're tired? How do you think I feel?" He slumped on the bag, which began to shake. Then, Takato fainted and the bag burst open. Guilmon got up.

"Let's get everything back in Guilmon." We repacked the bag, resting Takato on top of it. Then I took the smaller bags while Guilmon pushed the suitcase. We eventually found Kai, who had a petrified look on his face. "Um, do you have something I could eat?" Kai looked even more scared.

"Yeah, you bet. Just don't eat me!" I burst out laughing.

That evening, Takato woke up. The first thing he heard was the man playing an instrument. "Where am I?" He asked.

"Kai brought you home, with help from me." I told him. He smiled, then looked out at the garden.

"It's beautiful..."

"Thank you." the man said. He stopped playing. "Do you feel better?"

"Yeah, I guess I really needed some sleep."

"I'll say." I commented."

"Grandpa!" Kai called, running into sight with Guilmon right behind. "Oh, hey! You're up!"

"Takato!" Guilmon shouted.

"Guilmon! I told you to stay in the suitcase!" He ran to Guilmon, standing as if to hide him. I chuckled.

"But Kai's my friend!"

"Yeah! We had a great time playing around the island!"

"He caught me a fishy!" Guilmon said happily. I laughed at Takato's response.

"That is one strange dog you have." Kai's granddad said.

"Grandpa, this isn't a dog! It's a Digimon! Don't you get it?"

"Hold on, you know about Digimon?"

"Yeah, of course I do. Everybody knows about Digimon!" He said. He was really excited. "But I had no idea that there were real ones. That's so cool!"

"You're not supposed to know about this one and I'm not sure if there are many others."

"What are you talking about?" Kai's granddad asked. "There are dogs everywhere."

"Granddad..."

"Give up Kai. You're granddad's too stubborn." I told him.

"I think I'm going to make dinner now." He said, walking off with his instrument. "Kai go wash your hands!" He shouted after him.

"Ok...I'll do it right now." Kai wandered off. Me and Takato wandered off to find Guilmon who had run off sometime in the conversation.

We found him on the beach, playing with Calumon. We sat on the beach, holding hands. "Man, this has been a long day." He said. "But this view was worth it."


"Man, Guilmon really likes sea-food."

"Of course he does. It's food!" We laughed. It was morning and we were enjoying a wonderful breakfast. "You know, I forgot this place was so awesome!"

"Yeah, it's the best place in the whole world!" Kai boasted. "I'm gonna be a fisherman when I grow up."

"A fisherman?" I asked.

"Yeah! It's an awesome job!" He doused the fire. "You get to spend all day outside..." He continued to list all the positives. "It's what my family's always done!" He looked at Takato. "You're going to take over the bakery, aren't you?"

"Huh?" Takato stopped in his tracks. "I never really thought about it."

"Before you ask, me neither." I looked out to sea. "What's that?" There was something heading towards the beach at high speed.

"It sure is moving fast..." Calumon said.

"I'll say." Takato said. "Something's not right..." Guilmon started to growl. I could tell what it was now. A jet-ski was running away from a long sea-serpent.

"Ah! A Digimon!" Kai shouted. I nodded.

"Need help on this Takato?"

"Maybe. You sit back for now." We got on a boat and ran off to help the figure, now recognizable as a girl. As we went near, she fell off the jet-ski. Kai dived in after her, pulling her back to the surface. Guilmon dived down as well and started to wrestle with the Digimon. We pulled Kai and the girl on to the boat. An explosion behind us, probably caused by Guilmon, sent us flying.

"Is that thing gone yet?"

"Where's Guilmon? Guilmon!" Takato shouted out towards the explosion. Guilmon resurfaced. Takato's face lit up. We pulled him back on to the boat, then sailed back to the shore and ran off to the hose, the girl on Kai's back.

"Grandpa!" No one was home. "Oh, that's right. grandpa's out fishing. Quick, Takato! Can you get a towel?"

"Sure!" He ran off.

"Anything for me to do?" I asked.

"Not right now." Takato came back with a pile of towels. Kai lay the girl on one and put another behind her head. Kai stood. "I'm gonna get grandpa!" He ran off.

"Wait! Don't just leave us here!" I shouted after him. Kai kept running. I turned to see Takato drying the girl's face.

"Don't worry. You're going to be ok."

I walked over. "Can I help?"

"Nothing for now." I pulled her bag over to me. "What are you doing?"

"Seeing if I can find out what she's called, or her phone number, or something about her that could help." I opened the bag. "Hey, a computer!" It was in a waterproof case. I opened it, powered it up and instantly nearly dropped it when Calumon jumped on my arm. "Careful!" Something opened on the screen. "Hey, a V-pet!" It yapped for a bit, so I fed it, then shut down the computer after finding nothing that could help.


Yep, it's Battle of Adenturers. I hope you all are enjoying this so far.

Bye!