Fordina: Okay! We are FINALLY back with another chapter! Did you all miss us?!
Soccer Chicka: Of course they did! I mean… I'm in it!
Fordina: SC… you have GOT to get your priorities straight!
Soccer Chicka: Hmm…? Yeah, sure whatever.
Ken: Um… can I ask WHY it took so long?
Fordina: ::Looks at Soccer Chicka::
Soccer Chicka: ::Looks at Fordina:: Why are you looking at me?
Fordina: I think SOCCER CHICKA can answer your question Ken.
Ken: ::Looks at Soccer Chicka::
Soccer Chicka: Heheh… ::Nervous laughter:: Tai?
Tai: Yeah?
Soccer Chicka: Um… help?
Tai: What do you need help with?
Soccer Chicka: Grr… never mind!
Fordina: Okay, I think we should get on with this chap since it took so long to get up.
Ken: Disclaimers!
Fordina: Aww… But I'm tired of doing those… You nice people out there wouldn't sue me?! Um… us!
Tai: Yeah, they would.
Fordina: ::Sigh:: I know. Okay! SC and I do NOT own Digimon OR CardCaptor Sakura! Got that?! Good!
Soccer Chicka: My… someone's a little forceful this morning!
Fordina: I'm what?
Ken: Um… this could get ugly… I think we'll just start the chapter.
Tai: Agreed!
Desperate Days
By: Fordina and Soccer_Chicka
Chapter 8
That evening Tai had dragged Jen and Traci over to Izzy's hotel room to have him explain everything about the Digimon and the Digital World… Since the last time he tried Jen wasn't listening.
Tai walked up to the door and knocked. "C'mon Izzy… Open the damn door…" Tai muttered as he knocked on the door.
"All right, all right! Hold on!" A voice called from behind the door. "What do you wa-" Ken stopped when he saw who it was. "Oh… Hi guys, what are you doing here?" He asked as Tai pushed his way through the door. "Tai wha-" Ken started.
"Izzy? Izzy?!" Tai yelled.
"Izzy's not here! Tai what are you doing?!" Ken yelled. Traci and Jen had slowly made their way into the room.
"Izzy has some explaining to do…" Tai seethed.
"Explaining? Explaining about what?" Ken asked.
"The Digimon! Tai told us some stuff but I wanna hear more!" Traci cried.
Ken looked at her incredulously. "Th-the what?!" He asked, then turned to Tai. "You told them?!"
"Ahh…" Tai stuttered. "Not exactly…" He said, then thought of something, "You're smart, right Ken?" Tai asked.
Ken looked at him before answering. "Yeah…" He said slowly.
Tai grinned (Fordina: Don't even say anything! Soccer Chicka: What?! I wasn't! Fordina: Suuure…). "Then you can explain everything! Later!" Tai said as he ran out the door, and down to the hall to the elevator.
"Wh-what?!" Ken yelled as he chased after Tai. "Tai! Get back here!" He yelled just as the elevator door closed. Sighing he turned around to see two very curious stares from Traci and Jen. "Guess it's up to me to explain all this…" Ken said slowly, as he walked back to the hotel room.
"Well… It might be better this way… Jen might actually listen!" Traci said as he slapped Jen over the shoulder.
"Hey! That wasn't my fault! It was Tai's!" Jen argued.
"Suuure…" Traci slurred.
"Okay you two… Get back into the room… I have a lot to tell you," Ken started as he ushered the girls to take a seat. "Now… What do you know?" He asked.
"Not a lot…" Traci told him.
"Absolutely nothing…" Jen stated.
Ken sighed. "Then this is going to take longer then I thought. Now, I don't know as much as Izzy, since I wasn't there the first time, but from all I learned from the second time… Which was a lot I think I can tell you everything that you need to know," Ken told them. Two heads nodded.
"I guess I should start off by saying that there isn't just one world… There are many, but we know of four for sure. This one, The Digital World, The Dark Ocean," He shuddered as he said it, "And the World of Dreams. The Digital World, Digiworld for short, is where millions of creatures called Digital Monsters, Digimon for short, live. The only people that have been to the Digiworld are carefully chosen children called the Digidestined. You know you are a Digidestined if you are some how given one of these," He said as he pulled out his D3 and showed it to them. "This is what gives our respective Digimon the ability to Digivolve, which simply means to grow to the next level. There are six levels, Baby, In-training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, and Mega. All Digimon have the ability to get to all these levels but not without help. That's what the Digidestined are for, mostly. We have other purposes as well.
"We were chosen to go to the Digiworld to help it from evil Digimon that were trying to take it over… As well as a select few humans," He took a deep breath, "Including me."
Traci gasped. "What do you mean?"
"When the original group of Digidestined were in the Digital World I too made my first trip there. I had received a Digivice," He held it out again. "But I didn't know it was mine, I thought it belonged to my brother, Sam," He closed his eyes. "He told me not to touch it but I did and I was sent to the Digital World," He opened his eyes. "Time had passed and I had some what started to get over the… Death… of my brother… I was playing with his old computer when the email came. I don't need to go into much more details about this… Just that I was somehow sucked into one of the other worlds… The Dark Ocean. There I somehow turned my Digivice into the 'Dark D3'. We're still not sure how, Izzy thinks it's the will of mind. But in my first trip to the Digital World I was hit with something… And we now know that it was the 'Dark Spore'. It slowly turned me evil. But it made my smart and good at sports…" He paused. "To make a long story short I enslaved Digmon for my own pleasure, but the other Digidestined stopped me from doing anymore harm.
"When I decided to join the group of Digidestined we figured out that we had a special partner… Someone besides our Digimon. We were able to DNA Digivolve. That's when two Digimon at the Champion level combine to become a Digimon with the strength of a Ultimate. My DNA Digivolving partner is Davis. Yolie and Kari, and then there's TK and Cody. As well as Tai and Matt. But I really don't know much about that.
"With this new power we were able to defeat Owikawa and pull the demon, that had taken over his body, out of him. It turned out that the 'demon' was an evil Digimon that the original team of Digidestined thought they had defeated… Twice."
"Twice?" Traci asked.
Ken nodded. "Yes, again since I wasn't there I don't know much about these times, but from the stories that I have heard they had defeated Myotismon and then he came back again as VenomMyotismon. But that time he came back as MaloMyotismon. It was a tough battle, but we were able to defeat him in the end. Hopefully for good this time."
"You mean you don't know for sure?" Jen asked.
"No, we don't. And besides… Nothing's for sure… So anything could happen…" Ken told them.
"So maybe those stars above my head weren't just my imagination…" Jen said slowly.
"And the black wings… And the purple…" Traci also said slowly.
Ken looked at them funny. "What are you talking about?"
"We've both seen Digimon in our room!" Jen and Traci yelled in unison.
"Oh dear…" Ken said.
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Nikki and Rita went off after supper for a quiet walk. There had been so much excitement for one day, it was nice to just stop and smell the roses. They walked around the block until they came to a nice park. Flowers bloomed and the evening was tranquil. Soon the two friends found a bench to relax on.
"What a day this has been!" Nikki exclaimed as she slumped onto the bench. Rita followed suit.
"I know, I'm so tired and I'm not even in the contest!" Rita exclaimed. "Hey Nikki, did you see that guy…?"
Nikki sighed. "For the fifth time Rita, yes I did, and yes he's cute. End of story." She shook her head. "You really got to let that go…we're all tired of hearing it!"
Rita sighed also. "Well, I just can't stop thinking about him."
Nikki laughed. "You sound like you actually know the guy! Com'n Rita! It was a once in a lifetime thing! Move on with your life!"
At that moment a spiky goggle-wearing boy came walking down the small sidewalk. He did a double take as he passed the bench where Rita and Nikki were sitting. He scratched his head as he looked at them. "Haven't I-haven't I seen you before?"
Nikki paled. "Well I guess I was wrong about the once in a lifetime bit…"
Rita nodded numbly. "Yeah I think…I think you have…"
Davis smiled. "Cool, hey I'm Davis." He stuck out his hand.
Rita smiled meekly. "I'm Rita…" She gently shook his hand.
"And I'm Nikki!" Nikki cried and stuck out her hand. Davis shook it also.
"Where have I seen you guys?" Davis said, trying to place their faces.
"At the meeting for the IQ contest…you were with a lot of other people and a guy with really big hair…" Rita answered quietly.
"Hey! That's right! You and your friends were the ones pointing at me!" Davis laughed.
Rita blushed profusely. Nikki giggled. "That was us!" Nikki cried. "Don't worry, we point and laugh at lots of people! You're just one of our favourites!"
"Nikki!" Rita hissed.
Davis grinned. "Well I'm a favourite kinda guy!"
Rita sighed with relief. She was glad he wasn't offended.
"Hey, I'm staying at that hotel over there. Wanna meet me for lunch tomorrow?" Davis asked the girls.
"Sure!" Nikki replied for Rita. "She'd love to!"
"Well, what about you?" Davis asked confused.
"I'm busy! You two will have to go alone!" Nikki laughed. Rita turned and gave Nikki a death glare.
"Great! Tomorrow at 12?" Davis asked.
"Tomorrow…at 12." Rita replied smiling.
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Tai came back three hours later. Awaiting his arrival was a very angry Ken, a confused Jen, an energetic Traci, and a flustered Izzy.
"Tai…" Ken said slowly.
"Ken…" Tai said just as slowly.
"Guys…" Izzy said… just as slowly.
"Tai…?" Jen asked slowly.
"Ken…?" Traci asked slowly.
"Tai…" Ken repeated. "Mind telling me why these two girls know… well now… everything about the Digimon? Or why they knew about it in the first place?" Ken asked, trying to keep his anger in check.
"Ahh…" Tai started. "Well… They know everything about the Digimon because you told them…" Tai stated. Ken gave him a look. "And…" He started again. "They knew about the Digimon in the first place 'cause… I… Um… Well… I didn't tell them per say… They just kinda found out when Jen and I were… Um… Attacked?" Tai said.
"You were attacked?" Izzy asked.
Tai looked at Jen, "You… Didn't send the emails…?" He asked.
Jen's head snapped up. "Uh… Emails? Um… I kinda got distracted with the um… Bios and such…" She said. "So in other words… No?"
Tai shook his head. "Oi…"
"You were attacked?" Izzy repeated.
"Well… Not in so many words… The Digimon never actually came near us… He was kinda in the backround… Kinda transparent… And… Um… Blinking…" Tai stated.
"Blinking?" Ken asked.
"Yeah… It was really freaky!" Jen cried jumping up.
"Calm down Jen…" Traci said pushing Jen back down by her shoulders. Jen took a deep breath and sat down. "So tell us more about these Digimon? All this is SO fascinating! How do you get one? Can I have one? …" She rambled on for a bit.
"Traci, calm down. We'll tell you more later; and I don't think you can have one… You need one of these remember?" Ken asked holding out his D3. Traci nodded gloomily.
"Well… It was great seeing you guys again… But I have to get these two lovely ladies home before it gets too dark!" Tai said as he grabbed Jen and Traci's arms.
"Tai!!!!!" Jen and Traci yelled as he dragged them out of the room.
"Tai!!!!!" Ken and Izzy yelled as he dragged Traci and Jen out of the room.
Once outside the hotel Tai stopped and looked at the two flustered girls.
"You girls alright?" He asked. Jen almost screeched.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?!" She yelled throwing her hands to his throat to choke him.
"Uh... Jen… Please… let… go…" Tai gasped as he tried to break free from Jen. He looked at Traci. "Traci…?" Traci just stood there and smiled. He sighed. "Damnit…"
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Davis stood tapping his foot. He was late, but as he looked at his watch he realized Rita was later! He was majorly amused that someone could actually be worse with time management then he was. Then it struck him. Of course she was late! She was a girl! He laughed at himself for being so stupid. He entertained himself by watching all the different people walk in and out of the hotel. He scratched his head. He thought that he might have to keep up the conversation by himself because she had seemed like a quiet girl. He shrugged. No biggie for Davis the motormouth! He glanced up when he heard someone clearing their throat. Rita was standing beside him looking completely nervous. She gave him a small smile.
"I'm sorry I'm late…I…uhh…was trying to finish getting ready but my friends kept interfering." She grimaced at the memory of all the 'Oooo wear this Rita!' and 'Will he kiss you Rita?'.
Davis gave her an easy smile. "No problem. I was late myself. But then again it wasn't because of friends…it was my own fault." He shrugged. "So do you have any idea on where you want to go?"
Rita turned the question over in her mind. For some reason the only restaurant she could think of was McDonald's. "I don't know many restaurants here…"
"Neither do I! I guess we'll have to walk around and find one!" He led her out of the hotel.
"Are you sure we won't get lost?" Rita asked apprehensively. "I mean Toronto is pretty big."
"When you're with me, we'll never get lost!" Davis exclaimed trying not to let the thought of the airport lay too heavy on his conscience. He quickly glanced at the street names as they walked by. "Plus, I know the name of the hotel, so if we do have trouble we could always phone Tai. He'd know what to do!" Davis smiled proud of himself to think of such a plan. His idol would never let him down!
Rita smiled. "I guess." She turned to look at the stores and restaurants on the streets.
"Hey! How about Pizza?" Davis cried pointing across the street. "Mm…Canadian bacon!"
Rita giggled. "It sounds good." They walked across the street and into the quiet pizzeria. They sat down in a booth. Davis fiddled with the utensils and picked up the menu.
"So do you want your own pizza or do you wanna share?" Davis asked peering at her from over the menu.
Rita flushed. "What kind of pizza do you like?" She asked timidly.
Davis had a hungry glint in his eye. "The Works…"
Rita laughed freely for the first time around him. Davis glanced at her. She was finally loosening up.
"I think I'll have to have my own pizza…" She smiled. "I like just cheese."
"Just cheese?" Davis asked incredulously. "You haven't lived girl!" He lifted her wrist to check her pulse. "Just as I thought. You need some excitement! You're having a slice of my pizza whether you like it or not!"
Rita slowly withdrew her hand as she reverted into her shyness. "I guess I'll try some."
Davis furrowed his brow when she looked around. She was shy, unlike the other girl he had met who was more out going. She was quiet too; painfully so. He titled his head. She reminded him of…of…Kari! He was startled at the realization. She turned her head back to the menu. Yes, if she cut her hair…she could be a Kari look-alike. His stomach flipped. Kari, the girl that he'd liked for so long… "The one who's going out with T.K." He reminded himself silently. Rita smiled as she realized Davis looking at her. He grinned back. She flushed. "So much like Kari…" He thought fervently. Another chance to find someone that mattered to him like Kari had…And he wasn't going to blow it. He gulped. It would be harder then he thought. "Well, I really like your dress." Davis said out loud.
Rita jumped and blushed deeper as she looked down at her pink flowered summer dress. Nikki had picked it out. She'd have to thank her later. "Thank you. I was umm…thinking that you looked really great…not that you don't any other day…" She added quickly.
Davis smiled. "Thanks. I know I'm pretty good-looking huh?" Davis felt an inner cringe with what he just said. "Damn…how did that slip out? Kari hates when I'm full of myself. I better try to do things Kari would like." He thought.
Rita nodded. How did he change from sweet and caring to fun loving and cocky?
The waiter stepped up to them. "So what'll it be?"
Davis nodded at Rita. "I'll have the 16 inch pizza with The Works. And a large Coke."
"Right, and you?" The waiter asked looking at Rita.
"The personal pizza with only cheese and a medium Sprite." She answered handing the waiter the menus. "Thank you."
"No problem." The waiter walked behind the counter.
"So, Rita, how did you end up being here…I mean do you live here in Toronto?" Davis asked.
"No I said that I didn't know any restaurants here…" She answered quietly.
Davis smacked his head. All ready he was blowing it. "Sorry about that. I'm from Japan. I'm here with a group of my friends. Two of them are entered in this big IQ test that's being held here."
"Wow, really? I'm from Japan too. I'm here with my class accompanying the kids in my class that are in the IQ test too! What a coincidence!" Rita exclaimed slowly letting go of her shyness again.
"Yeah? Where in Japan are you from?" Davis asked, truly pleased.
"Reedington. It's a small town near Tokyo." Rita replied.
"Hey cool. I'm from Tokyo, in Odaiba." Davis replied.
"That's so interesting that we're both here because of our friends!" Rita cried.
"I should go thank them for bringing me here, so that I could meet you." Davis grinned. He was rewarded with a deep blush and a smile from Rita. "Score one for Davis-Man!" Davis thought happily.
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When Rita got back to the hotel that night she ran up to her room which she shared with Nikki and Chelsea.
Once on her room she threw off her shoes and fell onto her bed. She sighed.
"Oh… Rita's back from her date!" Chelsea squealed.
Blushing Rita sat up, "It wasn't a date!"
Chelsea nodded, "Right, and Zachary doesn't lie!" Nikki and Chelsea laughed.
"So really, how did it go?" Nikki asked sitting across from Rita.
Rita fell back onto the bed, "Wonderful…" She sighed again. "We went for pizza, talked… We found a little park and went for a walk…"
Chelsea inched forward, "So…?"
Rita flushed, "So what?" She inched back.
Nikki sighed, "Rita… You know what we wanna know!"
Chelsea nodded, "Yeah Rita come on! Just tell us!" She cried.
"Tell you what?" Rita asked as her blush grew to crimson.
"Did he kiss you?!" Both girls yelled.
"He kissed you?!" Madison and Sakura cried as they came running into the hotel room.
"C'mon Rita! Spill!" All four of them shouted.
"He didn't kiss me!" Rita yelled finally cracking. "Are you happy? He didn't kiss me!"
"Rita…" Nikki said slowly.
"I thought he was… But he didn't…" She said as she remembered their departure.
"So um… Can I see you to-morrow?" Davis asked as he and Rita stopped in front of the hotel doors.
Blushing Rita replied, "I-I'd love to… Oh I mean sure… To-morrow would be fine!"
Davis grinned, "Great! Pick you up at the same place as today?" He asked as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
Looking at the hand on her shoulder Rita smiled, "Sounds good… Well um…. I-I had a great time!"
Davis' grin grew, "I'm glad! I had fun too!" He stopped, 'Now what do you do Davis-man?! Should I take a chance? Kari never liked it when I was forward… Better not take the chance…' Davis thought. "I should get going…"
Rita's smile faltered, "Oh… Okay, well I should probably get going anyway!" She smiled again, "But I'll see you to-morrow?"
"Of course!" Davis said as he took his hand off her shoulder. Deciding to take the safe route, Davis took her left hand a kissed it lightly, "I'll see you to-morrow," He said as he started to walk away.
"But he did kiss my hand…" Rita said blushing.
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Jen was sleeping soundly in her room. The window was open, which let the stars and moon light in. a soft breeze played off the sleeping brunette's hair and brushed it gently out of her face. She sighed contently and rolled over onto her side so her face fell into the moonlight. A small rustling could be heard, different from the breeze yet so quiet it could be mistaken for it. The rustling became the sound of paws on carpet as it creeped towards the sleeping girl. A small creak came from the top of it. A flickering image was walking up to Jen's face. The image brushed its cheek against hers and whipped its star tipped tail from side to side. Jen felt the faintest touch on her cheek and opened one eye. The image flickered steadily now as it tried to communicate.
"Help… caught… digivice… must…seek…" The image's voice cracked.
Jen fully awoke, "What's happening? Who are you? What do you want?" She rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
"Caught… must… help! Seek… help… digivice… friend… crest…" The image was now slowly disappearing.
"Wait! You're not making any sense! Talk to me! Who are you?!" Jen cried as she tried to grasp the image.
"Help friend!… chosen… must help…! Forsaken one… kills… keeps…! Set… me… free!" The image of the small dog with star tipped ears and tail, a cute tuft of hair on her head and a small nose disappeared completely. Jen was left baffled and confused. But on her lap sat an interesting device that she had seen Tai use.
"A D-Terminal?" She asked herself.
Traci stretched in her sleep as she snuggled deeper into her covers. Soft music was playing in the background and the window, unlike Jen's, was firmly closed. the sleeping girl never heard the scratches or soft bumps on the window as something tried to unlatch it. finally the window slipped open and the breeze fluttered into the room causing Traci to dig even deeper into her covers. A wing beat could be heard as an image appeared above Traci's bed. It dropped gently and nudged the girl awake with its head. Traci rubbed her eyes sleepily as the image flickered it spoke quietly.
"Must… find… to… help…" The image whispered.
"Must find what?!" Traci asked, intrigued by the figure, "Are you a Digimon?!"
"Digivice… help… trapped… soul…" The image continued as if it never heard the girl speak.
"Forsaken… banished… help… souls…" The image faltered badly, "Chosen… must… help… you… chosen!"
"I'm a chosen?! What? Wait! You're not making any sense. Who's a chosen? I'm not!" Traci yelled at the image as it disappeared.
Traci blinked. The little winged, fairy creature's image was gone. She glanced at her window. It was closed and latched just as if nothing had happened. As her eyes sweeped the room her eyes finally rested no a small computer type device she had seen the others communicate with…
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Fordina: Yay! Chapters done! Whoohoo!
Soccer Chicka: Yup, now we just have to do the next one!
Fordina: Oi…
Soccer Chicka: Hey it won't be THAT bad!
Fordina: But we can't think of anything to write!
Soccer Chicka: ::Thinks:: Hmm… You have a point there…
Fordina: See? Darnit… Ah well, we'll think of something. We always do!
Soccer Chicka: That we do.
Fordina: So, join us next time!
Tai: Same Digi place! Same Digi channel!
Ken: I thought we went over that…