Only In Tokyo: Chapter 2 - Intruders

By Ian Jenkins

The Mission: Impossible theme was racing through my head as I caught up to Tai and kept my distance. As I expected, the place he headed for was his home - Highton View Terrace in the Odaiba District, where Seth and I had first entered. While Seth.shall we say.'stalked' Sora and Mimi, I took the liberty of following Tai to Highton View Terrace.

Getting past the park without freaking, meanwhile, was quite challenging. I could tell Myotismon was already there in Tokyo. All around, I saw his forces actively searching the city for the Eighth Child. There was SkullMeramon. He was one I wanted to avoid. Next, there was Wizardmon. He was one I didn't exactly mind. And then, I saw her, prowling the streets. It was that mangy furball, Gatomon.

Believe me, dear reader, it took all of my willpower and all of my being to keep myself from grabbing her and skinning her, right there and then. She simply looked at me, as if to see if I were the Eighth Child and I glared back as if to tell her I was not. With nothing left to say or do to her at this moment, I continued onwards, attempting to follow Tai as best as I could. Although I was going well, I knew in the back of my mind that I would run into both Gatomon and Wizardmon again.

I was able to sneak into an uninhabited apartment across from the Kamiyas' apartment. It was the building directly across from them. Taking out a pair of binoculars I had swiped from the park, I glimpsed through towards the Kamiya apartment. I saw Tai.Augumon and Kari. That was pretty much it. So far, everything was going well.

"Vinnie-Mac! Vinnie-Mac, this is Y2MK! Do you read?" the radio started squawking. I winced, drawing the shades against the window, and grabbed the radio from the floor, turning down the volume.

"Seth, DON'T call me Vinnie-Mac!" I growled into the radio, "What is it?"

"I've got some bad news for you."

I closed my eyes and counted to ten in my head before speaking again, "Oh? What seems to be the problem?"

"While I was following Sora and Mimi.well.uh.I guess they kinda thought I was following them because.I'm pretty much pinned down here! They're attacking-"

Blinking at the radio, I tapped it a few times, "Seth? You there?"

"Another Digimon!" he screamed, "I don't think it's friendly! It's big and it has a metal face with chains on its body!"

"That's definitely SkullMeramon! He's the one who attacked the two girls!"

"What should I do??"

"They're going to be busy with SkullMeramon.make a break for it!"

"Will do! Keeler out."

I tossed the radio on the floor. This was just great. This was going to be a disaster. I could just feel it in my bones. All that was left was to continue watching Tai. I checked the time. Hmmm.it was getting late. How long had I been there in that apartment? Oh.a few hours. With that, I raised the shade from where it was before and looked out. I screamed rather loud and fell backwards onto my back. Someone I had met earlier appeared to still want some trouble with me.

Gatomon pulled up the window herself and let herself in, followed by Wizardmon. They had been doing some spying of their own on Tai and Kari, as I had expected. Putting my hands behind the back of my head, the two stood over me. I rolled my eyes, "Don't bother knocking or anything."

"Keep quiet, human before I make you my scratching post!" Gatomon snapped.

"My, my.we're a bit touchy today." I chuckled, "What a surprise. So, what calls Gatomon, minion of Myotismon, into my presence?"

"All right, you little rat." Gatomon hissed, "You obviously know something about us Digimon"

Wizardmon nodded, "And you know something about Myotismon's work here. However, neither of us saw you with the other DigiDestined. You aren't a human contact of Myotismon's either?"

"Now who's the bright Digimon?" I answered, sarcastically, "What's your point?"

"How much do you know?"

I shrugged, "Only that the crests you hold are trackers and that Myotismon is searching for the Eighth Child. Other than that.absolutely nothing."

Wizardmon glanced to Gatomon and the two retreated to the other side of the room. I could hear the two of them while talking.

"He doesn't know too much." Wizardmon said, "We can let this one live."

"I still don't trust him.what if he's the Eighth Child?" Gatomon asked in reply.

"We can deal with him when the time comes."

"But how else would he know unless he was associated with the DigiDestined?"

Because this is all an anime cartoon and everyone who watches the show knows about this, brainiac. is what I wanted to say to her. However, I kept silent and let the two of them deal with it.

"Perhaps we should ask."

I chuckled to myself. I had such a lovely cover story prepared. And it was such a white rice lie that it was funny. When the two turned around and asked what association I had with the DigiDestined, I smiled, "That's very simple. You see, while at camp with the lot of them, I stumbled across the entrance to the Digital World. They've had no idea that I've been following them since their very first adventure, mainly sticking around the head DigiDestined, Tai. I was spying from afar when you, Myotismon and the rest of you went through the gate. I escaped just as the gate closed when they went through."

The two stared at me. I was hoping they'd take the story I told.

"Then you are not the Eighth Child, if you had been following them without a Digivice." Wizardmon commented, "For what reason did you follow them?" he eyed me suspicion.

I shrugged, "I figured they were my only way back to the real world.turns out I was right."

Gatomon hissed, "If I find out you're lying human."

"I know.I know.you'll rip my flesh to shreds." I rolled my eyes, "Ya don't need to make threats. Now, leave me alone." I glared at Gatomon, ".before I have you neutered."

Any cat would be upset with my comment. Gatomon was no exception. She slashed me with those sharp claws across my face. That hurt. I mean, really.it hurt terribly. I fell back, holding my bleeding face. I was in a daze, pretty much due to the shock, but I think I used every curse word in the book against Gatomon as she and Wizardmon left as easily as they had came, through the window, shutting it after them.

"Ian! Ian! Are you there? Are you alright?" Seth's voice was ringing on the radio.

Holding my face with my right hand, I staggered to my knees and reached for the radio with my other hand, my voice seething with rage "ERGH.I'm gonna skin that cat!"

"Erm.having much success with your job, Ian?"

"NO!" I practically growled into the radio, "I've been intruded upon by Wizardmon and Gatomon! That blasted cat cut my face pretty bad."

"What do you expect? Those aren't exactly kitten claws."

I wiped the blood from my face and blocked it from getting into my eyes, "What's your status?"

"I've escaped the tower but I better run for it! They could notice I'm gone at any minute!" his voice sounded panicked, "I don't think they were too happy to see me."

"I don't think anyone would be happy to see someone stalking them."

"Tell me about it. What can you see?"

Ignoring the pain the cuts were causing, I grabbed the binoculars and looked through the window towards the Kamiya apartment. Something was wrong. Something was missing. Actually, it wasn't that something was missing.it was more that someone was missing. I clenched my teeth and cursed loudly as I looked into the apartment again.

"Ian?" Seth asked, "What's the matter?"

"While Gatomon and Wizardmon were distracting me." I growled, "Tai and Augumon left my line of sight!!! They're out in the city! I gotta go find them!"

"Good luck!" Seth called as I stuffed the radio in my pocket and headed back to the streets.