Chloe: Okay, I'm back from that coffee break of mine. Previously, David lives on as a spirit inhabiting Kari Kamiya due to events from "The Dark Warlord VI." I won't spoil too much so let's begin!
Chapter 27
Kamiya Sun 2A
After resettling themselves after that pileup in the computer lab, everyone headed out and some went their separate ways. As T.K. and Kari were walking out of the building with Davis hovering close by, David was in deep thought in the events that transpired before his eyes.
'Digimon Emperor…Dark Rings and Digivice…and now this whole Armor Digivolving thing…'David recollected. "It seems like those Digi-eggs Gennai had me and the others place finally had their powers awakened. And the Digi-egg of Courage I placed brought forth that Digimon, Veemon." He then looked over at Davis, who was chatting out loud to the other two about how exciting things were in the Digital World. "And what does this Davis kid have to do with Digi-World? And also that kid, Cody and that girl, Yolei? When I was in my original body, I think I ran into those three on a couple of occasions. I never thought they would be involved with Digi-World until they revealed their Digivices."
Meanwhile, Davis was still boasting about how it was great that his mentor gave him his goggles which meant he was the next leader. He tried to brag a bit of what he did to earn it in some feeble attempt to impress Kari and make T.K. jealous, but she ignored it and chatted with T.K. who was explaining how it was good to be in Odaiba, yet miss a place called Reedington.
As T.K. departed from the two and trek to his building, Davis was jubilant as he was alone with the brunette-haired beauty and was glad that T.P., N.K. or whatever his name was gone. "So Kari…any plans you have for the rest of the day?"
Kari thought for a moment. "Well…I was going to simply go home and tend to my ankle to make sure it's not really broken."
"How about I take you over there?"
"You don't have too…"
"I insist."
"I'm fine, Davis." Kari said, exasperated at her friend's persistence.
"Are you…geekagerger!" Davis was unable to finish as his eyes widened and his body convulsed from side to side.
To Kari, this was all familiar as she saw the ghost of her cousin enter Davis' body. When the takeover was complete, David used Davis' arms to place the goggles on his eyes and examined his arms and his legs.
"Yeah, I certainly never believed he pumped iron in his life." David/Davis said.
Kari raised her eyebrow. "Was it necessary to actually wear the goggles?"
David/Davis shrugged. "It'll have to do for the lack of shades."
Kari rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say…"
Unlike Davis, the young girl was more inclined to walk with her cousin since he was considered to be more tolerable to her in comparison to her friend whom David was currently in control of.
"Man…I never thought this guy here would be a Digidestined." David/Davis commented. "And then some glasses-wearing girl who matches Misty in terms of temper and some little boy with a bowl-shaped haircut are chosen as the new Digidestined too? I guess at this rate, ANYBODY could be a Digidestined child these days."
Without turning her head, Kari glanced at her transparent cousin. "Aren't you being a little too hard? After all, Davis' Digimon did protect me…right after you saved my life so he's not that bad."
David sighed, still not too convinced of the direction of what this whole new set of Digidestined kids are heading to. "Well…we'll just see what happens. Don't forget, Kari: you and your brother and the rest of the other original Digidestined were responsible for saving both worlds…remember that as you do what you have to do concerning what just happened."
Kari said nothing but nodded in what her cousin had to say. As they arrived in her floor, David sighed as he knew what he had to do.
"Well, I guess I better dump Gogglehead away before his folks get worried about him." David/Davis said. "Be right back…"
Kari watched as David walked over to the stairs and traveled down.
"Geekagerger!" Davis yelped out loud as the spirit of David left his body. The dark-haired trainer then returned to the twelve-year old girl's side.
"Oh damn…" David said, unsatisfied. "I wanted a bite to eat after all that traveling to the Digital World and back."
Kari giggled. "You know, David you are officially the first ghost I know that wants to eat even after death."
David shrugged. "Well, I got to still enjoy the finer things in life, you know? Anyways, let's go inside."
"Kari!" A voice called from behind
Before Kari could get out her apartment key, she turned around to see Tai walking towards her. "What's up, Tai?"
"We're going to have a Digidestined meeting at the nearby park tonight." Tai informed his little sister. "We gotta let Sora, Matt, and Joe know about Davis, the others, and the Digimon Emperor."
Kari nodded in understanding. "I'll e-mail Mimi about what's happening as well. She may be living in America, but she's still a Digidestined."
"Good idea." Tai replied as he opened the door to their apartment. The next couple of hours with the Kamiya siblings was pretty much spent with homework, small chores, and being optimistic as to what they're going to have to do concerning the Digital World and the welfare of their partner Digimon.
At night, Tai and Kari went over to the park. After a few minutes, T.K., Sora, Joe, and Izzy showed up as well. They all chat up on old times as if it had been a while since they all hung out together. Eventually, Matt came by as well.
"Here he comes!" T.K. announced as he stood up from the bench he sat when he saw his older brother.
"Hi, Matt!" Tai greeted.
"Hey, everybody!" Matt greeted his friends. "Sorry, I'm late."
Sora got down from the monkey bars she used to sit on. "It's been a long time." She grinned. "It's nice to be back."
Matt nodded. "Sure is good to be back."
"So what's going on?" Joe asked Izzy.
Izzy, with much help from Tai, Kari, and T.K. informed the other three about what was going on in the Digital World. They also told them about how Davis, Yolei, and Cody ended up with Digivices which some of them indicated that they're indeed the new Digidestined.
To David, this meeting had a nostalgic feeling. He remembered the last time he saw the entire group it was at the Digital World the day they had to release their crests. He watched them from afar then and now he's watching the reunion now as a ghost.
"One question…" Sora stressed with concern. "If this Digimon Emperor is really hunting Digimon and making them his slaves, will Biyomon and the others be okay?" She asked the most important question that loomed over everybody else's minds: the safety of their partner Digimon.
"I got an e-mail earlier from Mimi in America." Kari spoke. "She was asking the same question."
Taking every good and bad news in, Matt decided to break the silence of uncertainty. "I say we just go there, and do things our way." Matt suggested. There was no way he was going to stand by and lose Gabumon to some brat who calls himself the Digimon Emperor.
"We can't…" Izzy said with regret. "I went back to check the computer and the gate was already closed."
"That means…we can't help them?" Matt asked, disappointed.
After a brief moment of silence, Izzy decided that he'll return to the middle school's computer lab and check on the gate once more. With the exception of Matt and Joe, everybody else volunteered to go as well. Afterwards, they all went their separate ways.
David was in deep thought from within Kari's body. 'Hmm…this Digimon Emperor sound very familiar…damn it! My memories are shrouded ever since I sacrificed myself. Why can't…' He then struggle to remember and put together the pieces of his memory that were scrambled. Images popped up in his head but were like a T.V. barely getting any sort of reception.
"Nice…it seems that you two Digimon did your homework. I did mine as well and my answers tell me that the two of you are partner Digimon to some of those foolish, inferior, unworthy Digidestined."
"I have a strong hunch that you're responsible for the destruction of my…my property…who do you think you are sneaking into the Digital World?"
"Who do you think I am? Someone with greater power than you!"
"Ordinary children aren't allowed in the Digital World…"
"Don't lecture me about whose allowed or not."
"This entire region, and soon after this entire world and everything in it belongs to me now you get out immediately."
"Young man…the game of impersonating a totalitarian ruler is over. This world ain't yours and you have no right to control and enslave the inhabitants of this world, let alone giving me the boot. What you need to realize is that I…I put more people down than the swine flu can. You won't be the first victim, but…you will be the next, understand?"
Though still distorted, David could remember a boy in blue demanding him to leave long ago while the other person's voice was his own, threatening him back. 'That boy in blue…could he be the Digimon Emperor?'
Throughout the night, David struggled to remember what was going on with him on the day he claimed he died. Images in his head skipped between him and the boy in blue battling between enslaved Digimon and loyal Pokémon the Pallet native possessed. Another image showed him and that indigo-haired fellow fighting. A wave of nausea grew upon David as he finally decided to pass out within the comforting and warm confines of his cousin's body.
On the next day, David bared witness to the formation of a new set of Digidestined. Through the eyes of Kari Kamiya, the dark-haired teenager saw that the Digi-eggs of Love and Knowledge that were placed on the pedestals by Serena and Chloe long ago. They brought forth the emergence of two new Digimon: Armadillomon and Hawkmon. Both became partners to Cody Hida and Yolei Inoue, respectively as they respectively pulled the Digi-eggs of Knowledge and Love. David was also impressed by the Armor Digivolutions of those two the way he was impressed with the appearance of Flamedramon. He then saw them in action as they managed to rescue the so-called new leader of the Digidestined from the Digimon Emperor and David managed to get a good look of the young tyrant. Clad in a futuristic royal outfit with yellow-framed, purple lens specs, the same boy that David remembered in his memories is in the flesh before his or rather Kari's eyes.
The day after that, David got to see another event: the new Digidestined along with Kari (Of course!) and T.K. once again confront the Digimon Emperor and his squadron of enslaved Digimon. This whole battle to David was reminiscent of his first encounter with the Digimon Emperor despite his memories being slightly scrambled. The dark-haired boy noticed how Kari was behind T.K. as he kept a protective stance in front of her.
'Ah…how thoughtful of that boy.' David noted in his head.
However, David became concerned about the welfare of those two as their partner Digimon cannot digivolve at all. He tried to possess one of the Tyrannomon but to no avail. He thought about possessing the Digimon Emperor, but he decided not to do so 'cuz he thought it was too easy. These "new school" Digidestined did not impress him at all and so he thought it best to have them prove themselves that they are worthy of the little gizmos they have and to also see if T.K. and Kari can do this without any help from him. After all, he did remember that he himself, the Dark Warlord nearly toppled the Digimon Emperor himself…David wants to see if they are capable of doing the same, no matter how much of threat he would become to them.
Forced to retreat from the young tyrant's intentions of destroying Patamon and Gatomon, Kari, T.K., and Cody hid inside a small cavern. Once again, the trio along with the two Digimon came across two Digi-eggs. With some verbal coercing from their Digimon, the bearer of Hope and Light took a chance in pulling the two objects. The duo's Digivices then took a different shape and looked similar to what the other three kids have. Succeeding with little effort in lifting the Digi-eggs, Gatomon and Patamon Armor digivolve to their alternative forms. David was once again in awestruck with what was going on and with their power; they managed to turn the tide against the overconfident tyrant. Overall, David was glad that T.K. and Kari had managed to make themselves relevant again in making a difference in the Digital World. He was also thankful to a certain someone who was responsible for placing those two Digi-eggs in that cavern.
Though nearly a week and a half had passed, David had seen a lot of action occurring within that short period. He saw as the Digidestined had managed to find a way to beat the Digimon Emperor by destroying his Control Spires, which were his sources of power that help him control the Digital World as well as blocking out the Digimon's ability to digivolve regularly. He also saw how much of a close call Kari had when she was force to rough it out in a city in the Digital World. Though he constantly told Kari he could possess her and protect her, she declined the offer, wanting to show that she could be as tough as her brother. She even convinced her spirit of a cousin to not intervene when one of the emperor's slaves, Andromon grabbed her as she told him that he could convince the long-time ally that they were not his enemy and that they were friends. David was very proud of how brave Kari was becoming when she managed to free the enslaved Digimon by herself.
After that event and after the day the Digimon Emperor revealed himself to be well-known super-genius, Ken Ichijouji David grew furious as the boy genius made his plan of attack against the Digimon Emperor, personal. Obsessed with getting rid of his foes and taking over the Digital World, he enslaved Tai's Digimon, Agumon. The dark-haired trainer could not blame his cousin for his reaction to that incident. Heck, if someone dared captured and brainwash his Pokémon, David would see to it that the culprit would be six feet deep if no cops are around to serve justice to them. Despite such an ordeal, the Digidestined managed to rescue Agumon with the help of a reluctant Davis and the Digi-egg of Friendship that was placed in the location of the battle by none other than David Ketchum himself.
One Saturday, Kari managed to find herself able to enjoy a nice relaxing weekend. She decided to take Gatomon out as she rode on her bike. She stopped on some small beach that overlooked the Odaiba bay.
"Mmhmm, that milkshake was really good but seeing you drink through a straw is even better." Kari spoke as she felt a pleasant breeze. "Now we can take some pictures."
"No, wait…" Gatomon cried as she pleasantly sat in the basket between the handlebars of Kari's bike. "…the fish market's calling my name: GATOMON!"
"Oh right…" Kari said, persuaded by her Digimon's silly fish fetishes.
After going to the fish market and taking some good snapshots, Kari decided it was time for her to brush off certain skills she has in her.
"So Kari, what is this UPC stand for?" Gatomon asked as her partner was riding the bike.
"UPC stands for Underground Pokémon Coliseum." Kari answered.
"Pokémon?" Gatomon asked, quizzically. "Are they like Digimon?"
"In some ways, yes but in some ways, no." Kari answered again.
Kari then explained to Gatomon what Pokémon are really all about. She also told her that there was a multi-island/region country known as UltimaPokétopia as well as the ways humans interact with Pokémon. One of these interactions was being a Pokémon Trainer. She also explained to Gatomon of the art of Pokémon training, how there are strict laws concerning Pokémon in Japan that spawn the UPCs, and especially how she became a trainer after her experiences of being a Digidestined child.
"…and no Gatomon, I never replaced you with any of the Pokémon I have with me, not even my very first Pokémon." Kari assured her.
"What, you were going to replace me?!" Gatomon said…in mock-shock.
"No, no Gatomon you know I wouldn't…" Kari pleaded but was interrupted.
Gatomon laughed. "Just kidding! I got you really good, Kari. Anyways, I'm glad that you didn't."
"You know I would never replace you, Gatomon. In fact, you along with my cousins down in UltimaPokétopia are my biggest influences as to why I'm a trainer in the first place."
Gatomon glanced at Kari with a surprised look. "I am?"
Kari nodded. "Yeah, in fact I talk to my Pokémon a lot about you and all of them are pretty curious about you." She looked straight ahead. "Looks like we've arrived! Whatever you do, just pass off as a stuffed animal okay?"
Gatomon nodded as she was placed on her friend's right shoulder with her legs hanging down Kari's back and her paws hanging down Kari's front.
Kari then entered the UPC's front door and went down the escalator. She then headed over to the caretaker's room where all the Pokémon were being taken care of. She walked up to the window of the security guard to identify herself and get clearance.
"Name?" The guard asked in a monotone voice.
"Kari Kamiya, sir." She answered politely.
The guard then typed her name in a computer.
"Okay, then Ms. Kamiya your name checks out. Your Pokémon and Mr. Ketchum's are relaxing quite comfortably in their Poké balls."
Kari flashed a cute smile to the guard. "That's good to hear! Thanks a lot!
The guard gave her a small grin. "No problem! Have a nice day!"
Kari then got inside the large caretaker's room. She then went over to a series of shelves that have people's names labeled on it, alphabetically. The Child of Light then went over to the large shelve labeled, "Ketchum/Kamiya." She then got out eight balls that belonged to her.
"C'mon out everybody!" Kari exclaimed.
She then threw the balls in the air and brought out eight Pokémon. Gatomon, who got herself down stared in awe at the appearance of the eight creatures. With the exception of one, the other seven nearly looked similar to each other but were different factors, one in which was their body color. The biggest of the eight that was far different resembled a cross between some kind of insect and a dragon.
"Guys…I want you to meet my partner Digimon, Gatomon." Kari gestured to the Digi-cat. "Gatomon, the largest one there is Flygon, my very first Pokémon." Kari pointed to the winged Pokémon. She then pointed to a red-skinned and poofy fur Pokémon. "Flareon…" She then gestured from left to right a Pokémon that had leafy like ears, one that had icy blue fur, another that had a fins on parts of its body, and one that had protruding needles all over its body. "Leafeon, Glaceon, Vaporeon, and Jolteon." She then gestured over to the last two Pokémon. One had lavender fur while the other one had black fur with what appeared to be gold colored rings in many areas of its body. "And finally those two are Espeon and Umbreon."
"(HI GATOMON!)" All of the Pokémon greeted in their own native tongue.
"Hi back to all of you as well!" Gatomon said as she bowed politely.
Kari looked down at her partner Digimon in surprise. "You can understand what they're saying?"
Gatomon shrugged. "Ah…yeah. I don't know about you, but to me they speak perfectly clear to me in our native tongue. Why, you hear something else?"
"Well, the Pokémon usually say their own names…repeatedly."
"I guess we Digimon can easily communicate with these Pokémon more easily then you humans can."
"That's interesting…anyways I got to go to the restroom. Be nice and please get along all of you."
All of the Pokémon and Gatomon nodded as she walked away.
"You think they'll get along with each other?" David asked.
"I'm pretty sure they will. I think all of them have a lot in common with Gatomon." Kari replied.
After Kari was finished using the restroom, she started on her way back to Gatomon and the others. On her way, she bumped into a couple of familiar faces.
"Hi Serenity!" Kari smiled at her best friend. She then was surprised to see the other person. "And hey Zane! Long time no see!"
"Kari!" Serenity greeted back.
"Hey to you to, Kari!" Zane replied. "You here to see your Pokémon and battle?"
Serenity looked at her friend, surprised. "You're a Pokémon Trainer too, Kari?"
Kari nodded. "Yeah, I learned how a lot from my cousin. What brings you here, Serenity?"
"Oh, Zane and I met a while back and I became fast friends with him. He's showing me what Pokémon are all about."
Kari smiled. "That's good to hear. So Zane, I guess you're here to try out small tournaments?"
Zane smirked. "You got it! But, I'm just here to relax…being a full-time trainer can be stressful at times and so I came here since out of all the non-Pokémon inhabited countries, Japan here is more interesting. Anyways, I heard that one of the winners of the Hoenn League is staying here for a while and I want to battle him."
"That's nice." Kari said. "If I heard right, the champion's name is Drake and he's the one who beat my cousin along the way. I sure would love to get a crack at the guy. Anyways, I gotta go train my Pokémon so I'll catch you two later!" She then walked away and waved at her two friends as they waved back.
Zane had a curious look on his face as he watched Kari enter another room. 'There's some strange vibe I'm getting from that girl that is a lot bigger than usual. It's as if her body contains two souls."
"Zane, you alright?" Serenity asked, a little worried about her friend.
Zane shook out of his deep thought and grinned at his female companion. "Yeah I'm fine. Just thinking about what that Drake guy is capable of."
"Why don't we go see that guy personally?"
"That sounds like a good idea. Let's go!"
Serenity smiled as she wrapped her arm around Zane's. Zane blushed at the contact but continued to walk to the entryway to one of the arenas.
Meanwhile, Kari returned to room where Gatomon and all of her Pokémon were at. She saw that the Pokémon and Gatomon were having a good time chatting with each other. She also saw how Gatomon had a fun time riding on Flygon as he flew around the space they were in. Deciding to battle some other day, Kari decided to take two of the Pokémon with her just for fun and spent the rest of her day watching other people compete in Pokémon battles and the like.
Nightfall sets in as the young Kamiya settled into bed for the night. It seems like for the last few days after saving Andromon, she's started to have very strange dreams. She had dreams about a beach-like area in a grayscale setting that reeks of depression. Drops of water…sounds of waves of that ocean…and a deserted fishing village. These images often are considered a dream and yet it seems real. The occurrences of these dreams along with the quiet, low growls seemingly scare the Eighth Digidestined and making her vulnerable, yet all of it entices her to not ignore it.
Whatever these dreams were, she wanted to figure all of this out herself or at least hope these dreams would disappear, permanently. She convinced herself not to go to any of the other Digidestined's help…not even her partner Digimon, Gatomon, her brother, Tai, or even the spirit of her cousin, David. No, despite not sleeping too well the last few days Kari wanted to unravel what was going on. As she killed the lights and fell asleep with Gatomon in makeshift bed, her Pokémon comfortably tucked in their balls, and the spirit of David sleeping with his back to the wall, a small wave of darkness undetected by all of the occupants of the room surrounded Kari. This small wave of darkness loomed harmlessly ever since the day she returned to the Digital World and reunited with Gatomon. As each week passed, this looming darkness seemed to intensified, yet its presence remains undetected.
Opening her eyes, the twelve-year old girl finds herself in front of a vast ocean. Looking around she finds herself in a bay. Across from her was a long line of land that connected to a peninsula. On that peninsula was a lighthouse with its large light on top remaining off.
"Where am I?" Kari asked to no one in particular. "What is with this place looking like a negative of a photograph?"
All of a sudden, Kari was forced to grasp her head with both of her hands as a wave of nausea flew overwhelmed her. She shrieked in mental pain and in fear as the vibes of this gloomy place took its toll on Kari's sanity. In that instant she heard a loud rasping, heavy breathing sound that was nowhere near human.
"What's that!?" Kari yelped at the inhuman sound.
Her body violently trembled uncontrollably as continued to be terrified out of her soul. With her back facing the ocean, a big black tentacle that looked to be smoke rather than color ascended out of the water and onto edge. In a fast pace, it moved in front of Kari and was about to coil around her.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Kari screamed.
"Umbreon! Kari!" Gatomon and Umbreon called out to their human partner.
Kari's eyes snapped open immediately and she quickly sat up in her bed. Breathing heavily as well as waking up in a cold drip of sweat, she saw on her bed Gatomon and Umbreon looking at her with deep worry.
"Gatomon…Umbreon?" Kari blankly wondered.
"Thank goodness." Gatomon sighed. "You had another bad dream. Umbreon was so troubled that he came out of his ball to check on you."
Umbreon nodded, his worry never leaving his black irises of his red eyes.
Kari weakly smiled as she placed both of her hands on her creatures' heads and gently pet them. "Don't worry you two, I'm fine. It's just a bad dream. It's nothing for you two to worry about. Thanks for the concern."
"What's the dream about?" Gatomon asked, wanting to find out in order to help her.
Kari shook her head. "Like I said before, it's nothing I'll be fine, really!"
Gatomon wasn't convinced about Kari being okay. The same could be said about Umbreon. However, out of respect they've decided to kill subject and let Kari get out of bed. Kari gathered her attire and exited out of her room and into the bathroom.
Gatomon and Umbreon looked at each other.
"Um bre um breon umbre bre bre on. (I don't think Kari is as fine as she says she is.)" Umbreon told his digital counterpart.
Gatomon nodded. "I agree, but I don't think we should pry into her business. The girl sometimes gets as stubborn as her brother. I say we should just keep a close eye on her."
Umbreon nodded. "Breon. Umbreon breon umbreon bre on on umbreon. Umbreon umbre on umbreon bre um on bre um. (Good idea. You're going to have to do that since I'm not allowed to go out being a Pokémon and all. You look after her for the rest of the day while I contemplate what I sensed in her in my ball.)" Umbreon chirped.
Umbreon then jumped up to Kari's table where his Poké ball was at. Using his front paw, he tapped on the ball and withdrew to its cozy confines.
Half an hour later, Kari was walking on her way to school, alone. Well…David was beside her so it wouldn't really qualify as being alone. As with Kari's Digimon and her Pokémon, David too was worried about her. Back in her room, his eyes snapped open when he heard Kari's quiet scream. He wanted to check on her but Gatomon and Umbreon beat him to it.
"Are you sure you're okay?" David asked.
"Yes…I'm fine." Kari assured him. "It was only a bad dream."
"If you say so…just looking out for you know for the record."
"I appreciate it, David. But I'm okay."
"Okay then…hey, I'm going to go be in someone else's body 'cuz I don't feel like being in a classroom. I'll come back later on during lunch. Take care!"
"You too, David…"
David emerged out of Kari's body and walked ahead to determine which person who he should possess. He saw what appeared to be a homeless man. Though reluctant, he saw it as a way to be able to do what he pleased without alerting suspicion to what his hosts were doing out of their usual daily routine.
Meanwhile, Kari was contemplating the effects of her recent bad dreams had on her conscience. Though it scared the preteen at times, it was simply just a bad dream…or was it?
'Get yourself together it was just a dream.' She told herself in her mind.
Perhaps she learned it from David in one of her travels with him or from somewhere else, but whatever the reason, Kari could not help but feel as if she was being followed. She turned her head quickly as much as body could allow it to see who it was. "Stay away!" Kari yelled, with terrified eyes. However, she realized that her paranoia got the best out of her as it was only her best friend, T.K., who was surprised at her sudden outburst. "Oh, T.K.!" Kari blushed in embarrassment. "Sorry…"
Before T.K. could say anything, the two heard panting from behind and with bad timing, Davis ran up to the side of them.
"C'mon guys! You heard the principal you don't want to scrap gum do you?" Davis told them and ran forward.
Kari gasped upon the realization and raced after him while T.K., despite being puzzled with Kari's sudden outburst, followed suit.
As the bell to begin first period of middle school rang David, in the body of a bum, decided to walk around the outside perimeter of the school. As he looked around, his eyes widened in shock as far up ahead of him was a young woman. It wasn't just any young woman: she had long, black, raven hair, and wore what appeared to be a private school uniform.
'Oh no, it's Raye-sempai!' David exclaimed in his thoughts. 'If she senses me in this vessel, she'll think I'm an evil spirit and disperse me with her magic charms. I got to keep a wide berth!'
Using the bum's body, David ran across the empty street as fast as this guy's legs could take him and went to the beach. Raye, who didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, continued to read into the documents she received about being a voluntarily guest speaker in Odaiba Middle School.
'If I heard right, one of Serena and Amy's cousins are suppose to be in this school.' She thought. 'Maybe I might run into them or something.' She simply shrugged and just continued her way to the front gate of the school.
"This sucks…" David said. About a few hours have passed since he kept away from Raye. He complained about how boring it was controlling a bum so he left his body. "I'm just going to roam the halls of this school and find a suitable host to possess for now."
Before he could even think about reentering the school, David spotted Kari in front of the school gates. He noticed that she was staring suspiciously at the beach from across the street. Though he couldn't hear what she was mumbling, David decided to advance towards her.
'Oh, Kari…' David said in his head. 'I really don't know where you get that stubbornness from. I wish you would just straight up tell me what's wrong.'
As he was only about a couple of meters away from his cousin, she walked across the cross line and toward the beach. As she stopped walking, she closed her eyes and looked over at the bay.
David watched on, wondering why she would leave school so early. His eyes widened in shock once again, disbelieving at the sight he was seeing: his cousin's body became transparent. Her body fizzled in and out, like a picture from a television set that struggled to get reception.
"What the hell?!" He blurted. "KARI!"
"Kari!" Gatomon's voice called out. "Kari! Are you okay? What's happening to you?"
Ignoring Gatomon's presence, David decided to run up to Kari. However, before he manged to reach her, her entire body vanished and left behind her backpack.
"KARI! KARI!" David shouted, horrified at what just happened. "Oh son of a bitch! Where the hell did she go!?"
"Where'd she go?!" Gatomon blinked
"My thoughts exactly." David said, though Gatomon cannot hear him. He then jolted in shock for some reason. He looked at his arms and saw that they were slowly fading. Fortunately, it stopped. 'Goddamn it! Since Kari disappeared completely and is probably somewhere very far away, I'm fading away since my main vessel is far beyond my reach. I better possess someone quickly or I'm history!'
Entering the school grounds, David came across an adult male. He had dark brown curly hair and wore rectangle lens glasses. Not hesitating one bit, he dived into his body.
"Keegakergerk!" The man shouted.
Looking at himself, David felt some kind of squared object from his back pants pocket. He took out what appeared to be his wallet and opened the flaps to see the I.D. card.
"Mantarou Fujiama eh?" David/Mr. Fujiama quietly spoke. "It'll do for now until I get one of the Digidestined's bodies to use. Now where's that computer lab?"
Searching around the rooms, David kept a low profile as he discreetly searched for the computer lab while avoiding contact with other teachers and school personnel. Unfortunately, he never paid much attention to where what room is what in his cousin's school. Half an hour from searching and hiding, he found the computer lab on the third floor. He noticed from afar that Cody and Yolei exited out of the lab. He assumed that Gatomon told them all about what happened with his cousin. Heading over to the nearest boy's restroom, David ditched Mr. Fujiama and headed out to the computer room. With luck, he spotted Kari's obsessive friend, Davis who was with his partner Digimon, staring at a computer screen with his "D3" as they called it in his hand. David frowned at the stubborn look he has on his face as he determined that he probably wasn't thinking logically.
"I don't care what T.K. says, I know Kari's in the Digital World and I'm gonna save her instead of digging up clams..." Davis angrily said in front DemiVeemon. "…on that stupid, sandy beach!" He then pointed his D3 at the screen as it made its usual computer sounds. "Here I go, Kari! Digi-Port open!" However, nothing happened. "I just changed the stupid battery!" He complained. "Digi-Port open!"
And yet, nothing happened. Davis grunted in defeat and pounded the computer desk.
"I swear, Tai's 'Mini-Me' is three times much worse than him and Ash put together." David shook his head in annoyance. "However, you did make yourself much useful to me…with your constant jealousy with T.K."
Nothing wasting much time, David crept up to Davis…
"What now, Davish?" DemiVeemon asked.
"I'm not going to give up yet. I ain't going to let T.P. be my girl's hero. Not in a million…keegakergerk!" Davis' body convulsed side-to-side, his eyes widened for a short moment.
The small blue and white Digimon tilted his head in confusion. "A million keegakergerk? What are you talking about?"
His human partner looked at him. "You talking to me?" David/Davis asked.
"I don't think I'm talking to anybody else." DemiVeemon replied, tilting his head the other way.
"Nevermind, I'm just being silly. Listen I gotta take off for now, I'll catch you later. Bye!" David/Davis quickly said as he exited out of the computer room, leaving a confused DemiVeemon behind.
'I did hear Kari mumbling something about a beach this morning.' David said in his thoughts as he walked downstairs and finding the nearest exit out of the main building. 'Looks like T.K. caught on with that somehow. Heh, I guess I can trust that guy over Davis any day of the week.' David then placed Davis' goggles on his eyes. 'Hang on, cousin! Help is on the way!'
Meanwhile in some darkened beach, Kari helplessly looked on as an enslaved Airdramon was wreaking havoc around her and several amphibious fish-like Digimon known as Divermon (A/N: That's right readers, Divermon, not Scubamon!). After, realizing that she got transported to another world against her will, Kari walked passed an abandoned fishing village similar to the one in her dreams and headed over to the beach. Spotting a cave, she hoped that it might take her out of this ridiculous world. As she went further in, she spotted these Divermon who claimed to be enslaved by the Digimon Emperor as they were serving their god, the "Undersea Master." Kari was perplexed by this and thought Digimon could not understand religion. They claimed that they were responsible for summoning her here since they believe that she could help free them. Suddenly the cave rumbled violently by that Airdramon and with Kari's help via her hidden powers of light, she and the enslaved Digimon. Unable to do much of anything by herself, Kari collapsed on her knees and contemplate her grim situation.
"I feel so helpless…" Kari whimpered. "…my brother would know what to do. I need you Tai…" She thought of her big brother. "David…Ash…Serena…" She thought about her cousins. One was roaming about in Odaiba. The other was somewhere in a regional island of his home country. The last one was somewhere far off in Tokyo. "…Gatomon…Flygon." She then thought of her own partner Digimon and her most loyal Pokémon. She closed her eyes. "THE NATIONAL GUARD!" She yelled as her stress got the best out of her. She then thought of another person. The person that out of all of the Digidestined she was friends with, this person she liked the most as her best friend. This person was the one whom she told him what happened to her in math class. This person was the one who said that he wouldn't let this scenario happen to her because he cared a lot for her. This person was…
"T.K.!" Kari called out lastly.
Meanwhile…
"Oh, T.K. I hope you know what you're doing." David/Davis muttered.
He watched on as he saw T.K., Gatomon, and Patamon calling out Kari's name from the edge of a cliff that overlooked the Odaiba bay. All of a sudden, a small void of glowing pinkish light appeared in the sky. Appearing from that void was a familiar yet gray form.
"T.K.!" The grayed image of Kari yelled to him.
"It's her!" T.K. said as he and Patamon jumped up and floated over to the void.
"T.K., wait!" Patamon said as he flew after him. Gatomon soon followed after muttering something.
"You're not going without me!" David said as he quickly cast himself out of his host as Davis passed out.
David then floated upward and entered T.K.'s body without possessing him. The three or rather four vanished.
They then crashed landed on some cliff. As they all regained their bearings, they all found themselves in a different dimension…a darkened dimension.
"T.K., promise me we'll never do that again!" Gatomon complained.
With great luck for the three or four heard a familiar voice again…
"T.K.! Gatomon! Patamon!" Kari called out, glad to see them again.
"There she is!" T.K. exclaimed. Unbeknownst to him, David emerged out of his body. He was relieved to see her in one peace.
"Hey guys! I'm right down here!" Her relief intensified as she saw David coming out T.K.'s body.
"Stay there!" T.K. instructed. He then saw Airdramon growling in the sky and coming towards them. "Time to rock, Patamon!"
Patamon smirked. "Right!"
As T.K. armor digivolved Patamon and engage in battle with the enslaved Digimon, Gatomon climbed down the cliffs to her partner. Being a spirit, David ran and jumped off the cliff to meet up with her cousin.
"Man it pays to be a ghost…no broken bones from falling off such distance." David said as he landed right in front of Kari. He then gently placed his hands on her shoulders as she beamed in relief that even her ghost of a cousin showed up. "Thank god, you're alright I was so badly worried about you!"
Kari grinned at her cousin. "Well aside from being a sitting duck to that Airdramon and all, I'm fine. Thanks for coming after me!"
"No problem, kid! That's what family is for of course! So what happened?"
Kari walked over to the enslaved and weakened Divermon. She explained to David everything she'd been through when she was in this dimension.
"Whoa…it seems like trouble follows you like a lost puppy." David commented after being informed of what his cousin had been through since being transported to this dimension.
"You can say that again!" Kari remarked.
Just then, Gatomon got down the cliffs and ran up to Kari. Though she's glad that her human partner is safe, Gatomon's attention was dealing with the belligerent Airdramon.
"Quick, Kari, I have to armor digivolve now!" Gatomon said.
Kari was about to try and make that possible when reality hit her like a ton of bricks. "But I don't have my D-Terminal or my Digivice!" She exclaimed.
Gatomon's eyes widened as she realized what happened to it. "We're toast!" She then looked over at Pegasusmon and T.K.. They were dodging every attack the enslaved Digimon threw at them. " I don't know how much longer they can last!" She then noticed the lighthouse out in the ocean. Shining dark light, she felt a negative vibe coming from that sinister tower. This feeling was similar to the vibes of a certain black structure she was use to dealing with by now. "Kari, I think I sense a Control Spire in that lighthouse!"
"Are you sure, Gatomon?" Kari questioned. "It's a weird lighthouse and all, but…"
"Trust me! I can feel the same negative energy as I can from those Control Spires. If I can get Pegasusmon to destroy it, I might be able to digivolve."
Kari looked at Gatomon questionably. "But what makes you think…never mind. Just be careful, okay?"
"We'll do." Gatomon winked. She then ran over to the bottom of the cliff and climbed back up in hopes of intercepting Pegasusmon and T.K..
Meanwhile, David was glaring over at the group of Divermon that were responsible for bringing his cousin here and nearly scaring the crap out of her. He couldn't help but feel like those creatures that claim to be Digimon were up to something despite being bound by these Dark Spirals. He decided to withdraw back into Kari's body to watch her back in case something fishy goes on.
'This place…' David noted. 'It feels like I've been here before and it wasn't very good at all. Arrgh! Why can't I remember anything that happened on that day I died?! I need to remember so I won't feel so lost on everything!'
Back to the feline Digimon, Gatomon managed to jump onto Pegasusmon. She instructed the winged, armored horse to take out the lighthouse that. Using a full blast of his projectile attack, Pegasusmon managed to destroy the lighthouse which crumbled and revealed the Control Spire. The black tower then tipped over as the result of the attack. To much of the surprise of all in the area, a pink beam of light descended from the gray sky. Seeing this as an opportunity, Gatomon dived from Pegasusmon into the pink beam. After a few moments, the beam dissipated and Angewomon appeared enveloped in a warm pink aura. She then spotted Airdramon coming towards her, but Pegsusmon fired a green beam and struck the assailant.
The beautiful female Angel Digimon then crossed her arms as she charged some form in energy on them. "Heavens Charm!" She released from her arms, a shining pink cross of holy energy. Sailing like a laser, it struck Airdramon and destroyed the violent creature immediately as it dissolved into pixels.
After the battle, T.K. and Pegasusmon landed on a different part of the beach as Pegasusmon dedigivolved back into Patamon. At the same time, Angewomon descended a little bit towards Kari and the school of Divermon.
"Angewomon, you've got to help them!" Kari told her.
Angewomon extended her hands. A warm, pink light glistened on the five Divermon there and the Dark Spirals were instantly removed from their bodies. The Divermon were in awe as they were liberated from the grasp of the dark man that put those things on them in the first place.
Kari smiled, closed eyes and laughed at what seemed to be a positive event. However, she heard some unpleasant raspy howls and opened her eyes as her smile and chuckle died as she bared witness to what was happening to the Divermon. Their bodies had turned completely black; looking as it their entire body was a swirl of trapped smoke. Their bodies also enlarged and were writhing about, bulging, and making those familiar sounds Kari heard from her bad dream. As their horrifying transformation completed, Kari stepped back at the sight before her: lacking a neck with the only different color they had were their bright, yellow, reptilian eyes, they all stood hunched over a good head taller than Kari and their limbs were longer like a starved frog's. Kari increasingly grew disturbed by the overall appearance of these Digimon…if they were still considered to be Digimon that is.
"Much better…" Said one of the dark creatures.
"Now that's what I call a red eye reduction." Commented another.
Kari noticed how they were all edging towards her. She was getting increasingly disturbed by all of this. "Wait a second, you guys asked for my help and I gave it to you! What do you want now?" She gasped as one of the shadowy creatures grabbed her arm. "Let go of me!"
T.K. saw this from afar. "Let her go you creeps!" Despite being far away, T.K. ran as fast as he could with Patamon not far.
"Come…with…us, child. You'll be our new queen. We need you!" The creature from the right of the one that grabbed Kari said.
"Yes…" The dark creature that grabbed Kari agreed. "The reason we call you…is because you are worthy of being our bride and our queen. In order to fight our malevolent god, we must create new offspring." The monstrosity continued as Kari struggled to break free.
Kari snapped her eyes closed, a mixture of fright and anger boiling her mind. "I trusted you guys and you lied to me!" She angrily shouted.
Angewomon shot from her index finger a pink energy beam nearby the mutated Divermon. Though it got most of the Divermon's attention, the one that grabbed Kari didn't let go.
"No…we need this girl!" He shouted at Angewomon. Another dark creature grabbed Kari by the side.
However, a certain spirit inhabiting the Digidestined Child of Light refused to let this go on. In fact, the whole thing made his blood boil. "Kari! Hang on! I'm taking over!"
Kari closed her eyes as her body went limp for a moment. Her eyes then snapped open and she glared at her captor with stormy ruby eyes.
"LET GO!" David/Kari snapped.
Using his cousin's free arm, David balled the hand into a fist and punched the shadow creature that grabbed Kari's arm. The impact knocked the creature down on his back, releasing Kari's other arm. David immediately grabbed the other creature that grabbed Kari's side and struck his elbow with Kari's knee. The creature shouted in pain as he released his would-be queen/bride only to be met with Kari's left sole slamming his face and causing him to be sent flying to the other four dark creatures.
Not taking any chances, Angewomon fired another energy beam at the group of hostiles. Though the beam struck them all, rather than destroying them the attack created an explosion enough to send the five hurling next to the waters and further away from Kari.
Getting the complete message, the five mutant amphibians decided to step back into the waters. Deciding that he did his job, David allowed Kari to regain control of her body. She sighed in relief and in grief at what just happened.
"Chosen one…but we thought you would love to be our queen." One of the mutants believed as they stepped further back. "We also believed you would be glad to be our bride…with your power you could lead us in the battle against our undersea master! But, I guess we were wrong…very well. We will return to the depths, to our former god. And…wait for the time."
"But beware, child…" One of the creatures took over where his associate left off. "Our god/master can sense your power too and he will come for you."
As Kari looked on with anguish, she saw David run over to the water where it covered his ankles. Pretending that he was actually in his own body, he did the only thing he could do to express his great displeasure for them: he flipped them off with the "double-bird."
"That's right back to the watery hole where you crawl out of!" David shouted though only Kari could hear it. "You dare wish to rape my cousin…you dare stalk her in her life…YOU DARE BRING HER HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AGAINST HER WILL! Well, you better stay in that watery crap hole you sons of bitches! 'Cuz I'll get you…and I'll mutilate your mind, body, and soul! YOU HERE THAT YOU GODDAMN PIECES OF AMPHIBIAN CRAP!"
Kari sighed as T.K. calmly walked over to her. This whole thing was way too much for her. She didn't even feel like reprimanding David for his violent thoughts or for his colorful language. She lowered her head down and sighed again. "I'm ready to go home now."
T.K. placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "It could be worse, we could be scrapping gum at school."
Kari looked over at her best friend and smiled sadly.
T.K. then looked up at Angewomon. "So, how do we get out now?" He asked, curiously.
Kari…along with David then felt a strange positive energy. They as well as Angewomon, who sensed it as well looked up to see another ray of pink light shining in a large circular shape.
"I guess that must be our ticket out of here." Angewomon remarked.
After making brief preparations, T.K. mounted onto Pegasusmon once again while Kari got scooped up securely by Angewomon. The two winged Digimon then ascended from the ground and into the sky. They entered the pink light in the sky. In it, the pink light then changed into what appeared to be a bed of colorful flowers of light under a blue sky.
"Thanks for coming after me, T.K.." Kari sincerely said. "I really appreciate it."
T.K. smiled. "It's okay, Kari. I know you'd do the same for me."
Kari smiled back and then thought of something earlier. "Hey T.K., remember this morning when you said you really cared for me? What did you mean by that?"
Fortunately for the boy, Kari was looking down at the colorful scenery to not notice him blushing. "Huh? Well, you know...it was just...stuff." He stammered unable to really say what he truly wanted to say.
Kari smirked. "Well, you know what? I care for you too."
Blushing lightly, T.K. felt quite blissful with what she just said.
Both preteens then flashed a calm smile at each other.
"And thank you too, David." Kari said in mind where her cousin resided in. "I will always be thankful for everything you do for me."
"You're welcome, Kari. After all, you really mean a lot to me…besides we're family so don't you forget it!" David said, acknowledging the gratitude.
Kari chuckled a bit. "You know I won't!"
Another flash of light erupted. The next thing the four of them (or five) saw, they were back on the beach of their home. The Digimon dedigivolved back to their usual forms and they all just left the beach. They all decided that they should only inform only the older Digidestined about this but keep it a secret from Davis and the others so they won't get way too worried about Kari's well being.
Nightfall came by once more. Though, the ordeal that occurred that day ended with her being returned to her world safe and sound, Kari's memories of what happened that day still lingered on. What was that world, and what is that dark undersea master that was after her?
'Just thinking about everything those fake Divermon wanted to do to me still makes my stomach curl and my entire skin crawl.' Kari thought. Though Gatomon was asleep and so were her two Pokémon she brought in her, whom remained in their Poké balls, she had difficulty sleeping. 'I really hope I can get through this night…' She hoped with all her heart. She then glanced over on the end of her bed to see the spirit of her cousin sleeping with his back to the wall next to her bed. Next to her on her bedside also was a long sheathed sword that David suggested she get from his apartment and kept it next to her for "protection." She then looked over at Gatomon, who was peacefully sleeping next to her in bed. Kari weakly smiled to herself, closed eyes. 'I'm so thankful to have a lot of people caring about me. I'm also glad that T.K. came to me when I needed him the most. That is something I'll never forget…' The positive memories of when T.K., Gatomon, Patamon, and even David coming to her aid in that dark world helped her peacefully shut her eyes and begin her slumber.
Unknown to all again, a small shroud of darkness harmlessly surround Kari's sleeping form as well as her partner Digimon and her cousin.
To be continued…
Chloe: Once again the author made another cliffhanger to throw you readers off again. The next story shall unravel the Dark Ocean ordeal that haunts both Kari…and David. 'Til next time!
