Part 3:
Geni's face was, as usual, unemotional. He gave no indication whether he was happy, angered, sad, or worried. Tai thought that the lest he could do was show the last emotion, it made him seem like he didn't care.
His face, however, was different this time. Instead of the wise, old man, who had lived for eons and gave his wisdom regularly, was the face of a confident young man.
"Genai?" Tai and Sora asked, confused.
The young man nodded,"Yes," he said,"Its me."
"What happened to you?" Sora asked.
"Something, that I am surprised didn't happen to you."
Just then, a hysterical looking little Mimi ran in front of the cylinder of light, being chased by a mischief looking little Matt.
"I take that back," Genai said,"It did happen to you."
"Well," Tai said,"The rest of them. Sora and I are fine."
Much to Tai's surprise, Genai's face showed relief. "Great! The world may yet be saved! Listen to what I have to tell you. The Digimon Emperor has returned to Earth. U sing his gun, he has turned the entire population of Japan into babies!"
"Oh no!" Sora cried out,"Momma!"
"What can we do?" Tai asked.
"Get back to the real world! Ken is presently in America, in New York."
"What could he be after there?" Sora asked, turning to Tai.
"The UN," Tai said.
"Precisely," Genai said,"Hurry!"
"How can we undo what happened here?" Tai asked.
"Get me that gun, and I should be able to reverse the rays. I've got to go now."
"Wait!" Tai said,"Before you do, what happen to you?"
"The Digimon Emperor somehow found my house and attacked me with his gun. He sought to revert me so far back that I would not be able to help, but it apparently has a delayed effect on humans, and since I was so old, it will take me a while to get to a child."
"That means you're human?" Sora and Tai asked at the same time.
"........Goodbye!" Genai said, disappearing.
"Great!" Sora said,"Now what?"
"We find a tv and get back home!" Tai said, standing up.
Just then, Kari ran up to Tai and clutch his leg. "What now?" Tai asked. When he looked down he saw that Kari's hair was covered in mud. "Matt!" Tai yelled.
By the time they reached a tv, things had gone from bad to worse. Cody seemed to have stabilized as a baby, and Kari, T.K., Davis, and Yolei had joined him. The other kids were now around four or five. They all had lost their bottom portions of their clothes, pants, and in Mimi's case, skirt. But that was okay, because their shirts more than covered up for that.
Tai and Sora had found out quite a few things about their friends when they were younger. Miss popular Mimi, was incredibly shy, and spent most of her time hiding behind Sora, as if she was her mother. Joe often ran up to the head of the line, scanning what was coming. He was very hyper.
Matt was the worst by far. He kept picking on everyone. As they were just reaching the tv, Matt flicked a spitball at Mimi's hair.
Mimi started wailing. "Tai!" Sora yelled, while trying to calm Mimi down,"Do something!"
Tai grumbled to himself as he walked over to where Matt was seated, waiting for his punishment.
"Matt," Tai said, sitting down next to him,"Where are you getting the paper to make those spitballs?"
Matt sighed as he pulled a notebook out of his bag. Then he pulled out a small slingshot, made out of a rubber band and a couple of paper clips.
"What are these for?" Tai asked, holding up the slingshot.
"To shoot it with," Matt said, scratching the ground with his shoes.
"Wow!" Tai said, impressd,"I can't make one of these now....hey wait! Let me show you something I used to make as a kid. I call it my 'Wildfire Spitball'."
Tai ripped out a couple sheets of paper from the notebook and started to make spitballs. He created a couple hundred of small, pea shaped spit balls. He then mushed all the balls into a ball about the size of a baseball. He placed it on the rubber band in Matt's slingshot.
Matt watch in amazement and wonderment,"What will that do?"
Tai smiled,"Watch!"
He pulled the rubber band back and let go.
The spitball nailed Sora in the back on the head. On contact the ball exploded, sending a wildfire of the smaller spitballs over everyone else.
"TAI!" Sora screamed.
"Am I grounded?" Matt whispered to Tai as Sora stormed over.
Tai gulped. "I think we're both grounded!"
"What do you think you're doing?!" she yelled.
Tai gulped,"I'm...uh...trying to bond?"
"By how?" she yelled,"Teaching him who to get into trouble?!"
"That's what my father used to do," Tai said, meekly.
Sora was about to yell even more, but then she realized that her mother probably would have laughed this off. Sora sighed deeply. It WAS pretty funny.
"Let's get going, okay?" Sora said, whipping the mess from the back of her head.
Tai looked at Matt and gave him the thumbs up sign. "By the way," Sora said,"How much money do you have on you?"
"I don't know," Tai said,"Why?"
"We're going to need diapers!" Sora said, mentioning to Cody, Davis, Kari, T.K, and Yoeli.
"Okay, okay," Tai said, holding out his sister's digivce,"Let's go and see how bad everything back home is."
The tv shot out a stream of light, and everyone was sucked in.
to be continued....
*In case anyone's wondering, I really made one of those 'Wildfire Spitballs' I was engaged in a spitball fight in study hall when I was in eight grade. The other two kids were slaughtering me, so I decided I'd make one extra strength. I mushed a bunched of spitballs together and threw it at one of the other kids. It hit him on the check, unfortunately, I didn't expect it to break apart and get everyone else in breathing distance.
The teacher said to me later, he was sorry that he had to be a jerk and give me a detention for something as stupid as throwing spitballs. Then he told me that the Wildfire Spitball was pretty cool. So.....
Geni's face was, as usual, unemotional. He gave no indication whether he was happy, angered, sad, or worried. Tai thought that the lest he could do was show the last emotion, it made him seem like he didn't care.
His face, however, was different this time. Instead of the wise, old man, who had lived for eons and gave his wisdom regularly, was the face of a confident young man.
"Genai?" Tai and Sora asked, confused.
The young man nodded,"Yes," he said,"Its me."
"What happened to you?" Sora asked.
"Something, that I am surprised didn't happen to you."
Just then, a hysterical looking little Mimi ran in front of the cylinder of light, being chased by a mischief looking little Matt.
"I take that back," Genai said,"It did happen to you."
"Well," Tai said,"The rest of them. Sora and I are fine."
Much to Tai's surprise, Genai's face showed relief. "Great! The world may yet be saved! Listen to what I have to tell you. The Digimon Emperor has returned to Earth. U sing his gun, he has turned the entire population of Japan into babies!"
"Oh no!" Sora cried out,"Momma!"
"What can we do?" Tai asked.
"Get back to the real world! Ken is presently in America, in New York."
"What could he be after there?" Sora asked, turning to Tai.
"The UN," Tai said.
"Precisely," Genai said,"Hurry!"
"How can we undo what happened here?" Tai asked.
"Get me that gun, and I should be able to reverse the rays. I've got to go now."
"Wait!" Tai said,"Before you do, what happen to you?"
"The Digimon Emperor somehow found my house and attacked me with his gun. He sought to revert me so far back that I would not be able to help, but it apparently has a delayed effect on humans, and since I was so old, it will take me a while to get to a child."
"That means you're human?" Sora and Tai asked at the same time.
"........Goodbye!" Genai said, disappearing.
"Great!" Sora said,"Now what?"
"We find a tv and get back home!" Tai said, standing up.
Just then, Kari ran up to Tai and clutch his leg. "What now?" Tai asked. When he looked down he saw that Kari's hair was covered in mud. "Matt!" Tai yelled.
By the time they reached a tv, things had gone from bad to worse. Cody seemed to have stabilized as a baby, and Kari, T.K., Davis, and Yolei had joined him. The other kids were now around four or five. They all had lost their bottom portions of their clothes, pants, and in Mimi's case, skirt. But that was okay, because their shirts more than covered up for that.
Tai and Sora had found out quite a few things about their friends when they were younger. Miss popular Mimi, was incredibly shy, and spent most of her time hiding behind Sora, as if she was her mother. Joe often ran up to the head of the line, scanning what was coming. He was very hyper.
Matt was the worst by far. He kept picking on everyone. As they were just reaching the tv, Matt flicked a spitball at Mimi's hair.
Mimi started wailing. "Tai!" Sora yelled, while trying to calm Mimi down,"Do something!"
Tai grumbled to himself as he walked over to where Matt was seated, waiting for his punishment.
"Matt," Tai said, sitting down next to him,"Where are you getting the paper to make those spitballs?"
Matt sighed as he pulled a notebook out of his bag. Then he pulled out a small slingshot, made out of a rubber band and a couple of paper clips.
"What are these for?" Tai asked, holding up the slingshot.
"To shoot it with," Matt said, scratching the ground with his shoes.
"Wow!" Tai said, impressd,"I can't make one of these now....hey wait! Let me show you something I used to make as a kid. I call it my 'Wildfire Spitball'."
Tai ripped out a couple sheets of paper from the notebook and started to make spitballs. He created a couple hundred of small, pea shaped spit balls. He then mushed all the balls into a ball about the size of a baseball. He placed it on the rubber band in Matt's slingshot.
Matt watch in amazement and wonderment,"What will that do?"
Tai smiled,"Watch!"
He pulled the rubber band back and let go.
The spitball nailed Sora in the back on the head. On contact the ball exploded, sending a wildfire of the smaller spitballs over everyone else.
"TAI!" Sora screamed.
"Am I grounded?" Matt whispered to Tai as Sora stormed over.
Tai gulped. "I think we're both grounded!"
"What do you think you're doing?!" she yelled.
Tai gulped,"I'm...uh...trying to bond?"
"By how?" she yelled,"Teaching him who to get into trouble?!"
"That's what my father used to do," Tai said, meekly.
Sora was about to yell even more, but then she realized that her mother probably would have laughed this off. Sora sighed deeply. It WAS pretty funny.
"Let's get going, okay?" Sora said, whipping the mess from the back of her head.
Tai looked at Matt and gave him the thumbs up sign. "By the way," Sora said,"How much money do you have on you?"
"I don't know," Tai said,"Why?"
"We're going to need diapers!" Sora said, mentioning to Cody, Davis, Kari, T.K, and Yoeli.
"Okay, okay," Tai said, holding out his sister's digivce,"Let's go and see how bad everything back home is."
The tv shot out a stream of light, and everyone was sucked in.
to be continued....
*In case anyone's wondering, I really made one of those 'Wildfire Spitballs' I was engaged in a spitball fight in study hall when I was in eight grade. The other two kids were slaughtering me, so I decided I'd make one extra strength. I mushed a bunched of spitballs together and threw it at one of the other kids. It hit him on the check, unfortunately, I didn't expect it to break apart and get everyone else in breathing distance.
The teacher said to me later, he was sorry that he had to be a jerk and give me a detention for something as stupid as throwing spitballs. Then he told me that the Wildfire Spitball was pretty cool. So.....