Tagiru's Bizarre Adventure

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The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.

Last chapter showed you what I really meant, and it has happened as "first blood" has been spilled and someone got it - Tagiru. Yes, WeiB Kreuz vs. Xros Heart confrontation has been commenced, and while Tagiru is fighting to stay alive, Yuu and Taiki are the next to fall in to a fatal misunderstanding, and unless someone convinves the assassins the error of their actions, the "hunters" will sure be meeting a bleak and BLOODY end from the very start…

With Yuu and Youji are next to be sucked in to the "Digi-Quartz", this means that they are about to meet, and this is where their encounter is about to commence…

Well then, let the "upcoming battle" continue...

Ch. 14: Chiryoku no Tatakai

Tagiru saw Ran fighting off the Druidmons and he knew that the WeiB Kreuz member would be outmatched, but seeing that he is without his X-Loader, he'll have to settle with a lead pipe he found and help the "victim", unaware that Ran is after him all this time, and as Tagiru went closer to help, the Druidmons saw the "Hunter" approaching and they all went to him, and this is where the trouble begin.

"Master!"

"Dark master! You have come!"

"The girl is ready to be sacrificed!"

"She is ready!"

"Once she is sacrificed...you will gain eternal youth!"

"Give us the order!"

"The order to start the ritual!"

"Master!"

Tagiru is surprised to see the Digimons calling him "demon master" and proclaimed that Aya will be sacrificed so that Tagiru will gain "eternal youth", and this made Ran more angrier, having fallen for the fake ruse and went straight at Tagiru, with the Druidmons slowly hid themselves from sight as the two humans began to clash, with Tagiru forced to block Ran's sword slashes with the lead pipe, and the tirade started.

"You swine!"

"What?!"

"Give me back my sister, you demon!"

"Me?!"

"Don't play dumb! I saw you took her!"

"You must've mistook me for someone else!"

"Give me back Aya or I kill you!"

"You're crazy!"

Tagiru is bewildered at what he was told, and realized that he has been set up and tries to talk back, but Ran wouldn't have any of it, and continued to press his attacks while demanding for Aya's whereabouts, and the younger teen is slowly being outclassed as he nearly got slashed and had to evade the assault until two of the Druidmons entered the fray and appeared to "aid" him, but this action would further escalate the tension and Ran did a forward sword strike, which one of the Digimons evaded it, and Tagiru was struck instead, and the blade penetrated the teen's torso, just over his left breast, narrowly missing his left lung.

"Swine!"

"Aaarrgghh!"

As Tagiru staggered back, he realized he was stabbed, and realized that he is in a serious disadvantage and is forced to fall back, while the Druidmons began to "pester" Ran, and the teen "Hunter" is forced to go back to the "parallel house" to see if he could find anything that would act as bandages as blood is dripping down, staining his pajama pants.

-x-

As Ran is fighting off the Druidmons, he lost sight of the wounded Tagiru and this angered the assassins as he did another sword slash and surprisingly he managed to stagger the Digimons back and they decided to "retreat" so as to let Ran pursue his target, and saw blood stains on the ground which leads to the "parallel house" where Tagiru went, and he is set to follow the younger teen there while shouting to him that there is no escape from him.

"I will find you...and if you don't tell me where Aya is...I'll kill you!"

Inside, Tagiru is holding his bleeding chest and seeing that there is not enough to use, he is forced to rip off the bedsheets and use them as bandages to cover his wounds, which managed to slow the bleeding, but he is still in danger as he can hear Ran's voice screaming outside and realized that the assassin has been fooled, and hoped that Nene has alerted Taiki and Yuu about the situation he is in at the moment.

"I hope the others would find me...I'm in a pinch right now...!"

-x-

At the Digi-Quartz, Yuu and Youji slowly regained their presence of mind and there he slowly recalled what nhappened and how he and Youji ended up coming to the Digi-Quartz.

- FLASHBACK -

Youji appeared, and blocked Yuu's path, demanding an explanation and demanding Aya's whereabouts, in which Yuu is baffled as he has no idea what the assassin is talking about.

"Stop right there."

"Huh?"

"Let's get to the point...where's Aya Fujimiya?"

"Who?"

"You know what I mean..."

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Don't make me do this the hard way."

"I told you I don't know what you're saying!"

Thinking that Yuu is stalling him,Youji went on the offensive and began to do battle with the younger teen, though Yuu managed to use his lessons on judo and blocked his opponent's blows and this unintentionally made the Weib Kreuz assassin think that his target is dangerous, and stealthily brought out his "secret weapon", and began using his "wrist wire" to trip his target and managed to pin him down, and when he asked Yuu again about Aya's whereabouts, the younger teen reiterated that he doesn't know anything about what Youji claims, and the WeiB Kreuz assassin is forced to use "force" so as to make him "admit".

"OOF!"

"Now answer my question..."

"I already answered them!"

"Don't make me do this..."

"I told you you got the wrong person! I don't even know this Aya!"

"Looks like you're making this hard on yourself..."

"GAK!"

"Now answer honestly or else."

As Youji started to strangle Yuu using his "wrist wire", the younger teen realized that he is being tortured for "false information" and is forced to reach out his X-Loader to summon Damemon, but then several Druidmons appeared and "rescued" Yuu by colliding with the assassin and in an act of incrimination, the hooded Digimons "proclaimed" their "loyalty" to the teen and made it appear that he is their "master" and "demon lord", much to Yuu's surprise.

"Master Yuu!"

"We come for you!"

"We serve you!"

"You are our demon lord!"

"The sacrifice named Aya is ready!"

"You will gain eternal youth!"

"What are you talking about?!"

"We leave with you!"

As Yuu is about to rebut this, the first four Druidmons began to gang up on Youji, just to prevent him from hearing Yuu trying to explain himself, and seeing this, Yuu is about to summon Damemon but he too was overwhelmed and his X-Loader was dropped. Before either one of them could try to regain their momentum, both they (Yuu and Youji), along with the Druidmons, are being sucked inside the Digi-Quartz, leaving nothing behind.

- END FLASHBACK -

The two combatants find themselves at the place they are in, but before either of them can make a statement, someone intervened, with the Druidmons appeared to be "bowing" before the blond teen before "retreating", and Yuu started to realize the situation he is in as Youji appeared to be convinced that Yuu is indeed the enemy, and presses the younger teen to reveal Aya's whereabouts, but Yuu stood his ground and reiterated that he has no idea what this is about.

"Okay...let's drop the act and tell me where you took Aya Fujimiya..."

"I know nothing about your claim..."

"Playing dumb won't work..."

"I am not!"

"Your servants said so otherwise..."

"It's a trick! If there my servants...they should be attacking you...but they ran off after bringing us here...!"

"Guess I have no choice..."

"Listen to me! You've been..."

As Yuu is about to use reason to explain the situation, the Druidmons appeared and "proclaimed" that they are "serving" and "rescuing" him from Youji, while other Druidmons showed up to stall the assassin and this further escalated the tension as Yuu is being carried away to another direction while Youji finds himself hard-pressed as his wrist-wire attacks doesn't appeared to faze his attackers, dismayed that his chance to find Aya would be tedious than expected.

"Out of my way!"

After a minute, the Druidmons "retreated", and Youji had no choice but to rely on his instincts to track down the "escaped" target, wondering how to endure the situation he is in and how to contact Ran and the others, seeing that his radio is not working due to being in another "dimension", and hoped that the others fared well than him.

-x-

Outside the Kudou house, Taiki already left the scene after getting a call from Akari Hinamoto, and as the two meet, Akari told Taiki about the situation, as well as getting an emergency message from Nene that Yuu disappeared and that his X-Loader was found, which Taiki and Akari guessed that Tagiru and Yuu are at the Digi-Quartz.

"Akari!"

"Taiki! I found this!"

"Yuu's X-Loader...then that means..."

"It looked like Yuu and Tagiru are taken there..."

"We should go to Tagiru's house since his X-Loader is there..."

"What about his parents...they might..."

"We'll have to use some alibis just to get in his room..."

"You're right..."

Just as the two are about to leave, Ken appeared, and is brandishing his weapon, but seeing Akari, he warned her about Taiki being a "cult member" and has a "demonic servant", which perplexed the two teens as Taiki sensed that something is amiss and approached the assassin, asking him what he meant, but Ken didn't bite it and demanded Aya's whereabouts, which the teen denied any knowledge, and there Ken was forced to take drastic measures just to make Taiki confess, but then several Druidmons appeared, and one of them is wielding a weapon and is about to struck Ken, but then Shoutmon "flashes" out from the X-Loader and defeats the Digimons using his staff, but this made Ken defensive as this is the first time encountering a Digimon, and believing him to be a "demon", he lashes out at Shoutmon much to Taiki and Akari's surprises.

"The demon..."

"Eh? "Demon"? What are you talking about?"

"What?"

"I'm a Digimon! Can't you tell the difference?"

"What the...?"

"Hey, Taiki...what's this guy's problem? Why did he call me a "demon"?"

"We don't know why..."

"Fine...let's deal with these Digimons before we sort this out..."

Ken is surprised when Shoutmon asked why he is called a demon while the Digimon asked Taiki what is Ken talking about, and just as things seem to reach a stalemate, Ken got passed Shoutmon and went straight for Taiki, aimed his weapon at the teen's throat and demanded Aya's location, in which Taiki appeared calm and told him he has no knowledge of what the assassin is claiming, and when Ken is conflicted on whether to accept the answer or not, Akari went towards Ken and urged him to stop, stating that Taiki is telling the truth.

"What are you? And where is Aya Fujimiya?"

"Who?"

"Don't lie to me!"

"Stop! Taiki is telling the truth! We don't know who you are talking about!"

"What?"

"Taiki is innocent! The one beside him is a Digimon! Not a "demon" as you claim to!"

"It's true, sir..."

"Blast!"

At this time, Omi arrived and tells Ken to release Taiki, telling him that he researched everything, and confirms that Taiki, Tagiru and Yuu's actual ages, and that they are really teenagers as shown by the printout he made when he hacked on the national statistics office, finding their birth certificates and the hospital records of the hospitals where the three teens are born. Omi apologized to Taiki and Akari about this and showed to them the CCTV footage of Aya being kidnapped by "Taiki and the others", but Taiki responded that an impostor is behind this.

However, more than a dozen Druidmons appeared, surrounding Taiki, Akari, Omi and Ken, intending to kill them seeing that the ruse has been exposed and decided to kill them here and now.

To Be Continued…

Thank goodness...Taiki managed to stay his hand and calmly managed to prove himself at Ken that he is not the culprit, and with Akari and Omi shedding light, both sides now realized that they've been manipulated, so all they need now is to find Tagiru, Yuu, Ran and Youji, but first they need to clear the obstacle before them.

Ran is still enraged at having to play "cat and mouse" just to get Tagiru to show where Aya is kept, and Tagiru is slowly getting weakened bythe blood loss he got from Ran. Will Tagiru make it out alive?

Yuu and Youji have also been sucked inside the Digi-Quartz, and hence their battle would soon escalate just like in Tagiru and Ran's case.

Preview:

Next chapter will show the remaining Weiß Kreuz and Xros Heart members heading to the Digi-Quartz to avert the confrontation of their comrades, as Tagiru is slowly about to be overwhelmed by Ran, while Youji is about to corner Yuu. Will the two Xros Heart members survive long enough for their friends to bail them out?

The conclusion to this arc is nearing…