Author's note: Again I took so much time…Sorry! You can thank Bookworm85's nice review which got me writing.
Disclaimer: Digimon is copyrighted property of Toei Animation Co. Used without license and without making any money (unfortunately…).


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Pixels Run Amuck

Part 4

[Here's a list of their hair-colour: Tai~pink; Matt~brown; Izzy~fluorescent green; Joe~green; Sora~light blue; Mimi~soft indigo; T.K.~black; Kari~red; Davis~bright purple; Yolei~blonde; Iori~orange; Ken~white]

"Ahem, well, yes, I suppose *that* could have something to do with our new hair colour," said Izzy after partially finding out the previous day's events.
"So what do we do now?" came the sensible question.
All the DigiDestined stared.
"What?"
"Davis asking sensible questions…Whoa! This is even scarier than my pink hair," said Tai. [A/N: I doubt that, Tai, I really doubt that…^_^]
"For starters, I guess I ought to see what's happened to the digiport programme and try to figure out if and how it's responsible for the change."
"Do that, Izzy, do that," urged him Matt.
"However, this is going to take a lot of time, so you rest should do something else in the meantime."
"How about confronting the Kaiser?" suggested Gatomon. The others fancied the idea, much to Gatomon's relief that no one was staring at her for saying something sensible.
In just a quarter of an hour, most of the DigiDestined and their partners had set out to find their enemy. Izzy stayed behind to do that research along with Yolei, who wanted to …err…help.

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In the mean time, the Kaiser had just swallowed some more aspirin after having seen his hair and shakily made his way to the control room, followed by his trusty Wormmon. His opaque glasses prevented anyone from seeing his eyes and therefore what thoughts were passing through his mind. However, if someone *had* removed the glasses, it wouldn't have made any difference. Fact of the matter was, no thoughts whatsoever were passing through his mind.
The Kaiser made his way to the Control Room, dragged by a) force of habit, b) his need for a really dark place and c) Wormmon. Once there, he threw only a casual glance at the monitors, which revealed something nowhere near casual-the whole pack of DigiDestined, furiously combing the digital dessert, forests, lakes and whatnot, all having a *very* peculiar colour of hair. The Kaiser would have laughed when spotting Yagami, Hida or Izumi; but the fact he was also laughable hindered it. He did note with satisfaction that his ringed servants were making a good job of harassing the children. 'So,' thought the formerly blue-haired ruler, 'it seems our little heroes discovered there was something wrong with their hair… And now they're out to get the one responsible, are they?' His (still) blue eyes narrowed dangerously. 'So am I.'

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Davis, still grinning because of the sight his fellow DigiDestined now were, unsuspectingly made his around a pile of large boulders in some part of the Digital World. The view he now had made him realize his assumptions had been wrong. Very wrong. Instead of the Kaiser's base, which he thought for sure would be there, there was an open field with nothing suspicious on it.
"Shoot!" the boy exclaimed. "Oh well, guess I'll check another pile of boulders then."
Out of nowhere, a whip lashed through the air with a loud 'whoosh' and coiled itself around Davis, making it impossible for him to move his arms.
Meanwhile, some ringed Frigimon were keeping Flamedramon both company and away from the owner of the Crests of Courage and Friendship.
"So, DigiDestined, thought you could insult me as you please without repercussions?"
'The Kaiser!' passed through the boy's mind as he slowly turned around; the grin was gone, showing that Davis had other serious concerns. His brown eyes took in the familiar sight of the blue clad, blue-eyed, blue-ha--*silver*-haired enemy? Davis' left eyebrow moved upwards in sync with the corners of his mouth which seemed to be reaching for his ears.
Moments later, rich bursts of laughter rang out in the field.
"Stop it!" the Kaiser commanded.
In vain, though, the leader of the second pack of DigiDestined laughed and laughed until his enemy began wondering whether said leader still was in possession of physical and/or mental health. 'What am I thinking?' the Kaiser screamed at himself. 'Of course that bastard is insane.'
After some time, a lot of howling laughter from Davis and a whole lot more scowls from the Kaiser, the two adversaries finally sat down to talk.
"Do you think it's funny?" The person who was not tied demanded to know.
'Whoa, who'd have thought he'd take it so hard?' thought Davis, but said nothing.
"Do. you. think. it's funny to have white - *white* - hair when you're just 11?"
"Eh…?"
The Kaiser stared hard.
"It's not white!" Davis finally spoke. "It's silver," he stated.
"There is no difference."
"Of course there is. You just don't have a trained eye to see it."
"And you do?" asked the Kaiser disdainfully.
"I have many hidden talents."
"Care to share them?"
"First release me!"
"Ha! Now that I finally have you where I wanted you, why don't we discuss the crow's nest on your head? The bright purple-coloured one, to be exact."
"At least I don't have any problems related to the colour of my hair! You can blabber about it till you're… blue in the face!"
Davis grinned cheerfully at the pun he'd made.
However, the other boy's temper, nowhere near calm, especially combined with a hangover, didn't allow him to take this sitting. Springing to his feet, he balled his right hand into a fist and nearly punched Davis in the face. Why he didn't complete the action was a mystery to himself as well.
The two stood face to face, not moving. The sun shone from behind the Kaiser and made his glasses see-through. Davis stared deep in the blue eyes, not even blinking. Finally he pulled himself together and said softly "You look like you have a hell of a hangover!"
"What!"
"You don't have to scream so loud!"
"I'll scream as I please, DigiDestined!"
And the insult exchange went on… until suddenly vines wrapped themselves around the Kaiser.
"Davis! Are you alright?" asked Tai, approaching with Mimi, TK and their digimon partners, out of which Palmon was holding the formerly untied boy. Soon the DigiDestined of Courage and Friendship was free and in his place stood the Kaiser, surrounded by his enemies, who had gathered from all the places they had been searching.
"I think it's time the Kaiser here gave us an explanation, don't you think so?" said Tai.

End Part 4
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