"The Detectives Kamiya: The Informant Who Loved Me"
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Summary: An evil genius begins stealing jewels in order to power up an invention that will destroy Tokyo! Luckily, he has an informant to help him keep one step ahead of the good guys. Especially our heroes, Tai and Kari. Will this genius succeed, or will the Kamiyas stop him in time?
Will Tai and Kari finally capture Izzy? How will Yolei factor into all of this? How is Matt coping with the loss of his brother? And who stole TK's body? The answers... well, most of them... will be given in this episode, the conclusion of "The Informant Who Loved Me."
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fanfic.
Rating: R, contains profane language, violence, and implied sexual situations. Do not read this if you are too young or you are against reading fanfics that contain this type of stuff.
*****
Tokyo, Japan
Matt had just returned from London early that afternoon. He was distraught over what happened TK. It made matters worse when he found out someone had stolen TK's body. And then he had to come back and hear about Tai and Kari's failed attempt to capture Izzy.
"What the hell were you four thinking?" he shouted at Tai, Kari, Agumon, and Gatomon, who were all sitting in front of Matt's desk in his office.
"He overpowered us, Matt, um, sir," Tai replied.
"That's why there are other officers here at the station. You ask them for help. It's called 'calling for back-up!' Why don't you try that some time?"
"But this guy's a genius!" Agumon exclaimed.
"And he was going to kill us!" Gatomon added.
"I don't care if he knows who built the Eiffel Tower or if he's got a Myotismon on his side! Do you realize how much in damages you two racked up?"
"A couple of thousand?" Tai hinted nervously.
"More like a couple ten thousands. Thirty thousand, to be exact."
"Are you serious?" Kari asked, not fully believing Matt.
Matt talks as he starts to head out of the room. "You're all on probation until further notice! And this case of yours is now closed! You are to stop all of your investigation!"
"But Chief..." Tai pleaded, "He could strike again, as early as today!"
"I don't care! If I even so much as get a hint that any of you have resumed your investigation, I will take your badges from you!"
With that threat, Matt slams the door behind him. The quartet now sits there, wondering what to do next.
"So what now?" Kari asks her brother.
"There's nothing we can do. We're done for."
*****
(Begin theme song - Limp Bizkit's "Boiler")
The siren of an ambulance wails in the background. Younger versions of Tai and Kari
are standing with their father and a hundred other mourners, all dressed in black. A gravestone marked with their family last name, Kamiya, is on it. Kari weeps openly into her brother's arms as a coffin is slowly lowered into a hole in the ground and then promptly buried in dirt.
Now in present time, Tai, dressed in a gray suit with matching pants along with a white buttoned long sleeve shirt and plain orange tie, walks out of a police station. Kari is walking next to him, wearing the same clothes as her older brother, with the exception of a knee length skirt in place of pants.
Meanwhile, the title screen appears...
"The Detectives Kamiya"
Starring Tai Kamiya...
Tai smiles goofily while lying in bed as he reminisces about an old girlfriend.
Kari Kamiya...
Kari walks through the police station as she flips through some papers in a folder.
Also Starring Matt Ishida as the Chief...
Matt opens a steel door and then gasps in fright at the sight of the figure standing behind it.
Fanfic Written and Edited by Freedom Fighter...
Kari dives into a small hole in the side of the building to avoid getting burned. In another scene, Tai motions to punch someone in the face, but he misses.
As the song comes to an end, Tai and Kari stand in front of their mother's grave. Kari sheds a tear as she places a bouquet of flowers next to the tombstone. Tai hugs his little sister as he looks up to the sky, knowing that their mother is now in a better place.
(End theme song)
*****
Episode 6 - "The Informant Who Loved Me, Part 3"
At Izzy's secret hideout, Yolei enters with another roll of blueprints in hand. Izzy smiles happily as she hands them to him.
"Thank you, Yolei. I can finally get the last jewel tonight. The Xylo Whitestone Pearl will soon be mine!"
"You know, it was quite a hassle to get those. Most of the network turned against me after someone found out about our plan last night."
"It's just as expected. I mean, those detectives were waiting for us. I'm surprised it was just them."
"Yeah. Izzy... I don't feel safe continuing on with this plan of yours."
"Understandable. You can drop out. Now that I have the plans to the Mesamoto Museum, all I have to do is get the jewel and my machine will be ready!"
"I want you to stop too, Izzy. Something doesn't feel right."
"Nonsense. Your doubts are intangible. I am in no danger."
"Please... I'm begging you!"
"That'll be enough, Yolei! If you're so concerned about my safety, then stay on and help me out tonight. Otherwise, leave. I no longer have any business with you."
Yolei lowers her head sadly as she turns and leaves the room.
"What is she so worried about? No one will ever catch the great Izzy Izumi!"
Back at the apartment that Tai and Kari shares, the two siblings are now stuck on the couch, watching TV.
"Look at it this way, Kari. At least this gives Agumon and Gatomon a chance to do some more training."
"But what about Izzy and his accomplice? They might try to pull another robbery tonight!"
"We can't do anything. We're on probation, remember? Besides, I'm sure another police officer will be able to handle it."
"But none of them have a Digimon. We're the only ones who do. We're the only ones who stand a chance against Izzy and his Tentomon."
"It doesn't matter. We have to follow the chief's orders."
"Why are you so happy about this anyway? Aren't you the type of person who objects to something like this?"
"Well, if you must know, this unexpected vacation gives me a chance to go on a date without using any of my sick days."
Kari facefaults. "You mean you're going on a date tonight?"
"Yep. What's it to you? It's not like you have one."
Kari pulls out a plastic bag, which had the piece of hair that she had gotten last night. "We still have to get to the lab and analyze this!"
"We're not going to get in the lab for that. That's part of the case we're working on, right? We're not allowed to do any work on it."
"But I can't just sit here at home and wait for Matt to change his mind about this! Sitting at home makes me feel so... useless."
"Then why don't you come with me on my date? At least you'd learn something about courting a guy."
"I'd rather go to the office and fill out paperwork all night."
Tai shrugs his shoulders. "Suit yourself. Anyway, I'd better start getting ready."
Tai heads off to his room to find some clothes to wear.
A few hours later, as night begins to fall over the city, Tai and Kari, with him driving their Toyota Camry, pull up to the station. Kari gets out of the passenger's side, wearing an orange short sleeve shirt and a yellow skirt that stopped just above her knees. On her feet, she was wearing an old pair of brown shoes and a pair of ankle length socks.
"Thanks for the ride," Kari said as she closed the door.
"Don't worry about it," Tai replied.
"Good luck tonight!"
"You too."
"Huh?" Kari blinked with curiosity. "Why do I need good luck? All I'm going to be doing for the next few hours is filling out paperwork and cleaning up our office."
"Derek's still on duty for another half hour. Maybe you can get to know him a little better," Tai hinted.
"Just go, okay?"
"I'll be home late," he yelled as he drove away, "so ask Matt for a ride home!"
Kari just turns towards the station entrance and opens the door. Once she closes it behind her, she turns to find Derek waiting for her, with an unopened can of Diet Pepsi in one hand and a manila folder in the other.
"Oh..." she gasped in surprise.
"I didn't scare you, did I?"
"A little bit," Kari admitted, before pointing to the items in Derek's hands. "A Diet Pepsi?"
"A little bird told me that your favorite after dinner drink was a Diet Pepsi," he said slyly as he handed the can to her.
"Let me guess... Tai told the chief to tell you to give me one, right?"
"Yes, that's right."
"For once I'd like to interfere with his love life," Kari growled as she clenched a fist in anger. She then notices that Derek is looking at her, so she quickly covers up by flashing a friendly smile at him.
"The chief also told me to give you this folder. It's on a missing persons case that he wants you and your team to start investigating in the morning."
"But I thought we were on probation," Kari stated as she took the folder from Derek, opened it, and started examining the contents.
"He decided to be lenient and lift it. He'll just take the appropriate amount of your weekly paycheck."
"That's just like him."
"Oh, but he said that you aren't allowed to resume that case you were working on. He considers it to be closed until further notice."
"Why doesn't Matt understand how important this is? Izzy could easily rob all of the city's financial outlets by week's end!"
"I'm sure he just needs a little convincing," he snickered.
Kari wasn't impressed, as she glared at him with her arms crossed over her chest.
"That's right, I forgot you mentioned the other day that you were still a..."
"Ahem!" came a cough, as the two turned to see Chief Ishida standing before them. "Weren't you supposed to go on patrol with Officer Konno?"
"Yes, sir!" Derek saluted as he walked past Kari and towards the door to leave. As he exited, Matt leads Kari to the front desk.
"Now's not the time to start a relationship, detective."
"Chief, I wasn't..."
"You know the duties of the front desk receptionist, right?"
Kari nods.
"Then get to work!"
"Yes, sir!"
Kari sits down at the desk and resumes looking over the folder Derek had given her, as she simultaneously opens her can of Diet Pepsi and starts drinking from it.
Meanwhile, Tai pulls into the parking lot of Blue Crab restaurant. He finds a parking space and drives into it. He gets out of the car, locks the door behind him before closing, and then pressing a button on his keychain to turn the car alarm on. We now can see that Tai is wearing a white Oxford short sleeve shirt with a plain black tie and a pair of black slacks. On his feet are a pair of newly polished black dress shoes and a pair of matching black socks.
As he walks around to the front entrance, he sees that Yolei was waiting for him, tapping her foot impatiently. She didn't seemed to very happy, which frightened Tai a little bit.
"Where were you?" she yelled at him. "You said to be here at 7:30! It's almost eight!"
"I was under the impression that you'd be fashionable late," he replied as he looked at what she was wearing. A simple yet elegant strapless yellow dress that showed off a good amount of her cleavage, as well as a lot of leg, as the skirt extended only a few inches below her waist. With it, she was wearing some black pantyhose and a pair of yellow high heels.
"The first thing you need to know about me is that I'm no ordinary woman! As such, I am never late! Got that?"
Tai nods with understanding. "Yes. Got it."
"The second thing you need to know that it isn't nice to keep a woman waiting!"
"I understand," Tai nods again.
"And the third thing is that you're supposed to drive your date to where you're having dinner! I shouldn't have to drive here by myself!"
"But you didn't object to it on the phone."
"It's the principle that counts, dammit! Now, are we going to go in or what?"
Tai sighs as he mutters under his breath. "This better be worth it."
As the two walk in, leaving the small group of people who were waiting for a table outside, another couple breaks into conversation.
"Looks like she's keeping him on a short leash," the husband remarks.
"It does," the wife adds.
Nearby, at the Mesamoto Museum, everything seemed to be rather quiet. That is, until the silence is broken by the sound of the security alarm going off. Seconds later, a figure in dark clothing is seen running away. The figure reaches his black Toyota Corolla and hops in. It quickly roars to life and speeds away from the scene.
Inside the car, we see that it is Izzy, with the Xylo Whitestone Pearl in hand. He tosses the jewel over to Tentomon, who is sitting on the passenger's side.
"No problems tonight?" Tentomon asked Izzy.
"None whatsoever," answered Izzy. "Either they weren't aware of my plans tonight, or they're preoccupied somewhere else."
"At least now you can operate your Demolition Ray Gun and destroy Tokyo!"
"That's right. I was going to wait until morning, but since it's still early..."
"We'll start tonight! Nobody will be expecting it! You're a genius!"
Back at the restaurant, Tai and Yolei were sitting at a table on the second floor balcony. It stuck out from the building itself, allowing all of those who sat in that section to get a glimpse of the peaceful starry sky. Yolei seemed to be amazed by it especially.
"Wow! Look at how beautiful the stars are tonight!"
"Yeah. I didn't even think you could see the stars from inside the city."
"Oh nonsense. You just need to find a place where you can view the sky unobstructed by trees and man-made skyscrapers."
"Of course... if you want to do it the hard way."
"I'm amazed that you were able to get such a great table!" Yolei exclaimed, smiling at Tai. "Is it a perk of being a cop?"
"No," Tai denied, "it's just pure luck. In fact, this is the first time I've ever eaten here, so I didn't know what to expect. We just lucked out."
"I have a feeling that you're about to get luckier," Yolei said seductively.
"Really? Ahem... I mean, why don't we save it for a place that's a bit more private?"
"Sure thing, tiger."
Tai began to tug at his shirt collar as if he were letting some of the steam get out. "This is going better than I thought," he said to himself as he spotted Yolei smiling at him with unwavering eyes.
At that moment, a Corolla parks across the street from the restaurant. The window opens on the driver's side as someone opens the door on the passenger's side. Tentomon gets out of the car and heads into a nearby building.
"I'll be right back!" he called back.
"Don't take too long, Tentomon!" Izzy yelled. "We don't want to get caught by the police."
As Tentomon enters the building, Izzy turns his attention towards the restaurant. He notices all of the people dining on the balcony and starts to think about Yolei.
"Yolei, my sweet Yolei. I only wish that she were here to help me celebrate my impending destruction of the city. That reminds me... I'd better call her when I get back to the lab. The last thing I want is for her to be killed while I'm exacting my revenge on this bustling metropolis."
Then, out of the corner of his eye, Izzy spots Yolei among the people on the roof.
"Am I dreaming? There's Yolei! But what is she doing..."
Izzy then turns a bit further to the left and gasps in shock when he sees the person sitting at the table with her.
"It's that detective!" he shouts with anger as Tentomon approaches the car.
"What was that, Izzy?" Tentomon asked.
"It's Tai Kamiya! What is that fucking cop doing with my woman?" Izzy then turns towards his Digimon in anger. "Kill him!"
Tentomon, without objection, starts to fly towards the balcony.
As this was going on, Yolei and Tai have noticed the Corolla as well.
"Look at that car down there!" Tai exclaimed, pointing at it. "Not bad!"
Yolei then gasps in fear as he sees a familiar face staring at her from the car. "Shit!" she yells out loud.
"Yolei, what's wrong?"
Turning towards Tai quickly, she answers him. "There's something you should know about me that I haven't quite told you yet."
Before she can complete her confession, Tai turns and notices an angry Tentomon flying towards them.
*****
As Tentomon gets in position to fire, Tai leaps across the table and knocks Yolei to the ground.
"Get down!"
"Super Shocker!"
A huge bolt of electricity is fired from Tentomon's body and aimed directly at the table where Tai and Yolei are sitting. Tai succeeds in knocking Yolei out of harm's way, but the table where they were eating had disintegrated as a result of being hit by the bolt. But matters were about to get much worse, as the balcony began to shake.
"It's going to collapse!" Tai shouted before turning to everyone who was on the balcony. "Get off the balcony, now! It's collapsing!"
Without an argument from anyone, the balcony was cleared instantly. Tai and Yolei bring up the rear, as Tentomon fires another bolt that just misses them.
"Stop!" Yolei yelled. "Tentomon!"
"He's not going to listen to you!" Tai shouted back at her. "He works with Izzy Izumi, the city's resident evil genius! He won't stop until I'm dead!"
As they get off of the balcony and into the building, one of the balcony's supports crumbles. Soon after, the whole weight of the balcony causes the remaining two supports to deteriorate and eventually give way.
Inside the building, screams of panic fill the air as patrons and waiters alike try to seek safety and shelter. Throughout all of this, Tai pulls Yolei to the staircase as the two look for an escape route.
"You see," Tai shouted to Yolei as they continued to run, "I was trying to stop him from stealing the Yomoto Silver Diamond last night. Things didn't exactly work out and he ended up escaping before he could finish me off. I guess he wants to finish the job."
"It's not that!"
"Then what?"
"Him and I know each other personally. You see, we're currently dating and..."
"What?" Tai yelled back. "I can't hear you over all of the screaming!"
It was then that the two reach one of the emergency exit doors. Tai pushes it open, causing the door alarm to go off. He continues to pull Yolei with him as he sprints through the open doorway. He pulls her towards the front of the building, where they find Izzy and Tentomon waiting for them.
"So we meet again, detective."
"The feeling's mutual, Izzy."
"When will you stop being a nuisance? Last night, you tried to stop me from stealing that jewel. Tonight, I find you on a date with my girlfriend!"
"Girlfriend?" Tai blinked in confusion, not having yet caught on. He then slowly turns his head towards Yolei, who is trying her best not to look back at him... or show the frown that was on her face.
Meanwhile, at the Tokyo Police Station, there were a few officers preparing to head out to the scene. Kari waves them goodbye as she looks on from her desk. All of a sudden, she spots Agumon, Gatomon, and Gabumon run by and towards the door.
"Where are you three going?" Kari asked them.
"We're off to catch an evil genius!" they yelled back.
Kari got up as if she was going to chase after them. But she was hesitant because she still wasn't allowed to resume the investigation against Izzy. All her doubts were erased, though, as Matt ran by, waving for her to follow him as he ran by.
"Let's go, Kamiya! Stop standing there like a bump on a log!"
Kari nods and runs after Matt, even though she was not in uniform. She piles into one of the squad cars with Matt in the driver's seat and the Digimon in the back seat.
"I thought I wasn't allowed to..." Kari began, before Matt interrupted her.
"Well, that was a restriction to investigate his jewel thefts. It turns out that he seems to be causing quite a disturbance at the Blue Crab restaurant tonight."
"Blue Crab? That's where Tai said he was going for his date!"
"Tai's in trouble!" Agumon spoke up. "We've got to hurry!"
"I'm on it!" Matt shouted as he started the car and drove off towards the restaurant, with two other squad cars right behind them.
Back at the restaurant, Yolei was finishing her confession to Tai... right in front of Izzy and Tentomon.
"The truth is, Izzy and I have been dating for the last two months."
"When the hell were you going to tell me? After we had sex tonight?"
Yolei gasped in shock. "When did I say that?"
"You didn't say it specifically, but you hinted at it!"
"There you go with your assumptions again! A women does not always want sex on the night of the first date!"
"You seemed like you did!"
"I show the slightest hint that I'm coming on to you, and immediately you think we're going to get in bed together tonight?"
"What did you want me to think?"
"Stop playing mind tricks with him," Izzy butted in. "You know he's too stupid to get the point."
"Just because I'm not a genius doesn't mean that I'm incompetent!" Tai shouts in anger.
"Step aside," Izzy said. "Tentomon will deal with Tai once and for awhile."
But to everyone's surprise, Yolei does just the opposite. She steps in front of Tai and raises her arms, stretching them out as far as they will go.
"What are you doing? I ordered to you step aside!"
"You can't order me around!" Yolei yells back defiantly. "You're not the boss of me!"
"Maybe so, but I'm the one paying for your services! Unless you don't want the 150000 yen you've been anxiously waiting for.'
"You promised me at least 250000!"
"You're not worth it, my dear."
"What? Then maybe it's not keeping your plan a secret," she smirked.
"You wouldn't!"
Yolei turns to Tai and tells him Izzy's plan. "Those three jewels he's stolen. He's more than collecting. He's using them to power up a Demolition Ray Gun so that he can destroy the city!"
"You little bitch!" Izzy yelled, enraged. "Tentomon, kill her!"
"But boss," Tentomon hesitated.
"You dare defy me? I said kill Yolei!"
"Go ahead and kill me," Yolei stated, dropping her arms to her side and beginning to walk towards Tentomon. "If you think I so rightly deserve it."
"You heard her, Tentomon. She wants to die."
"Do it. But I swear, my ghost will haunt both you and Izzy for the rest of your natural lives."
"We all know that ghosts aren't real. She's bluffing."
"Is that what you think, Izzy? Just because there hasn't been enough scientific evidence to prove their existance doesn't mean that they aren't real."
"You've gone insane!"
"Have I? Go ahead and kill me. But you know Tai is standing there off to the side. The moment I die, he'll add first-degree murder to your three counts of grand larceny and theft. And then you'll get the death penalty for sure. You... and Tentomon."
She then glances at Tentomon, who is now scared out of wits and very reluctant. Izzy, on the other hand, wasn't buying any of it.
"Tentomon!" he shouted at his Digimon. "Kill her now, or I will personally make sure that you die along with the entire city when I destroy it!"
"That's enough!" Tai screamed, drawing Yolei's attention. But as she turns to face him, Tentomon decides to fire off of his attack.
"Super Shocker!" Tentomon shouts out, firing at Yolei's back. The giant bolt of lightning strikes Yolei, burning most of her body. As she falls to the ground, Tai runs over with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Yolei!"
Tai reaches her just in time to catch her head in his arms. As he looks at her worriedly, Yolei's eyes slowly open.
"I'm kinda thanking myself for switching to contacts last month," she smiled.
"Don't talk!" he reprimanded her as out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Izzy running away. Without a second thought, Tai lies Yolei gently on the ground before going after Izzy.
"Come back here, you coward!"
But Izzy had quite a jump on Tai. It seemed as if he was going to get away. And then, the three squad cars appear out of nowhere, blocking his escape route. A few officers get out of the cars and point their guns in the air.
"Freeze!" one of them yelled. "You are under arrest!"
"Hands in the air!" a second shouted.
Seeing as the others had things under control, Tai walks back to Yolei's fallen body, only to see Tentomon no longer flying, but on the ground, comforting her.
"You're going to be just fine," Tentomon told her, caressing her left hand.
"Get away from her, you killer!"
Tentomon hovers away from Yolei as Tai runs up.
"Haven't you done enough?" Tai yelled at the bug Digimon as he tried to hold back tears. "She's going to die. And it's all your fault!"
"On the contrary, she might live... if we hurry."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I centered my attack so that I would hit her back, but as far away from her vertebrae as possible. So that minimizes bone damage. We still have to worry about the severe burns she might have gotten from the bolt, though."
"Then we need an ambulance."
Tai turns towards the other police officers and starts yelling as loud as he can. "Somebody call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!"
He continued to yell as he knelt next to Yolei, who was still breathing. From the nearby restaurant, several people are already using their cell phones while others just watch the scene quietly. As some of the police officers handcuff Izzy and drag him to one of the squad cars, Matt, Kari, and the Digimon just watch from afar, unable to do anything for Tai or Yolei.
Three weeks have passed since the incident. Tai is sitting outside on the steps leading to the South Odaiba Public Court House, wearing his normal detective clothes. He is waiting for one of the cases to come to a close. As he waits, he narrates, recalling what's happened since then.
"First off, Kari informed me that our probation had been lifted, except that we would still lose all of the pay that would have resulted in the probation had been allowed to run its course. Also, all of the damage that Matt had originally told us to pay, he reduced it to 2500 yen. It'll be split between the two of us, and small portions of our paychecks would be taken out to pay for the damages for the next two months. The rest would come out of Izzy's pockets, since he caused most of the damage.
"As for Izzy himself, he was charged with three counts of grand larceny and theft, one count of first-degree attempted murder, two counts of attempting to injure a police officer, and two counts of destroying public property. His case won't be heard by the court for another two weeks, but he could get a minimum of thirty-five years if he's found guilty of all charges. Matt thinks that the court will try to put him away for life, which could be possible.
"Tentomon received the same charges as Izzy did, but because he was ordered to do so under Izzy's orders, Matt thinks that he'll get a lighter sentence if he testifies against Izzy. He predicts a minimum of fifteen... which would be a life sentence for a Digimon. Tentomon understands, though, and he intends to submit a guilty plea when he goes before the court tomorrow. He says he just wants to get it over with.
"And believe it or not, Tentomon was right. We managed to get Yolei to the emergency room just in time. She survived the attack with mostly first- degree burns and a few second-degree ones. Most of it was on her back. The worst of it all is that the bolt fried a few of her nerves. The doctors said she won't feel that part of her back for a few months, even after all of the skin that she lost grows back. Thank goodness that although most of the skin on her back is dead, it was not completely pierced in any way. The doctors find that very strange, but they're glad that she survived.
"She ended up spending almost two weeks in the hospital. But once she was ready to check out, she was taken to jail. While she was resting in hospital, she officially admitted to helping out Izzy.
"Her charges were a lot less than the ones Izzy or Tentomon got. Two counts of grand larceny and theft, one count of conspiring to commit an act of grand larceny and theft, and one count of attempting to injure a police officer.
"She's in the courtroom now, standing before the judge. She's looking at getting five to ten years, minimum, even if she testifies against Izzy. I honestly couldn't be in there when the sentence was given. It was my fault for not knowing who Yolei was or what her profession was.
"She's an undercover informant. That's what the U.I. on her business card meant. People pay her to dig up information. She works both sides of the law, but because people in her profession rarely interact with each other in person, they're hard to catch in the act. It's a dangerous job, though. One wrong move costs you your life. And her decision to defend me from Izzy might have been that mistake."
Tai stops his narration when the doors to the courthouse open. He gets up and watches as a large group of television and newspaper reporters lead the way out, taking pictures and asking questions. As they start coming down the steps, he notices the squad car waiting at the bottom. And at the top, Yolei appears, with her attorney and two police officers around her.
Tai just stands there and watches as the group passes by. But as Yolei goes by, he sees her wave and then wink at him. Tai continues to stand there as the entire group reaches the bottom of the steps and Yolei is pushed into the squad car. Seconds later, the car drives off with Yolei in the back seat, on her way to prison.
Tai sighs with disappointment. "So I guess she got jail time after all."
"Not as much as you might think," came a voice from the top of the stairs.
Tai turns and sees his sister Kari, dressed in her police uniform, walking down. She smiles at him as Tai sits back down on the steps and glances back at the departing police car. Kari takes a seat next to him and puts her right hand on his left shoulder.
"They dropped all of the grand larceny and theft charges," Kari told him. "They only committed her for the incident with the Yomoto Silver Diamond, when she tried to hurt me."
"That still gets her two to three years minimum. What's so good about that?"
"She got considerably less than that."
"Such as? Spit it out already."
"Sixty days in prison, plus 1500 hours of community service once she gets out, and a two hundred thousand yen fine. With no bail, of course."
"That's it?" Tai asked, a bit surprised, yet glad at the same time.
"Yeah," Kari replied, before winking at him. "I testified that she shot at me in self-defense, which is somewhat true. So they bought it, because of lack of any concrete evidence that she did otherwise."
"Thank you," Tai shouted, wrapping his arms around Kari and giving her a big hug. "You don't know how much this means to me!"
"I know," Kari smirked evilly. "That's why you owe me for it."
"You mean the car I was getting you? I'll pay for it in full when I get enough money."
Kari smiles. "That's fine with me."
"I mean, there's no way you're going to get a boyfriend without one."
"Again with the boyfriend talk?"
The two continue to talk as they get up and start to walk down the steps.
"I told you, I'm not going to quit until you get someone to sleep with."
"I'll worry about my love life and you worry about yours."
"I'll find you the right guy, even if I have to test him out myself!"
"Tai!"
"I'm serious!"
Meanwhile, at Scotland Yard in London, Matt is there to get a report on the whereabouts of his missing younger brother's deceased body.
In fact, Matt was on his way out after getting the news that the search was still coming up empty. He sighs with disbelief as he heads towards his mother's apartment to tell her the news.
But on the roof of a building overlooking the street that Matt is walking on, an unrecognizable figure is shrouded in darkness as he watches the police chief walk away. The figure stays there for a split second before disappearing, departing just as swiftly as he had left.
Next Episode Preview: Narrated by Matt...
Hello, ladies! You know you want me. I'm available for dates any time, but make sure you call ahead. Don't be like this woman in the next episode, who's so desperate that she locks me in an old basement and leaves me there! Doesn't she know how important I am to the Tokyo Police? No woman is allowed to call me their personal property until they marry me. What? She wants to do that, too? She's not exactly what I would call a model wife. She's not even that pretty! Oh, and did I mention that her younger brother has quite a fetish for a woman of his own?
The next episode is titled "Destined for Love, Part 1!" Oh, and when you come to read, bring me a toothpick or something to pick the lock on the door. Please?
Comments, suggestions for future cases, and questions about the series are welcome and recommended! Please leave a review or e-mail me with them!
Copyright Date: 5/23/02
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Summary: An evil genius begins stealing jewels in order to power up an invention that will destroy Tokyo! Luckily, he has an informant to help him keep one step ahead of the good guys. Especially our heroes, Tai and Kari. Will this genius succeed, or will the Kamiyas stop him in time?
Will Tai and Kari finally capture Izzy? How will Yolei factor into all of this? How is Matt coping with the loss of his brother? And who stole TK's body? The answers... well, most of them... will be given in this episode, the conclusion of "The Informant Who Loved Me."
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fanfic.
Rating: R, contains profane language, violence, and implied sexual situations. Do not read this if you are too young or you are against reading fanfics that contain this type of stuff.
*****
Tokyo, Japan
Matt had just returned from London early that afternoon. He was distraught over what happened TK. It made matters worse when he found out someone had stolen TK's body. And then he had to come back and hear about Tai and Kari's failed attempt to capture Izzy.
"What the hell were you four thinking?" he shouted at Tai, Kari, Agumon, and Gatomon, who were all sitting in front of Matt's desk in his office.
"He overpowered us, Matt, um, sir," Tai replied.
"That's why there are other officers here at the station. You ask them for help. It's called 'calling for back-up!' Why don't you try that some time?"
"But this guy's a genius!" Agumon exclaimed.
"And he was going to kill us!" Gatomon added.
"I don't care if he knows who built the Eiffel Tower or if he's got a Myotismon on his side! Do you realize how much in damages you two racked up?"
"A couple of thousand?" Tai hinted nervously.
"More like a couple ten thousands. Thirty thousand, to be exact."
"Are you serious?" Kari asked, not fully believing Matt.
Matt talks as he starts to head out of the room. "You're all on probation until further notice! And this case of yours is now closed! You are to stop all of your investigation!"
"But Chief..." Tai pleaded, "He could strike again, as early as today!"
"I don't care! If I even so much as get a hint that any of you have resumed your investigation, I will take your badges from you!"
With that threat, Matt slams the door behind him. The quartet now sits there, wondering what to do next.
"So what now?" Kari asks her brother.
"There's nothing we can do. We're done for."
*****
(Begin theme song - Limp Bizkit's "Boiler")
The siren of an ambulance wails in the background. Younger versions of Tai and Kari
are standing with their father and a hundred other mourners, all dressed in black. A gravestone marked with their family last name, Kamiya, is on it. Kari weeps openly into her brother's arms as a coffin is slowly lowered into a hole in the ground and then promptly buried in dirt.
Now in present time, Tai, dressed in a gray suit with matching pants along with a white buttoned long sleeve shirt and plain orange tie, walks out of a police station. Kari is walking next to him, wearing the same clothes as her older brother, with the exception of a knee length skirt in place of pants.
Meanwhile, the title screen appears...
"The Detectives Kamiya"
Starring Tai Kamiya...
Tai smiles goofily while lying in bed as he reminisces about an old girlfriend.
Kari Kamiya...
Kari walks through the police station as she flips through some papers in a folder.
Also Starring Matt Ishida as the Chief...
Matt opens a steel door and then gasps in fright at the sight of the figure standing behind it.
Fanfic Written and Edited by Freedom Fighter...
Kari dives into a small hole in the side of the building to avoid getting burned. In another scene, Tai motions to punch someone in the face, but he misses.
As the song comes to an end, Tai and Kari stand in front of their mother's grave. Kari sheds a tear as she places a bouquet of flowers next to the tombstone. Tai hugs his little sister as he looks up to the sky, knowing that their mother is now in a better place.
(End theme song)
*****
Episode 6 - "The Informant Who Loved Me, Part 3"
At Izzy's secret hideout, Yolei enters with another roll of blueprints in hand. Izzy smiles happily as she hands them to him.
"Thank you, Yolei. I can finally get the last jewel tonight. The Xylo Whitestone Pearl will soon be mine!"
"You know, it was quite a hassle to get those. Most of the network turned against me after someone found out about our plan last night."
"It's just as expected. I mean, those detectives were waiting for us. I'm surprised it was just them."
"Yeah. Izzy... I don't feel safe continuing on with this plan of yours."
"Understandable. You can drop out. Now that I have the plans to the Mesamoto Museum, all I have to do is get the jewel and my machine will be ready!"
"I want you to stop too, Izzy. Something doesn't feel right."
"Nonsense. Your doubts are intangible. I am in no danger."
"Please... I'm begging you!"
"That'll be enough, Yolei! If you're so concerned about my safety, then stay on and help me out tonight. Otherwise, leave. I no longer have any business with you."
Yolei lowers her head sadly as she turns and leaves the room.
"What is she so worried about? No one will ever catch the great Izzy Izumi!"
Back at the apartment that Tai and Kari shares, the two siblings are now stuck on the couch, watching TV.
"Look at it this way, Kari. At least this gives Agumon and Gatomon a chance to do some more training."
"But what about Izzy and his accomplice? They might try to pull another robbery tonight!"
"We can't do anything. We're on probation, remember? Besides, I'm sure another police officer will be able to handle it."
"But none of them have a Digimon. We're the only ones who do. We're the only ones who stand a chance against Izzy and his Tentomon."
"It doesn't matter. We have to follow the chief's orders."
"Why are you so happy about this anyway? Aren't you the type of person who objects to something like this?"
"Well, if you must know, this unexpected vacation gives me a chance to go on a date without using any of my sick days."
Kari facefaults. "You mean you're going on a date tonight?"
"Yep. What's it to you? It's not like you have one."
Kari pulls out a plastic bag, which had the piece of hair that she had gotten last night. "We still have to get to the lab and analyze this!"
"We're not going to get in the lab for that. That's part of the case we're working on, right? We're not allowed to do any work on it."
"But I can't just sit here at home and wait for Matt to change his mind about this! Sitting at home makes me feel so... useless."
"Then why don't you come with me on my date? At least you'd learn something about courting a guy."
"I'd rather go to the office and fill out paperwork all night."
Tai shrugs his shoulders. "Suit yourself. Anyway, I'd better start getting ready."
Tai heads off to his room to find some clothes to wear.
A few hours later, as night begins to fall over the city, Tai and Kari, with him driving their Toyota Camry, pull up to the station. Kari gets out of the passenger's side, wearing an orange short sleeve shirt and a yellow skirt that stopped just above her knees. On her feet, she was wearing an old pair of brown shoes and a pair of ankle length socks.
"Thanks for the ride," Kari said as she closed the door.
"Don't worry about it," Tai replied.
"Good luck tonight!"
"You too."
"Huh?" Kari blinked with curiosity. "Why do I need good luck? All I'm going to be doing for the next few hours is filling out paperwork and cleaning up our office."
"Derek's still on duty for another half hour. Maybe you can get to know him a little better," Tai hinted.
"Just go, okay?"
"I'll be home late," he yelled as he drove away, "so ask Matt for a ride home!"
Kari just turns towards the station entrance and opens the door. Once she closes it behind her, she turns to find Derek waiting for her, with an unopened can of Diet Pepsi in one hand and a manila folder in the other.
"Oh..." she gasped in surprise.
"I didn't scare you, did I?"
"A little bit," Kari admitted, before pointing to the items in Derek's hands. "A Diet Pepsi?"
"A little bird told me that your favorite after dinner drink was a Diet Pepsi," he said slyly as he handed the can to her.
"Let me guess... Tai told the chief to tell you to give me one, right?"
"Yes, that's right."
"For once I'd like to interfere with his love life," Kari growled as she clenched a fist in anger. She then notices that Derek is looking at her, so she quickly covers up by flashing a friendly smile at him.
"The chief also told me to give you this folder. It's on a missing persons case that he wants you and your team to start investigating in the morning."
"But I thought we were on probation," Kari stated as she took the folder from Derek, opened it, and started examining the contents.
"He decided to be lenient and lift it. He'll just take the appropriate amount of your weekly paycheck."
"That's just like him."
"Oh, but he said that you aren't allowed to resume that case you were working on. He considers it to be closed until further notice."
"Why doesn't Matt understand how important this is? Izzy could easily rob all of the city's financial outlets by week's end!"
"I'm sure he just needs a little convincing," he snickered.
Kari wasn't impressed, as she glared at him with her arms crossed over her chest.
"That's right, I forgot you mentioned the other day that you were still a..."
"Ahem!" came a cough, as the two turned to see Chief Ishida standing before them. "Weren't you supposed to go on patrol with Officer Konno?"
"Yes, sir!" Derek saluted as he walked past Kari and towards the door to leave. As he exited, Matt leads Kari to the front desk.
"Now's not the time to start a relationship, detective."
"Chief, I wasn't..."
"You know the duties of the front desk receptionist, right?"
Kari nods.
"Then get to work!"
"Yes, sir!"
Kari sits down at the desk and resumes looking over the folder Derek had given her, as she simultaneously opens her can of Diet Pepsi and starts drinking from it.
Meanwhile, Tai pulls into the parking lot of Blue Crab restaurant. He finds a parking space and drives into it. He gets out of the car, locks the door behind him before closing, and then pressing a button on his keychain to turn the car alarm on. We now can see that Tai is wearing a white Oxford short sleeve shirt with a plain black tie and a pair of black slacks. On his feet are a pair of newly polished black dress shoes and a pair of matching black socks.
As he walks around to the front entrance, he sees that Yolei was waiting for him, tapping her foot impatiently. She didn't seemed to very happy, which frightened Tai a little bit.
"Where were you?" she yelled at him. "You said to be here at 7:30! It's almost eight!"
"I was under the impression that you'd be fashionable late," he replied as he looked at what she was wearing. A simple yet elegant strapless yellow dress that showed off a good amount of her cleavage, as well as a lot of leg, as the skirt extended only a few inches below her waist. With it, she was wearing some black pantyhose and a pair of yellow high heels.
"The first thing you need to know about me is that I'm no ordinary woman! As such, I am never late! Got that?"
Tai nods with understanding. "Yes. Got it."
"The second thing you need to know that it isn't nice to keep a woman waiting!"
"I understand," Tai nods again.
"And the third thing is that you're supposed to drive your date to where you're having dinner! I shouldn't have to drive here by myself!"
"But you didn't object to it on the phone."
"It's the principle that counts, dammit! Now, are we going to go in or what?"
Tai sighs as he mutters under his breath. "This better be worth it."
As the two walk in, leaving the small group of people who were waiting for a table outside, another couple breaks into conversation.
"Looks like she's keeping him on a short leash," the husband remarks.
"It does," the wife adds.
Nearby, at the Mesamoto Museum, everything seemed to be rather quiet. That is, until the silence is broken by the sound of the security alarm going off. Seconds later, a figure in dark clothing is seen running away. The figure reaches his black Toyota Corolla and hops in. It quickly roars to life and speeds away from the scene.
Inside the car, we see that it is Izzy, with the Xylo Whitestone Pearl in hand. He tosses the jewel over to Tentomon, who is sitting on the passenger's side.
"No problems tonight?" Tentomon asked Izzy.
"None whatsoever," answered Izzy. "Either they weren't aware of my plans tonight, or they're preoccupied somewhere else."
"At least now you can operate your Demolition Ray Gun and destroy Tokyo!"
"That's right. I was going to wait until morning, but since it's still early..."
"We'll start tonight! Nobody will be expecting it! You're a genius!"
Back at the restaurant, Tai and Yolei were sitting at a table on the second floor balcony. It stuck out from the building itself, allowing all of those who sat in that section to get a glimpse of the peaceful starry sky. Yolei seemed to be amazed by it especially.
"Wow! Look at how beautiful the stars are tonight!"
"Yeah. I didn't even think you could see the stars from inside the city."
"Oh nonsense. You just need to find a place where you can view the sky unobstructed by trees and man-made skyscrapers."
"Of course... if you want to do it the hard way."
"I'm amazed that you were able to get such a great table!" Yolei exclaimed, smiling at Tai. "Is it a perk of being a cop?"
"No," Tai denied, "it's just pure luck. In fact, this is the first time I've ever eaten here, so I didn't know what to expect. We just lucked out."
"I have a feeling that you're about to get luckier," Yolei said seductively.
"Really? Ahem... I mean, why don't we save it for a place that's a bit more private?"
"Sure thing, tiger."
Tai began to tug at his shirt collar as if he were letting some of the steam get out. "This is going better than I thought," he said to himself as he spotted Yolei smiling at him with unwavering eyes.
At that moment, a Corolla parks across the street from the restaurant. The window opens on the driver's side as someone opens the door on the passenger's side. Tentomon gets out of the car and heads into a nearby building.
"I'll be right back!" he called back.
"Don't take too long, Tentomon!" Izzy yelled. "We don't want to get caught by the police."
As Tentomon enters the building, Izzy turns his attention towards the restaurant. He notices all of the people dining on the balcony and starts to think about Yolei.
"Yolei, my sweet Yolei. I only wish that she were here to help me celebrate my impending destruction of the city. That reminds me... I'd better call her when I get back to the lab. The last thing I want is for her to be killed while I'm exacting my revenge on this bustling metropolis."
Then, out of the corner of his eye, Izzy spots Yolei among the people on the roof.
"Am I dreaming? There's Yolei! But what is she doing..."
Izzy then turns a bit further to the left and gasps in shock when he sees the person sitting at the table with her.
"It's that detective!" he shouts with anger as Tentomon approaches the car.
"What was that, Izzy?" Tentomon asked.
"It's Tai Kamiya! What is that fucking cop doing with my woman?" Izzy then turns towards his Digimon in anger. "Kill him!"
Tentomon, without objection, starts to fly towards the balcony.
As this was going on, Yolei and Tai have noticed the Corolla as well.
"Look at that car down there!" Tai exclaimed, pointing at it. "Not bad!"
Yolei then gasps in fear as he sees a familiar face staring at her from the car. "Shit!" she yells out loud.
"Yolei, what's wrong?"
Turning towards Tai quickly, she answers him. "There's something you should know about me that I haven't quite told you yet."
Before she can complete her confession, Tai turns and notices an angry Tentomon flying towards them.
*****
As Tentomon gets in position to fire, Tai leaps across the table and knocks Yolei to the ground.
"Get down!"
"Super Shocker!"
A huge bolt of electricity is fired from Tentomon's body and aimed directly at the table where Tai and Yolei are sitting. Tai succeeds in knocking Yolei out of harm's way, but the table where they were eating had disintegrated as a result of being hit by the bolt. But matters were about to get much worse, as the balcony began to shake.
"It's going to collapse!" Tai shouted before turning to everyone who was on the balcony. "Get off the balcony, now! It's collapsing!"
Without an argument from anyone, the balcony was cleared instantly. Tai and Yolei bring up the rear, as Tentomon fires another bolt that just misses them.
"Stop!" Yolei yelled. "Tentomon!"
"He's not going to listen to you!" Tai shouted back at her. "He works with Izzy Izumi, the city's resident evil genius! He won't stop until I'm dead!"
As they get off of the balcony and into the building, one of the balcony's supports crumbles. Soon after, the whole weight of the balcony causes the remaining two supports to deteriorate and eventually give way.
Inside the building, screams of panic fill the air as patrons and waiters alike try to seek safety and shelter. Throughout all of this, Tai pulls Yolei to the staircase as the two look for an escape route.
"You see," Tai shouted to Yolei as they continued to run, "I was trying to stop him from stealing the Yomoto Silver Diamond last night. Things didn't exactly work out and he ended up escaping before he could finish me off. I guess he wants to finish the job."
"It's not that!"
"Then what?"
"Him and I know each other personally. You see, we're currently dating and..."
"What?" Tai yelled back. "I can't hear you over all of the screaming!"
It was then that the two reach one of the emergency exit doors. Tai pushes it open, causing the door alarm to go off. He continues to pull Yolei with him as he sprints through the open doorway. He pulls her towards the front of the building, where they find Izzy and Tentomon waiting for them.
"So we meet again, detective."
"The feeling's mutual, Izzy."
"When will you stop being a nuisance? Last night, you tried to stop me from stealing that jewel. Tonight, I find you on a date with my girlfriend!"
"Girlfriend?" Tai blinked in confusion, not having yet caught on. He then slowly turns his head towards Yolei, who is trying her best not to look back at him... or show the frown that was on her face.
Meanwhile, at the Tokyo Police Station, there were a few officers preparing to head out to the scene. Kari waves them goodbye as she looks on from her desk. All of a sudden, she spots Agumon, Gatomon, and Gabumon run by and towards the door.
"Where are you three going?" Kari asked them.
"We're off to catch an evil genius!" they yelled back.
Kari got up as if she was going to chase after them. But she was hesitant because she still wasn't allowed to resume the investigation against Izzy. All her doubts were erased, though, as Matt ran by, waving for her to follow him as he ran by.
"Let's go, Kamiya! Stop standing there like a bump on a log!"
Kari nods and runs after Matt, even though she was not in uniform. She piles into one of the squad cars with Matt in the driver's seat and the Digimon in the back seat.
"I thought I wasn't allowed to..." Kari began, before Matt interrupted her.
"Well, that was a restriction to investigate his jewel thefts. It turns out that he seems to be causing quite a disturbance at the Blue Crab restaurant tonight."
"Blue Crab? That's where Tai said he was going for his date!"
"Tai's in trouble!" Agumon spoke up. "We've got to hurry!"
"I'm on it!" Matt shouted as he started the car and drove off towards the restaurant, with two other squad cars right behind them.
Back at the restaurant, Yolei was finishing her confession to Tai... right in front of Izzy and Tentomon.
"The truth is, Izzy and I have been dating for the last two months."
"When the hell were you going to tell me? After we had sex tonight?"
Yolei gasped in shock. "When did I say that?"
"You didn't say it specifically, but you hinted at it!"
"There you go with your assumptions again! A women does not always want sex on the night of the first date!"
"You seemed like you did!"
"I show the slightest hint that I'm coming on to you, and immediately you think we're going to get in bed together tonight?"
"What did you want me to think?"
"Stop playing mind tricks with him," Izzy butted in. "You know he's too stupid to get the point."
"Just because I'm not a genius doesn't mean that I'm incompetent!" Tai shouts in anger.
"Step aside," Izzy said. "Tentomon will deal with Tai once and for awhile."
But to everyone's surprise, Yolei does just the opposite. She steps in front of Tai and raises her arms, stretching them out as far as they will go.
"What are you doing? I ordered to you step aside!"
"You can't order me around!" Yolei yells back defiantly. "You're not the boss of me!"
"Maybe so, but I'm the one paying for your services! Unless you don't want the 150000 yen you've been anxiously waiting for.'
"You promised me at least 250000!"
"You're not worth it, my dear."
"What? Then maybe it's not keeping your plan a secret," she smirked.
"You wouldn't!"
Yolei turns to Tai and tells him Izzy's plan. "Those three jewels he's stolen. He's more than collecting. He's using them to power up a Demolition Ray Gun so that he can destroy the city!"
"You little bitch!" Izzy yelled, enraged. "Tentomon, kill her!"
"But boss," Tentomon hesitated.
"You dare defy me? I said kill Yolei!"
"Go ahead and kill me," Yolei stated, dropping her arms to her side and beginning to walk towards Tentomon. "If you think I so rightly deserve it."
"You heard her, Tentomon. She wants to die."
"Do it. But I swear, my ghost will haunt both you and Izzy for the rest of your natural lives."
"We all know that ghosts aren't real. She's bluffing."
"Is that what you think, Izzy? Just because there hasn't been enough scientific evidence to prove their existance doesn't mean that they aren't real."
"You've gone insane!"
"Have I? Go ahead and kill me. But you know Tai is standing there off to the side. The moment I die, he'll add first-degree murder to your three counts of grand larceny and theft. And then you'll get the death penalty for sure. You... and Tentomon."
She then glances at Tentomon, who is now scared out of wits and very reluctant. Izzy, on the other hand, wasn't buying any of it.
"Tentomon!" he shouted at his Digimon. "Kill her now, or I will personally make sure that you die along with the entire city when I destroy it!"
"That's enough!" Tai screamed, drawing Yolei's attention. But as she turns to face him, Tentomon decides to fire off of his attack.
"Super Shocker!" Tentomon shouts out, firing at Yolei's back. The giant bolt of lightning strikes Yolei, burning most of her body. As she falls to the ground, Tai runs over with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Yolei!"
Tai reaches her just in time to catch her head in his arms. As he looks at her worriedly, Yolei's eyes slowly open.
"I'm kinda thanking myself for switching to contacts last month," she smiled.
"Don't talk!" he reprimanded her as out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Izzy running away. Without a second thought, Tai lies Yolei gently on the ground before going after Izzy.
"Come back here, you coward!"
But Izzy had quite a jump on Tai. It seemed as if he was going to get away. And then, the three squad cars appear out of nowhere, blocking his escape route. A few officers get out of the cars and point their guns in the air.
"Freeze!" one of them yelled. "You are under arrest!"
"Hands in the air!" a second shouted.
Seeing as the others had things under control, Tai walks back to Yolei's fallen body, only to see Tentomon no longer flying, but on the ground, comforting her.
"You're going to be just fine," Tentomon told her, caressing her left hand.
"Get away from her, you killer!"
Tentomon hovers away from Yolei as Tai runs up.
"Haven't you done enough?" Tai yelled at the bug Digimon as he tried to hold back tears. "She's going to die. And it's all your fault!"
"On the contrary, she might live... if we hurry."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I centered my attack so that I would hit her back, but as far away from her vertebrae as possible. So that minimizes bone damage. We still have to worry about the severe burns she might have gotten from the bolt, though."
"Then we need an ambulance."
Tai turns towards the other police officers and starts yelling as loud as he can. "Somebody call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!"
He continued to yell as he knelt next to Yolei, who was still breathing. From the nearby restaurant, several people are already using their cell phones while others just watch the scene quietly. As some of the police officers handcuff Izzy and drag him to one of the squad cars, Matt, Kari, and the Digimon just watch from afar, unable to do anything for Tai or Yolei.
Three weeks have passed since the incident. Tai is sitting outside on the steps leading to the South Odaiba Public Court House, wearing his normal detective clothes. He is waiting for one of the cases to come to a close. As he waits, he narrates, recalling what's happened since then.
"First off, Kari informed me that our probation had been lifted, except that we would still lose all of the pay that would have resulted in the probation had been allowed to run its course. Also, all of the damage that Matt had originally told us to pay, he reduced it to 2500 yen. It'll be split between the two of us, and small portions of our paychecks would be taken out to pay for the damages for the next two months. The rest would come out of Izzy's pockets, since he caused most of the damage.
"As for Izzy himself, he was charged with three counts of grand larceny and theft, one count of first-degree attempted murder, two counts of attempting to injure a police officer, and two counts of destroying public property. His case won't be heard by the court for another two weeks, but he could get a minimum of thirty-five years if he's found guilty of all charges. Matt thinks that the court will try to put him away for life, which could be possible.
"Tentomon received the same charges as Izzy did, but because he was ordered to do so under Izzy's orders, Matt thinks that he'll get a lighter sentence if he testifies against Izzy. He predicts a minimum of fifteen... which would be a life sentence for a Digimon. Tentomon understands, though, and he intends to submit a guilty plea when he goes before the court tomorrow. He says he just wants to get it over with.
"And believe it or not, Tentomon was right. We managed to get Yolei to the emergency room just in time. She survived the attack with mostly first- degree burns and a few second-degree ones. Most of it was on her back. The worst of it all is that the bolt fried a few of her nerves. The doctors said she won't feel that part of her back for a few months, even after all of the skin that she lost grows back. Thank goodness that although most of the skin on her back is dead, it was not completely pierced in any way. The doctors find that very strange, but they're glad that she survived.
"She ended up spending almost two weeks in the hospital. But once she was ready to check out, she was taken to jail. While she was resting in hospital, she officially admitted to helping out Izzy.
"Her charges were a lot less than the ones Izzy or Tentomon got. Two counts of grand larceny and theft, one count of conspiring to commit an act of grand larceny and theft, and one count of attempting to injure a police officer.
"She's in the courtroom now, standing before the judge. She's looking at getting five to ten years, minimum, even if she testifies against Izzy. I honestly couldn't be in there when the sentence was given. It was my fault for not knowing who Yolei was or what her profession was.
"She's an undercover informant. That's what the U.I. on her business card meant. People pay her to dig up information. She works both sides of the law, but because people in her profession rarely interact with each other in person, they're hard to catch in the act. It's a dangerous job, though. One wrong move costs you your life. And her decision to defend me from Izzy might have been that mistake."
Tai stops his narration when the doors to the courthouse open. He gets up and watches as a large group of television and newspaper reporters lead the way out, taking pictures and asking questions. As they start coming down the steps, he notices the squad car waiting at the bottom. And at the top, Yolei appears, with her attorney and two police officers around her.
Tai just stands there and watches as the group passes by. But as Yolei goes by, he sees her wave and then wink at him. Tai continues to stand there as the entire group reaches the bottom of the steps and Yolei is pushed into the squad car. Seconds later, the car drives off with Yolei in the back seat, on her way to prison.
Tai sighs with disappointment. "So I guess she got jail time after all."
"Not as much as you might think," came a voice from the top of the stairs.
Tai turns and sees his sister Kari, dressed in her police uniform, walking down. She smiles at him as Tai sits back down on the steps and glances back at the departing police car. Kari takes a seat next to him and puts her right hand on his left shoulder.
"They dropped all of the grand larceny and theft charges," Kari told him. "They only committed her for the incident with the Yomoto Silver Diamond, when she tried to hurt me."
"That still gets her two to three years minimum. What's so good about that?"
"She got considerably less than that."
"Such as? Spit it out already."
"Sixty days in prison, plus 1500 hours of community service once she gets out, and a two hundred thousand yen fine. With no bail, of course."
"That's it?" Tai asked, a bit surprised, yet glad at the same time.
"Yeah," Kari replied, before winking at him. "I testified that she shot at me in self-defense, which is somewhat true. So they bought it, because of lack of any concrete evidence that she did otherwise."
"Thank you," Tai shouted, wrapping his arms around Kari and giving her a big hug. "You don't know how much this means to me!"
"I know," Kari smirked evilly. "That's why you owe me for it."
"You mean the car I was getting you? I'll pay for it in full when I get enough money."
Kari smiles. "That's fine with me."
"I mean, there's no way you're going to get a boyfriend without one."
"Again with the boyfriend talk?"
The two continue to talk as they get up and start to walk down the steps.
"I told you, I'm not going to quit until you get someone to sleep with."
"I'll worry about my love life and you worry about yours."
"I'll find you the right guy, even if I have to test him out myself!"
"Tai!"
"I'm serious!"
Meanwhile, at Scotland Yard in London, Matt is there to get a report on the whereabouts of his missing younger brother's deceased body.
In fact, Matt was on his way out after getting the news that the search was still coming up empty. He sighs with disbelief as he heads towards his mother's apartment to tell her the news.
But on the roof of a building overlooking the street that Matt is walking on, an unrecognizable figure is shrouded in darkness as he watches the police chief walk away. The figure stays there for a split second before disappearing, departing just as swiftly as he had left.
Next Episode Preview: Narrated by Matt...
Hello, ladies! You know you want me. I'm available for dates any time, but make sure you call ahead. Don't be like this woman in the next episode, who's so desperate that she locks me in an old basement and leaves me there! Doesn't she know how important I am to the Tokyo Police? No woman is allowed to call me their personal property until they marry me. What? She wants to do that, too? She's not exactly what I would call a model wife. She's not even that pretty! Oh, and did I mention that her younger brother has quite a fetish for a woman of his own?
The next episode is titled "Destined for Love, Part 1!" Oh, and when you come to read, bring me a toothpick or something to pick the lock on the door. Please?
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Copyright Date: 5/23/02