Part 7: Piyomon's Escape!
"Come to my world you Digi-losers!" the Digimon Kaiser sat, a large grin spread across his pale face.
"Um, master, don't you think capturing those Digimon was a little bit harsh?"
"No I don't! How else would I have gotten them here!" Ken argued irritably and loudly. He then went back to his normal tone of voice. "Well, I must admit, you did make yourself useful and you did do something right for a change. You were able to imprison all six of those Digimon for me."
"Thank you, Ken-chan!"
"THAT'S DIGIMON KAISER TO YOU!!"
"Gomen, Ken-chan."
"Now get out of my sight! I'm in too good a mood for your pathetic looking face to mess it up!"
"Yes sir."
Wormmon left, leaving Ken laughing happily awaiting the Chosen Children
to fall into his trap...
****
In a matter of mere moments, the eight kids and their Digi-buddies
finally made it to the Digital World.
TK and the others looked around, noticing all the desert and unusually mass amounts of pyramids around them.
"This place looks familiar," Takeru said.
"Yeah, it does," Jyou agreed.
The oldest boy then remembered.
"I remember now! Etemon! This is where we were when Etemon had Nanomon (Datamon) prisoner and..."
"...right before that, I found my Crest of Hope!"
"And let's not forget about Nanomon kidnapping Sora-san and Taichi-san blaming himself for it," Koushirou added.
"I thought he was going to never stop crying," Jyou said.
"Hold on here," Daisuke said, trying to make sense of what Jyou and Koushirou were saying. "Taichi-senpai cried? My hero cried just because Sora got kidnapped by some whacked-out Digimon?"
"He sure did," Koushirou nodded, "but could you really blame him? He took my theory a bit too lightly, which allowed her to get captured."
"What theory was that?" Iori asked.
Koushirou explained what he explained to Tai and the others three years earlier about them just being shadow images of themselves and whatever happens to them in the Digital World, would have a direct effect on themselves in the real world.
"That's an interesting viewpoint," Miyako said.
"Oh, and remember after Taichi-san saved Sora-san, how he went after Etemon himself, and got taken back to our world along with MetalGreymon!" Takeru added.
"Oh yeah! He came home. I was sick and couldn't go to summer camp with him that year and I met Koromon for the first time. He was surprised that I knew what a Koromon was and was surprised that I could see all of the Digimon here in our world when others couldn't. He then got that message from you, Koushirou-san."
"Oh yeah, I told him not to come back to the Digital World and that it would've been a waste of his time if he did."
"But he didn't listen anyway, and when he came back, he found me…"
"…and don't forget about me, Takeru!"
"Of course I wouldn't forget you, buddy, even though we were mad at each other then and you were still Tokomon."
"Thinking about it now, there weren't these many pyramids the last time we were here," Jyou noted. "They're all over the place this time."
They started to walk a bit to investigate around, but Mimi started to grow a bit frustrated.
"I hate the desert!" Mimi complained. "It's awful on your hair!"
"Our Digimon could be in some kind of danger, and you're worried about your hair?" Koushirou asked in disbelief.
"Well, I do like looking nice, you know…"
"Don't I know it," Koushirou muttered as he wiped his sweaty brow with the back of his hand.
"But it's the heat in general that's bothering me," she said while fanning herself.
The girl stopped fanning herself and looked over at Izzy, a playful smile spread across her face. She was in the mood to tease him a bit to help get her mind from off of the heat.
"Hey, Koushirou, I was just wondering, whatever happened to that old girlfriend of yours?"
The group stopped walking as Izzy looked at her in surprise. He could only respond with "Huh?" in a daze.
"Girlfriend?!" every asked in surprise.
"Izumi-senpai has had a girlfriend before? That's so surprising," Miyako could barely say without giving away she was very astonished to hear such news. 'I thought I knew almost everything about him. Could he have really have had a girlfriend before? I wonder what she was like? I bet someone totally opposite me,' she finished up, sighing out a puff of cloudy air.
"Man, I need to get out more and see what's up with you guys! Koushirou's had a girlfriend!?!" Jyou nudged Koushirou in the side, a grin on his face. One that Taichi probably would've had. "C'mon buddy, I thought we were pals. How could you keep such a secret from us and just let Mimi know?"
"No, I've never had a girlfriend," Koushirou managed to say after finally coming back to reality.
Mimi started laughing.
"What's so funny!" Koushirou demanded of his friend in curiosity.
"I was talking about that old laptop of yours!" Mimi said between breaths from laughing so hard. "You paid more attention to it than you ever did me or anyone else!"
Everyone groaned over Mimi's statement.
"Now that you mention it, he hasn't had it around lately," Takeru said.
"Yeah, and he would never let anyone touch or use it either," Hikari added.
"I always wondered what was so special about it and what was on it," Jyou said.
"Well…I…um…" Koushirou uttered with a nervous blush.
"Calm down, Koushirou, I was only kidding around," Mimi assured him.
As they walked, Mimi was telling them more about America. Mimi felt that talking about something else would help to keep her calm and not as worried over Palmon, which was another reason why she had just started teasing Koushirou for no apparent reason.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Koushirou exclaimed, also wanting to keep his mind on what the young, crest bearer of purity had to say and not of what could be happening to Tentomon and the others. "What else have you done since you've been in America?"
"I've already told you everything through e-mail or just now."
"It's still nice to see you again."
"It's still nice to see you again," Miyako mocked under her breath while rolling her eyes in annoyance. She then muttered, "He's never paid that much attention to me, unless he's helping me with something dealing with the Digital World."
"What's wrong with you?" Daisuke asked, noticing Miyako's current displeased look.
"Nothing!" she snapped at the boy.
"Calm down…man!"
"I am being calm!"
"I'll never understand girls," Daisuke said while shaking his head, deciding to ignore Miyako.
"Hey, Mimi-kun, I've been meaning to ask you about the schools in America. What are they like, and what uniform colors are they stuck with?" Jyou asked.
"I've never mentioned it?" Mimi asked in surprise.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Well, my school doesn't have uniforms, just like most of the public Elementary schools here. In America, public schools don't have them, only private schools do, and most of the time, they don't make it mandatory to wear. There are some public schools with uniforms, but for them, it's usually once or twice a week they have to wear them, or either for special occasions, like maybe picture day, or something like that."
"I wonder why it's like that?" Jyou asked, great interest in his voice.
"We all go to public schools; well, except for Jyou-san, and we're stuck with uniforms and we have to wear them everyday," Koushirou said.
"Well, I studied hard to get into that school of mine's."
"Yeah, our entire summer break the year we first got taken to the Digital World," Takeru said.
"Well, I can't become a doctor and keep my family's tradition going or get into really good schools if I don't study hard."
"I noticed your uniforms for Odaiba Junior High, and green is definitely not my color, well not dark green. Blue either for that matter. Glad I don't have to wear them. Let's see, what else is different about the schools…oh yeah, the years of school are different and the school year is a bit shorter than it is here." Mimi turned to Elementary children of the group. "Let's see, Takeru, Hikari, and Daisuke are all in grade 5 and 11, right?"
The three nodded.
"Well, over there, where I am anyway, if you're 11 you're supposed to be in grade 6 and grade 6 is your first year of Junior High School."
"What a strange system," Hikari said.
"Little Iori here would be in grade 4 in Elementary and Miyako would be in grade 7 in Junior High."
"So, what about you?" Koushirou asked. "What grade were you put in? I don't recall your ever mentioning it."
"I'm in grade 7 in America, same as you, only I'm in my second year of Junior High instead of my first. The 13 year olds over there are normally in grade 8, third, and final, year of Junior High."
"Wow, that is a difference. What about High School?" Daisuke asked. "When do you start High School in America?"
"Let's see, 14 year olds start year 9 and that's your first year of High School, or what the Americans like to call it, your 'freshman' year. Your second year is called your 'sophomore' year, your third is called your 'junior' year, and your final year in High School, just like for here, is called your 'senior' year."
"Nice names for the ninth and tenth years there," Takeru laughed. "Especially the freshman one."
"So that means that Jyou-san would already be in High School in America?" Hikari asked.
"Yep, his second year," she nodded.
"What about friends?" Jyou asked.
"I'm sure she wouldn't have trouble making any," Koushirou insisted.
"I know, she's nice to everyone," Takeru smiled.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me, I do have a very special friend back in New York."
She started to blush and smile a little.
"I wonder what's up with that blush of hers," Hikari whispered to Miyako.
Miyako shrugged.
"Who's the friend?" Daisuke asked.
"His name is Michael."
"Michael?" Koushirou and Jyou asked.
"Yeah, he's so nice and handsome and everything," Mimi dreamily responded. "Oh, here's a picture of him."
Mimi went through her small purse that I failed to mention she had earlier, (-_-), and took out a small photo album and showed them a picture of Michael. Written on it, it had, "To: My Dear Sweet Mimi, From: Your Pal Michael"
She then took out some more. There were about four other photos, only it was of the both of them and it looked as if they were at an amusement park in one of those picture-taking booths. Both were playfully making funny faces for the first three photos. In the last one, he had his arm around Mimi's shoulder, as if hugging her, pulling her close to him, and both smiled happily as if they were a nice young couple. Michael looked to be about her age and had blonde, wavy hair.
*Note: How about this...let's say that Mimi and Michael weren't around when Miyako first got her Digimental of Purity (Sincerity)...that way, the others don't know about him and let's make him best friends with Mimi or something. ^_^''*
"Do you always carry photos around of strange guys and take photos with them," Koushirou asked as if he could've been slightly jealous.
"You're silly, Koushirou," Mimi giggled. "Michael isn't a strange guy, and I know I've mentioned him to you at some point, at least I I'm pretty sure I have. Anyway, Michael's one of the coolest guys I've ever met!"
Izzy frowned a bit, especially since Mimi had a somewhat dreamy look on her face whenever she mentioned Michael.
She took out another photo.
"Besides, you're kind of a weird guy yourself," Mimi joked, "and I have a photo of you."
Mimi turned back a few pages in her photo album. There was a photo of Izzy, a school photo of him from a few years ago. It was the first photo in her small picture book. Before Mimi left for America, years ago, she got a photo of all of her old friends so that she'd never forget them.
The one that really stood out, though, was the one she had of Jyou. It was the first photo you saw before she got to the ones with Michael. She also had the photo that they took their very last day in the Digital World.
"Hey, what's that?" Daisuke asked, pointing to the group photo.
"Oh, that's the picture we all took our very last day in the Digital World together after our defeat of Apocalymon."
"Wow, Hikari-chan was cute even then and boy did TJ look like a shrimp!"
"TK..." the boy sighed.
Hikari and Miyako saw the pic of Michael and Miyako's eyes instantly turned to hearts.
"He's cute!" Miyako squealed.
"Can't argue with you there!"
"If the guys in America all look as handsome as he does, I'm on the first flight out!" Miyako grinned.
"I just might go with you," Hikari whispered.
Both Hikari and Miyako giggled a bit.
Daisuke looked over at Miyako and Hikari and sighed in annoyance. Takeru shrugged at the two girls' behavior and Koushirou looked at Miyako with an annoyed expression. He then went back to Mimi.
"Um, Mimi-san, how good of a friend is he?" Koushirou asked.
"Um, pretty good friends. He's my best friend in America. He helped me with my English when I first moved there, but that was only because he was assigned to be my tutor.
"After a while, we became pretty good friends. We do everything together. I wish I could've brought him back with me so you all could've met him, but he couldn't this time."
"This time?"
"He was with me the last time I visited, Daisuke," Mimi explained. "He just came along on a later flight. My family had to go to a wedding. He was my date."
"D-d-date!?!" Koushirou said in an almost fearful tone.
"How come you've never mentioned him whenever you would call or e-mail us?" Jyou asked.
The girl shrugged. "I guess it's just never really come up, even though I was pretty sure I mentioned it to Koushirou. Besides, we always get wrapped up talking about our other extra-curricular activities, you notice?"
"I guess," Jyou said.
"Never come up; I don't recall her ever mentioning him," Koushirou mumbled grumpily.
"You know, I'm surprised Sora's never mentioned it. She knows all about Michael anyway. I guess it's a girl-talk type of thing whenever I talk about Michael with her. With Koushirou, it would've been for information."
"Girl talk…going to America…getting boyfriends…telling everyone 'cept
me…" Koushirou continued to grumble under his breath.
****
"I wish he'd stop that!" Miyako muttered as she stared over at Koushirou.
"Stop what?" Daisuke asked, overhearing the older girl.
"None of your business!"
"Man, you just sounded stressed and I'm trying to be nice!"
"Sorry, it's nothing really," Miyako apologized, realizing that she shouldn't act so uptight with Daisuke.
"Are you sure?"
"Hai." She then forced on a smile. "Thank you for the concern."
"Well, you're my friend, so why wouldn't I be?"
****
"So, Mimi-kun," Jyou started as if he was about to ask her out, a nervous
quirk in his voice, "well, is he, treating you nicely? I mean, is
he a really good friend?"
"He sure is!"
"I wouldn't mind a friend like him!" Miyako said absentmindedly to no one in particular.
"Oh, and guess what else is cool about him that he has in common with us!"
"What?" Koushirou asked if he could care less.
"He's a Chosen just like us!"
"What!?"
"Yep, he's a Chosen just like us, that's why I thought I had mentioned him to Koushirou already. He has the same model Digivice like all of us older Chosen Children. I guess it was meant for me to meet him and for him to end up being my tutor since he's a Digidestined just like me!"
"Digidestined?" Patamon questioned.
"Digidestined is what the Chosen Children are called in America, Patamon," Mimi explained.
"How did you find out that he was a fellow Chosen?" Hawkmon asked.
"Well, when his parents were out and I was over at his house in his room---"
"His room!! No adult authority figures!" Koushirou hysterically responded.
"Yes, his room. Where else would I be?" Mimi asked rhetorically, not really catching on as to why Koushirou was currently freaking out. "Besides, his parents are always very busy, especially his father, so it's normally just him and me there anyway. I'm always in his room."
Koushirou looked as if he were about to have a heart attack after that statement. Jyou was a bit calmer. He figured that Mimi was going to say something else...he hoped so anyway. The others just sweat dropped nervously. Iori didn't react to Mimi's statement at all. He wasn't really paying attention.
"He's the one with all of the movies and he has a television in his room," Mimi continued. "Now I noticed the Digivice on his dresser beside his bed. I asked him about it, but he kept saying that it was nothing. I then said, 'That looks just like mine.' He then asked me what I knew, so I took out my Digivice and showed it to him.
"He then showed me his Digimon partner, Betamon, who evolves to Seadramon and I told him about my Palmon, and how I became a Chosen Child and about all of you; especially about Koushirou and how he would always figure stuff out, and how Taichi was our leader, and how my best friend was Sora, and how Jyou-senpai was like the adult of the group, being the responsible one, and how Yamato was the handsome one of the group, and how Koushirou and I figured out how to use our Digivices against the Digimon being controlled by the black gears, and…"
All of them were listening, with lots of interest as Mimi continued her story as she explained to them how Michael first got his Digivice, the battle he saw while in New York, when the others were having their troubles in Japan with Vamdemon (Myotismon), etc.
After all of the conversing, they once again started off in search of
their Digimon pals…
****
Back to the Digimon Kaiser...
"Damnit, he's still too far off for my Dark Rings, or should I say, Transparent Rings, to get him! I've never used it this way before and there still seems to be a few bugs in the system…"
"Ken-chan."
Ken looked up from his screen and sneered at the cowering, worm-like Digimon that stood before him.
"WHAT!!"
"Why are you using two Dark Rings instead of a Dark Spiral?" Wormmon asked apprehensively, afraid of getting hit for bothering his master.
The young boy surprisingly wasn't annoyed by the small Digimon's question. He slumped down in his chair some before answering.
"That's because it was too difficult to get the Dark Spiral to react to the wave of his Digivice. Also, as you can see, those two Dark Rings are twice as strong as my regular Dark Spirals. I may just start using the rings again." He then pondered a bit. "Hmm, I just may use this on the Digimon, as soon as I figure it out some more, but as for right now, a little entertainment if you please, my dear Wormmon."
Ken had been treating Wormmon a tad bit nicer, a little more wouldn't hurt though, but he wasn't yelling at Wormmon as much lately, especially since he succeeded in fulfilling his mission.
"Yes sir."
Wormmon jumped up on the keyboard and pushed a button. It brought up a screen which showed six, captured Digimon prisoners.
"How do you like it down there!" Ken viciously laughed.
A Digimon that looked like a small orange reptile spoke up.
"Let us out of here!" the reptile demanded.
"Yes, I should let you go so that you can ruin all of my plans," Ken mocked.
"Creep!" the orange reptile shouted at the Digimon Kaiser, ready to slash through the screen and attack the Digimon Kaiser.
A small pink bird spoke up. This was Piyomon, Sora's Digimon partner.
"Calm down Agumon, it's not like we can actually get out of here," she stated reasonably. "We can't even evolve!"
The Digimon, Agumon, was Taichi's Digimon partner.
"What else can we do?" Agumon asked. "We have to get out of here! I can't believe I was caught by Wormmon!!"
Another Digimon who always wore a striped fur coat - which nobody has seen him without - spoke up next. His name was Gabumon and he was Yamato's Digimon partner.
"You weren't the only one," Gabumon sighed.
The next Digimon to speak up was a plant looking Digimon. Her name was Palmon and she was Mimi's Digimon partner.
"It's just so strange," Palmon said, recalling her encounter with Wormmon.
"I know what you mean," another Digimon spoke up. "There I was, taking a nice swim, and then he showed up!"
This cute Digimon with big paws who had just spoken was Gomamon. This was Jyou's Digimon Partner.
"How dare he touches my tree house!" an unusual, electric red Digimon argued.
"That's all you can worry about, Tentomon?" Palmon asked. "Your tree house?"
"You're darn right it is!"
This eccentric, flying bug like Digimon was Tentomon, Koushirou's Digimon partner.
"How about we find a way to pass the time away," Tentomon suggested. "How were you caught and thrown in here? I remember my failure well." He then grew hysterical, and said, "BUT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE NEAR MY TREE HOUSE!! I TOLD THEM TO STAY OUT!!"
All of the Digimon sweat dropped.
"Um, I think he's been in here too long," Palmon said with an uneasy laugh.
"What are you talking about?" Gomamon retorted. "He just got here!"
"Maybe the Digimon Kaiser got to him mind wise," Gabumon presumed.
"I was sitting in my tree house, enjoying the peace and quiet when Wormmon and the Digimon Kaiser's MegaSeadramon showed up. They attacked me, so I tried to evolve…"
"Why are you here, and stay away from my tree house!!"
"We have an invitation for you from the Digimon Kaiser!" Wormmon announced.
"Tell him I don't want his invitation and to go away!"
"MegaSeadramon, attack him!"
"I can take care of this water flunkie!" Tentomon said as he started to generate electricity in his wings. "Petite Thunder! (Super Shocker)"
Tentomon shot out a streak of electricity towards MegaSeadramon. For some odd reason, his attack did the trick. MegaSeadramon fell.
"I didn't feel like battling anymore anyway," MegaSeadramon yawned. "How about we just leave him here."
"NO!!" the worm protested. "Ken-chan sent me here to get all of them! This is the last Digimon we have to capture for him, and I want him to be proud of me."
"Whatever, I'm going home."
"Wait, I can't fly and get him back by myself!"
"You battle...I'll wait here until you're done. If anything goes wrong, I'll help, that is if I feel like it."
Wormmon sighed while Mega Seadramon went to Tentomon's tree house.
"I SAID NOT TO GO NEAR MY TREEHOUSE!!!"
Tentomon went after MegaSeadramon and decided to evolve so that he'd have more of a chance in battle.
"Now you have gotten me angry!" the bug-like Digi yelled at the big, sea-dragon like Digi. "How dare you disobey me!"
"What?" MegaSeadramon asked, confused as to what Tentomon was talking about.
"Tentomon shinka…" he called out, his voice echoing. He then came to a surprising discovery. "I can't evolve!! Why can I not evolve!!"
Wormmon snickered at Tentomon's mishap.
"Now, fight me!" the worm beckoned. "This is my battle, not MegaSeadramon's!"
"It would be my pleasure," Tentomon said, accepting the small bug's challenge, knowing that he would definitely win. He then muttered, "Going in my tree house…"
"Sticky Net!"
Tentomon dodged the web-like attack and flew closer to Wormmon. He then felt tired and fell to the ground. Wormmon used his "Sticky Net" again and it hit Tentomon dead on.
"Why do I feel so...so depleted of energy," Tentomon uttered.
Tentomon then noticed the weird looking object hanging around Wormmon's neck.
"How do you like it?" Wormmon asked, noticing Tentomon's staring at. "It was a gift and this makes me invincible against all Digimon!"
Tentomon tried to fight, but the dark power from the "mini tower" was too much for him. He then felt himself fainting.
"I'll...get...you...for...this...and...stay...out...of...my...tree...house…" Tentomon managed to breathe out before he passed out.
"Ken-chan'll be so proud of me!" Wormmon exclaimed in delight. "Let's go, MegaSeadramon!"
MegaSeadramon tossed Tentomon onto his back and headed back towards
Ken's, while Wormmon stayed behind...
****
RP: I wonder if I'm starting to overdo it with that tree house thing.
^^;
****
All of the Digimon looked at Tentomon like he was crazy. Sure
the same thing happened to them pretty much, but he was more worried about
his tree house than about himself.
"What I want to know is why Wormmon wasn't affected by the powers of that mini tower he wore around his neck," Palmon wondered. "He's a Digimon too."
"Maybe it was made so that it wouldn't affect him," Gabumon theorized. "I'm curious as to how he got back so quickly. After my defeat, he stayed behind and MegaSeadramon took me back to his master! But Wormmon was already there when I arrived."
The other Digimon nodded, minus Tentomon since he was the only one to faint from battle. They too found it weird that Wormmon was able to move so quickly.
"I SWEAR OUT THAT I WILL GET MY REVENGE!! HOW DARE THEY GET IN MY TREE HOUSE!! THEY WILL PAY!!"
Agumon, slightly scared of Tentomon responded, "I say we try to bust out of here through that wall," he then whispered to the others, "to get away from Tentomon for a while." He then went back to his normal tone of voice. "Let's all attack together!"
"Good idea!" Piyomon agreed.
"We should be able to get out of here if we work together as a team," Gabumon nodded, also in agreement with Agumon.
"But I can't do anything as a child (rookie)," Gomamon frowned. "Now if I could evolve, sure, but not like this."
"Same with me. All I have is my Poison Ivy attack, and that's not all that great of a move when trying to knock down walls."
"Then leave it to us! We'll get my tree house back by working together!"
The Digimon sweat dropped again.
"What's with this Digimon and his tree house?" Ken muttered as he continued to monitor them, disregarding the fact that they had said that they were planning on busting out.
"That's bad if he doesn't know what's wrong with Tentomon," Gabumon muttered.
"That means that Tentomon is his usual self and the Kaiser isn't controlling him," Gomamon said.
"How about we just all attack him to get him back to normal," Agumon jokingly whispered to the others. "One good whack ought to do it."
"Tentomon used to be normal?" Palmon teased.
"Isn't it said that a Digimon is similar to that of his partner?" Gabumon asked.
"Poor Koushirou," Piyomon frowned. "That must mean that he's in the same state as Tentomon, even though the last time I saw him, Koushirou was normal."
"It must be a Tentomon thing, then," Gomamon concluded. "I wonder what's so special about that tree house of his anyway."
"On the count of three, everyone!" Tentomon called out. "Ichi…ni…san!"
"Baby Flame! (Pepper Breath!)"
"Magical Fire! (Spiral Twister!)"
"Petite Fire! (Blue Blaster!)"
"Petite Thunder! (Super Shocker!)"
Their attacks combined didn't help too much. Not even a scratch. The Digimon Kaiser laughed cruelly at them.
"That does it!" Agumon said, having grown tired of their situation.
"Let's ram it in!!"
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RP: If that isn't a 01 "Tai" thing, I don't know what is. (-_-)
****
"Now that's something I can do!" Gomamon said.
The others agreed and tried to knock down the cell wall, but they all
got shocked badly and fell back in pain. Ken had taken the liberty
of wiring everything...
****
Meanwhile, back in Odaiba, Sora, Tai, and Matt were all sitting down
eating at a fast food place, conversing.
"...and that was the time I enjoyed most with Agumon around," Taichi finished up. "Hey, another time I thought Agumon was pretty funny was when he was trying to sing to wake up Tonosama Gekomon (Shogun Gekomon). He sounded awful!"
"You weren't any better yourself, Taichi!" Sora laughed.
"How do you know how I sounded?"
"I was there, just well hidden," Sora said while chomping down into her burger.
"How bad was he?" Yamato asked while eating on his fries.
"Let me put it this way, let's hope that neither him, Agumon, Gomamon, or Jyou-senpai get singing contracts and if they did, people would pay them to stop singing!"
Yamato, along with Sora, laughed, while Taichi, "hmmphed" and crossed his arms in annoyance.
"I bet you guys aren't any better!"
"Of course I can sing, you know that!" Sora retorted with a small laugh. "I just never really sang in public, but how can you say that about Yamato? He's a great singer!"
"Thank you, thank you for all of your support." Yamato waved as if he were the grand marshal of a parade.
Sora started to clap as Yamato stood up and bowed.
"Oh brother," Taichi said while rolling his eyes. 'She never pays that much attention to me,' he muttered in thought, slightly jealous.
Yamato sat back down, and got back on topic.
"You know, I think I remember your telling us about that and Mimi acting like a spoiled brat; well, more than usual for back then," Yamato recalled.
"Well, she was being waited on hand and foot, I bet anyone would've let that go to his or her head," Taichi said. "Glad Sora talked some sense into her."
"All in a day's work," the tennis player smiled.
"I remember when Gabumon helped me out when I was all depressed and felt insignificant. He helped me to realize that I wasn't." The musician heaved out a sigh. "He sure was a great friend."
"I remember Piyomon telling me about how she met my mother after I left on my way to Soccer practice to look for Taichi," Sora said, taking a sip of her soda. "She said that mom was terrified of her, and wasn't sure if she should tell her where I had gone or not, but she figured that Piyomon was on our side and trusted her."
"I guess so," Yamato said. "If something that looked like a stuffed
animal just started talking, I'd be a little freaked myself. I was
a bit skeptical when I met Tsunomon for the first time."
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RP: Definitely! Who else thought Piyomon looked a bit freaky when Sora's
mom found out that she was real. It was such an eerie scene to me, imo.
****
"If it weren't for Piyomon, my mother and I wouldn't be as close as
we are now."
"Yeah, that's a good thing," Taichi smiled.
"Here we are, trying to cheer ourselves up and we're talking about our Digimon, whom of which we are worried about," Sora said while staring down at the table.
"Hey, just remember the good times we've had with them," Yamato suggested. "It's hard to forget a good friend, even if you can't see them or talk with them as much as you'd like."
Taichi nodded in agreement and started towards his half-eaten burger...
****
"Ta-i-chi..." a voice squeaked in pain.
****
Tai then gasped as he bit down into his burger.
"AGUMON!!!" Taichi said, standing up, his chair falling down in the process.
Due to Taichi's standing up so suddenly, both Sora and Yamato looked over in his direction across the table.
"What's wrong, Taichi?" they both asked.
People were also staring, trying to figure out what was wrong.
****
"So-ra..." a voice chirped out in pain.
****
"PIYOMON!!" Sora gasped out, dropping her soda to the floor.
"Sora! What's wrong!" Yamato asked in alarm.
****
"Ya-ma-to..." a voice howled in pain.
****
"Oh no, Gabumon!!!"
The three nodded and got up from their chairs and ran back towards the
school. They were determined to find a way to the Digital World to
help their friends.
****
"Kou-shi-rou-han…"
"Mi-mi…"
"Jyou…"
****
"TENTOMON/PALMON/GOMAMON!!!" Koushirou, Mimi, and Jyou gasped out in
unison.
****
"Help...us..." all of the Digimon managed to get out, their voices
weak and faint.
****
"What's wrong!" Hikari asked in alarm.
"I don't know, but something is wrong with Palmon! She's hurt somehow; I just know it!"
"Same here, Gomamon is hurt! We have to help him!"
"I am terribly worried about Tentomon! I sense that he too has been hurt!"
"That's amazing!"
"What's amazing, Tailmon?" V-mon asked.
"Their bond with their Digimon must be a lot stronger than we all thought."
"I get it and you're probably right," Hawkmon nodded. "They sense their Digimon are in trouble, and their Digivices aren't even going off or blinking or anything like that indicating that they're in trouble."
"That's what I call a good bond," Daisuke said.
"From their expressions, I hope everything is okay with them and that we aren't too late," Iori muttered.
Iori's D-3 then started to blink, glow, and shake madly.
"What's wrong with that thing, anyway!"
"I don't know, Armadimon, but this is the same exact thing that happened before I went to sleep last night."
"Let me see that!"
When Koushirou took the Digivice, it stopped glowing and shaking.
"Strange," Miyako muttered.
"Do you feel any differently, Armadimon?" Hawkmon asked.
"Nope, I feel fine."
"You don't even feel like you could evolve?"
Armadimon shook his head to Tailmon's question.
"How come my Digivice is the only one that reacts like this!"
"Maybe there's something hidden nearby and your Digivice is the only one that can pick it up," Daisuke theorized.
"Then why did it do the same exact thing when I was in the real world?" Iori questioned.
He shrugged. "I can't think of anything else and that's the only thing I can come up with. Who knows, maybe it's another Digimental."
"Nice theory there, Daisuke," Miyako complimented, "but whom would it be for?"
"Maybe it's for one of us," Mimi said while pointing to herself, Jyou, and Koushirou.
"But we've had something that the newer kids haven't, Mimi-kun. I don't think that they would be for us."
"What's that?" Takeru asked.
"We possess crests and once had tags and physical crests. Iori-kun, Miyako-kun, and Daisuke-kun don't, but they seem to have the power to collect and own Digimentals so that their Digimon can evolve to a higher level. We had to use our crest powers to get our Digimon to evolve to their highest levels. Apparently, armor evolving is their highest form, currently anyway."
Koushirou took in what Jyou had said, that pondering look, now on his face.
"Interesting theory but maybe they could be for us. Look at Takeru-kun and Hikari-san. Takeru-kun used to have the Crest of Hope and Hikari-san, the Crest of Light and both found their Digimentals of Hope and Light. I guess it doesn't matter if you lack a crest or not."
"Good point, but what would they be? As a matter of fact, all of the Digimentals with the symbols of our old crests have been found except for mine with the Crest of Sincerity." Jyou retorted. "It's not like we can find the Digimental of Knowledge that's actually for you because Iori-kun has it, or the Digimental of Purity for Mimi-kun, since Miyako-kun has it, or if Taichi, Yamato, or Sora-kun were here, we couldn't find the Digimental of Courage for Taichi or the Digimental of Friendship for Yamato, or the Digimental of Love for Sora-kun, since Daisuke-kun has both the Digimentals of Courage and Friendship, and Miyako-kun has Love."
"I guess, but maybe---"
"Hey guys," Hikari interrupted before Koushirou could give off anymore theories, pointing ahead of her, "look!"
Everyone looked to where Kari had pointed.
"Gokimon (Roachmon)," Tailmon muttered in disgust.
"A whole lot of Gokimon," Patamon added.
Digimon Analyzer On>>
Hawkmon: Just take everything you hate about bugs and put 'em all together and you got Gokimon, one of the most unsanitary Digimon to ever roam the Digital World.
Digimon Analyzer Off>
"And Garbamon, gross!" Mimi shook. "I was hoping to never see those creeps again!"
"Garbamon?" Daisuke questioned.
Digimon Analyzer On>>
Mimi: That hunk of junk is Garbamon (Garbagemon) and they'll totally gross you out by throwing out their nasty, gross Digi-sludge crap at you!
Digimon Analyzer Off>>
"Yet you caught the sludge and threw it back at them," Koushirou recalled.
"What can I say? I literally cracked that day," Mimi said with a small, slightly embarrassed laugh.
Jyou shook his head. "That's still disgusting and unsanitary when you get right down to it."
"I still can't believe I actually touched that stuff!!" the pink-haired
girl of purity shuddered.
****
"It is time; he's in range!" Ken smiled, a look of anticipation and
anxiety on his face. "I don't have to put the rings on him personally!
It'll still be a while before they react, though."
****
Agumon sat up and shook his head. He saw that the screen with
the Digimon Kaiser was gone which meant he wasn't monitoring them anymore.
"Is everybody all right?" Agumon asked, looking around at his fellow Digimon.
"I'm okay, a little weak, but I'm fine," Tentomon said, sitting up some.
"I wish Tentomon could evolve," Palmon complained. "That way, that hard head of his when he's Kabuterimon could break us out of here through the ceiling."
"Hey, I have an even better idea!"
"What idea is that?" Gabumon asked anxiously.
Tentomon, pointed, and replied, "How about we get out of here by going out that hole in the back wall and saving my tree house?"
All of the Digimon looked over to where Tentomon had pointed, dumbfounded looks on all of their faces.
"Why didn't you say something earlier!" Gomamon shouted at the flying Digimon.
"I just noticed it," he bashfully responded.
Sure enough there was a small opening in the back wall of their cell. No one was guarding that part of the cell so the Digimon Kaiser obviously didn't know about it.
"Shh, we do not want the Digimon Kaiser or his Digimon flunkies to hear us," Gabumon warned.
"Let's go!" Palmon urged.
"Wait, maybe only one of us should escape," Gabumon suggested.
"Why?" Agumon asked, thinking that all of them escaping was for the better.
"What a foolish thing to say! I have to reclaim my tree house and I can't do that if I'm cooped up in here!"
Gabumon sweat dropped from Tentomon's outburst, his patience starting to grow thin.
"What are you getting at, Gabumon?" Gomamon asked, ignoring Tentomon altogether.
"Let only one of us get away to go and find help."
"But which one of us goes?"
"Me, of course," Tentomon answered before anyone else could respond to the Plant Digimon's question. "My tree house needs its owner."
"Will you quiet down about your tree house!" Gabumon shouted, his nerves finally wearing thin. "Anyway, let us figure out which one of us can't leave, first of all."
"How do we figure that out?" the water-digi questioned.
"Probably the Digimon the Digimon Kaiser has encountered the least," Piyomon responded.
"I guess that counts me out," Agumon said while scratching his head.
"I am most certain that he would notice my absence," Gabumon replied.
"And if the Digimon Kaiser checks, he'll know that Tentomon is missing," Palmon laughed.
"Yeah, with the way he's ranting and raving about that tree house of his," Gomamon smirked.
"I am not ranting and raving!!"
"Besides," Gabumon started, ignoring Tentomon, "out of all us, I am sure he's encountered Tentomon the most, along with Agumon and myself."
"Well, looks like it's going to be either Palmon, Gomamon, or Piyomon."
"I think Palmon should go," Tentomon spoke up.
"I was going to suggest Gomamon," Gabumon said.
"I was going to say Piyomon since she can fly," Agumon said.
"I have a solution, let's send out the fastest of the three," Gabumon proposed.
"Definitely not me, these roots don't make me a fast runner. Besides, I'm better at swinging and climbing than running, and there are no trees around here."
"I'm faster at swimming; running isn't my thing."
"I guess Piyomon goes, which means that my suggestion was right!"
The Digimon helped Piyomon threw the opening and whispered, "Good luck" to her.
"Find Takeru and Hikari," Gabumon instructed in a whisper. "I am sure they're around here someplace."
Piyomon nodded and flew off as fast as she could, careful to remain unnoticed, which proved to be successful because she got away from the area where all of her Digimon friends were being held captive...