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Digimon Tamers Crimson: Knights of Grim Episode 21: Koushiro Izumi's potential!
Koushiro Izumi had finished explaining to the doctor his story about his days with Tentomon. Though, it didn't seem to have anything to do with his current predicament... He listened to the story, so that he might end up getting some idea as to what he's talking about. "Well, Mr. Izumi... That was an interesting story. But now let's get to the meat of things. Could you tell me, or show me what you supposedly have seen?" The doctor asked Koushiro after hearing that he ended up seeing weird looking glyphs, but couldn't say what they were due to his comatose like state. He then asked the man to give him his clipboard and a pen. When Koushiro was handed the clipboard, he was lucky to find a blank sheet of paper underneath all of that paperwork. Koushiro then began drawing the glyphs that he saw. Tentomon seemed to recognize what each of those glyphs were... Considering their origin. "I apologize Mr. Izumi... But I can't read any of this..." The doctor told Koushiro who responded "That's fine. I wasn't expecting you to be able to." He then kept the paper in the bottom of the clipboard. "Alright Koushiro, you're free to go! Your parents had called your workplace and you now have the day off. So there's no need to worry about your job." The doctor said before leaving Koushiro and Tentomon alone to gather their things and leave the room.
"Phew... That would've been a hassle to explain to everyone. Now then, I guess I'll have to examine these glyphs on my own time..." Koushiro said before grabbing the clothes that were left nearby his bedside. "Izzy... I know what those glyphs are..." Tentomon said to Koushiro who then asked "Okay then, what are they?" Tentomon sighed and answered "It's called DigiCode..." Koushiro raised an eyebrow at Tentomon's words and responded "Well how about you explain this to me, when we get back home... Alright?" Tentomon nodded and let Koushiro get changed... He walked out of the hospital in what appeared to be his school uniform. Though with him, it was what he wore yesterday. When he walked into the waiting area, his parents were anxiously waiting for his return... To which they responded with a hug. Which he happily accepted and returned... They then headed back to their home, where Koushiro explained everything to his parents, who were also somewhat confused by what this "DigiCode" was. But they were willing to accept that it was the truth since Koushiro wasn't really known to lie to his folks...
Later on, He and Tentomon ended up back into his room where the ladybug had decided to sit nearby Koushiro in his moving swivel chair. Next to said chair, was a computer... Which he was currently looking on any Digimon related website where DigiCode could be translated so he could understand it better. "DigiCode was what Digimon from an old era used to write with, when it came to messages of our world. Though nowadays, we would consider them cave drawings since we've now come to accept writing in Binary." Tentomon said to Koushiro who was even more curious as to why Digimon just accepted Binary as their new writing language. "So tell me... Why Binary of all things? I thought that DigiCode would still be the thing?" Koushiro asked Tentomon who then answered "Well... Binary seemed very simple, and well um... We are made of zeroes and ones after all, so it makes sense that we'd see if we can understand that mysterious language that humans ended up making based off of those numbers. So to this day, we've got the entire binary code written in most literature that we've read... Including that old Goddramon book."
Koushiro seemed a bit more intrigued by this... But a little worried about the reasoning. "So you use a language made by us, because that's what you're made of?" Koushiro asked and Tentomon responded "Well it was either that, or learn several different languages... Which meant that, we chose the easy one." Koushiro thought about the answer for a little while... And then ultimately agreed with Tentomon. "With us, it takes years of studying just to learn a new language after getting accustomed to the one you were born with. Around here, most people speak Japanese... But have gotten into the habit of speaking either fluent or some... Gratuitous English. Mostly it's because that's what most students around here think is cool. I've had most of my classes be honor classes since I ended up having all this intelligence in my head. Though, I guess that came from a long time of sheltering myself from my parents." Koushiro explained to Tentomon who asked "But Izzy, aren't your parents... You know... Not your parents?" Koushiro then responded "Well no. They said to me that, they knew who my parents were and whatnot. And I'd glady take their word for it. I've been taught to never lie to my friends or family... And besides this, they haven't really lied to me about loving me." Tentomon had decided to try and process that bit of information...
Meanwhile...
Simon, Taichi and Daisuke decided to hang out as three out of four goggleheads. Though Taichi wondered why he was considered one, since he didn't have any goggles to wear. "Well Tai, if you've worn goggles in the past... Then that does technically make you one." Daisuke explained to Taichi who then asked "Alright then, who even made up the term? Was it you Mr. Fearless Leader?" Simon had grown a bit more lineant to Taichi calling him a "Fearless Leader" since that was something Takeru would often call him just to joke around with his near lack of fears. "The answer is no. I didn't make up the name... It was Rika. She decided to call us that since, as most goggleheads in her book we do have the tendency to charge in first, rather than wait for anyone else. Though in my case, it's because I had that habit of trying to help everybody with these powerful Digimon... But then, as time passed I realized that... If I kept on doing that, nobody would be able to grow as a person or in strength should I get in the way." Simon explained to Taichi who then asked "Alright, well what about me?"
Simon and Daisuke pondered the answer together... Until Daisuke said "Well, you seem to charge in a lot despite being analytical about the situation... And most of the time, it's always you to land the first blow." Taichi then said to Daisuke "Which brings us to you. I know that Taiki had that same hero disorer that Simon did, but never over did it." Simon muttered "I can almost feel the pot shots..." Daisuke then said "Well... I was the first out of my initial circle of friends to be a Tamer... And the first to intiate a relationship with another besides Simon... Since he and Nia are founding members and all." Taichi looked over at Simon and asked "So what's this whole founding members thing about?" Simon thought about the answer and responded "Well, for the most part it used to be just me, Henry and Rika... While Nia was there to provide backup with her ammuntion that she always brings to the party. It took her a while before she got her own Digimon. Which is the mischevious but kind Impmon we know and love. Meanwhile, Davis here got his partner at the same time Suzie got hers... And as each day passed by, our group got bigger until we finally got nine people on the team. Though I do tend to hang out more with Rika and Henry for anniversary sake. I gotta wonder when Xros Heart was forged..."
Taichi then said "Well, it mostly started the moment Shoutmon made the symbol for Xros Heart." He pulled up his right sleeve to reveal the Xros Heart team symbol. "Wow... That's still a nasty thing to look at every so often..." Daisuke said somewhat impressed. Simon meanwhile, was somewhat curious as to why such specific areas on the body. "So anyway, Shoutmon thought it'd be a good idea to draw a symbol to represent our friendship... And he ultimately tried to come up with names for our group. He pitched in Fusion Fighters, Kiriha had Blue Flare, I had the V-Tamers... And Taiki intially came up with Angry Parakeets..." Simon raised an eyebrow at Taichi, while Daisuke asked "Angry Parakeets? Why that?" Taichi then responded "Well... Our logo kind of looks like an angry parrot. So that was his explanation. Ultimately, he actually thought of the name Xros Heart due to our nature of crossing over into the Digital World and coming to care about one another. We then remembered that Taiki got his team symbol on his chest and thought the name would be fitting. So not only did he become our leader, but he also became the literal Heart... Of Xros Heart."
Simon then ponders something. "And speaking of Taiki, where is he?" Simon asked Taichi who answered "Last time I checked, he was off somewhere with Kiriha... Probably training for our trip to America." Daisuke then turned to Simon and asked "What's America like? I mean, I may have gotten my passport with Jun... Just in case I'd want to go to another country... I'd like to know what it's like..." Simon pondered the answer to that question and responded "Well... America is a somewhat interesting country... In the sense that it really does split the opinions of most people regarding humanity. Though it may be a very wealthy and decent country for foreigners to visit, with lots of tourisms and some of our landmarks do look interesting... Especially the Golden Gate Bridge and Statue of Liberty. Though like Japan here, we're prone to prejudice." Daisuke then responded saying "Oh... Well, I was thinking someday I'd want to go there with Kari, Ken and TK." Taichi raises an eyebrow and says "Well good luck Davis. I mean, it's gonna take the government funding to get us to America and yet here you are thinking that you can just-" Simon then interrupts saying "Actually me and a couple of my dad's friends always go to America every year... And he always reserves it on the second week of July."
Daisuke seemed quite excited at that prospect... But Taichi meanwhile, was pouting at Simon's statement. "Yeah, of course you'd get all the good luck!" Taichi said to Simon who then responded "Why did I open my big fat mouth?" Daisuke then asks "Could you give us the tickets? Pleeeeease?" Simon looks over at Daisuke's begging face and responds "Eh, why not. Besides, we kind of do the same thing every year. So it'd be a nice change of pace just to settle for the beach in Okinawa." Daisuke shrugs his shoulders at the mention of Okinawa and says "My sister once got invited to Okinawa and of course took me along since I was still in her care." Taichi then slumps over and says "Simon's gotten to everybody in this town. Next thing I know, Izzy's gonna be asking you for a favor..." Little did he know, Koushiro was walking through the park after buying a sea salt ice cream from the regular vendor. "Huh? I didn't even know these tasted so good." Koushiro said to himself before looking over at Simon and co. "Hey, Simon? I heard that your goggles have infared vision." Koushiro said to Simon who then put the goggles on and said "More than that. It does some X-ray vision as well. So in a nutshell, I can track you with you body heat... Or I can see through walls."
Koushiro then asked "Alright, could you help me with something?" Suddenly, Koushiro noticed Taichi's soul leave his body. "Huh... I didn't know they could do that..." Daisuke went and grabbed Taichi's soul and said "I got your soul senpai!" Taichi then rose up and said "Phew... For a second there, I thought I was dead and- Wait, did you call me senpai?" Daisuke nodded and responded "Well, when you're in school I gotta refer to you as my senpai. Since you're gonna be a senior and all. Meanwhile, I'm gonna be a sophmore and Simon's gonna be a Junior." Simon then added "Well it is true, that I am gonna have to refer to you by senpai since I was taught to show respect to my seniors and they in turn should show respect to me." Taichi felt a bit awkward regarding the whole senpai thing, since Simon at first seemed to be the oldest until he and his friends came along. But he then enthusiastically said "And from this moment onward, you shall refer to me as captain Taichi-sempai of everything that is soccer!" Koushiro seemed quite confused while Simon and Daisuke deadpanned "We'll pass..." Taichi suddenly felt his ego dropping significantly...
"Okay so Koushiro, what did you want to ask me?" Simon asked Koushiro who answered "Oh yeah! I wanna know how you made those goggles!" Simon then put his hand on Koushiro's shoulder and said "Boy, you need to come with me. Cause I know the guy who made my goggles... Because I did not make most of the stuff I use." Koushiro then responded "Huh... I guess I should've expected that..." Before following Simon towards the apartment complex he lives in. "It feels like he finds a way to make friends out of all my buddies... Though Sora and Matt are still very iffy on him... Which I'm sure he's okay with." Taichi says regarding Simon being buddies with Koushiro. "Ah relax Tai, it's not like he's hurting anybody. And besides, didn't Matt punch him in the eye yesterday?" Daisuke said to Taichi who then felt like laughing again. "Oh geez, here we go again..." Daisuke said to himself regarding Taichi's fit of laughter. Hikari had shown up a few moments later and saw that her brother was still laughing for some reason. "Hey Davis!" Hikari said and Daisuke then responded "Oh sweet angel! You've come to save me!" Before locking arms with Hikari, who then looked over at Taichi who then said "I guess he should've "seen" that coming!"Before continuing with his laughter.
"Yeah, I guess we'll go now." Hikari said to Daisuke before walking away with him. "Hey c'mon guys! Don't be like this..." Taichi said after he finally stopped laughing. Suddenly, an idea clicked in his head. "Alright then, two can play at this game..." Taichi said before dialing Sora's cell phone number. "Hey uh, Sora could you come here for a sec? I need you for something..." Sora sighed on the other side of the phone and said "If it's about stalking your baby sister, forget it." Taichi then felt a bit down and hung up. He then dialed Yamato's number and said "Hey Matt! How's about you coming to help me with something?" Yamato sighed and responded "I'm a little busy helping TK study for finals, I don't have time for your sister stalking bullcrap." Taichi felt a bit more depressed... Until he figured to try calling one of Simon's friends who didn't know him that well. "Hey uh, Henry... Could you come with me for a few minutes?" Taichi said, but instead heard Suzie who responded "Sorry Tai, Henry's busy studying." Taichi then slumped and said "Fine, they win this round... But I'll find someone to help me next time!"
Meanwhile...
Koushiro was looking around at a room, that he could've sworn belonged to a genius or something... But instead it belonged to Leeron. "Oh Simon, I didn't know you made some new friends..." Leeron said inspecting Koushiro. "Um... Hi... My name is, Koushiro Izumi... But my friends call me Izzy!" Koushiro said introducing himself. Leeron held out his hand and said "It's an honor to meet you Mr. Izumi..." Koushiro took his hand and Leeron sat back down on his swivel chair. "So then, what can I do for you boys today?" Leeron asked both Simon and Koushiro. "Well, I need to know how you made Simon's goggles..." Koushiro said to Leeron who responded "Well, someone's a bit of a fanboy now aren't we?" Simon then said "Look, he's not here to replicate my goggles." Koushiro added "I'm here because... I wanna make use of something I've recently been able to do." Leeron then asked "And what pray tell, might that be?" Koushiro then closed his eyes and opened them again. Afterwards, he grabbed a pencil and a piece of paper on Leeron's desk before jotting down some of the DigiCode glyphs he saw.
He then showed Simon and Leeron the paper and Simon said "So, that whole thing that left you in a near comatose state, gave you the ability to see DigiCode wherever you went..." Koushiro nodded and responded "I believe that with this code, I might have figured out just how to find distortions in space..." Leeron looked over at Simon and said "Simon, this kid's probably got the right idea... But should I just trust my tools with him? I mean... He seems to be a year older than you and-" Simon interrupted Leeron saying "If Izzy can make stuff in the computer club, then I have no doubt he can do this as well..." Leeron then hands Koushiro some goggle parts he did have on hand and said "Well, I don't have customizable parts at this point in time, so I can't give you colored versions. But I am sure that you can make something of all of this..." Koushiro's eyes beamed with excitement and said "Thank you Mr. Leeron! I promise to make good use of this!" Koushrio then took the parts and headed straight home. "So, you think he could actually make goggles to see distortions in space?" Leeron asked Simon who responded "At this point, anything's possible." One thing bugged Simon though... "Where was Tentomon during all this?"
Back at the Izumi residence...
Tentomon was busy looking through numerous textbooks in Koushiro's room... Hoping to increase his intelligence based on the articles written by E. Peterson. Tentomon didn't understand why Simon's friends groan at the mere mention of his name. "Hmmmmm... These Japanese letterings really are close to DigiCode. So at least it makes some sense..." Tentomon said to himself before continuing to reading the book. Koushiro had just come home with the parts for what he was about to make. He sat himself down onto a desk nearby his closet and Tentomon asked "Gee Izzy, whatcha got there? some kind of time traveling device or something?" Koushiro then put on some protective gear and begun using his tools to build the goggles. "I'm busy making something with my new ability. Do you think you could lend me a hand?" Tentomon then enthusiastically said "Yes sir!" Koushiro and Tentomon then began to work quite a bit into the night with these goggles. Since these were supposed to be as he said: Capable of seeing distortions in space... Koushiro took it upon himself to study some of the DigiCode he wrote and saw, as well as Tentomon being able to translate the code.
Of course, he and Tentomon went down for dinner. But since it was the weekend and he had Sunday off, Koushiro felt that he could pull an all nighter on the goggles. Hours ticked by, and neither Tentomon nor Koushiro gave in to sleep. After long and gruelling hours Koushiro and Tentomon finally put together the goggles by tomorrow morning. He texted Taichi, Daisuke and Simon to meet him outside his home ASAP. Koushiro and Tentomon went outside a few minutes later to greet the three goggleheads that were intially present. "So Izzy... What's the drill?" Taichi asked and Daisuke looked at Koushiro's eyes and noticed some bags underneath them. Daisuke then asked "Izzy! What happened to you buddy? Did you forget about sleep!?" Koushiro then responded "Sleep is for the weak. And the weak, die young. Put these on Tai!" Taichi took the goggles that Koushiro made and put them on over his eyes. "I've used the DigiCode that I've recorded, along with Tentomon's ability to make these. And from here on out, you can see distortions in space!" Simon and Daisuke's jaws simultaneously dropped at that prospect. "Woah... Izzy, this is amazing! Izzy? Izzy!?" Taichi said to Koushiro... Who fell asleep along with Tentomon.
"Izzy! You okay?" Taichi asked out of concern for his friend. Luckily for him, Koushiro was sleeping quite peacefully. "I should get him inside." Taichi said to Daisuke and Simon before entering the Izumi residence with Koushiro in his arms. Simon and Daisuke looked back at each other and the auburn haired gogglehead showed Simon, Taichi's latest "eye" pun. "He's still making more of these?" Simon asked Daisuke who responded "Looks like he'll never let you live this one down..." Simon sighs and says "Yeah, but I'm not gonna get him back... Yet..." Daisuke looked at Simon with a smirk and asked "Is it something devious?" Simon then looks back at Daisuke and answers "No. I just wanna make things even between us. Besides, maybe I'd like to make puns out of something embarassing that happened to him." Daisuke then sighs and says "How about we just find an image of him sucking his thumb?" Simon thinks about it and responds "Hey, why the hell not. At least it's not harmful." Simon and Daisuke started walking away from the Izumi household, when they assumed that Taichi got the whole mess covered.
However, Simon asked Daisuke "How do you know Tai sucks his thumb?" Daisuke then answers "Well, Kari told me that. Almost every morning she wakes up to find Tai, she sees him sucking his thumb." Simon then ponders his revenge scheme... Back with Taichi, he told Mr. and Mrs. Izumi to get an ice cold bucket of water. They poured it on him and Tentomon... Who immediately woke up to a freezing sensation. "Why'd you do that!?" Tentomon asked Taichi before looking at Mr. and Mrs. Izumi, and realizing they did it to wake them up. "Izzy, you've been up all night... And both of you kind of smell." Koushiro then sniffed himself and Tentomon before realizing they smelled absolutely horrible. "I'm gonna go run a hot bath." Koushiro said before running upstairs with Tentomon in tow. "So Taichi, it's been quite some time since we've seen you..." Mrs. Izumi said to Taichi, who responded "Just about six years, that's all..." Mr. Izumi then said "Well then, why don't you have a seat right over on the couch and we'll do some catch up." Taichi got a bit flustered and responded "I don't want to waste your time, I mean... My story's kind of farfetched." Mr. Izumi shook his head and said "Oh don't you worry Tai... We've got all the time in the day. At least until Izzy's done his studying for the finals..." Taichi then sat down and told the Izumis what happened...
Meanwhile, Koushiro was in the tub looking over at Tentomon. "Oh when I figure out how this works... I'll give it the beating of a lifetime!" Tentomon yelled towards the nozzle nearby the wash tub. "Tentomon, you're not supposed to wack a shower nozzle." Tentomon turned over at Koushiro and asked "Well then, how would you operate this contraption mr. smartypants!?" Koushiro sighed and pointed towards the handle nearby the shower handle. "Twist that, and then you'll get your water. Just don't forget to lather, rinse and repeat." Koushiro explained the functionality of the shower nozzle. "Alrighty then, let's get started!" Tentomon said as he turned the handle and water sprinkled onto Tentomon. "Oh my! I never knew water could do this..." Tentomon exclaimed while gripping the nozzle and rinsing himself. He then grabbed the strange liquid he saw Koushiro using earlier. "Is this what you humans call, soap?" Tentomon asked Koushiro who nodded to Tentomon's direction and said "Just lather that on yourself." Tentomon then remembered some parts of the lather rinse and repeat that Koushiro told him about.
Tentomon then cleaned himself off and joined Koushiro in the wash tub. "So Izzy, would you like a nice little shock to help you out?" Tentomon asked Koushiro who shook his head and responded "Water conducts electricity, therefore charging up a shock would probably kill me in this thing." Tentomon sighed at Koushiro's statement and sank further into the water. "I know you want to help, but you can't just assume that electric shocks will always be a good solution!" Koushiro said picking up Tentomon who then splashed Koushiro on instinct. "I'm sorry Izzy! I didn't mean to!" Tentomon said before recieving a splash to the face himself. "That's fine. I mean, I'm still a kid and all, so at least we can have some fun..." Koushiro said to Tentomon who then responded "Challenge accepted!" Before they started a war... Taichi had finished explaining his story to the Izumis... Who were quite surprised at all the dangerous things he had to go through, as a Digimon Tamer. "So yeah, long story short... Being a Digimon Tamer is really dangerous business. But Izzy handled himself quite well." Taichi said to Mr. and Mrs. Izumi who were somewhat relieved to see that their son was doing fine. "I appreciate you telling us this... But are you sure our son is safe? I mean, he just got out of the hospital, but ended up sleep deprived after helping you..." Mr. Izumi asked Taichi.
"Really! Don't worry about it! Izzy's a great kid! It's not like he'd get into a fight on purpose!" Taichi said to Mr. and Mrs. Izumi. "I mean, last fight we tried avoiding him getting into that one." Taichi then added to his previous statement. Mr. Izumi seemed very interested to know that, his friends were trying to make sure he didn't have to fight. "That's a very nice gesture Taichi... And thank you for helping out our baby boy..." Mrs. Izumi said thanking Taichi who scratched the back of his head and responded "It's nothing, just an average day in the life of the Digimon Tamers..." Suddenly, Taichi's cell phone vibrated with a message from Simon on it. The message said "You willing to make this even between us?" With a picture of a sleeping Taichi, sucking his thumb. Taichi started blushing in embarassment at the prospect that, Simon had actual, legitimate dirt on him. "Ackerman..." Taichi muttered to himself despite the confusion of Mr. and Mrs. Izumi for his sudden silence. "I'm sorry guys, I just got a text from Simon... I'm gonna have to go now!" Taichi said to both parents who then shook his hand before he walked out of the house. "Oh well, I guess we're gonna have to wait for our son now..." Mr. Izumi said before Koushiro walked out with a fresh change of clothes.
"Hey Mom! Hi Dad!" Koushiro said as he walked down the stairs before sitting down on the couch nearby them. "Now son, are you sure that you've got nothing else but the finals coming up? No fights or anything?" Mr. Izumi asked Koushiro who shook his head along with Tentomon. "Alright then, just remember to study and call us about the tests!" Mrs. Izumi said to Koushiro who nodded and responded "It's a promise!" Before running back upstairs to his room in order to further in his studies. "So Izzy, may I read through some of these books like before?" Tentomon asked Koushiro who then responded "As long as I don't need them, you're free to read whatever you want." Tentomon then got even more excited before getting into the first book he saw. He and Koushiro then began to read for hours on end... While making sure to get some food as well as drinks into their stomachs as well... It seemed like Koushiro was gonna ace the finals for sure. And at the very least, Tentomon helped quiz him in some categories just to make sure he got each and every question correct. Rarely did he get a question wrong, and by the end of the day, the duo were ready for bed...
Meanwhile...
Taichi was on the rooftop of the apartment building with Simon. "So, we even Mr. Thumb sucker?" Simon asked Taichi who then responded "Aye, Aye Captain!" Simon accepted that one last pun and shook hands with Taichi. "So Tai... What besides distortions in space can you see?" Simon asked Taichi who then looked into his new goggles and said "Well, not really much. But I can see a lot of those glyphs that Izzy told me about..." Simon seemed a bit intrigued by this new discovery. He thought that DigiCode was just some of those things found in the old areas of the Digital World. But it seemed to be everywhere. "Considering the amount of DigiCode in this world, I'm beginning to think that there might be something we're missing. Something that we didn't take into account..." Taichi said to Simon who then responded "Yeah, I think there might be a possibility of our two worlds merging once again. In which case, we'd have to figure out a way to make sure the Digital World doesn't end up destroying ours and vice-versa." Taichi nodded in agreement and then asked "So... Has Matt asked you to give his band your autograph?"
Simon raised an eyebrow and responded "Not really. Matt hasn't approached me as the Shadow Tamer... Under the assumption that I'd be illusive in terms of tracking down and isolating. Though I do try to be illusive, I would spend time with Erwin. So I guess he could've gotten me then." Taichi shrugged his shoulders and then asked "So... Who ratted me out?" Simon sighed and responded "Davis and Kari. Though Kari's the one who told Davis, since she has to wake you up every day and Davis didn't want to hear another eye pun out of you." Taichi then looks on his phone and notices that he had a few likes... Though some of Simon's friends were a bit unhappy with Taichi's opinion on Simon's predicament. Though Nia actually added in an eye joke as well. "Huh? Even Nia's getting in on making jokes at my expense... Oh well. At least I know a flaw in my healing factor... So that's a start right?" Simon said to Taichi who responded "I guess that's true. And besides, you'll have finals and I'll still have to study my ass off just to get into High School!" Simon then ponders something... But decides against telling Taichi about it. "It's better if he finds out first hand..." Simon thought to himself before deciding to head into the apartment building, while Taichi looked out into the distance before heading back himself...
The Next day...
Finals were all the rage around Shinjuku high school, students were gossiping about how well they'd do on their tests... As well as talking about how stupid they are. Throughout the week, Simon and co. each went to their respective classrooms and worked on their tests. Since Koushiro was in all honors classes, he likely had the hardest time with his exams. Though it seemed trivial to some, it was important to many others... Due to not only how well they'd rank in terms of overall score, but also due to getting up into the next grade. Suzie meanwhile was taking somewhat average level finals in Middle School, hoping to at least graduate from Middle to High School. She was looking forward to spending almost every day with her big brother Henry. Though she knew it would most likely be only for lunch and walking there, she didn't care. After the end of the finals, the results were posted on Friday. Though it was a little... Unsurprising for most people... Seeing that Simon would be high ranking along with Nia. Though what did surprise them is the small difference between Henry and Ken's scores. Though Ken got higher, Henry's was only three points away from tieing with Ken.
The others got average scores that weren't too bad... But that didn't really matter to most... Because, school was finally out for the summer. Several students were cheering and Takeru had a triumphant look on his face. "Well guys, schools out for summer and we get to do quite a lot this year!" Simon said to the others and Koushiro asked "So what do you do for the summer?" Simon responded "Well Izzy, I help out at a bakery shop. I'm not allowed to officially work there until I'm sixteen... Which luckily for me is just a few weeks away!" Daisuke then gave Simon a high five. "Hey Henry... You got some free time today?" Simon asked Henry who responded "Well of course!" Simon then had Henry follow him towards the direction of the forest. "So brainiac and Ackerman are going up to practice huh? How about we go with them Nia?" Rika asked Nia who nodded and decided to go with Rika. Luckily, Renamon picked up on the idea and had Impmon follow her across the rooftops towards their Tamers. "Maybe all four of us should hang out today?" Takeru suggested to Daisuke, Ken and Hikari. They all nodded in agreement, while Koushiro immediately headed for the park to get Tentomon for work today...
Daisuke and co. were at a noodle shop that Daisuke and Hikari often frequent on their dates... Though now, it's with all their friends after school. They have gone here together before, but not all that often since Takeru and Ken are usually busy with their days. But this time, they're more than willing to hang out with Daisuke and Hikari. Meanwhile, Simon and Henry were busy sparring with each other at the dojo... Though it seemed to be quite even between the two. Nia ends up brewing up some coffee and brings it over to Rika, Renamon and Impmon. "So, I'm guessing you learned how to make this on your own?" Rika asked Nia who responded "Pretty much. It just took a bit of trial and error. It was something I learned to do for my dad. Since just about everyday he comes back, I'd get him a nice cup of coffee for his hard work as Police Commissioner." Impmon chugs a bit of it and says "Hey, at least you can make really good coffee. Meanwhile, us Digimon can't even cook for crap!" Renamon after drinking her cup says "Nothing really beats Seiko's tea... But this was still good nonetheless."
Terriermon was watching the fight with immense anticipation for his Tamer to win. Nia was giggling in amusement over the whole thing and all of a sudden... Rika pulled out a sketchbook, as though she was trying to draw out what was going on. Nia looks over at Rika who at first tried to give her a look... But couldn't really keep the look due to their friendship with one another. "I'm trying to draw what's going on. And one of my teachers looked at my notebooks with several doodles... Of course they lectured me, but said I should try and become a Manga artist. So I wanted to see if I could do this." Rika said to Nia who then watched as her pen went on to draw the fight between Simon and Henry. Though for them, it seemed as though they were about to give out due to how much energy they put into their moves. "Still just as good as ever..." Simon said to Henry who then activated the circuits on his body before responding "Wouldn't give any less!" Simon then put some power into his right before charging at Henry, who also charged at him. And with one last punch... They both seemed to still stand, until they fell down. Rika ended up capturing the last blow on her sketchbook and felt proud of her drawing. Simon and Henry then got back up and gave each other a fist bump.
"Henry... Do me a favor..." Simon said to Henry who responded "Let me guess... Don't ever change?" Simon shook his head and answered "Don't ever get rusty. Cause I don't wanna hear that, you end up getting rusty just because of peace. I wanna be able to have fights like this, just for the sake of seeing how far we've come. And it really would hurt me if you decided to fight half assed." Henry then said "Well Simon, you've helped me realize that there are right reasons for fighting. And I really appreciate everything you've done for us." Simon then responded "It was nothing... That was just me pulling a random speech out of my ass." Rika sighed at Simon's response to Henry and Nia then added "Well, at least I know you're good at improvising..." Simon looked over at Nia and said "Oh c'mon Nia! Not you too! Have you given in to that jerk's demands!?" In a sarcastically hurt tone. Nia then kneeled nearby Simon and responded "No, but I still know that you'd be our pirate captain after what Matt did to you." Simon thought about it and said "You know what, I'll accept that joke."
Nia then pinched Simon's cheek and asked "Well, you boys gonna get up anytime soon?" Henry then got up and said "I'm gonna need some healing before I go." Simon cracked his knuckles and said "Alrighty then! At least I made sure not to break any bones." He then ran his hand over the areas where he knew Henry was wounded. "So, when are you and Rika gonna go out?" Simon asked Henry who responded "Uh... What?" Rika meanwhile was blushing like mad and Nia said "We should leave them alone." Before walking with Simon and Impmon out of the dojo. "Renamon, where are you?" Rika asked her partner... Who also decided to leave her alone. Terriermon seemed to be the only one left inside the Dojo... And saw that Rika would probably kill him. "Okay, okay I'm going! You guys really need to learn how to momentai." He said as he walked out of the door. Henry and Rika were left alone to stare at each other. "So... Um... Rika... What did you want to do today?" Henry asked Rika in a somewhat shy manner to which Rika sighed and responded "Well if you are taking me out, we're going to get some Takoyaki at that stand nearby the school." Henry nodded and changed out of his martial arts gi, into his regular outfit that he wore...
And so, it seemed the Digimon Tamers would go on with their regular lives. Henry and Rika went out to a bookstore, where she had decided to read a whole bunch of Manga... Just to get an idea of the varying artstyles of different stories. However, Taichi, Taiki and Kiriha were getting ready to leave for America in order to fight against Bagramon. Koushiro Izumi had decided to put his ability in seeing Digicode to use at work... To some degree of success. Though he didn't get promoted, some of his co-workers were intrigued by this new talent. Daisuke, V-Mon and Hikari would often kick around a soccer ball while Ken and Takeru either watched or joined in. While Takeru was good at basketball, he wasn't all that great with Soccer. But nonetheless, they all had fun together. Simon was wondering why Guilmon keeps on spending time using his Steam account, instead of doing things like training. Eventually, he convinced his partner to get off the computer and hang out with the other Digimon... Despite his stubborness. He ended up spending the most time with Renamon, whom he did have a bit of a crush on throughout their days with their Digimon partners...
Even though Simon and Rika aren't a thing. Nia had occassionally gone back to the police department to help out her father, but not nearly as much as recent events would dictate. July 1st had rolled around like it was short time and Xros heart was just about ready to get to the airport... Though Shoutmon had to go into Taiki's Digivice, since he wasn't as small as Terriermon or even Gatomon. V-Mon also appeared to be around the same size as Gatomon, which made it even worse for Shoutmon. And of course, Agumon had to de-evolve into Koromon just to fit onto the plane. Yuko and Hikari were with Xros Heart at the airport just to say goodbye to Taichi. "And don't forget to do your studying Tai!" Yuko said to Taichi who remembered the library that Emir was talking about during their Skype call. "Yes mom, I'll study while I'm there." Taichi responded before putting his suitcase on the scale. Kiriha and Taiki already said goodbye to their parents, and Taichi had to say his goodbyes to all of his friends including Simon. Each of them felt like there were no regrets between each of them, since their parents knew the risks as well as their ability to take down the bad guys. Once they boarded the plane... There was no turning back, until Bagramon was dead...
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