Episode 2
HOME SWEET HOME
"I guess I'd better fill everybody in. Izzy recieved an e-mail from Gennai telling us that he had something important for us. When we found him he showed us what it was- another tag! We figured that this meant there is a ninth Digidestined kid and he's living in our home town. We helped Gennai build another card pattern just like the one Myotismon had and used it and the cards to open the drift and get back to the real world. I hope finding this Digidestined isn't gonna be as hard as it was finding the eighth one." -Tai
Tai, Kari, and their Digimon threw open the door to their apartment and stood for a moment basking in the familiar sights of home- the TV, the furniture, that annoying windchime in the window, their mom in the kitchen...
"Mom!" Tai and Kari both yelled. Mrs. Kamiya looked up in time to see both of her children slam into her.
"Tai! Kari! You're here! But I thought..." Mrs Kamiya shook her head. "I thought you were in that digital world, whatever you call it...I saw you go with my very own eyes!"
"Oh, we went," Tai said. "We were there for a few months-"
"-we had to fight these creepy Dark Masters," Kari interuppted. "That's why we were one so long-"
"-you wouldn't believe how hard it was to beat them-"
"-but we did-"
"-and Gennai gave us the tag for the ninth Digidestined-"
"-we have to look for him here-"
"One at a time, one at a time!" Mrs Kamiya yelled. "Calm down, kids, I'm not going anywhere."
"Well that's the problem, cause we could at any moment," Gatomon said.
"Yeah, the drift could open right after we find this kid," Agumon added.
Mrs Kamiya looked up and saw the Digimon for the first time. "Oh. Hello."
"Hi," Agumon and Gatomon said.
"Mom, you remember our Digimon, right?" Tai asked nervously.
Mrs Kamiya laughed, and the tension was broken. "Of course I do, how could I forget? Are you four hungry?"
"Starving!" Tai, Kari, Agumon and Gatomon said in unison.
"Well, there's food in the fridge, or I could cook up something if-" Mrs Kamiya never got to finish before her kids and their Digimon were at the fridge, gobbling down as much food as they could hold.
Tai managed to pause and looked up at the calender. He quickly swallowed his food. "Look! Unless I'm going crazy, it's the exact same day we left for the Digiworld...again!"
"Yes, that would be feasible," Izzy said later on the phone with Tai. "The last time we came back from the Digiworld, it was the same day we left. That was supposed to be our first day of camp. We spent about a week back in Odaiba battling Myotismon, and my calender says that today is about a week after the day we were first pulled into the Digiworld."
"Yeah, that's what my calender says too," Tai answered. "Anyway, I called the others and they're chilling for a while, but I think we'd better start searching for this digidestined kid pretty soon."
"I agree completely," Izzy said, just as Tentomon came bounding into his room with a plate of food.
"Look, Izzy!" Tentomon said happily. "Your lovely and wonderful mom made me a delicious lunch! Isn't she great?"
"Izzy, is it just me, or does Tentomon have a major crush on your mom?" Tai asked,
who had overheard.
"It's definitely not just you," Izzy said, smiling affectionately at his Digimon as he gobbled up the food.
*******************
In a deep, dark cavern an enormous Digimon waited in the shadows. "GOROMON!" he bellowed.
A whining, sniveling form of a Digimon appeared at his feet. The tiny Digimon was black all over and crab-like, with three legs and two black pincers. His enormous white eyes were set right on his back. "You summoned me, o great Metaldragamon?"
Goromon's patron took a step away from the shadows. He was longer than a Seadramon and about ten times as nasty. He was covered in almost invincible silver and gold metal scales, and he had two enormous wings and four legs ending in wickedly curved claws.
"Goromon, you whining little fiend," he sneered in a strong, evil voice. "You disgust me. Can you do anything right?"
Goromon cringed. "Please, master, I did not mean to lose the tag!"
Metaldragamon laughed. "And yet it all works out for the best," he boomed. "Those silly Digidestined will find the ninth child for me and then, when they are united and believed to be at the height of their power, I will attack and crush them into the dirt."
"Oh yes, master, you will, you will!" Goromon cried.
"Do not tempt my patience," Metaldragamon snapped. "The only reason I'm keeping you around is so that you can help me round up evil Digimon to set upon the Digidestined. I want to test them, to see if they are even worthy of facing my great might."
"Oh, they could never be!" Goromon said. "O-only..."
"Only what?" Metaldragamon demanded.
"Well, it-it seems to me that if you allow the Digidestined to f-find the ninth child, won't that only make them...er...stronger?"
There was a long silence. Then came a menacing growl.
"Do you actually think that I might not know what I'm doing?" Metaldragamon said silkily.
"No, master! No!" Goromon cried.
"Did I not just say that I am testing them, to see how strong they are?!" Metaldragamon demanded.
"Yes, of course you did, master!"
"Then I SUGGEST that you NEVER question my ways AGAIN!"
******************
That evening, Tai and Kari stood together with their Digimon and watched the sun set over the city of Odaiba.
"Tai?" Kari asked.
"Yeah?"
"Do you think we'll find the ninth Digidestined soon?"
"I hope we will, Kari."
She paused. Then she said, "Do you think we'll find him before an evil Digimon does?"
"Of course we will."
"What if an evil Digimon kills him before we can find him?"
Tai shook his head. "That won't happen. We're the Digidestined. We're supposed to be together. It's written in the stars and all that. And if our destiny is to fight together and beat the evil Digimon and basically save the worls, how can one of us be dead?"
"So you do think that we'll beat the evil Digimon eventually," Kari said.
"Of course I do," Tai replied. "We can't take the chance that we won't."
Next episode: "TAI'S FRIEND"
HOME SWEET HOME
"I guess I'd better fill everybody in. Izzy recieved an e-mail from Gennai telling us that he had something important for us. When we found him he showed us what it was- another tag! We figured that this meant there is a ninth Digidestined kid and he's living in our home town. We helped Gennai build another card pattern just like the one Myotismon had and used it and the cards to open the drift and get back to the real world. I hope finding this Digidestined isn't gonna be as hard as it was finding the eighth one." -Tai
Tai, Kari, and their Digimon threw open the door to their apartment and stood for a moment basking in the familiar sights of home- the TV, the furniture, that annoying windchime in the window, their mom in the kitchen...
"Mom!" Tai and Kari both yelled. Mrs. Kamiya looked up in time to see both of her children slam into her.
"Tai! Kari! You're here! But I thought..." Mrs Kamiya shook her head. "I thought you were in that digital world, whatever you call it...I saw you go with my very own eyes!"
"Oh, we went," Tai said. "We were there for a few months-"
"-we had to fight these creepy Dark Masters," Kari interuppted. "That's why we were one so long-"
"-you wouldn't believe how hard it was to beat them-"
"-but we did-"
"-and Gennai gave us the tag for the ninth Digidestined-"
"-we have to look for him here-"
"One at a time, one at a time!" Mrs Kamiya yelled. "Calm down, kids, I'm not going anywhere."
"Well that's the problem, cause we could at any moment," Gatomon said.
"Yeah, the drift could open right after we find this kid," Agumon added.
Mrs Kamiya looked up and saw the Digimon for the first time. "Oh. Hello."
"Hi," Agumon and Gatomon said.
"Mom, you remember our Digimon, right?" Tai asked nervously.
Mrs Kamiya laughed, and the tension was broken. "Of course I do, how could I forget? Are you four hungry?"
"Starving!" Tai, Kari, Agumon and Gatomon said in unison.
"Well, there's food in the fridge, or I could cook up something if-" Mrs Kamiya never got to finish before her kids and their Digimon were at the fridge, gobbling down as much food as they could hold.
Tai managed to pause and looked up at the calender. He quickly swallowed his food. "Look! Unless I'm going crazy, it's the exact same day we left for the Digiworld...again!"
"Yes, that would be feasible," Izzy said later on the phone with Tai. "The last time we came back from the Digiworld, it was the same day we left. That was supposed to be our first day of camp. We spent about a week back in Odaiba battling Myotismon, and my calender says that today is about a week after the day we were first pulled into the Digiworld."
"Yeah, that's what my calender says too," Tai answered. "Anyway, I called the others and they're chilling for a while, but I think we'd better start searching for this digidestined kid pretty soon."
"I agree completely," Izzy said, just as Tentomon came bounding into his room with a plate of food.
"Look, Izzy!" Tentomon said happily. "Your lovely and wonderful mom made me a delicious lunch! Isn't she great?"
"Izzy, is it just me, or does Tentomon have a major crush on your mom?" Tai asked,
who had overheard.
"It's definitely not just you," Izzy said, smiling affectionately at his Digimon as he gobbled up the food.
*******************
In a deep, dark cavern an enormous Digimon waited in the shadows. "GOROMON!" he bellowed.
A whining, sniveling form of a Digimon appeared at his feet. The tiny Digimon was black all over and crab-like, with three legs and two black pincers. His enormous white eyes were set right on his back. "You summoned me, o great Metaldragamon?"
Goromon's patron took a step away from the shadows. He was longer than a Seadramon and about ten times as nasty. He was covered in almost invincible silver and gold metal scales, and he had two enormous wings and four legs ending in wickedly curved claws.
"Goromon, you whining little fiend," he sneered in a strong, evil voice. "You disgust me. Can you do anything right?"
Goromon cringed. "Please, master, I did not mean to lose the tag!"
Metaldragamon laughed. "And yet it all works out for the best," he boomed. "Those silly Digidestined will find the ninth child for me and then, when they are united and believed to be at the height of their power, I will attack and crush them into the dirt."
"Oh yes, master, you will, you will!" Goromon cried.
"Do not tempt my patience," Metaldragamon snapped. "The only reason I'm keeping you around is so that you can help me round up evil Digimon to set upon the Digidestined. I want to test them, to see if they are even worthy of facing my great might."
"Oh, they could never be!" Goromon said. "O-only..."
"Only what?" Metaldragamon demanded.
"Well, it-it seems to me that if you allow the Digidestined to f-find the ninth child, won't that only make them...er...stronger?"
There was a long silence. Then came a menacing growl.
"Do you actually think that I might not know what I'm doing?" Metaldragamon said silkily.
"No, master! No!" Goromon cried.
"Did I not just say that I am testing them, to see how strong they are?!" Metaldragamon demanded.
"Yes, of course you did, master!"
"Then I SUGGEST that you NEVER question my ways AGAIN!"
******************
That evening, Tai and Kari stood together with their Digimon and watched the sun set over the city of Odaiba.
"Tai?" Kari asked.
"Yeah?"
"Do you think we'll find the ninth Digidestined soon?"
"I hope we will, Kari."
She paused. Then she said, "Do you think we'll find him before an evil Digimon does?"
"Of course we will."
"What if an evil Digimon kills him before we can find him?"
Tai shook his head. "That won't happen. We're the Digidestined. We're supposed to be together. It's written in the stars and all that. And if our destiny is to fight together and beat the evil Digimon and basically save the worls, how can one of us be dead?"
"So you do think that we'll beat the evil Digimon eventually," Kari said.
"Of course I do," Tai replied. "We can't take the chance that we won't."
Next episode: "TAI'S FRIEND"