Chapter 20: Home
The current time was 7:59 PM. It was dark out, the portal took the kids and digimon outside the akihara school.
Netto, guilmon, and the other tamers and digimon couldn't believe what they were seeing: Not only were Yuuichirou, Meijin, and Mama there, but so were the net saviours minus yuriko, Aoki, Higure, Shuukou and Metalmamemon, Mariko-sensei, Hinoken, Mahajahrama, Iroaya Madoi, Count Jack Elec, Dekao, Chisao, Tohru, Cardamom, Mr. Ayanokouji, Anetta, Mr. Ijuuin, iriya, morozov, and the general!
"Netto-kun!!!" Meiru cried.
Meiru rushed at netto and hugged him so hard she accidentally knocked him over. Yuuichirou, meijin, haruka and guilmon laughed.
Jasmine ran up to her grandfather and gave her a hug. Cardamom hugged his granddaughter back.
"I missed you, grandpa!" Jasmine cried.
"I missed you as well...So have the animals!" Cardamom laughed.
Anetta jumped into enzan's arms. Yaitou yelled
"HEY!! WHO D'YA THINK YOU ARE!?!?"
Yaitou tried to pull her off.
Yaitou ran up to her dad and gave him a big hug. Her father returned the hug.
"Yaitou, honey...I'm so proud of you!!" He declared.
When anetta let go, enzan and impmon just walked up to his father. Ijuuin just looked at him in disapproval and dragged him to their company limousine, impmon followed sympathetically.
Anetta and Yaitou could only watch as the vehicle drove away, both wishing there was something they could do.
The general and morozov ran up to laika. The general stopped and hugged laika.
"Laika...My nephew...I-I was so worried. I'm so glad you came back in one piece!" He sobbed.
"General-sama...." Laika whispered.
"Bark, bark!!" Morozov barked.
Morozov ran up to his best friend. Laika kneeled to morozov's level and pet him and let morozov kiss him.
"He said 'I missed you so much!' in dog language!" Terriermon translated.
"How 'bout a friendly game of fencing when we go back to sharo?" Iriya chuckled. Iriya held his palm out.
"You know it!" He replied, giving him a high five.
Miyabi slowly walked up to the rest of the net saviours.
"Good to see all of you!" He said.
He then looked at the members of the old world 3 and said "Expect me at maha ichiban later!!"
Hinoken, Madoi and count elec laughed.
Netto then ran up to his parents and hugged his mother and then his father.
"I love you mama, and you, papa!" Netto said crying tears of joy.
"We love you, too!" Yuuichirou consoled, rubbing his son's back. "More than you'll ever know..."
Netto suddenly looked at the group of visitors and then at his parents.
"Papa, why is everyone here?" Netto asked.
"Somehow, someone videotaped the battles between all of you and the four digimon sovereigns." Meijin explained.
"Shortly after, somebody copied the E-Mail i sent you, added the coordinants of the portal location, and sent it to everyone in japan, sharo, creamland and choina!" He added.
"We were concerned about you all, and when we heard that you were coming back home, we were so excited!" Mariko-sensei cheered.
"Once we recieved the location's address, we rushed here as soon as we could, de-masu!" Higure declared.
Mariko hugged netto and yaitou.
Barrel made his way up to the front from the crowd. The rest of the net saviours couldn't believe their eyes.
"BARREL-SAN!?!?" Pride gasped.
"But HOW!??!" Dingo shouted.
Netto and miyabi explained everything to the others.
"OH, MY, GOD!! I must say, netto!" Count Elec started. "While watching you fight that giant dragon thing, i was most impressed!"
"You've got some skills, i'll give you that!" Charlie said.
Pride ran up to laika and said "I can't believe you did that yourself! I'm amazed!!"
"That's not all, look up!" Nenji declared, pushing a button on some sort of switch.
Everyone looked up at the sky. Suddenly, fireworks exploded in the sky. Fireworks displays of all kinds of colors and arrangements.
"That's for you!!" Nenji cheered.
The large group watched the fireworks display for 20 minutes until after the finale. Everyone went back to their homes. Yuuichirou and haruka drove Netto and guilmon home. Meiru's parents drove her home.
Commander beef, marineangemon and the others returned to the base.
Mr. Ayanokouji gave yaitou and guardromon a ride home in the gabcom company limo.
The general, laika, iriya, terriermon and morozov went back home to sharo in a helicopter.
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Meanwhile in internet city...
Rockman and the others returned to internet city to find The Net saviour's respective netnavis, Fireman, coloredman, Elecman, Magicman, Numberman, gutsman, Aquaman, and Iceman.
"We came to welcome you back!" Knightman declared.
"We heard you were in some faraway place on the net called 'Digimon world'. When we recieved mysterious messages saying you were coming back and where to find you, we rushed here as soon as we could!" Numberman explained.
"I saw all of you fighting those wierd things in the digital world from some video clips. That was pretty amazing! De-Gutsu!" Gutsman remarked.
"Your fighting skills are good, i must say! Almost as good as mine!" Fireman remarked.
"You've earned a special batch of cyber-curry on me!" Magicman praised.
Rockman looked around at the crowd of netnavis. Rockman couldn't see roll anywhere, he was greatly disappointed that roll wasn't there to see him after his return from the digimon world.
"Roll-Chan..." He mumbled to himself.
"What's the matter, rockman??" Glyde asked.
Rockman just looked at the ground and plugged out.
"Thank you for your support, everyone!" Medii declared.
"I certainly wasn't expecting this, i must say!" Sharkman said.
One-by-one, the netnavis plugged out and returned to their PET-Arcs, Blues was the last one to do so.
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In the helicopter ride to sharo, morozov lied snugly in laika's lap. General stared at his PET and wrapped his arm around laika's shoulder.
"I saw you traveling through the digital world and i watched you fight the digimon sovereign....You've proven yourself in battle and shown me you're not a little boy anymore! I couldn't be prouder!!" He said, crying tears of joy.
Laika face soon became as red as his cadet hat.
"So you saw that, didn't you?" He asked.
The general picked up terriermon, cuddled him and said
"Terriermon...Thank you so much for protecting my precious nephew!!"
"Anytime, general-sama!" Terriermon replied.
"How did you get him to fence like that?!" Iriya asked eagerly.
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Mr. Ijuuin looked at Enzan and Impmon as their chaffeur drove their limousine home. Enzan was extremely uncomfortable, but he was used to his father doing this to him. Suddenly his father said to him.
"Enzan...Son....I'm sorry!"
Enzan just looked at his dad.
"What did you say to me?" He asked in surprise.
Mr. Ijuuin rubbed enzan's back. He added
"You've proven your worth and shown your strength in the digital world...I'm sorry for never once believing in you! I promise to do anything it takes to make you feel better! Please forgive me!"
"Boss..." Impmon said.
"Father..." Enzan said, holding back tears.
"Enzan-sama...." Blues said.
Enzan then pulled his father into a loving hug. Mr. Ijuuin returned the gesture.
"Thank you..." Enzan whispered.
Impmon rubbed enzan's arm consolingly.
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Miyabi, and musyamon walked back to miyabi's home. They saw Yuriko and Wily waiting for them outside the door. Yuriko hugged miyabi and then musyamon.
"I'm so glad you came back alive...." She whispered.
Wily poured Miyabi and musyamon each a cup of sake and said
"Here's to you!"
Miyabi, musyamon and wily made a toast, and drank.
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When netto and meiru got home, they settled down. In ten minutes, netto changed into his pajamas. He just put on his hat when he got a call from meiru.
"Huh? Meiru-Chan? Do you know what time it is?" Netto groaned.
"Please, listen to me! It's been more than four hours, and roll hasn't returned yet! I need your help finding her! I'm so worried..." Meiru cried.
"What?!" Netto and rockman gasped.
"Roll-chan is missing??" Netto asked.
"Netto-kun! Plug me into the internet right away!!" Rockman said.
Netto nodded.
"Plug-in! Rockman .EXE. TRANSMISSION!!"
Netto plugged rockman into the net.
When rockman entered his homepage, he saw gutsman, iceman and glyde waiting there for him. Netto suddenly got an E-Mail from yaitou. Netto opened it. It read:
"Did you think you'd be doing this alone?
Yaitou."
"We've decided we're going to split up to look for roll-chan!" Iceman declared.
"You better find her, or you'll wish you were never created, de-gutsu!" Gutsman ranted.
Rockman said "Thank you, everyone! Let's split up and meet up at the internet city park!"
The rest of the navis nodded. The group entered the net to search for roll. They each had a picture of roll they could show to any netnavis out and ask for information.
Rockman, Iceman and Glyde met up at densan city park.
"So, did anyone find any clues, de-gutsu?" Gutsman asked.
"Oh, my...Does anyone else here find it hot?" Glyde asked.
"Well, a netnavi said he saw roll near the arena...Let's go to the arena, and split up again. Iceman will take south, glyde will go east, gutsman will go west and i'll look north of the arena!" Rockman replied.
Iceman, gutsman and glyde nodded. Glyde opened a quick link for everyone to use. Rockman went first.
The group went to the arena and searched around the area for roll. Rockman wandered northwards and asked for information from any netnavi he could find out and active at the current hour.
"Haven't seen her..." A netnavi said.
"Sorry, i didn't see her around here..." Said another.
"She doesn't look familiar, sorry!" Said another.
"I think she went that way!" One netnavi finally said, pointing in the direction she last saw her go.
"Thank you!!" Rockman said.
Rockman ran in that direction and noticed roll's necklace and kimono in a dumpster. Rockman picked up her necklace.
"Roll-chan...Oh, no!" Rockman mumbled. He carried it around with him and kept looking.
Eventually, he reached the outskirts of the internet. Then he came across the same red gel he saw in the digimon world.
"What is this?? Oh, god...I hope that thing didn't get to roll-chan..." Rockman moaned.
Rockman immediately ran away from the form. He got a safe distance until he heard a faint shuffling noise. He turned in the direction the noise was coming from to face the intruder and pointed his rockbuster, ready for anything.
"I'm ready to fight you! Show yourself!!" He yelled.
The stranger walked out from behind a large rock. The stranger was none other than roll! Her face was pale and her eyes were dull and emotionless.
"Oh, roll-chan! I found you! You're safe..." Rockman said smiling.
Rockman then opened a quick-link to the netcity main page.
"Come on, roll-chan! Let's get you home to meiru-chan!" He said.
Roll walked into the link, rockman followed. Rockman proceeded to E-Mail all the netnavis with the news that roll had been discovered.
"I found roll-chan!
Rockman."
Rockman walked out of the city to a route connecting it to meiru's Computer.
"Follow me, roll-chan! Meiru's really worried about you..." Rockman instructed.
Roll followed him until they reached the entryway to meiru's computer.
"Here we are! See you in the morning, roll-chan!" Rockman said.
Roll nodded and returned to her PET.
Netto immediately called Meiru.
"Meiru-chan?" Netto greeted.
"I know!! Roll-Chan is back! Thank you so much!!!" Meiru cheered
Meiru hugged her PET and cried "Oh, roll! I was so worried! I'm so glad...I'm so glad you're okay!"
Roll smiled a twisted smile from within her PET.
Netto lied down in his room and slept soundly, guilmon slept by netto's bedside. Glad to be back in his own bed and releived that roll was found and was safe. Netto slept well into the night until the next morning...
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Netto was awoken by rockman's voice.
"Netto-kun! It's time to get up! You're going to be late if you don't get up right now!!" Rockman warned.
Netto got up with a yawn and a sigh.
"Another typical morning...." Netto thought to himself.
Netto then noticed Guilmon staring out the window and growling.
"Huh? Guilmon? What is it, boy?" Netto asked.
"Netto!! Come down here!!!" Haruka yelled.
"Oh, shit! What did i do now...?" Netto mumbled to himself.
He took a shower, brushed his teeth, got dressed and came down the stairs. He heard his mother say
"Netto! Come look on the T.V!!"
Netto looked at the TV and saw the same red substance from the digital world in the city.
"What? Oh my god!!!!" Netto gasped. "It...It must have followed us home!!!!"
Yuuichiro bolted from his chair and put on his jacket.
"Papa?" Netto asked.
"I'm going to scilabs!! No time to explain!" He answered.
Yuuichiro rushed out the door. Netto and haruka could hear car tires screeching from the living room.
Suddenly, kero midorikawa appeared on the T.V.
"Good morning, viewers! This is Midorikawa Kero reporting from central akihara covering the strange new red substance that just appeared overnight!"
Kero then received a note from one of her stagehands.
"Oh, my!! It appears that this strange red gel-like stuff is also currently on the net, deleting netnavis, programs, viruses and those wierd monster-like creatures spotted on the net recently! The scientists at scilab are studying this phenomenon around the clock as we speak! We'll provide you with any information as soon as we get it! This is midorikawa kero reporting!"
The T.V cut to a commercial.
"Kuso....." Netto whispered under his breath.
"I'm going to school, now!" Netto said. "Bye!"
Netto and Meiru walked to school that morning as usual. Then they met Dekao, yaitou and the others.
"So, did you see the news?" Netto asked.
The group of kids nodded. After a few minutes of walking, they made their way to the akihara school.
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Enzan and impmon slept soundly in bed that night until mr. Ijuuin woke them up rather urgently.
"Dad...I still have fifteen minutes before i have to get up..." Enzan complained.
"I know, but i need you to come outside with me, right now! Hurry, son! Impmon!" He responded.
Enzan got dressed, grabbed the still sleeping impmon and followed his dad out of the building. He noticed all the employees were waiting outside. Mr. Ijuuin pointed at a red substance only feet from their company headquarters.
"What the...? The chaos....It followed us to the real world...!!!" Enzan gasped.
"Chaos...?" His father asked.
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Laika and Terriermon slept well that night. Laika and terriermon slept in, for today was an off day. The 'Bee-Bee-Beep' of laika's alarm clock woke them both up. Laika checked the time. It was 8:00 AM.
"I suppose i had best get up..." He said out loud.
Laika got up, took a shower, got dressed, and had some rations for breakfast.
He then wrote an E-Mail to Iriya and asked searchman to deliver it to iriya's PET.
"Hey, terriermon! Iriya and i are gonna have a fencing match! Want to come watch?" Laika asked terriermon.
"Yaaaay!!" Terriermon cheered.
"I'll take that as a yes!" Laika giggled.
Laika then recieved a reply E-Mail from iriya saying he'd be waiting at the gym. Laika grabbed Terriermon and morozov and headed out to the gym on his snowmobile. He stopped when he received a voicemail from the general. It read:
"Laika, i know this is an off-day, but it's an emergency! A mysterious substance has enveloped a small sharo town about 50 miles away from the capital and all the residents have disappeared! I'm going to investigate and i'm sending my best soldiers!
General."
A photo taken of the substance in the town taken from a spy camera was embedded in the message.
Laika was currently deep in thought and anxious for his superior. Morozov nuzzled laika's cheek and whimpered.
"Morozov is saying 'You're worried, aren't you?' in dog language!" Terriermon explained.
"Well, you remember that substance we saw back in your world...?" Laika explained.
Terriermon nodded and said "Moumountai, laika! I'll talk to you about it after your game!"
Laika gave morozov and terriermon a quick cuddle and said
"Thanks, terriermon!"
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The next morning, miyabi and wily woke up with a killer hangover. Yuriko was nudging miyabi saying
"Come on! Come on! We got a call from hikari-hakase saying we have to come to scilabs right now!!"
"Okay, okay..." Miyabi mumbled.
"Hey, where's musyamon?" He asked, noticing musyamon wasn't in the room.
"Outside, waiting for you!" Yuriko replied.
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When netto and friends made it to school, they noticed all the kids and teachers were outside by the fountain.
"Mariko-sensei? What's going on?" Meiru asked.
"Well, there's this terrible heat wave...It's so hot in the building, in fact, we've decided to hold classes outside..." Mariko explained.
"Um...Meiru-chan?" Rockman asked.
"Yes?" Meiru asked back.
"How is roll-chan today?" He said.
TBC.