Now I've FINALLY gotten back into the Digimon writing mood. I think the main problem I had when it came to updating this fic in particular was because I wasn't sure where I wanted it to go next. I know that I want it to eventually merge with UGotD, but how I was going to get this story there to that point... it was lost one me. :P Oh! Special thing about this chapter, it's the first one of PW that doesn't have a rehash scene form UGotD! Anyway enough babbling, you've waited long enough so go ahead and enjoy chapter 9!
I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON ADVENTURE 02, TAMERS, FRONTIER OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS!
Updated 01/06/15
Chapter 9: Preparing to Take Action
Tamer DigiDestined World: Location: Hypnos Head Quarters
"You managed to make contact?!" Yamaki gasped as Shibumi chattered away on the other end of the phone. Janyu looked up sharply from the platform below, a mixture of relief and nerves.
"…I see," Yamaki pursed his lips in a grimace. "So they're having as much trouble on their end as we are on ours… All right. See what you can do about broadening the connection."
"What's going on, Yamaki?" Janyu asked as Yamaki hung up and the other members of the Monster Makers gathered around to hear the news.
"It would appear that the communications black out with our Digital World has even greater consequences over there than it does here. According to a message that Shibumi received from Azulongmon after managing to send one of his own, the Digital World is in lock down and apparently has sealed off the four Sovereign from each other."
"What exactly does this mean?" Curly asked.
"It means that unless whatever it is that's keeping the Sovereign separated is disabled, they can't help us," Janyu sighed.
"The Digital World – or at least the one that's connected to our world – is made up of a series of levels," Dolphin explained to Curly. "The lock down has locked all of the levels so that nothing can pass from one level to the next."
"Is there anything that we can do to fix this?" Bable asked.
"…There is nothing we can do," Janyu frowned. "…But there is something that someone else may be able to do."
"Who?" nearly everyone asked.
Janyu sighed and looked up at Yamaki.
"A child," Yamaki answered. "We will have to intentionally send a child to the Digital World and have them disable whatever it is that is locking it down. According to Azulongmon's message, if we can take care of what's locking down our Digital World, then we may be able to reach out to the other worlds. Daisy and Shibumi are currently working on broadening the connection that's been opened up to send messages to the Digital World to see if they can't open a portal. It's very likely that we'll only get one shot at this."
All was quiet for a moment as the severity of the situation hit home. Now that everyone thought about it, it only made sense to send a child. The Digital World and the Digimon that inhabited it had an affinity for children and only a child would stand a chance of getting to the Digital World and gaining the help they'd undoubtedly need from the Digimon there. It was quiet for a long time before Curly was brave enough to ask the question that was now on all of their minds.
"…So who do we send?"
Everyone looked at each other, at a loss as to what to say. It wasn't an ideal plan and even if it was, the children that they would have sent were the ones that they were trying to get back.
"I'll go!"
Everyone turned towards the entrance to the lab and spotted a young blond girl wearing a lacy gothic dress with her hair tied up in pigtails with matching lace ribbons.
"Alice!" Dolphin gasped when he spotted his niece. "No! What will your parents say? They entrusted me with your safety!"
"Well someone's gotta do it," Alice McCoy argued back calmly. "Besides, I won't be alone. I've looked and recruited two others for such a task. They've also been in contact with Digimon before like myself and are highly likely candidates for becoming Tamers themselves."
"Who?" Curly asked incredulously.
"That'd be us!"
Everyone in the room watched a boy with dark tanned skin and a shy looking girl step out from behind Alice. The boy had long shaggy brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and wore an open green button-up shirt with no undershirt and jean shorts. The girl was lightly tanned, looking timid in her knee length blue dress over navy leggings. Her reddish-brown hair was tied back in pigtails with pink hair ties.
"Kai Urazoe and Minami Uehara ready for action," the boy beamed while the girl set her shoulders in a determined fashion and nodded.
"Children, I don't think that you understand what you're volunteering for," Dolphin frowned, mainly at Alice.
"You need someone to go to the Digital World to help the Sovereign, right? No sweat! We'll do it. If it's our parents' permission you're worried about, forget it," Kai snorted. "My Gramps sees this as an exciting opportunity for adventure, and Minami's dad is cool with it. We owe my cousin Takato and his friends for their help in Okinawa last summer and if this ends with us gaining Digimon partners and becoming Tamers as well… well I see no down side to that."
"Your father is really all right with this?" Curly asked Minami.
Minami nodded.
"Takato, Henry, Rika and their Digimon saved us last summer. If going to the Digital World to back up Alice will help Takato then I want to do this," Minami said firmly. "I told my dad as much and he agreed. He's not comfortable with my decision, but he's fine with it as long as I'm with Kai and Alice."
"As long as the three of us stick together we should be fine," Alice stated confidently.
"Alice this isn't just something-!" Dolphin stuttered angrily, unable to put his thoughts into words before desperately turning to Janyu. "Janyu, say something! Tell them that this isn't right."
Janyu didn't say anything though. He was clicking away grimly on the nearest computer and talking on the phone with someone – presumably Shibumi.
"Grr… Yamaki!" Dolphin cried out in frustration.
The Director of Hypnos sighed and took off his shades, rubbing his eyes.
"What do you want me to say, Dolphin?" Yamaki asked.
"That it's too dangerous!" Dolphin finally exploded. "That they can't go!"
"Then who else do we send?" Curly asked meekly, meeting her friend and co-worker's glare. "Only a child can go to the Digital World."
"They are ideal candidates," Bable sighed. "They've interacted with Digimon before and are highly likely to gain partner Digimon of their own and become Tamers like Takato and the others."
"We know that it's dangerous," Alice said coming up to her uncle. "But we'll be in less danger than Takato and the others. The threat is there, not here."
"But none of you have Digimon!" Dolphin said miserably knowing that he was fighting a losing battle now. "Takato and the others at least had Guilmon, Terriermon, Renamon, and Leomon when they left for the Digital World."
"True," Alice huffed, flipping a blond pigtail over her shoulder. "But Ryo went to the Digital World on his own without a Digimon partner like we will be doing. He made it out fine."
"After a year!" Dolphin cried, grasping at the straw provided for him. "And that was only because he just happened to run into Takato and the others while they were there. Ryo would still be in the Digital World – our world's corresponding Digital World – if he hadn't come back with the others. If you three go we have no guarantee that you'll be able to come back!"
"Uncle," Alice sighed. "We want to do this. Please. You know that there is no one else. We won't be alone. We'll have each other. Trust us. We may not be Takato and the others, but we'll do our best to help. We will come back."
Dolphin looked his niece in the eye and then at Kai and Minami before letting out another gusty sigh.
"…I suppose there is no other solution," he muttered. "Yamaki? Janyu? What do we need to do?"
The Frontier Digital World: Location: The Celestial Digimon's Castle
Yutaka allowed Shinya to finish crying and pull himself together before suggesting that they head back to their parents. Shinya nodded slowly but suddenly looked up and over at the end of the corridor.
"Shinya?" Yutaka frowned when he saw nothing amiss.
"I thought I saw…" Shinya trailed before slowly slipping out of Yataka's arms and heading towards a door opposite the one they entered through earlier. Had it always been there?
Yutaka's frown deepened, but he stayed quiet and followed the younger boy. When the two finally arrived at the door they both paused to stare at the character etched into the wood that looked like an upside-down "U" overlaid with a cross. Shinya finally turned to knob and opened the door to reveal that there was a forest beyond it. Gaping in awe, the young Kanbara boy stepped through the doorway. Yutaka was right behind him – not wanting to let the younger boy out of his sight even as he gazed up at what should have been the sky, only to see a glass domed ceiling like those usually built into buildings that housed botanical gardens. So even with all the trees and plants and the obvious dirt flooring beneath them, they still had to be inside the castle.
"This place is unreal…" Shinya gasped.
"It's the Digital World. I imagine that there are a lot of unreal things here," Yutaka said softly.
Shinya only nodded.
The further they traveled into the forest, the darker it became so Shinya finally fell back so that he remained close to Yutaka's side, trembling slightly. Seeing this, Yutaka took hold of the little boy's hand and gave it a – hopefully – reassuring squeeze. Shinya smiled nervously back up at him but then all nervousness seemed to leave him as something caught his attention yet again.
"Whoa!" he gasped. "Did you see that, Yutaka?!"
"See what?" Yutaka asked looking around them nervously. He didn't like these woods, but he couldn't let Shinya go on alone.
Shinya didn't answer him. Instead the little boy grabbed hold of his hand and began to drag him along as he hurried them in a seemingly random direction. This continued for another five minutes before Shinya stopped at the edge of a clearing where there was an assortment of strangely shaped rocks organized into a formation that was the same as the character etched into the door. The creature sitting on the rock in the center of this arrangement was obviously a Digimon, but it was humanoid – even more so than Ophanimon – looking like a small child in wood plated armor that reminded Yutaka of Peter Pan's battle ready lost boys at the end of the movie Hook.
The Digimon-child had long shaggy deep mahogany red-brown hair that stuck out beneath a beaten looking brown leather cap that was pulled sideways on his head at a cocky angle. His eyes were a bright bronze color that glittered mischievously at them within his long rounded face that was marked with three brown slash-like streak markings on each cheek. The boy's whole body was long, slim and willowy, but it was also lean and vibrating with energy as it's limbs hinted at his flexibility. He was wearing deep green leggings tucked within strong firm pointed-toed leather boots, a black tunic and a brown leather vest could seen beneath the wooden armor he wore with wooden arm guards, and matching gloves. A recurve bow was slung over his shoulder hanging across his back while a small hunting knife was belted around his waist within reach of his hands that where currently occupied with a quarterstaff.
"…Who are you?" Shinya asked tentatively as he took a step into the clearing.
The creature only smiled twirling his staff around before hooking his arms over the back of it as he lifted the staff behind his head to rest along his shoulders. With the boy-Digimon's slight frame, Yutaka was given the impression of a scarecrow for a moment.
"I'm Shinya," Shinya continued smiling, not bothered by the Digimon's lack of response. "And that's Yutaka."
The Digimon now cocked its head at Yutaka and stared long and hard at him before returning it's attention to Shinya.
"Do you have a name?" Shinya asked when the Digimon remained silent.
Again, the creature didn't reply, but instead offered up a wide grin before brandishing his staff in a grandiose gesture before taking a sweeping bow as if to say, "nice to meet you."
In response Shinya automatically bowed back but was beginning to fidget nervously since the Digimon still hadn't spoken yet. Finally he asked, "Can't you talk?"
The Digimon-boy threw back his head in laughter, but not one sound passed it's lips which unnerved Yutaka who'd managed to maintain a grip on Shinya's hand. It startled him when the Digimon suddenly lunged forward and grabbed Shinya's free hand and proceeded to drag him – as well as Yutaka – further into the forest until they reached another door, this one metal and decorated with a complicated character etched into it. Opening the door, the strange Digimon-boy practically shoved Yutaka in before hurrying in behind with Shinya still in tow.
At this point Yutaka had just about had it with the silent wild Digimon-boy and was about to give it a piece of his mind when he took in the new room they'd just entered and stared. It looked like someplace out of a Sci-Fi movie. The floor and furnishings were all made of various types of stone slates and metal grating. The walls chrome and riveted, looking like the inside wall paneling of Doctor Who's TARDIS, giving the place a hard core training facility's feel like those you'd see in Star Trek or some other space movie.
There was a sudden clang and Yutaka's head jerked up and snapped forward to zero in on the source of the noise. Shinya let out a sharp yelp at the sound before clutching onto Yutaka's arm with both hands since the Digimon-child had let him go once they'd entered the metal room. Standing on a platform made of metal mesh and grating stood an imposing figure with a neutral expression on it's face. It had to be another Digimon.
This one was human in appearance too, but his waist long hair was silver like the pristine steel walls of the room they were in. Even from this distance Yutaka could see that this Digimon's eyes were a vibrant red. His skin was pale as if it had never seen daylight and allowed the black markings that decorated his body to prominently stand out. There were three pointed streaks on each cheek, and a complex winding and twisting dragon symbol that ran down the complete length of each arm. He was wearing a gray sleeveless tunic and slacks with a silver sash tied around his middle beneath glowing reflective armor plating. The armor was dragon themed and there were shields on each of the man's arms that looked like they were actually mirrors. There was also a broadsword strapped across his back. The "man" could have been human even with the bizarre hair and eye colors, but his hands had one-inch long sharp-clawed fingernails, warning Yutaka that this Digimon could be trouble.
"Alright," Yutaka frowned. "And who are you?"
The Digimon-man merely smiled as if he were amused by Yutaka's question.
"Oh don't tell me you're a mute like you're buddy here," Yutaka scoffed, gesturing with his thumb to the Digimon-child behind him and Shinya.
The older looking Digimon raised a thin silver eyebrow delicately at the indicated Digimon-child before shaking his head.
"I am Tetsukomon, Human Spirit of Steel," the metal armored Digimon replied. "And that is Mokuseimon, Human Spirit of Wood."
"You mean you guys are like my brother Tommy's spirit partner Kumamon?" Yutaka blinked.
"And like Takuya's spirit partner Agunimon?" Shinya asked amazed.
Tetsukomon and Mokuseimon nodded.
"It is no coincidence that you are here," Tetsukomon mused as he descended from the metal platform to join them.
"Oh?" Yutaka frowned again.
"We've been waiting for-EVER since you guys finally came to this world!" exclaimed Mokuseimon – finally speaking in a childish voice that eerily sounded like Shinya's own voice, and – now that Yutaka was paying attention – Tetsukomon spoke in the same manner that he did…
"Waiting for what?" Yutaka frowned, creepy voice similarities aside.
"For you of course," Mokuseimon scoffed. "We're going to be partners! Knew we would be the moment you stepped into our world."
"Partners?" Shinya gaped. "Like Takuya and the others are with the other Digimon spirits?"
The two Spirit Digimon nodded once again.
"Yeah!" Mokuseimon enthused. "Shinya, you and I are gonna be an awesome team and so will Yutaka and Tetsukomon! If we can find the two meant to be Water and Earth's partners then we'll be set! There won't be anything stopping us from finding and rescuing Fire, Light and the other Warriors!"
"If we can manage to break through the lock on the dimensional corridor," Tetsukomon frowned. "Don't get ahead of yourself, Mokuseimon. We also need to find our Beast Spirit half before any of that as well."
Mokuseimon childishly stuck out his tongue.
"Hold on," Yutaka sighed, running a hand tiredly over his face. "Let me get this straight… We're going to be your human hosts…"
"Correct," Tetsukomon nodded.
"…What does that entail exactly?" Yutaka demanded. "How will this affect us?"
The two Spirit Digimon shared a look before Tetsukomon answered.
"By becoming our human hosts, you'll have inherited our powers," the armored Digimon stated. "It'll give you the ability to confront other Digimon and eventually allow you to be able to aid your brothers and the other chosen children in the fight they are facing in the other Digital World should we be able to find a way to get there ourselves. We will become a part of you, but we'll not be able to easily communicate once we have bonded as partners. You'll essentially become us whenever you don our Warrior forms."
Yutaka nodded. He'd figured as much, but it was still nice to hear it if only for confirmation. Did he really want to do this? Hell! Did he even want to go through with it? Should he even let Shinya do this?
"Why us?" Shinya asked the very thing Yutaka was starting to wonder.
"Because the two of you have what it takes," Mokuseimon grinned. "You both have pure hearts and a need to improve and better yourselves. Shinya you wish to become strong to gain the respect of Takuya to prove that you're not just his kid brother and that he can rely on you too. Yutaka, you want to prove to yourself and Tommy that you are capable of being a caring older brother and that you can and really are there for him. There're more reasons then those of course, but those two are the obvious ones. Right Tetsu?"
Tetsukomon frowned at the shortening of his name but didn't comment, choosing to nod instead.
"It'll be tough," Tetsukomon warned, "but the rewards and all the good that comes from becoming a Digimon Warrior far out way the bad things. You'll be able to fight for your goals and have the power needed to protect your loved ones."
"…If Takuya and Tommy and the others can do it then so can I!" Shinya declared grinning.
"Oh yeah!" Mokuseimon beamed. "No doubt about that!"
"Yutaka?" Tetsukomon prodded gently, seeing the older human's hesitation.
Yutaka frowned in thought before looking over at Shinya who was now enthusiastically talking to his future spirit partner. He couldn't just let Shinya walk into this alone, but was he really willing to put his own life on the line for this? He was never one for adventure and quite honestly the thought of actually having an active part in this nightmare terrified him. But then again how could he say no and not take the chance when his brother Tommy had already gone through what he and Shinya were about to when he'd had no choice at all? Here Yutaka could say no and Tetsukomon could just go find a more willing partner – in fact that's what he wanted to do… but he really couldn't leave Shinya. Someone had to look after the boy and hadn't he resolved not even an hour ago that he'd watch over Shinya while the two of them were apart from their brothers?
"You're worried," Tetsukomon smiled. "You have an idea of what dangers lay before you and you're cautious. That's good. You have a good head on your shoulders Yutaka Himi, but don't let your fear control you. You can do this. I know you can and that you'll make an excellent warrior."
Yutaka stared silently at the Steel Warrior before nodding. He was right after all. He could do this. He had to. For Shinya… for Tommy. He would do this and when the time came he'd leave this Digital World and go find his brother and the other Warriors.
"So what happens now?" he asked.
Mokuseimon and Tetsukomon shared a look before smiling.
"It is decided," the two of them stated in unison, "but it is not yet time. We will contact you again when it is."
There was a sudden flare of light and when it subsided Yutaka and Shinya found themselves in the same corridor they'd been in before entering Mokuseimon's forest room, only this time the door at the end of the hall was missing, leaving them with only the option to return to their parents.
The Adventure Digital World: Location: Gennai's Base
Hiroaki let out a gusty sigh as the expedition team finally set out. Leaving was proving harder than he'd thought. He'd made the mistake of looking back and had caught sight of all the other parents standing there on the observation deck silently seeing him off. Nancy had caught his eye and had given him one of those sad you-had-better-come-back smiles.
She'd given him plenty of those after they'd gotten married when he'd leave late in the evening to cover someone's night shift back when he was a new employee at the station. The looks had only gotten more severe over the years, especially during the time she'd apparently thought that he was cheating on her back when Matt had been two. How she'd come to that conclusion Hiroaki still hadn't figured out even after all these years. He'd been too busy with his growing career and all of the overtime he'd continued to put in to be fooling around with another woman. In fact, it had been his insane workload that had eventually killed their relationship after seven years of marriage.
Being divorced and suddenly finding himself alone to care for his oldest son had finally been what had forced Hiroaki to cut back on his workload and focus on what family he still had. He felt guilty for what Matt had to put up with while growing up, but he'd tried and Matt had certainly turned out better than Hiroaki had expected considering the rotten childhood that he'd given his son.
"Penny for your thoughts, old friend?" Gabumon asked.
Hiroaki chuckled softly to himself, shaking his head.
"I'm getting old Gab (pronounced Gah-bb)," he sighed. "Old enough to look back on my life and see all the mistakes I've made. I've got a lot to make up for. To my sons especially. I owe them."
"Tell me about them," Gabumon suggested. "What are they like? Are either of them like you?"
"My oldest son, Matt, is," Hiroaki laughed. "My youngest, TK, is just like his mom though. They've both got her family's blond hair and blue eyes. If either of them inherited anything from me it was their becoming DigiDestined. Matt's got a Gabumon for a partner as well. Different DigiVolution line though."
"That's to be expected," his partner nodded. "All the younger Gabumon digivolve into Garurumon these days. Not many of us left follow the old line anymore. What about your other son, Hiro? Who's his partner?"
Hiroaki smiled when he heard his old nickname. "Patamon," he answered.
"Just like Haru then," Gabumon smiled.
"How have you been, Gab?" Hiroaki asked. "Seen any of the other Digimon from the old team lately?"
"No," Gabumon sighed. "We mostly went our separate ways after we last saw you and the other DigiDestined. I'd meet up with one of them from time to time over the years but then there was that whole thing with the Dark Masters and I haven't seen any of them since."
Hiroaki nodded.
"I haven't seen the others since Sai and Yumi's wedding," he mused. "I really miss the old days. We were quite the team."
"Sure were," Gabumon nodded.
"I don't mean to be rude, but are you two done reminiscing?" the Centarumon they were traveling with asked. "We're getting close to the base of the mountain now and while we travel up it'd be best to keep quiet so that we don't attract any unwanted attention."
Gabumon and Hiroaki nodded and followed in silence.
Over the next couple of hours it felt as if they'd hardly made any progress at all even though there was a noticeable distance between where they were currently climbing and their starting point at the mountain's summit. It annoyed Hiroaki that in the few hours after they'd set out that his body was already beginning to protest at all the work he was putting it through. He realized that time had not been very generous when it aged him. He could remember being Matt's age and being able to tackle this sort of thing no problem. Hell! When he'd been ten and had first come to the Digital World, these couple hours of hiking and climbing would have been relatively easy.
"You alright?" Gabumon asked him worriedly after Hiroaki had paused momentarily for the tenth time within the last half hour.
"Fine," Hiroaki grunted as he reached for his next handhold on the cliff face that they were currently scaling. "Like I said before… -pant- I'm getting old."
"Don't push yourself too hard, Hiro," Gabumon frowned.
"…I still got a few meters left in me," Hiroaki grunted, but paused again to watch Centarumon jump from rock cropping to rock cropping about thirty meters to his left like a damn mountain goat. How that Digimon managed to do so with a horse's body he didn't know. The Elecmon was making quick work of that same route as well, maintaining a good couple steps behind the horseman-Digimon. Finally after Hiroaki reached the next ledge with Gennai's help, the expedition team stopped for a break. Hiroaki hated that they needed to take a break now when it was obvious that all of the other members of their party aside from himself looked like they could still go for a couple more hours before needing a rest. But thankfully Gennai relieved some of Hiroaki's guilt by talking strategy.
"Once we get past the next cliff face we have a straight set path that will take us right up to the top of Infinite Mountain. However, we should proceed with caution. My scanners have detected some Digimon in this area that may be hostile at the top of these cliffs. We would do well to come up with a plan on how we wish to proceed. Any suggestions?"
"I've got an idea," Centarumon stated. "I've heard that there is an abandoned tunnel system located around this level of the mountain. They could take us straight through the heart of the mountain and save us at least a day's worth of traveling."
"I know what tunnels you're talking about, Centarumon," Elecmon huffed, "but I personally don't fancy being stuck below ground for too long and now that I think about it, who says that there aren't hostile Digimon lurking around in these tunnels of yours anyways?"
"Elecmon has a point," said a Digimon that looked like an onion shaped humanoid dressed in red and black garb with a sword slung across his back. "As much as I enjoy working in the shadows, these tunnels sound too questionable to me."
"I agree with, Ninjamon," a Piximon nodded. "Too many unknowns about these tunnels. Better to be caught unaware in open ground where we can all counter than in the confined limitations of the tunnels."
"Right," Ninjamon grinned. "I don't fancy walking into those kinds of situations when I could be the one setting them up."
"Does anyone else have another suggestion then?" Gennai sighed.
"…We could just proceed as we are and head to the top. We're in open air and are more likely to spot any threats before being taken by surprise," Hiroaki spoke up. "Only I suggest that we split up into smaller groups so that if one is attacked while still climbing the cliff face then the other groups can back them up and ward off any further advances."
"Oh, I like the human's plan!" Ninjamon grinned. "So long as I get to be in the first group that is. That way I can set up traps for enemies on my way up."
"Sounds good to me," Elecmon nodded. "Better than taking the tunnels."
Centarumon, Piximon and the other Digimon in their party nodded as well.
"Then it's decided," Gennai nodded. "Shall we?"
Hiroaki's legs protested to being used again after such a short rest, but Hiroaki knew that he could continue well enough. He was part of the first party to ascend up the cliff face to the next and last ledge with Gennai, Gabumon, Elecmon, Piximon, a couple Palmon, and Ninjamon who brought up the rear to set up his traps. Things were progressing rather smoothly until the last of their group's three parties started their climb.
A Snimon appeared out of nowhere and launched an attack on the poor climbers. The Palmon that had come up with the first party were quick to throw down their vines to help quicken the remaining climbers' ascent. Ninjamon launched his traps once the climbers were clear while Centarumon and Piximon launched attacks of their own to ward off the Snimon. It seemed to work but a moment later the Snimon returned with four others.
"This is not good," Hiroaki frowned as the Snimon surrounded their party and the rookie Digimon fell back to let the higher levels take care of things. Ninjamon, Centarumon, Piximon and an Andromon went on the offensive while Elecmon, a Frigimon, and a Wizardmon kept back to remain on defense. But even with the odds in their favor things weren't getting any better. More Snimon were coming out of Infinity Mountain's forests in swarms.
"Hiro?" Gabumon growled.
Hiroaki looked down at his partner. Their eyes met and Hiroaki understood at once. It had been years since his digivice had actually worked, but it couldn't hurt to try. Hiroaki pulled out his old digivice and held it out towards Gabumon. For a minute nothing happened, but then the device started to vibrate in his hand and soon he could hear the strange whistling sound that he hadn't realized he'd missed hearing.
"Gabumon!" Hiroaki grinned.
"Lets do it," Gabumon practically purred with a snarl. "Just like old times, Hiro."
"Just like old times," Hiroaki repeated. "Now digivolve!"
The familiar golden light of DigiVolution surrounded his partner and inside the light he could see as well as feel the change as his partner digivolved to his Champion level form.
"Gabumon! Digivolve too…!"
What's Gabumon going to Digivolve into? Will Alice, Minami and Kai make it to their Digital World alright? And when will Yutaka and Shinya join the ranks of the Legendary Warrior Digimon? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!
Yeah sorry for the cliffy at the end of the Adventure third of the story, but chapter ten will pick up right where this one left off. Now that I've got a story idea in mind for what i want this fic to do, we'll be moving out of the rehash stuff and more into the original storyline I'd originally wanted for this fic. Hope that you all enjoyed this chapter.
Anyone else besides myself enjoy seeing Alice, Minami and Kai enter the Tamer's scene? For those of you who haven't watched the movies and only the TV series, Kai is Takato's cousin from Okinawa and Minami was the girl that he and Takato helped in the movie Battle of Adventurers.
Oh and did those of you who read Drowning Memories recognize Tetsukomon? Yeah, I'm recycling the names/appearances of the four new purified Warrior Digimon that I make up just so that I don't get confused as I go back and forth between updating these stories. Just so you know, because Tetsukomon is going to be Yutaka's spirit partner in this fic he's going to be a little different from the one in Drowning Memories that Davis interacts with, and obviously I've now introduced the purified form of the Wood Warrior that'll appear in DM.