Dejital Wars Episode One
C3: A Meeting of the Minds
[A/N: Enjoy then. The ending will be very funny, or evil if you're a bit of a prude.]
[Disclaimer: Lucas and his boys own 'Star Wars' and TOEI and the rest own 'Digimon'. I own the modified stuff I write down, though. Don't steal and don't sue.]
"So who's up now?" Takeru questioned as they sped through hyperspace, "On Cycron, I mean."
"Three young men." Gennai answered, "Kido Jyou, Izumi Koushiro, and Ichijouji Ken. By the Digital, I'm tired."
"Why's that?" Hikari questioned.
"I haven't slept since before landing on Junray." he groaned, "And I know I need to sleep."
"Well, why not let Hikari and I search for Jyou, Koushiro, and Ken?" Takeru offered, "We ought to be fine with Tailmon and Patamon."
"Not a chance in Hades!" Gennai snapped, "We're still being tracked, and I don't know by who."
"Gennai, we're supposed to be Deji, right?" Takeru questioned, "Then we should do things on our own to train for battles we'll have to face against the Darkness."
There was a long, steely silence that hung in the air as Gennai stared Takeru in the eye.
"You evil, manipulative, little boy." he finally concluded, "I'll let you go, but you need lightsabers along with your digimon. Come with me."
He led them away from the control room and down the many halls in the ship. They finally came to one room in particular. Inside were piles of wires, crystals, and bits and pieces of metal. However, on the long table that stretched across an entire wall, thirteen lightsabers lay waiting for their possessors to claim them.
"These two are yours." Gennai scooped two from the table and handed one to each child, "Don't activate the blades unless you need to, and when they are on, remember one thing. The blade is only energy in concentrated form. It weighs nothing. Don't swing as though it were a broadsword or something ridiculous like that. Be careful with it."
"All right, let's see." Hikari read over the data tablet, waiting on the lowered docking ramp for Takeru, "'Jyou and Koushiro are never without the other. Jyou has glasses, black eyes, and dark blue hair. Koushiro has black eyes, red hair, and almost always carries a personal Holo-Com from Pineapple Corp., the most popular distributor of holographic computers. Ken is a lavender-eyed, purple-haired boy that sometimes is with Jyou and Koushiro. Koushiro and Ken are recognized geniuses in the capital city of Iko. Their partners are as follows: Jyou, Gomamon; Koushiro, Tentomon; Ken, Wormmon.' Well, if they're geniuses and everyone knows them, it won't be hard to find them."
"Let's get moving, Hikari!" Takeru appeared from inside the ship, hurrying down the ramp, Patamon gripping the boy's hat for dear life. Hikari looked over Takeru. He had changed from the traditional long sleeved and legged gray garb of the Icae residents for gray shorts, a green-chested and yellow-long-sleeved V-close shirt, a green belt, and gray cloth boots. The lightsaber hilt was carefully hidden beneath the belt, as was Hikari's. Hikari smiled at Takeru.
"What?" Takeru asked, "Do I look stupid?"
"You look absolutely cute." Hikari stood up, dusting herself off and smiling more as Takeru blushed. Patamon and Tailmon giggled and Takeru blushed more.
"Oh, come on." he said, only slightly angry, "We've got work to do!"
The group started off into the city of Iko, and seemed almost stunned when they stepped out of the spaceport. Everything seemed…advanced. Digimon, humans, and many droids wandered the streets, perfectly courteous. Small children were at happy play in parks. But the wonder of the city was in the buildings.
Monstrous things the buildings were. Giant, towering things they were. They reflected the sunlight into solar cells, gathering energy. If they didn't have the cells, the sunlight glinting off would blind many people. The silver metal and reflective glass was the perfect thing to reflect sun to blind people.
"Wow." was the only thing Patamon could say. But the rest of the group was dumbfounded, too impressed for words.
"Um, excuse me, sir." Hikari walked up to a passing businessman, "Do you know where we might find Izumi Koushiro, Kido Jyou, and Ichijouji Ken?"
"Of course!" the man replied cheerfully, "They're taking a day off from work to rest at the QI Club."
"Where is that?"
"Go down the street and turn the first right. It's a big neon sign. You can't miss it."
"Thank you very much, sir!" Hikari said with almost pure glee in her voice. The man just smiled and laughed, nodding. He went off on his own business, while Hikari, Takeru, Patamon, and Tailmon went down the street.
True to the man's word, a large neon sign with "QI CLUB" flashing was around the corner. There were no guards or bouncers, so the group just strode in.
Music was playing at a sensible level, but the club was almost empty. Three people were sitting towards the back in a secluded booth, a light shining directly on them. They sat around a holographic battle table, a digimon at each of their sides.
"Blast it." the blue-haired, glasses-wearing boy said, "You beat all my cards again, Koushiro."
"Well, Jyou, I am the best Digital Battle player on Cycron." the red-haired boy laughed, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment, "I'm sorry about kicking your butt."
"Excuse us." Takeru walked forwards into the light, "But you three are Kido Jyou, Izumi Koushiro, and Ichijouji Ken?"
"Yes." the purple-haired boy replied, "Why do you care?"
"Well, the thing is, well…" Takeru was hesitant to say, nervous to say such a huge thing. He giggled anxiously.
"We're a part of a group." Hikari stepped forwards, "We've been looking for you."
"Head off." Koushiro, the red-haired one, said, "We aren't going to be suckered into a stupid group that wanders around the universe trying to get more people."
"We aren't like that!" Hikari protested, "Honest! We're here to recruit you to—"
"Aha!" Koushiro snapped, "Recruiting? You're trying to get us into a dumb recruitment thing!"
"No!" Hikari tried to speak, "Really! We're here to get you to be Deji!"
"Yeah right." Koushiro muttered, "Like I'll believe that."
"Wait." Jyou, the blue-haired one, spoke up, "Deji? You're here to make us Deji?"
"We're here with the Deji Knight, Gennai." Takeru spoke now, his confidence reborn, "And we aren't trying to do what you said."
"Uh-huh." Koushiro waved a hand mockingly.
"Stop saying that!" Takeru began to move aside his belt, his eyes narrowing in anger. Hikari put a hand over his, giving him a warning look.
"What do we have to do to convince you that we aren't trying to do something stupid like you say we are?" she asked.
"Beat me at a game of Digital Battle." Koushiro shrugged very nonchalantly, "But no one's beaten me at it for at least two years. I'm the undisputed champion of the game on Cycron."
"Uh, Koushiro?" Ken interjected, "Not to be rude…but you really sound like a jerk. I think we should talk about what they're saying."
"Wait." Hikari raised a hand, "If you want us to convince you, we will. I was a pretty good Digital Battle player back in Iren." She sat down at the opposite side of the holographic board and then blinked, as though remembering something.
"I don't have my cards with me." she said simply, putting a finger to her lip. The rest of the gathered group sweatdropped.
"You can borrow mine." Ken pulled a deck of cards from the pocket of his gray slacks. His clothes were immaculate gray, the long-sleeved tunic shirt, the gray belt, and the gray slacks over black cloth boots.
"Koushiro, don't be cruel!" the Tentomon from Koushiro's side squealed, "That wouldn't be nice!"
"OK, OK, Tentomon." Koushiro shook his arm free of Tentomon's claw, straightening out the long crimson sleeve of his shirt, yanking the black and crimson striped chest down through the red belt. His pants were a faded black color, and brown toned boots adorned his feet.
"Well, shall we duel?" the red-haired boy asked, "I'll probably win."
"We'll see." Hikari smiled.
After a long, long while, Koushiro was blue in the face, and Hikari was smiling sweetly. Koushiro had lost. And he had lost rather hard.
"OK, so what's the deal?" he asked in a strained voice.
"We're here to get you three guys." Takeru began to explain, "We've been traveling with a man named Gennai and searching for kids that are suited to be Deji Knights against the growing Darkness. You three are part of this group."
"I still want proof." Koushiro said as Ken and Jyou agreed.
Takeru pulled the lightsaber from his belt and showed it to the three boys and their digimon.
"Oh." Koushiro blinked, "I'll shut up now."
Everyone laughed.
"Master Piemon, should we try to destroy Gennai's ship before they leave for their next destination?"
"No. Just leave them. We shall destroy all of them when they try to openly fight us."
"Yes sir."
The group was making its way back to the spaceport. Everything had been explained, and everything was ready to go.
"Gennai, we're back with Jyou, Ken, and Koushiro!" Hikari called through the ship, "Taichi! Yamato! We're back!"
And every single one of them blushed crimson. Taichi was up against the wall, his shirt half off his shoulders, and Yamato's hands on his shoulders. Yamato was in the same state of dress. Both of them were completely red.
Takeru fainted. Hikari stared. Jyou and Koushiro turned away. And Ken looked studious.
—to be continued—
