AUTHOR'S NOTE: I just realized that the last chapter had none of Kiiroishi's POV in it whatsoever. I've never done that before...well, anyway, this'll be packed with Kiiroishi, so um...Kiiroishi fans enjoy? (Are there any besides me?)
"Prickly Bang Bang!" yelled the pale girl. From her boxing gloves came a thousand cactus needles.
Taomon leaped from the horde of needles in the nick of time.
"Taomon, be careful!" yelled Ruki.
"Buddist Brush Brandish!" yelled Taomon, striking the girl with a charm from her brush.
The girl kneeled over in pain. "Lord Culu, help me!" she begged.
"Lord Culu?" asked Taomon. The red-haired girl glared at Taomon.
"Yes, Lord Culumon. The savior of the hybrids. If it were not for him, all of us would be mere weaklings." she told Taomon, then continued. "I am Toge, number 13 of 53. We are human and digimon hybrids. I don't know who our creator is, but he has forsaken us. Left us as outcasts in this world. We are forced to hide underground, for we cannot hide our abilities. Lord Culumon found us all one day and decided we needed his help to evolve our data and become more powerful."
Taomon's eyes widened. "Fifty-three hybrids?" she whispered.
Toge nodded. "Yes. The ones you do know are myself, Devi, Grey, and your own son, Kiiroishi."
It had been a hectic ten minutes. As soon as I got out to see Takato and Reiko, Ruki had called him on her cell phone, saying that she and Renamon were getting attacked by what they thought was a hybrid. So Dad and Takato left in Takato's car as quick as they could, leaving me and Reiko here.
Reiko was sitting in Dad's old bedroom, watching out the window. I just lay down on the bed, bored and worried. Bad combo.
"I wish there was some way we could go see if they're okay." I thought out loud. Reiko looked at me for a moment, then smiled.
"Your grandpa left for work about an hour ago, right?" she asked me. I nodded.
"And Hirokazu's asleep in the living room, isn't he?" she pestered me. I nodded again. What was she getting at?
"Your aunt went over to the grocery store, but she walked, right?" Reiko inquired.
"Yeah, she..." Then I realized what she meant.
"Do you know where she keeps her car keys?" Reiko asked me.
Devi stirred awake. She was in some sort of bubble. She felt around it. It was made of a sort of blue-tinted glass.
Then she started panic. She couldn't breathe in this thing! Someone had to get her out!
She started to pound on the glass, trying to break it.
"Just relax, Devi." came that cool voice she had grown to despise.
"The glass bubble has millions of small air holes in it. You should have air for about two more hours. This won't take more than half an hour at the most." he informed her.
"Yamaki, what are you doing?" asked Devi. "What do you want?"
Yamaki shook his head. "That is for me to know, and for you to never find out."
He turned back to a computer, and began typing. A small screen with Devi's face on it popped up, and under it was the words 'Number Five'.
Yamaki smirked, and then clicked on a small button that read 'Edit'.
"I can't believe we're doing this -- OW!" I yelled as once again, I slammed into the seat.
"It's a little late now!" shouted Reiko as she swerved around to barely miss a mailbox.
"Why did I go with you? Am I really that dumb?" I asked Reiko out loud.
"D'you really want me to answer, mon boy?" she asked. I growled. Reiko giggled, and almost hit another mailbox.
"Takato, over there!" yelled Jenrya, causing his friend to swerve sharply to the left, almost hitting a wall.
Before their eyes was quite a sight. Taomon fighting a girl dressed in green velcro with huge red boxing gloves, while Ruki was hopelessly shouting out directions, which pretty much summed up to 'Get rid of her but don't kill her'.
"Who is that girl?" Jenrya asked Takato. He shrugged.
"She must be the hybrid Ruki was talking about." Takato muttered tersely. He unbuckled himself from the seat.
"Guilmon!" he shouted. The little red dinosaur popped out from the backseat of the car.
"Yes, Takatomon?" he asked.
"I need you to help out Taomon, got it buddy?" Takato asked his partner. "Sure!" the dino said.
They both ran out of the car. In a few seconds, Guilmon had evolved to Growlmon, and both were trying to avoid the girl's attacks without actually harming her, at least not severely.
Jenrya was about to get out of the car himself to help, however, this was prevented by a black car speeding in his direction.
"REIKO! SLOW DOWN!" screamed Kiiroishi as she ended up missing Jenrya by only an inch.
Jenrya watched dumbfounded as the black car finally screeched to a halt. A loud yell of "OW!" came from Kiiroishi.
"Buddist Brush Brandish!" yelled Taomon. The girl leapt over the talisman aimed for her, and sent more needles shooting in Taomon's direction.
"Pyro Blaster!" shouted Growlmon, singeing them before they could actually hit Taomon.
"Prickly Bang Bang!" yelled the girl, sending needles flying in Growlmon's direction.
Taomon frowned in frustration. There had to be some way to stop this girl without possibly killing her. Perhaps if they could get someone with similar ability...
But Kiiroishi wasn't here. Then again, she had to admit she didn't exactly relish the idea of the boy fighting. The last time...he had gone completely out of control. Perhaps it was just mother's intuition, as she heard Ruki call it, but she was certain that wasn't just because of the virus.
Dad ran over to the car. Reiko was looking smug and pleased with herself, while I was in the backseat rubbing my poor aching head. Dad knocked on the window with a grave expression on his face. Reiko put the window down, and we both knew we were in for it.
"Where do you get this car from?" he asked sternly. Reiko and I looked at each other. Should we lie? Tell the truth? Run like heck?
"It's Shuchion's." said Reiko casually. "She told us we could use it." she lied effortlessly.
Dad looked at her. "Did she? Now why would she let two thirteen year-olds go joyriding in her car?" he asked her.
"Because she loves us?" I supplied.
"Because she knows we're responsible adults?" said Reiko.
Dad shook his head. "Doesn't matter." he muttered.
"I'll ground you later. Kiiroishi, I need you to use the Taomon card like earlier." he explained.
"The digimon can't seem to effectively fight this girl on their own, but if you could help them..." he didn't get to finish his sentence, because I stole the D-Arc and card in his hand.
I got out of the car as quick as I could.
"Digi-Modify! Taomon, activate!"
Yamaki smiled. He deactivated the glass bubble, and it broke open. He grabbed the girl and placed her down on the floor. In about ten minutes, she would wake up.
He only had to finish his work on number one. Toge would catch him.
"Prickly Bang Bang!" yelled the pale girl. From her boxing gloves came a thousand cactus needles.
Taomon leaped from the horde of needles in the nick of time.
"Taomon, be careful!" yelled Ruki.
"Buddist Brush Brandish!" yelled Taomon, striking the girl with a charm from her brush.
The girl kneeled over in pain. "Lord Culu, help me!" she begged.
"Lord Culu?" asked Taomon. The red-haired girl glared at Taomon.
"Yes, Lord Culumon. The savior of the hybrids. If it were not for him, all of us would be mere weaklings." she told Taomon, then continued. "I am Toge, number 13 of 53. We are human and digimon hybrids. I don't know who our creator is, but he has forsaken us. Left us as outcasts in this world. We are forced to hide underground, for we cannot hide our abilities. Lord Culumon found us all one day and decided we needed his help to evolve our data and become more powerful."
Taomon's eyes widened. "Fifty-three hybrids?" she whispered.
Toge nodded. "Yes. The ones you do know are myself, Devi, Grey, and your own son, Kiiroishi."
It had been a hectic ten minutes. As soon as I got out to see Takato and Reiko, Ruki had called him on her cell phone, saying that she and Renamon were getting attacked by what they thought was a hybrid. So Dad and Takato left in Takato's car as quick as they could, leaving me and Reiko here.
Reiko was sitting in Dad's old bedroom, watching out the window. I just lay down on the bed, bored and worried. Bad combo.
"I wish there was some way we could go see if they're okay." I thought out loud. Reiko looked at me for a moment, then smiled.
"Your grandpa left for work about an hour ago, right?" she asked me. I nodded.
"And Hirokazu's asleep in the living room, isn't he?" she pestered me. I nodded again. What was she getting at?
"Your aunt went over to the grocery store, but she walked, right?" Reiko inquired.
"Yeah, she..." Then I realized what she meant.
"Do you know where she keeps her car keys?" Reiko asked me.
Devi stirred awake. She was in some sort of bubble. She felt around it. It was made of a sort of blue-tinted glass.
Then she started panic. She couldn't breathe in this thing! Someone had to get her out!
She started to pound on the glass, trying to break it.
"Just relax, Devi." came that cool voice she had grown to despise.
"The glass bubble has millions of small air holes in it. You should have air for about two more hours. This won't take more than half an hour at the most." he informed her.
"Yamaki, what are you doing?" asked Devi. "What do you want?"
Yamaki shook his head. "That is for me to know, and for you to never find out."
He turned back to a computer, and began typing. A small screen with Devi's face on it popped up, and under it was the words 'Number Five'.
Yamaki smirked, and then clicked on a small button that read 'Edit'.
"I can't believe we're doing this -- OW!" I yelled as once again, I slammed into the seat.
"It's a little late now!" shouted Reiko as she swerved around to barely miss a mailbox.
"Why did I go with you? Am I really that dumb?" I asked Reiko out loud.
"D'you really want me to answer, mon boy?" she asked. I growled. Reiko giggled, and almost hit another mailbox.
"Takato, over there!" yelled Jenrya, causing his friend to swerve sharply to the left, almost hitting a wall.
Before their eyes was quite a sight. Taomon fighting a girl dressed in green velcro with huge red boxing gloves, while Ruki was hopelessly shouting out directions, which pretty much summed up to 'Get rid of her but don't kill her'.
"Who is that girl?" Jenrya asked Takato. He shrugged.
"She must be the hybrid Ruki was talking about." Takato muttered tersely. He unbuckled himself from the seat.
"Guilmon!" he shouted. The little red dinosaur popped out from the backseat of the car.
"Yes, Takatomon?" he asked.
"I need you to help out Taomon, got it buddy?" Takato asked his partner. "Sure!" the dino said.
They both ran out of the car. In a few seconds, Guilmon had evolved to Growlmon, and both were trying to avoid the girl's attacks without actually harming her, at least not severely.
Jenrya was about to get out of the car himself to help, however, this was prevented by a black car speeding in his direction.
"REIKO! SLOW DOWN!" screamed Kiiroishi as she ended up missing Jenrya by only an inch.
Jenrya watched dumbfounded as the black car finally screeched to a halt. A loud yell of "OW!" came from Kiiroishi.
"Buddist Brush Brandish!" yelled Taomon. The girl leapt over the talisman aimed for her, and sent more needles shooting in Taomon's direction.
"Pyro Blaster!" shouted Growlmon, singeing them before they could actually hit Taomon.
"Prickly Bang Bang!" yelled the girl, sending needles flying in Growlmon's direction.
Taomon frowned in frustration. There had to be some way to stop this girl without possibly killing her. Perhaps if they could get someone with similar ability...
But Kiiroishi wasn't here. Then again, she had to admit she didn't exactly relish the idea of the boy fighting. The last time...he had gone completely out of control. Perhaps it was just mother's intuition, as she heard Ruki call it, but she was certain that wasn't just because of the virus.
Dad ran over to the car. Reiko was looking smug and pleased with herself, while I was in the backseat rubbing my poor aching head. Dad knocked on the window with a grave expression on his face. Reiko put the window down, and we both knew we were in for it.
"Where do you get this car from?" he asked sternly. Reiko and I looked at each other. Should we lie? Tell the truth? Run like heck?
"It's Shuchion's." said Reiko casually. "She told us we could use it." she lied effortlessly.
Dad looked at her. "Did she? Now why would she let two thirteen year-olds go joyriding in her car?" he asked her.
"Because she loves us?" I supplied.
"Because she knows we're responsible adults?" said Reiko.
Dad shook his head. "Doesn't matter." he muttered.
"I'll ground you later. Kiiroishi, I need you to use the Taomon card like earlier." he explained.
"The digimon can't seem to effectively fight this girl on their own, but if you could help them..." he didn't get to finish his sentence, because I stole the D-Arc and card in his hand.
I got out of the car as quick as I could.
"Digi-Modify! Taomon, activate!"
Yamaki smiled. He deactivated the glass bubble, and it broke open. He grabbed the girl and placed her down on the floor. In about ten minutes, she would wake up.
He only had to finish his work on number one. Toge would catch him.