Only In Tokyo: Chapter 4 - Terminal

By Ian Jenkins

I squinted in the dark, trying to make out who was talking to us. I quirked an eyebrow, "Izzy Izumi?"

Izzy stepped into the spotlight and I could make out that, yes, it was indeed Izzy. His eyebrows arched, "You know me?"

"In a way." I shrugged, "I take it you've heard about us from Joe. Huh?"

"Yeah." Izzy nodded.

"Look, man." Seth rubbed the back of his neck, "We don't want any more trouble, all right?"

"Despite what Joe says I'm not so sure you're as bad as he makes you out to be." Izzy replied, rubbing his chin.

I raised my eyebrows. That was unexpected. Then again, Izzy's not the kind of guy who would start fighting.

He glanced at me, "What happened to your face?"

I bit my lip, "Erm.Gatomon decided to pay me a visit."

"I see." Izzy nodded, "So.which one of you is the Eighth Child?"

"Slight misunderstanding there, Izz-man." Seth sighed, "This cat had the Digivice that belongs to the Eighth Child."

Izzy looked somewhat disappointed but shrugged it off, "Then, why do the others want to deal with you in such a brutal fashion?"

I glanced over at Seth and nodded my head to the side, silently telling him to converse quickly with me.

"What should we tell him?" I asked.

"The truth?" Seth inquired.

I looked over at Izzy and then back at Seth, "Izzy's a smart guy. You think he can handle the truth?"

Seth shrugged, "If he can handle the Digiworld, I'm sure he can handle this."

I nodded. He had a point. This was as weird as everything relating to the Digital World. It may have been a parallel universe or a trip back or forth into time. We had no clue as to what it was but maybe.just maybe.the Izz-man might have a clue.

We both turned back to face Izzy. I grinned and spoke, "Izzy, we need to talk."

~*~

We told Izzy everything. We told him from the vacation, to the stalkings and all the way up the fight with Matt. He was pacing back and forth, taking it all in. I know it seemed a little far-fetched but I believed Izzy would understand.

"Well." he started, "Stranger things seem to have happened. With everything that's been going on recently, I'm not surprised something else has happened."

"All we'd like to do at this point is to get to the home we're used to and not a place where we're being hunted." I sighed, "We have enough people trying to knock us out at home. We don't need to make enemies out of heroes."

Izzy rubbed his chin, deep in thought, "I would like to ask you one thing."

"Sure. Fire away." I folded my arms.

"Where is this home you're used to?"

"America." I replied, "New York. Nice place. Is there any way you can help us on this?"

Izzy began pacing again, "Well, the thing is that we're in the middle of a very sticky situation here. I'm not sure how much help I can be to you. From the way your story sounds, it was almost as if you were sucked into a portal and brought here."

I sighed and nodded, "Yeah, I understand. Thanks anyway." The both of us turned to leave and get back to the apartment when I felt Izzy nudge my arm (He IS a little guy after all as I stand 5'9.)

"Hold on." He said, "There are some files when, synchronized together, can open a gateway. If you can get those files to me, I can set them to take you both back to your home."

"No, wait." Seth shook his head, "There's another problem. We're here on vacation. We're not exactly going to be-"

"Seth," I took my friend aside again, "Our parents are going to be out of the United States of America for the next two weeks. You'll not have to put up with them for two weeks."

A grin slowly formed on his face as he nodded. I knew that would catch his fancy. This was turning out to get better and better.

"All right, then!" Seth turned to Izzy, "Where are these files?"

"They're located in the TV Station."

"Excellent the TV-" Seth's grin slowly turned to a look of horror, "THE TV STATION?"

"I know, I know." Izzy nodded, "But this is dangerous work. If you are willing to infiltrate the TV Station and get me those files, you're home free."

I rubbed the back of my neck. The TV station was on one of the last sights I wanted to see while on this trip. Still, Izzy was right. This was dangerous work and, no matter how you looked at it or what your opinion was, both Seth and I had gotten ourselves involved in the DigiDestineds' fight against Myotismon and his twisted minions. If we didn't do this, there was almost a 100% chance we would not see our beloved home again.

"All right." I said, "We'll do this."

Izzy smiled, "Good. I'll meet you there. The files are located on the computer in the room with the door marked 42-G. Take this." He handed me a floppy disk, which I promptly took, "Load the files onto this disk."

I stuffed the disk into my pocket, grinning, "No problem. Thanks for your help, Izz-man. See you at the TV Station."

Izzy nodded and ran off to catch up with Kabuterimon while Seth and I tried to get a plan up and running.

"First things first." I said, "We need to get rid of this Digivice. We gotta find that crow's nest and hope to God that Wizardmon doesn't find us in the process. Then, we'll head over to the TV Station and get those files."

"Are you sure about this?" Seth asked, nervous, "You DO know that's where Myotismon is, right?"

"Of course I do but this is something we have to do." I sighed, "For the sake of our lives, we have to do this."

~*~

It might have taken some convincing with Seth but we finally came to an agreement about the TV Station. We were going to go under the cover of darkness and get those files from the computer.that meant we had to go tonight to deposit that Digivice in the crow's nest.

As the two of us crept through the wooded area near the docks, I looked around for what could be a crow's nest. That was fun.yeah, right. So many trees, so little nests. Suddenly, something caught my eye. It was something.green? I waved Seth over to the tree I was talking about.

"Give me a boost, will ya?" I asked.

He bent down as I stepped onto his back, leapt, and grabbed the thick branch of the tree. Pulling myself to get a closer view of the nest, I grinned. The green thing was a bottle of green taco sauce. I chuckled, "This is the one, all right."

"Then let's drop the Digivice and get outta here!" I heard Seth yell to me.

Taking the device from my pocket, I kissed it goodbye and dropped it into the nest. There. That was done. That little charade was over. I dropped to the ground. Seth stood straight up and looked to me, "All right, then. Let's get to the TV Station and quick."

With the job done, the two of us ran from the nest. Before we were a little more than a kilometer away, I stopped.

Seth turned to look at me, "What's wrong?"

I put a finger to my lips to signal him to stay quiet. At once, I heard it, "All right, its green taco sauce. It goes good on tacos." That was Wizardmon.

I chuckled to myself, "There. NOW we can go."

Seth rolled his eyes, "You're an idiot."

"Says you."