Worlds with in Worlds Part 3
Sora mind was reeling with the events of the past few minutes. A super powerful Digimon that Izzy created himself defeated all of their Digimon. Then Demonicamon proceeded to Torment them all by causing the ones closest to them great pain. Sora replayed he feelings at that moment in her mind and Trembled all over again. Demonicamon could have killed them all after defeating the Digimon, but she only wanted to torture them. Sora looked at the Boy as he stood up shakily. He said his name was Ash from some town called Pallet. The Kid Ash appeared after Izzy's fail to send His creation though the Digital Gate he formed. Unfortunately she was too powerful and broke free, and then Ash seemed to be pulled though the Gate. Sora looked at him, he seemed to be about her age, he wore blue jeans a black shirt and a red and white hat with a weird symbol. But strangest yet was the rather cute yellow Digimon he cradled in his arms. Sora wondered if this means he was a new Digidestined Child? Although Ash didn't call it a Digimon but a Pokemon, the way he held and care for it seems the two have been together for some time. Even after a round of introductions he still seemed shaken and disorientated.
Ash looked about him self, " Is there a phone nearby so I can call home?" He asked Sora. Sora noted the he seemed to genuinely not have a clue as to where he was or what he was doing here. Although still visible shaken buy his experience, he display a sturdy but weak smile. Sora couldn't remember if she faired so well after her first trip to the Digiworld, but the boy, "Ash" seem to have a strong resolve. " err… Sora I think you said? Well, is there? A phone I mean." Sora was at a loss for words. How could she even began to explain to Ash about the Digiworld?
"Ash, I'm Izzy." Izzy strolled forward and offered his hand in friendship. " There's a lot you don't understand about what going on, but we need to get out of this Area and to a safer location. Then we can properly share stories."
"You mean this place, where ever I am isn't safe?" Ash asked and looked about him. He seemed to survey the many scorched patches of earth and blast craters. "Hmm it dose look as if a battle of some kind went on here, there must have been some powerful Pokemon involved." Ash said thoughtfully. He looked down at the Yellow Digimon he held in his arms. Sora noticed It seem to be recovering all be it slowly. "And my Pikachu is still weak from what happened at Professor Oak's Lab, So I'll follow your advice for now, but the minute we get to a safe spot I want the whole story as to where I am." What was a Pokemon and who was this Professor Oak they would have much to discuss later.
Tai had been kneeling by Kari's side, but had been listening to Sora hoped the painful shock the Demonicamon gave Kari, TK, and Mimi had no lasting effects. Tai stood up and looked into the redden sky and said." We don't know how long it will take the thing to recover her strength and come back after us, so we need to get some where far from here and as save as possible." Tai had a way of taking control of the situation, but Sora had grown to trust Tai decisions. Tai cast a disapproving eye on Izzy, and said "Then Izzy we need you to come up with some why we can fight that thing."
Izzy face clouded over with a mix of sadness and shame that Sora could feel just from looking at him, but true to his Problem solving form, Izzy said. " We need to get to Geni's Place. Its about a days walk from here and there are some caves on the way we can hide out in." Izzy looked down and rubded Tentomon on his head and continued, " When we get to those caves we can trade stories with Ash and bring him up to Date on where he is and where he came from."
Sora hoped Ash would not mind having all the details of where he is and how he got to the Digital World. She looked over and saw the he had moved to where Kari was setting down. The child seemed to be ok but her young face showed how frightened she was. Ash Kneeled down next to her and looked over Gatomon, which was sitting in her lap. "That is the strangest Meowth I've ever seen, I know that pokemon tend to vary from region to region, but I've never seen this variation of Meowth" Ash seem more interested in engaging the little girl in conversion, perhaps trying to cheer her up. Sora began to like this Ash kid. He picked Gatomon up and looked her over. "I'll say one thing, this is one cute Pokemon."
"Hey Watch what you call me. I'm a Digimon and the name's Gatomon!" Gatomon said a little pived, she jumped out of Ash's hand and stood next to Kari. "And watch the fur! I just groomed my self.
"Ah! It can talk!!" Ash said quite surprised, he almost fall backwards. Which seemed to startle the Pikachu awake.
"Of course I can talk all Digimon can!" Gatomon said with a small sneer.
Sora decided to speak up " Like we said Ash it seems we have a lot to talk about."
"Yes and we'll have time to talk eat and lick our wounds after we get out of here. Tai said strongly. " If we have to fight that Thing again we'll all need our strength." He looked towards the direction that Izzy said was the way to Geni's place and started walking. Ash looked a little disturbed, he did not like being ordered around, but soon he shrugged and started following Tai
The walk took about two hours buy Sora's count. They all walked in general silence, being very low on moral. Ash seem to recover some of his strength, but being true to his gender would allow any one to help him. The Pikachu Thing, seem to recover soundly, but seemed to remain nervous about being in a strange place and napped on Ash's shoulder. In due time they came to a small cave, and began to set up camp. True to his word Izzy began to give Ash an abridged history of The Digidestined. He explained how they all came to this world and met their Digimon, who helped and protected them against the many hazards that they faced here. He even showed Ash their Digivices.
Ash tried to digest all of the weird information. He looked thoughtful and asked. "Are you putting me on? Your trying to tell me I'm not on earth, but in some strange other world? "
Sora sat down next too Ash ands placed her hand on Pikachu's head and stroked it soft Yellow fur. The Pikachu smiled and cued showing her it liked this attention. She then looked at Ash and said, "I know it seems strange, it was to all of us when we first came here but its all true. This is not earth but the Digiworld."
Sora glanced at Izzy. It was often very hard you know what Izzy was thinking from moment to moment. He looked at Ash questionly and then it the Pikachu Digimon, but said nothing. Obviously Izzy was forming some notion in his mind but didn't seem fit to share it, yet.
Joe continued to hand out the food that he and Gomamon gathered on their walk here. "But there are a few things that bother me about this. First of all how did Ash get here to the Digiworld? I mean I thought only the Digidestined could travel here. So maybe if you told us about your self and the last thing you remember be for you woke up here, we could figure it all out."
"Er.. Ok but my story not too special " Ash's story was special and equally confusing. He was 11 years old from the Pallet town. Sora was all was pretty good at geography but never heard of this Pallet or Veriden or Saffron cities Ash mentioned. Ash calmed to be on a, "Pokemon Journey" with his friend so that one day he would be a, "Pokemon Master" two concepts and Sora had never heard of before. Ash said the he when to the lab of a Professor Ivy to help with a experiment with the Digital Pokemon Porygon There was some kind of accident followed by an explosion and he and Pikachu was sucked into some kind of vortex then he woke up here. Sora noticed that Izzy lessened to the story still forming thoughts and theories but all the while looking sadder and sadder.
"But that doesn't explain how you got with Pikachu you must have come to the Digital world at some point. This is the only place that Digimon come from." Tai complain seeming more confused then when they started.
"What do you mean? I told you Pikachu is a Pokemon every body knows that! " Ash patted Pikachu on the head " He was my very first Pokemon, Given too me by Professor Oak him self. God don't you guys know anything? As a pokemon trainer I hunt and capture other pokemon then raise and train then to help bring out their full strength and potentials. They learn from me and I learn from them. Right Pikachu?"
"Pika, pikachu." The pokemon happy agreed. It was odd to Sora that the Pokemon could not speak as the Digimon did. She was more confused then ever and from the looks on every ones faces no one seemed to understand what Ash was saying.
They sat in silence for a few second, stumped on how to proceed. Izzy jumped up and walked to the far cave wall. "Damn.." said though clenched teeth. "Damn it, damn it, damn it !" , Izzy sore, his face a mixture of anger and remorse. Sora had never heard Izzy use such language. Izzy Turned to Ash his eye deep with sorrow, and said "Oh Ash I'm sorry, you came here, because…" He trailed off unable to continue.
"Because why ?" Ash asked curiously
Izzy hesitated then said "Because there's no way for you to get back" he finish, setting down with his back to the wall seeming totally defeated.
"What do you mean He can't get back? We can travel back and forth between Earth and the Digiworld and as soon as we take care of Demonicamon we'll just bring him back with us." Tai said. Sora had to agree it seemed reasonable to her that they should be able to take Ash back home. Then put him on a plane to where ever this Pallet town was. Some thing about Izzy's expression told her it would not be so easy
Izzy face did not change he merely said, " That would be true if Ash was from earth, but he's not from earth at lest not our earth.
"What are you talking about now? If his not from Earth, where else would he be from?" Matt spoke up rather angrily. Sora had noted that Matt tended to get short tempered when he felt defeated.
Izzy ignore Matt and looked at Ash, "Ash, you talk as if every one know about and train Pokemon is that true?"
"Of course it is, Pokemon are in every part of the culture." Ash said confused as Sora was at the moment,
"No Ash, pokemon are in ever part of your culture not ours," Izzy sad almost sub-vocally, "Ash is from a totally different world, no a different universe then we are. In our universe the only "Mon" that exist are here in the digital world. And only a hand full of people know about it, But in Ash's world "Pokemon" are known and excepted as part of his world. The Digital world, the Pokemon world and our Earth, all are three different realities." Izzy then said with profound sadness," And now Ash was pulled away from his world his family and friends, and there's no way for him to return, and it all my fault. "
Tai rubbed his chin and said, "Ok let just say Ash is from totally different world, then how did he get here?
"Ash said there was he was in a Laboratory helping with a Digital Pokemon project, and that there was a explosion. I'm assuming the some quantum based energy was use right Ash?" Izzy asked
"Yah I remember Professor Ivy said something about quantum energy" Ash replied.
Izzy continued, "That over load of quantum energy, punched a hole in space/time. While at that same moment the Digital Gate I made to destroy Demonicamon Overloaded and imploded. These two quantum event, combined to make a vortex from Ash's world to the Digiworld."
Usually Sora could not grasp all of Izzy's theories but she understood this one except for one thing "Ok I think, I get all of that but why cant you just make another digital gate and send him back to his world?" Sora asked.
Izzy just shock his head and said." Not impossible. Ash just being here proves the "Multiple Universe theory" Basically there would be an infinite number of alternate realities, each with its own quantum signature or Vibration. With out knowing the exact Quantum signature of Ash's world, we can search from now till the next thousand years and never find his."
Ash stomped his foot angrily "NO! you can't tell me that. If there was a way here then there's a way back. Just because you think its impossible doesn't mean we can just give up. I'll never give up getting back to my home." Ash said defiantly.
Sora saw Matt lean against the cave wall and fold his arms," Hmph! Maybe you better let him give up this time; it could be safer for all of us. Look at what Izzy's theories have done so far." Sora winced at that cutting remark, Izzy felt bad enough with out Matt making him feel worst. Sora began to walk over to Izzy to try and comfort him be it was too late. Matt cruel words hit their mark and Izzy's tears started to flow.
Sora became instantly angry with Matt. She knew he could be hard at times but he had gone too far. Much to Sora's surprise Ash jumped to Izzy's defense. "Hey lay off him!" Ash faced Matt and yelled angrily.
Once Matt was in one of his moods he could be very short tempered. Matt opened his eyes and glared at Ash. "Look who are you to tell me how to talk to my friend this is none of your business so stay out of it kid."
Matt and Ash stomped over to each other and stared angrily into each other's eyes. " Now that I'm here it is my business, Izzy is doing the best he can. I'm sure what ever it was he did Izzy didn't mean to. Now for the last time lay off him!" Ash screamed
Tai rushed up to attempt to stop any fighting before it starts. " Hey let all calm down now tempers are a little high but…"
"You stay out of this!!" both Ash and Matt yell together.
Sora hated this because she knew how boys where, and all to soon Ash and Matt began to push and shove each other, but before any punches could be thrown, a small ball dropped off of Ash's Belt. The curious red and white ball hit the ground and bounced a few times. Then popped open and in a flash of white light, another Pokemon appeared. "Bulbasuar!!" is said a little disoriented.
"Oh with everything that being going on I totally forgot about my other pokemon. I better check to see if they are all alright" Ash began to count the small red and white ball around his waste.
Sora was a little shocked. It never occurred to her that Ash would have other pokemon beside the cute Pikachu. The second Pokemon was about the same mass as Pikachu but light green with dark green spots. There also seen to have what looked to be a large flower bulb on its back. Soras almost giggled, when she put the flower bulb with its name. Bulbasuar, it made a weird sense. Sora watched as Pikachu jumped down from Ash's back and landed next to Bulbasaur. "Pika pika pi pika chu" it said to the new comer.
Bulbasaur looked about then replied" Suar! Bulba suar saur bulba!"
"Weird that all that can say are their names." Sora told Biyomon " I wonder why they can't talk?"
Biyomon flew forward and hovered above Sora " But they can talk Sora. I can understand them fine"
Agumon Added " Yeah Pikachu is telling Bulbasaur how he and Ash came to the Digital world.
"Hmmph! Bulba bulab sura…" The green Pokemon said with a small sneer.
Pikachu giggle a bit and so did many of the Digimon. They all seem to share a joke that the humans were left out on. :" I wonder what he said that was so funny?" Mimi spoke up.
"Oh you wouldn't get it Mimi." Palmon said with a slight smile.
Bulbasuar seem to hear Palmon then Turn to examine her. "Bulbasaur!" it said with a crooked grin. Bulbasuar walked over toward Mimi and Palmon its eye tracing Palmon up and down, while it walked around her. "Bulba bulba.saur .Bulba suar saur saur " Its said while leering at Palmon. Palmon Answer by blushing profusely. Sora didn't think any thing with green skin could blush but what ever Bulbasaur said did the trick. Which only cause all the other Digimon and Pikachu to fall over in laugher.
With all that transpiring Sora almost missed Izzy picking up the small red and white ball. Izzy looked it over and the beginnings of a grin formed on his face, "Err.. Ash what is this thing and how dose it work?" Izzy asked while holding up the Ball.
"Well." Ash began rubbing the back of his head showing that he was not too sure. "Its a Pokeball, it's used to capture and store Pokemon. All I really know is what Professor Ivy told me but she said something about a quantum matrix and something called photons. I only use them I don't really understand them."
Izzy smiled "No I understand enough of it, the Quantum Matrix was all I needed to know. Your Pokeball may be the key to getting you home, but I'm not sure yet I need to do some research and talk with Geni"
Ash's curiously peeked asked, "How can my pokeball get me home?"
Izzy just smiled and said "I don't know if it can but it might. Your Pokeball has a Quantum Matrix that may have the quantum signature of your home Reality and we maybe able to use to get you back to your world. Maybe"
Ash walked over to Izzy and placed a friendly hand on his shoulder. "If it dose of not, Thank you for not giving up on me Izzy," Izzy and Ash exchanged smiles and the mood of the group had been lightening. One problem was being worked on, but the Problem of Demonicamon still remained
The rest of the night was not uneventful, given renewed hope of getting home Ash Began to speak with the All of the Digimon. Ash seem to love every thing about them, Sora thought he looked like a kid in a candy store, Wanting to know touch and see every thing about them. He wanted to see all of there attacks, and took measurements and recorded them in something called a Pokedex. Sora also noticed the All of there Digimon seem highly pleased to show off for a new person. Perhaps they had all been taking Their Digimon for granted, Seeing Ash's sense of wonder over every little detail made Sora think. So before she begin to settle down for a nights sleep, she took Biyomon in her Arms and said" I love you Biyomon and every thing you do for me" That pleased Biyomon and her self too. Every one and their Digimon settled in for the night. Sora glanced at the yawning Mimi and Palmon falling to sleeping next to her. Ash's Bulbasaur glanced at Palmon, which enlisted another blush from the Plant Digimon. Sora stifled a giggle when Bulbasaur, walked over to Palmon and settled next to her and fell asleep. Sora looked at the boy Ash again, he had gone though a lot and looked terribly weaken but he continued to study the Sleeping Agumon. At this rate he would be in no condition to make the walk to Geni's place. Sora knew that boys never knew what was best for them, that was why girls existed Some one needed to be level headed, men certainly couldn't be trusted to know what was best. Sora stood up from her bedroll and walked over to Ash. "Ash your going to wear your self out, get some sleep." Sora whispered as not to wake the others,
Ash's sleepy eyes focused on Sora, "Oh I'll sleep in a little while, I just need to get a few more measurements from Agumon here. " Sora shook her head. Ash was dead on his feet and would hurt him self in pursuit of knowledge of their Digimon. Any other time she would respect that dedication but tonight was not that night. Sora promptly took hold of Ash's ear causing a small squeal of pain, and lead/forced him to the spot where she was sleeping. "Ow Sora, what are you doing?"
"If you wont go to bed I'll put you to bed." Sora pronounced sternly " Now take off you Jacket and Hat and do it quickly or I might decide to make you take off your Pants too." Sora finished with a evil grin, enjoying this very much. Ash tried to protest a firm pinch on the ear Sora continued holding settled that. She watched at Ash lay down next to her bedroll.
Then Ash sat back up and said "Let me just scan a image of Gatomon's Tail ring and I'll…"Sora decided to put an end to this once and for all. She quickly climbed on top of Ash, straddling his waist; she put her hands on his shoulders and pushed him back down to his back.
"Ash Kecthem stop being so stubborn! Now lay down and get to sleep!" Sora told him sternly. Ash seemed shocked at her forceful action and his wide eye displayed his surprise. Sora looked into his eyes, as Ash seemed to study her Ash's eyes traced every inch of her face as if her was reading something only he could see. The look in his eye and subtle change of expression took Sora a back. "What? " was all she could ask
Ash smile and eye became warm, and his face softened, "The way you said my name just now, you just reminded me of someone." Ash's hand reached up and held the side of her face; His touch was caring but did not hide the sadness he seemed to feel. Sora heart melted and her skin tingled. "I'm sorry Sora, I know your just looking of for me. I'll go to sleep thank you for caring" Ash told her was a small smile. Sora then became quite aware, of the position they were in. Sora blushed and climbed off him and lay down. Ash closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep. It was a full and disturbing day, and the weird feeling she received from Ash's touch would turn this into a disturbing night for her. She closed her eye and drifted off into strange dreams, with the hope that the Digidestined, and their new friend Ash would some how be able to face the challenges that awaited them tomorrow.