Digimon: The New Path
Episode Five: Friends and Enemies
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Last time: Kari and Sora talked about her problems with TK, and Kari got a reprimand for it. Meanwhile, Davis set up a fight between him and the others, and TK and his group so he could 'rescue' Gatomon. When an Okuwamon attacked, Cody and Digmon switched sides and joined TK's team, and Gatomon used the Digi-Egg of Hope to become Goatmon. After the fight, someone named Gennai showed up, whom TK knew from his earlier adventures. Meanwhile, Mimi showed up at the airport to meet the others, and she had her boyfriend Rob with her…
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Mimi fell happily onto her hotel
bed after she and Rob checked in. She felt so good to be home, and very tired.
Looking over to the other bed, she saw Rob already fast asleep, though he was
supposed to be in the room next door. The poor dear must be exhausted,
she thought as she moved to his bed and laid next to him, removing his glasses
and placing them aside by the lamp. "Sweet
dreams," she whispered before falling asleep, her arm around him.
* * *
TK, Cody, and Ken stood in awe at
Gennai's home. TK was amazed that nothing had changed after several years.
"So, Gennai, when did you finally wake up?"
Gennai faced him. "Just about
when Magnamon battled Kimeramon. I was about to lend a hand, but it turned out
Wormmon was able to help save the day, so I watched it all go down. I was very
surprised to discover that you kids found and were able to use the Digi-Egg
armors."
"What about when I became
Goatmon?" Gatomon asked. "That's never happened before."
"That is because you have
never tried. TK and the others assumed that the Digi-Eggs they individually
received worked for them alone. I can work on a program that will allow the
D-Terminals to have access to all of the Eggs, but we'll need the Eggs of the
others to make it work. I've already sent the new kids and the older kids email
to come here-."
TK was shocked. "You did
what?!"
The man looked at him. "I know
that you and the others are going through a… difficult time right now, but you
must put your personal feelings aside, TK. We're facing enemies that are more
powerful than the Dark Masters were. The undersea master you and Kari heard
about, the one who turned Ken to darkness, is making his move. The Control
Spires and Okuwamon are just the start of something bigger."
Ken then spoke up. "It's not
just about TK, Davis, and Kari. It's me. I've done terrible things as the
Digimon Emperor-."
"You were merely deceived,
Ken. The darkness preyed on you while you were young. But now you are back with
us, and ready to make amends."
Patamon flew over to Gatomon and
stood beside her, her paw in his. TK saw this, and then nodded at Gennai.
"Okay, but be prepared in case there's a fight."
* * *
Tai and the older kids were both
happy and shocked to find out Gennai was back, and young again. All of them,
except for Mimi, met back at the school computer lab where Davis was still
sulking over the battle with TK. Not bothering to listen to his rambling, they
all opened the Digi-port and soon found themselves inside Gennai's home, where
their Digimon were waiting for them with open arms.
"Welcome, Digi-Destined!" Gennai said warmly. "It is good to see you all again."
Davis then saw TK, Cody, Ken, and
their Digimon, and frowned. "What the hell are THEY doing here?!" he
shouted, pointing at them. "They're the enemy!"
Cody replied, "Nice to see
you, too, Davis. Gennai brought us here, by the way."
Matt looked at his brother and
said, "What's been going on with you guys, TK? And why is Ken here? Has he
decided to join the team?"
Tai immediately looked over at
Kari. "Start talking, sis!"
"That's not important,"
TK stated, trying to change the subject while avoiding eye contact with Davis
and Kari. "Gennai brought us all here because there's still evil out
there. The same evil that manipulated Ken and tried to kidnap Kari."
Gennai stood between the two
groups. "He's right. And, as the new Digi-Destined discovered today, the
Digi-Eggs happen to be shareable. Gatomon was able to become Goatmon with the
Digi-Egg of Hope thanks to TK, and I plan to allow all the new kids to have
access to the Eggs."
Kari smiled at Gatomon. "You
merged with the Egg of Hope? I wish I could have been there to see it."
Davis gripped his D-Terminal and
said, "There's no way in hell I'm gonna share MY Digi-Eggs with the likes
of TC and Ken! And that goes for Kari, too!"
"Who are you to decide for
Kari?" Sora retorted. Kari looked over at her, remembering their talk
earlier that day, and then back at TK, who was ignoring her. I have to talk
to TK… but how can I?
Suddenly, a large rocky Digimon
smashed its way through one of the walls and lead two more Digimon into the
house. "Very good, Rockmon," a big red insect Digimon said. "Now
take the former Emperor and we'll return to our master! Thundermon, help me
take care of the other brats and Gennai!"
A smaller Digimon, with a ball-shaped
body and a thunderbolt on its forehead, nodded and created a large ring of
lightning. Then, it threw the ring at the Digi-destined, trapping them all,
except Ken and Gennai. "Arukenimon,"
Gennai said. "You spidery fiend! Ken is of no further use to you or your
master."
Rockmon said nothing, but reached
out with his long, rocky arm and grabbed Ken. Wormmon saw this and tried to
save his friend. "STICKY NET!" he cried as he spat some silk into
Rockmon's face, blinding the monster.
Arukenimon laughed at this.
"Pathetic, Wormmon! Allow me to show you how it's done. SPIDER
THREAD!" She spat out several shots of webbing at Wormmon and Gennai,
trapping them both as she removed the silk from Rockmon's face. "Quit
playing around and bring that brat!"
Rockmon nodded and made his way out
of the house with Ken in tow. Thundermon and Arukenimon followed, but not
before the leader looked back and sneered. "Next time we meet,
Digi-destined, you will die!"
The kids and their Digimon broke
free of their bonds, but Arukenimon, her minions, and Ken were long gone.
Wormmon cried at how helpless he had been to help his friend, and TK cursed.
"Who are they, Gennai, and why did they want Ken?"
Gennai removed the webbing from his
tunic. "Arukenimon is a high-ranking Ultimate Digimon working for the dark
one. I found out she's been turning control spires into evil Digimon like the
ones who helped her just now. As for why they took Ken, maybe it's because he
can create more spires for them."
TK clenched his fist. "Not if
I can help it! Cody, Patamon, Gatomon, we're going after him-." He was cut
off but Davis who landed a right cross on him.
"No you don't, traitor! You
won't help him make more spires, and you will NOT get Kari from me because she
is MINE!" He charged at TK again, anger taking over.
However, TK had had enough and
returned the punch. "This has nothing to do with your girlfriend because I
accepted that she will never see me as anything more than an acquaintance! And
Ken has reformed, you IDIOT!" He tried to go after Ken again, but Davis
tackled him and they began to fight.
Matt and Tai wanted to stop them,
but Gennai stood in their way. Kari watched in horror as the boys fought: TK
trying to get away to rescue his friend, Davis trying to prove who was better
and ranting on and on about HIS girl. He never loved me, she finally
realized. But TK does! At least… he did love me. "Davis, stop
this!" she cried out as she ran to the two boys. She managed to pull Davis
off of TK, who then ran out of the house with Patamon, Gatomon, Matt, and
Gabumon right behind him.
Davis tried to go after them, but
Kari sopped him. He looked at her. "Kari, why are you helping him?! He
hurt you, tried to take you from me, and is working with the Digimon Emperor to
retake the Digital World!"
"Shut up!" Kari snarled.
"Sora was right. You ARE obsessive! You don't really love me, and you
don't care about anyone but yourself. I don't know why I thought I loved you,
but I see now that it was a mistake."
Tai smiled, as did Sora and the
others. Even Veemon smiled at Kari's speech. Davis, however, was not. "How
can you say that, Kari? I'd die for you! I wouldn't betray you like TC-!"
"FOR THE FINAL TIME, HIS NAME
IS TK!! And he didn't betray the team, the team betrayed him. He and Cody had
the right idea. Ken deserves his chance."
Davis looked at her in disbelief,
then in rage. "Fine. If I can't have you, NO ONE WILL! Veemon, armor up
and take her down!"
Veemon shot him a shocked
expression. "Have you lost it?! The Armors are of Courage and Friendship,
and I can't use them against a defenseless person!"
Davis rushed over and kicked Veemon
hard. "You're MY Digimon and you'll do as I tell you to!"
Veemon slowly got up and looked at
Davis, tears in his eyes. "I will not. Because I don't want to be your
partner anymore! You don't deserve the Digi-Eggs of Courage and Friendship, and
you don't deserve to be a Digi-Destined at all!" Just then, he began to
glow with a blue light, and then vanished, a few tears falling to the floor
where he once stood.
Everyone watched in horror as that
happened. Davis just said, "Who needs him anyway! He was an idiot."
Then, his D-3 and D-terminal began to glow as well. The terminal opened and the
three Digi-Eggs of Courage, Miracles, and Friendship flew out and scattered
across the Digital World before the terminal vanished. The blue D-3 shot out a
blue light into Gennai's big computer screen and disappeared, and then the
Digivice turned gray.
Gennai frowned. "Davis,
because of your actions, you have been rejected by the powers that made you a
Digi-Destined. Therefore, your partner, the Eggs you bore, as well as your
crest have been returned to where they came from. You are no longer a true
Digi-Destined."
Davis looked around at everyone.
They all glared at him, even Tai and Kari. He growled, tore Tai's goggles off
his head, and threw them at the others as he screamed "I'LL SHOW YOU ALL!
I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS, IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO-!" Before he could
finish, his whole body turned to static and he vanished.
Joe adjusted his glasses.
"Gennai, what just happened?"
Kari's jaw dropped. "That…
that's what happened to me when I went to the Dark World!"
Gennai shook his head. "He has
been returned to the real world. Until he calms down, he'll be unable to come
back here." But let's just hope that Dragomon doesn't get to him like
he did Ken.
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"You're taking me back to the darkness, aren't you?" Ken asked calmly as Arukenimon and her allies carried him away.
Thundermon sneered at him.
"Why the boss still needs you, we don't know. We already know how to create
more of the dark spires-."
Arukenimon slapped him and said,
"Quiet, you little fool! We're being followed." She pointed to behind
them, where Matt, TK, and Gatomon were riding on Pegasusmon and Garurumon were
approaching them and fast. "We have no time for this! Thundermon, take
care of them-!"
"STOP!" a loud,
dark voice boomed, causing everyone to freeze where they were. TK frowned. That
must be the new enemy Gennai was telling us about… and the one who kidnapped
Kari the first time!
"RELEASE THE BOY,
ARUKENIMON! WE HAVE NO FURTHER USE FOR HIM!"
This made the spidery Digimon
shocked. "Don't need him?! We risked our existence to get him for-!"
She didn't finish as a sudden bolt of dark energy appeared and struck
Thundermon. The little Champion screamed as his body changed into total
blackness, then broke down into data, and vanished. Arukenimon began to sweat
and nod. "Lose the kid, right! What shall we do with him and his
friends?"
"LEAVE THEM BE! WE SHALL
DEAL WITH THEM ANOTHER DAY. NOW, RETURN HERE AT ONCE!"
Rockmon was so scared, he dumped
Ken to the ground and then ran off. Arukenimon looked at Ken. "You have
been spared, for now. But, you and the other kids will soon be dealt with once
and for all!" She then ran off after Rockmon, calling after the big baby to
wait for her.
Ken stood up as TK and the others
reached him. "What was that all about, Ken?" Matt asked. "One
minute they kidnap you, the next they let you go."
Ken shook his head. "I only
know one thing, Matt. The dark one didn't need me to create more spires. They
already know how to make more, no thanks to me."
Matt placed his hand on Ken's
shoulder. "Well, as I see it, you have two options: cry about it, or join
the team and help stop these monsters. I'd take option two if I were you,
because like us, you ARE a Digi-destined."
Ken nodded, and smiled.
"Thanks, Matt. I appreciate this. TK, what happened to you?"
TK rubbed his sore cheek.
"Davis happened. Speaking of him, we should get back to the others and
plan our next move."
"Yes, we should. Gennai has to
know about what we know."
* * *
Arukenimon and Rockmon found
themselves on the dark beach, facing the black ocean as an army of Scubamon
marched out. Then, a large, menacing Digimon arose from the ocean, and all the
Digimon bowed before him. Arukenimon
spoke first. "I am sorry we failed you, lord Dragomon…"
"YOU DID WELL, ARUKENIMON.
THE CHILDREN WERE NO MATCH FOR YOU THIS TIME, BUT WE MUST NOT LET THAT GO TO
OUR HEADS."
"But, sire, why did we need
the former Emperor? As Thundermon said, we know how to create more control… I
mean, dark spires."
"THERE WAS STILL SOME
LINGERING DARKNESS WITHIN HIM, THAT I COULD HAVE USED TO MAKE HIM MY SLAVE ONCE
MORE. HOWEVER, I NOW KNOW OF ANOTHER CHILD WHOSE HIDDEN DARKNESS HAS BEGUN TO
GROW AND SURFACE. HE HAS ALREADY BEEN REJECTED BY THE POWERS OF THE CRESTS, AND
THAT WILL MAKE HIM THE PERFECT PAWN."
Arukenimon bowed lower. "Who
is this one you speak of, my lord?"
"HIS NAME IS… DAVIS
MOTOMIYA."
* * *
Deep within a void of rainbow
light, a powerful Digimon watched the events that had transpired. He had been
trapped for some time now, and he was not happy with Dragomon's plans involving
the two worlds.
"After all my hard work,"
he said sadly. "Finding the new children and leading them to the
Digi-Eggs, all for not now that a new Emperor has been found. I see now that
Davis was a mistake, though he can be a good kid if he gets his act together.
It seems I must chose another to replace him and fast!"
The Digimon turned to see Veemon
float near him, curled up and asleep. There was a sad look on both their faces.
"I am sorry for my error, Veemon. Just rest for now, while I find one to
be your new partner. Wait! You already know one, don't you? Yes, I can see in
your mind that you made a visit to the real world before Davis and the others
found you. That's it!"
With his mind made up, the Digimon
concentrated his power as a blue light surrounded Veemon. The image of a young
American teen appeared in their minds. "I, Azulongmon, and this young
Veemon have chosen you, young one! Receive your Digivice!"
* * *
Rob turned his laptop on and
checked his email. That was a great sleep, he thought before looking
back at the still slumbering Mimi. Especially since she was beside me.
He logged into hotmail and checked
his messages. One in particular stood out from the others because of the
sender's name: dragon@Kyoto.diginet.
"Who's this?" he wondered aloud before opening the message. There was
only one sentence in the message: "You
have been chosen by Veemon."
What does my childhood imaginary
friend have to do with this? Just then, the screen began to glow with a
blue light, which shot into Rob's hand. When the light vanished, a strange blue
and white device appeared in his hand. "What the-?!" he began, but
then the e-mail vanished and his screen returned to normal as if nothing had
happened.
"Rob, where'd you get
that?"
Startled, Rob whirled around to see
Mimi walk over to him and take his hand, looking over the device.
"Honestly, I don't know. It… It just came out of my laptop after I got
this weird email. I know it sounds impossible, but that's what happened."
Mimi looked at Rob before pulling
out her Digivice and showed it to him. "This has happened before. This means…
you're a Digi-destined."
Rob just stared at her. Digi-destined?!
Does this mean that Veemon… and Digimon… are real?
End Episode 5
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Next: Mimi takes Rob to the
Digital World, where they meet Gennai and learn of all that has happened before
setting off to find Veemon. Ken fixes it so that Kari and TK are left alone to
talk, but will TK listen to her? Meanwhile, Davis fumes over being rejected by
everyone until a strange woman in red with gray hair visits him, promising him
both Kari and revenge. The Digi-destined must pull together to face the coming
of Dragomon, but what is Azulongmon's role in all of this? So many questions,
so little time…