Ch. 6 Departure
Kathy was awakened at the gray of dawn by the far distant... "twooot!twooot!", of the Trailmon. Gabumon had gone to sleep leaning against her right side. Blancamon was sitting in her lap and Bokumon was leaning against her left side, he had slipped over and his head was in her lap.
"WAKE UP." Kathy hissed. "Gabumon! The trailmon is coming."
Gabumon's eyes blinked awake. Bokumon stirred and rolled off of Kathy's lap. His eyes fluttered open. "Huh?"
"The Trailmon! Gabumon here's your chance!"
"OH MY!" Gabumon exclaimed, waking up fully. He grabbed his backpack. Bokumon bolted wide-awake.
"Come on we gotta MOVE!" Blancamon exclaimed, jumping onto Kathy's head.
First Kathy, then Bokumon and finally Gabumon slid down the hill. "TRAILMON!" Kathy bellowed with a voice trained by the Digital World's premiere voice teacher. It carried to the hill. "TRAILMON STOP!!" Her voice echoed through the hills, loud enough to wake up Togemon and the other warriors and half the In-training/Fresh population of the school.
"I can't believe that she can be that loud." Takuya exclaimed.
"Why? I'll bet Junpei is louder. He was snoring so loudly I couldn't sleep." Kouji retorted.
"What the Hell?" Junpei demanded.
"Kathy??" Zoe called.
"SHE'S IN TROUBLE!" Tommy panicked, rushing towards the bluff.
Trailmon Buffalo screeched to a stop. "Yeah?"
"Hey, Trailmon, do you know where Guardian Castle is?" Kathy asked.
"You bet I know!" Buffalo exclaimed.
"Great! Can you take my friend Gabumon there? He comes with a recommendation from Togemon-sensei and Guidemon Bokumon."
"Gladly!" Buffalo huffed, laughing and blowing steam.
The Legendary Warriors screeched to a stop at the top of the bluff. "What is she telling Buffalo?" Takuya asked.
"Its okay. I asked her to flag a Trailmon to take Gabumon to Guardian Castle." Togemon told them. "Looks like she kept her promise."
Kouji huffed. He was extremely suspicious of Kathy after hearing that song. She knew more about the spirits than even Bokumon did, and more than he thought she should, being human.
Gabumon mounted the Trailmon. "Thank you Kathy!" He said, from the balcony on the back of the car.
"GOOD BYE GABUMON! AND GOOD LUCK!" Kathy called as Buffalo pulled away.
"GOOD LUCK GABUMON!" Togemon called.
"GOOD LUCK!" Zoe called, waving vigorously.
The in training and fresh digimon, since they had no hands, bounced up and down on the bluff, chorusing, "GOOD LUCK GABUMON!"
"Sovereign's speed go with you." Kathy called. She struck up chords on her guitar.
"Freight train freight train going so fast
Freight train freight train going so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone"
Kathy sang, the chords ringing out over the tracks. Zoe joined in, so did Tommy.
"When I die Lord bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number Nine
As she goes rolling by"
From his seat on the back of the Trailmon, Gabumon sang happily in response.
"When I'm dead and in my grave
No more good times here I'll crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell them I've gone to sleep"
Kathy smiled, beginning the final repetition of the chorus and using the acoustics of the natural bluff to her advantage.
"Freight train freight train going so fast
Freight train freight train going so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone" (A/N: This song is an old folk song. I went through Hell trying to look it up, so you'd better appreciate this!)
Only when the Trailmon puffed out of sight did Kathy lower her eyes from the horizon and her hands from the guitar.
~a few days later~
"Thank you for helping us Togemon." Takuya said, as the inhabitants of the school boarded Trailmon Kettle, bound for File Island Ferry.
"No problem. And thank you Kathy, for helping Gabumon achieve his dream."
"I'm glad to help." Kathy told the cactus digimon.
"Well then." Togemon turned to her students. "Sound off!"
"Viximon!"
"Yaamon!"
"Kapurimon!"
"Pichimon!"
"Koromon!"
And on down the list. When Togemon had contented herself that all of her charges were safely on board the Trailmon, she climbed up herself. "I hope to see you again someday, when all of this has settled down."
"Sure thing Togemon." Kathy said.
Trailmon Kettle pulled off into the distance, and the Legendary Warriors began their ascent to Forest Terminal.
~that night~
Kouji and Takuya were both on watch. "Wow." Takuya grinned. "I'll bet you never thought Kathy would come in so handy."
"I don't trust her." Kouji said calmly as he looked into the flames.
"Huh? How come?" Takuya asked.
"Because she knows too much. Think about it. When we came to the digital world we didn't know anything about the Legendary Warriors. Kathy can name each one!"
"Maybe she heard from another digimon."
"Like this Master Historian Scribemon? Takuya." Kouji said scornfully. "Bokumon told me that there IS no Master Historian Scribemon."
"WHAT?" Takuya demanded.
"Keep it down!" Kouji hissed.
"Then who do you think..." Kouji stared pointedly at him. "Not Cherubimon! Kouji, why would a human legendary warrior want to fight another human legendary warrior? It makes no sense!"
"Not fight, but spy maybe?" Kouji pointed out. "I get this weird feeling when I'm near her. Like she's not even human. Takuya I REALLY don't trust her!"
"But..." Takuya protested.
"FINE." Kouji stormed off.
He found Kathy sitting in front of her laptop. "Master, how long until the gate opens to let me go home?"
"The SHIBUMI program is finishing its scan of the temporal web, Kathy, I'll call you and let you know when the window is open. Please give your report."
"I encountered a digidestined digimon in this time named Gabumon. I think he might be the same as the chosen digimon of Yamato Ishida."
"It was. You will probably encounter many familiar digimon before you return."
"I sent him to you Master."
"Oh, so that's why he came. I was wondering. Kathy, you will probably find a lot of future digidestined. Kindly do not let that get in the way of your mission."
"I won't master." Kathy answered politely. "Are there any other orders?"
"Nothing new. Just make sure that you aren't seen. And don't let your feelings get in the way."
"I will master." Kouji's heart was pounding. Kathy was a traitor! But how could he convince Takuya of that? How could he protect the others?
Kouji crept back to Takuya. Takuya was asleep. Kouji leaned in to kiss him good night. Takuya smiled in his sleep and snuggled closer to Kouji. Kouji leaned back against a tree, with Takuya's head on his chest, and settled down for a long watch.
Kathy was awakened at the gray of dawn by the far distant... "twooot!twooot!", of the Trailmon. Gabumon had gone to sleep leaning against her right side. Blancamon was sitting in her lap and Bokumon was leaning against her left side, he had slipped over and his head was in her lap.
"WAKE UP." Kathy hissed. "Gabumon! The trailmon is coming."
Gabumon's eyes blinked awake. Bokumon stirred and rolled off of Kathy's lap. His eyes fluttered open. "Huh?"
"The Trailmon! Gabumon here's your chance!"
"OH MY!" Gabumon exclaimed, waking up fully. He grabbed his backpack. Bokumon bolted wide-awake.
"Come on we gotta MOVE!" Blancamon exclaimed, jumping onto Kathy's head.
First Kathy, then Bokumon and finally Gabumon slid down the hill. "TRAILMON!" Kathy bellowed with a voice trained by the Digital World's premiere voice teacher. It carried to the hill. "TRAILMON STOP!!" Her voice echoed through the hills, loud enough to wake up Togemon and the other warriors and half the In-training/Fresh population of the school.
"I can't believe that she can be that loud." Takuya exclaimed.
"Why? I'll bet Junpei is louder. He was snoring so loudly I couldn't sleep." Kouji retorted.
"What the Hell?" Junpei demanded.
"Kathy??" Zoe called.
"SHE'S IN TROUBLE!" Tommy panicked, rushing towards the bluff.
Trailmon Buffalo screeched to a stop. "Yeah?"
"Hey, Trailmon, do you know where Guardian Castle is?" Kathy asked.
"You bet I know!" Buffalo exclaimed.
"Great! Can you take my friend Gabumon there? He comes with a recommendation from Togemon-sensei and Guidemon Bokumon."
"Gladly!" Buffalo huffed, laughing and blowing steam.
The Legendary Warriors screeched to a stop at the top of the bluff. "What is she telling Buffalo?" Takuya asked.
"Its okay. I asked her to flag a Trailmon to take Gabumon to Guardian Castle." Togemon told them. "Looks like she kept her promise."
Kouji huffed. He was extremely suspicious of Kathy after hearing that song. She knew more about the spirits than even Bokumon did, and more than he thought she should, being human.
Gabumon mounted the Trailmon. "Thank you Kathy!" He said, from the balcony on the back of the car.
"GOOD BYE GABUMON! AND GOOD LUCK!" Kathy called as Buffalo pulled away.
"GOOD LUCK GABUMON!" Togemon called.
"GOOD LUCK!" Zoe called, waving vigorously.
The in training and fresh digimon, since they had no hands, bounced up and down on the bluff, chorusing, "GOOD LUCK GABUMON!"
"Sovereign's speed go with you." Kathy called. She struck up chords on her guitar.
"Freight train freight train going so fast
Freight train freight train going so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone"
Kathy sang, the chords ringing out over the tracks. Zoe joined in, so did Tommy.
"When I die Lord bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number Nine
As she goes rolling by"
From his seat on the back of the Trailmon, Gabumon sang happily in response.
"When I'm dead and in my grave
No more good times here I'll crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell them I've gone to sleep"
Kathy smiled, beginning the final repetition of the chorus and using the acoustics of the natural bluff to her advantage.
"Freight train freight train going so fast
Freight train freight train going so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone" (A/N: This song is an old folk song. I went through Hell trying to look it up, so you'd better appreciate this!)
Only when the Trailmon puffed out of sight did Kathy lower her eyes from the horizon and her hands from the guitar.
~a few days later~
"Thank you for helping us Togemon." Takuya said, as the inhabitants of the school boarded Trailmon Kettle, bound for File Island Ferry.
"No problem. And thank you Kathy, for helping Gabumon achieve his dream."
"I'm glad to help." Kathy told the cactus digimon.
"Well then." Togemon turned to her students. "Sound off!"
"Viximon!"
"Yaamon!"
"Kapurimon!"
"Pichimon!"
"Koromon!"
And on down the list. When Togemon had contented herself that all of her charges were safely on board the Trailmon, she climbed up herself. "I hope to see you again someday, when all of this has settled down."
"Sure thing Togemon." Kathy said.
Trailmon Kettle pulled off into the distance, and the Legendary Warriors began their ascent to Forest Terminal.
~that night~
Kouji and Takuya were both on watch. "Wow." Takuya grinned. "I'll bet you never thought Kathy would come in so handy."
"I don't trust her." Kouji said calmly as he looked into the flames.
"Huh? How come?" Takuya asked.
"Because she knows too much. Think about it. When we came to the digital world we didn't know anything about the Legendary Warriors. Kathy can name each one!"
"Maybe she heard from another digimon."
"Like this Master Historian Scribemon? Takuya." Kouji said scornfully. "Bokumon told me that there IS no Master Historian Scribemon."
"WHAT?" Takuya demanded.
"Keep it down!" Kouji hissed.
"Then who do you think..." Kouji stared pointedly at him. "Not Cherubimon! Kouji, why would a human legendary warrior want to fight another human legendary warrior? It makes no sense!"
"Not fight, but spy maybe?" Kouji pointed out. "I get this weird feeling when I'm near her. Like she's not even human. Takuya I REALLY don't trust her!"
"But..." Takuya protested.
"FINE." Kouji stormed off.
He found Kathy sitting in front of her laptop. "Master, how long until the gate opens to let me go home?"
"The SHIBUMI program is finishing its scan of the temporal web, Kathy, I'll call you and let you know when the window is open. Please give your report."
"I encountered a digidestined digimon in this time named Gabumon. I think he might be the same as the chosen digimon of Yamato Ishida."
"It was. You will probably encounter many familiar digimon before you return."
"I sent him to you Master."
"Oh, so that's why he came. I was wondering. Kathy, you will probably find a lot of future digidestined. Kindly do not let that get in the way of your mission."
"I won't master." Kathy answered politely. "Are there any other orders?"
"Nothing new. Just make sure that you aren't seen. And don't let your feelings get in the way."
"I will master." Kouji's heart was pounding. Kathy was a traitor! But how could he convince Takuya of that? How could he protect the others?
Kouji crept back to Takuya. Takuya was asleep. Kouji leaned in to kiss him good night. Takuya smiled in his sleep and snuggled closer to Kouji. Kouji leaned back against a tree, with Takuya's head on his chest, and settled down for a long watch.