Chapter 5
Comparing Notes
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At the top of the ferris wheel
We're near the sky
That same sky is watching over
Many people
Will today continue tomorrow?
If we wish for it, surely it will
"Be All Right" (Takeru's theme)
Cyan arrived at the computer lab a few minutes earlier than normal the next afternoon. While Cantomon curled up under a table, Cyan powered up one of the computers. He was concentrating on a game when Cody walked in.
"Cyan, there you are!"
The older boy looked up from his game. "Hey there! We missed you yesterday."
"You missed us?" asked Cody, surprised. "You're the ones who didn't show up yesterday."
"We were here at the usual time."
"I got an email saying we all were meeting later."
"Oh," said Cyan slowly. "I smell a rat ..."
Cody nodded. "That rat would be Davis. He sent Yolei and me emails saying that we were meeting late, then told us you three couldn't make it."
"I bet this has something to do with the fight he had with TK yesterday."
Cody's eyes widened. "Davis and TK got into a fight?"
"I don't know if it was intentional," said Cyan pragmatically. "TK and I had been trying to track Davis down to talk to him, but he'd been avoiding us all day. When we did catch him, things didn't go too well. Davis got TK mad by insulting Patamon, and TK rushed him. They were grappling for awhile, then Davis managed to get TK in the face and make him bleed. Kari and I sort of lost it then, too. She yelled at him to go away, and I moved towards him looking a bit threatening ..."
"That explains why he would want to avoid you. He sent me another email today saying we were going to meet late again. Do you know anything about it?"
"Not that I've heard. Besides, TK won't be here today at all."
"No? Why not?"
"He got grounded." Seeing Cody's surprised expression, he explained. "Well, he got home really late two nights in a row and didn't have a good explanation for it. His mom wasn't very happy and said he had better be home right after school today. Then she told me I should stay somewhere else for a while."
Now Cody looked puzzled. "What do you mean, stay somewhere else for a while?"
"I might as well just tell you ... my home city back in Canada was destroyed by Apocalymon. After we defeated him, I didn't return home when the others did because I didn't have anywhere to go. I spent about three years in the Digital World, somehow moving between the worlds occasionally, but spending most of my time there."
"Oh!" Cody exclaimed. He had unexpectedly found an answer to something he had wondered about for some time. "Is that why you seem to grow older whenever we go into the Digital World?"
"Partly. You see, I was that age when I first went there. And I didn't grow older in the three years I was staying there. Then, when you guys came along and I returned to the real world with you, I discovered I was suddenly four years younger than when I went in!"
"Wow!" exclaimed Cody. "How did that happen?"
"I don't know. But nothing about that place surprises me anymore." He grinned, and said teasingly, "Who knows, maybe someone restored me from a old backup!"
Cody laughed at Cyan's little joke, then asked, "So, if you don't have a home here in the real world any more, where do you live?"
"I usually hang out with TK and Kari or one of the older Digidestined."
"Oh, that's why I always see you with them or Matt or Izzy. So where are you staying now?"
"I called up TK's brother Matt and asked if he would mind having me for a bit. He said it wouldn't be a problem."
"That's good. You know, I wouldn't mind having a big brother once in a while. If you're ever stuck for a place to stay, I'm sure I can work something out between my mom and my grandfather."
Cyan was touched by the boy's thoughtfulness. "Thanks, Cody. I'll remember that." After a pause, he asked, "What did you do in the Digital World yesterday?"
"Nothing much. When we got there we started walking to where we thought Ken would be holed up, but after a few minutes we got so tired we just didn't feel like doing anything. So we just sorta lazed around until I found us a TV set and we came back. What about you?"
"We found a place I had never seen before," said Cyan. "It looks like a big castle or temple of some sort in the middle of a forest. When we went inside, we all became very tired. Then we were attacked by a something called a Goldtyrramon and our digimon couldn't armour digvolve."
"They couldn't?" asked Cody in amazement. "I thought not even Control Spires could stop armour digivolution!"
"This is different. It makes everyone very tired and hopeless, and prevents digivolving."
"Whoa! I wonder if that's what's making everyone in Digiworld feel tired?"
"Maybe. We were wondering the same thing ourselves."
"We should check it out some more. Are you going to come with us to the Digital World today?"
"I don't think so. You see, me and Davis don't really get along. And with TK not able to make it ..."
"Maybe you and me and Kari could go together."
Cyan shook his head. "No ... I think it would be better if you went with Davis to keep him from getting himself killed. If he goes after Ken..."
Cody had to agree with Cyan on that. "You're right. Maybe Yolei and I could stop him, for a while at least."
"And as for TK and Davis, we just have to give those two time to cool off."
"Have they ever gotten this mad at each other before?"
"No, but I think this will pass too." Cyan shut down the computer. "I'd
better go now, before Davis gets here." And before Cody could ask any more
questions, Cyan and Cantomon left the room.
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