While Kirin, Hiroshi and Etsuko were battling their way back through the city, at the Kain Household, Izumi was pacing worriedly, the newly hatched Poyomon watching her go. "I can't just sit here and do nothing! The city is under attack and my friends are out their fighting, I'm their leader, I'm supposed to be with them!" the blue-haired girl exclaimed in frustration. Her Mama watched her worriedly, "Izu-Chan, I'm sure they've got everything under control and are going to be here any moment now" Nori said, trying to calm her daughter down. "But we're supposed to be a team! What good am I if I can't help them?!" she cried angrily. "Don't worry Izumi, I'm sure they'll be fine, we just have to keep believing in them" Koko replied.
Izumi turned to the young red-haired girl, before sighing, "you're right, I guess I should have more faith in them, huh?" she replied with a small smile. Shiro entered the room, "hey, lunch is ready!" she called, "if we want our Digimon to be able to fight properly, they all need to eat well, right?" the white-haired girl called with a smile. Nori stepped up to her daughter, "Shiro-Chan is right, let's all go have some lunch and then you can go look for the others, okay?" she asked. The blue-haired girl sighed, "yeah, okay" she replied, before allowing herself to be led into the dining room. After eating their fill, Poyomon began to glow, Izumi's Digivice beeping as well, "Poyomon, Digivolve toooo…. Tokomon!" The In-Training Digimon cried as the light faded. "Wow, so that's what it looks like when a Digimon Digivolves" Emiko Uchiwa muttered in awe.
The white Digimon began to stretch, "ah, that's better, been a while since I've had legs" Tokomon said, sighing when her joints had popped into place again, "whoo, I missed being able to talk too" she replied. Izumi picked up the small, white Digimon, "I've missed you Tokomon" she said happily, tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes. Tokomon smiled back, nuzzling the girl, "I've missed you too Mama" she replied. The two looked up to see all of the adults smiling warmly. As they finished their dinner, Brendon decided to turn on the TV. The channel was TV Asahi 2, a News channel. "We've moved away from the phenomenon now, and that seems to have fixed the problem with our equipment. As you can see the streets near this district as deserted, and-" Suddenly their was a flash and what sounded like an explosion nearby, "what is- there's something going on over there, and we are moving to report it to you!" the woman said.
"What! Nori, we can't-" another voice, probably the camera man began, but Nori was already running towards the sounds of battle, "Nori! Oh come on!" the camera man groaned in frustration, before he began to follow the reporter down the street. Rounding a corner, both stopped dead, recording the sight before them for the entire country to see. Izumi, Shiro, Koko and the adults stared in shock at the sight of Kirin, Hiroshi and Etsuko fighting off a group of evil, corrupted Digimon. "There seems to be three children and strange creatures battling more strange creatures. Who these children are, we don't know, but they appear to be holding their own" Nori narrated. "Go for it Terriermon!" Hiroshi cried. "Terrier Tornado!" The bunny-like Digimon cried, his spinning creating a mini whirlwind and knocking a group of enemy Digimon into the air, "your turn Gatomon!" Kirin ordered.
"Right! Lightning Paw!" Gatomon replied, taking them out quickly. A group of Digimon headed over to some buildings where you could just barely make out people hiding, "I don't think so! Lopmon!" Etsuko exclaimed. "Blazing Ice!" the small brown and pink Digimon that was Terriermon's twin cried. Multiple icicles formed from a ball of cold air in front of Lopmon's mouth and she shot them towards the evil Digimon, destroying them with one attack. Izumi stood up, "we have to get out their and help them!" she exclaimed in determination. "But your Partner's only just reached her In-Training stage, and besides- what if those Digimon attack us here? We can't stop them on our own!" Nori replied. "So far no evil Digimon have appeared around here they seem to be focused around where the Dark Ocean is. If you stay here, you should be fine," Izumi replied, looking down. She then looked up, "But those are our friends out there, trying to fight against this thing, while protecting civilians. I can't just sit here while they risk everything to protect others! Mama, before all of this started, I had no friends of my own. Everyone at School thought I was weird because of my Aspergers. Then Mark came up to me and asked to be friends," she looked up at him and smiled, which he returned.
"Then I went to the Digital World and made more friends than I've ever had before," Izumi said, thinking about all the humans and Digimon who had become her friends, "now my friends are in trouble, and I won't just stand here and do nothing- I will fight by their side and help them defeat this evil! For everyone" she said resolutely, as her Crest began to glow. Tokomon, who'd just finished eating, glowed brightly, "Tokomon, Warp Digivolve tooo….. Yukimon!" The Snow-Angel Digimon cried as the light faded. The adults all gasped in shock and wonder as Izumi climbed on her Partners back and Shiro, Mark and Koko got ready to go too. Nori looked at all of them with tears in her eyes, before her legs gave out, forcing Hikari to grab her, "but you're just children!" she sobbed, "please Izumi! You're all I have left! If I lost you, *sob* I couldn't-" she whimpered. Izumi walked up to her Mama and hugged her tight, "I know Mama, but if we don't at least try to stop all of this madness, things will just keep getting worse! I'm sorry for leaving, but I, no, we have to- for all of you" she replied softly, before letting go.
Yukimon grabbed her Mama and looked over at the older woman crying on the floor, "don't worry Grandma, I promise I'll protect my Mama no matter what!" she said determinedly, causing Nori to look up. She sniffed, "you'd better" she muttered, voice slightly raw from her crying. Yukimon nodded then all the children left with their Partners. The brown-haired woman stared after them with teary eyes, "please be careful" she whispered.
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As they flew towards the area of the city where the battle was taking place, Izumi looked over at the others. Yukimon was carrying her in her arms bridal style, but the others had to be carried in Falcomons net. Shiro, Koko and Mark were all squished together in the net, along with two Digimon, but they didn't complain, knowing that it wasn't nearly as uncomfortable for them as it had been for the adults who had been transported the same way earlier in the day. So they put up with the cramped traveling conditions and kept an eye out for their friends down below. Hiroshi, Etsuko and Kirin were near one of the flooded parts of the city, being attacked by a small army of evil Digimon, it shouldn't be too hard to find them.
Suddenly a small explosion sounded and Yukimon looked down, "Mama?" she asked. Izumi nodded, "let's go check it out Yukimon" she agreed. And so Yukimon and Falcomon flew closer to the explosion, hoping to find their friends.
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Hiroshi, Etsuko and Kirin were in trouble. While their partners had initially been able to take care of the evil Digimon in the area, with the Dark Ocean right there, more enemies just replaced them. And they just kept coming. It was just like the last time they had been in the Dark Ocean, except this time, innocent people were being effected too, so not only did the Digimon have to fight of hoards of enemies, they had to watch for any civilians in need of protecting as well. Due to this, the three were tiring quickly. Even Gatomon was more exhausted and worn down than last time. Of course last time she'd had five others to help her. This time there were only the three of them. She grit her teeth, things were looking bad. "Supersonic Wave!" a familiar voice cried, prompting Kirin and Hiroshi to cover their ears. Suddenly a high-pitched scream echoed from above them. Etsuko clapped her hands over her ears as their Digimon did the same, "what the heck is that?!" she screamed, but no one heard her over the high-pitched sound.
Thankfully it wasn't as bad as the first time since they were out in the open, but the sound was still painful. The moment in stopped, several shuriken flew down and hit many of the enemy Digimon in their vital areas with pin-point accuracy, causing them to burst into fragments of Data. "Hey!" Izumi called as Yukimon placed her safely down on the ground, and Falcomon released his net, allowing the other Digidestined to climb to their feet. Terriermon sighed in exasperation, "it's about time you showed up! We didn't know how much longer we could hold the line" he snapped. "Don't be rude now Terriermon, Mama and the others only just found out about this after all" Yukimon replied calmly. Everyone turned towards the dark water, where more enemy Digimon were pouring out, "you know, it's at times like this that I wish there were more than seven of us" Shiro sighed. "There's going to be eight in a couple of years" Etsuko replied with a grin.
"What do you mean?" Izumi asked in confusion. Hiroshi smiled, "it turns out my newborn cousin is a Digidestined" he replied. "WHAT?!" everyone who hadn't been their screamed. "Um, guys, as much as I want to tell you all about it, maybe we should focus on the seemingly never-ending army of evil Digimon invading our city who want to kill us first?!" Kirin cried. Everyone turned back to the Dark Ocean to see that, yes, even more Digimon had emerged from the waters while they had been talking, "oh for gods sake! What even are these things anyway!?" Etsuko exclaimed in frustration. "They look like Scubamon, aquatic Digimon that live in the ocean" Gatomon Lalamon replied. "Well, whatever they are, they're still trying to kill us, so let's get going!" Izumi exclaimed. Everyone tensed, the Digimon especially, getting ready for a big battle. Suddenly they all retreated into the water.
"Huh, well that was anti-climactic" Terriermon said. Before they could do anything else, another huge wave from the Dark Ocean reared up, "oh no, not again!" Kirin cried. Unfortunately, with buildings right behind them, there was no where to run this time and the wave crashed into the children and their Digimon. When it receded, all that was left was an empty street with the waves from the Dark Ocean lapping seemingly calmly at the shore.
To Be Continued