Part 15: Miyako's Great Idea!
"Hawkmon!"
She ran up and grabbed Hawkmon from Daisuke and started to rock him in her arms.
"What happened to Hawkmon!" Miyako demanded of the four.
"We don't know," Hikari shrugged.
"He just landed right at our feet," Takeru said.
"And he was holding this…"
The goggle boy put out his hand. In it was Iori's Digivice.
Koushirou's eyes lit up as he rushed over to Daisuke, snatching the Digivice away from Daisuke. "Give me that!"
"You didn't have to snatch it," Daisuke muttered.
"Sorry," Koushirou quickly, and routinely, apologized as he made his way back to his laptop.
"Miyako-san…that Digivice…" Hawkmon forced out weakly.
"What's wrong with it?" Tailmon asked.
Tailmon, V-mon, and Patamon all went near the Digivice that Koushirou
was now holding. They then felt as if their energy were leaving them.
V-mon felt the way
Hawkmon did, but Patamon and Tailmon, both devolved back to Tokomon
and Plotmon (Salamon).
"What happened to my Patamon!"
"Why did Tailmon evolve backwards!"
"V-mon, are you all right?" Daisuke asked. "You don't look so well."
"I don't know," V-mon said while holding his head, feeling a bit faint. "Just by going near that Digivice of Iori's, it made me feel all extra weak."
"Same with me," Tokomon frowned. "As Patamon, I felt so weak that I couldn't remain at that level, so I devolved."
Plotmon nodded in agreement. All of a sudden, Plotmon and Tokomon evolved.
"Tokomon shinka...Patamon!"
"Plotmon shinka...Tailmon!"
"That was weird," Miyako said, setting Hawkmon down. "Your energy couldn't have been that low if you got it back that quickly."
"I can't explain it," Tailmon said.
Koushirou was about to analyze the Digivice, when he was startled, along with the others, by the sounds of some screaming. They all turned around to see Sora, Taichi, Yamato, Mimi - who was holding Tanemon and Motimon - and the other Digimon, running through the barrier. When they realized that they were safe, they all breathed out in relief.
"That must've been some battle if Togemon and Kabuterimon had to devolve back to Tanemon and Motimon to replenish their energy," Koushirou dully stated, noticing the two Baby II (In-training) leveled Digimon being held in Mimi's arms.
"It wasn't by choice," Sora said. "They didn't battle at all."
"They didn't even evolve past their child (rookie) levels," Taichi added.
"What do you mean?" Miyako asked in surprise.
"That Digivice," Taichi pointed to Koushirou's hand, "it made them evolve backwards or something!"
"Wait, didn't you guys say something about the Digimon Kaiser having a Digivice that kept Digimon from evolving; a Dark Digivice?" Mimi asked.
"Yeah, what about it?" Daisuke asked.
"It's acting just like it," Yamato noted. "Only it seems to be more powerful."
"The Digimon Kaiser's Digivice just keeps us from evolving; it doesn't drain us of our energy like that Digivice of Iori-han is doing!" Motimon complained. "Just keep that thing away from me! I don't want to end up devolving back to Babumon (Pabumon) like the time Koushirou-han gave up his soul (curiosity) to Vadermon!"
"Right…" Koushirou trailed off absent-mindedly as he started to type on his laptop.
"I'm glad you all are here," Jyou said. "We have a lot of information for you."
Jyou's group started to explain about the voice and what it had told them.
"Whoa, weird," Yamato said.
"Jyou-senpai, do you believe any of it?"
"Well, Sora, that's all we have to go on right now, and the fact that we didn't find a Dark Tower goes with his story of the Digimon Kaiser trying to throw us off-track from finding the real source."
"I still find it weird how Piyomon still hasn't awakened," Miyako said.
"What!!"
"She's right, Sora-san; Piyomon has been asleep since you and the others left," Koushirou spoke up.
Sora ran over to Piyomon and held her in her arms.
"Piyomon, wake up!"
The bird opened her eyes barely, and said in a weak, deathly tone, "Sora…so…tired…"
"Never mind; just rest," Sora's voice slightly quivered, setting the bird down.
Sora felt herself about to cry as Piyomon started to snore soundly, her breathing sounding a bit labored. Sora then grabbed the person closest to her and started crying onto their shoulder. Surprisingly, the person next to her was Koushirou.
He was now blushing nervously, hugging her back with lots of uneasiness.
"Um, Sora-san, I really, um, ought to start analyzing this Digivice. And everything will be, um...fine!" The boy then thought, 'I would have loved this attention from her a couple of years ago!'
"We have to help Piyomon, and stop Iori-kun and that old spoiled brat, Ichijouji!" Sora continued to cry.
"Um, Sora, everything will be fine," Taichi said as he patted Sora on the shoulder.
The tennis player lifted up her head and saw whom she was crying on.
"I'm sorry, Koushirou-kun," she apologized as she wiped her eyes.
"That's okay…I think?" the boy responded nervously.
Taichi helped her up from off of the ground from where she was sitting with Piyomon. Sora couldn't help it and started crying again, this time on Taichi. She really didn't care who she cried on, or who saw her since she was overly upset.
"I'll go analyze that Digivice now," Koushirou announced with a sweat drop, still a bit surprised over the fact Sora was crying on him.
Tai had his hands full with Sora. She just couldn't stop crying.
"This isn't like Sora to cry," Yamato whispered to the others. "Mimi yeah, but not Sora. She must be really upset."
"I know!" Mimi agreed. "I'm the one that's really emotional. The least little things make me cry."
"Nothing makes me cry!" Daisuke proclaimed proudly.
After hearing his human partner say such a thing, V-mon smirked and motioned for Daisuke to bend over a bit. He then whispered something to him. This then caused the boy to cry out streamed tears.
"Daisuke-kun?" Hikari turned to V-mon. "What's wrong with him?"
"What did you tell him?" Tailmon asked.
"It must be pretty bad if he is crying like that," Patamon said.
"Yeah, it must be," Hawkmon nodded.
V-mon pulled the other Digimon aside and whispered, "I just told him that Takeru is secretly Hikari and that it has been that way since his first visit to the Digital World when they first found me."
Patamon, Tailmon, and Hawkmon laughed a bit looking over at TK and Kari.
"What did you tell him, V-mon?" Hikari asked. "I hate to see him upset."
"Yeah, and why are you looking at Hikari-chan and me like that?"
"I cannot say, my lips are sealed," V-mon chuckled.
Hikari and Takeru shrugged.
"We'll get everything back to normal. We promise, Sora!" Taichi then gave Sora a smile. "I promise!"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get so emotional." She sniffled a bit. "It's like I am sad, mad, and overwhelmed all at the same time."
"I'm still trying to figure out that riddle that voice told you guys," Miyako said as she pondered. "Two angels will get Iori back to normal, a girl will get Ken back to his kind self, and the red-headed boy will find the source of what's controlling Iori's Transparent Dark Rings on his wrists.
"We already figured out the angel thing; Patamon and Tailmon. As for the redhead, it has to be Izumi-senpai. Who else is smart when it comes to figuring things out around here with red hair?"
The girl trailed off a bit as she tried to figure out the last part of the riddle.
"But who is the girl that gets Ken back to his true, kind self?"
Everyone shrugged to Miyako's question.
"Well, he did say that the girl is pretty!" Daisuke stared with a love-struck look at his crush. "Maybe Hikari-chan is the beautiful girl that gets him back to normal."
"You have got to be kidding! My Digimon is supposed to help get Iori-kun back to normal; he didn't say a thing about me getting the Digimon Kaiser back to normal."
Hikari noticed the sad look that Daisuke got on his face after she had rebutted what he had assumed. She didn't really like to upset anyone, Daisuke included. She knew that he was just trying to be nice.
"But thank you for the compliment, Daisuke-kun," she smiled. "I really appreciate it."
Not able to take it anymore, Daisuke started to cry again. "Hikari-chan, please tell me that you and TE aren't dating!!"
"What?" Hikari and Takeru asked surprisingly in unison.
The boy then got down on his knees, his hands clasped together, as if begging or pleading.
"Please don't say you two are dating, and if you did, would you keep it a secret? I can take it if you are dating, just let me know so that I won't go crazy!!" the boy finished up, a pathetic whimpering tone in his voice. 'And find a way to break it up! I can't lose her to Takeru, not without a fair fight!' Daisuke added on in thought, a somewhat sly look on his tear-stained face.
"He's cracked," Gomamon said, shaking his head at the boy.
"I can't believe he took V-mon seriously," Tailmon sweat dropped. "He apparently didn't remember Hikari's story about how short a while Takeru has been around."
Everyone looked at Daisuke like he was crazy. Yamato and Taichi had weird looks on their faces.
"Takeru! Why didn't you tell me you were dating! There are some things you should know that I know mom has probably never mentioned!"
TK sweat dropped.
"I probably already know..." he muttered.
"Hikari, how dare you date in secret! I have to warn you of a few things when it comes to guys!"
Hearing this, Yamato bawled up his fists, slightly angered. "What are you saying about Takeru! That he can't be trusted if he ever went out on a date with a girl!"
"I didn't say anything about him! I am just warning Hikari about overly-handsome guys because they only have one thing on their minds since they're normally overly cocky or arrogant, and act like real jerks since they know they can have any girl that they want!" Taichi retaliated, stepping up to Yamato, staring the boy right in his face.
"Not this girl," Hikari muttered.
"He takes after me in looks so of course he's going to be handsome! You can't deny that! Even I can't deny it! How dare you accuse him of such a thing, not to mention me for that matter!"
"You make it sound like a good thing, being incredibly handsome and having girls do whatever you want them to, and I didn't insult him or you!"
"You did indirectly!"
The two continued to argue, and started to physically fight. Takeru
and Hikari sweat dropped and gave Daisuke an annoyed look, who laughed
nervously.
*****
"Shouldn't somebody try to break that fight up?" Miyako asked.
"Let them make fools of themselves, why should we get hurt because of them," Sora stated, having no intention of stopping Yamato and Taichi.
"Good point," Mimi agreed.
"Besides, everyone knows how often I broke up their pointless fights and played peacemaker when it came to those two. Let someone else do it for a change."
"Yeah, seems that you or Jyou-senpai always broke up the fights between
those two when we were here years ago."
*****
"You guys have it all wrong!" Hikari shouted over the commotion.
"We are not dating!"
Takeru walked up to Yamato and Taichi and stood in the middle of them, pushing the two of them apart.
"We are not secretly dating, like she said. Why in the world would we keep a secret like that if we were?"
Hikari gave Takeru a questioning look after his current statement. She wondered what he meant by it. He made it seem like they were currently dating and wasn't afraid to let anyone know about it.
"You and Taichi-san would probably be the first to know if we were!" Takeru then looked over at Daisuke. "Where in the world would you get an idea like that?!"
Daisuke looked over at V-mon and gave him an annoyed look.
"Well, um, I guess my imagination just ran away with me," he responded
with an embarrassed laugh.
*****
RP: You guys can forgive me for that unnecessary scene with Dai-kun,
right? It wasn't made to make him look stupid or anything.
I just couldn't resist having an overreacting moment with him.
*****
"Hmm, I don't like the looks of this, Wormmon. Those kids are
nowhere to be found. None of my surveillance equipment can seem to
pick up on their where a bouts. It is like they disappeared.
How could I lose track of them!"
The boy started to rub his chin, pondering over his situation.
"I think I will now make my debut to our young friend. I'll just have to cut this vacation of mine short."
"Do you really think you should?"
"Why shouldn't I? He is my first human experiment, after all! I want to make sure everything goes right!"
The boy looked at some readings on his computer screen. "Besides, there seems to be some bugs in the system, and I can't quite figure it out."
The boy shrugged it off as he stood up and walked out of the room, Wormmon slithering behind him. "No matter, it's probably nothing." The boy came to the entrance of his base and pushed a button. After a few moments, the door opened and Ken called for a couple of his Digimon followers. "MegaSeadramon, Airdamon, let's go!"
Hearing Ken bellow for them, MegaSeadramon, along with Airdramon, flew to him. "Yes sir!"
"Oh, and while you are at it, make sure to find those Gokimon and Garbamon, and have them destroyed since they served no purpose at all," Ken instructed. "They didn't return to help my human subject like I instructed, even though he didn't really need it." The boy then muttered in annoyance, "Those foolish insects! They probably ran off to that Digimon Diner to get drunk again!" He heaved out a sigh while shaking his head. "Good help is so hard to find these days."
"What about me, master?" Wormmon squeaked up fearfully.
"What about you?"
"Can't I come along too?"
"Oh please let me come along with you, Ken-chan!" Wormmon practically begged.
It took the young boy a while, but he finally gave in.
"Yeah, I guess you can come," he mumbled slowly.
"Oh thank you so much, Ken-chan! You don't know how much this means to me!" Wormmon squeaked in delight. 'He's being so kind to me! I hope this never ends! It's like a dream! The future I dreamed of, Ken-chan treating me nicely after all of this time! He hasn't been nice to me since he was a little boy, before he became the Digimon Kaiser and before he dipped his Digivice into the Dark Ocean, transforming it!'
A look of guilt then appeared on the small, bug-like Digimon's face.
'I know all that he is doing is wrong, but Ken-chan has finally started to accept me as his partner again. I don't want to sabotage that, but my fellow Digimon…can I really continue to betray them like this and watch them suffer in pain?'
The worm's thoughts were broken by the sounds of a tapping foot, and an annoyed grumbling sound.
"Wormmon, come on! We have work to do!"
"Coming, Ken-chan."
Wormmon hopped onto Airdramon with Ken and they headed out towards the
desert, the base disappearing from sight...
*****
"Do you see anything different between them, Izumi-senpai? I
don't."
"No, not a thing, but right now, I'm trying to track the wave."
"Since it wasn't coming from a Dark Tower, it was probably at his base, but who knows where that is."
"Daisuke-kun," Koushirou said, overhearing the goggle boy, "you just may be onto something."
"Wow, good thinking!" Hikari complimented.
"Ehehe, thanks."
"Is he finished with that Digivice yet!" Motimon impatiently asked. "I hate walking around as Motimon! It's too annoying!"
"I know what you mean! I hate being carried around like I can't do anything for myself since I don't have any feet as Tanemon!"
Both Tanemon and Motimon were sitting on Mimi's lap. She was sitting underneath a tree close to where Koushirou and Miyako were, mainly because there was a lot of shade there.
"Don't worry," Mimi said while giving the two an assuring smile. "Koushirou and Miyako-chan know what they're doing. Everything will be fine."
"Just a nano you two," Koushirou said to Motimon and Tanemon. "I've almost got this figured out."
"I've counted about five 'nanos' so far since you said, 'just a nano,'" Motimon huffed sarcastically.
Izzy ignored Motimon's remark, and went back to work.
While Koushirou and Miyako were trying to figure out the Digivice, Takeru was talking with the others about the weird light that surrounded Hikari, which allowed Tailmon to evolve to Angewomon.
"It was strange," Takeru said, recalling the events of the previous day. "She was sad, and crying some, and then that weird, pink light surrounded her entire body!"
"Thinking about it now, the light looked like it was coming from her Digivice," Patamon said.
"I know this may sound strange, but I don't really remember any bright light yesterday."
"What do you mean?" Daisuke asked.
"I really don't remember. The last thing I remember was Angemon catching me, and Angewomon carrying me out to safety. Tailmon and I talked about it before we went to sleep last night…"
"Boy, am I glad that oniichan is staying out late tonight, even though it's a bit lonesome here without him." The girl then gave out a playful smile while sitting in the bottom bunk of the room she and Taichi shared. "Well, at least tonight, maybe I can actually get some sleep since he snores so loudly."
"That's a catnap I'm looking forward to!" Tailmon laughed.
Hikari's playful smile left her face, as it turned to more of a serious one.
"Tailmon, how did you evolve to Angewomon?"
"I don't know, Hikari, it just happened."
"But I don't have my crest power anymore for you to go perfect (ultimate). Since I don't have it, evolving past your adult (champion) level would be difficult for you to do."
"That strange light that came from you made it possible for me to evolve. The light energized me enough to."
"Light?" the girl asked in confusion. "What strange light?"
"What do you mean, 'what strange light'? That bright pink light that surrounded you when you were crying."
"I don't remember anything like that happening."
"That's strange. How can you not remember?"
"I don't know, but I don't remember anything like that happening."
"So, what do you remember before Angemon and I saved you?"
"Well, I remember these flames surrounding me, and then the rope tearing. After that, I remember hearing a voice saying that everything was going to be all right. I was wondering who was talking and at first thought that it was Takeru-kun, or Daisuke-kun, or Miyako-san, or someone, but the voice belonged to that of an adult, I just can't explain it. That voice also seemed a bit familiar to me, but I just can't put my finger on it.
"After that, I remember, well, nothing. It was like I wasn't even there, or either took a short nap, because when I awoke, I was being held by Angewomon."
"Why didn't you tell us this when we came back from the Digital World?"
"It slipped my mind to. I forgot about it until you asked me just now."
Before Tailmon could respond, both heard a knock on the door, and saw a woman entering the room.
"Hikari, what are you still doing up?"
"Gomen, kaasan," the girl apologized.
*****
RP: Gomen, kaasan, just means, "Sorry mother/mom," etc. For the
original, both Hikari and Taichi call her "kaasan."
*****
"Just because your brother isn't here, and is staying out late with
Sora and a couple more of his friends at a party does not mean that you
get to stay up any later. You have school in the morning and you
have to get up earlier than he does since you're still in Elementary School."
Mrs. Yagami noticed a funny looking stuffed animal on Hikari's bed, and
picked it up while sitting on Hikari's bunk. "You can play with your
stuffed animals later. I honestly didn't think you still played with
them. This is a cute cat, though; odd looking with the gloves, but
cute."
She put it down.
"It's one of a kind, that's for sure."
"Where did you get it? I recall neither your father nor me getting you something like this. I don't recall Taichi getting you something like this either."
Kari wracked her brain and said the first thing that came to mind.
"Um…um…it was a gift…yeah!! Um…um…Daisuke-kun gave it to me for an early birthday present!"
"That was nice of him. He's a very nice boy. At least you have good taste in friends, now you should get yourself some sleep."
Hikari gave out a nervous laugh. "Okay, I'll go to sleep right now. Yes ma'am, I shall!"
"Good," the woman smiled. She then noticed how much Hikari was sweating, who was sweating due to her being nervous, and Tailmon's being found out. "Are you okay?" She felt her forehead. "I hope you're not coming down with anything. It's been a couple of years now since you've gotten really sick, but I don't want to take any chances. Maybe I should go and get the thermometer to take your temperature. You are perspiring quite a bit."
"I'm fine, mom, really I am!"
"Hmm, let me get you a glass of juice," the woman continued, ignoring Hikari's insisting that she was fine. "Maybe some of my Oolong Tea, or some plain Herbal Tea will do the trick. Or maybe I could brew some Green Tea, or some Black Tea, or better yet, I could brew all of them together."
The girl sweat dropped from her mother's suggestion of brewing four different types of teas together.
"I'm fine, mom, really."
"I'm going to get you some orange juice and an aspirin," Mrs. Yagami said while standing up. "It looks as if you're coming down with a fever. I'll be right back."
She took off and went to the kitchen to get some juice and then to the medicine cabinet for some aspirin.
"Is your mother always like this?" Tailmon asked in a whisper after Mrs. Yagami had left.
"Always. Whenever me or oniichan sneezes, she's ready to call the doctor."
Before Tailmon could respond, Mrs. Yagami came back with a glass of juice and an aspirin for Hikari.
"Now take this," Mrs. Yagami said while handing her the pill and the juice. "It'll help stop your fever from rising, if you're getting one."
"But mom, I don't have a fever."
"Quiet! I am not taking any chances with you! I don't want you getting sick on me! We came too close to losing you once before due to our not taking your fevers seriously.
"Before, your father and I would say, 'Oh, it's normal for a child to get a fever, there's nothing to really worry about, it'll go away,' and look what happened!
"How many times did we have to take you to the hospital or the doctor for your getting sick? And that one time where you did almost die from going outside, when you knew you had the flu, to play with Taichi and you collapsed!"
She hugged the young girl. Tailmon was in between the both of them and she was pretty much being suffocated.
"I don't want anything to happen to you, so every time you show any signs of being sick, I'm going to worry. Sure you might see me as overprotective or overbearing, but it's only because I care about you, Hikari."
Hikari stared at her mother, almost wanting to cry herself, but not as much as Tailmon currently since Mrs. Yagami was still hugging Kari.
Hikari always thought her mom was overprotective, but not because she was afraid of losing her. She now realized exactly why she seemed to get much more concerned about her whenever she did show any symptoms of a cold, or an allergy or any other type of a sickness than with her brother.
To satisfy her mother, she took the aspirin and drank the juice. She hated taking pills, but she did it anyway.
"Atta girl," Mrs. Yagami smiled, standing up. "Now I'm sure you'll feel much better in the morning." After Hikari drank down all of the contents of the glass, she handed it to her mother. "Now, you get some sleep."
The woman started out the door of the room, about to close it, but before she did, Hikari called to her.
"Mom, I love you," she said slowly. "And thank you for caring."
"I love you too, sweetheart," Mrs. Yagami nodded, smiling back. "Me, and your father, and your brother always will." She then started to close the door. "Oyasumi."
"G'night."
Mrs. Yagami left and closed the door behind her.
"Tailmon, why is your face that light shade of blue?"
The cat started to breathe to try and catch her breath. "I couldn't breathe, that's why! Couldn't she have hugged just you and left me out of it!"
"That was close," Hikari sighed out in relief. "I don't think mom or dad would remember you, Tailmon. I'm sorry for your being suffocated just now, though. When mom saw you, she didn't even make any reference to you. She just thought you were some new stuffed animal. It's strange how no one seems to remember anything about you Digimon."
The cat like Digi took in a deep breath, finally recovering from the lack of air she had from the hug.
"Wow, she really cares about you."
Hikari nodded and said quietly..."Yeah...she does..."
"Thinking about it, we should talk with the others about this."
"About what? About how much my mother cares about my well-being?"
"No, about that strange light."
"Oh, that," Hikari said as if it was no big deal.
'Strange, she honestly doesn't remember a thing about it. Could this be a trick by the Digimon Kaiser?'
She looked at Kari who was now sound asleep. She shrugged and decided to get some sleep herself, but it took her a while since she was still puzzled over her evolution earlier that afternoon...
"I still think it's strange how you don't remember anything about that light, and that voice. How could you hear a voice and not remember it? Are you sure you aren't the girl that's supposed to help get Ichijouji back to normal?"
Daisuke spoke in a serious manner as he continued, determined to figure out everything since he was truly anxious to get Iori back.
"And I'm not going by that beautiful girl thing, either. I'm going by all of the weird stuff that's been happening with you. That light of yours seems to have the effect to heal and restore energy.
"Look at our Digimon from yesterday; they were all tired out from battling against Pinocchimon, but after that strange glow from you, Hawkmon said that he felt like he had been re-energized, just like the other Digimon said."
"True, but Ichijouji isn't a Digimon," Takeru noted. "So far, all of this healing and re-energizing stuff has occurred with our Digimon. Would it still apply to Ichijouji since he's not a Digimon?"
"I don't see why not." Daisuke then thought of something. "Hey, I bet Hikari-chan has some type of a special power from when she had a crest, or better yet, maybe she still has some of her crest power left over!"
"Those are all nice theories, and I agree with Daisuke-kun," Sora said. "Hikari-chan, you are definitely important in some way, and I don't think it's just to help Tailmon evolve to her perfect form."
"Yeah, and with all the strange things that has been happening with you, I wouldn't be surprised if you did still have some of your natural crest power still within you," Yamato said.
"Or maybe, somehow, she has regenerated it!" Takeru exclaimed. "You know, she somehow made it so that she could get all of her crest powers back even though she used it to create that barrier."
The other kids, minus Koushirou and Miyako who were trying to track the wave of the Digivice, nodded.
"That's nice of you all to have so much faith in me, but I don't think the Digimon Kaiser is going to change just because of some weird light I don't even remember," Hikari said, her voice filled with modesty. "Thinking about it now, I think I finally recognize that voice I heard yesterday when Tailmon evolved. It is the same voice that belonged to that person who told us of this prophecy when we went in search of the tower."
"Maybe it was, you never know," Jyou said.
"Maybe," Hikari shrugged.
"Are you finished with that stupid thing yet, Koushirou-han!" everyone heard an impatient Motimon shout at a certain redheaded computer whiz.
"Just a nano, Tento…er I mean Motimon," Koushirou corrected himself. "I think I almost have this figured out."
Motimon heaved out an annoyed sigh. "You said that over 10 minutes ago!"
"Motimon, this is tough because he has to find the right coordinates," Miyako told the impatient short-armed pink blob. She was surprised that Koushirou didn't comment in some way to calm his Digimon down, but just seemed to tune him out completely. The girl then snapped her fingers. "Wait, I have an idea!"
Izzy sat there awaiting her suggestion.
"Instead of trying to find it in the desert, we should narrow down our search. Try searching all over the Digital World, or better yet, a place where he would most likely not be; yet, a place where it would be easy to hide something as big as a base that would go unnoticed by others!"
"I was getting there…eventually…"
Izzy felt foolish for not thinking of something like that himself.
"I'm sure you were," Miyako smiled.
"Motimon shinka…"
"Tanemon shinka…"
"Tentomon!"
"Palmon!"
"Great, you two got your energy back!" Mimi smiled. Her smile then faded a bit. "You know, you two are kind of heavy. If you don't mind…"
"Oh, sorry," Tentomon apologized.
Both Tentomon and Palmon got off of Mimi's lap.
"Hey, about what Miyako said, I have an idea where you could look first!" Palmon said.
"Same here," Tentomon said.
"Where?" everyone ask.
"The forest," both Tentomon and Palmon responded.
"My area. There are a lot of trees that can cover and hide his base, but since there isn't much room there, that would be the last place anyone would think of to look for it."
"I also notice that a lot of controlled Digimon hang around in Palmon's area, and sometimes wanders over into mine since she's pretty close to my area.
"When I was watching Palmon's area for her, I noticed it. Every time I looked, there was some Digimon wearing a ring or spiral, attacking, and I had to evolve to get rid of them, but leading them away is very difficult. Especially since I can't evolve near a Dark Tower."
"Tell me about it!" Palmon frowned. "It's so tiring and it's annoying."
"Do any of you other Digimon have trouble with Digimon being controlled in your areas?" Tentomon asked the others.
"Nope, I hardly ever have any trouble," Agumon responded.
"I haven't had any trouble since that time Veggiemon was being controlled, and took over the area. Ever since his defeat, the Digimon Kaiser hasn't dared to come back," Gabumon said.
"Nope, nowhere in my area," Gomamon replied. "After we defeated him that one time, he hasn't come back or tried rebuilding in that area."
"To make matters worse, there's a Dark Tower near my area as well as Tentomon's every day! Even after we destroy the ring or spiral on the Digimon, we all work together to knock them down, but by morning, it's right back up. How he gets there so fast to do it is a mystery, since he normally never comes out at night."
Tentomon nodded in agreement.
"Hey, could you guys keep it down a bit, please, I'm trying to concentrate, here."
"Um, Koushirou, have you heard a word they've said?"
Izzy wasn't really paying attention to them and didn't even respond, so Mimi sighed and ignored him. He then shouted "Prodigious!"
"What!?!"
"I found it! I was finally able to find it!"
"Ichijouji's base?" Daisuke asked.
"Yeah, now here is where it is."
Everyone stared at Koushirou's laptop screen, which had a topographical map of the area.
"Hey, Tentomon, we were right!"
"Naturally. There has to be some reason why our areas have the most trouble with his controlled Digimon."
Izzy got up and Miyako took over at the computer to try and get a full, detailed map up so that they could actually find their way there. While she was doing this, Izzy started to explain the process he had used. Nobody really understood it, though, since he was using all of that computer jargon and lingo.
This caused everyone to fall asleep, the Digimon included, standing up. The only ones that didn't fall asleep were Jyou, who listened respectfully, Sora, Mimi, Hikari, whom of which were fighting sleep, Hawkmon and Gabumon, who were both in the same state as Jyou, and Miyako, who wasn't listening completely since she was working on the laptop.
The oldest one of the group shook his head at everyone for their falling asleep. "The attention span of knats…"
This annoyed Izzy terribly and caused him to shout out angrily.
"Damnit, wake up!!"
Everyone was surprised at what Koushirou had said and all were surprised that he had shouted at them.
"Koushirou, calm down. Please calm down…"
He ignored Mimi's pleas and continued to argue, his anger rising even more.
"Why does everyone always fall asleep whenever I am trying to explain something computer related to them! I'm pretty damn tired of it!"
"Because we don't understand it," the former leader of the group, Taichi, yawned. "Geez, don't blow a gasket."
"Not to mention that it's boring with the way that you talk," Daisuke yawned and stretched his arms.
"You did it and that's all we need to know," Takeru said while rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "Don't go explaining it if the only people who would have any idea as to what you're talking about is Miyako-san."
"It's still annoying!" the boy snapped. "All I ask is for all of you to stay awake! What the hell is so difficult about that!"
"It's very difficult," Taichi bluntly stated, "and calm down. We're sorry."
"Yes, please calm down. I've never seen you so angry before, and I'm not used of it," Mimi pleaded again. "Come to think of it, I've never seen you angry at all."
"Well, if you all wouldn't fall asleep on me, maybe I wouldn---"
"Now, now, Koushirou-han, let's calm down now," Tentomon spoke up cautiously; also a bit scared of his human partner's current attitude. "Your friends have apologized, and now everything is peachy keen."
"Oh shut up, Tentomon!" the boy replied angrily. "You fell asleep on me too!"
The eccentric bug looked at Koushirou, feeling hurt and tried not to cry. Everyone else looked at the boy in astonishment.
"I'm sorry, Koushirou-han. I'm just trying to be…" he choked up and started to sob, "…I just want my tree house back!!"
"Koushirou-kun, what has gotten into you?" Sora asked, staring at her old friend in disbelief and amazement.
"Yeah, what happened to our nice, polite Koushirou?" Jyou asked.
"Nothing!" he snapped at them.
Miyako felt that she should speak up, but was a bit scared to do so since Izzy wasn't acting like himself. She was scared that he might jump down her throat for her speaking up.
"All that he said was quite simple, actually."
She explained what Izzy did, only in simpler terms - meaning less computer jargon - for them and they understood.
"Oh, now I get it!" Daisuke said, understanding. "Now why didn't he just say that earlier?"
"I did," Koushirou grumbled, his arms crossed in frustration.
At this point, Tentomon was still sobbing, which Koushirou heard. His angered look lifted, and was replaced with a look of concern for his friend.
"Um," the boy managed to say, feeling rather stupid for the way he had acted just moments ago.
"First Taichi, and now you!" Mimi shook her head. "Apologize this instant!"
"But I---"
"Do it now!" Mimi sternly ordered, stepping up to the now taller boy. "I don't know what's gotten into you, but you had no right to yell at everyone the way that you did, and cut it out with the way you were disrespectfully talking to us! That's not like you at all!
"When I first met you in school years ago, I thought you were a dweeb, and to me then, that was the worst thing anyone could be! But after I got the chance to know you some when we had our adventure here in the Digital World that changed. I realized that you were a nice, decent guy; a bit shy, but still nice. I hated the fact that I didn't get to know you until we had our adventures here in the Digital World instead of before, since we even had the same class together. One other thing you've always been to all of us, is a nice, caring, considerate friend, but right now, I can't even stand to look at you! You're on the same level as a jerk, to me!
"I would call you a jerk, but I know deep down that you aren't, due to how you normally are, but you are still on the same level as one right now! You are acting no better than Iori is right now, but at least he has an excuse! He isn't responsible for the way he's acting right now! You still have control over your actions and mind!"
'She's right,' Koushirou thought, thinking over all that Mimi had said to him. 'I don't know what happened or why I blew up at everyone, and I would hate to have Mimi-san hate me. That's not like me at all. I always try to respect everyone and everything. They all deserve my obedience and respect. It is like all of this stuff dealing with Ichijouji is bring out the worst in me. It is like I am so intent on defeating him, and helping to get Iori-kun back to his senses, it's affecting my judgment; but still, that is no reason to snap at everyone.'
He cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his neck, embarrassed over what he had said and done.
"Well, everyone, um…I don't know exactly what to say. I'm sorry for the way I acted. I know that's not like me."
"No kidding," Hikari muttered under her breath.
"Something just came over me that I can't quite explain. It seems that ever since we have been here, I just want to do everything in my power to help stop the Digimon Kaiser from all that he is doing, and it seems that the slightest little things are irritating me." The boy then bowed to them. "I am really, and truly, sorry for my behavior."
Mimi gave him a hug.
"Apology accepted," Mimi smiled after the hug. "You sounded very pure and sincere when you apologized."
Koushirou nervously smiled from Mimi's hug. "Well, you talked a lot of sense into me just now, and helped me to remember the way I am supposed to be and how one should act. My behavior was very unacceptable just now and was very out of character of me. But either way, I am really sorry everyone, especially to you, Tentomon. I didn't mean to snap at you. You are one of my best friends, and I would hate it if I ever lost your friendship."
Tentomon "hmmphed," and turned his back stubbornly to Koushirou.
"C'mon buddy, I'm sorry! Really, I am!"
"You have scarred me with your rudeness, Koushirou-han!" Tentomon said, turning to face the boy. "I don't know if I can ever forgive you!"
"No Tentomon, please do forgive me! What could I do to ever make it up to you?"
"I don't know. I am pretty much traumatized."
"Just name it, and I shall do it!"
*****
Gomamon, Palmon, Hawkmon, Gabumon, and Agumon sighed since they had
an idea where Tentomon was going with his request.
"Why do I have a feeling that what Tentomon is hinting at has to do with a certain Digimon who wears all red and works for a certain Digimon clinic," Gabumon said, his eyes slitted.
"Oh, so I'm not the only one?" Agumon asked sarcastically.
"Don't tell me he's talking about the clinic!" Tailmon gasped.
"That's scary," Patamon shuddered. "I've heard of that place, and the reason the Digimon get sane again is because of those torturous things that Kabukimon, Yashamon, and Rosemon do."
"Hey, I don't blame him! Rosemon is cute!" Gomamon smiled.
"You got that right!" V-mon agreed.
"She's beautiful," Patamon said in a love-struck voice. "Think she'd ever be interested in someone like me?"
"Only if you evolved!" V-mon laughed.
Gomamon, Patamon, V-mon, and Agumon started to daydream.
Gabumon and Hawkmon sweat dropped, embarassed by the four. Palmon
and Tailmon sighed in annoyance.
*****
"Well, if you really want me to forgive you, try to get me a
cut in on Digitamamon and Veggiemon's business. I would do it myself,
but I can't since I don't have any kind of American currency from your
world."
The Digimon face faulted. All of humans sweat dropped - minus Miyako who was too busy to listen - that had no idea what Tentomon was talking about.
"Hold on, you mean that diner that Jyou-san and my brother were stuck working in? You want to work with them?"
"Yeah," Tentomon nodded. "Their restaurant makes a lot of money, and I could use it."
Confused over Tentomon's request, Koushirou asked, "If you don't mind my asking, what do you need American currency for?"
"To pay for my therapy!"
Koushirou, Jyou, Hikari, Daisuke, and Takeru just stared at the bug, looks of bewilderment on their faces. "Therapy?"
"Digimon have psychiatrists?" Hikari asked in surprise.
"Um, I don't know how I can get you American currency, as I don't have much of a connection either, but I'll see what I can do about Digitamamon and Veggiemon letting you in on their business."
"Thank you very much, Koushirou-han," Tentomon responded, lots of joy and delight in his voice.
"Um, yeah…" Koushirou said while scratching his head.
*****
RP: Is it just me, or was that entire scene irrelevant and pointless...
Readers: It was irrelevant and pointless! -_-
RP: Perfecto, as Yolei would say. I have achieved my goal of having
more than one pointless scene in one chapter, and in also getting rid of
my writer's block. Now I can continue. ^_^
*****
"Okay, I found the exact location of the base!" Miyako called to Koushirou.
"I'm glad you tracked it to this area first. Now, a couple of clicks
here…and boom, there you go! A map of the Digital World and," points
to the screen, "here's where he should be, the blinking light."
"That's great you guys, but how exactly are we going to get there?" Yamato asked.
"We could evolve and carry you there," Gabumon proposed, "but it would still take over a day to get there from where we are because we would need a lot of energy to carry you all, then there's a matter of our eating…"
"Now, if we could all fly, it'd take us less time, but by foot, Gabumon's right," Agumon said. "A day or two sounds about right to get to Palmon and Tentomon's area."
"We don't have time for that," Jyou sighed.
"Couldn't we just leave the Digital World and go back through another computer?"
"That would still take a lot of time, Mimi, since there are a lot of us here, and that includes the Digimon."
"Taichi-san is right, it would take a while," Takeru said with a slight frown. "We wouldn't have had this problem a few years ago. If only the Digital World and our world weren't synchronized in time."
Everyone started to get pondering looks, trying to come up with a solution. Miyako kept staring at Izzy and then to his laptop. She then started to talk out aloud...
"Hmm, I wonder if we could go to the Digital World while in the Digital World."
"Huh, what?" Daisuke asked, overhearing the girl.
"Oh, I was just wondering if you could enter the Digital World while in it."
"I don't get what you're asking," Takeru said.
"Well, like Izumi-senpai said a while ago, we don't have to use the computers that are in our school's lab. All we need is a computer that's capable of opening up a gate for us to go through."
"I think I get what you're saying, and that's true. My theory of opening a gate with computers other than the ones in your school's computer lab, which has been proven. Are you thinking that we should use my laptop?"
She nodded. "We could set the coordinates to that area with the laptop, and open up a gate that way!"
"That's a very good theory you have there, Miyako-kun," Koushirou complimented with a proud smile. "Let us just hope that it works."
"That was a great idea, Miyako-san!" Takeru complimented.
"Yeah!" Sora agreed. "It's so simple; I'm surprised we didn't think of it."
"I think some of Koushirou's ways have rubbed off on her," Mimi smiled.
Miyako blushed from all of the compliments and said "Thank you."
"Okay, I've brought up a gate. Go on and try to open it, Miyako-kun. Let's hope that this theory of yours works."
She nodded and went over to Izzy's laptop. Izzy held it up while she took out her D-3 and held it towards the screen. She then called out, "Digital Gate...Open!"
Miyako stood there with her fingers crossed, hoping that her idea would work. The gate then changed from closed to "open." Everyone cheered and hugged Miyako, minus Koushirou since he was holding the laptop and Jyou since hugging wasn't his thing.
"That's my partner!!"
"Way to go, Miyako!" Taichi roughly patted the girl on the back.
"This is wonderful!" Hikari clapped. "You just saved us a lot of time!"
"Um, yeah, thanks," Miyako gagged for air, "but you guys are choking me!!"
Everyone turned loose of her.
"Great, now that we have our mode of transportation, we need to figure out how we are going to approach this situation."
"Exactly what I was thinking, Koushirou." Jyou took off his glasses and started to clean them with his shirttail. "We should just up and go, but what do we do once we get there?"
"Destroy his base, of course!" Daisuke said ready and anxious to leave.
"How about some of us go and some of us stay behind?" Takeru suggested.
"I'm assuming that Koushirou is the one who stays behind," Jyou said as he put his glasses back on.
"Of course!" Yamato said. "He's our best asset!"
"Oh, leave me behind why don't you, but I was planning on staying back anyway. I don't really want to see Iori-kun for a while," Koushirou said, a distant tone to his voice.
The boy was still a bit apprehensive, and didn't really want to see Iori again yet. Ken, no big deal, but he was secretly scared of Iori attacking him again.
"Oh, and someone should stay here anyway, just in case something does wrong and has to navigate you all back or something."
"You shouldn't stay here by yourself, Koushirou."
"I'll be fine, Mimi-san." Koushirou then shyly asked, "Did you want to stay back with me?"
"I could!" Miyako chimed in before Mimi could even take a breath to answer and agree to stay back.
"Oh, if you insist," Mimi said after Miyako spoke up. Mimi's tone seemed to be filled with a slight disappointment, yet, at the same time, content. "You could stay with him. At least now I won't worry about him."
"Yeah, we should let the computer geniuses stay here, in case something goes wrong," Daisuke said, hoping that it would allow them to leave sooner.
"Wait, what about my Piyomon!!"
"Hey, didn't we come across a program that tells one how to care for their Digimon?" Miyako asked the redhead.
"Oh yeah, silly me! Gennai-san also upgraded the Digi-Analyzer, so now it doesn't just tell us what the Digimon is or their type, but it now tells us what to do if they are sick in some way, and other things like that.
"This program also specializes in telling us about our particular Digimon and their evolutions, and what to expect at each of their stages since our Digimon are some of the few that can evolve without it being naturally since they have human partners."
Izzy typed and brought up the program. He then typed in Piyomon and her main symptom, fatigue, and any other detail he found important enough to mention. A page then opened up, showing a photo of Piyomon and lot of text underneath it.
"Hmm, according to this, Piyomon is just weak from battle, which was pretty obvious. Apparently, when a bird-type Digimon loses energy under unnatural circumstances while in their natural elemental setting, Piyomon's being sky, it has a really bad effect on them.
"It also says that she has to find a way to restore her energy.
Normally, sleeping it off does, but since she didn't reach that level naturally,
that is also why she's having such a strange reaction. With a Digimon
who's reached their child level naturally, the sleeping method would work.
Piyomon really needs to restore her energy, and holding onto that form
of hers isn't helping."
*****
RP: Okay, I made that up. I had to do something with her. ^^;
*****
"Wait, hold on a sec," Daisuke started, trying to make sense of what
Koushirou was saying. "Are you saying that the reason Piyomon is
so bad off is because she's remaining on her child (rookie) level?"
He nodded. "Yeah, since she's a Chosen Child's Digimon partner, that really makes a difference. A regular Digimon can sleep it off and regenerate that way, since a Chosen's Digimon changes levels so much, it doesn't really have as much energy as say a Digimon who's reached that level naturally. I guess what this is saying is that Piyomon may can evolve to higher stages, but for each level, she isn't really all that strong. I bet none of our Digimon really are, with the exception of probably Tailmon since she's the only Digimon who evolved to her level naturally.
"If Piyomon would go down one more level, or two, depending on how much energy she needs, she would restore her energy, like Tanemon and Motimon did."
"I never knew you Digimon could do that!" Taichi said, quite impressed.
"Neither did I, and I'm a Digimon," Tailmon said. "Normally, when we run low on energy, we just end up devolving anyway. It's automatic for us. I never knew we could hold onto a form."
"Piyomon, you have to devolve."
"I hate walking around…as…Pyocomon (Yokomon)," Piyomon weakly uttered.
"Stop being stubborn and do it! Holding on to your child-leveled form is what's making you feel so bad and weak!"
"But---"
"Just do it! I don't want to lose you! You are my best friend, Piyomon, and I hate seeing you sick!"
Piyomon decided to let herself go down another level and was now Pyocomon. Sora picked her up and hugged her.
"Doesn't that feel better?" Sora gently smiled to her.
"Yeah, it does!" Pyocomon nodded.
Sora then hugged Izzy.
"Oh Koushirou, thank you so much! You're so wonderful!!"
Izzy's face started to turn red some as he tried to breathe.
"Um…need air here…" he coughed.
*****
"I don't know if he's blushing from the hug, or from Sora cutting off
his air supply!" Jyou laughed to Yamato.
"It looks like a combo of the both to me!" Yamato chuckled.
*****
"Oops, I'm sorry about that," Sora apologized bashfully, letting go
of him. "I didn't mean to suffocate you."
"No," he coughed and patted his chest, "problem."
"Enough of our sitting around; let's get to that base!"
"Yeah, Taichi-senpai is right!" Daisuke said, his fists bawled. "Are you all with us!"
Everyone nodded.
"Tentomon, I want you to stay here. I'm a little worried about you."
"No way, Koushirou-han! I have to avenge my tree house!"
"I rest my case…"
"Hawkmon, you stay here too."
"Okay, Miyako-san."
"Okay, let's go everyone!" Takeru instructed.
Since they had switched screens to look up Piyomon's symptoms, the gate had closed. Miyako took out her D-3 to open it again.
"Digital Gate...Open!"
After the gate opened, everyone, minus Miyako, Koushirou, and their Digimon, entered the gate, in hopes of destroying Ken's base and getting Iori back to normal...