Part 3: Operation Save Hikari!
"TK!! Oh no!" Hikari gasped out.
"What do we do!" Armadimon responded in alarm. "How are we going to save her!"
"You don't!" the puppet-like Digimon snarled from behind them.
The deranged Puppet started to laugh as he noticed the questioning looks the children wore.
"I have another trick up my sleeve!" he said, a twinkle in his eye.
The unbalanced puppet started to move his hands around, as if controlling a marionette.
"What are you talking abou...ahhhh!"
The glasses-wearing girl started dancing in place.
"This is no time to dance around, Hikari-chan is in trouble!!" Daisuke complained to Miyako.
"I can't help it!"
"What do you mean you can't help---ahh!"
The goggle-headed boy started moving next.
"I can't control my body!" Daisuke grunted, trying his best to regain control of his own body. As a matter of fact, with all of this going on, none of the others could move their bodies.
"Hey, that 'Goggle Boy' reminds me of that Taichi kid."
*Note: Don't know if you know or not, but Goggle Boy just happens to be the name of Daisuke's Image Theme...you know, him singing. It's about how much he cherishes his goggles. It's a cool song and I really like it. (^_^) To be honest, I just wrote that Goggle Boy thing in...I wasn't even thinking of the song when I did it. I just noticed it when I went back over it before I submitted it.*
"Hey, Goggle Boy, catch!" Puppetmon laughed as he controlled Miyako to jump high into the air so that she would land right on Daisuke.
"AHHH!!" both kids screamed.
"Help me!" Miyako whimpered, not wanting to fall face first into the ground.
"Miyako!!" Daisuke called, a bit worried, as he stared at the taller girl coming towards him. He ended up catching her voluntarily - Puppetmon wasn't controlling him to catch her, he managed to do that all his own - but caused the both of them to fall down in the process.
"Can't you catch any better than that!" Miyako shouted at Daisuke, whom of which she was now sitting on.
"You're not light, you know!"
"What do you mean I'm not light?!" Miyako demanded, feeling offended by Daisuke's statement. "You're just weak! I am not over weight and am nowhere near it, and I watch my weight and all that other important stuff, and furthermore---"
"You got caught and that's what matters," Daisuke interrupted, trying to avoid an argument since he really wasn't in the mood to argue with the girl. "I could've let you fall!"
"I bet I wouldn't be in as much pain right now if I would've!"
"Aww, just shutup why don't ya!"
"Look here, Daisuke, don't you make me---"
"Let's not argue now," V-mon interrupted with a sweat drop from Daisuke and Miyako's arguing. "You're both safe."
"I'm sorry for getting mad at you," Miyako apologized, her voice calmer. "It's not even your fault." She then angrily glared towards a certain, mentally unstable Digimon. "We should be mad at Puppetmon, not each other."
Daisuke nodded in agreement.
"Stop this, Puppetmon!" Hawkmon ordered, annoyed with the fact that he had harmed Miyako. "Stop with all of these childish antics!"
"Keep talking and we'll have fried chicken for dinner and I love drumsticks!"
Puppetmon used his powers started to lead Hawkmon over near some flames that were surrounding Hikari.
"How about we compromise," Hawkmon asked, fear and uneasiness evident in his voice.
Puppetmon left him alone and started after the others. All of
a sudden, the Dead Moon Circus theme started to play. He made Armadimon,
V-mon, and Iori do circus tricks by tumbling and flipping.
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RP: Don't ask about the music...it fits the scene. A demented
puppet making everyone do circus tricks and some nice "demented" circus
music to go along with it. ::Does tongue and eye thing:: Nya.
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"Flipping isn't my thing!" V-mon shouted, wanting to stop.
"I have always hated the circus!! It is filled with a bunch of
freaks and," Iori gave Puppetmon a look of annoyance, "I hate clowns and
this music makes me dislike you even more because it makes me think of
how demented you are!!"
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RP: I honestly like the Dead Moon Circus theme...imo, Sailor Moon SuperS
has the best music, Stars coming in second because of the "Three Lights,"
and as you all know, I'm a big Sailor Moon fan...but thinking about it,
Pinocchimon's theme sounds a bit more demented with his Japanese voice
and stuff (^^);*
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"Who are you calling a clown!"
"You!" Iori shouted to him. 'He doesn't mind being called demented, yet he minds being called a clown. What a strange and mixed up Digimon.'
"Oh really?" Puppetmon queried, a demented smirk spreading across his face. "Take this then! Armadimon can use you as a trampoline!"
Iori's eyes went wide and he gave out a gasp thinking about how painful that would be.
"Can we please stop?" Armadimon pleaded. "That'll hurt Iori!"
"I'm having a bit too much fun here to stop now!" Puppetmon said as he made Armadimon hop up and down in place. He then looked over at Iori. "I've never seen a kid that just won't cry! That old Takeru would've started crying a long time ago!"
"Just leave us alone!" Iori said, wanting this nightmare to end.
"Time to try out a new power of mine."
Puppetmon continued to make Iori do circus tricks. At one point, Iori looked as if he was walking on a tightrope. Iori then finally started crying as if he were scared for his life.
"Iori, what's wrong?!"
Iori didn't answer Miyako and continued to cry, screaming out "Stop it! I don't want to drown!"
"I have the power now to tap into people's minds and bring out their worst fears and make them a reality! His just so happens to be water, which eventually leads to drowning...drowning being his biggest fear!"
Iori looked as if he were trying to swim and was gagging and gurgling for help, crying as if in terrible fear. It really seemed as if he were in a body of water trying to swim and the choking sounds Iori was making sounded real. Miyako nearly cried at the sight.
"What a cowardly way to fight!" Daisuke said, his right fist bawled, wishing he could help his young friend.
"He's finally crying! Music to my ears!" Puppetmon gave off a manic laugh as he stared down at Iori who was lain out on the ground. "I'll get back to that smart-mouthed boy later! I have bigger and better things to go after!"
Iori then stopped swimming and noticed that he was on land; that he
was never even in the water. He then felt rather confused
and then very
angry after he realized what had happened. If
looks could kill, Puppetmon would've died right then and there. Iori
was giving him the most evil look ever.
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RP: Just think of the look Cody had in the episode where Davis wanted
his opinion on whether or not they should let Ken join them and he was
wearing his Kendo gear. Everytime Davis mentioned the name "Ken"
the more and more annoyed Cody looked when he swung that Shinnai of his
down...he almost looked evil if ya ask me.
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Puppetmon noticed Iori's angered look and smiled. "Just what
I wanted. Maybe I should toss a gun to him and see how he
does!" He then started laughing. "Takeru would've never gotten
like that! That's what ruined the fun! I'm sure this kid would
be more of a challenge!"
"He'd probably get filled with holes and we'd all be out of here, if he gave Iori a gun!" Armadimon muttered. 'He does do all that Kendo stuff and is probably a lot stronger than he looks, but knowing Iori, he wouldn't even need the gun and he isn't the type to really fight.'
"Hey, Armadillo, did you say something?" Puppetmon asked, giving him a suspicious look.
"Nope, I didn't say anything," Armadimon responded with a toothy grin.
"This is ridiculous!" Tailmon shouted out in exasperation, wishing she could control her body.
"Can't you do better than that!" Patamon said. "All you're doing is bullying us around!"
"Yeah, fight like a mon!"
"Ahh, so the wimp speaks up," Puppetmon said, staring over at Takeru. "How about you dance too!"
Puppetmon started to make Takeru dance and twirl and tumble. It hurt him a bit since he wasn't used to dancing and everyone could really tell that he was in pain, but Takeru refused to cry or audibly show how much pain he was in. He didn't want to humor his current target of hatred.
"Man, I hope he doesn't make him do a split," Daisuke shuddered.
Miyako leaned over to Daisuke and whispered to him, overhearing what he had just said.
"Shhh, don't give him any ideas..."
Tailmon and Patamon were just stuck in place, just like the others.
"Leave him and the rest of my friends alone or else!" Takeru ordered, trying his back to hold back his tears due to the pain he was in.
"Now you know that you are in no position to threaten me!"
He started to jerk Hikari around like she was on a bungee cord using his powers, like he had with the others earlier by making them dance and tumble. Everyone shouted out threats to the evil Digimon, especially Daisuke. Hikari kept screaming "Stop it, stop it," in terrible pain since the ropes were so tight around her.
'I have to get out of his control...Hikari needs me! We have to save her,' Takeru determined in thought.
"Good, now that she's quiet, I can get back to you!"
Takeru struggled to get from out of Puppetmon's control, especially since he was planning on using his mallet to shoot at him. This time, he had loaded it with real bullets.
"This'll make your brother pay for what he did to me!" Puppetmon muttered as he continued loading the mallet with bullets, making sure no chamber was empty.
He still wanted his revenge for Takeru ditching him and not playing with him all those years ago, and also to make Yamato sad for destroying him and ruining his fun. He felt that by killing Takeru, it would surely make Yamato sorry for what he had done to him.
"You...will...not...control...me...Puppet...mon!"
"Wait, what's going on here!"
"Kari...is...in...trouble! She...is...my...friend! One...of...my...best...friends!"
"C'mon...Takeru-san!" Iori cheered.
"Teach that puppet a lesson, Takeru!" Daisuke encouraged.
"You can do it!" Miyako rooted.
"Kari...needs...my...help! You...will...not...control...MEEE!!!"
He got out of his control, which took Puppetmon by surprise. Takeru ran towards the puppet, his guard totally off. Due to this, Takeru managed to knock the mallet from right out of his hands. After this, Takeru pinned Puppetmon down to the floor.
"No fair!" Puppetmon argued, trying to get up. "You're not fighting fair!"
"FAIR!?!" the young basketball player questioned, anger and spite in his voice. "You don't know the meaning of the word! You can't control me, and I won't allow you to, so just give up!"
Puppetmon kicked TK off of him and went towards his mallet, crawling, but Takeru got back up and kicked him so he could hinder him from getting to it. After he had done that, he hurried and picked up Puppetmon's mallet and held it over his head, ready to swing it, smashing his head in if fate would allow it.
"Get out of here before I use this on you and I am not bluffing!" Takeru threatened, his eyes pitiless and cold.
As of right now, it was like Takeru wasn't even thinking. His hopeful, and bright demeanor was no longer that, and was replaced by that of a child with no remorse for the life of anyone who had ever caused harm towards him. Iori stared curiously at Takeru a bit surprised at the way he was currently acting. He sensed something different about him, like Takeru could take the life of Puppetmon without thinking twice about it.
Puppetmon stared in fear, shaking somewhat, the mere inches from his head, knowing that Takeru could swing at any moment. He never realized how much Takeru had changed and how much of a hatred he had towards him.
'Maybe I shouldn't have scarred his mind for life when he was a kid,' the puppet thought in worry, 'but I was only having a little fun.'
"You better listen to him..." V-mon started.
"...or face the consequences..." Patamon stepped up.
"...which will be..." Hawkmon continued.
"...all of us and I'm sure that by working together..." Armadimon chimed.
"...we will defeat you!" Tailmon finished, her claws extended.
Daisuke and Miyako stood up, along with Iori, and looked down at Puppetmon who was still just moments away from Takeru smashing his head in.
"If you know what is good for you, you will leave us alone or else we use you for firewood!" Miyako threatened.
The puppet then muttered annoyingly under his breath and insulted Miyako.
"What can a girl do! All they're good for is cooking and cleaning and since you're a human, all you can do right is have more human children!"
"You shouldn't have said that," both Iori and Daisuke said.
A vein started to show on Miyako's forehead, which meant she was pretty much angry.
"I am a modern woman and a woman can do anything she sets her mind to and can do anything that a man can do..."
"Except for going to the bathroom stand---"
"Daisuke-kun, Daisuke-san!" both Takeru and Iori shouted at the boy.
"Um...never mind," he apologized with a small laugh.
Right at that moment, Puppetmon manage to scramble away from Takeru since he had put his attention on Daisuke. He then stood up, Takeru's angered look remaining as he stared at the puppet, ready to beat him senseless.
"How dare you insult my abilities as a modern woman!" Miyako argued, motioning for Takeru not to attack the Digimon since she wanted to get her piece in. "I won't allow you to say something so sexist and prejudiced and get away with it!"
"You're nothing but talk," he yawned. "Something else girls are good at, talking about stuff no one wanted to hear, since it is boring and pointless."
He then walked up to Miyako and kicked her right in the shin of her right leg. She grabbed her leg and hopped up and down in pain.
"That was a cheap trick! How dare you kick her like that!" Daisuke argued, about ready to knock the Puppet's lights out. Takeru gritted his teeth, growling, his grip growing on the handle of the heavy, giant mallet.
"Whatever," he scoffed.
The creepy little puppet reached to his back and took something out that was strapped to it that none of them had earlier.
"Now this is fair!" he smiled as if he were a five-year-old child with a new toy.
"It's a gun!" Iori gasped.
"I'll wait on the crybaby over there," Puppetmon said, looking over at TK. "But, for now, I'll get rid of the annoying, opinionated, nobody cares what she's talking about bitch who doesn't know when to shut up!"
Daisuke, Iori, Takeru and all of the Digimon gasped. They weren't expecting Puppetmon to call Miyako, or anyone for that matter, something like that.
Miyako turned red and got mad after what he called her. She was so mad she was trembling.
"She's so mad, she can't even say anything back to him! I feel sorry for Puppetmon now!"
"You said it!" Armadimon agreed.
Iori thought for a moment and remembered what Puppetmon had done to him.
"Never mind, I don't, actually." He then started to cheer. "Sock him one time for me, Miyako-san!"
Takeru, not caring what happened or if he even got shot and killed in the process, was about to charge after Puppetmon, the mallet raised, but Miyako beat him to it. She charged after Puppetmon and pushed him into the flames, falling into the deep pit below Hikari. "No fair!!" he screamed as the burning wooden puppetmon fell into the bottomless pit, doomed to fall for all eternity.
Takeru tossed down the mallet, a look of slight disappointment on his face. He didn't understand why he was disappointed, Puppetmon was gone, but a part of him wanted to be the one to fight against him...to kill him. To make him sorry for what he had done in the past.
"Way to go, Miyako!" Daisuke cheered while jumping up and down.
"That's one less Digimon for us to have to worry about," Miyako said while brushing herself off.
Miyako was walking back towards where Daisuke, Iori, Takeru and the other Digimon were, but she accidentally bumped the gun with her foot that Puppetmon had dropped after she had pushed him into the pit. The gun went off, which caused the shot to make all of them jump since it made such a loud, unexpected banging sound. The bullet ended up ricocheting off of a nearby wall and was headed straight for Kari! Luckily, the bullet missed her, but had hit the rope slightly as it went by her head. The rope was now starting to give way.
"Help me...somebody!" the light-traited girl whimpered.
"V-mon, evolve and...um...do something! Help her! Wait, I know. Burn the rope and you um...wait...I know I...er..." The goggle-headed boy screamed out in frustration. "We have to save her!"
"We can't get close enough to save her without killing ourselves, practically!"
What Iori meant was that there was now a fire surrounding Hikari and if they even tried to untie the rope, Hikari would've fallen into the very deep pit and met the same fate as Puppetmon. They, themselves, couldn't help. When Takeru ran up to try and save her earlier, he had triggered something to start a fire going. The flames were very high and Hikari's rope was starting to rip because of the fire's singeing it.
Kari was now shedding silent tears.
"There's no way you can save me! Run and save yourselves!"
"No, there's no way we're leaving you behind!"
"You know you can't save me, but I really appreciate your enthusiasm and your wanting to try, Daisuke-kun," Hikari smiled gently.
"Hikari-chan..."
"Oh, Takeru-kun, please tell oniichan that I love him and that he's the best brother I've ever had and tell him thank you for always taking care of me whenever I was sick when I was younger. I really appreciated it."
TK stared at Kari in disbelief. She was giving up hope. After her statement, he felt like crying himself.
'I can't believe she's saying something like that! If something happens to her, I would never forgive myself!'
"What can we do! We can't get close enough and we're way too short to even try to go over the flames." Miyako panicked, feeling helpless.
"Our Digimon are also all too weak to evolve to their armored forms because of our battle with Puppetmon," Iori stated sadly.
"You guys worry too much, I'm sure we can save her!" Tailmon responded, no worry or panic in her voice.
A pink light was starting to surround Hikari as she cried silently. Everyone stared at the bright light in awe, for only a brief moment, but didn't think much of it and was more concerned about saving her.
"What do you mean! She's in trouble!" Takeru reminded the cat-like Digimon.
The more and more Kari cried, the brighter and brighter the pink light around her got. It, eventually, became unbearable for one to stare at.
"What's that strange light surrounding her," Miyako asked, shielding her eyes.
"Strange," Daisuke uttered.
"I don't know why, but I feel as if I can evolve. That light is giving off enough energy for me to evolve!"
"How if she..." Takeru trailed off, not finishing his question, staring at the bright light.
Tailmon shrugged as she started to evolve.
"Tailmon, super evolve...
Tailmon's petite, cat like body started to grow to that of an average sized human. Her body became curvy and long, blonde hair now flowed down her back. A helmet covered her big, blue eyes and pink ribbons draped around her arms. She now wore white boots, and angelic wings protruded from her back.
"...Angewomon!"
Everyone started in amazement. This was their first time ever seeing Angewomon, with the exception of Takeru and Patamon.
"Patamon, I could use your help."
Patamon nodded to Angewomon and evolved to his adult (champion) form.
"Patamon evolve...
Patamon's chubby body took on the form of a human. His build became quite muscular, and he too had long, blonde hair. He now held a golden staff, and blue ribbons draped around his body, along with the wings also protruding from his body.
"...Angemon!"
"Two angels?" Miyako asked in amazement as she stared at the two Digimon, a heavenly glow surrounding the both of them.
"So it's true! TZ and Kari both have Angel Digimon!" He then looked over at V-mon and asked, "Why couldn't you evolve into that so I can have more of a chance with Kari!!"
"Um...sorry?"
Angewomon flew over towards Kari, but not to closely. She was planning on using an attack to free her human partner. Angemon then flew over the flames, almost getting burned in the process, and positioned himself right under Kari.
"Holy..."
A beautiful, majestic rainbow like glow surrounded her body as she pulled her arm back on the bow that formed in her hand.
"...Arrow!" Angewomon's voice echoed as she aimed her arrow at the rope, releasing it, causing the rope to snap. Angemon caught her and flew up over the flames, trying his best to keep Kari safe from the flames.
"Alright Angemon...Angewomon!" everyone cheered.
After Kari was rescued, Miyako observed what was going on around them.
"This place looks like it's about to collapse!"
"Or either it's going to crash, like my computer did a while ago," Iori added. "Oh, I forgot to thank you for restoring everything for me."
"I'm in the computer club and must know these things," Miyako stated proudly. "Besides, Izumi-senpai showed me a thing or two about computer crashes and how to restore everything."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, you restored Iori's computer, that's nice," Daisuke told the two in a rushed manner. "Now let's get out of here!"
Everyone nodded and/or evolved.
"We could use the help, Hawkmon. I know you're tired, but---"
"No need to worry, Miyako-san. As a matter of fact, I feel revived. That light coming from Hikari-san seems to have have rejuvinated and replenished my energy."
"I feel the same way!" V-mon said.
"Same here," Armadimon nodded.
Hawkmon armor evolved to Holsmon with no trouble at all, and Armadimon, Iori, V-mon, and Daisuke rode along with her on him. Angewomon carried Hikari, and Angemon carried Takeru. The Bakemon that had impersonated Kari was still down, but awoke and noticed that the place seemed to be collapsing.
"Wait, you can't leave me! I'm cool; I'm on your side. I was only joking. I had to work for the Digimon Kaiser because he promised me my weight in Digidollars! Um, I also--"
Angewomon, annoyed with the Bakemon's bickering, sighed out, "Bakemon,
just lose your power." She then rolled her eyes, which no one can
see, and rhetorically asked, "And why do you call it Digidollars
when it's nothing but American money?"
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RP: Yes, that's true folks. They're not called "Digidollars"
originally. It's just American currency, which is why both Jyou and
Miyako had trouble when it came to paying for their meals. They had
yen, not dollars. Also, that "Bakemon lose your power" stuff, isn't
like that originally. Originally, it's just a Shinto chant that Jyou
just happened to know about. He was doing a type of Budahist chant
in that ep.
****
The Bakemon showed to be weaker than what he had earlier. He
acted as if he were in pain and fainted.
"I wasn't even trying that mind over matter thing," Angewomon said as she sighed out a puff of cloudy air.
The strange place that Kari was being held prisoner in collapsed. They all landed to the ground. After landing, Daisuke ran as fast as he could towards Kari to be by her side.
"Are you alright? Is there anything I can do to help? Could I---"
"I'm fine, thanks to you guys," Hikari smiled at Daisuke. She then turned to the blonde of the group. "Especially you, Takeru-kun. Thanks a lot."
"It was nothing," Takeru said, a nervous look and smile on his face. One he always seemed to get whenever Kari would thank him for something. "Anyone would've done it."
"Dumb TA," Daisuke muttered incomprehensively.
"Um, are you okay?" Iori asked, noticing Daisuke's annoyed look.
"You look a little hot around the collar there, Daisuke," V-mon said, looking up at his partner.
"I'm fine, let's just get back home!" the boy insisted.
They all went back the way that they came and ended up right back in the classroom. The gate to the Digiworld then closed and locked behind them. It was already pretty late that afternoon....
"How dare that stupid Ichijouji tries to hurt Hikari-chan like that!"
"It's your own fault!"
"Look here, TC---"
"It's TK!!"
"Whatever, it was not my fault!"
Hikari and Miyako sighed.
"Should we even try to break up this fight?" Miyako asked.
"Why bother, they'll just start right back up again."
She then got quiet as she stared at the two boys arguing.
"What's wrong, Miyako-san?" Hikari asked in concern.
"I can't become Ichijouji Miyako if Ken-kun is the Digimon Kaiser!" Miyako cried.
"Sorry about that," Hikari stated bluntly, which was an attitude she always seemed to have, "but we have to find a way to stop him from hurting all of the Digimon."
"I know, I know," Miyako calmed down. She then sighed out, "Maybe he'll change someday."
"Oh yeah!" Daisuke argued as he stood up to Takeru, right in his face.
"YEAH!!" Takeru shouted back at the boy, an angered look on his face.
"You and Patamon should've protected Hikari-chan while V-mon and me and the others fought...then that jerk wouldn't have captured her!"
"If it weren't for your mouth," Takeru countered, his teeth gritted, his anger having reached its peak, "Ichijouji wouldn't have even known we were there!"
"That has nothing to do with---" Iori started, trying to be the voice of reason.
"How dare you!" Daisuke growled, not paying Iori any mind.
"But---"
"Whatever!" Takeru muttered, calming down some. He was still pretty angered over the entire incident actually occuring.
The Digimon sweatdropped.
"They're safe, yet they're arguing," a small, big-eyed, big headed Digimon stated in bewilderment. This was Chibimon, V-mon's Baby II (In-Training) form.
"I still don't get it," a legless, light pink Digimon chirped, a feather sticking up from his huge head. This Digimon, that truly resembled a stuffed animal, was Poromon, Hawkmon's Baby II form.
"You know human boys their age," Patamon started, "they act weird."
"Yeah, human boys their age act weird in front of human girls," Chibimon agreed.
"That'd be my guess," a small lemon drop looking Digimon bounced hyperly. This was Upamon, Armadimon's Baby II form.
"Okay you two, break it up or I'll evolve to Angewomon and use my Saint Aim on you two!"
"He started it!" both Takeru and Daisuke insisted in unison, pointing at one another. They then got in each others' faces and shouted, "DID NOT!!"
"Both of you be quiet!" Hikari said tired of the arguing, stepping in between the two taller boys, pushing the two apart. "I would've gotten caught anyway!"
"Yeah, she's right," Miyako added, also growing tired of the two boys' arguing. "He used Bakemon to capture her and used that same trick he used on Daisuke when he had to choose one of us to save."
"The fog also wasn't helping," Iori piped up quietly.
"I guess you're right, but TA here could've done a better job."
"What did you say!!"
"C'mon, TK, calm down," Hikari sighed.
"How exactly do we deal with the Digimon Kaiser?" Miyako asked, wanting to get on another subject of discussion that wouldn't involve Takeru and Daisuke arguing with one another.
"Well, I feel that we should--"
"Yeah, I mean, he stays in the Digital World 24/7 now," Daisuke unintentionally interrupted Iori. "Do you have any ideas TJ?"
"I really think that we should---"
"Well, I...HEY, THE NAME IS TK!!"
"Whatever. Anyway, do you? You have the most experience with Digimon...even more than Hikari-chan."
"I have no idea what we should do," Takeru said as started to fiddle with his trademark white cap.
"But---"
"How about we all go back to the Digital World at night since Ichijouji never comes out at night," Daisuke suggested, "and then we attack when he least expects it!"
Iori was starting to get annoyed over the fact that he was always ignored. He growled in annoyance a bit, literally, which Miyako noticed. It just hadn't been his day, first he was embarassed by Puppetmon and now he was being ignored.
"Yo, Iori, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing, I just---"
"I don't know, Daisuke-kun," Takeru stated, interrupting Iori.
"What's wrong with my plan?"
"Yeah, I think it's a pretty good idea. The Digimon Kaiser is probably the most vulnerable when it's night time."
Daisuke gave off a big smile. "You do, Kari?!? Wow!! Top that TE!!"
"Do we have to fight him? He's just too cute to fight!"
"I agree with Takeru-san!" Iori finally managed to get out.
"Oh really?" Daisuke asked.
"The Digimon Kaiser is pretty smart. How do we know that he won't be expecting us to try and attack him and find his headquarters?"
"Ahh, whatever," Daisuke laughed, not really taking in what Iori had said. "Let us older kids handle this." He then turned to Takeru and asked, "Why shouldn't we go at night?"
"I know that sneaking out would be difficult for me," Miyako said. "I don't have a late curfew like my sisters and brother and they would notice if I snuck out."
Takeru gave his reason, which was the same exact thing Iori had said.
"Good point," Miyako and Hikari nodded.
"I guess you're right, but isn't it worth a try to go back at night?" Daisuke asked.
"How about we ask Izumi-senpai what he thinks?" Miyako proposed.
Izumi Koushirou was also another Chosen Child, but an older one, like the 14 year old Taichi and Yamato. He's very smart and a whiz with computers. He's 13 years old and is now in his first year at Odaiba Junior High School. He hangs around the old Elementary school every now and then to visit the old Computer Club, which Miyako is now president of, and to help them out. Before he left Odaiba Elementary, he used to be president of the Computer Club and Miyako used to help him run it.
The youngest boy screamed in slight irritation. They all turned and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What does it matter!" Iori snapped at them angrily. "Upamon, we're going home!"
Upamon was eating some of the food that Miyako had left there before they went to the Digital World. She knew that they would be pretty hungry when they got back from battling controlled Digimon. Miyako normally always brought food from her family's convenience store.
Iori went and picked up Upamon and stormed out of the computer lab and stomped home in annoyance.
"I wonder what's eating him," Daisuke muttered.
"Yeah, he's been acting a bit edgy lately," Miyako observed.
Everyone shrugged.
"It must be a little kid thing," Daisuke concluded. "He'll probably get over it."
"Yeah, it must be; besides, Miyako-san and I can check on him later. We do live in the same apartment building."
"So, what's our new plan of attack?" Hikari asked.
Miyako sat in front of the computer and started to look for other areas that contained Dark Towers.
"We better think of something and fast. What do we do? There are still lots of areas to cover with Dark Towers. Maybe we should go at night," Miyako informed them.
"No way, it would be too dangerous to go at night," Takeru said, deadset against going at night. "I'm sure Ichijouji has lots of troops around just waiting for us if we went at night, and the most dangerous of Digimon always appear at night."
"You know, I'm pooped," Hikari slightly yawned. "I think I'm ready to go home now. How about we pick up tomorrow afterschool?"
The others agreed and nodded.
"We'll go and tell Iori when we get home," Miyako said as she stood up from the computer, shutting it down.
All the kids, along with their Digimon, partners, left and headed towards their homes, Daisuke walking home with Hikari, Takeru walking home with Miyako...