Somewhere I belong (A Digimon Lemonade fic)
By the Reanimated Raynor (Reanimated_Raynor@interactive.rogers.com)
Notes:
This is a oneshot fic spun off of Yamato Gun, a crossover of the aforementioned series, taking place after YGII but before YGIII (there's a slight reference to it in the beginning of YGIII). I don't own Digimon or StarCraft.
This is a Lemonade. Sort of. It has a "stopping at the bedroom doors" lemon scene, which basically means no written sex at any point. That's not to say it's not implied, however. Oh, it's implied, alright. PG-13, maybe.
Dedicated to Linkin Park, for writing and recording Somewhere I Belong, which I listened to while making this fic. Chalk up another indirect songfic, like Easier To Run.
Enjoy.
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"You don't remember anything _again_?"
"Nope. Sorry...TK? That was your name?"
"My nickname, yeah. Do you even remember how you got your memories back the first time?"
"There was a first time?"
Sora was sitting on a bench in a park, surrounded by most of the original DigiDestined. Sora had a sort of blank look, and everyone else looked very worried about her. "I remember suddenly getting all these memories about this girl named Kari, and this huge weird-looking alien guy called Nexar, but that's it. Speaking of, where is Kari?"
"She's at Yolei's." Tai replied. "Something about needing to study for a biology quiz or something. She's going to be there all weekend."
"Well, we could always bring you to another cliff and have someone say 'me'." Matt suggested, sounding only half-joking. "That was how you remembered Mimi last time."
"Maybe we should ask Raynor. He'd probably have a better idea as to what would spark Sora's flashbacks." Joe said.
"It's worth a try." Sora said. "Should I call, or should someone else?"
"If you want, you can call." TK said.
"Alright...Oh, right. I was supposed to go back to get that new Digivice."
"Then I suggest you DigiPort out as soon as possible." Mimi said.
"Thanks, Mimi. Izzy, you have your laptop here?"
Izzy brought his laptop over. "Uh, could someone lend me their Digivice for a while?"
"Here." Mimi said, giving Sora her Digivice. "Please don't break this one."
"It'll be just my luck. DIGIPORT OPEN!"
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Sora walked out from one of the doors to the bridge of the Hyperion II. "You're late." Raynor said.
"Sorry, Raynor. I completely forgot about the new Digivice. My bad."
"Don't worry about it. Speaking of forgetting things, How goes the recovery?"
"About the same, unfortunately. I haven't remembered anything past Kari and Nexar yet. I guess I'm doomed to repeat the pattern...speaking of which, I was wondering in what order I remembered all the DigiDestined and such last time?"
"Come, walk with me. Your Digivice's on the other side of the ship, and we'll have plenty of time to talk on the way there."
"Alright."
Raynor led Sora down a corridor, talking about what she had remembered at one point or another. "First, like you said, it was only Kari, and then it was Nexar, from our first time meeting...then Ken and Yolei, Mimi, Izzy, Tai, and then Duran. But when you remembered Duran, it all came back to you."
"Hmm...Do you remember specifics? Like what sparked the memory?"
"Yeah, actually. I sparked it. I was talking about the workmanship of the average bodysuit and rifle, and then you mentioned Nexar, and I made some joke...I said something about it being a groaner, and it sparked...Sora?"
Raynor hadn't noticed Sora had passed out. He walked back to her. "Well, at least she'll remember." He said to himself.
Raynor sat her up against one of the walls and waited a while. After several minutes, Sora woke up. "...I'm Ok, I do this all the time." She said jokingly as she got to her feet. "Guess a description of what led up to the last flashback is going to lead to this one."
"Seems that way. At least you didn't land on your face this time."
"Very funny."
"Really? I'll have to work on that, it was supposed to be a groaner." Raynor said with a smirk. "Anyway, after Ken and Yolei, you and Matt were out on a cliff overlooking the Sea of Tears, and there was an echo, and one of you said 'me', and you remembered Mimi...I think Matt mentioned something about being busy, and you remembered Izzy...Man, some of these are such horrible puns, aren't they?"
"Yeah."
"Then...I'm not sure how you remembered Tai, actually, since you were up in a Nexus at the time, and then I mentioned the C-10 canister rifle and you remembered Duran, and it all came back in that memory."
"Ah. Thanks."
"You're welcome. God Speed to a full recovery, like last time."
Sora and Raynor walked to a room where Magellan was waiting. "Sorry to keep you waiting, Magellan. Sora's finally here for the new Digivice." Raynor said to him.
"Ah, excellent." Magellan replied. "The Protoss replicated another Digivice, and you'll be pleased to know they have actually gleaned some useful information out of it."
"Like..." Sora said.
"The information was about the method of converting matter into computer information. They were able to get a computer program that outlined the process and now we're able to basically download a person from one place to another."
"Great. Hope it comes in handy sometime."
"It is already. It used to take shuttles hours, sometimes days to reach the surface of a planet, but now we can just press a button and in a few seconds the person or supplies are there."
"Well, I guess I should be going back to my world now. Just in case I end up going through Scene Amnesia - Take 3."
"May you have a speedy recovery."
Sora and Raynor walked back to the bridge, and Sora DigiPorted out.
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Back at the park, where the rest of the DigiDestined were talking about random subjects, killing time until Sora returned. "So? Is it working?" Matt asked.
"Yeah. Here's your Digivice back, Mimi." Sora said, handing back her Digivice. "I didn't break it."
"Thanks." Mimi said.
"You figured out how to get any more memories back?" Tai asked.
"Some. Actually, I went into a memory while I was up there. No, it wasn't one of those memories, Matt." Sora said, looking in the older sandy-blonde's direction.
"Ok. Just thinking..." Matt said. "That one you were out for three days for was of the hot-and-heavy variety, so I just assumed that time."
"Don't. You know what happens. Besides, I'm officially doomed to repeat the pattern. I've remembered Kari, Nexar, and Ken and Yolei so far. That was, I'm told, the same pattern as I remembered you all in the first time."
"So who's next on the 'to remember' list?" TK asked.
"That would be...Izzy, and then Tai." Sora replied.
"Oh, that reminds me. Sora, are you..._busy_?" Matt said, making the last word exceedingly stressed.
"...No. Why?"
"Damn. 'Busy' was what set off your memory last time."
"Oh well. Better luck next time."
"Wait, there's last time and next time...what happened to this time?" Mimi joked.
"Very funny."
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The scene changed to Sora's room, a while later. Sora was on her computer, instant-messaging with Matt.
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Yamato_Gun: BTW, you know that overhyped RTS I bought last week? The US release a coupla years back that just now got translated?
50R4: Yeah.
Yamato_Gun: You wouldn't believe what the story's about. Here, I'm sending you a screenshot.
*Yamato_Gun is requesting a FTP: Screen00.pcx
*FTP is approx. 202 Kb
*Accept?
*Accepted.
*Downloading.
*File Transfer Rate: Approx. 20.5 Kb/sec.
*Estimated time of completion: 9.8 sec
50R4: DigIM's fast today.
*File Transfer complete.
*Open now?
Yamato_Gun: Yeah, unless you count that Gol.exe program we got from RynØr's universe. 50 Megs/sec. Insane.
*Open accepted.
50R4: ...No way.
Yamato_Gun: Told you you wouldn't believe it.
Yamato_Gun: There's more.
50R4: More?!!
50R4: @_@;;;
*Yamato_Gun is requesting a FTP: Screen01.pcx
*FTP is approx. 207 Kb
*Accept?
*Accepted.
*Downloading.
*File Transfer Rate: Approx. 20.5 Kb/sec.
*Estimated time of completion: 10.0 sec
50R4: What's this one?
Yamato_Gun: You'll see.
*File Transfer complete.
*Open now?
*Open accepted.
50R4: Chikusho!!!
Yamato_Gun: Yeah.
50R4: I gotta show this to RynØr. You coming?
Yamato_Gun: Sure. Just to see the look on his face.
50R4: Meet me @ the Dp point in the Digiworld.
Yamato_Gun: 'K.
*50R4 has left DigIM
*Yamato_Gun has left DigIM
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"That was fast." Sora said as Matt walked over to the DigiPort location with Gabumon.
"I try. You got the JPEGs?" Matt returned.
"Uh...knew I forgot something."
"Very funny. But don't worry." Matt said, holding up a floppy. "I also have a couple of others. As well as the CDs themselves."
"'CDs'? There's more than one?"
"Yeah. There's the original, and then the expansion after that. In Raynor's universe's timeline, they're sometime after both, I think."
"Ok. Well, I hope Raynor's sitting down when we DigiPort in." Sora said, getting out her D-3. "Prolly should call ahead, too. Just to be careful."
"Sounds like a plan."
Sora paged Raynor with her D-3.
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RynØr: Yo.
50R4: Sora, actually. I've got something you might want to see.
RynØr: Really? What KIND of something.
50R4: Etchi.
50R4: You'll c. Me and Matt are coming in about 30 secs.
RynØr: If I knew Japanese, I'd be offended.
RynØr: See you on the other side.
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"So? What do you got?" Raynor said as Sora and Matt DigiPorted in.
"You still have that floppy program saved?" Matt said.
"Yeah."
"Good. I've got some pics and a video to show you."
"No, not the kind you're thinking of." Sora said, noticing Raynor's expression.
"Oh." He said flatly.
They walked to the holodeck, and set up the program again. Matt opened the first picture, showing StarCraft Brood War's splash screen. "Look familiar?" Matt asked.
"Yeah. What the hell..."
"That's not all. Watch this."
Matt pulled up a video. It showed several soldiers of some type, and a large robot, walking up to a long, green, almost bullet-shaped object. after the soldiers got close enough, a green circle flashed around the "bullet", and Raynor's face appeared in a small box at the bottom of the screen. It said, in his voice, "Howdy, boys. The name's Jim Raynor, Marshall of these parts."
"Mother of god...I'm a video game character in your universe?"
"Looks that way. I guess the universes are tied in a lot closer than we think."
"Yeah...hold on. what are the general term for those monster guys you have with you? Digimon?"
"Yep." Sora said.
"Computer, pull up any record, earlier than the year 2100, for keyword 'Digimon'."
The computer blipped. "Digimon. Animé, debuted 1999. Ran for 6 seasons. Average viewer rating 1.2 million viewers per season."
"Synopsis of the show."
"More information needed. Please specify the season."
"Season 1."
"Named Digimon 01, after the 'version' of the season. A group of children, dubbed the DigiDestined, travel to the DigiWorld and are trapped there. While in the DigiWorld, specifically a place named File island, they battle the evil Digimon Devimon."
"That was the first evil Boss Digimon we faced." Sora commented.
"Characters for Season 1." Raynor said.
"Human or Digimon?" The computer asked.
"Human."
"Taichi Kamiya. Yamato Ishida. Sora Takenouchi..."
"Belay list." Raynor said quickly.
"Damn...We're a TV show in your universe and you're a computer game in ours." Matt said.
"That's kind of screwed up, but what are you gonna do." Raynor returned. "Do you have the game with you?"
"Actually, yeah. Just in case you wanted to see the game in action."
"Cool. Computer, please recreate a Personal Computer, make Apple, from around 2004."
The computer blipped and an iMac appeared in the middle of the room. Raynor quickly booted it up, inserted the disk, and went through the installation process quickly. After that he started the program. "The starting music isn't bad." Raynor said. "Let's see...single player...was it expansion or regular that you got the video off of?"
"Regular." Matt said.
"Ok. Regular...'please insert the StarCraft CD and press OK." Raynor did so. "Ok...Terran campaign...blah, blah, blah...skip the tutorial..."
"the next map is where we meet you." Matt said.
"Thanks. Ok...Let's see. 2 SCVs, 8 marines...what? No base?"
"You have to go to it. It's down at the bottom."
"Ah. Ok...Come on, click...aw, to Hell with it. Computer, make the Apple's screen touch-screen capable."
The computer blipped. "There. You all, go...over down, over there. What's the--Here. Ok, attack to there...Jeez, there's nothing in this map."
"Most of the Terran campaign is just getting used to the game and its controls." Matt said.
"Stupid...we're the most important race!"
"Each race has their good points."
"Yeah, I guess..." Raynor said. "Man, it feels weird controlling myself. Do I really sound like that?"
"Yeah. You do." Sora said.
After he cleared that level ("Some level. Build a barracks and 10 marines.") he popped the CD out and handed it back to Matt. "Thanks. It'll be interesting to see how closely the game mimics my universe." Raynor said.
"Yeah. Wish we could stay, but we've got stuff to do in our time."
"See you, then."
"Oh, before we leave, do you think you'd be able to put a couple of shows of Digimon on a DVD or something for us? Just to see how the show mimics our universe." Sora asked.
"Sure. Computer, make a DVD with the 6 seasons of Digimon on it."
"Acknowledged. The DVD will take approximately 2 minutes, 28 seconds to compile."
"Sounds like a lot, especially for your time."
"Well, 2 days' worth of movie time isn't exactly small. 50 hours, straight through. Right, computer?"
"The length of all 6 seasons is 50 hours, 3 minutes, 6 seconds."
"See?"
"Good estimate."
"Ah, it was nothing. A couple assumptions, some quick math...So how's your universe? Are you busy back at th--never mind." Raynor said as Sora passed out again. "I think I'm bad luck."
"Or good, depending on how you think about it." Matt said.
After another minute or so, the DVD appeared. "Thanks again, Raynor." Matt said, putting it into a spare jewel case and then into his backpack.
"You're welcome again." Raynor said. "Shakuras, apart from being very beautiful, has a huge amount of resources. So we can afford to spare a few."
"And the whole 'Owing the Protoss well into your next life' thing?"
"That was a joke. You took that literally?"
"Yeah."
"Never take anything I say about the afterlife literally. Ever. I make a point of taking death very lightly. Oh, look. There it is, floating away."
"Hope he doesn't drop his scythe."
"Oh, that'd hurt." Raynor said, exaggeratedly wincing.
Sora woke up at that moment. "Hey, look at that, you're awake." Raynor said.
"Yeah. Don't worry, I'm a professional." Sora returned.
After--what is this, the twelfth time you've flashed back?--you should be getting paid." Matt said.
"That'd be sweet. But who'd pay me?"
"...I'll get back to you on that one."
Sora chuckled. "Hope you don't lose too much sleep over being a video game character." Sora said as they walked out of the holodeck program.
"Don't worry, I won't. You too, don't lose any sleep over being a TV star."
"Actually, it'd be fun to be on a TV show like that." Sora said.
"Yeah, the danger wouldn't be real." Matt added dryly.
"One thing, though--if you see what happens to yourselves after wherever you are, then you might screw up the timeline in your universe. Just a little temporal mechanics thing to keep in mind." Raynor said.
"We'll do that, Raynor."
"See you." Sora said.
"See you." Raynor returned.
"DigiPort Open!"
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Several days later, Matt was playing more StarCraft, playing against some other guys on Battle.Net, when the phone rang. "Ishida residence." Matt answered.
"Hey, Matt." Came Sora's voice. "How you doing?"
"I'm on B.Net right now, playing StarCraft against some other people. And getting by butt whooped. Ooh...he's not going to get up from that one, ladies and gentlemen. I just got nuked all the way to Hades."
"Really? How is the old guy doing?"
"He's all hot and bothered, like usual."
"That's good. Say hi to Setsuna for me."
"What?"
"You know, Sailor Pluto? Whose planet's ruled by Hades? My god, and I thought you were an otaku."
"Whatever. I'm not _that_ big an otaku. So How're you doing?"
"I'm great. Listen, can you come over for a while? I need to talk with you about something."
"We're talking right now."
"No...I mean face to face." Sora said, sounding a little more emotional than usual.
"Oh...alright. I'll be there in a few."
"'Kay. See you. Oh, and En Taro Yamato."
Matt chuckled. "See you."
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[Knock, knock]
Sora opened the door. "Hey, Matt." Sora said.
"Hey. You said you wanted to talk about something?" Matt said.
"Yeah..." Sora replied, him and her walking to her living room. "I've been thinking a lot lately, trying to see if I can spark any more memories, anything. I'm really frustrated at not knowing who some people are, especially the rest of the DigiDestined." Tears were starting to well up in Sora's eyes.
"Hey, Sora, it's going to be alright. You'll remember us all again. You did it the first time, you can do it the second."
"Can I ask you something? Have you ever had a hole in your memory? Something you know should be filled with something but isn't?"
"...No, I can't say that I haven't."
"Then you don't know. I feel like a part of me is missing, and almost...almost like I'll never get it back. Like it's going to be just out of my reach for the rest of my life..." then Sora buried her face in Matt's shoulder and sobbed for a while, Matt comforting her.
"Matt..." Sora said, her voice barely a whisper, and slightly hoarse from the crying.
"Sora..." Matt returned, his voice starting to crack with emotion.
"Help me remember."
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The end.
End notes:
Yes, this is a little on the cut off side, but it's been sitting on my
hard drive with a half-completed Lemon scene for the better part of
three months, and I wanted to get this out there before I finish YGIII.
So here it is. Yes, a Lemon scene would most likely arise from the final
scene, unless Matt suddenly gets a surge or righteousness or something.
And somehow I don't think that'll happen.
RynØr
By the Reanimated Raynor (Reanimated_Raynor@interactive.rogers.com)
Notes:
This is a oneshot fic spun off of Yamato Gun, a crossover of the aforementioned series, taking place after YGII but before YGIII (there's a slight reference to it in the beginning of YGIII). I don't own Digimon or StarCraft.
This is a Lemonade. Sort of. It has a "stopping at the bedroom doors" lemon scene, which basically means no written sex at any point. That's not to say it's not implied, however. Oh, it's implied, alright. PG-13, maybe.
Dedicated to Linkin Park, for writing and recording Somewhere I Belong, which I listened to while making this fic. Chalk up another indirect songfic, like Easier To Run.
Enjoy.
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"You don't remember anything _again_?"
"Nope. Sorry...TK? That was your name?"
"My nickname, yeah. Do you even remember how you got your memories back the first time?"
"There was a first time?"
Sora was sitting on a bench in a park, surrounded by most of the original DigiDestined. Sora had a sort of blank look, and everyone else looked very worried about her. "I remember suddenly getting all these memories about this girl named Kari, and this huge weird-looking alien guy called Nexar, but that's it. Speaking of, where is Kari?"
"She's at Yolei's." Tai replied. "Something about needing to study for a biology quiz or something. She's going to be there all weekend."
"Well, we could always bring you to another cliff and have someone say 'me'." Matt suggested, sounding only half-joking. "That was how you remembered Mimi last time."
"Maybe we should ask Raynor. He'd probably have a better idea as to what would spark Sora's flashbacks." Joe said.
"It's worth a try." Sora said. "Should I call, or should someone else?"
"If you want, you can call." TK said.
"Alright...Oh, right. I was supposed to go back to get that new Digivice."
"Then I suggest you DigiPort out as soon as possible." Mimi said.
"Thanks, Mimi. Izzy, you have your laptop here?"
Izzy brought his laptop over. "Uh, could someone lend me their Digivice for a while?"
"Here." Mimi said, giving Sora her Digivice. "Please don't break this one."
"It'll be just my luck. DIGIPORT OPEN!"
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Sora walked out from one of the doors to the bridge of the Hyperion II. "You're late." Raynor said.
"Sorry, Raynor. I completely forgot about the new Digivice. My bad."
"Don't worry about it. Speaking of forgetting things, How goes the recovery?"
"About the same, unfortunately. I haven't remembered anything past Kari and Nexar yet. I guess I'm doomed to repeat the pattern...speaking of which, I was wondering in what order I remembered all the DigiDestined and such last time?"
"Come, walk with me. Your Digivice's on the other side of the ship, and we'll have plenty of time to talk on the way there."
"Alright."
Raynor led Sora down a corridor, talking about what she had remembered at one point or another. "First, like you said, it was only Kari, and then it was Nexar, from our first time meeting...then Ken and Yolei, Mimi, Izzy, Tai, and then Duran. But when you remembered Duran, it all came back to you."
"Hmm...Do you remember specifics? Like what sparked the memory?"
"Yeah, actually. I sparked it. I was talking about the workmanship of the average bodysuit and rifle, and then you mentioned Nexar, and I made some joke...I said something about it being a groaner, and it sparked...Sora?"
Raynor hadn't noticed Sora had passed out. He walked back to her. "Well, at least she'll remember." He said to himself.
Raynor sat her up against one of the walls and waited a while. After several minutes, Sora woke up. "...I'm Ok, I do this all the time." She said jokingly as she got to her feet. "Guess a description of what led up to the last flashback is going to lead to this one."
"Seems that way. At least you didn't land on your face this time."
"Very funny."
"Really? I'll have to work on that, it was supposed to be a groaner." Raynor said with a smirk. "Anyway, after Ken and Yolei, you and Matt were out on a cliff overlooking the Sea of Tears, and there was an echo, and one of you said 'me', and you remembered Mimi...I think Matt mentioned something about being busy, and you remembered Izzy...Man, some of these are such horrible puns, aren't they?"
"Yeah."
"Then...I'm not sure how you remembered Tai, actually, since you were up in a Nexus at the time, and then I mentioned the C-10 canister rifle and you remembered Duran, and it all came back in that memory."
"Ah. Thanks."
"You're welcome. God Speed to a full recovery, like last time."
Sora and Raynor walked to a room where Magellan was waiting. "Sorry to keep you waiting, Magellan. Sora's finally here for the new Digivice." Raynor said to him.
"Ah, excellent." Magellan replied. "The Protoss replicated another Digivice, and you'll be pleased to know they have actually gleaned some useful information out of it."
"Like..." Sora said.
"The information was about the method of converting matter into computer information. They were able to get a computer program that outlined the process and now we're able to basically download a person from one place to another."
"Great. Hope it comes in handy sometime."
"It is already. It used to take shuttles hours, sometimes days to reach the surface of a planet, but now we can just press a button and in a few seconds the person or supplies are there."
"Well, I guess I should be going back to my world now. Just in case I end up going through Scene Amnesia - Take 3."
"May you have a speedy recovery."
Sora and Raynor walked back to the bridge, and Sora DigiPorted out.
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Back at the park, where the rest of the DigiDestined were talking about random subjects, killing time until Sora returned. "So? Is it working?" Matt asked.
"Yeah. Here's your Digivice back, Mimi." Sora said, handing back her Digivice. "I didn't break it."
"Thanks." Mimi said.
"You figured out how to get any more memories back?" Tai asked.
"Some. Actually, I went into a memory while I was up there. No, it wasn't one of those memories, Matt." Sora said, looking in the older sandy-blonde's direction.
"Ok. Just thinking..." Matt said. "That one you were out for three days for was of the hot-and-heavy variety, so I just assumed that time."
"Don't. You know what happens. Besides, I'm officially doomed to repeat the pattern. I've remembered Kari, Nexar, and Ken and Yolei so far. That was, I'm told, the same pattern as I remembered you all in the first time."
"So who's next on the 'to remember' list?" TK asked.
"That would be...Izzy, and then Tai." Sora replied.
"Oh, that reminds me. Sora, are you..._busy_?" Matt said, making the last word exceedingly stressed.
"...No. Why?"
"Damn. 'Busy' was what set off your memory last time."
"Oh well. Better luck next time."
"Wait, there's last time and next time...what happened to this time?" Mimi joked.
"Very funny."
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The scene changed to Sora's room, a while later. Sora was on her computer, instant-messaging with Matt.
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Yamato_Gun: BTW, you know that overhyped RTS I bought last week? The US release a coupla years back that just now got translated?
50R4: Yeah.
Yamato_Gun: You wouldn't believe what the story's about. Here, I'm sending you a screenshot.
*Yamato_Gun is requesting a FTP: Screen00.pcx
*FTP is approx. 202 Kb
*Accept?
*Accepted.
*Downloading.
*File Transfer Rate: Approx. 20.5 Kb/sec.
*Estimated time of completion: 9.8 sec
50R4: DigIM's fast today.
*File Transfer complete.
*Open now?
Yamato_Gun: Yeah, unless you count that Gol.exe program we got from RynØr's universe. 50 Megs/sec. Insane.
*Open accepted.
50R4: ...No way.
Yamato_Gun: Told you you wouldn't believe it.
Yamato_Gun: There's more.
50R4: More?!!
50R4: @_@;;;
*Yamato_Gun is requesting a FTP: Screen01.pcx
*FTP is approx. 207 Kb
*Accept?
*Accepted.
*Downloading.
*File Transfer Rate: Approx. 20.5 Kb/sec.
*Estimated time of completion: 10.0 sec
50R4: What's this one?
Yamato_Gun: You'll see.
*File Transfer complete.
*Open now?
*Open accepted.
50R4: Chikusho!!!
Yamato_Gun: Yeah.
50R4: I gotta show this to RynØr. You coming?
Yamato_Gun: Sure. Just to see the look on his face.
50R4: Meet me @ the Dp point in the Digiworld.
Yamato_Gun: 'K.
*50R4 has left DigIM
*Yamato_Gun has left DigIM
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"That was fast." Sora said as Matt walked over to the DigiPort location with Gabumon.
"I try. You got the JPEGs?" Matt returned.
"Uh...knew I forgot something."
"Very funny. But don't worry." Matt said, holding up a floppy. "I also have a couple of others. As well as the CDs themselves."
"'CDs'? There's more than one?"
"Yeah. There's the original, and then the expansion after that. In Raynor's universe's timeline, they're sometime after both, I think."
"Ok. Well, I hope Raynor's sitting down when we DigiPort in." Sora said, getting out her D-3. "Prolly should call ahead, too. Just to be careful."
"Sounds like a plan."
Sora paged Raynor with her D-3.
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RynØr: Yo.
50R4: Sora, actually. I've got something you might want to see.
RynØr: Really? What KIND of something.
50R4: Etchi.
50R4: You'll c. Me and Matt are coming in about 30 secs.
RynØr: If I knew Japanese, I'd be offended.
RynØr: See you on the other side.
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"So? What do you got?" Raynor said as Sora and Matt DigiPorted in.
"You still have that floppy program saved?" Matt said.
"Yeah."
"Good. I've got some pics and a video to show you."
"No, not the kind you're thinking of." Sora said, noticing Raynor's expression.
"Oh." He said flatly.
They walked to the holodeck, and set up the program again. Matt opened the first picture, showing StarCraft Brood War's splash screen. "Look familiar?" Matt asked.
"Yeah. What the hell..."
"That's not all. Watch this."
Matt pulled up a video. It showed several soldiers of some type, and a large robot, walking up to a long, green, almost bullet-shaped object. after the soldiers got close enough, a green circle flashed around the "bullet", and Raynor's face appeared in a small box at the bottom of the screen. It said, in his voice, "Howdy, boys. The name's Jim Raynor, Marshall of these parts."
"Mother of god...I'm a video game character in your universe?"
"Looks that way. I guess the universes are tied in a lot closer than we think."
"Yeah...hold on. what are the general term for those monster guys you have with you? Digimon?"
"Yep." Sora said.
"Computer, pull up any record, earlier than the year 2100, for keyword 'Digimon'."
The computer blipped. "Digimon. Animé, debuted 1999. Ran for 6 seasons. Average viewer rating 1.2 million viewers per season."
"Synopsis of the show."
"More information needed. Please specify the season."
"Season 1."
"Named Digimon 01, after the 'version' of the season. A group of children, dubbed the DigiDestined, travel to the DigiWorld and are trapped there. While in the DigiWorld, specifically a place named File island, they battle the evil Digimon Devimon."
"That was the first evil Boss Digimon we faced." Sora commented.
"Characters for Season 1." Raynor said.
"Human or Digimon?" The computer asked.
"Human."
"Taichi Kamiya. Yamato Ishida. Sora Takenouchi..."
"Belay list." Raynor said quickly.
"Damn...We're a TV show in your universe and you're a computer game in ours." Matt said.
"That's kind of screwed up, but what are you gonna do." Raynor returned. "Do you have the game with you?"
"Actually, yeah. Just in case you wanted to see the game in action."
"Cool. Computer, please recreate a Personal Computer, make Apple, from around 2004."
The computer blipped and an iMac appeared in the middle of the room. Raynor quickly booted it up, inserted the disk, and went through the installation process quickly. After that he started the program. "The starting music isn't bad." Raynor said. "Let's see...single player...was it expansion or regular that you got the video off of?"
"Regular." Matt said.
"Ok. Regular...'please insert the StarCraft CD and press OK." Raynor did so. "Ok...Terran campaign...blah, blah, blah...skip the tutorial..."
"the next map is where we meet you." Matt said.
"Thanks. Ok...Let's see. 2 SCVs, 8 marines...what? No base?"
"You have to go to it. It's down at the bottom."
"Ah. Ok...Come on, click...aw, to Hell with it. Computer, make the Apple's screen touch-screen capable."
The computer blipped. "There. You all, go...over down, over there. What's the--Here. Ok, attack to there...Jeez, there's nothing in this map."
"Most of the Terran campaign is just getting used to the game and its controls." Matt said.
"Stupid...we're the most important race!"
"Each race has their good points."
"Yeah, I guess..." Raynor said. "Man, it feels weird controlling myself. Do I really sound like that?"
"Yeah. You do." Sora said.
After he cleared that level ("Some level. Build a barracks and 10 marines.") he popped the CD out and handed it back to Matt. "Thanks. It'll be interesting to see how closely the game mimics my universe." Raynor said.
"Yeah. Wish we could stay, but we've got stuff to do in our time."
"See you, then."
"Oh, before we leave, do you think you'd be able to put a couple of shows of Digimon on a DVD or something for us? Just to see how the show mimics our universe." Sora asked.
"Sure. Computer, make a DVD with the 6 seasons of Digimon on it."
"Acknowledged. The DVD will take approximately 2 minutes, 28 seconds to compile."
"Sounds like a lot, especially for your time."
"Well, 2 days' worth of movie time isn't exactly small. 50 hours, straight through. Right, computer?"
"The length of all 6 seasons is 50 hours, 3 minutes, 6 seconds."
"See?"
"Good estimate."
"Ah, it was nothing. A couple assumptions, some quick math...So how's your universe? Are you busy back at th--never mind." Raynor said as Sora passed out again. "I think I'm bad luck."
"Or good, depending on how you think about it." Matt said.
After another minute or so, the DVD appeared. "Thanks again, Raynor." Matt said, putting it into a spare jewel case and then into his backpack.
"You're welcome again." Raynor said. "Shakuras, apart from being very beautiful, has a huge amount of resources. So we can afford to spare a few."
"And the whole 'Owing the Protoss well into your next life' thing?"
"That was a joke. You took that literally?"
"Yeah."
"Never take anything I say about the afterlife literally. Ever. I make a point of taking death very lightly. Oh, look. There it is, floating away."
"Hope he doesn't drop his scythe."
"Oh, that'd hurt." Raynor said, exaggeratedly wincing.
Sora woke up at that moment. "Hey, look at that, you're awake." Raynor said.
"Yeah. Don't worry, I'm a professional." Sora returned.
After--what is this, the twelfth time you've flashed back?--you should be getting paid." Matt said.
"That'd be sweet. But who'd pay me?"
"...I'll get back to you on that one."
Sora chuckled. "Hope you don't lose too much sleep over being a video game character." Sora said as they walked out of the holodeck program.
"Don't worry, I won't. You too, don't lose any sleep over being a TV star."
"Actually, it'd be fun to be on a TV show like that." Sora said.
"Yeah, the danger wouldn't be real." Matt added dryly.
"One thing, though--if you see what happens to yourselves after wherever you are, then you might screw up the timeline in your universe. Just a little temporal mechanics thing to keep in mind." Raynor said.
"We'll do that, Raynor."
"See you." Sora said.
"See you." Raynor returned.
"DigiPort Open!"
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Several days later, Matt was playing more StarCraft, playing against some other guys on Battle.Net, when the phone rang. "Ishida residence." Matt answered.
"Hey, Matt." Came Sora's voice. "How you doing?"
"I'm on B.Net right now, playing StarCraft against some other people. And getting by butt whooped. Ooh...he's not going to get up from that one, ladies and gentlemen. I just got nuked all the way to Hades."
"Really? How is the old guy doing?"
"He's all hot and bothered, like usual."
"That's good. Say hi to Setsuna for me."
"What?"
"You know, Sailor Pluto? Whose planet's ruled by Hades? My god, and I thought you were an otaku."
"Whatever. I'm not _that_ big an otaku. So How're you doing?"
"I'm great. Listen, can you come over for a while? I need to talk with you about something."
"We're talking right now."
"No...I mean face to face." Sora said, sounding a little more emotional than usual.
"Oh...alright. I'll be there in a few."
"'Kay. See you. Oh, and En Taro Yamato."
Matt chuckled. "See you."
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[Knock, knock]
Sora opened the door. "Hey, Matt." Sora said.
"Hey. You said you wanted to talk about something?" Matt said.
"Yeah..." Sora replied, him and her walking to her living room. "I've been thinking a lot lately, trying to see if I can spark any more memories, anything. I'm really frustrated at not knowing who some people are, especially the rest of the DigiDestined." Tears were starting to well up in Sora's eyes.
"Hey, Sora, it's going to be alright. You'll remember us all again. You did it the first time, you can do it the second."
"Can I ask you something? Have you ever had a hole in your memory? Something you know should be filled with something but isn't?"
"...No, I can't say that I haven't."
"Then you don't know. I feel like a part of me is missing, and almost...almost like I'll never get it back. Like it's going to be just out of my reach for the rest of my life..." then Sora buried her face in Matt's shoulder and sobbed for a while, Matt comforting her.
"Matt..." Sora said, her voice barely a whisper, and slightly hoarse from the crying.
"Sora..." Matt returned, his voice starting to crack with emotion.
"Help me remember."
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The end.
End notes:
Yes, this is a little on the cut off side, but it's been sitting on my
hard drive with a half-completed Lemon scene for the better part of
three months, and I wanted to get this out there before I finish YGIII.
So here it is. Yes, a Lemon scene would most likely arise from the final
scene, unless Matt suddenly gets a surge or righteousness or something.
And somehow I don't think that'll happen.
RynØr