A/N: Time for the finale of the second anime filler segment. After this chapter, it's on to the second main case that involves the gang helping a video game developer with a game he's working on. And then after that, it's on to the third anime filler segment with Hundred, Mew Mew Power and Shomin Sample. Card Captor Sakura was originally going to be in the third anime filler segment, but Panther J suggests that we put Shomin Sample in the third anime filler segment. And yes, Hundred is a real anime, check out its Wikipedia article and you'll understand. So here is Chapter 16.
Chapter 16: No Need for Digimon and Cyber Sleuths! Luffy's Adventure in Tokyo!
After helping CaptainHookmon settle the score with Whamon and avenging his crew, the pirate Digimon took his leave to parts unknown while also promising to meet with Ichika and the gang again one day. After his departure, our heroes all regrouped with each other along with the two newcomers who helped them in dealing with Whamon.
"Whew, that sure was a close one." Ichika sighed in relief. "I'm glad we made it in time and stop Whamon before it got out of control." Everyone nodded in agreement as they turned to the two newcomers. "Thanks for jumping in when you two did, I was a little worried Whamon might've got the upper hand or fin in his case." Everyone chuckled at his joke.
"No problem, glad we arrived just in time." Gen smiled. "We heard some noises coming from here and decided to see what was happening. When we came here, we saw you guys fighting Whamon and were having trouble because of his massive size. So we wanted to help you guys fight him and protect those people over there." He gestures over to the still confused Straw Hat Pirates who were trying to comprehend what just happened.
"And boy are we glad you did, pal." Ling agrees in gratitude. "We were lucky you two jumped into action and helped us take out Whamon. Ultimate Level Digimon sure are really tough to fight, even with all of us working together." Everyone nodded in agreement as she turns to Ichika. "By the way, should we also make sure those guys are still alright?" Everyone turned to the Straw Hat Pirates and realized she was right.
"Yeah, that's a good idea, Ling." Ichika agrees with a nod. "We should definitely see if they're alright." Everyone nodded in agreement as they all walked over to the Straw Hat crew. *Hey, are you guys okay? Can you still stand up?" He holds his hand out to Luffy who took it and pulls him back onto his feet.
"Yeah, thanks a lot for helping us. I thought we were goners." Luffy answered him in gratitude. "We're really glad you guys came to our rescue, we really owe you." He gave his signature big smile while Ichika smiled back at him. "So who are you guys anyway? And where are we?"
"We can tell you everything, but not here." Houki answered him with a serious frown. "This place isn't safe and we don't know when we'll be attacked again. So let's get going before that happens, we'll explain everything on the way." Everyone nodded in agreement and were about to start walking, Sanji dashes over to Char and holds her hand into his.
"My, what a beautiful young lady you are, my dear." Sanji said with a perverted smile. "I didn't think I'd find a flower as radiant as you, but here you are right in front of me. If you would be so kind as to accompany me for dinner tonight?" Char was speechless that he was asking her on a date while everyone else was just shocked at what they were seeing and Ichika was getting mad.
"Uhh… I don't know how to respond to that." Char stammered. "I mean, we've just met and I haven't gone on my first date yet. I don't know if I'm ready yet." Before Sanji could say anything else, Ichika had enough and wasn't going to take it any longer.
"Hey, you take your hands off her, pal!" Ichika snarled in anger. "I'm not just gonna let you flirt with her! Agumon, use Pepper Breath on him!"
"You got it, Boss! Pepper Breath!" Agumon launched his attack right on Sanji's pants and sets it on fire.
"YOW! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!" Sanji yells frantically as he run around comically while trying to put out the fire on his pants.
"Ichika, thank you for standing up for me." Char said with a smile. "I didn't know what was going to happen next if you haven't stepped in. I'm grateful for you and Agumon saving me." Both her and Ichika stared at each other for a few seconds until Satoru calls out to them.
"Hey, are you guys coming or not?" Satoru asked them. "We need to head back to the agency and tell Kyoko about what happened! If you don't hurry up, we might leave you two behind!" Both Ichika and Char nodded as they ran towards their friends with their Digimon partners trailing behind just as Sanji puts out the fire.
"Ahh… that was a close one." Sanji sighed in relief. "I thought I wasn't gonna put it out until it burnt through my pants. But I don't think I'll be sitting down for a while." He then looks around to notice everyone had left. "Huh? Where did everyone go?" He looks ahead to see them in the distance as he stands back up and runs after them. *Hey, wait for me! Don't leave me behind, guys!"
As our heroes make the trek back to the agency in the real world, Ichika and his friends started explaining to their new friends about the place they're in is known as Kowloon and the creatures with them known as Digimon. While Gen and Bearmon already knew most of what they're talking about, the Straw Hat crew were still confused at what they were talking about.
"Okay, so let's see if we're hearing you guys right." Nami began as she looked at the gang skeptically. "From what you're telling us, this place we're in is called Kowloon inside this cyberspace thing. And those creatures with you and the one that attacked us are called Digimon." Ichika and his friends all nodded "But how can we be sure you're all telling the truth? For all I know, you guys could be lying to us to make us drop our guard and turn us in."
"I know what we're saying may sound farfetched to you, but we're not lying." Houki reasoned. "We're definitely inside cyberspace and you guys were attacked by Whamon. It might take a while to sink in, but it'll make sense sooner or later."
"And plus, you guys don't have to worry about us turning you in." Ling said with a smile. "From what Ichika told us after seeing all of you in his vision last night, you're all not like the pirates we've seen in stories and movies. You all cared about each other when Whamon attacked and are the opposite of how people normally see pirates." Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Ichika? Who the hell is Ichika?" Franky asked in confusion. "And what do you mean about seeing us in a vision last night?"
"That's me, I'm Ichika. Ichika Orimura." Ichika answered with a smile. "I'm the one who saw you guys in my vision last night and told everyone about your situation. And since I already told you my name, I believe it's time we introduce ourselves." His friends all nodded in agreement and were about to start, but no one noticed that Gen was being wary of Ichika as he starts to introduce his friends. "Okay, these are my friends Houki Shinonono, Lingyin Huang, Cecilia Alcott, Charlotte Dunios, Laura Bodewig, Tatenashi and Kanzashi Sarashiki, Twoearle, Satoru Kuremi, Agumon, Elecmon, Renamon, Gatomon, Candlemon, Palmon, Monodramon and Dorumon." All his friends and their Digimon partners all waved or nodded at the newcomers.
"Yo, how's it going, my peeps." Neptune greeted as she waved casually. "I'm Neptune, the CPU of Planetune and the supporting heroine for Ichika here." She gestures to Ichika as everyone sweat dropped while her sister and fellow CPUs either sighed, face palmed or have anger veins on their foreheads. "Next up is my sister Nepgear or Nep Jr. as I like to call her, Noire or Lonely Heart of Lastation and her sister Uni, Blanc of Lowee and her twin sisters Rom and Ram and last but not least is Vert of Leanbox."
"Neptune…" Noire said darkly as a black aura appeared around her.
"Eep! Shutting up now." Neptune showed the blank white shocked eyes expression upon seeing Noire so angry.
"A CPU? What the hell is a CPU?" Nami asked in confusion.
"To put it simply, they're goddesses who rules over their own city." Satoru answered.
"Wait, they're goddesses?!" Franky gawked in shock as he looked at the CPUs with a surprised and shocked expression. "How the hell are they goddesses? They look like normal girls to me!"
"It's like Nepgear said last time, looks can be deceiving." Kirito said with a nervously smile. "And since Ichika already introduced him and his friends, it's time we do the same." His wife, daughter, sister and friends all nodded in agreement. "Well, my name is Kirito and these are my friends, Asuna, Yui, Leafa, Klein, Liz, Silica, Agil, Sinon, Phillia, Kusanagi, Veemon and Wormmon." His wife, daughter, sister, friends and the two Digimon all waved or nodded. Sanji waltz over to Asuna.
"Asuna-chan! My name is Sanji, and I would like to go out on a-?!" Sanji noticed the wedding ring on Asuna's finger. "Y-You're married?!" He gawked.
"Why yes, yes I am." Asuna frowned as she glared at Sanji. In her thoughts, she wanted to tell him that she and Kirito are married in-game, but since this peverted pirate from the world Ichika saw in his vision is still new to Ichika's world, she would tell him later at some point or the other.
"To who?!" Sanji snarled. Asuna pointed to Kirito with a smile who smiled back. Sanji glared at Kirito. "Why the hell didn't you tell me?!" Sanji was about to attack Kirito, but he whipped out his trusty Elcidator sword and pointed it at Sanji who backed off, not wanting to leave a bad impression on the people who saved him and his friends.
"That means we're now up next, my name is Yukinari Sasaki." Yukinari greeted with a smile. "These are my friends Miharu Sena Kanaka, Kirie Kojima, Kazuharu and Lisa Fukuyama, Koyomi Hare Nanaka, Tomoka Lana Jude, Hayate and Kosame." All his friends waved or nodded while Fukuyama didn't care.
"And last but not least is us, I'm Ranma Saotome." Ranma greeted with a smile. "These are my friends Akane Tendo and her sisters Nabiki and Kasumi, Shampoo, Mousse, Tatewaki and Kodachi Kuno, Ukyo Kuonji and Ryoga Hibiki." His friends all waved or nodded at the newcomers as Gen was still glaring at Ichika until they all noticed.
"Hey, what's the matter with you, kid?" Agil asked in concern. "You're looking at Ichika with some hostility in those eyes of yours. Is there something wrong?"
"He said his last name was Orimura, right?" Gen asked with an angry frown as Ichika nodded "That's the same last name as someone else I know who's been after us for weeks after we escaped from Phantom Task!" That made Ichika, Satoru, Twoearle and the IS girls all gasped in shock while their otherworldly friends were confused.
"Wait, you escaped from Phantom Task weeks ago?!" Ling gawked in shock. "Then you must be one of the runaways those two agents from Phantom Task were looking for when we fought them the other day."
"Yeah, and there's no way in hell I'm going back!" Gen snapped as tears fell out of his eyes. "I've been tortured and experimented on by an Orimura in order to be turned into some kind of weapon! And since he's an Orimura, he'll just do the same to me as Phantom Task did!"
"Wait, Ichika isn't like the ones at Phantom Task." Laura reasoned with him as she began to calm him down. "I know you had some bad history with the other Orimura, but he's nothing like her. I can assure you that he's a good Orimura."
"How can you be so sure?" Gen asked skeptically. "How do you know he's not like the other Orimura I know? He could have tricked you into thinking he's not like those at Phantom Task. So why should I believe he's not like them?"
"Because I used to think the same way a long time ago." Laura answered him with a soft smile. "Back when I first arrived, I used to worship his sister Chifuyu and thought he was the reason she was weak. At that moment, I thought to eliminate him and bring the Chifuyu I looked up to back to Germany and train me again. But after he saved me from nearly killing everyone and myself, I realized what she meant about him being her strength and I fell in love with him soon after. But I now know he might have feelings for my best friend and I'll support them for life." Gen and Bearmon started to calm down a little after hearing her words as both Ichika and Char looked at each other before turning away while blushing.
"Are you really sure he's not like her?" Gen asked "And are you also sure he won't use me like a tool?" Laura nodded to reassure him that Ichika won't use him like a tool. "Okay, then we take your word about him. If you say that he's not like the people at Phantom Task or the Orimura I know, then we believe you." Bearmon nodded in agreement as everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
"Now that you've calmed down, how about you tell us your names?" Ichika asked with a kind smile "I know you've had some traumatic from someone with the same last name as me, but I can definitely vouch for Laura." He then holds his hand out to Gen. "So what do you say, want to join us? I know you don't trust me yet, but I'm positive we can keep you safe from Phantom Task should they try to show themselves again." Gen and Bearmon looked into his eyes and could tell he wasn't lying. After thinking for a moment, Gen took Ichika's hand into his and shook as their Digimon partners mirrored their actions.
"Yeah, we'll be glad to join you guys." Gen agrees with a smile. "As long we're with you guys, we'll be safe from Phantom Task. I just hope we'll meet up with her again." Bearmon knew what he was talking about while everyone else were confused. *Never mind, it's nothing important. Anyway, I'm Gen and this is my partner Bearmon.* Bearmon waved at Ichika and his friends as they all waved back.
"Nice to meet you both, Gen and Bearmon." Ichika said with a smile. "We really appreciate you two jumping in to help us against Whamon, I thought we would've been done for if you guys haven't' shown up when you did. I guess lady luck was really on our side." Everyone nodded in agreement as they turned to the Straw Hat Pirates. "And now that everything's calmed down, why not tell us your names? Since we've already said our names, it's only fair we hear your names as well."
"Fair enough, I suppose we do owe you guys for saving us from that monster." Zoro agrees before glaring at the gang. "But even though you guys saved us, I don't trust you fully just yet. So you guys better not betray us when we least expect it."
"Don't worry, I can assure you we won't betray you." Houki reassured him. "It might take some time for you to trust us, but we can wait that long. Her friends all nodded in agreement as Zoro can tell they were telling the truth.
"I can see you guys are telling the truth, so I'm holding you to that." Zoro said with a small smile before frowning seriously. "But I'm keeping an eye on you guys if you ever do think of betraying us, so you better watch your backs.* Ichika and the gang all nodded as he nods back and clears his throat. *Okay, now with that settled, allow me to introduce myself to you. I'm Roronora Zoro, swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates. But you can just call me Zoro."
"I'm Nami, the navigator of our crew." Nami greeted with a smile. "I make sure our crew's heading in the right direction of our destination and pick the next destination… and I like treasure."
"Name's Vinsmoke Sanji, the cook of the Straw Hats." Sanji greeted with a smile. "I'm a man with a passion for cooking food and women as well. And while I do love the sight of attractive women, I am also a gentleman. You all can call me just Sanji." He takes out a cigarette from his pocket and lights it as he starts smoking.
"Nice to meet all of you, I'm Nico Robin." Nico greeted with a smile. "I'm the archeologist of the Straw Hats and a fairly recent member. I joined Luffy and his friends after they helped me from some past issues and I owe them for everything they've done for me. I hope we do get along with each other.*
"H-Hi, I'm Tony Tony Chopper and I'm the doctor of the Straw Hats." Chopper greeted with a stutter "I make sure everyone's in good health and heal them from wounds, ailments or broken limbs. And yes, before you all say anything, I'm a reindeer who can talk and walk like a human." Everyone all looked at him with bewildered looks as they are seeing a talking reindeer who's also a doctor. "But you can all just call me Chopper."
"How cute!" Miharu, Nepgear and Kasumi squealed at how cute Chopper is.
"Shut up! I'm not cute you assholes!" Chopper did a happy little dance upon being called cute which made everyone except for the Straw Hats and Miharu, Nepgear and Kasumi sweat drop.
"Looks like they're all too stunned by our greatness." Usopp said with a cocky smile. "Now that it's my turn, allow me to introduce myself. I'm Usopp, the brave captain of the Straw Hats crew. Please feel free to bask yourself in my bravery and superiority of my crew." Nami and Zoro just face palms while Sanji sighs in annoyance over their crew mate's lying antics again.
"You liar, there's no way that's true at all..." Ling said flatly with the annoyed dotted eye look.
"Yeah, there's no way you're the captain." Gatomon agrees with an annoyed frown. "So don't try to take credit for someone else's achievements just to make yourself look good. Besides, a wimp like you can never be a captain." That made Usopp jump in shock as his image shatters like glass and breaks away as he slumps in disappointment.
"Well, glad to see someone put that big mouth in his place." Franky said with a grin. "Moving on, I'm up next. Name's Franky, also a new member of the Straw Hats who was just recruited months ago. I'm the shipwright of the crew where I keep the Thousand Sunny in tiptop shape. But don't expect me to repair or build anything else, I only work on ships."
"And last but not least is me, Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy said with his signature big smile. "I'm the real captain of the Straw Hats and the one destined to become the King of the Pirates! Me and my crew have been sailing through the Grand Line in search of a legendary treasure known as One Piece left behind by the Pirate King himself, Gol D. Roger. Just before he was executed, he said that his fortune was now for the taking and pirates from all over the world set sail to find his treasure and claim the title as King of the Pirates!"
"Nice to meet all of you. I'm glad we were able to save you from Whamon in time." Nepgear smiled. "When we heard from Ichka about you being attacked by Whamon, I was afraid we weren't going to make it in time. But I'm glad we were able to help before it got out of control." Her sister, friends and fellow CPUs all nodded in agreement. "But how come your last names are first and your first names are last? Is it a custom in your world?"
"Yes, it's common for our people to have their last names first and their first names last." Nico answered her as she began explaining. "Although I'm not entirely sure as to why it's a custom, but I do have some theories about it. My guess is that during the dawn of time when our world began, the people of that era created a custom where, when you introduce yourself, you must always introduce yourself with their last names first and their first names last. That's just one of my theories as to why our names became as they are today."
"Hold on, there was something else that Ichika mentioned from his vision." Liz remembered as she continued. "From what he told us, Luffy was able to stretch his arms really far during your fight with Whamon. So how was he even able stretch his arms out so far?"
"That's because he's eaten a Devil Fruit and has gained the ability to become rubber." Nami answered her. "Each Devil Fruit grants a person special powers to whoever eats it and Luffy's one of those people. The one he ate was called the Gum-Gum Fruit, which gave him the ability to stretch his limps like rubber. He can also inflate himself like a balloon to soften his fall or stretch himself to catch us like a net. He's even immune to most attacks that would harm or kill a normal person. Such as bullets, cannonballs and even just trying to hit him with blunt force just bounces off." Her crew mates all nodded in agreement while Ichika and his friends gasped in shock. "It's also our mission to find the legendary treasure in a land known as One Piece, where Gol D. Roger had hidden before his execution."
"You've got to be kidding me!" Noire said annoyed with the dull anime expression. "What kind of idiot names a land that houses this so called legendary treasure One Piece? That doesn't make any sense in the slightest!"
"And hold on, you guys said that Luffy can stretch his arms like rubber, right?" Ranma asked in confusion. "How's that even possible? Can he really stretch his body like rubber?"
"Yes, it's all true as Nami explained." Nico answered him. "But that doesn't mean he's invincible, he does have some weaknesses with his rubber body. Like other Devil Fruit users, Captain Luffy has a weakness to water as since the Devil Fruits alters their bodies, they can't swim like normal anymore. In Luffy's case, it nullifies his ability to absorb blunt attacks and his rubber body is harden. Not only that, but rubber doesn't fair well against blades as they can cut through with ease. So it does have its strengths and its weaknesses, but our captain has made the most out of his rubber body."
"Whoa, now that's just amazing." Klein gasped in amazement. "If that was a feature or released as DLC in SAO, then that could really break the game. Not even some of the most skilled players can win against that." His friends all nodded in agreement as the Straw Hats were confused.
"SAO? DLC? What are those?" Nami asked in confusion. "Are they some kind of treasure?" Everyone soon realized that their world isn't like the others as it's in the past when pirates sailed the seas.
"That's right, your world's completely different from ours." Twoearle said with a nervous smile as she rubbed the back of her head nervously. "Since its set during a time where pirates ruled the seas, it's only natural they don't know anything about technology. This might take a lot of explanation to get them to understand about machines and other things like that." Everyone nodded in agreement while the Straw Hats were still confused.
"Hey, what the hell are you guys talking about?" Franky asked in frustration. "What's all that talk about this SAO or whatever you call it?"
"It's a long story, but I can assure you we'll explain everything later." Cecilia answered him. "But before we continue, there's something I've been meaning to ask you, Luffy." Luffy nods and hears what she has to say. "That straw hat on your head. Where did you get it from?"
"Oh, you mean this? This was given to me by my hero Shanks." Luffy grins as he takes off his straw hat and spins it around. "He gave it to me when I was a kid because he saved my life back in my hometown. A lot of people would insult Shanks and his crew because they're pirates, but I defended him from those jerks. Just before he left, he gave me his straw hat and it's been my dream to return it to him when I become a great pirate and find Gol D. Rogers treasure. And when I do, I'll be strong enough to defeat the Red Haired Pirates with Shanks himself being my last opponent."
"That sounds like an amazing dream, Luffy-san." Miharu smiled, "I know you'll be able to fulfill your hero's dream of finding the treasure of Gol D. Roger." Luffy gave his trademark smile and gives her a thumbs up.
"Yep, you can bet on it!" Luffy agrees as they continued their trek back to agency.
During the trek back to the agency in the real world, Ichika turns to Gen to ask him about something before making it back to the office in the real world.
"Hey Gen, before we continue on, there's something important I want to ask you." Ichika said as Gen turned to him. "Do you have a Digivice with you? You might need it if you want to store Bearmon when we make it back to the real world."
"Digivice? You mean something like this?" Gen shows them a watch like device on his wrist as Ichika nods. "Someone I knew gave it to me before we were separated a while back. I've had it during my captivity in Phantom Task and was given to me by someone who helped me escaped from them. We then had to separate from her because we were ambushed by Gizamon, but I really didn't want to. She then told me that we'll meet up again in the real world, so we had no choice but to leave her while she deals with the Gizamon to keep them off our trail."
"And that's how you two found us fighting Whamon and decided to help by having Bearmon digivolve into his Champion form." Houki nods in understanding. "But with you and Bearmon separated from your friend, what are you two going to do now and where will you go?" Both Gen and Bearmon looked at each other for a moment before turning back to her.
"I guess we'll be with you guys until we meet up with her again." Bearmon answered her with a small smile. "She promised that we'll see her again in the real world, but we don't have any other place to go and Phantom Task are still on our tail. If they find us, they'll take us back to their base and continue doing experiments on him."
"Then we'll be more than happy to take you two in with us." Ichika smiled. "We'll make sure you two are safe from Phantom Task and help you reunite with your friend if we ever meet up with her in the real world." His friends all nodded in agreement while the Straw Hats raised an eyebrow. "But before we do, we'll need to install a feature into your Digivice to allow Bearmon to exist in the real world. So let's head for the DigiLab and meet up with Mirei, she'll know what to do." His friends all nodded in agreement while Gen, Bearmon and the Straw Hats were confused.
"Okay, just what the hell you guys are talking about?" Zoro grumpily asked "Who's this Mirei you're talking about?"
"You'll meet her when we go see her." Houki told him calmly "She's someone we've met a few weeks ago and gave us a feature that allows our partners to come into the real world. But to meet her, we'll need to find an Access Point to enter the DigiLab and see her." Everyone looked around the area until Silica sees an Access Point not too far from them.
"Hey guys, there's an Access Point over there!" Silica shouted as everyone turned to where she was pointing.
"Nice job spotting it, Silica." Kirito smiled which made Silica blush. "Now we can see Mirei and she'll install the feature Houki mentioned into Gen's Digivice." Everyone nodded in agreement as they all headed for the Access Point and Ichika used his Connect Jump to enter the DigiLab
Meanwhile in the DigiLab, Mirei was sitting at her seat working on her laptop with her cats next to her. She then turns her attention to the terminal as Ichika and the gang all appeared into the lab with several new faces and closes her computer to greet them while Gen, Bearmon and the Straw Hats were looking around in amazement.
"Welcome back, Cyber Sleuths. I see you're all doing well." Mirei said with a smile as she looked at the Straw Hats. "And I see you also have some new faces with you as well. I take it they're from other worlds?" The Straw Hats all gasped in shock.
"Wait, how does she know that?!" Nami gawked. "How can she know we're not from here?!"
"I happen to know some things that are meant to be a secret to others." Mirei answered her with a smirk as she continued. "Even the existence of other worlds were meant to be a secret, but now that's no longer the case. Someone is tampering with the walls of the worlds and is sending the inhabitants, as in all of you, to this world. But seeing as how all of you came to this world, I can only imagine who else might've gone through the same way as all of you."
"But who's this person doing all of this?" Nico asked in concern with a serious tone. "And what does he plan to accomplish? Is he trying to prove something?"
"That I can't say for sure, but I can say that he has a powerful influence." Mirei answered her with a serious frown. "But I believe that's enough all I can say for now. The rest you'll have to learn on your own." She then turns to Ichika and his friends. "Now with that out of the way, what do I owe this visit? Was there something you need me for?"
"Oh right, I almost forgot why we came to see you." Ichika remembered. "We're here because our new friend Gen needs the same feature you've added to our Digivices last time. He needs it to bring Bearmon into the real world when it's just us."
"I see, that does seem reasonable enough." Mirei said with a smile. "Very well, I'll do just as you requested." She gestured Gen and Bearmon to approach her and they did as she looks at the Digivice on his wrist. *Hmm… an interesting Digivice you have here… I might add a few features into this one much like I did for Ichika. Now don't move until I'm finished." Gen nods as she starts working on his Digivice. A few minutes later, Mirei has just finished adding the features into Gen's Digivice. "Okay, that should do it. Now your Digivice is really to be used whenever you like."
"Wow, you really worked fast, Mirei." Gen gasped in amazement. "I didn't think you'd add so many features into a small device. You sure know your way with technology."
"Well, I do watch over this DigiLab after all." Mirei smiled as she pushed her glasses up. "So I happen to know my way with technology very well, even if they were created by someone else. But for how these features work, you'll have to figure that out yourself as you continue on your journey." Gen and Bearmon nods as they returned to Ichika and the gang before heading out.
"Okay, thanks for your help, Mirei." Ichika bowed in gratitude. "We'll be heading back to Kyoko and tell her about everything that just happened. We'll be back here again if we need your help." Everyone nodded in agreement as they exited from the DigiLad and continued on to the agency.
Back in the real world, Kyoko was in her office waiting for Ichika and the gang to return from their mission. As she leans back in her chair to stretch, the TV screen starts to glow brightly until a flash of light shoots out from the screen and lands in the center of the office as Ichika and the gang emerged from the light with their new friends with them.
"Jeez, what the hell was that all about?" Nami gawked as she tried to regain her composure. "How did we end up in this room from that place we were in? Did you eat a Devil Fruit that gave you those abilities?"
Before Ichika could answer, Kyoko spoke up for him. "Not exactly, but he did gain his abilities in a different matter. How he got those abilities in the first place, I'm afraid that's for another time. So Cyber Sleuths, I take it your mission was successful?" She then noticed Gen with them. "Oh, and who do we have here? So was he also someone you needed to save as well?"
"Actually, he, Bearmon and CaptainHookmon helped us save Luffy and his friends from Whamon." Houki answered with a smile. "When we arrived in Kowloon to help them, we ran into another Digimon named CaptainHookmon who had a score to settle with him for sinking his ship and devouring his crew. So we helped him settle it with Whamon and with the help of Gen and Bearmon, we were able to save Luffy and his friends just in time. After the battle, CaptainHookmon went on his way and we promised to see him again."
"I see, that does make the most logical sense." Kyoko said with a smile. "Still, I'm relieved you to see you're all in one piece. So now that everyone's safe and sound, mind introducing me to your new friends?" Before anyone could get a word out, Sanji immediately rushed over to her and takes her hands into his.
"Please, allow me to introduce myself to you, my love." Sanji said with a perverted smile. "My name is Vismoke Sanji, the chef of the Straw Hats and a lover of women, but you can just call me Sanji. If you would be so kind, shall I prepare a meal for a beautiful maiden such as yourself?" Everyone was just speechless at this as Kyoko just smiles at him before he felt a massive pain from between his legs. Everyone looked down to see that she had kicked him in his unmentionables.
"Sorry, but sad to say that you're not my type..." Kyoko said calmly "Like I told Fukuyama, I'm not the kind of woman that you can take advantage of. So don't try to waste your breath on me, I won't be easily reeled in by that clinched pick up line. So I hope you've learned your lesson on how not to gain women that way, are we clear?" Sanji was in so much pain that he couldn't answer, but still managed to nod as he falls to the floor while holding his crotch with his hand and everyone was just shocked at what they saw.
"Okay, now I'm really scared of Kyoko..." Klein gulped. "I didn't think she'd do something like that to Sanji when he tried to flirt with her. Remind me to never flirt with her for as long as I live." Everyone else all nodded in agreement as Kyoko turns to them.
"Well, now with that settled, how about you introduce me to your friends?" Kyoko suggested, smiling again. "They sure don't look like anyone I've seen around these parts. Are they foreigners?" Before anyone could answer, they noticed that Luffy was gone as an outline of his body blinks, indicating that he's no longer there.
"Hey, where did Luffy run off to?" Ling asked in shock as she looked around. "He was right here with us a minute ago. He couldn't have just vanished without us knowing."
"Actually, he does. This always happens when we dock at a new island..." Nami moaned. "He always runs off into town to try out the food there and eat to his heart's content. Though I'm not entirely sure how our currency would work here."
"Then we've got to find him and fast!" Ichika urged. "Tokyo's a big city and he doesn't know his way around! We'd better make sure he doesn't get lost in all those huge crowds of people!" Everyone nodded in agreement and headed for the entrance of Nakano.
As our heroes exited the entrance to Nakano, they all looked around to find Luffy but he was nowhere to be seen. More and more people keep coming into the sidewalks, driving in their vehicles and entering in and out of stores around the area. It made it even worse as more people arrived on the bus and making it even more crowded than it already is.
"Great, now what are we going to do?" Liz asked with a groan as she rubbed her temples. "How can we find that knucklehead in a crowd as big as Tokyo? It's going to take all day to find him." As they were coming up with a plan to search for Luffy, they heard Renamon's voice from Cecilia's Digivice.
"Perhaps I can be of assistance in this one?" Renamon suggested. "I can sense his whereabouts by detecting his energy from his body. That way, I can search for him easily and let you know when I find him."
"Ok, we'll be counting on you, Renamon." Cecilia said with a smile. "We'll also do our part in searching for Luffy on the ground while you look for him from a higher point." Everyone looked around to make sure no one was watching them. Once the coast was clear, Cecilia holds out her Digivice and shouts out "Realize!" to have Renamon appear in the real world.
"Okay, I'll start my search for him now." Renamon said with a nod. "I'll send a signal to all of you when I do find him." By doing a series of flips, she climbs up the wall of Nakano until she reaches the rooftop of the shopping center. Then with a big jump, she does the same on another building to reach rooftop again before continuing on by jumping from rooftop to rooftop while everyone else starts their search on the street level.
With Luffy
In the streets of Tokyo, Luffy was wandering around Shinjuku looking at the different shops and restaurants as far as he can see, not caring about the strange looks he's getting from everyone. Though, he's more interested in the restaurants as he enters one he saw and went inside as he ordered everything that was on the menu, much to the surprise of everyone else in the restaurant. Once he had finished eating, he placed his blast bowl of ramen on the table and rubbed his full stomach.
"Ah man, that was just so good!" Luffy said happily. "I didn't think the food here would be this delicious! I've got to try out the other restaurants around here." He stands up from his chair and places his money on the table as he leaves. "There you go, 400 Berries! Thanks for the great meal!" He strolls out the door as one of the waiters tries to stop him.
"Hey you! Come back here!" The waiter snapped. "I don't even know this kind of money! You better get back here and pay up right now!" But Luffy didn't hear him and continued on his way.
As Luffy continues exploring around Shinjuku, he hears someone screaming followed by shouting. He looked over to the other side of the street to see three men in black clothing wielding guns attacking a shop. People were gathering just outside the shop as the robbers were threatening shoppers and employees with their guns as they were telling them to put their money or anything valuable into their bags or they'll be killed if they don't. Luffy couldn't stand seeing innocent people being hurt, so he rushes into the shop to stop the robbers.
"All right, now all of you listen up!" Robber 1 shouted. "This is a robbery and I want all of you to do as we say! But if you don't, then you'll be standing on the other end of a barrel! Do I make myself clear?" Everyone didn't say a word, but they all nodded in fear. "Now that we've come to an agreement, this won't be much of a problem. Now hand over all your money, jewelry and anything else that might be valuable and place them all in this bag! Do as you're told and there will be no trouble." Everyone took out their wallets, jewelry and other belongings as the second robber went around with bag in hand for them to place their items in. As he makes it halfway, he ends up getting punched in the face and crashes into one of the shelves that got the first and third robbers' attention.
"What the hell?! How did that happened?" Robber 3 gasped in shock as he sees his cohort getting up. "Who's the idiot that decided to stand up against us?!" The three robbers all looked ahead to find Luffy standing before them and not looking happy.
"This idiot, that's who!" Luffy answered them with an angry frown. "I'm not going to let you jerks hurt these people any longer! Now you all better leave now or this is going to get ugly!"
"Too late for that, you cosplay idiot!" Robber 2 snarled. "It already has turned ugly when you stepped in and attacked me! Now we're going to use you as an example for those who tries to stop us!" The three robbers all fired their guns at Luffy as he just stood his ground and took the bullets head-on. But to everyone's surprise, the backside of his body stretches out and catches the bullets before springing back into place and the bullets fell onto the floor.
"What the?! How did that just happened?!" Robber 1 gawked in shock as he took a step back. "How is he still standing after taking all those bullets?! What the hell is he?!"
"I'm someone you do not want to mess with, buddy…" Luffy said with determination. "I don't take kindly to people who take advantage of others for their selfish gain. So I'm going to teach you three a very painful lesson." He leans backwards as he arm stenches out from the shop before bringing it back while shouting "Gum-Gum Pistol!" and punches the robbers at the same time as he sends them flying into the wall and knocks them out.
The people were all just stunned at what they just witness, a person with special powers just came to their rescue and defeated the robbers with little effort. Luffy turns to face them and smiles with his signature grin before giving a peace sign and everyone cheered for him. Just then, police cars arrives on the scene and everyone gathered around as Renamon appeared behind Luffy.
"Oh hey, you're Cecilia's partner, right?" Luffy asked with a smile. "You should've seen what I did just now! Those thieves were about to steal everyone's stuff, but I jumped in and save them all! Now those guys won't be bothering anyone now."
"That's all well and good, but we need to leave now." Renamon said with a frown. "You shouldn't wander around someplace you don't know about, it's really dangerous. You're lucky I found you before those police did or you might be considered to be one of the robbers. Come on, we're heading back to the others." She grabs his shoulder and makes both of them vanish before the police could question the pirate and find out who he was.
In another dimension, there was a standard Japanese house by a large lake that could fit an entire family and some guests. Just then, a loud crash was heard from inside the house followed by shouting from two people that even made the entire house rumble. Our view later shifts to inside the house as two women were arguing over the young man sitting on the couch with several other women also watching the two arguing.
"Hey, just what the hell is your problem, princess?!" The teal haired woman growled as she emitted a red aura. "What makes you think you can just take advantage of the situation and make something for Tenchi? I told you before, he's all mine!"
"That's what you think, you no good, barbaric space pirate!" The dark purple haired woman snapped, showing a purple aura around her. "All you've done all day is try to seduce Tenchi-sama for most of the afternoon with that skimpy outfit you call a swimsuit! That's just plain absurd!"
"Shows just how much you know, you spoiled stuck up princess!" The teal haired woman countered. "I've seen you with that smirk on your face! You've been thinking of showing Tenchi that lingerie you've bought from the mall yesterday! So don't talk to me about being absurd!" The two continued glaring sparks at each other while everyone else all sighed in annoyance.
"How long have they been at this?" A dark skinned woman asked in confusion.
"I've lost count after the 600th time today and yesterday." The red haired girl answered her with a sigh. "They've been at each other's throats for a whole month and they still haven't stopped arguing." She then turns to the young man sitting right between them. "I guess that means you're still as popular as ever, Tenchi. They just can't seem to take their minds off you."
"I don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, Washu…" Tenchi sighed. "I just want them to stop fighting, but every time I try to stop them, they just glare at me and I have no choice but to back off. I honestly don't know what to do anymore." As the arguing continues on, there was a loud explosion that made everyone jump in surprise and even stopped the arguing.
"What was that just now?" The young girl asked in concern. "That didn't sound like ships coming into Earth, is it?" Before anyone could answer, a second explosion happened again that even blew a hole through the wall of the house.
"I don't know what that is, but I'm sure as hell not going to let it destroy our home!" The teal haired woman snapped with a growl. "Come on, you lazy asses! We're going to find what's attacking us!" Everyone nodded as they all ran out the front door to see what was attacking them.
As they ran outside, they saw a black bird like Digimon that looked identical to Birdramon, not that they knew attacking anything in site. "W-What the hell is that thing?" A dark blue haired woman with a red bandana gawked with wide eyes. "Is it a new type of alien that hasn't been discovered?"
"Hold on, let me see..." Washu then used her computer to scan the bird Digimon. Suddenly, she got an error message on her computer. "What?! This can't be!"
"What's the matter Miss Washu?" The young girl gasped in alarm.
"My computer has failed to identify this strange creature! I may be the greatest scientist in the universe, but this is something that's beyond my limit." Washu inspected her computer to see if it is working alright.
"Ugh! Some mother you turned out to be!" The teal haired girl growled. "I'll blast this creature straight to hell!" The teal haired girl fired laser blasts from her palms, but when they connected with the bird Digimon, they fizzled out. "W-What the crap?!" The teal haired girl gawked as a piano fell behind her in shock.
"Hah! Let me show you how it is done, you barbarian space pirate!" The purple haired woman boasted as she summoned mini cog like devices and they fired energy beams at the bird Digimon, but like with the teal haired girl's attacks, they fizzled out. "T-This can't be!" The purple haired girl gasped in shock. The black Birdramon lookalike noticed them and screeched and charged towards them.
"Ahhhhh! Why does this always happen to me?!" Tenchi screamed in fright and annoyance. Just as the Birdramon lookalike was about to get near them, an earthquake occurred and a bright flash occurred, engulfing both the people and the Birdramon lookalike, when it stopped, both were gone.
(Back in Ichika's world)
As Ichika, Char, Nepgear and Kirito were looking for Luffy in a part of Shinjuku, Ichika stopped and feels tensed. His friends noticed his tensed behavior. "Ichika, what's wrong? You looked troubled for some reason." Char asked him in concern.
"I don't know Char…" Ichika said in concern. "I just got this gut feeling that something is about to happen here in Shinjuku and if that happens, we need to have our Digimon partners ready for whatever this may be."
"Could this be another power of your half-cyber body's abilities, Ichika?" Nepgear asked in concern.
"Maybe. But I'm not sure." Ichika answered her as he looked at the sky with a serious look on his face.
"Then we better be prepared for this." Kirito agrees, sharing Ichika's tensed features. Suddenly, Ichika's communicator ranged and he answered it.
"Ichika! Great news! Renamon has found Luffy and is bringing him back to Nankano. Let's meet up at the entrance of Nankano to discuss what to do next." Cecilia explained. "Also, it's 1:30 PM so we still have time to show Luffy and his friends around Nankano."
"Yeah. But I like to talk to you guys about something when we regroup. It's something important." Ichika agreed as he ended the call and nodded to his friends as they head back to Nankano.
Not long after hearing that Renamon found Luffy, everyone returned to Nakano to meet up with them and make sure that Luffy was okay. Once they've entered the office, there was Luffy siting on the sofa with Renamon and Kyoko keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't wander off again.
"Hey guys, glad you finally made it back." Luffy greeted with a grin. "You guys wouldn't believe all the amazing places this city has! Even the food here is great! I tried one of the restaurants and it was delicious! I think the waiter there wanted me to have some more food."
"I highly doubt that's even the case, Luffy..." Renamon said with a annoyed frown. "From what I saw, he was actually yelling at you for paying him with money he doesn't even know about. So you were basically running out on him without paying for your meal."
"That's the only thing to worry about." Kyoko agrees with an annoyed frown as well. "We've also got complaints from people about an idiot in cosplay walking through the streets without looking both ways or on the designated areas to walk on. And even that's not the worse of it." She turns on the TV to show a new report about the robbery and how Luffy was able to stop the robbers. "Now there's a new report about you saving all those people from robbers and preventing a robbery at that store."
"Well, I couldn't just let those jerks hurt all those innocent people." Luffy said innocently. "It's not in my nature, I just had to save them. If I didn't, then who would? I had to help those people and stop those guys from stealing from them."
"Maybe so, but that still doesn't mean you can just wonder around Tokyo." Houki placed her hands on her hips with a frown. "It's a big city out there and you could get lost among the billions of people that live here. You were lucky that Renamon was able to find you before someone else did and could take you away somewhere else. If that were to happen, I doubt we'd help you that easily." Everyone nodded in agreement as they continued watching the news.
"As you can see behind me, there's been a robbery at this store." The reporter said as she showed the footage of the event. "From what we can gather, three armed men were attempting to rob the store and shoppers for all their valuables, but were stopped by someone. According to eyewitnesses, the person who stopped the men was a young man in a cosplay outfit that somehow was able to save them. The men open fired on the young man, but in a surprise turn of events, the bullets didn't even hurt him but instead just bounce off him like he was made of rubber. Then when the men were shock, the cosplayer actually stretched his arm real far behind him before flinging it back and punched into the wall. Now before anyone could thank him, he had suddenly vanished from trace. Who is this mysterious hero and where did he come from? Tune in next time when more on this incident develops." Just before closing off, someone screamed and everyone heard a loud screeching.
"What the hell is that up in the sky?!" A woman shouted and pointed to the sky as the camera turns around to find the same Digimon that attacked Tenchi and his friends.
The Digimon dive bombs down onto the street as he flies over the people and releases a strong gust of wind as it flies by. Just then, the Digimon starts flapping its wings as a barrage of purple feathers hits all the cars in the area and causes them to explode before flying off to another part of the city. Once the smoke cleared, all the people only suffered minor injuries but were in a panic.
"This just in, a giant black bird has been sighted in the area and has destroyed all vehicles in the area." The reporter reported. "No one knows where this bird came from, but it has flew off to another location to cause havoc. If you see the bird, stay indoors and don't go out onto the streets! Officials are on route to try and stop the bird before it harms any citizens! This is Natsume Miyazaki with the news, stay tune for more details!" The camera cuts off as everyone stared at the static screen.
"Hold on, didn't that Digimon looked like a black version of Birdramon?" Liz asked in shock. "But I thought Birdramon was red, not black. What could that Digimon be?"
"We've got no time for questions now!" Kyoko urged. "What's important is that Digimon's in the real world and is causing havoc in the city and could destroy everything in its path!" She stands up from her chair. "Cyber Sleuths, this is your new assignment. That Digimon is causing destruction on our city and you need to stop it. If we let it continue on its rampage, there's no telling what kind of casualties we'll be looking at. And also, if there's anyone in trouble, save them and get them out of harm's way. Is everyone clear on the task at hand?" Everyone nodded. "Okay, then the case is a go! Cyber Sleuths, assemble!"
"Yes, ma'am!" The Cyber Sleuths all shouted as they headed out to stop the Digimon from destroying their city.
Ichika and the gang decided to split up and help people out while the Straw Hats make sure Luffy doesn't run off again. Ichika was with Char and they spotted the Birdramon lookalike causing havoc in the streets of a sector of Shinjuku.
"There it is!" Ichika gasped as he placed his goggles over his eyes and scanned the Birdramon lookalike. "It's called Saberdramon, an evil version of Birdramon." Ichika turns to Char. "Alright. There's no one around, so let's bring our Digimon into the real world and save the city!" Char nodded as she and Ichika held out their Digivices and shouted "Realize!" Agumon and Biyomon materialized into the real world.
"Agumon, digivolve to…! GeoGreymon!"
"Biyomon, digivolve to…! Birdramon!"" As the two Digimon digivolve into their Champion forms. Sabredramon noticed the two and started attacking them. Just as Birdramon was about to attack, she narrowly missed a light beam attack.
"W-Where did that come from?!" Char gasped as Ichika used his eyes to find out what he's not believing he is seeing. A teal haired woman flying towards Birdramon and Saberdramon.
"So this bird freak is related to that bird freak that attacked us, huh?! I'll blast you two into the deepest pits of hell!" Just as the teal haired woman was about to attack Birdramon again, Ichika called out to her.
"W-Wait just a minute! She's not the enemy! That Digimon who is attacking the city is!" He reasoned. The teal haired woman looked at Ichika confusedly.
"Digimon? What the hell is a Digimon? Look kid, if you're going to get in my way, then I'll be more than happy to blast you and these bird freaks into oblivion!" Just as the teal haired woman was about to attack Ichika instead, Tenchi and his friends ran up to them.
"Ryoko! Cease and desist!" Washu ordered. The teal haired woman known as Ryoko looked at Washu liked an whiney child.
"But moooooom! Those bird freaks attacked us!" Ryoko whined.
"That orange bird that is attacking the one who attacked us is on our side. So let them handle it, okay?" Washu placed her hands on her hips. Ryoko sighed and relucntly nodded as she floated down.
"Thank you." Char bowed in gratitude as she nodded to Birdramon. Birdramon nodded as she rammed into Saberdramon, giving it medium damage.
"Black Saber!" Saberdramon yelled as he hit Birdramon with his talons.
"Mega Shot!" GeoGreymon launched his attack at Saberdramon, giving him bigger damage. Saberdramon growled as he charged towards Birdramon, but she dodged the attack and used her talons to hit Saberdramon, giving him big damage.
"Mach Shadow!" Saberdramon dashed towards Birdramon as he was coated in a shadowy aura and rammed into Birdramon.
"Birdramon!" Char covered her mouth in shock.
"It's alright, Char! I'm alright!" Birdramon reassured her friend and partner as she got Saberdramon off of her and used her wings to push Saberdramon back. Saberdramon tried to use Black Saber again, but Birdramon dodged it and used her talons to hit Saberdramon for medium damage.
"Mega Roar!" GeoGreymon launched his attack at Saberdramon, giving him big damage. Saberdramon growled as he used Mach Shadow on GeoGreymon, but he recovered and used Horn Impulse on Saberdramon, giving him big damage again.
"Night Roar!" Saberdramon, in a desperate attempt to defeat our heroes launched feathers at the Digimon partners of Ichika and Char, but they evaded them.
"Alright, GeoGreymon!" Ichika shouted.
"Birdramon!" Char cheered.
"Finish this battle!" Both Ichika and Char shouted in encouragement.
"Mega Flame!"
"Meteor Wing!" GeoGreymon and Birdramon combined their attacks to hit Saberdramon for big damage. Saberdramon screeched in agony as he was deleted.
Once Saberdramon was deleted, both GeoGreymon and Birdramon returned to their respected partners and back into their Rookie forms. Tenchi and his friends were amazed at what theyjsut saw, but Ryoko was still pouting at being told to back off and let Ichika, Char and their Digimon partners handle Saberdramon.
"Okay, that's the end of Saberdramon's rampage." Ichika smiled as he patted Agumon on the head while Char and Biyomon hugged each other. "We were lucky we've made it in time before he could cause any more damage. Now all that's left is to meet up with the others and head back to Nakano." Char and their Digimon partners all nodded in agreement as they turned to the newcomers. "Hey, are you guys all right? Anything damaged or broken?"
"No, we're all still in one piece. Thanks for asking." Tenchi answered him before asking Ichika this "But what the hell was that all about? How were those creatures with you were able to change sizes and took out that bird that attacked us?"
"We can explain everything to you, but not here." Char answered him. "I'm sure everyone will be asking the same question, so we shouldn't stick around when they do. We'll explain everything back at the office, come on." Tenchi and his friends knew that the only way to know what was going on is to follow Ichika and Char. As soon as Ichika and Char returned their Digimon back into the Digivices, they all made the trek back to Nakano to meet up with the rest of their friends and explain what was going on. Of course, Ryoko was still grumbling so Tenchi had to drag her by her clothes and pull her along like a balloon.
While on the way, Ichika thought to himself "What's going on? I thought Digimon only appear in cyberspace, so how is it that Saberdramon was able to enter the real world? Could this be what Mirei was talking about?" He decided to put this in the back burner for now and help Char lead Tenchi and his group to Nakano.
To be continued…
Next chapter: Game On! The Case of the Buggy Mobile Game!
A/n: Whew! Sorry it took us a long time to have this chapter finished. So hopefully, next chapter won't take too long. Anyway, that's it for the second anime filler arc. Next up is case number 2 where Ichika and the gang help a game programmer fix his buggy mobile game. So stay tuned for more updates.