~k2:Due to writers block and me still getting distracted by other obsessions this chapter is very, very late. I am truly and deeply sorry about this.
Mewkit: On the bright side, we're getting ever closer to the point of this story.
~k2: (looks offended) what's that suppose to mean?
Mewkit: Nothing. Just that it's taking forever to get to the main plot.
~k2: Hey, this is important information! I know the setup is slow, but that's how it generally is in indepth stories. You know that.
Mewkit: Yeah, yeah. I know, but someones gotta make note of it.
~k2: Well, anyway, I would like to thank HopeHaert, the alpha phoenix, and digimonfan18 for their reviews and all those who faved, put in alerts, and generally really like this.
Oh, and before I forget, I made some important adjustments to chapters 3, 4, and 6 (changes are listed in bold at the end of the author notes)of this story. I also made some adjustments to the second to last chapter of 'What Now!' during the astral realm scene and nearly rewrote the entire last chapter. If you could, please reread the last chapter and let me know if the rewrite makes more sense then it did before. I had to make these important adjustments to keep the flow of continuity and to be sure everything made sense.
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Darkness Dawns a New Age
ch.8- A talk with Gennai (working title)
PG-13
General/Drama
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Yamato, Sora and Taichi crowded around the latter's computer screen as they waited for Gennai to respond. They had agreed to check in with him first before making any attempts to pass through the gate in case he was out. When the screen blinked an image of Koushiro appeared instead of Gennai.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
"Hey yourself." Taichi remarked. "Is Gennai around?"
"As a matter of fact he is. Just a minute, I'll get him for you."
The trio looked at each other and Taichi smiled, "That's good news. Looks like we called at a good time."
"Let's just hope he can help us." Yamato stated as he thought about what Sora had said earlier.
"I'm sure he can." Taichi replied with confidence. "Don't go getting pessimistic on me now."
"Sorry for the delay," Gennai's sudden appearance got their attention quickly. "I was making lunch."
It' alright," Taichi waved the apology off. "We just have some questions we would like you to answer for us."
"Starting with that girl who saved me back in the Digital World." Yamato cut in
"We also have questions for her," Sora continued where Yamato left off.
"We were hoping you might know how to contact her." Taichi finished
"Questions?" Gennai asked with a puzzled expression "For the girl that saved you?"
"Yeah. I think her name was Misshra. We need to know if there are any potential side effects to her resurrection technique."
When Gennai's quizzical look remained Sora added, "Yamato has been having nightmares. They first started shortly after we got back. He neglected to tell us about them at first," She put in sourly.
Yamato brushed her statement aside and continued in her stead, "The thing of it is, I can't remember a single thing about the nightmares after I wake up. We've been through a lot since becoming chosen and while we've each had our nightmares, none of them have been like this before. Not this...intense. We're not sure if it's related to her, or if it's an after effect of what happened between Takeru and me on Infinity Mountain."
"It doesn't help that Takeru's been having nightmares too," Sora explained. "So there very well could be a connection with him we aren't aware of."
Gennai gained a look of deep thought as he mulled over what the teenagers were saying. A perturbed expression formed on his face and he looked at Yamato. "You're not telling me...you died, are you?"
The three teens exchanged looks.
"I take it Koushiro has been too busy with the gate situation to fully debrief you on the details of the mission." Taichi stated
Gennai looked grave."This is very unsettling. Even more unsettling is the fact that Misshra is currently unreachable."
"What do you mean unreachable?" Taichi asked "Where is she?"
"I'm not certain of her exact location, but I do know she is in the western mountains of North America on an important mission of her own.
The three teens shared surprised expressions.
"North America?" Sora repeated
"What do you mean by 'important mission?" Taichi asked "What is she doing there?"
"For that matter," Yamato cut in, "Who is she? What is she? No normal human has that kind of power."
Gennai considered this for a moment, then said, "This may take a while. You three look uncomfortable enough gathered around that computer monitor. I think it best we talk about this in person."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Taichi replied. He could tell Yamato and Sora were getting backaches from leaning in so long. "See you in a moment."
After cutting the link with Gennai, Sora and Yamato stood up and stretched their backs before getting down to business.
"Well, does this answer your question?" Yamato asked Sora. The girl held up her hands in mock surrender.
"Okay, you guys win. Buuut I really don't think he was hiding information from us on purpose."
"We'll find out soon enough." Taichi stated as he turned back to the monitor. Opening the gateway to the digital world the trio were sucked into the computer screen in a flash of light. They landed in a familiar desert like setting and began to walk towards their destination. While they couldn't actually see it, they all knew that a forest stood nearby, hidden by an illusion created by Pixiemon. Coupled with the illusion was a barrier that disallowed uninvited guests from entering, such as the occasional foul tempered Digimon. Unfortunately it also kept them from entering straight into the forest through the digigate. However, with use of their digivices they were able to enter the forest once they arrived in the digital world, which they now proceeded to do. As they entered, Taichi remembered his and Augumon's little 'spirit quest' that Pixiemon had sent them on. It involved a lesson learned: owning up to ones hardships and not letting them break you. It had the desired result of rekindling Taichi's confidence, though it did nothing to stop his overconfidence.
It didn't take them long to reach the building they were looking for and when they entered they looked around for any occupants. They saw no sign of Gennai, but they did see Koushiro sitting at a desk with his laptop open, busily working on some project. Next to him was a sandwich with a few bites taken out of it and Tentomon who was looking over Koushiro's shoulder.
"Hey Koushiro." Taichi greeted, "Hey Tentomon."
Without looking away from his screen Koushiro gave them an absent wave. Tentomon, however, was a little more hospitable.
"Hey guys! Sorry about Koushiro, he's really into his work right now."
"It's alright." Yamato replied "what's he's doing is important. Speaking of which, any progress yet?"
"Yes, actually," Koushiro finally broke away from the screen. "I have made some considerable headway in this mystery and I think I've figured it out. It has nothing at all to do with the dark gate as I had initially feared. The deconstruction program really did work. It doesn't exist anymore."
"Then whats the problem?" Sora asked
"The problem appears to be the residual traces of a signal they had sent through the gate when it was open."
Yamato pricked his ears at this. He remembered Koushiro telling him the signal wouldn't be a problem once the portal in the digital world was deconstructed.
"It was this signal," Koushiro continued, "that had somehow negated the access through the terminals. I also believe it was this signal that spread their influence and caused various digimon to act in a negative nature."
"I thought you said it wouldn't be problem." Yamato voiced his thoughts
"At the time, and until recently, those were my thoughts exactly." Koushiro responded, "But I miscalculated the potency of the signal. I assumed it would be like the signals we came across before, such as The Digimon Emperor and Devimon, where their influence over the digimon ended almost immediately after the source was disabled. However, I should have realized sooner that there would be more to it then that. Unlike The Digimon Emperor and Devimon's signals these ones didn't have a receiving device like the Dark Gears and the Dark rings. To further the differences, Devimon's Dark Gears were more like implants directly infecting their code. Think of it like some of those animes and movies you see on TV where a microchip is implanted into someones brain in order to brainwash them.
"As for the Digimon Emperor, his source was the dark spires which acted like antennas to generate and spread his signal. The dark rings were the receiving devices which then affected the digimon in negative ways.
"This signal, however, seemed to be affecting the digimon directly, similar to an airborne virus. Whats more troubling is that it isn't completely digital."
"What do you mean by that?" Taichi asked
Koushiro pulled his digivice out and showed it to the others. "The signal matches the energy signal put out by these."
"Our digivices?" Sora asked
"Yes. I have done a lot of analyzing of our digivices in the past. The energy they produce is not completely digital either. I don't know how to explain it, but it's like natural energy, such as lighting or radiation."
"Does that mean it can affect us too?" Sora looked uncomfortable at the thought. "Is that what happened to Takeru?"
Koushiro rubbed his chin thoughtfully, a look of uncertainty in his gaze. "I will admit. I am quite bewildered by all this. My field of expertise is with computer codes and electronic devices. This seems to be deviating from that field quite fast. The technological aspect is getting lost in a more puzzling mystery. However, I can honestly tell you that we are safe from this 'signal'. The energy seems to be designed to affect both the digimon and the terminals. The terminals are designed to interact with our digivices so in order to counteract the energy our digivices put out it has to be an energy signal that matches that of the digivices."
"I still don't understand." Yamato stated "How can a natural energy signal be combined with a digital one?"
"I have a theory on that, actually. Weak as it may be, however. There is a quote I heard from the west, not completely sure of it's origins though. 'energy is energy, no matter'."
"What does that mean?" Taichi asked
"What it means is that whether it's man made energy, natural energy, or even magical energy, it doesn't matter the source. It can still affect each other. I once saw an American cartoon that included that quote. The heroes staved off a magical attacker by using scientifically made force fields and lasers. Energy against energy. I am guessing, and this is all theoretical mind you, that our enemy itself is not a digimon. This Dark world that Gennai told us about isn't digital."
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