Chapter 12
Authors Note* Yes here it is. All of the third season condensed into one easy to read chapter. I'll do my best since I'm too lazy to get up before 6:30 on weekdays to watch the repeats so I might leave out a few things. I need my 45 extra minutes of sleep or I'm not in a good mood for the rest of the morning.*
A week had passed since we met the Tamers. Right now I was in a food court with Sue and Juri. We were having a nice conversation there. That is if you want to call two people talking and one translating.
I was bored. Juri was getting something to eat. Sue seemed indifferent about what was going on around her. She was reading a required book for her high school class next year. I had finished the same book while in eight grade.
"So, what happened seven years ago that makes D'Artagnan being here imposable?" She paused as she started to turn the page. I could see the gears working in her head. Sue looked at me very slowly; an eerie look came upon her face.
"I was five then," she said slowly. "I don't remember much."
"You seemed to remember the stories you were told," I attacked.
"I told you I didn't remember much," she parried. "I was five then. You can't remember much from when you were five; can you?" Ouch, the counter-attack got me. She had to remember something.
"Really what happened?" She finished turning the page and didn't glance up. Choosing to ignore me, oblivious to what I had said. "You're holding something from me. I know it, you must have done something. Something you are not proud of." She sighed.
"Actually, it's not that I don't remember. The little time I had with her was all I could really remember. That and Terriermon, hehe, I gave him a rough time." She smiled, and then looked at me. Her face had that dark look again. "The only thing I'm not proud of is letting them leave. My brother almost blames it on himself. Then again, we knew that if they didn't leave they would die." No wonder they were amazed that D'Artagnan was here!
"Why... what happened?"
She gave me a cock eyed look. "Do you really want to know?" I nodded; she put the book mark in and closed the book. And then set it down on the table. "It's a long story... but if you really want to know." I gave her a 'stop stalling' look. "First thing is first, it is more of like nine years then seven. At least eight. It was fall at the time; my brother was ten years old. He attended the local elementary school. I hadn't even started school. But my parents already knew I was going to skip kindergarten." I always wondered why she was a year younger then me. "I guess I was smarter in a learning way then how I acted.
"Anyway, there were only three of us to begin with. My brother, Terriermon, Takato, Growlmon, Ruki, and Renamon. Well Ruki and Renamon were being a little ornery about helping at the time so it was only two. My brother and Ruki were the first Tamers. Henry didn't like fighting, and she did. They had some, err, minor confrontations back then. Actually Henry didn't know here too much at the time. Ever once in a while they would spot each other. Usually she just finished a fight as they were getting there."
Juri had sat down as Sue was talking. More of when she started naming the tamers. She seemed to question Sue. She replied and I heard Juri say utter one word that I could understand. "Leomon," a great agony hit her when she said this word. Sue laid a hand on her shoulder and said something else. Juri nodded and Sue turned back to me.
"Sorry, her partner's time on this planet ended in death. Actually it ended in the Digital World, but I'll get to that later." She stole a French fry off Juri's plate. "Well," she said after swallowing the French fry, "during the fall Takato met his. One day he ended up seeing this boy chase after some box with a red tail. He got Terriermon and when to find them. So there was this goggle headed boy with a red dinosaur that was only up to this boy's waist. Well they started to work together some. Ruki the whole time was fighting along side Renamon.
"I don't care what anyone says, but they, from what I saw when I joined, worked together nicely. As for my brother, he was timid. Sure we felt what they did in battle. We could all feel the pain that last day. That lost of power. That now leaves a void in us to this day... I... I'm rambling aren't I?" She looked at me, I nodded slightly. "Sorry, well, my brother was timid in battle. I'm told he didn't want Terriermon to tight. Something about him becoming a monster. That was the same thing with Takato, only he was afraid at times of his partner. That Growlmon was going out of control.
"After a while they all joined forces. Only days before heading to the Digital World she met her partner. What I haven't told you is that there was an irritating Digimon, Impmon. He wasn't to sure about humans and didn't like them one bit. He had died, but his data had not been taken. So he wasn't quite dead, more of in a starting over period.
"You see, when a Digimon's data is absorbed by another he is gone until the one with it is destroyed. But Lopmon told me once, and I'm not sure if I heard her right. But the Sovereign can extract all data or just one portion that had been absorbed. It's painful for the subject, but it was their chose in the first place."
"Weird," I said.
"Weird?! You call all this weird?! Gggrrrr," she paused and regained her composure. "Anyway, he was given a second chance and was made more powerful. So when they got to the Digital World, along with Juri, Leomon, Kenta, and Kazu. They ran into this more powerful Impmon. At one point Leomon, well, she blames herself for not fighting. And she had Ruki's help at one point to learn all this. Oh well, at one point Leomon got caught off guard. His data was absorbed by Impmon in his new form.
"Now at one point while they were gone. I came there. After a few hours of wandering; I met Lopmon in her; I think it was Antiramon, form. I joined her for a while, not knowing she was actually the enemy of the Tamers. Eventually, my brother, Terriermon, and Takato, who had been split off from the rest of the group found us. When they got there I received, I forget how, my D'Arc.
"Another thing happened, we got to meet Ryo. He had been here for a year, and was the only on in the card tournaments to beat Ruki. Hehe, I've always thought that if Henry broke up with her even for a day. Ryo'd immediately ask her out. Now that is weird." I couldn't reply to that. He wasn't there, only Takato, Henry, Ruki, Juri, Kenta, and Kazu. As well as two kids my age that didn't introduce themselves.
"Well he had been here all this time with his partner. Now that Digimon was out of control at times. Also, Kenta and Kazu finally met their partners. Eventually we came back here. Well, there was this thing called Chaos, it was a virus. And it had come here. Also, all that time there was this man that had been running something called Juggernaut. It was used to pick apart a Digimon's data. But instead of that it destroyed them. Well all of our Digimon had a blue card when they became out partners. But one guy had to give us red ones. That changed everything when we finally figured out how to destroy it. The Juggernaut was used. And it almost destroyed them."
"I got a blue card! Not a red! That must be why he is a live!" A few people turned to look at me.
"Ssshhh," she hushed me. "But was he using a blue card before he became your partner. What about all those that had come without being exiled and had not come to find a Tamer. They must still be alive if they have be able to come back to their world safely." What was she talking about? Did they ask him more questions then I did.
"I guess you have a point."
"No, my point is that we lost everything that day. All because they forgot to change something in the program so they couldn't die if they stayed here. Now we know that Digimon can live here. Why they haven't come back and told us is the question."
"Maybe they didn't want you to know; maybe they thought it would be too painful for you. If they had to close the portal again. It might be painful if you weren't able to see them again. It might be that if half were here and half weren't you would all be in a terrible pain. Or if any of the Digimon were stuck here and weren't able to see their loved ones again." I thought of how D'Artagnan talked about his wife.
"It doesn't matter, because we plan to get back there next week. D'Artagnan promised." And with that she turned to Juri and started up a conversation with her.
Authors Note* Yes here it is. All of the third season condensed into one easy to read chapter. I'll do my best since I'm too lazy to get up before 6:30 on weekdays to watch the repeats so I might leave out a few things. I need my 45 extra minutes of sleep or I'm not in a good mood for the rest of the morning.*
A week had passed since we met the Tamers. Right now I was in a food court with Sue and Juri. We were having a nice conversation there. That is if you want to call two people talking and one translating.
I was bored. Juri was getting something to eat. Sue seemed indifferent about what was going on around her. She was reading a required book for her high school class next year. I had finished the same book while in eight grade.
"So, what happened seven years ago that makes D'Artagnan being here imposable?" She paused as she started to turn the page. I could see the gears working in her head. Sue looked at me very slowly; an eerie look came upon her face.
"I was five then," she said slowly. "I don't remember much."
"You seemed to remember the stories you were told," I attacked.
"I told you I didn't remember much," she parried. "I was five then. You can't remember much from when you were five; can you?" Ouch, the counter-attack got me. She had to remember something.
"Really what happened?" She finished turning the page and didn't glance up. Choosing to ignore me, oblivious to what I had said. "You're holding something from me. I know it, you must have done something. Something you are not proud of." She sighed.
"Actually, it's not that I don't remember. The little time I had with her was all I could really remember. That and Terriermon, hehe, I gave him a rough time." She smiled, and then looked at me. Her face had that dark look again. "The only thing I'm not proud of is letting them leave. My brother almost blames it on himself. Then again, we knew that if they didn't leave they would die." No wonder they were amazed that D'Artagnan was here!
"Why... what happened?"
She gave me a cock eyed look. "Do you really want to know?" I nodded; she put the book mark in and closed the book. And then set it down on the table. "It's a long story... but if you really want to know." I gave her a 'stop stalling' look. "First thing is first, it is more of like nine years then seven. At least eight. It was fall at the time; my brother was ten years old. He attended the local elementary school. I hadn't even started school. But my parents already knew I was going to skip kindergarten." I always wondered why she was a year younger then me. "I guess I was smarter in a learning way then how I acted.
"Anyway, there were only three of us to begin with. My brother, Terriermon, Takato, Growlmon, Ruki, and Renamon. Well Ruki and Renamon were being a little ornery about helping at the time so it was only two. My brother and Ruki were the first Tamers. Henry didn't like fighting, and she did. They had some, err, minor confrontations back then. Actually Henry didn't know here too much at the time. Ever once in a while they would spot each other. Usually she just finished a fight as they were getting there."
Juri had sat down as Sue was talking. More of when she started naming the tamers. She seemed to question Sue. She replied and I heard Juri say utter one word that I could understand. "Leomon," a great agony hit her when she said this word. Sue laid a hand on her shoulder and said something else. Juri nodded and Sue turned back to me.
"Sorry, her partner's time on this planet ended in death. Actually it ended in the Digital World, but I'll get to that later." She stole a French fry off Juri's plate. "Well," she said after swallowing the French fry, "during the fall Takato met his. One day he ended up seeing this boy chase after some box with a red tail. He got Terriermon and when to find them. So there was this goggle headed boy with a red dinosaur that was only up to this boy's waist. Well they started to work together some. Ruki the whole time was fighting along side Renamon.
"I don't care what anyone says, but they, from what I saw when I joined, worked together nicely. As for my brother, he was timid. Sure we felt what they did in battle. We could all feel the pain that last day. That lost of power. That now leaves a void in us to this day... I... I'm rambling aren't I?" She looked at me, I nodded slightly. "Sorry, well, my brother was timid in battle. I'm told he didn't want Terriermon to tight. Something about him becoming a monster. That was the same thing with Takato, only he was afraid at times of his partner. That Growlmon was going out of control.
"After a while they all joined forces. Only days before heading to the Digital World she met her partner. What I haven't told you is that there was an irritating Digimon, Impmon. He wasn't to sure about humans and didn't like them one bit. He had died, but his data had not been taken. So he wasn't quite dead, more of in a starting over period.
"You see, when a Digimon's data is absorbed by another he is gone until the one with it is destroyed. But Lopmon told me once, and I'm not sure if I heard her right. But the Sovereign can extract all data or just one portion that had been absorbed. It's painful for the subject, but it was their chose in the first place."
"Weird," I said.
"Weird?! You call all this weird?! Gggrrrr," she paused and regained her composure. "Anyway, he was given a second chance and was made more powerful. So when they got to the Digital World, along with Juri, Leomon, Kenta, and Kazu. They ran into this more powerful Impmon. At one point Leomon, well, she blames herself for not fighting. And she had Ruki's help at one point to learn all this. Oh well, at one point Leomon got caught off guard. His data was absorbed by Impmon in his new form.
"Now at one point while they were gone. I came there. After a few hours of wandering; I met Lopmon in her; I think it was Antiramon, form. I joined her for a while, not knowing she was actually the enemy of the Tamers. Eventually, my brother, Terriermon, and Takato, who had been split off from the rest of the group found us. When they got there I received, I forget how, my D'Arc.
"Another thing happened, we got to meet Ryo. He had been here for a year, and was the only on in the card tournaments to beat Ruki. Hehe, I've always thought that if Henry broke up with her even for a day. Ryo'd immediately ask her out. Now that is weird." I couldn't reply to that. He wasn't there, only Takato, Henry, Ruki, Juri, Kenta, and Kazu. As well as two kids my age that didn't introduce themselves.
"Well he had been here all this time with his partner. Now that Digimon was out of control at times. Also, Kenta and Kazu finally met their partners. Eventually we came back here. Well, there was this thing called Chaos, it was a virus. And it had come here. Also, all that time there was this man that had been running something called Juggernaut. It was used to pick apart a Digimon's data. But instead of that it destroyed them. Well all of our Digimon had a blue card when they became out partners. But one guy had to give us red ones. That changed everything when we finally figured out how to destroy it. The Juggernaut was used. And it almost destroyed them."
"I got a blue card! Not a red! That must be why he is a live!" A few people turned to look at me.
"Ssshhh," she hushed me. "But was he using a blue card before he became your partner. What about all those that had come without being exiled and had not come to find a Tamer. They must still be alive if they have be able to come back to their world safely." What was she talking about? Did they ask him more questions then I did.
"I guess you have a point."
"No, my point is that we lost everything that day. All because they forgot to change something in the program so they couldn't die if they stayed here. Now we know that Digimon can live here. Why they haven't come back and told us is the question."
"Maybe they didn't want you to know; maybe they thought it would be too painful for you. If they had to close the portal again. It might be painful if you weren't able to see them again. It might be that if half were here and half weren't you would all be in a terrible pain. Or if any of the Digimon were stuck here and weren't able to see their loved ones again." I thought of how D'Artagnan talked about his wife.
"It doesn't matter, because we plan to get back there next week. D'Artagnan promised." And with that she turned to Juri and started up a conversation with her.