Compassionate Power
Part 2
Miyako climbed the stairs heading to the roof of her apartment building, where Saiai and Tommon were waiting. She opened the door to the roof. "Hey Saiai! Holding out ok?"
He nodded. "Yeah. Luckily it's not winter, otherwise I'd be freezing my butt off out here. So, what'd you bring me?"
Miyako reached into a bag she was carrying. "Well, I figured you wouldn't be real handy with chopsticks, seeing as you're from America and all, so I brought you a chocolate rice ball and some other snacks."
"Cool, thanks." Saiai unwrapped the chocolate rice ball and bit into it. After munching for a bit, he stopped and looked at it inquisitively. "You know, this thing reminds me of a donut."
Tommon had a question. "What's a donut?"
"It basically looks like a rice ball with a hole in it, flavored with sugar and chocolate and stuff like that. It's about the same size as this." Saiai then finished the rice ball and started eating the other snacks, sharing some with Tommon. Once he was done, he gathered up the trash left over and put it the bag Miyako had brought. He looked around a bit.
"Hey, where's your Digimon?"
"You mean Poromon? He's at home. He didn't really need to come along for this."
"Ah, I see." Saiai went to the roof's edge and stared at the sunset. "The view from up here is nice... what's the name of this area?"
Miyako walked over to Saiai and stood near him. "Odaiba. You know, I didn't really notice it until now, but the view from up here is pretty cool. Maybe it's just because I'm not up here very often..."
Saiai noticed that Miyako was standing right next to him and blushed again, a bit more noticeably this time. "So, uhm, when should the others be getting here?"
"In a few minutes. We decided not to have you meet the older Digidestined yet. We'll do that tomorrow, when we hear from Gennai."
"Ok... Any idea where I should stay?"
"Not really... I personally think it'd be good if you stayed over Iori's, there's only his Mom and Grandpa there."
"I see... Well, it'd be pretty cool to stay over your place. I mean, it'd be a lot better than staying at Daisuke's, anyway."
Miyako looked at him, blushing slightly. "Well, I guess that'd be good..." She turned back toward the sunset. "B-but I have a few sisters. We'd have to cram you in a closet or something."
"Well... I wouldn't mind much..."
Behind them, someone sneezed. Saiai and Miyako spun around to see Daisuke smiling nervously. "Eheheh, Konbanwa, Inoue-chan, Horisu-san."
Saiai walked up to Daisuke and made his goggles snap back hard enough to knock him over. "Daisuke no baka... You better stop doing that, got it?"
Daisuke sat up. "Hai, fine..."
"Can we come up now? Did you beat up Daisuke?" Takeru, Hikari and Iori came up the stairs to the roof.
"Iie. I just snapped his goggles back at his face. So, did anyone think of a way to do this?"
"Well, I thought about it, and I think the fairest way we could do this is by a vote." Iori said calmly. "Now, just write where you think Saiai should stay on a piece of paper and hand it to me."
Daisuke scribbled Miyako's name down on a piece of paper. *Heheh. This is perfect! Miyako and Saiai won't be able to resist each other!*
Takeru wrote Miyako's name down as well. *Daisuke does seem to have a point, we keep finding Saiai and Miyako alone together.*
Hikari wrote down her own name. *I'm sure Taichi wouldn't mind if he stayed over. Besides, Tommon seems to like Tailmon.*
Tommon noticed he couldn't write very well, but wrote down Hikari's anyway. *This is a great opportunity for me to score points with Tailmon! When she finds out that I voted so that I could be with her, she'll fall for me instantly!*
Miyako wrote down Iori's name. *I hope Saiai doesn't mind staying at Iori's...*
Saiai decided to take Miyako's advice and wrote down Iori's. *Miyako seems to know what she's talking about...*
The votes were passed in. Iori counted them, then stood up. "It's a tie between me, Miyako, and Hikari. Since I stayed absent, I'll make the deciding vote. I vote for..." He paused for a second to think. "...Miyako. Saiai, you'll stay over Miyako's, ok?"
Saiai smiled lopsidedly. "Alright with me. Is that ok with you, Miyako?"
She shifted about a bit. "Hai..."
"Ok. C'mon guys, we gotta get home." Iori, Daisuke, Hikari and Takeru left. Miyako looked at Saiai and Tommon.
"Well, c'mon. We have to get home too." She and Saiai headed toward the door. Tommon followed.
Downstairs, Daisuke and Takeru spoke with Iori. "Why'd you vote Miyako?"
The short Kendo fighter grinned. "I may be quiet, but only because I'm paying attention to those around me, unlike certain unnamed parties. They obviously like each other, but they haven't realized it yet. Maybe something will happen tonight, heheh..."
In the Digiworld, the Impmon were cowering before Chaosdramon's shadow.
"You fools! You allowed him to escape!"
The Impmon bowed. "We're sorry, ChaosDramon-sama! Forgive us!"
"You are all useless worms! I declare your punishment to be... Digital Dimensional Tear!"
A rip opened in the air. The Impmon, screaming, were sucked into it. After a few seconds, four strange looking Digimon stepped out of the tear.
"My creations!" The four Digimon turned toward ChaosDramon's shadow. One of them kneeled. It was a very strange looking Digimon, with a vase-like body and paper thin arms and ears. One of its arms ended in a trumpet bell, the other in a cheese grater. Instead of legs, a slug allowed movement. Its neck was an odd Double-Helix shape, and its face! It had a huge, misshapen nose, and its eyes and mouth were all in the wrong places. It had wings, masses of color that seemed to have no specific form.
"Master... I, Abstramon, know of why we were created..." The second creation squelched forward. This one looked somewhat like a starfish with a face, only warped and stretched out, as if it had been drawn be Salvador Dali.
"Errhm! You want Expressimon to find the boy Saiai, yes?" The third made a short bow. This one looked like it was made entirely out of intersecting multicolored cubes.
"Do not worry. Noone can escape Cubismon!" The fourth jerked its head in an odd manner. It was easily the strangest looking of the four. Its head, block shaped, with its face almost totally scrambled, connected to a neck whose only visible feature was the outline, which allowed other parts to be seen through it. The body was blob-like, with various strange objects and arms sticking out of it at odd angles.
"Trust us, Master ChaosDramon. As Conceptmon, I shall finish the enemy simply by confusing them with my Proportion Distortion attack! ...And the others might help too, I guess."
"Good. Now, do not fail me, or you shall suffer the same fate as the Impmon you are composed of!"
The next morning, Daisuke and the others met at the park. "Where's Saiai and Miyako?"
"They're late. Apparently, Miyako had a harder time sneaking Saiai out of her house then into it."
Saiai, Tommon, Poromon and Miyako showed up. "Ohayo!"
"Konnichiwa, Inoue-chan, Horisu-san."
"Please, drop the san. We're friends, ne?"
Daisuke grinned mischievously. "Heh, yeah, and maybe you and Inoue-chan are more than friends now." Saiai swiftly pulled a large paper fan out of his pocket and struck Daisuke squarely between the eyes with it. "Ow!"
Saiai glared at the foolish boy. "I said stop that!!" Miyako grinned as Daisuke rubbed the bridge of his nose ruefully.
"So, what's the plan, guys?"
Hikari pulled out her D-Terminal. "Right now, we're waiting for Gennai's E-Mail."
Saiai looked around. "Hey, shouldn't Ichijouji-san be here?"
Takeru shook his head. "Hai, but he still doesn't feel like he's worthy enough to join us yet."
Iori gritted his teeth slightly. "I still don't trust him. People just don't change that easily."
"Ohayo!" Taichi and Sora walked up to them.
"Konnichiwa!" Hikari ran up to her big brother. "Saiai, this is Taichi and Sora, two of the older Digidestined."
"Oh, cool! I'm Horisu no Saiai, pleased to meetcha!" Saiai said cheerfully.
Taichi grinned at the newest Digidestined. "Konnichiwa, Saiai. I'm Hikari's big brother."
"I see the resemblance. ...You know, you look familiar from somewhere. But it's probably just my imagination."
"What's your crest, Saiai?" Sora asked.
"Uh, I think it's... Compassion. Yeah, that's it. What's yours?"
"Mine's Love, and Taichi's is Courage."
"Wait, wait, wait." Saiai looked puzzled. "I thought Daisuke and Miyako-chan had those crests."
"Oooh! Miyako-chan!" WAP! "Ow!" Daisuke rubbed the end of his nose again.
"Well, most of the older Digidestined's crests passed on to the younger generation. So far, only you and Ken have new ones."
"Hai, I see." Saiai then caught sight of an old friend of his. "Yakanori-chan?!"
"Saiai-kun!" Heza ran toward her old friend. Behind her, Yamato walked toward the group quietly.
"Heza! Long time no see!" Saiai hugged Heza in an oh-it's-so-nice-to-see-you-again way.
"Hai! What has it been, 4, 5 years?"
"You two know each other?" Yamato said with an intrigued look on his face.
"Oh, Yama-chan, I almost forgot. Saiai, this is my good friend, Ishida Yamato. Yama, this is Horisu Saiai, an old friend of mine."
Saiai looked from Heza to Yamato, then to Heza again. He grinned. "So this is where the inspiration for your Hezato stories comes from, ne?"
Yamato scratched his head. "Hezato?"
Heza clamped a hand over Saiai's mouth. "Eheh, nothing, Ishida-chan!" She whispered a quick message to Saiai. "Mention my Hezato fanfics around Yama, and I'll stuff a rabid Tokomon down your pants!" Saiai nodded quickly and coughed.
"Ahem, anyway, me and Heza were good friends, back when she lived in Sixton. I lived there too, but we both moved away around the same time. I went to Zerorez, a town on the outskirts of Eagleland. We managed to stay in touch, incredibly." He turned toward Heza. "Why didn't you ever tell me you moved here?"
"Don't you remember? We decided not to tell each other where we went. I forget exactly why though."
"Huh, ok. So anyway, you're a Digidestined too?"
"Yep! My crest's Confidence!"
"Cool, mine's Compassion. By the way, exactly how many of you Digidestined are there?"
"Um, I think it's 20, but there could be more, plus alot of us don't live here in Odaiba. One of us, Tachikawa Mimi, moved to America, 2 others, Syoran and Sakura, live elsewhere in Japan, and 2 more, Wallace and Michael, live in America."
"Ok. So, where are the last three?"
"Jyou's got a test to take, but Koushirou and Kamira should be here soon."
Hikari suddenly called out, "Hey, everyone! I got Gennai's E-mail!" Everyone gathered around her and began reading the message that had appeared on her D-Terminal's screen.
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Dear Digidestined:
I've done some researching, and I found some info on who was trying to destroy Saiai. It appears to be a powerful Ultimate level Digimon called ChaosDramon. He can manipulate the structure of the Digital Dimension, and is very powerful. I realize that none of your Digimon can reach the Ultimate level yet, so I suggest you go and find Jijimon. He'll be able to help you. Of course, you'll have to go about finding him first. I gotta go now, Centarumon challenged me to a game of checkers, and I'm not about to pass that up!
-Gennai
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Saiai sweatdropped. "Uh, is it just me, or does Gennai have a habit of leaving us even more in the dark than before he told us anything?"
"Trust us, it's not you," came the autonomous reply. Koushirou and Kamira walked up behind them.
"Konnichiwa. What are you guys doing?"
Miyako glanced back. "Oh, Ohayo! We're just reading Gennai's E-mail." She introduced Saiai to them.
"Knowledge and Dreams, eh? And Kamira, you only recently became a Digidestined?"
The quiet girl nodded. "Hai. Ryouumon helped me a whole lot."
"Ok... Wait a sec, I just thought of something." Saiai thought for a minute. "Yes! Now I remember where I've seen you guys before!"
Iori looked up. "Huh? Where?"
Saiai began his tale. "Well, it was about 4 years ago, about 6 months before I moved to Zerorez. I remember my dad calling me out to the backyard to look at this weird aura in the sky. I saw these kids fighting this HUGE metal creature! I went to try and call Heza to tell her about, but her mom said she was sleeping or something."
Heza recognized where Saiai was going. "I remember looking at that aura too, shortly before I was transported to the Digiworld for the first time."
"Then, about 6 months later, I remember logging on and seeing this weird monster onscreen! It kept turning into a bigger monster, and then you guys sent your Digimon to beat it up, and then it multiplied... I sent alot of E-Mails to you guys. I kept asking what that thing was!"
Koushirou cleared his throat. "That was Diaboromon, a mutant Digimon infected by a computer virus. Somehow, MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon digivolved together to become Omnimon, a Maxima level Digimon, to defeat him. Quite a feat. I'll have to do some research on him, now that I've recalled that particular incident..."
Saiai was in awe. "Oh my... I'm in the presence of world heroes!"
Takeru waved his hand in a dismissing manner. "We're not that great. We're just normal kids that got chosen for a special purpose."
Saiai considered this for a second. "...I'm a world hero too! Bwahahahah!" Heza shook her head sadly at the sight of the odd 13-year old marching around giving himself praise.
"Koushirou, have you ever heard of Jijimon before?" Takeru asked hopefully.
Koushirou shook his head. "I'm afraid not." Iori turned toward Tommon.
"What about you? Have you heard of Jijimon?"
"Nope, sorry!" He looked at the other Digimon, who had been discussing who ChaosDramon was. "Hey, Patamon! You guys ever hear of somethin' called Jijimon?"
Patamon shook its head, his ears flapping. "Nope. And I doubt the younger Digimon would've either."
Tommon edged toward Tailmon. "What about you? Surely with your infinite wisdom and beauty-"
PUNT!
Tommon went flying into a tree. "OWWW! What'd I do?!"
Tailmon dusted off her paws. "Sigh... It's a curse to have good looks nowadays."
Daisuke stamped around impatiently. "Oh, forget it! Let's just look for him while we go destroy some control spires!" Suddenly, everyone looked at Daisuke strangely. After a short, awkward period of time, Takeru finally spoke. "...Did Daisuke just have a good idea?"
Hikari grinned. "Nah, must be a fluke. Well, guys, I have to go clean my room. We'll meet in front of the school, ok?"
The younger Digidestined agreed, and most of the group headed toward their apartments. Takeru, Iori, Daisuke, and their Digimon, however, had a quick counsel of war.
"Alright. Getting Saiai to stay over Miyako's didn't work. What next?"
"How about having him defeat an evil Digimon to show his bravery?"
"Dai-kun, you tried that with V-mon, and it failed miserably, remember? No, we need something more original..."
"I remember something that happened between my brother and Heza. She fell into a river and almost drowned."
"No way! I still say the monster plan is the best."
Demi V-mon hopped onto Daisuke's head. "Why don't you just trick them into going into a secluded spot alone?"
"Great idea! All in favor?"
"Aye!!"
"Good. Plan initiates when we find a good spot in the Digiworld." The matchmakers then disbanded.
"Arrrgh!" Archnemon slammed her fist into the cave wall. Behind her, Mummymon looked about in silence.
"You know, Archnemon, I'm pretty sure we've been here before-" He was quickly silenced by a ferocious glare from Archnemon.
"Don't you think I know that? I'm mad because we were tricked into this and can't escape!" She pounded the wall again. "ChaosDramon! Show your scaly hide, now!!"
ChaosDramon's voice echoed from deep within the cave. "What's the matter, Archnemon? Aren't you enjoying the little distraction I provided?"
Archnemon's eyes darted about. "Where are you?! I swear, when I get my arms on you, I'll drain all the fluids from your body!!"
"Please, Miss Archnemon, you must watch your blood pressure-" Again Mummymon was silenced by a glance from Archnemon.
"Oh, dear, I'm afraid I can't do that. I'm far to busy plotting to destroy the Digidestined."
Archnemon, seeking a weak point, spotted what appeared to be one. "That's my goal as well. Why don't we join together in our plans?"
"Hah. What kind of idiot do you take me for? Not like your little assistant there, I hope. I'm sorry, but you simply were in the way. I had to lure you into these caves with the prospect of finding an entire cache of Control Spires, then trap you by warping the D-Field around it. Yes... Archnemon, you are simply too much of a baka to be any use to me. Now, excuse me, but I must go find the one called Saiai..." The presence of ChaosDramon faded. Mummymon turned toward another cave.
"Cheer up, Archnemon! I'm sure there's an entrance he hasn't sealed. In the meantime, we can be alone together-"
SMASH!!! Mummymon flew into a wall. "Be quiet! If you say one more thing, I'll rip your head off and use it as a lampshade!" Archnemon then began thinking. *But who is this Saiai ChaosDramon mentioned...?*
"Gate Program, Initiate!"
The group of Digidestined now stood on top of a hill. Saiai noted that his and the others' clothes changed when they entered the Digiworld, and that Poromon, Upamon, and Demi V-mon had all digivolved to their Rookie forms. From the top of the hill branched three paths. One led into a forest; the second, to a river, and the third, to a large group of mountains. Daisuke, playing the part of the leader again, took charge.
"Alright, we'll split up into pairs so we can see if anyone knows about Jijimon. Me and Hikari will go to the mountains, Iori and Takeru to the river, and Saiai and Miyako to the forest," he said, remembering his pact with Takeru and Iori.
Takeru, however, protested. "Me and Hikari make a better team. We'll go to the mountains, and you and Iori go to the river."
"No, I'm going with Hikari!"
"Quiet!" Hikari stepped between the two boys. "Look, I'll just go with Saiai to the woods, alright? You and Takeru should go to the mountains, you need to work on your relationship anyway." She grabbed Saiai's hand and pulled him off towards the woods. "C'mon, let's go."
"Uh, ok..." Saiai followed, somewhat unsure how to react to seeing Hikari being fought over.
After they were out of earshot, Iori turned to Miyako. "We'd best go too. Good luck, guys." They headed off. Takeru glanced at Daisuke.
"Alright, let's make a deal. Neither of us will chase after Hikari until we get Saiai and Miyako together, ok?" He stuck out his hand, which Daisuke readily clasped.
"Deal. Now, just remember, Hikari-chan is mine after this, got it?"
Takeru turned toward the mountains. "Yeah, sure, whatever. C'mon, Patamon."
Submarimon stuck his head out of the river. "Sorry, but the Seadramon who lives here says he's never heard of Jijimon."
Iori patted his Digimon on the head. "That's ok, Submarimon. Keep looking, there's sure to be more Digimon around here somewhere. Miyako, has Aquillamon found anything out yet?"
Miyako sighed. "Nope. It makes no sense. You'd think SOMEONE would know something about him." She sat in silence for a second, staring up into the sky, then looked at Iori. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, what?"
"Is it just me, or are Daisuke and Takeru trying to get me and Saiai together?" Iori looked at her with a slightly pained expression. She continued, not noticing. "I mean, Saiai's cool `n all, but as I said when we went up against Digitamamon, I swore off liking boys just because they're cute. Plus, even if we do get together, I don't want it to be because someone forced us to. I dunno, maybe I'm just being nieve. What do you think, Iori?"
Iori quickly hid his expression. "Uh, well, I don't think they are. Daisuke teases you, but that's probably it. Besides, they're too busy fighting over Hikari to do anything like that."
Miyako sighed and turned her face to look at the sky again. "I hope you're right... I'd hate to think that someone I trusted was doing something like that behind my back."
Iori felt extremely uncomfortable. "Me too. Hey, Submarimon, can I help you search?"
Tommon walked quickly to catch up with Tailmon, who was trailing Hikari and Saiai. "Why do you not like me so much?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You know what I mean. Every time I compliment you, or something, you always act so darkly toward me. What's going on?"
Tommon shook her head. "I don't not like you. I simply am not one who wishes to be romanced to meet your foolish whims."
"But I mean what I say! You're the most beautiful creature I ever met! Seriously, what's wrong with me?"
"Nothing's wrong with you."
"Then why do you always give me the cold shoulder?"
Tailmon considered this for a second. *He's right, there isn't really any reason. Maybe-* She shook her head quickly. "Just leave me alone, ok?!" She ran to catch up with Hikari. Tommon continued at his original pace.
"Sigh... I wish she acted more openly, like Hikari does to Saiai."
Hikari was, in fact, still pulling Saiai along at a rapid pace. The newest Digidestined was still bewildered from what was going on. "Uhm, I don't mean to pry, but why are we going so fast? There's no reason to. In fact, there's a very good reason not to, which is that we might pass up a Digimon on our way."
Hikari, however, did not have a chance to answer, for at that moment, a rather large pit, which had been disguised, appeared right under Hikari and Saiai. They fell in, and found themselves face to face with a monstrous dragon. Tailmon and Tommon halted at the edge of the pit.
"Nani?! That's a Beastdramon!"
The Beastdramon's sword-like tail swung over its head and pointed toward Saiai and Hikari. "Hearken, humans! Thee hath entered my lair! Thou must perish for such an act!"
Immediately, the two cat Digimon leaped into the hole and begin beating on Beastdramon with their attacks. However, it merely knocked them back with a swipe of its claws. Tommon had seen Tailmon being hit, though, and the change had already taken place.
"Tommon digivolve to..."
A smallish, red-capped Digimon appeared in Tommon's place. It had a sword strapped to its back, and had leather boots and gloves.
"Igamon!"
"Woah..."
"Hey, It's an Igamon!"
Igamon began pounding Beastdramon with his fists. "ARRRGH! If you touch Tailmon again, I'll-"
"Tail Blade!" Igamon got knocked back. He stood up, wincing slightly.
"No... I won't be defeated!" He pulled out a pair of Shuriken almost as large as his head, which made up 50% of his body mass. "Iga Style Shuriken Throw!"
The attack glanced off Beastdramon's armor. It aimed its horn at Igamon. "Horn Missle!" The horn shot forward and struck Igamon hard.
"Ooogf..." He collapsed and reverted to Tommon. Saiai rushed over to check on him, while Hikari and Tailmon exchanged glances of surprise.
"Uh, what just happened?"
"I'm not sure myself..."
Beastdramon rose itself on its haunches and spoke. "I shall allow thee to leave my lair unharmed, now that I hath seen that your Digimon are weak. Now depart, before I change my mind!"
Later, on the trail back to the hill, Hikari and Saiai conversed as Tailmon helped the injured Tommon walk.
"Uh, why is your Igamon so... weak?"
"He's not weak! That was just a strong Digimon. Probably a Ultimate or something."
Tailmon spoke. "No, that was a Champion, I'm sure of it."
Saiai glared at Tailmon. "Well, anyway, that's not important now. What's important is that he can Digivolve to the Champion level. And he's not weak, it's just that attacking and defending aren't his main strengths."
"What are they, then?"
"Uh..." Saiai pondered this for a second. "Hey, look, it's the hill! C'mon, let's go meet up with the others." He said, changing the subject.
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FINALLY! I'm done with Part 2. All rejoice! *Kitsunebi fill the air*
I hope that my current pace doesn't continue. I'll be done by the time they show reruns of the last episode of 02!
Anyway, enjoy. The BIG Saiko Scene ain't coming up yet, so be patient. Sayonara!
Horisu no Saiai out! ^-^'
Part 2
Miyako climbed the stairs heading to the roof of her apartment building, where Saiai and Tommon were waiting. She opened the door to the roof. "Hey Saiai! Holding out ok?"
He nodded. "Yeah. Luckily it's not winter, otherwise I'd be freezing my butt off out here. So, what'd you bring me?"
Miyako reached into a bag she was carrying. "Well, I figured you wouldn't be real handy with chopsticks, seeing as you're from America and all, so I brought you a chocolate rice ball and some other snacks."
"Cool, thanks." Saiai unwrapped the chocolate rice ball and bit into it. After munching for a bit, he stopped and looked at it inquisitively. "You know, this thing reminds me of a donut."
Tommon had a question. "What's a donut?"
"It basically looks like a rice ball with a hole in it, flavored with sugar and chocolate and stuff like that. It's about the same size as this." Saiai then finished the rice ball and started eating the other snacks, sharing some with Tommon. Once he was done, he gathered up the trash left over and put it the bag Miyako had brought. He looked around a bit.
"Hey, where's your Digimon?"
"You mean Poromon? He's at home. He didn't really need to come along for this."
"Ah, I see." Saiai went to the roof's edge and stared at the sunset. "The view from up here is nice... what's the name of this area?"
Miyako walked over to Saiai and stood near him. "Odaiba. You know, I didn't really notice it until now, but the view from up here is pretty cool. Maybe it's just because I'm not up here very often..."
Saiai noticed that Miyako was standing right next to him and blushed again, a bit more noticeably this time. "So, uhm, when should the others be getting here?"
"In a few minutes. We decided not to have you meet the older Digidestined yet. We'll do that tomorrow, when we hear from Gennai."
"Ok... Any idea where I should stay?"
"Not really... I personally think it'd be good if you stayed over Iori's, there's only his Mom and Grandpa there."
"I see... Well, it'd be pretty cool to stay over your place. I mean, it'd be a lot better than staying at Daisuke's, anyway."
Miyako looked at him, blushing slightly. "Well, I guess that'd be good..." She turned back toward the sunset. "B-but I have a few sisters. We'd have to cram you in a closet or something."
"Well... I wouldn't mind much..."
Behind them, someone sneezed. Saiai and Miyako spun around to see Daisuke smiling nervously. "Eheheh, Konbanwa, Inoue-chan, Horisu-san."
Saiai walked up to Daisuke and made his goggles snap back hard enough to knock him over. "Daisuke no baka... You better stop doing that, got it?"
Daisuke sat up. "Hai, fine..."
"Can we come up now? Did you beat up Daisuke?" Takeru, Hikari and Iori came up the stairs to the roof.
"Iie. I just snapped his goggles back at his face. So, did anyone think of a way to do this?"
"Well, I thought about it, and I think the fairest way we could do this is by a vote." Iori said calmly. "Now, just write where you think Saiai should stay on a piece of paper and hand it to me."
Daisuke scribbled Miyako's name down on a piece of paper. *Heheh. This is perfect! Miyako and Saiai won't be able to resist each other!*
Takeru wrote Miyako's name down as well. *Daisuke does seem to have a point, we keep finding Saiai and Miyako alone together.*
Hikari wrote down her own name. *I'm sure Taichi wouldn't mind if he stayed over. Besides, Tommon seems to like Tailmon.*
Tommon noticed he couldn't write very well, but wrote down Hikari's anyway. *This is a great opportunity for me to score points with Tailmon! When she finds out that I voted so that I could be with her, she'll fall for me instantly!*
Miyako wrote down Iori's name. *I hope Saiai doesn't mind staying at Iori's...*
Saiai decided to take Miyako's advice and wrote down Iori's. *Miyako seems to know what she's talking about...*
The votes were passed in. Iori counted them, then stood up. "It's a tie between me, Miyako, and Hikari. Since I stayed absent, I'll make the deciding vote. I vote for..." He paused for a second to think. "...Miyako. Saiai, you'll stay over Miyako's, ok?"
Saiai smiled lopsidedly. "Alright with me. Is that ok with you, Miyako?"
She shifted about a bit. "Hai..."
"Ok. C'mon guys, we gotta get home." Iori, Daisuke, Hikari and Takeru left. Miyako looked at Saiai and Tommon.
"Well, c'mon. We have to get home too." She and Saiai headed toward the door. Tommon followed.
Downstairs, Daisuke and Takeru spoke with Iori. "Why'd you vote Miyako?"
The short Kendo fighter grinned. "I may be quiet, but only because I'm paying attention to those around me, unlike certain unnamed parties. They obviously like each other, but they haven't realized it yet. Maybe something will happen tonight, heheh..."
In the Digiworld, the Impmon were cowering before Chaosdramon's shadow.
"You fools! You allowed him to escape!"
The Impmon bowed. "We're sorry, ChaosDramon-sama! Forgive us!"
"You are all useless worms! I declare your punishment to be... Digital Dimensional Tear!"
A rip opened in the air. The Impmon, screaming, were sucked into it. After a few seconds, four strange looking Digimon stepped out of the tear.
"My creations!" The four Digimon turned toward ChaosDramon's shadow. One of them kneeled. It was a very strange looking Digimon, with a vase-like body and paper thin arms and ears. One of its arms ended in a trumpet bell, the other in a cheese grater. Instead of legs, a slug allowed movement. Its neck was an odd Double-Helix shape, and its face! It had a huge, misshapen nose, and its eyes and mouth were all in the wrong places. It had wings, masses of color that seemed to have no specific form.
"Master... I, Abstramon, know of why we were created..." The second creation squelched forward. This one looked somewhat like a starfish with a face, only warped and stretched out, as if it had been drawn be Salvador Dali.
"Errhm! You want Expressimon to find the boy Saiai, yes?" The third made a short bow. This one looked like it was made entirely out of intersecting multicolored cubes.
"Do not worry. Noone can escape Cubismon!" The fourth jerked its head in an odd manner. It was easily the strangest looking of the four. Its head, block shaped, with its face almost totally scrambled, connected to a neck whose only visible feature was the outline, which allowed other parts to be seen through it. The body was blob-like, with various strange objects and arms sticking out of it at odd angles.
"Trust us, Master ChaosDramon. As Conceptmon, I shall finish the enemy simply by confusing them with my Proportion Distortion attack! ...And the others might help too, I guess."
"Good. Now, do not fail me, or you shall suffer the same fate as the Impmon you are composed of!"
The next morning, Daisuke and the others met at the park. "Where's Saiai and Miyako?"
"They're late. Apparently, Miyako had a harder time sneaking Saiai out of her house then into it."
Saiai, Tommon, Poromon and Miyako showed up. "Ohayo!"
"Konnichiwa, Inoue-chan, Horisu-san."
"Please, drop the san. We're friends, ne?"
Daisuke grinned mischievously. "Heh, yeah, and maybe you and Inoue-chan are more than friends now." Saiai swiftly pulled a large paper fan out of his pocket and struck Daisuke squarely between the eyes with it. "Ow!"
Saiai glared at the foolish boy. "I said stop that!!" Miyako grinned as Daisuke rubbed the bridge of his nose ruefully.
"So, what's the plan, guys?"
Hikari pulled out her D-Terminal. "Right now, we're waiting for Gennai's E-Mail."
Saiai looked around. "Hey, shouldn't Ichijouji-san be here?"
Takeru shook his head. "Hai, but he still doesn't feel like he's worthy enough to join us yet."
Iori gritted his teeth slightly. "I still don't trust him. People just don't change that easily."
"Ohayo!" Taichi and Sora walked up to them.
"Konnichiwa!" Hikari ran up to her big brother. "Saiai, this is Taichi and Sora, two of the older Digidestined."
"Oh, cool! I'm Horisu no Saiai, pleased to meetcha!" Saiai said cheerfully.
Taichi grinned at the newest Digidestined. "Konnichiwa, Saiai. I'm Hikari's big brother."
"I see the resemblance. ...You know, you look familiar from somewhere. But it's probably just my imagination."
"What's your crest, Saiai?" Sora asked.
"Uh, I think it's... Compassion. Yeah, that's it. What's yours?"
"Mine's Love, and Taichi's is Courage."
"Wait, wait, wait." Saiai looked puzzled. "I thought Daisuke and Miyako-chan had those crests."
"Oooh! Miyako-chan!" WAP! "Ow!" Daisuke rubbed the end of his nose again.
"Well, most of the older Digidestined's crests passed on to the younger generation. So far, only you and Ken have new ones."
"Hai, I see." Saiai then caught sight of an old friend of his. "Yakanori-chan?!"
"Saiai-kun!" Heza ran toward her old friend. Behind her, Yamato walked toward the group quietly.
"Heza! Long time no see!" Saiai hugged Heza in an oh-it's-so-nice-to-see-you-again way.
"Hai! What has it been, 4, 5 years?"
"You two know each other?" Yamato said with an intrigued look on his face.
"Oh, Yama-chan, I almost forgot. Saiai, this is my good friend, Ishida Yamato. Yama, this is Horisu Saiai, an old friend of mine."
Saiai looked from Heza to Yamato, then to Heza again. He grinned. "So this is where the inspiration for your Hezato stories comes from, ne?"
Yamato scratched his head. "Hezato?"
Heza clamped a hand over Saiai's mouth. "Eheh, nothing, Ishida-chan!" She whispered a quick message to Saiai. "Mention my Hezato fanfics around Yama, and I'll stuff a rabid Tokomon down your pants!" Saiai nodded quickly and coughed.
"Ahem, anyway, me and Heza were good friends, back when she lived in Sixton. I lived there too, but we both moved away around the same time. I went to Zerorez, a town on the outskirts of Eagleland. We managed to stay in touch, incredibly." He turned toward Heza. "Why didn't you ever tell me you moved here?"
"Don't you remember? We decided not to tell each other where we went. I forget exactly why though."
"Huh, ok. So anyway, you're a Digidestined too?"
"Yep! My crest's Confidence!"
"Cool, mine's Compassion. By the way, exactly how many of you Digidestined are there?"
"Um, I think it's 20, but there could be more, plus alot of us don't live here in Odaiba. One of us, Tachikawa Mimi, moved to America, 2 others, Syoran and Sakura, live elsewhere in Japan, and 2 more, Wallace and Michael, live in America."
"Ok. So, where are the last three?"
"Jyou's got a test to take, but Koushirou and Kamira should be here soon."
Hikari suddenly called out, "Hey, everyone! I got Gennai's E-mail!" Everyone gathered around her and began reading the message that had appeared on her D-Terminal's screen.
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Dear Digidestined:
I've done some researching, and I found some info on who was trying to destroy Saiai. It appears to be a powerful Ultimate level Digimon called ChaosDramon. He can manipulate the structure of the Digital Dimension, and is very powerful. I realize that none of your Digimon can reach the Ultimate level yet, so I suggest you go and find Jijimon. He'll be able to help you. Of course, you'll have to go about finding him first. I gotta go now, Centarumon challenged me to a game of checkers, and I'm not about to pass that up!
-Gennai
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Saiai sweatdropped. "Uh, is it just me, or does Gennai have a habit of leaving us even more in the dark than before he told us anything?"
"Trust us, it's not you," came the autonomous reply. Koushirou and Kamira walked up behind them.
"Konnichiwa. What are you guys doing?"
Miyako glanced back. "Oh, Ohayo! We're just reading Gennai's E-mail." She introduced Saiai to them.
"Knowledge and Dreams, eh? And Kamira, you only recently became a Digidestined?"
The quiet girl nodded. "Hai. Ryouumon helped me a whole lot."
"Ok... Wait a sec, I just thought of something." Saiai thought for a minute. "Yes! Now I remember where I've seen you guys before!"
Iori looked up. "Huh? Where?"
Saiai began his tale. "Well, it was about 4 years ago, about 6 months before I moved to Zerorez. I remember my dad calling me out to the backyard to look at this weird aura in the sky. I saw these kids fighting this HUGE metal creature! I went to try and call Heza to tell her about, but her mom said she was sleeping or something."
Heza recognized where Saiai was going. "I remember looking at that aura too, shortly before I was transported to the Digiworld for the first time."
"Then, about 6 months later, I remember logging on and seeing this weird monster onscreen! It kept turning into a bigger monster, and then you guys sent your Digimon to beat it up, and then it multiplied... I sent alot of E-Mails to you guys. I kept asking what that thing was!"
Koushirou cleared his throat. "That was Diaboromon, a mutant Digimon infected by a computer virus. Somehow, MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon digivolved together to become Omnimon, a Maxima level Digimon, to defeat him. Quite a feat. I'll have to do some research on him, now that I've recalled that particular incident..."
Saiai was in awe. "Oh my... I'm in the presence of world heroes!"
Takeru waved his hand in a dismissing manner. "We're not that great. We're just normal kids that got chosen for a special purpose."
Saiai considered this for a second. "...I'm a world hero too! Bwahahahah!" Heza shook her head sadly at the sight of the odd 13-year old marching around giving himself praise.
"Koushirou, have you ever heard of Jijimon before?" Takeru asked hopefully.
Koushirou shook his head. "I'm afraid not." Iori turned toward Tommon.
"What about you? Have you heard of Jijimon?"
"Nope, sorry!" He looked at the other Digimon, who had been discussing who ChaosDramon was. "Hey, Patamon! You guys ever hear of somethin' called Jijimon?"
Patamon shook its head, his ears flapping. "Nope. And I doubt the younger Digimon would've either."
Tommon edged toward Tailmon. "What about you? Surely with your infinite wisdom and beauty-"
PUNT!
Tommon went flying into a tree. "OWWW! What'd I do?!"
Tailmon dusted off her paws. "Sigh... It's a curse to have good looks nowadays."
Daisuke stamped around impatiently. "Oh, forget it! Let's just look for him while we go destroy some control spires!" Suddenly, everyone looked at Daisuke strangely. After a short, awkward period of time, Takeru finally spoke. "...Did Daisuke just have a good idea?"
Hikari grinned. "Nah, must be a fluke. Well, guys, I have to go clean my room. We'll meet in front of the school, ok?"
The younger Digidestined agreed, and most of the group headed toward their apartments. Takeru, Iori, Daisuke, and their Digimon, however, had a quick counsel of war.
"Alright. Getting Saiai to stay over Miyako's didn't work. What next?"
"How about having him defeat an evil Digimon to show his bravery?"
"Dai-kun, you tried that with V-mon, and it failed miserably, remember? No, we need something more original..."
"I remember something that happened between my brother and Heza. She fell into a river and almost drowned."
"No way! I still say the monster plan is the best."
Demi V-mon hopped onto Daisuke's head. "Why don't you just trick them into going into a secluded spot alone?"
"Great idea! All in favor?"
"Aye!!"
"Good. Plan initiates when we find a good spot in the Digiworld." The matchmakers then disbanded.
"Arrrgh!" Archnemon slammed her fist into the cave wall. Behind her, Mummymon looked about in silence.
"You know, Archnemon, I'm pretty sure we've been here before-" He was quickly silenced by a ferocious glare from Archnemon.
"Don't you think I know that? I'm mad because we were tricked into this and can't escape!" She pounded the wall again. "ChaosDramon! Show your scaly hide, now!!"
ChaosDramon's voice echoed from deep within the cave. "What's the matter, Archnemon? Aren't you enjoying the little distraction I provided?"
Archnemon's eyes darted about. "Where are you?! I swear, when I get my arms on you, I'll drain all the fluids from your body!!"
"Please, Miss Archnemon, you must watch your blood pressure-" Again Mummymon was silenced by a glance from Archnemon.
"Oh, dear, I'm afraid I can't do that. I'm far to busy plotting to destroy the Digidestined."
Archnemon, seeking a weak point, spotted what appeared to be one. "That's my goal as well. Why don't we join together in our plans?"
"Hah. What kind of idiot do you take me for? Not like your little assistant there, I hope. I'm sorry, but you simply were in the way. I had to lure you into these caves with the prospect of finding an entire cache of Control Spires, then trap you by warping the D-Field around it. Yes... Archnemon, you are simply too much of a baka to be any use to me. Now, excuse me, but I must go find the one called Saiai..." The presence of ChaosDramon faded. Mummymon turned toward another cave.
"Cheer up, Archnemon! I'm sure there's an entrance he hasn't sealed. In the meantime, we can be alone together-"
SMASH!!! Mummymon flew into a wall. "Be quiet! If you say one more thing, I'll rip your head off and use it as a lampshade!" Archnemon then began thinking. *But who is this Saiai ChaosDramon mentioned...?*
"Gate Program, Initiate!"
The group of Digidestined now stood on top of a hill. Saiai noted that his and the others' clothes changed when they entered the Digiworld, and that Poromon, Upamon, and Demi V-mon had all digivolved to their Rookie forms. From the top of the hill branched three paths. One led into a forest; the second, to a river, and the third, to a large group of mountains. Daisuke, playing the part of the leader again, took charge.
"Alright, we'll split up into pairs so we can see if anyone knows about Jijimon. Me and Hikari will go to the mountains, Iori and Takeru to the river, and Saiai and Miyako to the forest," he said, remembering his pact with Takeru and Iori.
Takeru, however, protested. "Me and Hikari make a better team. We'll go to the mountains, and you and Iori go to the river."
"No, I'm going with Hikari!"
"Quiet!" Hikari stepped between the two boys. "Look, I'll just go with Saiai to the woods, alright? You and Takeru should go to the mountains, you need to work on your relationship anyway." She grabbed Saiai's hand and pulled him off towards the woods. "C'mon, let's go."
"Uh, ok..." Saiai followed, somewhat unsure how to react to seeing Hikari being fought over.
After they were out of earshot, Iori turned to Miyako. "We'd best go too. Good luck, guys." They headed off. Takeru glanced at Daisuke.
"Alright, let's make a deal. Neither of us will chase after Hikari until we get Saiai and Miyako together, ok?" He stuck out his hand, which Daisuke readily clasped.
"Deal. Now, just remember, Hikari-chan is mine after this, got it?"
Takeru turned toward the mountains. "Yeah, sure, whatever. C'mon, Patamon."
Submarimon stuck his head out of the river. "Sorry, but the Seadramon who lives here says he's never heard of Jijimon."
Iori patted his Digimon on the head. "That's ok, Submarimon. Keep looking, there's sure to be more Digimon around here somewhere. Miyako, has Aquillamon found anything out yet?"
Miyako sighed. "Nope. It makes no sense. You'd think SOMEONE would know something about him." She sat in silence for a second, staring up into the sky, then looked at Iori. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, what?"
"Is it just me, or are Daisuke and Takeru trying to get me and Saiai together?" Iori looked at her with a slightly pained expression. She continued, not noticing. "I mean, Saiai's cool `n all, but as I said when we went up against Digitamamon, I swore off liking boys just because they're cute. Plus, even if we do get together, I don't want it to be because someone forced us to. I dunno, maybe I'm just being nieve. What do you think, Iori?"
Iori quickly hid his expression. "Uh, well, I don't think they are. Daisuke teases you, but that's probably it. Besides, they're too busy fighting over Hikari to do anything like that."
Miyako sighed and turned her face to look at the sky again. "I hope you're right... I'd hate to think that someone I trusted was doing something like that behind my back."
Iori felt extremely uncomfortable. "Me too. Hey, Submarimon, can I help you search?"
Tommon walked quickly to catch up with Tailmon, who was trailing Hikari and Saiai. "Why do you not like me so much?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You know what I mean. Every time I compliment you, or something, you always act so darkly toward me. What's going on?"
Tommon shook her head. "I don't not like you. I simply am not one who wishes to be romanced to meet your foolish whims."
"But I mean what I say! You're the most beautiful creature I ever met! Seriously, what's wrong with me?"
"Nothing's wrong with you."
"Then why do you always give me the cold shoulder?"
Tailmon considered this for a second. *He's right, there isn't really any reason. Maybe-* She shook her head quickly. "Just leave me alone, ok?!" She ran to catch up with Hikari. Tommon continued at his original pace.
"Sigh... I wish she acted more openly, like Hikari does to Saiai."
Hikari was, in fact, still pulling Saiai along at a rapid pace. The newest Digidestined was still bewildered from what was going on. "Uhm, I don't mean to pry, but why are we going so fast? There's no reason to. In fact, there's a very good reason not to, which is that we might pass up a Digimon on our way."
Hikari, however, did not have a chance to answer, for at that moment, a rather large pit, which had been disguised, appeared right under Hikari and Saiai. They fell in, and found themselves face to face with a monstrous dragon. Tailmon and Tommon halted at the edge of the pit.
"Nani?! That's a Beastdramon!"
The Beastdramon's sword-like tail swung over its head and pointed toward Saiai and Hikari. "Hearken, humans! Thee hath entered my lair! Thou must perish for such an act!"
Immediately, the two cat Digimon leaped into the hole and begin beating on Beastdramon with their attacks. However, it merely knocked them back with a swipe of its claws. Tommon had seen Tailmon being hit, though, and the change had already taken place.
"Tommon digivolve to..."
A smallish, red-capped Digimon appeared in Tommon's place. It had a sword strapped to its back, and had leather boots and gloves.
"Igamon!"
"Woah..."
"Hey, It's an Igamon!"
Igamon began pounding Beastdramon with his fists. "ARRRGH! If you touch Tailmon again, I'll-"
"Tail Blade!" Igamon got knocked back. He stood up, wincing slightly.
"No... I won't be defeated!" He pulled out a pair of Shuriken almost as large as his head, which made up 50% of his body mass. "Iga Style Shuriken Throw!"
The attack glanced off Beastdramon's armor. It aimed its horn at Igamon. "Horn Missle!" The horn shot forward and struck Igamon hard.
"Ooogf..." He collapsed and reverted to Tommon. Saiai rushed over to check on him, while Hikari and Tailmon exchanged glances of surprise.
"Uh, what just happened?"
"I'm not sure myself..."
Beastdramon rose itself on its haunches and spoke. "I shall allow thee to leave my lair unharmed, now that I hath seen that your Digimon are weak. Now depart, before I change my mind!"
Later, on the trail back to the hill, Hikari and Saiai conversed as Tailmon helped the injured Tommon walk.
"Uh, why is your Igamon so... weak?"
"He's not weak! That was just a strong Digimon. Probably a Ultimate or something."
Tailmon spoke. "No, that was a Champion, I'm sure of it."
Saiai glared at Tailmon. "Well, anyway, that's not important now. What's important is that he can Digivolve to the Champion level. And he's not weak, it's just that attacking and defending aren't his main strengths."
"What are they, then?"
"Uh..." Saiai pondered this for a second. "Hey, look, it's the hill! C'mon, let's go meet up with the others." He said, changing the subject.
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FINALLY! I'm done with Part 2. All rejoice! *Kitsunebi fill the air*
I hope that my current pace doesn't continue. I'll be done by the time they show reruns of the last episode of 02!
Anyway, enjoy. The BIG Saiko Scene ain't coming up yet, so be patient. Sayonara!
Horisu no Saiai out! ^-^'