Part 21: Case Closed!
The Odaiba Police Station was filled with concerned family and friends all demanding results and information on the whereabouts of their children...
"My daughter is missing and I demand that you go out and find her!" Mrs. Akihabara shouted.
"Both of my children are missing!" Mrs. Yagami said.
"My brother is missing!" Jun shouted, wanting results.
"Find my Yamato-kun!" a crazed fangirl shouted out of the many that were there after hearing the news. As a matter of fact, true, and obsessive, Yamato, Teen-Age Wolves fans filled up the station.
There are also a couple of familiar faces in the crowd; Mrs. Hida and her search party. They decided to go to the police station to report that Eiji and Iori were now missing. Malissa was there also along with the librarian. They told their story to the police, but Ms. Toshokan had to leave.
"I'm sorry, we don't know where these children are," the sergeant said, holding up his hands, trying to yell over the commotion of the crowd and the heartbroken Yama fans. "They just vanished! Our men and women are working on it, though!"
"Then you guys need to work harder!" a girl shouted.
"What are we paying our taxes for you cops for!" a man shouted angrily. "We want results!!"
The Sergeant shook his head in frustration. It was like they weren't listening to him.
"I can assure you all that we are doing the best that we can!" the Sergeant said. "We have no clues or leads as to where your children could be!"
All of a sudden, another officer ran in holding a few objects and along with him was a boy who looked to be about eight or nine years old. He had to push his way through the crowd to get to the Sergeant with the boy.
"Sergeant Akio!" the officer called. "We just got another report and this boy saw what happened! He called it in and I went to investigate it. I then decided to bring him back with me."
The crowd started to calm down, not much, as they heard this. The reporters from the Fuji TV station were there too and they definitely weren't going to miss this story.
"What do you know, son?" the Sergeant asked. "What's your name?"
"My name is Eric, sir," the boy said hesitantly.
The boy was pretty nervous about speaking to a policeman.
"It's okay," the officer smiled at the boy. "Just tell the Sergeant what you told me when you called in."
"Please, will you all quiet down!" the Sergeant instructed. "This boy knows something and it may help us to find your children."
After what seemed to take forever, the crowd finally quieted down. The Sergeant then turned towards the boy and said, "Okay go ahead."
"Well, I was on my way home from playing in the park and I saw this boy and this girl talking. I think they were a boyfriend and a girlfriend or something mushy like that," the boy started. "I was a little ways behind them since I was going in the same direction as them. I then saw this weird guy in a cloak following them. I was still a little ways off so they didn't see me. The guy in the cloak then appeared in front of them somehow. I decided to get a closer look and hide. The guy with the cloak said some stuff and the boy said some stuff about something called 'Digimon,' whatever that is. The guy in the cloak then held an arrow to the both of them and he took off his cloak. He looked very weird!"
"What do you mean?" the Sergeant asked.
"He didn't look human," the boy said. "The two called the guy a Digimon and the boy took out a shinnai to try and protect the girl. Oh, the girl that was with the boy, I've seen her around. I live in the same apartment building as her, but I don't know her very well. I don't even know her name. I never saw the boy before. The guy then shot out his arrow and it turned into a net and it covered them! He kept saying he was going to kill them for his master or something like that. He was about to shoot the girl, but this weird looking thing opened up from the sky and sucked them up into it and it closed. The Digimon thing then said muttered something and he went through some weird looking thing too!"
The parents were all silent for a moment. They couldn't believe what they had just heard. The Teen-Age Wolves fans just thought the boy was crazy.
"Digimon? Portal?" the Sergeant asked. He turned to the officer, a look of stress and slight anger. "We don't have time for such nonsense! Are you sure this isn't some kind of a joke."
"I don't know what to believe, sir," the officer said, "but that's all we have to go on; besides, I found these at the site."
The Officer handed the Sergeant the objects. It was Iori's Kendo equipment and Eiji's grocery bag.
"So, it's a grocery bag filled with," he started to go through the bag and held his nose, "garlic products and some Kendo equipment."
Eiji's mother and Mrs. Hida both screamed out, "Eiji!!!/Iori!!!"
The Sergeant didn't hear them since he was still talking to the boy.
"Sir, after they got taken into the portal, they dropped that stuff," Eric explained to the Sergeant. "I then used my cell phone that my mommy gave me so that I can use it for emergencies to call the police station. My father always told me to call the police station or the news if I see anything weird, but I don't know the news number."
"You're a smart boy," the Sergeant smiled, "but honestly, Digimon? That is one farfetched story and quite unbelievable."
Mr. Ishida walked up to the boy...
"Excuse me, but did you say, Digimon?"
"Yes sir, that's what the thing said he was," Eric nodded.
"Ishida-san, you don't honestly believe that story?" the Sergeant asked in surprise.
Ms. Takaishi then walked up.
"I do. My two sons," she side glanced over at her ex, "our two sons, were taken back."
"Excuse me?" the officer asked in confusion.
Mr. and Mrs. Yagami walked up next.
"We know where our children are," Mr. Yagami said. "We just hope that they're safe."
Mrs. Yagami nodded in agreement...
"There's always Tento-san and the other Digimon to protect them," Mrs. Izumi said quietly.
"I just hope they get home soon," Mr. Izumi said.
Mrs. Akihabara and Mr. & Mrs. Mi didn't understand any of this. They were quite confused.
"My daughter, Aina, didn't come home!" Mrs. Mi shouted. "What do you mean you know where she is! If you know where she is, bring her home this instant, and what on earth is a Digimon!!"
"This is crazy talk!" the Sergeant said while throwing his hands up in the air.
"I don't like this either," Mrs. Akihabara said. "My daughter is missing!! My 11-year-old, daughter!! Her name is *Tezuka Eiji!! Go and get her!! Bring her home where it's safe! I don't like the idea of some cloaked killer after my only daughter!!"
"Please sir, believe them," Mrs. Hida said to the Sergeant. "They have gone back. They were chosen to go back."
"GO BACK WHERE!!!" Mrs. Akihabara shouted out in frustration.
"The Digital World," Mrs. Hida said.
"The Digital World?" Malissa wondered out aloud. 'Jou was taken back to the Digital World? I don't like the sound of that. I hope nothing happens to him.'
Eiji and Aina's families stared at the Yagamis, Motomiyas, Izumis, Inoues, and the rest of the families in pure confusion since they all seemed to understand what was going on and what could've happened...
All of a sudden, a young man who looked to be about 22 years of age, ran in. He wore glasses and had dark blue hair. It was Jou's older brother, Shuu.
"My brother...what's happened," Shuu asked while trying to catch his breath. "I just heard the report on the news and got here as fast as I could!! It said something about his being missing!"
"Shuu-san," Jun called out. "How did you get here so fast? You live all the way in Kyoto now to continue studying under Takenouchi-hakase."
"Shuu, Jou's brother?" Malissa said, recognizing the person.
"Hey Jun, hey Malissa, now what's happened to my brother!"
"He was taken back to the Digital World," Jun told him.
"Is the Digital World a bad place?" Malissa asked Jun and Shuu. "Will Jou be okay?"
"Excuse me, young man, but which child are you with?" the Sergeant interrupted.
"Kido Jou," Shuu said. "I am his older brother, *Shuu. Shin-niisan is out of town. I guess you could call us his guardians. I called my brother on his cell and he and his girlfriend were going to try to catch the next flight here from Kaibara, but is my brother really in the Digital World?"
"Oh brother," the Sergeant muttered in annoyance. "This is getting weirder and weirder."
"Eric, let us call your parents to let them know that you are okay," the Officer told the young boy. "We wouldn't want them to start worrying about you, now."
"Yes sir," the boy responded.
The Officer and Eric walks out, to be stormed by reporters...
Jun and the others all explained to Shuu what was going on who, along
with the other relatives that knew about Digimon, sat down and explained
the entire thing to Eiji's mother and Aina's parents...
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Hawkmon: C'mon RP! What happens to Miyako-san and the others?
Wormmon: AND WHEN DO I GET TO SEE MY KEN-CHAN AGAIN!! I MISS HIM!!
RP: Calm down! You all will get there eventually.
Betamon: Hopefully now. The sooner she talks about Ken and Miyako, the sooner I can get to see Michael.
RP: You know what, you guys are right. I should do that part right now!
All of the Digimon who haven't seen their partners yet shouts out "Yay!!"
RP: Yes, I will let you all know what happens. (Gives them a sly look) In the next part!
All of the Digimon face faults while RP smirks.
RP: I love doing that to them!
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Note 1: Here's the explanation for the last name thing.
When Eiji's mother remarried, let's say she changed her name, but left
Eiji's name the same.
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Note 2: Shin, Shuu...who??? This is for people
who don't know this. Shin is "Jim" in the English version, but he's
only appeared in 01 during the Myotismon stuff. He's never been in
02 and it will remain that way until the very last episode of 02.
Shuu is the 20 year old--he has five years on Jou and for 02, Jou is originally 15--non existent brother in the dub.
::Rolls eyes in annoyance at Saban's stupidity::
Shuu is the brother that is an apprentice under Sora's father. The dub said that it was "Jim" which is false. He actually comes back later on, Shuu, and helps the kids out after they all get back to Japan after they finish their traveling around the world meeting these International Chosen Children. As for Shin's age, it's unknown. The rumor is that he may be five years older than Shuu.
Shin is the oldest of the three of them and Jou is the youngest, no duh, right? lol You can estimate as to how old Shin was in 01. He was in med school and he couldn't be 17 or 18 because for 01, if you do the math, Shuu would've been 17 for it. Besides, 17 or 18, for Shin's age, may be a bit young for someone to be in Medical school. ^^;
In the original version of the Kyoto ep, Shuu told Miyako that he was on a school trip when Myotismon attacked Odaiba and that he wasn't in town. Also, in the very last episode...
Spoiler>
...both Shuu and Shin are there because they're worried about Jou and giving moral support and stuff, just like the other families are. It's still strange though. You see everyone else's families--parents, siblings, etc.--but for Jou, only his brothers, no parents. He's the only Chosen Child we've never seen parents for show wise. We do know they exist because of the Drama because he was having dinner with both his parents and both of his brothers.
/Spoiler>
Pretty weird, huh.