CHAPTER 27
Hollow Bastion Tour
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*DAILY AGONY*
In a big city in ruins and covered in darkness, an anthropomorphic gray hedgehog is walking and watching the place.
"I can't understand." The gray hedgehog said. "Before this place was in flames and now in darkness and strange black creatures. Something must still be amiss in the past."
"Silver." A female voice called him. The voice has come from an anthropomorphic purple cat.
"Blaze. Did you find something?" Silver asked at the cat called Blaze.
"I could see 2 persons in black coat; they were talking something about the Digidestined." Blaze explained.
"Where are those Digidestined?" Silver asked.
"They are in a place called Hollow Bastion." Blaze explained.
"Something is related with them and the persons in black coat." Silver said and he teleported with Blaze too.
*ENDS*
Toad Express: Sleeping Quarters
*KAIRI II (KH SONG)*
Kari and T.K. were finished the homework for summer in their rooms from the Toad Express.
"I can't believe we stopped an entire war." Kari said.
"Yeah." T.K. said. "It was even more intense than fighting Apocalymon."
"It's funny." Kari said. "To think we were just ordinary little kids back then, who saw a Digimon battle, to being chosen children to protect two worlds, to being chosen to protect Kingdom Hearts, and wielding Keyblades."
"So much we have been through." T.K. said.
"Yeah." Kari said. "And, so much, we haven't been through." They were looking at each other and then quickly looked around. Just as they were finally about to kiss, they heard a door open, and they hit each other's foreheads. They yelled in pain, while holding their heads; and as Sora with Oshawott walks in, he saw the two lying painfully on the ground, with swirls in their eyes, moaning in pain.
"Uh, you two okay in here?" Sora said, having anime sweat behind his head.
"What happened to you two?" Oshawott asked.
"Err, yeah. We just hit our heads..." Kari moaned.
"How'd you hit yourselves?" Sora said. The two then had their normal eyes back, and stood up quickly.
"Uh, we accidentally slipped, and we ended up hitting each other." T.K. said, laughing nervously, while blushing.
"Yep! That's what happened." Kari said, laughing nervously, while blushing.
"Um, okay." Sora said.
"So, is everyone else ready?" Kari said.
"Well, Mimi wanted to take a look around the place and Ash is having a date with Sor, so..." Sora said.
"No." T.K. said.
"It's okay." Kari said. "It's finally time we get some time off fighting." They then left the Toad Express, and join partly with the others.
*ENDS*
Meanwhile, Tails was still asleep, but he could hear Tai talking to someone.
"I know Tails is gonna be happy to see you once he wakes up." Tai said; confusing Tails that was slowly starting to wake up.
"I'm looking forward to seeing him myself, but I don't have idea about this place." The female voice said.
"This world is Hollow Bastion." Tai said.
"I see…" The female voice replied. Then Tails come out of his room and exit from the Toad Express.
Toad Express: Outside
The Toad Express was landed near from the Marketplace. Tai and Luigi were talking with a female alien plant girl, with green hair, had red bloomed roses on her head. Wore a green dress with a leafy skirt that had white peddles with green on the edges and wore green shoe. Tails neared at her.
"Cosmo?" Tails asked unsure if he was dreaming.
"Good to see you, Tails." Cosmo said happy to see Tails. Out of nowhere he grabs the plant girl into a big hug and starts crying.
"Take it easy, kid." Luigi said patting Tails on the back helping him calm down.
"Guess you weren't kidding, Tai." Cosmo pointed out as she hugged Tails back.
"I thought for sure you were gone." Tails said happy that Cosmo was back. Then Kari and T.K. came out with a bandage on their foreheads.
"Err, what happened?" Tai said.
"Don't ask..." Kari said.
"Where are Mimi and the rest?" T.K. said.
"Went off without us." Tai said. "Talk about impatient." Then Cosmo noticed them.
"Hi, who are you two?" Cosmo asked.
"I'm Kari. This is my friend T.K." Kari introduced.
"Hi." T.K. said.
"You must be Cosmo." Kari said.
"Yeah." Cosmo nodded.
"Tails told us about you." T.K. said.
"I see…" Cosmo said. Then T.K. and Kari look to each other awkwardly, smiled and blushed. Tails and Cosmo did the same.
"Well, maybe we could, you know, relax around here." Kari said.
"Uh-Huh. What do you mean by, relax?" Tai said.
"Oh, you know, stick around the castle." T.K. said.
"Yeah, maybe we should stick around you, just in case if something happens." Tai said.
"Oh, come on Tai." Kari said.
"Come on." Tai said, walking off.
"*Sigh* Even if though Tai knows about our relationship, he still looks out for me, too much." Kari said.
"He probably doesn't want you guys to grow up so much." Luigi said.
"Maybe." Kari said.
"Probably like Matt." T.K. said.
"Why are you here?" Tails asked.
"Well you see, before the Metarex arrived, my people were at war with a foe that was quite the challenge. It was black beings who were not well-versed in their own existences." Cosmo explained.
"Unversed." Tai answered.
"Do know about them?" Cosmo asked.
"Yeah." Tai said. "By the fault of the Unversed I almost lost my sister."
"Don't worry kid." Luigi said. "My brother could save her."
"Yeah, thanks." Tai said.
Borough
As the little group was walking past Merlon's House, Kari and T.K. saw heartless come out from the house.
"Uh oh." Kari said.
"Is Merlon okay?" T.K. said.
"C'mon." Kari said. T.K. nodded, and they went inside the house.
Merlon's House
"Well, you took you time now, did you lads?" Merlon said, getting up.
"Are you okay?" Kari said.
"Oh, yes." Merlon said.
"Were they harassing you, just because?" T.K. said.
"Probably." Merlon said. "Or-"
"Kari!? T.K.!? Where are you two!?" Tai called out. T.K. went outside.
"So, anything wrong?" Kari said.
"Well, I happen to stumble across this in the Zero District." Merlon said. He poofs up a book on his hand.
"What's that?" Kari said. She looks at the cover, and it says, Yoshi's Story. It has Sora on it, when he was a year younger. "Huh?"
"Now, someone called Wiseman sends me this book; Sora made friends with someone in this book, named Yoshi's Story." Merlon said.
"You mean, those Yoshi of different colors?" Kari said.
"Yes." Merlon said. "Sora is friends with them, including Baby Mario."
"Oh, so that's why he's on here." Kari said.
"Now, I'm worried that the book might be damaged when those confounded heartless attacked." Merlon said. "Oh, Leon and the others might need to hear about this." He poofs away.
"If there are people, or living animals in this book, then, maybe I should check it out, just in case." Kari said. She set the book down on the bookshelf, and opened it. "Now, how do I do this?" Then, the book shined, and Kari was transported inside the book, while she covers her eyes because of the blinding light.
Yoshi's Island
She landed on the pages of the book, and saw a pop up of a small cave.
"Am I on the book?" Kari said. She walked up to the pop up, and touched it. It shined bright again.
House from Baby Mario
Next thing she knows, she was on a pathway going to a house, and sees a baby version from Mario. Kari giggled a bit.
"That must be Baby Mario." Kari said. She walked up to him. "Hi there."
"Oh, hello there, somebody-I-don't-know." Baby Mario said, politely.
"I'm Kari." Kari said. "You're Baby Mario? I heard you were friends with Sora."
"Oh yes." Baby Mario said. "But, I was about to do my stoutness exercises."
"Oh okay." Kari said. "I can go get Sora for you."
"Oh, that would be nice of you." Baby Mario said.
"I'm always nice to friends." Kari said. Baby Mario was about to get off, when he froze. "Huh? Are you okay?" She was about to touch him, but a powerful gust blew her away, and out of there.
Merlon's House
T.K, Ash, Pikachu, Eve and Sor were searching around the place, trying to find Kari.
"Kari, where are you?" Pikachu called her.
"She shouldn't be far." Eve said.
"Let's keep looking." Sor said.
"Hello! Kari! Are you here!? Or playing Hide and Seek?" T.K. called out. Then he noticed the book. "What's this?" He took a look at it, and a bright light filled the scene. T.K. took some steps back. Kari flew out of the book, with a puff, and landed on T.K. They were on the ground, looking at each other. Kari was on top of T.K. Ash and his Pokémon noticed her.
"Sor, I could found Kari." Ash said.
"Where is she?" Sor asked.
"She landed on T.K…" Ash said sweatdropping. Sor did the same when they saw them. Back with the kids of 8 years.
"Oh...Uh...This is..." Kari started, blushing.
"Kind a...awkward..." T.K. finished, blushing.
"Uh, sorry. Were you looking for me?" Kari said.
"T.K.!" Luigi called out from outside.
"Someone could find Kari!?" Yoshi called out from outside.
*SCHERZO DI NOTTE*
"Luigi? Yoshi?" Kari said.
Borough
The group was outside, surrounded by a bunch of heartless and nobodies.
"Kari? Okay. Good. We were looking all over for you." Tai said.
"Sorry." Kari said. Then she noticed a heartless was stealing the book she came out from. "Hey!"
"Give that back!" Luigi exclaimed. They went towards the heartless, and started to fight them.
"Okay, what's important about that book?" Gatomon said.
"Is that Merlon's important spell book?" Agumon said.
"No, it's something else." Kari said. "I'll tell you later." They started to attack the heartless, and nobodies, full force.
"And to think I was about to get a break from these things." Mimi said, as the rest of the group was running up to them.
"Geez! Do they ever give up!?" Matt exclaimed.
"Quick! Catch that book!" Sora exclaimed. The heartless were playing monkey in the middle with the Keyblade wielders, and Digimon.
"What's so important about this book?" Biyomon said.
"We'll tell you later!" Luigi exclaimed. Palmon retrieved the book with her extended ivy.
"Got it!" Palmon exclaimed. Then the heartless were pilling on the ivy. "Hey! Careful! They take a long time to grow!" Mimi swatted away the heartless and got the book.
"I got it." Mimi said. Then, the book was snatched off. "And now I don't."
"Hold on!" Agumon exclaimed. "Pepper Breath!" He shot fire at the heartless, and he got the book. "Huh. Anybody know, Yoshi Island?"
"Does it have lots of words in it?" Tai said.
"Maybe." Agumon said.
"Then I'm not interested." Tai said.
"It's extremely important!" Luigi exclaimed.
"How so?" Joe said.
"Let's just finish off these heartless and nobodies." Kari said. They all charged at the swarm, and then, after a while, finished them all off.
*ENDS*
Sora took a look at the book. There were a few rips on the cover.
"I hope Baby Mario is okay." Kari said.
"You met him?" Sora said.
"Yeah." Kari said.
"Okay, what's going on?" Joe said. Luigi opened the book.
"I'm coming with you." Kari said. "I want to see if Baby Mario is okay too."
"Okay." Sora said. "Cover for us, okay?" The book shined once again, and then, the two disappeared.
"They're gone!" Tai exclaimed.
"They must have gone into the book." Gatomon said.
"Possibly yes." Pikachu said.
"Now, what has happened here?" Merlon said, behind them.
"Oh, uh, it's a funny story." Ash said.
Yoshi's Island
They landed on the map page.
"Is Baby Mario home?" Sora said.
"He was when I came here." Kari said. They went to the pop up.
House from Baby Mario
They saw Baby Mario fine.
"I'm so glad you're alright." Sora said.
"And I'm glad you to come and visit." Baby Mario said. "But you see, I was about to do my stoutness exercises. Perhaps we can meet again, somebody-I-don't-know."
"Err, didn't I tell you who I was?" Kari said. "I said, I was Kari."
"So how is Baby Luigi these days?" Sora asked.
"I don't think I know anybody by that name." Baby Mario replied.
"Something very weird is going on here." Sora said.
"Is the little brother from Mario?" Kari said. Sora nodded. "Then how come he doesn't remember him? You think the heartless did something?"
"I think so." Sora said. "For now, we should go back, and ask Merlon about this." Kari nodded, and they walked out of there.
Merlon's House
The two got out of the book, with a flash.
"Couldn't wait for an old wizard, eh?" Merlon said.
"Sorry." Kari said.
"So, how's this Baby Mario, guy?" Pikachu said.
"He doesn't remember Sora, or his friends at all." Kari said. They were surprised with that.
"I was afraid of this." Merlon said. He opened up the book. "Ah, yes. The Heartless seemed to damage the book."
"Can you fix it?" Yoshi said with hope.
"Of course, but, it may take some time before some of the other parts of the book can be accessible." Merlon said. "After I do, you have to help Baby Mario with his memories. Why don't you go, and look around the place in the meantime."
"Uh, okay." Kari said. They walked out of there, and were going to the castle.
Postern
Kari and T.K. were behind the group, that includes Ash with Sor and Mimi, Tails with Cosmo, Pikachu with Gatomon and were near the wall.
"This place is beautiful." Kari said.
"We never stuck around to look much, haven't we?" T.K. said.
"You think there could still be somethings about Apocalymon we don't know?" Kari said.
"Maybe, but, we'll stop them." T.K. said.
"You're acting as if you're the one with the big destiny." Kari said. T.K. smiled, and leaned against the wall. Ash was talking with Sor and Mimi.
"I was near to win the Sinnoh League, but I couldn't pass the semifinals." Ash said. "I felt that my dream is hardly far to get it."
"Don't worry Ash." Sor said with a smile. "You did that you could."
"We would have liked to be there to support you." Mimi said.
"Thanks." Ash said. Pikachu was talking with Gatomon.
"I'm sorry that you world has been destroyed by the Heartless." Pikachu said.
"Don't worry, is not your fault." Gatomon said.
"But we defeat him, again all will return at the normality." Pikachu said.
"Yeah, one more thing." Gatomon said. "I ever wanted do this." By surprise Gatomon kissed Pikachu making blush and felled dazed.
"You are bad kitty…" Pikachu said. Gatomon giggled. With Tails and Cosmo.
"How are things going in here, Tails?" Cosmo asked.
"Well, I'm here to help Sora on his adventure saving the worlds from the Organization XIII and suddenly I remember how you disappeared." Tails explained. Cosmo gently grab his hand.
"You don't have to dwell on that anymore, Tails that was hopefully a one more thing." Cosmo pointed out.
"But I'm not really sure…" Tails said worried, then out of nowhere, Cosmo gently hugs him.
"I'm sure that'll never happen, after all, we have the Keyblade Wielders backing us up." Cosmo explained before lean her forehead on Tails. "What happened before was in the past, okay?"
Tails was extremely nervous being this close to Cosmo, in fact he didn't know what to think of the whole situation. Part of him wanted to pull Cosmo into a small kiss, but he didn't, for he did not want to make her uncomfortable. Tails instead pulled away when suddenly Cosmo just smiled at him, making him blush even more before Cosmo lips started to drift slowly towards his. He gave in and let his drift towards here.
"Hey, let's go you love birds!" Tai called out. Tails and Cosmo got extremely uncomfortable when called them.
"T-Tai! Stop teasing us!" T.K. exclaimed, while Kari was giggling a little.
"We're coming Tai." Ash said coming with the group. Sor and Mimi followed him.
"Don't forget me Ash." Pikachu said coming with him. Gatomon go with him.
"So, why are we going back here?" Mimi said.
"Well, since the Heartless, Corrupt Digimon, and Nobodies were attacking, we had no time to investigate the rest of the castle. So, that's what we're going to do." Izzy said.
"I hope we will." Mimi said. "This is one of the only times we actually get to relax."
"Hopefully we'll at least find something." Tai said.
"We have to search everywhere if we can." Izzy said.
Ansem's Study
Some of the others were trying to get through the rubble around the castle to try and find anything about the enemies they were facing. Although, Kari's mind was on something else. Something about Xion's origins. She knew a few bits, but not the whole truth about her. She closed her eyes, and held her heart, while sitting down near a wall.
"Say, Xion, can you hear me?" Kari said, inside of her body. She opened her eyes to see she was looking at her station in the Dive to the Heart.
"You need something?" Xion said, behind her.
"Well, I need to ask you something..." Kari said. "What did Xemnas tried to do with you? What plan did they have with you?"
"..." Xion was silent. "...It's not something I'd like to remember."
"Okay. You don't have to." Kari said. "I was just curious...But I feel your pain towards him."
"Well, Xemnas tried to make me a copy of Sora." Xion said.
"A copy of him?" Kari said. "An exact one?"
"Yeah. I was absorbing his memories that were inside of Roxas." Xion said. "When my time had come, my face..." Her memory of the 357th day since Roxas joined the Organization, went through Kari's mind. She was transparent in the memory, but she saw Xion and Roxas at the Twilight Town clock tower. Xion revealed to Roxas what being overflowed by memories of Sora turned her into. She was beginning to become him. She had Sora's face, and then, she forced Roxas to fight her.
"You two had to fight?" Kari said.
"Yeah." Xion said. "Xemnas thought he reprogramed me, but really, I wanted Roxas to destroy me, so Xemnas couldn't succeed. If I absorbed all of Sora's memories, he wouldn't wake up."
"So you made Roxas think that Xemnas did something to you, and force him to destroy you." Kari said.
"Yeah." Xion said.
"I would have done the same thing, if that was me." Kari said, sitting down at the illusion Clock Tower, while Xion and Roxas in the flashback went somewhere else. "I'd do anything to protect everyone. Even if it means destroying myself."
"What about your heart?" Xion said, sitting down next to her.
"If I have to, I'll send my heart to somewhere, where no one will be able to get it, and control Kingdom Hearts." Kari said.
"What about T.K.?" Xion said. "You do lo-"
"Like him. Just...like him..." Kari said, while blushing.
"Come on." Xion said, smiling. "I may be your Nobody, but I can see your feelings with him."
"I guess..." Kari said. "I just, don't want to admit it too much...It's just...complicated...And, anyway, my friends, who care for me, will only be able to find my heart if it gets lost. They're connected to me."
"Yeah." Xion said.
"Kari?" Tai's voice said.
"Just a minute Tai! I'm talking to Xion!" Kari called out. "So before I go back, what happened in the end?"
"Well, in the end, everyone ends up forgetting about me." Xion said.
"That's not right." Kari said. "Roxas and Axel may not have hearts, but nobodies are connected to each other too. They have to. Just like you're connected to me, with or without merging with me."
"I asked Roxas to undo the damage I've done." Xion said. "I asked Roxas to release all the hearts I've taken to Kingdom Hearts."
"You mean that Kingdom Hearts Xemnas that is trying to make?" Kari said.
"Yeah." Xion said. "Roxas couldn't do it alone."
"So, he merged with Sora." Kari said. "At least you two get to see each other again." Kari felt a relaxing breeze on her face. "It's beautiful up here. I can see why Axel chose this spot to hang out."
"Yeah." Xion said.
"Huh..." Kari said.
"What's wrong?" Xion said.
"Well, you see, I also had a spirit I had in my heart before you merged with me." Kari said. "But I don't know where she is."
"You think something happened to her?" Xion said.
"I don't know." Kari said. "But, I'm sure she's alright."
"She must be." Xion said. Kari then started to sparkle.
"Well, hopefully you don't mind being here." Kari said.
"No. As long as I can help anyway I can, I won't mind." Xion said.
"Right." Kari said. "Gotta go. See you." She then floats all the way back up.
Outside.
"Yoo-hoo!" Tai said, trying to wake Kari up. "Kari!"
"XEMNAS!" Kari exclaimed and also accidentally knocked Tai backwards, when she woke up. "Oops! I'm so sorry Tai!"
"Ugh...What happened?" Tai said.
"Oh, I was talking to Xion." Kari said.
"And the only way to do that is to punch my head?" Tai said, rubbing his forehead.
"Sorry." Kari said, getting up. "Anyway, we're still searching about Organization XIII?"
"Err, right." Tai said. "Let's keep going." They kept on searching the place. Kari and T.K. went to the computer, to find out if there's any secret information on it.
"So..." Kari said and pressed a key, and the computer went to life. Though, nothing changed. There was still the same icons on there, and information. "This is the same thing we saw earlier." She typed on the keyboard about Organization XIII again, just to make sure.
THE DATA HAS BEEN CORRUPTED
"Of course. How are we supposed to find more stuff on this?" Tails asked.
"Well, what would Tai do?" T.K. said.
"Duh. Bang the keyboard." Kari said, as she coincidentally banged the keyboard. The computer started working, and showed a bunch of pictures, showing secret information.
"Whoa! How'd you do that!?" T.K. exclaimed.
"I, guess banging does have a magic touch..." Kari said, with beady eyes. She looked at the monitor, and it was saying something about the keyhole to the worlds. 'Keyhole to the worlds?' Something about that questioned her. That seemed familiar to the door that was in the Digital World. Could those two be connected together? After all, darkness did flow out of the Door, once it was slammed open, throwing the four back. She quickly read that through that door is the heart of the world. Though there wasn't more, as somebody forgot to type the rest of the information.
"Hey Kari. You alright?" T.K. said. Kari then turned to him. "You've been looking at the screen for a while."
"Oh, uh, it's nothing." Kari said. "Just, looking at, stuff." All the others then came in.
"Hey, found something?" Tai said.
"Yeah. We sure did." T.K. said.
"Let's see." Ash said. They walked up to the monitor.
"So what's all of this?" Tai said.
"I don't know." Kari said.
"How'd you get it to pop all of this information up?" Tai said. "Did you hit the keyboard, or something?"
"Uh...I don't know..." Kari said, awkwardly.
"Uh, okay." Tai said.
"Let me see here." Izzy said. He had his trusty Laptop with him, which he plugged into the computer. He then downloaded all of the information from the hard drive.
"You seem to know your computers." Tails said.
"Like I said, it's my specialty." Izzy said. "Anyway, it seems that this computer is just showing stuff, like a Keyhole to the Worlds, some of Ansem's Secret Reports, and stuff about Xehanort."
"Nothing too interesting there." Tai said.
"How about the fact that there's something in there named, 'Keyhole to the Worlds?'" Sor said.
"It's a Keyhole to the Heart of a world." Sora said.
"A Keyhole leading to the heart of a world?" Matt said.
"The heartless can even devour that." Sora said.
"Devouring the Heart of a World?" Mimi said.
"What happens then?" Joe said, looking like he regrets asking.
"The world disappears." Sora said. They were surprised.
'It seems that Sora could seal the keyhole from my world on time.' Ash thought.
"Disappears…" Cosmo said. 'I hope that my family is fine…'
"It disappears!?" Patamon exclaimed.
"That must have happened to our two worlds!" Gatomon exclaimed. "The heart of the Digital World must have gotten swallowed up, and so did the Real World too."
"The Millennium Star told us that the Digital World and the Real World were two parts of your world." Yoshi said.
"He told us that one of those parts got swallowed by the Darkness, and then, the other went too." Luigi said.
"Since The Digital World got swallowed up, the Real World couldn't be up any more." Sora said. "And then, it must have gotten swallowed by the darkness too, since one half of its heart was taken by the Darkness."
"Wow. To think our two worlds was one." Biyomon said.
"I miss our home." Gatomon said.
"I do too." Agumon said.
"Don't worry, soon your world will return." Pikachu said.
"Once we defeat Apocalymon, all the worlds that was taken by the darkness go back to the way they were." Sora said. "Back then, when we first stopped Ansem, it would mean I couldn't see Luigi and Yoshi, and all of the friends I made on the other worlds."
"How come?" T.K. said.
"The worlds weren't meant to contact with each other." Yoshi said. "So once we restored the worlds, the pathways to connect to each world would disappear."
"So, you mean, once we defeat Apocalymon, it'll be good bye?" Kari said.
"Not goodbye." Sora said. "When you unlock the keyholes we see on the other worlds, new pathways are formed. You may not come and see us, but we'll come and see you."
"That's what a Toad Express can do." Luigi said. "You can't expect to travel to each world without some sort of ship."
"Well we'd be flying in space, so, yeah." Tai said. "We can't exactly survive without air in space."
"Actually, that Space, is actually dangerous because, Darkness is above there." Sora said. "So, once you step foot outside, the darkness would overtake you."
"Really?" Mimi said.
'Darkness overtakes you...' Matt thought. He still remembered the Darkness about to swallow him and Sor in the Digital World. Could a Heartless could have been made from him and Sor?
"Anything is wrong, Matt?" Tails asked.
"Huh? Oh, nothing." Matt said.
"Come on. You seem like a littler version of Riku. Not wanting to tell us things like that." Sora said. "What gives?"
"I told you. It's nothing." Matt said.
"Okay, but if something's wrong, tell us." Sor said.
"R-Right." Matt said.
"Other than all of that, it's junk." Tai said.
"We had no luck with the other rooms in the castle as well." Mimi said.
"So, now what should we do?" Kari said.
"We should begin to take off." Tai said. "We need to see if other worlds are in trouble."
"Can't we get a break once and a while?" Palmon said.
"Yeah. I mean, the Heartless gives us like no break." Gabumon said.
"But remember in the Digital World?" Tai said. "We were still a bit powerless to beat the Dark Masters. Each time we fight, we get stronger. And they didn't give us any breaks."
"Hey, we get breaks too." Sora said. "I mean sure, the first time we fought the nobodies, we had a hard time fighting them, since there were too many of them, but still, sometimes I wish we get a break from all the Heartless and Nobodies we fight."
"Why is it that the ones that have spiky hair always get disagreed with?" Tai said.
"Hey, if we over push ourselves, we'll be tired before our fight with Apocalymon." Agumon said.
"Don't forget the rest of the members of Organization XIII." Tentomon said.
"Anyway, we should still relax while we can." Mimi said. "I might want to check out if the stores in town have anything fashionable."
"I doubt it." Luigi said.
"Oh don't get jealous just because I'm the most fashionable." Mimi said, walking ahead.
"Is she always like that?" Luigi said.
"Sometimes." Sor said. They were walking out of there, while Kari was still thinking of the Keyhole to the World.
Marketplace
Mimi didn't get a chance to shop during their time in Hollow Bastion. She took a look at the accessory shops, item shops, and armor shops. She at least wanted to find good accessories. Kari and T.K. were just walking around the place, aimlessly. Nothing really interests them much, though some of the earrings do catch Kari's interest, but the Moogle had to synthesize materials that they had to bring. Something like the Rune Ring(Using Second Chance Accessory from 358/2 Days) she had. Unfortunately she didn't had enough money for that. They saw at the Professor E. Gadd.
"Finally I did it!" E. Gadd said. "I recreated sea salt ice cream!"
"Oh! Ice cream!" T.K. exclaimed.
"Oh, good thing I still have some money in my pockets." Kari said, taking money out. "How's that?"
"Yep! That'll do." E. Gadd. "Now, I understand you're going off adventuring with Luigi."
"You know him?" T.K. said.
"Luigi, I helped him when his mansion was invaded by ghosts." E. Gadd said.
"Wait, you give him the P3000 for magic spells?" Kari asked. E. Gadd nodded.
"Oh, nice to meet you sir…" T.K. said.
"Please, call me E. Gadd." E. Gadd said.
"Okay." Kari said. They got the ice cream, and licked it. "Wow! It's salty!"
"But it's so sweet!" T.K. exclaimed. "I love it! Oh, I wish we had this flavor in our world."
"We'll keep Luigi safe, E. Gadd." Kari said, winking.
"I trust you do." E. Gadd said.
"Thanks for the ice cream!" T.K. said, as they were walking back to the group.
"Hey, where were you guys?" Tai said. "And where did you get the ice cream!?"
"We got them from E. Gadd." Kari said.
"The Professor E. Gadd always knows the interest from the kids." Luigi said.
"Are you talking about him?" Gatomon said.
"Yup!" Yoshi said. "He invented the P3000. Before the Heartless popping up, he travelled in the worlds on the Toad Express with Mario and Toadsworth. E. Gadd was helping set up a traffic system."
"A transit system!" Luigi corrected.
"Only a few money." Kari said. "You can get them."
"It's salty, but it's sweet!" T.K. exclaimed.
"I want some!" Agumon exclaimed. He ran back to where Kari and T.K. were.
"Oh okay, fine." Sora said. "Ice cream for everyone. We're loaded with money after destroying Heartless."
"If it's that easy to get money, then we'll be rich after we restore our home!" Tai exclaimed, walking with the group, except for Kari and T.K., who were eating their Ice Cream.
"This ice cream is the best, huh Kari?" T.K. said. Kari nodded to him. She took another bite into it, and then closed her eyes.
'Just like the good old times...' Kari thought. Ash, Pikachu, Tails and Cosmo were eating sea salt ice cream too.
"Is salty." Tails said.
"But sweet." Cosmo said.
"Wow, E. Gadd makes great ice cream." Ash said. Oshawott was eating the ice cream too.
"That's Professor E. Gadd." Luigi said. "He said it's his childhood favorite. What was it called again?"
"Uh, Sweet and Salty Ice cream?" T.K. guessed.
"Sea-Salt Ice cream." Kari said. "Xion's favorite."
"Oh, her and her friends eat this ice cream?" Tai said.
"Yeah." Kari said. She still thought about Xion's friends. Roxas and Axel. 'What happened with you, Axel?'
"Erm...Every time I bite, the ice cream in my mouth melts." Agumon said.
"Well that doesn't seem too surprising." Luigi said.
"Anyway, couldn't we explore the rest of this world a bit longer?" Kari said.
"Yeah, I guess so." Tai said.
"Oh! While I'm at it." Sora said. He took something out of his pocket. "I thought you might want this." He took out a Slayer Earring.
"You have an earring?" Kari said.
"The Moogles say it can give you all sorts of powers and stuff." Sora said. "Think of it as a late welcome gift."
"Welcome Gift?" T.K. said.
"On the team of course." Luigi said.
"Hey! What about us?" Tai exclaimed.
"We got you ice cream, right?" Sora said.
"I was thinking of a new sword or something!" Tai exclaimed.
"So you're sick of your Keyblade?" Sora said.
"No I'm not." Tai said. "It's just that I want a cooler looking Keyblade."
"Well, we do have Keychains that can give it some power." Sora said. "Although it can't change its looks. Your Keyblades are meant to look like that."
"If that's it, then fine. The Ice Cream will do." Tai said.
"So, what do you think?" Kari said. She had the new earrings on her earlobes. The gem on the earring seems to give the power.
"I helped her put it on." Sor said. "Good thing there's no pins and stuff."
*FRIENDS IN MY HEART*
"It looks good on you." Sora said. "Oh, and you might like this too." He got out a pink scarf, but it had patterns from a Divine Bandana. "Yuffie thought of it, and made it for you."
"It's beautiful. Thank you Sora!" Kari exclaimed. Later, she fully tied the new scarf on her neck.
"You're really thinking for my sister." Tai said. "Really seems I'm looking at a much bigger me."
"Yeah. Kind a." Sora said. "We're all connected to one another. Even if we're not together, if we think of our friends once and a while, then their power will be yours."
"Wish I thought that from before..." Matt mumbled.
"Huh?" Eve said.
"Matt had a...problem back when we were fighting the Dark Masters." Tai said.
"What kind of problem?" Yoshi said.
"Well, a friend, problem, let's just say." Matt said. "I got over that a long time ago."
"Can you tell us what happened?" Yoshi said.
"...Next time." Matt said.
"Come on!" Luigi exclaimed.
"Sorry. I rather not talk about it, right now..." Matt said.
"Okay, fine." Sora said. "Still, we're here to talk to."
"Yeah, Sure." Matt said.
"I wonder if Merlon's done with the book." Kari said.
"If he is, then we should go, and help Baby Mario." Sora said.
"I'm going with you, Yoshi Island is my home." Yoshi said.
"Right." Kari said.
*ENDS*
Merlon's House
The group walked into the door.
"Hey, Merlon." Sora said. "You had done fixing the book?"
"Yes." Merlon said. "Now the other areas are accessible again. All you have to do is help Baby Mario regain his memories."
"Alright." Sora said. He walked to the book on the bookshelf, and opened it. "You are coming?" Oshawott was on his shoulder.
"Oh, uh, yeah." Kari said.
"You sure you can do this by yourself?" Tai said.
"I think I should come, just in case." T.K. said.
"Uh, I guess." Kari said.
"Don't forget us." Gatomon said. "We're not leaving you two without your partners."
"No exception." Patamon said. "Come on."
"Yoshi too." Yoshi said.
"*Sigh* Okay." Kari said. The book shined, and then, they were transported inside the book. When the Light died down, they were gone.
"Hope they help this Baby Mario fellow." Pikachu said.
Yoshi's Island
A pop up showing other cave showed up.
"Wow. We're on the pages." Gatomon said.
"I wonder if that's where Baby Mario is right now." Kari said.
"Let's go see." T.K. said. They nodded, and went towards the pop up.
House from Baby Luigi
Baby Mario was standing there, focusing on thinking. Then, a Monty Mole popped of a hole.
"Say, what's wrong sonny?" The Monty Mole, ironically named Monty Mole, said, whistling on each.
"Oh, I was thinking and wondering." Baby Mario said.
"You should be skedaddling' out of here." Monty Mole said.
"Why?"
"Why? Because it's Windsday of course." Monty Mole said. He went back down his hole.
"Windsday? Oh, then happy Windsday, wherever you went!" Baby Mario said. "Now, I think I should wish everyone a Happy Windsday...Oh bother. Who is everyone?"
The group walked down the road, as a wind was blowing on them.
"Seems breezy." Oshawott said. Then a wooden bowl hit Kari on the back of the head.
"OWW! Ugh. I don't know if this is a simple windstorm." Kari said.
"Yoshi wonder if Baby Mario is here." Yoshi said.
"Oh, Mama Mia! Somebody help me! Please!" A voice exclaimed, as they saw a baby version of Luigi being carried away in the wind.
"Baby Luigi!" Sora exclaimed. Baby Luigi got stuck on a tree branch.
"Sora! Help! Save me!" Baby Luigi exclaimed.
"Hold on, little guy!" Sora exclaimed.
"He has the same size like Baby Mario." Kari said. They all ran over there. Gatomon then climbed up the tree.
"Get on." Gatomon said.
"Yikes!" Baby Luigi exclaimed.
"No, don't worry. I won't eat you." Gatomon said. Baby Luigi hesitated, but got on.
"Okay, err...How do you get back down?" Baby Luigi said. Then, Gatomon jumped down.
"There you go." Kari said.
"Nice to see you're safe, Baby Luigi." Sora said.
"Thank you, Sora." Baby Luigi said. "Who are your new friends?"
"This is Kari, Gatomon, T.K., Patamon and Oshawott." Sora said. "They're good friends of mine."
"You look cute." Kari giggled.
"Oh, here comes my brother." Baby Luigi said. Baby Mario then walked up to them.
"Glad to see you're alright, Baby Mario." Kari said.
"Why hello. It's nice to meet you all." Baby Mario said. "Happy Windsday."
"Windsday?" T.K. said. "Don't you mean, Wednesday?" Then, another wooden bowl hit the back of his head! "OW! Ugh, I see. Happy Windsday to you too, Baby Mario."
"Wait, nice to m-meet you?" Baby Luigi said. "Mario! It's me! Luigi! Don't you remember me?"
"And me?" Sora said.
"With Yoshi too?" Yoshi said.
"Hmm...It seems I can't remember." Baby Mario said.
"What did those Heartless do to him?" Gatomon said.
"Either that, or he got hit by a wooden bowl." Patamon said. Then he got hit too! "OW! Like that."
"Oh, Mario… That's very sad!" Baby Luigi said depressed. He then was walking away, until he got caught by another windstorm. "Goodbye everyone!"
"Yikes. He's in trouble." Patamon said.
"Oh my. That looks rather fun, doesn't it?" Baby Mario said.
"I say, it seems we have a rather serious predicament." A voice said from behind Kari and T.K. They yelped and jumped back.
"Uh, hi Elder." Sora said at the yellow Yoshi older and bigger than the green Yoshi.
"Talk about making an entrance." T.K. said.
"I'll get him!" Patamon exclaimed. He flew up to get Baby Luigi, until he got blown off course, and hit against the tree. Shortly after, he slid down, with swirls in his eyes. "Or I don't..." The group was trying to catch Baby Luigi, as they were chasing him while he was blowing away.
"Give me a boost!" Kari exclaimed. Sora then put her on his back, and she was trying to catch Baby Luigi. "Almost got him!" Gatomon then crawled on her back, and on her shoulders.
"I got him!" Gatomon exclaimed, until an entire tree hit her, and she fell off. "Seriously!?"
"This is not a great Windsday." Kari mumbled. Baby Luigi then was blown the opposite direction, and they continued to run after him. He then got caught on a branch of a tree above his cave again.
"Ugh. My head hurts so much, I can't climb." Gatomon said.
"Don't worry Baby Luigi!" Kari exclaimed.
"Just be brave!" T.K. exclaimed. "Be brave and jump down! We'll catch you!" Baby Luigi saw the ways down, but he covered his eyes, and he jumped down.
"I'll catch you, Baby Luigi!" Sora exclaimed. He then tried to catch him, but Baby Luigi got caught by Green instead.
"Oh, that was rather frightening." Baby Mario sighed. "Thanks for save Luigi, Green."
"Mario! You remembered my name?" Baby Luigi exclaimed. "You truly, truly remembered?"
"And me too!" Yoshi said excited.
"Of course, Luigi." Baby Mario said. "But today, I think I shall call you, my brother Luigi, who is very brave!"
"Nice to see them friends again." Gatomon said.
"Me very brave?" Baby Luigi said. "No..."
"Aw, come on." T.K. said. "You jumped down a long way down. That's something to be brave though."
"Aw, thank you T.K." Baby Luigi said. "It's easy to be brave when I have friends like you."
"No problem." T.K. said. "We're happy for you guys."
"Oh, and thank you for rescuing my brother Luigi, somebodies-I-don't-know." Baby Mario said.
"Oh, uh, don't, mention it." Sora said. The Baby Mario Brothers then went off the road. The group soon followed.
Yoshi's Island
The next pop up came up. This time the cave had a garden.
"That garden looks good." Kari said.
"Wonder if Baby Mario and Luigi wandered off there." Patamon said.
"Let's go see." Sora said. They went off to the house.
Red Yoshi's House
They walked into the area, and saw Baby Mario float down from a balloon.
"Is that Baby Mario, on a balloon?" Yoshi said.
"Oh, mama mia!" Baby Luigi shuttered.
"C'mon!" Sora exclaimed. They took off. Baby Mario then landed on an arrangement of sticks looking like a tent, near another person. It collapsed, and the balloon took off in the air again.
"What exactly was he doing on that balloon?" Oshawott said.
"Dark Blue, Baby Mario, are you two okay?" Sora said, as they ran up to them. "Gosh, that's too bad Dark Blue. After all that work..."
"Wait, was that his house?" Kari said. "Oops. Sorry that Baby Mario fell on it."
"No matter. Most likely would have fallen down anyway." Dark Blue said.
"Something that happens a lot?" Gatomon said.
"Well, I'll help fix your help, Dark Blue." Baby Luigi said.
"Oh, hey there, Baby Luigi. Thanks for offering." Dark Blue said. "Wouldn't want to spoil your fun day though."
"Well, hello, Luigi." Baby Mario said. "And hello Somebody-I-Don't-Know."
"Baby Mario, its Dark Blue." Sora said.
"Come on. You must remember him." Patamon said.
"Um, I do?" Baby Mario said. He then was thinking.
"What could have happened to him?" Kari said.
"Well, the Heartless did do something." Gatomon said. "But I don't know how to fix him." Then, Baby Mario's stomach rumbled.
"Oh, I have an idea!" Baby Luigi exclaimed. "Maybe Baby Mario's tummy is so rumbly, that it's making him forget. If we bring him pasta, he's sure to remember."
"Well...I guess it's worth a try." Sora said.
"Might work, but probably not." Dark Blue said.
"First we've gotta find pasta." Sora said.
"But how we can find pasta?" Oshawott asked.
"Probably in a tree." Green answered.
"Maybe if we ask them nicely, they'll give us some." T.K. said.
"If pasta's what you're looking for, then I know the place." Dark Blue said. "Follow me." They walked off, following Dark Blue. Somewhere near them, someone was busy stacking bowls of pasta.
"Splendid. Just splendid." The person said. He walked off, while the others walked over there.
"This is the place I told you about." Dark Blue said.
"That's a big supply of pasta." Gatomon said.
"How yummy pasta for my tummy." Baby Mario said, walking up to there.
"I can swear, when it comes to pasta, they know some rhymes." Patamon said.
"Doesn't this pasta belong to someone?" T.K. said. "Bowls couldn't stack up on their own." After a while, Baby Mario ate the whole supply of pasta. The person came back with another bowl of pasta.
"Oh no! My pasta! Baby Mario! Did you eat all of MY pasta!?" The Yoshi of red color said.
"Oh hello. Nice to meet you." Baby Mario said.
"What did you say?" Red said.
"Is that for me too?" Baby Mario said. He took the bowl, and started to eat it.
"And I was so sure I found a safe place for them too..."
"Oh, wait, this was, your pasta?" Kari said. "Oopsy. Sorry."
"Yeah. Sorry, Red." Sora said.
"We don't have idea." Green said.
"Oh, hello there, Sora and Green too." Red said. "It's good to see you again. I take it those are your friends?"
"Yeah." T.K. said. "We really are sorry."
"Oh, it's quite alright." Red said. "I know Baby Mario can't be stopped when he gets this hungry." After all the talking, Baby Mario was done.
"Wow. He's quite the eater." Patamon said.
"Pardon me, Somebody-I-Don't-Know, is there anymore?" Baby Mario said.
"Are you feeling all right, Baby Mario?" Red said. "Could you really have forgotten about me? What on earth is going on?"
"Is there more pasta?" Baby Mario said. "You see, my tummy is rumbly."
"That's it! He's so hungry, he can't remember a thing!" Red exclaimed.
"We thought of that too." Gatomon said.
"Let's stuff Baby Mario with pasta." Red said.
"I wouldn't get my hopes up." Dark Blue said.
"I thought Baby Mario ate all of your pasta, Red." Kari said.
"Oh, I've got more." Red said. "Must have emergency rations, but I hid them a bit too well."
"We'll find them." T.K. said. They went all around the place, searching for pasta bowls.
"Found one!" Kari exclaimed. "You hid one under your pumpkin patch. Wow. You hid them well."
"Found another!" Patamon exclaimed. "How did you even fit this in the storm drain?"
"We found a pot under the bridge." Sora said.
"Those are weird places for hide something." Oshawott commented.
"You were hiding one in the clothing line?" Gatomon said.
"Got one from the bush." T.K. said.
"So, you keep pasta bowls in your mail?" Gatomon said. Later they have several bowls of pasta.
"There you go, Baby Mario." Red said. "Have as much as you'd like."
"Why thank you." Baby Mario said. Several minutes later, Baby Mario was finished.
"Wow. He was done with that supply in no time." Kari said.
"Well, Baby Mario's a very fast eater." Yoshi said.
"Pardon me, Kind Somebody, but do you know where I might find another bowl or two of pasta?" Baby Mario said. They all sighed in disbelief, and slumped. Baby Mario then walked over to the back entrance or Red's house, which is a hole. "My tummy seems to be telling me there's some pasta right in there." He then climbed into the hole, but after that, he wasn't going in further. "Mama Mia. I'm stuck."
"Talk about a rock in a hard place." T.K. said.
"*Sigh.* He still doesn't remember." Red said. "What in the world has gotten in Baby Mario?"
"Well, we'd better help him." Kari said. "I think I know where he'll be stuck."
"Oh, stuff and fluff." Baby Mario said. Sora grabbed a hold of Baby Mario's legs which were squirming. Then, the others formed a line, which they were holding on to each other.
"1, 2, 3!" Sora counted, as they pulled Baby Mario out of there. He landed safely.
"You're okay now, Baby Mario." Kari said.
"Well, I wouldn't be sure of that, if I were you." Red said. "Why, just, just look at him! He doesn't even remember who I am. Perhaps it's all this blustery wind."
"OW!" Believe it or not, a bowl hit Kari's head, again. "Nope. Just us."
"Or maybe he actually needs more pasta!" Red exclaimed.
"Where we could find pasta?" Patamon said.
"Or maybe he's sleepwalking, and dreaming!" Red exclaimed.
"If that's the case, then waking him up is going to be hard." T.K. said.
"Well, if I'm dreaming, which I suppose I could be, I hope that I get to the part where you invite me to lunch again very soon, Red." Baby Mario said.
"Oh yes, you're always stopping by for lunch!" Red said. "*Gasp.* Wait! Mario! You called me Red!"
"Why, of course Red." Baby Mario said.
"What about Dark Blue?" Baby Luigi said. "Do you remember him?"
"Oh, hello there, Dark Blue. It's ever so nice to see you today." Baby Mario said.
"Thanks for noticing me Baby Mario." Dark Blue said. Sora pointed to himself.
"Yes, hello there, Somebody-I-Don't-Know." Baby Mario greeted. He sighed.
"Well, at least he remembers Red and Dark Blue now." Yoshi said. Baby Mario then walked out of there.
"Might want to follow him." Oshawott said in the shoulder from Sora. They and the Digidestined with their Digimon followed.
Yoshi's Island
The next pop up showed a cave with a beautiful patio.
"Mimi would like it there." Kari said. "Looks like a nice flower yard."
Purple Yoshi's House
They walked over there to Baby Mario and Baby Luigi.
"Hi!" Kari said.
"Well, hello there, Kari." Baby Luigi said.
"Yes, hello there, Somebody-I-Don't-Know." Baby Mario said.
"Baby Luigi just called her Kari." Gatomon said. "No offense, but couldn't you pay attention more?" Then, a purple Yoshi older than Green and younger than the Yellow appeared with other Yoshi light blue color younger than Green.
"Well, hey there, Purple, and Light Blue." Baby Luigi said.
"I heard you are new the new friends Dark Blue told me about." Purple said.
"Yeah. Nice to meet you, Purple." T.K. said.
"Aww, and nice to meet you Light Blue." Kari said.
"Dark Blue also told me Baby Mario wasn't quite himself." Purple said. "I thought this might what the poor dear needed." She had a bottle.
"Yeah. I hope it'll make Baby Mario feel better." Light Blue said. Then they heard bouncing.
"What's that sound?" Patamon said. What they saw was a pink Yoshi about the age of Green bouncing. She then bounced on Kari, unexpectedly. They were tumbling, until they stopped.
"YAH!" Kari exclaimed. Yoshi and Oshawott are giggling at this.
"Hi there!" She said with a similar baby voice to Yoshi. "Hmm, Pinkie never seen girl before."
"Uh, Pinkie?" Kari said.
"Pinkie is my name." She said. "P-I-N-K-I-E. That spell Pinkie."
"Uh, could, you, you know, get off of me, Pinkie?" Kari said. Frankly, Pinkie was close to her face, while she was standing on her.
"Err, nice to see you again, Pinkie." Sora said.
"Well, hello there again, Sora and Green Yoshi." Pinkie said. "You look mighty fine today." She bounced off of Kari.
"Ugh, you sure are one to bounce, Pinkie." Kari said, getting up, and dusting herself off.
"Well, because Pinkie love to bounce! It best thing since… ever!" Pinkie exclaimed. Then she saw the bottle Purple has. "A present? For me? Why, present are what Pinkie is like the best!" She grabbed the bottle, and bounced away.
"But Pinkie! That is not for you!" Purple exclaimed.
"Wait up, Pinkie!" Light Blue exclaimed, hopping her way over to him.
"Oh dear." Baby Luigi said.
"Let's go after him." Gatomon said. They walked over to where Pinkie was bouncing. They told her everything.
"You're saying Mario even forgot about ME!?" Pinkie exclaimed.
"Yes, Pinkie." Baby Luigi said.
"That bottle you thought was a present was medicine to make Baby Mario better." Patamon said.
"Aw, who needs medicine!?" Pinkie exclaimed. "Why some awesome bouncing will jog his memory for sure!"
"Awesome, bouncing?" T.K. said. Pinkie then was bouncing with both legs.
"Someday I want jump like you." Oshawott said.
"Well, Mario?" Pinkie said.
"That looks like fun, Somebody-I-Don't-Know." Baby Mario said.
"Nothing, hmm?" Pinkie said. "Of course! We all gotta bounce together! That'll do the trick!"
"Uh, one problem, we can't exactly bounce as high as you can." Gatomon said.
"Oh, can't you?" Pinkie said.
Later.
"WHOO-HOO! Purple has an awesome trampoline!" T.K. yelled, as they were bouncing high.
"Anything Baby Mario!?" Kari exclaimed.
"I don't think I remember anything, Somebody-I-Don't-Know." Baby Mario said.
"Well, that's because Pinkie hadn't made the big finish!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"The big finish?" Kari said.
"I'm a bit terrified to be honest." Gatomon said. Pinkie then put Baby Mario on her back, and they jumped on many balloons, going high into the air.
"Uh, any of you see them?" Sora said.
"Nope." Kari said. Then, Pinkie and Baby Mario came falling down, bounced off of the trampoline, and stuck the finish. Baby Mario was on the ground.
"There!" Pinkie exclaimed. "I bet you remember Pinkie now, don't you, Mario!"
"Well, I remember that bouncing makes me hungry." Baby Mario said. Pinkie was shocked.
"All that bouncing and he still doesn't remember Pinkie?" Pinkie said. "Well then, I guess bouncing is not the answer. Makes a Pinkie not want to bounce ever again." She threw the medicine behind him.
"Oh, please be careful with that." Oshawott said.
"Don't say that, Pinkie." Kari said.
"Aw sorry, but Mario not remembering me has Pinkie confused." Pinkie said. "I don't even feel like bouncing."
"Oh, but Pinkie, I always thought that bouncing was what Pinkie did best." Baby Mario said.
"Mario!" Pinkie exclaimed. "You remembered Pinkie! You do remember your old buddy, Pinkie after all!" She then was bouncing all over the place.
"Well, uh, we must be going." Kari said. "We'll be back."
"Yeah." T.K. said. The Keyblade wielders with the Digimon then left the book, temporarily.
Later at night in the book.
Baby Mario fell asleep in his cave, the interior was like an ordinary house, and was dreaming of his friends, which he just remembered, were standing on a hill at night, and watching someone walk away.
"I wonder who that is." Baby Mario said. "Oh well. Perhaps I will remember tomorrow."
Merlon's House
"You guys done?" Tai said.
"And comfortable?" Agumon said. Frankly, Sora and the group was all piled up from coming out of the book.
"Nah. We still got a ways to go, I assume." Gatomon said.
"You never believe what we saw in there." Kari said.
"We were actually watching." Matt said.
"You were?" Sora said.
"It's a book. We can see what's going on inside." Luigi said.
"Are sure you don't want our help?" Ash said. "We can help, you know."
"Yeah, we're okay." Kari said. "Alright. Should we head back?" They nodded, and the book opened again.
Yoshi's Island
Another pop up came up. It was an ominous looking cavern.
"That doesn't look too good." T.K. said.
"Hope it's not too bad." Patamon said.
"This place scare me…" Oshawott said.
The Spookey Cave
Everyone was gathered there.
"Hey, everyone...What's wrong?" Kari said. "Uh-oh, Where's Baby Mario?"
"He went in there." Baby Luigi said worried.
"Do you think there might be a Monster hiding inside?" Red said.
"Monster...? Well now." The elder said. "That reminds me of when dear my cousin Black…"
"Say, why are you all sitting around here?" Monty Mole said. "If you're worried about him, let's go get him!"
"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"Yeah, let's go!" Light Blue exclaimed. Kari went a bit further into the entrance, while the others were talking.
'Huh...? This feeling...Wait...This is what the Heartless must have done. They put darkness in the book. This cave is hiding darkness.'
"Well, Kari? What do you think we should do?" Pinkie said.
"Huh?" Kari said. "Oh, uh..." 'I don't think the darkness is too close. So maybe we can find Baby Mario, then we'll get them all out of here, while we go in, and make sure the darkness doesn't completely erase this book.' "Let's go and find Baby Mario. We'll protect you if there's any 'Monsters.'"
"Oh, that would be great." Light Blue said.
"Alright." Kari said. "I'll lead. Forward March!" They proceeded to walk into the cavern.
"Hey, Kari. You're looking, unsure." Gatomon said.
"Well, who knows what could be here." Kari said.
"What do you mean?" Sora said.
"Well, it's-" Kari started.
"Ooh! What's that sound! It's the Monster!" Oshawott exclaimed. There was angry bees in there.
"Err, no. It's a pack of angry bees." Kari said.
"Really angry!" Green Yoshi exclaimed. They tried to sting them, but Kari swatted them away, with her Keyblade. Soon they were gone.
"Jeez. I didn't know there was a nest in here." Kari said.
"Mostly everywhere we go." Pinkie said.
"See? Like we told you. I'd protect you." Kari said. 'Still, I need to find where that darkness is coming from.' They were continuing walking, on the ice too, until Kari slipped, and fell on her back. "Ow...That hurts."
"Oh, if there's ice, we'll be slipping and sliding!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"Can we go home now, please?" Light Blue said.
"Light Blue, we're close to find Baby Mario. A good friend." T.K. said. "Let's get going, and find Baby Mario." They continued walking on their way to find Baby Mario.
"You know, this cave does look beautiful." Kari said. "There's crystals all around here." After a while, a rock fell on Patamon.
"OW! Ugh...Did we find Baby Mario yet?" Patamon groaned.
"You okay, Patamon?" T.K. said, carrying him.
"I'm fine...I think." Patamon said. They then heard a rumbling.
"Ooh, I think that's the Monster!" Pinkie and Green exclaimed.
"Uh oh. Do you think it'll eat us!?" Oshawott exclaimed.
"I don't think that's a Monster." Gatomon said. "I think that's Baby Mario's rumbly tummy!"
"We must be close to him!" Kari exclaimed. "That way!" She was about to go down the path, before sensing something on the other path.
"Kari?" T.K. said.
"You guys go ahead." Kari said. "I, uh, want to check this path out, just in case."
"Alone?" Baby Luigi said.
"Don't worry, Baby Luigi." Kari said. "I can take care of myself. Just go find Baby Mario."
"Okay, if you say so." Gatomon said.
"You sure you don't need me to come along?" T.K. said.
"I'm okay." Kari said. "Just find Baby Mario, before something finds him." They nodded, and they continued off without her, while she went the other way. They went into a room covered by crystals, and found Baby Mario sitting on a rock.
"There he is!" T.K. exclaimed. They approached him.
"Baby Mario! There you are!" Sora exclaimed. "Hey, we looked everywhere for you."
"I was looking for a very dear friend that I made an important promise to." Baby Mario said.
"So, did you find him?" Gatomon said.
"No. I looked and looked, but he doesn't seem to be anywhere." Baby Mario said. Pinkie than bounced on him.
"Oh, Mario! So there you are." Pinkie said.
"Oh, but Pinkie. Do you have to bounce me so...bouncily?" Baby Mario said.
"Phew, we thought a Monster had gotten you." Pinkie said.
"Oh dear." Baby Mario said. "I hadn't thought of that. I do hope a Monster hasn't gone and gobbled up my friend."
"Speaking of friends, I wonder where Kari went." Oshawott said.
"Where did that girl go?" Sora said.
"Hope a Monster hasn't gobbled her up..." Pinkie said.
"There's no Monster." Gatomon said. "Still, where did she go?"
Kari kept going in the cavern, until she saw some of the ground turned dark.
"Here it is." Kari said. She saw a Dark Orb attacked to a wall. "If I don't get rid of this, Heartless could appear soon." She then pointed her Keyblade at the orb, and shot a beam of light. It pierced the orb, and it disappeared into smokes. Soon, the surroundings around didn't have the darkness anymore. "There we go. All better now. Now I got to go see if they found Baby Mario yet."
Back at the group.
"Now try to remember Baby Mario. Isn't Sora the one you were trying to remember?" Purple said. Then, something growled again.
"Oh! The Monster!" Baby Mario exclaimed.
"Nah. That was your rumbly tummy Baby Mario." Kari said, walking over there.
"Oh, glad a Monster didn't gobble you up." Pinkie said.
"Well, let's just say I took care of a problem." Kari said.
"Anyway, let's go back and find you some pasta, Baby Mario." Sora said.
"I'd like that, Sora." Baby Mario said.
"Baby Mario! You finally remembered!" Sora exclaimed.
"Remember what?" Baby Mario said.
"Baby Mario." Sora said.
"I like it ever so much when you're cheerful, Sora." Baby Mario said.
"Us too, Baby Mario." T.K. said.
"Oh...There's a bit of a rumbly in my tummy." Baby Mario said.
"All right. Let's go home." Sora said. He and Baby Mario were walking out of there, holding hands, with the rest of the group.
Yoshi's Island
"Glad we got everything back to normal." Oshawott said.
"You know, back in the cave, I destroyed some sort of dark orb in there." Kari said.
"So that's what you were doing." Sora said.
"If I didn't take care of it, we could have Heartless in Yoshi's Island." Kari said.
"That would be trouble." T.K. said.
"Anyway, I wonder destroying it made Baby Mario remember Sora again." Kari said.
"Probably." Sora said grabbing a keychain with a pink heart from (Happiness Keychain). Then, another pop up appeared, as Sora and the others, except Kari went out of the book.
"Uh, Sora...Uh..." Kari said. "Maybe I'll go see Baby Mario, and tell him we're heading off."
'Be careful Kari.' Yoshi thought.
Starry Hill
Kari walked into the area. It was the middle of the night, it would seem.
"Oh, Mama Mia!" Baby Mario's voice exclaimed. Baby Mario got his head stuck in a pot.
"Are you okay, Baby Mario!?" Kari exclaimed.
"Sora? Is that you?" Baby Mario called out. "Help!"
"No, it's Kari." Kari said. "Hold on!" She ran up the hill, and grab ahold of Baby Mario, but she slipped, and Baby Mario fell on her. "Ugh...Hang on. Let me try again." She shook her head, got up. "1, 2, 3!" She pulled on the pot, trying to get it off of him. Then, she finally did, and the pot gotten thrown back, while Gatomon was walking up the path.
"Kari! There you a-" Gatomon started, before the pot comes flying at her, and hits her!
"Sorry!" Kari exclaimed.
"Ugh...Don't worry..." Gatomon said, dazed. She got up, and walked towards them. "We were looking for you."
"Sorry." Kari said. "So, Baby Mario, what were you doing here?"
"I was thinking, perhaps there was a way to make Sora and you not go away." Baby Mario said, sitting on the log.
"You mean, a way for us to stay?" Kari said, sitting next to him.
"Yes, would there be such a way to make it so Sora doesn't go away again?" Baby Mario said.
"Baby Mario." Kari said.
"You really don't know what we're doing right now." Gatomon said. "It's more important. We can't stay forever."
"Don't worry." Kari said. "I'll promise me and Sora will come back and visit you all now and then. T.K., Gatomon, and Patamon too. I'll even introduce you all to our other friends."
"Could you make it, 'now and now?'" Baby Mario said. "That seems a bit better to me. If I go looking for you and Sora, will I ever find you?"
"We'll always be here, right there." Kari said, pointing to his heart. "Just stay here and you can see us anytime you want. Sora taught me that."
"You mean I have to stay right here?" Baby Mario said.
"Yep. That's all." Gatomon said.
"Will you promise?" Baby Mario said.
"I promise." Kari said.
"I promise too." Baby Luigi said, between them. The other friends came over there.
"And so do Light Blue and me." Purple said.
"We sure do!" Light Blue said.
"You're welcome to come and visit us anytime, Kari. Your friends too." Red said.
"Thanks, Red." Kari said.
"After all, I must tell you of my Uncle Brown's adventures at sea." The elder said.
"Guess you'll stay for a while." Dark Blue said. Kari giggled.
"See you, Kari." Monty Mole said.
"Thanks, Monty Mole." Kari said.
"If you ever get lonely, just start bouncing and think of your pal Pinkie!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"I will, Pinkie." Kari said. She got off the log.
"You're leaving?" Baby Mario said.
"Yeah." Kari said. "Yeah. We really have to go."
"It's a bit complicated." Gatomon said.
"Well, I won't be sad, because you all will always be in here, forever and ever, right Kari?" Baby Mario said.
"And all of you too, are right in here." Kari said, pointing to her heart. Baby Mario smiled. "See you guys later!" Kari and Gatomon jumped down, and were leaving. They waved at everyone else, and they waved back. Kari and Gatomon made their way out of the book.
Merlon's House
Kari and Gatomon popped out of the book, this time, standing, since they got the hang of it.
"You guys finally done?" Tai said.
"Yeah. I said goodbye to them one last time." Kari said. "Then I told them we're always in their hearts as much as they are in ours."
"Yeah." Sora said. "Baby Mario must be sad we left."
"Nah. After all. We are in their hearts." Kari said.
"Hey, the cover! Look!" Ash exclaimed. The cover turned to Kari aside of Green Yoshi and Baby Mario looking at the night sky.
"Thanks for taking my place." Sora said, with a smirk.
"Sorry." Kari said.
"It's okay." Sora said.
"Anyway, we're just about ready to go." Tai said. "We still need to do a few things before leaving."
"Okay. In the meantime, we'll go explore Hollow Bastion some more." Kari said.
"Kari." Tai said.
"Just for a little bit." T.K. said. "Then we'll come back to the Toad Express."
"Well, maybe some of us should come, just in case." Luigi said.
"Okay." Kari said. She and T.K. left the house, along with their Digimon and Sora, Luigi and Yoshi.
Postern
They saw Cid handling with a small yellow, chicken like animal
"Aww! What's this cute little guy?" Kari said.
"He is a Chocobo hatchling." Cid said. "First of many to hatch. Managed to save some eggs."
"Well, take care of these little guys." Gatomon said.
"They look so cute!" Kari said. Then, the little hatchling ran into Kari's face, and it was a pretty hard ram! "Ow! Wow. They're really strong." Then, the little hatchling ram into her again, making her fall! "YAH! See You Cid!" She was running away, while the Chocobo was chasing her. They were all laughing. She then ran around Tai and the others. "Hey Tai! Bye Tai!" The Chocobo continued to chase her, and they started to laugh.
"She's being chased by a cute little chicken thing!" Tai exclaimed. Then, the Chocobo locked focus on Tai. It then ran onto his face, and he fell down. He had swirls in his eyes. "Ehhhhh...For a little guy, he sure is tough." He stood up, when he was going to get rammed onto again! "Uh, okay, wanna chase Kari again? Cause I really want you to!" Then he ran away, while the Chocobo hatchling was chasing him. "HELP! I'M BEING CHASED BY A CHICKEN HATCHLING!" They were all laughing then, while Kari and the others walked out of there.
The Dark Depths
The Villain's Vale was seen over from the edge of the cliff they were on.
"Is that where Bowser and Wario Brothers were?" Kari said.
"Yeah." Yoshi said.
"Well, they're still a pain." T.K. said.
"Guess we can't go further." Kari said.
"Besides. The others must be done." Sora said.
"Let's go." Gatomon said. They were then walking away. But then, someone appeared out of nowhere, in a black coat, and passed through Kari. She felt the force, and fell down. She then fully sees the Enigmatic man behind her.
"Huh? Who're you?" Kari said.
"Organization XIII no doubt!" Sora exclaimed.
"So we finally meet..." The man said.
"Hey. We asked you who you are." Gatomon said.
"My name is of no importance." The man said, as he was charging up a lightning orb.
"I think it is!" Luigi exclaimed.
"You remind me of her." The man said.
"What do you mean?" Kari said. Then, she gasped, as the Enigmatic man slowly raises the hand that was charging up the lightning orb. Before he had time to shoot, in slow motion, Kari summoned her Keyblade, and then, blocked. She was struggling trying to block it; however, she was able to deflect it to the sky. It exploded above in the sky.
Out far, back in town, while Tai was recovering from a sudden Chocobo attack, the others saw the explosion.
"I heard something afar." Pikachu said.
"What was that?" Matt said.
"Trouble no doubt." Tai said. "Let's go!"
Back to Kari.
She and the mysterious man, who won't show his face, were facing each other.
*DISAPPEARED*
"It seems you have become whole once again." The man said.
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" Kari said.
"Completing the two halves of you." The man said. "Allow me, to test your reunion."
"Fine by us." Gatomon said. "One less organization member."
"I don't know." Kari said. "He seems a lot stronger than Demyx."
"Well that should be obvious." Patamon said. "He looks a lot less sluggish."
"Whatever. Let's fight him already." Gatomon said.
"Okay." Kari nodded getting into her fight position. Whoever this guy was, he seemed very familiar. I can't be Axel. It can't be Roxas. Who was it? The man transported behind them, and tried to attack them, but they dodged. They started attacking him, but he put up an electric barrier, which they all hit, and blown back. The man transported behind Kari, and hit her. He had two light sabers- I mean, Neon Blades! Kari tried to block an attack, but the man hit her from behind.
"Man! He's tough!" T.K. exclaimed, casting Curaga to heal them. The man shot out electric orbs, which expanded, hitting them. However, Kari dodges them all, and strikes the Enigmatic man. She kept on striking him, and avoiding his attacks.
"Watch out!" Gatomon exclaimed. The man was about to strike another lightning orb at Kari, but Sora intercepted the attack with the new design of his Keyblade (Hapiness Tree), and deflected the attack back to the man. The two then clashed.
"Who are you!?" Sora exclaimed. He got no answer, and just when he was about to take off the hood, the man pushes him away, and shoots him.
"Sora!" Kari exclaimed. "Stop shooting him!" She then strikes the man, to make him stop, but the man then shoots her. She was looking blue, and panting. As the man was about to deliver the final blow.
"Kari!" Tai yelled. He casted Firaga, and the man retracted. Tai went to his sister. "Are you okay!?"
"I got them." Joe said. He casted Curaga on everyone.
"Good thing you guys are here." Patamon said.
"Who is this guy?" Matt said.
"Sorry, but I don't think let you hurt my friends." Ash said at the enigmatic man
"I don't know." Kari said. "But if he wants a fight, he's got one." The Enigmatic man then strikes them all, with shooting beams from his blades. He made a circle of beams and they were all fired at Kari, while she dodges. Tai and Matt tried to attack the man, but he hits Matt back towards Tai.
"Hey!" Ash yelled and throwed at rock at the man. "Why you don't mess with someone from your size!" The man tries to attack Ash, but he was attacked by a Headbutt from Eve and later he was attacked by the Thunderbolt from Pikachu. The man felt the paralysis by the attack but he cured himself.
"What!?" Pikachu exclaimed. The man fired a lighting orb, Pikachu and Eve tried to block it with Thunderbolt and Swift but it was useless. The two Pokémon received the attack and blasted off to a wall, badly injured.
"Pikachu! Eve!" Ash exclaimed. "You gonna paid for that!" Then Ash furiously slashed with his Keyblade with nonstop at the man. The man was having difficult for recover until they clashed weapons, the man clashed with the right arm and then he slashed Ash by behind with his Neon Blades, and later the man kicked him.
"Hey! Stop hurting them!" Sor exclaimed, charging at him, but the mysterious man dodges her attack, and was going to strike, but she dodged the attack too, and was going to attack again, but the shield was put up, and Sor was knocked back.
"Hey!" Biyomon exclaimed. "Spiral Twister!" She shot at the man, but he deflects the attack, and shoots at Biyomon. She got knocked back.
"Hey!" Oshawott exclaimed. "Aqua Jet!" He attacked at the man, but he avoided him and slashed him with the Neon Blades. He got knocked back.
"Digimon! Attack!" Agumon exclaimed. "Pepper Breath!"
"Lighting Paw!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Boom Bubble! Pop!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Marching Fishes!"
"Poison Ivy!" Palmon said. The Digimon all attacked, but The Enigmatic Man deflects the fire ball, strikes Gatomon back, avoided the blue stream of fire, shot at the wind bubble, shot an orb of electricity at the Shocker attack, strikes all of the fishes quickly, and grabbed the vines, and threw Palmon to the other Digimon.
"He's way too tough!" Agumon exclaimed. Then, Kari strikes the Enigmatic Man repeatedly, while they dodge most of their attacks.
"Kari's rocking!" Tai exclaimed.
"LIGHT!" Kari changed into the Limit Form. "Sonic Blade!" She kept on striking at the mysterious foe, determined to win, and not let her friends be hurt. Unfortunately, the Enigmatic Man caught ahold of her in a Lightning Orb, and was striking her over and over.
"Kari!" T.K. exclaimed. He charges over there, and dodged an attack the man threw at him. He then strikes him back, releasing Kari.
"Thanks T.K…" Kari said.
"No problem." T.K. said.
"HEAL!" Kari healed herself, and the others, with Curaga. "Let's try this again. Strike Raid!" She kept on throwing her Keyblade at the man, repeatedly. While this fight was going, the man has said nothing. Nothing after his introduction to them. Then, he was encased in a Lightning orb, and was shooting lasers out of it, that was hitting the entire group.
"Run!" Tai exclaimed. "Keep running!" The group was trying to avoid the lasers, but it was too fast to them. "Izzy!?"
"Well, considering we're hurting him repeatedly, I think, we might lose, since he's outmatching us!" Izzy yelled.
"Not yet!" Kari exclaimed. She swiftly dodges the lasers, as if it was an acrobatic Wipeout course. "Luigi! Yoshi!"
"We can't get to you!" Luigi exclaimed, trying to dodge a laser.
"Just see if you can use a Trinity attack in your own!" Yoshi exclaimed, trying to guard.
"I thought I need you two!" Kari exclaimed.
"You don't have to!" Sora exclaimed. "You can perform the Break attack on your own! You just don't have Luigi and Yoshi!"
"Okay. I'll try!" Kari exclaimed. First, when the man was over with the attack, Kari used Sonic Blade to do some decent damage on him. She was so fast; the mysterious man couldn't quite hit her. Then, as he tried to shoot her again, Kari then was able to activate her part of the Trinity Limit. She kept on striking, and striking, until the Limit wore off. Limit form then wore off as well. "Was that it!?" Then, the Enigmatic man struck her back, and she was low on HP again. The Rune Ring helped her numerous times during the fight.
"Kari!" Tai exclaimed.
"I got her!" T.K. exclaimed. Izzy and Sor then attacked the man unexpectedly, but he was able to push them away from him, with the electric shield. He then was teleporting. Mimi and Joe tried to expect where he would hit next, but as soon as they put their guard up, the Enigmatic man hit them from behind.
"He's beating all of us up!" Gabumon exclaimed.
"Not for long!" Tai exclaimed. He then dodged a laser attack, and slashed the Mysterious man, but he grabbed a hold of his Keyblade, and threw Tai aside.
"Tai!" Kari exclaimed. She charged at the Enigmatic Man, with T.K., and they both slashed at once. The Enigmatic Man tried to teleport, and hit them from behind, but Kari and T.K. both blocked, and they countered. "Time to finish this!" She went into Limit Form again. She then performed Ragnarok, and attacked repeatedly, and shoots beams of light at him, while she was avoiding attacks from the Unknown. Then, for a finisher, she activated Ars Arcanum. She attacked multiple times, not letting The Unknown attack, even though he cannot flinch, and as she finished, she thrusted her Keyblade forward, making data shoot out of him, with static. The man shoots an electric orb but it was reflected by the Iron Tail from Pikachu, Eve and Oshawott too. The man on his knees after the attack. Kari gave the last attack.
*ENDS*
"Alright Kari!" Tai exclaimed. They all cheered for her.
"Guess that's the end of him." Gatomon said. "Thank goodness. He's knocking kitty litter out of me." But unfortunately, the Unknown just whisked away the injury done to him. He looks like the same as if nothing ever hit him.
"Impressive." The man said. Kari gasped.
"Whoa. He's still not done?" Tai said.
"We are creamed." Joe said.
"This will be enjoyable." The man said.
"What are you talking about?" Kari said, charging forward to him. She then performed a jump slash at him, but the man turned to static, and Kari went through him. 'Huh!?' She turned to him.
"It is beyond your comprehension for now." The man said. "Until we meet again. We shall see if you gain more power to defeat me." The man was to attack at Pikachu but it was kicked by Blaze.
"Don't dare to hurt them!" Blaze said at the Unknown. After the attack the face was revealed. Sora could recognize him.
"Xemnas!" Sora exclaimed.
"Stay out of this meddler!" Xemnas said furiously at Blaze and tried to attack her, but he was stopped by a psychic force from Silver.
"This is your chance, Keyblade Wielders!" Silver said trying to stop Xemnas. Then Ash put in front of the group.
"Corphish, come out!" Ash said throwing the Pokéball making appear Corphish. "Use Crab-Hammer!"
Corphish nodded and slammed the man with one of his claws. The man was blasted off to the sky. A star shined to the distance and Corphish said. "And don't think about in going back!"
"That was close…" Kari sighed and sat down in the ground.
"Are you okay?" Blaze asked concerned.
"Yeah, thanks. My name is Kari." Kari said.
"My name is Silver." Silver said.
"I'm Blaze." The others introduced. "Nice to meet you all."
"Silver, I have a question." Sora said. "Why are you helping us?"
"Well…" Silver explained the situation from his world.
"Your world is destroyed by the Heartless!" Sora exclaimed.
"Yes, we thought that man in black hood is the responsible from the darkness." Blaze said.
"Don't worry when we defeated Apocalymon the worlds will return to the normality." T.K. said.
"Thanks." Blaze said.
"Sora." Silver called him. "Before you go. You will need this." Silver pulled out a keychain of ring light blue, Sora grabbed it.
"Thanks, Silver." Sora said, when he puts the keychain in his Keyblade, and the Keyblade was white color with blue lines like the psychic powers from Silver. "If you saw Sonic, send greetings from our part." Silver and Blaze nodded.
"Good luck in your journey." Blaze said. The group then started their way back. Meanwhile the Wario Brothers were watching the group.
"Alright Waluigi, the plan O is follow the cheater group." Wario said. Waluigi nodded and followed him.
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Xemnas was in the place for reunions of the Organization.
"Why didn't you end her?" A voice said from behind the man. It was Apocalymon. "Why didn't you take the girl's heart? You had your chance. Why didn't you do it?"
"I was so close, but those meddling appeared in our way." Xemnas replied.
"MORE MEDDLERS!" Apocalymon roared. "The work will be hard with those meddling heroes."
"The next time we will face off in a duel. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but we will clash." The man said.
"For your fate, I hope it does." Apocalymon said. 'For some reason I'm remembering an ancient team that I met 1000 years ago.'
TO BE CONTINUED
