Chapter 10
Strabimon
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but I do own some ideas for this fanfic…
"He what?!" Mr. Kido exclaimed as he jumped up and ran out of his bedroom.
"I told you doctor, the boy just turned into one of those monsters that attacked a few weeks ago," the person on the other line said.
"But how is that even possible? Last night he was just a normal kid!"
"I don't know sir, but doesn't your son have something to do with these monsters?" the nurse asked. "Maybe he would know what happened."
"Ok, I'll be right over," he replied, and hung up the phone.
"Dad, who was that?" Jou asked as he stepped out of his room.
"The hospital, those kids who spent the night; their friend turned into a Digimon," he replied.
"A Digimon, are they sure about that?" Jou asked.
"Yeah, but they can't figure out how it happened."
"And let me guess; they want me and the others to figure out how it happened?"
"Yeah, I'm about to take the other kids over there, so if you and your friends could meet me there later this morning…"
"Sure, I'll call them right now," Jou replied.
Takuya yawned as he walked out of the door to Jous' room. "Good morning, so what's for breakfast?" he said.
"Well as much as I'd love you to stay longer, something came up with your friend, and I think you need to see it," Mr. Kido said.
"What happened?" Takuya asked, hoping Kouichi didn't hear.
"You know monsters that I told you attacked a few weeks ago?"
Takuya nodded, trying not to tell him that they were some of those monsters.
"Well, your friend just turned into one."
What? Why would Kouji Spirit Evolve like that? Unless he was in danger, he wouldn't have any reason to… Takuya wondered.
Takuya went into the other room to wake up the other Digi-destined and tell them about what happened, they were finally able to leave the house after Kouichi flipped out about how they shouldn't have left and that now their cover was blown.
"So do you know anything about your friend being one of these monsters?" Mr. Kido asked as they drove to the hospital.
Takuya wondered what to say about that, Mr. Kido obviously knew about the Digimon, but what would he say if he knew that they were all part Digimon? "No" he lied.
They drove in silence; Kouichi thinking about how it was his fault, and he shouldn't have left Kouji alone, and Mindy thinking about how it was her fault that this happened and Kouji got hit by the car in the first place.
They pulled into the hospital parking lot and they all jumped out of the car, they rushed to the elevator and rode it up to the floor where Kouji was.
When they walked into the room he was still unconscious, but the Digi-destined were surprised to see not Lobomon, but a smaller looking version of him but without the armor.
He had blue and white fur and pointy wolf ears. He had long claws with black gloves over them, and he also had Lobomons feet and pants with the same belt repeated a few times on the pant legs.
"That's not Lobomon," Takuya whispered to the others, but they were obviously thinking the same thing.
"Dr. Kido, thank God you're here, where is your son?" a nurse said as she rushed into the room.
"He and his friends are going to meet us here shortly, but for now we just have to wait. These are the kids that brought him in, but they said they don't have any clue about the Digimon," Mr. Kido replied.
"Well how about you kids wait in the waiting room for now," the nurse suggested; they agreed, but Kouichi didn't seem too thrilled with the idea of leaving Kouji again.
After waiting for a little while, Jou walked in with the group of the other Digi-destined.
"Oh, I hope you haven't been waiting long," he said. "I'd like you to meet my friends; this is Taichi, Yamato, Koushiro, Mimi, Takeru, Hikari and Sora."
"Nice to meet you all," Izumi said.
"So Jou, what are we all doing here?" Taichi asked.
"It's about their friend; he got hit by a car last night, and this morning he turned into a Digimon,"
"And you guys don't know anything about the Digimon?" Sora asked.
"Hold on a minute," Takuya said. "Should we tell them?"
"Well they obviously know about them, and I don't think they would tell anyone," Izumi said.
"So we tell," Takuya said. They all agreed and turned to face the other Digi-destined. Takuya pulled out his D-tector and showed them. "We're Digi-destined. We went to the Digital World and inherited the spirits of 6 of the Legedary Warriors, and then we met two other people recently who have found their spirits of Time and Love, and the other 6 of us are the warriors of Fire, Light, Wind, Thunder, Ice, and Darkness."
"Is that a Digi-vice?" Koushiro asked.
"Well, we were told they were called D-tectors, but I guess you could say that," Takuya replied.
"But what about your friend?" Yamato asked. "Is that his spirit that he turned into?"
"No, it looks almost like it but it's not," Kouichi said.
They took them to the room where Kouji was and told them about how Lobomon looked, and pointed out the differences.
"Koushiro, what does your PiBook say what Digimon it is?" Mimi asked.
Koushiro was already typing on his PiBook, "It's Strabimon, the rookie form of Lobomon. He is a Demon-man Digimon, and his most powerful attack is Light Slash."
"So that's who it is," Izumi said.
"Did you say he's the 'Rookie form' of Lobomon?" Takuya asked.
"Yes, why?" Koushiro replied.
"I once came back to the human world from the Digital World; but when I came back I wasn't really myself, but I was Flamemon, the rookie form of my human spirit of Fire Agunimon."
"So you turned into your Rookie Form?" Taichi asked.
The rest of the gang looked at his in shock. He had never told them about this; well he told them he went back and he wasn't really himself…
"Yeah, I didn't know how it happened, but maybe it has something to do with this," Takuya replied.
"Well, maybe it was because Digimon can heal quickly?" Hikari suggested. "Maybe whoever brought you guys to the Digital World did that after the accident."
"It could be possible, but Kouji isn't gonna like having fur when he wakes up," Junpei said.
"But Jou, your dad had said it was a miracle he was alive," Izumi said. "Maybe it had something to do with that?"
"Yeah, I'll go get him," Jou said walking out of the room.
"Well, while we wait we might as well find out your names," Taichi suggested.
"Oh yeah, sorry," Takuya said. I'm Takuya, and this is Izumi, Tomoki, Junpei, Kouichi, and Mindy."
After a few minutes of silence Jou walked in with Mr. Kido.
"So, what can I do for you?" he asked.
"When you said it was a miracle Kouji was alive, what did you mean by that?" Kouichi asked.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you," Mr. Kido said, hoping he wouldn't have had to tell the children. "Well, we had lost him for a minute or so, but then there was a big flash and he was fine."
It must have been Ophanimon, Takuya thought.
"Well, thanks Dad," Jou said
"Just let me know if you need anything," Dr. Kido said as he walked toward the door.
"So who exactly called you guys to the Digital World?" Yamato asked.
"Ophanimon," Tomoki said. "Didn't she call you guys to when you went there?"
The Adventure group looked at each other, "No," Takeru said. "Gennai called us there."
"Well, shouldn't we be figuring out why my brother is a Digimon?" Kouichi asked.
"Yeah, but all we know is what Digimon he is, but how are we supposed to find out how it happened?" Taichi said.
"Well didn't you say Digimon heal quicker than humans?" Izumi asked.
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?" Hikari asked.
"Maybe Ophanimon did it," Izumi suggested. "Maybe it was because we have to get back to the Digital World and stop Lucemon, so maybe she figured he would heal faster, meaning we could get back and save the world sooner."
"That could be," Sora agreed. "But what happens if he wakes up and freaks out?"
"Well I should stay then," Kouichi said. "I'm his brother, and he might stick around and listen to what I have to say, so he might let me explain what happened."
"Or he might get embarrassed at the fact that anyone has seen him with a blue and white fur coat and freak out even more," Takuya said.
After arguing about it for a few minutes they finally decided that they would just go back to the house and have Dr. Kido call them when Kouji woke up.
"So you Digivolve into a kind of Greymon?" Taichi asked as he and Takuya talked about their adventures in the Digital World.
"Yeah, Burninggreymon," Takuya corrected; "And I look really cool too!"
"Sweet, my Digimon Agumon Digivolves into Greymon, Metalgreymon, and Wargreymon. He's really powerful… I miss him," Taichi said.
"So your friend is the Warrior of Love?" Sora asked Mindy.
"Yeah, but I don't know where she went…"
"Don't worry; anyone with the power of Love on their side is super powerful, I have the crest of Love, and my Digimon, Biyomon, is super powerful when she uses my crest to Digivolve."
"You're the Warrior of Thunder?" Koushiro asked Junpei.
"Sure am," Junpei replied with a smile. "And my wicked awesome Beast Spirit is called Metalkabuterimon."
"My Digimon Tentomon Digivolved into Kabuterimon," Koushiro said. "Maybe they're related in some way."
"So you and your brother are the Warriors of Darkness and Light?" Yamato asked Kouichi.
"Yeah, Kouji has the spirits of Lobomon and Kendogarurumon, he also can Fusion Evolve into Beowulfmon, and when I and Junpei give him our spirits he can turn into Magnagarurumon. And I just Digivolve into Lowemon and Jagerlowemon," Kouichi explained.
"Hey, my Digimon Gabumon Digivolved into Garurumon, Weregarurumon, and Metalgarurumon," Yamato said.
"So you turn into a Teddy Bear?" Takeru asked Tomoki.
"Like a Monzaemon?" Hikari asked.
"No, like a Kumemon," Tomoki replied.
"I love your colors," Mimi said to Izumi.
"Thanks, I love yours," Izumi replied smiling.
"So what does your Digimon look like?"
"Well, my human spirit is kinda like a big butterfly, and my beast spirit is kinda like a bird I think… I don't really know how to describe her."
"Wow, my Digimon, Palmon, turns into a giant cactus named Togemon," Mimi said. "And Togemon Digivolves into a flower fairy kind of Digimon named Lillymon."
"I met a Togemon once," Izumi said. "She was a school teacher in the Digital world."
"Really?" Mimi asked. "Maybe it was the same Togemon!"
"I don't know; she didn't seem to know of any other humans in the Digital World…"
"Hello?" Jou said as he picked up the ringing house phone.
"Hey Jou, it's me," Mr. Kido said on the other line. "You and your friends may want to get over here quickly."
"Why, what happened?"
"I'll explain when you get here, but we don't have time right now, just hurry."
"Ok," Jou said. He hung up the phone and turned to the other Digi-destined. "We have to get to the hospital quickly," he said. "Dad said it was an emergency."
They all rushed out the door and over to the hospital to find cop cars in the parking-lot.
"Dad, what happened?" Jou asked as they rushed inside.
"One of the nurses got attacked; she went in to check on Kouji and he attacked her," Mr. Kido replied.
"What?!" Kouichi exclaimed. "He wouldn't!"
"He did, they're handing him over to the Humane Society now. We might be fined for not telling anyone about what happened, but that's the least of our problems."
"Ok thanks, we'll find something to do about it," Jou said. The group left the building and started walking home.
"Takuya, when you came to the human world as Flamemon did you attack anyone?" Taichi asked.
"Yeah, but it was on accident; I was freaked out and I didn't even know I was a Digimon until fire flew out of my mouth," Takuya replied.
"Maybe that's what happened then," Koushiro said. "Maybe he didn't mean to attack the woman, and he didn't know he even did it."
"It could be, but how are we supposed to get him back from the Humane Society?" Kouichi asked.
"Maybe if we could have someone on the inside…" Jou said.
The Frontier group looked to Tomoki.
"Tomoki, do you think you could Spirit Evolve to Kumemon, get caught, and then get Kouji and break-out of there?" Izumi asked.
"I think so, but why would it have to be me?" the boy asked.
"Well, all of our Spirits are too big, but yours is a smaller one," Junpei said. "And we'd be locked up much further from Kouji than you would be because they might think we'd be more dangerous."
"Well, if it'll help Kouji, then I'll do it," Tomoki said taking out his D-tector.
"Thank you Tomoki, you're the best," Kouichi said.
After Tomoki spirit evolved they decided they had to have a reason why they should take him in, so they faked an attack.
"Someone help!" Takuya called as the walking bear aimed his gun at him.
Before they knew it there were cop cars surrounding them and aiming guns at the bear.
"Surrender quietly and we wont shoot!" one of the officers called. "Just put the gun down… Is that a white bear holding a gun?"
Kumemon put his snowball shooter down and his hands in the air, but the officers still shot tranquillizer darts at the bear.
Sorry Tomoki, but we have to do this or else we'll never save the world, Takuya thought to himself.
"Kid, are you ok?" an officer asked walking up to Takuya.
"Yeah, if you hadn't gotten here a minute later I don't think I would have been though," Takuya said. "What are you gonna do with him?"
"Well we just had another attack by these monsters earlier today, so we'll probably put him in with the other one," the officer replied.
This is working out better then I thought! Takuya thought.
"Well, just be careful," the officer said before walking away.
After the cars drove off the Takuya started walking toward the house. He pulled out his D-tector and said, "Fire to Wind, they fell for it, over."
"Wind to Fire, good job. Dark, Thunder, and Time are placed around the city watching for which direction they go so we can track them."
"Great, this is gonna be easier than I thought," Takuya said.
"Well, I'll see you soon," Izumi said.
"Yeah, over and out."
He hurried back to the house and met up with Izumi and the Adventure gang.
"So it went well?" Taichi asked.
"Yeah, they fell for it and even said they're gonna put him in the same little prison-room-thingy with Kouji, so it's working out great!"
"Well all we have to do now is wait for the others to call in," Izumi said.
"Hey, I just realized," Mimi said. "Why do your D-tectors let you talk to each other? Ours never did that!"
"Well maybe ours are just newer versions, cause they don't look anything alike," Takuya said.
"Children…" a familiar voice said from their D-tectors.
"Who's that?" Sora asked.
"I think its Ophanimon," Izumi said. "What is it Ophanimon?"
"Where are you?" she asked. "There was a tear in the dimensions between our world and yours and you were gone."
"We're stuck a few years back in time with other Digi-destined," Takuya explained. "And something is seriouslt wrong with Kouji."
"I know what caused the problem…" Ophanimon replied.
"You do?" Izumi asked. "Which problem?"
"The one with Kouji; that was my doing," she replied.
"WHAT!" Takuya yelled. "Do you realize what we're going through right now to get him back? You gotta think before you turn someone into a Digimon!"
"Well I only did it to save his life," she said.
"Oh… Wait, so are you the one that turned me into a Digimon when I came back here that one time?"
"Uhh, no," she said.
"Well, how are we supposed to turn him back?" Izumi asked.
"Originally he was supposed to turn back after he healed, but it's obviously going to be a problem for you if you wait that long, unless you could hide him somewhere for the time being…"
"You could keep him here if you'd like," Jou offered.
"Thanks, that would be amazing," Izumi said.
"Yeah, we have somewhere to keep him if we can get him to not freak out again," Takuya said.
"Ok, I am sensing trouble where you are, so be careful," Ophanimon said before her voice got fuzzy and they lost connection.
"Thunder to Wind; I think I see them," Junpei said through the D-tector.
"Ok, what is your location?"
"The Humane Society Department," he replied.
"Oh, do any of you know where it is?" Izumi asked the other Digi-destined.
"Yeah, we can take you," Yamato said.
"Great," Izumi said. "We're on our way Thunder, tell Time and Darkness the address and have them meet us."
"Ok, over and out," Junpei said.
The gang left the house and headed for the building.
"It's about time you got here," Mindy said as the gang met up with the 3.
"Sorry, we got stopped because somebody wanted Ice Cream from the Ding Dong Kart," Taichi said looking at Takeru and Hikari.
"Oh well, now we just have to wait for Tomoki to get himself and Kouji out of there," Takuya said.
Kumemon opened his eyes and found himself lying on a cold, stone floor.
I'm in, he thought. He looked around and spotted a blue and white Digimon also on the floor. Easy as pie, they put me in here with Kouji, so that makes my job much easier. He pulled out his D-tector; "Fire, I'm in and I've got Light in my sights."
"Good job Ice, now try to get out of there quickly – we're outside if you need backup."
"I'll be out in a jiffy," the bear replied.
He walked over to Strabimon and tried to pick up his friends limp body, but it was too heavy for the little bear.
How am I supposed to get out of here when I can't even carry what I came in here to get? He wondered. I know. "Slide Evolution," he said, slide evolving to Korikakumon.
He easily lifted Strabimon, but then wondered how he would fit through the door… He decided he would have to break it down.
As he crashed through the door alarms went off through the whole building, alarming all of the guards inside.
"One of them has escaped!" a guard called.
Korikakumon ran through the building but came to a dead end. When he turned to run in a different direction there were guards blocking his path with guns pointed at him. Looks like I gotta take the hard way out of here, he thought. "Sorry Kouji," he said as he crashed through the wall and out the window.
"There he is!" Izumi called as she saw the giant snow monster crashing through the wall and landing on the pavement.
"Run!" he cried.
They all started running toward the Kido's house before the guards could get outside, allowing them to get out of sight.
"So how do we turn him back?" Korikakumon asked.
"Ophanimon said we just have to wait for it to wear off, but she said we have trouble coming our way, so we have to hope it wears off soon," Izumi said.
They got to the house and Korikakumon de-digivolved back into Tomoki.
"You did great out there," Takuya said rubbing the boys head.
"Well, we better get going," Taichi said.
"Yeah, we should all get home," Yamato said. "It's late."
The Adventure gang all headed home and agreed that they would meet back up in the morning.
"So where are we supposed to put him?" Takuya asked. "He might attack us if he freaks out again."
"I'll stay up and wait for him to wake up," Kouichi said. "It might be better that way. And if he attacks me…"
"Ok, just let us know if you need anything," Izumi said as the gang went up to Jous room.
Kouichi sat alone in the dark room trying to stay awake, but was jerked into alert when he saw flashing red and blue lights outside of the house. He peeked out the window and saw police cars pulling over outside of the house.
He ran up the stairs to warn the others. He swung the door open and hit the light switch on the wall. "Everyone, there are police cars outside; I think they might be after Kouji."
Everyone's eyes shot open and they jumped up. But before they could get down the stairs to move Strabimon somewhere else the police were knocking on the front door…
To be continued!!!!!
Yes, I am mean with this cliffhanger, but I want to get this chapter up tonight, and I gotta stop writing now, but I am going to start on the next chapter hopefully tomorrow. And so you'll just have to wait a few days, but hope you enjoyed this one, and I will try to make the next one longer. Please review ^_^