Previously, Kouji and Izumi were transported to Alameda, California in the USA, unknowing that the villian, X, was stealing Spirits from people. They were in a hotel and getting to know each other, when a series of life-threatening events came across their path. Soon, Kouji's lost brother, Kouichi, came along and warned them that Takuya was trying to kill them. At a local school, Kouji and Izumi confronted Takuya and found he was a puppet of X. Soon, Takuya was freed, but Izumi was left unconscious. Kouji went off and had Takuya bring her to the hospital. Izumi's up and running, and she desperatly wants to find Kouji.
*Opening Theme Song*
-=Find Me, Find You=-
Izumi and Takuya are riding in a bus together in search of Kouji and the other Frontier members. As Izumi stares out the window, Takuya watches his D-Tector.
***Sigh* Kouji, where are you?** Izumi thought to herself as she stared into the desert plains. **You told me you loved me, and you left me behind...**
"Hey, what's up?" Takuya asked in his usual caring voice.
"Oh... nothing..." she sighed. "Nothing you would understand..."
"Oh..."
Soon the bus came to a stop and caused Izumi to snap back to reality. "End of the line! Los Angeles!" the bus driver shouted.
"LA? Already?" Izumi gasped.
"Yeah... it's been a day or so since we left Alameda..."
"Wow..." They got up and filed out of the bus. They looked around their surroundings as they unloaded out of the bus. "So this is LA..."
"I would of expected it to be... well... more... interesting..."
"Yeah, me too."
"Kids, this is the desert part of Los Angeles! What were you expecting? Tall buildings and theme parks?" a tourist laughed.
"^.^' ...Yeah..." they replied at the same time.
The tourist did an anime-style fall and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, you'll wanna catch the next bus over to Orange County."
"Orange County? But we're heading for LA..." Takuya quizzically said.
The tourist fell again and then replied, "That's part of LA, the amusement park place, really."
"^.^ Oh, thanks then, sir." Izumi and Takuya walked off along the rode.
"Well that was embarrasing..." Takuya muttered after they were a far distance away.
"Oh, get over it. You're just saying that 'cause you're a guy."
"Oh yeah? What does THAT have to do with it?"
"Oh, come ON! Everyone knows that guys hate asking for directions!"
*Growls* "Oh be quiet."
The scene cuts to Kouji walking along the opposite side of the rode, but not near them.
**Hmm... I'm getting some other people on my D-Tector behind me... I better check it out.** Kouji thought to himself. He turned around and walked back...
The scene cuts to Takuya and Izumi again.
Takuya looked a little tired as they walked along. "Man, I'm tired of walking... can't we just camp out here?"
"One, I didn't bring any camping gear." Izumi began. "Two, I don't want to camp in desert-city, and three, we haven't found Kouji yet."
"Why's it so important for you to find Kouji?" *Izumi blushes* "Oh! You LIKE him don't you?"
"...Oh be quiet..."
"Hehehe." Soon, another person came in sight, but his body hidden in the shadows. "I wonder who that is..."
**Hmm... those people over there must be who I'm picking up...** Kouji thought to himself, not even suspecting it could possibly be Takuya and Izumi.
"Hey... that's Kouji!" Izumi declared. She ran over to him and hugged him.
"Izumi?"
"Yep!" she quietly added, "I missed you so much..."
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"I should have stayed behind, but I didn't. Could you possibly forgive me?"
"Of course!"
"Hey Kouji!" Takuya shouted.
"Hmmm..." Kouji grumbled. Then he managed a smirk and they gave each other a high five with their fists.
The scene cuts to them camping out around a fire. "So where were you?"
"I was walking along when I detected you guys."
"Where were you going, anyways?" Izumi piped in.
"I was heading towards LA's hotels. Aparently, one of our aquaintances are in Disneyland..."
"Hmmm... it's probably Tomoki..." Takuya thought outloud.
"Junpei has a good reason to be there too, with all the magic and everything..." Izumi debated.
"Well, we'll find out soon. Let's just rest here."
"And you can't leave again Kouji!"
"Hmphh..." Kouji sarcastically grumbled, managing to fight a smile.
The scene cuts to deep night. Takuya has already fallen asleep and Kouji just staring into the night sky.
"The sky's really enhanced here, huh?" Izumi said as she stared into the sky.
"It's majestic..." Kouji replied.
Izumi turned around and met Kouji's gaze. "Kouji... do you honestly like me? I mean- more than LIKE..."
"Honestly?" he looked a little surprised Izumi was asking. "Yes."
Kouji cradled his arms around Izumi and slightly kissed her.
The scene cuts to morning.
Izumi had her arms wrapped around Kouji when she woke up. **What? I didn't do that!**
She looked over at Takuya to see him with a BIG smirk on his face. **Grrr... stupid Takuya...**
As soon as she moved a little bit, Kouji mumbled, "Awake?"
"Wha?!" Izumi gasped.
He sat up and stretched. "Sorry to scare you... but it seemed odd that you happened to have you arms wrapped around me when you were sleeping with your hands under you head to start with..."
"It was probably Takuya or something."
"Or 'something'?"
"Well, I don't know... but I didn't do it on purpose or anything..."
"I didn't either."
"Then it probably was Takuya."
It was Takuya, but little did they know that a familar aquaintance had been watching them sleeping like that and planned evil things for Kouji.
"Wake up Takuya." Kouji commanded almost emotionlessly.
"Huh? Oh... hey Kouji..." Takuya sheepishly grinned.
"You'll pay for what you did."
"Hey, it was just a joke."
"Who's laughing?"
"Well... uh..."
"Time's up. You either apologize or face my wrath."
"Eep! I'm-sorry!-I'm-sorry!" Takuya then ran away in fear.
"Idiot."
"Geeeeeee Kouji, that wasn't very nice!" Izumi sarcasticly giggled. She batted his hand.
"He deserved it."
"Awww... Kouji..." Izumi then whispered under her breath, "Kun."
"You really want to take it that far, huh?" Kouji replied, as if Izumi had said it in a regular tone of voice.
"What?! You heard me!?" Izumi began to flush and seemed interested in her shoes.
"Yea. Actually, I've heard a lot of nice things you've said, thinking I couldn't hear you."
"Really?" Izumi began to get more pale than before.
Kouji turned around. He smiled and chuckled. "Yes, Izumi-chan."
Izumi then blushed and tried to look away.
"Well, now that that's done, we have to find Takuya so we can go save Junpei and Tomoki."
"Right..." Izumi quivered.
The scene cuts to Takuya, Kouji, and Izumi heading towards Orange County.
"Man, it's hot out here!" Takuya sighed. "Too bad it isn't winter... if it was this hot then we'd be in heaven!"
"@_@ yea, sure." Kouji sarcastically agreed.
Suddenly, a motorcycle zoomed by with a heavy-figure on it, wearing am excedingly big leather jacket with the collar up, hence hiding the face. "Hello... my prey..." the figure hissed. He stopped in front of them and glared.
"Who are you?" Kouji questioned stiffly.
"Why, I'd expect you'd know me. Besides, you're now my prey, because I am the predator." As the person carried on talking, he became more and more irrogant, and more and more detected as Junpei. "If you don't back of wolfy, I'll kill you, and take what is rightfully mine- Izumi-chan!"
"What?! No way Junpei!" Izumi screamed.
"Ahh, so at least one of you are smart. And now-" Junpei swipped Izumi up in his head-lock. "-I'll be going."
Junpei sped away, leaving Kouji and Takuya to barely even catch up. Soon, he was far within reach.
"Damn it." Kouji hissed.
"We have to find him." Takuya bravely declared.
"Yes..." Kouji then glared into the sun. "Or burn."
The scene changes to Izumi in Junpei's grasp.
"Let go of me Junpei." Izumi ordered.
"Hah! And let you get away again?" Junpei growled. "You're gonna be mine, whether you want to or not." He turned his head. "And you're gonna want to after you find out what I can do to my prey."
"You better not hurt Kouji."
"KOUJI?!" Junpei's motorcycle screeched to a hault. "KOUJI'S GONNA BE THE FIRST TO GO!"
"NO!"
"You better believe it, girl!"
"NEVER!"
"AHAHAHHAHA!" The motorcycle started up again and sped away.
The scene changes to night, and Kouji and Takuya are hanging out at a subway station.
"I'm hungry- and this place makes me think more and more about sanwhiches..." Takuya grumbled.
"Quiet... we have to catch the next train to Orange County... we might be able to jump off and stop Junpei." Kouji hypothesized. "But we'll have to find some way to be in Spirit mode or he'll get away too fast."
They shifted their eyes to each other, then at a coat stall.
The scene cuts to Takuya and Kouji in H-Hybrid, wearing trench coats and hats. "Well this seems to be working." Takuya commented.
"I feel so immobile, being in my H-Hybrid yet not fighting..." Kouji sighed.
A little girl walked up to them and said, "Are you a spy?"
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The scene cuts to a few minutes later. "Kouji... isn't this about time to hop off?"
"Yea. Come on, we gotta jump out through the back-most window." Kouji ordered.
"How?!"
"We gotta pretend we're some sort of cops or something... that might work."
"Yeah, but we don't got a badge!"
"Pssh. Who cares?"
"Your point."
They ran down the isles of the train and reached the back. Once they bursted in, they shouted, "FBI! Everyone, go to the next car!"
"Ahhhh!" and, like planned, everyone ran to the next car.
"Well that worked perfectly." Takuya said as Kouji pryed open the back door. Then the fire alarm went on. "Great... it was an emergancy exit!"
"Oh shut up and start a tiny fire or something." Kouji commanded. "Unlatch the cars, first!"
"Right, right..." Takuya then went to the doorway and bent down. He cut off the latch and started a small fire on the upholstery.
"Good. Let's go!"
They jumped out of the car and ran over to, as they expected, Junpei on his motorcycle.
"Start a ring of fire. I'll hold him off for a while."
"Roger." Takuya signaled as he began to make a fire wall.
"What's this?" Junpei questioned. "A road block? Not while I'm around."
"That's what you think." Kouji growled from behind.
"You?" he shouted. "Well, this time you're not gonna get so lucky."
Takuya then finished his circle, which was too high to be jumped over unless they were at risk to be burned. He stared into the circle and could make out the forms of his friends and foe preparing for battle.
"Now, we shall fight." Kouji (as Lobomon) hissed.
"That's what you think wolfy." Junpei laughed. He then A-Spirited to Metal Kabuterimon and left Izumi tied to his bike. "Time for you to face my wrath! AUTO THUNDER!"
"This doesn't seem fair." Kouji then pulled of his trench coat and reached for his saber. "LOBO KENDO!"
*Man this guy is crazy!* Takuya thought to himself. *He can't take on a Beast Spirit as a H-Hybrid!*
Some how, Lobomon was able to pull off an attack without being striked, and bared his feet. "Slide Evolution! Kendo Garurumon!"
*Good. Now you can demolish him!*
"Now this is more like it!" Junpei snickered. He then bowed his head down and bared his tires. "ELECTRON CANNON!"
"LUPINE LASER!" Kendo Gaururmon countered.
The combination of electricity and beams of color matched each other and left the two tactics struggling for victory.
*Come on Kouji...* Takuya wished. *Win this one! Or maybe I can be of some assitance.*
Takuya then jumped through the flames (his armor is fire-resistant) and Slide Evolved to Burning Greymon.
"Pyro Pummel!" Takuya hissed as miniature fire balls sprang out of his armor.
"GAH!" Junpei screamed.
"Now maybe you will learn that good shall always trimuph." Kouji solemnly declared.
"THIS ISN'T OVER WOLF-BOY!" Junpei then fire another cannon before Kouji could counter.
"KOUJI!" Izumi screamed.
"Uhhh!" Kouji shouted as he took a direct blow to the stomach.
"Kouji!" Takuya shouted. "You will pay for this X."
"Oh, well if it isn't my former host." X then put the whole Junpei act behind them. "It's time for you to feal the pain of those who do not obey!"
"You wish!" Takuya then flamed up. "WILDFIRE TSUNAMI!"
"Gah!!!"
As Takuya battled with X, Kouji lay sprawling on the ground, now as Lobomon. His Spirit was not taken, but he was completely out of it.
"Kouji." Izumi whispered.
"...uh..." Kouji moaned.
"Ssh..." Izumi then held out her hand. "Try to throw me that sharp rock over there."
"..." Kouji grasped the rock and with all his might, tossed the rock.
"Got it." She then began to cut the ropes which binded her to the bike. "Now."
Izumi got up and searched through the motorcycle's bags while Takuya distracted X. She then found here D-Tector and held it up. "...Good..."
"A-Spirit Evolution!" soon Izumi had transformed from girl to Digimon. "Zephyrmon!"
"Thurmeane Gale!" Zephyrmon cried. Twisters formed at her hands and struck Metal Kabuterimon from behind.
"What?" X shouted. He turned around. "Electron Cannon!"
Izumi simply dodged the attack and spun around. "Now to purify your soul! HA!" She launched another attack and left Metal Kabuterimon dazed. Zephyrmon slid back to Fairymon and cried, "Fractual code... Digitize!"
"Nooo!"
X was sucked out of Junpei's body, but his soul did not go into her D-Tector. "What?!"
"HAHAHA! You thought you had me, didn't you? Well I'm still alive, and I WILL be back humans!" X then drifted away into the horizon.
Fairymon and Burning Greymon then returned to regular form. "Kouji-kun, are you okay?" Izumi asked.
"...you did it, Izumi-chan..." Kouji wheezed.
"I know Kouji-kun... but are you okay?"
"Yes... I am..." Kouji slowly got up and breathed in heavily. He exhaled and looked into Izumi's eyes. They frenched and Takuya could only smile and just leave them alone.
"Ugh... where am I?" a voice suddenly piped in, breaking Kouji's concentration. It was Junpei.
"Nice to see you're not insane anymore, Junpei." Takuya chuckled.
"'Insane'? What in the world are you talking about Takuya?"
"You got played by X."
"Who's X?"
"Well-"
"He's a sort of Virus that infects you," Kouji cut in. "He takes control of your soul and uses your Spirit for his own biddings. You're lucky- we saved you."
"I was evil?" Junpei gasped.
"Yeah," Izumi then gave him an annoyed look. "and you tried to kill off Kouji and marry me."
Junpei blushed. "...I did...?"
"YES!" everyone shouted.
"He...he... funny story... uh..."
"Pssh... forget about it." Izumi rolled her eyes.
"Yes, let's all forget about it." Junpei looked around. "Say... where's Tomoki?"
"He's has the Virus, too. He's the last one we need to recruit back." Kouji declared.
"So let's go!" Takuya added.
"Hold on."
"What?"
"Do you even know which way to go?"
"Uhh..."
"That's what I thought." Kouji looked down at his D-Tector's map. "Looks like we're heading for north from here."
"Well then let's go!"
"Yes, lets."
The children walked into the sunset in search of their final feat, or is it?
(1000 Miles - Vanessa Carlton)
Makin my way downtown
Walkin fast
Faces pass
And I'm homebound
Staring like we have
Just makin my way
Makin my way through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles
If I could just
See you
Tonight
So it's times like these
When I think of you
And I'm wondering if you ever
Think of me
Cause everythings so wrong
When you don't belong
Living in your precious
Memory
Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles
If I could just
See you
Tonight
And I, I
Don't wanna let you know
I, I
Drown in your memories
I, I
Don't wanna let this go
I, I don't
Makin my way downtown
Walkin fast
Faces pass
And I'm homebound
Staring like we have
Just makin my way
Makin my way through the crowd
I still need you
I still miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass, us by?
Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles
If I could just see you
Oh, oh
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles
If I could just see you
If I could just, hold you
Tonight...
*Opening Theme Song*
-=Find Me, Find You=-
Izumi and Takuya are riding in a bus together in search of Kouji and the other Frontier members. As Izumi stares out the window, Takuya watches his D-Tector.
***Sigh* Kouji, where are you?** Izumi thought to herself as she stared into the desert plains. **You told me you loved me, and you left me behind...**
"Hey, what's up?" Takuya asked in his usual caring voice.
"Oh... nothing..." she sighed. "Nothing you would understand..."
"Oh..."
Soon the bus came to a stop and caused Izumi to snap back to reality. "End of the line! Los Angeles!" the bus driver shouted.
"LA? Already?" Izumi gasped.
"Yeah... it's been a day or so since we left Alameda..."
"Wow..." They got up and filed out of the bus. They looked around their surroundings as they unloaded out of the bus. "So this is LA..."
"I would of expected it to be... well... more... interesting..."
"Yeah, me too."
"Kids, this is the desert part of Los Angeles! What were you expecting? Tall buildings and theme parks?" a tourist laughed.
"^.^' ...Yeah..." they replied at the same time.
The tourist did an anime-style fall and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, you'll wanna catch the next bus over to Orange County."
"Orange County? But we're heading for LA..." Takuya quizzically said.
The tourist fell again and then replied, "That's part of LA, the amusement park place, really."
"^.^ Oh, thanks then, sir." Izumi and Takuya walked off along the rode.
"Well that was embarrasing..." Takuya muttered after they were a far distance away.
"Oh, get over it. You're just saying that 'cause you're a guy."
"Oh yeah? What does THAT have to do with it?"
"Oh, come ON! Everyone knows that guys hate asking for directions!"
*Growls* "Oh be quiet."
The scene cuts to Kouji walking along the opposite side of the rode, but not near them.
**Hmm... I'm getting some other people on my D-Tector behind me... I better check it out.** Kouji thought to himself. He turned around and walked back...
The scene cuts to Takuya and Izumi again.
Takuya looked a little tired as they walked along. "Man, I'm tired of walking... can't we just camp out here?"
"One, I didn't bring any camping gear." Izumi began. "Two, I don't want to camp in desert-city, and three, we haven't found Kouji yet."
"Why's it so important for you to find Kouji?" *Izumi blushes* "Oh! You LIKE him don't you?"
"...Oh be quiet..."
"Hehehe." Soon, another person came in sight, but his body hidden in the shadows. "I wonder who that is..."
**Hmm... those people over there must be who I'm picking up...** Kouji thought to himself, not even suspecting it could possibly be Takuya and Izumi.
"Hey... that's Kouji!" Izumi declared. She ran over to him and hugged him.
"Izumi?"
"Yep!" she quietly added, "I missed you so much..."
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"I should have stayed behind, but I didn't. Could you possibly forgive me?"
"Of course!"
"Hey Kouji!" Takuya shouted.
"Hmmm..." Kouji grumbled. Then he managed a smirk and they gave each other a high five with their fists.
The scene cuts to them camping out around a fire. "So where were you?"
"I was walking along when I detected you guys."
"Where were you going, anyways?" Izumi piped in.
"I was heading towards LA's hotels. Aparently, one of our aquaintances are in Disneyland..."
"Hmmm... it's probably Tomoki..." Takuya thought outloud.
"Junpei has a good reason to be there too, with all the magic and everything..." Izumi debated.
"Well, we'll find out soon. Let's just rest here."
"And you can't leave again Kouji!"
"Hmphh..." Kouji sarcastically grumbled, managing to fight a smile.
The scene cuts to deep night. Takuya has already fallen asleep and Kouji just staring into the night sky.
"The sky's really enhanced here, huh?" Izumi said as she stared into the sky.
"It's majestic..." Kouji replied.
Izumi turned around and met Kouji's gaze. "Kouji... do you honestly like me? I mean- more than LIKE..."
"Honestly?" he looked a little surprised Izumi was asking. "Yes."
Kouji cradled his arms around Izumi and slightly kissed her.
The scene cuts to morning.
Izumi had her arms wrapped around Kouji when she woke up. **What? I didn't do that!**
She looked over at Takuya to see him with a BIG smirk on his face. **Grrr... stupid Takuya...**
As soon as she moved a little bit, Kouji mumbled, "Awake?"
"Wha?!" Izumi gasped.
He sat up and stretched. "Sorry to scare you... but it seemed odd that you happened to have you arms wrapped around me when you were sleeping with your hands under you head to start with..."
"It was probably Takuya or something."
"Or 'something'?"
"Well, I don't know... but I didn't do it on purpose or anything..."
"I didn't either."
"Then it probably was Takuya."
It was Takuya, but little did they know that a familar aquaintance had been watching them sleeping like that and planned evil things for Kouji.
"Wake up Takuya." Kouji commanded almost emotionlessly.
"Huh? Oh... hey Kouji..." Takuya sheepishly grinned.
"You'll pay for what you did."
"Hey, it was just a joke."
"Who's laughing?"
"Well... uh..."
"Time's up. You either apologize or face my wrath."
"Eep! I'm-sorry!-I'm-sorry!" Takuya then ran away in fear.
"Idiot."
"Geeeeeee Kouji, that wasn't very nice!" Izumi sarcasticly giggled. She batted his hand.
"He deserved it."
"Awww... Kouji..." Izumi then whispered under her breath, "Kun."
"You really want to take it that far, huh?" Kouji replied, as if Izumi had said it in a regular tone of voice.
"What?! You heard me!?" Izumi began to flush and seemed interested in her shoes.
"Yea. Actually, I've heard a lot of nice things you've said, thinking I couldn't hear you."
"Really?" Izumi began to get more pale than before.
Kouji turned around. He smiled and chuckled. "Yes, Izumi-chan."
Izumi then blushed and tried to look away.
"Well, now that that's done, we have to find Takuya so we can go save Junpei and Tomoki."
"Right..." Izumi quivered.
The scene cuts to Takuya, Kouji, and Izumi heading towards Orange County.
"Man, it's hot out here!" Takuya sighed. "Too bad it isn't winter... if it was this hot then we'd be in heaven!"
"@_@ yea, sure." Kouji sarcastically agreed.
Suddenly, a motorcycle zoomed by with a heavy-figure on it, wearing am excedingly big leather jacket with the collar up, hence hiding the face. "Hello... my prey..." the figure hissed. He stopped in front of them and glared.
"Who are you?" Kouji questioned stiffly.
"Why, I'd expect you'd know me. Besides, you're now my prey, because I am the predator." As the person carried on talking, he became more and more irrogant, and more and more detected as Junpei. "If you don't back of wolfy, I'll kill you, and take what is rightfully mine- Izumi-chan!"
"What?! No way Junpei!" Izumi screamed.
"Ahh, so at least one of you are smart. And now-" Junpei swipped Izumi up in his head-lock. "-I'll be going."
Junpei sped away, leaving Kouji and Takuya to barely even catch up. Soon, he was far within reach.
"Damn it." Kouji hissed.
"We have to find him." Takuya bravely declared.
"Yes..." Kouji then glared into the sun. "Or burn."
The scene changes to Izumi in Junpei's grasp.
"Let go of me Junpei." Izumi ordered.
"Hah! And let you get away again?" Junpei growled. "You're gonna be mine, whether you want to or not." He turned his head. "And you're gonna want to after you find out what I can do to my prey."
"You better not hurt Kouji."
"KOUJI?!" Junpei's motorcycle screeched to a hault. "KOUJI'S GONNA BE THE FIRST TO GO!"
"NO!"
"You better believe it, girl!"
"NEVER!"
"AHAHAHHAHA!" The motorcycle started up again and sped away.
The scene changes to night, and Kouji and Takuya are hanging out at a subway station.
"I'm hungry- and this place makes me think more and more about sanwhiches..." Takuya grumbled.
"Quiet... we have to catch the next train to Orange County... we might be able to jump off and stop Junpei." Kouji hypothesized. "But we'll have to find some way to be in Spirit mode or he'll get away too fast."
They shifted their eyes to each other, then at a coat stall.
The scene cuts to Takuya and Kouji in H-Hybrid, wearing trench coats and hats. "Well this seems to be working." Takuya commented.
"I feel so immobile, being in my H-Hybrid yet not fighting..." Kouji sighed.
A little girl walked up to them and said, "Are you a spy?"
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The scene cuts to a few minutes later. "Kouji... isn't this about time to hop off?"
"Yea. Come on, we gotta jump out through the back-most window." Kouji ordered.
"How?!"
"We gotta pretend we're some sort of cops or something... that might work."
"Yeah, but we don't got a badge!"
"Pssh. Who cares?"
"Your point."
They ran down the isles of the train and reached the back. Once they bursted in, they shouted, "FBI! Everyone, go to the next car!"
"Ahhhh!" and, like planned, everyone ran to the next car.
"Well that worked perfectly." Takuya said as Kouji pryed open the back door. Then the fire alarm went on. "Great... it was an emergancy exit!"
"Oh shut up and start a tiny fire or something." Kouji commanded. "Unlatch the cars, first!"
"Right, right..." Takuya then went to the doorway and bent down. He cut off the latch and started a small fire on the upholstery.
"Good. Let's go!"
They jumped out of the car and ran over to, as they expected, Junpei on his motorcycle.
"Start a ring of fire. I'll hold him off for a while."
"Roger." Takuya signaled as he began to make a fire wall.
"What's this?" Junpei questioned. "A road block? Not while I'm around."
"That's what you think." Kouji growled from behind.
"You?" he shouted. "Well, this time you're not gonna get so lucky."
Takuya then finished his circle, which was too high to be jumped over unless they were at risk to be burned. He stared into the circle and could make out the forms of his friends and foe preparing for battle.
"Now, we shall fight." Kouji (as Lobomon) hissed.
"That's what you think wolfy." Junpei laughed. He then A-Spirited to Metal Kabuterimon and left Izumi tied to his bike. "Time for you to face my wrath! AUTO THUNDER!"
"This doesn't seem fair." Kouji then pulled of his trench coat and reached for his saber. "LOBO KENDO!"
*Man this guy is crazy!* Takuya thought to himself. *He can't take on a Beast Spirit as a H-Hybrid!*
Some how, Lobomon was able to pull off an attack without being striked, and bared his feet. "Slide Evolution! Kendo Garurumon!"
*Good. Now you can demolish him!*
"Now this is more like it!" Junpei snickered. He then bowed his head down and bared his tires. "ELECTRON CANNON!"
"LUPINE LASER!" Kendo Gaururmon countered.
The combination of electricity and beams of color matched each other and left the two tactics struggling for victory.
*Come on Kouji...* Takuya wished. *Win this one! Or maybe I can be of some assitance.*
Takuya then jumped through the flames (his armor is fire-resistant) and Slide Evolved to Burning Greymon.
"Pyro Pummel!" Takuya hissed as miniature fire balls sprang out of his armor.
"GAH!" Junpei screamed.
"Now maybe you will learn that good shall always trimuph." Kouji solemnly declared.
"THIS ISN'T OVER WOLF-BOY!" Junpei then fire another cannon before Kouji could counter.
"KOUJI!" Izumi screamed.
"Uhhh!" Kouji shouted as he took a direct blow to the stomach.
"Kouji!" Takuya shouted. "You will pay for this X."
"Oh, well if it isn't my former host." X then put the whole Junpei act behind them. "It's time for you to feal the pain of those who do not obey!"
"You wish!" Takuya then flamed up. "WILDFIRE TSUNAMI!"
"Gah!!!"
As Takuya battled with X, Kouji lay sprawling on the ground, now as Lobomon. His Spirit was not taken, but he was completely out of it.
"Kouji." Izumi whispered.
"...uh..." Kouji moaned.
"Ssh..." Izumi then held out her hand. "Try to throw me that sharp rock over there."
"..." Kouji grasped the rock and with all his might, tossed the rock.
"Got it." She then began to cut the ropes which binded her to the bike. "Now."
Izumi got up and searched through the motorcycle's bags while Takuya distracted X. She then found here D-Tector and held it up. "...Good..."
"A-Spirit Evolution!" soon Izumi had transformed from girl to Digimon. "Zephyrmon!"
"Thurmeane Gale!" Zephyrmon cried. Twisters formed at her hands and struck Metal Kabuterimon from behind.
"What?" X shouted. He turned around. "Electron Cannon!"
Izumi simply dodged the attack and spun around. "Now to purify your soul! HA!" She launched another attack and left Metal Kabuterimon dazed. Zephyrmon slid back to Fairymon and cried, "Fractual code... Digitize!"
"Nooo!"
X was sucked out of Junpei's body, but his soul did not go into her D-Tector. "What?!"
"HAHAHA! You thought you had me, didn't you? Well I'm still alive, and I WILL be back humans!" X then drifted away into the horizon.
Fairymon and Burning Greymon then returned to regular form. "Kouji-kun, are you okay?" Izumi asked.
"...you did it, Izumi-chan..." Kouji wheezed.
"I know Kouji-kun... but are you okay?"
"Yes... I am..." Kouji slowly got up and breathed in heavily. He exhaled and looked into Izumi's eyes. They frenched and Takuya could only smile and just leave them alone.
"Ugh... where am I?" a voice suddenly piped in, breaking Kouji's concentration. It was Junpei.
"Nice to see you're not insane anymore, Junpei." Takuya chuckled.
"'Insane'? What in the world are you talking about Takuya?"
"You got played by X."
"Who's X?"
"Well-"
"He's a sort of Virus that infects you," Kouji cut in. "He takes control of your soul and uses your Spirit for his own biddings. You're lucky- we saved you."
"I was evil?" Junpei gasped.
"Yeah," Izumi then gave him an annoyed look. "and you tried to kill off Kouji and marry me."
Junpei blushed. "...I did...?"
"YES!" everyone shouted.
"He...he... funny story... uh..."
"Pssh... forget about it." Izumi rolled her eyes.
"Yes, let's all forget about it." Junpei looked around. "Say... where's Tomoki?"
"He's has the Virus, too. He's the last one we need to recruit back." Kouji declared.
"So let's go!" Takuya added.
"Hold on."
"What?"
"Do you even know which way to go?"
"Uhh..."
"That's what I thought." Kouji looked down at his D-Tector's map. "Looks like we're heading for north from here."
"Well then let's go!"
"Yes, lets."
The children walked into the sunset in search of their final feat, or is it?
(1000 Miles - Vanessa Carlton)
Makin my way downtown
Walkin fast
Faces pass
And I'm homebound
Staring like we have
Just makin my way
Makin my way through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles
If I could just
See you
Tonight
So it's times like these
When I think of you
And I'm wondering if you ever
Think of me
Cause everythings so wrong
When you don't belong
Living in your precious
Memory
Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles
If I could just
See you
Tonight
And I, I
Don't wanna let you know
I, I
Drown in your memories
I, I
Don't wanna let this go
I, I don't
Makin my way downtown
Walkin fast
Faces pass
And I'm homebound
Staring like we have
Just makin my way
Makin my way through the crowd
I still need you
I still miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass, us by?
Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles
If I could just see you
Oh, oh
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles
If I could just see you
If I could just, hold you
Tonight...