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Digimon Tamers: Hazards Sorrow
Episode 18:Not giving up on a friend
Digital World
Deep within the darkest depths of the digital world lies Beelzemon's castle, it had been weeks since Takato Matsuki's death and he still sat celebrating in his throne. Currently he was drinking some kind of liquid as he continued to enjoy himself. Though Lilithmon had stopped celebrating with him a while ago he still wanted to enjoy himself, wanting to get as much excitement as he could over the tamer of the hazards death. Suddenly though he felt a chill in the air as he turned to one of his lackey's "Hey who turned up the AC?"
The lackey shrugged as he turned forward now noticing a hooded figure standing in the room with him. Beelzemon narrowed in his eyes and grumbled to himself, "Daemon do what do I owe the pleasure." The hooded figure spoke with a deep growl and having an almost growl to it, "Beelzemon why are you still celebrating? There are still other tamers and yet you do nothing." Beelzemon waved him off, "They ain't no threat to us hood face so just relax."
Daemon growled at him, "You and I both know any human who bonds with a digimon is a potential threat so I ask again why are you doing nothing?" Beelzemon frowned at him growing annoyed, "Even if they reach mega level they won't be a threat so I see no point in wasting any of my boys to go try and kill them." Daemon sighed, "Very well if you insist on being so lazy I suppose I'll have to send someone myself." Beelzemon laughed at him, "Yeah good luck with that, let me know how that goes."
He laughed to himself as Daemon excited his throne room, surely the demon lord of gluttony was just lazy, after all how hard could it be to kill some measly humans. He thought of going himself, but last time he did that he ended up in the dark ocean for a year. No he'd send one of his subordinates instead, they'd surely be enough to do the job.
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Shinjuku,Japan
The lunch bell rang as students flocked out of their classrooms ready to go eat lunch. Gathering on the roof of the high school were three of the tamers, Ryo and Rika missing from the group. Henry leaned against the wall as he looked at Alice, "So what did you and Ryo have to talk about?" Alice sighed, "We'll talk about it when Ryo gets here, by the way Jeri, any luck in getting Rika up here?" Jeri shook her head, "Nope, soon as the bell rang she was gone as usual." Alice nodded, "She probably went to mope somewhere." Jeri smiled, "I'll go see her after school, I've been wanting to try and help her anyway." Alice was about to open to speak about the idea before the door swung open and Ryo appeared from it, out of breath.
His uniform was a little out of place and his hair was messed up a bit. He frowned, "Sorry, fangirls wanted me to have lunch and got grabby when I said no." The others said nothing as Ryo sat down on the bench next to them, "Right so what are we talking about?" Alice glared at him, "What you and I have been up to recently." Ryo nodded reluctantly, "Right, now remember no one tell Yamaki about this, it'll harm our chances of pulling this off if he knows." Henry nodded, "Yamaki has been too busy with some project anyway, so what's this big secret?" Ryo sighed, "Alice and I have been trying to track down that guy Takato was friends with, what was his name uhhhh Shibumi." Jeri raised an eyebrow, "Why are you trying to find him? He didn't really want anything to do with us."
Alice responded to her, "He didn't really want anything to do with HYPNOS, hence why we aren't telling Yamaki." Henry nodded, "Ok so why are you trying to track this guy down anyway?" Ryo's face got serious as he looked down at the ground, "Because I had remembered the way he and Takato had talked about that digimon appearing, how it wasn't random. Then there was that symbol that stopped his program, the two seemed to know it." Alice frowned and continued for him, "Ryo thinks there's some big bad digimon who's been sending digimon after us and as much as I hate to admit it he might be right, so we think Shibumi and Takato knew about who it was."
Henry frowned, "I know I agree, I've been thinking that way since IceDevimon, that attack wasn't random, someone sent him after us." He sighed for a moment before continuing, "Plus when we had Takato captured he drew some things, some rather scary looking digimon including one I recognized as Daemon from the TV show, so I've been wondering if those drawings had something to do with it." Ryo nodded, "Maybe those digimon are the ones who are sending Digimon to the real world." Henry nodded, "It's entirely possible but we still haven't been able to identify the other digimon, they're complete unknowns."
Alice made a face, "Well I guess our main priority should be finding Shibumi, but we've had no luck." For the first time during the conversation Jeri spoke up, "Maybe Rika might know." Alice nodded, "Yeah we've thought of that since maybe Takato might've told her something but she's not exactly in a helping mood." Jeri smiled, "Don't worry about that, I'll get her out of this funk." Henry frowned at his girlfriend, "You sure Jeri? Every one of our attempts to get her out of this mood of hers has been met by some very hostile resistance from her."
Jeri nodded, "Yup! If I can help a friend then I'll do it no matter what, so I'm not gonna give up till Rika is better." Alice shrugged, "Alright then, Jeri if you need our help just let us know but for now we'll concentrate on finding Shibumi and leave Rika to you." Ryo and Henry nodded in agreement, they needed to find Shibumi sooner rather than later. Before it was too late and whatever the evil digimon were planning kicked off.
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9 Years Ago
It was raining outside as 8 year old Jeri practically ran across the hallway of her house carrying a glass of juice. Arriving at a door the young girl opened it and entered, smiling as she did. A frail looking woman laid in bed and Jeri walked over and set the juice down next to her, "I brought you some juice Mama." The woman smiled at her, "Thank you Jeri, I don't know where I'd be if you weren't helping me." Jeri smiled at her mother, "I know I can't do much Mama but I still want to help you." Her mother nodded, "And that's what I love most about you, you always want to help even in the tiniest way possible."
She began to cough violently as Jeri looked at her alarmed, "Are you ok Mama? Do you need me to go get Papa?" Her mother shook her head, "I don't have much time left Jeri so I want you to make me a promise." Jeri nodded, "Anything for you Mama" Her mother coughed again and smiled at her, "Promise me you'll always try to help the people you care about and never give up on them ok?" Jeri smiled, "Of course I promise Mama." She began to cough and wheeze again, "Good, thank you Jeri."
She began to cough and wheeze some more and the door shot open with her father entering in, it all became a blur as she was rushed out of the room. Within the next couple of hours time seemed to zoom by, doctors came and went, some people came by with a stretcher. Finally after it all her father came to her in tears, telling her that her mama was gone. Jeri cried for a long time after that, but she wouldn't forget the promise she made. She'd always try to help the people she cared about, because she knew wherever her mama was now, it was making her happy.
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Present Day
Jeri arrived at Rika's house rather quickly after school let out. She had wasted no time in heading there because she had her mind focused on one thing, helping Rika. She knocked on the door lightly and waited for a response, according to the others it had been either Riley or Renamon answering the door and Rika never came to the door herself since she didn't want to see anyone. After a few moments there were some shuffling sounds coming from the other side of the door before it swung open revealing a very tired looking Riley. Her hair was a mess and she wore what seemed to be pajamas and didn't have any makeup on. Still she smiled at seeing Jeri, "Hi Jeri, here to see Rika?" Jeri nodded as she was let in, "How are you doing Riley? You look pretty tired."
She answered with a groan, "I've been working late hours thanks to Yamaki's secret project, Tally and I are ready to kill him." Jeri frowned, "What is he working on that's so important?" Riley shook her head, "Top secret information can't really tell you, do you want anything while I'm awake?" Jeri shook her head, "Is Rika in her room?" Riley yawned and nodded, "Of course where else would she be? Is it your turn today to try and get her back to normal?" Jeri laughed, "I don't want her back to normal, I just want her to be ok." Riley nodded, "Right well good luck with that, I'm gonna go continue my nap." She waved to Jeri as Jeri responded with, "Sorry for waking you." Riley said nothing as she disappeared into her room leaving Jeri out in the living room alone.
She began her walk to Rika's room where she found a familiar fox standing near the doorway. Jeri smiled at Renamon, "Good afternoon Renamon, how are you?" Renamon glared at Jeri, "Rika just wants to be left alone so just go home." Jeri shook her head, "Can't do that Renamon, I need to help my friend." Renamon sighed, "Don't I didn't warn you." She did nothing as Jeri walked up to the door of Rika's room and slowly slid it open. The room was dark and gloomy and from what Jeri could tell Rika was simply lying on her bed listening to music. Hearing the noise Rika turned over to face Jeri, "What do you want Jeri?" Jeri stepped into the room and smiled, "I came to see how my friend was doing." Rika had no emotion on her face as the girl came in, "You've seen me not go away."
Jeri laughed, "You know I can't do that Rika." Rika sat up now getting annoyed, "Well what can you do? Cause you aren't gonna help me like the others have tried." Jeri nodded, "Maybe, maybe not, why not just tell me why you're upset." Rika rolled her eyes, "You know what's wrong." Jeri smiled at her and sat down next to her, "Humor me." Rika glared at her, "I blame myself Jeri, I didn't try hard enough to stop him and because of that another person I care about is gone from my life." Jeri frowned at her, "Rika you know he had to do it, there was no other way." Rika narrowed her eyes and practically began to yell at her, "We don't know that! For all we know there was something else that could've been done but since no one stopped him we'll never find out."
Jeri shot forward and hugged Rika trying to comfort the girl, "Rika, Takato wouldn't want you to be blaming yourself like this, there was nothing we could've done." Rika pushed the girl off of her, "Maybe there's nothing you could have done, but unlike you I'm not useless." Jeri looked at her friend, "Rika what are you talking about." Rika stood up and got closer to her, "You're useless and weak Jeri, it's all you've ever been. You accept Takato's death because you could never do anything anyway, you always need Henry or someone else to fight for you." Jeri shook her head, "Rika you don't mean that, you're just trying to push me away from helping you." Rika shook her head, "I'm just telling you the truth, you're weak and useless and quite frankly how nice you are disgusts me, it's because of people like you that we lost Takato, it's because of you that I lost someone who made me feel things I've never felt. Just go away Jeri I don't want to see your pathetic face."
Jeri felt tears begin to form and without looking at Rika turned and ran out of the room, most likely to leave the house. Rika looked satisfied as she watched her leave, "Well that got rid of her." She turned to Renamon who simply shook her head, "Too far Rika, that was just cruel." Rika shrugged, they just didn't understand she wanted to be left alone. Now with this little incident they would give her what she wanted and she could be left in peace.
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6 Years Ago
Young Jeri walked outside during lunch time, she was humming a song to yourself and didn't have a care in the world. As she walked she saw another student sitting on a bunch looking upset. Jeri didn't have any friends so she always tried to comfort whoever she saw that was sad, in hopes of making friends. She walked over and sat down on the bench next to the sad girl, "Hi I'm Jeri!" The girl said nothing as Jeri continued to smile, "So what's wrong?" The girl sighed, "I forgot my lunch today and I'm really hungry." Jeri smiled at her, "That's all? Well here I'll share my lunch with you." She removed her bag and took out her lunch offering half the sandwich she had to the girl. The girl hesitated at first before taking the half and began to eat it. For the next 15 minutes the two sat and talked and laughed together.
That changed though as another group of girls approached them. The one who seemed like the leader laughed at them, "Ew Yua what are you doing with this girl, she's weird." Jeri's new friend frowned at them, "She is?" The leader nodded, "Of course, she plays with this weird puppet and is weirdly nice, please tell me you aren't actually friends with her." Jeri looked at her friend, hoping she would stand up for her. Sadly though she got up and smiled at them, "Of course I wasn't hanging out with this loser, I was sitting here and she just wouldn't leave me alone, why would I ever want to go near someone like her."
The group of girls began to laugh and proceeded to walk off, including the girl she thought could be her friend. Jeri didn't mind though, she was able to help that girl and because of that it made them friends. Jeri wanted to help her friends even if they were mean to her, afterall a friend would never truly be mean, it was all just a joke. Jeri would keep helping people, just like she promised her mom she would.
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Present Day
She had walked home depressed and angry at herself. She wasn't so much sad about what Rika had said to her, far from it since she told herself those things all the time. No she was angry at herself for leaving Rika, she had always swore to never abandon a friend who needed help or leave them. Yet here she was, she allowed Rika's word to get to her and because of that she felt like she had failed at what she had promised her mother long ago. She sat in her backyard, quietly thinking to herself about what her mother would tell her to do. Elecmon had tried to comfort her but she had told him no, he then offered to call Henry for her but she told him no. He even humorously offered to go fight Renamon since Rika had insulted Jeri's honor, but Jeri laughed and told him no.
He had gone off somewhere to give her space, but she knew he was still near the house ready to spring into action. She found herself looking up into the clear late October sky and found herself at a loss, she needed strength because she knew she couldn't give up on Rika but she wasn't sure how to proceed. As she felt herself get lost in her thoughts a young voice called out to her, "Jeri are you ok?" Startled by the voice she looked over to see her 7 year old brother Masahiko. Her father had managed to meet a woman a year after her mother had died and they had gotten married. Jeri got a long fine with her step mother but both had understood she'd never replace her real mother.
Masahiko had been born when she was 10 and though he was only her half brother, she still loved him like a full one. She smiled at him, "I'm fine Masahiko don't worry about me." He sat down on her lap and frowned at her, "But you seem sad Jeri." Jeri nodded, "I am but you don't need to worry about me." He shook his head at her, "But you always help me when I feel sad so I want to help you." She ruffled his hair fondly, "It's a big sister's job to help you when you feel sad silly." He smiled at her, "Now it's the little brother's job to help the big sister." She smiled at him, he was smart for his age and was always insistent on helping her as much as she helped him. She sighed, "You know how much I like helping my friends right? Well I wasn't able to help one of them and they said some mean things so I'm sad I failed at helping them."
He looked at her confused, "But you're Jeri, you never give up on helping people, it's what you tell me all the time." She smiled at him, "Maybe you're right, after all I can't be Jeri if I give up on a friend right?" He nodded enthusiastically at her, "That's right!" It was funny how the encouragement from a 6 year old could inspire her again, or maybe it was that simple. She was Jeri so that meant she didn't give up on friends that easily. Deciding it was time to go confront Rika again she lifted Masahiko off her lap, "I have to go see that friend then, so go and play and I'll tell you how it turns out later." He let out a cheer of excitement and ran off as she turned to exit the house through the back gate.
As she began to walk she heard Elecmon's deep voice, "Done mopping I see?" She nodded, "I can't give up on Rika just yet." He smiled at her, "I knew you wouldn't give up Jeri, you're the heart of this team and Rika knows that. It's why she was so mean, to push you away." Jeri pumped her arms in determination, "Well she's not pushing me away, I won't let her." Elecmon chuckled, "Good Jeri, remember you're strong and you'll be able to help her." She nodded and now filled with determination, she practically began to run off to Rika's house. Elecmon laughed and began to follow behind her, maybe his pep talk worked a little too well.
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When she arrived back at Rika's house she found that Riley had left to go to work. Thankfully the door had been unlocked and if Jeri had to guess it was probably Renamon who did it, figuring that Jeri would be back. She marched through the home and slammed Rika's door open finding the girl still in the same position she'd left in. Rika sat up annoyed, "Didn't I get rid of you?" Jeri shook her head, "I'm not giving up on you Rika and you aren't giving up on yourself." Rika glared at her, "Just go away Jeri, raising your voice won't convince me of anything."
Jeri had decided it was time for tough love, "Takato would be disgusted at you Rika, he'd want you to keep on fighting and grow to be the best tamer you could be. Not laying down and giving up just because he's gone." Rika stood up clearly annoyed at the comment, "How the hell would you know how he'd feel!" Jeri wasn't backing down this time, "You and I both know Takato would never let anything stop him and he'd never want anything to stop one of us. He liked you Rika, clearly did and the you he liked was the determined and fiery girl who you'd face down any digimon and tell her partner to walk all over them, not the girl who sits in bed all day depressed."
Rika said nothing, she hadn't told anyone but Jeri was sure something had happened with them before he'd left that day. Jeri got closer to the girl and hugged her, "You can push me away as many times as you want Rika, but I'll keep coming, I will always be your friend and I'll always be around to share my lunch with you and talk to you when you're feeling down. So don't give up on us because we aren't giving up on you." Before Rika could respond Renamon appeared and cleared her throat, "As much as I hate to interrupt you giving Rika the tough love she needs, there's something coming and it's strong." Jeri nodded, fiercely determined, "Elecmon and I will go deal with it, Rika I'd love to have you join us, the tamers are nothing without you."
Jeri ignored whatever response she was going to make and ran out the door, leaving Rika standing there emotionless with Renamon watching her, "Well are we going to help her?" Rika said nothing, Jeri wasn't wrong and she hated to admit it.
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When she arrived at the part of town there was mist everywhere, it was cold and dark. Elecmon was already digivolved into Leomon frowned, "It must be something strong to create this much mist." Jeri nodded, "Then we better be careful then." A gust of wind began to blow at them nearly causing Jeri to be knocked back if it wasn't for Leomon holding onto her. A low and deep voice resonated from the black mist, "Tamer, my master has ordered your death." Jeri scanned the area trying to identify the digimon, "Who are you? Who is your master?"
A digimon about two feet larger than Leomon appeared from the darkness, "It matters not who my master is for you shall soon die." The Digimon was skeletal in appearance and carried a large staff as Jeri finally got a reading on it, "SkullSatamon, an ultimate level virus type, special attack is Nail Bone" SkullSatamon laughed as Leomon put a protective arm in front of Jeri, "Jeri stay back, you seem to be the target." SkullSatamon laughed more, "Awww is the little kitty being protective, no matter I'll delete you first, then I'll destroy the girl."
He shot forward targeting Leomon, "SKULL HAMMER" He brought his staff down at Leomon who blocked it with his sword, "LION SWORD" He slashed multiple times at SkullSatamon who was too fast, dodging every single one. He taunted Leomon, "I'm too fast for you kitty, I'll just let you tire yourself out and then defeat you." Leomon frowned and once again tried to attack, "FIST OF THE BEAST KING" The attack went forward and SkullSatamon strangely allowed it to hit him. Unfortunately it didn't seem to do much as he laughed, "I wanted to see how strong you were but clearly you're a joke, SKULL HAMMER"
He began to swing his staff multiple times at Leomon who blocked them with his sword but continued to struggle with the increasing attacks, "Jeri I could use some help." Jeri nodded and removed a card from her pocket, "DIGIMODIFY: POWER ACTIVATE" Leomon glowed with power and charged up another attack, "Hyakujūken" Multiple fist of the beast king's came out of his hand and with so many flying at him, some managed to hit SkullSatamon. Feeling a scratch on him SkullSatamon scowled at the lion, "Hmmmm kitty has claws, I suppose I should stop playing with you." The jewel on the top of his staff began to glow, "NAIL BONE" A powerful light came out of the staff and was fired at Leomon, and though he tried to block it with his sword, it was too much and his sword was shattered.
The rest of the attack hit him and sent him flying back, damaging him severely. Leomon was now fizzing as his data struggled to stay together, SkullSatamon smiled, "It's time to finish you off, NAIL BONE" Jeri braced herself as the attack came at both her and Leomon but it never came as a voice cried out, "TALISMAN SPELL" A protective barrier formed around them and Jeri looked up to see Taomon arriving into battle. SkullSatamon grew annoyed at the interference, "And who do you think you are?" Jeri smiled, if Taomon was here then that means Rika was too. Rika certainly had arrived, having ran up to Jeri who smiled at her, "I knew you'd come." Rika had a ghost of a smile on her face, "Well maybe the tough love worked, I'm done being depressed Jeri, I'm gonna become stronger because you were right it's what Takato would want." Jeri nodded, "Well we gotta take down the bone head over there first."
Rika nodded, "He doesn't seem too tough, a good warm up for Taomon since she's been rusty." Leomon stood up, "I won't back down yet, I will protect Jeri so she can keep helping others." Jeri nodded at her partner, "Well if you're still willing to fight then so am I!" A blue light began shining from the pocket where she held her cards and she pulled out a blue card causing Rika to smile, "Well that'll certainly tip the odds in our favor." Jeri knowing what to do swiped the card through her digivice,
"DIGIMODIFY:MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE." Her Digivice glowed yellow and a pulse shot out of it and hit Leomon as he began to glow, "LEOMON MATRIX DIGIVOLVE TO!" What emerged was a Leomon who was no longer in his simple pants, he was now clad in machinery and turbines on his limbs, his hair was longer and looked more ferocious, "GRAPLEOMON"
Jeri smiled at her partner as she read his data, "GrapLeomon, an ultimate vaccine type digimon, he uses various attacks from his mechanical limbs like Cyclone Turbine, Vortex Kick and King of Fist" GrapLeomon got into a fighting stance as Taomon floated down next to him, "Ready GrapLeomon?" He nodded and roared, "Let's take him down!' SkullSatamon growled at them, "I don't care what you digivolve into, as far as I'm concerned I can now kill two tamers when I'm through with you." Growling GrapLeomon shot forward as the turbine in his leg began to rotate faster, "VORTEX KICK" The spinning kick landed on SkullSatamon's staff but still caused him to be blown back a bit as Taomon fired an attack at him, "THOUSAND SPELL" The talismans hit the dark digimon causing him further damage, "Curse you fools, I won't let you touch me again."
He began to increase his speed as Taomon and GrapLeomon tried to attack him further but couldn't manage to land a hit as GrapLeomon once again tried kicking him, "CYCLONE TURBINE" None of the kicks hit SkullSatamon as he continued to run circles around the two digimon, hitting them with his staff when he could. The two tamers watched on helplessly, as Rika cursed under her breath, "Dammit they can't hit him." Jeri watching and remembering what had happened earlier gave her an idea, "Rika do you think Taomon could contain him in a barrier small enough for just him and GrapLeomon?" Rika nodded, "With a targeting card it should be possibly why?" Jeri smiled, "Because if GrapLeomon gets another good hit on him he's toast"
Rika nodded and removed a card for her belt, "Right let's do it then, DIGIMODIFY: TARGETING ACTIVATE" Taomon understanding the plan made the same hand seals as before, "TALISMAN SPELL" The barrier from before but now smaller managed to catch SkullSatamon and seal him with GrapLeomon as he started to yell, "HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING RELEASE ME!" GrapLeomon began to charge his turbines as fast as he could while growling at him, "You threatened my tamer and for that you must die." His turbines soon reached their highest limits as he shot forward with a punch, "KING OF FIST" It connected with SkullSatamon and as he began to break apart he yelled one last time, "CURSE YOU!"
Taomon let down the barrier as both Digimon began to catch their breaths leaving Rika and Jeri to celebrate. Rika turned to Jeri and frowned, "Jeri I'm so sorry for the way I treated you, it wasn't right." Jeri waved her off though, "Rika it's fine honestly, I wasn't gonna give up on you no matter how many times you pushed her away." Suddenly uncharacteristic of her Rika shot forward and hugged Jeri, "Thanks for being a good friend." Jeri smiled and returned her hug, hopefully wherever she was, her mother was proud of her.
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The next day everyone met up during lunch, Rika had apologized to everyone for being inactive for so long but had promised she was back for good. They had just filled her in about what they were currently focusing on when Jeri spoke up, "Well I can say there definitely is a master, SkullSatamon said last night he was here to kill us for his master." Alice nodded, "So we definitely need to find Shibumi, do you have any ideas Rika?" Rika put a hand on her chin and began to think, "Ryo do you remember that cafe Takato took us to in Nakano Broadway a few times?"
Ryo nodded, "Uh yeah, it's where that kid gave us terrible coffee, Takato said he liked going there." Rika nodded, "And I remember him saying once when it was just him and I who went that a friend who he met there a bunch introduced him to it." Henry raised an eyebrow, "And you think this friend might be Shibumi?" Rika shrugged, "I mean how many other friends does Takato have? Besides it's our best lead." Jeri smiled, "Alright I guess we'll just have to go to the cafe a bunch and just hope he's there at some point." It wasn't much but this is what they were going on, hopefully they'd find Shibumi and finally learn about whatever evil Takato had been keeping from them.
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The Server Tree
Deep within the server tree, King Drasil's own body and the royal knights base, the royal knights had successfully brought back Takato Matsuki. They had placed him in a healing pod and since then Alphamon had rarely left the room he was in. Omnimon had walked in to check on their leader, "It's been a few days, how's Takato?" Alphamon sighed, "His body is healing well and he shouldn't have any scars from his injuries but unfortunately he's in a coma."
Omnimon nodded, "His mind must be wandering elsewhere then." Alphamon frowned underneath his helmet, "We can only hope he awakens soon, the demon lords think him dead and they may capitalize on that by attacking the other humans." Omnimon nodded again, "If that happens then I swear to protect his friends while he sleeps, still I can only imagine what he's dreaming about in his state." Alphamon shook his head, whatever dreams kept Takato asleep he knew they couldn't have been good.
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It was dry, and hot and he was pretty sure he was laying in sand. His body hurt and he couldn't remember for the life of him how he got there. He opened his eyes and found himself staring at a blistering sun in the sky. He looked around and found his was in a crater in the ground, not too far from him was a still sleeping Guilmon in his own hole.
He looked around to see multiple other craters around him, a purple Digimon got up from his crater and looked at him, "You up Gogglehead?" He nodded as Impmon laughed at him, "Well then welcome kid to the Digital World." Takato nodded as he hauled his 12 year old body out of the crater, excited to see what adventures awaited him.
AN: Well that was a chapter. Hopefully everyone enjoyed and comes back next time as Takato's full origins and what he was up to for the 5 years before the story started will be revealed.