A/n: We already reached the second chapter of the second anime filler segment and only one to go to conclude this segment. After the two remaining second anime filler segment chapters are done, we'll move on to Main Case Number 2 which has Ichika and the gang helping a game developer that is having some problems with a game he's developing. So here is Chapter 15.
Chapter 15: The Straw Hat Pirates and Gen! I'll Get You, Whamon!
Despite not completing their training and fighting the Nerima Wrecking crew to get them to listen, Ichika and the gang were able to fend off a swarm of Flymon and are now heading back to the agency with their friends in tow. Back in the real world, Satoru and Twoearle logged out from their EDEN accounts and waited for their friends to return and Kyoko from her meeting.
"Whew, that was one hell of an experience." Satoru sighed in exhaustion. "Not only had we had to fight the people Ichika saw in his vision, but also that huge swarm of Flymon. I'm glad we were able to delete all of them before it got out of control and I don't think a can of bug spray would be enough to stop them."
"And not to mentioned knowing now that someone is out to get us." Twoearle agrees with a serious frown. "From what the Flymon said and how they were ordered to attack us, it definitely seems like there's someone out there trying to have us eliminated. But if the Fymon were ordered to find us by these masters of theirs, then we could be in for something bigger than we thought. Do you think we should tell Kyoko about this?" Before Satoru could answer, the door opens as Kyoko enters the office and heard them talking.
"Tell me about what exactly?" Kyoko asked in concern. "Is there something you two want to tell me about?" Both friends turned around to see Kyoko standing behind them.
"Kyoko-nee, when did you get back?" Satoru gasped. "I thought you were still meeting with Matayoshi for another hour."
"It ended early, so I've decided to head back to Nakano." Kyoko told him. "He said the lunch was his treat and paid for it before we left the restaurant." She then looks around for Ichika and his friends. "By the way, where are Ichika and the others? I thought they'd be with you two by the time I got back." Before they could answer, a light from the TV screen started glowing brightly, indicating that Ichika and the gang are returning to the real world. Almost immediately after, Ichika and the gang materialized in the center of the office with the Nerima Wrecking crew.
"Geez, what the hell was that all about?" Ryoga asked in confusion. "It felt like I was being broken down into pieces and then being put back together again. How the hell are you guys used to that?"
"That's because we've been using it for two weeks now." Ichika answered him with a nervous smile. "It took us some time to get used to it, but it got easy after that. So it might take some time, but you'll get the hang of it in no time." His friends all nodded in agreement before noticing Kyoko. "Oh Kyoko, we didn't see you there. When did you get back?"
"Just now. My meeting with Matayoshi ended early." Kyoko answered him. "We were mostly going over some of the EDEN Syndrome cases from the past months, but nothing really came to mind about the connection with the victims and Kamishino Enterprises other than EDEN itself. We're going to have to find more clues to see if we can link the victims of the EDEN Syndrome with Kamoshino." Everyone nodded in agreement as she noticed the Nerima Wrecking crew. "And speaking of which, I see you've brought in more people with you. Mind telling me who they are?"
"Come to think of it, we haven't even asked for their names yet." Houki agreed. "We were too busy fighting off the swarm of Flymon that we completely forgot about that." Her friends all nodded in agreement as they turned to face the Nerima Wrecking crew. "And since we're safe from danger, now is the time for you to introduce yourselves and we'll do the same."
"Fair enough, we can introduce ourselves to you guys." Ranma agrees with a smile. "And since we do owe you guys for attacking out of nowhere before, it's as good a time as any." His friends all nodded in agreement as he clears his throat. "My name is Ranma Saotome of the Saotome Anything Goes Martial Arts School, sorry for attacking you guys before."
"I'm Akane Tendo, and I'm also sorry for accusing you." Akane said with a smile. "These two are my older sisters, Nabiki and Kasumi." Kasumi bowed while Nabiki waved.
"You may call me the blue thunder, Tatewaki Kuno." Tatewaki smirked. "I must also apologize for my rude behavior before, so I must ask for your forgiveness." He then glances at all the girls with Ichika, Satoru, Kirito, Yukinari, Fukuyama, Hayate, Klein and Agil. "But if I can make a suggestion, mind if I can ask all the lovely ladies out for dinner?" That made everyone jump in surprise.
"WHAT?!" The girls all gasped in surprise.
"Not in your life!" Ichika, Satoru and Kirito yelled in fury as they punched him into the wall.
"Sorry about that, my brother's a real idiot." Kodachi said with a sour tone. "Anyway, I'm Kodachi Kuno. I also apologize for our rude behavior and my brother's idiocy to you. Just ignore him and act like he's not there."
"We'll keep that in mind." Asuna said with a frown.
"Moving right along, I'm up next." Ryoga said with a smile. "My name is Ryoga Hibiki, a friend to Ranma. Much like everyone, I'm also sorry for attacking you guys for thinking you were responsible for bringing us here. Also, I tend to get lost every few seconds."
"Nice to meet all of you, I'm Ukyo Kuonji and I'm a childhood friend to Ranma." Ukyo said with a smile. "And like everyone else, I'm also sorry for how we acted towards you. It wasn't right for us to accuse you for something you didn't do."
"Looks like Shampoo's up next now." Shampoo said with a smile. "I Shampoo, nice to meet all of you. Shampoo suppose she can admit we at fault for attacking you guys, so Shampoo also sorry."
"And last but not least is me, I'm Mousse." Mousse said with a smile. "I'm a childhood friend to Shampoo and I'm also sorry for attacking you. It wasn't our place to accuse you for something out of your control, we just jumped to conclusion for all the wrong reasons. I hope you can forgive us for our rudeness before."
"It's all right, no one was seriously hurt." Ichika said with a smile. "We're just glad someone managed to stop the fight before it got out of control." His friends nodded in agreement as Kasumi bowed at them. "And since you've already introduced yourselves, now it's our turn." His friends nodded in agreement as he clears his throat. "My name is Ichika Orimura, nice to meet all of you." He then turns his his friends. "And here are my friends, Houki Shinonono, Cecilia Alcott, Laura Bodewig, Huang Lingrin, Charlotte Dunios, Tatenashi and Kanzashi Sarashiki, Twoearle, Satoru and Kyoko Kuremi." His friends all waved at Ranma's group while Kyoko just crossed her arms and nodded.
"Wassup, how's it going, my peeps?" Neptune greeted as she waved casually. "The name's Neptune, CPU of Planertune!" She then turns to her sister and fellow CPUs. "And here's my sister Nepgear or as I like to call her, Nep Jr, Noire aka Lonely Heart of Lastation and her sister Uni, Blanc of Lowee and her sisters Rom and Ram and last but not least, Vert of Leanbox and the only one without a sister!"
"You didn't have to rub it in, Neptune…" Vert muttered as she crossed her arms and pouted.
"Shut up, Neptune! I'm not lonely!" Noire shouted frantically as she showed the blank white eyes shocked expression. Unfortunately for Noire, her fellow CPUs and her new friends don't believe her.
"CPU? What the hell is a CPU?" Nabiki asked in confusion. "Is that something you'd use in a computer?"
"Not exactly, but close enough." Cecilia answered her. "To put it bluntly, they're goddesses from four different nations which each of them lead."
"Wait, are you saying they're goddesses?!" Kodachi asked in shock, "But they look like normal girls to me! How can they be goddesses?"
"Like Nepgear said, looks can be deceiving." Uni answered her with a smirk. "Besides, you already saw us in our goddess forms before when we were fighting off those Flymon." The Nermia Wrecking crew thought back for a moment before realizing she was right.
"Yeah, that's what she was talking about before." Kirito agrees while smiling. "But we can save that explanation for another time. Anyway, my name is Kirito, nice to meet you guys." He then turns to his wife, sister and friends. "Here is my girlfriend Asuna, my sister Leafa, Yui, Liz, Silica, Sinon, Philla, Klein, Kusanagi and Agil." His wife, daughter, sister and friends all waved or nodded at the Nerima Wrecking crew.
"Hello, my name is Yukinari Sasaki." Yukinari greeted with a smile. "It's nice to meet all of you, I'm glad no one was hurt when the Flymon attacked." He then turned to his friends. "Here are my friends Miharu, Kirie, Lisa, Koyomi, Tomoka, Fukuyama, Hayate and Kosame." His friends all waved or smiled at Ranma's group while Fukuyama didn't care.
"So what happened to you guys before arriving in Kowloon?" Liz asked them as she looked at the Nerima Wrecking Crew. "From what Ichika told us before when he saw you guys in his vision, Ranma was being chased by every single one of you. Any reason why the rest of you were chasing him?"
"Well, it all started when I invited Ranma over to my house for lunch." Akane answered her with an angry frown as she glared at Ranma. "I wanted to cook something special for him for a change. But when I served him the food I made for him, he just got up from his chair and ran out the door while saying my cooking suck!"
"That's because your cooking does suck!" Ranma snapped. "Seriously, have you ever even tasted it? The food looks more like a sick prank you'd play on someone! And while I was running through town, everyone else joined in the chase before that earthquake happened and Akane blamed me for that. Though I don't need to explain what happened after that." Everyone nodded in agreement as they remembered what he was talking about.
"I see, that would explain why Satoru and Twoearle were debating about telling me when I returned from my meeting." Kyoko said in understanding. "But since you're all here, I suppose we can put that debate to rest." Everyone nodded in agreement. "But now for the real question, where are they going to stay? A hotel is too much expensive and I'm not sure the money we make from the cases will be enough to cover it."
"Hey, I can have them stay at my house." Ichika suggested with a smile. "Ranma and his friends can stay while we're at school until I can give them the okay. But I'm gonna need more sleeping bags for them, so I can buy some while we're giving them the tour around Nakano." Everyone nodded in agreement before he turns to Ranma's group. "But since you're all staying in my home, I want all of you to be on your best behavior. If you break anything in my home, I'll have no choice but to punish you!" Ranma and his friends nodded as Tatewaki recovers.
"Now hold on just a send there, you!" Tatewaki growled in fury. "Why would I, Tatewaki Kuno, have to listen to you? And why should I have to stay at your house? I demand that I should stay in someplace other than your house!" That made Ling mad and she punches him in the chest.
"Hey, you better listen to what we have to say, buster!" Ling yelled in anger. "You're staying under Ichika's roof, so he makes the rules! You and your friends had better listen to him or I'll give you something even worse than a punch!" She then feels Ichika's hands on her shoulders.
"Calm down, Ling. I appreciate you helping me, but try not to go overboard." Ichika calmed her down. "I'm sure I can handle him if he steps out of line." Ling blushed before nodding in agreement. "Now with that settled, let's give them a tour around Nakano. We can show them everything it has to offer before heading home." Everyone nodded in agreement before exiting the office and starting on the tour.
Not long after exiting the office, our heroes were taking their new friends on a tour around Nakano and for them to get acquainted with the people. During the tour, Ichika stopped at a camping store to buy some sleeping bags for his guests to sleep in while staying at his house. After the tour was over, they stopped at the food court to eat before heading back to the agency.
"Okay, I can admit it, this place isn't that bad." Nabiki said with a smile. "It's definitely a lot different from the shopping district back home and feels more relaxed. The people here sure are nice and I'm surprised how low the prices are at these stores. It does have a certain charm to it than the stores back home."
"That's exact what makes Nakano special to a lot of people here, its simplicity is what people like about it." Satoru said with a grin. "It's not too big, not too small, but just right. Many other people tend to not see it at first or just ignore it altogether, but you'll know once you see it for yourself."
"I can see that, Nakano sure is something special to everyone here." Kasumi agrees with a smile. "I wouldn't mind doing some shopping here while we're staying at Ichika-san's house. As long as you don't mind, Ichika-san."
"Not at all, you can do some shopping while we're at school." Ichika smiled in approval. "I wouldn't mind letting you step out for something like shopping, but I'm a little worried if the others are left unattended. I don't want them causing trouble if something stupid happens again."
"Don't you worry, Ichika. We can watch over them." Noire smirked. "We'll make sure they're on their best behavior and don't break anything in the house. I don't think your sister would be too happy about that." Her sister, Leafa, Yui, Pina and fellow CPUs all nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Noire. I really appreciate it." Ichika said as he bowed in gratitude. "I know I can count on you girls to keep things in check at the house while we're at school during the day." He then turns to the rest of his friends. "And now that we're done, let's head back to agency and call it a day." Everyone nodded in agreement and headed back to the office.
Upon making to back to the office, Kyoko was sitting at her desk while looking through a book with some old photos. When she heard Ichika and the gang coming in, she quickly hid the book in one of the drawers and turns to face them.
"Welcome back, everyone." Kyoko greeted with a smile. "I see you're all back from your tour around Nakano. So I trust that everything is ready for their stay at your house, Ichika?"
"Yeah, we've got more sleeping bags for them and everything." Ichika answered her with a nod. "Luckily we've managed to buy them before the store closed for the night. Now we won't have to worry about anything for now, we can have a good night sleep." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"That you can, my assistants." Kyoko agrees with a smile. "You'll be needing plenty of rest for your next case coming soon, so be sure you're all ready for it." Everyone nodded. "And with that said, how about I make our new guests some coffee? I'm sure they'll all be needing something to calm their nerves after your scuffle with them."
"AHHHHHHHH!" Everyone screamed in terror except for Yui who was happy to drink more of Kyoko's coffee.
"Sure, we can go for some coffee." Ranma smiled. "After all that excitement, I can definitely go for something to calm my nerves." His friends all nodded in agreement.
"Same for me, I can go for coffee as well." Kusanagi agrees with a smile. "After being trapped inside SAO for so long, I kinda forgot what coffee tasted like." Kyoko nodded as she got up from her desk and started making some coffee.
"Oh no, not another one of her coffees!" Uni panicked as she showed the blank white shocked eyes expression. "I don't even want to know what she'll put in this time! We need to get them out of here before it's too late!"
"What are you guys talking about?" Akane asked in confusion. "You're all acting like the coffee's going to kill us. I'm sure it's not as bad as you think."
"You don't understand, her coffee's not normal!" Liz reasoned with a panicked state. "It's something not made by any human being! If you don't leave now, you'll regret it for the rest of your lives!"
"Please, you guys are all acting like a bunch of little kids." Kodachi scoffed. "I can guarantee that your assumption of her coffee is just your imaginations running wild. It's probably much for refine for your childish tastebuds." Before anyone could counter her, Kyoko returned with a tray of coffee.
"Here you are, some freshly brew coffee." Kyoko said with a smile. "It's something I'm working on so I hope you'll like it, hot mustard and red beans coffee. I'm still working out the recipe before I send this for shelves." Kusanagi and the Nerima Wrecking crew all looked at the coffee as it swirls in the cup and has a strange aroma.
"Well… bottoms up." Ranma gulped as he, his friends and Kusanagi all drank the coffee.
"Well, how does it taste?" Kyoko asked hopefully. "I trust it was to your liking?" Before they could answer, they all fell on the floor with a loud crash as their mouths stared foaming. "Hmm… I guess that wasn't it either. Maybe I should add in some vinegar into the coffee next time." Everyone else all looked at her and sweat dropped. Kyoko noticed she had one cup left and gave it to Yui. "Hope you enjoyed it, Yui. It's my treat." Kyoko closed her eyes and smiled.
"Thank you, Kyoko. I will always drink more of your brilliant coffee." Yui giggled as she drank the coffee.
"Looks like Yui is our secret weapon for Kyoko's coffee…" Kirito muttered as he sighed.
Not long after recovering from Kyoko's dreaded coffee, our heroes have left Nakano and were riding the bus back home to rest up. While on their way back, Ichika and his friends weren't too happy at Kusanagi and the Nerima Wrecking crew for ignoring their warnings about the coffee and paid the price for it.
"So… what was that you were saying about us being kids?" Uni asked with a sneer. "And about us having an overactive imagination? From what we can see, you guys are the real kids and, once again, Yui shows that she's more adult than you guys combined. Makes me wonder if you even have brains in those empty heads." Her sister, friends and fellow CPUs all nodded in agreement.
"Okay, we get it! We were the real idiots here!" Ryoga snapped. "We didn't listen to your warnings about her coffee and payed the price. Now can we please just drop the whole thing?!"
"Dropping the subject, maybe…" Noire answered with a huff. "But forgetting about the whole ordeal, not going to happen. We're not going to let you guys forget how you were all stupid enough to drink her coffee." Her sister, friends and fellow CPUs all nodded in agreement,
"Well, whatever. I'm just glad that we're still alive from that." Ranma mumbled. "But jeez, I can't believe she actually added something like hot mustard to coffee. After living through that, now I'm scared to even try coffee anymore." He then looks over to Ling. *Second only to cats right now."
"Yeah, sorry about that. My older cousin's been experimenting with different ingredients for coffee." Satoru said with a sigh. "She's trying to create a new blend of coffee by adding in something you wouldn't expect to find in coffee. And the cups she gave you before, those were some of the prototypes for this coffee she's working on and hopes to get it on shelves in the future."
"So what you're saying is that she's creating a new blend of coffee by adding in something like mustard into the coffee and wants to put on shelves?" Nabiki asked with fear in her voice. "And those cups she gave us were the ones she's testing and used us as guinea pigs?"
"Yes, and we were all unfortunate enough to have drank some before as well." Cecilia answered her with a sigh and rubbing her temples. "But since we're all fortunate enough to have survive the ordeal, we should consider ourselves the lucky ones. There's no telling what should happen if anyone else drinks her coffee." Her friends except for Yui all shuddered at the thought of other people tasting Kyoko's dreaded coffee as the bus stopped at its first destination.
"Well, we can continue our talk tomorrow." Satoru said with a smile. "I'm sure you guys have a lot of questions, but let's save it for when we meet up back at the agency. We'll have plenty of time to talk then." Everyone nodded in agreement as he and Twoearle exited the bus before it continues on.
After dropping off Satoru and Twoearle at their stop, the bus later drops off Ichika, Leafa, Yui, Pina, the CPUs and the Nerima Wrecking crew at their destination and headed for his house. Upon arriving at Ichika's house, Ichika unlocks the front door and entered the house and taking off their shoes before heading for the living room.
"Wow, your house sure is big, Ichika." Ranma whistled in amazement. "It's about as big as my family's dojo in terms of the size of this room. So how did you get a house thus big?"
"You can thank my sister for getting us this house." Ichika answered him with closed eyes and smile. "She was once a skilled IS pilot and one of the bests of all time, according to a lot of people and my classmates. But now she's retired and is working as a teacher at my school to train me and my classmates to use the IS."
"Wow, that's amazing that your sister was once a famous pilot." Akane gasped in awe. "I had no idea your sister was famous before her retirement and started teaching you and your friends. So where is your sister now?"
"She's on a business trip for two months and won't be back until the end of May." Ichika answered her. "And while she's abroad, I'm staying here by myself until she returns." He then takes off his Digivice from his head and holds it out while shouting "Realize!" as Agumon materializes.
"Ahh… finally room to stretch my legs." Agumon said as he stretched. "I've been in that Digivice for hours and I think I was getting a cramp on my tail. Thanks for letting me out, Boss."
"Anytime, Agumon." Ichika smiled as the two partners fist bumped while Ranma and his friends were shocked to see Agumon in the real world.
"Whoa! How did you do that, Ichika?" Mousse asked in shock "How did you bring Agumon into the real world? I thought he and the other Digimon only appeared in that Kowloon place."
"It's thanks to a friend of ours that allows Agumon and the others to come into the real world." Ichika answered him while winking to Agumon and he winked back. "She made some enhancements to our Digivices that lets Agumon and the other Digimon appear in the real world, but we have to make sure it's only just us. We don't want other people freaking out at the sight of them, who knows what could happen if everyone else saw them." Agumon nodded in agreement as everyone yawned and stretched. "We'll introduce you guys to her some time, but right now let's get some sleep. I've got an IS training lesson tomorrow and I don't want to miss it." Everyone nodded in agreement as the CPUs and the Nerima Wrecking crew pulled out their sleeping bags while Ichika and Agumon heads for his room and Leafa, Yui and Pina headed for their room. Before long, everyone was now asleep until tomorrow comes.
That night, Ichika had another vision of another world in his sleep.
Meanwhile in another world, lies a vast and wide open sea as far as the eye can see. Seagulls flying through the see air, fish swimming below the waves and dolphins were performing tricks by jumping out of the water. Not far off in the distance, a ship comes sailing over the horizon along the surface of the water with an image of a skull wearing a straw hat on its sail. On the deck of the ship, seven figures were standing and looking towards the direction their vessel is heading as the wind blows through their hair (fur for one individual). These were the Straw Hats Pirates, led by Monkey D. Luffy sailing along the Grand Line in search of a treasure once owned by the King of the Pirates himself Gol D. Roger in a land known as One Piece. Just before his execution, Gol. D Roger said that his fortune is now for the taking but they'll have to find it because he had hidden his treasure in a place known only as One Piece and only he knows the location of his booty. Not long after he was executed, pirates from all over the world set sail for the Grand Line in search of Roger's fortune and claim it for themselves and become the King of the Pirates.
As the Straw Hat crew sailed in the direction the wind's blowing, Luffy was sitting on the front end of the ship looking over the water as the sun shines brightly on him and his crew. But what they don't know is that fate has other plans for Luffy and his friends as something was following them from below the surface.
"YEAH! Now we're smooth sailing from here on out!" Luffy beamed. "The sun's shining, the sea's calm and the wind's blowing nicely. We're gonna be at the next island in no time and getting closer to One Piece, I just know it!"
"But are you sure it's a good idea to sail in this direction, Luffy?" Chopper asked timidly. "I've heard from some people that something's been patrolling this area and it's been sinking ships left and right, even the Marines aren't safe from it. We could be next if we're not careful around here."
"You know he's right, Luffy." Zoro agrees with a seriously frown. "There's been reports of some kind of sea monster attacking ships here and leaving no survivors. The person who told the story was the lucky one and he was traumatized for life. There's no telling what could be lurking here."
"Are you two sure that guy wasn't just making it up as he went alone?" Nami asked skeptically. "He was probably faking the whole thing to get some attention from everyone back in town and those wounds of his were definitely self-inflicted. There's no way something like that can exist out here." As the crew continues arguing, the silhouette from before swims closer to the ship and rams into it, causing it to lean on its left and the crew stopped arguing.
"Wha-what the hell was that?!" Usopp asked in shock. "Did we run aground or something?" Before anyone could answer, the ship was rammed into again and caused everyone to fall on the right side.
"I don't think we've run aground." Nico answered with a serious frown. "I believe something's been attacking us and trying to capsize the ship." Everyone looked over the side to see a large wave charging towards them.
"Here it comes! Brace yourselves!" Sanji yelled as everyone did as he said until something jumps over them. Out of the water, comes a massive Digimon resembling a whale as it splashes down on the opposite side of the ship and prepares for its next attack.
"Whoa, what is that?!" Luffy looked in awe. "It looks different from any other fish."
"I'm not sure about this, Master Captain. But we must stop it before it destroys our ship." Nico frowned as she used her Devil Fruit Ability which she can created hands from the ground or any other surface to try to hold the whale Digimon.
"You got that right! Take this!" Franky, the recent new member of the Straw Hats and shipwright charged towards the whale, but it flicked its tail at him after breaking free from Robin's hands, knocking him back. "Tch! Damn… This thing is tougher than it looks, whatever it is."
"That hasn't stopped us before!" Zoro yelled as he used his technique of Three Sword Combat to try to attack the whale Digimon. But it did little effect as the whale Digimon rammed into him and knocked him back a little.
"Uh… Any ideas, anyone?!" Ussop gulped as he and Chopper hid behind a barrel.
"I won't let this thing hurt me or my friends! Gum Gum Pistol!" Luffy stretched his arm to amazing length and just as he was about to strike the whale Digimon, an earthquake occurred and a bright light engulfed the whale Digimon, the Straw Hats and their ship, the Thousand Sunny. As soon as the light cleared, they were gone, as if they vanished into thin air.
(Back in Ichika's world)
"Ah!" Ichika gasped as he stood up from his bed and panted heavily. He looked around and was in his room. He sighed in relief. "I have another vision again…" Ichika muttered.
"What's the vision about, Boss?" Agumon asked in concern.
"Well this time, it's about pirates. I heard them saying they are looking for something called One Piece." Ichika told him. Agumon looked at him oddly.
"One Piece of what?" He asked confusedly.
"They said it is a place where it holds some sort of treasure, I'm not sure. Suddenly, this whale like Digimon appeared and attacked them. And then, the pirate leader, who was a kid with a straw hat did something amazing and weird. He stretched his arm to amazing length to attack the whale Digimon and just as the attack was about to connect, the earthquake from before in Kirito and Ranma's worlds occurred and they disappeared, including the pirates' ship."
"I think that was a Whamon. I'll explain later in the morning when we go to Kowloon." Agumon told his friend and partner.
"Right." Ichika agreed as he went back to sleep, so did Agumon.
The next morning, Ichika and Agumon woke up and headed downstairs for breakfast. Upon entering the kitchen, they saw Leafa, Yui, Pina, the CPUs and the Nerima Wrecking Crew sitting around the table and having breakfast. The group turns around and sees their host and his partner joining them at the table as Nepgear placed their plates before them and they thanked her.
"Oh, good morning, you two." Kasumi greeted with a smile. "Nice to see you boys are rested and refreshed. Did you two had a good night sleep?"
"Not really, I had another vision last night again." Ichika answered her with a serious frown. "And it was about some pirates this time." That got everyone's attention as they all stopped eating and stared at him.
"Wait, pirates? As in the plunderers of the sea?" Ranma asked in confusion. "The ones who sail the seas and attacks ships and port towns for treasure?"
"The very same, but these guys aren't like the ones we've seen in movies or read about in books." Ichika answered him as he explained. "They seem to be a lot different from those pirates because they seem to care about each other. Though one of them was kinda rude, but they're definitely not likes the ones we know. But they were also attacked by this whale like Digimon Agumon calls Whamon."
"Another one of those Digimon things from yesterday?" Ryoga asked with a mutter. "And I thought the Flymon things were bad enough, but now there's a whale one too? Just how many more of these Digimon are there?"
"A lot more than you guys think." Agumon answered him with a serious frown. "The ones like Ogremon, Snimon, Kuagamon, Unimon, Minotaurmon, DarkTyranomon, Tuskmon, Apemon, Meramon, Drimogimon, Goblinmon, Cyclonemon, Crabmon, Shellmon, BlackGrowlmon and Flymon were just a small portion of the Digimon. There's going to be a lot more Digimon we'll be encountering later on." He then turns to his partner. "Hey Boss, don't you think we should also let the others know about this as well?"
"Yeah, we should definitely let them know what's about to happen next." Ichika answered him with a nod. "If these pirates were sent here, I have a feeling we might find them in Kowloon. We'd better head for the academy and let everyone know about some new visitors coming." Agumon nodded in agreement as they finished their breakfast before getting ready and heading out for the IS Academy. But not before recalling Agumon back into his Digivice and headed out.
Later at the academy, Ichika was telling his friends what he told to Leafa, Yui, Pina, the CPUs and the Nerima Wrecking Crew about more people being attacked by a Digimon and getting sent to their world.
"So we've got more people coming to our world like before..." Houki whispered as she pondered those. "Those visions are getting more and more stranger each time you see them while you're sleeping. How is it that you're always having these visions of someone being attacked and getting sent to our world?"
"I'm not sure, they just seem to happen." Ichika answered her with a sigh. "Every time when I go to bed, I'm always seeing these visions of someone. It happened before with Kirito's group and again with Ranma's group, now it's a third time with these pirates. I don't even know why I'm getting these visions in the first place."
"Maybe Kyoko-nee might know something about this." Satoru suggested. "Since our agency's know for solving strange cases, she might have an answer for why you've been having these visions, Ichika. We should let her know about this after school." Everyone nodded in agreement as Maya enters the classroom.
"Alright, everyone, settle down." Maya said with a smile. "Now then, I have something to say to our new friends who are joining us for this program. Now as I already told most of you, all new students attending here has been learning about our school's pride and joy, the IS." The students all nodded in agreement. "But now, I think it's time we change all that. Time for our new friends to see the IS in action and I can't think of no better time to test the new control suits." Everyone nods in agreement and stood up from their seats before following her to the training grounds while the otherworlders were confused.
"Hey Ichika, what's this IS she's talking about?" Kirito asked as they walked down the path to the training grounds. "Is that the same thing you guys mentioned during when we were helping Yuuko with her case?"
"Yeah, the very same ones." Ichika nodded in response with a smile. "The ISes are the ones this school's known for and why you've been taught about the ins and outs of the armor. But instead of showing you, its best if you guys all see for yourselves." His friends all nodded in agreement as they continued down the hall.
Upon arriving at the IS Training Grounds, Ichika and the boys were in the men's changing room while Houki and the girls were in the women's changing room putting on their IS suits while Satoru, Kusanagi, Kirito, Yuknari and Klein were putting on the new control suits. After changing, everyone exited the changing rooms and meet up with Maya who was waiting for them.
"Hey, Ling, why are you and everyone wearing those suits?" Asuna asked as she inspected her IS suit. "Don't they look kinda skimpy on you and everyone?"
"Yeah, it's not really leaving much to the imagination." Liz agrees while looking at her IS suit. "So what's the deal with the suits you guys are wearing?"
"You guys are about to find out soon enough." Ling smiled as they all turned to listen to Maya.
"Alright, everyone, it's time for our IS training." Maya announced as she began. "Now as most of you already know, it won't be just you training but also our new male students with these new prototype control suits. These will allow the wearer to control the IS remotely and use them just as effectively as us. With these new suits, it'll help us benefit mankind for the better." She shows them the new control suits as she saw Kirito raising his hand. "Yes, Kazuto-kun? Do you have a question?"
"Yes, this is something I've wanting to ask for a while and this seems like the perfect time." Kirito answered her as he began. "Who's this person that created the IS? Is this person related to anyone here?"
"A very good question, Kazuto-kun." Maya said with closed eyes and a smile. "And to answer it, I'll gladly tell you. The one who created the IS was Tabane Shinonono, Houki's older sister. She's the one who made it possible for women to be on equal power to men before EDEN created by Kamishino Enterprises came along." The otherworlders all looked at Houki who turned her head away at the mentioning of her sister. "Unfortunately, Houki doesn't like having her sister be mentioned because they don't really see each other eye to eye. But we'll just leave it for now since it's time we start with the training. Cecilia, Char. Could you two please step forward and show our new friends how IS combat works?"
"Hai, Maya-sensei." Both girls nodded and stepped forward before facing each other.
"Now then, Blue Tears, activate!" Cecilia said with a smile as she touched her earrings and materialized a blue IS.
"My turn, Rafale-Revive Custom II, activate!" Char said with determination as she touches her pendent and materializes an orange IS.
"Whoa!" The otherworlders all gasped in amazement while looking at the ISes. But Sinon wasn't expressing the same excitement as her friends as her eyes widen in fear at the sight of Cecilia's ranged weapons before falling onto the floor and everyone turned to her.
"Sinon, what's wrong?!" Ichika asked in concern. "Is everything okay? What was it you're scared of?" Everyone gathered around their friend as she clutched her head in terror.
"Keep it away! Don't aim it at me!" Sinon screamed in fear. "I don't want to go back there! Keep that gun away from me!"
"Gun? That's it." Kirito gasped as he turned to Cecilia. "Cecilia, deactivate your IS! Your weapons on it are freaking her out and I think she'll calm down once they're gone!"
"Right, on it! Blue Tears, deactivate!" Cecilia nodded as she deactivates her Blue Tears.
"It's okay, Sinon. You can relax now." Kirito reassured as he comforted her. "The gun is gone now, you don't need to be scared now." Sinon starts to calm down as everyone gathered around to see if she was all right.
"Sinon, what happened to you just now?" Ichika asked with wide eyes. "Why were you scared of Cecilia's weapon? Was it because she was wielding a gun?" Sinon just nodded while still trying to calm down from seeing Cecilia's weapons.
"She's still sharking, we'll need to get her to the infirmary." Maya suggested as she turned to Ichika and Kirito. "Ichika, I want you and Kazuto-kun to take her to the infirmary to help her calm down. Find out what happened to her and see if there's any way to break her out of her phobia. And don't worry, you three will be excused for the day." Ichika and Kirito nodded as they wrapped Sinon's arms around their shoulders and carried her to the infirmary.
Later in the infirmary
"Nurse Himari, how is Sin-I mean Shino?" Kirito asked in concern as Nurse Himari finished her checkup of Sinon. "Is she going to be alright?"
"Don't worry, she's going to be all right, boys." Nurse Himari answered him with a smile. "From what I can gather, she seems to have a traumatic experience with guns and can go into a nervous breakdown at the very sight of one like with Cecilia's IS. But much like with Yukinari-kun, I can't do much about a traumatic experience other than letting them overcome it themselves."
"Well, thank you for your help, Nurse Himari." Ichika said as he bowed in gratitude. "We really appreciate you checking on her. We'll see if we can help her out of her and Yukinari out of their phobias and I'm sure it won't be easy, but we can help them in any ways we can." Kirito nodded in agreement as Nurse Himari got up from her seat and stepped out to let the boys speak with their friend.
"Guys, sorry for my outburst earlier." Sinon apologized as she lowered her head despondently. "I didn't expect to see Cecilia's IS using a gun as her main weapon and I just lost it. I was excited to see the IS in person, but when Cecilia revealed her IS specializes in ranged weapons, my fear of guns got the better of me and I couldn't contain it any longer..."
"It's all right, we're all afraid of something and don't want others to know." Ichika reassured her. "But there are times where we end up revealing our fears to everybody without realizing it." Sinon knew what he was talking about as he continued on. "But how did you become afraid of guns in the first place? Did something happen to you that caused you to be terrified of them?"
"Yeah, it happened back when I was a kid…" Sinon answered him as a painful memory of her past occurred in her mind. "When I was 11, I was at the post office with my mom until a robber came in. He was about to shoot my mom until I took his gun from him and shot him with it. Soon after that, I gained a fear of guns and a slight fear of men because of the robber. I was bullied in high school because of my fear of guns and a lot of them took advantage of my fear to make me do things for them."
"I can't believe them, I hate it when people do that!" Kirito growled in anger as he clenched his fists in anger. "I can't stand people who likes to take advantage of others for their amusement and make them do their bidding! If I find them, I'll show those idiots what happens when they mess with my friends!" Ichika nodded in agreement while frowning angrily as well. "But there's something else I've been wondering, Sinon. How were you and Leafa logged into SAO in the first place? I didn't think the game allows archers as one of the options, so how was your Avatar different from the other players?"
"I don't know, I can't even remember logging into SAO." Sinon answered him as she tried to remember how she came to SAO. "We were never even players in SAO originally, but somehow we were there. I can't even remember anything before then, but it could be possible we came to SAO by different means."
"Don't worry, we'll help you remember, Sinon." Ichika reassured her *We'll see if we can find any clues for why you and Leafa were in SAO and help you overcome your fear of guns. It won't be easy, but I'm sure we'll find answers sooner than you think." Kirito nodded in agreement as she started smiling and had tears coming from her eyes.
"Thank you, Ichika and Kirito… It means a lot to me." Sinon sniffled as she hugged them and they hugged back before heading back to training.
Meanwhile
Back in Kowloon, Erika, Gen and Bearmon were running down a pathway and breathing heavily before turning around to see behind them. No one was following them and decided to slow down and breathe a sigh of relief at their pursuer was nowhere to be seen.
"Okay, we were able to lose them back there." Erika said with a sigh of relief as she looked ahead. "Now we're just a little closer to the lab and we'll be safe there. Just not far enough to go and we'll be safe from Phantom Task." Both Gen and Bearmon nodded in agreement and were just about to continue on until they heard a voice coming at them.
"Spiral Saw!" A voice shouted as something was coming their way before they've ducked. The one who attacked them was revealed to be a small Digimon with a yellow body, red fur, clawed webbed feet and blade like dorsal fins on its back. More joined in and surrounded the trio.
"Great, Gizamon! Just what we needed!" Bearmon groaned as he rubbed his temples with his paws. "It was bad enough those other jerks were trying to catch us, but them too?!" He jumps in front of his friends and gets into battle stance. "Guys, let me handle them! I can take them on and we'll be out of here!"
"No, Bearmon, you and Gen need to keep going on without me." Erika reasoned as Gen and Bearmon gasped in shock. "I'll distract them and keep them off your trail while you two escape. I'll meet up with you two later."
"No, Erika! I don't want to leave you!" Gen cried as tears fall down his eyes. "If you're not around, who's going to protect us if we're attacked again? I don't want to leave you to fight them alone!"
"Gen, you and Bearmon have to leave me." Erika said with a small smile. "I know this might be hard for you, but the more we're together, the more at risk you are. And don't worry, Bearmon will keep you safe until you find someone you can depend on. You have to be brave, Gen. Not just for me and Bearmon, but for you as well." Gen hesitated at first before nodding.
"Okay, we'll escape, Erika." Gen said with determination. "We'll be far away from here and find others here. But you have to promise me that we'll meet again in the real world!" Erika smiled before taking his head into her hands and kissing his forehead.
"Don't you worry, I promise we'll meet again." Erika said softly. "That kiss I gave you will be that promise and know I'll always be next to you. Now go, get moving before any more come our way!" Gen nodded before he and Bearmon ran in another direction with the Gizamon trying to follow them, but she stops them in their tracks.
"Out of our way, human!" Gizamon growled in anger. "We're not after you, we're after that other human you let escape! If you don't get out of our way, then you'll have to pay the price!"
"Don't even think about it, you abominations!" Erika frowned as she readies herself for battle. "I won't let you, Phantom Task or anyone use him for your personal gain! He'll live the life he was supposed to have and I'll make sure he does!" She flips open her lab coat and pulls out a gun. "So in you rejects want to get to my son, then you'll have to go through me!" The Gizamon took the challenge and charged right at her as she stood her ground.
Back in the real world
After school has ended for the day, Ichika, Kirito and Sinon regrouped with their friends and changed backed into their uniforms and got on the bus and head for Ichika's house to pick up Leafa, Yui, Pina, the CPUs and the Nermia Wreckin Crew. After picking their friends up, the bus started heading for Nakano to meet with Kyoko at the agency while also asking Sinon if she's okay after her episode.
"Hey, Sinon, are you feeling better?" Liz asked in concern. "You really had us worried when you started freaking out like that when you saw Cecilia's IS. Were you really that scared when you saw her IS?"
"Not her IS, just the weapon she uses." Sinon answered her with a sad frown. "I didn't expect her weapon to be a gun and once I saw it, I couldn't contain it anymore and had to let it all out. I have an intense fear of guns because of an incident years ago and it hasn't gotten any better as you all saw." She then turns to Yukinari. "I guess I know how you felt when you were surrounded by girls on your first day at the academy, I probably feel like a little kid for not seeing it from your perceptive."
"Not at all, I don't think you're a kid, Sinon-san." Yukinari said with a small smile. "You probably didn't know that Cecilia's IS had a gun as its main weapon and was much calmer. To be honest, you're a lot more mature than me. I can't even get close to a girl without breaking into hives when they touch me, so I guess we both have some disadvantages to everyone here."
"Yeah, it would sure does seem the way." Sinon agrees, smiling softly. "But that won't stop us because Ichika and Kirito said they'll help us conquer our fears. I know it won't be easy for us, but I'm sure we'll overcome our fears someday." Yukinari nodded in agreement as everyone smiled at them with the bus continuing towards its destination.
Upon arriving at Nakano, our heroes headed for the agency to tell Kyoko about the vision Ichika had last night. Once they've entered the office, Kyoko was sitting at her desk waiting for them while searching through her computer. She turns from her computer screen to see Ichika and the gang walking into the office.
"Ah, welcome back, my assistants." Kyoko greeted with a smile. "So how did it go at school? Was your first IS training a success?" She then noticed a look on their faces. "Don't tell me, Ichika had another vision last night, didn't he?"
"Yeah, and it's a big one, Kyoko." Ichika answered her as he explained. "From what I saw in my vision, these people were a group of pirates that were being attacked by a giant whale Digimon. After that, the same earthquake that brought everyone else here happened to them and they just vanished."
"I see, so some more people are coming here through the same methods as the others." Kyoko said as she scratched her chin in thought. "If the case, then something must be really up about what's been going on for the past month."
"What do you mean, Miss Kyoko?" Koyomi asked in confusion. "Is there a reason why Ichika-san's been having these visions?"
"If I had to guess, it's probably because of his half-cyber body." Kyoko theorized as she explained. "Gaining that form must've gave him the power to see visions of other worlds. That could also mean seeing the people from those worlds coming to ours in the same methods."
"If that's the case, then let's head for Kowloon." Kirito suggested with a determined frown. "We have to find these people from Ichika's vision and help them before that whale Digimon sends them across cyberspace in data bits." Everyone nodded in agreement as they all surrounded Ichika as he used his Connect Jump to enter the TV.
Upon arriving in Kowloon, everyone looked around the area to see if they found the people from Ichika's vision. While looking around, they spotted a humanoid Digimon resembling a pirate captain wearing a black captain's uniform and one of his legs is a revolver. The Digimon turns to them and greets them in a friendly tone.
"Ahoy there, mateys. Fancy meeting you lot around these parts." The Digimon pirate greeted. "I see you're all not from around here, yes?"
"Yeah, that's right. We're not from around here." Kirito asked politely before glaring at the Digimon pirate. "But what about you, Mr. Pirate Captain? Have you come here to start trouble with us? And what did you do to those people Ichika saw?"
"Now, easy there, lad. I mean ye no harm." The Digimon said with a smile. "I can assure you that this old sea dog means no harm to you, your mates or those people you've mentioned." Kirito calms down a little while he clears his throat. "My name is CaptainHookmon, and I've been marooned here for some time now. I've been on the search for Whamon because he's the one who sank me ship back in the Digital World. Because of him, I've lost all my crew, including my first mate Hookmon."
"I'm sorry to hear that, CaptainHookmon..." Houki said solemnly as she lowered her head despondently. "It must've been hard for you to see your crew lost at sea."
"Aye, that it is, lass." CaptainHookmon agrees with a small frown. "It pains my heart to watch them suffer from their watery graves while I am the only one who survived. So I've made my mission to find Whamon and send him to Davey Jone's Locker, just like what he did to my crew!"
"Then let us help you settle the score with Whamon." Ichika offered with a determined frown. "With all if us working together, there's no way a big Digimon like Whamon can stand a chance." Everyone nodded in agreement as CaptainHookmon was smiling.
"Thank ye, all of ye for everything." CaptainHookmon said with a smile. "Words cannot express how grateful I am to you all. And I can also say that my crew would be the same if they were here now." Everyone nodded in agreement and started on their mission with a new companion.
"Mr. CaptainHookmon, I'm curious about something." Rom said curiously. "What's the Digital World? Is that your home? And if it is, what's it like?"
"I'm afraid I can't say much about it, little lass." CaptainHookmon answered her. "But if we ever meet again, I'll tell ye more about my world." Everyone nodded in agreement until they heard some noises from the distance. Knowing there was trouble, everyone nodded to each other and ran towards the location of the noise as their Digimon partners all digivolved into their Champion forms save for Gatomon.
Further up the path, the same people from Ichika's dream were fighting Whamon but he was proven to be too strong for them. The giant Digimon was simply toying with them as he uses his massive size to overpower the Straw Hat Pirates and could do nothing to his powerful attacks.
"Damn, we're getting nowhere fast!" Zoro growled as he stands up and glares at Whamon. "This thing's just toying with us and none of our attacks are even harming it! What can we do if none of our attacks are doing anything?"
"We can't give up, there must be something we can do!" Luffy answered him with an angry frown as he glared at Whamon. "We've come too far to stop here and let this guy get in our way! I'm not gonna let this thing stop me from finding One Piece!" Whamon lifts up his tail in an attempt to crush them, but was stop by a fireball and knocks him back.
"What the hell?! Where did that come from?" Nami asked in shock before turning around to see Ichika and the gang along with CaptainHookmon arriving on the scene.
"Hang on, we're here to help!" Ichika shouted out to them. "You guys all stand back and recover your strength, we'll hold off Whamon!" The Straw Hats Pirates were confused at first, but decided to listen to him and stood behind while Ichika and his friends' Digimon partners and human allies all charged towards Whamon
Not too far, Gen and Bearmon walking down the path after leaving Erika behind to deal with the Gizamon. They were safe from their pursuers, but Gen still couldn't shake the feeling about leaving his new mother behind. Unknown to them, they were heading for the battle against Whamon.
"I don't think it was a good idea to leave her, Bearmon…" Gen said sadly. "I can't help but feel bad for leaving her to deal with those Digimon. Are you sure we'll be able to see her again in the real world?"
"No don't about it, I'm sure we'll see her again." Bearmon answered him with a determined smile. "She's certain we'll see her in the real world, but we have to believe in her. She knows about what was going to happen, so we have to make she does come out alive. After all, she promised you that we'll see her again." Gen nods in agreement until they heard some noises further up. The duo knew what was going on and headed for the location of the noises.
Once arriving at the scene, the duo sees the gang fighting Whamon and were having trouble due to his massive size. But as Gen looks over to the group, he sees a silver haired girl with a black eyepatch (Laura) and was instantly memorized by her. Bearmon, however, was more conserved about the battle and it wasn't going well for Ichika and his friends as Gen also noticed.
"Hey, those guys are having trouble with that Digimon!" Gen gasped in shock. "That Digimon is an Ultimate Level and he's just toying with them!"
"Gen, we've got to help them!" Bearmon shouted. "There's no way they'll stand up to Whamon, he's much too strong because he's an Ultimate! If we don't step in, they won't last much longer!"
"But what can we do to help them, Bearmon?" Gen asked in concern. "I don't know what to do, I'm not used to fighting Digimon yet. I don't even know what to do about this."
"Gen, you have to help them!" Bearmon encouraged him. "Erika saved you from Phantom Task because of what she did to you was wrong! She wants you to help others stop Phantom Task from making other people suffer for their personal gain!" Gen looks at his hands while thinking about Erika and how she saved him from Phantom Task. He then clutches his hands while finding his resolve.
"You're right, Bearmon. I do need to help them!" Gen said with a determined frown. "Erika saved me because she knew what she did was wrong and wants to make up for her actions. I want to make sure Phantom Task is stopped before they make others suffer like us! I won't let them get away with their crimes!" His words and resolved started to make Bearmon glow as he knew it was time.
"Now that's what I'm talking about, Gen!" Bearmon grinned. "Now let's help those guys stop Whamon! Bearmon Digivole to… Grizzlymon!" Bearmon is now a grizzly bear with spiked shoulder pads and on his forehead is a blue crescent moon. Grizzlymon charged towards Whamon and yelled out "Maul Attack!" He launched his attack at Whamon, giving him big damager.
(We Are Xros Heart plays)
"Whoa! When did that Digimon come from?!" White Sister (Ram) gawked. Gen ran up to the gang. Laura and Gen then looked into each other's eyes upon meeting for the first time and their heart beats at the site of meeting each other while blushing.
"A-Are you alright?" Gen stuttered as he looked away shyly.
"Y-Yeah…" Laura stuttered as well before regaining her compsure. "But first things first. We have to deal with Whamon. Wizardmon!" Laura issued.
"Right! Electro Squall!" Wizardmon launched his attack at Whamon, giving him bigger damage.
"Jet Arrow!" Whamon launched his attack at the gang, but they evaded it.
"Cross Combo!"
"Starburst Stream!" Purple Heart and Kirito combined their attacks to give Whamon large amounts of damage. Sinon didn't hesitated by firing arrows at Whamon, giving him small damage.
"Dragon Wheel!" Kyubiimon launched her attack at Whamon, giving him medium damage.
"Lightning Paw!" Gatomon punched Whamon with all her might, it gave the whale Digimon big damage.
"Cannonball!" Dorugamon launched his attack at Whamon, giving him medium damage. Whamon tried to swallow him whole, but he flew out of the way.
"Meteor Wing!"
"Slvet Spear!" Birdramon and Green Heart combined their attacks to give Whamon even more big damage.
"Strike Claw" Strikedramon launched his attack at Whamon, giving him big damage as well.
"Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon launched his attack at Whamon, giving him even more damage. Whamon tried to ram into him, but Grizzlymon got in the way and strikes him.
"Needle Spray!" Togemon launched her attack at Whamon, giving him medium damage. Whamon tried to hit her with a Jet Arrow, but Grizzlymon shielded her and blocked the attack.
"Guys! Keep it up! Whamon's weakening!" Twoearle cheered.
"Exvee Laser!" ExVeemon launched his attack at Whamon, giving him medium damage.
"Multi-Moon Shooter!" Stingmon launched his attack at Whamon, adding even more damage.
"Alright!" Ichika turns to Gen. "Alright, let's combine our attacks to deliver the finishing blow to Whamon!"
"Right!" Gen agrees. "Grizzlymon, get ready!"
"In that case, let me aid ye, lads!" CaptainHookmon agrees as he got ready.
"Mega Burst!"
"Crescent Dawn!" Grizzlymon launched a crescent moon attack.
"Leg Revolver!" CaptainHookmon fired his leg revolver at Whamon, combining with GeoGreymon and Grizzlymon's attacks to deliver the finishing blow on Whamon. Whamon roared in agony as he was deleted.
"Whoa…" Ussop muttered in awe.
"No way…" Nami gasped in shock.
"How did they do that?" Franky asked with wide eyes. "We threw everything we had on that thing, but we couldn't even hurt it. So how the hell were those guys able to take it out?"
"I believe these children might have some things we don't know about yet." Nico answered him as she added "From what they've shown, I have a feeling we might in for some new experiences with them." Everyone were all in deep thought from her words as they watched Ichika and the gang celebrating their victory over Whamon and their Digimon partners returned to their Rookie forms, save for Gatomon.
"Oh yeah, another one bites the dust!" Klein pumped his fist in the air in celebration. "We were able to send that Digimon to the junk pile with all the other junk data. Now we won't have to worry about him roaming around Kowloon any time soon."
"And plus, we were able to help avenge your crew, CaptainHookmon." Char agrees with a smile. "Now you can rest easy knowing that Whamon is no more and your crew can rest in peace. It must feel like a weights been lifted off your shoulders."
"Aye, that it is, lass. My debt has been repaid." CaptainHookmon agrees with a smile. "I'm certain my crew are now at ease with Whamon, thanks to all of ye. I'm now forever grateful for your help in helping me settle the score and avenging my crew. I'll always remember your brave efforts and valor."
"So where are you planning to go now?" Ranma asked in concern. "The Digimon who murdered your crew is gone, so what are you gonna do?"
"Just as I've always done, I go where the sea flows." CaptainHookmon answered him with a small smile. "The tides calls for me again and I must answer that call, so I must be setting sail once again. And who knows, our paths might cross again in the near future."
"And we'll be looking forward to meeting you again, CaptainHookmon." Ichika smiled at him. "But if you ever need our help again, just send a request over to the Kuremi Detective Agency. We'll be there to help you with any case you have for us." His friends all nodded in agreement as the Straw Hat Pirates continues watching them.
"That you can bet on, lad. I'll be sure to just that." CaptainHookmon said with a smile. "Well, best it's time for me to hoist anchor and shove off to new sights. I'll be see ye next time, Cyber Sleuths." Everyone waved goodbye as he walks down the path until he vanished into the distance.
To be continued…
Next chapter: No Need for Digimon and Cyber Sleuths! Luffy's Adventure in Tokyo!
A/n: Another chapter done. And a fine one I might add. Panther J has to be at Puerto Rico for a trip and he got back. And now I am going on a trip as well to celebrate Passover, but we will work on the next chapter when I'm away. Next up, the gang introduced themselves to the Straw Hats and return to the real world, but Luffy wanders off to explore Tokyo and our heroes have to search for him and the Tenchi Muyo gang appeared with scenes based on a chapter of MegaMan X IS and a story by Emma Iveil. So I'll see you next time!