"The Detectives Kamiya: Destined for Love," written by Freedom Fighter
Summary: Chief Matt Ishida has always been popular with the ladies. But as
for the one he just met... well, she's quite the nutcase! She's so bent on
getting him to marry her that she locks him in her basement! Tai and Kari
try to rescue him... but will they have problems getting past her equally
love-struck younger brother?
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.
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Tokyo, Japan
"This Digiworld Cup qualifying match for the Western quadrant is down to the
final few minutes. And without some help, the Koromon team may be down to
their last few minutes of Cup play..."
Agumon is sitting in one of the snack lounges, enjoying a bag of potato chips
as he watches his favorite soccer team play on TV.
"With the Leomon team taking it easy, since they've already qualified for the
Digiworld Cup, they only lead by a 1-0 margin here in the 82nd minute. To
have a shot for making the Cup, the Koromon have to at least tie, but a win
would be more beneficial. But if things stay the way they are right now, the
Koromon will be heading home earlier."
"Come on!" Agumon shouted. "I have today's lunch riding on this match!"
"The team that the Koromon are chasing for the 4th and final Western quad spot
in the Digiworld Cup are the Armadillomon, who are currently riding a 1-1 tie
with the Gabumon in the 65th minute of their game. If that game finishes in
a tie, the Koromon would only get the spot if they win. And right now, that's
looking highly unlikely."
Agumon grabs another chip from the bag as the commentators resume their
play-by-play for the match.
"Koromon kicks it upfield, Koromon heads it farther up. Leomon sliding in,
taking the ball away. Another Leomon takes it, and holds it. Holds it.
HOLDS IT!"
Tai bursts into the room, turning off the TV as he enters.
"Tai!"
"We've got to roll! Matt's missing!"
"So?"
"We think there's some foul play involved."
"What makes you say that?"
"You'll never guess who was Matt's date last night."
"Who?"
"Motimiya. Jun Motimiya, to be exact."
"That klutz's sister? The one we keep arresting for stealing?"
"Yeah."
"But aren't you jumping the gun? Wouldn't a simple questioning of Jun
suffice?"
"The chief of police is on the way here right now! We need to find out if
this is a simple case of Matt just oversleeping or Jun doing something to
him."
"But didn't she do something to him last night?"
"Aarrgh! That's not the point! We've just got move now, or we'll lose all
of our jobs!"
"But the game! I wanted to find out if the Koromon made the Digiworld Cup."
"Now, Agumon!"
Agumon sighs, throws his bag of chips into a nearby garbage can. But just as
he walks past Tai and out the door, he mutters something.
"Oh, they lost."
"They WHAT?"
====== (Theme song - Limp Bizkit's "Boiler")
Episode 9 - "Destined for Love, Part 3" (08.22.02)
Finally having made it to the café, Kari, Davis, and Demiveemon are sitting
down at a table, glancing at the menus. A green haired girl wearing a brown
apron over her clothes walks up to the table, with an order booklet in her
right hand. Her name tag, located just above her left breast, reads Rokuna.
"Welcome to the Breakfast Barn Café! I'm Rokuna and I'll be your server..."
Rokuna gasps in shock when Kari puts her menu down and reveals her face.
"Rokuna?"
"Look who we have here," Rokuna smirks. "Odaiba U's most famous college
dropout!"
"I only dropped out because I wanted to join my brother as a cop! I told you
that already!"
"Just admit it, Kari! The class valedictorian, little Miss Perfection,
couldn't handle the pressure!"
"I will admit no such thing!"
"Um..." Davis interrupted, "Are you going to introduce me?"
"Rokuna, meet Davis. Davis, meet Rokuna."
"Hi there!" greeted Davis, waving hello.
"Nice boyfriend you have there, Kari."
Davis blushes red as Kari raises her voice in anger at Rokuna.
"He's not my boyfriend!"
"Really? Then you must still be in the get-to-know-you stage."
"Rokuna, I don't have feelings for Davis at any stage!"
"What are you talking about? I have feelings for you."
"Davis, stay out of this, okay?"
Davis sits back in his seat and stays quiet as Kari and Rokuna continue to
argue.
"I can't believe you! You actually think being a cop will help you in real
life?"
"At least I'm not spending my time waiting tables."
"I'm trying to earn my way through college here! And speaking of which,
shouldn't you have enough money to return? You are, after all, a cop."
"Cops don't get paid as much as you think, Rokuna. And besides, I enjoy my
job. Too bad you can't say the same."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, let's see." Kari starts looking Rokuna over. "Your apron's wrinkled,
you've got bags under your eyes, and I don't know how you can take orders
without a pen to write with."
"Like I said, I'm here to get money to continue my education! At least my
money's going towards my future! I know yours isn't!"
"I'll return soon enough. Let me worry about my own well-being, okay?"
"Fine then! We'll see who'll be married, live in a big house, and be able to
kick back on a big salary in five years!"
Rokuna then walks off, back towards the kitchen. Kari taps her fingers on
the table as Davis finally speaks up again.
"Geese, she's sure uptight."
"Rokuna finished 2nd in our graduating class at Hiroshima High. She's been
jealous of me ever since we met in the 4th grade. I beat her at everything.
The science fair, the spelling bee, and homecoming queen, just to name a few."
"That's amazing!" Demiveemon exclaimed, breaking his own silence.
"Oh, it's nothing."
Rokuna returns to the table with a sweatdrop on her face.
"Heh heh... in all the arguing, I forgot to ask for your orders."
"Glad you remembered to come back so quickly," Kari smiled.
Rokuna growls angrily to herself, but she puts on her best smile as she takes
their breakfast orders.
======
At police headquarters, the air fills with sirens as two police cars pull out
and head towards the Motimiya's house. In one car, Tai and Agumon are talking
about the game.
"How do you know that they lost? There's still time!"
"The game was last night, Agumon! That's probably a tape!"
"Then the Koromon won't be in the Digiworld Cup?"
"No! Look, we've got more important things to think about!"
"Like who I should cheer in the Cup now that the Koromon are eliminated?"
"Agumon!"
"Just asking!"
"We have to find out what happened to Matt."
"Like I said, what if he just overslept?"
"Matt does not oversleep! He is the chief of our district's detective force!
Chiefs do not oversleep!"
"Well, maybe for once he did, okay? You guys aren't even considering that as
a possibility!"
"That's because it's not one! Matt does not oversleep!"
"Could you two keep it down? I'm trying to take a catnap back here."
Tai and Agumon look at each other, then behind their seats. On the floor,
between the front and back seats, is Gatomon, lying down with her head resting
on her paws.
"How long have you been in here?" Tai asked.
"Since I got in at eight thirty. I was still sleepy after staying up late
last night, but I didn't want to get in trouble by missing a call should you
guys have to go out. Oh, and where's Kari?"
"Kari's got the day off. It just the three of us."
"So, what's this I hear about the chief missing?"
"Agumon, you'd better explain."
"Why me?"
"'Cause I'm driving, and it looks like morning rush hour's been extended by
half an hour! I need to concentrate!"
"How hard is it to tell someone we've got a 281?"
"A 281? Missing person?"
"See?"
"Okay already!"
"You mean the chief's missing?"
"We think he's missing. He didn't show up for work this morning."
"No wonder no one came looking for me. I thought I was going to get fired for
sleeping on the job."
"You probably should get fired."
"Agumon!"
"But Tai, she should!"
"Just drop it! Right now, we've got to get to the Motimiyas' place."
"Not that idiot Davis again."
"Not Davis, Gatomon. His sister, Jun."
======
The two squad cars pull up to the Motimiyas' house. They empty out as Tai,
Agumon, and Gatomon lead the way to the front door.
"Hello?" Tai shouted, knocking on the door. "Anyone there?"
"Looks like nobody's home," Agumon said.
"We'd better look around the house, just in case."
While Tai and the other officers check out things in front of the house,
Agumon and Gatomon run around to the back, searching for any clues. They spot
one almost immediately, seeing an unlocked padlock left hanging on the hinge
of the door leading into a basement cellar.
"Tai! I think we found something!"
Hearing Agumon's scream, Tai and the others come running.
"What did you find?"
"The door's unlocked," Gatomon told them as Agumon takes the padlock off of
the hinge and opens the door wide open.
"Hello?" Agumon yells. "Anyone down there?"
The group stands there for a minute, hearing no response at all. Tai steps
forward and prepares to head down into the cellar.
"Be on guard, guys. Who knows what's down there."
All of a sudden, a piercing scream fills the air, followed immediately by the
sound of a shelf falling to the ground and a whole lot of glass breaking.
Without thinking twice, the squad rushes into the cellar to investigate.
=== ===
Running down into the basement cellar, numerous shelves filled with wine
bottles line the walls of the room. There are also several rows of shelves
set up in the center, all also filled with wine. But Tai and the others don't
have much time to stare in awe, as they search through the cellar for the
source of the noise.
It doesn't take long for them to find it, as they round a corner and find Jun
lying on the ground. One of the shelves is lying on the ground behind her.
All around the shelf and Jun, broken glass shards from wine bottles, as well
as the wine that filled them, could be found all over the place.
Tai runs over and checks up on Jun while the other officers cautiously make
their way towards the shelf. As they approach it, they can hear the pieces
of glass breaking beneath their shoes. The two officers try to lift the shelf
to make sure there was no underneath of it.
"Are you alright?" Tai asks, assisting Jun as she gets up and gets her bearings.
Jun is wearing a red and black plaid short sleeve shirt and a short beige skirt.
"Uh... officer Kamiya?" Jun asks back, wondering how long she's been out.
"W-w-w-what are you doing here? And how did you get here so fast?"
"We're looking for Matt Ishida. He's the chief of our particular precinct, but
he didn't show up for work this morning. We found a note on his desk saying
that he was on a date with you last night."
"Oh? Well... he went home after our date. I haven't seen him since."
"I see."
Tai glances around the wine cellar/basement. He then sees Agumon and Gatomon
keeping their distance since they didn't have anything to protect their feet
from being cut from the broken glass on the floor.
"Impressive wine collection you've got here, Jun."
"My parents are in the wine-making business. They send Davis and I so many
samples from their factory in Italy that we had this built just so we could
house it all."
"And the shelf behind you?"
"I guess when I heard you guys shouting from the entrance, it startled me so
much that I accidentally bumped into the shelf, causing it to tip over and
fall to the ground. Luckily, I was able to jump out of the way in time."
Jun then winces in pain a little bit as she grabs her right arm with her left.
She lifts it off slowly as she and Tai see a small cut just above her elbow.
"You should have that bandaged."
"It's nothing," Jun tried to lie, but then she was overwhelmed with even more
pain. It seems that several shards of glass had cut into different parts of
her legs.
"Maybe we should call an ambulance to get you checked out, just in case."
"No, please! I'll be fine."
Tai blinked, a little surprised. "Are you sure?"
"Yes! I'm a big girl. I can handle myself."
As Agumon and Gatomon watch Tai leave Jun temporarily to help the other
officers look under the shelf for any other possible victims, Agumon begins
to hear a faint murmur from a nearby wall.
"Do you hear what I hear?" Agumon asked Gatomon.
Gatomon stands still and listens closely. Soon enough, she hears it too.
"If you mean those sounds coming from the wall, then yes."
"There must be someone behind there. Help me search the wall for a secret
lever or something."
Agumon and Gatomon head over to the nearest shelf and start looking through
and around the wine bottles to see if they can find a switch.
Meanwhile, Jun had managed to not think about the pain in her body long
enough to notice the two Digimon's actions.
"Oh no," Jun thought to herself. "If they find the hidden switch, they'll find
my groom-to-be! And then we'll never get married and I'll be off to the big
house. I've got to stop them."
Putting her plan into action, Jun starts to scream as loud as she can, falling
to her knees and clutching her legs in pain. Tai comes to her aid, squatting
down in front of her.
"Jun, are you okay?"
Jun managed to make a few tears come out of her eyes as she responds.
"It hurts... it hurts so much!"
"I guess we'll have to get that ambulance after all."
"No, wait! I have a first aid kit inside the house!"
"We can use that then. Do you have the key to the house?"
"The back door's unlocked."
Tai turns to Agumon and Gatomon.
"You two, go find the first aid kit."
"But Tai," Agumon protested, "there's something behind this wall!"
"I think the smell of wine has gotten to you. Now, go get the kit."
"Tai," Gatomon piped up, "we're not joking about this!"
"That's an order!"
Agumon and Gatomon sigh in defeat as they run off to get the first aid kit.
======
"Bye Rokuna! Nice meeting you!"
Davis waves goodbye to Rokuna as he, Kari, and Veemon... yes, Veemon... leave
the café. They pile into the car as Davis drives it out of the parking lot.
"I told you, when I'm full I digivolve!"
"Let's just hope you didn't eat enough to digivolve two levels," Davis told
his Digimon.
"Now," Kari began, "our next task is to go about getting you a job."
"But I already have a job!" Davis told her.
"You said you weren't making enough money selling noodles. So, I've got
another idea."
"Really? Where?"
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"Not here! Anywhere but here!"
Kari, Davis, and Veemon were standing inside the 35th Street Bakery... where
Davis had Veemon steal bread from for the past week. Kari was talking to the
head chef as Davis and Veemon cowered behind a nearby shelf. Seconds later,
Kari walks up to the duo and tells them the good news.
"Gerald says that you two start tomorrow!" she exclaimed happily.
"Gerald? You know the guy by name?"
Kari nods. "I come here ever Sunday afternoon to pick up two fresh loaves of
bread. He gives me a weekly discount for stopping people like you two from
stealing from him."
Davis laughed nervously. "So I guess this is a way of us paying him back?"
"Exactly."
"Davish," Veemon piped up, "the guy scares the heck out of me."
"Don't worry. Gerald's a nice guy, once you get on his good side."
"I sure hope so."
======
Back at the Motimiyas' house, Tai and the gang have finished cleaning up the
mess down in the wine cellar. They had also managed to get Jun into the house
and onto her couch. Her legs are bandaged up over where she had gotten cut
with glass.
"We're really sorry about spooking you," Tai apologized.
"It's okay," Jun told him. "It could happen to anyone."
"We'll be leaving now. Sorry to disturb you."
"Tai!" Agumon exclaimed. "What about the noises from the cellar?"
"Agumon! We'll talk later!"
The three officers and the two Digimon head out of the house and into their
squad cars, driving away. But they don't go far, as Tai starts to drive
around the block.
"What are you doing?" Agumon and Gatomon asked at the same time.
"We're going on a stakeout," Tai replied.
"You mean..."
"Yep. She might be hiding Matt from us, so we'll go back and lay low until
she trips and makes a mistake. Then we'll nab her and free Matt."
======
While Tai and the others drove around the block and then waited from a distance,
the day out between Davis, Kari, and Veemon was going swell.
From the bakery, Kari took the duo to a nearby orphanage which she did
volunteer work for once a month. The children there had fun touching and
examining Veemon the whole time. And when they weren't, they were outside,
learning how to play soccer with Davis. To Kari's surprise, he wasn't only a
good soccer player, but he was getting along with the kids well.
After spending a few hours there, they went to lunch at a nearby fast food
restaurant. Kari decided to go light and just order a salad. Davis and
Veemon, on the other hand, ordered the largest combo on the menu. Kari could
only watch as the two ate their burgers and fries as if they were nothing.
It was then Davis's turn to take charge, as he takes them to an amusement park.
There, they rode the park's most exciting roller coaster, had some fun in
the bumper car arena, played a round of miniature golf, and relaxed while
sitting inside the ferris wheel.
Around the dinner time, the trio heads to the business district, where Davis
takes out his noodle cart and does some on-the-street cooking and selling.
Kari and Veemon happily assist him as they feed the hungry masses passing by.
======
As evening sets in, Tai and the others are still waiting in their cars from a
distance. A few bags of Chinese food littered the floor of the squad car that
Tai, Agumon, and Gatomon were in. But after all of that food, it had put all
of them to sleep.
But that doesn't last long, as Gatomon is awakened by the sound of a car
approaching and then pulling into the Motimiyas' driveway. She quickly wakes
Tai and Agumon up.
"Wha... how long have we been out?" Agumon asked.
"Don't know," Gatomon shrugged, "but it looks like Jun has company."
Tai glanced out the front windshield, with Agumon and Gatomon doing the same,
although they all tried to do so without being seen. As the car that had
pulled into the driveway turned off, three figures got out of it. It was
still bright enough to see them... all of whom they identified immediately.
"Kari, Davis, and Veemon!" the three shouted in unison.
"They're only coming back now?" Agumon asked.
"The two of them must have hit it off," Tai smiled. "I bet they're all lovey
dovey now."
"Isn't that what you want?"
"Good point."
"Although we no longer have to worry about Kari's love life," Gatomon began,
"shouldn't we be worried about her safety? After all, she is about to walk
into the house. And if Jun does have Matt as her prisoner..."
"Then Kari could be next! Let's move!"
As Kari, Davis, and Veemon enter the house, Tai, Agumon, and Gatomon hop out
of the squad car and run towards it. The other two officers jump out of their
car to back them up.
======
"Jun? I'm home!"
Davis leads Veemon into the living room, where Jun is resting peacefully on
the couch. He then notices the bandages on her legs.
"What's with all of the bandages? Just how many times did you drop the knife
trying to cook dinner?"
"Very funny, wiseass. One of the shelves in the wine cellar almost fell on
me! I'm lucky I escaped with only a few cuts."
Davis runs over to his sister's side, obviously concerned for her well-being.
"You should've called me! I would have come home and helped you out!"
"As if. I bet you were probably having a good time with that goody-goody from
the police, right?"
Davis managed to crack a smile. "It was the best day of my life!"
"Glad to see you so happy. Now, go down to the cellar and feed Matt!"
"Do I have to?"
"Yes! How else am I supposed to convince Matt that I would make a great wife
if I don't take good care of him? Now, go down to the cellar and feed Matt!"
"Feed Matt?"
The two of them turn to see Veemon no longer standing at the living room
entrance. Instead, it was Kari... and she wasn't too happy.
"Why would you have someone living down in the cellar?" she pried.
"Damn it," Jun cursed under her breath. She then turns to Davis. "Do
something!"
Davis does the first thing that comes to mind. He walks over to Kari and starts
kissing her on the lips. At first Kari tries to resist, but she eventually
succumbs to his advances. The two then grip each other tightly as they start
to really get into it. Jun can only watch with her mouth wide open, not
believing what was going on. But a distraction was a distraction, and she
intended to use it to make her exit.
But she hadn't counted on Tai and Agumon bursting through the front door, with
Gatomon right behind them. But even they stopped in their tracks when they
see Davis and Kari making out. Well, for a brief second or two anyway, as the
two notice the small captive audience that had gathered itself in the room.
"Tai... it's not what it looks like! Honest!"
"We'll talk later, Kari. Agumon, Gatomon?"
Agumon and Gatomon run over to the couch and surround Jun, cutting off her
escape route.
"Jun Motimiya, I hearby arrest you on charges of holding a police officer
against his will."
Kari gasped in shock before turning to face Davis.
"Davis... please don't tell me that you knew about this!"
"Um," Davis hesitated, "would you still love me if I lied and said I didn't
know anything?"
Kari shook her head in disbelief. She had spent the whole day try to
rehabilitate Davis, when in fact he had betrayed her trust by keeping her in
the dark about the kidnapping.
"Okay, so I kept that from you. Will you still forgive me?"
Kari stared straight into Davis's eyes for a minute before giving him an answer.
"You know I can't."
With that, Kari slowly heads for the front door with her head lowered. Davis
could only watch, knowing that there's nothing he could do to help her.
As Kari exits, the sound of a toilet flushing fills the air. The door to the
bathroom then opens as Veemon comes out of it. He smiles, happy to have
relieved himself. But then he notices the small group gathered in the living
room, all staring him.
"Look, I'm sorry! I'll go wash my hands!"
"Veemon," Davis said sadly, "we're not staring at you because of that."
"You're not Davish? Then why?"
Gatomon appears behind Veemon as she starts to snap on a pair of handcuffs to
him.
"Oh... so the jig is up, huh?"
Davis sighed. "That's one way of putting it."
======
A few minutes later, Davis, Jun, and Veemon are being escorted to one of the
squad cars, all with handcuffs on their wrists. While this was all happening,
Matt was yelling his head off at Tai.
"I know you knew I was down there!" Matt asked angrily.
"We wanted to make sure that it was you," Tai quickly fabricated.
"Didn't you hear me screaming for my life?"
"I couldn't tell if it was real or not. You see, I tend to hear your voice in
my head even when you're not around."
"TAI!"
"Honest, Matt! I just wanted to see if you were just playing a game with Jun.
I thought you were joking around."
"Joking around? I'll show you joking around!"
Matt rolls up his sleeves and starts chasing Tai all over the front yard,
intending to punch his lights out. As Tai tries to avoid his angry boss, Kari
is sitting on the curb, looking a bit glum after this recent turn of events.
Gatomon walks up and takes a seat on the sidewalk beside her.
"It's still bothering you, isn't it?"
"I spent the whole day with him. I really thought I was doing him good,
spending the day rehabilitating him. Pointing him in the right direction in
life. In fact, I even began to start feeling attracted to him."
"That kiss you two shared was a good indicator of that."
"But to find out that he was hiding what his sister was doing to Matt? That's
unexcusable! After we had gained each other's trust, this is how he repays
me?"
"I'm sure he didn't want to betray you. But he didn't want to betray his
sister either. They care about each other a lot. Just like you and Tai care
for each other."
"I guess. I just wish it didn't end this way."
Kari looks up long enough to the squad car holding Jun, Davis, and Veemon
pull away. Davis glances back at her from the rear passenger side window, as
he mouths something to Kari... even though the glass prevents her from hearing
it.
Despite that, Kari somehow knew the correct way to respond to his inaudible
words.
"I'm sorry too."
Next Episode Preview: Narrated by Matt...
Tai and Kari get a hot tip from someone claiming to know the location of the
last person who had a hand in killing their parents. Anxious to close that
chapter of their lives, the two leave Japan with their Digimon to track down
the tip's source. But when they find out who's providing the tip, they're
going to be pleasantly surprised.
The next episode is called "A Quick Hit from the Mafia." Don't miss it!
Summary: Chief Matt Ishida has always been popular with the ladies. But as
for the one he just met... well, she's quite the nutcase! She's so bent on
getting him to marry her that she locks him in her basement! Tai and Kari
try to rescue him... but will they have problems getting past her equally
love-struck younger brother?
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
"This Digiworld Cup qualifying match for the Western quadrant is down to the
final few minutes. And without some help, the Koromon team may be down to
their last few minutes of Cup play..."
Agumon is sitting in one of the snack lounges, enjoying a bag of potato chips
as he watches his favorite soccer team play on TV.
"With the Leomon team taking it easy, since they've already qualified for the
Digiworld Cup, they only lead by a 1-0 margin here in the 82nd minute. To
have a shot for making the Cup, the Koromon have to at least tie, but a win
would be more beneficial. But if things stay the way they are right now, the
Koromon will be heading home earlier."
"Come on!" Agumon shouted. "I have today's lunch riding on this match!"
"The team that the Koromon are chasing for the 4th and final Western quad spot
in the Digiworld Cup are the Armadillomon, who are currently riding a 1-1 tie
with the Gabumon in the 65th minute of their game. If that game finishes in
a tie, the Koromon would only get the spot if they win. And right now, that's
looking highly unlikely."
Agumon grabs another chip from the bag as the commentators resume their
play-by-play for the match.
"Koromon kicks it upfield, Koromon heads it farther up. Leomon sliding in,
taking the ball away. Another Leomon takes it, and holds it. Holds it.
HOLDS IT!"
Tai bursts into the room, turning off the TV as he enters.
"Tai!"
"We've got to roll! Matt's missing!"
"So?"
"We think there's some foul play involved."
"What makes you say that?"
"You'll never guess who was Matt's date last night."
"Who?"
"Motimiya. Jun Motimiya, to be exact."
"That klutz's sister? The one we keep arresting for stealing?"
"Yeah."
"But aren't you jumping the gun? Wouldn't a simple questioning of Jun
suffice?"
"The chief of police is on the way here right now! We need to find out if
this is a simple case of Matt just oversleeping or Jun doing something to
him."
"But didn't she do something to him last night?"
"Aarrgh! That's not the point! We've just got move now, or we'll lose all
of our jobs!"
"But the game! I wanted to find out if the Koromon made the Digiworld Cup."
"Now, Agumon!"
Agumon sighs, throws his bag of chips into a nearby garbage can. But just as
he walks past Tai and out the door, he mutters something.
"Oh, they lost."
"They WHAT?"
====== (Theme song - Limp Bizkit's "Boiler")
Episode 9 - "Destined for Love, Part 3" (08.22.02)
Finally having made it to the café, Kari, Davis, and Demiveemon are sitting
down at a table, glancing at the menus. A green haired girl wearing a brown
apron over her clothes walks up to the table, with an order booklet in her
right hand. Her name tag, located just above her left breast, reads Rokuna.
"Welcome to the Breakfast Barn Café! I'm Rokuna and I'll be your server..."
Rokuna gasps in shock when Kari puts her menu down and reveals her face.
"Rokuna?"
"Look who we have here," Rokuna smirks. "Odaiba U's most famous college
dropout!"
"I only dropped out because I wanted to join my brother as a cop! I told you
that already!"
"Just admit it, Kari! The class valedictorian, little Miss Perfection,
couldn't handle the pressure!"
"I will admit no such thing!"
"Um..." Davis interrupted, "Are you going to introduce me?"
"Rokuna, meet Davis. Davis, meet Rokuna."
"Hi there!" greeted Davis, waving hello.
"Nice boyfriend you have there, Kari."
Davis blushes red as Kari raises her voice in anger at Rokuna.
"He's not my boyfriend!"
"Really? Then you must still be in the get-to-know-you stage."
"Rokuna, I don't have feelings for Davis at any stage!"
"What are you talking about? I have feelings for you."
"Davis, stay out of this, okay?"
Davis sits back in his seat and stays quiet as Kari and Rokuna continue to
argue.
"I can't believe you! You actually think being a cop will help you in real
life?"
"At least I'm not spending my time waiting tables."
"I'm trying to earn my way through college here! And speaking of which,
shouldn't you have enough money to return? You are, after all, a cop."
"Cops don't get paid as much as you think, Rokuna. And besides, I enjoy my
job. Too bad you can't say the same."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, let's see." Kari starts looking Rokuna over. "Your apron's wrinkled,
you've got bags under your eyes, and I don't know how you can take orders
without a pen to write with."
"Like I said, I'm here to get money to continue my education! At least my
money's going towards my future! I know yours isn't!"
"I'll return soon enough. Let me worry about my own well-being, okay?"
"Fine then! We'll see who'll be married, live in a big house, and be able to
kick back on a big salary in five years!"
Rokuna then walks off, back towards the kitchen. Kari taps her fingers on
the table as Davis finally speaks up again.
"Geese, she's sure uptight."
"Rokuna finished 2nd in our graduating class at Hiroshima High. She's been
jealous of me ever since we met in the 4th grade. I beat her at everything.
The science fair, the spelling bee, and homecoming queen, just to name a few."
"That's amazing!" Demiveemon exclaimed, breaking his own silence.
"Oh, it's nothing."
Rokuna returns to the table with a sweatdrop on her face.
"Heh heh... in all the arguing, I forgot to ask for your orders."
"Glad you remembered to come back so quickly," Kari smiled.
Rokuna growls angrily to herself, but she puts on her best smile as she takes
their breakfast orders.
======
At police headquarters, the air fills with sirens as two police cars pull out
and head towards the Motimiya's house. In one car, Tai and Agumon are talking
about the game.
"How do you know that they lost? There's still time!"
"The game was last night, Agumon! That's probably a tape!"
"Then the Koromon won't be in the Digiworld Cup?"
"No! Look, we've got more important things to think about!"
"Like who I should cheer in the Cup now that the Koromon are eliminated?"
"Agumon!"
"Just asking!"
"We have to find out what happened to Matt."
"Like I said, what if he just overslept?"
"Matt does not oversleep! He is the chief of our district's detective force!
Chiefs do not oversleep!"
"Well, maybe for once he did, okay? You guys aren't even considering that as
a possibility!"
"That's because it's not one! Matt does not oversleep!"
"Could you two keep it down? I'm trying to take a catnap back here."
Tai and Agumon look at each other, then behind their seats. On the floor,
between the front and back seats, is Gatomon, lying down with her head resting
on her paws.
"How long have you been in here?" Tai asked.
"Since I got in at eight thirty. I was still sleepy after staying up late
last night, but I didn't want to get in trouble by missing a call should you
guys have to go out. Oh, and where's Kari?"
"Kari's got the day off. It just the three of us."
"So, what's this I hear about the chief missing?"
"Agumon, you'd better explain."
"Why me?"
"'Cause I'm driving, and it looks like morning rush hour's been extended by
half an hour! I need to concentrate!"
"How hard is it to tell someone we've got a 281?"
"A 281? Missing person?"
"See?"
"Okay already!"
"You mean the chief's missing?"
"We think he's missing. He didn't show up for work this morning."
"No wonder no one came looking for me. I thought I was going to get fired for
sleeping on the job."
"You probably should get fired."
"Agumon!"
"But Tai, she should!"
"Just drop it! Right now, we've got to get to the Motimiyas' place."
"Not that idiot Davis again."
"Not Davis, Gatomon. His sister, Jun."
======
The two squad cars pull up to the Motimiyas' house. They empty out as Tai,
Agumon, and Gatomon lead the way to the front door.
"Hello?" Tai shouted, knocking on the door. "Anyone there?"
"Looks like nobody's home," Agumon said.
"We'd better look around the house, just in case."
While Tai and the other officers check out things in front of the house,
Agumon and Gatomon run around to the back, searching for any clues. They spot
one almost immediately, seeing an unlocked padlock left hanging on the hinge
of the door leading into a basement cellar.
"Tai! I think we found something!"
Hearing Agumon's scream, Tai and the others come running.
"What did you find?"
"The door's unlocked," Gatomon told them as Agumon takes the padlock off of
the hinge and opens the door wide open.
"Hello?" Agumon yells. "Anyone down there?"
The group stands there for a minute, hearing no response at all. Tai steps
forward and prepares to head down into the cellar.
"Be on guard, guys. Who knows what's down there."
All of a sudden, a piercing scream fills the air, followed immediately by the
sound of a shelf falling to the ground and a whole lot of glass breaking.
Without thinking twice, the squad rushes into the cellar to investigate.
=== ===
Running down into the basement cellar, numerous shelves filled with wine
bottles line the walls of the room. There are also several rows of shelves
set up in the center, all also filled with wine. But Tai and the others don't
have much time to stare in awe, as they search through the cellar for the
source of the noise.
It doesn't take long for them to find it, as they round a corner and find Jun
lying on the ground. One of the shelves is lying on the ground behind her.
All around the shelf and Jun, broken glass shards from wine bottles, as well
as the wine that filled them, could be found all over the place.
Tai runs over and checks up on Jun while the other officers cautiously make
their way towards the shelf. As they approach it, they can hear the pieces
of glass breaking beneath their shoes. The two officers try to lift the shelf
to make sure there was no underneath of it.
"Are you alright?" Tai asks, assisting Jun as she gets up and gets her bearings.
Jun is wearing a red and black plaid short sleeve shirt and a short beige skirt.
"Uh... officer Kamiya?" Jun asks back, wondering how long she's been out.
"W-w-w-what are you doing here? And how did you get here so fast?"
"We're looking for Matt Ishida. He's the chief of our particular precinct, but
he didn't show up for work this morning. We found a note on his desk saying
that he was on a date with you last night."
"Oh? Well... he went home after our date. I haven't seen him since."
"I see."
Tai glances around the wine cellar/basement. He then sees Agumon and Gatomon
keeping their distance since they didn't have anything to protect their feet
from being cut from the broken glass on the floor.
"Impressive wine collection you've got here, Jun."
"My parents are in the wine-making business. They send Davis and I so many
samples from their factory in Italy that we had this built just so we could
house it all."
"And the shelf behind you?"
"I guess when I heard you guys shouting from the entrance, it startled me so
much that I accidentally bumped into the shelf, causing it to tip over and
fall to the ground. Luckily, I was able to jump out of the way in time."
Jun then winces in pain a little bit as she grabs her right arm with her left.
She lifts it off slowly as she and Tai see a small cut just above her elbow.
"You should have that bandaged."
"It's nothing," Jun tried to lie, but then she was overwhelmed with even more
pain. It seems that several shards of glass had cut into different parts of
her legs.
"Maybe we should call an ambulance to get you checked out, just in case."
"No, please! I'll be fine."
Tai blinked, a little surprised. "Are you sure?"
"Yes! I'm a big girl. I can handle myself."
As Agumon and Gatomon watch Tai leave Jun temporarily to help the other
officers look under the shelf for any other possible victims, Agumon begins
to hear a faint murmur from a nearby wall.
"Do you hear what I hear?" Agumon asked Gatomon.
Gatomon stands still and listens closely. Soon enough, she hears it too.
"If you mean those sounds coming from the wall, then yes."
"There must be someone behind there. Help me search the wall for a secret
lever or something."
Agumon and Gatomon head over to the nearest shelf and start looking through
and around the wine bottles to see if they can find a switch.
Meanwhile, Jun had managed to not think about the pain in her body long
enough to notice the two Digimon's actions.
"Oh no," Jun thought to herself. "If they find the hidden switch, they'll find
my groom-to-be! And then we'll never get married and I'll be off to the big
house. I've got to stop them."
Putting her plan into action, Jun starts to scream as loud as she can, falling
to her knees and clutching her legs in pain. Tai comes to her aid, squatting
down in front of her.
"Jun, are you okay?"
Jun managed to make a few tears come out of her eyes as she responds.
"It hurts... it hurts so much!"
"I guess we'll have to get that ambulance after all."
"No, wait! I have a first aid kit inside the house!"
"We can use that then. Do you have the key to the house?"
"The back door's unlocked."
Tai turns to Agumon and Gatomon.
"You two, go find the first aid kit."
"But Tai," Agumon protested, "there's something behind this wall!"
"I think the smell of wine has gotten to you. Now, go get the kit."
"Tai," Gatomon piped up, "we're not joking about this!"
"That's an order!"
Agumon and Gatomon sigh in defeat as they run off to get the first aid kit.
======
"Bye Rokuna! Nice meeting you!"
Davis waves goodbye to Rokuna as he, Kari, and Veemon... yes, Veemon... leave
the café. They pile into the car as Davis drives it out of the parking lot.
"I told you, when I'm full I digivolve!"
"Let's just hope you didn't eat enough to digivolve two levels," Davis told
his Digimon.
"Now," Kari began, "our next task is to go about getting you a job."
"But I already have a job!" Davis told her.
"You said you weren't making enough money selling noodles. So, I've got
another idea."
"Really? Where?"
======
"Not here! Anywhere but here!"
Kari, Davis, and Veemon were standing inside the 35th Street Bakery... where
Davis had Veemon steal bread from for the past week. Kari was talking to the
head chef as Davis and Veemon cowered behind a nearby shelf. Seconds later,
Kari walks up to the duo and tells them the good news.
"Gerald says that you two start tomorrow!" she exclaimed happily.
"Gerald? You know the guy by name?"
Kari nods. "I come here ever Sunday afternoon to pick up two fresh loaves of
bread. He gives me a weekly discount for stopping people like you two from
stealing from him."
Davis laughed nervously. "So I guess this is a way of us paying him back?"
"Exactly."
"Davish," Veemon piped up, "the guy scares the heck out of me."
"Don't worry. Gerald's a nice guy, once you get on his good side."
"I sure hope so."
======
Back at the Motimiyas' house, Tai and the gang have finished cleaning up the
mess down in the wine cellar. They had also managed to get Jun into the house
and onto her couch. Her legs are bandaged up over where she had gotten cut
with glass.
"We're really sorry about spooking you," Tai apologized.
"It's okay," Jun told him. "It could happen to anyone."
"We'll be leaving now. Sorry to disturb you."
"Tai!" Agumon exclaimed. "What about the noises from the cellar?"
"Agumon! We'll talk later!"
The three officers and the two Digimon head out of the house and into their
squad cars, driving away. But they don't go far, as Tai starts to drive
around the block.
"What are you doing?" Agumon and Gatomon asked at the same time.
"We're going on a stakeout," Tai replied.
"You mean..."
"Yep. She might be hiding Matt from us, so we'll go back and lay low until
she trips and makes a mistake. Then we'll nab her and free Matt."
======
While Tai and the others drove around the block and then waited from a distance,
the day out between Davis, Kari, and Veemon was going swell.
From the bakery, Kari took the duo to a nearby orphanage which she did
volunteer work for once a month. The children there had fun touching and
examining Veemon the whole time. And when they weren't, they were outside,
learning how to play soccer with Davis. To Kari's surprise, he wasn't only a
good soccer player, but he was getting along with the kids well.
After spending a few hours there, they went to lunch at a nearby fast food
restaurant. Kari decided to go light and just order a salad. Davis and
Veemon, on the other hand, ordered the largest combo on the menu. Kari could
only watch as the two ate their burgers and fries as if they were nothing.
It was then Davis's turn to take charge, as he takes them to an amusement park.
There, they rode the park's most exciting roller coaster, had some fun in
the bumper car arena, played a round of miniature golf, and relaxed while
sitting inside the ferris wheel.
Around the dinner time, the trio heads to the business district, where Davis
takes out his noodle cart and does some on-the-street cooking and selling.
Kari and Veemon happily assist him as they feed the hungry masses passing by.
======
As evening sets in, Tai and the others are still waiting in their cars from a
distance. A few bags of Chinese food littered the floor of the squad car that
Tai, Agumon, and Gatomon were in. But after all of that food, it had put all
of them to sleep.
But that doesn't last long, as Gatomon is awakened by the sound of a car
approaching and then pulling into the Motimiyas' driveway. She quickly wakes
Tai and Agumon up.
"Wha... how long have we been out?" Agumon asked.
"Don't know," Gatomon shrugged, "but it looks like Jun has company."
Tai glanced out the front windshield, with Agumon and Gatomon doing the same,
although they all tried to do so without being seen. As the car that had
pulled into the driveway turned off, three figures got out of it. It was
still bright enough to see them... all of whom they identified immediately.
"Kari, Davis, and Veemon!" the three shouted in unison.
"They're only coming back now?" Agumon asked.
"The two of them must have hit it off," Tai smiled. "I bet they're all lovey
dovey now."
"Isn't that what you want?"
"Good point."
"Although we no longer have to worry about Kari's love life," Gatomon began,
"shouldn't we be worried about her safety? After all, she is about to walk
into the house. And if Jun does have Matt as her prisoner..."
"Then Kari could be next! Let's move!"
As Kari, Davis, and Veemon enter the house, Tai, Agumon, and Gatomon hop out
of the squad car and run towards it. The other two officers jump out of their
car to back them up.
======
"Jun? I'm home!"
Davis leads Veemon into the living room, where Jun is resting peacefully on
the couch. He then notices the bandages on her legs.
"What's with all of the bandages? Just how many times did you drop the knife
trying to cook dinner?"
"Very funny, wiseass. One of the shelves in the wine cellar almost fell on
me! I'm lucky I escaped with only a few cuts."
Davis runs over to his sister's side, obviously concerned for her well-being.
"You should've called me! I would have come home and helped you out!"
"As if. I bet you were probably having a good time with that goody-goody from
the police, right?"
Davis managed to crack a smile. "It was the best day of my life!"
"Glad to see you so happy. Now, go down to the cellar and feed Matt!"
"Do I have to?"
"Yes! How else am I supposed to convince Matt that I would make a great wife
if I don't take good care of him? Now, go down to the cellar and feed Matt!"
"Feed Matt?"
The two of them turn to see Veemon no longer standing at the living room
entrance. Instead, it was Kari... and she wasn't too happy.
"Why would you have someone living down in the cellar?" she pried.
"Damn it," Jun cursed under her breath. She then turns to Davis. "Do
something!"
Davis does the first thing that comes to mind. He walks over to Kari and starts
kissing her on the lips. At first Kari tries to resist, but she eventually
succumbs to his advances. The two then grip each other tightly as they start
to really get into it. Jun can only watch with her mouth wide open, not
believing what was going on. But a distraction was a distraction, and she
intended to use it to make her exit.
But she hadn't counted on Tai and Agumon bursting through the front door, with
Gatomon right behind them. But even they stopped in their tracks when they
see Davis and Kari making out. Well, for a brief second or two anyway, as the
two notice the small captive audience that had gathered itself in the room.
"Tai... it's not what it looks like! Honest!"
"We'll talk later, Kari. Agumon, Gatomon?"
Agumon and Gatomon run over to the couch and surround Jun, cutting off her
escape route.
"Jun Motimiya, I hearby arrest you on charges of holding a police officer
against his will."
Kari gasped in shock before turning to face Davis.
"Davis... please don't tell me that you knew about this!"
"Um," Davis hesitated, "would you still love me if I lied and said I didn't
know anything?"
Kari shook her head in disbelief. She had spent the whole day try to
rehabilitate Davis, when in fact he had betrayed her trust by keeping her in
the dark about the kidnapping.
"Okay, so I kept that from you. Will you still forgive me?"
Kari stared straight into Davis's eyes for a minute before giving him an answer.
"You know I can't."
With that, Kari slowly heads for the front door with her head lowered. Davis
could only watch, knowing that there's nothing he could do to help her.
As Kari exits, the sound of a toilet flushing fills the air. The door to the
bathroom then opens as Veemon comes out of it. He smiles, happy to have
relieved himself. But then he notices the small group gathered in the living
room, all staring him.
"Look, I'm sorry! I'll go wash my hands!"
"Veemon," Davis said sadly, "we're not staring at you because of that."
"You're not Davish? Then why?"
Gatomon appears behind Veemon as she starts to snap on a pair of handcuffs to
him.
"Oh... so the jig is up, huh?"
Davis sighed. "That's one way of putting it."
======
A few minutes later, Davis, Jun, and Veemon are being escorted to one of the
squad cars, all with handcuffs on their wrists. While this was all happening,
Matt was yelling his head off at Tai.
"I know you knew I was down there!" Matt asked angrily.
"We wanted to make sure that it was you," Tai quickly fabricated.
"Didn't you hear me screaming for my life?"
"I couldn't tell if it was real or not. You see, I tend to hear your voice in
my head even when you're not around."
"TAI!"
"Honest, Matt! I just wanted to see if you were just playing a game with Jun.
I thought you were joking around."
"Joking around? I'll show you joking around!"
Matt rolls up his sleeves and starts chasing Tai all over the front yard,
intending to punch his lights out. As Tai tries to avoid his angry boss, Kari
is sitting on the curb, looking a bit glum after this recent turn of events.
Gatomon walks up and takes a seat on the sidewalk beside her.
"It's still bothering you, isn't it?"
"I spent the whole day with him. I really thought I was doing him good,
spending the day rehabilitating him. Pointing him in the right direction in
life. In fact, I even began to start feeling attracted to him."
"That kiss you two shared was a good indicator of that."
"But to find out that he was hiding what his sister was doing to Matt? That's
unexcusable! After we had gained each other's trust, this is how he repays
me?"
"I'm sure he didn't want to betray you. But he didn't want to betray his
sister either. They care about each other a lot. Just like you and Tai care
for each other."
"I guess. I just wish it didn't end this way."
Kari looks up long enough to the squad car holding Jun, Davis, and Veemon
pull away. Davis glances back at her from the rear passenger side window, as
he mouths something to Kari... even though the glass prevents her from hearing
it.
Despite that, Kari somehow knew the correct way to respond to his inaudible
words.
"I'm sorry too."
Next Episode Preview: Narrated by Matt...
Tai and Kari get a hot tip from someone claiming to know the location of the
last person who had a hand in killing their parents. Anxious to close that
chapter of their lives, the two leave Japan with their Digimon to track down
the tip's source. But when they find out who's providing the tip, they're
going to be pleasantly surprised.
The next episode is called "A Quick Hit from the Mafia." Don't miss it!