Digimon Re: Adventure Chapter 4:
"Jou, could you do me a favor?" Koushirou brought up as he watched as Yamato and Sora came down the stairs into the living room. Jou, looking up from his hurt partner Digimon as he had finished wrapping bandaging around his wounds, nodded to Koushirou. "I need you to have a look at Sora for me, I'm concerned with her health not being an ordinary human based illness." Koushirou ordered, as Jou nodded, before getting up from the couch to walk over towards Sora.
As Jou had Sora get seated on a chair, Jou brought his medical kit to his side and took out a small tool of sorts; an emergency blood testing kit, "Now, hold still Sora while I guide you through this, okay?" Jou asked of Sora, as she nodded in response to him. As Jou got to work with testing for any possible results, Yamato looked over towards Koushirou with concern.
"You're thinking her illness is from a Digimon?" Yamato asked, as Koushirou nodded, bringing up the display screen on his laptop to showcase charts he had arranged. On the screen showcased various data of illnesses within the past 15 years; 73% showed illnesses from normal causes, and 27% showcases illnesses caused by Digimon.
"As you can see here, this is the general consensus of results over the past 15 years." Koushirou stated, as Tentomon pressed a key on Koushirou's laptop to bring up another chart. On the screen showcased a similar chart as before, only for within the current year, the year before, and the year before that. The illnesses caused by Digimon increased from 27% to 37% three years ago, then to 42% the next year, and finally 61% in the current year.
"This chart may simply be a cause of Digimon becoming more common over the past three years; within the last 15 years, humans eventually had to deal with the consequences of Digimon living among us, and the government gave us simple rules to follow in addition to the reconstruction of buildings to use metal alloys called Chrondigizoit Metal. Ever since then, the public had simple rules regarding if they were to have a Digimon alongside them. Mimi, if you'll please detail the rules." Koushirou explained, before pointing out Mimi, as Mimi stood to walk over towards the laptop, and connecting her digivice to it.
"As you can see, most of our Digimon we have are within Child and Adult Level. While the standard is Child Level Digimon under normal circumstances…" Mimi began to detail, as her digivice loaded images of Palmon, Agumon, and Jou's Digimon, labeled as "Gomamon", to the screen. "These are considered the standard and safest to own. However…" Mimi resumed, as she loaded images of two Adult Level Digimon, listed as Tailmon, and another of which that made Taichi almost choke on his drink upon seeing it; labeled as "Meicoomon".
"Not all Adult Levels are overly powerful as others can be; smaller Adult Level Digimon are allowed to be kept under normal circumstances. As for other Adult Levels…" Mimi said, as she pulled out her ID, as did Taichi once he recovered, and so did the others as well. The screen showed images of Greymon, Garurumon, Togemon, Birdramon, Ikkakumon, and Kabuterimon. Jou was listening as he showed his ID, like the others did, before going back to checking a sample from Sora's blood with a portable analyzer he had on hand.
"These particular Adult Level Digimon can only be owned or used by human partners who have a special serial code on their ID. You need to be 18 years or older to legally have a Digimon like this, which brings us to the next phase… Izzy, could you bring up some data for reference for me please?" Mimi asked after she explained; Koushirou didn't waste time with inserting his digivice through a special port just like Mimi's own. Taichi, however, stopped him and put his digivice in instead. Mimi didn't complain though; the images popped up with the proper results.
"Perfect Level Digimon, as you can see from these examples…" Mimi began, showing images labeled as "Lilimon", in addition to what Taichi's digivice loaded with "Parrotmon" and "SkullGreymon" on the screen. "These type of Digimon absolutely require a license to be presented on your ID if you're spotted by any officials with one of these Digimon. Perfect Level Digimon by nature are stronger than Adult Level Digimon. However, despite their name, they are not the strongest overall; the next phase, even further beyond if I may say, requires training beyond safe standards for either human and Digimon alike to achieve." Mimi began to say, as Tentomon pressed a button to progress through the data.
"Ultimate Level;" Mimi said, as GrandisKuwagamon showed up on the screen. "These are the strongest Digimon humans have discovered so far. Rumors of a higher stage, temporarily dubbed 'Super Ultimate' is spreading around, but since no Digimon have been identified as such directly, nobody can confirm a higher stage than Ultimate." Mimi began to explain, as Taichi walked up and showed his ID to the group.
"And there's the fact if you're not possessing a Blue ID Rank when it comes to owning a Digimon partner, then possessing a Digimon that is Ultimate Level at all is illegal unless acquiring the form occurs by accident. If one is partnered with a Digimon almost able to achieve Ultimate Level, they can take a test and acquire a Blue ID Rank for free; normally you would pay a fee in addition to that." Taichi added in, as Mimi nodded.
"Precisely; all of us in the room have a Red ID Rank; we're legally able to use Perfect Level Digimon without penalty because all of us, for one reason or another, registered for the privilege to use such Digimon should one desire to join the Digimon Police Agency. Every member by default has no lower than a Red ID Rank by nature of their job; Tai here, alongside myself, and from what I'm seeing Matt, Kari, and Joe as well, had Blue ID Ranks so the four of us are legally authorized to allow our Digimon to access Ultimate Level once they're able to achieve it." Mimi finished, as she looked over towards Koushirou.
"Thank you for explaining everything, Mimi. You did very well considering Japanese isn't your native language." Koushirou said as he stood back up to stand beside her. "Now then, all of us are to exchange phone numbers now that the seven of us know each other on a more business level. Just do each other a favor and try not to act too overly professional regarding interaction, alright?" Koushirou informed, as everyone nodded and grabbed their phones to register each other. Jou, after having analyzed Sora's blood, typed his results into Koushiro's laptop as he moved to speak.
"Then as for Koushirou's point with illnesses inflicted upon humans because of Digimon, Sora originally had a simple cold; within the past five years of integration, vaccines used to be very expensive if Digimon ended up infecting a human depending on their illness and making things worse. Within the past five years, prices dropped, but illnesses also became more frequent. Thankfully, with what Sora currently has, it isn't contagious." Jou brought up, as everyone sighed in relief.
"Any more questions before we begin to head back home? I can see this group meeting may have caused some interference with some of our daily lives and-" Koushirou was beginning to ask, but a cough from Sora interrupted him, as Sora moved to face everyone and speak.
"I-If I may, my mom has been concerned about our safety due to GrandisKuwagamon and his associates appearing in the area. My mom would truly appreciate if you all could possibly stay over for the night." Sora brought up, as Yamato nodded.
"I'll be able to stay any time you need me to." Yamato said, as Hikaru and Gatomon snickered a little.
"Of course you'd say that, lover boy." Hikari brought up, as Taichi rolled his eyes.
"Personally I would be glad if both Hikari and I could stay; Hikaru, if you can contact mom about our arrangement here, I'm going to begin to get some sleep since I haven't fucking slept in over 50 hours now." Taichi brought up, as he yawned out a groan due to how heavily exhausted he was. Jou walked over to Taichi to carefully pat his back, as Gomamon did the same to help make Taichi comfortable.
"Yeah, Gomamon and I can stay as well; but Gomamon would probably eat the whole food stock."
"Which I know Taichi is already able to solve due to him having both a voucher and a Blue ID Rank." Koushirou brought up, as Taichi's eyes widened.
"Alright! Fine! I'll force myself awake and bring us all pizza and drinks so we can all stay comfortable. Just PLEASE do me a favor and save some for me when I fall asleep once I'm back!" Taichi said, as he moved with Agumon following him outside and shutting the door behind him. Yamato's phone rang again as he got a text from Takeru again, as Hikari got a text as well.
"Hey, uh, Yamato? Could you excuse me for a moment, I'll be right back." Hikari said in more worried tone, as she dragged Gatomon by her tail as she quickly rushed outside and left the five humans and partners alone.
"… Those two are definitely siblings alright…" Biyomon brought up, as Sora nodded.
"By the way, Yamato, what did Takeru ask you now?" Sora asked, as Yamato looked at his phone to check.
"He says he's got a date to greet soon. Probably another girl he tempted with his huge di- HOLD IT!" Yamato was trying to say to Sora, before he looked at the photograph Takeru had sent him. Two of them to be precise, one of them innocent with Takeru holding the egg he had messaged about earlier, and the other being a more teasing pic of Takeru showing off a girl's pic he was sent…
… And it didn't take much effort to click in Yamato's head to realize the girl in the nude picture was Hikari. Yamato, knowing too well how wrathful an older brother could be regarding a younger sibling, looked at Sora with a bit of concern before giving her a quick peck on the cheek, before quickly grabbing Gabumon and heading out the door in a hurry.
Sora was stunned; Jou and Koushirou looked concerned as to why Yamato had to leave all of a sudden as they both looked at Sora. Sora simply gave the two males a glance that they probably were best not knowing what was about to ensue.
Further away from the house in the opposite direction that Taichi had went, Yamato had silently followed Hikaru's trail with Gabumon evolving into Garurumon. Tossing Yamato onto his back, Garurumon jumped onto the buildings the pursuit after Hikaru in hopes of not being noticed as easily.
Hikaru was innocently walking with Gatomon down the street through the path Yamato was silently following through as well. Heading into a park up ahead towards a nearby forest, Hikaru walked in as Yamato watched from a building as he mentally cursed to himself.
"Relax, Yamato; I understand your concerns, but I think it would be best if Takeru learned on his own how to treat a woman with respect." Garurumon spoke, as Yamato groaned.
"It's not that; I'm just concerned for him if Taichi finds out about how my brother bedded his sister if even he even gets that far." Yamato spoke up, as Garurumon sighed.
"Again; just relax. Takeru's not entirely sex driven as he wants you to believe. In fact, did you even bother to read the whole text regarding Hikari?" Garurumon asked, as Yamato sighed and pulled out his phone to check on the message.
In the park, Hikari moved to have a seat on a bench overlooking a nearby lake. Gatomon rested underneath the bench and sighed.
"You sure you should've sent him an image like that?" Gatomon asked, as Hikari sighed.
"It's a test." Hikari said, as she looked over and saw as a blond approached her; about her age, rather slender yet fit, and wearing a fedora, walked over the man as he lightly chuckled a bit nervously as he came closer.
"My apologies if I have trouble hiding it, Hikari, is it? Your text kind of rubbed me the wrong way a little bit…" Takeru said to Hikari as he greeted her, as Hikari nodded.
"My apologies; I should've known better, but I had to get that off of my chest." Hikari said, as she gestured for Takeru to have a seat beside her. As Takeru sat beside her, as he kept his arms and body distant from her to avoid getting into her personal space.
"It's fine; I'm doing my best to not want to judge you that way. I take it you're Yagami Taichi's sister?" Takeru asked Hikari, as Hikari nodded. "I see… so you sent me that to see if I would judge you properly based you based off of your brother's habits, but why send me that if you don't want to be compared to him?" Takeru asked Hikari, as Hikari sighed nervously. As Hikari set a hand on Takeru's leg, she showed through her touch that she was beginning to feel a little more sensitive than usual.
"I… I'm an idiot for sending that… I just sent that to see if you would still try and maintain personal space after what I've seen on your dating profile." Hikari spoke up, as Takeru's gaze became serious.
"I see… you might actually be the one then, in that case…" Takeru said, as Hikari blinked as she looked at him.
"So far, from what I can see, you might be the one as well, but I want to test your loyalty; could we show each other our IDs please?" Hikari asked, as Takeru hesitated, but nodded. Both of them took out their IDs; both of their ages read 18 years old, but that wasn't what they were judging; both Hikari's and Takeru's ID showed a Blue ID Rank. Hikari was suddenly stunned; Hikari couldn't see Takeru's Digimon anywhere in sight.
"Takeru~!" A voice called, as Takeru looked over towards where he arrived from and was greeted by an orange, winged creature flying into his lap and interrupting the conversation. "Am I late for anything?" The Digimon asked innocently, as Takeru sighed nervously.
"I'll have to apologize, Hikari; Patamon's a newborn, so he doesn't quite understand how things are supposed to work just yet. He claims he reincarnated, but I don't see how that could've been possible." Takeru said, as Gatomon appeared from under the bench.
"Probably because I can smell a good deal of power radiating from his DigiCore; that power I'm sensing, it isn't normal for a Digimon his age." Gatomon said, as behind all four of them stomped onto the ground the large, imposing humanoid figure of GrandisKuwagamon.
"Then he must be the one Devimon is getting his panties in a twist over in that case, but I'm not here because of Devimon this time." GrandisKuwagamon spoke, as he stomped forward and watched as Hikaru and Takeru moved off of the bench; Hikaru standing in front of Takeru and Patamon protectively, as she grabbed her digivice.
"Gatomon, this could be risky since we haven't given it a try yet, but are you willing to try and Super Evolve to Perfect?" Hikari asked, as Gatomon looked nervous.
"Hikari, please stop channeling your brother right now; he doesn't look like he wants to fight us specifically." Gatomon said to Hikari, as the emotionless face GrandisKuwagamon had made it hard to analyze what he was thinking.
"Step aside; I'm only interested in the Patamon." GrandisKuwagamon spoke, as Gatomon and Hikaru looked at each other, all the while Takeru, while holding Patamon, stepped out from behind Hikaru and looked at GrandisKuwagamon.
"So, I've heard your boss has been causing a lot of unnecessary trouble as of late; is that true?" Takeru asked, as GrandisKuwagamon chuckled.
"As his strongest servant and his trusted enforcer, that is his business to say and his alone, but if you truly want me to have a word with him to stop, then I expect you to actually try and force me away!" GrandisKuwagamon boasted. Takeru and Patamon, though, simply looked at each other with a nod, as Takeru grabbed his digivice; it was differently shaped than the one Taichi had, which he noticed the same could be said about Hikari's digivice, but he didn't comment just yet.
"Alright, Patamon, do you think you can handle an overcharge?" Takeru asked, as Patamon shook his head.
"Takeru, please… I already told you; I'm a reincarnated Digimon, I don't need one." Patamon spoke, as Patamon glowed an immense light being engulfed into his body, before suddenly exploding in a bright flash as a humanoid figure emerged in his place; taking the form of a bare chested, blue and gold robed angel with six wings present from his back.
"Impressive; I expected no less from a reincarnation." GrandisKuwagamon spoke as he stepped backwards a bit. Hikari scanned Takeru's Digimon with her Digivice, and the scan told her Patamon evolved into a Digimon called "Angemon". Angemon, upon given a visual cue from GrandisKuwagamon, rushed forward at a blinding speed past the insectoid Digimon as his body glowed with an immense aura exploding around himself.
"WHAT?!" GrandisKuwagamon noted, as Angemon flew back into him and dropkicked him in his spine, as GrandisKuwagamon fell over into the lake, as he turned to just barely be able to hold Angemon's punches back in a grapple against his favor. "Devimon is wise to have a reason to fear you, but I do not understand; why did you not vanquish him sooner?!" GrandisKuwagamon asked.
"I'm stuck in the real world for now; my power is useless if I can't get back." Angemon said, as he moved to punch GrandisKuwagamon into the lake down below, intensely flying down in after him and blasting him out from a barrage of energy from his first. Tossing the insectoid into the air with the force of his supercharged staff, he moved to repeatedly punch and kick the larger Digimon in the gut and dropping him against the ground.
GrandisKuwagamon, unable to get an attack in, tried his best to retaliate as he jumped up to engage Angemon in a fist fight against him. Both combatants, exchanging numerous upon numerous of blows as their attacks echoed across the air, ended with GrandisKuwagamon getting shoved into the ground after nearly 30 seconds of trying to retaliate. GrandisKuwagamon, panting in immense pain, growled a bit.
"You're stronger than the legends detail you, archangel; if you wish for me to deal with the Jungle Troopers to stop, so beat it; I cannot speak for Devimon and his numerous forces, though; you're on your own there." GrandisKuwagamon spoke, as he digitized his body into molecules and vanished from view entirely.
"So, are we still able to have an actual date?" Takeru asked Hikari, as Angemon degenerated back into Patamon and landed on his head, causing Hikari to giggle a bit before gasping.
"Well yes, yes we can, but first I need to introduce you to my friends before my brother gets the wrong idea; they'll want to see you for themselves with a Digimon as powerful as yours." Hikari said, taking hold of Takeru's hand and leading him out of the park and back to Sora's house.
Yamato and Garurumon were stunned with what they had both seen from afar, and had quickly rushed back to Sora's and heading in Taichi's direction to help the poor man out with getting proper arrangements figured out.
"So what do we tell Koushirou about any of this?" Garurumon asked, as Yamato sighed.
"Well other than the fact the power difference between evolutionary levels are now utterly bullshit, I have to introduce everyone to my younger brother once he arrives there with Taichi's sister." Yamato said, as he kept a firm hold of Garurumon's back as he rushed along the building tops to find Taichi in a hurry.
Jumping over a larger alley than normal, a girl yelped herself awake and looked around; incredibly startled due to the fact she couldn't see very well where she was, and feeling incredibly cold still, a Digimon beside her moved to wrap its large, orange pelt around her to keep her warm.
"Stay calm; I'll do what I can to get us food for today, okay?" The Digimon spoke up, as the girl looked at the Digimon with some tears forming in her eyes.
"Alright, Meicoomon, just be careful out there today, alright? I had that odd dream again… I have a feeling he's near…" The girl spoke, as she looked over towards the entrance of the ally and stopped her speech. Meicoomon, her Digimon, didn't notice.
"Meiko? What's wrong?" Meicoomon asked, as Meiko pointed forward as she looked somewhat scared. Meicoomon turned around; eyes turning red to prepare to attack if necessary, but what she saw caused her gaze to soften a little.
Taichi was at the entrance of the alley, holding a box of pizza in hand as his gaze look absolutely horrified of what he was seeing before him. Setting the box down before the two as he walked slow and lower to the ground, he moved to back away once he recovered from the shock of spotting the two.
"Um… Er… I don't know who you are… You look familiar; I wish I could truly explain, but, are you alright here…?" Taichi asked, as the girl, named Meiko, shook her head. Taichi, noticing how ragged the girl's clothing looked, couldn't help but feel incredibly sorry for her condition, and her Digimon's protective hostility at the same time.
"I-If it makes it any better… would you two like to come with us for a while for a place to stay?" Taichi offered; holding out his hand as Agumon held out his hand in a similar gesture. Meiko looked nervous, but Meicoomon took the first chance she got and rushed towards Agumon and grabbed him in a hug.
"So you're with Yagami's son, right?" Meicoomon asked Agumon, as Agumon nodded.
"Yes… it's a long story, but we can fill you both in once we're back home in a place to rest…" Agumon spoke, as Taichi still waited for Meiko to take his land. Meiko, nervously standing up and cover herself with her hands for whatever her clothing couldn't cover on her, hesitantly but calmly took Taichi's hand after making an initial attempt and missing it the first time; Taichi helped her after seeing she had trouble seeing.
"Come on; let's get you some proper shelter and clothing, alright?" Taichi spoke, as Meiko nervously looked at him.
"A-Alright…"