Starting Point_
Part 6
'All's Fair in Love'
By: JC Maxwell-Yuy
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JC: Part 6, finally!!!
Daisuke: Same disclaimers as before: JC doesn't own a thing!
JC: Shall we go? Yes, we can do it?
Daisuke: Stop singing. Let's start!
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After Skull Satamon hiked up his bones and ran from the Chosen Children, the exhausted Tamers and their friends headed for Koushiro's apartment, which was the closest. Once there, all the digimon and humans were delighted to find out that the redhead had called and ordered pizza… lots of it.
"ITADAKIMASE!"
After eating, it was decided that since the dimensions were still messed up, it wouldn't be safe for everyone to split up and head home… because home was… well… confusing. Buildings and streets had already started to melt and fuse with other objects, so it was a wonder how the pizza guy got back, but anyways…
"How's Daisuke?" Taichi whispered as Yamato returned from the room where all the younger kids were sleeping.
"Out like a light. Same goes for everyone else." The blonde yawned.
"I'm really worried about this you guys." Sora sat down on the floor with a cup of tea. The two boys fell silent. Demon… the evil that could not be destroyed.
"Do you think it's going to be like the Diablomon incident again?" The red-haired girl looked at her cup. The steam floated off the eerily lit surface of the water.
"I hope not." Yamato hugged himself. Taichi saw this and moved in to wrap his arms around the taller boy.
"We're not letting Daisuke-tachi deal with Demon alone this time." Taichi said.
"Definitely not alone." Sora sipped her tea. The cup cracked and the hot tea splashed on the floor.
"A bad sign." She sighed and got up to go wipe the liquid off the floor.
"Are you all right?" Mimi poked her head into the room.
"Fine. It's nothing Mimi-chan." Sora wiped the mess off the floor.
"You know that digimon, Guilmon?" Koushiro walked into the room with his laptop.
"Yeah, what about him?" Taichi asked as he guided Yamato over to the couch and sat down. His boyfriend lay down in his lap.
"I can't find any data on him." Koushiro gestured at his laptop.
"No data? But he's a digimon. Surely there's something on him." Taichi said surprised. The Keeper of Knowledge shook his head.
"I see. Must be…"
"What I don't understand is his evolutions. None of what Takato-kun told me he evolved into matched what data I have in the analyzer." Koushiro sat down. Jyou and Sora entered the room with several cups of tea.
"Thanks." Koushiro took a long sip.
"That other digimon Culumon…"
"No data either?" Mimi finished.
"Where did these kids come from?"
"So do you have plan to defeat Demon?" Jyou sat down next to Mimi and offered her a cup of tea.
"Not yet." Koushiro stared at his laptop.
"If Imperialdramon couldn't stop him, I don't think Omegamon would stand a chance." Yamato shuddered and clutched Taichi tighter. The tension in the room grew even thicker with that remark.
"Aa… come on guys." Mimi broke the silence nervously.
"I mean, isn't this what the powers of darkness want us to think? You know, just so they can beat us because we're all negative and stuff?"
"You're right." Koushiro stood up.
"I'm gonna do more research. You guys get some more sleep."
"I'll help you." Jyou stood up with the now empty cups of tea in a tray.
"Thanks Jyou." The two headed off to the kitchen.
"Well Mimi-chan. Guess it's off to bed for us." Sora got out of the chair she was sitting in. The girls headed for Koushiro's bedroom.
"Sorry I don't have enough futons for all you guys." Koushiro poked his head back into the living room where Taichi and Yamato were still curled up on the couch.
"We don't mind." Taichi grinned.
"Aa…" Yamato waved his hand sleepily.
"I should have known." Koushiro smiled and disappeared back into the kitchen.
"Oyasumi Yama-chan." Taichi kissed his lover's forehead lightly before drifting off into dreamland.
Meanwhile, in the guestroom, Takato was curled up against Lee. Juri was sleeping on a futon with Ruki, and Hirokazu and Kenta were unconsciously sleeping in each other's arms. The digimon excluding Renamon were curled up in a big heap on another futon.
Sora gently closed the door.
"Are they all…?" Mimi asked.
"Sleeping. They remind me of us when we were young." Sora whispered.
"They're so cute." Mimi grinned.
"I hope tomorrow's a better day."
The next day… the sun peeped through the curtains. Takato slowly opened his eyes and rubbed the sleep from them. He smiled. Lee had his arms wrapped tightly around his waist. Takato sighed and snuggled closer to the other boy and suddenly noticed that Kenta and Hirokazu were also in a similar but more questioning position on the floor.
"Card… slash… " Kenta breathed.
"Black War Hirokazumon." Hirokazu mumbled.
Takato giggled, the sight was so insanely funny.
"Ohayo Takato-chan." Lee whispered softly.
"Ohayo Lee-chan." Takato turned around and their lips met for a gentle morning kiss.
"OH MY GOD!" Juri screamed loudly.
"WAAAAHHH!!!" Takato and Lee broke away from each other and fell onto Hirokazu and Kenta who were still blissfully unaware that their lips had already met… well… now they were aware and screaming too.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" Ruki shot upright. Her left foot connected with Guilmon, who awoke with a start, sending Terriermon and Culumon who were sleeping on him tumbling to the floor.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Everyone started screaming.
"What's going on?" A sleepy-eyed Sora and Mimi burst into the room.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" everyone including Sora started screaming at the sight of Mimi's bed-hair.
"What the?" Taichi and Yamato stumbled into the room, took one look at everyone screaming and decided to start screaming too.
"WHAT IN…" Koushiro, Jyou, Daisuke, Hikari, and Miyako poked their heads into the room with a sleeping half-awake Ken and blanket-trailing Iori behind them.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
After everyone had calmed down and made sure their hair wasn't standing up in every direction, breakfast began.
"I refuse to do this again." Yamato said flatly as he stared at his dirty apron, Koushiro's now dirty kitchen, and the large bunch of happy kids and digimon gorging themselves on blueberry pancakes and eggs.
"I love you too honey." Taichi kissed Yamato on the cheek and returned to scarfing down his breakfast.
"WE LOVE YOU YAMATO!" the rest of the kids and digimon chorused.
"…" Yamato sighed.
So… we've already taken out Lady Devimon and Marine Devimon, right?" Taichi confirmed.
"So that only leaves Skull Satamon." Iori pointed out.
"And Demon." Ken shuddered.
"Don't give me that again Ken. You're stronger than that creep." Daisuke squeezed Ken's shoulder.
"He might have more forces. Ruki said that Dagomon was acting with him." Koushiro brought up Demon and Dagomon's data on to his laptop screen.
"Um… I feel crowded."
"Yeah… well… there's not exactly a lot of room." Takeru moaned as everyone shifted this way and that, trying to look at Koushiro's computer screen.
"Even in the living room, we still don't have enough space." Hikari sighed.
"WWWWAHHHHHH!!!" everyone screamed… again as Ken tripped over Iori's foot, which sent everyone crashing into the floor.
"My cards!" Juri cried as her deck scattered all over the floor. The other started to pick them up but one of them caught Koushiro's eye.
"Let me see that!" The redhead took one of the cards Mimi picked up.
"It can't be… But it is!" Koushiro stared hard at the card in his hand.
"What is it?" Mimi asked and everyone crowded around her. Koushiro turned the card over. It was the Crest of Knowledge.
"You're kidding!" Taichi gasped.
"You know… I have other cards just like it." Juri flipped through the cards the others had collected. Soon, she laid the Crests of Friendship, Courage, Love, Purity, Faith, Hope, and Light on the table.
"Takato?" Taichi handed the Courage Crest card to the younger boy. Juri nodded.
"OK…Let's see." Takato held the card up.
"CARD SLASH! CREST OF COURAGE!"
At first, nothing seemed to be happening, but the card shrank slowly into a small orange item.
"It is… my crest!" Taichi held up the orange object happily.
"This means…" Sora said.
"All our digimon can evolve… normally again! Without having to borrow power from the gods!" Jyou concluded.
"CARD SLASH!" soon, the remaining crests lay sparkling in the hands of their owners.
As the Chosen Children celebrated this new turn of events, Demon lay beneath the blanket of darkness that had begun to cover all of Japan.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
To Be Continued
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JC: Well, part 6 is now done!
Ken: My ears are sore from all the screaming.
Juri: Oh, the suspense is killing me! What's going to happen next?
Daisuke: Next time, we all head out to battle Demon. What surprises will the demon lord have in store for us?
Miyako: WAAAH!! I'm so scared!
Hikari: Jiikai! Digimon Tamers Starting Point! 'The Pyramid of Darkness'.