Jarceus: Hello everyone and welcome to chapter thirty-seven of Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Digital Detective, I hope you will all enjoy.
Firesage101: Ok what is the crystal about and is the Veemon and Rina coming back?
Jarceus: Just corrected the most probably auto-correct fail, but yes. Rina and Veevee are coming back. But, on the crystal? I think you'll guess at the end of the chapter.
Jarod: That's good.
Gatomon: It's sad…
Jarod: What is?
Gatomon: You'll see.
Last Time
"Hello." Greeted Mirei, who for reasons had her right arm and leg in a cast
"Wow, what happened to you?" Asked Agunimon shocked
"A certain someone didn't like me breaking the fourth wall." Sighed Mirei weirding Agunimon out before he went to put Jarod in the agency while Mastemon transferred Impmon's data into Jarod's digivice before noticing the crystal that Agunimon had found and become very concerned before she defused back into Angewomon and LadyDevimon before they both reverted back to their Gatomon forms
"This isn't good." Said Gatomon getting a nod from BlackGatomon
"Not in the slightest." Agreed BlackGatomon before they went to the detective agency to check up on Jarod.
Now
"Now let's hope no-one else came back yet." Said Agunimon as he walked into the Detective Agency to see that Jarod was awake and looking around "Oh you're awake." He said smiling at Jarod making him stare at him "Is… Is something on my face?" He asked confused
"Who are you?" Asked Jarod making Agunimon blink and stare at him
"How could you forget me? I'm Agunimon, remember?" Asked Agunimon concerned
"That doesn't ring any bells." Sighed Jarod "You seem to know me, so maybe you know my name. Can you tell me what me name is?" He asked making Agunimon realise what was going on
"YOU HAVE AMNESIA!" Screamed Agunimon in shock
"Isn't that the condition you get when you lose your memories?" Asked Jarod to himself before he nodded "Yeah, that's the thing. I guess I do have amnesia." He nodded making Agunimon sigh before sitting on the couch
"Great. Well, you asked for your name, it's Jarod." Sighed Agunimon making Jarod nod
"Thank you Agunimon. Could you help me get used to everything I possibly once knew?" Asked Jarod
"Sure, you're my tamer after all." Shrugged Agunimon as he got off the couch "First we should go see Ami and Takumi." He stated
"Ami? Takumi" Asked Jarod confused
"They're you siblings." Sighed Agunimon, already annoyed 'What did I do to get myself into this mess? I'm better at punching things, not talking.' He thought to himself as he led Jarod out of the Agency and out into the streets before they bumped into Ami
"Agunimon?" Asked Ami confused before she spotted Jarod "Oh, hey Jarod. It's nice to see you back up, Gatomon told me that Agunimon brought you back from the alternate world and that you were in pretty back shape." She stated
"I guess. I did get amnesia." Shrugged Jarod "And who are you?" He asked making Ami's mouth drop
"Jarod, this is Ami." Stated Agunimon simply making Jarod nod
"Thank you, Agunimon." Thanked Jarod politely before Takumi ran into him
"Sorry." Apologised Takumi
"It's ok. Knock the guy with amnesia over why don't you?" Sighed Jarod as he hopped up
"Wait what?" Asked Takumi surprised
"I'm guessing you're Takumi? Well, even if you're not I have to ask, are flying knives normal?" Asked Jarod confused
"I'm Takumi, and no, flying knives are not normal, why would you think that?" Replied Takumi confused
"Oh, then you and Ami should duck." Advised Jarod making the two hit the deck as two knives flew over them before a hooded man walked up to them slowly
"Hello, girl." Growled the man as he glared at Ami with somewhat of a predatory glare.
"Who are you?" Asked Jarod confused, because a large portion of his brain was telling him to run away
"My name is of no concern for you, but call me Death." Smirked the man as he lowered his hood showing the face of a pale skinned forty year old with a thick black beard, hair which looked like it was stained with dried blood, a brown eye and a scar going all the way over his closed left eye making Jarod shake for an unknown reason
"Alright then 'Death' what do you want with me?" Asked Ami confused before the man pointed at his scar
"Revenge." He growled simply as he pulled a Botamon out of his cloak before crushing it and absorbing the flakes of data it exploded into, making his muscles expand a little "I learnt that I could absorb those 'Digimon' to increase my own strength." He smirked before he disappeared and slammed Ami into the ground before planting a heavy boot on her face before he pulled out a knife "Revenge time." He smirked before he noticed a glow coming off of Jarod before a human Jarod punched him off of Ami
"Wait a second." Blinked Takumi as he looked between the Jarod that was standing next to him and the human Jarod that was glaring at Death
"What? Am I supposed to know that human?" Asked Jarod confused
"That's you." Stated Agunimon confused
"WHAT? HOW?!" Asked Jarod in shock as he watched his other self, who for the sake of simplicity call EJ (You'll know why later, I'm sure), glare at death
"How's that scar on your back?" Asked Death, smirking while EJ just glared at him and Jarod felt on his back for the scar and found it on his left shoulder blade "Oh, no reaction? I think the phrase is 'Stone faced killer' but really, that's more an insult towards me, 'cause, I'm the actual murderer here." He smirked before he ran at EJ making the 'human' move to the side before kicking Death in the stomach and disarming him of his knife, which EJ picked up and swung around a little before staring at Death
"Why isn't he talking?" Asked Agunimon confused
"He can't." Stated Mirei simply through Takumi's digivice "He's a data being without any vocal data." She explained
"Gr!" Grunted Death as he grabbed EJ's arm just before he cut him in the eye before Death kicked EJ away, making him drop the knife "I'm surprised you managed to last this long against my new power, but this ends now." He growled as he disappeared before EJ's left arm fell off, data leaking out of the wound before Death was grabbed by a tentacle that was familiar to everyone but Jarod and Death
"Those are." Started Takumi in shock as he stared at the Eater tentacles coming out of EJ's stump arm
"Eater tentacles!" Finished Ami just as shocked before EJ slammed Death into the ground using his tentacles before flinging the human back into the sky and grabbing him again, only to slam him into the ground again
"Take that you bloody murderer." Growled EJ in an unknown language which somehow Jarod understood perfectly before EJ wrapped Death in his tentacles and started slamming him into the ground continuously "This is what you get for trying to murder my sister!" He shouted making Jarod's eyes widen before shrinking back to normal as they became darker and he started glowing before EJ threw Death back into the sky
"Sun Ball Blast!" Shouted Jarod as he finished digivolving into Apollomon before he threw a massive sphere of fire at Death exploding him further into the air before he was grabbed by EJ and slammed back down "Sunfire Punch!" He called out as he punched Death in the face making him skid over the concrete before he flew back to Jarod just in time to receive a punch to the face "Iron Spikes!" He called out before the iron spikes on his back shot at Death and stopped him from moving
"Inspect Handler." Growled EJ as his tentacle hand turned into the same hand that Arata had before the fingers shot out at Death, piercing his shoulders, knee caps and elbows before the murderer burst into data which EJ absorbed greedily before his form started turning into static then into a normal Eater and then back to normal
"Thank you." Thanked Jarod smiling, happy for murdering Death
"You're welcome." Nodded EJ before he gave the crystal Agunimon found, only it had a line going around the middle of it. (If you need a reference, think of one of those round containers you get figures in at the shops for like a dollar, that type of gape thing.) "I think you know what to do." He smirked before he opened a portal and walked through it leaving Jarod alone with his siblings and Agunimon
"Let's see what's in here." Mumbled Jarod as he opened the crystal only for a stream of data to make him fly back and faint, the last thing he heard was the concerned screams of his siblings and digimon.
Jarceus: That's all for this chapter, I hope you all enjoyed.
Jarod: I lost my memories, then my other self, WHO I ABSORBED, came out of nowhere, beat up someone who almost murdered my sister, who also came out of nowhere, then he and I kicked ass and now I'm unconscious again.
Ami: Honestly, things seem to just get better.
Takumi: Your sarcasm is duly noted Ami. Now Jarceus is somehow going to make us suffer more from what you've said.
Jarceus: Do you really dislike me that much? Ahem, onto a new topic, tomorrow I will be posting the first chapter of a new story. And let me just say that a saiyan is having a journey.