Chapter 14: It's hard dodging awkwardness
Agumon jumps to avoid a dodge from a veggiemon and grabs its whips and drags him around like a yo-yo. He finally lets go let it crash into the hard wall.
"Good job Saber" Ashura complements his work
"Thanks so Gatomon how's the progress were doing"
The cat digimon was counting how many digimon are kissing the dirt right now "I believe we good for now you actually did well taken out 17 rogues " She says as she takes out an dramatically large net and gathers the unconscious in them "We gift wrap them to the digimon with high authority back at the arena" she said
"Okay come on Saber" Ashura agrees as he grabs two at a time
"Right " he said as he builds a pile and lifts them to the net like building blocks that he holds with one hand, and as he stuffs some of them in the bag he thought of a suggestion
"So is anyone up for fish?" Agumon said which made Gatomons ears twitch in interest
Ashura was widening the net "Well maybe if he have time to reach the store..."
"Actually I was thinking of fishing here"
Ashura was confused "Really but I thought only digimon were roamed here"
Gatomon steps in the conversation "Ashura digimon also tend to find food as well there are even been hints of special digi meat that resembles your average beef or ham"
He blinks in suprise "wow I guess this world is slightly similar to another fantasy land"
"Oh course if you recall your knowledge on digimon I hear gomamon can summon fish calling it marching fishes" Gatomon said
"Oh that must have slipped my mind" He realized "So where do you want to fish?" As he stuffed some more criminals in
"That's the last of them, we should return back" Gatomon said then heard something "wait"
She hears a gazemon jump from the shadows so she jumps and twirls out a kick which almost rearranged it's skull forcing it outside of the cave later a quiet crash due to the distance "Now that's all of them"
"I thought me and saber were supposed to deal with them" Ashura was confused as he held the bag full of criminal digimon
"You were taking too long" she looked back at him "Now hurry up" she said as she ran off to go after the last thug
'Mmm...why does she do these things?' He complained in his head byt notices something "eh... Hey!...Gatomon! THIS BAG IS TOO HEAVY!" He cried out but she couldn't hear so Agumon decides to help carry the other side making Ashura feel thankful for having a digimon...that actually helps out in errands
"Okay then so with the minimum of a gazemon plus the extra gotsumon and hagurumon and the extra veggiemon that leaves you with...15,000 credits" Mero said as she deposits out the porper change of currency from her stand
"Wow seriously" he said as he takes the bag full of cash
"Well with the number of digimon you find the more likely you will earn especially if you throw in the items"
"So your stand not only sells cards but trades in cash too like a guild receptionist?"
"Well my fellow co-workers are not always here so my superiors set this up to clear things more efficiently"
"But they didn't have items though" Ashura sighs
"Yes they did" Gatomon takes out a bag of junk from the cave and deposits that as well"
"Huh so you were doing something?"
"That's rude of course I was" She made a glare "Your the ones who left out possibly extra pay"
"Oh heh heh right"
Mero decided to cut in "You know for advice if you go after stronger digimon you could get higher pay but I don't recommend it because it's reckless and dangerous"
"Thank ls for thr heads up but I think we have enough for now" Ashura stores the bag away "See you later"
"Take care" she waves bye to them
As Ashura's group leaves the colosseum, he looks at Gatomon "So why did you want us to be in a hurry so bad?"
She looks at him "Didn't you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"The Tennant of your place moved out, some believed it was some terrorist bombing or that's what they think"
"Heh well lancer did leave some holes and greymon certainly didn't help" Ashura said "So what's this have to do with us?"
"Because I want to buy us a second room in the building"
"Seriously...wait is this why you sent us at the cave it wasn't really a punishment after all?"
"Mmm it was a bit of both" she stops "Part of it requires you to give me your share of the money" She made a cheecky smile
Ashura feels tricked 'I feel cheated and munipuated' but as he gives her the money "Though I'm not sure if this could help plus do you know how to purchase a a room?"
"Help become human andask for it"
"You'd use your ruler form for that?"
"You don't get to talk after exposing my form and I'm not talking about my ruler form"
"Huh?"
"I've been practicing on how to create my ideal human form, problem is I take awhile so I may need to use Ruler just this once"
"Seriously digimon can do that?"
"It's a possibility but none attempted to because they had no reason to nor want to since they'ven ever gone to the human world" she answered as the opened a portal back
"It's been awhile since anyone used this thing" Ashura stands with Agumon at night on a building as he asks to buy groceries as he hears his aunt and Viola are visiting again so
He reaches in his pocket and takes out not a digivice but something else. He pulls out an old grapple gun with some scratches on it
"What is that Ashura?"
"This thing?" He said as he shows it to Agumon "It's a grapple gun I found it in my dads old stuff"
Agumon takes a look at like 'Looks like something a machine digimon could use but...there's something peculiar as well' Saber thought
'It's been years since...he...used this thing' he checks out the interior of the gadget for a fifth time and checked it before he left
"I wonder if it still works?" He says to himself as he aims at a near building And pulls the trigger
*bang*
Its shoots out a grapple hook at a building "hop on" Ashura says as saber grabs on his back
"Let's hope my extra classes at workshop last year paid off and says he hold a tight grip and jumps out letting him swing across at a high speed "gaah!" Agumon was suprised by the speed
"Woah what a rush!" And presses another button for the grapple to lift him up And gets up
"Now for a higher building" he does the same trick and swings again And again as he starts to cross through the average sized buildings in town for a simple test. Finally he stops at a very tall building near a subway station so he hangs on to the top of the building and stops to rest as agumon gets off his back that made him fall on his back
"That was a great experience!" He yelled in with adrenaline still in him "I can't... believe...my old man... used this so...much" he said as he was getting tired
"You should also remember the other reason why we're here." Agumon says reminding him about the food they need to buy
"Oh right, well I've seen this building before and we shouldn't be too far from the nearest store but remember you need to hide from them"
"*sigh* I know it's just so hard" he sounds a bit upset
"I get that but the world isn't ready to see real digimon in action" Ashura stand up and gives agumon a hand in getting up "Now let's go before it gets late"
"Late for what?" Said a familiar voice
The two look up in shock and see Rider on her magic broom
"Rider?"
"That's rider? The same that attacked you!" Agumon was suprised by his words
"Now now I'm not here for a battle." She said "My master ain't here so plus she gave me orders not to strike yet"
"Then why are you here?" Ashura had his eyebrows
"To inform you about two things" she said as she poofed up a list for her to read
'She needs a list to remember two things?' Ashura thought with a raised eyebrow
"One thing have you decided to accept my masters offer?"
"Offer?" Agumon was confused
"I can't answer yet besides the deadline isn't over yet" Ashura said "Ashura what's she talking about? "
"I can't say now I'll explain later" He reassures him but it made agumon curious
"Now what's the order thing?" Ashura questions her
"Oh right well as a part of a benefit from my group I should probably tell you where Caster is don't we?" She bluntly replied
"Woah woah wait!" Ashura halted her
"Waiting" she said in a funny tone as she checks her gloves
"You already found caster?"
"Yes I said that what are you deaf?"
"No! Just suprised you'd tell us something so important"
"Well this is to influence you if you want to join us as were are good as finding information but this would only the one time to help you unlesss you join"
"So where is Caster?"
"Heh straight to the point" Rider said "Alright Listen well, in the digital world, the is a hill top on a moutain called Seekers point"
"Seekers point?"
"It's a temple where those go to seek unanswered questions or if partnerless humans pop out of nowhere end up there at the beginning"
'Could that be where Mero came from?' Ashura thought
Suddenly rider floats again for take off "Remember tock tock the deal will run out soon" she said as she flew away to her masters location
As she left the two wonder in in the quiet moment "So how are we suppose to explain this to Gatomon?"
"Well...I'm not sure" he said as agumon looks worried "But we don't have time for it, we should probably finish those errands" he says as he pulls the trigger on his device*click*...*click* *click* *click*
"Uh oh..." he says as the grapple hook got busted "what is it?"
Ashura hides his embaressed face "looks like we need to go the long way down" he a replies as agumon sweatdrops
After about two hours, the two finally made it back with full bags of food in the hands with their tired feet
"~We're home~" Ashura and Saber said
"Were have you two been" Gatomon said strictly with a glare
It made the two stand up straight and step back
'Um okay no big deal it should be easy to talk my way out with Gatomon' Ashura thought as he starts to calm down a bit "Well funny story...
"Yes I'd like to know as well" said as a familiar voice walked into the room behind Gatomon
"Wha Vermillion?!" Ashura said
'Oh crud She's another story!' Ashura starts to sweat again
"Sigh sit down for a bit" Ashura says as he puts the food away and starts to make his meal "This may take awhile"
"Your cousin is in the war?" Ruler said said with wide eyes
"The mafia as well?!" Mavis said in shock
The whole group sits at the table "Yes as if I didn't have enough to deal with right now" Ashura slaps his head in frustration
"Did you consider joining?" Mavis questioned him
"Even if I did I'm already in an alliance" he reassures her as she sits back on her position "I can't control you but I don't believe it's pointless" she turns away
"So this Rider was she dangerous in power" ruler said
"Well at first meeting it was scary but after the other meeting again she felt easy to talk to" Ashura said but left out the ambush to avoid another yelling "AAmong facing the previous digimon she felt less hostile any reason for it?"
"Well it's a known theiry but never proven" Vermillion thought of something familiar in her studies "It was said that servant digimon and there masters are one in the same personality" she theorized "if a master is pure of heart, and they get a digimon with noble standards, and if a master has emotional scars then so may it's digimon but if one if dark and driven to insanity then they may end up with digimon that is indeed just as insane"
"Wow" Ashura said
"It's not an important fact but just pray that riders master doesn't not have that last theory but just to be sure you shouldn't trust what they say for obvious reasons" she remembers the mention of a mafia
"Now next is the discussion for about the seekers point" Agumon said
"Well I only know much from Sanzomon but besides it being a point to answer questions or an accidental human drop zone, it's likely a forbidden zone during times like this"
"Why's that?" Ashura said
"Because it's a special holy ground." D'Arcmon said "ever since the previous decades "old dark digimon constants used to head there to attack humans or use it as a high ground advantage so Sanzomon and the holy digimon set up a barrier sapping out all the energy of any digimon contestant Rendering the area useless"
"Meaning anyone that goes gets weakened or trapped" Vermillion commented
"Then why would caster by there?" Ashura mentioned
"Probably as it's the least likely thing to do" ruler said
"Well as a suggestion I recommend that we head there" Agumon said
"Huh? Didn't you hear what we said it's clearly a trap" ruler said
"I know but we're bound to get a few scars anyway"
"Nope" Ashura answered
"Huh?"
"It's too risky, plus we don't even know what who or what caster is"
"But...
"I agree with him for once" Mavis agrees "besides the main threat we should be concerned about is Berserker and his master Shandaar EK" She says as Ashura and agumon shudder at that night "a young boy who brought up a first class rank digimon has to be our number one priority"
"Yeah well it's getting late, so we could talk about that later so Ruler how's the apartment you picked" Ashura questions her
While Mavis was confused "She's moving?"
"Only a room away but still in the same building" Ruler said " And I just purchased it and spoke to the manager and she accepted my pay"
"That's great"
"Yes and I'll be returning to pack up the for the rest of my possesions
'Huh? Did she buy stuff while I was at school...OH MY GOSH I HOPE SHE DIDN'T USE MY LIFE SAVINGS?!' He thought but suddenly his eyes pointed at a brown bag next to mavis.
"Oh I got to ask what's with the bag, you brought some tools for backup?" Ashura comments as he points at the bag
"Oh this" She looks at her bag "I'm packing and I have decided to stay here for the time being"
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Suddenly Ashura and agumon went pale and eyes went white and ruler was shocked...she know as veemillion told her earlier but she thought she was just bluffing
"I'll be in your care for now" she winked
"B-b-but don't you have a fancy place and...hey don't walk away" Ashura was ignored
"Ruler had a room of her own right I'll use it as my room/workspace" she says as sge opens rulers old room and takes a look "not too shabby"
"Are you spacing out!" Ashura yelled "hold on!" He says again and he sees her throw her bag in the room
"Now who's hungry I've been dying to try this recipe in one of my old books!" She said
"Muuuhh...muuhhh...PLEASE HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING" Ashura now whines in defeat
Ashura was cutting the vegetables while Mavis was boiling the water for the rice "now pass the tuna cans"
Ashura replied realizing he can't complain right now
"Is it almost ready?" Agumon said
"Be patient if your a good digimon then you may get more helpings" she said as he stood still in silence
Ashura washes his hands as he sees this 'she has wrapped around her finger easliy...I can only imagine if she controlled digimon using food...waaaait' he squints his eyes at her as she notices "what is it?"
He looks away as she reads his face and interprets his thought and giggles "You think I'll steal saver with food?"
He gets shocked and runs and hugs to Agumon at the mere though
"Oh my gosh you really did?" She laughs at it
*ring*
"Oh I'll answer" Vermillion said
Ashura just slumps and follows
He hears the door open and sees Viola with some supplies "Hello sempai I know it's late but you said it never hurts to...be..." She stops abd sees Mavis in holding a ladel in a apron "Vermillion san?" Viola looks at her attire "What why are wearing..."
Ashura steps in the conversation "Well it's nothing that should effect our dynamicGUUH..." Ashura feels pain as Mavis secretly pinches his side
"I've decided to live with Indian boy" she bluntly said
"Ehh!"
"Uh well about that things happened a lot at her place so she can't stay there" Ashura said "but you shouldn't worry it's only a matter of tTUUHHH!" Ashura gets pinched again
"Apparently he caught a frog in his throat so let me explain" she twirls her ladel " I'm fully capable of adding Indian boy's needs and affairs so you no longer have to come or work." She said without much regard to the people around her "won't it be great to get have those chores off your shoulder?" She said
Viola took all this in "No..."
"Eh?" Mavis blinked
"Thank you but I like doing my routine" she has a higher tone "I don't need that much help now if you'll excuse me I'd like to make dinner" she walks past them
"Vermillion what was that about? That was insensitive" Ashura stared at her
"I was being honest if she didn't come here anymore she wouldn't be in mortal danger" she explained
"That's what you meant"
"Of course did you think I would be so rude to my junior classmates?" She said with a stern look
"Well...
*slam*
"Ohayo!" Said kushina as she opens the door with Naruto following "Yo!" The blond said "is the food ready yet?" The red head said but spots Mavis "Who's she?'
"Well she... but Ashura was interrupted
"Oooh she's so cute!" She grabs on to the blond
"Ehh!" Vermillion was confused by the embrace
"Heh heh" Ashura chuckles 'probably too late to mention Aunt kushi has a deep soft spot for kids or bishoujo girls' Ashura thought
"Hey what's that" naruto points at a orange dinosaur suddenly standing behind them as Ashura and Vermillion look in suprise
"Uhh oh it's just a stuffed animal I bought yesterday" he scratches his head as he grabs agumon quickly and whispers him to stay quiet
But naruto looked like he wasn't buying it
"Oh don't mind him you know how much of a digimon fan he is" she said as she starts stroking Mavis's hair 'so soft' she thought While Mavis feels awkward "So why is she here?"
"Oh that well...she's now started to live with me and Jeanne..." Ashura said nervously
"Oh is that all...WAIT WHAT?"
As they all went to the table to eat Ashura starts to explain why Mavis is staying with excuses he has to make up
"What are you kidding Ashura you let me add one girl. Already now two"
"But ruler got an apartment. It's still the same building"
"If it's the same building then nothing actually changed!" She yelled as her her was slowly moving "Plus it'sa school girl the innocent kind She's pratically a kid"
Mavis suddenly felt emotionally hurt by that remark
"Uh actually she's about my age" Ashura mentioned as she was grabbing his shirt
"Eh..." she looks at Mavis "Seriously?" While Vermillion blushed at the young comment "Anyway this changes nothing as it inly makes things worse you hear me! Ya hear me!" She said as physically her hair is now shaking him back and forth "~ahh~ahh~ahh!~!" Ashura yells at the shaking
Mavis drinks from tea to calm down and now smiles at Ashura's torture and whispers to him (you know I can step in and end this peacefully) she said with a grin
"Yes please" Ashura said with anime tears And she nods
"Mind if I say something" Vermillion stepped in
"What?" Kushina said as she comically threw Ashura onto his wall hard enough to knock him out and luckily miss the tv screen
"The reason I'm here is because of some accident at my old home"
"But does it have to be here?"
"It's not a problem is it?"
"Of course it freakin is! It's immoral for a boy and girl to live together at such an age"
"Well do you believe Ashura is the type of person to commit something so forward"
"Of course not! He's a good boy like Naru kun" she points at naruto but doesnt notice that he's secretly taking Ashura's share of food
"Then you have no problem then"
"There's obviously still a problem!"
Mavis takes another sip "Allow me to explain why I choose to be here"
'She will be fun to crack' she smiles at the challenge
As the hours pass Ashura wakes up with a red face still imprinted from the wall slam and waves good bye to the visitors
"Let's walk together kushina san" Viola said as she grabbed her hand
But she doesn't pay attention as she mentally cries "I lost an argument to a school girl..." while naruto just pats at her back and ignores it
As they leave out of site Agumon steps out "So there gone?" And Ashura nods
"So have you reconsidered going to the temple?"
"No"
"But why not?"
"Vermillion already explained, it's basically a bad idea"
"We got ambushed before"
"Because we didn't know about where there would be a likely ambush"
"Well no one said we would get off this unscathed"
"I'm sorry but I made up my made why don't you get some sleep?" Ashura said as he goes to his room
But agumon feels upset 'there's an enemy likely to bounce us and we're just sitting here?' Agumon thought "I can't let that happen"
In the middle of the knight while Ashura and his new roommate slept, Agumon was sneaky out and grabbed Ashura's hand and digivice to open a small portal for him to jump in
Lucky on the other apartment room Gatomon has sensitive ears as her ears twitch at that slight noise
Meanwhile on a moutain hill a lone creature stands alone looking at the sky until he senses a presence coming far
"Finally I get to meet you, my opponent" says the creature
(ost end theme Teleportation Guy by Mell)