CHAPTER 10
The Lost Digidestined
T.K. and Kari was listening the story from Sora traveling in other worlds, before to meet the 2 Digidestined and before to land in the Hollow Bastion. But someone was observing the group; Bowser was seeing the Digidestined from 8 years through a crystal ball from Kamek. The two villains were in a Koopa Kart flying in the fields of Mushroom Kingdom.
"You see Lord Bowser; these two little kids are 2 of the 8 Digidestined." Kamek said.
"These young lovebirds." Bowser said laughing. "That little girl is the eighth pure heart princess; somehow or other I will catch her."
"Technically the Wario Bros. can catch her if we're away." Kamek suggested.
"Okay… Kamek show me the rest of the Digidestined and the Aura Knight too." Bowser ordered at Kamek.
Kamek nodded and try to search every Digidestined and the Rainbow Hero with your crystal ball and Bowser helped with the Star Rod for make the search easier.
Someone opens their eyes, and groans, as they slowly start to get up. It was a rough landing for them. They then start to scan the area, while their eye sight starts to come back. The place that they were in seemed to be a town, with machine parts rolling all over the place. They could not help but be interested in the machinery. Soon, they were able to get up onto their feet, and were able to walk. They walk on over to the machine parts, and scans them. This person was actually Izzy, who had appeared in another world.
"You alright Izzy?" Someone else said. The person looks behind them, and they see their giant Ladybug friend.
"Tentomon." Izzy said, walking up to his partner Digimon.
"Well, this sure is a strange place that we ended up in."
"Yeah." Izzy then takes another look around them. He still sees that they were in an unfamiliar town setting. "Where are we, Tentomon?"
"I don't exactly know myself Izzy. It's unfamiliar to me."
"Huh…I wonder if that strange light we all saw brought us into another place in the Digital World."
"What was that light all about anyway?"
"Well, from the looks of it, it looked like it came from where Tai and Kari was when those strange shadows piled onto those two. Considering that, I'm pretty sure whatever Kari did brought us into this town…And that also shows that that light brought us into the Digital World somehow…"
"I don't know, Izzy. I don't think this really is the Digital World."
"Huh?"
"I saw some actual humans around here. They didn't even look like imposters as well."
"Really? Then where the heck are we?"
"Hey, what are you doing here by yourself?" A voice said from behind the short pre-teen and Digimon. The two turned to look behind them, and they saw that an actual human man was walking up to them. He was wearing a short black jacket, with short sleeves, and a fur collar. There was also a red symbol resembling a lion's head on each of the sleeves, and red wings on the back of the jacket. Under the jacket was a white undershirt. The man also has black gloves, zipper-lined shoes, and the same lion's head symbol for a silver necklace. On the man's left forearm were three brown belts, and three buckles on his right thigh. The black pants that the man was wearing has a vertical zipper going down the side of each leg, and was held on the waist by a black belt. There were also 3 other belts; 2 brown belts and one more black belt, but those seem inconsequential, considering they were loosely tied.
The man's eyes stares at Tentomon, as if he sees him as a threat. The boy and the Digimon both see that this man also has a scar on his face, somewhat intimidating them a little bit.
"Another one of these things…" The man said. Out of…somewhere, he pulls out what can be described as a combination of a sword and a revolver. Immediately, Izzy and Tentomon freaked out.
"Whoa! Wait! Hold on! He's not an enemy!" Izzy shouted. "He's my friend."
"I don't think these things play nice with other people."
"Of course I do!" Tentomon said. "I only hurt the guys who try to hurt my friend."
Still, the man doesn't look too convinced.
"Just, hang on for a second." Izzy said. "You said another. Does that mean you know of the Digimon?"
The man then lowered his weapon a bit, but still kept his guard up.
"Digimon?" The man said. "Is that their name?"
"Y-Yes!" Izzy said. "Well, I mean, not exactly. I mean, this guy here is a Digimon, but his name is Tentomon. Trust me, he wouldn't hurt a fly, unless I tell him. I am his controller after all."
When the man heard that, he starts to believe that he can trust these two. When he lowered his weapon, to the point of him slinging it over his shoulder, Izzy and Tentomon sighed in relief.
"Okay, so, now that we got that misunderstanding out of the way, can, you tell us where we are, exactly? These dark, things attacked my home in Odaiba, and then, they all piled on top of us, and-"
"So, you come from another world?" The man said, suddenly. When the two of them heard that, they stopped for a second, and processed that for a bit.
"Another world?" Izzy said, tapping his chin. "Wait, so, this is the Digital World?"
"Looks like your world may have fallen into darkness…"
Izzy and Tentomon still don't get what this man was saying, as they looked at each other.
"Fallen into darkness?" Izzy said.
"When the Heartless attack a world, there's always the chance of the world falling into darkness, when the world's heart has been taken." The man said.
"The world's heart? Heartless? I don't get it. First was that prophesy, then it was Kuwagamon attacking the city, then this weird Keyblade thing appearing in Kari's hand and-"
"What did you just say?" The man said, looking like he was surprised. Izzy heard that, and was a bit intimidated by that sudden reaction from him, but he kept on going.
"Uh…This Keyblade thing appeared in my friend's hand. Her name's Kari Kamiya."
"Another Keyblade's chosen…"
"Uh, what?"
The man then looks all around then, searching the area for any threats. So far, there hasn't been any sign.
"Okay, follow me." The man said. "I'll get you to somewhere safe, and then I'll explain things to you. You said you're friends with a Keyblade wielder, right?"
"If that's what Kari's supposed to go by from now on, I guess."
"Alright. When we get to the safe house, you should tell me what you know. This is extremely crucial, not for your world, or this world, but for the other worlds out there."
"Other worlds?" Tentomon said.
"Come on." The man said, as he starts to walk off.
"Tentomon, I think we should follow this man for now." Izzy said. "He seems to know something about the Keyblade weapon that appeared in Kari's hands."
"I suppose." Tentomon said. "But, I wonder why there's Digimon roaming around this place…"
"Let's just follow him, before we lose him."
Tentomon nods and the two starts to go after the mysterious man, in this new mysterious world.
Sora walks through an oak forest, with dawn just around the corner, trying to see if she, and her partner Biyomon finds a way out of here.
"Sora, where are we?" Biyomon said.
"It's look likes an oak forest." Sora said. "I never had seen these places back in Japan."
"How did we end up here?"
"I dunno. I remember that strange light that came out of Tai and Kari when those dark monsters attacked us…"
"Are they okay?"
"I hope so…"
They all kept looking all around them to see if they were getting close to getting out of there. Soon enough, they managed to get out of the oak forest, and they saw a wide-open field right in front of them. It was filled with bushes, other oak trees, and there was a large dirt pathway. Sora and Biyomon both stepped out of the oak forest, and walked onto the dirt pathway. They check both sides of the pathway, and Biyomon squawked when suddenly a black mole appears in front of them, frightening them unintentionally.
"Oops, sorry ladies, I did not want to scare them, my name is Bottles. What is your name?" The black mole called Bottles said.
"Okay don't worry, my name is Sora and this is my buddy Biyomon." Sora said.
"Nice to meet you." Biyomon said.
"Now that I remember it, a friend of mine told me that she traveled to another world in company of a boy called Sora." Bottles said.
"What!? Another Sora!?" Sora said.
"Wow, that's going to bring up a whole bunch of confusion. How did you meet him?" Biyomon said.
"Believe me, it's a long story." Bottles said.
"I have another question. What is that place?" Sora asked at him.
"We are near from Click Clock Wood" Bottles answered at her.
They both were looking a giant tree and there was village near to the oversized tree.
"Wow. That's pretty long. But nothing I can't handle, right?" Biyomon said.
"I bet not. But…" Sora then looked at the village, to see if there someone is there. So far, there doesn't seem to be any sign of them, however, they are bound to see a giant bird if Biyomon digivolves, and they fly out of there. "I think we should just see if we can find any help…and…maybe a phone…"
"Why? How far are we from your home?"
"Probably pretty far…And I don't think I brought money with me, so we can't get food…"
"Oh…"
Suddenly, they heard what seem to be distant screams and buzzing. They look towards the village, and they saw smoke coming out.
"What's going on?" Biyomon said.
"It seems that there are problems there." Bottles said.
"Oh, I wish I had Tai's telescope right about now…" Sora said worried.
"Hang on; I can get a good look. Just stay here." Biyomon said, starting to take flight.
"Okay, but just be careful."
Biyomon nods and she starts flying towards the village. As she nears there, she could start to make out what was happening over there more. Biyomon gasped to see much squirrels living in that village are running away from bees and poison dart frogs with a logo from the Heartless, the group of enemies were being led by a witch of green skin and black tunic. Then she flew away, she could see the witch destroying a house with a magic spell. She then looked like she was laughing evilly, as Biyomon flies right down to Sora.
"Sora!" Biyomon exclaimed, as she flies down to Sora, fast.
"What? What's up?"
"Those villagers! They were fleeing from a human with green skin!"
Bottles gasped with horror. "What!? Green skin! Is the witch Gruntilda or Grunty, I was nice to meet you, bye." Bottles said and ran away underground because he is a mole.
"Sora, I think we should help them." Biyomon said.
"Is that a good idea…?" Sora said.
"We can't let these bad guys get to the innocent people here, can we?"
"I guess not…Okay." Sora then searched her pockets for her Digivice, and she pulled it out. She held it towards Biyomon, however, it made a low buzz noise, and nothing happened. "Huh?" Sora checked the screen of the small device, and it was flashing a red X. "It's not working!?"
"What?"
"The Digivolution's not happening!"
"It's not!?"
Seeing as they can't Digivolve at the moment, Sora and Biyomon had no choice but to retreat. They start to run away from the village in the opposite direction, as fast as they can. They could take them on as is, but Biyomon can't handle an entire army of enemies at the same time.
The witch called Grunty detects something. "I thought I smelled a beautiful girl. Well, it does not matter, with Tooty I can get more beautiful." She said and laughs evilly.
"Mimi! Come on! Wake up!" Palmon was trying to shake your human friend awake, but she doesn't seem to be waking up. She was breathing fine, and her pulse was okay, but she wasn't getting up. Palmon then looks around her. They were in some sort of Jurassic jungle. There was near a giant gray space ship with a logo saying "Star Fox" and in the distance there was a great palace made of stone. If Mimi was awake, she would be very interested into the palace.
But so far, Mimi wasn't waking up any time soon. Palmon was looking for some way to get Mimi to safety.
"Hey!" A voice called out. Palmon looked around the jungle to see where the voice was coming from. No one was there. Maybe she was imagining it. "Up here! In the Great Fox." Palmon then did as the voice told her, and she looked up. She sees a female blue anthropomorphic fox waving down to her from a window high up on the space ship called Great Fox. "Do you need some help?"
"Oh! Thanks!"
"Is the door unlocked?" The blue fox shouted towards Palmon. "You can get up here through there!"
"No thanks! I can get up there on my own!" Palmon then extended the vines on her fingertips, and wrapped the purple vines around Mimi's unconscious body. On her other hand, she extended the purple vines all the way towards the window of the Great Fox, and latched onto it. She then raised herself and Mimi all the way up to the interior. She then landed in the interior of the Great Fox, with the blue fox a bit surprised. "See? I'm fine."
"What an odd little plant…" The blue fox said, in wonder.
"Thanks for letting us in."
"My pleasure…I suppose…" She then turned her attention to Mimi. "Um, does she need some help?"
"Yeah. My friend needs help."
"Don't worry. I, think there is a comfortable place in the Great Fox."
"Okay, thanks. I really appreciate it."
The blue fox leads Palmon, who's still carrying Mimi, inside the Great Fox, to place her on a bed to get her some rest.
In a room from a hotel near to the Pokémon Coliseum, there was sleeping a black haired boy with a yellow mouse with 2 red cheeks and a thunder shaped tail.
The yellow mouse was sweating with fear; probably he is having a bad dream. He was dreaming about he was younger, he was a yellow little version of him and he has 2 pink cheeks. The night was beautiful. The little mouse was seeing a beautiful meteor shower descended from the sky, but also he felt a chill coming down his little body from the cool breeze.
"Pi… chu… (I wish mom were here)." The yellow mouse called Pichu said trembling.
He then noticed something moving in a puddle. He bravely walked towards the water. He wasn't afraid and was ready and was ready for anything. He then noticed something very strange. It was a lifeless body from the same boy with more young. Him black hair blew the wind as the yellow mouse approached him. He gasped in surprise as he saw the boy lying there.
He tried to budge him, but he couldn't. To his surprise the boy was still breathing. Pichu neared to him and looked into his eyes. He slowly opened them to noticed the yellow mouse looking at him. He tried to move towards the mouse, struggling all the way. He felt numb and was holding onto consciousness.
"Pichu (What's wrong Ash?)." Pichu said.
"Help." The boy called Ash whispered weakly.
Pichu tried to grab him, but then the blue water turned into a dark wave. It surrounded the yellow mouse all the corners. He tried to run, but was caught off by every corner. He then heard a manically laughing from someone familiar.
"You foolish little rat!" Apocalymon laughed. "Do you really think you can save him? Do you think you can save everyone?"
"Pichu (What do you want from me?)." A frightened Pichu asked.
He ran to a cave to hide from the dark wave. He was completely petrified with fear as he ran and crawled through the hole. Inside he ran but it was the end of the road. He was hyperventilating, tears were rushing down his face, and he became too frightened to move. The wave of darkness slithered its way into the area like a snake. The darkness then flew into the air and began to stock its spray.
"What do I want?" Apocalymon said. "I want your heart!"
The darkness charged right at Pichu with full speed. The yellow mouse screamed in fear as the darkness hit him right in the face, but by instinct he released an electric shock and he woke up from the nightmare and unintentionally he electrocuted the boy called Ash yelling of pain.
"What's wrong Pikachu, you had a nightmare?" Ash asked at him.
"Pika..." The yellow mouse called Pikachu sorry nodded.
"Don't worry Pikachu, everything is fine."
They try to sleep again but suddenly Ash hears a weird voice.
"Control the Key, and awaken the Mega-Evolution…"
He grabbed his head in pain, and looks behind for everywhere but it was nothing.
(Great, first Pikachu had a nightmare, now I starting to listen a weird voice in my head… What's happening to us?)
Ash and Pikachu asleep again. Probably that voice is a warning of what will happen next, who knows, but sooner or later they must prepare, because they can start a new travel along with Sora (boy), with Luigi, Yoshi and the Digidestined.
"Matt, where are we?" Matt and Gabumon meanwhile were wandering around what seemed to be in a corridor (like the underground of the Ministries in the movie Harry Potter: Chapter 5) from a lair, where the whole entire place was filled to the brim with few lights.
"I don't know." Matt said. "This place is starting to give me the creeps."
"How long have we been walking?"
"A, while I guess? Are we walking in circles?"
"Oh, well if that's the case, I suppose we're getting nowhere with this."
"Yeah, I know."
"Where do you think the others are?"
"Somewhere else, I'm guessing. We would have run into them, or heard them by now…"
"Yeah. And some of the others can be pretty loud sometimes. We would have heard them by now."
"Yeah…" Matt decides that they walked enough, and they sat against a wall. "This place is so dark…Wish we can find a way out of here…"
"Do we have any food?"
"Not much, I think…" Matt reached into his pockets, searching for food. All that he had in his pajamas, conveniently, was some granola bars. "Hopefully we'll find a way out of here."
"Help you with something, kid?" A voice said. Matt and Gabumon got up, and looked all around them to see where the voice had come from.
"Rgh, who's there!?" Matt yelled. "Come out!"
"You don't have to shout, blondy." Next thing that Matt knows when he turned, he saw a hologram from a person wearing a black buttoned shirt, black pants, had short brown hair, and black shoes. He had no eyebrows above his eyes, and he sat in a chair, petting a tan cat creature with a red dot on his head.
"Who the heck is this guy?" Matt said. "The cat creature is a Digimon?"
"Don't think he's any Digimon I've ever seen." Gabumon said.
"Was that supposed to be an insult for my Persian?" The person said. "Cause, to be honest, it's not working. Kid, you gotta work on your insults. Let me tell you that."
"What do you want from us?"
"Want? Oh no, I think you want something from me."
"We want?" Matt said. "We don't even know what you can even do for us. And anyway, we're about to get going."
"Okay. Fine. Don't blame me when you rot in this place." The person then snapped their fingers and the hologram of him with your Persian disappeared. "Oh, I mean, it's not like, you can GET LOST or anything. Heh heh." They still hear his voice echoing on the walls, as he leaves the place.
"Matt?" Gabumon said, looking at Matt, who was still staring at the spot where the mysterious person disappeared.
"Come on." Matt said. "We don't need that creep's help. Let's keep finding our way out of here."
"Right."
"Oh, and by the way kid." They heard the mysterious person's voice echo on the walls again. This time though, he didn't appear right in front of them, or behind them. "You're kinda stupid if you can't even find your way out of this room. Haha! I'm just saying. Boy, this is even more entertaining than I thought."
"Rgh, come on. Let's just get going…" Matt grumbled, as they continued on. Gabumon was a bit worried for his friend, but obviously, Matt didn't show signs of…being like he was in that lair or cave the last time they were in the Digital World. Gabumon pressed on as well, as they try to find their way out of there.
"That blue creature. It can be a new Pokémon?" The mysterious person whispered himself. "I do not know, but my important goal is the Pikachu from Ash."
"Seriously Joe. Do you gotta be so loud?" Gomamon said, looking at his partner awkwardly, who appeared to have screamed so loud. He and Joe were actually an apple tree forest, where Joe was really freaked out. Not only because he was basically in a forest, but something had happened to his body. Your body had a beige and gray oval with orange feet, he had your arms but his legs are missing and the face belonged to Joe, but Gomamon had your original appearance.
"Oh, well I try waking up in the forest, with both of my legs missing." Joe exclaimed. "What is this!?"
"Oh, come on, Joe." Gomamon said, patting his partner. "Look on the bright side. We were able to survive to the black creatures."
"Yeah, and it's horrifying! How am I supposed to tell the others about this? Or are they beings without legs like me? Gah! What is going on!?"
"Well, all I remember was some light coming out of Tai and Kari, and I woke up here in a green forest, and I found you waking up, in which you proceeded to burst open my ear drums."
"Well pardon my volume! I guess I forgot to shut it off before I screamed it all the way back to max."
"Well, this won't do. Let's just try and find our way around here."
"Easy for you to say! It's easy to walk if I had my legs."
"They don't teach those kinds of classes in your world?"
"Of course not…"
"Well that's probably something you should have looked into."
"That was before I knew that this would be something that would happen in my life!"
"Like what hasn't? *Sigh* Okay, looks like I'm gonna have to each ya how to walk properly."
"Please do. Oh, and, don't turn this into a musical number."
"Huh? Where'd that come from, Joe?"
"Just, a feeling I got. Seriously, don't start singing."
"Why? I'm a great singer."
"Well, you're better than Tai's singing, but I'm not sure that's saying much…"
"Well, maybe, but if you want to start walking better, just try and follow my lead." Gomamon starts to walk away, leaving Joe walking in place there. Panicked, he tries to walk his way to keep up with Gomamon, but it wasn't working so well. He then was awkwardly moving his whole entire body up and down, trying to get used to a new from his body. Gomamon turned back, and sees that his partner was awkwardly moving slowly like a snail. He then sighs, and holds his head. "This is gonna take a while…"
Meanwhile a pink ball creature with red feet was seeing them with curiosity.
"Poyo…" The pink ball said.
But he heard a female voice. "C'mon, Kirby! Hurry up!"
"I…I…I'm… going…T…T…Tiff" The creature called Kirby nodded and leaves.
His whole entire body ached, as he starts to wake up. His vision was blurry after being unconscious for so long. What had happened to him? Where was he? All that he remembers was that a strange light had engulfed him and his sister, and they were all thrown away from each other…
The sheer thought of his little sister made Tai want to get all feeling to his body back, and he was trying to get back the strength to get up from the ground. One by one, he lifts his legs up from the ground, and then his arms, and he was on his fours. Tai's vision was becoming clearer, and he sees where he was. Next to him was Agumon, who looked like he was waking up as well. Tai looks around him, and he sees that they both were in some sort of dark cavern, illuminated by the light from the moon. It shines through the holes in the ceiling of the cave. They hear water droplets echo off the walls, and the howling winds blowing through the entire cavern.
Tai gets up, and looks around if there was any sign for anyone else in the area, other than him and Agumon. No one else was there.
"Kari! Kari!" Tai calls out, as he was desperate to search for his little sister.
"Oooh…Why are you yelling at this hour, Tai…?" Agumon groaned, as he was getting up. "Isn't it still bedtime?"
"Does this look like our room?"
"Huh?" Agumon then took a look at the place that they were in. "Oh that's strange. I thought we went camping again."
"In a dark cave like this?"
"Yeah."
"*Sigh* Never mind that. Here, help me look for Kari in this place." Him and Agumon starts calling out for Tai's little sister. "Kari! Kari!"
"Kari!"
They both were calling out, trying to see if they can find the little girl hanging around here somewhere.
Minutes later, they had no luck. They were looking all around the cave, and still, nothing.
"Maybe Kari isn't here, Tai." Agumon said. "Maybe she's outside of this cave?"
"I guess…" Tai said, looking down. He's starting to get really worried for his little sister. He could envision the little girl somewhere, trapped and/or hurt all alone, without him. He really wants to find the girl, and be together with her, but so far, it doesn't seem like the girl is anywhere in this place. In fact, he can't even find the others in this place. By now, he figures that if the other Digidestined and Digimon were in this cave, they would have answered by now. It was just the two of them.
He then looks up, looking at the pathway in front of them, and he sees a mysterious figure.
"Huh?" Tai then wanted to get a closer look at the figure, with Agumon wondering what he sees. He looks forward, and sees the same figure. Following Tai's silence, they both were creeping up to the figure.
As they got closer, they see that this person was bigger than them, so he was definitely a grown-up. They thought they can ask him for guidance, however, they then see what this person was wearing. It looked like it was a black coat, and they had the hood completely covering their face. They then decided to take caution against this person, as they don't know if this person was dangerous or not.
It was at that moment when the person turned towards them, and they looked like they were staring at them. Tai and Agumon took defensive positions, just in case this guy was going to decide to attack them.
"Hey, who the heck are you?" Tai said.
The person says nothing, and then starts to walk away.
"Hey, get back here!" He and Agumon start to go after the person in the black coat, as they think this person may know something about where they are.
They ran and ran after the man, as fast as they can, trying to squeeze through the tightest of corridors, until they came across a dead end. They didn't come across a wall, or a blocked off passage. They came across an arctic ocean. In front of them was an ocean with few icebergs. The ocean was stretching as far as the eye can see in the dead of night. The two looked around them. No sign of the person in the black coat, and no sign of any Digidestined or Digimon.
"Where the heck are we?" Tai said.
"Tai, do you think this is an island?" Agumon said.
"I dunno…I, think it may be, but is covered of snow"
"Are we here, by ourselves?"
"We better not be…If we are, well…"
"Well what?"
"I don't know any more…everything that happened last night was a complete blur to me…"
"Should we check the rest of this place?"
"Yeah. And if it turns out that we're by ourselves, then…well…we, can, improvise."
"Improvise?"
"Maybe there is something on this island we can use in order to get help. We can probably get some nearby ship to notice us, and we'll be on our way back to Japan."
"You mean that ship over there?" Agumon said, pointing to the sea.
"Huh?"
Tai turned, and to his surprise, he sees a giant war ship passing by. It was far away, though it looked like it was navigating towards somewhere on this snowy island. Tai and Agumon were just about to signal towards them; however, they then start to see who's on board the ship. The crew on the war ship seems to be holding katanas, guns and the like. They also got this, look on them. That's when they knew that they were…
"What the…They're ninjas!" Tai exclaimed.
"Ninjas?" Agumon said. "What's that? Is that a Digimon?"
"No. Ninjas are real bad news. I heard all about them. They steal and hurt innocent people."
"That is bad?"
"Yep. But…" Tai then starts looking around the place once more. "But I thought there weren't any ninjas actually in Japan."
"Is this even where your home is?"
"I don't know." He then stares at the war ship once again, as it starts to dock on a nearby dockable path. Tai wonders if they can do something here, but then again, they'd be facing a horde of ninjas. Still, Tai wanted to get a closer look at the ship. "Come on."
He and Agumon starts running towards the war ship.
After a while, they managed to get a better look at the war ship, and the crew on board, by climbing on top of a Cliffside, and looking down from there. They see the basic equipment to a war ship of ninjas, this big, such as the firearms, grenades, rope, and the like. The big and burly crew starts to disembark from the ship, and they do indeed have numerous scars on them. There was one with a gray metal mask with a red light and has a blue suit with orange holding a black USB.
"After a long time, the secret program is ours…" The leader of the group said. "But I suspect luck is on our side as of this day. Someone must knew the password. Find it!"
"What the heck are they talking about?" Tai said.
"Secret Program?" Agumon said. "Ooh! Do you think we see it?"
"I don't know, Agumon. He said it needs a password."
"A password to the program?"
"I guess so."
"But, can't we at least take a little try?"
"Enough about that, Agumon." Tai sighed. He then focused more on their ride. If they infiltrate that ship, they could make it back to land, but…Tai doesn't really know how to sail a war ship.
"Why don't we go up, and ask them to get us back home?"
"*Sigh* Agumon, they would never do that…"
"But, don't we want to get to the others?"
"Yeah, I know, but…knowing them, they would want something from us, and, well, we don't have anything on us, but the pajamas I have on."
"Well, why don't I digivolve, and show them we mean business?"
"You'd destroy the ship if you do that."
"Just giving suggestions."
"I dunno."
"Well, Tai. If we don't take this chance, we'll regret it."
Tai kept on scanning the area. The ninja, which they assume to be the captain of the crew, seemed to be walking towards the interior of the war ship. He opens the door, and goes inside.
"Okay, now's our chance." Tai said. Agumon nods and they slowly climb down from the cliff. Though they lost their footing, and fell down a few feet onto their bottoms, roughly. Though luckily, no one heard that. They then start to sneak on board the ship. Good thing those video games are helping Tai with sneaking onboard a war ship. As fast and quietly as they can, they start to check the large metal boxes on the war ship. Full. Full. Full. Full. They were all full of gunpowder. Though one last box looked like was empty. The two quickly climb inside of the box, which was a tight fit for the both of them, but it managed.
"*Cough* It's a bit of a tight fit in here, Tai." Agumon groaned.
"Shush! Someone will hear you." Tai whispered. "Now, be quiet until I think the coast is clear."
Minutes later, they heard footsteps crowding the whole entire ship. They heard talking and some arguing. They then heard someone headed their way, and they worry that they'll open the box, and see them inside. They got even more nervous when they felt like they were being carried. They tried to stay as still as they can, as they were moving.
"Hey, did Gray Fox say to put this box here?" The person shouted.
"Not for long!" A distant voice shouted.
"Then where did he said this goes!?"
"Just leave it there! We're already headed out!"
"Yes sir!" The person's footsteps then start taking off, as it seemed as if they were running towards somewhere. After a while, things got quiet. Too quiet. Tai then opened the lid a crack, and to his shock, the dumb crewman put the box back onto the land! They were stuck on the island again, and they saw the war ship headed off.
"HEY!" Tai yelled, as he jumped out of the box. Though they were out of earshot from the ninjas however. Agumon busted himself out of the box, and walked up to Tai. "Agh, I can't believe it…"
"Well, yeah, but look on the bright side?'
"What bright side?"
"We got firewood."
"*Sigh* Let's just hope the gunpowder won't make the whole thing explode on our faces…" Tai groaned while holding his head. Their only way of getting off the island had just sailed away from them, and abandoned them. The next time that they see this war ship, they're going to fight their way on board. The two were going to go back into the cave, so they at least have something over their heads, however, Tai sees someone on the island.
He takes a closer look, and he sees the person in the black coat again. They were stalking them again.
"Hey! You!" Tai shouted at the person. They then start to walk away. "You're not getting away from me this time!" He then starts running off towards the person.
"Tai! Wait up!" Agumon shouted, as he starts running after Tai.
After a while, they managed to corner the person at a dead end. Tai and Agumon were able to get a closer look at the man.
"Alright you! Who are you?" Tai said. "Why do you keep stalking us like this? Are you with those ninjas?"
"Do you have some food?" Agumon nonchalantly asked which earned him a glare from Tai.
"So…you are a Digidestined…" The person said in a low voice, which told them that this person was a male. Tai and Agumon were surprised.
"Wait. You know who I am?" Tai said, surprised. "Who…Who the heck are you?" Tai asked again, getting in a fighting position.
"I am nothing…" The man said. "We will face against each other, some other time."
"Face against each other?" Agumon said.
"You mean fight you?" Tai said. "Well no problem! You seem like a creep anyway!"
"Oh, but not without the one who's precious to you." The man said.
"The one who's…" Tai said, trying to think of a name. He instantly thought of the one who's precious to him. "Kari! Do you know something about my little sister?"
The man says nothing, and then turns to the right to walk.
"H-Hey!" Tai then got in front of the person, determined to not let him go. "You're not going anywhere until you tell me where my little sister is!"
"…She is in a place that is not here." The man vaguely answered.
"That doesn't help anyone!"
Suddenly, they saw a dark portal appear behind the man. Tai and Agumon gasped in surprise when they saw that. The man then was walking backwards to enter the dark portal.
"We shall meet again…Digidestined…" The person said, vanishing into the darkness.
"Hey! Get back here!" Tai yelled, as he sprung forward towards the portal. Unfortunately, the portal closed before he was able to touch it, and he face planted onto the snow.
"Are you okay, Tai?" Agumon asked.
"That guy…" Tai mumbled, as he picked himself off the snow, and shook his head. "He knows something about us…"
"Who do you think that was, Tai?"
"I don't know, but I think we got even more problems coming up our doorstep…"
The projections from Kamek in the crystal ball have ended.
"So, these eight children are the Digidestined and the Aura Knight is that freak and his yellow rodent that Giovanni talked about. But it seems that we must hurry before those hooded guys." Bowser said.
"Yes your Highness." Kamek nodded.
"Let's go to the Hollow Bastion, probably the Wario Bros. should be there looking for me."
Kamek got out from the Koopa Kart and used his broom to fly; then Bowser created a portal straight to Hollow Bastion with the Star Rod and entered with Kamek follow him.
TO BE CONTINUED